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Jorge Orta

Jorge (Nunez) Orta

Positions: Second Baseman, Designated Hitter and Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: November 26, 1950 in Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1972
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Royals/Indians/BlueJays/Dodgers 1972-1987

Final Game: June 10, 1987
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All-Star

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
1972 21 CHW AL 51 133 124 20 25 3 1 3 11 3 3 6 37 .202 .244 .315 .559 64 39 2 1 2 0 0 64/5
1973 22 CHW AL 128 469 425 46 113 9 10 6 40 8 8 37 87 .266 .323 .376 .699 93 160 7 1 1 5 3 *4/6
1974 23 CHW AL 139 578 525 73 166 31 2 10 67 9 5 40 88 .316 .365 .440 .805 129 231 8 3 6 4 1 *4D/6
1975 24 CHW AL 140 602 542 64 165 26 10 11 83 16 9 48 67 .304 .363 .450 .813 128 244 17 4 4 4 7 *4/D AS
1976 25 CHW AL 158 688 636 74 174 29 8 14 72 24 8 38 77 .274 .316 .410 .726 111 261 15 5 1 8 2 75D/9
1977 26 CHW AL 144 621 564 71 159 27 8 11 84 4 4 46 49 .282 .334 .417 .751 104 235 12 2 2 7 3 *4
1978 27 CHW AL 117 477 420 45 115 19 2 13 53 1 2 42 39 .274 .340 .421 .762 113 177 9 4 4 7 3 *4
1979 28 CHW AL 113 377 325 49 85 18 3 11 46 1 5 44 33 .262 .348 .437 .785 111 142 6 1 3 4 2 D4
1980 29 CLE AL 129 564 481 78 140 18 3 10 64 6 5 71 44 .291 .379 .403 .782 114 194 8 2 2 8 2 *9/D8 AS
1981 30 CLE AL 88 370 338 50 92 14 3 5 34 4 3 21 43 .272 .312 .376 .688 98 127 11 1 5 5 3 *9/8
1982 31 LAD NL 86 129 115 13 25 5 0 2 8 0 1 12 13 .217 .295 .313 .608 72 36 1 1 0 1 3 9/7
1983 32 TOR AL 103 268 245 30 58 6 3 10 38 1 2 19 29 .237 .287 .408 .695 85 100 6 0 0 4 0 D9/7
1984 33 KCR AL 122 438 403 50 120 23 7 9 50 0 1 28 39 .298 .343 .457 .800 120 184 6 2 1 4 8 D79/4
1985 34 KCR AL 110 330 300 32 80 21 1 4 45 2 1 22 28 .267 .317 .383 .700 91 115 8 2 2 4 5 D
1986 35 KCR AL 106 361 336 35 93 14 2 9 46 0 3 23 34 .277 .321 .411 .732 97 138 9 0 0 2 3 D
1987 36 KCR AL 21 53 50 3 9 4 0 2 4 0 0 3 8 .180 .226 .380 .606 56 19 0 0 0 0 1 D
16 Seasons 1755 6458 5829 733 1619 267 63 130 745 79 60 500 715 .278 .334 .412 .746 107 2402 125 29 33 67 46
162 Game Avg. 162 596 538 68 149 25 6 12 69 7 6 46 66 .278 .334 .412 .746 107 222 12 3 3 6 4
CHW (8 yrs) 990 3945 3561 442 1002 162 44 79 456 66 44 301 477 .281 .338 .418 .756 112 1489 76 21 23 39 21
KCR (4 yrs) 359 1182 1089 120 302 62 10 24 145 2 5 76 109 .277 .324 .419 .743 102 456 23 4 3 10 17
CLE (2 yrs) 217 934 819 128 232 32 6 15 98 10 8 92 87 .283 .353 .392 .745 108 321 19 3 7 13 5
LAD (1 yr) 86 129 115 13 25 5 0 2 8 0 1 12 13 .217 .295 .313 .608 72 36 1 1 0 1 3
TOR (1 yr) 103 268 245 30 58 6 3 10 38 1 2 19 29 .237 .287 .408 .695 85 100 6 0 0 4 0
AL (15 yrs) 1669 6329 5714 720 1594 262 63 128 737 79 59 488 702 .279 .335 .414 .749 108 2366 124 28 33 66 43
NL (1 yr) 86 129 115 13 25 5 0 2 8 0 1 12 13 .217 .295 .313 .608 72 36 1 1 0 1 3

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1972 21 CHW AL 133 -5 0 0 0 -3 1 4 -3 -0.4 0 0.0 -0.4 $ 64/5
1973 22 CHW AL 469 -6 -2 -2 4 -10 3 16 3 0.2 13 1.4 -1.2 $ *4/6
1974 23 CHW AL 578 17 0 0 2 -6 2 19 33 3.5 40 4.2 -0.7 $ *4D/6
1975 24 CHW AL 602 19 -3 -2 -1 -15 3 19 20 2.1 35 3.6 -1.5 $ *4/D AS
1976 25 CHW AL 688 4 -1 2 0 -9 -6 21 11 1.2 20 2.2 -1.0 $ 75D/9
1977 26 CHW AL 621 0 3 -2 1 -24 4 19 1 0.1 25 2.6 -2.5 $60,000 *4
1978 27 CHW AL 477 8 -1 0 0 -14 3 16 12 1.2 26 2.7 -1.5 $ *4
1979 28 CHW AL 377 4 -1 0 0 -6 -5 12 4 0.5 10 1.0 -0.5 $ D4
1980 29 CLE AL 564 13 1 0 2 -2 -6 17 25 2.5 27 2.8 -0.3 $250,000 *9/D8 AS
1981 30 CLE AL 370 -1 1 -1 0 -7 -4 11 -1 -0.1 6 0.7 -0.8 $250,000 *9/8
1982 31 LAD NL 129 -5 0 -1 1 0 -1 4 -1 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $250,000 9/7
1983 32 TOR AL 268 -7 0 0 0 -1 -7 8 -7 -0.7 -6 -0.6 -0.1 $250,000 D9/7
1984 33 KCR AL 438 7 1 -1 3 -1 -9 14 15 1.5 15 1.5 0.0 $250,000 D79/4
1985 34 KCR AL 330 -5 -1 -2 1 0 -8 10 -5 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $450,000 D
1986 35 KCR AL 361 -5 -2 0 0 0 -9 11 -5 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $450,000 D
1987 36 KCR AL 53 -4 0 0 0 0 -1 2 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $125,000 D
16 Seasons 6458 34 -5 -9 13 -96 -40 203 99 10.1 196 20.6 -10.5 $2,335,000
CHW (8 yrs) 3945 41 -5 -4 6 -87 5 126 81 8.4 169 17.7 -9.3 $60,000
KCR (4 yrs) 1182 -7 -2 -3 4 -1 -27 37 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $1,275,000
CLE (2 yrs) 934 12 2 -1 2 -9 -10 28 24 2.4 33 3.5 -1.1 $500,000
LAD (1 yr) 129 -5 0 -1 1 0 -1 4 -1 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $250,000
TOR (1 yr) 268 -7 0 0 0 -1 -7 8 -7 -0.7 -6 -0.6 -0.1 $250,000

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
1972 21 CHW AL 133 106 9 2.3 85 .262 .202 .250 .244 .319 .315 .361 .559 .680 64 .299 -6.3 -0.7 .442 .161 .113 3.0
1973 22 CHW AL 469 333 51 4.1 97 .318 .266 .265 .323 .335 .376 .390 .699 .725 93 .475 -5.4 -0.6 .606 .198 .111 6.9
1974 23 CHW AL 578 382 85 6.0 92 .362 .316 .262 .365 .327 .440 .376 .805 .703 129 .664 19.8 2.0 .747 .208 .124 9.5
1975 24 CHW AL 602 411 85 5.6 94 .329 .304 .260 .363 .330 .450 .382 .813 .713 128 .614 19.0 1.9 .752 .247 .146 13.0
1976 25 CHW AL 688 494 81 4.4 87 .289 .274 .257 .316 .322 .410 .362 .726 .684 111 .548 7.1 0.8 .660 .222 .137 17.7
1977 26 CHW AL 621 430 78 4.9 100 .290 .282 .266 .334 .330 .417 .405 .751 .735 104 .522 3.0 0.3 .672 .216 .135 5.9
1978 27 CHW AL 477 327 61 5.0 94 .272 .274 .262 .340 .328 .421 .386 .762 .714 113 .566 7.8 0.8 .703 .245 .148 1.9
1979 28 CHW AL 377 258 50 5.2 102 .260 .262 .270 .348 .334 .437 .408 .785 .743 111 .542 5.8 0.6 .729 .298 .175 1.8
1980 29 CLE AL 564 364 78 5.8 100 .299 .291 .270 .379 .333 .403 .401 .782 .734 114 .602 12.9 1.3 .757 .262 .112 7.5
1981 30 CLE AL 370 270 38 3.8 89 .295 .272 .256 .312 .321 .376 .373 .688 .693 98 .464 -1.3 -0.1 .577 .169 .104 4.4
1982 31 LAD NL 129 93 11 3.2 93 .228 .217 .263 .295 .326 .313 .383 .608 .709 72 .375 -4.1 -0.4 .522 .191 .096 .0
1983 32 TOR AL 268 199 28 3.8 103 .229 .237 .272 .287 .335 .408 .411 .695 .746 85 .415 -6.3 -0.6 .605 .245 .171 1.8
1984 33 KCR AL 438 295 63 5.7 97 .309 .298 .264 .343 .326 .457 .398 .800 .724 120 .607 10.3 1.0 .734 .226 .159 .0
1985 34 KCR AL 330 235 36 4.1 99 .279 .267 .261 .317 .327 .383 .406 .700 .733 91 .448 -3.0 -0.3 .611 .193 .117 2.7
1986 35 KCR AL 361 257 42 4.4 102 .285 .277 .264 .321 .332 .411 .412 .732 .744 97 .470 -2.5 -0.2 .620 .193 .134 .0
1987 36 KCR AL 53 41 4 2.6 108 .175 .180 .267 .226 .336 .380 .429 .606 .765 56 .235 -3.4 -0.3 .537 .260 .200 .0
16 Seasons 6458 4495 800 4.8 96 .295 .278 .263 .334 .329 .412 .390 .746 .719 107 .540 53.3 5.4 .671 .223 .134 98.3
162 Game Avg. 596 415 74 4.8 96 .295 .278 .263 .334 .329 .412 .390 .746 .719 107 .540 5 0 .671 .223 .134 9
CHW (8 yrs) 3945 2741 500 4.9 94 .303 .281 .262 .338 .328 .418 .385 .756 .713 112 .560 50.7 5.1 .684 .227 .137 71.9
KCR (4 yrs) 1182 828 145 4.7 100 .288 .277 .263 .324 .329 .419 .406 .743 .734 102 .508 1.4 0.2 .654 .208 .141 3.7
CLE (2 yrs) 934 634 116 4.9 95 .297 .283 .264 .353 .328 .392 .389 .745 .717 108 .551 11.6 1.1 .681 .223 .109 12.0
LAD (1 yr) 129 93 11 3.2 93 .228 .217 .263 .295 .326 .313 .383 .608 .709 72 .375 -4.1 -0.4 .522 .191 .096 .0
TOR (1 yr) 268 199 28 3.8 103 .229 .237 .272 .287 .335 .408 .411 .695 .746 85 .415 -6.3 -0.6 .605 .245 .171 1.8
AL (15 yrs) 6329 4402 789 4.8 96 .296 .279 .263 .335 .329 .414 .390 .749 .719 108 .543 57.4 5.8 .674 .224 .135 97.7
NL (1 yr) 129 93 11 3.2 93 .228 .217 .263 .295 .326 .313 .383 .608 .709 72 .375 -4.1 -0.4 .522 .191 .096 .0

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
1984 33 KCR AL ALCS DET L 3 10 10 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 .300 .400 3 0 0 0 0 0
1985 34 KCR AL ALCS TOR W 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 34 KCR AL WS STL W 3 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 1 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (3 Series) 8 18 18 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .222 .333 4 1 0 0 0 0
2 ALCS 5 15 15 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 .067 .067 .200 .267 3 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 1 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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
1975 CHW AL 24 DNP
1980 CLE AL 29 DNP

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
1972 21 CHW AL 133 2.3% 27.8% 4.5% 5.3% 28% 6.17 3.4 41.3 11.3 1.03 63%
1973 22 CHW AL 469 1.3% 18.6% 7.9% 5.3% 22% 2.35 4.9 70.8 10.6 1.72 72%
1974 23 CHW AL 578 1.7% 15.2% 6.9% 7.4% 26% 2.20 6.0 52.5 7.8 1.20 75%
1975 24 CHW AL 602 1.8% 11.1% 8.0% 7.8% 29% 1.40 8.1 49.3 6.5 1.35 78%
1976 25 CHW AL 688 2.0% 11.2% 5.5% 7.4% 29% 2.03 8.3 45.4 8.8 0.91 80%
1977 26 CHW AL 621 1.8% 7.9% 7.4% 7.4% 29% 1.07 11.5 51.3 6.7 1.03 82%
1978 27 CHW AL 477 2.7% 8.2% 8.8% 7.1% 30% 0.93 10.8 32.3 7.9 0.92 79%
1979 28 CHW AL 377 2.9% 8.8% 11.7% 8.5% 38% 0.75 9.8 29.5 7.1 0.73 76%
1980 29 CLE AL 564 1.8% 7.8% 12.6% 5.5% 22% 0.62 10.9 48.1 7.5 0.92 77%
1981 30 CLE AL 370 1.4% 11.6% 5.7% 6.0% 24% 2.05 7.9 67.6 9.9 1.45 80%
1982 31 LAD NL 129 1.6% 10.1% 9.3% 5.4% 28% 1.08 8.8 57.5 14.4 0.76 78%
1983 32 TOR AL 268 3.7% 10.8% 7.1% 7.1% 33% 1.53 8.4 24.5 6.4 1.08 78%
1984 33 KCR AL 438 2.1% 8.9% 6.4% 8.9% 33% 1.39 10.3 44.8 8.1 1.11 82%
1985 34 KCR AL 330 1.2% 8.5% 6.7% 7.9% 33% 1.27 10.7 75.0 6.7 1.28 82%
1986 35 KCR AL 361 2.5% 9.4% 6.4% 6.9% 27% 1.48 9.9 37.3 7.3 1.12 82%
1987 36 KCR AL 53 3.8% 15.1% 5.7% 11.3% 67% 2.67 6.3 25.0 12.5 0.74 75%
16 Seasons 6458 2.0% 11.1% 7.7% 7.1% 28% 1.43 8.2 44.8 7.8 1.08 78%
MLB Averages 2.0% 13.6% 8.6% 6.5% 28% 1.59 6.6 43.7 8.6 1.09 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1972 21 CHW AL -6.3 -0.7 139 -0.4 2.2 -2.6 1.07 -0.5 0.1 -5.4 -0.6 0.95 -3.3 1.95 11
1973 22 CHW AL -5.4 -0.6 493 -0.3 6.9 -7.2 .88 -0.5 0.1 -10.0 -1.0 0.95 -7.2 0.70 6
1974 23 CHW AL 19.8 2.0 599 3.1 12.3 -9.2 1.02 2.3 0.7 23.4 2.4 0.94 22.9 0.80 7
1975 24 CHW AL 19.0 1.9 639 3.2 13.8 -10.6 1.09 1.5 1.4 16.8 1.7 0.99 18.2 2.54 3
1976 25 CHW AL 7.1 0.8 725 0.9 13.4 -12.5 1.05 1.1 -0.2 -2.5 -0.3 0.96 8.3 1.75 2
1977 26 CHW AL 3.0 0.3 637 2.1 11.8 -9.7 .95 0.6 1.7 16.4 1.6 0.97 6.4 1.65 5
1978 27 CHW AL 7.8 0.8 483 1.0 8.1 -7.2 .92 0.5 0.6 7.9 0.8 0.91 4.0 1.50 3
1979 28 CHW AL 5.8 0.6 385 0.9 7.2 -6.3 .97 0.8 0.2 5.2 0.5 0.95 6.9 1.52 22
1980 29 CLE AL 12.9 1.3 582 -0.4 8.7 -9.1 .95 1.4 -1.9 17.4 1.7 0.96 14.9 3.65 2
1981 30 CLE AL -1.3 -0.1 382 0.1 6.7 -6.7 1.07 -0.0 0.1 -4.9 -0.5 0.97 -2.6 2.56 5
1982 31 LAD NL -4.1 -0.4 132 -0.4 2.4 -2.8 1.35 -0.5 0.2 -4.3 -0.5 0.98 -3.9 1.61 60
1983 32 TOR AL -6.3 -0.6 276 0.2 5.4 -5.2 1.11 -0.8 1.0 -1.8 -0.2 0.99 -5.1 2.21 26
1984 33 KCR AL 10.3 1.0 447 0.2 7.9 -7.7 1.06 0.8 -0.6 1.7 0.2 0.94 8.6 1.92 13
1985 34 KCR AL -3.0 -0.3 335 -0.4 5.4 -5.8 1.11 -0.4 0.0 -2.6 -0.3 1.02 -3.5 1.89 29
1986 35 KCR AL -2.5 -0.2 367 -0.3 6.7 -6.9 1.07 -0.0 -0.2 -2.6 -0.2 0.99 -3.6 1.60 21
1987 36 KCR AL -3.4 -0.3 53 -0.6 0.6 -1.2 1.06 -0.3 -0.3 -4.4 -0.4 0.88 -4.4 2.17 9
16 Seasons 53.3 5.4 6674 8.8 119.6 -110.8 1.02 6.0 2.6 50.4 4.9 0.96 56.6 1.76 224

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
1972 21 CHW AL 1 0 59% 49 3 3 50% 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 60% 9 5 4 2 1 1 4 0 4
1973 22 CHW AL 3 0 28% 191 8 8 50% 8 8 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 13 44% 26 16 8 8 3 5 11 3 7
1974 23 CHW AL 8 0 32% 295 9 5 64% 9 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 8 41% 39 29 10 7 4 3 27 8 17
1975 24 CHW AL 10 0 26% 226 16 9 64% 16 7 0 1 0 1 2 0 7 19 49% 42 23 15 5 3 1 19 3 16
1976 25 CHW AL 12 0 30% 292 24 8 75% 24 7 0 0 0 1 3 1 7 16 38% 32 26 5 5 2 3 19 5 13
1977 26 CHW AL 6 0 31% 243 4 4 50% 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 17 49% 36 20 14 9 3 6 12 4 8
1978 27 CHW AL 6 0 22% 203 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 25% 25 20 5 4 4 0 11 5 5
1979 28 CHW AL 3 0 32% 147 1 5 17% 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 44% 24 14 10 7 3 4 8 5 3
1980 29 CLE AL 7 0 34% 265 6 5 55% 6 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 15 46% 53 31 21 9 7 2 21 6 15
1981 30 CLE AL 4 0 41% 161 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 15 53% 20 15 5 6 2 4 12 1 11
1982 31 LAD NL 0 0 31% 47 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 50% 5 4 1 0 0 0 5 1 4
1983 32 TOR AL 3 0 30% 76 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 37% 11 10 1 3 1 1 5 0 5
1984 33 KCR AL 5 0 29% 181 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 35% 26 20 6 10 4 6 10 5 4
1985 34 KCR AL 3 0 28% 129 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 41% 17 12 5 4 3 1 16 6 9
1986 35 KCR AL 6 0 24% 139 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 41% 20 15 5 4 2 2 10 3 7
1987 36 KCR AL 0 0 10% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
16 Seasons 77 0 30% 2658 79 60 57% 78 55 1 3 0 2 14 3 49 147 43% 387 261 116 83 42 39 191 56 128

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
1972 21 CHW AL 133 90% 25 11 1 0 0 1.95 3 0 3 2 1 0 3 0 2 2 100% 27 2 7% 19 4 21% 66 8 12% 3 2 67% 6 3 50% 0
1973 22 CHW AL 469 76% 113 6 3 1 2 0.70 6 0 9 4 2 2 4 0 4 1 25% 96 7 7% 44 14 32% 298 34 11% 25 13 52% 23 13 57% 0
1974 23 CHW AL 578 70% 166 7 1 0 0 0.80 10 0 9 9 1 1 9 0 10 6 60% 112 8 7% 60 20 33% 345 59 17% 28 18 64% 24 10 42% 0
1975 24 CHW AL 602 72% 165 3 2 0 1 2.54 11 0 23 11 0 6 5 0 5 4 80% 125 17 14% 62 19 31% 396 77 19% 49 28 57% 23 13 57% 0
1976 25 CHW AL 688 69% 174 2 0 0 0 1.75 14 0 9 13 1 8 6 0 1 1 100% 136 15 11% 73 24 33% 420 61 15% 47 25 53% 28 16 57% 0
1977 26 CHW AL 621 69% 159 5 1 1 1 1.65 11 0 20 10 1 7 4 0 2 2 100% 152 12 8% 54 22 41% 438 78 18% 37 23 62% 26 15 58% 0
1978 27 CHW AL 477 63% 115 3 1 0 1 1.50 13 0 7 13 0 9 4 0 4 4 100% 94 9 10% 43 17 40% 276 43 16% 26 15 58% 15 6 40% 0
1979 28 CHW AL 377 83% 85 22 4 0 1 1.52 11 0 9 11 0 5 6 0 4 3 75% 86 6 7% 47 13 28% 246 37 15% 21 9 43% 19 6 32% 0
1980 29 CLE AL 564 64% 140 2 0 0 2 3.65 10 1 6 10 0 6 4 0 2 2 100% 99 8 8% 60 24 40% 340 58 17% 32 20 63% 33 20 61% 0
1981 30 CLE AL 370 64% 92 5 2 0 1 2.56 5 0 5 4 1 2 3 0 5 5 100% 66 11 17% 51 24 47% 219 31 14% 27 14 52% 22 13 59% 0
1982 31 LAD NL 129 99% 25 60 9 1 4 1.61 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 20 1 5% 9 6 67% 78 6 8% 8 4 50% 3 2 67% 0
1983 32 TOR AL 268 99% 58 26 5 0 3 2.21 10 0 4 10 0 7 3 1 0 0 50 6 12% 23 6 26% 186 29 16% 16 10 63% 8 6 75% 0
1984 33 KCR AL 437 95% 120 13 4 0 3 1.92 9 0 3 9 0 3 6 0 1 1 100% 79 6 8% 42 17 40% 265 41 15% 26 19 73% 11 4 36% 1
1985 34 KCR AL 330 96% 80 29 8 0 5 1.89 4 0 11 4 0 1 3 0 2 2 100% 77 8 10% 33 18 55% 258 43 17% 24 17 71% 11 9 82% 0
1986 35 KCR AL 361 94% 93 21 6 0 3 1.60 9 0 8 9 0 5 4 2 2 0 0% 77 9 12% 32 10 31% 267 38 14% 23 13 57% 20 10 50% 0
1987 36 KCR AL 53 100% 9 9 2 0 1 2.17 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 0 0% 2 0 0% 25 2 8% 0 0 0 0 0
16 Seasons 6457 77% 1619 224 49 3 28 1.76 130 1 129 123 7 63 67 3 44 33 75% 1304 125 10% 654 238 36% 4123 645 16% 392 230 59% 272 146 54% 1
MLB Averages 57% 79% 11% 34% 14% 50% 54%

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
1972 21 51 133 124 20 25 3 1 3 11 3 3 6 37 .202 .244 .315 .559 64 39 2 1 2 0 0
1973 22 179 602 549 66 138 12 11 9 51 11 11 43 124 .251 .306 .362 .668 87 199 9 2 3 5 3
1974 23 318 1180 1074 139 304 43 13 19 118 20 16 83 212 .283 .335 .400 .735 107 430 17 5 9 9 4
1975 24 458 1782 1616 203 469 69 23 30 201 36 25 131 279 .290 .344 .417 .761 114 674 34 9 13 13 11
1976 25 616 2470 2252 277 643 98 31 44 273 60 33 169 356 .286 .336 .415 .752 113 935 49 14 14 21 13
1977 26 760 3091 2816 348 802 125 39 55 357 64 37 215 405 .285 .336 .415 .751 111 1170 61 16 16 28 16
1978 27 877 3568 3236 393 917 144 41 68 410 65 39 257 444 .283 .337 .416 .753 112 1347 70 20 20 35 19
1979 28 990 3945 3561 442 1002 162 44 79 456 66 44 301 477 .281 .338 .418 .756 112 1489 76 21 23 39 21
1980 29 1119 4509 4042 520 1142 180 47 89 520 72 49 372 521 .283 .343 .416 .759 112 1683 84 23 25 47 23
1981 30 1207 4879 4380 570 1234 194 50 94 554 76 52 393 564 .282 .340 .413 .754 111 1810 95 24 30 52 26
1982 31 1293 5008 4495 583 1259 199 50 96 562 76 53 405 577 .280 .339 .411 .750 110 1846 96 25 30 53 29
1983 32 1396 5276 4740 613 1317 205 53 106 600 77 55 424 606 .278 .337 .411 .747 109 1946 102 25 30 57 29
1984 33 1518 5714 5143 663 1437 228 60 115 650 77 56 452 645 .279 .337 .414 .751 109 2130 108 27 31 61 37
1985 34 1628 6044 5443 695 1517 249 61 119 695 79 57 474 673 .279 .336 .412 .749 108 2245 116 29 33 65 42
1986 35 1734 6405 5779 730 1610 263 63 128 741 79 60 497 707 .279 .335 .412 .748 108 2383 125 29 33 67 45
1987 36 1755 6458 5829 733 1619 267 63 130 745 79 60 500 715 .278 .334 .412 .746 107 2402 125 29 33 67 46

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
1972 21 53 141 133 27 30 4 1 4 15 4 7 39 .226 .270 .361 .630 13 51
1973 22 128 473 429 49 117 9 10 6 42 8 38 87 .273 .330 .382 .712 55 128
1974 23 139 587 537 81 178 33 2 11 75 10 43 88 .331 .382 .462 .843 94 139
1975 24 141 612 553 69 174 27 11 12 90 17 51 67 .315 .374 .468 .843 96 140
1976 25 159 713 657 87 192 32 9 15 85 26 42 77 .292 .337 .437 .773 97 158
1977 26 144 624 568 74 163 28 8 11 87 4 47 49 .287 .340 .423 .762 82 144
1978 27 117 484 428 50 123 20 2 14 59 1 45 39 .287 .355 .442 .797 67 117
1979 28 114 377 327 50 86 18 3 11 47 1 45 33 .263 .350 .437 .787 50 113
1980 29 129 567 484 81 143 18 3 10 66 6 73 44 .295 .384 .407 .792 77 129
1981 30 133 567 523 87 151 23 5 8 59 7 34 65 .289 .330 .398 .728 70 88
1982 31 86 132 117 15 27 5 0 2 9 0 13 13 .231 .311 .325 .635 12 86
1983 32 103 268 245 30 58 6 3 10 38 1 19 29 .237 .287 .408 .695 29 103
1984 33 122 442 407 53 124 24 7 9 53 0 29 39 .305 .351 .464 .815 67 122
1985 34 110 331 302 33 82 22 1 4 47 2 23 28 .272 .323 .391 .714 38 110
1986 35 106 362 337 35 94 14 2 9 46 0 23 34 .279 .323 .412 .736 45 106
1987 36 21 53 50 3 9 4 0 2 4 0 3 8 .180 .226 .380 .606 4 21
16 Seasons 1805 6733 6097 824 1751 287 67 138 822 87 535 739 .287 .344 .424 .768 896 1755
162 Game Avg. 162 604 547 74 157 26 6 12 74 8 48 66 .287 .344 .424 .768 80 1755

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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

All-Star Games
1975
1980

Batting Average s c a p y
1974 AL  .316 (2nd)
1975 AL  .304 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1976 AL  158 (7th)

At Bats s c a p y
1976 AL  636 (4th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1976 AL  688 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1974 AL  166 (9th)
1976 AL  174 (9th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1976 AL  261 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
1974 AL  31 (8th)

Triples s c a p y
1973 AL  10 (3rd)
1975 AL  10 (3rd)
1976 AL  8 (6th)
1984 AL  7 (10th)

Singles s c a p y
1974 AL  123 (10th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1976 AL  51 (8th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1974 AL  .664 (9th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
Career  67 (155th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1976 AL  17.7 (8th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1976 AL  494 (2nd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1974 AL  3.1 (6th)
1975 AL  3.2 (8th)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 22 (951), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 11 (1112), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 14 (1203), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Mark Kotsay (931)
  2. Hubie Brooks (929)
  3. Joe Randa (922)
  4. Al Cowens (917)
  5. Jim Piersall (916)
  6. Garry Maddox (914)
  7. Gregg Jefferies (914)
  8. Melvin Mora (913)
  9. Ken Keltner (912)
  10. Don Money (911)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Cookie Lavagetto (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ron Hunt (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Rod Carew (960) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Wil Cordero (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Pete Rose (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Tony Cuccinello (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Tony Cuccinello (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Paul Molitor (931) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Don Money (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Terry Pendleton (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Hubie Brooks (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Hubie Brooks (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Tony Gonzalez (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Mark Kotsay (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Hubie Brooks (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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