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Bill Madlock
Bill Madlock Jr. (Mad Dog)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 2, 1951 in Memphis, TN
Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 5th round of the 1970 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). Player signed May 25, 1970. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1973
Final Game: October 4, 1987
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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
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 74 130 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 .869 147 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 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 Seasons 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

Postseason Batting

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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 Seasons (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
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
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 WS 7 29 24 2 9 1 0 0 3 0 2 5 1 .375 .483 .417 .899 10 1 0 0 0 2
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1973 TEX AL 22 3B 21 21 172.1 49 13 32 4 2 .918 -2.7 -18.8 -2.7 -0.5 -2.2 0 2.35 2.14 .951 3.00 2.68
1974 CHC NL 23 3B 121 120 1025.1 331 84 229 18 14 .946 -9.7 -11.4 -7.7 -6.5 -1.1 -2 2.75 2.59 .948 3.04 2.64 RoY-3
1975 CHC NL 24 3B 128 128 1089.2 349 79 250 20 14 .943 -8.2 -9.0 -6.2 -4.7 -1.5 -2 2.72 2.57 .945 2.98 2.58 AS,MVP-12
1976 CHC NL 25 3B 136 135 1177.0 355 107 234 14 21 .961 -11.2 -11.4 -11.2 -6.4 -4.8 0 2.61 2.51 .952 2.93 2.61 MVP-6
1977 SFG NL 26 3B 126 125 1089.1 333 96 220 17 16 .949 -14.5 -16.0 -13.5 -5.8 -7.7 -1 2.61 2.51 .956 2.98 2.54
1977 SFG NL 26 2B 6 6 51.0 20 5 14 1 2 .950 -2.3 -54.1 -2.3 -0.2 -2.1 0 3.35 3.17 .980 5.24 4.47
1978 SFG NL 27 2B 114 111 939.2 536 223 299 14 48 .974 -4.0 -5.1 -1.0 -3.8 2.8 -3 5.00 4.58 .977 5.30 4.34
1978 SFG NL 27 1B 3 1 13.0 12 11 1 0 1 1.000 0.4 36.9 0.4 0.3 0.1 0 8.31 4.00 .992 9.97 8.33
1979 SFG NL 28 2B 63 63 525.0 288 137 144 7 32 .976 -11.7 -26.7 -10.7 -7.6 -3.1 -1 4.82 4.46 .979 5.42 4.55 MVP-18
1979 SFG NL 28 1B 5 0 8.0 9 9 0 0 3 1.000 -0.2 -30.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 10.12 1.80 .989 9.90 8.60 MVP-18
1979 PIT NL 28 3B 85 85 751.2 223 63 153 7 12 .969 -4.6 -7.3 -4.6 0.9 -5.5 0 2.59 2.54 .950 2.89 2.50 MVP-18
1980 PIT NL 29 3B 127 125 1078.0 314 86 214 14 18 .955 -5.3 -5.9 -5.3 -4.3 -1.0 0 2.50 2.36 .947 2.87 2.39
1980 PIT NL 29 1B 12 8 67.0 79 73 3 3 7 .962 -1.0 -17.9 -1.0 0.1 -1.1 0 10.21 6.33 .992 10.16 8.97
1981 PIT NL 30 3B 78 77 648.1 206 50 147 9 17 .956 -0.1 -0.2 -1.1 0.7 -1.8 1 2.73 2.53 .948 2.84 2.47 AS,MVP-17
1982 PIT NL 31 3B 146 142 1239.2 376 92 266 18 23 .952 4.5 4.4 3.5 5.0 -1.5 1 2.60 2.45 .951 2.77 2.43 MVP-11
1982 PIT NL 31 1B 3 3 18.0 23 22 1 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0 11.50 7.67 .991 10.25 8.90 MVP-11
1983 PIT NL 32 3B 126 125 1048.1 263 59 193 11 20 .958 -11.6 -13.3 -12.6 -4.7 -7.9 1 2.16 2.00 .949 2.70 2.29 AS,MVP-8
1984 PIT NL 33 3B 98 97 864.2 257 66 176 15 17 .942 -8.2 -11.4 -8.2 -6.7 -1.5 0 2.52 2.47 .943 2.79 2.36
1984 PIT NL 33 1B 1 1 6.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.00 10.00 .990 9.90 8.20
1985 TOT NL 34 3B 130 129 1067.1 331 74 238 19 17 .943 -6.4 -7.2 -5.4 -0.1 -5.3 -1 2.63 2.40 .948 2.88 2.47
1985 PIT NL 34 3B 98 97 832.1 235 46 175 14 10 .940 -5.7 -8.2 -4.7 0.2 -4.9 -1 2.39 2.26 .949 2.88 2.47
1985 PIT NL 34 1B 12 9 83.0 86 81 5 0 3 1.000 1.1 15.9 1.1 -0.3 1.4 0 9.33 7.17 .993 10.06 8.54
1985 LAD NL 34 3B 32 32 235.0 96 28 63 5 7 .948 -0.7 -3.6 -0.7 -0.3 -0.4 0 3.49 2.84 .948 2.88 2.47
1986 LAD NL 35 3B 101 101 767.1 266 72 170 24 7 .910 -8.0 -12.5 -6.0 -3.9 -2.1 -2 2.84 2.40 .948 2.72 2.20
1986 LAD NL 35 1B 2 1 8.0 10 7 1 2 1 .800 -0.8 -120.0 -0.8 -0.8 0.0 0 9.00 4.00 .990 9.90 8.30
1987 TOT 36 1B 23 20 165.0 180 167 11 2 14 .989 0.1 0.7 0.1 0.2 -0.1 0 9.71 7.74 .992 9.58 8.50
1987 TOT 36 3B 17 17 125.0 35 8 24 3 2 .914 -3.0 -28.8 -3.0 -0.8 -2.2 0 2.30 1.88 .951 2.82 2.34
1987 LAD NL 36 3B 16 16 119.0 34 8 23 3 2 .912 -3.1 -31.3 -3.1 -0.9 -2.2 0 2.34 1.94 .953 2.82 2.34
1987 LAD NL 36 1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 9.90 8.50
1987 DET AL 36 DH 64 0.0
1987 DET AL 36 1B 22 20 164.0 180 167 11 2 14 .989 0.1 0.7 0.1 0.2 -0.1 0 9.77 8.09 .992 9.58 8.50
1987 DET AL 36 3B 1 1 6.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 20.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 1.50 1.00 .900 2.70 2.30
14 Seasons 3B 1440 1427 12144.0 3688 949 2546 193 200 .948 -89.0 -8.8 -84.0 -37.8 -46.1 -5 2.59 2.43 .949 2.87 2.46
3 Seasons 2B 183 180 1515.2 844 365 457 22 82 .974 -18.0 -14.3 -14.0 -11.6 -2.4 -4 4.88 4.49 .978 5.34 4.42
1 Season DH 64 0.0
8 Seasons 1B 61 43 368.0 409 380 22 7 31 .983 -0.4 -1.3 -0.4 -0.4 -0.0 0 9.83 6.59 .992 9.86 8.61
15 Seasons TOT 1684 1650 14027.2 4941 1694 3025 222 313 .955 -107.4 -9.2 -98.4 -49.8 -48.5 -9 3.03 2.80 .913 3.32 2.90
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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 (361st)

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--149th

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
Career--2008--249th

Doubles s c a p y
1976 NL--36--5th
1981 NL--23--7th
1982 NL--33--9th
Career--348--247th

Singles s c a p y
1975 NL--139--8th
1983 NL--120--10th
Career--1463--212th

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--233rd

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1976 NL--3.9--4th
1981 NL--2.2--5th
1982 NL--2.8--10th
Career--21.5--227th

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--.708--5th
1981 NL--.772--2nd
1982 NL--.696--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--196th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1979 NL--7--9th
1982 NL--13--2nd
Career--69--133rd

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--74th

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--109th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1976 NL--11--7th
Career--90--151st

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--124th

AB per SO s c a p y
1975 NL--15.118--7th
1976 NL--19.037--6th
1977 NL--16.152--3rd
1978 NL--11.462--8th
1979 NL--13.659--7th
1980 NL--14.970--5th
1981 NL--16.412--6th
1982 NL--14.564--7th
1983 NL--19.708--3rd

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 16 (143), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 55 (456), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 69 (261), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 31 (248), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. George Kell (908) *
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  6. Frank Baker (882) *
  7. Terry Pendleton (879)
  8. Claudell Washington (875)
  9. Marty McManus (873)
  10. Gee Walker (871)
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  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
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  12. Pinky Higgins (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

June 5, 1969: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 11th round of the 1969 amateur draft, but did not sign.

January 17, 1970: Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 5th round of the 1970 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). Player signed May 25, 1970.

October 25, 1973: Traded by the Texas Rangers with Vic Harris to the Chicago Cubs for Fergie Jenkins.

February 11, 1977: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Rob Sperring to the San Francisco Giants for Andy Muhlstock (minors), Bobby Murcer and Steve Ontiveros.

June 28, 1979: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Len Randle and Dave Roberts to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Fred Breining, Al Holland and Ed Whitson.

August 31, 1985: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Los Angeles Dodgers for . The Los Angeles Dodgers sent R.J. Reynolds (September 3, 1985), Cecil Espy (September 9, 1985) and Sid Bream (September 9, 1985) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.

May 29, 1987: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

June 4, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

November 9, 1987: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Pittsburgh Pirates$975,500
1986Los Angeles Dodgers$841,667
1987Los Angeles Dodgers$850,000
Career (may be incomplete)$2,667,167
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