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Bob Horner

James Robert Horner

Positions: Third Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 6, 1957 in Junction City, KS
High School: Apollo HS (Glendale, AZ)
School: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 16, 1978
Teams (by GP): Braves/Cardinals 1978-1988
Agents: Bucky Woy,John Boggs [*]
Final Game: June 18, 1988
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All-Star

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
1978 20 ATL NL 89 359 323 50 86 17 1 23 63 0 0 24 42 .266 .313 .539 .852 124 174 7 2 1 9 2 5 RoY-1
1979 21 ATL NL 121 515 487 66 153 15 1 33 98 0 2 22 74 .314 .346 .552 .898 135 269 9 3 0 3 6 53 MVP-28
1980 22 ATL NL 124 495 463 81 124 14 1 35 89 3 1 27 50 .268 .307 .529 .836 127 245 16 1 0 4 3 *5/3 MVP-9
1981 23 ATL NL 79 336 300 42 83 10 0 15 42 2 3 32 39 .277 .345 .460 .805 125 138 6 1 0 3 3 *5
1982 24 ATL NL 140 572 499 85 130 24 0 32 97 3 5 66 75 .261 .350 .501 .851 132 250 13 4 0 3 3 *5 AS
1983 25 ATL NL 104 439 386 75 117 25 1 20 68 4 2 50 63 .303 .383 .528 .911 143 204 14 1 0 2 2 5/3 MVP-21
1984 26 ATL NL 32 129 113 15 31 8 0 3 19 0 0 14 17 .274 .349 .425 .774 111 48 3 0 0 2 2 5
1985 27 ATL NL 130 540 483 61 129 25 3 27 89 1 1 50 57 .267 .333 .499 .832 126 241 18 1 0 6 4 35
1986 28 ATL NL 141 581 517 70 141 22 0 27 87 1 4 52 72 .273 .336 .472 .808 116 244 16 2 0 10 8 *3
1988 30 STL NL 60 247 206 15 53 9 1 3 33 0 0 32 23 .257 .348 .354 .703 102 73 9 1 0 8 6 3
10 Yrs 1020 4213 3777 560 1047 169 8 218 685 14 18 369 512 .277 .340 .499 .839 127 1886 111 16 1 50 39
162 Game Avg. 162 669 600 89 166 27 1 35 109 2 3 59 81 .277 .340 .499 .839 127 300 18 3 0 8 6
ATL (9 yrs) 960 3966 3571 545 994 160 7 215 652 14 18 337 489 .278 .339 .508 .847 128 1813 102 15 1 42 33
STL (1 yr) 60 247 206 15 53 9 1 3 33 0 0 32 23 .257 .348 .354 .703 102 73 9 1 0 8 6

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
1978 20 ATL NL 89 359 8 0 -0 -2 2 8 0.9 11 19 2.0 .510 .505 2.1 0.1 20 $183,000 5 RoY-1
1979 21 ATL NL 121 515 24 -2 -1 -13 -2 7 0.8 15 22 2.3 .506 .504 3.6 -1.5 35 $ 53 MVP-28
1980 22 ATL NL 124 495 20 0 -2 4 1 23 2.6 15 39 4.1 .521 .516 3.6 0.6 35 $ *5/3 MVP-9
1981 23 ATL NL 79 336 10 0 -1 -4 1 6 0.9 10 16 1.9 .509 .504 2.2 -0.3 21 $333,333 *5
1982 24 ATL NL 140 572 26 -1 -1 -13 1 11 1.4 18 29 3.1 .509 .508 4.4 -1.2 42 $ *5 AS
1983 25 ATL NL 104 439 28 -0 -2 -13 1 13 1.4 14 27 2.7 .513 .509 4.1 -1.3 40 $900,000 5/3 MVP-21
1984 26 ATL NL 32 129 2 0 -1 0 0 2 0.2 4 6 0.6 .506 .501 0.5 0.1 5 $1,100,000 5
1985 27 ATL NL 130 540 18 -1 -2 -11 -5 -1 -0.0 17 15 1.6 .499 .499 2.7 -1.7 26 $1,500,000 35
1986 28 ATL NL 141 581 16 -2 -2 -7 -8 -2 -0.2 18 16 1.6 .498 .499 2.3 -1.6 23 $1,800,000 *3
1988 30 STL NL 60 247 2 -1 -1 -3 -3 -6 -0.6 8 2 0.1 .489 .496 0.5 -0.8 5 $950,000 3
10 Seasons 1020 4213 155 -5 -13 -62 -12 61 7.4 128 189 20.0 .507 .504 26.0 -7.7 252 $6,766,333
ATL (9 yrs) 960 3966 152 -5 -12 -59 -9 67 8.1 120 188 19.9 .508 .505 25.5 -6.9 247 $5,816,333
STL (1 yr) 60 247 2 -1 -1 -3 -3 -6 -0.6 8 2 0.1 .489 .496 0.5 -0.8 5 $950,000

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
1978 20 ATL NL 359 254 54 5.7 104 .236 .266 .275 .313 .345 .539 .405 .852 .750 124 .638 9.2 0.9 .820 .347 .272 .0
1979 21 ATL NL 515 348 89 6.9 105 .313 .314 .277 .346 .344 .552 .411 .898 .755 135 .693 20.3 2.0 .846 .279 .238 .0
1980 22 ATL NL 495 360 70 5.2 98 .233 .268 .270 .307 .333 .529 .392 .836 .725 127 .596 13.0 1.3 .772 .324 .261 5.5
1981 23 ATL NL 336 229 47 5.6 94 .273 .277 .266 .345 .332 .460 .381 .805 .713 125 .634 9.3 1.0 .752 .287 .183 3.5
1982 24 ATL NL 572 390 86 6.0 98 .248 .261 .270 .350 .334 .501 .393 .851 .727 132 .653 21.5 2.2 .822 .369 .240 5.5
1983 25 ATL NL 439 287 76 7.1 103 .318 .303 .272 .383 .342 .528 .404 .911 .746 143 .721 23.5 2.4 .902 .360 .225 6.7
1984 26 ATL NL 129 87 17 5.3 99 .295 .274 .271 .349 .337 .425 .395 .774 .732 111 .604 2.2 0.2 .729 .274 .150 .0
1985 27 ATL NL 540 379 77 5.5 99 .252 .267 .266 .333 .334 .499 .396 .832 .730 126 .618 15.6 1.6 .783 .335 .232 1.9
1986 28 ATL NL 581 406 79 5.3 102 .266 .273 .267 .336 .338 .472 .403 .808 .741 116 .589 11.1 1.1 .745 .294 .199 1.9
1988 30 STL NL 247 170 26 4.1 90 .266 .257 .257 .348 .321 .354 .378 .703 .699 102 .516 2.7 0.3 .654 .252 .097 .0
10 Yrs 4213 2910 621 5.8 100 .268 .277 .270 .340 .337 .499 .397 .839 .734 127 .637 128.4 13.1 .793 .319 .222 26.3
162 Game Avg. 669 462 99 5.8 100 .268 .277 .270 .340 .337 .499 .397 .839 .734 127 .637 20 2 .793 .319 .222 4
ATL (9 yrs) 3966 2740 595 5.9 100 .268 .278 .270 .339 .338 .508 .398 .847 .736 128 .643 125.8 12.8 .801 .323 .229 26.3
STL (1 yr) 247 170 26 4.1 90 .266 .257 .257 .348 .321 .354 .378 .703 .699 102 .516 2.7 0.3 .654 .252 .097 .0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1982 24 ATL NL NLCS STL L 3 11 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .091 .091 .091 .182 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 3 11 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .091 .091 .091 .182 1 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1982 ATL NL 24 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
1978 20 ATL NL 359 6.4% 11.7% 6.7% 11.4% 48% 1.75 7.7 14.0 5.1 0.63 74%
1979 21 ATL NL 515 6.4% 14.4% 4.3% 9.5% 32% 3.36 6.6 14.8 5.0 0.71 74%
1980 22 ATL NL 495 7.1% 10.1% 5.5% 10.1% 40% 1.85 9.3 13.2 5.2 0.90 77%
1981 23 ATL NL 336 4.5% 11.6% 9.5% 7.4% 30% 1.22 7.7 20.0 7.1 1.09 74%
1982 24 ATL NL 572 5.6% 13.1% 11.5% 9.8% 43% 1.14 6.7 15.6 5.1 0.85 69%
1983 25 ATL NL 439 4.6% 14.4% 11.4% 10.5% 39% 1.26 6.1 19.3 5.7 0.88 69%
1984 26 ATL NL 129 2.3% 13.2% 10.9% 8.5% 36% 1.21 6.6 37.7 5.9 0.66 74%
1985 27 ATL NL 540 5.0% 10.6% 9.3% 10.2% 43% 1.14 8.5 17.9 5.4 0.88 75%
1986 28 ATL NL 581 4.7% 12.4% 9.0% 8.4% 35% 1.38 7.2 19.1 5.9 0.96 74%
1988 30 STL NL 247 1.2% 9.3% 13.0% 5.3% 25% 0.72 9.0 68.7 6.2 0.84 1.06 76% 18% 4.3% 33%
10 Yrs 4213 5.2% 12.2% 8.8% 9.4% 38% 1.39 7.4 17.3 5.5 0.84 0.86 74% 18% 4.3% 33%
MLB Averages 2.1% 13.7% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 1.62 6.5 42.1 8.4 0.80 1.08 74% 20% 8.2% 41%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1978 20 ATL NL 9.2 0.9 363 -0.2 6.8 -7.0 1.11 1.7 -1.8 8.0 0.8 1.03 20.7 0
1979 21 ATL NL 20.3 2.0 522 2.1 11.2 -9.2 1.04 3.3 -1.3 30.4 2.9 0.98 36.6 0.44 1
1980 22 ATL NL 13.0 1.3 504 1.8 10.3 -8.4 .98 2.8 -0.9 24.3 2.4 0.97 25.8 2.03 2
1981 23 ATL NL 9.6 1.0 345 0.7 6.5 -5.7 1.00 0.5 0.2 7.1 0.7 0.92 10.5 0
1982 24 ATL NL 21.5 2.2 584 2.7 13.5 -10.8 1.08 3.3 -0.8 31.2 3.1 0.98 33.3 2.91 3
1983 25 ATL NL 23.5 2.4 448 3.1 10.7 -7.6 1.05 2.9 0.0 28.3 2.8 0.99 31.0 0
1984 26 ATL NL 2.2 0.2 130 1.3 3.2 -1.9 1.02 0.5 0.7 10.7 1.0 0.97 6.5 0
1985 27 ATL NL 15.6 1.6 545 2.4 12.6 -10.1 1.12 2.0 0.2 24.7 2.5 1.00 24.0 2.38 4
1986 28 ATL NL 11.1 1.1 592 1.8 12.2 -10.4 1.11 1.8 -0.2 20.2 2.0 0.98 22.4 2.78 2
1988 30 STL NL 2.7 0.3 252 0.7 5.1 -4.4 1.25 0.3 0.3 1.7 0.2 1.09 4.1 1.65 3
10 Yrs 128.8 13.1 4285 16.4 92.0 -75.6 1.07 19.2 -3.9 186.5 18.4 0.99 215.0 2.22 15

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
1978 20 ATL NL 3 0 30% 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 23% 14 11 3 6 5 1 6 4 2
1979 21 ATL NL 9 0 23% 186 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 7 33% 32 24 7 2 2 0 12 3 8
1980 22 ATL NL 12 0 39% 125 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 52% 24 14 10 8 5 3 12 1 10
1981 23 ATL NL 5 0 27% 111 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 9 43% 16 9 7 7 5 2 7 3 4
1982 24 ATL NL 11 0 32% 202 3 5 38% 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11 48% 29 19 10 8 5 3 19 4 14
1983 25 ATL NL 11 0 37% 183 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 14 45% 25 18 7 7 4 3 24 7 15
1984 26 ATL NL 2 0 29% 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 42% 10 8 2 2 1 1 7 1 5
1985 27 ATL NL 10 0 22% 198 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 39% 28 21 7 2 1 1 16 5 10
1986 28 ATL NL 16 0 26% 208 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 11 46% 24 14 10 8 8 0 20 3 14
1988 30 STL NL 7 0 15% 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 21% 19 16 3 1 1 0 9 5 3
10 Yrs 86 0 28% 1487 14 18 44% 14 18 0 0 0 0 1 0 37 81 41% 221 154 66 51 37 14 132 36 85

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
1978 20 ATL NL 359 27% 86 0 0 0 0 23 0 20 20 3 19 4 0 1 1 100% 84 7 8% 45 17 38% 265 41 15% 28 15 54% 12 5 42% 0
1979 21 ATL NL 515 30% 153 1 0 0 0 0.44 33 0 7 22 11 21 12 0 0 0 102 9 9% 39 6 15% 349 65 19% 29 17 59% 16 7 44% 0
1980 22 ATL NL 495 21% 124 2 0 0 0 2.03 35 0 8 29 6 23 12 0 0 0 76 16 21% 37 11 30% 305 59 19% 29 18 62% 16 10 63% 0
1981 23 ATL NL 336 19% 83 0 0 0 0 15 0 3 12 3 9 6 0 0 0 47 6 13% 26 4 15% 181 27 15% 22 10 45% 14 5 36% 0
1982 24 ATL NL 572 20% 130 3 0 0 0 2.91 32 0 10 25 7 25 7 0 0 0 110 13 12% 50 9 18% 380 66 17% 39 14 36% 17 7 41% 0
1983 25 ATL NL 439 26% 117 0 0 0 0 20 0 15 14 6 12 8 0 0 0 80 14 18% 40 6 15% 292 51 17% 33 13 39% 19 4 21% 0
1984 26 ATL NL 129 25% 31 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 0% 24 3 13% 10 3 30% 82 17 21% 6 4 67% 6 3 50% 0
1985 27 ATL NL 540 33% 129 4 1 0 1 2.38 27 0 12 17 10 13 14 0 0 0 122 18 15% 50 15 30% 389 68 17% 39 23 59% 16 8 50% 0
1986 28 ATL NL 581 32% 141 2 2 0 2 2.78 27 1 9 20 7 20 7 0 0 0 112 16 14% 40 15 38% 385 62 16% 36 24 67% 10 6 60% 0
1988 30 STL NL 247 33% 53 4 0 3 2 0 2 1.65 3 0 13 1 2 0 3 0 1 0 0% 55 9 16% 29 12 41% 200 32 16% 28 20 71% 10 6 60% 0
10 Yrs 4213 27% 1047 4 0 15 5 0 5 2.22 218 1 101 163 55 142 76 0 3 1 33% 812 111 14% 366 98 27% 2828 488 17% 289 158 55% 136 61 45% 0
MLB Averages 58% 79% 11% 35% 15% 51% 55%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 30 STL NL 248 817 3.29 458 56% 21% 11% 26% 42% 79% 6% 44% 86% 41% 8% 20 0 21% 52 24 12% 29 14 48% -1 0 0
1 Yr 248 817 3.29 458 56% 21% 11% 26% 42% 79% 6% 44% 86% 41% 8% 20 0 21% 52 24 12% 29 14 48% -1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.58 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 76% 2% 47% 81% 33% 5% 16% 8% 26%

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
1978 20 89 359 323 50 86 17 1 23 63 0 0 24 42 .266 .313 .539 .852 124 174 7 2 1 9 2
1979 21 210 874 810 116 239 32 2 56 161 0 2 46 116 .295 .332 .547 .879 130 443 16 5 1 12 8
1980 22 334 1369 1273 197 363 46 3 91 250 3 3 73 166 .285 .323 .540 .864 129 688 32 6 1 16 11
1981 23 413 1705 1573 239 446 56 3 106 292 5 6 105 205 .284 .327 .525 .853 128 826 38 7 1 19 14
1982 24 553 2277 2072 324 576 80 3 138 389 8 11 171 280 .278 .333 .519 .852 129 1076 51 11 1 22 17
1983 25 657 2716 2458 399 693 105 4 158 457 12 13 221 343 .282 .341 .521 .862 132 1280 65 12 1 24 19
1984 26 689 2845 2571 414 724 113 4 161 476 12 13 235 360 .282 .341 .517 .858 131 1328 68 12 1 26 21
1985 27 819 3385 3054 475 853 138 7 188 565 13 14 285 417 .279 .340 .514 .854 130 1569 86 13 1 32 25
1986 28 960 3966 3571 545 994 160 7 215 652 14 18 337 489 .278 .339 .508 .847 128 1813 102 15 1 42 33
1987 29 960 3966 3571 545 994 160 7 215 652 14 18 337 489 .278 .339 .508 .847 128 1813 102 15 1 42 33
1988 30 1020 4213 3777 560 1047 169 8 218 685 14 18 369 512 .277 .340 .499 .839 127 1886 111 16 1 50 39

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
1978 20 89 359 323 50 86 17 1 23 63 0 24 42 .266 .313 .539 .852 55 89
1979 21 121 514 486 65 152 15 1 33 96 0 22 74 .313 .344 .551 .896 91 121
1980 22 124 500 467 86 128 14 1 36 94 3 28 50 .274 .314 .540 .854 80 124
1981 23 120 519 461 69 132 16 0 24 69 3 51 59 .286 .356 .477 .834 79 79
1982 24 140 577 502 88 133 25 0 33 101 3 68 75 .265 .355 .512 .867 90 140
1983 25 104 439 386 75 117 25 1 20 68 4 50 63 .303 .383 .528 .911 78 104
1984 26 32 129 113 15 31 8 0 3 19 0 14 17 .274 .349 .425 .774 17 32
1985 27 130 544 486 63 132 26 3 28 92 1 51 57 .272 .338 .510 .849 84 130
1986 28 141 581 517 70 141 22 0 27 87 1 52 72 .273 .336 .472 .808 83 141
1988 30 60 253 210 17 57 10 1 3 37 0 34 23 .271 .364 .371 .735 29 60
10 Yrs 1061 4415 3951 598 1109 178 8 230 726 15 394 532 .281 .344 .504 .849 686 1020
162 Game Avg. 162 674 603 91 169 27 1 35 111 2 60 81 .281 .344 .504 .849 105 1020

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1994 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1982 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1978 NL Rookie of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1979 NL (28, 0%)
1980 NL (9, 12%)
1983 NL (21, 0%)
0.12 Career Shares (859th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1983 NL  4.1 (9th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1979 NL  .314 (5th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1979 NL  .552 (5th)
1980 NL  .529 (2nd)**
1982 NL  .501 (8th)
1985 NL  .499 (10th)
Career  .499 (108th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1979 NL  .898 (8th)
Career  .839 (212th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1979 NL  33 (4th)
1980 NL  35 (2nd)
1981 NL  15 (8th)
1982 NL  32 (4th)
1985 NL  27 (8th)
1986 NL  27 (5th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1979 NL  98 (6th)
1980 NL  89 (10th)
1982 NL  97 (9th)
1986 NL  87 (9th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
Career  127 (214th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1983 NL  23 (10th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1983 NL  2.4 (10th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1978 NL  9 (6th)
1985 NL  6 (10th)
1986 NL  10 (3rd)
1988 NL  8 (7th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1980 NL  16 (8th)
1986 NL  16 (9th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1978 NL  14.0 (8th)**
1979 NL  14.8 (5th)
1980 NL  13.2 (2nd)**
1981 NL  20.0 (6th)
1982 NL  15.6 (3rd)
1983 NL  19.3 (10th)**
1985 NL  17.9 (6th)
1986 NL  19.1 (5th)
Career  17.3 (54th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1983 NL  28.34 (9th)
Career  186.47 (227th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1983 NL  3.1 (7th)
Career  16.4 (224th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1982 NL  3.3 (8th)
1983 NL  2.9 (9th)
Career  19.2 (194th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1983 NL  2.8 (9th)
Career  18.4 (226th)

Salary s c a p y
1985 NL  $1,500,000 (7th)
1986 NL  $1,800,000 (7th)

Youngest s c a p y
1978 NL  born 1957-08-06 (7th)

                           
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.
† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 56 (456), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 16 (929), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 22 (645), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Eric Chavez (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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