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Dwayne Murphy

Dwayne Keith Murphy

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 18, 1955 in Merced, CA
High School: Antelope Valley HS (Lancaster, CA)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 15th round of the 1973 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 1978
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Phillies/Tigers 1978-1989
Agents: Ray Burgess [*]
Final Game: October 1, 1989
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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
1973	18	OAK-min	A-	68	215	215		50	7	2	3						.233	.233	.326	.558		70							LEW · NORW
1974	19	OAK-min	A	53	191	150	16	33	6	2	2	10	6	5	39	33	.220	.382	.327	.709		49	7	1	0	1	1		BUR · MIDW
1975	20	OAK-min	A	126	516	429	81	125	20	7	8	71	37	4	74	82	.291	.400	.427	.826		183	12	6	3	4	2		MOD · CALL
1976	21	OAK-min	AA,AAA	120	475	379	64	94	13	2	4	34	33	13	87	73	.248	.389	.325	.713		123	4	2	4	3	2		CNG,TUC · SOUL,PCL
1977	22	OAK-min	AA	132	512	406	53	104	11	9	5	53	28	16	97	80	.256	.399	.365	.763		148		2	3	4			CNG · SOUL
1978	23	OAK-min	AAA	42	186	148	35	39	4	1	7	17	12	5	34	27	.264	.402	.446	.848		66		1	2	1			VAN · PCL
1978	23	OAK	AL	60	62	52	15	10	2	0	0	5	0	1	7	14	.192	.279	.231	.509	49	12	0	0	1	2	0	798/D
1979	24	OAK	AL	121	489	388	57	99	10	4	11	40	15	11	84	80	.255	.387	.387	.773	116	150	10	1	13	3	6	*8/97D
1980	25	OAK	AL	159	702	573	86	157	18	2	13	68	26	15	102	96	.274	.384	.380	.764	119	218	12	2	22	3	7	*8	GG
1981	26	OAK	AL	107	477	390	58	98	10	3	15	60	10	4	73	91	.251	.369	.408	.777	130	159	6	2	8	4	6	*8/D	MVP-11,GG
1982	27	OAK	AL	151	660	543	84	129	15	1	27	94	26	8	94	122	.238	.349	.418	.767	116	227	8	3	12	8	2	*8/D6	GG
1983	28	OAK	AL	130	546	471	55	107	17	2	17	75	7	5	62	105	.227	.314	.380	.694	96	179	16	0	7	6	4	*8/D7	GG
1984	29	OAK	AL	153	647	559	93	143	18	2	33	88	4	5	74	111	.256	.342	.472	.814	132	264	15	3	4	7	1	*8	GG
1985	30	OAK	AL	152	619	523	77	122	21	3	20	59	4	5	84	123	.233	.340	.400	.740	110	209	14	3	5	4	3	*8	GG
1986	31	OAK-min	A	3	8	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.200	.500	.400	.900		2		0	0	0	0		MOD,MAD · CALL,MIDW
1986	31	OAK	AL	98	400	329	50	83	11	3	9	39	3	1	56	80	.252	.364	.386	.750	112	127	4	4	7	4	4	8/D
1987	32	OAK-min	AAA	5	19	15	1	4	3	0	0	2	0	0	4	3	.267	.421	.467	.888		7		0	0	0	1		TAC · PCL
1987	32	OAK	AL	82	284	219	39	51	7	0	8	35	4	4	58	61	.233	.388	.374	.762	111	82	5	0	3	4	2	8/34
1988	33	DET-min	AAA,A	64	243	207	26	45	10	0	6	20	2	2	33	41	.217	.321	.353	.674		73	2	0	0	3	2		TOL,FRE · IL,CALL
1988	33	DET	AL	49	171	144	14	36	5	0	4	19	1	1	24	26	.250	.361	.368	.729	109	53	0	1	2	0	2	89/7D
1989	34	PHI	NL	98	185	156	20	34	5	0	9	27	0	1	29	44	.218	.341	.423	.764	119	66	2	0	0	0	2	79/8
1990	35	YKU	Fgn																										YKU · JPCL
12 Yrs				1360	5242	4347	648	1069	139	20	166	609	100	61	747	953	.246	.356	.402	.757	115	1746	92	19	84	45	39
162 Game Avg.				162	624	518	77	127	17	2	20	73	12	7	89	114	.246	.356	.402	.757	115	208	11	2	10	5	5

OAK (10 yrs)				1213	4886	4047	614	999	129	20	153	563	99	59	694	883	.247	.356	.402	.758	115	1627	90	18	82	45	35
PHI (1 yr)				98	185	156	20	34	5	0	9	27	0	1	29	44	.218	.341	.423	.764	119	66	2	0	0	0	2
DET (1 yr)				49	171	144	14	36	5	0	4	19	1	1	24	26	.250	.361	.368	.729	109	53	0	1	2	0	2

AL (11 yrs)				1262	5057	4191	628	1035	134	20	157	582	100	60	718	909	.247	.356	.401	.757	115	1680	90	19	84	45	37
NL (1 yr)				98	185	156	20	34	5	0	9	27	0	1	29	44	.218	.341	.423	.764	119	66	2	0	0	0	2

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	23	OAK	AL	60	62	-3	-0	0	-0	-2	-6	-0.6	2	-4	-0.4	.490	.496	-0.4	-0.2	-3	$	798/D
1979	24	OAK	AL	121	489	12	-2	-1	-17	-1	-9	-0.7	16	7	0.7	.493	.495	2.4	-1.7	24	$	*8/97D
1980	25	OAK	AL	159	702	21	0	1	22	-1	43	4.8	21	64	6.7	.528	.528	4.3	2.4	42	$32,500	*8	GG
1981	26	OAK	AL	107	477	15	2	0	9	-0	26	2.9	14	40	4.3	.526	.518	3.4	1.0	31	$	*8/D	MVP-11,GG
1982	27	OAK	AL	151	660	18	4	1	12	-0	35	3.8	20	55	5.6	.524	.522	4.5	1.2	44	$350,000	*8/D6	GG
1983	28	OAK	AL	130	546	-4	-3	-2	6	-1	-3	-0.1	17	14	1.4	.498	.498	0.8	0.7	8	$893,750	*8/D7	GG
1984	29	OAK	AL	153	647	24	-0	-1	-2	0	20	2.3	20	40	4.0	.514	.513	4.4	-0.1	42	$968,750	*8	GG
1985	30	OAK	AL	152	619	8	-1	-1	2	0	7	0.9	19	26	2.7	.505	.505	2.5	0.4	24	$845,833	*8	GG
1986	31	OAK	AL	98	400	4	0	2	17	-0	23	2.5	12	35	3.6	.524	.514	1.9	1.8	18	$900,149	8/D
1987	32	OAK	AL	82	284	4	-1	-0	0	0	4	0.4	9	12	1.2	.504	.502	1.2	0.1	12	$759,000	8/34
1988	33	DET	AL	49	171	2	-2	1	5	-1	6	0.7	5	11	1.2	.513	.504	0.6	0.5	6	$375,000	89/7D
1989	34	PHI	NL	98	185	3	-1	0	-3	-2	-3	-0.3	6	3	0.3	.497	.498	0.6	-0.6	6	$400,000	79/8
12 Seasons				1360	5242	104	-2	-0	52	-9	144	16.7	161	305	31.3	.511	.508	26.2	5.6	253	$5,524,982

OAK (10 yrs)				1213	4886	98	0	-2	49	-6	141	16.3	150	291	29.8	.512	.509	25.0	5.7	241	$4,749,982
PHI (1 yr)				98	185	3	-1	0	-3	-2	-3	-0.3	6	3	0.3	.497	.498	0.6	-0.6	6	$400,000
DET (1 yr)				49	171	2	-2	1	5	-1	6	0.7	5	11	1.2	.513	.504	0.6	0.5	6	$375,000

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	23	OAK	AL	62	46	4	2.3	89	.250	.192	.254	.279	.318	.231	.374	.509	.693	49	.244	-3.0	-0.3	.419	.154	.038
1979	24	OAK	AL	489	326	62	5.1	97	.293	.255	.262	.387	.326	.387	.397	.773	.724	116	.534	13.1	1.3	.771	.358	.131	12.7
1980	25	OAK	AL	702	468	90	5.2	92	.308	.274	.259	.384	.320	.380	.385	.764	.705	119	.554	20.7	2.0	.752	.304	.106	17.3
1981	26	OAK	AL	477	314	64	5.5	84	.288	.251	.249	.369	.313	.408	.362	.777	.675	130	.630	18.3	1.9	.795	.359	.156	12.0
1982	27	OAK	AL	660	450	88	5.2	93	.254	.238	.257	.349	.320	.418	.392	.767	.712	116	.562	15.2	1.5	.795	.387	.180	26.5
1983	28	OAK	AL	546	398	55	3.7	92	.254	.227	.257	.314	.318	.380	.388	.694	.706	96	.406	-0.8	-0.1	.631	.289	.153	9.9
1984	29	OAK	AL	647	447	90	5.4	90	.261	.256	.254	.342	.315	.472	.383	.814	.699	132	.581	24.8	2.4	.780	.347	.216	7.1
1985	30	OAK	AL	619	429	73	4.6	92	.266	.233	.252	.340	.316	.400	.391	.740	.707	110	.496	10.1	1.0	.702	.325	.166	6.7
1986	31	OAK	AL	400	262	51	5.2	93	.303	.252	.252	.364	.319	.386	.393	.750	.712	112	.549	8.7	0.8	.753	.310	.134	4.5
1987	32	OAK	AL	284	184	36	5.2	100	.279	.233	.257	.388	.324	.374	.412	.762	.736	111	.522	7.4	0.7	.791	.406	.142	5.3
1988	33	DET	AL	171	111	21	5.1	91	.281	.250	.255	.361	.319	.368	.384	.729	.703	109	.564	2.7	0.3	.716	.285	.118	1.6
1989	34	PHI	NL	185	125	24	5.2	90	.243	.218	.253	.341	.320	.423	.376	.764	.696	119	.610	4.2	0.4	.752	.385	.205	.0
12 Yrs				5242	3560	658	5.0	92	.276	.246	.255	.356	.319	.402	.387	.757	.706	115	.540	121.5	12.0	.744	.337	.156	124.8
162 Game Avg.				624	424	78	5.0	92	.276	.246	.255	.356	.319	.402	.387	.757	.706	115	.540	14	1	.744	.337	.156	15

OAK (10 yrs)				4886	3324	613	4.9	92	.277	.247	.256	.356	.319	.402	.388	.758	.707	115	.536	114.6	11.3	.744	.337	.155	120.2
PHI (1 yr)				185	125	24	5.2	90	.243	.218	.253	.341	.320	.423	.376	.764	.696	119	.610	4.2	0.4	.752	.385	.205	.0
DET (1 yr)				171	111	21	5.1	91	.281	.250	.255	.361	.319	.368	.384	.729	.703	109	.563	2.7	0.3	.716	.285	.118	1.6

AL (11 yrs)				5057	3435	634	4.9	92	.277	.247	.256	.356	.319	.401	.388	.757	.706	115	.537	117.3	11.6	.743	.335	.154	122.2
NL (1 yr)				185	125	24	5.2	90	.243	.218	.253	.341	.320	.423	.376	.764	.696	119	.610	4.2	0.4	.752	.385	.205	.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP
1981	26	OAK	AL	ALDS	KCR	W	3	12	11	4	6	1	1	2	1	1	1	.545	.583	.909	1.492	10	0
1981	26	OAK	AL	ALCS	NYY	L	3	10	8	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	3	.250	.400	.375	.775	3	1
1 Yr (2 Series)							6	22	19	4	8	2	1	3	1	3	4	.421	.500	.684	1.184	13	1
1 ALDS							3	12	11	4	6	1	1	2	1	1	1	.545	.583	.909	1.492	10	0
1 ALCS							3	10	8	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	3	.250	.400	.375	.775	3	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
1978	23	OAK	AL	62	0.0%	22.6%	11.3%	3.2%	20%	2.00	3.7		10.4		1.31	65%
1979	24	OAK	AL	489	2.3%	16.4%	17.2%	5.1%	25%	0.95	4.9	35.3	9.7		1.68	61%
1980	25	OAK	AL	702	1.9%	13.7%	14.5%	4.7%	21%	0.94	6.0	44.1	8.4		1.39	67%
1981	26	OAK	AL	477	3.1%	19.1%	15.3%	5.9%	29%	1.25	4.3	26.0	6.5		1.11	60%
1982	27	OAK	AL	660	4.1%	18.5%	14.2%	6.5%	33%	1.30	4.5	20.1	5.8		1.15	61%
1983	28	OAK	AL	546	3.1%	19.2%	11.4%	6.6%	34%	1.69	4.5	27.7	6.3		1.08	65%
1984	29	OAK	AL	647	5.1%	17.2%	11.4%	8.2%	37%	1.50	5.0	16.9	6.4		1.06	65%
1985	30	OAK	AL	619	3.2%	19.9%	13.6%	7.1%	36%	1.46	4.3	26.2	8.9		1.16	62%
1986	31	OAK	AL	400	2.3%	20.0%	14.0%	5.8%	28%	1.43	4.1	36.6	8.4		1.07	61%
1987	32	OAK	AL	284	2.8%	21.5%	20.4%	5.3%	29%	1.05	3.6	27.4	6.3		1.33	54%
1988	33	DET	AL	171	2.3%	15.2%	14.0%	5.3%	25%	1.08	5.5	36.0	7.6	0.80	1.02	67%	18%	11.1%	44%
1989	34	PHI	NL	185	4.9%	23.8%	15.7%	7.6%	41%	1.52	3.5	17.3	5.8	1.00	1.38	56%	12%	19.1%	15%
12 Yrs				5242	3.2%	18.2%	14.3%	6.2%	30%	1.28	4.6	26.2	7.1	0.89	1.20	62%	15%	15.7%	30%
MLB Averages					2.1%	13.8%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	1.63	6.5	42.5	8.5	0.81	1.08	74%	20%	6.8%	29%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1978	23	OAK	AL	-3.0	-0.3	66	-0.4	0.6	-1.0	.94	-0.3	-0.1	-3.9	-0.4	1.01	-2.9	0.68	4
1979	24	OAK	AL	13.1	1.3	524	0.9	9.2	-8.3	1.04	1.1	-0.3	15.1	1.5	0.93	15.0	4.05	2
1980	25	OAK	AL	19.7	1.9	750	1.8	13.3	-11.6	1.03	1.7	0.0	15.7	1.6	0.97	14.6		0
1981	26	OAK	AL	17.7	1.8	496	4.4	11.5	-7.1	1.08	1.9	2.1	26.4	2.8	0.98	21.1		0
1982	27	OAK	AL	15.2	1.5	696	1.4	12.1	-10.7	1.01	2.6	-1.2	22.8	2.3	0.97	27.5	1.26	3
1983	28	OAK	AL	-0.8	-0.1	560	-0.6	9.7	-10.3	1.08	-1.0	0.5	-2.6	-0.3	0.95	-8.6	4.19	1
1984	29	OAK	AL	23.9	2.4	663	2.4	12.8	-10.4	1.00	2.0	0.4	18.0	1.9	0.94	23.8		0
1985	30	OAK	AL	10.1	1.0	632	-0.0	10.5	-10.5	.98	0.3	-0.3	-2.4	-0.2	0.93	5.7	1.57	0
1986	31	OAK	AL	8.7	0.8	413	0.4	6.9	-6.6	1.03	0.3	0.1	2.5	0.3	0.97	3.7	1.58	2
1987	32	OAK	AL	7.4	0.7	297	-0.7	4.4	-5.1	1.01	0.5	-1.2	6.3	0.6	0.94	7.2	1.56	5
1988	33	DET	AL	2.5	0.2	175	0.3	3.3	-3.0	1.11	0.3	-0.1	4.6	0.5	0.99	3.5	1.51	4
1989	34	PHI	NL	4.2	0.4	189	0.4	3.6	-3.2	1.08	0.3	0.1	4.5	0.5	0.99	5.6	1.20	43
12 Yrs				118.8	11.7	5461	10.2	98.1	-87.9	1.03	9.5	0.4	107.2	11.0	0.96	116.1	1.36	64

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	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
1978	23	OAK	AL	1	88%	48	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	44%	8	6	2	3	1	2	7	3	4
1979	24	OAK	AL	5	27%	210	15	11	58%	15	11	0	0	0	0	7	3	2	11	51%	32	19	13	9	5	4	12	2	10
1980	25	OAK	AL	9	29%	334	26	15	63%	19	14	5	0	2	1	5	2	8	19	51%	43	29	14	7	3	4	26	4	21
1981	26	OAK	AL	2	27%	189	10	4	71%	9	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	7	12	50%	28	17	9	6	2	4	12	1	10
1982	27	OAK	AL	12	29%	249	26	8	76%	25	7	1	1	0	0	3	1	4	20	53%	37	22	15	5	0	5	13	4	9
1983	28	OAK	AL	4	25%	181	7	5	58%	6	3	1	1	0	1	2	2	6	8	30%	28	25	3	6	4	2	12	3	9
1984	29	OAK	AL	6	32%	244	4	5	44%	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	27	46%	49	30	19	13	9	4	15	2	12
1985	30	OAK	AL	4	30%	237	4	5	44%	3	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	4	12	44%	41	26	15	9	7	2	18	5	13
1986	31	OAK	AL	0	31%	162	3	1	75%	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	15	36%	29	20	7	4	2	2	12	4	7
1987	32	OAK	AL	0	31%	135	4	4	50%	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	40%	20	18	2	6	3	3	12	2	10
1988	33	DET	AL	1	18%	64	1	1	50%	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	14%	9	7	1	1	0	1	4	4	0
1989	34	PHI	NL	0	20%	64	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	22%	9	9	0	2	2	0	7	3	4
12 Yrs				44	29%	2117	100	61	62%	87	53	10	5	3	3	21	9	47	142	44%	333	228	100	71	38	33	150	37	109

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	23	OAK	AL	62	68%	10			4	1	0	1	0.68	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	6	0	0%	6	3	50%	40	5	13%	5	2	40%	1	1	100%	0
1979	24	OAK	AL	489	67%	99			2	1	0	0	4.05	11	0	2	10	1	4	7	0	15	13	87%	81	10	12%	44	14	32%	243	31	13%	19	4	21%	23	12	52%	0
1980	25	OAK	AL	702	61%	157			0	0	0	0		13	0	14	9	4	5	8	0	28	22	79%	130	12	9%	95	38	40%	428	57	13%	44	17	39%	51	26	51%	0
1981	26	OAK	AL	477	62%	98			0	0	0	0		15	1	12	11	4	7	8	0	9	8	89%	86	6	7%	62	24	39%	291	45	15%	23	8	35%	37	20	54%	0
1982	27	OAK	AL	660	63%	129			3	0	0	0	1.26	27	0	14	18	9	15	12	0	12	12	100%	116	8	7%	89	41	46%	419	68	16%	37	18	49%	63	32	51%	0
1983	28	OAK	AL	546	58%	107			1	0	0	0	4.19	17	2	11	14	3	12	5	0	7	7	100%	102	16	16%	68	28	41%	332	61	18%	51	29	57%	27	16	59%	0
1984	29	OAK	AL	647	63%	143			0	0	0	0		33	0	9	25	8	12	21	0	4	4	100%	121	15	12%	80	32	40%	376	58	15%	31	17	55%	42	24	57%	0
1985	30	OAK	AL	619	72%	122			0	0	0	0	1.57	20	0	7	13	7	5	15	0	6	5	83%	109	14	13%	59	22	37%	367	43	12%	35	15	43%	26	13	50%	0
1986	31	OAK	AL	400	72%	83			2	2	0	1	1.58	9	0	6	8	1	5	4	1	9	7	78%	88	4	5%	45	18	40%	254	33	13%	23	11	48%	18	12	67%	0
1987	32	OAK	AL	284	71%	51			5	0	0	0	1.56	8	0	5	6	2	2	6	0	3	3	100%	48	5	10%	22	10	45%	165	28	17%	17	11	65%	7	4	57%	0
1988	33	DET	AL	171	79%	36	3	0	4	1	0	1	1.51	4	0	2	3	1	2	2	0	2	2	100%	31	0	0%	13	4	31%	119	15	13%	7	5	71%	6	2	33%	0
1989	34	PHI	NL	185	89%	34	5	1	43	9	2	6	1.20	9	0	3	8	1	4	5	0	0	0		25	2	8%	9	2	22%	129	18	14%	8	3	38%	2	0	0%	0
12 Yrs				5242	66%	1069	8	1	64	14	2	9	1.36	166	3	88	125	41	73	93	1	96	84	88%	943	92	10%	592	236	40%	3163	462	15%	300	140	47%	303	162	53%	0
MLB Averages					58%																			79%			11%			35%			15%			51%			55%

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	33	DET	AL	167	707	4.23	396	56%	29%	20%	21%	30%	71%	3%	40%	72%	25%	8%	13	1	18%	30	8	14%	24	14	35%	4	0	0
1989	34	PHI	NL	174	721	4.14	395	55%	31%	21%	22%	26%	68%	2%	37%	68%	27%	11%	19	2	24%	42	12	13%	23	13	35%	11	1	4
2 Yrs				341	1428	4.19	791	55%	30%	20%	21%	28%	70%	3%	39%	70%	26%	9%	32	3	21%	72	20	14%	47	27	35%	15	1	4
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	32%	6%			15%			8%			26%

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	23	60	62	52	15	10	2	0	0	5	0	1	7	14	.192	.279	.231	.509	49	12	0	0	1	2	0
1979	24	181	551	440	72	109	12	4	11	45	15	12	91	94	.248	.374	.368	.742	108	162	10	1	14	5	6
1980	25	340	1253	1013	158	266	30	6	24	113	41	27	193	190	.263	.380	.375	.755	114	380	22	3	36	8	13
1981	26	447	1730	1403	216	364	40	9	39	173	51	31	266	281	.259	.377	.384	.761	118	539	28	5	44	12	19
1982	27	598	2390	1946	300	493	55	10	66	267	77	39	360	403	.253	.369	.394	.763	118	766	36	8	56	20	21
1983	28	728	2936	2417	355	600	72	12	83	342	84	44	422	508	.248	.359	.391	.749	114	945	52	8	63	26	25
1984	29	881	3583	2976	448	743	90	14	116	430	88	49	496	619	.250	.356	.406	.762	117	1209	67	11	67	33	26
1985	30	1033	4202	3499	525	865	111	17	136	489	92	54	580	742	.247	.353	.405	.759	116	1418	81	14	72	37	29
1986	31	1131	4602	3828	575	948	122	20	145	528	95	55	636	822	.248	.354	.404	.758	116	1545	85	18	79	41	33
1987	32	1213	4886	4047	614	999	129	20	153	563	99	59	694	883	.247	.356	.402	.758	115	1627	90	18	82	45	35
1988	33	1262	5057	4191	628	1035	134	20	157	582	100	60	718	909	.247	.356	.401	.757	115	1680	90	19	84	45	37
1989	34	1360	5242	4347	648	1069	139	20	166	609	100	61	747	953	.246	.356	.402	.757	115	1746	92	19	84	45	39

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
1978	23	60	64	53	17	11	2	0	0	6	0	8	14	.208	.302	.245	.547	4	60
1979	24	122	502	396	62	105	11	4	12	44	16	89	80	.265	.399	.404	.803	63	121
1980	25	159	723	586	98	170	19	2	14	77	28	110	96	.290	.402	.401	.803	95	159
1981	26	162	756	610	108	168	17	5	26	111	17	125	138	.275	.398	.448	.845	109	107
1982	27	151	676	552	94	138	16	1	29	105	28	101	122	.250	.364	.440	.805	89	151
1983	28	130	559	479	62	115	18	2	18	85	8	67	105	.240	.330	.399	.728	64	130
1984	29	153	668	573	108	157	20	2	36	102	4	81	111	.274	.363	.504	.867	105	153
1985	30	152	634	532	87	131	23	3	21	67	4	90	123	.246	.356	.419	.775	80	152
1986	31	98	410	335	56	89	12	3	10	43	3	60	80	.266	.380	.409	.789	51	98
1987	32	82	286	220	40	52	7	0	8	36	4	59	61	.236	.392	.377	.769	33	82
1988	33	49	174	146	16	38	5	0	4	21	1	25	26	.260	.372	.377	.749	21	49
1989	34	98	189	158	22	36	5	0	10	30	0	31	44	.228	.354	.449	.804	25	98
12 Yrs		1416	5641	4640	770	1210	155	22	188	727	113	846	1000	.261	.374	.425	.799	739	1360
162 Game Avg.		162	645	531	88	138	18	3	22	83	13	97	114	.261	.374	.425	.799	85	1360

* 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1981 AL (11, 11%) 0.11 Career Shares (885th)	Gold Gloves 1980 AL (OF) 1981 AL (OF) 1982 AL (OF) 1983 AL (OF) 1984 AL (OF) 1985 AL (OF) All multiple winners	Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1980 AL 6.7 (5th) 1981 AL 4.3 (8th) 1982 AL 5.6 (10th)	WAR Position Players† s c a p y 1980 AL 6.7 (5th) 1981 AL 4.3 (7th) 1982 AL 5.6 (9th)
Offensive WAR† s c a p y 1981 AL 3.4 (8th)	Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1980 AL 2.4 (2nd) 1986 AL 1.8 (8th)	Games Played s c a p y 1980 AL 159 (8th) 1981 AL 107 (7th)	Plate Appearances s c a p y 1980 AL 702 (7th) 1981 AL 477 (5th)
Runs Scored s c a p y 1981 AL 58 (9th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1984 AL 33 (3rd)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1979 AL 84 (8th) 1980 AL 102 (4th) 1981 AL 73 (2nd) 1982 AL 94 (5th) 1985 AL 84 (9th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1980 AL 96 (7th) 1981 AL 91 (2nd) 1982 AL 122 (6th) 1983 AL 105 (10th) 1985 AL 123 (9th)
Stolen Bases s c a p y 1980 AL 26 (10th)	Runs Created s c a p y 1981 AL 64 (10th)	Times On Base s c a p y 1980 AL 261 (7th) 1981 AL 173 (4th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1979 AL 13 (8th) 1980 AL 22 (1st) 1982 AL 12 (7th)
Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1982 AL 8 (7th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1980 AL 15 (4th)	Power-Speed # s c a p y 1980 AL 17.3 (6th) 1981 AL 12.0 (2nd) 1982 AL 26.5 (1st)	AB per HR s c a p y 1984 AL 16.9 (5th)
Outs Made s c a p y 1980 AL 468 (10th)	Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y 1981 AL 26.45 (3rd)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1981 AL 4.4 (2nd)	Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y 1981 AL 2.8 (3rd)

† 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

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Gray Ink	Batting - 21 (996), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 9 (1221), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 17 (891), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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