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Freddie Patek

Frederick Joseph Patek (The Flea)

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 5", Weight: 148 lb.

Born: October 9, 1944 in Seguin, TX
High School: Seguin HS (Seguin, TX)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 22nd round of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 3, 1968
Teams (by GP): Royals/Pirates/Angels 1968-1981

Final Game: October 3, 1981
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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
1968 23 PIT NL 61 234 208 31 53 4 2 2 18 18 7 12 37 .255 .298 .322 .620 88 67 0 2 9 3 0 6/975
1969 24 PIT NL 147 522 460 48 110 9 1 5 32 15 8 53 86 .239 .318 .296 .614 75 136 14 1 7 1 15 *6
1970 25 PIT NL 84 276 237 42 58 10 5 1 19 8 2 29 46 .245 .322 .342 .664 81 81 2 0 6 4 1 6
1971 26 KCR AL 147 648 591 86 158 21 11 6 36 49 14 44 80 .267 .323 .371 .693 98 219 6 5 7 1 3 *6 MVP-6
1972 27 KCR AL 136 577 518 59 110 25 4 0 32 33 7 47 64 .212 .280 .276 .556 67 143 9 3 6 3 4 *6 AS
1973 28 KCR AL 135 571 501 82 117 19 5 5 45 36 14 54 63 .234 .311 .321 .632 75 161 9 3 11 2 0 *6
1974 29 KCR AL 149 630 537 72 121 18 6 3 38 33 15 77 69 .225 .324 .298 .622 77 160 7 3 9 4 1 *6
1975 30 KCR AL 136 541 483 58 110 14 5 5 45 32 7 42 65 .228 .291 .308 .599 68 149 9 2 11 3 0 *6/D
1976 31 KCR AL 144 504 432 58 104 19 3 1 43 51 15 50 63 .241 .318 .306 .624 83 132 6 2 13 6 5 *6/D AS
1977 32 KCR AL 154 563 497 72 130 26 6 5 60 53 13 41 84 .262 .320 .368 .688 86 183 6 5 13 7 2 *6
1978 33 KCR AL 138 496 440 54 109 23 1 2 46 38 11 42 56 .248 .312 .318 .630 77 140 6 1 9 4 1 *6 AS
1979 34 KCR AL 106 338 306 30 77 17 0 1 37 11 12 16 42 .252 .293 .317 .610 64 97 6 3 10 3 0 6
1980 35 CAL AL 86 299 273 41 72 10 5 5 34 7 6 15 26 .264 .302 .392 .694 92 107 11 1 8 2 1 6
1981 36 CAL AL 27 48 47 3 11 1 1 0 5 1 0 1 6 .234 .250 .298 .548 59 14 1 0 0 0 0 4/56
14 Yrs 1650 6247 5530 736 1340 216 55 41 490 385 131 523 787 .242 .309 .324 .633 79 1789 92 31 119 43 33
162 Game Avg. 162 613 543 72 132 21 5 4 48 38 13 51 77 .242 .309 .324 .633 79 176 9 3 12 4 3
KCR (9 yrs) 1245 4868 4305 571 1036 182 41 28 382 336 108 413 586 .241 .309 .321 .630 78 1384 64 27 89 33 16
PIT (3 yrs) 292 1032 905 121 221 23 8 8 69 41 17 94 169 .244 .315 .314 .629 79 284 16 3 22 8 16
CAL (2 yrs) 113 347 320 44 83 11 6 5 39 8 6 16 32 .259 .295 .378 .673 87 121 12 1 8 2 1
AL (11 yrs) 1358 5215 4625 615 1119 193 47 33 421 344 114 429 618 .242 .308 .325 .633 79 1505 76 28 97 35 17
NL (3 yrs) 292 1032 905 121 221 23 8 8 69 41 17 94 169 .244 .315 .314 .629 79 284 16 3 22 8 16

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
1968 23 PIT NL 61 234 -4 2 1 7 3 9 1.3 8 17 2.1 .519 .507 1.1 1.3 10 $ 6/975
1969 24 PIT NL 147 522 -18 0 1 -11 8 -19 -2.0 18 -1 -0.3 .486 .487 0.8 -0.2 9 $ *6
1970 25 PIT NL 84 276 -9 2 0 6 4 3 0.4 8 11 1.2 .504 .502 0.5 1.0 5 $ 6
1971 26 KCR AL 147 648 1 9 1 -2 8 17 1.9 21 38 3.9 .513 .512 4.2 0.7 40 $ *6 MVP-6
1972 27 KCR AL 136 577 -20 6 0 18 8 12 1.4 19 31 3.3 .511 .509 1.1 3.2 13 $ *6 AS
1973 28 KCR AL 135 571 -19 4 1 10 8 3 0.6 18 21 2.2 .502 .502 1.1 2.0 11 $40,000 *6
1974 29 KCR AL 149 630 -15 6 1 1 9 1 0.3 20 21 2.2 .501 .501 2.0 1.2 20 $ *6
1975 30 KCR AL 136 541 -20 6 0 0 8 -5 -0.3 18 13 1.3 .496 .497 1.3 1.0 12 $ *6/D
1976 31 KCR AL 144 504 -10 6 0 7 8 11 1.4 16 28 2.9 .509 .508 2.2 1.8 21 $ *6/D AS
1977 32 KCR AL 154 563 -12 3 2 0 9 2 0.4 18 20 2.0 .501 .501 2.0 1.1 20 $166,667 *6
1978 33 KCR AL 138 496 -11 5 2 -5 8 -1 0.0 16 15 1.5 .499 .499 2.0 0.4 20 $166,667 *6 AS
1979 34 KCR AL 106 338 -15 -4 0 -10 5 -23 -2.2 11 -12 -1.2 .478 .486 -0.2 -0.3 -2 $166,667 6
1980 35 CAL AL 86 299 -2 -1 -0 -8 4 -6 -0.5 9 3 0.3 .493 .496 1.1 -0.2 11 $185,000 6
1981 36 CAL AL 27 48 -3 0 -0 0 1 -2 -0.2 2 -0 -0.1 .492 .499 -0.1 0.1 -1 $185,000 4/56
14 Seasons 1650 6247 -156 45 8 15 90 2 2.5 202 204 21.3 .501 .500 19.1 13.3 189 $910,001
KCR (9 yrs) 1245 4868 -121 41 6 20 70 16 3.5 158 174 18.1 .502 .502 15.7 11.2 154 $540,001
PIT (3 yrs) 292 1032 -30 4 3 2 15 -7 -0.3 34 27 3.0 .498 .499 2.4 2.2 25 $
CAL (2 yrs) 113 347 -4 -1 -1 -7 5 -8 -0.7 11 3 0.2 .493 .497 1.0 -0.1 10 $370,000

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
1968 23 PIT NL 234 174 22 3.4 80 .297 .255 .250 .298 .308 .322 .352 .620 .660 88 .479 -3.2 -0.4 .568 .178 .067 3.6
1969 24 PIT NL 522 380 43 3.0 93 .284 .239 .257 .318 .327 .296 .381 .614 .708 75 .358 -14.6 -1.5 .530 .187 .057 7.5
1970 25 PIT NL 276 193 29 4.0 101 .294 .245 .263 .322 .336 .342 .402 .664 .738 81 .436 -5.8 -0.6 .634 .245 .097 1.8
1971 26 KCR AL 648 461 75 4.4 91 .300 .267 .253 .323 .324 .371 .375 .693 .699 98 .538 -3.1 -0.3 .669 .237 .103 10.7
1972 27 KCR AL 577 433 44 2.7 82 .241 .212 .246 .280 .314 .276 .354 .556 .669 67 .372 -20.4 -2.3 .517 .205 .064 .0
1973 28 KCR AL 571 420 53 3.4 98 .257 .234 .266 .311 .336 .321 .391 .632 .727 75 .389 -17.5 -1.8 .590 .240 .088 8.8
1974 29 KCR AL 630 451 58 3.5 93 .252 .225 .264 .324 .329 .298 .380 .622 .709 77 .420 -14.5 -1.5 .589 .250 .073 5.5
1975 30 KCR AL 541 403 47 3.1 95 .252 .228 .261 .291 .332 .308 .384 .599 .716 68 .359 -21.8 -2.2 .560 .219 .081 8.6
1976 31 KCR AL 504 368 48 3.5 87 .275 .241 .258 .318 .323 .306 .364 .624 .687 83 .443 -8.0 -0.8 .630 .264 .065 2.0
1977 32 KCR AL 563 406 65 4.3 102 .301 .262 .269 .320 .333 .368 .409 .688 .742 86 .464 -9.1 -0.9 .697 .270 .107 9.1
1978 33 KCR AL 496 361 48 3.6 95 .277 .248 .263 .312 .329 .318 .388 .630 .717 77 .412 -12.8 -1.3 .603 .227 .070 3.8
1979 34 KCR AL 338 260 26 2.7 104 .286 .252 .272 .293 .337 .317 .412 .610 .749 64 .261 -15.6 -1.5 .466 .114 .065 1.8
1980 35 CAL AL 299 228 28 3.3 96 .275 .264 .266 .302 .328 .392 .394 .694 .721 92 .354 -4.0 -0.4 .569 .187 .128 5.8
1981 36 CAL AL 48 37 3 2.2 88 .268 .234 .255 .250 .319 .298 .371 .548 .690 59 .239 -2.8 -0.3 .432 .106 .064 .0
14 Yrs 6247 4575 589 3.5 93 .274 .242 .260 .309 .328 .324 .383 .633 .710 79 .410 -153.2 -15.9 .588 .222 .081 74.1
162 Game Avg. 613 449 58 3.5 93 .274 .242 .260 .309 .328 .324 .383 .633 .710 79 .410 -153.2 -15.9 .588 .222 .081 7
KCR (9 yrs) 4868 3563 464 3.5 94 .271 .241 .261 .309 .328 .321 .383 .630 .711 78 .417 -122.9 -12.8 .596 .230 .081 51.7
PIT (3 yrs) 1032 747 94 3.4 92 .289 .244 .257 .315 .325 .314 .380 .629 .705 79 .406 -23.5 -2.4 .565 .200 .070 13.4
CAL (2 yrs) 347 265 31 3.2 95 .274 .259 .264 .295 .326 .378 .391 .673 .717 87 .340 -6.8 -0.7 .549 .175 .119 6.2
AL (11 yrs) 5215 3828 495 3.5 94 .271 .242 .261 .308 .328 .325 .383 .633 .711 79 .411 -129.7 -13.5 .593 .226 .083 60.2
NL (3 yrs) 1032 747 94 3.4 92 .289 .244 .257 .315 .325 .314 .380 .629 .705 79 .406 -23.5 -2.4 .565 .200 .070 13.4

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
1970 25 PIT NL NLCS CIN L 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 1 0 0 0 0
1976 31 KCR AL ALCS NYY L 5 18 18 2 7 2 0 0 4 0 3 0 1 .389 .389 .500 .889 9 0 0 0 0 0
1977 32 KCR AL ALCS NYY L 5 22 18 4 7 3 1 0 5 0 0 1 2 .389 .400 .667 1.067 12 1 0 2 1 0
1978 33 KCR AL ALCS NYY L 4 14 13 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 4 .077 .143 .308 .451 4 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs (4 Series) 15 58 52 8 15 5 1 1 11 0 5 3 9 .288 .321 .481 .802 25 2 0 2 1 0
1 NLCS 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 1 0 0 0 0
3 ALCS 14 54 49 8 15 5 1 1 11 0 4 2 7 .306 .327 .510 .837 25 1 0 2 1 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
1972 KCR AL 27 DNP
1976 KCR AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 KCR AL 33 as SS 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (2 GP) 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 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
1968 23 PIT NL 234 0.9% 15.8% 5.1% 3.4% 15% 3.08 5.6 104.0 11.6 1.43 74%
1969 24 PIT NL 522 1.0% 16.5% 10.2% 2.9% 14% 1.62 5.3 92.0 14.4 1.68 71%
1970 25 PIT NL 276 0.4% 16.7% 10.5% 5.8% 28% 1.59 5.2 237.0 12.5 0.86 70%
1971 26 KCR AL 648 0.9% 12.4% 6.8% 5.9% 24% 1.82 7.4 98.5 16.4 0.80 78%
1972 27 KCR AL 577 0.0% 11.1% 8.2% 5.0% 26% 1.36 8.1 16.2 0.97 79%
1973 28 KCR AL 571 0.9% 11.0% 9.5% 5.1% 25% 1.17 8.0 100.2 11.1 0.86 76%
1974 29 KCR AL 630 0.5% 11.0% 12.2% 4.3% 22% 0.90 7.8 179.0 14.1 0.84 74%
1975 30 KCR AL 541 0.9% 12.0% 7.8% 4.4% 22% 1.55 7.4 96.6 10.7 0.79 77%
1976 31 KCR AL 504 0.2% 12.5% 9.9% 4.6% 22% 1.26 6.9 432.0 10.0 0.92 74%
1977 32 KCR AL 563 0.9% 14.9% 7.3% 6.6% 29% 2.05 5.9 99.4 8.3 0.67 74%
1978 33 KCR AL 496 0.4% 11.3% 8.5% 5.2% 24% 1.33 7.9 220.0 9.6 0.98 78%
1979 34 KCR AL 338 0.3% 12.4% 4.7% 5.3% 23% 2.63 7.3 306.0 8.3 1.03 79%
1980 35 CAL AL 299 1.7% 8.7% 5.0% 6.7% 28% 1.73 10.5 54.6 8.0 1.30 82%
1981 36 CAL AL 48 0.0% 12.5% 2.1% 4.2% 18% 6.00 7.8 9.4 1.58 85%
14 Yrs 6247 0.7% 12.6% 8.4% 5.0% 23% 1.50 7.0 134.9 11.3 0.94 76%
MLB Averages 1.9% 13.6% 8.6% 6.2% 27% 1.59 6.5 46.1 8.9 1.10 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1968 23 PIT NL -3.2 -0.4 217 0.3 3.3 -3.0 .93 -0.3 0.7 0.8 0.1 0.98 -2.3 1.18 1
1969 24 PIT NL -14.6 -1.5 556 -2.6 7.0 -9.6 1.02 -2.0 -0.6 -27.1 -2.9 0.99 -20.6 0
1970 25 PIT NL -5.8 -0.6 296 -0.9 4.1 -5.0 1.01 -0.4 -0.5 -6.8 -0.7 0.98 -6.1 1.23 11
1971 26 KCR AL -3.8 -0.4 721 0.1 11.2 -11.1 1.02 0.2 -0.1 0.9 0.1 0.95 1.0 1.45 1
1972 27 KCR AL -20.4 -2.3 626 -0.4 9.4 -9.8 1.00 -1.6 1.2 -17.0 -1.9 0.96 -15.5 0
1973 28 KCR AL -17.5 -1.8 627 -1.6 9.0 -10.6 .98 -1.3 -0.3 -16.0 -1.6 1.00 -16.0 0
1974 29 KCR AL -14.5 -1.5 688 -1.5 9.8 -11.3 1.00 -1.4 -0.1 -10.4 -1.1 0.96 -11.2 0
1975 30 KCR AL -21.8 -2.2 588 -1.1 8.9 -10.0 1.01 -1.5 0.4 -19.0 -1.9 0.98 -17.4 0.05 1
1976 31 KCR AL -8.0 -0.8 577 0.1 8.7 -8.5 1.01 -0.8 0.9 1.3 0.1 0.99 -5.9 0
1977 32 KCR AL -9.1 -0.9 635 -0.5 9.5 -10.0 .98 -0.6 0.1 -3.0 -0.3 0.97 -7.3 0
1978 33 KCR AL -13.3 -1.4 554 -0.5 7.7 -8.3 .98 -0.5 -0.1 -7.9 -0.8 0.99 -8.5 1.83 1
1979 34 KCR AL -15.6 -1.5 364 -2.1 4.1 -6.2 .93 -2.0 -0.3 -15.2 -1.5 0.97 -22.5 0
1980 35 CAL AL -4.0 -0.4 315 -0.9 4.6 -5.5 .99 -0.5 -0.4 -8.9 -0.9 0.98 -5.8 1.19 4
1981 36 CAL AL -2.8 -0.3 49 -0.5 0.2 -0.7 .72 -0.4 -0.3 -1.7 -0.2 0.94 -3.4 0.01 1
14 Yrs -154.5 -16.0 6813 -12.2 97.5 -109.7 .99 -13.2 0.9 -130.1 -13.4 0.98 -141.5 1.14 20

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
1968 23 PIT NL 1 0 45% 57 18 7 72% 11 6 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 8 47% 9 4 5 5 4 1 5 2 3
1969 24 PIT NL 5 0 27% 203 15 8 65% 13 5 2 3 0 0 5 2 6 16 41% 37 26 9 4 1 3 18 6 12
1970 25 PIT NL 0 0 48% 107 8 2 80% 8 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 11 53% 25 15 10 1 1 0 12 2 10
1971 26 KCR AL 10 0 40% 219 49 14 78% 45 10 4 4 0 0 4 1 7 19 73% 29 9 18 6 2 4 24 3 21
1972 27 KCR AL 6 0 37% 188 33 7 83% 33 7 0 0 0 0 4 1 7 12 64% 20 7 12 3 2 1 27 7 19
1973 28 KCR AL 3 0 46% 191 36 14 72% 32 13 3 0 1 1 2 2 8 13 64% 31 15 16 7 3 4 23 4 19
1974 29 KCR AL 6 0 35% 229 33 15 69% 33 13 0 1 0 1 3 2 8 17 66% 32 13 18 10 2 8 20 4 15
1975 30 KCR AL 8 0 36% 179 32 7 82% 32 7 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 14 73% 18 7 11 4 1 3 18 3 15
1976 31 KCR AL 6 1 37% 161 51 15 77% 47 12 4 2 0 1 5 1 10 10 68% 15 5 10 4 0 3 21 6 14
1977 32 KCR AL 5 0 39% 188 53 13 80% 42 12 10 1 1 0 6 1 9 5 45% 29 21 6 3 0 3 26 7 17
1978 33 KCR AL 8 0 35% 185 38 11 78% 38 9 0 2 0 0 3 0 11 15 52% 24 15 6 7 1 6 17 3 13
1979 34 KCR AL 5 0 31% 102 11 12 48% 11 11 0 1 0 0 4 4 4 10 29% 12 11 1 5 4 1 14 5 7
1980 35 CAL AL 6 0 43% 121 7 6 54% 7 5 0 0 0 1 2 2 4 5 60% 13 9 4 4 3 1 13 0 13
1981 36 CAL AL 0 0 25% 10 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17% 3 3 0 2 2 0 1 0 1
14 Yrs 69 1 38% 2140 385 131 75% 353 112 24 14 3 4 45 16 82 155 57% 297 160 126 65 26 38 239 52 179

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
1968 23 PIT NL 234 29% 53 1 0 0 0 1.18 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 10 9 90% 37 0 0% 17 9 53% 99 11 11% 7 4 57% 6 3 50% 0
1969 24 PIT NL 522 29% 110 0 0 0 0 5 0 14 4 1 3 2 0 9 7 78% 116 14 12% 54 20 37% 338 31 9% 26 11 42% 19 9 47% 0
1970 25 PIT NL 276 29% 58 11 3 0 0 1.23 1 0 7 1 0 1 0 0 8 6 75% 43 2 5% 25 11 44% 152 18 12% 14 7 50% 9 4 44% 0
1971 26 KCR AL 648 33% 158 1 0 0 0 1.45 6 0 13 4 2 1 5 1 14 7 50% 83 6 7% 44 12 27% 286 34 12% 27 11 41% 15 8 53% 0
1972 27 KCR AL 577 33% 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 75% 84 9 11% 39 15 38% 294 33 11% 27 11 41% 9 8 89% 0
1973 28 KCR AL 571 31% 117 0 0 0 0 5 0 15 4 1 3 2 0 16 11 69% 91 9 10% 52 21 40% 338 42 12% 25 13 52% 15 7 47% 0
1974 29 KCR AL 630 38% 121 0 0 0 0 3 0 11 1 2 2 1 0 17 9 53% 93 7 8% 53 20 38% 326 38 12% 28 10 36% 23 10 43% 0
1975 30 KCR AL 541 33% 110 1 0 0 0 0.05 5 0 14 3 2 1 4 1 14 11 79% 93 9 10% 47 19 40% 309 43 14% 33 14 42% 15 7 47% 0
1976 31 KCR AL 504 29% 104 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 1 0 0 1 0 14 13 93% 76 6 8% 46 25 54% 310 45 15% 27 19 70% 13 9 69% 0
1977 32 KCR AL 563 31% 130 0 0 0 0 5 0 12 3 2 1 4 0 17 13 76% 98 6 6% 63 27 43% 356 59 17% 40 22 55% 26 18 69% 0
1978 33 KCR AL 496 36% 109 1 1 0 0 1.83 2 0 17 2 0 0 2 0 10 9 90% 94 6 6% 47 22 47% 309 44 14% 36 20 56% 15 9 60% 0
1979 34 KCR AL 338 34% 77 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 1 0 1 0 12 10 83% 62 6 10% 29 16 55% 227 38 17% 20 14 70% 17 11 65% 0
1980 35 CAL AL 299 21% 72 4 0 0 0 1.19 5 0 10 3 2 2 3 0 9 8 89% 66 11 17% 37 13 35% 198 31 16% 12 7 58% 15 10 67% 0
1981 36 CAL AL 48 31% 11 1 1 0 0 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 13% 4 1 25% 31 5 16% 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 0
14 Yrs 6247 32% 1340 20 5 0 0 1.14 41 0 146 27 14 15 26 2 158 119 75% 1044 92 9% 557 231 41% 3573 472 13% 324 164 51% 198 114 58% 0
MLB Averages 55% 77% 11% 33% 14% 49% 53%

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
1968 23 61 234 208 31 53 4 2 2 18 18 7 12 37 .255 .298 .322 .620 88 67 0 2 9 3 0
1969 24 208 756 668 79 163 13 3 7 50 33 15 65 123 .244 .312 .304 .616 79 203 14 3 16 4 15
1970 25 292 1032 905 121 221 23 8 8 69 41 17 94 169 .244 .315 .314 .629 79 284 16 3 22 8 16
1971 26 439 1680 1496 207 379 44 19 14 105 90 31 138 249 .253 .318 .336 .654 87 503 22 8 29 9 19
1972 27 575 2257 2014 266 489 69 23 14 137 123 38 185 313 .243 .308 .321 .629 82 646 31 11 35 12 23
1973 28 710 2828 2515 348 606 88 28 19 182 159 52 239 376 .241 .309 .321 .630 80 807 40 14 46 14 23
1974 29 859 3458 3052 420 727 106 34 22 220 192 67 316 445 .238 .311 .317 .628 80 967 47 17 55 18 24
1975 30 995 3999 3535 478 837 120 39 27 265 224 74 358 510 .237 .309 .316 .624 78 1116 56 19 66 21 24
1976 31 1139 4503 3967 536 941 139 42 28 308 275 89 408 573 .237 .310 .315 .624 79 1248 62 21 79 27 29
1977 32 1293 5066 4464 608 1071 165 48 33 368 328 102 449 657 .240 .311 .321 .631 80 1431 68 26 92 34 31
1978 33 1431 5562 4904 662 1180 188 49 35 414 366 113 491 713 .241 .311 .320 .631 79 1571 74 27 101 38 32
1979 34 1537 5900 5210 692 1257 205 49 36 451 377 125 507 755 .241 .310 .320 .630 78 1668 80 30 111 41 32
1980 35 1623 6199 5483 733 1329 215 54 41 485 384 131 522 781 .242 .310 .324 .633 79 1775 91 31 119 43 33
1981 36 1650 6247 5530 736 1340 216 55 41 490 385 131 523 787 .242 .309 .324 .633 79 1789 92 31 119 43 33

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
1968 23 61 244 216 40 62 5 2 2 23 21 14 37 .287 .332 .356 .688 26 61
1969 24 147 532 467 53 117 10 1 5 36 16 56 86 .251 .331 .308 .640 48 147
1970 25 84 278 238 43 59 10 5 1 19 8 30 46 .248 .327 .345 .672 27 84
1971 26 148 672 610 101 174 23 12 7 42 54 48 80 .285 .343 .397 .740 82 147
1972 27 142 629 559 79 133 30 5 0 43 40 57 67 .238 .311 .309 .621 53 136
1973 28 135 575 504 86 120 19 5 5 47 37 55 63 .238 .316 .325 .641 52 135
1974 29 149 641 544 80 128 19 6 3 42 35 81 69 .235 .335 .309 .644 57 149
1975 30 137 550 490 62 115 15 5 5 48 33 44 65 .235 .299 .316 .615 46 136
1976 31 145 520 444 68 114 21 3 1 50 56 55 63 .257 .337 .324 .662 49 144
1977 32 154 564 498 73 131 26 6 5 61 53 41 84 .263 .321 .369 .691 59 154
1978 33 138 504 446 59 115 24 1 2 50 40 44 56 .258 .323 .330 .653 48 138
1979 34 107 339 307 30 77 17 0 1 37 11 16 42 .251 .292 .316 .608 28 106
1980 35 86 303 276 44 75 10 5 5 37 7 16 26 .272 .312 .399 .710 35 86
1981 36 41 75 73 5 18 2 2 0 9 2 2 9 .247 .267 .329 .595 6 27
14 Yrs 1674 6426 5672 823 1438 231 58 42 544 413 559 793 .254 .322 .337 .659 616 1650
162 Game Avg. 162 622 549 80 139 22 6 4 53 40 54 77 .254 .322 .337 .659 60 1650

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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
1972
1976 *
1978 (SS)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1971 AL (6, 23%)
0.23 Career Shares (693rd)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1972 AL  3.2 (1st)
1976 AL  1.8 (9th)
Career  13.3 (125th)

At Bats s c a p y
1971 AL  591 (8th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1971 AL  86 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1971 AL  158 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
1971 AL  11 (1st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1974 AL  77 (8th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1968 NL  18 (7th)
1971 AL  49 (2nd)
1972 AL  33 (3rd)
1973 AL  36 (5th)
1974 AL  33 (5th)
1975 AL  32 (6th)
1976 AL  51 (5th)
1977 AL  53 (1st)
1978 AL  38 (7th)
Career  385 (80th)

Singles s c a p y
1971 AL  120 (6th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1973 AL  11 (6th)
1976 AL  13 (7th)
1977 AL  13 (9th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1969 NL  15 (5th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1971 AL  14 (1st)
1973 AL  14 (6th)
1974 AL  15 (6th)
1979 AL  12 (7th)
Career  131 (46th)

SB % s c a p y
1968 NL  72.00 (8th)
1971 AL  77.78 (6th)
1972 AL  82.50 (2nd)
1973 AL  72.00 (9th)
1975 AL  82.05 (5th)
1976 AL  77.27 (7th)
1977 AL  80.30 (5th)
Career  74.61 (170th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1971 AL  461 (8th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 3 (529), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 28 (838), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 18 (876), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 18 (869), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Monte Cross (944)
  2. Leo Durocher (929) *
  3. Spike Owen (918)
  4. Scott Fletcher (908)
  5. Everett Scott (907)
  6. Rafael Ramirez (900)
  7. Bill Wambsganss (895)
  8. Wally Gerber (895)
  9. Mickey Doolin (894)
  10. Ed Brinkman (892)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Bobby Sturgeon (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ricky Gutierrez (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Pee Wee Reese (967) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Dave Bancroft (980) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Dave Bancroft (960) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Frank Taveras (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bud Harrelson (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Dick Schofield (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Ivan de Jesus (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ivan de Jesus (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Monte Cross (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Monte Cross (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Monte Cross (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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