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Chris Sabo

Christopher Andrew Sabo (Spuds)

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 19, 1962 in Detroit, MI
High School: Detroit Catholic Central (Novi, MI)
School: University of Michigan
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the 1983 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 4, 1988
Teams (by GP): Reds/Orioles/WhiteSox/Cardinals 1988-1996
Agents: Bob Gilhooley,Jim Bronner [*]
Final Game: September 2, 1996
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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
1983	21	CIN-min	A	77	305	274	43	75	11	6	12	37	15	4	26	39	.274	.339	.489	.828		134		2	1	2	3	CDR · MIDW
1984	22	CIN-min	AA	125	495	441	44	94	19	1	5	38	10	5	44	62	.213	.288	.295	.583		130		4	2	4	1	VMT · EL
1985	23	CIN-min	AA	124	495	428	66	119	19	0	11	46	7	5	50	39	.278	.360	.400	.759		171		7	6	4	1	VMT · EL
1986	24	CIN-min	AAA	129	492	432	83	118	26	2	10	60	9	2	48	53	.273	.346	.412	.758		178		3	3	6	2	DEN · AA
1987	25	CIN-min	AAA	91	360	315	56	92	19	3	7	51	23	4	37	25	.292	.362	.438	.800		138		1	1	6	4	NVL · AA
1988	26	CIN	NL	137	582	538	74	146	40	2	11	44	46	14	29	52	.271	.314	.414	.728	105	223	12	6	5	4	1	*5/6	AS,RoY-1
1989	27	CIN-min	AAA	7	30	30	0	5	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.233	.400		7		0	0	0	0	NVL · AA
1989	27	CIN	NL	82	336	304	40	79	21	1	6	29	14	9	25	33	.260	.316	.395	.711	99	120	2	1	4	2	2	5
1990	28	CIN	NL	148	636	567	95	153	38	2	25	71	25	10	61	58	.270	.343	.476	.819	119	270	8	4	1	3	7	*5	AS,MVP-13
1991	29	CIN	NL	153	640	582	91	175	35	3	26	88	19	6	44	79	.301	.354	.505	.859	136	294	13	6	5	3	3	*5	AS,MVP-20
1992	30	CIN-min	AAA	3	14	11	3	4	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	.364	.500	.636	1.136		7	0	2	0	0	0	NVL · AA
1992	30	CIN	NL	96	382	344	42	84	19	3	12	43	4	5	30	54	.244	.302	.422	.723	101	145	12	1	1	6	1	5
1993	31	CIN	NL	148	611	552	86	143	33	2	21	82	6	4	43	105	.259	.315	.440	.755	100	243	10	6	2	8	5	*5
1994	32	BAL	AL	68	288	258	41	66	15	3	11	42	1	1	20	38	.256	.320	.465	.786	96	120	8	5	4	1	2	59D/7
1995	33	STL-min	A+,AAA	23	80	67	15	20	0	0	3	11	1	0	11	10	.299	.413	.433	.845		29	2	2	0	0	0	SPT,LOU · FLOR,AA
1995	33	TOT	MLB	25	94	84	10	20	6	0	1	11	3	0	4	14	.238	.283	.345	.628	66	29	1	2	2	2	1	D/35
1995	33	CHW	AL	20	80	71	10	18	5	0	1	8	2	0	3	12	.254	.295	.366	.661	74	26	0	2	2	2	1	D/35
1995	33	STL	NL	5	14	13	0	2	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	2	.154	.214	.231	.445	18	3	1	0	0	0	0	/35
1996	34	CIN-min	AAA	8	32	31	0	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.290	.281	.323	.604		10	3	0	0	1	0	INA · AA
1996	34	CIN	NL	54	145	125	15	32	7	1	3	16	2	0	18	27	.256	.354	.400	.754	98	50	4	1	1	0	0	5
9 Seasons				911	3714	3354	494	898	214	17	116	426	120	49	274	460	.268	.326	.445	.772	109	1494	70	32	25	29	22
162 Game Avg.				162	660	596	88	160	38	3	21	76	21	9	49	82	.268	.326	.445	.772	109	266	12	6	4	5	4

CIN (7 yrs)				818	3332	3012	443	812	193	14	104	373	116	48	250	408	.270	.328	.447	.775	111	1345	61	25	19	26	19
STL (1 yr)				5	14	13	0	2	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	2	.154	.214	.231	.445	18	3	1	0	0	0	0
BAL (1 yr)				68	288	258	41	66	15	3	11	42	1	1	20	38	.256	.320	.465	.786	96	120	8	5	4	1	2
CHW (1 yr)				20	80	71	10	18	5	0	1	8	2	0	3	12	.254	.295	.366	.661	74	26	0	2	2	2	1

NL (8 yrs)				823	3346	3025	443	814	194	14	104	376	117	48	251	410	.269	.328	.446	.773	111	1348	62	25	19	26	19
AL (2 yrs)				88	368	329	51	84	20	3	12	50	3	1	23	50	.255	.315	.444	.759	92	146	8	7	6	3	3

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
1988	26	CIN	NL	582	1	1	2	-2	19	1	18	40	4.0	21	2.3	1.7	$62,500	*5/6	AS,RoY-1
1989	27	CIN	NL	336	-1	-1	-1	0	-7	0	11	1	0.0	8	0.9	-0.9	$155,000	5
1990	28	CIN	NL	636	11	4	2	0	-1	1	17	34	3.6	35	3.7	-0.1	$200,000	*5	AS,MVP-13
1991	29	CIN	NL	640	22	0	0	-2	0	1	18	39	4.1	39	4.2	-0.1	$1,250,500	*5	AS,MVP-20
1992	30	CIN	NL	382	0	0	0	-2	-2	1	11	8	0.8	10	1.1	-0.3	$2,750,000	5
1993	31	CIN	NL	611	1	1	2	0	-7	1	17	15	1.5	22	2.3	-0.8	$3,100,000	*5
1994	32	BAL	AL	288	-4	-3	2	0	-8	-2	10	-6	-0.6	3	0.3	-0.9	$2,000,000	59D/7
1995	33	CHW	AL	80	-3	-1	0	0	-1	-2	3	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$550,000	D/35
1995	33	STL	NL	14	-2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-3	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$109,000	/35
1996	34	CIN	NL	145	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	5	0.5	4	0.4	0.1	$200,000	5
9 Seasons				3714	25	1	7	-6	-7	1	109	130	13.3	137	14.7	-1.4	$10,377,000

CIN (7 yrs)				3332	34	5	5	-6	4	5	96	142	14.5	139	14.9	-0.4	$7,718,000
STL (1 yr)				14	-2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-3	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$109,000
BAL (1 yr)				288	-4	-3	2	0	-8	-2	10	-6	-0.6	3	0.3	-0.9	$2,000,000
CHW (1 yr)				80	-3	-1	0	0	-1	-2	3	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$550,000

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
1988	26	CIN	NL	582	427	69	4.4	93	.282	.271	.261	.314	.325	.414	.383	.728	.708	105	.540	2.8	0.3	.694	.257	.143	17.8
1989	27	CIN	NL	336	242	38	4.2	94	.273	.260	.258	.316	.326	.395	.385	.711	.711	99	.520	-0.3	-0.0	.640	.234	.135	8.4
1990	28	CIN	NL	636	436	94	5.8	102	.263	.270	.270	.343	.337	.476	.406	.819	.743	119	.622	14.8	1.5	.810	.340	.206	25.0
1991	29	CIN	NL	640	434	103	6.4	97	.310	.301	.262	.354	.331	.505	.393	.859	.723	136	.683	26.5	2.7	.838	.302	.204	22.0
1992	30	CIN	NL	382	284	41	3.9	95	.254	.244	.262	.302	.328	.422	.386	.723	.715	101	.474	-0.2	-0.0	.632	.262	.177	6.0
1993	31	CIN	NL	611	433	77	4.8	104	.281	.259	.272	.315	.338	.440	.415	.755	.752	100	.513	-1.0	-0.1	.695	.263	.181	9.3
1994	32	BAL	AL	288	206	37	4.8	116	.262	.256	.278	.320	.352	.465	.443	.786	.795	96	.452	-3.0	-0.3	.721	.287	.209	1.8
1995	33	TOT	MLB	94	69	10	3.9	106	.268	.238	.266	.283	.339	.345	.419	.628	.758	66	.371	-4.0	-0.4	.585	.190	.107	1.5
1995	33	CHW	AL	80	57	9	4.2	106	.283	.254	.265	.295	.339	.366	.419	.661	.758	74	.404	-2.4	-0.2	.623	.183	.113	1.3
1995	33	STL	NL	14	12	1	2.2	106	.182	.154	.270	.214	.339	.231	.419	.445	.758	18	.196	-1.5	-0.2	.417	.231	.077	.0
1996	34	CIN	NL	145	98	18	4.9	108	.305	.256	.271	.354	.340	.400	.424	.754	.764	98	.508	-0.0	0.0	.732	.304	.144	2.4
9 Seasons				3714	2629	487	5.0	100	.279	.268	.266	.326	.334	.445	.401	.772	.735	109	.557	35.6	3.7	.727	.281	.178	118.0
162 Game Avg.				660	468	87	5.0	100	.279	.268	.266	.326	.334	.445	.401	.772	.735	109	.557	6	1	.727	.281	.178	21

CIN (7 yrs)				3332	2354	440	5.0	98	.280	.270	.265	.328	.332	.447	.397	.775	.729	111	.573	42.5	4.3	.731	.283	.177	109.7
STL (1 yr)				14	12	1	2.2	106	.182	.154	.270	.214	.339	.231	.419	.445	.758	18	.196	-1.5	-0.2	.417	.231	.077	.0
BAL (1 yr)				288	206	37	4.8	116	.262	.256	.278	.320	.352	.465	.443	.786	.795	96	.451	-3.0	-0.3	.721	.287	.209	1.8
CHW (1 yr)				80	57	9	4.2	106	.283	.254	.265	.295	.339	.366	.419	.661	.758	74	.403	-2.4	-0.2	.623	.183	.113	1.3

NL (8 yrs)				3346	2366	441	5.0	98	.280	.269	.265	.328	.332	.446	.397	.773	.729	111	.571	41.0	4.2	.729	.282	.177	110.1
AL (2 yrs)				368	263	46	4.7	114	.267	.255	.276	.315	.349	.444	.438	.759	.787	92	.442	-5.4	-0.5	.701	.264	.188	4.8

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SF	IBB
1990	28	CIN	NL	NLCS	PIT	W	6	24	22	1	5	0	1	3	0	1	4	.227	.250	.364	.614	8	1	1
1990	28	CIN	NL	WS	OAK	W	4	18	16	2	9	1	2	5	1	2	2	.563	.611	1.000	1.611	16	0	0
1 Season (2 Series)							10	42	38	3	14	1	3	8	1	3	6	.368	.405	.632	1.036	24	1	1
1 NLCS							6	24	22	1	5	0	1	3	0	1	4	.227	.250	.364	.614	8	1	1
1 WS							4	18	16	2	9	1	2	5	1	2	2	.563	.611	1.000	1.611	16	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
1988	CIN	NL	26		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

1990	CIN	NL	28	as 3B	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991	CIN	NL	29	as 3B	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Seasons (3 Appearances)					4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.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	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1988	26	CIN	NL	582	1.9%	8.9%	5.0%	9.1%	36%	1.79	10.3	48.9	12.2	0.66	0.75	82%	21%	7.6%	50%
1989	27	CIN	NL	336	1.8%	9.8%	7.4%	8.3%	35%	1.32	9.2	50.7	10.5	0.50	0.64	79%	23%	4.6%	28%
1990	28	CIN	NL	636	3.9%	9.1%	9.6%	10.2%	43%	0.95	9.8	22.7	8.0	0.61	0.67	77%	18%	11.8%	32%
1991	29	CIN	NL	640	4.1%	12.3%	6.9%	10.0%	37%	1.80	7.4	22.4	6.6	0.51	0.69	75%	20%	10.0%	22%
1992	30	CIN	NL	382	3.1%	14.1%	7.9%	8.9%	41%	1.80	6.4	28.7	8.0	0.55	0.64	74%	17%	8.4%	25%
1993	31	CIN	NL	611	3.4%	17.2%	7.0%	9.2%	39%	2.44	5.3	26.3	6.7	0.58	0.67	71%	18%	9.5%	21%
1994	32	BAL	AL	288	3.8%	13.2%	6.9%	10.1%	44%	1.90	6.8	23.5	6.1	0.51	0.76	73%	24%	9.2%	18%
1995	33	TOT	MLB	94	1.1%	14.9%	4.3%	7.5%	35%	3.50	6.0	84.0	7.6	0.58	0.83	76%	18%	2.9%	24%
1995	33	CHW	AL	80	1.3%	15.0%	3.8%	7.5%	33%	4.00	5.9	71.0	8.9	0.50	0.67	75%	19%	3.2%	23%
1995	33	STL	NL	14	0.0%	14.3%	7.1%	7.1%	50%	2.00	6.5		4.3	1.20	2.33	79%	9%	0.0%	40%
1996	34	CIN	NL	145	2.1%	18.6%	12.4%	7.6%	34%	1.50	4.6	41.7	7.8	0.66	0.71	66%	25%	6.5%	21%
9 Seasons				3714	3.1%	12.4%	7.4%	9.3%	39%	1.68	7.3	28.9	7.9	0.57	0.69	76%	20%	8.8%	29%
MLB Averages					2.3%	15.3%	8.7%	7.0%	30%	1.76	5.8	39.4	8.1	0.81	1.07	72%	21%	6.9%	19%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1988	26	CIN	NL	2.8	0.3	643	-0.0	10.8	-10.8	1.03	0.2	-0.3	0.7	0.1	0.93	0.4	0.91	2
1989	27	CIN	NL	-0.3	-0.0	366	-0.0	5.7	-5.8	1.02	-0.1	0.1	2.6	0.3	0.95	1.3	0.99	5
1990	28	CIN	NL	14.8	1.5	687	1.6	12.2	-10.6	.95	2.3	-0.6	10.4	1.0	0.92	22.4	1.26	1
1991	29	CIN	NL	26.5	2.7	674	-0.3	12.3	-12.5	1.05	2.4	-2.7	19.7	2.0	0.98	25.2	2.32	2
1992	30	CIN	NL	-0.2	-0.0	401	-0.4	7.0	-7.4	1.07	-0.1	-0.3	-1.1	-0.1	1.06	0.6	4.58	2
1993	31	CIN	NL	-1.0	-0.1	636	-0.3	10.8	-11.1	1.02	0.6	-0.9	13.0	1.3	0.98	4.5		0
1994	32	BAL	AL	-3.0	-0.3	294	0.7	6.0	-5.3	.98	0.3	0.4	-3.2	-0.3	0.95	-0.4	1.63	2
1995	33	TOT	MLB	-4.0	-0.4	96	-0.1	1.5	-1.6	.97	-0.5	0.4	-5.2	-0.5	0.96	-7.2	2.06	4
1995	33	CHW	AL	-2.4	-0.2	82	0.1	1.3	-1.2	.97	-0.4	0.5	-4.3	-0.4	0.96	-5.5	2.02	2
1995	33	STL	NL	-1.5	-0.2	14	-0.2	0.1	-0.4	.98	-0.2	-0.0	-0.9	-0.1	0.96	-1.7	2.11	2
1996	34	CIN	NL	-0.0	0.0	147	-0.3	2.2	-2.5	.97	-0.3	0.1	-3.3	-0.3	0.98	-3.1	1.46	14
9 Seasons				35.6	3.7	3944	0.9	68.5	-67.6	1.02	4.7	-3.7	33.5	3.4	0.96	43.7	1.68	32

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1988	26	CIN	NL	10	37%	171	46	14	77%	37	12	9	1	1	4	1	12	11	54%	16	10	5	4	2	2	21	5	15
1989	27	CIN	NL	3	34%	110	14	9	61%	11	5	3	4	0	4	2	4	17	41%	16	11	5	3	3	0	10	3	7
1990	28	CIN	NL	8	36%	205	25	10	71%	20	7	5	3	0	7	1	6	17	57%	39	20	19	10	5	5	23	5	17
1991	29	CIN	NL	6	33%	206	19	6	76%	16	5	3	0	1	3	0	13	21	63%	25	8	17	5	4	1	16	5	11
1992	30	CIN	NL	5	29%	114	4	5	44%	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	3	10	46%	14	8	5	8	3	5	6	2	3
1993	31	CIN	NL	9	38%	194	6	4	60%	5	3	1	1	0	1	0	11	22	44%	35	18	14	12	8	4	15	4	9
1994	32	BAL	AL	6	38%	99	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	11	5	47%	15	8	4	6	3	2	9	1	8
1995	33	TOT	MLB	0	36%	20	3	0	100%	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	20%	2	0	1	1	1	0	2	2	0
1995	33	CHW	AL	0	41%	17	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	20%	2	0	1	1	1	0	2	2	0
1995	33	STL	NL	0	0%	3	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	34	CIN	NL	1	25%	50	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	13	7	6	0	0	0	3	1	2
9 Seasons				48	35%	1169	120	49	71%	96	36	24	11	2	22	5	64	106	51%	175	90	76	49	29	19	105	28	72

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
1988	26	CIN	NL	582	27%	146	23	2	2	0	0	0	0.91	11	0	6	7	4	8	3	0	6	5	83%	93	12	13%	60	19	32%	307	40	13%	25	16	64%	28	12	43%	0
1989	27	CIN	NL	336	33%	79	5	0	5	0	0	0	0.99	6	0	5	6	0	3	3	0	6	4	67%	45	2	4%	27	7	26%	159	23	14%	11	6	55%	13	8	62%	0
1990	28	CIN	NL	636	39%	153	20	0	1	0	0	0	1.26	25	0	8	11	14	15	10	0	2	1	50%	77	8	10%	38	11	29%	317	46	15%	32	15	47%	12	6	50%	0
1991	29	CIN	NL	640	33%	175	55	2	2	1	0	0	2.32	26	0	19	17	9	15	11	0	6	5	83%	112	13	12%	58	17	29%	403	64	16%	37	22	59%	23	13	57%	0
1992	30	CIN	NL	382	42%	84	23	2	2	0	0	0	4.58	12	0	15	6	6	8	4	0	3	1	33%	78	12	15%	47	18	38%	282	35	12%	30	16	53%	18	11	61%	0
1993	31	CIN	NL	611	25%	143	22	4	0	0	0	0		21	3	17	17	4	12	9	0	5	2	40%	128	10	8%	59	19	32%	407	65	16%	40	22	55%	22	13	59%	0
1994	32	BAL	AL	288	29%	66	6	1	2	0	0	0	1.63	11	0	11	7	4	3	8	0	5	4	80%	64	8	13%	41	14	34%	195	35	18%	18	8	44%	20	11	55%	0
1995	33	TOT	MLB	94	20%	20	2	0	4	1	1	2	2.06	1	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	100%	21	1	5%	8	4	50%	72	10	14%	8	6	75%	2	0	0%	0
1995	33	CHW	AL	80	24%	18	2	0	2	1	1	2	2.02	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	100%	19	0	0%	7	4	57%	61	7	11%	6	5	83%	2	0	0%	0
1995	33	STL	NL	14	0%	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.11	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	1	0	0%	11	3	27%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
1996	34	CIN	NL	145	58%	32	5	1	14	4	1	2	1.46	3	0	2	1	2	0	3	0	2	1	50%	29	4	14%	20	6	30%	105	13	12%	13	5	38%	7	3	43%	0
9 Seasons				3714	33%	898	161	12	32	6	2	4	1.68	116	3	86	72	44	65	51	0	37	25	68%	647	70	11%	358	115	32%	2247	331	15%	214	116	54%	145	77	53%	0
MLB Averages					58%																			72%			10%			35%			15%			52%			57%

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	26	CIN	NL	577	1894	3.28	1233	65%	19%	11%	31%	40%	81%	1%	53%	87%	38%	4%	25	1	14%	82	48	6%	36	21	27%	5	0	0
1989	27	CIN	NL	336	1179	3.51	721	61%	24%	7%	30%	38%	75%	1%	46%	90%	26%	5%	18	1	18%	62	29	8%	26	18	52%	0	0	1
1990	28	CIN	NL	626	2235	3.57	1371	61%	22%	10%	31%	37%	78%	3%	48%	87%	31%	5%	33	3	16%	101	46	10%	61	31	26%	10	0	2
1991	29	CIN	NL	640	2380	3.72	1493	63%	22%	12%	32%	34%	78%	1%	49%	85%	28%	6%	36	1	15%	93	48	9%	57	45	30%	0	0	0
1992	30	CIN	NL	379	1318	3.48	826	63%	18%	16%	30%	36%	82%	1%	51%	80%	36%	4%	17	2	13%	49	29	7%	26	17	9%	3	0	0
1993	31	CIN	NL	577	2203	3.82	1391	63%	23%	15%	31%	31%	77%	2%	48%	81%	31%	4%	21	3	13%	73	42	7%	42	28	27%	34	2	3
1994	32	BAL	AL	283	1021	3.61	634	62%	21%	14%	30%	35%	79%	1%	49%	82%	29%	5%	14	1	17%	49	27	11%	32	22	16%	5	2	0
1995	33	TOT	MLB	93	336	3.61	215	64%	25%	16%	26%	34%	75%	1%	48%	79%	18%	2%	2	0	18%	17	13	2%	2	1	14%	1	1	0
1995	33	CHW	AL	79	293	3.71	189	65%	25%	16%	26%	33%	75%	1%	48%	79%	18%	1%	1	0	15%	12	9	3%	2	1	17%	1	1	0
1995	33	STL	NL	14	43	3.07	26	60%	19%	15%	23%	42%	81%	0%	49%	81%	21%	7%	1	0	36%	5	4	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
1996	34	CIN	NL	134	573	4.28	344	60%	27%	15%	32%	26%	73%	0%	44%	80%	19%	4%	5	0	17%	23	13	10%	14	6	27%	11	0	0
9 Seasons				3645	13139	3.60	8228	63%	22%	12%	31%	35%	78%	2%	49%	84%	31%	5%	171	12	15%	549	295	8%	296	189	26%	69	5	6
MLB Averages						3.65		62%	25%	15%	27%	33%	75%	2%	46%	80%	31%	6%			16%			9%			27%

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
1988	26	137	582	538	74	146	40	2	11	44	46	14	29	52	.271	.314	.414	.728	105	223	12	6	5	4	1
1989	27	219	918	842	114	225	61	3	17	73	60	23	54	85	.267	.315	.407	.722	103	343	14	7	9	6	3
1990	28	367	1554	1409	209	378	99	5	42	144	85	33	115	143	.268	.326	.435	.761	110	613	22	11	10	9	10
1991	29	520	2194	1991	300	553	134	8	68	232	104	39	159	222	.278	.335	.456	.790	117	907	35	17	15	12	13
1992	30	616	2576	2335	342	637	153	11	80	275	108	44	189	276	.273	.330	.451	.780	115	1052	47	18	16	18	14
1993	31	764	3187	2887	428	780	186	13	101	357	114	48	232	381	.270	.327	.449	.775	112	1295	57	24	18	26	19
1994	32	832	3475	3145	469	846	201	16	112	399	115	49	252	419	.269	.326	.450	.776	110	1415	65	29	22	27	21
1995	33	857	3569	3229	479	866	207	16	113	410	118	49	256	433	.268	.325	.447	.772	109	1444	66	31	24	29	22
1996	34	911	3714	3354	494	898	214	17	116	426	120	49	274	460	.268	.326	.445	.772	109	1494	70	32	25	29	22

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
1988	26	137	587	546	81	154	42	2	12	48	49	31	52	.282	.325	.432	.758	75	137
1989	27	82	337	308	43	83	22	1	6	31	15	26	33	.269	.326	.406	.732	41	82
1990	28	148	635	567	95	153	38	2	25	71	25	61	58	.270	.343	.476	.819	92	148
1991	29	153	640	586	95	179	36	3	27	92	19	45	79	.305	.359	.515	.875	107	153
1992	30	96	388	349	47	89	20	3	13	48	4	32	54	.255	.314	.441	.756	49	96
1993	31	148	606	550	84	141	33	2	21	80	6	42	105	.256	.312	.438	.750	74	148
1994	32	97	393	359	50	86	20	4	14	51	1	26	54	.240	.303	.435	.737	45	68
1995	33	28	104	95	11	23	7	0	1	12	3	5	16	.242	.288	.347	.636	9	25
1996	34	54	141	123	14	30	7	1	3	15	2	17	27	.244	.340	.390	.731	16	54
9 Seasons		943	3831	3483	520	938	225	18	122	448	124	285	478	.269	.328	.449	.777	508	911
162 Game Avg.		162	658	598	89	161	39	3	21	77	21	49	82	.269	.328	.449	.777	87	911

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1988 * 1990 (3B) 1991 (3B)	Awards (yr lg award) 1988 NL Rookie of the Year	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1990 NL (13, 3%) 1991 NL (20, 0%) 0.03 Career Shares (1251st)	Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1988 NL 1.7 (1st)
Batting Average s c a p y 1991 NL .301 (9th)	Slugging % s c a p y 1991 NL .505 (6th)	On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y 1991 NL .859 (9th)	At Bats s c a p y 1991 NL 582 (9th)
Runs Scored s c a p y 1990 NL 95 (10th) 1991 NL 91 (10th)	Hits s c a p y 1991 NL 175 (3rd)	Total Bases s c a p y 1991 NL 294 (4th)	Doubles s c a p y 1988 NL 40 (3rd) 1990 NL 38 (3rd) 1991 NL 35 (5th)
Home Runs s c a p y 1991 NL 26 (10th)	Stolen Bases s c a p y 1988 NL 46 (4th)	Runs Created s c a p y 1991 NL 103 (8th)	Extra Base Hits s c a p y 1990 NL 65 (5th) 1991 NL 64 (5th)
Offensive Win % s c a p y 1991 NL .683 (10th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1991 NL 6 (6th)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1993 NL 8 (10th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1988 NL 14 (4th)
Power-Speed # s c a p y 1990 NL 25.0 (5th) 1991 NL 22.0 (6th)	AB per SO s c a p y 1988 NL 10.3 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 29 (805), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 18 (860), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 10 (1590), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Aaron Boone (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Melvin Mora (953) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Aaron Boone (954) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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