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Rafael Palmeiro    \pahl-MARE-oh\

Rafael (Corrales) Palmeiro

Positions: First Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: September 24, 1964 in La Habana, La Habana, Cuba
High School: Jackson HS (Miami, FL)
School: Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 1985 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 1985. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1986 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Orioles/Cubs 1986-2005
Agents: Bob Gilhooley,Jim Bronner [*]
Final Game: August 30, 2005 (Age 40)
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All-Time Rank (among batters): #404. Smoky Burgess… #405. George Gore… #406. Travis Fryman… #407. RAFAEL PALMEIRO… #408. Prince Fielder… #409. Frank McCormick… #410. Gary Matthews… 

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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
1986 21 CHC NL 22 78 73 9 18 4 0 3 12 1 1 4 6 .247 .295 .425 .720 91 31 4 1 0 0 0 7/9
1987 22 CHC NL 84 244 221 32 61 15 1 14 30 2 2 20 26 .276 .336 .543 .879 126 120 4 1 0 2 1 73/9
1988 23 CHC NL 152 629 580 75 178 41 5 8 53 12 2 38 34 .307 .349 .436 .785 121 253 11 3 2 6 6 *7/398 AS
1989 24 TEX AL 156 632 559 76 154 23 4 8 64 4 3 63 48 .275 .354 .374 .728 104 209 18 6 2 2 3 *3/D7
1990 25 TEX AL 154 651 598 72 191 35 6 14 89 3 3 40 59 .319 .361 .468 .829 131 280 24 3 2 8 6 *3/D MVP-14
1991 26 TEX AL 159 714 631 115 203 49 3 26 88 4 3 68 72 .322 .389 .532 .922 155 336 17 6 2 7 10 *3/D AS,MVP-19
1992 27 TEX AL 159 701 608 84 163 27 4 22 85 2 3 72 83 .268 .352 .434 .786 123 264 10 10 5 6 8 *3/D
1993 28 TEX AL 160 686 597 124 176 40 2 37 105 22 3 73 85 .295 .371 .554 .926 150 331 8 5 2 9 22 *3 MVP-8
1994 29 BAL AL 111 498 436 82 139 32 0 23 76 7 3 54 63 .319 .392 .550 .942 136 240 11 2 0 6 1 *3 MVP-16
1995 30 BAL AL 143 624 554 89 172 30 2 39 104 3 1 62 65 .310 .380 .583 .963 145 323 12 3 0 5 5 *3 MVP-11
1996 31 BAL AL 162 732 626 110 181 40 2 39 142 8 0 95 96 .289 .381 .546 .927 132 342 9 3 0 8 12 *3/D MVP-6
1997 32 BAL AL 158 692 614 95 156 24 2 38 110 5 2 67 109 .254 .329 .485 .815 113 298 14 5 0 6 7 *3/D MVP-13,GG
1998 33 BAL AL 162 709 619 98 183 36 1 43 121 11 7 79 91 .296 .379 .565 .945 144 350 14 7 0 4 8 *3/D AS,MVP-18,GG,SS
1999 34 TEX AL 158 674 565 96 183 30 1 47 148 2 4 97 69 .324 .420 .630 1.050 160 356 13 3 0 9 14 *D3 AS,MVP-5,GG,SS
2000 35 TEX AL 158 678 565 102 163 29 3 39 120 2 1 103 77 .288 .397 .558 .954 138 315 14 3 0 7 17 3D
2001 36 TEX AL 160 714 600 98 164 33 0 47 123 1 1 101 90 .273 .381 .563 .944 141 338 8 7 0 6 8 *3D MVP-14
2002 37 TEX AL 155 663 546 99 149 34 0 43 105 2 0 104 94 .273 .391 .571 .962 146 312 10 6 0 7 16 3D
2003 38 TEX AL 154 654 561 92 146 21 2 38 112 2 0 84 77 .260 .359 .508 .867 117 285 7 5 0 4 9 D3
2004 39 BAL AL 154 651 550 68 142 29 0 23 88 2 1 86 61 .258 .359 .436 .796 108 240 15 6 0 9 15 *3D
2005 40 BAL AL 110 422 369 47 98 13 0 18 60 2 0 43 43 .266 .339 .447 .786 108 165 9 2 0 8 4 3D
20 Yrs 2831 12046 10472 1663 3020 585 38 569 1835 97 40 1353 1348 .288 .371 .515 .885 132 5388 232 87 15 119 172
162 Game Avg. 162 689 599 95 173 33 2 33 105 6 2 77 77 .288 .371 .515 .885 132 308 13 5 1 7 10
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
TEX (10 yrs) 1573 6767 5830 958 1692 321 25 321 1039 44 21 805 754 .290 .378 .519 .897 137 3026 129 54 13 65 113
BAL (7 yrs) 1000 4328 3768 589 1071 204 7 223 701 38 14 486 528 .284 .366 .520 .886 127 1958 84 28 0 46 52
CHC (3 yrs) 258 951 874 116 257 60 6 25 95 15 5 62 66 .294 .341 .462 .804 120 404 19 5 2 8 7
AL (17 yrs) 2573 11095 9598 1547 2763 525 32 544 1740 82 35 1291 1282 .288 .373 .519 .892 133 4984 213 82 13 111 165
NL (3 yrs) 258 951 874 116 257 60 6 25 95 15 5 62 66 .294 .341 .462 .804 120 404 19 5 2 8 7

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1986 21 CHC NL 22 78 -1 -0 -1 -1 -1 -4 -0.4 3 -1 -0.1 .482 .498 -0.1 -0.2 -0 7/9
1987 22 CHC NL 84 244 10 -3 1 -7 -3 -2 -0.2 8 7 0.7 .498 .499 1.4 -1.1 14 $62,500 73/9
1988 23 CHC NL 152 629 13 -1 1 -5 -6 2 0.1 21 23 2.3 .501 .501 2.8 -1.4 28 $90,000 *7/398 AS
1989 24 TEX AL 156 632 6 -1 -1 8 -9 3 0.5 23 26 2.6 .502 .502 1.7 0.1 17 *3/D7
1990 25 TEX AL 154 651 20 2 -3 9 -9 18 2.0 23 42 4.3 .513 .512 3.5 -0.0 33 $300,000 *3/D MVP-14
1991 26 TEX AL 159 714 43 -0 -1 -1 -9 32 3.4 24 56 5.7 .521 .520 5.9 -1.0 58 $1,475,000 *3/D AS,MVP-19
1992 27 TEX AL 159 701 19 0 0 4 -9 15 1.7 25 40 4.1 .510 .510 3.7 -0.5 36 $3,850,000 *3/D
1993 28 TEX AL 160 686 35 5 1 13 -9 45 4.4 26 70 6.9 .528 .527 5.8 0.3 58 $4,550,000 *3 MVP-8
1994 29 BAL AL 111 498 22 -0 -1 10 -6 24 2.3 18 43 4.0 .520 .514 3.1 0.4 33 $5,406,603 *3 MVP-16
1995 30 BAL AL 143 624 35 -0 -1 8 -8 35 3.4 23 58 5.5 .523 .520 4.7 0.1 50 $4,906,603 *3 MVP-11
1996 31 BAL AL 162 732 26 4 -1 -1 -10 19 2.0 27 45 4.4 .510 .510 4.3 -0.8 46 $5,406,603 *3/D MVP-6
1997 32 BAL AL 158 692 5 0 0 10 -9 6 0.8 26 32 3.2 .504 .504 2.2 0.1 22 $5,337,021 *3/D MVP-13,GG
1998 33 BAL AL 162 709 36 -2 -2 16 -9 39 3.8 26 65 6.3 .523 .523 4.8 0.7 49 $6,515,828 *3/D AS,MVP-18,GG,SS
1999 34 TEX AL 158 674 45 -2 -1 1 -14 29 2.8 25 54 5.2 .517 .516 5.0 -1.1 53 $8,849,931 *D3 AS,MVP-5,GG,SS
2000 35 TEX AL 158 678 26 -4 -2 -5 -11 4 0.5 25 30 2.9 .502 .502 3.4 -1.4 35 $8,620,921 3D
2001 36 TEX AL 160 714 35 0 1 -3 -11 22 2.3 26 47 4.7 .513 .513 5.0 -1.3 51 $9,000,000 *3D MVP-14
2002 37 TEX AL 155 663 32 -1 -1 2 -11 21 2.2 25 46 4.5 .513 .513 4.4 -0.9 45 $8,712,986 3D
2003 38 TEX AL 154 654 13 -2 2 11 -12 12 1.2 25 36 3.5 .507 .507 2.4 -0.1 25 $9,000,000 D3
2004 39 BAL AL 154 651 5 -3 -1 -10 -10 -18 -1.5 24 7 0.8 .489 .490 1.6 -1.8 17 $4,000,000 *3D
2005 40 BAL AL 110 422 4 -0 0 -10 -7 -13 -1.3 16 3 0.3 .488 .492 1.3 -1.7 13 $3,000,000 3D
20 Seasons 2831 12046 429 -8 -8 48 -172 289 30.2 440 730 71.8 .510 .509 66.8 -11.7 681 $89,083,996
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
TEX (10 yrs) 1573 6767 274 -3 -5 38 -103 201 21.1 247 448 44.4 .513 .512 40.7 -6.1 410 $54,358,838
BAL (7 yrs) 1000 4328 134 -1 -5 23 -59 92 9.6 161 253 24.5 .509 .508 22.0 -3.0 229 $34,572,658
CHC (3 yrs) 258 951 22 -4 1 -13 -10 -4 -0.5 32 29 2.8 .499 .499 4.1 -2.6 42 $152,500

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
1996 31 BAL AL ALDS CLE W 4 19 17 4 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 6 .176 .263 .412 .675 7 0 1 0 0 0
1996 31 BAL AL ALCS NYY L 5 22 17 4 4 0 0 2 4 0 0 4 4 .235 .364 .588 .952 10 0 0 0 1 0
1997 32 BAL AL ALDS SEA W 4 12 12 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .417 .667 5 0 0 0 0 0
1997 32 BAL AL ALCS CLE L 6 26 25 3 7 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 10 .280 .308 .480 .788 12 1 1 0 0 0
1999 34 TEX AL ALDS NYY L 3 12 11 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .273 .333 .273 .606 3 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (5 Series) 22 91 82 13 20 5 0 4 8 0 0 6 23 .244 .308 .451 .759 37 1 2 0 1 0
3 ALDS 11 43 40 6 9 3 0 1 2 0 0 2 9 .225 .279 .375 .654 15 0 1 0 0 0
2 ALCS 11 48 42 7 11 2 0 3 6 0 0 4 14 .262 .333 .524 .857 22 1 1 0 1 0

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1986 CHC NL 21 OF 20 18 8 150.2 40 34 2 4 1 .900 -1 -6 2.15 1.80 .979 2.19 2.19
1986 CHC NL 21 LF 19 15 8 131.2 38 33 2 3 2 .921 -1 -5 2.39 1.84 .975 1.97 1.98
1986 CHC NL 21 RF 3 3 0 19.0 6 4 1 1 0 .833 -0 -13 2.37 1.67 .977 1.99 2.00
1987 CHC NL 22 OF 45 34 24 312.0 65 64 1 0 1 1.000 -5 -21 1.88 1.44 .981 2.19 2.18
1987 CHC NL 22 LF 44 33 24 308.0 68 67 1 0 1 1.000 -6 -22 1.99 1.55 .981 2.04 2.03
1987 CHC NL 22 1B 18 13 12 120.0 121 112 8 1 15 .992 -2 -20 9.00 6.67 .991 9.88 9.83
1987 CHC NL 22 RF 2 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 90 2.25 0.50 .980 2.02 2.00
1988 CHC NL 23 OF 147 143 130 1254.1 303 292 6 5 1 .983 -5 -5 2.14 2.03 .982 2.28 2.29 AS
1988 CHC NL 23 LF 145 141 129 1237.1 297 287 5 5 1 .983 -4 -4 2.12 2.01 .980 2.13 2.13 AS
1988 CHC NL 23 1B 5 3 1 34.2 35 30 5 0 1 1.000 0 3 9.09 7.00 .991 9.97 9.98 AS
1988 CHC NL 23 RF 3 2 1 15.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -56 1.80 1.00 .980 2.04 2.07 AS
1988 CHC NL 23 CF 2 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -180 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.65 AS
1989 TEX AL 24 1B 147 142 129 1237.1 1298 1167 119 12 106 .991 8 8 9.35 8.75 .993 9.79 9.69
1989 TEX AL 24 DH 5 1
1989 TEX AL 24 LF 1 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -27 0.00 0.00 2.20 2.10
1990 TEX AL 25 1B 146 145 126 1254.2 1313 1215 91 7 123 .995 9 8 9.37 8.95 .992 9.63 9.53 MVP-14
1990 TEX AL 25 DH 6 5 MVP-14
1991 TEX AL 26 1B 157 152 136 1366.0 1413 1305 96 12 119 .992 -1 -1 9.23 8.92 .992 9.75 9.74 AS,MVP-19
1991 TEX AL 26 DH 2 2 AS,MVP-19
1992 TEX AL 27 1B 156 154 149 1382.2 1401 1251 143 7 131 .995 4 4 9.07 8.94 .993 9.68 9.64
1992 TEX AL 27 DH 2 1
1993 TEX AL 28 1B 160 158 150 1395.1 1540 1388 147 5 133 .997 13 11 9.90 9.59 .993 9.57 9.48 MVP-8
1994 BAL AL 29 1B 111 110 105 976.2 1029 959 66 4 87 .996 10 12 9.45 9.23 .992 9.57 9.49 MVP-16
1995 BAL AL 30 1B 142 142 136 1238.0 1304 1181 119 4 120 .997 8 8 9.45 9.15 .993 9.61 9.50 MVP-11
1996 BAL AL 31 1B 159 159 150 1418.2 1510 1383 119 8 157 .995 -1 -1 9.53 9.45 .992 9.24 9.18 MVP-6
1996 BAL AL 31 DH 3 3 MVP-6
1997 BAL AL 32 1B 155 151 145 1356.0 1426 1304 112 10 124 .993 10 9 9.40 9.14 .992 9.31 9.23 MVP-13,GG
1997 BAL AL 32 DH 3 3 MVP-13,GG
1998 BAL AL 33 1B 159 158 149 1378.1 1568 1435 124 9 127 .994 16 14 10.18 9.81 .992 9.43 9.33 AS,MVP-18,GG,SS
1998 BAL AL 33 DH 3 3 AS,MVP-18,GG,SS
1999 TEX AL 34 DH 128 128 AS,MVP-5,GG,SS
1999 TEX AL 34 1B 28 28 25 246.1 275 261 13 1 23 .996 1 6 10.01 9.79 .992 9.50 9.35 AS,MVP-5,GG,SS
2000 TEX AL 35 1B 108 107 97 919.0 880 820 56 4 86 .995 -5 -7 8.58 8.11 .993 9.37 9.26
2000 TEX AL 35 DH 46 46
2001 TEX AL 36 1B 113 113 108 996.1 997 906 83 8 112 .992 -3 -4 8.93 8.75 .993 9.39 9.31 MVP-14
2001 TEX AL 36 DH 46 46 MVP-14
2002 TEX AL 37 1B 97 95 79 836.1 828 739 84 5 83 .994 2 2 8.86 8.48 .993 9.33 9.23
2002 TEX AL 37 DH 55 55
2003 TEX AL 38 DH 97 95
2003 TEX AL 38 1B 55 55 41 462.2 496 445 49 2 53 .996 -4 11 -11 29 9.61 8.98 .993 9.55 9.46
2004 BAL AL 39 1B 130 128 118 1137.2 1193 1090 95 8 114 .993 -5 -10 -6 -11 9.37 9.12 .994 9.31 9.25
2004 BAL AL 39 DH 20 19
2005 BAL AL 40 1B 93 82 78 748.1 809 747 58 4 68 .995 -7 -10 -12 -16 9.68 8.66 .994 9.60 9.49
2005 BAL AL 40 DH 15 15
19 Seasons 1B 2139 2095 1934 18505.0 19436 17738 1587 111 1782 .994 51 -9 3 -4 9.40 9.03 .993 9.51 9.44
3 Seasons OF 212 195 162 1717.0 408 390 9 9 3 .978 -11 -8 2.09 1.88 .982 2.26 2.26
4 Seasons LF 209 190 162 1686.0 403 387 8 8 4 .980 -10 -7 2.11 1.89 .980 2.10 2.09
3 Seasons RF 8 6 1 38.0 10 7 2 1 0 .900 -1 -19 2.13 1.13 .978 2.01 2.02
1 Season CF 2 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -180 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.65
20 Seasons TOT 2351 2290 2096 20222.0 19844 18128 1596 120 1785 .994 40 -9 2 -4 8.78 8.39 .992 8.90 8.79
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
2011 BBWAA (11.0%)
2012 BBWAA (12.6%)
2013 BBWAA ( 8.8%)

All-Star Games
1988 *
1991 *
1998 *
1999 (DH)

Awards (yr lg award)
1999 ML Major League Player of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1990 AL (14, 6%)
1991 AL (19, 2%)
1993 AL (8, 13%)
1994 AL (16, 3%)
1995 AL (11, 9%)
1996 AL (6, 27%)
1997 AL (13, 9%)
1998 AL (18, 1%)
1999 AL (5, 49%)
2001 AL (14, 1%)
1.20 Career Shares (200th)

Gold Gloves
1997 AL (1B)
1998 AL (1B)
1999 AL (1B)
All multiple winners

Silver Sluggers
1998 AL (1B)
1999 AL (DH)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1993 AL  6.9 (8th)
Career  71.8 (88th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1991 AL  5.7 (9th)
1993 AL  6.9 (4th)
1994 AL  4.0 (10th)
1995 AL  5.5 (9th)
1998 AL  6.3 (7th)
Career  71.8 (58th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1991 AL  5.9 (7th)
1995 AL  4.7 (10th)
Career  66.8 (66th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1988 NL  .307 (2nd)
1990 AL  .319 (3rd)
1991 AL  .322 (7th)
1994 AL  .319 (10th)
1999 AL  .324 (10th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1999 AL  .420 (9th)
2002 AL  .391 (9th)
Career  .371 (250th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1991 AL  .532 (6th)
1993 AL  .554 (6th)
1994 AL  .550 (10th)
1995 AL  .583 (6th)
1999 AL  .630 (2nd)
2001 AL  .563 (7th)
2002 AL  .571 (6th)
Career  .515 (71st)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1991 AL  .922 (5th)
1993 AL  .926 (6th)
1994 AL  .942 (10th)
1995 AL  .963 (8th)
1999 AL  1.050 (2nd)
2001 AL  .944 (10th)
2002 AL  .962 (7th)
Career  .885 (82nd)

Games Played s c a p y
1991 AL  159 (7th)
1992 AL  159 (6th)
1993 AL  160 (2nd)
1995 AL  143 (8th)
1996 AL  162 (2nd)
1997 AL  158 (6th)
1998 AL  162 (2nd)
1999 AL  158 (8th)
2001 AL  160 (7th)
Career  2,831 (18th)

At Bats s c a p y
1991 AL  631 (8th)
1995 AL  554 (9th)
1996 AL  626 (7th)
1997 AL  614 (8th)
1998 AL  619 (8th)
Career  10,472 (17th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1991 AL  714 (7th)
1992 AL  701 (9th)
1993 AL  686 (8th)
1996 AL  732 (3rd)
1997 AL  692 (10th)
1998 AL  709 (6th)
2001 AL  714 (5th)
Career  12,046 (15th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1991 AL  115 (2nd)
1993 AL  124 (1st)
1994 AL  82 (9th)
Career  1,663 (32nd)

Hits s c a p y
1988 NL  178 (3rd)
1990 AL  191 (1st)
1991 AL  203 (3rd)
1994 AL  139 (7th)
1995 AL  172 (9th)
Career  3,020 (25th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1990 AL  280 (7th)
1991 AL  336 (2nd)
1993 AL  331 (4th)
1994 AL  240 (5th)
1995 AL  323 (2nd)
1996 AL  342 (6th)
1998 AL  350 (7th)
1999 AL  356 (2nd)
2001 AL  338 (4th)
2002 AL  312 (10th)
Career  5,388 (11th)

Doubles s c a p y
1988 NL  41 (2nd)
1991 AL  49 (1st)
1993 AL  40 (3rd)
1994 AL  32 (5th)
1996 AL  40 (10th)
Career  585 (16th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1993 AL  37 (5th)
1994 AL  23 (10th)
1995 AL  39 (4th)
1996 AL  39 (9th)
1997 AL  38 (6th)
1998 AL  43 (6th)
1999 AL  47 (2nd)
2000 AL  39 (8th)
2001 AL  47 (3rd)
2002 AL  43 (3rd)
2003 AL  38 (5th)
Career  569 (12th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1990 AL  89 (8th)
1995 AL  104 (10th)
1996 AL  142 (4th)
1997 AL  110 (10th)
1998 AL  121 (8th)
1999 AL  148 (2nd)
2000 AL  120 (10th)
2001 AL  123 (6th)
2003 AL  112 (7th)
Career  1,835 (16th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1996 AL  95 (9th)
1999 AL  97 (7th)
2000 AL  103 (8th)
2001 AL  101 (5th)
2002 AL  104 (3rd)
2003 AL  84 (9th)
2004 AL  86 (6th)
Career  1,353 (32nd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
Career  1,348 (96th)

Singles s c a p y
1988 NL  124 (8th)
1990 AL  136 (1st)
Career  1,828 (77th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1991 AL  155 (5th)
1993 AL  150 (6th)
1995 AL  145 (8th)
1999 AL  160 (2nd)
2001 AL  141 (10th)
2002 AL  146 (8th)
Career  132 (143rd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1991 AL  129 (4th)
1993 AL  128 (5th)
1994 AL  95 (7th)
1995 AL  123 (5th)
1998 AL  132 (7th)
1999 AL  152 (3rd)
2001 AL  135 (5th)
2002 AL  128 (4th)
Career  2,040 (18th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1991 AL  49 (3rd)
1993 AL  43 (5th)
1995 AL  36 (8th)
1998 AL  41 (8th)
1999 AL  54 (3rd)
2001 AL  38 (9th)
2002 AL  40 (7th)
Career  499 (44th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1991 AL  4.8 (3rd)
1993 AL  4.1 (5th)
1995 AL  3.2 (8th)
1998 AL  3.7 (8th)
1999 AL  4.8 (3rd)
2001 AL  3.5 (9th)
2002 AL  3.7 (7th)
Career  46.7 (52nd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1990 AL  55 (10th)
1991 AL  78 (2nd)
1993 AL  79 (4th)
1994 AL  55 (5th)
1995 AL  71 (3rd)
1996 AL  81 (5th)
1998 AL  80 (7th)
1999 AL  78 (5th)
2001 AL  80 (4th)
2002 AL  77 (7th)
Career  1,192 (6th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1991 AL  277 (3rd)
1994 AL  195 (10th)
1996 AL  279 (10th)
1998 AL  269 (6th)
1999 AL  283 (6th)
2001 AL  272 (6th)
2002 AL  259 (8th)
Career  4,460 (19th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1991 AL  .719 (6th)
1993 AL  .704 (8th)
1995 AL  .696 (7th)
1999 AL  .753 (4th)
2001 AL  .699 (8th)
2002 AL  .719 (7th)
Career  .651 (202nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1989 AL  6 (9th)
1992 AL  10 (6th)
Career  87 (122nd)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1990 AL  8 (8th)
1993 AL  9 (7th)
1994 AL  6 (10th)
1999 AL  9 (7th)
2004 AL  9 (3rd)
2005 AL  8 (7th)
Career  119 (8th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1993 AL  22 (5th)
1996 AL  12 (6th)
1999 AL  14 (4th)
2000 AL  17 (4th)
2002 AL  16 (4th)
2004 AL  15 (2nd)
Career  172 (28th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1990 AL  24 (2nd)
Career  232 (47th)

SB % s c a p y
1993 AL  88.00 (2nd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1993 AL  27.6 (3rd)
Career  165.7 (136th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1988 NL  17.1 (2nd)
2004 AL  9.0 (5th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1993 AL  16.1 (7th)
1995 AL  14.2 (7th)
1998 AL  14.4 (7th)
1999 AL  12.0 (3rd)
2000 AL  14.5 (9th)
2001 AL  12.8 (3rd)
2002 AL  12.7 (3rd)
2003 AL  14.8 (6th)
Career  18.4 (82nd)

Outs Made s c a p y
1996 AL  462 (10th)
1997 AL  480 (7th)
Career  7,858 (16th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1990 AL  31.13 (10th)
1993 AL  49.57 (6th)
1996 AL  46.45 (9th)
1999 AL  67.08 (2nd)
2001 AL  45.47 (7th)
Career  523.90 (38th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1993 AL  3.6 (10th)
1996 AL  4.2 (5th)
1999 AL  5.5 (3rd)
2000 AL  4.1 (7th)
2001 AL  4.0 (8th)
2002 AL  4.2 (9th)
Career  43.2 (47th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1991 AL  4.0 (7th)
1993 AL  4.3 (7th)
1995 AL  4.1 (6th)
1999 AL  5.2 (3rd)
2000 AL  3.4 (10th)
2001 AL  4.3 (7th)
2002 AL  3.4 (8th)
Career  47.3 (34th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1990 AL  3.1 (9th)
1993 AL  4.8 (6th)
1996 AL  4.1 (9th)
1999 AL  5.9 (2nd)
2001 AL  4.1 (7th)
Career  48.4 (42nd)

Putouts† s c a p y
1990 AL  1,215 (3rd)
1991 AL  1,305 (2nd)
1992 AL  1,251 (2nd)
1993 AL  1,388 (1st)
1994 AL  959 (2nd)
1995 AL  1,181 (2nd)
1996 AL  1,383 (1st)
1997 AL  1,304 (2nd)
1998 AL  1,435 (1st)
2004 AL  1,090 (5th)
Career  18,128 (21st)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1989 AL  147 (5th)
1990 AL  146 (4th)
1991 AL  157 (1st)
1992 AL  156 (2nd)
1993 AL  160 (1st)
1994 AL  111 (1st)
1995 AL  142 (2nd)
1996 AL  159 (1st)
1997 AL  155 (2nd)
1998 AL  159 (1st)
Career  2,139 (7th)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1990 AL  1,215 (3rd)
1991 AL  1,305 (2nd)
1992 AL  1,251 (2nd)
1993 AL  1,388 (1st)
1994 AL  959 (2nd)
1995 AL  1,181 (2nd)
1996 AL  1,383 (1st)
1997 AL  1,304 (2nd)
1998 AL  1,435 (1st)
2004 AL  1,090 (5th)
Career  17,738 (24th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1989 AL  119 (1st)
1990 AL  91 (5th)
1991 AL  96 (4th)
1992 AL  143 (1st)
1993 AL  147 (1st)
1994 AL  66 (5th)
1995 AL  119 (1st)
1996 AL  119 (1st)
1997 AL  112 (2nd)
1998 AL  124 (1st)
2002 AL  84 (5th)
2004 AL  95 (2nd)
Career  1,587 (6th)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1989 AL  12 (2nd)
1991 AL  12 (1st)
1997 AL  10 (5th)
2004 AL  8 (3rd)

Double Plays Turned as 1B s c a p y
1990 AL  123 (3rd)
1991 AL  119 (5th)
1992 AL  131 (2nd)
1993 AL  133 (1st)
1994 AL  87 (3rd)
1995 AL  120 (4th)
1996 AL  157 (1st)
1997 AL  124 (3rd)
1998 AL  127 (3rd)
2001 AL  112 (5th)
2004 AL  114 (4th)
Career  1,782 (4th)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1988 NL  145 (4th)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1988 NL  287 (4th)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1988 NL  5 (5th)

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1986 NL  2 (1st)
1987 NL  1 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1989 AL  8 (2nd)
1990 AL  9 (3rd)
1992 AL  4 (3rd)
1993 AL  13 (1st)
1994 AL  10 (2nd)
1995 AL  9 (2nd)
1997 AL  10 (2nd)
1998 AL  16 (1st)
Career  51 (16th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
1993 AL  9.90 (2nd)
1996 AL  9.53 (5th)
1998 AL  10.18 (1st)
Career  9.40 (79th)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1993 AL  9.59 (3rd)
1996 AL  9.45 (3rd)
1998 AL  9.81 (1st)
2004 AL  9.12 (4th)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1990 AL  .995 (5th)
1992 AL  .995 (2nd)
1993 AL  .997 (2nd)
1994 AL  .996 (3rd)
1995 AL  .997 (2nd)
1996 AL  .995 (3rd)
1997 AL  .993 (5th)
1998 AL  .994 (4th)
Career  .994 (33rd)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1988 NL  2.01 (5th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1988 NL  .983 (4th)

Salary s c a p y
1994 AL  $5,406,603 (4th)
1999 AL  $8,849,931 (6th)
2000 AL  $8,620,921 (9th)

Oldest s c a p y
2004 AL  born 1964-09-24 (9th)
2005 AL  born 1964-09-24 (7th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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 (·)

Black InkBatting - 8 (287), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 183 (53), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 178 (57), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 57 (45), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS First Base (12th), 71.8 career WAR/38.8 7yr-peak WAR/55.3 JAWS
Average HOF 1B (out of 19) = 68.2 career WAR/43.2 7yr-peak WAR/55.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Frank Robinson (887) *
  2. Eddie Murray (885) *
  3. Ken Griffey (861)
  4. Dave Winfield (836) *
  5. Reggie Jackson (825) *
  6. Gary Sheffield (821)
  7. Mel Ott (814) *
  8. Manny Ramirez (790)
  9. Al Kaline (787) *
  10. Fred McGriff (776)
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  1. Shawn Green (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Al Oliver (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Al Oliver (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Darin Erstad (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Al Oliver (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. John Olerud (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. John Olerud (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Will Clark (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Will Clark (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Billy Williams (923) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Billy Williams (933) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Orlando Cepeda (953) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Orlando Cepeda (936) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Jeff Bagwell (907)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Eddie Murray (893) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Eddie Murray (890) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Eddie Murray (897) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Eddie Murray (892) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
198722Chicago Cubs$62,5001987 USA Today survey
198823Chicago Cubs$90,000USA Today, 4/1/88
198924Chicago Cubs$212,0001989 USA Today survey
199025Texas Rangers$300,000USA Today
199126Texas Rangers$1,475,0003/2/92 TSN
199227Texas Rangers$3,850,0004/2/92 USA TodayArbitration win; $2,350,000 offer
199328Texas Rangers$4,550,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199429Baltimore Orioles$5,406,6031996 Joint Exhibit 1Incl. $2,400,000 signing bonus; $1.5MM deferred
199530Baltimore Orioles$4,906,6031996 Joint Exhibit 1Incl. $2,400,000 signing bonus; $1.5MM deferred
199631Baltimore Orioles$5,406,6031996 Joint Exhibit 1Incl. $2,400,000 signing bonus; $1.5MM deferred
199732Baltimore Orioles$5,337,0211997 postseason AP surveyIncludes $25,000 earned bonus
199833Baltimore Orioles$6,515,82811/23/98 USA TodayIncludes $30,000 earned bonus
199934Texas Rangers$8,849,93111/19/99 USA TodayIncludes $150,000 earned bonus
200035Texas Rangers$8,620,9214/5/00 AP
200136Texas Rangers$9,000,0004/6/01 USA Today
200237Texas Rangers$8,712,9864/3/02 AP
200338Texas Rangers$9,000,0004/3/03 AP
200439Baltimore Orioles$4,000,0004/7/04 AP
200540Baltimore Orioles$3,000,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$89,295,996
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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