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Rudy Law

Rudy Karl Law

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: October 7, 1956 in Waco, TX
High School: Ravenswood (East Palo Alto, CA)
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1975. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1978
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Dodgers/Royals 1978-1986
Agents: Tony Attanasio [*]
Final Game: October 4, 1986
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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
1976	19	LAD-min	A-	54	161	161		54	7	1	1						.335	.335	.410	.745		66						BLH · NORW
1977	20	LAD-min	A	122	520	451	124	174	22	5	9	88	37	11	64	53	.386	.462	.517	.979		233		1	3	1		LOD · CALL
1978	21	LAD-min	AAA	138	647	573	118	179	21	9	4	72	79	20	66	38	.312	.381	.401	.783		230		1	2	5		ABQ · PCL
1978	21	LAD	NL	11	13	12	2	3	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	2	.250	.308	.250	.558	58	3	0	0	0	0	0	/87

1980	23	LAD	NL	128	418	388	55	101	5	4	1	23	40	13	23	27	.260	.306	.302	.608	72	117	2	3	3	1	1	8/7

1982	25	CHW	AL	121	363	336	55	107	15	8	3	32	36	10	23	41	.318	.361	.438	.799	119	147	5	0	3	1	0	8/7
1983	26	CHW	AL	141	551	501	95	142	20	7	3	34	77	12	42	36	.283	.340	.369	.709	93	185	4	2	4	2	2	*8	MVP-21
1984	27	CHW	AL	136	534	487	68	122	14	7	6	37	29	17	39	42	.251	.309	.345	.654	78	168	9	3	4	1	6	*87
1985	28	CHW	AL	125	427	390	62	101	21	6	4	36	29	6	27	40	.259	.311	.374	.686	84	146	4	3	6	1	0	*78
1986	29	KCR	AL	87	341	307	42	80	26	5	1	36	14	6	29	22	.261	.327	.388	.715	93	119	5	2	2	1	0	79/8D
1987	30	-min	A	29	114	93	19	29	4	2	1	11	4	3	18	11	.312	.429	.430	.859		40		1	2	0	1	SBR · CALL
7 Seasons				749	2647	2421	379	656	101	37	18	199	228	65	184	210	.271	.325	.366	.691	89	885	29	13	22	7	9
162 Game Avg.				162	573	524	82	142	22	8	4	43	49	14	40	45	.271	.325	.366	.691	89	191	6	3	5	2	2

CHW (4 yrs)				523	1875	1714	280	472	70	28	16	139	171	45	131	159	.275	.329	.377	.706	92	646	22	8	17	5	8
LAD (2 yrs)				139	431	400	57	104	5	4	1	24	43	14	24	29	.260	.306	.300	.606	71	120	2	3	3	1	1
KCR (1 yr)				87	341	307	42	80	26	5	1	36	14	6	29	22	.261	.327	.388	.715	93	119	5	2	2	1	0

AL (5 yrs)				610	2216	2021	322	552	96	33	17	175	185	51	160	181	.273	.329	.379	.707	92	765	27	10	19	6	8
NL (2 yrs)				139	431	400	57	104	5	4	1	24	43	14	24	29	.260	.306	.300	.606	71	120	2	3	3	1	1

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1978	21	LAD	NL	13	-1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-2	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	/87

1980	23	LAD	NL	418	-15	1	3	4	8	0	13	14	1.3	6	0.6	0.7	$	8/7

1982	25	CHW	AL	363	9	3	1	0	-0	0	11	24	2.5	24	2.4	0.1	$37,500	8/7
1983	26	CHW	AL	551	-2	11	2	3	1	0	17	32	3.3	31	3.2	0.1	$220,000	*8	MVP-21
1984	27	CHW	AL	534	-18	-1	2	0	-3	0	17	-3	-0.4	0	0.0	-0.4	$	*87
1985	28	CHW	AL	427	-3	2	1	1	2	-4	13	12	1.3	10	1.0	0.3	$565,000	*78
1986	29	KCR	AL	341	-6	2	1	1	-5	-4	11	-1	-0.1	5	0.5	-0.6	$360,000	79/8D
7 Seasons				2647	-36	18	10	9	2	-8	82	76	7.7	75	7.6	0.1	$1,182,500

CHW (4 yrs)				1875	-14	15	6	4	0	-4	58	65	6.7	65	6.6	0.1	$822,500
LAD (2 yrs)				431	-16	1	3	4	7	0	13	12	1.1	5	0.5	0.6	$
KCR (1 yr)				341	-6	2	1	1	-5	-4	11	-1	-0.1	5	0.5	-0.6	$360,000

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	LAD	NL	13	10	1	2.7	95	.300	.250	.262	.308	.330	.250	.385	.558	.715	58	.307	-0.7	-0.1	.600	.250	.000	.0

1980	23	LAD	NL	418	306	39	3.4	94	.277	.260	.266	.306	.328	.302	.386	.608	.713	72	.406	-15.7	-1.6	.563	.170	.041	2.0

1982	25	CHW	AL	363	248	55	6.0	99	.355	.318	.264	.361	.328	.438	.402	.799	.730	119	.617	7.8	0.8	.803	.265	.119	5.5
1983	26	CHW	AL	551	381	74	5.2	101	.300	.283	.270	.340	.333	.369	.408	.709	.740	93	.562	-5.5	-0.5	.784	.299	.086	5.8
1984	27	CHW	AL	534	396	50	3.4	101	.264	.251	.269	.309	.333	.345	.406	.654	.739	78	.371	-16.4	-1.6	.568	.199	.094	9.9
1985	28	CHW	AL	427	306	49	4.3	102	.280	.259	.266	.311	.332	.374	.413	.686	.745	84	.468	-9.4	-0.9	.666	.244	.115	7.0
1986	29	KCR	AL	341	241	40	4.4	102	.277	.261	.264	.327	.332	.388	.411	.715	.744	93	.477	-2.7	-0.3	.664	.248	.127	1.9
7 Seasons				2647	1888	308	4.4	100	.290	.271	.267	.325	.331	.366	.404	.691	.735	89	.486	-42.6	-4.3	.670	.238	.095	33.4
162 Game Avg.				573	408	67	4.4	100	.290	.271	.267	.325	.331	.366	.404	.691	.735	89	.486	-42.6	-4.3	.670	.238	.095	7

CHW (4 yrs)				1875	1331	228	4.6	101	.295	.275	.268	.329	.332	.377	.407	.706	.739	92	.503	-23.5	-2.3	.696	.251	.102	29.3
LAD (2 yrs)				431	316	40	3.4	94	.278	.260	.265	.306	.328	.300	.386	.606	.713	71	.403	-16.4	-1.7	.564	.173	.040	2.0
KCR (1 yr)				341	241	40	4.4	102	.277	.261	.264	.327	.332	.388	.411	.715	.744	93	.476	-2.7	-0.3	.664	.248	.127	1.9

AL (5 yrs)				2216	1572	268	4.6	101	.293	.273	.267	.329	.332	.379	.408	.707	.740	92	.499	-26.2	-2.6	.691	.251	.105	31.1
NL (2 yrs)				431	316	40	3.4	94	.278	.260	.265	.306	.328	.300	.386	.606	.713	71	.403	-16.4	-1.7	.564	.173	.040	2.0

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
1983	26	CHW	AL	ALCS	BAL	L	4	18	18	1	7	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	.389	.389	.444	.833	8	0	0	0	0	0
1 ALCS							4	18	18	1	7	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	.389	.389	.444	.833	8	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	GO/AO	IP%
1978	21	LAD	NL	13	0.0%	15.4%	7.7%	0.0%	0%	2.00	6.0		12.0	2.50	77%

1980	23	LAD	NL	418	0.2%	6.5%	5.5%	2.4%	10%	1.17	14.4	388.0	16.9	1.84	86%

1982	25	CHW	AL	363	0.8%	11.3%	6.3%	7.2%	24%	1.78	8.2	112.0	10.5	1.22	81%
1983	26	CHW	AL	551	0.5%	6.5%	7.6%	5.4%	21%	0.86	13.9	167.0	14.7	1.17	84%
1984	27	CHW	AL	534	1.1%	7.9%	7.3%	5.1%	22%	1.08	11.6	81.2	13.2	0.86	82%
1985	28	CHW	AL	427	0.9%	9.4%	6.3%	7.3%	31%	1.48	9.8	97.5	10.8	1.24	81%
1986	29	KCR	AL	341	0.3%	6.5%	8.5%	9.4%	40%	0.76	14.0	307.0	8.5	0.98	84%
7 Seasons				2647	0.7%	7.9%	7.0%	5.9%	24%	1.14	11.5	134.5	12.2	1.17	83%
MLB Averages					2.1%	13.4%	8.5%	6.6%	29%	1.59	6.7	43.4	8.5	1.08	75%

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	LAD	NL	-0.7	-0.1	17	0.1	0.3	-0.3	1.08	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.20	-0.2	0.00	1

1980	23	LAD	NL	-15.7	-1.6	481	-0.7	7.2	-7.9	1.05	-0.5	-0.2	-2.3	-0.2	0.97	-4.3	1.36	16

1982	25	CHW	AL	7.8	0.8	421	1.9	8.1	-6.2	1.03	1.5	0.4	17.8	1.7	0.95	13.9	1.41	17
1983	26	CHW	AL	-5.5	-0.5	652	2.6	11.2	-8.6	1.01	1.2	1.4	17.9	1.7	0.97	11.6	1.26	13
1984	27	CHW	AL	-16.4	-1.6	591	0.1	9.5	-9.4	.98	-1.1	1.1	-10.8	-1.1	0.92	-15.2	1.12	10
1985	28	CHW	AL	-9.4	-0.9	474	-0.0	7.5	-7.5	1.01	-0.2	0.2	2.0	0.2	0.93	-2.4	1.57	16
1986	29	KCR	AL	-2.7	-0.3	368	0.7	7.2	-6.5	1.05	0.0	0.6	7.0	0.7	0.94	-0.2	1.25	8
7 Seasons				-42.5	-4.3	3004	4.6	50.9	-46.3	1.02	0.9	3.6	31.9	3.1	0.95	3.2	1.34	81

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
1978	21	LAD	NL	0	0	50%	12	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0

1980	23	LAD	NL	11	0	43%	186	40	13	75%	36	12	4	1	0	0	5	2	9	13	46%	27	13	11	6	3	3	17	7	9

1982	25	CHW	AL	5	0	41%	180	36	10	78%	36	9	0	0	0	1	6	0	3	11	55%	13	8	5	4	0	4	14	6	8
1983	26	CHW	AL	11	0	50%	253	77	12	87%	76	11	1	1	0	0	9	4	8	15	51%	21	17	4	9	2	7	29	7	19
1984	27	CHW	AL	10	0	39%	179	29	17	63%	28	16	1	0	0	1	5	1	6	18	58%	27	16	11	8	2	5	17	3	14
1985	28	CHW	AL	9	0	46%	159	29	6	83%	28	6	1	0	0	0	5	0	6	13	44%	20	14	6	5	2	2	18	6	11
1986	29	KCR	AL	7	0	37%	131	14	6	70%	14	6	0	0	0	0	7	1	3	9	60%	14	9	5	3	1	2	18	4	14
7 Seasons				53	0	43%	1100	228	65	78%	221	61	7	2	0	2	37	8	35	80	52%	123	78	42	35	10	23	114	34	75

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	LAD	NL	13	85%	3			1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	0	0%	2	0	0%	13	2	15%	1	0	0%	0	0		0

1980	23	LAD	NL	418	85%	101			16	4	0	0	1.36	1	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	4	3	75%	70	2	3%	31	11	35%	224	24	11%	15	8	53%	12	6	50%	0

1982	25	CHW	AL	363	80%	107			17	3	0	0	1.41	3	0	7	2	1	0	3	0	3	3	100%	47	5	11%	21	8	38%	161	30	19%	12	8	67%	7	5	71%	0
1983	26	CHW	AL	551	83%	142			13	4	0	2	1.26	3	0	5	3	0	1	2	1	6	4	67%	73	4	5%	44	21	48%	261	34	13%	19	10	53%	24	18	75%	0
1984	27	CHW	AL	533	79%	122			10	5	1	1	1.12	6	0	5	6	0	4	2	0	4	4	100%	70	9	13%	30	9	30%	228	32	14%	22	12	55%	13	8	62%	1
1985	28	CHW	AL	427	94%	101			16	6	0	2	1.57	4	0	6	4	0	4	0	1	6	6	100%	57	4	7%	33	16	48%	189	32	17%	21	11	52%	19	13	68%	0
1986	29	KCR	AL	341	88%	80			8	1	0	1	1.25	1	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	100%	59	5	8%	25	6	24%	195	37	19%	18	11	61%	18	10	56%	0
7 Seasons				2646	85%	656			81	23	1	6	1.34	18	0	36	17	1	11	7	2	25	22	88%	381	29	8%	186	71	38%	1271	191	15%	108	60	56%	93	60	65%	1
MLB Averages					58%																			81%			11%			35%			15%			51%			55%

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	11	13	12	2	3	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	2	.250	.308	.250	.558	58	3	0	0	0	0	0
1979	22	11	13	12	2	3	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	2	.250	.308	.250	.558	58	3	0	0	0	0	0
1980	23	139	431	400	57	104	5	4	1	24	43	14	24	29	.260	.306	.300	.606	71	120	2	3	3	1	1
1981	24	139	431	400	57	104	5	4	1	24	43	14	24	29	.260	.306	.300	.606	71	120	2	3	3	1	1
1982	25	260	794	736	112	211	20	12	4	56	79	24	47	70	.287	.331	.363	.694	93	267	7	3	6	2	1
1983	26	401	1345	1237	207	353	40	19	7	90	156	36	89	106	.285	.335	.365	.700	93	452	11	5	10	4	3
1984	27	537	1879	1724	275	475	54	26	13	127	185	53	128	148	.276	.328	.360	.687	89	620	20	8	14	5	9
1985	28	662	2306	2114	337	576	75	32	17	163	214	59	155	188	.272	.325	.362	.687	88	766	24	11	20	6	9
1986	29	749	2647	2421	379	656	101	37	18	199	228	65	184	210	.271	.325	.366	.691	89	885	29	13	22	7	9

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
1978	21	11	13	12	2	3	0	0	0	1	3	1	2	.250	.308	.250	.558	1	11

1980	23	128	422	394	61	107	5	4	1	25	42	24	27	.272	.318	.312	.630	39	128

1982	25	121	364	339	58	110	15	8	3	34	37	24	41	.324	.368	.442	.811	56	121
1983	26	141	547	501	95	142	20	7	3	34	77	42	36	.283	.340	.369	.709	63	141
1984	27	136	531	488	69	123	14	7	6	37	29	39	42	.252	.311	.346	.657	52	136
1985	28	125	421	390	62	101	21	6	4	36	29	27	40	.259	.311	.374	.686	45	125
1986	29	87	339	307	42	80	26	5	1	36	14	29	22	.261	.327	.388	.715	39	87
7 Seasons		749	2637	2431	389	666	101	37	18	203	231	186	210	.274	.328	.368	.696	295	749
162 Game Avg.		162	570	526	84	144	22	8	4	44	50	40	45	.274	.328	.368	.696	64	749

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1983 AL (21, 1%) 0.01 Career Shares (1498th)	Runs Scored s c a p y 1983 AL 95 (10th)	Triples s c a p y 1982 AL 8 (8th) 1983 AL 7 (9th) 1984 AL 7 (10th)	Stolen Bases s c a p y 1982 AL 36 (6th) 1983 AL 77 (2nd) 1984 AL 29 (8th) 1985 AL 29 (10th)
Caught Stealing s c a p y 1983 AL 12 (5th) 1984 AL 17 (3rd)	AB per SO s c a p y 1983 AL 13.9 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 14 (1212), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 4 (1725), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 7 (1931), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Johnny Rucker (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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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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Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of 24-7 Baseball.

Player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Many thanks to him. We have only selected seasons (players who debuted before 1960) for which we believe the image has reverted into the public domain. We will quickly remove any images for which that can be shown to not be the case.Please let us know if you are aware of any such images on this site.

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