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Jerry Royster

Jeron Kennis Royster

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: October 18, 1952 in Sacramento, CA
High School: Sacramento (Sacramento, CA)
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1970. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 14, 1973
Teams (by GP): Braves/Padres/WhiteSox/Dodgers/Yankees 1973-1988

Final Game: September 28, 1988
Relatives: Cousin of Greg Vaughn
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 12:19AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1606. Sid Farrar… #1607. George Metkovich… #1608. Buddy Hassett… #1609. JERRY ROYSTER… #1610. Mickey Hatcher… #1611. Jack Cust… #1612. Tim Foli… 

Standard Batting

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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
1973 20 LAD NL 10 19 19 1 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 5 .211 .211 .211 .421 19 4 0 0 0 0 0 /54
1974 21 LAD NL 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /45
1975 22 LAD NL 13 37 36 2 9 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 .250 .270 .361 .631 78 13 1 0 0 0 0 /456
1976 23 ATL NL 149 605 533 65 132 13 1 5 45 24 13 52 53 .248 .313 .304 .617 72 162 11 1 14 5 4 *5/6
1977 24 ATL NL 140 491 445 64 96 10 2 6 28 28 10 38 67 .216 .278 .288 .566 46 128 11 1 6 1 3 564/
1978 25 ATL NL 140 600 529 67 137 17 8 2 35 27 17 56 49 .259 .331 .333 .664 78 176 9 3 8 4 2 46/5
1979 26 ATL NL 154 676 601 103 164 25 6 3 51 35 8 62 59 .273 .337 .349 .687 83 210 8 0 6 7 0 54
1980 27 ATL NL 123 435 392 42 95 17 5 1 20 22 13 37 48 .242 .309 .319 .627 74 125 6 1 4 1 1 45
1981 28 ATL NL 64 105 93 13 19 4 1 0 9 7 5 7 14 .204 .257 .269 .526 49 25 2 0 4 1 0 54
1982 29 ATL NL 108 293 261 43 77 13 2 2 25 14 6 22 36 .295 .351 .383 .734 103 100 3 2 5 3 1 546
1983 30 ATL NL 91 303 268 32 63 10 3 3 30 11 7 28 35 .235 .305 .328 .634 71 88 12 0 5 2 2 546
1984 31 ATL NL 81 247 227 22 47 13 2 1 21 6 4 15 41 .207 .257 .295 .552 51 67 8 1 2 2 1 456
1985 32 SDP NL 90 287 249 31 70 13 2 5 31 6 5 32 31 .281 .363 .410 .772 117 102 6 1 3 2 1 45/6
1986 33 SDP NL 118 298 257 31 66 12 0 5 26 3 5 32 45 .257 .336 .362 .697 95 93 6 0 6 3 3 564/
1987 34 TOT AL 73 225 196 26 52 13 0 7 27 4 2 23 32 .265 .342 .439 .781 104 86 5 1 3 2 1 57/4D6
1987 34 CHW AL 55 178 154 25 37 11 0 7 23 2 1 19 28 .240 .324 .448 .772 100 69 2 1 2 2 1 57/4D
1987 34 NYY AL 18 47 42 1 15 2 0 0 4 2 1 4 4 .357 .413 .405 .818 120 17 3 0 1 0 0 5/476
1988 35 ATL NL 68 111 102 8 18 3 0 0 1 0 0 6 16 .176 .222 .206 .428 22 21 2 0 3 0 1 5/46
16 Seasons 1428 4732 4208 552 1049 165 33 40 352 189 95 411 534 .249 .315 .333 .648 76 1400 90 11 69 33 20
162 Game Avg. 162 537 477 63 119 19 4 5 40 21 11 47 61 .249 .315 .333 .648 76 159 10 1 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
ATL (10 yrs) 1118 3866 3451 459 848 125 30 23 265 174 83 323 418 .246 .310 .319 .629 70 1102 72 9 57 26 15
LAD (3 yrs) 29 56 55 5 13 2 1 0 3 2 0 1 8 .236 .250 .309 .559 57 17 1 0 0 0 0
SDP (2 yrs) 208 585 506 62 136 25 2 10 57 9 10 64 76 .269 .349 .385 .734 106 195 12 1 9 5 4
NYY (1 yr) 18 47 42 1 15 2 0 0 4 2 1 4 4 .357 .413 .405 .818 120 17 3 0 1 0 0
CHW (1 yr) 55 178 154 25 37 11 0 7 23 2 1 19 28 .240 .324 .448 .772 100 69 2 1 2 2 1
NL (15 yrs) 1355 4507 4012 526 997 152 33 33 325 185 93 388 502 .249 .314 .328 .642 75 1314 85 10 66 31 19
AL (1 yr) 73 225 196 26 52 13 0 7 27 4 2 23 32 .265 .342 .439 .781 104 86 5 1 3 2 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1973 20 LAD NL 19 -2 0 1 0 -2 0 1 -1 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $ /54
1975 22 LAD NL 37 -1 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ /456
1976 23 ATL NL 605 -16 0 1 0 8 4 18 14 1.2 7 0.7 0.5 $ *5/6
1977 24 ATL NL 491 -32 3 -2 0 -25 4 15 -38 -4.0 -12 -1.3 -2.7 $40,000 564/
1978 25 ATL NL 600 -13 0 3 -1 -12 6 17 0 -0.1 12 1.4 -1.5 $100,000 46/5
1979 26 ATL NL 676 -11 8 -2 1 -4 4 19 15 1.4 19 2.1 -0.7 $100,000 54
1980 27 ATL NL 435 -9 -3 2 0 -3 0 14 1 -0.1 4 0.4 -0.5 $ 45
1981 28 ATL NL 105 -6 -1 0 0 -3 0 3 -7 -0.8 -4 -0.4 -0.4 $255,000 54
1982 29 ATL NL 293 5 2 0 2 0 0 9 19 2.0 18 1.9 0.1 $ 546
1983 30 ATL NL 303 -10 -3 5 -1 2 1 9 3 0.3 1 0.1 0.2 $ 546
1984 31 ATL NL 247 -14 0 1 -1 3 1 8 -3 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $ 456
1985 32 SDP NL 287 7 -1 0 0 3 2 9 19 2.0 17 1.8 0.2 $325,000 45/6
1986 33 SDP NL 298 -1 -1 0 -1 0 1 9 8 0.8 7 0.7 0.1 $362,500 564/
1987 34 CHW AL 178 0 -1 -1 0 -3 -1 6 0 0.0 3 0.3 -0.3 $260,000 57/4D
1987 34 NYY AL 47 2 1 0 0 -3 0 1 2 0.2 4 0.4 -0.2 $ 5/476
1988 35 ATL NL 111 -10 -1 0 0 2 0 3 -6 -0.7 -8 -0.9 0.2 $ 5/46
15 Seasons 4732 -111 4 8 -1 -35 22 142 28 1.7 64 6.8 -5.1 $1,442,500
ATL (10 yrs) 3866 -116 5 8 0 -32 20 115 -2 -1.3 32 3.5 -4.8 $495,000
LAD (2 yrs) 56 -3 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $
SDP (2 yrs) 585 6 -2 0 -1 3 3 18 27 2.8 24 2.5 0.3 $687,500
NYY (1 yr) 47 2 1 0 0 -3 0 1 2 0.2 4 0.4 -0.2 $
CHW (1 yr) 178 0 -1 -1 0 -3 -1 6 0 0.0 3 0.3 -0.3 $260,000

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
1982 29 ATL NL NLCS STL L 3 11 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .182 .182 .182 .364 2 2 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 3 11 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .182 .182 .182 .364 2 2 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1973 LAD NL 20 3B 6 19 2 14 3 1 .842 -1 2.67 .946 2.88
1973 LAD NL 20 2B 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 1.00 .980 5.50
1974 LAD NL 21 2B 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0 2.00 .975 5.50
1974 LAD NL 21 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00
1974 LAD NL 21 OF 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 1.00 .980 2.30
1974 LAD NL 21 RF 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 9.00 1.00 .980 1.80 2.00
1975 LAD NL 22 OF 7 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0 0.86 .978 2.29
1975 LAD NL 22 2B 4 16 5 11 0 3 1.000 1 4.00 .975 5.55
1975 LAD NL 22 3B 3 7 1 4 2 1 .714 0 1.67 .946 2.97
1975 LAD NL 22 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.00
1975 LAD NL 22 RF 6 5 1 33.1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0 14 1.62 1.00 .973 2.02 2.03
1975 LAD NL 22 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.10
1976 ATL NL 23 3B 148 480 156 306 18 35 .963 8 3.12 .952 2.92
1976 ATL NL 23 SS 2 7 2 4 1 0 .857 -1 3.00 .964 5.05
1977 ATL NL 24 3B 56 128 46 76 6 6 .953 -10 2.18 .956 2.98
1977 ATL NL 24 SS 51 181 60 106 15 20 .917 -10 3.25 .963 5.03
1977 ATL NL 24 2B 38 168 76 85 7 14 .958 -6 4.24 .977 5.24
1977 ATL NL 24 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.00 2.30
1977 ATL NL 24 CF 1 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70
1978 ATL NL 25 2B 75 389 186 193 10 39 .974 -13 5.05 .977 5.25
1978 ATL NL 25 SS 60 294 98 183 13 27 .956 1 4.68 .966 4.84
1978 ATL NL 25 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00
1979 ATL NL 26 3B 80 287 91 181 15 12 .948 4 3.40 .951 2.88
1979 ATL NL 26 2B 77 401 170 224 7 50 .983 -8 5.12 .979 5.40
1980 ATL NL 27 2B 49 250 108 129 13 30 .948 -6 4.84 .980 5.49
1980 ATL NL 27 3B 48 52 15 37 0 1 1.000 1 1.08 .948 2.88
1980 ATL NL 27 OF 41 77 72 0 5 1 .935 2 1.76 .980 2.31
1980 ATL NL 27 LF 41 41 17 320.0 76 71 0 5 0 .934 2 9 2.00 1.73 .976 2.06 2.06
1981 ATL NL 28 3B 24 40 15 23 2 2 .950 -1 1.58 .948 2.85
1981 ATL NL 28 2B 13 50 20 28 2 7 .960 -2 3.69 .982 5.54
1982 ATL NL 29 3B 62 87 31 51 5 3 .943 -1 1.32 .951 2.78
1982 ATL NL 29 OF 25 43 39 2 2 1 .953 -0 1.64 .978 2.26
1982 ATL NL 29 2B 16 58 21 34 3 8 .948 0 3.44 .978 5.43
1982 ATL NL 29 SS 10 40 14 25 1 8 .975 2 3.90 .967 5.02
1982 ATL NL 29 LF 25 24 9 195.2 46 42 2 2 1 .957 -0 -2 2.02 1.76 .973 2.08 2.08
1983 ATL NL 30 3B 47 100 26 68 6 5 .940 1 2.00 .949 2.69
1983 ATL NL 30 2B 26 94 42 51 1 17 .989 2 3.58 .978 5.31
1983 ATL NL 30 OF 18 26 25 0 1 0 .962 -2 1.39 .980 2.26
1983 ATL NL 30 SS 13 58 19 37 2 7 .966 1 4.31 .967 4.83
1983 ATL NL 30 LF 18 16 4 120.0 25 24 0 1 0 .960 -2 -20 1.80 1.33 .977 2.03 2.02
1984 ATL NL 31 2B 29 150 51 95 4 15 .973 4 5.03 .979 5.39
1984 ATL NL 31 3B 17 35 14 19 2 0 .943 0 1.94 .943 2.78
1984 ATL NL 31 SS 16 70 20 47 3 7 .957 0 4.19 .965 4.86
1984 ATL NL 31 OF 11 15 14 1 0 1 1.000 -2 1.36 .979 2.26
1984 ATL NL 31 LF 11 9 7 77.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -23 1.64 1.27 .971 2.03 2.02
1985 SDP NL 32 2B 58 284 112 165 7 33 .975 1 4.78 .982 5.47
1985 SDP NL 32 3B 29 38 13 24 1 1 .974 -1 1.28 .948 2.88
1985 SDP NL 32 SS 7 29 4 25 0 3 1.000 2 4.14 .963 4.89
1985 SDP NL 32 OF 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0.50 .980 2.20
1985 SDP NL 32 CF 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 240 9.00 1.00 .980 2.70 2.70
1985 SDP NL 32 RF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
1986 SDP NL 33 3B 59 116 25 83 8 9 .931 2 1.83 .946 2.72
1986 SDP NL 33 SS 24 67 19 46 2 7 .970 1 2.71 .963 4.76
1986 SDP NL 33 2B 21 80 39 37 4 7 .950 -3 3.62 .980 5.22
1986 SDP NL 33 OF 7 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1 0.57 .980 2.19
1986 SDP NL 33 LF 7 0 0 11.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1 87 3.27 0.57 .975 1.96 1.97
1987 TOT AL 34 3B 43 33 26 293.1 87 26 57 4 6 .954 -6 -25 2.55 1.93 .952 0.00 2.74
1987 TOT AL 34 LF 14 10 6 88.0 23 22 1 0 0 1.000 2 20 2.35 1.64 .974 2.12 2.08
1987 TOT AL 34 OF 14 10 6 88.0 23 22 1 0 0 1.000 2 20 2.35 1.64 .980 0.00 2.29
1987 TOT AL 34 2B 6 4 2 39.1 28 17 11 0 2 1.000 -1 -21 6.41 4.67 .980 88.00 5.07
1987 CHW AL 34 3B 30 24 20 216.0 65 22 41 2 4 .969 -3 -16 2.62 2.10 .952 0.00 2.74
1987 CHW AL 34 LF 13 9 6 80.0 23 22 1 0 0 1.000 2 27 2.59 1.77 .974 2.12 2.08
1987 CHW AL 34 OF 13 9 6 80.0 23 22 1 0 0 1.000 2 27 2.59 1.77 .980 0.00 2.29
1987 CHW AL 34 2B 5 3 1 30.1 17 12 5 0 1 1.000 -2 -63 5.04 3.40 .980 87.97 5.06
1987 CHW AL 34 DH 4 4
1987 NYY AL 34 3B 13 9 6 77.1 22 4 16 2 2 .909 -3 -48 2.33 1.54 .952 0.00 2.74
1987 NYY AL 34 2B 1 1 1 9.0 11 5 6 0 1 1.000 1 120 11.00 11.00 .980 88.10 5.10
1987 NYY AL 34 LF 1 1 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -45 0.00 0.00 2.14 2.10
1987 NYY AL 34 OF 1 1 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -45 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.30
1987 NYY AL 34 SS 1 1 1 9.0 7 1 6 0 1 1.000 -0 -53 7.00 7.00 .970 0.00 4.50
1988 ATL NL 35 OF 26 47 45 2 0 0 1.000 2 1.81 .982 2.29
1988 ATL NL 35 3B 10 12 4 7 1 1 .917 -1 1.10 .947 2.78
1988 ATL NL 35 2B 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0 0.50 .980 5.25
1988 ATL NL 35 SS 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 0.50 .970 4.65
1988 ATL NL 35 CF 19 13 8 113.0 36 35 1 0 0 1.000 2 20 2.87 1.89 .986 2.66 2.67
1988 ATL NL 35 LF 7 2 1 26.1 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 0 23 3.08 1.29 .980 2.12 2.13
1988 ATL NL 35 RF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 60 4.50 1.00 .980 2.25 2.10
16 Seasons 3B 634 33 26 293.1 1488 465 950 73 83 .951 -4 -15 2.55 2.23 .951 0.00 2.85
15 Seasons 2B 416 4 2 39.1 1972 848 1066 58 225 .971 -31 -958 6.41 4.60 .979 88.00 5.37
11 Seasons SS 187 1 1 9.0 754 237 480 37 80 .951 -3 -347 7.00 3.83 .965 0.00 4.89
11 Seasons OF 153 10 6 88.0 243 228 7 8 3 .967 3 46 2.35 1.54 .980 0.00 2.28
8 Seasons LF 124 102 44 839.0 197 185 4 8 1 .959 1 2 2.03 1.52 .975 2.06 2.06
3 Seasons CF 21 13 8 117.0 37 36 1 0 0 1.000 2 18 2.85 1.76 .986 2.66 2.67
4 Seasons RF 9 5 1 38.1 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 0 9 1.88 0.89 .975 2.02 2.03
16 Seasons TOT 1390 48 35 429.2 4457 1778 2503 176 391 .961 -34 -96 2.95 3.08 .967 8.06 3.81
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Runs Scored s c a p y
1979 NL  103 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1978 NL  8 (10th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1979 NL  35 (9th)

Singles s c a p y
1979 NL  130 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1976 NL  14 (5th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1979 NL  7 (9th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1976 NL  13 (4th)
1978 NL  17 (3rd)
Career  95 (137th)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1977 NL  28 (5th)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1976 NL  148 (5th)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1976 NL  156 (1st)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1976 NL  306 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y
1984 NL  4 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
1976 NL  8 (3rd)
1979 NL  4 (2nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
1976 NL  3.34 (1st)
Career  2.55 (30th)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1976 NL  3.12 (2nd)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1976 NL  .963 (4th)

Youngest s c a p y
1973 NL  born 1952-10-18 (3rd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 6 (1684), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1771), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1488), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
197724Atlanta Braves$40,0004/23/77 TSN survey and 3/1/80 TSN
197825Atlanta Braves$100,00010/21/78 TSN
197926Atlanta Braves$100,0001/19/80 TSN
198128Atlanta Braves$255,0004/4/81 TSN
198532San Diego Padres$325,0001985 USA Today survey; 1/7/85 TSN2 yr. deal with 1987 option
198633San Diego Padres$362,5001986 USA Today survey; 1/7/85 TSN2 yr. deal with 1987 option
198734Chicago White Sox$260,0001987 USA Today survey
198835New York Yankees$275,000USA Today, 4/1/88
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,717,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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