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Lou Piniella

Louis Victor Piniella (Sweet Lou)

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 182 lb.

Born: August 28, 1943 in Tampa, FL
High School: Jesuit HS (Tampa, FL)
School: University of Tampa (Tampa, FL)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1964
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Royals/Indians/Orioles 1964-1984
Agents: Alan Nero, previously: Himself [*]
Final Game: June 16, 1984
Relatives: Cousin of Dave Magadan
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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
1962	18	CLE-min	D	70	294	278	40	75	10	5	8	44	4	2	10	57	.270	.292	.428	.720		119		0	3	3			SEL · ALFL
1963	19	TEX-min	A	143	548	548		170	29	4	16						.310	.310	.465	.776		255							PNS · CARL
1964	20	BAL-min	A	20	74	74		20	8	3	0						.270	.270	.459	.730		34							ABD · NORL
1964	20	BAL	AL	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

1965	21	BAL-min	AA	126	512	490	64	122	29	6	11	64	5	0	22	57	.249	.281	.400	.681		196							ELM · EL
1966	22	CLE-min	AAA	133	490	457	47	132	22	3	7	52	6	3	20	52	.289	.321	.396	.717		181		4	4	5			POR · PCL
1967	23	CLE-min	AAA	113	430	396	46	122	20	1	8	56	2	3	23	47	.308	.340	.424	.765		168		0	4	7			POR · PCL
1968	24	CLE-min	AAA	88	356	331	49	105	15	3	13	62	1	4	19	31	.317	.351	.498	.850		165		0	3	3			POR · PCL
1968	24	CLE	AL	6	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	1	0	/7
1969	25	KCR	AL	135	539	493	43	139	21	6	11	68	2	4	33	56	.282	.325	.416	.741	107	205	12	3	1	9	2	*7/8	MVP-35,RoY-1
1970	26	KCR	AL	144	586	542	54	163	24	5	11	88	3	6	35	42	.301	.342	.424	.767	112	230	15	2	2	5	6	*7/3
1971	27	KCR	AL	126	476	448	43	125	21	5	3	51	5	3	21	43	.279	.311	.368	.679	94	165	12	2	0	5	4	*7
1972	28	KCR	AL	151	624	574	65	179	33	4	11	72	7	2	34	59	.312	.356	.441	.797	138	253	25	8	4	4	9	*7	AS,MVP-32
1973	29	KCR	AL	144	553	513	53	128	28	1	9	69	5	7	30	65	.250	.291	.361	.652	79	185	22	2	3	5	7	*7/D
1974	30	NYY	AL	140	567	518	71	158	26	0	9	70	1	8	32	58	.305	.341	.407	.748	116	211	18	2	4	11	7	*79/D3	MVP-23
1975	31	NYY	AL	74	221	199	7	39	4	1	0	22	0	0	16	22	.196	.262	.226	.489	40	45	13	3	0	3	3	97D
1976	32	NYY	AL	100	351	327	36	92	16	6	3	38	0	1	18	34	.281	.322	.394	.716	111	129	4	2	3	1	8	9D7
1977	33	NYY	AL	103	369	339	47	112	19	3	12	45	2	2	20	31	.330	.365	.510	.876	138	173	12	1	5	4	3	D97/3
1978	34	NYY	AL	130	513	472	67	148	34	5	6	69	3	1	34	36	.314	.361	.445	.806	129	210	12	2	4	1	8	79D	MVP-21
1979	35	NYY	AL	130	491	461	49	137	22	2	11	69	3	2	17	31	.297	.320	.425	.745	101	196	17	2	3	8	6	*79D
1980	36	NYY	AL	116	355	321	39	92	18	0	2	27	0	2	29	20	.287	.343	.361	.704	96	116	17	0	2	3	5	7/D9
1981	37	NYY	AL	60	174	159	16	44	9	0	5	18	0	1	13	9	.277	.331	.428	.759	120	68	7	0	2	0	4	9D7
1982	38	NYY	AL	102	283	261	33	80	17	1	6	37	0	1	18	18	.307	.352	.448	.801	121	117	12	1	2	1	6	D97
1983	39	NYY	AL	53	160	148	19	43	9	1	2	16	1	1	11	12	.291	.344	.405	.749	110	60	4	1	0	0	3	97/D
1984	40	NYY	AL	29	93	86	8	26	4	1	1	6	0	0	7	5	.302	.355	.407	.762	115	35	7	0	0	0	1	7/9D
18 Yrs				1747	6362	5867	651	1705	305	41	102	766	32	41	368	541	.291	.333	.409	.741	109	2398	209	31	35	61	82
162 Game Avg.				162	590	544	60	158	28	4	9	71	3	4	34	50	.291	.333	.409	.741	109	222	19	3	3	6	8
				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
NYY (11 yrs)				1037	3577	3291	392	971	178	20	57	417	10	19	215	276	.295	.338	.413	.751	111	1360	123	14	25	32	54
KCR (5 yrs)				700	2778	2570	258	734	127	21	45	348	22	22	153	265	.286	.327	.404	.730	106	1038	86	17	10	28	28
CLE (1 yr)				6	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	1	0
BAL (1 yr)				4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	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
1964	20	BAL	AL	4	1	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$4,500

1968	24	CLE	AL	6	6	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.491	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$6,500	/7
1969	25	KCR	AL	135	539	4	-1	-1	7	-7	2	0.2	15	17	1.6	.502	.502	1.0	0.0	10	$	*7/8	MVP-35,RoY-1
1970	26	KCR	AL	144	586	5	-3	-0	-5	-7	-10	-1.2	19	9	0.7	.493	.494	1.3	-1.4	14	$	*7/3
1971	27	KCR	AL	126	476	-5	2	-0	-7	-6	-15	-1.8	16	0	-0.3	.486	.489	0.5	-1.5	7	$	*7
1972	28	KCR	AL	151	624	21	1	-3	-2	-7	9	1.0	21	30	3.0	.508	.507	3.5	-1.3	32	$	*7	AS,MVP-32
1973	29	KCR	AL	144	553	-18	-1	-4	-19	-7	-49	-5.0	18	-31	-3.4	.463	.467	-1.4	-2.6	-12	$50,000	*7/D
1974	30	NYY	AL	140	567	10	-2	-2	11	-7	11	1.4	18	29	3.1	.509	.507	1.9	0.6	18	$57,000	*79/D3	MVP-23
1975	31	NYY	AL	74	221	-13	-0	-2	-5	-3	-24	-2.5	7	-16	-1.8	.465	.484	-1.2	-0.8	-11	$	97D
1976	32	NYY	AL	100	351	5	-2	-0	2	-6	-2	-0.1	11	10	1.0	.498	.499	0.8	-0.4	8	$	9D7
1977	33	NYY	AL	103	369	15	0	-2	-6	-7	0	0.1	12	12	1.2	.500	.500	1.9	-1.3	18	$	D97/3
1978	34	NYY	AL	130	513	20	1	-0	2	-8	16	1.9	17	33	3.4	.514	.511	3.2	-0.4	31	$	79D	MVP-21
1979	35	NYY	AL	130	491	-2	-0	-1	-7	-7	-18	-1.7	16	-2	-0.2	.486	.489	0.5	-1.4	5	$	*79D
1980	36	NYY	AL	116	355	-1	-0	-0	-8	-5	-14	-1.3	11	-3	-0.3	.487	.491	0.5	-1.2	4	$	7/D9
1981	37	NYY	AL	60	174	3	-1	-1	3	-4	1	0.1	5	6	0.6	.502	.501	0.3	0.0	3	$	9D7
1982	38	NYY	AL	102	283	9	-0	-1	0	-7	0	0.1	9	9	0.9	.500	.500	1.0	-0.7	9	$	D97
1983	39	NYY	AL	53	160	0	-0	0	-4	-2	-6	-0.6	5	-1	-0.1	.488	.496	0.3	-0.6	2	$	97/D
1984	40	NYY	AL	29	93	1	0	-1	-3	-1	-4	-0.4	3	-1	-0.1	.486	.497	0.2	-0.4	2	$	7/9D
18 Seasons				1747	6362	55	-7	-19	-40	-91	-102	-9.7	202	100	9.3	.494	.496	14.3	-13.3	139	$118,000
			Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
NYY (11 yrs)				1037	3577	48	-5	-11	-14	-57	-39	-2.8	114	74	7.7	.496	.498	9.4	-6.5	89	$57,000
KCR (5 yrs)				700	2778	8	-2	-8	-26	-34	-62	-6.8	88	26	1.6	.490	.492	4.9	-6.7	51	$50,000
CLE (1 yr)				6	6	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.491	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$6,500
BAL (1 yr)				4	1	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$4,500

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
1964	20	BAL	AL	1	1	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.256	.000	.324	.000	.397	.000	.721	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

1968	24	CLE	AL	6	6	0	0.0	79	.000	.000	.237	.000	.306	.000	.351	.000	.656	-100	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1969	25	KCR	AL	539	380	65	4.6	95	.294	.282	.254	.325	.331	.416	.384	.741	.715	107	.541	3.3	0.3	.646	.197	.134	3.4
1970	26	KCR	AL	586	407	74	4.9	97	.308	.301	.257	.342	.331	.424	.392	.767	.723	112	.559	7.6	0.8	.660	.183	.124	4.7
1971	27	KCR	AL	476	343	49	3.8	91	.300	.279	.253	.311	.324	.368	.375	.679	.699	94	.479	-4.6	-0.5	.562	.141	.089	3.8
1972	28	KCR	AL	624	430	84	5.2	82	.331	.312	.246	.356	.314	.441	.354	.797	.669	138	.663	25.9	2.8	.711	.197	.129	8.6
1973	29	KCR	AL	553	422	47	3.0	98	.268	.250	.266	.291	.336	.361	.391	.652	.727	79	.336	-15.8	-1.6	.519	.166	.111	6.4
1974	30	NYY	AL	567	401	66	4.4	88	.323	.305	.257	.341	.321	.407	.370	.748	.691	116	.532	11.4	1.2	.617	.151	.102	1.8
1975	31	NYY	AL	221	176	10	1.5	92	.217	.196	.257	.262	.327	.226	.377	.489	.704	40	.131	-15.5	-1.6	.370	.111	.030
1976	32	NYY	AL	351	244	41	4.6	85	.306	.281	.255	.322	.319	.394	.359	.716	.678	111	.559	3.1	0.3	.617	.165	.113	.0
1977	33	NYY	AL	369	250	59	6.3	99	.333	.330	.265	.365	.329	.510	.403	.876	.732	138	.638	17.0	1.7	.805	.239	.180	3.4
1978	34	NYY	AL	513	342	74	5.8	91	.329	.314	.258	.361	.322	.445	.380	.806	.702	129	.631	18.1	1.8	.736	.208	.131	4.0
1979	35	NYY	AL	491	354	58	4.4	100	.295	.297	.267	.320	.332	.425	.405	.745	.736	101	.466	0.1	0.0	.630	.167	.128	4.7
1980	36	NYY	AL	355	253	36	3.8	97	.298	.287	.267	.343	.329	.361	.396	.704	.724	96	.417	-0.8	-0.1	.577	.159	.075	.0
1981	37	NYY	AL	174	125	20	4.3	87	.269	.277	.254	.331	.318	.428	.369	.759	.687	120	.523	3.8	0.4	.650	.226	.151	.0
1982	38	NYY	AL	283	197	37	5.0	97	.311	.307	.262	.352	.325	.448	.399	.801	.724	121	.544	7.4	0.7	.696	.207	.142	.0
1983	39	NYY	AL	160	110	20	4.9	95	.306	.291	.261	.344	.322	.405	.394	.749	.716	110	.531	2.0	0.2	.655	.189	.115	1.3
1984	40	NYY	AL	93	67	10	4.0	93	.313	.302	.259	.355	.321	.407	.391	.762	.712	115	.444	1.7	0.2	.627	.186	.105	.0
18 Yrs				6362	4508	750	4.5	93	.303	.291	.258	.333	.326	.409	.383	.741	.708	109	.522	63.3	6.5	.632	.179	.118	48.7
162 Game Avg.				590	418	70	4.5	93	.303	.291	.258	.333	.326	.409	.383	.741	.708	109	.522	6	1	.632	.179	.118	5
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
NYY (11 yrs)				3577	2519	431	4.6	93	.306	.295	.261	.338	.325	.413	.385	.751	.710	111	.520	48.3	4.8	.642	.181	.118	17.0
KCR (5 yrs)				2778	1982	319	4.3	92	.301	.286	.255	.327	.327	.404	.379	.730	.706	106	.525	16.5	1.9	.621	.178	.118	29.6
CLE (1 yr)				6	6	0	0.0	79	.000	.000	.237	.000	.306	.000	.351	.000	.656	-100	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
BAL (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.256	.000	.324	.000	.397	.000	.721	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

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
1976	32	NYY	AL	ALCS	KCR	W	4	11	11	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.273	.273	.364	.636	4	0	0	0	0	0
1976	32	NYY	AL	WS	CIN	L	4	9	9	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.444	.778	4	0	0	0	0	0
1977	33	NYY	AL	ALCS	KCR	W	5	21	21	1	7	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.476	.810	10	0	0	0	0	0
1977	33	NYY	AL	WS	LAD	W	6	24	22	1	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	.273	.292	.273	.564	6	1	1	0	1	0
1978	34	NYY	AL	ALCS	KCR	W	4	17	17	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.235	.235	.235	.471	4	0	0	0	0	0
1978	34	NYY	AL	WS	LAD	W	6	25	25	3	7	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	.280	.280	.280	.560	7	1	0	0	0	0

1980	36	NYY	AL	ALCS	KCR	L	2	7	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	.200	.429	.800	1.229	4	0	0	0	0	0
1981	37	NYY	AL	ALDS	MIL	W	4	10	10	1	2	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.600	.800	6	1	0	0	0	0
1981	37	NYY	AL	ALCS	OAK	W	3	5	5	2	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	.600	.600	1.200	1.800	6	0	0	0	0	0
1981	37	NYY	AL	WS	LAD	L	6	16	16	2	7	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	.438	.438	.500	.938	8	1	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs (10 Series)							44	145	141	15	43	7	0	3	19	2	0	2	10	.305	.317	.418	.736	59	4	1	0	1	0
1 ALDS							4	10	10	1	2	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.600	.800	6	1	0	0	0	0
5 ALCS							18	61	59	7	18	4	0	2	6	0	0	2	6	.305	.328	.475	.802	28	0	0	0	0	0
4 WS							22	74	72	7	23	2	0	0	10	2	0	0	4	.319	.324	.347	.672	25	3	1	0	1	0

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
1972	KCR	AL	28		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	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
1964	20	BAL	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%								100%

1968	24	CLE	AL	6	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%					5.0		4.00	100%
1969	25	KCR	AL	539	2.0%	10.4%	6.1%	7.1%	27%	1.70	8.8	44.8	7.3		0.99	81%
1970	26	KCR	AL	586	1.9%	7.2%	6.0%	6.8%	25%	1.20	12.9	49.3	6.2		0.94	84%
1971	27	KCR	AL	476	0.6%	9.0%	4.4%	6.1%	23%	2.05	10.4	149.3	8.8		1.21	86%
1972	28	KCR	AL	624	1.8%	9.5%	5.5%	7.7%	27%	1.74	9.7	52.2	8.0		1.05	81%
1973	29	KCR	AL	553	1.6%	11.8%	5.4%	6.9%	30%	2.17	7.9	57.0	7.4		1.35	80%
1974	30	NYY	AL	567	1.6%	10.2%	5.6%	6.2%	22%	1.81	8.9	57.6	7.4		1.14	81%
1975	31	NYY	AL	221	0.0%	10.0%	7.2%	2.3%	13%	1.38	9.0		9.0		1.44	81%
1976	32	NYY	AL	351	0.9%	9.7%	5.1%	7.1%	27%	1.89	9.6	109.0	8.6		1.23	83%
1977	33	NYY	AL	369	3.3%	8.4%	5.4%	9.2%	30%	1.55	10.9	28.3	7.5		1.28	81%
1978	34	NYY	AL	513	1.2%	7.0%	6.6%	8.8%	30%	1.06	13.1	78.7	6.8		0.97	84%
1979	35	NYY	AL	491	2.2%	6.3%	3.5%	7.1%	26%	1.82	14.9	41.9	6.7		1.22	87%
1980	36	NYY	AL	355	0.6%	5.6%	8.2%	5.6%	22%	0.69	16.1	160.5	11.9		1.29	85%
1981	37	NYY	AL	174	2.9%	5.2%	7.5%	8.1%	32%	0.69	17.7	31.8	8.8		1.38	83%
1982	38	NYY	AL	283	2.1%	6.4%	6.4%	8.5%	30%	1.00	14.5	43.5	7.1		1.22	84%
1983	39	NYY	AL	160	1.3%	7.5%	6.9%	7.5%	28%	1.09	12.3	74.0	9.3		0.77	84%
1984	40	NYY	AL	93	1.1%	5.4%	7.5%	6.5%	23%	0.71	17.2	86.0	14.3		1.58	86%
18 Yrs				6362	1.6%	8.5%	5.8%	7.0%	26%	1.47	10.8	57.5	7.7		1.15	83%
MLB Averages					2.0%	13.9%	8.4%	6.2%	28%	1.66	6.4	44.9	8.9		1.10	74%
				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
1964	20	BAL	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.67	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.74	-0.3	0.67	1

1968	24	CLE	AL	-1.2	-0.1	6	0.1	0.1	-0.0	1.54	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	-0.0	0.95	-0.5	2.51	2
1969	25	KCR	AL	3.3	0.3	554	1.9	12.4	-10.6	1.17	0.9	0.6	3.4	0.4	0.96	7.9	2.50	9
1970	26	KCR	AL	7.6	0.8	606	1.6	13.3	-11.7	1.16	0.2	1.1	16.7	1.7	0.99	5.0	2.10	4
1971	27	KCR	AL	-5.1	-0.5	485	-1.4	7.4	-8.8	1.01	-0.6	-0.7	-4.4	-0.5	0.98	-7.5	2.10	13
1972	28	KCR	AL	25.9	2.8	638	1.2	12.4	-11.2	1.09	1.9	-0.8	20.0	2.2	1.00	21.5	3.75	1
1973	29	KCR	AL	-15.8	-1.6	572	-0.9	8.8	-9.7	.95	-1.8	0.8	-8.5	-0.8	0.96	-14.9	2.54	9
1974	30	NYY	AL	11.4	1.2	581	1.5	11.7	-10.2	1.10	0.6	0.8	7.3	0.8	1.02	3.3	1.72	2
1975	31	NYY	AL	-15.5	-1.6	221	-1.6	3.1	-4.7	1.15	-1.4	0.0	-12.2	-1.3	1.03	-15.5	1.59	22
1976	32	NYY	AL	2.7	0.3	358	0.5	6.3	-5.8	.99	0.5	0.0	9.0	1.0	0.94	4.5	2.37	14
1977	33	NYY	AL	17.0	1.7	376	0.7	6.5	-5.9	.92	1.3	-0.5	6.9	0.7	0.96	9.2	1.86	12
1978	34	NYY	AL	18.1	1.8	523	2.9	11.2	-8.3	1.06	1.7	1.0	31.4	3.2	1.01	21.6	1.93	9
1979	35	NYY	AL	0.1	0.0	502	-0.8	9.0	-9.9	1.09	-0.7	-0.1	-1.9	-0.2	0.97	-7.7	1.96	12
1980	36	NYY	AL	-0.8	-0.1	361	-1.0	6.0	-7.0	1.12	-0.4	-0.5	-9.5	-1.0	1.02	-5.6	1.11	24
1981	37	NYY	AL	3.8	0.4	176	-0.1	2.7	-2.8	.99	0.5	-0.6	-1.5	-0.2	0.95	3.9	2.13	9
1982	38	NYY	AL	7.4	0.7	288	0.9	5.8	-4.8	1.04	1.0	-0.1	10.7	1.1	0.97	8.7	1.33	26
1983	39	NYY	AL	2.0	0.2	161	0.1	3.1	-3.1	1.09	-0.2	0.3	-1.8	-0.2	0.99	-3.0	2.13	10
1984	40	NYY	AL	1.7	0.2	94	-0.2	1.4	-1.6	1.01	-0.1	-0.1	-4.4	-0.4	1.00	-1.6	3.16	3
18 Yrs				62.4	6.4	6503	5.3	121.4	-116.1	1.07	3.3	1.6	60.8	6.4	0.98	29.0	1.85	182
				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
1964	20	BAL	AL	0	0		1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1968	24	CLE	AL	1	0		4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	25	KCR	AL	9	0	20%	214	2	4	33%	1	1	1	2	0	1	2	0	9	13	49%	28	18	9	3	0	3	12	3	9
1970	26	KCR	AL	5	0	23%	205	3	6	33%	2	6	1	0	0	0	4	1	14	13	60%	27	12	13	5	1	3	15	3	12
1971	27	KCR	AL	5	0	28%	155	5	3	63%	4	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	8	15	53%	25	13	12	5	2	3	10	2	6
1972	28	KCR	AL	4	0	26%	216	7	2	78%	7	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	15	12	53%	36	16	17	6	4	2	19	6	13
1973	29	KCR	AL	7	0	29%	173	5	7	42%	4	5	1	2	0	0	2	1	6	11	45%	22	17	4	2	1	1	16	3	13
1974	30	NYY	AL	10	0	34%	207	1	8	11%	1	7	0	1	0	0	1	0	9	19	47%	41	20	18	7	5	1	22	8	14
1975	31	NYY	AL	7	0	12%	60	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	29%	11	7	4	0	0	0	3	3	0
1976	32	NYY	AL	9	0	30%	132	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	34%	17	10	5	6	5	0	9	2	6
1977	33	NYY	AL	3	0	29%	118	2	2	50%	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	6	13	55%	17	8	9	7	5	2	7	1	6
1978	34	NYY	AL	12	0	34%	193	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	6	12	56%	32	13	17	7	3	4	18	6	11
1979	35	NYY	AL	6	0	26%	136	3	2	60%	3	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	9	11	53%	22	10	12	4	3	1	14	6	8
1980	36	NYY	AL	6	0	31%	152	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	8	50%	31	12	17	6	6	0	5	1	4
1981	37	NYY	AL	2	0	21%	63	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	33%	7	5	2	4	3	1	1	0	1
1982	38	NYY	AL	7	0	29%	107	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	8	54%	17	7	10	4	2	2	7	4	3
1983	39	NYY	AL	0	0	32%	55	1	1	50%	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	3	71%	7	2	4	3	1	2	4	0	4
1984	40	NYY	AL	0	0	22%	26	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	40%	3	3	0	2	1	1	5	2	3
18 Yrs				93	0	27%	2217	32	41	44%	27	32	5	7	0	2	19	5	114	155	50%	344	173	154	71	42	26	167	50	113
				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
1964	20	BAL	AL	1	0%	0			1	0	0	0	0.67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1968	24	CLE	AL	6	67%	0			2	0	0	1	2.51	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	1	100%	5	1	20%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1969	25	KCR	AL	539	30%	139			9	3	0	2	2.50	11	0	14	5	6	5	6	1	2	1	50%	95	12	13%	47	14	30%	342	58	17%	35	20	57%	18	11	61%	0
1970	26	KCR	AL	586	31%	163			4	1	1	2	2.10	11	0	15	8	3	7	4	0	6	2	33%	115	15	13%	51	22	43%	387	80	21%	36	21	58%	28	18	64%	0
1971	27	KCR	AL	476	36%	125			13	3	0	1	2.10	3	0	6	1	2	2	1	0	1	0	0%	84	12	14%	44	15	34%	307	49	16%	36	18	50%	21	12	57%	0
1972	28	KCR	AL	624	34%	179			1	0	0	0	3.75	11	0	15	8	3	3	8	0	5	4	80%	134	25	19%	56	13	23%	395	61	15%	43	22	51%	19	10	53%	0
1973	29	KCR	AL	553	32%	128			9	1	0	1	2.54	9	1	14	4	5	3	6	0	3	3	100%	97	22	23%	51	21	41%	362	63	17%	33	16	48%	23	14	61%	0
1974	30	NYY	AL	567	56%	158			2	1	0	1	1.72	9	0	16	2	7	1	8	0	4	4	100%	136	18	13%	70	26	37%	393	63	16%	42	23	55%	18	8	44%	0
1975	31	NYY	AL	221	52%	39			22	4	0	3	1.59	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		58	13	22%	22	7	32%	170	24	14%	15	9	60%	9	3	33%	0
1976	32	NYY	AL	351	72%	92			14	3	0	4	2.37	3	0	4	1	2	2	1	0	3	3	100%	46	4	9%	19	4	21%	197	38	19%	22	12	55%	8	6	75%	0
1977	33	NYY	AL	369	61%	112			12	3	1	3	1.86	12	0	8	7	5	4	8	0	5	5	100%	73	12	16%	41	12	29%	238	34	14%	16	7	44%	15	9	60%	0
1978	34	NYY	AL	513	61%	148			9	4	0	2	1.93	6	0	10	0	6	4	2	0	4	4	100%	109	12	11%	44	18	41%	353	67	19%	31	19	61%	18	14	78%	0
1979	35	NYY	AL	491	53%	137			12	6	1	3	1.96	11	0	9	1	10	3	8	0	4	3	75%	106	17	16%	44	19	43%	333	59	18%	30	18	60%	18	10	56%	0
1980	36	NYY	AL	355	72%	92			24	4	0	6	1.11	2	0	13	1	1	1	1	0	2	2	100%	96	17	18%	47	14	30%	253	28	11%	20	7	35%	14	9	64%	0
1981	37	NYY	AL	174	81%	44			9	1	0	1	2.13	5	0	4	0	5	0	5	0	2	2	100%	33	7	21%	14	5	36%	104	14	13%	8	5	63%	10	8	80%	0
1982	38	NYY	AL	283	80%	80			26	9	0	4	1.33	6	0	8	1	5	1	5	0	2	2	100%	60	12	20%	23	9	39%	184	33	18%	26	12	46%	6	4	67%	0
1983	39	NYY	AL	160	87%	43			10	3	0	2	2.13	2	0	3	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0%	27	4	15%	13	2	15%	110	17	15%	9	3	33%	4	3	75%	0
1984	40	NYY	AL	93	78%	26			3	0	0	0	3.16	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		23	7	30%	8	3	38%	67	5	7%	2	1	50%	1	0	0%	0
18 Yrs				6362	51%	1705			182	46	3	36	1.85	102	1	153	39	63	38	64	1	44	35	80%	1293	209	16%	595	205	34%	4201	694	17%	405	214	53%	230	139	60%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			79%			11%			33%			14%			49%			53%
				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

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
1964	20	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1965	21	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1966	22	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967	23	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1968	24	10	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	1	0
1969	25	145	546	499	44	139	21	6	11	69	2	4	33	56	.279	.321	.411	.732	104	205	12	3	1	10	2
1970	26	289	1132	1041	98	302	45	11	22	157	5	10	68	98	.290	.332	.418	.750	108	435	27	5	3	15	8
1971	27	415	1608	1489	141	427	66	16	25	208	10	13	89	141	.287	.326	.403	.729	104	600	39	7	3	20	12
1972	28	566	2232	2063	206	606	99	20	36	280	17	15	123	200	.294	.334	.413	.748	113	853	64	15	7	24	21
1973	29	710	2785	2576	259	734	127	21	45	349	22	22	153	265	.285	.326	.403	.729	106	1038	86	17	10	29	28
1974	30	850	3352	3094	330	892	153	21	54	419	23	30	185	323	.288	.328	.404	.732	108	1249	104	19	14	40	35
1975	31	924	3573	3293	337	931	157	22	54	441	23	30	201	345	.283	.324	.393	.717	104	1294	117	22	14	43	38
1976	32	1024	3924	3620	373	1023	173	28	57	479	23	31	219	379	.283	.324	.393	.717	104	1423	121	24	17	44	46
1977	33	1127	4293	3959	420	1135	192	31	69	524	25	33	239	410	.287	.328	.403	.731	107	1596	133	25	22	48	49
1978	34	1257	4806	4431	487	1283	226	36	75	593	28	34	273	446	.290	.331	.408	.739	110	1806	145	27	26	49	57
1979	35	1387	5297	4892	536	1420	248	38	86	662	31	36	290	477	.290	.330	.409	.739	109	2002	162	29	29	57	63
1980	36	1503	5652	5213	575	1512	266	38	88	689	31	38	319	497	.290	.331	.406	.737	108	2118	179	29	31	60	68
1981	37	1563	5826	5372	591	1556	275	38	93	707	31	39	332	506	.290	.331	.407	.738	108	2186	186	29	33	60	72
1982	38	1665	6109	5633	624	1636	292	39	99	744	31	40	350	524	.290	.332	.409	.741	109	2303	198	30	35	61	78
1983	39	1718	6269	5781	643	1679	301	40	101	760	32	41	361	536	.290	.332	.409	.741	109	2363	202	31	35	61	81
1984	40	1747	6362	5867	651	1705	305	41	102	766	32	41	368	541	.291	.333	.409	.741	109	2398	209	31	35	61	82

Neutralized Batting

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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
1964	20	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4

1968	24	6	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6
1969	25	135	546	499	46	145	22	6	11	73	2	34	56	.291	.334	.425	.759	72	135
1970	26	144	595	549	58	170	25	5	11	95	3	37	42	.310	.352	.434	.786	85	144
1971	27	127	493	463	51	138	23	6	3	60	6	23	43	.298	.331	.393	.724	60	126
1972	28	158	690	631	87	218	40	5	13	97	9	41	62	.345	.392	.487	.879	119	151
1973	29	144	557	516	55	131	29	1	9	72	5	31	65	.254	.296	.366	.662	56	144
1974	30	140	585	533	83	173	28	0	10	82	1	35	58	.325	.361	.433	.795	85	140
1975	31	74	226	203	8	42	4	1	0	25	0	17	22	.207	.274	.236	.511	13	74
1976	32	101	365	339	43	103	18	7	3	46	0	20	34	.304	.345	.425	.770	49	100
1977	33	103	374	343	50	116	20	3	12	47	2	21	31	.338	.374	.519	.893	67	103
1978	34	130	529	485	77	161	37	5	7	79	3	37	36	.332	.381	.472	.853	87	130
1979	35	131	496	466	51	140	22	2	11	71	3	17	31	.300	.323	.427	.750	65	130
1980	36	116	360	325	42	96	19	0	2	29	0	30	20	.295	.352	.372	.724	43	116
1981	37	91	273	248	29	74	15	0	8	33	0	22	14	.298	.356	.456	.811	41	60
1982	38	102	287	264	35	83	18	1	6	40	0	19	18	.314	.361	.458	.820	44	102
1983	39	53	163	150	21	45	9	1	2	17	1	12	12	.300	.356	.413	.769	22	53
1984	40	29	96	88	9	28	4	1	1	7	0	8	5	.318	.375	.420	.795	14	29
18 Yrs		1788	6642	6108	746	1863	333	44	109	874	35	404	549	.305	.348	.427	.776	922	1747
162 Game Avg.		162	602	553	68	169	30	4	10	79	3	37	50	.305	.348	.427	.776	84	1747
		G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact

* 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 1990 BBWAA ( 0.5%)	All-Star Games 1972 *	Awards (yr lg award) 1969 AL Rookie of the Year 1995 AL Mgr of the year 2001 AL Mgr of the year 2008 NL Mgr of the year	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1969 AL (35, 0%) 1972 AL (32, 0%) 1974 AL (23, 2%) 1978 AL (21, 3%) 0.05 Career Shares (1113th)
Batting Average s c a p y 1970 AL .301 (9th) 1972 AL .312 (2nd) 1974 AL .305 (4th) 1978 AL .314 (4th)	Games Played s c a p y 1972 AL 151 (10th)	At Bats s c a p y 1972 AL 574 (7th)	Plate Appearances s c a p y 1972 AL 624 (10th)
Hits s c a p y 1972 AL 179 (2nd)	Total Bases s c a p y 1972 AL 253 (5th)	Doubles s c a p y 1972 AL 33 (1st) 1978 AL 34 (7th)	Triples s c a p y 1969 AL 6 (4th)
Singles s c a p y 1970 AL 123 (9th) 1972 AL 131 (2nd) 1974 AL 123 (10th)	Runs Created s c a p y 1972 AL 84 (10th)	Extra Base Hits s c a p y 1972 AL 48 (8th)	Times On Base s c a p y 1972 AL 221 (6th)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1972 AL 8 (7th)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1969 AL 9 (3rd) 1974 AL 11 (5th) 1979 AL 8 (9th) Career 61 (208th)	Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y 1976 AL 8 (10th) 1978 AL 8 (6th) Career 82 (171st)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1972 AL 25 (1st) 1973 AL 22 (2nd) 1974 AL 18 (5th) 1979 AL 17 (10th) Career 209 (75th)
AB per SO s c a p y 1970 AL 12.9 (7th) 1978 AL 13.1 (10th)	Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y 1978 AL 31.44 (10th)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1978 AL 2.9 (10th)	Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y 1978 AL 3.2 (9th)
Oldest s c a p y 1981 AL born 1943-08-28 (10th) 1982 AL born 1943-08-28 (10th) 1983 AL born 1943-08-28 (7th) 1984 AL born 1943-08-28 (5th)

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black Ink	Batting - 2 (608), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 26 (879), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 20 (794), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 14 (1157), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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