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Ron Kittle

Ronald Dale Kittle

Positions: Designated Hitter, Leftfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: January 5, 1958 in Gary, IN
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1977. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1982
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Yankees/Indians/Orioles 1982-1991
Agents: Bob Gilhooley,Jim Bronner [*]
Final Game: August 13, 1991
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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	19	LAD-min	Rk,A	56	177	153	31	35	7	0	7	24	4	0	19	55	.229	.314	.412	.726		63		1	2	2			LTH,CLI · PION,MIDW
1978	20	LAD-min	A	13	36	35	2	5	2	1	0	4	1	1	1	14	.143	.167	.257	.424		9							CLI · MIDW
1979	21	CHW-min	AA,A	88	309	277	46	74	12	2	8	38	0	1	27	93	.267	.340	.412	.751		114		4	0	1			KNX,APP · SOUL,MIDW
1980	22	CHW-min	A,AA	78	311	274	42	86	18	4	16	65	0	2	24	61	.314	.383	.584	.967		160		9	0	4			APP,GLF · MIDW,EL
1981	23	CHW-min	AA	109	457	389	97	127	17	3	40	103	0	1	60	107	.326	.425	.694	1.119		270		7	0	1	7		GLF · EL
1982	24	CHW-min	AAA	127	559	472	121	163	22	10	50	144	5	3	74	109	.345	.442	.752	1.194		355		10	0	3	9		EDM · PCL
1982	24	CHW	AL	20	32	29	3	7	2	0	1	7	0	0	3	12	.241	.313	.414	.726	98	12	0	0	0	0	0	/9D
1983	25	CHW	AL	145	570	520	75	132	19	3	35	100	8	3	39	*150*	.254	.314	.504	.818	118	262	10	8	0	3	8	*7/D8	AS,RoY-1
1984	26	CHW	AL	139	525	466	67	100	15	0	32	74	3	6	49	137	.215	.295	.453	.748	100	211	7	6	0	4	5	*7/D
1985	27	CHW-min	AAA	6	27	21	3	7	2	0	2	5	0	0	5	3	.333	.481	.714	1.196		15		1	0	0	0		BFL · AA
1985	27	CHW	AL	116	417	379	51	87	12	0	26	58	1	4	31	92	.230	.295	.467	.762	102	177	12	5	0	2	1	D7
1986	28	TOT	AL	116	422	376	42	82	13	0	21	60	4	1	35	110	.218	.284	.420	.705	87	158	10	3	0	8	1	D7
1986	28	CHW	AL	86	333	296	34	63	11	0	17	48	2	1	28	87	.213	.282	.422	.705	86	125	10	3	0	6	0	D7
1986	28	NYY	AL	30	89	80	8	19	2	0	4	12	2	0	7	23	.238	.292	.413	.705	91	33	0	0	0	2	1	D/7
1987	29	NYY-min	AAA	4	19	18	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.222	.263	.222	.485		4		0	0	0	0		CLB · IL
1987	29	NYY	AL	59	173	159	21	44	5	0	12	28	0	1	10	36	.277	.318	.535	.853	122	85	4	1	0	3	1	D/7
1988	30	CLE	AL	75	254	225	31	58	8	0	18	43	0	0	16	65	.258	.323	.533	.856	134	120	0	8	0	5	1	D
1989	31	CHW	AL	51	196	169	26	51	10	0	11	37	0	1	22	42	.302	.378	.556	.934	164	94	2	1	0	4	1	3D/7
1990	32	TOT	AL	105	369	338	33	78	16	0	18	46	0	0	26	91	.231	.293	.438	.731	104	148	6	4	0	1	2	D3
1990	32	CHW	AL	83	305	277	29	68	14	0	16	43	0	0	24	77	.245	.311	.469	.781	118	130	3	3	0	1	2	D3
1990	32	BAL	AL	22	64	61	4	10	2	0	2	3	0	0	2	14	.164	.203	.295	.498	40	18	3	1	0	0	0	D/3
1991	33	CHW-min	AAA	17	77	71	9	22	4	1	4	21	1	1	6	13	.310	.364	.563	.927		40		0	0	0	0		VAN · PCL
1991	33	CHW	AL	17	55	47	7	9	0	0	2	7	0	0	5	9	.191	.291	.319	.610	71	15	2	2	0	1	0	3
10 Yrs				843	3013	2708	356	648	100	3	176	460	16	16	236	744	.239	.306	.473	.779	110	1282	53	38	0	31	20
162 Game Avg.				162	579	520	68	125	19	1	34	88	3	3	45	143	.239	.306	.473	.779	110	246	10	7	0	6	4

CHW (8 yrs)				657	2433	2183	292	517	83	3	140	374	14	15	201	606	.237	.307	.470	.777	109	1026	46	28	0	21	17
NYY (2 yrs)				89	262	239	29	63	7	0	16	40	2	1	17	59	.264	.309	.494	.803	112	118	4	1	0	5	2
CLE (1 yr)				75	254	225	31	58	8	0	18	43	0	0	16	65	.258	.323	.533	.856	134	120	0	8	0	5	1
BAL (1 yr)				22	64	61	4	10	2	0	2	3	0	0	2	14	.164	.203	.295	.498	40	18	3	1	0	0	0

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
1982	24	CHW	AL	20	32	-0	0	0	-1	-0	-1	-0.1	1	-0	0.0	.493	.499	0.1	-0.2	1	$	/9D
1983	25	CHW	AL	145	570	10	1	-1	-6	-6	-2	0.0	18	15	1.6	.498	.499	2.3	-1.1	22	$	*7/D8	AS,RoY-1
1984	26	CHW	AL	139	525	2	-2	1	-6	-6	-12	-1.1	16	4	0.4	.491	.492	1.0	-1.2	10	$175,000	*7/D
1985	27	CHW	AL	116	417	5	-1	-2	-4	-8	-10	-0.9	13	2	0.2	.491	.493	0.6	-1.1	6	$300,000	D7
1986	28	CHW	AL	86	333	-8	-1	-2	-3	-7	-21	-2.0	10	-11	-1.1	.475	.487	-0.8	-0.9	-8	$400,000	D7
1986	28	NYY	AL	30	89	-2	0	0	-0	-2	-4	-0.3	3	-1	-0.1	.488	.498	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$	D/7
1987	29	NYY	AL	59	173	3	-2	-1	0	-5	-4	-0.3	5	2	0.2	.494	.498	0.1	-0.4	1	$425,000	D/7
1988	30	CLE	AL	75	254	8	-0	0	0	-6	2	0.3	8	10	1.0	.502	.501	1.0	-0.6	10	$300,000	D
1989	31	CHW	AL	51	196	14	-1	0	-2	-4	8	0.9	6	14	1.5	.516	.505	1.6	-0.5	15	$550,000	3D/7
1990	32	CHW	AL	83	305	5	0	0	-3	-7	-4	-0.3	10	6	0.6	.495	.497	1.0	-1.0	9	$550,000	D3
1990	32	BAL	AL	22	64	-4	0	-1	-1	-2	-8	-0.9	2	-6	-0.7	.460	.495	-0.5	-0.3	-5	$	D/3
1991	33	CHW	AL	17	55	-2	1	-0	-0	-1	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.1	.483	.498	0.0	-0.1	-1	$	3
10 Seasons				843	3013	30	-5	-3	-25	-56	-59	-5.1	94	35	3.5	.493	.497	6.3	-7.7	60	$2,700,000

CHW (8 yrs)				657	2433	25	-3	-3	-24	-40	-45	-3.8	76	30	3.1	.493	.496	5.8	-6.2	54	$1,975,000
NYY (2 yrs)				89	262	2	-1	-0	0	-7	-7	-0.7	8	1	0.1	.492	.498	0.0	-0.6	0	$425,000
CLE (1 yr)				75	254	8	-0	0	0	-6	2	0.3	8	10	1.0	.502	.501	1.0	-0.6	10	$300,000
BAL (1 yr)				22	64	-4	0	-1	-1	-2	-8	-0.9	2	-6	-0.7	.460	.495	-0.5	-0.3	-5	$

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
1982	24	CHW	AL	32	22	4	4.9	99	.375	.241	.264	.313	.328	.414	.403	.726	.731	98	.529	-0.1	-0.0	.682	.276	.172	.0
1983	25	CHW	AL	570	404	81	5.4	101	.287	.254	.270	.314	.333	.504	.408	.818	.740	118	.575	10.0	1.0	.783	.335	.250	13.0
1984	26	CHW	AL	525	383	62	4.3	101	.226	.215	.269	.295	.333	.453	.406	.748	.739	100	.481	-1.9	-0.2	.694	.337	.238	5.5
1985	27	CHW	AL	417	310	48	4.1	102	.232	.230	.266	.295	.332	.467	.413	.762	.745	102	.453	-1.0	-0.1	.682	.311	.237	1.9
1986	28	TOT	AL	422	313	45	3.8	103	.241	.218	.265	.284	.333	.420	.413	.705	.746	87	.411	-7.9	-0.8	.652	.303	.202	6.7
1986	28	CHW	AL	333	250	34	3.6	104	.232	.213	.266	.282	.335	.422	.415	.705	.750	86	.387	-6.7	-0.7	.643	.307	.209	3.6
1986	28	NYY	AL	89	63	11	4.7	99	.273	.238	.260	.292	.328	.413	.406	.705	.734	91	.500	-1.2	-0.1	.689	.288	.175	2.7
1987	29	NYY	AL	173	123	26	5.6	105	.281	.277	.264	.318	.332	.535	.424	.853	.756	122	.558	4.4	0.4	.792	.314	.258	.0
1988	30	CLE	AL	254	172	42	6.5	96	.272	.258	.262	.323	.327	.533	.394	.856	.721	134	.673	9.6	1.0	.862	.347	.276	.0
1989	31	CHW	AL	196	125	37	7.9	91	.333	.302	.257	.378	.322	.556	.379	.934	.700	164	.751	14.9	1.5	.959	.379	.254	.0
1990	32	TOT	AL	369	267	44	4.4	93	.261	.231	.257	.293	.325	.438	.384	.731	.708	104	.502	0.3	0.0	.669	.284	.207	.0
1990	32	CHW	AL	305	213	41	5.1	93	.281	.245	.257	.311	.325	.469	.384	.781	.709	118	.573	5.5	0.6	.741	.310	.224	.0
1990	32	BAL	AL	64	54	3	1.5	92	.178	.164	.256	.203	.324	.295	.382	.498	.706	40	.121	-5.2	-0.5	.389	.164	.131	.0
1991	33	CHW	AL	55	41	4	2.6	95	.189	.191	.258	.291	.326	.319	.391	.610	.717	71	.268	-1.8	-0.2	.550	.234	.128	.0
10 Yrs				3013	2160	393	4.9	100	.259	.239	.265	.306	.330	.473	.404	.779	.734	110	.531	26.4	2.6	.731	.321	.234	29.3
162 Game Avg.				579	415	76	4.9	100	.259	.239	.265	.306	.330	.473	.404	.779	.734	110	.531	5	0	.731	.321	.234	6

CHW (8 yrs)				2433	1748	311	4.8	100	.259	.237	.266	.307	.331	.470	.404	.777	.734	109	.523	18.8	1.9	.726	.325	.233	25.5
NYY (2 yrs)				262	186	37	5.3	103	.278	.264	.263	.309	.331	.494	.418	.803	.749	112	.539	3.2	0.3	.757	.305	.230	3.6
CLE (1 yr)				254	172	42	6.5	96	.272	.258	.262	.323	.327	.533	.394	.856	.721	134	.673	9.6	1.0	.862	.347	.276	.0
BAL (1 yr)				64	54	3	1.5	92	.178	.164	.256	.203	.324	.295	.382	.498	.706	40	.121	-5.2	-0.5	.389	.164	.131	.0

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
1983	25	CHW	AL	ALCS	BAL	L	3	9	7	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.286	.444	.429	.873	3	1	1	0	0	0
1 ALCS							3	9	7	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.286	.444	.429	.873	3	1	1	0	0	0

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
1983	CHW	AL	25		2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	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
1982	24	CHW	AL	32	3.1%	37.5%	9.4%	9.4%	43%	4.00	2.4	29.0	4.1		0.57	50%
1983	25	CHW	AL	570	6.1%	26.3%	6.8%	10.0%	43%	3.85	3.5	14.9	5.2		0.64	59%
1984	26	CHW	AL	525	6.1%	26.1%	9.3%	9.0%	47%	2.80	3.4	*14.6*	6.3		0.61	57%
1985	27	CHW	AL	417	6.2%	22.1%	7.4%	9.1%	44%	2.97	4.1	14.6	6.5		0.76	63%
1986	28	TOT	AL	422	5.0%	26.1%	8.3%	8.1%	42%	3.14	3.4	17.9	6.3		0.67	60%
1986	28	CHW	AL	333	5.1%	26.1%	8.4%	8.4%	44%	3.11	3.4	17.4	6.2		0.71	59%
1986	28	NYY	AL	89	4.5%	25.8%	7.9%	6.7%	32%	3.29	3.5	20.0	6.7		0.50	62%
1987	29	NYY	AL	173	6.9%	20.8%	5.8%	9.8%	39%	3.60	4.4	13.3	5.7		0.77	66%
1988	30	CLE	AL	254	7.1%	25.6%	6.3%	10.2%	45%	4.06	3.5	12.5	5.2	0.39	0.40	58%	22%	31.0%	49%
1989	31	CHW	AL	196	5.6%	21.4%	11.2%	10.7%	41%	1.91	4.0	15.4	4.6	0.44	0.67	61%	24%	14.7%	17%
1990	32	TOT	AL	369	4.9%	24.7%	7.1%	9.2%	44%	3.50	3.7	18.8	7.3	0.45	0.58	62%	18%	13.7%	23%
1990	32	CHW	AL	305	5.3%	25.3%	7.9%	9.8%	44%	3.21	3.6	17.3	6.4	0.47	0.61	61%	18%	15.0%	21%
1990	32	BAL	AL	64	3.1%	21.9%	3.1%	6.3%	40%	7.00	4.4	30.5	20.3	0.34	0.48	70%	17%	8.3%	31%
1991	33	CHW	AL	55	3.6%	16.4%	9.1%	3.6%	22%	1.80	5.2	23.5	6.7	0.63	0.78	67%	13%	12.5%	33%
10 Yrs				3013	5.8%	24.7%	7.8%	9.3%	43%	3.15	3.6	15.4	5.9	0.44	0.64	60%	20%	17.5%	30%
MLB Averages					2.2%	14.5%	8.5%	6.8%	29%	1.70	6.2	41.2	8.4	0.80	1.07	73%	20%	6.5%	24%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1982	24	CHW	AL	-0.1	-0.0	32	0.1	0.8	-0.7	1.03	0.1	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	1.03	0.9	1.28	13
1983	25	CHW	AL	10.0	1.0	584	0.3	10.6	-10.3	.99	1.5	-1.2	11.9	1.2	0.97	15.4	1.75	6
1984	26	CHW	AL	-1.9	-0.2	539	-0.7	9.3	-10.0	1.01	0.9	-1.6	-0.5	-0.0	0.94	12.7	2.13	13
1985	27	CHW	AL	-1.0	-0.1	427	-0.5	6.9	-7.3	.91	0.6	-1.1	-1.5	-0.1	0.90	7.0	2.21	9
1986	28	TOT	AL	-7.9	-0.8	430	-1.0	7.8	-8.8	1.10	-0.4	-0.6	-8.1	-0.8	0.99	-7.0	2.20	12
1986	28	CHW	AL	-6.7	-0.7	338	-0.5	6.5	-7.0	1.11	-0.4	-0.1	-6.1	-0.6	0.97	-5.9	2.18	4
1986	28	NYY	AL	-1.2	-0.1	92	-0.5	1.4	-1.8	1.04	0.0	-0.5	-2.0	-0.2	1.02	-1.0	2.20	8
1987	29	NYY	AL	4.4	0.4	175	0.2	3.0	-2.9	.91	0.5	-0.3	-1.5	-0.1	0.94	5.1	1.73	13
1988	30	CLE	AL	9.6	1.0	257	1.0	5.3	-4.3	1.01	1.2	-0.3	11.0	1.1	0.97	13.8	1.54	13
1989	31	CHW	AL	14.9	1.5	198	1.4	4.5	-3.1	.97	1.6	-0.1	18.5	1.9	0.96	17.5	2.10	3
1990	32	TOT	AL	0.3	0.0	373	-0.5	6.3	-6.8	.98	0.1	-0.6	-4.1	-0.5	0.94	1.8	2.59	14
1990	32	CHW	AL	5.5	0.6	309	0.6	5.8	-5.3	.97	0.6	-0.1	4.9	0.5	0.94	8.2	2.55	7
1990	32	BAL	AL	-5.2	-0.5	64	-1.0	0.5	-1.5	1.03	-0.6	-0.4	-9.1	-1.0	0.96	-6.4	2.63	7
1991	33	CHW	AL	-1.8	-0.2	57	-0.6	0.6	-1.1	.95	-0.1	-0.4	-3.6	-0.4	1.03	-2.1	3.53	2
10 Yrs				26.4	2.6	3072	-0.3	55.1	-55.4	.99	6.0	-6.3	21.9	2.2	0.95	65.1	1.97	98

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1982	24	CHW	AL	0	22%	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1983	25	CHW	AL	7	28%	163	8	3	73%	7	3	1	0	0	2	1	5	7	50%	15	9	6	5	2	2	14	5	9
1984	26	CHW	AL	11	29%	151	3	6	33%	3	4	0	2	0	1	0	6	10	49%	33	18	15	5	3	2	13	5	8
1985	27	CHW	AL	11	26%	108	1	4	20%	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	56%	11	7	4	7	3	4	9	2	7
1986	28	TOT	AL	3	21%	107	4	1	80%	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	41%	20	14	6	3	3	0	9	1	7
1986	28	CHW	AL	2	22%	69	2	1	67%	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	39%	14	9	5	3	3	0	6	1	4
1986	28	NYY	AL	1	18%	38	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	44%	6	5	1	0	0	0	3	0	3
1987	29	NYY	AL	1	21%	60	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	18%	11	9	1	3	3	0	3	1	2
1988	30	CLE	AL	1	20%	63	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	14%	7	5	2	4	4	0	3	2	0
1989	31	CHW	AL	2	24%	71	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	25%	10	10	0	3	3	0	7	2	5
1990	32	TOT	AL	3	17%	109	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	28%	16	13	3	1	0	1	8	5	3
1990	32	CHW	AL	2	17%	97	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	26%	14	12	2	1	0	1	8	5	3
1990	32	BAL	AL	1	18%	12	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991	33	CHW	AL	0	36%	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	33%	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
10 Yrs				39	24%	853	16	16	50%	14	14	1	2	1	4	1	23	45	40%	125	86	38	32	22	9	67	23	42

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
1982	24	CHW	AL	32	69%	7			13	2	0	3	1.28	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		9	0	0%	6	1	17%	28	6	21%	5	2	40%	2	0	0%	0
1983	25	CHW	AL	570	35%	132			6	0	0	0	1.75	35	0	17	22	13	18	17	0	0	0		108	10	9%	62	11	18%	379	66	17%	33	16	48%	25	9	36%	0
1984	26	CHW	AL	525	39%	100			13	4	2	3	2.13	32	0	11	20	12	17	15	0	0	0		102	7	7%	48	11	23%	318	43	14%	24	11	46%	18	8	44%	0
1985	27	CHW	AL	417	40%	87			9	0	0	0	2.21	26	0	8	16	10	12	14	0	0	0		78	12	15%	35	8	23%	237	37	16%	21	11	52%	9	4	44%	0
1986	28	TOT	AL	422	48%	82			12	2	0	1	2.20	21	0	6	14	7	6	15	0	0	0		94	10	11%	50	12	24%	288	39	14%	30	12	40%	13	4	31%	0
1986	28	CHW	AL	333	39%	63			4	1	0	1	2.18	17	0	6	14	3	5	12	0	0	0		73	10	14%	40	9	23%	224	31	14%	23	9	39%	12	4	33%	0
1986	28	NYY	AL	89	81%	19			8	1	0	0	2.20	4	0	0	0	4	1	3	0	0	0		21	0	0%	10	3	30%	64	8	13%	7	3	43%	1	0	0%	0
1987	29	NYY	AL	173	61%	44			13	1	0	0	1.73	12	0	5	6	6	7	5	1	0	0		39	4	10%	23	5	22%	109	17	16%	15	5	33%	5	1	20%	0
1988	30	CLE	AL	254	41%	58	2	0	13	5	3	4	1.54	18	0	5	9	9	7	11	0	0	0		41	0	0%	22	9	41%	170	26	15%	11	7	64%	10	4	40%	0
1989	31	CHW	AL	196	34%	51	2	0	3	1	0	0	2.10	11	0	4	7	4	6	5	0	0	0		44	2	5%	15	6	40%	126	26	21%	8	6	75%	6	2	33%	0
1990	32	TOT	AL	369	45%	78	6	0	14	4	1	3	2.59	18	0	9	5	13	8	10	0	1	0	0%	62	6	10%	36	5	14%	211	29	14%	15	6	40%	17	7	41%	0
1990	32	CHW	AL	305	41%	68	6	0	7	2	1	2	2.55	16	0	7	5	11	7	9	0	1	0	0%	50	3	6%	30	5	17%	173	28	16%	12	6	50%	15	7	47%	0
1990	32	BAL	AL	64	61%	10	0	0	7	2	0	1	2.63	2	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	0		12	3	25%	6	0	0%	38	1	3%	3	0	0%	2	0	0%	0
1991	33	CHW	AL	55	35%	9	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.53	2	0	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	0		10	2	20%	8	2	25%	45	5	11%	6	2	33%	4	3	75%	0
10 Yrs				3013	42%	648	10	0	98	19	6	14	1.97	176	0	69	100	76	81	95	1	1	0	0%	587	53	9%	305	70	23%	1911	294	15%	168	78	46%	109	42	39%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			77%			11%			35%			15%			52%			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	30	CLE	AL	250	863	3.45	544	63%	19%	28%	23%	30%	81%	1%	51%	65%	46%	2%	5	0	9%	22	13	7%	17	13	20%	4	0	0
1989	31	CHW	AL	196	754	3.85	443	59%	19%	25%	27%	30%	81%	1%	48%	69%	40%	6%	11	1	19%	38	21	12%	23	11	26%	0	0	2
1990	32	TOT	AL	359	1319	3.67	857	65%	19%	25%	27%	28%	81%	1%	52%	68%	42%	3%	11	0	11%	38	22	5%	19	10	18%	10	1	1
1990	32	CHW	AL	296	1119	3.78	722	65%	20%	25%	28%	27%	80%	1%	52%	68%	41%	3%	8	0	10%	31	18	5%	16	8	21%	9	1	1
1990	32	BAL	AL	63	200	3.17	135	68%	16%	26%	24%	34%	84%	0%	57%	69%	48%	5%	3	0	11%	7	4	5%	3	2	7%	1	0	0
1991	33	CHW	AL	55	182	3.31	113	62%	22%	17%	27%	35%	78%	0%	48%	78%	38%	5%	3	1	13%	7	2	11%	6	4	22%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				860	3118	3.63	1957	63%	19%	25%	26%	29%	81%	1%	51%	68%	42%	3%	30	2	12%	105	58	8%	65	38	21%	14	1	3
MLB Averages						3.62		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	32%	6%			16%			9%			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	SF	IBB
1982	24	20	32	29	3	7	2	0	1	7	0	0	3	12	.241	.313	.414	.726	98	12	0	0	0	0
1983	25	165	602	549	78	139	21	3	36	107	8	3	42	162	.253	.314	.499	.813	117	274	10	8	3	8
1984	26	304	1127	1015	145	239	36	3	68	181	11	9	91	299	.235	.305	.478	.783	109	485	17	14	7	13
1985	27	420	1544	1394	196	326	48	3	94	239	12	13	122	391	.234	.302	.475	.777	107	662	29	19	9	14
1986	28	536	1966	1770	238	408	61	3	115	299	16	14	157	501	.231	.299	.463	.762	103	820	39	22	17	15
1987	29	595	2139	1929	259	452	66	3	127	327	16	15	167	537	.234	.300	.469	.769	104	905	43	23	20	16
1988	30	670	2393	2154	290	510	74	3	145	370	16	15	183	602	.237	.303	.476	.778	107	1025	43	31	25	17
1989	31	721	2589	2323	316	561	84	3	156	407	16	16	205	644	.241	.308	.482	.790	111	1119	45	32	29	18
1990	32	826	2958	2661	349	639	100	3	174	453	16	16	231	735	.240	.306	.476	.782	111	1267	51	36	30	20
1991	33	843	3013	2708	356	648	100	3	176	460	16	16	236	744	.239	.306	.473	.779	110	1282	53	38	31	20

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1982	24	20	32	29	3	7	2	0	1	7	0	3	12	.241	.313	.414	.726	4	20
1983	25	145	571	521	76	133	19	3	35	101	8	39	150	.255	.315	.505	.820	81	145
1984	26	139	526	467	68	101	15	0	32	75	3	49	137	.216	.297	.454	.751	62	139
1985	27	116	417	379	51	87	12	0	26	58	1	31	92	.230	.295	.467	.762	51	116
1986	28	116	422	376	42	82	13	0	21	60	4	35	110	.218	.284	.420	.705	45	116
1987	29	59	172	158	20	43	5	0	12	27	0	10	36	.272	.314	.532	.846	26	59
1988	30	75	257	227	33	60	8	0	19	46	0	17	65	.264	.331	.551	.881	39	75
1989	31	51	202	173	30	55	11	0	12	42	0	24	42	.318	.396	.590	.986	41	51
1990	32	105	377	344	37	84	17	0	19	51	0	28	91	.244	.308	.459	.767	48	105
1991	33	17	55	47	7	9	0	0	2	7	0	5	9	.191	.291	.319	.610	4	17
10 Yrs		843	3031	2721	367	661	102	3	179	474	16	241	744	.243	.310	.480	.790	401	843
162 Game Avg.		162	582	523	71	127	20	1	34	91	3	46	143	.243	.310	.480	.790	77	843

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1983 *	Awards (yr lg award) 1983 AL Rookie of the Year	Slugging % s c a p y 1983 AL .504 (9th) Career .473 (225th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1983 AL 35 (3rd) 1984 AL 32 (6th)
Runs Batted In s c a p y 1983 AL 100 (10th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1983 AL 150 (1st) 1984 AL 137 (4th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1983 AL 8 (5th)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1986 AL 8 (6th)
AB per HR s c a p y 1983 AL 14.9 (1st) 1984 AL 14.6 (1st) 1985 AL 14.6 (7th)** Career 15.4 (22nd)

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 15 (1187), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 12 (1094), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 9 (1691), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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