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Joe Oliver

Joseph Melton Oliver

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: July 24, 1965 in Memphis, TN
High School: Boone HS (Orlando, FL)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the 1983 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 15, 1989
Teams (by GP): Reds/Mariners/Brewers/Tigers/Pirates/... 1989-2001
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks, previously: Scott Boras [*]
Final Game: October 6, 2001
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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
1983	17	CIN-min	Rk	56	206	186	21	40	4	0	4	28	1	0	15	47	.215	.286	.301	.587		56		4	0	1	0		BIL · PION
1984	18	CIN-min	A	102	363	335	34	73	11	0	3	29	2	2	17	83	.218	.262	.278	.539		93		4	4	3	1		CDR · MIDW
1985	19	CIN-min	A	112	428	386	38	104	23	2	7	62	1	5	32	75	.269	.323	.394	.717		152		1	4	5	3		TAM · FLOR
1986	20	CIN-min	AA	84	308	282	32	78	18	1	6	41	2	2	21	47	.277	.321	.411	.733		116		0	0	5	1		VMT · EL
1987	21	CIN-min	AA	66	264	236	31	72	13	2	10	60	0	3	17	30	.305	.350	.504	.854		119		3	1	7	2		VMT · EL
1988	22	CIN-min	AAA,AA	101	356	325	28	71	13	2	7	36	0	1	23	58	.218	.279	.335	.614		109		5	1	2	1		NVL,CNG · AA,SOUL
1989	23	CIN-min	AAA	71	255	233	22	68	13	0	6	31	0	0	13	35	.292	.331	.425	.756		99		3	1	5	1		NVL · AA
1989	23	CIN	NL	49	161	151	13	41	8	0	3	23	0	0	6	28	.272	.300	.384	.684	92	58	3	1	1	2	1	2
1990	24	CIN	NL	121	409	364	34	84	23	0	8	52	1	1	37	75	.231	.304	.360	.664	79	131	6	2	5	1	15	*2
1991	25	CIN	NL	94	291	269	21	58	11	0	11	41	0	0	18	53	.216	.265	.379	.644	77	102	14	0	4	0	5	2
1992	26	CIN	NL	143	534	485	42	131	25	1	10	57	2	3	35	75	.270	.316	.388	.704	96	188	12	1	6	7	19	*2/3
1993	27	CIN	NL	139	521	482	40	115	28	0	14	75	0	0	27	91	.239	.276	.384	.659	75	185	13	1	2	9	2	*23/9
1994	28	CIN	NL	6	21	19	1	4	0	0	1	5	0	0	2	3	.211	.286	.368	.654	70	7	1	0	0	0	1	/2
1995	29	MIL-min	AAA	4	13	13	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.077	.077	.154	.231		2	0	0	0	0	0		NOR · AA
1995	29	MIL	AL	97	369	337	43	92	20	0	12	51	2	4	27	66	.273	.332	.439	.772	95	148	11	3	2	0	1	2/D3
1996	30	CIN	NL	106	325	289	31	70	12	1	11	46	2	0	28	54	.242	.311	.405	.715	87	117	8	2	3	3	6	2/379
1997	31	CIN-min	AAA	2	9	9	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000		6	0	0	0	0	0		INA · AA
1997	31	CIN	NL	111	386	349	28	90	13	0	14	43	1	3	25	58	.258	.313	.415	.728	88	145	7	5	2	5	1	2/3
1998	32	TOT	AL	79	263	240	20	54	11	0	6	32	1	1	17	48	.225	.272	.346	.618	60	83	8	0	2	4	0	2/3D
1998	32	DET	AL	50	166	155	8	35	8	0	4	22	0	1	7	33	.226	.253	.355	.608	56	55	5	0	0	4	0	2/3D
1998	32	SEA	AL	29	97	85	12	19	3	0	2	10	1	0	10	15	.224	.305	.329	.635	67	28	3	0	2	0	0	2
1999	33	TBD-min	AAA	57	232	219	27	66	18	1	7	43	1	0	7	50	.301	.325	.489	.813		107	7	2	1	3	0		DHM · IL
1999	33	PIT	NL	45	146	134	10	27	8	0	1	13	2	0	10	33	.201	.253	.284	.537	36	38	4	0	0	2	0	2
2000	34	SEA-min	AAA	18	68	61	2	12	2	0	0	8	0	0	5	12	.197	.265	.230	.494		14	3	1	0	1	0		TAC · PCL
2000	34	SEA	AL	69	219	200	33	53	13	1	10	35	2	1	14	38	.265	.313	.490	.803	105	98	6	0	5	0	1	2/3D
2001	35	BOS-min	AAA,Rk	15	46	46	5	15	1	0	3	7	1	0	0	9	.326	.326	.543	.870		25	2	0	0	0	0		PAW,RES · IL,GULF
2001	35	TOT	AL	17	53	48	4	12	2	0	1	3	0	0	2	15	.250	.275	.354	.629	64	17	0	0	2	1	0	2
2001	35	NYY	AL	12	40	36	3	9	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	12	.250	.263	.361	.624	62	13	0	0	2	1	0	2
2001	35	BOS	AL	5	13	12	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.250	.308	.333	.641	69	4	0	0	0	0	0	/2
13 Yrs				1076	3698	3367	320	831	174	3	102	476	13	13	248	637	.247	.299	.391	.690	83	1317	93	15	34	34	52
162 Game Avg.				162	557	507	48	125	26	0	15	72	2	2	37	96	.247	.299	.391	.690	83	198	14	2	5	5	8
				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
CIN (8 yrs)				769	2648	2408	210	593	120	2	72	342	6	7	178	437	.246	.298	.387	.686	84	933	64	12	23	27	50
SEA (2 yrs)				98	316	285	45	72	16	1	12	45	3	1	24	53	.253	.311	.442	.753	94	126	9	0	7	0	1
PIT (1 yr)				45	146	134	10	27	8	0	1	13	2	0	10	33	.201	.253	.284	.537	36	38	4	0	0	2	0
BOS (1 yr)				5	13	12	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.250	.308	.333	.641	69	4	0	0	0	0	0
NYY (1 yr)				12	40	36	3	9	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	12	.250	.263	.361	.624	62	13	0	0	2	1	0
DET (1 yr)				50	166	155	8	35	8	0	4	22	0	1	7	33	.226	.253	.355	.608	56	55	5	0	0	4	0
MIL (1 yr)				97	369	337	43	92	20	0	12	51	2	4	27	66	.273	.332	.439	.772	95	148	11	3	2	0	1

NL (9 yrs)				814	2794	2542	220	620	128	2	73	355	8	7	188	470	.244	.296	.382	.678	82	971	68	12	23	29	50
AL (4 yrs)				262	904	825	100	211	46	1	29	121	5	6	60	167	.256	.307	.419	.726	86	346	25	3	11	5	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
1989	23	CIN	NL	49	161	-2	-1	-0	3	2	2	0.2	5	6	0.6	.503	.501	0.3	0.6	4	$68,000	2
1990	24	CIN	NL	121	409	-16	-1	0	7	6	-4	-0.3	11	7	0.8	.496	.497	-0.1	1.5	0	$107,500	*2
1991	25	CIN	NL	94	291	-10	-2	-3	-7	4	-17	-1.9	8	-9	-1.1	.480	.488	-0.4	-0.2	-2	$186,000	2
1992	26	CIN	NL	143	534	-9	-2	-1	2	8	-2	-0.2	15	13	1.3	.498	.498	1.0	1.2	11	$260,000	*2/3
1993	27	CIN	NL	139	521	-20	-0	-2	5	6	-10	-1.0	14	4	0.4	.492	.493	-0.3	1.3	-1	$1,200,000	*23/9
1994	28	CIN	NL	6	21	-0	0	-0	-1	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.478	.499	0.0	-0.1	0	$2,500,000	/2
1995	29	MIL	AL	97	369	-4	-2	-2	-5	4	-8	-0.7	12	4	0.4	.492	.495	0.9	0.0	9	$462,100	2/D3
1996	30	CIN	NL	106	325	-7	-0	-1	1	4	-2	-0.4	9	6	0.5	.498	.498	0.5	0.4	6	$708,000	2/379
1997	31	CIN	NL	111	386	-6	-5	0	1	5	-6	-0.6	11	5	0.4	.495	.496	0.4	0.6	4	$375,000	2/3
1998	32	DET	AL	50	166	-12	-1	-0	1	2	-10	-0.9	6	-4	-0.4	.481	.494	-0.5	0.3	-5	$750,000	2/3D
1998	32	SEA	AL	29	97	-3	1	-0	-3	1	-4	-0.4	3	-1	-0.1	.485	.497	0.2	-0.1	2	$170,000	2
1999	33	PIT	NL	45	146	-14	1	-1	-1	2	-14	-1.4	4	-10	-1.0	.470	.492	-0.9	0.1	-8	$350,000	2
2000	34	SEA	AL	69	219	-0	1	-1	-1	3	2	0.2	7	9	0.9	.503	.501	1.0	0.2	10	$500,000	2/3D
2001	35	NYY	AL	12	40	-3	-0	0	-2	1	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.465	.497	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$1,100,000	2
2001	35	BOS	AL	5	13	-1	0	0	-1	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.475	.499	0.0	-0.1	0	$	/2
13 Seasons				1076	3698	-107	-13	-10	-1	50	-81	-7.9	107	26	2.2	.492	.497	2.0	5.7	27	$8,736,600

CIN (8 yrs)				769	2648	-70	-12	-7	11	36	-42	-4.3	74	32	2.8	.494	.497	1.4	5.4	21	$5,404,500
SEA (2 yrs)				98	316	-4	2	-1	-4	4	-2	-0.2	10	8	0.8	.498	.499	1.2	0.1	12	$670,000
PIT (1 yr)				45	146	-14	1	-1	-1	2	-14	-1.4	4	-10	-1.0	.470	.492	-0.9	0.1	-8	$350,000
BOS (1 yr)				5	13	-1	0	0	-1	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.475	.499	0.0	-0.1	0	$
NYY (1 yr)				12	40	-3	-0	0	-2	1	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.465	.497	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$1,100,000
DET (1 yr)				50	166	-12	-1	-0	1	2	-10	-0.9	6	-4	-0.4	.481	.494	-0.5	0.3	-5	$750,000
MIL (1 yr)				97	369	-4	-2	-2	-5	4	-8	-0.7	12	4	0.4	.492	.495	0.9	0.0	9	$462,100

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
1989	23	CIN	NL	161	116	17	4.0	94	.311	.272	.258	.300	.326	.384	.385	.684	.711	92	.489	-2.0	-0.2	.575	.152	.113	.0
1990	24	CIN	NL	409	293	40	3.7	102	.270	.231	.270	.304	.337	.360	.406	.664	.743	79	.416	-10.8	-1.1	.592	.231	.129	1.8
1991	25	CIN	NL	291	229	23	2.7	97	.229	.216	.262	.265	.331	.379	.393	.644	.723	77	.309	-9.9	-1.0	.533	.230	.164	.0
1992	26	CIN	NL	534	382	57	4.0	95	.297	.270	.264	.316	.330	.388	.388	.704	.718	96	.489	-3.0	-0.3	.604	.188	.118	3.3
1993	27	CIN	NL	521	391	49	3.4	104	.262	.239	.271	.276	.336	.384	.413	.659	.749	75	.356	-17.9	-1.8	.561	.201	.145	.0
1994	28	CIN	NL	21	16	2	3.4	108	.200	.211	.273	.286	.340	.368	.427	.654	.768	70	.331	-1.0	-0.1	.563	.263	.158	.0
1995	29	MIL	AL	369	262	46	4.7	114	.309	.273	.276	.332	.351	.439	.436	.772	.787	95	.451	-3.5	-0.3	.677	.240	.166	3.4
1996	30	CIN	NL	325	233	36	4.2	107	.260	.242	.270	.311	.339	.405	.422	.715	.761	87	.430	-5.8	-0.6	.656	.266	.163	3.4
1997	31	CIN	NL	386	276	45	4.4	110	.270	.258	.273	.313	.345	.415	.428	.728	.773	88	.451	-7.4	-0.7	.643	.223	.158	1.9
1998	32	TOT	AL	263	201	22	2.9	109	.253	.225	.271	.272	.340	.346	.432	.618	.772	60	.258	-14.5	-1.4	.513	.192	.121	1.7
1998	32	DET	AL	166	130	13	2.7	110	.254	.226	.272	.253	.340	.355	.433	.608	.773	56	.228	-10.2	-1.0	.484	.168	.129	.0
1998	32	SEA	AL	97	71	9	3.4	109	.250	.224	.271	.305	.339	.329	.431	.635	.770	67	.314	-4.3	-0.4	.565	.235	.106	1.3
1999	33	PIT	NL	146	113	10	2.4	116	.255	.201	.276	.253	.351	.284	.444	.537	.795	36	.186	-13.3	-1.2	.450	.172	.082	1.3
2000	34	SEA	AL	219	159	29	4.9	110	.283	.265	.269	.313	.341	.490	.432	.803	.773	105	.443	0.8	0.1	.734	.300	.225	3.3
2001	35	TOT	AL	53	39	5	3.4	108	.333	.250	.268	.275	.336	.354	.431	.629	.766	64	.329	-2.6	-0.2	.528	.146	.104	.0
2001	35	NYY	AL	40	30	4	3.6	108	.333	.250	.268	.263	.336	.361	.431	.624	.766	62	.346	-2.1	-0.2	.519	.139	.111	.0
2001	35	BOS	AL	13	9	1	3.0	108	.333	.250	.268	.308	.336	.333	.431	.641	.766	69	.274	-0.5	-0.1	.556	.167	.083
13 Yrs				3698	2710	381	3.8	105	.274	.247	.269	.299	.338	.391	.414	.690	.753	83	.400	-90.8	-8.9	.598	.218	.144	23.1
162 Game Avg.				557	408	57	3.8	105	.274	.247	.269	.299	.338	.391	.414	.690	.753	83	.400	-90.8	-8.9	.598	.218	.144	3
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
CIN (8 yrs)				2648	1936	269	3.7	102	.271	.246	.268	.298	.336	.387	.406	.686	.742	84	.418	-57.7	-5.8	.595	.215	.141	11.1
SEA (2 yrs)				316	230	38	4.4	110	.273	.253	.269	.311	.340	.442	.432	.753	.772	94	.407	-3.5	-0.3	.682	.281	.189	4.8
PIT (1 yr)				146	113	10	2.4	116	.255	.201	.276	.253	.351	.284	.444	.537	.795	36	.186	-13.3	-1.2	.450	.172	.082	1.3
BOS (1 yr)				13	9	1	3.0	108	.333	.250	.268	.308	.336	.333	.431	.641	.766	69	.274	-0.5	-0.1	.556	.167	.083
NYY (1 yr)				40	30	4	3.6	108	.333	.250	.268	.263	.336	.361	.431	.624	.766	62	.345	-2.1	-0.2	.519	.139	.111	.0
DET (1 yr)				166	130	13	2.7	110	.254	.226	.272	.253	.340	.355	.433	.608	.773	56	.228	-10.2	-1.0	.484	.168	.129	.0
MIL (1 yr)				369	262	46	4.7	114	.309	.273	.276	.332	.351	.439	.436	.772	.787	95	.451	-3.5	-0.3	.677	.240	.166	3.4

NL (9 yrs)				2794	2049	279	3.7	102	.270	.244	.268	.296	.336	.382	.408	.678	.745	82	.405	-71.0	-7.0	.587	.212	.138	14.4
AL (4 yrs)				904	661	102	4.1	111	.287	.256	.273	.307	.344	.419	.434	.726	.778	86	.389	-19.8	-1.9	.633	.235	.164	8.5

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
1990	24	CIN	NL	NLCS	PIT	W	5	14	14	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	2	1	0	0	0	0
1990	24	CIN	NL	WS	OAK	W	4	18	18	2	6	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.500	.833	9	1	0	0	0	0

2000	34	SEA	AL	ALDS	CHW	W	3	5	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	4	0	0	1	0	0
2000	34	SEA	AL	ALCS	NYY	L	4	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.167	.286	.167	.452	1	1	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs (4 Series)							16	44	42	4	10	3	0	1	3	0	0	1	5	.238	.256	.381	.637	16	3	0	1	0	0
1 ALDS							3	5	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	4	0	0	1	0	0
1 NLCS							5	14	14	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	2	1	0	0	0	0
1 ALCS							4	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.167	.286	.167	.452	1	1	0	0	0	0
1 WS							4	18	18	2	6	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.500	.833	9	1	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
1989	23	CIN	NL	161	1.9%	17.4%	3.7%	6.8%	27%	4.67	5.4	50.3	6.6	0.56	0.65	76%	21%	4.7%	19%
1990	24	CIN	NL	409	2.0%	18.3%	9.1%	7.6%	37%	2.03	4.9	45.5	7.0	0.62	0.79	69%	21%	6.1%	26%
1991	25	CIN	NL	291	3.8%	18.2%	6.2%	7.6%	38%	2.94	5.1	24.5	6.6	0.70	1.04	70%	16%	11.5%	24%
1992	26	CIN	NL	534	1.9%	14.0%	6.6%	6.7%	28%	2.14	6.5	48.5	8.5	0.68	0.90	76%	21%	4.9%	17%
1993	27	CIN	NL	521	2.7%	17.5%	5.2%	8.1%	37%	3.37	5.3	34.4	6.4	0.76	0.95	74%	19%	7.9%	20%
1994	28	CIN	NL	21	4.8%	14.3%	9.5%	4.8%	25%	1.50	6.3	19.0	3.8	1.00	1.00	71%	13%	33.3%	63%
1995	29	MIL	AL	369	3.3%	17.9%	7.3%	8.7%	35%	2.44	5.1	28.1	6.6	0.68	0.97	70%	24%	9.8%	24%
1996	30	CIN	NL	325	3.4%	16.6%	8.6%	7.4%	34%	1.93	5.4	26.3	6.3	0.72	1.06	70%	20%	9.6%	17%
1997	31	CIN	NL	386	3.6%	15.0%	6.5%	7.0%	30%	2.32	6.0	24.9	8.1	0.86	0.99	73%	18%	11.7%	20%
1998	32	TOT	AL	263	2.3%	18.3%	6.5%	6.5%	32%	2.82	5.0	40.0	7.5	0.66	0.92	72%	22%	6.1%	16%
1998	32	DET	AL	166	2.4%	19.9%	4.2%	7.2%	34%	4.71	4.7	38.8	7.0	0.70	1.00	73%	22%	6.3%	14%
1998	32	SEA	AL	97	2.1%	15.5%	10.3%	5.2%	26%	1.50	5.7	42.5	8.5	0.59	0.80	70%	22%	5.7%	20%
1999	33	PIT	NL	146	0.7%	22.6%	6.9%	6.2%	33%	3.30	4.1	134.0	10.3	0.49	0.62	70%	15%	1.9%	23%
2000	34	SEA	AL	219	4.6%	17.4%	6.4%	11.0%	45%	2.71	5.3	20.0	5.7	0.57	0.95	69%	27%	12.2%	15%
2001	35	TOT	AL	53	1.9%	28.3%	3.8%	5.7%	25%	7.50	3.2	48.0	16.0	0.43	0.85	62%	31%	5.6%	22%
2001	35	NYY	AL	40	2.5%	30.0%	2.5%	5.0%	22%	12.00	3.0	36.0	18.0	0.26	0.50	60%	30%	6.7%	21%
2001	35	BOS	AL	13	0.0%	23.1%	7.7%	7.7%	33%	3.00	4.0		12.0	1.25	5.00	69%	33%	0.0%	25%
13 Yrs				3698	2.8%	17.2%	6.7%	7.5%	34%	2.57	5.3	33.0	7.1	0.68	0.91	72%	20%	8.0%	20%
MLB Averages					2.5%	16.0%	8.9%	7.4%	32%	1.80	5.5	35.2	7.7	0.80	1.07	71%	22%	7.5%	16%
				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
1989	23	CIN	NL	-2.0	-0.2	164	0.1	3.1	-3.0	1.08	-0.1	0.1	1.5	0.2	0.96	0.0	1.72	7
1990	24	CIN	NL	-10.8	-1.1	414	-0.5	6.8	-7.3	1.00	-1.1	0.6	-1.5	-0.1	0.99	-9.8	1.65	8
1991	25	CIN	NL	-9.9	-1.0	296	-0.4	4.9	-5.4	.96	-0.7	0.3	-1.8	-0.2	0.95	-8.7	1.19	7
1992	26	CIN	NL	-2.5	-0.3	545	-1.5	8.1	-9.6	1.01	-0.3	-1.2	-4.5	-0.5	1.00	-1.4	2.54	2
1993	27	CIN	NL	-18.5	-1.8	530	-1.0	9.5	-10.4	1.06	-1.4	0.4	-7.5	-0.7	0.99	-16.2	4.08	3
1994	28	CIN	NL	-1.0	-0.1	22	0.1	0.5	-0.4	1.02	0.1	0.0	1.7	0.2	0.94	1.7		0
1995	29	MIL	AL	-3.5	-0.3	378	-1.7	5.9	-7.6	1.01	-0.8	-0.9	-4.9	-0.4	0.94	-7.0	2.35	1
1996	30	CIN	NL	-6.2	-0.6	330	-0.9	4.8	-5.6	.97	-0.7	-0.2	1.8	0.2	1.00	-5.7	1.37	10
1997	31	CIN	NL	-7.4	-0.7	391	0.5	7.2	-6.7	1.03	0.3	0.2	-3.9	-0.4	0.94	0.1	1.02	8
1998	32	TOT	AL	-14.5	-1.4	267	-1.9	2.8	-4.6	.90	-1.2	-0.9	-17.3	-1.6	0.98	-15.1	1.84	2
1998	32	DET	AL	-10.2	-1.0	167	-1.4	1.7	-3.1	.89	-1.0	-0.6	-14.8	-1.4	1.00	-12.2		1
1998	32	SEA	AL	-4.3	-0.4	100	-0.4	1.1	-1.6	.90	-0.2	-0.3	-2.6	-0.2	0.93	-2.8	3.68	1
1999	33	PIT	NL	-13.5	-1.2	148	-1.5	1.6	-3.1	1.01	-1.2	-0.3	-11.0	-1.0	0.89	-14.3	0.10	1
2000	34	SEA	AL	0.4	0.0	226	-0.3	3.4	-3.7	.84	-0.3	-0.0	-1.1	-0.1	0.95	-5.4	0.05	3
2001	35	TOT	AL	-2.6	-0.2	53	-0.5	0.4	-0.9	.85	-0.1	-0.4	-2.5	-0.2	0.84	-2.1		0
2001	35	NYY	AL	-2.1	-0.2	40	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	.87	-0.1	-0.4	-3.2	-0.3	0.86	-2.0		0
2001	35	BOS	AL	-0.5	-0.1	13	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.79	-0.1	-0.0	0.6	0.1	0.78	-0.1		0
13 Yrs				-91.9	-9.0	3764	-9.3	59.0	-68.3	.99	-7.3	-2.1	-51.1	-4.8	0.97	-83.8	1.52	52
				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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1989	23	CIN	NL	1	0	22%	66	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	21%	7	7	0	1	0	1	6	3	2
1990	24	CIN	NL	2	0	23%	140	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	7	38%	18	14	3	0	0	0	14	5	9
1991	25	CIN	NL	2	0	15%	79	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	9%	3	2	0	3	3	0	5	4	1
1992	26	CIN	NL	3	0	20%	180	2	3	40%	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	24%	22	20	2	7	4	3	12	5	5
1993	27	CIN	NL	4	0	20%	163	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	15	17%	13	13	0	5	4	1	12	8	4
1994	28	CIN	NL	1	0	0%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	29	MIL	AL	2	0	28%	111	2	4	33%	2	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	5	5	28%	12	9	2	6	5	1	7	2	4
1996	30	CIN	NL	4	0	23%	125	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	19%	8	8	0	3	2	1	10	7	3
1997	31	CIN	NL	5	0	13%	127	1	3	25%	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	10	3	22%	16	15	1	3	2	1	8	4	4
1998	32	TOT	AL	3	0	22%	97	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	23%	14	13	1	2	1	1	6	3	3
1998	32	DET	AL	1	0	11%	60	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9%	8	8	0	1	0	1	2	2	0
1998	32	SEA	AL	2	0	37%	37	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	36%	6	5	1	1	1	0	4	1	3
1999	33	PIT	NL	0	0	25%	47	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	67%	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
2000	34	SEA	AL	1	0	40%	77	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	32%	10	7	3	1	1	0	8	5	3
2001	35	TOT	AL	0	0	23%	18	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
2001	35	NYY	AL	0	0	22%	16	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
2001	35	BOS	AL	0	0	25%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
13 Yrs				28	0	22%	1236	13	13	50%	13	10	0	3	0	0	4	1	26	64	24%	129	113	13	31	22	9	91	48	39
				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

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
1989	23	CIN	NL	161	53%	41	4	0	7	2	0	1	1.72	3	0	4	2	1	1	2	0	2	1	50%	29	3	10%	15	3	20%	103	21	20%	10	6	60%	6	0	0%	0
1990	24	CIN	NL	409	50%	84	7	1	8	4	0	3	1.65	8	0	7	3	5	3	5	0	9	5	56%	85	6	7%	39	11	28%	279	46	16%	23	9	39%	18	9	50%	0
1991	25	CIN	NL	291	51%	58	19	2	7	0	0	0	1.19	11	1	8	3	8	7	4	0	4	4	100%	50	14	28%	30	8	27%	169	32	19%	16	10	63%	12	5	42%	0
1992	26	CIN	NL	534	37%	131	50	2	2	1	0	1	2.54	10	0	12	6	4	7	3	0	6	6	100%	102	12	12%	57	19	33%	363	47	13%	40	18	45%	17	9	53%	0
1993	27	CIN	NL	521	28%	115	11	2	3	1	0	1	4.08	14	1	19	8	6	7	7	0	5	2	40%	105	13	12%	53	19	36%	362	65	18%	36	19	53%	25	17	68%	0
1994	28	CIN	NL	21	24%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	0	0		15	5	33%	2	2	100%	1	1	100%	0
1995	29	MIL	AL	369	24%	92	5	0	1	0	0	0	2.35	12	1	12	11	1	4	8	0	4	2	50%	83	11	13%	37	11	30%	237	41	17%	20	13	65%	14	9	64%	0
1996	30	CIN	NL	325	38%	70	7	1	10	1	0	2	1.37	11	1	13	7	4	6	5	0	3	3	100%	60	8	13%	28	10	36%	233	37	16%	19	10	53%	13	10	77%	0
1997	31	CIN	NL	386	25%	90	5	0	8	1	0	0	1.02	14	0	7	12	2	7	7	0	4	2	50%	71	7	10%	38	16	42%	226	31	14%	16	13	81%	14	6	43%	0
1998	32	TOT	AL	263	37%	54	9	0	2	0	0	1	1.84	6	0	8	5	1	3	3	0	2	2	100%	48	8	17%	26	12	46%	177	26	15%	13	9	69%	15	10	67%	0
1998	32	DET	AL	166	45%	35	4	0	1	0	0	0		4	0	4	4	0	2	2	0	0	0		32	5	16%	20	10	50%	121	18	15%	10	8	80%	10	7	70%	0
1998	32	SEA	AL	97	24%	19	5	0	1	0	0	1	3.68	2	0	4	1	1	1	1	0	2	2	100%	16	3	19%	6	2	33%	56	8	14%	3	1	33%	5	3	60%	0
1999	33	PIT	NL	146	32%	27	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.10	1	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		33	4	12%	10	4	40%	80	12	15%	7	6	86%	7	2	29%	0
2000	34	SEA	AL	219	19%	53	2	0	3	0	0	0	0.05	10	1	9	9	1	6	4	0	6	5	83%	36	6	17%	18	5	28%	139	25	18%	9	4	44%	3	2	67%	0
2001	35	TOT	AL	53	19%	12	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	100%	7	0	0%	5	4	80%	23	2	9%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0
2001	35	NYY	AL	40	20%	9	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	100%	4	0	0%	5	4	80%	17	1	6%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0
2001	35	BOS	AL	13	15%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		6	1	17%	0	0		0	0		0
13 Yrs				3698	35%	831	120	8	52	10	0	9	1.52	102	5	104	67	35	54	48	0	47	34	72%	711	93	13%	356	122	34%	2406	390	16%	213	120	56%	146	81	55%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			73%			10%			35%			15%			52%			57%
				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
1989	23	CIN	NL	160	532	3.33	360	68%	12%	21%	31%	35%	87%	2%	59%	75%	51%	3%	5	0	8%	13	5	5%	8	6	14%	1	0	4
1990	24	CIN	NL	406	1421	3.50	898	63%	16%	18%	33%	33%	84%	11%	53%	78%	47%	7%	30	1	13%	54	18	5%	22	14	21%	3	1	5
1991	25	CIN	NL	295	1035	3.51	676	65%	17%	16%	34%	33%	83%	5%	54%	80%	44%	5%	15	0	14%	42	17	4%	11	10	21%	-4	0	0
1992	26	CIN	NL	531	1843	3.47	1222	66%	19%	15%	32%	34%	81%	12%	54%	82%	35%	7%	38	2	16%	83	24	4%	19	17	19%	3	0	0
1993	27	CIN	NL	497	1748	3.52	1162	66%	19%	17%	32%	33%	81%	1%	54%	79%	38%	3%	17	0	11%	57	27	7%	35	25	20%	24	0	3
1994	28	CIN	NL	18	73	4.06	44	60%	16%	11%	41%	30%	82%	14%	49%	84%	39%	6%	1	0	11%	2	0	6%	1	1	0%	3	0	1
1995	29	MIL	AL	338	1166	3.45	770	66%	20%	18%	29%	33%	80%	1%	53%	77%	41%	3%	9	2	11%	36	18	4%	13	7	18%	31	0	0
1996	30	CIN	NL	303	1085	3.58	685	63%	19%	17%	31%	33%	81%	4%	51%	79%	43%	5%	15	1	12%	36	18	7%	22	16	27%	22	0	3
1997	31	CIN	NL	319	1099	3.45	720	66%	16%	17%	33%	34%	83%	1%	55%	79%	46%	3%	10	1	8%	27	15	7%	22	16	27%	67	0	2
1998	32	TOT	AL	265	944	3.56	607	64%	20%	18%	29%	33%	80%	0%	51%	78%	38%	5%	12	0	14%	36	17	8%	20	15	21%	-2	0	0
1998	32	DET	AL	168	587	3.49	388	66%	20%	19%	28%	32%	80%	0%	53%	76%	38%	4%	6	0	14%	24	15	7%	11	9	21%	-2	0	0
1998	32	SEA	AL	97	357	3.68	219	61%	20%	16%	32%	33%	80%	0%	49%	80%	37%	6%	6	0	12%	12	2	9%	9	6	20%	0	0	0
1999	33	PIT	NL	146	560	3.84	361	64%	18%	22%	31%	29%	82%	0%	53%	73%	35%	3%	4	0	10%	15	8	8%	12	6	18%	0	0	0
2000	34	SEA	AL	219	811	3.70	549	68%	20%	16%	33%	30%	80%	2%	54%	79%	37%	2%	5	0	13%	28	13	5%	10	7	18%	0	0	0
2001	35	TOT	AL	54	203	3.76	138	68%	25%	22%	27%	26%	75%	0%	51%	70%	33%	2%	1	0	13%	7	5	6%	3	2	27%	-1	0	0
2001	35	NYY	AL	41	157	3.83	103	66%	24%	19%	30%	26%	76%	0%	50%	74%	29%	2%	1	0	12%	5	4	5%	2	2	25%	-1	0	0
2001	35	BOS	AL	13	46	3.54	35	76%	26%	31%	17%	26%	74%	0%	57%	58%	46%	0%	0	0	15%	2	1	8%	1	0	33%	0	0	0
13 Yrs				3551	12520	3.53	8192	65%	18%	17%	32%	33%	82%	4%	53%	79%	41%	5%	162	7	12%	436	185	6%	198	142	21%	147	1	18
MLB Averages						3.69		62%	26%	15%	27%	33%	74%	2%	46%	80%	31%	6%			16%			9%			28%
				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

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
1989	23	49	161	151	13	41	8	0	3	23	0	0	6	28	.272	.300	.384	.684	92	58	3	1	1	2	1
1990	24	170	570	515	47	125	31	0	11	75	1	1	43	103	.243	.303	.367	.670	83	189	9	3	6	3	16
1991	25	264	861	784	68	183	42	0	22	116	1	1	61	156	.233	.290	.371	.661	81	291	23	3	10	3	21
1992	26	407	1395	1269	110	314	67	1	32	173	3	4	96	231	.247	.300	.377	.678	86	479	35	4	16	10	40
1993	27	546	1916	1751	150	429	95	1	46	248	3	4	123	322	.245	.293	.379	.673	83	664	48	5	18	19	42
1994	28	552	1937	1770	151	433	95	1	47	253	3	4	125	325	.245	.293	.379	.672	83	671	49	5	18	19	43
1995	29	649	2306	2107	194	525	115	1	59	304	5	8	152	391	.249	.300	.389	.688	85	819	60	8	20	19	44
1996	30	755	2631	2396	225	595	127	2	70	350	7	8	180	445	.248	.301	.391	.692	85	936	68	10	23	22	50
1997	31	866	3017	2745	253	685	140	2	84	393	8	11	205	503	.250	.302	.394	.696	86	1081	75	15	25	27	51
1998	32	945	3280	2985	273	739	151	2	90	425	9	12	222	551	.248	.300	.390	.690	84	1164	83	15	27	31	51
1999	33	990	3426	3119	283	766	159	2	91	438	11	12	232	584	.246	.298	.385	.683	81	1202	87	15	27	33	51
2000	34	1059	3645	3319	316	819	172	3	101	473	13	13	246	622	.247	.299	.392	.691	83	1300	93	15	32	33	52
2001	35	1076	3698	3367	320	831	174	3	102	476	13	13	248	637	.247	.299	.391	.690	83	1317	93	15	34	34	52

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1989	23	49	163	153	14	43	8	0	3	25	0	6	28	.281	.309	.392	.701	19	49
1990	24	121	410	365	34	85	23	0	8	53	1	37	75	.233	.306	.362	.668	40	121
1991	25	94	292	270	22	59	11	0	11	43	0	18	53	.219	.267	.381	.649	28	94
1992	26	143	544	493	46	139	27	1	11	63	2	37	75	.282	.329	.408	.737	66	143
1993	27	139	520	481	40	114	28	0	14	74	0	27	91	.237	.274	.383	.657	51	139
1994	28	8	30	27	1	6	0	0	2	7	0	3	4	.222	.300	.444	.744	3	6
1995	29	109	405	372	43	96	21	0	13	51	2	28	74	.258	.315	.419	.734	48	97
1996	30	106	321	286	29	67	11	1	11	43	2	27	54	.234	.302	.395	.697	34	106
1997	31	111	382	346	26	87	13	0	14	41	1	24	58	.251	.305	.410	.716	42	111
1998	32	79	262	239	19	53	11	0	6	31	1	17	48	.222	.269	.343	.612	22	79
1999	33	45	145	133	9	26	8	0	1	12	2	10	33	.195	.248	.278	.526	9	45
2000	34	69	216	198	31	51	13	1	10	33	2	13	38	.258	.303	.485	.788	29	69
2001	35	17	53	48	4	12	2	0	1	3	0	2	15	.250	.275	.354	.629	5	17
13 Yrs		1090	3743	3411	318	838	176	3	105	479	13	249	646	.246	.297	.391	.688	396	1076
162 Game Avg.		162	556	507	47	125	26	0	16	71	2	37	96	.246	.297	.391	.688	59	1076

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1990 NL 1.5 (6th)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1992 NL 7 (8th) 1993 NL 9 (2nd)	Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y 1990 NL 15 (9th) 1992 NL 19 (4th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1991 NL 14 (10th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1990 NL 1.5 (6th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1992 NL 7 (8th)
1993 NL 9 (2nd)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1990 NL 15 (9th)
1992 NL 19 (4th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1991 NL 14 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 6 (1412), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 23 (570), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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