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Ruppert Jones

Ruppert Sanderson Jones (Rupe)

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: March 12, 1955 in Dallas, TX
High School: Berkeley HS (Berkeley, CA)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 3rd round of the 1973 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 1, 1976
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Padres/Angels/Yankees/Tigers/... 1976-1987

Final Game: October 4, 1987
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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
1973	18	KCR-min	Rk	61	230	193	45	58	10	4	4	31	13	4	35	58	.301	.404	.456	.860		88		0	0	2			BIL · PION
1974	19	KCR-min	A	121	513	440	73	141	22	3	21	88	24	10	65	84	.320	.404	.527	.931		232	2	1	0	7	11		WLO,SJO · MIDW,CALL
1975	20	KCR-min	AAA	119	467	403	62	98	25	5	13	54	12	1	56	86	.243	.338	.427	.764		172		3	2	3			OMA · AA
1976	21	KCR-min	AAA	102	427	359	65	94	15	9	19	73	16	5	59	90	.262	.366	.513	.879		184		3	1	5			OMA · AA
1976	21	KCR	AL	28	54	51	9	11	1	1	1	7	0	2	3	16	.216	.259	.333	.593	72	17	0	0	0	0	0	/98D7
1977	22	SEA	AL	160	664	597	85	157	26	8	24	76	13	9	55	120	.263	.324	.454	.778	111	271	7	2	3	6	3	*8/D	AS
1978	23	SEA	AL	129	541	472	48	111	24	3	6	46	22	6	55	85	.235	.312	.337	.649	84	159	15	0	8	5	2	*8
1979	24	SEA	AL	162	716	622	109	166	29	9	21	78	33	12	85	78	.267	.356	.444	.799	113	276	19	3	2	4	4	*8
1980	25	NYY	AL	83	373	328	38	73	11	3	9	42	18	8	34	50	.223	.299	.357	.656	81	117	5	3	5	3	3	8
1981	26	SDP	NL	105	451	397	53	99	34	1	4	39	7	9	43	66	.249	.318	.370	.688	101	147	7	0	4	7	2	*8
1982	27	SDP	NL	116	493	424	69	120	20	2	12	61	18	15	62	90	.283	.373	.425	.798	128	180	4	1	3	3	11	*8	AS
1983	28	SDP	NL	133	372	335	42	78	12	3	12	49	11	11	35	58	.233	.305	.394	.699	96	132	8	0	2	0	4	*8/3
1984	29	DET-min	AAA	48	190	160	30	50	9	3	9	45	8	3	27	33	.313	.411	.575	.986		92		1	0	2	1		EVN · AA
1984	29	DET	AL	79	237	215	26	61	12	1	12	37	2	4	21	47	.284	.346	.516	.862	137	111	5	0	0	1	0	78/D
1985	30	CAL	AL	125	456	389	66	90	17	2	21	67	7	4	57	82	.231	.328	.447	.775	111	174	5	0	8	2	2	D798
1986	31	CAL	AL	126	471	393	73	90	21	3	17	49	10	3	64	87	.229	.339	.427	.767	109	168	8	3	7	3	5	*978
1987	32	CAL	AL	85	213	192	25	47	8	2	8	28	2	1	20	38	.245	.316	.432	.748	99	83	4	0	1	0	2	79/8D
1988	33	TEX-min	AAA,Fgn	50	179	154	23	39	8	1	7	30	8	1	17	23	.253	.331	.455	.786		70		3	1	4	2		OKC,HAN · AA,JPCL
1989	34	TEX-min	AAA	27	90	80	7	16	6	0	1	12	1	1	7	25	.200	.256	.313	.568		25		0	0	3	0		OKC · AA
12 Yrs				1331	5041	4415	643	1103	215	38	147	579	143	84	534	817	.250	.330	.416	.746	106	1835	87	12	43	34	38
162 Game Avg.				162	614	537	78	134	26	5	18	70	17	10	65	99	.250	.330	.416	.746	106	223	11	1	5	4	5

SDP (3 yrs)				354	1316	1156	164	297	66	6	28	149	36	35	140	214	.257	.335	.397	.732	109	459	19	1	9	10	17
CAL (3 yrs)				336	1140	974	164	227	46	7	46	144	19	8	141	207	.233	.330	.436	.767	108	425	17	3	16	5	9
SEA (3 yrs)				451	1921	1691	242	434	79	20	51	200	68	27	195	283	.257	.333	.418	.750	105	706	41	5	13	15	9
KCR (1 yr)				28	54	51	9	11	1	1	1	7	0	2	3	16	.216	.259	.333	.593	72	17	0	0	0	0	0
NYY (1 yr)				83	373	328	38	73	11	3	9	42	18	8	34	50	.223	.299	.357	.656	81	117	5	3	5	3	3
DET (1 yr)				79	237	215	26	61	12	1	12	37	2	4	21	47	.284	.346	.516	.862	137	111	5	0	0	1	0

AL (9 yrs)				977	3725	3259	479	806	149	32	119	430	107	49	394	603	.247	.328	.422	.751	105	1376	68	11	34	24	21
NL (3 yrs)				354	1316	1156	164	297	66	6	28	149	36	35	140	214	.257	.335	.397	.732	109	459	19	1	9	10	17

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
1976	21	KCR	AL	28	54	-2	-1	0	-1	-1	-4	-0.5	2	-2	-0.3	.483	.497	-0.2	-0.2	-2	$	/98D7
1977	22	SEA	AL	160	664	6	0	2	10	-1	15	1.8	21	37	3.8	.510	.510	2.8	1.0	27	$40,000	*8/D	AS
1978	23	SEA	AL	129	541	-11	3	-1	-4	-1	-14	-1.4	18	3	0.2	.488	.490	0.7	-0.5	8	$	*8
1979	24	SEA	AL	162	716	9	3	1	-2	-1	10	1.2	23	33	3.3	.506	.506	3.5	-0.2	35	$	*8
1980	25	NYY	AL	83	373	-8	-1	1	1	-0	-7	-0.6	11	4	0.4	.491	.495	0.3	0.2	3	$	8
1981	26	SDP	NL	105	451	0	-1	1	-1	-0	-1	0.0	14	12	1.4	.499	.499	1.4	-0.1	14	$	*8
1982	27	SDP	NL	116	493	16	-2	2	6	-0	22	2.5	15	37	4.0	.521	.515	3.2	0.7	31	$	*8	AS
1983	28	SDP	NL	133	372	2	-0	1	-4	-0	-2	-0.2	12	10	0.9	.499	.499	1.4	-0.4	14	$450,000	*8/3
1984	29	DET	AL	79	237	9	-0	-1	8	-3	14	1.5	7	21	2.2	.518	.509	1.3	0.6	13	$	78/D
1985	30	CAL	AL	125	456	2	1	2	7	-7	5	0.7	14	19	1.9	.504	.503	1.2	0.1	12	$390,000	D798
1986	31	CAL	AL	126	471	8	2	0	5	-6	10	1.2	14	24	2.5	.508	.506	2.0	0.1	19	$560,000	*978
1987	32	CAL	AL	85	213	-1	0	0	-1	-3	-5	-0.4	6	2	0.2	.495	.497	0.3	-0.3	3	$450,000	79/8D
12 Seasons				1331	5041	30	4	8	24	-25	42	5.9	158	200	20.5	.503	.502	17.9	1.1	175	$1,890,000

SDP (3 yrs)				354	1316	18	-3	4	1	-1	19	2.4	40	59	6.3	.506	.504	6.0	0.2	58	$450,000
CAL (3 yrs)				336	1140	9	3	2	11	-16	10	1.4	35	45	4.6	.503	.502	3.5	-0.2	33	$1,400,000
SEA (3 yrs)				451	1921	3	6	1	3	-3	11	1.6	62	73	7.3	.502	.502	7.0	0.4	69	$40,000
KCR (1 yr)				28	54	-2	-1	0	-1	-1	-4	-0.5	2	-2	-0.3	.483	.497	-0.2	-0.2	-2	$
NYY (1 yr)				83	373	-8	-1	1	1	-0	-7	-0.6	11	4	0.4	.491	.495	0.3	0.2	3	$
DET (1 yr)				79	237	9	-0	-1	8	-3	14	1.5	7	21	2.2	.518	.509	1.3	0.6	13	$

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
1976	21	KCR	AL	54	42	4	2.6	87	.294	.216	.258	.259	.323	.333	.364	.593	.687	72	.310	-2.2	-0.2	.429	.137	.118	.0
1977	22	SEA	AL	664	465	89	5.1	99	.290	.263	.265	.324	.329	.454	.403	.778	.732	111	.546	7.9	0.8	.728	.290	.191	16.9
1978	23	SEA	AL	541	395	51	3.4	93	.272	.235	.260	.312	.325	.337	.383	.649	.708	84	.398	-8.9	-0.9	.602	.252	.102	9.4
1979	24	SEA	AL	716	493	99	5.4	104	.275	.267	.272	.356	.337	.444	.412	.799	.749	113	.558	12.1	1.2	.791	.347	.177	25.7
1980	25	NYY	AL	373	276	36	3.5	97	.235	.223	.267	.299	.329	.357	.396	.656	.724	81	.379	-8.7	-0.9	.612	.268	.134	12.0
1981	26	SDP	NL	451	325	47	3.9	87	.284	.249	.255	.318	.320	.370	.366	.688	.686	101	.477	2.4	0.2	.599	.224	.121	5.1
1982	27	SDP	NL	493	329	69	5.7	91	.332	.283	.261	.373	.323	.425	.379	.798	.702	128	.632	17.7	1.8	.762	.295	.142	14.4
1983	28	SDP	NL	372	278	37	3.6	94	.249	.233	.260	.305	.328	.394	.385	.699	.712	96	.423	-3.2	-0.3	.605	.266	.161	11.5
1984	29	DET	AL	237	164	36	5.9	96	.312	.284	.263	.346	.325	.516	.396	.862	.721	137	.619	10.3	1.0	.798	.321	.233	3.4
1985	30	CAL	AL	456	318	60	5.0	99	.240	.231	.261	.328	.327	.447	.406	.775	.733	111	.544	5.6	0.6	.760	.370	.216	10.5
1986	31	CAL	AL	471	324	60	5.0	99	.250	.229	.260	.339	.328	.427	.406	.767	.734	109	.527	6.0	0.6	.771	.379	.198	12.6
1987	32	CAL	AL	213	151	26	4.6	103	.267	.245	.262	.316	.329	.432	.420	.748	.749	99	.464	-0.8	-0.1	.693	.297	.188	3.2
12 Yrs				5041	3560	614	4.6	97	.274	.250	.263	.330	.328	.416	.395	.746	.723	106	.513	38.2	3.8	.701	.300	.166	145.0
162 Game Avg.				614	433	75	4.6	97	.274	.250	.263	.330	.328	.416	.395	.746	.723	106	.513	5	0	.701	.300	.166	18

SDP (3 yrs)				1316	932	153	4.4	91	.291	.257	.259	.335	.323	.397	.376	.732	.700	109	.526	17.0	1.8	.658	.262	.140	31.5
CAL (3 yrs)				1140	793	146	4.9	100	.249	.233	.261	.330	.328	.436	.409	.767	.737	108	.521	10.8	1.1	.751	.359	.203	26.9
SEA (3 yrs)				1921	1353	239	4.7	99	.279	.257	.266	.333	.331	.418	.401	.750	.732	105	.514	11.0	1.0	.715	.300	.161	58.3
KCR (1 yr)				54	42	4	2.6	87	.294	.216	.258	.259	.323	.333	.364	.593	.687	72	.310	-2.2	-0.2	.429	.137	.118	.0
NYY (1 yr)				373	276	36	3.5	97	.235	.223	.267	.299	.329	.357	.396	.656	.724	81	.379	-8.7	-0.9	.612	.268	.134	12.0
DET (1 yr)				237	164	36	5.9	96	.312	.284	.263	.346	.325	.516	.396	.862	.721	137	.619	10.3	1.0	.798	.321	.233	3.4

AL (9 yrs)				3725	2628	461	4.7	99	.268	.247	.264	.328	.329	.422	.402	.751	.731	105	.509	21.2	2.0	.716	.314	.175	112.7
NL (3 yrs)				1316	932	153	4.4	91	.291	.257	.259	.335	.323	.397	.376	.732	.700	109	.526	17.0	1.8	.658	.262	.140	31.5

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
1984	29	DET	AL	ALCS	KCR	W	2	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	29	DET	AL	WS	SDP	W	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

1986	31	CAL	AL	ALCS	BOS	L	6	23	17	4	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	2	.176	.348	.235	.583	4	0	0	0	1	2
2 Yrs (3 Series)							10	32	25	5	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	6	4	.120	.281	.160	.441	4	0	0	0	1	2
2 ALCS							8	29	22	5	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	6	3	.136	.310	.182	.492	4	0	0	0	1	2
1 WS							2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1977	SEA	AL	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

1982	SDP	NL	27	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	3.000	4.000	3	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs (2 GP)				2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.500	2.000	3	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%
1976	21	KCR	AL	54	1.9%	29.6%	5.6%	5.6%	27%	5.33	3.2	51.0	7.3	0.60	63%
1977	22	SEA	AL	664	3.6%	18.1%	8.3%	8.7%	37%	2.18	5.0	24.9	7.9	1.11	69%
1978	23	SEA	AL	541	1.1%	15.7%	10.2%	6.1%	30%	1.55	5.6	78.7	10.3	1.21	71%
1979	24	SEA	AL	716	2.9%	10.9%	11.9%	8.2%	36%	0.92	8.0	29.6	8.0	1.31	74%
1980	25	NYY	AL	373	2.4%	13.4%	9.1%	6.2%	32%	1.47	6.6	36.4	7.8	1.18	73%
1981	26	SDP	NL	451	0.9%	14.6%	9.5%	8.7%	39%	1.53	6.0	99.3	10.2	1.26	74%
1982	27	SDP	NL	493	2.4%	18.3%	12.6%	6.9%	28%	1.45	4.7	35.3	7.0	1.48	66%
1983	28	SDP	NL	372	3.2%	15.6%	9.4%	7.3%	35%	1.66	5.8	27.9	6.8	1.31	71%
1984	29	DET	AL	237	5.1%	19.8%	8.9%	10.6%	41%	2.24	4.6	17.9	5.8	0.82	66%
1985	30	CAL	AL	456	4.6%	18.0%	12.5%	8.8%	44%	1.44	4.7	18.5	5.8	1.16	63%
1986	31	CAL	AL	471	3.6%	18.5%	13.6%	8.7%	46%	1.36	4.5	23.1	8.0	1.05	62%
1987	32	CAL	AL	213	3.8%	17.8%	9.4%	8.5%	38%	1.90	5.1	24.0	6.9	1.12	69%
12 Yrs				5041	2.9%	16.2%	10.6%	7.9%	36%	1.53	5.4	30.0	7.6	1.19	69%
MLB Averages					2.1%	13.5%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	1.59	6.6	42.6	8.4	1.09	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1976	21	KCR	AL	-2.2	-0.2	57	-0.1	1.1	-1.1	1.14	-0.2	0.1	-0.5	-0.1	0.97	-3.2	1.40	9
1977	22	SEA	AL	7.9	0.8	694	-0.6	11.4	-12.0	1.00	0.7	-1.3	1.8	0.2	0.93	16.4	2.85	1
1978	23	SEA	AL	-9.6	-1.0	579	-0.5	9.0	-9.5	1.03	-1.2	0.7	-7.5	-0.8	0.96	-12.2	5.81	1
1979	24	SEA	AL	12.1	1.2	775	-0.0	13.6	-13.6	1.06	1.6	-1.6	11.9	1.1	0.94	19.8	7.33	1
1980	25	NYY	AL	-8.7	-0.9	399	0.2	6.5	-6.3	.97	-0.3	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.94	-2.8		0
1981	26	SDP	NL	3.0	0.3	471	-0.7	7.7	-8.4	1.09	-0.6	-0.1	-3.8	-0.4	0.95	-3.6		0
1982	27	SDP	NL	17.7	1.8	535	1.8	10.6	-8.9	1.08	1.5	0.1	18.8	2.0	0.97	19.0	3.12	2
1983	28	SDP	NL	-3.2	-0.3	400	0.6	8.4	-7.8	1.20	-0.2	0.7	5.6	0.6	0.97	0.9	2.05	18
1984	29	DET	AL	10.0	1.0	249	0.6	5.0	-4.4	1.04	0.9	-0.3	14.6	1.4	0.97	9.1	1.08	15
1985	30	CAL	AL	5.6	0.6	468	0.0	8.3	-8.3	1.05	0.9	-0.9	6.5	0.6	0.96	6.6	1.87	13
1986	31	CAL	AL	6.0	0.6	494	0.2	8.2	-8.0	1.01	0.5	-0.3	6.1	0.6	0.97	6.4	2.00	12
1987	32	CAL	AL	-0.8	-0.1	222	0.6	4.5	-3.8	1.11	-0.0	0.6	5.5	0.5	0.93	-1.5	1.31	27
12 Yrs				37.8	3.7	5343	2.2	94.2	-92.0	1.05	3.7	-1.6	59.2	5.9	0.95	54.8	1.73	99

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1976	21	KCR	AL	0	0	62%	27	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	23%	9	8	1	2	1	1	2	1	1
1977	22	SEA	AL	5	1	32%	222	13	9	59%	11	8	2	1	0	2	1	6	12	46%	27	20	7	8	3	5	17	4	12
1978	23	SEA	AL	4	1	26%	186	22	6	79%	20	6	2	0	0	2	0	6	16	46%	21	15	5	7	3	3	16	3	12
1979	24	SEA	AL	4	0	38%	258	33	12	73%	28	12	5	0	0	7	4	5	19	47%	37	21	16	9	5	4	18	7	10
1980	25	NYY	AL	6	0	29%	112	18	8	69%	16	7	2	1	0	1	1	3	3	55%	15	7	8	3	2	1	11	3	7
1981	26	SDP	NL	5	0	36%	170	7	9	44%	7	8	0	1	0	2	0	4	8	56%	25	16	9	3	0	3	17	3	13
1982	27	SDP	NL	7	0	33%	184	18	15	55%	16	13	2	2	0	7	4	4	14	63%	24	13	11	10	3	7	20	4	16
1983	28	SDP	NL	10	0	30%	128	11	11	50%	10	10	1	1	0	0	0	1	9	52%	14	11	3	5	2	3	8	0	8
1984	29	DET	AL	1	0	20%	71	2	4	33%	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	2	12	36%	8	5	3	0	0	0	3	2	1
1985	30	CAL	AL	0	0	36%	142	7	4	64%	7	3	0	0	1	0	0	4	3	63%	18	11	6	3	1	2	17	1	16
1986	31	CAL	AL	10	1	40%	186	10	3	77%	10	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	15	66%	27	10	17	3	3	0	17	3	14
1987	32	CAL	AL	2	0	29%	83	2	1	67%	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	8	20%	7	6	1	3	2	0	5	3	2
12 Yrs				54	3	33%	1769	143	84	63%	128	76	15	7	1	23	10	44	123	52%	232	143	87	56	25	29	151	34	112

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
1976	21	KCR	AL	54	91%	11			9	1	0	0	1.40	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		12	0	0%	6	1	17%	27	6	22%	5	3	60%	1	1	100%	0
1977	22	SEA	AL	664	68%	157			1	0	0	0	2.85	24	0	14	17	7	17	7	1	4	3	75%	122	7	6%	55	18	33%	399	54	14%	31	17	55%	19	8	42%	0
1978	23	SEA	AL	541	65%	111			1	0	0	0	5.81	6	0	8	6	0	4	2	0	8	8	100%	114	15	13%	52	20	38%	331	42	13%	33	13	39%	17	13	76%	0
1979	24	SEA	AL	716	68%	166			1	0	0	0	7.33	21	0	13	14	7	17	4	2	3	2	67%	141	19	13%	73	26	36%	418	59	14%	35	19	54%	44	25	57%	0
1980	25	NYY	AL	373	45%	73			0	0	0	0		9	1	7	6	3	5	4	0	7	5	71%	61	5	8%	42	16	38%	228	36	16%	23	14	61%	20	9	45%	0
1981	26	SDP	NL	451	71%	99			0	0	0	0		4	0	10	4	0	2	2	0	5	4	80%	72	7	10%	46	21	46%	265	37	14%	27	14	52%	22	9	41%	0
1982	27	SDP	NL	493	69%	120			2	0	0	0	3.12	12	0	8	10	2	6	6	0	4	3	75%	78	4	5%	49	17	35%	308	54	18%	45	22	49%	29	16	55%	0
1983	28	SDP	NL	372	79%	78			18	3	0	3	2.05	12	0	14	11	1	5	7	0	3	2	67%	72	8	11%	32	9	28%	238	40	17%	20	9	45%	18	10	56%	0
1984	29	DET	AL	237	96%	61			15	6	1	3	1.08	12	0	4	12	0	6	6	0	0	0		49	5	10%	19	4	21%	148	26	18%	10	6	60%	6	5	83%	0
1985	30	CAL	AL	456	88%	90			13	0	0	0	1.87	21	1	13	19	2	10	11	0	9	8	89%	92	5	5%	45	18	40%	285	47	16%	26	15	58%	16	5	31%	0
1986	31	CAL	AL	471	88%	90			12	3	2	2	2.00	17	0	7	15	2	10	7	0	7	7	100%	91	8	9%	43	12	28%	283	36	13%	29	10	34%	14	5	36%	0
1987	32	CAL	AL	213	93%	47			27	6	2	3	1.31	8	0	4	7	1	3	5	0	1	1	100%	40	4	10%	12	4	33%	107	21	20%	7	4	57%	8	2	25%	0
12 Yrs				5041	73%	1103			99	19	5	11	1.73	147	2	103	122	25	85	62	3	51	43	84%	944	87	9%	474	166	35%	3037	458	15%	291	146	50%	214	108	50%	0
MLB Averages					57%																			80%			11%			35%			15%			51%			55%

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
1976	21	28	54	51	9	11	1	1	1	7	0	2	3	16	.216	.259	.333	.593	72	17	0	0	0	0	0
1977	22	188	718	648	94	168	27	9	25	83	13	11	58	136	.259	.319	.444	.764	108	288	7	2	3	6	3
1978	23	317	1259	1120	142	279	51	12	31	129	35	17	113	221	.249	.316	.399	.715	98	447	22	2	11	11	5
1979	24	479	1975	1742	251	445	80	21	52	207	68	29	198	299	.255	.331	.415	.746	104	723	41	5	13	15	9
1980	25	562	2348	2070	289	518	91	24	61	249	86	37	232	349	.250	.326	.406	.731	100	840	46	8	18	18	12
1981	26	667	2799	2467	342	617	125	25	65	288	93	46	275	415	.250	.324	.400	.724	100	987	53	8	22	25	14
1982	27	783	3292	2891	411	737	145	27	77	349	111	61	337	505	.255	.332	.404	.735	104	1167	57	9	25	28	25
1983	28	916	3664	3226	453	815	157	30	89	398	122	72	372	563	.253	.329	.403	.732	103	1299	65	9	27	28	29
1984	29	995	3901	3441	479	876	169	31	101	435	124	76	393	610	.255	.330	.410	.740	105	1410	70	9	27	29	29
1985	30	1120	4357	3830	545	966	186	33	122	502	131	80	450	692	.252	.330	.414	.743	106	1584	75	9	35	31	31
1986	31	1246	4828	4223	618	1056	207	36	139	551	141	83	514	779	.250	.331	.415	.746	106	1752	83	12	42	34	36
1987	32	1331	5041	4415	643	1103	215	38	147	579	143	84	534	817	.250	.330	.416	.746	106	1835	87	12	43	34	38

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
1976	21	28	55	52	10	12	1	1	1	8	0	3	16	.231	.273	.346	.619	5	28
1977	22	160	670	602	90	162	27	8	25	80	13	57	120	.269	.331	.465	.796	93	160
1978	23	129	553	481	55	120	26	3	6	52	24	59	85	.249	.328	.353	.682	57	129
1979	24	163	719	625	109	166	29	9	21	78	33	85	78	.266	.354	.442	.796	98	162
1980	25	83	377	331	41	76	11	3	9	45	19	35	50	.230	.306	.363	.669	37	83
1981	26	159	708	618	96	167	57	2	7	71	12	73	100	.270	.342	.403	.745	86	105
1982	27	116	507	433	78	129	22	2	13	69	19	67	90	.298	.391	.448	.839	76	116
1983	28	133	379	340	47	83	13	3	13	55	12	37	58	.244	.318	.415	.733	45	133
1984	29	79	241	218	28	64	13	1	13	40	2	22	47	.294	.357	.541	.898	42	79
1985	30	125	459	391	68	92	17	2	21	69	7	58	82	.235	.333	.450	.783	59	125
1986	31	126	473	395	76	92	21	3	17	51	10	65	87	.233	.343	.430	.774	59	126
1987	32	85	213	192	25	47	8	2	8	28	2	20	38	.245	.316	.432	.748	26	85
12 Yrs		1386	5354	4678	723	1210	245	39	154	646	153	581	851	.259	.340	.426	.766	683	1331
162 Game Avg.		162	626	547	85	141	29	5	18	76	18	68	99	.259	.340	.426	.766	80	1331

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1977 * 1982 *	Games Played s c a p y 1977 AL 160 (3rd) 1979 AL 162 (1st)	At Bats s c a p y 1979 AL 622 (8th)	Plate Appearances s c a p y 1979 AL 716 (4th)
Runs Scored s c a p y 1979 AL 109 (8th)	Doubles s c a p y 1981 NL 34 (2nd)	Triples s c a p y 1979 AL 9 (8th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1979 AL 85 (7th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 1977 AL 120 (5th) 1981 NL 66 (8th)	Stolen Bases s c a p y 1979 AL 33 (7th)	Extra Base Hits s c a p y 1981 NL 39 (6th)	Times On Base s c a p y 1979 AL 254 (7th)
Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1981 NL 7 (2nd)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1979 AL 19 (8th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1979 AL 12 (7th) 1981 NL 9 (10th) 1982 NL 15 (8th) Career 84 (193rd)	Power-Speed # s c a p y 1979 AL 25.7 (3rd) Career 145.0 (189th)
Outs Made s c a p y 1979 AL 493 (4th) 1981 NL 325 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Batting - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 13 (1261), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 10 (1147), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 14 (1160), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Most Similar by Ages

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Willie Mays (977) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Chili Davis (984) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Corey Patterson (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Corey Patterson (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Oddibe McDowell (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Oddibe McDowell (962) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ken Henderson (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Corey Patterson (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tommie Agee (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
John Briggs (955) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ken Henderson (946) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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