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
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 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 Awards
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

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 GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
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 XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1970 23 CLE AL 0 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 0 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 0 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 0 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 0 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 0 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 0 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 0 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 0 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 0 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 0 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 0 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 0 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 0 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 0 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 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 0 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

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
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

* 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.

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)

                           
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.
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

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Gray InkBatting - 2 (2156), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 7 (1350), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1326), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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