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Larry Parrish

Larry Alton Parrish

Positions: Third Baseman and Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 10, 1953 in Winter Haven, FL
Signed by the Montreal Expos as an amateur free agent in 1972. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1974 (Age 20)
Teams (by GP): Expos/Rangers/RedSox 1974-1988

Final Game: October 2, 1988 (Age 34)
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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
1974 20 MON NL 25 79 69 9 14 5 0 0 4 0 0 6 19 .203 .286 .275 .561 55 19 1 2 2 0 2 5
1975 21 MON NL 145 573 532 50 146 32 5 10 65 4 5 28 74 .274 .314 .410 .724 97 218 14 4 7 2 5 *5/46 RoY-3
1976 22 MON NL 154 593 543 65 126 28 5 11 61 2 6 41 91 .232 .285 .363 .648 80 197 13 2 1 6 2 *5
1977 23 MON NL 123 449 402 50 99 19 2 11 46 2 4 37 71 .246 .314 .386 .699 90 155 11 4 3 3 9 *5
1978 24 MON NL 144 560 520 68 144 39 4 15 70 2 3 32 103 .277 .321 .454 .775 117 236 19 2 5 1 9 *5
1979 25 MON NL 153 595 544 83 167 39 2 30 82 5 1 41 101 .307 .357 .551 .909 146 300 8 2 7 1 11 *5 AS,MVP-4
1980 26 MON NL 126 501 452 55 115 27 3 15 72 2 6 36 80 .254 .310 .427 .737 104 193 12 4 1 8 6 *5
1981 27 MON NL 97 385 349 41 85 19 3 8 44 0 0 28 73 .244 .297 .384 .681 92 134 10 0 5 3 2 *5
1982 28 TEX AL 128 478 440 59 116 15 0 17 62 5 2 30 84 .264 .314 .414 .727 104 182 12 4 0 4 0 *9/5D
1983 29 TEX AL 145 614 555 76 151 26 4 26 88 0 0 46 91 .272 .326 .474 .800 121 263 20 3 0 9 8 *9D
1984 30 TEX AL 156 664 613 72 175 42 1 22 101 2 4 42 116 .285 .336 .465 .801 117 285 20 6 0 3 7 9D5/7
1985 31 TEX AL 94 382 346 44 86 11 1 17 51 0 2 33 77 .249 .314 .434 .748 102 150 13 1 0 2 2 9D/5
1986 32 TEX AL 129 524 464 67 128 22 1 28 94 3 1 52 114 .276 .347 .509 .856 128 236 16 2 0 6 7 D5
1987 33 TEX AL 152 613 557 79 149 22 1 32 100 3 1 49 154 .268 .328 .483 .811 112 269 10 3 0 4 7 *D5/7 AS
1988 34 TOT AL 120 441 406 32 88 14 1 14 52 0 1 28 111 .217 .270 .360 .629 73 146 8 3 0 4 2 D3
1988 34 TEX AL 68 273 248 22 47 9 1 7 26 0 0 20 79 .190 .253 .319 .571 58 79 4 2 0 3 2 D
1988 34 BOS AL 52 168 158 10 41 5 0 7 26 0 1 8 32 .259 .298 .424 .722 97 67 4 1 0 1 0 3D
15 Yrs 1891 7451 6792 850 1789 360 33 256 992 30 36 529 1359 .263 .318 .439 .757 107 2983 187 42 31 56 79
162 Game Avg. 162 638 582 73 153 31 3 22 85 3 3 45 116 .263 .318 .439 .757 107 256 16 4 3 5 7
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
MON (8 yrs) 967 3735 3411 421 896 208 24 100 444 17 25 249 612 .263 .315 .426 .740 104 1452 88 20 31 24 46
TEX (7 yrs) 872 3548 3223 419 852 147 9 149 522 13 10 272 715 .264 .323 .454 .777 111 1464 95 21 0 31 33
BOS (1 yr) 52 168 158 10 41 5 0 7 26 0 1 8 32 .259 .298 .424 .722 97 67 4 1 0 1 0
AL (7 yrs) 924 3716 3381 429 893 152 9 156 548 13 11 280 747 .264 .322 .453 .774 110 1531 99 22 0 32 33
NL (8 yrs) 967 3735 3411 421 896 208 24 100 444 17 25 249 612 .263 .315 .426 .740 104 1452 88 20 31 24 46

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
1974 20 MON NL 25 79 -5 0 -0 6 1 3 0.3 3 5 0.6 .512 .502 -0.2 0.8 -1 5
1975 21 MON NL 145 573 1 -1 -1 -3 4 0 -0.1 19 19 1.8 .500 .500 2.0 0.1 21 *5/46 RoY-3
1976 22 MON NL 154 593 -11 -1 -0 -5 4 -14 -1.6 19 5 0.3 .490 .490 0.8 -0.2 11 *5
1977 23 MON NL 123 449 -8 -0 -1 -5 3 -12 -1.3 14 3 0.1 .490 .492 0.6 -0.3 8 $50,000 *5
1978 24 MON NL 144 560 10 1 -3 -5 4 7 0.8 18 25 2.6 .506 .505 3.0 -0.1 30 *5
1979 25 MON NL 153 595 31 1 0 -10 3 25 2.7 19 44 4.6 .517 .517 5.6 -0.7 55 *5 AS,MVP-4
1980 26 MON NL 126 501 -1 -2 -1 -5 2 -7 -0.9 17 10 0.8 .493 .495 1.4 -0.4 15 *5
1981 27 MON NL 97 385 -4 -1 -1 -8 2 -12 -1.3 13 1 -0.0 .486 .491 0.8 -0.7 9 *5
1982 28 TEX AL 128 478 3 1 -2 -18 -5 -19 -2.0 16 -3 -0.4 .484 .488 1.5 -2.3 15 *9/5D
1983 29 TEX AL 145 614 14 1 -2 -12 -6 -6 -0.5 21 14 1.4 .495 .496 2.7 -1.9 27 *9D
1984 30 TEX AL 156 664 14 -0 -2 -4 -9 -1 -0.0 23 22 2.1 .499 .499 2.6 -1.4 26 9D5/7
1985 31 TEX AL 94 382 0 -1 -2 -6 -5 -13 -1.3 13 0 -0.1 .486 .492 0.6 -1.1 6 $560,000 9D/5
1986 32 TEX AL 129 524 14 0 -2 -1 -9 2 0.4 18 20 2.0 .502 .502 2.1 -1.0 21 $560,619 D5
1987 33 TEX AL 152 613 5 0 -1 -2 -11 -9 -0.8 21 12 1.2 .494 .495 1.4 -1.2 14 $614,718 *D5/7 AS
1988 34 TEX AL 68 273 -13 -0 -0 0 -6 -20 -2.1 9 -11 -1.2 .468 .487 -1.2 -0.6 -11 $550,131 D
1988 34 BOS AL 52 168 -2 -1 -0 -1 -3 -8 -0.8 6 -2 -0.3 .484 .495 -0.2 -0.4 -1 3D
15 Seasons 1891 7451 48 -3 -17 -80 -33 -85 -8.5 249 165 15.5 .495 .497 23.4 -11.6 244 $2,335,468
MON (8 yrs) 967 3735 13 -3 -7 -35 22 -10 -1.4 122 112 10.7 .499 .499 13.9 -1.5 147 $50,000
TEX (7 yrs) 872 3548 37 1 -10 -44 -51 -66 -6.3 121 55 5.0 .492 .494 9.7 -9.6 99 $2,285,468
BOS (1 yr) 52 168 -2 -1 -0 -1 -3 -8 -0.8 6 -2 -0.3 .484 .495 -0.2 -0.4 -1

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
1974 20 MON NL 79 58 6 2.8 99 .280 .203 .268 .286 .341 .275 .388 .561 .728 55 .316 -4.1 -0.4 .482 .159 .072
1975 21 MON NL 573 414 64 4.2 99 .302 .274 .270 .314 .342 .410 .390 .724 .732 97 .484 -4.5 -0.5 .615 .186 .135 5.7
1976 22 MON NL 593 443 54 3.3 96 .257 .232 .268 .285 .336 .363 .383 .648 .718 80 .400 -16.1 -1.7 .541 .199 .131 3.4
1977 23 MON NL 449 324 47 3.9 100 .272 .246 .265 .314 .332 .386 .403 .699 .735 90 .424 -5.4 -0.5 .610 .226 .139 3.4
1978 24 MON NL 560 404 69 4.6 93 .320 .277 .260 .321 .327 .454 .382 .775 .709 117 .541 9.8 1.0 .676 .237 .177 3.5
1979 25 MON NL 595 394 106 7.2 99 .331 .307 .268 .357 .333 .551 .397 .909 .731 146 .712 32.4 3.2 .899 .327 .244 8.6
1980 26 MON NL 501 364 57 4.2 95 .274 .254 .267 .310 .329 .427 .387 .737 .716 104 .499 2.4 0.2 .645 .243 .173 3.5
1981 27 MON NL 385 282 39 3.8 93 .284 .244 .264 .297 .329 .384 .378 .681 .707 92 .457 -4.6 -0.5 .591 .221 .140 .0
1982 28 TEX AL 478 342 56 4.4 93 .289 .264 .257 .314 .320 .414 .392 .727 .711 104 .481 1.8 0.2 .648 .225 .150 7.7
1983 29 TEX AL 614 433 82 5.1 95 .280 .272 .262 .326 .324 .474 .395 .800 .719 121 .550 14.9 1.5 .736 .285 .202 .0
1984 30 TEX AL 664 465 89 5.1 99 .320 .285 .267 .336 .330 .465 .403 .801 .733 117 .558 13.6 1.4 .716 .245 .179 3.7
1985 31 TEX AL 382 277 44 4.2 100 .272 .249 .262 .314 .328 .434 .407 .748 .736 102 .465 -0.1 -0.0 .662 .275 .185 .0
1986 32 TEX AL 524 359 80 6.0 102 .305 .276 .264 .347 .332 .509 .412 .856 .744 128 .610 18.0 1.7 .827 .349 .233 5.4
1987 33 TEX AL 613 423 88 5.6 106 .312 .268 .265 .328 .334 .483 .426 .811 .759 112 .550 8.0 0.8 .771 .307 .215 5.5
1988 34 TOT AL 441 331 39 3.2 97 .260 .217 .262 .270 .328 .360 .395 .629 .723 73 .351 -16.2 -1.6 .538 .209 .143 .0
1988 34 TEX AL 273 208 20 2.6 96 .242 .190 .262 .253 .327 .319 .394 .571 .721 58 .271 -14.7 -1.5 .493 .210 .129 .0
1988 34 BOS AL 168 123 19 4.1 98 .283 .259 .264 .298 .330 .424 .397 .722 .727 97 .471 -1.5 -0.2 .615 .209 .165 .0
15 Yrs 7451 5313 920 4.6 98 .293 .263 .265 .318 .331 .439 .397 .757 .727 107 .520 49.8 4.7 .679 .253 .176 53.7
162 Game Avg. 638 455 79 4.6 98 .293 .263 .265 .318 .331 .439 .397 .757 .727 107 .520 4 0 .679 .253 .176 5
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
MON (8 yrs) 3735 2683 442 4.4 97 .292 .263 .266 .315 .333 .426 .389 .740 .722 104 .517 9.8 0.9 .652 .234 .163 29.1
TEX (7 yrs) 3548 2507 459 4.9 99 .294 .264 .263 .323 .328 .454 .405 .777 .733 111 .526 41.5 4.0 .711 .275 .190 23.9
BOS (1 yr) 168 123 19 4.1 98 .283 .259 .264 .298 .330 .424 .397 .722 .727 97 .471 -1.5 -0.2 .615 .209 .165 .0
AL (7 yrs) 3716 2630 478 4.9 99 .294 .264 .263 .322 .328 .453 .405 .774 .733 110 .523 40.1 3.8 .706 .272 .189 24.0
NL (8 yrs) 3735 2683 442 4.4 97 .292 .263 .266 .315 .333 .426 .389 .740 .722 104 .517 9.8 0.9 .652 .234 .163 29.1

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
1981 27 MON NL NLDS PHI W 5 21 20 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .150 .190 .200 .390 4 1 0 0 0 0
1981 27 MON NL NLCS LAD L 5 20 19 2 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .263 .300 .368 .668 7 0 0 0 0 0
1988 34 BOS AL ALCS OAK L 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (3 Series) 13 46 44 5 8 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 6 .182 .217 .250 .467 11 1 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 5 21 20 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .150 .190 .200 .390 4 1 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 5 20 19 2 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .263 .300 .368 .668 7 0 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
1979 MON NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 TEX AL 33 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 GP) 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 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
1974 20 MON NL 79 0.0% 24.1% 7.6% 6.3% 36% 3.17 3.6 17.3 1.53 63%
1975 21 MON NL 573 1.8% 12.9% 4.9% 8.2% 32% 2.64 7.2 53.2 8.2 1.27 79%
1976 22 MON NL 593 1.9% 15.4% 6.9% 7.4% 35% 2.22 6.0 49.4 8.9 0.97 75%
1977 23 MON NL 449 2.5% 15.8% 8.2% 7.1% 32% 1.92 5.7 36.5 8.7 0.87 72%
1978 24 MON NL 560 2.7% 18.4% 5.7% 10.4% 40% 3.22 5.0 34.7 7.4 1.45 72%
1979 25 MON NL 595 5.0% 17.0% 6.9% 11.9% 43% 2.46 5.4 18.1 6.6 0.71 70%
1980 26 MON NL 501 3.0% 16.0% 7.2% 9.0% 39% 2.22 5.7 30.1 6.3 0.78 73%
1981 27 MON NL 385 2.1% 19.0% 7.3% 7.8% 35% 2.61 4.8 43.6 7.9 1.12 70%
1982 28 TEX AL 478 3.6% 17.6% 6.3% 6.7% 28% 2.80 5.2 25.9 7.1 1.04 72%
1983 29 TEX AL 614 4.2% 14.8% 7.5% 9.1% 37% 1.98 6.1 21.3 6.3 0.94 73%
1984 30 TEX AL 664 3.3% 17.5% 6.3% 9.8% 37% 2.76 5.3 27.9 6.1 1.33 72%
1985 31 TEX AL 382 4.5% 20.2% 8.6% 7.6% 34% 2.33 4.5 20.4 6.8 1.28 66%
1986 32 TEX AL 524 5.3% 21.8% 9.9% 9.7% 40% 2.19 4.1 16.6 4.9 0.89 63%
1987 33 TEX AL 613 5.2% 25.1% 8.0% 9.0% 37% 3.14 3.6 17.4 5.6 0.94 61%
1988 34 TOT AL 441 3.2% 25.2% 6.4% 6.6% 33% 3.96 3.7 29.0 7.8 0.73 0.85 65% 18% 16.3% 49%
1988 34 TEX AL 273 2.6% 28.9% 7.3% 6.2% 36% 3.95 3.1 35.4 9.5 0.66 0.74 60% 17% 13.7% 50%
1988 34 BOS AL 168 4.2% 19.1% 4.8% 7.1% 29% 4.00 4.9 22.6 6.1 0.84 1.02 71% 18% 20.0% 48%
15 Yrs 7451 3.4% 18.2% 7.1% 8.7% 36% 2.57 5.0 26.5 6.8 0.73 1.02 70% 18% 16.3% 49%
MLB Averages 2.1% 13.5% 8.5% 6.6% 28% 1.59 6.6 43.5 8.5 0.80 1.08 74% 20% 8.2% 41%
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
1974 20 MON NL -4.1 -0.4 80 -0.4 0.7 -1.1 .73 -0.5 -0.0 -1.7 -0.2 0.92 -4.2 0.02 1
1975 21 MON NL -4.5 -0.5 592 1.1 11.9 -10.7 1.14 0.6 0.4 3.5 0.4 0.99 5.2 1.66 4
1976 22 MON NL -16.1 -1.7 605 -0.9 9.8 -10.7 1.03 -0.6 -0.3 -4.4 -0.5 0.93 -7.4 0.15 1
1977 23 MON NL -5.4 -0.5 459 -2.2 6.3 -8.5 1.00 -0.8 -1.4 -5.2 -0.5 0.94 -2.6 1.63 15
1978 24 MON NL 9.8 1.0 574 -0.6 10.8 -11.4 1.10 0.6 -1.2 10.1 1.0 0.99 11.1 1.32 5
1979 25 MON NL 32.4 3.2 607 2.5 12.7 -10.1 1.04 3.3 -0.9 35.1 3.5 0.93 36.4 0
1980 26 MON NL 2.4 0.2 516 -0.3 9.4 -9.7 1.04 -0.5 0.2 -2.0 -0.2 0.96 -2.7 2.37 1
1981 27 MON NL -4.6 -0.5 389 -0.1 6.2 -6.3 .96 -0.2 0.1 1.3 0.1 0.93 -1.2 0.45 1
1982 28 TEX AL 1.8 0.2 493 1.2 9.6 -8.4 .98 0.4 0.8 7.7 0.8 0.94 3.9 1.46 5
1983 29 TEX AL 14.9 1.5 625 1.6 13.9 -12.3 1.12 1.7 -0.2 15.3 1.5 0.97 18.4 0
1984 30 TEX AL 13.6 1.4 680 0.7 13.3 -12.6 1.11 1.2 -0.5 14.1 1.4 0.97 10.1 1.12 1
1985 31 TEX AL -0.1 -0.0 388 -0.9 6.8 -7.6 1.05 0.0 -0.9 -10.1 -1.0 0.99 0.7 2.16 1
1986 32 TEX AL 18.0 1.7 537 2.0 11.3 -9.3 1.03 1.8 0.2 24.5 2.3 0.97 22.5 2
1987 33 TEX AL 8.0 0.8 620 -0.6 10.5 -11.1 .99 0.2 -0.8 15.2 1.4 0.93 7.2 2.59 5
1988 34 TOT AL -16.2 -1.6 444 -1.7 6.8 -8.6 .98 -0.9 -0.9 -15.4 -1.6 0.95 -13.4 2.55 5
1988 34 TEX AL -14.7 -1.5 275 -2.1 3.2 -5.4 .97 -0.9 -1.3 -15.2 -1.5 0.95 -11.5 3.87 1
1988 34 BOS AL -1.5 -0.2 169 0.4 3.6 -3.2 .99 -0.0 0.4 -0.1 -0.0 0.94 -1.9 2.21 4
15 Yrs 49.8 4.7 7609 1.5 140.0 -138.6 1.04 6.3 -4.8 87.9 8.6 0.96 83.9 1.64 47
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 OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1974 20 MON NL 1 0 41% 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 40% 5 4 1 0 0 0 5 2 3
1975 21 MON NL 13 0 24% 194 4 5 44% 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 0 3 2 3 13 51% 21 14 7 5 0 2 15 2 12
1976 22 MON NL 12 0 34% 211 2 6 25% 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 3 4 3 10 43% 30 21 7 5 3 2 19 4 14
1977 23 MON NL 4 0 30% 164 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 0 2 8 55% 12 6 6 8 5 3 18 6 12
1978 24 MON NL 8 0 33% 210 2 3 40% 2 2 0 1 0 0 3 1 8 0 2 2 0 16 53% 28 18 9 1 0 1 20 4 16
1979 25 MON NL 6 0 29% 188 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 8 0 1 4 2 12 50% 20 14 6 8 3 5 26 9 16
1980 26 MON NL 3 0 29% 146 2 6 25% 2 6 0 0 0 0 4 1 4 0 0 1 1 7 49% 21 13 7 10 4 6 10 3 7
1981 27 MON NL 4 0 31% 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 2 3 8 33% 19 15 3 5 2 2 9 2 6
1982 28 TEX AL 7 0 32% 186 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 2 0 3 14 46% 24 15 9 6 4 0 16 3 12
1983 29 TEX AL 9 1 29% 216 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 1 0 3 1 17 39% 36 25 9 11 8 2 18 4 14
1984 30 TEX AL 11 0 25% 231 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 0 3 2 4 24 43% 41 32 8 7 2 5 26 5 19
1985 31 TEX AL 4 0 26% 122 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 1 8 36% 20 15 5 5 2 2 11 5 6
1986 32 TEX AL 3 0 25% 173 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 1 4 12 44% 29 20 9 6 4 2 15 3 11
1987 33 TEX AL 4 0 28% 190 3 1 75% 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 2 9 36% 25 19 6 7 4 2 10 3 7
1988 34 TOT AL 5 0 17% 131 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 21% 18 18 0 4 3 0 7 0 6
1988 34 TEX AL 5 0 24% 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 24% 15 15 0 3 3 0 7 0 6
1988 34 BOS AL 0 0 7% 37 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0% 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
15 Yrs 94 1 28% 2519 30 36 45% 29 33 1 3 0 0 17 3 92 2 19 23 30 168 43% 349 249 92 88 44 34 225 55 161
ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH

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 % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1974 20 MON NL 79 48% 14 1 0 0 0 0.02 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 12 1 8% 9 3 33% 35 4 11% 6 2 33% 4 1 25% 0
1975 21 MON NL 573 35% 146 4 1 0 0 1.66 10 0 12 6 4 5 5 0 8 7 88% 105 14 13% 50 20 40% 391 58 15% 31 14 45% 25 14 56% 0
1976 22 MON NL 593 27% 126 1 0 0 0 0.15 11 0 7 10 1 4 7 0 1 1 100% 111 13 12% 41 14 34% 338 51 15% 26 17 65% 21 12 57% 0
1977 23 MON NL 449 29% 99 15 4 1 2 1.63 11 0 8 5 6 4 7 0 3 3 100% 85 11 13% 42 12 29% 270 37 14% 20 9 45% 12 9 75% 0
1978 24 MON NL 560 21% 144 5 3 0 1 1.32 15 1 14 8 7 4 11 0 6 5 83% 110 19 17% 53 12 23% 368 58 16% 31 12 39% 27 17 63% 0
1979 25 MON NL 595 17% 167 0 0 0 0 30 0 6 28 2 14 16 0 7 7 100% 113 8 7% 54 14 26% 335 58 17% 31 10 32% 22 12 55% 0
1980 26 MON NL 501 21% 115 1 0 0 1 2.37 15 0 11 13 2 6 9 0 1 1 100% 82 12 15% 49 16 33% 312 58 19% 36 19 53% 14 5 36% 0
1981 27 MON NL 385 22% 85 1 0 0 0 0.45 8 0 10 5 3 3 5 0 5 5 100% 62 10 16% 41 13 32% 228 39 17% 22 9 41% 13 7 54% 0
1982 28 TEX AL 478 28% 116 5 2 0 1 1.46 17 3 9 12 5 6 11 0 1 0 0% 85 12 14% 36 9 25% 271 50 18% 26 15 58% 8 5 63% 0
1983 29 TEX AL 614 32% 151 0 0 0 0 26 0 8 19 7 10 16 0 0 0 123 20 16% 58 15 26% 401 68 17% 39 17 44% 18 6 33% 0
1984 30 TEX AL 664 29% 175 1 0 0 0 1.12 22 1 10 14 8 11 11 0 0 0 141 20 14% 56 20 36% 445 81 18% 52 28 54% 32 19 59% 0
1985 31 TEX AL 382 28% 86 1 0 0 1 2.16 17 0 9 9 8 8 9 0 0 0 79 13 16% 34 8 24% 266 36 14% 32 16 50% 6 2 33% 0
1986 32 TEX AL 524 29% 128 2 0 0 0 28 0 12 17 11 14 14 1 1 0 0% 115 16 14% 53 13 25% 341 71 21% 29 17 59% 19 7 37% 0
1987 33 TEX AL 613 35% 149 5 1 0 1 2.59 32 0 6 18 14 16 16 0 0 0 123 10 8% 52 14 27% 380 69 18% 29 16 55% 23 12 52% 0
1988 34 TOT AL 441 31% 88 7 1 5 2 0 2 2.55 14 0 17 11 3 7 7 0 0 0 69 8 12% 38 12 32% 282 39 14% 24 10 42% 18 13 72% 0
1988 34 TEX AL 273 33% 47 3 1 1 0 0 0 3.87 7 0 12 5 2 4 3 0 0 0 47 4 9% 25 5 20% 171 19 11% 16 7 44% 8 4 50% 0
1988 34 BOS AL 168 27% 41 4 0 4 2 0 2 2.21 7 0 5 6 1 3 4 0 0 0 22 4 18% 13 7 54% 111 20 18% 8 3 38% 10 9 90% 0
15 Yrs 7451 28% 1789 7 1 47 13 1 9 1.64 256 5 140 175 81 112 144 1 36 31 86% 1415 187 13% 666 195 29% 4663 777 17% 434 211 49% 262 141 54% 0
MLB Averages 57% 79% 11% 35% 15% 51% 54%
PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % DPopp DPs 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
1988 34 TOT AL 437 1647 3.77 1063 65% 18% 25% 29% 28% 82% 1% 53% 70% 38% 5% 20 5 14% 60 31 8% 33 23 14% 4 3 1
1988 34 TEX AL 269 1080 4.01 668 62% 19% 27% 28% 26% 81% 1% 50% 66% 32% 6% 16 5 16% 44 20 9% 23 17 14% 4 3 1
1988 34 BOS AL 168 567 3.38 395 70% 16% 21% 31% 32% 84% 0% 58% 76% 47% 2% 4 0 10% 16 11 6% 10 6 13% 0 0 0
1 Yr 437 1647 3.77 1063 65% 18% 25% 29% 28% 82% 1% 53% 70% 38% 5% 20 5 14% 60 31 8% 33 23 14% 4 3 1
MLB Averages 3.58 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 76% 2% 47% 81% 33% 5% 16% 8% 26%

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
1974 20 25 79 69 9 14 5 0 0 4 0 0 6 19 .203 .286 .275 .561 55 19 1 2 2 0 2
1975 21 170 652 601 59 160 37 5 10 69 4 5 34 93 .266 .311 .394 .705 92 237 15 6 9 2 7
1976 22 324 1245 1144 124 286 65 10 21 130 6 11 75 184 .250 .299 .379 .678 86 434 28 8 10 8 9
1977 23 447 1694 1546 174 385 84 12 32 176 8 15 112 255 .249 .303 .381 .684 87 589 39 12 13 11 18
1978 24 591 2254 2066 242 529 123 16 47 246 10 18 144 358 .256 .307 .399 .707 95 825 58 14 18 12 27
1979 25 744 2849 2610 325 696 162 18 77 328 15 19 185 459 .267 .318 .431 .749 105 1125 66 16 25 13 38
1980 26 870 3350 3062 380 811 189 21 92 400 17 25 221 539 .265 .316 .430 .747 105 1318 78 20 26 21 44
1981 27 967 3735 3411 421 896 208 24 100 444 17 25 249 612 .263 .315 .426 .740 104 1452 88 20 31 24 46
1982 28 1095 4213 3851 480 1012 223 24 117 506 22 27 279 696 .263 .314 .424 .739 104 1634 100 24 31 28 46
1983 29 1240 4827 4406 556 1163 249 28 143 594 22 27 325 787 .264 .316 .431 .747 106 1897 120 27 31 37 54
1984 30 1396 5491 5019 628 1338 291 29 165 695 24 31 367 903 .267 .318 .435 .753 107 2182 140 33 31 40 61
1985 31 1490 5873 5365 672 1424 302 30 182 746 24 33 400 980 .265 .318 .435 .753 107 2332 153 34 31 42 63
1986 32 1619 6397 5829 739 1552 324 31 210 840 27 34 452 1094 .266 .321 .441 .761 109 2568 169 36 31 48 70
1987 33 1771 7010 6386 818 1701 346 32 242 940 30 35 501 1248 .266 .321 .444 .765 109 2837 179 39 31 52 77
1988 34 1891 7451 6792 850 1789 360 33 256 992 30 36 529 1359 .263 .318 .439 .757 107 2983 187 42 31 56 79

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
1974 20 25 79 69 9 14 5 0 0 4 0 6 19 .203 .286 .275 .561 5 25
1975 21 145 577 535 52 149 33 5 10 67 4 29 74 .279 .319 .415 .734 70 145
1976 22 154 600 548 69 131 29 5 11 65 2 43 91 .239 .294 .370 .664 60 154
1977 23 123 452 404 52 101 19 2 11 48 2 38 71 .250 .318 .389 .707 50 123
1978 24 144 573 531 77 155 42 4 16 79 2 34 103 .292 .336 .476 .813 85 144
1979 25 153 602 550 88 173 40 2 31 87 5 42 101 .315 .365 .564 .928 113 153
1980 26 126 509 458 60 121 28 3 16 78 2 38 80 .264 .321 .443 .764 65 126
1981 27 147 596 538 70 138 31 5 13 75 0 45 111 .257 .311 .405 .716 68 97
1982 28 128 488 448 66 124 16 0 18 69 5 32 84 .277 .328 .433 .761 63 128
1983 29 145 622 562 82 158 27 4 27 95 0 48 91 .281 .336 .488 .824 93 145
1984 30 156 669 617 75 179 43 1 23 105 2 43 116 .290 .341 .475 .816 98 156
1985 31 94 383 347 45 87 11 1 17 52 0 33 77 .251 .316 .435 .751 48 94
1986 32 129 525 465 68 129 22 1 28 95 3 52 114 .277 .349 .510 .858 83 129
1987 33 152 609 554 76 146 22 1 31 97 3 48 154 .264 .323 .475 .798 85 152
1988 34 120 446 410 34 92 15 1 15 55 0 29 111 .224 .278 .376 .654 42 120
15 Yrs 1941 7730 7036 923 1897 383 35 267 1071 30 560 1397 .270 .325 .448 .773 1028 1891
162 Game Avg. 162 645 587 77 158 32 3 22 89 3 47 117 .270 .325 .448 .773 86 1891

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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

Hall of Fame
1994 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

All-Star Games
1979 *
1987 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1979 NL (4, 38%)
0.38 Career Shares (530th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1979 NL  5.6 (6th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1979 NL  .307 (9th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1979 NL  .551 (6th)
1986 AL  .509 (7th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1979 NL  .909 (6th)

At Bats s c a p y
1984 AL  613 (9th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1979 NL  300 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1978 NL  39 (4th)
1979 NL  39 (6th)
1984 AL  42 (2nd)
Career  360 (245th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1979 NL  30 (6th)
1987 AL  32 (9th)
Career  256 (189th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1984 AL  101 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1978 NL  103 (10th)
1979 NL  101 (9th)
1981 NL  73 (4th)
1984 AL  116 (9th)
1987 AL  154 (7th)
Career  1,359 (92nd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1979 NL  146 (6th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1979 NL  106 (10th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1979 NL  32 (7th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1979 NL  3.2 (7th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1979 NL  71 (4th)
1984 AL  65 (7th)
Career  649 (229th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1979 NL  .712 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1980 NL  4 (10th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1980 NL  8 (10th)
1983 AL  9 (5th)
Career  56 (246th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
Career  79 (182nd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1978 NL  19 (2nd)
1984 AL  20 (8th)
Career  187 (127th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1979 NL  18.1 (10th)
1986 AL  16.6 (5th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1984 AL  465 (9th)

Youngest s c a p y
1974 NL  born 1953-11-10 (6th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 29 (821), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 22 (768), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 18 (893), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Third Base (133rd), 15.5 career WAR/15.8 7yr-peak WAR/15.6 JAWS
Average HOF 3B (out of 13) = 67.4 career WAR/42.6 7yr-peak WAR/55.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Vernon Wells (920)
  2. Johnny Callison (917)
  3. Bobby Murcer (913)
  4. Bobby Thomson (913)
  5. George Hendrick (913)
  6. Frank Thomas (912)
  7. Ken Caminiti (909)
  8. Gus Bell (903)
  9. Chet Lemon (903)
  10. Andy Pafko (902)
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  1. Ned Williamson (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Roy Howell (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Brooks Robinson (961) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Brooks Robinson (946) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Aramis Ramirez (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jim Tabor (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jim Tabor (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Chili Davis (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Chili Davis (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ken Keltner (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Chili Davis (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Chili Davis (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Ruben Sierra (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Chili Davis (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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