Ben Oglivie
Benjamin Ambrosio (Palmer) Oglivie
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: February 11, 1949 in Colon, Panama
High School: Roosevelt (Bronx, NY)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 11th round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1971
Final Game: October 5, 1986
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Standard Batting

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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 22 BOS AL 14 38 38 2 10 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 5 .263 .263 .342 .605 65 13 0 0 0 0 0 7/9
1972 23 BOS AL 94 273 253 27 61 10 2 8 30 1 1 18 61 .241 .293 .391 .684 98 99 4 1 0 1 2 97
1973 24 BOS AL 58 161 147 16 32 9 1 2 9 1 1 9 32 .218 .269 .333 .602 65 49 4 2 1 2 2 9D/7
1974 25 DET AL 92 289 252 28 68 11 3 4 29 12 3 34 38 .270 .353 .385 .738 111 97 5 0 0 3 6 73/D9
1975 26 DET AL 100 357 332 45 95 14 1 9 36 11 8 16 62 .286 .319 .416 .735 104 138 10 2 3 4 0 79/3D
1976 27 DET AL 115 325 305 36 87 12 3 15 47 9 4 11 44 .285 .313 .492 .804 131 150 11 3 2 4 3 978/3D
1977 28 DET AL 132 497 450 63 118 24 2 21 61 9 9 40 80 .262 .325 .464 .789 109 209 11 3 1 3 2 *9/D
1978 29 MIL AL 128 527 469 71 142 29 4 18 72 11 7 52 69 .303 .370 .497 .867 143 233 10 0 3 3 10 7D93
1979 30 MIL AL 139 572 514 88 145 30 4 29 81 12 5 48 56 .282 .343 .525 .869 131 270 11 2 4 4 12 *79D/3
1980 31 MIL AL 156 660 592 94 180 26 2 41 118 11 9 54 71 .304 .362 .563 .925 153 333 5 5 0 9 19 *7/D98 AS,MVP-13,SS
1981 32 MIL AL 107 452 400 53 97 15 2 14 72 2 2 37 49 .243 .310 .395 .705 107 158 9 6 1 8 10 *7/D8
1982 33 MIL AL 159 677 602 92 147 22 1 34 102 3 5 70 81 .244 .326 .453 .780 118 273 6 4 0 1 13 *7 AS
1983 34 MIL AL 125 483 411 49 115 19 3 13 66 4 6 60 64 .280 .371 .436 .806 129 179 9 4 0 8 12 *7/D AS
1984 35 MIL AL 131 509 461 49 121 16 2 12 60 0 6 44 56 .262 .327 .384 .711 100 177 12 1 1 2 5 *79/D
1985 36 MIL AL 101 394 341 40 99 17 2 10 61 0 2 37 51 .290 .354 .440 .794 117 150 8 2 4 10 3 97/D
1986 37 MIL AL 103 384 346 31 98 20 1 5 53 1 2 30 33 .283 .334 .390 .724 95 135 7 0 1 7 6 7D/9
16 Seasons 1754 6598 5913 784 1615 277 33 235 901 87 70 560 852 .273 .336 .450 .786 118 2663 122 35 21 69 105
162 Game Avg. 162 609 546 72 149 26 3 22 83 8 6 52 79 .273 .336 .450 .786 118 246 11 3 2 6 10
MIL (9 yrs) 1149 4658 4136 567 1144 194 21 176 685 44 44 432 530 .277 .345 .461 .806 124 1908 77 24 14 52 90
DET (4 yrs) 439 1468 1339 172 368 61 9 49 173 41 24 101 224 .275 .326 .444 .770 113 594 37 8 6 14 11
BOS (3 yrs) 166 472 438 45 103 22 3 10 43 2 2 27 98 .235 .282 .368 .650 84 161 8 3 1 3 4

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
1971 22 BOS AL 38 28 3 2.9 99 .303 .263 .264 .263 .337 .342 .392 .605 .729 65 .352 -1.9 -0.2 .464 .079 .079
1972 23 BOS AL 273 198 29 3.9 88 .286 .241 .253 .293 .323 .391 .365 .684 .688 98 .537 -1.7 -0.2 .599 .221 .150 1.8
1973 24 BOS AL 161 123 13 2.8 98 .261 .218 .266 .269 .336 .333 .391 .602 .727 65 .315 -7.2 -0.7 .500 .177 .116 1.3
1974 25 DET AL 289 195 36 5.0 91 .300 .270 .261 .353 .325 .385 .375 .738 .700 111 .583 4.6 0.5 .729 .286 .115 6.0
1975 26 DET AL 357 262 40 4.1 96 .325 .286 .262 .319 .333 .416 .386 .735 .719 104 .478 0.4 0.0 .624 .187 .130 9.9
1976 27 DET AL 325 239 43 4.9 88 .288 .285 .259 .313 .324 .492 .366 .804 .690 131 .589 9.6 1.0 .725 .259 .207 11.3
1977 28 DET AL 497 356 64 4.8 104 .276 .262 .272 .325 .337 .464 .414 .789 .751 109 .517 4.3 0.4 .716 .291 .202 12.6
1978 29 MIL AL 527 350 85 6.5 94 .322 .303 .261 .370 .326 .497 .385 .867 .711 143 .678 26.7 2.7 .840 .313 .194 13.7
1979 30 MIL AL 572 393 91 6.2 102 .268 .282 .270 .343 .334 .525 .408 .869 .743 131 .621 21.0 2.0 .849 .350 .243 17.0
1980 31 MIL AL 660 435 121 7.5 96 .284 .304 .266 .362 .327 .563 .394 .925 .721 153 .709 42.0 4.1 .925 .353 .258 17.3
1981 32 MIL AL 452 323 49 4.1 85 .241 .243 .250 .310 .314 .395 .364 .705 .678 107 .498 4.2 0.4 .640 .245 .153 3.5
1982 33 MIL AL 677 467 90 5.2 93 .232 .244 .257 .326 .320 .453 .392 .780 .711 118 .555 14.2 1.4 .740 .322 .209 5.5
1983 34 MIL AL 483 319 67 5.6 92 .298 .280 .257 .371 .318 .436 .388 .806 .706 129 .596 19.4 1.9 .775 .297 .156 6.1
1984 35 MIL AL 509 361 55 4.1 93 .276 .262 .259 .327 .321 .384 .391 .711 .712 100 .454 0.1 0.0 .603 .204 .121 .0
1985 36 MIL AL 394 266 54 5.4 99 .307 .290 .261 .354 .327 .440 .406 .794 .733 117 .576 9.4 0.9 .742 .252 .150 .0
1986 37 MIL AL 384 265 45 4.5 103 .295 .283 .265 .334 .333 .390 .413 .724 .747 95 .487 -1.8 -0.2 .638 .191 .107 1.7
16 Seasons 6598 4580 885 5.2 95 .282 .273 .262 .336 .326 .450 .391 .786 .717 118 .571 143.4 14.0 .729 .275 .177 127.0
162 Game Avg. 609 423 82 5.2 95 .282 .273 .262 .336 .326 .450 .391 .786 .717 118 .571 13 1 .729 .275 .177 12
MIL (9 yrs) 4658 3179 657 5.5 95 .278 .277 .261 .345 .325 .461 .393 .806 .718 124 .592 135.3 13.2 .759 .289 .185 70.4
DET (4 yrs) 1468 1052 183 4.7 96 .295 .275 .265 .326 .331 .444 .389 .770 .719 113 .537 18.9 1.9 .698 .257 .169 44.6
BOS (3 yrs) 472 349 45 3.5 92 .279 .235 .258 .282 .328 .368 .376 .650 .705 84 .446 -10.8 -1.1 .554 .194 .132 3.3

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
1981 32 MIL AL ALDS NYY L 5 19 18 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .167 .167 .222 .389 4 0 0 1 0 0
1982 33 MIL AL ALCS CAL W 4 16 15 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 .133 .188 .333 .521 5 0 1 0 0 0
1982 33 MIL AL WS STL L 7 29 27 4 6 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 4 .222 .276 .407 .683 11 1 0 0 0 1
2 Seasons (3 Series) 16 64 60 5 11 1 1 2 3 0 1 2 14 .183 .222 .333 .556 20 1 1 1 0 1
1 ALDS 5 19 18 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .167 .167 .222 .389 4 0 0 1 0 0
1 ALCS 4 16 15 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 .133 .188 .333 .521 5 0 1 0 0 0
1 WS 7 29 27 4 6 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 4 .222 .276 .407 .683 11 1 0 0 0 1

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
1980 MIL AL 31 as LF 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 MIL AL 33 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 MIL AL 34 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Appearances) 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
1971 22 BOS AL 38 0.0% 13.2% 0.0% 7.9% 30% 7.6 9.5 1.20 87%
1972 23 BOS AL 273 2.9% 22.3% 6.6% 7.3% 33% 3.39 4.1 31.6 8.4 0.91 68%
1973 24 BOS AL 161 1.2% 19.9% 5.6% 7.5% 38% 3.56 4.6 73.5 16.3 0.98 71%
1974 25 DET AL 289 1.4% 13.2% 11.8% 6.2% 27% 1.12 6.6 63.0 8.7 0.96 74%
1975 26 DET AL 357 2.5% 17.4% 4.5% 6.7% 25% 3.88 5.4 36.9 9.2 1.34 74%
1976 27 DET AL 325 4.6% 13.5% 3.4% 9.2% 35% 4.00 6.9 20.3 6.5 1.10 77%
1977 28 DET AL 497 4.2% 16.1% 8.1% 9.5% 40% 2.00 5.6 21.4 7.4 0.86 71%
1978 29 MIL AL 527 3.4% 13.1% 9.9% 9.7% 36% 1.33 6.8 26.1 6.5 1.08 73%
1979 30 MIL AL 572 5.1% 9.8% 8.4% 11.0% 43% 1.17 9.2 17.7 6.3 0.99 76%
1980 31 MIL AL 660 6.2% 10.8% 8.2% 10.5% 38% 1.31 8.3 14.4 5.0 0.70 74%
1981 32 MIL AL 452 3.1% 10.8% 8.2% 6.9% 32% 1.32 8.2 28.6 5.6 0.74 76%
1982 33 MIL AL 677 5.0% 12.0% 10.3% 8.4% 39% 1.16 7.4 17.7 5.9 0.69 72%
1983 34 MIL AL 483 2.7% 13.3% 12.4% 7.3% 30% 1.07 6.4 31.6 6.2 0.83 71%
1984 35 MIL AL 509 2.4% 11.0% 8.6% 5.9% 25% 1.27 8.2 38.4 7.7 1.01 78%
1985 36 MIL AL 394 2.5% 12.9% 9.4% 7.4% 29% 1.38 6.7 34.1 5.6 1.06 74%
1986 37 MIL AL 384 1.3% 8.6% 7.8% 6.8% 27% 1.10 10.5 69.2 6.5 1.07 82%
16 Seasons 6598 3.6% 12.9% 8.5% 8.3% 34% 1.52 6.9 25.2 6.6 0.92 74%
MLB Averages

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
1971 22 BOS AL 1 0 20% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1972 23 BOS AL 3 0 26% 97 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 45% 15 9 6 2 1 1 3 1 2
1973 24 BOS AL 2 0 34% 49 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 39% 6 5 1 0 0 0 7 2 4
1974 25 DET AL 3 0 25% 119 12 3 80% 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 67% 18 7 10 1 1 0 8 0 8
1975 26 DET AL 5 0 35% 139 11 8 58% 10 8 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 9 54% 19 11 7 4 1 3 12 2 9
1976 27 DET AL 0 0 24% 82 9 4 69% 9 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 6 61% 15 6 7 2 0 2 6 0 5
1977 28 DET AL 2 0 30% 158 9 9 50% 9 9 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 11 63% 21 12 8 4 0 4 18 3 15
1978 29 MIL AL 8 0 30% 180 11 7 61% 8 7 3 0 0 0 2 1 10 8 63% 22 9 13 3 1 2 18 5 12
1979 30 MIL AL 5 0 36% 180 12 5 71% 12 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 8 59% 29 14 15 7 2 5 15 5 10
1980 31 MIL AL 4 0 27% 235 11 9 55% 11 9 0 0 0 0 4 1 12 11 51% 30 19 11 11 6 5 14 2 12
1981 32 MIL AL 7 0 31% 164 2 2 50% 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 9 39% 23 18 5 4 3 1 9 1 8
1982 33 MIL AL 10 0 31% 219 3 5 38% 3 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 13 55% 30 20 10 13 5 8 24 3 19
1983 34 MIL AL 4 0 22% 206 4 6 40% 4 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 9 9 31% 26 19 7 5 4 1 8 3 4
1984 35 MIL AL 7 0 24% 194 0 6 0% 0 6 0 0 0 0 2 1 8 12 40% 31 21 10 6 4 2 16 7 9
1985 36 MIL AL 5 0 23% 162 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 36% 22 17 3 5 3 2 15 5 10
1986 37 MIL AL 6 0 21% 150 1 2 33% 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 11 40% 18 12 6 4 2 2 8 4 4
16 Seasons 72 0 28% 2345 87 70 55% 82 66 5 3 0 1 19 5 79 121 50% 325 199 119 71 33 38 182 44 131
MLB Averages

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
1971 22 BOS AL 38 84% 10 5 0 0 1 2.13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0% 4 2 50% 24 4 17% 2 2 100% 2 2 100% 0
1972 23 BOS AL 273 77% 61 24 9 1 3 1.64 8 0 4 6 2 4 4 0 1 0 0% 54 4 7% 27 6 22% 168 22 13% 19 6 32% 21 10 48% 0
1973 24 BOS AL 161 93% 32 10 2 0 1 2.57 2 0 5 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 100% 36 4 11% 22 3 14% 119 8 7% 6 2 33% 9 0 0% 0
1974 25 DET AL 289 91% 68 18 5 0 3 2.29 4 0 3 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 56 5 9% 26 9 35% 178 26 15% 17 11 65% 19 3 16% 0
1975 26 DET AL 357 73% 95 3 0 0 1 2.21 9 0 5 7 2 6 3 1 3 3 100% 61 10 16% 25 9 36% 170 28 16% 15 10 67% 18 10 56% 0
1976 27 DET AL 325 82% 87 37 8 2 6 1.63 15 0 10 13 2 8 7 1 2 2 100% 74 11 15% 41 14 34% 222 32 14% 23 8 35% 24 13 54% 0
1977 28 DET AL 497 68% 118 12 4 0 1 1.71 21 0 18 18 3 9 12 0 1 1 100% 100 11 11% 41 14 34% 314 41 13% 26 12 46% 22 11 50% 0
1978 29 MIL AL 527 92% 142 5 1 0 0 2.64 18 0 11 17 1 6 12 0 3 3 100% 104 10 10% 53 18 34% 351 55 16% 25 12 48% 34 17 50% 0
1979 30 MIL AL 572 83% 145 5 2 0 1 2.85 29 1 16 23 6 16 13 0 7 4 57% 103 11 11% 46 19 41% 382 53 14% 28 15 54% 32 12 38% 0
1980 31 MIL AL 660 67% 180 0 0 0 0 41 1 19 29 12 15 26 2 2 0 0% 115 5 4% 51 22 43% 426 79 19% 38 26 68% 36 17 47% 0
1981 32 MIL AL 452 70% 97 1 1 0 0 3.94 14 0 12 11 3 3 11 0 2 1 50% 97 9 9% 44 16 36% 303 59 19% 43 24 56% 29 10 34% 0
1982 33 MIL AL 677 65% 147 1 0 0 0 1.52 34 1 13 25 9 16 18 0 0 0 138 6 4% 65 15 23% 428 70 16% 36 17 47% 39 15 38% 0
1983 34 MIL AL 483 62% 115 6 2 0 1 3.15 13 1 9 7 6 8 5 0 0 0 94 9 10% 45 18 40% 324 55 17% 33 19 58% 28 10 36% 0
1984 35 MIL AL 509 67% 121 10 3 0 2 2.18 12 0 10 10 2 7 5 0 1 1 100% 89 12 13% 39 8 21% 309 49 16% 24 9 38% 31 13 42% 0
1985 36 MIL AL 394 79% 99 9 1 0 0 1.70 10 0 5 8 2 4 6 0 4 4 100% 67 8 12% 43 25 58% 241 56 23% 31 22 71% 26 12 46% 0
1986 37 MIL AL 384 82% 98 8 1 0 1 2.25 5 0 4 5 0 2 3 0 2 1 50% 74 7 9% 37 19 51% 257 49 19% 26 21 81% 20 11 55% 0
16 Seasons 6598 75% 1615 154 39 3 21 2.02 235 4 144 185 50 107 128 4 29 21 72% 1270 122 10% 609 217 36% 4216 686 16% 392 216 55% 390 166 43% 0
MLB Averages

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
1971 22 14 38 38 2 10 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 5 .263 .263 .342 .605 65 13 0 0 0 0 0
1972 23 108 311 291 29 71 13 2 8 34 1 1 18 66 .244 .289 .385 .674 94 112 4 1 0 1 2
1973 24 166 472 438 45 103 22 3 10 43 2 2 27 98 .235 .282 .368 .650 84 161 8 3 1 3 4
1974 25 258 761 690 73 171 33 6 14 72 14 5 61 136 .248 .309 .374 .683 94 258 13 3 1 6 10
1975 26 358 1118 1022 118 266 47 7 23 108 25 13 77 198 .260 .312 .387 .700 97 396 23 5 4 10 10
1976 27 473 1443 1327 154 353 59 10 38 155 34 17 88 242 .266 .312 .411 .724 105 546 34 8 6 14 13
1977 28 605 1940 1777 217 471 83 12 59 216 43 26 128 322 .265 .316 .425 .740 106 755 45 11 7 17 15
1978 29 733 2467 2246 288 613 112 16 77 288 54 33 180 391 .273 .327 .440 .767 113 988 55 11 10 20 25
1979 30 872 3039 2760 376 758 142 20 106 369 66 38 228 447 .275 .330 .456 .786 117 1258 66 13 14 24 37
1980 31 1028 3699 3352 470 938 168 22 147 487 77 47 282 518 .280 .336 .475 .811 123 1591 71 18 14 33 56
1981 32 1135 4151 3752 523 1035 183 24 161 559 79 49 319 567 .276 .333 .466 .799 122 1749 80 24 15 41 66
1982 33 1294 4828 4354 615 1182 205 25 195 661 82 54 389 648 .271 .332 .464 .797 121 2022 86 28 15 42 79
1983 34 1419 5311 4765 664 1297 224 28 208 727 86 60 449 712 .272 .336 .462 .798 122 2201 95 32 15 50 91
1984 35 1550 5820 5226 713 1418 240 30 220 787 86 66 493 768 .271 .335 .455 .790 120 2378 107 33 16 52 96
1985 36 1651 6214 5567 753 1517 257 32 230 848 86 68 530 819 .272 .336 .454 .790 120 2528 115 35 20 62 99
1986 37 1754 6598 5913 784 1615 277 33 235 901 87 70 560 852 .273 .336 .450 .786 118 2663 122 35 21 69 105

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
1971 22 14 38 38 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 4 14
1972 23 98 295 272 34 71 12 2 9 38 1 21 64 .261 .315 .419 .734 37 94
1973 24 58 160 147 16 32 9 1 2 9 1 9 32 .218 .269 .333 .602 13 58
1974 25 92 300 259 31 75 12 3 4 33 13 38 38 .290 .377 .405 .782 41 92
1975 26 101 354 332 48 94 14 1 9 38 11 16 62 .283 .316 .413 .729 43 100
1976 27 116 327 309 42 90 12 3 16 55 9 11 44 .291 .318 .505 .823 49 115
1977 28 132 491 446 63 114 23 2 20 61 9 39 80 .256 .318 .451 .768 64 132
1978 29 128 535 477 79 150 31 4 19 81 12 55 69 .314 .383 .516 .899 95 128
1979 30 140 570 516 90 145 30 4 29 83 12 48 56 .281 .342 .523 .865 93 139
1980 31 156 670 600 101 188 27 2 43 127 11 56 71 .313 .372 .580 .952 130 156
1981 32 162 712 626 98 167 26 3 24 133 3 64 74 .267 .338 .433 .771 91 107
1982 33 159 695 614 103 159 24 1 37 114 3 76 81 .259 .344 .482 .826 101 159
1983 34 125 498 421 55 125 21 3 14 74 4 65 64 .297 .390 .461 .850 76 125
1984 35 131 513 465 54 125 17 2 12 67 0 45 56 .269 .333 .391 .725 61 131
1985 36 101 393 343 41 101 17 2 10 63 0 38 51 .294 .359 .443 .802 56 101
1986 37 103 382 345 31 97 20 1 5 53 1 30 33 .281 .332 .388 .721 45 103
16 Seasons 1816 6933 6210 888 1733 295 34 253 1034 90 611 880 .279 .344 .460 .803 999 1754
162 Game Avg. 162 618 554 79 155 26 3 23 92 8 55 79 .279 .344 .460 .803 89 1754

* 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

All-Star Games
1980 (LF)
1982 *
1983 *

Silver Sluggers
1980-AL-OF

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1980-AL-13-7%
0.07 Career Shares (993rd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1978 AL--.303--5th

Slugging % s c a p y
1978 AL--.497--9th
1980 AL--.563--3rd

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1978 AL--.867--9th
1980 AL--.925--4th

Games Played s c a p y
1981 AL--107--7th

Hits s c a p y
1980 AL--180--7th

Total Bases s c a p y
1980 AL--333--2nd

Home Runs s c a p y
1979 AL--29--7th
1980 AL--41--1st
1982 AL--34--4th
Career--235--224th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1980 AL--118--2nd
1981 AL--72--3rd
1982 AL--102--9th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1978 AL--143--8th
1980 AL--153--4th

Runs Created s c a p y
1980 AL--121--4th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1978 AL--27--10th
1980 AL--42--4th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1978 AL--2.7--9th
1980 AL--4.1--4th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1979 AL--63--9th
1980 AL--69--3rd

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1978 AL--.678--9th
1980 AL--.709--4th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1981 AL--6--6th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1980 AL--9--5th
1981 AL--8--3rd
1983 AL--8--7th
1985 AL--10--4th
Career--69--140th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1978 AL--10--4th
1979 AL--12--3rd
1980 AL--19--1st
1981 AL--10--2nd
1982 AL--13--4th
1983 AL--12--6th
Career--105--106th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1979 AL--17.0--9th
1980 AL--17.3--5th
Career--127.0--245th

AB per HR s c a p y
1979 AL--17.724--9th
1980 AL--14.439--2nd
1982 AL--17.706--6th

Outs Made s c a p y
1981 AL--323--6th
1982 AL--467--7th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkBatting - 4 (374), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 28 (685), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 30 (582), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 18 (736), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

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.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
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 (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') 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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