Ernie Riles

Ernest Riles

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 2, 1960 in Cairo, GA
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 3rd round of the 1981 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: May 14, 1985
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Giants/Athletics/RedSox/Astros 1985-1993

Final Game: October 3, 1993
Relatives: Uncle of Willie Harris
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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
1981	20	MIL-min	Rk	67	296	256	63	89	11	2	4	43	9	4	31	34	.348	.413	.453	.866		116		1	3	5	0		BTE · PION
1982	21	MIL-min	A	138	542	447	60	128	23	6	2	56	21	15	84	53	.286	.399	.378	.777		169		3	3	5	3		STK · CALL
1983	22	MIL-min	AA	130	570	476	109	166	31	3	13	91	9	11	86	54	.349	.448	.508	.957		242		3	1	4	5		ELP · TL
1984	23	MIL-min	AAA	123	501	424	59	113	19	7	3	54	1	2	67	67	.267	.362	.366	.728		155		1	1	8	8		VAN · PCL
1985	24	MIL-min	AAA	30	138	118	19	41	7	1	2	20	2	2	17	13	.347	.428	.475	.902		56		1	0	2	4		VAN · PCL
1985	24	MIL	AL	116	495	448	54	128	12	7	5	45	2	2	36	54	.286	.339	.377	.717	98	169	16	2	6	3	0	*6/D	RoY-3
1986	25	MIL	AL	145	588	524	69	132	24	2	9	47	7	7	54	80	.252	.321	.357	.678	83	187	14	1	6	3	0	*6
1987	26	MIL-min	AA	41	183	153	45	52	10	0	6	24	1	1	28	24	.340	.437	.523	.960		80		0	0	2	1		ELP · TL
1987	26	MIL	AL	83	316	276	38	72	11	1	4	38	3	4	30	47	.261	.329	.351	.681	79	97	6	1	3	6	1	56
1988	27	TOT	MLB	120	336	314	33	87	13	3	4	37	3	4	17	59	.277	.310	.376	.686	97	118	8	0	1	4	2	564/D
1988	27	MIL	AL	41	135	127	7	32	6	1	1	9	2	2	7	26	.252	.291	.339	.630	76	43	3	0	1	0	0	5/6D
1988	27	SFG	NL	79	201	187	26	55	7	2	3	28	1	2	10	33	.294	.323	.401	.724	111	75	5	0	0	4	2	546
1989	28	SFG	NL	122	337	302	43	84	13	2	7	40	0	6	28	50	.278	.339	.404	.743	115	122	7	2	1	4	3	54/697
1990	29	SFG	NL	92	184	155	22	31	2	1	8	21	0	0	26	26	.200	.313	.381	.694	94	59	2	0	2	1	3	645
1991	30	OAK	AL	108	321	281	30	60	8	4	5	32	3	2	31	42	.214	.290	.324	.614	75	91	8	1	4	4	3	56/43
1992	31	HOU-min	AAA	60	237	202	37	62	17	3	1	35	2	1	30	33	.307	.390	.436	.825		88	5	0	1	4	4		TUC · PCL
1992	31	HOU	NL	39	64	61	5	16	1	0	1	4	1	0	2	11	.262	.281	.328	.609	76	20	0	0	0	1	0	/6534
1993	32	BOS-min	AAA	6	23	18	4	5	0	0	2	6	0	0	3	0	.278	.348	.611	.959		11	1	0	0	2	0		PAW · IL
1993	32	BOS	AL	94	170	143	15	27	8	0	5	20	1	3	20	40	.189	.292	.350	.641	68	50	3	2	2	3	3	4D5/3
1994	33	ANA-min	AAA	99	376	326	54	101	20	9	14	58	2	3	47	68	.310	.395	.555	.950		181	2	0	1	2	2		VAN · PCL
1995	34	CLE-min	AAA	6	23	18	5	5	0	0	1	7	0	0	3	1	.278	.391	.444	.836		8	2	1	0	1	0		BFL · AA
9 Yrs				919	2811	2504	309	637	92	20	48	284	20	28	244	409	.254	.319	.365	.684	89	913	64	9	25	29	15
162 Game Avg.				162	496	441	54	112	16	4	8	50	4	5	43	72	.254	.319	.365	.684	89	161	11	2	4	5	3

MIL (4 yrs)				385	1534	1375	168	364	53	11	19	139	14	15	127	207	.265	.326	.361	.687	86	496	39	4	16	12	1
SFG (3 yrs)				293	722	644	91	170	22	5	18	89	1	8	64	109	.264	.328	.398	.726	109	256	14	2	3	9	8
BOS (1 yr)				94	170	143	15	27	8	0	5	20	1	3	20	40	.189	.292	.350	.641	68	50	3	2	2	3	3
OAK (1 yr)				108	321	281	30	60	8	4	5	32	3	2	31	42	.214	.290	.324	.614	75	91	8	1	4	4	3
HOU (1 yr)				39	64	61	5	16	1	0	1	4	1	0	2	11	.262	.281	.328	.609	76	20	0	0	0	1	0

AL (6 yrs)				587	2025	1799	213	451	69	15	29	191	18	20	178	289	.251	.318	.354	.672	83	637	50	7	22	19	7
NL (4 yrs)				332	786	705	96	186	23	5	19	93	2	8	66	120	.264	.324	.391	.716	106	276	14	2	3	10	8

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
1985	24	MIL	AL	116	495	-1	2	-1	-8	6	-2	-0.1	15	13	1.3	.498	.499	2.2	-0.1	21	$	*6/D	RoY-3
1986	25	MIL	AL	145	588	-12	-2	-0	-12	8	-18	-1.6	18	-0	0.0	.487	.489	1.2	-0.3	12	$175,000	*6
1987	26	MIL	AL	83	316	-6	-2	1	-7	2	-12	-1.1	10	-3	-0.2	.486	.493	0.4	-0.4	4	$160,000	56
1988	27	MIL	AL	41	135	-4	-0	-0	-2	0	-7	-0.6	4	-2	-0.3	.483	.496	-0.1	-0.1	-0	$250,000	5/6D
1988	27	SFG	NL	79	201	2	0	0	9	2	13	1.5	6	19	2.1	.519	.509	1.0	1.3	10	$	546
1989	28	SFG	NL	122	337	6	-0	-0	1	1	7	0.8	10	17	1.8	.507	.505	1.7	0.2	16	$470,000	54/697
1990	29	SFG	NL	92	184	-2	-0	1	-3	2	-2	-0.1	5	3	0.4	.498	.499	0.6	0.0	6	$675,000	645
1991	30	OAK	AL	108	321	-11	1	-1	2	1	-8	-0.7	11	3	0.3	.493	.495	0.1	0.5	1	$792,500	56/43
1992	31	HOU	NL	39	64	-2	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	2	1	0.1	.498	.499	0.0	0.1	1	$400,000	/6534
1993	32	BOS	AL	94	170	-8	-1	-0	0	-1	-10	-1.0	6	-5	-0.5	.489	.494	-0.5	-0.1	-5	$400,000	4D5/3
9 Seasons				919	2811	-39	-3	-1	-18	21	-40	-3.1	87	47	5.0	.496	.498	6.6	1.1	65	$3,322,500

MIL (4 yrs)				385	1534	-24	-2	-0	-29	16	-39	-3.4	47	8	0.8	.490	.494	3.7	-0.9	36	$585,000
SFG (3 yrs)				293	722	6	-1	0	7	5	18	2.1	22	39	4.3	.507	.504	3.3	1.6	32	$1,145,000
BOS (1 yr)				94	170	-8	-1	-0	0	-1	-10	-1.0	6	-5	-0.5	.489	.494	-0.5	-0.1	-5	$400,000
OAK (1 yr)				108	321	-11	1	-1	2	1	-8	-0.7	11	3	0.3	.493	.495	0.1	0.5	1	$792,500
HOU (1 yr)				39	64	-2	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	2	1	0.1	.498	.499	0.0	0.1	1	$400,000

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
1985	24	MIL	AL	495	347	55	4.2	98	.314	.286	.260	.339	.326	.377	.404	.717	.730	98	.464	-2.0	-0.2	.612	.172	.092	2.9
1986	25	MIL	AL	588	422	59	3.7	103	.281	.252	.265	.321	.333	.357	.413	.678	.747	83	.400	-12.6	-1.2	.586	.208	.105	7.9
1987	26	MIL	AL	316	223	33	4.0	108	.294	.261	.268	.329	.337	.351	.431	.681	.769	79	.396	-7.6	-0.7	.593	.196	.091	3.4
1988	27	TOT	MLB	336	244	35	3.9	90	.325	.277	.255	.310	.319	.376	.379	.686	.698	97	.465	-2.1	-0.2	.561	.150	.099	3.4
1988	27	MIL	AL	135	101	12	3.2	95	.310	.252	.261	.291	.326	.339	.392	.630	.718	76	.355	-4.5	-0.5	.500	.142	.087	1.3
1988	27	SFG	NL	201	143	23	4.4	86	.335	.294	.252	.323	.315	.401	.369	.724	.684	111	.538	2.4	0.3	.604	.155	.107	1.5
1989	28	SFG	NL	337	236	39	4.5	88	.309	.278	.250	.339	.317	.404	.373	.743	.690	115	.544	6.2	0.6	.632	.199	.126	.0
1990	29	SFG	NL	184	129	20	4.2	95	.189	.200	.260	.313	.325	.381	.390	.694	.715	94	.474	-1.3	-0.1	.675	.348	.181	.0
1991	30	OAK	AL	321	239	27	3.0	92	.231	.214	.253	.290	.321	.324	.384	.614	.705	75	.325	-9.3	-0.9	.537	.224	.110	3.8
1992	31	HOU	NL	64	46	6	3.5	88	.300	.262	.253	.281	.318	.328	.373	.609	.691	76	.427	-2.0	-0.2	.511	.115	.066	1.0
1993	32	BOS	AL	170	127	15	3.2	108	.218	.189	.273	.292	.345	.350	.418	.641	.764	68	.316	-6.6	-0.6	.574	.287	.161	1.7
9 Yrs				2811	2013	289	3.8	97	.284	.254	.260	.319	.327	.365	.399	.684	.726	89	.427	-37.4	-3.6	.591	.204	.110	28.2
162 Game Avg.				496	355	51	3.8	97	.284	.254	.260	.319	.327	.365	.399	.684	.726	89	.427	-37.4	-3.6	.591	.204	.110	5

MIL (4 yrs)				1534	1093	159	3.9	102	.297	.265	.264	.326	.331	.361	.412	.687	.743	86	.416	-26.8	-2.6	.588	.188	.096	16.1
SFG (3 yrs)				722	508	82	4.4	89	.289	.264	.253	.328	.319	.398	.376	.726	.695	109	.524	7.3	0.8	.635	.222	.134	1.9
BOS (1 yr)				170	127	15	3.2	108	.218	.189	.273	.292	.345	.350	.418	.641	.764	68	.316	-6.6	-0.6	.574	.287	.161	1.7
OAK (1 yr)				321	239	27	3.0	92	.231	.214	.253	.290	.321	.324	.384	.614	.705	75	.324	-9.3	-0.9	.537	.224	.110	3.8
HOU (1 yr)				64	46	6	3.5	88	.300	.262	.253	.281	.318	.328	.373	.609	.691	76	.428	-2.0	-0.2	.511	.115	.066	1.0

AL (6 yrs)				2025	1459	201	3.7	101	.281	.251	.263	.318	.331	.354	.408	.672	.739	83	.393	-42.7	-4.2	.578	.201	.103	22.2
NL (4 yrs)				786	554	88	4.3	89	.290	.264	.253	.324	.319	.391	.376	.716	.694	106	.517	5.2	0.6	.625	.213	.128	3.6

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1989	28	SFG	NL	NLCS	CHC	W	1	1	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1989	28	SFG	NL	WS	OAK	L	4	8	8	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
1 Yr (2 Series)							5	9	9	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
1 NLCS							1	1	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1 WS							4	8	8	1	.000	.000	.000	.000

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
1985	24	MIL	AL	495	1.0%	10.9%	7.3%	4.9%	19%	1.50	8.3	89.6	10.0		1.57	79%
1986	25	MIL	AL	588	1.5%	13.6%	9.2%	6.0%	27%	1.48	6.6	58.2	11.1		1.27	74%
1987	26	MIL	AL	316	1.3%	14.9%	9.5%	5.1%	22%	1.57	5.9	69.0	7.3		1.41	73%
1988	27	TOT	MLB	336	1.2%	17.6%	5.1%	6.0%	23%	3.47	5.3	78.5	8.5	1.04	1.49	76%	21%	4.9%	34%
1988	27	MIL	AL	135	0.7%	19.3%	5.2%	5.9%	25%	3.71	4.9	127.0	14.1	1.00	1.57	74%	21%	3.1%	36%
1988	27	SFG	NL	201	1.5%	16.4%	5.0%	6.0%	22%	3.30	5.7	62.3	6.7	1.07	1.44	77%	22%	6.0%	33%
1989	28	SFG	NL	337	2.1%	14.8%	8.3%	6.5%	26%	1.79	6.0	43.1	7.6	1.18	1.60	74%	18%	6.7%	10%
1990	29	SFG	NL	184	4.4%	14.1%	14.1%	6.0%	36%	1.00	6.0	19.4	7.4	0.59	0.82	66%	15%	14.0%	29%
1991	30	OAK	AL	321	1.6%	13.1%	9.7%	5.3%	28%	1.35	6.7	56.2	8.8	0.77	1.06	74%	17%	4.5%	19%
1992	31	HOU	NL	64	1.6%	17.2%	3.1%	3.1%	13%	5.50	5.5	61.0	15.3	0.76	0.76	78%	16%	4.0%	14%
1993	32	BOS	AL	170	2.9%	23.5%	11.8%	7.7%	48%	2.00	3.6	28.6	7.2	0.77	1.15	59%	20%	10.2%	18%
9 Yrs				2811	1.7%	14.6%	8.7%	5.7%	25%	1.68	6.1	52.2	8.8	0.89	1.30	74%	18%	7.0%	22%
MLB Averages					2.2%	14.9%	8.6%	6.8%	30%	1.73	6.0	40.7	8.4	0.80	1.06	73%	20%	6.3%	21%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1985	24	MIL	AL	-2.6	-0.3	508	0.5	9.1	-8.6	1.04	0.4	0.0	5.6	0.6	0.95	1.3	2.40	1
1986	25	MIL	AL	-12.6	-1.2	607	-0.7	10.4	-11.1	1.03	-1.0	0.3	-14.1	-1.4	0.95	-9.7	2.09	4
1987	26	MIL	AL	-7.6	-0.7	324	0.1	5.7	-5.6	1.03	0.1	-0.0	-3.6	-0.3	0.96	-1.1	2.24	4
1988	27	TOT	MLB	-2.1	-0.2	351	1.0	6.5	-5.5	.99	-0.2	1.2	2.0	0.2	0.96	0.1	1.13	26
1988	27	MIL	AL	-4.5	-0.5	144	-0.4	2.1	-2.4	.95	-0.5	0.1	-4.4	-0.4	0.93	-5.1		1
1988	27	SFG	NL	2.4	0.3	207	1.3	4.4	-3.1	1.01	0.3	1.0	6.4	0.7	0.98	5.2	1.17	25
1989	28	SFG	NL	6.2	0.6	354	1.6	7.1	-5.5	1.02	0.5	1.1	6.8	0.7	0.97	3.4	1.52	38
1990	29	SFG	NL	-1.3	-0.1	185	-0.8	2.6	-3.5	1.03	-0.1	-0.7	1.3	0.1	0.96	1.9	1.22	42
1991	30	OAK	AL	-9.3	-0.9	328	-0.2	5.6	-5.8	1.00	-0.9	0.7	-6.9	-0.7	0.96	-11.3	1.77	27
1992	31	HOU	NL	-2.0	-0.2	66	0.1	1.2	-1.1	.95	-0.4	0.5	-2.0	-0.2	0.89	-3.3	1.17	20
1993	32	BOS	AL	-6.6	-0.6	176	-1.9	2.4	-4.3	1.15	-0.8	-0.8	-9.8	-0.9	0.98	-8.7	1.65	47
9 Yrs				-38.0	-3.7	2899	-0.4	50.5	-50.9	1.03	-2.4	2.0	-20.7	-1.9	0.96	-27.5	1.47	209

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	CSH	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1985	24	MIL	AL	5	30%	199	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	1	5	13	34%	24	19	5	11	6	5	9	4	5
1986	25	MIL	AL	6	34%	245	7	7	50%	6	5	1	2	0	1	10	12	45%	32	18	14	13	8	5	15	5	8
1987	26	MIL	AL	6	34%	136	3	4	43%	3	3	0	1	0	0	3	6	34%	21	18	3	3	0	3	11	4	6
1988	27	TOT	MLB	3	29%	137	3	4	43%	3	4	0	0	0	1	5	9	48%	12	9	2	3	1	2	10	2	8
1988	27	MIL	AL	1	16%	53	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	5	27%	7	6	0	0	0	0	4	1	3
1988	27	SFG	NL	2	37%	84	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	4	4	64%	5	3	2	3	1	2	6	1	5
1989	28	SFG	NL	4	34%	136	0	6	0%	0	6	0	0	0	2	3	13	56%	17	12	5	6	1	5	11	2	9
1990	29	SFG	NL	1	29%	57	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	57%	6	3	3	6	3	3	2	0	2
1991	30	OAK	AL	2	29%	97	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	0	1	1	5	45%	9	6	3	3	3	0	8	1	6
1992	31	HOU	NL	0	24%	18	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	50%	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1993	32	BOS	AL	1	23%	49	1	3	25%	1	2	0	0	1	0	5	5	9%	5	4	0	4	3	0	2	1	1
9 Yrs				28	31%	1074	20	28	42%	19	24	1	3	1	6	34	67	43%	129	91	36	49	25	23	69	19	46

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
1985	24	MIL	AL	495	68%	128			1	0	0	0	2.40	5	0	7	5	0	2	3	0	6	6	100%	108	16	15%	51	21	41%	303	45	15%	19	12	63%	15	11	73%	0
1986	25	MIL	AL	588	78%	132			4	0	0	0	2.09	9	0	15	6	3	2	7	0	10	6	60%	114	14	12%	60	18	30%	356	40	11%	32	13	41%	26	14	54%	0
1987	26	MIL	AL	316	79%	72			4	0	0	0	2.24	4	0	8	4	0	1	3	0	3	3	100%	59	6	10%	29	15	52%	212	36	17%	20	13	65%	10	4	40%	0
1988	27	TOT	MLB	336	88%	87	5	1	26	6	1	3	1.13	4	0	7	3	1	4	0	0	2	1	50%	50	8	16%	32	14	44%	200	34	17%	22	14	64%	12	4	33%	0
1988	27	MIL	AL	135	88%	32	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	100%	18	3	17%	9	3	33%	73	9	12%	8	4	50%	4	2	50%	0
1988	27	SFG	NL	201	88%	55	4	1	25	6	1	3	1.17	3	0	5	2	1	3	0	0	1	0	0%	32	5	16%	23	11	48%	127	25	20%	14	10	71%	8	2	25%	0
1989	28	SFG	NL	337	87%	84	8	0	38	9	0	2	1.52	7	1	9	7	0	5	2	0	1	1	100%	49	7	14%	22	7	32%	206	34	17%	20	9	45%	7	3	43%	0
1990	29	SFG	NL	184	93%	31	4	0	42	12	4	8	1.22	8	1	4	7	1	7	1	0	2	2	100%	35	2	6%	14	6	43%	117	14	12%	8	4	50%	3	1	33%	0
1991	30	OAK	AL	321	93%	60	20	1	27	4	0	3	1.77	5	1	6	5	0	3	2	0	6	4	67%	54	8	15%	37	17	46%	200	29	15%	13	7	54%	23	13	57%	0
1992	31	HOU	NL	64	91%	16	3	0	20	4	0	2	1.17	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		8	0	0%	3	1	33%	35	3	9%	2	1	50%	1	0	0%	0
1993	32	BOS	AL	170	94%	27	2	0	47	8	1	7	1.65	5	0	5	4	1	2	3	0	2	2	100%	28	3	11%	22	11	50%	127	15	12%	12	6	50%	13	7	54%	0
9 Yrs				2811	83%	637	42	2	209	43	6	25	1.47	48	3	61	42	6	26	22	0	32	25	78%	505	64	13%	270	110	41%	1756	250	14%	148	79	53%	110	57	52%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			73%			11%			35%			15%			52%			56%

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	27	TOT	MLB	324	1271	3.92	829	65%	29%	11%	29%	30%	71%	2%	46%	84%	23%	3%	9	0	14%	46	17	7%	23	15	21%	12	0	0
1988	27	MIL	AL	132	527	3.99	343	65%	29%	10%	32%	29%	71%	0%	46%	85%	20%	0%	0	0	12%	16	9	8%	10	5	24%	3	0	0
1988	27	SFG	NL	192	744	3.88	486	65%	30%	12%	27%	31%	70%	4%	46%	83%	24%	5%	9	0	16%	30	8	7%	13	10	19%	9	0	0
1989	28	SFG	NL	312	1173	3.76	712	61%	31%	12%	24%	33%	68%	3%	41%	83%	24%	7%	21	1	16%	50	16	8%	26	17	27%	25	0	2
1990	29	SFG	NL	129	509	3.95	302	59%	29%	14%	26%	31%	70%	6%	42%	80%	19%	9%	12	2	21%	27	5	11%	14	7	26%	55	0	3
1991	30	OAK	AL	321	1230	3.83	763	62%	31%	9%	28%	32%	69%	2%	43%	87%	22%	7%	21	1	17%	55	7	10%	31	19	26%	0	0	0
1992	31	HOU	NL	64	254	3.97	158	62%	32%	14%	22%	32%	68%	0%	42%	79%	17%	3%	2	0	14%	9	2	5%	3	2	27%	0	0	0
1993	32	BOS	AL	168	744	4.43	421	57%	34%	17%	23%	26%	66%	4%	37%	74%	12%	11%	19	0	24%	40	5	18%	30	22	18%	2	0	0
6 Yrs				1318	5181	3.93	3185	61%	31%	12%	26%	31%	69%	3%	42%	83%	21%	6%	84	4	17%	227	52	10%	127	82	24%	94	0	5
MLB Averages						3.63		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	31%	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
1985	24	116	495	448	54	128	12	7	5	45	2	2	36	54	.286	.339	.377	.717	98	169	16	2	6	3	0
1986	25	261	1083	972	123	260	36	9	14	92	9	9	90	134	.267	.330	.366	.696	89	356	30	3	12	6	0
1987	26	344	1399	1248	161	332	47	10	18	130	12	13	120	181	.266	.329	.363	.692	87	453	36	4	15	12	1
1988	27	464	1735	1562	194	419	60	13	22	167	15	17	137	240	.268	.326	.366	.691	89	571	44	4	16	16	3
1989	28	586	2072	1864	237	503	73	15	29	207	15	23	165	290	.270	.328	.372	.700	93	693	51	6	17	20	6
1990	29	678	2256	2019	259	534	75	16	37	228	15	23	191	316	.264	.327	.372	.699	93	752	53	6	19	21	9
1991	30	786	2577	2300	289	594	83	20	42	260	18	25	222	358	.258	.322	.367	.689	91	843	61	7	23	25	12
1992	31	825	2641	2361	294	610	84	20	43	264	19	25	224	369	.258	.321	.366	.687	90	863	61	7	23	26	12
1993	32	919	2811	2504	309	637	92	20	48	284	20	28	244	409	.254	.319	.365	.684	89	913	64	9	25	29	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
1985	24	116	500	452	57	132	12	7	5	47	2	37	54	.292	.346	.383	.729	60	116
1986	25	145	588	524	69	132	24	2	9	47	7	54	80	.252	.321	.357	.678	60	145
1987	26	83	312	273	35	69	11	1	4	35	3	29	47	.253	.320	.344	.665	30	83
1988	27	120	344	321	37	94	14	3	4	42	3	18	59	.293	.327	.393	.719	42	120
1989	28	122	348	310	50	92	14	2	8	46	0	31	50	.297	.360	.432	.792	48	122
1990	29	92	186	156	24	32	2	1	8	23	0	27	26	.205	.321	.385	.705	20	92
1991	30	108	327	285	34	64	9	4	5	36	3	33	42	.225	.303	.337	.640	30	108
1992	31	39	66	63	6	18	1	0	1	5	1	2	11	.286	.303	.349	.652	7	39
1993	32	94	170	143	15	27	8	0	5	19	1	20	40	.189	.292	.350	.641	14	94
9 Yrs		919	2841	2527	327	660	95	20	49	300	20	251	409	.261	.327	.373	.699	311	919
162 Game Avg.		162	501	445	58	116	17	4	9	53	4	44	72	.261	.327	.373	.699	55	919

* 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 1 (2224), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 4 (2360), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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