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Terry Puhl

Terry Stephen Puhl

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 8, 1956 in Melville, Saskachewan, CAN
Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent in 1973. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 12, 1977
Teams (by GP): Astros/Royals 1977-1991

Final Game: May 29, 1991
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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
1974	17	HOU-min	Rk	59	244	211	42	60	11	0	0	21	17	2	24	26	.284	.360	.336	.696		71	5	3	2	4	3	CVN · APPY
1975	18	HOU-min	A	104	396	346	57	115	10	2	0	28	30	4	41	30	.332	.402	.373	.774		129	3	1	5	3	5	DBQ · MIDW
1976	19	HOU-min	AAA,AA	133	553	470	63	127	22	3	2	53	29	10	76	69	.270	.372	.343	.715		161	1	1	5	1	0	MEM,CBS · IL,SOUL
1977	20	HOU-min	AAA	78	342	285	53	87	12	6	4	33	12	10	52	27	.305	.411	.432	.842		123		1	1	3		CHL · IL
1977	20	HOU	NL	60	265	229	40	69	13	5	0	10	10	1	30	31	.301	.385	.402	.786	121	92	3	1	5	0	0	78/9
1978	21	HOU	NL	149	647	585	87	169	25	6	3	35	32	14	48	46	.289	.343	.368	.711	107	215	11	4	3	7	5	*87/9	AS
1979	22	HOU	NL	157	672	600	87	172	22	4	8	49	30	22	58	46	.287	.352	.377	.729	105	226	7	4	8	2	8	*89/7
1980	23	HOU	NL	141	608	535	75	151	24	5	13	55	27	11	60	52	.282	.357	.419	.776	124	224	3	4	6	3	3	*98/7
1981	24	HOU	NL	96	394	350	43	88	19	4	3	28	22	4	31	49	.251	.315	.354	.670	95	124	3	4	4	5	5	*98
1982	25	HOU	NL	145	567	507	64	133	17	9	8	50	17	9	51	49	.262	.331	.379	.710	106	192	6	2	5	2	2	*98
1983	26	HOU	NL	137	512	465	66	136	25	7	8	44	24	11	36	48	.292	.343	.428	.771	120	199	4	2	5	4	2	*98
1984	27	HOU	NL	132	519	449	66	135	19	7	9	55	13	8	59	45	.301	.380	.434	.814	137	195	5	1	6	4	12	*9/7
1985	28	HOU	NL	57	220	194	34	55	14	3	2	23	6	2	18	23	.284	.343	.418	.760	115	81	0	1	4	3	4	9/7
1986	29	HOU	NL	81	193	172	17	42	10	0	3	14	3	2	15	24	.244	.302	.355	.656	83	61	6	0	4	2	1	9/7
1987	30	HOU	NL	90	134	122	9	28	5	0	2	15	1	1	11	16	.230	.293	.320	.613	66	39	3	0	1	0	0	7/98
1988	31	HOU	NL	113	272	234	42	71	7	2	3	19	22	4	35	30	.303	.395	.389	.784	131	91	0	1	1	1	3	79/8
1989	32	HOU	NL	121	406	354	41	96	25	4	0	27	9	8	45	39	.271	.353	.364	.718	109	129	7	1	4	2	3	978/3
1990	33	HOU	NL	37	49	41	5	12	1	0	0	8	1	2	5	7	.293	.375	.317	.692	96	13	0	1	1	1	0	/783
1991	34	KCR	AL	15	21	18	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	2	.222	.333	.222	.556	58	4	1	0	0	0	1	/D7
15 Seasons				1531	5479	4855	676	1361	226	56	62	435	217	99	505	507	.280	.349	.388	.737	112	1885	59	26	57	36	49
162 Game Avg.				162	580	514	72	144	24	6	7	46	23	10	53	54	.280	.349	.388	.737	112	199	6	3	6	4	5

HOU (14 yrs)				1516	5458	4837	676	1357	226	56	62	432	217	99	502	505	.281	.349	.389	.738	112	1881	58	26	57	36	48
KCR (1 yr)				15	21	18	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	2	.222	.333	.222	.556	58	4	1	0	0	0	1

NL (14 yrs)				1516	5458	4837	676	1357	226	56	62	432	217	99	502	505	.281	.349	.389	.738	112	1881	58	26	57	36	48
AL (1 yr)				15	21	18	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	2	.222	.333	.222	.556	58	4	1	0	0	0	1

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
1977	20	HOU	NL	265	7	1	-1	0	-2	-3	7	9	1.0	11	1.2	-0.2	$	78/9
1978	21	HOU	NL	647	7	6	1	0	3	-4	18	31	3.3	28	3.1	0.2	$	*87/9	AS
1979	22	HOU	NL	672	3	-1	-1	1	9	-4	19	26	2.6	17	1.8	0.8	$	*89/7
1980	23	HOU	NL	609	15	3	-1	3	18	-5	18	51	5.4	33	3.5	1.9	$	*98/7
1981	24	HOU	NL	394	-2	3	0	0	7	-3	12	17	1.7	10	1.1	0.6	$	*98
1982	25	HOU	NL	567	4	0	-1	1	-9	-5	18	7	0.7	17	1.8	-1.1	$	*98
1983	26	HOU	NL	512	10	-1	0	2	6	-5	16	28	2.9	22	2.3	0.6	$	*98
1984	27	HOU	NL	519	26	-1	1	3	-7	-6	16	32	3.6	39	4.2	-0.6	$	*9/7
1985	28	HOU	NL	220	5	0	3	1	-0	-2	7	14	1.5	14	1.5	0.0	$541,667	9/7
1986	29	HOU	NL	193	-5	-2	-1	-1	0	-2	6	-4	-0.5	-5	-0.5	0.0	$850,000	9/7
1987	30	HOU	NL	134	-6	-1	-1	0	2	-1	4	-4	-0.4	-5	-0.5	0.1	$900,000	7/98
1988	31	HOU	NL	272	11	3	-2	2	-2	-3	9	18	2.0	20	2.2	-0.2	$950,000	79/8
1989	32	HOU	NL	406	10	-5	-2	1	11	-4	13	24	2.4	13	1.4	1.0	$950,000	978/3
1990	33	HOU	NL	49	0	-1	0	0	-0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$800,000	/783
1991	34	KCR	AL	21	-1	0	0	0	-0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/D7
15 Seasons				5480	84	4	-5	13	36	-47	165	248	26.1	214	23.1	3.0	$4,991,667

HOU (14 yrs)				5459	85	4	-5	13	36	-47	164	248	26.1	214	23.1	3.0	$4,991,667
KCR (1 yr)				21	-1	0	0	0	-0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$

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	20	HOU	NL	265	169	39	6.2	95	.348	.301	.258	.385	.324	.402	.394	.786	.718	121	.633	8.0	0.8	.805	.271	.100	.0
1978	21	HOU	NL	647	451	75	4.4	88	.306	.289	.252	.343	.319	.368	.371	.711	.690	107	.529	6.3	0.6	.646	.191	.079	5.5
1979	22	HOU	NL	672	467	80	4.6	95	.299	.287	.262	.352	.326	.377	.388	.729	.715	105	.520	5.3	0.5	.648	.200	.090	12.6
1980	23	HOU	NL	608	407	85	5.6	88	.292	.282	.257	.357	.318	.419	.373	.776	.692	124	.628	18.6	1.9	.764	.279	.136	17.6
1981	24	HOU	NL	394	278	44	4.3	88	.281	.251	.257	.315	.321	.354	.368	.670	.689	95	.518	-1.8	-0.2	.658	.243	.103	5.3
1982	25	HOU	NL	567	396	66	4.5	88	.277	.262	.256	.331	.318	.379	.372	.710	.690	106	.529	4.0	0.4	.650	.233	.116	10.9
1983	26	HOU	NL	512	353	70	5.3	91	.310	.292	.255	.343	.322	.428	.378	.771	.700	120	.603	12.0	1.2	.727	.241	.135	12.0
1984	27	HOU	NL	519	337	77	6.2	87	.316	.301	.254	.380	.317	.434	.369	.814	.686	137	.670	23.8	2.4	.795	.276	.134	10.6
1985	28	HOU	NL	220	148	30	5.5	92	.308	.284	.256	.343	.324	.418	.382	.760	.706	115	.618	4.3	0.4	.738	.247	.134	3.0
1986	29	HOU	NL	193	144	18	3.4	95	.265	.244	.258	.302	.328	.355	.389	.656	.716	83	.390	-3.7	-0.4	.558	.203	.110	3.0
1987	30	HOU	NL	134	99	11	3.0	102	.250	.230	.264	.293	.333	.320	.412	.613	.745	66	.299	-6.0	-0.6	.510	.180	.090	1.3
1988	31	HOU	NL	272	169	42	6.7	86	.337	.303	.252	.395	.315	.389	.370	.784	.684	131	.721	10.8	1.1	.868	.312	.085	5.3
1989	32	HOU	NL	406	279	46	4.5	88	.303	.271	.250	.353	.317	.364	.373	.718	.690	109	.543	6.0	0.6	.645	.223	.093	.0
1990	33	HOU	NL	49	33	5	4.1	95	.343	.293	.261	.375	.327	.317	.392	.692	.718	96	.463	0.2	0.0	.581	.122	.024	.0
1991	34	KCR	AL	21	15	1	1.8	97	.250	.222	.260	.333	.329	.222	.395	.556	.724	58	.155	-1.0	-0.1	.467	.167	.000
15 Seasons				5479	3745	689	5.0	90	.301	.280	.256	.349	.321	.388	.377	.737	.698	112	.570	86.9	8.9	.694	.236	.108	96.4
162 Game Avg.				580	396	73	5.0	90	.301	.280	.256	.349	.321	.388	.377	.737	.698	112	.570	9	1	.694	.236	.108	10

HOU (14 yrs)				5458	3730	688	5.0	90	.301	.281	.256	.349	.321	.389	.377	.738	.698	112	.572	87.9	9.0	.695	.237	.108	96.4
KCR (1 yr)				21	15	1	1.8	97	.250	.222	.260	.333	.329	.222	.395	.556	.724	58	.154	-1.0	-0.1	.467	.167	.000

NL (14 yrs)				5458	3730	688	5.0	90	.301	.281	.256	.349	.321	.389	.377	.738	.698	112	.572	87.9	9.0	.695	.237	.108	96.4
AL (1 yr)				21	15	1	1.8	97	.250	.222	.260	.333	.329	.222	.395	.556	.724	58	.154	-1.0	-0.1	.467	.167	.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
1980	23	HOU	NL	NLCS	PHI	L	5	22	19	4	10	2	0	0	3	2	0	3	2	.526	.591	.632	1.222	12	0	0	0	0	0
1981	24	HOU	NL	NLDS	LAD	L	5	21	21	2	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.190	.190	.238	.429	5	0	0	0	0	0

1986	29	HOU	NL	NLCS	NYM	L	3	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2	0	0	0	0	0
3 Seasons (3 Series)							13	46	43	6	16	3	0	0	3	4	0	3	3	.372	.413	.442	.855	19	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLDS							5	21	21	2	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.190	.190	.238	.429	5	0	0	0	0	0
2 NLCS							8	25	22	4	12	2	0	0	3	3	0	3	2	.545	.600	.636	1.236	14	0	0	0	0	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
1978	HOU	NL	21		DNP

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	20	HOU	NL	265	0.0%	11.7%	11.3%	6.8%	26%	1.03	7.4		22.9		0.97	75%
1978	21	HOU	NL	647	0.5%	7.1%	7.4%	5.3%	20%	0.96	12.7	195.0	16.7		1.12	84%
1979	22	HOU	NL	672	1.2%	6.9%	8.6%	5.1%	20%	0.79	13.0	75.0	12.2		1.02	82%
1980	23	HOU	NL	608	2.1%	8.6%	9.9%	6.9%	28%	0.87	10.3	41.2	9.7		0.93	78%
1981	24	HOU	NL	394	0.8%	12.4%	7.9%	6.6%	30%	1.58	7.1	116.7	12.5		0.75	77%
1982	25	HOU	NL	567	1.4%	8.6%	9.0%	6.0%	26%	0.96	10.3	63.4	10.1		1.11	80%
1983	26	HOU	NL	512	1.6%	9.4%	7.0%	7.8%	29%	1.33	9.7	58.1	10.6		0.80	81%
1984	27	HOU	NL	519	1.7%	8.7%	11.4%	6.7%	26%	0.76	10.0	49.9	8.2		0.71	77%
1985	28	HOU	NL	220	0.9%	10.5%	8.2%	8.6%	35%	1.28	8.4	97.0	8.4		0.57	78%
1986	29	HOU	NL	193	1.6%	12.4%	7.8%	6.7%	31%	1.60	7.2	57.3	12.3		1.00	76%
1987	30	HOU	NL	134	1.5%	11.9%	8.2%	5.2%	25%	1.45	7.6	61.0	8.1		1.45	78%
1988	31	HOU	NL	272	1.1%	11.0%	12.9%	4.4%	17%	0.86	7.8	78.0	12.3	1.08	1.23	74%	18%	4.8%	34%
1989	32	HOU	NL	406	0.0%	9.6%	11.1%	7.1%	30%	0.87	9.1		13.1	1.04	1.32	78%	18%	0.0%	19%
1990	33	HOU	NL	49	0.0%	14.3%	10.2%	2.0%	8%	1.40	5.9		5.1	0.70	0.77	71%	19%	0.0%	20%
1991	34	KCR	AL	21	0.0%	9.5%	14.3%	0.0%	0%	0.67	9.0		6.0	1.29	2.25	76%	31%	0.0%	0%
15 Seasons				5479	1.1%	9.3%	9.2%	6.3%	25%	1.00	9.6	78.3	11.2	1.04	0.97	79%	18%	1.4%	24%
MLB Averages					2.1%	13.9%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	1.64	6.4	42.3	8.4	0.80	1.08	74%	20%	6.5%	24%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1977	20	HOU	NL	8.0	0.8	280	0.1	4.3	-4.2	.98	0.5	-0.4	3.9	0.4	0.90	6.2	0.08	0
1978	21	HOU	NL	6.3	0.6	715	0.2	10.3	-10.1	.96	0.7	-0.5	8.7	0.9	0.91	9.5	1.84	1
1979	22	HOU	NL	5.3	0.5	738	1.2	12.0	-10.9	.96	0.4	0.8	5.2	0.5	0.92	3.5	1.45	5
1980	23	HOU	NL	18.6	1.9	658	1.8	11.4	-9.6	1.01	2.1	-0.3	18.1	1.9	0.93	18.3	1.47	6
1981	24	HOU	NL	-1.8	-0.2	426	-0.2	7.0	-7.2	1.06	-0.1	-0.2	-2.0	-0.2	0.99	-1.8	1.97	8
1982	25	HOU	NL	4.0	0.4	601	1.9	10.6	-8.7	.94	0.7	1.4	10.5	1.1	0.91	6.8	1.39	8
1983	26	HOU	NL	12.0	1.2	553	1.4	9.4	-8.0	.95	1.2	0.3	8.2	0.9	0.93	10.9	1.18	15
1984	27	HOU	NL	23.8	2.4	546	1.5	9.5	-8.0	1.01	2.3	-0.8	15.8	1.7	0.95	24.5	1.39	5
1985	28	HOU	NL	4.3	0.4	229	1.2	3.9	-2.7	.94	0.6	0.6	11.2	1.2	0.93	8.6	1.96	3
1986	29	HOU	NL	-3.7	-0.4	199	-1.0	2.9	-3.9	1.13	-0.6	-0.2	-6.7	-0.7	0.96	-7.4	1.71	28
1987	30	HOU	NL	-6.0	-0.6	140	0.3	3.1	-2.8	1.25	-0.5	0.8	-1.4	-0.1	0.98	-4.8	1.32	52
1988	31	HOU	NL	10.8	1.1	307	1.5	5.6	-4.1	1.09	0.9	0.5	7.9	0.9	0.91	8.7	1.42	36
1989	32	HOU	NL	6.0	0.6	427	-0.4	6.6	-7.0	1.00	0.0	-0.4	0.9	0.1	0.92	2.8	1.57	15
1990	33	HOU	NL	0.2	0.0	52	0.8	1.7	-0.9	1.32	0.1	0.5	2.3	0.2	1.01	1.0	1.61	20
1991	34	KCR	AL	-1.0	-0.1	21	-0.0	0.4	-0.5	1.36	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	1.10	-0.6	1.49	10
15 Seasons				86.9	8.9	5892	10.3	98.8	-88.6	1.00	8.3	1.9	82.5	8.8	0.93	86.2	1.48	212

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
1977	20	HOU	NL	1	0	40%	143	10	1	91%	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	41%	25	19	6	5	0	4	12	5	7
1978	21	HOU	NL	11	0	39%	245	32	14	70%	29	13	3	0	0	1	10	1	9	23	54%	42	25	16	8	4	4	33	6	25
1979	22	HOU	NL	6	0	35%	275	30	22	58%	27	19	3	2	0	0	4	0	6	26	55%	41	24	17	7	4	3	27	4	21
1980	23	HOU	NL	6	1	31%	247	27	11	71%	26	11	1	0	0	0	4	0	7	19	62%	35	17	18	8	2	6	22	5	16
1981	24	HOU	NL	4	0	33%	147	22	4	85%	21	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	10	58%	15	10	5	5	3	2	13	1	12
1982	25	HOU	NL	5	0	32%	220	17	9	65%	17	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	8	20	51%	28	14	13	13	6	7	26	9	14
1983	26	HOU	NL	7	0	35%	211	24	11	69%	22	10	2	0	0	1	3	2	12	13	44%	27	19	8	7	2	5	20	9	11
1984	27	HOU	NL	7	0	31%	251	13	8	62%	13	7	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	8	48%	29	18	11	6	3	3	17	6	11
1985	28	HOU	NL	6	0	44%	87	6	2	75%	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	67%	9	4	5	2	1	1	10	2	8
1986	29	HOU	NL	1	0	26%	56	3	2	60%	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	25%	7	4	2	4	3	1	9	6	2
1987	30	HOU	NL	1	0	19%	47	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	25%	10	6	3	0	0	0	2	1	0
1988	31	HOU	NL	0	0	38%	120	22	4	85%	20	4	1	0	1	0	3	0	4	11	52%	11	8	3	5	3	2	15	3	11
1989	32	HOU	NL	3	0	29%	178	9	8	53%	9	6	0	2	0	0	3	2	5	6	33%	29	23	6	4	2	1	15	6	9
1990	33	HOU	NL	0	0	28%	30	1	2	33%	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	50%	7	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	1
1991	34	KCR	AL	0	0	0%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15 Seasons				58	1	34%	2260	217	99	69%	203	89	13	4	1	5	31	5	73	157	50%	315	195	116	74	33	39	222	63	148

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	20	HOU	NL	265	82%	69			0	0	0	0	0.08	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	100%	27	3	11%	15	5	33%	100	10	10%	6	3	50%	2	1	50%	0
1978	21	HOU	NL	647	70%	169			1	0	0	0	1.84	3	0	9	1	2	1	2	0	4	3	75%	88	11	13%	39	17	44%	260	35	13%	26	16	62%	14	11	79%	0
1979	22	HOU	NL	672	63%	172			5	1	0	0	1.45	8	0	9	6	2	2	6	0	9	8	89%	73	7	10%	38	14	37%	300	43	14%	27	12	44%	7	4	57%	0
1980	23	HOU	NL	609	66%	151			6	0	0	0	1.47	13	0	8	10	3	4	9	0	6	6	100%	83	3	4%	55	23	42%	311	46	15%	35	16	46%	19	9	47%	0
1981	24	HOU	NL	394	72%	88			8	1	0	1	1.97	3	0	9	3	0	1	2	0	5	4	80%	47	3	6%	30	13	43%	205	26	13%	20	10	50%	7	3	43%	0
1982	25	HOU	NL	567	74%	133			8	3	0	0	1.39	8	1	8	6	2	5	3	0	5	5	100%	82	6	7%	54	20	37%	258	45	17%	20	9	45%	28	18	64%	0
1983	26	HOU	NL	512	78%	136			15	4	0	0	1.18	8	0	11	8	0	1	7	1	5	5	100%	78	4	5%	44	17	39%	254	37	15%	26	16	62%	16	10	63%	0
1984	27	HOU	NL	519	69%	135			5	2	0	0	1.39	9	0	7	8	1	2	7	0	6	6	100%	81	5	6%	48	19	40%	302	48	16%	33	19	58%	18	11	61%	0
1985	28	HOU	NL	220	64%	55			3	1	0	0	1.96	2	0	4	2	0	1	1	0	4	4	100%	38	0	0%	21	9	43%	126	21	17%	11	6	55%	11	7	64%	0
1986	29	HOU	NL	193	87%	42			28	8	0	3	1.71	3	1	6	3	0	1	2	0	4	4	100%	39	6	15%	25	10	40%	117	11	9%	6	3	50%	13	5	38%	0
1987	30	HOU	NL	134	93%	28			52	15	0	4	1.32	2	1	3	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	100%	22	3	14%	12	4	33%	90	13	14%	4	2	50%	6	4	67%	0
1988	31	HOU	NL	272	92%	71	13	2	36	11	0	1	1.42	3	0	0	3	0	2	1	0	2	1	50%	42	0	0%	21	8	38%	141	16	11%	15	9	60%	13	8	62%	0
1989	32	HOU	NL	406	84%	96	16	2	15	4	0	0	1.57	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	100%	64	7	11%	27	8	30%	218	29	13%	17	8	47%	6	4	67%	0
1990	33	HOU	NL	49	94%	12	3	1	20	8	0	7	1.61	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	9	0	0%	3	1	33%	30	8	27%	4	4	100%	1	0	0%	0
1991	34	KCR	AL	21	90%	4	3	0	10	2	0	0	1.49	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	1	14%	1	1	100%	25	3	12%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
15 Seasons				5480	74%	1361	35	5	212	60	0	16	1.48	62	3	85	52	10	21	41	1	61	57	93%	780	59	8%	433	169	39%	2737	391	14%	251	134	53%	162	96	59%	0
MLB Averages					58%																			78%			11%			35%			15%			51%			55%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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	31	HOU	NL	272	1000	3.68	581	58%	24%	11%	30%	35%	76%	2%	44%	86%	35%	7%	20	1	20%	55	21	10%	28	16	30%	0	0	0
1989	32	HOU	NL	395	1386	3.51	824	59%	28%	10%	23%	38%	71%	2%	42%	85%	30%	7%	26	1	18%	70	18	9%	36	17	36%	11	1	5
1990	33	HOU	NL	37	137	3.70	83	61%	34%	6%	27%	34%	66%	0%	40%	91%	22%	5%	2	0	16%	6	1	8%	3	1	25%	12	0	0
1991	34	KCR	AL	21	79	3.76	45	57%	22%	4%	38%	36%	78%	12%	44%	94%	33%	5%	1	0	19%	4	1	5%	1	1	50%	0	0	0
4 Seasons				725	2602	3.59	1533	59%	27%	10%	26%	37%	73%	2%	43%	86%	31%	7%	49	2	19%	135	41	9%	68	35	33%	23	1	5
MLB Averages						3.62		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	32%	6%			16%			9%			26%

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	20	60	265	229	40	69	13	5	0	10	10	1	30	31	.301	.385	.402	.786	121	92	3	1	5	0	0
1978	21	209	912	814	127	238	38	11	3	45	42	15	78	77	.292	.355	.377	.732	111	307	14	5	8	7	5
1979	22	366	1584	1414	214	410	60	15	11	94	72	37	136	123	.290	.354	.377	.731	108	533	21	9	16	9	13
1980	23	507	2192	1949	289	561	84	20	24	149	99	48	196	175	.288	.355	.388	.743	113	757	24	13	22	12	16
1981	24	603	2586	2299	332	649	103	24	27	177	121	52	227	224	.282	.349	.383	.732	110	881	27	17	26	17	21
1982	25	748	3153	2806	396	782	120	33	35	227	138	61	278	273	.279	.346	.382	.728	109	1073	33	19	31	19	23
1983	26	885	3665	3271	462	918	145	40	43	271	162	72	314	321	.281	.345	.389	.734	111	1272	37	21	36	23	25
1984	27	1017	4184	3720	528	1053	164	47	52	326	175	80	373	366	.283	.350	.394	.744	114	1467	42	22	42	27	37
1985	28	1074	4404	3914	562	1108	178	50	54	349	181	82	391	389	.283	.349	.396	.745	114	1548	42	23	46	30	41
1986	29	1155	4597	4086	579	1150	188	50	57	363	184	84	406	413	.281	.347	.394	.741	113	1609	48	23	50	32	42
1987	30	1245	4731	4208	588	1178	193	50	59	378	185	85	417	429	.280	.346	.392	.737	111	1648	51	23	51	32	42
1988	31	1358	5003	4442	630	1249	200	52	62	397	207	89	452	459	.281	.348	.391	.740	112	1739	51	24	52	33	45
1989	32	1479	5409	4796	671	1345	225	56	62	424	216	97	497	498	.280	.349	.389	.738	112	1868	58	25	56	35	48
1990	33	1516	5458	4837	676	1357	226	56	62	432	217	99	502	505	.281	.349	.389	.738	112	1881	58	26	57	36	48
1991	34	1531	5479	4855	676	1361	226	56	62	435	217	99	505	507	.280	.349	.388	.737	112	1885	59	26	57	36	49

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
1977	20	60	267	234	44	74	14	5	0	11	11	32	31	.316	.401	.419	.820	39	60
1978	21	149	671	606	105	190	28	7	3	42	36	54	46	.314	.370	.398	.767	89	149
1979	22	157	680	612	97	184	24	4	9	55	32	62	46	.301	.368	.397	.765	88	157
1980	23	141	626	552	90	168	27	6	14	66	30	67	52	.304	.382	.451	.833	95	141
1981	24	145	612	545	77	148	32	7	5	50	37	52	74	.272	.338	.383	.722	70	96
1982	25	145	580	520	75	146	19	10	9	58	19	56	49	.281	.352	.408	.759	74	145
1983	26	137	523	478	76	149	27	8	9	51	26	39	48	.312	.363	.458	.821	79	137
1984	27	132	535	464	78	150	21	8	10	65	14	66	45	.323	.406	.468	.873	88	132
1985	28	57	221	198	38	59	15	3	2	26	6	19	23	.298	.357	.434	.792	31	57
1986	29	81	192	174	18	44	10	0	3	15	3	16	24	.253	.313	.362	.675	20	81
1987	30	90	134	123	9	29	5	0	2	16	1	11	16	.236	.299	.325	.624	12	90
1988	31	113	284	243	50	80	8	2	3	23	25	39	30	.329	.423	.416	.838	43	113
1989	32	121	415	363	48	105	27	4	0	31	10	49	39	.289	.373	.386	.759	53	121
1990	33	37	48	41	5	12	1	0	0	8	1	5	7	.293	.375	.317	.692	5	37
1991	34	15	19	17	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	.176	.263	.176	.440	1	15
15 Seasons		1580	5807	5170	810	1541	258	64	69	519	251	569	532	.298	.368	.413	.781	787	1531
162 Game Avg.		162	595	530	83	158	26	7	7	53	26	58	55	.298	.368	.413	.781	81	1531

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1997 BBWAA ( 0.2%)	All-Star Games 1978	Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1980 NL 5.4 (8th)	WAR Position Players† s c a p y 1980 NL 5.4 (6th)
Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1980 NL 1.9 (1st) 1981 NL 0.6 (9th)	On-Base% s c a p y 1984 NL .380 (7th)	Triples s c a p y 1982 NL 9 (2nd)	Singles s c a p y 1978 NL 135 (8th) 1979 NL 138 (8th)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1980 NL 4 (10th) 1981 NL 4 (5th)	Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y 1984 NL 12 (9th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1978 NL 14 (6th) 1979 NL 22 (2nd) Career 99 (122nd)	Power-Speed # s c a p y 1980 NL 17.6 (6th)
AB per SO s c a p y 1978 NL 12.7 (7th) 1979 NL 13.0 (10th) 1984 NL 10.0 (7th)	Youngest s c a p y 1977 NL born 1956-07-08 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 1 (2367), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 8 (1276), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 15 (1089), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters

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Most Similar by Ages

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Rick Manning (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rick Manning (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tim Raines (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Roberto Clemente (959) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Curt Flood (953) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Curt Flood (953) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Johnny Damon (941) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
George Burns (944) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Brian McRae (945) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Al Cowens (945) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Al Cowens (936) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dave Martinez (936) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dave Martinez (950) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mookie Wilson (951) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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