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Orlando Merced

Orlando Luis (Villanueva) Merced

Positions: Rightfielder, First Baseman and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: November 2, 1966 in Hato Rey, P.R.
High School: University Garden HS (San Juan, PR)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1985. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 27, 1990
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Astros/BlueJays/Expos/Twins/... 1990-2003

Final Game: September 28, 2003
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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 23 PIT NL 25 25 24 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .208 .240 .250 .490 38 6 1 0 0 0 0 /29
1991 24 PIT NL 120 478 411 83 113 17 2 10 50 8 4 64 81 .275 .373 .399 .772 119 164 6 1 1 1 4 3/9 RoY-2
1992 25 PIT NL 134 466 405 50 100 28 5 6 60 5 4 52 63 .247 .332 .385 .717 103 156 6 2 1 5 8 *39
1993 26 PIT NL 137 527 447 68 140 26 4 8 70 3 3 77 64 .313 .414 .443 .857 131 198 9 1 0 2 10 *93
1994 27 PIT NL 108 432 386 48 105 21 3 9 51 4 1 42 58 .272 .343 .412 .755 96 159 17 1 0 2 5 93
1995 28 PIT NL 132 545 487 75 146 29 4 15 83 7 2 52 74 .300 .365 .468 .833 118 228 9 1 0 5 9 *93/7
1996 29 PIT NL 120 507 453 69 130 24 1 17 80 8 4 51 74 .287 .357 .457 .814 111 207 9 0 0 3 5 *9/3
1997 30 TOR AL 98 420 368 45 98 23 2 9 40 7 3 47 62 .266 .352 .413 .765 101 152 6 3 0 2 1 9/3D
1998 31 TOT MLB 84 247 223 24 62 12 0 6 40 1 4 20 34 .278 .336 .413 .749 93 92 6 1 0 3 3 39/D7
1998 31 TOT AL 72 235 213 22 59 12 0 5 35 1 4 19 32 .277 .336 .404 .740 91 86 4 1 0 2 3 39/D
1998 31 MIN AL 63 223 204 22 59 12 0 5 33 1 4 17 29 .289 .345 .422 .767 98 86 4 1 0 1 3 39/D
1998 31 BOS AL 9 12 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .000 .167 .000 .167 -51 0 0 0 0 1 0 /D9
1998 31 CHC NL 12 12 10 2 3 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 2 .300 .333 .600 .933 137 6 2 0 0 1 0 /7
1999 32 MON NL 93 221 194 25 52 12 1 8 26 2 1 26 27 .268 .353 .464 .817 108 90 5 0 0 1 0 7/3D
2001 34 HOU NL 94 153 137 19 36 6 1 6 29 5 1 14 32 .263 .333 .453 .786 96 62 3 1 0 1 1 97/53
2002 35 HOU NL 123 281 251 35 72 13 3 6 30 4 0 26 50 .287 .350 .434 .784 101 109 9 0 1 3 5 97/35D
2003 36 HOU NL 123 230 212 20 49 17 2 3 26 3 2 15 33 .231 .283 .373 .655 67 79 3 1 0 2 2 937/D5
13 Yrs 1391 4532 3998 564 1108 229 28 103 585 57 29 487 661 .277 .355 .426 .781 107 1702 89 12 3 30 53
162 Game Avg. 162 528 466 66 129 27 3 12 68 7 3 57 77 .277 .355 .426 .781 107 198 10 1 0 3 6
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) 776 2980 2613 396 739 146 19 65 394 35 18 339 423 .283 .364 .428 .792 113 1118 57 6 2 18 41
HOU (3 yrs) 340 664 600 74 157 36 6 15 85 12 3 55 115 .262 .323 .417 .739 88 250 15 2 1 6 8
MIN (1 yr) 63 223 204 22 59 12 0 5 33 1 4 17 29 .289 .345 .422 .767 98 86 4 1 0 1 3
BOS (1 yr) 9 12 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .000 .167 .000 .167 -51 0 0 0 0 1 0
MON (1 yr) 93 221 194 25 52 12 1 8 26 2 1 26 27 .268 .353 .464 .817 108 90 5 0 0 1 0
CHC (1 yr) 12 12 10 2 3 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 2 .300 .333 .600 .933 137 6 2 0 0 1 0
TOR (1 yr) 98 420 368 45 98 23 2 9 40 7 3 47 62 .266 .352 .413 .765 101 152 6 3 0 2 1
NL (12 yrs) 1221 3877 3417 497 951 194 26 89 510 49 22 421 567 .278 .356 .428 .785 108 1464 79 8 3 26 49
AL (2 yrs) 170 655 581 67 157 35 2 14 75 8 7 66 94 .270 .347 .410 .756 97 238 10 4 0 4 4

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
1990 23 PIT NL 25 25 -2 0 -0 0 0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .491 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $100,000 /29
1991 24 PIT NL 120 478 12 3 -0 2 -6 10 1.1 13 23 2.4 .509 .507 2.2 -0.5 21 $ 3/9 RoY-2
1992 25 PIT NL 134 466 -2 -1 1 -5 -8 -14 -1.5 13 -1 -0.2 .488 .490 0.2 -1.3 4 $150,000 *39
1993 26 PIT NL 137 527 24 -2 2 2 -8 17 1.9 14 32 3.3 .513 .511 3.0 -0.5 30 $305,000 *93
1994 27 PIT NL 108 432 -4 -1 -1 5 -7 -7 -0.7 11 4 0.4 .493 .495 -0.2 -0.1 -1 $1,485,000 93
1995 28 PIT NL 132 545 10 4 2 10 -7 19 1.9 15 34 3.4 .515 .512 2.3 0.3 24 $2,000,000 *93/7
1996 29 PIT NL 120 507 5 1 1 11 -5 12 1.0 14 25 2.3 .510 .507 1.4 0.5 15 $2,700,000 *9/3
1997 30 TOR AL 98 420 3 -1 0 11 -4 9 1.0 14 22 2.3 .509 .505 1.2 0.8 11 $2,700,000 9/3D
1998 31 MIN AL 63 223 -1 -1 1 -5 -4 -11 -1.0 7 -3 -0.3 .484 .494 0.2 -0.8 2 $800,000 39/D
1998 31 BOS AL 9 12 -2 0 0 0 -0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .475 .499 -0.2 0.0 -2 $ /D9
1998 31 CHC NL 12 12 0 0 -0 -0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .497 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 $ /7
1999 32 MON NL 93 221 2 0 1 2 -2 2 0.2 6 8 0.8 .502 .501 0.6 -0.1 6 $560,000 7/3D
2001 34 HOU NL 94 153 -1 -0 0 -2 -2 -5 -0.5 4 -1 -0.1 .495 .497 0.2 -0.4 1 $300,000 97/53
2002 35 HOU NL 123 281 0 -0 0 6 -4 2 0.2 8 10 1.0 .502 .502 0.4 0.2 4 $1,050,000 97/35D
2003 36 HOU NL 123 230 -11 0 1 2 -3 -11 -1.1 6 -5 -0.5 .491 .493 -0.7 -0.1 -7 $1,700,000 937/D5
13 Seasons 1391 4532 33 1 7 37 -60 18 2.0 127 145 14.5 .501 .501 10.5 -2.0 108 $13,850,000
PIT (7 yrs) 776 2980 44 3 4 24 -41 34 3.4 81 116 11.5 .504 .503 8.8 -1.7 91 $6,740,000
HOU (3 yrs) 340 664 -12 -1 2 5 -8 -14 -1.4 18 4 0.4 .496 .497 -0.1 -0.3 -1 $3,050,000
MIN (1 yr) 63 223 -1 -1 1 -5 -4 -11 -1.0 7 -3 -0.3 .484 .494 0.2 -0.8 2 $800,000
BOS (1 yr) 9 12 -2 0 0 0 -0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .475 .499 -0.2 0.0 -2 $
MON (1 yr) 93 221 2 0 1 2 -2 2 0.2 6 8 0.8 .502 .501 0.6 -0.1 6 $560,000
CHC (1 yr) 12 12 0 0 -0 -0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .497 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 $
TOR (1 yr) 98 420 3 -1 0 11 -4 9 1.0 14 22 2.3 .509 .505 1.2 0.8 11 $2,700,000

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
1990 23 PIT NL 25 20 1 1.3 95 .333 .208 .260 .240 .325 .250 .390 .490 .715 38 .102 -2.0 -0.2 .350 .083 .042
1991 24 PIT NL 478 310 65 5.6 93 .321 .275 .257 .373 .324 .399 .384 .772 .708 119 .633 12.4 1.3 .756 .290 .124 8.9
1992 25 PIT NL 466 321 54 4.5 92 .276 .247 .259 .332 .325 .385 .381 .717 .706 103 .543 3.2 0.3 .670 .269 .138 5.5
1993 26 PIT NL 527 321 85 7.1 103 .350 .313 .270 .414 .335 .443 .411 .857 .746 131 .685 24.0 2.3 .865 .302 .130 4.4
1994 27 PIT NL 432 301 52 4.6 110 .299 .272 .275 .343 .343 .412 .431 .755 .774 96 .472 -2.4 -0.2 .686 .256 .140 5.5
1995 28 PIT NL 545 357 85 6.4 108 .325 .300 .272 .365 .341 .468 .423 .833 .764 118 .624 13.0 1.2 .813 .285 .168 9.5
1996 29 PIT NL 507 339 74 5.9 109 .310 .287 .273 .357 .343 .457 .428 .814 .771 111 .587 7.2 0.7 .780 .291 .170 10.9
1997 30 TOR AL 420 281 56 5.3 108 .298 .266 .270 .352 .339 .413 .427 .765 .766 101 .515 1.3 0.1 .738 .285 .147 7.9
1998 31 TOT MLB 247 174 29 4.4 111 .301 .278 .273 .336 .342 .413 .434 .749 .776 93 .431 -2.1 -0.2 .643 .211 .135 1.7
1998 31 TOT AL 235 164 28 4.6 111 .303 .277 .273 .336 .342 .404 .434 .740 .776 91 .440 -2.6 -0.2 .636 .202 .127 1.7
1998 31 MIN AL 223 154 28 4.9 111 .316 .289 .273 .345 .342 .422 .434 .767 .776 98 .469 -0.6 -0.1 .660 .201 .132 1.7
1998 31 BOS AL 12 10 0 0.0 111 .000 .000 .274 .167 .343 .000 .436 .167 .779 -51 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .222 .222 .000
1998 31 CHC NL 12 10 1 2.7 110 .250 .300 .272 .333 .344 .600 .430 .933 .773 137 .253 0.6 0.0 .778 .400 .300 .0
1999 32 MON NL 221 149 32 5.8 113 .275 .268 .272 .353 .347 .464 .438 .817 .785 108 .536 2.4 0.2 .791 .335 .196 3.2
2001 34 HOU NL 153 106 21 5.3 117 .300 .263 .275 .333 .348 .453 .451 .786 .799 96 .524 -1.2 -0.1 .771 .321 .190 5.5
2002 35 HOU NL 281 192 38 5.3 112 .333 .287 .273 .350 .348 .434 .434 .784 .782 101 .545 0.1 0.0 .739 .267 .147 4.8
2003 36 HOU NL 230 170 22 3.5 112 .258 .231 .272 .283 .344 .373 .436 .655 .781 67 .344 -10.6 -1.0 .571 .217 .142 3.0
13 Yrs 4532 3041 614 5.4 106 .308 .277 .269 .355 .338 .426 .419 .781 .757 107 .559 45.3 4.5 .741 .277 .149 73.4
162 Game Avg. 528 354 72 5.4 106 .308 .277 .269 .355 .338 .426 .419 .781 .757 107 .559 5 1 .741 .277 .149 9
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
PIT (7 yrs) 2980 1969 416 5.7 103 .315 .283 .268 .364 .335 .428 .410 .792 .745 113 .595 55.5 5.4 .759 .281 .145 45.5
HOU (3 yrs) 664 468 81 4.6 113 .298 .262 .273 .323 .347 .417 .439 .739 .785 88 .475 -11.8 -1.1 .685 .262 .155 13.3
MIN (1 yr) 223 154 28 4.9 111 .316 .289 .273 .345 .342 .422 .434 .767 .776 98 .469 -0.6 -0.1 .660 .201 .132 1.7
BOS (1 yr) 12 10 0 0.0 111 .000 .000 .274 .167 .343 .000 .436 .167 .779 -51 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .222 .222 .000
MON (1 yr) 221 149 32 5.8 113 .275 .268 .272 .353 .347 .464 .438 .817 .785 108 .537 2.4 0.2 .791 .335 .196 3.2
CHC (1 yr) 12 10 1 2.7 110 .250 .300 .272 .333 .344 .600 .430 .933 .773 137 .253 0.6 0.0 .778 .400 .300 .0
TOR (1 yr) 420 281 56 5.3 108 .298 .266 .270 .352 .339 .413 .427 .765 .766 101 .515 1.3 0.1 .738 .285 .147 7.9
NL (12 yrs) 3877 2596 530 5.5 105 .309 .278 .269 .356 .338 .428 .417 .785 .755 108 .571 46.6 4.6 .748 .281 .150 63.2
AL (2 yrs) 655 445 84 5.0 109 .300 .270 .271 .347 .340 .410 .430 .756 .770 97 .489 -1.4 -0.1 .701 .255 .139 10.2

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
1991 24 PIT NL NLCS ATL L 3 10 9 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .222 .222 .556 .778 5 0 0 1 0 0
1992 25 PIT NL NLCS ATL L 4 13 10 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 4 .100 .231 .200 .431 2 0 0 0 1 0
2001 34 HOU NL NLDS ATL L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (3 Series) 8 24 20 1 3 1 0 1 3 0 1 2 5 .150 .217 .350 .567 7 0 0 1 1 0
1 NLDS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 7 23 19 1 3 1 0 1 3 0 1 2 5 .158 .227 .368 .596 7 0 0 1 1 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
1990 23 PIT NL 25 0.0% 36.0% 4.0% 4.0% 20% 9.00 2.7 0.67 0.83 60% 27% 0.0% 22%
1991 24 PIT NL 478 2.1% 17.0% 13.4% 6.1% 26% 1.27 5.1 41.1 8.2 1.18 1.80 67% 17% 7.2% 7%
1992 25 PIT NL 466 1.3% 13.5% 11.2% 8.4% 39% 1.21 6.4 67.5 6.8 0.86 1.20 73% 18% 3.7% 12%
1993 26 PIT NL 527 1.5% 12.1% 14.6% 7.2% 27% 0.83 7.0 55.9 6.4 1.01 1.31 72% 21% 4.6% 9%
1994 27 PIT NL 432 2.1% 13.4% 9.7% 7.6% 31% 1.38 6.7 42.9 7.6 1.06 1.42 74% 15% 6.9% 18%
1995 28 PIT NL 545 2.8% 13.6% 9.5% 8.8% 33% 1.42 6.6 32.5 5.9 0.92 1.23 74% 17% 8.0% 13%
1996 29 PIT NL 507 3.4% 14.6% 10.1% 8.3% 32% 1.45 6.1 26.6 5.7 0.83 1.04 72% 20% 9.7% 15%
1997 30 TOR AL 420 2.1% 14.8% 11.2% 8.1% 35% 1.32 5.9 40.9 9.2 0.80 1.06 71% 23% 6.6% 16%
1998 31 TOT MLB 247 2.4% 13.8% 8.1% 7.3% 29% 1.70 6.6 37.2 5.6 0.84 1.14 75% 19% 6.7% 14%
1998 31 TOT AL 235 2.1% 13.6% 8.1% 7.2% 29% 1.68 6.7 42.6 6.1 0.80 1.05 76% 20% 5.8% 15%
1998 31 MIN AL 223 2.2% 13.0% 7.6% 7.6% 29% 1.71 7.0 40.8 6.2 0.82 1.10 77% 20% 6.1% 15%
1998 31 BOS AL 12 0.0% 25.0% 16.7% 0.0% 1.50 3.0 4.5 0.40 0.40 58% 14% 0.0% 20%
1998 31 CHC NL 12 8.3% 16.7% 8.3% 8.3% 33% 2.00 5.0 10.0 2.0 2.00 7.00 67% 11% 33.3% 0%
1999 32 MON NL 221 3.6% 12.2% 11.8% 9.5% 40% 1.04 7.2 24.3 7.5 0.71 0.92 72% 21% 9.6% 15%
2001 34 HOU NL 153 3.9% 20.9% 9.2% 8.5% 36% 2.29 4.3 22.8 4.7 1.00 1.45 65% 23% 13.3% 10%
2002 35 HOU NL 281 2.1% 17.8% 9.3% 7.8% 31% 1.92 5.0 41.8 8.4 0.83 1.32 70% 25% 6.1% 9%
2003 36 HOU NL 230 1.3% 14.4% 6.5% 9.6% 45% 2.20 6.4 70.7 8.2 0.95 1.33 77% 13% 3.5% 9%
13 Yrs 4532 2.3% 14.6% 10.8% 7.9% 33% 1.36 6.0 38.8 6.8 0.92 1.25 72% 19% 6.8% 13%
MLB Averages 2.6% 16.2% 8.9% 7.6% 32% 1.83 5.5 34.2 7.7 0.80 1.08 71% 22% 7.7% 15%
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
1990 23 PIT NL -2.0 -0.2 25 -0.4 0.2 -0.6 1.08 -0.3 -0.1 -3.4 -0.4 0.89 -2.8 1.08 24
1991 24 PIT NL 12.4 1.3 501 3.0 10.1 -7.1 .98 2.1 1.0 26.8 2.8 0.96 21.6 1.37 17
1992 25 PIT NL 3.7 0.4 479 1.8 10.0 -8.2 1.13 0.8 0.8 19.4 2.0 0.99 10.5 2.02 25
1993 26 PIT NL 24.0 2.3 538 3.8 12.5 -8.8 1.11 2.5 0.9 38.5 3.7 0.99 30.4 1.84 15
1994 27 PIT NL -2.4 -0.2 441 1.7 9.1 -7.3 1.00 -0.0 1.8 2.4 0.2 0.96 1.0 0.33 2
1995 28 PIT NL 12.4 1.2 563 3.5 12.7 -9.2 1.11 2.6 0.6 31.2 3.0 0.96 26.2 1.17 9
1996 29 PIT NL 6.6 0.6 522 1.2 9.6 -8.4 1.02 1.0 0.1 15.1 1.4 0.95 14.7 2.33 5
1997 30 TOR AL 1.3 0.1 435 0.3 7.1 -6.8 .99 0.5 -0.2 5.0 0.5 0.89 5.8 2.17 2
1998 31 TOT MLB -2.1 -0.2 253 -0.2 4.5 -4.8 1.11 -0.2 -0.1 -3.3 -0.3 0.97 -2.6 2.37 18
1998 31 TOT AL -2.6 -0.2 241 -0.2 4.1 -4.3 1.06 -0.1 -0.1 -4.0 -0.4 0.96 -2.8 2.67 10
1998 31 MIN AL -0.6 -0.1 229 -0.0 4.0 -4.0 1.04 0.0 -0.1 -2.5 -0.2 0.95 -1.0 3.09 5
1998 31 BOS AL -2.0 -0.2 12 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 1.43 -0.1 0.0 -1.5 -0.1 1.16 -1.9 2.25 5
1998 31 CHC NL 0.6 0.0 12 -0.0 0.4 -0.4 2.00 -0.1 0.0 0.6 0.1 1.16 0.2 2.00 8
1999 32 MON NL 2.4 0.2 226 0.1 4.1 -4.0 1.00 0.4 -0.3 2.5 0.2 0.91 7.1 1.60 35
2001 34 HOU NL -1.4 -0.1 160 0.5 3.8 -3.3 1.13 -0.1 0.5 0.4 0.0 0.99 0.5 1.57 58
2002 35 HOU NL 0.1 0.0 287 -0.4 5.1 -5.4 1.10 0.1 -0.4 0.3 0.0 1.01 1.3 1.35 48
2003 36 HOU NL -10.6 -1.0 236 -0.5 3.9 -4.4 1.06 -0.7 0.2 -7.0 -0.7 0.95 -8.2 1.30 69
13 Yrs 44.3 4.4 4666 14.4 92.6 -78.3 1.06 8.6 5.0 127.7 12.5 0.96 105.4 1.52 327
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
1990 23 PIT NL 0 0 50% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 24 PIT NL 5 0 44% 228 8 4 67% 7 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 20 47% 31 19 12 10 6 4 17 5 11
1992 25 PIT NL 1 1 30% 176 5 4 56% 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 7 58% 19 9 9 6 1 5 11 4 7
1993 26 PIT NL 9 0 29% 264 3 3 50% 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 19 38% 44 36 8 10 4 5 25 7 17
1994 27 PIT NL 3 1 28% 171 4 1 80% 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 4 10 42% 33 20 13 9 6 3 11 4 6
1995 28 PIT NL 5 0 33% 238 7 2 78% 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 18 50% 35 19 16 10 6 4 21 6 13
1996 29 PIT NL 3 0 32% 209 8 4 67% 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 48% 22 14 7 15 7 8 9 2 7
1997 30 TOR AL 5 0 26% 212 7 3 70% 7 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 10 39% 22 17 5 7 5 2 10 2 8
1998 31 TOT MLB 2 0 23% 95 1 4 20% 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 42% 9 5 3 3 2 1 7 3 4
1998 31 TOT AL 2 0 23% 93 1 4 20% 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 42% 9 5 3 3 2 1 7 3 4
1998 31 MIN AL 2 0 24% 90 1 4 20% 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 42% 9 5 3 3 2 1 7 3 4
1998 31 BOS AL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 31 CHC NL 0 0 33% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 32 MON NL 1 0 24% 77 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 56% 8 5 3 4 2 2 4 0 4
2001 34 HOU NL 1 0 29% 55 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 33% 3 3 0 1 0 0 8 2 4
2002 35 HOU NL 4 0 32% 119 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 39% 12 11 1 5 2 3 11 4 7
2003 36 HOU NL 2 0 27% 84 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 47% 10 7 2 2 1 1 7 1 6
13 Yrs 41 2 31% 1936 57 29 66% 53 25 4 2 0 2 8 3 29 114 45% 250 167 79 82 42 38 141 40 94
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
1990 23 PIT NL 25 100% 5 1 0 24 5 0 0 1.08 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 3 1 33% 12 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1991 24 PIT NL 478 100% 113 42 3 17 6 1 1 1.37 10 1 11 10 0 5 5 0 3 1 33% 61 6 10% 24 6 25% 233 43 18% 17 10 59% 7 3 43% 0
1992 25 PIT NL 466 100% 100 25 1 25 10 0 7 2.02 6 0 15 6 0 4 2 0 1 1 100% 72 6 8% 37 18 49% 309 54 17% 27 16 59% 19 14 74% 0
1993 26 PIT NL 527 77% 140 11 1 15 9 1 4 1.84 8 0 9 8 0 3 5 0 1 0 0% 117 9 8% 50 21 42% 385 67 17% 45 24 53% 21 19 90% 0
1994 27 PIT NL 432 75% 105 9 0 2 0 0 0 0.33 9 0 12 6 3 4 5 0 0 0 89 17 19% 42 15 36% 287 42 15% 23 10 43% 27 17 63% 0
1995 28 PIT NL 545 75% 146 16 0 9 2 1 2 1.17 15 0 15 10 5 8 7 0 0 0 128 9 7% 55 24 44% 368 73 20% 32 20 63% 29 22 76% 0
1996 29 PIT NL 507 75% 130 13 0 5 1 0 2 2.33 17 1 14 15 2 9 8 0 1 0 0% 101 9 9% 49 15 31% 334 64 19% 38 25 66% 25 18 72% 0
1997 30 TOR AL 420 67% 98 4 0 2 0 0 0 2.17 9 0 10 5 4 3 6 0 0 0 67 6 9% 41 14 34% 234 31 13% 16 9 56% 26 17 65% 0
1998 31 TOT MLB 247 93% 62 9 0 18 5 1 6 2.37 6 0 7 5 1 4 2 0 0 0 54 6 11% 30 20 67% 177 34 19% 21 16 76% 19 15 79% 0
1998 31 TOT AL 235 93% 59 9 0 10 2 0 3 2.67 5 0 7 4 1 3 2 0 0 0 49 4 8% 27 18 67% 164 30 18% 19 14 74% 18 14 78% 0
1998 31 MIN AL 223 93% 59 9 0 5 2 0 2 3.09 5 0 6 4 1 3 2 0 0 0 45 4 9% 23 15 65% 150 28 19% 17 12 71% 15 12 80% 0
1998 31 BOS AL 12 83% 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 2.25 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 4 3 75% 14 2 14% 2 2 100% 3 2 67% 0
1998 31 CHC NL 12 100% 3 0 0 8 3 1 3 2.00 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 3 2 67% 13 4 31% 2 2 100% 1 1 100% 0
1999 32 MON NL 221 95% 52 3 0 35 10 2 8 1.60 8 0 3 8 0 3 5 0 0 0 39 5 13% 15 5 33% 124 18 15% 8 4 50% 8 3 38% 0
2001 34 HOU NL 153 97% 36 2 0 58 15 4 8 1.57 6 1 8 6 0 3 3 0 0 0 34 3 9% 16 7 44% 105 23 22% 13 9 69% 9 6 67% 0
2002 35 HOU NL 281 85% 72 7 0 48 11 0 1 1.35 6 0 6 4 2 4 2 0 1 1 100% 67 9 13% 28 8 29% 212 25 12% 15 8 53% 17 9 53% 0
2003 36 HOU NL 230 88% 49 2 0 69 13 1 7 1.30 3 0 7 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 40 3 8% 25 8 32% 149 23 15% 20 9 45% 8 5 63% 0
13 Yrs 4532 84% 1108 144 5 327 87 11 46 1.52 103 3 117 85 18 51 52 0 7 3 43% 874 89 10% 415 162 39% 2929 497 17% 276 160 58% 216 149 69% 0
MLB Averages 56% 73% 11% 34% 15% 52% 57%
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

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
1990 23 PIT NL 17 62 3.65 39 63% 23% 18% 36% 23% 77% 0% 48% 77% 47% 6% 1 0 6% 1 0 12% 2 1 29% 8 0 0
1991 24 PIT NL 479 2038 4.25 1156 57% 35% 13% 23% 29% 65% 2% 37% 80% 15% 7% 34 0 21% 102 26 18% 88 40 35% -1 0 0
1992 25 PIT NL 469 1752 3.74 1009 58% 28% 15% 22% 35% 72% 3% 41% 79% 24% 8% 37 5 19% 91 36 11% 51 28 27% -3 0 0
1993 26 PIT NL 517 1957 3.79 1108 57% 31% 13% 22% 34% 69% 5% 39% 81% 21% 9% 45 4 21% 110 43 11% 58 31 35% 10 2 2
1994 27 PIT NL 407 1475 3.62 878 60% 26% 14% 25% 36% 74% 3% 44% 81% 27% 5% 20 1 18% 72 42 10% 40 26 29% 25 0 2
1995 28 PIT NL 519 1912 3.68 1151 60% 25% 13% 27% 34% 75% 4% 45% 82% 28% 7% 34 4 18% 92 38 9% 46 28 29% 26 0 0
1996 29 PIT NL 485 1790 3.69 1054 59% 29% 12% 25% 34% 71% 3% 42% 83% 23% 6% 30 5 18% 88 39 10% 48 25 36% 22 0 1
1997 30 TOR AL 355 1344 3.79 782 58% 30% 13% 23% 33% 70% 1% 41% 81% 16% 6% 23 2 18% 65 32 13% 47 29 19% 65 0 0
1998 31 TOT MLB 248 891 3.59 528 59% 30% 11% 22% 36% 70% 3% 41% 84% 17% 7% 18 2 17% 43 18 8% 21 13 32% -1 0 0
1998 31 TOT AL 236 835 3.54 494 59% 31% 11% 21% 37% 69% 4% 41% 84% 17% 7% 17 2 17% 40 16 8% 18 10 34% -1 0 0
1998 31 MIN AL 224 788 3.52 466 59% 31% 10% 21% 38% 69% 4% 41% 86% 18% 8% 17 2 18% 40 16 7% 16 9 34% -1 0 0
1998 31 BOS AL 12 47 3.92 28 60% 29% 32% 14% 25% 71% 0% 43% 55% 8% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 17% 2 1 33% 0 0 0
1998 31 CHC NL 12 56 4.67 34 61% 18% 18% 38% 26% 82% 0% 50% 79% 17% 8% 1 0 25% 3 2 25% 3 3 0% 0 0 0
1999 32 MON NL 222 859 3.87 492 57% 31% 9% 26% 34% 69% 0% 39% 87% 10% 7% 16 0 23% 50 20 12% 27 12 26% -1 0 0
2001 34 HOU NL 153 572 3.74 358 63% 25% 16% 30% 30% 75% 1% 47% 79% 31% 6% 9 1 15% 23 11 8% 12 6 41% 0 0 0
2002 35 HOU NL 282 1065 3.78 651 61% 28% 15% 26% 31% 72% 5% 44% 79% 18% 6% 18 4 21% 58 22 6% 17 8 24% -1 0 0
2003 36 HOU NL 230 875 3.80 546 62% 25% 16% 26% 33% 75% 2% 47% 79% 24% 7% 15 2 17% 38 13 7% 16 9 24% 0 0 0
13 Yrs 4383 16592 3.79 9752 59% 29% 13% 24% 33% 71% 3% 42% 81% 21% 7% 300 30 19% 833 340 11% 473 256 30% 149 2 5
MLB Averages 3.70 62% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 2% 46% 80% 30% 5% 16% 9% 28%
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

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
1990 23 25 25 24 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .208 .240 .250 .490 38 6 1 0 0 0 0
1991 24 145 503 435 86 118 18 2 10 50 8 4 65 90 .271 .367 .391 .757 115 170 7 1 1 1 4
1992 25 279 969 840 136 218 46 7 16 110 13 8 117 153 .260 .350 .388 .738 109 326 13 3 2 6 12
1993 26 416 1496 1287 204 358 72 11 24 180 16 11 194 217 .278 .372 .407 .780 117 524 22 4 2 8 22
1994 27 524 1928 1673 252 463 93 14 33 231 20 12 236 275 .277 .366 .408 .774 112 683 39 5 2 10 27
1995 28 656 2473 2160 327 609 122 18 48 314 27 14 288 349 .282 .366 .422 .787 113 911 48 6 2 15 36
1996 29 776 2980 2613 396 739 146 19 65 394 35 18 339 423 .283 .364 .428 .792 113 1118 57 6 2 18 41
1997 30 874 3400 2981 441 837 169 21 74 434 42 21 386 485 .281 .363 .426 .789 111 1270 63 9 2 20 42
1998 31 958 3647 3204 465 899 181 21 80 474 43 25 406 519 .281 .361 .425 .786 110 1362 69 10 2 23 45
1999 32 1051 3868 3398 490 951 193 22 88 500 45 26 432 546 .280 .361 .427 .788 110 1452 74 10 2 24 45
2000 33 1051 3868 3398 490 951 193 22 88 500 45 26 432 546 .280 .361 .427 .788 110 1452 74 10 2 24 45
2001 34 1145 4021 3535 509 987 199 23 94 529 50 27 446 578 .279 .359 .428 .788 109 1514 77 11 2 25 46
2002 35 1268 4302 3786 544 1059 212 26 100 559 54 27 472 628 .280 .359 .429 .788 109 1623 86 11 3 28 51
2003 36 1391 4532 3998 564 1108 229 28 103 585 57 29 487 661 .277 .355 .426 .781 107 1702 89 12 3 30 53

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
1990 23 25 26 25 4 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 .240 .269 .280 .549 2 25
1991 24 120 489 418 91 120 18 2 11 55 8 68 81 .287 .387 .419 .806 67 120
1992 25 134 477 413 57 108 30 5 6 68 5 56 63 .262 .349 .402 .751 59 134
1993 26 137 527 447 68 140 26 4 8 70 3 77 64 .313 .414 .443 .857 82 137
1994 27 152 602 540 64 144 29 4 12 68 5 58 82 .267 .337 .402 .739 73 108
1995 28 148 605 542 80 158 31 4 16 88 8 56 83 .292 .355 .452 .807 89 132
1996 29 120 497 446 63 123 23 1 16 73 8 48 74 .276 .344 .439 .784 68 120
1997 30 98 417 366 43 96 23 2 9 38 7 46 62 .262 .348 .410 .758 51 98
1998 31 84 246 222 23 61 12 0 6 38 1 20 34 .275 .333 .410 .743 30 84
1999 32 93 216 191 23 49 11 1 8 24 2 24 27 .257 .338 .450 .788 29 93
2001 34 94 149 134 17 33 6 1 6 25 5 13 32 .246 .315 .440 .756 18 94
2002 35 123 277 248 33 69 12 3 6 28 4 25 50 .278 .341 .423 .764 36 123
2003 36 123 227 210 19 47 16 2 3 25 3 14 33 .224 .273 .362 .635 21 123
13 Yrs 1451 4755 4202 585 1154 238 29 107 600 59 506 694 .275 .352 .421 .773 625 1391
162 Game Avg. 162 531 469 65 129 27 3 12 67 7 56 77 .275 .352 .421 .773 70 1391

* 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

Batting Average s c a p y
1993 NL  .313 (9th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1993 NL  .414 (4th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1993 NL  .685 (10th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1994 NL  17 (2nd)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1993 NL  38.50 (8th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1993 NL  3.8 (10th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1993 NL  3.7 (9th)

             

† 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 (·)

Gray InkBatting - 4 (1866), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1541), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1244), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Bob Skinner (957)
  2. Bernard Gilkey (957)
  3. Johnny Grubb (956)
  4. Tom Paciorek (949)
  5. Hoot Evers (949)
  6. Mel Hall (946)
  7. Steve Kemp (945)
  8. Jay Payton (943)
  9. Troy O'Leary (943)
  10. Roy Cullenbine (942)
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  1. Ad Gumbert (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Al Woods (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Bernard Gilkey (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bernard Gilkey (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Floyd Robinson (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Floyd Robinson (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Roy Cullenbine (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Hoot Evers (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Hoot Evers (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Hoot Evers (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Jay Payton (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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