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Ken Oberkfell

Kenneth Ray Oberkfell

Positions: Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: May 4, 1956 in Highland, IL
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1975. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 22, 1977
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Braves/Astros/Giants/Angels/... 1977-1992

Final Game: October 4, 1992
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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
1977 21 STL NL 9 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .111 .222 -40 1 0 0 0 0 0 /4
1978 22 STL NL 24 54 50 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .120 .170 .140 .310 -12 7 1 0 1 0 0 4/5
1979 23 STL NL 135 435 369 53 111 19 5 1 35 4 1 57 35 .301 .396 .388 .784 114 143 9 4 1 4 9 *45/6
1980 24 STL NL 116 486 422 58 128 27 6 3 46 4 4 51 23 .303 .377 .417 .794 119 176 11 1 9 3 8 45
1981 25 STL NL 102 420 376 43 110 12 6 2 45 13 5 37 28 .293 .353 .372 .725 104 140 11 0 3 4 6 *5/6
1982 26 STL NL 137 516 470 55 136 22 5 2 34 11 9 40 31 .289 .345 .370 .715 100 174 11 1 3 2 6 *5/4
1983 27 STL NL 151 557 488 62 143 26 5 3 38 12 6 61 27 .293 .371 .385 .756 110 188 12 1 4 3 5 *54/6
1984 28 TOT NL 100 362 324 38 87 19 2 1 21 2 5 31 27 .269 .331 .349 .680 90 113 7 1 3 3 3 5/46
1984 28 STL NL 50 169 152 17 47 11 1 0 11 1 2 16 10 .309 .379 .395 .773 120 60 3 1 0 0 2 5/46
1984 28 ATL NL 50 193 172 21 40 8 1 1 10 1 3 15 17 .233 .289 .308 .598 64 53 4 0 3 3 1 5/4
1985 29 ATL NL 134 472 412 30 112 19 4 3 35 1 2 51 38 .272 .359 .359 .718 98 148 10 6 1 2 6 *54
1986 30 ATL NL 151 596 503 62 136 24 3 5 48 7 4 83 40 .270 .373 .360 .733 100 181 11 2 4 4 6 *54
1987 31 ATL NL 135 566 508 59 142 29 2 3 48 3 3 48 29 .280 .342 .362 .704 84 184 13 2 5 3 5 *54
1988 32 TOT NL 140 529 476 49 129 22 4 3 42 4 5 37 34 .271 .321 .353 .674 92 168 8 2 6 8 7 *54/63
1988 32 ATL NL 120 469 422 42 117 20 4 3 40 4 5 32 28 .277 .325 .365 .690 95 154 6 2 5 8 6 *5/4
1988 32 PIT NL 20 60 54 7 12 2 0 0 2 0 0 5 6 .222 .288 .259 .547 60 14 2 0 1 0 1 4/653
1989 33 TOT NL 97 173 156 19 42 6 1 2 17 0 1 10 10 .269 .316 .359 .675 96 56 4 2 2 3 0 534
1989 33 PIT NL 14 44 40 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 .125 .163 .150 .313 -8 6 0 0 1 1 0 /34
1989 33 SFG NL 83 129 116 17 37 5 1 2 15 0 1 8 8 .319 .367 .431 .798 131 50 4 2 1 2 0 5/34
1990 34 HOU NL 77 168 150 10 31 6 1 1 12 1 1 15 17 .207 .281 .280 .561 58 42 2 1 1 1 1 534
1991 35 HOU NL 53 84 70 7 16 4 0 0 14 0 0 14 8 .229 .357 .286 .643 89 20 0 0 0 0 4 3/5
1992 36 CAL AL 41 101 91 6 24 1 0 0 10 0 1 8 5 .264 .317 .275 .592 68 25 2 0 0 2 2 4/D3
16 Yrs 1602 5528 4874 558 1354 237 44 29 446 62 47 546 356 .278 .351 .362 .713 97 1766 112 23 43 42 68
162 Game Avg. 162 559 493 56 137 24 4 3 45 6 5 55 36 .278 .351 .362 .713 97 179 11 2 4 4 7
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
STL (8 yrs) 724 2646 2336 295 682 118 28 11 210 45 27 265 158 .292 .364 .381 .744 107 889 58 8 21 16 36
ATL (5 yrs) 590 2296 2017 214 547 100 14 15 181 16 17 229 152 .271 .346 .357 .703 92 720 44 12 18 20 24
PIT (2 yrs) 34 104 94 9 17 3 0 0 4 0 0 7 8 .181 .235 .213 .448 31 20 2 0 2 1 1
HOU (2 yrs) 130 252 220 17 47 10 1 1 26 1 1 29 25 .214 .307 .282 .589 68 62 2 1 1 1 5
SFG (1 yr) 83 129 116 17 37 5 1 2 15 0 1 8 8 .319 .367 .431 .798 131 50 4 2 1 2 0
CAL (1 yr) 41 101 91 6 24 1 0 0 10 0 1 8 5 .264 .317 .275 .592 68 25 2 0 0 2 2
NL (15 yrs) 1561 5427 4783 552 1330 236 44 29 436 62 46 538 351 .278 .351 .364 .715 98 1741 110 23 43 40 66
AL (1 yr) 41 101 91 6 24 1 0 0 10 0 1 8 5 .264 .317 .275 .592 68 25 2 0 0 2 2

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
1977 21 STL NL 9 9 -1 0 0 -1 0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .479 .499 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $ /4
1978 22 STL NL 24 54 -7 -0 0 3 0 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.2 .483 .497 -0.6 0.4 -5 $ 4/5
1979 23 STL NL 135 435 9 1 1 4 3 18 2.1 13 31 3.3 .515 .512 2.8 0.9 27 $ *45/6
1980 24 STL NL 116 486 9 -1 -1 3 3 13 1.5 15 28 2.9 .512 .509 2.5 0.7 25 $ 45
1981 25 STL NL 102 420 6 0 0 7 1 14 1.8 13 27 3.1 .516 .510 2.2 1.0 20 $210,000 *5/6
1982 26 STL NL 137 516 -2 0 2 8 1 8 1.1 16 24 2.6 .507 .506 1.6 1.1 17 $350,000 *5/4
1983 27 STL NL 151 557 6 2 1 2 2 12 1.4 17 29 3.0 .509 .508 2.8 0.4 28 $ *54/6
1984 28 STL NL 50 169 4 -1 0 4 0 8 0.9 5 13 1.4 .517 .505 0.9 0.5 9 $ 5/46
1984 28 ATL NL 50 193 -9 -0 0 -3 0 -12 -1.3 6 -6 -0.7 .474 .492 -0.4 -0.2 -3 $ 5/4
1985 29 ATL NL 134 472 0 -1 2 5 1 7 0.9 14 21 2.3 .506 .505 1.7 0.7 17 $616,667 *54
1986 30 ATL NL 151 596 4 -1 -1 7 2 11 1.3 18 30 3.1 .508 .508 2.2 1.1 22 $825,000 *54
1987 31 ATL NL 135 566 -12 -2 -0 -4 1 -17 -1.7 17 -0 0.0 .487 .489 0.2 -0.2 4 $725,000 *54
1988 32 ATL NL 120 469 -3 -1 1 -12 1 -14 -1.6 15 0 -0.2 .486 .490 1.1 -1.2 12 $725,000 *5/4
1988 32 PIT NL 20 60 -3 -0 -0 0 0 -3 -0.4 2 -1 -0.2 .481 .498 -0.2 0.1 -2 $ 4/653
1989 33 PIT NL 14 44 -6 -0 1 0 -0 -6 -0.7 1 -4 -0.5 .453 .496 -0.6 -0.0 -5 $725,000 /34
1989 33 SFG NL 83 129 5 0 -0 -0 -0 4 0.5 4 8 0.9 .506 .503 1.0 -0.1 9 $ 5/34
1990 34 HOU NL 77 168 -9 -1 1 1 -0 -8 -0.8 5 -3 -0.4 .488 .494 -0.5 0.1 -4 $625,000 534
1991 35 HOU NL 53 84 -1 0 1 0 -1 -1 -0.1 2 2 0.2 .498 .499 0.1 -0.0 1 $675,000 3/5
1992 36 CAL AL 41 101 -5 -0 0 -1 -0 -7 -0.7 3 -4 -0.4 .482 .495 -0.3 -0.1 -2 $ 4/D3
16 Seasons 1602 5528 -16 -5 7 22 16 23 3.5 169 192 20.0 .502 .501 16.4 5.2 170 $5,476,667
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
STL (8 yrs) 724 2646 24 1 3 29 12 69 8.1 81 149 15.9 .511 .506 12.1 5.0 121 $560,000
ATL (5 yrs) 590 2296 -21 -5 2 -6 5 -25 -2.4 71 45 4.5 .495 .497 4.8 0.2 51 $2,891,667
PIT (2 yrs) 34 104 -9 -1 0 1 -0 -9 -1.0 3 -5 -0.7 .470 .497 -0.8 0.1 -6 $725,000
HOU (2 yrs) 130 252 -10 -0 2 1 -1 -9 -0.9 7 -2 -0.2 .492 .497 -0.4 0.1 -3 $1,300,000
SFG (1 yr) 83 129 5 0 -0 -0 -0 4 0.5 4 8 0.9 .506 .503 1.0 -0.1 9 $
CAL (1 yr) 41 101 -5 -0 0 -1 -0 -7 -0.7 3 -4 -0.4 .482 .495 -0.3 -0.1 -2 $

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
1977 21 STL NL 9 8 0 0.0 102 .167 .111 .268 .111 .336 .111 .409 .222 .744 -40 .000 -1.8 -0.2 .125 .000 .000
1978 22 STL NL 54 46 1 0.6 94 .122 .120 .261 .170 .329 .140 .384 .310 .712 -12 .026 -7.6 -0.8 .222 .080 .020
1979 23 STL NL 435 273 60 5.9 101 .326 .301 .271 .396 .337 .388 .403 .784 .740 114 .632 10.4 1.0 .772 .249 .087 1.6
1980 24 STL NL 486 321 66 5.6 98 .313 .303 .271 .377 .334 .417 .394 .794 .728 119 .622 12.4 1.3 .738 .235 .114 3.4
1981 25 STL NL 420 289 49 4.6 94 .309 .293 .266 .353 .332 .372 .381 .725 .713 104 .549 2.1 0.2 .656 .199 .080 3.5
1982 26 STL NL 516 359 58 4.4 95 .305 .289 .267 .345 .330 .370 .388 .715 .718 100 .515 0.2 0.0 .613 .170 .081 3.4
1983 27 STL NL 557 370 71 5.2 97 .304 .293 .264 .371 .333 .385 .392 .756 .725 110 .589 8.5 0.9 .705 .230 .092 4.8
1984 28 TOT NL 362 255 37 3.9 96 .288 .269 .266 .331 .332 .349 .388 .680 .719 90 .470 -3.6 -0.4 .570 .167 .080 1.3
1984 28 STL NL 169 110 22 5.4 92 .331 .309 .261 .379 .326 .395 .380 .773 .705 120 .614 4.8 0.5 .691 .184 .086 .0
1984 28 ATL NL 193 145 15 2.8 99 .248 .233 .271 .289 .337 .308 .394 .598 .732 64 .322 -8.4 -0.9 .475 .151 .076 1.0
1985 29 ATL NL 472 315 54 4.6 99 .292 .272 .266 .359 .334 .359 .396 .718 .730 98 .543 0.5 0.0 .654 .209 .087 1.5
1986 30 ATL NL 596 390 72 5.0 102 .284 .270 .267 .373 .338 .360 .403 .733 .741 100 .566 3.4 0.3 .704 .260 .089 5.8
1987 31 ATL NL 566 390 63 4.3 109 .290 .280 .274 .342 .344 .362 .426 .704 .770 84 .459 -10.7 -1.0 .613 .177 .083 3.0
1988 32 TOT NL 529 374 55 4.0 92 .282 .271 .260 .321 .324 .353 .382 .674 .706 92 .498 -4.8 -0.5 .572 .158 .082 3.4
1988 32 ATL NL 469 329 51 4.2 93 .286 .277 .261 .325 .325 .365 .383 .690 .708 95 .521 -2.1 -0.2 .592 .161 .088 3.4
1988 32 PIT NL 60 45 4 2.4 88 .250 .222 .254 .288 .317 .259 .373 .547 .690 60 .284 -2.7 -0.3 .432 .130 .037
1989 33 TOT NL 173 124 19 4.1 88 .272 .269 .250 .316 .317 .359 .373 .675 .690 96 .509 -0.7 -0.1 .563 .147 .090 .0
1989 33 PIT NL 44 37 1 0.7 87 .128 .125 .249 .163 .316 .150 .371 .313 .687 -8 .042 -5.5 -0.6 .229 .075 .025
1989 33 SFG NL 129 87 18 5.6 88 .324 .319 .250 .367 .317 .431 .373 .798 .690 131 .642 4.8 0.5 .702 .172 .112 .0
1990 34 HOU NL 168 124 12 2.6 95 .226 .207 .261 .281 .327 .280 .392 .561 .718 58 .276 -8.5 -0.9 .475 .173 .073 1.0
1991 35 HOU NL 84 54 8 4.0 88 .258 .229 .250 .357 .316 .286 .374 .643 .690 89 .476 -0.0 0.0 .630 .257 .057
1992 36 CAL AL 101 72 8 3.0 94 .273 .264 .259 .317 .328 .275 .385 .592 .713 68 .330 -3.7 -0.4 .457 .088 .011
16 Yrs 5528 3764 633 4.5 98 .292 .278 .266 .351 .333 .362 .394 .713 .727 97 .527 -4.2 -0.5 .639 .200 .085 39.5
162 Game Avg. 559 381 64 4.5 98 .292 .278 .266 .351 .333 .362 .394 .713 .727 97 .527 -4.2 -0.5 .639 .200 .085 4
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
STL (8 yrs) 2646 1776 327 5.0 97 .307 .292 .267 .364 .333 .381 .390 .744 .723 107 .572 28.9 2.9 .679 .210 .089 17.7
ATL (5 yrs) 2296 1569 255 4.4 101 .284 .271 .268 .346 .336 .357 .402 .703 .739 92 .506 -17.4 -1.8 .627 .199 .086 15.5
PIT (2 yrs) 104 82 5 1.6 88 .195 .181 .252 .235 .317 .213 .372 .448 .689 31 .163 -8.2 -0.9 .342 .106 .032
HOU (2 yrs) 252 178 20 3.0 93 .236 .214 .257 .307 .323 .282 .386 .589 .709 68 .340 -8.6 -0.9 .523 .200 .068 1.0
SFG (1 yr) 129 87 18 5.6 88 .324 .319 .250 .367 .317 .431 .373 .798 .690 131 .642 4.8 0.5 .702 .172 .112 .0
CAL (1 yr) 101 72 8 3.0 94 .273 .264 .259 .317 .328 .275 .385 .592 .713 68 .330 -3.7 -0.4 .457 .088 .011
NL (15 yrs) 5427 3692 625 4.6 98 .293 .278 .266 .351 .333 .364 .395 .715 .727 98 .530 -0.5 -0.1 .642 .202 .086 39.5
AL (1 yr) 101 72 8 3.0 94 .273 .264 .259 .317 .328 .275 .385 .592 .713 68 .330 -3.7 -0.4 .457 .088 .011

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
1982 26 STL NL NLCS ATL W 3 15 15 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 3 0 0 0 0 0
1982 26 STL NL WS MIL W 7 26 24 4 7 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 .292 .346 .333 .679 8 0 0 0 0 0
1989 33 SFG NL NLCS CHC W 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 33 SFG NL WS OAK L 4 9 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .333 .556 .333 .889 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (4 Series) 17 54 49 6 12 1 0 0 3 2 0 5 1 .245 .315 .265 .580 13 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 6 19 19 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .158 .158 .158 .316 3 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 11 35 30 5 9 1 0 0 1 2 0 5 1 .300 .400 .333 .733 10 0 0 0 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
1977 21 STL NL 9 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.0 9.0 1.00 67%
1978 22 STL NL 54 0.0% 1.9% 5.6% 1.9% 17% 0.33 50.0 1.32 91%
1979 23 STL NL 435 0.2% 8.1% 13.1% 5.8% 23% 0.61 10.5 369.0 10.5 1.70 77%
1980 24 STL NL 486 0.6% 4.7% 10.5% 7.4% 28% 0.45 18.3 140.7 9.2 1.28 82%
1981 25 STL NL 420 0.5% 6.7% 8.8% 4.8% 18% 0.76 13.4 188.0 8.4 1.47 83%
1982 26 STL NL 516 0.4% 6.0% 7.8% 5.6% 21% 0.78 15.2 235.0 13.8 1.41 85%
1983 27 STL NL 557 0.5% 4.9% 11.0% 6.1% 24% 0.44 18.1 162.7 12.8 0.96 83%
1984 28 TOT NL 362 0.3% 7.5% 8.6% 6.1% 25% 0.87 12.0 324.0 15.4 1.16 83%
1984 28 STL NL 169 0.0% 5.9% 9.5% 7.1% 26% 0.63 15.2 13.8 0.88 84%
1984 28 ATL NL 193 0.5% 8.8% 7.8% 5.2% 25% 1.13 10.1 172.0 17.2 1.43 81%
1985 29 ATL NL 472 0.6% 8.1% 10.8% 5.5% 23% 0.75 10.8 137.3 11.8 1.18 79%
1986 30 ATL NL 596 0.8% 6.7% 13.9% 5.4% 24% 0.48 12.6 100.6 10.5 1.02 78%
1987 31 ATL NL 566 0.5% 5.1% 8.5% 6.0% 24% 0.60 17.5 169.3 10.6 0.98 85%
1988 32 TOT NL 529 0.6% 6.4% 7.0% 5.5% 23% 0.92 14.0 158.7 11.3 0.83 1.07 85% 22% 2.3% 48%
1988 32 ATL NL 469 0.6% 6.0% 6.8% 5.8% 23% 0.88 15.1 140.7 10.6 0.82 1.03 85% 22% 2.7% 48%
1988 32 PIT NL 60 0.0% 10.0% 8.3% 3.3% 17% 1.20 9.0 27.0 0.92 1.44 80% 24% 0.0% 40%
1989 33 TOT NL 173 1.2% 5.8% 5.8% 5.2% 21% 1.00 15.6 78.0 9.2 0.68 0.87 85% 21% 3.0% 24%
1989 33 PIT NL 44 0.0% 4.6% 4.6% 2.3% 20% 1.00 20.0 20.0 0.70 0.84 89% 20% 0.0% 39%
1989 33 SFG NL 129 1.6% 6.2% 6.2% 6.2% 22% 1.00 14.5 58.0 7.7 0.68 0.88 84% 22% 3.8% 18%
1990 34 HOU NL 168 0.6% 10.1% 8.9% 4.8% 26% 1.13 8.8 150.0 12.5 0.82 1.02 79% 17% 1.9% 29%
1991 35 HOU NL 84 0.0% 9.5% 16.7% 4.8% 25% 0.57 8.8 5.0 1.14 1.30 74% 18% 0.0% 10%
1992 36 CAL AL 101 0.0% 5.0% 7.9% 1.0% 4% 0.63 18.2 9.1 0.87 1.00 87% 26% 0.0% 9%
16 Yrs 5528 0.5% 6.4% 9.9% 5.6% 23% 0.65 13.7 168.1 10.9 0.83 1.16 82% 21% 1.9% 34%
MLB Averages 2.1% 14.0% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 1.65 6.4 42.5 8.5 0.80 1.08 74% 20% 6.2% 22%
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

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1977 21 STL NL -1.8 -0.2 9 0.1 0.1 -0.1 .43 -0.0 0.2 0.6 0.1 0.77 -0.3 0.36 3
1978 22 STL NL -7.6 -0.8 54 -0.7 0.4 -1.1 1.03 -0.6 -0.0 -6.8 -0.7 0.93 -6.8 0.38 4
1979 23 STL NL 10.4 1.0 444 1.1 7.8 -6.7 1.06 0.9 0.1 15.1 1.5 0.97 12.2 1.71 12
1980 24 STL NL 12.4 1.3 499 0.5 8.1 -7.6 .95 0.9 -0.4 17.8 1.8 0.94 13.5 1.10 1
1981 25 STL NL 2.1 0.2 441 1.4 7.9 -6.5 1.01 0.8 0.6 18.9 1.9 1.00 10.4 0.84 1
1982 26 STL NL 0.2 0.0 549 1.2 9.7 -8.5 1.00 0.3 0.9 7.7 0.8 0.97 4.0 3.18 2
1983 27 STL NL 8.5 0.9 579 0.6 10.1 -9.6 1.03 1.0 -0.4 2.7 0.3 0.96 10.0 1.26 8
1984 28 TOT NL -3.6 -0.4 377 0.1 6.3 -6.1 1.01 -0.2 0.4 1.8 0.2 0.95 -2.7 1.79 7
1984 28 STL NL 4.8 0.5 176 0.9 3.5 -2.6 1.01 0.6 0.3 8.3 0.9 0.98 4.6 1.42 5
1984 28 ATL NL -8.4 -0.9 201 -0.8 2.7 -3.5 1.00 -0.8 0.0 -6.4 -0.6 0.93 -7.3 2.73 2
1985 29 ATL NL 0.5 0.0 484 0.1 8.2 -8.1 1.05 0.2 -0.1 3.3 0.3 0.96 3.3 1.77 10
1986 30 ATL NL 3.4 0.3 619 0.6 10.5 -9.9 1.05 0.4 0.2 6.6 0.7 0.93 5.7 1.93 4
1987 31 ATL NL -10.7 -1.0 576 -1.1 9.1 -10.2 1.06 -0.6 -0.4 -11.6 -1.1 0.96 -9.5 0.59 5
1988 32 TOT NL -4.8 -0.5 546 -1.1 8.1 -9.3 1.04 -0.5 -0.6 -5.8 -0.6 0.92 -4.6 1.82 15
1988 32 ATL NL -2.1 -0.2 486 -0.8 7.3 -8.1 1.04 -0.2 -0.6 -2.4 -0.3 0.92 -1.2 2.05 8
1988 32 PIT NL -2.7 -0.3 60 -0.3 0.8 -1.2 1.00 -0.3 -0.0 -3.4 -0.4 0.92 -3.4 1.57 7
1989 33 TOT NL -0.7 -0.1 177 0.1 3.1 -2.9 1.08 0.1 0.0 0.7 0.1 0.99 0.8 1.23 50
1989 33 PIT NL -5.5 -0.6 44 -0.7 0.3 -1.0 1.25 -0.5 0.0 -5.4 -0.6 0.99 -5.3 1.11 2
1989 33 SFG NL 4.8 0.5 133 0.8 2.7 -1.9 1.03 0.6 0.1 6.1 0.6 0.98 6.1 1.23 48
1990 34 HOU NL -8.5 -0.9 171 -1.7 2.3 -4.0 1.16 -1.0 -0.5 -12.9 -1.3 0.96 -10.8 1.53 30
1991 35 HOU NL -0.0 0.0 85 0.2 1.8 -1.7 1.43 -0.1 0.2 3.7 0.4 1.09 0.3 1.88 32
1992 36 CAL AL -3.7 -0.4 103 -0.5 1.7 -2.2 1.37 -0.6 0.2 -5.1 -0.5 0.99 -6.0 2.81 8
16 Yrs -4.2 -0.5 5713 0.8 95.3 -94.5 1.05 0.9 -0.2 36.7 3.7 0.96 19.7 1.56 192
BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB

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
1977 21 STL NL 1 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 22 STL NL 1 0 78% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 33% 4 2 2 2 2 0 3 1 1
1979 23 STL NL 6 0 30% 226 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13 31% 37 31 5 4 2 2 23 10 13
1980 24 STL NL 4 0 31% 230 4 4 50% 4 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 9 46% 34 23 11 6 1 4 19 7 12
1981 25 STL NL 12 0 28% 163 13 5 72% 13 4 0 0 0 1 2 1 7 8 52% 28 18 10 8 3 5 12 1 10
1982 26 STL NL 3 0 30% 200 11 9 55% 11 8 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 14 41% 40 24 16 4 3 1 19 8 9
1983 27 STL NL 5 0 29% 252 12 6 67% 12 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 23 40% 43 26 17 9 6 3 20 8 9
1984 28 TOT NL 3 0 31% 145 2 5 29% 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 13 54% 20 11 9 4 0 3 11 3 7
1984 28 STL NL 2 0 27% 73 1 2 33% 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 44% 11 6 5 2 0 1 5 3 2
1984 28 ATL NL 1 0 37% 72 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 65% 9 5 4 2 0 2 6 0 5
1985 29 ATL NL 6 0 16% 233 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11 24% 25 20 5 6 3 2 7 5 2
1986 30 ATL NL 9 0 26% 262 7 4 64% 7 3 0 1 0 0 3 0 9 15 37% 31 19 10 9 7 2 17 6 9
1987 31 ATL NL 4 0 30% 245 3 3 50% 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 9 11 29% 28 23 4 9 7 2 21 9 11
1988 32 TOT NL 6 0 28% 216 4 5 44% 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 17 35% 36 27 9 11 6 4 11 4 7
1988 32 ATL NL 6 0 26% 192 4 5 44% 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 16 35% 33 24 9 10 5 4 8 3 5
1988 32 PIT NL 0 0 41% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 29% 3 3 0 1 1 0 3 1 2
1989 33 TOT NL 2 0 33% 76 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 29% 11 9 2 2 1 1 4 1 2
1989 33 PIT NL 0 0 29% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 33 SFG NL 2 0 33% 60 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 33% 9 7 2 2 1 1 4 1 2
1990 34 HOU NL 1 0 20% 58 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17% 8 8 0 3 2 1 1 0 1
1991 35 HOU NL 1 0 23% 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 29% 2 2 0 3 2 1 2 1 1
1992 36 CAL AL 0 0 19% 31 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 56% 5 2 2 1 1 0 3 0 3
16 Yrs 64 0 28% 2395 62 47 57% 61 36 1 4 0 7 9 2 54 146 38% 352 245 102 81 46 31 173 64 97
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*

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
1977 21 STL NL 9 89% 1 3 0 0 0 0.36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 2 67% 0 0 0 0 0
1978 22 STL NL 54 100% 6 4 0 0 0 0.38 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 9 1 11% 8 3 38% 28 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
1979 23 STL NL 435 74% 111 12 3 0 1 1.71 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 100% 84 9 11% 33 13 39% 273 36 13% 19 12 63% 16 13 81% 0
1980 24 STL NL 486 72% 128 1 0 0 0 1.10 3 0 6 3 0 0 3 1 10 9 90% 73 11 15% 41 18 44% 261 45 17% 26 13 50% 25 15 60% 0
1981 25 STL NL 420 67% 110 1 0 0 0 0.84 2 0 14 1 1 0 2 0 3 3 100% 92 11 12% 44 18 41% 284 48 17% 22 15 68% 20 12 60% 0
1982 26 STL NL 516 73% 136 2 1 0 1 3.18 2 0 5 2 0 1 1 0 3 3 100% 109 11 10% 43 15 35% 309 38 12% 26 11 42% 16 10 63% 0
1983 27 STL NL 557 81% 143 8 3 0 1 1.26 3 0 10 3 0 0 3 0 4 4 100% 111 12 11% 59 24 41% 329 36 11% 25 11 44% 32 21 66% 0
1984 28 TOT NL 362 82% 87 7 1 0 0 1.79 1 0 7 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 100% 71 7 10% 31 15 48% 207 23 11% 13 7 54% 14 11 79% 0
1984 28 STL NL 169 87% 47 5 1 0 0 1.42 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 3 9% 7 3 43% 104 11 11% 4 2 50% 7 4 57% 0
1984 28 ATL NL 193 78% 40 2 0 0 0 2.73 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 100% 36 4 11% 24 12 50% 103 12 12% 9 5 56% 7 7 100% 0
1985 29 ATL NL 472 72% 112 10 2 0 0 1.77 3 0 10 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 100% 94 10 11% 34 10 29% 296 33 11% 17 7 41% 18 10 56% 0
1986 30 ATL NL 596 74% 136 4 1 0 0 1.93 5 0 9 3 2 2 3 0 7 4 57% 90 11 12% 52 22 42% 326 46 14% 23 13 57% 30 19 63% 0
1987 31 ATL NL 566 73% 142 5 0 0 0 0.59 3 0 14 3 0 2 1 0 7 5 71% 108 13 12% 66 29 44% 343 46 13% 30 17 57% 28 22 79% 0
1988 32 TOT NL 529 78% 129 6 0 15 2 0 1 1.82 3 0 8 3 0 1 2 0 7 6 86% 83 8 10% 52 24 46% 266 39 15% 30 15 50% 19 11 58% 0
1988 32 ATL NL 469 78% 117 5 0 8 0 0 0 2.05 3 0 7 3 0 1 2 0 6 5 83% 71 6 8% 46 23 50% 235 37 16% 28 14 50% 17 11 65% 0
1988 32 PIT NL 60 78% 12 1 0 7 2 0 1 1.57 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 12 2 17% 6 1 17% 31 2 6% 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 0
1989 33 TOT NL 173 87% 42 1 0 50 18 1 6 1.23 2 0 5 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 100% 31 4 13% 20 9 45% 101 16 16% 11 8 73% 3 2 67% 0
1989 33 PIT NL 44 91% 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 1.11 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 9 0 0% 7 4 57% 25 2 8% 3 2 67% 0 0 0
1989 33 SFG NL 129 86% 37 1 0 48 18 1 6 1.23 2 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 100% 22 4 18% 13 5 38% 76 14 18% 8 6 75% 3 2 67% 0
1990 34 HOU NL 168 89% 31 4 0 30 4 0 2 1.53 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 50% 35 2 6% 21 7 33% 110 12 11% 9 3 33% 8 3 38% 0
1991 35 HOU NL 84 96% 16 8 0 32 6 0 6 1.88 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0% 8 4 50% 74 14 19% 9 4 44% 3 3 100% 0
1992 36 CAL AL 101 88% 24 9 0 8 1 0 3 2.81 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 2 12% 13 5 38% 69 10 14% 6 5 83% 6 3 50% 0
16 Yrs 5528 76% 1354 28 0 192 42 1 21 1.56 29 0 109 26 3 11 18 1 51 43 84% 1021 112 11% 526 216 41% 3279 444 14% 267 141 53% 241 156 65% 0
MLB Averages 58% 77% 11% 35% 15% 51% 55%
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

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 32 TOT NL 516 1795 3.48 1121 62% 26% 6% 29% 39% 74% 4% 46% 91% 30% 6% 33 0 18% 95 25 11% 56 33 24% 13 0 0
1988 32 ATL NL 459 1596 3.48 1000 63% 25% 6% 29% 39% 75% 4% 47% 92% 31% 6% 28 0 17% 80 22 11% 51 31 29% 10 0 0
1988 32 PIT NL 57 199 3.49 121 61% 30% 7% 25% 39% 70% 5% 43% 91% 21% 9% 5 0 26% 15 3 9% 5 2 0% 3 0 0
1989 33 TOT NL 162 566 3.49 363 64% 28% 5% 28% 39% 71% 0% 46% 93% 22% 1% 2 0 16% 26 10 6% 10 4 22% 11 0 2
1989 33 PIT NL 44 133 3.02 85 64% 21% 7% 25% 47% 79% 0% 50% 91% 39% 2% 1 0 16% 7 2 5% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
1989 33 SFG NL 118 433 3.67 278 64% 30% 4% 28% 37% 69% 0% 44% 93% 15% 1% 1 0 16% 19 8 7% 8 3 14% 11 0 2
1990 34 HOU NL 132 491 3.72 296 60% 31% 8% 25% 35% 69% 2% 41% 88% 16% 8% 11 0 16% 21 0 12% 16 9 7% 36 0 0
1991 35 HOU NL 84 321 3.82 188 59% 29% 10% 28% 33% 71% 10% 42% 86% 25% 13% 11 0 19% 16 2 11% 9 4 0% 0 0 0
1992 36 CAL AL 102 374 3.67 222 59% 29% 5% 27% 40% 71% 5% 42% 94% 20% 9% 9 0 23% 23 7 8% 8 4 20% -1 0 0
5 Yrs 996 3547 3.56 2190 62% 27% 6% 28% 38% 72% 4% 45% 91% 25% 7% 66 0 18% 181 44 10% 99 54 17% 59 0 2
MLB Averages 3.62 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 31% 6% 16% 9% 26%

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
1977 21 9 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .111 .222 -40 1 0 0 0 0 0
1978 22 33 63 59 7 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 .119 .161 .136 .297 -16 8 1 0 1 0 0
1979 23 168 498 428 60 118 20 5 1 36 4 1 60 39 .276 .367 .353 .720 97 151 10 4 2 4 9
1980 24 284 984 850 118 246 47 11 4 82 8 5 111 62 .289 .372 .385 .757 108 327 21 5 11 7 17
1981 25 386 1404 1226 161 356 59 17 6 127 21 10 148 90 .290 .366 .381 .747 107 467 32 5 14 11 23
1982 26 523 1920 1696 216 492 81 22 8 161 32 19 188 121 .290 .360 .378 .738 105 641 43 6 17 13 29
1983 27 674 2477 2184 278 635 107 27 11 199 44 25 249 148 .291 .363 .380 .742 106 829 55 7 21 16 34
1984 28 774 2839 2508 316 722 126 29 12 220 46 30 280 175 .288 .359 .376 .734 104 942 62 8 24 19 37
1985 29 908 3311 2920 346 834 145 33 15 255 47 32 331 213 .286 .359 .373 .732 103 1090 72 14 25 21 43
1986 30 1059 3907 3423 408 970 169 36 20 303 54 36 414 253 .283 .361 .371 .732 103 1271 83 16 29 25 49
1987 31 1194 4473 3931 467 1112 198 38 23 351 57 39 462 282 .283 .359 .370 .729 100 1455 96 18 34 28 54
1988 32 1334 5002 4407 516 1241 220 42 26 393 61 44 499 316 .282 .355 .368 .723 99 1623 104 20 40 36 61
1989 33 1431 5175 4563 535 1283 226 43 28 410 61 45 509 326 .281 .353 .368 .721 99 1679 108 22 42 39 61
1990 34 1508 5343 4713 545 1314 232 44 29 422 62 46 524 343 .279 .351 .365 .716 98 1721 110 23 43 40 62
1991 35 1561 5427 4783 552 1330 236 44 29 436 62 46 538 351 .278 .351 .364 .715 98 1741 110 23 43 40 66
1992 36 1602 5528 4874 558 1354 237 44 29 446 62 47 546 356 .278 .351 .362 .713 97 1766 112 23 43 42 68

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
1977 21 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 9
1978 22 24 52 49 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 .102 .137 .122 .260 1 24
1979 23 135 438 371 55 113 19 5 1 36 4 58 35 .305 .400 .391 .791 58 135
1980 24 116 492 426 61 132 28 6 3 48 4 53 23 .310 .385 .425 .810 70 116
1981 25 154 651 580 72 177 19 10 3 75 21 60 42 .305 .367 .388 .755 83 102
1982 26 137 522 475 59 141 23 5 2 36 11 41 31 .297 .353 .379 .732 64 137
1983 27 151 566 494 67 149 27 5 3 41 13 64 27 .302 .381 .395 .776 75 151
1984 28 100 366 327 40 90 20 2 1 22 2 32 27 .275 .339 .358 .697 40 100
1985 29 134 475 414 31 114 19 4 3 36 1 52 38 .275 .363 .362 .725 54 134
1986 30 151 596 503 62 136 24 3 5 48 7 83 40 .270 .373 .360 .733 68 151
1987 31 135 559 503 55 137 28 2 3 45 3 46 29 .272 .334 .354 .688 59 135
1988 32 140 539 484 54 137 23 4 3 46 4 39 34 .283 .334 .366 .700 60 140
1989 33 97 180 162 22 48 7 1 2 20 0 11 10 .296 .343 .389 .732 22 97
1990 34 77 171 152 11 33 6 1 1 13 1 16 17 .217 .294 .289 .584 13 77
1991 35 53 86 71 8 17 4 0 0 16 0 15 8 .239 .372 .296 .668 8 53
1992 36 41 104 93 7 26 1 0 0 11 0 9 5 .280 .337 .290 .627 9 41
16 Yrs 1654 5806 5113 610 1455 249 48 30 493 71 581 370 .285 .357 .370 .727 684 1602
162 Game Avg. 162 569 501 60 143 24 5 3 48 7 57 36 .285 .357 .370 .727 67 1602

* 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

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1981 NL  1.0 (10th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1986 NL  .373 (10th)

Triples s c a p y
1981 NL  6 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1986 NL  83 (4th)

Singles s c a p y
1981 NL  90 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1985 NL  6 (6th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1988 NL  8 (7th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
Career  68 (235th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1982 NL  15.2 (6th)
1983 NL  18.1 (4th)
1986 NL  12.6 (3rd)
1987 NL  17.5 (2nd)
1988 NL  14.0 (3rd)

Youngest s c a p y
1977 NL  born 1956-05-04 (8th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 3 (2071), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 9 (1221), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 16 (1026), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Jerry Lumpe (901)
  8. Ron Hunt (899)
  9. Bobby Adams (898)
  10. Jim Davenport (897)
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  4. Larry Gardner (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Larry Gardner (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Larry Gardner (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bernie Friberg (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bernie Friberg (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bernie Friberg (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Bernie Friberg (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Hans Lobert (915)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Jim Gantner (917)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Jim Gantner (915)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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