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Carney Lansford

Carney Ray Lansford

Positions: Third Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: February 7, 1957 in San Jose, CA
High School: Wilcox HS (Santa Clara, CA)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 3rd round of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 1978
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Angels/RedSox 1978-1992
Agents: Jerry Kapstein, previously: Leigh Steinberg [*]
Final Game: October 4, 1992
Relatives: Brother of Joe Lansford
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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
1978 21 CAL AL 121 500 453 63 133 23 2 8 52 20 9 31 67 .294 .339 .406 .746 113 184 4 4 5 7 2 *5/6D RoY-3
1979 22 CAL AL 157 712 654 114 188 30 5 19 79 20 8 39 115 .287 .329 .436 .764 109 285 16 3 12 4 2 *5
1980 23 CAL AL 151 670 602 87 157 27 3 15 80 14 5 50 93 .261 .312 .390 .703 94 235 12 0 7 11 2 *5
1981 24 BOS AL 102 438 399 61 134 23 3 4 52 15 10 34 28 .336 .389 .439 .828 133 175 6 2 1 2 3 *5D MVP-6,SS
1982 25 BOS AL 128 539 482 65 145 28 4 11 63 9 4 46 48 .301 .359 .444 .803 114 214 15 2 1 8 2 *5D MVP-32
1983 26 OAK AL 80 328 299 43 92 16 2 10 45 3 8 22 33 .308 .357 .475 .832 135 142 8 3 0 4 4 5/6
1984 27 OAK AL 151 651 597 70 179 31 5 14 74 9 3 40 62 .300 .342 .439 .781 123 262 12 3 2 9 6 *5
1985 28 OAK AL 98 432 401 51 111 18 2 13 46 2 3 18 27 .277 .311 .429 .740 108 172 6 4 4 5 1 5
1986 29 OAK AL 151 640 591 80 168 16 4 19 72 16 7 39 51 .284 .332 .421 .753 111 249 16 5 1 4 2 53/D4
1987 30 OAK AL 151 631 554 89 160 27 4 19 76 27 8 60 44 .289 .366 .455 .821 123 252 9 9 5 3 11 *53/D
1988 31 OAK AL 150 607 556 80 155 20 2 7 57 29 8 35 35 .279 .327 .360 .687 95 200 17 7 5 4 4 *5/34D AS
1989 32 OAK AL 148 616 551 81 185 28 2 2 52 37 15 51 25 .336 .398 .405 .803 131 223 21 9 1 4 2 *53/D MVP-17
1990 33 OAK AL 134 564 507 58 136 15 1 3 50 16 14 45 50 .268 .333 .320 .652 88 162 10 6 2 4 4 *5/3D
1991 34 OAK AL 5 16 16 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .063 .063 .063 .125 -64 1 0 0 0 0 0 /5D
1992 35 OAK AL 135 561 496 65 130 30 1 7 75 7 2 43 39 .262 .325 .369 .694 100 183 14 7 7 8 0 *53/D6
15 Yrs 1862 7905 7158 1007 2074 332 40 151 874 224 104 553 719 .290 .343 .411 .753 111 2939 166 64 53 77 45
162 Game Avg. 162 688 623 88 180 29 3 13 76 19 9 48 63 .290 .343 .411 .753 111 256 14 6 5 7 4
OAK (10 yrs) 1203 5046 4568 617 1317 201 23 94 548 146 68 353 368 .288 .343 .404 .747 112 1846 113 53 27 45 34
CAL (3 yrs) 429 1882 1709 264 478 80 10 42 211 54 22 120 275 .280 .326 .412 .738 105 704 32 7 24 22 6
BOS (2 yrs) 230 977 881 126 279 51 7 15 115 24 14 80 76 .317 .372 .442 .814 123 389 21 4 2 10 5

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
1978 21 CAL AL 121 500 9 1 1 -6 2 7 0.9 16 23 2.4 .506 .505 3.1 -0.4 30 $21,000 *5/6D RoY-3
1979 22 CAL AL 157 712 9 3 0 -2 2 13 1.5 23 36 3.6 .508 .508 3.8 0.2 38 $ *5
1980 23 CAL AL 151 670 -4 2 1 -16 2 -16 -1.3 20 5 0.5 .489 .490 2.2 -1.3 21 $ *5
1981 24 BOS AL 102 438 18 -0 3 1 -0 20 2.3 13 34 3.6 .522 .514 3.6 0.1 33 $ *5D MVP-6,SS
1982 25 BOS AL 128 539 14 0 -2 -8 -0 4 0.6 16 21 2.1 .503 .503 3.0 -0.7 28 $440,000 *5D MVP-32
1983 26 OAK AL 80 328 14 -6 -1 5 1 12 1.4 10 22 2.3 .516 .508 1.8 0.7 18 $ 5/6
1984 27 OAK AL 151 651 16 1 1 -1 1 18 2.1 20 38 3.9 .512 .512 4.1 0.1 39 $ *5
1985 28 OAK AL 98 432 7 -1 0 -16 1 -8 -0.7 13 5 0.5 .491 .495 2.1 -1.4 20 $900,000 5
1986 29 OAK AL 151 640 19 2 -1 2 -3 18 2.1 20 38 3.9 .512 .511 3.7 -0.0 36 $1,200,000 53/D4
1987 30 OAK AL 151 631 18 5 1 8 -0 31 3.2 19 50 4.9 .520 .519 4.2 0.8 42 $1,300,000 *53/D
1988 31 OAK AL 150 607 -0 8 0 -1 0 8 1.1 19 26 2.8 .505 .505 2.9 0.1 27 $1,300,000 *5/34D AS
1989 32 OAK AL 148 616 28 2 -2 -7 -0 21 2.5 19 40 4.2 .515 .514 4.9 -0.6 47 $1,375,000 *53/D MVP-17
1990 33 OAK AL 134 564 -7 -2 1 -3 0 -10 -1.0 19 9 0.7 .492 .493 1.2 -0.3 12 $1,275,000 *5/3D
1991 34 OAK AL 5 16 -3 0 0 -0 -0 -4 -0.4 0 -3 -0.4 .419 .497 -0.3 -0.0 -3 $1,275,000 /5D
1992 35 OAK AL 135 561 6 1 -0 -2 -0 4 0.7 19 23 2.4 .503 .503 2.6 -0.1 25 $1,150,000 *53/D6
15 Seasons 1862 7905 141 18 3 -46 4 119 14.9 248 367 37.4 .507 .505 42.9 -2.9 414 $10,236,000
OAK (10 yrs) 1203 5046 97 12 -1 -15 -2 91 10.9 158 249 25.2 .508 .506 27.2 -0.7 263 $9,775,000
CAL (3 yrs) 429 1882 13 6 3 -25 7 4 1.1 60 64 6.5 .501 .501 9.1 -1.5 89 $21,000
BOS (2 yrs) 230 977 31 -0 1 -7 -1 25 2.9 30 54 5.7 .512 .508 6.6 -0.7 61 $440,000

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
1978 21 CAL AL 500 345 65 5.0 90 .325 .294 .256 .339 .321 .406 .378 .746 .699 113 .570 8.4 0.8 .691 .205 .113 11.4
1979 22 CAL AL 712 506 91 4.8 98 .323 .287 .265 .329 .329 .436 .401 .764 .730 109 .509 6.2 0.6 .692 .226 .148 19.5
1980 23 CAL AL 670 480 75 4.2 96 .281 .261 .266 .312 .328 .390 .394 .703 .721 94 .460 -4.2 -0.4 .636 .228 .130 14.5
1981 24 BOS AL 438 284 68 6.4 94 .352 .336 .263 .389 .328 .439 .382 .828 .711 133 .696 18.0 1.9 .769 .201 .103 6.3
1982 25 BOS AL 539 365 76 5.6 103 .311 .301 .271 .359 .336 .444 .413 .803 .749 114 .590 10.7 1.0 .750 .249 .143 9.9
1983 26 OAK AL 328 227 47 5.6 92 .315 .308 .257 .357 .318 .475 .388 .832 .706 135 .590 14.2 1.4 .726 .224 .167 4.6
1984 27 OAK AL 651 444 90 5.4 90 .311 .300 .254 .342 .316 .439 .383 .781 .699 123 .584 18.9 1.9 .718 .216 .139 11.0
1985 28 OAK AL 432 308 53 4.6 92 .268 .277 .252 .311 .316 .429 .391 .740 .707 108 .501 3.9 0.4 .645 .195 .152 3.5
1986 29 OAK AL 640 451 80 4.7 93 .284 .284 .252 .332 .319 .421 .393 .753 .712 111 .507 8.3 0.8 .677 .218 .137 17.4
1987 30 OAK AL 631 419 96 6.1 100 .285 .289 .257 .366 .324 .455 .412 .821 .736 123 .593 20.4 1.9 .827 .309 .166 22.3
1988 31 OAK AL 607 435 65 4.0 92 .286 .279 .256 .327 .320 .360 .385 .687 .706 95 .456 -3.4 -0.3 .617 .182 .081 11.3
1989 32 OAK AL 616 407 88 5.8 91 .347 .336 .257 .398 .322 .405 .379 .803 .700 131 .629 25.2 2.5 .759 .201 .069 3.8
1990 33 OAK AL 564 401 54 3.6 90 .290 .268 .253 .333 .321 .320 .379 .652 .700 88 .411 -6.6 -0.7 .544 .144 .051 5.1
1991 34 OAK AL 16 15 0 0.0 92 .071 .063 .253 .063 .321 .063 .384 .125 .705 -64 .000 -3.5 -0.4 .067 .000 .000
1992 35 OAK AL 561 397 61 4.1 89 .269 .262 .252 .325 .320 .369 .375 .694 .695 100 .471 1.8 0.2 .623 .204 .107 7.0
15 Yrs 7905 5484 1009 4.9 94 .302 .290 .258 .343 .323 .411 .390 .753 .713 111 .540 118.2 11.7 .687 .215 .121 180.4
162 Game Avg. 688 477 88 4.9 94 .302 .290 .258 .343 .323 .411 .390 .753 .713 111 .540 10 1 .687 .215 .121 16
OAK (10 yrs) 5046 3504 634 4.8 92 .295 .288 .254 .343 .320 .404 .387 .747 .707 112 .530 79.1 7.7 .679 .210 .116 114.4
CAL (3 yrs) 1882 1331 231 4.6 95 .308 .280 .263 .326 .326 .412 .392 .738 .719 105 .508 10.4 1.0 .672 .221 .132 47.3
BOS (2 yrs) 977 649 144 6.0 99 .330 .317 .267 .372 .332 .442 .399 .814 .731 123 .639 28.7 2.9 .758 .227 .125 18.5

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 22 CAL AL ALCS BAL L 4 18 17 2 5 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 2 .294 .333 .294 .627 5 1 0 0 0 0
1988 31 OAK AL ALCS BOS W 4 17 17 4 5 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 .294 .294 .529 .824 9 0 0 0 0 0
1988 31 OAK AL WS LAD L 5 20 18 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .167 .250 .167 .417 3 0 0 0 0 0
1989 32 OAK AL ALCS TOR W 3 13 11 2 5 0 0 0 4 2 0 2 1 .455 .538 .455 .993 5 0 0 0 0 0
1989 32 OAK AL WS SFG W 4 19 16 5 7 1 0 1 4 0 0 3 1 .438 .526 .688 1.214 11 1 0 0 0 0
1990 33 OAK AL ALCS BOS W 4 18 16 2 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .438 .438 .500 .938 8 0 0 2 0 0
1990 33 OAK AL WS CIN L 4 17 15 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 .267 .313 .267 .579 4 0 0 1 0 0
1992 35 OAK AL ALCS TOR L 5 19 18 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .167 .211 .167 .377 3 1 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs (8 Series) 33 141 128 17 39 3 0 2 18 4 1 10 10 .305 .355 .375 .730 48 3 0 3 0 0
5 ALCS 20 85 79 10 25 2 0 1 12 3 1 4 7 .316 .349 .380 .729 30 2 0 2 0 0
3 WS 13 56 49 7 14 1 0 1 6 1 0 6 3 .286 .364 .367 .731 18 1 0 1 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
1988 OAK AL 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 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
1978 21 CAL AL 500 1.6% 13.4% 6.2% 6.6% 25% 2.16 6.8 56.6 8.7 0.93 77%
1979 22 CAL AL 712 2.7% 16.2% 5.5% 7.6% 29% 2.95 5.7 34.4 8.3 1.27 74%
1980 23 CAL AL 670 2.2% 13.9% 7.5% 6.7% 29% 1.86 6.5 40.1 7.5 0.98 75%
1981 24 BOS AL 438 0.9% 6.4% 7.8% 6.9% 22% 0.82 14.3 99.8 7.7 1.17 84%
1982 25 BOS AL 539 2.0% 8.9% 8.5% 8.0% 30% 1.04 10.0 43.8 7.7 0.81 80%
1983 26 OAK AL 328 3.1% 10.1% 6.7% 8.5% 30% 1.50 9.1 29.9 6.6 0.91 79%
1984 27 OAK AL 651 2.2% 9.5% 6.1% 7.7% 28% 1.55 9.6 42.6 8.1 0.75 81%
1985 28 OAK AL 432 3.0% 6.3% 4.2% 7.6% 30% 1.50 14.9 30.8 8.7 0.83 85%
1986 29 OAK AL 640 3.0% 8.0% 6.1% 6.1% 23% 1.31 11.6 31.1 8.2 0.95 82%
1987 30 OAK AL 631 3.0% 7.0% 9.5% 7.9% 31% 0.73 12.6 29.2 7.3 0.78 78%
1988 31 OAK AL 607 1.2% 5.8% 5.8% 4.8% 19% 1.00 15.9 79.4 9.8 0.88 1.03 85% 21% 4.7% 46%
1989 32 OAK AL 616 0.3% 4.1% 8.3% 5.2% 17% 0.49 22.0 275.5 10.6 0.96 1.25 86% 26% 0.9% 16%
1990 33 OAK AL 564 0.5% 8.9% 8.0% 3.4% 14% 1.11 10.1 169.0 10.1 1.00 1.19 81% 18% 1.5% 14%
1991 34 OAK AL 16 0.0% 12.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 8.0 16.0 0.75 0.86 88% 0% 0.0% 50%
1992 35 OAK AL 561 1.3% 7.0% 7.7% 6.8% 29% 0.91 12.7 70.9 6.6 0.80 1.04 82% 19% 3.2% 15%
15 Yrs 7905 1.9% 9.1% 7.0% 6.6% 25% 1.30 10.0 47.4 8.2 0.91 0.98 81% 21% 2.4% 23%
MLB Averages 2.1% 14.0% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 1.65 6.4 42.8 8.5 0.80 1.07 74% 20% 6.2% 22%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1978 21 CAL AL 8.4 0.8 536 0.8 9.9 -9.0 1.07 1.3 -0.5 10.1 1.0 0.97 14.1 1.79 2
1979 22 CAL AL 6.2 0.6 752 0.3 12.6 -12.3 .96 0.6 -0.2 9.3 0.9 0.97 6.6 0
1980 23 CAL AL -4.2 -0.4 698 -1.5 11.0 -12.5 1.02 0.4 -1.8 4.2 0.4 0.95 4.3 2.42 1
1981 24 BOS AL 17.6 1.8 467 2.3 9.6 -7.2 1.08 1.7 0.5 21.8 2.2 0.98 20.6 0.42 1
1982 25 BOS AL 10.1 1.0 556 1.6 10.7 -9.2 1.05 0.7 0.8 10.9 1.0 0.99 10.7 0.36 1
1983 26 OAK AL 14.2 1.4 341 0.2 6.6 -6.4 1.07 0.6 -0.4 4.9 0.5 0.97 5.0 2.30 3
1984 27 OAK AL 18.0 1.8 666 2.1 13.3 -11.3 1.05 1.3 0.6 3.3 0.3 0.96 11.7 0
1985 28 OAK AL 3.9 0.4 441 -1.4 6.6 -8.0 .96 -0.2 -1.3 4.0 0.4 0.89 2.3 1.82 1
1986 29 OAK AL 8.3 0.8 673 0.9 12.3 -11.4 1.01 0.9 -0.0 5.3 0.5 0.95 8.2 1.62 1
1987 30 OAK AL 20.4 1.9 673 0.5 11.4 -10.9 1.00 0.8 -0.3 20.2 2.0 0.92 12.2 1.17 2
1988 31 OAK AL -3.4 -0.3 659 0.4 10.8 -10.4 1.03 -0.5 0.9 1.8 0.2 0.96 -4.8 2.65 4
1989 32 OAK AL 25.2 2.5 674 1.6 11.8 -10.3 .99 2.1 -0.5 18.7 1.9 0.99 20.7 1.94 0
1990 33 OAK AL -7.4 -0.7 600 -0.6 9.1 -9.8 1.01 -0.0 -0.6 0.5 0.1 1.00 -1.9 1.71 2
1991 34 OAK AL -3.5 -0.4 16 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 1.00 -0.3 -0.1 -3.4 -0.4 0.90 -3.5 2.64 1
1992 35 OAK AL 1.8 0.2 576 0.3 10.1 -9.8 1.05 0.2 0.0 8.3 0.9 1.00 4.9 1.83 5
15 Yrs 115.6 11.4 8328 7.0 145.8 -138.7 1.02 9.4 -2.6 119.8 12.0 0.96 110.9 1.89 24

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
1978 21 CAL AL 8 0 34% 198 20 9 69% 20 8 0 1 0 0 3 2 9 19 56% 35 18 16 3 2 1 19 3 15
1979 22 CAL AL 10 0 45% 285 20 8 71% 20 8 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 22 53% 51 27 24 7 4 3 30 9 20
1980 23 CAL AL 9 0 38% 243 14 5 74% 13 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 18 50% 37 22 13 10 5 5 29 7 20
1981 24 BOS AL 6 0 34% 206 15 10 60% 15 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 10 51% 31 20 10 10 5 5 16 2 14
1982 25 BOS AL 12 0 30% 221 9 4 69% 7 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 37% 43 28 14 9 6 3 15 7 8
1983 26 OAK AL 5 0 31% 131 3 8 27% 1 4 2 3 0 1 6 4 5 6 32% 25 20 5 2 1 1 17 8 8
1984 27 OAK AL 7 0 27% 284 9 3 75% 8 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 12 34% 36 30 6 6 3 2 14 2 11
1985 28 OAK AL 9 0 32% 158 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 6 49% 21 12 8 3 2 1 13 3 9
1986 29 OAK AL 20 0 32% 232 16 7 70% 14 6 1 0 1 1 1 0 8 18 60% 31 14 17 10 5 5 11 2 9
1987 30 OAK AL 6 0 33% 239 27 8 77% 22 8 5 0 0 0 1 0 3 18 62% 32 12 19 12 4 8 16 6 10
1988 31 OAK AL 10 0 38% 242 29 8 78% 26 7 3 1 0 0 1 0 8 23 63% 26 12 14 10 4 6 21 5 16
1989 32 OAK AL 11 0 33% 297 37 15 71% 31 14 6 1 0 0 4 3 8 22 54% 39 24 13 11 4 7 26 4 21
1990 33 OAK AL 6 0 30% 262 16 14 53% 13 11 3 3 0 0 2 1 4 18 44% 28 18 9 5 3 2 13 3 9
1991 34 OAK AL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 35 OAK AL 12 0 34% 223 7 2 78% 4 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 8 19 48% 36 19 16 4 3 1 22 6 13
15 Yrs 131 0 34% 3223 224 104 68% 196 93 25 9 3 2 26 11 87 217 50% 471 276 184 102 51 50 262 67 183

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
1978 21 CAL AL 500 28% 133 2 0 0 0 1.79 8 0 14 5 3 4 4 0 8 5 63% 108 4 4% 56 22 39% 324 47 15% 33 20 61% 22 13 59% 0
1979 22 CAL AL 712 27% 188 0 0 0 0 19 0 17 16 3 5 14 0 14 12 86% 158 16 10% 79 24 30% 440 63 14% 35 19 54% 32 18 56% 0
1980 23 CAL AL 670 29% 157 1 1 0 0 2.42 15 0 8 10 5 8 7 0 12 7 58% 147 12 8% 74 29 39% 425 69 16% 39 25 64% 26 14 54% 0
1981 24 BOS AL 438 24% 134 1 0 0 0 0.42 4 0 10 2 2 1 3 0 1 1 100% 83 6 7% 27 11 41% 293 49 17% 20 14 70% 12 9 75% 0
1982 25 BOS AL 539 24% 145 1 0 0 0 0.36 11 1 11 8 3 4 7 0 3 1 33% 120 15 13% 55 15 27% 373 56 15% 36 24 67% 17 10 59% 0
1983 26 OAK AL 328 35% 92 3 1 0 0 2.30 10 1 7 6 4 4 6 0 0 0 57 8 14% 27 7 26% 213 35 16% 25 12 48% 17 8 47% 0
1984 27 OAK AL 651 33% 179 0 0 0 0 14 0 15 10 4 7 7 0 2 2 100% 124 12 10% 69 19 28% 416 62 15% 41 21 51% 22 13 59% 0
1985 28 OAK AL 432 32% 111 1 0 0 0 1.82 13 0 3 10 3 7 6 0 4 4 100% 70 6 9% 47 19 40% 217 35 16% 26 11 42% 22 14 64% 0
1986 29 OAK AL 640 32% 168 1 0 0 0 1.62 19 0 19 13 6 10 9 0 1 1 100% 118 16 14% 51 16 31% 377 53 14% 31 19 61% 20 10 50% 0
1987 30 OAK AL 631 31% 160 2 1 0 0 1.17 19 0 7 11 8 9 10 0 8 5 63% 115 9 8% 59 20 34% 362 59 16% 33 12 36% 30 19 63% 0
1988 31 OAK AL 607 27% 155 30 0 4 0 0 1 2.65 7 0 11 7 0 1 6 0 6 5 83% 107 17 16% 56 17 30% 345 52 15% 31 19 61% 19 9 47% 0
1989 32 OAK AL 616 28% 185 26 2 0 0 0 0 1.94 2 0 16 1 1 1 1 0 3 1 33% 132 21 16% 68 24 35% 384 53 14% 39 22 56% 45 24 53% 0
1990 33 OAK AL 564 25% 136 19 0 2 0 0 0 1.71 3 0 17 2 1 1 2 0 2 2 100% 120 10 8% 67 27 40% 374 53 14% 30 22 73% 40 21 53% 0
1991 34 OAK AL 16 56% 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 4 1 25% 10 1 10% 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 0
1992 35 OAK AL 561 27% 130 47 1 5 1 0 0 1.83 7 1 18 6 1 4 3 0 9 7 78% 110 14 13% 65 25 38% 385 71 18% 35 21 60% 20 11 55% 0
15 Yrs 7905 29% 2074 123 3 24 4 0 1 1.89 151 3 173 107 44 66 85 0 73 53 73% 1572 166 11% 804 276 34% 4938 758 15% 456 262 57% 346 194 56% 0
MLB Averages 59% 77% 11% 35% 15% 52% 55%

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 31 OAK AL 607 1776 2.93 1121 63% 18% 7% 28% 47% 82% 2% 52% 92% 43% 4% 22 0 12% 73 42 7% 45 31 20% 0 1 0
1989 32 OAK AL 608 2006 3.30 1171 58% 25% 5% 25% 45% 75% 0% 44% 93% 30% 5% 29 0 18% 107 58 9% 55 37 38% 8 2 5
1990 33 OAK AL 542 1718 3.17 1038 60% 22% 7% 28% 43% 78% 2% 47% 90% 40% 4% 24 0 15% 81 37 9% 47 31 42% 22 2 4
1991 34 OAK AL 16 51 3.19 33 65% 21% 12% 24% 42% 79% 0% 51% 85% 25% 0% 0 0 13% 2 2 0% 0 0 50% 0 0 0
1992 35 OAK AL 561 1871 3.34 1102 59% 21% 8% 28% 43% 79% 0% 46% 89% 38% 6% 31 0 17% 93 50 10% 54 38 31% 0 0 0
5 Yrs 2334 7422 3.18 4465 60% 21% 7% 27% 44% 78% 1% 47% 91% 38% 5% 106 0 15% 356 189 9% 201 137 33% 30 5 9
MLB Averages 3.62 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 31% 6% 16% 9% 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
1978 21 121 500 453 63 133 23 2 8 52 20 9 31 67 .294 .339 .406 .746 113 184 4 4 5 7 2
1979 22 278 1212 1107 177 321 53 7 27 131 40 17 70 182 .290 .333 .424 .757 110 469 20 7 17 11 4
1980 23 429 1882 1709 264 478 80 10 42 211 54 22 120 275 .280 .326 .412 .738 105 704 32 7 24 22 6
1981 24 531 2320 2108 325 612 103 13 46 263 69 32 154 303 .290 .338 .417 .755 110 879 38 9 25 24 9
1982 25 659 2859 2590 390 757 131 17 57 326 78 36 200 351 .292 .342 .422 .764 111 1093 53 11 26 32 11
1983 26 739 3187 2889 433 849 147 19 67 371 81 44 222 384 .294 .343 .427 .771 113 1235 61 14 26 36 15
1984 27 890 3838 3486 503 1028 178 24 81 445 90 47 262 446 .295 .343 .429 .772 115 1497 73 17 28 45 21
1985 28 988 4270 3887 554 1139 196 26 94 491 92 50 280 473 .293 .340 .429 .769 114 1669 79 21 32 50 22
1986 29 1139 4910 4478 634 1307 212 30 113 563 108 57 319 524 .292 .339 .428 .767 114 1918 95 26 33 54 24
1987 30 1290 5541 5032 723 1467 239 34 132 639 135 65 379 568 .292 .342 .431 .773 115 2170 104 35 38 57 35
1988 31 1440 6148 5588 803 1622 259 36 139 696 164 73 414 603 .290 .340 .424 .764 113 2370 121 42 43 61 39
1989 32 1588 6764 6139 884 1807 287 38 141 748 201 88 465 628 .294 .346 .422 .768 115 2593 142 51 44 65 41
1990 33 1722 7328 6646 942 1943 302 39 144 798 217 102 510 678 .292 .345 .415 .759 113 2755 152 57 46 69 45
1991 34 1727 7344 6662 942 1944 302 39 144 799 217 102 510 680 .292 .344 .414 .758 112 2756 152 57 46 69 45
1992 35 1862 7905 7158 1007 2074 332 40 151 874 224 104 553 719 .290 .343 .411 .753 111 2939 166 64 53 77 45

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
1978 21 121 516 466 74 146 25 2 9 61 22 34 67 .313 .360 .433 .794 73 121
1979 22 158 723 664 120 195 31 5 20 83 21 40 116 .294 .335 .446 .781 99 157
1980 23 151 679 609 93 164 28 3 16 86 15 52 93 .269 .321 .404 .725 80 151
1981 24 154 677 615 101 214 37 5 6 86 24 54 42 .348 .401 .454 .855 112 102
1982 25 128 539 482 65 145 28 4 11 63 9 46 48 .301 .359 .444 .803 77 128
1983 26 80 337 306 49 99 17 2 11 51 3 24 33 .324 .374 .500 .874 57 80
1984 27 151 671 613 81 195 34 5 15 85 10 44 62 .318 .362 .463 .825 104 151
1985 28 98 442 410 58 120 19 2 14 52 2 19 27 .293 .326 .451 .778 60 98
1986 29 151 654 602 89 179 17 4 20 80 17 42 51 .297 .346 .439 .785 91 151
1987 30 151 635 557 92 163 28 4 19 78 28 61 44 .293 .370 .460 .829 93 151
1988 31 150 620 567 90 166 21 2 7 64 31 37 35 .293 .341 .374 .715 72 150
1989 32 148 636 566 92 200 30 2 2 59 40 55 25 .353 .417 .424 .841 99 148
1990 33 134 581 519 67 148 16 1 3 57 17 49 50 .285 .352 .337 .690 61 134
1991 34 5 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
1992 35 135 578 508 75 142 33 1 8 87 8 47 39 .280 .345 .396 .741 68 135
15 Yrs 1915 8304 7500 1146 2276 364 42 161 992 247 604 734 .303 .357 .428 .785 1146 1862
162 Game Avg. 162 702 634 97 193 31 4 14 84 21 51 62 .303 .357 .428 .785 97 1862

* 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
1998 BBWAA ( 0.6%)

All-Star Games
1988 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1992 ML Hutch Award

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1981 AL (6, 28%)
1982 AL (32, 0%)
1989 AL (17, 5%)
0.33 Career Shares (578th)

Silver Sluggers
1981 AL (3B)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1987 AL  4.9 (6th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1981 AL  3.6 (5th)
1989 AL  4.9 (7th)
Career  42.9 (206th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1981 AL  .336 (1st)
1989 AL  .336 (2nd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1981 AL  .389 (5th)
1989 AL  .398 (5th)

At Bats s c a p y
1979 AL  654 (2nd)
Career  7,158 (246th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1979 AL  712 (5th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1979 AL  114 (5th)
1981 AL  61 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1979 AL  188 (4th)
1981 AL  134 (2nd)
1989 AL  185 (8th)
Career  2,074 (233rd)

Doubles s c a p y
1981 AL  23 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1979 AL  115 (4th)
1980 AL  93 (9th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1988 AL  29 (10th)
1989 AL  37 (6th)

Singles s c a p y
1979 AL  134 (6th)
1981 AL  104 (2nd)
1986 AL  129 (10th)
1989 AL  153 (3rd)
Career  1,551 (171st)

Runs Created s c a p y
1981 AL  68 (7th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1981 AL  170 (7th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1981 AL  .696 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1987 AL  9 (4th)
1989 AL  9 (2nd)
Career  64 (244th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1980 AL  11 (1st)
1982 AL  8 (7th)
1984 AL  9 (6th)
Career  77 (103rd)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1987 AL  11 (6th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1988 AL  17 (10th)
1989 AL  21 (4th)
Career  166 (195th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1981 AL  10 (5th)
1989 AL  15 (6th)
1990 AL  14 (8th)
Career  104 (105th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1979 AL  19.5 (7th)
1980 AL  14.5 (10th)
1987 AL  22.3 (9th)
Career  180.4 (109th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1981 AL  14.3 (8th)
1986 AL  11.6 (7th)
1987 AL  12.6 (7th)
1988 AL  15.9 (4th)
1989 AL  22.0 (1st)
1992 AL  12.7 (8th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1979 AL  506 (2nd)
1980 AL  480 (6th)
Career  5,484 (228th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1981 AL  21.84 (9th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1981 AL  2.3 (7th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1981 AL  2.2 (9th)

             

† 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 - 4 (422), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 30 (792), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 33 (574), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 25 (469), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Bill Madlock (920)
  2. Terry Pendleton (906)
  3. Pinky Higgins (899)
  4. Harvey Kuenn (895)
  5. Ken Griffey (895)
  6. Jose Cardenal (895)
  7. Claudell Washington (894)
  8. George Kell (890) *
  9. Felipe Alou (885)
  10. Tommy Davis (880)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. George Brett (972) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Gregg Jefferies (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. George Kell (934) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Gregg Jefferies (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Gregg Jefferies (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Gregg Jefferies (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Gregg Jefferies (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Gregg Jefferies (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Gregg Jefferies (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Gregg Jefferies (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Buddy Bell (910)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Harvey Kuenn (901)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. B.J. Surhoff (904)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. B.J. Surhoff (910)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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