Willie Horton
William Wattison Horton
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 209 lb.

Born: October 18, 1942 in Arno, VA
High School: Northwestern (Detroit, MI)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1963
Final Game: October 5, 1980
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Standard Batting

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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
1963 20 DET AL 15 43 43 6 14 2 1 1 4 2 0 0 8 .326 .326 .488 .814 122 21 0 0 0 0 0 /79
1964 21 DET AL 25 92 80 6 13 1 3 1 10 0 0 11 20 .163 .272 .288 .559 55 23 0 1 0 0 2 7/9
1965 22 DET AL 143 572 512 69 140 20 2 29 104 5 9 48 101 .273 .340 .490 .831 132 251 12 6 2 4 9 *79/5 AS,MVP-8
1966 23 DET AL 146 578 526 72 138 22 6 27 100 1 1 44 103 .262 .321 .481 .802 125 253 11 3 2 3 4 *79 MVP-21
1967 24 DET AL 122 445 401 47 110 20 3 19 67 0 0 36 80 .274 .338 .481 .819 137 193 12 4 1 3 0 *7/9
1968 25 DET AL 143 578 512 68 146 20 2 36 85 0 3 49 110 .285 .352 .543 .895 165 278 14 8 2 7 8 *7 AS,MVP-4
1969 26 DET AL 141 568 508 66 133 17 1 28 91 3 3 52 93 .262 .332 .465 .796 117 236 8 3 1 4 10 *7/9
1970 27 DET AL 96 404 371 53 113 18 2 17 69 0 1 28 43 .305 .354 .501 .855 133 186 7 2 0 3 6 7/9 AS
1971 28 DET AL 119 498 450 64 130 25 1 22 72 1 5 37 75 .289 .349 .496 .845 133 223 15 7 0 4 8 *79
1972 29 DET AL 108 367 333 44 77 9 5 11 36 0 0 27 47 .231 .293 .387 .681 99 129 8 3 2 2 5 79
1973 30 DET AL 111 443 411 42 130 19 3 17 53 1 4 23 57 .316 .362 .501 .863 136 206 14 7 1 1 5 7/D9 AS,MVP-29
1974 31 DET AL 72 263 238 32 71 8 1 15 47 0 1 21 36 .298 .361 .529 .891 152 126 6 3 0 1 3 7/D
1975 32 DET AL 159 667 615 62 169 13 1 25 92 1 2 44 109 .275 .319 .421 .740 105 259 18 0 0 8 11 *D
1976 33 DET AL 114 456 401 40 105 17 0 14 56 0 0 49 63 .262 .342 .409 .751 117 164 16 2 0 4 7 D
1977 34 TOT AL 140 573 523 55 151 23 3 15 75 2 3 42 117 .289 .337 .430 .767 107 225 15 0 0 8 5 *D7
1977 34 DET AL 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 /7
1977 34 TEX AL 139 569 519 55 150 23 3 15 75 2 3 42 117 .289 .337 .432 .769 108 224 15 0 0 8 5 *D7
1978 35 TOT AL 115 425 393 38 99 21 0 11 60 3 1 28 69 .252 .303 .389 .692 95 153 14 1 2 1 6 D/7
1978 35 CLE AL 50 186 169 15 42 7 0 5 22 3 0 15 25 .249 .314 .379 .692 95 64 7 1 1 0 4 D
1978 35 OAK AL 32 112 102 11 32 8 0 3 19 0 1 9 15 .314 .369 .480 .850 144 49 1 0 1 0 2 D/7
1978 35 TOR AL 33 127 122 12 25 6 0 3 19 0 0 4 29 .205 .228 .328 .556 55 40 6 0 0 1 0 D
1979 36 SEA AL 162 696 646 77 180 19 5 29 106 1 1 42 112 .279 .326 .458 .784 108 296 20 4 2 2 4 *D MVP-24
1980 37 SEA AL 97 384 335 32 74 10 1 8 36 0 4 39 70 .221 .306 .328 .635 74 110 5 4 2 4 2 D
18 Seasons 2028 8052 7298 873 1993 284 40 325 1163 20 38 620 1313 .273 .332 .457 .789 120 3332 195 58 17 59 95
162 Game Avg. 162 643 583 70 159 23 3 26 93 2 3 50 105 .273 .332 .457 .789 120 266 16 5 1 5 8
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
DET (15 yrs) 1515 5978 5405 671 1490 211 31 262 886 14 29 469 945 .276 .337 .472 .808 127 2549 141 49 11 44 78
SEA (2 yrs) 259 1080 981 109 254 29 6 37 142 1 5 81 182 .259 .319 .414 .733 96 406 25 8 4 6 6
OAK (1 yr) 32 112 102 11 32 8 0 3 19 0 1 9 15 .314 .369 .480 .850 144 49 1 0 1 0 2
TEX (1 yr) 139 569 519 55 150 23 3 15 75 2 3 42 117 .289 .337 .432 .769 108 224 15 0 0 8 5
CLE (1 yr) 50 186 169 15 42 7 0 5 22 3 0 15 25 .249 .314 .379 .692 95 64 7 1 1 0 4
TOR (1 yr) 33 127 122 12 25 6 0 3 19 0 0 4 29 .205 .228 .328 .556 55 40 6 0 0 1 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1963 20 DET AL 43 29 7 6.5 97 .382 .326 .259 .326 .325 .488 .399 .814 .725 122 .691 0.9 0.1 .793 .209 .163 1.3
1964 21 DET AL 92 67 7 2.8 98 .203 .163 .258 .272 .327 .288 .401 .559 .727 55 .320 -5.3 -0.5 .522 .263 .125 .0
1965 22 DET AL 572 399 81 5.5 93 .288 .273 .253 .340 .323 .490 .388 .831 .711 132 .635 20.4 2.1 .766 .303 .217 8.5
1966 23 DET AL 578 405 80 5.3 92 .278 .262 .251 .321 .319 .481 .388 .802 .707 125 .638 15.4 1.6 .750 .302 .219 1.9
1967 24 DET AL 445 307 64 5.6 87 .298 .274 .246 .338 .316 .481 .369 .819 .685 137 .680 18.1 2.0 .769 .297 .207 .0
1968 25 DET AL 578 392 95 6.5 82 .295 .285 .241 .352 .311 .543 .357 .895 .668 165 .756 39.9 4.4 .867 .348 .258 .0
1969 26 DET AL 568 391 78 5.4 99 .269 .262 .260 .332 .337 .465 .392 .796 .730 117 .609 9.6 1.0 .754 .305 .203 5.4
1970 27 DET AL 404 269 65 6.5 98 .306 .305 .259 .354 .334 .501 .395 .855 .729 133 .681 15.5 1.6 .808 .270 .197 .0
1971 28 DET AL 498 344 73 5.7 96 .303 .289 .260 .349 .334 .496 .387 .845 .720 133 .655 18.9 2.0 .774 .280 .207 1.9
1972 29 DET AL 367 268 37 3.7 85 .238 .231 .250 .293 .319 .387 .361 .681 .680 99 .510 -1.8 -0.2 .602 .237 .156 .0
1973 30 DET AL 443 301 69 6.2 98 .334 .316 .266 .362 .336 .501 .391 .863 .727 136 .654 18.0 1.8 .779 .234 .185 1.9
1974 31 DET AL 263 175 44 6.8 91 .298 .298 .261 .361 .325 .529 .375 .891 .700 152 .711 15.1 1.6 .856 .315 .231 .0
1975 32 DET AL 667 474 79 4.5 96 .294 .275 .263 .319 .333 .421 .386 .740 .719 105 .518 1.4 0.1 .648 .216 .146 1.9
1976 33 DET AL 456 316 55 4.7 88 .277 .262 .259 .342 .324 .409 .366 .751 .690 117 .575 9.5 1.0 .689 .269 .147 .0
1977 34 TOT AL 573 398 73 4.9 101 .341 .289 .267 .337 .332 .430 .407 .767 .738 107 .527 5.2 0.5 .682 .220 .141 3.5
1977 34 DET AL 4 3 0 0.0 104 .250 .250 .272 .250 .337 .250 .414 .500 .751 35 .000 -0.4 0.0 .333 .000 .000
1977 34 TEX AL 569 395 73 5.0 101 .342 .289 .267 .337 .332 .432 .407 .769 .738 108 .530 5.6 0.5 .685 .222 .143 3.5
1978 35 TOT AL 425 312 45 3.9 92 .280 .252 .259 .303 .324 .389 .382 .692 .706 95 .449 -3.2 -0.3 .595 .214 .137 4.7
1978 35 CLE AL 186 135 19 3.8 93 .266 .249 .260 .314 .325 .379 .383 .692 .708 95 .437 -1.3 -0.1 .619 .237 .130 3.8
1978 35 OAK AL 112 73 18 6.6 89 .345 .314 .254 .369 .318 .480 .374 .850 .693 144 .684 6.0 0.6 .792 .245 .167 .0
1978 35 TOR AL 127 104 8 2.1 94 .242 .205 .262 .228 .328 .328 .386 .556 .714 55 .205 -7.9 -0.8 .427 .156 .123 .0
1979 36 SEA AL 696 491 91 4.9 104 .298 .279 .272 .326 .337 .458 .412 .784 .749 108 .522 3.4 0.3 .702 .245 .180 1.9
1980 37 SEA AL 384 276 35 3.4 100 .253 .221 .270 .306 .333 .328 .401 .635 .734 74 .368 -11.7 -1.2 .552 .212 .107 .0
18 Seasons 8052 5614 1078 5.2 94 .292 .273 .259 .332 .328 .457 .386 .789 .714 120 .596 169.4 17.9 .721 .266 .183 37.7
162 Game Avg. 643 448 86 5.2 94 .292 .273 .259 .332 .328 .457 .386 .789 .714 120 .596 14 1 .721 .266 .183 3
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
DET (15 yrs) 5978 4140 834 5.4 93 .289 .276 .256 .337 .326 .472 .381 .808 .707 127 .634 175.3 18.6 .747 .280 .196 26.6
SEA (2 yrs) 1080 767 126 4.4 102 .283 .259 .271 .319 .336 .414 .408 .733 .744 96 .472 -8.3 -0.9 .649 .233 .155 1.9
OAK (1 yr) 112 73 18 6.6 89 .345 .314 .254 .369 .318 .480 .374 .850 .693 144 .684 6.0 0.6 .792 .245 .167 .0
TEX (1 yr) 569 395 73 5.0 101 .342 .289 .267 .337 .332 .432 .407 .769 .738 108 .530 5.6 0.5 .685 .222 .143 3.5
CLE (1 yr) 186 135 19 3.8 93 .266 .249 .260 .314 .325 .379 .383 .692 .708 95 .437 -1.3 -0.1 .619 .237 .130 3.8
TOR (1 yr) 127 104 8 2.1 94 .242 .205 .262 .228 .328 .328 .386 .556 .714 55 .204 -7.9 -0.8 .427 .156 .123 .0

Postseason Batting

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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
1968 25 DET AL WS STL W 7 29 23 6 7 1 1 1 3 0 0 5 6 .304 .448 .565 1.013 13 1 1 0 0 0
1972 29 DET AL ALCS OAK L 5 11 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .100 .182 .100 .282 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 12 40 33 6 8 1 1 1 3 0 0 6 9 .242 .375 .424 .799 14 1 1 0 0 0
1 ALCS 5 11 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .100 .182 .100 .282 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 7 29 23 6 7 1 1 1 3 0 0 5 6 .304 .448 .565 1.013 13 1 1 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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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
1965 DET AL 22 as LF 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 DET AL 25 as LF 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 DET AL 27 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 2 0 0 0 0 1
1973 DET AL 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (4 Appearances) 10 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .250 .400 .250 .650 2 0 0 0 0 1

Ratio Batting*

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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
1963 20 DET AL 43 2.3% 18.6% 0.0% 9.3% 29% 5.4 43.0 10.8 1.33 79%
1964 21 DET AL 92 1.1% 21.7% 12.0% 5.4% 39% 1.82 4.0 80.0 8.0 1.61 64%
1965 22 DET AL 572 5.1% 17.7% 8.4% 8.9% 36% 2.10 5.1 17.7 4.9 0.79 67%
1966 23 DET AL 578 4.7% 17.8% 7.6% 9.5% 40% 2.34 5.1 19.5 5.3 0.74 69%
1967 24 DET AL 445 4.3% 18.0% 8.1% 9.4% 38% 2.22 5.0 21.1 6.0 0.90 69%
1968 25 DET AL 578 6.2% 19.0% 8.5% 10.0% 40% 2.24 4.7 14.2 6.0 0.77 65%
1969 26 DET AL 568 4.9% 16.4% 9.2% 8.1% 35% 1.79 5.5 18.1 5.6 0.62 69%
1970 27 DET AL 404 4.2% 10.6% 6.9% 9.2% 33% 1.54 8.6 21.8 5.4 0.64 78%
1971 28 DET AL 498 4.4% 15.1% 7.4% 9.6% 37% 2.03 6.0 20.5 6.3 0.93 72%
1972 29 DET AL 367 3.0% 12.8% 7.4% 6.8% 33% 1.74 7.1 30.3 9.3 0.70 75%
1973 30 DET AL 443 3.8% 12.9% 5.2% 8.8% 30% 2.48 7.2 24.2 7.8 0.96 76%
1974 31 DET AL 263 5.7% 13.7% 8.0% 9.1% 34% 1.71 6.6 15.9 5.1 0.86 71%
1975 32 DET AL 667 3.8% 16.3% 6.6% 5.9% 23% 2.48 5.6 24.6 6.7 0.88 73%
1976 33 DET AL 456 3.1% 13.8% 10.8% 6.8% 30% 1.29 6.4 28.6 7.2 1.00 72%
1977 34 TOT AL 573 2.6% 20.4% 7.3% 7.2% 27% 2.79 4.5 34.9 7.0 1.05 70%
1977 34 DET AL 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 0.50 100%
1977 34 TEX AL 569 2.6% 20.6% 7.4% 7.2% 27% 2.79 4.4 34.6 6.9 1.06 69%
1978 35 TOT AL 425 2.6% 16.2% 6.6% 7.5% 32% 2.46 5.7 35.7 6.6 1.33 74%
1978 35 CLE AL 186 2.7% 13.4% 8.1% 6.5% 29% 1.67 6.8 33.8 7.7 1.45 75%
1978 35 OAK AL 112 2.7% 13.4% 8.0% 9.8% 34% 1.67 6.8 34.0 5.4 0.77 75%
1978 35 TOR AL 127 2.4% 22.8% 3.2% 7.1% 36% 7.25 4.2 40.7 6.4 1.77 72%
1979 36 SEA AL 696 4.2% 16.1% 6.0% 7.6% 29% 2.67 5.8 22.3 6.1 1.11 73%
1980 37 SEA AL 384 2.1% 18.2% 10.2% 5.0% 26% 1.79 4.8 41.9 9.3 1.14 68%
18 Seasons 8052 4.0% 16.3% 7.7% 8.1% 33% 2.12 5.6 22.5 6.3 0.89 71%
MLB Averages
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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1963 20 DET AL 1 0 39% 16 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 21 DET AL 1 0 21% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 50% 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
1965 22 DET AL 14 0 24% 222 5 9 36% 5 8 0 1 0 0 3 1 9 8 37% 23 15 8 8 4 2 12 6 6
1966 23 DET AL 10 0 29% 208 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 12 44% 22 13 9 10 7 3 13 4 8
1967 24 DET AL 5 0 21% 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 15 42% 17 14 3 2 1 1 7 0 7
1968 25 DET AL 10 0 19% 199 0 3 0% 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 13 41% 19 12 6 6 5 1 9 2 7
1969 26 DET AL 4 0 24% 197 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 8 36% 28 23 4 7 4 3 10 1 9
1970 27 DET AL 7 0 29% 173 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 43% 23 15 8 6 5 1 8 1 7
1971 28 DET AL 4 0 28% 177 1 5 17% 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 12 43% 30 25 5 6 2 4 17 3 14
1972 29 DET AL 4 0 34% 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 56% 21 11 10 5 3 2 10 2 8
1973 30 DET AL 7 0 18% 172 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 5 50% 16 10 6 1 0 1 11 3 7
1974 31 DET AL 6 0 21% 94 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 33% 19 16 3 2 1 0 6 0 6
1975 32 DET AL 5 0 20% 221 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 7 37% 28 23 5 2 1 1 13 2 10
1976 33 DET AL 7 0 18% 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 8 31% 20 16 4 6 4 2 10 5 5
1977 34 TOT AL 10 0 23% 224 2 3 40% 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 26% 28 20 6 6 5 1 9 5 4
1977 34 DET AL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 34 TEX AL 10 0 23% 221 2 3 40% 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 26% 28 20 6 6 5 1 9 5 4
1978 35 TOT AL 5 0 23% 124 3 1 75% 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 6 25% 21 16 5 2 2 0 9 6 3
1978 35 CLE AL 2 0 19% 55 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 21% 8 7 1 1 1 0 5 3 2
1978 35 OAK AL 1 0 21% 32 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 20% 6 5 1 0 0 0 4 3 1
1978 35 TOR AL 2 0 35% 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 38% 7 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0
1979 36 SEA AL 7 0 24% 243 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 16 32% 37 28 8 9 4 5 14 7 6
1980 37 SEA AL 3 0 22% 126 0 4 0% 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 3 29% 18 14 4 3 1 1 10 5 4
18 Seasons 110 0 23% 2786 20 38 34% 19 34 1 3 0 1 9 2 91 142 38% 377 274 97 81 49 28 169 52 112
MLB Averages
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

Situational Hitting*

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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
1963 20 DET AL 43 26% 14 5 3 1 2 2.65 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 3 1 33% 22 3 14% 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 0
1964 21 DET AL 92 36% 13 3 1 0 1 0.89 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0% 11 0 0% 3 0 0% 67 9 13% 5 4 80% 7 1 14% 0
1965 22 DET AL 572 34% 140 3 0 0 0 0.62 29 0 16 19 10 15 14 0 2 2 100% 117 12 10% 53 15 28% 373 79 21% 39 21 54% 28 9 32% 0
1966 23 DET AL 578 34% 138 9 2 0 1 2.39 27 1 23 14 13 12 15 1 2 2 100% 112 11 10% 57 13 23% 410 76 19% 42 22 52% 35 12 34% 0
1967 24 DET AL 445 41% 110 11 3 0 1 2.35 19 0 10 12 7 10 9 0 2 1 50% 87 12 14% 40 11 28% 306 52 17% 28 11 39% 22 5 23% 0
1968 25 DET AL 577 31% 146 5 1 0 1 2.53 36 0 8 20 16 20 16 0 2 2 100% 124 14 11% 56 12 21% 354 50 14% 33 15 45% 34 5 15% 1
1969 26 DET AL 568 38% 133 5 1 0 0 1.48 28 3 18 20 8 13 15 0 2 1 50% 100 8 8% 50 7 14% 380 68 18% 33 12 36% 24 3 13% 0
1970 27 DET AL 404 30% 113 0 0 0 0 17 1 14 14 3 13 4 0 1 0 0% 71 7 10% 30 11 37% 271 55 20% 29 17 59% 22 9 41% 0
1971 28 DET AL 498 35% 130 2 0 0 0 1.16 22 1 8 12 10 10 12 1 0 0 116 15 13% 40 8 20% 338 51 15% 34 15 44% 28 7 25% 0
1972 29 DET AL 367 36% 77 12 1 0 0 0.79 11 0 8 8 3 7 4 0 2 2 100% 82 8 10% 37 9 24% 256 25 10% 17 6 35% 19 4 21% 0
1973 30 DET AL 443 36% 130 3 1 0 1 2.44 17 0 11 14 3 6 11 0 1 1 100% 87 14 16% 43 12 28% 312 38 12% 31 9 29% 27 8 30% 0
1974 31 DET AL 263 37% 71 6 3 0 3 2.31 15 0 10 6 9 6 9 0 0 0 50 6 12% 24 2 8% 180 36 20% 12 7 58% 9 0 0% 0
1975 32 DET AL 667 30% 169 0 0 0 0 25 0 5 14 11 6 19 0 0 0 116 18 16% 50 14 28% 422 69 16% 43 23 53% 42 12 29% 0
1976 33 DET AL 456 32% 105 6 1 1 1 2.42 14 0 11 10 4 5 9 0 0 0 110 16 15% 39 7 18% 320 47 15% 32 14 44% 23 7 30% 0
1977 34 TOT AL 573 30% 151 2 1 0 0 1.40 15 0 17 8 7 7 8 0 0 0 92 15 16% 50 14 28% 373 63 17% 36 18 50% 49 16 33% 0
1977 34 DET AL 4 75% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1977 34 TEX AL 569 30% 150 2 1 0 0 1.40 15 0 17 8 7 7 8 0 0 0 91 15 16% 49 14 29% 372 63 17% 36 18 50% 49 16 33% 0
1978 35 TOT AL 425 37% 99 8 3 0 0 1.47 11 1 6 8 3 3 8 0 2 2 100% 67 14 21% 37 10 27% 273 52 19% 27 12 44% 27 8 30% 0
1978 35 CLE AL 186 38% 42 1 0 0 0 2.42 5 1 4 4 1 0 5 0 1 1 100% 31 7 23% 17 3 18% 120 17 14% 12 4 33% 15 1 7% 0
1978 35 OAK AL 112 38% 32 4 1 0 0 2.13 3 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 100% 12 1 8% 8 2 25% 76 18 24% 7 4 57% 7 2 29% 0
1978 35 TOR AL 127 36% 25 3 2 0 0 0.28 3 0 2 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 24 6 25% 12 5 42% 77 17 22% 8 4 50% 5 5 100% 0
1979 36 SEA AL 696 31% 180 0 0 0 0 29 2 16 21 8 14 15 0 4 2 50% 134 20 15% 58 13 22% 478 78 16% 47 25 53% 39 14 36% 0
1980 37 SEA AL 384 36% 74 5 2 1 1 0.93 8 0 6 5 3 5 3 0 2 2 100% 68 5 7% 36 11 31% 224 29 13% 19 10 53% 19 2 11% 0
18 Seasons 8051 34% 1993 85 23 3 12 1.79 325 9 192 207 118 153 172 2 23 17 74% 1548 195 13% 706 170 24% 5359 880 16% 509 242 48% 456 122 27% 1
MLB Averages
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

Cumulative Batting

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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
1963 20 15 43 43 6 14 2 1 1 4 2 0 0 8 .326 .326 .488 .814 122 21 0 0 0 0 0
1964 21 40 135 123 12 27 3 4 2 14 2 0 11 28 .220 .289 .358 .647 78 44 0 1 0 0 2
1965 22 183 707 635 81 167 23 6 31 118 7 9 59 129 .263 .330 .465 .795 121 295 12 7 2 4 11
1966 23 329 1285 1161 153 305 45 12 58 218 8 10 103 232 .263 .326 .472 .798 123 548 23 10 4 7 15
1967 24 451 1730 1562 200 415 65 15 77 285 8 10 139 312 .266 .329 .474 .804 126 741 35 14 5 10 15
1968 25 594 2308 2074 268 561 85 17 113 370 8 13 188 422 .270 .335 .491 .826 136 1019 49 22 7 17 23
1969 26 735 2876 2582 334 694 102 18 141 461 11 16 240 515 .269 .334 .486 .820 132 1255 57 25 8 21 33
1970 27 831 3280 2953 387 807 120 20 158 530 11 17 268 558 .273 .337 .488 .825 132 1441 64 27 8 24 39
1971 28 950 3778 3403 451 937 145 21 180 602 12 22 305 633 .275 .338 .489 .827 132 1664 79 34 8 28 47
1972 29 1058 4145 3736 495 1014 154 26 191 638 12 22 332 680 .271 .334 .480 .814 129 1793 87 37 10 30 52
1973 30 1169 4588 4147 537 1144 173 29 208 691 13 26 355 737 .276 .337 .482 .819 130 1999 101 44 11 31 57
1974 31 1241 4851 4385 569 1215 181 30 223 738 13 27 376 773 .277 .338 .485 .823 131 2125 107 47 11 32 60
1975 32 1400 5518 5000 631 1384 194 31 248 830 14 29 420 882 .277 .336 .477 .813 128 2384 125 47 11 40 71
1976 33 1514 5974 5401 671 1489 211 31 262 886 14 29 469 945 .276 .337 .472 .808 127 2548 141 49 11 44 78
1977 34 1654 6547 5924 726 1640 234 34 277 961 16 32 511 1062 .277 .337 .468 .805 125 2773 156 49 11 52 83
1978 35 1769 6972 6317 764 1739 255 34 288 1021 19 33 539 1131 .275 .335 .463 .798 123 2926 170 50 13 53 89
1979 36 1931 7668 6963 841 1919 274 39 317 1127 20 34 581 1243 .276 .334 .463 .796 122 3222 190 54 15 55 93
1980 37 2028 8052 7298 873 1993 284 40 325 1163 20 38 620 1313 .273 .332 .457 .789 120 3332 195 58 17 59 95

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1963 20 15 43 43 7 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 8 15
1964 21 25 94 81 6 14 1 3 1 10 0 12 20 .173 .287 .296 .584 7 25
1965 22 143 577 517 76 145 21 2 30 114 5 50 101 .280 .348 .503 .851 89 143
1966 23 147 589 536 80 146 23 6 29 111 1 47 104 .272 .333 .500 .833 89 146
1967 24 122 457 411 55 120 22 3 21 78 0 39 80 .292 .357 .513 .870 74 122
1968 25 143 605 533 86 167 23 2 41 107 0 56 110 .313 .383 .595 .978 120 143
1969 26 141 571 511 68 136 17 1 29 94 3 53 93 .266 .336 .474 .810 81 141
1970 27 96 406 373 56 115 18 2 17 72 0 28 43 .308 .357 .504 .861 68 96
1971 28 120 504 455 70 133 26 1 23 79 1 38 75 .292 .353 .505 .859 79 119
1972 29 113 397 359 57 91 11 6 13 47 0 32 49 .253 .320 .426 .746 48 108
1973 30 111 440 409 43 128 19 3 17 55 1 23 57 .313 .359 .499 .858 71 111
1974 31 72 269 243 36 76 9 1 16 53 0 22 36 .313 .375 .556 .931 50 72
1975 32 160 670 618 66 169 13 1 25 98 1 44 110 .273 .318 .419 .737 84 159
1976 33 115 468 410 46 112 18 0 15 64 0 52 63 .273 .355 .427 .782 62 114
1977 34 140 570 521 56 149 23 3 15 77 2 41 117 .286 .333 .428 .761 75 140
1978 35 115 431 399 44 105 22 0 12 69 3 30 69 .263 .316 .409 .724 51 115
1979 36 163 691 644 76 175 18 5 28 105 1 41 113 .272 .318 .446 .764 91 162
1980 37 97 388 339 33 78 11 1 8 37 0 41 70 .230 .317 .339 .656 36 97
18 Seasons 2038 8170 7402 961 2059 295 40 340 1274 20 649 1318 .278 .339 .467 .805 1183 2028
162 Game Avg. 162 649 588 76 164 23 3 27 101 2 52 105 .278 .339 .467 .805 94 2028
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1965 (LF)
1968 (LF)
1970 *
1973 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1965-AL-8-9%
1966-AL-21-1%
1968-AL-4-36%
1973-AL-29-1%
1979-AL-24-1%
0.48 Career Shares (445th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1968 AL--.285--4th

On-Base% s c a p y
1968 AL--.352--10th

Slugging % s c a p y
1965 AL--.490--6th
1966 AL--.481--8th
1968 AL--.543--2nd
1971 AL--.496--7th**

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1965 AL--.831--9th
1968 AL--.895--2nd

Games Played s c a p y
1975 AL--159--3rd
1979 AL--162--1st
Career--2028--196th

At Bats s c a p y
1975 AL--615--4th
1979 AL--646--3rd
Career--7298--212th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1975 AL--667--9th
1979 AL--696--7th
Career--8052--243rd

Hits s c a p y
1979 AL--180--9th

Total Bases s c a p y
1965 AL--251--8th
1968 AL--278--2nd
1975 AL--259--10th
1979 AL--296--9th
Career--3332--184th

Triples s c a p y
1972 AL--5--10th

Home Runs s c a p y
1965 AL--29--3rd
1966 AL--27--9th
1968 AL--36--2nd
1975 AL--25--8th
1979 AL--29--7th
Career--325--95th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1965 AL--104--2nd
1966 AL--100--4th
1968 AL--85--4th
1975 AL--92--10th
1979 AL--106--8th
Career--1163--159th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1965 AL--101--10th
1968 AL--110--7th
1975 AL--109--8th
1977 AL--117--8th
1979 AL--112--5th
Career--1313--97th

Singles s c a p y
1975 AL--130--7th
1979 AL--127--9th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1965 AL--132--10th
1968 AL--165--3rd

Runs Created s c a p y
1968 AL--95--3rd

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1968 AL--40--3rd

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1968 AL--4.4--3rd

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1965 AL--51--9th
1966 AL--55--10th
1968 AL--58--3rd
1971 AL--48--10th
Career--649--216th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1968 AL--.756--3rd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1965 AL--6--6th
1968 AL--8--7th
1971 AL--7--7th
1973 AL--7--9th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1968 AL--7--4th
1975 AL--8--8th
Career--59--210th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1975 AL--11--9th
Career--95--128th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1968 AL--14--10th
1975 AL--18--8th
1979 AL--20--7th
Career--195--95th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1965 AL--9--3rd

AB per HR s c a p y
1965 AL--17.655--3rd
1968 AL--14.222--2nd
1969 AL--18.143--10th
1971 AL--20.455--10th**
Career--22.455--189th

Outs Made s c a p y
1975 AL--474--6th
1979 AL--491--5th
Career--5614--192nd

Oldest s c a p y
1979 AL--born 1942-10-18--9th
1980 AL--born 1942-10-18--8th

                           
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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (697), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 48 (409), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 30 (575), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 23 (530), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. George Foster (923)
  2. Joe Adcock (922)
  3. Boog Powell (920)
  4. Roy Sievers (919)
  5. Lee May (910)
  6. Greg Luzinski (909)
  7. George Hendrick (908)
  8. George Scott (906)
  9. Tino Martinez (900)
  10. Vic Wertz (899)
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  1. Willie Mays (978) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Pete Incaviglia (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Pete Incaviglia (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jesse Barfield (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jesse Barfield (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jesse Barfield (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jesse Barfield (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Pat Burrell (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Willie Stargell (949) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Frank Howard (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Jermaine Dye (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Frank Thomas (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Frank Thomas (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Frank Thomas (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. George Foster (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. George Foster (923)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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