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Orlando Merced    \mer-SAID\

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, Puerto Rico
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 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Astros/BlueJays/Expos/Twins/... 1990-2003

Final Game: September 28, 2003 (Age 36)
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 16, 2013 7:17AM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #1085. Angel Pagan… #1086. Dick Stuart… #1087. Steve Buechele… #1088. ORLANDO MERCED… #1089. Rennie Stennett… #1090. Matt Lawton… #1091. Marlon Byrd… 

Standard Batting

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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
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 (v2.2): 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 .492 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $100,000 /29
1991 24 PIT NL 120 478 12 3 -0 2 -6 11 1.1 15 26 2.6 .510 .507 2.4 -0.5 24 3/9 RoY-2
1992 25 PIT NL 134 466 -1 -1 1 -5 -7 -12 -1.5 14 2 -0.1 .489 .491 0.4 -1.3 6 $150,000 *39
1993 26 PIT NL 137 527 24 -2 2 2 -7 18 1.9 16 34 3.5 .513 .511 3.2 -0.5 33 $305,000 *93
1994 27 PIT NL 108 432 -4 -1 -1 5 -6 -7 -0.7 13 6 0.6 .493 .496 0.0 -0.1 1 $1,485,000 93
1995 28 PIT NL 132 545 10 4 2 10 -7 19 1.9 17 36 3.6 .515 .512 2.5 0.3 26 $2,000,000 *93/7
1996 29 PIT NL 120 507 4 1 1 11 -5 12 0.9 16 27 2.5 .510 .507 1.5 0.5 17 $2,700,000 *9/3
1997 30 TOR AL 98 420 3 -1 0 11 -4 9 1.0 16 25 2.5 .509 .505 1.3 0.8 14 $2,700,000 9/3D
1998 31 MIN AL 63 223 -1 -1 1 -5 -3 -10 -1.0 8 -2 -0.2 .484 .494 0.3 -0.8 3 $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 3 0.2 7 10 0.9 .503 .502 0.7 -0.0 8 $560,000 7/3D
2001 34 HOU NL 94 153 -1 -0 0 -2 -1 -5 -0.5 5 -0 -0.1 .495 .497 0.2 -0.4 2 $300,000 97/53
2002 35 HOU NL 123 281 0 -0 0 6 -3 3 0.3 9 12 1.1 .502 .502 0.5 0.2 6 $1,050,000 97/35D
2003 36 HOU NL 123 230 -11 0 1 2 -2 -10 -1.1 7 -3 -0.4 .491 .494 -0.6 -0.1 -5 $1,700,000 937/D5
13 Seasons 1391 4532 32 1 7 37 -53 25 2.1 145 169 16.3 .502 .501 12.2 -2.0 132 $13,850,000
PIT (7 yrs) 776 2980 43 3 4 24 -37 38 3.5 92 130 12.6 .505 .503 9.8 -1.6 106 $6,740,000
HOU (3 yrs) 340 664 -12 -1 2 5 -6 -12 -1.3 21 9 0.7 .496 .497 0.2 -0.3 3 $3,050,000
MIN (1 yr) 63 223 -1 -1 1 -5 -3 -10 -1.0 8 -2 -0.2 .484 .494 0.3 -0.8 3 $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 3 0.2 7 10 0.9 .503 .502 0.7 -0.0 8 $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 16 25 2.5 .509 .505 1.3 0.8 14 $2,700,000

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

Standard Fielding

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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 Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1990 PIT NL 23 C 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 6.30 6.60 0 0 0 0 0
1990 PIT NL 23 OF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40
1990 PIT NL 23 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.20
1991 PIT NL 24 1B 105 95 85 870.1 983 911 60 12 64 .988 1 1 10.04 9.25 .992 9.79 9.75 RoY-2
1991 PIT NL 24 OF 7 1 0 12.2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1 76 3.55 0.71 .984 2.27 2.27 RoY-2
1991 PIT NL 24 RF 7 1 0 12.2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1 76 3.55 0.71 .980 2.06 2.04 RoY-2
1992 PIT NL 25 1B 114 87 75 834.1 960 882 73 5 73 .995 2 2 10.30 8.38 .993 9.75 9.76
1992 PIT NL 25 OF 17 11 10 112.2 26 24 2 0 1 1.000 -6 -66 2.08 1.53 .983 2.34 2.34
1992 PIT NL 25 RF 17 11 10 112.2 26 24 2 0 1 1.000 -6 -66 2.08 1.53 .979 2.08 2.08
1993 PIT NL 26 OF 109 83 71 762.2 228 209 11 8 5 .965 4 7 2.60 2.02 .979 2.34 2.33
1993 PIT NL 26 RF 109 83 71 762.2 229 210 11 8 5 .965 4 7 2.61 2.03 .976 2.17 2.15
1993 PIT NL 26 1B 42 31 18 278.2 298 276 20 2 23 .993 -3 -12 9.56 7.05 .992 9.68 9.61
1994 PIT NL 27 OF 68 55 45 486.1 104 99 3 2 2 .981 6 14 1.89 1.50 .980 2.24 2.23
1994 PIT NL 27 RF 68 55 45 486.1 105 100 3 2 2 .981 6 14 1.91 1.51 .975 2.18 2.17
1994 PIT NL 27 1B 55 47 31 401.2 438 409 26 3 46 .993 -1 -2 9.75 7.91 .992 9.73 9.67
1995 PIT NL 28 OF 107 102 80 877.2 212 199 8 5 2 .976 10 14 2.12 1.93 .979 2.15 2.14
1995 PIT NL 28 RF 104 99 79 855.2 207 195 7 5 2 .976 10 14 2.12 1.94 .978 2.08 2.07
1995 PIT NL 28 1B 35 19 17 189.1 191 175 15 1 22 .995 -0 -1 9.03 5.43 .993 9.70 9.66
1995 PIT NL 28 LF 4 3 1 22.0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -5 2.05 1.25 .972 1.88 1.85
1996 PIT NL 29 OF 115 113 103 994.2 258 241 14 3 5 .988 11 13 2.31 2.22 .978 2.13 2.12
1996 PIT NL 29 RF 115 113 103 994.2 257 240 14 3 5 .988 11 13 2.30 2.21 .974 2.06 2.05
1996 PIT NL 29 1B 1 0 0 2.1 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 7.71 2.00 .990 9.64 9.60
1997 TOR AL 30 OF 96 94 85 827.0 203 190 10 3 4 .985 11 16 2.18 2.08 .982 2.32 2.30
1997 TOR AL 30 RF 96 94 85 827.0 203 190 10 3 4 .985 11 16 2.18 2.08 .978 2.18 2.16
1997 TOR AL 30 1B 1 0 0 3.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 40 9.00 3.00 .993 9.30 9.20
1997 TOR AL 30 DH 1 1
1998 TOT MLB 31 OF 18 12 8 111.0 32 30 2 0 1 1.000 -3 -31 2.59 1.78 .985 2.30 2.26
1998 TOT AL 31 OF 14 12 8 104.0 29 27 2 0 1 1.000 -3 -31 2.51 2.07 .985 2.31 2.29
1998 TOT AL 31 RF 14 12 8 104.0 29 27 2 0 1 1.000 -3 -31 2.51 2.07 .983 2.13 2.11
1998 TOT AL 31 DH 9 9
1998 MIN AL 31 1B 38 34 26 294.1 326 299 21 6 32 .982 -2 -9 9.78 8.42 .992 9.43 9.33
1998 MIN AL 31 OF 13 12 8 101.0 27 25 2 0 1 1.000 -3 -32 2.41 2.08 .985 2.31 2.29
1998 MIN AL 31 RF 13 12 8 101.0 27 25 2 0 1 1.000 -3 -32 2.41 2.08 .983 2.13 2.11
1998 MIN AL 31 DH 8 8
1998 BOS AL 31 DH 1 1
1998 BOS AL 31 OF 1 0 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 6.00 2.00 .985 2.40 2.30
1998 BOS AL 31 RF 1 0 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 6.00 2.00 .985 2.10 2.10
1998 CHC NL 31 LF 4 0 0 7.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -34 3.86 0.75 .973 1.93 1.88
1998 CHC NL 31 OF 4 0 0 7.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -34 3.86 0.75 .980 2.19 2.15
1999 MON NL 32 LF 44 41 12 297.0 80 74 3 3 0 .963 3 12 2.33 1.75 .977 2.00 1.98
1999 MON NL 32 OF 44 41 12 297.0 80 74 3 3 0 .963 3 12 2.33 1.75 .981 2.26 2.24
1999 MON NL 32 1B 7 2 1 23.2 24 21 1 2 2 .917 -1 -51 8.37 3.14 .993 9.20 9.13
1999 MON NL 32 DH 2 2
2001 HOU NL 34 OF 31 20 10 178.0 40 38 1 1 0 .975 -2 -17 1.97 1.26 .982 2.20 2.18
2001 HOU NL 34 RF 21 12 8 110.0 29 28 0 1 0 .966 -2 -19 2.29 1.33 .981 2.11 2.09
2001 HOU NL 34 LF 11 8 2 68.0 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -14 1.46 1.00 .979 1.91 1.89
2001 HOU NL 34 3B 2 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -60 0.00 0.00 2.48 2.55
2001 HOU NL 34 1B 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 240 9.00 1.00 .990 9.00 9.20
2002 HOU NL 35 OF 56 46 18 390.1 98 89 7 2 1 .980 6 18 2.21 1.71 .983 2.19 2.17
2002 HOU NL 35 RF 44 36 14 294.0 70 62 6 2 0 .971 2 9 2.08 1.55 .983 2.07 2.05
2002 HOU NL 35 LF 20 10 4 96.1 29 28 1 0 1 1.000 4 49 2.71 1.45 .977 1.92 1.90
2002 HOU NL 35 1B 7 6 6 54.0 56 53 3 0 8 1.000 -1 -13 9.33 8.00 .992 9.38 9.31
2002 HOU NL 35 3B 1 0 0 2.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 103 3.86 1.00 .960 2.70 2.70
2002 HOU NL 35 DH 1 1
2003 HOU NL 36 OF 31 22 12 189.1 49 43 4 2 1 .959 -5 2 -29 12 2.23 1.52 .984 2.17 2.15
2003 HOU NL 36 RF 21 16 9 135.1 32 28 3 1 0 .969 -2 0 -22 0 2.06 1.48 .982 2.09 2.07
2003 HOU NL 36 1B 12 4 4 59.1 55 50 4 1 6 .982 -0 -1 -10 -18 8.19 4.50 .993 9.60 9.51
2003 HOU NL 36 LF 10 6 3 54.0 17 15 1 1 1 .941 -2 2 -47 42 2.67 1.60 .979 1.92 1.89
2003 HOU NL 36 DH 7 7
2003 HOU NL 36 3B 2 0 0 5.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 1 48 240 1.80 0.50 .960 2.70 2.70
13 Seasons OF 700 600 454 5240.1 1335 1241 65 29 22 .978 35 2 8 12 2.24 1.87 .980 2.23 2.22
12 Seasons RF 617 532 432 4696.0 1192 1109 58 25 20 .979 32 0 8 0 2.24 1.89 .977 2.12 2.11
12 Seasons 1B 418 325 263 3012.0 3337 3081 224 32 277 .990 -5 -1 -2 -20 9.88 7.91 .992 9.70 9.65
6 Seasons LF 93 68 22 544.1 145 134 7 4 2 .972 4 2 8 44 2.33 1.52 .977 1.96 1.93
3 Seasons 3B 5 0 0 11.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0 1 21 240 1.59 0.40 .960 2.62 2.64
1 Season C 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 6.30 6.60 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons TOT 1124 925 717 8264.2 4674 4322 291 61 299 .987 31 2 4 9 5.02 4.10 .989 4.95 4.99 0 0 0 0 0
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO 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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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

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  38.73 (10th)

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  3.8 (10th)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1991 NL  12 (3rd)

Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1996 NL  240 (5th)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1993 NL  11 (4th)
1996 NL  14 (3rd)
1997 AL  10 (3rd)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1993 NL  8 (3rd)
1995 NL  5 (5th)

Double Plays Turned as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1993 NL  5 (1st)
1994 NL  2 (3rd)
1995 NL  2 (4th)
1996 NL  5 (1st)
1997 AL  4 (2nd)
Career  20 (62nd)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1996 NL  14 (4th)

Double Plays Turned as OF s c a p y
1993 NL  5 (1st)
1994 NL  2 (5th)
1996 NL  5 (1st)
1997 AL  4 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
1992 NL  10.30 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1991 NL  9.25 (5th)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1992 NL  .995 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2002 NL  4 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1997 AL  11 (1st)
Career  32 (37th)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1993 NL  2.61 (1st)
1996 NL  2.30 (2nd)
1997 AL  2.18 (3rd)
Career  2.24 (23rd)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1996 NL  2.21 (3rd)
1997 AL  2.08 (2nd)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1996 NL  .988 (4th)
Career  .979 (95th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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 (1889), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1252), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Right Field (131st), 16.3 career WAR/16.7 7yr-peak WAR/16.5 JAWS
Average HOF RF (out of 23) = 70.9 career WAR/42.0 7yr-peak WAR/56.4 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  6. Mel Hall (946)
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  8. Jay Payton (943)
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  10. Roy Cullenbine (942)
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  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
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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/Other Sources
199023Pittsburgh Pirates$100,000USA Today
199225Pittsburgh Pirates$150,0004/2/92 USA Today
199326Pittsburgh Pirates$305,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199427Pittsburgh Pirates$1,485,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199528Pittsburgh Pirates$2,000,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199629Pittsburgh Pirates$2,700,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1
199730Toronto Blue Jays$2,700,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1
199831Minnesota Twins$800,0004/3/98 USA Today
199932Montreal Expos$560,0004/6/99 USA Today
200134Houston Astros$300,0004/6/01 USA Today
200235Houston Astros$1,050,0004/3/02 AP
200336Houston Astros$1,700,0004/3/03 AP
Career to date (may be incomplete)$13,850,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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