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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
School: Pensacola Junior College (Pensacola, FL)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1984 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: May 2, 1989 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Giants/Mariners/RedSox 1989-1994

Final Game: August 10, 1994 (Age 30)
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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	221	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	894	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	673	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	673	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

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

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	BB	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	BB/9
1991	26	SFG	NL	9.00	1	1	1.0	1	1	1	3	7	57	4.000	9.0	27.0
1 Yr				9.00	1	1	1.0	1	1	1	3	7	57	4.000	9.0	27.0
162 Game Avg.				9.00	68	68	68	68	68	68	204	476	57	4.000	9.0	27.0

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Awards
1991	26	SFG	NL	1.0	1	0	1	9.00	3.98	0.13	-0.31	94.0	3.33	-1	-0.1	.0	0.0	0.0	-1	.433	.500	$165,000
1 Season				1.0	1	0	1	9.00	3.98	0.13	-0.31	94.0	3.33	-1	-0.1	.0	0.0	0.0	-1	.433	.500	$165,000

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
1989	SFG	NL	24	3B	34	19	9	191.0	64	19	42	3	1	.953	2	10	2.87	1.79	.943	2.71	2.71
1989	SFG	NL	24	2B	15	5	3	69.1	38	18	20	0	4	1.000	2	26	4.93	2.53	.981	5.11	5.12
1989	SFG	NL	24	SS	9	0	0	14.2	4	0	4	0	0	1.000	-0	-25	2.45	0.44	.965	4.54	4.52
1989	SFG	NL	24	OF	6	2	1	22.1	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	0	5	2.01	0.83	.980	2.30	2.32
1989	SFG	NL	24	LF	4	1	0	11.1	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0	42	1.59	0.50	.980	2.14	2.15
1989	SFG	NL	24	C	2	0	0	3.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	6.00	1.00	.985	6.60	6.70	0	0	0	0			0
1989	SFG	NL	24	RF	2	1	1	11.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-33	2.45	1.50	.977	2.13	2.10
1990	SFG	NL	25	OF	56	31	14	272.1	67	60	6	1	1	.985	-0	-0	2.18	1.18	.981	2.39	2.37
1990	SFG	NL	25	RF	42	26	13	226.1	61	55	6	0	1	1.000	1	6	2.43	1.45	.981	2.22	2.20
1990	SFG	NL	25	2B	18	7	4	83.2	44	19	25	0	7	1.000	1	17	4.73	2.44	.983	5.01	4.98
1990	SFG	NL	25	LF	14	5	1	46.0	7	6	0	1	0	.857	-1	-34	1.17	0.43	.979	2.19	2.18
1990	SFG	NL	25	SS	7	0	0	18.0	18	9	9	0	2	1.000	-0	-27	9.00	2.57	.967	4.60	4.56
1990	SFG	NL	25	3B	5	1	0	14.2	5	2	3	0	0	1.000	1	49	3.07	1.00	.948	2.76	2.72
1991	SFG	NL	26	1B	15	8	4	85.0	87	75	11	1	10	.989	1	16	9.11	5.73	.992	9.79	9.75
1991	SFG	NL	26	2B	15	6	4	86.0	53	29	24	0	7	1.000	1	11	5.55	3.53	.982	5.14	5.12
1991	SFG	NL	26	3B	11	7	3	55.1	24	5	18	1	1	.958	1	15	3.74	2.09	.950	2.73	2.73
1991	SFG	NL	26	SS	9	4	2	41.1	19	7	12	0	3	1.000	-0	-3	4.14	2.11	.966	4.66	4.64
1991	SFG	NL	26	OF	6	2	1	16.2	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-7	1.08	0.33	.985	2.27	2.27
1991	SFG	NL	26	RF	4	1	1	12.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0	10	1.50	0.50	.980	2.03	2.05
1991	SFG	NL	26	LF	2	1	0	4.2	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-51	0.00	0.00		2.12	2.15
1991	SFG	NL	26	C	1	0	0	2.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	13.50	3.00	.987	6.75	6.80	0	0	1	0	0%	33%	0
1991	SFG	NL	26	P	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0				0.00	0.00		1.80	1.80			0	0			0
1992	SFG	NL	27	2B	31	24	20	217.2	125	53	71	1	18	.992	3	15	5.13	4.00	.981	5.18	5.18
1992	SFG	NL	27	3B	10	3	2	39.0	8	1	6	1	1	.875	-1	-18	1.62	0.70	.952	2.68	2.67
1992	SFG	NL	27	1B	8	3	3	35.0	31	26	5	0	5	1.000	1	24	7.97	3.88	.993	9.75	9.76
1992	SFG	NL	27	SS	3	0	0	12.0	7	2	3	2	2	.714	-1	-70	3.75	1.67	.969	4.57	4.60
1992	SFG	NL	27	LF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		1.80	2.20
1992	SFG	NL	27	OF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		2.70	2.30
1993	SEA	AL	28	OF	22	16	3	134.2	28	25	3	0	1	1.000	-3	-30	1.87	1.27	.983	2.41	2.39
1993	SEA	AL	28	LF	21	16	3	131.2	28	25	3	0	1	1.000	-3	-31	1.91	1.33	.984	2.23	2.21
1993	SEA	AL	28	2B	17	10	6	96.0	48	21	27	0	9	1.000	2	24	4.50	2.82	.981	5.15	5.11
1993	SEA	AL	28	1B	13	11	8	101.0	94	86	8	0	15	1.000	3	31	8.38	7.23	.993	9.57	9.48
1993	SEA	AL	28	DH	11	4
1993	SEA	AL	28	3B	7	1	1	22.0	7	1	6	0	1	1.000	1	65	2.86	1.00	.951	2.70	2.66
1993	SEA	AL	28	SS	5	2	0	22.0	10	2	8	0	2	1.000	0	27	4.09	2.00	.973	4.70	4.64
1993	SEA	AL	28	RF	2	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		2.10	2.20
1994	BOS	AL	29	2B	4	3	1	23.0	12	6	6	0	0	1.000	-1	-63	4.70	3.00	.981	5.09	5.05
1994	BOS	AL	29	1B	3	0	0	8.0	8	6	2	0	0	1.000	-0	-75	9.00	2.67	.992	9.56	9.50
1994	BOS	AL	29	3B	2	2	2	18.0	6	2	4	0	1	1.000	-2	-153	3.00	3.00	.948	2.65	2.60
1994	BOS	AL	29	DH	1	0
	6 Seasons			2B	100	55	38	575.2	320	146	173	1	45	.997	7	15	4.99	3.19	.981	5.13	5.11
	5 Seasons			OF	91	51	19	447.0	102	92	9	1	2	.990	-4	-9	2.03	1.11	.982	2.39	2.36
	6 Seasons			3B	69	33	17	340.0	114	30	79	5	5	.956	1	4	2.89	1.58	.946	2.71	2.70
	4 Seasons			RF	50	28	15	252.1	66	60	6	0	1	1.000	1	5	2.35	1.32	.981	2.20	2.18
	5 Seasons			LF	42	23	4	194.2	37	33	3	1	1	.973	-5	-28	1.66	0.86	.983	2.21	2.19
	4 Seasons			1B	39	22	15	229.0	220	193	26	1	30	.995	4	20	8.61	5.62	.993	9.68	9.64
	5 Seasons			SS	33	6	2	108.0	58	20	36	2	9	.966	-1	-11	4.67	1.70	.968	4.63	4.59
	2 Seasons			C	3	0	0	5.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	9.00	1.67	.986	6.66	6.73	0	0	1	0	0%	33%	0
	1 Season			P	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0				0.00	0.00		1.80	1.80			0	0			0
	6 Seasons			TOT	336	167	91	1705.2	819	486	323	10	91	.988	8	5	4.27	2.41	.979	4.51	4.35	0	0	1	0	0%	33%	0
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1993 AL 1 (5th)	Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y 1992 NL 3 (4th)

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1993 AL 1 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y
1992 NL 3 (4th)

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

January 17, 1984: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1984 amateur draft (January).
December 19, 1992: Granted Free Agency.
December 29, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.
December 20, 1993: Granted Free Agency.
January 7, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
March 27, 1994: Released by the Texas Rangers.
March 30, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.
October 14, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1989	24	San Francisco Giants	$68,000	1989 USA Today survey
1990	25	San Francisco Giants	$122,000	USA Today
1991	26	San Francisco Giants	$165,000	USA Today survey

1993	28	Seattle Mariners	$200,000	USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$555,000

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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