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Jim Kaat
James Lee Kaat (Kitty)

Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 217 lb.

Born: November 7, 1938 in Zeeland, MI
High School: Zeeland (Zeeland, MI)
School: Hope College
Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 2, 1959
Final Game: July 1, 1983
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Jim Kaat
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Minors
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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
1959	20	WSH	AL	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1960	21	WSH	AL	13	14	14	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.143	.143	.143	.286	-22	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1961	22	MIN	AL	47	71	63	10	15	3	1	0	1	0	0	4	13	.238	.294	.317	.612	60	20	2	1	3	0	0	1
1962	23	MIN	AL	48	109	100	9	18	3	1	1	10	0	0	8	40	.180	.239	.260	.499	32	26	0	0	0	1	0	1	AS,GG
1963	24	MIN	AL	36	66	61	2	8	1	0	1	8	0	0	2	19	.131	.185	.197	.381	6	12	1	2	1	0	0	1	GG
1964	25	MIN	AL	46	98	83	11	14	1	0	3	11	0	0	11	31	.169	.263	.289	.552	53	24	1	0	3	1	0	1	GG
1965	26	MIN	AL	56	101	93	6	23	4	0	1	9	2	0	3	29	.247	.265	.323	.588	63	30	1	0	3	2	0	1	GG
1966	27	MIN	AL	47	124	118	12	23	2	1	2	13	0	0	5	41	.195	.228	.280	.507	41	33	1	0	1	0	0	1	AS,MVP-5,GG
1967	28	MIN	AL	45	107	99	7	17	3	1	1	4	0	0	7	26	.172	.226	.253	.479	37	25	2	0	1	0	0	1	MVP-20,GG
1968	29	MIN	AL	36	79	77	7	12	3	0	0	5	0	0	2	18	.156	.177	.195	.372	10	15	2	0	0	0	0	1	GG
1969	30	MIN	AL	43	95	87	8	18	8	0	2	10	0	0	4	20	.207	.247	.368	.615	68	32	0	1	2	1	0	1	GG
1970	31	MIN	AL	56	88	76	17	15	1	0	1	8	0	0	6	20	.197	.262	.250	.512	41	19	2	1	4	1	1	1	GG
1971	32	MIN	AL	54	102	93	6	15	3	0	0	5	2	0	2	16	.161	.179	.194	.372	5	18	0	0	7	0	0	1	GG
1972	33	MIN	AL	24	47	45	3	13	3	0	2	4	0	1	1	16	.289	.304	.489	.793	129	22	0	0	1	0	0	1	GG
1973	34	TOT	AL	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0							0	0	0	0	0	0	1	GG
1973	34	MIN	AL	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1974	35	CHW	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	GG

1976	37	PHI	NL	42	83	79	4	14	3	1	1	8	0	0	2	24	.177	.195	.278	.474	31	22	0	0	1	1	0	1	GG
1977	38	PHI	NL	36	56	53	4	10	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	12	.189	.218	.245	.463	22	13	1	0	1	0	0	1	GG
1978	39	PHI	NL	26	50	48	4	7	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	15	.146	.163	.167	.330	-8	8	1	1	1	0	0	1
1979	40	TOT	MLB	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.500	.000	.500	48	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
1979	40	PHI	NL	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	48	0	0	1	0	0	0	/1
1980	41	TOT	MLB	49	41	35	4	5	1	0	1	2	1	0	2		.143	.189	.257	.446	22	9	0	0	4	0	0	1
1980	41	STL	NL	49	41	35	4	5	1	0	1	2	1	0	2	13	.143	.189	.257	.446	22	9	0	0	4	0	0	1
1981	42	STL	NL	41	9	8	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	.375	.444	.500	.944	165	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
1982	43	STL	NL	62	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.077	.000	.077	-77	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1983	44	STL	NL	24	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
25 Seasons				840	1362	1251	117	232	44	5	16	106	5	1	63	353	.185	.227	.267	.494	37	334	14	7	34	7	1
162 Game Avg.				162	263	241	23	45	8	1	3	20	1	0	12	68	.185	.227	.267	.494	37	64	3	1	7	1	0
				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
MIN (15 yrs)				556	1102	1010	99	193	35	4	14	88	4	1	55	296	.191	.235	.275	.510	42	278	12	5	26	6	1
PHI (4 yrs)				107	191	181	12	31	7	1	1	14	0	0	4	52	.171	.197	.238	.434	19	43	2	2	3	1	0
STL (4 yrs)				176	68	59	6	8	2	0	1	4	1	0	4	19	.136	.190	.220	.411	14	13	0	0	5	0	0
CHW (3 yrs)				1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (19 yrs)				557	1103	1011	99	193	35	4	14	88	4	1	55	296	.191	.235	.275	.510	41	278	12	5	26	6	1
NL (8 yrs)				283	259	240	18	39	9	1	2	18	1	0	8	71	.163	.195	.233	.429	18	56	2	2	8	1	0

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
1959	20	WSH	AL	1	1	0	0.0	99		.000	.260	.000	.332	.000	.398	.000	.730	-100	.000	-0.3	0.0	.000	.000	.000
1960	21	WSH	AL	14	12	0	0.0	102	.250	.143	.265	.143	.338	.143	.405	.286	.743	-22	.000	-2.5	-0.2	.167	.000	.000
1961	22	MIN	AL	71	53	6	3.0	109	.300	.238	.271	.294	.347	.317	.421	.612	.768	60	.312	-3.9	-0.4	.500	.143	.079
1962	23	MIN	AL	109	83	7	2.3	106	.283	.180	.268	.239	.341	.260	.417	.499	.758	32	.218	-10.0	-1.0	.415	.160	.080	.0
1963	24	MIN	AL	66	55	2	1.0	96	.171	.131	.258	.185	.324	.197	.398	.381	.722	6	.065	-7.9	-0.8	.296	.098	.066	.0
1964	25	MIN	AL	98	74	7	2.6	97	.220	.169	.257	.263	.325	.289	.399	.552	.724	53	.283	-5.4	-0.6	.500	.253	.120	.0
1965	26	MIN	AL	101	76	9	3.2	96	.338	.247	.256	.265	.327	.323	.393	.588	.720	63	.395	-4.6	-0.5	.493	.129	.075	1.3
1966	27	MIN	AL	124	97	8	2.2	95	.280	.195	.256	.228	.324	.280	.394	.507	.718	41	.262	-9.7	-1.1	.396	.127	.085	.0
1967	28	MIN	AL	107	85	6	1.9	91	.222	.172	.252	.226	.322	.253	.377	.479	.700	37	.226	-8.3	-0.9	.381	.152	.081	.0
1968	29	MIN	AL	79	67	2	0.8	85	.203	.156	.245	.177	.316	.195	.363	.372	.679	10	.063	-8.7	-1.0	.254	.065	.039
1969	30	MIN	AL	95	72	8	3.0	98	.242	.207	.259	.247	.336	.368	.390	.615	.727	68	.349	-4.0	-0.4	.536	.207	.161	.0
1970	31	MIN	AL	88	68	5	2.0	100	.250	.197	.261	.262	.336	.250	.399	.512	.735	41	.195	-6.4	-0.7	.413	.132	.053	.0
1971	32	MIN	AL	102	85	4	1.3	95	.195	.161	.258	.179	.331	.194	.384	.372	.714	5	.107	-12.1	-1.3	.282	.075	.032	.0
1972	33	MIN	AL	47	34	6	4.7	87	.407	.289	.252	.304	.322	.489	.364	.793	.685	129	.620	1.3	0.1	.667	.200	.200	.0

1974	35	CHW	AL	1	1	0	0.0	92	.000	.000	.262	.000	.327	.000	.376	.000	.703	-100	.000	-0.3	0.0	.000	.000	.000

1976	37	PHI	NL	83	67	5	2.0	95	.236	.177	.267	.195	.334	.278	.381	.474	.715	31	.214	-7.6	-0.8	.369	.127	.101	.0
1977	38	PHI	NL	56	45	3	1.8	107	.244	.189	.275	.218	.344	.245	.419	.463	.763	22	.151	-6.1	-0.6	.341	.094	.057
1978	39	PHI	NL	50	43	1	0.6	96	.212	.146	.263	.163	.331	.167	.387	.330	.718	-8	.030	-7.1	-0.7	.214	.021	.021
1979	40	TOT	MLB	2	1	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.272	.500	.338	.000	.404	.500	.742	48	.000	0.0	0.0	1.000	.000	.000
1979	40	PHI	NL	2	1	0	0.0	102		.000	.272	.500	.338	.000	.404	.500	.742	48	.000	0.0	0.0	1.000	.000	.000
1980	41	TOT	MLB	41	34	2	1.6	98	.118	.143	.271	.189	.334	.257	.394	.446	.728	22	.142	-3.9	-0.4	.400	.200	.114	1.0
1980	41	STL	NL	41	34	2	1.6	98	.190	.143	.271	.189	.334	.257	.394	.446	.728	22	.142	-3.9	-0.4	.400	.200	.114	1.0
1981	42	STL	NL	9	5	2	10.8	94	.375	.375	.266	.444	.332	.500	.381	.944	.713	165	.854	0.8	0.1	1.000	.250	.125
1982	43	STL	NL	13	12	0	0.0	95	.000	.000	.267	.077	.330	.000	.388	.077	.718	-77	.000	-2.9	-0.3	.083	.083	.000
1983	44	STL	NL	5	5	0	0.0	97	.000	.000	.264	.000	.333	.000	.392	.000	.725	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
25 Seasons				1362	1075	83	2.1	97	.243	.185	.260	.227	.331	.267	.393	.494	.723	37	.222	-110.6	-11.6	.395	.135	.082	7.6
162 Game Avg.				263	207	16	2.1	97	.243	.185	.260	.227	.331	.267	.393	.494	.723	37	.222	-110.6	-11.6	.395	.135	.082	1
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
MIN (15 yrs)				1102	862	70	2.2	96	.254	.191	.258	.235	.329	.275	.392	.510	.722	42	.240	-82.4	-8.8	.411	.142	.084	6.2
PHI (4 yrs)				191	156	9	1.6	99	.233	.171	.268	.197	.336	.238	.394	.434	.730	19	.136	-20.8	-2.1	.322	.088	.066	.0
STL (4 yrs)				68	56	4	1.9	97	.179	.136	.269	.190	.333	.220	.391	.411	.724	14	.193	-7.2	-0.7	.353	.169	.085	1.0
CHW (3 yrs)				1	1	0	0.0	92	.000	.000	.262	.000	.327	.000	.376	.000	.703	-100	.000	-0.3	0.0	.000	.000	.000

AL (19 yrs)				1103	863	70	2.2	96	.253	.191	.258	.235	.329	.275	.392	.510	.722	41	.240	-82.6	-8.8	.410	.141	.084	6.2
NL (8 yrs)				259	212	13	1.7	98	.220	.163	.269	.195	.335	.233	.393	.429	.728	18	.150	-28.0	-2.8	.330	.108	.071	1.3

Postseason Batting

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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
1965	26	MIN	AL	WS	LAD	L	3	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0	0	0

1970	31	MIN	AL	ALCS	BAL	L	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

1976	37	PHI	NL	NLCS	CIN	L	1	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	1	0	0
3 Seasons (3 Series)							5	10	9	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	0	0	1	0	0
1 NLCS							1	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	1	0	0
1 ALCS							1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							3	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0	0	0

All-Star Batting

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1962	MIN	AL	23	DNP

1966	MIN	AL	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1975	CHW	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Seasons (2 Appearances)				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1959	20	WSH	AL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0.00	0%
1960	21	WSH	AL	14	0.0%	42.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.3				1.33	57%
1961	22	MIN	AL	71	0.0%	18.3%	5.6%	5.6%	27%	3.25	4.8		63.0		1.29	70%
1962	23	MIN	AL	109	0.9%	36.7%	7.3%	4.6%	28%	5.00	2.5	100.0	10.0		1.63	55%
1963	24	MIN	AL	66	1.5%	28.8%	3.0%	3.0%	25%	9.50	3.2	61.0	7.6		1.06	62%
1964	25	MIN	AL	98	3.1%	31.6%	11.2%	4.1%	29%	2.82	2.7	27.7	7.5		1.80	51%
1965	26	MIN	AL	101	1.0%	28.7%	3.0%	5.0%	22%	9.67	3.2	93.0	10.3		2.46	64%
1966	27	MIN	AL	124	1.6%	33.1%	4.0%	4.0%	22%	8.20	2.9	59.0	9.1		1.12	60%
1967	28	MIN	AL	107	0.9%	24.3%	6.5%	4.7%	29%	3.71	3.8	99.0	24.8		1.27	67%
1968	29	MIN	AL	79	0.0%	22.8%	2.5%	3.8%	25%	9.00	4.3		15.4		1.18	75%
1969	30	MIN	AL	95	2.1%	21.1%	4.2%	10.5%	56%	5.00	4.4	43.5	8.7		1.60	69%
1970	31	MIN	AL	88	1.1%	22.7%	6.8%	2.3%	13%	3.33	3.8	76.0	9.5		1.21	64%
1971	32	MIN	AL	102	0.0%	15.7%	2.0%	2.9%	20%	8.00	5.8		18.6		0.97	75%
1972	33	MIN	AL	47	4.3%	34.0%	2.1%	10.6%	39%	16.00	2.8	22.5	11.3		1.67	57%

1974	35	CHW	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							0.00	100%

1976	37	PHI	NL	83	1.2%	28.9%	2.4%	6.0%	36%	12.00	3.3	79.0	9.9		1.00	66%
1977	38	PHI	NL	56	0.0%	21.4%	3.6%	5.4%	30%	6.00	4.4		26.5		1.46	73%
1978	39	PHI	NL	50	0.0%	30.0%	0.0%	2.0%	14%		3.2		12.0		1.25	66%
1979	40	TOT	MLB	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%
1979	40	PHI	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%
1980	41	TOT	MLB	41	2.4%	31.7%	4.9%	4.9%	40%	6.50	2.7	35.0	17.5		1.10	51%
1980	41	STL	NL	41	2.4%	31.7%	4.9%	4.9%	40%	6.50	2.7	35.0	17.5		1.10	51%
1981	42	STL	NL	9	0.0%	0.0%	11.1%	11.1%	33%	0.00			4.0		4.00	89%
1982	43	STL	NL	13	0.0%	30.8%	7.7%	0.0%		4.00	3.0				3.00	62%
1983	44	STL	NL	5	0.0%	40.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0				2.00	40%
25 Seasons				1362	1.2%	27.0%	4.6%	4.8%	28%	5.83	3.4	78.2	11.8		1.33	64%
MLB Averages
				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

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
1959	20	WSH	AL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960	21	WSH	AL	0	0	0%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1961	22	MIN	AL	1	0	50%	43	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	39%	7	5	2	2	1	1	4	2	2
1962	23	MIN	AL	1	0	32%	51	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	57%	9	5	4	2	0	1	3	0	3
1963	24	MIN	AL	1	0	9%	22	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	33%	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
1964	25	MIN	AL	1	0	36%	43	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	60%	2	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	2
1965	26	MIN	AL	2	0	20%	39	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	44%	4	3	1	0	0	0	5	2	3
1966	27	MIN	AL	1	0	39%	46	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	14%	6	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1967	28	MIN	AL	1	0	26%	37	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	17%	5	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
1968	29	MIN	AL	1	0	50%	35	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14%	5	4	1	1	1	0	1	1	0
1969	30	MIN	AL	0	0	29%	19	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50%	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
1970	31	MIN	AL	5	0	76%	50	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	46%	14	11	3	0	0	0	8	1	7
1971	32	MIN	AL	2	0	35%	39	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	27%	5	5	0	1	0	1	5	3	2
1972	33	MIN	AL	0	0	8%	28	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	20%	3	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0

1974	35	CHW	AL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1976	37	PHI	NL	2	0	20%	23	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	25%	1	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	1
1977	38	PHI	NL	0	0	33%	22	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	17%	4	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	1
1978	39	PHI	NL	0	0	50%	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20%	2	2	0	1	1	0	2	1	1
1979	40	TOT	MLB	0	0	0%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	40	PHI	NL	0	0	0%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1980	41	TOT	MLB	0	0	50%	10	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0%	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	0
1980	41	STL	NL	0	0	50%	10	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0%	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	0
1981	42	STL	NL	0	0	50%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1982	43	STL	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	44	STL	NL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25 Seasons				18	0	35%	526	5	1	83%	4	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	16	37	36%	73	55	17	15	10	3	40	14	26
MLB Averages
				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

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
1959	20	WSH	AL	1	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1960	21	WSH	AL	14	64%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	3	0	0%	9	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1961	22	MIN	AL	71	86%	15			0	0	0	0	1.06	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	14	2	14%	13	2	15%	35	1	3%	0	0		3	1	33%	0
1962	23	MIN	AL	109	90%	18			2	0	0	0	0.70	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		17	0	0%	19	3	16%	67	9	13%	7	3	43%	7	3	43%	0
1963	24	MIN	AL	66	74%	8			0	0	0	0		1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	100%	11	1	9%	17	1	6%	46	7	15%	7	3	43%	9	4	44%	0
1964	25	MIN	AL	98	80%	14			1	0	0	0	2.26	3	0	6	3	0	1	2	0	3	3	100%	19	1	5%	19	6	32%	77	8	10%	7	4	57%	6	3	50%	0
1965	26	MIN	AL	102	74%	23			3	0	0	0	3.26	1	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	3	3	100%	22	1	5%	22	5	23%	76	10	13%	10	3	30%	5	2	40%	0
1966	27	MIN	AL	124	63%	23			0	0	0	0		2	0	5	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	100%	36	1	3%	37	4	11%	99	13	13%	12	2	17%	8	2	25%	0
1967	28	MIN	AL	107	69%	17			3	1	0	0	1.04	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	100%	16	2	13%	17	6	35%	57	5	9%	3	2	67%	2	0	0%	0
1968	29	MIN	AL	79	73%	12			2	1	0	0	2.14	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10	2	20%	12	0	0%	40	5	13%	2	1	50%	3	1	33%	0
1969	30	MIN	AL	95	60%	18			2	0	0	0	3.14	2	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	2	2	100%	20	0	0%	21	3	14%	60	8	13%	4	1	25%	8	2	25%	0
1970	31	MIN	AL	88	69%	15			2	0	0	0	1.31	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	4	4	100%	21	2	10%	18	3	17%	69	7	10%	5	2	40%	7	3	43%	0
1971	32	MIN	AL	102	64%	15			3	2	0	0	0.77	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	9	7	78%	26	0	0%	25	8	32%	75	6	8%	8	3	38%	5	1	20%	0
1972	33	MIN	AL	47	77%	13			1	0	0	0	3.14	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	1	50%	5	0	0%	6	1	17%	17	2	12%	1	1	100%	3	1	33%	0

1974	35	CHW	AL	1	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1976	37	PHI	NL	83	66%	14			0	0	0	0		1	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	50%	16	0	0%	15	3	20%	68	8	12%	4	2	50%	5	1	20%	0
1977	38	PHI	NL	56	59%	10			1	0	0	0	0.51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	11	1	9%	10	0	0%	35	2	6%	4	0	0%	6	3	50%	0
1978	39	PHI	NL	50	66%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	10	1	10%	10	1	10%	33	4	12%	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	0
1979	40	TOT	MLB	2	50%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1979	40	PHI	NL	2	50%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1980	41	TOT	MLB	41	76%	5			0	0	0	0		1	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	6	4	67%	8	0	0%	11	3	27%	33	1	3%	6	1	17%	3	1	33%	0
1980	41	STL	NL	41	76%	5			0	0	0	0		1	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	6	4	67%	8	0	0%	11	3	27%	33	1	3%	6	1	17%	3	1	33%	0
1981	42	STL	NL	9	67%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	3	0	0%	10	2	20%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1982	43	STL	NL	13	85%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	1	100%	9	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1983	44	STL	NL	5	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
25 Seasons				1363	72%	232			20	4	0	0	1.79	16	0	45	15	1	8	8	0	43	34	79%	271	14	5%	282	51	18%	922	98	11%	83	29	35%	85	28	33%	0
MLB Averages
				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

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
1959	20	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960	21	16	15	15	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.133	.133	.133	.267	-28	2	0	0	0	0	0
1961	22	63	86	78	10	17	3	1	0	1	0	0	4	20	.218	.265	.282	.547	44	22	2	1	3	0	0
1962	23	111	195	178	19	35	6	2	1	11	0	0	12	60	.197	.250	.270	.520	38	48	2	1	3	1	0
1963	24	147	261	239	21	43	7	2	2	19	0	0	14	79	.180	.233	.251	.485	30	60	3	3	4	1	0
1964	25	193	359	322	32	57	8	2	5	30	0	0	25	110	.177	.241	.261	.502	36	84	4	3	7	2	0
1965	26	249	460	415	38	80	12	2	6	39	2	0	28	139	.193	.247	.275	.521	42	114	5	3	10	4	0
1966	27	296	584	533	50	103	14	3	8	52	2	0	33	180	.193	.243	.276	.518	42	147	6	3	11	4	0
1967	28	341	691	632	57	120	17	4	9	56	2	0	40	206	.190	.240	.272	.512	41	172	8	3	12	4	0
1968	29	377	770	709	64	132	20	4	9	61	2	0	42	224	.186	.234	.264	.497	38	187	10	3	12	4	0
1969	30	420	865	796	72	150	28	4	11	71	2	0	46	244	.188	.235	.275	.510	41	219	10	4	14	5	0
1970	31	476	953	872	89	165	29	4	12	79	2	0	52	264	.189	.237	.273	.510	41	238	12	5	18	6	1
1971	32	530	1055	965	95	180	32	4	12	84	4	0	54	280	.187	.232	.265	.497	38	256	12	5	25	6	1
1972	33	554	1102	1010	98	193	35	4	14	88	4	1	55	296	.191	.235	.275	.510	42	278	12	5	26	6	1
1973	34	556	1102	1010	99	193	35	4	14	88	4	1	55	296	.191	.235	.275	.510	42	278	12	5	26	6	1
1974	35	557	1103	1011	99	193	35	4	14	88	4	1	55	296	.191	.235	.275	.510	41	278	12	5	26	6	1
1975	36	557	1103	1011	99	193	35	4	14	88	4	1	55	296	.191	.235	.275	.510	41	278	12	5	26	6	1
1976	37	599	1186	1090	103	207	38	5	15	96	4	1	57	320	.190	.232	.275	.507	41	300	12	5	27	7	1
1977	38	635	1242	1143	107	217	41	5	15	98	4	1	59	332	.190	.231	.274	.505	40	313	13	5	28	7	1
1978	39	661	1292	1191	111	224	42	5	15	102	4	1	59	347	.188	.229	.270	.498	38	321	14	6	29	7	1
1979	40	664	1294	1192	111	224	42	5	15	102	4	1	59	347	.188	.229	.269	.499	38	321	14	7	29	7	1
1980	41	713	1335	1227	115	229	43	5	16	104	5	1	61	347	.187	.228	.269	.497	38	330	14	7	33	7	1
1981	42	754	1344	1235	117	232	44	5	16	106	5	1	62	347	.188	.230	.270	.500	38	334	14	7	33	7	1
1982	43	816	1357	1247	117	232	44	5	16	106	5	1	63	351	.186	.228	.268	.496	37	334	14	7	33	7	1
1983	44	840	1362	1251	117	232	44	5	16	106	5	1	63	353	.185	.227	.267	.494	37	334	14	7	34	7	1

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
1959	20	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
1960	21	14	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	13
1961	22	47	67	62	9	14	3	1	0	1	0	4	13	.226	.284	.306	.590	5	47
1962	23	48	110	101	9	19	3	1	1	10	0	8	40	.188	.245	.267	.513	7	48
1963	24	36	65	61	2	8	1	0	1	7	0	2	19	.131	.185	.197	.381	2	36
1964	25	46	99	85	12	16	1	0	3	12	0	13	31	.188	.293	.306	.599	8	46
1965	26	56	99	94	6	24	4	0	1	10	2	3	29	.255	.273	.330	.603	9	56
1966	27	47	125	120	13	24	2	1	2	14	0	5	41	.200	.232	.283	.515	8	47
1967	28	45	107	100	7	18	3	1	1	4	0	7	26	.180	.234	.260	.494	6	45
1968	29	36	80	78	9	13	3	0	0	6	0	2	18	.167	.188	.205	.393	3	36
1969	30	43	95	89	9	20	9	0	2	11	0	4	20	.225	.263	.393	.656	9	43
1970	31	56	84	76	16	15	1	0	1	8	0	6	20	.197	.262	.250	.512	5	56
1971	32	54	97	95	6	17	3	0	0	5	2	2	16	.179	.196	.211	.406	4	54
1972	33	25	49	48	4	15	3	0	2	5	0	1	17	.313	.327	.500	.827	8	24

1974	35	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1

1976	37	42	83	80	4	15	3	1	1	9	0	2	24	.188	.205	.288	.492	5	42
1977	38	36	55	53	4	10	3	0	0	2	0	2	12	.189	.218	.245	.463	3	36
1978	39	26	49	48	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	15	.000	.020	.000	.020	1	26
1979	40	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	3
1980	41	49	37	35	4	5	1	0	1	2	1	2	13	.143	.189	.257	.446	2	49
1981	42	62	15	13	3	5	2	0	0	3	0	2	0	.385	.467	.538	1.005	3	41
1982	43	62	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.077	.000	.077	0	62
1983	44	24	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	24
23 Seasons		861	1352	1272	120	238	45	5	16	112	5	66	368	.187	.230	.268	.498	88	838
162 Game Avg.		162	254	239	23	45	8	1	3	21	1	12	69	.187	.230	.268	.498	17	838
		G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games 1962-2 1966 * 1975 *	Awards (yr-lg-award) 1966-AL-TSN Pitcher of the Year	Gold Gloves 1962-AL-P 1963-AL-P 1964-AL-P 1965-AL-P 1966-AL-P 1967-AL-P 1968-AL-P 1969-AL-P 1970-AL-P 1971-AL-P 1972-AL-P 1973-AL-P 1974-AL-P 1975-AL-P 1976-NL-P 1977-NL-P All multiple winners	MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr) 1966-AL-5-30% 1967-AL-20-1% 1975-AL-28-1% 0.32 Career Shares (566th)
Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr) 1975-AL--4--6% 0.06 Career Shares (190th)	Oldest s c a p y 1976 NL--born 1938-11-07--5th 1977 NL--born 1938-11-07--5th 1978 NL--born 1938-11-07--5th 1979 AL--born 1938-11-07--1st 1979 NL--born 1938-11-07--5th 1980 AL--born 1938-11-07--3rd 1980 NL--born 1938-11-07--4th 1981 NL--born 1938-11-07--2nd 1982 NL--born 1938-11-07--2nd 1983 NL--born 1938-11-07--1st	Youngest s c a p y 1959 AL--born 1938-11-07--8th

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Similar Batters

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Most Similar by Ages

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Ray Sadecki (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tony Cloninger (987) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ray Sadecki (984) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tony Cloninger (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tony Cloninger (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Claude Osteen (982) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Pete Alexander (970) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Warren Spahn (974) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Warren Spahn (981) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Claude Passeau (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Claude Passeau (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Claude Passeau (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Lew Burdette (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Charley Root (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Charley Root (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Charley Root (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jack Quinn (958) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jack Quinn (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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