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Chuck Knoblauch

Edward Charles Knoblauch (twitter: @chuckknoblauch)

Positions: Second Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: July 7, 1968 in Houston, TX
High School: Bellaire HS (Bellaire, TX)
School: Texas A&M University (College Station, TX)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 1989 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 1989. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1991
Teams (by GP): Twins/Yankees/Royals 1991-2002
Agents: Louis Gregory, previously: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: September 27, 2002
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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
1991 22 MIN AL 151 636 565 78 159 24 6 1 50 25 5 59 40 .281 .351 .350 .701 91 198 8 4 1 5 0 *4/6 RoY-1
1992 23 MIN AL 155 707 600 104 178 19 6 2 56 34 13 88 60 .297 .384 .358 .743 108 215 8 5 2 12 1 *4/D6 AS
1993 24 MIN AL 153 685 602 82 167 27 4 2 41 29 11 65 44 .277 .354 .346 .699 90 208 11 9 4 5 1 *4/68
1994 25 MIN AL 109 499 445 85 139 45 3 5 51 35 6 41 56 .312 .381 .461 .841 117 205 13 10 0 3 2 *4/6 AS,MVP-20
1995 26 MIN AL 136 629 538 107 179 34 8 11 63 46 18 78 95 .333 .424 .487 .911 136 262 15 10 0 3 3 *4/6 MVP-17,SS
1996 27 MIN AL 153 701 578 140 197 35 14 13 72 45 14 98 74 .341 .448 .517 .965 143 299 9 19 0 6 6 *4/D AS,MVP-16
1997 28 MIN AL 156 716 611 117 178 26 10 9 58 62 10 84 84 .291 .390 .411 .800 110 251 11 17 0 4 6 *4/D6 AS,GG,SS
1998 29 NYY AL 150 706 603 117 160 25 4 17 64 31 12 76 70 .265 .361 .405 .765 102 244 13 18 2 7 1 *4/D
1999 30 NYY AL 150 715 603 120 176 36 4 18 68 28 9 83 57 .292 .393 .454 .848 118 274 7 21 3 5 0 *4
2000 31 NYY AL 102 457 400 75 113 22 2 5 26 15 7 46 45 .283 .366 .385 .751 92 154 6 8 1 2 0 4D
2001 32 NYY AL 137 600 521 66 130 20 3 9 44 38 9 58 73 .250 .339 .351 .691 83 183 10 14 5 2 1 7D
2002 33 KCR AL 80 336 300 41 63 9 0 6 22 19 3 28 32 .210 .284 .300 .584 50 90 5 4 2 2 1 7/D
12 Yrs 1632 7387 6366 1132 1839 322 64 98 615 407 117 804 730 .289 .378 .406 .783 106 2583 116 139 20 56 22
162 Game Avg. 162 733 632 112 183 32 6 10 61 40 12 80 72 .289 .378 .406 .783 106 256 12 14 2 6 2
MIN (7 yrs) 1013 4573 3939 713 1197 210 51 43 391 276 77 513 453 .304 .391 .416 .807 114 1638 75 74 7 38 19
NYY (4 yrs) 539 2478 2127 378 579 103 13 49 202 112 37 263 245 .272 .366 .402 .768 100 855 36 61 11 16 2
KCR (1 yr) 80 336 300 41 63 9 0 6 22 19 3 28 32 .210 .284 .300 .584 50 90 5 4 2 2 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 Awards
1991 22 MIN AL 151 636 -5 5 3 -1 3 5 0.7 21 26 2.6 .503 .503 2.8 0.3 27 $ *4/6 RoY-1
1992 23 MIN AL 155 707 11 3 0 8 3 26 3.0 24 50 5.1 .518 .517 4.3 1.3 42 $325,000 *4/D6 AS
1993 24 MIN AL 153 685 -5 5 0 8 3 12 1.3 23 35 3.4 .508 .507 2.7 1.2 26 $510,000 *4/68
1994 25 MIN AL 109 499 14 5 -1 5 2 25 2.4 16 41 3.9 .521 .514 3.5 0.7 36 $1,625,000 *4/6 AS,MVP-20
1995 26 MIN AL 136 629 37 1 -2 9 3 48 4.6 20 68 6.4 .533 .528 5.6 1.2 59 $2,987,500 *4/6 MVP-17,SS
1996 27 MIN AL 153 701 50 3 0 11 3 67 6.4 23 90 8.4 .539 .537 7.3 1.5 78 $4,670,000 *4/D AS,MVP-16
1997 28 MIN AL 156 716 13 10 0 16 3 42 4.4 24 66 6.5 .526 .525 4.9 2.0 50 $6,150,000 *4/D6 AS,GG,SS
1998 29 NYY AL 150 706 6 0 -2 -4 3 3 0.5 23 27 2.6 .502 .502 3.1 -0.0 31 $6,000,000 *4/D
1999 30 NYY AL 150 715 21 2 0 -15 3 11 1.2 23 34 3.3 .507 .506 4.7 -1.0 49 $6,000,000 *4
2000 31 NYY AL 102 457 -5 -1 1 -10 -0 -15 -1.3 15 -0 0.1 .486 .491 1.0 -0.9 10 $6,000,000 4D
2001 32 NYY AL 137 600 -10 6 -0 -2 -7 -14 -1.2 20 7 0.6 .490 .492 0.8 -0.8 9 $6,000,000 7D
2002 33 KCR AL 80 336 -21 3 0 1 -4 -20 -1.9 11 -8 -0.9 .475 .488 -1.0 -0.2 -10 $2,000,000 7/D
12 Seasons 1632 7387 106 43 2 26 14 191 20.2 243 434 42.0 .511 .509 39.7 5.3 408 $42,267,500
MIN (7 yrs) 1013 4573 114 33 2 56 20 225 22.8 150 375 36.3 .521 .519 31.1 8.2 319 $16,267,500
NYY (4 yrs) 539 2478 13 7 -1 -31 -2 -14 -0.7 82 68 6.6 .497 .498 9.6 -2.7 99 $24,000,000
KCR (1 yr) 80 336 -21 3 0 1 -4 -20 -1.9 11 -8 -0.9 .475 .488 -1.0 -0.2 -10 $2,000,000

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
1991 22 MIN AL 636 425 76 4.8 101 .299 .281 .266 .351 .335 .350 .403 .701 .739 91 .526 -5.6 -0.6 .671 .209 .069 1.9
1992 23 MIN AL 707 457 93 5.5 96 .320 .297 .262 .384 .331 .358 .388 .743 .719 108 .598 11.6 1.2 .743 .243 .062 3.8
1993 24 MIN AL 685 466 79 4.5 103 .294 .277 .267 .354 .337 .346 .408 .699 .745 90 .472 -6.7 -0.6 .656 .206 .068 3.7
1994 25 MIN AL 499 328 81 6.6 111 .346 .312 .273 .381 .345 .461 .434 .841 .779 117 .596 13.2 1.2 .877 .306 .148 8.8
1995 26 MIN AL 629 395 115 7.8 110 .386 .333 .272 .424 .345 .487 .429 .911 .774 136 .674 32.8 3.0 .964 .351 .154 17.8
1996 27 MIN AL 701 410 147 9.6 117 .370 .341 .278 .448 .352 .517 .447 .965 .799 143 .729 45.0 4.0 1.106 .400 .176 20.2
1997 28 MIN AL 716 458 112 6.5 109 .324 .291 .271 .390 .341 .411 .429 .800 .770 110 .607 12.4 1.1 .890 .342 .119 15.7
1998 29 NYY AL 706 477 94 5.3 107 .273 .265 .268 .361 .336 .405 .427 .765 .763 102 .505 4.7 0.4 .763 .297 .139 22.0
1999 30 NYY AL 715 451 118 7.0 112 .296 .292 .273 .393 .345 .454 .436 .848 .781 118 .615 20.8 1.9 .896 .332 .163 21.9
2000 31 NYY AL 457 303 60 5.3 114 .307 .283 .275 .366 .348 .385 .442 .751 .790 92 .480 -3.2 -0.3 .720 .238 .103 7.5
2001 32 NYY AL 600 417 69 4.4 108 .274 .250 .269 .339 .335 .351 .431 .691 .766 83 .440 -12.4 -1.2 .693 .269 .102 14.6
2002 33 KCR AL 336 249 28 3.0 114 .216 .210 .276 .284 .344 .300 .443 .584 .788 50 .286 -23.1 -2.2 .563 .237 .090 9.1
12 Yrs 7387 4836 1072 5.9 108 .311 .289 .270 .378 .341 .406 .425 .783 .766 106 .569 89.5 7.9 .802 .289 .117 158.0
162 Game Avg. 733 480 106 5.9 108 .311 .289 .270 .378 .341 .406 .425 .783 .766 106 .569 9 1 .802 .289 .117 16
MIN (7 yrs) 4573 2939 703 6.4 106 .332 .304 .270 .391 .341 .416 .419 .807 .760 114 .612 102.6 9.3 .838 .293 .112 74.4
NYY (4 yrs) 2478 1648 341 5.5 110 .287 .272 .271 .366 .341 .402 .433 .768 .774 100 .520 10.0 0.9 .774 .289 .130 68.2
KCR (1 yr) 336 249 28 3.0 114 .216 .210 .276 .284 .344 .300 .443 .584 .788 50 .287 -23.1 -2.2 .563 .237 .090 9.1

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
1991 22 MIN AL ALCS TOR W 5 23 20 5 7 2 0 0 3 2 1 3 3 .350 .435 .450 .885 9 0 0 0 0 0
1991 22 MIN AL WS ATL W 7 32 26 3 8 1 0 0 2 4 0 4 2 .308 .387 .346 .733 9 0 0 1 1 0
1998 29 NYY AL ALDS TEX W 3 12 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .091 .167 .091 .258 1 1 1 0 0 0
1998 29 NYY AL ALCS CLE W 6 30 25 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 .200 .333 .240 .573 6 0 1 0 0 0
1998 29 NYY AL WS SDP W 4 20 16 3 6 0 0 1 3 1 0 3 2 .375 .500 .563 1.063 9 0 1 0 0 0
1999 30 NYY AL ALDS TEX W 3 13 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .167 .231 .167 .397 2 0 0 0 0 0
1999 30 NYY AL ALCS BOS W 5 22 18 3 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 .333 .429 .389 .817 7 0 0 1 0 0
1999 30 NYY AL WS ATL W 4 18 16 5 5 1 0 1 3 1 0 1 3 .313 .353 .563 .915 9 0 0 1 0 0
2000 31 NYY AL ALDS OAK W 3 9 9 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 3 0 0 0 0 0
2000 31 NYY AL ALCS SEA W 6 28 23 3 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 4 .261 .370 .348 .718 8 0 1 1 0 0
2000 31 NYY AL WS NYM W 4 13 10 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 .100 .231 .100 .331 1 0 0 0 1 0
2001 32 NYY AL ALDS OAK W 5 22 22 1 6 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 .273 .273 .318 .591 7 0 0 0 0 0
2001 32 NYY AL ALCS SEA W 5 21 18 0 6 1 0 0 3 0 1 2 3 .333 .400 .389 .789 7 1 0 1 0 0
2001 32 NYY AL WS ARI L 6 19 18 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .056 .105 .056 .161 1 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs (14 Series) 66 282 244 31 63 10 0 2 20 11 4 27 31 .258 .339 .324 .663 79 2 4 5 2 0
4 ALDS 14 56 54 3 12 1 0 0 2 2 1 1 9 .222 .250 .241 .491 13 1 1 0 0 0
5 ALCS 27 124 104 15 30 7 0 0 9 3 2 15 12 .288 .388 .356 .744 37 1 2 3 0 0
5 WS 25 102 86 13 21 2 0 2 9 6 1 11 10 .244 .330 .337 .667 29 0 1 2 2 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
1992 MIN AL 23 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 MIN AL 25 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 MIN AL 27 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1997 MIN AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs (4 GP) 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .200 .333 .200 .533 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
1991 22 MIN AL 636 0.2% 6.3% 9.3% 4.9% 20% 0.68 14.1 565.0 11.3 1.14 1.34 83% 18% 0.5% 15%
1992 23 MIN AL 707 0.3% 8.5% 12.5% 3.8% 15% 0.68 10.0 300.0 10.7 0.83 0.92 78% 23% 0.8% 14%
1993 24 MIN AL 685 0.3% 6.4% 9.5% 4.8% 20% 0.68 13.7 301.0 14.7 0.99 1.23 82% 21% 0.8% 14%
1994 25 MIN AL 499 1.0% 11.2% 8.2% 10.6% 38% 1.37 7.9 89.0 8.7 0.88 1.27 78% 22% 2.6% 9%
1995 26 MIN AL 629 1.8% 15.1% 12.4% 8.4% 30% 1.22 5.7 48.9 8.5 0.87 1.33 69% 25% 5.0% 8%
1996 27 MIN AL 701 1.9% 10.6% 14.0% 8.8% 32% 0.76 7.8 44.5 8.0 0.72 0.90 71% 26% 5.3% 17%
1997 28 MIN AL 716 1.3% 11.7% 11.7% 6.3% 25% 1.00 7.3 67.9 10.5 0.85 1.04 73% 19% 3.8% 17%
1998 29 NYY AL 706 2.4% 9.9% 10.8% 6.5% 29% 0.92 8.6 35.5 9.4 0.61 0.74 74% 24% 6.0% 16%
1999 30 NYY AL 715 2.5% 8.0% 11.6% 8.1% 33% 0.69 10.6 33.5 8.9 0.55 0.63 75% 22% 6.1% 16%
2000 31 NYY AL 457 1.1% 9.9% 10.1% 6.4% 26% 0.98 8.9 80.0 15.4 0.70 0.93 77% 27% 2.8% 13%
2001 32 NYY AL 600 1.5% 12.2% 9.7% 5.3% 25% 1.26 7.1 57.9 11.8 0.77 0.94 74% 24% 4.1% 12%
2002 33 KCR AL 336 1.8% 9.5% 8.3% 4.5% 24% 1.14 9.4 50.0 13.6 0.75 0.96 79% 19% 4.8% 17%
12 Yrs 7387 1.3% 9.9% 10.9% 6.6% 26% 0.91 8.7 65.0 10.4 0.79 0.99 76% 22% 3.6% 14%
MLB Averages 2.6% 16.3% 8.9% 7.6% 32% 1.83 5.4 33.8 7.6 0.79 1.08 70% 22% 7.7% 15%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1991 22 MIN AL -5.6 -0.6 689 0.5 10.9 -10.4 .96 0.4 0.2 11.2 1.1 0.93 2.2 2.16 3
1992 23 MIN AL 10.8 1.1 768 0.9 12.8 -11.9 1.02 1.6 -0.7 13.9 1.4 0.97 14.1 1.16 1
1993 24 MIN AL -6.7 -0.6 735 -1.1 10.9 -12.0 1.04 -0.3 -0.7 -3.9 -0.4 0.95 -5.5 1.67 4
1994 25 MIN AL 13.2 1.2 547 2.2 10.5 -8.3 1.01 1.3 0.8 13.8 1.3 0.94 13.2 0
1995 26 MIN AL 32.8 3.0 707 4.0 15.4 -11.4 1.08 3.5 0.2 36.3 3.3 0.96 37.7 0
1996 27 MIN AL 45.0 4.0 778 3.3 14.3 -11.0 .97 4.5 -1.0 59.7 5.2 0.95 53.7 0
1997 28 MIN AL 11.4 1.1 803 0.2 12.8 -12.6 1.00 2.0 -1.8 19.6 1.8 0.95 19.9 0
1998 29 NYY AL 4.7 0.4 758 0.3 11.6 -11.3 .94 0.3 0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.95 -0.3 0
1999 30 NYY AL 20.8 1.9 760 1.9 12.8 -10.9 .93 1.6 0.5 17.9 1.6 0.92 14.7 0
2000 31 NYY AL -3.2 -0.3 488 -1.0 6.6 -7.6 .89 -1.0 -0.1 -16.0 -1.5 0.90 -12.6 0
2001 32 NYY AL -13.1 -1.2 659 -0.5 9.3 -9.8 .96 -0.4 -0.1 -6.1 -0.6 0.90 -7.5 2.88 7
2002 33 KCR AL -23.1 -2.2 364 -1.0 5.2 -6.2 1.05 -1.4 0.5 -16.9 -1.5 0.93 -16.9 2.08 2
12 Yrs 87.0 7.7 8056 9.8 133.1 -123.3 .99 12.1 -2.1 129.3 11.7 0.94 112.8 2.27 17

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
1991 22 MIN AL 5 2 35% 284 25 5 83% 25 5 0 0 0 0 4 0 6 28 56% 43 24 18 6 1 5 14 2 12
1992 23 MIN AL 8 0 38% 323 34 13 72% 29 12 4 1 1 0 3 0 14 26 57% 51 25 25 12 7 5 32 8 24
1993 24 MIN AL 7 0 34% 279 29 11 73% 26 10 3 1 0 0 1 1 6 20 52% 35 21 14 11 4 7 25 7 16
1994 25 MIN AL 6 0 43% 215 35 6 85% 25 5 10 1 0 0 2 1 11 24 55% 24 10 12 6 4 2 25 9 16
1995 26 MIN AL 9 0 38% 299 46 18 72% 37 16 9 1 0 1 7 5 9 24 54% 45 24 20 11 3 8 26 7 16
1996 27 MIN AL 10 0 42% 329 45 14 76% 40 13 4 1 1 0 9 6 9 29 49% 55 27 27 18 11 7 28 13 15
1997 28 MIN AL 6 0 40% 293 62 10 86% 50 9 12 1 0 0 5 3 6 25 48% 45 26 18 14 6 8 34 14 19
1998 29 NYY AL 8 0 42% 261 31 12 72% 26 10 5 2 0 0 5 2 8 21 54% 52 28 22 7 2 4 32 9 23
1999 30 NYY AL 5 0 39% 345 28 9 76% 25 7 3 2 0 0 5 3 7 23 40% 59 42 16 9 8 0 34 9 25
2000 31 NYY AL 1 0 43% 225 15 7 68% 14 7 1 0 0 0 4 1 6 12 46% 44 31 13 9 2 7 27 10 17
2001 32 NYY AL 7 0 30% 235 38 9 81% 31 8 7 1 0 0 3 2 2 13 43% 32 23 9 5 3 2 14 3 11
2002 33 KCR AL 5 0 39% 123 19 3 86% 11 3 8 0 0 0 1 1 2 9 33% 12 9 3 6 4 2 9 4 4
12 Yrs 77 2 39% 3211 407 117 78% 339 105 66 11 2 1 49 25 86 254 50% 497 290 197 114 55 57 300 95 198

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
1991 22 MIN AL 636 26% 159 62 0 3 2 0 0 2.16 1 0 13 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 25% 120 8 7% 61 22 36% 332 49 15% 30 19 63% 19 11 58% 0
1992 23 MIN AL 707 21% 178 74 2 1 0 0 0 1.16 2 0 18 1 1 0 2 0 4 2 50% 124 8 6% 74 29 39% 399 57 14% 45 26 58% 29 15 52% 0
1993 24 MIN AL 685 25% 167 24 0 4 0 0 0 1.67 2 0 16 2 0 2 0 0 5 4 80% 124 11 9% 54 25 46% 364 44 12% 26 16 62% 17 12 71% 0
1994 25 MIN AL 499 23% 139 16 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 6 3 2 1 4 0 1 0 0% 89 13 15% 45 14 31% 254 49 19% 26 16 62% 18 12 67% 0
1995 26 MIN AL 629 25% 179 20 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 11 7 4 4 7 0 1 0 0% 96 15 16% 42 11 26% 335 55 16% 28 15 54% 18 13 72% 0
1996 27 MIN AL 701 25% 197 23 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 14 9 4 7 6 0 0 0 121 9 7% 38 17 45% 346 60 17% 28 19 68% 21 15 71% 0
1997 28 MIN AL 716 22% 178 22 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 5 6 3 2 7 0 0 0 117 11 9% 57 15 26% 358 51 14% 31 17 55% 21 13 62% 0
1998 29 NYY AL 706 24% 160 33 1 0 0 0 0 17 1 17 14 3 5 12 0 3 2 67% 105 13 12% 53 19 36% 362 53 15% 36 22 61% 22 15 68% 0
1999 30 NYY AL 715 19% 176 13 3 0 0 0 0 18 1 11 14 4 11 7 1 7 3 43% 93 7 8% 43 13 30% 336 51 15% 33 18 55% 18 11 61% 0
2000 31 NYY AL 457 24% 113 7 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 8 3 2 5 0 0 2 1 50% 58 6 10% 24 4 17% 202 21 10% 17 8 47% 10 6 60% 0
2001 32 NYY AL 600 20% 130 12 0 7 4 0 2 2.88 9 0 6 6 3 6 3 0 6 5 83% 76 10 13% 32 13 41% 255 37 15% 16 10 63% 17 10 59% 0
2002 33 KCR AL 336 27% 63 8 2 2 2 0 0 2.08 6 1 6 5 1 3 3 0 4 2 50% 40 5 13% 22 12 55% 161 18 11% 13 11 85% 15 10 67% 0
12 Yrs 7387 23% 1839 314 9 17 8 0 2 2.27 98 4 131 71 27 47 51 1 37 20 54% 1163 116 10% 545 194 36% 3704 545 15% 329 197 60% 225 143 64% 0
MLB Averages 56% 73% 10% 35% 15% 52% 57%

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
1991 22 MIN AL 638 2184 3.42 1328 61% 34% 5% 21% 40% 66% 0% 40% 93% 24% 7% 47 3 20% 127 23 10% 64 30 33% -2 0 0
1992 23 MIN AL 712 2632 3.70 1574 60% 35% 6% 24% 35% 65% 0% 39% 91% 20% 9% 62 0 19% 138 15 12% 82 32 37% -5 0 0
1993 24 MIN AL 683 2360 3.46 1418 60% 27% 5% 28% 40% 73% 0% 44% 93% 30% 6% 44 1 16% 107 27 10% 65 37 32% 2 0 0
1994 25 MIN AL 472 1673 3.54 1062 64% 27% 10% 28% 35% 73% 1% 46% 87% 24% 5% 23 3 13% 63 27 6% 29 16 32% 27 1 0
1995 26 MIN AL 584 2301 3.94 1374 60% 28% 10% 32% 30% 72% 1% 43% 86% 25% 6% 35 2 19% 110 40 10% 59 29 32% 45 0 1
1996 27 MIN AL 588 2430 4.13 1466 60% 36% 7% 27% 30% 64% 1% 38% 89% 13% 5% 29 1 16% 95 20 11% 64 31 40% 113 0 1
1997 28 MIN AL 681 2798 4.11 1653 59% 36% 6% 28% 30% 64% 2% 38% 90% 13% 8% 54 3 19% 131 23 10% 66 41 44% 35 0 1
1998 29 NYY AL 709 2856 4.03 1729 61% 36% 6% 27% 31% 64% 0% 38% 91% 15% 7% 48 5 20% 145 25 12% 88 47 59% -3 0 0
1999 30 NYY AL 718 2779 3.87 1682 61% 35% 5% 28% 33% 65% 0% 40% 93% 17% 5% 33 1 16% 117 29 11% 76 34 46% -3 0 0
2000 31 NYY AL 461 1779 3.86 1104 62% 37% 4% 26% 32% 63% 0% 39% 93% 16% 5% 23 0 15% 69 11 8% 39 15 49% -4 0 0
2001 32 NYY AL 605 2380 3.93 1469 62% 34% 6% 30% 31% 66% 0% 41% 91% 18% 5% 33 0 14% 85 26 9% 55 26 45% -5 0 0
2002 33 KCR AL 336 1350 4.02 865 64% 34% 5% 29% 31% 66% 1% 42% 93% 14% 6% 19 0 14% 48 9 10% 33 15 47% 0 0 0
12 Yrs 7187 27522 3.83 16724 61% 34% 6% 27% 33% 66% 1% 40% 91% 19% 6% 450 19 17% 1235 275 10% 720 353 41% 200 1 3
MLB Averages 3.70 62% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 2% 46% 80% 30% 5% 16% 9% 28%

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
1991 22 151 636 565 78 159 24 6 1 50 25 5 59 40 .281 .351 .350 .701 91 198 8 4 1 5 0
1992 23 306 1343 1165 182 337 43 12 3 106 59 18 147 100 .289 .368 .355 .723 100 413 16 9 3 17 1
1993 24 459 2028 1767 264 504 70 16 5 147 88 29 212 144 .285 .364 .351 .715 97 621 27 18 7 22 2
1994 25 568 2527 2212 349 643 115 19 10 198 123 35 253 200 .291 .367 .373 .740 101 826 40 28 7 25 4
1995 26 704 3156 2750 456 822 149 27 21 261 169 53 331 295 .299 .378 .396 .774 108 1088 55 38 7 28 7
1996 27 857 3857 3328 596 1019 184 41 34 333 214 67 429 369 .306 .391 .417 .808 115 1387 64 57 7 34 13
1997 28 1013 4573 3939 713 1197 210 51 43 391 276 77 513 453 .304 .391 .416 .807 114 1638 75 74 7 38 19
1998 29 1163 5279 4542 830 1357 235 55 60 455 307 89 589 523 .299 .387 .414 .801 112 1882 88 92 9 45 20
1999 30 1313 5994 5145 950 1533 271 59 78 523 335 98 672 580 .298 .388 .419 .807 113 2156 95 113 12 50 20
2000 31 1415 6451 5545 1025 1646 293 61 83 549 350 105 718 625 .297 .386 .417 .803 112 2310 101 121 13 52 20
2001 32 1552 7051 6066 1091 1776 313 64 92 593 388 114 776 698 .293 .382 .411 .793 109 2493 111 135 18 54 21
2002 33 1632 7387 6366 1132 1839 322 64 98 615 407 117 804 730 .289 .378 .406 .783 106 2583 116 139 20 56 22

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
1991 22 151 634 565 78 159 24 6 1 50 25 59 40 .281 .351 .350 .701 69 151
1992 23 155 719 608 111 186 20 6 2 60 36 92 60 .306 .395 .368 .763 89 155
1993 24 153 685 602 82 167 27 4 2 41 29 65 44 .277 .354 .346 .699 72 153
1994 25 155 692 620 108 185 60 4 7 65 47 55 80 .298 .366 .442 .808 97 109
1995 26 153 694 596 111 192 36 9 12 65 49 84 107 .322 .414 .473 .887 114 136
1996 27 153 674 561 121 180 32 13 12 62 41 90 74 .321 .426 .488 .914 113 153
1997 28 156 709 606 111 173 25 10 9 55 60 82 84 .285 .384 .404 .788 90 156
1998 29 150 702 600 113 157 25 4 17 62 30 75 70 .262 .357 .402 .759 82 150
1999 30 150 702 595 111 168 34 4 17 63 27 79 57 .282 .382 .439 .821 96 150
2000 31 102 445 392 67 105 20 2 5 23 14 43 45 .268 .349 .367 .716 49 102
2001 32 137 596 518 63 127 20 3 9 42 37 57 73 .245 .335 .347 .683 57 137
2002 33 80 330 296 36 59 8 0 6 19 18 26 32 .199 .271 .287 .559 22 80
12 Yrs 1695 7582 6559 1112 1858 331 65 99 607 413 807 766 .283 .371 .399 .770 950 1632
162 Game Avg. 162 725 627 106 178 32 6 9 58 39 77 73 .283 .371 .399 .770 91 1632

* 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
2008 BBWAA ( 0.2%)

All-Star Games
1992 *
1994 *
1996 *
1997 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1991 AL Rookie of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1994 AL (20, 2%)
1995 AL (17, 1%)
1996 AL (16, 2%)
0.05 Career Shares (1113th)

Gold Gloves
1997 AL (2B)

Silver Sluggers
1995 AL (2B)
1997 AL (2B)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1995 AL  6.4 (6th)
1996 AL  8.4 (3rd)
1997 AL  6.5 (7th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1994 AL  3.9 (9th)
1995 AL  6.4 (4th)
1996 AL  8.4 (3rd)
1997 AL  6.5 (3rd)
Career  42.0 (230th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1994 AL  3.5 (10th)
1995 AL  5.6 (6th)
1996 AL  7.3 (2nd)
Career  39.7 (242nd)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1997 AL  2.0 (5th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1995 AL  .333 (2nd)
1996 AL  .341 (4th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1995 AL  .424 (6th)
1996 AL  .448 (5th)
Career  .378 (187th)

At Bats s c a p y
1993 AL  602 (9th)
1994 AL  445 (6th)
1997 AL  611 (10th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1992 AL  707 (8th)
1993 AL  685 (9th)
1996 AL  701 (8th)
1997 AL  716 (4th)
1998 AL  706 (8th)
1999 AL  715 (5th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1992 AL  104 (4th)
1994 AL  85 (8th)
1995 AL  107 (8th)
1996 AL  140 (2nd)
1997 AL  117 (3rd)
1998 AL  117 (5th)
1999 AL  120 (6th)
Career  1,132 (214th)

Hits s c a p y
1992 AL  178 (9th)
1994 AL  139 (7th)
1995 AL  179 (3rd)
1996 AL  197 (5th)

Doubles s c a p y
1994 AL  45 (1st)
1995 AL  34 (6th)

Triples s c a p y
1995 AL  8 (5th)
1996 AL  14 (1st)
1997 AL  10 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1992 AL  88 (10th)
1996 AL  98 (8th)
Career  804 (243rd)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1993 AL  29 (9th)
1994 AL  35 (4th)
1995 AL  46 (4th)
1996 AL  45 (4th)
1997 AL  62 (2nd)
2001 AL  38 (5th)
Career  407 (66th)

Singles s c a p y
1992 AL  151 (2nd)
1993 AL  134 (7th)
1995 AL  126 (4th)
1996 AL  135 (6th)
1997 AL  133 (4th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1995 AL  115 (9th)
1996 AL  147 (7th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1996 AL  45 (9th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1996 AL  4.0 (9th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1994 AL  53 (8th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1992 AL  271 (4th)
1995 AL  267 (4th)
1996 AL  314 (2nd)
1997 AL  279 (3rd)
1999 AL  280 (8th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1996 AL  .729 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1993 AL  9 (9th)
1994 AL  10 (3rd)
1995 AL  10 (6th)
1996 AL  19 (2nd)
1997 AL  17 (2nd)
1998 AL  18 (1st)
1999 AL  21 (2nd)
2001 AL  14 (6th)
Career  139 (28th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1992 AL  12 (2nd)
Career  56 (244th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1992 AL  13 (9th)
1995 AL  18 (2nd)
1996 AL  14 (3rd)
1998 AL  12 (6th)
Career  117 (64th)

SB % s c a p y
1991 AL  83.33 (2nd)
1994 AL  85.37 (10th)
1997 AL  86.11 (3rd)
2002 AL  86.36 (5th)
Career  77.67 (83rd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1995 AL  17.8 (6th)
1996 AL  20.2 (6th)
1998 AL  22.0 (8th)
1999 AL  21.9 (10th)
Career  158.0 (153rd)

AB per SO s c a p y
1991 AL  14.1 (7th)
1993 AL  13.7 (5th)
1999 AL  10.6 (7th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1993 AL  466 (9th)
1998 AL  477 (3rd)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1995 AL  36.31 (7th)
1996 AL  59.70 (6th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1995 AL  4.0 (8th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1995 AL  3.5 (8th)
1996 AL  4.5 (8th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1995 AL  3.3 (7th)
1996 AL  5.2 (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 (·)

Black InkBatting - 3 (529), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 67 (375), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 68 (288), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 33 (239), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Eric Young (919)
  2. Placido Polanco (896)
  3. Larry Doyle (883)
  4. Pete Runnels (881)
  5. Davey Lopes (873)
  6. Heinie Groh (871)
  7. Mark Loretta (870)
  8. Rafael Furcal (865)
  9. Delino DeShields (863)
  10. Marty McManus (861)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Jack Farrell (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jerry Browne (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Nellie Fox (972) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Nellie Fox (952) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Rod Carew (954) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Rod Carew (951) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Woody English (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Larry Doyle (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Larry Doyle (915)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Buddy Myer (916)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Red Schoendienst (908) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Paul Molitor (900) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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