Doug Rader
Douglas Lee Rader (Rojo and The Red Rooster)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: July 30, 1944 in Chicago, IL
High School: Glenbrook North (Northbrook, IL)
School: Illinois Wesleyan University
Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent in 1965. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 31, 1967
Final Game: October 2, 1977
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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
1967 22 HOU NL 47 176 162 24 54 10 4 2 26 0 3 7 31 .333 .360 .481 .841 144 78 3 2 1 4 2 3/5
1968 23 HOU NL 98 371 333 42 89 16 4 6 43 2 2 31 51 .267 .328 .393 .721 119 131 8 1 2 4 3 5/3
1969 24 HOU NL 155 641 569 62 140 25 3 11 83 1 5 62 103 .246 .325 .359 .684 94 204 17 6 1 3 7 *5/3
1970 25 HOU NL 156 644 576 90 145 25 3 25 87 3 2 57 102 .252 .322 .436 .758 105 251 23 4 4 3 7 *5/3 GG
1971 26 HOU NL 135 534 484 51 118 21 4 12 56 5 1 40 112 .244 .303 .378 .681 94 183 10 3 2 5 2 *5 GG
1972 27 HOU NL 152 626 553 70 131 24 7 22 90 5 5 57 120 .237 .309 .425 .734 109 235 18 5 2 9 8 *5 GG
1973 28 HOU NL 154 632 574 79 146 26 0 21 89 4 3 46 97 .254 .310 .409 .719 99 235 10 3 3 6 6 *5 GG
1974 29 HOU NL 152 601 533 61 137 27 3 17 78 7 2 60 131 .257 .334 .415 .749 113 221 14 4 0 4 7 *5 GG
1975 30 HOU NL 129 499 448 41 100 23 2 12 48 5 4 42 101 .223 .296 .364 .660 89 163 11 5 2 2 3 *5/6
1976 31 SDP NL 139 540 471 45 121 22 4 9 55 3 4 55 102 .257 .335 .378 .712 110 178 12 3 5 6 3 *5
1977 32 TOT MLB 148 568 483 66 121 26 5 18 67 2 2 71 105 .251 .348 .437 .785 115 211 16 4 5 5 3 5D/39
1977 32 SDP NL 52 205 170 19 46 8 3 5 27 0 1 33 40 .271 .392 .441 .833 134 75 5 1 1 0 1 5
1977 32 TOR AL 96 363 313 47 75 18 2 13 40 2 1 38 65 .240 .323 .435 .758 104 136 11 3 4 5 2 5D/39
11 Seasons 1465 5832 5186 631 1302 245 39 155 722 37 33 528 1055 .251 .322 .403 .725 105 2090 142 40 27 51 51
162 Game Avg. 162 645 573 70 144 27 4 17 80 4 4 58 117 .251 .322 .403 .725 105 231 16 4 3 6 6
HOU (9 yrs) 1178 4724 4232 520 1060 197 30 128 600 32 27 402 848 .250 .318 .402 .720 104 1701 114 33 17 40 45
SDP (2 yrs) 191 745 641 64 167 30 7 14 82 3 5 88 142 .261 .350 .395 .745 117 253 17 4 6 6 4
TOR (1 yr) 96 363 313 47 75 18 2 13 40 2 1 38 65 .240 .323 .435 .758 104 136 11 3 4 5 2
NL (11 yrs) 1369 5469 4873 584 1227 227 37 142 682 35 32 490 990 .252 .322 .401 .723 105 1954 131 37 23 46 49
AL (1 yr) 96 363 313 47 75 18 2 13 40 2 1 38 65 .240 .323 .435 .758 104 136 11 3 4 5 2

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
1967 22 HOU NL 176 119 27 6.1 87 .391 .333 .253 .360 .315 .481 .372 .841 .687 144 .689 9.0 0.9 .737 .173 .148 .0
1968 23 HOU NL 371 260 43 4.5 79 .296 .267 .249 .328 .306 .393 .350 .721 .657 119 .601 8.1 0.9 .642 .219 .126 3.0
1969 24 HOU NL 641 455 65 3.8 93 .282 .246 .257 .325 .327 .359 .381 .684 .708 94 .461 -3.9 -0.4 .594 .214 .112 1.8
1970 25 HOU NL 644 463 76 4.4 100 .265 .252 .262 .322 .334 .436 .400 .758 .735 105 .476 2.9 0.3 .686 .285 .184 5.4
1971 26 HOU NL 534 384 56 3.9 91 .290 .244 .257 .303 .323 .378 .377 .681 .700 94 .483 -4.4 -0.5 .610 .225 .134 7.1
1972 27 HOU NL 626 456 70 4.2 90 .260 .237 .254 .309 .322 .425 .376 .734 .698 109 .510 6.0 0.6 .667 .291 .188 8.1
1973 28 HOU NL 632 450 73 4.4 96 .271 .254 .261 .310 .330 .409 .389 .719 .719 99 .509 -1.6 -0.2 .646 .237 .155 6.7
1974 29 HOU NL 601 416 74 4.8 91 .308 .257 .258 .334 .329 .415 .372 .749 .701 113 .554 9.2 0.9 .704 .280 .158 9.9
1975 30 HOU NL 499 367 47 3.4 90 .261 .223 .257 .296 .327 .364 .371 .660 .698 89 .399 -7.1 -0.7 .581 .237 .141 7.1
1976 31 SDP NL 540 377 60 4.3 85 .306 .257 .253 .335 .318 .378 .361 .712 .679 110 .522 7.8 0.8 .642 .236 .121 4.5
1977 32 TOT MLB 568 390 74 5.1 98 .282 .251 .264 .348 .328 .437 .402 .785 .730 115 .543 12.0 1.1 .753 .333 .186 3.6
1977 32 SDP NL 205 131 30 6.2 94 .328 .271 .257 .392 .323 .441 .392 .833 .715 134 .630 9.7 0.9 .831 .359 .171 .0
1977 32 TOR AL 363 259 44 4.6 101 .258 .240 .267 .323 .332 .435 .407 .758 .738 104 .492 2.3 0.2 .712 .319 .195 3.5
11 Seasons 5832 4137 665 4.3 92 .285 .251 .257 .322 .325 .403 .379 .725 .704 105 .511 38.0 3.7 .656 .255 .152 59.7
162 Game Avg. 645 457 74 4.3 92 .285 .251 .257 .322 .325 .403 .379 .725 .704 105 .511 4 0 .656 .255 .152 7
HOU (9 yrs) 4724 3370 531 4.2 92 .283 .250 .257 .318 .325 .402 .379 .720 .704 104 .505 18.2 1.8 .646 .248 .151 51.2
SDP (2 yrs) 745 508 90 4.8 88 .312 .261 .254 .350 .320 .395 .369 .745 .688 117 .554 17.5 1.7 .692 .268 .134 4.9
TOR (1 yr) 363 259 44 4.6 101 .258 .240 .267 .323 .332 .435 .407 .758 .738 104 .492 2.3 0.2 .712 .319 .195 3.5
NL (11 yrs) 5469 3878 621 4.3 91 .287 .252 .257 .322 .325 .401 .377 .723 .702 105 .512 35.7 3.5 .652 .250 .149 56.2
AL (1 yr) 363 259 44 4.6 101 .258 .240 .267 .323 .332 .435 .407 .758 .738 104 .492 2.3 0.2 .712 .319 .195 3.5

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
1967 22 HOU NL 176 1.1% 17.6% 4.0% 9.1% 30% 4.43 5.2 81.0 6.2 1.08 76%
1968 23 HOU NL 371 1.6% 13.8% 8.4% 7.0% 29% 1.65 6.5 55.5 7.7 1.18 75%
1969 24 HOU NL 641 1.7% 16.1% 9.7% 6.1% 28% 1.66 5.5 51.7 6.9 1.10 71%
1970 25 HOU NL 644 3.9% 15.8% 8.9% 8.2% 37% 1.79 5.6 23.0 6.6 1.13 70%
1971 26 HOU NL 534 2.3% 21.0% 7.5% 6.9% 31% 2.80 4.3 40.3 8.6 0.96 68%
1972 27 HOU NL 626 3.5% 19.2% 9.1% 8.5% 41% 2.11 4.6 25.1 6.1 1.00 67%
1973 28 HOU NL 632 3.3% 15.4% 7.3% 7.4% 32% 2.11 5.9 27.3 6.4 0.77 73%
1974 29 HOU NL 601 2.8% 21.8% 10.0% 7.8% 34% 2.18 4.1 31.4 6.8 0.98 65%
1975 30 HOU NL 499 2.4% 20.2% 8.4% 7.4% 37% 2.40 4.4 37.3 9.3 1.08 68%
1976 31 SDP NL 540 1.7% 18.9% 10.2% 6.5% 29% 1.85 4.6 52.3 8.6 0.86 68%
1977 32 TOT MLB 568 3.2% 18.5% 12.5% 8.6% 41% 1.48 4.6 26.8 7.2 0.78 64%
1977 32 SDP NL 205 2.4% 19.5% 16.1% 7.8% 35% 1.21 4.3 34.0 6.3 0.71 61%
1977 32 TOR AL 363 3.6% 17.9% 10.5% 9.1% 44% 1.71 4.8 24.1 7.8 0.82 66%
11 Seasons 5832 2.7% 18.1% 9.1% 7.5% 34% 2.00 4.9 33.5 7.2 0.97 69%
MLB Averages

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1967 22 HOU NL 2 0 36% 76 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 59% 15 6 8 4 0 4 3 2 1
1968 23 HOU NL 3 0 31% 108 2 2 50% 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 9 65% 29 11 18 4 2 2 7 1 6
1969 24 HOU NL 10 0 26% 205 1 5 17% 1 4 0 0 0 1 2 2 11 14 48% 37 23 13 8 2 5 15 4 11
1970 25 HOU NL 10 0 36% 216 3 2 60% 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 9 10 61% 30 14 14 12 4 8 20 4 16
1971 26 HOU NL 3 0 26% 196 5 1 83% 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 56% 26 13 12 9 6 3 19 3 15
1972 27 HOU NL 6 0 28% 189 5 5 50% 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 14 50% 23 17 6 10 1 9 17 5 10
1973 28 HOU NL 9 0 33% 212 4 3 57% 4 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 6 12 49% 29 22 6 8 2 6 20 4 16
1974 29 HOU NL 6 0 24% 211 7 2 78% 7 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 7 10 40% 31 25 5 7 5 2 17 0 15
1975 30 HOU NL 5 0 22% 146 5 4 56% 4 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 7 11 30% 20 18 2 3 2 1 7 0 6
1976 31 SDP NL 8 0 21% 221 3 4 43% 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 14 43% 38 25 13 6 2 4 14 5 8
1977 32 TOT MLB 6 0 27% 234 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 10 36% 27 21 6 10 4 5 18 9 9
1977 32 SDP NL 3 0 19% 101 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 32% 14 10 4 4 3 1 4 2 2
1977 32 TOR AL 3 0 33% 133 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 39% 13 11 2 6 1 4 14 7 7
11 Seasons 68 0 28% 2014 37 33 53% 32 26 2 3 2 4 9 5 72 114 49% 305 195 103 81 30 49 157 37 113
MLB Averages

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
1967 22 HOU NL 176 32% 54 6 2 0 1 1.21 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 100% 33 3 9% 20 8 40% 133 26 20% 18 12 67% 24 10 42% 0
1968 23 HOU NL 306 28% 89 7 3 0 1 3.01 6 0 14 5 0 0 5 0 1 2 200% 67 8 12% 28 6 21% 238 30 13% 21 9 43% 17 5 29% 65
1969 24 HOU NL 610 32% 140 0 0 0 0 11 1 21 9 2 7 4 1 2 1 50% 122 17 14% 56 15 27% 442 75 17% 56 27 48% 46 20 43% 31
1970 25 HOU NL 615 27% 145 1 0 0 0 3.37 25 1 15 17 8 11 14 0 4 4 100% 142 23 16% 64 16 25% 422 66 16% 33 16 48% 39 18 46% 29
1971 26 HOU NL 514 26% 118 0 0 0 0 12 1 12 5 7 4 8 0 3 2 67% 94 10 11% 48 13 27% 332 45 14% 29 12 41% 30 10 33% 20
1972 27 HOU NL 618 24% 131 0 0 0 0 22 0 22 13 7 10 10 0 2 2 100% 143 18 13% 73 20 27% 469 68 15% 47 21 45% 38 10 26% 8
1973 28 HOU NL 624 22% 146 2 0 0 0 2.78 21 0 26 12 9 11 10 0 3 3 100% 142 10 7% 57 11 19% 443 71 16% 46 21 46% 37 12 32% 8
1974 29 HOU NL 601 25% 137 0 0 0 0 17 0 16 12 5 8 9 1 1 0 0% 134 14 10% 46 9 20% 407 61 15% 34 19 56% 29 8 28% 0
1975 30 HOU NL 499 28% 100 4 2 0 0 2.49 12 0 20 8 4 10 2 0 4 2 50% 97 11 11% 50 12 24% 331 39 12% 31 11 35% 19 2 11% 0
1976 31 SDP NL 540 31% 121 2 0 0 0 2.29 9 1 9 7 2 5 4 0 5 5 100% 107 12 11% 58 16 28% 353 48 14% 32 13 41% 41 10 24% 0
1977 32 TOT MLB 568 36% 121 9 0 0 1 2.72 18 0 15 11 7 7 11 1 6 5 83% 108 16 15% 53 14 26% 370 50 14% 39 13 33% 35 10 29% 0
1977 32 SDP NL 205 25% 46 2 0 0 0 2.21 5 0 7 3 2 3 2 0 2 1 50% 39 5 13% 18 3 17% 138 23 17% 12 3 25% 16 4 25% 0
1977 32 TOR AL 363 43% 75 7 0 0 1 2.86 13 0 8 8 5 4 9 1 4 4 100% 69 11 16% 35 11 31% 232 27 12% 27 10 37% 19 6 32% 0
11 Seasons 5671 28% 1302 31 7 0 3 2.46 155 4 173 101 51 74 78 3 32 27 84% 1189 142 12% 553 140 25% 3940 579 15% 386 174 45% 355 115 32% 161
MLB Averages

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
1967 22 47 176 162 24 54 10 4 2 26 0 3 7 31 .333 .360 .481 .841 144 78 3 2 1 4 2
1968 23 145 547 495 66 143 26 8 8 69 2 5 38 82 .289 .338 .422 .760 127 209 11 3 3 8 5
1969 24 300 1188 1064 128 283 51 11 19 152 3 10 100 185 .266 .331 .388 .719 109 413 28 9 4 11 12
1970 25 456 1832 1640 218 428 76 14 44 239 6 12 157 287 .261 .328 .405 .733 107 664 51 13 8 14 19
1971 26 591 2366 2124 269 546 97 18 56 295 11 13 197 399 .257 .322 .399 .721 104 847 61 16 10 19 21
1972 27 743 2992 2677 339 677 121 25 78 385 16 18 254 519 .253 .319 .404 .724 105 1082 79 21 12 28 29
1973 28 897 3624 3251 418 823 147 25 99 474 20 21 300 616 .253 .318 .405 .723 104 1317 89 24 15 34 35
1974 29 1049 4225 3784 479 960 174 28 116 552 27 23 360 747 .254 .320 .406 .727 106 1538 103 28 15 38 42
1975 30 1178 4724 4232 520 1060 197 30 128 600 32 27 402 848 .250 .318 .402 .720 104 1701 114 33 17 40 45
1976 31 1317 5264 4703 565 1181 219 34 137 655 35 31 457 950 .251 .319 .400 .719 104 1879 126 36 22 46 48
1977 32 1465 5832 5186 631 1302 245 39 155 722 37 33 528 1055 .251 .322 .403 .725 105 2090 142 40 27 51 51

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
1967 22 47 180 166 29 58 11 4 2 31 0 8 31 .349 .378 .500 .878 32 47
1968 23 97 390 348 56 105 19 5 7 57 2 37 51 .302 .367 .445 .812 57 98
1969 24 155 652 577 69 148 26 3 12 93 1 66 103 .256 .337 .374 .712 72 155
1970 25 156 636 573 91 142 24 3 24 88 3 56 102 .248 .318 .426 .743 77 156
1971 26 135 548 496 59 130 23 4 13 65 6 44 112 .262 .323 .403 .726 65 135
1972 27 159 666 587 85 146 27 8 25 109 6 64 125 .249 .324 .450 .774 85 152
1973 28 154 637 580 85 152 27 0 22 95 4 48 97 .262 .319 .422 .741 78 154
1974 29 152 614 542 67 146 29 3 18 86 7 64 131 .269 .349 .434 .782 82 152
1975 30 129 510 457 48 109 25 2 13 56 5 46 101 .239 .314 .387 .701 55 129
1976 31 139 558 487 55 137 25 5 10 67 3 62 102 .281 .362 .415 .777 73 139
1977 32 148 571 488 70 126 27 5 19 71 2 74 105 .258 .357 .451 .808 78 148
11 Seasons 1471 5962 5301 714 1399 263 42 165 818 39 569 1060 .264 .337 .423 .760 754 1465
162 Game Avg. 162 657 584 79 154 29 5 18 90 4 63 117 .264 .337 .423 .760 83 1465

* 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

Gold Gloves
1970-NL-3B
1971-NL-3B
1972-NL-3B
1973-NL-3B
1974-NL-3B
All multiple winners

Games Played s c a p y
1972 NL--152--5th

Triples s c a p y
1972 NL--7--6th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1972 NL--90--7th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1972 NL--120--7th
1974 NL--131--3rd
1975 NL--101--10th
1976 NL--102--7th
Career--1055--200th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1972 NL--9--3rd

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1969 NL--17--6th
1970 NL--23--2nd
1972 NL--18--3rd

Outs Made s c a p y
1970 NL--463--9th
1972 NL--456--8th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 6 (1540), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1487), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 15 (1093), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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