Rick Leach

Richard Max Leach

Positions: Outfielder, Pinch Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 4, 1957 in Ann Arbor, MI
High School: Southwestern HS (Flint, MI)
School: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 1981
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Tigers/Rangers/Giants 1981-1990

Final Game: August 5, 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
1979	22	DET-min	A	48	168	168		51	10	1	2						.304	.304	.411	.714		69							LAK · FLOR
1980	23	DET-min	AAA	126	525	430	69	117	14	1	5	58	9	10	76	37	.272	.386	.344	.730		148		8	4	7			EVN · AA
1981	24	DET-min	AAA	13	57	44	8	18	5	0	2	16	0	1	10	5	.409	.518	.659	1.177		29		1	1	1	0		EVN · AA
1981	24	DET	AL	54	101	83	9	16	3	1	1	11	0	1	16	15	.193	.320	.289	.609	75	24	5	0	1	1	1	39/D
1982	25	DET-min	AAA	11	44	38	6	11	2	0	0	2	0	1	5	4	.289	.364	.342	.706		13		0	0	1	0		EVN · AA
1982	25	DET	AL	82	245	218	23	52	7	2	3	12	4	0	21	29	.239	.303	.330	.633	74	72	2	0	4	2	2	39/D7
1983	26	DET	AL	99	262	242	22	60	17	0	3	26	2	2	19	21	.248	.305	.355	.661	84	86	6	1	0	0	1	39/D7
1984	27	TOR-min	AAA	23	93	79	16	24	6	2	3	8	0	0	13	8	.304	.398	.544	.942		43		0	0	1	0		SYR · IL
1984	27	TOR	AL	65	97	88	11	23	6	2	0	7	0	0	8	14	.261	.320	.375	.695	89	33	3	0	0	1	0	93/D781
1985	28	TOR-min	AAA	136	598	533	77	151	24	2	15	79	3	6	52	42	.283	.341	.420	.761		224		1	0	12	4		SYR · IL
1985	28	TOR	AL	16	38	35	2	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	9	.200	.263	.257	.520	42	9	0	0	0	0	1	3/97
1986	29	TOR	AL	110	266	246	35	76	14	1	5	39	0	0	13	24	.309	.335	.435	.770	106	107	6	0	0	7	3	D97/3
1987	30	TOR	AL	98	224	195	26	55	13	1	3	25	0	1	25	25	.282	.371	.405	.776	105	79	3	3	0	1	2	D97/3
1988	31	TOR	AL	87	217	199	21	55	13	1	0	23	0	1	18	27	.276	.336	.352	.688	94	70	8	0	0	0	3	9D7/3
1989	32	TEX	AL	110	278	239	32	65	14	1	1	23	2	1	32	33	.272	.358	.351	.709	100	84	7	1	4	2	7	D7/39
1990	33	SFG	NL	78	196	174	24	51	13	0	2	16	0	2	21	20	.293	.372	.402	.775	118	70	2	1	0	0	0	97/3
10 Yrs				799	1924	1719	205	460	100	10	18	183	8	8	176	217	.268	.335	.369	.704	94	634	42	6	9	14	20
162 Game Avg.				162	390	349	42	93	20	2	4	37	2	2	36	44	.268	.335	.369	.704	94	129	9	1	2	3	4

TOR (5 yrs)				376	842	763	95	216	46	6	8	95	0	2	67	99	.283	.340	.391	.730	98	298	20	3	0	9	9
DET (3 yrs)				235	608	543	54	128	27	3	7	49	6	3	56	65	.236	.307	.335	.642	79	182	13	1	5	3	4
SFG (1 yr)				78	196	174	24	51	13	0	2	16	0	2	21	20	.293	.372	.402	.775	118	70	2	1	0	0	0
TEX (1 yr)				110	278	239	32	65	14	1	1	23	2	1	32	33	.272	.358	.351	.709	100	84	7	1	4	2	7

AL (9 yrs)				721	1728	1545	181	409	87	10	16	167	8	6	155	197	.265	.331	.365	.696	92	564	40	5	9	14	20
NL (1 yr)				78	196	174	24	51	13	0	2	16	0	2	21	20	.293	.372	.402	.775	118	70	2	1	0	0	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
1981	24	DET	AL	54	101	-3	-0	-1	2	-3	-6	-0.6	3	-2	-0.3	.488	.496	-0.5	-0.1	-4	$	39/D
1982	25	DET	AL	82	245	-8	1	-0	-0	-5	-12	-1.2	8	-4	-0.5	.485	.492	-0.4	-0.4	-4	$	39/D7
1983	26	DET	AL	99	262	-6	-1	0	11	-5	0	0.1	8	8	0.9	.500	.500	-0.2	0.7	-3	$	39/D7
1984	27	TOR	AL	65	97	0	-1	-0	1	-2	-2	-0.2	3	1	0.1	.497	.499	0.0	-0.1	-0	$	93/D781
1985	28	TOR	AL	16	38	-4	0	0	0	-1	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.473	.497	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$	3/97
1986	29	TOR	AL	110	266	-2	1	0	-3	-6	-10	-0.9	8	-2	-0.1	.491	.494	0.1	-0.9	1	$162,500	D97/3
1987	30	TOR	AL	98	224	2	0	0	2	-5	-2	-0.1	7	5	0.5	.498	.499	0.4	-0.3	4	$259,110	D97/3
1988	31	TOR	AL	87	217	-1	-0	-1	3	-5	-4	-0.3	7	3	0.3	.495	.497	0.0	-0.1	0	$300,000	9D7/3
1989	32	TEX	AL	110	278	1	0	0	8	-6	3	0.5	9	12	1.3	.503	.502	0.4	0.3	3	$350,000	D7/39
1990	33	SFG	NL	78	196	7	-2	0	-2	-3	1	0.1	5	6	0.7	.501	.500	0.8	-0.4	8	$	97/3
10 Seasons				799	1924	-14	-1	-1	22	-41	-35	-3.0	58	24	2.6	.495	.498	0.3	-1.3	2	$1,071,610

TOR (5 yrs)				376	842	-4	0	-1	3	-20	-21	-1.9	26	4	0.5	.494	.497	0.2	-1.5	2	$721,610
DET (3 yrs)				235	608	-17	0	-0	12	-12	-17	-1.7	19	1	0.1	.492	.496	-1.1	0.2	-11	$
SFG (1 yr)				78	196	7	-2	0	-2	-3	1	0.1	5	6	0.7	.501	.500	0.8	-0.4	8	$
TEX (1 yr)				110	278	1	0	0	8	-6	3	0.5	9	12	1.3	.503	.502	0.4	0.3	3	$350,000

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
1981	24	DET	AL	101	75	7	2.5	91	.221	.193	.259	.320	.324	.289	.377	.609	.702	75	.290	-2.2	-0.2	.534	.277	.096	.0
1982	25	DET	AL	245	174	24	3.7	99	.261	.239	.264	.303	.328	.330	.402	.633	.730	74	.404	-7.7	-0.8	.577	.206	.092	3.4
1983	26	DET	AL	262	190	25	3.5	95	.261	.248	.262	.305	.324	.355	.395	.661	.719	84	.386	-4.9	-0.5	.558	.186	.107	2.4
1984	27	TOR	AL	97	69	10	3.9	100	.307	.261	.268	.320	.332	.375	.405	.695	.736	89	.432	-1.3	-0.1	.603	.205	.114
1985	28	TOR	AL	38	28	3	2.9	102	.269	.200	.266	.263	.332	.257	.413	.520	.745	42	.298	-3.1	-0.3	.429	.143	.057
1986	29	TOR	AL	266	183	35	5.1	103	.317	.309	.265	.335	.333	.435	.413	.770	.747	106	.541	2.2	0.2	.682	.179	.126	.0
1987	30	TOR	AL	224	145	30	5.5	108	.310	.282	.267	.371	.336	.405	.429	.776	.765	105	.548	2.3	0.2	.736	.246	.123	.0
1988	31	TOR	AL	217	153	22	3.8	94	.320	.276	.259	.336	.324	.352	.391	.688	.715	94	.438	-1.3	-0.1	.569	.161	.075
1989	32	TEX	AL	278	188	31	4.4	95	.309	.272	.263	.358	.328	.351	.387	.709	.715	100	.508	1.3	0.1	.648	.218	.079	1.3
1990	33	SFG	NL	196	127	27	5.7	95	.322	.293	.260	.372	.325	.402	.390	.775	.715	118	.616	5.2	0.5	.709	.218	.109	.0
10 Yrs				1924	1332	214	4.3	98	.295	.268	.263	.335	.329	.369	.400	.704	.729	94	.476	-9.5	-1.0	.623	.204	.101	11.1
162 Game Avg.				390	270	43	4.3	98	.295	.268	.263	.335	.329	.369	.400	.704	.729	94	.476	-9.5	-1.0	.623	.204	.101	2

TOR (5 yrs)				842	578	100	4.6	102	.313	.283	.265	.340	.332	.391	.410	.730	.742	98	.496	-1.2	-0.1	.643	.193	.107	.0
DET (3 yrs)				608	439	56	3.4	96	.255	.236	.262	.307	.325	.335	.395	.642	.721	79	.378	-14.8	-1.5	.561	.208	.099	6.5
SFG (1 yr)				196	127	27	5.7	95	.322	.293	.260	.372	.325	.402	.390	.775	.715	118	.616	5.2	0.5	.709	.218	.109	.0
TEX (1 yr)				278	188	31	4.4	95	.309	.272	.263	.358	.328	.351	.387	.709	.715	100	.508	1.3	0.1	.648	.218	.079	1.3

AL (9 yrs)				1728	1205	187	4.2	99	.292	.265	.264	.331	.329	.365	.402	.696	.730	92	.459	-14.6	-1.5	.614	.202	.100	10.7
NL (1 yr)				196	127	27	5.7	95	.322	.293	.260	.372	.325	.402	.390	.775	.715	118	.616	5.2	0.5	.709	.218	.109	.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
1981	24	DET	AL	101	1.0%	14.9%	15.8%	5.0%	31%	0.94	5.5	83.0	7.5		1.03	67%
1982	25	DET	AL	245	1.2%	11.8%	8.6%	4.9%	23%	1.38	7.5	72.7	18.2		0.78	77%
1983	26	DET	AL	262	1.2%	8.0%	7.3%	7.6%	33%	1.11	11.5	80.7	9.3		0.99	83%
1984	27	TOR	AL	97	0.0%	14.4%	8.3%	8.3%	35%	1.75	6.3		12.6		1.30	77%
1985	28	TOR	AL	38	0.0%	23.7%	7.9%	2.6%	14%	3.00	3.9		35.0		1.38	68%
1986	29	TOR	AL	266	1.9%	9.0%	4.9%	7.5%	26%	1.85	10.3	49.2	6.3		1.16	84%
1987	30	TOR	AL	224	1.3%	11.2%	11.2%	7.6%	31%	1.00	7.8	65.0	7.8		1.03	75%
1988	31	TOR	AL	217	0.0%	12.4%	8.3%	6.5%	26%	1.50	7.4		8.7	0.74	1.05	79%	25%	0.0%	39%
1989	32	TEX	AL	278	0.4%	11.9%	11.5%	5.8%	25%	1.03	7.2	239.0	10.4	0.70	1.11	74%	27%	1.0%	14%
1990	33	SFG	NL	196	1.0%	10.2%	10.7%	7.7%	29%	0.95	8.7	87.0	10.9	1.04	1.46	78%	21%	3.1%	15%
10 Yrs				1924	0.9%	11.3%	9.2%	6.7%	28%	1.23	7.9	95.5	9.4	0.80	1.07	78%	25%	1.3%	23%
MLB Averages					2.1%	14.3%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	1.68	6.2	41.7	8.5	0.80	1.07	74%	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
1981	24	DET	AL	-2.3	-0.2	102	-0.3	1.3	-1.6	.90	-0.3	-0.0	-0.9	-0.1	0.98	-3.8	1.17	11
1982	25	DET	AL	-7.7	-0.8	252	-0.8	3.1	-3.9	.94	-1.0	0.1	-10.5	-1.0	0.90	-10.2	1.54	14
1983	26	DET	AL	-4.9	-0.5	266	0.3	4.9	-4.6	1.00	-0.6	0.8	3.6	0.4	0.91	-4.7	1.99	18
1984	27	TOR	AL	-1.3	-0.1	98	0.3	2.1	-1.8	1.15	-0.2	0.5	-5.4	-0.5	1.01	-2.6	1.42	23
1985	28	TOR	AL	-3.1	-0.3	38	-0.3	0.3	-0.6	.84	-0.3	-0.0	-4.1	-0.4	0.89	-4.6	1.00	5
1986	29	TOR	AL	2.2	0.2	269	-0.2	4.9	-5.1	1.12	-0.2	0.0	2.6	0.3	1.00	-1.7	1.93	31
1987	30	TOR	AL	2.3	0.2	229	0.7	4.7	-4.1	1.14	0.1	0.5	8.6	0.8	0.92	2.0	1.46	28
1988	31	TOR	AL	-1.3	-0.1	225	0.0	3.4	-3.4	.94	-0.3	0.3	2.4	0.2	0.94	-1.7	1.26	19
1989	32	TEX	AL	1.3	0.1	285	0.2	4.6	-4.4	1.06	0.1	0.1	0.8	0.1	0.99	2.0	1.72	31
1990	33	SFG	NL	5.2	0.5	199	0.4	3.5	-3.2	.97	0.7	-0.3	6.4	0.7	0.96	7.0	0.91	20
10 Yrs				-9.6	-1.0	1963	0.2	32.9	-32.7	1.02	-2.0	2.1	3.5	0.3	0.95	-18.3	1.52	200

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	CSH	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1981	24	DET	AL	0	26%	40	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	43%	10	7	3	0	0	0	4	1	3
1982	25	DET	AL	2	29%	76	4	0	100%	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	4	35%	8	7	1	4	2	2	5	2	3
1983	26	DET	AL	2	25%	106	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	39%	13	10	3	2	1	1	8	2	5
1984	27	TOR	AL	3	36%	52	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	50%	6	5	1	1	0	1	3	0	3
1985	28	TOR	AL	0	20%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	75%	3	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0
1986	29	TOR	AL	1	36%	75	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	6	3	42%	17	11	6	5	3	2	11	5	6
1987	30	TOR	AL	2	29%	75	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	9	43%	8	5	3	2	2	0	4	1	3
1988	31	TOR	AL	4	29%	67	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	8	48%	13	7	6	1	0	1	9	3	4
1989	32	TEX	AL	5	32%	115	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	7	50%	17	12	4	5	0	5	12	4	8
1990	33	SFG	NL	4	31%	106	0	2	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	41%	19	12	6	2	2	0	6	1	5
10 Yrs				23	30%	719	8	8	50%	6	6	2	1	1	2	18	35	44%	114	77	35	23	10	13	62	19	40

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
1981	24	DET	AL	101	91%	16			11	3	0	1	1.17	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	100%	17	5	29%	9	6	67%	62	11	18%	4	3	75%	5	4	80%	0
1982	25	DET	AL	245	96%	52			14	2	0	1	1.54	3	0	3	3	0	2	1	0	4	4	100%	42	2	5%	21	7	33%	124	9	7%	6	4	67%	4	1	25%	0
1983	26	DET	AL	262	96%	60			18	4	1	1	1.99	3	0	6	3	0	1	2	0	0	0		44	6	14%	16	2	13%	133	29	22%	7	5	71%	6	3	50%	0
1984	27	TOR	AL	97	95%	23			23	8	0	2	1.42	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		15	3	20%	11	2	18%	76	10	13%	7	2	29%	2	1	50%	0
1985	28	TOR	AL	38	92%	7			5	1	0	0	1.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	0	0%	1	0	0%	22	1	5%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1986	29	TOR	AL	266	91%	76			31	10	1	8	1.93	5	0	6	5	0	4	1	0	0	0		59	6	10%	24	12	50%	188	37	20%	20	14	70%	9	6	67%	0
1987	30	TOR	AL	224	91%	55			28	7	0	3	1.46	3	0	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	0		45	3	7%	13	5	38%	127	22	17%	10	6	60%	11	7	64%	0
1988	31	TOR	AL	217	93%	55	7	0	19	1	0	1	1.26	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		36	8	22%	15	6	40%	136	25	18%	13	7	54%	10	8	80%	0
1989	32	TEX	AL	278	97%	65	3	0	31	7	0	4	1.72	1	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	4	4	100%	49	7	14%	24	17	71%	188	25	13%	15	12	80%	13	9	69%	0
1990	33	SFG	NL	196	92%	51	7	1	20	7	0	3	0.91	2	0	3	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0%	38	2	5%	18	3	17%	118	14	12%	9	4	44%	5	2	40%	0
10 Yrs				1924	94%	460	17	1	200	50	2	24	1.52	18	0	42	18	0	13	5	0	10	9	90%	350	42	12%	152	60	39%	1174	183	16%	91	57	63%	66	41	62%	0
MLB Averages					59%																			78%			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	TOR	AL	218	695	3.19	444	64%	18%	13%	30%	39%	82%	4%	52%	84%	48%	6%	14	2	15%	32	15	6%	13	7	30%	-1	1	0
1989	32	TEX	AL	265	975	3.68	588	60%	19%	13%	33%	34%	80%	7%	48%	84%	35%	6%	16	1	17%	46	18	9%	25	15	21%	13	0	2
1990	33	SFG	NL	149	583	3.91	347	60%	21%	10%	35%	34%	78%	0%	47%	87%	38%	3%	5	1	15%	22	12	11%	16	10	8%	47	0	2
3 Yrs				632	2253	3.56	1379	61%	19%	12%	32%	36%	80%	4%	49%	85%	40%	6%	35	4	16%	100	45	9%	54	32	22%	59	1	4
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	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1981	24	54	101	83	9	16	3	1	1	11	0	1	16	15	.193	.320	.289	.609	75	24	5	0	1	1	1
1982	25	136	346	301	32	68	10	3	4	23	4	1	37	44	.226	.308	.319	.627	75	96	7	0	5	3	3
1983	26	235	608	543	54	128	27	3	7	49	6	3	56	65	.236	.307	.335	.642	79	182	13	1	5	3	4
1984	27	300	705	631	65	151	33	5	7	56	6	3	64	79	.239	.309	.341	.649	80	215	16	1	5	4	4
1985	28	316	743	666	67	158	33	6	7	57	6	3	67	88	.237	.306	.336	.643	78	224	16	1	5	4	5
1986	29	426	1009	912	102	234	47	7	12	96	6	3	80	112	.257	.314	.363	.677	86	331	22	1	5	11	8
1987	30	524	1233	1107	128	289	60	8	15	121	6	4	105	137	.261	.324	.370	.694	89	410	25	4	5	12	10
1988	31	611	1450	1306	149	344	73	9	15	144	6	5	123	164	.263	.326	.368	.693	90	480	33	4	5	12	13
1989	32	721	1728	1545	181	409	87	10	16	167	8	6	155	197	.265	.331	.365	.696	92	564	40	5	9	14	20
1990	33	799	1924	1719	205	460	100	10	18	183	8	8	176	217	.268	.335	.369	.704	94	634	42	6	9	14	20

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
1981	24	82	157	127	16	26	5	2	2	19	0	26	23	.205	.335	.323	.658	14	54
1982	25	82	246	219	24	53	7	2	3	13	4	21	29	.242	.306	.333	.639	23	82
1983	26	99	266	245	24	63	18	0	3	28	2	20	21	.257	.316	.367	.683	28	99
1984	27	65	97	88	11	23	6	2	0	7	0	8	14	.261	.320	.375	.695	11	65
1985	28	16	37	34	2	6	0	1	0	1	0	3	9	.176	.243	.235	.479	2	16
1986	29	110	266	246	35	76	14	1	5	39	0	13	24	.309	.335	.435	.770	37	110
1987	30	98	221	193	24	53	13	1	3	23	0	24	25	.275	.362	.399	.761	27	98
1988	31	87	220	201	22	57	13	1	0	24	0	19	27	.284	.345	.358	.704	25	87
1989	32	110	282	242	34	68	15	1	1	24	2	33	33	.281	.367	.364	.731	32	110
1990	33	78	200	177	26	54	14	0	2	17	0	22	20	.305	.385	.418	.803	28	78
10 Yrs		827	1992	1772	218	479	105	11	19	195	8	189	225	.270	.340	.374	.714	227	799
162 Game Avg.		162	390	347	43	94	21	2	4	38	2	37	44	.270	.340	.374	.714	44	799

* 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (1919), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 5 (2198), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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