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Eddie Murray

Eddie Clarence Murray (Steady Eddie)

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: February 24, 1956 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Locke HS (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 3rd round of the 1973 amateur draft.
Signed July 1, 1973. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1977
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Dodgers/Mets/Indians/Angels 1977-1997
Agents: Ron Shapiro [*]
Final Game: September 20, 1997
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 2003 (423/496 ballots).
   View Eddie Murray Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Relatives: Brother of Rich Murray
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Fine Details  · Last updated Dec 13, 2012 3:17PM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #45. Albert Pujols… #46. Dan Brouthers… #47. Larry Walker… #48. EDDIE MURRAY… #49. Duke Snider… #50. Hank Greenberg… #51. Frankie Frisch… 

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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
1977 21 BAL AL 160 666 611 81 173 29 2 27 88 0 1 48 104 .283 .333 .470 .803 123 287 22 1 0 6 6 *D3/7 RoY-1
1978 22 BAL AL 161 690 610 85 174 32 3 27 95 6 5 70 97 .285 .356 .480 .836 140 293 15 1 1 8 7 *3/5D AS,MVP-8
1979 23 BAL AL 159 687 606 90 179 30 2 25 99 10 2 72 78 .295 .369 .475 .844 130 288 16 2 1 6 9 *3/D MVP-11
1980 24 BAL AL 158 683 621 100 186 36 2 32 116 7 2 54 71 .300 .354 .519 .873 138 322 18 2 0 6 10 *3/D MVP-6
1981 25 BAL AL 99 422 378 57 111 21 2 22 78 2 3 40 43 .294 .360 .534 .895 156 202 10 1 0 3 10 *3 AS,MVP-5
1982 26 BAL AL 151 627 550 87 174 30 1 32 110 7 2 70 82 .316 .391 .549 .940 156 302 17 1 0 6 18 *3/D AS,MVP-2,GG
1983 27 BAL AL 156 680 582 115 178 30 3 33 111 5 1 86 90 .306 .393 .538 .930 156 313 13 3 0 9 13 *3/D AS,MVP-2,GG,SS
1984 28 BAL AL 162 705 588 97 180 26 3 29 110 10 2 107 87 .306 .410 .509 .918 157 299 9 2 0 8 25 *3/D AS,MVP-4,GG,SS
1985 29 BAL AL 156 677 583 111 173 37 1 31 124 5 2 84 68 .297 .383 .523 .906 149 305 8 2 0 8 12 *3/D AS,MVP-5
1986 30 BAL AL 137 578 495 61 151 25 1 17 84 3 0 78 49 .305 .396 .463 .859 136 229 17 0 0 5 7 *3D AS
1987 31 BAL AL 160 694 618 89 171 28 3 30 91 1 2 73 80 .277 .352 .477 .829 120 295 15 0 0 3 6 *3/D
1988 32 BAL AL 161 681 603 75 171 27 2 28 84 5 2 75 78 .284 .361 .474 .836 136 286 20 0 0 3 8 3D
1989 33 LAD NL 160 690 594 66 147 29 1 20 88 7 2 87 85 .247 .342 .401 .743 113 238 11 2 0 7 24 *3/5
1990 34 LAD NL 155 645 558 96 184 22 3 26 95 8 5 82 64 .330 .414 .520 .934 159 290 19 1 0 4 21 *3 MVP-5,SS
1991 35 LAD NL 153 639 576 69 150 23 1 19 96 10 3 55 74 .260 .321 .403 .724 105 232 17 0 0 8 17 *3/5 AS
1992 36 NYM NL 156 625 551 64 144 37 2 16 93 4 2 66 74 .261 .336 .423 .759 115 233 15 0 0 8 8 *3
1993 37 NYM NL 154 659 610 77 174 28 1 27 100 2 2 40 61 .285 .325 .467 .792 112 285 24 0 0 9 4 *3
1994 38 CLE AL 108 467 433 57 110 21 1 17 76 8 4 31 53 .254 .302 .425 .727 87 184 8 0 0 3 6 *D3
1995 39 CLE AL 113 480 436 68 141 21 0 21 82 5 1 39 65 .323 .375 .516 .891 129 225 12 0 0 5 5 D3
1996 40 TOT AL 152 637 566 69 147 21 1 22 79 4 0 61 87 .260 .327 .417 .743 87 236 19 0 0 10 6 *D/3
1996 40 CLE AL 88 374 336 33 88 9 1 12 45 3 0 34 45 .262 .326 .402 .728 84 135 13 0 0 4 2 D/3
1996 40 BAL AL 64 263 230 36 59 12 0 10 34 1 0 27 42 .257 .327 .439 .766 92 101 6 0 0 6 4 D
1997 41 TOT MLB 55 185 167 13 37 7 0 3 18 1 0 15 26 .222 .281 .317 .598 55 53 10 0 0 3 0 D
1997 41 ANA AL 46 176 160 13 35 7 0 3 15 1 0 13 24 .219 .273 .319 .591 53 51 8 0 0 3 0 D
1997 41 LAD NL 9 9 7 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 .286 .444 .286 .730 103 2 2 0 0 0 0
21 Yrs 3026 12817 11336 1627 3255 560 35 504 1917 110 43 1333 1516 .287 .359 .476 .836 129 5397 315 18 2 128 222
162 Game Avg. 162 686 607 87 174 30 2 27 103 6 2 71 81 .287 .359 .476 .836 129 289 17 1 0 7 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
BAL (13 yrs) 1884 8053 7075 1084 2080 363 25 343 1224 62 24 884 969 .294 .370 .498 .868 139 3522 186 15 2 77 135
LAD (4 yrs) 477 1983 1735 231 483 74 5 65 282 25 10 226 225 .278 .359 .439 .798 126 762 49 3 0 19 62
CLE (3 yrs) 309 1321 1205 158 339 51 2 50 203 16 5 104 163 .281 .335 .451 .787 101 544 33 0 0 12 13
NYM (2 yrs) 310 1284 1161 141 318 65 3 43 193 6 4 106 135 .274 .330 .446 .776 113 518 39 0 0 17 12
ANA (1 yr) 46 176 160 13 35 7 0 3 15 1 0 13 24 .219 .273 .319 .591 53 51 8 0 0 3 0
AL (16 yrs) 2239 9550 8440 1255 2454 421 27 396 1442 79 29 1001 1156 .291 .363 .488 .851 132 4117 227 15 2 92 148
NL (6 yrs) 787 3267 2896 372 801 139 8 108 475 31 14 332 360 .277 .348 .442 .790 121 1280 88 3 0 36 74

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
1977 21 BAL AL 160 666 18 0 -2 4 -14 7 0.9 21 28 2.9 .504 .504 2.5 -0.9 25 $19,000 *D3/7 RoY-1
1978 22 BAL AL 161 690 28 -2 0 -0 -10 16 1.9 22 38 3.9 .511 .511 4.1 -1.0 39 $ *3/5D AS,MVP-8
1979 23 BAL AL 159 687 27 -1 -0 8 -10 24 2.7 22 46 4.6 .515 .515 3.8 -0.0 38 $ *3/D MVP-11
1980 24 BAL AL 158 683 30 3 1 -4 -10 20 2.3 21 41 4.2 .513 .512 4.6 -1.2 44 $ *3/D MVP-6
1981 25 BAL AL 99 422 24 0 1 2 -6 21 2.4 13 34 3.6 .523 .514 3.5 -0.4 32 $ *3 AS,MVP-5
1982 26 BAL AL 151 627 37 -1 -1 4 -9 29 3.2 19 48 4.9 .520 .519 4.6 -0.5 45 $ *3/D AS,MVP-2,GG
1983 27 BAL AL 156 680 42 0 1 9 -10 41 4.5 21 62 6.4 .527 .526 5.5 0.0 53 $ *3/D AS,MVP-2,GG,SS
1984 28 BAL AL 162 705 42 3 1 10 -10 45 4.9 22 67 6.8 .529 .529 5.9 0.1 57 $ *3/D AS,MVP-4,GG,SS
1985 29 BAL AL 156 677 38 -0 0 4 -10 33 3.5 21 53 5.4 .521 .520 5.0 -0.4 49 $1,472,819 *3/D AS,MVP-5
1986 30 BAL AL 137 578 25 0 0 4 -9 20 2.3 18 38 3.9 .515 .513 3.4 -0.4 34 $925,814 *3D AS
1987 31 BAL AL 160 694 17 -3 -0 12 -10 15 1.7 21 36 3.6 .509 .509 2.4 0.3 24 $2,044,757 *3/D
1988 32 BAL AL 161 681 26 -2 -2 -3 -12 7 1.0 21 28 2.9 .505 .505 3.2 -1.5 31 $2,142,904 3D
1989 33 LAD NL 160 690 3 -3 -0 8 -10 -1 -0.2 21 20 1.9 .499 .499 0.9 -0.2 11 $2,331,062 *3/5
1990 34 LAD NL 155 645 40 -3 -2 1 -9 27 3.1 18 45 4.9 .519 .518 4.5 -0.7 44 $2,513,703 *3 MVP-5,SS
1991 35 LAD NL 153 639 0 -2 -1 4 -9 -7 -0.8 18 10 0.9 .495 .495 0.4 -0.5 6 $2,628,164 *3/5 AS
1992 36 NYM NL 156 625 10 -1 -1 -2 -9 -3 -0.3 17 14 1.4 .498 .498 1.6 -1.2 16 $4,125,000 *3
1993 37 NYM NL 154 659 7 -2 -2 -3 -9 -10 -0.8 18 8 0.9 .493 .494 1.0 -1.1 11 $3,375,000 *3
1994 38 CLE AL 108 467 -11 2 1 -1 -10 -19 -1.7 15 -4 -0.3 .484 .489 -0.2 -0.9 -3 $3,000,000 *D3
1995 39 CLE AL 113 480 15 0 -2 4 -11 7 0.8 15 22 2.2 .506 .504 1.8 -0.6 18 $3,000,000 D3
1996 40 CLE AL 88 374 -10 -1 -1 -0 -9 -21 -1.7 12 -9 -0.6 .478 .488 -0.7 -0.7 -9 $2,000,000 D/3
1996 40 BAL AL 64 263 -4 0 0 0 -6 -10 -0.7 8 -1 0.1 .486 .495 0.0 -0.5 -1 $ D
1997 41 ANA AL 46 176 -12 1 -1 0 -4 -17 -1.6 6 -11 -1.1 .464 .490 -1.1 -0.4 -11 $750,000 D
1997 41 LAD NL 9 9 0 0 -0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .497 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $
21 Seasons 3026 12817 392 -9 -11 61 -208 224 27.4 391 616 63.4 .508 .506 56.7 -12.7 555 $30,328,223
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
BAL (13 yrs) 1884 8053 349 -1 -2 50 -127 269 30.6 250 520 53.2 .515 .513 48.5 -6.4 469 $6,605,294
LAD (4 yrs) 477 1983 44 -7 -4 13 -28 18 2.2 57 75 7.7 .504 .503 5.8 -1.4 62 $7,472,929
CLE (3 yrs) 309 1321 -6 1 -2 3 -29 -33 -2.6 42 9 1.3 .490 .494 0.9 -2.2 6 $8,000,000
NYM (2 yrs) 310 1284 17 -3 -3 -5 -18 -13 -1.1 36 22 2.3 .496 .496 2.6 -2.4 28 $7,500,000
ANA (1 yr) 46 176 -12 1 -1 0 -4 -17 -1.6 6 -11 -1.1 .464 .490 -1.1 -0.4 -11 $750,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1979 23 BAL AL ALCS CAL W 4 17 12 3 5 0 0 1 5 0 1 5 2 .417 .588 .667 1.255 8 0 0 0 0 2
1979 23 BAL AL WS PIT L 7 30 26 3 4 1 0 1 2 1 0 4 4 .154 .267 .308 .574 8 2 0 0 0 0
1983 27 BAL AL ALCS CHW W 4 18 15 5 4 0 0 1 3 1 0 3 3 .267 .389 .467 .856 7 0 0 0 0 1
1983 27 BAL AL WS PHI W 5 21 20 2 5 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 4 .250 .286 .550 .836 11 0 0 0 0 0
1995 39 CLE AL ALDS BOS W 3 15 13 3 5 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 1 .385 .467 .769 1.236 10 0 0 0 0 0
1995 39 CLE AL ALCS SEA W 6 26 24 2 6 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 3 .250 .308 .417 .724 10 0 0 0 0 1
1995 39 CLE AL WS ATL L 6 24 19 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 5 4 .105 .292 .263 .555 5 0 0 0 0 0
1996 40 BAL AL ALDS CLE W 4 18 15 1 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 4 .400 .500 .467 .967 7 0 0 0 0 2
1996 40 BAL AL ALCS NYY L 5 17 15 1 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 .267 .353 .467 .820 7 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs (9 Series) 44 186 159 21 41 3 1 9 25 3 1 27 27 .258 .366 .459 .825 73 2 0 0 0 6
2 ALDS 7 33 28 4 11 1 1 1 4 1 0 5 5 .393 .485 .607 1.092 17 0 0 0 0 2
4 ALCS 19 78 66 11 19 1 0 4 13 1 1 12 10 .288 .397 .485 .882 32 0 0 0 0 4
3 WS 18 75 65 6 11 1 0 4 8 1 0 10 12 .169 .280 .369 .649 24 2 0 0 0 0

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1977 BAL AL 21 DH 111 110 RoY-1
1977 BAL AL 21 1B 42 42 23 345.0 388 368 17 3 34 .992 3 10 10.04 9.17 .990 10.02 9.95 RoY-1
1977 BAL AL 21 LF 3 3 1 23.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1 37 2.35 2.00 .977 2.11 2.10 RoY-1
1977 BAL AL 21 OF 3 3 1 23.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1 37 2.74 2.33 .979 2.35 2.33 RoY-1
1978 BAL AL 22 1B 157 157 156 1396.0 1615 1504 106 5 143 .997 0 0 10.38 10.25 .992 10.05 9.95 AS,MVP-8
1978 BAL AL 22 3B 3 3 3 24.0 10 3 6 1 1 .900 -1 -35 3.38 3.00 .954 3.00 2.97 AS,MVP-8
1978 BAL AL 22 DH 1 1 AS,MVP-8
1979 BAL AL 23 1B 157 157 151 1398.2 1573 1456 107 10 135 .994 8 7 10.06 9.96 .992 10.08 9.96 MVP-11
1979 BAL AL 23 DH 2 2 MVP-11
1980 BAL AL 24 1B 154 154 150 1374.0 1455 1369 77 9 158 .994 -4 -3 9.47 9.39 .992 10.02 10.00 MVP-6
1980 BAL AL 24 DH 1 1 MVP-6
1981 BAL AL 25 1B 99 99 97 880.0 991 899 91 1 98 .999 2 2 10.12 10.00 .993 10.06 10.03 AS,MVP-5
1982 BAL AL 26 1B 149 143 141 1271.2 1370 1269 97 4 106 .997 4 3 9.67 9.17 .992 9.85 9.81 AS,MVP-2,GG
1982 BAL AL 26 DH 2 0 AS,MVP-2,GG
1983 BAL AL 27 1B 153 153 152 1361.0 1517 1393 114 10 136 .993 9 8 9.97 9.85 .992 9.90 9.82 AS,MVP-2,GG,SS
1983 BAL AL 27 DH 2 1 AS,MVP-2,GG,SS
1984 BAL AL 28 1B 159 159 159 1413.1 1694 1538 143 13 152 .992 10 9 10.70 10.57 .991 9.75 9.68 AS,MVP-4,GG,SS
1984 BAL AL 28 DH 3 3 AS,MVP-4,GG,SS
1985 BAL AL 29 1B 154 154 149 1365.1 1509 1338 152 19 154 .987 4 4 9.82 9.68 .991 9.76 9.67 AS,MVP-5
1985 BAL AL 29 DH 2 2 AS,MVP-5
1986 BAL AL 30 1B 119 119 118 1052.1 1146 1045 88 13 100 .989 4 5 9.69 9.52 .991 9.42 9.33 AS
1986 BAL AL 30 DH 16 16 AS
1987 BAL AL 31 1B 156 156 155 1380.1 1526 1371 145 10 146 .993 12 11 9.88 9.72 .992 9.58 9.48
1987 BAL AL 31 DH 4 4
1988 BAL AL 32 1B 103 103 102 888.0 984 867 106 11 101 .989 -3 -4 9.86 9.45 .992 9.57 9.49
1988 BAL AL 32 DH 58 58
1989 LAD NL 33 1B 159 159 147 1418.2 1459 1316 137 6 122 .996 8 7 9.22 9.14 .992 9.75 9.76
1989 LAD NL 33 3B 2 0 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70
1990 LAD NL 34 1B 150 150 133 1285.0 1303 1180 113 10 88 .992 1 1 9.06 8.62 .992 9.59 9.53 MVP-5,SS
1991 LAD NL 35 1B 149 148 135 1301.1 1462 1327 128 7 96 .995 4 4 10.06 9.77 .992 9.79 9.75 AS
1991 LAD NL 35 3B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70 AS
1992 NYM NL 36 1B 154 152 133 1308.1 1391 1283 96 12 109 .991 -2 -2 9.49 8.95 .993 9.75 9.76
1993 NYM NL 37 1B 154 154 134 1321.0 1448 1319 111 18 118 .988 -3 -3 9.74 9.29 .992 9.68 9.61
1994 CLE AL 38 DH 82 82
1994 CLE AL 38 1B 26 26 25 226.0 260 243 14 3 25 .988 -1 -6 10.23 9.88 .992 9.57 9.49
1995 CLE AL 39 DH 95 94
1995 CLE AL 39 1B 18 18 17 156.0 185 160 22 3 12 .984 4 32 10.50 10.11 .993 9.61 9.50
1996 TOT AL 40 DH 149 146
1996 CLE AL 40 DH 87 85
1996 CLE AL 40 1B 1 1 1 9.0 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -40 11.00 11.00 .992 9.20 9.20
1996 BAL AL 40 DH 62 61
1997 ANA AL 41 DH 45 43
20 Seasons 1B 2413 2404 2278 21151.0 23287 21255 1865 167 2033 .993 61 3 9.84 9.58 .992 9.79 9.73
3 Seasons 3B 6 3 3 27.2 10 3 6 1 1 .900 -1 -30 2.93 1.50 .954 2.96 2.83
1 Season OF 3 3 1 23.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1 37 2.74 2.33 .979 2.35 2.33
1 Season LF 3 3 1 23.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1 37 2.35 2.00 .977 2.11 2.10
21 Seasons TOT 2422 2410 2282 21201.2 23304 21265 1871 168 2034 .993 61 3 9.82 9.55 .992 9.78 9.70
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
2003 BBWAA (85.3%)
Selected to HOF in 2003 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1978
1981 *
1982 *
1983 *
1984 *
1985 (1B)
1986
1991 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1977 AL Rookie of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1978 AL (8, 13%)
1979 AL (11, 6%)
1980 AL (6, 27%)
1981 AL (5, 35%)
1982 AL (2, 57%)
1983 AL (2, 74%)
1984 AL (4, 50%)
1985 AL (5, 33%)
1990 NL (5, 37%)
3.33 Career Shares (22nd)

Gold Gloves
1982 AL (1B)
1983 AL (1B)
1984 AL (1B)
All multiple winners

Silver Sluggers
1983 AL (1B)
1984 AL (1B)
1990 NL (1B)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1983 AL  6.4 (7th)
1984 AL  6.8 (5th)
Career  63.4 (116th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1983 AL  6.4 (6th)
1984 AL  6.8 (3rd)
1985 AL  5.4 (6th)
1990 NL  4.9 (8th)
Career  63.4 (79th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1981 AL  3.5 (6th)
1983 AL  5.5 (7th)
1984 AL  5.9 (3rd)
1985 AL  5.0 (6th)
1990 NL  4.5 (7th)
Career  56.7 (90th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1982 AL  .316 (4th)
1984 AL  .306 (8th)
1985 AL  .297 (10th)
1990 NL  .330 (2nd)
1995 AL  .323 (5th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1982 AL  .391 (5th)
1983 AL  .393 (6th)
1984 AL  .410 (1st)
1985 AL  .383 (5th)
1986 AL  .396 (4th)
1990 NL  .414 (3rd)

Slugging % s c a p y
1980 AL  .519 (6th)
1981 AL  .534 (2nd)
1982 AL  .549 (3rd)
1983 AL  .538 (3rd)
1985 AL  .523 (4th)
1990 NL  .520 (8th)
Career  .476 (208th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1980 AL  .873 (8th)
1981 AL  .895 (3rd)
1982 AL  .940 (2nd)
1983 AL  .930 (3rd)
1984 AL  .918 (2nd)
1985 AL  .906 (5th)
1986 AL  .859 (10th)
1990 NL  .934 (2nd)
Career  .836 (219th)

Games Played s c a p y
1977 AL  160 (3rd)
1978 AL  161 (4th)
1979 AL  159 (7th)
1980 AL  158 (9th)
1984 AL  162 (1st)
1987 AL  160 (3rd)
1988 AL  161 (2nd)
1989 NL  160 (7th)
1990 NL  155 (10th)
1992 NL  156 (10th)
Career  3,026 (6th)

At Bats s c a p y
1977 AL  611 (9th)
1978 AL  610 (9th)
1980 AL  621 (10th)
1987 AL  618 (8th)
1989 NL  594 (7th)
1993 NL  610 (6th)
Career  11,336 (6th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1978 AL  690 (6th)
1980 AL  683 (10th)
1983 AL  680 (8th)
1984 AL  705 (7th)
1987 AL  694 (8th)
1988 AL  681 (10th)
1989 NL  690 (3rd)
Career  12,817 (7th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1980 AL  100 (7th)
1981 AL  57 (10th)
1983 AL  115 (2nd)
1984 AL  97 (10th)
1985 AL  111 (3rd)
1990 NL  96 (8th)
Career  1,627 (40th)

Hits s c a p y
1978 AL  174 (6th)
1980 AL  186 (6th)
1983 AL  178 (9th)
1984 AL  180 (10th)
1990 NL  184 (6th)
Career  3,255 (13th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1978 AL  293 (2nd)
1979 AL  288 (10th)
1980 AL  322 (3rd)
1981 AL  202 (5th)
1982 AL  302 (6th)
1983 AL  313 (4th)
1984 AL  299 (9th)
1985 AL  305 (5th)
1988 AL  286 (9th)
1990 NL  290 (7th)
Career  5,397 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
1978 AL  32 (9th)
1980 AL  36 (6th)
1985 AL  37 (7th)
1992 NL  37 (7th)
Career  560 (24th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1978 AL  27 (9th)
1980 AL  32 (5th)
1981 AL  22 (1st)
1982 AL  32 (5th)
1983 AL  33 (4th)
1984 AL  29 (9th)
1985 AL  31 (6th)
1988 AL  28 (4th)
Career  504 (25th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1978 AL  95 (10th)
1980 AL  116 (5th)
1981 AL  78 (1st)
1982 AL  110 (6th)
1983 AL  111 (5th)
1984 AL  110 (5th)
1985 AL  124 (2nd)
1989 NL  88 (8th)
1990 NL  95 (9th)
1992 NL  93 (7th)
1993 NL  100 (9th)
Career  1,917 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1983 AL  86 (5th)
1984 AL  107 (1st)
1985 AL  84 (9th)
1989 NL  87 (5th)
1990 NL  82 (6th)
Career  1,333 (35th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1978 AL  97 (10th)
Career  1,516 (49th)

Singles s c a p y
1990 NL  133 (6th)
Career  2,156 (28th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1978 AL  140 (10th)
1980 AL  138 (8th)
1981 AL  156 (3rd)
1982 AL  156 (2nd)
1983 AL  156 (2nd)
1984 AL  157 (1st)
1985 AL  149 (5th)
1986 AL  136 (7th)
1990 NL  159 (2nd)
Career  129 (178th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1978 AL  104 (4th)
1979 AL  107 (10th)
1980 AL  111 (9th)
1981 AL  70 (5th)
1982 AL  116 (7th)
1983 AL  127 (2nd)
1984 AL  130 (2nd)
1985 AL  122 (5th)
1990 NL  118 (4th)
Career  1,942 (26th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1978 AL  33 (6th)
1980 AL  31 (8th)
1981 AL  26 (6th)
1982 AL  44 (3rd)
1983 AL  48 (1st)
1984 AL  51 (1st)
1985 AL  42 (5th)
1986 AL  28 (7th)
1990 NL  48 (2nd)
Career  466 (56th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1978 AL  3.3 (6th)
1980 AL  3.1 (8th)
1981 AL  2.7 (6th)
1982 AL  4.2 (3rd)
1983 AL  4.6 (1st)
1984 AL  5.0 (1st)
1985 AL  4.1 (5th)
1986 AL  2.7 (7th)
1990 NL  4.7 (2nd)
Career  45.9 (54th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1978 AL  62 (4th)
1980 AL  70 (2nd)
1981 AL  45 (3rd)
1983 AL  66 (6th)
1985 AL  69 (5th)
Career  1,099 (18th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1978 AL  245 (8th)
1979 AL  253 (8th)
1983 AL  267 (4th)
1984 AL  289 (2nd)
1985 AL  259 (6th)
1990 NL  267 (3rd)
Career  4,606 (14th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1981 AL  .708 (5th)
1982 AL  .724 (3rd)
1983 AL  .736 (3rd)
1984 AL  .747 (1st)
1985 AL  .717 (5th)
1986 AL  .661 (9th)
1990 NL  .744 (2nd)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1978 AL  8 (9th)
1983 AL  9 (5th)
1991 NL  8 (10th)
1992 NL  8 (4th)
1993 NL  9 (2nd)
1996 AL  10 (4th)
Career  128 (1st)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1978 AL  7 (10th)
1979 AL  9 (9th)
1980 AL  10 (9th)
1981 AL  10 (2nd)
1982 AL  18 (1st)
1983 AL  13 (3rd)
1984 AL  25 (1st)
1985 AL  12 (4th)
1989 NL  24 (3rd)
1990 NL  21 (1st)
1991 NL  17 (3rd)
Career  222 (9th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1977 AL  22 (3rd)
1988 AL  20 (5th)
1990 NL  19 (3rd)
1991 NL  17 (5th)
1992 NL  15 (5th)
1993 NL  24 (3rd)
1996 AL  19 (9th)
Career  315 (6th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1984 AL  14.9 (7th)
Career  180.6 (109th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1993 NL  10.0 (10th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1980 AL  19.4 (7th)
1981 AL  17.2 (4th)
1982 AL  17.2 (5th)
1983 AL  17.6 (6th)
1985 AL  18.8 (10th)
Career  22.5 (208th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1987 AL  467 (6th)
1989 NL  467 (5th)
1993 NL  471 (4th)
1994 AL  338 (6th)
Career  8,569 (5th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1981 AL  28.32 (2nd)
1982 AL  43.19 (4th)
1983 AL  54.16 (2nd)
1984 AL  58.32 (1st)
1985 AL  54.32 (5th)
1990 NL  40.76 (6th)
Career  507.38 (40th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1978 AL  3.9 (5th)
1979 AL  3.7 (7th)
1980 AL  3.3 (8th)
1981 AL  2.5 (6th)
1982 AL  5.4 (1st)
1983 AL  4.8 (2nd)
1984 AL  6.9 (1st)
1985 AL  6.8 (1st)
1990 NL  4.4 (2nd)
Career  51.4 (31st)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1980 AL  2.9 (9th)
1981 AL  2.5 (3rd)
1982 AL  3.7 (6th)
1983 AL  4.2 (2nd)
1984 AL  4.3 (2nd)
1985 AL  3.9 (6th)
1990 NL  3.3 (9th)
Career  42.9 (46th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1981 AL  2.9 (2nd)
1982 AL  4.2 (5th)
1983 AL  5.3 (2nd)
1984 AL  5.8 (1st)
1985 AL  5.3 (5th)
1990 NL  4.1 (6th)
Career  50.6 (37th)

Putouts† s c a p y
1978 AL  1,507 (1st)
1979 AL  1,456 (1st)
1980 AL  1,369 (2nd)
1981 AL  899 (2nd)
1982 AL  1,269 (5th)
1983 AL  1,393 (2nd)
1984 AL  1,538 (1st)
1987 AL  1,371 (3rd)
1990 NL  1,180 (4th)
1991 NL  1,327 (3rd)
1992 NL  1,283 (3rd)
1993 NL  1,319 (3rd)
Career  21,265 (4th)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1978 AL  157 (1st)
1979 AL  157 (1st)
1980 AL  154 (2nd)
1981 AL  99 (2nd)
1982 AL  149 (4th)
1983 AL  153 (3rd)
1984 AL  159 (1st)
1987 AL  156 (3rd)
1989 NL  159 (2nd)
1990 NL  150 (4th)
1991 NL  149 (4th)
1992 NL  154 (3rd)
1993 NL  154 (2nd)
Career  2,413 (1st)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1978 AL  1,504 (1st)
1979 AL  1,456 (1st)
1980 AL  1,369 (2nd)
1981 AL  899 (2nd)
1982 AL  1,269 (5th)
1983 AL  1,393 (2nd)
1984 AL  1,538 (1st)
1987 AL  1,371 (3rd)
1990 NL  1,180 (4th)
1991 NL  1,327 (3rd)
1992 NL  1,283 (3rd)
1993 NL  1,319 (3rd)
Career  21,255 (4th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1978 AL  106 (4th)
1979 AL  107 (3rd)
1981 AL  91 (1st)
1982 AL  97 (4th)
1983 AL  114 (4th)
1984 AL  143 (1st)
1985 AL  152 (2nd)
1987 AL  145 (2nd)
1988 AL  106 (3rd)
1989 NL  137 (1st)
1990 NL  113 (3rd)
1991 NL  128 (2nd)
1993 NL  111 (4th)
Career  1,865 (1st)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1979 AL  10 (4th)
1980 AL  9 (5th)
1983 AL  10 (5th)
1985 AL  19 (1st)
1986 AL  13 (5th)
1987 AL  10 (5th)
1988 AL  11 (2nd)
1990 NL  10 (4th)
1992 NL  12 (1st)
1993 NL  18 (2nd)
Career  167 (46th)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1979 AL  8 (1st)
1983 AL  9 (4th)
1984 AL  10 (2nd)
1985 AL  4 (4th)
1987 AL  12 (2nd)
1989 NL  9 (2nd)
1991 NL  4 (3rd)
1995 AL  4 (4th)
Career  61 (11th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
1984 AL  10.70 (1st)
1986 AL  9.69 (3rd)
1987 AL  9.88 (3rd)
1991 NL  10.06 (5th)
Career  9.84 (34th)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1978 AL  10.25 (3rd)
1979 AL  9.96 (5th)
1980 AL  9.39 (5th)
1981 AL  10.00 (3rd)
1983 AL  9.85 (2nd)
1984 AL  10.57 (1st)
1985 AL  9.68 (5th)
1986 AL  9.52 (3rd)
1987 AL  9.72 (2nd)
1988 AL  9.45 (5th)
1991 NL  9.77 (2nd)
Career  9.58 (95th)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1978 AL  .997 (2nd)
1981 AL  .999 (1st)
1982 AL  .997 (1st)
1984 AL  .992 (4th)
1989 NL  .996 (1st)
Career  .993 (76th)

Salary s c a p y
1985 AL  $1,472,819 (2nd)
1987 AL  $2,044,757 (3rd)
1988 AL  $2,142,904 (3rd)
1989 NL  $2,331,062 (4th)
1990 NL  $2,513,703 (1st)

Oldest s c a p y
1995 AL  born 1956-02-24 (6th)
1996 AL  born 1956-02-24 (2nd)
1997 AL  born 1956-02-24 (3rd)
1997 NL  born 1956-02-24 (4th)

                           

† 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

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 11 (217), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 181 (55), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 154 (81), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 56 (55), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS First Base (15th), 63.4 career WAR/37.2 7yr-peak WAR/50.3 JAWS
Average HOF 1B (out of 18) = 62.3 career WAR/40.7 7yr-peak WAR/51.5 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Rafael Palmeiro (885)
  2. Dave Winfield (883) *
  3. Carl Yastrzemski (831) *
  4. Al Kaline (792) *
  5. Frank Robinson (786) *
  6. Gary Sheffield (785)
  7. Mel Ott (772) *
  8. Ken Griffey (765)
  9. Harold Baines (764)
  10. Reggie Jackson (764) *
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Eric Hosmer (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Freddie Freeman (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jason Thompson (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. John Olerud (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Greg Luzinski (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Greg Luzinski (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Greg Luzinski (928)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Orlando Cepeda (934) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Orlando Cepeda (936) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Orlando Cepeda (946) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Orlando Cepeda (955) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Orlando Cepeda (947) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Orlando Cepeda (939) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Rafael Palmeiro (906)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Rafael Palmeiro (914)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Rafael Palmeiro (905)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Rafael Palmeiro (893)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Rafael Palmeiro (890)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  19. Rafael Palmeiro (897)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  20. Rafael Palmeiro (892)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  21. Carl Yastrzemski (854) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
197721Baltimore Orioles$19,000TSN salary survey, 4/23/77
198529Baltimore Orioles$1,472,819*
198630Baltimore Orioles$925,8141986 USA Today survey
198731Baltimore Orioles$2,044,7571987 USA Today survey
198832Baltimore Orioles$2,142,904USA Today, 4/1/88
198933Los Angeles Dodgers$2,331,06211/1/89 NYT1989 USA Today survey: $2,294,507
199034Los Angeles Dodgers$2,513,703*
199135Los Angeles Dodgers$2,628,164USA Today survey
199236New York Mets$4,125,0004/2/92 USA Today
199337New York Mets$3,375,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $625K signing bonus
199438Cleveland Indians$3,000,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199539Cleveland Indians$3,000,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Option year
199640Cleveland Indians$2,000,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1
199741Anaheim Angels$750,0001997 AP survey
Career to date (may be incomplete)$30,328,223
Disputed Salaries
*1985 - $1,472,619 - 1985 USA Today survey -
*1990 - $2,512,048 - 9/21/90 NYT -
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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