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Boog Powell

John Wesley Powell

Positions: First Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: August 17, 1941 in Lakeland, FL
High School: Key West HS (Key West, FL)
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 26, 1961
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Indians/Dodgers 1961-1977

Final Game: August 24, 1977
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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
1961 19 BAL AL 4 13 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .077 .077 .077 .154 -58 1 0 0 0 0 0 /7
1962 20 BAL AL 124 441 400 44 97 13 2 15 53 1 1 38 79 .243 .311 .398 .708 95 159 14 2 0 1 5 *7/3
1963 21 BAL AL 140 548 491 67 130 22 2 25 82 1 2 49 87 .265 .328 .470 .799 125 231 12 0 3 5 8 *73/9
1964 22 BAL AL 134 506 424 74 123 17 0 39 99 0 0 76 91 .290 .399 .606 1.005 176 257 9 2 2 2 6 *7/3 MVP-11
1965 23 BAL AL 144 556 472 54 117 20 2 17 72 1 1 71 93 .248 .347 .407 .754 112 192 7 4 3 6 13 37
1966 24 BAL AL 140 565 491 78 141 18 0 34 109 0 4 67 125 .287 .372 .532 .903 158 261 8 1 3 3 9 *3 MVP-3
1967 25 BAL AL 125 477 415 53 97 14 1 13 55 1 3 55 94 .234 .324 .366 .690 104 152 6 2 1 4 5 *3
1968 26 BAL AL 154 634 550 60 137 21 1 22 85 7 1 73 97 .249 .338 .411 .748 127 226 12 3 3 5 12 *3 AS,MVP-21
1969 27 BAL AL 152 615 533 83 162 25 0 37 121 1 1 72 76 .304 .383 .559 .942 160 298 18 1 1 8 10 *3 AS,MVP-2
1970 28 BAL AL 154 642 526 82 156 28 0 35 114 1 1 104 80 .297 .412 .549 .962 163 289 14 5 0 8 18 *3 AS,MVP-1
1971 29 BAL AL 128 509 418 59 107 19 0 22 92 1 0 82 64 .256 .379 .459 .839 138 192 10 4 0 5 11 *3 AS
1972 30 BAL AL 140 539 465 53 117 20 1 21 81 4 0 65 92 .252 .346 .434 .780 129 202 13 4 1 4 14 *3
1973 31 BAL AL 114 464 370 52 98 13 1 11 54 0 2 85 64 .265 .398 .395 .792 126 146 11 0 4 5 10 *3
1974 32 BAL AL 110 402 344 37 91 13 1 12 45 0 1 52 58 .265 .358 .413 .771 125 142 15 0 3 3 10 3/D
1975 33 CLE AL 134 502 435 64 129 18 0 27 86 1 3 59 72 .297 .377 .524 .901 154 228 5 1 1 6 5 *3/D MVP-20
1976 34 CLE AL 95 343 293 29 63 9 0 9 33 1 1 41 43 .215 .305 .338 .643 90 99 10 0 2 7 3 3
1977 35 LAD NL 50 53 41 0 10 0 0 0 5 0 0 12 9 .244 .415 .244 .659 83 10 0 0 0 0 1 /3
17 Yrs 2042 7809 6681 889 1776 270 11 339 1187 20 21 1001 1226 .266 .361 .462 .822 134 3085 164 29 27 72 140
162 Game Avg. 162 620 530 71 141 21 1 27 94 2 2 79 97 .266 .361 .462 .822 134 245 13 2 2 6 11
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
BAL (14 yrs) 1763 6911 5912 796 1574 243 11 303 1063 18 17 889 1102 .266 .362 .465 .826 135 2748 149 28 24 59 131
CLE (2 yrs) 229 845 728 93 192 27 0 36 119 2 4 100 115 .264 .348 .449 .797 129 327 15 1 3 13 8
LAD (1 yr) 50 53 41 0 10 0 0 0 5 0 0 12 9 .244 .415 .244 .659 83 10 0 0 0 0 1
AL (16 yrs) 1992 7756 6640 889 1766 270 11 339 1182 20 21 989 1217 .266 .360 .463 .823 134 3075 164 29 27 72 139
NL (1 yr) 50 53 41 0 10 0 0 0 5 0 0 12 9 .244 .415 .244 .659 83 10 0 0 0 0 1

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
1961 19 BAL AL 4 13 -3 0 0 -0 -0 -3 -0.4 0 -3 -0.3 .409 .498 -0.3 -0.1 -3 $ /7
1962 20 BAL AL 124 441 -5 -1 -2 0 -5 -12 -1.5 12 -0 -0.3 .489 .492 -0.1 -0.6 -1 $ *7/3
1963 21 BAL AL 140 548 13 -0 1 -3 -8 2 0.1 15 18 1.6 .502 .502 2.2 -1.4 21 $ *73/9
1964 22 BAL AL 134 506 44 1 -0 2 -6 40 4.1 14 54 5.5 .533 .527 5.6 -0.7 53 $ *7/3 MVP-11
1965 23 BAL AL 144 556 6 -0 1 4 -8 2 0.1 16 17 1.7 .501 .501 1.3 -0.6 14 $25,000 37
1966 24 BAL AL 140 565 33 -1 -0 -3 -8 21 2.2 16 37 3.7 .517 .515 4.3 -1.4 40 $23,000 *3 MVP-3
1967 25 BAL AL 125 477 -0 -2 0 -7 -6 -15 -2.0 13 -2 -0.7 .485 .489 0.4 -1.8 5 $ *3
1968 26 BAL AL 154 634 16 -0 -0 -4 -9 3 0.1 18 21 1.9 .503 .502 2.6 -1.8 25 $ *3 AS,MVP-21
1969 27 BAL AL 152 615 38 -1 -2 8 -8 35 3.7 17 52 5.4 .525 .524 4.6 -0.1 44 $ *3 AS,MVP-2
1970 28 BAL AL 154 642 40 -2 -0 -2 -8 27 2.8 21 48 4.8 .519 .518 5.2 -1.3 50 $ *3 AS,MVP-1
1971 29 BAL AL 128 509 17 0 1 5 -7 16 1.8 17 33 3.4 .515 .511 2.9 -0.3 28 $90,000 *3 AS
1972 30 BAL AL 140 539 15 0 -1 -4 -7 4 0.3 18 21 2.1 .503 .503 2.7 -1.5 25 $90,000 *3
1973 31 BAL AL 114 464 13 -1 -1 -2 -6 3 0.6 15 18 1.9 .503 .502 2.0 -0.7 20 $92,000 *3
1974 32 BAL AL 110 402 7 -2 -2 0 -6 -2 -0.1 13 11 1.1 .498 .499 1.1 -0.5 11 $ 3/D
1975 33 CLE AL 134 502 29 -1 1 -0 -7 21 2.4 16 37 3.9 .517 .514 4.0 -0.7 38 $ *3/D MVP-20
1976 34 CLE AL 95 343 -6 -2 -0 -3 -5 -16 -1.7 11 -5 -0.7 .481 .489 -0.3 -0.8 -2 $ 3
1977 35 LAD NL 50 53 -1 0 0 -1 -0 -1 -0.2 2 0 0.0 .497 .499 0.1 -0.1 1 $ /3
17 Seasons 2042 7809 258 -13 -4 -11 -106 124 12.5 234 357 35.0 .507 .505 38.3 -14.2 369 $320,000
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
BAL (14 yrs) 1763 6911 236 -10 -4 -7 -94 120 11.9 205 325 31.8 .508 .506 34.5 -12.6 332 $320,000
CLE (2 yrs) 229 845 23 -3 1 -4 -12 5 0.7 27 32 3.2 .502 .501 3.7 -1.6 36 $
LAD (1 yr) 50 53 -1 0 0 -1 -0 -1 -0.2 2 0 0.0 .497 .499 0.1 -0.1 1 $

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
1961 19 BAL AL 13 12 0 0.0 100 .091 .077 .259 .077 .334 .077 .403 .154 .737 -58 .000 -2.9 -0.3 .083 .000 .000
1962 20 BAL AL 441 319 47 4.0 97 .267 .243 .256 .311 .327 .398 .399 .708 .726 95 .437 -3.7 -0.4 .626 .250 .155 1.9
1963 21 BAL AL 548 383 74 5.2 91 .273 .265 .251 .328 .316 .470 .387 .799 .704 125 .598 16.1 1.7 .744 .303 .206 1.9
1964 22 BAL AL 506 314 105 9.0 96 .284 .290 .256 .399 .324 .606 .397 1.005 .721 176 .799 45.0 4.6 1.081 .495 .316 .0
1965 23 BAL AL 556 372 71 5.1 93 .272 .248 .253 .347 .323 .407 .388 .754 .711 112 .610 9.9 1.0 .736 .309 .159 1.9
1966 24 BAL AL 565 368 97 7.1 89 .319 .287 .247 .372 .314 .532 .381 .903 .695 158 .749 37.6 4.0 .898 .373 .244 .0
1967 25 BAL AL 477 332 51 4.2 85 .269 .234 .243 .324 .312 .366 .365 .690 .677 104 .547 3.2 0.4 .633 .260 .133 1.9
1968 26 BAL AL 634 434 79 4.9 80 .264 .249 .238 .338 .307 .411 .352 .748 .659 127 .647 19.1 2.1 .723 .305 .162 10.6
1969 27 BAL AL 615 399 112 7.6 96 .292 .304 .256 .383 .332 .559 .386 .942 .718 160 .744 43.5 4.4 .951 .390 .255 1.9
1970 28 BAL AL 642 393 123 8.4 98 .289 .297 .259 .412 .333 .549 .395 .962 .729 163 .774 50.2 5.0 1.034 .451 .253 1.9
1971 29 BAL AL 509 326 77 6.3 91 .252 .256 .254 .379 .326 .459 .377 .839 .702 138 .697 24.6 2.6 .869 .402 .203 1.9
1972 30 BAL AL 539 366 71 5.2 85 .270 .252 .250 .346 .319 .434 .361 .780 .680 129 .660 17.8 2.0 .762 .331 .183 6.7
1973 31 BAL AL 464 294 62 5.7 93 .290 .265 .258 .398 .327 .395 .380 .792 .707 126 .619 18.0 1.8 .804 .354 .130 .0
1974 32 BAL AL 402 275 49 4.8 87 .285 .265 .255 .358 .319 .413 .366 .771 .685 125 .567 12.6 1.3 .717 .297 .148 .0
1975 33 CLE AL 502 321 89 7.5 92 .298 .297 .257 .377 .326 .524 .377 .901 .704 154 .732 31.8 3.2 .911 .359 .228 1.9
1976 34 CLE AL 343 250 31 3.4 84 .218 .215 .254 .305 .318 .338 .358 .643 .675 90 .421 -2.4 -0.2 .581 .263 .123 1.8
1977 35 LAD NL 53 31 5 4.4 102 .313 .244 .268 .415 .336 .244 .409 .659 .744 83 .472 -0.1 -0.0 .710 .293 .000
17 Yrs 7809 5189 1143 5.9 91 .277 .266 .252 .361 .322 .462 .379 .822 .700 134 .666 320.4 33.1 .808 .346 .196 37.8
162 Game Avg. 620 412 91 5.9 91 .277 .266 .252 .361 .322 .462 .379 .822 .700 134 .666 25 3 .808 .346 .196 3
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
BAL (14 yrs) 6911 4587 1018 6.0 91 .278 .266 .252 .362 .322 .465 .380 .826 .701 135 .671 291.1 30.1 .814 .349 .199 34.0
CLE (2 yrs) 845 571 120 5.7 89 .264 .264 .256 .348 .323 .449 .369 .797 .692 129 .636 29.4 3.0 .768 .320 .185 3.8
LAD (1 yr) 53 31 5 4.4 102 .313 .244 .268 .415 .336 .244 .409 .659 .744 83 .473 -0.1 -0.0 .710 .293 .000
AL (16 yrs) 7756 5158 1138 5.9 91 .277 .266 .252 .360 .322 .463 .378 .823 .700 134 .667 320.5 33.1 .809 .346 .197 37.8
NL (1 yr) 53 31 5 4.4 102 .313 .244 .268 .415 .336 .244 .409 .659 .744 83 .473 -0.1 -0.0 .710 .293 .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
1966 24 BAL AL WS LAD W 4 15 14 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .357 .357 .429 .786 6 1 0 1 0 0
1969 27 BAL AL ALCS MIN W 3 15 13 2 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 .385 .467 .615 1.082 8 1 0 0 0 0
1969 27 BAL AL WS NYM L 5 20 19 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .263 .300 .263 .563 5 0 0 0 0 0
1970 28 BAL AL ALCS MIN W 3 14 14 2 6 2 0 1 6 0 0 0 3 .429 .429 .786 1.214 11 1 0 0 0 0
1970 28 BAL AL WS CIN W 5 22 17 6 5 1 0 2 5 0 0 5 2 .294 .455 .706 1.160 12 2 0 0 0 0
1971 29 BAL AL ALCS OAK W 3 13 10 4 3 0 0 2 3 0 0 3 3 .300 .462 .900 1.362 9 0 0 0 0 0
1971 29 BAL AL WS PIT L 7 29 27 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .111 .138 .111 .249 3 0 0 0 1 0
1973 31 BAL AL ALCS OAK L 1 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 32 BAL AL ALCS OAK L 2 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 1 1 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs (9 Series) 33 140 126 17 33 4 0 6 18 0 0 12 17 .262 .324 .437 .760 55 6 0 1 1 0
5 ALCS 12 54 49 9 15 2 0 4 11 0 0 5 7 .306 .370 .592 .962 29 3 0 0 0 0
4 WS 21 86 77 8 18 2 0 2 7 0 0 7 10 .234 .294 .338 .632 26 3 0 1 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
1968 BAL AL 26 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 BAL AL 27 as 1B 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
1970 BAL AL 28 as 1B 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 BAL AL 29 DNP
4 Yrs (3 GP) 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .111 .222 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
1961 19 BAL AL 13 0.0% 15.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 6.5 13.0 1.00 85%
1962 20 BAL AL 441 3.4% 17.9% 8.6% 6.8% 31% 2.08 5.1 26.7 7.5 1.04 70%
1963 21 BAL AL 548 4.6% 15.9% 8.9% 8.9% 38% 1.78 5.6 19.6 6.0 1.16 70%
1964 22 BAL AL 506 7.7% 18.0% 15.0% 11.1% 46% 1.20 4.7 10.9 4.3 1.19 59%
1965 23 BAL AL 556 3.1% 16.7% 12.8% 7.0% 33% 1.31 5.1 27.8 6.6 1.54 66%
1966 24 BAL AL 565 6.0% 22.1% 11.9% 9.2% 37% 1.87 3.9 14.4 4.5 1.06 59%
1967 25 BAL AL 477 2.7% 19.7% 11.5% 5.9% 29% 1.71 4.4 31.9 7.5 1.08 65%
1968 26 BAL AL 634 3.5% 15.3% 11.5% 6.9% 32% 1.33 5.7 25.0 6.5 1.17 69%
1969 27 BAL AL 615 6.0% 12.4% 11.7% 10.1% 38% 1.06 7.0 14.4 4.4 1.11 70%
1970 28 BAL AL 642 5.5% 12.5% 16.2% 9.8% 40% 0.77 6.6 15.0 4.6 1.05 65%
1971 29 BAL AL 509 4.3% 12.6% 16.1% 8.1% 38% 0.78 6.5 19.0 4.5 1.20 66%
1972 30 BAL AL 539 3.9% 17.1% 12.1% 7.8% 36% 1.42 5.1 22.1 5.7 1.05 66%
1973 31 BAL AL 464 2.4% 13.8% 18.3% 5.4% 26% 0.75 5.8 33.6 6.9 1.21 65%
1974 32 BAL AL 402 3.0% 14.4% 12.9% 6.5% 29% 1.12 5.9 28.7 7.6 1.32 69%
1975 33 CLE AL 502 5.4% 14.3% 11.8% 9.0% 35% 1.22 6.0 16.1 5.1 0.88 68%
1976 34 CLE AL 343 2.6% 12.5% 12.0% 5.3% 29% 1.05 6.8 32.6 8.9 1.19 72%
1977 35 LAD NL 53 0.0% 17.0% 22.6% 0.0% 0% 0.75 4.6 8.2 1.75 60%
17 Yrs 7809 4.3% 15.7% 12.8% 7.9% 35% 1.22 5.4 19.7 5.6 1.14 66%
MLB Averages 2.1% 14.5% 8.5% 6.1% 27% 1.71 6.2 43.6 8.9 1.10 73%
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
1961 19 BAL AL -2.9 -0.3 13 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 1.48 -0.2 0.0 -1.7 -0.2 0.88 -2.6 1.02 1
1962 20 BAL AL -3.7 -0.4 451 0.4 8.9 -8.5 1.10 -0.3 0.7 1.0 0.1 0.95 -3.4 1.21 10
1963 21 BAL AL 16.1 1.7 556 1.4 11.4 -10.0 1.08 2.0 -0.7 18.6 1.9 0.98 20.5 2.05 3
1964 22 BAL AL 45.0 4.6 512 5.8 13.2 -7.5 1.03 6.2 -0.7 53.2 5.3 0.96 65.9 2.12 12
1965 23 BAL AL 9.9 1.0 560 3.1 11.8 -8.7 1.05 1.6 1.3 29.2 3.0 0.90 19.4 1.45 8
1966 24 BAL AL 37.6 4.0 580 5.7 14.5 -8.8 1.01 4.1 1.5 49.4 5.2 0.97 42.7 2.50 7
1967 25 BAL AL 3.2 0.4 486 -0.2 8.2 -8.5 1.06 0.4 -0.6 11.2 1.2 1.00 7.3 1.60 13
1968 26 BAL AL 18.5 2.1 644 3.8 14.6 -10.8 1.08 2.2 1.3 29.3 3.3 1.01 26.2 1.36 4
1969 27 BAL AL 43.5 4.4 624 5.8 16.2 -10.3 1.07 5.5 0.0 59.2 5.9 1.00 58.6 2.31 7
1970 28 BAL AL 50.2 5.0 648 5.3 14.3 -9.0 1.00 5.6 -0.3 60.7 6.0 0.99 63.1 2.15 8
1971 29 BAL AL 24.6 2.6 515 1.3 9.5 -8.1 1.00 2.7 -1.4 34.3 3.6 1.00 32.0 1.72 4
1972 30 BAL AL 17.8 2.0 547 2.0 11.3 -9.4 1.08 1.7 0.1 30.4 3.3 0.99 24.6 3.06 7
1973 31 BAL AL 18.0 1.8 470 2.2 9.3 -7.1 1.04 1.2 0.9 14.8 1.5 1.00 14.2 1.60 6
1974 32 BAL AL 12.6 1.3 406 1.4 8.1 -6.7 1.06 0.8 0.5 3.5 0.4 0.99 7.0 1.91 9
1975 33 CLE AL 31.8 3.2 509 2.0 10.4 -8.4 1.03 2.4 -0.5 24.9 2.5 0.96 32.1 2.44 12
1976 34 CLE AL -2.4 -0.2 346 0.6 6.7 -6.0 1.12 -0.7 1.3 -4.0 -0.4 0.99 -7.3 2.05 10
1977 35 LAD NL -0.2 -0.0 54 -0.1 1.2 -1.3 1.59 -0.1 0.1 0.8 0.1 0.99 0.6 1.79 36
17 Yrs 319.7 33.0 7921 40.2 169.6 -129.5 1.06 35.1 2.9 414.9 42.8 0.98 400.9 1.93 157
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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1961 19 BAL AL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 20 BAL AL 3 0 24% 143 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 10 29% 21 17 4 4 2 2 9 5 4
1963 21 BAL AL 5 0 27% 188 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11 38% 29 21 8 5 4 1 14 4 9
1964 22 BAL AL 6 0 22% 171 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 11 37% 30 23 7 11 7 4 8 1 7
1965 23 BAL AL 7 0 21% 207 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 13 28% 25 20 5 8 5 3 10 5 4
1966 24 BAL AL 3 0 25% 215 0 4 0% 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 17 38% 36 26 10 4 3 1 15 4 10
1967 25 BAL AL 2 0 28% 214 1 3 25% 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 26% 30 28 2 10 8 2 14 4 10
1968 26 BAL AL 9 0 20% 237 7 1 88% 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 10 36% 31 22 9 6 5 1 13 5 8
1969 27 BAL AL 5 0 23% 215 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 19 33% 26 21 4 7 4 2 13 3 9
1970 28 BAL AL 2 0 20% 280 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 12 38% 44 33 9 7 3 4 13 1 11
1971 29 BAL AL 0 0 22% 206 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 16 38% 35 26 8 5 3 2 16 4 11
1972 30 BAL AL 7 0 19% 191 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 11 39% 22 14 8 4 4 0 15 6 8
1973 31 BAL AL 4 0 24% 184 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 37% 25 17 8 7 6 1 9 1 6
1974 32 BAL AL 1 0 19% 136 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 23% 26 22 4 7 5 1 7 2 4
1975 33 CLE AL 5 0 23% 216 1 3 25% 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 4 6 30% 30 23 6 6 4 2 11 5 6
1976 34 CLE AL 1 0 21% 132 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 23% 25 21 3 4 3 1 14 6 6
1977 35 LAD NL 0 0 0% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Yrs 60 0 22% 2942 20 21 49% 20 17 0 1 0 2 8 0 69 163 33% 436 335 95 95 66 27 181 56 113
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

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
1961 19 BAL AL 13 54% 1 1 0 0 0 1.02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 10 1 10% 0 0 0 0 0
1962 20 BAL AL 441 75% 97 10 2 0 1 1.21 15 1 9 12 3 12 3 0 0 0 90 14 16% 39 7 18% 266 39 15% 26 9 35% 16 8 50% 0
1963 21 BAL AL 548 83% 130 3 1 0 0 2.05 25 0 17 21 4 9 16 0 4 3 75% 126 12 10% 62 26 42% 366 62 17% 44 25 57% 24 18 75% 0
1964 22 BAL AL 506 75% 123 12 2 0 1 2.12 39 0 10 35 4 16 23 0 3 2 67% 93 9 10% 39 14 36% 330 63 19% 33 19 58% 19 10 53% 0
1965 23 BAL AL 556 74% 117 8 1 1 1 1.45 17 0 7 14 3 10 7 0 3 3 100% 90 7 8% 32 16 50% 313 57 18% 30 19 63% 18 9 50% 0
1966 24 BAL AL 565 71% 141 7 3 1 2 2.50 34 1 10 25 9 11 23 0 3 3 100% 107 8 7% 53 15 28% 355 78 22% 38 23 61% 27 17 63% 0
1967 25 BAL AL 477 71% 97 13 4 1 2 1.60 13 0 11 9 4 5 8 0 1 1 100% 100 6 6% 55 18 33% 302 43 14% 26 11 42% 16 11 69% 0
1968 26 BAL AL 634 72% 137 4 1 0 0 1.36 22 0 12 18 4 10 12 0 5 3 60% 132 12 9% 60 19 32% 438 66 15% 34 20 59% 33 15 45% 0
1969 27 BAL AL 615 70% 162 7 1 0 1 2.31 37 0 18 25 12 16 21 1 1 1 100% 127 18 14% 63 22 35% 442 93 21% 53 30 57% 28 17 61% 0
1970 28 BAL AL 642 72% 156 8 1 0 0 2.15 35 1 19 25 10 18 17 0 0 0 141 14 10% 48 19 40% 442 81 18% 35 24 69% 22 14 64% 0
1971 29 BAL AL 509 71% 107 4 1 0 0 1.72 22 1 16 18 4 6 16 0 0 0 125 10 8% 55 18 33% 360 71 20% 38 23 61% 28 17 61% 0
1972 30 BAL AL 539 79% 117 7 1 0 1 3.06 21 2 12 18 3 9 12 0 1 1 100% 109 13 12% 44 14 32% 365 60 16% 25 11 44% 21 17 81% 0
1973 31 BAL AL 464 80% 98 6 3 0 1 1.60 11 0 10 10 1 5 6 0 5 4 80% 104 11 11% 37 14 38% 342 44 13% 24 13 54% 21 11 52% 0
1974 32 BAL AL 402 88% 91 9 2 0 2 1.91 12 1 8 12 0 6 6 0 3 3 100% 78 15 19% 37 13 35% 263 34 13% 24 12 50% 12 6 50% 0
1975 33 CLE AL 502 76% 129 12 4 0 2 2.44 27 0 11 21 6 12 15 0 1 1 100% 72 5 7% 40 18 45% 313 60 19% 39 22 56% 10 7 70% 0
1976 34 CLE AL 343 79% 63 10 3 0 2 2.05 9 0 8 7 2 5 4 0 2 2 100% 84 10 12% 36 13 36% 217 25 12% 18 10 56% 10 6 60% 0
1977 35 LAD NL 53 98% 10 36 8 0 3 1.79 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0% 1 0 0% 40 5 13% 3 2 67% 2 2 100% 0
17 Yrs 7809 75% 1776 157 38 3 19 1.93 339 7 181 270 69 150 189 1 32 27 84% 1586 164 10% 702 246 35% 5164 882 17% 490 273 56% 307 185 60% 0
MLB Averages 53% 77% 11% 31% 14% 48% 52%
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
1961 19 4 13 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .077 .077 .077 .154 -58 1 0 0 0 0 0
1962 20 128 454 413 44 98 13 2 15 54 1 1 38 81 .237 .304 .387 .691 90 160 14 2 0 1 5
1963 21 268 1002 904 111 228 35 4 40 136 2 3 87 168 .252 .317 .433 .750 109 391 26 2 3 6 13
1964 22 402 1508 1328 185 351 52 4 79 235 2 3 163 259 .264 .345 .488 .833 131 648 35 4 5 8 19
1965 23 546 2064 1800 239 468 72 6 96 307 3 4 234 352 .260 .345 .467 .812 126 840 42 8 8 14 32
1966 24 686 2629 2291 317 609 90 6 130 416 3 8 301 477 .266 .351 .481 .832 133 1101 50 9 11 17 41
1967 25 811 3106 2706 370 706 104 7 143 471 4 11 356 571 .261 .347 .463 .810 129 1253 56 11 12 21 46
1968 26 965 3740 3256 430 843 125 8 165 556 11 12 429 668 .259 .345 .454 .799 128 1479 68 14 15 26 58
1969 27 1117 4355 3789 513 1005 150 8 202 677 12 13 501 744 .265 .351 .469 .820 133 1777 86 15 16 34 68
1970 28 1271 4997 4315 595 1161 178 8 237 791 13 14 605 824 .269 .358 .479 .837 137 2066 100 20 16 42 86
1971 29 1399 5506 4733 654 1268 197 8 259 883 14 14 687 888 .268 .360 .477 .837 137 2258 110 24 16 47 97
1972 30 1539 6045 5198 707 1385 217 9 280 964 18 14 752 980 .266 .359 .473 .832 136 2460 123 28 17 51 111
1973 31 1653 6509 5568 759 1483 230 10 291 1018 18 16 837 1044 .266 .362 .468 .830 135 2606 134 28 21 56 121
1974 32 1763 6911 5912 796 1574 243 11 303 1063 18 17 889 1102 .266 .362 .465 .826 135 2748 149 28 24 59 131
1975 33 1897 7413 6347 860 1703 261 11 330 1149 19 20 948 1174 .268 .363 .469 .832 136 2976 154 29 25 65 136
1976 34 1992 7756 6640 889 1766 270 11 339 1182 20 21 989 1217 .266 .360 .463 .823 134 3075 164 29 27 72 139
1977 35 2042 7809 6681 889 1776 270 11 339 1187 20 21 1001 1226 .266 .361 .462 .822 134 3085 164 29 27 72 140

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
1961 19 4 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
1962 20 124 445 403 47 100 13 2 15 56 1 39 79 .248 .317 .402 .719 52 124
1963 21 140 560 500 75 139 24 2 27 92 1 52 87 .278 .343 .496 .839 86 140
1964 22 133 514 428 80 129 18 0 41 107 0 80 90 .301 .412 .631 1.043 110 134
1965 23 144 567 479 59 124 21 2 18 79 1 75 93 .259 .360 .424 .784 73 144
1966 24 141 588 507 90 155 20 0 37 126 0 74 126 .306 .393 .564 .957 113 140
1967 25 125 494 426 64 108 16 1 14 66 1 61 94 .254 .347 .394 .741 59 125
1968 26 154 672 574 78 161 25 1 26 110 8 86 97 .280 .375 .463 .839 99 154
1969 27 152 625 540 89 169 26 0 39 129 1 75 76 .313 .393 .578 .970 123 152
1970 28 154 651 531 86 161 29 0 36 119 1 107 80 .303 .419 .561 .981 125 154
1971 29 129 530 431 69 118 21 0 24 107 1 90 64 .274 .400 .490 .890 85 128
1972 30 146 590 503 69 139 24 1 25 105 5 77 96 .276 .375 .477 .852 90 140
1973 31 114 475 376 58 104 14 1 12 60 0 90 64 .277 .412 .415 .827 65 114
1974 32 110 418 354 44 101 14 1 13 54 0 58 58 .285 .383 .441 .824 61 110
1975 33 135 517 446 71 138 19 0 29 96 1 63 72 .309 .391 .547 .939 97 134
1976 34 96 357 302 35 71 10 0 10 40 1 46 43 .235 .330 .368 .697 37 95
1977 35 50 53 41 0 10 0 0 0 5 0 12 9 .244 .415 .244 .659 4 50
17 Yrs 2051 8069 6854 1014 1927 294 11 366 1351 22 1085 1230 .281 .378 .487 .866 1279 2042
162 Game Avg. 162 637 541 80 152 23 1 29 107 2 86 97 .281 .378 .487 .866 101 2042
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
1983 BBWAA ( 1.3%)

All-Star Games
1968 *
1969 (1B)
1970 (1B)
1971

Awards (yr lg award)
1970 AL MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1964 AL (11, 10%)
1966 AL (3, 44%)
1968 AL (21, 1%)
1969 AL (2, 68%)
1970 AL (1, 70%)
1975 AL (20, 2%)
1 MVP
1.95 Career Shares (94th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1964 AL  5.5 (10th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1964 AL  5.5 (7th)
1969 AL  5.4 (7th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1964 AL  5.6 (6th)
1966 AL  4.3 (8th)
1969 AL  4.6 (9th)
1970 AL  5.2 (8th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1964 AL  .290 (9th)
1966 AL  .287 (4th)
1969 AL  .304 (5th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1964 AL  .399 (3rd)
1966 AL  .372 (5th)
1970 AL  .412 (3rd)
1975 AL  .377 (10th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1964 AL  .606 (1st)
1966 AL  .532 (4th)
1969 AL  .559 (5th)
1970 AL  .549 (2nd)
1975 AL  .524 (3rd)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1964 AL  1.005 (2nd)
1966 AL  .903 (4th)
1969 AL  .942 (7th)
1970 AL  .962 (3rd)
1975 AL  .901 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
Career  2,042 (201st)

Total Bases s c a p y
1966 AL  261 (9th)
1969 AL  298 (7th)
1970 AL  289 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1964 AL  39 (2nd)
1966 AL  34 (3rd)
1968 AL  22 (8th)
1969 AL  37 (6th)
1970 AL  35 (5th)
1972 AL  21 (10th)
1975 AL  27 (7th)
Career  339 (90th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1964 AL  99 (8th)
1966 AL  109 (3rd)
1968 AL  85 (4th)
1969 AL  121 (2nd)
1970 AL  114 (3rd)
1971 AL  92 (6th)
1972 AL  81 (5th)
Career  1,187 (151st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1964 AL  76 (10th)
1968 AL  73 (8th)
1970 AL  104 (6th)
1971 AL  82 (10th)
1973 AL  85 (6th)
Career  1,001 (113th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1966 AL  125 (5th)
1972 AL  92 (10th)
Career  1,226 (139th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1964 AL  176 (2nd)
1966 AL  158 (3rd)
1969 AL  160 (6th)
1970 AL  163 (3rd)
1971 AL  138 (10th)
1975 AL  154 (4th)
Career  134 (123rd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1964 AL  105 (7th)
1966 AL  97 (6th)
1969 AL  112 (8th)
1970 AL  123 (3rd)
Career  1,143 (228th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1964 AL  45 (3rd)
1966 AL  38 (4th)
1969 AL  43 (8th)
1970 AL  50 (3rd)
1975 AL  32 (8th)
Career  320 (112th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1964 AL  4.6 (3rd)
1966 AL  4.0 (4th)
1969 AL  4.4 (8th)
1970 AL  5.0 (3rd)
1975 AL  3.2 (8th)
Career  33.1 (103rd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1964 AL  56 (10th)
1969 AL  62 (8th)
1970 AL  63 (4th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1970 AL  265 (5th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1964 AL  .799 (2nd)
1966 AL  .749 (4th)
1969 AL  .745 (6th)
1970 AL  .774 (2nd)
1971 AL  .697 (9th)
1975 AL  .732 (4th)
Career  .666 (150th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1965 AL  6 (8th)
1968 AL  5 (10th)
1969 AL  8 (6th)
1970 AL  8 (4th)
Career  72 (126th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1963 AL  8 (6th)
1965 AL  13 (2nd)
1966 AL  9 (8th)
1968 AL  12 (4th)
1970 AL  18 (3rd)
1971 AL  11 (8th)
1972 AL  14 (5th)
1973 AL  10 (7th)
1974 AL  10 (9th)
Career  140 (56th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1969 AL  18 (9th)
Career  164 (206th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1963 AL  19.6 (9th)
1964 AL  10.9 (1st)
1966 AL  14.4 (2nd)
1968 AL  25.0 (10th)
1969 AL  14.4 (6th)
1970 AL  15.0 (4th)
1971 AL  19.0 (6th)
1972 AL  22.1 (10th)
1975 AL  16.1 (1st)
Career  19.7 (109th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1964 AL  53.16 (2nd)
1966 AL  49.38 (3rd)
1968 AL  29.30 (10th)
1969 AL  59.23 (5th)
1970 AL  60.75 (3rd)
1971 AL  34.27 (10th)
1972 AL  30.40 (10th)
Career  414.95 (57th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1964 AL  5.8 (3rd)
1966 AL  5.7 (2nd)
1968 AL  3.8 (8th)
1969 AL  5.8 (6th)
1970 AL  5.3 (6th)
Career  40.2 (54th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1964 AL  6.2 (2nd)
1966 AL  4.1 (4th)
1969 AL  5.5 (5th)
1970 AL  5.6 (3rd)
Career  35.1 (70th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1964 AL  5.3 (2nd)
1966 AL  5.2 (3rd)
1968 AL  3.3 (10th)
1969 AL  6.0 (5th)
1970 AL  6.0 (3rd)
1971 AL  3.6 (9th)
Career  42.8 (54th)


† 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 (·)

Black InkBatting - 3 (529), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 93 (251), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 44 (431), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 25 (504), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Rocky Colavito (910)
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  5. Tom Brunansky (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jeff Burroughs (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jeff Burroughs (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jose Canseco (916)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Rocky Colavito (910)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Greg Luzinski (903)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Greg Luzinski (910)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Greg Luzinski (914)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Greg Luzinski (922)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Rocky Colavito (915)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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