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Thomas Howard

Thomas Sylvester Howard

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: December 11, 1964 in Middletown, OH
School: Ball State University (Muncie, IN)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1986 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 1986. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 3, 1990
Teams (by GP): Reds/Indians/Cardinals/Padres/Astros/... 1990-2000

Final Game: October 1, 2000
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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
1986	21	SDP-min	A,A-	74	316	278	35	80	10	6	12	39	10	2	34	49	.288	.362	.496	.858		138		0	1	3	1		REN,SPO · CALL,NORW
1987	22	SDP-min	AA	113	447	401	72	133	27	4	14	60	26	8	36	72	.332	.387	.524	.911		210		1	8	1	9		WCH · TL
1988	23	SDP-min	AAA,AA	73	297	270	44	73	18	3	0	31	9	7	25	45	.270	.334	.359	.694		97	3	1	1	0	2		LVG,WCH · PCL,TL
1989	24	SDP-min	AAA	80	337	303	45	91	18	3	3	31	22	11	30	56	.300	.362	.409	.772		124		0	3	1	1		LVG · PCL
1990	25	SDP-min	AAA	89	393	341	58	112	26	8	5	51	27	5	44	63	.328	.401	.496	.897		169		0	4	4	5		LVG · PCL
1990	25	SDP	NL	20	45	44	4	12	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	11	.273	.273	.318	.591	62	14	1	0	1	0	0	/789
1991	26	SDP-min	AAA	25	107	94	22	29	3	1	2	16	11	5	10	16	.309	.368	.426	.793		40	1	0	1	2	3		LVG · PCL
1991	26	SDP	NL	106	309	281	30	70	12	3	4	22	10	7	24	57	.249	.309	.356	.665	85	100	4	1	2	1	4	879
1992	27	TOT	MLB	122	391	361	37	100	15	2	2	32	15	8	17	60	.277	.308	.346	.654	85	125	4	0	11	2	1	789/D
1992	27	SDP	NL	5	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	88	1	0	0	1	0	0
1992	27	CLE	AL	117	387	358	36	99	15	2	2	32	15	8	17	60	.277	.308	.346	.654	85	124	4	0	10	2	1	789/D
1993	28	TOT	MLB	112	348	319	48	81	15	3	7	36	10	7	24	63	.254	.302	.386	.687	84	123	9	0	0	5	0	798/D
1993	28	CLE	AL	74	194	178	26	42	7	0	3	23	5	1	12	42	.236	.278	.326	.604	62	58	5	0	0	4	0	98/7D
1993	28	CIN	NL	38	154	141	22	39	8	3	4	13	5	6	12	21	.277	.331	.461	.792	110	65	4	0	0	1	0	78
1994	29	CIN	NL	83	192	178	24	47	11	0	5	24	4	2	10	30	.264	.302	.410	.712	85	73	2	0	3	1	1	79/8
1995	30	CIN	NL	113	304	281	42	85	15	2	3	26	17	8	20	37	.302	.350	.402	.752	99	113	3	1	1	1	0	879
1996	31	CIN-min	AA,AAA	9	37	35	6	12	1	0	2	4	1	1	2	7	.343	.378	.543	.921		19	0	0	0	0	0		CNG,INA · SOUL,AA
1996	31	CIN	NL	121	386	360	50	98	19	10	6	42	6	5	17	51	.272	.307	.431	.738	93	155	5	3	2	4	3	789
1997	32	HOU	NL	107	286	255	24	63	16	1	3	22	1	2	26	48	.247	.323	.353	.676	80	90	3	3	1	1	1	897
1998	33	LAD	NL	47	79	76	9	14	4	0	2	4	1	0	3	15	.184	.215	.316	.531	41	24	2	0	0	0	0	87/9D
1999	34	STL-min	AAA	35	135	119	24	43	10	2	2	21	1	2	13	21	.361	.425	.529	.955		63	2	1	1	1	0		MEM · PCL
1999	34	STL	NL	98	215	195	16	57	10	0	6	28	1	1	17	26	.292	.353	.436	.789	98	85	3	2	0	1	0	9/7D
2000	35	STL-min	AAA	17	43	34	7	9	2	0	0	5	0	1	7	6	.265	.419	.324	.742		11	2	2	0	0	1		MEM · PCL
2000	35	STL	NL	86	141	133	13	28	4	1	6	28	1	0	7	34	.211	.255	.391	.646	60	52	3	1	0	0	0	9/7D3
2001	36	PIT-min	AAA	13	33	30	2	6	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	7	.200	.273	.267	.539		8	0	1	0	0	0		NVL · PCL
11 Yrs				1015	2696	2483	297	655	123	22	44	264	66	41	165	432	.264	.311	.384	.695	85	954	39	11	21	16	10
162 Game Avg.				162	430	396	47	105	20	4	7	42	11	7	26	69	.264	.311	.384	.695	85	152	6	2	3	3	2

CIN (4 yrs)				355	1036	960	138	269	53	15	18	105	32	21	59	139	.280	.322	.423	.745	96	406	14	4	6	7	4
SDP (3 yrs)				131	358	328	35	83	14	3	4	22	10	8	24	68	.253	.305	.351	.656	82	115	5	1	4	1	4
STL (2 yrs)				184	356	328	29	85	14	1	12	56	2	1	24	60	.259	.315	.418	.732	83	137	6	3	0	1	0
CLE (2 yrs)				191	581	536	62	141	22	2	5	55	20	9	29	102	.263	.298	.340	.637	77	182	9	0	10	6	1
LAD (1 yr)				47	79	76	9	14	4	0	2	4	1	0	3	15	.184	.215	.316	.531	41	24	2	0	0	0	0
HOU (1 yr)				107	286	255	24	63	16	1	3	22	1	2	26	48	.247	.323	.353	.676	80	90	3	3	1	1	1

NL (11 yrs)				824	2115	1947	235	514	101	20	39	209	46	32	136	330	.264	.314	.397	.711	87	772	30	11	11	10	9
AL (2 yrs)				191	581	536	62	141	22	2	5	55	20	9	29	102	.263	.298	.340	.637	77	182	9	0	10	6	1

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
1990	25	SDP	NL	20	45	-2	-1	-0	-0	-0	-4	-0.4	1	-2	-0.2	.480	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$100,000	/789
1991	26	SDP	NL	106	309	-7	-0	0	15	-2	6	0.8	9	15	1.6	.507	.505	-0.1	1.6	-0	$105,000	879
1992	27	SDP	NL	5	4	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$158,000
1992	27	CLE	AL	117	387	-5	1	1	3	-4	-4	-0.3	13	9	0.9	.496	.497	0.6	0.0	6	$	789/D
1993	28	CLE	AL	74	194	-9	2	-0	1	-2	-9	-0.9	6	-2	-0.3	.488	.495	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$325,000	98/7D
1993	28	CIN	NL	38	154	5	-1	0	-0	-1	3	0.3	4	7	0.7	.508	.502	0.7	-0.1	7	$	78
1994	29	CIN	NL	83	192	-5	2	0	-5	-2	-10	-1.0	5	-5	-0.5	.488	.494	0.0	-0.7	-0	$575,000	79/8
1995	30	CIN	NL	113	304	-0	-2	1	-1	-2	-4	-0.4	8	4	0.4	.496	.497	0.5	-0.2	5	$675,000	879
1996	31	CIN	NL	121	386	-6	0	1	-6	-3	-15	-1.7	10	-4	-0.6	.488	.491	0.1	-1.0	2	$675,000	789
1997	32	HOU	NL	107	286	-6	-0	1	3	-1	-3	-0.4	8	5	0.4	.497	.498	0.2	0.2	2	$750,000	897
1998	33	LAD	NL	47	79	-7	0	0	1	-1	-6	-0.7	2	-4	-0.4	.486	.496	-0.5	0.0	-5	$425,000	87/9D
1999	34	STL	NL	98	215	1	-2	0	-1	-2	-4	-0.4	6	2	0.2	.496	.498	0.3	-0.3	3	$325,000	9/7D
2000	35	STL	NL	86	141	-8	1	0	-3	-2	-12	-1.2	4	-8	-0.8	.486	.493	-0.4	-0.5	-5	$650,000	9/7D3
11 Seasons				1015	2696	-49	-1	4	6	-21	-61	-6.1	77	16	1.4	.494	.497	0.9	-1.2	10	$4,763,000

CIN (4 yrs)				355	1036	-7	-1	2	-12	-8	-26	-2.7	28	2	-0.0	.493	.496	1.3	-2.1	14	$1,925,000
SDP (3 yrs)				131	358	-9	-1	0	15	-2	3	0.4	10	13	1.4	.502	.501	-0.3	1.5	-2	$363,000
STL (2 yrs)				184	356	-7	-1	1	-5	-4	-16	-1.6	10	-6	-0.6	.492	.495	-0.1	-0.8	-2	$975,000
CLE (2 yrs)				191	581	-14	2	0	4	-6	-13	-1.2	20	7	0.6	.493	.496	0.3	-0.1	3	$325,000
LAD (1 yr)				47	79	-7	0	0	1	-1	-6	-0.7	2	-4	-0.4	.486	.496	-0.5	0.0	-5	$425,000
HOU (1 yr)				107	286	-6	-0	1	3	-1	-3	-0.4	8	5	0.4	.497	.498	0.2	0.2	2	$750,000

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
1990	25	SDP	NL	45	35	3	2.3	99	.364	.273	.266	.273	.332	.318	.399	.591	.731	62	.234	-2.4	-0.2	.382	.023	.045
1991	26	SDP	NL	309	225	31	3.7	96	.299	.249	.261	.309	.329	.356	.391	.665	.720	85	.443	-6.2	-0.6	.577	.203	.107	5.7
1992	27	TOT	MLB	391	286	38	3.6	93	.326	.277	.257	.308	.326	.346	.382	.654	.707	85	.406	-8.0	-0.8	.546	.136	.069	3.5
1992	27	SDP	NL	4	3	0	0.0	94	.333	.333	.261	.333	.327	.333	.385	.667	.712	88	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.000	.000
1992	27	CLE	AL	387	283	38	3.6	93	.326	.277	.257	.308	.326	.346	.382	.654	.707	85	.410	-8.0	-0.8	.546	.137	.070	3.5
1993	28	TOT	MLB	348	259	35	3.6	103	.291	.254	.269	.302	.337	.386	.410	.687	.747	84	.379	-8.0	-0.8	.591	.216	.132	8.2
1993	28	CLE	AL	194	146	16	2.9	103	.285	.236	.267	.278	.337	.326	.408	.604	.745	62	.287	-9.6	-0.9	.521	.180	.090	3.8
1993	28	CIN	NL	154	113	19	4.5	104	.299	.277	.271	.331	.336	.461	.413	.792	.749	110	.487	1.6	0.2	.679	.262	.184	4.4
1994	29	CIN	NL	192	139	22	4.2	108	.292	.264	.273	.302	.340	.410	.427	.712	.768	85	.432	-4.4	-0.4	.630	.213	.146	4.4
1995	30	CIN	NL	304	209	40	5.2	106	.339	.302	.270	.350	.339	.402	.419	.752	.758	99	.527	-0.4	-0.0	.691	.203	.100	5.1
1996	31	CIN	NL	386	278	46	4.4	107	.300	.272	.270	.307	.339	.431	.422	.738	.761	93	.461	-5.5	-0.5	.647	.208	.158	6.0
1997	32	HOU	NL	286	199	30	4.0	105	.293	.247	.266	.323	.337	.353	.417	.676	.754	80	.415	-6.6	-0.6	.599	.204	.106	1.5
1998	33	LAD	NL	79	64	5	2.1	103	.203	.184	.263	.215	.333	.316	.415	.531	.747	41	.177	-6.7	-0.6	.438	.184	.132	1.3
1999	34	STL	NL	215	143	30	5.6	117	.311	.292	.277	.353	.353	.436	.446	.789	.798	98	.526	-0.7	-0.1	.732	.231	.144	1.7
2000	35	STL	NL	141	108	13	3.2	117	.237	.211	.274	.255	.352	.391	.448	.646	.800	60	.284	-9.5	-0.9	.565	.241	.180	1.7
11 Yrs				2696	1945	293	4.0	104	.302	.264	.267	.311	.337	.384	.413	.695	.750	85	.426	-58.5	-5.7	.605	.197	.120	52.8
162 Game Avg.				430	310	47	4.0	104	.302	.264	.267	.311	.337	.384	.413	.695	.750	85	.426	-58.5	-5.7	.605	.197	.120	8

CIN (4 yrs)				1036	739	127	4.6	106	.310	.280	.271	.322	.339	.423	.421	.745	.760	96	.479	-8.7	-0.8	.661	.216	.143	23.0
SDP (3 yrs)				358	263	34	3.5	96	.307	.253	.262	.305	.330	.351	.392	.656	.722	82	.413	-8.7	-0.9	.550	.177	.098	5.7
STL (2 yrs)				356	251	43	4.6	117	.284	.259	.276	.315	.352	.418	.447	.732	.799	83	.433	-10.2	-0.9	.660	.235	.159	3.4
CLE (2 yrs)				581	429	54	3.4	96	.313	.263	.260	.298	.330	.340	.390	.637	.720	77	.368	-17.6	-1.7	.538	.151	.076	8.0
LAD (1 yr)				79	64	5	2.1	103	.203	.184	.263	.215	.333	.316	.415	.531	.747	41	.177	-6.7	-0.6	.438	.184	.132	1.3
HOU (1 yr)				286	199	30	4.0	105	.293	.247	.266	.323	.337	.353	.417	.676	.754	80	.415	-6.6	-0.6	.599	.204	.106	1.5

NL (11 yrs)				2115	1516	239	4.2	106	.299	.264	.269	.314	.339	.397	.420	.711	.759	87	.441	-41.0	-4.0	.624	.210	.133	42.2
AL (2 yrs)				581	429	54	3.4	96	.313	.263	.260	.298	.330	.340	.390	.637	.720	77	.368	-17.6	-1.7	.538	.151	.076	8.0

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
1995	30	CIN	NL	NLDS	LAD	W	3	10	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.100	.100	.200	.300	2	0	0	0	0	0
1995	30	CIN	NL	NLCS	ATL	L	4	11	8	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	.250	.364	.375	.739	3	0	0	0	1	0

1997	32	HOU	NL	NLDS	ATL	L	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs (3 Series)							9	23	19	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	1	3	3	.158	.261	.263	.524	5	0	0	0	1	0
2 NLDS							5	12	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.091	.167	.182	.348	2	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLCS							4	11	8	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	.250	.364	.375	.739	3	0	0	0	1	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
1990	25	SDP	NL	45	0.0%	24.4%	0.0%	4.4%	17%		4.0			0.88	1.20	73%	21%	0.0%	6%
1991	26	SDP	NL	309	1.3%	18.5%	7.8%	6.2%	27%	2.38	4.9	70.3	12.8	1.17	1.56	72%	19%	4.7%	15%
1992	27	TOT	MLB	391	0.5%	15.4%	4.4%	4.9%	19%	3.53	6.0	180.5	11.3	0.98	1.37	77%	22%	1.4%	9%
1992	27	SDP	NL	4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%							75%	0%
1992	27	CLE	AL	387	0.5%	15.5%	4.4%	4.9%	19%	3.53	6.0	179.0	11.2	0.96	1.34	77%	22%	1.4%	9%
1993	28	TOT	MLB	348	2.0%	18.1%	6.9%	7.2%	31%	2.63	5.1	45.6	8.9	1.16	1.57	73%	17%	7.3%	19%
1993	28	CLE	AL	194	1.6%	21.7%	6.2%	5.2%	24%	3.50	4.2	59.3	7.7	1.16	1.44	71%	14%	5.6%	14%
1993	28	CIN	NL	154	2.6%	13.6%	7.8%	9.7%	39%	1.75	6.7	35.3	10.8	1.16	1.76	76%	21%	9.5%	24%
1994	29	CIN	NL	192	2.6%	15.6%	5.2%	8.3%	34%	3.00	5.9	35.6	7.4	0.92	0.98	75%	17%	7.7%	16%
1995	30	CIN	NL	304	1.0%	12.2%	6.6%	6.6%	24%	1.85	7.6	93.7	10.8	1.06	1.38	80%	22%	2.8%	9%
1996	31	CIN	NL	386	1.6%	13.2%	4.4%	9.1%	36%	3.00	7.1	60.0	8.6	0.68	0.87	80%	24%	4.0%	17%
1997	32	HOU	NL	286	1.1%	16.8%	9.1%	7.0%	32%	1.85	5.3	85.0	11.6	1.19	1.40	72%	17%	3.6%	12%
1998	33	LAD	NL	79	2.5%	19.0%	3.8%	7.6%	43%	5.00	5.1	38.0	19.0	1.35	1.58	75%	8%	10.0%	23%
1999	34	STL	NL	215	2.8%	12.1%	7.9%	7.4%	28%	1.53	7.5	32.5	7.0	0.82	1.24	76%	24%	7.1%	10%
2000	35	STL	NL	141	4.3%	24.1%	5.0%	7.8%	39%	4.86	3.9	22.2	4.8	0.86	1.18	66%	23%	13.6%	12%
11 Yrs				2696	1.6%	16.0%	6.1%	7.0%	29%	2.62	5.7	56.4	9.4	0.98	1.27	75%	20%	5.0%	13%
MLB Averages					2.5%	16.0%	9.0%	7.5%	32%	1.78	5.5	35.0	7.7	0.80	1.08	71%	21%	7.5%	16%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1990	25	SDP	NL	-2.4	-0.2	46	-0.6	0.5	-1.1	1.16	-0.3	-0.2	-3.9	-0.4	0.95	-2.9	1.76	8
1991	26	SDP	NL	-6.2	-0.6	329	-1.2	4.9	-6.1	1.08	-0.8	-0.3	-4.6	-0.5	0.96	-7.0	1.63	26
1992	27	TOT	MLB	-8.5	-0.9	415	-0.7	6.8	-7.5	1.10	-0.4	-0.3	0.9	0.1	0.95	-3.4	1.53	22
1992	27	SDP	NL	-0.1	-0.0	4	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	1.25	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.95	-0.2	1.25	3
1992	27	CLE	AL	-8.4	-0.8	411	-0.7	6.8	-7.5	1.10	-0.4	-0.3	1.0	0.1	0.95	-3.2	1.57	19
1993	28	TOT	MLB	-8.2	-0.8	372	0.4	6.9	-6.5	1.05	-0.1	0.4	-2.8	-0.3	0.95	-3.5	1.77	30
1993	28	CLE	AL	-9.6	-0.9	204	-0.1	3.7	-3.8	1.11	-0.4	0.3	-3.6	-0.3	0.97	-6.1	1.90	25
1993	28	CIN	NL	1.4	0.1	168	0.5	3.2	-2.7	.98	0.3	0.1	0.8	0.1	0.92	2.6	1.13	5
1994	29	CIN	NL	-4.4	-0.4	199	-0.7	3.3	-4.0	1.09	-0.5	-0.1	-5.6	-0.5	0.94	-6.9	1.61	32
1995	30	CIN	NL	-0.8	-0.1	332	0.8	5.9	-5.1	1.01	0.1	0.7	4.6	0.4	0.96	2.0	1.46	36
1996	31	CIN	NL	-6.0	-0.6	406	0.1	7.2	-7.1	1.01	-0.6	0.7	-5.3	-0.5	0.93	-6.6	1.20	28
1997	32	HOU	NL	-6.6	-0.6	292	-1.4	4.8	-6.2	1.14	-0.4	-0.8	-4.3	-0.4	0.95	-4.7	1.81	45
1998	33	LAD	NL	-6.7	-0.6	81	-0.2	1.3	-1.5	.99	-0.5	0.3	-6.0	-0.6	0.87	-7.4	0.90	21
1999	34	STL	NL	-0.7	-0.1	219	0.4	5.3	-4.9	1.38	0.3	-0.0	6.3	0.6	1.00	4.5	1.64	47
2000	35	STL	NL	-9.7	-0.9	147	-0.3	2.7	-3.0	1.08	-0.3	0.1	-3.3	-0.3	1.02	-4.8	1.25	53
11 Yrs				-60.2	-5.9	2838	-3.2	49.7	-52.9	1.09	-3.4	0.5	-24.2	-2.4	0.95	-40.7	1.51	348

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1990	25	SDP	NL	1	33%	22	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25%	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
1991	26	SDP	NL	2	29%	102	10	7	59%	9	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	7	44%	15	8	7	2	1	0	8	4	4
1992	27	TOT	MLB	7	30%	154	15	8	65%	13	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	7	53%	21	11	10	3	2	0	6	0	6
1992	27	SDP	NL	0	100%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992	27	CLE	AL	7	30%	150	15	8	65%	13	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	7	53%	21	11	10	3	2	0	6	0	6
1993	28	TOT	MLB	9	42%	132	10	7	59%	7	6	3	1	0	0	3	0	3	15	46%	21	12	9	5	4	1	11	4	7
1993	28	CLE	AL	3	45%	85	5	1	83%	2	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	9	46%	18	10	8	3	3	0	5	1	4
1993	28	CIN	NL	6	38%	47	5	6	45%	5	5	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	6	46%	3	2	1	2	1	1	6	3	3
1994	29	CIN	NL	1	37%	61	4	2	67%	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	8	78%	9	3	6	3	0	3	6	1	5
1995	30	CIN	NL	2	38%	141	17	8	68%	14	5	2	3	1	0	4	1	3	6	52%	13	7	6	2	1	0	12	3	8
1996	31	CIN	NL	3	39%	118	6	5	55%	6	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	12	36%	15	8	6	7	5	2	6	4	2
1997	32	HOU	NL	4	24%	117	1	2	33%	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	5	34%	22	16	5	5	2	3	11	6	5
1998	33	LAD	NL	0	47%	24	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	75%	1	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	1
1999	34	STL	NL	3	14%	88	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	13%	9	7	1	3	2	1	3	3	0
2000	35	STL	NL	2	23%	32	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	50%	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	3
11 Yrs				34	32%	991	66	41	62%	57	34	8	6	1	1	12	2	21	70	45%	132	77	52	32	18	11	68	26	41

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
1990	25	SDP	NL	45	100%	12	3	1	8	1	0	0	1.76	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	10	1	10%	5	2	40%	24	0	0%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1991	26	SDP	NL	309	100%	70	22	4	26	3	1	2	1.63	4	0	5	3	1	4	0	0	4	2	50%	42	4	10%	18	5	28%	176	19	11%	9	2	22%	7	4	57%	0
1992	27	TOT	MLB	391	100%	100	37	2	22	7	0	2	1.53	2	0	8	0	2	1	1	0	12	11	92%	69	4	6%	40	17	43%	217	33	15%	16	10	63%	16	8	50%	0
1992	27	SDP	NL	4	100%	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	1.25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1992	27	CLE	AL	387	100%	99	37	2	19	6	0	2	1.57	2	0	8	0	2	1	1	0	11	10	91%	68	4	6%	39	16	41%	216	33	15%	16	10	63%	16	8	50%	0
1993	28	TOT	MLB	348	100%	81	12	3	30	6	0	2	1.77	7	0	4	6	1	5	2	0	4	0	0%	65	9	14%	42	15	36%	195	32	16%	23	12	52%	17	8	47%	0
1993	28	CLE	AL	194	100%	42	8	2	25	5	0	2	1.90	3	0	3	2	1	3	0	0	2	0	0%	37	5	14%	30	11	37%	118	20	17%	19	10	53%	12	6	50%	0
1993	28	CIN	NL	154	100%	39	4	1	5	1	0	0	1.13	4	0	1	4	0	2	2	0	2	0	0%	28	4	14%	12	4	33%	77	12	16%	4	2	50%	5	2	40%	0
1994	29	CIN	NL	192	100%	47	6	0	32	9	0	3	1.61	5	0	5	5	0	4	1	0	3	3	100%	34	2	6%	16	7	44%	120	19	16%	11	6	55%	4	0	0%	0
1995	30	CIN	NL	304	100%	85	7	2	36	13	1	5	1.46	3	0	7	3	0	1	2	0	1	1	100%	42	3	7%	14	5	36%	163	24	15%	7	6	86%	10	8	80%	0
1996	31	CIN	NL	386	99%	98	6	2	28	11	3	7	1.20	6	0	13	6	0	1	5	0	4	2	50%	53	5	9%	30	9	30%	200	37	19%	18	9	50%	8	5	63%	0
1997	32	HOU	NL	286	93%	63	7	2	45	12	0	4	1.81	3	0	5	3	0	0	3	0	2	1	50%	56	3	5%	23	9	39%	172	19	11%	13	4	31%	10	7	70%	0
1998	33	LAD	NL	79	90%	14	6	0	21	4	0	1	0.90	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		13	2	15%	6	1	17%	36	2	6%	2	0	0%	4	2	50%	0
1999	34	STL	NL	215	100%	57	4	1	47	12	1	6	1.64	6	0	7	5	1	3	3	0	0	0		37	3	8%	16	8	50%	159	25	16%	10	5	50%	11	8	73%	0
2000	35	STL	NL	141	99%	28	3	0	53	11	2	6	1.25	6	1	6	6	0	1	5	0	0	0		33	3	9%	12	2	17%	112	22	20%	8	3	38%	2	1	50%	0
11 Yrs				2696	99%	655	113	17	348	89	8	38	1.51	44	1	60	39	5	21	23	0	32	21	66%	454	39	9%	222	80	36%	1574	232	15%	119	57	48%	91	52	57%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			73%			10%			35%			15%			52%			57%

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
1990	25	SDP	NL	45	155	3.44	106	68%	25%	19%	24%	32%	75%	0%	51%	74%	27%	4%	2	0	16%	7	2	7%	3	3	20%	0	0	1
1991	26	SDP	NL	310	1123	3.62	735	65%	20%	16%	32%	31%	80%	4%	52%	79%	40%	5%	15	0	15%	46	17	6%	18	15	25%	-1	0	0
1992	27	TOT	MLB	392	1343	3.43	915	68%	22%	16%	29%	34%	78%	1%	53%	80%	41%	3%	10	0	11%	43	13	5%	20	13	15%	-1	0	0
1992	27	SDP	NL	4	7	1.75	6	86%	33%	0%	0%	67%	67%	0%	57%	100%	25%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
1992	27	CLE	AL	388	1336	3.44	909	68%	21%	16%	29%	34%	79%	1%	53%	80%	41%	3%	10	0	11%	43	13	5%	20	13	15%	-1	0	0
1993	28	TOT	MLB	325	1201	3.70	791	66%	23%	17%	29%	31%	76%	0%	50%	77%	35%	5%	16	1	14%	44	12	6%	21	12	29%	23	2	3
1993	28	CLE	AL	185	699	3.78	469	67%	21%	20%	31%	28%	79%	0%	53%	75%	41%	3%	6	1	11%	21	5	6%	11	6	21%	9	0	1
1993	28	CIN	NL	140	502	3.59	322	64%	26%	13%	25%	34%	73%	0%	47%	81%	26%	7%	10	0	16%	23	7	7%	10	6	47%	14	2	2
1994	29	CIN	NL	185	658	3.56	435	66%	22%	16%	28%	34%	78%	2%	52%	79%	34%	3%	6	0	12%	22	9	5%	9	6	7%	7	0	1
1995	30	CIN	NL	282	925	3.28	602	65%	23%	15%	23%	38%	76%	0%	50%	80%	33%	5%	13	2	14%	39	11	9%	24	15	24%	22	0	1
1996	31	CIN	NL	361	1212	3.36	812	67%	21%	16%	27%	36%	79%	3%	53%	80%	36%	3%	11	0	12%	45	20	6%	20	12	21%	25	1	2
1997	32	HOU	NL	281	1011	3.60	620	61%	24%	18%	25%	33%	75%	1%	46%	77%	27%	7%	19	0	14%	40	13	6%	18	13	28%	5	0	1
1998	33	LAD	NL	79	262	3.32	180	69%	27%	17%	22%	34%	73%	0%	50%	77%	34%	3%	2	0	5%	4	1	4%	3	2	33%	0	0	0
1999	34	STL	NL	216	764	3.54	453	59%	24%	15%	23%	38%	76%	0%	45%	80%	31%	7%	16	0	25%	53	18	11%	23	19	38%	-1	0	0
2000	35	STL	NL	141	537	3.81	356	66%	22%	19%	31%	28%	78%	0%	52%	75%	33%	6%	9	1	18%	25	10	8%	11	9	21%	0	0	0
11 Yrs				2617	9191	3.51	6005	65%	22%	16%	27%	34%	77%	1%	51%	79%	35%	5%	119	4	14%	368	126	6%	170	119	23%	79	3	9
MLB Averages						3.69		61%	26%	15%	27%	33%	74%	2%	46%	80%	30%	6%			16%			9%			28%

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
1990	25	20	45	44	4	12	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	11	.273	.273	.318	.591	62	14	1	0	1	0	0
1991	26	126	354	325	34	82	14	3	4	22	10	8	24	68	.252	.305	.351	.656	82	114	5	1	3	1	4
1992	27	248	745	686	71	182	29	5	6	54	25	16	41	128	.265	.306	.348	.655	84	239	9	1	14	3	5
1993	28	360	1093	1005	119	263	44	8	13	90	35	23	65	191	.262	.305	.360	.665	84	362	18	1	14	8	5
1994	29	443	1285	1183	143	310	55	8	18	114	39	25	75	221	.262	.304	.368	.672	84	435	20	1	17	9	6
1995	30	556	1589	1464	185	395	70	10	21	140	56	33	95	258	.270	.313	.374	.687	87	548	23	2	18	10	6
1996	31	677	1975	1824	235	493	89	20	27	182	62	38	112	309	.270	.312	.385	.697	88	703	28	5	20	14	9
1997	32	784	2261	2079	259	556	105	21	30	204	63	40	138	357	.267	.313	.381	.695	87	793	31	8	21	15	10
1998	33	831	2340	2155	268	570	109	21	32	208	64	40	141	372	.265	.310	.379	.689	86	817	33	8	21	15	10
1999	34	929	2555	2350	284	627	119	21	38	236	65	41	158	398	.267	.314	.384	.698	87	902	36	10	21	16	10
2000	35	1015	2696	2483	297	655	123	22	44	264	66	41	165	432	.264	.311	.384	.695	85	954	39	11	21	16	10

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
1990	25	20	45	44	4	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	11	.273	.273	.318	.591	4	20
1991	26	106	312	283	31	72	12	3	4	23	10	25	57	.254	.316	.360	.677	32	106
1992	27	122	398	367	41	106	16	2	2	36	16	18	60	.289	.320	.360	.680	43	122
1993	28	112	348	319	48	81	15	3	7	36	10	24	63	.254	.302	.386	.687	38	112
1994	29	117	268	249	32	64	15	0	7	32	5	14	42	.257	.295	.402	.697	30	83
1995	30	127	339	314	46	94	17	2	3	28	19	22	42	.299	.346	.395	.741	43	113
1996	31	121	382	357	48	95	18	10	6	40	6	16	51	.266	.300	.423	.723	45	121
1997	32	107	287	256	24	64	16	1	3	22	1	26	48	.250	.325	.355	.681	29	107
1998	33	47	79	76	9	14	4	0	2	4	1	3	15	.184	.215	.316	.531	5	47
1999	34	98	210	191	14	53	9	0	6	25	1	16	26	.277	.338	.419	.757	26	98
2000	35	86	137	130	11	25	4	1	5	24	1	6	34	.192	.234	.354	.587	11	86
11 Yrs		1063	2805	2586	308	680	128	22	45	270	70	170	449	.263	.309	.382	.691	306	1015
162 Game Avg.		162	427	394	47	104	20	3	7	41	11	26	68	.263	.309	.382	.691	47	1015

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1991 NL 1.6 (6th)	Triples s c a p y 1996 NL 10 (2nd)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1991 NL 1.6 (6th)

Triples s c a p y
1996 NL 10 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Batting - 1 (2399), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (1919), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 7 (2059), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Most Similar by Ages

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Delos Drake (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Delos Drake (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Midre Cummings (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jerome Walton (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Gino Cimoli (983) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Von Joshua (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tom Paciorek (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Darren Bragg (956) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jason Michaels (954) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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