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Ken Reitz

Kenneth John Reitz (Zamboni)

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: June 24, 1951 in San Francisco, CA
High School: Jefferson HS (Daly City, CA)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 31st round of the 1969 amateur draft.
Signed July 14, 1969. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1972
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Giants/Cubs/Pirates 1972-1982
Agents: LaRue Harcourt [*]
Final Game: June 3, 1982
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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
1969	18	STL-min	A,Rk	46	173	173		50	10	0	2						.289	.289	.382	.671		66							CDR,CDS · MIDW,GULF
1970	19	STL-min	A	127	530	513	51	149	33	1	6	75	1	0	17	38	.290	.313	.394	.707		202							SPT · FLOR
1971	20	STL-min	AA	131	533	505	48	137	29	0	7	53	2	0	14	57	.271	.293	.370	.663		187		4	4	6			ARK · TL
1972	21	STL-min	AAA	118	490	462	52	129	26	1	15	66	1	0	21	64	.279	.311	.437	.748		202		2	1	4			TUL · AA
1972	21	STL	NL	21	81	78	5	28	4	0	0	10	0	1	2	4	.359	.370	.410	.781	123	32	4	0	0	1	0	5
1973	22	STL	NL	147	446	426	40	100	20	2	6	42	0	1	9	25	.235	.256	.333	.589	63	142	18	4	4	3	2	*5/6
1974	23	STL	NL	154	612	579	48	157	28	2	7	54	0	0	23	63	.271	.299	.363	.662	85	210	25	2	3	5	7	*5/64
1975	24	STL	NL	161	627	592	43	159	25	1	5	63	1	1	22	54	.269	.298	.340	.637	74	201	18	5	2	6	9	*5	GG
1976	25	SFG	NL	155	614	577	40	154	21	1	5	66	5	4	24	48	.267	.293	.333	.626	76	192	24	1	3	9	5	*5/6
1977	26	STL	NL	157	620	587	58	153	36	1	17	79	2	6	19	74	.261	.291	.412	.703	88	242	17	7	5	2	4	*5
1978	27	STL	NL	150	578	540	41	133	26	2	10	75	1	0	23	61	.246	.280	.357	.637	78	193	13	5	3	7	5	*5
1979	28	STL	NL	159	643	605	42	162	41	2	8	73	1	0	25	85	.268	.299	.382	.681	84	231	13	4	4	5	7	*5
1980	29	STL	NL	151	561	523	39	141	33	0	8	58	0	1	22	44	.270	.300	.379	.679	86	198	16	3	8	5	5	*5	AS
1981	30	CHC	NL	82	286	260	10	56	9	1	2	28	0	0	15	56	.215	.261	.281	.541	52	73	9	3	2	6	3	*5
1982	31	PIT	NL	7	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.091	.000	.091	-73	0	0	1	0	0	0	/5
1983	32	STL-min	AAA	3	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286		1		0	0	0	0		LOU · AA
1985	34	TEX-min	AA	45	140	126	13	28	4	0	6	17	1	1	11	29	.222	.281	.397	.677		50		0	1	2	1		TUL · TL
1986	35	SJO	A	111	391	356	27	83	17	0	3	27	2	0	24	47	.233	.282	.306	.588		109		2	4	5	1		SJO · CALL
1987	36	SJO	A	59	176	158	9	33	5	0	1	9	0	1	13	44	.209	.269	.259	.528		41		1	1	3	1		SJO · CALL
11 Yrs				1344	5079	4777	366	1243	243	12	68	548	10	14	184	518	.260	.290	.359	.649	79	1714	157	35	34	49	47
162 Game Avg.				162	612	576	44	150	29	1	8	66	1	2	22	62	.260	.290	.359	.649	79	207	19	4	4	6	6

STL (8 yrs)				1100	4168	3930	316	1033	213	10	61	454	5	10	145	410	.263	.292	.369	.661	81	1449	124	30	29	34	39
PIT (1 yr)				7	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.091	.000	.091	-73	0	0	1	0	0	0
SFG (1 yr)				155	614	577	40	154	21	1	5	66	5	4	24	48	.267	.293	.333	.626	76	192	24	1	3	9	5
CHC (1 yr)				82	286	260	10	56	9	1	2	28	0	0	15	56	.215	.261	.281	.541	52	73	9	3	2	6	3

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
1972	21	STL	NL	21	81	2	-1	-0	-0	0	0	0.1	2	3	0.3	.502	.500	0.3	0.0	3	$	5
1973	22	STL	NL	147	446	-18	-0	-2	6	2	-12	-1.4	13	0	-0.1	.491	.491	-0.8	0.9	-5	$	*5/6
1974	23	STL	NL	154	612	-14	-2	-3	-5	3	-21	-2.3	18	-3	-0.6	.485	.486	-0.1	-0.1	1	$	*5/64
1975	24	STL	NL	161	627	-23	-3	-2	-16	3	-42	-4.6	18	-23	-2.8	.471	.472	-1.1	-1.4	-7	$	*5	GG
1976	25	SFG	NL	155	614	-18	-3	-3	0	3	-20	-2.3	18	-2	-0.5	.485	.486	-0.6	0.4	-2	$	*5/6
1977	26	STL	NL	157	620	-11	-4	-1	-0	3	-13	-1.4	18	5	0.4	.491	.491	0.4	0.3	5	$85,000	*5
1978	27	STL	NL	150	578	-16	-1	-1	9	3	-6	-0.6	17	11	1.0	.495	.496	-0.1	1.5	2	$	*5
1979	28	STL	NL	159	643	-15	-3	-1	-7	3	-23	-2.4	19	-4	-0.6	.484	.484	0.1	-0.4	3	$	*5
1980	29	STL	NL	151	561	-13	-2	-2	-8	2	-23	-2.6	17	-6	-0.9	.483	.484	0.0	-0.7	2	$	*5	AS
1981	30	CHC	NL	82	286	-18	-1	-1	3	1	-16	-1.8	9	-7	-0.9	.477	.488	-1.4	0.6	-11	$	*5
1982	31	PIT	NL	7	11	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.467	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$	/5
11 Seasons				1344	5079	-146	-21	-17	-18	23	-178	-19.5	149	-29	-4.9	.485	.489	-3.5	1.2	-12	$85,000

STL (8 yrs)				1100	4168	-108	-17	-14	-21	19	-140	-15.2	122	-18	-3.3	.486	.488	-1.3	0.2	3	$85,000
PIT (1 yr)				7	11	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.467	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$
SFG (1 yr)				155	614	-18	-3	-3	0	3	-20	-2.3	18	-2	-0.5	.485	.486	-0.6	0.4	-2	$
CHC (1 yr)				82	286	-18	-1	-1	3	1	-16	-1.8	9	-7	-0.9	.477	.488	-1.4	0.6	-11	$

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
1972	21	STL	NL	81	56	10	4.8	91	.373	.359	.256	.370	.324	.410	.377	.781	.701	123	.579	2.3	0.2	.600	.064	.051
1973	22	STL	NL	446	352	31	2.4	97	.236	.235	.262	.256	.332	.333	.390	.589	.722	63	.254	-23.2	-2.4	.446	.117	.099	.0
1974	23	STL	NL	612	455	56	3.3	95	.292	.271	.262	.299	.334	.363	.379	.662	.714	85	.388	-13.6	-1.4	.526	.131	.092	.0
1975	24	STL	NL	627	460	56	3.3	99	.286	.269	.270	.298	.342	.340	.390	.637	.732	74	.377	-22.6	-2.3	.504	.108	.071	1.7
1976	25	SFG	NL	614	463	51	3.0	93	.280	.267	.265	.293	.332	.333	.378	.626	.709	76	.358	-19.1	-2.0	.483	.109	.066	5.0
1977	26	STL	NL	620	464	64	3.7	102	.273	.261	.268	.291	.336	.412	.409	.703	.744	88	.402	-12.3	-1.2	.578	.177	.152	3.6
1978	27	STL	NL	578	430	52	3.2	94	.258	.246	.261	.280	.329	.357	.384	.637	.712	78	.386	-17.0	-1.8	.529	.156	.111	1.8
1979	28	STL	NL	643	465	67	3.9	101	.298	.268	.271	.299	.337	.382	.403	.681	.740	84	.442	-14.8	-1.5	.572	.157	.114	1.8
1980	29	STL	NL	561	412	56	3.7	98	.279	.270	.271	.300	.334	.379	.394	.679	.728	86	.434	-10.8	-1.1	.556	.149	.109	.0
1981	30	CHC	NL	286	221	18	2.2	95	.260	.215	.267	.261	.333	.281	.383	.541	.716	52	.242	-17.0	-1.8	.427	.123	.065	.0
1982	31	PIT	NL	11	10	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.270	.091	.334	.000	.393	.091	.727	-73	.000	-2.4	-0.2	.100	.000	.000
11 Yrs				5079	3788	461	3.3	97	.277	.260	.266	.290	.334	.359	.390	.649	.725	79	.380	-150.6	-15.6	.521	.136	.099	17.4
162 Game Avg.				612	457	56	3.3	97	.277	.260	.266	.290	.334	.359	.390	.649	.725	79	.380	-150.6	-15.6	.521	.136	.099	2

STL (8 yrs)				4168	3094	392	3.4	98	.278	.263	.267	.292	.335	.369	.393	.661	.727	81	.393	-112.1	-11.5	.534	.141	.106	9.2
PIT (1 yr)				11	10	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.270	.091	.334	.000	.393	.091	.727	-73	.000	-2.4	-0.2	.100	.000	.000
SFG (1 yr)				614	463	51	3.0	93	.280	.267	.265	.293	.332	.333	.378	.626	.709	76	.357	-19.1	-2.0	.483	.109	.066	5.0
CHC (1 yr)				286	221	18	2.2	95	.260	.215	.267	.261	.333	.281	.383	.541	.716	52	.242	-17.0	-1.8	.427	.123	.065	.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
1980	STL	NL	29	as 3B	2	2	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	GO/AO	IP%
1972	21	STL	NL	81	0.0%	4.9%	2.5%	4.9%	14%	2.00	19.5		7.8	1.04	93%
1973	22	STL	NL	446	1.4%	5.6%	2.0%	6.3%	28%	2.78	17.0	71.0	10.1	1.03	89%
1974	23	STL	NL	612	1.1%	10.3%	3.8%	6.1%	24%	2.74	9.2	82.7	10.7	1.08	84%
1975	24	STL	NL	627	0.8%	8.6%	3.5%	4.9%	20%	2.45	11.0	118.4	9.4	1.05	86%
1976	25	SFG	NL	614	0.8%	7.8%	3.9%	4.4%	18%	2.00	12.0	115.4	8.7	1.15	87%
1977	26	STL	NL	620	2.7%	11.9%	3.1%	8.7%	35%	3.89	7.9	34.5	7.4	1.09	80%
1978	27	STL	NL	578	1.7%	10.6%	4.0%	6.6%	29%	2.65	8.9	54.0	7.2	0.86	82%
1979	28	STL	NL	643	1.2%	13.2%	3.9%	7.9%	32%	3.40	7.1	75.6	8.3	0.82	80%
1980	29	STL	NL	561	1.4%	7.8%	3.9%	7.3%	29%	2.00	11.9	65.4	9.0	1.01	85%
1981	30	CHC	NL	286	0.7%	19.6%	5.2%	4.2%	21%	3.73	4.6	130.0	9.3	0.94	73%
1982	31	PIT	NL	11	0.0%	36.4%	0.0%	0.0%			2.5			2.00	55%
11 Yrs				5079	1.3%	10.2%	3.6%	6.4%	26%	2.82	9.2	70.3	8.7	1.00	83%
MLB Averages					1.9%	13.1%	8.5%	6.3%	27%	1.54	6.8	46.5	8.7	1.10	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1972	21	STL	NL	2.3	0.2	83	0.2	1.9	-1.7	1.22	0.1	0.1	-1.9	-0.2	1.03	0.5	0.23	1
1973	22	STL	NL	-23.2	-2.4	451	-3.7	6.3	-10.0	1.09	-2.5	-0.9	-22.7	-2.3	1.01	-23.7	1.61	12
1974	23	STL	NL	-13.6	-1.4	618	-0.9	11.6	-12.5	1.11	-0.7	-0.1	-11.0	-1.1	0.99	-11.5	1.01	3
1975	24	STL	NL	-22.6	-2.3	634	-2.4	9.6	-12.0	1.03	-2.9	0.6	-21.7	-2.2	1.00	-26.6	0.41	1
1976	25	SFG	NL	-19.8	-2.1	630	-2.3	9.8	-12.1	1.07	-2.0	-0.2	-14.8	-1.5	1.00	-18.1	1.01	2
1977	26	STL	NL	-12.3	-1.2	635	-1.2	10.6	-11.8	1.02	-1.4	0.2	-9.5	-0.9	0.99	-15.0		0
1978	27	STL	NL	-17.0	-1.8	583	-0.8	10.3	-11.1	1.09	-1.4	0.7	-5.9	-0.6	0.98	-15.5	1.28	4
1979	28	STL	NL	-14.8	-1.5	650	-0.4	11.7	-12.0	1.06	-1.5	1.2	-6.3	-0.6	0.97	-12.1	1.93	2
1980	29	STL	NL	-10.8	-1.1	563	-1.5	9.0	-10.5	1.04	-0.9	-0.5	-11.6	-1.2	0.97	-9.6	0.56	1
1981	30	CHC	NL	-17.0	-1.8	291	-1.0	4.4	-5.4	1.05	-1.2	0.3	-14.3	-1.5	0.95	-13.6	0.05	1
1982	31	PIT	NL	-2.4	-0.2	11	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	1.48	-0.2	0.0	-2.5	-0.3	1.03	-2.2	1.28	3
11 Yrs				-151.3	-15.6	5149	-14.2	85.3	-99.6	1.07	-14.7	1.4	-122.2	-12.5	0.98	-147.4	1.28	30

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1972	21	STL	NL	1	17%	40	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	44%	4	3	1	1	0	0	4	0	3
1973	22	STL	NL	10	32%	133	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	8	12	50%	18	8	9	9	5	3	9	2	6
1974	23	STL	NL	6	23%	219	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	12	26%	31	26	5	9	6	1	17	8	9
1975	24	STL	NL	7	21%	191	1	1	50%	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	11	11	28%	29	23	6	8	5	2	17	7	7
1976	25	SFG	NL	9	20%	221	5	4	56%	5	3	0	0	1	1	0	5	14	25%	28	23	5	9	5	2	23	15	8
1977	26	STL	NL	7	25%	208	2	6	25%	2	4	0	1	1	1	0	5	7	33%	31	24	7	4	1	3	20	11	8
1978	27	STL	NL	7	21%	188	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	9	29%	37	28	7	2	1	1	19	9	9
1979	28	STL	NL	7	19%	210	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	8	11	20%	27	20	5	9	6	2	10	7	2
1980	29	STL	NL	4	20%	171	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	31%	22	17	4	4	4	0	16	7	9
1981	30	CHC	NL	2	11%	73	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	5	27%	11	7	3	1	1	0	3	2	1
1982	31	PIT	NL	0	0%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11 Yrs				60	21%	1657	10	14	42%	8	10	2	1	3	8	2	64	85	30%	238	179	52	56	34	14	138	68	62

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
1972	21	STL	NL	81	31%	28			1	0	0	0	0.23	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		16	4	25%	7	1	14%	57	10	18%	8	4	50%	2	1	50%	0
1973	22	STL	NL	446	46%	100			12	2	0	0	1.61	6	0	18	1	5	1	5	0	4	4	100%	87	18	21%	42	14	33%	304	38	13%	22	10	45%	16	10	63%	0
1974	23	STL	NL	612	33%	157			3	1	0	0	1.01	7	0	17	5	2	2	5	0	3	3	100%	131	25	19%	64	21	33%	414	58	14%	43	16	37%	29	13	45%	0
1975	24	STL	NL	627	44%	159			1	0	0	0	0.41	5	0	19	5	0	3	2	0	2	2	100%	118	18	15%	56	17	30%	442	60	14%	47	23	49%	27	14	52%	0
1976	25	SFG	NL	614	39%	154			2	0	0	0	1.01	5	0	21	2	3	4	1	0	4	3	75%	120	24	20%	62	25	40%	420	64	15%	40	21	53%	24	14	58%	0
1977	26	STL	NL	620	36%	153			0	0	0	0		17	2	16	12	5	11	6	0	5	5	100%	120	17	14%	64	17	27%	438	64	15%	31	12	39%	39	22	56%	0
1978	27	STL	NL	578	41%	133			4	4	0	3	1.28	10	0	11	3	7	3	7	0	3	3	100%	114	13	11%	60	16	27%	378	65	17%	44	22	50%	24	11	46%	0
1979	28	STL	NL	643	39%	162			2	0	0	0	1.93	8	0	15	3	5	4	4	0	4	4	100%	126	13	10%	50	21	42%	407	65	16%	38	22	58%	31	17	55%	0
1980	29	STL	NL	561	33%	141			1	0	0	0	0.56	8	0	11	6	2	3	5	0	9	8	89%	100	16	16%	53	21	40%	354	53	15%	22	14	64%	21	9	43%	0
1981	30	CHC	NL	286	25%	56			1	0	0	0	0.05	2	0	4	1	1	1	1	0	2	2	100%	62	9	15%	36	16	44%	177	28	16%	19	10	53%	10	6	60%	0
1982	31	PIT	NL	11	27%	0			3	0	0	0	1.28	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		7	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
11 Yrs				5079	38%	1243			30	7	0	3	1.28	68	2	138	38	30	32	36	0	36	34	94%	994	157	16%	494	169	34%	3398	505	15%	314	154	49%	223	117	52%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			78%			11%			34%			14%			50%			54%

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
1972	21	21	81	78	5	28	4	0	0	10	0	1	2	4	.359	.370	.410	.781	123	32	4	0	0	1	0
1973	22	168	527	504	45	128	24	2	6	52	0	2	11	29	.254	.273	.345	.619	72	174	22	4	4	4	2
1974	23	322	1139	1083	93	285	52	4	13	106	0	2	34	92	.263	.287	.355	.642	79	384	47	6	7	9	9
1975	24	483	1766	1675	136	444	77	5	18	169	1	3	56	146	.265	.291	.349	.640	77	585	65	11	9	15	18
1976	25	638	2380	2252	176	598	98	6	23	235	6	7	80	194	.266	.291	.345	.636	77	777	89	12	12	24	23
1977	26	795	3000	2839	234	751	134	7	40	314	8	13	99	268	.265	.291	.359	.650	79	1019	106	19	17	26	27
1978	27	945	3578	3379	275	884	160	9	50	389	9	13	122	329	.262	.289	.359	.648	79	1212	119	24	20	33	32
1979	28	1104	4221	3984	317	1046	201	11	58	462	10	13	147	414	.263	.291	.362	.653	80	1443	132	28	24	38	39
1980	29	1255	4782	4507	356	1187	234	11	66	520	10	14	169	458	.263	.292	.364	.656	81	1641	148	31	32	43	44
1981	30	1337	5068	4767	366	1243	243	12	68	548	10	14	184	514	.261	.290	.360	.650	79	1714	157	34	34	49	47
1982	31	1344	5079	4777	366	1243	243	12	68	548	10	14	184	518	.260	.290	.359	.649	79	1714	157	35	34	49	47

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
1972	21	22	87	84	6	32	5	0	0	12	0	2	4	.381	.391	.440	.831	15	21
1973	22	147	450	430	43	104	21	2	6	45	0	9	25	.242	.262	.342	.604	38	147
1974	23	154	619	585	51	163	29	2	7	58	0	24	63	.279	.307	.371	.678	67	154
1975	24	161	630	595	44	162	25	1	5	65	1	22	54	.272	.301	.343	.644	61	161
1976	25	155	623	585	44	162	22	1	5	72	5	25	48	.277	.303	.344	.647	62	155
1977	26	157	622	589	59	155	36	1	17	81	2	19	74	.263	.293	.414	.708	70	157
1978	27	150	589	549	46	142	28	2	11	84	1	25	61	.259	.294	.377	.671	60	150
1979	28	159	645	607	43	164	42	2	8	75	1	25	85	.270	.301	.386	.687	70	159
1980	29	151	566	527	41	145	34	0	8	61	0	23	44	.275	.306	.385	.692	62	151
1981	30	124	438	397	16	88	14	2	3	45	0	24	85	.222	.269	.290	.559	30	82
1982	31	7	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.091	.000	.091	0	7
11 Yrs		1387	5280	4958	393	1317	256	13	70	598	10	198	547	.266	.296	.365	.661	535	1344
162 Game Avg.		162	617	579	46	154	30	2	8	70	1	23	64	.266	.296	.365	.661	62	1344

* 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

All-Star Games 1980 (3B)	Gold Gloves 1975 NL (3B)	Games Played s c a p y 1975 NL 161 (4th) 1977 NL 157 (7th) 1979 NL 159 (9th)	Doubles s c a p y 1977 NL 36 (7th) 1979 NL 41 (4th) 1980 NL 33 (8th)
Singles s c a p y 1976 NL 127 (10th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1977 NL 7 (4th)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1976 NL 9 (3rd) 1981 NL 6 (6th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1973 NL 18 (10th) 1974 NL 25 (1st) 1975 NL 18 (7th) 1976 NL 24 (2nd) 1977 NL 17 (8th) 1980 NL 16 (8th) Career 157 (234th)
AB per SO s c a p y 1980 NL 11.9 (7th)	Outs Made s c a p y 1976 NL 463 (9th)	Youngest s c a p y 1972 NL born 1951-06-24 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 9 (1472), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 6 (1412), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 9 (1691), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Most Similar by Ages

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Aramis Ramirez (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bill Russell (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ossie Bluege (955) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Joe Quinn (952) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Roy Howell (941) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Roy Howell (937) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Roy Howell (914) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Aurelio Rodriguez (895) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Terry Pendleton (907) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Terry Pendleton (900) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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