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Ray Lankford

Raymond Lewis Lankford

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: June 5, 1967 in Los Angeles, CA
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 3rd round of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed June 3, 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 21, 1990
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Padres 1990-2004
Agents: Jeff Moorad [*]
Final Game: October 3, 2004
Relatives: Nephew of Carl Nichols
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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
1990 23 STL NL 39 139 126 12 36 10 1 3 12 8 2 13 27 .286 .353 .452 .805 121 57 1 0 0 0 0 8
1991 24 STL NL 151 615 566 83 142 23 15 9 69 44 20 41 114 .251 .301 .392 .693 94 222 4 1 4 3 1 *8 RoY-3
1992 25 STL NL 153 682 598 87 175 40 6 20 86 42 24 72 147 .293 .371 .480 .851 143 287 5 5 2 5 6 *8 MVP-18
1993 26 STL NL 127 495 407 64 97 17 3 7 45 14 14 81 111 .238 .366 .346 .713 95 141 5 3 1 3 7 *8
1994 27 STL NL 109 482 416 89 111 25 5 19 57 11 10 58 113 .267 .359 .488 .847 121 203 0 4 0 4 3 *8
1995 28 STL NL 132 553 483 81 134 35 2 25 82 24 8 63 110 .277 .360 .513 .873 130 248 10 2 0 5 6 *8
1996 29 STL NL 149 635 545 100 150 36 8 21 86 35 7 79 133 .275 .366 .486 .852 124 265 12 3 1 7 10 *8
1997 30 STL NL 133 566 465 94 137 36 3 31 98 21 11 95 125 .295 .411 .585 .996 159 272 9 0 0 5 10 *8 AS,MVP-16
1998 31 STL NL 154 626 533 94 156 37 1 31 105 26 5 86 151 .293 .391 .540 .932 143 288 4 3 0 4 5 *8/D
1999 32 STL NL 122 476 422 77 129 32 1 15 63 14 4 49 110 .306 .380 .493 .873 118 208 6 3 0 2 3 7/8D
2000 33 STL NL 128 472 392 73 99 16 3 26 65 5 6 70 148 .253 .367 .508 .874 117 199 6 4 0 6 1 *7/8D
2001 34 TOT NL 131 459 389 58 98 28 4 19 58 10 2 62 145 .252 .358 .491 .849 120 191 6 4 1 3 9 *78/9
2001 34 STL NL 91 314 264 38 62 18 3 15 39 4 2 44 105 .235 .345 .496 .841 114 131 4 2 1 3 8 7
2001 34 SDP NL 40 145 125 20 36 10 1 4 19 6 0 18 40 .288 .386 .480 .866 132 60 2 2 0 0 1 78/9
2002 35 SDP NL 81 240 205 20 46 7 1 6 26 2 2 30 61 .224 .326 .356 .682 88 73 3 2 1 2 3 7/8D
2003 Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
2004 37 STL NL 92 235 200 36 51 14 1 6 22 2 2 29 55 .255 .349 .425 .774 100 85 6 2 0 4 4 7/8
14 Yrs 1701 6675 5747 968 1561 356 54 238 874 258 117 828 1550 .272 .364 .477 .840 123 2739 77 36 10 53 68
162 Game Avg. 162 636 547 92 149 34 5 23 83 25 11 79 148 .272 .364 .477 .840 123 261 7 3 1 5 6
STL (13 yrs) 1580 6290 5417 928 1479 339 52 228 829 250 115 780 1449 .273 .365 .481 .846 124 2606 72 32 9 51 64
SDP (2 yrs) 121 385 330 40 82 17 2 10 45 8 2 48 101 .248 .349 .403 .752 105 133 5 4 1 2 4

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
1990 23 STL NL 39 139 3 1 1 -2 0 3 0.4 4 7 0.8 .508 .502 0.9 -0.2 9 $100,000 8
1991 24 STL NL 151 615 -5 0 2 -3 1 -3 -0.3 17 14 1.3 .498 .498 1.5 -0.1 16 $125,000 *8 RoY-3
1992 25 STL NL 153 682 32 -0 -0 -11 2 23 2.7 19 42 4.5 .517 .516 5.7 -0.9 53 $230,000 *8 MVP-18
1993 26 STL NL 127 495 -1 -5 0 10 2 6 0.8 14 20 2.1 .505 .504 0.9 1.3 10 $290,000 *8
1994 27 STL NL 109 482 14 -0 1 -3 2 14 1.4 12 26 2.6 .512 .508 2.9 -0.1 29 $1,650,000 *8
1995 28 STL NL 132 553 17 0 -0 2 2 21 2.1 15 36 3.6 .516 .513 3.3 0.5 34 $2,800,000 *8
1996 29 STL NL 149 635 15 3 -1 14 2 33 3.0 17 50 4.7 .522 .520 3.5 1.6 36 $2,416,667 *8
1997 30 STL NL 133 566 37 0 -0 -2 2 37 3.6 16 52 5.1 .527 .523 5.4 -0.1 55 $4,466,667 *8 AS,MVP-16
1998 31 STL NL 154 626 31 6 2 4 2 44 4.3 17 61 5.9 .529 .527 5.7 0.6 58 $4,666,667 *8/D
1999 32 STL NL 122 476 14 2 -1 14 -5 24 2.3 13 37 3.5 .519 .515 2.2 0.9 23 $6,600,000 7/8D
2000 33 STL NL 128 472 8 -0 0 -7 -5 -4 -0.4 13 9 0.8 .497 .498 1.5 -1.1 15 $7,600,000 *7/8D
2001 34 STL NL 91 314 2 -0 -0 -5 -3 -8 -0.8 9 1 0.1 .492 .495 0.6 -0.8 6 $8,100,000 7
2001 34 SDP NL 40 145 8 2 0 -4 -1 5 0.5 4 9 0.9 .512 .503 1.3 -0.5 13 $ 78/9
2002 35 SDP NL 81 240 -2 -3 0 -4 -2 -11 -1.1 7 -4 -0.5 .486 .493 -0.1 -0.6 -1 $8,100,000 7/8D
2004 37 STL NL 92 235 1 -1 -1 -1 -2 -3 -0.3 6 3 0.3 .496 .498 0.4 -0.3 4 $650,000 7/8
14 Seasons 1701 6675 173 5 3 3 -2 181 18.0 182 363 35.7 .511 .508 35.7 0.2 360 $47,795,001
STL (13 yrs) 1580 6290 167 5 3 11 1 187 18.6 172 358 35.3 .512 .509 34.5 1.3 348 $39,695,001
SDP (2 yrs) 121 385 6 -1 0 -8 -3 -6 -0.7 11 5 0.4 .495 .498 1.2 -1.1 13 $8,100,000

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
1990 23 STL NL 139 93 21 6.1 98 .344 .286 .264 .353 .331 .452 .397 .805 .728 121 .642 3.6 0.4 .817 .317 .167 4.4
1991 24 STL NL 615 455 67 4.0 94 .298 .251 .258 .301 .325 .392 .386 .693 .711 94 .474 -7.2 -0.7 .643 .256 .141 14.9
1992 25 STL NL 682 459 108 6.4 90 .356 .293 .256 .371 .321 .480 .376 .851 .697 143 .687 35.3 3.6 .845 .338 .187 27.1
1993 26 STL NL 495 333 56 4.5 101 .308 .238 .267 .366 .332 .346 .407 .713 .739 95 .487 1.3 0.1 .684 .307 .108 9.3
1994 27 STL NL 482 319 76 6.4 108 .319 .267 .272 .359 .339 .488 .426 .847 .764 121 .617 13.3 1.3 .844 .363 .221 13.9
1995 28 STL NL 553 372 91 6.6 105 .309 .277 .268 .360 .337 .513 .417 .873 .755 130 .636 21.6 2.1 .896 .400 .236 24.5
1996 29 STL NL 635 422 103 6.6 106 .324 .275 .269 .366 .338 .486 .420 .852 .758 124 .635 20.6 2.0 .906 .407 .211 26.3
1997 30 STL NL 566 353 115 8.7 107 .338 .295 .269 .411 .341 .585 .423 .996 .764 159 .744 43.7 4.1 1.083 .516 .290 25.0
1998 31 STL NL 626 390 123 8.5 107 .352 .293 .269 .391 .340 .540 .424 .932 .764 143 .734 35.5 3.4 1.031 .448 .248 28.3
1999 32 STL NL 476 305 82 7.2 117 .381 .306 .277 .380 .352 .493 .446 .873 .798 118 .636 12.8 1.2 .891 .327 .187 14.5
2000 33 STL NL 472 311 76 6.5 117 .326 .253 .274 .367 .352 .508 .448 .874 .800 117 .592 10.9 1.0 .892 .431 .255 8.4
2001 34 TOT NL 459 303 72 6.4 109 .346 .252 .265 .358 .336 .491 .434 .849 .770 120 .606 12.8 1.2 .886 .419 .239 13.1
2001 34 STL NL 314 212 47 5.9 111 .320 .235 .268 .345 .340 .496 .440 .841 .780 114 .575 6.1 0.6 .861 .436 .261 6.3
2001 34 SDP NL 145 91 25 7.3 103 .395 .288 .258 .386 .327 .480 .422 .866 .749 132 .667 6.7 0.6 .945 .384 .192 4.8
2002 35 SDP NL 240 167 25 4.0 98 .286 .224 .254 .326 .326 .356 .404 .682 .730 88 .418 -2.3 -0.2 .640 .278 .132 3.0
2004 37 STL NL 235 161 30 5.0 110 .315 .255 .268 .349 .340 .425 .435 .774 .775 100 .497 1.2 0.1 .739 .315 .170 3.0
14 Yrs 6675 4443 1045 6.3 104 .330 .272 .267 .364 .336 .477 .416 .840 .753 123 .624 203.2 19.4 .855 .374 .205 247.6
162 Game Avg. 636 423 100 6.3 104 .330 .272 .267 .364 .336 .477 .416 .840 .753 123 .624 19 2 .855 .374 .205 24
STL (13 yrs) 6290 4185 995 6.4 105 .330 .273 .267 .365 .337 .481 .417 .846 .754 124 .630 198.7 19.0 .861 .377 .208 238.5
SDP (2 yrs) 385 258 50 5.2 100 .326 .248 .255 .349 .326 .403 .411 .752 .737 105 .527 4.5 0.4 .749 .318 .155 8.9

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
1996 29 STL NL NLDS SDP W 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 1 0 0 0 0 0
1996 29 STL NL NLCS ATL L 5 15 13 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .000 .067 .000 .067 0 0 0 0 1 0
2000 33 STL NL NLDS ATL W 3 12 10 2 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 5 .200 .333 .300 .633 3 0 0 0 0 1
2000 33 STL NL NLCS NYM L 5 13 12 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .333 .385 .417 .801 5 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (4 Series) 14 43 37 5 7 2 0 0 5 0 0 5 14 .189 .279 .243 .522 9 0 0 0 1 1
2 NLDS 4 15 12 3 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 5 .250 .400 .333 .733 4 0 0 0 0 1
2 NLCS 10 28 25 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 9 .160 .214 .200 .414 5 0 0 0 1 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
1997 STL NL 30 as CF 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 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
1990 23 STL NL 139 2.2% 19.4% 9.4% 10.1% 39% 2.08 4.7 42.0 10.5 0.81 0.97 69% 22% 7.1% 22%
1991 24 STL NL 615 1.5% 18.5% 6.7% 7.6% 33% 2.78 5.0 62.9 8.2 0.86 1.06 73% 20% 4.3% 13%
1992 25 STL NL 682 2.9% 21.6% 10.6% 9.7% 38% 2.04 4.1 29.9 7.0 0.54 0.65 64% 24% 7.5% 9%
1993 26 STL NL 495 1.4% 22.4% 16.4% 5.5% 28% 1.37 3.7 58.1 9.0 0.94 1.18 59% 23% 4.9% 8%
1994 27 STL NL 482 3.9% 23.4% 12.0% 10.2% 44% 1.95 3.7 21.9 7.3 0.52 0.62 60% 23% 11.4% 16%
1995 28 STL NL 553 4.5% 19.9% 11.4% 11.2% 46% 1.75 4.4 19.3 5.9 0.68 0.97 64% 25% 12.5% 11%
1996 29 STL NL 635 3.3% 20.9% 12.4% 10.2% 43% 1.68 4.1 26.0 6.3 0.60 0.83 63% 27% 9.8% 17%
1997 30 STL NL 566 5.5% 22.1% 16.8% 12.4% 51% 1.32 3.7 15.0 4.7 0.81 1.40 55% 26% 17.3% 4%
1998 31 STL NL 626 5.0% 24.1% 13.7% 11.0% 44% 1.76 3.5 17.2 5.1 0.61 0.75 57% 25% 14.3% 10%
1999 32 STL NL 476 3.2% 23.1% 10.3% 10.1% 37% 2.24 3.8 28.1 6.7 0.57 0.75 63% 30% 8.1% 7%
2000 33 STL NL 472 5.5% 31.4% 14.8% 9.5% 46% 2.11 2.6 15.1 6.0 0.47 0.64 47% 25% 20.0% 14%
2001 34 TOT NL 459 4.1% 31.6% 13.5% 11.1% 52% 2.34 2.7 20.5 6.7 0.55 0.82 50% 28% 14.6% 12%
2001 34 STL NL 314 4.8% 33.4% 14.0% 11.5% 58% 2.39 2.5 17.6 6.8 0.56 0.83 47% 26% 18.8% 15%
2001 34 SDP NL 145 2.8% 27.6% 12.4% 10.3% 42% 2.22 3.1 31.3 6.6 0.53 0.81 56% 33% 8.0% 6%
2002 35 SDP NL 240 2.5% 25.4% 12.5% 5.8% 30% 2.03 3.4 34.2 7.9 0.61 0.82 58% 25% 8.0% 14%
2004 37 STL NL 235 2.6% 23.4% 12.3% 8.9% 41% 1.90 3.6 33.3 9.1 0.62 0.89 61% 21% 7.1% 8%
14 Yrs 6675 3.6% 23.2% 12.4% 9.7% 42% 1.87 3.7 24.1 6.6 0.65 0.86 60% 25% 10.6% 11%
MLB Averages 2.6% 16.2% 8.8% 7.6% 33% 1.84 5.5 33.9 7.7 0.80 1.08 71% 21% 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
1990 23 STL NL 3.6 0.4 152 0.1 2.9 -2.8 1.14 0.8 -0.7 1.1 0.1 0.95 5.9 1.55 7
1991 24 STL NL -7.2 -0.7 694 1.0 13.0 -12.0 1.13 -0.6 1.5 4.8 0.5 1.00 -2.7 1.17 6
1992 25 STL NL 35.3 3.6 765 4.9 18.6 -13.8 1.21 2.7 1.4 32.7 3.4 0.98 27.1 1.34 1
1993 26 STL NL 0.6 0.1 537 -0.7 9.2 -9.8 1.10 -0.4 -0.2 -1.2 -0.1 0.97 -3.1 2.57 8
1994 27 STL NL 13.3 1.3 514 1.1 9.3 -8.2 .97 2.0 -0.9 19.1 1.8 0.94 21.8 2.20 5
1995 28 STL NL 20.9 2.0 594 3.4 13.6 -10.2 1.09 2.6 0.5 23.4 2.3 0.95 25.8 2.52 3
1996 29 STL NL 19.8 1.9 687 1.3 13.1 -11.8 1.07 2.6 -1.4 22.9 2.2 0.95 24.2 1.09 5
1997 30 STL NL 43.7 4.1 601 2.8 12.4 -9.6 1.10 4.2 -1.6 47.2 4.5 0.93 47.3 0.90 2
1998 31 STL NL 35.5 3.4 664 4.2 15.1 -10.9 1.09 4.0 -0.2 51.5 4.9 0.99 47.1 1.59 14
1999 32 STL NL 12.8 1.2 502 1.9 11.0 -9.1 1.13 1.8 -0.2 18.8 1.7 0.95 20.3 1.05 13
2000 33 STL NL 10.2 0.9 489 -0.8 8.0 -8.8 .99 1.1 -1.9 2.4 0.2 0.99 12.5 1.58 12
2001 34 TOT NL 12.8 1.2 477 0.3 8.8 -8.4 1.04 1.6 -1.2 7.5 0.7 0.97 17.1 1.15 11
2001 34 STL NL 6.1 0.6 324 -0.5 5.4 -6.0 1.04 0.7 -1.2 -1.4 -0.1 0.98 6.9 1.11 7
2001 34 SDP NL 6.7 0.6 153 0.9 3.3 -2.5 1.05 0.9 -0.0 9.0 0.9 0.96 10.2 1.22 4
2002 35 SDP NL -2.3 -0.2 244 0.3 4.4 -4.1 1.01 0.2 0.1 2.6 0.3 0.96 1.1 0.98 21
2004 37 STL NL 0.9 0.1 246 0.7 4.5 -3.8 1.00 0.7 0.0 4.8 0.4 0.93 7.3 1.20 22
14 Yrs 200.1 19.1 7166 20.5 143.8 -123.3 1.09 23.1 -4.2 237.5 22.9 0.96 251.5 1.39 130

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
1990 23 STL NL 0 0 20% 51 8 2 80% 8 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 50% 5 3 2 2 1 1 3 1 2
1991 24 STL NL 6 0 42% 161 44 20 69% 41 17 3 2 0 1 9 0 8 19 54% 16 9 7 11 5 6 21 7 13
1992 25 STL NL 5 0 29% 187 42 24 64% 37 22 5 2 0 0 6 0 9 18 51% 36 24 12 7 3 4 22 5 17
1993 26 STL NL 5 0 33% 174 14 14 50% 12 12 2 0 0 2 5 0 8 14 41% 34 24 7 5 0 5 20 8 12
1994 27 STL NL 6 0 46% 188 11 10 52% 11 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 18 47% 28 19 9 4 3 1 17 3 13
1995 28 STL NL 2 0 32% 202 24 8 75% 18 7 5 1 1 0 4 1 9 17 53% 30 18 11 10 6 4 22 4 18
1996 29 STL NL 3 0 37% 209 35 7 83% 31 6 4 1 0 0 4 1 7 19 40% 21 16 4 9 3 5 25 11 13
1997 30 STL NL 2 1 31% 210 21 11 66% 18 9 3 2 0 0 0 0 4 9 51% 24 19 5 8 2 6 31 9 21
1998 31 STL NL 2 0 29% 242 26 5 84% 22 4 4 1 0 0 2 1 5 15 43% 29 21 8 9 4 5 16 5 10
1999 32 STL NL 6 0 37% 183 14 4 78% 12 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 5 19 40% 31 22 9 7 4 3 22 9 12
2000 33 STL NL 1 0 32% 141 5 6 45% 5 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 58% 23 13 10 12 4 7 13 2 11
2001 34 TOT NL 3 0 27% 161 10 2 83% 10 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 10 50% 20 11 9 5 3 2 13 3 8
2001 34 STL NL 0 0 25% 94 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 5 57% 12 5 7 1 1 0 8 1 5
2001 34 SDP NL 3 0 31% 67 6 0 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 41% 8 6 2 4 2 2 5 2 3
2002 35 SDP NL 3 0 19% 73 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 37% 9 7 1 4 2 2 6 1 4
2004 37 STL NL 4 0 40% 95 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 9 33% 11 7 4 3 3 0 7 4 3
14 Yrs 48 1 33% 2277 258 117 69% 229 104 28 10 1 3 39 5 70 176 47% 317 213 98 96 43 51 238 72 157

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
1990 23 STL NL 139 65% 36 4 0 7 3 0 1 1.55 3 0 4 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 31 1 3% 8 4 50% 83 9 11% 3 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
1991 24 STL NL 615 61% 142 34 2 6 1 0 1 1.17 9 0 18 9 0 4 5 0 5 4 80% 110 4 4% 58 22 38% 357 64 18% 34 20 59% 28 18 64% 0
1992 25 STL NL 682 63% 175 56 1 1 0 0 0 1.34 20 1 8 16 4 13 7 0 2 2 100% 106 5 5% 52 15 29% 378 66 17% 32 13 41% 31 19 61% 0
1993 26 STL NL 495 71% 97 8 0 8 1 0 0 2.57 7 0 7 7 0 6 1 0 1 1 100% 80 5 6% 41 11 27% 314 39 12% 31 11 35% 19 8 42% 0
1994 27 STL NL 482 74% 111 6 1 5 0 0 0 2.20 19 0 8 16 3 8 11 0 1 0 0% 67 0 0% 33 8 24% 257 38 15% 27 13 48% 16 5 31% 0
1995 28 STL NL 553 70% 134 7 0 3 1 0 0 2.52 25 0 15 22 3 16 9 0 1 0 0% 95 10 11% 47 12 26% 345 62 18% 36 15 42% 26 14 54% 0
1996 29 STL NL 635 79% 150 10 0 5 1 0 1 1.09 21 0 19 21 0 8 13 0 2 1 50% 115 12 10% 71 23 32% 384 69 18% 40 16 40% 32 17 53% 0
1997 30 STL NL 566 73% 137 9 0 2 0 0 0 0.90 31 2 9 19 12 10 21 0 0 0 103 9 9% 40 19 48% 351 67 19% 39 23 59% 19 13 68% 0
1998 31 STL NL 626 73% 156 22 0 14 2 1 2 1.59 31 2 21 25 6 20 11 0 0 0 141 4 3% 52 15 29% 426 76 18% 32 16 50% 29 17 59% 0
1999 32 STL NL 476 74% 129 7 2 13 2 0 0 1.05 15 0 14 13 2 8 7 0 0 0 78 6 8% 26 4 15% 310 49 16% 27 11 41% 14 9 64% 0
2000 33 STL NL 472 81% 99 6 1 12 1 0 1 1.58 26 0 16 24 2 18 8 0 0 0 110 6 5% 55 13 24% 347 42 12% 34 14 41% 21 9 43% 0
2001 34 TOT NL 459 85% 98 2 0 11 2 0 0 1.15 19 1 13 16 3 10 9 0 1 1 100% 89 6 7% 38 6 16% 290 40 14% 30 13 43% 19 5 26% 0
2001 34 STL NL 314 84% 62 1 0 7 1 0 0 1.11 15 0 8 12 3 7 8 0 1 1 100% 61 4 7% 26 5 19% 207 25 12% 20 9 45% 10 2 20% 0
2001 34 SDP NL 145 86% 36 1 0 4 1 0 0 1.22 4 1 5 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 28 2 7% 12 1 8% 83 15 18% 10 4 40% 9 3 33% 0
2002 35 SDP NL 240 84% 46 2 0 21 1 0 0 0.98 6 0 3 6 0 3 3 0 1 1 100% 41 3 7% 13 4 31% 149 21 14% 16 6 38% 6 2 33% 0
2004 37 STL NL 235 88% 51 4 0 22 6 1 6 1.20 6 0 5 6 0 2 4 0 0 0 44 6 14% 18 8 44% 146 18 12% 12 7 58% 11 7 64% 0
14 Yrs 6675 73% 1561 177 7 130 21 2 12 1.39 238 6 160 203 35 128 110 0 14 10 71% 1210 77 6% 552 164 30% 4137 660 16% 393 178 45% 274 144 53% 0
MLB Averages 56% 72% 11% 34% 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
1990 23 STL NL 130 491 3.78 306 62% 25% 18% 26% 30% 75% 0% 47% 76% 24% 7% 9 0 23% 30 10 4% 5 4 30% 9 0 0
1991 24 STL NL 618 2359 3.82 1470 62% 24% 17% 28% 31% 76% 0% 47% 78% 28% 6% 39 4 16% 97 35 7% 44 32 18% -3 0 0
1992 25 STL NL 689 2742 3.98 1651 60% 28% 18% 27% 28% 72% 2% 44% 75% 25% 6% 41 1 17% 120 45 10% 72 41 22% -7 0 0
1993 26 STL NL 471 2049 4.35 1161 57% 29% 19% 27% 24% 71% 2% 40% 73% 23% 7% 34 5 20% 95 41 16% 74 46 27% 24 0 5
1994 27 STL NL 428 1715 4.01 1034 60% 24% 20% 29% 27% 76% 2% 46% 73% 29% 5% 23 2 17% 72 25 12% 50 27 23% 54 0 1
1995 28 STL NL 507 2072 4.09 1225 59% 25% 17% 30% 28% 75% 2% 44% 77% 19% 7% 33 2 17% 87 41 9% 47 27 18% 46 0 2
1996 29 STL NL 556 2252 4.05 1345 60% 24% 20% 29% 27% 76% 3% 45% 74% 23% 6% 36 5 17% 96 43 9% 51 32 20% 79 0 0
1997 30 STL NL 548 2367 4.32 1338 57% 23% 24% 28% 25% 77% 3% 43% 69% 23% 10% 56 4 22% 119 41 12% 64 35 25% 18 0 1
1998 31 STL NL 628 2669 4.25 1559 58% 25% 23% 27% 25% 75% 1% 44% 69% 24% 7% 45 7 18% 116 40 12% 74 45 16% -2 0 0
1999 32 STL NL 477 2023 4.24 1222 60% 19% 22% 33% 26% 81% 1% 49% 73% 31% 6% 30 4 16% 78 27 9% 44 35 19% -1 0 0
2000 33 STL NL 472 2045 4.33 1209 59% 23% 27% 28% 21% 77% 0% 45% 64% 33% 4% 20 1 14% 68 32 12% 55 31 28% 0 0 0
2001 34 TOT NL 460 1892 4.11 1106 58% 26% 25% 27% 22% 74% 4% 43% 66% 32% 6% 29 2 17% 78 21 12% 55 30 24% -1 0 0
2001 34 STL NL 315 1293 4.10 763 59% 27% 26% 26% 21% 73% 5% 43% 64% 33% 5% 17 0 16% 50 10 11% 34 16 22% -1 0 0
2001 34 SDP NL 145 599 4.13 343 57% 24% 22% 29% 25% 76% 2% 44% 70% 32% 8% 12 2 19% 28 11 14% 21 14 30% 0 0 0
2002 35 SDP NL 241 965 4.00 554 57% 25% 20% 28% 27% 75% 3% 43% 73% 27% 6% 15 1 15% 35 10 7% 18 12 34% -1 0 0
2004 37 STL NL 237 973 4.11 574 59% 28% 19% 27% 26% 72% 4% 42% 74% 28% 6% 14 0 18% 42 17 10% 23 16 33% -2 0 0
14 Yrs 6462 26614 4.12 15754 59% 25% 21% 28% 26% 75% 2% 44% 72% 26% 7% 424 38 18% 1133 428 10% 676 413 23% 213 0 9
MLB Averages 3.70 62% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 2% 46% 80% 30% 5% 15% 9% 27%

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
1990 23 39 139 126 12 36 10 1 3 12 8 2 13 27 .286 .353 .452 .805 121 57 1 0 0 0 0
1991 24 190 754 692 95 178 33 16 12 81 52 22 54 141 .257 .311 .403 .714 99 279 5 1 4 3 1
1992 25 343 1436 1290 182 353 73 22 32 167 94 46 126 288 .274 .339 .439 .778 119 566 10 6 6 8 7
1993 26 470 1931 1697 246 450 90 25 39 212 108 60 207 399 .265 .346 .417 .763 113 707 15 9 7 11 14
1994 27 579 2413 2113 335 561 115 30 58 269 119 70 265 512 .265 .349 .431 .779 115 910 15 13 7 15 17
1995 28 711 2966 2596 416 695 150 32 83 351 143 78 328 622 .268 .351 .446 .797 118 1158 25 15 7 20 23
1996 29 860 3601 3141 516 845 186 40 104 437 178 85 407 755 .269 .353 .453 .807 119 1423 37 18 8 27 33
1997 30 993 4167 3606 610 982 222 43 135 535 199 96 502 880 .272 .361 .470 .831 124 1695 46 18 8 32 43
1998 31 1147 4793 4139 704 1138 259 44 166 640 225 101 588 1031 .275 .365 .479 .844 127 1983 50 21 8 36 48
1999 32 1269 5269 4561 781 1267 291 45 181 703 239 105 637 1141 .278 .367 .480 .847 126 2191 56 24 8 38 51
2000 33 1397 5741 4953 854 1366 307 48 207 768 244 111 707 1289 .276 .367 .483 .849 125 2390 62 28 8 44 52
2001 34 1528 6200 5342 912 1464 335 52 226 826 254 113 769 1434 .274 .366 .483 .849 125 2581 68 32 9 47 61
2002 35 1609 6440 5547 932 1510 342 53 232 852 256 115 799 1495 .272 .364 .478 .843 124 2654 71 34 10 49 64
2003 36 1609 6440 5547 932 1510 342 53 232 852 256 115 799 1495 .272 .364 .478 .843 124 2654 71 34 10 49 64
2004 37 1701 6675 5747 968 1561 356 54 238 874 258 117 828 1550 .272 .364 .477 .840 123 2739 77 36 10 53 68

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
1990 23 39 140 127 13 37 10 1 3 13 8 13 27 .291 .357 .457 .814 21 39
1991 24 151 623 572 89 148 24 16 9 74 46 43 114 .259 .310 .404 .714 72 151
1992 25 153 708 616 102 193 44 7 22 101 46 79 147 .313 .394 .515 .908 124 153
1993 26 127 497 408 65 98 17 3 7 45 14 82 111 .240 .369 .348 .717 52 127
1994 27 154 678 585 123 155 35 7 27 79 15 81 159 .265 .357 .487 .844 100 109
1995 28 148 619 541 89 148 39 2 28 90 27 70 124 .274 .355 .508 .864 98 132
1996 29 149 629 541 96 146 35 8 20 82 34 77 133 .270 .360 .475 .835 93 149
1997 30 133 560 462 91 134 35 3 30 95 21 93 125 .290 .405 .574 .979 109 133
1998 31 154 620 529 90 152 36 1 30 101 25 84 151 .287 .385 .529 .915 108 154
1999 32 122 462 412 68 119 30 1 14 55 13 45 110 .289 .361 .468 .830 69 122
2000 33 128 460 385 64 92 15 3 24 57 5 65 148 .239 .350 .481 .831 64 128
2001 34 131 456 387 57 96 27 4 19 57 10 61 145 .248 .354 .486 .840 66 131
2002 35 81 245 208 22 49 7 1 6 29 2 32 61 .236 .340 .365 .706 26 81
2004 37 92 233 199 35 50 14 1 6 21 2 28 55 .251 .343 .422 .765 29 92
14 Yrs 1762 6930 5972 1004 1617 368 58 245 899 268 853 1610 .271 .363 .475 .837 1031 1701
162 Game Avg. 162 637 549 92 149 34 5 23 83 25 78 148 .271 .363 .475 .837 95 1701

* 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
2010 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1997 (CF)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1992 NL (18, 1%)
1997 NL (16, 2%)
0.03 Career Shares (1251st)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1997 NL  5.1 (8th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1992 NL  5.7 (8th)
1997 NL  5.4 (7th)
1998 NL  5.7 (10th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1996 NL  1.6 (7th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1997 NL  .411 (7th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1992 NL  .480 (8th)
1997 NL  .585 (5th)
Career  .477 (206th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1992 NL  .851 (10th)
1997 NL  .996 (5th)
Career  .840 (204th)

At Bats s c a p y
1992 NL  598 (10th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1992 NL  87 (9th)
1994 NL  89 (3rd)

Hits s c a p y
1992 NL  175 (8th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1992 NL  287 (7th)

Doubles s c a p y
1992 NL  40 (2nd)
1995 NL  35 (5th)

Triples s c a p y
1991 NL  15 (1st)
1994 NL  5 (10th)
1996 NL  8 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1997 NL  31 (9th)
Career  238 (228th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1993 NL  81 (8th)
1994 NL  58 (9th)
1996 NL  79 (9th)
1997 NL  95 (5th)
1998 NL  86 (9th)
Career  828 (224th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1991 NL  114 (9th)
1992 NL  147 (1st)
1994 NL  113 (2nd)
1995 NL  110 (6th)
1996 NL  133 (5th)
1997 NL  125 (8th)
1998 NL  151 (4th)
2000 NL  148 (4th)
2001 NL  145 (8th)
Career  1,550 (39th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1991 NL  44 (4th)
1992 NL  42 (6th)
1996 NL  35 (9th)
1998 NL  26 (8th)
Career  258 (210th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1992 NL  143 (9th)
1997 NL  159 (5th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1992 NL  108 (6th)
1997 NL  115 (9th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1992 NL  35 (9th)
1997 NL  44 (7th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1992 NL  3.6 (9th)
1997 NL  4.1 (7th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1992 NL  66 (5th)
1995 NL  62 (9th)
1997 NL  70 (8th)
Career  648 (230th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1992 NL  252 (10th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1997 NL  .744 (7th)
1998 NL  .734 (9th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1997 NL  10 (10th)
Career  68 (235th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1991 NL  20 (4th)
1992 NL  24 (1st)
1993 NL  14 (6th)
1994 NL  10 (7th)
Career  117 (64th)

SB % s c a p y
1996 NL  83.33 (10th)
1998 NL  83.87 (7th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1992 NL  27.1 (2nd)
1995 NL  24.5 (7th)
1996 NL  26.3 (5th)
1997 NL  25.0 (7th)
1998 NL  28.3 (5th)
Career  247.6 (50th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1997 NL  15.0 (8th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1991 NL  455 (10th)
1992 NL  459 (9th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1997 NL  47.16 (8th)
1998 NL  51.48 (7th)
Career  237.55 (166th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1992 NL  4.9 (5th)
Career  20.5 (169th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1997 NL  4.2 (8th)
Career  23.1 (160th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1997 NL  4.5 (8th)
1998 NL  4.9 (7th)
Career  22.9 (174th)


† 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 - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 45 (564), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 23 (733), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 26 (427), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Kirk Gibson (939)
  2. Raul Mondesi (929)
  3. Vernon Wells (922)
  4. Bill Nicholson (921)
  5. J.D. Drew (920)
  6. Cliff Floyd (918)
  7. Eric Davis (904)
  8. Larry Doby (904) *
  9. Reggie Sanders (904)
  10. Aubrey Huff (901)
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  1. Glenn Braggs (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Mark Teahen (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Milton Bradley (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Mike Davis (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jackie Jensen (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jackie Jensen (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Ellis Burks (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Ellis Burks (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jackie Jensen (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Cliff Floyd (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Cliff Floyd (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Cliff Floyd (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Reggie Sanders (928)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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