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Mike Piazza

Michael Joseph Piazza

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: September 4, 1968 in Norristown, PA
High School: Phoenixville (Phoenixville, PA)
Schools: Miami Dade College, University of Miami
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 62nd round of the 1988 amateur draft.
Signed July 11, 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1992
Teams (by GP): Mets/Dodgers/Padres/Athletics/Marlins 1992-2007
Agents: Dan Lozano,Dennis Gilbert [*]
Final Game: September 30, 2007
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 7, 2012, 12:16AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #62. Dan Brouthers… #63. Dave Winfield… #64. Yogi Berra… #65. MIKE PIAZZA… #66. Arky Vaughan… #67. Sam Crawford… #68. Reggie Jackson… 

Standard Batting

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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
1992 23 LAD NL 21 74 69 5 16 3 0 1 7 0 0 4 12 .232 .284 .319 .603 72 22 1 1 0 0 0 2
1993 24 LAD NL 149 602 547 81 174 24 2 35 112 3 4 46 86 .318 .370 .561 .932 151 307 10 3 0 6 6 *2/3 AS,MVP-9,RoY-1,SS
1994 25 LAD NL 107 441 405 64 129 18 0 24 92 1 3 33 65 .319 .370 .541 .910 140 219 11 1 0 2 10 *2 AS,MVP-6,SS
1995 26 LAD NL 112 475 434 82 150 17 0 32 93 1 0 39 80 .346 .400 .606 1.006 172 263 10 1 0 1 10 *2 AS,MVP-4,SS
1996 27 LAD NL 148 631 547 87 184 16 0 36 105 0 3 81 93 .336 .422 .563 .985 166 308 21 1 0 2 21 *2 AS,MVP-2,SS
1997 28 LAD NL 152 633 556 104 201 32 1 40 124 5 1 69 77 .362 .431 .638 1.070 185 355 19 3 0 5 11 *2 AS,MVP-2,SS
1998 29 TOT NL 151 626 561 88 184 38 1 32 111 1 0 58 80 .328 .390 .570 .960 152 320 15 2 0 5 14 *2/D AS,MVP-14,SS
1998 29 LAD NL 37 161 149 20 42 5 0 9 30 0 0 11 27 .282 .329 .497 .826 119 74 3 0 0 1 4 2
1998 29 FLA NL 5 19 18 1 5 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 .278 .263 .389 .652 74 7 0 0 0 1 0 /2
1998 29 NYM NL 109 446 394 67 137 33 0 23 76 1 0 47 53 .348 .417 .607 1.024 167 239 12 2 0 3 10 2/D
1999 30 NYM NL 141 593 534 100 162 25 0 40 124 2 2 51 70 .303 .361 .575 .936 134 307 27 1 0 7 11 *2 AS,MVP-7,SS
2000 31 NYM NL 136 545 482 90 156 26 0 38 113 4 2 58 69 .324 .398 .614 1.012 155 296 15 3 0 2 10 *2 AS,MVP-3,SS
2001 32 NYM NL 141 573 503 81 151 29 0 36 94 0 2 67 87 .300 .384 .573 .957 147 288 20 2 0 1 19 *2 AS,MVP-13,SS
2002 33 NYM NL 135 541 478 69 134 23 2 33 98 0 3 57 82 .280 .359 .544 .903 137 260 26 3 0 3 9 *2 AS,SS
2003 34 NYM NL 68 273 234 37 67 13 0 11 34 0 0 35 40 .286 .377 .483 .860 126 113 11 1 0 3 3 2/3
2004 35 NYM NL 129 528 455 47 121 21 0 20 54 0 0 68 78 .266 .362 .444 .806 108 202 14 2 0 3 14 32 AS
2005 36 NYM NL 113 442 398 41 100 23 0 19 62 0 0 41 67 .251 .326 .452 .778 104 180 7 3 0 0 6 2 AS
2006 37 SDP NL 126 439 399 39 113 19 1 22 68 0 0 34 66 .283 .342 .501 .843 122 200 13 3 0 3 2 2
2007 38 OAK AL 83 329 309 33 85 17 1 8 44 0 0 18 61 .275 .313 .414 .727 95 128 9 0 0 2 0
16 Seasons 1912 7745 6911 1048 2127 344 8 427 1335 17 20 759 1113 .308 .377 .545 .922 142 3768 229 30 0 45 146
162 Game Avg. 162 656 586 89 180 29 1 36 113 1 2 64 94 .308 .377 .545 .922 142 319 19 3 0 4 12
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
NYM (8 yrs) 972 3941 3478 532 1028 193 2 220 655 7 9 424 546 .296 .373 .542 .915 136 1885 132 17 0 22 82
LAD (7 yrs) 726 3017 2707 443 896 115 3 177 563 10 11 283 440 .331 .394 .572 .966 159 1548 75 10 0 17 62
OAK (1 yr) 83 329 309 33 85 17 1 8 44 0 0 18 61 .275 .313 .414 .727 95 128 9 0 0 2 0
SDP (1 yr) 126 439 399 39 113 19 1 22 68 0 0 34 66 .283 .342 .501 .843 122 200 13 3 0 3 2
FLA (1 yr) 5 19 18 1 5 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 .278 .263 .389 .652 74 7 0 0 0 1 0
NL (15 yrs) 1829 7416 6602 1015 2042 327 7 419 1291 17 20 741 1052 .309 .379 .551 .931 144 3640 220 30 0 43 146
AL (1 yr) 83 329 309 33 85 17 1 8 44 0 0 18 61 .275 .313 .414 .727 95 128 9 0 0 2 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1992 23 LAD NL 74 -3 0 1 0 -1 1 2 0 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ 2
1993 24 LAD NL 602 37 -5 2 0 8 9 17 68 7.0 60 6.3 0.7 $126,000 *2/3 AS,MVP-9,RoY-1,SS
1994 25 LAD NL 441 25 0 -1 -1 -2 6 12 39 4.0 41 4.1 -0.1 $600,000 *2 AS,MVP-6,SS
1995 26 LAD NL 475 41 0 5 -2 -2 7 13 62 6.3 64 6.6 -0.3 $900,000 *2 AS,MVP-4,SS
1996 27 LAD NL 631 52 -5 -3 -2 -8 9 17 60 6.1 68 7.0 -0.9 $2,700,000 *2 AS,MVP-2,SS
1997 28 LAD NL 633 72 -3 2 -3 -2 8 18 92 9.3 94 9.7 -0.4 $7,000,000 *2 AS,MVP-2,SS
1998 29 LAD NL 161 3 -1 2 0 -1 2 4 9 0.9 10 1.0 -0.1 $8,000,000 2 AS,MVP-14,SS
1998 29 FLA NL 19 -1 -1 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ /2 AS,MVP-14,SS
1998 29 NYM NL 446 38 -1 0 -1 0 6 13 55 5.5 55 5.7 -0.2 $ 2/D AS,MVP-14,SS
1999 30 NYM NL 593 23 1 3 -4 -3 8 16 44 4.3 47 4.7 -0.4 $7,171,428 *2 AS,MVP-7,SS
2000 31 NYM NL 545 39 -2 -1 -2 -3 7 16 54 5.2 57 5.6 -0.4 $12,071,429 *2 AS,MVP-3,SS
2001 32 NYM NL 573 30 -3 4 -2 -11 8 16 42 4.2 53 5.4 -1.2 $13,571,429 *2 AS,MVP-13,SS
2002 33 NYM NL 541 26 -1 -1 -5 -12 7 15 29 3.0 41 4.3 -1.3 $10,571,429 *2 AS,SS
2003 34 NYM NL 273 11 0 0 -2 -1 4 8 20 2.0 21 2.2 -0.2 $15,571,429 2/3
2004 35 NYM NL 528 2 -3 -1 -3 -12 -2 15 -4 -0.4 8 0.8 -1.2 $16,071,429 32 AS
2005 36 NYM NL 442 2 -1 -1 -1 -9 5 13 8 0.8 17 1.8 -1.0 $16,071,429 2 AS
2006 37 SDP NL 439 10 -3 1 -1 -11 5 13 14 1.4 25 2.5 -1.1 $1,250,000 2
2007 38 OAK AL 329 -4 -3 0 -1 0 -7 12 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $8,500,000
16 Seasons 7745 403 -31 12 -30 -70 83 221 588 59.1 658 67.4 -8.3 $120,176,002
Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
NYM (8 yrs) 3941 171 -10 3 -20 -51 43 112 248 24.6 299 30.5 -5.9 $91,100,002
LAD (7 yrs) 3017 227 -14 8 -8 -8 42 83 330 33.6 338 34.8 -1.2 $19,326,000
OAK (1 yr) 329 -4 -3 0 -1 0 -7 12 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $8,500,000
SDP (1 yr) 439 10 -3 1 -1 -11 5 13 14 1.4 25 2.5 -1.1 $1,250,000
FLA (1 yr) 19 -1 -1 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $

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
1995 26 LAD NL NLDS CIN L 3 14 14 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .214 .214 .500 .714 7 0 0 0 0 0
1996 27 LAD NL NLDS ATL L 3 12 10 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .300 .333 .300 .633 3 0 0 0 1 0
1999 30 NYM NL NLDS ARI W 2 9 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .222 .222 .222 .444 2 0 0 0 0 0
1999 30 NYM NL NLCS ATL L 6 26 24 1 4 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 6 .167 .192 .292 .484 7 0 0 0 1 1
2000 31 NYM NL NLDS SFG W 4 18 14 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 .214 .389 .286 .675 4 0 0 0 0 1
2000 31 NYM NL NLCS STL W 5 22 17 7 7 3 0 2 4 0 0 5 0 .412 .545 .941 1.487 16 1 0 0 0 3
2000 31 NYM NL WS NYY L 5 22 22 3 6 2 0 2 4 0 1 0 4 .273 .273 .636 .909 14 0 0 0 0 0
2006 37 SDP NL NLDS STL L 4 10 10 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .100 .100 .200 .300 2 1 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons (8 Series) 32 133 120 14 29 8 0 6 15 0 1 11 22 .242 .301 .458 .759 55 2 0 0 2 5
5 NLDS 16 63 57 3 12 3 0 1 3 0 0 5 12 .211 .270 .316 .586 18 1 0 0 1 1
2 NLCS 11 48 41 8 11 3 0 3 8 0 0 6 6 .268 .354 .561 .915 23 1 0 0 1 4
1 WS 5 22 22 3 6 2 0 2 4 0 1 0 4 .273 .273 .636 .909 14 0 0 0 0 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 Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1992 LAD NL 23 C 16 102 94 7 1 1 .990 -1 6.31 .991 6.67 1 10 4 29%
1993 LAD NL 24 C 146 1009 899 99 11 10 .989 8 6.84 .989 6.69 14 108 59 35% AS,MVP-9,RoY-1,SS
1993 LAD NL 24 1B 1 2 2 0 0 1 1.000 -0 2.00 .990 9.60 AS,MVP-9,RoY-1,SS
1994 LAD NL 25 C 104 688 640 38 10 7 .985 -2 6.52 .991 7.05 7 76 26 25% AS,MVP-6,SS
1995 LAD NL 26 C 112 866 805 52 9 8 .990 -2 7.65 .989 7.37 12 88 29 25% AS,MVP-4,SS
1996 LAD NL 27 C 146 1134 1055 70 9 6 .992 -8 7.71 .989 7.45 12 155 34 18% AS,MVP-2,SS
1997 LAD NL 28 C 139 1135 1045 74 16 10 .986 -2 8.05 .990 7.62 10 112 43 28% AS,MVP-2,SS
1997 LAD NL 28 DH 7 7 AS,MVP-2,SS
1998 TOT NL 29 C 140 140 115 1190.0 1080 984 85 11 7 .990 -1 -1 8.08 7.64 .990 63.85 7.47 5 29 115 41 26% 0 AS,MVP-14,SS
1998 LAD NL 29 C 37 37 28 309.2 304 277 25 2 1 .993 -1 -4 8.78 8.16 .990 63.86 7.47 0 9 38 12 24% 0
1998 FLA NL 29 C 4 4 4 35.0 31 27 3 1 1 .968 0 0 7.71 7.50 .990 63.85 7.48 0 2 3 1 25% 0
1998 NYM NL 29 C 99 99 83 845.1 745 680 57 8 5 .989 0 0 7.85 7.44 .990 63.85 7.47 5 18 74 28 27% 0
1998 NYM NL 29 DH 4 4 AS,MVP-14,SS
1999 NYM NL 30 C 137 1011 953 47 11 5 .989 -3 7.30 .990 7.35 7 115 37 24% AS,MVP-7,SS
1999 NYM NL 30 DH 1 1 AS,MVP-7,SS
2000 NYM NL 31 C 124 903 862 38 3 10 .997 -3 7.26 .990 7.38 3 110 32 23% AS,MVP-3,SS
2000 NYM NL 31 DH 5 5 AS,MVP-3,SS
2001 NYM NL 32 C 131 986 919 58 9 5 .991 -11 7.46 .992 7.65 7 114 33 22% AS,MVP-13,SS
2001 NYM NL 32 DH 5 5 AS,MVP-13,SS
2002 NYM NL 33 C 121 869 811 46 12 3 .986 -12 7.08 .991 7.47 8 125 27 18% AS,SS
2002 NYM NL 33 DH 6 6 AS,SS
2003 NYM NL 34 C 64 384 346 31 7 7 .982 -1 1 5.89 .992 7.26 1 59 23 28%
2003 NYM NL 34 1B 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 3.00 .993 9.50
2004 NYM NL 35 1B 68 541 498 35 8 44 .985 -9 -7 7.84 .993 9.44 AS
2004 NYM NL 35 C 50 280 260 15 5 1 .982 -3 -3 5.50 .993 7.40 5 34 9 21% AS
2004 NYM NL 35 DH 8 8 AS
2005 NYM NL 36 C 101 659 618 39 2 5 .997 -9 -11 6.50 .992 7.16 3 82 13 14% AS
2005 NYM NL 36 DH 5 5 AS
2006 SDP NL 37 C 99 595 553 34 8 3 .987 -11 1 5.93 .992 7.32 7 97 13 12%
2006 SDP NL 37 DH 8 8
2007 OAK AL 38 DH 71 71
15 Seasons C 1630 140 115 1190.0 11701 10844 733 124 88 .989 -61 -12 -62 8.08 7.10 .990 63.85 7.33 102 29 1400 423 23% 0
3 Seasons 1B 70 546 503 35 8 45 .985 -9 -7 7.69 .993 9.44
16 Seasons TOT 1700 140 115 1190.0 12247 11347 768 132 133 .989 -70 -19 -71 8.08 7.13 .991 63.85 7.42 102 29 1400 423 23% 0
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% 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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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

All-Star Games
1993 *
1994 (C)
1995 (C)
1996 (C)
1997 (C)
1998 (C)
1999 (C)
2000
2001 (C)
2002 (C)
2004 (C)
2005 (C)

Awards (yr lg award)
1993 NL Rookie of the Year
1996 ML AS MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1993 NL (9, 12%)
1994 NL (6, 31%)
1995 NL (4, 55%)
1996 NL (2, 60%)
1997 NL (2, 67%)
1998 NL (14, 3%)
1999 NL (7, 24%)
2000 NL (3, 60%)
2001 NL (13, 3%)
3.15 Career Shares (29th)

Silver Sluggers
1993 NL (C)
1994 NL (C)
1995 NL (C)
1996 NL (C)
1997 NL (C)
1998 NL (C)
1999 NL (C)
2000 NL (C)
2001 NL (C)
2002 NL (C)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1993 NL  7.0 (3rd)
1995 NL  6.3 (5th)
1997 NL  9.3 (2nd)
Career  59.1 (161st)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1993 NL  7.0 (2nd)
1994 NL  4.0 (10th)
1995 NL  6.3 (4th)
1996 NL  6.1 (8th)
1997 NL  9.3 (2nd)
Career  59.1 (116th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1993 NL  6.3 (4th)
1994 NL  4.1 (7th)
1995 NL  6.6 (2nd)
1996 NL  7.0 (6th)
1997 NL  9.7 (1st)
1998 NL  6.6 (5th)
2000 NL  5.6 (9th)
Career  67.4 (63rd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1993 NL  .318 (7th)
1995 NL  .346 (2nd)
1996 NL  .336 (3rd)
1997 NL  .362 (3rd)
1998 NL  .328 (4th)
2000 NL  .324 (10th)
Career  .308 (120th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1995 NL  .400 (6th)
1996 NL  .422 (4th)
1997 NL  .431 (3rd)
Career  .377 (199th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1993 NL  .561 (4th)
1995 NL  .606 (3rd)
1996 NL  .563 (9th)
1997 NL  .638 (2nd)
1998 NL  .570 (10th)
1999 NL  .575 (9th)
2000 NL  .614 (9th)
Career  .545 (31st)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1993 NL  .932 (4th)
1995 NL  1.006 (2nd)
1996 NL  .985 (6th)
1997 NL  1.070 (2nd)
1998 NL  .960 (9th)
Career  .922 (50th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1997 NL  104 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1997 NL  201 (3rd)
Career  2,127 (205th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1993 NL  307 (4th)
1997 NL  355 (2nd)
Career  3,768 (111th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1993 NL  35 (6th)
1994 NL  24 (10th)
1995 NL  32 (5th)
1996 NL  36 (9th)
1997 NL  40 (4th)
1999 NL  40 (7th)
2000 NL  38 (10th)
Career  427 (43rd)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1993 NL  112 (4th)
1994 NL  92 (5th)
1995 NL  93 (10th)
1997 NL  124 (4th)
1999 NL  124 (7th)
Career  1,335 (84th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1996 NL  81 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
Career  1,113 (190th)

Singles s c a p y
1996 NL  132 (5th)
1997 NL  128 (5th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1993 NL  151 (2nd)
1995 NL  172 (1st)
1996 NL  166 (5th)
1997 NL  185 (1st)
2000 NL  155 (8th)
Career  142 (63rd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1993 NL  112 (6th)
1995 NL  103 (10th)
1996 NL  125 (8th)
1997 NL  150 (4th)
Career  1,378 (116th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1993 NL  38 (4th)
1994 NL  23 (10th)
1995 NL  43 (2nd)
1996 NL  53 (5th)
1997 NL  69 (2nd)
Career  421 (66th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1993 NL  3.7 (4th)
1994 NL  2.2 (10th)
1995 NL  4.1 (2nd)
1996 NL  5.0 (5th)
1997 NL  6.5 (2nd)
Career  39.4 (73rd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1997 NL  73 (5th)
Career  779 (119th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1996 NL  266 (7th)
1997 NL  273 (5th)
Career  2,916 (221st)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1993 NL  .714 (6th)
1995 NL  .770 (2nd)
1996 NL  .742 (6th)
1997 NL  .805 (2nd)
1998 NL  .731 (10th)
Career  .669 (137th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1995 NL  10 (7th)
1996 NL  21 (2nd)
1997 NL  11 (8th)
1998 NL  14 (3rd)
1999 NL  11 (8th)
2001 NL  19 (6th)
2004 NL  14 (4th)
Career  146 (48th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1996 NL  21 (3rd)
1997 NL  19 (4th)
1999 NL  27 (1st)
2001 NL  20 (6th)
2002 NL  26 (3rd)
Career  229 (49th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1993 NL  15.6 (8th)
1994 NL  16.9 (8th)
1995 NL  13.6 (1st)
1996 NL  15.2 (9th)
1997 NL  13.9 (4th)
1999 NL  13.4 (7th)
2000 NL  12.7 (7th)
2001 NL  14.0 (10th)
2002 NL  14.5 (6th)
Career  16.2 (34th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1993 NL  47.54 (3rd)
1994 NL  32.84 (8th)
1995 NL  49.28 (3rd)
1996 NL  51.86 (6th)
1997 NL  68.90 (3rd)
2000 NL  50.89 (9th)
Career  448.50 (47th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1996 NL  6.2 (4th)
1997 NL  5.6 (5th)
2000 NL  5.3 (5th)
Career  38.7 (58th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1993 NL  4.6 (3rd)
1995 NL  4.9 (2nd)
1996 NL  4.7 (5th)
1997 NL  6.9 (3rd)
2000 NL  4.7 (10th)
Career  43.8 (43rd)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1993 NL  4.7 (3rd)
1994 NL  3.2 (8th)
1995 NL  4.8 (3rd)
1996 NL  5.1 (5th)
1997 NL  6.7 (3rd)
2000 NL  4.7 (9th)
Career  43.1 (47th)

Putouts† s c a p y
Career  11,347 (98th)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1993 NL  146 (1st)
1994 NL  104 (1st)
1995 NL  112 (3rd)
1996 NL  146 (2nd)
1997 NL  139 (2nd)
1998 NL  140 (2nd)
1999 NL  137 (2nd)
2000 NL  124 (3rd)
2001 NL  131 (3rd)
Career  1,630 (20th)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1993 NL  899 (2nd)
1994 NL  640 (2nd)
1995 NL  805 (1st)
1996 NL  1,055 (1st)
1997 NL  1,045 (1st)
1998 NL  984 (2nd)
1999 NL  953 (1st)
2000 NL  862 (2nd)
2001 NL  919 (3rd)
2002 NL  811 (4th)
Career  10,844 (8th)

Assists as C s c a p y
1993 NL  99 (1st)
1995 NL  52 (5th)
1996 NL  70 (5th)
1997 NL  74 (2nd)
1998 NL  85 (1st)
Career  733 (90th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1993 NL  11 (1st)
1994 NL  10 (1st)
1995 NL  9 (3rd)
1997 NL  16 (1st)
1998 NL  11 (2nd)
1999 NL  11 (2nd)
2001 NL  9 (4th)
2002 NL  12 (1st)
2006 NL  8 (4th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1993 NL  14 (2nd)
1995 NL  12 (1st)
1996 NL  12 (1st)
1997 NL  10 (3rd)
1999 NL  7 (5th)
2002 NL  8 (4th)
2006 NL  7 (5th)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1993 NL  108 (1st)
1994 NL  76 (1st)
1995 NL  88 (1st)
1996 NL  155 (1st)
1997 NL  112 (3rd)
1998 NL  115 (1st)
1999 NL  115 (1st)
2000 NL  110 (1st)
2001 NL  114 (1st)
2002 NL  125 (1st)
2005 NL  82 (2nd)
2006 NL  97 (1st)
Career  1,400 (7th)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1993 NL  59 (1st)
1998 NL  41 (2nd)
1999 NL  37 (2nd)
Career  423 (94th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1993 NL  35.3 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
1993 NL  8 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
1993 NL  7.22 (5th)
1995 NL  8.20 (1st)
1996 NL  8.06 (2nd)
1997 NL  8.39 (3rd)
1998 NL  8.08 (4th)
1999 NL  7.78 (5th)
2000 NL  7.88 (3rd)
2001 NL  8.10 (3rd)
Career  8.08 (12th)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1993 NL  6.84 (2nd)
1994 NL  6.52 (5th)
1995 NL  7.65 (1st)
1996 NL  7.71 (2nd)
1997 NL  8.05 (1st)
1998 NL  7.64 (3rd)
1999 NL  7.30 (2nd)
2000 NL  7.26 (4th)
2001 NL  7.46 (3rd)
2002 NL  7.08 (5th)
Career  7.10 (14th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1996 NL  .992 (5th)
2000 NL  .997 (1st)
2005 NL  .997 (4th)
Career  .989 (99th)

Salary s c a p y
1997 NL  $7,000,000 (3rd)
1998 NL  $8,000,000 (7th)
2000 NL  $12,071,429 (4th)
2001 NL  $13,571,429 (2nd)
2003 NL  $15,571,429 (5th)
2004 NL  $16,071,429 (4th)
2005 NL  $16,071,429 (4th)

             

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 101 (224), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 207 (40), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 62 (26), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Johnny Bench (826) *
  2. Yogi Berra (822) *
  3. Gary Carter (779) *
  4. Carlton Fisk (762) *
  5. Gabby Hartnett (757) *
  6. Bill Dickey (754) *
  7. Jorge Posada (745)
  8. Duke Snider (739) *
  9. Juan Gonzalez (738)
  10. Lance Parrish (738)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Carlton Fisk (961) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Javy Lopez (918)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Javy Lopez (896)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Javy Lopez (891)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Javy Lopez (840)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bill Dickey (849) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bill Dickey (850) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bill Dickey (845) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bill Dickey (842) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Bill Dickey (832) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Bill Dickey (821) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Bill Dickey (813) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Bill Dickey (810) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Yogi Berra (804) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Yogi Berra (823) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
199324Los Angeles Dodgers$126,000USA Today
199425Los Angeles Dodgers$600,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199526Los Angeles Dodgers$900,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199627Los Angeles Dodgers$2,700,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199728Los Angeles Dodgers$7,000,0001997 AP survey
199829Los Angeles Dodgers$8,000,0004/3/98 USA Today
199930New York Mets$7,171,42811/19/99 USA TodayIncludes $50,000 earned bonus
200031New York Mets$12,071,4294/5/00 AP
200132New York Mets$13,571,4294/6/01 USA Today
200233New York Mets$10,571,4294/3/02 AP
200334New York Mets$15,571,4294/3/03 AP
200435New York Mets$16,071,4294/7/04 AP
200536New York Mets$16,071,429
200637San Diego Padres$1,250,000
200738Oakland Athletics$8,500,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$120,176,002
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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