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Gail Hopkins

Gail Eason Hopkins

Positions: First Baseman and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 198 lb.

Born: February 19, 1943 in Tulsa, OK
Schools: Pepperdine University (Malibu, CA), University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1965. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 29, 1968
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Royals/Dodgers 1968-1974

Final Game: October 2, 1974
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1968 25 CHW AL 29 43 37 4 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 6 3 .216 .326 .270 .596 79 10 0 0 0 0 1 /3
1969 26 CHW AL 124 427 373 52 99 13 3 8 46 2 1 50 28 .265 .351 .381 .732 100 142 10 1 0 3 1 3
1970 27 CHW AL 116 321 287 32 82 8 1 6 29 0 0 28 19 .286 .346 .383 .729 101 110 5 1 0 5 5 3/2
1971 28 KCR AL 103 339 295 35 82 16 1 9 47 3 1 37 13 .278 .364 .431 .794 127 127 8 4 1 2 9 3
1972 29 KCR AL 53 78 71 1 15 2 0 0 5 0 0 7 4 .211 .282 .239 .521 57 17 2 0 0 0 1 3/5
1973 30 KCR AL 74 171 138 17 34 6 1 2 16 1 2 29 15 .246 .380 .348 .728 102 48 8 2 0 2 2 D3
1974 31 LAD NL 15 21 18 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .222 .333 .222 .556 61 4 0 0 0 0 2 /32
7 Yrs 514 1400 1219 142 324 47 6 25 145 6 4 160 83 .266 .352 .376 .727 103 458 33 8 1 12 21
162 Game Avg. 162 441 384 45 102 15 2 8 46 2 1 50 26 .266 .352 .376 .727 103 144 10 3 0 4 7
KCR (3 yrs) 230 588 504 53 131 24 2 11 68 4 3 73 32 .260 .358 .381 .739 111 192 18 6 1 4 12
CHW (3 yrs) 269 791 697 88 189 23 4 14 77 2 1 84 50 .271 .348 .376 .724 99 262 15 2 0 8 7
LAD (1 yr) 15 21 18 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .222 .333 .222 .556 61 4 0 0 0 0 2
AL (6 yrs) 499 1379 1201 141 320 47 6 25 145 6 4 157 82 .266 .352 .378 .730 104 454 33 8 1 12 19
NL (1 yr) 15 21 18 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .222 .333 .222 .556 61 4 0 0 0 0 2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1968 25 CHW AL 29 43 -1 -0 0 -0 -0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .492 .499 -0.1 -0.1 -0 $ /3
1969 26 CHW AL 124 427 3 0 0 1 -5 -1 -0.2 12 11 1.0 .499 .499 1.0 -0.6 10 $ 3
1970 27 CHW AL 116 321 2 -0 0 -4 -3 -6 -0.7 10 4 0.3 .494 .496 0.8 -0.9 9 $15,000 3/2
1971 28 KCR AL 103 339 9 1 1 1 -4 7 0.8 11 18 1.9 .508 .505 1.8 -0.5 18 $9,000 3
1972 29 KCR AL 53 78 -3 -1 0 0 -1 -4 -0.4 3 -1 -0.2 .492 .497 -0.2 -0.1 -1 $ 3/5
1973 30 KCR AL 74 171 -0 -2 -1 -1 -4 -9 -0.9 6 -3 -0.4 .487 .494 -0.3 -0.5 -2 $ D3
1974 31 LAD NL 15 21 -2 0 0 1 0 -0 -0.0 1 0 0.0 .497 .500 -0.1 0.1 -1 $ /32
7 Seasons 514 1400 8 -2 1 -4 -19 -14 -1.8 43 29 2.5 .497 .499 2.9 -2.5 32 $24,000
KCR (3 yrs) 230 588 6 -2 0 -0 -10 -5 -0.6 19 14 1.3 .497 .499 1.3 -1.1 14 $9,000
CHW (3 yrs) 269 791 4 -0 1 -4 -9 -9 -1.2 23 15 1.2 .496 .498 1.7 -1.6 19 $15,000
LAD (1 yr) 15 21 -2 0 0 1 0 -0 -0.0 1 0 0.0 .497 .500 -0.1 0.1 -1 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1968 25 CHW AL 43 29 4 3.7 84 .235 .216 .243 .326 .313 .270 .360 .596 .673 79 .525 -0.7 -0.1 .552 .216 .054
1969 26 CHW AL 427 288 51 4.8 100 .268 .265 .261 .351 .339 .381 .394 .732 .733 100 .557 0.8 0.1 .681 .252 .115 3.2
1970 27 CHW AL 321 215 39 4.9 98 .285 .286 .259 .346 .334 .383 .395 .729 .729 101 .558 0.7 0.1 .662 .195 .098 .0
1971 28 KCR AL 339 225 47 5.6 91 .265 .278 .253 .364 .324 .431 .375 .794 .699 127 .648 11.5 1.2 .766 .285 .153 4.5
1972 29 KCR AL 78 58 5 2.3 82 .224 .211 .245 .282 .314 .239 .355 .521 .669 57 .306 -3.6 -0.4 .414 .127 .028
1973 30 KCR AL 171 116 18 4.2 98 .260 .246 .266 .380 .336 .348 .391 .728 .727 102 .482 2.1 0.2 .684 .304 .101 1.3
1974 31 LAD NL 21 14 1 1.9 91 .235 .222 .258 .333 .329 .222 .372 .556 .701 61 .190 -0.8 -0.1 .500 .167 .000
7 Yrs 1400 945 165 4.7 95 .266 .266 .258 .352 .331 .376 .386 .727 .717 103 .557 10.0 1.0 .674 .243 .110 9.7
162 Game Avg. 441 298 52 4.7 95 .266 .266 .258 .352 .331 .376 .386 .727 .717 103 .557 3 0 .674 .243 .110 3
KCR (3 yrs) 588 399 70 4.7 92 .258 .260 .255 .358 .326 .381 .377 .739 .703 111 .568 9.9 1.0 .690 .268 .121 5.9
CHW (3 yrs) 791 532 94 4.8 98 .273 .271 .259 .348 .335 .376 .393 .724 .728 99 .556 0.8 0.1 .666 .227 .105 3.5
LAD (1 yr) 21 14 1 1.9 91 .235 .222 .258 .333 .329 .222 .372 .556 .701 61 .190 -0.8 -0.1 .500 .167 .000
AL (6 yrs) 1379 931 164 4.7 95 .267 .266 .258 .352 .332 .378 .386 .730 .718 104 .561 10.8 1.1 .676 .244 .112 9.7
NL (1 yr) 21 14 1 1.9 91 .235 .222 .258 .333 .329 .222 .372 .556 .701 61 .190 -0.8 -0.1 .500 .167 .000

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1968 25 CHW AL 43 0.0% 7.0% 14.0% 4.7% 25% 0.50 12.3 18.5 1.60 79%
1969 26 CHW AL 427 1.9% 6.6% 11.7% 5.6% 24% 0.56 13.3 46.6 8.1 1.00 80%
1970 27 CHW AL 321 1.9% 5.9% 8.7% 4.7% 18% 0.68 15.1 47.8 9.9 0.92 83%
1971 28 KCR AL 339 2.7% 3.8% 10.9% 7.7% 32% 0.35 22.7 32.8 6.3 1.05 81%
1972 29 KCR AL 78 0.0% 5.1% 9.0% 2.6% 13% 0.57 17.8 14.2 1.45 86%
1973 30 KCR AL 171 1.2% 8.8% 17.0% 5.3% 27% 0.52 9.2 69.0 8.6 1.36 72%
1974 31 LAD NL 21 0.0% 4.8% 14.3% 0.0% 0% 0.33 18.0 0.86 81%
7 Yrs 1400 1.8% 5.9% 11.4% 5.6% 24% 0.52 14.7 48.8 8.4 1.07 80%
MLB Averages 2.0% 14.5% 8.6% 5.9% 27% 1.68 6.1 45.3 9.1 1.11 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1968 25 CHW AL -0.7 -0.1 43 -0.3 0.5 -0.8 1.41 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 -0.0 0.97 -0.9 1.48 20
1969 26 CHW AL 0.8 0.1 437 1.9 9.2 -7.2 1.11 1.2 0.5 10.2 1.0 0.99 10.9 2.59 23
1970 27 CHW AL 0.7 0.1 327 0.2 6.0 -5.8 1.14 0.6 -0.4 6.7 0.7 0.98 9.3 1.76 36
1971 28 KCR AL 11.1 1.2 343 0.8 6.3 -5.5 1.07 1.2 -0.4 14.8 1.6 0.98 13.8 1.82 17
1972 29 KCR AL -3.6 -0.4 78 -0.7 1.7 -2.4 1.48 -0.3 -0.2 -7.1 -0.8 1.08 -4.5 1.88 34
1973 30 KCR AL 2.1 0.2 175 -0.1 3.0 -3.1 1.05 -0.4 0.2 -4.5 -0.4 1.05 -1.9 1.59 26
1974 31 LAD NL -0.8 -0.1 21 -0.2 0.3 -0.5 1.32 -0.1 -0.0 -1.1 -0.1 1.04 -1.2 1.43 12
7 Yrs 9.5 1.0 1424 1.6 26.9 -25.3 1.13 2.0 -0.6 18.9 1.9 1.00 25.5 1.82 168

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1968 25 CHW AL 0 0 29% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 50% 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0
1969 26 CHW AL 8 0 31% 180 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 11 43% 29 22 7 3 1 2 19 6 13
1970 27 CHW AL 7 0 25% 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 41% 23 16 6 5 4 1 11 1 9
1971 28 KCR AL 4 0 23% 128 3 1 75% 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 8 51% 27 17 10 5 0 5 9 2 6
1972 29 KCR AL 2 0 5% 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17% 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 1
1973 30 KCR AL 0 0 24% 47 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 37% 9 5 4 2 1 1 8 4 2
1974 31 LAD NL 0 0 14% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
7 Yrs 21 0 25% 498 6 4 60% 6 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 15 31 43% 92 64 27 18 7 11 52 16 31

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1968 25 CHW AL 43 91% 8 20 4 0 2 1.48 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0% 1 1 100% 25 2 8% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1969 26 CHW AL 427 78% 99 23 6 0 5 2.59 8 0 11 8 0 4 4 0 0 0 103 10 10% 32 14 44% 310 40 13% 21 13 62% 13 11 85% 0
1970 27 CHW AL 321 79% 82 36 10 1 4 1.76 6 0 8 5 1 3 3 0 2 0 0% 76 5 7% 25 9 36% 224 26 12% 17 8 47% 12 9 75% 0
1971 28 KCR AL 339 87% 82 17 5 1 3 1.82 9 0 4 9 0 4 5 0 1 1 100% 64 8 13% 28 12 43% 218 39 18% 29 13 45% 10 8 80% 0
1972 29 KCR AL 78 79% 15 34 6 0 3 1.88 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 2 11% 11 4 36% 61 5 8% 8 2 25% 1 0 0% 0
1973 30 KCR AL 171 92% 34 26 9 0 9 1.59 2 0 7 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 43 8 19% 21 5 24% 147 14 10% 17 7 41% 4 3 75% 0
1974 31 LAD NL 21 81% 4 12 4 0 0 1.43 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 2 0 0% 16 0 0% 3 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
7 Yrs 1400 83% 324 168 44 2 26 1.82 25 0 38 23 2 12 13 0 3 1 33% 318 33 10% 120 45 38% 1001 126 13% 96 44 46% 42 31 74% 0
MLB Averages 54% 75% 11% 31% 13% 47% 52%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1968 25 29 43 37 4 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 6 3 .216 .326 .270 .596 79 10 0 0 0 0 1
1969 26 153 470 410 56 107 15 3 8 48 2 1 56 31 .261 .349 .371 .720 99 152 10 1 0 3 2
1970 27 269 791 697 88 189 23 4 14 77 2 1 84 50 .271 .348 .376 .724 99 262 15 2 0 8 7
1971 28 372 1130 992 123 271 39 5 23 124 5 2 121 63 .273 .353 .392 .745 107 389 23 6 1 10 16
1972 29 425 1208 1063 124 286 41 5 23 129 5 2 128 67 .269 .348 .382 .730 104 406 25 6 1 10 17
1973 30 499 1379 1201 141 320 47 6 25 145 6 4 157 82 .266 .352 .378 .730 104 454 33 8 1 12 19
1974 31 514 1400 1219 142 324 47 6 25 145 6 4 160 83 .266 .352 .376 .727 103 458 33 8 1 12 21

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1968 25 29 45 38 5 9 2 0 0 2 0 7 3 .237 .356 .289 .645 4 29
1969 26 124 429 374 53 100 13 3 8 47 2 51 28 .267 .354 .382 .737 51 124
1970 27 116 324 289 33 84 8 1 6 30 0 29 19 .291 .352 .388 .739 40 116
1971 28 104 353 305 41 91 18 1 10 55 3 41 13 .298 .386 .462 .849 53 103
1972 29 55 85 77 1 18 2 0 0 7 0 8 4 .234 .306 .260 .566 6 53
1973 30 74 173 139 18 35 6 1 2 17 1 30 15 .252 .387 .353 .740 19 74
1974 31 15 19 17 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .176 .263 .176 .440 1 15
7 Yrs 517 1428 1239 152 340 49 6 26 158 6 168 83 .274 .362 .387 .748 174 514
162 Game Avg. 162 447 388 48 107 15 2 8 50 2 53 26 .274 .362 .387 .748 55 514

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1801), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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