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Rico Petrocelli

Americo Peter Petrocelli

Positions: Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: June 27, 1943 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: Sheepshead Bay HS (Brooklyn, NY)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 21, 1963
Team: RedSox 1963-1976

Final Game: September 14, 1976
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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
1963 20 BOS AL 1 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .500 .750 102 2 0 0 0 0 0 /6
1965 22 BOS AL 103 363 323 38 75 15 2 13 33 0 2 36 71 .232 .309 .412 .721 99 133 6 1 1 2 4 6
1966 23 BOS AL 139 573 522 58 124 20 1 18 59 1 1 41 99 .238 .295 .383 .678 85 200 8 3 2 4 2 *6/5
1967 24 BOS AL 142 556 491 53 127 24 2 17 66 2 4 49 93 .259 .330 .420 .750 113 206 4 5 8 3 9 *6 AS,MVP-17
1968 25 BOS AL 123 451 406 41 95 17 2 12 46 0 1 31 73 .234 .292 .374 .667 96 152 7 4 6 4 2 *6/3
1969 26 BOS AL 154 643 535 92 159 32 2 40 97 3 5 98 68 .297 .403 .589 .992 168 315 12 1 3 6 13 *6/5 AS,MVP-7
1970 27 BOS AL 157 664 583 82 152 31 3 29 103 1 1 67 82 .261 .334 .473 .807 114 276 16 2 2 10 6 *65
1971 28 BOS AL 158 661 553 82 139 24 4 28 89 2 0 91 108 .251 .354 .461 .815 123 255 20 2 6 9 5 *5
1972 29 BOS AL 147 607 521 62 125 15 2 15 75 0 1 78 91 .240 .339 .363 .702 104 189 8 2 2 4 9 *5 MVP-18
1973 30 BOS AL 100 407 356 44 87 13 1 13 45 0 0 47 64 .244 .333 .396 .729 100 141 10 1 1 2 3 5
1974 31 BOS AL 129 509 454 53 121 23 1 15 76 1 0 48 74 .267 .336 .421 .757 110 191 11 2 0 5 4 *5/D
1975 32 BOS AL 115 454 402 31 96 15 1 7 59 0 2 41 66 .239 .310 .333 .644 76 134 16 3 3 5 1 *5/D
1976 33 BOS AL 85 279 240 17 51 7 1 3 24 0 5 34 36 .213 .307 .288 .594 67 69 9 0 2 3 3 5/4D36
13 Yrs 1553 6171 5390 653 1352 237 22 210 773 10 22 661 926 .251 .332 .420 .752 108 2263 127 26 36 57 61
162 Game Avg. 162 644 562 68 141 25 2 22 81 1 2 69 97 .251 .332 .420 .752 108 236 13 3 4 6 6

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
1963 20 BOS AL 1 4 0 0 0 -0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .458 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 $ /6
1965 22 BOS AL 103 363 -3 -0 -0 7 5 8 0.9 10 18 1.9 .509 .506 1.2 1.4 12 $ 6
1966 23 BOS AL 139 573 -10 -1 -0 12 8 10 0.9 16 26 2.4 .508 .507 1.3 2.2 14 $ *6/5
1967 24 BOS AL 142 556 7 -3 0 8 8 20 2.2 16 36 3.8 .517 .515 3.0 1.7 28 $ *6 AS,MVP-17
1968 25 BOS AL 123 451 -2 -0 0 15 6 19 2.2 13 32 3.5 .520 .515 1.8 2.6 17 $ *6/3
1969 26 BOS AL 154 643 48 -1 0 16 9 73 7.8 18 90 9.5 .551 .549 7.9 2.7 75 $ *6/5 AS,MVP-7
1970 27 BOS AL 157 664 12 -0 -1 3 9 23 2.4 21 45 4.5 .516 .516 4.3 1.2 41 $ *65
1971 28 BOS AL 158 661 19 1 -3 3 3 24 2.6 22 45 4.7 .517 .517 4.5 0.7 42 $60,000 *5
1972 29 BOS AL 147 607 4 -1 -1 -2 3 3 0.3 20 23 2.3 .503 .503 2.6 0.0 25 $ *5 MVP-18
1973 30 BOS AL 100 407 -1 -2 -1 10 2 9 1.1 13 22 2.3 .509 .506 1.2 1.4 12 $ 5
1974 31 BOS AL 129 509 4 -2 -0 -0 1 2 0.4 16 18 1.9 .502 .501 2.0 0.2 19 $ *5/D
1975 32 BOS AL 115 454 -14 -0 -3 -3 2 -18 -1.8 15 -4 -0.5 .483 .488 -0.1 0.0 -0 $90,000 *5/D
1976 33 BOS AL 85 279 -10 -2 -1 -1 1 -13 -1.5 9 -4 -0.6 .482 .491 -0.4 0.1 -3 $ 5/4D36
13 Seasons 1553 6171 55 -11 -10 67 58 159 17.6 189 348 35.7 .512 .509 29.3 14.2 281 $150,000

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
1963 20 BOS AL 4 3 1 9.0 97 .333 .250 .259 .250 .326 .500 .400 .750 .725 102 .801 0.0 0.0 .667 .250 .250
1965 22 BOS AL 363 259 41 4.3 97 .257 .232 .257 .309 .328 .412 .394 .721 .723 99 .525 -1.0 -0.1 .656 .285 .180 .0
1966 23 BOS AL 573 413 60 3.9 98 .259 .238 .260 .295 .328 .383 .401 .678 .729 85 .501 -10.8 -1.2 .600 .224 .146 1.9
1967 24 BOS AL 556 383 70 4.9 91 .286 .259 .253 .330 .324 .420 .379 .750 .703 113 .625 8.3 0.9 .694 .257 .161 3.6
1968 25 BOS AL 451 329 45 3.7 85 .255 .234 .245 .292 .316 .374 .363 .667 .679 96 .522 -2.7 -0.3 .583 .214 .140 .0
1969 26 BOS AL 643 402 129 8.7 100 .275 .297 .261 .403 .339 .589 .394 .992 .733 168 .788 52.5 5.3 1.048 .471 .292 5.6
1970 27 BOS AL 664 460 92 5.4 104 .255 .261 .267 .334 .342 .473 .407 .807 .750 114 .601 10.7 1.1 .770 .328 .213 1.9
1971 28 BOS AL 661 449 92 5.5 99 .261 .251 .264 .354 .337 .461 .392 .815 .729 123 .640 18.6 1.9 .806 .378 .210 3.7
1972 29 BOS AL 607 411 68 4.4 88 .263 .240 .253 .339 .323 .363 .365 .702 .688 104 .592 4.6 0.5 .662 .271 .123 .0
1973 30 BOS AL 407 282 47 4.5 98 .263 .244 .266 .333 .336 .396 .391 .729 .727 100 .514 0.1 0.0 .677 .284 .152 .0
1974 31 BOS AL 509 349 65 5.0 95 .286 .267 .267 .336 .333 .421 .384 .757 .717 110 .588 6.5 0.7 .703 .262 .154 1.9
1975 32 BOS AL 454 332 40 3.2 100 .266 .239 .268 .310 .339 .333 .394 .644 .733 76 .372 -13.0 -1.3 .543 .192 .095 .0
1976 33 BOS AL 279 208 20 2.6 96 .235 .213 .270 .307 .336 .288 .381 .594 .717 67 .314 -9.9 -1.1 .483 .196 .075 .0
13 Yrs 6171 4280 770 4.8 96 .265 .251 .261 .332 .332 .420 .388 .752 .720 108 .585 63.7 6.5 .702 .289 .169 19.1
162 Game Avg. 644 446 80 4.8 96 .265 .251 .261 .332 .332 .420 .388 .752 .720 108 .585 7 1 .702 .289 .169 2

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
1967 24 BOS AL WS STL L 7 24 20 3 4 1 0 2 3 0 1 3 8 .200 .292 .550 .842 11 0 0 0 1 2
1975 32 BOS AL ALCS OAK W 3 12 12 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .417 .583 5 1 0 0 0 0
1975 32 BOS AL WS CIN L 7 29 26 3 8 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 6 .308 .379 .346 .725 9 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (3 Series) 17 65 58 7 14 2 0 3 9 0 1 6 17 .241 .308 .431 .739 25 1 0 0 1 2
1 ALCS 3 12 12 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .417 .583 5 1 0 0 0 0
2 WS 14 53 46 6 12 2 0 2 7 0 1 6 14 .261 .340 .435 .774 20 0 0 0 1 2

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
1967 BOS AL 24 as SS 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 BOS AL 26 as SS 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 GP) 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .500 .750 2 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
1963 20 BOS AL 4 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 25.0% 100% 4.0 4.0 75%
1965 22 BOS AL 363 3.6% 19.6% 9.9% 8.3% 40% 1.97 4.5 24.8 9.8 0.76 66%
1966 23 BOS AL 573 3.1% 17.3% 7.2% 6.8% 32% 2.41 5.3 29.0 8.8 0.69 71%
1967 24 BOS AL 556 3.1% 16.7% 8.8% 7.7% 34% 1.90 5.3 28.9 7.4 0.72 69%
1968 25 BOS AL 451 2.7% 16.2% 6.9% 6.9% 33% 2.35 5.6 33.8 8.8 0.65 72%
1969 26 BOS AL 643 6.2% 10.6% 15.2% 11.5% 47% 0.69 7.9 13.4 5.5 0.86 67%
1970 27 BOS AL 664 4.4% 12.4% 10.1% 9.5% 41% 1.22 7.1 20.1 5.7 0.76 73%
1971 28 BOS AL 661 4.2% 16.3% 13.8% 8.5% 40% 1.19 5.1 19.8 6.2 0.93 64%
1972 29 BOS AL 607 2.5% 15.0% 12.9% 5.3% 26% 1.17 5.7 34.7 6.9 0.84 69%
1973 30 BOS AL 407 3.2% 15.7% 11.6% 6.6% 31% 1.36 5.6 27.4 7.9 0.82 69%
1974 31 BOS AL 509 3.0% 14.5% 9.4% 7.7% 32% 1.54 6.1 30.3 6.0 0.64 73%
1975 32 BOS AL 454 1.5% 14.5% 9.0% 5.1% 24% 1.61 6.1 57.4 6.8 0.92 74%
1976 33 BOS AL 279 1.1% 12.9% 12.2% 3.9% 22% 1.06 6.7 80.0 10.0 1.04 73%
13 Yrs 6171 3.4% 15.0% 10.7% 7.6% 35% 1.40 5.8 25.7 7.0 0.79 70%
MLB Averages 2.0% 14.6% 8.4% 6.0% 27% 1.74 6.1 45.0 9.1 1.10 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1963 20 BOS AL 0.0 0.0 4 0.1 0.1 -0.0 .43 0.1 0.1 0.7 0.1 0.58 0.7 0
1965 22 BOS AL -1.0 -0.1 372 -1.5 5.4 -6.9 1.00 -0.6 -0.9 -12.1 -1.2 0.98 -4.5 0.78 8
1966 23 BOS AL -10.8 -1.2 584 -1.4 8.8 -10.2 .99 -0.6 -0.9 -4.1 -0.4 0.94 -2.5 0.78 7
1967 24 BOS AL 8.3 0.9 566 1.2 10.3 -9.1 1.01 1.3 -0.2 16.1 1.7 0.94 20.6 2.96 1
1968 25 BOS AL -3.1 -0.4 454 -0.5 7.3 -7.8 .99 -0.1 -0.4 -3.9 -0.4 0.97 -0.2 1.86 4
1969 26 BOS AL 51.8 5.2 657 3.5 13.8 -10.3 1.01 5.0 -1.5 38.6 3.8 0.96 51.1 0
1970 27 BOS AL 10.7 1.1 671 1.5 13.1 -11.6 1.00 1.9 -0.3 23.6 2.3 0.98 22.4 1.05 1
1971 28 BOS AL 18.6 1.9 669 2.9 14.7 -11.7 1.10 3.3 -0.6 18.1 1.8 0.98 36.7 3.98 2
1972 29 BOS AL 4.6 0.5 617 2.3 12.2 -10.0 1.04 1.2 0.9 22.4 2.4 1.03 17.2 2.14 1
1973 30 BOS AL 0.1 0.0 415 -1.5 6.2 -7.7 1.00 -0.3 -1.2 -6.7 -0.7 0.99 -1.4 3.51 1
1974 31 BOS AL 6.5 0.7 514 0.3 9.9 -9.6 1.05 0.7 -0.4 14.7 1.5 1.00 8.5 1.06 5
1975 32 BOS AL -13.5 -1.4 457 -0.5 7.5 -7.9 .95 -1.4 0.9 -10.2 -1.0 0.99 -14.2 3.71 2
1976 33 BOS AL -9.9 -1.1 288 -1.3 3.6 -4.9 .99 -1.2 -0.1 -9.8 -1.0 0.96 -10.6 3.54 2
13 Yrs 62.3 6.3 6268 5.1 112.7 -107.6 1.02 9.3 -4.3 87.3 8.8 0.98 123.9 1.66 34

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
1963 20 BOS AL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 22 BOS AL 1 0 25% 110 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 10 50% 13 7 5 3 1 1 8 2 6
1966 23 BOS AL 7 0 27% 195 1 1 50% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 10 40% 20 16 4 8 3 4 17 6 10
1967 24 BOS AL 7 0 22% 207 2 4 33% 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 7 40% 33 21 12 6 6 0 13 4 9
1968 25 BOS AL 5 0 25% 141 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 47% 20 13 7 2 2 0 12 3 9
1969 26 BOS AL 8 0 24% 288 3 5 38% 3 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 13 14 47% 40 27 13 8 5 3 22 4 17
1970 27 BOS AL 12 0 28% 247 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 13 46% 44 25 17 5 3 2 21 8 13
1971 28 BOS AL 10 0 27% 256 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 11 55% 33 16 16 8 6 2 14 1 12
1972 29 BOS AL 8 0 25% 217 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 15 36% 40 28 12 3 3 0 16 7 9
1973 30 BOS AL 4 0 25% 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 24% 18 12 5 6 6 0 9 5 3
1974 31 BOS AL 4 0 24% 169 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 7 27% 24 18 4 8 5 2 17 7 7
1975 32 BOS AL 5 0 18% 147 0 2 0% 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 4 47% 20 14 6 2 2 0 12 2 10
1976 33 BOS AL 4 0 17% 82 0 5 0% 0 4 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 5 42% 11 8 2 3 2 1 5 0 5
13 Yrs 75 0 24% 2190 10 22 31% 8 19 0 1 1 3 10 1 82 112 42% 316 205 103 62 44 15 166 49 110

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
1963 20 BOS AL 4 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0
1965 22 BOS AL 363 30% 75 8 0 0 0 0.78 13 0 9 7 6 10 3 0 1 1 100% 75 6 8% 38 6 16% 219 19 9% 19 5 26% 16 6 38% 0
1966 23 BOS AL 573 22% 124 7 1 0 0 0.78 18 2 13 16 2 10 8 0 3 2 67% 81 8 10% 36 11 31% 300 41 14% 23 11 48% 12 8 67% 0
1967 24 BOS AL 556 19% 127 1 0 0 0 2.96 17 0 10 9 8 10 7 0 8 8 100% 86 4 5% 45 12 27% 310 50 16% 23 14 61% 18 7 39% 0
1968 25 BOS AL 451 21% 95 4 1 0 1 1.86 12 0 15 9 3 4 8 0 6 6 100% 80 7 9% 45 17 38% 277 35 13% 25 14 56% 24 8 33% 0
1969 26 BOS AL 643 28% 159 0 0 0 0 40 1 20 31 9 22 18 0 5 3 60% 107 12 11% 67 19 28% 398 58 15% 46 17 37% 26 16 62% 0
1970 27 BOS AL 664 30% 152 1 0 0 0 1.05 29 2 22 21 8 20 9 0 3 2 67% 125 16 13% 63 22 35% 439 77 18% 50 25 50% 18 6 33% 0
1971 28 BOS AL 661 27% 139 2 1 0 1 3.98 28 0 21 21 7 18 10 0 6 6 100% 128 20 16% 67 27 40% 447 69 15% 46 24 52% 18 12 67% 0
1972 29 BOS AL 607 32% 125 1 1 0 1 2.14 15 3 23 11 4 13 2 0 2 2 100% 109 8 7% 53 16 30% 413 65 16% 41 21 51% 23 12 52% 0
1973 30 BOS AL 407 27% 87 1 0 0 0 3.51 13 0 12 8 5 9 4 0 1 1 100% 84 10 12% 37 8 22% 271 35 13% 29 16 55% 10 5 50% 0
1974 31 BOS AL 509 28% 121 5 1 0 1 1.06 15 1 14 10 5 10 5 0 0 0 111 11 10% 60 9 15% 365 63 17% 34 16 47% 23 12 52% 0
1975 32 BOS AL 454 27% 96 2 0 0 1 3.71 7 0 12 2 5 5 2 0 3 3 100% 98 16 16% 40 13 33% 327 54 17% 33 20 61% 8 6 75% 0
1976 33 BOS AL 279 33% 51 2 0 0 1 3.54 3 0 5 3 0 3 0 0 2 2 100% 45 9 20% 17 8 47% 181 23 13% 16 8 50% 16 10 63% 0
13 Yrs 6171 27% 1352 34 5 0 6 1.66 210 9 176 148 62 134 76 0 40 36 90% 1129 127 11% 568 168 30% 3948 590 15% 385 191 50% 212 108 51% 0
MLB Averages 54% 77% 11% 31% 14% 47% 52%

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
1963 20 1 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .500 .750 102 2 0 0 0 0 0
1964 21 1 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .500 .750 102 2 0 0 0 0 0
1965 22 104 367 327 38 76 16 2 13 34 0 2 36 72 .232 .309 .413 .722 99 135 6 1 1 2 4
1966 23 243 940 849 96 200 36 3 31 93 1 3 77 171 .236 .300 .395 .695 90 335 14 4 3 6 6
1967 24 385 1496 1340 149 327 60 5 48 159 3 7 126 264 .244 .311 .404 .715 98 541 18 9 11 9 15
1968 25 508 1947 1746 190 422 77 7 60 205 3 8 157 337 .242 .307 .397 .704 98 693 25 13 17 13 17
1969 26 662 2590 2281 282 581 109 9 100 302 6 13 255 405 .255 .331 .442 .773 115 1008 37 14 20 19 30
1970 27 819 3254 2864 364 733 140 12 129 405 7 14 322 487 .256 .331 .448 .780 115 1284 53 16 22 29 36
1971 28 977 3915 3417 446 872 164 16 157 494 9 14 413 595 .255 .335 .450 .786 116 1539 73 18 28 38 41
1972 29 1124 4522 3938 508 997 179 18 172 569 9 15 491 686 .253 .336 .439 .775 115 1728 81 20 30 42 50
1973 30 1224 4929 4294 552 1084 192 19 185 614 9 15 538 750 .252 .336 .435 .771 113 1869 91 21 31 44 53
1974 31 1353 5438 4748 605 1205 215 20 200 690 10 15 586 824 .254 .336 .434 .769 113 2060 102 23 31 49 57
1975 32 1468 5892 5150 636 1301 230 21 207 749 10 17 627 890 .253 .334 .426 .760 110 2194 118 26 34 54 58
1976 33 1553 6171 5390 653 1352 237 22 210 773 10 22 661 926 .251 .332 .420 .752 108 2263 127 26 36 57 61

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
1963 20 1 5 5 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 .400 .400 .800 1.200 1 1
1965 22 103 366 325 40 77 15 2 13 35 0 37 71 .237 .315 .415 .730 43 103
1966 23 140 577 526 60 126 20 1 18 61 1 42 100 .240 .297 .384 .681 60 139
1967 24 142 567 499 58 135 26 2 18 73 2 52 93 .271 .343 .439 .782 74 142
1968 25 123 466 417 50 106 19 2 13 56 0 35 73 .254 .315 .403 .718 53 123
1969 26 154 646 537 94 161 32 2 41 99 3 99 68 .300 .406 .596 1.002 130 154
1970 27 157 661 581 80 150 31 3 29 101 1 66 82 .258 .331 .472 .802 91 157
1971 28 159 672 561 87 144 25 4 29 94 2 94 109 .257 .360 .471 .831 97 158
1972 29 154 659 560 78 146 18 2 18 94 0 91 95 .261 .364 .396 .760 80 147
1973 30 100 410 358 46 89 13 1 13 47 0 48 64 .249 .337 .399 .737 49 100
1974 31 129 515 458 56 125 24 1 15 80 1 50 74 .273 .344 .428 .772 68 129
1975 32 116 457 405 32 97 15 1 7 60 0 41 66 .240 .311 .333 .644 42 115
1976 33 86 282 242 18 52 7 1 3 25 0 35 36 .215 .311 .289 .600 22 85
13 Yrs 1564 6283 5474 699 1410 247 22 217 827 10 690 932 .258 .340 .430 .770 810 1553
162 Game Avg. 162 651 567 72 146 26 2 22 86 1 71 97 .258 .340 .430 .770 84 1553

* 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

Hall of Fame
1982 BBWAA ( 0.7%)

All-Star Games
1967 (SS)
1969 (SS)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1967 AL (17, 2%)
1969 AL (7, 21%)
1972 AL (18, 3%)
0.26 Career Shares (652nd)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1969 AL  9.5 (1st)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1969 AL  9.5 (1st)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1969 AL  7.9 (2nd)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1965 AL  1.4 (9th)
1966 AL  2.2 (2nd)
1967 AL  1.7 (6th)
1968 AL  2.6 (3rd)
1969 AL  2.7 (4th)
Career  14.2 (107th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1969 AL  .297 (7th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1969 AL  .403 (5th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1969 AL  .589 (2nd)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1969 AL  .992 (3rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1971 AL  158 (7th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1971 AL  661 (7th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1971 AL  82 (9th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1969 AL  315 (5th)
1971 AL  255 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
1969 AL  32 (4th)
1970 AL  31 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1969 AL  40 (4th)
1970 AL  29 (8th)
1971 AL  28 (5th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1969 AL  97 (9th)
1970 AL  103 (6th)
1971 AL  89 (9th)
1972 AL  75 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1969 AL  98 (7th)
1971 AL  91 (4th)
1972 AL  78 (5th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1971 AL  108 (3rd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1969 AL  167 (4th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1969 AL  129 (4th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1969 AL  52 (4th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1969 AL  5.3 (4th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1969 AL  74 (2nd)
1970 AL  63 (4th)
1971 AL  56 (3rd)

Times On Base s c a p y
1969 AL  258 (7th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1969 AL  .788 (4th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1970 AL  10 (1st)
1971 AL  9 (4th)
Career  57 (236th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1969 AL  13 (4th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1971 AL  20 (7th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1969 AL  13.4 (4th)
1971 AL  19.8 (7th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1971 AL  449 (10th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1969 AL  38.56 (9th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1969 AL  5.0 (7th)
1971 AL  3.3 (10th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1969 AL  3.8 (9th)

Youngest s c a p y
1963 AL  born 1943-06-27 (8th)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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 - 49 (513), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 19 (837), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 20 (714), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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