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Mickey Rivers

John Milton Rivers (Mick the Quick)

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: October 31, 1948 in Miami, FL
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 2nd round of the 1969 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: August 4, 1970
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Yankees/Angels 1970-1984

Final Game: September 30, 1984
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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
1970 21 CAL AL 17 30 25 6 8 2 0 0 3 1 0 3 5 .320 .414 .400 .814 130 10 0 1 1 0 0 /98
1971 22 CAL AL 79 296 268 31 71 12 2 1 12 13 1 19 38 .265 .316 .336 .652 92 90 0 1 8 0 1 89/7
1972 23 CAL AL 58 176 159 18 34 6 2 0 7 4 3 8 26 .214 .256 .277 .533 63 44 3 1 8 0 1 8/79
1973 24 CAL AL 30 141 129 26 45 6 4 0 16 8 3 8 11 .349 .391 .457 .849 149 59 1 1 3 0 0 8
1974 25 CAL AL 118 518 466 69 133 19 11 3 31 30 13 39 47 .285 .341 .393 .734 117 183 6 1 11 1 0 *8
1975 26 CAL AL 155 672 616 70 175 17 13 1 53 70 14 43 42 .284 .331 .359 .690 103 221 6 2 7 4 5 *87/D9
1976 27 NYY AL 137 612 590 95 184 31 8 8 67 43 7 13 51 .312 .327 .432 .760 123 255 3 3 2 5 0 *8 AS,MVP-3
1977 28 NYY AL 138 594 565 79 184 18 5 12 69 22 14 18 45 .326 .350 .439 .789 115 248 2 4 5 2 4 *8/D MVP-11
1978 29 NYY AL 141 604 559 78 148 25 8 11 48 25 5 29 51 .265 .302 .397 .699 98 222 8 3 7 6 3 *8 MVP-25
1979 30 TOT AL 132 570 533 72 156 27 8 9 50 10 9 22 39 .293 .319 .424 .743 101 226 5 2 5 8 2 *8/D
1979 30 NYY AL 74 307 286 37 82 18 5 3 25 3 7 13 21 .287 .315 .416 .731 98 119 3 1 2 5 2 8/D
1979 30 TEX AL 58 263 247 35 74 9 3 6 25 7 2 9 18 .300 .323 .433 .756 104 107 2 1 3 3 0 8/D
1980 31 TEX AL 147 661 630 96 210 32 6 7 60 18 7 20 34 .333 .353 .437 .789 119 275 4 1 6 4 1 *8/D MVP-18
1981 32 TEX AL 99 428 399 62 114 21 2 3 26 9 5 24 31 .286 .327 .371 .698 107 148 3 1 3 1 2 *8
1982 33 TEX AL 19 69 68 6 16 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 7 .235 .232 .324 .555 55 22 1 0 0 1 0 D
1983 34 TEX AL 96 329 309 37 88 17 0 1 20 9 4 11 21 .285 .309 .350 .658 84 108 1 1 5 3 0 D7/9
1984 35 TEX AL 102 326 313 40 94 13 1 4 33 5 5 9 23 .300 .320 .387 .706 93 121 1 0 4 0 1 D7/89
15 Yrs 1468 6026 5629 785 1660 247 71 61 499 267 90 266 471 .295 .327 .397 .724 106 2232 44 22 75 35 20
162 Game Avg. 162 665 621 87 183 27 8 7 55 29 10 29 52 .295 .327 .397 .724 106 246 5 2 8 4 2
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
TEX (6 yrs) 521 2076 1966 276 596 93 13 22 168 48 23 73 134 .303 .327 .397 .725 103 781 12 4 21 12 4
CAL (6 yrs) 457 1833 1663 220 466 62 32 5 122 126 34 120 169 .280 .330 .365 .695 105 607 16 7 38 5 7
NYY (4 yrs) 490 2117 2000 289 598 92 26 34 209 93 33 73 168 .299 .324 .422 .746 110 844 16 11 16 18 9

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
1970 21 CAL AL 17 30 2 0 0 0 -0 2 0.2 1 3 0.3 .515 .502 0.3 0.0 3 $ /98
1971 22 CAL AL 79 296 -2 3 1 1 -2 2 0.2 10 12 1.2 .503 .502 1.1 -0.1 11 $ 89/7
1972 23 CAL AL 58 176 -6 1 1 0 -1 -4 -0.6 6 2 0.0 .491 .497 0.0 -0.1 1 $ 8/79
1973 24 CAL AL 30 141 8 0 0 -7 -0 1 0.2 4 6 0.6 .505 .501 1.3 -0.7 13 $ 8
1974 25 CAL AL 118 518 12 4 2 -4 -1 14 1.7 17 31 3.2 .513 .510 3.7 -0.4 34 $ *8
1975 26 CAL AL 155 672 4 11 4 -8 -2 8 1.1 22 30 3.1 .506 .505 4.0 -0.9 38 $ *87/D9
1976 27 NYY AL 137 612 14 8 4 13 -1 37 4.4 20 57 6.2 .531 .526 4.8 1.5 44 $ *8 AS,MVP-3
1977 28 NYY AL 138 594 12 2 4 14 -1 30 3.3 19 49 5.0 .522 .519 3.6 1.5 36 $133,333 *8/D MVP-11
1978 29 NYY AL 141 604 -2 2 2 11 -1 12 1.5 20 31 3.2 .509 .508 2.1 1.2 21 $133,333 *8 MVP-25
1979 30 NYY AL 74 307 -4 -1 2 -9 -0 -13 -1.2 10 -3 -0.3 .483 .492 0.6 -0.9 6 $133,333 8/D
1979 30 TEX AL 58 263 2 1 1 8 -0 11 1.2 8 20 2.0 .519 .507 1.2 0.8 12 $ 8/D
1980 31 TEX AL 147 661 21 3 3 -13 -1 12 1.5 20 32 3.3 .508 .507 4.7 -1.3 46 $ *8/D MVP-18
1981 32 TEX AL 99 428 6 3 2 -4 -0 6 0.8 13 19 2.0 .507 .504 2.6 -0.5 24 $ *8
1982 33 TEX AL 19 69 -5 -0 0 0 -2 -6 -0.6 2 -4 -0.4 .465 .496 -0.4 -0.2 -4 $ D
1983 34 TEX AL 96 329 -5 2 2 2 -6 -5 -0.4 10 5 0.5 .494 .497 0.3 -0.4 3 $ D7/9
1984 35 TEX AL 102 326 -0 -0 1 -1 -6 -6 -0.6 10 4 0.4 .494 .496 0.5 -0.7 5 $ D7/89
15 Seasons 1468 6026 57 40 29 2 -25 102 12.8 192 294 30.3 .507 .504 30.4 -1.2 292 $399,999
TEX (6 yrs) 521 2076 18 9 10 -9 -16 12 1.9 64 76 7.8 .502 .501 8.9 -2.2 85 $
CAL (6 yrs) 457 1833 19 20 9 -17 -6 24 3.0 59 84 8.4 .506 .503 10.4 -2.2 101 $
NYY (4 yrs) 490 2117 20 11 11 28 -3 66 8.0 68 135 14.1 .515 .511 11.1 3.3 107 $399,999

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
1970 21 CAL AL 30 18 5 7.5 94 .400 .320 .253 .414 .327 .400 .387 .814 .713 130 .733 1.3 0.1 .882 .240 .080 .0
1971 22 CAL AL 296 206 32 4.2 86 .306 .265 .246 .316 .316 .336 .365 .652 .681 92 .517 -2.8 -0.3 .616 .187 .071 1.9
1972 23 CAL AL 176 139 11 2.1 78 .256 .214 .240 .256 .308 .277 .346 .533 .654 63 .274 -7.5 -0.8 .412 .119 .063 .0
1973 24 CAL AL 141 91 24 7.1 86 .381 .349 .249 .391 .316 .457 .366 .849 .682 149 .710 7.8 0.8 .830 .209 .109 .0
1974 25 CAL AL 518 364 64 4.7 84 .312 .285 .251 .341 .315 .393 .361 .734 .676 117 .562 9.4 1.0 .682 .227 .107 5.5
1975 26 CAL AL 672 472 81 4.6 86 .302 .284 .249 .331 .317 .359 .365 .690 .682 103 .532 1.3 0.1 .698 .235 .075 2.0
1976 27 NYY AL 612 423 88 5.6 85 .328 .312 .255 .327 .319 .432 .359 .760 .678 123 .652 13.6 1.4 .738 .203 .120 13.5
1977 28 NYY AL 594 404 86 5.7 99 .337 .326 .265 .350 .329 .439 .403 .789 .732 115 .594 9.4 0.9 .700 .159 .113 15.5
1978 29 NYY AL 604 437 69 4.2 91 .272 .265 .258 .302 .322 .397 .380 .699 .702 98 .489 -3.2 -0.3 .646 .220 .132 15.3
1979 30 TOT AL 570 404 71 4.7 100 .298 .293 .267 .319 .332 .424 .405 .743 .736 101 .498 -0.7 -0.1 .642 .174 .131 9.5
1979 30 NYY AL 307 221 36 4.3 100 .296 .287 .267 .315 .332 .416 .405 .731 .736 98 .463 -1.3 -0.1 .603 .161 .129 3.0
1979 30 TEX AL 263 183 35 5.1 100 .301 .300 .267 .323 .332 .433 .405 .756 .736 104 .536 0.6 0.0 .689 .190 .134 6.5
1980 31 TEX AL 661 441 98 6.0 95 .342 .333 .264 .353 .326 .437 .392 .789 .718 119 .618 15.0 1.5 .712 .152 .103 10.1
1981 32 TEX AL 428 297 49 4.4 84 .303 .286 .249 .327 .313 .371 .363 .698 .675 107 .536 3.2 0.3 .604 .155 .085 4.5
1982 33 TEX AL 69 54 5 2.5 93 .246 .235 .257 .232 .320 .324 .392 .555 .712 55 .246 -4.4 -0.4 .415 .088 .088 .0
1983 34 TEX AL 329 234 35 4.0 95 .300 .285 .262 .309 .324 .350 .395 .658 .719 84 .442 -6.7 -0.7 .553 .117 .065 1.8
1984 35 TEX AL 326 229 38 4.4 99 .315 .300 .267 .320 .330 .387 .403 .706 .733 93 .493 -4.3 -0.4 .578 .115 .086 4.4
15 Yrs 6026 4213 756 4.8 91 .312 .295 .257 .327 .322 .397 .380 .724 .701 106 .547 31.6 3.1 .657 .180 .102 99.3
162 Game Avg. 665 465 83 4.8 91 .312 .295 .257 .327 .322 .397 .380 .724 .701 106 .547 3 0 .657 .180 .102 11
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
TEX (6 yrs) 2076 1438 260 4.9 94 .315 .303 .261 .327 .324 .397 .390 .725 .714 103 .536 3.4 0.3 .628 .144 .094 30.2
CAL (6 yrs) 1833 1290 217 4.5 85 .309 .280 .248 .330 .315 .365 .363 .695 .678 105 .539 9.6 0.9 .662 .212 .085 9.6
NYY (4 yrs) 2117 1485 279 5.0 93 .311 .299 .260 .324 .325 .422 .384 .746 .708 110 .565 18.6 1.9 .681 .190 .123 49.8

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
1976 27 NYY AL ALCS KCR W 5 24 23 5 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 .348 .375 .435 .810 10 0 0 0 0 0
1976 27 NYY AL WS CIN L 4 19 18 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 .167 .211 .167 .377 3 0 0 0 0 0
1977 28 NYY AL ALCS KCR W 5 23 23 5 9 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 .391 .391 .478 .870 11 0 0 0 0 0
1977 28 NYY AL WS LAD W 6 27 27 1 6 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 .222 .222 .296 .519 8 0 0 0 0 0
1978 29 NYY AL ALCS KCR W 4 13 11 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .455 .538 .455 .993 5 0 0 0 0 0
1978 29 NYY AL WS LAD W 5 18 18 2 6 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 6 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (6 Series) 29 124 120 14 37 4 1 0 4 4 3 4 9 .308 .331 .358 .689 43 0 0 0 0 0
3 ALCS 14 60 57 10 22 2 1 0 2 1 1 3 3 .386 .417 .456 .873 26 0 0 0 0 0
3 WS 15 64 63 4 15 2 0 0 2 3 2 1 6 .238 .250 .270 .520 17 0 0 0 0 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
1976 NYY AL 27 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 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 GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1970 21 CAL AL 30 0.0% 16.7% 10.0% 6.7% 25% 1.67 5.0 8.3 1.20 67%
1971 22 CAL AL 296 0.3% 12.8% 6.4% 5.1% 21% 2.00 7.1 268.0 22.3 0.80 77%
1972 23 CAL AL 176 0.0% 14.8% 4.6% 4.6% 24% 3.25 6.1 22.7 1.38 76%
1973 24 CAL AL 141 0.0% 7.8% 5.7% 7.1% 22% 1.38 11.7 8.1 1.08 84%
1974 25 CAL AL 518 0.6% 9.1% 7.5% 6.4% 25% 1.21 9.9 155.3 15.0 1.35 81%
1975 26 CAL AL 672 0.2% 6.3% 6.4% 4.6% 18% 0.98 14.7 616.0 11.6 0.92 86%
1976 27 NYY AL 612 1.3% 8.3% 2.1% 7.7% 26% 3.92 11.6 73.8 8.8 1.01 88%
1977 28 NYY AL 594 2.0% 7.6% 3.0% 5.9% 19% 2.50 12.6 47.1 8.2 1.32 86%
1978 29 NYY AL 604 1.8% 8.4% 4.8% 7.3% 30% 1.76 11.0 50.8 11.6 1.20 83%
1979 30 TOT AL 570 1.6% 6.8% 3.9% 7.7% 28% 1.77 13.7 59.2 10.7 0.94 86%
1979 30 NYY AL 307 1.0% 6.8% 4.2% 8.5% 32% 1.62 13.6 95.3 11.4 0.93 87%
1979 30 TEX AL 263 2.3% 6.8% 3.4% 6.8% 24% 2.00 13.7 41.2 9.9 0.96 86%
1980 31 TEX AL 661 1.1% 5.1% 3.0% 6.8% 21% 1.70 18.5 90.0 10.5 1.41 90%
1981 32 TEX AL 428 0.7% 7.2% 5.6% 6.1% 23% 1.29 12.9 133.0 15.3 1.18 86%
1982 33 TEX AL 69 1.5% 10.1% 0.0% 4.4% 19% 9.7 68.0 17.0 1.40 88%
1983 34 TEX AL 329 0.3% 6.4% 3.3% 5.5% 21% 1.91 14.7 309.0 15.5 1.14 88%
1984 35 TEX AL 326 1.2% 7.1% 2.8% 5.5% 19% 2.56 13.6 78.3 9.5 0.89 88%
15 Yrs 6026 1.0% 7.8% 4.4% 6.3% 23% 1.77 12.0 92.3 11.3 1.12 85%
MLB Averages 2.0% 13.4% 8.5% 6.3% 28% 1.57 6.7 45.4 8.7 1.09 74%
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

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1970 21 CAL AL 1.3 0.1 31 -0.0 0.5 -0.5 1.00 0.3 -0.3 2.0 0.2 0.97 2.5 1.28 9
1971 22 CAL AL -3.2 -0.3 317 -0.0 5.1 -5.1 1.06 -0.1 0.0 1.4 0.2 0.95 -0.1 0.92 7
1972 23 CAL AL -7.5 -0.8 186 -0.1 2.8 -2.9 1.05 -0.6 0.5 -4.9 -0.6 0.96 -5.5 1.29 7
1973 24 CAL AL 7.6 0.8 154 0.9 3.0 -2.2 1.01 0.7 0.2 9.3 1.0 1.03 6.7 0
1974 25 CAL AL 9.4 1.0 576 0.9 10.6 -9.8 1.12 1.1 -0.3 10.8 1.2 1.01 10.8 3.51 1
1975 26 CAL AL 1.3 0.1 766 2.4 13.7 -11.3 1.03 1.0 1.4 21.5 2.3 0.95 9.4 0.58 2
1976 27 NYY AL 12.9 1.4 675 3.3 14.0 -10.8 1.06 2.2 0.9 30.4 3.2 1.00 23.1 0
1977 28 NYY AL 9.4 0.9 635 1.9 11.9 -10.0 1.00 1.1 0.8 17.4 1.7 0.98 10.8 2.00 4
1978 29 NYY AL -3.2 -0.3 639 0.8 10.6 -9.8 .98 0.0 0.8 0.8 0.1 0.96 -0.2 1.34 3
1979 30 TOT AL -1.0 -0.1 596 -0.5 9.8 -10.3 1.00 0.3 -0.8 -6.8 -0.7 0.94 0.2 2.01 7
1979 30 NYY AL -1.3 -0.1 319 -0.2 5.6 -5.9 1.05 -0.2 -0.0 -6.0 -0.6 0.94 -3.9 2.60 4
1979 30 TEX AL 0.2 0.0 277 -0.3 4.1 -4.4 .94 0.5 -0.8 -0.8 -0.1 0.96 4.2 1.21 3
1980 31 TEX AL 14.2 1.4 694 2.3 13.2 -10.9 1.05 2.0 0.2 26.5 2.7 0.96 20.5 1.91 4
1981 32 TEX AL 3.2 0.3 450 -0.4 6.6 -7.0 .95 0.0 -0.5 -1.1 -0.1 0.97 2.3 2.24 5
1982 33 TEX AL -4.5 -0.4 69 -0.4 0.9 -1.3 .92 -0.7 0.3 -8.0 -0.8 0.93 -7.2 1.55 3
1983 34 TEX AL -6.7 -0.7 347 -1.0 5.4 -6.4 1.14 -0.6 -0.2 -6.1 -0.6 0.94 -6.9 1.67 20
1984 35 TEX AL -4.3 -0.4 338 0.9 7.0 -6.1 1.12 -0.3 1.1 0.4 0.0 0.96 -3.2 2.53 31
15 Yrs 29.1 2.9 6473 11.0 115.1 -104.0 1.04 6.4 4.2 93.7 9.6 0.97 63.0 1.88 103
BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1970 21 CAL AL 1 0 50% 25 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 38% 5 5 0 1 0 1 2 0 2
1971 22 CAL AL 4 0 33% 116 13 1 93% 13 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 10 57% 14 9 4 3 0 3 13 3 10
1972 23 CAL AL 3 0 42% 70 4 3 57% 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 5 75% 9 2 7 3 0 3 4 2 2
1973 24 CAL AL 2 0 48% 76 8 3 73% 8 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 48% 15 11 4 1 0 1 7 1 6
1974 25 CAL AL 9 0 39% 201 30 13 70% 28 12 2 1 0 0 6 1 10 27 52% 36 17 19 3 1 2 21 10 10
1975 26 CAL AL 12 0 32% 225 70 14 83% 62 9 8 4 0 1 6 3 11 24 60% 22 12 9 7 1 6 18 4 13
1976 27 NYY AL 7 0 45% 232 43 7 86% 39 7 4 0 0 0 11 2 9 15 66% 33 13 20 4 2 2 34 8 25
1977 28 NYY AL 9 0 35% 241 22 14 61% 21 13 1 1 0 0 3 0 7 8 58% 34 19 15 8 3 5 15 0 13
1978 29 NYY AL 8 0 40% 240 25 5 83% 23 4 1 1 1 0 3 0 4 10 40% 34 24 10 7 3 4 21 9 11
1979 30 TOT AL 6 0 37% 235 10 9 53% 10 9 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 15 49% 33 21 12 6 3 3 18 4 13
1979 30 NYY AL 2 0 37% 114 3 7 30% 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 52% 11 8 3 3 2 1 15 4 11
1979 30 TEX AL 4 0 37% 121 7 2 78% 7 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 6 46% 22 13 9 3 1 2 3 0 2
1980 31 TEX AL 14 0 40% 347 18 7 72% 17 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 21 53% 39 22 17 5 2 3 33 10 21
1981 32 TEX AL 8 0 43% 191 9 5 64% 9 4 0 1 0 0 3 1 3 19 62% 32 13 17 5 3 2 16 2 14
1982 33 TEX AL 0 0 33% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25% 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 34 TEX AL 6 0 36% 134 9 4 69% 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 58% 15 9 6 5 1 3 16 4 12
1984 35 TEX AL 8 0 36% 135 5 5 50% 5 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 50% 18 12 6 2 1 1 12 3 9
15 Yrs 97 0 38% 2492 267 90 75% 248 80 17 9 2 1 38 7 80 171 55% 343 192 147 60 20 39 230 60 161
ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH

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
1970 21 CAL AL 30 70% 8 9 1 0 1 1.28 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 7 0 0% 2 1 50% 17 3 18% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
1971 22 CAL AL 296 78% 71 7 2 0 1 0.92 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 11 8 73% 60 0 0% 34 9 26% 146 12 8% 9 1 11% 17 10 59% 0
1972 23 CAL AL 176 89% 34 7 2 0 0 1.29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 8 80% 42 3 7% 30 10 33% 90 8 9% 6 4 67% 12 6 50% 0
1973 24 CAL AL 141 65% 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 50% 23 1 4% 9 4 44% 76 16 21% 6 3 50% 2 0 0% 0
1974 25 CAL AL 518 58% 133 1 0 0 0 3.51 3 0 14 2 1 2 1 0 16 11 69% 92 6 7% 38 19 50% 272 30 11% 21 12 57% 8 7 88% 0
1975 26 CAL AL 672 58% 175 2 0 0 0 0.58 1 0 14 1 0 1 0 0 11 7 64% 122 6 5% 70 26 37% 366 54 15% 41 19 46% 31 17 55% 0
1976 27 NYY AL 612 55% 184 0 0 0 0 8 0 13 4 4 5 3 1 12 2 17% 109 3 3% 46 14 30% 339 62 18% 30 17 57% 17 10 59% 0
1977 28 NYY AL 594 60% 184 4 0 0 0 2.00 12 0 11 11 1 8 4 0 12 5 42% 105 2 2% 44 12 27% 341 58 17% 32 17 53% 16 8 50% 0
1978 29 NYY AL 604 51% 148 3 2 0 1 1.34 11 0 16 8 3 9 2 1 7 7 100% 110 8 7% 46 20 43% 302 40 13% 26 17 65% 9 5 56% 0
1979 30 TOT AL 570 61% 156 7 3 1 1 2.01 9 0 11 6 3 6 3 0 9 5 56% 87 5 6% 45 21 47% 293 41 14% 29 15 52% 16 13 81% 0
1979 30 NYY AL 307 55% 82 4 1 1 1 2.60 3 0 5 2 1 2 1 0 4 2 50% 55 3 5% 26 10 38% 150 22 15% 16 8 50% 11 9 82% 0
1979 30 TEX AL 263 69% 74 3 2 0 0 1.21 6 0 6 4 2 4 2 0 5 3 60% 32 2 6% 19 11 58% 143 19 13% 13 7 54% 5 4 80% 0
1980 31 TEX AL 661 64% 210 4 1 0 0 1.91 7 0 14 4 3 0 7 0 15 6 40% 103 4 4% 41 16 39% 346 55 16% 23 15 65% 15 12 80% 0
1981 32 TEX AL 428 66% 114 5 0 0 0 2.24 3 0 2 3 0 0 3 0 6 3 50% 78 3 4% 49 18 37% 233 25 11% 22 11 50% 17 10 59% 0
1982 33 TEX AL 69 97% 16 3 1 0 0 1.55 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0% 14 1 7% 7 2 29% 39 3 8% 4 2 50% 2 1 50% 0
1983 34 TEX AL 329 91% 88 20 8 0 0 1.67 1 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 5 5 100% 50 1 2% 28 16 57% 174 20 11% 15 10 67% 10 7 70% 0
1984 35 TEX AL 326 91% 94 31 8 1 5 2.53 4 0 8 4 0 3 1 0 5 4 80% 61 1 2% 22 8 36% 180 29 16% 13 7 54% 11 9 82% 0
15 Yrs 6026 65% 1660 103 28 2 9 1.88 61 0 120 46 15 34 27 2 127 75 59% 1063 44 4% 511 196 38% 3214 456 14% 279 151 54% 183 115 63% 0
MLB Averages 56% 79% 11% 34% 14% 50% 54%
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

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
1970 21 17 30 25 6 8 2 0 0 3 1 0 3 5 .320 .414 .400 .814 130 10 0 1 1 0 0
1971 22 96 326 293 37 79 14 2 1 15 14 1 22 43 .270 .325 .341 .666 96 100 0 2 9 0 1
1972 23 154 502 452 55 113 20 4 1 22 18 4 30 69 .250 .301 .319 .620 85 144 3 3 17 0 2
1973 24 184 643 581 81 158 26 8 1 38 26 7 38 80 .272 .321 .349 .670 99 203 4 4 20 0 2
1974 25 302 1161 1047 150 291 45 19 4 69 56 20 77 127 .278 .330 .369 .699 107 386 10 5 31 1 2
1975 26 457 1833 1663 220 466 62 32 5 122 126 34 120 169 .280 .330 .365 .695 105 607 16 7 38 5 7
1976 27 594 2445 2253 315 650 93 40 13 189 169 41 133 220 .289 .330 .383 .712 110 862 19 10 40 10 7
1977 28 732 3039 2818 394 834 111 45 25 258 191 55 151 265 .296 .334 .394 .727 111 1110 21 14 45 12 11
1978 29 873 3643 3377 472 982 136 53 36 306 216 60 180 316 .291 .328 .394 .723 109 1332 29 17 52 18 14
1979 30 1005 4213 3910 544 1138 163 61 45 356 226 69 202 355 .291 .327 .398 .725 108 1558 34 19 57 26 16
1980 31 1152 4874 4540 640 1348 195 67 52 416 244 76 222 389 .297 .330 .404 .734 109 1833 38 20 63 30 17
1981 32 1251 5302 4939 702 1462 216 69 55 442 253 81 246 420 .296 .330 .401 .731 109 1981 41 21 66 31 19
1982 33 1270 5371 5007 708 1478 217 70 56 446 253 81 246 427 .295 .329 .400 .729 108 2003 42 21 66 32 19
1983 34 1366 5700 5316 745 1566 234 70 57 466 262 85 257 448 .295 .328 .397 .725 107 2111 43 22 71 35 19
1984 35 1468 6026 5629 785 1660 247 71 61 499 267 90 266 471 .295 .327 .397 .724 106 2232 44 22 75 35 20

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
1970 21 17 30 25 6 8 2 0 0 3 1 3 5 .320 .414 .400 .814 4 17
1971 22 79 310 279 39 81 14 2 1 15 15 22 38 .290 .344 .366 .710 35 79
1972 23 61 192 173 26 42 7 2 0 10 5 10 27 .243 .288 .306 .594 16 58
1973 24 30 148 135 32 51 7 5 0 20 9 9 11 .378 .421 .504 .924 28 30
1974 25 118 540 483 84 150 21 12 3 38 34 44 47 .311 .369 .422 .791 76 118
1975 26 156 701 640 84 196 19 15 1 63 78 48 42 .306 .354 .388 .742 88 155
1976 27 138 638 614 114 205 35 9 9 80 48 14 51 .334 .349 .464 .813 100 137
1977 28 138 599 570 83 189 18 5 12 72 23 18 45 .332 .355 .444 .799 90 138
1978 29 141 620 572 90 161 27 9 12 55 27 32 51 .281 .320 .423 .743 77 141
1979 30 133 577 539 75 160 28 8 9 52 10 23 39 .297 .323 .429 .752 75 132
1980 31 147 673 641 105 221 34 6 7 65 19 21 34 .345 .364 .449 .814 106 147
1981 32 150 676 626 115 195 36 3 5 48 15 41 47 .312 .355 .403 .757 89 99
1982 33 19 70 69 7 17 1 1 1 5 0 0 7 .246 .243 .333 .576 6 19
1983 34 96 334 313 40 92 18 0 1 22 9 12 21 .294 .319 .361 .680 36 96
1984 35 102 328 315 41 96 13 1 4 34 5 9 23 .305 .324 .390 .715 40 102
15 Yrs 1525 6436 5994 941 1864 280 78 65 582 298 306 488 .311 .345 .416 .761 866 1468
162 Game Avg. 162 684 637 100 198 30 8 7 62 32 33 52 .311 .345 .416 .761 92 1468

* 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

Hall of Fame
1990 BBWAA ( 0.5%)

All-Star Games
1976 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1976 AL (3, 53%)
1977 AL (11, 15%)
1978 AL (25, 2%)
1980 AL (18, 2%)
0.72 Career Shares (334th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1976 AL  6.2 (7th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1976 AL  6.2 (4th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1976 AL  4.8 (8th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1976 AL  .312 (7th)
1977 AL  .326 (4th)
1980 AL  .333 (4th)

At Bats s c a p y
1975 AL  616 (3rd)
1980 AL  630 (6th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1975 AL  672 (6th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1976 AL  95 (3rd)
1980 AL  96 (10th)
1981 AL  62 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
1975 AL  175 (7th)
1976 AL  184 (5th)
1977 AL  184 (10th)
1980 AL  210 (3rd)

Total Bases s c a p y
1976 AL  255 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
1976 AL  31 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
1974 AL  11 (1st)
1975 AL  13 (1st)
1976 AL  8 (6th)
1978 AL  8 (6th)
1979 AL  8 (10th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1974 AL  30 (6th)
1975 AL  70 (1st)
1976 AL  43 (7th)
Career  267 (196th)

Singles s c a p y
1975 AL  144 (3rd)
1976 AL  137 (4th)
1977 AL  149 (4th)
1980 AL  165 (2nd)
1981 AL  88 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1974 AL  11 (7th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1979 AL  8 (9th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1974 AL  13 (9th)
1975 AL  14 (10th)
1977 AL  14 (9th)
Career  90 (166th)

SB % s c a p y
1975 AL  83.33 (3rd)
1976 AL  86.00 (1st)
1978 AL  83.33 (5th)
Career  74.79 (163rd)

AB per SO s c a p y
1975 AL  14.7 (2nd)
1977 AL  12.6 (8th)
1979 AL  13.7 (8th)
1980 AL  18.5 (3rd)

Outs Made s c a p y
1975 AL  472 (8th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1976 AL  30.42 (6th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1976 AL  3.3 (7th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1976 AL  3.2 (6th)

                                         

† 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

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (422), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 48 (525), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 35 (532), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 16 (981), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Jo-Jo Moore (935)
  2. Lance Johnson (926)
  3. Pete Fox (926)
  4. Enos Cabell (926)
  5. Mookie Wilson (920)
  6. Matty Alou (919)
  7. Cesar Tovar (916)
  8. Cy Seymour (916)
  9. Al Bumbry (916)
  10. Jerry Mumphrey (915)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Scot Thompson (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Max Flack (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Fred Brickell (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jack Tobin (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jack Tobin (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Gene Richards (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Willie McGee (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Willie McGee (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Willie McGee (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ralph Garr (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Ralph Garr (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Enos Cabell (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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