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Roger Metzger

Roger Henry Metzger

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: October 10, 1947 in Fredericksburg, TX
High School: Holy Cross HS (San Antonio, TX)
School: Saint Edward's University (Austin, TX)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1969 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 16, 1970
Teams (by GP): Astros/Giants/Cubs 1970-1980

Final Game: August 10, 1980
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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
1969	21	CHC-min	AAA	80	281	250	34	58	3	2	0	15	19	3	28	27	.232	.308	.260	.568		65		0	2	1			TAC · PCL
1970	22	CHC-min	AAA	135	545	492	59	133	20	7	1	32	12	6	48	44	.270	.335	.346	.680		170		1	1	3			TAC · PCL
1970	22	CHC	NL	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/6
1971	23	HOU	NL	150	617	562	64	132	14	11	0	26	15	6	44	50	.235	.294	.299	.593	71	168	5	4	5	2	4	*6
1972	24	HOU	NL	153	715	641	84	142	12	3	2	38	23	9	60	71	.222	.288	.259	.547	58	166	7	1	9	4	1	*6
1973	25	HOU	NL	154	637	580	67	145	11	14	1	35	10	4	39	70	.250	.299	.322	.622	74	187	10	3	12	3	0	*6	GG
1974	26	HOU	NL	143	633	572	66	145	18	10	0	30	9	7	37	73	.253	.297	.320	.617	77	183	13	0	21	3	1	*6
1975	27	HOU	NL	127	510	450	54	102	7	9	2	26	4	5	41	39	.227	.289	.296	.584	69	133	6	0	15	4	10	*6
1976	28	HOU	NL	152	543	481	37	101	13	8	0	29	1	1	52	63	.210	.286	.270	.556	66	130	11	0	8	2	10	*6/4
1977	29	HOU	NL	97	307	269	24	50	9	6	0	16	2	0	32	24	.186	.272	.264	.535	51	71	7	0	5	1	3	6/4
1978	30	TOT	NL	120	393	358	28	88	10	2	0	23	8	1	24	26	.246	.292	.285	.577	66	102	12	0	9	2	3	*6/4
1978	30	HOU	NL	45	138	123	11	27	4	1	0	6	0	0	12	9	.220	.287	.268	.555	62	33	8	0	2	1	3	6/4
1978	30	SFG	NL	75	255	235	17	61	6	1	0	17	8	1	12	17	.260	.294	.294	.588	68	69	4	0	7	1	0	6
1979	31	SFG	NL	94	288	259	24	65	7	8	0	31	11	3	23	31	.251	.311	.340	.651	84	88	6	0	5	1	2	64/5
1980	32	SFG	NL	28	31	27	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.074	.167	.074	.241	-29	2	2	0	1	0	0	6/4
11 Yrs				1219	4676	4201	453	972	101	71	5	254	83	36	355	449	.231	.291	.293	.584	68	1230	79	8	90	22	34
162 Game Avg.				162	621	558	60	129	13	9	1	34	11	5	47	60	.231	.291	.293	.584	68	163	10	1	12	3	5

HOU (8 yrs)				1021	4100	3678	407	844	88	62	5	206	64	32	317	399	.229	.291	.291	.582	67	1071	67	8	77	20	32
SFG (3 yrs)				197	574	521	46	128	13	9	0	48	19	4	38	50	.246	.296	.305	.601	71	159	12	0	13	2	2
CHC (1 yr)				1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1970	22	CHC	NL	1	2	-1	0	0	-0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.415	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	/6
1971	23	HOU	NL	150	617	-17	1	4	-5	9	-9	-0.9	18	9	0.9	.493	.494	1.3	0.5	15	$	*6
1972	24	HOU	NL	153	715	-29	5	3	-8	9	-20	-2.2	21	1	-0.2	.485	.486	0.6	0.2	9	$	*6
1973	25	HOU	NL	154	637	-16	2	2	-5	9	-9	-1.0	18	10	0.8	.494	.494	1.4	0.4	15	$	*6	GG
1974	26	HOU	NL	143	633	-16	-1	1	-5	8	-13	-1.4	18	5	0.4	.490	.491	0.9	0.4	10	$	*6
1975	27	HOU	NL	127	510	-20	1	2	10	7	-0	-0.0	15	14	1.4	.500	.500	0.3	1.9	5	$	*6
1976	28	HOU	NL	152	543	-19	-1	-0	4	9	-8	-0.9	16	8	0.7	.494	.494	0.2	1.5	4	$	*6/4
1977	29	HOU	NL	97	307	-14	1	1	-3	5	-10	-1.1	9	-2	-0.2	.488	.493	0.1	0.2	2	$65,000	6/4
1978	30	HOU	NL	45	138	-7	-1	-1	-3	2	-10	-1.1	4	-6	-0.7	.475	.493	-0.4	-0.1	-3	$	6/4
1978	30	SFG	NL	75	255	-8	1	0	-14	4	-16	-1.8	8	-9	-1.0	.475	.489	0.5	-1.1	5	$	6
1979	31	SFG	NL	94	288	-5	2	0	-3	5	-1	-0.1	8	7	0.8	.499	.499	1.0	0.2	10	$	64/5
1980	32	SFG	NL	28	31	-5	0	-0	-2	0	-7	-0.8	1	-6	-0.7	.472	.495	-0.4	-0.2	-3	$	6/4
11 Seasons				1219	4676	-159	11	13	-37	68	-104	-11.2	136	32	2.1	.490	.494	5.4	4.0	69	$65,000

HOU (8 yrs)				1021	4100	-140	7	12	-17	59	-79	-8.5	119	40	3.1	.491	.493	4.4	5.1	57	$65,000
SFG (3 yrs)				197	574	-18	4	1	-20	9	-25	-2.6	17	-8	-0.9	.486	.494	1.1	-1.1	12	$
CHC (1 yr)				1	2	-1	0	0	-0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.415	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$

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
1970	22	CHC	NL	2	2	0	0.0	112	.000	.000	.280	.000	.354	.000	.427	.000	.781	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1971	23	HOU	NL	617	448	52	3.1	90	.257	.235	.256	.294	.322	.299	.375	.593	.697	71	.381	-22.2	-2.4	.510	.158	.064	.0
1972	24	HOU	NL	715	*528*	52	2.7	90	.245	.222	.254	.288	.322	.259	.376	.547	.698	58	.316	-34.7	-3.7	.468	.153	.037	3.7
1973	25	HOU	NL	637	464	57	3.3	96	.281	.250	.261	.299	.330	.322	.389	.622	.719	74	.385	-22.9	-2.4	.523	.150	.072	1.8
1974	26	HOU	NL	633	471	54	3.1	90	.289	.253	.256	.297	.328	.320	.371	.617	.698	77	.358	-18.8	-2.0	.497	.135	.066	.0
1975	27	HOU	NL	510	378	40	2.8	89	.242	.227	.256	.289	.325	.296	.370	.584	.695	69	.318	-19.0	-2.0	.482	.158	.069	2.7
1976	28	HOU	NL	543	402	38	2.6	84	.240	.210	.252	.286	.317	.270	.359	.556	.676	66	.296	-20.5	-2.2	.464	.168	.060	.0
1977	29	HOU	NL	307	232	20	2.3	95	.203	.186	.258	.272	.324	.264	.394	.535	.718	51	.222	-17.9	-1.8	.465	.204	.078	.0
1978	30	TOT	NL	393	294	29	2.6	90	.263	.246	.256	.292	.323	.285	.376	.577	.699	66	.301	-16.1	-1.7	.470	.126	.039	.0
1978	30	HOU	NL	138	107	8	2.0	88	.235	.220	.253	.287	.319	.268	.371	.555	.690	62	.206	-5.8	-0.6	.433	.146	.049
1978	30	SFG	NL	255	187	21	3.0	91	.279	.260	.257	.294	.324	.294	.379	.588	.703	68	.354	-10.3	-1.1	.492	.115	.034	.0
1979	31	SFG	NL	288	209	28	3.6	94	.284	.251	.260	.311	.325	.340	.387	.651	.711	84	.409	-6.2	-0.6	.586	.208	.089	.0
1980	32	SFG	NL	31	28	0	0.0	93	.080	.074	.263	.167	.325	.074	.382	.241	.707	-29	.000	-4.7	-0.5	.185	.111	.000
11 Yrs				4676	3456	370	2.9	91	.257	.231	.257	.291	.324	.293	.376	.584	.700	68	.333	-183.5	-19.1	.490	.157	.061	9.4
162 Game Avg.				621	459	49	2.9	91	.257	.231	.257	.291	.324	.293	.376	.584	.700	68	.333	-183.5	-19.1	.490	.157	.061	1

HOU (8 yrs)				4100	3030	321	2.9	90	.255	.229	.256	.291	.324	.291	.375	.582	.699	67	.330	-161.7	-16.9	.487	.157	.062	9.3
SFG (3 yrs)				574	424	49	3.1	93	.271	.246	.259	.296	.325	.305	.383	.601	.707	71	.355	-21.2	-2.2	.518	.161	.060	.0
CHC (1 yr)				2	2	0	0.0	112	.000	.000	.280	.000	.354	.000	.427	.000	.781	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1970	22	CHC	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
1971	23	HOU	NL	617	0.0%	8.1%	7.1%	4.1%	19%	1.14	11.2		21.6	1.52	83%
1972	24	HOU	NL	715	0.3%	9.9%	8.4%	2.4%	12%	1.18	9.0	320.5	16.9	1.88	80%
1973	25	HOU	NL	637	0.2%	11.0%	6.1%	4.1%	18%	1.79	8.3	580.0	16.6	1.70	80%
1974	26	HOU	NL	633	0.0%	11.5%	5.9%	4.4%	19%	1.97	7.8		19.1	1.83	79%
1975	27	HOU	NL	510	0.4%	7.7%	8.0%	3.5%	18%	0.95	11.5	225.0	17.3	1.45	81%
1976	28	HOU	NL	543	0.0%	11.6%	9.6%	3.9%	21%	1.21	7.6		16.6	1.45	77%
1977	29	HOU	NL	307	0.0%	7.8%	10.4%	4.9%	30%	0.75	11.2		16.8	1.85	80%
1978	30	TOT	NL	393	0.0%	6.6%	6.1%	3.1%	14%	1.08	13.8		15.6	1.50	85%
1978	30	HOU	NL	138	0.0%	6.5%	8.7%	3.6%	19%	0.75	13.7		20.5	1.72	83%
1978	30	SFG	NL	255	0.0%	6.7%	4.7%	2.8%	12%	1.42	13.8		13.8	1.39	86%
1979	31	SFG	NL	288	0.0%	10.8%	8.0%	5.2%	23%	1.35	8.4		8.4	1.43	80%
1980	32	SFG	NL	31	0.0%	6.5%	9.7%	0.0%	0%	0.67	13.5			1.89	81%
11 Yrs				4676	0.1%	9.6%	7.6%	3.8%	18%	1.26	9.4	840.2	16.5	1.63	81%
MLB Averages					2.0%	13.4%	8.6%	6.2%	27%	1.56	6.6	45.6	8.7	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
1970	22	CHC	NL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.75	-0.1	-0.0	-0.4	-0.0	0.74	-0.5		0
1971	23	HOU	NL	-22.9	-2.4	621	-3.5	8.8	-12.3	1.11	-1.6	-1.6	-22.6	-2.4	0.95	-16.5		0
1972	24	HOU	NL	-34.7	-3.7	760	-2.1	9.6	-11.8	.97	-2.2	-0.0	-6.0	-0.6	0.93	-17.6		0
1973	25	HOU	NL	-22.9	-2.4	661	-0.4	9.7	-10.1	.95	-1.6	1.2	-8.1	-0.8	0.92	-12.7		0
1974	26	HOU	NL	-19.6	-2.0	655	-1.8	9.3	-11.1	1.02	-1.7	-0.0	-19.2	-2.0	0.96	-20.6		0
1975	27	HOU	NL	-19.7	-2.0	527	-2.5	6.8	-9.3	1.01	-1.9	-0.6	-11.8	-1.3	0.95	-18.0	2.23	2
1976	28	HOU	NL	-20.5	-2.2	552	-2.9	6.0	-9.0	.95	-2.3	-0.8	-18.1	-2.0	0.96	-23.0		0
1977	29	HOU	NL	-17.9	-1.8	312	-2.3	3.5	-5.9	1.00	-1.8	-0.5	-17.5	-1.8	0.98	-17.1	0.05	1
1978	30	TOT	NL	-16.1	-1.7	409	-1.3	4.8	-6.1	.91	-1.8	0.4	-12.7	-1.4	0.94	-19.4	1.72	4
1978	30	HOU	NL	-5.8	-0.6	140	-0.6	1.3	-1.9	.82	-0.8	0.1	-8.8	-1.0	0.96	-9.5	0.33	2
1978	30	SFG	NL	-10.3	-1.1	269	-0.7	3.5	-4.2	.96	-1.0	0.2	-3.9	-0.4	0.92	-9.9	3.11	2
1979	31	SFG	NL	-6.2	-0.6	304	0.6	5.6	-4.9	1.03	-0.0	0.6	4.6	0.5	0.99	-1.5	0.86	6
1980	32	SFG	NL	-4.7	-0.5	31	-0.4	0.2	-0.6	.95	-0.5	0.1	-4.7	-0.5	0.84	-4.9	1.12	8
11 Yrs				-185.6	-19.4	4834	-16.6	64.4	-80.9	.99	-15.4	-1.3	-116.5	-12.5	0.95	-151.7	1.22	21

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	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
1970	22	CHC	NL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1971	23	HOU	NL	11	36%	267	15	6	71%	12	6	0	0	0	1	1	7	14	53%	31	20	10	2	0	2	25	5	19
1972	24	HOU	NL	11	41%	251	23	9	72%	23	9	0	0	0	3	1	7	19	51%	36	22	14	16	9	7	22	5	17
1973	25	HOU	NL	11	36%	257	10	4	71%	9	4	1	0	0	2	0	6	18	36%	37	30	7	11	5	6	21	9	12
1974	26	HOU	NL	8	36%	248	9	7	56%	9	6	0	1	0	2	1	5	10	46%	36	22	14	12	8	4	21	6	14
1975	27	HOU	NL	6	37%	185	4	5	44%	4	4	0	0	1	3	0	5	23	51%	23	19	4	8	2	6	18	1	15
1976	28	HOU	NL	9	24%	173	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	6	12	34%	22	18	4	3	2	0	19	7	11
1977	29	HOU	NL	8	29%	122	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	40%	13	9	4	1	1	0	11	5	6
1978	30	TOT	NL	4	25%	144	8	1	89%	7	1	1	0	0	2	0	3	8	44%	16	10	6	1	0	1	17	9	8
1978	30	HOU	NL	0	28%	43	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	36%	4	2	2	0	0	0	7	5	2
1978	30	SFG	NL	4	23%	101	8	1	89%	7	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	7	48%	12	8	4	1	0	1	10	4	6
1979	31	SFG	NL	3	27%	107	11	3	79%	10	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	60%	13	6	7	2	2	0	15	4	11
1980	32	SFG	NL	0	100%	17	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	71%	4	2	2	0	0	0	3	0	3
11 Yrs				71	34%	1771	83	36	70%	77	34	3	1	1	15	3	40	115	47%	231	158	72	56	29	26	172	51	116

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
1970	22	CHC	NL	2	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1971	23	HOU	NL	617	100%	132			0	0	0	0		0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	83%	84	5	6%	45	22	49%	307	28	9%	32	13	41%	19	11	58%	0
1972	24	HOU	NL	715	100%	142			0	0	0	0		2	0	9	2	0	0	2	0	11	9	82%	84	7	8%	34	21	62%	298	41	14%	20	14	70%	8	4	50%	0
1973	25	HOU	NL	637	100%	145			0	0	0	0		1	0	12	1	0	0	1	0	15	12	80%	105	10	10%	66	23	35%	312	35	11%	21	11	52%	13	5	38%	0
1974	26	HOU	NL	633	100%	145			0	0	0	0		0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	22	21	95%	136	13	10%	80	31	39%	365	31	8%	26	15	58%	28	14	50%	0
1975	27	HOU	NL	510	100%	102			2	1	0	0	2.23	2	0	9	1	1	0	2	0	15	15	100%	101	6	6%	53	21	40%	288	25	9%	24	7	29%	5	2	40%	0
1976	28	HOU	NL	543	100%	101			0	0	0	0		0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	8	8	100%	99	11	11%	49	22	45%	337	33	10%	24	12	50%	17	13	76%	0
1977	29	HOU	NL	307	100%	50			1	0	0	0	0.05	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	100%	63	7	11%	30	11	37%	204	19	9%	15	7	47%	10	5	50%	0
1978	30	TOT	NL	393	100%	88			4	1	0	0	1.72	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	9	90%	68	12	18%	35	15	43%	208	24	12%	21	12	57%	12	9	75%	0
1978	30	HOU	NL	138	100%	27			2	1	0	0	0.33	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	28	8	29%	15	6	40%	79	6	8%	9	5	56%	5	4	80%	0
1978	30	SFG	NL	255	100%	61			2	0	0	0	3.11	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	8	7	88%	40	4	10%	20	9	45%	129	18	14%	12	7	58%	7	5	71%	0
1979	31	SFG	NL	288	100%	65			6	1	0	0	0.86	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	83%	52	6	12%	22	7	32%	176	32	18%	13	6	46%	8	7	88%	0
1980	32	SFG	NL	31	100%	2			8	1	0	0	1.12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	4	2	50%	1	1	100%	16	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
11 Yrs				4676	100%	972			21	4	0	0	1.22	5	0	88	4	1	0	5	0	99	90	91%	796	79	10%	415	174	42%	2511	268	11%	196	97	49%	121	71	59%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			77%			11%			33%			14%			49%			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
1970	22	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1971	23	151	619	564	64	132	14	11	0	26	15	6	44	50	.234	.293	.298	.591	70	168	5	4	5	2	4
1972	24	304	1334	1205	148	274	26	14	2	64	38	15	104	121	.227	.290	.277	.567	64	334	12	5	14	6	5
1973	25	458	1971	1785	215	419	37	28	3	99	48	19	143	191	.235	.293	.292	.585	67	521	22	8	26	9	5
1974	26	601	2604	2357	281	564	55	38	3	129	57	26	180	264	.239	.294	.299	.593	69	704	35	8	47	12	6
1975	27	728	3114	2807	335	666	62	47	5	155	61	31	221	303	.237	.293	.298	.591	69	837	41	8	62	16	16
1976	28	880	3657	3288	372	767	75	55	5	184	62	32	273	366	.233	.292	.294	.586	69	967	52	8	70	18	26
1977	29	977	3964	3557	396	817	84	61	5	200	64	32	305	390	.230	.291	.292	.582	67	1038	59	8	75	19	29
1978	30	1097	4357	3915	424	905	94	63	5	223	72	33	329	416	.231	.291	.291	.582	67	1140	71	8	84	21	32
1979	31	1191	4645	4174	448	970	101	71	5	254	83	36	352	447	.232	.292	.294	.586	68	1228	77	8	89	22	34
1980	32	1219	4676	4201	453	972	101	71	5	254	83	36	355	449	.231	.291	.293	.584	68	1230	79	8	90	22	34

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
1970	22	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
1971	23	150	634	575	75	145	15	12	0	30	16	48	50	.252	.313	.320	.633	57	150
1972	24	160	765	683	101	161	14	3	2	46	26	68	74	.236	.304	.274	.578	57	153
1973	25	154	646	587	72	152	12	15	1	38	10	41	70	.259	.309	.336	.645	60	154
1974	26	143	646	582	74	155	19	11	0	33	10	40	73	.266	.312	.337	.649	61	143
1975	27	127	523	459	63	111	8	10	2	30	4	45	39	.242	.307	.316	.623	45	127
1976	28	152	563	494	46	114	15	9	0	36	1	59	63	.231	.312	.298	.609	46	152
1977	29	97	310	271	26	52	9	6	0	17	2	33	24	.192	.279	.269	.548	21	97
1978	30	120	404	367	33	97	11	2	0	27	9	26	26	.264	.311	.305	.617	35	120
1979	31	94	295	264	27	70	8	9	0	35	12	25	31	.265	.328	.364	.691	31	94
1980	32	28	31	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.000	.100	.000	.100	0	28
11 Yrs		1226	4819	4311	517	1057	111	77	5	292	90	388	452	.245	.307	.310	.617	413	1219
162 Game Avg.		162	637	570	68	140	15	10	1	39	12	51	60	.245	.307	.310	.617	55	1219

* 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

Gold Gloves 1973 NL (SS)	Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1975 NL 1.9 (6th) 1976 NL 1.5 (10th)	Games Played s c a p y 1972 NL 153 (2nd)	At Bats s c a p y 1972 NL 641 (2nd)
Plate Appearances s c a p y 1972 NL 715 (2nd)	Triples s c a p y 1971 NL 11 (1st) 1973 NL 14 (1st) 1974 NL 10 (4th) 1975 NL 9 (6th) 1976 NL 8 (10th)	Stolen Bases s c a p y 1972 NL 23 (9th)	Singles s c a p y 1972 NL 125 (8th)
Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1973 NL 12 (6th) 1974 NL 21 (3rd) 1975 NL 15 (7th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1972 NL 9 (8th)	Outs Made s c a p y 1972 NL 528 (1st) 1973 NL 464 (10th) 1974 NL 471 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Batting - 2 (608), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 9 (1472), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 4 (1669), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 14 (1170), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Most Similar by Ages

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Bud Harrelson (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bud Harrelson (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ozzie Smith (980) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bud Harrelson (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bud Harrelson (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bud Harrelson (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bud Harrelson (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bud Harrelson (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bud Harrelson (954) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bud Harrelson (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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