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Jim Northrup

James Thomas Northrup

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 24, 1939 in Breckenridge, MI
High School: St. Louis HS (St. Louis, MI)
School: Alma College (Alma, MI)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 30, 1964
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Orioles/Expos 1964-1975

Final Game: September 27, 1975
Died: June 8, 2011 in Grand Blanc, MI
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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
1964 24 DET AL 5 12 12 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .083 .083 .167 .250 -33 2 0 0 0 0 0 /89
1965 25 DET AL 80 233 219 20 45 12 3 2 16 1 1 12 50 .205 .253 .315 .568 60 69 6 2 0 0 1 97/8
1966 26 DET AL 123 461 419 53 111 24 6 16 58 4 7 33 52 .265 .322 .465 .788 121 195 17 4 2 3 4 *98/7
1967 27 DET AL 144 542 495 63 134 18 6 10 61 7 1 43 83 .271 .332 .392 .724 111 194 15 3 0 1 6 *879
1968 28 DET AL 154 643 580 76 153 29 7 21 90 4 5 50 87 .264 .324 .447 .770 129 259 14 4 4 5 4 *987 MVP-13
1969 29 DET AL 148 602 543 79 160 31 5 25 66 4 2 52 83 .295 .358 .508 .866 136 276 8 3 1 3 1 *897 MVP-35
1970 30 DET AL 139 576 504 71 132 21 3 24 80 3 6 58 68 .262 .343 .458 .802 119 231 12 7 2 5 6 *987
1971 31 DET AL 136 524 459 72 124 27 2 16 71 7 4 60 43 .270 .355 .442 .797 121 203 14 2 0 3 9 8793
1972 32 DET AL 134 469 426 40 111 15 2 8 42 4 7 38 47 .261 .324 .362 .686 102 154 16 2 3 0 6 *978/3
1973 33 DET AL 119 447 404 55 124 14 7 12 44 4 4 38 41 .307 .366 .465 .832 128 188 8 1 2 2 6 *978/D
1974 34 TOT MLB 126 485 437 46 106 13 1 14 53 0 0 43 56 .243 .308 .373 .681 93 163 10 0 1 4 6 *97/8D
1974 34 TOT AL 105 426 383 43 93 12 1 12 45 0 0 38 47 .243 .308 .373 .682 94 143 7 0 1 4 5 9/78D
1974 34 DET AL 97 417 376 41 89 12 1 11 42 0 0 36 46 .237 .300 .362 .662 89 136 7 0 1 4 4 9/8
1974 34 MON NL 21 59 54 3 13 1 0 2 8 0 0 5 9 .241 .305 .370 .675 85 20 3 0 0 0 1 /79
1974 34 BAL AL 8 9 7 2 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 1 .571 .667 1.000 1.667 382 7 0 0 0 0 1 /79D
1975 35 BAL AL 84 221 194 27 53 13 0 5 29 0 1 22 22 .273 .348 .418 .766 122 81 8 2 0 3 1 8/D7
12 Yrs 1392 5215 4692 603 1254 218 42 153 610 39 38 449 635 .267 .333 .429 .763 116 2015 128 30 15 29 50
162 Game Avg. 162 607 546 70 146 25 5 18 71 5 4 52 74 .267 .333 .429 .763 116 235 15 3 2 3 6
DET (11 yrs) 1279 4926 4437 571 1184 204 42 145 570 39 37 420 603 .267 .332 .430 .762 115 1907 117 28 15 26 47
BAL (2 yrs) 92 230 201 29 57 13 0 6 32 0 1 24 23 .284 .361 .438 .799 132 88 8 2 0 3 2
MON (1 yr) 21 59 54 3 13 1 0 2 8 0 0 5 9 .241 .305 .370 .675 85 20 3 0 0 0 1
AL (12 yrs) 1371 5156 4638 600 1241 217 42 151 602 39 38 444 626 .268 .334 .430 .764 116 1995 125 30 15 29 49
NL (1 yr) 21 59 54 3 13 1 0 2 8 0 0 5 9 .241 .305 .370 .675 85 20 3 0 0 0 1

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
1964 24 DET AL 5 12 -2 0 0 0 -0 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .463 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ /89
1965 25 DET AL 80 233 -10 -1 0 -3 -2 -16 -1.9 6 -9 -1.2 .477 .489 -0.9 -0.6 -6 $ 97/8
1966 26 DET AL 123 461 11 -3 -2 11 -5 13 1.3 13 26 2.6 .512 .509 1.5 0.6 15 $ *98/7
1967 27 DET AL 144 542 4 4 -0 7 -6 9 0.8 15 24 2.3 .507 .506 1.6 -0.0 16 $18,000 *879
1968 28 DET AL 154 643 19 1 -1 18 -6 31 3.7 18 49 5.4 .525 .524 3.4 1.4 31 $ *987 MVP-13
1969 29 DET AL 148 602 24 1 0 7 -5 28 2.9 17 44 4.6 .521 .519 4.0 0.1 38 $ *897 MVP-35
1970 30 DET AL 139 576 10 -2 0 -6 -6 -3 -0.4 19 16 1.4 .498 .498 2.1 -1.4 22 $ *987
1971 31 DET AL 136 524 12 -0 -0 -9 -7 -4 -0.6 17 13 1.1 .496 .497 2.2 -1.8 22 $ 8793
1972 32 DET AL 134 469 -1 -2 -1 1 -6 -8 -1.1 16 7 0.4 .492 .493 0.3 -0.7 6 $ *978/3
1973 33 DET AL 119 447 14 -1 1 -3 -7 4 0.6 14 18 1.9 .503 .502 2.2 -0.9 21 $ *978/D
1974 34 DET AL 97 417 -6 0 1 -1 -4 -10 -1.0 14 3 0.2 .488 .493 0.4 -0.5 4 $ 9/8
1974 34 MON NL 21 59 -1 -0 -1 -2 -1 -5 -0.5 2 -3 -0.3 .476 .497 -0.1 -0.3 -1 $73,000 /79
1974 34 BAL AL 8 9 3 0 0 0 -0 2 0.3 0 3 0.3 .534 .502 0.3 0.0 3 $ /79D
1975 35 BAL AL 84 221 5 0 -1 -4 -1 -0 0.1 7 7 0.7 .500 .500 1.1 -0.4 10 $ 8/D7
12 Seasons 1392 5215 82 -2 -3 17 -56 38 3.9 158 196 19.2 .503 .502 17.9 -4.6 180 $91,000
DET (11 yrs) 1279 4926 76 -2 -1 22 -54 40 4.1 149 190 18.5 .504 .503 16.6 -3.9 167 $18,000
BAL (2 yrs) 92 230 8 0 -1 -3 -1 2 0.3 7 10 1.0 .503 .501 1.4 -0.4 13 $
MON (1 yr) 21 59 -1 -0 -1 -2 -1 -5 -0.5 2 -3 -0.3 .476 .497 -0.1 -0.3 -1 $73,000

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
1964 24 DET AL 12 11 0 0.0 98 .111 .083 .258 .083 .327 .167 .401 .250 .728 -33 .000 -2.2 -0.2 .273 .167 .083 .0
1965 25 DET AL 233 181 16 2.4 93 .257 .205 .252 .253 .322 .315 .386 .568 .708 60 .276 -12.1 -1.3 .459 .164 .110 1.3
1966 26 DET AL 461 337 56 4.5 92 .268 .265 .251 .322 .319 .465 .388 .788 .706 121 .562 10.9 1.2 .690 .272 .200 6.4
1967 27 DET AL 542 378 63 4.5 87 .308 .271 .247 .332 .316 .392 .370 .724 .686 111 .585 6.2 0.7 .653 .220 .121 8.2
1968 28 DET AL 643 455 82 4.8 82 .277 .264 .241 .324 .311 .447 .357 .770 .668 129 .643 19.6 2.2 .700 .267 .183 6.7
1969 29 DET AL 602 397 100 6.8 99 .308 .295 .260 .358 .338 .508 .392 .866 .730 136 .705 24.7 2.5 .847 .313 .214 6.9
1970 30 DET AL 576 397 78 5.3 98 .259 .262 .259 .343 .334 .458 .395 .802 .729 119 .593 12.7 1.3 .751 .306 .196 5.3
1971 31 DET AL 524 356 71 5.4 96 .268 .270 .261 .355 .334 .442 .387 .797 .720 121 .628 13.6 1.4 .759 .309 .172 9.7
1972 32 DET AL 469 341 45 3.6 85 .278 .261 .250 .324 .319 .362 .361 .686 .680 102 .490 0.4 0.0 .565 .183 .101 5.3
1973 33 DET AL 447 296 68 6.2 98 .317 .307 .266 .366 .336 .465 .391 .832 .727 128 .656 14.0 1.4 .777 .252 .158 6.0
1974 34 TOT MLB 485 346 52 4.0 92 .248 .243 .261 .308 .327 .373 .376 .681 .703 93 .488 -4.6 -0.5 .604 .229 .130 .0
1974 34 TOT AL 426 302 47 4.2 91 .247 .243 .260 .308 .325 .373 .375 .682 .700 94 .507 -3.2 -0.3 .609 .230 .131 .0
1974 34 DET AL 417 299 42 3.8 91 .241 .237 .261 .300 .325 .362 .375 .662 .700 89 .460 -6.0 -0.6 .585 .221 .125 .0
1974 34 MON NL 59 44 5 3.1 99 .256 .241 .268 .305 .341 .370 .388 .675 .728 85 .354 -1.4 -0.1 .568 .222 .130 .0
1974 34 BAL AL 9 3 5 44.8 87 .600 .571 .255 .667 .319 1.000 .367 1.667 .685 382 .987 2.7 0.3 3.000 .714 .429 .0
1975 35 BAL AL 221 153 27 4.8 88 .282 .273 .251 .348 .320 .418 .369 .766 .689 122 .544 6.6 0.7 .693 .253 .144 .0
12 Yrs 5215 3648 658 4.9 92 .280 .267 .254 .333 .325 .429 .379 .763 .705 116 .589 89.9 9.4 .692 .258 .162 62.2
162 Game Avg. 607 425 77 4.9 92 .280 .267 .254 .333 .325 .429 .379 .763 .705 116 .589 10 1 .692 .258 .162 7
DET (11 yrs) 4926 3448 621 4.8 92 .280 .267 .254 .332 .325 .430 .380 .762 .705 115 .590 81.9 8.6 .692 .258 .163 61.5
BAL (2 yrs) 230 156 32 5.5 88 .291 .284 .251 .361 .320 .438 .369 .799 .688 132 .612 9.4 1.0 .739 .269 .154 .0
MON (1 yr) 59 44 5 3.1 99 .256 .241 .268 .305 .341 .370 .388 .675 .728 85 .354 -1.4 -0.1 .568 .222 .130 .0
AL (12 yrs) 5156 3604 653 4.9 92 .280 .268 .254 .334 .325 .430 .379 .764 .704 116 .591 91.3 9.5 .694 .259 .163 62.0
NL (1 yr) 59 44 5 3.1 99 .256 .241 .268 .305 .341 .370 .388 .675 .728 85 .354 -1.4 -0.1 .568 .222 .130 .0

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
1968 28 DET AL WS STL W 7 29 28 4 7 0 1 2 8 0 0 1 5 .250 .276 .536 .812 15 3 0 0 0 1
1972 32 DET AL ALCS OAK L 5 16 14 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 3 .357 .438 .357 .795 5 2 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 12 45 42 4 12 0 1 2 9 0 1 3 8 .286 .333 .476 .810 20 5 0 0 0 1
1 ALCS 5 16 14 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 3 .357 .438 .357 .795 5 2 0 0 0 0
1 WS 7 29 28 4 7 0 1 2 8 0 0 1 5 .250 .276 .536 .812 15 3 0 0 0 1

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
1964 24 DET AL 12 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 8.3% 100% 4.0 3.00 75%
1965 25 DET AL 233 0.9% 21.5% 5.2% 7.3% 38% 4.17 4.4 109.5 13.7 1.67 72%
1966 26 DET AL 461 3.5% 11.3% 7.2% 10.0% 41% 1.58 8.1 26.2 7.2 1.31 77%
1967 27 DET AL 542 1.9% 15.3% 7.9% 6.3% 25% 1.93 6.0 49.5 8.1 1.48 74%
1968 28 DET AL 643 3.3% 13.5% 7.8% 8.9% 37% 1.74 6.7 27.6 6.4 1.21 74%
1969 29 DET AL 602 4.2% 13.8% 8.6% 10.1% 38% 1.60 6.5 21.7 8.2 0.86 73%
1970 30 DET AL 576 4.2% 11.8% 10.1% 8.3% 36% 1.17 7.4 21.0 6.3 1.06 72%
1971 31 DET AL 524 3.1% 8.2% 11.5% 8.6% 36% 0.72 10.7 28.7 6.5 1.29 77%
1972 32 DET AL 469 1.7% 10.0% 8.1% 5.3% 23% 1.24 9.1 53.3 10.1 1.25 79%
1973 33 DET AL 447 2.7% 9.2% 8.5% 7.4% 27% 1.08 9.9 33.7 9.2 1.09 79%
1974 34 TOT MLB 485 2.9% 11.6% 8.9% 5.8% 26% 1.30 7.8 31.2 8.2 0.91 76%
1974 34 TOT AL 426 2.8% 11.0% 8.9% 5.9% 27% 1.24 8.1 31.9 8.5 0.89 77%
1974 34 DET AL 417 2.6% 11.0% 8.6% 5.8% 27% 1.28 8.2 34.2 9.0 0.89 77%
1974 34 MON NL 59 3.4% 15.3% 8.5% 5.1% 23% 1.80 6.0 27.0 6.8 1.13 73%
1974 34 BAL AL 9 11.1% 11.1% 22.2% 11.1% 25% 0.50 7.0 7.0 2.3 1.00 56%
1975 35 BAL AL 221 2.3% 10.0% 10.0% 8.1% 34% 1.00 8.8 38.8 6.7 1.00 77%
12 Yrs 5215 2.9% 12.2% 8.6% 7.9% 33% 1.41 7.4 30.7 7.7 1.16 75%
MLB Averages 2.0% 14.7% 8.5% 6.0% 27% 1.74 6.1 44.5 9.1 1.11 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1964 24 DET AL -2.2 -0.2 13 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 .98 -0.2 -0.0 -1.8 -0.2 0.76 -2.1 1.20 3
1965 25 DET AL -12.3 -1.3 236 -2.0 3.2 -5.2 1.12 -1.1 -0.7 -13.9 -1.5 0.96 -10.8 1.79 24
1966 26 DET AL 10.9 1.2 481 1.3 8.9 -7.6 .96 0.8 0.5 11.3 1.2 0.99 12.2 2.28 10
1967 27 DET AL 6.2 0.7 563 1.3 10.4 -9.0 1.02 0.0 1.3 10.6 1.1 1.00 5.1 2.96 6
1968 28 DET AL 19.6 2.2 666 3.9 14.1 -10.2 1.02 2.3 1.5 39.4 4.3 0.96 26.3 1.98 4
1969 29 DET AL 24.7 2.5 614 3.1 12.6 -9.5 .97 3.3 -0.1 27.3 2.7 0.93 35.8 1.52 5
1970 30 DET AL 12.7 1.3 588 3.2 13.2 -9.9 1.05 2.1 1.0 20.2 2.0 0.97 19.3 1.44 3
1971 31 DET AL 13.6 1.4 546 3.7 12.6 -9.0 1.07 2.2 1.2 27.4 2.8 0.99 24.1 1.66 14
1972 32 DET AL 0.4 0.0 486 -0.9 7.3 -8.3 .97 -0.0 -0.9 1.0 0.1 0.98 3.0 1.08 14
1973 33 DET AL 14.0 1.4 460 0.3 7.1 -6.9 .96 1.2 -0.9 8.0 0.8 0.91 12.1 1.70 9
1974 34 TOT MLB -4.6 -0.5 489 1.1 10.4 -9.3 1.17 0.2 0.8 -3.4 -0.3 0.98 -0.6 1.88 10
1974 34 TOT AL -3.2 -0.3 430 0.9 8.9 -8.0 1.15 0.1 0.7 -3.6 -0.4 0.96 -1.1 3.61 2
1974 34 DET AL -6.0 -0.6 421 0.6 8.4 -7.8 1.13 -0.2 0.8 -6.0 -0.6 0.96 -4.3 0
1974 34 MON NL -1.4 -0.1 59 0.2 1.5 -1.4 1.33 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 1.07 0.4 1.45 8
1974 34 BAL AL 2.7 0.3 9 0.3 0.5 -0.2 1.96 0.3 -0.2 2.4 0.3 1.15 3.2 3.61 2
1975 35 BAL AL 6.6 0.7 224 0.9 5.7 -4.8 1.30 0.4 0.3 4.4 0.5 1.02 3.1 2.49 23
12 Yrs 89.6 9.4 5366 15.7 105.6 -89.9 1.04 11.2 3.9 130.6 13.5 0.97 127.3 1.89 125

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
1964 24 DET AL 0 0 100% 3 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 25 DET AL 4 0 32% 78 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 44% 8 6 1 3 2 1 7 0 6
1966 26 DET AL 7 0 28% 144 4 7 36% 3 6 1 1 0 0 4 3 7 16 54% 27 14 12 3 1 2 11 3 8
1967 27 DET AL 4 0 31% 218 7 1 88% 6 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 6 23 62% 26 12 13 8 3 5 16 3 13
1968 28 DET AL 9 0 30% 244 4 5 44% 4 5 0 0 0 1 1 1 7 24 60% 30 15 14 9 2 6 21 4 16
1969 29 DET AL 6 0 28% 245 4 2 67% 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 23 58% 28 11 16 5 3 1 12 3 9
1970 30 DET AL 4 0 27% 232 3 6 33% 3 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 15 58% 33 18 13 2 1 1 15 0 15
1971 31 DET AL 6 0 33% 190 7 4 64% 5 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 8 14 43% 33 19 13 7 6 1 21 9 12
1972 32 DET AL 3 0 22% 163 4 7 36% 4 3 0 0 0 4 1 0 6 11 36% 29 20 7 6 2 4 9 4 5
1973 33 DET AL 6 0 29% 219 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 9 47% 33 23 10 3 2 1 22 5 16
1974 34 TOT MLB 7 0 24% 163 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 44% 28 20 7 2 1 1 13 2 11
1974 34 TOT AL 6 0 26% 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 49% 24 16 7 2 1 1 11 1 10
1974 34 DET AL 6 0 26% 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 49% 23 15 7 2 1 1 10 1 9
1974 34 MON NL 1 0 6% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17% 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1974 34 BAL AL 0 0 20% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1975 35 BAL AL 2 0 31% 62 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 6 46% 12 10 2 1 1 0 9 1 8
12 Yrs 58 0 29% 1961 39 38 51% 35 27 4 5 0 7 16 5 65 150 51% 287 168 108 49 24 23 156 34 119

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
1964 24 DET AL 12 92% 1 3 0 0 0 1.20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 4 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1965 25 DET AL 233 84% 45 24 3 1 2 1.79 2 0 6 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0% 50 6 12% 26 4 15% 141 15 11% 8 4 50% 7 2 29% 0
1966 26 DET AL 461 81% 111 10 4 1 2 2.28 16 1 9 12 4 10 6 0 2 2 100% 115 17 15% 39 10 26% 316 44 14% 33 14 42% 19 12 63% 0
1967 27 DET AL 542 71% 134 6 2 0 2 2.96 10 2 15 8 2 7 3 0 0 0 100 15 15% 44 9 20% 350 53 15% 31 15 48% 22 12 55% 0
1968 28 DET AL 643 71% 153 4 0 0 0 1.98 21 4 17 17 4 10 11 0 5 4 80% 134 14 10% 46 13 28% 389 73 19% 38 25 66% 24 14 58% 0
1969 29 DET AL 602 64% 160 5 0 0 1 1.52 25 0 11 16 9 13 12 0 1 1 100% 111 8 7% 49 13 27% 331 42 13% 26 8 31% 23 14 61% 0
1970 30 DET AL 576 68% 132 3 1 0 0 1.44 24 1 16 17 7 13 11 0 2 2 100% 121 12 10% 43 15 35% 379 59 16% 30 16 53% 22 11 50% 0
1971 31 DET AL 524 75% 124 14 5 0 2 1.66 16 0 14 15 1 9 7 0 2 0 0% 96 14 15% 43 8 19% 351 60 17% 24 7 29% 20 13 65% 0
1972 32 DET AL 469 86% 111 14 2 0 0 1.08 8 0 13 8 0 5 3 0 3 3 100% 99 16 16% 33 8 24% 290 36 12% 17 5 29% 17 11 65% 0
1973 33 DET AL 447 89% 124 9 2 0 2 1.70 12 0 8 10 2 9 3 0 3 2 67% 77 8 10% 34 11 32% 223 34 15% 16 12 75% 13 6 46% 0
1974 34 TOT MLB 485 74% 106 10 2 1 2 1.88 14 0 12 13 1 9 5 0 1 1 100% 100 10 10% 45 14 31% 340 42 12% 24 15 63% 21 10 48% 0
1974 34 TOT AL 426 73% 93 2 1 1 1 3.61 12 0 11 11 1 9 3 0 1 1 100% 89 7 8% 38 13 34% 290 36 12% 22 15 68% 15 7 47% 0
1974 34 DET AL 417 72% 89 0 0 0 0 11 0 10 10 1 9 2 0 1 1 100% 86 7 8% 37 13 35% 281 34 12% 19 14 74% 15 7 47% 0
1974 34 MON NL 59 85% 13 8 1 0 1 1.45 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 3 27% 7 1 14% 50 6 12% 2 0 0% 6 3 50% 0
1974 34 BAL AL 9 78% 4 2 1 1 1 3.61 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 9 2 22% 3 1 33% 0 0 0
1975 35 BAL AL 221 99% 53 23 9 1 8 2.49 5 0 9 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 45 8 18% 24 5 21% 161 24 15% 15 6 40% 9 3 33% 0
12 Yrs 5215 76% 1254 125 30 4 21 1.89 153 8 130 123 30 87 66 0 20 15 75% 1049 128 12% 427 110 26% 3275 482 15% 262 127 48% 197 108 55% 0
MLB Averages 54% 76% 11% 31% 14% 47% 52%

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
1964 24 5 12 12 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .083 .083 .167 .250 -33 2 0 0 0 0 0
1965 25 85 245 231 21 46 13 3 2 16 2 1 12 53 .199 .245 .307 .552 56 71 6 2 0 0 1
1966 26 208 706 650 74 157 37 9 18 74 6 8 45 105 .242 .295 .409 .705 98 266 23 6 2 3 5
1967 27 352 1248 1145 137 291 55 15 28 135 13 9 88 188 .254 .311 .402 .713 104 460 38 9 2 4 11
1968 28 506 1891 1725 213 444 84 22 49 225 17 14 138 275 .257 .316 .417 .732 112 719 52 13 6 9 15
1969 29 654 2493 2268 292 604 115 27 74 291 21 16 190 358 .266 .326 .439 .765 118 995 60 16 7 12 16
1970 30 793 3069 2772 363 736 136 30 98 371 24 22 248 426 .266 .329 .442 .771 118 1226 72 23 9 17 22
1971 31 929 3593 3231 435 860 163 32 114 442 31 26 308 469 .266 .333 .442 .775 118 1429 86 25 9 20 31
1972 32 1063 4062 3657 475 971 178 34 122 484 35 33 346 516 .266 .332 .433 .765 117 1583 102 27 12 20 37
1973 33 1182 4509 4061 530 1095 192 41 134 528 39 37 384 557 .270 .335 .436 .771 118 1771 110 28 14 22 43
1974 34 1308 4994 4498 576 1201 205 42 148 581 39 37 427 613 .267 .333 .430 .763 115 1934 120 28 15 26 49
1975 35 1392 5215 4692 603 1254 218 42 153 610 39 38 449 635 .267 .333 .429 .763 116 2015 128 30 15 29 50

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
1964 24 5 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
1965 25 80 237 222 22 48 13 3 2 18 1 13 50 .216 .266 .329 .595 19 80
1966 26 124 472 428 58 118 26 6 17 64 4 35 52 .276 .334 .484 .818 68 123
1967 27 144 558 507 73 146 20 7 11 71 8 47 83 .288 .351 .420 .771 74 144
1968 28 154 675 603 96 176 33 8 24 113 5 58 87 .292 .356 .493 .849 105 154
1969 29 148 606 546 81 163 32 5 25 68 4 53 83 .299 .362 .513 .875 101 148
1970 30 139 582 508 75 136 22 3 25 84 3 60 68 .268 .350 .470 .820 82 139
1971 31 137 536 468 79 131 29 2 17 77 7 63 43 .280 .366 .459 .825 78 136
1972 32 140 511 461 52 132 18 2 10 54 5 45 49 .286 .352 .399 .751 64 134
1973 33 119 451 407 57 127 14 7 12 46 4 39 41 .312 .372 .469 .841 72 119
1974 34 126 498 446 51 115 14 1 15 59 0 47 56 .258 .326 .395 .721 58 126
1975 35 85 230 201 32 59 14 0 6 34 0 24 22 .294 .370 .453 .822 33 84
12 Yrs 1401 5368 4809 676 1351 235 44 164 688 42 484 637 .281 .349 .450 .799 754 1392
162 Game Avg. 162 621 556 78 156 27 5 19 80 5 56 74 .281 .349 .450 .799 87 1392

* 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

Hall of Fame
1981 BBWAA ( 0.2%)
1982 BBWAA ()

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1968 AL (13, 5%)
1969 AL (35, 0%)
0.05 Career Shares (1113th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1968 AL  5.4 (9th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1968 AL  5.4 (5th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1969 AL  .295 (9th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1968 AL  .447 (9th)
1969 AL  .508 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1968 AL  153 (8th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1968 AL  259 (5th)

Doubles s c a p y
1968 AL  29 (5th)
1969 AL  31 (6th)
1971 AL  27 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1967 AL  6 (10th)
1968 AL  7 (7th)
1969 AL  5 (9th)
1973 AL  7 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1968 AL  21 (10th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1968 AL  90 (3rd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1969 AL  136 (9th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1968 AL  82 (9th)
1969 AL  100 (10th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1968 AL  57 (4th)
1969 AL  61 (9th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1969 AL  .705 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1970 AL  7 (10th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1968 AL  5 (10th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1966 AL  17 (6th)
1967 AL  15 (8th)
1968 AL  14 (10th)
1972 AL  16 (9th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1968 AL  39.45 (5th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1968 AL  3.9 (7th)
1971 AL  3.7 (8th)
Career  15.7 (240th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1969 AL  3.3 (10th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1968 AL  4.3 (5th)

             

† 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 (·)

Gray InkBatting - 31 (769), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1650), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1263), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters 
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  1. Juan Encarnacion (956)
  2. Hector Lopez (952)
  3. Gary Ward (948)
  4. Sixto Lezcano (944)
  5. Willard Marshall (940)
  6. Kevin Bass (939)
  7. Jeffrey Leonard (938)
  8. Jacque Jones (937)
  9. Dan Ford (936)
  10. Bill Robinson (935)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Eddie Lukon (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. George Thomas (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Cito Gaston (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ben Oglivie (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Rip Repulski (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Rip Repulski (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jackie Brandt (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Dan Ford (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Willard Marshall (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Hector Lopez (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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