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Gary Pettis

Gary George Pettis

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: April 3, 1958 in Oakland, CA
High School: Castlemont HS (Oakland, CA)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 6th round of the 1979 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1982
Teams (by GP): Angels/Tigers/Rangers/Padres 1982-1992

Final Game: September 10, 1992
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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
1982 24 CAL AL 10 5 5 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .800 1.000 160 4 0 0 0 0 0 /87
1983 25 CAL AL 22 93 85 19 25 2 3 3 6 8 3 7 15 .294 .348 .494 .842 131 42 1 0 1 0 0 8/9
1984 26 CAL AL 140 466 397 63 90 11 6 2 29 48 17 60 115 .227 .332 .300 .632 78 119 4 3 5 1 1 *8/D
1985 27 CAL AL 125 516 443 67 114 10 8 1 32 56 9 62 125 .257 .347 .323 .670 86 143 5 0 9 2 0 *8 GG
1986 28 CAL AL 154 628 539 93 139 23 4 5 58 50 13 69 132 .258 .339 .343 .683 88 185 7 0 15 5 2 *8/D GG
1987 29 CAL AL 133 448 394 49 82 13 2 1 17 24 5 52 124 .208 .302 .259 .561 53 102 8 1 1 0 0 *8
1988 30 DET AL 129 512 458 65 96 14 4 3 36 44 10 47 85 .210 .285 .277 .562 61 127 3 1 6 0 0 *8/D GG
1989 31 DET AL 119 536 444 77 114 8 6 1 18 43 15 84 106 .257 .375 .309 .684 97 137 14 0 8 0 0 *8 GG
1990 32 TEX AL 136 498 423 66 101 16 8 3 31 38 15 57 118 .239 .333 .336 .668 88 142 6 4 11 3 0 *8/D GG
1991 33 TEX AL 137 343 282 37 61 7 5 0 19 29 13 54 91 .216 .341 .277 .618 75 78 4 0 6 1 0 *8/D
1992 34 TOT MLB 78 192 159 27 32 5 3 1 12 14 4 29 45 .201 .323 .289 .612 74 46 3 0 3 1 0 8/9
1992 34 SDP NL 30 32 30 0 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 11 .200 .250 .233 .483 37 7 0 0 0 0 0 8/9
1992 34 DET AL 48 160 129 27 26 4 3 1 12 13 4 27 34 .202 .338 .302 .640 81 39 3 0 3 1 0 8
11 Yrs 1183 4237 3629 568 855 109 49 21 259 354 104 521 958 .236 .332 .310 .642 80 1125 55 9 65 13 3
162 Game Avg. 162 580 497 78 117 15 7 3 35 48 14 71 131 .236 .332 .310 .642 80 154 8 1 9 2 0
CAL (6 yrs) 584 2156 1863 296 451 59 23 13 143 186 47 250 513 .242 .332 .319 .651 80 595 25 4 31 8 3
DET (3 yrs) 296 1208 1031 169 236 26 13 5 66 100 29 158 225 .229 .332 .294 .626 80 303 20 1 17 1 0
TEX (2 yrs) 273 841 705 103 162 23 13 3 50 67 28 111 209 .230 .336 .312 .648 83 220 10 4 17 4 0
SDP (1 yr) 30 32 30 0 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 11 .200 .250 .233 .483 37 7 0 0 0 0 0
AL (11 yrs) 1153 4205 3599 568 849 108 49 21 259 353 104 519 947 .236 .333 .311 .643 81 1118 55 9 65 13 3
NL (1 yr) 30 32 30 0 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 11 .200 .250 .233 .483 37 7 0 0 0 0 0

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
1982 24 CAL AL 10 5 0 0 0 -0 -0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 $ /87
1983 25 CAL AL 22 93 6 2 1 -1 0 8 0.9 3 11 1.1 .538 .505 1.2 -0.1 12 $ 8/9
1984 26 CAL AL 140 466 -9 3 1 8 -0 3 0.5 14 18 1.8 .502 .502 1.0 1.0 9 $ *8/D
1985 27 CAL AL 125 516 -2 7 2 12 0 18 2.1 16 34 3.5 .515 .512 2.3 1.4 22 $125,000 *8 GG
1986 28 CAL AL 154 628 -3 7 2 22 -0 28 3.1 19 47 4.8 .519 .518 2.6 2.4 25 $300,000 *8/D GG
1987 29 CAL AL 133 448 -23 4 0 15 0 -4 -0.2 14 10 1.0 .497 .498 -0.5 1.6 -5 $400,000 *8
1988 30 DET AL 129 512 -17 7 4 10 0 4 0.7 16 20 2.1 .504 .503 1.1 1.2 10 $400,000 *8/D GG
1989 31 DET AL 119 536 2 3 -2 0 1 4 0.7 16 21 2.2 .504 .503 2.2 0.3 21 $440,000 *8 GG
1990 32 TEX AL 136 498 -7 1 0 4 1 -0 0.1 17 16 1.6 .500 .500 1.3 0.6 12 $703,333 *8/D GG
1991 33 TEX AL 137 343 -5 1 0 2 1 -1 0.0 12 10 1.1 .499 .499 0.9 0.4 8 $903,333 *8/D
1992 34 SDP NL 30 32 -2 -0 0 -1 0 -4 -0.5 1 -3 -0.4 .484 .497 -0.2 -0.1 -2 $ 8/9
1992 34 DET AL 48 160 -3 2 0 8 1 8 0.9 5 13 1.4 .518 .505 0.5 1.0 5 $ 8
11 Seasons 1183 4237 -62 35 9 80 3 66 8.2 133 199 20.2 .506 .503 12.4 9.6 118 $3,271,666
CAL (6 yrs) 584 2156 -30 22 7 57 0 55 6.3 66 120 12.2 .510 .506 6.6 6.3 64 $825,000
DET (3 yrs) 296 1208 -17 12 2 19 2 17 2.3 38 55 5.7 .506 .504 3.8 2.5 36 $840,000
TEX (2 yrs) 273 841 -12 2 0 6 2 -2 0.1 28 27 2.7 .499 .499 2.2 1.0 21 $1,606,666
SDP (1 yr) 30 32 -2 -0 0 -1 0 -4 -0.5 1 -3 -0.4 .484 .497 -0.2 -0.1 -2 $

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
1982 24 CAL AL 5 4 1 6.7 99 .000 .200 .264 .200 .328 .800 .403 1.000 .731 160 .668 0.3 0.0 1.000 .600 .600 .0
1983 25 CAL AL 93 65 15 6.2 97 .328 .294 .264 .348 .326 .494 .399 .842 .725 131 .637 2.9 0.3 .844 .341 .200 4.4
1984 26 CAL AL 466 334 46 3.7 96 .313 .227 .262 .332 .325 .300 .396 .632 .721 78 .408 -10.5 -1.0 .649 .302 .073 3.8
1985 27 CAL AL 516 354 61 4.6 99 .354 .257 .261 .347 .327 .323 .406 .670 .733 86 .502 -7.7 -0.8 .735 .312 .065 2.0
1986 28 CAL AL 628 440 71 4.3 99 .329 .258 .260 .339 .328 .343 .406 .683 .734 88 .463 -7.0 -0.7 .693 .282 .085 9.1
1987 29 CAL AL 448 326 35 2.9 103 .301 .208 .262 .302 .329 .259 .420 .561 .749 53 .267 -25.4 -2.4 .535 .231 .051 1.9
1988 30 DET AL 512 381 42 3.0 91 .251 .210 .255 .285 .319 .277 .384 .562 .703 61 .324 -23.3 -2.4 .557 .245 .068 5.6
1989 31 DET AL 536 367 58 4.2 92 .335 .257 .258 .375 .323 .309 .380 .684 .703 97 .488 2.0 0.2 .694 .304 .052 2.0
1990 32 TEX AL 498 357 52 3.9 95 .321 .239 .259 .333 .327 .336 .388 .668 .715 88 .446 -5.8 -0.6 .659 .286 .097 5.6
1991 33 TEX AL 343 245 32 3.5 95 .318 .216 .258 .341 .326 .277 .391 .618 .718 75 .385 -7.6 -0.8 .622 .309 .060 .0
1992 34 TOT MLB 192 138 18 3.5 94 .272 .201 .260 .323 .328 .289 .385 .612 .713 74 .403 -5.0 -0.5 .634 .333 .088 1.9
1992 34 SDP NL 32 24 2 2.2 94 .316 .200 .261 .250 .327 .233 .385 .483 .712 37 .248 -2.6 -0.3 .417 .133 .033 .0
1992 34 DET AL 160 114 16 3.8 94 .263 .202 .259 .338 .328 .302 .385 .640 .713 81 .430 -2.5 -0.2 .682 .380 .101 1.9
11 Yrs 4237 3011 431 3.8 96 .313 .236 .260 .332 .326 .310 .396 .642 .722 80 .423 -87.1 -8.6 .650 .287 .074 39.6
162 Game Avg. 580 412 59 3.8 96 .313 .236 .260 .332 .326 .310 .396 .642 .722 80 .423 -87.1 -8.6 .650 .287 .074 5
CAL (6 yrs) 2156 1523 229 4.0 99 .326 .242 .261 .332 .327 .319 .406 .651 .734 80 .431 -47.4 -4.6 .666 .286 .077 24.3
DET (3 yrs) 1208 862 116 3.6 92 .288 .229 .257 .332 .322 .294 .382 .626 .704 80 .412 -23.7 -2.4 .632 .287 .065 9.5
TEX (2 yrs) 841 602 84 3.7 95 .320 .230 .259 .336 .327 .312 .389 .648 .716 83 .421 -13.5 -1.4 .644 .295 .082 5.7
SDP (1 yr) 32 24 2 2.3 94 .316 .200 .261 .250 .327 .233 .385 .483 .712 37 .248 -2.6 -0.3 .417 .133 .033 .0
AL (11 yrs) 4205 2987 429 3.8 96 .313 .236 .260 .333 .326 .311 .396 .643 .722 81 .424 -84.6 -8.4 .651 .288 .075 39.6
NL (1 yr) 32 24 2 2.3 94 .316 .200 .261 .250 .327 .233 .385 .483 .712 37 .248 -2.6 -0.3 .417 .133 .033 .0

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
1986 28 CAL AL ALCS BOS L 7 31 26 4 9 1 0 1 4 0 2 3 5 .346 .414 .500 .914 13 0 0 2 0 0
1 ALCS 7 31 26 4 9 1 0 1 4 0 2 3 5 .346 .414 .500 .914 13 0 0 2 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
1982 24 CAL AL 5 20.0% 40.0% 0.0% 20.0% 100% 2.5 5.0 5.0 0.00 40%
1983 25 CAL AL 93 3.2% 16.1% 7.5% 8.6% 32% 2.14 5.7 28.3 14.2 2.23 72%
1984 26 CAL AL 466 0.4% 24.7% 12.9% 4.1% 21% 1.92 3.5 198.5 13.7 2.05 60%
1985 27 CAL AL 516 0.2% 24.2% 12.0% 3.7% 17% 2.02 3.5 443.0 13.8 1.92 62%
1986 28 CAL AL 628 0.8% 21.0% 11.0% 5.1% 23% 1.91 4.1 107.8 9.3 1.98 65%
1987 29 CAL AL 448 0.2% 27.7% 11.6% 3.6% 20% 2.38 3.2 394.0 23.2 1.98 60%
1988 30 DET AL 512 0.6% 16.6% 9.2% 4.1% 22% 1.81 5.4 152.7 12.7 1.19 1.49 72% 19% 2.7% 31%
1989 31 DET AL 536 0.2% 19.8% 15.7% 2.8% 13% 1.26 4.2 444.0 24.7 1.24 1.81 63% 21% 0.8% 10%
1990 32 TEX AL 498 0.6% 23.7% 11.5% 5.4% 27% 2.07 3.6 141.0 13.6 1.21 2.08 61% 19% 2.4% 7%
1991 33 TEX AL 343 0.0% 26.5% 15.7% 3.5% 20% 1.69 3.1 14.8 0.77 1.00 56% 23% 0.0% 18%
1992 34 TOT MLB 192 0.5% 23.4% 15.1% 4.7% 28% 1.55 3.5 159.0 13.3 0.84 1.20 59% 18% 1.9% 9%
1992 34 SDP NL 32 0.0% 34.4% 6.3% 3.1% 17% 5.50 2.7 1.13 1.00 59% 5% 0.0% 25%
1992 34 DET AL 160 0.6% 21.3% 16.9% 5.0% 31% 1.26 3.8 129.0 10.8 0.80 1.24 59% 20% 2.1% 6%
11 Yrs 4237 0.5% 22.6% 12.3% 4.2% 21% 1.84 3.8 172.8 14.0 1.10 1.74 63% 20% 1.6% 17%
MLB Averages 2.1% 14.5% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 1.70 6.1 41.7 8.4 0.80 1.06 73% 20% 6.2% 22%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1982 24 CAL AL 0.3 0.0 5 0.4 0.4 -0.1 .93 0.2 0.2 0.7 0.1 0.98 1.1 0
1983 25 CAL AL 2.9 0.3 106 0.7 2.2 -1.5 .97 0.7 -0.0 4.8 0.5 0.88 7.7 0
1984 26 CAL AL -11.1 -1.1 541 -0.2 8.3 -8.5 1.02 -0.4 0.2 -1.7 -0.2 0.95 -5.9 0.21 3
1985 27 CAL AL -7.7 -0.8 596 0.7 9.0 -8.4 .96 0.1 0.6 7.5 0.7 0.95 2.7 0
1986 28 CAL AL -7.0 -0.7 707 0.6 10.7 -10.1 .97 -0.3 0.9 10.3 1.0 0.97 -0.9 0
1987 29 CAL AL -25.4 -2.4 488 -2.2 5.9 -8.1 .99 -1.9 -0.3 -25.2 -2.4 0.95 -25.7 0
1988 30 DET AL -23.9 -2.4 581 -0.9 8.0 -8.9 .98 -1.6 0.8 -9.2 -0.9 0.98 -14.8 2.20 2
1989 31 DET AL 2.0 0.2 610 0.8 10.9 -10.1 1.09 0.2 0.4 -1.3 -0.1 0.97 1.1 2.15 1
1990 32 TEX AL -5.8 -0.6 559 -0.4 8.3 -8.7 .98 -0.3 -0.1 -4.9 -0.5 0.94 -2.4 0.96 5
1991 33 TEX AL -7.6 -0.8 390 -0.6 6.1 -6.7 1.03 -0.9 0.3 -10.3 -1.0 0.98 -10.6 0.97 10
1992 34 TOT MLB -5.2 -0.5 214 -0.8 2.2 -3.0 .86 -0.6 -0.3 -5.7 -0.6 0.95 -4.4 0.71 14
1992 34 SDP NL -2.5 -0.3 33 -0.1 0.2 -0.4 .61 -0.2 -0.0 -2.1 -0.2 0.90 -2.4 0.64 13
1992 34 DET AL -2.7 -0.3 181 -0.6 2.0 -2.6 .90 -0.4 -0.3 -3.5 -0.4 0.96 -2.0 1.58 1
11 Yrs -88.5 -8.8 4797 -2.0 72.1 -74.1 .99 -4.9 2.9 -34.9 -3.5 0.96 -52.3 0.90 35

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
1982 24 CAL AL 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1983 25 CAL AL 5 0 55% 37 8 3 73% 8 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 54% 4 3 1 2 0 2 7 3 4
1984 26 CAL AL 6 0 40% 198 48 17 74% 47 17 1 0 0 0 4 1 6 20 70% 18 8 10 3 1 2 19 3 16
1985 27 CAL AL 11 0 38% 202 56 9 86% 50 9 4 0 2 0 4 0 10 15 45% 22 16 6 5 1 3 24 9 14
1986 28 CAL AL 13 0 43% 244 50 13 79% 42 11 8 2 0 0 2 0 8 35 62% 36 17 19 7 3 4 22 4 17
1987 29 CAL AL 6 0 36% 184 24 5 83% 17 4 7 1 0 0 2 0 3 11 39% 27 21 6 2 2 0 10 1 9
1988 30 DET AL 11 0 44% 197 44 10 81% 41 10 3 0 0 0 4 1 4 26 54% 23 12 10 4 2 2 16 3 11
1989 31 DET AL 4 0 39% 222 43 15 74% 37 15 6 0 0 0 11 7 7 25 62% 33 15 18 5 2 3 17 3 13
1990 32 TEX AL 3 0 40% 188 38 15 72% 36 13 2 2 0 0 5 4 9 16 51% 29 20 9 5 2 3 21 4 16
1991 33 TEX AL 5 0 32% 137 29 13 69% 24 9 5 2 0 2 1 0 7 12 51% 20 12 8 6 3 3 15 5 10
1992 34 TOT MLB 1 0 43% 71 14 4 78% 13 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 4 55% 8 5 3 4 1 3 8 3 5
1992 34 SDP NL 0 0 0% 13 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 34 DET AL 1 0 50% 58 13 4 76% 12 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 55% 8 5 3 4 1 3 8 3 5
11 Yrs 65 0 40% 1687 354 104 77% 315 94 37 8 2 2 36 13 57 167 55% 222 131 90 43 17 25 161 38 117

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
1982 24 CAL AL 5 100% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 4 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1983 25 CAL AL 93 100% 25 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 1 1 100% 12 1 8% 3 1 33% 32 4 13% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1984 26 CAL AL 466 100% 90 3 0 0 0 0.21 2 1 7 2 0 1 1 0 6 5 83% 67 4 6% 28 6 21% 201 27 13% 12 4 33% 9 1 11% 0
1985 27 CAL AL 516 100% 114 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 13 9 69% 84 5 6% 39 13 33% 269 33 12% 25 10 40% 12 6 50% 0
1986 28 CAL AL 628 100% 139 0 0 0 0 5 0 17 3 2 1 4 0 19 15 79% 110 7 6% 54 28 52% 347 56 16% 36 25 69% 20 11 55% 0
1987 29 CAL AL 448 100% 82 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 50% 76 8 11% 33 9 27% 258 19 7% 22 8 36% 12 5 42% 0
1988 30 DET AL 512 100% 96 15 3 2 0 0 0 2.20 3 0 10 3 0 0 3 0 9 6 67% 81 3 4% 35 7 20% 271 34 13% 23 9 39% 18 8 44% 0
1989 31 DET AL 536 100% 114 15 6 1 0 0 0 2.15 1 0 9 1 0 1 0 0 10 8 80% 85 14 16% 34 15 44% 248 20 8% 12 3 25% 18 10 56% 0
1990 32 TEX AL 498 100% 101 17 6 5 1 0 0 0.96 3 0 4 3 0 3 0 0 11 11 100% 76 6 8% 37 19 51% 233 31 13% 22 12 55% 12 6 50% 0
1991 33 TEX AL 343 100% 61 29 3 10 0 0 0 0.97 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 67% 66 4 6% 31 10 32% 198 22 11% 12 6 50% 10 3 30% 0
1992 34 TOT MLB 192 100% 32 18 3 14 3 0 0 0.71 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 5 3 60% 42 3 7% 19 6 32% 111 12 11% 13 5 38% 4 1 25% 0
1992 34 SDP NL 32 100% 6 3 1 13 3 0 0 0.64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 7 0 0% 2 0 0% 16 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1992 34 DET AL 160 100% 26 15 2 1 0 0 0 1.58 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 75% 35 3 9% 17 6 35% 95 12 13% 12 5 42% 4 1 25% 0
11 Yrs 4237 100% 855 94 21 35 4 0 0 0.90 21 1 64 18 3 12 9 2 85 65 76% 700 55 8% 313 114 36% 2172 258 12% 178 82 46% 116 51 44% 0
MLB Averages 60% 77% 11% 35% 15% 52% 56%

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 30 DET AL 513 1851 3.61 1142 62% 28% 11% 27% 33% 72% 0% 44% 84% 32% 5% 27 0 13% 66 18 8% 40 16 36% -1 0 0
1989 31 DET AL 532 2199 4.13 1278 58% 31% 15% 27% 27% 69% 0% 40% 77% 30% 5% 28 0 14% 74 12 11% 59 17 36% 4 0 3
1990 32 TEX AL 483 1934 4.00 1161 60% 32% 17% 24% 26% 68% 0% 41% 74% 30% 5% 25 0 16% 75 10 11% 52 5 26% 15 0 6
1991 33 TEX AL 343 1460 4.26 841 58% 30% 19% 28% 24% 70% 0% 40% 73% 34% 4% 15 0 15% 50 7 12% 40 10 31% 0 0 0
1992 34 TOT MLB 192 742 3.86 446 60% 32% 18% 24% 26% 68% 0% 41% 74% 38% 3% 5 0 11% 21 5 6% 12 4 40% 0 0 0
1992 34 SDP NL 32 126 3.94 79 63% 38% 23% 15% 24% 62% 0% 39% 63% 34% 0% 0 0 9% 3 1 6% 2 1 64% 0 0 0
1992 34 DET AL 160 616 3.85 367 60% 30% 17% 26% 27% 70% 0% 42% 76% 39% 3% 5 0 11% 18 4 6% 10 3 32% 0 0 0
5 Yrs 2063 8186 3.97 4868 59% 31% 16% 26% 28% 69% 0% 41% 77% 32% 5% 100 0 14% 286 52 10% 203 52 33% 18 0 9
MLB Averages 3.62 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 31% 6% 16% 9% 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
1982 24 10 5 5 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .800 1.000 160 4 0 0 0 0 0
1983 25 32 98 90 24 26 2 3 4 7 8 3 7 17 .289 .340 .511 .851 132 46 1 0 1 0 0
1984 26 172 564 487 87 116 13 9 6 36 56 20 67 132 .238 .333 .339 .672 88 165 5 3 6 1 1
1985 27 297 1080 930 154 230 23 17 7 68 112 29 129 257 .247 .340 .331 .671 87 308 10 3 15 3 1
1986 28 451 1708 1469 247 369 46 21 12 126 162 42 198 389 .251 .340 .336 .675 87 493 17 3 30 8 3
1987 29 584 2156 1863 296 451 59 23 13 143 186 47 250 513 .242 .332 .319 .651 80 595 25 4 31 8 3
1988 30 713 2668 2321 361 547 73 27 16 179 230 57 297 598 .236 .323 .311 .634 76 722 28 5 37 8 3
1989 31 832 3204 2765 438 661 81 33 17 197 273 72 381 704 .239 .331 .311 .642 80 859 42 5 45 8 3
1990 32 968 3702 3188 504 762 97 41 20 228 311 87 438 822 .239 .332 .314 .646 81 1001 48 9 56 11 3
1991 33 1105 4045 3470 541 823 104 46 20 247 340 100 492 913 .237 .332 .311 .643 80 1079 52 9 62 12 3
1992 34 1183 4237 3629 568 855 109 49 21 259 354 104 521 958 .236 .332 .310 .642 80 1125 55 9 65 13 3

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
1982 24 10 5 5 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 .200 .200 .800 1.000 1 10
1983 25 22 94 86 21 26 2 3 3 7 8 7 15 .302 .355 .500 .855 16 22
1984 26 140 473 401 68 94 11 6 2 31 50 63 115 .234 .342 .307 .649 42 140
1985 27 125 521 446 70 117 10 8 1 33 57 64 125 .262 .354 .327 .681 52 125
1986 28 154 631 541 96 141 23 4 5 60 51 70 132 .261 .343 .346 .688 65 154
1987 29 133 446 393 48 81 13 2 1 17 24 51 124 .206 .299 .257 .556 30 133
1988 30 129 524 466 74 104 15 4 3 41 48 51 85 .223 .301 .292 .593 41 129
1989 31 119 552 453 87 123 9 6 1 20 46 91 106 .272 .393 .325 .718 58 119
1990 32 136 506 428 72 106 17 8 3 34 40 60 118 .248 .343 .346 .689 51 136
1991 33 137 349 285 40 64 7 5 0 21 30 57 91 .225 .353 .284 .637 29 137
1992 34 78 194 160 29 33 5 3 1 13 14 30 45 .206 .330 .294 .624 16 78
11 Yrs 1183 4295 3664 611 890 112 49 21 278 368 544 958 .243 .341 .317 .659 401 1183
162 Game Avg. 162 588 502 84 122 15 7 3 38 50 74 131 .243 .341 .317 .659 55 1183

* 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

Gold Gloves
1985 AL (OF)
1986 AL (OF)
1988 AL (OF)
1989 AL (OF)
1990 AL (OF)
All multiple winners

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1986 AL  2.4 (4th)
1987 AL  1.6 (8th)
Career  9.6 (227th)

Triples s c a p y
1985 AL  8 (7th)
1990 AL  8 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1989 AL  84 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1984 AL  115 (10th)
1985 AL  125 (8th)
1986 AL  132 (10th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1984 AL  48 (4th)
1985 AL  56 (2nd)
1986 AL  50 (2nd)
1988 AL  44 (2nd)
1989 AL  43 (4th)
1990 AL  38 (5th)
1991 AL  29 (10th)
Career  354 (104th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1986 AL  15 (3rd)
1990 AL  11 (9th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1984 AL  17 (3rd)
1986 AL  13 (8th)
1988 AL  10 (6th)
1989 AL  15 (6th)
1990 AL  15 (7th)
1991 AL  13 (6th)
Career  104 (105th)

SB % s c a p y
1985 AL  86.15 (4th)
1987 AL  82.76 (10th)
Career  77.29 (90th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 18 (1085), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1412), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1466), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Bill North (927)
  2. Hugh Nicol (924)
  3. Darren Lewis (915)
  4. Joe Sommer (911)
  5. Ossie Vitt (910)
  6. Tom Goodwin (905)
  7. Jimmy McAleer (903)
  8. Jim Fogarty (903)
  9. Davy Jones (899)
  10. Ed Andrews (896)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Thurman Tucker (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Chuck Carr (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Gerald Young (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Danny Moeller (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Danny Moeller (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Hugh Nicol (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Tom Goodwin (920)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Darren Lewis (915)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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