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Alex Johnson

Alexander Johnson

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: December 7, 1942 in Helena, AR
High School: Northwestern HS (Detroit, MI)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 25, 1964
Teams (by GP): Reds/Rangers/Angels/Phillies/Tigers/... 1964-1976

Final Game: October 1, 1976
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All-Star

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
1964 21 PHI NL 43 116 109 18 33 7 1 4 18 1 2 6 26 .303 .345 .495 .840 135 54 1 1 0 0 1 7/9
1965 22 PHI NL 97 280 262 27 77 9 3 8 28 4 4 15 60 .294 .337 .443 .780 120 116 5 2 1 0 3 7/8
1966 23 STL NL 25 91 86 7 16 0 1 2 6 1 1 5 18 .186 .231 .279 .510 41 24 4 0 0 0 1 7
1967 24 STL NL 81 189 175 20 39 9 2 1 12 6 3 9 26 .223 .271 .314 .586 68 55 3 3 1 1 0 9/87
1968 25 CIN NL 149 634 603 79 188 32 6 2 58 16 6 26 71 .312 .342 .395 .737 116 238 18 3 0 2 4 *7/9
1969 26 CIN NL 139 572 523 86 165 18 4 17 88 11 8 25 69 .315 .350 .463 .813 122 242 14 9 4 11 1 *7
1970 27 CAL AL 156 659 614 85 202 26 6 14 86 17 2 35 68 .329 .370 .459 .830 132 282 25 7 0 3 9 *7/9 AS,MVP-8
1971 28 CAL AL 65 261 242 19 63 8 0 2 21 5 2 15 34 .260 .308 .318 .626 85 77 10 2 1 1 3 7
1972 29 CLE AL 108 384 356 31 85 10 1 8 37 6 8 22 40 .239 .283 .340 .623 82 121 10 1 2 3 10 7
1973 30 TEX AL 158 663 624 62 179 26 3 8 68 10 5 32 82 .287 .322 .377 .698 101 235 17 2 1 4 5 *D7/8
1974 31 TOT AL 124 514 481 60 138 15 3 5 43 20 9 28 62 .287 .331 .362 .693 103 174 17 4 1 0 4 7D
1974 31 TEX AL 114 486 453 57 132 14 3 4 41 20 9 28 59 .291 .338 .362 .700 105 164 17 4 1 0 4 7D
1974 31 NYY AL 10 28 28 3 6 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 .214 .214 .357 .571 63 10 0 0 0 0 0 /D7
1975 32 NYY AL 52 128 119 15 31 5 1 1 15 2 3 7 21 .261 .297 .345 .641 82 41 4 0 0 2 1 D/79
1976 33 DET AL 125 457 429 41 115 15 2 6 45 14 10 19 49 .268 .298 .354 .653 89 152 15 2 1 6 1 7D/9
13 Yrs 1322 4948 4623 550 1331 180 33 78 525 113 63 244 626 .288 .326 .392 .718 105 1811 143 36 12 33 43
162 Game Avg. 162 606 567 67 163 22 4 10 64 14 8 30 77 .288 .326 .392 .718 105 222 18 4 1 4 5
PHI (2 yrs) 140 396 371 45 110 16 4 12 46 5 6 21 86 .296 .339 .458 .797 124 170 6 3 1 0 4
STL (2 yrs) 106 280 261 27 55 9 3 3 18 7 4 14 44 .211 .258 .303 .561 59 79 7 3 1 1 1
TEX (2 yrs) 272 1149 1077 119 311 40 6 12 109 30 14 60 141 .289 .329 .370 .699 103 399 34 6 2 4 9
CAL (2 yrs) 221 920 856 104 265 34 6 16 107 22 4 50 102 .310 .353 .419 .772 119 359 35 9 1 4 12
CIN (2 yrs) 288 1206 1126 165 353 50 10 19 146 27 14 51 140 .313 .346 .426 .772 119 480 32 12 4 13 5
NYY (2 yrs) 62 156 147 18 37 6 1 2 17 2 3 7 24 .252 .282 .347 .629 79 51 4 0 0 2 1
CLE (1 yr) 108 384 356 31 85 10 1 8 37 6 8 22 40 .239 .283 .340 .623 82 121 10 1 2 3 10
DET (1 yr) 125 457 429 41 115 15 2 6 45 14 10 19 49 .268 .298 .354 .653 89 152 15 2 1 6 1
AL (7 yrs) 788 3066 2865 313 813 105 16 44 315 74 39 158 356 .284 .323 .378 .701 102 1082 98 18 6 19 33
NL (6 yrs) 534 1882 1758 237 518 75 17 34 210 39 24 86 270 .295 .332 .415 .746 111 729 45 18 6 14 10

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
1964 21 PHI NL 43 116 5 -1 0 -1 -2 2 0.2 4 6 0.6 .504 .501 0.7 -0.2 6 $ 7/9
1965 22 PHI NL 97 280 7 -1 0 -4 -3 -0 -0.0 10 9 0.9 .500 .500 1.4 -0.8 13 $ 7/8
1966 23 STL NL 25 91 -7 0 -0 1 -1 -7 -0.8 3 -4 -0.5 .466 .495 -0.6 -0.0 -5 $ 7
1967 24 STL NL 81 189 -5 0 -0 -0 -2 -7 -0.8 6 -1 -0.2 .489 .495 -0.2 -0.2 -1 $ 9/87
1968 25 CIN NL 149 634 11 3 -0 -1 -8 4 0.9 22 26 3.0 .504 .503 2.9 -0.9 28 $ *7/9
1969 26 CIN NL 139 572 15 2 0 1 -6 12 1.4 19 31 3.3 .509 .508 3.1 -0.5 30 $ *7
1970 27 CAL AL 156 659 24 1 -1 -1 -8 14 1.4 21 35 3.5 .510 .509 3.7 -1.1 37 $35,000 *7/9 AS,MVP-8
1971 28 CAL AL 65 261 -5 2 -2 -10 -3 -17 -2.0 9 -9 -1.2 .469 .488 -0.1 -1.5 1 $ 7
1972 29 CLE AL 108 384 -8 -2 0 -5 -4 -19 -2.5 13 -6 -1.2 .478 .485 -0.5 -1.2 -1 $55,000 7
1973 30 TEX AL 158 663 -2 -0 -1 -3 -14 -20 -1.8 21 1 0.1 .486 .487 0.3 -1.6 4 $48,000 *D7/8
1974 31 TEX AL 114 486 3 1 -2 -0 -7 -5 -0.4 16 11 1.1 .495 .497 1.1 -0.7 11 $ 7D
1974 31 NYY AL 10 28 -2 -0 0 -0 -0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .475 .498 -0.2 -0.1 -1 $62,000 /D7
1975 32 NYY AL 52 128 -1 0 -0 -1 -3 -5 -0.5 4 -1 -0.1 .490 .497 0.0 -0.4 -0 $65,000 D/79
1976 33 DET AL 125 457 -7 -1 0 -8 -6 -23 -2.5 15 -8 -1.1 .479 .484 -0.1 -1.5 0 $ 7D/9
13 Seasons 1322 4948 29 2 -5 -33 -68 -75 -7.7 164 89 8.0 .493 .496 11.5 -10.7 122 $265,000
PHI (2 yrs) 140 396 12 -2 1 -5 -5 1 0.2 14 15 1.5 .501 .500 2.1 -1.1 20 $
STL (2 yrs) 106 280 -12 0 -1 1 -3 -15 -1.6 10 -5 -0.7 .484 .495 -0.8 -0.2 -6 $
TEX (2 yrs) 272 1149 1 1 -3 -3 -21 -25 -2.2 37 12 1.2 .490 .492 1.4 -2.3 15 $48,000
CAL (2 yrs) 221 920 19 2 -3 -11 -11 -3 -0.6 30 27 2.3 .498 .499 3.6 -2.6 37 $35,000
CIN (2 yrs) 288 1206 26 4 0 -0 -14 16 2.3 41 57 6.3 .506 .506 6.0 -1.4 58 $
NYY (2 yrs) 62 156 -2 -0 -0 -1 -4 -7 -0.7 5 -2 -0.3 .488 .498 -0.2 -0.4 -1 $127,000
CLE (1 yr) 108 384 -8 -2 0 -5 -4 -19 -2.5 13 -6 -1.2 .478 .485 -0.5 -1.2 -1 $55,000
DET (1 yr) 125 457 -7 -1 0 -8 -6 -23 -2.5 15 -8 -1.1 .479 .484 -0.1 -1.5 0 $

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
1964 21 PHI NL 116 79 18 6.1 93 .367 .303 .262 .345 .320 .495 .389 .840 .709 135 .676 4.8 0.5 .759 .239 .193 1.6
1965 22 PHI NL 280 195 37 5.1 92 .356 .294 .256 .337 .319 .443 .387 .780 .706 120 .597 5.9 0.6 .686 .206 .149 5.3
1966 23 STL NL 91 75 4 1.4 96 .212 .186 .265 .231 .323 .279 .399 .510 .722 41 .122 -7.3 -0.8 .387 .151 .093 1.3
1967 24 STL NL 189 144 15 2.8 90 .255 .223 .257 .271 .319 .314 .377 .586 .697 68 .347 -7.4 -0.8 .493 .160 .091 1.7
1968 25 CIN NL 634 441 77 4.7 86 .350 .312 .259 .342 .318 .395 .365 .737 .682 116 .625 11.0 1.2 .631 .143 .083 3.6
1969 26 CIN NL 572 395 82 5.6 99 .330 .315 .265 .350 .336 .463 .393 .813 .729 122 .629 14.6 1.5 .734 .201 .147 13.4
1970 27 CAL AL 659 442 99 6.0 94 .351 .329 .253 .370 .327 .459 .387 .830 .713 132 .649 25.1 2.5 .772 .212 .130 15.4
1971 28 CAL AL 261 193 22 3.1 86 .295 .260 .246 .308 .316 .318 .365 .626 .681 85 .378 -4.8 -0.5 .508 .132 .058 2.9
1972 29 CLE AL 384 294 30 2.7 86 .248 .239 .251 .283 .320 .340 .362 .623 .683 82 .374 -9.2 -1.0 .491 .157 .101 6.9
1973 30 TEX AL 663 472 72 4.1 89 .318 .287 .254 .322 .322 .377 .373 .698 .695 101 .474 -0.2 -0.0 .587 .149 .090 8.9
1974 31 TOT AL 514 370 54 3.9 87 .321 .287 .255 .331 .319 .362 .367 .693 .686 103 .477 0.5 0.0 .588 .156 .075 8.0
1974 31 TEX AL 486 348 52 4.0 87 .328 .291 .255 .338 .319 .362 .366 .700 .685 105 .488 2.1 0.2 .597 .157 .071 6.7
1974 31 NYY AL 28 22 2 2.4 88 .208 .214 .257 .214 .322 .357 .370 .571 .691 63 .278 -1.5 -0.2 .455 .143 .143 .0
1975 32 NYY AL 128 97 11 3.0 92 .303 .261 .257 .297 .326 .345 .377 .641 .704 82 .347 -2.9 -0.3 .495 .134 .084 1.3
1976 33 DET AL 457 346 41 3.2 88 .287 .268 .259 .298 .324 .354 .366 .653 .690 89 .401 -7.3 -0.8 .522 .140 .086 8.4
13 Yrs 4948 3543 562 4.3 90 .317 .288 .256 .326 .323 .392 .375 .718 .698 105 .523 23.0 2.2 .612 .167 .104 92.3
162 Game Avg. 606 434 69 4.3 90 .317 .288 .256 .326 .323 .392 .375 .718 .698 105 .523 3 0 .612 .167 .104 11
PHI (2 yrs) 396 274 55 5.4 92 .359 .296 .258 .339 .319 .458 .388 .797 .707 124 .622 10.7 1.1 .707 .216 .162 7.1
STL (2 yrs) 280 219 19 2.3 92 .242 .211 .260 .258 .321 .303 .384 .561 .705 59 .268 -14.6 -1.6 .456 .157 .092 4.2
TEX (2 yrs) 1149 820 124 4.1 88 .322 .289 .254 .329 .320 .370 .370 .699 .691 103 .479 1.9 0.2 .591 .152 .082 17.1
CAL (2 yrs) 920 635 121 5.1 92 .336 .310 .251 .353 .324 .419 .380 .772 .704 119 .588 20.3 2.0 .692 .189 .110 18.5
CIN (2 yrs) 1206 836 159 5.1 92 .341 .313 .262 .346 .326 .426 .378 .772 .704 119 .627 25.6 2.7 .679 .170 .113 22.3
NYY (2 yrs) 156 119 13 2.9 91 .285 .252 .257 .282 .326 .347 .376 .629 .702 79 .335 -4.5 -0.5 .487 .136 .095 2.0
CLE (1 yr) 384 294 30 2.7 86 .248 .239 .251 .283 .320 .340 .362 .623 .683 82 .375 -9.2 -1.0 .491 .157 .101 6.9
DET (1 yr) 457 346 41 3.2 88 .287 .268 .259 .298 .324 .354 .366 .653 .690 89 .401 -7.3 -0.8 .522 .140 .086 8.4
AL (7 yrs) 3066 2214 329 4.0 89 .310 .284 .254 .323 .322 .378 .372 .701 .694 102 .486 1.3 -0.0 .591 .161 .094 55.2
NL (6 yrs) 1882 1329 233 4.7 92 .330 .295 .260 .332 .324 .415 .381 .746 .705 111 .582 21.7 2.3 .648 .177 .120 36.3

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1970 CAL AL 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 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 GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1964 21 PHI NL 116 3.5% 22.4% 5.2% 10.3% 36% 4.33 4.2 27.3 6.1 1.00 68%
1965 22 PHI NL 280 2.9% 21.4% 5.4% 7.1% 26% 4.00 4.4 32.8 9.4 1.40 69%
1966 23 STL NL 91 2.2% 19.8% 5.5% 3.3% 19% 3.60 4.8 43.0 14.3 0.90 73%
1967 24 STL NL 189 0.5% 13.8% 4.8% 6.4% 31% 2.89 6.7 175.0 14.6 1.36 79%
1968 25 CIN NL 634 0.3% 11.2% 4.1% 6.3% 21% 2.73 8.5 301.5 10.4 1.96 84%
1969 26 CIN NL 572 3.0% 12.1% 4.4% 6.8% 24% 2.76 7.6 30.8 5.9 1.77 78%
1970 27 CAL AL 659 2.1% 10.3% 5.3% 7.0% 23% 1.94 9.0 43.9 7.1 1.51 81%
1971 28 CAL AL 261 0.8% 13.0% 5.8% 3.8% 16% 2.27 7.1 121.0 11.5 1.15 79%
1972 29 CLE AL 384 2.1% 10.4% 5.7% 5.0% 22% 1.82 8.9 44.5 9.6 1.12 81%
1973 30 TEX AL 663 1.2% 12.4% 4.8% 5.6% 21% 2.56 7.6 78.0 9.2 1.56 81%
1974 31 TOT AL 514 1.0% 12.1% 5.5% 4.5% 17% 2.21 7.8 96.2 11.2 1.42 81%
1974 31 TEX AL 486 0.8% 12.1% 5.8% 4.3% 16% 2.11 7.7 113.3 11.0 1.49 80%
1974 31 NYY AL 28 3.6% 10.7% 0.0% 7.1% 33% 9.3 28.0 14.0 0.73 86%
1975 32 NYY AL 128 0.8% 16.4% 5.5% 5.5% 23% 3.00 5.7 119.0 7.9 1.46 77%
1976 33 DET AL 457 1.3% 10.7% 4.2% 5.0% 20% 2.58 8.8 71.5 9.5 1.94 83%
13 Yrs 4948 1.6% 12.7% 4.9% 5.9% 22% 2.57 7.4 59.3 8.8 1.52 80%
MLB Averages 2.0% 14.6% 8.5% 6.0% 27% 1.72 6.1 45.4 9.1 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
1964 21 PHI NL 4.8 0.5 121 0.3 2.5 -2.2 1.08 0.6 -0.3 5.2 0.5 1.05 6.7 1.20 7
1965 22 PHI NL 5.9 0.6 297 1.3 6.4 -5.1 1.11 0.8 0.3 4.5 0.5 1.01 9.5 1.64 28
1966 23 STL NL -7.3 -0.8 93 -0.5 1.4 -1.9 1.02 -0.6 0.1 -5.1 -0.5 0.91 -4.7 1.36 2
1967 24 STL NL -7.4 -0.8 200 0.3 3.9 -3.6 1.14 -0.3 0.6 -6.4 -0.7 0.97 -4.7 1.70 21
1968 25 CIN NL 11.0 1.2 670 1.8 13.5 -11.7 1.10 1.4 0.2 20.4 2.2 0.98 15.6 1.01 9
1969 26 CIN NL 14.6 1.5 609 1.9 11.6 -9.7 .99 2.3 -0.3 22.6 2.3 0.95 25.3 1.77 9
1970 27 CAL AL 25.1 2.5 690 3.6 15.4 -11.8 1.10 2.6 0.6 32.0 3.3 1.01 30.0 0
1971 28 CAL AL -5.1 -0.5 272 -0.6 4.1 -4.7 1.04 -0.5 -0.0 1.3 0.1 0.91 -3.6 2.07 5
1972 29 CLE AL -9.2 -1.0 405 -0.7 6.3 -7.0 1.05 -0.7 0.0 -3.2 -0.4 0.93 -4.3 1.96 10
1973 30 TEX AL -0.2 -0.0 690 0.8 12.3 -11.5 1.01 -1.0 1.7 -2.5 -0.3 0.96 -12.9 2.47 1
1974 31 TOT AL 0.5 0.0 549 -0.2 8.6 -8.7 .94 -0.1 -0.1 0.3 0.0 0.94 -1.7 1.27 6
1974 31 TEX AL 2.1 0.2 520 0.1 8.0 -7.9 .92 0.0 0.1 3.2 0.3 0.94 0.3 3.76 0
1974 31 NYY AL -1.5 -0.2 29 -0.2 0.6 -0.8 1.33 -0.1 -0.0 -2.9 -0.3 0.97 -2.1 1.27 6
1975 32 NYY AL -2.9 -0.3 139 -0.2 2.3 -2.5 1.05 -0.0 -0.2 0.5 0.1 1.00 -0.6 1.52 18
1976 33 DET AL -7.3 -0.8 484 -1.6 8.0 -9.6 1.11 -1.3 -0.2 -16.8 -1.8 0.99 -13.0 2.35 16
13 Yrs 22.6 2.2 5219 6.1 96.3 -90.2 1.05 3.2 2.6 52.7 5.4 0.97 41.4 1.69 132

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
1964 21 PHI NL 2 0 39% 54 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 4 47% 10 6 3 1 0 1 6 2 4
1965 22 PHI NL 5 0 22% 120 4 4 50% 3 2 1 1 0 1 2 0 3 7 44% 19 11 6 2 0 2 6 1 4
1966 23 STL NL 1 0 26% 34 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 43% 5 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 2
1967 24 STL NL 4 0 38% 64 6 3 67% 6 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 6 69% 11 2 8 1 1 0 4 1 3
1968 25 CIN NL 9 0 36% 260 16 6 73% 13 6 1 0 2 0 6 1 12 17 64% 37 16 20 11 6 4 24 2 22
1969 26 CIN NL 8 0 38% 232 11 8 58% 11 7 0 1 0 0 5 1 9 20 58% 35 14 21 9 6 3 16 5 11
1970 27 CAL AL 8 0 31% 295 17 2 89% 13 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 11 15 40% 52 31 18 8 7 1 25 9 15
1971 28 CAL AL 3 0 22% 85 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 41% 9 7 2 4 3 1 4 0 4
1972 29 CLE AL 7 0 23% 126 6 8 43% 5 6 1 1 0 0 5 2 9 5 42% 15 9 6 6 4 2 10 3 5
1973 30 TEX AL 6 0 26% 228 10 5 67% 8 5 2 0 0 0 3 1 15 21 46% 38 20 16 5 4 0 14 3 10
1974 31 TOT AL 7 0 33% 207 20 9 69% 20 9 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 15 48% 33 26 5 9 1 8 23 4 18
1974 31 TEX AL 7 0 33% 201 20 9 69% 20 9 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 13 48% 32 25 5 9 1 8 23 4 18
1974 31 NYY AL 0 0 40% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 32 NYY AL 5 0 38% 50 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 8 64% 10 5 5 3 0 3 1 0 1
1976 33 DET AL 5 0 27% 174 14 10 58% 14 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 9 51% 26 13 11 4 1 3 11 3 7
13 Yrs 70 0 31% 1929 113 63 64% 102 57 9 3 2 2 28 6 86 135 50% 300 164 122 63 33 28 146 33 106

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
1964 21 PHI NL 116 91% 33 7 2 1 2 1.20 4 0 3 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 0% 27 1 4% 16 2 13% 85 15 18% 4 2 50% 8 6 75% 0
1965 22 PHI NL 280 77% 77 28 8 1 1 1.64 8 0 8 3 5 3 5 0 1 1 100% 62 5 8% 27 3 11% 186 21 11% 19 6 32% 9 5 56% 0
1966 23 STL NL 91 41% 16 2 0 0 0 1.36 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 19 4 21% 8 1 13% 50 4 8% 5 1 20% 4 0 0% 0
1967 24 STL NL 189 74% 39 21 5 0 4 1.70 1 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 100% 32 3 9% 15 4 27% 113 15 13% 7 3 43% 7 6 86% 0
1968 25 CIN NL 634 24% 188 9 1 0 0 1.01 2 0 11 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0% 125 18 14% 50 13 26% 390 60 15% 30 16 53% 25 14 56% 0
1969 26 CIN NL 572 17% 165 9 3 0 0 1.77 17 0 6 13 4 9 8 1 4 4 100% 110 14 13% 51 25 49% 354 74 21% 43 25 58% 19 14 74% 0
1970 27 CAL AL 659 33% 202 0 0 0 0 14 0 17 11 3 3 11 0 0 0 140 25 18% 51 19 37% 455 72 16% 50 25 50% 20 15 75% 0
1971 28 CAL AL 261 29% 63 5 0 0 0 2.07 2 0 4 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 100% 51 10 20% 13 5 38% 146 20 14% 7 4 57% 6 4 67% 0
1972 29 CLE AL 384 50% 85 10 0 0 0 1.96 8 0 4 6 2 7 1 0 2 2 100% 78 10 13% 32 14 44% 226 31 14% 24 13 54% 14 10 71% 0
1973 30 TEX AL 663 35% 179 1 1 1 1 2.47 8 0 11 3 5 2 6 0 2 1 50% 141 17 12% 49 16 33% 406 63 16% 39 25 64% 18 14 78% 0
1974 31 TOT AL 514 36% 138 6 0 0 0 1.27 5 0 9 3 2 3 2 0 2 1 50% 96 17 18% 45 10 22% 307 43 14% 34 10 29% 20 13 65% 0
1974 31 TEX AL 486 35% 132 0 0 0 0 3.76 4 0 8 2 2 3 1 0 2 1 50% 94 17 18% 43 10 23% 290 42 14% 32 10 31% 20 13 65% 0
1974 31 NYY AL 28 57% 6 6 0 0 0 1.27 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 17 1 6% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
1975 32 NYY AL 128 79% 31 18 5 0 2 1.52 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 31 4 13% 11 3 27% 88 14 16% 14 8 57% 3 2 67% 0
1976 33 DET AL 457 34% 115 16 5 0 2 2.35 6 0 9 2 4 4 2 0 1 1 100% 102 15 15% 59 23 39% 313 42 13% 26 17 65% 25 17 68% 0
13 Yrs 4948 39% 1331 132 30 3 12 1.69 78 0 91 45 33 36 42 2 16 12 75% 1014 143 14% 427 138 32% 3119 474 15% 302 155 51% 178 120 67% 0
MLB Averages 54% 77% 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
1964 21 43 116 109 18 33 7 1 4 18 1 2 6 26 .303 .345 .495 .840 135 54 1 1 0 0 1
1965 22 140 396 371 45 110 16 4 12 46 5 6 21 86 .296 .339 .458 .797 124 170 6 3 1 0 4
1966 23 165 487 457 52 126 16 5 14 52 6 7 26 104 .276 .319 .425 .743 109 194 10 3 1 0 5
1967 24 246 676 632 72 165 25 7 15 64 12 10 35 130 .261 .306 .394 .700 98 249 13 6 2 1 5
1968 25 395 1310 1235 151 353 57 13 17 122 28 16 61 201 .286 .323 .394 .718 106 487 31 9 2 3 9
1969 26 534 1882 1758 237 518 75 17 34 210 39 24 86 270 .295 .332 .415 .746 111 729 45 18 6 14 10
1970 27 690 2541 2372 322 720 101 23 48 296 56 26 121 338 .304 .342 .426 .768 117 1011 70 25 6 17 19
1971 28 755 2802 2614 341 783 109 23 50 317 61 28 136 372 .300 .338 .416 .755 114 1088 80 27 7 18 22
1972 29 863 3186 2970 372 868 119 24 58 354 67 36 158 412 .292 .332 .407 .739 110 1209 90 28 9 21 32
1973 30 1021 3849 3594 434 1047 145 27 66 422 77 41 190 494 .291 .330 .402 .732 109 1444 107 30 10 25 37
1974 31 1145 4363 4075 494 1185 160 30 71 465 97 50 218 556 .291 .330 .397 .727 108 1618 124 34 11 25 41
1975 32 1197 4491 4194 509 1216 165 31 72 480 99 53 225 577 .290 .329 .396 .725 107 1659 128 34 11 27 42
1976 33 1322 4948 4623 550 1331 180 33 78 525 113 63 244 626 .288 .326 .392 .718 105 1811 143 36 12 33 43

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
1964 21 43 118 111 20 35 7 1 4 20 1 6 26 .315 .356 .505 .860 20 43
1965 22 96 285 266 30 82 10 3 9 31 4 16 60 .308 .352 .470 .822 43 97
1966 23 25 92 87 8 17 0 1 2 6 1 5 18 .195 .239 .287 .526 6 25
1967 24 81 194 179 24 43 10 2 1 14 7 10 26 .240 .290 .335 .625 17 81
1968 25 148 656 622 95 210 36 7 2 70 18 29 71 .338 .369 .428 .797 97 149
1969 26 139 577 527 89 169 18 4 17 91 11 26 69 .321 .356 .467 .823 87 139
1970 27 156 674 627 94 215 28 6 15 95 18 37 68 .343 .384 .478 .863 114 156
1971 28 65 273 252 24 72 9 0 2 26 6 17 34 .286 .335 .345 .680 29 65
1972 29 113 415 383 40 100 12 1 9 47 7 26 42 .261 .308 .368 .676 44 108
1973 30 158 683 641 72 196 28 3 9 79 11 35 82 .306 .342 .401 .743 88 158
1974 31 124 531 495 71 152 17 3 6 51 22 31 62 .307 .353 .390 .743 67 124
1975 32 52 133 123 17 34 5 1 1 17 2 8 21 .276 .316 .358 .674 14 52
1976 33 126 471 441 47 125 16 2 7 52 15 21 49 .283 .315 .376 .691 52 125
13 Yrs 1326 5102 4754 631 1450 196 34 84 599 123 267 628 .305 .344 .414 .758 678 1322
162 Game Avg. 162 623 581 77 177 24 4 10 73 15 33 77 .305 .344 .414 .758 83 1322

* 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
1982 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1970 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1970 AL (8, 21%)
0.21 Career Shares (727th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1968 NL  .312 (4th)
1969 NL  .315 (6th)
1970 AL  .329 (1st)

Games Played s c a p y
1973 AL  158 (10th)

At Bats s c a p y
1970 AL  614 (7th)
1973 AL  624 (3rd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1973 AL  663 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1968 NL  188 (4th)
1970 AL  202 (2nd)
1973 AL  179 (5th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1970 AL  282 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
1968 NL  32 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1968 NL  6 (8th)
1970 AL  6 (9th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1968 NL  16 (10th)

Singles s c a p y
1968 NL  148 (7th)
1970 AL  156 (1st)
1973 AL  142 (2nd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1970 AL  132 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1969 NL  9 (6th)
1970 AL  7 (10th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1969 NL  11 (2nd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1968 NL  18 (7th)
1970 AL  25 (2nd)
1974 AL  17 (7th)

SB % s c a p y
1968 NL  72.73 (5th)
1970 AL  89.47 (2nd)

Outs Made s c a p y
1973 AL  472 (6th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (422), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 30 (792), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 22 (766), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1488), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Cleon Jones (945)
  2. Danny Cater (944)
  3. Don Mueller (938)
  4. Juan Beniquez (935)
  5. Tom Paciorek (934)
  6. Lou Finney (929)
  7. Carlos May (928)
  8. Bobby Tolan (925)
  9. Casey Stengel (925) *
  10. Darryl Hamilton (923)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Jerry Lynch (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ryan Sweeney (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Heinie Mueller (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Don Mueller (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bob Watson (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Floyd Robinson (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Warren Cromartie (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Don Mueller (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Cleon Jones (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jerry Mumphrey (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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