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Paul Molitor

Paul Leo Molitor (The Ignitor)

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

Born: August 22, 1956 in St. Paul, MN
High School: Cretin-Derham Hall HS (St. Paul, MN)
School: University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1977 amateur draft.
Signed June 24, 1977. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1978
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Twins/BlueJays 1978-1998
Agents: Ron Simon [*]
Final Game: September 27, 1998
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 2004 (431/506 ballots).
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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
1978 21 MIL AL 125 556 521 73 142 26 4 6 45 30 12 19 54 .273 .301 .372 .673 89 194 6 4 7 5 2 46/D5 RoY-2
1979 22 MIL AL 140 645 584 88 188 27 16 9 62 33 13 48 48 .322 .372 .469 .842 126 274 9 2 6 5 5 *46/D MVP-20
1980 23 MIL AL 111 512 450 81 137 29 2 9 37 34 7 48 48 .304 .372 .438 .809 125 197 9 3 6 5 4 46/D5 AS
1981 24 MIL AL 64 284 251 45 67 11 0 2 19 10 6 25 29 .267 .341 .335 .675 100 84 3 3 5 0 1 8D/9
1982 25 MIL AL 160 751 666 136 201 26 8 19 71 41 9 69 93 .302 .366 .450 .816 129 300 9 1 10 5 1 *5/D6 MVP-12
1983 26 MIL AL 152 682 608 95 164 28 6 15 47 41 8 59 74 .270 .333 .410 .743 110 249 12 2 7 6 4 *5/D
1984 27 MIL AL 13 49 46 3 10 1 0 0 6 1 0 2 8 .217 .245 .239 .484 37 11 0 0 0 1 0 /5D
1985 28 MIL AL 140 642 576 93 171 28 3 10 48 21 7 54 80 .297 .356 .408 .764 110 235 12 1 7 4 6 *5/D AS
1986 29 MIL AL 105 482 437 62 123 24 6 9 55 20 5 40 81 .281 .340 .426 .765 105 186 9 0 2 3 0 5D/7
1987 30 MIL AL 118 542 465 114 164 41 5 16 75 45 10 69 67 .353 .438 .566 1.003 161 263 4 2 5 1 2 D54 MVP-5,SS
1988 31 MIL AL 154 691 609 115 190 34 6 13 60 41 10 71 54 .312 .384 .452 .836 133 275 10 2 5 3 8 5D/4 AS,MVP-8,SS
1989 32 MIL AL 155 696 615 84 194 35 4 11 56 27 11 64 67 .315 .379 .439 .818 132 270 11 4 4 9 4 *5D4
1990 33 MIL AL 103 458 418 64 119 27 6 12 45 18 3 37 51 .285 .343 .464 .807 125 194 7 1 0 2 4 43/D5
1991 34 MIL AL 158 752 665 133 216 32 13 17 75 19 8 77 62 .325 .399 .489 .888 147 325 11 6 0 1 16 *D3 AS,MVP-11
1992 35 MIL AL 158 701 609 89 195 36 7 12 89 31 6 73 66 .320 .389 .461 .851 140 281 13 3 4 11 12 D3 AS,MVP-10
1993 36 TOR AL 160 725 636 121 211 37 5 22 111 22 4 77 71 .332 .402 .509 .911 143 324 13 3 1 8 3 *D3 AS,MVP-2,SS
1994 37 TOR AL 115 516 454 86 155 30 4 14 75 20 0 55 48 .341 .410 .518 .927 138 235 13 1 0 5 4 *D/3 AS,MVP-18
1995 38 TOR AL 130 598 525 63 142 31 2 15 60 12 0 61 57 .270 .350 .423 .772 101 222 10 5 3 4 1 *D
1996 39 MIN AL 161 729 660 99 225 41 8 9 113 18 6 56 72 .341 .390 .468 .858 116 309 21 3 0 9 10 *D3 MVP-13,SS
1997 40 MIN AL 135 597 538 63 164 32 4 10 89 11 4 45 73 .305 .351 .435 .786 104 234 8 0 2 12 8 *D3
1998 41 MIN AL 126 559 502 75 141 29 5 4 69 9 2 45 41 .281 .335 .382 .718 86 192 19 1 1 10 5 *D/3
21 Yrs 2683 12167 10835 1782 3319 605 114 234 1307 504 131 1094 1244 .306 .369 .448 .817 122 4854 209 47 75 109 100
162 Game Avg. 162 735 654 108 200 37 7 14 79 30 8 66 75 .306 .369 .448 .817 122 293 13 3 5 7 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
MIL (15 yrs) 1856 8443 7520 1275 2281 405 86 160 790 412 115 755 882 .303 .367 .444 .811 125 3338 125 34 68 61 69
MIN (3 yrs) 422 1885 1700 237 530 102 17 23 271 38 12 146 186 .312 .362 .432 .794 104 735 48 4 3 31 23
TOR (3 yrs) 405 1839 1615 270 508 98 11 51 246 54 4 193 176 .315 .387 .484 .871 128 781 36 9 4 17 8

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
1978 21 MIL AL 125 556 -6 3 0 5 4 7 0.9 18 25 2.5 .506 .505 2.0 1.1 20 $21,000 46/D5 RoY-2
1979 22 MIL AL 140 645 22 4 2 4 3 35 3.7 21 56 5.5 .525 .521 5.2 0.8 52 $65,000 *46/D MVP-20
1980 23 MIL AL 111 512 17 5 0 -4 2 21 2.3 16 36 3.7 .519 .513 4.1 -0.0 40 $210,000 46/D5 AS
1981 24 MIL AL 64 284 1 1 1 -1 -2 1 0.1 9 9 0.9 .501 .500 1.1 -0.2 10 $320,000 8D/9
1982 25 MIL AL 160 751 33 6 2 -4 1 38 4.1 23 61 6.1 .524 .524 6.6 -0.2 64 $435,000 *5/D6 MVP-12
1983 26 MIL AL 152 682 9 4 0 8 1 21 2.5 21 42 4.4 .515 .514 3.6 1.1 34 $ *5/D
1984 27 MIL AL 13 49 -4 0 0 1 -0 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.2 .476 .498 -0.3 0.1 -3 $ /5D
1985 28 MIL AL 140 642 10 3 -1 3 0 16 1.8 20 35 3.6 .511 .510 3.3 0.5 32 $950,000 *5/D AS
1986 29 MIL AL 105 482 3 5 0 -1 -1 7 0.9 15 22 2.2 .507 .504 2.4 -0.1 23 $1,160,000 5D/7
1987 30 MIL AL 118 542 44 6 0 -0 -5 45 4.4 16 61 5.9 .536 .526 5.9 -0.4 62 $1,260,000 D54 MVP-5,SS
1988 31 MIL AL 154 691 25 7 -0 1 -4 28 3.2 21 49 5.1 .519 .518 5.0 -0.2 48 $1,400,000 5D/4 AS,MVP-8,SS
1989 32 MIL AL 155 696 30 -1 0 2 -2 30 3.5 21 51 5.4 .520 .519 5.2 0.2 49 $2,100,000 *5D4
1990 33 MIL AL 103 458 14 4 0 -2 -2 15 1.7 16 31 3.1 .515 .510 3.4 -0.3 32 $2,600,000 43/D5
1991 34 MIL AL 158 752 39 2 -1 0 -14 27 3.0 25 52 5.3 .517 .517 5.3 -1.3 52 $3,243,333 *D3 AS,MVP-11
1992 35 MIL AL 158 701 31 4 0 -1 -14 20 2.4 24 44 4.5 .514 .513 4.7 -1.5 45 $3,453,333 D3 AS,MVP-10
1993 36 TOR AL 160 725 42 6 0 -1 -15 32 3.3 24 57 5.5 .520 .520 5.8 -1.6 58 $3,650,000 *D3 AS,MVP-2,SS
1994 37 TOR AL 115 516 28 6 -1 -1 -11 20 1.9 16 36 3.4 .516 .511 3.6 -1.1 37 $4,025,000 *D/3 AS,MVP-18
1995 38 TOR AL 130 598 3 2 -0 0 -13 -9 -0.7 19 10 1.1 .494 .495 1.1 -1.1 10 $4,500,000 *D
1996 39 MIN AL 161 729 20 5 1 0 -15 11 1.4 24 34 3.5 .506 .506 3.4 -1.2 34 $2,025,000 *D3 MVP-13,SS
1997 40 MIN AL 135 597 -0 3 2 0 -13 -8 -0.6 20 11 1.2 .494 .495 1.2 -1.1 11 $3,500,000 *D3
1998 41 MIN AL 126 559 -10 4 -1 -2 -12 -21 -1.9 18 -2 -0.2 .484 .487 0.0 -1.2 -1 $4,250,000 *D/3
21 Seasons 2683 12167 352 78 5 8 -111 331 37.7 388 719 72.5 .512 .510 72.6 -7.8 711 $39,167,666
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
MIL (15 yrs) 1856 8443 269 52 5 12 -31 307 34.1 266 573 58.0 .517 .513 57.5 -0.4 561 $17,217,666
MIN (3 yrs) 422 1885 10 13 2 -2 -40 -19 -1.0 62 43 4.5 .496 .496 4.6 -3.6 45 $9,775,000
TOR (3 yrs) 405 1839 73 14 -1 -2 -39 43 4.5 60 103 10.0 .510 .509 10.5 -3.9 105 $12,175,000

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
1978 21 MIL AL 556 409 59 3.9 94 .292 .273 .261 .301 .326 .372 .385 .673 .711 89 .449 -9.0 -0.9 .592 .171 .100 10.0
1979 22 MIL AL 645 429 103 6.4 102 .336 .322 .270 .372 .334 .469 .408 .842 .743 126 .637 20.5 2.0 .823 .264 .147 14.1
1980 23 MIL AL 512 340 78 6.2 96 .322 .304 .266 .372 .328 .438 .394 .809 .721 125 .632 17.2 1.7 .836 .300 .133 14.2
1981 24 MIL AL 284 198 30 4.1 85 .295 .267 .250 .341 .314 .335 .364 .675 .678 100 .498 1.0 0.1 .601 .183 .068 3.3
1982 25 MIL AL 751 498 117 6.3 93 .326 .302 .257 .366 .320 .450 .392 .816 .712 129 .642 27.4 2.7 .832 .300 .149 26.0
1983 26 MIL AL 682 477 88 4.9 92 .284 .270 .257 .333 .318 .410 .388 .743 .706 110 .538 9.5 0.9 .739 .291 .140 22.0
1984 27 MIL AL 49 37 3 2.2 93 .256 .217 .259 .245 .321 .239 .391 .484 .712 37 .208 -3.8 -0.4 .389 .087 .022 .0
1985 28 MIL AL 642 435 85 5.2 98 .329 .297 .260 .356 .326 .408 .404 .764 .730 110 .559 9.1 0.9 .717 .229 .111 13.5
1986 29 MIL AL 482 333 65 5.2 103 .326 .281 .265 .340 .333 .426 .413 .765 .747 105 .551 2.5 0.2 .735 .270 .144 12.4
1987 30 MIL AL 542 321 125 10.4 108 .386 .353 .268 .438 .337 .566 .431 1.003 .769 161 .794 44.7 4.2 1.171 .437 .213 23.6
1988 31 MIL AL 691 447 112 6.7 95 .325 .312 .260 .384 .326 .452 .392 .836 .718 133 .683 28.6 2.8 .863 .307 .140 19.7
1989 32 MIL AL 696 456 106 6.2 92 .335 .315 .260 .379 .324 .439 .382 .818 .707 132 .659 28.2 2.8 .799 .254 .124 15.6
1990 33 MIL AL 458 311 68 5.8 94 .300 .285 .258 .343 .326 .464 .386 .807 .712 125 .629 13.2 1.3 .799 .304 .179 14.4
1991 34 MIL AL 752 469 132 7.6 95 .339 .325 .258 .399 .326 .489 .391 .888 .717 147 .718 43.2 4.2 .895 .296 .164 17.9
1992 35 MIL AL 701 448 116 7.0 93 .338 .320 .257 .389 .326 .461 .382 .851 .707 140 .698 35.7 3.6 .882 .302 .141 17.3
1993 36 TOR AL 725 451 136 8.1 103 .343 .332 .268 .402 .339 .509 .410 .911 .748 143 .720 40.9 3.9 .955 .327 .178 22.0
1994 37 TOR AL 516 317 101 8.5 111 .355 .341 .273 .410 .345 .518 .434 .927 .779 138 .701 27.7 2.5 .997 .341 .176 16.5
1995 38 TOR AL 598 400 82 5.5 109 .278 .270 .269 .350 .343 .423 .425 .772 .768 101 .521 2.0 0.2 .763 .291 .152 13.3
1996 39 MIN AL 729 471 119 6.8 117 .367 .341 .278 .390 .352 .468 .447 .858 .799 116 .587 17.4 1.6 .823 .230 .127 12.0
1997 40 MIN AL 597 400 85 5.7 109 .330 .305 .271 .351 .341 .435 .429 .786 .770 104 .545 4.7 0.4 .741 .227 .130 10.5
1998 41 MIN AL 559 393 63 4.3 111 .293 .281 .273 .335 .342 .382 .434 .718 .776 86 .412 -9.3 -0.9 .641 .205 .102 5.5
21 Yrs 12167 8040 1873 6.2 100 .326 .306 .264 .369 .331 .448 .405 .817 .736 122 .623 351.3 33.8 .811 .277 .142 319.6
162 Game Avg. 735 485 113 6.2 100 .326 .306 .264 .369 .331 .448 .405 .817 .736 122 .623 21 2 .811 .277 .142 19
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
MIL (15 yrs) 8443 5608 1287 6.2 96 .324 .303 .261 .367 .326 .444 .394 .811 .720 125 .637 268.0 26.2 .807 .280 .141 230.5
MIN (3 yrs) 1885 1264 267 5.7 112 .333 .312 .274 .362 .345 .432 .438 .794 .783 104 .526 12.8 1.1 .741 .222 .121 28.7
TOR (3 yrs) 1839 1168 319 7.3 107 .325 .315 .270 .387 .342 .484 .421 .871 .763 128 .659 70.5 6.6 .901 .320 .169 52.5

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
1981 24 MIL AL ALDS NYY L 5 23 20 2 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 5 .250 .318 .400 .718 8 0 0 1 0 0
1982 25 MIL AL ALCS CAL W 5 21 19 4 6 1 0 2 5 1 1 2 3 .316 .381 .684 1.065 13 1 0 0 0 0
1982 25 MIL AL WS STL L 7 33 31 5 11 0 0 0 3 1 1 2 4 .355 .394 .355 .749 11 1 0 0 0 0
1993 36 TOR AL ALCS CHW W 6 27 23 7 9 2 1 1 5 0 0 3 3 .391 .481 .696 1.177 16 0 1 0 0 1
1993 36 TOR AL WS PHI W 6 28 24 10 12 2 2 2 8 1 0 3 0 .500 .571 1.000 1.571 24 0 1 0 0 0
3 Yrs (5 Series) 29 132 117 28 43 5 3 6 22 3 2 12 15 .368 .435 .615 1.050 72 2 2 1 0 1
1 ALDS 5 23 20 2 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 5 .250 .318 .400 .718 8 0 0 1 0 0
2 ALCS 11 48 42 11 15 3 1 3 10 1 1 5 6 .357 .438 .690 1.128 29 1 1 0 0 1
2 WS 13 61 55 15 23 2 2 2 11 2 1 5 4 .418 .475 .636 1.112 35 1 1 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1980 MIL AL 23 DNP
1985 MIL AL 28 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 MIL AL 31 as 2B 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0
1991 MIL AL 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 MIL AL 35 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1993 TOR AL 36 as DH 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 TOR AL 37 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs (6 GP) 10 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .125 .222 .125 .347 1 1 0 0 0 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
1978 21 MIL AL 556 1.1% 9.7% 3.4% 6.5% 25% 2.84 9.6 86.8 11.6 1.43 84%
1979 22 MIL AL 645 1.4% 7.4% 7.4% 8.1% 28% 1.00 12.2 64.9 9.4 1.22 82%
1980 23 MIL AL 512 1.8% 9.4% 9.4% 7.8% 29% 1.00 9.4 50.0 12.2 1.17 78%
1981 24 MIL AL 284 0.7% 10.2% 8.8% 4.6% 19% 1.16 8.7 125.5 13.2 1.41 77%
1982 25 MIL AL 751 2.5% 12.4% 9.2% 7.1% 26% 1.35 7.2 35.1 9.4 0.93 74%
1983 26 MIL AL 682 2.2% 10.9% 8.7% 7.2% 30% 1.25 8.2 40.5 12.9 1.03 77%
1984 27 MIL AL 49 0.0% 16.3% 4.1% 2.0% 10% 4.00 5.8 7.7 1.07 80%
1985 28 MIL AL 642 1.6% 12.5% 8.4% 6.4% 24% 1.48 7.2 57.6 12.0 1.16 76%
1986 29 MIL AL 482 1.9% 16.8% 8.3% 8.1% 32% 2.03 5.4 48.6 7.9 1.36 73%
1987 30 MIL AL 542 3.0% 12.4% 12.7% 11.4% 38% 0.97 6.9 29.1 6.2 1.06 71%
1988 31 MIL AL 691 1.9% 7.8% 10.3% 7.7% 28% 0.76 11.3 46.8 10.2 0.84 1.21 79% 20% 7.5% 40%
1989 32 MIL AL 696 1.6% 9.6% 9.2% 7.2% 26% 1.05 9.2 55.9 11.0 0.88 1.08 78% 22% 4.3% 12%
1990 33 MIL AL 458 2.6% 11.1% 8.1% 9.8% 38% 1.38 8.2 34.8 9.3 0.73 0.87 78% 20% 6.4% 11%
1991 34 MIL AL 752 2.3% 8.2% 10.2% 8.2% 29% 0.81 10.7 39.1 8.9 0.72 1.02 78% 27% 5.5% 12%
1992 35 MIL AL 701 1.7% 9.4% 10.4% 7.9% 28% 0.90 9.2 50.8 6.8 0.73 0.95 77% 25% 4.2% 9%
1993 36 TOR AL 725 3.0% 9.8% 10.6% 8.8% 30% 0.92 9.0 28.9 5.7 0.81 1.05 76% 26% 8.1% 13%
1994 37 TOR AL 516 2.7% 9.3% 10.7% 9.3% 31% 0.87 9.5 32.4 6.1 0.69 0.83 77% 23% 6.8% 13%
1995 38 TOR AL 598 2.5% 9.5% 10.2% 8.0% 34% 0.93 9.2 35.0 8.8 0.87 1.07 76% 22% 7.4% 17%
1996 39 MIN AL 729 1.2% 9.9% 7.7% 8.0% 26% 1.29 9.2 73.3 5.8 1.07 1.71 81% 23% 3.6% 12%
1997 40 MIN AL 597 1.7% 12.2% 7.5% 7.7% 28% 1.62 7.4 53.8 6.0 0.86 1.06 78% 24% 4.5% 11%
1998 41 MIN AL 559 0.7% 7.3% 8.1% 6.8% 27% 0.91 12.2 125.5 7.3 1.06 1.43 84% 19% 2.0% 12%
21 Yrs 12167 1.9% 10.2% 9.0% 7.8% 29% 1.14 8.7 46.3 8.3 0.84 1.13 78% 23% 5.4% 15%
MLB Averages 2.2% 14.7% 8.6% 7.0% 30% 1.71 6.1 39.7 8.2 0.81 1.08 73% 21% 7.2% 18%
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
1978 21 MIL AL -9.0 -0.9 604 0.2 8.9 -8.7 .92 -0.6 0.8 -0.5 -0.0 0.94 -6.7 1.48 3
1979 22 MIL AL 20.5 2.0 699 2.2 13.7 -11.4 1.03 2.6 -0.4 19.5 1.9 0.94 25.3 2.71 2
1980 23 MIL AL 17.2 1.7 560 0.7 9.3 -8.6 .99 1.4 -0.7 10.2 1.0 0.94 15.6 2.68 2
1981 24 MIL AL 1.0 0.1 305 -0.4 4.2 -4.6 .97 -0.0 -0.4 5.4 0.6 0.95 0.4 6.12 1
1982 25 MIL AL 27.4 2.7 816 3.1 14.5 -11.3 .92 2.7 0.7 27.4 2.8 0.95 31.0 5.40 0
1983 26 MIL AL 9.5 0.9 739 -1.7 11.2 -12.9 1.04 0.0 -1.6 -7.3 -0.8 0.95 -1.1 3.16 2
1984 27 MIL AL -3.8 -0.4 50 -0.5 0.3 -0.8 .90 -0.3 -0.2 -3.0 -0.3 0.97 -4.0 3.83 2
1985 28 MIL AL 8.3 0.8 680 1.1 11.6 -10.5 .98 0.7 0.4 5.4 0.5 0.92 6.9 3.81 2
1986 29 MIL AL 2.5 0.2 517 1.3 9.9 -8.6 1.03 0.8 0.4 11.1 1.1 0.94 6.4 0
1987 30 MIL AL 44.7 4.2 609 4.2 12.7 -8.5 1.00 3.3 0.9 49.2 4.5 0.92 44.2 3.76 1
1988 31 MIL AL 28.6 2.8 758 3.3 14.0 -10.8 .99 2.9 0.5 40.5 4.0 0.93 29.5 0
1989 32 MIL AL 28.2 2.8 746 2.8 12.3 -9.5 .91 3.0 0.0 26.2 2.6 0.92 30.8 0
1990 33 MIL AL 13.2 1.3 485 1.3 8.4 -7.1 .96 1.3 0.0 14.5 1.5 0.92 16.2 3.42 1
1991 34 MIL AL 43.2 4.2 786 3.6 16.1 -12.5 1.03 4.1 -0.6 44.2 4.4 0.95 42.7 0
1992 35 MIL AL 34.9 3.5 745 3.6 13.9 -10.3 1.01 3.1 0.4 37.5 3.8 0.96 35.2 3.90 2
1993 36 TOR AL 40.9 3.9 760 5.2 16.2 -10.9 .99 4.7 0.6 53.7 5.1 0.96 51.0 0
1994 37 TOR AL 27.7 2.5 541 1.7 10.0 -8.4 .98 2.2 -0.5 31.9 2.9 0.92 27.5 0
1995 38 TOR AL 2.0 0.2 620 0.9 10.8 -9.9 .98 1.0 -0.0 11.0 1.0 0.90 11.3 2.87 0
1996 39 MIN AL 17.4 1.6 761 3.3 15.4 -12.1 1.00 1.6 1.6 27.0 2.4 0.94 20.1 1.66 1
1997 40 MIN AL 3.9 0.4 615 0.9 10.7 -9.8 1.00 0.3 0.6 10.6 1.0 0.95 4.3 3.50 2
1998 41 MIN AL -9.3 -0.9 577 0.2 10.9 -10.7 1.09 -0.3 0.5 0.8 0.1 0.94 -5.5 2.32 2
21 Yrs 348.9 33.6 12973 37.0 235.0 -198.0 .99 34.4 2.9 415.6 39.9 0.94 381.0 3.10 23
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
1978 21 MIL AL 11 0 42% 226 30 12 71% 21 11 8 0 1 1 3 0 4 9 54% 28 17 11 5 3 2 23 6 17
1979 22 MIL AL 10 0 35% 284 33 13 72% 25 12 8 1 0 0 3 2 13 17 53% 33 18 15 10 7 3 18 4 14
1980 23 MIL AL 7 0 40% 221 34 7 83% 25 6 9 1 0 0 3 1 8 16 47% 30 20 9 13 7 6 21 5 15
1981 24 MIL AL 3 0 46% 132 10 6 63% 9 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 10 46% 17 8 9 8 7 1 8 2 5
1982 25 MIL AL 15 0 46% 323 41 9 82% 37 9 4 0 0 0 3 3 12 29 45% 41 27 13 19 11 6 35 9 24
1983 26 MIL AL 8 0 38% 276 41 8 84% 38 7 3 1 0 0 5 2 5 13 40% 34 24 10 8 5 3 26 10 14
1984 27 MIL AL 0 0 25% 21 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 67% 4 1 3 1 0 1 1 1 0
1985 28 MIL AL 10 0 38% 299 21 7 75% 19 6 2 1 0 0 2 1 7 16 48% 54 29 24 10 7 3 25 8 16
1986 29 MIL AL 6 0 34% 194 20 5 80% 18 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 16 56% 22 13 9 6 2 4 13 2 10
1987 30 MIL AL 4 0 45% 245 45 10 82% 33 9 10 0 2 1 4 0 7 26 58% 33 24 8 4 3 1 40 3 36
1988 31 MIL AL 4 1 41% 279 41 10 80% 33 8 5 1 3 1 1 0 8 32 49% 34 21 12 11 6 5 35 13 22
1989 32 MIL AL 13 0 29% 321 27 11 71% 22 8 5 1 0 2 5 3 8 20 40% 40 30 10 10 6 3 28 9 18
1990 33 MIL AL 7 0 36% 188 18 3 86% 13 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 18 39% 25 15 10 1 1 0 13 7 5
1991 34 MIL AL 5 3 41% 345 19 8 70% 16 6 2 1 1 1 0 0 8 33 47% 69 42 27 10 5 5 37 14 23
1992 35 MIL AL 7 1 30% 289 31 6 84% 23 5 7 1 1 0 3 0 8 25 39% 39 27 12 10 6 4 23 8 12
1993 36 TOR AL 10 0 37% 337 22 4 85% 20 4 1 0 1 0 2 1 6 23 58% 45 21 23 12 6 5 35 9 25
1994 37 TOR AL 5 1 37% 221 20 0 100% 17 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 16 40% 19 14 5 16 10 6 20 8 11
1995 38 TOR AL 6 0 25% 270 12 0 100% 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 11 38% 37 28 8 5 3 2 26 10 16
1996 39 MIN AL 12 1 33% 340 18 6 75% 16 5 2 1 0 0 1 1 6 23 54% 45 28 17 22 9 12 30 5 23
1997 40 MIN AL 4 0 27% 214 11 4 73% 10 3 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 15 49% 27 19 8 11 5 6 13 2 11
1998 41 MIN AL 8 0 39% 222 9 2 82% 6 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 15 55% 36 21 15 13 5 8 27 6 19
21 Yrs 155 7 37% 5247 504 131 79% 411 115 82 10 11 6 38 16 130 384 48% 712 447 258 205 114 86 497 141 336
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
1978 21 MIL AL 556 26% 142 3 0 0 0 1.48 6 0 14 5 1 4 2 0 12 7 58% 67 6 9% 36 19 53% 256 42 16% 21 16 76% 10 4 40% 0
1979 22 MIL AL 645 25% 188 2 0 0 0 2.71 9 0 13 5 4 3 6 0 17 6 35% 89 9 10% 37 15 41% 328 56 17% 23 14 61% 16 13 81% 0
1980 23 MIL AL 512 36% 137 2 1 0 0 2.68 9 0 5 4 5 2 7 0 12 6 50% 78 9 12% 47 12 26% 233 30 13% 28 13 46% 14 8 57% 0
1981 24 MIL AL 284 29% 67 1 0 0 0 6.12 2 1 5 2 0 1 1 0 7 5 71% 51 3 6% 14 6 43% 130 17 13% 12 5 42% 4 2 50% 0
1982 25 MIL AL 751 33% 201 0 0 0 0 5.40 19 0 8 15 4 9 10 0 17 10 59% 118 9 8% 52 19 37% 365 55 15% 33 18 55% 19 12 63% 0
1983 26 MIL AL 682 37% 164 2 0 0 0 3.16 15 0 4 6 9 9 6 0 10 7 70% 107 12 11% 49 16 33% 317 36 11% 30 15 50% 15 10 67% 0
1984 27 MIL AL 49 51% 10 2 0 0 0 3.83 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0% 5 4 80% 28 6 21% 4 4 100% 1 1 100% 0
1985 28 MIL AL 642 31% 171 2 0 0 0 3.81 10 0 8 5 5 6 4 0 9 7 78% 88 12 14% 39 15 38% 305 42 14% 22 11 50% 24 12 50% 0
1986 29 MIL AL 482 22% 123 0 0 0 0 9 0 11 8 1 5 4 0 3 2 67% 67 9 13% 30 11 37% 246 46 19% 20 10 50% 12 5 42% 0
1987 30 MIL AL 542 32% 164 1 0 0 0 3.76 16 0 6 13 3 7 9 0 8 5 63% 65 4 6% 30 9 30% 256 60 23% 29 16 55% 15 10 67% 0
1988 31 MIL AL 691 32% 190 30 8 0 0 0 0 13 0 7 9 4 9 4 0 10 5 50% 88 10 11% 26 9 35% 295 48 16% 22 12 55% 20 13 65% 0
1989 32 MIL AL 696 27% 194 34 5 0 0 0 0 11 0 6 7 4 6 5 0 8 4 50% 98 11 11% 40 23 58% 309 49 16% 28 18 64% 17 14 82% 0
1990 33 MIL AL 458 26% 119 13 1 1 0 0 0 3.42 12 0 1 7 5 6 6 0 2 0 0% 54 7 13% 26 10 38% 210 33 16% 16 5 31% 9 5 56% 0
1991 34 MIL AL 752 27% 216 74 3 0 0 0 0 17 0 11 12 5 7 10 0 2 0 0% 107 11 10% 41 10 24% 381 60 16% 33 16 48% 23 15 65% 0
1992 35 MIL AL 701 22% 195 86 5 2 0 0 0 3.90 12 0 12 6 6 4 8 0 8 4 50% 135 13 10% 70 32 46% 445 83 19% 58 35 60% 37 21 57% 0
1993 36 TOR AL 725 28% 211 28 5 0 0 0 0 22 0 17 15 7 13 9 0 6 1 17% 140 13 9% 66 24 36% 493 93 19% 48 25 52% 46 28 61% 0
1994 37 TOR AL 516 25% 155 25 7 0 0 0 0 14 1 6 9 5 8 6 1 7 0 0% 106 13 12% 43 14 33% 331 62 19% 33 17 52% 28 18 64% 0
1995 38 TOR AL 598 22% 142 21 3 0 0 0 0 2.87 15 0 9 11 4 6 9 1 7 3 43% 105 10 10% 61 19 31% 324 48 15% 28 17 61% 26 13 50% 0
1996 39 MIN AL 729 23% 225 37 5 1 1 0 0 1.66 9 0 15 7 2 6 3 0 3 0 0% 172 21 12% 85 37 44% 533 109 20% 75 45 60% 46 28 61% 0
1997 40 MIN AL 597 22% 164 26 2 2 0 0 0 3.50 10 1 16 10 0 5 5 0 3 2 67% 126 8 6% 61 32 52% 420 82 20% 53 35 66% 36 29 81% 0
1998 41 MIN AL 559 24% 141 39 4 2 0 0 0 2.32 4 0 11 3 1 0 4 0 5 1 20% 117 19 16% 59 24 41% 377 71 19% 45 25 56% 26 17 65% 0
21 Yrs 12167 28% 3319 413 48 23 2 0 0 3.10 234 3 186 159 75 116 118 2 156 75 48% 1986 209 11% 917 360 39% 6582 1128 17% 661 372 56% 444 278 63% 0
MLB Averages 58% 76% 11% 35% 15% 52% 56%
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
1988 31 MIL AL 677 2350 3.47 1391 59% 22% 10% 28% 39% 78% 3% 46% 87% 35% 7% 48 7 17% 115 36 10% 66 36 31% 14 3 1
1989 32 MIL AL 648 2427 3.75 1480 61% 22% 11% 32% 35% 78% 1% 48% 86% 33% 5% 32 1 16% 103 47 8% 49 28 26% 48 0 6
1990 33 MIL AL 442 1545 3.50 948 61% 22% 11% 28% 38% 78% 2% 48% 85% 34% 6% 25 3 17% 74 28 9% 40 24 17% 16 3 4
1991 34 MIL AL 754 2699 3.58 1609 60% 22% 10% 30% 38% 78% 5% 46% 88% 35% 7% 54 0 17% 128 47 10% 72 40 21% -2 0 0
1992 35 MIL AL 705 2546 3.61 1495 59% 22% 11% 30% 37% 78% 4% 46% 86% 32% 6% 40 4 17% 120 53 10% 71 34 26% -4 0 0
1993 36 TOR AL 697 2599 3.73 1520 59% 23% 11% 30% 36% 77% 1% 45% 85% 29% 7% 48 2 19% 134 61 11% 80 43 24% 28 1 1
1994 37 TOR AL 491 1715 3.49 1011 59% 22% 11% 28% 39% 78% 2% 46% 86% 31% 6% 30 3 19% 95 44 10% 50 25 22% 25 2 0
1995 38 TOR AL 536 1977 3.69 1188 60% 22% 11% 31% 36% 78% 1% 47% 86% 29% 6% 30 4 18% 99 51 12% 66 43 15% 62 1 0
1996 39 MIN AL 617 2101 3.41 1267 60% 21% 13% 27% 40% 79% 4% 48% 84% 33% 6% 36 9 17% 102 44 9% 55 33 16% 112 0 1
1997 40 MIN AL 569 1998 3.51 1210 61% 21% 13% 28% 37% 79% 3% 48% 83% 36% 6% 34 2 17% 99 54 8% 44 31 15% 28 0 1
1998 41 MIN AL 559 1907 3.41 1162 61% 24% 12% 23% 41% 76% 2% 46% 85% 31% 5% 30 1 15% 83 38 10% 56 30 15% 0 0 0
11 Yrs 6695 23864 3.56 14281 60% 22% 11% 29% 38% 78% 3% 47% 86% 33% 6% 407 36 17% 1152 503 10% 649 367 21% 327 10 14
MLB Averages 3.66 62% 25% 15% 27% 33% 75% 2% 46% 80% 31% 6% 16% 9% 27%

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
1978 21 125 556 521 73 142 26 4 6 45 30 12 19 54 .273 .301 .372 .673 89 194 6 4 7 5 2
1979 22 265 1201 1105 161 330 53 20 15 107 63 25 67 102 .299 .339 .424 .763 109 468 15 6 13 10 7
1980 23 376 1713 1555 242 467 82 22 24 144 97 32 115 150 .300 .349 .428 .777 114 665 24 9 19 15 11
1981 24 440 1997 1806 287 534 93 22 26 163 107 38 140 179 .296 .348 .415 .762 112 749 27 12 24 15 12
1982 25 600 2748 2472 423 735 119 30 45 234 148 47 209 272 .297 .353 .424 .777 117 1049 36 13 34 20 13
1983 26 752 3430 3080 518 899 147 36 60 281 189 55 268 346 .292 .349 .421 .770 115 1298 48 15 41 26 17
1984 27 765 3479 3126 521 909 148 36 60 287 190 55 270 354 .291 .347 .419 .766 114 1309 48 15 41 27 17
1985 28 905 4121 3702 614 1080 176 39 70 335 211 62 324 434 .292 .349 .417 .766 114 1544 60 16 48 31 23
1986 29 1010 4603 4139 676 1203 200 45 79 390 231 67 364 515 .291 .348 .418 .766 113 1730 69 16 50 34 23
1987 30 1128 5145 4604 790 1367 241 50 95 465 276 77 433 582 .297 .357 .433 .790 118 1993 73 18 55 35 25
1988 31 1282 5836 5213 905 1557 275 56 108 525 317 87 504 636 .299 .360 .435 .795 120 2268 83 20 60 38 33
1989 32 1437 6532 5828 989 1751 310 60 119 581 344 98 568 703 .300 .362 .435 .798 121 2538 94 24 64 47 37
1990 33 1540 6990 6246 1053 1870 337 66 131 626 362 101 605 754 .299 .361 .437 .798 121 2732 101 25 64 49 41
1991 34 1698 7742 6911 1186 2086 369 79 148 701 381 109 682 816 .302 .365 .442 .807 124 3057 112 31 64 50 57
1992 35 1856 8443 7520 1275 2281 405 86 160 790 412 115 755 882 .303 .367 .444 .811 125 3338 125 34 68 61 69
1993 36 2016 9168 8156 1396 2492 442 91 182 901 434 119 832 953 .306 .370 .449 .819 127 3662 138 37 69 69 72
1994 37 2131 9684 8610 1482 2647 472 95 196 976 454 119 887 1001 .307 .372 .453 .824 127 3897 151 38 69 74 76
1995 38 2261 10282 9135 1545 2789 503 97 211 1036 466 119 948 1058 .305 .370 .451 .821 126 4119 161 43 72 78 77
1996 39 2422 11011 9795 1644 3014 544 105 220 1149 484 125 1004 1130 .308 .372 .452 .824 125 4428 182 46 72 87 87
1997 40 2557 11608 10333 1707 3178 576 109 230 1238 495 129 1049 1203 .308 .371 .451 .822 124 4662 190 46 74 99 95
1998 41 2683 12167 10835 1782 3319 605 114 234 1307 504 131 1094 1244 .306 .369 .448 .817 122 4854 209 47 75 109 100

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1978 21 125 567 531 82 152 28 4 6 51 32 20 54 .286 .314 .388 .702 65 125
1979 22 141 650 588 89 190 27 16 9 63 33 49 48 .323 .374 .469 .844 104 140
1980 23 111 521 457 87 144 30 2 9 40 36 50 48 .315 .383 .449 .831 79 111
1981 24 97 449 393 83 114 19 0 3 35 17 43 44 .290 .367 .361 .729 51 64
1982 25 160 770 680 152 215 28 9 20 79 44 74 93 .316 .382 .472 .854 123 160
1983 26 152 698 620 107 176 30 6 16 53 44 63 74 .284 .349 .429 .778 94 152
1984 27 13 50 47 3 11 1 0 0 7 1 2 8 .234 .260 .255 .515 3 13
1985 28 140 649 581 98 176 29 3 10 50 22 56 80 .303 .363 .415 .778 88 140
1986 29 105 481 436 61 122 24 6 9 55 20 40 81 .280 .338 .424 .763 63 105
1987 30 118 532 458 106 157 39 5 15 70 43 66 67 .343 .427 .548 .975 107 118
1988 31 154 701 617 123 198 35 6 14 64 43 74 54 .321 .394 .465 .859 113 154
1989 32 155 713 628 93 207 37 4 12 62 29 68 67 .330 .394 .459 .852 114 155
1990 33 103 468 426 71 127 29 6 13 50 19 39 51 .298 .357 .486 .843 74 103
1991 34 158 763 675 143 226 33 14 18 81 20 81 62 .335 .410 .505 .915 138 158
1992 35 158 719 623 99 209 39 8 13 99 33 78 66 .335 .406 .486 .892 123 158
1993 36 160 724 635 120 210 37 5 22 110 22 77 71 .331 .401 .509 .910 130 160
1994 37 163 712 631 110 206 40 5 19 96 27 73 68 .326 .393 .496 .889 124 115
1995 38 146 663 585 66 154 34 2 16 63 13 66 64 .263 .341 .410 .751 81 130
1996 39 161 704 641 86 206 38 7 8 98 16 51 72 .321 .369 .440 .809 105 161
1997 40 135 591 533 60 159 31 4 10 85 11 44 73 .298 .345 .428 .772 80 135
1998 41 126 551 496 70 135 28 5 4 64 9 43 41 .272 .325 .373 .698 61 126
21 Yrs 2781 12676 11281 1909 3494 636 117 246 1375 534 1157 1286 .310 .373 .452 .825 1920 2683
162 Game Avg. 162 738 657 111 204 37 7 14 80 31 67 75 .310 .373 .452 .825 112 2683
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

* 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

Hall of Fame
2004 BBWAA (85.2%)
Selected to HOF in 2004 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1980
1985 *
1988 (2B)
1991 *
1992 *
1993 (DH)
1994 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1987 ML Hutch Award
1993 AL Babe Ruth Award
1993 ML WS MVP
1997 ML Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
1998 ML Branch Rickey Award

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1979 AL (20, 2%)
1982 AL (12, 7%)
1987 AL (5, 32%)
1988 AL (8, 13%)
1991 AL (11, 13%)
1992 AL (10, 16%)
1993 AL (2, 53%)
1994 AL (18, 2%)
1996 AL (13, 5%)
1.43 Career Shares (151st)

Silver Sluggers
1987 AL (DH)
1988 AL (DH)
1993 AL (DH)
1996 AL (DH)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1982 AL  6.1 (8th)
1987 AL  5.9 (8th)
1989 AL  5.4 (9th)
Career  72.5 (70th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1979 AL  5.5 (9th)
1982 AL  6.1 (7th)
1987 AL  5.9 (3rd)
1989 AL  5.4 (6th)
Career  72.5 (43rd)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1979 AL  5.2 (10th)
1982 AL  6.6 (3rd)
1987 AL  5.9 (3rd)
1989 AL  5.2 (6th)
1991 AL  5.3 (9th)
1992 AL  4.7 (10th)
1993 AL  5.8 (9th)
1994 AL  3.6 (7th)
Career  72.6 (41st)

Batting Average s c a p y
1979 AL  .322 (6th)
1982 AL  .302 (10th)
1985 AL  .297 (9th)
1987 AL  .353 (2nd)
1988 AL  .312 (5th)
1989 AL  .315 (6th)
1991 AL  .325 (5th)
1992 AL  .320 (4th)
1993 AL  .332 (2nd)
1994 AL  .341 (6th)
1996 AL  .341 (3rd)
Career  .306 (140th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1987 AL  .438 (2nd)
1988 AL  .384 (10th)
1991 AL  .399 (7th)
1992 AL  .389 (7th)
1993 AL  .402 (9th)
1994 AL  .410 (10th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1987 AL  .566 (5th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1987 AL  1.003 (2nd)
1991 AL  .888 (8th)
1992 AL  .851 (10th)
1993 AL  .911 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1982 AL  160 (6th)
1991 AL  158 (10th)
1992 AL  158 (9th)
1993 AL  160 (2nd)
1994 AL  115 (1st)
1996 AL  161 (3rd)
Career  2,683 (30th)

At Bats s c a p y
1982 AL  666 (1st)
1983 AL  608 (8th)
1988 AL  609 (10th)
1989 AL  615 (10th)
1991 AL  665 (1st)
1993 AL  636 (2nd)
1994 AL  454 (3rd)
1996 AL  660 (2nd)
Career  10,835 (13th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1982 AL  751 (1st)
1983 AL  682 (6th)
1988 AL  691 (6th)
1989 AL  696 (6th)
1991 AL  752 (1st)
1992 AL  701 (9th)
1993 AL  725 (1st)
1994 AL  516 (6th)
1996 AL  729 (4th)
Career  12,167 (14th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1982 AL  136 (1st)
1983 AL  95 (10th)
1987 AL  114 (1st)
1988 AL  115 (4th)
1991 AL  133 (1st)
1993 AL  121 (2nd)
1994 AL  86 (7th)
Career  1,782 (20th)

Hits s c a p y
1979 AL  188 (4th)
1982 AL  201 (3rd)
1988 AL  190 (4th)
1989 AL  194 (5th)
1991 AL  216 (1st)
1992 AL  195 (3rd)
1993 AL  211 (1st)
1994 AL  155 (2nd)
1996 AL  225 (1st)
Career  3,319 (9th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1982 AL  300 (8th)
1991 AL  325 (4th)
1992 AL  281 (10th)
1993 AL  324 (7th)
1994 AL  235 (8th)
Career  4,854 (23rd)

Doubles s c a p y
1987 AL  41 (1st)
1989 AL  35 (8th)
1992 AL  36 (8th)
1993 AL  37 (9th)
1994 AL  30 (9th)
1996 AL  41 (8th)
Career  605 (11th)

Triples s c a p y
1979 AL  16 (2nd)
1982 AL  8 (8th)
1988 AL  6 (9th)
1991 AL  13 (1st)
1992 AL  7 (7th)
1996 AL  8 (3rd)
Career  114 (110th)

Home Runs s c a p y
Career  234 (237th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1993 AL  111 (8th)
Career  1,307 (101st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
Career  1,094 (77th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
Career  1,244 (126th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1979 AL  33 (7th)
1980 AL  34 (6th)
1982 AL  41 (4th)
1983 AL  41 (6th)
1987 AL  45 (4th)
1988 AL  41 (3rd)
1989 AL  27 (9th)
Career  504 (37th)

Singles s c a p y
1979 AL  136 (5th)
1982 AL  148 (3rd)
1985 AL  130 (9th)
1988 AL  137 (5th)
1989 AL  144 (6th)
1991 AL  154 (2nd)
1992 AL  140 (6th)
1993 AL  147 (2nd)
1994 AL  107 (1st)
1996 AL  167 (1st)
Career  2,366 (10th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1987 AL  161 (3rd)
1991 AL  147 (7th)
1992 AL  139 (6th)
1993 AL  143 (9th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1982 AL  117 (6th)
1987 AL  125 (5th)
1988 AL  112 (8th)
1989 AL  106 (8th)
1991 AL  132 (3rd)
1992 AL  116 (3rd)
1993 AL  136 (4th)
1994 AL  101 (5th)
Career  1,873 (29th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1987 AL  45 (5th)
1991 AL  43 (7th)
1992 AL  35 (6th)
1993 AL  41 (6th)
1994 AL  28 (9th)
Career  351 (96th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1987 AL  4.2 (5th)
1991 AL  4.2 (7th)
1992 AL  3.5 (5th)
1993 AL  3.9 (6th)
1994 AL  2.5 (9th)
Career  33.9 (98th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
Career  953 (45th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1982 AL  271 (4th)
1988 AL  263 (5th)
1989 AL  262 (6th)
1991 AL  299 (2nd)
1992 AL  271 (4th)
1993 AL  291 (3rd)
1994 AL  211 (4th)
1996 AL  284 (8th)
Career  4,460 (18th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1987 AL  .794 (2nd)
1991 AL  .718 (7th)
1992 AL  .698 (6th)
1993 AL  .720 (7th)
1994 AL  .701 (9th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1989 AL  9 (9th)
1992 AL  11 (4th)
1993 AL  8 (10th)
1996 AL  9 (8th)
1997 AL  12 (2nd)
1998 AL  10 (6th)
Career  109 (14th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1991 AL  16 (4th)
1992 AL  12 (8th)
Career  100 (122nd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1996 AL  21 (4th)
1998 AL  19 (5th)
Career  209 (75th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1978 AL  12 (9th)
1979 AL  13 (6th)
1988 AL  10 (6th)
Career  131 (46th)

SB % s c a p y
1980 AL  82.93 (8th)
1982 AL  82.00 (8th)
1983 AL  83.67 (8th)
1986 AL  80.00 (10th)
1990 AL  85.71 (5th)
1992 AL  83.78 (7th)
1993 AL  84.62 (4th)
1994 AL  100.00 (1st)
Career  79.37 (56th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1982 AL  26.0 (2nd)
1983 AL  22.0 (1st)
1987 AL  23.6 (7th)
1988 AL  19.7 (6th)
1989 AL  15.6 (9th)
1991 AL  17.9 (9th)
1992 AL  17.3 (8th)
1993 AL  22.0 (7th)
1994 AL  16.5 (5th)
Career  319.6 (14th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1996 AL  9.2 (9th)
1998 AL  12.2 (2nd)

Outs Made s c a p y
1982 AL  498 (2nd)
1983 AL  477 (8th)
1996 AL  471 (7th)
Career  8,040 (14th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1987 AL  49.22 (2nd)
1988 AL  40.47 (8th)
1991 AL  44.19 (5th)
1992 AL  37.51 (10th)
1993 AL  53.72 (3rd)
1994 AL  31.93 (9th)
Career  415.56 (56th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1987 AL  4.2 (2nd)
1988 AL  3.3 (8th)
1992 AL  3.6 (8th)
1993 AL  5.2 (3rd)
Career  37.0 (67th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1987 AL  3.3 (7th)
1989 AL  3.0 (8th)
1991 AL  4.1 (6th)
1992 AL  3.1 (8th)
1993 AL  4.7 (4th)
Career  34.4 (73rd)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1987 AL  4.5 (2nd)
1988 AL  4.0 (8th)
1991 AL  4.4 (5th)
1993 AL  5.1 (3rd)
1994 AL  2.9 (9th)
Career  39.9 (61st)

Salary s c a p y
1989 AL  $2,100,000 (10th)
1990 AL  $2,600,000 (3rd)

Oldest s c a p y
1995 AL  born 1956-08-22 (9th)
1996 AL  born 1956-08-22 (4th)
1997 AL  born 1956-08-22 (4th)
1998 AL  born 1956-08-22 (2nd)

             

† 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 (·)

Black InkBatting - 24 (79), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 145 (99), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 166 (68), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 59 (35), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  7. Jorge Orta (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Ray Durham (927)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jorge Orta (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ray Durham (905)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Ray Durham (903)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Carney Lansford (904)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Harvey Kuenn (901)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Carney Lansford (885)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Tim Raines (874)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Tim Raines (871)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Tim Raines (860)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Al Oliver (852)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  19. George Brett (835) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  20. George Brett (831) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  21. Paul Waner (800) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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