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Lenn Sakata

Lenn Haruki Sakata

Positions: Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: June 8, 1954 in Honolulu, HI
High School: Kalani HS (Honolulu, HI)
School: Gonzaga University (Spokane, WA)
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: July 21, 1977
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Brewers/Yankees/Athletics 1977-1987

Final Game: June 28, 1987
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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
1975	21	MIL-min	AA	121	421	421		108	9	3	9						.257	.257	.356	.613		150							TMI · EL
1976	22	MIL-min	AAA	141	544	510	64	143	23	5	10	70	6	4	29	65	.280	.319	.404	.723		206		1	1	3			SPO · PCL
1977	23	MIL-min	AAA	94	396	345	52	105	19	4	4	73	17	2	42	43	.304	.373	.417	.790		144		0	2	7			SPO · PCL
1977	23	MIL	AL	53	169	154	13	25	2	0	2	12	1	3	9	22	.162	.209	.214	.423	16	33	1	0	6	0	0	4
1978	24	MIL-min	AAA	45	177	156	24	42	14	3	0	20	4	2	15	15	.269	.341	.397	.738		62		3	1	2			SPO · PCL
1978	24	MIL	AL	30	86	78	8	15	4	0	0	3	1	0	8	11	.192	.267	.244	.511	45	19	3	0	0	0	1	4/D
1979	25	MIL-min	AAA	118	492	454	479	136	21	3	6	64	16	7	30	43	.300	.344	.399	.743		181		3	1	4			VAN · PCL
1979	25	MIL	AL	4	14	14	1	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.643	1.143	207	9	0	0	0	0	0	/4
1980	26	BAL-min	AAA	26	104	93	19	32	6	1	3	8	5	0	7	8	.344	.396	.527	.923		49		1	3	0			ROC · IL
1980	26	BAL	AL	43	90	83	12	16	3	2	1	9	2	1	6	10	.193	.244	.313	.558	53	26	3	0	0	1	0	4/6D
1981	27	BAL	AL	61	164	150	19	34	4	0	5	15	4	0	11	18	.227	.282	.353	.636	83	53	5	1	1	1	0	64/D
1982	28	BAL	AL	136	389	343	40	89	18	1	6	31	7	4	30	39	.259	.323	.370	.693	90	127	7	4	8	4	2	46
1983	29	BAL	AL	66	152	134	23	34	7	0	3	12	8	4	16	17	.254	.338	.373	.711	98	50	4	1	1	0	0	4/2D
1984	30	BAL	AL	81	168	157	23	30	1	0	3	11	4	1	6	15	.191	.221	.255	.476	33	40	4	0	5	0	2	4/7
1985	31	BAL-min	AAA	16	60	56	7	12	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	8	.214	.267	.232	.499		13		0	0	0	0		ROC · IL
1985	31	BAL	AL	55	105	97	15	22	3	0	3	6	3	2	6	15	.227	.279	.351	.629	74	34	3	1	1	0	0	4/D
1986	32	OAK-min	AAA	110	458	399	66	125	27	3	2	48	11	0	52	30	.313	.392	.411	.803		164		2	1	4	1		TAC · PCL
1986	32	OAK	AL	17	38	34	4	12	2	0	0	5	0	1	3	6	.353	.395	.412	.807	129	14	1	0	0	1	0	4/D
1987	33	NYY-min	AAA	8	21	16	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	.313	.400	.313	.713		5		0	1	1	0		CLB · IL
1987	33	NYY	AL	19	48	45	5	12	0	1	2	4	0	1	2	4	.267	.313	.444	.757	99	20	2	1	0	0	0	5/4
11 Yrs				565	1423	1289	163	296	46	4	25	109	30	17	97	158	.230	.286	.330	.616	71	425	33	8	22	7	5
162 Game Avg.				162	408	370	47	85	13	1	7	31	9	5	28	45	.230	.286	.330	.616	71	122	9	2	6	2	1

BAL (6 yrs)				442	1068	964	132	225	36	3	21	84	28	12	75	114	.233	.292	.342	.634	76	330	26	7	16	6	4
MIL (3 yrs)				87	269	246	22	47	8	0	2	16	2	3	17	34	.191	.243	.248	.491	36	61	4	0	6	0	1
OAK (1 yr)				17	38	34	4	12	2	0	0	5	0	1	3	6	.353	.395	.412	.807	129	14	1	0	0	1	0
NYY (1 yr)				19	48	45	5	12	0	1	2	4	0	1	2	4	.267	.313	.444	.757	99	20	2	1	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
1977	23	MIL	AL	53	169	-16	-2	1	6	1	-10	-1.0	5	-4	-0.5	.480	.493	-1.1	0.8	-10	$	4
1978	24	MIL	AL	30	86	-6	0	-1	-2	0	-7	-0.8	3	-4	-0.5	.474	.495	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$	4/D
1979	25	MIL	AL	4	14	2	-0	0	-1	0	1	0.1	0	2	0.2	.526	.501	0.2	-0.1	2	$	/4
1980	26	BAL	AL	43	90	-6	-0	0	2	1	-3	-0.2	3	0	0.0	.493	.498	-0.2	0.3	-2	$	4/6D
1981	27	BAL	AL	61	164	0	-0	-0	0	3	2	0.3	5	7	0.8	.504	.502	0.8	0.4	7	$	64/D
1982	28	BAL	AL	136	389	-3	1	0	4	5	7	0.8	12	19	1.9	.505	.505	1.6	1.1	15	$	46
1983	29	BAL	AL	66	152	-0	0	-0	2	1	2	0.3	5	7	0.8	.504	.501	0.6	0.3	5	$	4/2D
1984	30	BAL	AL	81	168	-15	1	0	11	1	-2	-0.1	5	4	0.4	.498	.499	-0.8	1.4	-8	$	4/7
1985	31	BAL	AL	55	105	-1	-0	-0	-2	1	-3	-0.3	3	0	0.0	.494	.498	0.3	-0.1	3	$	4/D
1986	32	OAK	AL	17	38	2	-1	0	1	0	2	0.2	1	3	0.3	.513	.501	0.3	0.1	3	$75,000	4/D
1987	33	NYY	AL	19	48	-0	-0	0	0	0	-0	0.0	2	1	0.1	.500	.500	0.1	0.1	1	$125,000	5/4
11 Seasons				565	1423	-43	-2	0	21	14	-9	-0.6	44	35	3.5	.498	.499	1.5	4.2	13	$200,000

BAL (6 yrs)				442	1068	-25	1	-0	17	12	4	0.8	33	37	3.9	.501	.500	2.3	3.3	20	$
MIL (3 yrs)				87	269	-20	-2	0	4	2	-16	-1.6	9	-7	-0.8	.480	.496	-1.2	0.6	-11	$
OAK (1 yr)				17	38	2	-1	0	1	0	2	0.2	1	3	0.3	.513	.501	0.3	0.1	3	$75,000
NYY (1 yr)				19	48	-0	-0	0	0	0	-0	0.0	2	1	0.1	.500	.500	0.1	0.1	1	$125,000

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
1977	23	MIL	AL	169	139	7	1.4	100	.177	.162	.266	.209	.330	.214	.405	.423	.735	16	.094	-18.5	-1.8	.301	.097	.052	1.3
1978	24	MIL	AL	86	66	5	2.0	94	.224	.192	.261	.267	.326	.244	.385	.511	.711	45	.201	-5.6	-0.6	.424	.167	.051	.0
1979	25	MIL	AL	14	7	5	19.0	102	.538	.500	.270	.500	.334	.643	.408	1.143	.743	207	.928	2.1	0.2	1.286	.143	.143
1980	26	BAL	AL	90	72	6	2.2	98	.205	.193	.268	.244	.330	.313	.397	.558	.727	53	.213	-5.7	-0.6	.465	.205	.120	1.3
1981	27	BAL	AL	164	123	15	3.3	89	.227	.227	.256	.282	.321	.353	.373	.636	.693	83	.399	-3.8	-0.4	.570	.227	.127	4.4
1982	28	BAL	AL	389	277	42	4.1	99	.275	.259	.264	.323	.328	.370	.403	.693	.731	90	.445	-3.8	-0.4	.619	.207	.111	6.5
1983	29	BAL	AL	152	109	17	4.2	96	.272	.254	.263	.338	.325	.373	.397	.711	.722	98	.461	-0.0	0.0	.657	.269	.119	4.4
1984	30	BAL	AL	168	137	8	1.6	94	.194	.191	.260	.221	.322	.255	.392	.476	.715	33	.126	-14.7	-1.5	.371	.121	.064	3.4
1985	31	BAL	AL	105	81	9	3.0	96	.241	.227	.258	.279	.323	.351	.400	.629	.723	74	.311	-3.7	-0.4	.525	.196	.124	3.0
1986	32	OAK	AL	38	25	5	5.3	93	.414	.353	.252	.395	.319	.412	.393	.807	.712	129	.561	1.7	0.2	.667	.118	.059
1987	33	NYY	AL	48	36	5	3.7	105	.256	.267	.264	.313	.332	.444	.424	.757	.756	99	.368	-0.4	-0.0	.611	.200	.178	.0
11 Yrs				1423	1072	124	3.1	96	.243	.230	.262	.286	.326	.330	.397	.616	.723	71	.333	-52.5	-5.3	.521	.185	.100	27.3
162 Game Avg.				408	307	36	3.1	96	.243	.230	.262	.286	.326	.330	.397	.616	.723	71	.333	-52.5	-5.3	.521	.185	.100	8

BAL (6 yrs)				1068	799	97	3.3	96	.244	.233	.262	.292	.325	.342	.395	.634	.720	76	.357	-31.7	-3.2	.551	.203	.109	24.0
MIL (3 yrs)				269	212	17	2.1	98	.214	.191	.265	.243	.329	.248	.399	.491	.728	36	.203	-22.0	-2.2	.374	.122	.057	2.0
OAK (1 yr)				38	25	5	5.3	93	.414	.353	.252	.395	.319	.412	.393	.807	.712	129	.561	1.7	0.2	.667	.118	.059
NYY (1 yr)				48	36	5	3.7	105	.256	.267	.264	.313	.332	.444	.424	.757	.756	99	.368	-0.4	-0.0	.611	.200	.178	.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
1983	29	BAL	AL	WS	PHI	W	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	GO/AO	IP%
1977	23	MIL	AL	169	1.2%	13.0%	5.3%	2.4%	16%	2.44	7.0	77.0	12.8	1.20	77%
1978	24	MIL	AL	86	0.0%	12.8%	9.3%	4.7%	27%	1.38	7.1		26.0	1.75	78%
1979	25	MIL	AL	14	0.0%	7.1%	0.0%	14.3%	29%		14.0		14.0	1.00	93%
1980	26	BAL	AL	90	1.1%	11.1%	6.7%	6.7%	38%	1.67	8.3	83.0	9.2	1.40	81%
1981	27	BAL	AL	164	3.1%	11.0%	6.7%	5.5%	27%	1.64	8.3	30.0	10.0	1.04	78%
1982	28	BAL	AL	389	1.5%	10.0%	7.7%	6.4%	28%	1.30	8.8	57.2	11.1	0.83	78%
1983	29	BAL	AL	152	2.0%	11.2%	10.5%	6.6%	29%	1.06	7.9	44.7	11.2	0.81	75%
1984	30	BAL	AL	168	1.8%	8.9%	3.6%	2.4%	13%	2.50	10.5	52.3	14.3	0.95	83%
1985	31	BAL	AL	105	2.9%	14.3%	5.7%	5.7%	27%	2.50	6.5	32.3	16.2	0.94	75%
1986	32	OAK	AL	38	0.0%	15.8%	7.9%	5.3%	17%	2.00	5.7		6.8	0.31	76%
1987	33	NYY	AL	48	4.2%	8.3%	4.2%	6.3%	25%	2.00	11.3	22.5	11.3	1.58	81%
11 Yrs				1423	1.8%	11.1%	6.8%	5.3%	25%	1.63	8.2	51.6	11.8	1.00	78%
MLB Averages					2.1%	13.6%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	1.60	6.6	41.6	8.4	1.09	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1977	23	MIL	AL	-18.5	-1.8	174	-0.7	2.6	-3.3	1.01	-1.6	0.9	-13.8	-1.4	0.98	-16.4		0
1978	24	MIL	AL	-5.6	-0.6	88	-1.0	0.6	-1.6	.87	-0.7	-0.5	-7.8	-0.8	1.01	-7.1		0
1979	25	MIL	AL	2.1	0.2	14	0.2	0.3	-0.1	.69	0.2	0.0	1.6	0.1	0.75	2.0		0
1980	26	BAL	AL	-5.7	-0.6	94	0.3	2.1	-1.7	1.06	-0.4	0.7	-3.6	-0.4	0.99	-5.6	2.46	5
1981	27	BAL	AL	-3.8	-0.4	171	-0.1	2.7	-2.8	.96	-0.0	-0.0	-2.4	-0.3	1.03	-1.6	4.24	1
1982	28	BAL	AL	-3.8	-0.4	402	-0.8	5.6	-6.4	.92	-0.4	-0.6	-12.0	-1.2	0.97	-6.9	0.88	9
1983	29	BAL	AL	-0.0	0.0	165	-0.1	2.7	-2.8	1.05	-0.4	0.2	-6.0	-0.6	0.95	-2.7	2.13	3
1984	30	BAL	AL	-14.9	-1.5	173	-2.3	2.0	-4.3	1.20	-1.5	-0.4	-17.3	-1.8	0.98	-17.2	3.32	5
1985	31	BAL	AL	-3.7	-0.4	112	-0.5	1.8	-2.2	1.08	-0.2	-0.2	-2.9	-0.3	0.96	-3.5	0.00	1
1986	32	OAK	AL	1.7	0.2	40	0.3	0.7	-0.5	.84	0.1	0.2	2.4	0.2	0.98	1.0		0
1987	33	NYY	AL	-0.4	-0.0	49	0.0	0.8	-0.8	.88	0.1	-0.0	-3.7	-0.4	0.99	-0.6	6.05	0
11 Yrs				-52.7	-5.3	1482	-4.7	21.8	-26.6	.99	-4.7	-0.0	-65.5	-6.6	0.98	-58.4	1.98	24

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1977	23	MIL	AL	4	34%	37	1	3	25%	1	3	0	0	2	1	1	3	63%	6	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	2
1978	24	MIL	AL	1	35%	28	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	30%	4	4	0	2	0	2	4	2	1
1979	25	MIL	AL	0	14%	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50%	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1
1980	26	BAL	AL	1	52%	28	2	1	67%	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	50%	7	3	2	0	0	0	5	1	4
1981	27	BAL	AL	6	34%	67	4	0	100%	4	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	38%	9	6	3	2	2	0	5	2	3
1982	28	BAL	AL	6	29%	184	7	4	64%	7	3	0	1	0	0	0	7	50%	19	13	6	6	3	3	15	4	11
1983	29	BAL	AL	1	42%	68	8	4	67%	8	4	0	0	0	0	1	5	46%	11	7	3	3	2	1	12	4	8
1984	30	BAL	AL	2	61%	56	4	1	80%	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	54%	11	8	3	5	1	4	8	2	6
1985	31	BAL	AL	4	46%	52	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	46%	5	4	1	2	1	1	4	1	3
1986	32	OAK	AL	1	27%	21	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	33%	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
1987	33	NYY	AL	0	23%	9	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
11 Yrs				26	37%	558	30	17	64%	29	16	1	1	4	1	12	28	47%	77	51	23	21	9	11	58	17	40

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
1977	23	MIL	AL	169	20%	25			0	0	0	0		2	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	8	6	75%	38	1	3%	21	10	48%	119	10	8%	7	3	43%	3	1	33%	0
1978	24	MIL	AL	86	43%	15			0	0	0	0		0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	18	3	17%	6	0	0%	63	4	6%	8	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1979	25	MIL	AL	14	64%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		5	1	20%	0	0		0	0		0
1980	26	BAL	AL	90	48%	16			5	4	1	4	2.46	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		21	3	14%	9	1	11%	62	8	13%	7	3	43%	4	1	25%	0
1981	27	BAL	AL	164	29%	34			1	0	0	0	4.24	5	1	3	4	1	3	2	0	1	1	100%	36	5	14%	19	4	21%	111	10	9%	3	2	67%	7	2	29%	0
1982	28	BAL	AL	389	43%	89			9	3	0	1	0.88	6	0	7	3	3	3	3	0	9	8	89%	80	7	9%	34	14	41%	247	30	12%	22	9	41%	14	6	43%	0
1983	29	BAL	AL	152	32%	34			3	0	0	1	2.13	3	0	4	2	1	2	1	0	2	1	50%	28	4	14%	13	5	38%	97	10	10%	6	4	67%	7	2	29%	0
1984	30	BAL	AL	168	34%	30			5	1	0	1	3.32	3	0	5	2	1	1	2	0	5	5	100%	28	4	14%	15	8	53%	103	9	9%	6	1	17%	5	3	60%	0
1985	31	BAL	AL	105	36%	22			1	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	1	1	100%	17	3	18%	7	2	29%	64	6	9%	6	3	50%	5	2	40%	0
1986	32	OAK	AL	38	55%	12			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	1	25%	2	1	50%	24	5	21%	4	3	75%	1	1	100%	0
1987	33	NYY	AL	48	73%	12			0	0	0	1	6.05	2	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	0		11	2	18%	4	3	75%	39	3	8%	1	1	100%	3	2	67%	0
11 Yrs				1423	38%	296			24	8	1	8	1.98	25	1	31	13	12	13	12	0	27	22	81%	283	33	12%	130	48	37%	934	96	10%	70	29	41%	50	20	40%	0
MLB Averages					58%																			80%			11%			35%			15%			51%			55%

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
1977	23	53	169	154	13	25	2	0	2	12	1	3	9	22	.162	.209	.214	.423	16	33	1	0	6	0	0
1978	24	83	255	232	21	40	6	0	2	15	2	3	17	33	.172	.229	.224	.453	26	52	4	0	6	0	1
1979	25	87	269	246	22	47	8	0	2	16	2	3	17	34	.191	.243	.248	.491	36	61	4	0	6	0	1
1980	26	130	359	329	34	63	11	2	3	25	4	4	23	44	.191	.244	.264	.508	40	87	7	0	6	1	1
1981	27	191	523	479	53	97	15	2	8	40	8	4	34	62	.203	.256	.292	.548	53	140	12	1	7	2	1
1982	28	327	912	822	93	186	33	3	14	71	15	8	64	101	.226	.284	.325	.609	69	267	19	5	15	6	3
1983	29	393	1064	956	116	220	40	3	17	83	23	12	80	118	.230	.292	.332	.624	73	317	23	6	16	6	3
1984	30	474	1232	1113	139	250	41	3	20	94	27	13	86	133	.225	.282	.321	.603	68	357	27	6	21	6	5
1985	31	529	1337	1210	154	272	44	3	23	100	30	15	92	148	.225	.282	.323	.605	68	391	30	7	22	6	5
1986	32	546	1375	1244	158	284	46	3	23	105	30	16	95	154	.228	.285	.326	.611	70	405	31	7	22	7	5
1987	33	565	1423	1289	163	296	46	4	25	109	30	17	97	158	.230	.286	.330	.616	71	425	33	8	22	7	5

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1977	23	53	169	154	13	25	2	0	2	12	1	9	22	.162	.209	.214	.423	7	53
1978	24	30	89	80	9	17	5	0	0	4	1	9	11	.213	.292	.275	.567	6	30
1979	25	4	15	15	1	8	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	.533	.533	.667	1.200	5	4
1980	26	43	91	84	13	17	3	2	1	10	2	6	10	.202	.253	.321	.574	7	43
1981	27	92	256	232	33	56	7	0	8	26	7	18	27	.241	.299	.375	.674	26	61
1982	28	136	393	346	42	92	19	1	6	33	7	31	39	.266	.330	.379	.708	43	136
1983	29	66	155	136	25	36	7	0	3	13	8	17	17	.265	.351	.382	.733	18	66
1984	30	81	170	159	26	32	1	0	3	12	4	6	15	.201	.230	.264	.494	10	81
1985	31	55	106	98	16	23	3	0	3	6	3	6	15	.235	.286	.357	.643	10	55
1986	32	17	38	34	4	12	2	0	0	5	0	3	6	.353	.395	.412	.807	6	17
1987	33	19	48	45	5	12	0	1	2	4	0	2	4	.267	.313	.444	.757	6	19
11 Yrs		596	1530	1383	187	330	51	4	28	126	33	107	167	.239	.296	.342	.638	144	565
162 Game Avg.		162	416	376	51	90	14	1	8	34	9	29	45	.239	.296	.342	.638	39	565

* 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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Hall of Fame Standards

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