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George Mitterwald

George Eugene Mitterwald (Baron von Mitterwald)

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: June 7, 1945 in Berkeley, CA
High School: Mount Eden HS (Hayward, CA)
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1965. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1966
Teams (by GP): Twins/Cubs 1966-1977

Final Game: September 24, 1977
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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
1965	20	MIN-min	A	38	129	129		42	7	2	3						.326	.326	.481	.806		62							SCL,WRA · NORL,MIDW
1966	21	MIN-min	A,A-	90	328	328		85	18	2	6						.259	.259	.381	.640		125							WLS,SCL · CARL,NORL
1966	21	MIN	AL	3	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	/2

1967	22	MIN-min	AA	104	374	347	43	84	19	1	8	44	0	0	27	74	.242	.297	.372	.669		129							CHR · SOUL
1968	23	MIN-min	AAA,A	104	388	357	50	93	25	4	10	56	3	2	26	86	.261	.314	.437	.751		156		3	0	2			DEN,WRA · PCL,MIDW
1968	23	MIN	AL	11	38	34	1	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	8	.206	.270	.235	.506	51	8	1	0	1	0	0	2
1969	24	MIN	AL	69	210	187	18	48	8	0	5	13	0	1	17	47	.257	.327	.380	.707	94	71	6	3	2	1	1	2/7
1970	25	MIN	AL	117	409	369	36	82	12	2	15	46	3	5	34	84	.222	.291	.388	.679	84	143	11	2	4	0	6	*2
1971	26	MIN	AL	125	434	388	38	97	13	1	13	44	3	3	39	104	.250	.316	.389	.705	97	151	9	0	3	4	9	*2
1972	27	MIN	AL	64	173	163	12	30	4	1	1	8	0	1	9	37	.184	.225	.239	.465	36	39	5	0	0	1	2	2
1973	28	MIN	AL	125	481	432	50	112	15	0	16	64	3	1	39	111	.259	.326	.405	.731	102	175	10	5	2	3	0	*2/D
1974	29	CHC	NL	78	240	215	17	54	7	0	7	28	1	3	18	42	.251	.310	.381	.691	91	82	4	2	1	4	4	2
1975	30	CHC	NL	84	222	200	19	44	4	3	5	26	0	0	19	42	.220	.285	.345	.630	72	69	3	0	1	2	7	23
1976	31	CHC	NL	101	325	303	19	65	7	0	5	28	1	2	16	63	.215	.249	.287	.536	48	87	9	0	0	6	2	23
1977	32	CHC	NL	110	382	349	40	83	22	0	9	43	3	1	28	69	.238	.295	.378	.673	72	132	18	1	2	2	7	*2/3
1978	33	SEA-min	AAA	21	83	68	8	11	1	0	1	7	1	0	11	25	.162	.277	.221	.498		15		1	0	3			SJO · PCL
11 Yrs				887	2919	2645	251	623	93	7	76	301	14	17	222	607	.236	.296	.362	.658	80	958	76	13	16	23	38
162 Game Avg.				162	533	483	46	114	17	1	14	55	3	3	41	111	.236	.296	.362	.658	80	175	14	2	3	4	7

MIN (7 yrs)				514	1750	1578	156	377	53	4	50	176	9	11	141	391	.239	.304	.373	.676	88	588	42	10	12	9	18
CHC (4 yrs)				373	1169	1067	95	246	40	3	26	125	5	6	81	216	.231	.283	.347	.630	69	370	34	3	4	14	20

AL (7 yrs)				514	1750	1578	156	377	53	4	50	176	9	11	141	391	.239	.304	.373	.676	88	588	42	10	12	9	18
NL (4 yrs)				373	1169	1067	95	246	40	3	26	125	5	6	81	216	.231	.283	.347	.630	69	370	34	3	4	14	20

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
1966	21	MIN	AL	3	5	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.492	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/2

1968	23	MIN	AL	11	38	-2	0	-0	-2	0	-4	-0.5	1	-3	-0.4	.455	.497	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$	2
1969	24	MIN	AL	69	210	-2	-1	-0	-2	3	-2	-0.2	6	4	0.4	.497	.499	0.6	0.1	6	$	2/7
1970	25	MIN	AL	117	409	-8	-2	-1	11	6	7	0.7	13	20	2.0	.507	.505	0.9	1.9	9	$	*2
1971	26	MIN	AL	125	434	-4	-0	-1	1	6	2	0.2	14	16	1.6	.502	.502	1.5	0.9	15	$	*2
1972	27	MIN	AL	64	173	-13	-2	-0	2	3	-10	-1.3	6	-4	-0.8	.480	.492	-1.0	0.6	-6	$23,000	2
1973	28	MIN	AL	125	481	4	-0	-1	-3	7	6	0.9	16	22	2.3	.506	.504	2.6	0.6	25	$22,500	*2/D
1974	29	CHC	NL	78	240	-3	-0	-0	-6	3	-6	-0.6	7	1	0.1	.492	.496	0.7	-0.2	7	$	2
1975	30	CHC	NL	84	222	-9	-0	0	5	2	-2	-0.2	6	4	0.4	.497	.498	-0.2	0.8	-1	$	23
1976	31	CHC	NL	101	325	-22	-1	-1	1	2	-21	-2.4	10	-12	-1.5	.476	.485	-1.6	0.4	-12	$	23
1977	32	CHC	NL	110	382	-15	0	-1	8	6	-2	-0.2	11	9	0.9	.498	.499	0.0	1.5	1	$	*2/3
11 Seasons				887	2919	-75	-6	-6	14	40	-32	-3.8	89	58	5.0	.496	.498	3.4	6.2	43	$45,500

MIN (7 yrs)				514	1750	-25	-5	-3	7	26	-0	-0.2	56	56	5.1	.500	.500	4.5	3.7	48	$45,500
CHC (4 yrs)				373	1169	-49	-1	-3	7	14	-32	-3.5	34	2	-0.1	.490	.494	-1.1	2.5	-5	$

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
1966	21	MIN	AL	5	4	0	0.0	95	.200	.200	.256	.200	.324	.200	.394	.400	.718	13	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.250	.000	.000

1968	23	MIN	AL	38	29	2	1.8	84	.269	.206	.244	.270	.314	.235	.362	.506	.676	51	.236	-2.0	-0.2	.393	.118	.029
1969	24	MIN	AL	210	149	23	4.2	98	.316	.257	.259	.327	.336	.380	.391	.707	.727	94	.494	-1.5	-0.2	.616	.209	.123	.0
1970	25	MIN	AL	409	307	39	3.4	100	.248	.222	.261	.291	.336	.388	.399	.679	.735	84	.397	-10.1	-1.0	.584	.252	.165	5.0
1971	26	MIN	AL	434	310	47	4.1	95	.305	.250	.258	.316	.331	.389	.384	.705	.714	97	.506	-2.3	-0.2	.627	.240	.139	4.9
1972	27	MIN	AL	173	140	8	1.5	87	.230	.184	.252	.225	.322	.239	.364	.465	.686	36	.172	-13.6	-1.5	.338	.104	.055	.0
1973	28	MIN	AL	481	336	57	4.6	97	.312	.259	.264	.326	.333	.405	.388	.731	.722	102	.522	0.4	0.0	.668	.241	.146	5.1
1974	29	CHC	NL	240	173	25	3.9	97	.276	.251	.266	.310	.338	.381	.384	.691	.723	91	.460	-3.1	-0.3	.595	.205	.130	1.8
1975	30	CHC	NL	222	162	20	3.3	99	.252	.220	.270	.285	.342	.345	.390	.630	.732	72	.383	-8.8	-0.9	.553	.220	.125	.0
1976	31	CHC	NL	325	255	20	2.1	98	.249	.215	.272	.249	.339	.287	.387	.536	.727	48	.230	-22.3	-2.4	.410	.122	.073	1.7
1977	32	CHC	NL	382	289	34	3.2	112	.271	.238	.282	.295	.351	.378	.430	.673	.781	72	.335	-15.0	-1.5	.572	.226	.140	4.5
11 Yrs				2919	2154	275	3.4	99	.276	.236	.265	.296	.337	.362	.392	.658	.729	80	.406	-78.9	-8.3	.563	.209	.127	23.6
162 Game Avg.				533	393	50	3.4	99	.276	.236	.265	.296	.337	.362	.392	.658	.729	80	.406	-78.9	-8.3	.563	.209	.127	4

MIN (7 yrs)				1750	1275	176	3.7	96	.285	.239	.260	.304	.332	.373	.387	.676	.719	88	.449	-29.7	-3.2	.588	.222	.134	15.3
CHC (4 yrs)				1169	879	99	3.0	103	.262	.231	.274	.283	.343	.347	.401	.630	.744	69	.342	-49.2	-5.1	.526	.191	.116	8.4

AL (7 yrs)				1750	1275	176	3.7	96	.285	.239	.260	.304	.332	.373	.387	.676	.719	88	.449	-29.7	-3.2	.588	.222	.134	15.3
NL (4 yrs)				1169	879	99	3.0	103	.262	.231	.274	.283	.343	.347	.401	.630	.744	69	.342	-49.2	-5.1	.526	.191	.116	8.4

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
1969	24	MIN	AL	ALCS	BAL	L	2	8	7	0	1	0	0	1	3	.143	.250	.143	.393	1
1970	25	MIN	AL	ALCS	BAL	L	2	8	8	2	4	1	2	0	2	.500	.500	.625	1.125	5
2 Yrs (2 Series)							4	16	15	2	5	1	2	1	5	.333	.375	.400	.775	6
2 ALCS							4	16	15	2	5	1	2	1	5	.333	.375	.400	.775	6

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1966	21	MIN	AL	5	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%						100%

1968	23	MIN	AL	38	0.0%	21.1%	7.9%	2.6%	14%	2.67	4.3		34.0	1.00	68%
1969	24	MIN	AL	210	2.4%	22.4%	8.1%	6.2%	27%	2.76	4.0	37.4	14.4	1.06	65%
1970	25	MIN	AL	409	3.7%	20.5%	8.3%	7.1%	35%	2.47	4.4	24.6	8.0	1.15	66%
1971	26	MIN	AL	434	3.0%	24.0%	9.0%	6.2%	28%	2.67	3.7	29.8	8.8	0.79	63%
1972	27	MIN	AL	173	0.6%	21.4%	5.2%	3.5%	20%	4.11	4.4	163.0	20.4	1.15	73%
1973	28	MIN	AL	481	3.3%	23.1%	8.1%	6.4%	28%	2.85	3.9	27.0	6.8	0.94	64%
1974	29	CHC	NL	240	2.9%	17.5%	7.5%	5.8%	26%	2.33	5.1	30.7	7.7	0.94	71%
1975	30	CHC	NL	222	2.3%	18.9%	8.6%	5.4%	27%	2.21	4.8	40.0	7.7	0.67	70%
1976	31	CHC	NL	325	1.5%	19.4%	4.9%	3.7%	19%	3.94	4.8	60.6	10.8	1.00	74%
1977	32	CHC	NL	382	2.4%	18.1%	7.3%	8.1%	37%	2.46	5.1	38.8	8.1	1.23	71%
11 Yrs				2919	2.6%	20.8%	7.6%	6.0%	28%	2.73	4.4	34.8	8.8	0.99	68%
MLB Averages					2.0%	14.3%	8.5%	6.0%	27%	1.68	6.2	45.6	9.0	1.11	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1966	21	MIN	AL	-0.6	-0.1	5	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.64	-0.1	-0.1	-1.2	-0.1	1.10	-0.7		0

1968	23	MIN	AL	-2.1	-0.2	38	-0.5	0.2	-0.8	.99	-0.3	-0.2	-3.5	-0.4	0.84	-2.8	0.17	1
1969	24	MIN	AL	-1.5	-0.2	215	-0.8	3.0	-3.8	1.00	-0.5	-0.3	-4.8	-0.5	0.92	-4.4	1.66	7
1970	25	MIN	AL	-10.1	-1.0	419	0.1	7.0	-6.9	.92	-0.7	0.8	-6.0	-0.6	0.95	-6.3	0.58	1
1971	26	MIN	AL	-2.3	-0.2	443	-0.2	7.7	-7.8	1.02	-0.1	-0.0	-0.6	-0.1	0.96	-0.1	1.26	7
1972	27	MIN	AL	-13.6	-1.5	176	-1.1	2.1	-3.2	1.02	-1.5	0.4	-12.1	-1.3	0.94	-12.7	2.08	5
1973	28	MIN	AL	0.4	0.0	490	0.3	9.0	-8.7	1.01	0.5	-0.2	2.9	0.3	0.97	3.5	1.35	3
1974	29	CHC	NL	-3.1	-0.3	247	-0.5	4.2	-4.7	1.11	-0.4	-0.1	0.8	0.1	0.95	-1.4	2.47	12
1975	30	CHC	NL	-8.8	-0.9	226	-1.1	3.1	-4.1	1.08	-1.0	-0.0	-9.2	-0.9	1.04	-9.9	1.66	18
1976	31	CHC	NL	-22.3	-2.4	335	-3.7	4.4	-8.1	1.16	-2.3	-0.9	-24.2	-2.5	1.01	-21.8	1.41	16
1977	32	CHC	NL	-15.0	-1.5	392	-1.0	6.6	-7.7	1.04	-1.1	0.1	-17.7	-1.7	1.01	-13.5		0
11 Yrs				-79.0	-8.3	2986	-8.8	47.4	-56.1	1.03	-7.5	-1.0	-75.6	-7.7	0.97	-70.2	1.68	70

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1966	21	MIN	AL	0	0	100%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

1968	23	MIN	AL	0	0	10%	12	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50%	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	24	MIN	AL	2	0	21%	69	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	33%	11	8	2	3	2	1	7	3	4
1970	25	MIN	AL	7	0	20%	111	3	5	38%	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	44%	16	11	5	4	4	0	12	3	9
1971	26	MIN	AL	4	0	20%	135	3	3	50%	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	48%	15	9	6	1	1	0	13	4	8
1972	27	MIN	AL	1	0	29%	53	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	40%	4	3	1	2	1	1	4	1	2
1973	28	MIN	AL	9	0	24%	196	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	5	37%	26	17	7	5	4	0	12	3	9
1974	29	CHC	NL	4	0	15%	73	1	3	25%	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	32%	14	11	3	2	2	0	6	1	4
1975	30	CHC	NL	3	0	24%	48	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	4	46%	11	6	5	1	1	0	1	0	1
1976	31	CHC	NL	3	0	18%	91	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	6	37%	11	7	2	0	0	0	8	3	5
1977	32	CHC	NL	5	0	30%	125	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	11	34%	14	12	2	4	3	1	20	9	10
11 Yrs				38	0	22%	916	14	17	45%	14	15	0	0	0	2	7	0	33	47	39%	124	84	34	22	18	3	84	27	53

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
1966	21	MIN	AL	5	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	5	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0

1968	23	MIN	AL	38	53%	7			1	0	0	0	0.17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	6	1	17%	5	2	40%	16	1	6%	0	0		2	1	50%	0
1969	24	MIN	AL	210	68%	48			7	1	0	0	1.66	5	0	4	1	4	1	4	0	2	2	100%	46	6	13%	20	8	40%	114	9	8%	10	5	50%	8	4	50%	0
1970	25	MIN	AL	409	41%	82			1	0	0	0	0.58	15	0	8	8	7	9	6	0	4	4	100%	80	11	14%	35	8	23%	251	32	13%	16	6	38%	10	4	40%	0
1971	26	MIN	AL	434	38%	97			7	2	0	1	1.26	13	0	15	5	8	6	7	0	3	3	100%	80	9	11%	34	6	18%	268	31	12%	26	11	42%	13	5	38%	0
1972	27	MIN	AL	173	40%	30			5	2	0	1	2.08	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		32	5	16%	14	2	14%	102	7	7%	6	2	33%	6	0	0%	0
1973	28	MIN	AL	481	36%	112			3	0	0	0	1.35	16	0	12	11	5	12	4	0	2	2	100%	85	10	12%	44	12	27%	325	51	16%	20	12	60%	26	16	62%	0
1974	29	CHC	NL	240	30%	54			12	3	0	1	2.47	7	1	8	5	2	4	3	0	1	1	100%	37	4	11%	16	5	31%	158	23	15%	12	5	42%	9	5	56%	0
1975	30	CHC	NL	222	42%	44			18	4	1	4	1.66	5	0	10	0	5	2	3	0	1	1	100%	52	3	6%	24	8	33%	169	21	12%	16	7	44%	13	9	69%	0
1976	31	CHC	NL	325	42%	65			16	1	0	0	1.41	5	0	13	3	2	4	1	0	1	0	0%	62	9	15%	32	8	25%	225	26	12%	16	8	50%	13	6	46%	0
1977	32	CHC	NL	382	41%	83			0	0	0	0		9	0	10	5	4	6	3	0	2	2	100%	87	18	21%	36	7	19%	274	36	13%	25	16	64%	6	4	67%	0
11 Yrs				2919	41%	623			70	13	1	7	1.68	76	1	83	39	37	45	31	0	17	16	94%	568	76	13%	261	66	25%	1907	237	12%	148	72	49%	107	54	50%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			77%			11%			32%			14%			48%			52%

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
1966	21	3	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	13	1	0	0	0	0	0
1967	22	3	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	13	1	0	0	0	0	0
1968	23	14	43	39	2	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	8	.205	.262	.231	.493	46	9	1	0	1	0	0
1969	24	83	253	226	20	56	9	0	5	14	0	1	20	55	.248	.316	.354	.670	87	80	7	3	3	1	1
1970	25	200	662	595	56	138	21	2	20	60	3	6	54	139	.232	.301	.375	.676	85	223	18	5	7	1	7
1971	26	325	1096	983	94	235	34	3	33	104	6	9	93	243	.239	.307	.380	.687	90	374	27	5	10	5	16
1972	27	389	1269	1146	106	265	38	4	34	112	6	10	102	280	.231	.295	.360	.656	82	413	32	5	10	6	18
1973	28	514	1750	1578	156	377	53	4	50	176	9	11	141	391	.239	.304	.373	.676	88	588	42	10	12	9	18
1974	29	592	1990	1793	173	431	60	4	57	204	10	14	159	433	.240	.305	.374	.678	88	670	46	12	13	13	22
1975	30	676	2212	1993	192	475	64	7	62	230	10	14	178	475	.238	.303	.371	.673	87	739	49	12	14	15	29
1976	31	777	2537	2296	211	540	71	7	67	258	11	16	194	538	.235	.296	.360	.655	81	826	58	12	14	21	31
1977	32	887	2919	2645	251	623	93	7	76	301	14	17	222	607	.236	.296	.362	.658	80	958	76	13	16	23	38

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
1966	21	3	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3

1968	23	11	39	35	1	8	1	0	0	1	0	3	8	.229	.289	.257	.547	3	11
1969	24	69	213	189	19	50	8	0	5	14	0	18	47	.265	.336	.386	.723	24	69
1970	25	117	410	370	37	83	12	2	15	47	3	34	84	.224	.293	.389	.682	42	117
1971	26	126	444	396	42	103	14	1	14	49	3	41	105	.260	.327	.407	.733	53	125
1972	27	67	185	174	16	35	5	1	1	10	0	10	39	.201	.243	.259	.502	11	64
1973	28	125	485	435	53	115	15	0	16	67	3	40	111	.264	.331	.409	.740	59	125
1974	29	78	241	216	17	55	7	0	7	29	1	18	42	.255	.313	.384	.697	26	78
1975	30	84	222	200	19	44	4	3	5	26	0	19	42	.220	.285	.345	.630	20	84
1976	31	101	327	305	20	67	7	0	5	29	1	16	63	.220	.254	.292	.546	23	101
1977	32	110	375	344	36	78	21	0	8	39	3	26	69	.227	.282	.358	.639	35	110
11 Yrs		891	2946	2669	260	638	94	7	76	311	14	225	610	.239	.299	.365	.664	296	887
162 Game Avg.		162	536	485	47	116	17	1	14	57	3	41	111	.239	.299	.365	.664	54	887

* 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

Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1970 AL 1.9 (9th) 1977 NL 1.5 (8th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1971 AL 104 (4th) 1973 AL 111 (5th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1977 NL 18 (5th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1970 AL 1.9 (9th)
1977 NL 1.5 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1971 AL 104 (4th)
1973 AL 111 (5th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1977 NL 18 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (2147), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 3 (2531), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Dick Brown (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dick Brown (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dave Valle (964) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dave Valle (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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