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Bill Robinson

William Henry Robinson

Positions: Outfielder, First Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 189 lb.

Born: June 26, 1943 in McKeesport, PA
High School: Elizabeth-Forward HS (McKeesport, PA)
Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1966
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Phillies/Yankees/Braves 1966-1983

Final Game: May 23, 1983
Died: July 29, 2007 in Las Vegas, NV
Buried: Hillcrest Memorial Park, Hurffville, NJ
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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
1961	18	ATL-min	D	67	251	251		60	15	4	2						.239	.239	.355	.594		89							WVL · NYPL
1962	19	ATL-min	D,C	85	314	270	49	72	10	5	8	40	7		35	63	.267	.351	.430	.780		116		1	6	2	1		DBN,EAU · GAFL,NORL
1963	20	ATL-min	A	113	418	418		132	18	10	10						.316	.316	.478	.794		200							WAY · GAFL
1964	21	ATL-min	A	104	400	400		139	24	5	18						.348	.348	.568	.915		227							YAK · NORW
1965	22	ATL-min	AAA	133	432	407	41	109	17	2	10	37	5	3	13	55	.268	.292	.393	.685		160		2	7	3			ATA · IL
1966	23	ATL-min	AAA	139	556	509	86	159	30	4	20	79	6	1	30	83	.312	.352	.505	.857		257		4	8	5			RMD · IL
1966	23	ATL	NL	6	11	11	1	3	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	.273	.273	.455	.727	96	5	0	0	0	0	0	/97
1967	24	NYY	AL	116	381	342	31	67	6	1	7	29	2	2	28	56	.196	.259	.281	.539	63	96	12	2	5	3	4	987
1968	25	NYY	AL	107	378	342	34	82	16	7	6	40	7	6	26	54	.240	.294	.380	.674	108	130	11	2	4	4	3	89/7
1969	26	NYY	AL	87	239	222	23	38	11	2	3	21	3	1	16	39	.171	.226	.279	.505	43	62	6	0	0	1	3	987/3

1970	27	NYY-min	AAA	115	428	372	68	96	20	0	13	43	12	10	46	66	.258	.340	.417	.756		155		2	4	4			SYR · IL
1971	28	CHW-min	AAA	133	542	495	75	136	33	6	14	81	12	4	33	86	.275	.320	.451	.770		223		3	4	7			TUC · PCL
1972	29	PHI-min	AAA	65	258	240	47	73	9	2	20	66	3	4	14	40	.304	.349	.608	.957		146		3	0	1			EUG · PCL
1972	29	PHI	NL	82	195	188	19	45	9	1	8	21	2	3	5	30	.239	.258	.426	.683	90	80	9	0	1	1	0	987
1973	30	PHI	NL	124	487	452	62	130	32	1	25	65	5	4	27	91	.288	.326	.529	.855	132	239	12	1	3	4	1	*9875
1974	31	PHI	NL	100	304	280	32	66	14	1	5	29	5	3	17	61	.236	.280	.346	.626	72	97	13	1	4	2	4	879
1975	32	PIT	NL	92	217	200	26	56	12	2	6	33	3	1	11	36	.280	.313	.450	.763	112	90	6	0	3	3	4	789
1976	33	PIT	NL	122	416	393	55	119	22	3	21	64	2	4	16	73	.303	.329	.534	.864	143	210	14	1	3	3	1	5987/3	MVP-21
1977	34	PIT	NL	137	544	507	74	154	32	1	26	104	12	6	25	92	.304	.337	.525	.862	126	266	8	3	4	5	3	375/8	MVP-11
1978	35	PIT	NL	136	552	499	70	123	36	2	14	80	14	11	35	105	.246	.296	.411	.707	92	205	7	5	2	11	8	*7589/3
1979	36	PIT	NL	148	455	421	59	111	17	6	24	75	13	2	24	81	.264	.302	.504	.805	112	212	13	1	4	5	11	*73/95
1980	37	PIT	NL	100	294	272	28	78	10	1	12	36	1	4	15	45	.287	.320	.463	.783	114	126	9	0	3	4	2	379
1981	38	PIT	NL	39	94	88	8	19	3	0	2	8	1	0	5	18	.216	.258	.318	.576	61	28	2	0	1	0	1	3/957
1982	39	TOT	NL	66	155	140	14	35	9	0	7	31	1	2	12	34	.250	.303	.464	.768	109	65	5	0	0	3	4	97/3
1982	39	PIT	NL	31	77	71	8	17	3	0	4	12	0	1	5	19	.239	.286	.451	.736	100	32	3	0	0	1	3	79
1982	39	PHI	NL	35	78	69	6	18	6	0	3	19	1	1	7	15	.261	.321	.478	.799	119	33	2	0	0	2	1	9/3
1983	40	PHI	NL	10	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	.143	.250	.143	.393	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	/357
16 Yrs				1472	4730	4364	536	1127	229	29	166	641	71	49	263	820	.258	.300	.438	.738	104	1912	128	16	37	49	49
162 Game Avg.				162	521	480	59	124	25	3	18	71	8	5	29	90	.258	.300	.438	.738	104	210	14	2	4	5	5
				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
PIT (8 yrs)				805	2649	2451	328	677	135	15	109	412	46	29	136	469	.276	.313	.477	.790	114	1169	62	10	20	32	33
PHI (5 yrs)				351	1072	996	119	260	61	3	41	136	13	11	57	201	.261	.300	.452	.752	106	450	37	2	8	9	6
NYY (3 yrs)				310	998	906	88	187	33	10	16	90	12	9	70	149	.206	.264	.318	.582	75	288	29	4	9	8	10
ATL (1 yr)				6	11	11	1	3	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	.273	.273	.455	.727	96	5	0	0	0	0	0

NL (13 yrs)				1162	3732	3458	448	940	196	19	150	551	59	40	193	671	.272	.309	.470	.779	111	1624	99	12	28	41	39
AL (3 yrs)				310	998	906	88	187	33	10	16	90	12	9	70	149	.206	.264	.318	.582	75	288	29	4	9	8	10

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
1966	23	ATL	NL	6	11	-0	0	0	-0	-0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	$5,500	/97
1967	24	NYY	AL	116	381	-13	-1	-1	-3	-4	-22	-2.9	11	-12	-1.8	.477	.483	-1.3	-0.9	-9	$8,250	987
1968	25	NYY	AL	107	378	3	0	-1	-3	-3	-3	-0.6	11	8	0.5	.496	.498	1.0	-0.8	10	$	89/7
1969	26	NYY	AL	87	239	-17	0	1	0	-2	-17	-2.0	7	-11	-1.3	.477	.488	-1.3	-0.3	-11	$	987/3

1972	29	PHI	NL	82	195	-1	-2	-1	2	-2	-4	-0.4	6	2	0.2	.495	.497	-0.1	0.1	-0	$	987
1973	30	PHI	NL	124	487	18	-4	-2	-1	-4	6	0.6	14	20	2.0	.506	.504	2.2	-0.6	22	$	*9875
1974	31	PHI	NL	100	304	-8	-0	-2	4	-3	-10	-1.0	9	-1	-0.2	.489	.493	-0.6	0.2	-5	$	879
1975	32	PIT	NL	92	217	3	1	-1	6	-2	6	0.7	6	13	1.4	.508	.504	0.6	0.5	7	$	789
1976	33	PIT	NL	122	416	20	-1	-2	-8	-2	6	0.8	12	19	2.0	.506	.504	2.9	-1.2	27	$	5987/3	MVP-21
1977	34	PIT	NL	137	544	17	-1	-0	-6	-7	2	0.2	16	18	1.8	.502	.501	2.4	-1.4	24	$	375/8	MVP-11
1978	35	PIT	NL	136	552	-8	0	-0	1	-6	-13	-1.4	16	3	0.2	.489	.491	0.0	-0.5	2	$	*7589/3
1979	36	PIT	NL	148	455	6	0	-2	3	-7	0	0.1	13	14	1.5	.500	.500	1.0	-0.4	10	$	*73/95
1980	37	PIT	NL	100	294	3	-1	-2	-3	-5	-8	-0.9	9	1	0.0	.491	.495	0.3	-0.9	4	$	379
1981	38	PIT	NL	39	94	-4	1	-0	2	-2	-2	-0.2	3	1	0.1	.493	.498	-0.3	0.2	-2	$	3/957
1982	39	PIT	NL	31	77	-2	-2	-0	1	-1	-4	-0.4	2	-1	-0.2	.486	.497	-0.3	0.0	-2	$	79
1982	39	PHI	NL	35	78	1	-1	0	-2	-1	-2	-0.2	2	0	0.0	.493	.498	0.2	-0.3	2	$	9/3
1983	40	PHI	NL	10	8	-1	0	-0	-1	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.480	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/357
16 Seasons				1472	4730	17	-10	-13	-7	-53	-66	-7.8	137	72	6.0	.495	.497	6.7	-6.4	79	$13,750
			Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
PIT (8 yrs)				805	2649	35	-3	-7	-4	-33	-12	-1.1	78	66	6.8	.498	.499	6.6	-3.6	70	$
PHI (5 yrs)				351	1072	9	-7	-5	2	-11	-11	-1.2	31	20	1.8	.496	.498	1.6	-0.8	17	$
NYY (3 yrs)				310	998	-27	-0	-1	-5	-9	-43	-5.4	28	-15	-2.6	.484	.490	-1.6	-2.0	-9	$8,250
ATL (1 yr)				6	11	-0	0	0	-0	-0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	$5,500

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
1966	23	ATL	NL	11	8	1	3.4	99	.300	.273	.268	.273	.327	.455	.404	.727	.731	96	.398	-0.2	-0.0	.625	.182	.182
1967	24	NYY	AL	381	297	24	2.2	80	.213	.196	.238	.259	.306	.281	.357	.539	.663	63	.273	-15.7	-1.7	.436	.167	.085	3.1
1968	25	NYY	AL	378	285	36	3.4	76	.266	.240	.232	.294	.301	.380	.344	.674	.645	108	.485	2.6	0.3	.574	.219	.140	6.5
1969	26	NYY	AL	239	192	13	1.8	91	.193	.171	.250	.226	.326	.279	.377	.505	.703	43	.178	-17.3	-1.8	.419	.189	.108	3.0

1972	29	PHI	NL	195	157	16	2.8	93	.245	.239	.259	.258	.327	.426	.382	.683	.710	90	.329	-3.8	-0.4	.542	.207	.186	3.2
1973	30	PHI	NL	487	345	74	5.8	98	.309	.288	.265	.326	.334	.529	.394	.855	.728	132	.634	17.5	1.8	.793	.303	.241	8.3
1974	31	PHI	NL	304	236	24	2.8	98	.282	.236	.267	.280	.340	.346	.386	.626	.726	72	.310	-11.6	-1.2	.509	.179	.111	5.0
1975	32	PIT	NL	217	157	27	4.6	95	.311	.280	.263	.313	.334	.450	.380	.763	.714	112	.533	2.4	0.2	.682	.235	.170	4.0
1976	33	PIT	NL	416	298	62	5.6	92	.325	.303	.263	.329	.329	.534	.374	.864	.703	143	.641	18.8	2.0	.771	.267	.232	3.7
1977	34	PIT	NL	544	376	88	6.3	105	.325	.304	.272	.337	.340	.525	.414	.862	.754	126	.639	16.7	1.6	.817	.282	.221	16.4
1978	35	PIT	NL	552	407	60	4.0	99	.279	.246	.268	.296	.336	.411	.394	.707	.730	92	.474	-5.5	-0.6	.629	.240	.164	14.0
1979	36	PIT	NL	455	334	60	4.8	104	.271	.264	.275	.302	.341	.504	.408	.805	.749	112	.542	3.8	0.4	.763	.323	.240	16.9
1980	37	PIT	NL	294	214	36	4.6	98	.301	.287	.270	.320	.333	.463	.392	.783	.725	114	.532	3.9	0.4	.667	.221	.176	1.8
1981	38	PIT	NL	94	72	7	2.6	95	.250	.216	.267	.258	.333	.318	.383	.576	.716	61	.306	-5.0	-0.5	.479	.170	.102	1.3
1982	39	TOT	NL	155	115	18	4.2	97	.275	.250	.270	.303	.333	.464	.392	.768	.725	109	.501	1.6	0.2	.679	.293	.214	1.8
1982	39	PIT	NL	77	59	8	3.7	98	.265	.239	.270	.286	.334	.451	.393	.736	.727	100	.435	-0.3	-0.0	.621	.268	.211	.0
1982	39	PHI	NL	78	56	10	4.8	97	.283	.261	.269	.321	.332	.478	.391	.799	.724	119	.560	1.9	0.2	.741	.319	.217	1.5
1983	40	PHI	NL	8	7	0	0.0	96	.333	.143	.262	.250	.330	.143	.388	.393	.719	12	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.286	.143	.000
16 Yrs				4730	3500	546	4.2	95	.280	.258	.262	.300	.330	.438	.386	.738	.716	104	.503	7.3	0.5	.648	.245	.180	99.5
162 Game Avg.				521	385	60	4.2	95	.280	.258	.262	.300	.330	.438	.386	.738	.716	104	.503	1	0	.648	.245	.180	11
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
PIT (8 yrs)				2649	1917	348	4.9	99	.298	.276	.269	.313	.336	.477	.396	.790	.731	114	.557	34.6	3.5	.714	.263	.201	64.7
PHI (5 yrs)				1072	801	124	4.2	97	.287	.261	.265	.300	.334	.452	.389	.752	.724	106	.494	3.2	0.3	.652	.250	.191	19.7
NYY (3 yrs)				998	774	73	2.5	81	.228	.206	.239	.264	.309	.318	.357	.582	.666	75	.328	-30.3	-3.2	.482	.192	.111	13.7
ATL (1 yr)				11	8	1	3.4	99	.300	.273	.268	.273	.327	.455	.404	.727	.731	96	.398	-0.2	-0.0	.625	.182	.182

NL (13 yrs)				3732	2726	473	4.7	99	.295	.272	.268	.309	.335	.470	.394	.779	.729	111	.539	37.6	3.7	.696	.259	.198	84.7
AL (3 yrs)				998	774	73	2.5	81	.228	.206	.239	.264	.309	.318	.357	.582	.666	75	.328	-30.3	-3.2	.482	.192	.111	13.7

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
1975	32	PIT	NL	NLCS	CIN	L	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

1979	36	PIT	NL	NLCS	CIN	W	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	36	PIT	NL	WS	BAL	W	7	22	19	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	.263	.286	.316	.602	6	0	1	1	1	0
2 Yrs (3 Series)							12	27	24	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	.208	.231	.250	.481	6	0	1	1	1	0
2 NLCS							5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							7	22	19	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	.263	.286	.316	.602	6	0	1	1	1	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
1966	23	ATL	NL	11	0.0%	9.1%	0.0%	9.1%	33%		11.0		3.7		1.33	91%
1967	24	NYY	AL	381	1.8%	14.7%	7.4%	3.7%	21%	2.00	6.1	48.9	11.8		1.18	74%
1968	25	NYY	AL	378	1.6%	14.3%	6.9%	7.7%	35%	2.08	6.3	57.0	8.6		1.18	76%
1969	26	NYY	AL	239	1.3%	16.3%	6.7%	6.7%	42%	2.44	5.7	74.0	10.6		1.08	76%

1972	29	PHI	NL	195	4.1%	15.4%	2.6%	9.2%	40%	6.00	6.3	23.5	9.0		1.24	77%
1973	30	PHI	NL	487	5.1%	18.7%	5.5%	11.9%	45%	3.37	5.0	18.1	7.0		1.13	70%
1974	31	PHI	NL	304	1.6%	20.1%	5.6%	6.6%	30%	3.59	4.6	56.0	9.7		1.39	71%
1975	32	PIT	NL	217	2.8%	16.6%	5.1%	9.2%	36%	3.27	5.6	33.3	6.1		1.11	74%
1976	33	PIT	NL	416	5.1%	17.6%	3.9%	11.1%	39%	4.56	5.4	18.7	6.1		1.12	73%
1977	34	PIT	NL	544	4.8%	16.9%	4.6%	10.9%	38%	3.68	5.5	19.5	4.9		0.87	72%
1978	35	PIT	NL	552	2.5%	19.0%	6.3%	9.4%	42%	3.00	4.8	35.6	6.2		0.91	71%
1979	36	PIT	NL	455	5.3%	17.8%	5.3%	10.3%	42%	3.38	5.2	17.5	5.6		1.13	71%
1980	37	PIT	NL	294	4.1%	15.3%	5.1%	7.8%	30%	3.00	6.0	22.7	7.6		0.80	74%
1981	38	PIT	NL	94	2.1%	19.2%	5.3%	5.3%	26%	3.60	4.9	44.0	11.0		2.06	72%
1982	39	TOT	NL	155	4.5%	21.9%	7.7%	10.3%	46%	2.83	4.1	20.0	4.5		1.32	66%
1982	39	PIT	NL	77	5.2%	24.7%	6.5%	9.1%	41%	3.80	3.7	17.8	5.9		1.29	64%
1982	39	PHI	NL	78	3.9%	19.2%	9.0%	11.5%	50%	2.14	4.6	23.0	3.6		1.35	68%
1983	40	PHI	NL	8	0.0%	50.0%	12.5%	0.0%	0%	4.00	1.8		3.5			38%
16 Yrs				4730	3.5%	17.3%	5.6%	9.0%	38%	3.12	5.3	26.3	6.8		1.09	72%
MLB Averages					2.0%	13.8%	8.5%	6.2%	27%	1.63	6.5	45.4	8.8		1.10	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
1966	23	ATL	NL	-0.2	-0.0	11	0.1	0.2	-0.1	.71	0.0	0.1	1.5	0.1	0.94	0.3		0
1967	24	NYY	AL	-15.7	-1.7	392	-1.8	5.9	-7.7	1.10	-1.0	-0.7	-10.5	-1.2	0.98	-9.6	1.13	15
1968	25	NYY	AL	2.2	0.2	395	0.1	7.4	-7.3	1.10	0.2	-0.1	0.5	0.1	1.02	2.2	1.09	10
1969	26	NYY	AL	-17.3	-1.8	245	-1.3	3.9	-5.2	1.13	-1.5	0.3	-12.1	-1.3	0.98	-15.7	1.43	29

1972	29	PHI	NL	-3.8	-0.4	200	-0.3	3.9	-4.2	1.10	-0.1	-0.1	-9.2	-1.0	0.96	-2.5	1.05	9
1973	30	PHI	NL	17.5	1.8	505	0.9	10.2	-9.3	1.07	2.0	-1.1	16.6	1.7	0.96	20.3	1.68	12
1974	31	PHI	NL	-11.6	-1.2	317	-0.9	5.2	-6.0	1.09	-1.0	0.2	-8.1	-0.8	0.99	-11.5	1.34	20
1975	32	PIT	NL	2.1	0.2	222	0.3	4.3	-4.1	1.07	0.3	-0.0	3.0	0.3	1.03	3.1	1.70	33
1976	33	PIT	NL	18.8	2.0	428	3.2	10.6	-7.4	1.04	2.5	0.6	25.7	2.7	0.97	26.6	1.73	11
1977	34	PIT	NL	16.7	1.6	570	3.0	13.8	-10.8	1.15	1.9	0.7	25.5	2.5	0.97	20.7	1.71	8
1978	35	PIT	NL	-5.5	-0.6	584	0.2	10.9	-10.7	1.05	-0.3	0.4	5.6	0.6	0.97	-2.7	1.93	0
1979	36	PIT	NL	3.8	0.4	476	0.2	9.9	-9.6	1.12	1.3	-1.0	4.3	0.4	0.98	10.7	2.52	12
1980	37	PIT	NL	3.9	0.4	303	-0.3	5.8	-6.1	1.12	0.4	-0.7	-7.3	-0.7	0.97	2.2	1.97	17
1981	38	PIT	NL	-5.0	-0.5	95	-0.6	1.5	-2.1	1.14	-0.1	-0.4	-3.3	-0.3	0.99	-2.3	1.96	15
1982	39	TOT	NL	1.6	0.2	160	-0.6	3.2	-3.9	1.31	-0.1	-0.4	3.4	0.3	1.03	-1.0	2.06	26
1982	39	PIT	NL	-0.3	-0.0	78	-1.1	1.1	-2.2	1.31	-0.1	-0.7	-1.9	-0.2	0.98	-1.6	2.27	14
1982	39	PHI	NL	1.9	0.2	82	0.4	2.1	-1.7	1.31	0.1	0.2	5.3	0.5	1.08	0.6	1.83	12
1983	40	PHI	NL	-0.8	-0.1	8	0.3	0.5	-0.2	1.75	-0.0	0.2	-0.6	-0.1	1.50	-0.9	1.75	7
16 Yrs				6.6	0.4	4911	2.4	97.2	-94.8	1.10	4.5	-2.3	35.1	3.2	0.98	40.0	1.67	224
				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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1966	23	ATL	NL	0	0	33%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967	24	NYY	AL	7	0	27%	125	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	11	36%	23	17	4	2	0	2	11	2	7
1968	25	NYY	AL	6	0	27%	100	7	6	54%	6	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	11	70%	11	4	7	2	1	1	7	1	6
1969	26	NYY	AL	3	0	39%	58	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	63%	7	2	4	3	1	2	6	2	4

1972	29	PHI	NL	4	0	26%	84	2	3	40%	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	38%	9	8	1	0	0	0	7	0	5
1973	30	PHI	NL	5	0	28%	172	5	4	56%	5	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	10	10	38%	23	17	3	4	2	1	18	4	13
1974	31	PHI	NL	8	0	34%	98	5	3	63%	4	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	7	6	40%	14	11	3	4	3	1	12	4	8
1975	32	PIT	NL	4	0	33%	83	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	53%	11	7	4	3	2	1	5	0	5
1976	33	PIT	NL	5	0	30%	172	2	4	33%	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	45%	12	10	2	4	2	2	13	4	9
1977	34	PIT	NL	6	0	31%	184	12	6	67%	9	5	2	1	1	0	5	2	9	8	51%	26	17	9	7	5	2	18	1	15
1978	35	PIT	NL	6	0	38%	161	14	11	56%	12	9	1	2	1	0	5	5	3	16	59%	21	9	12	5	5	0	13	1	11
1979	36	PIT	NL	9	0	31%	117	13	2	87%	10	1	3	1	0	0	4	1	9	10	47%	22	15	6	3	0	3	13	2	9
1980	37	PIT	NL	1	0	20%	80	1	4	20%	0	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	4	9	50%	14	7	7	4	2	1	2	0	2
1981	38	PIT	NL	2	0	27%	24	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	60%	3	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	1
1982	39	TOT	NL	1	0	18%	43	1	2	33%	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	4	21%	7	7	0	2	2	0	5	1	3
1982	39	PIT	NL	0	0	22%	24	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	22%	6	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	2
1982	39	PHI	NL	1	0	14%	19	1	1	50%	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	4	20%	1	1	0	2	2	0	2	1	1
1983	40	PHI	NL	0	0	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16 Yrs				67	0	30%	1508	71	49	59%	60	44	8	4	3	2	20	11	67	111	47%	204	134	63	44	25	17	131	22	98
				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

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
1966	23	ATL	NL	11	30%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	1	100%	7	3	43%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1967	24	NYY	AL	381	50%	67			15	0	0	0	1.13	7	0	7	2	5	3	4	1	6	5	83%	72	12	17%	36	7	19%	230	24	10%	14	5	36%	14	4	29%	0
1968	25	NYY	AL	378	34%	82			10	2	0	0	1.09	6	0	18	4	2	4	2	0	4	4	100%	70	11	16%	42	13	31%	277	37	13%	30	14	47%	21	9	43%	0
1969	26	NYY	AL	239	66%	38			29	3	0	3	1.43	3	0	10	2	1	1	2	0	0	0		55	6	11%	26	7	27%	147	18	12%	14	8	57%	5	2	40%	0

1972	29	PHI	NL	195	37%	45			9	1	0	0	1.05	8	0	3	5	3	2	6	0	1	1	100%	36	9	25%	20	6	30%	129	14	11%	8	4	50%	7	4	57%	0
1973	30	PHI	NL	487	32%	130			12	4	0	1	1.68	25	1	11	13	12	12	13	0	5	3	60%	86	12	14%	37	11	30%	279	42	15%	19	9	47%	12	6	50%	0
1974	31	PHI	NL	304	51%	66			20	5	1	3	1.34	5	0	6	2	3	3	2	0	6	4	67%	74	13	18%	40	10	25%	201	26	13%	18	8	44%	16	7	44%	0
1975	32	PIT	NL	217	68%	56			33	4	0	1	1.70	6	0	8	1	5	3	3	0	5	3	60%	43	6	14%	26	7	27%	158	28	18%	17	9	53%	8	1	13%	0
1976	33	PIT	NL	416	46%	119			11	5	1	3	1.73	21	0	6	11	10	14	7	0	3	3	100%	81	14	17%	42	10	24%	254	47	19%	25	12	48%	17	10	59%	0
1977	34	PIT	NL	544	35%	154			8	0	0	0	1.71	26	2	8	21	5	12	14	0	5	4	80%	93	8	9%	47	18	38%	336	80	24%	44	26	59%	21	13	62%	0
1978	35	PIT	NL	552	39%	123			0	0	0	0	1.93	14	1	10	9	5	7	7	0	3	2	67%	92	7	8%	56	17	30%	359	68	19%	53	25	47%	19	6	32%	0
1979	36	PIT	NL	455	51%	111			12	3	1	3	2.52	24	0	13	9	15	16	8	0	4	4	100%	81	13	16%	41	15	37%	316	54	17%	37	16	43%	19	10	53%	0
1980	37	PIT	NL	294	60%	78			17	5	0	0	1.97	12	0	3	3	9	6	6	0	3	3	100%	52	9	17%	32	8	25%	185	26	14%	21	10	48%	9	5	56%	0
1981	38	PIT	NL	94	80%	19			15	1	0	0	1.96	2	0	3	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	100%	18	2	11%	9	2	22%	62	7	11%	10	3	30%	2	0	0%	0
1982	39	TOT	NL	155	65%	35			26	5	1	5	2.06	7	1	4	2	5	3	4	0	0	0		33	5	15%	14	6	43%	122	24	20%	15	8	53%	4	2	50%	0
1982	39	PIT	NL	77	60%	17			14	3	1	3	2.27	4	0	1	0	4	3	1	0	0	0		16	3	19%	8	2	25%	55	8	15%	7	2	29%	2	2	100%	0
1982	39	PHI	NL	78	69%	18			12	2	0	2	1.83	3	1	3	2	1	0	3	0	0	0		17	2	12%	6	4	67%	67	16	24%	8	6	75%	2	0	0%	0
1983	40	PHI	NL	8	88%	1			7	1	0	2	1.75	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	33%	2	0	0%	11	2	18%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
16 Yrs				4730	47%	1127			224	39	4	21	1.67	166	5	113	84	82	88	78	1	46	37	80%	891	128	14%	471	138	29%	3073	500	16%	328	158	48%	174	79	45%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			78%			11%			33%			14%			49%			53%
				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
1966	23	6	11	11	1	3	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	.273	.273	.455	.727	96	5	0	0	0	0	0
1967	24	122	392	353	32	70	6	2	7	32	2	2	28	57	.198	.259	.286	.545	64	101	12	2	5	3	4
1968	25	229	770	695	66	152	22	9	13	72	9	8	54	111	.219	.276	.332	.609	86	231	23	4	9	7	7
1969	26	316	1009	917	89	190	33	11	16	93	12	9	70	150	.207	.264	.320	.584	75	293	29	4	9	8	10
1970	27	316	1009	917	89	190	33	11	16	93	12	9	70	150	.207	.264	.320	.584	75	293	29	4	9	8	10
1971	28	316	1009	917	89	190	33	11	16	93	12	9	70	150	.207	.264	.320	.584	75	293	29	4	9	8	10
1972	29	398	1204	1105	108	235	42	12	24	114	14	12	75	180	.213	.263	.338	.601	78	373	38	4	10	9	10
1973	30	522	1691	1557	170	365	74	13	49	179	19	16	102	271	.234	.281	.393	.675	94	612	50	5	13	13	11
1974	31	622	1995	1837	202	431	88	14	54	208	24	19	119	332	.235	.281	.386	.667	91	709	63	6	17	15	15
1975	32	714	2212	2037	228	487	100	16	60	241	27	20	130	368	.239	.284	.392	.677	93	799	69	6	20	18	19
1976	33	836	2628	2430	283	606	122	19	81	305	29	24	146	441	.249	.291	.415	.707	101	1009	83	7	23	21	20
1977	34	973	3172	2937	357	760	154	20	107	409	41	30	171	533	.259	.299	.434	.733	106	1275	91	10	27	26	23
1978	35	1109	3724	3436	427	883	190	22	121	489	55	41	206	638	.257	.299	.431	.730	104	1480	98	15	29	37	31
1979	36	1257	4179	3857	486	994	207	28	145	564	68	43	230	719	.258	.299	.439	.738	105	1692	111	16	33	42	42
1980	37	1357	4473	4129	514	1072	217	29	157	600	69	47	245	764	.260	.300	.440	.741	105	1818	120	16	36	46	44
1981	38	1396	4567	4217	522	1091	220	29	159	608	70	47	250	782	.259	.300	.438	.737	104	1846	122	16	37	46	45
1982	39	1462	4722	4357	536	1126	229	29	166	639	71	49	262	816	.258	.300	.439	.738	104	1911	127	16	37	49	49
1983	40	1472	4730	4364	536	1127	229	29	166	641	71	49	263	820	.258	.300	.438	.738	104	1912	128	16	37	49	49

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1966	23	6	11	11	1	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	.273	.273	.455	.727	1	6
1967	24	116	393	351	39	76	7	1	8	36	2	32	56	.217	.284	.311	.594	31	116
1968	25	107	400	359	46	99	19	8	7	55	8	31	54	.276	.333	.432	.765	52	107
1969	26	87	243	225	26	41	12	2	3	24	3	17	39	.182	.239	.293	.532	16	87

1972	29	86	207	199	22	50	10	1	9	24	2	6	31	.251	.272	.447	.719	24	82
1973	30	124	492	456	65	134	33	1	26	68	5	28	91	.294	.333	.542	.875	82	124
1974	31	100	305	281	33	67	14	1	5	30	5	17	61	.238	.282	.349	.631	28	100
1975	32	92	221	203	28	59	13	2	6	36	3	12	36	.291	.326	.463	.789	31	92
1976	33	122	425	401	61	127	23	3	22	71	2	17	73	.317	.344	.554	.897	77	122
1977	34	137	542	505	73	152	32	1	26	102	12	25	92	.301	.335	.523	.857	88	137
1978	35	136	557	503	74	127	37	2	14	84	14	36	105	.252	.303	.417	.720	64	136
1979	36	148	455	421	59	111	17	6	24	75	13	24	81	.264	.302	.504	.805	64	148
1980	37	100	296	274	29	80	10	1	12	38	1	15	45	.292	.324	.467	.791	43	100
1981	38	59	145	135	13	31	5	0	3	13	2	8	27	.230	.273	.333	.606	12	39
1982	39	66	156	141	15	36	9	0	7	32	1	12	34	.255	.308	.468	.776	21	66
1983	40	10	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	10
16 Yrs		1496	4856	4472	584	1193	241	30	172	690	73	281	830	.267	.309	.449	.759	634	1472
162 Game Avg.		162	526	484	63	129	26	3	19	75	8	30	90	.267	.309	.449	.759	69	1472

* 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 1989 BBWAA ()	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1976 NL (21, 3%) 1977 NL (11, 10%) 0.13 Career Shares (851st)	Slugging % s c a p y 1973 NL .529 (9th)** 1977 NL .525 (8th)	Doubles s c a p y 1978 NL 36 (6th)
Triples s c a p y 1968 AL 7 (7th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1976 NL 21 (8th)	Runs Batted In s c a p y 1977 NL 104 (8th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1978 NL 105 (7th)
Extra Base Hits s c a p y 1973 NL 58 (10th)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1978 NL 11 (2nd)	AB per HR s c a p y 1973 NL 18.1 (7th) 1976 NL 18.7 (8th)	Oldest s c a p y 1983 NL born 1943-06-26 (8th)

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 17 (1113), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 11 (1111), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 10 (1657), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Ted Ford (989) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rusty Torres (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rusty Torres (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
George Thomas (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Damon Buford (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Andy Kosco (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jerry Martin (972) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
George Altman (958) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike Devereaux (941) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Hickman (947) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Hickman (945) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Cliff Johnson (920) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tom Paciorek (883) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tom Paciorek (887) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball.

Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of 24-7 Baseball.

Player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Many thanks to him. We have only selected seasons (players who debuted before 1960) for which we believe the image has reverted into the public domain. We will quickly remove any images for which that can be shown to not be the case.Please let us know if you are aware of any such images on this site.

Play Index Loading Photos from the George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress.

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