Dave Kingman
David Arthur Kingman (Kong and Sky King)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: December 21, 1948 in Pendleton, OR
High School: Mt. Prospect (Mt. Prospect, IL)
School: University of Southern California
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1970 amateur draft (June Secondary). Player signed June 27, 1970. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 30, 1971
Final Game: October 5, 1986
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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
1971 22 SFG NL 41 128 115 17 32 10 2 6 24 5 0 9 35 .278 .328 .557 .885 148 64 2 1 0 3 0 3/79
1972 23 SFG NL 135 531 472 65 106 17 4 29 83 16 6 51 140 .225 .303 .462 .765 113 218 9 4 0 4 2 537 MVP-24
1973 24 SFG NL 112 351 305 54 62 10 1 24 55 8 5 41 122 .203 .300 .479 .779 109 146 8 2 1 2 3 53/1
1974 25 SFG NL 121 393 350 41 78 18 2 18 55 8 8 37 125 .223 .302 .440 .742 102 154 8 3 2 1 2 35/97
1975 26 NYM NL 134 543 502 65 116 22 1 36 88 7 5 34 153 .231 .284 .494 .778 117 248 13 4 1 2 5 735/9 MVP-19
1976 27 NYM NL 123 510 474 70 113 14 1 37 86 7 4 28 135 .238 .286 .506 .793 128 240 11 5 0 3 4 *93/7 AS,MVP-18
1977 28 TOT MLB 132 481 439 47 97 20 0 26 78 5 6 28 143 .221 .276 .444 .720 96 195 6 7 3 4 4 739/D5
1977 28 TOT AL 18 66 60 9 13 4 0 6 11 0 1 3 29 .217 .277 .583 .860 131 35 0 2 1 0 0 /3D7
1977 28 TOT NL 114 415 379 38 84 16 0 20 67 5 5 25 114 .222 .276 .422 .698 91 160 6 5 2 4 4 739/5
1977 28 NYM NL 58 228 211 22 44 7 0 9 28 3 2 13 66 .209 .263 .370 .633 72 78 3 3 0 1 3 793
1977 28 SDP NL 56 187 168 16 40 9 0 11 39 2 3 12 48 .238 .292 .488 .780 115 82 3 2 2 3 1 73/59
1977 28 CAL AL 10 39 36 4 7 2 0 2 4 0 0 1 16 .194 .237 .417 .654 78 15 0 1 1 0 0 /37
1977 28 NYY AL 8 27 24 5 6 2 0 4 7 0 1 2 13 .250 .333 .833 1.167 208 20 0 1 0 0 0 /D
1978 29 CHC NL 119 448 395 65 105 17 4 28 79 3 4 39 111 .266 .336 .542 .878 131 214 3 6 2 6 8 7/3
1979 30 CHC NL 145 589 532 97 153 19 5 48 115 4 2 45 131 .288 .343 .613 .956 146 326 7 4 0 8 7 *7 AS,MVP-11
1980 31 CHC NL 81 280 255 31 71 8 0 18 57 2 2 21 44 .278 .329 .522 .850 128 133 10 0 0 4 3 7/3 AS
1981 32 NYM NL 100 412 353 40 78 11 3 22 59 6 0 55 105 .221 .326 .456 .782 123 161 9 1 1 2 7 37
1982 33 NYM NL 149 607 535 80 109 9 1 37 99 4 0 59 156 .204 .285 .432 .717 99 231 11 4 3 6 9 *3
1983 34 NYM NL 100 273 248 25 49 7 0 13 29 2 1 22 57 .198 .265 .383 .648 79 95 2 1 1 1 1 3/9
1984 35 OAK AL 147 613 549 68 147 23 1 35 118 2 1 44 119 .268 .321 .505 .826 132 277 7 6 0 14 8 *D/3 MVP-13
1985 36 OAK AL 158 666 592 66 141 16 0 30 91 3 2 62 114 .238 .309 .417 .726 104 247 17 2 2 8 6 *D/3
1986 37 OAK AL 144 604 561 70 118 19 0 35 94 3 3 33 126 .210 .255 .431 .686 90 242 16 3 0 7 3 *D/3
16 Seasons 1941 7429 6677 901 1575 240 25 442 1210 85 49 608 1816 .236 .302 .478 .780 115 3191 139 53 16 75 72
162 Game Avg. 162 620 557 75 131 20 2 37 101 7 4 51 152 .236 .302 .478 .780 115 266 12 4 1 6 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
NYM (6 yrs) 664 2573 2323 302 509 70 6 154 389 29 12 211 672 .219 .287 .453 .741 108 1053 49 18 6 15 29
SFG (4 yrs) 409 1403 1242 177 278 55 9 77 217 37 19 138 422 .224 .304 .469 .773 112 582 27 10 3 10 7
OAK (3 yrs) 449 1883 1702 204 406 58 1 100 303 8 6 139 359 .239 .296 .450 .746 109 766 40 11 2 29 17
CHC (3 yrs) 345 1317 1182 193 329 44 9 94 251 9 8 105 286 .278 .338 .569 .907 137 673 20 10 2 18 18
SDP (1 yr) 56 187 168 16 40 9 0 11 39 2 3 12 48 .238 .292 .488 .780 115 82 3 2 2 3 1
CAL (1 yr) 10 39 36 4 7 2 0 2 4 0 0 1 16 .194 .237 .417 .654 78 15 0 1 1 0 0
NYY (1 yr) 8 27 24 5 6 2 0 4 7 0 1 2 13 .250 .333 .833 1.167 208 20 0 1 0 0 0
NL (13 yrs) 1474 5480 4915 688 1156 178 24 336 896 77 42 466 1428 .235 .304 .486 .790 117 2390 99 40 13 46 55
AL (4 yrs) 467 1949 1762 213 419 62 1 106 314 8 7 142 388 .238 .295 .455 .750 109 801 40 13 3 29 17

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
1971 22 SFG NL 128 88 22 6.7 92 .338 .278 .259 .328 .325 .557 .379 .885 .703 148 .715 7.1 0.7 .929 .400 .278 5.5
1972 23 SFG NL 531 385 67 4.7 93 .251 .225 .259 .303 .327 .462 .382 .765 .710 113 .566 6.3 0.7 .743 .367 .237 20.6
1973 24 SFG NL 351 259 42 4.4 101 .236 .203 .268 .300 .338 .479 .399 .779 .737 109 .509 1.9 0.2 .750 .420 .275 12.0
1974 25 SFG NL 393 291 44 4.1 99 .288 .223 .268 .302 .341 .440 .387 .742 .728 102 .480 -1.0 -0.1 .674 .323 .217 11.1
1975 26 NYM NL 543 407 66 4.4 93 .254 .231 .261 .284 .331 .494 .376 .778 .707 117 .505 6.7 0.7 .713 .335 .263 11.7
1976 27 NYM NL 510 379 65 4.6 87 .249 .238 .256 .286 .321 .506 .364 .793 .685 128 .556 12.6 1.3 .734 .333 .268 11.8
1977 28 TOT MLB 481 361 53 4.0 97 .259 .221 .261 .276 .327 .444 .397 .720 .724 96 .429 -3.8 -0.4 .647 .285 .223 8.4
1977 28 TOT AL 66 49 10 5.5 97 .280 .217 .263 .277 .326 .583 .400 .860 .727 131 .575 2.0 0.2 .813 .400 .367 .0
1977 28 TOT NL 415 312 43 3.7 97 .257 .222 .261 .276 .327 .422 .397 .698 .724 91 .401 -5.9 -0.6 .621 .266 .201 8.0
1977 28 NYM NL 228 173 20 3.1 99 .255 .209 .263 .263 .330 .370 .401 .633 .731 72 .327 -9.1 -0.9 .552 .227 .161 4.5
1977 28 SDP NL 187 139 23 4.5 94 .259 .238 .257 .292 .323 .488 .392 .780 .715 115 .484 3.2 0.3 .709 .315 .250 3.4
1977 28 CAL AL 39 30 4 3.6 96 .278 .194 .262 .237 .325 .417 .398 .654 .723 78 .384 -1.3 -0.1 .586 .250 .222 .0
1977 28 NYY AL 27 19 6 8.5 99 .286 .250 .265 .333 .329 .833 .403 1.167 .732 208 .750 3.3 0.3 1.158 .625 .583 .0
1978 29 CHC NL 448 305 73 6.4 104 .294 .266 .275 .336 .345 .542 .405 .878 .750 131 .686 15.3 1.6 .869 .372 .276 5.4
1979 30 CHC NL 589 396 112 7.6 108 .291 .288 .280 .343 .347 .613 .416 .956 .763 146 .731 31.0 3.1 .972 .414 .325 7.4
1980 31 CHC NL 280 200 40 5.4 101 .269 .278 .275 .329 .338 .522 .399 .850 .737 128 .609 8.5 0.9 .786 .325 .243 3.6
1981 32 NYM NL 412 287 54 5.1 90 .246 .221 .260 .326 .325 .456 .373 .782 .698 123 .596 9.8 1.0 .785 .408 .235 9.4
1982 33 NYM NL 607 446 67 4.1 94 .207 .204 .264 .285 .327 .432 .384 .717 .711 99 .482 -3.3 -0.3 .682 .346 .228 7.2
1983 34 NYM NL 273 204 26 3.4 96 .201 .198 .262 .265 .330 .383 .388 .648 .719 79 .404 -8.5 -0.9 .589 .278 .185 3.5
1984 35 OAK AL 613 424 91 5.8 91 .274 .268 .255 .321 .317 .505 .385 .826 .702 132 .609 23.6 2.3 .800 .319 .237 3.8
1985 36 OAK AL 666 480 75 4.2 92 .243 .238 .252 .309 .316 .417 .391 .726 .707 104 .457 4.0 0.4 .664 .285 .179 5.5
1986 37 OAK AL 604 469 57 3.2 93 .204 .210 .252 .255 .319 .431 .393 .686 .712 90 .340 -9.9 -1.0 .602 .280 .221 5.5
16 Seasons 7429 5381 954 4.8 95 .252 .236 .262 .302 .329 .478 .389 .780 .718 115 .543 100.3 10.2 .735 .338 .242 142.6
162 Game Avg. 620 449 80 4.8 95 .252 .236 .262 .302 .329 .478 .389 .780 .718 115 .543 8 1 .735 .338 .242 12
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
NYM (6 yrs) 2573 1896 298 4.2 92 .235 .219 .261 .287 .327 .453 .379 .741 .706 108 .500 8.3 0.9 .693 .332 .234 48.8
SFG (4 yrs) 1403 1023 175 4.6 96 .267 .224 .264 .304 .334 .469 .387 .773 .721 112 .546 14.3 1.5 .741 .370 .245 50.0
OAK (3 yrs) 1883 1373 223 4.3 92 .241 .239 .253 .296 .317 .450 .390 .746 .707 109 .475 17.7 1.8 .684 .294 .212 14.8
CHC (3 yrs) 1317 901 225 6.7 105 .287 .278 .277 .338 .345 .569 .409 .907 .753 137 .694 54.7 5.5 .896 .381 .291 16.4
SDP (1 yr) 187 139 23 4.5 94 .259 .238 .257 .292 .323 .488 .392 .780 .715 115 .484 3.2 0.3 .709 .315 .250 3.4
CAL (1 yr) 39 30 4 3.6 96 .278 .194 .262 .237 .325 .417 .398 .654 .723 78 .383 -1.3 -0.1 .586 .250 .222 .0
NYY (1 yr) 27 19 6 8.5 99 .286 .250 .265 .333 .329 .833 .403 1.167 .732 208 .750 3.3 0.3 1.158 .625 .583 .0
NL (13 yrs) 5480 3959 721 4.9 96 .256 .235 .265 .304 .333 .486 .389 .790 .721 117 .566 80.5 8.2 .752 .353 .251 125.3
AL (4 yrs) 1949 1422 233 4.4 92 .241 .238 .253 .295 .318 .455 .390 .750 .708 109 .479 19.8 1.9 .688 .298 .217 14.9

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
1971 22 SFG NL NLCS PIT L 4 10 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .111 .200 .111 .311 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 4 10 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .111 .200 .111 .311 1 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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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
1976 NYM NL 27 as RF 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 CHC NL 30 DNP
1980 CHC NL 31 as LF 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (2 Appearances) 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 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
1971 22 SFG NL 128 4.7% 27.3% 7.0% 14.1% 56% 3.89 3.3 19.2 4.8 0.53 60%
1972 23 SFG NL 531 5.5% 26.4% 9.6% 9.4% 47% 2.75 3.4 16.3 5.7 0.66 58%
1973 24 SFG NL 351 6.8% 34.8% 11.7% 10.0% 57% 2.98 2.5 12.7 5.5 0.82 46%
1974 25 SFG NL 393 4.6% 31.8% 9.4% 9.7% 49% 3.38 2.8 19.4 6.4 0.51 53%
1975 26 NYM NL 543 6.6% 28.2% 6.3% 10.9% 51% 4.50 3.3 13.9 5.7 0.73 58%
1976 27 NYM NL 510 7.3% 26.5% 5.5% 10.2% 46% 4.82 3.5 12.8 5.5 0.67 60%
1977 28 TOT MLB 481 5.4% 29.7% 5.8% 9.6% 47% 5.11 3.1 16.9 5.6 0.65 57%
1977 28 TOT AL 66 9.1% 43.9% 4.6% 15.2% 77% 9.67 2.1 10.0 5.5 0.38 38%
1977 28 TOT NL 415 4.8% 27.5% 6.0% 8.7% 43% 4.56 3.3 19.0 5.7 0.68 60%
1977 28 NYM NL 228 4.0% 29.0% 5.7% 7.0% 36% 5.08 3.2 23.4 7.5 0.70 60%
1977 28 SDP NL 187 5.9% 25.7% 6.4% 10.7% 50% 4.00 3.5 15.3 4.3 0.65 60%
1977 28 CAL AL 39 5.1% 41.0% 2.6% 10.3% 57% 16.00 2.3 18.0 9.0 0.40 46%
1977 28 NYY AL 27 14.8% 48.2% 7.4% 22.2% 100% 6.50 1.8 6.0 3.4 0.33 26%
1978 29 CHC NL 448 6.3% 24.8% 8.7% 10.9% 47% 2.85 3.6 14.1 5.0 0.71 58%
1979 30 CHC NL 589 8.2% 22.2% 7.6% 12.2% 47% 2.91 4.1 11.1 4.6 0.72 61%
1980 31 CHC NL 280 6.4% 15.7% 7.5% 9.3% 37% 2.10 5.8 14.2 4.5 0.91 70%
1981 32 NYM NL 412 5.3% 25.5% 13.4% 8.7% 46% 1.91 3.4 16.0 6.0 0.82 55%
1982 33 NYM NL 607 6.1% 25.7% 9.7% 7.7% 43% 2.64 3.4 14.5 5.4 0.78 57%
1983 34 NYM NL 273 4.8% 20.9% 8.1% 7.3% 41% 2.59 4.4 19.1 8.6 0.57 66%
1984 35 OAK AL 613 5.7% 19.4% 7.2% 9.6% 40% 2.70 4.6 15.7 4.7 0.51 67%
1985 36 OAK AL 666 4.5% 17.1% 9.3% 6.9% 33% 1.84 5.2 19.7 6.5 0.66 68%
1986 37 OAK AL 604 5.8% 20.9% 5.5% 8.9% 46% 3.82 4.5 16.0 6.0 0.84 67%
16 Seasons 7429 6.0% 24.4% 8.2% 9.5% 45% 2.99 3.7 15.1 5.5 0.69 60%
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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1971 22 SFG NL 1 0 31% 45 5 0 100% 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 73% 4 2 2 1 0 1 6 1 5
1972 23 SFG NL 2 0 27% 137 16 6 73% 14 4 2 2 0 0 5 1 6 8 32% 22 14 7 4 4 0 11 6 5
1973 24 SFG NL 0 0 37% 86 8 5 62% 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 31% 19 13 6 2 0 1 5 4 1
1974 25 SFG NL 3 0 23% 113 8 8 50% 7 7 0 1 1 0 2 1 3 5 39% 19 12 7 5 3 2 7 4 3
1975 26 NYM NL 9 0 25% 126 7 5 58% 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 46% 23 15 8 3 2 1 9 2 7
1976 27 NYM NL 9 0 30% 112 7 4 64% 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 51% 22 11 10 4 3 1 11 3 8
1977 28 TOT MLB 2 0 20% 100 5 6 45% 5 6 0 0 0 0 3 2 5 3 63% 10 5 5 4 0 4 13 4 8
1977 28 TOT AL 1 0 25% 7 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1977 28 TOT NL 1 0 19% 93 5 5 50% 5 5 0 0 0 0 3 2 5 3 64% 10 5 5 4 0 4 11 3 7
1977 28 NYM NL 1 0 26% 57 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 67% 7 2 5 2 0 2 9 3 5
1977 28 SDP NL 0 0 12% 36 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 57% 3 3 0 2 0 2 2 0 2
1977 28 CAL AL 0 0 29% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1977 28 NYY AL 1 0 20% 3 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1978 29 CHC NL 8 0 30% 157 3 4 43% 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 10 40% 26 18 8 7 2 4 10 4 5
1979 30 CHC NL 8 0 32% 175 4 2 67% 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 10 51% 28 18 10 4 2 2 17 4 13
1980 31 CHC NL 1 0 18% 68 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 41% 8 6 2 4 2 2 5 2 3
1981 32 NYM NL 3 0 16% 137 6 0 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 40% 19 12 7 5 3 2 6 2 3
1982 33 NYM NL 14 0 32% 156 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13 40% 26 22 4 5 2 3 17 5 12
1983 34 NYM NL 2 0 20% 53 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 24% 9 8 1 1 1 0 7 4 3
1984 35 OAK AL 5 0 20% 183 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 34% 17 14 3 5 3 1 16 6 9
1985 36 OAK AL 7 0 21% 193 3 2 60% 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 12 31% 30 25 5 7 5 2 18 6 10
1986 37 OAK AL 7 0 29% 157 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 10 33% 32 22 9 2 1 1 14 7 6
16 Seasons 81 0 26% 1998 85 49 63% 81 43 3 6 1 0 12 5 66 111 40% 314 217 94 63 33 27 172 64 101
MLB Averages
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

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
1971 22 SFG NL 128 30% 32 8 2 0 1 1.59 6 1 6 4 2 3 3 0 1 0 0% 26 2 8% 15 4 27% 76 18 24% 9 6 67% 5 3 60% 0
1972 23 SFG NL 531 27% 106 5 0 0 0 1.28 29 1 9 18 11 17 12 0 0 0 126 9 7% 56 10 18% 360 55 15% 38 14 37% 29 8 28% 0
1973 24 SFG NL 351 37% 62 7 1 0 1 1.50 24 1 11 14 10 10 14 0 2 1 50% 82 8 10% 44 9 20% 252 31 12% 24 8 33% 23 5 22% 0
1974 25 SFG NL 393 35% 78 11 3 1 3 1.37 18 0 10 11 7 12 6 0 2 2 100% 88 8 9% 43 7 16% 271 38 14% 30 12 40% 17 4 24% 0
1975 26 NYM NL 543 39% 116 5 0 0 0 1.38 36 1 13 19 17 14 22 0 3 1 33% 100 13 13% 63 4 6% 363 53 15% 30 10 33% 24 1 4% 0
1976 27 NYM NL 510 26% 113 1 0 0 0 1.73 37 0 14 26 11 16 21 0 0 0 109 11 10% 45 9 20% 354 51 14% 31 10 32% 24 2 8% 0
1977 28 TOT MLB 481 33% 97 22 4 1 4 2.09 26 2 12 15 11 10 16 0 5 3 60% 89 6 7% 41 8 20% 347 54 16% 33 14 42% 36 4 11% 0
1977 28 TOT AL 66 39% 13 2 1 1 1 1.62 6 0 1 3 3 0 6 0 1 1 100% 11 0 0% 7 1 14% 41 5 12% 2 0 0% 5 0 0% 0
1977 28 TOT NL 415 32% 84 20 3 0 3 2.13 20 2 11 12 8 10 10 0 4 2 50% 78 6 8% 34 7 21% 306 49 16% 31 14 45% 31 4 13% 0
1977 28 NYM NL 228 30% 44 5 0 0 0 2.37 9 0 5 6 3 5 4 0 2 0 0% 45 3 7% 14 2 14% 163 21 13% 16 8 50% 14 1 7% 0
1977 28 SDP NL 187 34% 40 15 3 0 3 2.06 11 2 6 6 5 5 6 0 2 2 100% 33 3 9% 20 5 25% 143 28 20% 15 6 40% 17 3 18% 0
1977 28 CAL AL 39 21% 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 3 1 33% 21 2 10% 1 0 0% 4 0 0% 0
1977 28 NYY AL 27 67% 6 2 1 1 1 1.62 4 0 1 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 9 0 0% 4 0 0% 20 3 15% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1978 29 CHC NL 448 42% 105 9 1 0 0 2.62 28 1 15 16 12 18 10 0 4 2 50% 93 3 3% 52 15 29% 323 52 16% 38 18 47% 26 5 19% 0
1979 30 CHC NL 588 32% 153 5 3 0 3 3.47 48 1 8 32 16 25 23 0 0 0 98 7 7% 52 12 23% 364 72 20% 40 21 53% 32 8 25% 1
1980 31 CHC NL 280 26% 71 16 6 0 4 2.31 18 1 5 17 1 6 12 0 0 0 59 10 17% 34 10 29% 190 39 21% 20 10 50% 21 5 24% 0
1981 32 NYM NL 412 19% 78 1 0 0 0 2.07 22 2 8 17 5 11 11 0 2 1 50% 62 9 15% 44 8 18% 254 37 15% 25 11 44% 30 5 17% 0
1982 33 NYM NL 607 19% 109 5 0 0 0 2.18 37 0 11 26 11 19 18 1 5 3 60% 130 11 8% 69 13 19% 407 67 16% 50 17 34% 35 9 26% 0
1983 34 NYM NL 273 38% 49 39 7 1 3 1.81 13 0 2 10 3 8 5 0 2 1 50% 30 2 7% 13 4 31% 142 19 13% 9 5 56% 19 3 16% 0
1984 35 OAK AL 612 34% 147 0 0 0 0 35 3 16 26 9 19 16 0 0 0 122 7 6% 52 17 33% 423 85 20% 41 24 59% 21 6 29% 1
1985 36 OAK AL 666 30% 141 2 1 0 0 2.71 30 1 10 17 13 14 16 0 3 2 67% 139 17 12% 61 23 38% 431 66 15% 45 26 58% 25 7 28% 0
1986 37 OAK AL 604 31% 118 1 0 0 0 3.09 35 1 17 21 14 15 20 0 5 0 0% 112 16 14% 68 16 24% 401 61 15% 46 18 39% 28 8 29% 0
16 Seasons 7427 31% 1575 137 28 3 19 1.96 442 16 167 289 153 217 225 1 34 16 47% 1465 139 9% 752 169 22% 4958 798 16% 509 224 44% 395 83 21% 2
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
1971 22 41 128 115 17 32 10 2 6 24 5 0 9 35 .278 .328 .557 .885 148 64 2 1 0 3 0
1972 23 176 659 587 82 138 27 6 35 107 21 6 60 175 .235 .308 .480 .788 120 282 11 5 0 7 2
1973 24 288 1010 892 136 200 37 7 59 162 29 11 101 297 .224 .305 .480 .785 116 428 19 7 1 9 5
1974 25 409 1403 1242 177 278 55 9 77 217 37 19 138 422 .224 .304 .469 .773 112 582 27 10 3 10 7
1975 26 543 1946 1744 242 394 77 10 113 305 44 24 172 575 .226 .299 .476 .775 114 830 40 14 4 12 12
1976 27 666 2456 2218 312 507 91 11 150 391 51 28 200 710 .229 .296 .482 .779 117 1070 51 19 4 15 16
1977 28 798 2937 2657 359 604 111 11 176 469 56 34 228 853 .227 .293 .476 .769 113 1265 57 26 7 19 20
1978 29 917 3385 3052 424 709 128 15 204 548 59 38 267 964 .232 .299 .485 .783 116 1479 60 32 9 25 28
1979 30 1062 3974 3584 521 862 147 20 252 663 63 40 312 1095 .241 .305 .504 .809 120 1805 67 36 9 33 35
1980 31 1143 4254 3839 552 933 155 20 270 720 65 42 333 1139 .243 .307 .505 .812 121 1938 77 36 9 37 38
1981 32 1243 4666 4192 592 1011 166 23 292 779 71 42 388 1244 .241 .308 .501 .809 121 2099 86 37 10 39 45
1982 33 1392 5273 4727 672 1120 175 24 329 878 75 42 447 1400 .237 .306 .493 .799 119 2330 97 41 13 45 54
1983 34 1492 5546 4975 697 1169 182 24 342 907 77 43 469 1457 .235 .304 .487 .791 117 2425 99 42 14 46 55
1984 35 1639 6159 5524 765 1316 205 25 377 1025 79 44 513 1576 .238 .305 .489 .795 118 2702 106 48 14 60 63
1985 36 1797 6825 6116 831 1457 221 25 407 1116 82 46 575 1690 .238 .306 .482 .788 117 2949 123 50 16 68 69
1986 37 1941 7429 6677 901 1575 240 25 442 1210 85 49 608 1816 .236 .302 .478 .780 115 3191 139 53 16 75 72

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
1971 22 41 132 118 19 35 11 2 7 27 5 10 35 .297 .348 .602 .950 25 41
1972 23 141 567 502 75 119 19 4 33 96 18 57 146 .237 .317 .488 .806 77 135
1973 24 112 350 305 55 62 10 1 24 56 8 41 122 .203 .300 .479 .779 43 112
1974 25 121 390 349 42 77 18 2 18 56 8 37 125 .221 .300 .438 .738 45 121
1975 26 134 546 505 72 119 23 1 37 98 7 35 153 .236 .289 .505 .794 73 134
1976 27 123 521 483 83 122 15 1 40 102 8 30 135 .253 .301 .536 .838 77 123
1977 28 132 484 444 51 102 21 0 27 84 5 29 143 .230 .285 .459 .745 57 132
1978 29 119 447 396 64 106 17 4 28 78 3 39 111 .268 .338 .543 .881 72 119
1979 30 145 584 528 92 149 19 5 47 109 4 44 131 .282 .337 .604 .941 107 145
1980 31 81 276 252 32 68 8 0 17 58 2 20 44 .270 .319 .504 .823 41 81
1981 32 151 644 547 69 131 18 5 37 102 10 92 159 .239 .349 .494 .843 94 100
1982 33 149 615 542 87 116 10 1 39 108 4 63 156 .214 .298 .452 .750 73 149
1983 34 100 276 251 27 52 7 0 14 31 2 23 57 .207 .275 .402 .678 28 100
1984 35 147 633 564 78 162 25 1 39 136 2 48 119 .287 .343 .543 .885 105 147
1985 36 158 676 600 74 149 17 0 32 102 3 66 114 .248 .321 .437 .758 84 158
1986 37 144 608 564 78 121 19 0 36 105 3 34 126 .215 .260 .440 .700 64 144
16 Seasons 1998 7749 6950 998 1690 257 27 475 1348 92 668 1876 .243 .311 .493 .804 1065 1941
162 Game Avg. 162 628 564 81 137 21 2 39 109 7 54 152 .243 .311 .493 .804 86 1941

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1992 BBWAA ( 0.7%)

All-Star Games
1976 (RF)
1979
1980 (LF)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1972 NL (24, 1%)
1975 NL (19, 3%)
1976 NL (18, 3%)
1979 NL (11, 16%)
1984 AL (13, 3%)
0.26 Career Shares (640th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1975 NL  .494 (9th)
1976 NL  .506 (5th)
1979 NL  .613 (1st)
Career  .478 (187th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1979 NL  .956 (1st)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1979 NL  97 (8th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1979 NL  326 (3rd)
Career  3191 (212th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1972 NL  29 (6th)
1975 NL  36 (2nd)
1976 NL  37 (2nd)
1978 NL  28 (5th)
1979 NL  48 (1st)
1981 NL  22 (3rd)
1982 NL  37 (1st)
1984 AL  35 (2nd)
1985 AL  30 (7th)
1986 AL  35 (2nd)
Career  442 (35th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1976 NL  86 (10th)
1979 NL  115 (2nd)
1981 NL  59 (10th)
1982 NL  99 (8th)
1984 AL  118 (3rd)
Career  1210 (127th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1981 NL  55 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1972 NL  140 (2nd)
1973 NL  122 (7th)
1974 NL  125 (4th)
1975 NL  153 (2nd)
1976 NL  135 (2nd)
1977 NL  114 (5th)
1978 NL  111 (5th)
1979 NL  131 (1st)
1981 NL  105 (1st)
1982 NL  156 (1st)
1984 AL  119 (8th)
Career  1816 (10th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1979 NL  146 (6th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1979 NL  112 (9th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1979 NL  3.1 (10th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1975 NL  59 (7th)
1976 NL  52 (9th)
1979 NL  72 (3rd)
1981 NL  36 (10th)
Career  707 (162nd)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1979 NL  .731 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1976 NL  5 (9th)
1978 NL  6 (10th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1979 NL  8 (4th)
1984 AL  14 (1st)
Career  75 (109th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
Career  72 (204th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1972 NL  20.6 (5th)
1981 NL  9.4 (10th)
Career  142.6 (191st)

AB per HR s c a p y
1972 NL  16.3 (6th)
1973 NL  12.7 (8th)**
1975 NL  13.9 (1st)
1976 NL  12.8 (1st)
1978 NL  14.1 (5th)**
1979 NL  11.1 (1st)
1981 NL  16.0 (2nd)
1982 NL  14.5 (1st)
1984 AL  15.7 (3rd)
1986 AL  16.0 (4th)
Career  15.1 (15th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1985 AL  480 (8th)
Career  5381 (249th)

                           
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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 11 (210), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 74 (324), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 49 (381), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 23 (622), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Greg Vaughn (868)
  2. Frank Howard (866)
  3. Rocky Colavito (853)
  4. Boog Powell (847)
  5. Roy Sievers (845)
  6. Andruw Jones (845)
  7. George Foster (833)
  8. Joe Adcock (830)
  9. Norm Cash (829)
  10. Willie Horton (824)
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  1. Chris Young (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Melvin Nieves (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Melvin Nieves (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Greg Vaughn (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Greg Vaughn (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Greg Vaughn (917)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Pete Incaviglia (911)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mark McGwire (922)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jay Buhner (914)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jay Buhner (919)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Greg Vaughn (920)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Greg Vaughn (905)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Greg Vaughn (904)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Greg Vaughn (903)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Greg Vaughn (868)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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