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John Lowenstein

John Lee Lowenstein

Positions: Leftfielder, Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: January 27, 1947 in Wolf Point, MT
High School: Norte Vista HS (Riverside, CA)
School: University of California, Riverside (Riverside, CA)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 18th round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1970
Teams (by GP): Indians/Orioles/Rangers 1970-1985
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: May 4, 1985
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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
1968	21	CLE-min	A,AA	51	167	166	0	53	8	2	7	0	0	0	1	1	.319	.323	.518	.841		86							REN,WBY · CALL,EL
1969	22	CLE-min	A	26	78	67	7	19	4	2	1	11	5	1	11	13	.284	.385	.448	.832		30							REN · CALL
1970	23	CLE-min	AAA	108	438	369	69	109	15	6	18	52	10	10	59	64	.295	.394	.515	.909		190		3	4	3			WCH · AA
1970	23	CLE	AL	17	44	43	5	11	3	1	1	6	1	0	1	9	.256	.273	.442	.715	91	19	1	0	0	0	0	4/576
1971	24	CLE-min	AAA	37	153	125	27	40	8	0	8	24	4	3	24	30	.320	.431	.576	1.007		72		2	0	2			WCH · AA
1971	24	CLE	AL	58	159	140	15	26	5	0	4	9	1	5	16	28	.186	.269	.307	.576	58	43	0	0	3	0	1	4/9786
1972	25	CLE	AL	68	171	151	16	32	8	1	6	21	2	4	20	43	.212	.304	.397	.701	105	60	1	0	1	0	0	79/83
1973	26	CLE	AL	98	335	305	42	89	16	1	6	40	5	3	23	41	.292	.338	.410	.748	109	125	9	0	3	3	0	947/58D3
1974	27	CLE	AL	140	574	508	65	123	14	2	8	48	36	17	53	85	.242	.313	.325	.638	85	165	6	2	6	5	2	753/894D
1975	28	CLE	AL	91	297	265	37	64	5	1	12	33	15	10	28	28	.242	.313	.404	.717	103	107	4	0	3	1	2	D79/584
1976	29	CLE	AL	93	257	229	33	47	8	2	2	14	11	8	25	35	.205	.283	.284	.567	69	65	4	0	3	0	3	987D/3
1977	30	CLE	AL	81	172	149	24	36	6	1	4	12	1	8	21	29	.242	.335	.376	.711	98	56	6	0	2	0	1	D79/83
1978	31	TEX	AL	77	217	176	28	39	8	3	5	21	16	3	37	29	.222	.363	.386	.749	112	68	2	2	2	0	2	5D7/9
1979	32	BAL	AL	97	232	197	33	50	8	2	11	34	16	4	30	37	.254	.351	.482	.833	126	95	2	1	1	3	3	79/D358
1980	33	BAL	AL	104	231	196	38	61	8	0	4	27	7	3	32	29	.311	.403	.413	.816	126	81	2	0	0	3	1	7/9D
1981	34	BAL	AL	83	213	189	19	47	7	0	6	20	7	6	22	32	.249	.329	.381	.710	105	72	8	1	0	1	1	*7/9D
1982	35	BAL	AL	122	384	322	69	103	15	2	24	66	7	6	54	59	.320	.415	.602	1.017	176	194	6	1	3	4	10	*7/9
1983	36	BAL	AL	122	366	310	52	87	13	2	15	60	2	1	49	55	.281	.374	.481	.855	136	149	2	1	0	6	1	7/4D
1984	37	BAL	AL	105	307	270	34	64	13	0	8	28	1	0	33	54	.237	.319	.374	.693	94	101	5	1	0	3	3	7D/3
1985	38	BAL	AL	12	29	26	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	.077	.138	.077	.215	-38	2	0	0	0	1	0	/D7
16 Yrs				1368	3988	3476	510	881	137	18	116	441	128	78	446	596	.253	.337	.403	.741	108	1402	58	9	27	30	30
162 Game Avg.				162	472	412	60	104	16	2	14	52	15	9	53	71	.253	.337	.403	.741	108	166	7	1	3	4	4

CLE (8 yrs)				646	2009	1790	237	428	65	9	43	183	72	55	187	298	.239	.310	.358	.668	90	640	31	2	21	9	9
BAL (7 yrs)				645	1762	1510	245	414	64	6	68	237	40	20	222	269	.274	.365	.460	.824	128	694	25	5	4	21	19
TEX (1 yr)				77	217	176	28	39	8	3	5	21	16	3	37	29	.222	.363	.386	.749	112	68	2	2	2	0	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
1970	23	CLE	AL	17	44	-1	1	0	4	0	4	0.5	1	6	0.6	.528	.503	0.2	0.5	2	$	4/576
1971	24	CLE	AL	58	159	-8	-2	1	-3	0	-11	-1.3	5	-6	-0.8	.478	.492	-0.4	-0.3	-3	$	4/9786
1972	25	CLE	AL	68	171	2	-1	0	2	-3	1	0.1	6	6	0.6	.502	.501	0.4	-0.1	4	$	79/83
1973	26	CLE	AL	98	335	5	0	0	-8	-2	-4	-0.3	11	6	0.7	.495	.497	1.5	-0.9	14	$	947/58D3
1974	27	CLE	AL	140	574	-6	1	1	10	-5	1	0.3	18	20	2.0	.501	.501	0.9	0.7	10	$	753/894D
1975	28	CLE	AL	91	297	-2	-2	-0	-5	-5	-14	-1.4	10	-4	-0.5	.484	.491	0.1	-1.0	1	$	D79/584
1976	29	CLE	AL	93	257	-8	2	0	-9	-4	-20	-2.1	8	-11	-1.4	.476	.486	-0.3	-1.4	-2	$	987D/3
1977	30	CLE	AL	81	172	1	-5	-1	1	-4	-9	-0.8	6	-3	-0.3	.489	.494	-0.4	-0.2	-4	$	D79/83
1978	31	TEX	AL	77	217	3	2	1	-4	-2	-0	0.0	7	7	0.7	.499	.500	1.1	-0.6	10	$	5D7/9
1979	32	BAL	AL	97	232	7	1	0	7	-4	10	1.1	8	18	1.8	.511	.506	1.1	0.3	11	$	79/D358
1980	33	BAL	AL	104	231	7	-0	1	-3	-3	1	0.2	7	8	0.9	.501	.501	1.2	-0.6	12	$	7/9D
1981	34	BAL	AL	83	213	1	0	-1	-12	-3	-15	-1.6	6	-9	-1.0	.480	.490	0.4	-1.7	4	$	*7/9D
1982	35	BAL	AL	122	384	31	-2	-1	-2	-4	22	2.4	12	34	3.4	.519	.514	3.8	-0.6	36	$	*7/9
1983	36	BAL	AL	122	366	14	-1	2	-7	-4	4	0.6	11	15	1.6	.503	.503	2.4	-1.0	23	$	7/4D
1984	37	BAL	AL	105	307	-1	1	0	-1	-6	-7	-0.6	9	3	0.3	.493	.496	0.4	-0.6	3	$	7D/3
1985	38	BAL	AL	12	29	-4	0	-0	-0	-1	-5	-0.6	1	-4	-0.5	.452	.496	-0.4	-0.1	-4	$	/D7
16 Seasons				1368	3988	40	-6	6	-31	-50	-40	-3.5	126	86	8.1	.497	.498	12.0	-7.6	117	$

CLE (8 yrs)				646	2009	-18	-6	2	-8	-22	-51	-5.0	65	14	0.9	.491	.496	2.0	-2.8	22	$
BAL (7 yrs)				645	1762	55	-1	2	-19	-26	11	1.5	54	65	6.5	.501	.501	8.9	-4.2	85	$
TEX (1 yr)				77	217	3	2	1	-4	-2	-0	0.0	7	7	0.7	.499	.500	1.1	-0.6	10	$

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
1970	23	CLE	AL	44	33	5	4.1	101	.303	.256	.263	.273	.337	.442	.401	.715	.738	91	.476	-0.8	-0.1	.636	.233	.186	1.0
1971	24	CLE	AL	159	122	11	2.4	99	.204	.186	.265	.269	.338	.307	.393	.576	.732	58	.283	-8.5	-0.9	.462	.207	.121	1.6
1972	25	CLE	AL	171	125	18	3.9	86	.255	.212	.251	.304	.320	.397	.362	.701	.683	105	.529	0.7	0.1	.629	.305	.185	3.0
1973	26	CLE	AL	335	234	41	4.7	95	.318	.292	.262	.338	.331	.410	.385	.748	.716	109	.536	3.4	0.3	.658	.200	.118	5.5
1974	27	CLE	AL	574	419	55	3.5	88	.274	.242	.257	.313	.322	.325	.370	.638	.691	85	.429	-9.0	-0.9	.586	.224	.083	13.1
1975	28	CLE	AL	297	219	32	3.9	92	.230	.242	.257	.313	.326	.404	.377	.717	.704	103	.458	-0.1	-0.0	.651	.287	.162	13.3
1976	29	CLE	AL	257	197	18	2.5	84	.234	.205	.254	.283	.318	.284	.358	.567	.675	69	.294	-9.0	-1.0	.479	.201	.079	3.4
1977	30	CLE	AL	172	129	16	3.3	96	.276	.242	.262	.335	.325	.376	.398	.711	.723	98	.353	-0.1	-0.0	.551	.228	.134	1.6
1978	31	TEX	AL	217	144	29	5.4	94	.239	.222	.261	.363	.326	.386	.385	.749	.711	112	.600	4.0	0.4	.845	.449	.165	7.6
1979	32	BAL	AL	232	157	36	6.1	99	.257	.254	.266	.351	.330	.482	.403	.833	.733	126	.617	7.5	0.7	.902	.442	.228	13.0
1980	33	BAL	AL	231	143	36	6.8	98	.343	.311	.268	.403	.330	.413	.397	.816	.727	126	.670	9.0	0.9	.836	.286	.102	5.1
1981	34	BAL	AL	213	157	22	3.8	89	.270	.249	.256	.329	.321	.381	.373	.710	.693	105	.462	1.3	0.1	.615	.254	.132	6.5
1982	35	BAL	AL	384	238	81	9.1	99	.325	.320	.264	.415	.328	.602	.402	1.017	.730	176	.780	35.5	3.4	1.082	.453	.283	10.8
1983	36	BAL	AL	366	232	61	7.0	96	.293	.281	.263	.374	.325	.481	.397	.855	.722	136	.690	17.1	1.7	.885	.361	.200	3.5
1984	37	BAL	AL	307	214	34	4.3	94	.265	.237	.260	.319	.322	.374	.392	.693	.715	94	.473	-1.2	-0.1	.645	.263	.137	1.8
1985	38	BAL	AL	29	25	0	0.0	96	.083	.077	.258	.138	.323	.077	.400	.215	.723	-38	.000	-4.9	-0.5	.167	.077	.000
16 Yrs				3988	2788	495	4.8	93	.274	.253	.260	.337	.326	.403	.385	.741	.711	108	.543	45.0	4.2	.698	.293	.150	121.7
162 Game Avg.				472	330	59	4.8	93	.274	.253	.260	.337	.326	.403	.385	.741	.711	108	.543	5	0	.698	.293	.150	14

CLE (8 yrs)				2009	1478	196	3.6	91	.264	.239	.258	.310	.325	.358	.376	.668	.701	90	.429	-23.3	-2.5	.584	.232	.118	53.8
BAL (7 yrs)				1762	1166	270	6.2	96	.290	.274	.263	.365	.326	.460	.395	.824	.721	128	.641	64.3	6.3	.825	.346	.185	50.4
TEX (1 yr)				217	144	29	5.4	94	.239	.222	.261	.363	.326	.386	.385	.749	.711	112	.599	4.0	0.4	.845	.449	.165	7.6

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
1979	32	BAL	AL	ALCS	CAL	W	4	8	6	2	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	2	.167	.375	.667	1.042	4	0	0	0	0	0
1979	32	BAL	AL	WS	PIT	L	6	14	13	2	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	3	.231	.286	.308	.593	4	0	0	0	0	0

1983	36	BAL	AL	ALCS	CHW	W	3	7	6	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.167	.286	.333	.619	2	0	0	0	0	0
1983	36	BAL	AL	WS	PHI	W	4	13	13	2	5	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	.385	.385	.692	1.077	9	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs (4 Series)							17	42	38	6	10	3	0	2	9	0	0	4	10	.263	.333	.500	.833	19	0	0	0	0	0
2 ALCS							7	15	12	2	2	1	0	1	5	0	0	3	4	.167	.333	.500	.833	6	0	0	0	0	0
2 WS							10	27	26	4	8	2	0	1	4	0	0	1	6	.308	.333	.500	.833	13	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%
1970	23	CLE	AL	44	2.3%	20.5%	2.3%	11.4%	46%	9.00	4.8	43.0	7.2	0.41	75%
1971	24	CLE	AL	159	2.5%	17.6%	10.1%	5.7%	35%	1.75	5.0	35.0	15.6	0.87	68%
1972	25	CLE	AL	171	3.5%	25.2%	11.7%	8.8%	47%	2.15	3.5	25.2	7.2	0.86	60%
1973	26	CLE	AL	335	1.8%	12.2%	6.9%	6.9%	26%	1.78	7.4	50.8	7.6	1.19	78%
1974	27	CLE	AL	574	1.4%	14.8%	9.2%	4.2%	20%	1.60	6.0	63.5	10.6	1.05	73%
1975	28	CLE	AL	297	4.0%	9.4%	9.4%	6.1%	28%	1.00	9.5	22.1	8.0	0.89	76%
1976	29	CLE	AL	257	0.8%	13.6%	9.7%	4.7%	26%	1.40	6.5	114.5	16.4	0.86	75%
1977	30	CLE	AL	172	2.3%	16.9%	12.2%	6.4%	31%	1.38	5.1	37.3	12.4	1.15	67%
1978	31	TEX	AL	217	2.3%	13.4%	17.1%	7.4%	41%	0.78	6.1	35.2	8.4	1.06	65%
1979	32	BAL	AL	232	4.7%	16.0%	12.9%	9.1%	42%	1.23	5.3	17.9	5.8	0.76	66%
1980	33	BAL	AL	231	1.7%	12.6%	13.9%	5.2%	20%	0.91	6.8	49.0	7.3	1.15	72%
1981	34	BAL	AL	213	2.8%	15.0%	10.3%	6.1%	28%	1.45	5.9	31.5	9.5	0.83	71%
1982	35	BAL	AL	384	6.3%	15.4%	14.1%	10.7%	40%	1.09	5.5	13.4	4.9	0.82	63%
1983	36	BAL	AL	366	4.1%	15.0%	13.4%	8.2%	35%	1.12	5.6	20.7	5.2	0.76	67%
1984	37	BAL	AL	307	2.6%	17.6%	10.8%	6.8%	33%	1.64	5.0	33.8	9.6	0.88	69%
1985	38	BAL	AL	29	0.0%	10.3%	6.9%	0.0%	0%	1.50	8.7		13.0	1.20	83%
16 Yrs				3988	2.9%	14.9%	11.2%	6.8%	31%	1.34	5.8	30.0	7.9	0.93	70%
MLB Averages					2.0%	13.4%	8.5%	6.3%	28%	1.57	6.6	45.0	8.7	1.09	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1970	23	CLE	AL	-0.8	-0.1	45	-0.4	0.6	-1.0	1.09	-0.1	-0.2	-1.1	-0.1	1.06	-0.4	0.84	4
1971	24	CLE	AL	-8.5	-0.9	165	-0.2	2.3	-2.6	.93	-0.7	0.4	-6.1	-0.6	0.90	-7.3	0.79	9
1972	25	CLE	AL	0.7	0.1	179	1.1	4.5	-3.4	1.18	0.1	0.9	5.4	0.6	0.94	2.1	2.12	11
1973	26	CLE	AL	3.0	0.3	351	1.1	6.7	-5.5	1.01	0.8	0.4	11.1	1.1	0.96	8.5	1.28	21
1974	27	CLE	AL	-9.0	-0.9	641	1.6	10.7	-9.1	.97	-0.4	2.1	2.0	0.2	0.94	-7.6	2.63	2
1975	28	CLE	AL	-0.1	-0.0	330	-0.7	5.0	-5.7	.99	-0.0	-0.7	-4.0	-0.4	0.95	-1.5	1.85	14
1976	29	CLE	AL	-9.0	-1.0	281	-0.6	4.7	-5.3	1.15	-0.8	0.3	-8.8	-0.9	1.00	-7.3	2.96	16
1977	30	CLE	AL	-0.1	-0.0	181	0.1	3.9	-3.8	1.17	0.1	-0.0	-2.5	-0.3	0.98	-1.1	1.97	25
1978	31	TEX	AL	4.0	0.4	238	0.1	4.3	-4.3	1.09	0.5	-0.4	3.2	0.3	0.97	6.7	2.08	18
1979	32	BAL	AL	7.5	0.7	260	1.0	5.0	-3.9	1.09	1.1	-0.2	13.7	1.3	0.98	12.5	1.85	24
1980	33	BAL	AL	9.0	0.9	246	2.1	5.4	-3.3	.99	0.8	1.3	10.4	1.0	0.97	9.4	2.16	12
1981	34	BAL	AL	1.3	0.1	229	-0.3	3.8	-4.1	1.02	0.3	-0.6	-5.3	-0.6	0.98	0.3	1.97	10
1982	35	BAL	AL	35.5	3.4	400	3.4	10.1	-6.7	1.12	3.2	-0.2	29.0	2.8	1.01	35.6	1.96	17
1983	36	BAL	AL	17.1	1.7	373	1.7	7.0	-5.3	.97	1.7	0.1	20.2	2.0	0.98	18.0	1.51	15
1984	37	BAL	AL	-1.6	-0.2	309	-0.9	4.8	-5.8	1.06	-0.6	-0.3	-13.7	-1.4	1.02	-4.9	2.00	26
1985	38	BAL	AL	-4.9	-0.5	30	-0.2	0.5	-0.7	1.30	-0.4	0.2	-4.2	-0.4	1.09	-4.5	1.61	3
16 Yrs				44.2	4.1	4258	8.8	79.3	-70.5	1.04	5.6	2.9	49.4	4.7	0.97	58.6	1.89	227

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	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
1970	23	CLE	AL	0	36%	14	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	60%	5	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
1971	24	CLE	AL	1	29%	48	1	5	17%	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	38%	6	4	2	1	1	0	1	0	1
1972	25	CLE	AL	2	22%	56	2	4	33%	2	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	50%	7	3	4	0	0	0	3	2	1
1973	26	CLE	AL	6	34%	123	5	3	63%	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	17	61%	13	6	7	7	5	2	13	0	11
1974	27	CLE	AL	11	34%	192	36	17	68%	29	14	7	1	0	2	8	1	9	17	50%	32	17	14	5	3	2	19	5	12
1975	28	CLE	AL	1	31%	103	15	10	60%	13	10	2	0	0	0	4	0	4	8	37%	15	10	5	0	0	0	12	7	5
1976	29	CLE	AL	4	44%	66	11	8	58%	8	5	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	11	63%	21	8	13	2	2	0	9	2	7
1977	30	CLE	AL	3	38%	81	1	8	11%	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	28%	20	13	4	1	1	0	8	3	4
1978	31	TEX	AL	2	32%	77	16	3	84%	15	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	4	6	54%	11	5	5	5	4	1	10	1	8
1979	32	BAL	AL	3	31%	80	16	4	80%	15	3	1	0	0	1	3	0	4	5	39%	12	10	2	3	3	0	8	0	7
1980	33	BAL	AL	1	38%	124	7	3	70%	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	11	33%	16	13	2	5	1	3	9	2	5
1981	34	BAL	AL	2	20%	83	7	6	54%	6	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	5	23%	14	10	3	5	5	0	3	1	2
1982	35	BAL	AL	2	34%	157	7	6	54%	7	5	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	15	25%	20	17	3	3	3	0	13	7	6
1983	36	BAL	AL	1	30%	140	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	6	45%	19	15	4	9	4	5	14	3	10
1984	37	BAL	AL	5	29%	101	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	43%	13	9	4	3	1	2	5	2	3
1985	38	BAL	AL	1	0%	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16 Yrs				45	32%	1453	128	78	62%	112	66	14	5	2	7	21	3	48	117	43%	226	144	75	49	33	15	127	35	82

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
1970	23	CLE	AL	44	84%	11			4	0	0	0	0.84	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		15	1	7%	4	1	25%	37	5	14%	0	0		4	3	75%	0
1971	24	CLE	AL	159	87%	26			9	2	0	0	0.79	4	0	1	4	0	1	3	0	3	3	100%	30	0	0%	16	7	44%	78	5	6%	4	1	25%	2	1	50%	0
1972	25	CLE	AL	171	82%	32			11	3	0	3	2.12	6	0	5	6	0	2	4	0	1	1	100%	26	1	4%	8	0	0%	94	16	17%	6	4	67%	4	2	50%	0
1973	26	CLE	AL	335	90%	89			21	7	0	2	1.28	6	0	4	6	0	3	3	0	5	3	60%	78	9	12%	27	13	48%	217	37	17%	12	9	75%	16	12	75%	0
1974	27	CLE	AL	574	66%	123			2	1	0	1	2.63	8	1	12	4	4	2	6	0	10	6	60%	97	6	6%	40	14	35%	264	41	16%	28	15	54%	15	8	53%	0
1975	28	CLE	AL	297	95%	64			14	4	1	2	1.85	12	0	5	12	0	8	4	0	3	3	100%	45	4	9%	15	5	33%	143	21	15%	12	9	75%	3	3	100%	0
1976	29	CLE	AL	257	93%	47			16	2	0	0	2.96	2	0	5	2	0	2	0	0	4	3	75%	50	4	8%	25	7	28%	168	13	8%	9	4	44%	16	6	38%	0
1977	30	CLE	AL	172	92%	36			25	4	1	3	1.97	4	0	5	4	0	2	2	0	4	2	50%	40	6	15%	11	3	27%	112	9	8%	6	2	33%	10	8	80%	0
1978	31	TEX	AL	217	96%	39			18	4	0	3	2.08	5	0	8	5	0	3	2	1	2	2	100%	33	2	6%	19	6	32%	131	17	13%	14	3	21%	8	3	38%	0
1979	32	BAL	AL	232	93%	50			24	6	0	2	1.85	11	1	4	11	0	4	7	0	1	1	100%	41	2	5%	19	6	32%	138	23	17%	11	6	55%	7	6	86%	0
1980	33	BAL	AL	231	95%	61			12	5	0	4	2.16	4	0	5	4	0	2	2	0	0	0		43	2	5%	20	5	25%	142	24	17%	12	7	58%	11	5	45%	0
1981	34	BAL	AL	213	97%	47			10	3	0	0	1.97	6	0	5	6	0	4	2	0	0	0		43	8	19%	20	7	35%	136	16	12%	8	4	50%	9	6	67%	0
1982	35	BAL	AL	384	98%	103			17	5	1	6	1.96	24	0	8	24	0	10	14	0	3	3	100%	81	6	7%	23	10	43%	274	42	15%	23	14	61%	11	9	82%	0
1983	36	BAL	AL	366	99%	87			15	4	1	4	1.51	15	2	15	15	0	7	8	0	0	0		81	2	2%	42	15	36%	252	45	18%	22	14	64%	16	9	56%	0
1984	37	BAL	AL	307	100%	64			26	6	0	3	2.00	8	0	18	8	0	2	6	0	0	0		69	5	7%	40	9	23%	234	20	9%	22	9	41%	13	6	46%	0
1985	38	BAL	AL	29	100%	2			3	0	0	1	1.61	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	0	0%	4	1	25%	25	2	8%	2	1	50%	2	1	50%	0
16 Yrs				3988	90%	881			227	56	4	34	1.89	116	4	105	112	4	53	63	1	36	27	75%	779	58	7%	333	109	33%	2445	336	14%	191	102	53%	147	88	60%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			79%			11%			34%			14%			50%			54%

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
1970	23	17	44	43	5	11	3	1	1	6	1	0	1	9	.256	.273	.442	.715	91	19	1	0	0	0	0
1971	24	75	203	183	20	37	8	1	5	15	2	5	17	37	.202	.270	.339	.609	66	62	1	0	3	0	1
1972	25	143	374	334	36	69	16	2	11	36	4	9	37	80	.207	.286	.365	.651	83	122	2	0	4	0	1
1973	26	241	709	639	78	158	32	3	17	76	9	12	60	121	.247	.311	.387	.697	95	247	11	0	7	3	1
1974	27	381	1283	1147	143	281	46	5	25	124	45	29	113	206	.245	.312	.359	.671	91	412	17	2	13	8	3
1975	28	472	1580	1412	180	345	51	6	37	157	60	39	141	234	.244	.312	.368	.680	93	519	21	2	16	9	5
1976	29	565	1837	1641	213	392	59	8	39	171	71	47	166	269	.239	.308	.356	.664	90	584	25	2	19	9	8
1977	30	646	2009	1790	237	428	65	9	43	183	72	55	187	298	.239	.310	.358	.668	90	640	31	2	21	9	9
1978	31	723	2226	1966	265	467	73	12	48	204	88	58	224	327	.238	.315	.360	.676	93	708	33	4	23	9	11
1979	32	820	2458	2163	298	517	81	14	59	238	104	62	254	364	.239	.319	.371	.690	96	803	35	5	24	12	14
1980	33	924	2689	2359	336	578	89	14	63	265	111	65	286	393	.245	.326	.375	.701	98	884	37	5	24	15	15
1981	34	1007	2902	2548	355	625	96	14	69	285	118	71	308	425	.245	.326	.375	.701	99	956	45	6	24	16	16
1982	35	1129	3286	2870	424	728	111	16	93	351	125	77	362	484	.254	.337	.401	.737	108	1150	51	7	27	20	26
1983	36	1251	3652	3180	476	815	124	18	108	411	127	78	411	539	.256	.340	.408	.749	111	1299	53	8	27	26	27
1984	37	1356	3959	3450	510	879	137	18	116	439	128	78	444	593	.255	.339	.406	.745	109	1400	58	9	27	29	30
1985	38	1368	3988	3476	510	881	137	18	116	441	128	78	446	596	.253	.337	.403	.741	108	1402	58	9	27	30	30

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
1970	23	17	44	43	5	11	3	1	1	6	1	1	9	.256	.273	.442	.715	5	17
1971	24	58	162	142	16	27	5	0	4	9	1	17	28	.190	.277	.310	.587	12	58
1972	25	71	185	161	20	37	9	1	7	26	2	23	45	.230	.326	.429	.755	23	68
1973	26	98	339	309	45	93	17	1	6	43	5	24	41	.301	.348	.421	.769	46	98
1974	27	140	590	519	75	134	15	2	9	56	39	58	85	.258	.332	.347	.679	60	140
1975	28	92	304	270	41	68	5	1	13	37	16	30	28	.252	.326	.422	.748	37	91
1976	29	94	266	235	40	52	9	2	2	17	12	28	35	.221	.304	.302	.606	22	93
1977	30	81	174	150	26	37	6	1	4	13	1	22	29	.247	.343	.380	.723	20	81
1978	31	77	223	179	31	42	9	3	5	23	17	40	29	.235	.380	.402	.782	27	77
1979	32	98	236	200	35	52	8	2	11	36	17	31	37	.260	.357	.485	.842	35	97
1980	33	104	234	198	40	63	8	0	4	29	7	33	29	.318	.410	.419	.829	35	104
1981	34	126	332	292	33	77	11	0	10	35	11	36	48	.264	.346	.404	.750	41	83
1982	35	122	389	325	72	106	15	2	25	69	7	56	59	.326	.422	.615	1.038	85	122
1983	36	122	372	314	56	91	14	2	16	65	2	51	55	.290	.384	.500	.884	61	122
1984	37	105	313	274	38	68	14	0	8	31	1	35	54	.248	.332	.387	.719	36	105
1985	38	12	29	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.000	.069	.000	.069	0	12
16 Yrs		1417	4192	3637	573	958	148	18	125	495	139	487	614	.263	.349	.417	.766	545	1368
162 Game Avg.		162	479	416	66	110	17	2	14	57	16	56	70	.263	.349	.417	.766	62	1368

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1991 BBWAA ( 0.2%)	Stolen Bases s c a p y 1974 AL 36 (3rd)	Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y 1982 AL 35 (7th)	Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y 1982 AL 3.5 (7th)
Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y 1982 AL 10 (8th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1974 AL 17 (2nd) Career 78 (231st)	SB % s c a p y 1978 AL 84.21 (3rd) 1979 AL 80.00 (6th)	AB per HR s c a p y 1982 AL 13.4 (7th)**
Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1982 AL 3.4 (10th)	Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1982 AL 3.2 (8th)

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† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 2 (2156), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 7 (1350), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 13 (1326), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Joe Lefebvre (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dave May (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Carl Warwick (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bobby Del Greco (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Willie Tasby (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bobby Del Greco (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Pat Sheridan (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Pat Sheridan (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Darren Bragg (952) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Gerald Williams (955) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Chuck Hinton (947) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Chuck Hinton (953) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Rivera (937) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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