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Lance Parrish

Lance Michael Parrish (Big Wheel)

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: June 15, 1956 in Clairton, PA
High School: Walnut HS (Diamond Bar, CA)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1977
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Angels/Phillies/BlueJays/Mariners/... 1977-1995
Agents: Bill Landman,Tom Reich [*]
Final Game: September 23, 1995
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All-Time Rank (among batters): #204. Mark Teixeira… #205. Toby Harrah… #206. Larry Doyle… #207. LANCE PARRISH… #208. Kirk Gibson… #209. Sammy Sosa… #210. Steve Garvey… 

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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
1977 21 DET AL 12 51 46 10 9 2 0 3 7 0 0 5 12 .196 .275 .435 .709 87 20 2 0 0 0 0 2
1978 22 DET AL 85 304 288 37 63 11 3 14 41 0 0 11 71 .219 .254 .424 .678 86 122 8 3 1 1 0 2
1979 23 DET AL 143 548 493 65 136 26 3 19 65 6 7 49 105 .276 .343 .456 .800 112 225 15 2 3 1 2 *2
1980 24 DET AL 144 592 553 79 158 34 6 24 82 6 4 31 109 .286 .325 .499 .825 121 276 24 3 2 3 3 *2D/397 AS,SS
1981 25 DET AL 96 384 348 39 85 18 2 10 46 2 3 34 52 .244 .311 .394 .704 100 137 16 0 1 1 6 *2/D
1982 26 DET AL 133 529 486 75 138 19 2 32 87 3 4 40 99 .284 .338 .529 .867 135 257 5 1 0 2 5 *2/7 AS,MVP-13,SS
1983 27 DET AL 155 663 605 80 163 42 3 27 114 1 3 44 106 .269 .314 .483 .796 119 292 21 1 0 13 7 *2D AS,MVP-9,GG,SS
1984 28 DET AL 147 629 578 75 137 16 2 33 98 2 3 41 120 .237 .287 .443 .730 100 256 12 2 2 6 6 *2D AS,MVP-16,GG,SS
1985 29 DET AL 140 600 549 64 150 27 1 28 98 2 6 41 90 .273 .323 .479 .802 118 263 10 2 3 5 5 *2D AS,GG
1986 30 DET AL 91 374 327 53 84 6 1 22 62 0 0 38 83 .257 .340 .483 .824 122 158 3 5 1 3 3 2/D AS,SS
1987 31 PHI NL 130 518 466 42 114 21 0 17 67 0 1 47 104 .245 .313 .399 .712 85 186 23 1 1 3 2 *2
1988 32 PHI NL 123 478 424 44 91 17 2 15 60 0 0 47 93 .215 .293 .370 .663 89 157 11 2 0 5 7 *2/3 AS
1989 33 CAL AL 124 482 433 48 103 12 1 17 50 1 1 42 104 .238 .306 .388 .694 97 168 10 2 1 4 6 *2/D
1990 34 CAL AL 133 523 470 54 126 14 0 24 70 2 2 46 107 .268 .338 .451 .789 123 212 12 5 0 2 4 *2/3D AS,SS
1991 35 CAL AL 119 445 402 38 87 12 0 19 51 0 1 35 117 .216 .285 .388 .673 86 156 7 5 0 3 2 *2/D3
1992 36 TOT AL 93 304 275 26 64 13 1 12 32 1 1 24 70 .233 .294 .418 .712 98 115 7 1 1 3 3 23D
1992 36 CAL AL 24 90 83 7 19 2 0 4 11 0 0 5 22 .229 .270 .398 .667 85 33 1 0 1 1 1 2/D
1992 36 SEA AL 69 214 192 19 45 11 1 8 21 1 1 19 48 .234 .304 .427 .731 103 82 6 1 0 2 2 23D
1993 37 CLE AL 10 24 20 2 4 1 0 1 2 1 0 4 5 .200 .333 .400 .733 97 8 2 0 0 0 0 2
1994 38 PIT NL 40 147 126 10 34 5 0 3 16 1 1 18 28 .270 .363 .381 .744 94 48 5 1 1 1 1 2/3
1995 39 TOR AL 70 202 178 15 36 9 0 4 22 0 0 15 52 .202 .265 .320 .586 53 57 4 1 6 2 0 2/D
19 Yrs 1988 7797 7067 856 1782 305 27 324 1070 28 37 612 1527 .252 .313 .440 .753 106 3113 197 37 23 58 62
162 Game Avg. 162 635 576 70 145 25 2 26 87 2 3 50 124 .252 .313 .440 .753 106 254 16 3 2 5 5
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
DET (10 yrs) 1146 4674 4273 577 1123 201 23 212 700 22 30 334 847 .263 .317 .469 .786 114 2006 116 19 13 35 37
CAL (4 yrs) 400 1540 1388 147 335 40 1 64 182 3 4 128 350 .241 .309 .410 .719 102 569 30 12 2 10 13
PHI (2 yrs) 253 996 890 86 205 38 2 32 127 0 1 94 197 .230 .304 .385 .689 87 343 34 3 1 8 9
PIT (1 yr) 40 147 126 10 34 5 0 3 16 1 1 18 28 .270 .363 .381 .744 94 48 5 1 1 1 1
CLE (1 yr) 10 24 20 2 4 1 0 1 2 1 0 4 5 .200 .333 .400 .733 97 8 2 0 0 0 0
SEA (1 yr) 69 214 192 19 45 11 1 8 21 1 1 19 48 .234 .304 .427 .731 103 82 6 1 0 2 2
TOR (1 yr) 70 202 178 15 36 9 0 4 22 0 0 15 52 .202 .265 .320 .586 53 57 4 1 6 2 0
AL (16 yrs) 1695 6654 6051 760 1543 262 25 289 927 27 35 500 1302 .255 .313 .450 .763 109 2722 158 33 21 49 52
NL (3 yrs) 293 1143 1016 96 239 43 2 35 143 1 2 112 225 .235 .311 .385 .696 88 391 39 4 2 9 10

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1977 21 DET AL 12 51 2 0 -0 1 1 3 0.4 2 5 0.5 .529 .502 0.4 0.2 4 $ 2
1978 22 DET AL 85 304 -5 0 -0 0 4 -1 -0.0 10 9 0.9 .499 .499 0.9 0.6 9 $ 2
1979 23 DET AL 143 548 10 -5 -2 8 8 19 2.1 18 37 3.7 .514 .512 2.9 1.7 29 $ *2
1980 24 DET AL 144 592 13 -2 -4 -2 5 11 1.4 18 29 3.0 .508 .507 3.2 0.5 31 $95,000 *2D/397 AS,SS
1981 25 DET AL 96 384 -2 -2 -1 4 5 4 0.6 12 16 1.7 .505 .503 1.3 1.0 12 $ *2/D
1982 26 DET AL 133 529 20 -2 1 5 7 31 3.4 16 48 4.8 .524 .520 4.4 1.4 43 $ *2/7 AS,MVP-13,SS
1983 27 DET AL 155 663 9 -1 -3 12 5 22 2.6 20 42 4.4 .515 .514 3.2 1.9 30 $ *2D AS,MVP-9,GG,SS
1984 28 DET AL 147 629 -1 -1 -2 5 5 6 0.8 19 25 2.5 .504 .504 2.1 1.1 20 $ *2D AS,MVP-16,GG,SS
1985 29 DET AL 140 600 11 -2 -0 4 5 17 1.9 18 35 3.6 .512 .510 3.2 1.0 31 $766,667 *2D AS,GG
1986 30 DET AL 91 374 10 -3 1 5 4 18 1.9 11 29 3.0 .520 .511 2.5 1.0 24 $850,000 2/D AS,SS
1987 31 PHI NL 130 518 -13 -3 -4 -2 7 -14 -1.4 16 2 0.1 .488 .491 0.3 0.6 4 $1,000,000 *2
1988 32 PHI NL 123 478 -6 0 -1 -5 6 -5 -0.6 15 10 0.9 .495 .496 1.4 0.2 15 $1,000,000 *2/3 AS
1989 33 CAL AL 124 482 -2 -1 -1 -4 7 -2 0.0 15 13 1.4 .498 .499 1.8 0.4 17 $1,000,000 *2/D
1990 34 CAL AL 133 523 13 -3 -2 8 7 24 2.7 18 42 4.3 .519 .516 3.5 1.7 33 $1,916,667 *2/3D AS,SS
1991 35 CAL AL 119 445 -10 -1 -1 3 5 -4 -0.2 15 11 1.1 .497 .498 0.9 1.0 8 $2,416,667 *2/D3
1992 36 CAL AL 24 90 -2 -0 -0 0 1 -2 -0.1 3 2 0.1 .493 .499 0.2 0.1 2 $2,416,667 2/D
1992 36 SEA AL 69 214 -1 -1 -0 -4 -0 -7 -0.6 7 0 0.0 .490 .496 0.5 -0.4 5 $ 23D
1993 37 CLE AL 10 24 -0 1 -0 -1 0 -0 -0.1 1 0 0.0 .495 .500 0.1 -0.1 1 $125,000 2
1994 38 PIT NL 40 147 -0 -2 -1 -2 2 -2 -0.2 4 1 0.1 .494 .498 0.3 0.0 3 $ 2/3
1995 39 TOR AL 70 202 -14 -0 -1 4 3 -8 -0.7 6 -2 -0.1 .489 .495 -0.5 0.7 -6 $290,000 2/D
19 Seasons 1988 7797 32 -27 -21 40 87 110 13.7 244 355 36.0 .506 .504 32.6 14.7 315 $11,876,668
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
DET (10 yrs) 1146 4674 67 -17 -10 42 49 131 15.0 145 275 28.1 .512 .508 24.1 10.5 233 $1,711,667
CAL (4 yrs) 400 1540 -1 -5 -4 7 20 17 2.3 50 67 6.9 .504 .503 6.4 3.2 60 $7,750,001
PHI (2 yrs) 253 996 -19 -2 -5 -7 13 -20 -2.0 31 11 1.0 .492 .493 1.7 0.8 18 $2,000,000
PIT (1 yr) 40 147 -0 -2 -1 -2 2 -2 -0.2 4 1 0.1 .494 .498 0.3 0.0 3 $
CLE (1 yr) 10 24 -0 1 -0 -1 0 -0 -0.1 1 0 0.0 .495 .500 0.1 -0.1 1 $125,000
SEA (1 yr) 69 214 -1 -1 -0 -4 -0 -7 -0.6 7 0 0.0 .490 .496 0.5 -0.4 5 $
TOR (1 yr) 70 202 -14 -0 -1 4 3 -8 -0.7 6 -2 -0.1 .489 .495 -0.5 0.7 -6 $290,000

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 28 DET AL ALCS KCR W 3 13 12 1 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 .250 .231 .583 .814 7 0 0 0 1 0
1984 28 DET AL WS SDP W 5 22 18 3 5 1 0 1 2 1 0 3 2 .278 .364 .500 .864 9 0 0 0 1 0
1 Yr (2 Series) 8 35 30 4 8 2 0 2 5 1 0 3 5 .267 .314 .533 .848 16 0 0 0 2 0
1 ALCS 3 13 12 1 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 .250 .231 .583 .814 7 0 0 0 1 0
1 WS 5 22 18 3 5 1 0 1 2 1 0 3 2 .278 .364 .500 .864 9 0 0 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 Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1977 DET AL 21 C 12 12 11 104.1 82 76 6 0 0 1.000 1 12 7.07 6.83 .986 6.00 5.97 1 5 2 5 71% 39% 0
1978 DET AL 22 C 79 73 68 653.0 397 353 39 5 5 .987 0 0 5.40 4.96 .983 5.53 5.48 5 27 30 24 44% 38% 2
1979 DET AL 23 C 142 135 122 1178.1 795 707 79 9 10 .989 8 8 6.00 5.54 .982 5.46 5.39 21 38 69 57 45% 36% 1
1980 DET AL 24 C 121 114 102 1013.2 629 557 66 6 8 .990 -1 -1 5.53 5.15 .986 5.48 5.47 17 37 58 36 38% 35% 1 AS,SS
1980 DET AL 24 DH 16 14 AS,SS
1980 DET AL 24 1B 5 5 2 36.1 44 42 1 1 7 .977 -1 -20 10.65 8.60 .992 10.01 10.00 AS,SS
1980 DET AL 24 OF 5 4 2 35.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.06 1.60 .979 2.47 2.46 AS,SS
1980 DET AL 24 RF 4 4 2 34.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -7 1.59 1.50 .975 2.12 2.12 AS,SS
1980 DET AL 24 LF 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 240 9.00 1.00 .980 2.70 2.40 AS,SS
1981 DET AL 25 C 90 88 76 766.0 450 407 40 3 6 .993 4 6 5.25 4.97 .987 5.51 5.49 7 19 42 33 44% 38% 3
1981 DET AL 25 DH 5 5
1982 DET AL 26 C 132 127 113 1113.2 711 627 76 8 8 .989 5 5 5.68 5.33 .988 5.69 5.66 11 41 54 46 46% 36% 6 AS,MVP-13,SS
1982 DET AL 26 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30 AS,MVP-13,SS
1982 DET AL 26 OF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.50 AS,MVP-13,SS
1983 DET AL 27 C 131 126 111 1113.0 772 695 73 4 8 .995 12 13 6.21 5.86 .986 5.70 5.66 10 42 57 54 49% 33% 3 AS,MVP-9,GG,SS
1983 DET AL 27 DH 25 24 AS,MVP-9,GG,SS
1984 DET AL 28 C 127 123 100 1075.0 794 720 67 7 11 .991 5 6 6.59 6.20 .987 5.96 5.92 11 33 44 38 46% 36% 3 AS,MVP-16,GG,SS
1984 DET AL 28 DH 22 21 AS,MVP-16,GG,SS
1985 DET AL 29 C 120 117 101 1040.0 753 695 53 5 9 .993 4 5 6.47 6.23 .987 6.05 5.99 8 40 60 37 38% 33% 0 AS,GG
1985 DET AL 29 DH 22 22 AS,GG
1986 DET AL 30 C 85 82 73 717.1 537 483 48 6 5 .989 5 8 6.66 6.25 .989 6.62 6.56 8 21 39 31 44% 34% 0 AS,SS
1986 DET AL 30 DH 6 5 AS,SS
1987 PHI NL 31 C 127 124 115 1100.1 799 724 66 9 1 .989 -2 -2 6.46 6.22 .987 6.94 6.90 15 25 142 54 28% 29% 0
1988 PHI NL 32 C 117 114 105 997.1 721 639 73 9 11 .988 -5 -6 6.43 6.09 .987 6.56 6.57 12 37 126 50 28% 29% 2 AS
1988 PHI NL 32 1B 1 0 0 0.2 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 13.50 1.00 .990 10.80 10.00 AS
1989 CAL AL 33 C 122 118 112 1055.1 706 638 63 5 7 .993 -4 -5 5.98 5.75 .989 6.24 6.17 12 40 74 29 28% 31% 0
1989 CAL AL 33 DH 2 2
1990 CAL AL 34 C 131 125 113 1098.0 854 760 88 6 15 .993 9 10 6.95 6.47 .991 6.42 6.35 12 39 62 55 47% 34% 3 AS,SS
1990 CAL AL 34 1B 4 3 1 33.0 36 34 2 0 6 1.000 -1 -25 9.82 9.00 .992 9.63 9.52 AS,SS
1990 CAL AL 34 DH 1 1 AS,SS
1991 CAL AL 35 C 111 102 95 912.2 717 658 57 2 11 .997 3 4 7.05 6.44 .990 6.49 6.48 19 23 53 39 42% 34% 0
1991 CAL AL 35 DH 5 5
1991 CAL AL 35 1B 3 1 1 17.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 6.35 4.00 .992 9.74 9.73
1992 TOT AL 36 C 56 44 40 416.0 314 290 20 4 6 .987 -3 -9 6.71 5.54 .989 6.20 6.18 4 14 59 23 28% 34% 1
1992 TOT AL 36 DH 16 14
1992 CAL AL 36 C 22 21 18 177.0 118 107 8 3 2 .975 0 0 5.85 5.23 .989 6.20 6.18 1 4 22 10 31% 34% 1
1992 CAL AL 36 DH 2 2
1992 SEA AL 36 C 34 23 22 239.0 196 183 12 1 4 .995 -3 -15 7.34 5.74 .989 6.20 6.18 3 10 37 13 26% 34% 0
1992 SEA AL 36 1B 16 14 3 95.0 98 93 3 2 9 .980 -1 -15 9.09 6.00 .993 9.68 9.64
1992 SEA AL 36 DH 14 12
1993 CLE AL 37 C 10 7 6 62.1 60 47 10 3 1 .950 -1 -19 8.23 5.70 .991 6.56 6.50 3 2 12 6 33% 36% 0
1994 PIT NL 38 C 38 35 33 318.1 243 225 15 3 4 .988 -1 -4 6.79 6.32 .991 7.10 7.05 7 9 22 11 33% 32% 0
1994 PIT NL 38 1B 1 1 0 6.0 4 3 0 1 0 .750 -1 -140 4.50 3.00 .992 9.75 9.70
1995 TOR AL 39 C 67 49 45 467.2 387 346 41 0 7 1.000 4 10 7.45 5.78 .990 6.74 6.67 9 23 38 27 42% 31% 1
1995 TOR AL 39 DH 1 1
19 Seasons C 1818 1715 1541 15202.1 10721 9647 980 94 133 .991 43 3 6.29 5.85 .987 6.10 6.06 192 515 1043 655 39% 33% 26
6 Seasons 1B 30 24 7 188.0 195 185 6 4 23 .979 -3 -20 9.14 6.37 .992 9.75 9.71
2 Seasons OF 6 4 2 36.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.00 1.33 .979 2.48 2.47
1 Season RF 4 4 2 34.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -7 1.59 1.50 .975 2.12 2.12
2 Seasons LF 2 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 120 4.50 0.50 .980 2.70 2.35
19 Seasons TOT 1854 1743 1550 15426.1 10924 9840 986 98 156 .991 40 3 6.32 5.84 .988 6.13 6.11 192 515 1043 655 39% 33% 26
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO 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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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
2001 BBWAA ( 1.7%)

All-Star Games
1980 *
1982 *
1983 *
1984 (C)
1985
1986 (C)
1988 *
1990 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1982 AL (13, 7%)
1983 AL (9, 17%)
1984 AL (16, 2%)
0.26 Career Shares (660th)

Gold Gloves
1983 AL (C)
1984 AL (C)
1985 AL (C)
All multiple winners

Silver Sluggers
1980 AL (C)
1982 AL (C)
1983 AL (C)
1984 AL (C)
1986 AL (C)
1990 AL (C)
All multiple winners

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1983 AL  1.9 (4th)
Career  14.7 (101st)

Slugging % s c a p y
1980 AL  .499 (9th)
1982 AL  .529 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
Career  1,988 (242nd)

At Bats s c a p y
1983 AL  605 (9th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1983 AL  292 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
1980 AL  34 (7th)
1983 AL  42 (3rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1980 AL  24 (9th)
1982 AL  32 (5th)
1983 AL  27 (9th)
1984 AL  33 (3rd)
1990 AL  24 (10th)
Career  324 (108th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1983 AL  114 (4th)
Career  1,070 (226th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1979 AL  105 (7th)
1980 AL  109 (4th)
1983 AL  106 (9th)
1984 AL  120 (7th)
Career  1,527 (45th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1980 AL  64 (8th)
1983 AL  72 (3rd)
Career  656 (217th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1983 AL  13 (1st)
Career  58 (228th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1980 AL  24 (2nd)
1981 AL  16 (3rd)
1983 AL  21 (9th)
1987 NL  23 (2nd)
Career  197 (96th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1982 AL  15.2 (4th)
1984 AL  17.5 (6th)
1990 AL  19.6 (10th)
Career  21.8 (182nd)

Outs Made s c a p y
1983 AL  479 (6th)
Career  5,600 (206th)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1979 AL  142 (3rd)
1980 AL  121 (4th)
1981 AL  90 (3rd)
1982 AL  132 (3rd)
1983 AL  131 (3rd)
1984 AL  127 (3rd)
1987 NL  127 (5th)
1988 NL  117 (5th)
1989 AL  122 (2nd)
1990 AL  131 (2nd)
Career  1,818 (11th)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1979 AL  707 (2nd)
1980 AL  557 (4th)
1981 AL  407 (3rd)
1982 AL  627 (3rd)
1983 AL  695 (2nd)
1984 AL  720 (3rd)
1985 AL  695 (3rd)
1988 NL  639 (5th)
1989 AL  638 (2nd)
1990 AL  760 (2nd)
1991 AL  658 (5th)
Career  9,647 (15th)

Assists as C s c a p y
1979 AL  79 (2nd)
1980 AL  66 (4th)
1982 AL  76 (2nd)
1983 AL  73 (2nd)
1984 AL  67 (2nd)
1985 AL  53 (5th)
1986 AL  48 (4th)
1988 NL  73 (2nd)
1989 AL  63 (3rd)
1990 AL  88 (1st)
1991 AL  57 (4th)
Career  980 (52nd)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1982 AL  8 (5th)
1987 NL  9 (5th)
1988 NL  9 (2nd)
1990 AL  6 (5th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1979 AL  21 (1st)
1980 AL  17 (1st)
1981 AL  7 (2nd)
1982 AL  11 (2nd)
1983 AL  10 (2nd)
1984 AL  11 (3rd)
1987 NL  15 (2nd)
1988 NL  12 (1st)
1989 AL  12 (2nd)
1990 AL  12 (2nd)
1991 AL  19 (1st)
Career  192 (48th)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1987 NL  142 (1st)
1988 NL  126 (2nd)
1989 AL  74 (5th)
Career  1,043 (30th)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1979 AL  57 (2nd)
1981 AL  33 (2nd)
1982 AL  46 (4th)
1983 AL  54 (1st)
1985 AL  37 (5th)
1987 NL  54 (3rd)
1988 NL  50 (2nd)
1990 AL  55 (1st)
1991 AL  39 (2nd)
Career  655 (41st)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1982 AL  46.0 (2nd)
1983 AL  48.6 (1st)
1984 AL  46.3 (3rd)
1990 AL  47.0 (2nd)
1995 AL  41.5 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
1979 AL  8 (5th)
1981 AL  4 (5th)
1982 AL  5 (5th)
1983 AL  12 (1st)
1984 AL  5 (4th)
1985 AL  4 (5th)
1990 AL  9 (1st)
Career  43 (23rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
1979 AL  6.00 (2nd)
1983 AL  6.21 (4th)
1984 AL  6.59 (4th)
1985 AL  6.47 (3rd)
1988 NL  6.43 (5th)
1990 AL  6.95 (4th)
1991 AL  7.05 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1979 AL  5.54 (2nd)
1983 AL  5.86 (1st)
1984 AL  6.20 (3rd)
1985 AL  6.23 (2nd)
1986 AL  6.25 (3rd)
1988 NL  6.09 (3rd)
1989 AL  5.75 (4th)
1990 AL  6.47 (3rd)
1991 AL  6.44 (3rd)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1979 AL  .989 (4th)
1980 AL  .990 (4th)
1981 AL  .993 (4th)
1983 AL  .995 (2nd)
1985 AL  .993 (2nd)
1989 AL  .993 (2nd)
1990 AL  .993 (5th)
1991 AL  .997 (2nd)
Career  .991 (58th)

Oldest s c a p y
1994 NL  born 1956-06-15 (5th)
1995 AL  born 1956-06-15 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 35 (697), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 107 (144), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 32 (261), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Catcher (26th), 36.0 career WAR/26.8 7yr-peak WAR/31.4 JAWS
Average HOF C (out of 14) = 49.3 career WAR/32.0 7yr-peak WAR/40.7 JAWS

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198024Detroit Tigers$95,0001/31/81 TSN
198529Detroit Tigers$766,6671985 USA Today survey
198630Detroit Tigers$850,0001986 USA Today survey
198731Philadelphia Phillies$1,000,0001987 USA Today survey
198832Philadelphia Phillies$1,000,000USA Today, 4/1/88
198933California Angels$1,000,0001989 USA Today survey
199034California Angels$1,916,667USA Today
199135California Angels$2,416,667USA Today survey
199236California Angels$2,416,6674/2/92 USA Today
199337Pittsburgh Pirates$209,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $100K earned bonus
37Cleveland Indians$125,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199539Toronto Blue Jays$290,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $40,000 earned bonus
Career to date (may be incomplete)$12,085,668
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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