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Cal Ripken

Calvin Edwin Ripken Jr. (Iron Man)

Positions: Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 24, 1960 in Havre de Grace, MD
High School: Aberdeen (Aberdeen, MD)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft.
Signed June 13, 1978. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 10, 1981
Team: Orioles 1981-2001
Agents: Ron Shapiro [*]
Final Game: October 6, 2001
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 2007 (537/545 ballots).
   View Cal Ripken Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Relatives: Brother of Billy Ripken and Son of Cal Ripken
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 8, 2012, 12:18AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #22. Rickey Henderson… #23. Barry Bonds… #24. Ken Griffey… #25. CAL RIPKEN… #26. Carl Yastrzemski… #27. Al Kaline… #28. Roberto Clemente… 

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
1981 20 BAL AL 23 40 39 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .128 .150 .128 .278 -19 5 4 0 0 0 0 6/5
1982 21 BAL AL 160 655 598 90 158 32 5 28 93 3 3 46 95 .264 .317 .475 .792 115 284 16 3 2 6 3 65 MVP-30,RoY-1
1983 22 BAL AL 162 726 663 121 211 47 2 27 102 0 4 58 97 .318 .371 .517 .888 145 343 24 0 0 5 0 *6 AS,MVP-1,SS
1984 23 BAL AL 162 716 641 103 195 37 7 27 86 2 1 71 89 .304 .374 .510 .884 145 327 16 2 0 2 1 *6 AS,MVP-27,SS
1985 24 BAL AL 161 718 642 116 181 32 5 26 110 2 3 67 68 .282 .347 .469 .816 125 301 32 1 0 8 1 *6 AS,MVP-17,SS
1986 25 BAL AL 162 707 627 98 177 35 1 25 81 4 2 70 60 .282 .355 .461 .816 123 289 19 4 0 6 5 *6 AS,SS
1987 26 BAL AL 162 717 624 97 157 28 3 27 98 3 5 81 77 .252 .333 .436 .769 105 272 19 1 0 11 0 *6 AS
1988 27 BAL AL 161 689 575 87 152 25 1 23 81 2 2 102 69 .264 .372 .431 .803 128 248 10 2 0 10 7 *6 AS
1989 28 BAL AL 162 712 646 80 166 30 0 21 93 3 2 57 72 .257 .317 .401 .718 105 259 22 3 0 6 5 *6 AS,MVP-3,SS
1990 29 BAL AL 161 695 600 78 150 28 4 21 84 3 1 82 66 .250 .341 .415 .756 114 249 12 5 1 7 18 *6 AS,MVP-24
1991 30 BAL AL 162 717 650 99 210 46 5 34 114 6 1 53 46 .323 .374 .566 .940 162 368 19 5 0 9 15 *6 AS,MVP-1,GG,SS
1992 31 BAL AL 162 715 637 73 160 29 1 14 72 4 3 64 50 .251 .323 .366 .689 92 233 13 7 0 7 14 *6 AS,GG
1993 32 BAL AL 162 718 641 87 165 26 3 24 90 1 4 65 58 .257 .329 .420 .748 97 269 17 6 0 6 19 *6 AS,MVP-19,SS
1994 33 BAL AL 112 484 444 71 140 19 3 13 75 1 0 32 41 .315 .364 .459 .823 107 204 17 4 0 4 3 *6 AS,MVP-12,SS
1995 34 BAL AL 144 613 550 71 144 33 2 17 88 0 1 52 59 .262 .324 .422 .745 92 232 15 2 1 8 6 *6 AS,MVP-19
1996 35 BAL AL 163 707 640 94 178 40 1 26 102 1 2 59 78 .278 .341 .466 .807 102 298 28 4 0 4 3 *6/5 AS
1997 36 BAL AL 162 686 615 79 166 30 0 17 84 1 0 56 73 .270 .331 .402 .733 93 247 19 5 0 10 3 *5/6 AS
1998 37 BAL AL 161 659 601 65 163 27 1 14 61 0 2 51 68 .271 .331 .389 .721 89 234 9 4 1 2 0 *5 AS
1999 38 BAL AL 86 354 332 51 113 27 0 18 57 0 1 13 31 .340 .368 .584 .952 143 194 14 3 3 3 3 5 AS
2000 39 BAL AL 83 339 309 43 79 16 0 15 56 0 0 23 37 .256 .310 .453 .763 95 140 10 3 0 4 0 5 AS
2001 40 BAL AL 128 516 477 43 114 16 0 14 68 0 2 26 63 .239 .276 .361 .637 70 172 15 2 2 9 1 *5 AS
21 Seasons 3001 12883 11551 1647 3184 603 44 431 1695 36 39 1129 1305 .276 .340 .447 .788 112 5168 *350* 66 10 127 107
162 Game Avg. 162 695 624 89 172 33 2 23 91 2 2 61 70 .276 .340 .447 .788 112 279 19 4 1 7 6
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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1981 20 BAL AL 40 -6 0 0 -1 0 0 1 -6 -0.7 -6 -0.6 -0.1 $ 6/5
1982 21 BAL AL 655 11 0 1 0 6 6 20 44 4.5 38 3.9 0.6 $ 65 MVP-30,RoY-1
1983 22 BAL AL 726 43 -1 1 -3 11 10 21 82 8.3 71 7.4 0.9 $180,000 *6 AS,MVP-1,SS
1984 23 BAL AL 716 36 2 0 -2 23 10 21 90 9.2 67 6.8 2.4 $700,000 *6 AS,MVP-27,SS
1985 24 BAL AL 718 29 1 3 -4 0 10 21 60 6.1 60 6.1 0.0 $800,000 *6 AS,MVP-17,SS
1986 25 BAL AL 707 21 -1 1 -2 16 10 21 66 6.6 50 5.1 1.5 $1,150,000 *6 AS,SS
1987 26 BAL AL 717 6 -5 1 -2 0 10 21 31 3.1 31 3.1 0.0 $1,350,000 *6 AS
1988 27 BAL AL 689 16 1 4 1 -6 9 21 46 4.7 52 5.5 -0.8 $1,700,000 *6 AS
1989 28 BAL AL 712 6 2 2 -2 20 10 21 60 6.0 39 4.1 1.9 $2,466,667 *6 AS,MVP-3,SS
1990 29 BAL AL 695 7 4 3 1 22 9 23 69 7.0 47 4.9 2.1 $1,316,667 *6 AS,MVP-24
1991 30 BAL AL 717 48 1 4 -1 22 10 23 108 11.0 85 8.7 2.3 $2,566,667 *6 AS,MVP-1,GG,SS
1992 31 BAL AL 715 -16 3 -2 0 12 10 23 30 2.9 18 1.8 1.1 $2,100,000 *6 AS,GG
1993 32 BAL AL 718 -6 -5 1 0 11 10 23 34 3.4 23 2.3 1.1 $5,200,000 *6 AS,MVP-19,SS
1994 33 BAL AL 484 3 0 0 -3 17 7 16 40 4.0 23 2.2 1.8 $5,500,000 *6 AS,MVP-12,SS
1995 34 BAL AL 613 -6 -2 -2 0 22 8 20 40 4.1 18 1.8 2.3 $6,700,000 *6 AS,MVP-19
1996 35 BAL AL 707 2 0 1 -4 3 9 23 34 3.4 31 2.9 0.5 $6,650,000 *6/5 AS
1997 36 BAL AL 686 -2 -3 0 -2 -3 2 23 15 1.5 18 1.8 -0.3 $6,850,000 *5/6 AS
1998 37 BAL AL 659 -10 0 -2 3 -0 2 23 16 1.6 16 1.6 0.0 $6,400,000 *5 AS
1999 38 BAL AL 354 19 -3 -1 -2 -1 1 12 25 2.4 26 2.5 -0.1 $6,500,000 5 AS
2000 39 BAL AL 339 -3 1 -1 -1 5 0 12 13 1.3 8 0.8 0.5 $6,300,000 5 AS
2001 40 BAL AL 516 -17 -3 -2 0 -1 0 18 -5 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $6,300,000 *5 AS
21 Seasons 12883 181 -8 12 -24 181 143 407 892 89.9 711 72.3 17.6 $70,730,001
Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards

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
1983 22 BAL AL ALCS CHW W 4 18 15 5 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 .400 .500 .533 1.033 8 1 1 0 0 0
1983 22 BAL AL WS PHI W 5 21 18 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 .167 .286 .167 .452 3 0 0 0 0 0
1996 35 BAL AL ALDS CLE W 4 19 18 2 8 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .444 .474 .611 1.085 11 0 1 0 0 0
1996 35 BAL AL ALCS NYY L 5 21 20 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .250 .286 .300 .586 6 0 0 0 0 0
1997 36 BAL AL ALDS SEA W 4 18 16 1 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .438 .500 .563 1.063 9 0 0 0 0 0
1997 36 BAL AL ALCS CLE L 6 27 23 3 8 2 0 1 3 0 0 4 6 .348 .444 .565 1.010 13 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (6 Series) 28 124 110 14 37 10 0 1 8 0 0 12 22 .336 .411 .455 .866 50 1 2 0 0 0
2 ALDS 8 37 34 3 15 5 0 0 3 0 0 2 5 .441 .486 .588 1.075 20 0 1 0 0 0
3 ALCS 15 66 58 9 19 5 0 1 4 0 0 7 13 .328 .409 .466 .875 27 1 1 0 0 0
1 WS 5 21 18 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 .167 .286 .167 .452 3 0 0 0 0 0

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1981 BAL AL 20 SS 12 37 11 24 2 5 .946 -1 2.92 .967 4.98
1981 BAL AL 20 3B 6 9 2 6 1 1 .889 1 1.33 .950 2.93
1982 BAL AL 21 SS 94 457 155 289 13 47 .972 3 4.72 .965 4.84 MVP-30,RoY-1
1982 BAL AL 21 3B 71 223 66 151 6 17 .973 3 3.06 .954 3.05 MVP-30,RoY-1
1983 BAL AL 22 SS 162 831 272 534 25 113 .970 11 4.98 .963 4.72 AS,MVP-1,SS
1984 BAL AL 23 SS 162 906 297 583 26 122 .971 23 5.43 .962 4.72 AS,MVP-27,SS
1985 BAL AL 24 SS 161 786 286 474 26 123 .967 0 4.72 .964 4.60 AS,MVP-17,SS
1986 BAL AL 25 SS 162 735 240 482 13 105 .982 16 4.46 .967 4.49 AS,SS
1987 BAL AL 26 SS 162 740 240 480 20 103 .973 0 4.44 .970 4.54 AS
1988 BAL AL 27 SS 161 785 284 480 21 119 .973 -6 4.75 .971 4.65 AS
1989 BAL AL 28 SS 162 815 276 531 8 119 .990 20 4.98 .971 4.74 AS,MVP-3,SS
1990 BAL AL 29 SS 161 680 242 435 3 94 .996 22 4.20 .973 4.69 AS,MVP-24
1991 BAL AL 30 SS 162 806 267 528 11 114 .986 22 4.91 .971 4.66 AS,MVP-1,GG,SS
1992 BAL AL 31 SS 162 744 287 445 12 119 .984 12 4.52 .969 4.69 AS,GG
1993 BAL AL 32 SS 162 738 226 495 17 101 .977 11 4.45 .973 4.64 AS,MVP-19,SS
1994 BAL AL 33 SS 112 460 132 321 7 72 .985 17 4.04 .969 4.60 AS,MVP-12,SS
1995 BAL AL 34 SS 144 622 206 409 7 100 .989 22 4.27 .974 4.65 AS,MVP-19
1996 BAL AL 35 SS 158 709 228 467 14 109 .980 2 4.40 .971 4.64 AS
1996 BAL AL 35 3B 6 21 5 16 0 1 1.000 1 3.50 .956 2.55 AS
1997 BAL AL 36 3B 162 434 98 314 22 25 .949 -3 2.54 .953 2.65 AS
1997 BAL AL 36 SS 3 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 0.67 .975 4.50 AS
1998 BAL AL 37 3B 161 374 101 265 8 22 .979 -0 2.27 .948 2.52 AS
1999 BAL AL 38 3B 85 191 36 142 13 11 .932 -1 2.09 .950 2.54 AS
2000 BAL AL 39 3B 73 195 56 134 5 17 .974 5 2.60 .947 2.64 AS
2000 BAL AL 39 DH 10 10 AS
2001 BAL AL 40 3B 111 320 97 209 14 23 .956 -1 2.76 .947 2.71 AS
2001 BAL AL 40 DH 14 14 AS
17 Seasons SS 2302 10853 3651 6977 225 1565 .979 176 4.62 .969 4.66
8 Seasons 3B 675 1767 461 1237 69 117 .961 5 2.52 .950 2.66
21 Seasons TOT 2977 12620 4112 8214 294 1682 .977 181 4.14 .966 4.20
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
2007 BBWAA (98.5%)
Selected to HOF in 2007 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1983 *
1984 (SS)
1985 (SS)
1986 (SS)
1987 (SS)
1988 (SS)
1989 (SS)
1990 (SS)
1991 (SS)
1992 (SS)
1993 (SS)
1994 (SS)
1995 (SS)
1996 (SS)
1997 (3B)
1998 (3B)
1999 (3B)
2000
2001 (SS)

Awards (yr lg award)
1982 AL Rookie of the Year
1983 ML Major League Player of the Year
1983 AL MVP
1991 ML AS MVP
1991 ML Major League Player of the Year
1991 AL MVP
1992 ML Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
1992 ML Roberto Clemente Award
2001 ML AS MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1982 AL (30, 1%)
1983 AL (1, 82%)
1984 AL (27, 0%)
1985 AL (17, 2%)
1989 AL (3, 55%)
1990 AL (24, 1%)
1991 AL (1, 81%)
1993 AL (19, 2%)
1994 AL (12, 6%)
1995 AL (19, 1%)
2 MVPs
2.31 Career Shares (70th)

Gold Gloves
1991 AL (SS)
1992 AL (SS)
All multiple winners

Silver Sluggers
1983 AL (SS)
1984 AL (SS)
1985 AL (SS)
1986 AL (SS)
1989 AL (SS)
1991 AL (SS)
1993 AL (SS)
1994 AL (SS)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1983 AL  8.3 (1st)
1984 AL  9.2 (1st)
1985 AL  6.1 (9th)
1986 AL  6.6 (6th)
1989 AL  6.0 (5th)
1990 AL  7.0 (4th)
1991 AL  11.0 (1st)
Career  89.9 (38th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1983 AL  8.3 (1st)
1984 AL  9.2 (1st)
1985 AL  6.1 (6th)
1986 AL  6.6 (4th)
1989 AL  6.0 (4th)
1990 AL  7.0 (2nd)
1991 AL  11.0 (1st)
1994 AL  4.0 (9th)
Career  89.9 (26th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1983 AL  7.4 (2nd)
1984 AL  6.8 (1st)
1985 AL  6.1 (5th)
1986 AL  5.1 (5th)
1988 AL  5.5 (7th)
1990 AL  4.9 (4th)
1991 AL  8.7 (1st)
Career  72.3 (52nd)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1984 AL  2.4 (2nd)
1986 AL  1.5 (6th)
1989 AL  1.9 (4th)
1990 AL  2.1 (2nd)
1991 AL  2.3 (1st)
1992 AL  1.1 (8th)
1994 AL  1.8 (1st)
1995 AL  2.3 (1st)
Career  17.6 (10th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1983 AL  .318 (5th)
1984 AL  .304 (9th)
1991 AL  .323 (6th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1983 AL  .517 (5th)
1984 AL  .510 (9th)
1991 AL  .566 (2nd)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1983 AL  .888 (5th)
1984 AL  .884 (9th)
1991 AL  .940 (3rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1982 AL  160 (6th)
1983 AL  162 (1st)
1984 AL  162 (1st)
1985 AL  161 (4th)
1986 AL  162 (2nd)
1987 AL  162 (1st)
1988 AL  161 (2nd)
1989 AL  162 (1st)
1990 AL  161 (2nd)
1991 AL  162 (1st)
1992 AL  162 (1st)
1993 AL  162 (1st)
1994 AL  112 (8th)
1995 AL  144 (3rd)
1996 AL  163 (1st)
1997 AL  162 (1st)
1998 AL  161 (4th)
Career  3,001 (8th)

At Bats s c a p y
1983 AL  663 (1st)
1984 AL  641 (3rd)
1985 AL  642 (5th)
1986 AL  627 (8th)
1987 AL  624 (6th)
1989 AL  646 (3rd)
1991 AL  650 (4th)
1992 AL  637 (7th)
1993 AL  641 (1st)
1994 AL  444 (7th)
1996 AL  640 (3rd)
1997 AL  615 (7th)
Career  11,551 (4th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1983 AL  726 (1st)
1984 AL  716 (4th)
1985 AL  718 (5th)
1986 AL  707 (6th)
1987 AL  717 (3rd)
1988 AL  689 (8th)
1989 AL  712 (4th)
1990 AL  695 (5th)
1991 AL  717 (5th)
1992 AL  715 (5th)
1993 AL  718 (2nd)
1996 AL  707 (7th)
Career  12,883 (6th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1983 AL  121 (1st)
1984 AL  103 (8th)
1985 AL  116 (2nd)
1986 AL  98 (10th)
Career  1,647 (34th)

Hits s c a p y
1983 AL  211 (1st)
1984 AL  195 (3rd)
1986 AL  177 (10th)
1991 AL  210 (2nd)
1994 AL  140 (5th)
Career  3,184 (14th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1983 AL  343 (2nd)
1984 AL  327 (3rd)
1985 AL  301 (6th)
1986 AL  289 (9th)
1991 AL  368 (1st)
Career  5,168 (15th)

Doubles s c a p y
1983 AL  47 (1st)
1984 AL  37 (4th)
1986 AL  35 (10th)
1991 AL  46 (2nd)
1995 AL  33 (8th)
1996 AL  40 (10th)
Career  603 (13th)

Triples s c a p y
1984 AL  7 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1983 AL  27 (9th)
1991 AL  34 (3rd)
Career  431 (41st)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1983 AL  102 (9th)
1985 AL  110 (6th)
1991 AL  114 (4th)
Career  1,695 (24th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1987 AL  81 (10th)
1988 AL  102 (3rd)
1990 AL  82 (10th)
Career  1,129 (71st)

Strikeouts s c a p y
Career  1,305 (109th)

Singles s c a p y
1983 AL  135 (4th)
1994 AL  105 (3rd)
1997 AL  119 (10th)
Career  2,106 (34th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1983 AL  144 (5th)
1984 AL  145 (6th)
1991 AL  162 (3rd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1983 AL  120 (3rd)
1984 AL  122 (3rd)
1986 AL  102 (9th)
1991 AL  134 (2nd)
Career  1,729 (44th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1983 AL  40 (4th)
1984 AL  39 (6th)
1991 AL  53 (2nd)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1983 AL  3.9 (4th)
1984 AL  3.9 (6th)
1991 AL  5.2 (2nd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1983 AL  76 (1st)
1984 AL  71 (3rd)
1991 AL  85 (1st)
Career  1,078 (20th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1983 AL  269 (3rd)
1984 AL  268 (4th)
1985 AL  249 (10th)
1986 AL  251 (5th)
1988 AL  256 (7th)
1991 AL  268 (6th)
Career  4,379 (23rd)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1983 AL  .666 (9th)
1984 AL  .692 (10th)
1991 AL  .724 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
Career  66 (231st)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1987 AL  11 (2nd)
1988 AL  10 (1st)
1991 AL  9 (3rd)
1995 AL  8 (10th)
1997 AL  10 (7th)
2001 AL  9 (6th)
Career  127 (2nd)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1990 AL  18 (2nd)
1991 AL  15 (5th)
1992 AL  14 (4th)
1993 AL  19 (6th)
Career  107 (101st)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1983 AL  24 (4th)
1985 AL  32 (2nd)
1986 AL  19 (6th)
1987 AL  19 (7th)
1989 AL  22 (3rd)
1994 AL  17 (3rd)
1996 AL  28 (1st)
1997 AL  19 (7th)
Career  350 (1st)

AB per SO s c a p y
1986 AL  10.5 (10th)
1991 AL  14.1 (6th)
1992 AL  12.7 (7th)
1993 AL  11.1 (10th)
1994 AL  10.8 (8th)
1997 AL  8.4 (8th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1982 AL  467 (7th)
1983 AL  485 (3rd)
1984 AL  465 (9th)
1985 AL  504 (3rd)
1986 AL  477 (10th)
1987 AL  502 (3rd)
1989 AL  510 (3rd)
1990 AL  471 (9th)
1992 AL  500 (4th)
1993 AL  503 (2nd)
1995 AL  431 (7th)
1996 AL  496 (1st)
1997 AL  478 (8th)
Career  8,893 (4th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1983 AL  32.15 (6th)
1984 AL  38.84 (6th)
1991 AL  50.03 (2nd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1984 AL  3.4 (9th)
1988 AL  3.3 (10th)
1991 AL  4.4 (2nd)
Career  15.3 (239th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1983 AL  3.0 (9th)
1985 AL  2.7 (10th)
1991 AL  4.8 (2nd)
Career  15.0 (250th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1983 AL  3.2 (7th)
1984 AL  3.9 (7th)
1991 AL  5.0 (2nd)

Assists† s c a p y
1983 AL  534 (1st)
1984 AL  583 (1st)
1985 AL  474 (4th)
1986 AL  482 (1st)
1987 AL  480 (2nd)
1988 AL  480 (3rd)
1989 AL  531 (1st)
1991 AL  528 (1st)
1993 AL  495 (1st)
1995 AL  409 (5th)
1996 AL  483 (1st)
Career  8,214 (3rd)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1984 AL  26 (5th)
1985 AL  26 (4th)
1997 AL  22 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
1984 AL  23 (2nd)
1989 AL  21 (3rd)
1990 AL  22 (2nd)
1991 AL  23 (1st)
1994 AL  17 (1st)
1995 AL  22 (2nd)
Career  181 (8th)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1997 AL  162 (1st)
1998 AL  161 (1st)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1998 AL  101 (5th)
2001 AL  97 (4th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1997 AL  314 (2nd)
1998 AL  265 (4th)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1997 AL  22 (2nd)

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
1983 AL  162 (1st)
1984 AL  162 (1st)
1985 AL  161 (2nd)
1986 AL  162 (2nd)
1987 AL  162 (1st)
1988 AL  161 (1st)
1989 AL  162 (1st)
1990 AL  161 (1st)
1991 AL  162 (1st)
1992 AL  162 (1st)
1993 AL  162 (1st)
1994 AL  112 (1st)
1995 AL  144 (1st)
1996 AL  158 (1st)
Career  2,302 (5th)

Putouts as SS s c a p y
1983 AL  272 (2nd)
1984 AL  297 (1st)
1985 AL  286 (1st)
1987 AL  240 (5th)
1988 AL  284 (1st)
1989 AL  276 (1st)
1990 AL  242 (4th)
1991 AL  267 (1st)
1992 AL  287 (1st)
1993 AL  226 (5th)
1995 AL  206 (5th)
Career  3,651 (21st)

Assists as SS s c a p y
1983 AL  534 (1st)
1984 AL  583 (1st)
1985 AL  474 (2nd)
1986 AL  482 (1st)
1987 AL  480 (1st)
1988 AL  480 (3rd)
1989 AL  531 (1st)
1990 AL  435 (4th)
1991 AL  528 (1st)
1992 AL  445 (3rd)
1993 AL  495 (1st)
1994 AL  321 (3rd)
1995 AL  409 (2nd)
1996 AL  467 (2nd)
Career  6,977 (8th)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1983 AL  25 (4th)
1984 AL  26 (3rd)
1985 AL  26 (4th)
1987 AL  20 (5th)
1988 AL  21 (4th)
1993 AL  17 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
2000 AL  5 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
2001 AL  2.81 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1997 AL  2.54 (5th)
2001 AL  2.76 (3rd)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1998 AL  .979 (1st)
2001 AL  .956 (5th)
Career  .961 (51st)

Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y
1983 AL  11 (2nd)
1984 AL  23 (1st)
1986 AL  16 (2nd)
1989 AL  21 (1st)
1990 AL  22 (1st)
1991 AL  23 (1st)
1992 AL  12 (2nd)
1993 AL  11 (3rd)
1994 AL  17 (1st)
1995 AL  22 (2nd)
Career  176 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y
1983 AL  4.99 (2nd)
1984 AL  5.50 (1st)
1985 AL  4.79 (5th)
1988 AL  4.88 (4th)
1991 AL  5.01 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
1982 AL  4.72 (5th)
1983 AL  4.98 (1st)
1984 AL  5.43 (1st)
1985 AL  4.72 (3rd)
1987 AL  4.44 (4th)
1988 AL  4.75 (3rd)
1989 AL  4.98 (4th)
1991 AL  4.91 (1st)

Fielding % as SS s c a p y
1983 AL  .970 (4th)
1986 AL  .982 (2nd)
1989 AL  .990 (2nd)
1990 AL  .996 (1st)
1991 AL  .986 (1st)
1992 AL  .984 (3rd)
1993 AL  .977 (5th)
1994 AL  .985 (1st)
1995 AL  .989 (1st)
1996 AL  .980 (4th)
Career  .979 (10th)

Salary s c a p y
1988 AL  $1,700,000 (10th)
1989 AL  $2,466,667 (3rd)
1993 AL  $5,200,000 (5th)
1994 AL  $5,500,000 (2nd)
1995 AL  $6,700,000 (7th)
1996 AL  $6,650,000 (6th)
1997 AL  $6,850,000 (10th)

Oldest s c a p y
2000 AL  born 1960-08-24 (5th)
2001 AL  born 1960-08-24 (3rd)

Youngest s c a p y
1981 AL  born 1960-08-24 (3rd)
1982 AL  born 1960-08-24 (10th)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 19 (114), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 116 (176), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 236 (27), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 58 (40), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Dave Winfield (790) *
  2. Craig Biggio (761)
  3. Al Kaline (750) *
  4. Robin Yount (746) *
  5. Carl Yastrzemski (744) *
  6. Eddie Murray (742) *
  7. Harold Baines (713)
  8. Jeff Kent (706)
  9. George Brett (705) *
  10. Andre Dawson (701) *
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Gregg Jefferies (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Vern Stephens (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Vern Stephens (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Vern Stephens (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Travis Jackson (915) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Travis Jackson (904) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Vern Stephens (905)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Vern Stephens (913)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Vern Stephens (909)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Vern Stephens (890)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Adrian Beltre (871)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Adrian Beltre (857)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Ron Santo (835) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Ron Santo (836) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Ted Simmons (818)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Al Kaline (791) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Carl Yastrzemski (776) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Carl Yastrzemski (790) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  19. Carl Yastrzemski (807) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  20. Carl Yastrzemski (801) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

  • June 6, 1978: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 1978.
  • November 16, 2001: Granted Free Agency.
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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198322Baltimore Orioles$180,0003/28/83 TSN
198423Baltimore Orioles$700,0002/13/84 TSN
198524Baltimore Orioles$800,0003/3/86 TSN
198625Baltimore Orioles$1,150,0001986 USA Today survey
198726Baltimore Orioles$1,350,0001987 USA Today survey
198827Baltimore Orioles$1,700,000*
198928Baltimore Orioles$2,466,6672/27/89 TSN
199029Baltimore Orioles$1,316,667*
199130Baltimore Orioles$2,566,6671994 Joint Exhibit 1Incl $266,667 signing bonus, $100K earned bonus
199231Baltimore Orioles$2,100,0001994 Joint Exhibit 1
199332Baltimore Orioles$5,200,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Incl. $600,000 signing bonus; $100K earned bonus
199433Baltimore Orioles$5,500,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Incl. $600,000 signing bonus, $100K earned bonus
199534Baltimore Orioles$6,700,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Incl. $600,000 signing bonus, $100K earned bonus
199635Baltimore Orioles$6,650,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1Incl. $600,000 signing bonus, $50,000 earned bonus
199736Baltimore Orioles$6,850,0001997 postseason AP surveyIncludes $50,000 earned bonus
199837Baltimore Orioles$6,400,0002001 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $100,000 earned bonus
199938Baltimore Orioles$6,500,000*
200039Baltimore Orioles$6,300,000*
200140Baltimore Orioles$6,300,0002001 Joint Exhibit 1
Career to date (may be incomplete)$70,730,001
Disputed Salaries
*1988 - $1,710,000 - 12/13/88 NYT -
*1990 - $1,366,667 - 11/21/90 NYT -
*1999 - $6,400,000 - 2001 Joint Exhibit 1 - Includes $100,000 earned bonus
*2000 - $6,400,000 - 2001 Joint Exhibit 1 - Includes $100,000 earned bonus
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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