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Dave May

David LaFrance May

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 186 lb.

Born: December 23, 1943 in New Castle, DE
High School: New Castle (New Castle, DE)
Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 28, 1967
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Orioles/Braves/Rangers/Pirates 1967-1978

Final Game: October 1, 1978
Relatives: Father of Derrick May
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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
1962	18	SFG-min	D-	59	249	214	53	81	12	6	5	41	10		30	28	.379	.457	.561	1.018		120		2	2	1	0	SAL · APPY
1963	19	BAL-min	A	111	379	379		111	23	8	6						.293	.293	.443	.736		168						APP,STK · MIDW,CALL
1964	20	BAL-min	A	122	518	451	111	166	26	8	14	74	36	13	67	87	.368	.450	.554	1.004		250						APP · MIDW
1965	21	BAL-min	A	139	517	517		173	24	9	23						.335	.335	.549	.884		284						TRI · NORW
1966	22	BAL-min	AAA	119	461	413	55	113	11	3	11	34	7	6	38	62	.274	.341	.395	.736		163		5	4	1		ROC · IL
1967	23	BAL-min	AAA	93	379	328	56	104	17	1	11	57	10	8	44	37	.317	.401	.476	.876		156		3	2	2		ROC · IL
1967	23	BAL	AL	36	91	85	12	20	1	1	1	7	0	0	6	13	.235	.286	.306	.592	75	26	0	0	0	0	2	9/7
1968	24	BAL-min	AAA	31	133	113	21	35	5	1	4	17	4	2	18	17	.310	.406	.478	.884		54		1	0	1		ROC · IL
1968	24	BAL	AL	84	172	152	15	29	6	3	0	7	3	3	19	27	.191	.285	.270	.555	69	41	4	1	0	0	3	98/7
1969	25	BAL	AL	78	131	120	8	29	6	0	3	10	2	1	9	23	.242	.305	.367	.672	87	44	5	2	0	0	0	9
1970	26	TOT	AL	125	428	373	42	88	8	2	8	37	8	6	48	60	.236	.325	.332	.658	82	124	12	2	4	1	6	89
1970	26	BAL	AL	25	35	31	6	6	0	1	1	6	0	0	4	4	.194	.286	.355	.641	75	11	3	0	0	0	0	/9
1970	26	MIL	AL	100	393	342	36	82	8	1	7	31	8	6	44	56	.240	.329	.330	.659	83	113	9	2	4	1	6	8/9
1971	27	MIL	AL	144	562	501	74	139	20	3	16	65	15	9	50	59	.277	.343	.425	.769	119	213	18	3	3	5	4	*89/7
1972	28	MIL	AL	143	556	500	49	119	20	2	9	45	11	13	47	56	.238	.306	.340	.646	95	170	12	3	4	2	8	*8
1973	29	MIL	AL	156	680	624	96	189	23	4	25	93	6	7	44	78	.303	.352	.473	.824	134	295	13	5	3	4	6	*8/D	AS,MVP-8
1974	30	MIL	AL	135	515	477	56	108	15	1	10	42	4	3	28	73	.226	.273	.325	.598	73	155	10	3	6	1	4	*98/D7
1975	31	ATL	NL	82	230	203	28	56	8	0	12	40	1	1	25	27	.276	.361	.493	.853	133	100	4	2	0	0	3	987
1976	32	ATL	NL	105	243	214	27	46	5	3	3	23	5	1	26	31	.215	.300	.308	.609	69	66	4	1	0	2	3	79
1977	33	TEX	AL	120	381	340	46	82	14	1	7	42	4	3	32	43	.241	.311	.350	.661	80	119	6	4	2	3	1	*97/D8
1978	34	TOT	MLB	44	96	81	9	15	4	0	2	11	1	0	10	11	.185	.290	.309	.599	69	25	3	2	3	0	1	/8D97
1978	34	MIL	AL	39	91	77	9	15	4	0	2	11	0	0	9	10	.195	.295	.325	.620	75	25	3	2	3	0	1	/8D97
1978	34	PIT	NL	5	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	-41	0	0	0	0	0	0
12 Seasons				1252	4085	3670	462	920	130	20	96	422	60	47	344	501	.251	.318	.375	.694	98	1378	91	28	25	18	41
162 Game Avg.				162	529	475	60	119	17	3	12	55	8	6	45	65	.251	.318	.375	.694	98	178	12	4	3	2	5

MIL (6 yrs)				717	2797	2521	320	652	90	11	69	287	44	38	222	332	.259	.322	.385	.707	103	971	65	18	23	13	29
BAL (4 yrs)				223	429	388	41	84	13	5	5	30	5	4	38	67	.216	.291	.314	.606	77	122	12	3	0	0	5
ATL (2 yrs)				187	473	417	55	102	13	3	15	63	6	2	51	58	.245	.330	.398	.728	100	166	8	3	0	2	6
PIT (1 yr)				5	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	-41	0	0	0	0	0	0
TEX (1 yr)				120	381	340	46	82	14	1	7	42	4	3	32	43	.241	.311	.350	.661	80	119	6	4	2	3	1

AL (10 yrs)				1060	3607	3249	407	818	117	17	81	359	53	45	292	442	.252	.317	.373	.690	97	1212	83	25	25	16	35
NL (3 yrs)				192	478	421	55	102	13	3	15	63	7	2	52	59	.242	.328	.394	.723	99	166	8	3	0	2	6

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1967	23	BAL	AL	91	-3	1	-1	1	1	-1	3	1	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	9/7
1968	24	BAL	AL	173	-6	0	-1	0	3	-2	5	-1	-0.3	-4	-0.4	0.1	$	98/7
1969	25	BAL	AL	131	-3	0	-1	0	2	-1	4	1	0.0	-1	-0.1	0.1	$	9
1970	26	BAL	AL	35	-1	0	-1	-1	-1	0	1	-3	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$14,000	/9
1970	26	MIL	AL	394	-7	0	1	0	4	-1	13	10	1.0	6	0.7	0.3	$	8/9
1971	27	MIL	AL	562	12	2	1	0	-3	-3	19	28	3.0	31	3.3	-0.3	$18,500	*89/7
1972	28	MIL	AL	556	-4	-3	1	3	6	-2	18	19	1.9	13	1.4	0.5	$	*8
1973	29	MIL	AL	680	26	2	-2	1	-5	-2	21	41	4.3	46	4.9	-0.6	$	*8/D	AS,MVP-8
1974	30	MIL	AL	515	-16	1	0	0	4	-6	17	0	-0.2	-4	-0.4	0.2	$	*98/D7
1975	31	ATL	NL	230	8	0	-1	0	6	-2	7	17	1.8	12	1.3	0.5	$	987
1976	32	ATL	NL	243	-8	0	-1	1	-2	-3	7	-6	-0.7	-4	-0.4	-0.3	$	79
1977	33	TEX	AL	381	-11	0	1	0	9	-5	13	7	0.6	-2	-0.2	0.8	$	*97/D8
1978	34	MIL	AL	91	-3	-2	0	0	2	-1	3	-2	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$	/8D97
1978	34	PIT	NL	5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$
12 Seasons				4087	-17	1	-4	5	25	-29	131	111	10.7	87	9.5	1.2	$32,500

MIL (6 yrs)				2798	8	0	1	4	7	-15	91	96	9.7	89	9.6	0.1	$18,500
BAL (4 yrs)				430	-13	1	-4	0	4	-4	13	-2	-0.6	-7	-0.7	0.1	$14,000
ATL (2 yrs)				473	0	0	-2	1	4	-5	14	11	1.1	8	0.9	0.2	$
PIT (1 yr)				5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$
TEX (1 yr)				381	-11	0	1	0	9	-5	13	7	0.6	-2	-0.2	0.8	$

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
1967	23	BAL	AL	91	65	8	3.3	85	.268	.235	.243	.286	.313	.306	.365	.592	.677	75	.447	-2.9	-0.3	.492	.141	.071	.0
1968	24	BAL	AL	172	130	11	2.3	81	.232	.191	.239	.285	.308	.270	.354	.555	.662	69	.310	-5.6	-0.6	.469	.204	.079	.0
1969	25	BAL	AL	131	97	12	3.3	96	.277	.242	.256	.305	.332	.367	.386	.672	.718	87	.395	-2.3	-0.2	.577	.208	.125	2.4
1970	26	TOT	AL	428	308	39	3.4	98	.261	.236	.258	.325	.332	.332	.394	.658	.726	82	.396	-8.8	-0.9	.581	.231	.097	8.0
1970	26	BAL	AL	35	28	2	1.9	98	.192	.194	.259	.286	.334	.355	.395	.641	.729	75	.186	-1.3	-0.1	.536	.290	.161	.0
1970	26	MIL	AL	393	280	37	3.6	98	.268	.240	.258	.329	.332	.330	.394	.659	.726	83	.413	-7.5	-0.8	.585	.225	.091	7.5
1971	27	MIL	AL	562	397	70	4.7	91	.285	.277	.253	.343	.324	.425	.375	.769	.700	119	.574	12.4	1.3	.699	.259	.148	15.5
1972	28	MIL	AL	556	412	49	3.2	81	.252	.238	.243	.306	.312	.340	.351	.646	.663	95	.443	-3.0	-0.3	.537	.192	.102	9.9
1973	29	MIL	AL	680	462	100	5.8	91	.312	.303	.256	.352	.324	.473	.376	.824	.701	134	.630	25.8	2.6	.754	.239	.170	9.7
1974	30	MIL	AL	515	389	41	2.8	88	.248	.226	.257	.273	.322	.325	.370	.598	.691	73	.335	-18.2	-1.9	.490	.159	.099	5.7
1975	31	ATL	NL	230	152	36	6.4	99	.268	.276	.269	.361	.340	.493	.389	.853	.729	133	.671	8.5	0.9	.836	.340	.217	1.8
1976	32	ATL	NL	243	175	21	3.2	97	.236	.215	.270	.300	.337	.308	.384	.609	.721	69	.394	-9.0	-0.9	.561	.234	.093	3.8
1977	33	TEX	AL	381	272	38	3.8	101	.256	.241	.267	.311	.332	.350	.407	.661	.738	80	.404	-9.3	-0.9	.584	.206	.109	5.1
1978	34	TOT	MLB	96	72	7	2.6	94	.191	.185	.261	.290	.327	.309	.385	.599	.712	69	.284	-3.2	-0.3	.551	.259	.123	1.3
1978	34	MIL	AL	91	68	7	2.8	94	.200	.195	.261	.295	.326	.325	.385	.620	.711	75	.304	-2.5	-0.2	.554	.247	.130	.0
1978	34	PIT	NL	5	4	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.268	.200	.336	.000	.394	.200	.730	-41	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.500	.500	.000	.0
12 Seasons				4085	2931	432	4.0	91	.267	.251	.256	.318	.325	.375	.377	.694	.702	98	.481	-15.6	-1.8	.610	.222	.125	73.8
162 Game Avg.				529	379	56	4.0	91	.267	.251	.256	.318	.325	.375	.377	.694	.702	98	.481	-15.6	-1.8	.610	.222	.125	10

MIL (6 yrs)				2797	2008	304	4.1	89	.273	.259	.253	.322	.322	.385	.372	.707	.695	103	.498	7.0	0.6	.617	.217	.127	53.7
BAL (4 yrs)				429	320	33	2.8	87	.250	.216	.247	.291	.319	.314	.369	.606	.688	77	.356	-12.1	-1.3	.513	.198	.098	5.0
ATL (2 yrs)				473	327	57	4.7	98	.251	.245	.269	.330	.339	.398	.386	.728	.725	100	.551	-0.4	-0.1	.689	.285	.153	8.6
PIT (1 yr)				5	4	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.268	.200	.336	.000	.394	.200	.730	-41	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.500	.500	.000	.0
TEX (1 yr)				381	272	38	3.7	101	.256	.241	.267	.311	.332	.350	.407	.661	.738	80	.403	-9.3	-0.9	.584	.206	.109	5.1

AL (10 yrs)				3607	2600	375	3.9	90	.269	.252	.254	.317	.323	.373	.376	.690	.699	97	.472	-14.4	-1.6	.601	.214	.121	64.1
NL (3 yrs)				478	331	57	4.6	98	.249	.242	.269	.328	.339	.394	.386	.723	.725	99	.545	-1.2	-0.1	.687	.287	.152	9.5

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1969	25	BAL	AL	ALCS	MIN	W	1	1	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1969	25	BAL	AL	WS	NYM	L	2	2	1	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500
1 Season (2 Series)							3	3	2	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333
1 ALCS							1	1	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1 WS							2	2	1	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500

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
1973	MIL	AL	29		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	GO/AO	IP%
1967	23	BAL	AL	91	1.1%	14.3%	6.6%	3.3%	15%	2.17	6.5	85.0	12.1	1.17	78%
1968	24	BAL	AL	172	0.0%	15.7%	11.1%	5.2%	31%	1.42	5.6		21.7	1.22	73%
1969	25	BAL	AL	131	2.3%	17.6%	6.9%	6.9%	31%	2.56	5.2	40.0	12.0	1.38	72%
1970	26	TOT	AL	428	1.9%	14.0%	11.2%	4.2%	21%	1.25	6.2	46.6	10.1	1.80	72%
1970	26	BAL	AL	35	2.9%	11.4%	11.4%	5.7%	33%	1.00	7.8	31.0	5.2	3.00	74%
1970	26	MIL	AL	393	1.8%	14.3%	11.2%	4.1%	20%	1.27	6.1	48.9	11.0	1.71	71%
1971	27	MIL	AL	562	2.9%	10.5%	8.9%	6.9%	28%	1.18	8.5	31.3	7.7	1.67	77%
1972	28	MIL	AL	556	1.6%	10.1%	8.5%	5.6%	26%	1.19	8.9	55.6	11.1	1.43	79%
1973	29	MIL	AL	680	3.7%	11.5%	6.5%	7.7%	28%	1.77	8.0	25.0	6.7	1.12	77%
1974	30	MIL	AL	515	1.9%	14.2%	5.4%	5.1%	24%	2.61	6.5	47.7	11.4	1.30	77%
1975	31	ATL	NL	230	5.2%	11.7%	10.9%	8.7%	36%	1.08	7.5	16.9	5.1	1.16	71%
1976	32	ATL	NL	243	1.2%	12.8%	10.7%	4.5%	24%	1.19	6.9	71.3	9.3	1.19	75%
1977	33	TEX	AL	381	1.8%	11.3%	8.4%	5.8%	27%	1.34	7.9	48.6	8.1	1.37	77%
1978	34	TOT	MLB	96	2.1%	11.5%	10.4%	6.3%	40%	1.10	7.4	40.5	7.4	1.73	71%
1978	34	MIL	AL	91	2.2%	11.0%	9.9%	6.6%	40%	1.11	7.7	38.5	7.0	1.59	71%
1978	34	PIT	NL	5	0.0%	20.0%	20.0%	0.0%		1.00	4.0				60%
12 Seasons				4085	2.4%	12.3%	8.4%	6.0%	27%	1.46	7.3	38.2	8.7	1.37	76%
MLB Averages					1.9%	14.1%	8.6%	6.1%	27%	1.64	6.3	46.2	9.0	1.10	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1967	23	BAL	AL	-2.9	-0.3	91	-0.3	1.5	-1.7	1.08	-0.4	0.2	-1.7	-0.2	0.90	-3.7	1.37	16
1968	24	BAL	AL	-5.6	-0.6	181	-0.3	2.7	-3.0	1.00	-0.4	0.1	-2.8	-0.3	0.94	-2.7	1.49	25
1969	25	BAL	AL	-2.3	-0.2	136	-0.3	2.4	-2.7	1.17	0.0	-0.3	-4.7	-0.5	1.02	-1.2	1.83	34
1970	26	TOT	AL	-8.8	-0.9	446	0.7	9.1	-8.4	1.17	-0.3	0.9	-2.1	-0.2	0.97	-5.4	1.92	16
1970	26	BAL	AL	-1.3	-0.1	35	0.1	1.1	-0.9	1.37	-0.1	0.2	-1.6	-0.2	0.93	-3.0	1.61	11
1970	26	MIL	AL	-7.5	-0.8	411	0.6	8.1	-7.5	1.16	-0.2	0.7	-0.5	-0.1	0.97	-2.4	2.61	5
1971	27	MIL	AL	12.4	1.3	596	2.0	11.5	-9.4	1.06	2.1	-0.1	23.5	2.5	0.98	23.0	1.54	3
1972	28	MIL	AL	-3.0	-0.3	590	0.6	9.5	-8.9	.98	0.7	-0.1	6.3	0.7	0.97	9.2	1.69	7
1973	29	MIL	AL	25.8	2.6	705	5.6	16.2	-10.6	1.00	2.6	2.9	33.6	3.4	0.92	26.7	2.89	3
1974	30	MIL	AL	-18.2	-1.9	528	-1.7	8.3	-10.0	1.08	-1.3	-0.2	-10.9	-1.1	0.95	-14.3	1.68	9
1975	31	ATL	NL	8.5	0.9	235	1.7	6.6	-4.9	1.35	1.1	0.2	5.9	0.6	1.07	8.1	2.31	25
1976	32	ATL	NL	-9.0	-0.9	253	-0.4	4.4	-4.8	1.19	-0.2	-0.2	-1.7	-0.2	1.00	-3.0	1.81	44
1977	33	TEX	AL	-9.3	-0.9	392	0.5	7.1	-6.7	1.03	-0.2	0.7	-1.4	-0.1	0.93	-3.2	1.85	11
1978	34	TOT	MLB	-3.2	-0.3	97	-0.2	1.8	-2.0	1.12	-0.1	-0.1	-3.4	-0.3	0.97	-0.8	1.89	16
1978	34	MIL	AL	-2.5	-0.2	91	-0.0	1.8	-1.8	1.10	-0.1	0.0	-2.5	-0.3	0.98	-0.2	1.99	12
1978	34	PIT	NL	-0.8	-0.1	6	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.44	-0.1	-0.1	-0.8	-0.1	0.82	-0.6	1.59	4
12 Seasons				-15.6	-1.8	4250	8.0	81.2	-73.2	1.08	3.4	4.0	40.7	4.2	0.96	32.7	1.82	209

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
1967	23	BAL	AL	0	44%	36	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	55%	7	5	2	1	0	1	3	0	3
1968	24	BAL	AL	0	31%	65	3	3	50%	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	33%	6	4	2	0	0	0	9	5	3
1969	25	BAL	AL	0	14%	52	2	1	67%	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	33%	10	6	4	2	2	0	0	0	0
1970	26	TOT	AL	7	26%	166	8	6	57%	7	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	7	11	57%	16	8	7	6	2	4	13	3	9
1970	26	BAL	AL	0	56%	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1970	26	MIL	AL	7	24%	151	8	6	57%	7	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	6	11	55%	15	8	6	6	2	4	12	3	8
1971	27	MIL	AL	9	33%	213	15	9	63%	13	7	0	2	2	0	2	0	6	17	60%	30	16	14	4	2	2	24	3	19
1972	28	MIL	AL	9	25%	219	11	13	46%	11	11	0	1	0	1	3	1	7	15	55%	30	17	12	2	0	2	15	3	12
1973	29	MIL	AL	6	33%	269	6	7	46%	6	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	17	48%	47	30	17	15	10	4	18	0	17
1974	30	MIL	AL	7	36%	178	4	3	57%	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	2	9	41%	34	24	9	4	3	1	13	2	11
1975	31	ATL	NL	2	23%	79	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	23%	19	15	4	2	2	0	5	3	2
1976	32	ATL	NL	3	34%	89	5	1	83%	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	41%	16	11	4	5	1	3	6	2	4
1977	33	TEX	AL	7	35%	147	4	3	57%	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	8	7	44%	19	15	4	6	2	4	14	4	9
1978	34	TOT	MLB	1	28%	40	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	40%	4	2	1	2	2	0	4	1	3
1978	34	MIL	AL	1	29%	39	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	40%	4	2	1	2	2	0	4	1	3
1978	34	PIT	NL	0	0%	1	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12 Seasons				51	31%	1553	60	47	56%	54	40	2	4	4	3	10	1	48	98	47%	238	153	80	49	26	21	124	26	92

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
1967	23	BAL	AL	91	87%	20			16	3	0	1	1.37	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		15	0	0%	9	1	11%	50	6	12%	1	0	0%	5	2	40%	0
1968	24	BAL	AL	173	88%	29			25	3	0	0	1.49	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	26	4	15%	16	9	56%	101	9	9%	10	4	40%	7	6	86%	0
1969	25	BAL	AL	131	90%	29			34	8	1	4	1.83	3	0	4	3	0	1	2	0	3	0	0%	31	5	16%	15	5	33%	88	8	9%	3	3	100%	9	2	22%	0
1970	26	TOT	AL	428	77%	88			16	1	0	0	1.92	8	0	10	7	1	6	2	0	4	4	100%	87	12	14%	41	15	37%	268	31	12%	24	7	29%	17	12	71%	1
1970	26	BAL	AL	35	100%	6			11	1	0	0	1.61	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		5	3	60%	3	0	0%	19	5	26%	2	0	0%	2	2	100%	0
1970	26	MIL	AL	393	75%	82			5	0	0	0	2.61	7	0	9	6	1	5	2	0	4	4	100%	82	9	11%	38	15	39%	249	26	10%	22	7	32%	15	10	67%	1
1971	27	MIL	AL	562	74%	139			3	0	0	0	1.54	16	0	14	15	1	5	11	0	7	3	43%	122	18	15%	49	24	49%	354	53	15%	30	19	63%	30	17	57%	0
1972	28	MIL	AL	556	69%	119			7	3	0	1	1.69	9	0	13	7	2	3	6	0	10	4	40%	115	12	10%	46	18	39%	324	40	12%	19	11	58%	22	16	73%	0
1973	29	MIL	AL	680	63%	189			3	3	0	2	2.89	25	2	13	16	9	13	12	0	3	3	100%	131	13	10%	55	18	33%	391	69	18%	28	15	54%	30	16	53%	0
1974	30	MIL	AL	514	76%	108			9	2	0	0	1.68	10	0	4	8	2	2	8	0	9	6	67%	97	10	10%	54	20	37%	281	33	12%	19	8	42%	22	10	45%	1
1975	31	ATL	NL	230	85%	56			25	7	2	4	2.31	12	1	7	10	2	7	5	0	0	0		64	4	6%	28	6	21%	187	28	15%	16	10	63%	14	8	57%	0
1976	32	ATL	NL	243	93%	46			44	8	0	2	1.81	3	0	8	3	0	1	2	0	1	0	0%	50	4	8%	29	10	34%	152	21	14%	13	7	54%	8	4	50%	0
1977	33	TEX	AL	381	93%	82			11	2	0	2	1.85	7	0	7	7	0	2	5	0	3	2	67%	66	6	9%	34	15	44%	225	37	16%	20	10	50%	16	11	69%	0
1978	34	TOT	MLB	96	100%	15			16	4	0	2	1.89	2	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	3	3	100%	17	3	18%	11	5	45%	66	10	15%	8	2	25%	3	2	67%	0
1978	34	MIL	AL	91	100%	15			12	4	0	2	1.99	2	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	3	3	100%	17	3	18%	11	5	45%	64	10	16%	8	2	25%	3	2	67%	0
1978	34	PIT	NL	5	100%	0			4	0	0	0	1.59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
12 Seasons				4085	78%	920			209	44	3	18	1.82	96	3	85	79	17	40	56	0	45	25	56%	821	91	11%	387	146	38%	2487	345	14%	191	96	50%	183	106	58%	2
MLB Averages					54%																			77%			11%			32%			14%			48%			53%

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
1967	23	36	91	85	12	20	1	1	1	7	0	0	6	13	.235	.286	.306	.592	75	26	0	0	0	0	2
1968	24	120	263	237	27	49	7	4	1	14	3	3	25	40	.207	.285	.283	.568	71	67	4	1	0	0	5
1969	25	198	394	357	35	78	13	4	4	24	5	4	34	63	.218	.292	.311	.603	77	111	9	3	0	0	5
1970	26	323	822	730	77	166	21	6	12	61	13	10	82	123	.227	.309	.322	.631	80	235	21	5	4	1	11
1971	27	467	1384	1231	151	305	41	9	28	126	28	19	132	182	.248	.323	.364	.687	96	448	39	8	7	6	15
1972	28	610	1940	1731	200	424	61	11	37	171	39	32	179	238	.245	.318	.357	.675	95	618	51	11	11	8	23
1973	29	766	2620	2355	296	613	84	15	62	264	45	39	223	316	.260	.327	.388	.715	106	913	64	16	14	12	29
1974	30	901	3135	2832	352	721	99	16	72	306	49	42	251	389	.255	.318	.377	.695	100	1068	74	19	20	13	33
1975	31	983	3365	3035	380	777	107	16	84	346	50	43	276	416	.256	.321	.385	.706	103	1168	78	21	20	13	36
1976	32	1088	3608	3249	407	823	112	19	87	369	55	44	302	447	.253	.320	.380	.699	100	1234	82	22	20	15	39
1977	33	1208	3989	3589	453	905	126	20	94	411	59	47	334	490	.252	.319	.377	.696	98	1353	88	26	22	18	40
1978	34	1252	4085	3670	462	920	130	20	96	422	60	47	344	501	.251	.318	.375	.694	98	1378	91	28	25	18	41

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
1967	23	36	94	87	15	22	1	1	1	8	0	7	13	.253	.309	.322	.630	9	36
1968	24	84	180	157	20	34	7	4	0	9	4	22	27	.217	.317	.312	.629	15	84
1969	25	78	132	121	9	30	6	0	3	11	2	9	23	.248	.311	.372	.683	14	78
1970	26	125	429	376	44	91	8	2	8	39	8	50	60	.242	.333	.338	.671	42	125
1971	27	145	580	517	87	153	22	3	18	76	17	55	59	.296	.364	.455	.818	86	144
1972	28	149	609	545	68	147	25	2	11	62	14	58	59	.270	.343	.383	.727	71	143
1973	29	156	695	639	109	204	25	4	27	106	6	47	78	.319	.368	.498	.866	117	156
1974	30	135	523	488	66	119	17	1	11	49	4	31	73	.244	.293	.350	.643	49	135
1975	31	82	231	204	29	57	8	0	12	42	1	25	27	.279	.364	.495	.859	37	82
1976	32	105	246	216	29	48	5	3	3	24	5	27	31	.222	.309	.315	.624	21	105
1977	33	120	382	342	48	84	14	1	7	44	4	33	43	.246	.317	.354	.671	38	120
1978	34	44	95	82	10	16	4	0	2	13	1	11	11	.195	.305	.317	.622	8	44
12 Seasons		1259	4196	3774	534	1005	142	21	103	483	66	375	504	.266	.336	.397	.733	507	1252
162 Game Avg.		162	540	486	69	129	18	3	13	62	8	48	65	.266	.336	.397	.733	65	1252

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1973 *	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1973 AL (8, 19%) 0.19 Career Shares (759th)	Offensive WAR† s c a p y 1973 AL 4.9 (8th)	Batting Average s c a p y 1973 AL .303 (5th)
Slugging % s c a p y 1973 AL .473 (10th)	At Bats s c a p y 1973 AL 624 (3rd)	Plate Appearances s c a p y 1973 AL 680 (5th)	Runs Scored s c a p y 1973 AL 96 (6th)
Hits s c a p y 1973 AL 189 (2nd)	Total Bases s c a p y 1973 AL 295 (1st)	Home Runs s c a p y 1973 AL 25 (8th)	Runs Batted In s c a p y 1973 AL 93 (9th)
Singles s c a p y 1973 AL 137 (5th)	Runs Created s c a p y 1973 AL 100 (8th)	Extra Base Hits s c a p y 1973 AL 52 (7th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1971 AL 18 (8th)
Caught Stealing s c a p y 1971 AL 9 (7th) 1972 AL 13 (4th)	Power-Speed # s c a p y 1971 AL 15.5 (8th)	Outs Made s c a p y 1973 AL 462 (8th)	Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y 1973 AL 33.58 (7th)
Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1973 AL 5.6 (1st)	Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y 1973 AL 3.4 (7th)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 - 22 (951), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 6 (1491), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 9 (1678), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Most Similar by Ages

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Bob Usher (987) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Len Gabrielson (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Hal Jeffcoat (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Lee Walls (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike Lum (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike Devereaux (955) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike Lum (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike Lum (958) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike Lum (954) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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