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Rick Rhoden

Richard Alan Rhoden

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: May 16, 1953 in Boynton Beach, FL
High School: Atlantic HS (Boynton Beach, FL)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 5, 1974
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Dodgers/Yankees/Astros 1974-1989

Final Game: September 29, 1989
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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
1971	18	LAD-min	A	11	22	22	1	4	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	4	.182	.182	.318	.500		7							DYB · FLOR
1972	19	LAD-min	AA,AAA	27	69	63	5	16	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	11	.254	.254	.270	.524		17		0	6	0			ELP,ABQ · TL,PCL
1973	20	LAD-min	AAA	20	7	6	2	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.500	.833		3		0	1	0			ABQ · PCL
1974	21	LAD-min	AAA	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			ABQ · PCL
1974	21	LAD	NL	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	186	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1975	22	LAD	NL	26	30	28	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.071	.103	.071	.175	-50	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
1976	23	LAD	NL	27	73	65	6	20	3	0	1	9	0	0	1	12	.308	.318	.400	.718	105	26	1	0	7	0	0	1	AS
1977	24	LAD	NL	32	84	78	8	18	3	0	3	12	0	0	0	13	.231	.231	.385	.615	63	30	3	0	6	0	0	1
1978	25	LAD	NL	30	62	52	5	7	1	0	0	4	0	0	3	14	.135	.179	.154	.332	-6	8	1	0	6	1	0	1
1979	26	PIT	NL	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	438	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1980	27	PIT-min	AAA	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			POR · PCL
1980	27	PIT	NL	20	45	40	3	15	3	0	1	11	0	0	1	2	.375	.390	.525	.915	151	21	0	0	4	0	0	1
1981	28	PIT	NL	21	52	48	4	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.188	.204	.229	.433	21	11	1	0	3	0	0	1
1982	29	PIT	NL	36	89	83	10	22	6	0	3	12	0	0	3	8	.265	.287	.446	.733	100	37	3	0	2	1	0	1
1983	30	PIT	NL	36	88	86	2	13	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	19	.151	.151	.163	.314	-14	14	2	0	2	0	0	1
1984	31	PIT	NL	35	92	84	9	28	6	0	0	4	0	0	2	10	.333	.345	.405	.750	111	34	1	0	5	1	0	1	SS
1985	32	PIT	NL	37	78	74	2	14	3	0	0	6	0	0	2	7	.189	.211	.230	.440	24	17	2	0	2	0	0	1	SS
1986	33	PIT	NL	41	101	90	9	25	9	0	1	10	0	1	3	13	.278	.298	.411	.709	93	37	5	0	7	1	0	1	AS,CYA-5,SS
1987	34	NYY	AL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1988	35	NYY	AL	31	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	1	0	1/D
1989	36	HOU-min	A	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		OSC · FLOR
1989	36	HOU	NL	20	31	29	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.207	.207	.241	.448	30	7	1	0	2	0	0	1
16 Yrs				427	830	761	58	181	38	0	9	75	0	1	17	114	.238	.253	.323	.576	60	246	20	0	47	5	0
162 Game Avg.				162	315	289	22	69	14	0	3	28	0	0	6	43	.238	.253	.323	.576	60	93	8	0	18	2	0

PIT (8 yrs)				227	546	506	39	127	30	0	5	48	0	1	12	66	.251	.267	.340	.607	67	172	14	0	25	3	0
LAD (5 yrs)				119	251	225	19	48	7	0	4	26	0	0	5	46	.213	.229	.298	.527	46	67	5	0	20	1	0
NYY (2 yrs)				61	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	1	0
HOU (1 yr)				20	31	29	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.207	.207	.241	.448	30	7	1	0	2	0	0

NL (14 yrs)				366	828	760	58	181	38	0	9	74	0	1	17	114	.238	.254	.324	.577	60	246	20	0	47	4	0
AL (2 yrs)				61	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	1	0

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
1974	21	LAD	NL	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.511	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	/1
1975	22	LAD	NL	26	30	-6	-0	0	0	3	-2	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.490	.498	-0.3	0.0	-2	$	1
1976	23	LAD	NL	27	73	1	-0	-0	0	8	8	0.9	2	10	0.9	.532	.505	0.9	0.0	10	$	1	AS
1977	24	LAD	NL	32	84	-5	-0	-0	0	10	4	0.5	2	7	0.5	.514	.503	0.5	0.0	7	$	1
1978	25	LAD	NL	30	62	-7	-0	0	0	7	1	0.1	2	3	0.1	.503	.501	0.1	0.0	3	$90,000	1
1979	26	PIT	NL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0.1	.552	.500	0.1	0.0	0	$	/1
1980	27	PIT	NL	20	45	3	-1	0	0	5	8	0.9	1	9	0.9	.543	.505	0.9	0.0	9	$	1
1981	28	PIT	NL	21	52	-5	0	-0	0	6	0	0.1	2	2	0.1	.502	.500	0.0	0.0	2	$	1
1982	29	PIT	NL	36	89	-1	-0	-0	0	10	8	0.9	3	11	0.9	.525	.506	0.9	0.0	11	$	1
1983	30	PIT	NL	36	88	-12	0	-0	0	10	-2	-0.2	3	1	-0.2	.495	.499	-0.2	0.0	1	$	1
1984	31	PIT	NL	35	92	1	0	-0	0	11	12	1.3	3	14	1.3	.536	.508	1.3	0.0	14	$	1	SS
1985	32	PIT	NL	37	78	-7	-0	0	0	9	2	0.2	2	4	0.2	.506	.501	0.2	0.0	4	$645,000	1	SS
1986	33	PIT	NL	41	101	-1	-0	-1	0	13	10	1.1	3	13	1.1	.526	.507	1.1	0.0	13	$620,000	1	AS,CYA-5,SS
1987	34	NYY	AL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$600,000	1
1988	35	NYY	AL	31	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$900,000	1/D
1989	36	HOU	NL	20	31	-3	-0	-0	0	3	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$900,000	1
16 Seasons				427	830	-41	-3	-1	0	96	50	5.5	25	75	5.6	.513	.502	5.5	0.2	75	$3,755,000

PIT (8 yrs)				227	546	-21	-1	-1	0	64	39	4.4	17	56	4.4	.519	.503	4.3	0.1	56	$1,265,000
LAD (5 yrs)				119	251	-16	-1	0	0	29	11	1.2	7	18	1.2	.510	.501	1.2	0.0	18	$90,000
NYY (2 yrs)				61	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$1,500,000
HOU (1 yr)				20	31	-3	-0	-0	0	3	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$900,000

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
1974	21	LAD	NL	2	1	1	27.0	91	1.000	.500	.258	.500	.329	.500	.372	1.000	.702	186	.967	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000
1975	22	LAD	NL	30	27	0	0.0	92	.091	.071	.260	.103	.330	.071	.375	.175	.704	-50	.000	-5.6	-0.6	.115	.036	.000
1976	23	LAD	NL	73	53	8	4.1	90	.365	.308	.260	.318	.326	.400	.371	.718	.698	105	.498	0.1	0.0	.587	.108	.092	.0
1977	24	LAD	NL	84	69	6	2.4	102	.242	.231	.268	.231	.336	.385	.409	.615	.744	63	.224	-4.6	-0.5	.476	.154	.154	.0
1978	25	LAD	NL	62	53	2	1.0	94	.179	.135	.261	.179	.329	.154	.384	.332	.712	-6	.069	-7.4	-0.8	.239	.077	.019
1979	26	PIT	NL	1	0	1		104	1.000	1.000	.275	1.000	.341	1.000	.408	2.000	.749	438	.000	0.5	0.0		.000	.000
1980	27	PIT	NL	45	29	8	7.4	98	.378	.375	.270	.390	.333	.525	.392	.915	.725	151	.737	2.6	0.3	.880	.175	.150	.0
1981	28	PIT	NL	52	43	2	1.3	95	.220	.188	.267	.204	.333	.229	.383	.433	.716	21	.103	-5.2	-0.6	.300	.063	.042
1982	29	PIT	NL	89	67	10	4.0	98	.260	.265	.270	.287	.334	.446	.393	.733	.727	100	.479	-0.4	-0.0	.625	.217	.181	.0
1983	30	PIT	NL	88	77	2	0.7	99	.194	.151	.267	.151	.336	.163	.395	.314	.731	-14	.036	-13.7	-1.4	.187	.012	.012
1984	31	PIT	NL	92	63	12	5.1	94	.373	.333	.263	.345	.328	.405	.383	.750	.711	111	.593	1.1	0.1	.632	.095	.071
1985	32	PIT	NL	78	64	3	1.3	94	.209	.189	.259	.211	.327	.230	.386	.440	.712	24	.100	-7.7	-0.8	.306	.068	.041
1986	33	PIT	NL	101	79	9	3.1	99	.312	.278	.264	.298	.334	.411	.398	.709	.732	93	.350	-1.0	-0.1	.549	.156	.133	.0

1988	35	NYY	AL	2	2	0	0.0	94	.000	.000	.258	.000	.323	.000	.389	.000	.712	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1989	36	HOU	NL	31	26	1	1.0	88	.222	.207	.250	.207	.317	.241	.373	.448	.690	30	.076	-2.7	-0.3	.292	.034	.034
16 Yrs				830	653	65	2.7	96	.267	.238	.264	.253	.331	.323	.389	.576	.720	60	.302	-44.1	-4.6	.436	.106	.085	.0
162 Game Avg.				315	248	25	2.7	96	.267	.238	.264	.253	.331	.323	.389	.576	.720	60	.302	-44.1	-4.6	.436	.106	.085

PIT (8 yrs)				546	422	47	3.0	97	.279	.251	.265	.267	.332	.340	.390	.607	.723	67	.349	-23.7	-2.5	.464	.111	.089	.0
LAD (5 yrs)				251	203	17	2.3	96	.250	.213	.263	.229	.331	.298	.387	.527	.718	46	.233	-17.4	-1.8	.396	.107	.084	.0
NYY (2 yrs)				2	2	0	0.0	94	.000	.000	.258	.000	.323	.000	.389	.000	.712	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
HOU (1 yr)				31	26	1	1.0	88	.222	.207	.250	.207	.317	.241	.373	.448	.690	30	.076	-2.7	-0.3	.292	.034	.034

NL (14 yrs)				828	651	65	2.7	96	.268	.238	.264	.254	.331	.324	.389	.577	.720	60	.303	-43.8	-4.6	.437	.107	.086	.0
AL (2 yrs)				2	2	0	0.0	94	.000	.000	.258	.000	.323	.000	.389	.000	.712	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
1977	24	LAD	NL	NLCS	PHI	W	1	1	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1977	24	LAD	NL	WS	NYY	L	2	2	2	1	1	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2
1978	25	LAD	NL	NLCS	PHI	W	1	1	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2 Yrs (3 Series)							4	4	4	1	1	1	.250	.250	.500	.750	2
2 NLCS							2	2	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1 WS							2	2	2	1	1	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1976	LAD	NL	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1986	PIT	NL	33	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
1974	21	LAD	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.0					50%
1975	22	LAD	NL	30	0.0%	20.0%	3.3%	0.0%	0%	6.00	4.7		28.0		1.63	73%
1976	23	LAD	NL	73	1.4%	16.4%	1.4%	5.5%	20%	12.00	5.4	65.0	7.2		1.11	71%
1977	24	LAD	NL	84	3.6%	15.5%	0.0%	7.1%	33%		6.0	26.0	6.5		2.11	74%
1978	25	LAD	NL	62	0.0%	22.6%	4.8%	1.6%	14%	4.67	3.7		13.0		1.38	63%
1979	26	PIT	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%							100%
1980	27	PIT	NL	45	2.2%	4.4%	2.2%	8.9%	27%	2.00	20.0	40.0	3.6		1.60	82%
1981	28	PIT	NL	52	0.0%	13.5%	1.9%	3.9%	22%	7.00	6.9				0.85	79%
1982	29	PIT	NL	89	3.4%	9.0%	3.4%	10.1%	41%	2.67	10.4	27.7	6.9		0.90	82%
1983	30	PIT	NL	88	0.0%	21.6%	0.0%	1.1%	8%		4.5		17.2		1.27	76%
1984	31	PIT	NL	92	0.0%	10.9%	2.2%	6.5%	21%	5.00	8.4		21.0		0.83	82%
1985	32	PIT	NL	78	0.0%	9.0%	2.6%	3.9%	21%	3.50	10.6		12.3		2.00	86%
1986	33	PIT	NL	101	1.0%	12.9%	3.0%	9.9%	40%	4.33	6.9	90.0	9.0		1.78	76%

1988	35	NYY	AL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%					1.0	1.00	1.00	100%	0%		100%
1989	36	HOU	NL	31	0.0%	6.5%	0.0%	3.2%	17%		14.5			1.45	2.00	87%	10%	0.0%	36%
16 Yrs				830	1.1%	13.7%	2.1%	5.7%	26%	6.71	6.7	84.6	10.1	1.42	1.35	77%	10%	0.0%	42%
MLB Averages					2.0%	13.6%	8.5%	6.6%	28%	1.60	6.5	43.7	8.5	0.81	1.08	74%	20%	6.8%	29%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1974	21	LAD	NL	0.2	0.0	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.32	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.49	0.1		0
1975	22	LAD	NL	-5.7	-0.6	30	-0.5	0.1	-0.6	.96	-0.5	-0.0	-5.3	-0.6	0.96	-5.6		0
1976	23	LAD	NL	0.1	0.0	73	-0.0	1.1	-1.2	1.00	-0.1	0.1	-0.7	-0.1	1.02	-1.2		0
1977	24	LAD	NL	-4.7	-0.5	84	-0.6	1.0	-1.5	.81	-0.2	-0.5	-4.0	-0.4	0.91	-3.2	1.78	1
1978	25	LAD	NL	-7.5	-0.8	62	-0.7	0.3	-1.0	.80	-0.7	-0.2	-8.1	-0.9	1.09	-6.8		0
1979	26	PIT	NL	0.5	0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.67	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.61	0.4		0
1980	27	PIT	NL	2.6	0.3	45	0.4	1.0	-0.6	1.06	0.3	0.1	5.4	0.5	1.03	3.7		0
1981	28	PIT	NL	-5.2	-0.6	52	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	.69	-0.7	0.2	-6.1	-0.6	0.92	-6.6		0
1982	29	PIT	NL	-0.4	-0.0	91	-0.2	1.5	-1.7	1.02	0.0	-0.3	0.3	0.0	0.95	0.5	2.27	1
1983	30	PIT	NL	-13.7	-1.4	89	-0.9	0.8	-1.7	.87	-1.2	0.3	-12.0	-1.2	0.95	-13.0		0
1984	31	PIT	NL	1.0	0.1	93	0.1	1.3	-1.2	.89	-0.1	0.2	-0.7	-0.1	0.90	-1.5	1.68	2
1985	32	PIT	NL	-7.7	-0.8	79	-0.6	1.1	-1.7	1.04	-0.7	0.1	-5.7	-0.6	0.96	-7.3	2.51	2
1986	33	PIT	NL	-1.0	-0.1	104	-0.3	1.5	-1.8	.91	-0.3	0.0	-2.0	-0.2	0.97	-3.4	0.83	7
1987	34	NYY	AL	0.0	0.0
1988	35	NYY	AL	-0.3	-0.0	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	1.81	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	1.30	-0.2		0
1989	36	HOU	NL	-2.7	-0.3	31	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	1.14	-0.3	0.0	-3.9	-0.4	1.00	-3.5		0
16 Yrs				-44.4	-4.6	838	-4.1	10.4	-14.4	.92	-4.6	0.1	-42.7	-4.5	0.96	-47.8	1.40	13

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
1974	21	LAD	NL	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
1975	22	LAD	NL	0	0	0%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	23	LAD	NL	1	0	25%	23	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	22%	4	3	1	3	3	0	2	1	1
1977	24	LAD	NL	0	0	33%	21	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	13%	5	4	0	2	2	0	1	0	1
1978	25	LAD	NL	2	0	50%	18	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25%	5	4	1	1	1	0	2	1	1
1979	26	PIT	NL	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
1980	27	PIT	NL	1	0	13%	19	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	28	PIT	NL	0	0	40%	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0%	3	3	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
1982	29	PIT	NL	0	0	32%	29	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0%	5	5	0	1	1	0	4	4	0
1983	30	PIT	NL	2	0	15%	22	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	31	PIT	NL	1	0	30%	48	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	18%	4	4	0	2	2	0	5	3	2
1985	32	PIT	NL	1	0	13%	22	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0%	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	2	0
1986	33	PIT	NL	1	0	30%	35	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0%	4	4	0	2	2	0	5	5	0

1988	35	NYY	AL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	36	HOU	NL	0	0	0%	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
16 Yrs				9	0	26%	268	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	15	10%	38	35	2	14	14	0	22	17	5

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
1974	21	LAD	NL	2	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1975	22	LAD	NL	30	33%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	3	0	0%	20	1	5%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1976	23	LAD	NL	73	23%	20			0	0	0	0		1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	7	7	100%	18	1	6%	17	3	18%	51	8	16%	6	3	50%	2	1	50%	0
1977	24	LAD	NL	84	29%	18			1	0	0	0	1.78	3	0	3	3	0	1	2	0	6	6	100%	14	3	21%	15	4	27%	54	9	17%	6	2	33%	3	3	100%	0
1978	25	LAD	NL	62	6%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	6	86%	15	1	7%	17	6	35%	53	4	8%	2	2	100%	2	2	100%	0
1979	26	PIT	NL	1	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1980	27	PIT	NL	45	22%	15			0	0	0	0		1	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	4	4	100%	6	0	0%	10	4	40%	36	10	28%	3	2	67%	3	3	100%	0
1981	28	PIT	NL	52	31%	9			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	11	1	9%	13	4	31%	26	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	2	100%	0
1982	29	PIT	NL	89	26%	22			1	0	0	0	2.27	3	0	1	1	2	2	1	0	2	2	100%	12	3	25%	21	3	14%	48	9	19%	3	1	33%	4	3	75%	0
1983	30	PIT	NL	88	32%	13			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	12	2	17%	15	3	20%	51	5	10%	3	1	33%	6	2	33%	0
1984	31	PIT	NL	92	22%	28			2	0	0	0	1.68	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	100%	14	1	7%	14	5	36%	50	4	8%	4	2	50%	1	0	0%	0
1985	32	PIT	NL	78	26%	14			2	0	0	0	2.51	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	17	2	12%	15	5	33%	52	7	13%	5	2	40%	5	2	40%	0
1986	33	PIT	NL	101	43%	25			7	1	0	0	0.83	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	8	7	88%	21	5	24%	18	6	33%	58	9	16%	7	4	57%	3	2	67%	0

1988	35	NYY	AL	2	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	1	100%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1989	36	HOU	NL	31	35%	6	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	7	1	14%	5	2	40%	22	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
16 Yrs				830	27%	181	0	0	13	1	0	0	1.40	9	0	21	6	3	5	4	0	50	47	94%	151	20	13%	164	46	28%	523	67	13%	43	20	47%	31	20	65%	0
MLB Averages					57%																			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	35	NYY	AL	2	6	3.00	5	83%	0%	0%	60%	40%	100%	0%	83%	100%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
1989	36	HOU	NL	31	109	3.52	80	73%	15%	21%	28%	36%	85%	0%	62%	75%	45%	0%	0	0	3%	1	1	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2 Yrs				33	115	3.48	85	74%	14%	20%	29%	36%	86%	0%	63%	77%	45%	0%	0	0	3%	1	1	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	32%	6%			15%			8%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF
1974	21	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	186	1	0	0	0
1975	22	30	32	30	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	7	.100	.129	.100	.229	-34	3	0	1	0
1976	23	57	105	95	6	23	3	1	10	0	2	19	.242	.258	.305	.563	61	29	1	8	0
1977	24	89	189	173	14	41	6	4	22	0	2	32	.237	.246	.341	.587	62	59	4	14	0
1978	25	119	251	225	19	48	7	4	26	0	5	46	.213	.229	.298	.527	46	67	5	20	1
1979	26	120	252	226	19	49	7	4	26	0	5	46	.217	.233	.301	.534	48	68	5	20	1
1980	27	140	297	266	22	64	10	5	37	0	6	48	.241	.256	.335	.591	64	89	5	24	1
1981	28	161	349	314	26	73	12	5	37	0	7	55	.232	.248	.318	.567	57	100	6	27	1
1982	29	197	438	397	36	95	18	8	49	0	10	63	.239	.257	.345	.602	66	137	9	29	2
1983	30	233	526	483	38	108	19	8	54	0	10	82	.224	.238	.313	.551	52	151	11	31	2
1984	31	268	618	567	47	136	25	8	58	0	12	92	.240	.254	.326	.581	61	185	12	36	3
1985	32	305	696	641	49	150	28	8	64	0	14	99	.234	.249	.315	.564	56	202	14	38	3
1986	33	346	797	731	58	175	37	9	74	1	17	112	.239	.255	.327	.582	61	239	19	45	4
1987	34	376	797	731	58	175	37	9	74	1	17	112	.239	.255	.327	.582	61	239	19	45	4
1988	35	407	799	732	58	175	37	9	75	1	17	112	.239	.255	.327	.581	61	239	19	45	5
1989	36	427	830	761	58	181	38	9	75	1	17	114	.238	.253	.323	.576	60	246	20	47	5

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
1974	21	4	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	.667	1.333	1	4
1975	22	26	30	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.034	.000	.034	0	26
1976	23	27	74	66	7	21	3	0	1	10	0	1	12	.318	.328	.409	.737	9	27
1977	24	32	84	78	8	18	3	0	3	12	0	0	13	.231	.231	.385	.615	7	32
1978	25	30	63	53	7	8	1	0	0	6	0	3	14	.151	.193	.170	.363	2	30
1979	26	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	1
1980	27	20	46	41	3	16	3	0	1	12	0	1	2	.390	.405	.537	.941	9	20
1981	28	32	78	72	5	13	3	0	0	0	0	1	11	.181	.192	.222	.414	3	21
1982	29	36	89	83	10	22	6	0	3	12	0	3	8	.265	.287	.446	.733	11	36
1983	30	36	88	86	2	13	1	0	0	5	0	0	19	.151	.151	.163	.314	2	36
1984	31	35	94	86	10	30	6	0	0	4	0	2	10	.349	.360	.419	.778	13	35
1985	32	37	79	75	2	15	3	0	0	7	0	2	7	.200	.221	.240	.461	4	37
1986	33	41	102	91	10	26	9	0	1	11	0	3	13	.286	.305	.418	.723	12	41

1988	35	31	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	31
1989	36	20	32	30	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.233	.233	.267	.500	2	20
15 Yrs		408	865	794	64	192	39	0	9	80	0	17	118	.242	.256	.325	.581	76	397
162 Game Avg.		162	343	315	25	76	15	0	4	32	0	7	47	.242	.256	.325	.581	30	397

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1995 BBWAA ()	All-Star Games 1976 * 1986	Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1986 NL (5, 2%) 0.02 Career Shares (255th)	Silver Sluggers 1984 NL (P) 1985 NL (P) 1986 NL (P) All multiple winners
Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1984 NL 6.2 (5th) 1986 NL 7.4 (2nd)

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Livan Hernandez (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Joe Bowman (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Sherry Smith (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Sherry Smith (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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