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Joe Niekro
Joseph Franklin Niekro

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 7, 1944 in Martins Ferry, OH
High School: Bridgeport (Bridgeport, OH)
School: West Liberty State College
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 3rd round of the 1966 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1967
Final Game: April 29, 1988
Died: October 27, 2006 in Tampa, FL
Relatives: Brother of Phil Niekro and Father of Lance Niekro
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Standard Batting

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE SHARE [X]  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons

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	CHC	NL	36	58	46	5	9	2	0	0	11	1	0	1	13	.196	.204	.239	.443	24	11	1	0	9	2	0	1
1968	23	CHC	NL	34	73	60	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	23	.100	.156	.100	.256	-24	6	1	0	9	0	0	1
1969	24	TOT	NL	42	69	56	1	7	2	0	0	4	0	0	6	18	.125	.206	.161	.367	6	9	3	0	6	1	0	1
1969	24	CHC	NL	4	6	5	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.400	.600	56	2	0	0	1	0	0	/1
1969	24	SDP	NL	38	63	51	1	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	6	17	.118	.207	.137	.344	0	7	3	0	5	1	0	1
1970	25	DET	AL	39	88	66	8	13	3	1	0	7	0	0	7	17	.197	.274	.273	.547	51	18	0	0	15	0	0	1
1971	26	DET	AL	32	38	30	5	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	9	.133	.188	.167	.354	-1	5	0	0	6	0	0	1
1972	27	DET	AL	18	14	12	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.250	.308	.333	.641	89	4	0	0	1	0	0	1
1973	28	ATL	NL	20	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	80	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1974	29	ATL	NL	27	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1975	30	HOU	NL	40	18	14	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.214	.313	.214	.527	53	3	0	0	2	0	0	1
1976	31	HOU	NL	36	32	27	1	5	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	8	.185	.214	.370	.585	71	10	0	0	4	0	0	1
1977	32	HOU	NL	44	55	50	2	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	13	.140	.173	.140	.313	-11	7	2	0	3	0	0	1
1978	33	HOU	NL	36	74	65	6	9	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	18	.138	.138	.169	.308	-11	11	2	0	9	0	0	1
1979	34	HOU	NL	38	99	83	1	10	2	0	0	4	0	0	2	21	.120	.140	.145	.284	-20	12	0	0	13	1	0	1	AS,CYA-2,MVP-6
1980	35	HOU	NL	37	102	80	7	22	5	0	0	10	0	0	4	15	.275	.310	.338	.647	88	27	2	0	18	0	0	1	CYA-4,MVP-19
1981	36	HOU	NL	24	64	51	1	9	1	0	0	6	0	0	2	10	.176	.208	.196	.404	18	10	0	0	11	0	0	1
1982	37	HOU	NL	35	98	89	2	8	2	0	0	5	0	0	1	30	.090	.099	.112	.211	-39	10	1	0	7	1	0	1
1983	38	HOU	NL	38	98	85	1	8	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	22	.094	.105	.118	.222	-36	10	1	1	12	0	0	1
1984	39	HOU	NL	38	96	83	4	11	0	0	0	6	0	0	2	21	.133	.153	.133	.285	-16	11	0	0	11	0	0	1
1985	40	HOU	NL	32	80	68	6	17	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	16	.250	.257	.265	.522	49	18	4	0	10	1	0	1
24 Seasons				646	1165	973	55	152	26	1	1	72	1	0	38	262	.156	.188	.188	.376	8	183	17	1	147	6	0
162 Game Avg.				162	292	244	14	38	7	0	0	18	0	0	10	66	.156	.188	.188	.376	8	46	4	0	37	2	0
				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
HOU (11 yrs)				398	816	695	32	109	17	0	1	47	0	0	17	176	.157	.177	.186	.363	5	129	12	1	100	3	0
CHC (3 yrs)				74	137	111	7	16	3	0	0	13	1	0	5	37	.144	.178	.171	.349	1	19	2	0	19	2	0
DET (3 yrs)				89	140	108	15	20	5	1	0	10	0	0	10	30	.185	.254	.250	.504	41	27	0	0	22	0	0
ATL (2 yrs)				47	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.125	.125	.125	.250	-31	1	0	0	1	0	0
SDP (1 yr)				38	63	51	1	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	6	17	.118	.207	.137	.344	0	7	3	0	5	1	0
NL (16 yrs)				557	1025	865	40	132	21	0	1	62	1	0	28	232	.153	.179	.180	.359	4	156	17	1	125	6	0
AL (7 yrs)				89	140	108	15	20	5	1	0	10	0	0	10	30	.185	.254	.250	.504	41	27	0	0	22	0	0

Advanced Batting

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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
1967	22	CHC	NL	58	49	3	1.6	94	.257	.196	.264	.204	.327	.239	.387	.443	.714	24	.167	-4.6	-0.5	.342	.087	.043	.0
1968	23	CHC	NL	73	64	1	0.4	87	.162	.100	.260	.156	.319	.100	.366	.256	.685	-24	.019	-9.4	-1.1	.182	.067	.000
1969	24	TOT	NL	69	59	2	0.9	92	.179	.125	.256	.206	.326	.161	.380	.367	.706	6	.058	-6.9	-0.7	.288	.143	.036
1969	24	CHC	NL	6	5	0	0.0	105	.250	.200	.274	.200	.346	.400	.406	.600	.752	56	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.500	.200	.200
1969	24	SDP	NL	63	54	2	1.0	91	.171	.118	.255	.207	.324	.137	.377	.344	.702	0	.067	-6.6	-0.7	.271	.137	.020
1970	25	DET	AL	88	68	6	2.4	98	.265	.197	.259	.274	.334	.273	.395	.547	.729	51	.252	-4.5	-0.5	.472	.182	.076
1971	26	DET	AL	38	32	1	0.8	96	.190	.133	.260	.188	.334	.167	.387	.354	.720	-1	.054	-4.2	-0.4	.269	.100	.033
1972	27	DET	AL	14	10	1	2.7	85	.375	.250	.250	.308	.319	.333	.361	.641	.680	89	.366	-0.1	-0.0	.556	.167	.083
1973	28	ATL	NL	3	2	0	0.0	103	.500	.333	.272	.333	.342	.333	.404	.667	.746	80	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.000	.000
1974	29	ATL	NL	6	6	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.267	.000	.340	.000	.386	.000	.725	-100	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1975	30	HOU	NL	18	13	1	2.1	90	.250	.214	.257	.313	.327	.214	.371	.527	.698	53	.206	-0.8	-0.1	.455	.143	.000
1976	31	HOU	NL	32	26	2	2.1	84	.222	.185	.252	.214	.317	.370	.359	.585	.676	71	.223	-1.1	-0.1	.500	.222	.185	.0
1977	32	HOU	NL	55	48	1	0.6	95	.189	.140	.258	.173	.324	.140	.394	.313	.718	-11	.020	-7.6	-0.8	.200	.040	.000
1978	33	HOU	NL	74	67	1	0.4	88	.191	.138	.252	.138	.319	.169	.371	.308	.690	-11	.014	-9.4	-1.0	.190	.031	.031
1979	34	HOU	NL	99	87	2	0.6	94	.159	.120	.262	.140	.326	.145	.388	.284	.715	-20	.027	-13.4	-1.4	.192	.048	.024
1980	35	HOU	NL	102	78	9	3.1	88	.338	.275	.257	.310	.318	.338	.373	.647	.691	88	.363	-1.0	-0.1	.517	.113	.063
1981	36	HOU	NL	64	53	3	1.5	88	.220	.176	.257	.208	.321	.196	.368	.404	.689	18	.140	-5.4	-0.6	.286	.059	.020
1982	37	HOU	NL	98	90	1	0.3	88	.133	.090	.256	.099	.318	.112	.372	.211	.690	-39	.008	-15.9	-1.7	.134	.034	.022
1983	38	HOU	NL	98	90	1	0.3	91	.127	.094	.255	.105	.322	.118	.378	.222	.700	-36	.008	-15.3	-1.6	.141	.024	.024
1984	39	HOU	NL	96	83	2	0.6	87	.177	.133	.254	.153	.317	.133	.369	.285	.686	-16	.032	-12.5	-1.3	.181	.024	.000
1985	40	HOU	NL	80	66	4	1.6	92	.321	.250	.256	.257	.324	.265	.382	.522	.706	49	.151	-4.7	-0.5	.345	.029	.015
24 Seasons				1165	991	41	1.1	91	.211	.156	.257	.188	.323	.188	.378	.376	.701	8	.081	-118.3	-12.5	.266	.072	.032	1.0
162 Game Avg.				292	249	10	1.1	91	.211	.156	.257	.188	.323	.188	.378	.376	.701	8	.081	-118.3	-12.5	.266	.072	.032
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
HOU (11 yrs)				816	701	27	1.0	90	.207	.157	.256	.177	.321	.186	.376	.363	.697	5	.070	-87.1	-9.1	.246	.053	.029	.0
CHC (3 yrs)				137	118	4	0.9	91	.211	.144	.262	.178	.323	.171	.376	.349	.700	1	.070	-14.3	-1.6	.258	.081	.027	.0
DET (3 yrs)				140	110	8	2.0	96	.256	.185	.258	.254	.332	.250	.389	.504	.721	41	.201	-8.8	-0.9	.420	.157	.065
ATL (2 yrs)				9	8	0	0.0	100	.167	.125	.269	.125	.340	.125	.392	.250	.733	-31	.000	-1.5	-0.2	.143	.000	.000
SDP (1 yr)				63	54	2	1.0	91	.171	.118	.255	.207	.324	.137	.377	.344	.702	0	.067	-6.6	-0.7	.271	.137	.020
NL (16 yrs)				1025	881	33	1.0	90	.205	.153	.257	.179	.322	.180	.376	.359	.698	4	.069	-109.5	-11.5	.248	.061	.028	1.0
AL (7 yrs)				140	110	8	2.0	96	.256	.185	.258	.254	.332	.250	.389	.504	.721	41	.201	-8.8	-0.9	.420	.157	.065

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
1972	27	DET	AL	ALCS	OAK	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
1980	35	HOU	NL	NLCS	PHI	L	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	36	HOU	NL	NLDS	LAD	L	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	42	MIN	AL	WS	STL	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Seasons (4 Series)							4	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLDS							1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 ALCS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLCS							1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

All-Star Batting

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1979	HOU	NL	34		DNP

Ratio Batting*

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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
1967	22	CHC	NL	58	0.0%	22.4%	1.7%	3.5%	22%	13.00	3.5		4.2		4.67	60%
1968	23	CHC	NL	73	0.0%	31.5%	5.5%	0.0%	0%	5.75	2.6				4.13	51%
1969	24	TOT	NL	69	0.0%	26.1%	8.7%	2.9%	29%	3.00	3.1		14.0		1.24	57%
1969	24	CHC	NL	6	0.0%	16.7%	0.0%	16.7%	100%		5.0		2.5		3.00	67%
1969	24	SDP	NL	63	0.0%	27.0%	9.5%	1.6%	17%	2.83	3.0		25.5		1.13	56%
1970	25	DET	AL	88	0.0%	19.3%	8.0%	4.6%	31%	2.43	3.9		9.4		2.40	56%
1971	26	DET	AL	38	0.0%	23.7%	5.3%	2.6%	25%	4.50	3.3		15.0		1.20	55%
1972	27	DET	AL	14	0.0%	28.6%	7.1%	7.1%	33%	4.00	3.0		12.0		4.00	57%
1973	28	ATL	NL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.0				1.00	67%
1974	29	ATL	NL	6	0.0%	16.7%	0.0%	0.0%			5.0					67%
1975	30	HOU	NL	18	0.0%	11.1%	11.1%	0.0%	0%	1.00	7.0				1.20	67%
1976	31	HOU	NL	32	3.1%	25.0%	3.1%	9.4%	60%	8.00	3.4	27.0	27.0		0.80	56%
1977	32	HOU	NL	55	0.0%	23.6%	3.6%	0.0%	0%	6.50	3.8		25.0		1.19	67%
1978	33	HOU	NL	74	0.0%	24.3%	0.0%	2.7%	22%		3.6		13.0		1.33	64%
1979	34	HOU	NL	99	0.0%	21.2%	2.0%	2.0%	20%	10.50	4.0		20.8		1.60	64%
1980	35	HOU	NL	102	0.0%	14.7%	3.9%	4.9%	23%	3.75	5.3		8.0		2.10	64%
1981	36	HOU	NL	64	0.0%	15.6%	3.1%	1.6%	11%	5.00	5.1		8.5		1.33	64%
1982	37	HOU	NL	98	0.0%	30.6%	1.0%	2.0%	25%	30.00	3.0		17.8		1.27	61%
1983	38	HOU	NL	98	0.0%	22.5%	0.0%	2.0%	25%		3.9		42.5		1.19	64%
1984	39	HOU	NL	96	0.0%	21.9%	2.1%	0.0%	0%	10.50	4.0		13.8		2.28	65%
1985	40	HOU	NL	80	0.0%	20.0%	1.3%	1.3%	6%	16.00	4.3		11.3		5.57	66%
22 Seasons				1165	0.1%	22.5%	3.3%	2.4%	18%	6.89	3.7	973.0	13.5		1.79	61%
MLB Averages
				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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1stS	1stS2	1stS3	1stD	1stD3	1stDH	2ndS	2ndS3	2ndSH
1967	22	CHC	NL	2	0	50%	16	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	75%	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	2
1968	23	CHC	NL	0	0	20%	14	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0%	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1969	24	TOT	NL	0	0	8%	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0%	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
1969	24	CHC	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	24	SDP	NL	0	0	8%	14	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0%	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
1970	25	DET	AL	0	0	40%	27	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	6	4	2	0	0	0	2	0	2
1971	26	DET	AL	1	0	83%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	67%	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	2
1972	27	DET	AL	1	0	50%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1973	28	ATL	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	29	ATL	NL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	30	HOU	NL	0	0	20%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1976	31	HOU	NL	0	0	0%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1977	32	HOU	NL	1	0	22%	18	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20%	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1978	33	HOU	NL	0	0	67%	21	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	3
1979	34	HOU	NL	1	0	8%	18	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1980	35	HOU	NL	0	0	27%	31	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	29%	4	3	0	0	0	0	3	1	2
1981	36	HOU	NL	1	0	9%	18	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1
1982	37	HOU	NL	0	0	22%	18	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1983	38	HOU	NL	0	0	11%	14	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	39	HOU	NL	2	0	31%	24	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1985	40	HOU	NL	4	0	33%	33	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	13%	4	4	0	3	3	0	1	0	1
22 Seasons				13	0	28%	291	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	11	26%	36	32	3	9	7	1	20	6	13
MLB Averages
				ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1stS	1stS2	1stS3	1stD	1stD3	1stDH	2ndS	2ndS3	2ndSH

Situational Hitting*

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						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
1967	22	CHC	NL	58	41%	9			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	10	9	90%	13	1	8%	19	5	26%	51	13	25%	5	4	80%	9	5	56%	0
1968	23	CHC	NL	73	25%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	12	9	75%	13	1	8%	18	4	22%	60	0	0%	3	0	0%	5	2	40%	0
1969	24	TOT	NL	64	19%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	6	75%	14	3	21%	17	2	12%	41	4	10%	4	1	25%	3	0	0%	5
1969	24	CHC	NL	6	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	4	2	50%	0	0		0	0		0
1969	24	SDP	NL	58	21%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	71%	12	3	25%	15	2	13%	37	2	5%	4	1	25%	3	0	0%	5
1970	25	DET	AL	88	33%	13			1	1	0	0	1.38	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	16	15	94%	22	0	0%	24	7	29%	66	7	11%	4	2	50%	3	1	33%	0
1971	26	DET	AL	38	26%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	100%	14	0	0%	10	2	20%	20	2	10%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1972	27	DET	AL	14	21%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	9	1	11%	1	0	0%	2	2	100%	0
1973	28	ATL	NL	3	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1974	29	ATL	NL	6	50%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	5	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1975	30	HOU	NL	18	33%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	3	0	0%	3	2	67%	11	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1976	31	HOU	NL	32	31%	5			0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	4	100%	6	0	0%	6	0	0%	13	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1977	32	HOU	NL	55	29%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	50%	11	2	18%	14	1	7%	35	2	6%	3	0	0%	3	0	0%	0
1978	33	HOU	NL	74	32%	9			1	0	0	0	3.26	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	9	90%	12	2	17%	15	2	13%	51	5	10%	5	4	80%	7	3	43%	0
1979	34	HOU	NL	99	35%	10			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	13	13	100%	17	0	0%	21	9	43%	64	4	6%	4	2	50%	6	2	33%	0
1980	35	HOU	NL	102	37%	22			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	19	18	95%	24	2	8%	26	11	42%	81	11	14%	6	2	33%	8	2	25%	0
1981	36	HOU	NL	64	27%	9			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	11	11	100%	15	0	0%	15	9	60%	49	6	12%	3	3	100%	5	2	40%	0
1982	37	HOU	NL	98	27%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	7	78%	16	1	6%	20	6	30%	61	5	8%	5	2	40%	5	1	20%	0
1983	38	HOU	NL	98	43%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	12	12	100%	17	1	6%	17	3	18%	58	2	3%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1984	39	HOU	NL	96	28%	11			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	11	11	100%	17	0	0%	19	6	32%	58	7	12%	5	3	60%	5	2	40%	0
1985	40	HOU	NL	80	36%	17			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	11	10	91%	22	4	18%	23	4	17%	70	7	10%	7	2	29%	4	1	25%	0
22 Seasons				1160	32%	152			2	1	0	0	2.32	1	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	164	147	90%	240	17	7%	272	74	27%	805	76	9%	59	25	42%	69	25	36%	5
MLB Averages
				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

Cumulative Batting

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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
1967	22	36	58	46	5	9	2	0	0	11	1	0	1	13	.196	.204	.239	.443	24	11	1	0	9	2	0
1968	23	70	131	106	7	15	2	0	0	11	1	0	5	36	.142	.177	.160	.337	-2	17	2	0	18	2	0
1969	24	112	200	162	8	22	4	0	0	15	1	0	11	54	.136	.188	.160	.348	1	26	5	0	24	3	0
1970	25	151	288	228	16	35	7	1	0	22	1	0	18	71	.154	.213	.193	.406	16	44	5	0	39	3	0
1971	26	183	326	258	21	39	8	1	0	24	1	0	20	80	.151	.210	.190	.400	14	49	5	0	45	3	0
1972	27	201	340	270	23	42	9	1	0	25	1	0	21	84	.156	.214	.196	.411	17	53	5	0	46	3	0
1973	28	221	343	273	23	43	9	1	0	25	1	0	21	85	.158	.215	.198	.413	18	54	5	0	46	3	0
1974	29	248	349	278	23	43	9	1	0	25	1	0	21	86	.155	.212	.194	.406	16	54	5	0	47	3	0
1975	30	288	367	292	24	46	9	1	0	25	1	0	23	88	.158	.217	.195	.412	17	57	5	0	49	3	0
1976	31	324	399	319	25	51	11	1	1	26	1	0	24	96	.160	.217	.210	.427	22	67	5	0	53	3	0
1977	32	368	454	369	27	58	11	1	1	28	1	0	26	109	.157	.211	.201	.412	17	74	7	0	56	3	0
1978	33	404	528	434	33	67	13	1	1	33	1	0	26	127	.154	.201	.196	.397	13	85	9	0	65	3	0
1979	34	442	627	517	34	77	15	1	1	37	1	0	28	148	.149	.191	.188	.379	8	97	9	0	78	4	0
1980	35	479	729	597	41	99	20	1	1	47	1	0	32	163	.166	.207	.208	.415	18	124	11	0	96	4	0
1981	36	503	793	648	42	108	21	1	1	53	1	0	34	173	.167	.207	.207	.414	18	134	11	0	107	4	0
1982	37	538	891	737	44	116	23	1	1	58	1	0	35	203	.157	.194	.195	.390	12	144	12	0	114	5	0
1983	38	576	989	822	45	124	25	1	1	60	1	0	35	225	.151	.185	.187	.373	7	154	13	1	126	5	0
1984	39	614	1085	905	49	135	25	1	1	66	1	0	37	246	.149	.182	.182	.365	5	165	13	1	137	5	0
1985	40	1292	2330	1946	110	304	52	2	2	144	2	0	76	524	.156	.188	.188	.376	8	366	34	2	294	12	0
1986	41	646	1165	973	55	152	26	1	1	72	1	0	38	262	.156	.188	.188	.376	8	183	17	1	147	6	0
1987	42	1292	2330	1946	110	304	52	2	2	144	2	0	76	524	.156	.188	.188	.376	8	366	34	2	294	12	0
1988	43	646	1165	973	55	152	26	1	1	72	1	0	38	262	.156	.188	.188	.376	8	183	17	1	147	6	0

Neutralized Batting

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Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or Year (R/G) 2009 (4.61) 2008 (4.65) 2007 (4.80) 2006 (4.86) 2005 (4.59) 2004 (4.81) 2003 (4.73) 2002 (4.62) 2001 (4.78) 2000 (5.14) 1999 (5.08) 1998 (4.79) 1997 (4.77) 1996 (5.04) 1995 (4.85) 1994 (4.92) 1993 (4.60) 1992 (4.12) 1991 (4.31) 1990 (4.26) 1989 (4.13) 1988 (4.14) 1987 (4.72) 1986 (4.41) 1985 (4.33) 1984 (4.26) 1983 (4.31) 1982 (4.30) 1981 (4.00) 1980 (4.29) 1979 (4.46) 1978 (4.10) 1977 (4.47) 1976 (3.99) 1975 (4.21) 1974 (4.12) 1973 (4.21) 1972 (3.69) 1971 (3.89) 1970 (4.34) 1969 (4.07) 1968 (3.42) 1967 (3.77) 1966 (3.99) 1965 (3.99) 1964 (4.04) 1963 (3.95) 1962 (4.46) 1961 (4.53) 1960 (4.31) 1959 (4.38) 1958 (4.28) 1957 (4.31) 1956 (4.45) 1955 (4.49) 1954 (4.38) 1953 (4.61) 1952 (4.18) 1951 (4.55) 1950 (4.85) 1949 (4.61) 1948 (4.58) 1947 (4.36) 1946 (4.01) 1945 (4.18) 1944 (4.17) 1943 (3.92) 1942 (4.08) 1941 (4.49) 1940 (4.68) 1939 (4.82) 1938 (4.89) 1937 (4.87) 1936 (5.19) 1935 (4.90) 1934 (4.91) 1933 (4.48) 1932 (4.91) 1931 (4.81) 1930 (5.55) 1929 (5.19) 1928 (4.73) 1927 (4.75) 1926 (4.64) 1925 (5.13) 1924 (4.76) 1923 (4.82) 1922 (4.87) 1921 (4.86) 1920 (4.36) 1919 (3.87) 1918 (3.63) 1917 (3.59) 1916 (3.56) 1915 (3.79) 1914 (3.75) 1913 (4.04) 1912 (4.53) 1911 (4.51) 1910 (3.84) 1909 (3.55) 1908 (3.39) 1907 (3.53) 1906 (3.62) 1905 (3.90) 1904 (3.73) 1903 (4.44) 1902 (4.43) 1901 (4.99)

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1967	22	36	50	47	6	10	2	0	0	12	1	1	13	.213	.220	.255	.475	3	36
1968	23	34	69	63	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	6	23	.143	.217	.143	.360	2	34
1969	24	42	63	56	1	7	2	0	0	4	0	6	18	.125	.206	.161	.367	2	42
1970	25	39	78	69	9	16	4	1	0	8	0	9	17	.232	.321	.319	.639	7	39
1971	26	32	32	30	4	4	1	0	0	1	0	2	9	.133	.188	.167	.354	1	32
1972	27	19	14	13	3	4	1	0	0	2	0	1	4	.308	.357	.385	.742	2	18
1973	28	20	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	20
1974	29	27	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	27
1975	30	40	16	14	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.214	.313	.214	.527	1	40
1976	31	36	29	28	1	6	2	0	1	1	0	1	8	.214	.241	.393	.634	3	36
1977	32	44	51	49	2	6	0	0	0	2	0	2	13	.122	.157	.122	.279	1	44
1978	33	36	65	65	8	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	18	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	36
1979	34	38	91	87	1	14	3	0	0	5	0	3	21	.161	.187	.195	.382	3	38
1980	35	37	86	82	8	24	5	0	0	11	0	4	15	.293	.326	.354	.679	10	37
1981	36	36	85	81	2	17	2	0	0	10	0	4	15	.210	.247	.235	.482	5	24
1982	37	35	91	89	2	8	2	0	0	4	0	1	30	.090	.099	.112	.211	1	35
1983	38	38	86	85	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	22	.000	.012	.000	.012	2	38
1984	39	38	90	87	5	15	0	0	0	8	0	3	21	.172	.200	.172	.372	3	38
1985	40	32	71	69	7	18	1	0	0	7	0	1	16	.261	.268	.275	.543	5	32
19 Seasons		659	1075	1022	64	161	25	1	1	85	1	46	267	.158	.193	.187	.380	53	646
162 Game Avg.		162	264	251	16	40	6	0	0	21	0	11	66	.158	.193	.187	.380	13	646
		G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame 1994 BBWAA ( 1.3%)	All-Star Games 1979	Awards (yr lg award) 1979 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1979 NL (6, 22%) 1980 NL (19, 1%) 0.23 Career Shares (680th)
Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1979 NL (2, 55%) 1980 NL (4, 9%) 0.64 Career Shares (77th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1967 NL  9 (8th) 1970 AL  15 (2nd) 1979 NL  13 (7th) 1980 NL  18 (2nd) 1981 NL  11 (4th) 1983 NL  12 (4th) 1984 NL  11 (7th) Career  147 (176th)	Oldest s c a p y 1984 NL  born 1944-11-07 (7th) 1985 NL  born 1944-11-07 (6th) 1985 AL  born 1944-11-07 (3rd) 1986 AL  born 1944-11-07 (3rd) 1987 AL  born 1944-11-07 (3rd) 1988 AL  born 1944-11-07 (2nd)

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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