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Bill Russell

William Ellis Russell (Ropes)

Positions: Shortstop and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 21, 1948 in Pittsburg, KS
High School: Pittsburg HS (Pittsburg, KS)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 9th round of the 1966 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1969
Team: Dodgers 1969-1986
Agents: Steve Freyer [*]
Final Game: October 1, 1986
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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
1969 20 LAD NL 98 238 212 35 48 6 2 5 15 4 1 22 45 .226 .301 .344 .645 86 73 3 1 2 1 1 98/7
1970 21 LAD NL 81 304 278 30 72 11 9 0 28 9 1 16 28 .259 .303 .363 .667 82 101 5 3 4 3 1 98/76
1971 22 LAD NL 91 223 211 29 48 7 4 2 15 6 3 11 39 .227 .265 .327 .592 72 69 2 0 0 1 2 498/67
1972 23 LAD NL 129 477 434 47 118 19 5 4 34 14 7 34 64 .272 .326 .366 .693 99 159 4 2 5 2 9 *6/987
1973 24 LAD NL 162 666 615 55 163 26 3 4 56 15 7 34 63 .265 .301 .337 .638 80 207 9 1 9 7 20 *6 AS,MVP-32
1974 25 LAD NL 160 625 553 61 149 18 6 5 65 14 5 53 53 .269 .336 .351 .686 96 194 18 4 11 4 25 *6/9
1975 26 LAD NL 84 282 252 24 52 9 2 0 14 5 0 23 28 .206 .277 .258 .535 53 65 6 2 4 1 6 6
1976 27 LAD NL 149 590 554 53 152 17 3 5 65 15 5 21 46 .274 .301 .343 .644 85 190 14 3 6 6 9 *6 AS
1977 28 LAD NL 153 674 634 84 176 28 6 4 51 16 7 24 43 .278 .304 .360 .664 79 228 23 2 9 4 1 *6
1978 29 LAD NL 155 672 625 72 179 32 4 3 46 10 6 30 34 .286 .320 .365 .684 92 228 17 2 12 3 8 *6
1979 30 LAD NL 153 670 627 72 170 26 4 7 56 6 9 24 43 .271 .297 .359 .656 80 225 20 1 14 4 2 *6
1980 31 LAD NL 130 500 466 38 123 23 2 3 34 13 2 18 44 .264 .295 .341 .636 79 159 6 3 12 1 0 *6 AS
1981 32 LAD NL 82 290 262 20 61 9 2 0 22 2 1 19 20 .233 .284 .282 .567 64 74 13 1 5 3 3 *6
1982 33 LAD NL 153 576 497 64 136 20 2 3 46 10 2 63 30 .274 .357 .340 .697 99 169 14 4 8 4 11 *6
1983 34 LAD NL 131 502 451 47 111 13 1 1 30 13 9 33 31 .246 .302 .286 .588 65 129 5 4 12 2 4 *6
1984 35 LAD NL 89 298 262 25 70 12 1 0 19 4 4 25 24 .267 .329 .321 .649 85 84 7 0 9 2 1 68/4
1985 36 LAD NL 76 192 169 19 44 6 1 0 13 4 0 18 9 .260 .333 .308 .641 84 52 2 1 3 1 1 67/45
1986 37 LAD NL 105 242 216 21 54 11 0 0 18 7 0 15 23 .250 .302 .301 .603 73 65 6 2 7 2 2 679/458
18 Yrs 2181 8021 7318 796 1926 293 57 46 627 167 69 483 667 .263 .310 .338 .648 83 2471 174 36 132 51 106
162 Game Avg. 162 596 544 59 143 22 4 3 47 12 5 36 50 .263 .310 .338 .648 83 184 13 3 10 4 8
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

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
1969 20 LAD NL 98 238 -1 1 1 9 -3 7 0.9 8 15 1.7 .508 .505 0.6 0.7 7 $ 98/7
1970 21 LAD NL 81 304 -4 3 1 12 -3 9 1.0 9 17 1.9 .511 .506 0.5 1.1 5 $ 98/76
1971 22 LAD NL 91 223 -7 -1 1 3 -0 -4 -0.5 6 2 0.2 .495 .497 -0.2 0.4 -1 $ 498/67
1972 23 LAD NL 129 477 -3 2 2 -3 7 5 0.7 14 19 2.1 .505 .504 2.3 0.6 22 $ *6/987
1973 24 LAD NL 162 666 -18 2 2 11 10 7 0.7 19 26 2.6 .504 .504 1.4 2.3 15 $ *6 AS,MVP-32
1974 25 LAD NL 160 625 -6 0 0 6 9 9 1.0 18 27 2.8 .506 .506 2.1 1.7 21 $ *6/9
1975 26 LAD NL 84 282 -14 0 1 10 4 1 0.2 8 9 1.0 .502 .501 -0.1 1.6 -0 $ 6
1976 27 LAD NL 149 590 -7 2 -0 3 9 6 0.8 17 24 2.5 .505 .504 2.1 1.4 21 $ *6 AS
1977 28 LAD NL 153 674 -16 3 -2 15 9 9 1.0 20 28 2.8 .506 .506 1.2 2.6 13 $100,000 *6
1978 29 LAD NL 155 672 -10 4 -1 2 9 6 0.7 20 25 2.7 .504 .504 2.3 1.4 23 $145,000 *6
1979 30 LAD NL 153 670 -17 -0 -2 -12 9 -23 -2.4 20 -4 -0.5 .484 .485 0.7 -0.3 9 $ *6
1980 31 LAD NL 130 500 -12 1 1 6 7 4 0.4 15 19 1.9 .503 .502 1.2 1.5 13 $ *6 AS
1981 32 LAD NL 82 290 -13 -1 -1 5 4 -5 -0.4 9 4 0.4 .493 .497 -0.2 1.1 -1 $ *6
1982 33 LAD NL 153 576 1 3 1 12 8 25 2.9 18 42 4.6 .518 .517 3.2 2.3 31 $ *6
1983 34 LAD NL 131 502 -14 0 2 5 7 0 0.0 16 16 1.5 .500 .500 0.9 1.3 11 $ *6
1984 35 LAD NL 89 298 -3 -1 -0 -9 4 -9 -1.0 9 -0 -0.1 .488 .494 0.9 -0.5 9 $ 68/4
1985 36 LAD NL 76 192 -2 1 0 -3 1 -3 -0.3 6 3 0.3 .495 .498 0.6 -0.2 6 $450,000 67/45
1986 37 LAD NL 105 242 -9 3 -0 1 -0 -5 -0.6 7 2 0.2 .494 .496 0.1 0.1 1 $450,000 679/458
18 Seasons 2181 8021 -155 23 8 72 89 37 5.1 238 275 28.6 .502 .501 19.6 19.1 203 $1,145,000
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards

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
1969 20 LAD NL 238 171 23 3.6 89 .264 .226 .251 .301 .320 .344 .372 .645 .693 86 .434 -3.8 -0.4 .589 .236 .118 4.4
1970 21 LAD NL 304 219 32 3.9 99 .285 .259 .261 .303 .333 .363 .399 .667 .732 82 .424 -7.6 -0.8 .604 .191 .104 .0
1971 22 LAD NL 223 169 18 2.9 87 .269 .227 .253 .265 .318 .327 .370 .592 .688 72 .344 -8.6 -0.9 .494 .166 .100 3.0
1972 23 LAD NL 477 334 53 4.3 90 .310 .272 .254 .326 .322 .366 .376 .693 .698 99 .525 -1.0 -0.1 .618 .189 .094 6.2
1973 24 LAD NL 666 484 62 3.5 93 .286 .265 .258 .301 .326 .337 .383 .638 .710 80 .403 -16.5 -1.7 .534 .140 .072 6.3
1974 25 LAD NL 625 442 64 3.9 91 .289 .269 .258 .336 .329 .351 .372 .686 .701 96 .461 -2.5 -0.3 .609 .193 .081 7.4
1975 26 LAD NL 282 211 19 2.4 92 .231 .206 .260 .277 .330 .258 .375 .535 .704 53 .259 -15.7 -1.6 .461 .163 .052 .0
1976 27 LAD NL 590 433 55 3.4 90 .289 .274 .260 .301 .326 .343 .371 .644 .698 85 .419 -12.7 -1.3 .532 .125 .069 7.5
1977 28 LAD NL 674 501 64 3.4 102 .291 .278 .268 .304 .336 .360 .409 .664 .744 79 .369 -20.6 -2.0 .539 .134 .082 6.4
1978 29 LAD NL 672 484 69 3.8 94 .298 .286 .261 .320 .329 .365 .384 .684 .712 92 .459 -7.6 -0.8 .563 .133 .078 4.6
1979 30 LAD NL 670 504 60 3.2 99 .281 .271 .268 .297 .333 .359 .397 .656 .731 80 .357 -19.6 -2.0 .508 .121 .088 6.5
1980 31 LAD NL 500 364 48 3.6 94 .286 .264 .266 .295 .328 .341 .386 .636 .713 79 .421 -14.4 -1.5 .544 .139 .077 4.9
1981 32 LAD NL 290 223 19 2.3 89 .249 .233 .259 .284 .324 .282 .371 .567 .695 64 .258 -12.3 -1.3 .442 .126 .050 .0
1982 33 LAD NL 576 389 63 4.4 93 .284 .274 .263 .357 .326 .340 .383 .697 .709 99 .516 1.9 0.2 .647 .209 .066 4.6
1983 34 LAD NL 502 368 40 2.9 96 .261 .246 .262 .302 .330 .286 .388 .588 .719 65 .336 -21.3 -2.2 .480 .122 .040 1.9
1984 35 LAD NL 298 214 28 3.5 92 .292 .267 .261 .329 .326 .321 .380 .649 .705 85 .422 -4.3 -0.4 .537 .149 .053 .0
1985 36 LAD NL 192 131 19 3.9 91 .273 .260 .255 .333 .322 .308 .381 .641 .703 84 .467 -2.9 -0.3 .591 .178 .047 .0
1986 37 LAD NL 242 177 21 3.2 92 .277 .250 .253 .302 .322 .301 .382 .603 .704 73 .367 -7.2 -0.7 .530 .153 .051 .0
18 Yrs 8021 5818 757 3.5 94 .282 .263 .261 .310 .328 .338 .384 .648 .712 83 .411 -176.8 -18.2 .548 .154 .074 72.1
162 Game Avg. 596 432 56 3.5 94 .282 .263 .261 .310 .328 .338 .384 .648 .712 83 .411 -176.8 -18.2 .548 .154 .074 5
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd

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 25 LAD NL NLCS PIT W 4 19 18 1 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 .389 .421 .389 .810 7 0 0 0 0 1
1974 25 LAD NL WS OAK L 5 18 18 0 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 .222 .222 .333 .556 6 2 0 0 0 0
1977 28 LAD NL NLCS PHI W 4 18 18 3 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .278 .278 .333 .611 6 1 0 0 0 0
1977 28 LAD NL WS NYY L 6 27 26 3 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 3 .154 .185 .231 .416 6 0 0 0 0 0
1978 29 LAD NL NLCS PHI W 4 18 17 1 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .412 .444 .471 .915 8 1 0 0 0 1
1978 29 LAD NL WS NYY L 6 28 26 1 11 2 0 0 2 1 2 2 2 .423 .464 .500 .964 13 1 0 0 0 0
1981 32 LAD NL NLDS HOU W 5 19 16 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 .250 .368 .313 .681 5 0 0 0 0 0
1981 32 LAD NL NLCS MON W 5 19 16 2 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 .313 .353 .438 .790 7 0 0 2 0 1
1981 32 LAD NL WS NYY W 6 26 25 1 6 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 .240 .240 .240 .480 6 0 0 1 0 0
1983 34 LAD NL NLCS PHI L 4 17 14 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 .286 .375 .286 .661 4 0 0 1 0 0
5 Yrs (10 Series) 49 209 194 14 57 5 3 0 19 3 3 11 15 .294 .332 .351 .682 68 5 0 4 0 3
1 NLDS 5 19 16 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 .250 .368 .313 .681 5 0 0 0 0 0
5 NLCS 21 91 83 8 28 2 1 0 8 1 0 5 6 .337 .375 .386 .761 32 2 0 3 0 3
4 WS 23 99 95 5 25 2 2 0 8 2 3 3 8 .263 .286 .326 .612 31 3 0 1 0 0

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
1973 LAD NL 24 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 LAD NL 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0
1980 LAD NL 31 as SS 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (3 GP) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 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
1969 20 LAD NL 238 2.1% 18.9% 9.2% 5.5% 27% 2.05 4.7 42.4 14.1 0.97 68%
1970 21 LAD NL 304 0.0% 9.2% 5.3% 6.6% 28% 1.75 9.9 9.9 1.10 83%
1971 22 LAD NL 223 0.9% 17.5% 4.9% 5.8% 27% 3.55 5.4 105.5 14.1 0.97 77%
1972 23 LAD NL 477 0.8% 13.4% 7.1% 5.9% 24% 1.88 6.8 108.5 12.8 1.30 77%
1973 24 LAD NL 666 0.6% 9.5% 5.1% 5.0% 20% 1.85 9.8 153.8 11.0 0.96 83%
1974 25 LAD NL 625 0.8% 8.5% 8.5% 4.6% 20% 1.00 10.4 110.6 8.5 1.31 80%
1975 26 LAD NL 282 0.0% 9.9% 8.2% 3.9% 21% 1.22 9.0 18.0 1.31 80%
1976 27 LAD NL 590 0.9% 7.8% 3.6% 4.2% 16% 2.19 12.0 110.8 8.5 1.45 86%
1977 28 LAD NL 674 0.6% 6.4% 3.6% 5.6% 22% 1.79 14.7 158.5 12.4 1.45 88%
1978 29 LAD NL 672 0.5% 5.1% 4.5% 5.8% 22% 1.13 18.4 208.3 13.6 1.24 88%
1979 30 LAD NL 670 1.0% 6.4% 3.6% 5.5% 22% 1.79 14.6 89.6 11.2 1.26 87%
1980 31 LAD NL 500 0.6% 8.8% 3.6% 5.6% 23% 2.44 10.6 155.3 13.7 1.24 84%
1981 32 LAD NL 290 0.0% 6.9% 6.6% 3.8% 18% 1.05 13.1 11.9 1.90 84%
1982 33 LAD NL 576 0.5% 5.2% 10.9% 4.3% 18% 0.48 16.6 165.7 10.8 1.17 81%
1983 34 LAD NL 502 0.2% 6.2% 6.6% 3.0% 14% 0.94 14.5 451.0 15.0 1.23 84%
1984 35 LAD NL 298 0.0% 8.1% 8.4% 4.4% 19% 0.96 10.9 13.8 1.06 81%
1985 36 LAD NL 192 0.0% 4.7% 9.4% 3.7% 16% 0.50 18.8 13.0 1.13 84%
1986 37 LAD NL 242 0.0% 9.5% 6.2% 4.6% 20% 1.53 9.4 12.0 1.36 81%
18 Yrs 8021 0.6% 8.3% 6.0% 4.9% 21% 1.38 11.0 159.1 11.7 1.25 83%
MLB Averages 2.0% 13.6% 8.6% 6.4% 28% 1.59 6.5 44.3 8.7 1.09 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
1969 20 LAD NL -3.8 -0.4 249 -0.0 3.7 -3.7 .98 -0.1 0.1 -1.4 -0.2 0.95 2.5 0.94 22
1970 21 LAD NL -7.6 -0.8 316 -1.4 4.4 -5.8 1.01 -0.6 -0.8 -2.8 -0.3 0.99 -4.4 1.18 7
1971 22 LAD NL -8.6 -0.9 231 -1.1 2.9 -4.0 .94 -1.1 -0.1 -10.6 -1.2 0.98 -10.9 0.50 3
1972 23 LAD NL -1.0 -0.1 506 1.1 8.9 -7.8 1.05 0.2 0.9 2.7 0.3 0.99 1.1 0.93 5
1973 24 LAD NL -17.3 -1.8 697 -0.4 11.6 -12.0 1.10 -1.9 1.5 -9.9 -1.0 0.99 -20.7 0
1974 25 LAD NL -2.5 -0.3 654 -0.4 10.2 -10.7 1.04 -0.5 0.1 5.3 0.6 1.03 -3.5 1.29 1
1975 26 LAD NL -16.0 -1.7 290 -1.9 3.4 -5.3 .99 -1.4 -0.5 -15.5 -1.6 0.96 -14.0 0
1976 27 LAD NL -12.7 -1.3 617 0.3 10.9 -10.6 1.11 -0.6 0.9 2.5 0.3 0.99 -5.6 0
1977 28 LAD NL -21.5 -2.1 702 -1.4 10.5 -11.9 .96 -1.6 0.1 -18.0 -1.8 0.92 -19.2 0
1978 29 LAD NL -8.4 -0.9 690 -2.3 9.5 -11.8 .98 -1.9 -0.5 -26.8 -2.8 0.97 -18.7 0.74 1
1979 30 LAD NL -19.6 -2.0 694 -1.7 10.8 -12.5 1.00 -2.1 0.3 -14.4 -1.5 0.92 -22.6 1.83 2
1980 31 LAD NL -14.4 -1.5 520 -1.4 7.1 -8.5 .96 -1.2 -0.3 -7.1 -0.7 0.91 -12.1 4.60 1
1981 32 LAD NL -12.3 -1.3 296 -2.0 3.5 -5.4 1.01 -1.7 -0.2 -21.6 -2.3 1.05 -16.0 0
1982 33 LAD NL 1.9 0.2 595 1.6 10.6 -9.0 1.02 -0.1 1.6 1.3 0.1 0.96 1.2 0.90 2
1983 34 LAD NL -21.3 -2.2 528 -0.0 7.6 -7.6 .92 -1.3 1.3 -11.9 -1.2 0.90 -14.4 1.15 5
1984 35 LAD NL -4.3 -0.4 309 -0.6 4.5 -5.1 1.05 -0.4 -0.2 -4.3 -0.5 0.94 -4.7 2.77 6
1985 36 LAD NL -3.2 -0.3 197 0.1 3.2 -3.0 1.07 -0.3 0.4 -0.0 -0.0 0.92 -0.8 1.97 20
1986 37 LAD NL -7.2 -0.7 251 -1.0 4.0 -4.9 1.25 -0.9 0.1 -6.2 -0.7 0.95 -8.7 1.81 31
18 Yrs -179.8 -18.5 8342 -12.4 127.3 -139.7 1.02 -17.4 5.2 -138.7 -14.5 0.96 -171.5 1.56 106
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
1969 20 LAD NL 6 0 46% 99 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 11 50% 18 10 5 1 0 1 11 2 9
1970 21 LAD NL 7 0 33% 94 9 1 90% 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 50% 11 5 6 2 2 0 9 4 5
1971 22 LAD NL 3 0 47% 77 6 3 67% 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 38% 8 7 1 3 3 0 13 5 8
1972 23 LAD NL 5 0 29% 161 14 7 67% 13 6 1 1 0 0 2 0 8 15 47% 22 11 11 3 1 2 13 7 5
1973 24 LAD NL 12 0 26% 232 15 7 68% 14 5 1 1 0 1 2 0 5 15 50% 34 19 15 6 2 4 22 8 12
1974 25 LAD NL 10 0 28% 251 14 5 74% 12 4 2 0 0 1 1 1 8 17 45% 35 22 12 2 0 2 23 8 13
1975 26 LAD NL 7 0 31% 116 5 0 100% 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 5 47% 10 6 4 2 1 0 18 4 10
1976 27 LAD NL 16 0 28% 258 15 5 75% 13 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 17 47% 22 15 7 6 4 2 23 7 15
1977 28 LAD NL 10 1 40% 227 16 7 70% 16 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 14 62% 31 13 17 4 2 2 15 3 12
1978 29 LAD NL 5 0 33% 252 10 6 63% 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 14 74% 42 15 27 8 1 7 12 0 12
1979 30 LAD NL 7 0 35% 243 6 9 40% 6 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 14 56% 38 22 16 10 5 4 22 3 19
1980 31 LAD NL 6 0 25% 212 13 2 87% 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 52% 26 14 12 6 5 1 18 4 13
1981 32 LAD NL 3 0 25% 106 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 42% 19 13 5 1 1 0 16 6 10
1982 33 LAD NL 9 0 31% 276 10 2 83% 10 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 12 48% 29 22 7 7 4 3 28 7 21
1983 34 LAD NL 14 0 31% 204 13 9 59% 13 6 0 2 0 1 0 0 6 9 56% 24 13 9 2 0 2 19 3 14
1984 35 LAD NL 5 0 26% 130 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 48% 14 7 7 3 3 0 8 3 5
1985 36 LAD NL 3 0 30% 91 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 52% 15 6 9 1 0 1 5 4 1
1986 37 LAD NL 1 0 30% 96 7 0 100% 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 70% 11 5 6 2 0 2 7 1 6
18 Yrs 129 1 31% 3125 167 69 71% 157 59 10 6 0 4 11 1 77 186 53% 409 225 176 69 34 33 282 79 190
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
1969 20 LAD NL 238 63% 48 22 6 0 0 0.94 5 0 4 1 4 1 4 0 4 2 50% 42 3 7% 22 4 18% 117 11 9% 9 3 33% 7 4 57% 0
1970 21 LAD NL 304 38% 72 7 1 0 2 1.18 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 72 5 7% 33 12 36% 212 29 14% 18 9 50% 15 9 60% 0
1971 22 LAD NL 223 48% 48 3 0 0 0 0.50 2 0 5 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 42 2 5% 19 4 21% 140 14 10% 8 3 38% 14 6 43% 0
1972 23 LAD NL 477 31% 118 5 2 0 1 0.93 4 0 9 3 1 3 1 0 6 5 83% 93 4 4% 38 12 32% 311 32 10% 18 9 50% 14 6 43% 0
1973 24 LAD NL 666 33% 163 0 0 0 0 4 0 13 2 2 2 2 0 10 9 90% 127 9 7% 57 21 37% 427 57 13% 40 16 40% 21 12 57% 0
1974 25 LAD NL 625 25% 149 1 0 0 0 1.29 5 0 30 3 2 3 2 0 13 11 85% 132 18 14% 62 26 42% 457 67 15% 48 24 50% 31 24 77% 0
1975 26 LAD NL 282 20% 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 54 6 11% 27 10 37% 177 14 8% 16 5 31% 10 5 50% 0
1976 27 LAD NL 590 27% 152 0 0 0 0 5 0 19 4 1 1 4 0 8 6 75% 102 14 14% 55 24 44% 379 62 16% 36 23 64% 33 24 73% 0
1977 28 LAD NL 674 25% 176 0 0 0 0 4 0 14 3 1 2 2 0 11 9 82% 116 23 20% 81 27 33% 367 52 14% 29 12 41% 46 25 54% 0
1978 29 LAD NL 672 25% 179 1 0 0 0 0.74 3 0 19 3 0 0 3 0 16 12 75% 110 17 15% 83 33 40% 424 47 11% 33 18 55% 44 27 61% 0
1979 30 LAD NL 670 26% 170 2 1 0 0 1.83 7 0 9 4 3 4 3 0 16 14 88% 111 20 18% 77 26 34% 354 49 14% 24 13 54% 34 14 41% 0
1980 31 LAD NL 500 19% 123 1 0 0 0 4.60 3 0 7 1 2 2 1 0 12 12 100% 82 6 7% 36 19 53% 270 33 12% 18 10 56% 26 18 69% 0
1981 32 LAD NL 290 16% 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 71% 64 13 20% 41 13 32% 210 23 11% 24 8 33% 13 8 62% 0
1982 33 LAD NL 576 18% 136 2 2 0 0 0.90 3 0 16 3 0 2 1 0 8 8 100% 98 14 14% 60 27 45% 350 46 13% 39 18 46% 23 18 78% 0
1983 34 LAD NL 502 24% 111 5 0 0 0 1.15 1 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 14 12 86% 72 5 7% 48 25 52% 251 32 13% 20 11 55% 26 12 46% 0
1984 35 LAD NL 298 46% 70 6 1 0 0 2.77 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 100% 63 7 11% 29 17 59% 172 20 12% 13 8 62% 7 5 71% 0
1985 36 LAD NL 192 52% 44 20 5 0 4 1.97 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 25 2 8% 16 7 44% 103 13 13% 9 5 56% 6 2 33% 0
1986 37 LAD NL 242 53% 54 31 10 0 3 1.81 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 78% 42 6 14% 23 14 61% 141 18 13% 13 7 54% 13 10 77% 0
18 Yrs 8021 29% 1926 106 28 0 10 1.56 46 0 189 28 18 21 25 0 157 132 84% 1447 174 12% 807 321 40% 4862 619 13% 415 202 49% 383 229 60% 0
MLB Averages 56% 78% 11% 34% 14% 50% 54%
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
1969 20 98 238 212 35 48 6 2 5 15 4 1 22 45 .226 .301 .344 .645 86 73 3 1 2 1 1
1970 21 179 542 490 65 120 17 11 5 43 13 2 38 73 .245 .302 .355 .657 84 174 8 4 6 4 2
1971 22 270 765 701 94 168 24 15 7 58 19 5 49 112 .240 .291 .347 .638 80 243 10 4 6 5 4
1972 23 399 1242 1135 141 286 43 20 11 92 33 12 83 176 .252 .305 .354 .659 87 402 14 6 11 7 13
1973 24 561 1908 1750 196 449 69 23 15 148 48 19 117 239 .257 .303 .348 .651 85 609 23 7 20 14 33
1974 25 721 2533 2303 257 598 87 29 20 213 62 24 170 292 .260 .311 .349 .660 88 803 41 11 31 18 58
1975 26 805 2815 2555 281 650 96 31 20 227 67 24 193 320 .254 .308 .340 .648 84 868 47 13 35 19 64
1976 27 954 3405 3109 334 802 113 34 25 292 82 29 214 366 .258 .307 .340 .647 84 1058 61 16 41 25 73
1977 28 1107 4079 3743 418 978 141 40 29 343 98 36 238 409 .261 .306 .344 .650 83 1286 84 18 50 29 74
1978 29 1262 4751 4368 490 1157 173 44 32 389 108 42 268 443 .265 .308 .347 .655 85 1514 101 20 62 32 82
1979 30 1415 5421 4995 562 1327 199 48 39 445 114 51 292 486 .266 .307 .348 .655 84 1739 121 21 76 36 84
1980 31 1545 5921 5461 600 1450 222 50 42 479 127 53 310 530 .266 .306 .348 .653 84 1898 127 24 88 37 84
1981 32 1627 6211 5723 620 1511 231 52 42 501 129 54 329 550 .264 .305 .345 .649 83 1972 140 25 93 40 87
1982 33 1780 6787 6220 684 1647 251 54 45 547 139 56 392 580 .265 .309 .344 .654 84 2141 154 29 101 44 98
1983 34 1911 7289 6671 731 1758 264 55 46 577 152 65 425 611 .264 .309 .340 .649 83 2270 159 33 113 46 102
1984 35 2000 7587 6933 756 1828 276 56 46 596 156 69 450 635 .264 .310 .340 .649 83 2354 166 33 122 48 103
1985 36 2076 7779 7102 775 1872 282 57 46 609 160 69 468 644 .264 .310 .339 .649 83 2406 168 34 125 49 104
1986 37 2181 8021 7318 796 1926 293 57 46 627 167 69 483 667 .263 .310 .338 .648 83 2471 174 36 132 51 106

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
1969 20 98 245 217 42 53 7 2 6 18 4 24 45 .244 .321 .378 .699 26 98
1970 21 81 305 279 31 73 11 9 0 29 9 16 28 .262 .306 .366 .671 31 81
1971 22 91 229 216 35 53 8 4 2 18 7 12 39 .245 .284 .347 .631 22 91
1972 23 135 513 465 57 135 22 6 5 41 16 39 67 .290 .346 .396 .742 63 129
1973 24 162 679 626 61 174 28 3 4 62 16 36 63 .278 .315 .351 .666 70 162
1974 25 160 639 563 68 159 19 6 5 72 15 57 53 .282 .350 .364 .714 72 160
1975 26 84 288 256 27 56 10 2 0 16 5 25 28 .219 .292 .273 .566 20 84
1976 27 149 604 566 60 164 18 3 5 74 16 23 46 .290 .318 .359 .676 65 149
1977 28 153 674 635 85 177 28 6 4 52 16 24 43 .279 .305 .361 .666 70 153
1978 29 155 686 637 80 191 34 4 3 51 11 32 34 .300 .334 .380 .714 81 155
1979 30 153 677 633 76 176 27 4 7 59 6 25 43 .278 .305 .367 .671 71 153
1980 31 130 508 473 42 130 24 2 3 37 14 19 44 .275 .306 .353 .660 51 130
1981 32 124 453 406 36 102 15 3 0 40 3 32 30 .251 .306 .303 .609 38 82
1982 33 153 588 505 70 144 21 2 3 51 11 67 30 .285 .371 .352 .723 66 153
1983 34 131 510 457 51 117 14 1 1 33 14 35 31 .256 .313 .298 .611 42 131
1984 35 89 305 267 28 75 13 1 0 21 4 27 24 .281 .345 .337 .682 31 89
1985 36 76 198 173 22 48 7 1 0 15 4 20 9 .277 .354 .329 .683 20 76
1986 37 105 247 220 24 58 12 0 0 20 8 16 23 .264 .317 .318 .635 22 105
18 Yrs 2229 8348 7594 895 2085 318 59 48 709 179 529 680 .275 .323 .351 .674 861 2181
162 Game Avg. 162 607 552 65 152 23 4 3 52 13 38 49 .275 .323 .351 .674 63 2181
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

* 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
1992 BBWAA ( 0.7%)

All-Star Games
1973 *
1976 *
1980 (SS)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1973 NL (32, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1712th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1973 NL  2.3 (1st)
1974 NL  1.7 (10th)
1975 NL  1.6 (9th)
1977 NL  2.6 (1st)
1980 NL  1.5 (8th)
1981 NL  1.1 (9th)
1982 NL  2.3 (5th)
Career  19.1 (53rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1973 NL  162 (1st)
1974 NL  160 (5th)
Career  2,181 (138th)

At Bats s c a p y
1973 NL  615 (9th)
1977 NL  634 (5th)
1978 NL  625 (8th)
1979 NL  627 (10th)
Career  7,318 (218th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1977 NL  674 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1977 NL  176 (8th)

Triples s c a p y
1970 NL  9 (5th)

Singles s c a p y
1973 NL  130 (9th)
1976 NL  127 (10th)
1977 NL  138 (6th)
1978 NL  140 (4th)
1979 NL  133 (9th)
Career  1,530 (186th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1979 NL  14 (6th)
1980 NL  12 (8th)
1983 NL  12 (4th)
Career  132 (234th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1973 NL  20 (4th)
1974 NL  25 (1st)
Career  106 (106th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1974 NL  18 (7th)
1977 NL  23 (3rd)
1978 NL  17 (7th)
1979 NL  20 (4th)
1981 NL  13 (3rd)
Career  174 (168th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1977 NL  14.7 (7th)
1978 NL  18.4 (3rd)
1979 NL  14.6 (6th)
1982 NL  16.6 (4th)
1983 NL  14.5 (8th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1973 NL  484 (7th)
1977 NL  501 (1st)
1978 NL  484 (8th)
1979 NL  504 (4th)
Career  5,818 (170th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 10 (1407), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 26 (673), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 15 (1068), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Ozzie Guillen (910)
  2. Tony Taylor (900)
  3. Steve Sax (890)
  4. Roger Peckinpaugh (890)
  5. Jim Gantner (887)
  6. Cookie Rojas (886)
  7. Billy Jurges (885)
  8. Bill Mazeroski (883) *
  9. Joe Quinn (877)
  10. Don Kessinger (875)
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  1. Oscar Gamble (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ken Reitz (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Dalton Jones (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bill Sweeney (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Derrel Thomas (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Derrel Thomas (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Tony Taylor (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Rennie Stennett (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bobby Richardson (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Tony Taylor (917)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Ozzie Guillen (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Ozzie Guillen (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Ozzie Guillen (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Ozzie Guillen (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Ozzie Guillen (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Tony Taylor (902)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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