Ron Kittle
Ronald Dale Kittle
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 220 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
Final Game: August 13, 1991
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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
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 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 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 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 Seasons 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

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
1982 24 CHW AL 32 22 4 4.9 98 .375 .241 .264 .313 .328 .414 .402 .726 .730 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 9.9 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 -2.0 -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 -1.1 -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 .499 -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 0.4 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 Seasons 3013 2160 393 4.9 100 .259 .239 .265 .306 .330 .473 .404 .779 .734 110 .531 26.3 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 18.7 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

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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
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

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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
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*

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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
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 Seasons 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

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
1982 24 CHW AL 0 0 22% 8 0 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 0 28% 163 8 3 73% 7 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 5 7 50% 15 9 6 5 2 2 14 5 9
1984 26 CHW AL 11 0 29% 151 3 6 33% 3 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 6 10 49% 33 18 15 5 3 2 13 5 8
1985 27 CHW AL 11 0 26% 108 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 56% 11 7 4 7 3 4 9 2 7
1986 28 TOT AL 3 0 21% 107 4 1 80% 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 41% 20 14 6 3 3 0 9 1 7
1986 28 CHW AL 2 0 22% 69 2 1 67% 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 39% 14 9 5 3 3 0 6 1 4
1986 28 NYY AL 1 0 18% 38 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44% 6 5 1 0 0 0 3 0 3
1987 29 NYY AL 1 0 21% 60 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 18% 11 9 1 3 3 0 3 1 2
1988 30 CLE AL 1 0 20% 63 0 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 0 24% 71 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 25% 10 10 0 3 3 0 7 2 5
1990 32 TOT AL 3 0 17% 108 0 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 0 17% 96 0 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 0 18% 12 0 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 0 36% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 33% 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 39 0 24% 852 16 16 50% 14 14 1 2 1 0 4 1 23 45 40% 125 86 38 32 22 9 67 23 42
MLB Averages

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
1982 24 CHW AL 32 69% 7 11 2 0 3 1.27 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 1.77 35 0 17 22 13 18 17 0 0 0 108 10 9% 62 11 18% 379 66 17% 33 16 48% 42 11 26% 0
1984 26 CHW AL 525 39% 100 13 4 2 3 2.15 32 0 11 20 12 17 15 0 0 0 102 7 7% 48 11 23% 318 43 14% 24 11 46% 19 4 21% 0
1985 27 CHW AL 417 40% 87 3 0 0 0 2.25 26 0 8 16 10 12 14 0 0 0 78 12 15% 35 8 23% 237 37 16% 21 11 52% 15 3 20% 0
1986 28 TOT AL 422 48% 82 7 2 0 1 2.21 21 0 6 14 7 6 15 0 0 0 94 10 11% 50 12 24% 288 39 14% 30 12 40% 26 6 23% 0
1986 28 CHW AL 333 39% 63 3 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% 19 4 21% 0
1986 28 NYY AL 89 81% 19 4 1 0 0 2.24 4 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 21 0 0% 10 3 30% 64 8 13% 7 3 43% 7 2 29% 0
1987 29 NYY AL 173 61% 44 4 1 0 0 1.74 12 0 5 6 6 7 5 1 0 0 39 4 10% 23 5 22% 109 17 16% 15 5 33% 10 2 20% 0
1988 30 CLE AL 254 41% 58 2 0 10 4 2 3 1.61 18 0 5 9 9 7 11 0 0 0 41 0 0% 22 9 41% 170 26 15% 11 7 64% 17 5 29% 0
1989 31 CHW AL 196 34% 51 2 0 3 1 0 0 2.23 11 0 4 7 4 6 5 0 0 0 44 2 5% 15 6 40% 126 26 21% 8 6 75% 13 5 38% 0
1990 32 TOT AL 369 45% 78 6 0 9 3 1 2 2.65 18 0 9 5 13 8 10 0 1 0 0% 62 6 10% 36 5 14% 211 29 14% 15 6 40% 24 4 17% 0
1990 32 CHW AL 305 41% 68 6 0 5 2 1 2 2.61 16 0 7 5 11 7 9 0 1 0 0% 50 3 6% 30 5 17% 173 28 16% 12 6 50% 22 4 18% 0
1990 32 BAL AL 64 61% 10 0 0 4 1 0 0 2.70 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 3.54 2 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 10 2 20% 8 2 25% 45 5 11% 6 2 33% 3 1 33% 0
10 Seasons 3013 42% 648 10 0 68 17 5 12 1.99 176 0 69 100 76 81 95 1 1 0 0% 587 53 9% 305 70 23% 1911 294 15% 168 78 46% 171 41 24% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 249 860 3.45 543 63% 19% 28% 23% 30% 81% 1% 51% 65% 46% 2% 5 0 9% 22 13 7% 17 13 20% 5 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 356 1311 3.68 854 65% 19% 25% 27% 28% 81% 1% 53% 69% 42% 3% 11 0 10% 37 21 5% 19 10 18% 13 1 1
1990 32 CHW AL 293 1111 3.79 719 65% 20% 25% 28% 27% 80% 1% 52% 68% 41% 3% 8 0 10% 30 17 5% 16 8 21% 12 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 Seasons 856 3107 3.63 1953 63% 19% 25% 26% 29% 81% 1% 51% 68% 42% 4% 30 2 12% 104 57 8% 65 38 21% 18 1 3
MLB Averages

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
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 0
1983 25 165 602 549 78 139 21 3 36 107 8 3 42 162 .253 .314 .499 .813 117 274 10 8 0 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 0 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 0 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 0 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 0 20 16
1988 30 670 2393 2154 290 510 74 3 145 370 16 15 183 602 .237 .303 .476 .778 108 1025 43 31 0 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 0 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 0 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 0 31 20

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
1982 24 20 32 29 3 7 2 0 1 7 0 3 12 .241 .313 .414 .726 4 20
1983 25 145 573 522 76 134 19 3 36 101 8 40 150 .257 .318 .511 .829 82 145
1984 26 139 528 468 69 102 15 0 33 76 3 50 137 .218 .299 .462 .761 63 139
1985 27 116 413 376 51 84 12 0 25 58 1 30 92 .223 .288 .455 .743 48 116
1986 28 116 422 376 42 82 13 0 21 60 4 35 110 .218 .284 .420 .705 45 116
1987 29 59 171 157 20 42 5 0 11 27 0 10 36 .268 .310 .510 .819 25 59
1988 30 75 263 231 33 64 9 0 20 46 0 18 65 .277 .346 .576 .922 44 75
1989 31 51 203 174 30 56 11 0 12 42 0 24 42 .322 .399 .592 .991 42 51
1990 32 105 380 346 37 86 18 0 20 52 0 29 91 .249 .313 .474 .787 50 105
1991 33 17 57 48 8 10 0 0 2 8 0 6 9 .208 .316 .333 .649 5 17
10 Seasons 843 3042 2727 369 667 104 3 181 477 16 245 744 .245 .313 .484 .797 408 843
162 Game Avg. 162 585 524 71 128 20 1 35 92 3 47 143 .245 .313 .484 .797 78 843

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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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 (210th)

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 (21st)

                                         
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 (·)

Gray InkBatting - 15 (1161), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 11 (1083), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1809), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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