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Steve Kemp

Steven F. Kemp

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 7, 1954 in San Angelo, TX
School: University of Southern California
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1976 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1977
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Yankees/WhiteSox/Pirates/Rangers 1977-1988
Agents: Dick Moss [*]
Final Game: May 24, 1988
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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
1977 22 DET AL 151 636 552 75 142 29 4 18 88 3 3 71 93 .257 .343 .422 .765 104 233 11 5 1 7 0 *7
1978 23 DET AL 159 686 582 75 161 18 4 15 79 2 3 97 87 .277 .379 .399 .778 117 232 9 1 3 3 3 *7
1979 24 DET AL 134 570 490 88 156 26 3 26 105 5 6 68 70 .318 .398 .543 .941 149 266 13 2 2 8 2 *7D/9 AS,MVP-17
1980 25 DET AL 135 591 508 88 149 23 3 21 101 5 1 69 64 .293 .376 .474 .851 130 241 24 4 1 9 3 7D
1981 26 DET AL 105 447 372 52 103 18 4 9 49 9 3 70 48 .277 .389 .419 .809 130 156 13 1 0 4 5 *7D MVP-23
1982 27 CHW AL 160 679 580 91 166 23 1 19 98 7 7 89 83 .286 .381 .428 .808 122 248 8 3 1 6 8 *7/D
1983 28 NYY AL 109 419 373 53 90 17 3 12 49 1 0 41 37 .241 .318 .399 .718 100 149 17 2 1 2 3 97/D
1984 29 NYY AL 94 361 313 37 91 12 1 7 41 4 1 40 54 .291 .369 .403 .771 118 126 12 1 3 4 0 7D
1985 30 PIT NL 92 266 236 19 59 13 2 2 21 1 0 25 54 .250 .317 .347 .664 87 82 5 0 1 4 1 7
1986 31 PIT NL 13 20 16 1 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 6 .188 .350 .375 .725 99 6 1 0 0 0 0 /7
1988 33 TEX AL 16 39 36 2 8 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 9 .222 .256 .222 .479 35 8 1 0 0 1 0 /D739
11 Seasons 1168 4714 4058 581 1128 179 25 130 634 39 24 576 605 .278 .367 .431 .797 119 1747 114 19 13 48 25
162 Game Avg. 162 654 563 81 156 25 3 18 88 5 3 80 84 .278 .367 .431 .797 119 242 16 3 2 7 3
DET (5 yrs) 684 2930 2504 378 711 114 18 89 422 24 16 375 362 .284 .376 .450 .826 125 1128 70 13 7 31 13
PIT (2 yrs) 105 286 252 20 62 13 2 3 22 2 0 29 60 .246 .319 .349 .669 88 88 6 0 1 4 1
NYY (2 yrs) 203 780 686 90 181 29 4 19 90 5 1 81 91 .264 .341 .401 .742 108 275 29 3 4 6 3
TEX (1 yr) 16 39 36 2 8 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 9 .222 .256 .222 .479 35 8 1 0 0 1 0
CHW (1 yr) 160 679 580 91 166 23 1 19 98 7 7 89 83 .286 .381 .428 .808 122 248 8 3 1 6 8
AL (9 yrs) 1063 4428 3806 561 1066 166 23 127 612 37 24 547 545 .280 .370 .436 .805 121 1659 108 19 12 44 24
NL (2 yrs) 105 286 252 20 62 13 2 3 22 2 0 29 60 .246 .319 .349 .669 88 88 6 0 1 4 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1977 22 DET AL 636 5 -3 -1 1 -6 -8 20 8 0.8 14 1.4 -0.6 $28,500 *7
1978 23 DET AL 686 14 -2 2 3 -5 -8 21 25 2.7 30 3.1 -0.4 $55,000 *7
1979 24 DET AL 570 37 -1 -2 0 -3 -7 18 42 4.2 45 4.5 -0.3 $75,000 *7D/9 AS,MVP-17
1980 25 DET AL 591 26 2 -2 -2 2 -9 17 34 3.5 32 3.3 0.2 $210,000 7D
1981 26 DET AL 447 13 2 -1 1 6 -6 13 28 3.0 22 2.3 0.7 $600,000 *7D MVP-23
1982 27 CHW AL 679 20 -4 0 4 -14 -8 20 18 1.9 32 3.2 -1.3 $ *7/D
1983 28 NYY AL 419 0 -1 0 -1 -1 -5 13 5 0.5 6 0.6 -0.1 $878,000 97/D
1984 29 NYY AL 361 11 0 0 -1 -10 -5 11 6 0.7 16 1.7 -1.0 $870,000 7D
1985 30 PIT NL 266 -4 0 -2 -1 1 -3 8 -1 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 7
1986 31 PIT NL 20 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ /7
1988 33 TEX AL 39 -3 0 0 0 -0 -1 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $227,500 /D739
11 Seasons 4714 119 -7 -6 4 -31 -60 143 164 17.0 193 19.7 -2.7 $2,944,000
DET (5 yrs) 2930 95 -2 -4 3 -7 -38 89 137 14.2 143 14.6 -0.4 $968,500
PIT (2 yrs) 286 -4 0 -2 -1 2 -3 9 1 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $
NYY (2 yrs) 780 11 -1 0 -2 -11 -10 24 11 1.2 22 2.3 -1.1 $1,748,000
TEX (1 yr) 39 -3 0 0 0 -0 -1 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $227,500
CHW (1 yr) 679 20 -4 0 4 -14 -8 20 18 1.9 32 3.2 -1.3 $

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
1977 22 DET AL 636 432 83 5.2 104 .277 .257 .272 .343 .337 .422 .414 .765 .751 104 .548 4.2 0.4 .729 .293 .165 5.1
1978 23 DET AL 686 439 94 5.7 96 .302 .277 .265 .379 .330 .399 .390 .778 .720 117 .626 16.5 1.7 .760 .287 .122 3.5
1979 24 DET AL 570 363 106 7.8 104 .323 .318 .273 .398 .338 .543 .414 .941 .752 149 .715 35.8 3.4 .949 .361 .224 8.4
1980 25 DET AL 591 394 89 6.1 100 .296 .293 .272 .376 .334 .474 .403 .851 .737 130 .626 23.6 2.3 .828 .325 .181 8.1
1981 26 DET AL 447 289 64 6.0 92 .295 .277 .261 .389 .326 .419 .379 .809 .705 130 .665 18.0 1.9 .818 .347 .142 9.0
1982 27 CHW AL 679 436 99 6.1 99 .304 .286 .264 .381 .328 .428 .402 .808 .730 122 .627 21.5 2.1 .793 .295 .141 10.2
1983 28 NYY AL 419 303 45 4.0 95 .239 .241 .261 .318 .322 .399 .394 .718 .716 100 .439 0.2 0.0 .643 .271 .158 1.8
1984 29 NYY AL 361 242 47 5.2 93 .328 .291 .259 .369 .321 .403 .391 .771 .712 118 .565 9.3 0.9 .723 .249 .112 5.1
1985 30 PIT NL 266 187 27 3.9 94 .310 .250 .259 .317 .327 .347 .386 .664 .712 87 .465 -3.4 -0.4 .593 .208 .097 1.3
1986 31 PIT NL 20 14 2 3.9 99 .222 .188 .264 .350 .334 .375 .398 .725 .732 99 .449 0.0 0.0 .786 .500 .188 1.0
1988 33 TEX AL 39 30 2 1.8 96 .286 .222 .262 .256 .327 .222 .394 .479 .721 35 .160 -3.2 -0.3 .379 .083 .000 .0
11 Seasons 4714 3129 658 5.6 98 .296 .278 .266 .367 .330 .431 .399 .797 .729 119 .603 122.6 12.1 .768 .298 .153 60.0
162 Game Avg. 654 434 91 5.6 98 .296 .278 .266 .367 .330 .431 .399 .797 .729 119 .603 17 2 .768 .298 .153 8
DET (5 yrs) 2930 1917 436 6.1 100 .298 .284 .269 .376 .333 .450 .401 .826 .734 125 .637 98.1 9.7 .811 .319 .167 37.8
PIT (2 yrs) 286 201 29 3.9 94 .306 .246 .259 .319 .327 .349 .387 .669 .714 88 .464 -3.4 -0.3 .607 .226 .103 2.4
NYY (2 yrs) 780 545 92 4.5 94 .278 .264 .260 .341 .322 .401 .392 .742 .714 108 .499 9.6 0.9 .679 .261 .137 7.9
TEX (1 yr) 39 30 2 1.8 96 .286 .222 .262 .256 .327 .222 .394 .479 .721 35 .160 -3.2 -0.3 .379 .083 .000 .0
CHW (1 yr) 679 436 99 6.1 99 .304 .286 .264 .381 .328 .428 .402 .808 .730 122 .627 21.5 2.1 .793 .295 .141 10.2
AL (9 yrs) 4428 2928 629 5.8 98 .295 .280 .266 .370 .330 .436 .399 .805 .730 121 .610 126.0 12.4 .779 .303 .156 57.3
NL (2 yrs) 286 201 29 3.9 94 .306 .246 .259 .319 .327 .349 .387 .669 .714 88 .464 -3.4 -0.3 .607 .226 .103 2.4

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
1979 DET AL 24 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
1977 22 DET AL 636 2.8% 14.6% 11.2% 8.0% 36% 1.31 5.9 30.7 6.3 1.27 70%
1978 23 DET AL 686 2.2% 12.7% 14.1% 5.4% 23% 0.90 6.7 38.8 7.4 1.21 70%
1979 24 DET AL 570 4.6% 12.3% 11.9% 9.7% 35% 1.03 7.0 18.8 4.7 1.07 71%
1980 25 DET AL 591 3.6% 10.8% 11.7% 8.0% 32% 0.93 7.9 24.2 5.0 1.24 73%
1981 26 DET AL 447 2.0% 10.7% 15.7% 6.9% 30% 0.69 7.8 41.3 7.6 1.52 71%
1982 27 CHW AL 679 2.8% 12.2% 13.1% 6.3% 26% 0.93 7.0 30.5 5.9 1.20 71%
1983 28 NYY AL 419 2.9% 8.8% 9.8% 7.6% 36% 0.90 10.1 31.1 7.6 1.23 78%
1984 29 NYY AL 361 1.9% 15.0% 11.1% 5.5% 22% 1.35 5.8 44.7 7.6 1.64 71%
1985 30 PIT NL 266 0.8% 20.3% 9.4% 6.4% 29% 2.16 4.4 118.0 11.2 0.96 69%
1986 31 PIT NL 20 5.0% 30.0% 20.0% 5.0% 33% 1.50 2.7 16.0 16.0 7.00 45%
1988 33 TEX AL 39 0.0% 23.1% 5.1% 0.0% 0% 4.50 4.0 18.0 0.87 1.00 72% 14% 0.0% 53%
11 Seasons 4714 2.8% 12.8% 12.2% 7.1% 30% 1.05 6.7 31.2 6.4 0.87 1.25 72% 14% 0.0% 53%
MLB Averages 2.1% 13.7% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 1.62 6.5 41.9 8.4 0.80 1.08 74% 20% 8.2% 41%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1977 22 DET AL 4.2 0.4 650 2.1 13.3 -11.2 1.05 1.4 0.6 23.8 2.3 0.95 15.2 2.03 3
1978 23 DET AL 16.5 1.7 697 2.8 13.3 -10.5 1.02 2.6 0.2 31.0 3.1 0.98 32.0 3.44 2
1979 24 DET AL 35.8 3.4 585 4.1 13.8 -9.8 1.06 3.0 0.8 37.1 3.5 0.95 32.8 1.74 4
1980 25 DET AL 23.6 2.3 602 1.1 11.5 -10.4 1.02 2.5 -1.5 33.8 3.3 0.96 35.1 3.04 6
1981 26 DET AL 18.0 1.9 462 1.3 8.5 -7.2 1.02 2.3 -1.0 16.8 1.7 0.96 23.1 0.71 3
1982 27 CHW AL 21.5 2.1 700 1.9 13.2 -11.3 1.02 1.8 0.1 19.9 2.0 0.97 17.4 2.10 3
1983 28 NYY AL 0.2 0.0 425 -0.1 7.2 -7.3 .96 0.3 -0.4 -1.1 -0.1 0.95 1.4 1.73 10
1984 29 NYY AL 9.3 0.9 372 -0.3 6.7 -7.0 1.13 0.9 -1.2 1.5 0.2 0.99 5.6 1.80 9
1985 30 PIT NL -3.4 -0.4 269 -0.1 4.4 -4.5 1.05 -0.5 0.4 -5.1 -0.5 0.95 -6.4 1.48 27
1986 31 PIT NL 0.0 0.0 21 -0.2 0.4 -0.7 1.72 -0.1 -0.0 -3.4 -0.3 1.21 -1.7 1.80 5
1988 33 TEX AL -3.2 -0.3 39 -0.2 0.6 -0.7 1.08 -0.3 0.1 -3.3 -0.3 0.92 -3.5 0.82 5
11 Seasons 122.6 12.1 4822 12.4 93.0 -80.6 1.04 14.0 -2.1 150.9 14.6 0.96 150.7 1.73 77

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
1977 22 DET AL 8 0 29% 224 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 10 11 47% 33 19 13 10 5 4 17 4 11
1978 23 DET AL 12 0 25% 340 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 11 11 45% 57 38 17 6 3 3 24 4 19
1979 24 DET AL 3 0 31% 239 5 6 45% 5 5 0 1 0 0 4 1 6 11 47% 23 17 5 8 2 6 16 5 11
1980 25 DET AL 5 0 33% 233 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 8 47% 34 25 9 9 5 4 15 1 14
1981 26 DET AL 5 0 26% 208 9 3 75% 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 48% 31 16 14 9 6 3 8 2 6
1982 27 CHW AL 7 0 30% 261 7 7 50% 6 7 1 0 0 0 6 2 8 13 43% 43 32 11 16 10 6 22 3 18
1983 28 NYY AL 9 0 34% 162 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 12 35% 24 18 5 7 4 2 9 2 7
1984 29 NYY AL 5 0 24% 160 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 8 37% 21 14 7 4 3 1 2 0 2
1985 30 PIT NL 0 0 21% 88 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 38% 15 10 5 1 1 0 5 2 3
1986 31 PIT NL 0 0 0% 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 33 TEX AL 0 0 20% 11 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 33% 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0
11 Seasons 54 0 28% 1927 39 24 62% 37 23 2 1 0 0 19 7 55 86 44% 282 189 87 71 40 29 119 24 91

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
1977 22 DET AL 636 61% 142 3 0 0 0 2.03 18 0 14 13 5 7 11 1 2 1 50% 118 11 9% 52 16 31% 421 76 18% 34 20 59% 20 10 50% 0
1978 23 DET AL 686 50% 161 2 1 0 0 3.44 15 1 11 12 3 9 6 0 5 3 60% 143 9 6% 56 22 39% 455 67 15% 27 16 59% 23 13 57% 0
1979 24 DET AL 570 63% 156 4 1 0 1 1.74 26 1 13 18 8 17 9 0 2 2 100% 114 13 11% 52 19 37% 378 81 21% 48 24 50% 19 12 63% 0
1980 25 DET AL 591 59% 149 6 2 0 0 3.04 21 1 15 15 6 15 6 0 2 1 50% 148 24 16% 60 27 45% 424 85 20% 48 28 58% 30 23 77% 0
1981 26 DET AL 447 52% 103 3 1 0 0 0.71 9 0 6 5 4 6 3 0 2 0 0% 110 13 12% 44 18 41% 294 42 14% 30 16 53% 14 9 64% 0
1982 27 CHW AL 679 65% 166 3 1 0 0 2.10 19 1 19 15 4 4 15 0 2 1 50% 137 8 6% 77 31 40% 469 80 17% 56 34 61% 33 14 42% 0
1983 28 NYY AL 419 67% 90 10 3 0 0 1.73 12 0 9 11 1 3 9 1 1 1 100% 74 17 23% 38 18 47% 266 39 15% 18 11 61% 16 13 81% 0
1984 29 NYY AL 361 80% 91 9 2 0 0 1.80 7 0 9 6 1 2 5 0 3 3 100% 85 12 14% 37 14 38% 247 35 14% 21 12 57% 18 13 72% 0
1985 30 PIT NL 266 88% 59 27 9 0 2 1.48 2 0 5 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 50% 45 5 11% 22 8 36% 163 19 12% 13 9 69% 13 3 23% 0
1986 31 PIT NL 20 100% 3 5 0 0 0 1.80 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 25% 5 1 20% 23 0 0% 3 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
1988 33 TEX AL 39 100% 8 1 0 5 1 0 0 0.82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 13% 4 2 50% 26 2 8% 1 1 100% 2 1 50% 0
11 Seasons 4714 63% 1128 1 0 77 21 0 3 1.73 130 4 102 98 32 64 66 3 21 13 62% 986 114 12% 447 176 39% 3166 526 17% 299 171 57% 191 112 59% 0
MLB Averages 58% 79% 11% 35% 15% 51% 55%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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 33 TEX AL 36 129 3.58 90 70% 16% 28% 29% 28% 84% 0% 59% 67% 44% 8% 3 2 14% 5 1 3% 1 1 11% 3 0 0
1 Season 36 129 3.58 90 70% 16% 28% 29% 28% 84% 0% 59% 67% 44% 8% 3 2 14% 5 1 3% 1 1 11% 3 0 0
MLB Averages 3.59 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 76% 2% 47% 81% 33% 5% 16% 8% 26%

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
1977 22 151 636 552 75 142 29 4 18 88 3 3 71 93 .257 .343 .422 .765 104 233 11 5 1 7 0
1978 23 310 1322 1134 150 303 47 8 33 167 5 6 168 180 .267 .362 .410 .772 111 465 20 6 4 10 3
1979 24 444 1892 1624 238 459 73 11 59 272 10 12 236 250 .283 .373 .450 .823 122 731 33 8 6 18 5
1980 25 579 2483 2132 326 608 96 14 80 373 15 13 305 314 .285 .374 .456 .829 124 972 57 12 7 27 8
1981 26 684 2930 2504 378 711 114 18 89 422 24 16 375 362 .284 .376 .450 .826 125 1128 70 13 7 31 13
1982 27 844 3609 3084 469 877 137 19 108 520 31 23 464 445 .284 .377 .446 .823 125 1376 78 16 8 37 21
1983 28 953 4028 3457 522 967 154 22 120 569 32 23 505 482 .280 .371 .441 .812 122 1525 95 18 9 39 24
1984 29 1047 4389 3770 559 1058 166 23 127 610 36 24 545 536 .281 .371 .438 .809 122 1651 107 19 12 43 24
1985 30 1139 4655 4006 578 1117 179 25 129 631 37 24 570 590 .279 .368 .433 .800 120 1733 112 19 13 47 25
1986 31 1152 4675 4022 579 1120 179 25 130 632 38 24 574 596 .278 .367 .432 .800 120 1739 113 19 13 47 25
1987 32 1152 4675 4022 579 1120 179 25 130 632 38 24 574 596 .278 .367 .432 .800 120 1739 113 19 13 47 25
1988 33 1168 4714 4058 581 1128 179 25 130 634 39 24 576 605 .278 .367 .431 .797 119 1747 114 19 13 48 25

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
1977 22 151 633 551 74 141 29 4 18 87 3 70 93 .256 .341 .421 .762 79 151
1978 23 159 697 591 82 170 19 4 16 86 2 102 87 .288 .392 .415 .806 96 159
1979 24 135 569 491 87 155 26 3 26 104 5 68 70 .316 .395 .540 .935 106 134
1980 25 135 593 510 90 151 23 3 21 103 5 70 64 .296 .379 .476 .856 93 135
1981 26 159 695 574 88 167 29 6 15 83 15 113 73 .291 .406 .441 .847 103 105
1982 27 160 687 586 96 172 24 1 20 104 7 92 83 .294 .389 .440 .829 100 160
1983 28 109 425 378 58 95 18 3 13 54 1 43 37 .251 .329 .418 .747 52 109
1984 29 94 367 319 41 97 13 1 7 46 4 43 54 .304 .384 .417 .801 52 94
1985 30 92 269 239 21 62 14 2 2 23 1 26 54 .259 .327 .360 .687 29 92
1986 31 13 20 16 1 3 0 0 1 1 1 4 6 .188 .350 .375 .725 2 13
1988 33 16 39 36 2 8 0 0 0 2 1 2 9 .222 .256 .222 .479 2 16
11 Seasons 1223 4994 4291 640 1221 195 27 139 693 45 633 630 .285 .375 .440 .815 714 1168
162 Game Avg. 162 662 568 85 162 26 4 18 92 6 84 83 .285 .375 .440 .815 95 1168

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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

All-Star Games
1979 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1979 AL (17, 4%)
1981 AL (23, 1%)
0.05 Career Shares (1113th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1979 AL  .318 (8th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1978 AL  .379 (7th)
1979 AL  .398 (7th)
1981 AL  .389 (4th)
1982 AL  .381 (8th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1979 AL  .543 (6th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1979 AL  .941 (4th)
1980 AL  .851 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1978 AL  159 (5th)
1982 AL  160 (6th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1978 AL  686 (7th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1979 AL  105 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1978 AL  97 (3rd)
1981 AL  70 (3rd)
1982 AL  89 (6th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1979 AL  149 (6th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1981 AL  64 (10th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1979 AL  36 (9th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1979 AL  3.4 (8th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1978 AL  259 (4th)
1981 AL  174 (3rd)
1982 AL  258 (10th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1979 AL  .715 (6th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1979 AL  8 (9th)
1980 AL  9 (5th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1982 AL  8 (10th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1980 AL  24 (2nd)
1981 AL  13 (9th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1981 AL  9.0 (8th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1978 AL  30.95 (9th)
1979 AL  37.05 (7th)
1980 AL  33.82 (9th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1979 AL  4.1 (6th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1979 AL  3.0 (9th)
1981 AL  2.3 (6th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1978 AL  3.1 (10th)
1979 AL  3.5 (9th)
1980 AL  3.3 (9th)

Salary s c a p y
1985 AL  $1,420,000 (4th)
1986 AL  $1,220,000 (10th)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 InkBatting - 19 (1043), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 12 (1098), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 17 (890), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  6. Gary Matthews (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Sixto Lezcano (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Sixto Lezcano (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Norm Siebern (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Norm Siebern (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Willard Marshall (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
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 or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') 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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