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Luis Polonia
Luis Andrew (Almonte) Polonia

Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 8" , Weight: 152 lb.

Born: October 12, 1963 in Santiago, D.R.
High School: Santiago City (Santiago City, DO)
Signed by the Oakland Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1984. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1987
Final Game: October 1, 2000
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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
1987	23	OAK	AL	125	469	435	78	125	16	10	4	49	29	7	32	64	.287	.335	.398	.733	100	173	4	0	1	1	1	87D/9
1988	24	OAK	AL	84	313	288	51	84	11	4	2	27	24	9	21	40	.292	.338	.378	.716	104	109	3	0	2	2	0	7/D9
1989	25	TOT	AL	125	466	433	70	130	17	6	3	46	22	8	25	44	.300	.338	.388	.726	107	168	13	2	2	4	1	7/D
1989	25	OAK	AL	59	218	206	31	59	6	4	1	17	13	4	9	15	.286	.315	.369	.684	95	76	5	0	2	1	0	7
1989	25	NYY	AL	66	248	227	39	71	11	2	2	29	9	4	16	29	.313	.359	.405	.764	117	92	8	2	0	3	1	7/D
1990	26	TOT	AL	120	436	403	52	135	7	9	2	35	21	14	25	43	.335	.372	.412	.784	123	166	9	1	3	4	1	7D8
1990	26	NYY	AL	11	23	22	2	7	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	.318	.304	.318	.623	75	7	1	0	0	1	0	/D
1990	26	CAL	AL	109	413	381	50	128	7	9	2	32	20	14	25	42	.336	.376	.417	.793	125	159	8	1	3	3	1	78D
1991	27	CAL	AL	150	662	604	92	179	28	8	2	50	48	23	52	74	.296	.352	.379	.731	104	229	11	1	2	3	4	*7/D8
1992	28	CAL	AL	149	635	577	83	165	17	4	0	35	51	21	45	64	.286	.337	.329	.666	88	190	18	1	8	4	6	7D
1993	29	CAL	AL	152	637	576	75	156	17	6	1	32	55	24	48	53	.271	.328	.326	.654	75	188	7	2	8	3	7	*7/D
1994	30	NYY	AL	95	394	350	62	109	21	6	1	36	20	12	37	36	.311	.383	.414	.797	109	145	7	4	2	1	1	*7/D
1995	31	TOT	MLB	95	326	291	43	76	16	3	2	17	13	4	28	38	.261	.322	.357	.679	78	104	3	0	3	4	1	7/8D9
1995	31	NYY	AL	67	269	238	37	62	9	3	2	15	10	4	25	29	.261	.326	.349	.675	77	83	3	0	2	4	1	7/D
1995	31	ATL	NL	28	57	53	6	14	7	0	0	2	3	0	3	9	.264	.304	.396	.700	81	21	0	0	1	0	0	7/89
1996	32	TOT	MLB	80	220	206	28	55	4	1	2	16	9	7	11	23	.267	.306	.325	.631	61	67	10	1	1	1	0	7D/9
1996	32	BAL	AL	58	187	175	25	42	4	1	2	14	8	6	10	20	.240	.285	.309	.594	51	54	10	1	1	0	0	7D/9
1996	32	ATL	NL	22	33	31	3	13	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	3	.419	.424	.419	.844	119	13	0	0	0	1	0	/7

1999	35	DET	AL	87	355	333	46	108	21	8	10	32	17	9	16	32	.324	.357	.526	.882	123	175	2	2	2	2	0	D79
2000	36	TOT	AL	117	383	344	48	95	14	5	7	30	12	7	29	32	.276	.329	.407	.736	89	140	4	1	3	6	1	D97
2000	36	DET	AL	80	298	267	37	73	10	5	6	25	8	5	22	25	.273	.325	.416	.741	91	111	2	1	3	5	1	D9/7
2000	36	NYY	AL	37	85	77	11	22	4	0	1	5	4	2	7	7	.286	.341	.377	.718	83	29	2	0	0	1	0	7/D9
12 Seasons				1379	5296	4840	728	1417	189	70	36	405	321	145	369	543	.293	.342	.383	.726	97	1854	91	15	37	35	23
162 Game Avg.				162	622	569	86	166	22	8	4	48	38	17	43	64	.293	.342	.383	.726	97	218	11	2	4	4	3
				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 (5 yrs)				276	1019	914	151	271	45	11	6	88	44	22	85	102	.296	.357	.389	.746	99	356	21	6	4	10	3
CAL (4 yrs)				560	2347	2138	300	628	69	27	5	149	174	82	170	233	.294	.345	.358	.704	95	766	44	5	21	13	18
OAK (3 yrs)				268	1000	929	160	268	33	18	7	93	66	20	62	119	.288	.332	.385	.717	100	358	12	0	5	4	1
ATL (2 yrs)				50	90	84	9	27	7	0	0	4	4	1	4	12	.321	.348	.405	.753	95	34	0	0	1	1	0
DET (2 yrs)				167	653	600	83	181	31	13	16	57	25	14	38	57	.302	.343	.477	.819	109	286	4	3	5	7	1
BAL (1 yr)				58	187	175	25	42	4	1	2	14	8	6	10	20	.240	.285	.309	.594	51	54	10	1	1	0	0

AL (12 yrs)				1329	5206	4756	719	1390	182	70	36	401	317	144	365	531	.292	.342	.383	.725	97	1820	91	15	36	34	23
NL (2 yrs)				50	90	84	9	27	7	0	0	4	4	1	4	12	.321	.348	.405	.753	95	34	0	0	1	1	0

Advanced Batting

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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
1987	23	OAK	AL	469	323	61	5.0	100	.329	.287	.257	.335	.324	.398	.412	.733	.736	100	.505	-0.3	-0.0	.707	.234	.110	7.0
1988	24	OAK	AL	313	220	38	4.6	92	.331	.292	.256	.338	.320	.378	.385	.716	.706	104	.521	1.1	0.1	.671	.212	.087	3.7
1989	25	TOT	AL	466	330	55	4.4	92	.326	.300	.259	.338	.323	.388	.380	.726	.704	107	.512	3.0	0.3	.645	.178	.088	5.3
1989	25	OAK	AL	218	159	23	3.9	91	.304	.286	.257	.315	.322	.369	.379	.684	.700	95	.448	-2.2	-0.2	.603	.170	.083	1.9
1989	25	NYY	AL	248	171	32	5.0	92	.347	.313	.260	.359	.324	.405	.382	.764	.707	117	.565	5.2	0.5	.685	.185	.093	3.3
1990	26	TOT	AL	436	298	59	5.3	92	.367	.335	.256	.372	.324	.412	.383	.784	.706	123	.586	10.8	1.1	.684	.156	.077	3.7
1990	26	NYY	AL	23	17	2	3.1	95	.318	.318	.259	.304	.327	.318	.388	.623	.715	75	.352	-0.8	-0.1	.500	.045	.000	.0
1990	26	CAL	AL	413	281	57	5.4	92	.371	.336	.256	.376	.324	.417	.382	.793	.706	125	.596	11.6	1.2	.695	.163	.081	3.6
1991	27	CAL	AL	662	464	81	4.7	96	.333	.296	.259	.352	.328	.379	.393	.731	.721	104	.516	3.2	0.3	.669	.210	.083	3.8
1992	28	CAL	AL	635	463	63	3.7	94	.319	.286	.259	.337	.328	.329	.385	.666	.713	88	.416	-9.4	-1.0	.590	.173	.043	.0
1993	29	CAL	AL	637	462	64	3.7	105	.295	.271	.270	.328	.341	.326	.413	.654	.754	75	.381	-21.5	-2.1	.596	.193	.056	2.0
1994	30	NYY	AL	394	263	56	5.7	109	.344	.311	.269	.383	.341	.414	.428	.797	.769	109	.529	5.9	0.5	.746	.231	.103	1.9
1995	31	TOT	MLB	326	229	36	4.2	109	.290	.261	.270	.322	.343	.357	.425	.679	.768	78	.407	-9.2	-0.8	.635	.223	.096	3.5
1995	31	NYY	AL	269	189	29	4.1	109	.284	.261	.269	.326	.343	.349	.425	.675	.768	77	.391	-7.8	-0.7	.623	.218	.088	3.3
1995	31	ATL	NL	57	40	7	4.7	109	.318	.264	.274	.304	.344	.396	.427	.700	.771	81	.487	-1.4	-0.1	.692	.245	.132	.0
1996	32	TOT	MLB	220	170	18	2.8	115	.291	.267	.277	.306	.350	.325	.443	.631	.793	61	.231	-13.1	-1.2	.482	.121	.058	3.3
1996	32	BAL	AL	187	150	12	2.2	116	.261	.240	.277	.285	.350	.309	.445	.594	.795	51	.148	-14.0	-1.3	.450	.137	.069	3.2
1996	32	ATL	NL	33	20	6	8.0	112	.448	.419	.277	.424	.347	.419	.433	.844	.780	119	.717	1.0	0.1	.737	.032	.000	.0

1999	35	DET	AL	355	240	62	6.9	113	.334	.324	.274	.357	.346	.526	.438	.882	.785	123	.609	9.9	0.9	.852	.273	.201	12.6
2000	36	TOT	AL	383	269	47	4.7	112	.283	.276	.271	.329	.344	.407	.436	.736	.780	89	.423	-5.6	-0.5	.673	.230	.131	8.8
2000	36	DET	AL	298	209	37	4.7	111	.278	.273	.270	.325	.342	.416	.435	.741	.777	91	.429	-3.8	-0.3	.682	.236	.142	6.9
2000	36	NYY	AL	85	60	10	4.4	114	.300	.286	.275	.341	.348	.377	.442	.718	.790	83	.403	-1.8	-0.2	.644	.208	.091	1.6
12 Seasons				5296	3731	640	4.6	101	.321	.293	.264	.342	.333	.383	.407	.726	.740	97	.478	-25.0	-2.3	.660	.203	.090	64.7
162 Game Avg.				622	438	75	4.6	101	.321	.293	.264	.342	.333	.383	.407	.726	.740	97	.478	-25.0	-2.3	.660	.203	.090	8
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
NYY (5 yrs)				1019	700	129	4.9	105	.325	.296	.267	.357	.338	.389	.416	.746	.754	99	.488	0.8	0.1	.684	.210	.093	10.6
CAL (4 yrs)				2347	1670	265	4.3	97	.326	.294	.262	.345	.331	.358	.394	.704	.725	95	.469	-16.1	-1.6	.631	.187	.065	9.7
OAK (3 yrs)				1000	702	122	4.6	95	.323	.288	.257	.332	.322	.385	.396	.717	.719	100	.499	-1.4	-0.1	.672	.213	.097	12.7
ATL (2 yrs)				90	60	13	5.8	110	.370	.321	.275	.348	.345	.405	.429	.753	.774	95	.583	-0.4	-0.0	.707	.167	.083	.0
DET (2 yrs)				653	449	99	5.9	112	.309	.302	.272	.343	.344	.477	.437	.819	.781	109	.534	6.1	0.6	.773	.257	.175	19.5
BAL (1 yr)				187	150	12	2.1	116	.261	.240	.277	.285	.350	.309	.445	.594	.795	51	.147	-14.0	-1.3	.450	.137	.069	3.2

AL (12 yrs)				5206	3671	627	4.6	101	.321	.292	.264	.342	.333	.383	.406	.725	.739	97	.476	-24.6	-2.3	.659	.204	.090	64.7
NL (2 yrs)				90	60	13	5.8	110	.370	.321	.275	.348	.345	.405	.429	.753	.774	95	.583	-0.4	-0.0	.707	.167	.083	.0

Postseason Batting

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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
1988	24	OAK	AL	ALCS	BOS	W	3	6	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	.400	.500	.400	.900	2	0	0	0	0	0
1988	24	OAK	AL	WS	LAD	L	3	9	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	0	0	0	0	0

1995	31	ATL	NL	NLDS	COL	W	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0
1995	31	ATL	NL	NLCS	CIN	W	3	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	1	0	0
1995	31	ATL	NL	WS	CLE	W	6	15	14	3	4	1	0	1	4	1	0	1	3	.286	.333	.571	.905	8	1	0	0	0	0
1996	32	ATL	NL	NLDS	LAD	W	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	32	ATL	NL	NLCS	STL	W	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	32	ATL	NL	WS	NYY	L	6	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	0	0	0

2000	36	NYY	AL	ALDS	OAK	W	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
2000	36	NYY	AL	ALCS	SEA	W	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	36	NYY	AL	WS	NYM	W	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
4 Seasons (11 Series)							33	51	47	4	11	1	0	1	7	2	2	3	13	.234	.280	.319	.599	15	1	0	1	0	0
2 NLDS							5	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0
1 ALDS							1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
2 ALCS							4	7	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	.333	.429	.333	.762	2	0	0	0	0	0
2 NLCS							6	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	1	0	0
4 WS							17	32	30	4	6	1	0	1	4	1	1	2	8	.200	.250	.333	.583	10	1	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1987	23	OAK	AL	469	0.9%	13.7%	6.8%	6.4%	24%	2.00	6.8	108.8	8.9		1.72	78%
1988	24	OAK	AL	313	0.6%	12.8%	6.7%	5.4%	20%	1.90	7.2	144.0	10.7	1.00	1.13	79%	21%	2.9%	41%
1989	25	TOT	AL	466	0.6%	9.4%	5.4%	5.6%	20%	1.76	9.8	144.3	9.4	1.20	1.63	84%	24%	1.9%	10%
1989	25	OAK	AL	218	0.5%	6.9%	4.1%	5.1%	19%	1.67	13.7	206.0	12.1	1.09	1.62	88%	22%	1.3%	9%
1989	25	NYY	AL	248	0.8%	11.7%	6.5%	6.1%	21%	1.81	7.8	113.5	7.8	1.33	1.64	80%	26%	2.7%	11%
1990	26	TOT	AL	436	0.5%	9.9%	5.7%	4.1%	13%	1.72	9.4	201.5	11.5	1.32	1.64	83%	18%	1.6%	16%
1990	26	NYY	AL	23	0.0%	4.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		22.0		7.3	2.00	3.00	96%	14%	0.0%	14%
1990	26	CAL	AL	413	0.5%	10.2%	6.1%	4.4%	14%	1.68	9.1	190.5	11.9	1.28	1.58	82%	18%	1.7%	16%
1991	27	CAL	AL	662	0.3%	11.2%	7.9%	5.7%	21%	1.42	8.2	302.0	12.1	1.11	1.51	80%	21%	0.9%	5%
1992	28	CAL	AL	635	0.0%	10.1%	7.1%	3.3%	13%	1.42	9.0		16.5	1.08	1.62	81%	26%	0.0%	10%
1993	29	CAL	AL	637	0.2%	8.3%	7.5%	3.8%	15%	1.10	10.9	576.0	18.0	1.28	1.26	82%	17%	0.5%	7%
1994	30	NYY	AL	394	0.3%	9.1%	9.4%	7.1%	26%	0.97	9.7	350.0	9.7	1.06	1.22	80%	26%	0.7%	6%
1995	31	TOT	MLB	326	0.6%	11.7%	8.6%	6.4%	28%	1.36	7.7	145.5	17.1	1.08	1.33	78%	23%	1.8%	7%
1995	31	NYY	AL	269	0.7%	10.8%	9.3%	5.2%	23%	1.16	8.2	119.0	15.9	1.18	1.55	78%	23%	2.3%	6%
1995	31	ATL	NL	57	0.0%	15.8%	5.3%	12.3%	50%	3.00	5.9		26.5	0.72	0.63	77%	22%	0.0%	8%
1996	32	TOT	MLB	220	0.9%	10.5%	5.0%	3.2%	13%	2.09	9.0	103.0	12.9	1.42	1.85	83%	16%	3.8%	27%
1996	32	BAL	AL	187	1.1%	10.7%	5.4%	3.7%	17%	2.00	8.8	87.5	12.5	1.37	1.90	82%	17%	4.3%	27%
1996	32	ATL	NL	33	0.0%	9.1%	3.0%	0.0%	0%	3.00	10.3		15.5	1.80	1.50	88%	10%	0.0%	30%

1999	35	DET	AL	355	2.8%	9.0%	4.5%	11.0%	36%	2.00	10.4	33.3	10.4	0.70	1.01	83%	21%	7.1%	15%
2000	36	TOT	AL	383	1.8%	8.4%	7.6%	6.8%	27%	1.10	10.8	49.1	11.5	0.60	0.82	81%	25%	4.2%	11%
2000	36	DET	AL	298	2.0%	8.4%	7.4%	7.1%	29%	1.14	10.7	44.5	10.7	0.62	0.82	81%	24%	4.6%	10%
2000	36	NYY	AL	85	1.2%	8.2%	8.2%	5.9%	23%	1.00	11.0	77.0	15.4	0.56	0.85	82%	27%	2.8%	16%
12 Seasons				5296	0.7%	10.3%	7.0%	5.6%	21%	1.47	8.9	134.4	12.0	1.06	1.37	81%	22%	2.0%	12%
MLB Averages
				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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1987	23	OAK	AL	8	0	48%	223	29	7	81%	26	5	3	1	0	1	4	0	6	21	73%	24	10	14	5	0	5	26	3	21
1988	24	OAK	AL	2	0	48%	110	24	9	73%	24	8	0	1	0	0	3	1	4	13	66%	15	3	11	6	3	3	11	4	7
1989	25	TOT	AL	10	0	44%	195	22	8	73%	20	8	2	0	0	0	5	1	4	17	71%	26	12	14	6	1	5	20	2	18
1989	25	OAK	AL	6	0	45%	96	13	4	76%	11	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	71%	9	5	4	2	0	2	10	1	9
1989	25	NYY	AL	4	0	43%	99	9	4	69%	9	4	0	0	0	0	5	1	2	10	71%	17	7	10	4	1	3	10	1	9
1990	26	TOT	AL	2	0	31%	197	21	14	60%	17	11	4	3	0	0	2	1	8	17	47%	32	14	17	7	5	2	12	6	5
1990	26	NYY	AL	0	0	29%	9	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	67%	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	26	CAL	AL	2	0	32%	188	20	14	59%	16	11	4	3	0	0	2	1	7	17	46%	29	13	15	7	5	2	12	6	5
1991	27	CAL	AL	10	0	39%	248	48	23	68%	31	19	17	3	0	1	7	0	10	23	73%	41	13	26	9	1	8	23	4	19
1992	28	CAL	AL	8	0	39%	226	51	21	71%	37	18	12	2	2	1	11	0	8	16	59%	38	17	19	9	3	6	26	7	18
1993	29	CAL	AL	8	0	36%	216	55	24	70%	46	21	9	2	0	1	7	0	11	20	56%	24	14	10	7	1	6	19	6	12
1994	30	NYY	AL	9	0	41%	177	20	12	63%	17	9	3	3	0	0	1	0	13	14	43%	24	14	8	6	4	1	23	6	14
1995	31	TOT	MLB	0	0	40%	112	13	4	76%	13	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	7	62%	20	10	9	7	2	5	12	2	10
1995	31	NYY	AL	0	0	41%	93	10	4	71%	10	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	68%	16	6	9	7	2	5	8	1	7
1995	31	ATL	NL	0	0	35%	19	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	38%	4	4	0	0	0	0	4	1	3
1996	32	TOT	MLB	4	0	40%	78	9	7	56%	8	6	1	1	0	0	4	2	3	8	52%	13	6	6	2	2	0	6	1	5
1996	32	BAL	AL	3	0	45%	62	8	6	57%	7	5	1	1	0	0	4	2	2	8	44%	12	6	5	2	2	0	4	1	3
1996	32	ATL	NL	1	0	21%	16	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2

1999	35	DET	AL	2	0	31%	145	17	9	65%	17	9	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	12	55%	11	6	5	4	2	2	7	1	5
2000	36	TOT	AL	3	0	35%	160	12	7	63%	11	6	1	1	0	0	3	1	4	12	46%	20	10	9	3	2	1	12	6	6
2000	36	DET	AL	2	0	34%	118	8	5	62%	7	5	1	0	0	0	3	1	4	10	48%	17	9	7	3	2	1	7	2	5
2000	36	NYY	AL	1	0	36%	42	4	2	67%	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	38%	3	1	2	0	0	0	5	4	1
12 Seasons				66	0	39%	2087	321	145	69%	267	124	52	17	2	4	51	7	82	180	60%	288	129	148	71	26	44	197	48	140
MLB Averages
				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*

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						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
1987	23	OAK	AL	469	80%	125			4	1	0	0	1.13	4	0	7	4	0	1	3	0	6	1	17%	84	4	5%	35	13	37%	254	49	19%	29	16	55%	24	15	63%	0
1988	24	OAK	AL	313	94%	84	16	5	9	2	0	0	0.90	2	0	7	2	0	1	1	0	2	2	100%	46	3	7%	21	9	43%	163	26	16%	18	12	67%	14	9	64%	0
1989	25	TOT	AL	466	84%	130	26	4	13	6	0	1	1.85	3	0	10	3	0	1	2	0	6	2	33%	74	13	18%	48	17	35%	272	45	17%	36	17	47%	35	19	54%	0
1989	25	OAK	AL	218	88%	59	12	0	10	5	0	1	1.70	1	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	3	2	67%	34	5	15%	20	6	30%	117	18	15%	9	3	33%	13	4	31%	0
1989	25	NYY	AL	248	81%	71	14	4	3	1	0	0	2.33	2	0	6	2	0	1	1	0	3	0	0%	40	8	20%	28	11	39%	155	27	17%	27	14	52%	22	15	68%	0
1990	26	TOT	AL	436	87%	135	34	11	19	6	0	1	1.57	2	1	11	2	0	2	0	1	9	3	33%	62	9	15%	33	16	48%	219	35	16%	22	13	59%	26	13	50%	0
1990	26	NYY	AL	23	100%	7	2	1	7	2	0	1	1.96	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	1	20%	4	1	25%	15	3	20%	4	2	50%	0	0		0
1990	26	CAL	AL	413	86%	128	32	10	12	4	0	0	1.34	2	1	10	2	0	2	0	1	9	3	33%	57	8	14%	29	15	52%	204	32	16%	18	11	61%	26	13	50%	0
1991	27	CAL	AL	662	73%	179	92	10	5	1	0	0	1.20	2	0	6	2	0	1	1	1	10	2	20%	103	11	11%	45	16	36%	344	53	15%	30	20	67%	34	15	44%	0
1992	28	CAL	AL	635	77%	165	84	7	4	1	0	0	1.41	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	14	8	57%	97	18	19%	41	20	49%	272	39	14%	24	15	63%	34	19	56%	0
1993	29	CAL	AL	637	81%	156	44	12	8	2	0	0	1.82	1	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	16	8	50%	81	7	9%	39	20	51%	298	33	11%	29	17	59%	32	17	53%	0
1994	30	NYY	AL	394	84%	109	20	8	8	3	0	1	2.43	1	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	7	2	29%	62	7	11%	14	4	29%	215	37	17%	19	9	47%	28	15	54%	0
1995	31	TOT	MLB	326	90%	76	13	7	24	9	0	1	1.27	2	0	3	1	1	2	0	0	5	3	60%	49	3	6%	29	9	31%	187	15	8%	15	8	53%	13	5	38%	0
1995	31	NYY	AL	269	88%	62	11	7	6	1	0	0	1.44	2	0	2	1	1	2	0	0	4	2	50%	44	3	7%	25	9	36%	159	13	8%	14	7	50%	8	3	38%	0
1995	31	ATL	NL	57	96%	14	2	0	18	8	0	1	1.22	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	5	0	0%	4	0	0%	28	2	7%	1	1	100%	5	2	40%	0
1996	32	TOT	MLB	220	91%	55	11	5	23	8	0	2	1.75	2	0	7	1	1	2	0	0	5	1	20%	45	10	22%	21	7	33%	138	17	12%	9	9	100%	9	4	44%	0
1996	32	BAL	AL	187	91%	42	7	4	8	4	0	0	1.89	2	0	6	1	1	2	0	0	4	1	25%	39	10	26%	20	6	30%	120	15	13%	7	7	100%	9	4	44%	0
1996	32	ATL	NL	33	91%	13	4	1	15	4	0	2	1.68	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	6	0	0%	1	1	100%	18	2	11%	2	2	100%	0	0		0

1999	35	DET	AL	355	93%	108	20	15	6	2	0	1	1.59	10	0	2	9	1	8	2	0	8	2	25%	31	2	6%	21	8	38%	127	23	18%	11	6	55%	21	13	62%	0
2000	36	TOT	AL	383	90%	95	16	6	15	3	1	2	1.81	7	0	9	6	1	4	3	0	5	3	60%	49	4	8%	27	12	44%	195	25	13%	19	10	53%	17	9	53%	0
2000	36	DET	AL	298	88%	73	13	4	11	2	1	1	1.85	6	0	6	5	1	3	3	0	4	3	75%	39	2	5%	24	11	46%	148	20	14%	18	9	50%	14	7	50%	0
2000	36	NYY	AL	85	98%	22	3	2	4	1	0	1	1.70	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0%	10	2	20%	3	1	33%	47	5	11%	1	1	100%	3	2	67%	0
12 Seasons				5296	84%	1417	376	90	138	44	1	9	1.59	36	1	81	32	4	22	14	2	93	37	40%	783	91	12%	374	151	40%	2684	397	15%	261	152	58%	287	153	53%	0
MLB Averages
				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*

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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	24	OAK	AL	313	1128	3.60	746	66%	23%	11%	32%	34%	77%	0%	51%	86%	32%	4%	11	0	15%	47	13	6%	20	5	18%	0	1	0
1989	25	TOT	AL	463	1565	3.38	1052	67%	22%	9%	31%	37%	78%	1%	52%	88%	40%	4%	19	0	11%	51	10	5%	24	9	23%	3	0	3
1989	25	OAK	AL	218	715	3.28	490	69%	21%	7%	32%	40%	78%	0%	54%	91%	37%	3%	6	0	11%	24	6	4%	8	3	33%	0	0	2
1989	25	NYY	AL	245	850	3.47	562	66%	22%	12%	31%	35%	78%	1%	51%	85%	42%	5%	13	0	11%	27	4	7%	16	6	17%	3	0	1
1990	26	TOT	AL	410	1399	3.41	934	67%	24%	9%	30%	37%	76%	1%	51%	88%	33%	5%	20	0	11%	44	7	4%	17	4	23%	26	1	1
1990	26	NYY	AL	23	69	3.00	48	70%	31%	6%	17%	46%	69%	0%	48%	91%	30%	0%	0	0	17%	4	2	0%	0	0	100%	0	0	0
1990	26	CAL	AL	387	1330	3.44	886	67%	23%	9%	31%	36%	77%	1%	51%	88%	33%	5%	20	0	10%	40	5	4%	17	4	21%	26	1	1
1991	27	CAL	AL	662	2484	3.75	1571	63%	26%	9%	31%	34%	74%	1%	47%	88%	32%	6%	41	1	17%	111	19	7%	47	16	32%	0	0	0
1992	28	CAL	AL	635	2142	3.37	1412	66%	21%	8%	33%	37%	79%	3%	52%	89%	39%	6%	35	1	13%	81	18	5%	29	12	34%	0	0	0
1993	29	CAL	AL	630	2167	3.44	1398	65%	25%	7%	31%	38%	75%	3%	49%	91%	33%	5%	32	1	14%	87	21	6%	40	13	31%	7	0	1
1994	30	NYY	AL	382	1364	3.57	855	63%	23%	8%	33%	36%	77%	1%	48%	89%	35%	7%	25	0	14%	53	13	9%	36	13	31%	12	0	1
1995	31	TOT	MLB	314	1132	3.61	714	63%	25%	8%	31%	35%	75%	1%	47%	89%	31%	6%	18	1	17%	54	13	9%	28	13	34%	12	1	3
1995	31	NYY	AL	259	943	3.64	590	63%	26%	8%	31%	35%	74%	1%	46%	89%	29%	6%	15	1	18%	47	12	10%	25	12	36%	10	0	0
1995	31	ATL	NL	55	189	3.44	124	66%	19%	10%	34%	35%	79%	0%	52%	85%	38%	5%	3	0	13%	7	1	5%	3	1	29%	2	1	3
1996	32	TOT	MLB	160	630	3.94	405	64%	24%	9%	34%	33%	76%	0%	49%	88%	28%	4%	7	0	13%	21	5	9%	14	6	5%	60	0	0
1996	32	BAL	AL	129	511	3.96	330	65%	24%	9%	35%	32%	76%	0%	49%	88%	29%	5%	6	0	15%	19	5	9%	11	5	6%	58	0	0
1996	32	ATL	NL	31	119	3.84	75	63%	25%	11%	28%	36%	75%	0%	47%	86%	23%	3%	1	0	6%	2	0	10%	3	1	0%	2	0	0

1999	35	DET	AL	355	1249	3.52	803	64%	25%	9%	28%	38%	75%	0%	48%	87%	26%	7%	25	0	19%	67	23	10%	34	24	28%	0	0	0
2000	36	TOT	AL	383	1296	3.38	828	64%	24%	9%	28%	39%	76%	1%	49%	88%	31%	5%	18	0	17%	65	20	8%	30	19	16%	0	0	0
2000	36	DET	AL	298	1023	3.43	664	65%	24%	9%	29%	38%	76%	1%	49%	88%	30%	3%	10	0	17%	51	18	7%	20	13	12%	0	0	0
2000	36	NYY	AL	85	273	3.21	164	60%	24%	9%	24%	43%	76%	0%	46%	88%	33%	9%	8	0	16%	14	2	12%	10	6	29%	0	0	0
11 Seasons				4707	16556	3.52	10718	65%	24%	9%	31%	36%	76%	1%	49%	88%	33%	5%	251	4	14%	681	162	7%	319	134	27%	120	3	9
MLB Averages
				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

Cumulative Batting

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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
1987	23	125	469	435	78	125	16	10	4	49	29	7	32	64	.287	.335	.398	.733	100	173	4	0	1	1	1
1988	24	209	782	723	129	209	27	14	6	76	53	16	53	104	.289	.336	.390	.726	101	282	7	0	3	3	1
1989	25	334	1248	1156	199	339	44	20	9	122	75	24	78	148	.293	.337	.389	.726	103	450	20	2	5	7	2
1990	26	454	1684	1559	251	474	51	29	11	157	96	38	103	191	.304	.346	.395	.741	108	616	29	3	8	11	3
1991	27	604	2346	2163	343	653	79	37	13	207	144	61	155	265	.302	.348	.391	.738	107	845	40	4	10	14	7
1992	28	753	2981	2740	426	818	96	41	13	242	195	82	200	329	.299	.345	.378	.723	103	1035	58	5	18	18	13
1993	29	905	3618	3316	501	974	113	47	14	274	250	106	248	382	.294	.342	.369	.711	98	1223	65	7	26	21	20
1994	30	1000	4012	3666	563	1083	134	53	15	310	270	118	285	418	.295	.346	.373	.719	99	1368	72	11	28	22	21
1995	31	1095	4338	3957	606	1159	150	56	17	327	283	122	313	456	.293	.344	.372	.716	97	1472	75	11	31	26	22
1996	32	1175	4558	4163	634	1214	154	57	19	343	292	129	324	479	.292	.342	.370	.712	95	1539	85	12	32	27	22
1997	33	1175	4558	4163	634	1214	154	57	19	343	292	129	324	479	.292	.342	.370	.712	95	1539	85	12	32	27	22
1998	34	1175	4558	4163	634	1214	154	57	19	343	292	129	324	479	.292	.342	.370	.712	95	1539	85	12	32	27	22
1999	35	1262	4913	4496	680	1322	175	65	29	375	309	138	340	511	.294	.344	.381	.725	98	1714	87	14	34	29	22
2000	36	1379	5296	4840	728	1417	189	70	36	405	321	145	369	543	.293	.342	.383	.726	97	1854	91	15	37	35	23

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
1987	23	125	477	442	81	132	17	11	4	51	31	34	64	.299	.348	.414	.762	64	125
1988	24	84	321	296	57	92	12	4	2	30	26	23	40	.311	.358	.399	.757	43	84
1989	25	125	472	440	78	137	18	6	3	52	23	26	44	.311	.350	.400	.750	62	125
1990	26	120	441	410	59	142	7	9	2	40	22	26	43	.346	.383	.422	.805	67	120
1991	27	150	669	611	98	186	29	8	2	53	50	54	74	.304	.360	.388	.748	86	150
1992	28	149	636	584	91	172	18	4	0	38	53	47	64	.295	.346	.339	.685	69	149
1993	29	152	630	577	72	157	17	6	1	31	55	48	53	.272	.329	.328	.656	62	152
1994	30	135	550	492	82	150	29	8	1	48	28	51	51	.305	.376	.402	.779	74	95
1995	31	107	364	328	46	86	18	3	2	18	15	32	43	.262	.324	.354	.678	38	95
1996	32	80	211	199	25	48	3	1	2	14	8	10	23	.241	.280	.296	.576	16	80

1999	35	87	346	327	42	102	20	8	9	30	16	15	32	.312	.344	.505	.849	57	87
2000	36	117	376	341	45	92	14	5	7	28	12	28	32	.270	.322	.402	.724	44	117
12 Seasons		1431	5493	5047	776	1496	202	73	35	433	339	394	563	.296	.347	.386	.733	682	1379
162 Game Avg.		162	622	571	88	169	23	8	4	49	38	45	64	.296	.347	.386	.733	77	1379

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Triples s c a p y 1987 AL--10--2nd 1990 AL--9--3rd 1991 AL--8--8th 1993 AL--6--9th 1994 AL--6--5th 1999 AL--8--5th	Stolen Bases s c a p y 1991 AL--48--4th 1992 AL--51--4th 1993 AL--55--2nd Career--321--134th	Singles s c a p y 1991 AL--141--5th 1992 AL--144--4th 1993 AL--132--9th	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1992 AL--18--9th
Caught Stealing s c a p y 1990 AL--14--8th 1991 AL--23--1st 1992 AL--21--1st 1993 AL--24--1st 1994 AL--12--2nd Career--145--25th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink Batting - 12 (1268), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 5 (1493), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 17 (924), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

Compare Stats to Similars

Jack Smith (952)
Darryl Hamilton (935)
Al Bumbry (933)
Max Flack (933)
Lance Johnson (933)
Mookie Wilson (929)
Lou Finney (928)
John Titus (923)
Terry Puhl (922)
Johnny Hopp (922)

Most Similar by Ages

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Bruce Boisclair (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Johnny Watwood (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Vin Campbell (964) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Homer Smoot (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mickey Rivers (956) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Gene Richards (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Gene Richards (955) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Carson Bigbee (955) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Patsy Dougherty (950) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Lou Finney (939) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Al Bumbry (941) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Other Resources & Links

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Gray Ink	Batting - 12 (1268), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 5 (1493), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 17 (924), Average HOFer ≈ 50