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Bob Oliver

Robert Lee Oliver

Positions: First Baseman, Rightfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: February 8, 1943 in Shreveport, LA
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1965
Teams (by GP): Royals/Angels/Yankees/Orioles/Pirates 1965-1975

Final Game: July 3, 1975
Relatives: Father of Darren Oliver
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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
1963	20	PIT-min	A	124	501	501		141	15	6	13						.281	.281	.413	.695		207							GST · WCRS
1964	21	PIT-min	A	137	458	458		119	17	2	7						.260	.260	.352	.611		161							KIN · CARL
1965	22	PIT-min	AA	128	477	450	66	117	17	1	15	71	5	3	27	127	.260	.302	.402	.704		181							AVL · SOUL
1965	22	PIT	NL	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/7

1966	23	PIT-min	AA,AAA	117	411	388	59	111	10	6	18	81	5	2	21	94	.286	.322	.482	.804		187		0	1	1			AVL,CLB · SOUL,IL
1967	24	PIT-min	AA	139	542	506	60	144	16	5	17	80	10	2	36	101	.285	.332	.437	.769		221							MAC · SOUL
1968	25	MIN-min	AAA	137	551	515	71	153	31	8	20	93	17	8	24	94	.297	.327	.505	.832		260		3	0	9			DEN · PCL
1969	26	KCR-min	AAA	9	32	27	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	8	.111	.219	.111	.330		3		0	0	1			OMA · AA
1969	26	KCR	AL	118	425	394	43	100	8	4	13	43	5	5	21	74	.254	.294	.393	.687	91	155	18	2	6	2	2	893/75
1970	27	KCR	AL	160	662	612	83	159	24	6	27	99	3	3	42	126	.260	.309	.451	.760	108	276	15	3	2	3	4	*35	MVP-27
1971	28	KCR	AL	128	398	373	35	91	12	2	8	52	0	0	14	88	.244	.277	.351	.628	79	131	13	5	1	5	3	39/57
1972	29	TOT	AL	150	609	572	54	154	22	5	20	76	5	3	29	109	.269	.305	.430	.735	123	246	17	3	0	5	8	*39/7
1972	29	KCR	AL	16	65	63	7	17	2	1	1	6	1	0	2	12	.270	.292	.381	.673	101	24	2	0	0	0	0	9
1972	29	CAL	AL	134	544	509	47	137	20	4	19	70	4	3	27	97	.269	.307	.436	.743	126	222	15	3	0	5	8	*3/97
1973	30	CAL	AL	151	586	544	51	144	24	1	18	89	1	1	33	100	.265	.311	.412	.722	111	224	15	5	0	4	7	593D
1974	31	TOT	AL	119	402	379	23	92	11	1	8	59	3	2	16	56	.243	.271	.340	.612	80	129	21	1	0	6	2	35/9D7
1974	31	CAL	AL	110	382	359	22	89	9	1	8	55	2	1	16	51	.248	.277	.345	.623	84	124	21	1	0	6	2	35/9D7
1974	31	BAL	AL	9	20	20	1	3	2	0	0	4	1	1	0	5	.150	.150	.250	.400	15	5	0	0	0	0	0	/3D
1975	32	NYY	AL	18	39	38	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	.132	.154	.158	.312	-11	6	2	0	0	0	0	/3D5
1976	33	PHI-min	AAA	96	307	295	40	96	17	3	10	55	1	1	9	40	.325	.343	.505	.848		149		0	1	2			OKC · AA
1977	34	PIT-min	AAA	126	510	489	54	134	25	5	17	85	9	4	12	90	.274	.293	.450	.743		220		3	1	5			CLB · IL
1978	35	CHW-min	AAA	15	59	53	6	11	2	0	1	6	0	0	6	16	.208	.288	.302	.590		16		0	0	0			IWA,PUE · AA,MEX
1979	36	VCZ	AAA																										VCZ · MEX
8 Yrs				847	3123	2914	293	745	102	19	94	419	17	14	156	562	.256	.295	.400	.696	100	1167	101	19	9	25	26
162 Game Avg.				162	597	557	56	142	20	4	18	80	3	3	30	107	.256	.295	.400	.696	100	223	19	4	2	5	5

KCR (4 yrs)				422	1550	1442	168	367	46	13	49	200	9	8	79	300	.255	.296	.406	.702	96	586	48	10	9	10	9
CAL (3 yrs)				395	1512	1412	120	370	53	6	45	214	7	5	76	248	.262	.301	.404	.705	109	570	51	9	0	15	17
PIT (1 yr)				3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
NYY (1 yr)				18	39	38	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	.132	.154	.158	.312	-11	6	2	0	0	0	0
BAL (1 yr)				9	20	20	1	3	2	0	0	4	1	1	0	5	.150	.150	.250	.400	15	5	0	0	0	0	0

AL (7 yrs)				844	3121	2912	292	745	102	19	94	419	17	14	156	562	.256	.296	.401	.696	100	1167	101	19	9	25	26
NL (1 yr)				3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1965	22	PIT	NL	3	2	-0	0	0	1	0	0	0.1	0	1	0.1	.519	.500	0.0	0.1	-0	$	/7

1969	26	KCR	AL	118	425	-2	-0	-2	-8	-4	-17	-2.0	12	-5	-0.8	.484	.488	0.2	-1.4	3	$11,000	893/75
1970	27	KCR	AL	160	662	7	0	-0	-2	-6	-1	-0.2	21	21	1.9	.500	.500	2.2	-0.9	22	$	*35	MVP-27
1971	28	KCR	AL	128	398	-11	1	-1	1	-6	-17	-2.0	13	-4	-0.8	.484	.488	-0.8	-0.6	-5	$	39/57
1972	29	KCR	AL	16	65	1	0	-0	3	-1	3	0.4	2	5	0.6	.525	.502	0.2	0.3	2	$27,500	9
1972	29	CAL	AL	134	544	10	0	-1	3	-8	3	0.3	18	21	2.1	.503	.503	1.8	-0.7	18	$	*3/97
1973	30	CAL	AL	151	586	6	1	-2	-3	-4	-3	0.0	19	16	1.7	.498	.498	2.0	-0.6	19	$40,000	593D
1974	31	CAL	AL	110	382	-9	-2	-3	-8	-3	-26	-2.7	12	-13	-1.6	.474	.482	-0.7	-1.1	-6	$55,000	35/9D7
1974	31	BAL	AL	9	20	-2	-0	0	1	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.481	.499	-0.2	0.1	-2	$	/3D
1975	32	NYY	AL	18	39	-6	0	-0	1	-1	-5	-0.5	1	-4	-0.4	.470	.497	-0.5	0.1	-5	$55,000	/3D5
8 Seasons				847	3123	-7	-1	-11	-11	-33	-63	-6.9	99	37	2.7	.492	.496	4.2	-4.8	48	$188,500

KCR (4 yrs)				422	1550	-5	1	-4	-6	-17	-32	-3.9	48	16	0.9	.491	.494	1.8	-2.7	23	$38,500
CAL (3 yrs)				395	1512	6	-2	-7	-8	-15	-25	-2.4	49	24	2.2	.493	.494	3.1	-2.4	32	$95,000
PIT (1 yr)				3	2	-0	0	0	1	0	0	0.1	0	1	0.1	.519	.500	0.0	0.1	-0	$
NYY (1 yr)				18	39	-6	0	-0	1	-1	-5	-0.5	1	-4	-0.4	.470	.497	-0.5	0.1	-5	$55,000
BAL (1 yr)				9	20	-2	-0	0	1	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.481	.499	-0.2	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
1965	22	PIT	NL	2	2	0	0.0	94	.000	.000	.258	.000	.322	.000	.390	.000	.712	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

1969	26	KCR	AL	425	325	39	3.2	95	.282	.254	.254	.294	.331	.393	.384	.687	.715	91	.381	-7.3	-0.8	.562	.193	.140	7.2
1970	27	KCR	AL	662	476	82	4.6	97	.286	.260	.257	.309	.331	.451	.392	.760	.723	108	.534	3.6	0.4	.682	.260	.191	5.4
1971	28	KCR	AL	398	301	34	3.0	91	.294	.244	.253	.277	.324	.351	.375	.628	.699	79	.374	-11.6	-1.2	.508	.145	.107	.0
1972	29	TOT	AL	609	443	71	4.3	79	.299	.269	.241	.305	.308	.430	.347	.735	.655	123	.578	12.8	1.4	.639	.215	.161	8.0
1972	29	KCR	AL	65	48	7	3.9	82	.320	.270	.245	.292	.314	.381	.354	.673	.669	101	.535	-0.4	-0.1	.563	.159	.111	1.0
1972	29	CAL	AL	544	395	64	4.4	78	.296	.269	.240	.307	.308	.436	.346	.743	.654	126	.583	13.2	1.5	.649	.222	.167	6.6
1973	30	CAL	AL	586	420	66	4.2	86	.293	.265	.249	.311	.316	.412	.366	.722	.682	111	.487	6.8	0.7	.630	.208	.147	1.9
1974	31	TOT	AL	402	316	30	2.6	84	.262	.243	.252	.271	.315	.340	.362	.612	.677	80	.293	-10.3	-1.1	.474	.142	.098	4.4
1974	31	CAL	AL	382	298	29	2.6	84	.265	.248	.251	.277	.315	.345	.361	.623	.676	84	.303	-8.2	-0.9	.486	.145	.097	3.2
1974	31	BAL	AL	20	18	1	1.5	87	.200	.150	.255	.150	.319	.250	.366	.400	.685	15	.134	-2.2	-0.2	.278	.100	.100	.0
1975	32	NYY	AL	39	35	1	0.8	92	.172	.132	.257	.154	.327	.158	.377	.312	.704	-11	.041	-5.6	-0.6	.200	.053	.026
8 Yrs				3123	2318	323	3.8	88	.285	.256	.251	.295	.321	.400	.371	.696	.692	100	.458	-12.3	-1.3	.589	.199	.145	28.8
162 Game Avg.				597	443	62	3.8	88	.285	.256	.251	.295	.321	.400	.371	.696	.692	100	.458	-12.3	-1.3	.589	.199	.145	6

KCR (4 yrs)				1550	1150	162	3.8	94	.288	.255	.255	.296	.329	.406	.384	.702	.712	96	.456	-15.8	-1.7	.598	.207	.152	15.2
CAL (3 yrs)				1512	1113	159	3.8	83	.287	.262	.246	.301	.313	.404	.358	.705	.670	109	.478	11.8	1.3	.598	.197	.142	12.1
PIT (1 yr)				2	2	0	0.0	94	.000	.000	.258	.000	.322	.000	.390	.000	.712	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
NYY (1 yr)				39	35	1	0.8	92	.172	.132	.257	.154	.327	.158	.377	.312	.704	-11	.041	-5.6	-0.6	.200	.053	.026
BAL (1 yr)				20	18	1	1.5	87	.200	.150	.255	.150	.319	.250	.366	.400	.685	15	.135	-2.2	-0.2	.278	.100	.100	.0

AL (7 yrs)				3121	2316	323	3.8	88	.285	.256	.251	.296	.321	.401	.371	.696	.692	100	.458	-11.8	-1.2	.589	.200	.145	28.8
NL (1 yr)				2	2	0	0.0	94	.000	.000	.258	.000	.322	.000	.390	.000	.712	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1965	22	PIT	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						0.00	100%

1969	26	KCR	AL	425	3.1%	17.4%	4.9%	5.9%	25%	3.52	5.3	30.3	9.2	1.15	73%
1970	27	KCR	AL	662	4.1%	19.0%	6.3%	8.6%	36%	3.00	4.9	22.7	6.2	1.34	70%
1971	28	KCR	AL	398	2.0%	22.1%	3.5%	5.5%	24%	6.29	4.2	46.6	7.2	1.04	71%
1972	29	TOT	AL	609	3.3%	17.9%	4.8%	7.7%	31%	3.76	5.2	28.6	7.5	0.94	74%
1972	29	KCR	AL	65	1.5%	18.5%	3.1%	6.2%	24%	6.00	5.3	63.0	10.5	1.27	77%
1972	29	CAL	AL	544	3.5%	17.8%	5.0%	7.9%	31%	3.59	5.2	26.8	7.3	0.90	73%
1973	30	CAL	AL	586	3.1%	17.1%	5.6%	7.3%	30%	3.03	5.4	30.2	6.1	1.24	73%
1974	31	TOT	AL	402	2.0%	13.9%	4.0%	5.0%	22%	3.50	6.8	47.4	6.4	1.11	80%
1974	31	CAL	AL	382	2.1%	13.4%	4.2%	4.7%	20%	3.19	7.0	44.9	6.5	1.11	80%
1974	31	BAL	AL	20	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	10.0%	67%		4.0		5.0	1.20	75%
1975	32	NYY	AL	39	0.0%	23.1%	2.6%	2.6%	20%	9.00	4.2		38.0	1.36	74%
8 Yrs				3123	3.0%	18.0%	5.0%	6.9%	29%	3.60	5.2	31.0	7.0	1.13	73%
MLB Averages					2.0%	14.7%	8.5%	6.0%	27%	1.72	6.1	44.9	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
1965	22	PIT	NL	-0.5	-0.1	3	0.0	0.0	0.0	.06	0.0	0.0	-0.6	-0.1	1.23	-0.4		0

1969	26	KCR	AL	-7.3	-0.8	442	-0.8	7.7	-8.5	1.05	-0.0	-0.8	-8.4	-0.9	0.97	-2.0	1.05	7
1970	27	KCR	AL	3.6	0.4	674	2.2	16.0	-13.8	1.20	1.2	0.6	10.5	1.1	0.99	14.1	1.19	2
1971	28	KCR	AL	-12.0	-1.3	402	-1.3	6.1	-7.4	.98	-1.3	0.0	-7.2	-0.8	1.01	-11.2	1.15	22
1972	29	TOT	AL	12.8	1.4	621	0.0	12.4	-12.3	1.13	1.0	-1.0	-2.0	-0.2	1.00	9.5	2.35	1
1972	29	KCR	AL	-0.4	-0.1	67	-0.2	1.5	-1.8	1.39	0.1	-0.3	-3.4	-0.4	1.05	1.0		0
1972	29	CAL	AL	13.2	1.5	554	0.2	10.8	-10.6	1.10	0.8	-0.6	1.3	0.2	1.00	8.5	2.35	1
1973	30	CAL	AL	6.0	0.6	593	1.3	12.1	-10.8	1.06	0.6	0.6	13.1	1.4	0.98	7.1	2.19	12
1974	31	TOT	AL	-10.3	-1.1	411	-3.1	7.0	-10.1	1.24	-1.9	-0.7	-20.5	-2.2	1.06	-17.3	2.63	25
1974	31	CAL	AL	-8.2	-0.9	389	-2.8	6.4	-9.3	1.20	-1.6	-0.7	-19.2	-2.1	1.05	-15.1	2.45	19
1974	31	BAL	AL	-2.2	-0.2	22	-0.3	0.6	-0.9	2.06	-0.2	0.1	-1.3	-0.1	1.23	-2.2	3.20	6
1975	32	NYY	AL	-5.6	-0.6	41	-0.9	0.3	-1.1	1.08	-0.6	-0.2	-7.1	-0.8	0.88	-6.9	1.19	6
8 Yrs				-13.6	-1.4	3187	-2.5	61.5	-64.1	1.12	-1.0	-1.2	-22.3	-2.4	1.00	-7.2	1.82	75

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1965	22	PIT	NL	0	0		2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1969	26	KCR	AL	9	0	27%	155	5	5	50%	5	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	4	6	54%	25	16	8	4	1	3	12	1	11
1970	27	KCR	AL	10	0	32%	211	3	3	50%	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	13	42%	40	26	14	7	3	3	12	3	8
1971	28	KCR	AL	4	0	27%	140	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	7	38%	20	14	6	3	3	0	11	4	7
1972	29	TOT	AL	3	0	21%	197	5	3	63%	5	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	7	55%	37	18	19	4	3	1	14	3	10
1972	29	KCR	AL	2	0	33%	27	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	60%	0	0	0	3	2	1	2	0	2
1972	29	CAL	AL	1	0	19%	170	4	3	57%	4	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	6	54%	37	18	19	1	1	0	12	3	8
1973	30	CAL	AL	8	0	20%	167	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	14	52%	31	12	17	3	3	0	10	2	6
1974	31	TOT	AL	3	0	15%	109	3	2	60%	3	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	5	4	40%	14	11	3	6	3	3	5	0	4
1974	31	CAL	AL	3	0	14%	108	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	4	38%	14	11	3	6	3	3	4	0	3
1974	31	BAL	AL	0	0	33%	1	1	1	50%	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1975	32	NYY	AL	0	0	50%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	33%	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	1
8 Yrs				37	0	24%	988	17	14	55%	17	12	0	2	0	0	8	0	37	54	48%	167	97	67	28	17	10	66	13	47

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
1965	22	PIT	NL	2	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1969	26	KCR	AL	425	34%	100			7	2	1	1	1.05	13	1	7	11	2	5	8	0	7	6	86%	91	18	20%	46	14	30%	254	35	14%	18	8	44%	17	9	53%	0
1970	27	KCR	AL	662	30%	159			2	0	0	0	1.19	27	0	17	21	6	11	16	0	3	2	67%	137	15	11%	54	13	24%	456	74	16%	36	22	61%	24	11	46%	0
1971	28	KCR	AL	398	47%	91			22	5	1	3	1.15	8	1	5	5	3	1	7	0	1	1	100%	81	13	16%	39	10	26%	269	45	17%	28	16	57%	14	6	43%	0
1972	29	TOT	AL	609	32%	154			1	0	0	0	2.35	20	0	13	13	7	11	9	0	0	0		104	17	16%	53	15	28%	404	59	15%	45	20	44%	26	15	58%	0
1972	29	KCR	AL	65	32%	17			0	0	0	0		1	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		15	2	13%	9	2	22%	46	5	11%	3	1	33%	5	3	60%	0
1972	29	CAL	AL	544	32%	137			1	0	0	0	2.35	19	0	9	13	6	10	9	0	0	0		89	15	17%	44	13	30%	358	54	15%	42	19	45%	21	12	57%	0
1973	30	CAL	AL	586	38%	144			12	2	0	2	2.19	18	0	17	10	8	6	12	0	0	0		109	15	14%	58	9	16%	402	73	18%	36	16	44%	23	8	35%	0
1974	31	TOT	AL	402	56%	92			25	4	0	4	2.63	8	0	20	4	4	7	1	0	0	0		96	21	22%	47	16	34%	319	53	17%	36	24	67%	13	5	38%	0
1974	31	CAL	AL	382	56%	89			19	4	0	4	2.45	8	0	17	4	4	7	1	0	0	0		91	21	23%	46	16	35%	297	49	17%	34	22	65%	12	5	42%	0
1974	31	BAL	AL	20	60%	3			6	0	0	0	3.20	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	0	0%	1	0	0%	22	4	18%	2	2	100%	1	0	0%	0
1975	32	NYY	AL	39	90%	5			6	1	0	0	1.19	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	2	29%	5	0	0%	21	1	5%	3	0	0%	0	0		0
8 Yrs				3123	39%	745			75	14	2	10	1.82	94	2	80	64	30	41	53	0	11	9	82%	627	101	16%	302	77	26%	2128	340	16%	202	106	52%	117	54	46%	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
1965	22	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1966	23	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967	24	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1968	25	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	26	121	427	396	44	100	8	4	13	43	5	5	21	74	.253	.292	.391	.684	90	155	18	2	6	2	2
1970	27	281	1089	1008	127	259	32	10	40	142	8	8	63	200	.257	.302	.428	.730	101	431	33	5	8	5	6
1971	28	409	1487	1381	162	350	44	12	48	194	8	8	77	288	.253	.296	.407	.703	96	562	46	10	9	10	9
1972	29	559	2096	1953	216	504	66	17	68	270	13	11	106	397	.258	.299	.414	.712	103	808	63	13	9	15	17
1973	30	710	2682	2497	267	648	90	18	86	359	14	12	139	497	.260	.301	.413	.714	105	1032	78	18	9	19	24
1974	31	829	3084	2876	290	740	101	19	94	418	17	14	155	553	.257	.297	.404	.701	102	1161	99	19	9	25	26
1975	32	847	3123	2914	293	745	102	19	94	419	17	14	156	562	.256	.295	.400	.696	100	1167	101	19	9	25	26

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
1965	22	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3

1969	26	118	431	399	47	105	8	4	14	47	5	22	74	.263	.304	.409	.712	49	118
1970	27	160	671	619	89	166	25	6	28	106	3	44	126	.268	.318	.464	.782	91	160
1971	28	129	409	383	41	99	13	2	9	60	0	15	89	.258	.292	.373	.665	41	128
1972	29	157	674	629	76	192	27	6	25	107	6	36	114	.305	.344	.486	.831	106	150
1973	30	151	608	561	62	161	27	1	20	108	1	37	100	.287	.336	.446	.781	83	151
1974	31	119	415	390	28	103	12	1	9	72	3	18	56	.264	.294	.369	.663	43	119
1975	32	18	39	38	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	9	.132	.154	.158	.312	1	18
8 Yrs		855	3249	3021	347	831	113	20	105	501	18	173	568	.275	.316	.430	.746	414	847
162 Game Avg.		162	616	572	66	157	21	4	20	95	3	33	108	.275	.316	.430	.746	78	847

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1970 AL (27, 0%) 0.00 Career Shares (1712th)	Games Played s c a p y 1970 AL 160 (6th)	At Bats s c a p y 1970 AL 612 (8th) 1972 AL 572 (9th)	Hits s c a p y 1972 AL 154 (9th)
Total Bases s c a p y 1972 AL 246 (6th)	Triples s c a p y 1970 AL 6 (9th) 1972 AL 5 (10th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1970 AL 27 (9th)	Runs Batted In s c a p y 1970 AL 99 (8th) 1972 AL 76 (8th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 1970 AL 126 (2nd) 1972 AL 109 (5th) 1973 AL 100 (10th)	Extra Base Hits s c a p y 1972 AL 47 (10th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1969 AL 18 (9th) 1972 AL 17 (7th) 1974 AL 21 (3rd)	Outs Made s c a p y 1970 AL 476 (6th) 1972 AL 443 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 20 (1028), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 5 (2198), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters

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Max West (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Cito Gaston (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Cito Gaston (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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