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Hal Lanier
Harold Clifton Lanier

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 4, 1942 in Denton, NC
High School: Boca Ciega (St. Petersburg, FL)
Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 18, 1964
Final Game: September 30, 1973
Relatives: Son of Max Lanier
About biographical information

Hal Lanier
Batting >>
Minors
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- 1964
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- 1964
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Standard Batting

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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
1964	21	SFG	NL	98	401	383	40	105	16	3	2	28	2	1	5	44	.274	.283	.347	.630	75	133	12	0	12	1	0	4/6
1965	22	SFG	NL	159	556	522	41	118	15	9	0	39	2	1	21	67	.226	.256	.289	.545	51	151	21	0	12	1	4	*4/6
1966	23	SFG	NL	149	484	459	37	106	14	2	3	37	1	0	16	49	.231	.256	.290	.546	50	133	20	0	8	1	7	*46
1967	24	SFG	NL	151	557	525	37	112	16	3	0	42	2	2	16	61	.213	.239	.255	.494	42	134	17	2	13	1	2	*64
1968	25	SFG	NL	151	518	486	37	100	14	1	0	27	2	2	12	57	.206	.222	.239	.461	38	116	17	0	14	6	0	*6
1969	26	SFG	NL	150	537	495	37	113	9	1	0	35	0	1	25	68	.228	.263	.251	.514	46	124	16	0	13	4	5	*6
1970	27	SFG	NL	134	463	438	33	101	13	1	2	41	1	2	21	41	.231	.265	.279	.543	46	122	20	0	2	2	4	*6/43
1971	28	SFG	NL	109	227	206	21	48	8	0	1	13	0	0	15	26	.233	.283	.286	.569	63	59	6	0	4	2	3	54/63
1972	29	NYY	AL	60	107	103	5	22	3	0	0	6	1	2	2	13	.214	.234	.243	.476	44	25	3	1	0	1	0	5/64
1973	30	NYY	AL	35	90	86	9	18	3	0	0	5	0	0	3	10	.209	.244	.244	.489	40	21	3	1	0	0	0	6/45
10 Seasons				1196	3940	3703	297	843	111	20	8	273	11	11	136	436	.228	.255	.275	.529	49	1018	135	4	78	19	25
162 Game Avg.				162	534	502	40	114	15	3	1	37	1	1	18	59	.228	.255	.275	.529	49	138	18	1	11	3	3

SFG (8 yrs)				1101	3743	3514	283	803	105	20	8	262	10	9	131	413	.229	.255	.277	.532	50	972	129	2	78	18	25
NYY (2 yrs)				95	197	189	14	40	6	0	0	11	1	2	5	23	.212	.239	.243	.482	42	46	6	2	0	1	0

NL (8 yrs)				1101	3743	3514	283	803	105	20	8	262	10	9	131	413	.229	.255	.277	.532	50	972	129	2	78	18	25
AL (2 yrs)				95	197	189	14	40	6	0	0	11	1	2	5	23	.212	.239	.243	.482	42	46	6	2	0	1	0

Advanced Batting

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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
1964	21	SFG	NL	401	304	34	3.0	95	.305	.274	.266	.283	.324	.347	.394	.630	.718	75	.362	-13.8	-1.4	.478	.089	.073	2.0
1965	22	SFG	NL	556	439	34	2.1	97	.259	.226	.263	.256	.327	.289	.397	.545	.724	51	.223	-36.4	-3.8	.406	.105	.063	.0
1966	23	SFG	NL	484	382	30	2.1	99	.252	.231	.269	.256	.328	.290	.405	.546	.734	50	.220	-32.8	-3.4	.402	.096	.059	1.5
1967	24	SFG	NL	557	446	29	1.8	90	.241	.213	.258	.239	.320	.255	.379	.494	.699	42	.184	-40.8	-4.4	.352	.072	.042	.0
1968	25	SFG	NL	518	425	23	1.5	82	.230	.206	.253	.222	.312	.239	.357	.461	.668	38	.164	-37.4	-4.3	.316	.058	.033	.0
1969	26	SFG	NL	537	416	31	2.0	94	.262	.228	.258	.263	.328	.251	.383	.514	.711	46	.207	-36.5	-3.8	.371	.071	.022
1970	27	SFG	NL	463	363	28	2.1	103	.249	.231	.267	.265	.340	.279	.408	.543	.748	46	.185	-34.5	-3.4	.396	.094	.048	1.3
1971	28	SFG	NL	227	170	16	2.5	92	.260	.233	.258	.283	.325	.286	.378	.569	.703	63	.296	-10.0	-1.0	.451	.126	.053	.0
1972	29	NYY	AL	107	87	5	1.5	81	.242	.214	.243	.234	.311	.243	.351	.476	.662	44	.172	-7.2	-0.8	.314	.039	.029	.0
1973	30	NYY	AL	90	71	5	1.9	91	.237	.209	.256	.244	.324	.244	.376	.489	.701	40	.179	-6.9	-0.7	.352	.070	.035
10 Seasons				3940	3103	235	2.0	94	.255	.228	.261	.255	.325	.275	.386	.529	.711	49	.218	-256.1	-27.2	.385	.084	.047	9.3
162 Game Avg.				534	420	32	2.0	94	.255	.228	.261	.255	.325	.275	.386	.529	.711	49	.218	-256.1	-27.2	.385	.084	.047	1

SFG (8 yrs)				3743	2945	225	2.1	94	.256	.229	.261	.255	.325	.277	.388	.532	.713	50	.220	-242.0	-25.7	.388	.086	.048	8.9
NYY (2 yrs)				197	158	10	1.7	85	.240	.212	.249	.239	.317	.243	.363	.482	.680	42	.176	-14.1	-1.5	.331	.053	.032	.0

NL (8 yrs)				3743	2945	225	2.1	94	.256	.229	.261	.255	.325	.277	.388	.532	.713	50	.220	-242.0	-25.7	.388	.086	.048	8.9
AL (2 yrs)				197	158	10	1.7	85	.240	.212	.249	.239	.317	.243	.363	.482	.680	42	.176	-14.1	-1.5	.331	.053	.032	.0

Postseason Batting

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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
1971	28	SFG	NL	NLCS	PIT	L	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							1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1964	21	SFG	NL	401	0.5%	11.0%	1.3%	5.2%	20%	8.80	8.7	191.5	13.7	1.50	84%
1965	22	SFG	NL	556	0.0%	12.1%	3.8%	4.3%	20%	3.19	7.8		13.4	1.29	82%
1966	23	SFG	NL	484	0.6%	10.1%	3.3%	3.9%	18%	3.06	9.4	153.0	12.4	1.51	84%
1967	24	SFG	NL	557	0.0%	11.0%	2.9%	3.4%	17%	3.81	8.6		12.5	1.27	83%
1968	25	SFG	NL	518	0.0%	11.0%	2.3%	2.9%	15%	4.75	8.5		18.0	1.47	84%
1969	26	SFG	NL	537	0.0%	12.7%	4.7%	1.9%	9%	2.72	7.3		14.1	1.28	80%
1970	27	SFG	NL	463	0.4%	8.9%	4.5%	3.5%	16%	1.95	10.7	219.0	10.7	0.98	86%
1971	28	SFG	NL	227	0.4%	11.5%	6.6%	4.0%	19%	1.73	7.9	206.0	15.8	1.12	80%
1972	29	NYY	AL	107	0.0%	12.2%	1.9%	2.8%	14%	6.50	7.9		17.2	0.87	85%
1973	30	NYY	AL	90	0.0%	11.1%	3.3%	3.3%	17%	3.33	8.6		17.2	1.68	84%
10 Seasons				3940	0.2%	11.1%	3.5%	3.5%	17%	3.21	8.5	462.9	13.6	1.29	83%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1964	21	SFG	NL	8	0	35%	160	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	9	52%	15	7	7	3	1	1	9	3	6
1965	22	SFG	NL	9	0	30%	163	2	1	67%	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	5	6	61%	20	10	10	3	1	2	10	2	8
1966	23	SFG	NL	5	0	29%	179	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	8	58%	22	10	12	2	1	1	16	3	10
1967	24	SFG	NL	12	0	29%	183	2	2	50%	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	7	8	44%	28	17	9	5	3	1	22	8	14
1968	25	SFG	NL	5	0	33%	178	2	2	50%	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	8	56%	11	7	4	2	1	1	19	5	13
1969	26	SFG	NL	7	0	27%	179	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	13	50%	13	7	5	2	0	2	15	5	8
1970	27	SFG	NL	6	0	26%	173	1	2	33%	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	8	8	37%	15	12	3	5	3	1	15	3	9
1971	28	SFG	NL	4	0	32%	94	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	36%	10	9	1	1	1	0	11	3	7
1972	29	NYY	AL	1	0	20%	36	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	22%	9	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1973	30	NYY	AL	2	0	41%	16	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	2	2	0	2	1	1	2	0	2
10 Seasons				59	0	30%	1361	11	11	50%	9	8	2	3	0	0	5	0	40	66	48%	145	88	53	25	12	10	119	32	77
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						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
1964	21	SFG	NL	401	28%	105			2	0	0	0	1.00	2	0	8	2	0	1	1	0	16	12	75%	83	12	14%	46	14	30%	243	26	11%	10	6	60%	20	11	55%	0
1965	22	SFG	NL	556	28%	118			1	0	0	0	1.51	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	13	12	92%	116	21	18%	49	17	35%	345	43	12%	20	10	50%	32	11	34%	0
1966	23	SFG	NL	484	28%	106			1	0	0	0	3.60	3	0	10	2	1	0	3	0	9	8	89%	88	20	23%	42	17	40%	270	38	14%	26	15	58%	20	7	35%	0
1967	24	SFG	NL	557	25%	112			0	0	0	0		0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	14	13	93%	135	17	13%	59	25	42%	364	45	12%	33	13	39%	20	9	45%	0
1968	25	SFG	NL	518	27%	100			1	0	0	0	0.71	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	17	14	82%	106	17	16%	55	25	45%	312	28	9%	32	14	44%	26	13	50%	0
1969	26	SFG	NL	536	19%	113			0	0	0	0		0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	14	13	93%	120	16	13%	60	25	42%	354	37	10%	27	16	59%	21	6	29%	1
1970	27	SFG	NL	463	22%	101			0	0	0	0		2	0	19	1	1	2	0	0	3	2	67%	109	20	18%	59	15	25%	329	43	13%	32	13	41%	25	10	40%	0
1971	28	SFG	NL	227	26%	48			3	0	0	0	1.76	1	0	8	1	0	0	1	0	5	4	80%	46	6	13%	22	7	32%	162	13	8%	10	5	50%	10	3	30%	0
1972	29	NYY	AL	107	67%	22			3	2	0	0	1.01	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	18	3	17%	10	2	20%	65	6	9%	3	1	33%	4	2	50%	0
1973	30	NYY	AL	90	42%	18			0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		16	3	19%	8	2	25%	67	5	7%	6	2	33%	4	1	25%	0
10 Seasons				3939	27%	843			11	2	0	0	1.47	8	0	110	6	2	3	5	0	92	78	85%	837	135	16%	410	149	36%	2511	284	11%	199	95	48%	182	73	40%	1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1964	21	98	401	383	40	105	16	3	2	28	2	1	5	44	.274	.283	.347	.630	75	133	12	0	12	1	0
1965	22	257	957	905	81	223	31	12	2	67	4	2	26	111	.246	.267	.314	.581	61	284	33	0	24	2	4
1966	23	406	1441	1364	118	329	45	14	5	104	5	2	42	160	.241	.263	.306	.569	57	417	53	0	32	3	11
1967	24	557	1998	1889	155	441	61	17	5	146	7	4	58	221	.233	.257	.292	.548	53	551	70	2	45	4	13
1968	25	708	2516	2375	192	541	75	18	5	173	9	6	70	278	.228	.249	.281	.530	50	667	87	2	59	10	13
1969	26	858	3053	2870	229	654	84	19	5	208	9	7	95	346	.228	.252	.276	.528	49	791	103	2	72	14	18
1970	27	992	3516	3308	262	755	97	20	7	249	10	9	116	387	.228	.254	.276	.530	49	913	123	2	74	16	22
1971	28	1101	3743	3514	283	803	105	20	8	262	10	9	131	413	.229	.255	.277	.532	50	972	129	2	78	18	25
1972	29	1161	3850	3617	288	825	108	20	8	268	11	11	133	426	.228	.255	.276	.530	50	997	132	3	78	19	25
1973	30	1196	3940	3703	297	843	111	20	8	273	11	11	136	436	.228	.255	.275	.529	49	1018	135	4	78	19	25

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
1964	21	98	388	382	43	104	16	3	2	30	2	5	44	.272	.281	.346	.626	37	98
1965	22	158	536	515	43	113	14	9	0	41	2	20	67	.219	.248	.282	.530	36	159
1966	23	149	469	453	39	100	13	2	3	39	1	15	49	.221	.245	.278	.523	31	149
1967	24	151	550	530	43	117	17	3	0	49	2	17	61	.221	.247	.264	.511	34	151
1968	25	150	511	492	47	108	15	1	0	34	2	13	57	.220	.237	.254	.491	30	151
1969	26	150	526	497	40	115	9	1	0	38	0	25	68	.231	.266	.254	.520	34	150
1970	27	134	449	428	32	91	12	1	2	40	1	19	41	.213	.245	.259	.504	27	134
1971	28	109	228	210	24	52	9	0	1	15	0	16	26	.248	.298	.305	.603	19	109
1972	29	63	115	111	7	26	4	0	0	9	1	2	14	.234	.252	.270	.522	7	60
1973	30	35	90	86	10	18	3	0	0	5	0	3	10	.209	.244	.244	.489	5	35
10 Seasons		1197	3862	3704	328	844	112	20	8	300	11	135	437	.228	.255	.275	.530	260	1196
162 Game Avg.		162	523	501	44	114	15	3	1	41	1	18	59	.228	.255	.275	.530	35	1196

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Awards (yr-lg-award) 1986-NL-Mgr of the year	Games Played s c a p y 1965 NL--159--10th	Triples s c a p y 1965 NL--9--9th	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1964 NL--12--4th 1965 NL--12--7th 1967 NL--13--3rd 1968 NL--14--3rd 1969 NL--13--3rd
Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1968 NL--6--10th	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1965 NL--21--2nd 1966 NL--20--3rd 1967 NL--17--3rd 1968 NL--17--10th 1969 NL--16--10th 1970 NL--20--4th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink Batting - 2 (2092), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 1 (2170), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 12 (1431), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

Compare Stats to Similars

Most Similar by Ages

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Nellie Fox (974) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Derrel Thomas (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bill Wambsganss (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Everett Scott (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Everett Scott (947) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ed Brinkman (937) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Charley O'Leary (935) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Charley O'Leary (926) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Charley O'Leary (940) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Gray Ink	Batting - 2 (2092), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 1 (2170), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 12 (1431), Average HOFer ≈ 50