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Don Robinson

Don Allen Robinson (Caveman)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: June 8, 1957 in Ashland, KY
High School: Konova HS (Konova, WV)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 3rd round of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1978
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Giants/Phillies/Angels 1978-1992
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: July 12, 1992
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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
1978 21 PIT NL 35 89 85 2 20 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 22 .235 .235 .259 .494 36 22 0 0 4 0 0 1 CYA-8,RoY-3
1979 22 PIT NL 29 56 49 4 10 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 9 .204 .250 .204 .454 23 10 0 0 4 0 0 1
1980 23 PIT NL 30 57 57 4 19 4 0 1 8 0 1 0 12 .333 .333 .456 .789 116 26 0 0 0 0 0 1
1981 24 PIT NL 17 13 12 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .250 .308 .250 .558 58 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 25 PIT NL 43 92 85 10 24 5 0 2 16 0 0 3 22 .282 .311 .412 .723 98 35 2 1 2 1 0 1 SS
1983 26 PIT NL 10 13 13 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 .154 .154 .385 .538 43 5 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1984 27 PIT NL 53 35 31 6 9 0 0 1 5 0 0 4 9 .290 .371 .387 .759 114 12 0 0 0 0 1 1/7
1985 28 PIT NL 44 22 21 2 5 2 0 1 4 0 0 0 11 .238 .273 .476 .749 107 10 0 1 0 0 0 1
1986 29 PIT NL 50 6 6 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .667 .667 .833 1.500 309 5 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 30 TOT NL 69 19 18 2 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 4 .222 .263 .444 .708 86 8 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 30 PIT NL 44 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .143 .250 .143 .393 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 30 SFG NL 25 11 11 2 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .273 .273 .636 .909 136 7 0 0 0 0 0 1
1988 31 SFG NL 52 56 52 2 9 2 0 1 4 0 0 2 12 .173 .204 .269 .473 38 14 1 0 2 0 0 1
1989 32 SFG NL 40 82 81 7 15 1 0 3 7 0 0 1 23 .185 .195 .309 .504 44 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 SS
1990 33 SFG NL 31 66 63 4 9 1 0 2 7 0 0 0 17 .143 .143 .254 .397 9 16 2 0 3 0 0 1 SS
1991 34 SFG NL 35 41 40 1 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 13 .150 .171 .175 .346 -0 7 0 0 0 0 0 1
1992 35 TOT MLB 13 18 18 0 7 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .389 .389 .556 .944 165 10 1 0 0 0 0 1
1992 35 CAL AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1992 35 PHI NL 10 18 18 0 7 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .389 .389 .556 .944 165 10 1 0 0 0 0 /1
15 Yrs 551 665 631 47 146 23 0 13 69 0 1 16 168 .231 .252 .330 .582 62 208 6 2 15 1 1
162 Game Avg. 162 196 186 14 43 7 0 4 20 0 0 5 49 .231 .252 .330 .582 62 61 2 1 4 0 0
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 (10 yrs) 355 391 366 31 97 14 0 6 45 0 1 12 96 .265 .291 .352 .644 77 129 2 2 10 1 1
SFG (5 yrs) 183 256 247 16 42 6 0 7 23 0 0 4 67 .170 .183 .279 .463 31 69 3 0 5 0 0
PHI (1 yr) 10 18 18 0 7 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .389 .389 .556 .944 165 10 1 0 0 0 0
CAL (1 yr) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (15 yrs) 548 665 631 47 146 23 0 13 69 0 1 16 168 .231 .252 .330 .582 62 208 6 2 15 1 1
AL (1 yr) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
1978 21 PIT NL 35 89 -7 -1 0 0 10 3 0.3 3 5 0.3 .508 .502 0.3 0.0 5 $21,000 1 CYA-8,RoY-3
1979 22 PIT NL 29 56 -6 0 1 0 7 2 0.2 2 4 0.2 .507 .501 0.2 0.0 4 $ 1
1980 23 PIT NL 30 57 3 -0 0 0 6 9 1.0 2 11 1.0 .532 .506 1.0 0.0 11 $ 1
1981 24 PIT NL 17 13 -1 -0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .505 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
1982 25 PIT NL 43 92 -1 -1 -0 0 10 8 0.9 3 10 0.9 .520 .505 0.9 0.0 10 $ 1 SS
1983 26 PIT NL 10 13 -1 -0 0 0 2 0 0.1 0 1 0.1 .506 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ /1
1984 27 PIT NL 53 35 0 0 0 0 4 5 0.6 1 6 0.6 .510 .503 0.5 0.1 6 $ 1/7
1985 28 PIT NL 44 22 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.3 1 3 0.3 .506 .502 0.3 0.0 3 $520,000 1
1986 29 PIT NL 50 6 2 0 0 0 1 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .505 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $670,000 1
1987 30 PIT NL 44 8 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $795,000 1
1987 30 SFG NL 25 11 0 -1 0 0 2 1 0.1 0 2 0.1 .505 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $ 1
1988 31 SFG NL 52 56 -4 -0 1 0 7 3 0.3 2 4 0.3 .506 .502 0.3 0.0 4 $900,000 1
1989 32 SFG NL 40 82 -5 0 0 0 9 4 0.5 2 7 0.5 .512 .503 0.5 0.0 7 $900,000 1 SS
1990 33 SFG NL 31 66 -8 -0 -0 0 9 0 0.0 2 2 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 2 $950,000 1 SS
1991 34 SFG NL 35 41 -5 0 0 0 5 -0 -0.0 1 1 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $2,450,000 1
1992 35 CAL AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $900,000 /1
1992 35 PHI NL 10 18 1 -0 -0 0 2 3 0.3 0 4 0.3 .535 .502 0.3 0.0 4 $ /1
15 Seasons 551 665 -33 -4 1 0 78 43 4.9 20 63 4.9 .509 .502 4.8 0.4 63 $8,106,000
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
PIT (10 yrs) 355 391 -12 -3 1 0 45 32 3.6 12 44 3.7 .510 .502 3.6 0.3 43 $2,006,000
SFG (5 yrs) 183 256 -22 -1 1 0 31 8 1.0 7 16 0.9 .505 .501 0.9 0.1 16 $5,200,000
PHI (1 yr) 10 18 1 -0 -0 0 2 3 0.3 0 4 0.3 .535 .502 0.3 0.0 4 $
CAL (1 yr) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $900,000

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
1978 21 PIT NL 89 69 5 1.9 99 .317 .235 .268 .235 .336 .259 .394 .494 .730 36 .197 -7.8 -0.8 .338 .024 .024
1979 22 PIT NL 56 43 3 1.9 104 .250 .204 .275 .250 .341 .204 .408 .454 .749 23 .174 -5.5 -0.6 .333 .061 .000
1980 23 PIT NL 57 39 8 5.5 98 .409 .333 .270 .333 .333 .456 .392 .789 .725 116 .620 1.0 0.1 .641 .105 .123 .0
1981 24 PIT NL 13 9 1 3.0 95 .375 .250 .267 .308 .333 .250 .383 .558 .716 58 .360 -0.7 -0.1 .444 .083 .000
1982 25 PIT NL 92 66 11 4.5 98 .355 .282 .270 .311 .334 .412 .393 .723 .727 98 .529 -0.4 -0.0 .619 .165 .129 .0
1983 26 PIT NL 13 11 1 2.4 99 .125 .154 .267 .154 .336 .385 .395 .538 .731 43 .267 -1.2 -0.1 .455 .231 .231 .0
1984 27 PIT NL 35 22 5 6.1 94 .381 .290 .263 .371 .328 .387 .383 .759 .711 114 .668 0.6 0.1 .727 .226 .097 .0
1985 28 PIT NL 22 16 3 5.1 94 .444 .238 .259 .273 .327 .476 .386 .749 .712 107 .583 0.1 0.0 .688 .238 .238 .0
1986 29 PIT NL 6 2 3 40.6 99 .800 .667 .264 .667 .334 .833 .398 1.500 .732 309 .984 1.7 0.2 2.500 .167 .167
1987 30 TOT NL 19 14 2 3.8 104 .231 .222 .266 .263 .335 .444 .415 .708 .750 86 .404 -0.5 -0.0 .643 .278 .222 .0
1987 30 PIT NL 8 6 0 0.0 106 .200 .143 .269 .250 .339 .143 .419 .393 .758 8 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .333 .143 .000
1987 30 SFG NL 11 8 2 6.7 102 .250 .273 .264 .273 .333 .636 .412 .909 .745 136 .653 0.5 0.0 .875 .364 .364 .0
1988 31 SFG NL 56 46 3 1.8 86 .205 .173 .252 .204 .315 .269 .370 .473 .684 38 .182 -4.3 -0.5 .364 .135 .096 .0
1989 32 SFG NL 82 66 5 2.0 88 .218 .185 .250 .195 .317 .309 .373 .504 .690 44 .223 -6.4 -0.7 .394 .136 .123 .0
1990 33 SFG NL 66 59 2 0.9 95 .159 .143 .260 .143 .325 .254 .390 .397 .715 9 .053 -8.1 -0.8 .286 .111 .111 .0
1991 34 SFG NL 41 34 1 0.8 90 .222 .150 .253 .171 .320 .175 .379 .346 .699 -0 .045 -5.4 -0.6 .235 .050 .025
1992 35 TOT MLB 18 12 3 6.8 92 .538 .389 .259 .389 .325 .556 .381 .944 .706 165 .711 1.5 0.2 .833 .167 .167
1992 35 PHI NL 18 12 3 6.8 92 .538 .389 .259 .389 .325 .556 .381 .944 .706 165 .711 1.5 0.2 .833 .167 .167
15 Yrs 665 508 56 3.0 95 .295 .231 .263 .252 .329 .330 .388 .582 .716 62 .345 -35.3 -3.7 .457 .122 .098 .0
162 Game Avg. 196 149 16 3.0 95 .295 .231 .263 .252 .329 .330 .388 .582 .716 62 .345 -35.3 -3.7 .457 .122 .098
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
PIT (10 yrs) 391 283 40 3.8 98 .343 .265 .269 .291 .334 .352 .394 .644 .729 77 .450 -13.2 -1.4 .522 .117 .087 .0
SFG (5 yrs) 256 213 13 1.6 90 .202 .170 .254 .183 .320 .279 .379 .463 .699 31 .153 -23.7 -2.5 .351 .126 .109 .0
PHI (1 yr) 18 12 3 6.8 92 .538 .389 .259 .389 .325 .556 .381 .944 .706 165 .711 1.5 0.2 .833 .167 .167
NL (15 yrs) 665 508 56 3.0 95 .295 .231 .263 .252 .329 .330 .388 .582 .716 62 .345 -35.3 -3.7 .457 .122 .098 .0

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
1979 22 PIT NL NLCS CIN W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 22 PIT NL WS BAL W 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 30 SFG NL NLCS STL L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 32 SFG NL NLCS CHC W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 32 SFG NL WS OAK L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (5 Series) 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 NLCS 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
1978 21 PIT NL 89 0.0% 24.7% 0.0% 2.3% 10% 3.9 28.3 1.88 71%
1979 22 PIT NL 56 0.0% 16.1% 5.4% 0.0% 0% 3.00 5.4 16.3 2.78 71%
1980 23 PIT NL 57 1.8% 21.1% 0.0% 8.8% 26% 4.8 57.0 7.1 1.30 77%
1981 24 PIT NL 13 0.0% 30.8% 7.7% 0.0% 0% 4.00 3.0 12.0 1.50 62%
1982 25 PIT NL 92 2.2% 23.9% 3.3% 7.6% 29% 7.33 3.9 42.5 5.3 0.96 67%
1983 26 PIT NL 13 7.7% 30.8% 0.0% 7.7% 50% 3.3 13.0 4.3 0.17 62%
1984 27 PIT NL 35 2.9% 25.7% 11.4% 2.9% 11% 2.25 3.4 31.0 6.2 0.63 60%
1985 28 PIT NL 22 4.6% 50.0% 0.0% 13.6% 60% 1.9 21.0 5.3 1.50 41%
1986 29 PIT NL 6 0.0% 16.7% 0.0% 16.7% 25% 6.0 6.0 0.00 83%
1987 30 TOT NL 19 5.3% 21.1% 5.3% 10.5% 50% 4.00 4.5 18.0 9.0 1.50 68%
1987 30 PIT NL 8 0.0% 25.0% 12.5% 0.0% 0% 2.00 3.5 7.0 0.33 63%
1987 30 SFG NL 11 9.1% 18.2% 0.0% 18.2% 67% 5.5 11.0 11.0 5.00 73%
1988 31 SFG NL 56 1.8% 21.4% 3.6% 5.4% 33% 6.00 4.3 52.0 13.0 2.90 4.67 70% 7% 20.0% 50%
1989 32 SFG NL 82 3.7% 28.1% 1.2% 4.9% 27% 23.00 3.5 27.0 11.6 1.07 1.53 67% 14% 15.8% 32%
1990 33 SFG NL 66 3.0% 25.8% 0.0% 4.6% 33% 3.7 31.5 9.0 0.91 1.33 67% 16% 14.3% 39%
1991 34 SFG NL 41 0.0% 31.7% 2.4% 2.4% 17% 13.00 3.1 10.0 0.69 0.75 66% 19% 0.0% 38%
1992 35 TOT MLB 18 0.0% 27.8% 0.0% 16.7% 43% 3.6 18.0 1.60 6.00 72% 23% 0.0% 0%
1992 35 PHI NL 18 0.0% 27.8% 0.0% 16.7% 43% 3.6 18.0 1.60 6.00 72% 23% 0.0% 0%
15 Yrs 665 2.0% 25.3% 2.4% 5.4% 25% 10.50 3.8 48.5 9.1 1.21 1.49 68% 14% 11.3% 35%
MLB Averages 2.1% 14.0% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 1.65 6.4 42.8 8.5 0.80 1.07 74% 20% 6.2% 22%
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
1978 21 PIT NL -7.8 -0.8 89 -0.9 0.6 -1.6 .81 -0.8 -0.3 -9.3 -0.9 0.92 -8.5 0
1979 22 PIT NL -5.5 -0.6 56 -0.5 0.5 -1.0 1.03 -0.5 0.0 -5.5 -0.5 1.06 -5.4 0
1980 23 PIT NL 1.0 0.1 59 0.4 1.2 -0.8 .92 0.2 0.2 2.6 0.3 0.94 2.6 0
1981 24 PIT NL -0.7 -0.1 13 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 .96 -0.1 -0.2 -0.2 -0.0 1.08 -0.6 4.84 1
1982 25 PIT NL -0.4 -0.0 92 0.4 1.8 -1.4 .95 -0.1 0.5 6.2 0.6 0.93 -1.1 1.24 3
1983 26 PIT NL -1.2 -0.1 13 -0.2 0.3 -0.5 1.67 -0.0 -0.1 -1.6 -0.2 1.16 -0.6 3.21 1
1984 27 PIT NL 0.6 0.1 35 0.6 1.0 -0.4 1.04 0.2 0.4 3.0 0.3 0.81 3.0 2.40 0
1985 28 PIT NL 0.1 0.0 22 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 .86 -0.0 -0.1 1.6 0.2 0.93 -0.4 0
1986 29 PIT NL 1.7 0.2 6 0.1 0.1 -0.0 .70 0.2 -0.1 0.8 0.1 0.90 1.9 0
1987 30 TOT NL -0.5 -0.0 19 0.0 0.5 -0.4 1.06 -0.0 0.1 -1.2 -0.1 0.92 -1.7 1.09 3
1987 30 PIT NL -0.9 -0.1 8 -0.2 0.0 -0.3 1.35 -0.0 -0.1 -0.4 -0.0 0.97 -0.9 1.28 2
1987 30 SFG NL 0.5 0.0 11 0.3 0.4 -0.2 .85 0.0 0.3 -0.8 -0.1 0.89 -0.8 0.71 1
1988 31 SFG NL -4.3 -0.5 57 -0.3 0.7 -1.0 .98 -0.3 0.0 -2.7 -0.3 0.97 -3.7 0.01 1
1989 32 SFG NL -6.4 -0.7 83 -0.6 0.8 -1.3 .80 -0.6 -0.1 -4.1 -0.4 0.86 -5.1 1.37 6
1990 33 SFG NL -8.1 -0.8 67 -0.4 0.9 -1.3 .99 -0.6 0.2 -5.4 -0.6 0.93 -6.3 1.68 5
1991 34 SFG NL -5.4 -0.6 41 -0.3 0.4 -0.7 .84 -0.5 0.1 -3.2 -0.3 0.88 -5.1 0.86 2
1992 35 TOT MLB 1.5 0.2 18 0.0 0.3 -0.3 .92 0.1 -0.1 1.0 0.1 0.82 1.0 1.71 2
1992 35 CAL AL 0.0 0.0
1992 35 PHI NL 1.5 0.2 18 0.0 0.3 -0.3 .92 0.1 -0.1 1.0 0.1 0.82 1.0 1.71 2
15 Yrs -35.4 -3.7 670 -2.0 9.4 -11.4 .93 -2.9 0.8 -17.9 -1.9 0.93 -30.2 1.53 24
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
1978 21 PIT NL 1 0 10% 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 4 0 2 2 0 1 1 0
1979 22 PIT NL 0 0 31% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 43% 5 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 1
1980 23 PIT NL 3 0 17% 16 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 50% 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
1981 24 PIT NL 0 0 25% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 25 PIT NL 0 0 31% 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 18% 6 5 1 1 1 0 4 2 1
1983 26 PIT NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 27 PIT NL 0 0 42% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60% 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0
1985 28 PIT NL 0 0 20% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 29 PIT NL 0 0 25% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
1987 30 TOT NL 0 0 25% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 30 PIT NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 30 SFG NL 0 0 50% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 31 SFG NL 0 0 10% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1989 32 SFG NL 1 0 31% 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17% 4 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1990 33 SFG NL 0 0 29% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1991 34 SFG NL 0 0 14% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1992 35 TOT MLB 0 0 0% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 35 PHI NL 0 0 0% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Yrs 5 0 23% 202 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 11 24% 32 25 7 9 6 3 9 6 2
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
1978 21 PIT NL 89 30% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 10 0 0% 15 3 20% 56 4 7% 5 1 20% 5 2 40% 0
1979 22 PIT NL 56 36% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 14 0 0% 15 4 27% 45 3 7% 2 1 50% 3 1 33% 0
1980 23 PIT NL 57 37% 19 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 0% 6 0 0% 38 8 21% 5 3 60% 1 0 0% 0
1981 24 PIT NL 13 31% 3 1 0 0 0 4.84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 2 0 0% 11 1 9% 0 0 0 0 0
1982 25 PIT NL 92 29% 24 3 1 0 0 1.24 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 100% 18 2 11% 13 3 23% 56 14 25% 3 1 33% 5 4 80% 0
1983 26 PIT NL 13 23% 2 1 0 0 0 3.21 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0% 5 0 0% 13 2 15% 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 0
1984 27 PIT NL 35 49% 9 0 0 0 0 2.40 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0% 5 1 20% 16 4 25% 4 2 50% 1 0 0% 0
1985 28 PIT NL 22 9% 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 2 0 0% 14 3 21% 0 0 0 0 0
1986 29 PIT NL 6 50% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 0 0 0 0 0
1987 30 TOT NL 19 37% 4 3 0 0 0 1.09 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 13 1 8% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1987 30 PIT NL 8 38% 1 2 0 0 0 1.28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 8 1 13% 0 0 0 0 0
1987 30 SFG NL 11 36% 3 1 0 0 0 0.71 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 5 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1988 31 SFG NL 56 25% 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.01 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 67% 15 1 7% 15 2 13% 33 3 9% 2 0 0% 3 2 67% 0
1989 32 SFG NL 82 29% 15 1 0 6 0 0 0 1.37 3 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 8 0 0% 10 0 0% 36 4 11% 5 2 40% 0 0 0
1990 33 SFG NL 66 58% 9 1 0 5 2 1 2 1.68 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 3 3 100% 13 2 15% 13 3 23% 36 5 14% 4 3 75% 3 3 100% 0
1991 34 SFG NL 41 12% 6 4 0 2 0 0 0 0.86 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0% 5 0 0% 23 4 17% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
1992 35 TOT MLB 18 50% 7 2 0 2 0 0 0 1.71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 7 1 14% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1992 35 PHI NL 18 50% 7 2 0 2 0 0 0 1.71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 7 1 14% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
15 Yrs 665 33% 146 9 0 24 3 1 2 1.53 13 1 12 9 4 5 8 0 16 15 94% 107 6 6% 108 16 15% 403 58 14% 35 15 43% 23 12 52% 0
MLB Averages 59% 77% 11% 35% 15% 52% 55%
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

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 31 SFG NL 56 200 3.57 142 71% 18% 22% 31% 30% 82% 0% 59% 74% 39% 5% 3 0 11% 6 2 7% 4 4 17% 0 0 0
1989 32 SFG NL 80 270 3.38 188 70% 23% 23% 24% 30% 77% 0% 54% 70% 46% 1% 1 0 11% 9 8 8% 6 3 27% 2 0 0
1990 33 SFG NL 55 204 3.71 139 68% 14% 24% 34% 29% 86% 0% 59% 73% 50% 2% 1 0 9% 5 4 5% 3 3 0% 11 1 0
1991 34 SFG NL 41 159 3.88 106 67% 15% 32% 27% 25% 85% 0% 57% 62% 37% 2% 1 0 12% 5 4 7% 3 2 23% 0 0 0
1992 35 TOT MLB 18 79 4.39 54 68% 9% 24% 43% 24% 91% 0% 62% 73% 39% 0% 0 0 22% 4 3 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
1992 35 PHI NL 18 79 4.39 54 68% 9% 24% 43% 24% 91% 0% 62% 73% 39% 0% 0 0 22% 4 3 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
5 Yrs 250 912 3.65 629 69% 17% 24% 30% 28% 83% 0% 57% 70% 43% 2% 6 0 12% 29 21 6% 16 12 16% 13 1 0
MLB Averages 3.62 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 31% 6% 16% 9% 26%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1978 21 35 89 85 2 20 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 22 .235 .235 .259 .494 36 22 0 0 4 0 0
1979 22 64 145 134 6 30 2 0 0 6 0 0 3 31 .224 .241 .239 .480 31 32 0 0 8 0 0
1980 23 94 202 191 10 49 6 0 1 14 0 1 3 43 .257 .268 .304 .572 56 58 0 0 8 0 0
1981 24 111 215 203 11 52 6 0 1 15 0 1 4 47 .256 .271 .300 .571 56 61 0 0 8 0 0
1982 25 154 307 288 21 76 11 0 3 31 0 1 7 69 .264 .283 .333 .616 69 96 2 1 10 1 0
1983 26 164 320 301 22 78 11 0 4 34 0 1 7 73 .259 .277 .336 .613 68 101 2 1 10 1 0
1984 27 217 355 332 28 87 11 0 5 39 0 1 11 82 .262 .287 .340 .627 72 113 2 1 10 1 1
1985 28 261 377 353 30 92 13 0 6 43 0 1 11 93 .261 .286 .348 .635 74 123 2 2 10 1 1
1986 29 311 383 359 31 96 14 0 6 44 0 1 11 94 .267 .292 .357 .649 78 128 2 2 10 1 1
1987 30 380 402 377 33 100 15 0 7 46 0 1 12 98 .265 .291 .361 .652 78 136 2 2 10 1 1
1988 31 432 458 429 35 109 17 0 8 50 0 1 14 110 .254 .280 .350 .630 74 150 3 2 12 1 1
1989 32 472 540 510 42 124 18 0 11 57 0 1 15 133 .243 .267 .343 .610 69 175 3 2 12 1 1
1990 33 503 606 573 46 133 19 0 13 64 0 1 15 150 .232 .254 .333 .587 63 191 5 2 15 1 1
1991 34 538 647 613 47 139 20 0 13 68 0 1 16 163 .227 .248 .323 .571 59 198 5 2 15 1 1
1992 35 551 665 631 47 146 23 0 13 69 0 1 16 168 .231 .252 .330 .582 62 208 6 2 15 1 1

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
1978 21 35 89 85 2 20 2 0 0 3 0 0 22 .235 .235 .259 .494 5 35
1979 22 29 55 48 3 9 0 0 0 2 0 3 9 .188 .235 .188 .423 2 29
1980 23 30 57 57 4 19 4 0 1 8 0 0 12 .333 .333 .456 .789 9 30
1981 24 26 21 19 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 2 6 .263 .333 .263 .596 2 17
1982 25 43 92 85 10 24 5 0 2 16 0 3 22 .282 .311 .412 .723 11 43
1983 26 10 13 13 1 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 4 .154 .154 .385 .538 1 10
1984 27 53 36 32 7 10 0 0 1 6 0 4 9 .313 .389 .406 .795 5 53
1985 28 44 23 22 3 6 2 0 1 5 0 0 11 .273 .304 .500 .804 3 44
1986 29 50 6 6 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 .667 .667 .833 1.500 3 50
1987 30 69 19 18 2 4 1 0 1 2 0 1 4 .222 .263 .444 .708 2 69
1988 31 52 56 52 2 9 2 0 1 4 0 2 12 .173 .204 .269 .473 3 52
1989 32 40 84 83 9 17 1 0 3 9 0 1 23 .205 .214 .325 .540 6 40
1990 33 31 67 64 5 10 1 0 2 9 0 0 17 .156 .156 .266 .422 3 31
1991 34 35 40 39 1 5 1 0 0 3 0 1 13 .128 .150 .154 .304 1 35
1992 35 13 18 18 0 7 3 0 0 1 0 0 5 .389 .389 .556 .944 4 13
15 Yrs 560 676 641 52 151 23 0 13 75 0 17 170 .236 .257 .332 .589 60 551
162 Game Avg. 162 196 185 15 44 7 0 4 22 0 5 49 .236 .257 .332 .589 17 551

* 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

Awards (yr lg award)
1984 ML Hutch Award

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1978 NL (8, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (283rd)

Silver Sluggers
1982 NL (P)
1989 NL (P)
1990 NL (P)
All multiple winners

             

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Sherry Smith (973)
  2. Rick Rhoden (973)
  3. Jean Dubuc (969)
  4. Jim Tobin (963)
  5. Catfish Hunter (962) *
  6. Elam Vangilder (962)
  7. Don Larsen (959)
  8. George Earnshaw (958)
  9. Whit Wyatt (958)
  10. Bill Swift (958)
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  1. Elam Vangilder (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Joe Nuxhall (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Joe Nuxhall (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Sherry Smith (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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