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Garth Iorg

Garth Ray Iorg

Positions: Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: October 12, 1954 in Arcata, CA
High School: Arcata (Arcata, CA)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 8th round of the 1973 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1978
Team: BlueJays 1978-1987
Agents: Chuck Berry,Tom Reich [*]
Final Game: October 4, 1987
Relatives: Brother of Dane Iorg
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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
1978 23 TOR AL 19 55 49 3 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 4 .163 .218 .163 .381 9 8 3 1 0 2 0 4
1980 25 TOR AL 80 237 222 24 55 10 1 2 14 2 1 12 39 .248 .286 .329 .615 65 73 5 0 3 0 0 4573/86
1981 26 TOR AL 70 225 215 17 52 11 0 0 10 2 3 7 31 .242 .269 .293 .562 59 63 3 1 2 0 1 45/63
1982 27 TOR AL 129 442 417 45 119 20 5 1 36 3 2 12 38 .285 .307 .365 .671 77 152 6 4 2 7 2 54
1983 28 TOR AL 122 394 375 40 103 22 5 2 39 7 0 13 45 .275 .298 .376 .674 81 141 10 1 2 3 3 54/6
1984 29 TOR AL 121 257 247 24 56 10 3 1 25 1 3 5 16 .227 .244 .304 .548 49 75 7 1 3 1 0 *5/46
1985 30 TOR AL 131 312 288 33 90 22 1 7 37 3 6 21 26 .313 .358 .469 .827 121 135 6 0 2 1 3 54
1986 31 TOR AL 137 351 327 30 85 19 1 3 44 3 0 20 47 .260 .303 .352 .655 76 115 7 1 1 2 0 54/6
1987 32 TOR AL 122 342 310 35 65 11 0 4 30 2 2 21 52 .210 .262 .284 .546 44 88 8 2 6 3 0 45/D
9 Seasons 931 2615 2450 251 633 125 16 20 238 23 17 114 298 .258 .292 .347 .639 72 850 55 11 21 19 9
162 Game Avg. 162 455 426 44 110 22 3 3 41 4 3 20 52 .258 .292 .347 .639 72 148 10 2 4 3 2

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1978 23 TOR AL 55 -6 0 -1 0 2 0 2 -3 -0.4 -5 -0.5 0.1 $ 4
1980 25 TOR AL 237 -12 1 2 0 4 0 7 1 0.1 -2 -0.2 0.3 $ 4573/86
1981 26 TOR AL 225 -11 0 0 1 4 1 7 3 0.2 -2 -0.2 0.4 $45,000 45/63
1982 27 TOR AL 442 -11 1 0 1 5 1 14 11 1.1 6 0.6 0.5 $75,000 54
1983 28 TOR AL 394 -13 1 0 0 7 2 12 9 0.9 2 0.2 0.7 $135,000 54/6
1984 29 TOR AL 257 -20 0 2 1 -2 0 8 -11 -1.2 -9 -0.9 -0.3 $165,000 *5/46
1985 30 TOR AL 312 8 -3 -2 1 1 1 10 16 1.6 15 1.5 0.1 $256,667 54
1986 31 TOR AL 351 -10 2 1 1 -4 2 11 2 0.2 7 0.7 -0.5 $306,667 54/6
1987 32 TOR AL 342 -24 -1 0 1 4 2 11 -7 -0.7 -11 -1.1 0.4 $380,000 45/D
9 Seasons 2615 -99 1 2 6 22 9 82 21 1.8 1 0.1 1.7 $1,363,334

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 23 TOR AL 55 46 2 1.2 94 .170 .163 .262 .218 .328 .163 .386 .381 .714 9 .083 -5.9 -0.6 .273 .061 .000
1980 25 TOR AL 237 176 20 3.1 103 .293 .248 .275 .286 .338 .329 .408 .615 .746 65 .322 -11.4 -1.1 .497 .140 .081 2.0
1981 26 TOR AL 225 171 16 2.5 94 .283 .242 .263 .269 .328 .293 .382 .562 .711 59 .291 -12.1 -1.3 .414 .079 .051 .0
1982 27 TOR AL 442 315 47 4.0 107 .306 .285 .275 .307 .341 .365 .420 .671 .760 77 .438 -14.3 -1.4 .552 .110 .079 1.5
1983 28 TOR AL 394 287 41 3.8 103 .305 .275 .272 .298 .335 .376 .411 .674 .746 81 .422 -11.2 -1.1 .574 .155 .101 3.1
1984 29 TOR AL 257 205 16 2.1 100 .238 .227 .268 .244 .332 .304 .405 .548 .736 49 .196 -18.4 -1.8 .393 .089 .077 1.0
1985 30 TOR AL 312 213 45 5.6 102 .324 .313 .266 .358 .332 .469 .413 .827 .745 121 .594 8.5 0.8 .729 .219 .156 4.2
1986 31 TOR AL 351 252 35 3.7 103 .294 .260 .265 .303 .333 .352 .413 .655 .747 76 .396 -11.3 -1.1 .558 .162 .092 3.0
1987 32 TOR AL 342 264 23 2.3 108 .237 .210 .267 .262 .336 .284 .429 .546 .765 44 .199 -25.6 -2.4 .435 .142 .074 2.7
9 Seasons 2615 1929 245 3.4 103 .285 .258 .269 .292 .335 .347 .411 .639 .746 72 .367 -101.9 -10.1 .519 .138 .089 21.4
162 Game Avg. 455 336 43 3.4 103 .285 .258 .269 .292 .335 .347 .411 .639 .746 72 .367 -101.9 -10.1 .519 .138 .089 4

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
1985 30 TOR AL ALCS KCR L 6 16 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .133 .188 .133 .321 2 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 6 16 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .133 .188 .133 .321 2 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 23 TOR AL 55 0.0% 7.3% 5.5% 0.0% 0% 1.33 12.3 16.3 1.33 85%
1980 25 TOR AL 237 0.8% 16.5% 5.1% 5.5% 24% 3.25 5.7 111.0 15.9 1.22 76%
1981 26 TOR AL 225 0.0% 13.8% 3.1% 4.9% 21% 4.43 6.9 21.5 1.19 82%
1982 27 TOR AL 442 0.2% 8.6% 2.7% 5.9% 22% 3.17 11.0 417.0 11.6 0.74 87%
1983 28 TOR AL 394 0.5% 11.4% 3.3% 7.4% 28% 3.46 8.3 187.5 9.6 1.28 84%
1984 29 TOR AL 257 0.4% 6.2% 2.0% 5.5% 25% 3.20 15.4 247.0 9.9 0.88 90%
1985 30 TOR AL 312 2.2% 8.3% 6.7% 9.6% 33% 1.24 11.1 41.1 7.8 1.23 82%
1986 31 TOR AL 351 0.9% 13.4% 5.7% 6.6% 27% 2.35 7.0 109.0 7.4 0.96 79%
1987 32 TOR AL 342 1.2% 15.2% 6.1% 4.4% 23% 2.48 6.0 77.5 10.3 0.97 75%
9 Seasons 2615 0.8% 11.4% 4.4% 6.2% 25% 2.61 8.2 122.5 10.3 1.03 82%
MLB Averages 2.1% 13.6% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 1.60 6.6 41.9 8.4 1.09 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1978 23 TOR AL -5.9 -0.6 55 -0.8 0.4 -1.2 1.00 -0.6 -0.2 -5.4 -0.6 0.90 -6.7 0
1980 25 TOR AL -11.4 -1.1 242 -0.6 4.1 -4.7 1.12 -1.0 0.4 -10.1 -1.0 0.94 -12.6 1.95 7
1981 26 TOR AL -12.1 -1.3 232 -1.4 3.1 -4.5 1.03 -1.5 0.1 -11.9 -1.2 0.89 -14.4 3.32 7
1982 27 TOR AL -14.3 -1.4 455 -0.6 7.1 -7.6 .99 -0.8 0.2 -4.1 -0.4 0.92 -9.8 1.41 22
1983 28 TOR AL -11.2 -1.1 404 -0.3 5.8 -6.1 .89 -1.3 0.9 -14.0 -1.4 0.90 -15.7 1.33 17
1984 29 TOR AL -18.4 -1.8 264 -0.6 3.7 -4.3 .93 -1.5 0.8 -17.2 -1.7 0.98 -19.1 0.85 28
1985 30 TOR AL 8.5 0.8 324 0.1 5.5 -5.4 .90 0.8 -0.6 4.6 0.4 0.96 6.6 1.17 27
1986 31 TOR AL -11.3 -1.1 359 0.2 6.7 -6.5 1.10 -0.7 0.8 -2.3 -0.2 0.98 -8.6 1.17 28
1987 32 TOR AL -25.6 -2.4 348 -1.5 5.2 -6.7 1.02 -2.2 0.7 -25.7 -2.4 0.94 -27.0 2.14 15
9 Seasons -101.8 -10.1 2683 -5.5 41.5 -47.0 .99 -8.7 3.1 -86.1 -8.4 0.94 -107.4 1.40 151

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 23 TOR AL 0 0 25% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 25 TOR AL 5 0 34% 93 2 1 67% 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 8 50% 16 10 6 2 0 2 6 2 4
1981 26 TOR AL 3 0 28% 76 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 56% 8 5 3 3 1 2 5 1 4
1982 27 TOR AL 6 0 33% 192 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 13 32% 19 17 2 8 4 4 11 2 6
1983 28 TOR AL 6 0 33% 153 7 0 100% 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 7 47% 17 9 7 4 3 1 9 3 6
1984 29 TOR AL 6 0 38% 78 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 56% 16 7 9 2 1 1 7 3 4
1985 30 TOR AL 1 0 25% 107 3 6 33% 3 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 4 38% 13 8 4 3 1 1 5 1 3
1986 31 TOR AL 5 0 26% 149 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 10 52% 19 10 9 1 0 1 5 2 3
1987 32 TOR AL 5 0 37% 115 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 52% 10 8 2 4 3 1 11 1 10
9 Seasons 37 0 31% 979 23 17 58% 20 16 2 0 1 1 5 0 26 59 46% 120 76 42 27 13 13 59 15 40

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 23 TOR AL 55 47% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 3 25% 6 3 50% 31 3 10% 3 2 67% 2 1 50% 0
1980 25 TOR AL 237 38% 55 7 2 0 0 1.95 2 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 3 3 100% 45 5 11% 14 5 36% 143 12 8% 8 3 38% 8 7 88% 0
1981 26 TOR AL 225 43% 52 7 1 0 0 3.32 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 30 3 10% 15 4 27% 102 10 10% 8 3 38% 5 1 20% 0
1982 27 TOR AL 442 66% 119 22 10 0 5 1.41 1 0 9 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 100% 72 6 8% 51 22 43% 237 37 16% 29 18 62% 23 14 61% 0
1983 28 TOR AL 394 63% 103 17 5 0 3 1.33 2 0 12 0 2 1 1 0 2 2 100% 67 10 15% 44 14 32% 219 37 17% 32 17 53% 16 8 50% 0
1984 29 TOR AL 257 72% 56 28 4 0 1 0.85 1 0 7 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 100% 60 7 12% 27 8 30% 175 25 14% 14 8 57% 8 4 50% 0
1985 30 TOR AL 312 70% 90 27 7 0 3 1.17 7 0 7 2 5 5 2 0 2 2 100% 57 6 11% 25 7 28% 206 32 16% 11 3 27% 13 6 46% 0
1986 31 TOR AL 350 51% 85 28 10 1 5 1.17 3 0 11 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 100% 72 7 10% 33 12 36% 238 41 17% 17 9 53% 13 8 62% 1
1987 32 TOR AL 342 45% 65 15 3 0 2 2.14 4 0 11 3 1 1 3 0 7 6 86% 74 8 11% 34 17 50% 216 28 13% 21 11 52% 19 8 42% 0
9 Seasons 2614 57% 633 151 42 1 19 1.40 20 0 64 5 15 11 9 0 24 21 88% 489 55 11% 249 92 37% 1567 225 14% 143 74 52% 107 57 53% 1
MLB Averages 58% 80% 11% 35% 15% 51% 55%

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 23 19 55 49 3 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 4 .163 .218 .163 .381 9 8 3 1 0 2 0
1979 24 19 55 49 3 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 4 .163 .218 .163 .381 9 8 3 1 0 2 0
1980 25 99 292 271 27 63 10 1 2 17 2 1 15 43 .232 .273 .299 .572 55 81 8 1 3 2 0
1981 26 169 517 486 44 115 21 1 2 27 4 4 22 74 .237 .271 .296 .568 57 144 11 2 5 2 1
1982 27 298 959 903 89 234 41 6 3 63 7 6 34 112 .259 .288 .328 .616 66 296 17 6 7 9 3
1983 28 420 1353 1278 129 337 63 11 5 102 14 6 47 157 .264 .291 .342 .633 70 437 27 7 9 12 6
1984 29 541 1610 1525 153 393 73 14 6 127 15 9 52 173 .258 .283 .336 .619 67 512 34 8 12 13 6
1985 30 672 1922 1813 186 483 95 15 13 164 18 15 73 199 .266 .296 .357 .652 76 647 40 8 14 14 9
1986 31 809 2273 2140 216 568 114 16 16 208 21 15 93 246 .265 .297 .356 .653 76 762 47 9 15 16 9
1987 32 931 2615 2450 251 633 125 16 20 238 23 17 114 298 .258 .292 .347 .639 72 850 55 11 21 19 9

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 23 19 56 50 4 9 0 0 0 4 0 3 4 .180 .232 .180 .412 2 19
1980 25 80 234 222 24 55 10 1 2 14 2 12 39 .248 .286 .329 .615 21 80
1981 26 106 342 329 28 82 17 0 0 16 3 11 47 .249 .278 .301 .579 27 70
1982 27 129 436 413 43 115 19 5 1 34 3 12 38 .278 .300 .356 .656 44 129
1983 28 122 392 375 40 103 22 5 2 39 7 13 45 .275 .298 .376 .674 42 122
1984 29 121 255 248 25 57 10 3 1 26 1 5 16 .230 .247 .306 .554 19 121
1985 30 131 309 287 33 89 22 1 7 37 3 21 26 .310 .356 .467 .823 48 131
1986 31 137 350 327 30 85 19 1 3 44 3 20 47 .260 .303 .352 .655 35 137
1987 32 122 335 309 34 64 11 0 4 29 2 21 52 .207 .260 .282 .541 22 122
9 Seasons 967 2709 2560 261 659 130 16 20 243 24 118 314 .257 .291 .344 .635 260 931
162 Game Avg. 162 454 429 44 110 22 3 3 41 4 20 53 .257 .291 .344 .635 44 931

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1725), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (2891), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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