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Bill Madlock

Bill Madlock (Mad Dog)

Positions: Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 2, 1951 in Memphis, TN
High School: Eisenhower HS (Decatur, IL)
Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 5th round of the 1970 amateur draft (January Secondary). Player signed May 25, 1970. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1973
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Cubs/Giants/Dodgers/Tigers/... 1973-1987
Agents: Steve Greenberg [*]
Final Game: October 4, 1987
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All-Star

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
1973 22 TEX AL 21 85 77 16 27 5 3 1 5 3 2 7 9 .351 .412 .532 .944 171 41 0 1 0 0 0 5
1974 23 CHC NL 128 509 453 65 142 21 5 9 54 11 7 42 39 .313 .374 .442 .815 125 200 15 5 3 6 8 *5 RoY-3
1975 24 CHC NL 130 565 514 77 182 29 7 7 64 9 7 42 34 .354 .402 .479 .881 141 246 11 3 1 5 5 *5 AS,MVP-12
1976 25 CHC NL 142 588 514 68 174 36 1 15 84 15 11 56 27 .339 .412 .500 .912 151 257 21 11 3 4 15 *5 MVP-6
1977 26 SFG NL 140 585 533 70 161 28 1 12 46 13 10 43 33 .302 .360 .426 .785 111 227 25 6 1 2 14 *5/4
1978 27 SFG NL 122 509 447 76 138 26 3 15 44 16 5 48 39 .309 .378 .481 .859 144 215 6 3 9 2 11 *4/3
1979 28 TOT NL 154 623 560 85 167 26 5 14 85 32 11 52 41 .298 .355 .438 .792 116 245 17 1 3 7 11 54/3 MVP-18
1979 28 SFG NL 69 270 249 37 65 9 2 7 41 11 3 18 19 .261 .309 .398 .706 98 99 3 0 1 2 3 4/3
1979 28 PIT NL 85 353 311 48 102 17 3 7 44 21 8 34 22 .328 .390 .469 .860 130 146 14 1 2 5 8 5
1980 29 PIT NL 137 546 494 62 137 22 4 10 53 16 10 45 33 .277 .341 .399 .739 104 197 15 4 0 3 12 *53
1981 30 PIT NL 82 320 279 35 95 23 1 6 45 18 6 34 17 .341 .413 .495 .907 153 138 5 3 0 4 7 *5 AS,MVP-17
1982 31 PIT NL 154 634 568 92 181 33 3 19 95 18 6 48 39 .319 .368 .488 .856 134 277 12 4 1 13 16 *5/3 MVP-11
1983 32 PIT NL 130 530 473 68 153 21 0 12 68 3 4 49 24 .323 .386 .444 .830 127 210 16 2 1 5 10 *5 AS,MVP-8
1984 33 PIT NL 103 435 403 38 102 16 0 4 44 3 1 26 29 .253 .297 .323 .620 75 130 11 1 1 4 5 5/3
1985 34 TOT NL 144 577 513 69 141 27 1 12 56 10 4 49 53 .275 .345 .402 .747 110 206 15 8 3 4 2 *53
1985 34 PIT NL 110 449 399 49 100 23 1 10 41 3 3 39 42 .251 .323 .388 .711 100 155 12 5 3 3 2 53
1985 34 LAD NL 34 128 114 20 41 4 0 2 15 7 1 10 11 .360 .422 .447 .869 148 51 3 3 0 1 0 5
1986 35 LAD NL 111 421 379 38 106 17 0 10 60 3 3 30 43 .280 .336 .404 .739 110 153 7 5 1 6 4 5/3
1987 36 TOT MLB 108 445 387 61 102 18 0 17 57 4 3 34 50 .264 .337 .442 .779 108 171 14 11 9 4 1 D35
1987 36 LAD NL 21 69 61 5 11 1 0 3 7 0 0 6 5 .180 .265 .344 .609 62 21 4 1 1 0 0 5/3
1987 36 DET AL 87 376 326 56 91 17 0 14 50 4 3 28 45 .279 .351 .460 .811 117 150 10 10 8 4 1 D3/5
15 Yrs 1806 7372 6594 920 2008 348 34 163 860 174 90 605 510 .305 .365 .442 .807 123 2913 190 68 36 69 121
162 Game Avg. 162 661 591 83 180 31 3 15 77 16 8 54 46 .305 .365 .442 .807 123 261 17 6 3 6 11
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
PIT (7 yrs) 801 3267 2927 392 870 155 12 68 390 82 38 275 206 .297 .357 .428 .786 117 1253 85 20 8 37 60
SFG (3 yrs) 331 1364 1229 183 364 63 6 34 131 40 18 109 91 .296 .356 .440 .796 120 541 34 9 11 6 28
LAD (3 yrs) 166 618 554 63 158 22 0 15 82 10 4 46 59 .285 .346 .406 .752 112 225 14 9 2 7 4
CHC (3 yrs) 400 1662 1481 210 498 86 13 31 202 35 25 140 100 .336 .397 .475 .872 139 703 47 19 7 15 28
TEX (1 yr) 21 85 77 16 27 5 3 1 5 3 2 7 9 .351 .412 .532 .944 171 41 0 1 0 0 0
DET (1 yr) 87 376 326 56 91 17 0 14 50 4 3 28 45 .279 .351 .460 .811 117 150 10 10 8 4 1
NL (14 yrs) 1698 6911 6191 848 1890 326 31 148 805 167 85 570 456 .305 .366 .440 .805 122 2722 180 57 28 65 120
AL (2 yrs) 108 461 403 72 118 22 3 15 55 7 5 35 54 .293 .362 .474 .836 127 191 10 11 8 4 1

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
1973 22 TEX AL 21 85 9 1 1 -3 0 8 0.9 3 11 1.2 .541 .505 1.4 -0.2 14 $15,000 5
1974 23 CHC NL 128 509 14 -0 -0 -10 2 7 0.8 15 21 2.2 .506 .504 3.2 -0.8 31 $ *5 RoY-3
1975 24 CHC NL 130 565 32 2 1 -8 2 29 3.1 16 45 4.7 .524 .519 5.5 -0.6 53 $ *5 AS,MVP-12
1976 25 CHC NL 142 588 34 -2 -1 -11 3 22 2.5 17 39 4.1 .517 .515 5.3 -0.9 50 $80,000 *5 MVP-6
1977 26 SFG NL 140 585 8 1 -2 -17 3 -7 -0.8 17 10 0.9 .495 .495 2.6 -1.4 26 $260,000 *5/4
1978 27 SFG NL 122 509 26 4 -1 -4 3 28 3.1 15 43 4.6 .525 .519 4.9 -0.0 46 $260,000 *4/3
1979 28 SFG NL 69 270 -2 3 0 -12 1 -9 -0.9 8 -1 -0.2 .486 .494 1.1 -1.1 11 $260,000 4/3 MVP-18
1979 28 PIT NL 85 353 13 2 -2 -5 1 10 1.1 10 20 2.2 .513 .507 2.6 -0.3 25 $ 5 MVP-18
1980 29 PIT NL 137 546 3 -0 -1 -6 1 -4 -0.4 17 12 1.2 .496 .497 1.8 -0.6 19 $260,000 *53
1981 30 PIT NL 82 320 19 0 0 -0 1 20 2.4 10 30 3.3 .527 .514 3.2 0.2 30 $260,000 *5 AS,MVP-17
1982 31 PIT NL 154 634 27 4 -1 4 1 35 4.0 20 54 5.9 .525 .524 5.3 0.8 50 $850,000 *5/3 MVP-11
1983 32 PIT NL 130 530 17 -1 -0 -12 1 5 0.5 16 21 2.1 .504 .503 3.4 -1.1 33 $850,000 *5 AS,MVP-8
1984 33 PIT NL 103 435 -12 0 -0 -8 1 -20 -2.1 13 -6 -0.8 .478 .486 0.0 -0.8 2 $850,000 5/3
1985 34 PIT NL 110 449 1 -1 0 -5 -0 -5 -0.4 14 9 0.9 .495 .497 1.4 -0.5 14 $975,500 53
1985 34 LAD NL 34 128 7 2 -0 -1 0 7 0.8 4 11 1.2 .524 .505 1.3 -0.0 12 $ 5
1986 35 LAD NL 111 421 4 -1 0 -9 0 -4 -0.4 13 9 0.8 .496 .497 1.8 -0.9 17 $841,667 5/3
1987 36 LAD NL 21 69 -2 0 -1 -3 0 -6 -0.6 2 -4 -0.4 .471 .496 -0.1 -0.3 -1 $850,000 5/3
1987 36 DET AL 87 376 10 -2 -0 0 -8 0 0.1 11 12 1.2 .500 .500 1.2 -0.7 12 $ D3/5
15 Seasons 1806 7372 208 10 -8 -107 13 116 13.7 221 336 35.1 .507 .504 45.9 -9.2 444 $6,612,167
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
PIT (7 yrs) 801 3267 68 3 -5 -31 6 41 5.1 100 141 14.8 .506 .504 17.7 -2.3 172 $4,045,500
SFG (3 yrs) 331 1364 32 7 -3 -32 7 11 1.5 40 51 5.3 .504 .503 8.6 -2.6 83 $780,000
LAD (3 yrs) 166 618 9 1 -0 -13 1 -3 -0.2 19 16 1.6 .498 .499 3.0 -1.2 29 $1,691,667
CHC (3 yrs) 400 1662 80 -0 -1 -29 7 57 6.3 48 105 11.0 .516 .513 14.0 -2.2 134 $80,000
TEX (1 yr) 21 85 9 1 1 -3 0 8 0.9 3 11 1.2 .541 .505 1.4 -0.2 14 $15,000
DET (1 yr) 87 376 10 -2 -0 0 -8 0 0.1 11 12 1.2 .500 .500 1.2 -0.7 12 $

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
1973 22 TEX AL 85 52 17 8.8 89 .388 .351 .254 .412 .322 .532 .373 .944 .694 171 .784 7.0 0.7 .962 .286 .182 1.5
1974 23 CHC NL 509 342 72 5.7 97 .324 .313 .266 .374 .338 .442 .384 .815 .723 125 .629 15.8 1.6 .754 .230 .128 9.9
1975 24 CHC NL 565 356 98 7.4 99 .366 .354 .270 .402 .342 .479 .390 .881 .732 141 .729 28.7 2.9 .837 .210 .125 7.9
1976 25 CHC NL 588 379 100 7.1 98 .334 .339 .272 .412 .339 .500 .387 .912 .727 151 .733 37.6 3.9 .882 .278 .161 15.0
1977 26 SFG NL 585 410 73 4.8 102 .304 .302 .268 .360 .336 .426 .409 .785 .744 111 .517 9.0 0.9 .686 .210 .124 12.5
1978 27 SFG NL 509 331 84 6.8 91 .311 .309 .257 .378 .324 .481 .379 .859 .703 144 .709 26.2 2.7 .866 .304 .172 15.5
1979 28 TOT NL 623 431 86 5.4 99 .299 .298 .268 .355 .334 .438 .398 .792 .732 116 .589 12.8 1.3 .758 .270 .139 19.5
1979 28 SFG NL 270 193 31 4.3 94 .258 .261 .260 .309 .325 .398 .387 .706 .711 98 .491 -1.3 -0.1 .658 .241 .137 8.6
1979 28 PIT NL 353 238 55 6.2 104 .331 .328 .275 .390 .341 .469 .408 .860 .749 130 .652 14.0 1.4 .840 .293 .141 10.5
1980 29 PIT NL 546 385 64 4.5 98 .280 .277 .270 .341 .333 .399 .392 .739 .725 104 .526 2.5 0.3 .660 .225 .121 12.3
1981 30 PIT NL 320 199 59 8.0 95 .342 .341 .267 .413 .333 .495 .383 .907 .716 153 .772 21.8 2.2 .959 .319 .154 9.0
1982 31 PIT NL 634 419 103 6.6 98 .310 .319 .270 .368 .334 .488 .393 .856 .727 134 .696 27.4 2.8 .842 .275 .169 18.5
1983 32 PIT NL 530 346 78 6.1 99 .319 .323 .267 .386 .336 .444 .395 .830 .731 127 .658 18.9 1.9 .765 .222 .121 4.8
1984 33 PIT NL 435 318 38 3.2 94 .262 .253 .263 .297 .328 .323 .383 .620 .711 75 .383 -13.8 -1.4 .508 .139 .069 3.4
1985 34 TOT NL 577 398 72 4.9 93 .285 .275 .258 .345 .326 .402 .385 .747 .710 110 .567 8.1 0.8 .688 .234 .127 10.9
1985 34 PIT NL 449 320 49 4.1 94 .257 .251 .259 .323 .327 .388 .386 .711 .712 100 .491 0.2 0.0 .634 .236 .138 4.6
1985 34 LAD NL 128 78 23 8.0 91 .382 .360 .255 .422 .322 .447 .381 .869 .703 148 .762 7.9 0.8 .909 .228 .088 3.1
1986 35 LAD NL 421 290 52 4.8 92 .289 .280 .253 .336 .322 .404 .382 .739 .704 110 .553 5.8 0.6 .664 .203 .124 4.6
1987 36 TOT MLB 445 315 57 4.8 103 .262 .264 .261 .337 .329 .442 .418 .779 .747 108 .490 5.2 0.5 .719 .269 .178 6.5
1987 36 LAD NL 69 55 5 2.4 104 .151 .180 .267 .265 .336 .344 .415 .609 .751 62 .228 -3.7 -0.4 .519 .262 .164 .0
1987 36 DET AL 376 260 52 5.3 102 .284 .279 .260 .351 .328 .460 .418 .811 .746 117 .532 8.9 0.8 .762 .270 .181 6.2
15 Yrs 7372 4971 1053 5.7 97 .308 .305 .265 .365 .333 .442 .391 .807 .724 123 .626 213.1 21.6 .754 .242 .137 168.3
162 Game Avg. 661 446 94 5.7 97 .308 .305 .265 .365 .333 .442 .391 .807 .724 123 .626 19 2 .754 .242 .137 15
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
PIT (7 yrs) 3267 2225 446 5.4 97 .298 .297 .267 .357 .333 .428 .391 .786 .724 117 .610 71.2 7.2 .730 .240 .131 74.3
SFG (3 yrs) 1364 934 188 5.4 97 .297 .296 .263 .356 .329 .440 .393 .796 .723 120 .592 33.9 3.4 .743 .251 .144 36.8
LAD (3 yrs) 618 423 80 5.1 93 .294 .285 .255 .346 .324 .406 .385 .752 .709 112 .573 10.0 1.0 .691 .215 .121 12.0
CHC (3 yrs) 1662 1077 270 6.8 98 .342 .336 .269 .397 .340 .475 .387 .872 .727 139 .703 82.0 8.4 .827 .240 .138 32.9
TEX (1 yr) 85 52 17 8.8 89 .388 .351 .254 .412 .322 .532 .373 .944 .694 171 .784 7.0 0.7 .962 .286 .182 1.5
DET (1 yr) 376 260 52 5.3 102 .284 .279 .260 .351 .328 .460 .418 .811 .746 117 .532 8.9 0.8 .762 .270 .181 6.2
NL (14 yrs) 6911 4659 984 5.7 97 .308 .305 .266 .366 .333 .440 .390 .805 .723 122 .628 197.2 20.1 .751 .240 .134 156.9
AL (2 yrs) 461 312 69 5.9 100 .305 .293 .259 .362 .327 .474 .409 .836 .736 127 .589 15.9 1.5 .797 .273 .181 9.5

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 28 PIT NL NLCS CIN W 3 14 12 1 3 0 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 .250 .357 .500 .857 6 1 0 0 0 1
1979 28 PIT NL WS BAL W 7 29 24 2 9 1 0 0 3 0 2 5 1 .375 .483 .417 .899 10 1 0 0 0 2
1985 34 LAD NL NLCS STL L 6 24 24 5 8 1 0 3 7 1 0 0 2 .333 .333 .750 1.083 18 1 0 0 0 0
1987 36 DET AL ALCS MIN L 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (4 Series) 17 72 65 8 20 2 0 4 12 3 2 7 6 .308 .375 .523 .898 34 3 0 0 0 3
2 NLCS 9 38 36 6 11 1 0 4 9 3 0 2 2 .306 .342 .667 1.009 24 2 0 0 0 1
1 ALCS 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 7 29 24 2 9 1 0 0 3 0 2 5 1 .375 .483 .417 .899 10 1 0 0 0 2

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1975 CHC NL 24 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1981 PIT NL 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 PIT NL 32 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (3 GP) 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 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
1973 22 TEX AL 85 1.2% 10.6% 8.2% 10.6% 33% 1.29 8.6 77.0 15.4 0.76 79%
1974 23 CHC NL 509 1.8% 7.7% 8.3% 6.9% 25% 0.93 11.6 50.3 8.4 1.54 81%
1975 24 CHC NL 565 1.2% 6.0% 7.4% 7.6% 24% 0.81 15.1 73.4 8.0 1.14 85%
1976 25 CHC NL 588 2.6% 4.6% 9.5% 8.8% 30% 0.48 19.0 34.3 6.1 1.39 81%
1977 26 SFG NL 585 2.1% 5.6% 7.4% 7.0% 26% 0.77 16.2 44.4 11.6 1.16 84%
1978 27 SFG NL 509 3.0% 7.7% 9.4% 8.6% 32% 0.81 11.5 29.8 10.2 1.09 78%
1979 28 TOT NL 623 2.3% 6.6% 8.4% 7.2% 27% 0.79 13.7 40.0 6.6 0.87 82%
1979 28 SFG NL 270 2.6% 7.0% 6.7% 6.7% 28% 1.06 13.1 35.6 6.1 0.89 83%
1979 28 PIT NL 353 2.0% 6.2% 9.6% 7.7% 27% 0.65 14.1 44.4 7.1 0.86 81%
1980 29 PIT NL 546 1.8% 6.0% 8.2% 6.6% 26% 0.73 15.0 49.4 9.3 0.94 83%
1981 30 PIT NL 320 1.9% 5.3% 10.6% 9.4% 32% 0.50 16.4 46.5 6.2 1.03 81%
1982 31 PIT NL 634 3.0% 6.2% 7.6% 8.7% 30% 0.81 14.6 29.9 6.0 0.99 82%
1983 32 PIT NL 530 2.3% 4.5% 9.3% 6.2% 22% 0.49 19.7 39.4 7.0 1.29 83%
1984 33 PIT NL 435 0.9% 6.7% 6.0% 4.6% 20% 1.12 13.9 100.8 9.2 1.01 86%
1985 34 TOT NL 577 2.1% 9.2% 8.5% 6.9% 28% 1.08 9.7 42.8 9.2 0.85 78%
1985 34 PIT NL 449 2.2% 9.4% 8.7% 7.6% 34% 1.08 9.5 39.9 9.7 0.92 78%
1985 34 LAD NL 128 1.6% 8.6% 7.8% 4.7% 15% 1.10 10.4 57.0 7.6 0.61 80%
1986 35 LAD NL 421 2.4% 10.2% 7.1% 6.4% 26% 1.43 8.8 37.9 6.3 1.07 79%
1987 36 TOT MLB 445 3.8% 11.2% 7.6% 7.9% 34% 1.47 7.7 22.8 6.8 0.99 73%
1987 36 LAD NL 69 4.4% 7.3% 8.7% 5.8% 36% 0.83 12.2 20.3 8.7 1.09 77%
1987 36 DET AL 376 3.7% 12.0% 7.5% 8.2% 34% 1.61 7.2 23.3 6.5 0.97 72%
15 Yrs 7372 2.2% 6.9% 8.2% 7.4% 27% 0.84 12.9 40.5 7.7 1.08 81%
MLB Averages 2.1% 13.5% 8.6% 6.5% 28% 1.57 6.6 43.4 8.5 1.09 74%
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

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1973 22 TEX AL 7.0 0.7 92 0.3 1.6 -1.2 .94 1.0 -0.6 6.3 0.6 0.90 10.0 0
1974 23 CHC NL 15.8 1.6 531 0.4 9.8 -9.4 1.10 1.1 -0.8 3.0 0.3 0.97 12.8 2.23 8
1975 24 CHC NL 28.7 2.9 590 5.1 14.0 -8.9 1.06 4.0 0.9 46.8 4.6 0.96 41.7 3.04 2
1976 25 CHC NL 37.6 3.9 622 3.7 12.9 -9.1 1.05 3.0 0.6 45.0 4.5 0.92 42.9 1.87 4
1977 26 SFG NL 9.0 0.9 622 1.0 11.3 -10.3 1.04 0.4 0.6 5.9 0.6 0.93 5.5 1.43 8
1978 27 SFG NL 26.2 2.7 544 1.9 10.8 -8.9 1.13 2.9 -1.2 22.8 2.4 0.96 32.8 1.79 8
1979 28 TOT NL 12.8 1.3 674 3.8 14.7 -10.9 1.08 1.5 2.0 30.2 3.0 0.98 18.3 3.31 5
1979 28 SFG NL -1.3 -0.1 287 2.1 6.7 -4.7 1.07 0.3 1.7 11.7 1.2 0.97 2.3 3.31 5
1979 28 PIT NL 14.0 1.4 387 1.7 8.0 -6.3 1.09 1.2 0.4 18.5 1.8 0.98 16.0 0
1980 29 PIT NL 2.5 0.3 578 0.5 10.6 -10.1 1.05 0.6 -0.1 5.7 0.6 0.96 7.2 2.80 3
1981 30 PIT NL 21.8 2.2 348 2.0 7.2 -5.1 1.11 2.3 -0.4 24.3 2.5 0.95 22.8 3.21 4
1982 31 PIT NL 27.4 2.8 666 4.1 14.3 -10.2 1.06 3.9 -0.1 40.2 4.0 0.92 40.8 3.42 7
1983 32 PIT NL 18.9 1.9 543 2.6 10.8 -8.2 1.02 2.4 0.1 23.2 2.3 0.92 25.2 4.21 4
1984 33 PIT NL -14.2 -1.5 442 -1.9 7.2 -9.1 1.17 -1.1 -0.5 -5.7 -0.6 0.93 -10.6 3.18 3
1985 34 TOT NL 8.0 0.8 597 0.4 10.6 -10.1 1.08 0.6 -0.1 8.3 0.9 0.94 5.6 2.07 5
1985 34 PIT NL 0.2 0.0 460 -0.9 7.8 -8.6 1.11 -0.2 -0.6 -1.9 -0.2 0.93 -2.2 2.20 3
1985 34 LAD NL 7.8 0.8 137 1.3 2.8 -1.5 .97 0.8 0.6 10.2 1.1 0.97 7.9 1.87 2
1986 35 LAD NL 5.8 0.6 432 1.1 8.2 -7.1 1.08 0.9 0.1 14.2 1.5 0.92 8.5 2.37 9
1987 36 TOT MLB 5.2 0.5 454 1.3 8.3 -7.0 .93 0.6 0.7 4.9 0.4 0.94 5.8 2.51 6
1987 36 LAD NL -3.7 -0.4 69 -0.9 0.8 -1.7 1.07 -0.4 -0.5 -5.3 -0.5 0.91 -3.3 2.88 5
1987 36 DET AL 8.9 0.8 385 2.2 7.5 -5.2 .91 1.0 1.4 10.1 1.0 0.94 9.0 0.70 1
15 Yrs 212.4 21.5 7735 26.3 152.1 -125.8 1.07 23.9 0.8 275.1 27.5 0.94 269.4 2.53 76
BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB

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
1973 22 TEX AL 4 0 44% 44 3 2 60% 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 50% 6 4 2 1 1 0 3 0 3
1974 23 CHC NL 7 0 31% 213 11 7 61% 11 7 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 11 46% 33 21 11 5 4 1 18 3 14
1975 24 CHC NL 14 0 32% 272 9 7 56% 8 4 1 2 0 1 2 1 3 23 34% 35 27 8 7 3 4 20 11 9
1976 25 CHC NL 8 0 24% 259 15 11 58% 15 10 0 1 0 0 3 1 5 14 38% 46 36 10 2 2 0 21 5 16
1977 26 SFG NL 9 0 29% 273 13 10 57% 11 9 1 1 1 0 1 1 11 18 53% 34 19 15 4 0 4 19 5 11
1978 27 SFG NL 8 0 35% 264 16 5 76% 16 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 25 42% 24 19 5 5 3 2 14 2 11
1979 28 TOT NL 8 0 35% 232 32 11 74% 27 7 4 3 1 1 1 0 2 19 48% 36 23 13 5 4 1 28 9 19
1979 28 SFG NL 2 0 40% 93 11 3 79% 9 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 9 62% 13 8 5 0 0 0 13 2 11
1979 28 PIT NL 6 0 32% 139 21 8 72% 18 4 3 3 0 1 0 0 1 10 40% 23 15 8 5 4 1 15 7 8
1980 29 PIT NL 9 0 30% 199 16 10 62% 15 9 1 0 0 1 1 0 6 14 42% 37 26 9 11 5 6 19 4 13
1981 30 PIT NL 4 0 23% 139 18 6 75% 18 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 7 50% 14 10 4 4 1 3 14 4 9
1982 31 PIT NL 14 0 34% 235 18 6 75% 18 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 19 47% 34 23 11 14 8 6 23 7 16
1983 32 PIT NL 7 0 29% 247 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 13 42% 30 21 9 9 4 4 23 9 13
1984 33 PIT NL 8 0 27% 176 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 38% 33 25 8 7 4 3 15 5 10
1985 34 TOT NL 6 0 31% 233 10 4 71% 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20 35% 29 20 9 11 11 0 17 6 11
1985 34 PIT NL 6 0 29% 167 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14 30% 18 14 4 6 6 0 13 6 7
1985 34 LAD NL 0 0 35% 66 7 1 88% 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 45% 11 6 5 5 5 0 4 0 4
1986 35 LAD NL 4 0 21% 146 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 47% 19 13 6 3 1 2 12 3 8
1987 36 TOT MLB 8 0 34% 177 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 28% 31 27 4 3 3 0 20 9 11
1987 36 LAD NL 2 0 13% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60% 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
1987 36 DET AL 6 0 37% 157 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 25% 27 25 2 3 3 0 19 9 10
15 Yrs 118 0 30% 3109 174 90 66% 164 79 8 7 2 4 16 6 55 210 42% 441 314 124 91 54 36 266 82 174
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

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
1973 22 TEX AL 85 31% 27 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14 0 0% 3 1 33% 45 5 11% 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 0
1974 23 CHC NL 509 27% 142 8 4 1 2 2.23 9 1 19 8 1 7 2 0 6 3 50% 92 15 16% 53 18 34% 325 46 14% 34 16 47% 17 7 41% 0
1975 24 CHC NL 565 21% 182 2 1 0 0 3.04 7 0 12 3 4 6 1 0 7 1 14% 137 11 8% 54 23 43% 365 65 18% 42 22 52% 27 19 70% 0
1976 25 CHC NL 588 26% 174 4 1 0 1 1.87 15 1 10 9 6 11 4 0 8 3 38% 120 21 18% 41 19 46% 355 74 21% 47 34 72% 24 14 58% 0
1977 26 SFG NL 585 32% 161 8 1 0 0 1.43 12 0 4 8 4 6 6 0 4 1 25% 109 25 23% 41 12 29% 322 39 12% 25 7 28% 15 13 87% 0
1978 27 SFG NL 509 31% 138 8 1 0 2 1.79 15 0 9 10 5 5 10 0 10 9 90% 58 6 10% 30 15 50% 242 30 12% 19 7 37% 12 10 83% 0
1979 28 TOT NL 623 30% 167 5 2 0 2 3.31 14 0 16 10 4 3 11 0 6 3 50% 123 17 14% 55 13 24% 377 72 19% 42 27 64% 19 11 58% 0
1979 28 SFG NL 270 28% 65 5 2 0 2 3.31 7 0 7 5 2 1 6 0 4 1 25% 45 3 7% 20 3 15% 164 35 21% 17 11 65% 9 7 78% 0
1979 28 PIT NL 353 32% 102 0 0 0 0 7 0 9 5 2 2 5 0 2 2 100% 78 14 18% 35 10 29% 213 37 17% 25 16 64% 10 4 40% 0
1980 29 PIT NL 546 36% 137 3 1 0 1 2.80 10 0 6 7 3 7 3 0 0 0 95 15 16% 45 16 36% 314 46 15% 27 14 52% 27 13 48% 0
1981 30 PIT NL 320 33% 95 4 0 0 0 3.21 6 0 3 4 2 2 4 0 0 0 48 5 10% 18 13 72% 199 40 20% 14 10 71% 12 10 83% 0
1982 31 PIT NL 634 26% 181 7 2 0 4 3.42 19 1 9 13 6 13 6 0 2 1 50% 99 12 12% 56 26 46% 389 77 20% 46 29 63% 21 10 48% 0
1983 32 PIT NL 530 26% 153 4 1 0 1 4.21 12 0 8 6 6 8 4 0 1 1 100% 102 16 16% 51 28 55% 331 60 18% 47 25 53% 24 11 46% 0
1984 33 PIT NL 435 29% 102 3 0 0 0 3.18 4 0 5 2 2 1 3 0 1 1 100% 95 11 12% 39 14 36% 271 41 15% 33 20 61% 20 12 60% 0
1985 34 TOT NL 577 32% 141 5 4 0 2 2.07 12 0 12 8 4 6 6 0 5 3 60% 107 15 14% 50 22 44% 349 47 13% 33 19 58% 22 12 55% 0
1985 34 PIT NL 449 32% 100 3 2 0 1 2.20 10 0 8 7 3 6 4 0 4 3 75% 91 12 13% 43 18 42% 271 33 12% 23 12 52% 19 10 53% 0
1985 34 LAD NL 128 32% 41 2 2 0 1 1.87 2 0 4 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0% 16 3 19% 7 4 57% 78 14 18% 10 7 70% 3 2 67% 0
1986 35 LAD NL 421 37% 106 9 1 0 1 2.37 10 0 7 4 6 4 6 0 2 1 50% 75 7 9% 33 19 58% 251 53 21% 32 22 69% 16 10 63% 0
1987 36 TOT MLB 445 44% 102 6 0 0 1 2.51 17 0 8 9 8 8 9 0 10 9 90% 88 14 16% 63 21 33% 270 40 15% 31 15 48% 22 11 50% 0
1987 36 LAD NL 69 36% 11 5 0 0 0 2.88 3 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 100% 12 4 33% 8 1 13% 44 4 9% 5 1 20% 1 1 100% 0
1987 36 DET AL 376 45% 91 1 0 0 1 0.70 14 0 6 7 7 7 7 0 9 8 89% 76 10 13% 55 20 36% 226 36 16% 26 14 54% 21 10 48% 0
15 Yrs 7372 30% 2008 76 19 1 17 2.53 163 3 128 101 62 88 75 0 62 36 58% 1362 190 14% 632 260 41% 4405 735 17% 474 268 57% 279 164 59% 0
MLB Averages 57% 79% 11% 35% 15% 51% 54%
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

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
1973 22 21 85 77 16 27 5 3 1 5 3 2 7 9 .351 .412 .532 .944 171 41 0 1 0 0 0
1974 23 149 594 530 81 169 26 8 10 59 14 9 49 48 .319 .379 .455 .834 132 241 15 6 3 6 8
1975 24 279 1159 1044 158 351 55 15 17 123 23 16 91 82 .336 .390 .466 .857 136 487 26 9 4 11 13
1976 25 421 1747 1558 226 525 91 16 32 207 38 27 147 109 .337 .398 .478 .875 141 744 47 20 7 15 28
1977 26 561 2332 2091 296 686 119 17 44 253 51 37 190 142 .328 .388 .464 .852 133 971 72 26 8 17 42
1978 27 683 2841 2538 372 824 145 20 59 297 67 42 238 181 .325 .386 .467 .854 135 1186 78 29 17 19 53
1979 28 837 3464 3098 457 991 171 25 73 382 99 53 290 222 .320 .381 .462 .843 132 1431 95 30 20 26 64
1980 29 974 4010 3592 519 1128 193 29 83 435 115 63 335 255 .314 .375 .453 .828 128 1628 110 34 20 29 76
1981 30 1056 4330 3871 554 1223 216 30 89 480 133 69 369 272 .316 .378 .456 .834 130 1766 115 37 20 33 83
1982 31 1210 4964 4439 646 1404 249 33 108 575 151 75 417 311 .316 .377 .460 .837 130 2043 127 41 21 46 99
1983 32 1340 5494 4912 714 1557 270 33 120 643 154 79 466 335 .317 .378 .459 .836 130 2253 143 43 22 51 109
1984 33 1443 5929 5315 752 1659 286 33 124 687 157 80 492 364 .312 .372 .448 .820 126 2383 154 44 23 55 114
1985 34 1587 6506 5828 821 1800 313 34 136 743 167 84 541 417 .309 .369 .444 .814 125 2589 169 52 26 59 116
1986 35 1698 6927 6207 859 1906 330 34 146 803 170 87 571 460 .307 .367 .442 .809 124 2742 176 57 27 65 120
1987 36 1806 7372 6594 920 2008 348 34 163 860 174 90 605 510 .305 .365 .442 .807 123 2913 190 68 36 69 121

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
1973 22 21 88 79 18 29 5 3 1 6 3 8 9 .367 .432 .544 .976 19 21
1974 23 128 513 456 67 145 21 5 9 56 11 43 39 .318 .378 .445 .824 77 128
1975 24 130 569 517 79 185 29 7 7 66 9 43 34 .358 .407 .482 .888 102 130
1976 25 142 592 517 70 177 37 1 15 87 15 57 27 .342 .416 .505 .921 107 142
1977 26 140 588 535 71 163 28 1 12 47 13 44 33 .305 .363 .428 .791 82 140
1978 27 122 527 460 87 151 28 3 16 51 18 53 39 .328 .400 .507 .906 93 122
1979 28 154 631 566 89 173 27 5 15 89 33 54 41 .306 .363 .451 .814 93 154
1980 29 137 553 499 66 142 23 4 10 57 17 47 33 .285 .349 .407 .756 71 137
1981 30 124 496 431 58 152 37 2 10 74 29 54 26 .353 .425 .517 .943 94 82
1982 31 154 639 572 96 185 34 3 19 99 18 49 39 .323 .373 .493 .866 107 154
1983 32 130 535 477 71 157 22 0 12 71 3 50 24 .329 .391 .451 .842 85 130
1984 33 103 441 408 41 107 17 0 4 48 3 27 29 .262 .307 .333 .640 42 103
1985 34 144 591 523 77 151 29 1 13 62 11 52 53 .289 .361 .423 .783 78 144
1986 35 111 433 388 43 115 18 0 11 68 3 33 43 .296 .354 .428 .782 58 111
1987 36 108 446 388 61 103 18 0 17 57 4 34 50 .265 .339 .443 .782 56 108
15 Yrs 1848 7642 6816 994 2135 373 35 171 938 190 648 519 .313 .375 .453 .829 1164 1806
162 Game Avg. 162 670 598 87 187 33 3 15 82 17 57 45 .313 .375 .453 .829 102 1806

* 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
1993 BBWAA ( 4.5%)

All-Star Games
1975 *
1981 *
1983 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1975 ML AS MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1975 NL (12, 13%)
1976 NL (6, 15%)
1979 NL (18, 4%)
1981 NL (17, 6%)
1982 NL (11, 11%)
1983 NL (8, 13%)
0.62 Career Shares (377th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1982 NL  5.9 (7th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1975 NL  4.7 (10th)
1981 NL  3.3 (9th)
1982 NL  5.9 (5th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1975 NL  5.5 (4th)
1976 NL  5.3 (6th)
1978 NL  4.9 (8th)
1981 NL  3.2 (4th)
1982 NL  5.3 (7th)
Career  45.9 (174th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1974 NL  .313 (5th)
1975 NL  .354 (1st)
1976 NL  .339 (1st)
1978 NL  .309 (4th)
1981 NL  .341 (1st)
1982 NL  .319 (2nd)
1983 NL  .323 (1st)
Career  .305 (150th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1975 NL  .402 (5th)
1976 NL  .412 (2nd)
1978 NL  .378 (8th)
1981 NL  .413 (2nd)
1983 NL  .386 (5th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1976 NL  .500 (6th)
1981 NL  .495 (4th)
1982 NL  .488 (10th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1975 NL  .881 (8th)
1976 NL  .912 (2nd)
1978 NL  .859 (9th)
1981 NL  .907 (3rd)
1982 NL  .856 (9th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1982 NL  92 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1975 NL  182 (6th)
1976 NL  174 (9th)
1982 NL  181 (6th)

Doubles s c a p y
1976 NL  36 (5th)
1981 NL  23 (7th)
1982 NL  33 (9th)

Singles s c a p y
1975 NL  139 (8th)
1983 NL  120 (10th)
Career  1,463 (221st)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1975 NL  141 (8th)
1976 NL  151 (2nd)
1978 NL  144 (9th)
1981 NL  153 (3rd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1976 NL  100 (7th)
1982 NL  103 (9th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1976 NL  38 (4th)
1981 NL  22 (5th)
Career  213 (243rd)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1976 NL  3.9 (4th)
1981 NL  2.3 (5th)
Career  21.6 (240th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1976 NL  52 (9th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1976 NL  241 (9th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1975 NL  .729 (3rd)
1976 NL  .733 (5th)
1978 NL  .709 (5th)
1981 NL  .772 (2nd)
1982 NL  .697 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1976 NL  11 (1st)
1977 NL  6 (8th)
1980 NL  4 (10th)
1985 NL  8 (3rd)
1986 NL  5 (10th)
1987 AL  10 (3rd)
Career  68 (224th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1979 NL  7 (9th)
1982 NL  13 (2nd)
Career  69 (144th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1976 NL  15 (2nd)
1977 NL  14 (6th)
1980 NL  12 (10th)
1982 NL  16 (3rd)
Career  121 (77th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1976 NL  21 (3rd)
1977 NL  25 (1st)
1979 NL  17 (10th)
1983 NL  16 (8th)
Career  190 (118th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1976 NL  11 (7th)
Career  90 (166th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1976 NL  15.0 (10th)
1979 NL  19.5 (7th)
1982 NL  18.5 (10th)
Career  168.3 (130th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1975 NL  15.1 (7th)
1976 NL  19.0 (6th)
1977 NL  16.2 (3rd)
1978 NL  11.5 (8th)
1979 NL  13.7 (7th)
1980 NL  15.0 (5th)
1981 NL  16.4 (6th)
1982 NL  14.6 (7th)
1983 NL  19.7 (3rd)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1975 NL  46.79 (4th)
1976 NL  44.98 (4th)
1981 NL  24.29 (7th)
1982 NL  40.22 (6th)
Career  275.06 (134th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1975 NL  5.1 (3rd)
1976 NL  3.7 (9th)
1982 NL  4.1 (9th)
Career  26.3 (119th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1975 NL  4.0 (3rd)
1976 NL  3.0 (9th)
1981 NL  2.3 (8th)
1982 NL  3.9 (5th)
Career  23.9 (150th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1975 NL  4.6 (4th)
1976 NL  4.5 (4th)
1981 NL  2.5 (7th)
1982 NL  4.0 (6th)
Career  27.5 (130th)

                                         

† 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 (·)

Black InkBatting - 16 (142), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 55 (465), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 69 (278), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 31 (284), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Carney Lansford (920)
  2. Pinky Higgins (918)
  3. George Kell (908) *
  4. Harvey Kuenn (895)
  5. Michael Young (893)
  6. Carl Furillo (885)
  7. Home Run Baker (882) *
  8. Terry Pendleton (881)
  9. Claudell Washington (875)
  10. Marty McManus (873)
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  1. Home Run Baker (967) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Pinky Whitney (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Pinky Whitney (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Pinky Whitney (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. George Grantham (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Pinky Higgins (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Pinky Higgins (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jeff Cirillo (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jeff Cirillo (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Pinky Higgins (919)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Pinky Higgins (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Pinky Higgins (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Pinky Higgins (915)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Pinky Higgins (917)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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