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Bill North

William Alex North

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 15, 1948 in Seattle, WA
High School: Garfield HS (Seattle, WA)
School: Central Washington University (Ellensburg, WA)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 12th round of the 1969 amateur draft.
Signed June 18, 1969. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1971
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Giants/Dodgers/Cubs 1971-1981

Final Game: June 11, 1981
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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
1971 23 CHC NL 8 21 16 3 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 6 .375 .524 .375 .899 147 6 0 1 0 0 1 /97
1972 24 CHC NL 66 142 127 22 23 2 3 0 4 6 0 13 33 .181 .262 .244 .507 40 31 2 1 1 0 1 89/7
1973 25 OAK AL 146 642 554 98 158 10 5 5 34 53 20 78 89 .285 .376 .348 .725 110 193 7 3 7 0 5 *8/D9 MVP-29
1974 26 OAK AL 149 630 543 79 141 20 5 4 33 54 26 69 86 .260 .347 .337 .684 104 183 9 5 11 2 1 *8/D
1975 27 OAK AL 140 624 524 74 143 17 5 1 43 30 12 81 80 .273 .373 .330 .703 103 173 8 4 13 2 3 *8/7D
1976 28 OAK AL 154 675 590 91 163 20 5 2 31 75 29 73 95 .276 .356 .337 .693 109 199 8 2 6 4 3 *8/D9
1977 29 OAK AL 56 223 184 32 48 3 3 1 9 17 13 32 25 .261 .376 .326 .702 97 60 1 2 5 0 2 8/D
1978 30 TOT MLB 134 442 356 59 82 14 0 0 15 30 10 74 61 .230 .367 .270 .637 83 96 5 4 6 2 4 *8/7
1978 30 OAK AL 24 65 52 5 11 4 0 0 5 3 2 9 13 .212 .344 .288 .632 85 15 1 2 1 1 2 8
1978 30 LAD NL 110 377 304 54 71 10 0 0 10 27 8 65 48 .234 .371 .266 .637 82 81 4 2 5 1 2 8/7
1979 31 SFG NL 142 561 460 87 119 15 4 5 30 58 24 96 84 .259 .386 .341 .727 107 157 5 1 1 3 3 *8
1980 32 SFG NL 128 500 415 73 104 12 1 1 19 45 19 81 78 .251 .373 .292 .665 91 121 4 1 2 1 5 *8
1981 33 SFG NL 46 161 131 22 29 7 0 1 12 26 8 26 28 .221 .354 .298 .652 89 39 1 1 3 0 0 8
11 Yrs 1169 4621 3900 640 1016 120 31 20 230 395 162 627 665 .261 .365 .323 .688 100 1258 50 25 55 14 28
162 Game Avg. 162 640 540 89 141 17 4 3 32 55 22 87 92 .261 .365 .323 .688 100 174 7 3 8 2 4
OAK (6 yrs) 669 2859 2447 379 664 74 23 13 155 232 102 342 388 .271 .364 .336 .700 105 823 34 18 43 9 16
SFG (3 yrs) 316 1222 1006 182 252 34 5 7 61 129 51 203 190 .250 .377 .315 .692 98 317 10 3 6 4 8
CHC (2 yrs) 74 163 143 25 29 2 3 0 4 7 1 17 39 .203 .296 .259 .555 53 37 2 2 1 0 2
LAD (1 yr) 110 377 304 54 71 10 0 0 10 27 8 65 48 .234 .371 .266 .637 82 81 4 2 5 1 2
AL (6 yrs) 669 2859 2447 379 664 74 23 13 155 232 102 342 388 .271 .364 .336 .700 105 823 34 18 43 9 16
NL (6 yrs) 500 1762 1453 261 352 46 8 7 75 163 60 285 277 .242 .368 .299 .667 90 435 16 7 12 5 12

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
1971 23 CHC NL 8 21 2 -0 0 -1 -0 0 0.0 1 1 0.1 .500 .500 0.2 -0.2 2 $ /97
1972 24 CHC NL 66 142 -10 2 1 -1 -1 -9 -1.0 4 -5 -0.6 .484 .493 -0.5 -0.2 -4 $11,000 89/7
1973 25 OAK AL 146 642 12 3 3 25 -2 42 4.9 21 63 6.7 .531 .528 3.9 2.8 37 $20,000 *8/D9 MVP-29
1974 26 OAK AL 149 630 11 -0 0 6 -2 16 2.0 20 36 3.8 .512 .511 3.1 0.7 30 $ *8/D
1975 27 OAK AL 140 624 9 1 2 21 -1 32 3.7 20 52 5.5 .525 .521 3.2 2.3 31 $55,000 *8/7D
1976 28 OAK AL 154 675 9 2 1 -10 -2 1 0.3 22 23 2.3 .501 .501 3.4 -1.2 32 $ *8/D9
1977 29 OAK AL 56 223 2 -2 1 -8 -0 -7 -0.6 7 0 0.0 .487 .495 0.8 -0.8 8 $75,000 8/D
1978 30 OAK AL 24 65 1 -0 -0 2 -0 2 0.2 2 4 0.4 .507 .501 0.2 0.2 2 $ 8
1978 30 LAD NL 110 377 -0 2 1 2 -1 5 0.6 11 16 1.7 .505 .503 1.4 0.2 14 $65,000 8/7
1979 31 SFG NL 142 561 8 1 2 -5 -1 6 0.7 16 22 2.3 .504 .504 2.8 -0.5 27 $ *8
1980 32 SFG NL 128 500 0 1 0 3 -1 5 0.6 15 20 2.1 .504 .503 1.6 0.3 17 $ *8
1981 33 SFG NL 46 161 0 1 0 -2 -0 0 0.1 5 5 0.6 .501 .500 0.7 -0.1 7 $ 8
11 Seasons 1169 4621 45 11 12 34 -11 91 11.3 145 236 24.9 .508 .505 20.8 3.5 202 $226,000
OAK (6 yrs) 669 2859 44 3 7 37 -7 85 10.4 92 178 18.7 .514 .510 14.6 4.0 140 $150,000
SFG (3 yrs) 316 1222 9 3 3 -3 -1 11 1.4 36 47 5.0 .504 .502 5.1 -0.3 50 $
CHC (2 yrs) 74 163 -8 2 1 -2 -2 -9 -1.0 5 -4 -0.5 .486 .497 -0.3 -0.4 -2 $11,000
LAD (1 yr) 110 377 -0 2 1 2 -1 5 0.6 11 16 1.7 .505 .503 1.4 0.2 14 $65,000

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
1971 23 CHC NL 21 11 4 9.8 102 .600 .375 .274 .524 .342 .375 .401 .899 .744 147 .833 1.6 0.2 1.000 .250 .000 .0
1972 24 CHC NL 142 107 9 2.3 100 .245 .181 .268 .262 .337 .244 .395 .507 .733 40 .257 -10.9 -1.2 .481 .213 .063 .0
1973 25 OAK AL 642 430 81 5.1 89 .333 .285 .254 .376 .322 .348 .373 .725 .695 110 .570 10.6 1.1 .726 .264 .063 9.1
1974 26 OAK AL 630 450 68 4.1 84 .301 .260 .251 .347 .315 .337 .361 .684 .676 104 .492 5.4 0.6 .652 .256 .077 7.4
1975 27 OAK AL 624 416 73 4.7 91 .319 .273 .256 .373 .325 .330 .376 .703 .701 103 .542 5.8 0.6 .688 .246 .057 1.9
1976 28 OAK AL 675 474 78 4.5 82 .324 .276 .250 .356 .314 .337 .353 .693 .666 109 .550 9.6 1.0 .690 .263 .061 3.9
1977 29 OAK AL 223 155 24 4.2 97 .297 .261 .263 .376 .326 .326 .400 .702 .726 97 .449 0.6 0.1 .653 .261 .065 1.9
1978 30 TOT MLB 442 297 44 4.0 93 .276 .230 .260 .367 .327 .270 .382 .637 .709 83 .474 -3.2 -0.3 .671 .303 .039 .0
1978 30 OAK AL 65 46 6 3.5 89 .275 .212 .254 .344 .318 .288 .374 .632 .693 85 .404 -0.1 -0.0 .614 .269 .077 .0
1978 30 LAD NL 377 251 38 4.0 94 .276 .234 .261 .371 .329 .266 .384 .637 .712 82 .486 -3.1 -0.3 .682 .309 .033 .0
1979 31 SFG NL 561 374 71 5.1 94 .305 .259 .260 .386 .325 .341 .387 .727 .712 107 .567 10.6 1.1 .778 .365 .083 9.2
1980 32 SFG NL 500 337 54 4.3 93 .306 .251 .263 .373 .325 .292 .382 .665 .707 91 .510 0.0 0.0 .686 .299 .041 2.0
1981 33 SFG NL 161 114 18 4.3 90 .275 .221 .260 .354 .325 .298 .373 .652 .698 89 .517 -0.4 -0.1 .757 .412 .076 1.9
11 Yrs 4621 3165 524 4.5 90 .308 .261 .257 .365 .322 .323 .374 .688 .696 100 .523 29.6 3.0 .692 .283 .062 38.1
162 Game Avg. 640 439 73 4.5 90 .308 .261 .257 .365 .322 .323 .374 .688 .696 100 .523 4 0 .692 .283 .062 5
OAK (6 yrs) 2859 1971 330 4.5 87 .317 .271 .253 .364 .319 .336 .368 .700 .687 105 .529 31.8 3.3 .684 .258 .065 24.6
SFG (3 yrs) 1222 825 143 4.7 93 .301 .250 .262 .377 .325 .315 .383 .692 .708 98 .538 10.2 1.0 .737 .344 .065 13.3
CHC (2 yrs) 163 118 13 3.0 100 .279 .203 .268 .296 .338 .259 .396 .555 .734 53 .361 -9.3 -1.0 .530 .217 .056 .0
LAD (1 yr) 377 251 38 4.1 94 .276 .234 .261 .371 .329 .266 .384 .637 .712 82 .486 -3.1 -0.3 .682 .309 .033 .0
AL (6 yrs) 2859 1971 330 4.5 87 .317 .271 .253 .364 .319 .336 .368 .700 .687 105 .529 31.8 3.3 .684 .258 .065 24.6
NL (6 yrs) 1762 1194 194 4.4 94 .294 .242 .262 .368 .327 .299 .384 .667 .711 90 .513 -2.3 -0.3 .705 .324 .057 13.4

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
1974 26 OAK AL ALCS BAL W 4 18 16 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .063 .167 .125 .292 2 0 0 0 0 0
1974 26 OAK AL WS LAD W 5 20 17 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 5 .059 .158 .059 .217 1 1 0 1 0 0
1975 27 OAK AL ALCS BOS L 3 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 30 LAD NL NLCS PHI W 4 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0
1978 30 LAD NL WS NYY L 4 9 8 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 .125 .222 .250 .472 2 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (5 Series) 20 67 59 8 3 2 0 0 3 2 1 7 7 .051 .152 .085 .236 5 2 0 1 0 0
1 NLCS 4 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0
2 ALCS 7 30 26 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 .038 .167 .077 .244 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 9 29 25 5 2 1 0 0 2 2 1 3 5 .080 .179 .120 .299 3 1 0 1 0 0

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
1971 23 CHC NL 21 0.0% 28.6% 19.1% 0.0% 0% 1.50 2.7 2.00 48%
1972 24 CHC NL 142 0.0% 23.2% 9.2% 3.5% 22% 2.54 3.8 31.8 1.00 66%
1973 25 OAK AL 642 0.8% 13.9% 12.2% 3.1% 13% 1.14 6.2 110.8 16.3 2.14 72%
1974 26 OAK AL 630 0.6% 13.7% 11.0% 4.6% 21% 1.25 6.3 135.8 16.5 1.69 72%
1975 27 OAK AL 624 0.2% 12.8% 13.0% 3.7% 16% 0.99 6.6 524.0 12.2 1.84 71%
1976 28 OAK AL 675 0.3% 14.1% 10.8% 4.0% 17% 1.30 6.2 295.0 19.0 1.88 74%
1977 29 OAK AL 223 0.5% 11.2% 14.4% 3.1% 15% 0.78 7.4 184.0 20.4 2.32 71%
1978 30 TOT MLB 442 0.0% 13.8% 16.7% 3.2% 17% 0.82 5.8 23.7 1.81 67%
1978 30 OAK AL 65 0.0% 20.0% 13.9% 6.2% 36% 1.44 4.0 10.4 1.55 62%
1978 30 LAD NL 377 0.0% 12.7% 17.2% 2.7% 14% 0.74 6.3 30.4 1.85 68%
1979 31 SFG NL 561 0.9% 15.0% 17.1% 4.3% 20% 0.88 5.5 92.0 15.3 1.87 67%
1980 32 SFG NL 500 0.2% 15.6% 16.2% 2.8% 14% 0.96 5.3 415.0 21.8 2.03 67%
1981 33 SFG NL 161 0.6% 17.4% 16.2% 5.0% 28% 1.08 4.7 131.0 10.9 1.50 63%
11 Yrs 4621 0.4% 14.4% 13.6% 3.7% 17% 1.06 5.9 195.0 17.0 1.85 70%
MLB Averages 1.9% 13.2% 8.5% 6.2% 27% 1.54 6.7 46.8 8.8 1.10 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1971 23 CHC NL 1.6 0.2 23 0.0 0.2 -0.2 .55 0.2 -0.1 0.9 0.1 1.04 1.3 0
1972 24 CHC NL -10.9 -1.2 153 -1.2 1.6 -2.8 1.02 -0.9 -0.3 -9.8 -1.0 0.99 -7.9 1.03 13
1973 25 OAK AL 10.6 1.1 727 1.2 11.8 -10.6 .98 0.9 0.3 11.1 1.2 0.94 11.6 0.56 2
1974 26 OAK AL 5.4 0.6 731 1.1 11.7 -10.7 .98 0.5 0.6 9.9 1.1 0.96 6.6 0.09 2
1975 27 OAK AL 5.8 0.6 684 2.1 12.2 -10.2 1.00 1.5 0.6 6.0 0.6 0.97 10.5 2.46 1
1976 28 OAK AL 9.6 1.0 798 -0.8 11.8 -12.6 1.02 0.2 -0.9 3.9 0.4 0.97 3.5 0.71 2
1977 29 OAK AL 0.6 0.1 254 0.2 4.0 -3.8 1.01 -0.1 0.3 -1.2 -0.1 0.96 -0.9 1.16 4
1978 30 TOT MLB -3.7 -0.4 486 0.6 7.6 -7.1 1.00 -0.2 0.8 1.8 0.2 0.96 2.2 1.36 9
1978 30 OAK AL -0.1 -0.0 69 0.2 1.4 -1.3 1.28 0.0 0.1 1.4 0.1 1.03 0.6 1.83 5
1978 30 LAD NL -3.5 -0.4 417 0.4 6.2 -5.8 .95 -0.3 0.7 0.4 0.0 0.95 1.6 0.79 4
1979 31 SFG NL 10.6 1.1 661 1.5 10.8 -9.4 1.03 1.2 0.3 10.7 1.1 0.94 11.6 1.50 12
1980 32 SFG NL 0.0 0.0 578 0.5 9.4 -8.9 1.07 0.5 -0.0 8.6 0.9 0.96 7.4 1.79 19
1981 33 SFG NL -0.4 -0.1 196 0.6 3.7 -3.1 1.16 0.4 0.1 5.2 0.6 0.99 4.8 1.56 7
11 Yrs 29.1 2.9 5291 5.7 84.9 -79.2 1.01 4.0 1.7 47.3 5.0 0.96 50.6 1.39 71

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1971 23 CHC NL 1 0 27% 12 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1972 24 CHC NL 2 0 60% 75 6 0 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 9 50% 7 3 3 2 1 1 7 2 4
1973 25 OAK AL 10 0 40% 254 53 20 73% 48 17 5 2 0 1 11 1 7 22 56% 32 17 14 10 5 5 28 8 20
1974 26 OAK AL 15 0 36% 230 54 26 68% 44 19 10 6 0 1 11 2 15 28 52% 33 17 14 7 4 3 25 7 17
1975 27 OAK AL 13 0 32% 293 30 12 71% 28 12 2 0 0 0 8 1 10 17 56% 34 17 16 5 4 1 29 5 21
1976 28 OAK AL 8 0 38% 264 75 29 72% 60 24 15 5 0 0 13 5 12 32 45% 33 22 9 7 4 3 27 8 18
1977 29 OAK AL 4 0 38% 96 17 13 57% 16 12 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 2 59% 11 8 3 0 0 0 11 1 10
1978 30 TOT MLB 11 0 37% 210 30 10 75% 22 7 8 2 0 1 4 1 7 14 47% 33 19 11 3 0 3 15 5 10
1978 30 OAK AL 3 0 23% 31 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
1978 30 LAD NL 8 0 39% 179 27 8 77% 19 5 8 2 0 1 4 1 7 12 51% 31 17 11 3 0 3 13 3 10
1979 31 SFG NL 4 0 39% 216 58 24 71% 46 23 12 1 0 0 10 3 16 22 55% 25 13 10 6 5 1 24 4 19
1980 32 SFG NL 7 0 39% 198 45 19 70% 38 15 7 4 0 0 6 3 10 21 49% 30 18 11 7 4 3 20 3 14
1981 33 SFG NL 3 0 38% 67 26 8 76% 23 7 3 1 0 0 2 1 5 2 59% 7 5 2 2 1 1 8 0 7
11 Yrs 78 0 38% 1915 395 162 71% 332 137 63 22 0 3 68 18 88 169 52% 246 140 93 49 28 21 196 44 141

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
1971 23 CHC NL 21 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 1 0 0% 19 0 0% 0 0 2 2 100% 0
1972 24 CHC NL 142 100% 23 13 3 0 0 1.03 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 24 2 8% 11 1 9% 82 5 6% 6 1 17% 2 1 50% 0
1973 25 OAK AL 642 100% 158 2 0 0 0 0.56 5 0 7 1 4 0 5 0 8 7 88% 100 7 7% 49 17 35% 326 34 10% 23 6 26% 33 17 52% 0
1974 26 OAK AL 630 100% 141 2 1 0 0 0.09 4 0 12 0 4 1 3 0 12 11 92% 76 9 12% 39 13 33% 271 34 13% 16 6 38% 16 10 63% 0
1975 27 OAK AL 624 100% 143 1 1 0 0 2.46 1 0 18 0 1 1 0 0 17 13 76% 87 8 9% 57 19 33% 344 44 13% 33 11 33% 23 13 57% 0
1976 28 OAK AL 675 100% 163 2 0 0 0 0.71 2 0 5 0 2 2 0 0 16 6 38% 82 8 10% 39 13 33% 299 31 10% 33 11 33% 28 17 61% 0
1977 29 OAK AL 223 100% 48 4 0 0 0 1.16 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 5 100% 29 1 3% 13 7 54% 100 9 9% 7 0 0% 4 2 50% 0
1978 30 TOT MLB 442 100% 82 9 4 0 3 1.36 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 86% 62 5 8% 39 16 41% 225 20 9% 21 6 29% 20 7 35% 0
1978 30 OAK AL 65 100% 11 5 3 0 3 1.83 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 9 1 11% 2 2 100% 43 7 16% 5 2 40% 2 0 0% 0
1978 30 LAD NL 377 100% 71 4 1 0 0 0.79 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 83% 53 4 8% 37 14 38% 182 13 7% 16 4 25% 18 7 39% 0
1979 31 SFG NL 561 99% 119 12 1 0 0 1.50 5 0 6 0 5 5 0 0 2 1 50% 62 5 8% 27 11 41% 242 26 11% 24 9 38% 11 7 64% 0
1980 32 SFG NL 500 100% 104 19 5 0 0 1.79 1 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 100% 46 4 9% 17 6 35% 201 22 11% 13 6 46% 8 3 38% 0
1981 33 SFG NL 161 100% 29 7 1 0 1 1.56 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 100% 14 1 7% 11 4 36% 63 11 17% 5 2 40% 3 3 100% 0
11 Yrs 4621 100% 1016 71 16 0 4 1.39 20 1 74 3 17 9 11 0 73 55 75% 586 50 9% 303 107 35% 2172 236 11% 181 58 32% 150 82 55% 0
MLB Averages 55% 77% 11% 34% 14% 49% 54%

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
1971 23 8 21 16 3 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 6 .375 .524 .375 .899 147 6 0 1 0 0 1
1972 24 74 163 143 25 29 2 3 0 4 7 1 17 39 .203 .296 .259 .555 53 37 2 2 1 0 2
1973 25 220 805 697 123 187 12 8 5 38 60 21 95 128 .268 .360 .330 .690 98 230 9 5 8 0 7
1974 26 369 1435 1240 202 328 32 13 9 71 114 47 164 214 .265 .355 .333 .688 101 413 18 10 19 2 8
1975 27 509 2059 1764 276 471 49 18 10 114 144 59 245 294 .267 .360 .332 .692 101 586 26 14 32 4 11
1976 28 663 2734 2354 367 634 69 23 12 145 219 88 318 389 .269 .359 .333 .693 103 785 34 16 38 8 14
1977 29 719 2957 2538 399 682 72 26 13 154 236 101 350 414 .269 .360 .333 .693 103 845 35 18 43 8 16
1978 30 853 3399 2894 458 764 86 26 13 169 266 111 424 475 .264 .361 .325 .686 100 941 40 22 49 10 20
1979 31 995 3960 3354 545 883 101 30 18 199 324 135 520 559 .263 .365 .327 .692 101 1098 45 23 50 13 23
1980 32 1123 4460 3769 618 987 113 31 19 218 369 154 601 637 .262 .366 .323 .689 100 1219 49 24 52 14 28
1981 33 1169 4621 3900 640 1016 120 31 20 230 395 162 627 665 .261 .365 .323 .688 100 1258 50 25 55 14 28

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1971 23 8 21 16 3 6 0 0 0 0 1 4 6 .375 .524 .375 .899 3 8
1972 24 69 149 133 23 24 2 3 0 4 6 14 34 .180 .264 .241 .504 8 66
1973 25 146 666 570 114 174 11 6 6 40 58 86 89 .305 .399 .377 .776 84 146
1974 26 149 659 562 97 160 23 6 5 40 61 78 86 .285 .377 .374 .750 77 149
1975 27 141 645 538 84 155 18 5 1 49 33 88 80 .288 .391 .346 .737 72 140
1976 28 155 713 617 114 187 23 6 2 39 86 84 96 .303 .386 .370 .756 89 154
1977 29 56 226 186 35 50 3 3 1 10 18 33 25 .269 .385 .333 .718 24 56
1978 30 134 453 362 66 88 15 0 0 17 32 79 61 .243 .383 .285 .667 39 134
1979 31 142 577 469 97 128 16 4 5 34 62 103 84 .273 .403 .356 .759 68 142
1980 32 128 514 423 82 112 13 1 1 21 48 87 78 .265 .391 .307 .698 51 128
1981 33 70 252 202 39 48 12 0 2 21 43 43 42 .238 .377 .327 .703 24 46
11 Yrs 1198 4875 4078 754 1132 136 34 23 275 448 699 681 .278 .386 .345 .730 539 1169
162 Game Avg. 162 659 551 102 153 18 5 3 37 61 95 92 .278 .386 .345 .730 73 1169

* 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))
1973 AL (29, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1973 AL  6.7 (9th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1973 AL  6.7 (4th)
1975 AL  5.5 (8th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1973 AL  2.8 (4th)
1975 AL  2.3 (6th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1973 AL  .376 (7th)
1979 NL  .386 (9th)
1980 NL  .373 (7th)**

Runs Scored s c a p y
1973 AL  98 (2nd)
1976 AL  91 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1973 AL  78 (9th)
1979 NL  96 (4th)
1980 NL  81 (8th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1973 AL  53 (2nd)
1974 AL  54 (1st)
1975 AL  30 (8th)
1976 AL  75 (1st)
1979 NL  58 (2nd)
1980 NL  45 (9th)
1981 NL  26 (4th)
Career  395 (75th)

Singles s c a p y
1973 AL  138 (4th)
1976 AL  136 (7th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1973 AL  239 (10th)
1976 AL  238 (8th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1974 AL  11 (7th)
1975 AL  13 (8th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1973 AL  20 (1st)
1974 AL  26 (1st)
1976 AL  29 (1st)
1979 NL  24 (1st)
1980 NL  19 (3rd)
Career  162 (19th)

SB % s c a p y
1973 AL  72.60 (8th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1976 AL  474 (7th)

                           
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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (422), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 26 (879), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 18 (876), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 15 (1068), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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