Darryl Motley
Darryl De Wayne Motley
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 196 lb.

Born: January 21, 1960 in Muskogee, OK
High School: Grant (Portland, OR)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 10, 1981
Final Game: May 17, 1987
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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
1981 21 KCR AL 42 135 125 15 29 4 0 2 8 1 3 7 15 .232 .276 .312 .588 71 39 2 1 1 1 0 9/7
1983 23 KCR AL 19 72 68 9 16 1 2 3 11 2 1 2 8 .235 .264 .441 .705 91 30 3 1 0 1 0 9/87D
1984 24 KCR AL 146 557 522 64 148 25 6 15 70 10 12 28 73 .284 .319 .441 .760 109 230 23 1 2 4 2 *79/8
1985 25 KCR AL 123 408 383 45 85 20 1 17 49 6 4 18 57 .222 .257 .413 .670 80 158 17 2 0 5 2 *97/D
1986 26 TOT MLB 77 240 227 23 46 10 1 7 20 0 2 12 32 .203 .243 .348 .591 58 79 8 0 1 0 2 9/7D8
1986 26 KCR AL 72 229 217 22 44 9 1 7 20 0 2 11 31 .203 .241 .350 .591 58 76 8 0 1 0 1 9/7D8
1986 26 ATL NL 5 11 10 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 .273 .300 .573 55 3 0 0 0 0 1 /9
1987 27 ATL NL 6 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /7
6 Seasons 413 1420 1333 156 324 60 10 44 159 19 22 67 186 .243 .280 .402 .682 86 536 53 5 4 11 6
162 Game Avg. 162 557 523 61 127 24 4 17 62 7 9 26 73 .243 .280 .402 .682 86 210 21 2 2 4 2
KCR (5 yrs) 402 1401 1315 155 322 59 10 44 158 19 22 66 184 .245 .281 .405 .687 87 533 53 5 4 11 5
ATL (2 yrs) 11 19 18 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .111 .158 .167 .325 -13 3 0 0 0 0 1
AL (5 yrs) 402 1401 1315 155 322 59 10 44 158 19 22 66 184 .245 .281 .405 .687 87 533 53 5 4 11 5
NL (2 yrs) 11 19 18 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .111 .158 .167 .325 -13 3 0 0 0 0 1

Advanced Batting

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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
1981 21 KCR AL 135 103 10 2.6 88 .248 .232 .255 .276 .319 .312 .371 .588 .690 71 .304 -4.9 -0.5 .446 .120 .080 1.3
1983 23 KCR AL 72 57 7 3.3 98 .224 .235 .266 .264 .328 .441 .401 .705 .728 91 .356 -1.5 -0.1 .607 .250 .206 2.4
1984 24 KCR AL 557 415 63 4.1 97 .304 .284 .264 .319 .326 .441 .398 .760 .724 109 .452 4.2 0.4 .628 .207 .157 12.0
1985 25 KCR AL 408 324 35 2.9 99 .217 .222 .261 .257 .327 .413 .406 .670 .733 80 .300 -11.8 -1.2 .564 .243 .191 8.9
1986 26 TOT MLB 240 192 17 2.4 102 .207 .203 .264 .243 .332 .348 .411 .591 .743 58 .225 -14.6 -1.5 .466 .189 .145 .0
1986 26 KCR AL 229 184 16 2.3 102 .207 .203 .264 .241 .332 .350 .411 .591 .744 58 .218 -14.0 -1.4 .464 .189 .147 .0
1986 26 ATL NL 11 8 1 3.4 102 .222 .200 .267 .273 .338 .300 .403 .573 .741 55 .390 -0.6 -0.1 .500 .200 .100
1987 27 ATL NL 8 8 0 0.0 109 .000 .000 .274 .000 .344 .000 .426 .000 .770 -100 .000 -2.4 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
6 Seasons 1420 1099 132 3.2 98 .251 .243 .262 .280 .327 .402 .400 .682 .727 86 .349 -31.0 -3.1 .558 .207 .159 26.5
162 Game Avg. 557 431 52 3.2 98 .251 .243 .262 .280 .327 .402 .400 .682 .727 86 .349 -31.0 -3.1 .558 .207 .159 10
KCR (5 yrs) 1401 1083 131 3.2 98 .253 .245 .262 .281 .327 .405 .400 .687 .727 87 .352 -28.0 -2.8 .563 .208 .160 26.5
ATL (2 yrs) 19 16 1 1.7 105 .125 .111 .270 .158 .341 .167 .413 .325 .754 -13 .142 -3.0 -0.3 .250 .111 .056
AL (5 yrs) 1401 1083 131 3.2 98 .253 .245 .262 .281 .327 .405 .400 .687 .727 87 .352 -28.0 -2.8 .563 .208 .160 26.5
NL (2 yrs) 19 16 1 1.7 105 .125 .111 .270 .158 .341 .167 .413 .325 .754 -13 .142 -3.0 -0.3 .250 .111 .056

Postseason Batting

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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
1984 24 KCR AL ALCS DET L 3 13 12 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .167 .231 .167 .397 2 0 0 0 0 1
1985 25 KCR AL ALCS TOR W 2 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .333 .400 .333 .733 1 0 0 0 1 0
1985 25 KCR AL WS STL W 5 11 11 1 4 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 .364 .364 .636 1.000 7 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (3 Series) 10 29 26 2 7 0 0 1 5 0 1 2 6 .269 .310 .385 .695 10 0 0 0 1 1
2 ALCS 5 18 15 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 .200 .278 .200 .478 3 0 0 0 1 1
1 WS 5 11 11 1 4 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 .364 .364 .636 1.000 7 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1981 21 KCR AL 135 1.5% 11.1% 5.2% 4.4% 21% 2.14 8.3 62.5 15.6 0.80 81%
1983 23 KCR AL 72 4.2% 11.1% 2.8% 8.3% 38% 4.00 8.5 22.7 6.2 1.09 81%
1984 24 KCR AL 557 2.7% 13.1% 5.0% 8.3% 31% 2.61 7.2 34.8 7.5 1.21 79%
1985 25 KCR AL 408 4.2% 14.0% 4.4% 9.3% 45% 3.17 6.7 22.5 7.8 0.92 77%
1986 26 TOT MLB 240 2.9% 13.3% 5.0% 7.5% 39% 2.67 7.1 32.4 11.4 0.87 78%
1986 26 KCR AL 229 3.1% 13.5% 4.8% 7.4% 39% 2.82 7.0 31.0 10.9 0.85 78%
1986 26 ATL NL 11 0.0% 9.1% 9.1% 9.1% 50% 1.00 10.0 1.33 82%
1987 27 ATL NL 8 0.0% 12.5% 0.0% 0.0% 8.0 8.0 2.50 88%
6 Seasons 1420 3.1% 13.1% 4.7% 8.0% 35% 2.78 7.2 30.3 8.4 1.01 78%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1981 21 KCR AL 4 0 37% 52 1 3 25% 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 50% 7 4 3 1 1 0 6 2 4
1983 23 KCR AL 2 0 38% 13 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 40% 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
1984 24 KCR AL 10 0 30% 204 10 12 45% 10 12 0 0 0 0 3 1 5 11 48% 28 17 9 3 2 1 15 3 12
1985 25 KCR AL 10 0 32% 110 6 4 60% 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 4 59% 14 7 6 5 1 4 10 2 7
1986 26 TOT MLB 2 0 31% 72 0 2 0% 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 39% 8 7 1 3 2 1 7 2 5
1986 26 KCR AL 2 0 31% 67 0 2 0% 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 35% 7 7 0 3 2 1 7 2 5
1986 26 ATL NL 0 0 33% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 27 ATL NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 28 0 32% 451 19 22 46% 18 18 1 3 0 1 5 3 13 22 49% 60 37 20 12 6 6 40 10 29
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1981 21 KCR AL 135 47% 29 3 0 0 0 1.05 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 3 1 33% 29 2 7% 13 7 54% 73 7 10% 5 3 60% 5 4 80% 0
1983 23 KCR AL 72 54% 16 1 1 0 0 1.51 3 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 13 3 23% 11 4 36% 46 8 17% 7 5 71% 6 2 33% 0
1984 24 KCR AL 557 34% 148 9 1 0 1 2.61 15 1 11 9 6 5 10 0 2 2 100% 115 23 20% 50 13 26% 329 55 17% 27 15 56% 35 17 49% 0
1985 25 KCR AL 408 42% 85 8 2 0 3 1.57 17 0 12 9 8 6 11 0 0 0 80 17 21% 40 16 40% 247 34 14% 26 12 46% 21 9 43% 0
1986 26 TOT MLB 240 45% 46 10 4 0 1 0.99 7 1 6 4 3 3 4 0 2 1 50% 51 8 16% 26 3 12% 144 14 10% 9 2 22% 11 2 18% 0
1986 26 KCR AL 229 43% 44 10 4 0 1 0.99 7 1 6 4 3 3 4 0 2 1 50% 51 8 16% 26 3 12% 142 14 10% 9 2 22% 11 2 18% 0
1986 26 ATL NL 11 82% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1987 27 ATL NL 8 25% 0 4 0 0 1 0.93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 5 1 20% 1 1 100% 2 1 50% 0
6 Seasons 1420 41% 324 35 8 0 6 1.55 44 2 30 24 20 16 28 0 7 4 57% 288 53 18% 141 44 31% 844 119 14% 75 38 51% 80 35 44% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1981 21 42 135 125 15 29 4 0 2 8 1 3 7 15 .232 .276 .312 .588 71 39 2 1 1 1 0
1982 22 42 135 125 15 29 4 0 2 8 1 3 7 15 .232 .276 .312 .588 71 39 2 1 1 1 0
1983 23 61 207 193 24 45 5 2 5 19 3 4 9 23 .233 .272 .358 .629 78 69 5 2 1 2 0
1984 24 207 764 715 88 193 30 8 20 89 13 16 37 96 .270 .306 .418 .724 100 299 28 3 3 6 2
1985 25 330 1172 1098 133 278 50 9 37 138 19 20 55 153 .253 .289 .416 .705 93 457 45 5 3 11 4
1986 26 407 1412 1325 156 324 60 10 44 158 19 22 67 185 .245 .281 .405 .686 87 536 53 5 4 11 6
1987 27 413 1420 1333 156 324 60 10 44 159 19 22 67 186 .243 .280 .402 .682 86 536 53 5 4 11 6

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
1981 21 64 207 192 27 47 6 0 3 14 2 11 23 .245 .290 .323 .613 18 42
1983 23 19 71 67 9 15 1 2 3 11 2 2 8 .224 .254 .433 .686 7 19
1984 24 146 545 514 69 140 24 6 14 75 9 26 73 .272 .306 .424 .731 67 146
1985 25 123 401 377 47 79 19 1 16 51 6 17 57 .210 .244 .393 .637 36 123
1986 26 77 234 223 22 42 9 1 6 20 0 11 32 .188 .226 .318 .545 16 77
1987 27 6 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6
6 Seasons 435 1466 1381 174 323 59 10 42 172 19 67 194 .234 .270 .382 .652 144 413
162 Game Avg. 162 546 514 65 120 22 4 16 64 7 25 72 .234 .270 .382 .652 54 413

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1984 AL--23--2nd

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1984 AL--12--8th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1984 AL--12.0--10th

Youngest s c a p y
1981 AL--born 1960-01-21--9th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2562), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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