Greg Litton

Jon Gregory Litton

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Second Baseman and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: July 13, 1964 in New Orleans, LA
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1984 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: May 2, 1989
Teams (by GP): Giants/Mariners/RedSox 1989-1994

Final Game: August 10, 1994
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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	19	SFG-min	A-	62	271	243	29	57	12	2	4	26	2	1	27	47	.235	.314	.350	.663		85		1	0	0	0		EVR · NORW
1985	20	SFG-min	A	141	626	564	88	150	33	7	12	103	8	4	50	86	.266	.325	.413	.738		233		3	2	7	0		FRE · CALL
1986	21	SFG-min	AA	131	518	455	46	112	30	3	10	55	1	2	52	77	.246	.327	.391	.719		178		4	5	2	4		SHV · TL
1987	22	SFG-min	AA,AAA	132	510	457	58	110	14	5	9	55	2	5	40	91	.241	.304	.352	.657		161		4	4	5	3		SHV,PHX · TL,PCL
1988	23	SFG-min	AA	116	482	432	58	120	35	5	11	64	2	2	37	84	.278	.337	.458	.795		198	8	5	1	7	2		SHV · TL
1989	24	SFG-min	AAA	30	99	89	6	16	4	2	2	6	1	3	8	24	.180	.242	.337	.580		30		0	0	2	0		PHX · PCL
1989	24	SFG	NL	71	155	143	12	36	5	3	4	17	0	2	7	29	.252	.291	.413	.704	102	59	3	1	4	0	0	54/6729
1990	25	SFG-min	AAA	6	25	22	3	6	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	7	.273	.320	.318	.638		7		0	0	1	0		PHX · PCL
1990	25	SFG	NL	93	220	204	17	50	9	1	1	24	1	0	11	45	.245	.284	.314	.598	68	64	5	1	2	2	0	947/65
1991	26	SFG-min	AAA	8	35	27	9	11	1	0	4	9	0	0	8	5	.407	.543	.889	1.432		24	0	0	0	0	0		PHX · PCL
1991	26	SFG	NL	59	143	127	13	23	7	1	1	15	0	2	11	25	.181	.250	.276	.526	51	35	2	1	3	1	0	345/69721
1992	27	SFG-min	AAA	25	95	85	14	26	7	0	4	19	0	1	8	21	.306	.362	.529	.891		45	2	0	1	1	1		PHX · PCL
1992	27	SFG	NL	68	154	140	9	32	5	0	4	15	0	1	11	33	.229	.285	.350	.635	83	49	2	0	3	0	0	45/367
1993	28	SEA-min	AAA	49	198	170	35	54	16	3	6	27	3	1	25	36	.318	.404	.553	.957		94	3	1	0	2	0		CGY · PCL
1993	28	SEA	AL	72	199	174	25	52	17	0	3	25	0	1	18	30	.299	.366	.448	.814	118	78	6	1	5	1	2	743D/569
1994	29	BOS-min	AAA	74	288	257	42	70	19	2	9	48	2	1	25	42	.272	.341	.467	.808		120	9	3	1	2	1		PAW · IL
1994	29	BOS	AL	11	22	21	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.095	.091	.095	.186	-52	2	0	0	0	1	0	/435D
1995	30	SEA-min	AAA	117	444	388	58	120	25	1	9	56	2	2	43	69	.309	.377	.448	.826		174	11	3	4	6	1		TAC · PCL
6 Yrs				374	893	809	78	195	43	5	13	97	1	6	58	167	.241	.293	.355	.648	82	287	18	4	17	5	2
162 Game Avg.				162	387	350	34	84	19	2	6	42	0	3	25	72	.241	.293	.355	.648	82	124	8	2	7	2	1

SFG (4 yrs)				291	672	614	51	141	26	5	10	71	1	5	40	132	.230	.279	.337	.616	76	207	12	3	12	3	0
BOS (1 yr)				11	22	21	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.095	.091	.095	.186	-52	2	0	0	0	1	0
SEA (1 yr)				72	199	174	25	52	17	0	3	25	0	1	18	30	.299	.366	.448	.814	118	78	6	1	5	1	2

NL (4 yrs)				291	672	614	51	141	26	5	10	71	1	5	40	132	.230	.279	.337	.616	76	207	12	3	12	3	0
AL (2 yrs)				83	221	195	27	54	17	0	3	26	0	1	18	35	.277	.338	.410	.748	99	80	6	1	5	2	2

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
1989	24	SFG	NL	71	155	1	-2	0	3	1	3	0.4	5	8	0.8	.505	.502	0.5	0.4	5	$68,000	54/6729
1990	25	SFG	NL	93	220	-9	-1	0	1	-2	-10	-1.1	6	-4	-0.5	.488	.493	-0.7	0.1	-6	$122,000	947/65
1991	26	SFG	NL	59	143	-7	-1	0	2	0	-6	-0.6	4	-2	-0.2	.489	.496	-0.5	0.3	-4	$165,000	345/69721
1992	27	SFG	NL	68	154	-3	-0	0	2	0	-1	-0.1	4	3	0.4	.498	.499	0.1	0.3	1	$	45/367
1993	28	SEA	AL	72	199	5	0	-1	3	-2	5	0.5	7	11	1.1	.507	.503	0.9	0.1	9	$200,000	743D/569
1994	29	BOS	AL	11	22	-5	-0	0	-4	-0	-9	-0.9	1	-9	-0.8	.420	.495	-0.4	-0.4	-5	$	/435D
6 Seasons				374	893	-19	-5	1	8	-3	-18	-1.8	27	8	0.8	.495	.498	-0.1	0.8	1	$555,000

SFG (4 yrs)				291	672	-19	-4	1	9	-0	-14	-1.4	19	6	0.5	.495	.498	-0.6	1.1	-3	$355,000
BOS (1 yr)				11	22	-5	-0	0	-4	-0	-9	-0.9	1	-9	-0.8	.420	.495	-0.4	-0.4	-5	$
SEA (1 yr)				72	199	5	0	-1	3	-2	5	0.5	7	11	1.1	.507	.503	0.9	0.1	9	$200,000

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
1989	24	SFG	NL	155	116	16	3.7	88	.291	.252	.250	.291	.317	.413	.373	.704	.690	102	.461	-0.6	-0.1	.580	.196	.161	.0
1990	25	SFG	NL	220	163	18	3.0	95	.306	.245	.260	.284	.325	.314	.390	.598	.715	68	.326	-8.9	-0.9	.484	.127	.069	1.0
1991	26	SFG	NL	143	112	9	2.2	90	.216	.181	.253	.250	.320	.276	.379	.526	.699	51	.229	-8.2	-0.8	.417	.165	.094	.0
1992	27	SFG	NL	154	114	14	3.3	88	.272	.229	.253	.285	.318	.350	.373	.635	.691	83	.401	-3.4	-0.4	.532	.193	.121	.0
1993	28	SEA	AL	199	135	28	5.6	103	.345	.299	.268	.366	.339	.448	.410	.814	.748	118	.564	5.0	0.5	.744	.247	.149	.0
1994	29	BOS	AL	22	20	0	0.0	115	.118	.095	.277	.091	.350	.095	.442	.186	.792	-52	.000	-4.9	-0.5	.105	.000	.000
6 Yrs				893	660	85	3.5	94	.287	.241	.258	.293	.325	.355	.388	.648	.713	82	.394	-21.0	-2.2	.539	.179	.114	1.9
162 Game Avg.				387	286	37	3.5	94	.287	.241	.258	.293	.325	.355	.388	.648	.713	82	.394	-21.0	-2.2	.539	.179	.114	1

SFG (4 yrs)				672	505	57	3.0	91	.276	.230	.255	.279	.321	.337	.380	.616	.701	76	.355	-21.0	-2.2	.502	.166	.107	1.8
BOS (1 yr)				22	20	0	0.0	115	.118	.095	.277	.091	.350	.095	.442	.186	.792	-52	.000	-4.9	-0.5	.105	.000	.000
SEA (1 yr)				199	135	28	5.5	103	.345	.299	.268	.366	.339	.448	.410	.814	.748	118	.564	5.0	0.5	.744	.247	.149	.0

NL (4 yrs)				672	505	57	3.0	91	.276	.230	.255	.279	.321	.337	.380	.616	.701	76	.355	-21.0	-2.2	.502	.166	.107	1.8
AL (2 yrs)				221	155	28	4.8	105	.321	.277	.269	.338	.340	.410	.413	.748	.753	99	.496	0.0	0.0	.662	.221	.133	.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
1989	24	SFG	NL	NLCS	CHC	W	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
1989	24	SFG	NL	WS	OAK	L	2	6	6	1	3	1	1	3	.500	.500	1.167	1.667	7
1 Yr (2 Series)							3	7	7	1	4	1	1	3	.571	.571	1.143	1.714	8
1 NLCS							1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
1 WS							2	6	6	1	3	1	1	3	.500	.500	1.167	1.667	7

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
1989	24	SFG	NL	155	2.6%	18.7%	4.5%	7.7%	33%	4.14	4.9	35.8	8.4	1.06	1.24	71%	14%	9.3%	20%
1990	25	SFG	NL	220	0.5%	20.5%	5.0%	5.0%	22%	4.09	4.5	204.0	8.5	1.08	1.20	73%	20%	1.6%	19%
1991	26	SFG	NL	143	0.7%	17.5%	7.7%	6.3%	39%	2.27	5.1	127.0	8.5	1.00	1.56	71%	18%	2.4%	18%
1992	27	SFG	NL	154	2.6%	21.4%	7.1%	5.8%	28%	3.00	4.2	35.0	9.3	0.89	1.03	67%	16%	8.0%	11%
1993	28	SEA	AL	199	1.5%	15.1%	9.1%	10.1%	39%	1.67	5.8	58.0	7.0	0.61	0.91	71%	24%	4.0%	17%
1994	29	BOS	AL	22	0.0%	22.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.2		21.0	0.42	0.36	77%	12%	0.0%	33%
6 Yrs				893	1.5%	18.7%	6.5%	6.8%	31%	2.88	4.8	62.2	8.3	0.89	1.12	71%	19%	4.6%	18%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.0%	8.6%	6.8%	30%	1.74	5.9	41.5	8.3	0.81	1.06	73%	20%	6.3%	17%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1989	24	SFG	NL	-0.6	-0.1	159	0.8	3.5	-2.7	1.05	-0.1	0.9	0.6	0.1	1.01	0.3	1.51	27
1990	25	SFG	NL	-8.9	-0.9	222	-0.3	3.8	-4.1	1.08	-0.9	0.6	-6.9	-0.7	1.02	-9.1	1.60	35
1991	26	SFG	NL	-8.2	-0.8	146	-0.9	1.9	-2.9	1.16	-1.0	0.1	-7.2	-0.8	1.01	-9.2	1.22	13
1992	27	SFG	NL	-3.2	-0.3	157	-0.4	2.5	-3.0	1.17	-0.5	0.2	-5.6	-0.6	0.94	-4.2	1.58	16
1993	28	SEA	AL	5.0	0.5	200	0.6	3.7	-3.2	.93	0.4	0.2	4.2	0.4	0.95	4.4	1.61	15
1994	29	BOS	AL	-4.9	-0.5	22	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	.89	-0.4	-0.1	-6.2	-0.6	0.99	-6.0	0.01	1
6 Yrs				-20.8	-2.1	906	-0.8	15.5	-16.3	1.07	-2.4	1.7	-21.0	-2.2	0.99	-24.0	1.51	107

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CSH	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1989	24	SFG	NL	2	20%	55	0	2	0%	0	1	1	0	1	3	9%	10	9	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
1990	25	SFG	NL	1	26%	88	1	0	100%	1	0	0	1	2	3	43%	12	9	3	1	0	1	8	2	5
1991	26	SFG	NL	2	35%	34	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	1	2	50%	5	2	3	4	3	1	3	1	2
1992	27	SFG	NL	0	13%	52	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	3	30%	6	4	2	1	0	1	3	3	0
1993	28	SEA	AL	3	32%	88	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	1	1	52%	12	7	5	5	2	3	4	1	3
1994	29	BOS	AL	0	100%	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	25%	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				8	27%	325	1	6	14%	1	5	1	1	5	12	39%	49	34	15	11	5	6	19	7	10

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
1989	24	SFG	NL	155	69%	36	8	0	27	9	1	3	1.51	4	0	5	0	4	3	1	0	4	4	100%	30	3	10%	15	5	33%	99	13	13%	7	3	43%	9	6	67%	0
1990	25	SFG	NL	220	65%	50	8	0	35	5	0	3	1.60	1	0	7	0	1	0	1	0	3	2	67%	51	5	10%	28	11	39%	160	23	14%	11	9	82%	13	7	54%	0
1991	26	SFG	NL	143	34%	23	11	1	13	3	0	2	1.22	1	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	4	3	75%	22	2	9%	16	8	50%	102	14	14%	9	6	67%	8	6	75%	0
1992	27	SFG	NL	154	33%	32	10	0	16	4	2	3	1.58	4	1	3	1	3	2	2	0	4	3	75%	24	2	8%	14	5	36%	88	11	13%	4	2	50%	4	2	50%	0
1993	28	SEA	AL	199	60%	52	6	0	15	6	0	2	1.61	3	0	4	1	2	3	0	0	5	5	100%	41	6	15%	22	6	27%	128	23	18%	13	5	38%	13	7	54%	0
1994	29	BOS	AL	22	41%	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	0	0%	4	1	25%	16	1	6%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
6 Yrs				893	54%	195	43	1	107	28	3	14	1.51	13	1	31	3	10	8	5	0	20	17	85%	173	18	10%	99	36	36%	593	85	14%	46	26	57%	47	28	60%	0
MLB Averages					59%																			72%			10%			36%			15%			52%			57%

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
1989	24	SFG	NL	139	483	3.47	316	65%	20%	21%	25%	34%	80%	0%	52%	73%	38%	2%	3	1	13%	18	13	6%	9	8	15%	16	0	2
1990	25	SFG	NL	171	577	3.37	377	65%	21%	19%	24%	36%	79%	0%	51%	75%	36%	4%	7	1	12%	21	7	9%	16	11	14%	49	0	1
1991	26	SFG	NL	143	547	3.83	344	63%	23%	19%	27%	31%	77%	0%	48%	75%	34%	5%	7	0	14%	20	9	9%	13	6	20%	0	0	0
1992	27	SFG	NL	155	599	3.86	390	65%	25%	19%	27%	28%	75%	0%	49%	75%	34%	4%	6	1	13%	20	8	7%	11	7	21%	-1	0	0
1993	28	SEA	AL	200	730	3.65	446	61%	29%	14%	24%	34%	71%	3%	44%	81%	29%	8%	16	0	21%	42	16	11%	22	14	27%	-1	0	0
1994	29	BOS	AL	22	67	3.05	53	79%	21%	21%	25%	32%	77%	0%	61%	71%	59%	0%	0	0	5%	1	1	5%	1	1	40%	0	0	1
6 Yrs				830	3003	3.62	1926	64%	24%	18%	25%	32%	76%	1%	49%	76%	34%	5%	39	3	15%	122	54	9%	72	47	20%	63	0	4
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
1989	24	71	155	143	12	36	5	3	4	17	0	2	7	29	.252	.291	.413	.704	102	59	3	1	4	0	0
1990	25	164	375	347	29	86	14	4	5	41	1	2	18	74	.248	.287	.354	.642	82	123	8	2	6	2	0
1991	26	223	518	474	42	109	21	5	6	56	1	4	29	99	.230	.277	.333	.610	73	158	10	3	9	3	0
1992	27	291	672	614	51	141	26	5	10	71	1	5	40	132	.230	.279	.337	.616	76	207	12	3	12	3	0
1993	28	363	871	788	76	193	43	5	13	96	1	6	58	162	.245	.299	.362	.660	86	285	18	4	17	4	2
1994	29	374	893	809	78	195	43	5	13	97	1	6	58	167	.241	.293	.355	.648	82	287	18	4	17	5	2

Neutralized Batting

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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
1989	24	71	160	147	14	40	6	3	4	20	0	8	29	.272	.314	.435	.749	20	71
1990	25	93	224	207	19	53	10	1	1	26	1	12	45	.256	.297	.329	.626	20	93
1991	26	59	146	129	15	25	8	1	1	17	0	12	25	.194	.266	.295	.560	10	59
1992	27	68	159	144	11	36	6	0	4	18	0	12	33	.250	.308	.375	.683	17	68
1993	28	72	199	174	25	52	17	0	3	25	0	18	30	.299	.366	.448	.814	28	72
1994	29	16	31	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	11
6 Yrs		379	919	831	84	206	47	5	13	106	1	62	169	.248	.302	.363	.665	95	374
162 Game Avg.		162	393	355	36	88	20	2	6	45	0	27	72	.248	.302	.363	.665	41	374

* 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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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.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
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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