Rob Picciolo

Robert Michael Picciolo

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: February 4, 1953 in Santa Monica, CA
High School: Westchester HS (Westchester, CA)
School: Pepperdine University (Malibu, CA)
Drafted
by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1977
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Angels/Brewers 1977-1985

Final Game: October 6, 1985
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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
1977 24 OAK AL 148 446 419 35 84 12 3 2 22 1 4 9 55 .200 .218 .258 .475 31 108 8 1 14 3 0 *6
1978 25 OAK AL 78 98 93 16 21 1 0 2 7 1 1 2 13 .226 .242 .301 .543 57 28 2 0 3 0 0 645
1979 26 OAK AL 115 363 348 37 88 16 2 2 27 2 1 3 45 .253 .261 .328 .589 63 114 9 1 11 0 1 6/457
1980 27 OAK AL 95 281 271 32 65 9 2 5 18 1 1 2 63 .240 .245 .343 .589 66 93 6 0 8 0 0 64/7
1981 28 OAK AL 82 195 179 23 48 5 3 4 13 0 1 5 22 .268 .290 .397 .687 102 71 6 1 9 1 0 *6
1982 29 TOT AL 40 76 70 10 17 2 0 0 4 1 0 2 14 .243 .264 .271 .535 52 19 0 0 4 0 0 64/D
1982 29 OAK AL 18 53 49 3 11 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 10 .224 .240 .245 .485 38 12 0 0 3 0 0 6
1982 29 MIL AL 22 23 21 7 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .286 .318 .333 .652 85 7 0 0 1 0 0 4/6D
1983 30 MIL AL 14 29 27 2 6 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .222 .214 .333 .548 53 9 0 0 1 1 0 /6453
1984 31 CAL AL 87 128 119 18 24 6 0 1 9 0 1 0 21 .202 .200 .277 .477 32 33 2 0 8 1 0 65/49
1985 32 OAK AL 71 104 102 19 28 2 0 1 8 3 2 2 17 .275 .288 .324 .612 74 33 1 0 0 0 0 543/D6
9 Yrs 730 1720 1628 192 381 56 10 17 109 9 11 25 254 .234 .246 .312 .558 56 508 34 3 58 6 1
162 Game Avg. 162 382 361 43 85 12 2 4 24 2 2 6 56 .234 .246 .312 .558 56 113 8 1 13 1 0
OAK (7 yrs) 607 1540 1461 165 345 46 10 16 98 9 10 24 225 .236 .249 .314 .563 58 459 32 3 48 4 1
MIL (2 yrs) 36 52 48 9 12 4 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 .250 .260 .333 .593 67 16 0 0 2 1 0
CAL (1 yr) 87 128 119 18 24 6 0 1 9 0 1 0 21 .202 .200 .277 .477 32 33 2 0 8 1 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
1977 24 OAK AL 148 446 -39 0 1 -1 8 -32 -3.2 14 -17 -1.8 .478 .480 -1.7 0.8 -16 $20,000 *6
1978 25 OAK AL 78 98 -6 -0 -0 -3 3 -6 -0.6 3 -3 -0.3 .491 .496 0.0 0.1 -0 $ 645
1979 26 OAK AL 115 363 -16 -1 -0 -11 6 -22 -2.1 12 -10 -1.0 .481 .486 0.1 -0.3 1 $ 6/457
1980 27 OAK AL 95 281 -9 0 -1 -2 4 -7 -0.6 9 2 0.2 .492 .496 0.4 0.3 4 $ 64/7
1981 28 OAK AL 82 195 1 0 -1 2 3 6 0.7 6 12 1.3 .508 .504 1.1 0.6 10 $ *6
1982 29 OAK AL 18 53 -4 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.1 2 1 0.1 .496 .500 -0.2 0.3 -1 $ 6
1982 29 MIL AL 22 23 -1 0 0 -3 0 -3 -0.3 1 -3 -0.3 .484 .498 0.1 -0.3 0 $ 4/6D
1983 30 MIL AL 14 29 -1 -1 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 1 -0 0.0 .492 .499 -0.1 0.1 -1 $ /6453
1984 31 CAL AL 87 128 -10 -0 -0 0 3 -7 -0.7 4 -3 -0.4 .491 .495 -0.4 0.4 -4 $ 65/49
1985 32 OAK AL 71 104 -4 0 0 -2 -1 -7 -0.7 3 -4 -0.4 .490 .496 -0.1 -0.2 -1 $100,000 543/D6
9 Seasons 730 1720 -89 -1 -1 -17 28 -80 -7.7 54 -26 -2.6 .489 .495 -0.8 1.9 -9 $120,000
OAK (7 yrs) 607 1540 -77 0 -1 -15 25 -68 -6.5 49 -19 -1.9 .488 .494 -0.4 1.6 -4 $120,000
MIL (2 yrs) 36 52 -2 -1 0 -3 1 -5 -0.5 2 -3 -0.3 .487 .499 0.0 -0.2 -0 $
CAL (1 yr) 87 128 -10 -0 -0 0 3 -7 -0.7 4 -3 -0.4 .491 .495 -0.4 0.4 -4 $

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
1977 24 OAK AL 446 364 22 1.6 97 .225 .200 .263 .218 .326 .258 .400 .475 .726 31 .127 -40.5 -4.0 .331 .072 .057 1.3
1978 25 OAK AL 98 78 6 2.1 89 .244 .226 .254 .242 .318 .301 .374 .543 .693 57 .205 -5.7 -0.6 .400 .097 .075 1.3
1979 26 OAK AL 363 281 27 2.6 97 .286 .253 .262 .261 .326 .328 .397 .589 .723 63 .247 -18.8 -1.8 .441 .086 .075 2.0
1980 27 OAK AL 281 221 21 2.6 92 .296 .240 .259 .245 .320 .343 .385 .589 .705 66 .255 -13.5 -1.4 .446 .111 .103 1.7
1981 28 OAK AL 195 148 19 3.5 84 .286 .268 .249 .290 .313 .397 .363 .687 .675 102 .423 -0.6 -0.1 .551 .151 .128 .0
1982 29 TOT AL 76 57 5 2.4 93 .304 .243 .257 .264 .320 .271 .392 .535 .712 52 .228 -4.6 -0.5 .415 .071 .029 .0
1982 29 OAK AL 53 41 3 2.0 93 .282 .224 .257 .240 .320 .245 .392 .485 .711 38 .175 -4.2 -0.4 .368 .061 .020 .0
1982 29 MIL AL 23 16 2 3.4 93 .353 .286 .257 .318 .320 .333 .392 .652 .712 85 .361 -0.4 -0.0 .533 .095 .048
1983 30 MIL AL 29 23 2 2.3 92 .250 .222 .257 .214 .318 .333 .388 .548 .706 53 .227 -1.5 -0.2 .429 .111 .111
1984 31 CAL AL 128 107 6 1.5 96 .235 .202 .263 .200 .325 .277 .396 .477 .721 32 .117 -11.2 -1.1 .327 .067 .076 .0
1985 32 OAK AL 104 77 9 3.1 92 .321 .275 .252 .288 .316 .324 .391 .612 .707 74 .332 -3.8 -0.4 .468 .078 .049 1.5
9 Yrs 1720 1356 117 2.3 94 .267 .234 .259 .246 .322 .312 .390 .558 .712 56 .224 -100.2 -10.0 .413 .092 .078 11.8
162 Game Avg. 382 301 26 2.3 94 .267 .234 .259 .246 .322 .312 .390 .558 .712 56 .224 -100.2 -10.0 .413 .092 .078 3
OAK (7 yrs) 1540 1210 107 2.4 93 .269 .236 .259 .249 .322 .314 .389 .563 .711 58 .232 -87.1 -8.7 .419 .094 .078 11.5
MIL (2 yrs) 52 39 4 2.8 93 .293 .250 .257 .260 .319 .333 .390 .593 .709 67 .283 -2.0 -0.2 .472 .104 .083
CAL (1 yr) 128 107 6 1.5 96 .235 .202 .263 .200 .325 .277 .396 .477 .721 32 .118 -11.2 -1.1 .327 .067 .076 .0

Postseason Batting

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
1981 28 OAK AL ALDS KCR W 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
1981 28 OAK AL ALCS NYY L 2 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 Yr (2 Series) 3 8 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 2 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 2 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 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
1977 24 OAK AL 446 0.5% 12.3% 2.0% 3.8% 20% 6.11 7.6 209.5 19.0 1.44 82%
1978 25 OAK AL 98 2.0% 13.3% 2.0% 3.1% 14% 6.50 7.2 46.5 13.3 1.46 80%
1979 26 OAK AL 363 0.6% 12.4% 0.8% 5.5% 23% 15.00 7.7 174.0 12.9 1.71 83%
1980 27 OAK AL 281 1.8% 22.4% 0.7% 5.7% 25% 31.50 4.3 54.2 15.1 1.71 72%
1981 28 OAK AL 195 2.1% 11.3% 2.6% 6.2% 25% 4.40 8.1 44.8 13.8 1.44 79%
1982 29 TOT AL 76 0.0% 18.4% 2.6% 2.6% 12% 7.00 5.0 17.5 1.33 74%
1982 29 OAK AL 53 0.0% 18.9% 1.9% 1.9% 9% 10.00 4.9 16.3 1.38 74%
1982 29 MIL AL 23 0.0% 17.4% 4.4% 4.4% 17% 4.00 5.3 21.0 1.20 74%
1983 30 MIL AL 29 0.0% 13.8% 0.0% 10.3% 50% 6.8 27.0 0.73 83%
1984 31 CAL AL 128 0.8% 16.4% 0.0% 5.5% 29% 5.7 119.0 13.2 1.86 77%
1985 32 OAK AL 104 1.0% 16.4% 1.9% 2.9% 11% 8.50 6.0 102.0 12.8 1.64 81%
9 Yrs 1720 1.0% 14.8% 1.5% 4.8% 22% 10.16 6.4 95.8 14.9 1.55 79%
MLB Averages 2.0% 13.2% 8.4% 6.6% 29% 1.57 6.8 43.7 8.5 1.09 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1977 24 OAK AL -40.5 -4.0 460 -4.6 4.0 -8.6 .89 -3.9 -1.2 -43.4 -4.4 0.90 -44.4 0
1978 25 OAK AL -5.7 -0.6 100 -0.3 1.1 -1.4 .76 -0.5 0.1 -4.8 -0.5 0.90 -5.2 0
1979 26 OAK AL -18.8 -1.8 368 -1.1 6.1 -7.3 1.07 -1.8 0.7 -14.8 -1.5 0.94 -19.5 1.26 2
1980 27 OAK AL -13.9 -1.4 287 -0.9 3.6 -4.4 .80 -1.2 0.1 -12.4 -1.3 0.88 -15.0 1.21 1
1981 28 OAK AL -0.8 -0.1 196 -0.6 2.8 -3.5 .94 -0.4 -0.3 -11.7 -1.3 0.97 -5.1 0
1982 29 TOT AL -4.6 -0.5 78 -0.5 0.7 -1.2 .86 -0.4 -0.1 -3.4 -0.3 0.88 -5.3 0.72 5
1982 29 OAK AL -4.2 -0.4 54 -0.6 0.4 -1.0 .98 -0.4 -0.2 -3.6 -0.4 0.87 -4.9 0
1982 29 MIL AL -0.4 -0.0 24 0.1 0.3 -0.2 .58 -0.0 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.91 -0.4 0.72 5
1983 30 MIL AL -1.5 -0.2 29 -0.7 0.2 -0.9 1.41 -0.2 -0.3 -3.1 -0.3 1.00 -2.4 4.21 4
1984 31 CAL AL -11.4 -1.1 131 -1.0 1.5 -2.5 .97 -1.3 0.2 -13.9 -1.4 0.95 -15.0 0.89 1
1985 32 OAK AL -3.8 -0.4 111 0.0 1.5 -1.5 .87 -0.7 0.7 -3.8 -0.4 0.91 -6.6 0.63 10
9 Yrs -101.0 -10.1 1760 -9.8 21.5 -31.3 .92 -10.4 -0.2 -111.2 -11.4 0.92 -118.5 1.36 23

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
1977 24 OAK AL 7 0 36% 147 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 11 43% 20 16 4 3 1 2 12 3 9
1978 25 OAK AL 0 0 67% 53 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 62% 4 4 0 1 0 1 8 1 7
1979 26 OAK AL 7 0 39% 135 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 44% 23 18 5 3 2 1 17 4 13
1980 27 OAK AL 8 0 44% 79 1 1 50% 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 6 44% 16 12 4 2 0 2 9 3 6
1981 28 OAK AL 3 0 38% 65 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 5 50% 6 5 1 2 1 1 6 1 5
1982 29 TOT AL 0 0 53% 33 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 50% 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1
1982 29 OAK AL 0 0 25% 19 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1982 29 MIL AL 0 0 100% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 33% 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1983 30 MIL AL 1 0 33% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0
1984 31 CAL AL 3 0 74% 47 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 67% 6 3 3 2 0 2 4 1 3
1985 32 OAK AL 0 0 62% 77 3 2 60% 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 29% 9 8 1 4 2 1 4 1 3
9 Yrs 29 0 45% 649 9 11 45% 7 9 1 1 1 1 5 1 16 37 45% 86 68 18 19 7 11 64 16 47

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
1977 24 OAK AL 446 30% 84 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 2 0 0 2 0 18 14 78% 71 8 11% 40 21 53% 231 25 11% 19 9 47% 14 9 64% 0
1978 25 OAK AL 98 45% 21 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 5 3 60% 16 2 13% 8 3 38% 48 6 13% 6 4 67% 1 0 0% 0
1979 26 OAK AL 363 36% 88 2 1 0 0 1.26 2 0 8 2 0 1 1 0 13 11 85% 70 9 13% 29 12 41% 219 28 13% 14 6 43% 13 9 69% 0
1980 27 OAK AL 281 41% 65 1 0 0 0 1.21 5 0 6 1 4 2 3 0 13 8 62% 43 6 14% 25 7 28% 138 16 12% 13 2 15% 7 5 71% 0
1981 28 OAK AL 195 41% 48 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 1 3 4 0 0 10 9 90% 37 6 16% 28 13 46% 124 11 9% 14 6 43% 7 3 43% 0
1982 29 TOT AL 76 49% 17 5 2 0 1 0.72 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 10 0 0% 5 4 80% 38 4 11% 3 2 67% 5 3 60% 0
1982 29 OAK AL 53 40% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 6 0 0% 4 4 100% 24 3 13% 2 1 50% 3 2 67% 0
1982 29 MIL AL 23 70% 6 5 2 0 1 0.72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 0 0% 1 0 0% 14 1 7% 1 1 100% 2 1 50% 0
1983 30 MIL AL 29 66% 6 4 0 0 0 4.21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 8 0 0% 5 2 40% 20 1 5% 3 1 33% 1 0 0% 0
1984 31 CAL AL 128 41% 24 1 0 0 0 0.89 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 8 8 100% 20 2 10% 21 10 48% 72 10 14% 11 5 45% 3 1 33% 0
1985 32 OAK AL 104 61% 28 10 4 0 0 0.63 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0% 15 1 7% 6 1 17% 58 7 12% 7 2 29% 3 2 67% 0
9 Yrs 1720 39% 381 23 7 0 1 1.36 17 0 38 8 9 7 10 0 73 58 79% 290 34 12% 167 73 44% 948 108 11% 90 37 41% 54 32 59% 0
MLB Averages 57% 82% 11% 35% 15% 51% 55%

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
1977 24 148 446 419 35 84 12 3 2 22 1 4 9 55 .200 .218 .258 .475 31 108 8 1 14 3 0
1978 25 226 544 512 51 105 13 3 4 29 2 5 11 68 .205 .222 .266 .488 36 136 10 1 17 3 0
1979 26 341 907 860 88 193 29 5 6 56 4 6 14 113 .224 .238 .291 .528 46 250 19 2 28 3 1
1980 27 436 1188 1131 120 258 38 7 11 74 5 7 16 176 .228 .240 .303 .543 51 343 25 2 36 3 1
1981 28 518 1383 1310 143 306 43 10 15 87 5 8 21 198 .234 .247 .316 .563 58 414 31 3 45 4 1
1982 29 558 1459 1380 153 323 45 10 15 91 6 8 23 212 .234 .248 .314 .561 57 433 31 3 49 4 1
1983 30 572 1488 1407 155 329 48 10 15 92 6 8 23 216 .234 .247 .314 .561 57 442 31 3 50 5 1
1984 31 659 1616 1526 173 353 54 10 16 101 6 9 23 237 .231 .243 .311 .555 55 475 33 3 58 6 1
1985 32 730 1720 1628 192 381 56 10 17 109 9 11 25 254 .234 .246 .312 .558 56 508 34 3 58 6 1

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
1977 24 148 449 422 37 87 12 3 2 23 1 9 55 .206 .223 .263 .486 25 148
1978 25 78 100 95 19 23 1 0 2 8 1 2 13 .242 .258 .316 .574 8 78
1979 26 116 370 355 40 93 17 2 2 29 2 3 45 .262 .270 .338 .608 32 115
1980 27 95 286 276 36 70 10 2 5 21 1 2 63 .254 .259 .359 .618 26 95
1981 28 124 307 280 43 82 9 5 7 24 0 9 33 .293 .317 .436 .753 38 82
1982 29 40 78 72 12 19 2 0 0 5 1 2 14 .264 .284 .292 .575 6 40
1983 30 14 29 27 2 6 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 .222 .214 .333 .548 2 14
1984 31 87 129 120 19 25 6 0 1 9 0 0 21 .208 .207 .283 .490 7 87
1985 32 71 106 104 22 30 2 0 1 9 3 2 17 .288 .302 .337 .638 11 71
9 Yrs 773 1854 1751 230 435 62 12 20 129 9 29 265 .248 .261 .332 .593 155 730
162 Game Avg. 162 389 367 48 91 13 3 4 27 2 6 56 .248 .261 .332 .593 32 730

* 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

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1977 AL  14 (7th)
1981 AL  9 (7th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (2147), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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