Tom Lawless

Thomas James Lawless

Positions: Second Baseman, Pinch Runner and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: December 19, 1956 in Erie, PA
School: Penn State Erie, the Behrend College of Pennsylvania State University (Erie, PA)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 17th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 15, 1982
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Reds/BlueJays/Expos 1982-1990

Final Game: July 4, 1990
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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
1978	21	CIN-min	Rk	63	254	254		70	5	7	5						.276	.276	.409	.685		104							BIL · PION
1979	22	CIN-min	A	131	469	469		126	9	5	1						.269	.269	.316	.584		148							TAM · FLOR
1980	23	CIN-min	AA	130	553	498	83	137	20	7	2	29	63	20	41	82	.275	.332	.355	.687		177		3	7	4			WBY · EL
1981	24	CIN-min	AA	136	597	522	77	152	20	10	8	50	60	16	67	69	.291	.372	.414	.786		216		1	6	1	1		WBY · EL
1982	25	CIN-min	AAA	86	394	351	76	108	18	6	2	28	35	7	39	48	.308	.378	.410	.788		144		1	2	1	2		INA · AA
1982	25	CIN	NL	49	176	165	19	35	6	0	0	4	16	5	9	30	.212	.253	.248	.501	40	41	5	0	2	0	0	4

1983	26	CIN-min	AAA	115	477	423	93	118	23	3	13	35	46	14	47	77	.279	.350	.440	.790		186		0	6	1	0		INA · AA
1984	27	CIN-WSN-min	AAA	50	185	173	36	47	5	5	4	23	13	2	11	35	.272	.315	.428	.743		74		0	1	0	0		WCH,INA · AA
1984	27	TOT	NL	54	106	97	11	23	3	0	1	2	7	3	8	16	.237	.295	.299	.594	66	29	4	0	1	0	1	4/5
1984	27	CIN	NL	43	89	80	10	20	2	0	1	2	6	3	8	12	.250	.318	.313	.631	76	25	1	0	1	0	1	4/5
1984	27	MON	NL	11	17	17	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	.176	.176	.235	.412	17	4	3	0	0	0	0	/4
1985	28	STL-min	AAA	31	135	124	16	36	9	1	1	12	9	1	8	15	.290	.333	.403	.737		50		0	3	0	0		LOU · AA
1985	28	STL	NL	47	64	58	8	12	3	1	0	8	2	1	5	4	.207	.270	.293	.563	58	17	0	0	1	0	0	54
1986	29	STL	NL	46	45	39	5	11	1	0	0	3	8	1	2	8	.282	.310	.308	.617	71	12	0	0	2	1	0	5/47
1987	30	STL	NL	19	29	25	5	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	5	.080	.179	.120	.299	-19	3	1	0	1	0	0	/459
1988	31	STL	NL	54	79	65	9	10	2	1	1	3	6	0	7	9	.154	.236	.262	.498	43	17	1	0	7	0	0	5/4793
1989	32	TOR	AL	59	79	70	20	16	1	0	0	3	12	1	7	12	.229	.295	.243	.538	57	17	0	0	1	1	0	5D/9472
1990	33	TOR	AL	15	12	12	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	.083	.083	.083	.167	-54	1	0	0	0	0	0	/D574
8 Yrs				343	590	531	78	110	17	2	2	24	53	13	41	85	.207	.263	.258	.521	47	137	11	0	15	2	1
162 Game Avg.				162	279	251	37	52	8	1	1	11	25	6	19	40	.207	.263	.258	.521	47	65	5	0	7	1	0

STL (4 yrs)				166	217	187	27	35	7	2	1	14	18	2	17	26	.187	.254	.262	.516	44	49	2	0	11	1	0
CIN (2 yrs)				92	265	245	29	55	8	0	1	6	22	8	17	42	.224	.275	.269	.544	52	66	6	0	3	0	1
TOR (2 yrs)				74	91	82	21	17	1	0	0	4	12	3	7	13	.207	.267	.220	.486	41	18	0	0	1	1	0
MON (1 yr)				11	17	17	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	.176	.176	.235	.412	17	4	3	0	0	0	0

NL (6 yrs)				269	499	449	57	93	16	2	2	20	41	10	34	72	.207	.262	.265	.527	48	119	11	0	14	1	1
AL (2 yrs)				74	91	82	21	17	1	0	0	4	12	3	7	13	.207	.267	.220	.486	41	18	0	0	1	1	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
1982	25	CIN	NL	49	176	-12	1	-1	2	1	-9	-0.9	5	-3	-0.4	.479	.494	-0.7	0.4	-5	$	4

1984	27	CIN	NL	43	89	-2	1	-0	-3	0	-4	-0.4	3	-1	-0.2	.489	.497	0.1	-0.2	1	$	4/5
1984	27	MON	NL	11	17	-2	0	-1	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.483	.499	-0.2	0.1	-1	$	/4
1985	28	STL	NL	47	64	-4	0	0	2	0	-0	-0.0	2	2	0.2	.499	.500	-0.1	0.3	-1	$	54
1986	29	STL	NL	46	45	-1	1	0	-2	0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.497	.499	0.2	-0.2	2	$100,000	5/47
1987	30	STL	NL	19	29	-4	0	0	-0	0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.480	.498	-0.3	0.0	-3	$115,000	/459
1988	31	STL	NL	54	79	-5	1	0	2	-0	-2	-0.2	2	1	0.1	.496	.499	-0.2	0.3	-2	$125,000	5/4793
1989	32	TOR	AL	59	79	-4	2	0	-10	-2	-14	-1.4	2	-11	-1.2	.475	.491	-0.1	-1.2	-1	$175,000	5D/9472
1990	33	TOR	AL	15	12	-2	-1	0	1	-0	-3	-0.4	0	-3	-0.3	.475	.498	-0.4	0.0	-4	$250,000	/D574
8 Seasons				343	590	-36	5	-0	-7	0	-39	-4.1	18	-20	-2.2	.488	.497	-1.7	-0.5	-13	$765,000

STL (4 yrs)				166	217	-13	2	1	3	1	-7	-0.7	7	-0	-0.0	.495	.499	-0.4	0.5	-3	$340,000
CIN (2 yrs)				92	265	-15	2	-1	-1	2	-13	-1.4	8	-5	-0.6	.484	.495	-0.6	0.2	-4	$
TOR (2 yrs)				74	91	-7	0	1	-10	-2	-17	-1.8	3	-14	-1.5	.475	.494	-0.5	-1.2	-5	$425,000
MON (1 yr)				11	17	-2	0	-1	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.483	.499	-0.2	0.1	-1	$

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
1982	25	CIN	NL	176	142	10	1.9	96	.259	.212	.268	.253	.331	.248	.389	.501	.721	40	.189	-13.6	-1.4	.436	.158	.036	.0

1984	27	TOT	NL	106	82	8	2.6	96	.275	.237	.266	.295	.332	.299	.387	.594	.719	66	.300	-4.6	-0.5	.506	.186	.062	1.8
1984	27	CIN	NL	89	65	8	3.3	97	.284	.250	.268	.318	.334	.313	.390	.631	.723	76	.395	-2.7	-0.3	.563	.200	.063	1.7
1984	27	MON	NL	17	17	0	0.0	90	.231	.176	.259	.176	.323	.235	.376	.412	.699	17	.000	-1.9	-0.2	.294	.118	.059	.0
1985	28	STL	NL	64	48	5	2.8	95	.222	.207	.260	.270	.328	.293	.388	.563	.715	58	.323	-3.4	-0.4	.489	.190	.086	.0
1986	29	STL	NL	45	32	5	4.2	97	.344	.282	.261	.310	.332	.308	.394	.617	.726	71	.490	-1.5	-0.2	.724	.256	.026	.0
1987	30	STL	NL	29	25	1	1.1	108	.100	.080	.271	.179	.341	.120	.423	.299	.764	-19	.061	-4.4	-0.4	.333	.240	.040	.0
1988	31	STL	NL	79	63	5	2.2	90	.164	.154	.257	.236	.321	.262	.378	.498	.699	43	.243	-5.1	-0.5	.536	.308	.108	1.7
1989	32	TOR	AL	79	57	7	3.3	89	.271	.229	.255	.295	.319	.243	.375	.538	.694	57	.376	-3.7	-0.4	.636	.271	.014	.0
1990	33	TOR	AL	12	13	0	0.0	99	.091	.083	.266	.083	.335	.083	.398	.167	.733	-54	.000	-2.6	-0.3	-.077	-.167	.000
8 Yrs				590	462	41	2.4	95	.242	.207	.263	.263	.329	.258	.388	.521	.716	47	.259	-38.8	-4.0	.490	.203	.051	3.9
162 Game Avg.				279	218	19	2.4	95	.242	.207	.263	.263	.329	.258	.388	.521	.716	47	.259	-38.8	-4.0	.490	.203	.051	2

STL (4 yrs)				217	168	16	2.6	96	.211	.187	.261	.254	.328	.262	.390	.516	.718	44	.287	-14.4	-1.5	.526	.251	.075	1.9
CIN (2 yrs)				265	207	18	2.3	96	.267	.224	.268	.275	.332	.269	.389	.544	.721	52	.256	-16.3	-1.7	.475	.171	.045	1.9
TOR (2 yrs)				91	70	7	2.7	90	.243	.207	.257	.267	.321	.220	.378	.486	.700	41	.292	-6.2	-0.6	.500	.207	.012	.0
MON (1 yr)				17	17	0	0.0	90	.231	.176	.259	.176	.323	.235	.376	.412	.699	17	.000	-1.9	-0.2	.294	.118	.059	.0

NL (6 yrs)				499	392	34	2.3	96	.242	.207	.265	.262	.330	.265	.389	.527	.719	48	.254	-32.5	-3.4	.488	.203	.058	3.8
AL (2 yrs)				91	70	7	2.7	90	.243	.207	.257	.267	.321	.220	.378	.486	.700	41	.292	-6.2	-0.6	.500	.207	.012	.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
1985	28	STL	NL	WS	KCR	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

1987	30	STL	NL	NLCS	SFG	W	3	7	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.333	.429	.333	.762	2	0	0	0	0	0
1987	30	STL	NL	WS	MIN	L	3	10	10	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	4	.100	.100	.400	.500	4	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs (3 Series)							7	17	16	1	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	5	.188	.235	.375	.610	6	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLCS							3	7	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.333	.429	.333	.762	2	0	0	0	0	0
2 WS							4	10	10	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	4	.100	.100	.400	.500	4	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
1982	25	CIN	NL	176	0.0%	17.1%	5.1%	3.4%	17%	3.33	5.5		41.3		1.41	77%

1984	27	TOT	NL	106	0.9%	15.1%	7.6%	3.8%	17%	2.00	6.1	97.0	48.5		0.85	75%
1984	27	CIN	NL	89	1.1%	13.5%	9.0%	3.4%	15%	1.50	6.7	80.0	40.0		0.72	75%
1984	27	MON	NL	17	0.0%	23.5%	0.0%	5.9%	33%		4.3				1.60	76%
1985	28	STL	NL	64	0.0%	6.3%	7.8%	6.3%	33%	0.80	14.5		7.3		0.91	84%
1986	29	STL	NL	45	0.0%	17.8%	4.4%	2.2%	9%	4.00	4.9		13.0		1.75	71%
1987	30	STL	NL	29	0.0%	17.2%	10.3%	3.5%	50%	1.67	5.0				1.71	69%
1988	31	STL	NL	79	1.3%	11.4%	8.9%	5.1%	40%	1.29	7.2	65.0	21.7	0.74	1.16	70%	21%	4.5%	29%
1989	32	TOR	AL	79	0.0%	15.2%	8.9%	1.3%	6%	1.71	5.8		23.3	0.70	0.84	75%	23%	0.0%	21%
1990	33	TOR	AL	12	0.0%	8.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		12.0		12.0	0.57	0.67	92%	0%	0.0%	29%
8 Yrs				590	0.3%	14.4%	7.0%	3.6%	19%	2.07	6.2	265.5	22.1	0.70	1.12	76%	20%	1.9%	25%
MLB Averages					2.2%	14.4%	8.5%	6.8%	29%	1.70	6.2	41.1	8.4	0.80	1.07	73%	20%	6.6%	26%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1982	25	CIN	NL	-13.6	-1.4	199	-1.7	2.1	-3.8	.99	-1.3	-0.4	-17.3	-1.8	0.94	-14.0	0.60	1

1984	27	TOT	NL	-4.6	-0.5	122	0.0	1.9	-1.9	1.04	-0.4	0.4	-7.1	-0.7	0.89	-5.3	0.78	5
1984	27	CIN	NL	-2.7	-0.3	103	0.2	1.6	-1.5	1.07	-0.2	0.3	-3.6	-0.4	0.87	-2.7	0.78	5
1984	27	MON	NL	-1.9	-0.2	19	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	.90	-0.2	0.0	-3.5	-0.4	1.02	-2.6		0
1985	28	STL	NL	-3.4	-0.4	68	-0.0	0.8	-0.8	.75	-0.3	0.3	-1.8	-0.2	0.94	-4.7	0.81	9
1986	29	STL	NL	-1.5	-0.2	54	0.2	1.1	-0.9	1.32	-0.0	0.2	1.2	0.1	1.02	0.0	1.48	12
1987	30	STL	NL	-4.4	-0.4	32	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	1.06	-0.3	-0.0	-2.6	-0.2	0.83	-3.6	1.00	5
1988	31	STL	NL	-5.1	-0.5	85	-0.4	1.0	-1.4	1.24	-0.4	0.1	-2.6	-0.3	0.96	-3.2	2.29	10
1989	32	TOR	AL	-3.6	-0.4	96	0.5	1.8	-1.3	1.25	-0.3	0.7	-1.7	-0.2	0.95	-3.7	1.91	7
1990	33	TOR	AL	-2.6	-0.3	14	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	.90	-0.2	-0.1	-3.5	-0.3	1.07	-3.2		0
8 Yrs				-38.7	-4.0	670	-2.0	9.0	-11.1	1.07	-3.2	1.3	-35.2	-3.7	0.94	-37.5	1.44	49

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
1982	25	CIN	NL	2	0	43%	80	16	5	76%	14	4	2	1	0	0	2	2	0	5	55%	2	2	0	2	1	1	7	2	5

1984	27	TOT	NL	1	0	33%	52	7	3	70%	7	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	60%	5	2	3	0	0	0	5	2	3
1984	27	CIN	NL	1	0	33%	48	6	3	67%	6	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	67%	5	2	3	0	0	0	4	1	3
1984	27	MON	NL	0	0	33%	4	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1985	28	STL	NL	0	0	47%	37	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	56%	5	1	3	0	0	0	4	2	2
1986	29	STL	NL	1	1	39%	34	8	1	89%	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	20%	3	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	0
1987	30	STL	NL	1	0	100%	7	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	17%	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	2	1
1988	31	STL	NL	1	0	50%	35	6	0	100%	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	17%	2	1	1	0	0	0	4	3	0
1989	32	TOR	AL	0	0	87%	75	12	1	92%	10	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	4	67%	6	3	3	2	1	1	4	0	4
1990	33	TOR	AL	0	0	100%	8	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8 Yrs				6	1	51%	328	53	13	80%	49	12	4	1	0	0	6	4	5	23	46%	28	16	11	5	3	2	28	12	15

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
1982	25	CIN	NL	176	39%	35			1	0	0	0	0.60	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	20	5	25%	15	1	7%	76	4	5%	9	1	11%	0	0		0

1984	27	TOT	NL	106	68%	23			5	1	0	0	0.78	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	100%	15	4	27%	11	2	18%	41	2	5%	3	1	33%	5	1	20%	0
1984	27	CIN	NL	89	73%	20			5	1	0	0	0.78	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	100%	11	1	9%	7	1	14%	30	2	7%	2	1	50%	2	0	0%	0
1984	27	MON	NL	17	41%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	3	75%	4	1	25%	11	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	1	33%	0
1985	28	STL	NL	64	41%	12			9	2	0	0	0.81	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	12	0	0%	5	1	20%	38	8	21%	9	4	44%	3	2	67%	0
1986	29	STL	NL	45	73%	11			12	2	0	1	1.48	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	13	0	0%	6	3	50%	28	3	11%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
1987	30	STL	NL	29	59%	2			5	0	0	0	1.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	5	1	20%	4	1	25%	13	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1988	31	STL	NL	79	77%	10	1	0	10	1	0	0	2.29	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	7	7	100%	18	1	6%	9	7	78%	47	2	4%	0	0		6	6	100%	0
1989	32	TOR	AL	79	68%	16	6	1	7	3	0	0	1.91	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	33%	14	0	0%	6	2	33%	39	3	8%	3	1	33%	2	1	50%	0
1990	33	TOR	AL	12	75%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		9	1	11%	0	0		0	0		0
8 Yrs				590	58%	110	7	1	49	9	0	1	1.44	2	0	14	0	2	0	2	0	20	15	75%	98	11	11%	56	17	30%	291	23	8%	26	8	31%	17	11	65%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			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	STL	NL	80	268	3.35	159	59%	21%	12%	28%	40%	79%	0%	47%	85%	30%	6%	5	0	20%	16	8	5%	4	2	22%	-1	0	0
1989	32	TOR	AL	76	264	3.47	162	61%	27%	17%	20%	36%	73%	0%	45%	76%	32%	7%	5	0	14%	11	4	9%	7	2	50%	3	0	0
1990	33	TOR	AL	12	44	3.67	25	57%	36%	0%	16%	44%	60%	0%	34%	94%	25%	0%	0	0	17%	2	1	33%	4	3	100%	0	0	1
3 Yrs				168	576	3.43	346	60%	25%	14%	23%	38%	75%	0%	45%	82%	30%	6%	10	0	17%	29	13	9%	15	7	40%	2	0	1
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	32%	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	SH	SF	IBB
1982	25	49	176	165	19	35	6	0	0	4	16	5	9	30	.212	.253	.248	.501	40	41	5	2	0	0
1983	26	49	176	165	19	35	6	0	0	4	16	5	9	30	.212	.253	.248	.501	40	41	5	2	0	0
1984	27	103	282	262	30	58	9	0	1	6	23	8	17	46	.221	.269	.267	.536	50	70	9	3	0	1
1985	28	150	346	320	38	70	12	1	1	14	25	9	22	50	.219	.269	.272	.541	51	87	9	4	0	1
1986	29	196	391	359	43	81	13	1	1	17	33	10	24	58	.226	.273	.276	.549	54	99	9	6	1	1
1987	30	215	420	384	48	83	14	1	1	17	35	10	27	63	.216	.267	.266	.533	48	102	10	7	1	1
1988	31	269	499	449	57	93	16	2	2	20	41	10	34	72	.207	.262	.265	.527	48	119	11	14	1	1
1989	32	328	578	519	77	109	17	2	2	23	53	11	41	84	.210	.267	.262	.529	49	136	11	15	2	1
1990	33	343	590	531	78	110	17	2	2	24	53	13	41	85	.207	.263	.258	.521	47	137	11	15	2	1

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
1982	25	49	177	166	20	36	6	0	0	4	16	9	30	.217	.257	.253	.510	11	49

1984	27	54	107	98	11	24	3	0	1	2	7	8	16	.245	.302	.306	.608	9	54
1985	28	47	65	59	9	13	3	1	0	9	2	5	4	.220	.281	.305	.586	5	47
1986	29	46	44	39	5	11	1	0	0	3	8	2	8	.282	.310	.308	.617	4	46
1987	30	19	31	26	9	3	2	0	0	0	3	4	5	.115	.233	.192	.426	1	19
1988	31	54	81	66	11	11	2	1	1	4	7	8	9	.167	.257	.273	.529	5	54
1989	32	59	82	72	24	18	1	0	0	4	14	8	12	.250	.321	.264	.585	6	59
1990	33	15	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	15
8 Yrs		343	599	538	89	116	18	2	2	26	57	44	85	.216	.274	.268	.542	41	343
162 Game Avg.		162	283	254	42	55	9	1	1	12	27	21	40	.216	.274	.268	.542	19	343

* 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.

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