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Pat Meares

Patrick James Meares

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 6, 1968 in Salina, KS
School: Wichita State University (Wichita, KS)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 12th round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 5, 1993
Teams (by GP): Twins/Pirates 1993-2001
Agents: Steve Comte [*]
Final Game: October 7, 2001
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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
1990	21	MIN-min	A	52	229	197	26	47	10	2	4	22	2	1	25	45	.239	.335	.371	.705		73		4	2	1	2		KSH · MIDW
1991	22	MIN-min	A+	89	393	360	53	109	21	4	6	44	15	5	24	63	.303	.351	.433	.784		156	11	5	0	4	0		VIS · CALL
1992	23	MIN-min	AA	81	320	300	42	76	19	0	3	23	5	5	11	57	.253	.294	.347	.640		104	6	7	0	2	1		ORL · SOUL
1993	24	MIN-min	AAA	18	60	54	6	16	5	0	0	3	0	0	3	11	.296	.345	.389	.734		21	0	1	2	0	0		POR · PCL
1993	24	MIN	AL	111	361	346	33	87	14	3	0	33	4	5	7	52	.251	.266	.309	.575	55	107	11	1	4	3	0	*6
1994	25	MIN	AL	80	254	229	29	61	12	1	2	24	5	1	14	50	.266	.310	.354	.664	72	81	3	2	6	3	0	*6
1995	26	MIN	AL	116	425	390	57	105	19	4	12	49	10	4	15	68	.269	.311	.431	.742	90	168	17	11	4	5	0	*6/89
1996	27	MIN	AL	152	554	517	66	138	26	7	8	67	9	4	17	90	.267	.298	.391	.689	72	202	19	9	4	7	1	*6/8
1997	28	MIN	AL	134	483	439	63	121	23	3	10	60	7	7	18	86	.276	.323	.410	.733	90	180	9	16	3	7	0	*6
1998	29	MIN	AL	149	581	543	56	141	26	3	9	70	7	4	24	86	.260	.296	.368	.664	71	200	12	6	3	5	1	*6
1999	30	PIT-min	AAA	5	20	18	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	.167	.250	.167	.417		3	0	1	0	0	0		NVL · PCL
1999	30	PIT	NL	21	104	91	15	28	4	0	0	7	0	0	9	20	.308	.382	.352	.734	88	32	1	2	2	0	0	6
2000	31	PIT	NL	132	514	462	55	111	22	2	13	47	1	0	36	91	.240	.305	.381	.685	73	176	13	8	5	3	6	*6
2001	32	PIT	NL	87	284	270	27	57	11	1	4	25	0	2	10	45	.211	.244	.304	.548	39	82	9	2	1	1	3	4
2002		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
9 Yrs				982	3560	3287	401	849	157	24	58	382	43	27	150	588	.258	.299	.374	.673	73	1228	94	57	32	34	11
162 Game Avg.				162	587	542	66	140	26	4	10	63	7	4	25	97	.258	.299	.374	.673	73	203	16	9	5	6	2

MIN (6 yrs)				742	2658	2464	304	653	120	21	41	303	42	25	95	432	.265	.301	.381	.682	76	938	71	45	24	30	2
PIT (3 yrs)				240	902	823	97	196	37	3	17	79	1	2	55	156	.238	.294	.352	.647	64	290	23	12	8	4	9

AL (6 yrs)				742	2658	2464	304	653	120	21	41	303	42	25	95	432	.265	.301	.381	.682	76	938	71	45	24	30	2
NL (3 yrs)				240	902	823	97	196	37	3	17	79	1	2	55	156	.238	.294	.352	.647	64	290	23	12	8	4	9

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
1993	24	MIN	AL	111	361	-20	-2	-1	2	6	-15	-1.5	12	-3	-0.4	.486	.491	-0.5	0.8	-5	$109,000	*6
1994	25	MIN	AL	80	254	-10	2	0	-2	4	-5	-0.4	8	3	0.3	.494	.497	0.5	0.2	5	$160,000	*6
1995	26	MIN	AL	116	425	-4	4	-2	9	6	13	1.4	14	27	2.6	.511	.508	1.8	1.5	18	$165,000	*6/89
1996	27	MIN	AL	152	554	-26	1	-2	1	8	-18	-1.4	18	-0	0.3	.489	.489	0.1	1.0	-2	$275,000	*6/8
1997	28	MIN	AL	134	483	-8	-2	2	4	7	3	0.4	16	18	1.9	.502	.502	1.5	1.2	15	$1,425,000	*6
1998	29	MIN	AL	149	581	-24	0	-1	-4	8	-21	-1.8	19	-1	-0.1	.487	.488	0.3	0.4	2	$2,500,000	*6
1999	30	PIT	NL	21	104	0	1	-0	-2	1	-0	-0.1	3	2	0.2	.498	.500	0.4	-0.1	5	$1,500,000	6
2000	31	PIT	NL	132	514	-15	0	-1	-3	6	-12	-1.2	14	2	0.1	.491	.493	0.5	0.3	5	$3,290,000	*6
2001	32	PIT	NL	87	284	-22	-1	-1	-3	1	-25	-2.6	8	-17	-1.8	.471	.484	-1.5	-0.2	-14	$3,790,000	4
9 Seasons				982	3560	-129	4	-5	1	47	-82	-7.2	111	30	3.1	.492	.495	3.1	5.2	28	$13,214,000

MIN (6 yrs)				742	2658	-92	4	-3	10	38	-44	-3.3	87	43	4.6	.494	.496	3.7	5.2	33	$4,634,000
PIT (3 yrs)				240	902	-36	0	-2	-9	9	-38	-3.9	24	-13	-1.5	.484	.492	-0.6	-0.0	-5	$8,580,000

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
1993	24	MIN	AL	361	282	25	2.4	103	.293	.251	.267	.266	.337	.309	.408	.575	.745	55	.214	-23.3	-2.3	.415	.075	.058	.0
1994	25	MIN	AL	254	181	27	4.0	111	.328	.266	.273	.310	.345	.354	.434	.664	.779	72	.369	-9.8	-0.9	.587	.166	.087	2.9
1995	26	MIN	AL	425	315	48	4.1	110	.295	.269	.272	.311	.346	.431	.429	.742	.774	90	.388	-7.0	-0.6	.654	.215	.162	10.9
1996	27	MIN	AL	554	413	56	3.6	117	.305	.267	.278	.298	.352	.391	.447	.689	.799	72	.312	-23.9	-2.2	.580	.166	.124	8.5
1997	28	MIN	AL	483	344	57	4.4	109	.317	.276	.271	.323	.341	.410	.429	.733	.770	90	.431	-6.5	-0.6	.641	.175	.134	8.2
1998	29	MIN	AL	581	426	57	3.6	111	.291	.260	.273	.296	.342	.368	.434	.664	.776	71	.334	-24.4	-2.3	.557	.158	.109	7.9
1999	30	PIT	NL	104	66	13	5.3	116	.394	.308	.276	.382	.351	.352	.444	.734	.795	88	.497	-1.3	-0.1	.672	.143	.044
2000	31	PIT	NL	514	372	53	3.8	115	.271	.240	.272	.305	.349	.381	.444	.685	.794	73	.351	-20.4	-1.9	.607	.221	.141	1.9
2001	32	PIT	NL	284	226	17	2.0	114	.239	.211	.272	.244	.344	.304	.446	.548	.789	39	.158	-25.9	-2.5	.411	.122	.093	.0
9 Yrs				3560	2625	353	3.6	112	.296	.258	.273	.299	.345	.374	.435	.673	.780	73	.335	-142.5	-13.3	.567	.166	.115	49.4
162 Game Avg.				587	433	58	3.6	112	.296	.258	.273	.299	.345	.374	.435	.673	.780	73	.335	-142.5	-13.3	.567	.166	.115	8

MIN (6 yrs)				2658	1961	270	3.7	111	.303	.265	.273	.301	.344	.381	.431	.682	.775	76	.344	-94.9	-8.8	.574	.161	.116	41.5
PIT (3 yrs)				902	664	83	3.3	115	.274	.238	.272	.294	.348	.352	.445	.647	.793	64	.306	-47.6	-4.5	.546	.180	.114	1.9

AL (6 yrs)				2658	1961	270	3.7	111	.303	.265	.273	.301	.344	.381	.431	.682	.775	76	.344	-94.9	-8.8	.574	.161	.116	41.5
NL (3 yrs)				902	664	83	3.3	115	.274	.238	.272	.294	.348	.352	.445	.647	.793	64	.306	-47.6	-4.5	.546	.180	.114	1.9

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
1993	24	MIN	AL	361	0.0%	14.4%	1.9%	4.7%	20%	7.43	6.7		10.5	1.20	1.76	82%	18%	0.0%	17%
1994	25	MIN	AL	254	0.8%	19.7%	5.5%	5.9%	25%	3.57	4.6	114.5	9.5	0.89	1.05	71%	18%	2.5%	16%
1995	26	MIN	AL	425	2.8%	16.0%	3.5%	8.2%	33%	4.53	5.7	32.5	8.0	0.74	0.99	74%	22%	7.8%	17%
1996	27	MIN	AL	554	1.4%	16.3%	3.1%	7.4%	30%	5.29	5.7	64.6	7.7	0.75	1.03	77%	21%	4.1%	22%
1997	28	MIN	AL	483	2.1%	17.8%	3.7%	7.5%	30%	4.78	5.1	43.9	7.3	0.77	1.10	72%	22%	5.8%	15%
1998	29	MIN	AL	581	1.6%	14.8%	4.1%	6.5%	27%	3.58	6.3	60.3	7.8	0.69	0.89	78%	21%	4.2%	21%
1999	30	PIT	NL	104	0.0%	19.2%	8.7%	3.9%	14%	2.22	4.6		13.0	0.78	0.88	68%	26%	0.0%	15%
2000	31	PIT	NL	514	2.5%	17.7%	7.0%	7.2%	33%	2.53	5.1	35.5	9.8	0.80	1.00	70%	22%	7.7%	16%
2001	32	PIT	NL	284	1.4%	15.9%	3.5%	5.6%	28%	4.50	6.0	67.5	10.8	0.95	1.24	78%	24%	4.3%	18%
9 Yrs				3560	1.6%	16.5%	4.2%	6.7%	28%	3.92	5.6	56.7	8.6	0.81	1.08	75%	21%	4.8%	18%
MLB Averages					2.7%	16.5%	9.0%	7.8%	33%	1.83	5.4	32.4	7.4	0.80	1.09	70%	22%	8.1%	15%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1993	24	MIN	AL	-23.3	-2.3	372	-1.1	5.5	-6.5	.95	-2.1	1.0	-16.7	-1.6	0.90	-23.3	1.81	1
1994	25	MIN	AL	-9.8	-0.9	265	-0.2	3.8	-4.0	.87	-0.7	0.5	-4.7	-0.4	0.93	-10.7	0.43	1
1995	26	MIN	AL	-7.0	-0.6	446	-1.1	7.1	-8.2	.97	-0.7	-0.5	-15.5	-1.4	0.96	-10.3	1.71	3
1996	27	MIN	AL	-23.9	-2.2	572	-1.0	9.2	-10.2	.94	-2.5	1.4	-27.2	-2.4	0.96	-30.0	0.53	3
1997	28	MIN	AL	-7.1	-0.7	509	-1.0	7.6	-8.6	.97	-0.5	-0.5	-6.6	-0.6	0.97	-7.7	2.35	2
1998	29	MIN	AL	-24.4	-2.3	595	-1.8	9.6	-11.4	1.04	-2.1	0.4	-22.9	-2.1	0.93	-26.6	2.18	2
1999	30	PIT	NL	-1.4	-0.1	105	0.4	2.0	-1.6	1.06	0.1	0.2	0.8	0.1	0.93	1.1		0
2000	31	PIT	NL	-20.4	-1.9	520	-0.8	8.7	-9.5	1.03	-1.1	0.3	-8.9	-0.8	0.92	-15.1	0.63	4
2001	32	PIT	NL	-25.9	-2.5	290	-2.4	3.6	-6.1	.99	-1.9	-0.5	-20.4	-1.9	0.94	-20.5	1.60	3
9 Yrs				-143.3	-13.4	3674	-9.1	57.1	-66.2	.98	-11.5	2.3	-122.0	-11.3	0.94	-143.2	1.34	19

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CS3	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1993	24	MIN	AL	7	35%	129	4	5	44%	4	4	1	0	2	1	6	7	43%	18	12	6	5	2	2	14	6	8
1994	25	MIN	AL	2	36%	85	5	1	83%	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	9	57%	10	7	3	7	4	3	11	1	10
1995	26	MIN	AL	7	38%	136	10	4	71%	10	3	0	1	1	0	3	14	58%	25	9	16	3	2	1	15	6	8
1996	27	MIN	AL	3	37%	186	9	4	69%	9	4	0	0	1	1	3	11	56%	28	14	14	4	2	2	18	5	12
1997	28	MIN	AL	2	37%	185	7	7	50%	7	5	1	1	3	3	8	18	45%	22	14	7	6	4	2	19	5	12
1998	29	MIN	AL	6	29%	200	7	4	64%	7	4	0	0	0	0	4	10	49%	29	20	9	2	1	1	22	5	16
1999	30	PIT	NL	2	39%	57	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	53%	8	5	3	3	2	1	4	0	4
2000	31	PIT	NL	13	30%	180	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	8	40%	19	14	5	9	6	2	15	5	10
2001	32	PIT	NL	7	35%	91	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	2	1	2	5	53%	6	3	3	4	3	1	7	1	5
9 Yrs				49	34%	1249	43	27	61%	43	23	2	2	10	6	34	85	50%	165	98	66	43	26	15	125	34	85

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
1993	24	MIN	AL	361	29%	87	9	2	1	0	0	0	1.81	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	80%	62	11	18%	35	17	49%	200	38	19%	21	16	76%	14	8	57%	0
1994	25	MIN	AL	254	27%	61	11	2	1	0	0	0	0.43	2	0	4	2	0	0	2	0	6	6	100%	42	3	7%	24	11	46%	154	24	16%	18	12	67%	11	8	73%	0
1995	26	MIN	AL	425	30%	105	14	2	3	1	0	1	1.71	12	0	13	7	5	3	9	0	6	4	67%	92	17	18%	45	13	29%	284	40	14%	29	15	52%	18	10	56%	0
1996	27	MIN	AL	554	27%	138	16	0	3	2	0	1	0.53	8	0	15	4	4	3	5	0	4	4	100%	119	19	16%	62	21	34%	386	65	17%	38	22	58%	21	8	38%	0
1997	28	MIN	AL	483	23%	121	15	1	2	0	0	1	2.35	10	0	14	9	1	5	5	1	6	3	50%	101	9	9%	57	22	39%	323	52	16%	33	15	45%	16	11	69%	0
1998	29	MIN	AL	581	24%	141	34	1	2	0	0	0	2.18	9	0	18	6	3	2	7	0	4	3	75%	103	12	12%	54	19	35%	364	62	17%	30	19	63%	18	9	50%	0
1999	30	PIT	NL	104	48%	28	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	24	1	4%	10	4	40%	61	7	11%	5	3	60%	2	2	100%	0
2000	31	PIT	NL	514	26%	111	10	0	4	1	0	0	0.63	13	1	14	10	3	7	6	0	5	5	100%	105	13	12%	52	13	25%	304	39	13%	24	10	42%	23	9	39%	0
2001	32	PIT	NL	284	23%	57	7	0	3	1	0	1	1.60	4	0	7	3	1	2	2	0	1	1	100%	47	9	19%	29	9	31%	172	24	14%	19	8	42%	9	6	67%	0
9 Yrs				3560	27%	849	120	8	19	5	0	4	1.34	58	1	95	41	17	22	36	1	39	32	82%	695	94	14%	368	129	35%	2248	351	16%	217	120	55%	132	71	54%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			73%			10%			34%			15%			53%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1993	24	MIN	AL	359	1145	3.19	801	70%	20%	15%	27%	37%	80%	0%	56%	81%	40%	2%	8	0	7%	26	11	5%	19	16	19%	2	0	1
1994	25	MIN	AL	245	889	3.63	578	65%	24%	20%	25%	31%	76%	0%	50%	74%	31%	2%	5	0	11%	28	20	6%	15	9	16%	9	0	1
1995	26	MIN	AL	401	1290	3.22	886	69%	22%	17%	25%	35%	78%	0%	53%	78%	41%	1%	4	0	9%	37	19	5%	19	12	22%	24	0	1
1996	27	MIN	AL	463	1600	3.46	1068	67%	23%	15%	27%	34%	77%	1%	51%	80%	32%	3%	12	4	13%	59	31	5%	23	18	20%	91	0	0
1997	28	MIN	AL	474	1652	3.49	1113	67%	31%	14%	23%	32%	69%	0%	46%	79%	20%	2%	10	3	10%	46	23	5%	25	15	21%	9	0	0
1998	29	MIN	AL	584	2054	3.52	1358	66%	25%	12%	28%	34%	75%	0%	49%	83%	29%	4%	21	7	13%	73	39	5%	29	18	17%	-3	0	0
1999	30	PIT	NL	104	381	3.66	234	61%	25%	20%	24%	31%	75%	0%	46%	73%	29%	4%	4	0	13%	14	8	8%	8	5	20%	0	0	0
2000	31	PIT	NL	514	1817	3.54	1183	65%	27%	15%	26%	32%	73%	3%	48%	80%	23%	5%	27	2	15%	79	36	6%	32	21	22%	0	0	0
2001	32	PIT	NL	286	1004	3.51	696	69%	29%	11%	27%	33%	71%	3%	49%	84%	23%	3%	8	1	13%	36	15	5%	13	7	31%	-2	0	0
9 Yrs				3430	11832	3.45	7917	67%	25%	15%	26%	33%	75%	1%	50%	80%	29%	3%	99	17	12%	398	202	5%	183	121	21%	130	0	3
MLB Averages						3.71		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	30%	6%			16%			9%			28%

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
1993	24	111	361	346	33	87	14	3	0	33	4	5	7	52	.251	.266	.309	.575	55	107	11	1	4	3	0
1994	25	191	615	575	62	148	26	4	2	57	9	6	21	102	.257	.284	.327	.611	62	188	14	3	10	6	0
1995	26	307	1040	965	119	253	45	8	14	106	19	10	36	170	.262	.295	.369	.664	74	356	31	14	14	11	0
1996	27	459	1594	1482	185	391	71	15	22	173	28	14	53	260	.264	.296	.377	.673	73	558	50	23	18	18	1
1997	28	593	2077	1921	248	512	94	18	32	233	35	21	71	346	.267	.303	.384	.687	77	738	59	39	21	25	1
1998	29	742	2658	2464	304	653	120	21	41	303	42	25	95	432	.265	.301	.381	.682	76	938	71	45	24	30	2
1999	30	763	2762	2555	319	681	124	21	41	310	42	25	104	452	.267	.304	.380	.684	76	970	72	47	26	30	2
2000	31	895	3276	3017	374	792	146	23	54	357	43	25	140	543	.263	.304	.380	.684	76	1146	85	55	31	33	8
2001	32	982	3560	3287	401	849	157	24	58	382	43	27	150	588	.258	.299	.374	.673	73	1228	94	57	32	34	11

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
1993	24	111	362	347	34	88	14	3	0	34	4	7	52	.254	.268	.311	.579	29	111
1994	25	114	357	322	38	83	16	1	3	31	7	19	71	.258	.302	.342	.643	33	80
1995	26	130	472	434	59	113	20	4	13	51	11	16	76	.260	.301	.415	.716	52	116
1996	27	152	541	506	57	127	24	6	7	58	8	16	90	.251	.281	.364	.645	51	152
1997	28	134	477	435	60	117	22	3	10	57	7	17	86	.269	.314	.402	.717	52	134
1998	29	149	574	537	52	135	25	3	9	65	7	23	86	.251	.287	.359	.647	54	149
1999	30	21	100	88	13	25	4	0	0	6	0	8	20	.284	.357	.330	.687	10	21
2000	31	132	502	454	49	103	20	2	12	42	1	33	91	.227	.288	.359	.647	46	132
2001	32	87	280	267	25	54	10	1	4	23	0	9	45	.202	.233	.292	.525	18	87
9 Yrs		1030	3665	3390	387	845	155	23	58	367	45	148	617	.249	.289	.360	.649	345	982
162 Game Avg.		162	576	533	61	133	24	4	9	58	7	23	97	.249	.289	.360	.649	54	982

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1995 AL 1.5 (9th)	Triples s c a p y 1996 AL 7 (7th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1995 AL 11 (4th) 1996 AL 9 (10th) 1997 AL 16 (3rd)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1995 AL 17 (7th) 1996 AL 19 (9th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1995 AL 1.5 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
1996 AL 7 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1995 AL  11 (4th)
1996 AL  9 (10th)
1997 AL  16 (3rd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1995 AL 17 (7th)
1996 AL 19 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 1 (2399), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 2 (2725), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Most Similar by Ages

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Lennie Merullo (990) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rich Aurilia (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Billy Myers (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Billy Myers (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Angel Berroa (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dickie Thon (956) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dickie Thon (948) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike Heath (956) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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