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Ken Phelps

Kenneth Allen Phelps (Digger)

Positions: Designated Hitter, Pinch Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 209 lb.

Born: August 6, 1954 in Seattle, WA
High School: Ingraham HS (Seattle, WA)
School: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 15th round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1980
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Yankees/Athletics/Royals/Indians/... 1980-1990

Final Game: September 8, 1990
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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
1976	21	KCR-min	Rk,A	52	170	170		48	14	3	4						.282	.282	.471	.753		80							ROY,WLO · GULF,MIDW
1977	22	KCR-min	AA,A	121	491	407	52	101	13	3	10	72	2	1	68	62	.248	.363	.369	.732		150		9	1	6			JCK,DYB · SOUL,FLOR
1978	23	KCR-min	AA	124	495	381	65	94	20	0	16	61	1	0	99	57	.247	.407	.425	.832		162		7	3	5			JCK · SOUL
1979	24	KCR-min	AAA	130	538	430	71	114	26	3	20	77	4	4	98	72	.265	.406	.479	.885		206		6	1	3			OMA · AA
1980	25	KCR-min	AAA	133	586	442	80	130	30	3	23	72	4	2	128	84	.294	.456	.532	.988		235		8	3	5			OMA · AA
1980	25	KCR	AL	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/3
1981	26	KCR-min	AAA	19	78	66	9	22	8	1	5	21	0	0	12	9	.333	.436	.712	1.148		47		0	0	0	1		OMA · AA
1981	26	KCR	AL	21	23	22	1	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	13	.136	.174	.227	.401	16	5	0	0	0	0	0	/D3
1982	27	WSN-min	AAA	132	574	453	112	151	23	4	46	141	2	4	108	99	.333	.469	.706	1.175		320		10	0	3	12		WCH · AA
1982	27	MON	NL	10	9	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.333	.250	.583	65	2	0	1	0	0	0
1983	28	SEA-min	AAA	74	329	270	81	92	29	6	24	82	4	0	54	35	.341	.450	.759	1.209		205		2	0	3	4		SLC · PCL
1983	28	SEA	AL	50	144	127	10	30	4	1	7	16	0	0	13	25	.236	.301	.449	.750	100	57	0	0	1	3	0	3D
1984	29	SEA-min	AAA	12	54	45	7	14	3	0	3	13	0	1	7	10	.311	.407	.578	.985		26		1	0	1	1		SLC · PCL
1984	29	SEA	AL	101	360	290	52	70	9	0	24	51	3	3	61	73	.241	.378	.521	.898	149	151	1	5	0	4	5	D/3
1985	30	SEA	AL	61	140	116	18	24	3	0	9	24	2	0	24	33	.207	.343	.466	.808	120	54	1	0	0	0	2	D/3
1986	31	SEA	AL	125	441	344	69	85	16	4	24	64	2	3	88	96	.247	.406	.526	.932	152	181	4	6	0	3	6	3D
1987	32	SEA	AL	120	424	332	68	86	13	1	27	68	1	1	80	75	.259	.410	.548	.959	147	182	7	8	0	4	5	*D/3
1988	33	TOT	AL	117	371	297	54	78	13	0	24	54	1	0	70	61	.263	.402	.549	.950	162	163	6	1	0	3	5	D/3
1988	33	SEA	AL	72	244	190	37	54	8	0	14	32	1	0	51	35	.284	.434	.547	.982	170	104	3	1	0	2	2	D/3
1988	33	NYY	AL	45	127	107	17	24	5	0	10	22	0	0	19	26	.224	.339	.551	.890	147	59	3	0	0	1	3	D/3
1989	34	TOT	AL	97	228	194	26	47	4	0	7	29	0	0	31	47	.242	.342	.371	.713	103	72	2	0	0	3	2	D/39
1989	34	NYY	AL	86	215	185	26	46	3	0	7	29	0	0	27	47	.249	.340	.378	.718	104	70	2	0	0	3	2	D/39
1989	34	OAK	AL	11	13	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	.111	.385	.222	.607	78	2	0	0	0	0	0	/3D
1990	35	TOT	AL	56	143	120	10	18	2	0	1	6	1	0	22	21	.150	.280	.192	.471	37	23	4	0	0	1	3	D3
1990	35	OAK	AL	32	72	59	6	11	2	0	1	6	0	0	12	10	.186	.319	.271	.591	71	16	1	0	0	1	1	D/3
1990	35	CLE	AL	24	71	61	4	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	11	.115	.239	.115	.354	3	7	3	0	0	0	2	3/D
1991	36	SFG-min	AAA	7	25	22	1	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	.318	.400	.364	.764		8		1	0	0	1		PHX · PCL
11 Yrs				761	2287	1854	308	443	64	7	123	313	10	7	390	449	.239	.374	.480	.854	132	890	25	21	1	21	28
162 Game Avg.				162	487	395	66	94	14	1	26	67	2	1	83	96	.239	.374	.480	.854	132	189	5	4	0	4	6
				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
SEA (6 yrs)				529	1753	1399	254	349	53	6	105	255	9	7	317	337	.249	.392	.521	.913	145	729	16	20	1	16	20
KCR (2 yrs)				24	27	26	1	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	15	.115	.148	.192	.340	-2	5	0	0	0	0	0
OAK (2 yrs)				43	85	68	6	12	3	0	1	6	0	0	16	10	.176	.329	.265	.594	73	18	1	0	0	1	1
NYY (2 yrs)				131	342	292	43	70	8	0	17	51	0	0	46	73	.240	.339	.442	.781	120	129	5	0	0	4	5
CLE (1 yr)				24	71	61	4	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	11	.115	.239	.115	.354	3	7	3	0	0	0	2
MON (1 yr)				10	9	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.333	.250	.583	65	2	0	1	0	0	0

AL (10 yrs)				751	2278	1846	308	441	64	7	123	313	10	7	390	446	.239	.374	.481	.855	133	888	25	20	1	21	28
NL (1 yr)				10	9	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.333	.250	.583	65	2	0	1	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
1980	25	KCR	AL	3	4	-1	0	0	-0	-0	-1	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.450	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	/3
1981	26	KCR	AL	21	23	-2	0	0	0	-0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.486	.498	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$	/D3
1982	27	MON	NL	10	9	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.497	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
1983	28	SEA	AL	50	144	-0	-1	0	-0	-3	-4	-0.3	4	0	0.1	.492	.497	0.1	-0.3	1	$	3D
1984	29	SEA	AL	101	360	18	-0	0	1	-9	9	1.1	11	20	2.1	.510	.506	2.0	-0.8	20	$	D/3
1985	30	SEA	AL	61	140	3	1	0	-0	-3	1	0.1	4	5	0.5	.502	.501	0.6	-0.3	5	$180,000	D/3
1986	31	SEA	AL	125	441	27	0	-0	-11	-9	8	0.9	14	21	2.2	.506	.505	3.3	-1.9	32	$235,000	3D
1987	32	SEA	AL	120	424	22	-0	-0	0	-12	10	1.1	13	23	2.3	.508	.506	2.3	-1.0	23	$300,000	*D/3
1988	33	SEA	AL	72	244	18	-2	-0	-0	-6	10	1.1	8	18	1.8	.515	.506	1.9	-0.6	18	$670,000	D/3
1988	33	NYY	AL	45	127	5	-0	0	0	-3	2	0.3	4	6	0.6	.505	.501	0.6	-0.3	6	$	D/3
1989	34	NYY	AL	86	215	1	1	0	0	-6	-4	-0.3	7	3	0.3	.495	.497	0.3	-0.5	3	$655,000	D/39
1989	34	OAK	AL	11	13	-0	0	0	0	-0	0	0.0	0	0	0.1	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/3D
1990	35	OAK	AL	32	72	-2	-0	0	-0	-2	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.2	.486	.497	-0.2	-0.2	-1	$825,000	D/3
1990	35	CLE	AL	24	71	-9	0	-0	1	-2	-10	-1.0	2	-7	-0.8	.456	.493	-0.9	-0.0	-8	$	3/D
11 Seasons				761	2287	79	-1	0	-9	-55	14	2.0	70	84	8.7	.502	.501	9.7	-6.0	94	$2,865,000

SEA (6 yrs)				529	1753	88	-2	0	-10	-42	34	4.0	54	88	9.0	.506	.504	10.2	-4.9	98	$1,385,000
KCR (2 yrs)				24	27	-4	0	0	0	-1	-4	-0.5	1	-3	-0.3	.481	.499	-0.3	-0.0	-3	$
OAK (2 yrs)				43	85	-2	-0	0	-0	-2	-4	-0.4	3	-1	-0.1	.489	.499	-0.2	-0.2	-1	$825,000
NYY (2 yrs)				131	342	6	1	0	0	-9	-2	-0.1	10	9	0.9	.498	.499	0.9	-0.8	9	$655,000
CLE (1 yr)				24	71	-9	0	-0	1	-2	-10	-1.0	2	-7	-0.8	.456	.493	-0.9	-0.0	-8	$
MON (1 yr)				10	9	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.497	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

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
1980	25	KCR	AL	4	4	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.269	.000	.332	.000	.399	.000	.731	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1981	26	KCR	AL	23	19	1	1.4	87	.333	.136	.254	.174	.318	.227	.369	.401	.687	16	.126	-2.6	-0.3	.316	.136	.091
1982	27	MON	NL	9	6	1	4.5	96	.400	.250	.268	.333	.331	.250	.389	.583	.721	65	.529	-0.4	-0.0	.500	.000	.000
1983	28	SEA	AL	144	101	19	5.0	101	.235	.236	.270	.301	.333	.449	.408	.750	.740	100	.547	-0.3	-0.0	.722	.315	.213	.0
1984	29	SEA	AL	360	228	63	7.4	95	.234	.241	.261	.378	.324	.521	.394	.898	.718	149	.712	21.4	2.1	.969	.490	.279	5.3
1985	30	SEA	AL	140	93	20	5.8	99	.203	.207	.261	.343	.327	.466	.406	.808	.733	120	.602	3.3	0.3	.860	.483	.259	3.3
1986	31	SEA	AL	441	269	81	8.0	100	.269	.247	.262	.406	.330	.526	.408	.932	.737	152	.730	29.4	2.8	1.030	.532	.279	3.7
1987	32	SEA	AL	424	258	81	8.4	110	.252	.259	.271	.410	.340	.548	.435	.959	.775	147	.722	26.3	2.5	1.063	.530	.289	1.9
1988	33	TOT	AL	371	228	70	8.2	96	.251	.263	.262	.402	.327	.549	.394	.950	.722	162	.758	27.7	2.7	1.044	.525	.286	1.9
1988	33	SEA	AL	244	141	50	9.5	98	.280	.284	.264	.434	.330	.547	.397	.982	.727	170	.803	21.0	2.1	1.129	.537	.263	1.9
1988	33	NYY	AL	127	87	20	6.2	94	.194	.224	.258	.339	.323	.551	.389	.890	.712	147	.648	6.6	0.7	.907	.505	.327	.0
1989	34	TOT	AL	228	152	27	4.8	92	.280	.242	.259	.342	.324	.371	.382	.713	.706	103	.542	1.6	0.2	.691	.289	.129	.0
1989	34	NYY	AL	215	144	26	4.8	92	.291	.249	.260	.340	.324	.378	.382	.718	.706	104	.549	1.5	0.2	.688	.276	.130	.0
1989	34	OAK	AL	13	8	1	3.3	91	.111	.111	.257	.385	.322	.222	.379	.607	.700	78	.383	0.1	0.0	.750	.556	.111
1990	35	TOT	AL	143	107	8	2.0	92	.172	.150	.256	.280	.323	.192	.382	.471	.706	37	.192	-9.5	-1.0	.434	.233	.042	1.0
1990	35	OAK	AL	72	50	6	3.2	90	.204	.186	.253	.319	.321	.271	.379	.591	.700	71	.362	-1.7	-0.2	.571	.288	.085	.0
1990	35	CLE	AL	71	57	2	0.9	94	.140	.115	.258	.239	.326	.115	.386	.354	.712	3	.056	-7.9	-0.8	.316	.180	.000	.0
11 Yrs				2287	1465	371	6.8	99	.246	.239	.263	.374	.329	.480	.403	.854	.733	132	.671	95.9	9.2	.904	.453	.241	18.5
162 Game Avg.				487	312	79	6.8	99	.246	.239	.263	.374	.329	.480	.403	.854	.733	132	.671	20	2	.904	.453	.241	4
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
SEA (6 yrs)				1753	1090	314	7.7	101	.251	.249	.265	.392	.331	.521	.410	.913	.741	145	.715	101.2	9.8	.995	.500	.272	16.6
KCR (2 yrs)				27	23	1	1.2	89	.273	.115	.256	.148	.320	.192	.374	.340	.694	-2	.089	-3.7	-0.4	.261	.115	.077
OAK (2 yrs)				85	58	7	3.2	91	.190	.176	.254	.329	.321	.265	.379	.594	.700	73	.364	-1.6	-0.2	.596	.324	.088	.0
NYY (2 yrs)				342	231	46	5.3	93	.257	.240	.259	.339	.324	.442	.385	.781	.709	120	.590	8.1	0.8	.771	.360	.202	.0
CLE (1 yr)				71	57	2	0.9	94	.140	.115	.258	.239	.326	.115	.386	.354	.712	3	.056	-7.9	-0.8	.316	.180	.000	.0
MON (1 yr)				9	6	1	4.5	96	.400	.250	.268	.333	.331	.250	.389	.583	.721	65	.529	-0.4	-0.0	.500	.000	.000

AL (10 yrs)				2278	1459	370	6.8	99	.245	.239	.263	.374	.329	.481	.403	.855	.733	133	.671	96.2	9.2	.905	.455	.242	18.5
NL (1 yr)				9	6	1	4.5	96	.400	.250	.268	.333	.331	.250	.389	.583	.721	65	.529	-0.4	-0.0	.500	.000	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	H	2B	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
1989	34	OAK	AL	ALCS	TOR	W	1	1	1	1	1	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	2
1989	34	OAK	AL	WS	SFG	W	1	1	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1 Yr (2 Series)							2	2	2	1	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2
1 ALCS							1	1	1	1	1	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	2
1 WS							1	1	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	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
1980	25	KCR	AL	4	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0					50%
1981	26	KCR	AL	23	0.0%	56.5%	4.4%	4.4%	33%	13.00	1.7		22.0		0.50	39%
1982	27	MON	NL	9	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.7				2.00	56%
1983	28	SEA	AL	144	4.9%	17.4%	9.0%	8.3%	40%	1.92	5.1	18.1	7.9		0.48	68%
1984	29	SEA	AL	360	6.7%	20.3%	16.9%	9.2%	47%	1.20	4.0	12.1	5.7		0.50	55%
1985	30	SEA	AL	140	6.4%	23.6%	17.1%	8.6%	50%	1.38	3.5	12.9	4.8		0.64	53%
1986	31	SEA	AL	441	5.4%	21.8%	20.0%	10.0%	52%	1.09	3.6	14.3	5.4		0.71	51%
1987	32	SEA	AL	424	6.4%	17.7%	18.9%	9.7%	48%	0.94	4.4	12.3	4.9		0.75	55%
1988	33	TOT	AL	371	6.5%	16.4%	18.9%	10.0%	47%	0.87	4.9	12.4	5.5	0.46	0.67	58%	23%	25.0%	39%
1988	33	SEA	AL	244	5.7%	14.3%	20.9%	9.0%	41%	0.69	5.4	13.6	5.9	0.43	0.59	59%	24%	23.3%	42%
1988	33	NYY	AL	127	7.9%	20.5%	15.0%	11.8%	63%	1.37	4.1	10.7	4.9	0.53	0.82	57%	20%	27.8%	32%
1989	34	TOT	AL	228	3.1%	20.6%	13.6%	4.8%	23%	1.52	4.1	27.7	6.7	0.59	0.54	63%	17%	9.7%	23%
1989	34	NYY	AL	215	3.3%	21.9%	12.6%	4.7%	22%	1.74	3.9	26.4	6.4	0.54	0.47	62%	18%	10.1%	24%
1989	34	OAK	AL	13	0.0%	0.0%	30.8%	7.7%	100%	0.00				2.00	3.00	69%	0%	0.0%	0%
1990	35	TOT	AL	143	0.7%	14.7%	15.4%	2.1%	17%	0.95	5.7	120.0	20.0	0.62	0.77	69%	19%	2.5%	34%
1990	35	OAK	AL	72	1.4%	13.9%	16.7%	4.2%	27%	0.83	5.9	59.0	9.8	0.79	0.95	68%	20%	5.0%	29%
1990	35	CLE	AL	71	0.0%	15.5%	14.1%	0.0%	0%	1.10	5.5			0.48	0.64	70%	18%	0.0%	39%
11 Yrs				2287	5.4%	19.6%	17.1%	8.5%	44%	1.15	4.1	15.1	5.9	0.53	0.64	57%	20%	15.4%	33%
MLB Averages					2.1%	14.1%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	1.67	6.3	42.2	8.5	0.80	1.07	74%	20%	6.6%	26%
				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
1980	25	KCR	AL	-1.1	-0.1	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.60	-0.1	-0.0	-0.9	-0.1	0.77	-1.1	1.19	1
1981	26	KCR	AL	-2.6	-0.3	23	-0.2	0.5	-0.7	1.50	-0.3	0.2	-3.1	-0.3	1.15	-2.6	2.03	15
1982	27	MON	NL	-0.4	-0.0	9	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	1.74	-0.1	-0.0	-0.9	-0.1	0.79	-0.6	1.74	8
1983	28	SEA	AL	-0.3	-0.0	144	-0.0	2.2	-2.3	.96	-0.3	0.3	-2.8	-0.3	0.90	-0.9	1.52	11
1984	29	SEA	AL	21.4	2.1	369	1.1	6.6	-5.5	1.00	2.0	-0.9	15.1	1.5	0.96	23.9	1.49	15
1985	30	SEA	AL	3.3	0.3	145	-0.3	2.7	-3.0	1.18	0.3	-0.6	3.4	0.3	1.00	4.8	2.10	25
1986	31	SEA	AL	29.4	2.8	451	2.5	9.6	-7.0	1.01	2.9	-0.4	31.0	3.0	0.95	30.8	1.80	17
1987	32	SEA	AL	26.3	2.5	436	0.3	7.3	-7.0	.95	1.9	-1.6	18.3	1.7	0.95	23.0	2.86	12
1988	33	TOT	AL	27.7	2.7	379	1.2	7.7	-6.5	1.06	2.3	-1.1	23.9	2.3	0.96	32.8	2.05	17
1988	33	SEA	AL	21.0	2.1	249	1.7	5.3	-3.6	1.01	1.7	-0.0	20.2	2.0	0.94	23.4	2.32	5
1988	33	NYY	AL	6.6	0.7	130	-0.5	2.5	-2.9	1.16	0.5	-0.9	3.7	0.4	1.02	9.3	1.94	12
1989	34	TOT	AL	1.6	0.2	231	0.5	4.6	-4.1	1.08	0.2	0.3	4.3	0.4	0.99	2.5	2.09	38
1989	34	NYY	AL	1.5	0.2	218	0.7	4.5	-3.8	1.09	0.2	0.4	4.7	0.5	0.99	2.8	2.24	32
1989	34	OAK	AL	0.1	0.0	13	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	1.02	-0.1	-0.1	-0.4	-0.0	0.89	-0.3	1.32	6
1990	35	TOT	AL	-9.7	-1.0	143	-1.5	1.3	-2.8	.99	-1.2	-0.4	-10.3	-1.1	0.96	-9.8	1.64	17
1990	35	OAK	AL	-1.8	-0.2	72	-0.4	0.8	-1.2	.94	-0.3	-0.1	1.2	0.1	0.97	-0.0	1.60	12
1990	35	CLE	AL	-8.0	-0.8	71	-1.1	0.5	-1.6	1.04	-0.9	-0.2	-11.4	-1.2	0.94	-9.8	1.74	5
11 Yrs				95.7	9.2	2334	3.4	42.6	-39.2	1.03	7.7	-4.4	78.0	7.4	0.96	102.8	1.96	176
				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	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1980	25	KCR	AL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	26	KCR	AL	0	0	25%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1982	27	MON	NL	0	0	0%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	28	SEA	AL	2	0	8%	27	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	25%	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	0
1984	29	SEA	AL	1	0	25%	105	3	3	50%	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	5	34%	23	18	5	8	4	2	10	3	7
1985	30	SEA	AL	1	0	23%	35	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	30%	6	5	1	1	1	0	3	1	2
1986	31	SEA	AL	4	0	29%	140	2	3	40%	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	10	43%	23	17	6	8	3	5	13	5	8
1987	32	SEA	AL	0	0	28%	150	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	19	37%	26	19	7	5	2	3	10	4	5
1988	33	TOT	AL	0	0	24%	124	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	12	26%	27	19	6	10	9	1	9	3	5
1988	33	SEA	AL	0	0	25%	85	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	9	21%	20	15	4	8	7	1	5	3	2
1988	33	NYY	AL	0	0	21%	39	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	39%	7	4	2	2	2	0	4	0	3
1989	34	TOT	AL	2	0	27%	70	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	56%	9	4	5	3	3	0	6	1	5
1989	34	NYY	AL	2	0	29%	68	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	56%	9	4	5	3	3	0	6	1	5
1989	34	OAK	AL	0	0	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	35	TOT	AL	1	0	23%	38	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	36%	6	5	0	4	1	3	1	0	1
1990	35	OAK	AL	1	0	23%	16	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	50%	2	1	0	4	1	3	0	0	0
1990	35	CLE	AL	0	0	24%	22	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20%	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
11 Yrs				11	0	25%	691	10	7	59%	9	6	1	0	0	1	1	1	29	56	36%	123	90	30	40	23	15	54	18	34
				ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH

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
1980	25	KCR	AL	4	75%	0			1	0	0	0	1.19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1981	26	KCR	AL	23	100%	3			15	2	0	1	2.03	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		22	1	5%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1982	27	MON	NL	9	100%	2			8	2	0	0	1.74	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1983	28	SEA	AL	144	80%	30			11	3	0	2	1.52	7	0	1	6	1	6	1	0	1	1	100%	21	0	0%	10	4	40%	83	9	11%	4	3	75%	6	2	33%	0
1984	29	SEA	AL	360	87%	70			15	2	1	1	1.49	24	0	7	23	1	13	11	0	0	0		63	1	2%	27	8	30%	229	27	12%	20	10	50%	6	4	67%	0
1985	30	SEA	AL	140	92%	24			25	5	1	3	2.10	9	1	7	9	0	5	4	0	0	0		32	1	3%	11	1	9%	109	15	14%	10	4	40%	6	2	33%	0
1986	31	SEA	AL	441	83%	85			17	3	2	3	1.80	24	0	4	23	1	15	9	0	0	0		79	4	5%	23	5	22%	284	41	14%	27	10	37%	13	8	62%	0
1987	32	SEA	AL	424	88%	86			12	2	0	0	2.86	27	0	8	24	3	15	12	0	0	0		83	7	8%	38	11	29%	285	43	15%	30	12	40%	16	8	50%	0
1988	33	TOT	AL	371	94%	78	1	0	17	2	0	2	2.05	24	0	5	23	1	12	12	0	0	0		77	6	8%	22	4	18%	243	31	13%	19	6	32%	7	2	29%	0
1988	33	SEA	AL	244	95%	54	1	0	5	1	0	2	2.32	14	0	2	14	0	6	8	0	0	0		48	3	6%	10	2	20%	146	18	12%	11	4	36%	2	0	0%	0
1988	33	NYY	AL	127	91%	24	0	0	12	1	0	0	1.94	10	0	3	9	1	6	4	0	0	0		29	3	10%	12	2	17%	97	13	13%	8	2	25%	5	2	40%	0
1989	34	TOT	AL	228	93%	47	4	1	38	11	3	8	2.09	7	0	8	7	0	4	3	0	0	0		53	2	4%	21	7	33%	163	24	15%	13	9	69%	11	6	55%	0
1989	34	NYY	AL	215	93%	46	4	1	32	10	3	8	2.24	7	0	8	7	0	4	3	0	0	0		53	2	4%	21	7	33%	154	24	16%	13	9	69%	11	6	55%	0
1989	34	OAK	AL	13	85%	1	0	0	6	1	0	0	1.32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		9	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1990	35	TOT	AL	143	97%	18	1	0	17	4	1	2	1.64	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		25	4	16%	13	4	31%	86	7	8%	6	3	50%	4	2	50%	0
1990	35	OAK	AL	72	97%	11	0	0	12	3	1	2	1.60	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		10	1	10%	5	3	60%	45	6	13%	4	2	50%	2	2	100%	0
1990	35	CLE	AL	71	96%	7	1	0	5	1	0	0	1.74	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		15	3	20%	8	1	13%	41	1	2%	2	1	50%	2	0	0%	0
11 Yrs				2287	89%	443	6	1	176	36	8	22	1.96	123	1	45	116	7	71	52	0	1	1	100%	436	25	6%	165	44	27%	1511	198	13%	129	57	44%	70	35	50%	0
MLB Averages					59%																			78%			11%			35%			15%			52%			55%
				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

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	33	TOT	AL	372	1522	4.09	820	54%	28%	16%	27%	29%	72%	2%	39%	77%	25%	12%	45	6	23%	85	25	13%	50	20	39%	-1	0	0
1988	33	SEA	AL	244	994	4.07	525	53%	28%	14%	27%	30%	72%	1%	38%	80%	27%	15%	36	5	25%	60	16	14%	33	12	40%	0	0	0
1988	33	NYY	AL	128	528	4.13	295	56%	28%	19%	25%	28%	72%	5%	40%	73%	21%	7%	9	1	20%	25	9	13%	17	8	38%	-1	0	0
1989	34	TOT	AL	228	947	4.15	543	57%	24%	17%	30%	28%	76%	1%	43%	77%	25%	6%	14	2	19%	44	24	13%	30	13	15%	0	0	1
1989	34	NYY	AL	215	893	4.15	520	58%	25%	18%	30%	27%	75%	1%	44%	76%	25%	5%	10	0	18%	38	22	13%	27	11	15%	0	0	1
1989	34	OAK	AL	13	54	4.15	23	43%	13%	4%	43%	39%	87%	0%	37%	95%	15%	31%	4	2	46%	6	2	23%	3	2		0	0	0
1990	35	TOT	AL	138	535	3.88	293	55%	27%	14%	25%	33%	72%	5%	40%	80%	25%	8%	11	2	22%	30	11	12%	17	8	42%	5	0	1
1990	35	OAK	AL	71	287	4.04	153	53%	27%	11%	29%	33%	73%	3%	39%	85%	20%	10%	7	2	27%	19	8	14%	10	5	33%	1	0	0
1990	35	CLE	AL	67	248	3.70	140	56%	27%	17%	21%	34%	72%	7%	41%	75%	30%	6%	4	0	16%	11	3	10%	7	3	50%	4	0	1
3 Yrs				738	3004	4.07	1656	55%	27%	16%	28%	29%	73%	2%	40%	78%	25%	9%	70	10	22%	159	60	13%	97	41	31%	4	0	2
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	32%	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
1980	25	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	26	24	27	26	1	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	15	.115	.148	.192	.340	-2	5	0	0	0	0	0
1982	27	34	36	34	1	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	18	.147	.194	.206	.400	15	7	0	1	0	0	0
1983	28	84	180	161	11	35	4	2	7	17	0	0	14	43	.217	.279	.398	.677	84	64	0	1	1	3	0
1984	29	185	540	451	63	105	13	2	31	68	3	3	75	116	.233	.345	.477	.822	126	215	1	6	1	7	5
1985	30	246	680	567	81	129	16	2	40	92	5	3	99	149	.228	.345	.474	.819	125	269	2	6	1	7	7
1986	31	371	1121	911	150	214	32	6	64	156	7	6	187	245	.235	.369	.494	.863	135	450	6	12	1	10	13
1987	32	491	1545	1243	218	300	45	7	91	224	8	7	267	320	.241	.380	.508	.889	139	632	13	20	1	14	18
1988	33	608	1916	1540	272	378	58	7	115	278	9	7	337	381	.245	.384	.516	.901	143	795	19	21	1	17	23
1989	34	705	2144	1734	298	425	62	7	122	307	9	7	368	428	.245	.380	.500	.880	139	867	21	21	1	20	25
1990	35	761	2287	1854	308	443	64	7	123	313	10	7	390	449	.239	.374	.480	.854	132	890	25	21	1	21	28

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1980	25	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
1981	26	32	36	34	2	5	0	2	0	2	0	2	20	.147	.194	.265	.459	2	21
1982	27	10	11	9	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.333	.455	.333	.788	1	10
1983	28	50	144	127	10	30	4	1	7	16	0	13	25	.236	.301	.449	.750	18	50
1984	29	101	367	294	56	74	10	0	25	55	3	64	73	.252	.390	.541	.930	61	101
1985	30	61	140	116	18	24	3	0	9	25	2	24	33	.207	.343	.466	.808	19	61
1986	31	125	443	345	70	86	16	4	24	65	2	89	96	.249	.409	.528	.936	74	125
1987	32	120	414	327	62	81	12	1	25	62	1	75	75	.248	.396	.520	.916	67	120
1988	33	117	375	299	57	80	13	0	25	57	1	72	61	.268	.408	.562	.970	69	117
1989	34	97	233	197	29	50	4	0	7	33	0	33	47	.254	.356	.381	.737	28	97
1990	35	56	147	122	12	20	2	0	1	7	1	24	21	.164	.299	.205	.504	8	56
11 Yrs		772	2314	1874	316	453	64	8	123	322	10	396	456	.242	.377	.481	.858	347	761
162 Game Avg.		162	486	393	66	95	13	2	26	68	2	83	96	.242	.377	.481	.858	73	761

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Bases on Balls s c a p y 1986 AL 88 (8th)	Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y 1986 AL 29 (6th)	Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y 1986 AL 2.8 (6th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1987 AL 8 (8th)
AB per HR s c a p y 1984 AL 12.1 (9th) 1986 AL 14.3 (6th) 1987 AL 12.3 (7th) 1988 AL 12.4 (5th)	Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y 1986 AL 31.05 (10th)	Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1986 AL 2.9 (9th)	Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y 1986 AL 3.0 (10th)

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† 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 Ink	Batting - 2 (2156), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 16 (993), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Most Similar by Ages

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Dave Hostetler (946) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Sam Horn (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Marcus Thames (924) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Marcus Thames (926) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Marcus Thames (930) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dale Long (882) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball.

Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of 24-7 Baseball.

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