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Ray Knight

Charles Ray Knight

Positions: Third Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: December 28, 1952 in Albany, GA
High School: Dougherty HS (Albany, GA)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 10th round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1974
Teams (by GP): Reds/Astros/Mets/Orioles/Tigers 1974-1988
Agents: George Kalafatis [*]
Final Game: October 2, 1988
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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
1974 21 CIN NL 14 12 11 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .182 .250 .273 .523 47 3 1 0 0 0 0 5
1977 24 CIN NL 80 103 92 8 24 5 1 1 13 1 1 9 16 .261 .324 .370 .693 85 34 0 0 1 1 1 54/76
1978 25 CIN NL 83 68 65 7 13 3 0 1 4 0 0 3 13 .200 .235 .292 .528 47 19 4 0 0 0 0 5/47396
1979 26 CIN NL 150 604 551 64 175 37 4 10 79 4 4 38 57 .318 .360 .454 .814 120 250 20 3 4 8 4 *5 MVP-5
1980 27 CIN NL 162 667 618 71 163 39 7 14 78 1 2 36 62 .264 .307 .417 .724 100 258 24 4 5 4 9 *5 AS
1981 28 CIN NL 106 429 386 43 100 23 1 6 34 2 4 33 51 .259 .322 .370 .692 95 143 18 4 3 3 3 *5
1982 29 HOU NL 158 676 609 72 179 36 6 6 70 2 5 48 58 .294 .344 .402 .746 116 245 16 5 1 13 9 35 AS,MVP-25
1983 30 HOU NL 145 567 507 43 154 36 4 9 70 0 3 42 62 .304 .355 .444 .798 128 225 17 4 3 11 9 *3
1984 31 TOT NL 115 398 371 28 88 14 0 3 35 0 3 21 43 .237 .279 .299 .578 68 111 5 2 0 4 2 53
1984 31 HOU NL 88 297 278 15 62 10 0 2 29 0 3 14 30 .223 .259 .281 .540 58 78 4 1 0 4 1 53
1984 31 NYM NL 27 101 93 13 26 4 0 1 6 0 0 7 13 .280 .337 .355 .691 96 33 1 1 0 0 1 5/3
1985 32 NYM NL 90 290 271 22 59 12 0 6 36 1 1 13 32 .218 .252 .328 .580 62 89 17 1 0 5 1 5/43
1986 33 NYM NL 137 541 486 51 145 24 2 11 76 2 1 40 63 .298 .351 .424 .775 115 206 19 4 3 8 2 *5/3 MVP-14
1987 34 BAL AL 150 609 563 46 144 24 0 14 65 0 0 39 90 .256 .310 .373 .683 83 210 16 6 0 1 3 *5D/3
1988 35 DET AL 105 327 299 34 65 12 2 3 33 1 1 20 30 .217 .271 .301 .572 63 90 12 3 2 3 0 3D5/7
13 Yrs 1495 5291 4829 490 1311 266 27 84 595 14 25 343 579 .271 .321 .390 .711 99 1883 169 36 22 61 43
162 Game Avg. 162 573 523 53 142 29 3 9 64 2 3 37 63 .271 .321 .390 .711 99 204 18 4 2 7 5
CIN (6 yrs) 595 1883 1723 194 477 108 13 32 210 8 11 120 201 .277 .325 .410 .735 102 707 67 11 13 16 17
NYM (3 yrs) 254 932 850 86 230 40 2 18 118 3 2 60 108 .271 .319 .386 .705 97 328 37 6 3 13 4
HOU (3 yrs) 391 1540 1394 130 395 82 10 17 169 2 11 104 150 .283 .331 .393 .724 109 548 37 10 4 28 19
DET (1 yr) 105 327 299 34 65 12 2 3 33 1 1 20 30 .217 .271 .301 .572 63 90 12 3 2 3 0
BAL (1 yr) 150 609 563 46 144 24 0 14 65 0 0 39 90 .256 .310 .373 .683 83 210 16 6 0 1 3
NL (11 yrs) 1240 4355 3967 410 1102 230 25 67 497 13 24 284 459 .278 .326 .399 .725 103 1583 141 27 20 57 40
AL (2 yrs) 255 936 862 80 209 36 2 17 98 1 1 59 120 .242 .297 .348 .645 76 300 28 9 2 4 3

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
1974 21 CIN NL 14 12 -1 0 -0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .495 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ 5
1977 24 CIN NL 80 103 -1 -1 0 -2 1 -2 -0.2 3 1 0.1 .498 .499 0.3 -0.1 3 $ 54/76
1978 25 CIN NL 83 68 -3 0 -1 -1 0 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.2 .495 .497 -0.1 -0.1 -0 $ 5/47396
1979 26 CIN NL 150 604 14 0 -2 -5 2 9 1.1 18 27 2.8 .507 .506 3.3 -0.2 32 $ *5 MVP-5
1980 27 CIN NL 162 667 1 -3 -2 2 2 0 0.0 20 20 2.0 .500 .500 1.8 0.5 18 $175,000 *5 AS
1981 28 CIN NL 106 429 -2 -2 -2 1 1 -3 -0.1 13 10 1.1 .497 .498 0.9 0.4 9 $ *5
1982 29 HOU NL 158 676 12 0 -1 -1 -5 6 0.8 21 26 2.8 .504 .504 2.7 -0.5 27 $ 35 AS,MVP-25
1983 30 HOU NL 145 567 14 -2 -0 7 -8 10 1.1 18 28 2.8 .508 .507 2.0 -0.1 20 $ *3
1984 31 HOU NL 88 297 -15 -2 1 -5 -1 -23 -2.5 9 -14 -1.6 .470 .484 -1.1 -0.7 -9 $ 53
1984 31 NYM NL 27 101 0 0 -0 -0 0 0 0.1 3 3 0.4 .501 .500 0.3 0.0 3 $480,000 5/3
1985 32 NYM NL 90 290 -9 -1 -2 -1 0 -13 -1.4 9 -4 -0.6 .483 .491 -0.5 -0.0 -3 $560,000 5/43
1986 33 NYM NL 137 541 11 -1 -2 -5 1 4 0.5 17 20 2.1 .503 .503 2.6 -0.4 25 $645,000 *5/3 MVP-14
1987 34 BAL AL 150 609 -12 -3 -2 2 -1 -16 -1.4 18 2 0.3 .489 .490 0.1 0.2 0 $600,000 *5D/3
1988 35 DET AL 105 327 -13 -0 -2 1 -7 -20 -2.1 10 -10 -1.1 .479 .486 -1.2 -0.5 -11 $525,000 3D5/7
13 Seasons 1495 5291 -3 -12 -17 -7 -14 -53 -4.6 161 108 10.9 .496 .497 11.0 -1.4 115 $2,985,000
CIN (6 yrs) 595 1883 9 -4 -7 -5 7 1 0.3 56 57 5.8 .500 .500 6.1 0.6 62 $175,000
NYM (3 yrs) 254 932 2 -1 -5 -6 1 -9 -0.9 29 19 1.9 .496 .498 2.4 -0.4 25 $1,685,000
HOU (3 yrs) 391 1540 11 -4 -1 1 -15 -8 -0.6 47 40 4.0 .498 .498 3.6 -1.3 39 $
DET (1 yr) 105 327 -13 -0 -2 1 -7 -20 -2.1 10 -10 -1.1 .479 .486 -1.2 -0.5 -11 $525,000
BAL (1 yr) 150 609 -12 -3 -2 2 -1 -16 -1.4 18 2 0.3 .489 .490 0.1 0.2 0 $600,000

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
1974 21 CIN NL 12 10 1 2.7 94 .222 .182 .261 .250 .333 .273 .378 .523 .711 47 .303 -0.8 -0.1 .400 .182 .091
1977 24 CIN NL 103 71 12 4.6 105 .303 .261 .272 .324 .340 .370 .414 .693 .754 85 .494 -2.0 -0.2 .623 .207 .109 1.0
1978 25 CIN NL 68 56 3 1.4 95 .235 .200 .262 .235 .330 .292 .385 .528 .715 47 .123 -4.8 -0.5 .393 .138 .092 .0
1979 26 CIN NL 604 412 85 5.6 100 .335 .318 .270 .360 .336 .454 .401 .814 .737 120 .604 16.1 1.6 .728 .205 .136 5.7
1980 27 CIN NL 667 490 72 4.0 96 .273 .264 .268 .307 .330 .417 .389 .724 .720 100 .470 -1.7 -0.2 .617 .210 .154 1.9
1981 28 CIN NL 429 314 42 3.6 94 .283 .259 .265 .322 .330 .370 .380 .692 .710 95 .441 -2.3 -0.2 .578 .192 .111 3.0
1982 29 HOU NL 676 465 83 4.8 88 .310 .294 .256 .344 .318 .402 .372 .746 .690 116 .560 15.3 1.6 .654 .182 .108 3.0
1983 30 HOU NL 567 387 77 5.4 91 .324 .304 .255 .355 .322 .444 .378 .798 .700 128 .605 20.5 2.1 .718 .217 .140 .0
1984 31 TOT NL 398 295 31 2.8 89 .258 .237 .256 .279 .320 .299 .372 .578 .692 68 .329 -15.5 -1.6 .450 .111 .062 .0
1984 31 HOU NL 297 227 20 2.4 87 .240 .223 .254 .259 .317 .281 .369 .540 .687 58 .262 -15.1 -1.6 .404 .097 .058 .0
1984 31 NYM NL 101 68 11 4.4 93 .316 .280 .262 .337 .327 .355 .381 .691 .708 96 .518 -0.5 -0.1 .603 .151 .075 .0
1985 32 NYM NL 290 235 18 2.1 94 .223 .218 .259 .252 .327 .328 .386 .580 .712 62 .214 -14.2 -1.5 .448 .159 .111 1.7
1986 33 NYM NL 541 372 70 5.1 96 .319 .298 .259 .351 .329 .424 .391 .775 .720 115 .574 10.8 1.1 .695 .210 .126 3.4
1987 34 BAL AL 609 436 63 3.9 103 .283 .256 .261 .310 .329 .373 .420 .683 .749 83 .386 -14.0 -1.3 .586 .187 .117 .0
1988 35 DET AL 327 252 23 2.4 91 .230 .217 .255 .271 .319 .301 .384 .572 .703 63 .253 -14.6 -1.5 .457 .151 .084 1.5
13 Yrs 5291 3795 580 4.1 95 .290 .271 .261 .321 .327 .390 .389 .711 .715 99 .475 -7.3 -0.8 .606 .187 .118 24.0
162 Game Avg. 573 411 63 4.1 95 .290 .271 .261 .321 .327 .390 .389 .711 .715 99 .475 -7.3 -0.8 .606 .187 .118 3
CIN (6 yrs) 1883 1353 215 4.3 97 .295 .277 .268 .325 .333 .410 .392 .735 .724 102 .500 4.4 0.4 .631 .201 .133 12.8
NYM (3 yrs) 932 675 99 4.0 95 .288 .271 .259 .319 .328 .386 .388 .705 .716 97 .466 -3.9 -0.4 .599 .187 .115 5.1
HOU (3 yrs) 1540 1079 180 4.5 89 .301 .283 .255 .331 .319 .393 .373 .724 .693 109 .529 20.7 2.1 .624 .178 .110 3.6
DET (1 yr) 327 252 23 2.4 91 .230 .217 .255 .271 .319 .301 .384 .572 .703 63 .253 -14.6 -1.5 .457 .151 .084 1.5
BAL (1 yr) 609 436 63 3.9 103 .283 .256 .261 .310 .329 .373 .420 .683 .749 83 .385 -14.0 -1.3 .586 .187 .117 .0
NL (11 yrs) 4355 3107 494 4.3 94 .296 .278 .262 .326 .327 .399 .385 .725 .711 103 .503 21.2 2.0 .621 .190 .121 21.8
AL (2 yrs) 936 688 86 3.3 99 .263 .242 .259 .297 .326 .348 .407 .645 .733 76 .342 -28.5 -2.8 .540 .174 .106 1.9

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
1979 26 CIN NL NLCS PIT L 3 14 14 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .286 .286 .357 .643 5 1 0 0 0 0
1986 33 NYM NL NLCS HOU W 6 26 24 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .167 .192 .167 .359 4 0 0 0 1 1
1986 33 NYM NL WS BOS W 6 25 23 4 9 1 0 1 5 0 0 2 2 .391 .440 .565 1.005 13 2 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (3 Series) 15 65 61 5 17 2 0 1 7 1 0 3 9 .279 .308 .361 .668 22 3 0 0 1 1
2 NLCS 9 40 38 1 8 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 7 .211 .225 .237 .462 9 1 0 0 1 1
1 WS 6 25 23 4 9 1 0 1 5 0 0 2 2 .391 .440 .565 1.005 13 2 0 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
1980 CIN NL 27 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1982 HOU NL 29 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 GP) 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .250 .400 .250 .650 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
1974 21 CIN NL 12 0.0% 16.7% 8.3% 8.3% 50% 2.00 5.5 5.5 1.00 75%
1977 24 CIN NL 103 1.0% 15.5% 8.7% 6.8% 29% 1.78 5.8 92.0 7.1 1.04 74%
1978 25 CIN NL 68 1.5% 19.1% 4.4% 5.9% 31% 4.33 5.0 65.0 16.3 2.42 75%
1979 26 CIN NL 604 1.7% 9.4% 6.3% 8.4% 29% 1.50 9.7 55.1 7.0 1.08 81%
1980 27 CIN NL 667 2.1% 9.3% 5.4% 9.0% 37% 1.72 10.0 44.1 7.9 1.08 82%
1981 28 CIN NL 429 1.4% 11.9% 7.7% 7.0% 30% 1.55 7.6 64.3 11.4 1.15 77%
1982 29 HOU NL 676 0.9% 8.6% 7.1% 7.1% 27% 1.21 10.5 101.5 8.7 1.06 83%
1983 30 HOU NL 567 1.6% 10.9% 7.4% 8.6% 32% 1.48 8.2 56.3 7.2 1.14 79%
1984 31 TOT NL 398 0.8% 10.8% 5.3% 4.3% 19% 2.05 8.6 123.7 10.6 0.88 83%
1984 31 HOU NL 297 0.7% 10.1% 4.7% 4.0% 19% 2.14 9.3 139.0 9.6 0.92 84%
1984 31 NYM NL 101 1.0% 12.9% 6.9% 5.0% 19% 1.86 7.2 93.0 15.5 0.77 78%
1985 32 NYM NL 290 2.1% 11.0% 4.5% 6.2% 31% 2.46 8.5 45.2 7.5 1.13 82%
1986 33 NYM NL 541 2.0% 11.7% 7.4% 6.8% 26% 1.58 7.7 44.2 6.4 1.08 78%
1987 34 BAL AL 609 2.3% 14.8% 6.4% 6.2% 26% 2.31 6.3 40.2 8.7 0.95 76%
1988 35 DET AL 327 0.9% 9.2% 6.1% 5.2% 26% 1.50 10.0 99.7 9.1 0.80 1.02 82% 18% 3.2% 38%
13 Yrs 5291 1.6% 10.9% 6.5% 7.1% 29% 1.69 8.3 57.5 8.1 0.80 1.07 80% 18% 3.2% 38%
MLB Averages 2.1% 13.5% 8.5% 6.6% 28% 1.59 6.6 43.5 8.5 0.80 1.08 74% 20% 8.2% 41%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1974 21 CIN NL -0.8 -0.1 12 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .30 -0.1 -0.2 -1.4 -0.1 1.16 -0.9 0
1977 24 CIN NL -2.0 -0.2 108 0.3 1.7 -1.4 .79 -0.0 0.4 8.9 0.9 0.94 3.6 0.94 26
1978 25 CIN NL -4.8 -0.5 69 -0.9 0.6 -1.5 1.14 -0.5 -0.3 -6.0 -0.6 0.96 -4.8 2.00 16
1979 26 CIN NL 16.1 1.6 625 2.0 12.4 -10.4 1.04 1.5 0.5 16.0 1.6 1.01 16.5 2.46 1
1980 27 CIN NL -1.7 -0.2 680 1.3 13.2 -11.9 1.04 0.0 1.2 1.1 0.1 1.00 -1.2 0.58 1
1981 28 CIN NL -2.3 -0.2 441 0.3 7.6 -7.3 .99 -0.2 0.4 -7.9 -0.8 1.00 -0.2 0.17 1
1982 29 HOU NL 15.3 1.6 693 1.2 11.9 -10.6 .99 0.1 1.2 3.5 0.4 0.91 2.7 0
1983 30 HOU NL 20.5 2.1 576 0.0 10.2 -10.1 1.06 1.4 -1.4 3.9 0.4 0.99 12.8 2.67 4
1984 31 TOT NL -15.5 -1.6 405 -2.0 5.3 -7.3 1.01 -1.8 -0.1 -6.2 -0.7 0.95 -16.1 1.69 10
1984 31 HOU NL -15.1 -1.6 303 -2.0 3.8 -5.8 1.05 -1.7 -0.2 -8.1 -0.9 0.98 -16.3 1.69 10
1984 31 NYM NL -0.5 -0.1 102 0.0 1.6 -1.5 .89 -0.1 0.1 1.9 0.2 0.87 0.2 0
1985 32 NYM NL -14.2 -1.5 293 -1.7 4.1 -5.9 1.00 -1.5 -0.2 -11.5 -1.2 0.96 -12.6 1.28 16
1986 33 NYM NL 10.8 1.1 553 4.1 11.7 -7.6 .97 1.7 2.5 21.4 2.2 0.98 22.7 1.02 6
1987 34 BAL AL -14.0 -1.3 616 -1.1 11.1 -12.2 1.06 -1.4 0.4 -19.0 -1.8 0.95 -17.7 2.45 1
1988 35 DET AL -15.0 -1.5 330 -1.4 4.3 -5.7 .91 -1.4 -0.1 -10.3 -1.1 0.96 -13.9 1.89 23
13 Yrs -7.8 -0.8 5401 2.0 94.1 -92.1 1.01 -2.1 4.1 -7.5 -0.8 0.97 -9.3 1.52 105

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1974 21 CIN NL 0 0 33% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1977 24 CIN NL 3 0 22% 42 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 20% 7 6 1 3 1 1 5 4 1
1978 25 CIN NL 3 0 40% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50% 2 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 1
1979 26 CIN NL 6 0 26% 251 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 17 52% 29 20 9 6 2 4 25 7 18
1980 27 CIN NL 12 0 30% 240 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 18 48% 33 23 10 4 2 2 26 7 18
1981 28 CIN NL 6 0 28% 158 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 9 44% 29 20 9 4 1 3 12 3 8
1982 29 HOU NL 10 0 29% 275 2 5 29% 2 4 0 1 0 0 4 2 8 18 48% 48 33 15 7 2 5 24 5 18
1983 30 HOU NL 4 0 18% 216 0 3 0% 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 11 33% 29 22 7 6 2 2 17 9 8
1984 31 TOT NL 4 0 23% 152 0 3 0% 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 3 23% 29 25 4 5 3 1 9 4 5
1984 31 HOU NL 2 0 17% 105 0 3 0% 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 25% 20 16 4 2 1 1 6 4 2
1984 31 NYM NL 2 0 36% 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20% 9 9 0 3 2 0 3 0 3
1985 32 NYM NL 9 0 24% 85 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 38% 13 11 2 2 2 0 6 0 6
1986 33 NYM NL 7 0 23% 222 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 16 33% 27 20 5 7 4 2 9 2 7
1987 34 BAL AL 8 0 18% 200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 10 30% 25 19 5 8 6 2 13 5 7
1988 35 DET AL 5 0 37% 94 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 44% 12 8 4 4 3 1 11 4 7
13 Yrs 77 0 25% 1963 14 25 36% 14 21 0 2 0 2 16 3 66 116 40% 283 208 72 59 30 24 159 50 105

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
1974 21 CIN NL 12 33% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 1 0 0% 11 2 18% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
1977 24 CIN NL 103 56% 24 26 6 0 2 0.94 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 100% 20 0 0% 12 5 42% 58 14 24% 5 1 20% 3 1 33% 0
1978 25 CIN NL 68 65% 13 16 2 0 0 2.00 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 4 31% 5 2 40% 45 4 9% 5 2 40% 3 2 67% 0
1979 26 CIN NL 604 34% 175 1 0 0 0 2.46 10 1 23 5 5 4 6 0 4 4 100% 134 20 15% 64 23 36% 423 74 17% 33 19 58% 26 12 46% 0
1980 27 CIN NL 667 28% 163 1 0 0 0 0.58 14 3 17 10 4 6 8 0 6 5 83% 124 24 19% 73 28 38% 452 69 15% 35 18 51% 36 20 56% 0
1981 28 CIN NL 429 25% 100 1 0 0 0 0.17 6 0 14 6 0 1 5 0 4 3 75% 91 18 20% 54 16 30% 279 30 11% 27 12 44% 24 10 42% 0
1982 29 HOU NL 676 30% 179 0 0 0 0 6 0 7 4 2 0 6 0 1 1 100% 115 16 14% 59 26 44% 391 68 17% 53 30 57% 27 15 56% 0
1983 30 HOU NL 567 32% 154 4 0 0 0 2.67 9 0 15 6 3 3 6 0 3 3 100% 98 17 17% 78 28 36% 369 62 17% 39 18 46% 33 17 52% 0
1984 31 TOT NL 398 36% 88 10 4 0 0 1.69 3 0 7 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 75 5 7% 38 16 42% 245 40 16% 27 15 56% 21 14 67% 0
1984 31 HOU NL 297 36% 62 10 4 0 0 1.69 2 0 7 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 60 4 7% 33 15 45% 197 33 17% 22 14 64% 20 13 65% 0
1984 31 NYM NL 101 36% 26 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 15 1 7% 5 1 20% 48 7 15% 5 1 20% 1 1 100% 0
1985 32 NYM NL 290 62% 59 16 1 0 1 1.28 6 0 10 0 6 4 2 0 0 0 64 17 27% 34 10 29% 188 34 18% 25 15 60% 9 4 44% 0
1986 33 NYM NL 541 39% 145 6 2 0 1 1.02 11 0 20 2 9 7 4 0 3 3 100% 112 19 17% 54 22 41% 356 68 19% 37 21 57% 23 17 74% 0
1987 34 BAL AL 609 38% 144 1 1 0 1 2.45 14 0 19 6 8 8 6 0 0 0 124 16 13% 69 11 16% 409 53 13% 36 10 28% 27 14 52% 0
1988 35 DET AL 327 55% 65 5 0 23 2 0 2 1.89 3 0 10 0 3 3 0 0 2 2 100% 77 12 16% 29 13 45% 214 34 16% 23 13 57% 13 8 62% 0
13 Yrs 5291 37% 1311 5 0 105 18 0 7 1.52 84 4 146 41 43 39 45 0 24 22 92% 1050 169 16% 570 200 35% 3440 552 16% 347 175 50% 245 134 55% 0
MLB Averages 57% 79% 11% 35% 15% 51% 54%

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 35 DET AL 326 1205 3.70 757 63% 33% 9% 22% 36% 67% 0% 42% 87% 23% 4% 13 1 15% 50 21 10% 33 16 37% 1 0 0
1 Yr 326 1205 3.70 757 63% 33% 9% 22% 36% 67% 0% 42% 87% 23% 4% 13 1 15% 50 21 10% 33 16 37% 1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.58 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 76% 2% 47% 81% 33% 5% 16% 8% 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 SH SF IBB
1974 21 14 12 11 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .182 .250 .273 .523 47 3 1 0 0 0 0
1975 22 14 12 11 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .182 .250 .273 .523 47 3 1 0 0 0 0
1976 23 14 12 11 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .182 .250 .273 .523 47 3 1 0 0 0 0
1977 24 94 115 103 9 26 6 1 1 15 1 1 10 18 .252 .316 .359 .675 81 37 1 0 1 1 1
1978 25 177 183 168 16 39 9 1 2 19 1 1 13 31 .232 .286 .333 .619 68 56 5 0 1 1 1
1979 26 327 787 719 80 214 46 5 12 98 5 5 51 88 .298 .343 .426 .768 108 306 25 3 5 9 5
1980 27 489 1454 1337 151 377 85 12 26 176 6 7 87 150 .282 .326 .422 .748 105 564 49 7 10 13 14
1981 28 595 1883 1723 194 477 108 13 32 210 8 11 120 201 .277 .325 .410 .735 102 707 67 11 13 16 17
1982 29 753 2559 2332 266 656 144 19 38 280 10 16 168 259 .281 .330 .408 .738 106 952 83 16 14 29 26
1983 30 898 3126 2839 309 810 180 23 47 350 10 19 210 321 .285 .335 .415 .749 110 1177 100 20 17 40 35
1984 31 1013 3524 3210 337 898 194 23 50 385 10 22 231 364 .280 .328 .401 .729 105 1288 105 22 17 44 37
1985 32 1103 3814 3481 359 957 206 23 56 421 11 23 244 396 .275 .322 .396 .718 102 1377 122 23 17 49 38
1986 33 1240 4355 3967 410 1102 230 25 67 497 13 24 284 459 .278 .326 .399 .725 103 1583 141 27 20 57 40
1987 34 1390 4964 4530 456 1246 254 25 81 562 13 24 323 549 .275 .324 .396 .720 101 1793 157 33 20 58 43
1988 35 1495 5291 4829 490 1311 266 27 84 595 14 25 343 579 .271 .321 .390 .711 99 1883 169 36 22 61 43

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1974 21 14 12 11 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 2 .182 .250 .273 .523 1 14
1977 24 80 103 92 8 24 5 1 1 13 1 9 16 .261 .324 .370 .693 11 80
1978 25 83 69 66 8 14 3 0 1 4 0 3 13 .212 .246 .303 .549 5 83
1979 26 150 609 555 67 179 38 4 10 82 4 39 57 .323 .365 .459 .825 94 150
1980 27 162 677 626 77 171 41 7 15 84 1 38 62 .273 .317 .433 .750 85 162
1981 28 160 662 593 72 160 37 2 10 57 3 53 77 .270 .333 .390 .723 76 106
1982 29 158 700 627 84 197 40 7 7 82 2 53 58 .314 .366 .434 .800 99 158
1983 30 145 585 521 50 168 39 4 10 81 0 46 62 .322 .375 .470 .845 93 145
1984 31 115 408 379 32 96 15 0 3 40 0 23 43 .253 .297 .317 .613 36 115
1985 32 90 295 275 24 63 13 0 6 40 1 14 32 .229 .264 .342 .606 25 90
1986 33 137 550 493 55 152 25 2 12 82 2 42 63 .308 .362 .440 .802 78 137
1987 34 150 608 562 45 143 24 0 14 64 0 39 90 .254 .309 .372 .681 63 150
1988 35 105 334 304 38 70 13 2 3 37 1 22 30 .230 .286 .316 .602 27 105
13 Yrs 1549 5612 5104 561 1439 294 29 92 669 15 382 605 .282 .333 .405 .738 693 1495
162 Game Avg. 162 587 534 59 150 31 3 10 70 2 40 63 .282 .333 .405 .738 72 1495

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1994 BBWAA ( 0.2%)

All-Star Games
1980 *
1982 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1983 ML Hutch Award
1986 NL Babe Ruth Award
1986 ML WS MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1979 NL (5, 24%)
1982 NL (25, 0%)
1986 NL (14, 3%)
0.27 Career Shares (641st)

Batting Average s c a p y
1979 NL  .318 (3rd)
1983 NL  .304 (5th)
1986 NL  .298 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1980 NL  162 (2nd)
1981 NL  106 (8th)

At Bats s c a p y
1980 NL  618 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1982 NL  179 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
1979 NL  37 (7th)
1980 NL  39 (4th)
1981 NL  23 (7th)
1982 NL  36 (4th)
1983 NL  36 (5th)

Singles s c a p y
1982 NL  131 (8th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1980 NL  60 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1980 NL  4 (10th)
1981 NL  4 (5th)
1982 NL  5 (8th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1979 NL  8 (4th)
1982 NL  13 (2nd)
1983 NL  11 (2nd)
1986 NL  8 (8th)
Career  61 (208th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1979 NL  20 (4th)
1980 NL  24 (1st)
1981 NL  18 (1st)
1982 NL  16 (7th)
1983 NL  17 (6th)
1986 NL  19 (5th)
Career  169 (184th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1980 NL  490 (5th)
1981 NL  314 (9th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1986 NL  4.1 (6th)


† 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 (·)

Gray InkBatting - 28 (838), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 20 (804), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1672), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Juan Beniquez (923)
  2. Jerry Morales (922)
  3. Terry Moore (921)
  4. Kevin Bass (920)
  5. Keith Moreland (918)
  6. Brook Jacoby (915)
  7. Jay Johnstone (914)
  8. Hector Lopez (911)
  9. Wil Cordero (909)
  10. Scott Hatteberg (904)
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  1. Bill Mueller (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ray Jablonski (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Scott Cooper (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bill Barrett (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bill Barrett (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Lou Piniella (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Johnny Wyrostek (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Johnny Groth (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jay Johnstone (922)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jay Johnstone (920)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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