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Mike LaValliere

Michael Eugene LaValliere (Spanky)

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 18, 1960 in Charlotte, NC
School: University of Massachusetts Lowell (Lowell, MA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1981. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1984
Teams (by GP): Pirates/WhiteSox/Cardinals/Phillies 1984-1995
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: September 22, 1995
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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
1984 23 PHI NL 6 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .222 .000 .222 -33 0 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1985 24 STL NL 12 44 34 2 5 1 0 0 6 0 0 7 3 .147 .273 .176 .449 29 6 2 0 0 3 0 2
1986 25 STL NL 110 350 303 18 71 10 2 3 30 0 1 36 37 .234 .318 .310 .628 75 94 7 1 10 0 5 2
1987 26 PIT NL 121 390 340 33 102 19 0 1 36 0 0 43 32 .300 .377 .365 .742 98 124 4 1 3 3 9 *2 GG
1988 27 PIT NL 120 409 352 24 92 18 0 2 47 3 2 50 34 .261 .353 .330 .682 100 116 8 2 1 4 10 *2
1989 28 PIT NL 68 223 190 15 60 10 0 2 23 0 2 29 24 .316 .406 .400 .806 136 76 4 0 4 0 7 2
1990 29 PIT NL 96 330 279 27 72 15 0 3 31 0 3 44 20 .258 .362 .344 .706 100 96 6 2 4 1 8 2
1991 30 PIT NL 108 377 336 25 97 11 2 3 41 2 1 33 27 .289 .351 .360 .711 102 121 10 2 1 5 4 2
1992 31 PIT NL 95 343 293 22 75 13 1 2 29 0 3 44 21 .256 .350 .328 .677 94 96 8 1 0 5 14 2/5
1993 32 TOT MLB 38 115 102 6 26 2 0 0 8 0 1 4 14 .255 .278 .275 .552 51 28 1 0 7 2 0 2
1993 32 PIT NL 1 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1993 32 CHW AL 37 110 97 6 25 2 0 0 8 0 1 4 14 .258 .282 .278 .560 53 27 1 0 7 2 0 2
1994 33 CHW AL 59 172 139 6 39 4 0 1 24 0 2 20 15 .281 .368 .331 .699 85 46 4 1 9 3 0 2
1995 34 CHW AL 46 109 98 7 24 6 0 1 19 0 0 9 15 .245 .303 .337 .639 70 33 3 0 0 2 0 2
12 Yrs 879 2871 2473 185 663 109 5 18 294 5 15 321 244 .268 .351 .338 .689 93 836 57 10 39 28 57
162 Game Avg. 162 529 456 34 122 20 1 3 54 1 3 59 45 .268 .351 .338 .689 93 154 11 2 7 5 11
PIT (7 yrs) 609 2077 1795 146 499 86 3 13 207 5 11 243 158 .278 .363 .351 .714 102 630 40 8 13 18 52
CHW (3 yrs) 142 391 334 19 88 12 0 2 51 0 3 33 44 .263 .325 .317 .643 72 106 8 1 16 7 0
STL (2 yrs) 122 394 337 20 76 11 2 3 36 0 1 43 40 .226 .313 .297 .609 70 100 9 1 10 3 5
PHI (1 yr) 6 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .222 .000 .222 -33 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (10 yrs) 737 2480 2139 166 575 97 5 16 243 5 12 288 200 .269 .355 .341 .696 97 730 49 9 23 21 57
AL (3 yrs) 142 391 334 19 88 12 0 2 51 0 3 33 44 .263 .325 .317 .643 72 106 8 1 16 7 0

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
1984 23 PHI NL 6 9 -0 -0 0 1 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .511 .500 0.0 0.1 -0 $ /2
1985 24 STL NL 12 44 -2 -0 -0 1 1 -1 -0.1 1 0 0.0 .491 .499 -0.1 0.2 -0 $ 2
1986 25 STL NL 110 350 -8 -2 0 7 5 2 0.2 11 12 1.3 .502 .501 0.5 1.4 6 $70,000 2
1987 26 PIT NL 121 390 -4 -2 0 15 5 15 1.6 12 26 2.8 .513 .509 1.1 2.2 11 $120,000 *2 GG
1988 27 PIT NL 120 409 -2 -3 -0 6 6 7 0.8 13 19 2.1 .507 .505 1.3 1.4 13 $215,000 *2
1989 28 PIT NL 68 223 8 -3 -0 -7 3 1 0.1 7 8 0.8 .501 .501 1.6 -0.4 15 $482,500 2
1990 29 PIT NL 96 330 -1 -3 0 5 5 6 0.8 9 15 1.7 .507 .504 1.0 1.2 10 $575,000 2
1991 30 PIT NL 108 377 0 -1 -1 -1 5 2 0.2 10 12 1.3 .502 .501 1.3 0.6 14 $1,035,000 2
1992 31 PIT NL 95 343 -6 -1 -0 6 5 4 0.5 10 14 1.4 .505 .503 0.7 1.3 7 $1,850,000 2/5
1993 32 PIT NL 1 5 -1 0 0 -1 0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.1 .343 .499 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $2,350,000 /2
1993 32 CHW AL 37 110 -7 -1 0 8 2 2 0.3 4 6 0.6 .506 .501 -0.2 1.0 -2 $ 2
1994 33 CHW AL 59 172 -3 -2 -1 1 2 -2 -0.2 6 3 0.3 .496 .499 0.2 0.4 2 $109,000 2
1995 34 CHW AL 46 109 -4 -0 0 5 2 2 0.3 4 6 0.6 .505 .501 0.1 0.7 1 $750,000 2
12 Seasons 879 2871 -31 -18 -2 46 41 36 4.4 86 122 12.9 .505 .502 7.4 9.9 76 $7,556,500
PIT (7 yrs) 609 2077 -6 -13 -2 23 30 33 3.9 61 93 10.0 .506 .503 6.9 6.1 70 $6,627,500
CHW (3 yrs) 142 391 -14 -3 -0 14 6 2 0.3 13 15 1.5 .502 .500 0.1 2.0 1 $859,000
STL (2 yrs) 122 394 -10 -3 -0 8 6 1 0.1 12 13 1.3 .501 .500 0.4 1.6 5 $70,000
PHI (1 yr) 6 9 -0 -0 0 1 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .511 .500 0.0 0.1 -0 $

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
1984 23 PHI NL 9 7 0 0.0 95 .000 .000 .266 .222 .331 .000 .386 .222 .717 -33 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .286 .286 .000
1985 24 STL NL 44 34 2 1.6 95 .147 .147 .260 .273 .328 .176 .388 .449 .715 29 .144 -2.8 -0.3 .419 .235 .029
1986 25 STL NL 350 250 31 3.4 97 .259 .234 .261 .318 .332 .310 .394 .628 .726 75 .386 -10.4 -1.1 .542 .191 .076 .0
1987 26 PIT NL 390 248 50 5.4 106 .326 .300 .269 .377 .339 .365 .419 .742 .758 98 .559 1.6 0.2 .694 .191 .065 .0
1988 27 PIT NL 409 275 43 4.2 88 .281 .261 .254 .353 .317 .330 .373 .682 .690 100 .526 2.6 0.3 .626 .213 .068 2.4
1989 28 PIT NL 223 140 31 6.0 87 .354 .316 .249 .406 .316 .400 .371 .806 .687 136 .671 10.5 1.1 .757 .226 .084 .0
1990 29 PIT NL 330 221 36 4.4 95 .268 .258 .260 .362 .325 .344 .390 .706 .715 100 .497 2.2 0.2 .644 .233 .086 .0
1991 30 PIT NL 377 256 43 4.5 93 .302 .289 .256 .351 .324 .360 .384 .711 .708 102 .535 1.9 0.2 .628 .173 .071 2.4
1992 31 PIT NL 343 234 34 3.9 92 .265 .256 .259 .350 .325 .328 .381 .677 .706 94 .476 -0.2 -0.0 .603 .212 .072 .0
1993 32 TOT MLB 115 87 8 2.5 101 .289 .255 .264 .278 .335 .275 .404 .552 .739 51 .226 -7.1 -0.7 .397 .049 .020
1993 32 PIT NL 5 4 0 0.0 103 .200 .200 .270 .200 .335 .200 .411 .400 .746 8 .000 -0.7 -0.1 .250 .000 .000
1993 32 CHW AL 110 83 8 2.6 101 .294 .258 .264 .282 .335 .278 .404 .560 .739 53 .242 -6.4 -0.6 .405 .052 .021
1994 33 CHW AL 172 118 18 4.1 110 .302 .281 .270 .368 .342 .331 .430 .699 .772 85 .380 -2.0 -0.2 .613 .180 .050 .0
1995 34 CHW AL 109 79 10 3.4 106 .274 .245 .266 .303 .339 .337 .419 .639 .758 70 .311 -4.0 -0.4 .545 .184 .092 .0
12 Yrs 2871 1949 306 4.2 96 .288 .268 .260 .351 .328 .338 .393 .689 .720 93 .482 -8.8 -0.8 .615 .196 .070 7.8
162 Game Avg. 529 359 56 4.2 96 .288 .268 .260 .351 .328 .338 .393 .689 .720 93 .482 -8.8 -0.8 .615 .196 .070 1
PIT (7 yrs) 2077 1378 237 4.6 94 .296 .278 .259 .363 .325 .351 .388 .714 .713 102 .537 18.0 1.8 .650 .205 .073 7.2
CHW (3 yrs) 391 280 36 3.4 106 .292 .263 .267 .325 .339 .317 .419 .643 .758 72 .322 -12.4 -1.2 .533 .144 .054 .0
STL (2 yrs) 394 284 33 3.1 97 .246 .226 .261 .313 .331 .297 .393 .609 .725 70 .359 -13.2 -1.4 .528 .196 .071 .0
PHI (1 yr) 9 7 0 0.0 95 .000 .000 .266 .222 .331 .000 .386 .222 .717 -33 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .286 .286 .000
NL (10 yrs) 2480 1669 270 4.4 94 .288 .269 .259 .355 .326 .341 .389 .696 .715 97 .509 3.6 0.4 .628 .204 .072 7.6
AL (3 yrs) 391 280 36 3.4 106 .292 .263 .267 .325 .339 .317 .419 .643 .758 72 .322 -12.4 -1.2 .533 .144 .054 .0

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
1990 29 PIT NL NLCS CIN L 3 9 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 2 0 0 0 1
1991 30 PIT NL NLCS ATL L 3 8 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 2 0 0 0 0 0
1992 31 PIT NL NLCS ATL L 3 10 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 2 0 0 0 0 0
1993 32 CHW AL ALCS TOR L 2 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 1 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs (4 Series) 11 31 25 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 4 .200 .355 .200 .555 5 2 0 0 0 1
3 NLCS 9 27 22 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 4 .182 .333 .182 .515 4 2 0 0 0 1
1 ALCS 2 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 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
1984 23 PHI NL 9 0.0% 22.2% 22.2% 0.0% 1.00 3.5 3.00 56%
1985 24 STL NL 44 0.0% 6.8% 15.9% 2.3% 20% 0.43 11.3 5.7 0.71 77%
1986 25 STL NL 350 0.9% 10.6% 10.3% 4.3% 21% 1.03 8.2 101.0 10.1 1.04 75%
1987 26 PIT NL 390 0.3% 8.2% 11.0% 5.1% 20% 0.74 10.6 340.0 9.4 0.94 79%
1988 27 PIT NL 409 0.5% 8.3% 12.2% 4.9% 22% 0.68 10.4 176.0 7.5 0.83 0.98 78% 20% 2.1% 44%
1989 28 PIT NL 223 0.9% 10.8% 13.0% 5.4% 20% 0.83 7.9 95.0 8.3 0.70 1.15 74% 28% 2.4% 15%
1990 29 PIT NL 330 0.9% 6.1% 13.3% 5.5% 25% 0.45 14.0 93.0 9.0 0.61 0.84 78% 23% 2.5% 25%
1991 30 PIT NL 377 0.8% 7.2% 8.8% 4.2% 17% 0.82 12.4 112.0 8.2 0.74 1.13 82% 19% 1.9% 13%
1992 31 PIT NL 343 0.6% 6.1% 12.8% 4.7% 21% 0.48 14.0 146.5 10.1 0.80 0.98 80% 21% 1.5% 14%
1993 32 TOT MLB 115 0.0% 12.2% 3.5% 1.7% 8% 3.50 7.3 12.8 0.66 1.00 78% 24% 0.0% 8%
1993 32 PIT NL 5 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.50 3.00 100% 0% 0.0% 0%
1993 32 CHW AL 110 0.0% 12.7% 3.6% 1.8% 8% 3.50 6.9 12.1 0.63 0.94 77% 25% 0.0% 8%
1994 33 CHW AL 172 0.6% 8.7% 11.6% 2.9% 13% 0.75 9.3 139.0 5.8 0.58 0.96 73% 27% 1.3% 4%
1995 34 CHW AL 109 0.9% 13.8% 8.3% 6.4% 29% 1.67 6.5 98.0 5.2 1.07 1.46 77% 20% 2.8% 12%
12 Yrs 2871 0.6% 8.5% 11.2% 4.6% 20% 0.76 10.1 137.4 8.4 0.74 1.00 78% 22% 1.9% 20%
MLB Averages 2.2% 15.0% 8.6% 6.9% 30% 1.74 5.9 39.8 8.2 0.81 1.07 73% 21% 6.7% 20%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1984 23 PHI NL -1.2 -0.1 9 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 .78 -0.0 -0.1 -1.0 -0.1 0.93 -0.7 0
1985 24 STL NL -2.8 -0.3 44 -0.1 0.5 -0.5 .77 -0.1 0.1 -0.8 -0.1 1.04 -1.8 0
1986 25 STL NL -10.4 -1.1 355 -0.5 6.2 -6.7 1.10 -0.8 0.3 -6.2 -0.6 0.96 -6.9 4.09 4
1987 26 PIT NL 1.6 0.2 393 0.2 6.2 -6.0 .96 -0.0 0.2 4.1 0.4 0.95 0.6 1.57 14
1988 27 PIT NL 2.6 0.3 415 1.0 7.0 -6.0 .99 -0.3 1.3 12.8 1.4 0.94 2.3 2.01 10
1989 28 PIT NL 10.5 1.1 228 0.1 3.6 -3.4 .98 0.6 -0.5 5.7 0.6 0.97 7.1 0.27 3
1990 29 PIT NL 2.2 0.2 337 -0.6 4.6 -5.2 .94 -0.5 -0.2 2.7 0.3 0.96 -2.7 1.98 2
1991 30 PIT NL 1.9 0.2 384 -0.3 5.5 -5.9 .95 -0.0 -0.3 -0.3 -0.0 0.99 0.4 2.47 3
1992 31 PIT NL 0.2 0.0 350 0.2 5.2 -5.0 1.00 -0.3 0.5 -0.3 -0.0 0.97 -2.4 2.71 1
1993 32 TOT MLB -7.1 -0.7 118 -1.3 1.0 -2.3 .96 -0.8 -0.6 -13.5 -1.3 0.99 -11.7 0
1993 32 PIT NL -0.7 -0.1 5 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .43 -0.1 -0.1 -1.2 -0.1 1.02 -0.8 0
1993 32 CHW AL -6.4 -0.6 113 -1.3 1.0 -2.3 .98 -0.7 -0.6 -12.3 -1.2 0.99 -10.8 0
1994 33 CHW AL -2.2 -0.2 175 -0.2 3.0 -3.2 1.07 -0.3 0.1 -0.9 -0.1 0.98 -3.9 0.89 3
1995 34 CHW AL -4.0 -0.4 109 -0.0 2.2 -2.2 1.09 -0.3 0.3 -2.3 -0.2 0.94 -3.1 0.17 1
12 Yrs -8.7 -0.8 2917 -1.6 45.1 -46.7 .99 -2.9 1.2 -0.1 0.1 0.96 -22.9 1.85 41

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
1984 23 PHI NL 1 0 0% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 24 STL NL 2 0 17% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 25% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1986 25 STL NL 7 0 14% 142 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 4 14% 19 18 1 1 1 0 8 3 3
1987 26 PIT NL 0 0 22% 179 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 26% 23 19 4 7 5 1 13 7 6
1988 27 PIT NL 3 0 16% 170 3 2 60% 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 19% 18 17 1 2 2 0 11 6 5
1989 28 PIT NL 1 0 15% 90 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 15% 7 5 2 5 4 1 8 8 0
1990 29 PIT NL 2 0 21% 126 0 3 0% 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 5 18% 16 15 1 3 2 1 9 5 3
1991 30 PIT NL 3 0 17% 159 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 21% 17 15 2 7 5 2 14 10 4
1992 31 PIT NL 2 0 17% 135 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12 4% 18 16 0 0 0 0 8 6 1
1993 32 TOT MLB 1 0 20% 40 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15% 8 7 1 2 1 0 3 1 1
1993 32 PIT NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 32 CHW AL 1 0 21% 38 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 17% 7 6 1 2 1 0 3 1 1
1994 33 CHW AL 0 0 9% 68 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0% 8 8 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
1995 34 CHW AL 1 0 19% 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 33% 3 2 1 1 0 1 2 2 0
12 Yrs 23 0 17% 1159 5 15 25% 3 13 2 1 0 1 2 0 29 52 17% 142 127 13 29 21 6 78 49 24

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
1984 23 PHI NL 9 89% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1985 24 STL NL 44 93% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 20% 4 4 100% 34 6 18% 4 4 100% 1 0 0% 0
1986 25 STL NL 350 82% 71 4 0 0 1 4.09 3 0 6 2 1 1 2 0 12 10 83% 66 7 11% 39 19 49% 218 28 13% 21 10 48% 15 13 87% 0
1987 26 PIT NL 390 78% 102 14 5 0 0 1.57 1 0 9 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 100% 62 4 6% 29 10 34% 243 35 14% 20 12 60% 17 8 47% 0
1988 27 PIT NL 409 81% 92 8 2 10 1 0 2 2.01 2 0 10 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 33% 51 8 16% 33 14 42% 236 46 19% 23 14 61% 13 8 62% 0
1989 28 PIT NL 223 87% 60 1 0 3 0 0 0 0.27 2 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 4 4 100% 34 4 12% 23 11 48% 141 21 15% 17 9 53% 11 5 45% 0
1990 29 PIT NL 330 79% 72 3 1 2 1 0 0 1.98 3 0 8 1 2 2 1 0 4 4 100% 57 6 11% 25 14 56% 191 29 15% 18 10 56% 13 11 85% 0
1991 30 PIT NL 377 85% 97 30 0 3 0 0 1 2.47 3 1 14 3 0 1 2 0 1 1 100% 59 10 17% 36 14 39% 253 40 16% 30 16 53% 21 9 43% 0
1992 31 PIT NL 343 89% 75 27 1 1 0 0 0 2.71 2 0 12 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 70 8 11% 33 13 39% 218 27 12% 27 12 44% 8 5 63% 0
1993 32 TOT MLB 115 84% 26 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 78% 20 1 5% 19 11 58% 81 8 10% 8 4 50% 8 5 63% 0
1993 32 PIT NL 5 80% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1993 32 CHW AL 110 85% 25 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 78% 20 1 5% 19 11 58% 77 8 10% 8 4 50% 8 5 63% 0
1994 33 CHW AL 172 81% 39 2 0 3 1 0 0 0.89 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 10 9 90% 39 4 10% 27 15 56% 120 23 19% 13 9 69% 9 4 44% 0
1995 34 CHW AL 109 83% 24 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.17 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 21 3 14% 12 7 58% 71 18 25% 11 7 64% 5 3 60% 0
12 Yrs 2871 83% 663 75 4 41 8 0 4 1.85 18 1 72 14 4 8 10 0 46 39 85% 489 57 12% 280 132 47% 1812 281 16% 192 107 56% 121 71 59% 0
MLB Averages 59% 74% 11% 35% 15% 52% 56%

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 27 PIT NL 396 1452 3.67 829 57% 34% 6% 23% 37% 66% 5% 38% 91% 23% 7% 29 0 21% 83 21 12% 47 24 52% 13 0 0
1989 28 PIT NL 218 879 4.03 511 58% 33% 8% 27% 32% 67% 5% 39% 87% 23% 12% 27 0 23% 51 8 10% 22 11 42% 5 3 1
1990 29 PIT NL 269 954 3.55 536 56% 30% 6% 23% 40% 69% 5% 39% 90% 33% 12% 32 1 21% 56 11 14% 38 19 47% 61 0 4
1991 30 PIT NL 379 1209 3.19 715 59% 31% 5% 20% 44% 69% 3% 41% 92% 32% 7% 28 2 19% 71 13 10% 37 19 52% -2 0 0
1992 31 PIT NL 344 1212 3.52 696 57% 31% 6% 23% 40% 69% 9% 40% 91% 29% 11% 39 1 18% 63 7 11% 38 26 38% -1 0 0
1993 32 TOT MLB 115 433 3.77 276 64% 26% 8% 30% 35% 73% 0% 46% 88% 28% 2% 2 0 17% 19 9 10% 12 8 54% 0 0 2
1993 32 PIT NL 5 12 2.40 10 83% 20% 10% 20% 50% 80% 0% 67% 88% 60% 0% 0 0 20% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1993 32 CHW AL 110 421 3.83 266 63% 27% 8% 30% 35% 73% 0% 46% 88% 26% 2% 2 0 16% 18 9 11% 12 8 54% 0 0 2
1994 33 CHW AL 170 653 3.84 384 59% 35% 5% 25% 35% 65% 0% 38% 92% 22% 8% 13 0 20% 34 5 11% 19 7 73% 2 0 0
1995 34 CHW AL 102 413 4.05 246 60% 31% 8% 29% 32% 69% 0% 41% 88% 25% 4% 4 0 17% 17 6 11% 11 7 40% 7 0 0
8 Yrs 1993 7205 3.62 4193 58% 32% 6% 24% 38% 68% 5% 40% 90% 27% 9% 174 4 20% 394 80 11% 224 121 49% 85 3 7
MLB Averages 3.64 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 31% 6% 16% 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
1984 23 6 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .222 .000 .222 -33 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 24 18 53 41 2 5 1 0 0 6 0 0 9 5 .122 .264 .146 .410 18 6 2 0 0 3 0
1986 25 128 403 344 20 76 11 2 3 36 0 1 45 42 .221 .310 .291 .601 68 100 9 1 10 3 5
1987 26 249 793 684 53 178 30 2 4 72 0 1 88 74 .260 .344 .327 .671 83 224 13 2 13 6 14
1988 27 369 1202 1036 77 270 48 2 6 119 3 3 138 108 .261 .347 .328 .675 89 340 21 4 14 10 24
1989 28 437 1425 1226 92 330 58 2 8 142 3 5 167 132 .269 .356 .339 .695 96 416 25 4 18 10 31
1990 29 533 1755 1505 119 402 73 2 11 173 3 8 211 152 .267 .357 .340 .697 96 512 31 6 22 11 39
1991 30 641 2132 1841 144 499 84 4 14 214 5 9 244 179 .271 .356 .344 .700 97 633 41 8 23 16 43
1992 31 736 2475 2134 166 574 97 5 16 243 5 12 288 200 .269 .355 .342 .697 97 729 49 9 23 21 57
1993 32 774 2590 2236 172 600 99 5 16 251 5 13 292 214 .268 .352 .339 .691 95 757 50 9 30 23 57
1994 33 833 2762 2375 178 639 103 5 17 275 5 15 312 229 .269 .353 .338 .691 94 803 54 10 39 26 57
1995 34 879 2871 2473 185 663 109 5 18 294 5 15 321 244 .268 .351 .338 .689 93 836 57 10 39 28 57

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
1984 23 6 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .222 .000 .222 0 6
1985 24 12 44 34 2 5 1 0 0 7 0 7 3 .147 .273 .176 .449 2 12
1986 25 110 353 305 19 73 10 2 3 31 0 37 37 .239 .324 .315 .638 31 110
1987 26 121 389 339 32 101 19 0 1 35 0 43 32 .298 .376 .363 .738 46 121
1988 27 120 423 361 28 101 20 0 2 55 3 55 34 .280 .374 .352 .726 48 120
1989 28 68 232 196 17 66 11 0 2 27 0 32 24 .337 .430 .423 .853 36 68
1990 29 96 336 283 30 76 16 0 3 34 0 46 20 .269 .373 .357 .730 38 96
1991 30 108 384 341 27 102 12 2 3 44 2 35 27 .299 .363 .372 .735 46 108
1992 31 95 354 300 25 82 14 1 2 33 0 48 21 .273 .370 .347 .717 39 95
1993 32 38 115 102 6 26 2 0 0 8 0 4 14 .255 .278 .275 .552 8 38
1994 33 84 240 195 8 53 5 0 1 32 0 27 21 .272 .357 .313 .670 23 59
1995 34 52 122 110 8 27 7 0 1 21 0 10 17 .245 .303 .336 .640 11 46
12 Yrs 910 3001 2573 202 712 117 5 18 327 5 346 252 .277 .361 .347 .708 328 879
162 Game Avg. 162 534 458 36 127 21 1 3 58 1 62 45 .277 .361 .347 .708 58 879

* 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

Gold Gloves
1987 NL (C)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1986 NL  1.4 (9th)
1987 NL  2.2 (3rd)
1988 NL  1.4 (8th)
Career  9.9 (212th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1986 NL  10 (10th)
1994 AL  9 (6th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1992 NL  14 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 10 (1147), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2065), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Russ Nixon (963)
  2. Dave Rader (951)
  3. Johnny Gooch (950)
  4. Ed Fitz Gerald (949)
  5. Zack Taylor (948)
  6. Larry McLean (945)
  7. Ray Hayworth (944)
  8. Clint Courtney (943)
  9. Joe Azcue (943)
  10. Al Spohrer (941)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Roy Partee (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jorge Fabregas (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Joe Girardi (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Joe Girardi (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Joe Girardi (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Buddy Rosar (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Buddy Rosar (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Russ Nixon (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Birdie Tebbetts (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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