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Ron Oester

Ronald John Oester

Positions: Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 5, 1956 in Cincinnati, OH
High School: Withrow HS (Cincinnati, OH)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 9th round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1978
Team: Reds 1978-1990
Agents: Ed Keating [*]
Final Game: October 3, 1990
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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
1974	18	CIN-min	Rk	53	182	167	23	52	11	1	0	21	1	1	9	27	.311	.352	.389	.741		65	4	2	3	1	0		BIL · PION
1975	19	CIN-min	A	117	424	375	40	82	3	4	0	25	3	1	38	56	.219	.294	.248	.542		93	7	2	9	0	5		TAM · FLOR
1976	20	CIN-min	AA	138	509	447	57	110	14	4	0	44	6	8	47	68	.246	.319	.295	.615		132		2	11	2			TRV · EL
1977	21	CIN-min	AAA	134	505	455	60	116	16	5	3	33	14	5	39	80	.255	.315	.332	.647		151		1	10	0			INA · AA
1978	22	CIN-min	AAA	135	555	514	78	133	21	4	7	49	11	9	29	84	.259	.300	.356	.656		183		3	5	4			INA · AA
1978	22	CIN	NL	6	9	8	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.375	.375	.375	.750	111	3	0	0	1	0	0	/6
1979	23	CIN-min	AAA	136	570	509	62	143	19	6	2	33	23	8	48	60	.281	.346	.354	.700		180		4	7	2			INA · AA
1979	23	CIN	NL	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/6
1980	24	CIN	NL	100	335	303	40	84	16	2	2	20	6	2	26	44	.277	.336	.363	.699	95	110	7	1	5	0	7	46/5	RoY-4
1981	25	CIN	NL	105	408	354	45	96	16	7	5	42	2	5	42	49	.271	.342	.398	.741	109	141	8	0	5	7	8	*4/6
1982	26	CIN	NL	151	595	549	63	143	19	4	9	47	5	6	35	82	.260	.303	.359	.662	84	197	16	0	8	3	8	*465
1983	27	CIN	NL	157	613	549	63	145	23	5	11	58	2	2	49	106	.264	.322	.384	.707	93	211	17	1	7	6	14	*4
1984	28	CIN	NL	150	601	553	54	134	26	3	3	38	7	2	41	97	.242	.295	.316	.612	70	175	16	1	5	1	7	*4/6
1985	29	CIN	NL	152	584	526	59	155	26	3	1	34	5	0	51	65	.295	.354	.361	.715	98	190	13	0	2	5	17	*4
1986	30	CIN	NL	153	586	523	52	135	23	2	8	44	9	2	52	84	.258	.325	.356	.680	85	186	18	1	7	3	16	*4
1987	31	CIN	NL	69	261	237	28	60	9	6	2	23	2	3	22	51	.253	.317	.367	.684	78	87	8	0	2	0	4	4
1988	32	CIN-min	AA,AAA	26	93	83	9	21	3	0	1	9	0	0	9	15	.253	.326	.325	.651		27		0	1	0	1		CNG,NVL · SOUL,AA
1988	32	CIN	NL	54	163	150	20	42	7	0	0	10	0	2	9	24	.280	.319	.327	.645	83	49	2	0	3	1	3	4/6
1989	33	CIN	NL	109	337	305	23	75	15	0	1	14	1	0	32	47	.246	.318	.305	.622	76	93	10	0	0	0	8	4/6
1990	34	CIN	NL	64	171	154	10	46	10	1	0	13	1	2	10	29	.299	.339	.377	.716	94	58	1	0	6	1	1	4/5
13 Yrs				1276	4666	4214	458	1118	190	33	42	344	40	26	369	681	.265	.323	.356	.679	87	1500	116	4	51	27	93
162 Game Avg.				162	592	535	58	142	24	4	5	44	5	3	47	86	.265	.323	.356	.679	87	190	15	1	6	3	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
1978	22	CIN	NL	6	9	0	-0	0	-0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	/6
1979	23	CIN	NL	6	3	-1	-0	0	-0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.485	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	/6
1980	24	CIN	NL	100	335	-2	2	0	-3	3	0	0.0	10	10	1.0	.500	.500	1.3	0.1	13	$	46/5	RoY-4
1981	25	CIN	NL	105	408	4	-2	0	10	3	14	1.8	12	27	3.0	.516	.510	1.8	1.6	17	$	*4/6
1982	26	CIN	NL	151	595	-12	1	-1	-9	5	-16	-1.6	18	2	0.2	.488	.489	1.0	-0.3	11	$	*465
1983	27	CIN	NL	157	613	-9	-0	-1	-5	4	-11	-1.2	19	8	0.6	.492	.492	1.1	-0.1	13	$	*4
1984	28	CIN	NL	150	601	-21	2	-0	-10	4	-26	-2.7	19	-7	-0.9	.481	.482	0.0	-0.5	2	$	*4/6
1985	29	CIN	NL	152	584	-3	0	-1	14	4	14	1.7	18	32	3.4	.510	.510	1.8	2.1	18	$550,000	*4
1986	30	CIN	NL	153	586	-14	1	2	4	4	-4	-0.3	18	14	1.4	.497	.498	0.9	1.0	10	$650,000	*4
1987	31	CIN	NL	69	261	-10	-1	-0	-1	2	-10	-1.0	8	-2	-0.2	.485	.493	-0.1	0.1	-1	$750,000	4
1988	32	CIN	NL	54	163	-3	-1	0	2	1	-0	-0.0	5	5	0.5	.499	.500	0.2	0.5	2	$290,000	4/6
1989	33	CIN	NL	109	337	-9	-1	-1	-0	2	-9	-1.0	10	2	0.0	.491	.494	0.1	0.2	2	$650,000	4/6
1990	34	CIN	NL	64	171	-1	-2	1	-4	1	-6	-0.6	5	-1	-0.1	.490	.496	0.3	-0.3	3	$650,000	4/5
13 Seasons				1276	4666	-82	-3	-1	-2	33	-54	-5.1	143	89	8.8	.495	.497	8.3	4.3	91	$3,540,000

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
1978	22	CIN	NL	9	6	1	4.5	95	.500	.375	.262	.375	.330	.375	.385	.750	.715	111	.530	0.1	0.0	.600	.000	.000
1979	23	CIN	NL	3	3	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.270	.000	.336	.000	.401	.000	.737	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1980	24	CIN	NL	335	233	37	4.3	96	.319	.277	.268	.336	.330	.363	.389	.699	.720	95	.505	-1.9	-0.2	.618	.185	.086	3.0
1981	25	CIN	NL	408	283	48	4.6	94	.296	.271	.265	.342	.330	.398	.380	.741	.710	109	.550	4.6	0.5	.664	.237	.127	2.9
1982	26	CIN	NL	595	439	56	3.4	96	.291	.260	.268	.303	.331	.359	.389	.662	.721	84	.408	-13.8	-1.4	.540	.160	.098	6.4
1983	27	CIN	NL	613	436	66	4.1	99	.306	.264	.267	.322	.336	.384	.395	.707	.731	93	.481	-5.7	-0.6	.617	.209	.120	3.4
1984	28	CIN	NL	601	443	50	3.0	97	.289	.242	.268	.295	.334	.316	.390	.612	.723	70	.358	-23.3	-2.4	.508	.157	.074	4.2
1985	29	CIN	NL	584	391	68	4.7	98	.331	.295	.264	.354	.333	.361	.394	.715	.727	98	.549	-0.1	-0.0	.641	.173	.067	1.7
1986	30	CIN	NL	586	418	59	3.8	101	.293	.258	.266	.325	.337	.356	.401	.680	.738	85	.444	-10.9	-1.1	.603	.210	.098	8.5
1987	31	CIN	NL	261	190	26	3.7	109	.315	.253	.274	.317	.344	.367	.426	.684	.770	78	.384	-8.6	-0.8	.574	.203	.114	2.0
1988	32	CIN	NL	163	116	15	3.5	93	.331	.280	.261	.319	.325	.327	.383	.645	.708	83	.439	-3.3	-0.4	.500	.093	.047
1989	33	CIN	NL	337	240	29	3.3	94	.288	.246	.258	.318	.326	.305	.385	.622	.711	76	.402	-9.0	-1.0	.525	.167	.059	1.0
1990	34	CIN	NL	171	118	20	4.6	102	.365	.299	.270	.339	.337	.377	.406	.716	.743	94	.515	-1.4	-0.1	.604	.136	.078	.0
13 Yrs				4666	3316	475	3.9	98	.306	.265	.266	.323	.333	.356	.393	.679	.727	87	.458	-74.2	-7.6	.583	.182	.091	41.0
162 Game Avg.				592	421	60	3.9	98	.306	.265	.266	.323	.333	.356	.393	.679	.727	87	.458	-74.2	-7.6	.583	.182	.091	5

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
1990	34	CIN	NL	NLCS	PIT	W	4	3	3	1	1	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1
1990	34	CIN	NL	WS	OAK	W	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
1 Yr (2 Series)							5	4	4	1	2	1	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2
1 NLCS							4	3	3	1	1	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1
1 WS							1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	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
1978	22	CIN	NL	9	0.0%	22.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.0		8.0			67%
1979	23	CIN	NL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0					67%
1980	24	CIN	NL	335	0.6%	13.1%	7.8%	6.0%	24%	1.69	6.9	151.5	15.2		1.88	77%
1981	25	CIN	NL	408	1.2%	12.0%	10.3%	6.9%	29%	1.17	7.2	70.8	8.4		1.56	75%
1982	26	CIN	NL	595	1.5%	13.8%	5.9%	5.4%	22%	2.34	6.7	61.0	11.7		1.41	77%
1983	27	CIN	NL	613	1.8%	17.3%	8.0%	6.4%	27%	2.16	5.2	49.9	9.5		1.55	71%
1984	28	CIN	NL	601	0.5%	16.1%	6.8%	5.3%	24%	2.37	5.7	184.3	14.6		1.19	76%
1985	29	CIN	NL	584	0.2%	11.1%	8.7%	5.1%	19%	1.27	8.1	526.0	15.5		1.56	80%
1986	30	CIN	NL	586	1.4%	14.3%	8.9%	5.6%	24%	1.62	6.2	65.4	11.9		1.64	74%
1987	31	CIN	NL	261	0.8%	19.5%	8.4%	6.5%	28%	2.32	4.6	118.5	10.3		1.76	71%
1988	32	CIN	NL	163	0.0%	14.7%	5.5%	4.3%	17%	2.67	6.3		15.0	1.12	1.12	78%	17%	0.0%	43%
1989	33	CIN	NL	337	0.3%	14.0%	9.5%	4.8%	21%	1.47	6.5	305.0	21.8	1.37	2.15	76%	20%	1.1%	14%
1990	34	CIN	NL	171	0.0%	17.0%	5.9%	6.4%	24%	2.90	5.3		11.8	0.91	1.33	74%	23%	0.0%	17%
13 Yrs				4666	0.9%	14.6%	7.9%	5.7%	24%	1.85	6.2	100.3	12.3	1.18	1.53	75%	20%	0.6%	22%
MLB Averages					2.1%	13.9%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	1.64	6.4	42.5	8.5	0.80	1.08	74%	20%	6.6%	26%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1978	22	CIN	NL	0.1	0.0	9	-0.2	0.1	-0.2	1.48	-0.0	-0.1	-1.0	-0.1	1.09	-0.3		0
1979	23	CIN	NL	-0.8	-0.1	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.53	-0.1	-0.0	-0.6	-0.1	0.82	-0.8	0.07	1
1980	24	CIN	NL	-1.9	-0.2	346	-0.0	5.3	-5.3	.95	-0.3	0.2	-1.3	-0.1	0.94	-1.7	0.51	10
1981	25	CIN	NL	4.6	0.5	418	2.1	8.3	-6.1	.99	0.7	1.5	6.6	0.7	1.01	5.1		0
1982	26	CIN	NL	-13.8	-1.4	621	-1.3	9.6	-10.8	1.03	-1.2	-0.0	-13.1	-1.3	0.95	-11.2	2.06	6
1983	27	CIN	NL	-5.7	-0.6	627	0.0	11.2	-11.2	1.07	-0.7	0.7	-7.7	-0.8	0.97	-5.3	1.88	6
1984	28	CIN	NL	-23.3	-2.4	623	-2.5	9.4	-11.9	1.10	-1.9	-0.4	-19.3	-2.0	0.96	-18.6	2.14	6
1985	29	CIN	NL	-0.1	-0.0	595	-0.3	9.5	-9.8	1.02	-0.4	0.2	1.6	0.2	0.93	-4.6	1.81	2
1986	30	CIN	NL	-10.9	-1.1	603	0.1	10.8	-10.6	1.10	-0.6	0.8	-7.2	-0.7	0.98	-8.0	1.68	4
1987	31	CIN	NL	-8.6	-0.8	268	-0.5	4.1	-4.6	.98	-1.2	0.8	-5.6	-0.5	0.93	-11.3		0
1988	32	CIN	NL	-3.3	-0.4	167	-0.8	1.8	-2.6	.90	-0.6	-0.2	-1.1	-0.1	0.92	-3.6	0.60	3
1989	33	CIN	NL	-9.0	-1.0	343	-1.6	3.8	-5.3	.91	-1.1	-0.6	-7.6	-0.8	0.93	-11.2	1.37	8
1990	34	CIN	NL	-1.4	-0.1	177	0.3	3.1	-2.8	1.04	0.1	0.2	-1.8	-0.2	0.97	-0.4	0.69	13
13 Yrs				-74.2	-7.6	4800	-4.4	76.9	-81.3	1.03	-7.4	3.1	-57.9	-5.9	0.96	-71.8	1.25	59

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1978	22	CIN	NL	0	0	33%	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	23	CIN	NL	0	0		6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1980	24	CIN	NL	5	0	35%	147	6	2	75%	6	2	0	0	0	1	1	3	11	59%	9	4	4	3	0	3	17	5	10
1981	25	CIN	NL	7	0	30%	178	2	5	29%	2	4	0	0	1	1	1	5	10	48%	21	16	4	3	1	2	18	3	14
1982	26	CIN	NL	8	0	32%	228	5	6	45%	5	6	0	0	0	4	0	4	22	54%	33	20	13	8	3	5	15	3	12
1983	27	CIN	NL	6	1	28%	222	2	2	50%	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	7	12	53%	25	17	8	10	4	6	10	0	10
1984	28	CIN	NL	9	0	30%	244	7	2	78%	7	2	0	0	0	2	0	13	19	48%	31	19	12	8	4	3	13	3	10
1985	29	CIN	NL	9	0	28%	220	5	0	100%	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	9	16	40%	28	17	10	6	4	2	14	7	7
1986	30	CIN	NL	6	0	24%	232	9	2	82%	8	1	1	1	0	1	0	3	9	47%	23	18	5	4	3	1	18	3	15
1987	31	CIN	NL	1	0	33%	86	2	3	40%	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	50%	9	4	5	5	2	3	8	4	3
1988	32	CIN	NL	3	0	39%	82	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	50%	4	4	0	2	0	2	6	2	4
1989	33	CIN	NL	5	0	21%	109	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	13	22%	16	13	2	1	1	0	10	5	4
1990	34	CIN	NL	2	0	18%	70	1	2	33%	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	2	31%	7	5	2	2	1	1	4	2	1
13 Yrs				61	1	29%	1833	40	26	61%	37	22	3	2	2	15	3	56	121	47%	208	139	65	52	23	28	133	37	90

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
1978	22	CIN	NL	9	100%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	0	0		1	1	100%	8	1	13%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
1979	23	CIN	NL	3	100%	0			1	0	0	0	0.07	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1980	24	CIN	NL	335	100%	84			10	3	0	1	0.51	2	0	6	0	2	0	2	0	8	5	63%	62	7	11%	26	8	31%	187	20	11%	11	5	45%	19	11	58%	0
1981	25	CIN	NL	408	100%	96			0	0	0	0		5	1	8	5	0	3	2	0	5	5	100%	92	8	9%	45	17	38%	264	41	16%	28	19	68%	20	9	45%	0
1982	26	CIN	NL	595	100%	143			6	1	0	0	2.06	9	0	7	9	0	4	5	0	11	8	73%	98	16	16%	47	22	47%	337	39	12%	27	14	52%	20	15	75%	0
1983	27	CIN	NL	613	100%	145			6	2	0	2	1.88	11	0	13	10	1	6	5	0	8	7	88%	118	17	14%	54	19	35%	394	49	12%	30	15	50%	23	7	30%	0
1984	28	CIN	NL	601	100%	134			6	2	0	0	2.14	3	0	9	2	1	2	1	0	5	5	100%	107	16	15%	63	20	32%	355	41	12%	19	8	42%	31	17	55%	0
1985	29	CIN	NL	584	100%	155			2	0	0	0	1.81	1	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	4	2	50%	104	13	13%	43	12	28%	344	36	10%	25	18	72%	23	10	43%	0
1986	30	CIN	NL	586	100%	135			4	0	0	0	1.68	8	0	14	7	1	6	2	0	8	7	88%	133	18	14%	51	17	33%	384	40	10%	31	15	48%	15	12	80%	0
1987	31	CIN	NL	261	100%	60			0	0	0	0		2	0	3	2	0	0	2	0	4	2	50%	50	8	16%	26	7	27%	158	21	13%	16	7	44%	12	5	42%	0
1988	32	CIN	NL	163	100%	42	5	0	3	1	0	0	0.60	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	26	2	8%	13	5	38%	80	11	14%	8	4	50%	4	3	75%	0
1989	33	CIN	NL	337	100%	75	8	0	8	3	0	0	1.37	1	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0%	59	10	17%	28	5	18%	193	15	8%	16	5	31%	9	6	67%	0
1990	34	CIN	NL	171	100%	46	5	1	13	1	0	0	0.69	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	100%	36	1	3%	21	11	52%	108	14	13%	12	5	42%	8	7	88%	0
13 Yrs				4666	100%	1118	18	1	59	13	0	3	1.25	42	1	82	37	5	22	20	0	65	51	78%	886	116	13%	418	144	34%	2814	328	12%	224	116	52%	185	103	56%	0
MLB Averages					59%																			78%			11%			35%			15%			51%			55%

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	CIN	NL	151	529	3.50	341	64%	21%	12%	32%	35%	79%	6%	51%	84%	38%	5%	7	0	17%	25	11	7%	11	8	43%	12	0	0
1989	33	CIN	NL	336	1165	3.47	730	63%	20%	12%	32%	35%	80%	7%	50%	84%	38%	7%	25	2	15%	50	13	5%	16	8	30%	1	1	4
1990	34	CIN	NL	167	569	3.41	357	63%	16%	19%	28%	36%	83%	2%	52%	77%	48%	3%	5	0	11%	18	7	8%	13	9	25%	4	1	1
3 Yrs				654	2263	3.46	1428	63%	19%	14%	31%	35%	80%	5%	51%	82%	40%	6%	37	2	14%	93	31	6%	40	25	32%	17	2	5
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	32%	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
1978	22	6	9	8	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.375	.375	.375	.750	111	3	0	0	1	0	0
1979	23	12	12	11	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.273	.273	.273	.545	52	3	0	0	1	0	0
1980	24	112	347	314	41	87	16	2	2	21	6	2	26	47	.277	.334	.360	.694	94	113	7	1	6	0	7
1981	25	217	755	668	86	183	32	9	7	63	8	7	68	96	.274	.339	.380	.719	102	254	15	1	11	7	15
1982	26	368	1350	1217	149	326	51	13	16	110	13	13	103	178	.268	.323	.371	.694	94	451	31	1	19	10	23
1983	27	525	1963	1766	212	471	74	18	27	168	15	15	152	284	.267	.323	.375	.698	93	662	48	2	26	16	37
1984	28	675	2564	2319	266	605	100	21	30	206	22	17	193	381	.261	.316	.361	.677	88	837	64	3	31	17	44
1985	29	827	3148	2845	325	760	126	24	31	240	27	17	244	446	.267	.323	.361	.684	90	1027	77	3	33	22	61
1986	30	980	3734	3368	377	895	149	26	39	284	36	19	296	530	.266	.324	.360	.684	89	1213	95	4	40	25	77
1987	31	1049	3995	3605	405	955	158	32	41	307	38	22	318	581	.265	.323	.361	.684	88	1300	103	4	42	25	81
1988	32	1103	4158	3755	425	997	165	32	41	317	38	24	327	605	.266	.323	.359	.682	88	1349	105	4	45	26	84
1989	33	1212	4495	4060	448	1072	180	32	42	331	39	24	359	652	.264	.323	.355	.678	87	1442	115	4	45	26	92
1990	34	1276	4666	4214	458	1118	190	33	42	344	40	26	369	681	.265	.323	.356	.679	87	1500	116	4	51	27	93

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1978	22	6	9	8	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.375	.375	.375	.750	1	6
1979	23	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6
1980	24	100	340	307	44	88	17	2	2	22	6	27	44	.287	.346	.375	.721	40	100
1981	25	159	631	545	75	154	26	11	8	70	3	67	74	.283	.355	.415	.769	82	105
1982	26	151	601	554	67	148	20	4	9	50	5	36	82	.267	.310	.366	.677	64	151
1983	27	157	617	553	66	149	24	5	11	61	2	50	106	.269	.328	.391	.718	72	157
1984	28	150	606	557	57	138	27	3	3	40	7	42	97	.248	.301	.323	.624	54	150
1985	29	152	589	530	62	159	27	3	1	36	5	52	65	.300	.359	.368	.727	71	152
1986	30	153	589	525	53	137	23	2	8	45	9	53	84	.261	.328	.358	.686	62	153
1987	31	69	258	235	26	58	9	6	2	22	2	21	51	.247	.309	.362	.670	26	69
1988	32	54	165	152	22	44	7	0	0	11	0	9	24	.289	.327	.336	.663	17	54
1989	33	109	343	309	25	79	16	0	1	15	1	34	47	.256	.329	.317	.647	32	109
1990	34	64	171	154	10	46	10	1	0	13	1	10	29	.299	.339	.377	.716	20	64
13 Yrs		1330	4922	4432	508	1203	206	37	45	386	41	401	706	.271	.330	.365	.695	541	1276
162 Game Avg.		162	600	540	62	147	25	5	5	47	5	49	86	.271	.330	.365	.695	66	1276

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Awards (yr lg award) 1988 ML Hutch Award	Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1981 NL 1.6 (3rd) 1985 NL 2.1 (6th)	Games Played s c a p y 1983 NL 157 (10th)	Triples s c a p y 1981 NL 7 (8th)
Singles s c a p y 1985 NL 125 (9th)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1981 NL 7 (2nd)	Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y 1981 NL 8 (8th) 1983 NL 14 (9th) 1985 NL 17 (4th) 1986 NL 16 (5th) Career 93 (140th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1982 NL 16 (7th) 1983 NL 17 (6th) 1984 NL 16 (7th) 1986 NL 18 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 2 (2156), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 1 (2224), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 15 (1083), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters

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Johnny Ray (982) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Billy Martin (972) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rob Wilfong (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Wayne Causey (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Wayne Causey (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Manny Trillo (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Charlie Moore (972) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Charlie Moore (963) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Charlie Moore (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Charlie Moore (955) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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