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Bobby Murcer

Bobby Ray Murcer

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: May 20, 1946 in Oklahoma City, OK
High School: Southeast HS (Oklahoma City, OK)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1965
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Cubs/Giants 1965-1983

Final Game: June 11, 1983
Died: July 12, 2008 in Oklahoma City, OK
Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Oklahoma City, OK
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All-Star

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
1964	18	NYY-min	Rk	32	126	126		46	7	4	2						.365	.365	.532	.897		67							JOH · APPY
1965	19	NYY-min	A	126	478	478		154	30	5	16						.322	.322	.506	.828		242							GBO · CARL
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-min	AAA	133	540	492	69	131	19	9	15	62	16	9	37	82	.266	.317	.433	.750		213		3	1	7			TOL · IL
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	135	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	124	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	109	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
1985	39	NYY-min	A	4	16	12	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	.083	.250	.083	.333		1		0	0	1	0		FTL · FLOR
17 Yrs				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

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
1965	19	NYY	AL	11	42	-0	-0	0	1	1	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.512	.501	0.1	0.2	1	$	6
1966	20	NYY	AL	21	73	-6	-0	1	0	1	-4	-0.5	2	-2	-0.3	.479	.497	-0.2	0.1	-2	$	6

1969	23	NYY	AL	152	625	11	-1	0	-4	-4	2	0.1	17	19	1.8	.502	.501	2.4	-1.0	23	$27,500	*958
1970	24	NYY	AL	159	680	14	1	2	4	-1	20	2.0	22	42	4.2	.514	.513	3.9	0.2	38	$27,500	*8
1971	25	NYY	AL	146	624	51	2	1	-13	-1	40	4.4	20	61	6.4	.530	.527	8.0	-1.6	74	$	*8	AS,MVP-7
1972	26	NYY	AL	153	654	44	1	2	2	-1	48	5.7	22	69	7.8	.538	.536	7.7	0.0	67	$	*8	AS,MVP-5,GG
1973	27	NYY	AL	160	672	23	1	3	-2	-1	23	2.8	22	45	4.7	.515	.515	4.9	-0.1	46	$100,000	*8	AS,MVP-9
1974	28	NYY	AL	156	679	-1	2	1	-11	-5	-14	-1.3	22	8	0.7	.490	.490	2.0	-1.7	19	$110,000	*98	AS,MVP-21
1975	29	SFG	NL	147	632	18	3	0	-22	-6	-6	-0.7	18	12	1.1	.495	.496	3.4	-3.0	34	$	*9/8	AS
1976	30	SFG	NL	147	624	15	1	0	-10	-7	1	0.1	18	19	1.9	.501	.500	2.9	-1.8	29	$175,000	*9
1977	31	CHC	NL	154	649	1	1	1	-15	-7	-18	-1.9	19	0	-0.1	.487	.488	1.4	-2.2	15	$320,000	*9/46
1978	32	CHC	NL	146	585	2	2	-0	-16	-6	-17	-1.8	17	0	-0.1	.487	.488	1.6	-2.4	16	$320,000	*98
1979	33	CHC	NL	58	231	0	-0	0	2	-2	-0	0.0	7	6	0.7	.499	.500	0.4	-0.0	4	$320,000	9/8
1979	33	NYY	AL	74	294	1	-0	-2	-5	-1	-8	-0.7	10	2	0.2	.490	.495	0.7	-0.6	7	$	87/9
1980	34	NYY	AL	100	345	4	-1	-0	-8	-6	-12	-1.1	10	-1	-0.1	.488	.492	0.7	-1.4	7	$320,000	7D9
1981	35	NYY	AL	50	130	3	0	-0	0	-3	-0	-0.0	4	4	0.4	.499	.500	0.4	-0.3	4	$320,000	D
1982	36	NYY	AL	65	156	-3	-0	-0	0	-5	-8	-0.8	5	-4	-0.4	.486	.495	-0.4	-0.5	-4	$	D
1983	37	NYY	AL	9	23	-0	-0	-0	0	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.482	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	/D
17 Seasons				1908	7718	178	10	10	-98	-56	45	6.3	237	281	29.0	.503	.502	39.8	-16.2	379	$2,040,000
			Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
NYY (13 yrs)				1256	4997	141	3	7	-37	-28	86	10.5	158	244	25.5	.508	.505	30.1	-6.7	281	$905,000
CHC (3 yrs)				358	1465	4	3	1	-29	-15	-36	-3.8	43	7	0.5	.489	.492	3.4	-4.7	36	$960,000
SFG (2 yrs)				294	1256	34	4	1	-32	-13	-6	-0.5	36	31	3.0	.498	.498	6.3	-4.8	62	$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
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	.703	119	.580	11.9	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	14.5	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	.312	.537	.351	.898	.663	169	.772	47.4	5.2	.888	.356	.244	16.5
1973	27	NYY	AL	672	450	100	6.0	90	.311	.304	.255	.357	.323	.464	.375	.821	.698	135	.642	27.0	2.7	.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	.342	.432	.390	.828	.732	127	.683	24.4	2.5	.842	.314	.133	9.9
1976	30	SFG	NL	624	416	86	5.6	93	.264	.259	.265	.362	.332	.433	.378	.796	.709	124	.638	18.4	1.9	.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	6.4	0.6	.819	.350	.190	20.1
1978	32	CHC	NL	585	382	79	5.5	104	.298	.281	.274	.376	.344	.403	.404	.779	.747	109	.626	8.9	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	0.4	.706	.271	.139	5.0
1979	33	CHC	NL	231	151	31	5.5	108	.253	.258	.280	.374	.347	.400	.416	.774	.764	104	.602	2.2	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	-1.5	-0.2	.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 Yrs				7718	5166	1101	5.7	94	.282	.277	.260	.357	.329	.445	.385	.802	.714	124	.634	229.1	23.7	.776	.304	.168	168.9
162 Game Avg.				655	439	93	5.7	94	.282	.277	.260	.357	.329	.445	.385	.802	.714	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	168.9	17.5	.764	.292	.175	104.0
CHC (3 yrs)				1465	965	205	5.7	108	.275	.270	.279	.367	.348	.426	.417	.792	.765	107	.616	17.4	1.8	.791	.327	.155	36.7
SFG (2 yrs)				1256	814	183	6.1	96	.285	.279	.267	.379	.337	.432	.384	.812	.720	125	.661	42.8	4.4	.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	168.9	17.5	.764	.292	.175	104.0
NL (5 yrs)				2721	1779	388	5.9	103	.280	.274	.273	.372	.343	.429	.402	.801	.744	115	.637	60.3	6.1	.801	.327	.155	62.8

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	H	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SH
1980	34	NYY	AL	ALCS	KCR	L	1	4	4	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1981	35	NYY	AL	ALDS	MIL	W	2	2	1	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0
1981	35	NYY	AL	ALCS	OAK	W	1	4	3	1	1	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	0
1981	35	NYY	AL	WS	LAD	L	4	4	3	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
2 Yrs (4 Series)							8	14	11	1	2	3	.091	.231	.091	.322	1	1
1 ALDS							2	2	1	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0
2 ALCS							2	8	7	1	1	3	.143	.250	.143	.393	1	0
1 WS							4	4	3	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	H	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP
1971	NYY	AL	25	as CF	3	3	1	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0
1972	NYY	AL	26	as CF	3	3	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
1973	NYY	AL	27	as LF	4	3	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0
1974	NYY	AL	28	as CF	2	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1975	SFG	NL	29		2	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
5 Yrs (5 GP)					14	13	1	1	1	.077	.143	.077	.220	1	1

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
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 Yrs				7718	3.3%	10.9%	11.2%	7.5%	31%	0.98	8.0	26.7	6.5		0.72	74%
MLB Averages					2.0%	13.9%	8.5%	6.2%	27%	1.64	6.4	45.2	8.9		1.10	74%
				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
1965	19	NYY	AL	0.1	0.0	42	0.2	0.9	-0.7	.97	0.2	-0.0	2.0	0.2	0.78	2.5		0
1966	20	NYY	AL	-6.4	-0.7	78	-0.4	1.1	-1.5	1.23	-0.4	0.1	-4.5	-0.5	1.00	-4.5	0.48	1

1969	23	NYY	AL	11.9	1.2	644	1.5	13.4	-11.9	1.09	2.0	-0.6	9.6	1.0	0.96	18.0	2.04	6
1970	24	NYY	AL	14.5	1.5	718	2.1	14.1	-12.0	1.05	1.4	0.6	16.9	1.8	0.93	18.6	3.21	2
1971	25	NYY	AL	59.0	6.1	659	7.2	16.8	-9.6	1.10	6.1	0.5	68.3	7.2	0.98	64.8	1.64	4
1972	26	NYY	AL	47.4	5.2	682	5.6	14.8	-9.2	.92	6.3	-0.2	52.4	5.8	0.92	60.9	1.58	3
1973	27	NYY	AL	26.1	2.6	688	1.9	13.2	-11.3	1.02	1.6	0.2	17.4	1.8	0.99	20.9		0
1974	28	NYY	AL	5.6	0.6	704	2.4	13.6	-11.2	1.04	0.9	1.4	16.6	1.7	0.98	9.9	2.22	1
1975	29	SFG	NL	24.4	2.5	661	3.7	13.9	-10.3	1.04	2.8	0.7	43.8	4.3	0.96	35.4	2.95	3
1976	30	SFG	NL	17.8	1.8	654	2.4	13.6	-11.2	1.10	1.9	0.3	22.6	2.3	0.99	24.2	1.51	2
1977	31	CHC	NL	6.4	0.6	680	0.2	12.3	-12.1	1.09	1.0	-0.9	8.7	0.8	0.97	12.5	1.53	5
1978	32	CHC	NL	8.4	0.9	611	2.8	12.7	-9.9	1.10	1.4	1.2	20.8	2.0	0.98	14.0	2.06	10
1979	33	TOT	MLB	3.4	0.4	537	1.5	10.0	-8.5	.98	0.5	1.1	0.5	0.0	0.95	1.0	2.00	4
1979	33	CHC	NL	2.2	0.2	238	0.4	4.3	-4.0	1.01	0.2	0.2	-0.7	-0.1	0.98	-0.6	3.11	2
1979	33	NYY	AL	1.3	0.1	299	1.1	5.7	-4.6	.94	0.3	0.9	1.1	0.1	0.93	1.6	0.89	2
1980	34	NYY	AL	6.5	0.6	352	1.6	7.8	-6.2	1.07	0.9	0.6	5.4	0.5	1.02	9.0	1.84	22
1981	35	NYY	AL	4.5	0.5	132	0.1	2.9	-2.8	1.20	0.1	-0.0	3.5	0.4	1.05	1.0	2.53	22
1982	36	NYY	AL	-1.5	-0.2	160	-0.5	3.2	-3.7	1.23	-0.5	0.1	-0.5	-0.0	0.99	-5.7	2.22	30
1983	37	NYY	AL	-0.9	-0.1	23	-0.2	0.4	-0.6	1.11	-0.1	-0.1	-1.7	-0.2	0.99	-1.6	1.20	4
17 Yrs				227.1	23.5	8025	32.0	164.6	-132.7	1.06	26.0	4.2	281.7	29.2	0.97	280.9	2.09	119
				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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
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 Yrs				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
				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

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
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	0.48	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		16	0	0%	13	6	46%	47	5	11%	4	2	50%	4	2	50%	0

1969	23	NYY	AL	625	60%	146			6	0	0	1	2.04	26	0	12	16	10	14	12	0	3	2	67%	138	8	6%	59	16	27%	399	57	14%	38	14	37%	29	14	48%	0
1970	24	NYY	AL	680	57%	146			2	1	0	1	3.21	23	0	7	12	11	16	7	0	5	4	80%	121	7	6%	54	16	30%	394	57	14%	36	20	56%	29	15	52%	0
1971	25	NYY	AL	624	59%	175			4	1	1	1	1.64	25	1	5	14	11	11	14	0	5	1	20%	154	9	6%	50	13	26%	392	73	19%	46	27	59%	33	20	61%	0
1972	26	NYY	AL	654	62%	171			3	2	1	1	1.58	33	1	13	24	9	18	15	0	2	0	0%	146	6	4%	49	9	18%	380	66	17%	30	13	43%	22	11	50%	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%	26	15	58%	0
1974	28	NYY	AL	679	52%	166			1	0	0	0	2.22	10	0	13	6	4	2	8	0	2	2	100%	171	11	6%	79	35	44%	469	81	17%	54	36	67%	28	16	57%	0
1975	29	SFG	NL	632	59%	157			3	2	0	3	2.95	11	0	18	8	3	5	6	0	2	1	50%	145	11	8%	57	23	40%	419	84	20%	49	31	63%	29	16	55%	0
1976	30	SFG	NL	624	64%	138			2	0	0	0	1.51	23	1	15	13	10	12	11	0	2	0	0%	126	11	9%	54	17	31%	436	70	16%	48	26	54%	26	13	50%	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%	31	19	61%	0
1978	32	CHC	NL	585	64%	140			10	4	1	5	2.06	9	1	12	8	1	3	6	0	4	0	0%	122	12	10%	45	14	31%	376	56	15%	43	22	51%	20	12	60%	0
1979	33	TOT	MLB	525	65%	121			4	0	0	0	2.00	15	0	10	13	2	10	5	0	4	3	75%	91	13	14%	44	15	34%	322	45	14%	23	14	61%	20	11	55%	0
1979	33	CHC	NL	231	66%	49			2	0	0	0	3.11	7	0	4	6	1	3	4	0	2	1	50%	46	3	7%	19	7	37%	160	16	10%	7	4	57%	10	5	50%	0
1979	33	NYY	AL	294	65%	72			2	0	0	0	0.89	8	0	6	7	1	7	1	0	2	2	100%	45	10	22%	25	8	32%	162	29	18%	16	10	63%	10	6	60%	0
1980	34	NYY	AL	345	83%	80			22	7	0	2	1.84	13	1	17	12	1	7	6	0	4	3	75%	83	9	11%	51	18	35%	250	45	18%	24	14	58%	18	13	72%	0
1981	35	NYY	AL	130	82%	31			22	6	3	5	2.53	6	1	5	6	0	4	2	0	0	0		26	3	12%	13	4	31%	99	18	18%	10	4	40%	4	3	75%	0
1982	36	NYY	AL	156	90%	32			30	6	2	3	2.22	7	1	7	6	1	3	4	0	0	0		27	4	15%	10	4	40%	115	23	20%	13	7	54%	6	2	33%	0
1983	37	NYY	AL	23	78%	4			4	0	0	0	1.20	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 Yrs				7718	62%	1862			119	31	9	23	2.09	252	7	159	171	81	142	110	0	38	18	47%	1647	124	8%	716	239	33%	5019	819	16%	503	277	55%	327	182	56%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			78%			11%			33%			14%			49%			53%
				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

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	42	37	2	9	0	1	1	4	0	5	12	.243	.333	.378	.712	5	11
1966	20	21	74	70	4	13	1	1	0	6	2	4	5	.186	.230	.229	.458	4	21

1969	23	152	640	575	92	157	26	4	28	92	8	54	103	.273	.335	.478	.814	92	152
1970	24	159	696	591	106	156	25	3	25	87	16	93	100	.264	.363	.443	.806	95	159
1971	25	147	664	556	115	200	29	7	29	115	16	104	60	.360	.459	.594	1.052	151	146
1972	26	160	729	645	140	212	37	9	41	132	14	78	70	.329	.401	.605	1.005	156	153
1973	27	160	694	633	95	204	32	2	24	109	7	55	67	.322	.378	.493	.870	117	160
1974	28	156	699	621	80	181	27	4	11	102	15	62	59	.291	.352	.401	.752	89	156
1975	29	147	637	529	82	160	30	4	11	94	9	93	45	.302	.401	.437	.838	94	147
1976	30	147	635	540	79	145	21	2	24	97	13	88	78	.269	.373	.448	.821	90	147
1977	31	154	637	546	82	139	17	3	26	81	15	76	77	.255	.343	.440	.783	82	154
1978	32	146	585	499	66	140	22	6	9	64	14	80	57	.281	.376	.403	.779	76	146
1979	33	132	524	454	63	120	16	1	15	54	3	60	52	.264	.351	.403	.754	64	132
1980	34	100	349	300	44	83	9	1	13	61	2	35	28	.277	.347	.443	.790	48	100
1981	35	76	204	182	25	52	10	0	10	44	0	20	23	.286	.353	.505	.858	33	50
1982	36	65	157	142	13	33	6	0	7	32	2	12	15	.232	.293	.423	.716	18	65
1983	37	9	23	22	2	4	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	.182	.217	.409	.626	2	9
17 Yrs		1942	7989	6942	1090	2008	310	48	275	1175	136	920	852	.289	.371	.467	.837	1216	1908
162 Game Avg.		162	666	579	91	168	26	4	23	98	11	77	71	.289	.371	.467	.837	101	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 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 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 (361st)	Gold Gloves 1972 AL (OF)
Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1971 AL 6.4 (6th) 1972 AL 7.8 (4th)	WAR Position Players† s c a p y 1971 AL 6.4 (3rd) 1972 AL 7.8 (2nd)	Offensive WAR† s c a p y 1971 AL 8.0 (1st) 1972 AL 7.7 (2nd) 1973 AL 4.9 (6th) Career 39.8 (241st)	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 .969 (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 (198th)
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 1,043 (242nd)	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 (189th)	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 229 (215th)	Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y 1971 AL 6.1 (1st) 1972 AL 5.2 (2nd) Career 23.7 (195th)
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 (83rd)
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 (128th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1970 AL 10 (10th) Career 75 (247th)	SB % s c a p y 1974 AL 73.68 (8th)	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 (128th)
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)	Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y 1971 AL 68.31 (1st) 1972 AL 52.35 (3rd) 1975 NL 43.82 (6th) Career 281.74 (127th)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1971 AL 7.2 (1st) 1972 AL 5.6 (3rd) 1974 AL 2.4 (9th) Career 32.0 (81st)
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1971 AL 6.1 (1st) 1972 AL 6.3 (2nd) Career 26.0 (123rd)	Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y 1971 AL 7.2 (1st) 1972 AL 5.8 (3rd) 1975 NL 4.3 (6th) Career 29.2 (114th)	Youngest s c a p y 1965 AL born 1946-05-20 (7th) 1966 AL born 1946-05-20 (4th)

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black Ink	Batting - 3 (529), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 95 (239), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 29 (625), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 26 (427), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Willie Montanez (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bobby Thomson (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bobby Thomson (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Ray Hart (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Reggie Smith (958) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Gary Matthews (950) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
George Hendrick (948) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Reggie Smith (952) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Gary Matthews (937) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Chili Davis (942) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Chili Davis (943) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
George Hendrick (952) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dusty Baker (946) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dusty Baker (941) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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