Bobby Murcer
Bobby Ray Murcer
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 20, 1946 in Oklahoma City, OK
High School: Southeast (Oklahoma City, OK)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1965
Final Game: June 11, 1983
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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
1965 19 NYY AL 11 42 37 2 9 0 1 1 4 0 0 5 12 .243 .333 .378 .712 103 14 0 0 0 0 0 6
1966 20 NYY AL 21 73 69 3 12 1 1 0 5 2 2 4 5 .174 .219 .217 .437 29 15 0 0 0 0 0 6
1969 23 NYY AL 152 625 564 82 146 24 4 26 82 7 5 50 103 .259 .319 .454 .773 119 256 8 3 2 6 2 *958
1970 24 NYY AL 159 680 581 95 146 23 3 23 78 15 10 87 100 .251 .348 .420 .768 116 244 7 2 4 6 5 *8
1971 25 NYY AL 146 624 529 94 175 25 6 25 94 14 8 91 60 .331 .427 .543 .969 181 287 9 0 1 3 13 *8 AS,MVP-7
1972 26 NYY AL 153 654 585 102 171 30 7 33 96 11 9 63 67 .292 .361 .537 .898 169 314 6 2 0 4 7 *8 AS,MVP-5,GG
1973 27 NYY AL 160 672 616 83 187 29 2 22 95 6 7 50 67 .304 .357 .464 .821 134 286 11 3 0 3 6 *8 AS,MVP-9
1974 28 NYY AL 156 679 606 69 166 25 4 10 88 14 5 57 59 .274 .332 .378 .710 106 229 11 2 2 12 10 *98 AS,MVP-21
1975 29 SFG NL 147 632 526 80 157 29 4 11 91 9 5 91 45 .298 .396 .432 .828 127 227 11 2 1 12 6 *9/8 AS
1976 30 SFG NL 147 624 533 73 138 20 2 23 90 12 7 84 78 .259 .362 .433 .796 123 231 11 4 0 3 10 *9
1977 31 CHC NL 154 649 554 90 147 18 3 27 89 16 7 80 77 .265 .355 .455 .810 107 252 6 3 2 10 13 *9/46
1978 32 CHC NL 146 585 499 66 140 22 6 9 64 14 5 80 57 .281 .376 .403 .779 108 201 12 0 0 6 15 *98
1979 33 TOT MLB 132 525 454 64 121 16 1 15 55 3 4 61 52 .267 .354 .405 .760 104 184 13 3 3 4 4 *987
1979 33 CHC NL 58 231 190 22 49 4 1 7 22 2 3 36 20 .258 .374 .400 .774 104 76 3 1 1 3 2 9/8
1979 33 NYY AL 74 294 264 42 72 12 0 8 33 1 1 25 32 .273 .339 .409 .748 103 108 10 2 2 1 2 87/9
1980 34 NYY AL 100 345 297 41 80 9 1 13 57 2 0 34 28 .269 .339 .438 .777 114 130 9 2 3 9 2 7D9
1981 35 NYY AL 50 130 117 14 31 6 0 6 24 0 0 12 15 .265 .331 .470 .801 131 55 3 0 0 1 1 D
1982 36 NYY AL 65 156 141 12 32 6 0 7 30 2 1 12 15 .227 .288 .418 .707 94 59 4 1 0 2 2 D
1983 37 NYY AL 9 23 22 2 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .182 .217 .409 .626 71 9 3 0 0 0 0 /D
17 Seasons 1908 7718 6730 972 1862 285 45 252 1043 127 75 862 841 .277 .357 .445 .802 124 2993 124 27 18 81 96
162 Game Avg. 162 655 571 83 158 24 4 21 89 11 6 73 71 .277 .357 .445 .802 124 254 11 2 2 7 8
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
NYY (13 yrs) 1256 4997 4428 641 1231 192 29 175 687 74 48 491 564 .278 .349 .453 .802 129 2006 81 17 14 47 50
CHC (3 yrs) 358 1465 1243 178 336 44 10 43 175 32 15 196 154 .270 .367 .426 .792 107 529 21 4 3 19 30
SFG (2 yrs) 294 1256 1059 153 295 49 6 34 181 21 12 175 123 .279 .379 .432 .812 125 458 22 6 1 15 16
AL (13 yrs) 1256 4997 4428 641 1231 192 29 175 687 74 48 491 564 .278 .349 .453 .802 129 2006 81 17 14 47 50
NL (5 yrs) 652 2721 2302 331 631 93 16 77 356 53 27 371 277 .274 .372 .429 .801 115 987 43 10 4 34 46

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
1965 19 NYY AL 42 28 5 4.8 91 .333 .243 .250 .333 .319 .378 .382 .712 .702 103 .580 0.1 0.0 .679 .270 .135 .0
1966 20 NYY AL 73 59 3 1.4 86 .188 .174 .242 .219 .308 .217 .374 .437 .682 29 .128 -6.4 -0.7 .322 .101 .043 .0
1969 23 NYY AL 625 439 82 5.0 91 .272 .259 .250 .319 .326 .454 .377 .773 .702 119 .580 12.0 1.2 .722 .287 .195 11.0
1970 24 NYY AL 680 462 89 5.2 93 .265 .251 .252 .348 .325 .420 .385 .768 .710 116 .584 14.6 1.5 .748 .327 .169 18.2
1971 25 NYY AL 624 375 126 9.0 87 .336 .331 .248 .427 .319 .543 .368 .969 .687 181 .814 59.0 6.1 1.035 .395 .212 17.9
1972 26 NYY AL 654 433 114 7.1 81 .282 .292 .243 .361 .311 .537 .351 .898 .662 169 .772 47.5 5.2 .888 .356 .244 16.5
1973 27 NYY AL 672 450 100 6.0 91 .311 .304 .256 .357 .324 .464 .376 .821 .701 134 .641 26.2 2.6 .756 .240 .161 9.4
1974 28 NYY AL 679 470 79 4.5 88 .284 .274 .257 .332 .322 .378 .370 .710 .691 106 .541 5.6 0.6 .651 .213 .104 11.7
1975 29 SFG NL 632 398 97 6.6 99 .303 .298 .270 .396 .341 .432 .390 .828 .731 127 .683 24.4 2.5 .842 .314 .133 9.9
1976 30 SFG NL 624 416 86 5.6 94 .264 .259 .266 .362 .333 .433 .379 .796 .712 123 .638 17.8 1.8 .785 .341 .174 15.8
1977 31 CHC NL 649 432 95 5.9 112 .261 .265 .282 .355 .351 .455 .430 .810 .781 107 .612 6.3 0.6 .819 .350 .190 20.1
1978 32 CHC NL 585 382 79 5.5 104 .298 .281 .275 .376 .345 .403 .405 .779 .750 108 .626 8.4 0.9 .771 .301 .122 11.0
1979 33 TOT MLB 525 357 66 5.0 103 .271 .267 .273 .354 .339 .405 .410 .760 .748 104 .536 3.4 0.3 .706 .271 .139 5.0
1979 33 CHC NL 231 151 31 5.5 108 .253 .258 .280 .374 .347 .400 .416 .774 .763 104 .602 2.1 0.2 .762 .326 .142 3.1
1979 33 NYY AL 294 206 35 4.5 100 .284 .273 .267 .339 .332 .409 .405 .748 .736 103 .482 1.3 0.1 .665 .231 .136 1.8
1980 34 NYY AL 345 238 45 5.1 97 .253 .269 .267 .339 .329 .438 .396 .777 .724 114 .546 6.5 0.6 .743 .290 .168 3.5
1981 35 NYY AL 130 90 18 5.4 87 .258 .265 .254 .331 .318 .470 .369 .801 .687 131 .622 4.5 0.5 .753 .308 .205 .0
1982 36 NYY AL 156 116 16 3.7 97 .207 .227 .262 .288 .325 .418 .399 .707 .724 94 .404 -1.4 -0.1 .640 .284 .191 3.1
1983 37 NYY AL 23 21 1 1.3 95 .150 .182 .261 .217 .322 .409 .394 .626 .716 71 .089 -0.9 -0.1 .476 .273 .227 .0
17 Seasons 7718 5166 1101 5.7 95 .282 .277 .260 .357 .330 .445 .385 .802 .715 124 .634 227.5 23.5 .776 .304 .168 168.9
162 Game Avg. 655 439 93 5.7 95 .282 .277 .260 .357 .330 .445 .385 .802 .715 124 .634 19 2 .776 .304 .168 14
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
NYY (13 yrs) 4997 3387 713 5.7 90 .283 .278 .253 .349 .322 .453 .376 .802 .698 129 .634 168.5 17.5 .764 .292 .175 104.0
CHC (3 yrs) 1465 965 205 5.7 108 .275 .270 .279 .367 .348 .426 .418 .792 .766 107 .616 16.8 1.7 .791 .327 .155 36.7
SFG (2 yrs) 1256 814 183 6.1 97 .285 .279 .268 .379 .337 .432 .385 .812 .722 125 .661 42.2 4.3 .812 .328 .154 26.0
AL (13 yrs) 4997 3387 713 5.7 90 .283 .278 .253 .349 .322 .453 .376 .802 .698 129 .634 168.5 17.5 .764 .292 .175 104.0
NL (5 yrs) 2721 1779 388 5.9 103 .280 .274 .274 .372 .343 .429 .402 .801 .745 115 .637 59.0 6.0 .801 .327 .155 62.8

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
1980 34 NYY AL ALCS KCR L 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 35 NYY AL ALDS MIL W 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 35 NYY AL ALCS OAK W 1 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 .500 .333 .833 1 0 0 0 0 0
1981 35 NYY AL WS LAD L 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
2 Seasons (4 Series) 8 14 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .091 .231 .091 .322 1 0 0 1 0 0
1 ALDS 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 ALCS 2 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .143 .250 .143 .393 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0

All-Star Batting

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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
1971 NYY AL 25 as CF 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
1972 NYY AL 26 as CF 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0
1973 NYY AL 27 as LF 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 NYY AL 28 as CF 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 SFG NL 29 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons (5 Appearances) 14 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .077 .143 .077 .220 1 1 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
1965 19 NYY AL 42 2.4% 28.6% 11.9% 4.8% 22% 2.40 3.1 37.0 9.3 1.67 57%
1966 20 NYY AL 73 0.0% 6.9% 5.5% 2.7% 17% 1.25 13.8 13.8 1.13 88%
1969 23 NYY AL 625 4.2% 16.5% 8.0% 8.6% 37% 2.06 5.5 21.7 6.9 0.57 71%
1970 24 NYY AL 680 3.4% 14.7% 12.8% 7.2% 34% 1.15 5.8 25.3 7.4 0.82 68%
1971 25 NYY AL 624 4.0% 9.6% 14.6% 9.0% 32% 0.66 8.8 21.2 5.6 0.82 72%
1972 26 NYY AL 654 5.1% 10.2% 9.6% 10.7% 41% 1.06 8.7 17.7 6.1 0.64 75%
1973 27 NYY AL 672 3.3% 10.0% 7.4% 7.9% 28% 1.34 9.2 28.0 6.5 0.81 79%
1974 28 NYY AL 679 1.5% 8.7% 8.4% 5.7% 24% 1.04 10.3 60.6 6.9 0.74 81%
1975 29 SFG NL 632 1.7% 7.1% 14.4% 7.0% 28% 0.49 11.7 47.8 5.8 0.62 76%
1976 30 SFG NL 624 3.7% 12.5% 13.5% 7.2% 33% 0.93 6.8 23.2 5.9 0.88 70%
1977 31 CHC NL 649 4.2% 11.9% 12.3% 7.4% 33% 0.96 7.2 20.5 6.2 0.59 71%
1978 32 CHC NL 585 1.5% 9.7% 13.7% 6.3% 26% 0.71 8.8 55.4 7.8 0.60 75%
1979 33 TOT MLB 525 2.9% 9.9% 11.6% 6.1% 26% 0.85 8.7 30.3 8.3 0.80 74%
1979 33 CHC NL 231 3.0% 8.7% 15.6% 5.2% 25% 0.56 9.5 27.1 8.6 0.63 72%
1979 33 NYY AL 294 2.7% 10.9% 8.5% 6.8% 28% 1.28 8.3 33.0 8.0 0.95 77%
1980 34 NYY AL 345 3.8% 8.1% 9.9% 6.7% 29% 0.82 10.6 22.8 5.2 0.73 77%
1981 35 NYY AL 130 4.6% 11.5% 9.2% 9.2% 39% 1.25 7.8 19.5 4.9 1.05 75%
1982 36 NYY AL 156 4.5% 9.6% 7.7% 8.3% 41% 1.25 9.4 20.1 4.7 0.70 78%
1983 37 NYY AL 23 4.4% 4.4% 4.4% 13.0% 75% 1.00 22.0 22.0 22.0 2.33 87%
17 Seasons 7718 3.3% 10.9% 11.2% 7.5% 31% 0.98 8.0 26.7 6.5 0.72 74%
MLB Averages
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

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
1965 19 NYY AL 0 0 8% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 20 NYY AL 1 0 19% 23 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1969 23 NYY AL 5 0 32% 189 7 5 58% 6 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 10 49% 24 12 11 8 4 4 15 4 8
1970 24 NYY AL 9 0 34% 261 15 10 60% 14 9 1 1 0 0 2 0 10 20 56% 44 23 20 15 9 6 25 4 21
1971 25 NYY AL 3 0 29% 270 14 8 64% 13 7 1 0 0 1 4 0 7 23 58% 40 19 21 9 6 3 27 7 20
1972 26 NYY AL 5 0 34% 235 11 9 55% 11 8 0 0 0 0 5 2 5 13 52% 33 20 13 6 4 2 25 7 18
1973 27 NYY AL 4 0 28% 276 6 7 46% 6 6 0 1 0 0 1 1 9 9 55% 38 21 16 9 4 5 22 5 17
1974 28 NYY AL 5 0 27% 249 14 5 74% 14 5 0 0 0 0 3 2 13 21 51% 46 21 23 6 4 2 18 6 11
1975 29 SFG NL 5 0 29% 282 9 5 64% 8 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 25 41% 47 34 13 12 4 8 21 8 12
1976 30 SFG NL 5 0 25% 226 12 7 63% 9 7 2 0 1 0 1 1 9 16 47% 32 22 10 7 4 3 19 3 14
1977 31 CHC NL 4 0 31% 243 16 7 70% 14 6 2 1 0 0 2 0 7 15 43% 47 32 14 12 2 9 21 9 11
1978 32 CHC NL 3 0 27% 253 14 5 74% 13 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 13 17 50% 41 23 18 2 2 0 19 5 13
1979 33 TOT MLB 3 0 29% 203 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 11 39% 40 29 10 8 3 5 19 7 11
1979 33 CHC NL 0 0 19% 75 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 41% 17 11 6 3 2 1 9 3 5
1979 33 NYY AL 3 0 37% 128 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 37% 23 18 4 5 1 4 10 4 6
1980 34 NYY AL 2 0 27% 140 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 7 35% 18 13 3 3 3 0 13 3 9
1981 35 NYY AL 0 0 22% 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 20% 6 5 1 1 1 0 3 1 1
1982 36 NYY AL 0 0 13% 38 2 1 67% 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 14% 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 3 0
1983 37 NYY AL 1 0 25% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
17 Seasons 55 0 29% 2954 127 75 63% 117 69 9 4 1 1 22 6 96 193 48% 465 280 176 100 51 47 252 73 167
MLB Averages
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*

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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
1965 19 NYY AL 42 76% 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0% 5 0 0% 4 0 0% 14 3 21% 0 0 2 0 0% 0
1966 20 NYY AL 73 73% 12 1 0 0 0 0.55 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0% 13 6 46% 47 5 11% 4 2 50% 3 1 33% 0
1969 23 NYY AL 625 60% 146 6 0 0 1 1.99 26 0 12 16 10 14 12 0 3 2 67% 138 8 6% 59 16 27% 399 57 14% 38 14 37% 47 15 32% 0
1970 24 NYY AL 680 57% 146 2 1 0 1 3.08 23 0 7 12 11 16 7 0 5 4 80% 121 7 6% 54 16 30% 394 57 14% 36 20 56% 57 21 37% 0
1971 25 NYY AL 624 59% 175 4 1 1 1 1.69 25 1 5 14 11 11 14 0 5 1 20% 154 9 6% 50 13 26% 392 73 19% 46 27 59% 39 19 49% 0
1972 26 NYY AL 654 62% 171 3 2 1 1 1.81 33 1 13 24 9 18 15 0 2 0 0% 146 6 4% 49 9 18% 380 66 17% 30 13 43% 40 13 33% 0
1973 27 NYY AL 672 53% 187 0 0 0 0 22 0 13 17 5 19 3 0 1 0 0% 145 11 8% 64 17 27% 471 73 16% 39 22 56% 32 13 41% 0
1974 28 NYY AL 679 52% 166 1 0 0 0 2.37 10 0 13 6 4 2 8 0 2 2 100% 171 11 6% 79 35 44% 469 81 17% 54 36 67% 56 27 48% 0
1975 29 SFG NL 632 59% 157 3 2 0 3 2.89 11 0 18 8 3 5 6 0 2 1 50% 145 11 8% 57 23 40% 419 84 20% 49 31 63% 63 22 35% 0
1976 30 SFG NL 624 64% 138 2 0 0 0 1.56 23 1 15 13 10 12 11 0 2 0 0% 126 11 9% 54 17 31% 436 70 16% 48 26 54% 42 13 31% 0
1977 31 CHC NL 649 63% 147 5 2 1 1 1.53 27 0 10 14 13 17 10 0 3 2 67% 124 6 5% 69 32 46% 422 63 15% 46 25 54% 41 15 37% 0
1978 32 CHC NL 585 64% 140 10 4 1 5 2.03 9 1 12 8 1 3 6 0 4 0 0% 122 12 10% 45 14 31% 376 56 15% 43 22 51% 38 17 45% 0
1979 33 TOT MLB 525 65% 121 4 0 0 0 2.01 15 0 10 13 2 10 5 0 4 3 75% 91 13 14% 44 15 34% 322 45 14% 23 14 61% 29 18 62% 0
1979 33 CHC NL 231 66% 49 2 0 0 0 3.12 7 0 4 6 1 3 4 0 2 1 50% 46 3 7% 19 7 37% 160 16 10% 7 4 57% 18 9 50% 0
1979 33 NYY AL 294 65% 72 2 0 0 0 0.90 8 0 6 7 1 7 1 0 2 2 100% 45 10 22% 25 8 32% 162 29 18% 16 10 63% 11 9 82% 0
1980 34 NYY AL 345 83% 80 17 7 0 2 1.86 13 1 17 12 1 7 6 0 4 3 75% 83 9 11% 51 18 35% 250 45 18% 24 14 58% 20 11 55% 0
1981 35 NYY AL 130 82% 31 15 2 1 2 2.59 6 1 5 6 0 4 2 0 0 0 26 3 12% 13 4 31% 99 18 18% 10 4 40% 10 5 50% 0
1982 36 NYY AL 156 90% 32 15 3 0 0 2.29 7 1 7 6 1 3 4 0 0 0 27 4 15% 10 4 40% 115 23 20% 13 7 54% 9 2 22% 0
1983 37 NYY AL 23 78% 4 4 0 0 0 1.21 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 3 43% 1 0 0% 14 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
17 Seasons 7718 62% 1862 92 24 5 17 2.07 252 7 159 171 81 142 110 0 38 18 47% 1647 124 8% 716 239 33% 5019 819 16% 503 277 55% 528 212 40% 0
MLB Averages
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

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
1965 19 11 42 37 2 9 0 1 1 4 0 0 5 12 .243 .333 .378 .712 103 14 0 0 0 0 0
1966 20 32 115 106 5 21 1 2 1 9 2 2 9 17 .198 .261 .274 .534 56 29 0 0 0 0 0
1967 21 32 115 106 5 21 1 2 1 9 2 2 9 17 .198 .261 .274 .534 56 29 0 0 0 0 0
1968 22 32 115 106 5 21 1 2 1 9 2 2 9 17 .198 .261 .274 .534 56 29 0 0 0 0 0
1969 23 184 740 670 87 167 25 6 27 91 9 7 59 120 .249 .310 .425 .736 109 285 8 3 2 6 2
1970 24 343 1420 1251 182 313 48 9 50 169 24 17 146 220 .250 .328 .423 .751 112 529 15 5 6 12 7
1971 25 489 2044 1780 276 488 73 15 75 263 38 25 237 280 .274 .358 .458 .817 133 816 24 5 7 15 20
1972 26 642 2698 2365 378 659 103 22 108 359 49 34 300 347 .279 .359 .478 .837 141 1130 30 7 7 19 27
1973 27 802 3370 2981 461 846 132 24 130 454 55 41 350 414 .284 .359 .475 .834 140 1416 41 10 7 22 33
1974 28 958 4049 3587 530 1012 157 28 140 542 69 46 407 473 .282 .354 .459 .813 134 1645 52 12 9 34 43
1975 29 1105 4681 4113 610 1169 186 32 151 633 78 51 498 518 .284 .360 .455 .815 133 1872 63 14 10 46 49
1976 30 1252 5305 4646 683 1307 206 34 174 723 90 58 582 596 .281 .360 .453 .813 132 2103 74 18 10 49 59
1977 31 1406 5954 5200 773 1454 224 37 201 812 106 65 662 673 .280 .360 .453 .813 129 2355 80 21 12 59 72
1978 32 1552 6539 5699 839 1594 246 43 210 876 120 70 742 730 .280 .361 .448 .810 127 2556 92 21 12 65 87
1979 33 1684 7064 6153 903 1715 262 44 225 931 123 74 803 782 .279 .361 .445 .806 125 2740 105 24 15 69 91
1980 34 1784 7409 6450 944 1795 271 45 238 988 125 74 837 810 .278 .360 .445 .805 125 2870 114 26 18 78 93
1981 35 1834 7539 6567 958 1826 277 45 244 1012 125 74 849 825 .278 .359 .445 .805 125 2925 117 26 18 79 94
1982 36 1899 7695 6708 970 1858 283 45 251 1042 127 75 861 840 .277 .358 .445 .803 124 2984 121 27 18 81 96
1983 37 1908 7718 6730 972 1862 285 45 252 1043 127 75 862 841 .277 .357 .445 .802 124 2993 124 27 18 81 96

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
1965 19 11 44 38 2 10 0 1 1 5 0 6 12 .263 .364 .395 .758 6 11
1966 20 21 74 70 4 13 1 1 0 6 2 4 5 .186 .230 .229 .458 4 21
1969 23 152 639 576 92 158 26 4 28 92 8 54 103 .274 .336 .479 .816 93 152
1970 24 159 700 596 106 161 25 3 25 87 17 96 100 .270 .370 .448 .818 100 159
1971 25 147 668 559 115 203 29 7 29 115 16 106 60 .363 .463 .596 1.058 155 146
1972 26 160 729 645 140 212 37 9 41 132 14 78 70 .329 .401 .605 1.005 157 153
1973 27 160 688 629 95 200 31 2 24 108 6 53 67 .318 .372 .488 .860 114 160
1974 28 156 703 625 80 185 28 4 11 103 16 64 59 .296 .357 .406 .763 92 156
1975 29 147 645 535 83 166 31 4 12 94 10 96 45 .310 .409 .450 .860 100 147
1976 30 147 640 543 79 148 21 2 25 97 13 90 78 .273 .378 .457 .835 93 147
1977 31 154 641 550 81 143 18 3 26 80 16 78 77 .260 .349 .445 .795 86 154
1978 32 146 588 501 65 142 22 6 9 63 14 81 57 .283 .379 .405 .784 78 146
1979 33 132 523 455 64 121 16 1 15 55 3 61 52 .266 .354 .404 .758 65 132
1980 34 100 346 300 43 83 9 1 13 60 2 35 28 .277 .347 .443 .790 48 100
1981 35 76 203 181 25 51 10 0 10 42 0 20 23 .282 .350 .503 .853 32 50
1982 36 65 157 142 13 33 6 0 7 33 2 12 15 .232 .293 .423 .716 18 65
1983 37 9 22 21 2 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 .143 .182 .381 .563 1 9
17 Seasons 1942 8010 6966 1089 2032 312 48 277 1173 139 935 852 .292 .374 .470 .843 1242 1908
162 Game Avg. 162 668 581 91 170 26 4 23 98 12 78 71 .292 .374 .470 .843 104 1908
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 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1989 BBWAA ( 0.7%)

All-Star Games
1971 (CF)
1972 (CF)
1973 (LF)
1974 (CF)
1975 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1971 AL (7, 21%)
1972 AL (5, 26%)
1973 AL (9, 16%)
1974 AL (21, 3%)
0.66 Career Shares (350th)

Gold Gloves
1972 AL (OF)

Batting Average s c a p y
1971 AL  .331 (2nd)
1972 AL  .292 (10th)
1973 AL  .304 (4th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1971 AL  .427 (1st)
1975 NL  .396 (7th)
1978 NL  .376 (10th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1971 AL  .543 (2nd)
1972 AL  .537 (3rd)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1971 AL  .970 (1st)
1972 AL  .898 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
1970 AL  159 (8th)
1972 AL  153 (4th)
1973 AL  160 (5th)

At Bats s c a p y
1972 AL  585 (5th)
1973 AL  616 (5th)
1974 AL  606 (4th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1972 AL  654 (4th)
1973 AL  672 (7th)
1974 AL  679 (5th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1970 AL  95 (10th)
1971 AL  94 (2nd)
1972 AL  102 (1st)

Hits s c a p y
1971 AL  175 (4th)
1972 AL  171 (3rd)
1973 AL  187 (3rd)
1974 AL  166 (9th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1971 AL  287 (3rd)
1972 AL  314 (1st)
1973 AL  286 (4th)

Doubles s c a p y
1972 AL  30 (3rd)
1973 AL  29 (6th)

Triples s c a p y
1971 AL  6 (8th)
1972 AL  7 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1971 AL  25 (10th)
1972 AL  33 (2nd)
1976 NL  23 (6th)
Career  252 (189th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1971 AL  94 (4th)
1972 AL  96 (3rd)
1973 AL  95 (7th)
1974 AL  88 (7th)
1976 NL  90 (7th)
Career  1043 (233rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1970 AL  87 (9th)
1971 AL  91 (4th)
1975 NL  91 (5th)
1976 NL  84 (6th)
1977 NL  80 (9th)
1978 NL  80 (9th)
Career  862 (181st)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1969 AL  103 (5th)

Singles s c a p y
1971 AL  119 (7th)
1973 AL  134 (6th)
1974 AL  127 (7th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1971 AL  181 (1st)
1972 AL  169 (2nd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1971 AL  126 (1st)
1972 AL  114 (2nd)
1973 AL  100 (8th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1971 AL  59 (1st)
1972 AL  47 (2nd)
Career  228 (206th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1971 AL  6.1 (1st)
1972 AL  5.2 (2nd)
Career  23.5 (194th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1971 AL  56 (3rd)
1972 AL  70 (1st)
1973 AL  53 (5th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1971 AL  266 (1st)
1972 AL  236 (4th)
1973 AL  240 (9th)
1974 AL  225 (10th)
1975 NL  250 (8th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1971 AL  .814 (1st)
1972 AL  .773 (4th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1974 AL  12 (2nd)
1975 NL  12 (1st)
1977 NL  10 (1st)
1980 AL  9 (5th)
Career  81 (78th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1971 AL  13 (5th)
1974 AL  10 (9th)
1977 NL  13 (8th)
1978 NL  15 (8th)
Career  96 (124th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1970 AL  10 (10th)
Career  75 (237th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1970 AL  18.2 (7th)
1971 AL  17.9 (3rd)
1972 AL  16.5 (5th)
1976 NL  15.8 (7th)
1977 NL  20.1 (9th)
Career  168.9 (122nd)

AB per HR s c a p y
1972 AL  17.7 (4th)
1976 NL  23.2 (9th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1970 AL  462 (10th)
1974 AL  470 (5th)

Youngest s c a p y
1965 AL  born 1946-05-20 (7th)
1966 AL  born 1946-05-20 (4th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 3 (513), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 95 (236), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 29 (606), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 26 (426), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Dusty Baker (941)
  2. Cy Williams (926)
  3. George Hendrick (926)
  4. Gary Matthews (920)
  5. Bobby Thomson (920)
  6. Chet Lemon (917)
  7. Larry Parrish (913)
  8. Ken Singleton (912)
  9. Andy Pafko (909)
  10. Vic Wertz (907)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Laynce Nix (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Willie Montanez (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Dusty Baker (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bobby Thomson (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jim Ray Hart (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Reggie Smith (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Gary Matthews (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. George Hendrick (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Reggie Smith (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Gary Matthews (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Chili Davis (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Chili Davis (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. George Hendrick (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Dusty Baker (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Dusty Baker (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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