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Cliff Johnson

Clifford Johnson (Heathcliff)

Positions: Designated Hitter, Pinch Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: July 22, 1947 in San Antonio, TX
High School: Wheatley HS (San Antonio, TX)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 5th round of the 1966 amateur draft.
Signed August 22, 1966. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1972
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Astros/Yankees/Athletics/Indians/... 1972-1986

Final Game: September 30, 1986
Relatives: Brother-In-Law of Mike Easler
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All-Time Rank (among batters): #1125. Carlos Ruiz… #1126. Ned Hanlon… #1127. Nick Johnson… #1128. CLIFF JOHNSON… #1129. Danny Richardson… #1130. Jim Russell… #1131. Elvis Andrus…

All-Time Rank (among batters): #1125. Carlos Ruiz… #1126. Ned Hanlon… #1127. Nick Johnson… #1128. CLIFF JOHNSON… #1129. Danny Richardson… #1130. Jim Russell… #1131. Elvis Andrus…

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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
1967	19	HOU-min	A,Rk	89	275	266	13	75	12	3	9	20	0	0	9	32	.282	.305	.451	.757		120							COC,CVN · FLOR,APPY
1968	20	HOU-min	A	117	353	353		102	17	3	10						.289	.289	.439	.728		155							COC · FLOR
1969	21	HOU-min	A	103	378	327	37	75	16	1	11	54	4	0	42	81	.229	.326	.385	.712		126		6	1	2			PNS · CARL
1970	22	HOU-min	A,AAA	124	479	398	86	135	28	1	28	96	6	1	73	56	.339	.449	.626	1.074		249		7	0	1			RDH,OKC · CARL,AA
1971	23	HOU-min	AA,AAA	89	309	269	32	56	15	2	9	36	0	1	31	62	.208	.304	.379	.683		102		7	0	2			CBS,OKC · DIXA,AA
1972	24	HOU-min	AAA,AA	131	532	473	83	134	23	7	27	97	4	1	43	86	.283	.356	.533	.889		252		12	1	3			OKC,CBS · AA,SOUL
1972	24	HOU	NL	5	6	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.250	.500	.250	.750	122	1	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1973	25	HOU-min	AAA	133	574	490	105	148	30	4	33	117	3	1	64	103	.302	.398	.582	.980		285		16	1	3			DEN · AA
1973	25	HOU	NL	7	22	20	6	6	2	0	2	6	0	0	1	7	.300	.364	.700	1.064	190	14	0	1	0	0	0	/3
1974	26	HOU	NL	83	210	171	26	39	4	1	10	29	0	1	33	45	.228	.357	.439	.796	127	75	5	3	0	3	1	23
1975	27	HOU	NL	122	393	340	52	94	16	1	20	65	1	0	46	64	.276	.370	.506	.876	151	172	7	5	1	1	5	32/7
1976	28	HOU	NL	108	384	318	36	72	21	2	10	49	0	0	62	59	.226	.359	.399	.759	125	127	9	4	0	0	6	273
1977	29	TOT	MLB	107	339	286	46	85	16	0	22	54	0	2	43	53	.297	.407	.584	.991	171	167	3	10	0	0	2	7D32/9
1977	29	HOU	NL	51	171	144	22	43	8	0	10	23	0	1	23	30	.299	.409	.563	.972	169	81	1	4	0	0	2	73/9
1977	29	NYY	AL	56	168	142	24	42	8	0	12	31	0	1	20	23	.296	.405	.606	1.010	173	86	2	6	0	0	0	D23
1978	30	NYY	AL	76	205	174	20	32	9	1	6	19	0	0	30	32	.184	.307	.351	.658	88	61	6	1	0	0	5	D2/3
1979	31	TOT	AL	100	350	304	48	82	16	0	20	67	2	0	34	46	.270	.347	.520	.866	131	158	6	5	1	6	5	D/2
1979	31	NYY	AL	28	76	64	11	17	6	0	2	6	0	0	10	7	.266	.360	.453	.813	121	29	0	0	1	1	4	D/2
1979	31	CLE	AL	72	274	240	37	65	10	0	18	61	2	0	24	39	.271	.343	.538	.881	134	129	6	5	0	5	1	D/2
1980	32	TOT	MLB	122	430	370	53	86	11	1	16	62	0	1	54	65	.232	.328	.397	.725	97	147	12	1	0	5	10	3D/72
1980	32	CLE	AL	54	203	174	25	40	3	1	6	28	0	1	25	30	.230	.320	.362	.682	87	63	8	0	0	4	5	D
1980	32	CHC	NL	68	227	196	28	46	8	0	10	34	0	0	29	35	.235	.335	.429	.763	106	84	4	1	0	1	5	3/72
1981	33	OAK	AL	84	310	273	40	71	8	0	17	59	5	3	28	60	.260	.329	.476	.805	137	130	3	3	0	6	2	D/3
1982	34	OAK	AL	73	244	214	19	51	10	0	7	31	1	2	26	41	.238	.324	.383	.707	99	82	3	2	0	2	2	D3
1983	35	TOR	AL	142	484	407	59	108	23	1	22	76	0	1	67	69	.265	.373	.489	.862	130	199	10	5	1	4	8	*D/3
1984	36	TOR	AL	127	415	359	51	109	23	1	16	61	0	1	50	62	.304	.390	.507	.897	143	182	9	3	0	3	4	*D/3
1985	37	TOT	AL	106	417	369	35	96	17	1	13	66	0	0	40	59	.260	.334	.417	.751	104	154	4	3	1	4	2	D/3
1985	37	TEX	AL	82	334	296	31	76	17	1	12	56	0	0	31	44	.257	.330	.443	.773	109	131	3	3	1	3	2	D
1985	37	TOR	AL	24	83	73	4	20	0	0	1	10	0	0	9	15	.274	.349	.315	.664	81	23	1	0	0	1	0	D/3
1986	38	TOR	AL	107	394	336	48	84	12	1	15	55	0	1	52	57	.250	.355	.426	.781	110	143	9	4	0	2	1	D/3
15 Yrs				1369	4603	3945	539	1016	188	10	196	699	9	12	568	719	.258	.355	.459	.815	125	1812	86	50	4	36	53
162 Game Avg.				162	545	467	64	120	22	1	23	83	1	1	67	85	.258	.355	.459	.815	125	214	10	6	0	4	6
				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
HOU (6 yrs)				376	1186	997	142	255	51	4	52	172	1	2	167	205	.256	.370	.471	.842	142	470	22	17	1	4	14
TOR (4 yrs)				400	1376	1175	162	321	58	3	54	202	0	3	178	203	.273	.372	.466	.837	125	547	29	12	1	10	13
NYY (3 yrs)				160	449	380	55	91	23	1	20	56	0	1	60	62	.239	.353	.463	.816	126	176	8	7	1	1	9
OAK (2 yrs)				157	554	487	59	122	18	0	24	90	6	5	54	101	.251	.327	.435	.762	119	212	6	5	0	8	4
CLE (2 yrs)				126	477	414	62	105	13	1	24	89	2	1	49	69	.254	.333	.464	.797	114	192	14	5	0	9	6
TEX (1 yr)				82	334	296	31	76	17	1	12	56	0	0	31	44	.257	.330	.443	.773	109	131	3	3	1	3	2
CHC (1 yr)				68	227	196	28	46	8	0	10	34	0	0	29	35	.235	.335	.429	.763	106	84	4	1	0	1	5

AL (10 yrs)				925	3190	2752	369	715	129	6	134	493	8	10	372	479	.260	.351	.457	.808	121	1258	60	32	3	31	34
NL (7 yrs)				444	1413	1193	170	301	59	4	62	206	1	2	196	240	.252	.365	.464	.829	136	554	26	18	1	5	19

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
1972	24	HOU	NL	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.507	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	/2
1973	25	HOU	NL	7	22	2	0	0	-1	-0	2	0.2	1	2	0.3	.529	.501	0.3	-0.1	3	$	/3
1974	26	HOU	NL	83	210	7	-1	-0	-6	0	-0	-0.0	6	6	0.6	.500	.500	1.2	-0.6	12	$	23
1975	27	HOU	NL	122	393	24	-1	-1	-7	-0	14	1.5	11	26	2.7	.513	.509	3.4	-0.7	32	$	32/7
1976	28	HOU	NL	108	384	10	-1	-1	-14	2	-4	-0.3	11	8	0.8	.496	.498	2.3	-1.3	22	$	273
1977	29	HOU	NL	51	171	13	-1	0	-3	-2	6	0.6	5	11	1.1	.512	.504	1.4	-0.6	14	$	73/9
1977	29	NYY	AL	56	168	14	-1	-0	2	-2	13	1.3	5	18	1.8	.523	.508	1.6	0.0	16	$	D23
1978	30	NYY	AL	76	205	-4	0	-0	-1	-3	-9	-0.9	7	-2	-0.3	.488	.494	-0.1	-0.4	-1	$	D2/3
1979	31	NYY	AL	28	76	0	0	0	0	-2	-2	-0.1	2	1	0.1	.494	.499	0.1	-0.2	1	$	D/2
1979	31	CLE	AL	72	274	10	-1	-0	0	-6	2	0.3	9	11	1.1	.503	.501	1.1	-0.6	11	$	D/2
1980	32	CLE	AL	54	203	-3	-0	-0	0	-4	-8	-0.8	6	-2	-0.2	.484	.495	-0.2	-0.4	-2	$	D
1980	32	CHC	NL	68	227	2	0	-0	-7	-3	-8	-0.9	7	-1	-0.2	.487	.495	0.6	-1.1	7	$	3/72
1981	33	OAK	AL	84	310	13	-0	0	-1	-7	4	0.5	9	14	1.4	.505	.503	1.6	-0.9	15	$	D/3
1982	34	OAK	AL	73	244	0	-2	0	-1	-6	-9	-0.9	8	-1	-0.2	.488	.494	0.0	-0.6	-0	$	D3
1983	35	TOR	AL	142	484	17	-1	-1	-0	-13	1	0.3	15	16	1.7	.501	.501	1.8	-1.3	16	$	*D/3
1984	36	TOR	AL	127	415	26	-0	-1	0	-11	14	1.5	13	26	2.7	.511	.509	2.8	-1.1	26	$	*D/3
1985	37	TEX	AL	82	334	2	0	-0	0	-8	-6	-0.5	10	4	0.4	.492	.496	0.4	-0.8	4	$683,333	D
1985	37	TOR	AL	24	83	-1	0	0	-1	-2	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.1	.483	.497	-0.1	-0.3	-1	$	D/3
1986	38	TOR	AL	107	394	7	-2	-1	-0	-10	-5	-0.4	12	7	0.7	.495	.497	0.7	-0.9	7	$725,000	D/3
15 Seasons				1369	4603	139	-11	-5	-41	-79	2	1.3	140	142	14.4	.500	.500	18.9	-11.8	183	$1,408,333
			Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
HOU (6 yrs)				376	1186	56	-4	-2	-30	-1	19	2.0	34	53	5.5	.505	.502	8.6	-3.3	84	$
TOR (4 yrs)				400	1376	49	-4	-2	-1	-36	5	1.1	42	47	5.0	.501	.501	5.2	-3.6	49	$725,000
NYY (3 yrs)				160	449	10	-1	-1	1	-7	2	0.3	14	17	1.6	.501	.500	1.6	-0.5	16	$
OAK (2 yrs)				157	554	13	-3	0	-2	-13	-5	-0.3	17	12	1.2	.497	.499	1.6	-1.6	15	$
CLE (2 yrs)				126	477	7	-1	-1	0	-11	-6	-0.5	15	9	0.9	.495	.498	0.9	-1.0	9	$
TEX (1 yr)				82	334	2	0	-0	0	-8	-6	-0.5	10	4	0.4	.492	.496	0.4	-0.8	4	$683,333
CHC (1 yr)				68	227	2	0	-0	-7	-3	-8	-0.9	7	-1	-0.2	.487	.495	0.6	-1.1	7	$

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
1977	29	NYY	AL	ALCS	KCR	W	5	16	15	2	6	2	0	1	2	0	0	1	2	.400	.438	.733	1.171	11	0	0	0	0	0
1977	29	NYY	AL	WS	LAD	W	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	30	NYY	AL	ALCS	KCR	W	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	30	NYY	AL	WS	LAD	W	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0

1981	33	OAK	AL	ALDS	KCR	W	2	8	7	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.429	.714	3	0	0	1	0	0
1981	33	OAK	AL	ALCS	NYY	L	2	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0

1985	37	TOR	AL	ALCS	KCR	L	7	20	19	1	7	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	.368	.400	.474	.874	9	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs (7 Series)							21	56	51	3	15	5	0	1	4	0	0	4	10	.294	.345	.451	.796	23	1	0	1	0	0
1 ALDS							2	8	7	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.429	.714	3	0	0	1	0	0
4 ALCS							15	45	41	3	13	4	0	1	4	0	0	4	8	.317	.378	.488	.866	20	0	0	0	0	0
2 WS							4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
1972	HOU	NL	24	C	1	0	0	4.0	6	6	0	0	0	1.000			13.50	6.00	.987	6.52	6.60	0	0	1	0	0%	37%	0
1973	HOU	NL	25	1B	5	5	5	43.0	49	47	2	0	7	1.000	-1	-17	10.26	9.80	.992	9.84	9.84
1974	HOU	NL	26	C	28	22	21	210.2	135	123	9	3	4	.978	-3	-17	5.64	4.71	.985	6.12	6.11	3	8	23	6	21%	33%	1
1974	HOU	NL	26	1B	21	16	7	146.2	157	147	9	1	13	.994	-3	-23	9.57	7.43	.991	9.94	9.93
1975	HOU	NL	27	1B	47	43	38	395.1	432	407	21	4	33	.991	-3	-9	9.74	9.11	.990	9.97	9.96
1975	HOU	NL	27	C	41	37	31	333.2	219	195	16	8	4	.963	-4	-14	5.69	5.15	.985	6.03	6.02	8	15	39	14	26%	32%	1
1975	HOU	NL	27	LF	1	1	0	8.0	3	2	1	0	0	1.000	0	30	3.38	3.00	.973	2.14	2.10
1975	HOU	NL	27	OF	1	1	0	8.0	3	2	1	0	0	1.000	0	30	3.38	3.00	.977	2.25	2.30
1976	HOU	NL	28	C	66	64	53	545.1	354	312	34	8	2	.977	-10	-22	5.71	5.24	.986	5.96	5.94	12	21	76	22	22%	33%	1
1976	HOU	NL	28	LF	20	20	8	148.0	40	39	0	1	0	.975	-2	-19	2.37	1.95	.976	2.02	2.01
1976	HOU	NL	28	OF	20	20	8	148.0	40	39	0	1	0	.975	-2	-19	2.37	1.95	.979	2.34	2.33
1976	HOU	NL	28	1B	16	8	7	86.1	118	117	1	0	8	1.000	-2	-22	12.30	7.38	.991	9.95	9.93
1977	TOT	MLB	29	1B	21	17	9	147.0	169	153	15	1	19	.994	1	10	10.29	8.00	.990	9.96	9.92
1977	HOU	NL	29	OF	34	32	16	257.0	56	49	4	3	0	.946	-4	-16	1.86	1.56	.978	2.26	2.26
1977	HOU	NL	29	LF	33	30	16	242.0	55	48	4	3	0	.945	-4	-20	1.93	1.58	.972	1.93	1.93
1977	HOU	NL	29	1B	10	6	6	69.0	71	64	7	0	8	1.000	0	3	9.26	7.10	.991	9.89	9.89
1977	HOU	NL	29	RF	4	2	0	15.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	1	48	2.40	1.00	.975	2.10	2.10
1977	NYY	AL	29	DH	25	17
1977	NYY	AL	29	C	15	10	9	99.0	62	56	6	0	0	1.000	1	12	5.64	4.13	.986	6.01	5.97	1	3	1	5	83%	39%	0
1977	NYY	AL	29	1B	11	11	3	78.0	98	89	8	1	11	.990	1	15	11.19	8.82	.990	10.02	9.95
1978	NYY	AL	30	DH	39	32
1978	NYY	AL	30	C	22	13	13	151.0	79	67	10	2	1	.975	-1	-8	4.59	3.50	.983	5.53	5.48	2	5	11	5	31%	38%	1
1978	NYY	AL	30	1B	1	1	0	8.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-45	4.50	4.00	.992	10.01	10.00
1979	TOT	AL	31	DH	84	76
1979	TOT	AL	31	C	5	3	2	26.0	11	10	1	0	0	1.000	0	0	3.81	2.20	.982	5.47	5.40	1	1	2	1	33%	36%	0
1979	NYY	AL	31	DH	21	14
1979	NYY	AL	31	C	4	3	2	24.0	11	10	1	0	0	1.000	0	0	4.12	2.75	.982	5.48	5.40	1	1	2	1	33%	36%	0
1979	CLE	AL	31	DH	63	62
1979	CLE	AL	31	C	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		5.40	5.40	0	0	0	0			0
1980	CLE	AL	32	DH	45	45
1980	CHC	NL	32	1B	46	44	27	395.2	488	468	16	4	34	.992	-6	-18	11.01	10.52	.992	10.16	10.17
1980	CHC	NL	32	LF	3	3	0	14.1	3	2	0	1	0	.667	-1	-109	1.26	0.67	.977	2.07	2.07
1980	CHC	NL	32	OF	3	3	0	14.1	3	2	0	1	0	.667	-1	-109	1.26	0.67	.980	2.32	2.30
1980	CHC	NL	32	C	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	9.00	1.00	.980	6.30	6.10	0	0	0	0			0
1981	OAK	AL	33	DH	68	61
1981	OAK	AL	33	1B	9	5	4	50.0	43	42	1	0	2	1.000	-1	-31	7.74	4.78	.993	10.06	10.03
1982	OAK	AL	34	DH	48	41
1982	OAK	AL	34	1B	11	7	6	76.0	75	66	8	1	7	.987	-1	-16	8.76	6.73	.992	9.85	9.81
1983	TOR	AL	35	DH	130	97
1983	TOR	AL	35	1B	6	6	3	47.0	51	47	4	0	5	1.000	-0	-10	9.77	8.50	.992	9.90	9.82
1984	TOR	AL	36	DH	111	83
1984	TOR	AL	36	1B	2	2	2	18.0	26	26	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	13.00	13.00	.991	9.75	9.70
1985	TOT	AL	37	DH	103	94
1985	TEX	AL	37	DH	82	81
1985	TOR	AL	37	DH	21	13
1985	TOR	AL	37	1B	3	3	1	20.0	19	17	1	1	4	.947	-1	-42	8.10	6.00	.991	9.76	9.67
1986	TOR	AL	38	DH	95	89
1986	TOR	AL	38	1B	1	1	1	9.0	9	8	1	0	2	1.000	-0	-13	9.00	9.00	.991	9.40	9.30
	13 Seasons			1B	189	158	110	1442.0	1640	1549	79	12	134	.993	-17	-14	10.16	8.61	.991	10.00	9.98
	8 Seasons			C	179	149	129	1370.2	867	770	76	21	11	.976	-17	-15	5.55	4.73	.985	5.95	5.92	27	53	153	53	26%	33%	4
	4 Seasons			OF	58	56	24	427.1	102	92	5	5	0	.951	-7	-19	2.04	1.67	.978	2.29	2.29
	4 Seasons			LF	57	54	24	412.1	101	91	5	5	0	.950	-7	-22	2.10	1.68	.974	1.97	1.97
	1 Season			RF	4	2	0	15.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	1	48	2.40	1.00	.975	2.10	2.10
	15 Seasons			TOT	426	363	263	3240.0	2609	2411	160	38	145	.985	-41	-15	7.14	6.04	.989	7.27	7.23	27	53	153	53	26%	33%	4
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Home Runs s c a p y 1981 AL 17 (7th)	Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y Career 125 (235th)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1981 AL 6 (9th)	AB per HR s c a p y 1975 NL 17.0 (10th) 1981 AL 16.1 (2nd) 1983 AL 18.5 (10th)** Career 20.1 (125th)
Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1986 AL 3.3 (8th) Career 18.2 (203rd)	Errors Committed as C s c a p y 1976 NL 8 (5th)	Passed Balls s c a p y 1976 NL 12 (1st)	Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y 1976 NL 76 (2nd)

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.
† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 4 (1863), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (1934), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 17 (898), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	First Base (147th), 14.4 career WAR/12.5 7yr-peak WAR/13.5 JAWS Average HOF 1B (out of 18) = 62.3 career WAR/40.7 7yr-peak WAR/51.5 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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Robert Fick (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Gene Oliver (950) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Fernando Tatis (923) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jay Gibbons (922) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Charlie Maxwell (938) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Charlie Maxwell (943) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Hickman (925) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Matt Stairs (919) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

June 7, 1966: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 5th round of the 1966 amateur draft. Player signed August 22, 1966.
June 15, 1977: Traded by the Houston Astros to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later, Mike Fischlin and Randy Niemann. The New York Yankees sent Dave Bergman (November 23, 1977) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.
June 15, 1979: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Cleveland Indians for Don Hood.
June 23, 1980: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Chicago Cubs for a player to be named later and cash. The Chicago Cubs sent Karl Pagel (June 30, 1980) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.
December 11, 1980: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Keith Drumright to the Oakland Athletics for Michael King (minors).
November 5, 1982: Traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Toronto Blue Jays for Al Woods.
November 8, 1984: Granted Free Agency.
December 5, 1984: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
August 28, 1985: Traded by the Texas Rangers to the Toronto Blue Jays for players to be named later. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Matt Williams (August 29, 1985), Jeff Mays (minors) (August 29, 1985) and Greg Ferlenda (minors) (November 14, 1985) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.
November 12, 1986: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1985	37	Texas Rangers	$683,333	1985 USA Today survey
1986	38	Toronto Blue Jays	$725,000	1986 USA Today survey

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$1,408,333

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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