Garth Iorg
Garth Ray Iorg
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
Final Game: October 4, 1987
Relatives: Brother of Dane Iorg
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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
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/D86
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 45/63D
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/D
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 *5/46D
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

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
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 -12.2 -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 -11.3 -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 -18.5 -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 -102.0 -10.2 .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 -102.0 -10.2 .519 .138 .089 4

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
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*

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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
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

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
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
MLB Averages

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
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 6 2 0 0 1.98 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 3.31 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 30 3 10% 15 4 27% 102 10 10% 8 3 38% 15 3 20% 0
1982 27 TOR AL 442 66% 119 21 10 0 5 1.43 1 0 9 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 100% 72 6 8% 51 22 43% 237 37 16% 29 18 62% 35 17 49% 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% 23 9 39% 0
1984 29 TOR AL 257 72% 56 27 3 0 1 0.88 1 0 7 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 100% 60 7 12% 27 8 30% 175 25 14% 14 8 57% 14 4 29% 0
1985 30 TOR AL 312 70% 90 27 7 0 3 1.18 7 0 7 2 5 5 2 0 2 2 100% 57 6 11% 25 7 28% 206 32 16% 11 3 27% 26 10 38% 0
1986 31 TOR AL 351 51% 85 28 10 1 5 1.19 3 0 11 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 100% 72 7 10% 33 12 36% 240 42 18% 17 9 53% 19 10 53% 0
1987 32 TOR AL 342 45% 65 11 3 0 2 2.15 4 0 11 3 1 1 3 0 7 6 86% 74 8 11% 34 17 50% 216 28 13% 21 11 52% 19 9 47% 0
9 Seasons 2615 57% 633 144 41 1 19 1.39 20 0 64 5 15 11 9 0 24 21 88% 489 55 11% 249 92 37% 1569 226 14% 143 74 52% 161 70 43% 0
MLB Averages

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
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 71 437 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

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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 80 233 221 24 54 10 1 2 14 2 12 39 .244 .283 .326 .609 20 80
1981 26 106 342 329 29 82 17 0 0 17 3 11 47 .249 .278 .301 .579 27 70
1982 27 129 438 415 44 117 20 5 1 35 3 12 38 .282 .304 .361 .665 45 129
1983 28 122 389 372 39 100 21 5 2 38 7 13 45 .269 .293 .368 .661 40 122
1984 29 121 250 243 24 52 9 3 1 25 1 5 16 .214 .232 .288 .520 16 121
1985 30 131 305 284 33 86 21 1 7 37 3 20 26 .303 .348 .458 .805 45 131
1986 31 137 350 327 30 85 19 1 3 44 3 20 47 .260 .303 .352 .655 35 137
1987 32 122 332 307 32 62 10 0 4 28 2 20 52 .202 .253 .274 .527 21 122
9 Seasons 967 2695 2548 259 647 127 16 20 242 24 116 314 .254 .288 .340 .627 251 931
162 Game Avg. 162 451 427 43 108 21 3 3 41 4 19 53 .254 .288 .340 .627 42 931

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1678), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3944), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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