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Eddie Murray
Eddie Clarence Murray (Steady Eddie)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 24, 1956 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Locke (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
Final Game: September 20, 1997
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 2003 (423/496 ballots).
Relatives: Brother of Rich Murray
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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 .918 156 299 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 12 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 .934 158 290 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 .792 111 285 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 86 184 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 Seasons 3026 12817 11336 1627 3255 560 35 504 1917 110 43 1333 1516 .287 .359 .476 .836 129 5397 316 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 .798 125 762 50 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 .851 131 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 .790 120 1280 89 3 0 36 74

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
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 Seasons (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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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1977 BAL AL 21 DH 111 RoY-1
1977 BAL AL 21 1B 42 42 345.0 388 368 17 3 34 .992 2.8 9.7 2.8 1.4 1.4 0 10.04 9.17 .990 10.02 8.79 RoY-1
1977 BAL AL 21 LF 3 3 23.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 36.5 0.7 1.4 -0.7 0 2.35 2.00 .983 2.11 1.73 RoY-1
1977 BAL AL 21 OF 3 3 23.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 36.5 0.7 1.4 -0.7 0 2.74 2.33 .971 2.35 2.03 RoY-1
1978 BAL AL 22 1B 157 157 1396.0 1615 1504 106 5 143 .997 0.2 0.2 -0.8 1.6 -2.4 1 10.38 10.25 .992 6.45 6.37 AS,MVP-8
1978 BAL AL 22 3B 3 3 24.0 10 3 6 1 1 .900 -0.7 -35.0 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0 3.38 3.00 .960 3.00 2.60 AS,MVP-8
1978 BAL AL 22 DH 1 AS,MVP-8
1979 BAL AL 23 1B 157 157 1398.2 1573 1456 107 10 135 .994 8.3 7.1 8.3 5.9 2.4 0 10.06 9.96 .992 6.43 6.37 MVP-11
1979 BAL AL 23 DH 2 MVP-11
1980 BAL AL 24 1B 154 154 1374.0 1455 1369 77 9 158 .994 -3.6 -3.1 -3.6 -1.3 -2.3 0 9.47 9.39 .992 6.55 6.49 MVP-6
1980 BAL AL 24 DH 1 MVP-6
1981 BAL AL 25 1B 99 99 880.0 991 899 91 1 98 .999 1.8 2.5 2.8 -0.1 2.9 -1 10.12 10.00 .993 10.06 8.57 AS,MVP-5
1982 BAL AL 26 1B 149 143 1271.2 1370 1269 97 4 106 .997 3.6 3.4 2.6 -0.4 3.0 1 9.67 9.17 .992 7.08 6.71 AS,MVP-2,GG
1982 BAL AL 26 DH 2 AS,MVP-2,GG
1983 BAL AL 27 1B 153 153 1361.0 1517 1393 114 10 136 .993 8.7 7.7 7.7 2.5 5.3 1 9.97 9.85 .992 6.61 6.54 AS,MVP-2,GG,SS
1983 BAL AL 27 DH 2 AS,MVP-2,GG,SS
1984 BAL AL 28 1B 159 159 1413.1 1694 1538 143 13 152 .992 10.3 8.7 9.3 6.4 3.0 1 10.70 10.57 .991 6.37 6.29 AS,MVP-4,GG,SS
1984 BAL AL 28 DH 3 AS,MVP-4,GG,SS
1985 BAL AL 29 1B 154 154 1365.1 1509 1338 152 19 154 .987 4.3 3.8 3.3 -0.8 4.1 1 9.82 9.68 .991 6.59 6.49 AS,MVP-5
1985 BAL AL 29 DH 2 AS,MVP-5
1986 BAL AL 30 1B 119 119 1052.1 1146 1045 88 13 100 .989 4.3 4.9 4.3 5.7 -1.4 0 9.69 9.52 .991 8.55 8.40 AS
1986 BAL AL 30 DH 16 AS
1987 BAL AL 31 1B 156 156 1380.1 1526 1371 145 10 146 .993 12.4 10.8 12.4 8.7 3.6 0 9.88 9.72 .992 6.52 6.41
1987 BAL AL 31 DH 4
1988 BAL AL 32 1B 103 103 888.0 984 867 106 11 101 .989 -3.1 -4.2 -4.1 -1.4 -2.6 1 9.86 9.45 .992 9.57 8.41
1988 BAL AL 32 DH 58
1989 LAD NL 33 1B 159 159 1418.2 1459 1316 137 6 122 .996 8.5 7.2 8.5 1.3 7.2 0 9.22 9.14 .992 6.34 6.29
1989 LAD NL 33 3B 2 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.25
1990 LAD NL 34 1B 150 150 1285.0 1303 1180 113 10 88 .992 0.7 0.7 1.7 0.3 1.4 -1 9.06 8.62 .992 7.00 6.67 MVP-5,SS
1991 LAD NL 35 1B 149 148 1301.1 1462 1327 128 7 96 .995 4.1 3.8 5.1 2.3 2.8 -1 10.06 9.77 .992 6.92 6.71 AS
1991 LAD NL 35 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30 AS
1992 NYM NL 36 1B 154 152 1308.1 1391 1283 96 12 109 .991 -2.3 -2.1 -1.3 -3.6 2.3 -1 9.49 8.95 .993 6.88 6.49
1993 NYM NL 37 1B 154 154 1321.0 1448 1319 111 18 118 .988 -2.8 -2.5 -2.8 -5.6 2.8 0 9.74 9.29 .992 6.81 6.49
1994 CLE AL 38 DH 82
1994 CLE AL 38 1B 26 26 226.0 260 243 14 3 25 .988 -1.1 -5.8 -1.1 -1.1 0.0 0 10.23 9.88 .992 9.57 8.49
1995 CLE AL 39 DH 95
1995 CLE AL 39 1B 18 18 156.0 185 160 22 3 12 .984 4.1 31.5 4.1 1.5 2.6 0 10.50 10.11 .993 9.61 8.32
1996 TOT AL 40 DH 149
1996 CLE AL 40 DH 87
1996 CLE AL 40 1B 1 1 9.0 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -40.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 11.00 11.00 .991 9.20 7.90
1996 BAL AL 40 DH 62
1997 ANA AL 41 DH 45
20 Seasons 1B 2413 2404 21151.0 23287 21255 1865 167 2033 .993 60.9 3.5 58.9 23.0 36.1 2 9.84 9.58 .992 7.12 6.82
15 Seasons DH 573
3 Seasons 3B 6 3 27.2 10 3 6 1 1 .900 -0.7 -30.4 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0 2.93 1.50 .960 2.96 2.43
1 Season LF 3 3 23.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 36.5 0.7 1.4 -0.7 0 2.35 2.00 .983 2.11 1.73
1 Season OF 3 3 23.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 36.5 0.7 1.4 -0.7 0 2.74 2.33 .971 2.35 2.03
21 Seasons TOT 2422 2410 21201.2 23304 21265 1871 168 2034 .993 60.9 3.4 58.9 23.7 35.4 0 2 9.82 9.55 .985 7.11 6.80
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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 (21st)

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

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 (197th)

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 (211th)

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  3026 (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  11336 (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  12817 (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  1627 (38th)

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  3255 (12th)

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  5397 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1978 AL  32 (9th)
1980 AL  36 (6th)
1985 AL  37 (7th)
1992 NL  37 (7th)
Career  560 (21st)

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  1917 (9th)

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  1333 (33rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1978 AL  97 (10th)
Career  1516 (44th)

Singles s c a p y
1990 NL  133 (6th)
Career  2156 (26th)

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  156 (2nd)
1985 AL  149 (5th)
1986 AL  136 (7th)
1990 NL  158 (2nd)
Career  129 (177th)

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  1941 (23rd)

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  50 (1st)
1985 AL  43 (5th)
1986 AL  28 (7th)
1990 NL  47 (2nd)
Career  463 (54th)

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  4.7 (1st)
1984 AL  4.9 (1st)
1985 AL  4.1 (5th)
1986 AL  2.7 (7th)
1990 NL  4.6 (2nd)
Career  45.7 (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  1099 (16th)

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  4606 (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 (8th)

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  316 (5th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1984 AL  14.9 (7th)
Career  180.6 (105th)

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 (190th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1987 AL  467 (6th)
1989 NL  468 (5th)
1993 NL  471 (4th)
1994 AL  338 (6th)
Career  8570 (5th)

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 NL  born 1956-02-24 (4th)
1997 AL  born 1956-02-24 (3rd)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 11 (210), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 181 (55), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 154 (77), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 56 (51), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  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 (892)  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

Transactions

June 5, 1973: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 3rd round of the 1973 amateur draft. Player signed July 1, 1973.

December 4, 1988: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Juan Bell, Brian Holton and Ken Howell.

October 29, 1991: Granted Free Agency.

November 27, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

November 1, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

December 2, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

November 6, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

July 21, 1996: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Baltimore Orioles for Kent Mercker.

November 18, 1996: Granted Free Agency.

December 18, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Anaheim Angels.

August 14, 1997: Released by the Anaheim Angels.

August 20, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

October 30, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Baltimore Orioles$1,472,819
1986Baltimore Orioles$925,814
1987Baltimore Orioles$2,044,757
1988Baltimore Orioles$2,142,904
1989Los Angeles Dodgers$2,331,062
1990Los Angeles Dodgers$2,513,703
1991Los Angeles Dodgers$2,628,164
1992New York Mets$4,125,000
1993New York Mets$3,375,000
1994Cleveland Indians$3,000,000
1995Cleveland Indians$3,000,000
1996Cleveland Indians$2,000,000
1997Anaheim Angels$750,000
Career (may be incomplete)$30,309,223
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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