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Chris James
Donald Chris James

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 4, 1962 in Rusk, TX
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1981. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1986
Final Game: October 1, 1995
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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
1986	23	PHI	NL	16	48	46	5	13	3	0	1	5	0	0	1	13	.283	.298	.413	.711	91	19	1	0	1	0	0	/87
1987	24	PHI	NL	115	391	358	48	105	20	6	17	54	3	1	27	67	.293	.344	.525	.869	124	188	4	2	1	3	0	78/9	RoY-6
1988	25	PHI	NL	150	605	566	57	137	24	1	19	66	7	4	31	73	.242	.283	.389	.671	91	220	15	3	0	5	2	*958/7
1989	26	TOT	NL	132	516	482	55	117	17	2	13	65	5	2	26	68	.243	.281	.367	.648	84	177	20	1	4	3	2	*795
1989	26	PHI	NL	45	185	179	14	37	4	0	2	19	3	1	4	23	.207	.223	.263	.485	39	47	9	0	1	1	0	75
1989	26	SDP	NL	87	331	303	41	80	13	2	11	46	2	1	22	45	.264	.314	.429	.743	110	130	11	1	3	2	2	79/5
1990	27	CLE	AL	140	569	528	62	158	32	4	12	70	4	3	31	71	.299	.341	.443	.784	118	234	11	4	3	3	4	*D7/89
1991	28	CLE	AL	115	463	437	31	104	16	2	5	41	3	4	18	61	.238	.273	.318	.591	63	139	9	4	2	2	2	D793
1992	29	SFG	NL	111	267	248	25	60	10	4	5	32	2	3	14	45	.242	.285	.375	.660	91	93	2	2	0	3	2	7/9
1993	30	TOT	MLB	73	182	160	24	44	11	1	9	26	2	0	18	40	.275	.348	.525	.873	135	84	2	1	1	2	2	97
1993	30	HOU	NL	65	148	129	19	33	10	1	6	19	2	0	15	34	.256	.333	.488	.822	121	63	2	1	1	2	2	97
1993	30	TEX	AL	8	34	31	5	11	1	0	3	7	0	0	3	6	.355	.412	.677	1.089	193	21	0	0	0	0	0	/79
1994	31	TEX	AL	52	159	133	28	34	8	4	7	19	0	0	20	38	.256	.361	.534	.895	128	71	3	3	1	2	0	9/7
1995	32	TOT	AL	42	94	82	8	22	4	0	2	8	1	0	7	14	.268	.326	.390	.716	85	32	2	1	2	2	0	D/79
1995	32	KCR	AL	26	67	58	6	18	3	0	2	7	1	0	6	10	.310	.373	.466	.839	117	27	1	1	0	2	0	D/7
1995	32	BOS	AL	16	27	24	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.167	.200	.208	.408	6	5	1	0	2	0	0	/D79
10 Seasons				946	3294	3040	343	794	145	24	90	386	27	17	193	490	.261	.307	.413	.721	99	1257	69	21	15	25	14
162 Game Avg.				162	564	521	59	136	25	4	15	66	5	3	33	84	.261	.307	.413	.721	99	215	12	4	3	4	2

PHI (4 yrs)				326	1229	1149	124	292	51	7	39	144	13	6	63	176	.254	.294	.413	.706	94	474	29	5	3	9	2
TEX (2 yrs)				60	193	164	33	45	9	4	10	26	0	0	23	44	.274	.370	.561	.931	139	92	3	3	1	2	0
CLE (2 yrs)				255	1032	965	93	262	48	6	17	111	7	7	49	132	.272	.311	.387	.697	93	373	20	8	5	5	6
KCR (1 yr)				26	67	58	6	18	3	0	2	7	1	0	6	10	.310	.373	.466	.839	117	27	1	1	0	2	0
SFG (1 yr)				111	267	248	25	60	10	4	5	32	2	3	14	45	.242	.285	.375	.660	91	93	2	2	0	3	2
BOS (1 yr)				16	27	24	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.167	.200	.208	.408	6	5	1	0	2	0	0
SDP (1 yr)				87	331	303	41	80	13	2	11	46	2	1	22	45	.264	.314	.429	.743	110	130	11	1	3	2	2
HOU (1 yr)				65	148	129	19	33	10	1	6	19	2	0	15	34	.256	.333	.488	.822	121	63	2	1	1	2	2

NL (6 yrs)				589	1975	1829	209	465	84	14	61	241	19	10	114	300	.254	.299	.416	.714	99	760	44	9	7	16	8
AL (5 yrs)				357	1319	1211	134	329	61	10	29	145	8	7	79	190	.272	.320	.410	.731	99	497	25	12	8	9	6

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
1986	23	PHI	NL	48	35	5	3.9	101	.375	.283	.266	.298	.337	.413	.401	.711	.738	91	.449	-0.8	-0.1	.588	.152	.130	.0
1987	24	PHI	NL	391	262	66	6.8	108	.318	.293	.273	.344	.343	.525	.425	.869	.767	124	.656	10.8	1.0	.849	.313	.232	5.1
1988	25	PHI	NL	605	453	59	3.5	90	.246	.242	.257	.283	.321	.389	.378	.671	.699	91	.442	-8.8	-0.9	.574	.207	.147	10.2
1989	26	TOT	NL	516	394	46	3.2	91	.257	.243	.254	.281	.322	.367	.379	.648	.700	84	.386	-11.8	-1.3	.535	.185	.124	7.2
1989	26	PHI	NL	185	154	8	1.4	90	.226	.207	.253	.223	.320	.263	.377	.485	.696	39	.125	-14.8	-1.6	.349	.089	.056	2.4
1989	26	SDP	NL	331	240	38	4.3	91	.277	.264	.255	.314	.322	.429	.380	.743	.702	110	.524	2.9	0.3	.655	.241	.165	3.4
1990	27	CLE	AL	569	390	78	5.3	95	.326	.299	.259	.341	.327	.443	.388	.784	.715	118	.590	11.7	1.2	.703	.205	.144	6.0
1991	28	CLE	AL	463	350	36	2.8	98	.265	.238	.261	.273	.330	.318	.397	.591	.727	63	.287	-23.6	-2.4	.462	.119	.080	3.8
1992	29	SFG	NL	267	196	26	3.6	87	.274	.242	.252	.285	.317	.375	.371	.660	.688	91	.435	-3.6	-0.4	.560	.185	.133	2.9
1993	30	TOT	MLB	182	121	31	6.9	100	.310	.275	.265	.348	.331	.525	.405	.873	.735	135	.669	7.9	0.8	.890	.375	.250	3.3
1993	30	HOU	NL	148	101	22	5.8	100	.297	.256	.266	.333	.331	.488	.406	.822	.736	121	.604	4.1	0.4	.827	.364	.233	3.0
1993	30	TEX	AL	34	20	9	12.0	99	.364	.355	.262	.412	.332	.677	.400	1.089	.732	193	.842	3.8	0.4	1.200	.419	.323	.0
1994	31	TEX	AL	159	105	27	6.9	111	.300	.256	.273	.361	.345	.534	.434	.895	.779	128	.613	5.4	0.5	.922	.429	.278	.0
1995	32	TOT	AL	94	66	12	4.8	111	.294	.268	.272	.326	.346	.390	.430	.716	.776	85	.466	-1.7	-0.2	.661	.220	.122	1.3
1995	32	KCR	AL	67	43	11	6.8	110	.333	.310	.272	.373	.345	.466	.429	.839	.774	117	.621	1.8	0.2	.854	.276	.155	1.3
1995	32	BOS	AL	27	23	1	1.2	112	.200	.167	.274	.200	.348	.208	.433	.408	.781	6	.060	-3.5	-0.3	.286	.083	.042
10 Seasons				3294	2372	386	4.4	96	.283	.261	.261	.307	.328	.413	.393	.721	.721	99	.499	-14.5	-1.7	.635	.219	.152	41.5
162 Game Avg.				564	406	66	4.4	96	.283	.261	.261	.307	.328	.413	.393	.721	.721	99	.499	-14.5	-1.7	.635	.219	.152	7

PHI (4 yrs)				1229	904	138	4.1	96	.268	.254	.262	.294	.328	.413	.393	.706	.722	94	.485	-13.5	-1.6	.615	.219	.158	19.5
TEX (2 yrs)				193	125	36	7.7	109	.313	.274	.271	.370	.342	.561	.428	.931	.770	139	.668	9.2	0.8	.967	.427	.287	.0
CLE (2 yrs)				1032	740	114	4.1	96	.298	.272	.260	.311	.329	.387	.392	.697	.720	93	.465	-11.8	-1.2	.589	.166	.115	9.9
KCR (1 yr)				67	43	11	6.8	110	.333	.310	.272	.373	.345	.466	.429	.839	.774	117	.620	1.8	0.2	.854	.276	.155	1.3
SFG (1 yr)				267	196	26	3.6	87	.274	.242	.252	.285	.317	.375	.371	.660	.688	91	.435	-3.6	-0.4	.560	.185	.133	2.9
BOS (1 yr)				27	23	1	1.2	112	.200	.167	.274	.200	.348	.208	.433	.408	.781	6	.060	-3.5	-0.3	.286	.083	.042
SDP (1 yr)				331	240	38	4.3	91	.277	.264	.255	.314	.322	.429	.380	.743	.702	110	.524	2.9	0.3	.655	.241	.165	3.4
HOU (1 yr)				148	101	22	5.8	100	.297	.256	.266	.333	.331	.488	.406	.822	.736	121	.604	4.1	0.4	.827	.364	.233	3.0

NL (6 yrs)				1975	1441	224	4.2	95	.272	.254	.260	.299	.326	.416	.389	.714	.715	99	.495	-10.2	-1.2	.629	.229	.161	29.0
AL (5 yrs)				1319	931	162	4.7	99	.300	.272	.262	.320	.332	.410	.399	.731	.731	99	.504	-4.3	-0.5	.644	.205	.139	12.5

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
1986	23	PHI	NL	48	2.1%	27.1%	2.1%	8.3%	31%	13.00	3.5	46.0	9.2		1.86	67%
1987	24	PHI	NL	391	4.4%	17.1%	6.9%	11.0%	41%	2.48	5.3	21.1	6.6		0.91	71%
1988	25	PHI	NL	605	3.1%	12.1%	5.1%	7.3%	32%	2.35	7.8	29.8	8.6	0.82	0.96	79%	18%	12.7%	45%
1989	26	TOT	NL	516	2.5%	13.2%	5.0%	6.2%	27%	2.62	7.1	37.1	7.4	0.82	1.11	78%	15%	7.1%	19%
1989	26	PHI	NL	185	1.1%	12.4%	2.2%	3.2%	16%	5.75	7.8	89.5	9.4	0.86	1.15	84%	20%	3.2%	25%
1989	26	SDP	NL	331	3.3%	13.6%	6.7%	7.9%	33%	2.05	6.7	27.5	6.6	0.80	1.09	75%	13%	9.1%	16%
1990	27	CLE	AL	569	2.1%	12.5%	5.5%	8.4%	30%	2.29	7.4	44.0	7.5	0.82	1.01	79%	21%	5.9%	19%
1991	28	CLE	AL	463	1.1%	13.2%	3.9%	5.0%	22%	3.39	7.2	87.4	10.7	0.91	1.09	81%	20%	3.0%	15%
1992	29	SFG	NL	267	1.9%	16.9%	5.2%	7.1%	32%	3.21	5.5	49.6	7.8	0.78	0.79	75%	17%	5.1%	15%
1993	30	TOT	MLB	182	5.0%	22.0%	9.9%	11.5%	48%	2.22	4.0	17.8	6.2	0.54	0.78	62%	23%	13.6%	16%
1993	30	HOU	NL	148	4.1%	23.0%	10.1%	11.5%	52%	2.27	3.8	21.5	6.8	0.56	0.86	61%	21%	12.2%	21%
1993	30	TEX	AL	34	8.8%	17.7%	8.8%	11.8%	36%	2.00	5.2	10.3	4.4	0.47	0.44	65%	28%	17.6%	0%
1994	31	TEX	AL	159	4.4%	23.9%	12.6%	12.0%	56%	1.90	3.5	19.0	7.0	0.59	0.81	57%	22%	13.2%	13%
1995	32	TOT	AL	94	2.1%	14.9%	7.5%	6.4%	27%	2.00	5.9	41.0	10.3	0.84	0.92	72%	21%	5.7%	8%
1995	32	KCR	AL	67	3.0%	14.9%	9.0%	7.5%	28%	1.67	5.8	29.0	8.3	0.79	0.78	72%	26%	7.7%	7%
1995	32	BOS	AL	27	0.0%	14.8%	3.7%	3.7%	25%	4.00	6.0		24.0	1.00	1.25	74%	9%	0.0%	10%
10 Seasons				3294	2.7%	14.9%	5.9%	7.9%	33%	2.54	6.2	33.8	7.9	0.80	0.98	75%	19%	7.5%	23%
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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1986	23	PHI	NL	2	0	31%	25	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	38%	3	3	0	0	0	0	5	2	3
1987	24	PHI	NL	4	0	27%	157	3	1	75%	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	6	54%	15	9	6	4	1	3	7	2	5
1988	25	PHI	NL	8	0	25%	189	7	4	64%	7	3	0	0	0	1	3	0	5	11	39%	33	20	13	6	5	1	15	7	7
1989	26	TOT	NL	6	0	32%	156	5	2	71%	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	18	53%	23	14	9	5	3	2	10	1	9
1989	26	PHI	NL	2	0	31%	50	3	1	75%	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	73%	7	3	4	1	0	1	3	0	3
1989	26	SDP	NL	4	0	33%	106	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	44%	16	11	5	4	3	1	7	1	6
1990	27	CLE	AL	9	0	28%	224	4	3	57%	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	6	17	35%	42	34	8	9	4	5	15	4	10
1991	28	CLE	AL	8	0	22%	167	3	4	43%	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	44%	20	13	7	2	1	1	10	2	6
1992	29	SFG	NL	5	0	28%	88	2	3	40%	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	40%	9	9	0	5	3	2	11	2	8
1993	30	TOT	MLB	3	0	28%	51	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	62%	6	4	2	2	1	1	5	0	5
1993	30	HOU	NL	2	0	30%	33	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	64%	5	3	2	2	1	1	4	0	4
1993	30	TEX	AL	1	0	18%	18	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1994	31	TEX	AL	2	0	42%	58	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	50%	8	6	2	3	1	2	7	2	5
1995	32	TOT	AL	1	0	21%	34	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	30%	4	3	1	3	2	1	3	2	1
1995	32	KCR	AL	1	0	17%	22	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	29%	3	2	1	3	2	1	1	1	0
1995	32	BOS	AL	0	0	40%	12	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	33%	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
10 Seasons				48	0	28%	1149	27	17	61%	22	13	5	2	0	2	4	0	29	72	43%	163	115	48	39	21	18	88	24	59
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
1986	23	PHI	NL	48	50%	13			6	2	0	0	0.64	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	100%	7	1	14%	5	1	20%	30	4	13%	1	0	0%	4	3	75%	0
1987	24	PHI	NL	391	41%	105			9	5	1	3	1.02	17	0	4	8	9	9	8	0	1	1	100%	68	4	6%	32	10	31%	249	37	15%	17	11	65%	28	16	57%	0
1988	25	PHI	NL	605	27%	137	15	0	4	1	0	0	0.75	19	1	16	12	7	10	9	0	0	0		108	15	14%	69	18	26%	390	48	12%	40	19	48%	40	19	48%	0
1989	26	TOT	NL	516	36%	117	13	0	8	2	0	1	1.70	13	2	19	6	7	7	6	0	5	4	80%	114	20	18%	57	25	44%	380	54	14%	34	17	50%	26	13	50%	0
1989	26	PHI	NL	185	42%	37	4	0	1	0	0	0	1.69	2	1	6	0	2	1	1	0	2	1	50%	39	9	23%	22	7	32%	127	17	13%	11	4	36%	9	6	67%	0
1989	26	SDP	NL	331	32%	80	9	0	7	2	0	1	1.70	11	1	13	6	5	6	5	0	3	3	100%	75	11	15%	35	18	51%	253	37	15%	23	13	57%	17	7	41%	0
1990	27	CLE	AL	569	32%	158	17	1	3	2	1	2	0.91	12	0	12	8	4	6	6	0	5	3	60%	118	11	9%	62	19	31%	376	63	17%	39	19	49%	40	14	35%	0
1991	28	CLE	AL	463	30%	104	29	2	5	1	0	0	0.93	5	0	13	3	2	1	4	0	4	2	50%	81	9	11%	46	13	28%	273	37	14%	24	10	42%	22	8	36%	0
1992	29	SFG	NL	267	45%	60	23	0	44	9	2	4	1.56	5	0	4	3	2	3	2	0	0	0		40	2	5%	17	10	59%	180	29	16%	14	9	64%	22	11	50%	0
1993	30	TOT	MLB	182	73%	44	6	0	28	7	2	4	1.82	9	0	4	1	8	6	3	0	1	1	100%	30	2	7%	13	5	38%	117	18	15%	11	4	36%	11	5	45%	0
1993	30	HOU	NL	148	78%	33	5	0	27	7	2	4	1.83	6	0	4	0	6	6	0	0	1	1	100%	24	2	8%	11	4	36%	95	14	15%	9	3	33%	8	2	25%	0
1993	30	TEX	AL	34	50%	11	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.44	3	0	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	0		6	0	0%	2	1	50%	22	4	18%	2	1	50%	3	3	100%	0
1994	31	TEX	AL	159	48%	34	3	0	12	3	1	3	1.73	7	0	4	2	5	4	3	0	1	1	100%	23	3	13%	19	5	26%	105	13	12%	14	4	29%	17	8	47%	0
1995	32	TOT	AL	94	77%	22	4	0	6	2	0	1	1.86	2	0	4	1	1	0	2	0	2	2	100%	19	2	11%	12	5	42%	65	6	9%	5	3	60%	6	2	33%	0
1995	32	KCR	AL	67	76%	18	3	0	4	2	0	1	1.89	2	0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	0		11	1	9%	7	3	43%	45	5	11%	3	3	100%	5	1	20%	0
1995	32	BOS	AL	27	78%	4	1	0	2	0	0	0	1.82	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	8	1	13%	5	2	40%	20	1	5%	2	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
10 Seasons				3294	38%	794	110	3	125	34	7	18	1.51	90	3	81	44	46	46	44	0	20	15	75%	608	69	11%	332	111	33%	2165	309	14%	199	96	48%	216	99	46%	0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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
1988	25	PHI	NL	572	1857	3.25	1220	66%	23%	13%	25%	39%	77%	1%	50%	83%	31%	5%	28	3	15%	85	37	6%	37	21	12%	33	1	1
1989	26	TOT	NL	508	1732	3.41	1145	66%	25%	13%	26%	36%	75%	1%	50%	83%	25%	2%	12	0	11%	54	32	4%	20	8	27%	8	0	2
1989	26	PHI	NL	181	620	3.43	414	67%	23%	12%	27%	37%	77%	0%	51%	84%	23%	1%	2	0	11%	20	15	5%	9	5	27%	4	0	1
1989	26	SDP	NL	327	1112	3.40	731	66%	26%	13%	25%	35%	74%	2%	49%	82%	25%	3%	10	0	10%	34	17	3%	11	3	27%	4	0	1
1990	27	CLE	AL	540	1840	3.41	1190	65%	24%	12%	27%	37%	76%	2%	49%	84%	27%	4%	19	2	12%	64	31	5%	28	16	30%	29	4	4
1991	28	CLE	AL	463	1640	3.54	1037	63%	26%	12%	26%	37%	74%	1%	47%	84%	22%	3%	15	0	14%	63	36	5%	21	16	36%	0	0	0
1992	29	SFG	NL	267	940	3.52	611	65%	21%	13%	32%	34%	79%	2%	51%	84%	34%	3%	7	1	10%	27	16	5%	14	6	29%	0	0	0
1993	30	TOT	MLB	167	645	3.86	398	62%	27%	16%	29%	28%	73%	2%	45%	78%	24%	4%	7	0	15%	25	11	8%	14	10	37%	15	0	0
1993	30	HOU	NL	134	523	3.90	324	62%	27%	16%	30%	27%	73%	2%	45%	78%	25%	4%	6	0	16%	21	9	8%	11	7	39%	14	0	0
1993	30	TEX	AL	33	122	3.70	74	61%	24%	16%	26%	34%	76%	0%	46%	79%	18%	3%	1	0	12%	4	2	9%	3	3	20%	1	0	0
1994	31	TEX	AL	158	615	3.89	368	60%	25%	18%	30%	26%	74%	0%	45%	75%	30%	6%	9	1	16%	26	14	7%	11	8	37%	1	0	1
1995	32	TOT	AL	94	332	3.53	212	64%	24%	16%	27%	34%	76%	0%	49%	80%	36%	0%	0	0	9%	8	5	4%	4	1	36%	0	0	0
1995	32	KCR	AL	67	249	3.72	153	61%	27%	14%	26%	33%	73%	0%	45%	80%	30%	0%	0	0	7%	5	3	4%	3	1	40%	0	0	0
1995	32	BOS	AL	27	83	3.07	59	71%	15%	19%	29%	37%	85%	0%	60%	78%	52%	0%	0	0	11%	3	2	4%	1	0	25%	0	0	0
8 Seasons				2769	9601	3.47	6181	64%	24%	13%	27%	35%	76%	1%	49%	83%	28%	4%	97	7	13%	352	182	5%	149	86	29%	86	5	8
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
1986	23	16	48	46	5	13	3	0	1	5	0	0	1	13	.283	.298	.413	.711	91	19	1	0	1	0	0
1987	24	131	439	404	53	118	23	6	18	59	3	1	28	80	.292	.339	.512	.851	120	207	5	2	2	3	0
1988	25	281	1044	970	110	255	47	7	37	125	10	5	59	153	.263	.306	.440	.746	104	427	20	5	2	8	2
1989	26	413	1560	1452	165	372	64	9	50	190	15	7	85	221	.256	.298	.416	.714	98	604	40	6	6	11	4
1990	27	553	2129	1980	227	530	96	13	62	260	19	10	116	292	.268	.309	.423	.733	103	838	51	10	9	14	8
1991	28	668	2592	2417	258	634	112	15	67	301	22	14	134	353	.262	.303	.404	.707	96	977	60	14	11	16	10
1992	29	779	2859	2665	283	694	122	19	72	333	24	17	148	398	.260	.301	.402	.703	95	1070	62	16	11	19	12
1993	30	852	3041	2825	307	738	133	20	81	359	26	17	166	438	.261	.304	.408	.713	98	1154	64	17	12	21	14
1994	31	904	3200	2958	335	772	141	24	88	378	26	17	186	476	.261	.307	.414	.721	99	1225	67	20	13	23	14
1995	32	946	3294	3040	343	794	145	24	90	386	27	17	193	490	.261	.307	.413	.721	99	1257	69	21	15	25	14

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
1986	23	16	46	45	5	12	3	0	1	5	0	1	13	.267	.283	.400	.683	5	16
1987	24	115	387	356	45	103	20	6	17	51	3	26	67	.289	.339	.522	.861	62	115
1988	25	150	611	571	64	142	25	1	20	74	7	32	73	.249	.290	.401	.691	66	150
1989	26	132	516	485	61	120	17	2	13	72	5	27	68	.247	.287	.371	.658	52	132
1990	27	140	574	535	68	165	33	4	13	76	4	32	71	.308	.350	.458	.808	85	140
1991	28	115	462	438	33	105	16	2	5	43	3	18	61	.240	.275	.320	.595	38	115
1992	29	111	276	255	30	67	11	4	6	39	2	16	45	.263	.308	.408	.716	32	111
1993	30	73	184	162	25	46	12	1	9	27	2	19	40	.284	.359	.537	.896	32	73
1994	31	74	223	188	36	47	11	6	10	24	0	28	54	.250	.354	.532	.886	34	52
1995	32	47	105	94	8	26	5	0	2	8	1	8	16	.277	.333	.394	.727	12	42
10 Seasons		973	3384	3129	375	833	153	26	96	419	27	207	508	.266	.314	.424	.738	418	946
162 Game Avg.		162	563	521	62	139	25	4	16	70	4	34	85	.266	.314	.424	.738	70	946

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
1990 AL .299 (9th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1989 NL 20 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink Batting - 4 (1814), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 5 (2537), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

Compare Stats to Similars

Mike Davis (964)
Ron Coomer (959)
Harry Simpson (955)
Cito Gaston (955)
Leon Roberts (955)
Bob Oliver (954)
Rip Repulski (952)
Max West (952)
Rick Reichardt (949)
Mark Whiten (949)

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Willie Kirkland (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Joe Marty (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike Davis (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Max West (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Max West (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Max West (964) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Max West (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Randy Bush (956) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Gray Ink	Batting - 4 (1814), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 5 (2537), Average HOFer ≈ 50