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Ed Kranepool

Edward Emil Kranepool

Positions: First Baseman and Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: November 8, 1944 in New York, NY
High School: James Monroe HS (Bronx, NY)
Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 1962
Team: Mets 1962-1979

Final Game: September 30, 1979
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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
1962	17	NYM-TEX/NYM-DET-min	D,AAA,A	41	166	143	29	43	6	2	1	22	0	0	22	29	.301	.392	.392	.783		56		0	0	1	0		AUB,SYR,KNX · NYPL,IL,SALL
1962	17	NYM	NL	3	6	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.333	.500	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	/3
1963	18	NYM-min	AAA	53	223	203	28	63	9	8	5	33	2	2	20	34	.310	.372	.507	.880		103							BFL · IL
1963	18	NYM	NL	86	294	273	22	57	12	2	2	14	4	2	18	50	.209	.256	.289	.545	57	79	10	0	1	2	0	93/7
1964	19	NYM-min	AAA	15	64	54	7	19	4	1	3	7	1	0	10	3	.352	.453	.630	1.083		34		0	0	0			BFL · IL
1964	19	NYM	NL	119	461	420	47	108	19	4	10	45	0	1	32	50	.257	.310	.393	.703	100	165	9	2	3	4	2	3/98
1965	20	NYM	NL	153	575	525	44	133	24	4	10	53	1	4	39	71	.253	.303	.371	.675	94	195	13	2	1	8	7	*3	AS
1966	21	NYM	NL	146	512	464	51	118	15	2	16	57	1	1	41	66	.254	.316	.399	.715	100	185	5	3	0	4	9	*37
1967	22	NYM	NL	141	516	469	37	126	17	1	10	54	0	4	37	51	.269	.321	.373	.694	100	175	13	1	5	4	15	*3
1968	23	NYM	NL	127	405	373	29	86	13	1	3	20	0	3	19	39	.231	.271	.295	.566	70	110	6	2	10	1	5	*3/7
1969	24	NYM	NL	112	396	353	36	84	9	2	11	49	3	2	37	32	.238	.307	.368	.675	87	130	10	0	2	4	7	3/7
1970	25	NYM-min	AAA	47	206	174	29	54	8	3	7	45	2	1	30	11	.310	.408	.511	.919		89		0	0	2			TID · IL
1970	25	NYM	NL	43	52	47	2	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	5	2	.170	.250	.170	.420	15	8	0	0	0	0	0	/3
1971	26	NYM	NL	122	467	421	61	118	20	4	14	58	0	4	38	33	.280	.340	.447	.786	124	188	7	1	5	2	6	3/79
1972	27	NYM	NL	122	368	327	28	88	15	1	8	34	1	0	34	35	.269	.336	.394	.731	110	129	11	1	2	4	13	*3/9
1973	28	NYM	NL	100	320	284	28	68	12	2	1	35	1	0	30	28	.239	.310	.306	.616	73	87	7	0	4	2	4	37/9
1974	29	NYM	NL	94	237	217	20	65	11	1	4	24	1	0	18	14	.300	.350	.415	.765	115	90	5	0	0	2	0	73/9
1975	30	NYM	NL	106	357	325	42	105	16	0	4	43	1	1	27	21	.323	.370	.409	.779	121	133	12	0	0	5	6	3/7
1976	31	NYM	NL	123	455	415	47	121	17	1	10	49	1	0	35	38	.292	.344	.410	.754	121	170	10	0	2	3	4	37/9
1977	32	NYM	NL	108	309	281	28	79	17	0	10	40	1	4	23	20	.281	.330	.448	.778	113	126	10	0	0	5	7	397
1978	33	NYM	NL	66	93	81	7	17	2	0	3	19	0	0	8	12	.210	.280	.346	.625	77	28	4	1	0	3	2	/937
1979	34	NYM	NL	82	174	155	7	36	5	0	2	17	0	1	13	18	.232	.287	.303	.591	65	47	6	1	0	5	2	3/97
18 Yrs				1853	5997	5436	536	1418	225	25	118	614	15	27	454	581	.261	.316	.377	.693	98	2047	138	14	35	58	89
162 Game Avg.				162	524	475	47	124	20	2	10	54	1	2	40	51	.261	.316	.377	.693	98	179	12	1	3	5	8
				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

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
1962	17	NYM	NL	3	6	0	0	0	1	-0	1	0.1	0	2	0.2	.547	.501	0.0	0.1	0	$	/3
1963	18	NYM	NL	86	294	-15	1	-1	-4	-4	-23	-2.7	10	-12	-1.7	.469	.483	-1.3	-0.8	-9	$7,500	93/7
1964	19	NYM	NL	119	461	1	-0	0	-1	-6	-7	-0.7	16	9	0.9	.493	.495	0.9	-0.8	10	$9,500	3/98
1965	20	NYM	NL	153	575	-4	-1	-1	-2	-8	-16	-1.9	20	3	0.0	.488	.488	0.3	-1.1	5	$11,000	*3	AS
1966	21	NYM	NL	146	512	-4	-2	1	2	-8	-11	-1.1	17	7	0.6	.492	.493	0.3	-0.5	4	$16,000	*37
1967	22	NYM	NL	141	516	-5	-4	-1	-6	-7	-23	-2.5	18	-5	-0.8	.481	.483	-0.2	-1.4	1	$	*3
1968	23	NYM	NL	127	405	-14	-3	1	2	-6	-20	-2.3	14	-6	-1.0	.480	.484	-1.4	-0.3	-8	$25,000	*3/7
1969	24	NYM	NL	112	396	-6	0	1	0	-6	-12	-1.2	13	2	0.1	.488	.492	0.0	-0.6	2	$	3/7
1970	25	NYM	NL	43	52	-6	-0	0	0	-0	-6	-0.6	2	-4	-0.4	.486	.496	-0.5	0.0	-4	$	/3
1971	26	NYM	NL	122	467	12	0	2	0	-7	6	0.8	14	20	2.2	.506	.505	2.1	-0.7	20	$	3/79
1972	27	NYM	NL	122	368	3	2	-1	0	-5	-1	-0.0	11	10	1.0	.499	.499	0.9	-0.5	10	$	*3/9
1973	28	NYM	NL	100	320	-10	0	0	-0	-5	-14	-1.6	9	-5	-0.6	.484	.490	-0.6	-0.5	-4	$	37/9
1974	29	NYM	NL	94	237	5	0	-0	-6	-3	-4	-0.4	7	3	0.3	.495	.497	0.9	-1.0	9	$	73/9
1975	30	NYM	NL	106	357	6	-0	-1	1	-5	0	0.1	10	11	1.1	.500	.500	0.9	-0.4	10	$	3/7
1976	31	NYM	NL	123	455	15	-1	-1	-3	-7	4	0.5	13	18	1.8	.504	.503	2.1	-1.0	20	$	37/9
1977	32	NYM	NL	108	309	2	-3	-2	-2	-5	-9	-0.9	9	0	0.0	.491	.494	0.2	-0.7	3	$	397
1978	33	NYM	NL	66	93	-4	-0	-0	-4	-1	-8	-0.9	3	-6	-0.7	.486	.494	-0.3	-0.4	-2	$	/937
1979	34	NYM	NL	82	174	-8	0	0	-2	-2	-12	-1.3	5	-7	-0.8	.484	.492	-0.6	-0.4	-5	$	3/97
18 Seasons				1853	5997	-31	-11	-2	-22	-86	-152	-16.6	190	38	2.2	.491	.494	3.7	-11.1	60	$69,000
			Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards

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
1962	17	NYM	NL	6	5	0	0.0	104	.200	.167	.271	.167	.339	.333	.412	.500	.750	30	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.400	.167	.167
1963	18	NYM	NL	294	231	19	2.2	89	.247	.209	.254	.256	.316	.289	.380	.545	.696	57	.260	-15.2	-1.6	.434	.154	.081	2.7
1964	19	NYM	NL	461	329	51	4.2	90	.269	.257	.259	.310	.316	.393	.384	.703	.700	100	.508	0.3	0.0	.615	.210	.136	.0
1965	20	NYM	NL	575	418	57	3.7	89	.272	.253	.252	.303	.315	.371	.382	.675	.697	94	.446	-3.9	-0.4	.570	.187	.118	1.8
1966	21	NYM	NL	512	356	60	4.6	94	.264	.254	.261	.316	.320	.399	.394	.715	.713	100	.533	0.3	0.0	.651	.233	.144	1.9
1967	22	NYM	NL	516	369	53	3.9	89	.282	.269	.256	.321	.318	.373	.376	.694	.693	100	.490	0.2	0.0	.581	.175	.104	.0
1968	23	NYM	NL	405	307	29	2.6	81	.250	.231	.252	.271	.310	.295	.355	.566	.666	70	.351	-14.0	-1.6	.432	.107	.064	.0
1969	24	NYM	NL	396	287	39	3.6	96	.232	.238	.262	.307	.332	.368	.388	.675	.720	87	.438	-6.6	-0.7	.598	.238	.130	4.7
1970	25	NYM	NL	52	39	2	1.4	103	.178	.170	.267	.250	.340	.170	.408	.420	.748	15	.098	-5.7	-0.6	.333	.106	.000
1971	26	NYM	NL	467	321	63	5.3	91	.277	.280	.257	.340	.323	.447	.377	.786	.700	124	.617	12.2	1.3	.710	.247	.166	.0
1972	27	NYM	NL	368	256	42	4.4	89	.278	.269	.253	.336	.321	.394	.374	.731	.695	110	.540	5.0	0.5	.660	.232	.125	1.8
1973	28	NYM	NL	320	229	28	3.3	95	.261	.239	.260	.310	.329	.306	.387	.616	.716	73	.382	-9.6	-1.0	.529	.176	.067	1.0
1974	29	NYM	NL	237	159	32	5.4	94	.303	.300	.261	.350	.333	.415	.378	.765	.711	115	.609	4.2	0.4	.694	.203	.115	1.6
1975	30	NYM	NL	357	238	47	5.3	92	.331	.323	.260	.370	.330	.409	.375	.779	.704	121	.594	10.1	1.0	.687	.169	.086	1.6
1976	31	NYM	NL	455	309	58	5.1	86	.300	.292	.254	.344	.320	.410	.363	.754	.682	121	.596	10.9	1.1	.678	.205	.118	1.8
1977	32	NYM	NL	309	221	38	4.6	98	.270	.281	.262	.330	.329	.448	.399	.778	.728	113	.502	5.4	0.5	.676	.238	.167	1.8
1978	33	NYM	NL	93	71	7	2.6	91	.203	.210	.257	.280	.324	.346	.378	.625	.703	77	.301	-2.3	-0.2	.544	.235	.136	.0
1979	34	NYM	NL	174	131	13	2.7	95	.243	.232	.263	.287	.328	.303	.390	.591	.718	65	.285	-6.7	-0.7	.476	.148	.071	.0
18 Yrs				5997	4276	638	4.0	91	.271	.261	.257	.316	.322	.377	.380	.693	.701	98	.488	-16.1	-1.8	.598	.197	.116	26.6
162 Game Avg.				524	374	56	4.0	91	.271	.261	.257	.316	.322	.377	.380	.693	.701	98	.488	-16.1	-1.8	.598	.197	.116	2
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd

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
1969	24	NYM	NL	NLCS	ATL	W	3	13	12	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	.250	.308	.333	.641	4	0	0	0	0	0
1969	24	NYM	NL	WS	BAL	W	1	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	4	0	0	0	0	0

1973	28	NYM	NL	NLCS	CIN	W	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
1973	28	NYM	NL	WS	OAK	L	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs (4 Series)							9	22	21	3	5	1	0	1	4	0	1	1	2	.238	.273	.429	.701	9	0	0	0	0	0
2 NLCS							4	15	14	2	4	1	0	0	3	0	1	1	2	.286	.333	.357	.690	5	0	0	0	0	0
2 WS							5	7	7	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.571	.714	4	0	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
1965	NYM	NL	20		DNP

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
1962	17	NYM	NL	6	0.0%	16.7%	0.0%	16.7%	100%		6.0					83%
1963	18	NYM	NL	294	0.7%	17.0%	6.1%	5.4%	28%	2.78	5.5	136.5	19.5		1.44	76%
1964	19	NYM	NL	461	2.2%	10.9%	6.9%	7.2%	31%	1.56	8.4	42.0	9.3		0.99	79%
1965	20	NYM	NL	575	1.7%	12.4%	6.8%	6.6%	29%	1.82	7.4	52.5	9.9		1.03	79%
1966	21	NYM	NL	512	3.1%	12.9%	8.0%	6.5%	28%	1.61	7.0	29.0	8.1		0.81	75%
1967	22	NYM	NL	516	1.9%	9.9%	7.2%	5.4%	22%	1.38	9.2	46.9	8.7		1.07	80%
1968	23	NYM	NL	405	0.7%	9.6%	4.7%	4.2%	20%	2.05	9.6	124.3	18.7		1.09	82%
1969	24	NYM	NL	396	2.8%	8.1%	9.3%	5.6%	26%	0.86	11.0	32.1	7.2		1.07	79%
1970	25	NYM	NL	52	0.0%	3.9%	9.6%	0.0%	0%	0.40	23.5		15.7		1.18	87%
1971	26	NYM	NL	467	3.0%	7.1%	8.1%	8.1%	32%	0.87	12.8	30.1	7.3		0.92	81%
1972	27	NYM	NL	368	2.2%	9.5%	9.2%	6.5%	27%	1.03	9.3	40.9	9.6		0.86	78%
1973	28	NYM	NL	320	0.3%	8.8%	9.4%	4.7%	22%	0.93	10.1	284.0	8.1		1.16	80%
1974	29	NYM	NL	237	1.7%	5.9%	7.6%	6.8%	25%	0.78	15.5	54.3	9.0		0.87	85%
1975	30	NYM	NL	357	1.1%	5.9%	7.6%	5.6%	19%	0.78	15.5	81.3	7.6		1.13	85%
1976	31	NYM	NL	455	2.2%	8.4%	7.7%	6.2%	23%	1.09	10.9	41.5	8.5		1.19	81%
1977	32	NYM	NL	309	3.2%	6.5%	7.4%	8.7%	34%	0.87	14.1	28.1	7.0		1.05	83%
1978	33	NYM	NL	93	3.2%	12.9%	8.6%	5.4%	29%	1.50	6.8	27.0	4.3		1.46	74%
1979	34	NYM	NL	174	1.2%	10.3%	7.5%	4.0%	19%	1.38	8.6	77.5	9.1		0.91	80%
18 Yrs				5997	2.0%	9.7%	7.6%	6.1%	26%	1.28	9.4	46.1	8.9		1.04	80%
MLB Averages					2.0%	14.2%	8.5%	6.2%	27%	1.69	6.3	44.1	8.9		1.10	74%
				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
1962	17	NYM	NL	-0.6	-0.1	6	0.1	0.1	-0.1	.96	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.82	-0.1		0
1963	18	NYM	NL	-15.2	-1.6	307	-0.5	5.4	-5.9	1.08	-1.1	0.7	-14.5	-1.6	0.96	-13.9	1.29	13
1964	19	NYM	NL	-0.2	-0.0	471	0.1	7.6	-7.5	.99	0.1	-0.0	5.6	0.6	0.93	2.0	1.16	10
1965	20	NYM	NL	-4.6	-0.5	588	0.1	9.6	-9.5	.99	-0.5	0.6	-3.7	-0.4	0.93	-6.5	1.80	11
1966	21	NYM	NL	0.3	0.0	522	-0.9	7.7	-8.6	.98	-0.1	-0.8	6.3	0.7	0.94	5.4	1.02	8
1967	22	NYM	NL	0.2	0.0	524	0.2	9.6	-9.4	1.05	-0.8	1.0	1.9	0.2	0.95	-5.7	2.77	9
1968	23	NYM	NL	-14.0	-1.6	412	-2.4	5.7	-8.1	1.14	-1.6	-0.5	-14.3	-1.6	0.97	-13.3	1.81	16
1969	24	NYM	NL	-6.6	-0.7	405	-0.4	7.6	-8.0	1.14	0.0	-0.4	-0.3	-0.0	1.00	-1.5	2.01	7
1970	25	NYM	NL	-5.7	-0.6	53	-0.2	1.0	-1.2	1.34	-0.4	0.3	-3.9	-0.4	0.97	-5.0	1.38	31
1971	26	NYM	NL	12.2	1.3	477	0.6	8.8	-8.1	1.08	1.4	-0.8	16.1	1.7	1.00	17.4	1.85	8
1972	27	NYM	NL	5.0	0.5	373	-0.5	6.1	-6.6	1.10	0.5	-1.0	5.9	0.6	0.97	6.5	1.61	15
1973	28	NYM	NL	-9.6	-1.0	325	-0.8	5.3	-6.2	1.13	-0.8	0.0	-2.9	-0.3	0.99	-8.1	1.89	16
1974	29	NYM	NL	4.2	0.4	240	0.7	5.1	-4.4	1.08	0.6	0.1	5.5	0.6	0.91	5.5	1.00	35
1975	30	NYM	NL	9.7	1.0	367	0.8	6.4	-5.6	1.00	1.0	-0.2	10.1	1.0	0.95	9.6	1.85	20
1976	31	NYM	NL	10.3	1.1	462	2.3	9.8	-7.5	1.08	1.4	0.7	14.7	1.6	0.96	16.9	2.66	10
1977	32	NYM	NL	4.9	0.5	315	1.3	8.0	-6.7	1.26	0.3	0.8	-0.5	-0.1	1.00	4.3	2.32	29
1978	33	NYM	NL	-2.3	-0.2	94	0.9	3.8	-2.9	1.84	-0.1	0.6	1.1	0.1	1.15	-1.2	2.18	50
1979	34	NYM	NL	-6.9	-0.7	177	-1.9	2.2	-4.1	1.22	-1.1	-0.5	-12.6	-1.3	1.02	-10.9	1.81	37
18 Yrs				-19.0	-2.1	6118	-0.4	109.8	-110.2	1.09	-1.2	0.8	14.3	1.4	0.97	1.4	1.78	325
				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
1962	17	NYM	NL	1	0	0%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963	18	NYM	NL	3	0	27%	93	4	2	67%	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	48%	14	9	5	1	1	0	8	2	6
1964	19	NYM	NL	7	0	28%	172	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	12	44%	25	16	8	5	3	2	9	1	7
1965	20	NYM	NL	9	0	21%	188	1	4	20%	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	10	33%	24	17	6	6	5	1	10	3	6
1966	21	NYM	NL	2	0	24%	157	1	1	50%	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	9	50%	29	15	12	5	2	3	14	4	9
1967	22	NYM	NL	3	0	18%	183	0	4	0%	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	15	30%	27	21	5	11	5	4	15	7	7
1968	23	NYM	NL	4	0	25%	154	0	3	0%	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	5	40%	22	14	8	5	3	2	13	6	6
1969	24	NYM	NL	6	0	23%	148	3	2	60%	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	35%	24	18	6	4	3	1	9	3	6
1970	25	NYM	NL	0	0	15%	12	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0%	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1971	26	NYM	NL	5	0	33%	166	0	4	0%	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	12	54%	20	13	7	3	2	1	16	3	13
1972	27	NYM	NL	6	0	17%	143	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	50%	16	10	5	2	1	1	8	1	7
1973	28	NYM	NL	4	0	28%	108	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	46%	22	14	7	3	2	1	14	3	10
1974	29	NYM	NL	4	0	20%	98	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	39%	8	6	2	0	0	0	5	1	3
1975	30	NYM	NL	1	0	30%	154	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	11	42%	24	14	9	3	2	1	16	8	8
1976	31	NYM	NL	12	0	25%	184	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	10	35%	26	21	4	7	5	2	13	3	10
1977	32	NYM	NL	3	0	20%	103	1	4	20%	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	1	53%	10	4	5	1	1	0	4	1	3
1978	33	NYM	NL	0	0	17%	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	25%	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1979	34	NYM	NL	1	0	10%	46	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	67%	5	1	4	0	0	0	1	1	0
18 Yrs				71	0	24%	2118	15	27	36%	14	27	0	0	1	2	7	0	66	124	42%	302	198	94	57	35	19	156	48	101
				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
1962	17	NYM	NL	6	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1963	18	NYM	NL	294	82%	57			13	3	0	0	1.29	2	0	4	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	100%	57	10	18%	22	3	14%	166	13	8%	11	4	36%	5	1	20%	0
1964	19	NYM	NL	461	75%	108			10	2	0	0	1.16	10	0	9	8	2	7	3	0	4	3	75%	88	9	10%	34	10	29%	249	36	14%	18	11	61%	10	8	80%	0
1965	20	NYM	NL	575	85%	133			11	4	0	1	1.80	10	0	15	9	1	6	4	0	1	1	100%	112	13	12%	47	15	32%	327	46	14%	38	20	53%	12	7	58%	0
1966	21	NYM	NL	512	74%	118			8	1	1	1	1.02	16	0	7	15	1	7	9	0	4	0	0%	87	5	6%	44	13	30%	306	42	14%	26	15	58%	16	8	50%	0
1967	22	NYM	NL	516	80%	126			9	1	0	1	2.77	10	0	8	10	0	6	4	0	6	5	83%	97	13	13%	48	20	42%	311	49	16%	32	17	53%	16	11	69%	0
1968	23	NYM	NL	405	85%	86			16	3	0	1	1.81	3	0	4	3	0	1	2	0	12	10	83%	84	6	7%	40	15	38%	238	19	8%	20	9	45%	13	5	38%	0
1969	24	NYM	NL	396	90%	84			7	1	0	1	2.01	11	0	13	11	0	5	6	0	2	2	100%	87	10	11%	45	14	31%	270	40	15%	26	15	58%	13	5	38%	0
1970	25	NYM	NL	52	96%	8			31	4	0	2	1.38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9	0	0%	2	0	0%	31	3	10%	2	2	100%	0	0		0
1971	26	NYM	NL	467	93%	118			8	2	0	1	1.85	14	0	8	13	1	8	6	0	6	5	83%	92	7	8%	45	16	36%	304	46	15%	27	13	48%	19	10	53%	0
1972	27	NYM	NL	368	89%	88			15	4	0	1	1.61	8	0	5	8	0	6	2	0	3	2	67%	78	11	14%	29	14	48%	231	29	13%	23	10	43%	14	9	64%	0
1973	28	NYM	NL	320	90%	68			16	2	0	1	1.89	1	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	6	4	67%	71	7	10%	31	13	42%	217	36	17%	16	11	69%	12	8	67%	0
1974	29	NYM	NL	237	95%	65			35	17	1	4	1.00	4	0	5	4	0	2	2	0	0	0		33	5	15%	12	4	33%	144	22	15%	12	6	50%	8	3	38%	0
1975	30	NYM	NL	357	85%	105			20	8	0	2	1.85	4	0	7	3	1	4	0	0	0	0		76	12	16%	33	15	45%	228	40	18%	25	14	56%	15	10	67%	0
1976	31	NYM	NL	455	87%	121			10	4	0	3	2.66	10	0	14	10	0	6	4	0	3	2	67%	80	10	13%	28	14	50%	284	45	16%	21	17	81%	15	10	67%	0
1977	32	NYM	NL	309	93%	79			29	13	1	12	2.32	10	0	9	10	0	4	6	0	0	0		62	10	16%	30	9	30%	209	31	15%	20	13	65%	8	3	38%	0
1978	33	NYM	NL	93	94%	17			50	15	3	12	2.18	3	0	2	3	0	2	1	0	0	0		26	4	15%	9	6	67%	100	19	19%	10	8	80%	4	1	25%	0
1979	34	NYM	NL	174	97%	36			37	6	0	2	1.81	2	0	5	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		40	6	15%	21	8	38%	138	15	11%	17	8	47%	5	2	40%	0
18 Yrs				5997	86%	1418			325	90	6	45	1.78	118	0	120	112	6	67	51	0	48	35	73%	1181	138	12%	520	189	36%	3755	531	14%	344	193	56%	185	101	55%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			77%			11%			32%			14%			48%			53%
				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

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
1962	17	3	6	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.333	.500	30	2	0	0	0	0	0
1963	18	89	300	279	22	58	13	2	2	14	4	2	18	51	.208	.254	.290	.545	57	81	10	0	1	2	0
1964	19	208	761	699	69	166	32	6	12	59	4	3	50	101	.237	.288	.352	.640	83	246	19	2	4	6	2
1965	20	361	1336	1224	113	299	56	10	22	112	5	7	89	172	.244	.295	.360	.655	88	441	32	4	5	14	9
1966	21	507	1848	1688	164	417	71	12	38	169	6	8	130	238	.247	.301	.371	.671	91	626	37	7	5	18	18
1967	22	648	2364	2157	201	543	88	13	48	223	6	12	167	289	.252	.305	.371	.676	93	801	50	8	10	22	33
1968	23	775	2769	2530	230	629	101	14	51	243	6	15	186	328	.249	.300	.360	.660	90	911	56	10	20	23	38
1969	24	887	3165	2883	266	713	110	16	62	292	9	17	223	360	.247	.301	.361	.662	90	1041	66	10	22	27	45
1970	25	930	3217	2930	268	721	110	16	62	295	9	17	228	362	.246	.300	.358	.658	88	1049	66	10	22	27	45
1971	26	1052	3684	3351	329	839	130	20	76	353	9	21	266	395	.250	.305	.369	.674	93	1237	73	11	27	29	51
1972	27	1174	4052	3678	357	927	145	21	84	387	10	21	300	430	.252	.308	.371	.679	94	1366	84	12	29	33	64
1973	28	1274	4372	3962	385	995	157	23	85	422	11	21	330	458	.251	.308	.367	.675	93	1453	91	12	33	35	68
1974	29	1368	4609	4179	405	1060	168	24	89	446	12	21	348	472	.254	.310	.369	.680	94	1543	96	12	33	37	68
1975	30	1474	4966	4504	447	1165	184	24	93	489	13	22	375	493	.259	.315	.372	.687	96	1676	108	12	33	42	74
1976	31	1597	5421	4919	494	1286	201	25	103	538	14	22	410	531	.261	.317	.375	.692	98	1846	118	12	35	45	78
1977	32	1705	5730	5200	522	1365	218	25	113	578	15	26	433	551	.263	.318	.379	.697	99	1972	128	12	35	50	85
1978	33	1771	5823	5281	529	1382	220	25	116	597	15	26	441	563	.262	.317	.379	.696	98	2000	132	13	35	53	87
1979	34	1853	5997	5436	536	1418	225	25	118	614	15	27	454	581	.261	.316	.377	.693	98	2047	138	14	35	58	89

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
1962	17	3	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
1963	18	86	302	279	26	63	13	2	2	17	4	20	50	.226	.276	.308	.584	24	86
1964	19	119	474	430	54	118	21	4	11	52	0	35	50	.274	.329	.419	.748	59	119
1965	20	152	587	534	51	144	26	4	11	61	1	42	71	.270	.321	.395	.716	69	153
1966	21	146	523	472	57	126	16	2	17	64	1	44	66	.267	.331	.417	.748	65	146
1967	22	141	532	481	43	138	19	1	11	63	0	41	51	.287	.342	.399	.741	66	141
1968	23	126	419	384	37	99	15	1	3	26	0	22	39	.258	.301	.326	.626	38	127
1969	24	112	400	356	38	87	9	2	11	52	3	38	32	.244	.314	.374	.688	43	112
1970	25	43	52	47	2	8	0	0	0	3	0	5	2	.170	.250	.170	.420	2	43
1971	26	122	482	432	71	129	22	4	15	67	0	42	33	.299	.361	.472	.833	74	122
1972	27	128	397	351	34	101	17	1	9	42	1	39	37	.288	.357	.419	.776	53	122
1973	28	100	324	287	30	71	13	2	1	37	1	31	28	.247	.319	.317	.636	29	100
1974	29	94	241	220	21	68	12	1	4	26	1	19	14	.309	.361	.427	.788	34	94
1975	30	106	367	333	47	113	17	0	4	48	1	29	21	.339	.387	.426	.813	56	106
1976	31	123	472	428	56	134	19	1	11	58	1	39	38	.313	.368	.439	.807	70	123
1977	32	108	313	284	30	82	18	0	10	43	1	24	20	.289	.339	.458	.796	45	108
1978	33	66	94	82	8	18	2	0	3	22	0	8	12	.220	.287	.354	.641	9	66
1979	34	82	177	157	8	38	5	0	2	19	0	14	18	.242	.299	.312	.612	15	82
18 Yrs		1857	6162	5563	613	1537	244	25	125	700	15	492	583	.276	.333	.397	.730	751	1853
162 Game Avg.		162	538	485	53	134	21	2	11	61	1	43	51	.276	.333	.397	.730	66	1853
		G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1985 BBWAA ()	All-Star Games 1965	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1965 NL 8 (4th) Career 58 (228th)	Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y 1972 NL 13 (7th) Career 89 (148th)
Youngest s c a p y 1962 NL born 1944-11-08 (1st) 1963 NL born 1944-11-08 (3rd) 1964 NL born 1944-11-08 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 6 (1387), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 6 (2192), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Most Similar by Ages

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Rusty Staub (943) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Monte Ward (923) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Phil Cavarretta (931) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rusty Staub (944) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rusty Staub (916) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Elbie Fletcher (905) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Bailey (912) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Bailey (916) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jose Cardenal (912) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Travis Lee (906) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ron Fairly (925) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Spencer (928) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ron Fairly (915) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ron Fairly (917) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Spencer (906) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tito Francona (910) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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