Bip Roberts Batting Statistics and History

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Bip Roberts

Leon Joseph Roberts

Positions: Second Baseman, Leftfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 150 lb.

Born: October 27, 1963 in Berkeley, CA
High School: Skyline HS (Oakland, CA)
School: Chabot College (Hayward, CA)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft (June Secondary). Player signed June 11, 1982. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1986 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Padres/Reds/Royals/Athletics/Tigers/... 1986-1998
Agents: Scott Boras [*]
Final Game: September 27, 1998 (Age 34)
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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
1982	18	PIT-min	A,Rk	39	152	130	19	30	4	1	0	7	14	3	17	22	.231	.322	.277	.599		36		1	3	1	0		GRW,PRA · SALL,GULF
1983	19	PIT-min	A	122	525	438	78	140	20	5	6	63	27	16	69	43	.320	.419	.429	.848		188		10	2	6	1		GRW · SALL
1984	20	PIT-min	A	134	552	498	81	150	25	5	8	77	50	13	44	63	.301	.358	.420	.778		209		3	2	5	3		PRW · CARL
1985	21	PIT-min	AA	105	442	401	64	109	19	5	1	23	40	12	29	43	.272	.329	.352	.680		141		6	4	2	2		NAS · EL
1986	22	SDP	NL	101	258	241	34	61	5	2	1	12	14	12	14	29	.253	.293	.303	.596	67	73	2	0	2	1	1	4

1987	23	SDP-min	AAA	98	406	359	66	110	18	10	1	38	27	14	37	39	.306	.375	.421	.796		151		3	6	1	3		LVG · PCL
1988	24	SDP-min	AAA	100	383	343	73	121	21	8	7	51	29	7	32	45	.353	.406	.522	.928		179		0	6	2	1		LVG · PCL
1988	24	SDP	NL	5	10	9	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	.333	.400	.333	.733	115	3	0	0	0	0	0	/54
1989	25	SDP	NL	117	387	329	81	99	15	8	3	25	21	11	49	45	.301	.391	.422	.814	132	139	3	1	6	2	0	5796/48
1990	26	SDP	NL	149	629	556	104	172	36	3	9	44	46	12	55	65	.309	.375	.433	.809	122	241	8	6	8	4	1	756/4
1991	27	SDP	NL	117	472	424	66	119	13	3	3	32	26	11	37	71	.281	.342	.347	.689	92	147	6	4	4	3	0	487
1992	28	CIN	NL	147	601	532	92	172	34	6	4	45	44	16	62	54	.323	.393	.432	.826	131	230	7	2	1	4	4	7458	AS,MVP-8
1993	29	CIN	NL	83	336	292	46	70	13	0	1	18	26	6	38	46	.240	.330	.295	.625	70	86	2	3	0	3	1	47/586
1994	30	SDP	NL	105	449	403	52	129	15	5	2	31	21	7	39	57	.320	.383	.397	.780	107	160	7	3	2	2	1	*47/8
1995	31	SDP-min	AAA,A+	4	17	15	2	4	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	4	.267	.294	.267	.561		4	0	0	0	1	0		LVG,RCU · PCL,CALL
1995	31	SDP	NL	73	316	296	40	90	14	0	2	25	20	2	17	36	.304	.346	.372	.718	92	110	2	2	1	0	1	74/68
1996	32	KCR	AL	90	372	339	39	96	21	2	0	52	12	9	25	38	.283	.331	.357	.688	75	121	8	2	0	6	8	4D/789
1997	33	TOT	AL	120	468	431	63	130	20	2	4	44	18	3	28	67	.302	.345	.385	.730	90	166	7	3	1	5	2	745/8
1997	33	KCR	AL	97	372	346	44	107	17	2	1	36	15	3	21	53	.309	.348	.379	.726	90	131	6	1	1	3	2	75/8
1997	33	CLE	AL	23	96	85	19	23	3	0	3	8	3	0	7	14	.271	.333	.412	.745	91	35	1	2	0	2	0	47
1998	34	DET-min	AAA	6	22	19	2	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	.263	.364	.263	.627		5	0	1	0	0	1		TOL · IL
1998	34	TOT	AL	95	333	295	45	79	17	0	1	24	16	4	31	38	.268	.344	.336	.680	81	99	7	4	2	1	0	4D87/59
1998	34	DET	AL	34	132	113	17	28	6	0	0	9	6	1	16	14	.248	.351	.301	.652	73	34	3	2	1	0	0	D/74
1998	34	OAK	AL	61	201	182	28	51	11	0	1	15	10	3	15	24	.280	.340	.357	.697	86	65	4	2	1	1	0	48/759
12 Yrs				1202	4631	4147	663	1220	203	31	30	352	264	95	396	548	.294	.358	.380	.737	100	1575	59	30	27	31	19
162 Game Avg.				162	624	559	89	164	27	4	4	47	36	13	53	74	.294	.358	.380	.737	100	212	8	4	4	4	3

SDP (7 yrs)				667	2521	2258	378	673	98	21	20	169	148	57	212	305	.298	.361	.387	.747	106	873	28	16	23	12	4
KCR (2 yrs)				187	744	685	83	203	38	4	1	88	27	12	46	91	.296	.339	.368	.707	82	252	14	3	1	9	10
CIN (2 yrs)				230	937	824	138	242	47	6	5	63	70	22	100	100	.294	.371	.383	.754	108	316	9	5	1	7	5
OAK (1 yr)				61	201	182	28	51	11	0	1	15	10	3	15	24	.280	.340	.357	.697	86	65	4	2	1	1	0
CLE (1 yr)				23	96	85	19	23	3	0	3	8	3	0	7	14	.271	.333	.412	.745	91	35	1	2	0	2	0
DET (1 yr)				34	132	113	17	28	6	0	0	9	6	1	16	14	.248	.351	.301	.652	73	34	3	2	1	0	0

NL (9 yrs)				897	3458	3082	516	915	145	27	25	232	218	79	312	405	.297	.363	.386	.749	106	1189	37	21	24	19	9
AL (3 yrs)				305	1173	1065	147	305	58	4	5	120	46	16	84	143	.286	.340	.362	.703	83	386	22	9	3	12	10

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1986	22	SDP	NL	101	258	-9	-2	2	-4	2	-12	-1.3	9	-3	-0.4	.487	.492	0.1	-0.3	2	$60,000	4

1988	24	SDP	NL	5	10	0	-0	0	-1	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.473	.499	0.0	-0.1	0		/54
1989	25	SDP	NL	117	387	18	4	0	-6	-1	16	1.7	12	28	2.9	.515	.511	3.6	-0.8	34	$74,000	5796/48
1990	26	SDP	NL	149	629	24	6	0	5	-1	34	3.8	20	54	5.7	.525	.523	4.9	0.5	49	$195,000	756/4
1991	27	SDP	NL	117	472	-0	-0	-0	6	1	7	0.7	15	22	2.2	.507	.505	1.5	0.9	16	$675,000	487
1992	28	CIN	NL	147	601	23	5	0	1	-1	28	3.2	18	47	5.0	.522	.520	4.8	-0.0	46	$1,550,000	7458	AS,MVP-8
1993	29	CIN	NL	83	336	-10	2	1	-6	1	-13	-1.2	10	-2	-0.2	.484	.492	0.3	-0.5	4	$3,900,000	47/586
1994	30	SDP	NL	105	449	5	4	-1	-6	2	3	0.3	14	17	1.7	.503	.502	2.2	-0.5	23	$1,650,000	*47/8
1995	31	SDP	NL	73	316	-3	3	1	-6	-1	-6	-0.6	10	4	0.4	.492	.497	0.9	-0.7	10	$2,300,000	74/68
1996	32	KCR	AL	90	372	-13	-2	0	4	-0	-11	-0.9	14	3	0.4	.488	.494	-0.1	0.4	-1	$2,500,000	4D/789
1997	33	KCR	AL	97	372	-4	2	0	8	-3	3	0.3	14	17	1.7	.503	.502	0.9	0.5	9	$1,950,000	75/8
1997	33	CLE	AL	23	96	-1	1	-0	-2	-0	-2	-0.2	4	2	0.2	.493	.499	0.3	-0.2	3		47
1998	34	DET	AL	34	132	-5	1	0	-1	-3	-8	-0.7	5	-2	-0.2	.479	.496	-0.1	-0.4	-1	$2,300,000	D/74
1998	34	OAK	AL	61	201	-1	1	0	4	1	5	0.5	8	13	1.2	.508	.503	0.8	0.5	8		48/759
12 Seasons				1202	4631	24	23	4	-3	-2	45	5.6	153	198	20.5	.504	.502	20.1	-0.5	201	$17,154,000

SDP (7 yrs)				667	2521	35	14	2	-11	3	42	4.5	81	122	12.5	.507	.504	13.2	-0.9	134	$4,954,000
KCR (2 yrs)				187	744	-17	-0	1	11	-3	-9	-0.5	28	19	2.1	.496	.498	0.8	0.9	8	$4,450,000
CIN (2 yrs)				230	937	13	7	1	-5	0	16	2.0	28	44	4.8	.508	.506	5.1	-0.5	49	$5,450,000
OAK (1 yr)				61	201	-1	1	0	4	1	5	0.5	8	13	1.2	.508	.503	0.8	0.5	8
CLE (1 yr)				23	96	-1	1	-0	-2	-0	-2	-0.2	4	2	0.2	.493	.499	0.3	-0.2	3
DET (1 yr)				34	132	-5	1	0	-1	-3	-8	-0.7	5	-2	-0.2	.479	.496	-0.1	-0.4	-1	$2,300,000

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
1986	22	SDP	NL	258	197	20	2.8	96	.283	.253	.259	.293	.329	.303	.391	.596	.720	67	.304	-11.6	-1.2	.459	.116	.050	1.9

1988	24	SDP	NL	10	8	1	3.4	89	.429	.333	.255	.400	.319	.333	.374	.733	.693	115	.424	0.2	0.0	.250	-.111	.000
1989	25	SDP	NL	387	252	58	6.2	91	.339	.301	.255	.391	.323	.422	.380	.814	.703	132	.686	15.5	1.6	.816	.301	.122	5.3
1990	26	SDP	NL	629	416	97	6.2	99	.335	.309	.266	.375	.332	.433	.399	.809	.731	122	.655	18.3	1.8	.832	.284	.124	15.1
1991	27	SDP	NL	472	329	53	4.3	96	.329	.281	.261	.342	.329	.347	.391	.689	.720	92	.515	-4.1	-0.4	.630	.189	.066	5.4
1992	28	CIN	NL	601	388	96	6.7	95	.351	.323	.264	.393	.330	.432	.388	.826	.718	131	.707	24.2	2.5	.841	.278	.109	7.3
1993	29	CIN	NL	336	233	34	3.9	104	.278	.240	.271	.330	.336	.295	.413	.625	.749	70	.422	-11.1	-1.1	.639	.253	.055	1.9
1994	30	SDP	NL	449	292	64	5.9	107	.367	.320	.271	.383	.337	.397	.424	.780	.761	107	.581	5.3	0.5	.750	.208	.077	3.7
1995	31	SDP	NL	316	211	42	5.4	104	.341	.304	.267	.346	.336	.372	.416	.718	.752	92	.545	-3.2	-0.3	.700	.186	.068	3.6
1996	32	KCR	AL	372	266	39	3.9	115	.313	.283	.276	.331	.349	.357	.443	.688	.792	75	.343	-11.8	-1.1	.581	.156	.074	.0
1997	33	TOT	AL	468	317	60	5.1	110	.345	.302	.273	.345	.343	.385	.431	.730	.774	90	.491	-6.3	-0.6	.682	.183	.084	6.5
1997	33	KCR	AL	372	252	47	5.0	110	.359	.309	.272	.348	.342	.379	.431	.726	.773	90	.485	-5.3	-0.5	.665	.165	.069	1.9
1997	33	CLE	AL	96	65	13	5.4	112	.286	.271	.275	.333	.345	.412	.434	.745	.779	91	.516	-1.0	-0.1	.746	.259	.141	3.0
1998	34	TOT	AL	333	230	36	4.2	108	.304	.268	.269	.344	.337	.336	.428	.680	.765	81	.401	-7.2	-0.7	.643	.214	.068	1.9
1998	34	DET	AL	132	90	13	3.9	110	.283	.248	.272	.351	.340	.301	.432	.652	.773	73	.367	-3.9	-0.4	.640	.239	.053	.0
1998	34	OAK	AL	201	140	23	4.4	106	.316	.280	.267	.340	.335	.357	.425	.697	.760	86	.423	-3.2	-0.3	.645	.198	.077	1.8
12 Yrs				4631	3139	600	5.1	102	.331	.294	.266	.358	.334	.380	.408	.737	.743	100	.547	8.2	1.2	.704	.222	.086	53.9
162 Game Avg.				624	423	81	5.1	102	.331	.294	.266	.358	.334	.380	.408	.737	.743	100	.547	1	0	.704	.222	.086	7

SDP (7 yrs)				2521	1705	335	5.3	99	.336	.298	.264	.361	.331	.387	.400	.747	.731	106	.578	20.5	2.1	.714	.223	.089	35.2
KCR (2 yrs)				744	518	86	4.4	112	.336	.296	.274	.339	.346	.368	.437	.707	.782	82	.414	-17.1	-1.6	.622	.161	.072	1.9
CIN (2 yrs)				937	621	130	5.6	98	.326	.294	.266	.371	.332	.383	.397	.754	.729	108	.620	13.1	1.4	.765	.269	.090	9.3
OAK (1 yr)				201	140	23	4.4	106	.316	.280	.267	.340	.335	.357	.425	.697	.760	86	.423	-3.2	-0.3	.645	.198	.077	1.8
CLE (1 yr)				96	65	13	5.4	112	.286	.271	.275	.333	.345	.412	.434	.745	.779	91	.517	-1.0	-0.1	.746	.259	.141	3.0
DET (1 yr)				132	90	13	3.9	110	.283	.248	.272	.351	.340	.301	.432	.652	.773	73	.367	-3.9	-0.4	.640	.239	.053	.0

NL (9 yrs)				3458	2326	465	5.4	99	.333	.297	.264	.363	.331	.386	.399	.749	.731	106	.590	33.6	3.5	.728	.235	.089	44.9
AL (3 yrs)				1173	813	135	4.4	111	.323	.286	.273	.340	.343	.362	.434	.703	.777	83	.419	-25.3	-2.3	.638	.183	.076	9.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	SH
1997	33	CLE	AL	ALDS	NYY	W	5	22	19	1	6	0	1	2	1	2	2	.316	.381	.316	.697	6	0	1
1997	33	CLE	AL	ALCS	BAL	W	5	20	20	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	8	.150	.150	.200	.350	4	0	0
1997	33	CLE	AL	WS	FLA	L	6	26	22	3	6	4	4	0	1	3	5	.273	.360	.455	.815	10	1	1
1 Yr (3 Series)							16	68	61	4	15	5	5	3	2	5	15	.246	.303	.328	.631	20	1	2
1 ALDS							5	22	19	1	6	0	1	2	1	2	2	.316	.381	.316	.697	6	0	1
1 ALCS							5	20	20	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	8	.150	.150	.200	.350	4	0	0
1 WS							6	26	22	3	6	4	4	0	1	3	5	.273	.360	.455	.815	10	1	1

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
1992	CIN	NL	28		2	2	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	2	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
1986	22	SDP	NL	258	0.4%	11.2%	5.4%	3.1%	13%	2.07	8.3	241.0	20.1		1.73	82%

1988	24	SDP	NL	10	0.0%	20.0%	10.0%	0.0%	0%	2.00	4.5			0.17	0.00	70%	14%	0.0%	67%
1989	25	SDP	NL	387	0.8%	11.6%	12.7%	6.7%	26%	0.92	7.3	109.7	13.2	0.97	1.29	73%	17%	2.2%	3%
1990	26	SDP	NL	629	1.4%	10.3%	8.7%	7.6%	28%	1.18	8.6	61.8	12.6	1.06	1.30	77%	18%	4.3%	11%
1991	27	SDP	NL	472	0.6%	15.0%	7.8%	4.0%	16%	1.92	6.0	141.3	13.3	1.31	1.92	75%	24%	2.1%	7%
1992	28	CIN	NL	601	0.7%	9.0%	10.3%	7.3%	26%	0.87	9.9	133.0	11.8	1.13	1.40	80%	24%	2.0%	11%
1993	29	CIN	NL	336	0.3%	13.7%	11.3%	4.2%	20%	1.21	6.3	292.0	16.2	1.05	1.24	74%	22%	0.9%	12%
1994	30	SDP	NL	449	0.5%	12.7%	8.7%	4.9%	17%	1.46	7.1	201.5	13.0	1.19	1.69	77%	23%	1.3%	3%
1995	31	SDP	NL	316	0.6%	11.4%	5.4%	5.1%	18%	2.12	8.2	148.0	11.8	1.18	1.27	82%	21%	1.8%	8%
1996	32	KCR	AL	372	0.0%	10.2%	6.7%	6.2%	24%	1.52	8.9		6.5	1.09	1.52	83%	24%	0.0%	14%
1997	33	TOT	AL	468	0.9%	14.3%	6.0%	5.6%	20%	2.39	6.4	107.8	9.8	1.12	1.44	78%	29%	2.5%	6%
1997	33	KCR	AL	372	0.3%	14.3%	5.7%	5.4%	19%	2.52	6.5	346.0	9.6	1.25	1.67	79%	28%	0.8%	6%
1997	33	CLE	AL	96	3.1%	14.6%	7.3%	6.3%	26%	2.00	6.1	28.3	10.6	0.69	0.82	73%	33%	7.5%	5%
1998	34	TOT	AL	333	0.3%	11.4%	9.3%	5.4%	23%	1.23	7.8	295.0	12.3	1.19	1.51	77%	24%	0.9%	7%
1998	34	DET	AL	132	0.0%	10.6%	12.1%	4.6%	21%	0.88	8.1		12.6	1.39	2.08	75%	24%	0.0%	7%
1998	34	OAK	AL	201	0.5%	11.9%	7.5%	6.0%	24%	1.60	7.6	182.0	12.1	1.08	1.22	79%	24%	1.4%	7%
12 Yrs				4631	0.7%	11.8%	8.6%	5.7%	22%	1.38	7.6	138.2	11.8	1.12	1.46	78%	23%	2.0%	8%
MLB Averages					2.4%	15.6%	8.7%	7.2%	31%	1.79	5.7	37.4	8.0	0.81	1.08	72%	21%	7.2%	18%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1986	22	SDP	NL	-11.6	-1.2	289	-1.5	3.0	-4.5	.90	-1.0	-0.6	-14.1	-1.5	0.90	-11.5	0.85	3

1988	24	SDP	NL	0.2	0.0	12	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	1.29	-0.0	-0.1	-1.3	-0.1	0.84	-0.8	0.75	2
1989	25	SDP	NL	15.5	1.6	432	2.5	8.4	-5.9	1.02	2.3	0.1	24.2	2.5	0.94	25.6	1.21	17
1990	26	SDP	NL	18.3	1.8	702	3.2	13.7	-10.5	1.06	3.5	-0.5	35.2	3.5	0.95	34.1	1.22	5
1991	27	SDP	NL	-4.1	-0.4	520	2.2	9.8	-7.7	1.01	0.3	1.8	4.1	0.4	0.92	3.4	1.60	7
1992	28	CIN	NL	24.2	2.5	686	2.7	12.3	-9.6	.99	2.7	0.0	29.1	2.9	0.96	27.4	1.34	12
1993	29	CIN	NL	-11.1	-1.1	375	-1.6	4.7	-6.3	1.02	-0.7	-0.9	-9.8	-1.0	0.96	-7.1	1.33	4
1994	30	SDP	NL	5.3	0.5	494	0.3	8.2	-7.9	1.04	0.6	-0.3	4.1	0.4	0.90	6.7	2.10	2
1995	31	SDP	NL	-3.2	-0.3	346	1.2	7.2	-5.9	1.18	-0.2	1.2	7.0	0.7	0.94	-1.0	2.99	2
1996	32	KCR	AL	-11.8	-1.1	400	-0.5	7.0	-7.5	1.10	-0.5	0.0	3.5	0.3	0.96	-5.0	2.12	9
1997	33	TOT	AL	-6.3	-0.6	496	0.5	9.0	-8.5	1.09	-0.3	0.8	2.1	0.2	0.95	-3.7	2.24	8
1997	33	KCR	AL	-5.3	-0.5	394	0.2	7.3	-7.1	1.13	-0.4	0.6	0.3	0.0	0.95	-4.9	2.24	8
1997	33	CLE	AL	-1.0	-0.1	102	0.4	1.7	-1.4	.90	0.1	0.3	1.8	0.2	0.94	1.2	0.27	0
1998	34	TOT	AL	-7.2	-0.7	357	-0.4	6.1	-6.5	1.02	-0.9	0.5	-13.7	-1.3	0.94	-12.0	1.38	17
1998	34	DET	AL	-3.9	-0.4	140	-0.8	1.6	-2.5	.93	-0.5	-0.4	-8.0	-0.7	0.93	-7.0	1.75	4
1998	34	OAK	AL	-3.2	-0.3	217	0.4	4.4	-4.0	1.08	-0.3	0.8	-5.8	-0.5	0.95	-5.0	1.27	13
12 Yrs				8.2	1.1	5109	8.4	89.5	-81.2	1.04	5.7	2.3	70.4	7.1	0.94	56.1	1.52	88

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	OOB1	OOB2	OOB3	OOBHm	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1986	22	SDP	NL	4	0	45%	117	14	12	54%	12	12	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	1	1	1	9	52%	14	12	2	2	1	1	13	1	12

1988	24	SDP	NL	0	0	25%	3	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
1989	25	SDP	NL	8	0	53%	202	21	11	66%	20	10	1	1	0	0	6	2	3	0	0	1	0	21	63%	30	18	12	7	2	5	23	1	21
1990	26	SDP	NL	14	0	42%	308	46	12	79%	39	8	7	3	0	1	3	1	9	0	0	3	3	21	52%	46	33	13	3	1	2	44	8	33
1991	27	SDP	NL	8	0	40%	220	26	11	70%	26	10	0	1	0	0	2	0	6	0	0	1	4	13	37%	29	24	5	7	5	1	29	9	18
1992	28	CIN	NL	7	0	38%	296	44	16	73%	39	14	5	2	0	0	8	0	6	0	0	1	3	28	51%	36	20	16	13	7	6	20	6	13
1993	29	CIN	NL	5	0	41%	152	26	6	81%	24	6	2	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	6	40%	27	20	7	1	0	1	17	6	10
1994	30	SDP	NL	3	0	30%	215	21	7	75%	21	7	0	0	0	0	4	0	5	1	2	0	2	18	47%	31	23	8	6	1	5	16	3	12
1995	31	SDP	NL	2	0	36%	128	20	2	91%	15	2	5	0	0	0	3	1	4	0	1	0	2	12	53%	18	10	8	2	2	0	10	1	8
1996	32	KCR	AL	6	0	32%	139	12	9	57%	10	6	2	3	0	0	3	1	6	0	2	0	4	10	52%	14	9	5	5	2	2	14	3	10
1997	33	TOT	AL	6	0	38%	217	18	3	86%	16	2	2	1	0	0	3	2	3	0	0	1	1	13	50%	21	15	6	10	4	5	19	5	14
1997	33	KCR	AL	5	0	34%	174	15	3	83%	14	2	1	1	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	10	47%	14	10	4	8	4	4	12	4	8
1997	33	CLE	AL	1	0	55%	43	3	0	100%	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	3	56%	7	5	2	2	0	1	7	1	6
1998	34	TOT	AL	4	0	39%	154	16	4	80%	15	4	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	61%	24	10	14	3	2	1	16	5	11
1998	34	DET	AL	0	0	37%	58	6	1	86%	6	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	77%	11	3	8	0	0	0	6	1	5
1998	34	OAK	AL	4	0	40%	96	10	3	77%	9	3	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	50%	13	7	6	3	2	1	10	4	6
12 Yrs				67	0	39%	2151	264	95	74%	237	83	27	11	0	1	42	7	48	1	7	8	20	159	51%	291	194	97	60	27	30	221	48	162

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	%	DPopp	DPs	DP%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1986	22	SDP	NL	258	100%	61			3	1	0	0	0.85	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	2	67%	32	2	6%	14	5	36%	118	11	9%	9	5	56%	3	0	0%	0

1988	24	SDP	NL	10	100%	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	0.75	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	2	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1989	25	SDP	NL	387	100%	99	16	5	17	6	0	0	1.21	3	0	8	0	3	2	1	0	10	6	60%	54	3	6%	19	8	42%	154	23	15%	14	6	43%	5	2	40%	0
1990	26	SDP	NL	629	100%	172	27	3	5	0	0	0	1.22	9	0	7	5	4	4	5	1	11	8	73%	92	8	9%	35	13	37%	266	40	15%	18	13	72%	11	3	27%	0
1991	27	SDP	NL	472	100%	119	27	3	7	1	0	1	1.60	3	0	6	3	0	3	0	0	5	4	80%	48	6	13%	24	11	46%	188	30	16%	12	9	75%	4	1	25%	0
1992	28	CIN	NL	601	100%	172	43	1	12	4	0	3	1.34	4	0	11	1	3	3	1	0	2	1	50%	64	7	11%	26	11	42%	253	44	17%	27	11	41%	9	7	78%	0
1993	29	CIN	NL	336	100%	70	8	1	4	0	0	0	1.33	1	0	12	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0%	39	2	5%	24	4	17%	175	17	10%	12	6	50%	11	4	36%	0
1994	30	SDP	NL	449	100%	129	23	2	2	2	0	0	2.10	2	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	3	2	67%	45	7	16%	29	9	31%	176	30	17%	18	9	50%	7	5	71%	0
1995	31	SDP	NL	316	100%	90	14	2	2	1	0	1	2.99	2	1	4	2	0	2	0	0	2	1	50%	31	2	6%	14	5	36%	139	24	17%	11	6	55%	6	4	67%	0
1996	32	KCR	AL	372	100%	96	9	0	9	3	0	1	2.12	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		56	8	14%	25	12	48%	235	56	24%	26	17	65%	11	9	82%	0
1997	33	TOT	AL	468	99%	130	17	0	8	2	0	2	2.24	4	0	10	2	2	1	3	0	2	1	50%	79	7	9%	31	12	39%	251	44	18%	25	16	64%	17	12	71%	0
1997	33	KCR	AL	372	99%	107	13	0	8	2	0	2	2.24	1	0	8	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	100%	67	6	9%	24	9	38%	204	37	18%	21	13	62%	12	9	75%	0
1997	33	CLE	AL	96	100%	23	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.27	3	0	2	2	1	1	2	0	1	0	0%	12	1	8%	7	3	43%	47	7	15%	4	3	75%	5	3	60%	0
1998	34	TOT	AL	333	100%	79	24	1	17	5	0	2	1.38	1	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	4	2	50%	68	7	10%	39	9	23%	193	24	12%	20	9	45%	15	8	53%	0
1998	34	DET	AL	132	100%	28	12	0	4	1	0	1	1.75	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	26	3	12%	16	4	25%	76	9	12%	9	5	56%	7	4	57%	0
1998	34	OAK	AL	201	100%	51	12	1	13	4	0	1	1.27	1	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	50%	42	4	10%	23	5	22%	117	15	13%	11	4	36%	8	4	50%	0
12 Yrs				4631	100%	1220	209	18	88	25	0	10	1.52	30	1	70	15	15	16	14	1	43	27	63%	609	59	10%	282	99	35%	2151	343	16%	192	107	56%	100	55	55%	0
MLB Averages					58%																			72%			10%			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	24	SDP	NL	10	45	4.50	28	62%	25%	11%	39%	25%	75%	0%	47%	86%	10%	0%	0	0	10%	1	0	10%	1	0	50%	0	0	0
1989	25	SDP	NL	389	1526	3.92	945	62%	33%	9%	26%	31%	66%	0%	41%	85%	18%	8%	31	1	17%	68	7	10%	40	14	18%	-2	0	4
1990	26	SDP	NL	604	2179	3.61	1376	63%	29%	10%	26%	35%	71%	0%	45%	85%	28%	7%	43	0	18%	108	9	10%	58	27	26%	25	1	9
1991	27	SDP	NL	474	1759	3.71	1119	64%	24%	13%	30%	32%	76%	0%	48%	82%	35%	6%	30	0	15%	73	11	9%	44	15	17%	-2	0	0
1992	28	CIN	NL	599	2165	3.61	1343	62%	21%	11%	32%	36%	79%	2%	49%	86%	36%	6%	34	2	15%	88	17	12%	71	38	15%	2	0	0
1993	29	CIN	NL	315	1185	3.76	705	59%	20%	13%	33%	34%	79%	1%	47%	83%	40%	8%	24	2	19%	60	18	10%	31	13	20%	21	0	5
1994	30	SDP	NL	431	1567	3.64	976	62%	21%	10%	34%	34%	79%	1%	49%	87%	41%	6%	28	1	15%	66	24	9%	39	20	23%	18	2	1
1995	31	SDP	NL	284	988	3.48	632	64%	19%	13%	31%	37%	81%	0%	52%	84%	38%	5%	14	2	15%	42	18	7%	20	15	26%	32	3	1
1996	32	KCR	AL	324	1110	3.43	745	67%	14%	10%	40%	36%	86%	4%	58%	89%	49%	3%	11	0	10%	31	15	6%	18	11	27%	48	0	1
1997	33	TOT	AL	456	1749	3.84	1136	65%	25%	11%	31%	32%	75%	1%	48%	85%	36%	4%	19	0	15%	69	15	8%	35	19	31%	12	0	1
1997	33	KCR	AL	369	1414	3.83	920	65%	24%	12%	32%	32%	76%	2%	49%	84%	38%	4%	14	0	15%	57	12	7%	27	14	29%	3	0	0
1997	33	CLE	AL	87	335	3.85	216	64%	31%	7%	30%	31%	69%	0%	44%	89%	29%	6%	5	0	14%	12	3	9%	8	5	42%	9	0	1
1998	34	TOT	AL	336	1221	3.63	757	62%	25%	10%	32%	34%	75%	0%	47%	87%	34%	5%	17	1	17%	57	24	7%	25	15	32%	-3	0	0
1998	34	DET	AL	134	472	3.52	277	59%	29%	6%	29%	36%	71%	0%	42%	91%	28%	7%	9	1	17%	23	6	10%	13	9	43%	-2	0	0
1998	34	OAK	AL	202	749	3.71	480	64%	22%	11%	33%	33%	78%	0%	50%	85%	38%	4%	8	0	17%	34	18	6%	12	6	25%	-1	0	0
11 Yrs				4222	15494	3.67	9762	63%	24%	11%	31%	34%	76%	1%	48%	85%	35%	6%	251	9	16%	663	158	9%	382	187	23%	151	6	22
MLB Averages						3.66		62%	25%	15%	27%	33%	75%	2%	46%	80%	31%	6%			16%			9%			27%

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
1986	22	101	258	241	34	61	5	2	1	12	14	12	14	29	.253	.293	.303	.596	67	73	2	0	2	1	1
1987	23	101	258	241	34	61	5	2	1	12	14	12	14	29	.253	.293	.303	.596	67	73	2	0	2	1	1
1988	24	106	268	250	35	64	5	2	1	12	14	14	15	31	.256	.297	.304	.601	68	76	2	0	2	1	1
1989	25	223	655	579	116	163	20	10	4	37	35	25	64	76	.282	.352	.371	.724	105	215	5	1	8	3	1
1990	26	372	1284	1135	220	335	56	13	13	81	81	37	119	141	.295	.364	.402	.765	113	456	13	7	16	7	2
1991	27	489	1756	1559	286	454	69	16	16	113	107	48	156	212	.291	.358	.387	.745	108	603	19	11	20	10	2
1992	28	636	2357	2091	378	626	103	22	20	158	151	64	218	266	.299	.367	.398	.765	114	833	26	13	21	14	6
1993	29	719	2693	2383	424	696	116	22	21	176	177	70	256	312	.292	.362	.386	.748	108	919	28	16	21	17	7
1994	30	824	3142	2786	476	825	131	27	23	207	198	77	295	369	.296	.365	.387	.752	108	1079	35	19	23	19	8
1995	31	897	3458	3082	516	915	145	27	25	232	218	79	312	405	.297	.363	.386	.749	106	1189	37	21	24	19	9
1996	32	987	3830	3421	555	1011	166	29	25	284	230	88	337	443	.296	.360	.383	.743	103	1310	45	23	24	25	17
1997	33	1107	4298	3852	618	1141	186	31	29	328	248	91	365	510	.296	.359	.383	.742	101	1476	52	26	25	30	19
1998	34	1202	4631	4147	663	1220	203	31	30	352	264	95	396	548	.294	.358	.380	.737	100	1575	59	30	27	31	19

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
1986	22	101	262	244	36	64	5	2	1	13	15	15	29	.262	.304	.311	.615	23	101

1988	24	5	10	9	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.333	.400	.333	.733	1	5
1989	25	117	396	335	89	105	16	8	3	28	22	52	45	.313	.405	.436	.841	60	117
1990	26	149	634	560	108	176	37	3	9	46	47	56	65	.314	.380	.439	.819	93	149
1991	27	117	476	427	69	122	13	3	3	33	27	38	71	.286	.347	.351	.699	52	117
1992	28	147	615	542	101	182	36	6	4	49	47	66	54	.336	.407	.446	.854	99	147
1993	29	83	336	292	46	70	13	0	1	18	26	38	46	.240	.330	.295	.625	28	83
1994	30	148	630	566	72	180	21	7	3	43	29	54	80	.318	.380	.396	.775	85	105
1995	31	82	354	332	44	100	16	0	2	28	22	19	40	.301	.343	.367	.710	42	73
1996	32	90	364	333	35	90	20	2	0	47	11	23	38	.270	.316	.342	.658	36	90
1997	33	120	463	427	60	126	19	2	4	42	17	27	67	.295	.338	.377	.715	54	120
1998	34	95	330	293	43	77	17	0	1	23	16	30	38	.263	.338	.331	.669	32	95
12 Yrs		1254	4870	4360	704	1295	213	33	31	370	279	419	575	.297	.360	.382	.743	605	1202
162 Game Avg.		162	629	563	91	167	28	4	4	48	36	54	74	.297	.360	.382	.743	78	1202

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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

All-Star Games 1992 *	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1992 NL (8, 19%) 0.19 Career Shares (765th)	Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1990 NL 5.7 (8th)	WAR Position Players† s c a p y 1990 NL 5.7 (5th)
Offensive WAR† s c a p y 1990 NL 4.9 (6th)	Batting Average s c a p y 1990 NL .309 (6th) 1992 NL .323 (4th) 1994 NL .320 (10th)	On-Base% s c a p y 1992 NL .393 (5th)	Runs Scored s c a p y 1990 NL 104 (6th) 1992 NL 92 (8th)
Hits s c a p y 1992 NL 172 (9th)	Doubles s c a p y 1990 NL 36 (6th)	Triples s c a p y 1989 NL 8 (6th) 1994 NL 5 (10th)	Stolen Bases s c a p y 1990 NL 46 (7th) 1992 NL 44 (3rd) Career 264 (203rd)
Singles s c a p y 1990 NL 124 (10th) 1992 NL 128 (9th) 1994 NL 107 (2nd)	Times On Base s c a p y 1990 NL 233 (9th)	Offensive Win % s c a p y 1992 NL .707 (9th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1990 NL 6 (6th)
Caught Stealing s c a p y 1989 NL 11 (9th) 1990 NL 12 (10th) 1992 NL 16 (5th) 1996 AL 9 (10th) Career 95 (139th)	SB % s c a p y 1993 NL 81.25 (7th) 1995 NL 90.91 (2nd) 1997 AL 85.71 (4th) 1998 AL 80.00 (7th) Career 73.54 (214th)	AB per SO s c a p y 1992 NL 9.9 (7th)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1990 NL 3.2 (10th)
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1990 NL 3.5 (8th)	Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y 1990 NL 3.5 (10th)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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 - 29 (821), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 20 (821), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 20 (725), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Left Field (102nd), 20.5 career WAR/20.5 7yr-peak WAR/20.5 JAWS Average HOF LF (out of 19) = 64.9 career WAR/41.2 7yr-peak WAR/53.1 JAWS

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Billy Johnson (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Chone Figgins (954) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Chone Figgins (962) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Kevin Seitzer (951) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Chone Figgins (953) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Chone Figgins (956) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Chone Figgins (931) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jimmy Johnston (945) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jimmy Johnston (946) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jimmy Johnston (936) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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