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Dave Kingman

David Arthur Kingman (Kong or Sky King)

Positions: Leftfielder, First Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: December 21, 1948 in Pendleton, OR
High School: Prospect HS (Mount Prospect, IL)
School: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
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
Teams (by GP): Mets/Athletics/Giants/Cubs/Padres/... 1971-1986

Final Game: October 5, 1986
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Fine Details  · Last updated Dec 13, 2012 3:17PM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #587. Terry Turner… #588. Pete Reiser… #589. Carlos Pena… #590. DAVE KINGMAN… #591. Kevin Seitzer… #592. Cecil Fielder… #593. Wally Moon… 

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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 .779 110 146 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 .778 118 248 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 .793 129 240 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 97 195 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 92 160 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 73 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 .780 116 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 .878 132 214 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 .826 133 277 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 Yrs 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 .907 138 673 20 10 2 18 18
SDP (1 yr) 56 187 168 16 40 9 0 11 39 2 3 12 48 .238 .292 .488 .780 116 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 .750 110 801 40 13 3 29 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
1971 22 SFG NL 41 128 6 1 -0 0 -2 6 0.6 4 9 1.0 .515 .504 1.0 -0.2 9 $ 3/79
1972 23 SFG NL 135 531 6 0 -0 -4 -3 -2 -0.1 15 14 1.4 .498 .499 1.7 -0.7 17 $ 537 MVP-24
1973 24 SFG NL 112 351 1 0 -0 5 -1 5 0.5 10 15 1.5 .505 .503 1.0 0.4 10 $ 53/1
1974 25 SFG NL 121 393 -1 -2 -1 -3 -5 -11 -1.2 11 0 -0.1 .490 .492 0.2 -0.9 3 $ 35/97
1975 26 NYM NL 134 543 11 -1 -2 -4 -7 -3 -0.4 16 12 1.2 .497 .498 1.6 -1.2 16 $125,000 735/9 MVP-19
1976 27 NYM NL 123 510 18 1 -2 -3 -6 8 0.9 15 23 2.4 .507 .506 2.6 -0.9 26 $90,000 *93/7 AS,MVP-18
1977 28 NYM NL 58 228 -10 -0 0 -1 -3 -14 -1.5 7 -7 -0.8 .474 .491 -0.7 -0.5 -6 $95,000 793
1977 28 SDP NL 56 187 2 -1 -0 0 -2 -2 -0.2 5 3 0.3 .496 .499 0.3 -0.2 3 $ 73/59
1977 28 CAL AL 10 39 -2 0 0 -0 -1 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .474 .498 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $ /37
1977 28 NYY AL 8 27 4 -1 0 0 -1 3 0.3 1 4 0.4 .534 .502 0.4 -0.1 4 $ /D
1978 29 CHC NL 119 448 18 -1 1 -4 -5 8 1.0 13 22 2.3 .508 .506 2.6 -0.9 25 $275,000 7/3
1979 30 CHC NL 145 589 33 2 -1 -8 -6 19 2.2 17 36 3.9 .514 .513 4.7 -1.6 45 $275,000 *7 AS,MVP-11
1980 31 CHC NL 81 280 7 -1 -1 -3 -3 -1 -0.1 9 7 0.7 .498 .499 1.1 -0.6 10 $275,000 7/3 AS
1981 32 NYM NL 100 412 8 0 -1 -9 -6 -8 -0.7 12 5 0.5 .491 .495 1.5 -1.7 14 $275,000 37
1982 33 NYM NL 149 607 3 2 -1 -16 -8 -20 -2.0 19 -1 -0.2 .485 .486 1.4 -2.6 15 $275,000 *3
1983 34 NYM NL 100 273 -7 0 -0 -6 -3 -16 -1.8 8 -8 -1.0 .482 .489 -0.4 -1.0 -2 $705,000 3/9
1984 35 OAK AL 147 613 19 0 -1 -0 -14 4 0.5 19 22 2.2 .502 .502 2.3 -1.5 22 $ *D/3 MVP-13
1985 36 OAK AL 158 666 2 0 -3 0 -16 -16 -1.4 20 5 0.5 .490 .490 0.5 -1.4 5 $1,087,500 *D/3
1986 37 OAK AL 144 604 -10 -3 -1 -2 -14 -31 -3.0 18 -12 -1.3 .478 .480 -1.1 -1.5 -11 $730,000 *D/3
16 Seasons 1941 7429 108 -4 -13 -58 -107 -74 -6.5 221 148 14.8 .496 .497 20.6 -17.0 206 $4,207,500
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
NYM (6 yrs) 664 2573 24 1 -6 -39 -34 -53 -5.5 77 24 2.1 .491 .494 6.0 -7.8 63 $1,565,000
SFG (4 yrs) 409 1403 12 0 -1 -2 -11 -2 -0.1 41 38 3.8 .499 .500 3.9 -1.4 40 $
OAK (3 yrs) 449 1883 11 -3 -5 -2 -44 -43 -3.8 58 15 1.4 .490 .491 1.7 -4.4 17 $1,817,500
CHC (3 yrs) 345 1317 58 -0 -1 -15 -14 26 3.0 39 65 6.9 .508 .506 8.4 -3.1 80 $825,000
SDP (1 yr) 56 187 2 -1 -0 0 -2 -2 -0.2 5 3 0.3 .496 .499 0.3 -0.2 3 $
CAL (1 yr) 10 39 -2 0 0 -0 -1 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .474 .498 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $
NYY (1 yr) 8 27 4 -1 0 0 -1 3 0.3 1 4 0.4 .534 .502 0.4 -0.1 4 $

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
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

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1973 24 SFG NL 0 0 9.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 3 4 4 0 6 0 4 0 0 2 21 47 2.250 6.8 0.0 13.5 9.0 0.67
1 Yr 0 0 9.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 3 4 4 0 6 0 4 0 0 2 21 47 2.250 6.8 0.0 13.5 9.0 0.67
162 Game Avg. 0 0 9.00 68 0 68 0 0 0 136 102 136 136 0 204 0 136 0 0 68 714 47 2.250 6.8 0.0 13.5 9.0 0.67

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1973 24 SFG NL 4.0 2 0 4 9.00 4.55 -0.04 -0.37 110.0 4.64 -2 -0.2 .0 0.1 -0.1 -2 .402 .499 $
1 Season 4.0 2 0 4 9.00 4.55 -0.04 -0.37 110.0 4.64 -2 -0.2 .0 0.1 -0.1 -2 .402 .499 $

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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 SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1971 SFG NL 22 1B 20 15 15 146.0 161 149 9 3 9 .981 2 16 9.74 7.90 .992 9.88 9.87
1971 SFG NL 22 OF 14 13 10 111.1 20 19 0 1 0 .950 -2 -19 1.54 1.36 .979 2.19 2.19
1971 SFG NL 22 LF 7 7 5 56.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -4 1.45 1.29 .970 1.86 1.87
1971 SFG NL 22 RF 7 6 5 55.1 11 10 0 1 0 .909 -2 -35 1.63 1.43 .982 2.07 2.06
1972 SFG NL 23 3B 59 59 49 507.1 206 54 138 14 10 .932 -0 -1 3.41 3.25 .945 2.87 2.88 MVP-24
1972 SFG NL 23 1B 56 46 43 411.2 427 402 20 5 39 .988 -4 -11 9.23 7.54 .992 9.73 9.76 MVP-24
1972 SFG NL 23 LF 22 22 15 186.2 46 42 1 3 0 .935 0 1 2.07 1.95 .974 1.92 1.93 MVP-24
1972 SFG NL 23 OF 22 22 15 186.2 44 40 1 3 0 .932 0 1 1.98 1.86 .978 2.18 2.19 MVP-24
1973 SFG NL 24 3B 60 56 51 504.2 201 54 129 18 7 .910 1 3 3.26 3.05 .946 2.88 2.88
1973 SFG NL 24 1B 46 24 24 262.1 280 259 17 4 23 .986 4 16 9.47 6.00 .992 9.83 9.83
1973 SFG NL 24 P 2 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.90 0 0 0
1974 SFG NL 25 1B 91 70 59 642.1 753 680 60 13 66 .983 1 1 10.37 8.13 .991 9.94 9.93
1974 SFG NL 25 3B 21 19 16 159.0 59 9 38 12 3 .797 -4 -33 2.66 2.24 .948 3.04 3.04
1974 SFG NL 25 OF 2 2 0 14.1 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1 59 4.40 3.50 .979 2.26 2.25
1974 SFG NL 25 RF 2 2 0 13.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1 74 4.85 3.50 .974 2.01 2.05
1974 SFG NL 25 LF 1 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -90 0.00 0.00 2.02 2.00
1975 NYM NL 26 OF 71 67 52 577.2 143 134 3 6 0 .958 -6 -12 2.13 1.93 .978 2.29 2.28 MVP-19
1975 NYM NL 26 LF 68 64 49 549.1 134 125 3 6 0 .955 -4 -10 2.10 1.88 .973 2.10 2.10 MVP-19
1975 NYM NL 26 1B 58 48 39 434.1 429 386 38 5 36 .988 2 6 8.79 7.31 .990 9.97 9.96 MVP-19
1975 NYM NL 26 3B 12 12 3 101.0 37 6 28 3 1 .919 -1 -7 3.03 2.83 .945 2.98 2.97 MVP-19
1975 NYM NL 26 RF 3 3 3 28.1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -51 1.59 1.67 .974 2.03 2.03 MVP-19
1976 NYM NL 27 OF 111 109 99 945.2 221 202 10 9 0 .959 -3 -4 2.02 1.91 .979 2.34 2.33 AS,MVP-18
1976 NYM NL 27 RF 106 104 96 907.2 212 194 10 8 0 .962 -3 -4 2.02 1.92 .974 2.15 2.15 AS,MVP-18
1976 NYM NL 27 1B 16 11 9 105.0 99 91 8 0 11 1.000 0 6 8.49 6.19 .991 9.95 9.93 AS,MVP-18
1976 NYM NL 27 LF 5 5 3 38.0 8 7 0 1 0 .875 -0 -3 1.66 1.40 .976 2.01 2.00 AS,MVP-18
1977 TOT MLB 28 OF 75 69 52 589.1 136 129 3 4 1 .971 0 0 2.02 1.76 .978 2.26 2.26
1977 TOT MLB 28 LF 56 51 37 433.1 98 92 3 3 1 .969 1 2 1.97 1.70 .972 1.94 1.94
1977 TOT MLB 28 1B 38 31 22 269.2 302 274 24 4 15 .987 -1 -3 9.95 7.84 .991 9.93 9.90
1977 TOT NL 28 OF 73 67 50 571.1 133 126 3 4 1 .970 0 1 2.03 1.77 .978 2.26 2.26
1977 TOT NL 28 LF 54 49 35 415.1 95 89 3 3 1 .968 1 3 1.99 1.70 .972 1.93 1.93
1977 TOT NL 28 1B 30 23 16 201.2 225 204 19 2 10 .991 -1 -4 9.95 7.43 .991 9.89 9.89
1977 TOT NL 28 RF 21 18 15 156.0 37 36 0 1 0 .973 -1 -7 2.08 1.71 .974 2.11 2.11
1977 NYM NL 28 OF 45 41 32 342.0 78 76 0 2 0 .974 -0 -1 2.00 1.69 .978 2.26 2.26
1977 NYM NL 28 LF 26 24 17 192.0 42 41 0 1 0 .976 0 0 1.92 1.58 .972 1.93 1.93
1977 NYM NL 28 RF 20 17 15 150.0 37 36 0 1 0 .973 -0 -3 2.16 1.80 .974 2.11 2.11
1977 NYM NL 28 1B 17 12 9 114.0 121 112 8 1 6 .992 -1 -9 9.47 7.06 .991 9.89 9.89
1977 SDP NL 28 LF 28 25 18 223.1 53 48 3 2 1 .962 1 6 2.06 1.82 .972 1.93 1.93
1977 SDP NL 28 OF 28 26 18 229.1 55 50 3 2 1 .964 1 4 2.08 1.89 .978 2.26 2.26
1977 SDP NL 28 1B 13 11 7 87.2 104 92 11 1 4 .990 0 4 10.57 7.92 .991 9.90 9.89
1977 SDP NL 28 3B 2 2 1 15.0 6 3 2 1 0 .833 -1 -64 3.00 2.50 .957 3.00 3.00
1977 SDP NL 28 RF 1 1 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -100 0.00 0.00 2.10 2.10
1977 CAL AL 28 1B 8 8 6 68.0 77 70 5 2 5 .974 -0 -2 9.93 9.38 .990 10.02 9.95
1977 CAL AL 28 LF 2 2 2 18.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -20 1.50 1.50 .977 2.10 2.10
1977 CAL AL 28 OF 2 2 2 18.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -20 1.50 1.50 .977 2.35 2.30
1977 NYY AL 28 DH 6 6
1978 CHC NL 29 LF 100 100 66 823.1 185 173 8 4 2 .978 -3 -4 1.98 1.81 .978 1.99 1.97
1978 CHC NL 29 OF 100 100 66 823.1 182 170 8 4 2 .978 -3 -4 1.95 1.78 .980 2.31 2.29
1978 CHC NL 29 1B 6 6 4 46.0 60 56 2 2 4 .967 -1 -23 11.35 9.67 .992 9.98 9.90
1979 CHC NL 30 LF 139 139 102 1165.1 260 239 11 10 3 .962 -8 -9 1.93 1.80 .970 2.01 2.00 AS,MVP-11
1979 CHC NL 30 OF 139 139 102 1165.1 263 240 11 12 3 .954 -8 -9 1.94 1.81 .979 2.33 2.32 AS,MVP-11
1980 CHC NL 31 LF 61 61 37 492.0 119 105 7 7 0 .941 -2 -5 2.05 1.84 .976 2.06 2.06 AS
1980 CHC NL 31 OF 61 61 37 492.0 118 103 8 7 0 .941 -2 -5 2.03 1.82 .980 2.31 2.31 AS
1980 CHC NL 31 1B 2 2 2 18.0 19 16 2 1 0 .947 -1 -60 9.00 9.00 .992 10.15 10.15 AS
1981 NYM NL 32 1B 56 50 32 419.0 506 462 31 13 39 .974 -1 -3 10.59 8.80 .992 10.22 10.25
1981 NYM NL 32 LF 49 48 34 398.0 96 85 4 7 0 .927 -8 -25 2.01 1.82 .975 2.12 2.13
1981 NYM NL 32 OF 48 48 34 398.0 96 86 3 7 0 .927 -8 -25 2.01 1.85 .980 2.33 2.34
1982 NYM NL 33 1B 143 143 94 1193.0 1319 1232 69 18 88 .986 -16 -16 9.81 9.10 .992 10.23 10.26
1983 NYM NL 34 1B 50 50 29 416.2 474 443 28 3 43 .994 -5 -14 10.17 9.42 .992 9.96 9.92
1983 NYM NL 34 OF 5 5 5 42.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -17 1.50 1.40 .980 2.27 2.26
1983 NYM NL 34 RF 5 5 5 42.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -17 1.50 1.40 .979 2.01 2.00
1984 OAK AL 35 DH 139 139 MVP-13
1984 OAK AL 35 1B 9 8 5 68.0 57 55 2 0 3 1.000 -0 -4 7.54 6.33 .991 9.75 9.68 MVP-13
1985 OAK AL 36 DH 149 149
1985 OAK AL 36 1B 9 7 2 54.0 51 50 1 0 3 1.000 0 4 8.50 5.67 .991 9.77 9.67
1986 OAK AL 37 DH 140 139
1986 OAK AL 37 1B 3 2 1 15.2 19 17 0 2 2 .895 -2 -123 9.77 5.67 .991 9.42 9.33
11 Seasons OF 648 635 472 5345.2 1237 1137 47 53 6 .957 -32 -7 1.99 1.83 .979 2.31 2.30
15 Seasons 1B 603 513 380 4501.2 4956 4572 311 73 381 .985 -21 -6 9.76 8.10 .992 10.01 10.00
10 Seasons LF 508 497 348 4143.1 955 877 37 41 6 .957 -26 -7 1.99 1.80 .974 2.02 2.02
5 Seasons 3B 154 148 120 1287.0 509 126 335 48 21 .906 -5 -4 3.22 2.99 .946 2.90 2.91
6 Seasons RF 144 138 124 1202.1 279 259 10 10 0 .964 -7 -7 2.01 1.87 .974 2.13 2.13
1 Season P 2 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.90 0 0 0
16 Seasons TOT 1407 1296 972 11138.1 6702 5835 693 174 408 .974 -58 -6 5.27 4.64 .986 5.49 5.67 0 0 0
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG 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.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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

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 (660th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1979 NL  4.7 (10th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1975 NL  .494 (9th)
1976 NL  .506 (5th)
1979 NL  .613 (1st)
Career  .478 (195th)

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  3,191 (227th)

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 (38th)

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  1,210 (141st)

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  1,816 (14th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1979 NL  146 (5th)

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

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1979 NL  31 (10th)

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 (178th)

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 (116th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
Career  72 (217th)

SB % s c a p y
1972 NL  72.73 (10th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1972 NL  20.6 (5th)
1981 NL  9.4 (10th)
Career  142.6 (209th)

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)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1979 NL  37.46 (8th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1979 NL  4.1 (9th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1979 NL  4.2 (6th)
Career  15.8 (243rd)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1974 NL  13 (1st)
1981 NL  13 (2nd)
1982 NL  18 (2nd)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1979 NL  139 (4th)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1979 NL  239 (4th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1979 NL  11 (3rd)
1980 NL  7 (5th)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1979 NL  10 (2nd)
1980 NL  7 (3rd)
1981 NL  7 (1st)
Career  41 (77th)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1976 NL  8 (3rd)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1976 NL  9 (3rd)
1979 NL  12 (4th)
1981 NL  7 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1973 NL  4 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
1974 NL  10.37 (3rd)
1981 NL  10.59 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1978 NL  1.81 (5th)

                           
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 (·)

Black InkBatting - 11 (217), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 74 (335), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 49 (397), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 23 (627), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Left Field (135th), 14.8 career WAR/14.9 7yr-peak WAR/14.9 JAWS
Average HOF LF (out of 19) = 61.7 career WAR/39.7 7yr-peak WAR/50.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  1. Greg Vaughn (868)
  2. Frank Howard (866)
  3. Adam Dunn (863)
  4. Rocky Colavito (853)
  5. Boog Powell (847)
  6. Roy Sievers (844)
  7. George Foster (833)
  8. Joe Adcock (833)
  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. Pat Seerey (930)  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
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
197526New York Mets$125,0003/15/75 TSN
197627New York Mets$90,0001978 TSN Guide
197728New York Mets$95,000TSN salary survey, 4/23/771978 TSN Guide says $72,000
197829Chicago Cubs$275,0001978 TSN Guide$225K salary; $250K bonus; $50K for 1.6M attend
197930Chicago Cubs$275,0001978 TSN Guide$225K salary; $250K bonus; $50K for 1.6M attend
198031Chicago Cubs$275,0001978 TSN Guide$225K salary; $250K bonus; $50K for 1.6M attend
198132New York Mets$275,0001978 TSN Guide$225K salary; $250K bonus; $50K for 1.6M attend
198233New York Mets$275,0001978 TSN Guide$225K salary; $250K bonus; $50K for 1.6M attend
198334New York Mets$705,0001/15/84 NYT
198536Oakland Athletics$1,087,5001985 USA Today survey; 1/7/85 TSN3/3/86 TSN says $1,097,500
198637Oakland Athletics$730,0001986 USA Today survey
Career to date (may be incomplete)$4,207,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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