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Bob Knepper

Robert Wesley Knepper

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: May 25, 1954 in Akron, OH
High School: Calistoga HS (Calistoga, CA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 2nd round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1976
Teams (by GP): Astros/Giants 1976-1990

Final Game: June 24, 1990
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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
1972	18	SFG-min	Rk	12	22	22		5	0	1	1						.227	.227	.455	.682		10							GRF · PION
1973	19	SFG-min	A	24	57	53	3	7	1	1	1	4	0	0	4	19	.132	.193	.245	.438		13							DEC,FRE · MIDW,CALL
1974	20	SFG-min	A	31	8	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.286	.375	.286	.661		2		0	0	0			FRE · CALL
1975	21	SFG-min	AAA	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			PHX · PCL
1976	22	SFG-min	AAA	35	21	20	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	11	.150	.190	.150	.340		3		0	0	0			PHX · PCL
1976	22	SFG	NL	4	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.111	.111	.111	.222	-37	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1977	23	SFG-min	AAA	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			PHX · PCL
1977	23	SFG	NL	27	65	55	4	10	1	0	0	4	0	0	5	18	.182	.250	.200	.450	23	11	1	0	5	0	0	1
1978	24	SFG	NL	36	95	79	2	5	2	0	0	5	0	0	6	35	.063	.126	.089	.215	-38	7	2	0	8	2	0	1
1979	25	SFG	NL	35	78	66	6	12	4	0	1	9	0	0	1	24	.182	.203	.288	.491	37	19	0	1	9	1	0	1
1980	26	SFG	NL	35	79	66	3	10	3	0	0	7	1	0	2	21	.152	.171	.197	.368	4	13	0	0	9	2	0	1
1981	27	HOU	NL	22	53	47	3	7	2	0	1	3	0	0	0	15	.149	.167	.255	.422	21	12	0	1	5	0	0	1	AS
1982	28	HOU	NL	33	62	52	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	25	.058	.125	.077	.202	-40	4	0	0	6	0	0	1
1983	29	HOU	NL	35	74	66	5	12	2	1	1	5	0	0	2	25	.182	.200	.288	.488	38	19	0	0	4	2	0	1
1984	30	HOU	NL	35	89	76	6	13	2	0	1	8	1	0	7	28	.171	.241	.237	.478	40	18	1	0	6	0	0	1
1985	31	HOU	NL	38	88	78	5	11	1	0	1	5	0	0	2	38	.141	.163	.192	.355	0	15	0	0	8	0	0	1
1986	32	HOU	NL	42	95	91	2	9	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	44	.099	.099	.143	.242	-33	13	0	0	4	0	0	1
1987	33	HOU	NL	33	62	51	2	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	24	.098	.113	.137	.250	-33	7	0	0	9	1	0	1
1988	34	HOU	NL	27	65	48	1	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	17	.125	.157	.125	.282	-16	6	0	0	14	1	0	1	AS
1989	35	TOT	NL	35	55	43	5	8	5	0	1	3	0	0	9	9	.186	.327	.372	.699	103	16	1	0	3	0	0	1
1989	35	HOU	NL	22	39	31	3	7	4	0	1	3	0	0	6	6	.226	.351	.452	.803	132	14	1	0	2	0	0	1
1989	35	SFG	NL	13	16	12	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.083	.267	.167	.433	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
1990	36	SFG-min	AAA	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		PHX · PCL
1990	36	SFG	NL	12	13	13	1	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	7	.231	.231	.308	.538	50	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
15 Yrs				449	982	840	47	115	28	2	6	59	2	0	41	333	.137	.177	.196	.374	6	165	5	2	90	9	0
162 Game Avg.				162	354	303	17	41	10	1	2	21	1	0	15	120	.137	.177	.196	.374	6	60	2	1	32	3	0
				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
HOU (9 yrs)				287	627	540	29	73	16	2	5	29	1	0	24	222	.135	.172	.200	.372	6	108	2	1	58	4	0
SFG (7 yrs)				162	355	300	18	42	12	0	1	30	1	0	17	111	.140	.186	.190	.376	6	57	3	1	32	5	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
1976	22	SFG	NL	4	9	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.483	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	/1
1977	23	SFG	NL	27	65	-6	-0	0	0	8	2	0.2	2	4	0.2	.508	.501	0.2	0.0	4	$	1
1978	24	SFG	NL	36	95	-16	-0	-0	0	11	-5	-0.5	3	-2	-0.5	.485	.497	-0.6	0.0	-2	$	1
1979	25	SFG	NL	35	78	-6	-0	0	0	9	4	0.4	2	6	0.4	.511	.502	0.4	0.0	6	$	1
1980	26	SFG	NL	35	79	-7	0	0	0	9	2	0.2	2	4	0.2	.506	.501	0.2	0.0	4	$	1
1981	27	HOU	NL	22	53	-5	0	0	0	6	1	0.1	2	2	0.1	.504	.501	0.1	0.0	2	$	1	AS
1982	28	HOU	NL	33	62	-10	-0	0	0	7	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.3	.489	.498	-0.3	0.0	-1	$	1
1983	29	HOU	NL	35	74	-5	0	0	0	9	4	0.5	2	7	0.5	.514	.503	0.5	0.0	7	$	1
1984	30	HOU	NL	35	89	-6	0	0	0	10	4	0.5	3	7	0.5	.514	.503	0.5	0.0	7	$	1
1985	31	HOU	NL	38	88	-11	0	0	0	10	-1	-0.1	3	2	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	2	$850,000	1
1986	32	HOU	NL	42	95	-16	0	0	0	12	-3	-0.4	3	-0	-0.4	.491	.498	-0.4	0.0	-0	$1,000,000	1
1987	33	HOU	NL	33	62	-11	0	0	0	9	-2	-0.2	2	-1	-0.2	.492	.498	-0.3	0.0	-1	$1,000,000	1
1988	34	HOU	NL	27	65	-9	0	0	0	8	-1	-0.1	2	1	-0.1	.497	.500	-0.1	0.0	1	$1,000,000	1	AS
1989	35	HOU	NL	22	39	1	-0	0	0	4	5	0.6	1	6	0.6	.527	.504	0.6	0.0	7	$68,000	1
1989	35	SFG	NL	13	16	-1	0	0	0	2	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.507	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	1
1990	36	SFG	NL	12	13	-1	0	0	0	2	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.508	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	1
15 Seasons				449	982	-110	0	3	0	116	8	1.0	30	38	1.0	.502	.500	0.8	0.2	38	$3,918,000

HOU (9 yrs)				287	627	-72	0	2	0	74	5	0.6	19	24	0.6	.502	.500	0.5	0.2	24	$3,918,000
SFG (7 yrs)				162	355	-38	0	0	0	41	4	0.4	11	14	0.4	.502	.500	0.3	0.1	14	$

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	22	SFG	NL	9	8	0	0.0	93	.167	.111	.265	.111	.332	.111	.378	.222	.709	-37	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.125	.000	.000
1977	23	SFG	NL	65	51	3	1.6	102	.270	.182	.268	.250	.336	.200	.409	.450	.744	23	.124	-6.0	-0.6	.348	.109	.018
1978	24	SFG	NL	95	86	1	0.3	91	.109	.063	.257	.126	.325	.089	.379	.215	.703	-38	.008	-14.4	-1.5	.171	.101	.025
1979	25	SFG	NL	78	64	4	1.7	94	.262	.182	.260	.203	.325	.288	.387	.491	.712	37	.146	-5.6	-0.6	.389	.121	.106	.0
1980	26	SFG	NL	79	67	3	1.2	93	.213	.152	.263	.171	.325	.197	.382	.368	.707	4	.092	-8.3	-0.9	.286	.091	.045	.0
1981	27	HOU	NL	53	45	2	1.2	88	.194	.149	.257	.167	.321	.255	.368	.422	.689	21	.095	-4.9	-0.5	.325	.106	.106	.0
1982	28	HOU	NL	62	55	1	0.5	88	.111	.058	.256	.125	.318	.077	.372	.202	.690	-40	.019	-9.4	-1.0	.163	.096	.019
1983	29	HOU	NL	74	60	4	1.8	91	.262	.182	.255	.200	.322	.288	.378	.488	.700	38	.171	-5.6	-0.6	.389	.136	.106	.0
1984	30	HOU	NL	89	70	5	1.9	87	.255	.171	.254	.241	.317	.237	.369	.478	.687	40	.194	-5.9	-0.6	.406	.171	.066	1.0
1985	31	HOU	NL	88	75	3	1.1	92	.256	.141	.256	.163	.324	.192	.382	.355	.706	0	.077	-10.6	-1.1	.254	.077	.051	.0
1986	32	HOU	NL	95	86	1	0.3	95	.191	.099	.258	.099	.328	.143	.389	.242	.716	-33	.008	-16.6	-1.7	.159	.044	.044
1987	33	HOU	NL	62	56	1	0.5	102	.179	.098	.264	.113	.333	.137	.412	.250	.745	-33	.015	-9.6	-0.9	.174	.059	.039
1988	34	HOU	NL	65	57	2	1.0	86	.188	.125	.252	.157	.315	.125	.370	.282	.684	-16	.067	-7.1	-0.8	.190	.042	.000
1989	35	TOT	NL	55	39	6	4.2	88	.212	.186	.250	.327	.317	.372	.373	.699	.690	103	.511	0.6	0.1	.694	.395	.186	.0
1989	35	HOU	NL	39	27	5	5.0	88	.250	.226	.250	.351	.317	.452	.373	.803	.690	132	.595	1.6	0.2	.800	.419	.226	.0
1989	35	SFG	NL	16	12	1	2.2	88	.111	.083	.250	.267	.317	.167	.373	.433	.690	29	.254	-1.0	-0.1	.455	.333	.083
1990	36	SFG	NL	13	10	1	2.7	95	.500	.231	.260	.231	.325	.308	.390	.538	.715	50	.288	-0.9	-0.1	.400	.077	.077
15 Yrs				982	829	37	1.2	92	.214	.137	.258	.177	.324	.196	.382	.374	.706	6	.089	-106.0	-11.0	.288	.111	.060	3.0
162 Game Avg.				354	299	13	1.2	92	.214	.137	.258	.177	.324	.196	.382	.374	.706	6	.089	-106.0	-11.0	.288	.111	.060	1
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
HOU (9 yrs)				627	531	24	1.2	91	.215	.135	.256	.172	.322	.200	.380	.372	.702	6	.093	-68.1	-7.1	.286	.111	.065	1.7
SFG (7 yrs)				355	298	13	1.2	94	.212	.140	.261	.186	.327	.190	.387	.376	.714	6	.084	-37.8	-3.9	.291	.110	.050	1.0

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
1981	27	HOU	NL	NLDS	LAD	L	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

1986	32	HOU	NL	NLCS	NYM	L	2	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs (2 Series)							3	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLDS							1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLCS							2	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	0	0	0

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1981	HOU	NL	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1988	HOU	NL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs (2 GP)				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
1976	22	SFG	NL	9	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.0		9.0		0.67	67%
1977	23	SFG	NL	65	0.0%	27.7%	7.7%	1.5%	10%	3.60	3.1		13.8		1.75	57%
1978	24	SFG	NL	95	0.0%	36.8%	6.3%	2.1%	40%	5.83	2.3		15.8		1.83	48%
1979	25	SFG	NL	78	1.3%	30.8%	1.3%	6.4%	42%	24.00	2.8	66.0	7.3		1.17	54%
1980	26	SFG	NL	79	0.0%	26.6%	2.5%	3.8%	30%	10.50	3.1		9.4		1.75	59%
1981	27	HOU	NL	53	1.9%	28.3%	0.0%	5.7%	43%		3.1	47.0	15.7		2.75	58%
1982	28	HOU	NL	62	0.0%	40.3%	6.5%	1.6%	33%	6.25	2.1				1.31	44%
1983	29	HOU	NL	74	1.4%	33.8%	2.7%	5.4%	33%	12.50	2.6	66.0	13.2		0.89	57%
1984	30	HOU	NL	89	1.1%	31.5%	7.9%	3.4%	23%	4.00	2.7	76.0	9.5		1.80	53%
1985	31	HOU	NL	88	1.1%	43.2%	2.3%	2.3%	18%	19.00	2.1	78.0	15.6		1.53	44%
1986	32	HOU	NL	95	0.0%	46.3%	0.0%	3.2%	33%		2.1		91.0		1.00	49%
1987	33	HOU	NL	62	0.0%	38.7%	1.6%	3.2%	40%	24.00	2.1		51.0		1.67	45%
1988	34	HOU	NL	65	0.0%	26.2%	3.1%	0.0%	0%	8.50	2.8		16.0	1.07	2.64	49%	9%	0.0%	13%
1989	35	TOT	NL	55	1.8%	16.4%	16.4%	10.9%	75%	1.00	4.8	43.0	14.3	0.55	1.14	60%	14%	7.1%	30%
1989	35	HOU	NL	39	2.6%	15.4%	15.4%	12.8%	71%	1.00	5.2	31.0	10.3	0.53	1.20	62%	15%	10.0%	33%
1989	35	SFG	NL	16	0.0%	18.8%	18.8%	6.3%	100%	1.00	4.0			0.60	1.00	56%	10%	0.0%	20%
1990	36	SFG	NL	13	0.0%	53.9%	0.0%	7.7%	33%		1.9		3.3	1.00		46%	33%	0.0%	33%
15 Yrs				982	0.6%	33.9%	4.2%	3.7%	31%	8.12	2.5	140.0	14.2	0.79	1.54	52%	12%	3.4%	24%
MLB Averages					2.1%	13.8%	8.5%	6.6%	29%	1.63	6.5	43.0	8.5	0.80	1.08	74%	20%	6.6%	26%
				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

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1976	22	SFG	NL	-1.7	-0.2	9	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.88	-0.1	0.1	-1.0	-0.1	0.95	-1.3		0
1977	23	SFG	NL	-6.0	-0.6	67	-0.7	0.4	-1.1	.81	-0.7	-0.2	-7.0	-0.7	0.96	-7.2		0
1978	24	SFG	NL	-14.4	-1.5	95	-1.5	0.6	-2.0	.98	-1.5	-0.0	-16.7	-1.8	0.99	-15.6		0
1979	25	SFG	NL	-5.6	-0.6	78	-0.7	0.7	-1.4	.94	-0.3	-0.4	-2.9	-0.3	0.99	-3.2		0
1980	26	SFG	NL	-8.3	-0.9	79	-0.7	0.6	-1.3	.88	-0.7	-0.1	-4.0	-0.4	0.94	-7.0		0
1981	27	HOU	NL	-4.9	-0.5	53	-0.6	0.2	-0.9	.79	-0.6	-0.2	-5.2	-0.6	0.88	-6.1		0
1982	28	HOU	NL	-9.4	-1.0	62	-1.2	0.2	-1.4	1.10	-1.1	-0.0	-11.3	-1.2	0.97	-10.8		0
1983	29	HOU	NL	-5.6	-0.6	74	-0.4	1.1	-1.5	1.02	-0.6	0.2	-8.3	-0.9	1.01	-6.3		0
1984	30	HOU	NL	-5.9	-0.6	92	-0.9	0.6	-1.5	.77	-0.6	-0.6	-4.7	-0.5	0.96	-5.2		0
1985	31	HOU	NL	-10.6	-1.1	89	-1.1	0.7	-1.8	1.05	-0.9	-0.1	-10.4	-1.1	1.01	-9.6	7.09	1
1986	32	HOU	NL	-16.6	-1.7	96	-1.6	0.3	-1.9	.89	-1.6	-0.2	-19.2	-2.0	0.99	-17.0	2.93	2
1987	33	HOU	NL	-9.6	-0.9	62	-0.9	0.3	-1.2	1.00	-1.0	0.1	-9.9	-1.0	0.92	-11.2		0
1988	34	HOU	NL	-7.1	-0.8	66	-0.8	0.3	-1.2	1.04	-0.7	-0.1	-8.6	-0.9	1.10	-8.0		0
1989	35	TOT	NL	0.6	0.1	56	0.1	0.9	-0.8	.94	-0.1	0.2	-1.3	-0.1	0.98	-0.5		0
1989	35	HOU	NL	1.6	0.2	40	0.1	0.7	-0.6	.97	0.0	0.0	-1.2	-0.1	1.01	0.3		0
1989	35	SFG	NL	-1.0	-0.1	16	0.1	0.2	-0.2	.88	-0.1	0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.91	-0.8	1.54	0
1990	36	SFG	NL	-0.9	-0.1	13	0.1	0.3	-0.3	1.12	-0.1	0.1	1.1	0.1	1.05	-0.5		0
15 Yrs				-106.0	-11.0	991	-11.0	7.3	-18.3	.94	-10.5	-1.3	-109.3	-11.7	0.98	-109.4	4.32	3
				BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1976	22	SFG	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	23	SFG	NL	1	0	27%	22	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	17%	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	2	1
1978	24	SFG	NL	0	0	18%	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	25	SFG	NL	1	0	39%	21	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29%	4	3	1	1	1	0	2	1	1
1980	26	SFG	NL	3	0	25%	17	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	27	HOU	NL	0	0	29%	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1982	28	HOU	NL	0	0	29%	11	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	29	HOU	NL	2	0	31%	14	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	30	HOU	NL	0	0	26%	24	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	13%	4	4	0	2	1	1	2	1	0
1985	31	HOU	NL	0	0	33%	19	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1986	32	HOU	NL	1	0	22%	19	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20%	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1987	33	HOU	NL	0	0	33%	11	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
1988	34	HOU	NL	0	0	13%	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	35	TOT	NL	0	0	25%	12	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	25%	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
1989	35	HOU	NL	0	0	17%	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	25%	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
1989	35	SFG	NL	0	0	50%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	36	SFG	NL	0	0	33%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
15 Yrs				8	0	27%	207	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	13	18%	33	31	2	3	2	1	15	8	6
				ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH

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	22	SFG	NL	9	56%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		5	1	20%	0	0		0	0		0
1977	23	SFG	NL	65	65%	10			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	83%	9	1	11%	17	2	12%	46	4	9%	5	1	20%	2	1	50%	0
1978	24	SFG	NL	95	78%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	10	8	80%	18	2	11%	25	3	12%	61	5	8%	8	3	38%	2	0	0%	0
1979	25	SFG	NL	78	74%	12			0	0	0	0		1	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	9	9	100%	15	0	0%	16	6	38%	52	10	19%	6	3	50%	1	1	100%	0
1980	26	SFG	NL	79	66%	10			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	9	90%	14	0	0%	15	7	47%	44	7	16%	8	3	38%	1	1	100%	0
1981	27	HOU	NL	53	68%	7			0	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	5	5	100%	8	0	0%	9	4	44%	27	2	7%	3	1	33%	2	1	50%	0
1982	28	HOU	NL	62	74%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	100%	11	0	0%	12	4	33%	38	0	0%	4	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1983	29	HOU	NL	74	65%	12			0	0	0	0		1	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	5	4	80%	13	0	0%	16	4	25%	49	5	10%	6	2	33%	3	2	67%	0
1984	30	HOU	NL	89	67%	13			0	0	0	0		1	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	6	6	100%	14	1	7%	14	7	50%	59	7	12%	3	1	33%	6	3	50%	0
1985	31	HOU	NL	88	78%	11			1	0	0	0	7.09	1	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	9	8	89%	16	0	0%	18	5	28%	62	5	8%	2	0	0%	3	1	33%	0
1986	32	HOU	NL	95	63%	9			2	0	0	0	2.93	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	9	4	44%	21	0	0%	21	3	14%	64	1	2%	6	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1987	33	HOU	NL	62	69%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	9	100%	15	0	0%	16	7	44%	30	1	3%	3	1	33%	0	0		0
1988	34	HOU	NL	65	72%	6	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	15	14	93%	12	0	0%	18	11	61%	48	3	6%	1	1	100%	6	5	83%	0
1989	35	TOT	NL	55	67%	8	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	6	3	50%	11	1	9%	10	1	10%	39	2	5%	3	1	33%	3	0	0%	0
1989	35	HOU	NL	39	74%	7	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	2	50%	9	1	11%	8	1	13%	29	2	7%	2	1	50%	2	0	0%	0
1989	35	SFG	NL	16	50%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	10	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1990	36	SFG	NL	13	38%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		14	4	29%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
15 Yrs				982	69%	115	1	0	3	0	0	0	4.32	6	0	37	5	1	2	4	0	105	90	86%	178	5	3%	207	64	31%	638	57	9%	59	18	31%	31	16	52%	0
MLB Averages					58%																			78%			11%			35%			15%			51%			55%
				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

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	34	HOU	NL	65	230	3.54	149	65%	24%	23%	21%	31%	76%	0%	49%	69%	40%	0%	0	0	12%	8	8	9%	6	4	35%	0	0	0
1989	35	TOT	NL	52	164	3.15	95	58%	16%	23%	24%	37%	84%	0%	49%	73%	54%	8%	4	0	13%	7	2	8%	4	1	22%	3	0	0
1989	35	HOU	NL	36	107	2.97	63	59%	19%	22%	19%	40%	81%	0%	48%	73%	50%	3%	1	0	11%	4	2	8%	3	0	33%	3	0	0
1989	35	SFG	NL	16	57	3.56	32	56%	9%	25%	34%	31%	91%	0%	51%	72%	63%	19%	3	0	19%	3	0	6%	1	1	0%	0	0	0
1990	36	SFG	NL	13	50	3.85	35	70%	20%	26%	37%	17%	80%	0%	56%	68%	77%	0%	0	0	8%	1	1	0%	0	0	43%	0	0	0
3 Yrs				130	444	3.42	279	63%	21%	24%	24%	31%	79%	0%	50%	70%	49%	3%	4	0	12%	16	11	8%	10	5	33%	3	0	0
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	32%	6%			16%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1976	22	4	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	.111	.111	.111	.222	-37	1	0	0	0	0
1977	23	31	74	64	4	11	1	0	0	5	0	5	21	.172	.232	.188	.419	16	12	1	0	5	0
1978	24	67	169	143	6	16	3	0	0	10	0	11	56	.112	.173	.133	.306	-13	19	3	0	13	2
1979	25	102	247	209	12	28	7	0	1	19	0	12	80	.134	.182	.182	.364	2	38	3	1	22	3
1980	26	137	326	275	15	38	10	0	1	26	1	14	101	.138	.180	.185	.365	3	51	3	1	31	5
1981	27	159	379	322	18	45	12	0	2	29	1	14	116	.140	.178	.196	.373	5	63	3	2	36	5
1982	28	192	441	374	20	48	13	0	2	29	1	18	141	.128	.170	.179	.350	-1	67	3	2	42	5
1983	29	227	515	440	25	60	15	1	3	34	1	20	166	.136	.175	.195	.370	5	86	3	2	46	7
1984	30	262	604	516	31	73	17	1	4	42	2	27	194	.141	.185	.202	.386	10	104	4	2	52	7
1985	31	300	692	594	36	84	18	1	5	47	2	29	232	.141	.182	.200	.382	9	119	4	2	60	7
1986	32	342	787	685	38	93	20	2	5	48	2	29	276	.136	.172	.193	.364	3	132	4	2	64	7
1987	33	375	849	736	40	98	22	2	5	49	2	30	300	.133	.168	.189	.356	1	139	4	2	73	8
1988	34	402	914	784	41	104	22	2	5	52	2	32	317	.133	.167	.185	.352	-0	145	4	2	87	9
1989	35	437	969	827	46	112	27	2	6	55	2	41	326	.135	.176	.195	.371	5	161	5	2	90	9
1990	36	449	982	840	47	115	28	2	6	59	2	41	333	.137	.177	.196	.374	6	165	5	2	90	9

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	22	4	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
1977	23	27	67	56	4	11	1	0	0	4	0	6	18	.196	.274	.214	.488	3	27
1978	24	36	95	79	2	5	2	0	0	6	0	6	35	.063	.126	.089	.215	1	36
1979	25	35	79	67	7	13	4	0	1	10	0	1	24	.194	.214	.299	.513	4	35
1980	26	35	81	68	4	12	4	0	0	9	1	2	21	.176	.194	.235	.430	3	35
1981	27	33	82	72	5	11	3	0	2	5	0	0	23	.153	.176	.278	.453	3	22
1982	28	33	64	53	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	5	25	.075	.155	.094	.250	1	33
1983	29	35	76	68	6	14	2	1	1	6	0	2	25	.206	.222	.309	.531	5	35
1984	30	35	91	77	7	14	2	0	1	9	1	8	28	.182	.259	.247	.506	5	35
1985	31	38	89	79	6	12	1	0	1	6	0	2	38	.152	.173	.203	.375	3	38
1986	32	42	94	90	2	8	2	1	0	1	0	0	44	.089	.089	.133	.222	1	42
1987	33	33	63	52	2	6	2	0	0	1	0	1	24	.115	.130	.154	.283	1	33
1988	34	27	65	48	1	6	0	0	0	3	0	2	17	.125	.157	.125	.282	1	27
1989	35	35	57	44	6	9	6	0	1	3	0	10	9	.205	.352	.409	.761	6	35
1990	36	12	13	13	1	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	7	.231	.231	.308	.538	1	12
15 Yrs		460	1025	875	57	128	31	2	7	67	2	45	341	.146	.189	.210	.399	38	449
162 Game Avg.		162	361	308	20	45	11	1	2	24	1	16	120	.146	.189	.210	.399	13	449

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Hall of Fame 1996 BBWAA ()	All-Star Games 1981 * 1988 *	Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1978 NL 5.5 (8th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1988 NL 14 (4th)

Hall of Fame
1996 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1981 *
1988 *

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1978 NL 5.5 (8th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1988 NL 14 (4th)

Similarity Scores

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Jim Lonborg (984) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Lonborg (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Lonborg (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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