Jim Rooker

James Phillip Rooker

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: September 23, 1942 in Lakeview, OR
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 30, 1968
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Royals/Tigers 1968-1980

Final Game: May 2, 1980
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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
1960	17	DET-min	D	69	254	254		56	11	3	1						.220	.220	.299	.520		76							DEC · MIDW
1961	18	DET-min	D	125	451	451		121	16	13	10						.268	.268	.428	.696		193							JAM · NYPL
1962	19	DET-min	D	119	529	455	101	128	15	8	16	80	27	4	66	134	.281	.376	.455	.831		207		5	0	3			JAM · NYPL
1963	20	DET-min	A	115	412	412		112	12	11	19						.272	.272	.493	.765		203							DSU · NORL
1964	21	DET-min	A,AA	104	333	330	5	71	9	1	13	11	0	0	3	37	.215	.222	.367	.589		121							DSU,KNX · NORL,SOUL
1965	22	DET-min	AA,A	59	87	82	3	12	0	2	1	3	0	1	5	16	.146	.195	.232	.427		19							MTG,RKM · SOUL,CARL
1966	23	DET-min	A,AA	49	77	76	0	17	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	.224	.234	.382	.615		29							RKM,MTG · CARL,SOUL
1967	24	DET-min	AAA,AA	47	84	80	6	18	1	1	3	9	0	0	2	27	.225	.244	.375	.619		30		0	2	0			TOL,MTG · IL,SOUL
1968	25	DET-min	AAA	34	81	77	8	16	1	1	3	11	0	0	2	26	.208	.225	.364	.589		28		0	1	1			TOL · IL
1968	25	DET	AL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1969	26	KCR-min	A,AAA	4	7	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	.429	.429	.429	.857		3		0	0	0			HPT,OMA · CARL,AA
1969	26	KCR	AL	34	59	57	7	16	3	0	4	8	0	0	1	19	.281	.305	.544	.849	134	31	2	1	0	0	0	1
1970	27	KCR	AL	41	76	70	12	14	4	0	1	13	0	0	2	35	.200	.230	.300	.530	46	21	3	1	2	1	0	1/7
1971	28	KCR-min	AAA	7	18	16	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	6	.063	.167	.250	.417		4		0	0	0			OMA · AA
1971	28	KCR	AL	21	13	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.000	.167	.000	.167	-49	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1972	29	KCR-min	AAA	8	24	21	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	.143	.174	.143	.317		3		0	1	1			OMA · AA
1972	29	KCR	AL	18	22	20	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	.100	.095	.100	.195	-41	2	1	0	0	1	0	1
1973	30	PIT	NL	42	57	49	5	12	0	0	0	5	0	0	2	24	.245	.288	.245	.533	51	12	0	1	5	0	0	1
1974	31	PIT	NL	33	106	95	8	29	5	2	0	8	0	0	5	31	.305	.337	.400	.737	110	38	1	0	5	1	0	1
1975	32	PIT	NL	28	75	63	4	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	20	.095	.136	.095	.232	-34	6	1	0	9	0	0	1
1976	33	PIT	NL	33	81	74	9	16	2	1	1	6	0	0	1	31	.216	.224	.311	.534	51	23	1	0	5	1	0	1
1977	34	PIT	NL	30	75	70	4	13	1	0	0	5	1	0	4	27	.186	.230	.200	.430	16	14	2	0	1	0	0	1
1978	35	PIT	NL	32	58	56	2	9	2	1	0	5	2	0	0	17	.161	.158	.232	.390	6	13	2	0	1	1	0	1
1979	36	PIT	NL	19	36	33	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	.121	.147	.121	.268	-27	4	1	0	2	0	0	1
1980	37	PIT	NL	4	8	7	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.571	.714	89	4	0	0	1	0	0	/1
13 Yrs				337	668	606	54	122	17	4	7	56	3	0	21	229	.201	.230	.277	.507	41	168	14	3	32	5	0
162 Game Avg.				162	321	291	26	59	8	2	3	27	1	0	10	110	.201	.230	.277	.507	41	81	7	1	15	2	0

PIT (8 yrs)				221	496	447	34	90	10	4	2	33	3	0	16	165	.201	.229	.255	.484	35	114	8	1	29	3	0
KCR (4 yrs)				114	170	157	20	32	7	0	5	23	0	0	5	63	.204	.235	.344	.579	61	54	6	2	3	2	0
DET (1 yr)				2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (8 yrs)				221	496	447	34	90	10	4	2	33	3	0	16	165	.201	.229	.255	.484	35	114	8	1	29	3	0
AL (5 yrs)				116	172	159	20	32	7	0	5	23	0	0	5	64	.201	.232	.340	.572	59	54	6	2	3	2	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
1968	25	DET	AL	2	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.487	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$8,000	/1
1969	26	KCR	AL	34	59	2	-0	-0	0	7	8	0.9	2	10	0.9	.527	.506	0.9	-0.0	10	$15,000	1
1970	27	KCR	AL	41	76	-5	0	-0	-0	9	4	0.4	2	6	0.4	.510	.503	0.4	-0.0	6	$	1/7
1971	28	KCR	AL	21	13	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.497	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
1972	29	KCR	AL	18	22	-4	0	-0	0	2	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.489	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$	1
1973	30	PIT	NL	42	57	-2	0	0	0	6	5	0.5	2	6	0.5	.512	.503	0.5	0.0	6	$	1
1974	31	PIT	NL	33	106	0	0	1	0	11	12	1.3	3	15	1.3	.539	.508	1.3	0.0	15	$	1
1975	32	PIT	NL	28	75	-10	-0	0	0	8	-2	-0.2	2	0	-0.2	.492	.499	-0.2	0.0	0	$	1
1976	33	PIT	NL	33	81	-6	1	-0	0	9	4	0.4	2	6	0.4	.513	.503	0.4	0.0	6	$	1
1977	34	PIT	NL	30	75	-9	-0	-0	0	9	-0	-0.0	2	2	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	2	$	1
1978	35	PIT	NL	32	58	-7	-0	0	0	7	-1	-0.1	2	1	-0.1	.497	.499	-0.1	0.0	1	$	1
1979	36	PIT	NL	19	36	-5	-0	0	0	4	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.492	.499	-0.2	0.0	-0	$	1
1980	37	PIT	NL	4	8	-0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.525	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	/1
13 Seasons				337	668	-48	0	-0	-0	75	26	2.8	20	46	2.9	.508	.501	2.8	0.0	46	$23,000

PIT (8 yrs)				221	496	-39	0	1	0	55	17	1.8	15	31	1.9	.508	.501	1.8	0.1	31	$
KCR (4 yrs)				114	170	-9	0	-1	-0	20	10	1.0	5	15	1.0	.509	.502	1.0	-0.1	15	$15,000
DET (1 yr)				2	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.487	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$8,000

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
1968	25	DET	AL	2	2	0	0.0	82	.000	.000	.241	.000	.311	.000	.357	.000	.668	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1969	26	KCR	AL	59	43	9	5.6	95	.353	.281	.254	.305	.331	.544	.384	.849	.715	134	.630	2.0	0.2	.767	.281	.263	.0
1970	27	KCR	AL	76	62	4	1.7	97	.371	.200	.257	.230	.331	.300	.392	.530	.723	46	.160	-5.3	-0.5	.407	.129	.100	.0
1971	28	KCR	AL	13	11	0	0.0	91	.000	.000	.253	.167	.324	.000	.375	.167	.700	-49	.000	-2.0	-0.2	.200	.200	.000
1972	29	KCR	AL	22	20	0	0.0	82	.125	.100	.246	.095	.314	.100	.354	.195	.669	-41	.000	-3.5	-0.4	.105	.000	.000
1973	30	PIT	NL	57	42	4	2.6	95	.480	.245	.260	.288	.329	.245	.387	.533	.716	51	.281	-3.3	-0.3	.405	.041	.000
1974	31	PIT	NL	106	73	13	4.8	91	.446	.305	.258	.337	.329	.400	.372	.737	.701	110	.555	1.0	0.1	.642	.147	.095
1975	32	PIT	NL	75	67	1	0.4	95	.140	.095	.263	.136	.334	.095	.380	.232	.714	-34	.013	-11.6	-1.2	.155	.048	.000
1976	33	PIT	NL	81	65	5	2.1	92	.349	.216	.263	.224	.329	.311	.374	.534	.703	51	.223	-5.2	-0.6	.407	.108	.095	.0
1977	34	PIT	NL	75	60	3	1.4	105	.302	.186	.272	.230	.340	.200	.414	.430	.754	16	.095	-8.6	-0.9	.322	.086	.014	.0
1978	35	PIT	NL	58	51	2	1.0	99	.225	.161	.268	.158	.336	.232	.394	.390	.730	6	.074	-7.4	-0.8	.306	.107	.071	.0
1979	36	PIT	NL	36	32	1	0.8	104	.200	.121	.275	.147	.341	.121	.408	.268	.749	-27	.046	-6.0	-0.6	.167	.030	.000
1980	37	PIT	NL	8	7	1	3.9	98	.000	.143	.270	.143	.333	.571	.392	.714	.725	89	.457	-0.2	-0.0	.667	.429	.429	.0
13 Yrs				668	535	43	2.2	96	.307	.201	.262	.230	.332	.277	.386	.507	.718	41	.225	-50.7	-5.3	.392	.116	.076	4.2
162 Game Avg.				321	257	21	2.2	96	.307	.201	.262	.230	.332	.277	.386	.507	.718	41	.225	-50.7	-5.3	.392	.116	.076	2

PIT (8 yrs)				496	397	30	2.0	96	.311	.201	.264	.229	.333	.255	.387	.484	.721	35	.203	-41.5	-4.3	.367	.096	.054	2.4
KCR (4 yrs)				170	136	13	2.6	94	.297	.204	.254	.235	.328	.344	.383	.579	.712	61	.293	-8.7	-0.9	.466	.172	.140	.0
DET (1 yr)				2	2	0	0.0	82	.000	.000	.241	.000	.311	.000	.357	.000	.668	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

NL (8 yrs)				496	397	30	2.0	96	.311	.201	.264	.229	.333	.255	.387	.484	.721	35	.203	-41.5	-4.3	.367	.096	.054	2.4
AL (5 yrs)				172	138	13	2.5	94	.293	.201	.254	.232	.328	.340	.383	.572	.711	59	.288	-9.2	-1.0	.459	.170	.138	.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
1974	31	PIT	NL	NLCS	LAD	L	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
1975	32	PIT	NL	NLCS	CIN	L	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

1979	36	PIT	NL	WS	BAL	W	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs (3 Series)							4	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0
2 NLCS							2	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	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	GO/AO	IP%
1968	25	DET	AL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0				50%
1969	26	KCR	AL	59	6.8%	32.2%	1.7%	11.9%	44%	19.00	3.0	14.3	7.1	1.50	58%
1970	27	KCR	AL	76	1.3%	46.1%	2.6%	6.6%	36%	17.50	2.0	70.0	5.4	1.33	46%
1971	28	KCR	AL	13	0.0%	30.8%	15.4%	0.0%		2.00	2.5			1.33	46%
1972	29	KCR	AL	22	0.0%	22.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.0		10.0	0.67	73%
1973	30	PIT	NL	57	0.0%	42.1%	3.5%	0.0%	0%	12.00	2.0		9.8	2.00	44%
1974	31	PIT	NL	106	0.0%	29.3%	4.7%	6.6%	24%	6.20	3.1		11.9	2.31	61%
1975	32	PIT	NL	75	0.0%	26.7%	4.0%	0.0%	0%	6.67	3.2		31.5	2.00	57%
1976	33	PIT	NL	81	1.2%	38.3%	1.2%	4.9%	25%	31.00	2.4	74.0	12.3	1.77	53%
1977	34	PIT	NL	75	0.0%	36.0%	5.3%	1.3%	8%	6.75	2.6		14.0	1.77	57%
1978	35	PIT	NL	58	0.0%	29.3%	0.0%	5.2%	33%		3.3		11.2	1.92	69%
1979	36	PIT	NL	36	0.0%	36.1%	2.8%	0.0%	0%	13.00	2.5			2.17	56%
1980	37	PIT	NL	8	12.5%	25.0%	0.0%	12.5%	100%		3.5	7.0	3.5	4.00	50%
13 Yrs				668	1.1%	34.3%	3.1%	4.2%	23%	10.90	2.6	86.6	10.8	1.77	56%
MLB Averages					1.9%	13.7%	8.6%	6.2%	27%	1.59	6.5	45.8	8.8	1.10	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1968	25	DET	AL	-0.5	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.20	-0.0	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.67	-0.5		0
1969	26	KCR	AL	2.0	0.2	59	0.0	1.3	-1.3	1.04	0.3	-0.3	0.2	0.0	0.83	2.7	1.09	2
1970	27	KCR	AL	-5.3	-0.5	77	-0.0	1.6	-1.7	1.12	-0.3	0.3	-2.9	-0.3	1.01	-3.8	0.95	1
1971	28	KCR	AL	-2.0	-0.2	13	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.87	-0.2	-0.0	-2.0	-0.2	0.88	-2.0		0
1972	29	KCR	AL	-3.5	-0.4	22	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.72	-0.3	0.1	-3.0	-0.3	0.97	-3.2		0
1973	30	PIT	NL	-3.3	-0.3	57	-0.3	0.5	-0.8	.74	-0.2	-0.2	2.4	0.2	1.04	-1.4		0
1974	31	PIT	NL	0.8	0.1	106	-0.0	1.5	-1.6	.88	0.1	-0.1	-1.2	-0.1	0.94	-0.2		0
1975	32	PIT	NL	-11.7	-1.2	75	-0.9	0.4	-1.4	.90	-1.0	-0.0	-12.1	-1.3	1.00	-11.0		0
1976	33	PIT	NL	-5.2	-0.6	81	-0.3	0.9	-1.2	.79	-0.5	0.1	-9.0	-1.0	0.96	-6.1		0
1977	34	PIT	NL	-8.6	-0.9	78	-0.9	0.6	-1.5	.88	-0.9	-0.1	-8.6	-0.9	0.98	-8.2		0
1978	35	PIT	NL	-7.4	-0.8	60	-0.4	0.7	-1.1	1.01	-0.7	0.3	-8.0	-0.8	1.04	-7.8		0
1979	36	PIT	NL	-6.0	-0.6	37	-0.6	0.2	-0.9	.96	-0.7	0.0	-8.5	-0.9	1.07	-7.1		0
1980	37	PIT	NL	-0.2	-0.0	8	0.0	0.2	-0.2	1.12	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	-0.0	1.02	-0.2		0
13 Yrs				-50.9	-5.3	675	-3.9	8.3	-12.1	.91	-4.4	0.2	-53.0	-5.5	0.98	-48.7	1.05	3

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	SB%	SB2	SB3	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1968	25	DET	AL	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	26	KCR	AL	0	0	21%	23	0		0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1970	27	KCR	AL	1	0	69%	25	0		0	0	0	2	2	42%	5	4	1	2	1	1	5	2	3
1971	28	KCR	AL	0	0	0%	5	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1972	29	KCR	AL	0	1	50%	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1973	30	PIT	NL	2	0	33%	23	0		0	0	0	1	0	64%	9	4	5	0	0	0	2	0	2
1974	31	PIT	NL	0	0	24%	52	0		0	0	0	2	2	39%	9	6	3	0	0	0	4	2	2
1975	32	PIT	NL	3	0	44%	19	0		0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	33	PIT	NL	0	0	50%	27	0		0	0	0	0	2	86%	3	1	2	1	0	1	3	0	3
1977	34	PIT	NL	0	0	24%	25	1	100%	0	1	1	0	1	0%	3	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
1978	35	PIT	NL	0	0	22%	17	2	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
1979	36	PIT	NL	1	0	20%	11	0		0	0	1	1	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1980	37	PIT	NL	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13 Yrs				7	1	34%	229	3	100%	2	1	2	6	7	40%	33	22	11	7	5	2	17	7	10

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
1968	25	DET	AL	2	50%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1969	26	KCR	AL	59	37%	16			2	0	0	0	1.09	4	0	0	1	3	1	3	0	1	0	0%	8	2	25%	9	0	0%	25	4	16%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0
1970	27	KCR	AL	76	29%	14			1	0	0	0	0.95	1	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	3	2	67%	18	3	17%	19	3	16%	53	13	25%	8	4	50%	5	2	40%	0
1971	28	KCR	AL	13	54%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	3	0	0%	4	0	0%	6	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1972	29	KCR	AL	22	27%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	1	20%	6	1	17%	16	2	13%	2	1	50%	2	0	0%	0
1973	30	PIT	NL	57	39%	12			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	100%	11	0	0%	10	2	20%	42	9	21%	4	2	50%	1	1	100%	0
1974	31	PIT	NL	106	39%	29			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	10	5	50%	21	1	5%	22	5	23%	58	9	16%	8	2	25%	3	1	33%	0
1975	32	PIT	NL	75	28%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	9	90%	17	1	6%	21	4	19%	50	2	4%	5	1	20%	2	1	50%	0
1976	33	PIT	NL	81	27%	16			0	0	0	0		1	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	6	5	83%	11	1	9%	15	3	20%	50	5	10%	4	1	25%	2	0	0%	0
1977	34	PIT	NL	75	37%	13			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	33%	10	2	20%	14	2	14%	45	6	13%	1	0	0%	3	2	67%	0
1978	35	PIT	NL	58	38%	9			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	25%	11	2	18%	10	4	40%	45	5	11%	5	3	60%	1	0	0%	0
1979	36	PIT	NL	36	39%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	50%	8	1	13%	9	1	11%	25	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0
1980	37	PIT	NL	8	0%	1			0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	50%	3	0	0%	3	2	67%	6	1	17%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
13 Yrs				668	34%	122			3	0	0	0	1.05	7	0	22	4	3	1	6	0	50	32	64%	126	14	11%	142	27	19%	422	56	13%	40	14	35%	24	7	29%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			77%			11%			33%			14%			49%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1968	25	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0
1969	26	36	61	59	7	16	3	0	4	8	0	1	20	.271	.295	.525	.821	127	31	2	1	0	0
1970	27	77	137	129	19	30	7	0	5	21	0	3	55	.233	.259	.403	.662	82	52	5	2	2	1
1971	28	98	150	139	19	30	7	0	5	21	0	5	59	.216	.252	.374	.626	73	52	5	2	3	1
1972	29	116	172	159	20	32	7	0	5	23	0	5	64	.201	.232	.340	.572	59	54	6	2	3	2
1973	30	158	229	208	25	44	7	0	5	28	0	7	88	.212	.245	.317	.563	57	66	6	3	8	2
1974	31	191	335	303	33	73	12	2	5	36	0	12	119	.241	.274	.343	.617	74	104	7	3	13	3
1975	32	219	410	366	37	79	12	2	5	38	0	15	139	.216	.251	.301	.551	55	110	8	3	22	3
1976	33	252	491	440	46	95	14	3	6	44	0	16	170	.216	.246	.302	.548	54	133	9	3	27	4
1977	34	282	566	510	50	108	15	3	6	49	1	20	197	.212	.244	.288	.532	49	147	11	3	28	4
1978	35	314	624	566	52	117	17	4	6	54	3	20	214	.207	.236	.283	.518	45	160	13	3	29	5
1979	36	333	660	599	53	121	17	4	6	54	3	21	227	.202	.231	.274	.505	40	164	14	3	31	5
1980	37	337	668	606	54	122	17	4	7	56	3	21	229	.201	.230	.277	.507	41	168	14	3	32	5

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
1968	25	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
1969	26	34	60	58	8	17	3	0	4	9	0	1	19	.293	.317	.552	.868	10	34
1970	27	41	77	71	13	15	4	0	1	14	0	2	35	.211	.240	.310	.550	5	41
1971	28	21	13	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	21
1972	29	19	22	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	18
1973	30	42	58	50	6	13	0	0	0	6	0	2	24	.260	.302	.260	.562	4	42
1974	31	33	107	96	9	30	5	2	0	9	0	5	31	.313	.343	.406	.749	14	33
1975	32	28	77	64	5	7	0	0	0	2	0	4	20	.109	.162	.109	.271	1	28
1976	33	33	82	75	10	17	2	1	1	7	0	1	31	.227	.234	.320	.554	6	33
1977	34	30	74	69	4	12	1	0	0	5	1	4	27	.174	.219	.188	.408	3	30
1978	35	32	58	56	2	9	2	1	0	5	2	0	17	.161	.158	.232	.390	2	32
1979	36	19	37	34	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	.147	.171	.147	.318	1	19
1980	37	4	8	7	2	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	2	.143	.143	.571	.714	1	4
13 Yrs		338	675	613	61	126	17	4	7	61	3	22	229	.206	.235	.281	.515	47	337
162 Game Avg.		162	324	294	29	60	8	2	3	29	1	11	110	.206	.235	.281	.515	23	337

* 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.

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