Mickey Klutts

Gene Ellis Klutts

Positions: Third Baseman, Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: September 20, 1954 in Montebello, CA
High School: El Rancho HS (Pico Rivera, CA)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 4th round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 7, 1976
Teams (by GP): Athletics/BlueJays/Yankees 1976-1983

Final Game: July 26, 1983
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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
1972	17	NYY-min	Rk	54	182	182		46	7	3	3						.253	.253	.374	.626		68							JOH · APPY
1973	18	NYY-min	A-,A	71	229	229		55	8	5	3						.240	.240	.358	.598		82							ONE,FTL · NYPL,FLOR
1974	19	NYY-min	A	85	302	268	24	61	9	2	5	30	4	4	24	44	.228	.293	.332	.625		89	8	2	5	3	0		FTL · FLOR
1975	20	NYY-min	AA	69	221	221		48	10	1	2						.217	.217	.299	.516		66							WHA · EL
1976	21	NYY-min	AAA	119	477	430	75	137	22	3	24	80	3	3	35	87	.319	.371	.551	.922		237		4	2	6			SYR · IL
1976	21	NYY	AL	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/6
1977	22	NYY-min	AAA	85	348	320	52	92	19	7	14	66	1	1	19	65	.288	.332	.522	.854		167		4	2	3			SYR · IL
1977	22	NYY	AL	5	18	15	3	4	1	0	1	4	0	1	2	1	.267	.389	.533	.922	150	8	0	1	0	0	0	/56
1978	23	OAK-min	AAA	11	48	41	7	12	2	0	4	14	0	0	7	6	.293	.396	.634	1.030		26		0	0	0			VAN · PCL
1978	23	NYY	AL	1	3	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.500	2.500	605	3	0	1	0	0	0	/5
1979	24	OAK	AL	24	80	73	3	14	2	1	1	4	0	1	7	20	.192	.263	.288	.550	53	21	1	0	0	0	0	6/45D
1980	25	OAK	AL	75	212	197	20	53	14	0	4	21	1	4	13	41	.269	.313	.401	.714	102	79	5	0	1	1	1	5/64D
1981	26	OAK-min	AAA	9	31	28	3	11	2	1	1	4	0	0	2	7	.393	.433	.643	1.076		18		0	1	0	0		TAC · PCL
1981	26	OAK	AL	15	48	46	9	17	0	0	5	11	0	0	2	9	.370	.396	.696	1.091	218	32	0	0	0	0	1	5
1982	27	OAK	AL	55	170	157	10	28	8	0	0	14	0	0	9	18	.178	.222	.229	.451	28	36	4	0	3	1	0	5
1983	28	TOR-min	AAA	12	33	32	3	12	2	0	0	6	0	0	1	7	.375	.394	.438	.831		14		0	0	0	0		SYR · IL
1983	28	TOR	AL	22	45	43	3	11	0	0	3	5	0	1	1	11	.256	.289	.465	.754	99	20	0	1	0	0	1	5/D
8 Yrs				199	579	536	49	129	26	1	14	59	1	7	34	101	.241	.289	.371	.660	85	199	10	3	4	2	3
162 Game Avg.				162	471	436	40	105	21	1	11	48	1	6	28	82	.241	.289	.371	.660	85	162	8	2	3	2	2

OAK (4 yrs)				169	510	473	42	112	24	1	10	50	1	5	31	88	.237	.283	.355	.638	80	168	10	0	4	2	2
NYY (3 yrs)				8	24	20	4	6	2	0	1	4	0	1	2	2	.300	.417	.550	.967	167	11	0	2	0	0	0
TOR (1 yr)				22	45	43	3	11	0	0	3	5	0	1	1	11	.256	.289	.465	.754	99	20	0	1	0	0	1

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
1976	21	NYY	AL	2	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.494	.500	-0.1	0.1	-1	$	/6
1977	22	NYY	AL	5	18	1	-0	0	2	0	3	0.3	1	4	0.4	.561	.502	0.2	0.2	2	$	/56
1978	23	NYY	AL	1	3	2	0	0	-1	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.582	.501	0.2	-0.1	2	$	/5
1979	24	OAK	AL	24	80	-5	-0	-0	-2	1	-6	-0.6	3	-4	-0.4	.473	.496	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$	6/45D
1980	25	OAK	AL	75	212	0	-1	0	-0	1	0	0.1	6	6	0.7	.500	.500	0.7	0.2	7	$	5/64D
1981	26	OAK	AL	15	48	7	-0	0	-2	0	5	0.6	2	7	0.7	.537	.503	0.9	-0.1	8	$	5
1982	27	OAK	AL	55	170	-15	-1	0	-3	0	-18	-1.9	5	-13	-1.4	.465	.488	-1.0	-0.3	-10	$	5
1983	28	TOR	AL	22	45	-1	-0	0	-1	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.490	.499	0.0	-0.1	0	$	5/D
8 Seasons				199	579	-12	-3	1	-6	3	-18	-1.7	18	0	0.0	.491	.499	0.7	-0.2	6	$

OAK (4 yrs)				169	510	-13	-2	0	-7	3	-19	-1.8	16	-4	-0.4	.488	.497	0.4	-0.3	3	$
NYY (3 yrs)				8	24	2	-0	0	2	0	4	0.4	1	4	0.5	.547	.501	0.3	0.2	3	$
TOR (1 yr)				22	45	-1	-0	0	-1	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.490	.499	0.0	-0.1	0	$

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
1976	21	NYY	AL	3	3	0	0.0	85	.000	.000	.255	.000	.319	.000	.359	.000	.678	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1977	22	NYY	AL	18	12	3	6.7	99	.231	.267	.265	.389	.329	.533	.403	.922	.732	150	.663	1.2	0.1	.833	.333	.267	.0
1978	23	NYY	AL	3	0	3		91	1.000	1.000	.258	1.000	.322	1.500	.380	2.500	.702	605	.000	1.7	0.2		.500	.500
1979	24	OAK	AL	80	61	5	2.2	97	.250	.192	.262	.263	.326	.288	.397	.550	.723	53	.198	-4.9	-0.5	.443	.178	.096	.0
1980	25	OAK	AL	212	155	22	3.8	92	.320	.269	.259	.313	.321	.401	.385	.714	.705	102	.416	0.7	0.1	.582	.183	.132	1.6
1981	26	OAK	AL	48	29	13	12.1	84	.375	.370	.249	.396	.313	.696	.362	1.091	.675	218	.878	6.2	0.6	1.172	.370	.326	.0
1982	27	OAK	AL	170	137	8	1.6	93	.200	.178	.257	.222	.320	.229	.392	.451	.711	28	.123	-15.0	-1.5	.338	.108	.051
1983	28	TOR	AL	45	33	5	4.1	103	.276	.256	.272	.289	.335	.465	.411	.754	.746	99	.448	-0.5	-0.1	.636	.209	.209	.0
8 Yrs				579	430	59	3.7	93	.272	.241	.259	.289	.322	.371	.389	.660	.711	85	.404	-11.4	-1.2	.542	.183	.131	1.9
162 Game Avg.				471	350	48	3.7	93	.272	.241	.259	.289	.322	.371	.389	.660	.711	85	.404	-11.4	-1.2	.542	.183	.131	2

OAK (4 yrs)				510	382	48	3.4	92	.271	.237	.258	.283	.320	.355	.387	.638	.707	80	.365	-13.0	-1.3	.519	.175	.118	1.8
NYY (3 yrs)				24	15	6	10.7	96	.294	.300	.263	.417	.327	.550	.394	.967	.721	167	.830	2.0	0.2	.933	.300	.250	.0
TOR (1 yr)				45	33	5	4.1	103	.276	.256	.272	.289	.335	.465	.411	.754	.746	99	.448	-0.5	-0.1	.636	.209	.209	.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SH
1981	26	OAK	AL	ALDS	KCR	W	2	8	7	0	1	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	1
1981	26	OAK	AL	ALCS	NYY	L	3	7	7	1	3	1	.429	.429	.429	.857	3	0
1 Yr (2 Series)							5	15	14	1	4	2	.286	.286	.286	.571	4	1
1 ALDS							2	8	7	0	1	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	1
1 ALCS							3	7	7	1	3	1	.429	.429	.429	.857	3	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1976	21	NYY	AL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0			1.00	67%
1977	22	NYY	AL	18	5.6%	5.6%	11.1%	11.1%	50%	0.50	15.0	15.0	3.8	2.33	72%
1978	23	NYY	AL	3	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	50%						67%
1979	24	OAK	AL	80	1.3%	25.0%	8.8%	5.0%	29%	2.86	3.7	73.0	18.3	0.52	65%
1980	25	OAK	AL	212	1.9%	19.3%	6.1%	8.5%	34%	3.15	4.8	49.3	9.4	0.88	72%
1981	26	OAK	AL	48	10.4%	18.8%	4.2%	10.4%	29%	4.50	5.1	9.2	4.2	0.58	67%
1982	27	OAK	AL	170	0.0%	10.6%	5.3%	4.7%	29%	2.00	8.7		11.2	1.04	82%
1983	28	TOR	AL	45	6.7%	24.4%	2.2%	6.7%	27%	11.00	3.9	14.3	8.6	0.25	64%
8 Yrs				579	2.4%	17.4%	5.9%	7.1%	32%	2.97	5.3	38.3	9.1	0.82	73%
MLB Averages					2.0%	12.9%	8.4%	6.5%	28%	1.54	6.9	45.6	8.5	1.10	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1976	21	NYY	AL	-0.8	-0.1	3	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	2.25	-0.1	-0.0	-1.0	-0.1	1.10	-0.8		0
1977	22	NYY	AL	1.2	0.1	19	0.1	0.5	-0.4	1.50	0.1	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	1.01	0.4		0
1978	23	NYY	AL	1.7	0.2	3	0.2	0.2	0.0	1.16	0.1	0.0	0.8	0.1	0.54	1.3		0
1979	24	OAK	AL	-4.9	-0.5	82	-1.0	1.0	-1.9	1.04	-0.6	-0.4	-8.0	-0.8	0.92	-6.6		0
1980	25	OAK	AL	0.4	0.0	219	-0.4	3.2	-3.6	.88	-0.7	0.3	-9.0	-0.9	0.96	-7.2	1.00	7
1981	26	OAK	AL	6.1	0.6	48	1.0	1.3	-0.4	.68	0.6	0.9	8.1	0.8	0.90	8.3	2.14	1
1982	27	OAK	AL	-15.0	-1.5	174	-1.6	1.5	-3.1	.92	-1.4	-0.3	-13.2	-1.4	0.92	-14.7	1.88	9
1983	28	TOR	AL	-0.5	-0.1	46	-0.1	0.6	-0.6	.90	0.0	-0.1	0.8	0.1	0.96	1.1	0.96	7
8 Yrs				-11.8	-1.2	594	-1.9	8.3	-10.3	.93	-2.0	-0.1	-21.7	-2.2	0.94	-18.2	1.36	24

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CS3	CSH	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1976	21	NYY	AL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	22	NYY	AL	0	33%	8	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	50%	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	1	2
1978	23	NYY	AL	0	33%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	24	OAK	AL	0	10%	16	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	100%	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
1980	25	OAK	AL	2	26%	80	1	4	20%	1	1	2	1	0	4	4	47%	8	5	2	2	0	2	5	2	3
1981	26	OAK	AL	1	29%	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	25%	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0
1982	27	OAK	AL	2	27%	68	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	1	3	27%	9	8	1	2	1	0	4	1	3
1983	28	TOR	AL	0	0%	8	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
8 Yrs				5	23%	196	1	7	13%	1	3	2	2	1	9	7	37%	22	16	5	7	3	3	14	6	8

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
1976	21	NYY	AL	3	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1977	22	NYY	AL	18	33%	4			0	0	0	0		1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	1	1	100%	13	3	23%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0
1978	23	NYY	AL	3	0%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1979	24	OAK	AL	80	45%	14			0	0	0	0		1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		17	1	6%	7	1	14%	45	3	7%	2	1	50%	4	0	0%	0
1980	25	OAK	AL	212	55%	53			7	3	1	1	1.00	4	0	5	1	3	3	1	0	1	1	100%	36	5	14%	18	4	22%	131	19	15%	14	1	7%	8	4	50%	0
1981	26	OAK	AL	48	73%	17			1	1	0	0	2.14	5	0	0	1	4	3	2	0	0	0		6	0	0%	3	0	0%	24	6	25%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1982	27	OAK	AL	170	72%	28			9	2	0	1	1.88	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	60%	30	4	13%	16	8	50%	92	14	15%	9	7	78%	7	5	71%	0
1983	28	TOR	AL	45	73%	11			7	3	1	2	0.96	3	0	2	3	0	1	2	0	0	0		7	0	0%	2	0	0%	25	4	16%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0
8 Yrs				579	61%	129			24	9	2	4	1.36	14	0	16	6	8	8	6	0	6	4	67%	100	10	10%	47	14	30%	333	49	15%	29	11	38%	23	10	43%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			81%			11%			35%			15%			51%			54%

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
1976	21	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	22	7	21	18	3	4	1	0	1	4	0	1	2	2	.222	.333	.444	.778	114	8	0	1	0	0	0
1978	23	8	24	20	4	6	2	0	1	4	0	1	2	2	.300	.417	.550	.967	167	11	0	2	0	0	0
1979	24	32	104	93	7	20	4	1	2	8	0	2	9	22	.215	.298	.344	.642	78	32	1	2	0	0	0
1980	25	107	316	290	27	73	18	1	6	29	1	6	22	63	.252	.308	.383	.691	94	111	6	2	1	1	1
1981	26	122	364	336	36	90	18	1	11	40	1	6	24	72	.268	.320	.426	.745	110	143	6	2	1	1	2
1982	27	177	534	493	46	118	26	1	11	54	1	6	33	90	.239	.289	.363	.652	84	179	10	2	4	2	2
1983	28	199	579	536	49	129	26	1	14	59	1	7	34	101	.241	.289	.371	.660	85	199	10	3	4	2	3

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
1976	21	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
1977	22	5	18	15	3	4	1	0	1	4	0	2	1	.267	.389	.533	.922	3	5
1978	23	1	3	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.500	2.500	3	1
1979	24	24	82	74	3	15	2	1	1	4	0	8	20	.203	.280	.297	.578	6	24
1980	25	75	217	201	23	57	15	0	4	24	1	14	41	.284	.329	.418	.747	28	75
1981	26	23	78	74	17	30	0	0	9	21	0	4	14	.405	.436	.770	1.206	24	15
1982	27	55	173	159	11	30	9	0	0	16	0	10	18	.189	.235	.245	.481	9	55
1983	28	22	44	42	3	10	0	0	3	5	0	1	11	.238	.273	.452	.725	5	22
8 Yrs		207	618	570	61	148	28	1	18	74	1	39	106	.260	.309	.407	.716	78	199
162 Game Avg.		162	484	446	48	116	22	1	14	58	1	31	83	.260	.309	.407	.716	61	199

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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.

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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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