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Graig Nettles

Graig Nettles

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 20, 1944 in San Diego, CA
High School: San Diego (San Diego, CA)
School: San Diego State University
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 4th round of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1967
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Indians/Padres/Twins/Braves/... 1967-1988
Agents: Jerry Kapstein [*]
Final Game: October 1, 1988
Relatives: Brother of Jim Nettles
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #155. Joe Kelley… #156. John McGraw… #157. Sam Thompson… #158. GRAIG NETTLES… #159. Rafael Palmeiro… #160. Jim Wynn… #161. Johnny Damon… 

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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
1967 22 MIN AL 3 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 180 2 0 0 0 0 0
1968 23 MIN AL 22 84 76 13 17 2 1 5 8 0 0 7 20 .224 .298 .474 .771 125 36 2 1 0 0 1 /53
1969 24 MIN AL 96 261 225 27 50 9 2 7 26 1 2 32 47 .222 .319 .373 .693 91 84 6 1 1 2 1 5
1970 25 CLE AL 157 633 549 81 129 13 1 26 62 3 1 81 77 .235 .336 .404 .741 101 222 12 3 0 0 3 *5/
1971 26 CLE AL 158 690 598 78 156 18 1 28 86 7 4 82 56 .261 .350 .435 .785 114 260 15 3 1 6 6 *5 MVP-28
1972 27 CLE AL 150 623 557 65 141 28 0 17 70 2 3 57 50 .253 .325 .395 .720 111 220 9 4 2 3 5 *5
1973 28 NYY AL 160 641 552 65 129 18 0 22 81 0 0 78 76 .234 .334 .386 .720 106 213 15 7 0 4 3 *5
1974 29 NYY AL 155 638 566 74 139 21 1 22 75 1 0 59 75 .246 .316 .403 .718 107 228 9 3 1 9 8 *5/6
1975 30 NYY AL 157 647 581 71 155 24 4 21 91 1 3 51 88 .267 .322 .430 .753 113 250 8 2 2 11 3 *5 AS
1976 31 NYY AL 158 656 583 88 148 29 2 32 93 11 6 62 94 .254 .327 .475 .802 134 277 8 4 2 5 6 *5/6 MVP-16
1977 32 NYY AL 158 664 589 99 150 23 4 37 107 2 5 68 79 .255 .333 .496 .829 124 292 8 3 0 4 8 *5 AS,MVP-5,GG
1978 33 NYY AL 159 662 587 81 162 23 2 27 93 1 1 59 69 .276 .343 .460 .803 128 270 20 6 1 9 6 *5/6 AS,MVP-6,GG
1979 34 NYY AL 145 588 521 71 132 15 1 20 73 1 2 59 53 .253 .325 .401 .726 97 209 14 0 0 8 6 *5 AS
1980 35 NYY AL 89 369 324 52 79 14 0 16 45 0 0 42 42 .244 .331 .435 .766 110 141 8 1 0 2 5 5/6 AS
1981 36 NYY AL 103 402 349 46 85 7 1 15 46 0 2 47 49 .244 .333 .398 .731 113 139 5 1 2 3 4 *5
1982 37 NYY AL 122 461 405 47 94 11 2 18 55 1 5 51 49 .232 .317 .402 .719 99 163 11 1 0 4 4 *5
1983 38 NYY AL 129 519 462 56 123 17 3 20 75 0 1 51 65 .266 .341 .446 .787 120 206 9 3 0 3 2 *5
1984 39 SDP NL 124 465 395 56 90 11 1 20 65 0 0 58 55 .228 .329 .413 .742 108 163 12 5 0 7 4 *5
1985 40 SDP NL 137 515 440 66 115 23 1 15 61 0 0 72 59 .261 .363 .420 .784 120 185 10 0 0 3 5 *5 AS
1986 41 SDP NL 126 400 354 36 77 9 0 16 55 0 1 41 62 .218 .300 .379 .679 88 134 6 2 0 3 8 *5
1987 42 ATL NL 112 201 177 16 37 8 1 5 33 1 0 22 25 .209 .294 .350 .644 67 62 6 0 0 2 4 5/3
1988 43 MON NL 80 104 93 5 16 4 0 1 14 0 0 9 19 .172 .240 .247 .488 39 23 4 0 0 2 2 5/3
22 Seasons 2700 10226 8986 1193 2225 328 28 390 1314 32 36 1088 1209 .248 .329 .421 .750 110 3779 197 50 12 90 94
162 Game Avg. 162 614 539 72 134 20 2 23 79 2 2 65 73 .248 .329 .421 .750 110 227 12 3 1 5 6
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 (11 yrs) 1535 6247 5519 750 1396 202 20 250 834 18 25 627 739 .253 .329 .433 .762 114 2388 115 31 8 62 55
MIN (3 yrs) 121 348 304 40 68 12 3 12 34 1 2 39 67 .224 .314 .401 .715 99 122 8 2 1 2 2
SDP (3 yrs) 387 1380 1189 158 282 43 2 51 181 0 1 171 176 .237 .333 .405 .739 107 482 28 7 0 13 17
CLE (3 yrs) 465 1946 1704 224 426 59 2 71 218 12 8 220 183 .250 .338 .412 .750 108 702 36 10 3 9 14
ATL (1 yr) 112 201 177 16 37 8 1 5 33 1 0 22 25 .209 .294 .350 .644 67 62 6 0 0 2 4
MON (1 yr) 80 104 93 5 16 4 0 1 14 0 0 9 19 .172 .240 .247 .488 39 23 4 0 0 2 2
AL (17 yrs) 2121 8541 7527 1014 1890 273 25 333 1086 31 35 886 989 .251 .331 .427 .757 112 3212 159 43 12 73 71
NL (5 yrs) 579 1685 1459 179 335 55 3 57 228 1 1 202 220 .230 .323 .389 .711 97 567 38 7 0 17 23

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1967 22 MIN AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
1968 23 MIN AL 84 2 0 -1 0 0 -1 2 2 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $ /53
1969 24 MIN AL 261 -4 -1 -1 0 6 -2 7 5 0.5 -1 -0.1 0.6 $ 5
1970 25 CLE AL 633 -2 2 -1 0 22 4 21 45 4.5 24 2.6 1.9 $15,000 *5/
1971 26 CLE AL 690 7 1 -1 1 30 4 21 63 6.5 33 3.8 2.7 $23,000 *5 MVP-28
1972 27 CLE AL 624 6 0 -2 2 9 4 20 39 4.1 30 3.0 1.1 $38,000 *5
1973 28 NYY AL 641 2 0 0 -1 20 4 21 46 4.7 26 2.8 1.9 $48,000 *5
1974 29 NYY AL 638 3 0 1 0 13 4 21 42 4.2 29 3.0 1.2 $ *5/6
1975 30 NYY AL 647 9 2 -3 1 11 4 21 45 4.6 34 3.6 1.0 $ *5 AS
1976 31 NYY AL 657 23 -2 -2 0 27 4 21 71 7.4 44 4.6 2.8 $120,000 *5/6 MVP-16
1977 32 NYY AL 664 14 -1 -1 2 9 4 21 48 4.9 39 4.0 0.9 $120,000 *5 AS,MVP-5,GG
1978 33 NYY AL 662 25 -2 -1 -2 12 4 21 57 5.9 45 4.6 1.3 $145,000 *5/6 AS,MVP-6,GG
1979 34 NYY AL 588 0 1 -1 -1 7 4 19 29 3.0 22 2.2 0.8 $ *5 AS
1980 35 NYY AL 369 3 1 -1 0 -5 1 11 11 1.2 15 1.5 -0.3 $ 5/6 AS
1981 36 NYY AL 402 2 1 -2 2 3 0 13 19 1.9 16 1.7 0.2 $ *5
1982 37 NYY AL 461 -1 0 -2 0 -6 0 15 6 0.6 12 1.2 -0.6 $ *5
1983 38 NYY AL 519 13 -3 0 0 -6 1 17 22 2.2 28 2.9 -0.7 $616,250 *5
1984 39 SDP NL 465 9 1 2 0 -3 1 15 25 2.6 28 2.9 -0.3 $900,000 *5
1985 40 SDP NL 515 13 0 2 0 -3 1 16 29 3.1 32 3.4 -0.3 $900,000 *5 AS
1986 41 SDP NL 400 -6 0 -1 0 -5 1 13 2 0.1 7 0.7 -0.6 $912,247 *5
1987 42 ATL NL 201 -9 -1 1 1 1 0 6 -1 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $219,500 5/3
1988 43 MON NL 104 -7 0 0 0 -1 0 3 -5 -0.6 -4 -0.4 -0.2 $200,000 5/3
22 Seasons 10228 102 -1 -14 5 140 42 325 600 61.6 459 48.0 13.6 $4,256,997
Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
NYY (11 yrs) 6248 93 -3 -12 1 84 30 201 396 40.6 310 32.1 8.5 $1,049,250
MIN (3 yrs) 348 -2 -1 -2 0 6 -3 9 7 0.8 1 0.1 0.7 $
SDP (3 yrs) 1380 16 1 3 0 -11 3 44 56 5.8 67 7.0 -1.2 $2,712,247
CLE (3 yrs) 1947 11 3 -4 3 61 12 62 147 15.1 87 9.4 5.7 $76,000
ATL (1 yr) 201 -9 -1 1 1 1 0 6 -1 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $219,500
MON (1 yr) 104 -7 0 0 0 -1 0 3 -5 -0.6 -4 -0.4 -0.2 $200,000

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
1969 24 MIN AL ALCS BAL L 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1976 31 NYY AL ALCS KCR W 5 20 17 2 4 1 0 2 4 0 0 3 3 .235 .350 .647 .997 11 0 0 0 0 0
1976 31 NYY AL WS CIN L 4 16 12 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 .250 .375 .250 .625 3 2 0 0 1 0
1977 32 NYY AL ALCS KCR W 5 20 20 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .150 .150 .150 .300 3 0 0 0 0 0
1977 32 NYY AL WS LAD W 6 23 21 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .190 .261 .238 .499 5 0 0 0 0 0
1978 33 NYY AL ALCS KCR W 4 15 15 3 5 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 10 0 0 0 0 0
1978 33 NYY AL WS LAD W 6 25 25 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .160 .160 .160 .320 4 1 0 0 0 0
1980 35 NYY AL ALCS KCR L 2 6 6 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .667 .833 4 1 0 0 0 0
1981 36 NYY AL ALDS MIL W 5 21 17 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 .059 .190 .059 .249 1 1 0 0 1 0
1981 36 NYY AL ALCS OAK W 3 14 12 2 6 2 0 1 9 0 0 1 0 .500 .571 .917 1.488 11 0 1 0 0 0
1981 36 NYY AL WS LAD L 3 11 10 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .400 .455 .500 .955 5 0 0 0 0 0
1984 39 SDP NL NLCS CHC W 4 16 14 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .143 .188 .143 .330 2 0 0 0 1 0
1984 39 SDP NL WS DET L 5 19 12 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 .250 .421 .250 .671 3 0 0 0 2 0
7 Seasons (13 Series) 53 207 182 17 41 5 1 5 27 0 1 19 21 .225 .295 .346 .641 63 5 1 0 5 0
1 ALDS 5 21 17 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 .059 .190 .059 .249 1 1 0 0 1 0
1 NLCS 4 16 14 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .143 .188 .143 .330 2 0 0 0 1 0
6 ALCS 20 76 71 9 20 3 1 5 17 0 0 4 8 .282 .329 .563 .892 40 1 1 0 0 0
5 WS 24 94 80 6 18 2 0 0 7 0 0 11 11 .225 .309 .250 .559 20 3 0 0 3 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
1968 MIN AL 23 OF 16 31 28 2 1 0 .968 1 1.88 .981 2.07
1968 MIN AL 23 3B 5 13 5 7 1 1 .923 -0 2.40 .951 3.04
1968 MIN AL 23 1B 3 17 17 0 0 1 1.000 -0 5.67 .989 9.53
1968 MIN AL 23 RF 13 13 10 107.0 24 22 1 1 0 .958 0 4 1.93 1.77 .977 1.88 1.87
1968 MIN AL 23 LF 2 2 1 16.0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 0 15 2.81 2.50 .978 1.86 1.85
1968 MIN AL 23 CF 1 0 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 30 2.25 1.00 .990 2.48 2.50
1969 MIN AL 24 OF 54 79 76 2 1 0 .987 3 1.44 .978 2.13
1969 MIN AL 24 3B 21 55 12 42 1 3 .982 3 2.57 .955 3.15
1969 MIN AL 24 LF 53 44 16 338.1 81 78 2 1 0 .988 3 12 2.13 1.51 .978 1.99 1.99
1969 MIN AL 24 CF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -240 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.50
1970 CLE AL 25 3B 154 509 134 358 17 40 .967 21 3.19 .949 3.06
1970 CLE AL 25 OF 3 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0.33 .980 2.13
1970 CLE AL 25 LF 3 0 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 60 2.25 0.33 .980 1.80 1.80
1971 CLE AL 26 3B 158 587 159 412 16 54 .973 30 3.61 .956 3.03 MVP-28
1972 CLE AL 27 3B 150 473 114 338 21 27 .956 9 3.01 .954 2.96
1973 NYY AL 28 3B 157 553 117 410 26 39 .953 20 3.36 .950 2.98
1973 NYY AL 28 DH 2 2
1974 NYY AL 29 3B 154 545 147 377 21 29 .961 13 3.40 .954 3.10
1974 NYY AL 29 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.00
1975 NYY AL 30 3B 157 533 135 379 19 31 .964 11 3.27 .954 3.15 AS
1976 NYY AL 31 3B 158 539 137 383 19 30 .965 26 3.29 .953 2.95 MVP-16
1976 NYY AL 31 SS 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 1.00 .970 5.00 MVP-16
1977 NYY AL 32 3B 156 465 132 321 12 31 .974 9 2.90 .957 2.96 AS,MVP-5,GG
1977 NYY AL 32 DH 1 1 AS,MVP-5,GG
1978 NYY AL 33 3B 159 446 109 326 11 30 .975 12 2.74 .954 2.98 AS,MVP-6,GG
1978 NYY AL 33 SS 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 0.50 .960 4.85 AS,MVP-6,GG
1979 NYY AL 34 3B 144 465 110 339 16 30 .966 7 3.12 .953 3.03 AS
1980 NYY AL 35 3B 88 250 58 182 10 18 .960 -4 2.73 .951 3.00 AS
1980 NYY AL 35 SS 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 1.00 .960 5.00 AS
1981 NYY AL 36 3B 97 285 63 214 8 14 .972 3 2.86 .950 2.94
1981 NYY AL 36 DH 4 4
1982 NYY AL 37 3B 113 351 73 255 23 23 .934 -6 2.90 .954 3.05
1982 NYY AL 37 DH 2 2
1983 NYY AL 38 3B 126 367 78 273 16 18 .956 -6 2.79 .955 3.05
1983 NYY AL 38 DH 1 1
1984 SDP NL 39 3B 119 314 93 201 20 14 .936 -3 2.47 .943 2.78
1985 SDP NL 40 3B 130 366 122 229 15 16 .959 -3 2.70 .948 2.88 AS
1986 SDP NL 41 3B 114 273 83 174 16 14 .941 -5 2.25 .946 2.72
1987 ATL NL 42 3B 40 61 12 46 3 6 .951 -1 1.45 .951 2.80
1987 ATL NL 42 1B 6 59 49 10 0 7 1.000 2 9.83 .991 9.83
1988 MON NL 43 3B 12 22 5 13 4 2 .818 -1 1.50 .947 2.78
1988 MON NL 43 1B 5 29 27 1 1 2 .966 0 5.60 .991 9.98
21 Seasons 3B 2412 7472 1898 5279 295 470 .961 134 2.98 .952 2.98
3 Seasons OF 73 111 105 4 2 0 .982 4 1.49 .979 2.12
3 Seasons LF 58 46 17 358.1 87 83 3 1 0 .989 4 13 2.16 1.48 .978 1.98 1.98
3 Seasons 1B 14 105 93 11 1 10 .990 2 7.43 .991 9.82
1 Season RF 13 13 10 107.0 24 22 1 1 0 .958 0 4 1.93 1.77 .977 1.88 1.87
4 Seasons SS 5 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0 0.60 .963 4.94
2 Seasons CF 2 0 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -24 1.80 0.50 .990 2.52 2.50
22 Seasons TOT 2504 7691 2098 5295 298 480 .961 140 2.95 .953 3.00
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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
1994 BBWAA ( 8.3%)
1995 BBWAA ( 6.1%)
1996 BBWAA ( 7.9%)
1997 BBWAA ( 4.7%)

All-Star Games
1975 (3B)
1977 *
1978 *
1979 *
1980 (3B)
1985 (3B)

Awards (yr lg award)
1981 AL ALCS MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1971 AL (28, 0%)
1976 AL (16, 5%)
1977 AL (5, 28%)
1978 AL (6, 22%)
0.56 Career Shares (409th)

Gold Gloves
1977 AL (3B)
1978 AL (3B)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1971 AL  6.5 (6th)
1976 AL  7.4 (4th)
Career  61.6 (142nd)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1971 AL  6.5 (3rd)
1976 AL  7.4 (2nd)
1978 AL  5.9 (5th)
Career  61.6 (98th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1976 AL  4.6 (10th)
1978 AL  4.6 (8th)
Career  48.0 (170th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1970 AL  1.9 (5th)
1971 AL  2.7 (1st)
1972 AL  1.1 (9th)
1973 AL  1.9 (4th)
1974 AL  1.2 (8th)
1975 AL  1.0 (10th)
1976 AL  2.8 (1st)
1978 AL  1.3 (6th)
Career  13.6 (31st)

Slugging % s c a p y
1976 AL  .475 (3rd)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1976 AL  .802 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1971 AL  158 (7th)
1973 AL  160 (5th)
1975 AL  157 (8th)
1976 AL  158 (7th)
1978 AL  159 (5th)
Career  2,700 (28th)

At Bats s c a p y
1971 AL  598 (6th)
1972 AL  557 (10th)
Career  8,986 (71st)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1971 AL  690 (5th)
Career  10,226 (66th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1976 AL  88 (9th)
1977 AL  99 (10th)
Career  1,193 (174th)

Hits s c a p y
Career  2,225 (166th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1971 AL  260 (6th)
1976 AL  277 (5th)
1977 AL  292 (10th)
1978 AL  270 (9th)
Career  3,779 (107th)

Doubles s c a p y
1972 AL  28 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1971 AL  28 (5th)
1974 AL  22 (6th)
1976 AL  32 (1st)
1977 AL  37 (2nd)
1978 AL  27 (9th)
Career  390 (54th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1971 AL  86 (10th)
1976 AL  93 (9th)
1977 AL  107 (7th)
Career  1,314 (94th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1970 AL  81 (10th)
1971 AL  82 (10th)
1973 AL  78 (9th)
Career  1,088 (80th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
Career  1,209 (144th)

Singles s c a p y
Career  1,479 (210th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1976 AL  134 (9th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1971 AL  93 (9th)
1976 AL  92 (6th)
Career  1,265 (158th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1976 AL  63 (1st)
1977 AL  64 (10th)
Career  746 (144th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1971 AL  241 (7th)
Career  3,363 (125th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1973 AL  7 (9th)
1984 NL  5 (7th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1974 AL  9 (7th)
1975 AL  11 (1st)
1978 AL  9 (7th)
1979 AL  8 (9th)
Career  90 (57th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1977 AL  8 (10th)
Career  94 (137th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1978 AL  20 (4th)
Career  197 (93rd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1976 AL  16.4 (9th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1972 AL  11.1 (9th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1976 AL  18.2 (1st)
1977 AL  15.9 (3rd)
1984 NL  19.8 (6th)**
Career  23.0 (221st)

Outs Made s c a p y
1971 AL  468 (6th)
Career  7,096 (44th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
Career  168.48 (229th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
Career  16.8 (212th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1976 AL  2.5 (9th)
Career  24.0 (142nd)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
Career  17.2 (225th)

Assists† s c a p y
Career  5,295 (74th)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1973 AL  26 (5th)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
1970 AL  22 (3rd)
1971 AL  30 (1st)
1973 AL  20 (5th)
1976 AL  27 (1st)
Career  140 (23rd)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1970 AL  154 (2nd)
1971 AL  158 (2nd)
1972 AL  150 (4th)
1973 AL  157 (3rd)
1974 AL  154 (3rd)
1975 AL  157 (3rd)
1976 AL  158 (1st)
1977 AL  156 (3rd)
1978 AL  159 (1st)
1979 AL  144 (4th)
1981 AL  97 (4th)
1984 NL  119 (5th)
1985 NL  130 (4th)
Career  2,412 (2nd)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1970 AL  134 (4th)
1971 AL  159 (1st)
1972 AL  114 (5th)
1973 AL  117 (5th)
1974 AL  147 (1st)
1975 AL  135 (3rd)
1976 AL  137 (2nd)
1977 AL  132 (2nd)
1978 AL  109 (5th)
1979 AL  110 (5th)
1984 NL  93 (3rd)
1985 NL  122 (3rd)
Career  1,898 (15th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1970 AL  358 (2nd)
1971 AL  412 (1st)
1972 AL  338 (2nd)
1973 AL  410 (1st)
1974 AL  377 (3rd)
1975 AL  379 (1st)
1976 AL  383 (1st)
1977 AL  321 (3rd)
1978 AL  326 (3rd)
1979 AL  339 (3rd)
1981 AL  214 (3rd)
1984 NL  201 (5th)
Career  5,279 (2nd)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1971 AL  16 (4th)
1972 AL  21 (1st)
1973 AL  26 (2nd)
1974 AL  21 (3rd)
1976 AL  19 (4th)
1982 AL  23 (2nd)
1984 NL  20 (5th)
Career  295 (33rd)

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
1970 AL  21 (2nd)
1971 AL  30 (1st)
1972 AL  9 (4th)
1973 AL  20 (1st)
1974 AL  13 (3rd)
1975 AL  11 (3rd)
1976 AL  27 (1st)
1977 AL  9 (3rd)
1978 AL  12 (3rd)
Career  134 (6th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
1970 AL  3.37 (3rd)
1971 AL  3.66 (1st)
1972 AL  3.01 (4th)
1973 AL  3.46 (1st)
1974 AL  3.45 (2nd)
1975 AL  3.33 (4th)
1976 AL  3.27 (1st)
1979 AL  3.25 (4th)
1985 NL  2.93 (4th)
1986 NL  2.73 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1970 AL  3.19 (3rd)
1971 AL  3.61 (1st)
1972 AL  3.01 (4th)
1973 AL  3.36 (1st)
1974 AL  3.40 (2nd)
1975 AL  3.27 (3rd)
1976 AL  3.29 (1st)
1979 AL  3.12 (3rd)
1981 AL  2.86 (5th)
1982 AL  2.90 (5th)
1985 NL  2.70 (4th)
Career  2.98 (91st)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1970 AL  .967 (1st)
1971 AL  .973 (2nd)
1974 AL  .961 (5th)
1975 AL  .964 (5th)
1976 AL  .965 (2nd)
1977 AL  .974 (2nd)
1978 AL  .975 (2nd)
1979 AL  .966 (4th)
1980 AL  .960 (5th)
1981 AL  .972 (4th)
1985 NL  .959 (5th)
Career  .961 (56th)

Oldest s c a p y
1983 AL  born 1944-08-20 (9th)
1984 NL  born 1944-08-20 (5th)
1985 NL  born 1944-08-20 (5th)
1986 NL  born 1944-08-20 (3rd)
1987 NL  born 1944-08-20 (2nd)
1988 NL  born 1944-08-20 (1st)

             
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.
† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 - 4 (421), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 56 (453), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 63 (305), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 31 (290), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Darrell Evans (906)
  2. Gary Gaetti (896)
  3. Ron Santo (860) *
  4. Dale Murphy (851)
  5. Brian Downing (836)
  6. Don Baylor (819)
  7. Chili Davis (818)
  8. Ron Cey (812)
  9. Joe Carter (812)
  10. Andruw Jones (801)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Larry Hisle (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Willie Greene (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jack Howell (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ed Sprague (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Darrell Evans (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bill Melton (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bill Melton (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Howard Johnson (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Gary Gaetti (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Gary Gaetti (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Ron Cey (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Ron Cey (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Ron Cey (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Darrell Evans (928)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Darrell Evans (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Darrell Evans (912)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Darrell Evans (905)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Darrell Evans (898)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  19. Tony Perez (756) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
197025Cleveland Indians$15,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197126Cleveland Indians$23,0001/22/72 TSN
197227Cleveland Indians$38,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database1/22/72 TSN: $30,000
197328New York Yankees$48,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197631New York Yankees$120,000Nettles, Baseball Diamonds 2743 years/$385,000
197732New York Yankees$120,000Nettles, Baseball Diamonds 2744/23/77 TSN $135K; 11/5/77 TSN $140K
197833New York Yankees$145,000Nettles, Baseball Diamonds 2743 years/$385,000
198338New York Yankees$616,2501/15/84 NYT
198439San Diego Padres$900,0001984 TSN Guide2/$1.8 MM; breakdown unknown
198540San Diego Padres$900,0001984 TSN Guide2/$1.8 MM; breakdown unknown
198641San Diego Padres$912,2471986 USA Today survey
198742Atlanta Braves$219,5001987 USA Today survey
198843Montreal Expos$200,000USA Today, 4/1/88
Career to date (may be incomplete)$4,256,997
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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