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Mark McGwire

Mark David McGwire (Big Mac)

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: October 1, 1963 in Pomona, CA
High School: Damien HS (La Verne, CA)
School: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1984 amateur draft.
Signed July 20, 1984. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 22, 1986
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Cardinals 1986-2001
Agents: Robert Cohen [*]
Final Game: October 7, 2001
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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
1986 22 OAK AL 18 58 53 10 10 1 0 3 9 0 1 4 18 .189 .259 .377 .636 77 20 0 1 0 0 0 5
1987 23 OAK AL 151 641 557 97 161 28 4 49 118 1 1 71 131 .289 .370 .618 .987 164 344 6 5 0 8 8 *3/59 AS,MVP-6,RoY-1
1988 24 OAK AL 155 635 550 87 143 22 1 32 99 0 0 76 117 .260 .352 .478 .830 134 263 15 4 1 4 4 *3/9 AS,MVP-19
1989 25 OAK AL 143 587 490 74 113 17 0 33 95 1 1 83 94 .231 .339 .467 .806 129 229 23 3 0 11 5 *3/D AS,MVP-25
1990 26 OAK AL 156 650 523 87 123 16 0 39 108 2 1 110 116 .235 .370 .489 .859 144 256 13 7 1 9 9 *3/D AS,MVP-11,GG
1991 27 OAK AL 154 585 483 62 97 22 0 22 75 2 1 93 116 .201 .330 .383 .714 103 185 13 3 1 5 3 *3 AS
1992 28 OAK AL 139 571 467 87 125 22 0 42 104 0 1 90 105 .268 .385 .585 .970 176 273 10 5 0 9 12 *3 AS,MVP-4,SS
1993 29 OAK AL 27 107 84 16 28 6 0 9 24 0 1 21 19 .333 .467 .726 1.193 225 61 0 1 0 1 5 3
1994 30 OAK AL 47 172 135 26 34 3 0 9 25 0 0 37 40 .252 .413 .474 .887 138 64 3 0 0 0 3 3/D
1995 31 OAK AL 104 422 317 75 87 13 0 39 90 1 1 88 77 .274 .441 .685 1.125 200 217 9 11 0 6 5 3D AS,MVP-16
1996 32 OAK AL 130 548 423 104 132 21 0 52 113 0 0 116 112 .312 .467 .730 1.198 196 309 14 8 0 1 16 *3D AS,MVP-7,SS
1997 33 TOT MLB 156 657 540 86 148 27 0 58 123 3 0 101 159 .274 .393 .646 1.039 170 349 9 9 0 7 16 *3 AS,MVP-16
1997 33 OAK AL 105 433 366 48 104 24 0 34 81 1 0 58 98 .284 .383 .628 1.012 164 230 9 4 0 5 8 3
1997 33 STL NL 51 224 174 38 44 3 0 24 42 2 0 43 61 .253 .411 .684 1.095 182 119 0 5 0 2 8 3
1998 34 STL NL 155 681 509 130 152 21 0 70 147 1 0 162 155 .299 .470 .752 1.222 216 383 8 6 0 4 28 *3 AS,MVP-2,SS
1999 35 STL NL 153 661 521 118 145 21 1 65 147 0 0 133 141 .278 .424 .697 1.120 176 363 12 2 0 5 21 *3 AS,MVP-5
2000 36 STL NL 89 321 236 60 72 8 0 32 73 1 0 76 78 .305 .483 .746 1.229 203 176 5 7 0 2 12 3/7 AS
2001 37 STL NL 97 364 299 48 56 4 0 29 64 0 0 56 118 .187 .316 .492 .808 105 147 7 3 0 6 3 3
16 Yrs 1874 7660 6187 1167 1626 252 6 583 1414 12 8 1317 1596 .263 .394 .588 .982 163 3639 147 75 3 78 150
162 Game Avg. 162 662 535 101 141 22 1 50 122 1 1 114 138 .263 .394 .588 .982 163 315 13 6 0 7 13
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
OAK (12 yrs) 1329 5409 4448 773 1157 195 5 363 941 8 8 847 1043 .260 .380 .551 .931 155 2451 115 52 3 59 78
STL (5 yrs) 545 2251 1739 394 469 57 1 220 473 4 0 470 553 .270 .427 .683 1.111 180 1188 32 23 0 19 72
AL (12 yrs) 1329 5409 4448 773 1157 195 5 363 941 8 8 847 1043 .260 .380 .551 .931 155 2451 115 52 3 59 78
NL (5 yrs) 545 2251 1739 394 469 57 1 220 473 4 0 470 553 .270 .427 .683 1.111 180 1188 32 23 0 19 72

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
1986 22 OAK AL 18 58 -1 0 0 -3 0 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.2 .478 .498 0.1 -0.3 1 $60,000 5
1987 23 OAK AL 151 641 47 -1 0 -6 -9 30 3.1 20 50 4.8 .519 .518 5.5 -1.4 56 $72,500 *3/59 AS,MVP-6,RoY-1
1988 24 OAK AL 155 635 22 -0 -2 -6 -9 4 0.7 20 24 2.4 .503 .503 3.1 -1.5 30 $250,000 *3/9 AS,MVP-19
1989 25 OAK AL 143 587 18 -3 -4 10 -9 12 1.6 18 30 3.2 .509 .508 2.1 0.3 20 $510,500 *3/D AS,MVP-25
1990 26 OAK AL 156 650 31 -1 -1 12 -10 31 3.5 22 53 5.5 .521 .521 4.3 0.3 41 $1,500,000 *3/D AS,MVP-11,GG
1991 27 OAK AL 154 585 5 -0 -2 0 -9 -6 -0.4 20 13 1.3 .496 .496 1.3 -0.8 13 $2,850,000 *3 AS
1992 28 OAK AL 139 571 46 -0 -1 4 -8 40 4.4 19 60 6.2 .530 .526 5.7 -0.3 55 $2,700,000 *3 AS,MVP-4,SS
1993 29 OAK AL 27 107 14 -0 0 -1 -2 11 1.1 4 15 1.4 .541 .507 1.6 -0.2 16 $4,000,000 3
1994 30 OAK AL 47 172 12 -0 -1 1 -3 9 0.9 6 14 1.4 .517 .505 1.3 -0.1 13 $3,000,000 3/D
1995 31 OAK AL 104 422 51 1 -2 -2 -7 42 4.0 14 56 5.2 .538 .524 5.4 -0.7 57 $6,925,000 3D AS,MVP-16
1996 32 OAK AL 130 548 63 0 -3 -3 -9 48 4.6 18 66 6.2 .533 .526 6.4 -0.9 69 $7,050,000 *3D AS,MVP-7,SS
1997 33 OAK AL 105 433 31 -1 -1 -8 -6 15 1.6 14 29 2.9 .513 .509 3.6 -1.2 37 $7,150,000 3 AS,MVP-16
1997 33 STL NL 51 224 20 -1 1 -2 -3 14 1.4 6 21 2.0 .528 .509 2.3 -0.6 23 $ 3 AS,MVP-16
1998 34 STL NL 155 681 87 -3 -2 -16 -9 57 5.5 19 76 7.2 .536 .535 9.0 -2.6 92 $8,928,354 *3 AS,MVP-2,SS
1999 35 STL NL 153 661 60 -4 -2 -9 -9 35 3.2 18 53 5.0 .522 .521 5.9 -1.7 62 $9,358,667 *3 AS,MVP-5
2000 36 STL NL 89 321 39 -1 -0 2 -4 36 3.3 9 44 4.1 .537 .521 4.0 -0.2 42 $9,333,333 3/7 AS
2001 37 STL NL 97 364 2 -0 -2 -2 -5 -8 -0.8 10 2 0.1 .492 .495 0.4 -0.8 4 $11,000,000 3
16 Seasons 1874 7660 545 -15 -22 -29 -111 369 37.2 236 604 58.7 .519 .513 62.0 -12.8 633 $74,688,354
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
OAK (12 yrs) 1329 5409 338 -6 -17 -1 -80 234 24.6 174 408 40.3 .517 .512 40.4 -6.9 409 $36,068,000
STL (5 yrs) 545 2251 207 -10 -5 -28 -30 135 12.5 61 196 18.4 .524 .516 21.6 -5.9 224 $38,620,354

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
1988 24 OAK AL ALCS BOS W 4 16 15 4 5 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 5 .333 .375 .533 .908 8 0 0 0 0 1
1988 24 OAK AL WS LAD L 5 20 17 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 4 .059 .200 .235 .435 4 2 0 0 0 1
1989 25 OAK AL ALCS TOR W 5 20 18 3 7 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 4 .389 .400 .611 1.011 11 1 0 0 1 0
1989 25 OAK AL WS SFG W 4 18 17 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .294 .333 .353 .686 6 0 0 0 0 0
1990 26 OAK AL ALCS BOS W 4 17 13 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 3 .154 .353 .154 .507 2 0 1 0 0 0
1990 26 OAK AL WS CIN L 4 16 14 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .214 .313 .214 .527 3 0 0 0 0 0
1992 28 OAK AL ALCS TOR L 6 27 20 1 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 5 4 .150 .346 .300 .646 6 0 1 1 0 2
2000 36 STL NL NLDS ATL W 3 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 2.000 2.667 4 0 0 0 0 1
2000 36 STL NL NLCS NYM L 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 1
2001 37 STL NL NLDS ARI L 4 11 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .091 .091 .091 .182 1 1 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs (10 Series) 42 151 129 13 28 2 0 5 14 0 0 18 33 .217 .320 .349 .669 45 4 2 1 1 6
2 NLDS 7 14 13 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 6 .154 .214 .385 .599 5 1 0 0 0 1
4 ALCS 19 80 66 10 17 1 0 3 11 0 0 10 16 .258 .367 .409 .776 27 1 2 1 1 3
1 NLCS 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 1
3 WS 13 54 48 2 9 1 0 1 2 0 0 6 11 .188 .278 .271 .549 13 2 0 0 0 1

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1986 OAK AL 22 3B 16 15 10 123.0 36 10 20 6 1 .833 -3 -28 2.20 1.88 .948 2.74 2.71
1987 OAK AL 23 1B 145 141 126 1236.2 1273 1173 90 10 91 .992 -5 -5 9.19 8.71 .992 9.58 9.48 AS,MVP-6,RoY-1
1987 OAK AL 23 3B 8 5 5 52.0 16 2 11 3 0 .813 -1 -14 2.25 1.63 .952 2.77 2.74 AS,MVP-6,RoY-1
1987 OAK AL 23 OF 3 2 0 18.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -53 0.50 0.33 .980 2.30 2.30 AS,MVP-6,RoY-1
1987 OAK AL 23 RF 3 2 0 18.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -53 0.50 0.33 .980 2.10 2.10 AS,MVP-6,RoY-1
1988 OAK AL 24 1B 154 146 130 1314.1 1325 1228 88 9 118 .993 -6 -6 9.01 8.55 .992 9.57 9.49 AS,MVP-19
1988 OAK AL 24 OF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40 AS,MVP-19
1988 OAK AL 24 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.20 AS,MVP-19
1989 OAK AL 25 1B 141 139 130 1231.1 1290 1170 114 6 122 .995 10 10 9.38 9.11 .993 9.79 9.69 AS,MVP-25
1989 OAK AL 25 DH 2 1 AS,MVP-25
1990 OAK AL 26 1B 154 150 136 1334.2 1429 1329 95 5 126 .997 12 11 9.60 9.25 .992 9.63 9.53 AS,MVP-11,GG
1990 OAK AL 26 DH 2 0 AS,MVP-11,GG
1991 OAK AL 27 1B 152 142 129 1262.2 1296 1191 101 4 120 .997 0 0 9.21 8.50 .992 9.75 9.74 AS
1992 OAK AL 28 1B 139 136 119 1182.1 1195 1118 71 6 118 .995 4 4 9.05 8.55 .993 9.68 9.64 AS,MVP-4,SS
1993 OAK AL 29 1B 25 25 22 209.2 211 197 14 0 20 1.000 -1 -6 9.06 8.44 .993 9.57 9.48
1994 OAK AL 30 1B 40 37 26 300.1 329 307 18 4 26 .988 1 4 9.74 8.13 .992 9.57 9.49
1994 OAK AL 30 DH 5 5
1995 OAK AL 31 1B 91 88 75 754.2 851 775 64 12 65 .986 -2 -2 10.01 9.22 .993 9.61 9.50 AS,MVP-16
1995 OAK AL 31 DH 10 10 AS,MVP-16
1996 OAK AL 32 1B 109 107 67 896.1 983 913 60 10 118 .990 -3 -4 9.77 8.93 .992 9.24 9.18 AS,MVP-7,SS
1996 OAK AL 32 DH 18 18 AS,MVP-7,SS
1997 TOT MLB 33 1B 151 150 125 1287.4 1424 1323 94 7 128 .995 -10 -10 9.91 9.38 .992 9.38 9.30 AS,MVP-16
1997 OAK AL 33 1B 101 101 81 843.2 950 884 60 6 88 .994 -8 -11 10.07 9.35 .992 9.31 9.23
1997 STL NL 33 1B 50 49 44 443.2 474 439 34 1 40 .998 -2 -6 9.60 9.46 .993 9.52 9.45
1998 STL NL 34 1B 151 152 132 1326.1 1435 1326 97 12 128 .992 -16 -15 9.66 9.42 .993 9.46 9.41 AS,MVP-2,SS
1999 STL NL 35 1B 151 150 122 1257.2 1273 1180 80 13 119 .990 -9 -8 9.02 8.34 .993 9.20 9.13 AS,MVP-5
2000 STL NL 36 1B 70 70 57 587.0 559 535 23 1 49 .998 2 4 8.56 7.97 .992 9.25 9.16 AS
2000 STL NL 36 LF 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 AS
2001 STL NL 37 1B 90 87 65 724.2 723 686 33 4 60 .994 -2 -4 8.93 7.99 .993 9.26 9.16
15 Seasons 1B 1763 1720 1461 14906.0 15596 14451 1042 103 1408 .993 -25 -2 9.35 8.79 .992 9.52 9.44
2 Seasons 3B 24 20 15 175.0 52 12 31 9 1 .827 -4 -24 2.21 1.79 .949 2.75 2.72
2 Seasons RF 4 2 0 19.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -51 0.47 0.25 .980 2.08 2.12
2 Seasons OF 4 2 0 19.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -51 0.47 0.25 .980 2.32 2.33
1 Season LF 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90
16 Seasons TOT 1791 1742 1476 15100.0 15649 14464 1073 112 1409 .993 -29 -2 9.26 8.68 .992 9.43 9.33
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
2007 BBWAA (23.5%)
2008 BBWAA (23.6%)
2009 BBWAA (21.9%)
2010 BBWAA (23.7%)
2011 BBWAA (19.8%)
2012 BBWAA (19.5%)

All-Star Games
1987 *
1988 (1B)
1989 (1B)
1990 (1B)
1991
1992 (1B)
1995
1996 *
1997 *
1998 (1B)
1999 (1B)
2000

Awards (yr lg award)
1987 AL Rookie of the Year
1999 ML Lou Gehrig Memorial Award

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1987 AL (6, 28%)
1988 AL (19, 2%)
1989 AL (25, 0%)
1990 AL (11, 7%)
1992 AL (4, 40%)
1995 AL (16, 2%)
1996 AL (7, 26%)
1997 NL (16, 2%)
1998 NL (2, 61%)
1999 NL (5, 26%)
1.94 Career Shares (96th)

Gold Gloves
1990 AL (1B)

Silver Sluggers
1992 AL (1B)
1996 AL (1B)
1998 NL (1B)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1990 AL  5.5 (10th)
1992 AL  6.2 (10th)
1998 NL  7.2 (4th)
Career  58.7 (155th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1987 AL  4.8 (8th)
1990 AL  5.5 (6th)
1992 AL  6.2 (7th)
1995 AL  5.2 (8th)
1996 AL  6.2 (7th)
1998 NL  7.2 (3rd)
Career  58.7 (106th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1987 AL  5.5 (5th)
1990 AL  4.3 (10th)
1992 AL  5.7 (7th)
1995 AL  5.4 (8th)
1996 AL  6.4 (6th)
1998 NL  9.0 (1st)
1999 NL  5.9 (4th)
Career  62.0 (72nd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1995 AL  .441 (7th)**
1996 AL  .467 (1st)
1998 NL  .470 (1st)
1999 NL  .424 (6th)
Career  .394 (81st)

Slugging % s c a p y
1987 AL  .618 (1st)
1989 AL  .467 (9th)
1990 AL  .489 (7th)
1992 AL  .585 (1st)
1995 AL  .685 (2nd)**
1996 AL  .730 (1st)
1998 NL  .752 (1st)
1999 NL  .697 (2nd)
Career  .588 (8th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1987 AL  .987 (3rd)
1990 AL  .859 (6th)
1992 AL  .970 (2nd)
1995 AL  1.125 (4th)**
1996 AL  1.198 (1st)
1998 NL  1.222 (1st)
1999 NL  1.120 (2nd)
Career  .982 (10th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1998 NL  130 (2nd)
1999 NL  118 (5th)
Career  1,167 (201st)

Total Bases s c a p y
1987 AL  344 (2nd)
1998 NL  383 (2nd)
1999 NL  363 (3rd)
Career  3,639 (133rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1987 AL  49 (1st)
1988 AL  32 (3rd)
1989 AL  33 (3rd)
1990 AL  39 (2nd)
1992 AL  42 (2nd)
1995 AL  39 (4th)
1996 AL  52 (1st)
1997 AL  34 (9th)
1998 NL  70 (1st)
1999 NL  65 (1st)
Career  583 (10th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1987 AL  118 (3rd)
1988 AL  99 (8th)
1989 AL  95 (10th)
1990 AL  108 (3rd)
1998 NL  147 (2nd)
1999 NL  147 (1st)
Career  1,414 (68th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1989 AL  83 (10th)
1990 AL  110 (1st)
1991 AL  93 (6th)
1992 AL  90 (9th)
1995 AL  88 (8th)
1996 AL  116 (4th)
1998 NL  162 (1st)
1999 NL  133 (2nd)
Career  1,317 (39th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1998 NL  155 (3rd)
1999 NL  141 (6th)
Career  1,596 (34th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1987 AL  164 (2nd)
1990 AL  144 (6th)
1992 AL  176 (1st)
1996 AL  196 (1st)
1998 NL  216 (1st)
1999 NL  176 (1st)
Career  163 (13th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1987 AL  131 (4th)
1990 AL  101 (7th)
1992 AL  110 (8th)
1996 AL  149 (6th)
1998 NL  193 (1st)
1999 NL  160 (3rd)
Career  1,529 (78th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1987 AL  51 (2nd)
1990 AL  35 (6th)
1992 AL  50 (2nd)
1995 AL  52 (5th)
1996 AL  68 (2nd)
1998 NL  95 (1st)
1999 NL  64 (3rd)
2000 NL  42 (10th)
Career  590 (26th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1987 AL  4.7 (2nd)
1990 AL  3.5 (6th)
1992 AL  4.9 (2nd)
1995 AL  4.7 (5th)
1996 AL  6.0 (2nd)
1998 NL  8.9 (1st)
1999 NL  5.8 (3rd)
2000 NL  3.8 (10th)
Career  54.8 (32nd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1987 AL  81 (2nd)
1990 AL  55 (10th)
1992 AL  64 (6th)
1996 AL  73 (10th)
1998 NL  91 (1st)
1999 NL  87 (2nd)
Career  841 (86th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1998 NL  320 (1st)
1999 NL  280 (6th)
Career  3,018 (187th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1987 AL  .727 (5th)
1990 AL  .664 (7th)
1992 AL  .756 (3rd)
1996 AL  .825 (1st)
1998 NL  .875 (1st)
1999 NL  .789 (2nd)
Career  .737 (37th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1990 AL  7 (4th)
1995 AL  11 (4th)
Career  75 (182nd)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1987 AL  8 (8th)
1989 AL  11 (4th)
1990 AL  9 (5th)
1992 AL  9 (9th)
Career  78 (96th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1987 AL  8 (10th)
1992 AL  12 (8th)
1996 AL  16 (3rd)
1998 NL  28 (2nd)
1999 NL  21 (1st)
2000 NL  12 (8th)
Career  150 (45th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1989 AL  23 (2nd)

AB per HR s c a p y
1987 AL  11.4 (1st)
1988 AL  17.2 (4th)
1989 AL  14.8 (1st)
1990 AL  13.4 (3rd)
1992 AL  11.1 (1st)
1995 AL  8.1 (1st)**
1996 AL  8.1 (1st)
1997 AL  10.8 (4th)**
1998 NL  7.3 (1st)
1999 NL  8.0 (1st)
2000 NL  7.4 (10th)**
Career  10.6 (1st)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1987 AL  39.66 (6th)
1990 AL  31.25 (8th)
1992 AL  45.13 (2nd)
1995 AL  49.40 (4th)
1996 AL  62.09 (5th)
1998 NL  94.38 (1st)
1999 NL  72.35 (1st)
Career  576.61 (28th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1987 AL  3.2 (9th)
1992 AL  4.0 (6th)
1995 AL  5.6 (2nd)
1996 AL  5.4 (2nd)
1998 NL  9.6 (1st)
1999 NL  6.1 (1st)
Career  53.3 (26th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1987 AL  4.4 (3rd)
1990 AL  3.8 (5th)
1992 AL  4.8 (2nd)
1995 AL  4.7 (5th)
1996 AL  6.0 (1st)
1997 AL  3.4 (8th)
1998 NL  9.8 (1st)
1999 NL  7.2 (1st)
Career  58.4 (23rd)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1987 AL  3.8 (5th)
1990 AL  3.2 (7th)
1992 AL  4.6 (2nd)
1995 AL  4.7 (4th)
1996 AL  5.4 (5th)
1998 NL  8.8 (1st)
1999 NL  6.5 (2nd)
Career  54.3 (28th)

Putouts† s c a p y
1988 AL  1,228 (5th)
1990 AL  1,329 (1st)
1991 AL  1,191 (3rd)
1992 AL  1,118 (5th)
1998 NL  1,326 (2nd)
Career  14,464 (52nd)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1988 AL  154 (3rd)
1990 AL  154 (1st)
1991 AL  152 (2nd)
1992 AL  139 (5th)
1998 NL  151 (4th)
Career  1,763 (39th)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1988 AL  1,228 (5th)
1990 AL  1,329 (1st)
1991 AL  1,191 (3rd)
1992 AL  1,118 (5th)
1998 NL  1,326 (2nd)
Career  14,451 (49th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1989 AL  114 (3rd)
1990 AL  95 (4th)
1991 AL  101 (1st)
Career  1,042 (45th)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1987 AL  10 (5th)
1988 AL  9 (4th)
1995 AL  12 (1st)
1996 AL  10 (3rd)
1998 NL  12 (2nd)
1999 NL  13 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1989 AL  10 (1st)
1990 AL  12 (1st)
1992 AL  4 (2nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
1995 AL  10.01 (3rd)
1996 AL  9.77 (3rd)
1997 AL  10.07 (1st)
Career  9.35 (88th)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1995 AL  9.22 (5th)
1997 AL  9.35 (4th)
1998 NL  9.42 (1st)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1989 AL  .995 (4th)
1990 AL  .997 (3rd)
1991 AL  .997 (2nd)
1997 AL  .994 (5th)
Career  .993 (63rd)

Salary s c a p y
1995 AL  $6,925,000 (6th)
1996 AL  $7,050,000 (5th)
1997 AL  $7,150,000 (7th)
1998 NL  $8,928,354 (3rd)
1999 NL  $9,358,667 (6th)
2001 NL  $11,000,000 (9th)

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 - 36 (42), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 110 (192), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 170 (66), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 42 (137), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS First Base (16th), 58.7 career WAR/40.1 7yr-peak WAR/49.4 JAWS
Average HOF 1B (out of 18) = 62.3 career WAR/40.7 7yr-peak WAR/51.5 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Jose Canseco (801)
  2. Jason Giambi (787)
  3. Harmon Killebrew (783) *
  4. Carlos Delgado (780)
  5. Willie McCovey (766) *
  6. David Ortiz (756)
  7. Norm Cash (736)
  8. Juan Gonzalez (734)
  9. Dave Kingman (728)
  10. Rocky Colavito (722)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Willie McCovey (930) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Mark Teixeira (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Mark Teixeira (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Nate Colbert (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Nate Colbert (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Roger Maris (914)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Cecil Fielder (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Cecil Fielder (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Cecil Fielder (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ryan Howard (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Willie McCovey (884) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Willie McCovey (872) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Harmon Killebrew (851) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Harmon Killebrew (831) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Harmon Killebrew (830) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198622Oakland Athletics$60,0001986 USA Today survey
198723Oakland Athletics$72,5001987 USA Today survey
198824Oakland Athletics$250,000*
198925Oakland Athletics$510,500*
199026Oakland Athletics$1,500,000*
199127Oakland Athletics$2,850,000USA Today survey
199228Oakland Athletics$2,700,00011/4/92 Toronto SunIncludes $50,000 earned bonus
199329Oakland Athletics$4,000,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $1,400,000 signing bonus
199430Oakland Athletics$3,000,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $1,400,000 signing bonus
199531Oakland Athletics$6,925,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Incl $1,400,000 signing bonus, $25K earned bonus
199632Oakland Athletics$7,050,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1Incl $1,400,000 signing bonus, $50,000 earned
199733Oakland Athletics$7,150,0001997 postseason AP surveyIncludes $50,000 earned bonus
199834St. Louis Cardinals$8,928,35411/23/98 USA TodayIncludes $595,021 earned bonus
199935St. Louis Cardinals$9,358,66711/19/99 USA TodayIncludes $475,334 earned bonus
200036St. Louis Cardinals$9,333,3334/5/00 AP
200137St. Louis Cardinals$11,000,0004/6/01 USA Today
Career to date (may be incomplete)$74,688,354
Disputed Salaries
*1988 - $280,000 - 12/13/88 NYT -
*1989 - $455,000 - 11/1/89 NYT -
*1990 - $1,545,000 - 11/21/90 NYT -
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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