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Gary Matthews

Gary Nathaniel Matthews Sr. (Sarge)

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 5, 1950 in San Fernando, CA
High School: San Fernando HS (San Fernando, CA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1972
Teams (by GP): Giants/Braves/Cubs/Phillies/Mariners 1972-1987
Agents: Jerry Kapstein, previously: Bruce Church [*]
Final Game: October 2, 1987
Relatives: Father of Gary Matthews
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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
1972 21 SFG NL 20 71 62 11 18 1 1 4 14 0 1 7 13 .290 .357 .532 .889 148 33 1 0 1 1 2 7/9
1973 22 SFG NL 148 605 540 74 162 22 10 12 58 17 5 58 83 .300 .367 .444 .812 121 240 12 1 3 3 7 *7/9 RoY-1
1974 23 SFG NL 154 638 561 87 161 27 6 16 82 11 9 70 69 .287 .368 .442 .810 122 248 15 3 2 2 5 *7
1975 24 SFG NL 116 494 425 67 119 22 3 12 58 13 4 65 53 .280 .377 .431 .807 121 183 13 2 0 2 5 *7
1976 25 SFG NL 156 671 587 79 164 28 4 20 84 12 5 75 94 .279 .359 .443 .802 125 260 8 1 2 6 3 *7
1977 26 ATL NL 148 627 555 89 157 25 5 17 64 22 8 67 90 .283 .362 .438 .799 104 243 13 2 2 1 3 *7
1978 27 ATL NL 129 542 474 75 135 20 5 18 62 8 7 61 92 .285 .366 .462 .828 120 219 16 2 1 4 2 *9
1979 28 ATL NL 156 695 631 97 192 34 5 27 90 18 6 60 75 .304 .363 .502 .865 128 317 6 0 1 3 5 *9 AS,MVP-26
1980 29 ATL NL 155 619 571 79 159 17 3 19 75 11 3 42 93 .278 .325 .419 .744 104 239 16 0 1 5 2 *9/7
1981 30 PHI NL 101 428 359 62 108 21 3 9 67 15 2 59 42 .301 .398 .451 .849 136 162 8 3 1 6 2 *7 MVP-13
1982 31 PHI NL 162 690 616 89 173 31 1 19 83 21 4 66 87 .281 .349 .427 .776 114 263 23 2 0 6 1 *7 MVP-23
1983 32 PHI NL 132 526 446 66 115 18 2 10 50 13 9 69 81 .258 .352 .374 .727 103 167 8 0 4 7 3 *7
1984 33 CHC NL 147 608 491 101 143 21 2 14 82 17 8 103 97 .291 .410 .428 .838 129 210 10 3 1 10 2 *7 MVP-5
1985 34 CHC NL 97 362 298 45 70 12 0 13 40 2 0 59 64 .235 .362 .406 .768 107 121 8 2 0 3 2 7
1986 35 CHC NL 123 432 370 49 96 16 1 21 46 3 2 60 59 .259 .361 .478 .839 124 177 15 0 0 2 1 7
1987 36 TOT MLB 89 181 161 13 39 4 0 3 23 0 1 19 33 .242 .320 .323 .643 69 52 7 0 0 1 1 D/7
1987 36 CHC NL 44 46 42 3 11 3 0 0 8 0 0 4 11 .262 .326 .333 .659 74 14 1 0 0 0 1 /7
1987 36 SEA AL 45 135 119 10 28 1 0 3 15 0 1 15 22 .235 .319 .319 .638 67 38 6 0 0 1 0 D
16 Yrs 2033 8189 7147 1083 2011 319 51 234 978 183 74 940 1125 .281 .364 .439 .802 118 3134 179 21 19 62 46
162 Game Avg. 162 653 570 86 160 25 4 19 78 15 6 75 90 .281 .364 .439 .802 118 250 14 2 2 5 4
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
SFG (5 yrs) 594 2479 2175 318 624 100 24 64 296 53 24 275 312 .287 .367 .443 .810 123 964 49 7 8 14 22
ATL (4 yrs) 588 2483 2231 340 643 96 18 81 291 59 24 230 350 .288 .354 .456 .810 114 1018 51 4 5 13 12
CHC (4 yrs) 411 1448 1201 198 320 52 3 48 176 22 10 226 231 .266 .381 .435 .815 120 522 34 5 1 15 6
PHI (3 yrs) 395 1644 1421 217 396 70 6 38 200 49 15 194 210 .279 .363 .417 .780 116 592 39 5 5 19 6
SEA (1 yr) 45 135 119 10 28 1 0 3 15 0 1 15 22 .235 .319 .319 .638 67 38 6 0 0 1 0
NL (16 yrs) 1988 8054 7028 1073 1983 318 51 231 963 183 73 925 1103 .282 .365 .441 .805 119 3096 173 21 19 61 46
AL (1 yr) 45 135 119 10 28 1 0 3 15 0 1 15 22 .235 .319 .319 .638 67 38 6 0 0 1 0

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
1972 21 SFG NL 20 71 5 0 -0 1 -1 5 0.6 2 7 0.8 .528 .503 0.6 0.0 6 $ 7/9
1973 22 SFG NL 148 605 15 2 -1 4 -7 14 1.5 18 31 3.2 .510 .509 2.7 -0.3 27 $ *7/9 RoY-1
1974 23 SFG NL 154 638 14 0 -0 2 -7 9 1.0 18 27 2.8 .506 .506 2.6 -0.6 26 $36,000 *7
1975 24 SFG NL 116 494 15 4 -1 2 -6 14 1.6 14 29 3.0 .514 .510 2.8 -0.4 27 $ *7
1976 25 SFG NL 156 671 19 2 3 -15 -8 1 0.1 20 20 2.0 .500 .500 3.7 -2.5 36 $ *7
1977 26 ATL NL 148 627 11 1 -1 -4 -7 0 0.0 18 18 1.8 .500 .500 2.2 -1.2 23 $240,000 *7
1978 27 ATL NL 129 542 15 -3 -1 2 -6 8 0.9 16 24 2.5 .507 .505 2.1 -0.3 21 $240,000 *9
1979 28 ATL NL 156 695 26 -1 2 -1 -7 19 2.2 20 39 4.2 .513 .513 4.1 -0.8 40 $240,000 *9 AS,MVP-26
1980 29 ATL NL 155 619 7 0 -1 -10 -7 -10 -1.1 19 9 0.7 .493 .493 1.8 -1.8 18 $240,000 *9/7
1981 30 PHI NL 101 428 18 2 1 -9 -4 7 1.0 13 20 2.3 .508 .505 3.2 -1.5 29 $240,000 *7 MVP-13
1982 31 PHI NL 162 690 10 2 -2 -6 -7 -3 -0.2 21 18 1.9 .498 .498 2.4 -1.4 25 $ *7 MVP-23
1983 32 PHI NL 132 526 4 -1 1 -15 -5 -16 -1.7 16 1 -0.1 .487 .489 1.5 -2.2 16 $ *7
1984 33 CHC NL 147 608 26 2 -0 -13 -6 9 1.1 19 27 2.9 .506 .506 4.3 -2.0 41 $ *7 MVP-5
1985 34 CHC NL 97 362 5 1 -1 -10 -3 -8 -0.8 11 3 0.3 .491 .495 1.3 -1.4 13 $600,000 7
1986 35 CHC NL 123 432 15 -1 -2 -22 -4 -14 -1.4 13 -0 -0.1 .488 .491 2.2 -2.7 21 $850,000 7
1987 36 CHC NL 44 46 -2 0 0 0 -0 -2 -0.2 1 -0 0.0 .496 .499 0.0 0.0 -0 $880,000 /7
1987 36 SEA AL 45 135 -6 -1 -1 0 -4 -13 -1.2 4 -9 -0.9 .471 .492 -0.9 -0.3 -9 $ D
16 Seasons 2033 8189 198 10 -5 -94 -88 20 3.5 244 265 27.3 .501 .501 36.6 -19.2 359 $3,566,000
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
SFG (5 yrs) 594 2479 68 9 0 -7 -28 43 4.8 72 114 11.8 .508 .506 12.4 -3.8 121 $36,000
ATL (4 yrs) 588 2483 59 -2 -1 -12 -26 17 2.1 73 90 9.2 .503 .503 10.2 -4.0 102 $960,000
CHC (4 yrs) 411 1448 44 2 -3 -45 -13 -15 -1.3 45 30 3.1 .496 .498 7.8 -6.1 75 $2,330,000
PHI (3 yrs) 395 1644 32 4 -0 -30 -16 -11 -0.9 50 39 4.1 .497 .497 7.1 -5.0 69 $240,000
SEA (1 yr) 45 135 -6 -1 -1 0 -4 -13 -1.2 4 -9 -0.9 .471 .492 -0.9 -0.3 -9 $

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
1972 21 SFG NL 71 48 11 6.2 93 .304 .290 .259 .357 .327 .532 .382 .889 .710 148 .684 3.7 0.4 .848 .339 .242 .0
1973 22 SFG NL 605 401 90 6.1 100 .335 .300 .267 .367 .337 .444 .397 .812 .734 121 .653 15.1 1.5 .787 .274 .144 14.1
1974 23 SFG NL 638 428 90 5.7 99 .303 .287 .268 .368 .341 .442 .388 .810 .728 122 .629 16.8 1.7 .762 .283 .155 13.0
1975 24 SFG NL 494 325 71 5.9 99 .296 .280 .270 .377 .342 .431 .390 .807 .732 121 .638 13.5 1.4 .802 .325 .151 12.5
1976 25 SFG NL 671 444 98 6.0 93 .301 .279 .265 .359 .332 .443 .378 .802 .709 125 .665 20.5 2.1 .787 .303 .164 15.0
1977 26 ATL NL 627 422 89 5.7 113 .312 .283 .283 .362 .352 .438 .431 .799 .784 104 .594 3.1 0.3 .778 .301 .155 19.2
1978 27 ATL NL 542 367 78 5.7 104 .318 .285 .275 .366 .345 .462 .405 .828 .750 120 .638 13.4 1.4 .782 .308 .177 11.1
1979 28 ATL NL 695 455 118 7.0 105 .310 .304 .277 .363 .344 .502 .411 .865 .755 128 .698 23.4 2.3 .863 .312 .198 21.6
1980 29 ATL NL 619 437 76 4.7 98 .302 .278 .270 .325 .333 .419 .392 .744 .725 104 .547 1.4 0.2 .671 .228 .140 13.9
1981 30 PHI NL 428 268 71 7.2 96 .315 .301 .268 .398 .334 .451 .384 .849 .719 136 .734 20.7 2.1 .908 .351 .150 11.3
1982 31 PHI NL 690 476 91 5.2 97 .298 .281 .269 .349 .332 .427 .391 .776 .724 114 .592 12.5 1.3 .740 .281 .146 20.0
1983 32 PHI NL 526 359 62 4.6 96 .290 .258 .262 .352 .330 .374 .388 .727 .719 103 .541 4.5 0.5 .690 .280 .117 11.3
1984 33 CHC NL 608 377 96 6.8 100 .331 .291 .272 .410 .339 .428 .396 .838 .735 129 .712 26.3 2.7 .888 .365 .136 15.4
1985 34 CHC NL 362 239 47 5.3 103 .254 .235 .271 .362 .341 .406 .404 .768 .745 107 .605 4.7 0.5 .780 .376 .171 3.5
1986 35 CHC NL 432 293 63 5.8 103 .257 .259 .269 .361 .341 .478 .406 .839 .747 124 .633 12.6 1.3 .818 .384 .219 5.3
1987 36 TOT MLB 181 131 15 3.1 110 .286 .242 .271 .320 .341 .323 .432 .643 .773 69 .295 -7.4 -0.7 .538 .193 .081 .0
1987 36 CHC NL 46 32 4 3.4 108 .355 .262 .273 .326 .343 .333 .425 .659 .767 74 .347 -1.5 -0.2 .563 .167 .071
1987 36 SEA AL 135 99 11 3.0 110 .263 .235 .271 .319 .340 .319 .435 .638 .775 67 .280 -5.9 -0.6 .531 .202 .084 .0
16 Yrs 8189 5470 1166 5.8 101 .304 .281 .271 .364 .339 .439 .398 .802 .737 118 .632 184.9 19.0 .780 .304 .157 205.4
162 Game Avg. 653 436 93 5.8 101 .304 .281 .271 .364 .339 .439 .398 .802 .737 118 .632 15 2 .780 .304 .157 16
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
SFG (5 yrs) 2479 1646 360 5.9 98 .309 .287 .267 .367 .337 .443 .388 .810 .725 123 .648 69.6 7.2 .785 .296 .156 58.0
ATL (4 yrs) 2483 1681 361 5.8 105 .310 .288 .276 .354 .344 .456 .410 .810 .754 114 .625 41.4 4.2 .774 .287 .168 68.3
CHC (4 yrs) 1448 941 210 6.0 102 .290 .266 .271 .381 .340 .435 .402 .815 .742 120 .654 42.1 4.3 .827 .366 .168 30.2
PHI (3 yrs) 1644 1103 224 5.5 96 .300 .279 .267 .363 .332 .417 .388 .780 .721 116 .619 37.7 3.9 .765 .298 .138 42.8
SEA (1 yr) 135 99 11 3.0 110 .263 .235 .271 .319 .340 .319 .435 .638 .775 67 .279 -5.9 -0.6 .531 .202 .084 .0
NL (16 yrs) 8054 5371 1155 5.8 100 .304 .282 .271 .365 .339 .441 .397 .805 .736 119 .636 190.8 19.5 .785 .306 .158 204.2
AL (1 yr) 135 99 11 3.0 110 .263 .235 .271 .319 .340 .319 .435 .638 .775 67 .279 -5.9 -0.6 .531 .202 .084 .0

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
1981 30 PHI NL NLDS MON L 5 20 20 3 8 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 .400 .400 .650 1.050 13 1 0 0 0 0
1983 32 PHI NL NLCS LAD W 4 16 14 4 6 0 0 3 8 1 0 2 1 .429 .500 1.071 1.571 15 0 0 0 0 1
1983 32 PHI NL WS BAL L 5 18 16 1 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 .250 .333 .438 .771 7 1 0 0 0 0
1984 33 CHC NL NLCS SDP L 5 21 15 4 3 0 0 2 5 1 1 6 4 .200 .429 .600 1.029 9 1 0 0 0 1
3 Yrs (4 Series) 19 75 65 12 21 0 1 7 15 2 1 10 9 .323 .413 .677 1.090 44 3 0 0 0 2
1 NLDS 5 20 20 3 8 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 .400 .400 .650 1.050 13 1 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 9 37 29 8 9 0 0 5 13 2 1 8 5 .310 .459 .828 1.287 24 1 0 0 0 2
1 WS 5 18 16 1 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 .250 .333 .438 .771 7 1 0 0 0 0

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
1979 ATL NL 28 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 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
1972 21 SFG NL 71 5.6% 18.3% 9.9% 8.5% 33% 1.86 4.8 15.5 4.4 0.72 65%
1973 22 SFG NL 605 2.0% 13.7% 9.6% 7.3% 27% 1.43 6.5 45.0 9.3 1.02 74%
1974 23 SFG NL 638 2.5% 10.8% 11.0% 7.7% 30% 0.99 8.1 35.1 6.8 0.88 75%
1975 24 SFG NL 494 2.4% 10.7% 13.2% 7.5% 31% 0.82 8.0 35.4 7.3 1.06 73%
1976 25 SFG NL 671 3.0% 14.0% 11.2% 7.8% 32% 1.25 6.2 29.4 7.0 1.14 71%
1977 26 ATL NL 627 2.7% 14.4% 10.7% 7.5% 30% 1.34 6.2 32.6 8.7 1.49 72%
1978 27 ATL NL 542 3.3% 17.0% 11.3% 7.9% 32% 1.51 5.2 26.3 7.6 1.06 68%
1979 28 ATL NL 695 3.9% 10.8% 8.6% 9.5% 34% 1.25 8.4 23.4 7.0 0.87 77%
1980 29 ATL NL 619 3.1% 15.0% 6.8% 6.3% 25% 2.21 6.1 30.1 7.6 1.01 75%
1981 30 PHI NL 428 2.1% 9.8% 13.8% 7.7% 31% 0.71 8.5 39.9 5.4 1.12 73%
1982 31 PHI NL 690 2.8% 12.6% 9.6% 7.4% 30% 1.32 7.1 32.4 7.4 1.43 75%
1983 32 PHI NL 526 1.9% 15.4% 13.1% 5.7% 26% 1.17 5.5 44.6 8.9 1.20 69%
1984 33 CHC NL 608 2.3% 16.0% 16.9% 6.1% 26% 0.94 5.1 35.1 6.0 1.04 64%
1985 34 CHC NL 362 3.6% 17.7% 16.3% 6.9% 36% 1.08 4.7 22.9 7.5 0.82 62%
1986 35 CHC NL 432 4.9% 13.7% 13.9% 8.8% 40% 0.98 6.3 17.6 8.0 1.18 68%
1987 36 TOT MLB 181 1.7% 18.2% 10.5% 3.9% 18% 1.74 4.9 53.7 7.0 1.38 70%
1987 36 CHC NL 46 0.0% 23.9% 8.7% 6.5% 27% 2.75 3.8 5.3 1.00 67%
1987 36 SEA AL 135 2.2% 16.3% 11.1% 3.0% 14% 1.47 5.4 39.7 7.9 1.52 70%
16 Yrs 8189 2.9% 13.7% 11.5% 7.4% 30% 1.20 6.4 30.5 7.3 1.09 71%
MLB Averages 2.0% 13.6% 8.6% 6.5% 28% 1.59 6.6 43.7 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
1972 21 SFG NL 3.7 0.4 74 0.3 1.4 -1.1 .91 0.6 -0.2 5.2 0.5 0.99 5.3 1.07 1
1973 22 SFG NL 14.4 1.5 636 0.5 11.1 -10.6 1.01 2.4 -1.9 16.9 1.7 0.95 25.8 0.63 1
1974 23 SFG NL 16.8 1.7 669 1.8 14.1 -12.3 1.11 1.4 0.3 16.8 1.7 1.01 12.8 1.38 4
1975 24 SFG NL 13.5 1.4 521 2.0 10.7 -8.7 1.10 1.6 0.3 19.2 1.9 1.02 19.9 2.76 3
1976 25 SFG NL 19.8 2.1 693 2.2 13.2 -11.1 1.05 2.5 -0.4 24.4 2.5 0.95 26.1 2.43 0
1977 26 ATL NL 3.1 0.3 668 1.8 13.4 -11.6 1.11 2.2 -0.6 25.5 2.4 0.95 24.2 0.98 2
1978 27 ATL NL 13.4 1.4 561 1.4 10.0 -8.7 .94 1.4 0.1 11.1 1.1 0.91 16.5 2.21 3
1979 28 ATL NL 23.4 2.3 724 4.4 15.5 -11.2 1.02 3.7 0.6 36.0 3.5 0.93 39.3 0
1980 29 ATL NL 1.4 0.2 637 2.1 12.0 -10.0 .99 1.4 0.7 17.9 1.8 0.94 15.1 1.71 8
1981 30 PHI NL 21.2 2.2 452 2.9 10.2 -7.3 1.11 2.8 -0.2 30.6 3.1 1.03 30.6 2.72 2
1982 31 PHI NL 12.5 1.3 716 2.5 14.9 -12.3 1.06 2.2 0.1 14.9 1.5 0.93 20.4 1.54 1
1983 32 PHI NL 4.5 0.5 555 -0.5 9.1 -9.6 1.05 0.6 -1.1 1.6 0.2 0.96 6.6 1.29 9
1984 33 CHC NL 26.3 2.7 650 5.0 13.9 -8.9 1.01 3.7 1.2 41.7 4.1 0.96 42.8 0.73 3
1985 34 CHC NL 4.7 0.5 371 0.1 5.8 -5.7 .94 1.0 -1.0 9.7 1.0 0.91 11.6 1.11 11
1986 35 CHC NL 12.6 1.3 440 0.2 7.9 -7.7 1.00 1.8 -1.5 5.6 0.5 0.91 17.1 1.64 16
1987 36 TOT MLB -7.4 -0.7 183 -1.3 2.9 -4.2 1.19 -0.8 -0.3 -10.1 -0.9 1.01 -11.1 2.00 49
1987 36 CHC NL -1.5 -0.2 47 -0.6 0.7 -1.3 1.41 -0.2 -0.2 -1.0 -0.1 1.11 -2.7 1.47 37
1987 36 SEA AL -5.9 -0.6 136 -0.7 2.2 -2.9 1.11 -0.6 -0.1 -9.1 -0.8 0.98 -8.4 3.64 12
16 Yrs 184.0 18.9 8550 25.3 166.2 -140.9 1.04 28.5 -4.1 267.0 26.4 0.96 303.0 1.73 113
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
1972 21 SFG NL 3 0 33% 32 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 80% 2 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 1
1973 22 SFG NL 8 0 30% 232 17 5 77% 17 5 0 0 0 0 5 1 10 12 58% 29 15 14 3 1 2 23 6 16
1974 23 SFG NL 4 0 33% 250 11 9 55% 10 9 1 0 0 0 2 2 6 18 52% 36 23 12 6 2 4 24 6 18
1975 24 SFG NL 9 0 32% 179 13 4 76% 13 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 6 20 49% 32 21 10 7 2 5 20 5 14
1976 25 SFG NL 6 0 27% 267 12 5 71% 11 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 19 44% 37 29 8 9 4 5 27 6 19
1977 26 ATL NL 15 0 34% 272 22 8 73% 19 7 2 0 1 1 3 1 7 17 49% 39 21 18 11 7 4 24 9 14
1978 27 ATL NL 7 0 32% 198 8 7 53% 8 6 0 1 0 0 2 1 7 10 41% 31 20 11 7 4 3 13 4 7
1979 28 ATL NL 10 0 31% 291 18 6 75% 17 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 12 42% 35 27 8 12 6 6 22 6 15
1980 29 ATL NL 12 0 33% 225 11 3 79% 11 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 7 12 46% 33 23 9 11 4 7 12 2 10
1981 30 PHI NL 4 0 33% 211 15 2 88% 15 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 15 42% 32 25 7 3 2 1 24 5 17
1982 31 PHI NL 4 0 32% 263 21 4 84% 17 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 7 52% 34 24 10 7 1 6 30 8 21
1983 32 PHI NL 7 0 32% 212 13 9 59% 13 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 8 49% 29 20 8 7 2 5 19 5 14
1984 33 CHC NL 11 0 37% 260 17 8 68% 15 7 2 0 0 1 3 0 5 24 51% 43 26 17 12 6 6 17 2 14
1985 34 CHC NL 5 0 27% 127 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 9 38% 21 17 4 5 3 2 8 1 7
1986 35 CHC NL 7 0 21% 150 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 32% 23 18 4 8 4 3 7 2 5
1987 36 TOT MLB 0 0 18% 39 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 27% 9 9 0 2 2 0 4 0 4
1987 36 CHC NL 0 0 20% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1987 36 SEA AL 0 0 18% 34 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 22% 5 5 0 2 2 0 2 0 2
16 Yrs 112 0 31% 3208 183 74 71% 171 70 11 2 1 2 29 11 82 194 47% 465 319 141 112 50 61 275 67 196
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
1972 21 SFG NL 71 48% 18 1 0 0 0 1.07 4 0 0 1 3 2 2 0 1 1 100% 14 1 7% 7 1 14% 46 10 22% 5 2 40% 2 0 0% 0
1973 22 SFG NL 605 34% 162 1 1 0 0 0.63 12 0 10 6 6 5 7 0 4 3 75% 103 12 12% 51 13 25% 355 48 14% 35 16 46% 23 11 48% 0
1974 23 SFG NL 638 26% 161 4 0 0 0 1.38 16 1 18 13 3 7 9 0 3 2 67% 120 15 13% 50 11 22% 444 69 16% 39 17 44% 16 8 50% 0
1975 24 SFG NL 494 41% 119 3 1 0 1 2.76 12 0 7 7 5 4 8 0 0 0 111 13 12% 42 5 12% 359 46 13% 39 13 33% 18 6 33% 0
1976 25 SFG NL 671 37% 164 0 0 0 0 2.43 20 0 8 13 7 11 9 0 3 2 67% 152 8 5% 65 24 37% 420 65 15% 43 23 53% 24 9 38% 0
1977 26 ATL NL 627 25% 157 2 1 0 0 0.98 17 1 16 12 5 14 3 0 2 2 100% 123 13 11% 58 7 12% 351 47 13% 25 14 56% 20 7 35% 0
1978 27 ATL NL 542 29% 135 3 0 0 0 2.21 18 0 11 12 6 10 8 0 1 1 100% 98 16 16% 44 12 27% 319 47 15% 29 15 52% 26 14 54% 0
1979 28 ATL NL 695 26% 192 0 0 0 0 27 1 11 22 5 18 9 1 1 1 100% 124 6 5% 65 17 26% 405 65 16% 37 17 46% 30 12 40% 0
1980 29 ATL NL 619 20% 159 8 2 1 3 1.71 19 0 8 17 2 9 10 0 1 1 100% 126 16 13% 54 19 35% 386 60 16% 35 20 57% 25 14 56% 0
1981 30 PHI NL 428 19% 108 2 0 0 0 2.72 9 0 11 6 3 5 4 0 2 1 50% 98 8 8% 39 18 46% 319 60 19% 41 22 54% 20 11 55% 0
1982 31 PHI NL 690 19% 173 1 0 0 0 1.54 19 0 9 14 5 10 9 0 0 0 149 23 15% 58 19 33% 436 65 15% 38 21 55% 30 18 60% 0
1983 32 PHI NL 526 28% 115 9 2 0 1 1.29 10 0 15 8 2 3 7 0 4 4 100% 83 8 10% 52 19 37% 318 43 14% 26 13 50% 23 9 39% 0
1984 33 CHC NL 608 27% 143 3 0 0 0 0.73 14 0 10 9 5 8 6 0 1 1 100% 114 10 9% 63 34 54% 375 71 19% 50 26 52% 51 31 61% 0
1985 34 CHC NL 362 27% 70 11 2 1 3 1.11 13 0 5 9 4 8 5 0 0 0 58 8 14% 31 10 32% 197 31 16% 20 11 55% 18 8 44% 0
1986 35 CHC NL 432 30% 96 16 0 0 0 1.64 21 0 3 15 6 11 10 0 1 0 0% 85 15 18% 35 10 29% 228 28 12% 23 11 48% 17 9 53% 0
1987 36 TOT MLB 181 51% 39 49 11 0 8 2.00 3 0 6 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 39 7 18% 12 3 25% 138 20 14% 13 8 62% 7 3 43% 0
1987 36 CHC NL 46 24% 11 37 9 0 5 1.47 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1 7% 7 2 29% 46 8 17% 6 3 50% 5 3 60% 0
1987 36 SEA AL 135 61% 28 12 2 0 3 3.64 3 0 4 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 25 6 24% 5 1 20% 92 12 13% 7 5 71% 2 0 0% 0
16 Yrs 8189 28% 2011 113 20 2 16 1.73 234 3 148 166 68 127 107 1 24 19 79% 1597 179 11% 726 222 31% 5096 775 15% 498 249 50% 350 170 49% 0
MLB Averages 57% 79% 11% 34% 14% 50% 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
1972 21 20 71 62 11 18 1 1 4 14 0 1 7 13 .290 .357 .532 .889 148 33 1 0 1 1 2
1973 22 168 676 602 85 180 23 11 16 72 17 6 65 96 .299 .366 .453 .820 124 273 13 1 4 4 9
1974 23 322 1314 1163 172 341 50 17 32 154 28 15 135 165 .293 .367 .448 .815 123 521 28 4 6 6 14
1975 24 438 1808 1588 239 460 72 20 44 212 41 19 200 218 .290 .370 .443 .813 122 704 41 6 6 8 19
1976 25 594 2479 2175 318 624 100 24 64 296 53 24 275 312 .287 .367 .443 .810 123 964 49 7 8 14 22
1977 26 742 3106 2730 407 781 125 29 81 360 75 32 342 402 .286 .366 .442 .808 119 1207 62 9 10 15 25
1978 27 871 3648 3204 482 916 145 34 99 422 83 39 403 494 .286 .366 .445 .811 119 1426 78 11 11 19 27
1979 28 1027 4343 3835 579 1108 179 39 126 512 101 45 463 569 .289 .365 .454 .820 121 1743 84 11 12 22 32
1980 29 1182 4962 4406 658 1267 196 42 145 587 112 48 505 662 .288 .360 .450 .810 119 1982 100 11 13 27 34
1981 30 1283 5390 4765 720 1375 217 45 154 654 127 50 564 704 .289 .363 .450 .813 120 2144 108 14 14 33 36
1982 31 1445 6080 5381 809 1548 248 46 173 737 148 54 630 791 .288 .362 .447 .809 119 2407 131 16 14 39 37
1983 32 1577 6606 5827 875 1663 266 48 183 787 161 63 699 872 .285 .361 .442 .803 118 2574 139 16 18 46 40
1984 33 1724 7214 6318 976 1806 287 50 197 869 178 71 802 969 .286 .365 .441 .806 119 2784 149 19 19 56 42
1985 34 1821 7576 6616 1021 1876 299 50 210 909 180 71 861 1033 .284 .365 .439 .804 118 2905 157 21 19 59 44
1986 35 1944 8008 6986 1070 1972 315 51 231 955 183 73 921 1092 .282 .365 .441 .806 119 3082 172 21 19 61 45
1987 36 2033 8189 7147 1083 2011 319 51 234 978 183 74 940 1125 .281 .364 .439 .802 118 3134 179 21 19 62 46

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
1972 21 21 76 66 13 20 1 1 4 16 0 8 14 .303 .373 .530 .904 14 20
1973 22 148 608 542 75 164 22 10 12 59 17 59 83 .303 .370 .446 .817 90 148
1974 23 154 639 562 88 162 27 6 16 83 11 70 69 .288 .369 .443 .812 92 154
1975 24 116 497 427 69 121 22 3 12 60 13 66 53 .283 .380 .433 .814 71 116
1976 25 156 684 596 86 173 30 4 21 91 13 79 94 .290 .371 .460 .831 102 156
1977 26 148 611 544 79 146 23 5 16 57 20 62 90 .268 .345 .417 .762 78 148
1978 27 129 541 473 74 134 20 5 18 61 8 61 92 .283 .365 .461 .826 79 129
1979 28 156 691 628 95 189 33 5 27 88 18 59 75 .301 .359 .498 .858 113 156
1980 29 155 627 577 84 165 18 3 20 79 11 44 93 .286 .334 .432 .765 83 155
1981 30 153 662 552 102 172 33 5 14 110 24 94 64 .312 .411 .466 .876 106 101
1982 31 162 697 621 94 178 32 1 20 87 22 68 87 .287 .356 .438 .794 97 162
1983 32 132 536 452 72 121 19 2 11 54 14 73 81 .268 .365 .392 .756 65 132
1984 33 147 610 492 102 144 21 2 14 83 17 104 97 .293 .412 .429 .841 88 147
1985 34 97 360 297 44 69 12 0 13 39 2 58 64 .232 .358 .404 .762 43 97
1986 35 123 430 369 48 95 16 1 21 45 3 59 59 .257 .358 .477 .835 63 123
1987 36 89 178 159 12 37 4 0 3 21 0 18 33 .233 .309 .314 .623 15 89
16 Yrs 2086 8447 7357 1137 2090 333 53 242 1033 193 982 1148 .284 .367 .442 .810 1199 2033
162 Game Avg. 162 656 571 88 162 26 4 19 80 15 76 89 .284 .367 .442 .810 93 2033

* 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 ()

All-Star Games
1979 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1973 NL Rookie of the Year
1983 NL NLCS MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1979 NL (26, 1%)
1981 NL (13, 9%)
1982 NL (23, 1%)
1984 NL (5, 21%)
0.32 Career Shares (587th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1981 NL  3.2 (4th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1973 NL  .300 (9th)
1979 NL  .304 (10th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1981 NL  .398 (4th)
1984 NL  .410 (1st)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1981 NL  .849 (6th)

Games Played s c a p y
1976 NL  156 (9th)
1982 NL  162 (1st)
Career  2,033 (207th)

At Bats s c a p y
1976 NL  587 (8th)
1979 NL  631 (8th)
Career  7,147 (248th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1976 NL  671 (9th)
1979 NL  695 (10th)
1982 NL  690 (10th)
Career  8,189 (233rd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1979 NL  97 (8th)
1981 NL  62 (10th)
1984 NL  101 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
1979 NL  192 (7th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1979 NL  317 (5th)
Career  3,134 (243rd)

Doubles s c a p y
1979 NL  34 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
1973 NL  10 (2nd)

Home Runs s c a p y
Career  234 (237th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1979 NL  90 (10th)
1981 NL  67 (5th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1976 NL  75 (9th)
1981 NL  59 (4th)
1984 NL  103 (1st)
Career  940 (146th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1980 NL  93 (9th)
Career  1,125 (185th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1981 NL  137 (8th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1976 NL  98 (9th)
1979 NL  118 (5th)
1981 NL  71 (5th)
1984 NL  96 (10th)
Career  1,166 (206th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1981 NL  21 (6th)
1984 NL  26 (10th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1981 NL  2.2 (6th)
1984 NL  2.7 (10th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1976 NL  52 (9th)
1979 NL  66 (7th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1976 NL  240 (10th)
1979 NL  252 (8th)
1981 NL  170 (5th)
1984 NL  249 (7th)
Career  2,972 (204th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1979 NL  .699 (10th)
1981 NL  .734 (5th)
1984 NL  .712 (6th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1981 NL  6 (6th)
1983 NL  7 (10th)
1984 NL  10 (1st)
Career  62 (202nd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1978 NL  16 (9th)
1980 NL  16 (8th)
1982 NL  23 (1st)
Career  179 (150th)

SB % s c a p y
1973 NL  77.27 (7th)
1975 NL  76.47 (10th)
1981 NL  88.24 (4th)
1982 NL  84.00 (4th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1973 NL  14.1 (10th)
1976 NL  15.0 (10th)
1979 NL  21.6 (4th)
1981 NL  11.3 (5th)
1982 NL  20.0 (8th)
Career  205.4 (79th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1986 NL  17.6 (9th)**

Outs Made s c a p y
Career  5,470 (236th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1981 NL  30.57 (5th)
1984 NL  41.74 (5th)
Career  266.95 (146th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1979 NL  4.4 (6th)
1981 NL  2.9 (5th)
1984 NL  5.0 (3rd)
Career  25.3 (133rd)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1979 NL  3.7 (8th)
1981 NL  2.8 (4th)
1984 NL  3.7 (8th)
Career  28.5 (104th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1981 NL  3.1 (5th)
1984 NL  4.1 (6th)
Career  26.4 (142nd)

                                         
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

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 3 (529), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 41 (608), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 20 (804), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 29 (360), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Dusty Baker (951)
  2. Ken Singleton (938)
  3. Bobby Murcer (920)
  4. Amos Otis (919)
  5. Cy Williams (915)
  6. Felipe Alou (909)
  7. George Hendrick (908)
  8. Cesar Cedeno (904)
  9. Jeff Conine (903)
  10. Chet Lemon (902)
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  1. Jesse Burkett (973) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Garry Maddox (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Steve Kemp (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Al Oliver (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Al Oliver (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Steve Kemp (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Dave Winfield (947) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Dave Winfield (956) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Chet Lemon (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Chili Davis (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Chili Davis (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Bobby Murcer (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Dusty Baker (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Bobby Murcer (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Dusty Baker (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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