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Merv Rettenmund

Mervin Weldon Rettenmund

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: June 6, 1943 in Flint, MI
High School: Southwestern HS (Flint, MI)
School: Ball State University (Muncie, IN)
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1968
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Padres/Reds/Angels 1968-1980

Final Game: June 22, 1980
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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
1965	22	BAL-min	A	129	361	361		88	13	3	11						.244	.244	.388	.632		140							STK · CALL
1966	23	BAL-min	A	127	440	440		135	16	6	21						.307	.307	.514	.820		226							STK · CALL
1967	24	BAL-min	AA	131	513	423	67	121	17	3	4	51	29	6	90	60	.286	.411	.369	.780		156							ELM · EL
1968	25	BAL-min	AAA	114	488	393	104	130	25	5	22	59	14	14	85	63	.331	.459	.588	1.047		231		8	2	0			ROC · IL
1968	25	BAL	AL	31	85	64	10	19	5	0	2	7	1	1	18	20	.297	.452	.469	.921	180	30	0	1	1	1	0	89/7
1969	26	BAL	AL	95	226	190	27	47	10	3	4	25	6	1	28	28	.247	.338	.395	.733	104	75	6	0	4	4	1	798
1970	27	BAL	AL	106	385	338	60	109	17	2	18	58	13	7	38	59	.322	.394	.544	.938	156	184	8	3	4	2	1	897
1971	28	BAL	AL	141	589	491	81	156	23	4	11	75	15	6	87	60	.318	.422	.448	.870	149	220	13	4	4	3	2	*978	MVP-19
1972	29	BAL	AL	102	346	301	40	70	10	2	6	21	6	4	41	37	.233	.325	.339	.663	96	102	10	0	4	0	0	98/7
1973	30	BAL	AL	95	390	321	59	84	17	2	9	44	11	2	57	38	.262	.378	.411	.789	124	132	4	4	6	2	4	97/8
1974	31	CIN	NL	80	252	208	30	45	6	0	6	28	5	1	37	39	.216	.337	.332	.669	89	69	7	2	3	2	1	9/8
1975	32	CIN	NL	93	226	188	24	45	6	1	2	19	5	0	35	22	.239	.356	.314	.669	86	59	6	0	1	2	3	97/85
1976	33	SDP	NL	86	172	140	16	32	7	0	2	11	4	1	29	23	.229	.361	.321	.682	103	45	3	0	3	0	0	79/8
1977	34	SDP	NL	107	166	126	23	36	6	1	4	17	1	2	33	28	.286	.432	.444	.877	148	56	2	1	4	2	2	7/958
1978	35	CAL	AL	50	142	108	16	29	5	1	1	14	0	3	30	13	.269	.433	.361	.794	130	39	3	2	1	1	0	D9/7
1979	36	CAL	AL	35	90	76	7	20	2	0	1	10	1	0	11	14	.263	.360	.329	.688	91	25	3	1	1	1	1	D/798
1980	37	CAL	AL	2	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	86	1	0	0	0	0	0	/D
13 Yrs				1023	3074	2555	393	693	114	16	66	329	68	28	445	382	.271	.381	.406	.786	123	1037	65	18	36	20	15
162 Game Avg.				162	487	405	62	110	18	3	10	52	11	4	70	60	.271	.381	.406	.786	123	164	10	3	6	3	2

BAL (6 yrs)				570	2021	1705	277	485	82	13	50	230	52	21	269	242	.284	.383	.436	.819	133	743	41	12	23	12	8
CAL (3 yrs)				87	237	188	23	50	7	1	2	24	1	3	42	28	.266	.404	.346	.750	114	65	6	3	2	2	1
SDP (2 yrs)				193	338	266	39	68	13	1	6	28	5	3	62	51	.256	.396	.380	.775	125	101	5	1	7	2	2
CIN (2 yrs)				173	478	396	54	90	12	1	8	47	10	1	72	61	.227	.346	.323	.669	88	128	13	2	4	4	4

AL (9 yrs)				657	2258	1893	300	535	89	14	52	254	53	24	311	270	.283	.386	.427	.812	131	808	47	15	25	14	9
NL (4 yrs)				366	816	662	93	158	25	2	14	75	15	4	134	112	.239	.366	.346	.712	103	229	18	3	11	6	6

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
1968	25	BAL	AL	31	85	6	0	0	-0	-1	5	0.6	2	8	0.9	.522	.504	0.9	-0.2	8	$	89/7
1969	26	BAL	AL	95	226	1	0	-1	0	-4	-3	-0.4	6	3	0.2	.496	.498	0.3	-0.4	3	$	798
1970	27	BAL	AL	106	385	26	0	-1	10	-4	32	3.4	12	44	4.6	.533	.521	3.6	0.6	34	$	897
1971	28	BAL	AL	141	589	33	3	-0	5	-6	34	3.8	19	53	5.7	.527	.524	5.2	-0.2	49	$	*978	MVP-19
1972	29	BAL	AL	102	346	-1	1	-1	2	-4	-3	-0.5	11	8	0.6	.496	.497	0.5	-0.3	6	$	98/7
1973	30	BAL	AL	95	390	12	5	-0	13	-4	25	2.9	12	37	4.0	.528	.517	2.6	1.0	25	$40,000	97/8
1974	31	CIN	NL	80	252	-4	2	-0	-2	-3	-6	-0.6	7	1	0.1	.492	.496	0.2	-0.4	3	$	9/8
1975	32	CIN	NL	93	226	-3	1	-1	2	-3	-5	-0.5	6	2	0.2	.494	.497	0.0	-0.1	0	$	97/85
1976	33	SDP	NL	86	172	2	1	0	6	-2	7	0.9	5	12	1.4	.510	.505	0.6	0.5	6	$	79/8
1977	34	SDP	NL	107	166	9	-1	0	-3	-1	4	0.4	5	8	0.9	.503	.502	1.2	-0.4	12	$	7/958
1978	35	CAL	AL	50	142	7	-0	0	-4	-3	-0	0.0	5	4	0.4	.499	.500	0.9	-0.7	9	$62,500	D9/7
1979	36	CAL	AL	35	90	0	0	-0	-2	-2	-5	-0.4	3	-2	-0.2	.486	.497	0.1	-0.4	1	$	D/798
1980	37	CAL	AL	2	5	0	0	0	0	-0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	/D
13 Seasons				1023	3074	89	12	-4	25	-36	85	9.4	95	180	18.8	.509	.504	16.1	-1.1	155	$102,500

BAL (6 yrs)				570	2021	77	9	-3	29	-22	90	9.8	64	154	16.0	.517	.510	13.1	0.6	125	$40,000
CAL (3 yrs)				87	237	7	0	-0	-7	-5	-5	-0.4	8	3	0.2	.494	.499	1.0	-1.2	9	$62,500
SDP (2 yrs)				193	338	11	-0	0	2	-3	11	1.2	10	21	2.3	.506	.504	1.8	0.0	18	$
CIN (2 yrs)				173	478	-7	3	-1	-0	-6	-11	-1.2	14	3	0.3	.493	.496	0.2	-0.6	3	$

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
1968	25	BAL	AL	85	48	16	9.0	80	.395	.297	.238	.452	.307	.469	.352	.921	.659	180	.848	8.1	0.9	1.065	.453	.172	1.3
1969	26	BAL	AL	226	158	27	4.6	96	.265	.247	.256	.338	.332	.395	.386	.733	.718	104	.540	1.7	0.2	.720	.321	.147	4.8
1970	27	BAL	AL	385	250	72	7.8	98	.346	.322	.259	.394	.334	.544	.395	.938	.729	156	.746	25.8	2.6	.947	.352	.222	15.1
1971	28	BAL	AL	589	361	99	7.4	91	.343	.318	.254	.422	.326	.448	.377	.870	.702	149	.752	36.5	3.8	.904	.326	.130	12.7
1972	29	BAL	AL	346	249	33	3.6	85	.248	.233	.250	.325	.319	.339	.361	.663	.680	96	.491	-1.2	-0.1	.592	.249	.106	6.0
1973	30	BAL	AL	390	251	56	6.0	93	.272	.262	.258	.378	.327	.411	.380	.789	.707	124	.643	12.9	1.3	.831	.355	.150	9.9
1974	31	CIN	NL	252	176	25	3.8	94	.236	.216	.261	.337	.333	.332	.378	.669	.711	89	.452	-1.8	-0.2	.655	.313	.115	5.5
1975	32	CIN	NL	226	152	23	4.1	98	.259	.239	.268	.356	.339	.314	.387	.669	.726	86	.474	-2.2	-0.2	.664	.287	.074	2.9
1976	33	SDP	NL	172	115	19	4.4	85	.261	.229	.253	.361	.318	.321	.361	.682	.679	103	.538	2.3	0.2	.688	.321	.093	2.7
1977	34	SDP	NL	166	100	27	7.3	93	.333	.286	.256	.432	.322	.444	.390	.877	.711	148	.697	11.6	1.1	.947	.413	.159	1.6
1978	35	CAL	AL	142	87	19	5.8	90	.295	.269	.256	.433	.321	.361	.378	.794	.699	130	.634	7.2	0.7	.800	.343	.093	.0
1979	36	CAL	AL	90	61	9	3.9	98	.306	.263	.265	.360	.329	.329	.401	.688	.730	91	.418	-0.3	-0.0	.644	.224	.066	1.0
1980	37	CAL	AL	5	3	1	9.0	96	.333	.250	.266	.400	.328	.250	.394	.650	.722	86	.773	-0.0	0.0	.667	.250	.000
13 Yrs				3074	2011	426	5.7	92	.295	.271	.256	.381	.327	.406	.379	.786	.706	123	.639	100.6	10.3	.788	.324	.135	67.0
162 Game Avg.				487	318	67	5.7	92	.295	.271	.256	.381	.327	.406	.379	.786	.706	123	.639	16	2	.788	.324	.135	11

BAL (6 yrs)				2021	1317	303	6.2	92	.305	.284	.255	.383	.326	.436	.378	.819	.705	133	.683	83.8	8.6	.823	.327	.151	51.0
CAL (3 yrs)				237	151	29	5.1	94	.300	.266	.260	.404	.324	.346	.388	.750	.712	114	.562	6.9	0.7	.735	.293	.080	1.3
SDP (2 yrs)				338	215	46	5.8	89	.294	.256	.254	.396	.320	.380	.375	.775	.694	125	.626	13.8	1.4	.806	.365	.124	5.5
CIN (2 yrs)				478	328	48	3.9	96	.248	.227	.264	.346	.336	.323	.382	.669	.718	88	.462	-4.0	-0.4	.659	.301	.096	8.9

AL (9 yrs)				2258	1468	332	6.1	92	.305	.283	.255	.386	.326	.427	.379	.812	.705	131	.671	90.7	9.3	.814	.324	.144	52.5
NL (4 yrs)				816	543	94	4.7	93	.266	.239	.260	.366	.329	.346	.379	.712	.708	103	.536	9.8	1.0	.717	.326	.107	14.5

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
1969	26	BAL	AL	ALCS	MIN	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1969	26	BAL	AL	WS	NYM	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1970	27	BAL	AL	ALCS	MIN	W	1	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.333	.600	.333	.933	1	0	0	0	0	0
1970	27	BAL	AL	WS	CIN	W	2	6	5	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	.400	.500	1.000	1.500	5	0	0	0	0	0
1971	28	BAL	AL	ALCS	OAK	W	3	8	8	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.375	.625	3	0	0	0	0	0
1971	28	BAL	AL	WS	PIT	L	7	27	27	3	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	4	.185	.185	.296	.481	8	0	0	0	0	0

1973	30	BAL	AL	ALCS	OAK	L	3	14	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	.091	.286	.091	.377	1	0	0	0	0	0

1975	32	CIN	NL	NLCS	PIT	W	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	32	CIN	NL	WS	BOS	W	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0

1979	36	CAL	AL	ALCS	BAL	L	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs (10 Series)							25	69	60	8	11	1	0	2	8	0	2	9	12	.183	.290	.300	.590	18	1	0	0	0	0
5 ALCS							10	31	24	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	2	7	7	.167	.355	.208	.563	5	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLCS							2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 WS							13	36	35	5	7	0	0	2	6	0	0	1	5	.200	.222	.371	.594	13	1	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%
1968	25	BAL	AL	85	2.4%	23.5%	21.2%	8.2%	37%	1.11	3.2	32.0	9.1	1.08	51%
1969	26	BAL	AL	226	1.8%	12.4%	12.4%	7.5%	36%	1.00	6.8	47.5	7.6	1.19	72%
1970	27	BAL	AL	385	4.7%	15.3%	9.9%	9.6%	34%	1.55	5.7	18.8	5.8	1.49	68%
1971	28	BAL	AL	589	1.9%	10.2%	14.8%	6.5%	24%	0.69	8.2	44.6	6.5	1.52	72%
1972	29	BAL	AL	346	1.7%	10.7%	11.9%	5.2%	26%	0.90	8.1	50.2	14.3	1.49	75%
1973	30	BAL	AL	390	2.3%	9.7%	14.6%	7.2%	33%	0.67	8.4	35.7	7.3	1.00	71%
1974	31	CIN	NL	252	2.4%	15.5%	14.7%	4.8%	27%	1.05	5.3	34.7	7.4	1.47	65%
1975	32	CIN	NL	226	0.9%	9.7%	15.5%	4.0%	20%	0.63	8.5	94.0	9.9	1.13	73%
1976	33	SDP	NL	172	1.2%	13.4%	16.9%	5.2%	28%	0.79	6.1	70.0	12.7	0.82	67%
1977	34	SDP	NL	166	2.4%	16.9%	19.9%	6.6%	31%	0.85	4.5	31.5	7.4	1.29	58%
1978	35	CAL	AL	142	0.7%	9.2%	21.1%	4.9%	24%	0.43	8.3	108.0	7.7	1.38	67%
1979	36	CAL	AL	90	1.1%	15.6%	12.2%	3.3%	15%	1.27	5.4	76.0	7.6	1.81	69%
1980	37	CAL	AL	5	0.0%	20.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0%	1.00	4.0			1.00	60%
13 Yrs				3074	2.2%	12.4%	14.5%	6.4%	28%	0.86	6.7	38.7	7.8	1.30	69%
MLB Averages					1.9%	13.7%	8.6%	6.2%	27%	1.59	6.5	45.8	8.8	1.10	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1968	25	BAL	AL	8.0	0.9	90	0.7	2.0	-1.3	1.12	0.5	0.1	5.6	0.6	0.90	5.8	1.60	6
1969	26	BAL	AL	1.7	0.2	233	0.2	3.9	-3.8	1.06	0.3	-0.1	6.8	0.7	0.99	3.6	1.90	16
1970	27	BAL	AL	25.8	2.6	409	3.7	9.7	-6.0	1.02	2.9	0.7	35.8	3.6	0.98	31.8	1.67	17
1971	28	BAL	AL	36.5	3.8	616	5.7	14.4	-8.7	1.06	4.1	1.3	51.0	5.3	1.01	44.6	1.90	3
1972	29	BAL	AL	-1.2	-0.1	359	-1.0	5.7	-6.8	1.04	-0.4	-0.6	-8.0	-0.9	0.94	-2.5	2.38	10
1973	30	BAL	AL	12.9	1.3	412	1.5	8.4	-6.9	1.08	1.7	-0.3	18.3	1.8	0.97	17.6	1.74	11
1974	31	CIN	NL	-1.8	-0.2	261	-0.8	3.2	-4.1	.92	-0.2	-0.7	-0.7	-0.1	0.99	-1.1	1.48	15
1975	32	CIN	NL	-2.2	-0.2	233	-0.1	3.6	-3.7	1.04	0.1	-0.2	2.9	0.3	1.00	1.1	1.58	30
1976	33	SDP	NL	2.3	0.2	178	0.7	3.8	-3.1	1.25	0.3	0.2	1.8	0.2	0.99	2.3	1.88	40
1977	34	SDP	NL	11.3	1.1	170	-0.4	2.9	-3.3	1.24	0.7	-1.0	4.8	0.5	0.92	8.5	1.30	65
1978	35	CAL	AL	7.2	0.7	147	0.2	2.9	-2.7	1.21	0.4	-0.3	7.0	0.7	1.03	4.4	2.63	15
1979	36	CAL	AL	-0.3	-0.0	91	0.6	2.1	-1.5	1.23	0.0	0.4	2.0	0.2	1.00	0.2	3.11	10
1980	37	CAL	AL	-0.0	0.0	6	0.0	0.1	-0.0	.45	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.74	0.2	0.43	1
13 Yrs				100.2	10.3	3205	10.9	62.8	-51.9	1.08	10.4	-0.3	127.6	13.0	0.98	116.6	1.74	239

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
1968	25	BAL	AL	0	22%	41	1	1	50%	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	50%	5	4	1	1	1	0	4	0	4
1969	26	BAL	AL	3	32%	82	6	1	86%	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	6	44%	14	7	6	2	2	0	9	2	5
1970	27	BAL	AL	5	32%	147	13	7	65%	12	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	9	57%	16	10	6	4	3	1	15	2	13
1971	28	BAL	AL	5	30%	260	15	6	71%	15	6	0	0	0	1	1	7	16	59%	34	18	15	10	3	7	20	3	16
1972	29	BAL	AL	2	32%	124	6	4	60%	6	4	0	0	0	1	1	4	9	64%	16	6	9	8	3	5	9	2	7
1973	30	BAL	AL	5	37%	174	11	2	85%	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	15	53%	22	13	9	4	3	1	21	6	15
1974	31	CIN	NL	0	31%	96	5	1	83%	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	67%	9	5	4	4	1	3	11	2	9
1975	32	CIN	NL	2	28%	96	5	0	100%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	44%	16	11	5	2	2	0	9	2	7
1976	33	SDP	NL	2	24%	78	4	1	80%	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	44%	10	7	3	0	0	0	8	3	5
1977	34	SDP	NL	0	29%	86	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	30%	13	10	3	2	1	1	8	5	3
1978	35	CAL	AL	2	25%	57	0	3	0%	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	7	45%	14	8	6	2	2	0	4	1	3
1979	36	CAL	AL	2	19%	33	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	20%	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1980	37	CAL	AL	0	0%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13 Yrs				28	30%	1280	68	28	71%	64	26	4	1	1	4	3	28	83	52%	173	103	67	39	21	18	119	28	88

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
1968	25	BAL	AL	85	40%	19			6	3	1	1	1.60	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	100%	12	0	0%	4	2	50%	42	5	12%	3	1	33%	2	0	0%	0
1969	26	BAL	AL	226	48%	47			16	2	0	1	1.90	4	0	4	3	1	3	1	0	4	4	100%	54	6	11%	26	11	42%	144	22	15%	12	8	67%	6	4	67%	0
1970	27	BAL	AL	385	33%	109			17	5	0	1	1.67	18	1	13	8	10	7	11	0	7	4	57%	73	8	11%	34	7	21%	237	43	18%	17	9	53%	12	6	50%	0
1971	28	BAL	AL	589	35%	156			3	0	0	1	1.90	11	0	15	6	5	3	8	0	5	4	80%	128	13	10%	50	19	38%	401	65	16%	35	16	46%	22	15	68%	0
1972	29	BAL	AL	346	35%	70			10	3	0	1	2.38	6	0	8	1	5	1	5	0	6	4	67%	61	10	16%	30	7	23%	190	15	8%	13	4	31%	11	3	27%	0
1973	30	BAL	AL	390	57%	84			11	5	0	1	1.74	9	0	9	2	7	5	4	0	8	6	75%	62	4	6%	30	11	37%	217	36	17%	22	11	50%	17	5	29%	0
1974	31	CIN	NL	252	52%	45			15	3	0	1	1.48	6	1	14	4	2	3	3	1	4	3	75%	50	7	14%	33	14	42%	166	23	14%	17	10	59%	16	6	38%	0
1975	32	CIN	NL	226	55%	45			30	6	0	5	1.58	2	0	6	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	100%	42	6	14%	14	5	36%	149	20	13%	15	6	40%	8	5	63%	0
1976	33	SDP	NL	172	69%	32			40	12	2	6	1.88	2	0	3	1	1	1	1	0	5	3	60%	41	3	7%	18	4	22%	114	10	9%	5	2	40%	9	5	56%	0
1977	34	SDP	NL	166	44%	36			65	21	1	5	1.30	4	0	2	2	2	1	3	0	4	4	100%	27	2	7%	13	8	62%	83	13	16%	10	5	50%	4	4	100%	0
1978	35	CAL	AL	142	82%	29			15	2	1	2	2.63	1	1	7	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	100%	28	3	11%	13	3	23%	97	13	13%	5	2	40%	7	3	43%	0
1979	36	CAL	AL	90	76%	20			10	4	0	3	3.11	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	100%	18	3	17%	6	3	50%	66	10	15%	8	4	50%	2	2	100%	0
1980	37	CAL	AL	5	100%	1			1	0	0	0	0.43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
13 Yrs				3074	47%	693			239	66	5	28	1.74	66	3	86	29	37	30	36	1	47	36	77%	596	65	11%	271	94	35%	1906	275	14%	162	78	48%	116	58	50%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			77%			11%			33%			14%			49%			53%

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
1968	25	31	85	64	10	19	5	0	2	7	1	1	18	20	.297	.452	.469	.921	180	30	0	1	1	1	0
1969	26	126	311	254	37	66	15	3	6	32	7	2	46	48	.260	.369	.413	.783	123	105	6	1	5	5	1
1970	27	232	696	592	97	175	32	5	24	90	20	9	84	107	.296	.383	.488	.871	142	289	14	4	9	7	2
1971	28	373	1285	1083	178	331	55	9	35	165	35	15	171	167	.306	.401	.470	.871	145	509	27	8	13	10	4
1972	29	475	1631	1384	218	401	65	11	41	186	41	19	212	204	.290	.385	.441	.826	135	611	37	8	17	10	4
1973	30	570	2021	1705	277	485	82	13	50	230	52	21	269	242	.284	.383	.436	.819	133	743	41	12	23	12	8
1974	31	650	2273	1913	307	530	88	13	56	258	57	22	306	281	.277	.378	.424	.803	128	812	48	14	26	14	9
1975	32	743	2499	2101	331	575	94	14	58	277	62	22	341	303	.274	.376	.415	.791	124	871	54	14	27	16	12
1976	33	829	2671	2241	347	607	101	14	60	288	66	23	370	326	.271	.375	.409	.784	123	916	57	14	30	16	12
1977	34	936	2837	2367	370	643	107	15	64	305	67	25	403	354	.272	.379	.411	.789	124	972	59	15	34	18	14
1978	35	986	2979	2475	386	672	112	16	65	319	67	28	433	367	.272	.381	.408	.790	125	1011	62	17	35	19	14
1979	36	1021	3069	2551	393	692	114	16	66	329	68	28	444	381	.271	.380	.406	.787	124	1036	65	18	36	20	15
1980	37	1023	3074	2555	393	693	114	16	66	329	68	28	445	382	.271	.381	.406	.786	123	1037	65	18	36	20	15

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
1968	25	31	93	68	13	23	6	0	2	9	1	22	20	.338	.500	.515	1.015	18	31
1969	26	95	229	192	29	49	10	3	4	27	6	29	28	.255	.347	.401	.748	28	95
1970	27	106	390	342	63	113	18	2	19	61	13	39	59	.330	.402	.561	.963	76	106
1971	28	142	616	509	94	172	25	4	12	87	17	96	60	.338	.444	.473	.918	108	141
1972	29	107	377	324	52	83	12	2	7	27	7	49	39	.256	.354	.370	.724	43	102
1973	30	95	400	327	66	90	18	2	10	49	12	61	38	.275	.393	.434	.828	55	95
1974	31	80	256	210	32	47	6	0	6	30	5	39	39	.224	.348	.338	.686	25	80
1975	32	93	228	189	25	46	6	1	2	20	5	36	22	.243	.361	.317	.679	22	93
1976	33	86	180	144	20	36	8	0	2	14	4	33	23	.250	.390	.347	.737	20	86
1977	34	107	172	129	26	39	6	1	4	19	1	36	28	.302	.452	.457	.910	27	107
1978	35	50	148	111	18	32	6	1	1	16	0	33	13	.288	.456	.387	.843	19	50
1979	36	35	90	76	7	20	2	0	1	10	1	11	14	.263	.360	.329	.688	9	35
1980	37	2	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	2
13 Yrs		1029	3184	2625	445	750	123	16	70	369	72	485	384	.286	.398	.425	.823	450	1023
162 Game Avg.		162	501	413	70	118	19	3	11	58	11	76	60	.286	.398	.425	.823	71	1023

* 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1971 AL (19, 2%) 0.02 Career Shares (1361st)	WAR Position Players† s c a p y 1971 AL 5.7 (7th)	Offensive WAR† s c a p y 1971 AL 5.2 (5th)	Batting Average s c a p y 1971 AL .318 (3rd)
On-Base% s c a p y 1971 AL .422 (2nd) Career .381 (162nd)	On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y 1971 AL .870 (7th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1971 AL 87 (7th)	Singles s c a p y 1971 AL 118 (9th)
Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y 1971 AL 149 (7th)	Runs Created s c a p y 1971 AL 99 (5th)	Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y 1970 AL 26 (10th) 1971 AL 37 (3rd)	Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y 1970 AL 2.6 (10th) 1971 AL 3.8 (3rd)
Times On Base s c a p y 1971 AL 247 (4th)	Offensive Win % s c a p y 1971 AL .752 (4th) Career .639 (245th)	SB % s c a p y 1971 AL 71.43 (7th)	Power-Speed # s c a p y 1971 AL 12.7 (10th)
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y 1970 AL 35.83 (10th) 1971 AL 51.04 (2nd)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1971 AL 5.7 (2nd)	Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1971 AL 4.1 (4th)	Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y 1970 AL 3.6 (10th) 1971 AL 5.3 (2nd)

† 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

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Gray Ink	Batting - 6 (1702), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 5 (1541), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 15 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Most Similar by Ages

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Gus Zernial (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Hank Bauer (962) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Chuck Hinton (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Chuck Hinton (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Danny Bautista (958) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Chris Singleton (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jason Michaels (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jason Michaels (958) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jason Michaels (953) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Felix Jose (939) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Dwyer (948) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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