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Dale Murphy

Dale Bryan Murphy (The Murph)

Positions: Outfielder, First Baseman and Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: March 12, 1956 in Portland, OR
High School: Wilson (Portland, OR)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1976
Teams (by GP): Braves/Phillies/Rockies 1976-1993
Agents: Bruce Church [?]
Final Game: May 21, 1993
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All-Star Player

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
1976 20 ATL NL 19 72 65 3 17 6 0 0 9 0 0 7 9 .262 .333 .354 .687 91 23 0 0 0 0 0 2
1977 21 ATL NL 18 76 76 5 24 8 1 2 14 0 1 0 8 .316 .316 .526 .842 112 40 3 0 0 0 0 2
1978 22 ATL NL 151 583 530 66 120 14 3 23 79 11 7 42 145 .226 .284 .394 .679 80 209 15 3 3 5 3 *32
1979 23 ATL NL 104 429 384 53 106 7 2 21 57 6 1 38 67 .276 .340 .469 .809 113 180 12 2 0 5 5 32
1980 24 ATL NL 156 633 569 98 160 27 2 33 89 9 6 59 133 .281 .349 .510 .858 135 290 8 1 2 2 9 *89/73 AS,MVP-12
1981 25 ATL NL 104 416 369 43 91 12 1 13 50 14 5 44 72 .247 .325 .390 .716 101 144 10 0 1 2 8 *8/39
1982 26 ATL NL 162 698 598 113 168 23 2 36 109 23 11 93 134 .281 .378 .507 .885 142 303 10 3 0 4 9 *879 AS,MVP-1,GG,SS
1983 27 ATL NL 162 687 589 131 178 24 4 36 121 30 4 90 110 .302 .393 .540 .933 149 318 15 2 0 6 12 *87/9 AS,MVP-1,GG,SS
1984 28 ATL NL 162 691 607 94 176 32 8 36 100 19 7 79 134 .290 .372 .547 .919 149 332 13 2 0 3 20 *8 AS,MVP-9,GG,SS
1985 29 ATL NL 162 712 616 118 185 32 2 37 111 10 3 90 141 .300 .388 .539 .927 152 332 14 1 0 5 15 *8 AS,MVP-7,GG,SS
1986 30 ATL NL 160 692 614 89 163 29 7 29 83 7 7 75 141 .265 .347 .477 .824 121 293 10 2 0 1 5 *8/9 AS,MVP-21,GG
1987 31 ATL NL 159 693 566 115 167 27 1 44 105 16 6 115 136 .295 .417 .580 .997 157 328 11 7 0 5 29 *9 AS,MVP-11
1988 32 ATL NL 156 671 592 77 134 35 4 24 77 3 5 74 125 .226 .313 .421 .734 106 249 24 2 0 3 16 *9
1989 33 ATL NL 154 647 574 60 131 16 0 20 84 3 2 65 142 .228 .306 .361 .667 89 207 14 2 0 6 10 *89
1990 34 TOT NL 154 629 563 60 138 23 1 24 83 9 3 61 130 .245 .318 .417 .735 99 235 22 1 0 4 14 *9/87
1990 34 ATL NL 97 394 349 38 81 14 0 17 55 9 2 41 84 .232 .312 .418 .731 96 146 11 1 0 3 11 9
1990 34 PHI NL 57 235 214 22 57 9 1 7 28 0 1 20 46 .266 .328 .416 .744 105 89 11 0 0 1 3 9/87
1991 35 PHI NL 153 599 544 66 137 33 1 18 81 1 0 48 93 .252 .309 .415 .724 103 226 20 0 0 7 3 *9
1992 36 PHI NL 18 63 62 5 10 1 0 2 7 0 0 1 13 .161 .175 .274 .449 26 17 3 0 0 0 0 9/7
1993 37 COL NL 26 49 42 1 6 1 0 0 7 0 0 5 15 .143 .224 .167 .391 0 7 5 0 0 2 1 9/7
18 Seasons 2180 9040 7960 1197 2111 350 39 398 1266 161 68 986 1748 .265 .346 .469 .815 121 3733 209 28 6 60 159
162 Game Avg. 162 672 592 89 157 26 3 30 94 12 5 73 130 .265 .346 .469 .815 121 277 16 2 0 4 12
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
ATL (15 yrs) 1926 8094 7098 1103 1901 306 37 371 1143 160 67 912 1581 .268 .351 .478 .829 125 3394 170 28 6 50 152
PHI (3 yrs) 228 897 820 93 204 43 2 27 116 1 1 69 152 .249 .304 .405 .709 98 332 34 0 0 8 6
COL (1 yr) 26 49 42 1 6 1 0 0 7 0 0 5 15 .143 .224 .167 .391 0 7 5 0 0 2 1

Player Value--Batters

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR Salary Pos Awards
1976 20 ATL NL 72 0 0 -1 0 -3 1 2 -1 -0.1 2
1977 21 ATL NL 76 1 -1 0 0 -7 1 2 -4 -0.4 2
1978 22 ATL NL 583 -14 -1 3 0 -4 -7 17 -6 -0.7 *32
1979 23 ATL NL 429 7 1 0 -1 -14 -3 13 3 0.3 32
1980 24 ATL NL 633 30 0 2 2 14 -1 20 67 7.1 *89/73 AS,MVP-12
1981 25 ATL NL 416 1 -1 2 -1 2 0 13 16 1.6 $400,000 *8/39
1982 26 ATL NL 698 41 2 -3 0 1 -3 21 59 6.3 *879 AS,MVP-1,GG,SS
1983 27 ATL NL 687 41 7 -1 -1 1 -1 21 67 7.2 $1,300,000 *87/9 AS,MVP-1,GG,SS
1984 28 ATL NL 691 36 0 -2 2 -8 0 21 49 5.3 $1,500,000 *8 AS,MVP-9,GG,SS
1985 29 ATL NL 712 44 0 4 0 -21 0 21 48 5.3 $1,625,000 *8 AS,MVP-7,GG,SS
1986 30 ATL NL 692 10 -3 2 0 -17 0 20 12 1.3 $1,825,000 *8/9 AS,MVP-21,GG
1987 31 ATL NL 693 46 2 3 -1 11 -8 20 73 7.5 $1,925,000 *9 AS,MVP-11
1988 32 ATL NL 671 4 0 2 -2 12 -8 20 28 2.9 $2,000,000 *9
1989 33 ATL NL 647 -8 -1 1 -2 9 -3 20 16 1.4 $2,000,000 *89
1990 34 ATL NL 394 -2 -1 3 -2 3 -5 11 7 0.7 $2,000,000 9
1990 34 PHI NL 235 0 -2 -1 -2 0 -3 7 -1 -0.2 9/87
1991 35 PHI NL 599 2 0 1 -1 -8 -7 17 4 0.4 $2,500,000 *9
1992 36 PHI NL 63 -6 0 0 -1 -2 -1 2 -8 -0.9 $2,500,000 9/7
1993 37 COL NL 49 -6 -1 0 -1 -1 0 1 -8 -0.8 $200,000 9/7
18 Seasons 9040 227 1 15 -11 -32 -48 269 421 44.2 $19,775,000
PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR Salary Pos Awards
ATL (15 yrs) 8094 237 4 15 -6 -21 -37 242 434 45.7 $14,575,000
PHI (3 yrs) 897 -4 -2 0 -4 -10 -11 26 -5 -0.7 $5,000,000
COL (1 yr) 49 -6 -1 0 -1 -1 0 1 -8 -0.8 $200,000

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
1982 26 ATL NL NLCS STL L 3 11 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 .273 .273 .273 .545 3 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 3 11 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 .273 .273 .273 .545 3 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1976 ATL NL 20 C 19 17 155.0 116 100 13 3 0 .974 -3 -23 6.56 5.95 .986 5.96 5.94 9 21 9 30%
1977 ATL NL 21 C 18 17 154.0 131 114 11 6 2 .954 -7 -55 7.31 6.94 .985 6.49 6.49 5 25 5 17%
1978 ATL NL 22 1B 129 125 1108.1 1249 1137 92 20 84 .984 -3 -3 9.98 9.53 .992 8.12 7.75
1978 ATL NL 22 C 21 16 146.2 99 83 13 3 0 .970 -1 -8 5.89 4.57 .985 6.17 6.12 6 13 12 48%
1979 ATL NL 23 1B 76 75 657.1 742 685 42 15 61 .980 -6 -12 9.95 9.57 .992 9.89 9.86
1979 ATL NL 23 C 27 27 237.0 147 127 15 5 2 .966 -8 -41 5.39 5.26 .985 6.13 6.11 11 32 6 16%
1980 ATL NL 24 OF 154 150 1332.1 394 374 14 6 4 .985 13 12 2.62 2.52 .980 2.31 2.31 AS,MVP-12
1980 ATL NL 24 CF 129 125 1113.0 340 324 11 5 2 .985 11 11 2.71 2.60 .984 2.83 2.83 AS,MVP-12
1980 ATL NL 24 RF 21 21 188.2 43 39 4 0 2 1.000 2 11 2.05 2.05 .977 2.06 2.06 AS,MVP-12
1980 ATL NL 24 LF 4 4 30.2 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 1 35 2.35 2.00 .975 2.05 2.05 AS,MVP-12
1980 ATL NL 24 1B 1 1 8.0 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -30 12.38 11.00 .991 10.12 10.20 AS,MVP-12
1981 ATL NL 25 OF 103 99 899.0 270 254 11 5 4 .981 1 2 2.65 2.57 .980 2.33 2.34
1981 ATL NL 25 CF 102 99 897.0 267 255 9 3 4 .989 2 2 2.65 2.59 .986 2.80 2.81
1981 ATL NL 25 1B 3 0 7.0 10 10 0 0 1 1.000 -0 -17 12.86 3.33 .990 10.16 10.27
1981 ATL NL 25 RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -180 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.10
1982 ATL NL 26 OF 162 161 1441.0 422 407 6 9 2 .979 2 2 2.58 2.55 .978 2.25 2.26 AS,MVP-1,GG,SS
1982 ATL NL 26 CF 115 107 946.0 287 279 4 4 1 .986 -2 -2 2.69 2.46 .983 2.66 2.67 AS,MVP-1,GG,SS
1982 ATL NL 26 LF 67 48 428.0 115 109 2 4 0 .965 4 12 2.33 1.66 .973 2.08 2.08 AS,MVP-1,GG,SS
1982 ATL NL 26 RF 10 6 67.0 15 14 0 1 0 .933 -0 -9 1.88 1.40 .980 2.01 2.02 AS,MVP-1,GG,SS
1983 ATL NL 27 OF 160 158 1386.1 389 373 10 6 0 .985 1 1 2.49 2.39 .980 2.27 2.26 AS,MVP-1,GG,SS
1983 ATL NL 27 CF 136 131 1150.1 331 318 7 6 0 .982 -2 -2 2.54 2.39 .983 2.78 2.77 AS,MVP-1,GG,SS
1983 ATL NL 27 LF 28 25 217.0 54 51 3 0 0 1.000 3 17 2.24 1.93 .976 2.03 2.02 AS,MVP-1,GG,SS
1983 ATL NL 27 RF 2 2 19.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -13 1.42 1.50 .967 1.99 2.00 AS,MVP-1,GG,SS
1984 ATL NL 28 CF 160 160 1427.0 379 364 10 5 1 .987 -8 -6 2.36 2.34 .987 2.71 2.70 AS,MVP-9,GG,SS
1984 ATL NL 28 OF 160 160 1427.0 384 369 10 5 1 .987 -8 -6 2.39 2.37 .979 2.27 2.26 AS,MVP-9,GG,SS
1985 ATL NL 29 CF 161 161 1421.1 352 337 8 7 4 .980 -21 -18 2.18 2.14 .981 2.66 2.66 AS,MVP-7,GG,SS
1985 ATL NL 29 OF 161 161 1421.1 349 334 8 7 4 .980 -21 -18 2.17 2.12 .979 2.20 2.20 AS,MVP-7,GG,SS
1986 ATL NL 30 OF 159 159 1391.0 315 303 6 6 1 .981 -17 -15 2.00 1.94 .979 2.19 2.19 AS,MVP-21,GG
1986 ATL NL 30 CF 155 154 1346.0 307 295 7 5 1 .984 -17 -15 2.02 1.95 .984 2.59 2.59 AS,MVP-21,GG
1986 ATL NL 30 RF 6 5 45.0 9 8 0 1 0 .889 0 0 1.60 1.33 .978 2.00 2.00 AS,MVP-21,GG
1987 ATL NL 31 OF 159 159 1406.2 347 325 14 8 1 .977 11 9 2.17 2.13 .981 2.19 2.18 AS,MVP-11
1987 ATL NL 31 RF 159 159 1406.2 349 327 14 8 2 .977 11 9 2.18 2.14 .976 2.00 1.99 AS,MVP-11
1988 ATL NL 32 OF 156 155 1400.0 358 340 15 3 4 .992 12 10 2.28 2.28 .982 2.28 2.29
1988 ATL NL 32 RF 156 155 1400.0 357 339 15 3 4 .992 12 10 2.28 2.27 .979 2.05 2.06
1989 ATL NL 33 OF 151 151 1342.2 341 331 5 5 0 .985 9 8 2.25 2.23 .981 2.32 2.32
1989 ATL NL 33 CF 82 82 730.0 201 195 2 4 0 .980 -2 -3 2.43 2.40 .985 2.69 2.70
1989 ATL NL 33 RF 70 69 612.2 140 136 3 1 0 .993 11 22 2.04 1.99 .978 2.12 2.12
1990 TOT NL 34 OF 152 147 1298.1 333 321 7 5 1 .985 2 2 2.27 2.16 .981 2.39 2.37
1990 TOT NL 34 RF 150 145 1280.1 329 317 7 5 1 .985 4 3 2.28 2.16 .981 2.22 2.20
1990 ATL NL 34 OF 97 94 820.1 215 208 3 4 0 .981 3 4 2.31 2.18 .981 2.39 2.37
1990 ATL NL 34 RF 97 94 820.1 214 207 3 4 0 .981 3 4 2.30 2.16 .981 2.22 2.20
1990 PHI NL 34 OF 55 53 478.0 118 113 4 1 1 .992 -0 -1 2.20 2.13 .981 2.39 2.37
1990 PHI NL 34 RF 53 51 460.0 115 110 4 1 1 .991 1 2 2.23 2.15 .981 2.22 2.20
1990 PHI NL 34 CF 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -160 3.00 3.00 1.000 2.70 2.70
1990 PHI NL 34 LF 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 3.00 3.00 .967 2.20 2.20
1991 PHI NL 35 OF 147 141 1235.2 298 287 6 5 0 .983 -8 -7 2.13 1.99 .983 2.28 2.27
1991 PHI NL 35 RF 147 141 1235.2 298 287 6 5 0 .983 -8 -7 2.13 1.99 .980 2.06 2.05
1992 PHI NL 36 OF 16 17 121.0 20 19 0 1 0 .950 -2 -17 1.41 1.19 .985 2.34 2.34
1992 PHI NL 36 RF 16 16 121.0 20 19 0 1 0 .950 -2 -17 1.41 1.19 .980 2.08 2.08
1992 PHI NL 36 LF 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20
1993 COL NL 37 OF 13 11 77.0 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -17 1.99 1.31 .976 2.34 2.33
1993 COL NL 37 RF 11 10 67.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -20 1.88 1.27 .979 2.18 2.15
1993 COL NL 37 LF 2 1 10.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.70 1.50 .967 2.07 2.10
14 Seasons OF 1853 1829 16179.1 4237 4053 113 71 22 .983 -5 -0 2.32 2.25 .980 2.27 2.27
9 Seasons CF 1041 1020 9039.2 2467 2370 58 39 13 .984 -40 -5 2.42 2.33 .984 2.71 2.71
12 Seasons RF 749 729 6445.0 1577 1503 49 25 9 .984 28 5 2.17 2.07 .979 2.08 2.08
4 Seasons 1B 209 201 1780.2 2012 1842 135 35 146 .983 -10 -7 9.99 9.46 .992 8.79 8.57
6 Seasons LF 103 80 694.2 183 172 7 4 0 .978 8 14 2.32 1.74 .974 2.06 2.07
4 Seasons C 85 77 692.2 493 424 52 17 4 .966 -19 -33 6.18 5.60 .985 6.18 6.16 31 91 32 26%
18 Seasons TOT 2187 2107 18652.2 6732 6311 301 120 172 .982 -33 -2 3.19 3.02 .985 3.18 3.16 31 91 32 26%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1999 BBWAA (19.3%)
2000 BBWAA (23.2%)
2001 BBWAA (18.1%)
2002 BBWAA (14.8%)
2003 BBWAA (11.7%)
2004 BBWAA ( 8.5%)
2005 BBWAA (10.5%)
2006 BBWAA (10.8%)
2007 BBWAA ( 9.2%)
2008 BBWAA (13.8%)
2009 BBWAA (11.5%)
2010 BBWAA (11.7%)

All-Star Games
1980 *
1982 (RF)
1983 (RF)
1984 (CF)
1985 (CF)
1986 (CF)
1987 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1982 NL MVP
1983 NL MVP
1985 ML Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
1988 ML Roberto Clemente Award

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1980 NL (12, 7%)
1982 NL (1, 84%)
1983 NL (1, 95%)
1984 NL (9, 15%)
1985 NL (7, 19%)
1986 NL (21, 1%)
1987 NL (11, 10%)
2 MVPs
2.31 Career Shares (68th)

Gold Gloves
1982 NL (OF)
1983 NL (OF)
1984 NL (OF)
1985 NL (OF)
1986 NL (OF)
All multiple winners

Silver Sluggers
1982 NL (OF)
1983 NL (OF)
1984 NL (OF)
1985 NL (OF)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1980 NL  7.1 (3rd)
1982 NL  6.3 (7th)
1983 NL  7.2 (2nd)
1987 NL  7.5 (3rd)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1980 NL  7.1 (2nd)
1982 NL  6.3 (5th)
1983 NL  7.2 (2nd)
1984 NL  5.3 (10th)
1985 NL  5.3 (9th)
1987 NL  7.5 (3rd)
Career  44.2 (230th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1983 NL  .302 (6th)
1985 NL  .300 (10th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1982 NL  .378 (10th)
1983 NL  .393 (3rd)
1984 NL  .372 (8th)
1985 NL  .388 (6th)
1987 NL  .417 (4th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1980 NL  .510 (4th)
1982 NL  .507 (7th)
1983 NL  .540 (1st)
1984 NL  .547 (1st)
1985 NL  .539 (3rd)
1987 NL  .580 (5th)
Career  .469 (243rd)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1980 NL  .858 (6th)
1982 NL  .885 (7th)
1983 NL  .933 (1st)
1984 NL  .919 (2nd)
1985 NL  .927 (2nd)
1987 NL  .997 (2nd)

Games Played s c a p y
1982 NL  162 (1st)
1983 NL  162 (1st)
1984 NL  162 (1st)
1985 NL  162 (1st)
1986 NL  160 (2nd)
1987 NL  159 (3rd)
1988 NL  156 (10th)
Career  2180 (138th)

At Bats s c a p y
1984 NL  607 (6th)
1985 NL  616 (6th)
1986 NL  614 (5th)
1988 NL  592 (8th)
Career  7960 (137th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1982 NL  698 (8th)
1983 NL  687 (5th)
1984 NL  691 (6th)
1985 NL  712 (1st)
1986 NL  692 (4th)
1987 NL  693 (5th)
1988 NL  671 (8th)
Career  9040 (143rd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1980 NL  98 (3rd)
1982 NL  113 (2nd)
1983 NL  131 (2nd)
1984 NL  94 (7th)
1985 NL  118 (1st)
1987 NL  115 (5th)
Career  1197 (166th)

Hits s c a p y
1983 NL  178 (6th)
1984 NL  176 (6th)
1985 NL  185 (5th)
Career  2111 (206th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1980 NL  290 (5th)
1982 NL  303 (3rd)
1983 NL  318 (2nd)
1984 NL  332 (1st)
1985 NL  332 (2nd)
1986 NL  293 (4th)
1987 NL  328 (3rd)
Career  3733 (113th)

Doubles s c a p y
1984 NL  32 (5th)
1985 NL  32 (10th)
1988 NL  35 (5th)
1991 NL  33 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
1986 NL  7 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1980 NL  33 (3rd)
1981 NL  13 (10th)
1982 NL  36 (2nd)
1983 NL  36 (2nd)
1984 NL  36 (1st)
1985 NL  37 (1st)
1986 NL  29 (4th)
1987 NL  44 (2nd)
1988 NL  24 (9th)
Career  398 (49th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1980 NL  89 (10th)
1982 NL  109 (1st)
1983 NL  121 (1st)
1984 NL  100 (3rd)
1985 NL  111 (2nd)
1987 NL  105 (5th)
Career  1266 (114th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1982 NL  93 (4th)
1983 NL  90 (4th)
1984 NL  79 (6th)
1985 NL  90 (1st)
1986 NL  75 (8th)
1987 NL  115 (3rd)
1988 NL  74 (9th)
Career  986 (115th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1978 NL  145 (1st)
1980 NL  133 (1st)
1981 NL  72 (5th)
1982 NL  134 (2nd)
1983 NL  110 (8th)
1984 NL  134 (2nd)
1985 NL  141 (1st)
1986 NL  141 (2nd)
1987 NL  136 (3rd)
1988 NL  125 (7th)
1989 NL  142 (3rd)
1990 NL  130 (3rd)
Career  1748 (17th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1980 NL  135 (7th)
1982 NL  142 (8th)
1983 NL  149 (4th)
1984 NL  149 (2nd)
1985 NL  152 (2nd)
1987 NL  157 (4th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1980 NL  101 (4th)
1982 NL  118 (3rd)
1983 NL  131 (1st)
1984 NL  123 (3rd)
1985 NL  131 (1st)
1986 NL  102 (8th)
1987 NL  143 (1st)
Career  1308 (136th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1980 NL  25 (9th)
1982 NL  35 (7th)
1983 NL  41 (2nd)
1984 NL  39 (2nd)
1985 NL  45 (2nd)
1987 NL  51 (3rd)
Career  225 (212th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1980 NL  2.5 (9th)
1982 NL  3.6 (7th)
1983 NL  4.2 (2nd)
1984 NL  4.0 (2nd)
1985 NL  4.6 (2nd)
1987 NL  4.9 (3rd)
Career  22.5 (218th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1980 NL  62 (4th)
1982 NL  61 (10th)
1983 NL  64 (3rd)
1984 NL  76 (1st)
1985 NL  71 (2nd)
1986 NL  65 (4th)
1987 NL  72 (4th)
1988 NL  63 (4th)
Career  787 (109th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1982 NL  264 (3rd)
1983 NL  270 (2nd)
1984 NL  257 (5th)
1985 NL  276 (1st)
1986 NL  240 (7th)
1987 NL  289 (2nd)
Career  3125 (162nd)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1980 NL  .679 (8th)
1982 NL  .717 (7th)
1983 NL  .765 (1st)
1984 NL  .735 (3rd)
1985 NL  .756 (4th)
1987 NL  .767 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1987 NL  7 (5th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
Career  60 (209th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1981 NL  8 (8th)
1984 NL  20 (2nd)
1985 NL  15 (6th)
1987 NL  29 (1st)
1988 NL  16 (6th)
Career  159 (36th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1988 NL  24 (1st)
1990 NL  22 (1st)
1991 NL  20 (2nd)
Career  209 (73rd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1981 NL  13.5 (4th)
1982 NL  28.1 (2nd)
1983 NL  32.7 (1st)
1984 NL  24.9 (2nd)
1987 NL  23.5 (9th)
Career  229.3 (58th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1980 NL  17.2 (3rd)
1982 NL  16.6 (4th)
1983 NL  16.4 (2nd)
1984 NL  16.9 (2nd)
1985 NL  16.6 (4th)
1986 NL  21.2 (10th)
1987 NL  12.9 (4th)
Career  20.0 (117th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1984 NL  454 (10th)
1986 NL  469 (5th)
1988 NL  490 (3rd)
1989 NL  465 (7th)
1990 NL  454 (9th)
Career  6192 (114th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1980 NL  42.23 (6th)
1982 NL  41.31 (3rd)
1983 NL  57.16 (1st)
1984 NL  32.74 (10th)
1985 NL  53.57 (2nd)
1986 NL  31.02 (8th)
1987 NL  51.75 (5th)
Career  323.47 (82nd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1980 NL  4.2 (5th)
1982 NL  4.9 (2nd)
1983 NL  6.1 (1st)
1984 NL  4.2 (6th)
1985 NL  6.3 (1st)
1986 NL  3.2 (10th)
Career  30.3 (89th)

Situational Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1980 NL  3.9 (5th)
1982 NL  4.0 (4th)
1983 NL  5.4 (1st)
1984 NL  4.5 (1st)
1985 NL  5.8 (2nd)
1987 NL  5.3 (2nd)
Career  31.7 (85th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1980 NL  4.2 (6th)
1982 NL  4.1 (4th)
1983 NL  5.5 (1st)
1984 NL  3.2 (10th)
1985 NL  5.3 (2nd)
1986 NL  3.1 (10th)
1987 NL  4.8 (5th)
Career  31.8 (81st)

Putouts† s c a p y
1978 NL  1220 (5th)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
1980 NL  13 (4th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1979 NL  11 (2nd)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1978 NL  92 (5th)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1978 NL  20 (1st)
1979 NL  15 (2nd)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1981 NL  102 (4th)
1983 NL  136 (5th)
1984 NL  160 (1st)
1985 NL  161 (1st)
1986 NL  155 (1st)
Career  1041 (58th)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1981 NL  255 (5th)
1985 NL  337 (4th)
1986 NL  295 (3rd)
Career  2370 (63rd)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1980 NL  11 (3rd)
1981 NL  9 (2nd)
1983 NL  7 (2nd)
1984 NL  10 (1st)
1985 NL  8 (4th)
1986 NL  7 (5th)
Career  58 (54th)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1981 NL  3 (4th)
1983 NL  6 (4th)
1984 NL  5 (2nd)
1985 NL  7 (4th)
1986 NL  5 (1st)
1989 NL  4 (4th)
Career  39 (51st)

Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1987 NL  159 (1st)
1988 NL  156 (1st)
1990 NL  150 (2nd)
1991 NL  147 (3rd)
Career  749 (75th)

Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1987 NL  327 (1st)
1988 NL  339 (1st)
1990 NL  317 (2nd)
1991 NL  287 (3rd)
Career  1503 (64th)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1987 NL  14 (2nd)
1988 NL  15 (1st)
Career  49 (75th)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1987 NL  8 (3rd)
1990 NL  5 (3rd)
1991 NL  5 (3rd)
Career  25 (95th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
Career  1853 (71st)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
Career  4053 (63rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
1978 NL  9.98 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1978 NL  9.53 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1982 NL  4 (5th)
1983 NL  3 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1980 NL  11 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1982 NL  2.69 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1987 NL  11 (3rd)
1988 NL  12 (1st)
1989 NL  11 (3rd)
Career  28 (38th)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1987 NL  2.18 (2nd)
1988 NL  2.28 (2nd)
1990 NL  2.28 (5th)
1991 NL  2.13 (4th)
Career  2.19 (37th)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1987 NL  2.14 (2nd)
1988 NL  2.27 (1st)
1990 NL  2.16 (4th)
1991 NL  1.99 (5th)
Career  2.07 (15th)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1988 NL  .992 (2nd)
1990 NL  .985 (5th)
Career  .984 (34th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1988 NL  .992 (5th)

Salary s c a p y
1985 NL  $1,625,000 (5th)
1986 NL  $1,825,000 (5th)
1987 NL  $1,925,000 (4th)
1988 NL  $2,000,000 (6th)
1989 NL  $2,000,000 (10th)
1990 NL  $2,000,000 (9th)

Youngest s c a p y
1976 NL  born 1956-03-12 (3rd)
1977 NL  born 1956-03-12 (10th)

                                         

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 31 (55), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 147 (91), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 116 (124), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 34 (215), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Joe Carter (903)
  2. Andruw Jones (897)
  3. Duke Snider (881) *
  4. Don Baylor (880)
  5. Ron Santo (875)
  6. Gil Hodges (873)
  7. Ruben Sierra (870)
  8. Jack Clark (868)
  9. Ellis Burks (865)
  10. Jim Edmonds (865)
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  1. Troy Glaus (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Bill Melton (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Willie Horton (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jim Wynn (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jim Wynn (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Tony Conigliaro (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Reggie Jackson (950) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Reggie Jackson (944) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Reggie Jackson (946) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Reggie Jackson (949) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Reggie Jackson (951) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Reggie Jackson (941) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Reggie Jackson (919) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Reggie Jackson (920) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Dwight Evans (896)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Joe Carter (902)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 5, 1974: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft.

August 3, 1990: Traded by the Atlanta Braves with a player to be named later to the Philadelphia Phillies for players to be named later and Jeff Parrett. The Atlanta Braves sent Tommy Greene (August 9, 1990) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Jim Vatcher (August 9, 1990) and Victor Rosario (September 4, 1990) to the Atlanta Braves to complete the trade.

November 8, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

December 6, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

April 3, 1993: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

April 3, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198125Atlanta Braves$400,0002/21/81 TSN
198327Atlanta Braves$1,300,0002/14/84 TSN5/$8.1MM
198428Atlanta Braves$1,500,0002/14/84 TSN5/$8.1MM
198529Atlanta Braves$1,625,0001985 USA Today survey2/14/84 TSN: 5/$8.1MM and $1,600,000
198630Atlanta Braves$1,825,0001986 USA Today survey5/$8.1MM; 2/14/84 TSN $1,800,000
198731Atlanta Braves$1,925,0001987 USA Today survey; 2/14/84 TSN5/$8.1MM; 2/14/84 TSN: $1.9MM (may be bonus diff.)
198832Atlanta Braves$2,000,000USA Today, 4/1/88
198933Atlanta Braves$2,000,0002/27/89 TSN
199034Atlanta Braves$2,000,000*
199135Philadelphia Phillies$2,500,000USA Today survey
199236Philadelphia Phillies$2,500,0004/2/92 USA Today
199337Colorado Rockies$200,000USA Today
Career to date (may be incomplete)$19,775,000
Disputed Salaries
*1990 - $2,100,000 - 11/21/90 NYT -
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