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Sonny Jackson

Roland Thomas Jackson

Positions: Shortstop and Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 150 lb.

Born: July 9, 1944 in Washington, DC
High School: Montgomery Blair HS (Blair, MD)
Signed by the Houston Colt .45's as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 27, 1963
Teams (by GP): Braves/Astros/Colt.45's 1963-1974

Final Game: July 9, 1974
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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
1963	18	HOU-min	A	139	579	579		172	19	7	3						.297	.297	.370	.667		214							MOD · CALL
1963	18	HOU	NL	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/6
1964	19	HOU-min	AA	138	636	575	97	164	22	5	2	30	45	16	61	68	.285	.354	.351	.705		202							SAN · TL
1964	19	HOU	NL	9	25	23	3	8	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	3	.348	.400	.391	.791	131	9	0	0	0	0	0	/6
1965	20	HOU-min	AAA	142	643	584	104	193	22	5	1	29	52	11	46	49	.330	.382	.390	.772		228		4	7	2			OKC · PCL
1965	20	HOU	NL	10	24	23	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	.130	.167	.130	.297	-12	3	0	0	0	0	0	/65
1966	21	HOU	NL	150	670	596	80	174	6	5	3	25	49	14	42	53	.292	.341	.334	.674	95	199	9	3	27	2	0	*6	RoY-2
1967	22	HOU	NL	129	566	520	67	123	18	3	0	25	22	9	36	45	.237	.285	.283	.568	66	147	14	0	8	2	1	*6
1968	23	ATL	NL	105	392	358	37	81	8	2	1	19	16	6	25	35	.226	.282	.268	.550	66	96	10	3	5	1	6	6
1969	24	ATL	NL	98	363	318	41	76	3	5	1	27	12	7	35	33	.239	.317	.289	.606	71	92	3	2	6	2	2	6
1970	25	ATL	NL	103	380	328	60	85	14	3	0	20	11	4	45	27	.259	.347	.320	.668	77	105	3	1	3	3	1	6
1971	26	ATL	NL	149	593	547	58	141	20	5	2	25	7	6	35	45	.258	.302	.324	.626	73	177	8	1	7	3	1	*8
1972	27	ATL-min	AAA	20	85	79	5	17	1	0	0	2	2	2	5	4	.215	.271	.228	.498		18		1	0	0			RMD · IL
1972	27	ATL	NL	60	133	126	20	30	6	3	0	8	1	0	7	9	.238	.278	.333	.612	67	42	4	0	0	0	0	6/859
1973	28	ATL	NL	117	234	206	29	43	5	2	0	12	6	3	22	13	.209	.283	.252	.536	45	52	1	1	1	4	0	76/89
1974	29	ATL-min	AAA	109	325	281	43	80	12	0	0	25	7	6	33	26	.285	.357	.327	.685		92		1	6	4			RMD · IL
1974	29	ATL	NL	5	7	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.429	.429	.429	.857	137	3	0	0	0	0	0	/9
1975	30	SDP-min	AAA	94	331	294	41	75	10	0	0	19	8	6	33	18	.255	.330	.289	.619		85		0	4	0			HAW · PCL
1976	31	CHW-min	AAA	84	243	220	32	60	11	0	2	22	6	3	20	12	.273	.333	.350	.683		77		0	3	0			IWA · AA
12 Yrs				936	3390	3055	396	767	81	28	7	162	126	51	250	265	.251	.308	.303	.611	73	925	52	11	57	17	11
162 Game Avg.				162	587	529	69	133	14	5	1	28	22	9	43	46	.251	.308	.303	.611	73	160	9	2	10	3	2

ATL (7 yrs)				637	2102	1890	245	459	56	20	4	111	53	27	169	162	.243	.306	.300	.606	69	567	29	8	22	13	10
HOU (5 yrs)				299	1288	1165	151	308	25	8	3	51	73	24	81	103	.264	.313	.307	.620	80	358	23	3	35	4	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	Awards
1963	18	HOU	NL	1	3	-1	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.322	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/6
1964	19	HOU	NL	9	25	1	0	0	-4	0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.476	.499	0.3	-0.3	2	$	/6
1965	20	HOU	NL	10	24	-3	-0	0	-1	0	-3	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.461	.498	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$	/65
1966	21	HOU	NL	150	670	3	3	2	-19	9	-1	0.0	23	21	2.2	.499	.499	4.2	-1.0	40	$	*6	RoY-2
1967	22	HOU	NL	129	566	-20	3	-0	-15	7	-25	-2.8	19	-6	-0.9	.477	.482	0.6	-0.7	9	$	*6
1968	23	ATL	NL	105	392	-14	1	0	4	6	-4	-0.3	14	10	1.1	.496	.497	0.4	1.3	6	$	6
1969	24	ATL	NL	98	363	-12	2	1	-0	5	-4	-0.4	12	8	0.8	.495	.497	0.8	0.6	9	$	6
1970	25	ATL	NL	103	380	-9	0	1	-6	5	-10	-0.9	11	1	0.2	.490	.494	0.7	-0.0	7	$	6
1971	26	ATL	NL	149	593	-17	0	2	-17	-1	-33	-3.6	17	-15	-1.9	.475	.477	-0.1	-1.9	2	$	*8
1972	27	ATL	NL	60	133	-6	1	0	2	1	-1	-0.1	4	2	0.3	.497	.499	0.0	0.4	0	$	6/859
1973	28	ATL	NL	117	234	-13	1	1	2	-0	-9	-1.1	7	-2	-0.4	.491	.494	-0.6	0.2	-4	$	76/89
1974	29	ATL	NL	5	7	0	-0	0	-0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	/9
12 Seasons				936	3390	-92	11	8	-55	32	-95	-10.0	109	14	0.8	.488	.494	6.0	-1.6	69	$

ATL (7 yrs)				637	2102	-72	5	6	-16	15	-61	-6.4	65	4	0.1	.489	.494	1.2	0.6	20	$
HOU (5 yrs)				299	1288	-20	6	3	-39	17	-34	-3.5	44	10	0.7	.487	.495	4.8	-2.2	49	$

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
1963	18	HOU	NL	3	3	0	0.0	84	.000	.000	.247	.000	.308	.000	.370	.000	.678	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1964	19	HOU	NL	25	15	4	7.2	89	.400	.348	.256	.400	.313	.391	.381	.791	.694	131	.735	1.0	0.1	.800	.174	.043	.0
1965	20	HOU	NL	24	21	0	0.0	87	.136	.130	.249	.167	.311	.130	.376	.297	.687	-12	.000	-3.3	-0.4	.190	.043	.000	.0
1966	21	HOU	NL	670	474	74	4.2	90	.315	.292	.256	.341	.314	.334	.386	.674	.700	95	.498	-3.4	-0.4	.627	.171	.042	5.7
1967	22	HOU	NL	566	430	42	2.6	87	.258	.237	.254	.285	.315	.283	.372	.568	.687	66	.322	-22.3	-2.4	.467	.140	.046	.0
1968	23	ATL	NL	392	299	27	2.4	82	.248	.226	.253	.282	.311	.268	.357	.550	.668	66	.333	-15.3	-1.7	.457	.140	.042	1.9
1969	24	ATL	NL	363	260	32	3.3	95	.262	.239	.260	.317	.331	.289	.386	.606	.717	71	.395	-12.6	-1.3	.532	.176	.050	1.8
1970	25	ATL	NL	380	256	41	4.3	108	.280	.259	.273	.347	.346	.320	.417	.668	.763	77	.465	-9.5	-0.9	.632	.220	.061	.0
1971	26	ATL	NL	593	430	54	3.4	97	.276	.258	.267	.302	.334	.324	.390	.626	.724	73	.416	-20.4	-2.2	.510	.132	.066	3.1
1972	27	ATL	NL	133	100	11	3.0	99	.256	.238	.267	.278	.336	.333	.394	.612	.730	67	.361	-6.1	-0.6	.500	.159	.095	.0
1973	28	ATL	NL	234	172	17	2.7	103	.218	.209	.272	.283	.342	.252	.404	.536	.746	45	.296	-15.6	-1.6	.467	.165	.044	.0
1974	29	ATL	NL	7	5	1	5.4	98	.429	.429	.267	.429	.340	.429	.386	.857	.725	137	.607	0.3	0.0	.400	-.143	.000
12 Yrs				3390	2465	303	3.3	94	.271	.251	.261	.308	.326	.303	.386	.611	.712	73	.402	-107.9	-11.5	.527	.158	.052	13.3
162 Game Avg.				587	427	52	3.3	94	.271	.251	.261	.308	.326	.303	.386	.611	.712	73	.402	-107.9	-11.5	.527	.158	.052	2

ATL (7 yrs)				2102	1522	183	3.2	97	.262	.243	.265	.306	.332	.300	.390	.606	.722	69	.391	-79.1	-8.4	.518	.160	.057	7.4
HOU (5 yrs)				1288	943	120	3.4	89	.287	.264	.255	.313	.315	.307	.380	.620	.694	80	.418	-28.8	-3.1	.543	.155	.043	5.8

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
1969	24	ATL	NL	NLCS	NYM	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 NLCS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	GO/AO	IP%
1963	18	HOU	NL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0			0.00	67%
1964	19	HOU	NL	25	0.0%	12.0%	8.0%	4.0%	13%	1.50	7.7		23.0	3.00	80%
1965	20	HOU	NL	24	0.0%	4.2%	4.2%	0.0%	0%	1.00	23.0			2.17	92%
1966	21	HOU	NL	670	0.5%	7.9%	6.3%	2.1%	8%	1.26	11.2	198.7	23.8	1.90	81%
1967	22	HOU	NL	566	0.0%	8.0%	6.4%	3.7%	17%	1.25	11.6		20.8	1.82	84%
1968	23	ATL	NL	392	0.3%	8.9%	6.4%	2.8%	14%	1.40	10.2	358.0	18.8	1.63	82%
1969	24	ATL	NL	363	0.3%	9.1%	9.6%	2.5%	12%	0.94	9.6	318.0	11.8	1.56	79%
1970	25	ATL	NL	380	0.0%	7.1%	11.8%	4.5%	20%	0.60	12.1		16.4	1.31	80%
1971	26	ATL	NL	593	0.3%	7.6%	5.9%	4.6%	19%	1.29	12.2	273.5	21.9	0.99	85%
1972	27	ATL	NL	133	0.0%	6.8%	5.3%	6.8%	30%	1.29	14.0		15.8	1.78	88%
1973	28	ATL	NL	234	0.0%	5.6%	9.4%	3.0%	16%	0.59	15.8		17.2	1.13	84%
1974	29	ATL	NL	7	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					0.33	100%
12 Yrs				3390	0.2%	7.8%	7.4%	3.4%	15%	1.06	11.5	436.4	18.9	1.48	83%
MLB Averages					2.0%	14.9%	8.4%	6.0%	27%	1.79	6.0	43.8	9.2	1.11	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1963	18	HOU	NL	-0.8	-0.1	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.48	-0.1	-0.0	-0.8	-0.1	1.29	-0.7		0
1964	19	HOU	NL	1.0	0.1	26	0.1	0.4	-0.3	.84	0.1	0.0	1.6	0.2	0.88	1.0	0.95	1
1965	20	HOU	NL	-3.3	-0.4	27	-0.5	0.1	-0.6	1.15	-0.4	-0.1	-4.1	-0.5	0.86	-4.0	0.12	1
1966	21	HOU	NL	-3.4	-0.4	747	-0.7	10.6	-11.3	1.02	-0.1	-0.5	-6.1	-0.7	0.96	-2.3		0
1967	22	HOU	NL	-22.3	-2.4	597	-2.4	8.0	-10.4	1.03	-2.3	-0.0	-20.3	-2.2	0.95	-22.1	0.87	2
1968	23	ATL	NL	-15.3	-1.7	380	-0.9	5.3	-6.2	1.03	-1.2	0.3	-13.3	-1.5	0.93	-11.3	1.68	2
1969	24	ATL	NL	-12.6	-1.3	391	0.7	6.0	-5.3	.94	-1.2	2.0	1.7	0.2	0.95	-9.7	2.70	1
1970	25	ATL	NL	-9.9	-1.0	403	-0.1	6.0	-6.1	.96	-0.7	0.6	1.5	0.1	0.92	-7.5	0.51	8
1971	26	ATL	NL	-20.4	-2.2	607	-0.4	9.4	-9.8	1.02	-1.2	0.8	-15.1	-1.6	0.92	-13.7	1.57	2
1972	27	ATL	NL	-6.1	-0.6	134	-0.6	2.7	-3.3	1.30	-0.4	-0.1	-3.8	-0.4	1.03	-4.2	1.71	23
1973	28	ATL	NL	-15.6	-1.6	247	0.3	4.2	-3.9	1.02	-0.7	1.0	-10.8	-1.1	0.95	-11.2	1.87	28
1974	29	ATL	NL	0.3	0.0	8	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	1.78	-0.0	-0.1	-0.5	-0.1	0.89	-0.2	2.14	4
12 Yrs				-108.4	-11.5	3570	-4.7	52.8	-57.5	1.02	-8.1	3.5	-70.1	-7.5	0.94	-85.8	1.62	72

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1963	18	HOU	NL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1964	19	HOU	NL	0	30%	15	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	33%	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
1965	20	HOU	NL	0	25%	9	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1966	21	HOU	NL	14	36%	274	49	14	78%	47	13	2	1	8	1	12	16	52%	35	21	13	8	3	5	24	6	17
1967	22	HOU	NL	6	42%	192	22	9	71%	20	8	2	1	5	0	2	18	65%	18	8	10	16	6	9	18	3	15
1968	23	ATL	NL	5	33%	136	16	6	73%	14	5	0	0	4	0	2	4	58%	13	9	4	3	1	2	15	3	12
1969	24	ATL	NL	4	36%	135	12	7	63%	12	5	0	2	1	0	3	11	63%	18	9	9	3	0	3	14	4	10
1970	25	ATL	NL	4	46%	166	11	4	73%	11	3	0	1	4	0	5	10	44%	27	19	7	7	3	4	18	6	12
1971	26	ATL	NL	8	32%	236	7	6	54%	7	6	0	0	1	0	10	20	49%	40	21	18	10	5	5	18	8	10
1972	27	ATL	NL	0	54%	52	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	50%	8	5	3	2	2	0	4	0	4
1973	28	ATL	NL	5	44%	105	6	3	67%	6	3	0	0	3	0	3	5	67%	16	8	8	1	0	1	10	1	9
1974	29	ATL	NL	0	0%	4	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12 Yrs				46	38%	1324	126	51	71%	120	45	4	5	27	2	38	89	54%	177	102	72	50	20	29	124	32	90

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
1963	18	HOU	NL	3	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1964	19	HOU	NL	25	60%	8			1	0	0	0	0.95	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	2	1	50%	9	1	11%	0	0		2	1	50%	0
1965	20	HOU	NL	24	58%	3			1	0	0	0	0.12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	3	0	0%	8	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1966	21	HOU	NL	670	65%	174			0	0	0	0		3	0	13	3	0	3	0	3	37	27	73%	144	9	6%	86	29	34%	368	27	7%	24	11	46%	25	11	44%	0
1967	22	HOU	NL	566	68%	123			2	0	0	0	0.87	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	12	8	67%	93	14	15%	50	18	36%	283	25	9%	22	10	45%	15	9	60%	0
1968	23	ATL	NL	392	80%	81			2	1	0	0	1.68	1	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	7	5	71%	59	10	17%	28	7	25%	185	14	8%	12	4	33%	8	5	63%	0
1969	24	ATL	NL	363	79%	76			1	0	0	0	2.70	1	0	12	0	1	0	1	1	8	6	75%	56	3	5%	32	14	44%	199	29	15%	23	13	57%	15	7	47%	0
1970	25	ATL	NL	380	87%	85			8	1	0	0	0.51	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	46	3	7%	17	8	47%	167	20	12%	7	6	86%	5	2	40%	0
1971	26	ATL	NL	593	77%	141			2	0	0	0	1.57	2	0	12	2	0	1	1	0	8	7	88%	98	8	8%	42	18	43%	274	28	10%	22	10	45%	8	5	63%	0
1972	27	ATL	NL	133	92%	30			23	8	0	1	1.71	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	32	4	13%	15	2	13%	84	9	11%	7	1	14%	7	4	57%	0
1973	28	ATL	NL	234	85%	43			28	8	0	4	1.87	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	40	1	3%	19	8	42%	130	14	11%	11	6	55%	4	3	75%	0
1974	29	ATL	NL	7	100%	3			4	2	0	0	2.14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
12 Yrs				3390	76%	767			72	20	0	5	1.62	7	0	69	6	1	5	2	4	80	57	71%	579	52	9%	296	105	35%	1713	167	10%	129	61	47%	89	47	53%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			76%			11%			31%			14%			47%			52%

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
1963	18	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1964	19	10	28	26	3	8	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	4	.308	.357	.346	.703	106	9	0	0	0	0	0
1965	20	20	52	49	4	11	1	0	0	1	2	1	3	5	.224	.269	.245	.514	51	12	0	0	0	0	0
1966	21	170	722	645	84	185	7	5	3	26	51	15	45	58	.287	.335	.327	.662	92	211	9	3	27	2	0
1967	22	299	1288	1165	151	308	25	8	3	51	73	24	81	103	.264	.313	.307	.620	80	358	23	3	35	4	1
1968	23	404	1680	1523	188	389	33	10	4	70	89	30	106	138	.255	.305	.298	.604	77	454	33	6	40	5	7
1969	24	502	2043	1841	229	465	36	15	5	97	101	37	141	171	.253	.307	.297	.604	76	546	36	8	46	7	9
1970	25	605	2423	2169	289	550	50	18	5	117	112	41	186	198	.254	.314	.300	.614	76	651	39	9	49	10	10
1971	26	754	3016	2716	347	691	70	23	7	142	119	47	221	243	.254	.311	.305	.616	76	828	47	10	56	13	11
1972	27	814	3149	2842	367	721	76	26	7	150	120	47	228	252	.254	.310	.306	.616	75	870	51	10	56	13	11
1973	28	931	3383	3048	396	764	81	28	7	162	126	50	250	265	.251	.308	.302	.611	73	922	52	11	57	17	11
1974	29	936	3390	3055	396	767	81	28	7	162	126	51	250	265	.251	.308	.303	.611	73	925	52	11	57	17	11

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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	18	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
1964	19	9	26	24	3	9	1	0	0	1	1	2	3	.375	.423	.417	.840	4	9
1965	20	10	25	24	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	.167	.200	.167	.367	1	10
1966	21	150	690	612	93	190	7	5	3	29	54	46	53	.310	.360	.353	.713	78	150
1967	22	129	583	533	80	136	20	3	0	30	24	40	45	.255	.306	.304	.610	50	129
1968	23	104	406	368	47	93	9	2	1	24	18	29	35	.253	.312	.296	.608	34	105
1969	24	98	367	321	44	79	3	5	1	29	12	36	33	.246	.324	.296	.620	31	98
1970	25	103	374	324	56	81	13	3	0	19	10	43	27	.250	.337	.309	.646	34	103
1971	26	149	599	552	62	146	21	5	2	27	7	36	45	.264	.309	.332	.641	57	149
1972	27	63	139	132	21	32	6	3	0	9	1	7	9	.242	.281	.333	.614	13	60
1973	28	117	234	206	29	43	5	2	0	12	6	22	13	.209	.283	.252	.536	15	117
1974	29	5	7	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.429	.429	.857	1	5
12 Yrs		938	3453	3106	437	816	85	28	7	180	134	262	265	.263	.321	.315	.636	318	936
162 Game Avg.		162	596	536	75	141	15	5	1	31	23	45	46	.263	.321	.315	.636	55	936

* 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 1980 BBWAA ( 0.3%)	Stolen Bases s c a p y 1966 NL 49 (2nd) 1967 NL 22 (7th) 1968 NL 16 (10th)	Singles s c a p y 1966 NL 160 (1st)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1966 NL 27 (1st) 1967 NL 8 (10th)
Caught Stealing s c a p y 1966 NL 14 (5th) 1967 NL 9 (9th)	SB % s c a p y 1966 NL 77.78 (3rd) 1967 NL 70.97 (10th) 1968 NL 72.73 (5th)	AB per SO s c a p y 1967 NL 11.6 (9th)	Outs Made s c a p y 1966 NL 474 (9th)
Youngest s c a p y 1963 NL born 1944-07-09 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 6 (1702), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (2147), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 1 (2899), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Sandy Alomar (948) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Sandy Alomar (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dave Chalk (946) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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