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Luis Salazar

Luis Ernesto (Garcia) Salazar

Positions: Third Baseman, Outfielder and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 19, 1956 in Barcelona, Anzoategui, Venezuela
High School: Jose Antonio Anzoategui (Barcelona, VE)
Signed by the Kansas City Royals as an amateur free agent in 1973. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 15, 1980
Teams (by GP): Padres/Cubs/Tigers/WhiteSox 1980-1992
Agents: Chuck Berry,Tom Reich [*]
Final Game: October 4, 1992
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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
1974	18	KCR-min	Rk	2	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500		1	0	0	0	0	0		ROY · GULF
1976	20	PIT-min	A-	42	151	151		36	3	4	1						.238	.238	.331	.570		50							NFL · NYPL
1977	21	PIT-min	A	116	462	433	72	117	17	5	11	48	9	4	16	55	.270	.297	.409	.706		177		3	4	6			SAL · CARL
1978	22	PIT-min	A	126	512	472	55	138	20	4	3	49	22	7	28	55	.292	.335	.371	.705		175		5	1	6			SAL · CARL
1979	23	PIT-min	AA	139	619	561	108	181	17	5	27	86	21	11	44	119	.323	.375	.515	.890		289		5	5	4			BFL · EL
1980	24	PIT-SDP-min	AAA	127	560	497	91	157	23	15	9	64	43	6	52	83	.316	.379	.477	.856		237		2	4	5			POR,HAW · PCL
1980	24	SDP	NL	44	183	169	28	57	4	7	1	25	11	2	9	25	.337	.372	.462	.834	138	78	4	1	3	1	1	5/89
1981	25	SDP	NL	109	424	400	37	121	19	6	3	38	11	8	16	72	.303	.329	.403	.732	113	161	7	1	5	2	2	*598/7
1982	26	SDP	NL	145	559	524	55	127	15	5	8	62	32	9	23	80	.242	.274	.336	.610	73	176	10	2	5	5	10	*56/8
1983	27	SDP	NL	134	510	481	52	124	16	2	14	45	24	9	17	80	.258	.285	.387	.672	87	186	4	2	8	2	8	*56
1984	28	SDP	NL	93	236	228	20	55	7	2	3	17	11	7	6	38	.241	.261	.329	.590	65	75	5	0	2	0	1	58/769
1985	29	CHW	AL	122	353	327	39	80	18	2	10	45	14	4	12	60	.245	.267	.404	.671	78	132	5	0	9	5	2	857/D39
1986	30	CHW-min	A	21	84	79	9	16	1	0	2	4	0	0	4	18	.203	.250	.291	.541		23		1	0	0	0		APP · MIDW
1986	30	CHW	AL	4	8	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.143	.250	.143	.393	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	/D
1987	31	SDP-min	AAA	4	18	17	2	5	2	0	1	3	1	0	1	4	.294	.333	.588	.922		10		0	0	0	0		LVG · PCL
1987	31	SDP	NL	84	206	189	13	48	5	0	3	17	3	3	14	30	.254	.302	.328	.630	70	62	2	0	1	2	2	56/87193
1988	32	DET	AL	130	489	452	61	122	14	1	12	62	6	0	21	70	.270	.305	.385	.690	96	174	13	3	10	3	2	765/4893
1989	33	TOT	NL	121	349	326	34	92	12	2	9	34	1	4	15	57	.282	.316	.414	.730	105	135	6	1	7	0	3	59/6738
1989	33	SDP	NL	95	265	246	27	66	7	2	8	22	1	3	11	44	.268	.302	.411	.713	102	101	4	1	7	0	3	59/6387
1989	33	CHC	NL	26	84	80	7	26	5	0	1	12	0	1	4	13	.325	.357	.425	.782	116	34	2	0	0	0	0	5/7
1990	34	CHC	NL	115	434	410	44	104	13	3	12	47	3	1	19	59	.254	.293	.388	.680	80	159	4	4	0	1	3	57
1991	35	CHC	NL	103	351	333	34	86	14	1	14	38	0	3	15	45	.258	.292	.432	.725	99	144	8	1	2	0	1	5/37
1992	36	CHC	NL	98	273	255	20	53	7	2	5	25	1	1	11	34	.208	.237	.310	.547	52	79	10	0	3	4	2	576/39
13 Yrs				1302	4375	4101	438	1070	144	33	94	455	117	51	179	653	.261	.293	.381	.673	88	1562	78	15	55	25	37
162 Game Avg.				162	544	510	54	133	18	4	12	57	15	6	22	81	.261	.293	.381	.673	88	194	10	2	7	3	5

SDP (7 yrs)				704	2383	2237	232	598	73	24	40	226	93	41	96	369	.267	.298	.375	.673	90	839	36	7	31	12	27
CHC (4 yrs)				342	1142	1078	105	269	39	6	32	122	4	6	49	151	.250	.284	.386	.670	82	416	24	5	5	5	6
CHW (2 yrs)				126	361	334	40	81	18	2	10	45	14	4	13	63	.243	.267	.398	.665	77	133	5	0	9	5	2
DET (1 yr)				130	489	452	61	122	14	1	12	62	6	0	21	70	.270	.305	.385	.690	96	174	13	3	10	3	2

NL (10 yrs)				1046	3525	3315	337	867	112	30	72	348	97	47	145	520	.262	.293	.379	.672	87	1255	60	12	36	17	33
AL (3 yrs)				256	850	786	101	203	32	3	22	107	20	4	34	133	.258	.289	.391	.679	88	307	18	3	19	8	4

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
1980	24	SDP	NL	44	183	9	2	0	-1	0	11	1.2	6	17	1.8	.528	.508	1.9	-0.1	18	$	5/89
1981	25	SDP	NL	109	424	9	-2	0	-9	0	-0	0.1	13	12	1.4	.500	.500	2.3	-0.8	21	$	*598/7
1982	26	SDP	NL	145	559	-15	3	1	2	2	-8	-0.7	17	10	1.0	.494	.495	0.6	0.6	8	$	*56/8
1983	27	SDP	NL	134	510	-8	1	2	2	2	-1	-0.2	16	14	1.4	.499	.499	1.2	0.5	12	$	*56
1984	28	SDP	NL	93	236	-11	-2	0	5	0	-8	-0.8	7	-0	-0.1	.491	.495	-0.7	0.7	-6	$	58/769
1985	29	CHW	AL	122	353	-10	0	1	-9	-2	-21	-2.0	11	-10	-1.0	.482	.487	0.0	-1.1	-1	$325,000	857/D39
1986	30	CHW	AL	4	8	-0	0	0	0	-0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.492	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	/D
1987	31	SDP	NL	84	206	-8	-1	1	-7	2	-12	-1.2	6	-6	-0.6	.485	.492	0.1	-0.5	1	$75,000	56/87193
1988	32	DET	AL	130	489	-2	2	-1	6	-1	5	0.7	15	20	2.1	.504	.503	1.5	0.7	14	$150,000	765/4893
1989	33	SDP	NL	95	265	3	-2	0	0	0	3	0.3	8	11	1.1	.503	.502	1.1	0.1	10	$400,000	59/6387
1989	33	CHC	NL	26	84	2	-1	-0	-4	0	-3	-0.3	3	-0	-0.1	.488	.498	0.4	-0.4	4	$	5/7
1990	34	CHC	NL	115	434	-8	-0	1	-2	-1	-10	-1.0	12	2	0.2	.490	.493	0.3	-0.2	4	$550,000	57
1991	35	CHC	NL	103	351	-2	-1	0	2	0	-1	-0.0	10	9	0.9	.499	.500	0.6	0.3	7	$575,000	5/37
1992	36	CHC	NL	98	273	-14	-1	-1	5	-1	-12	-1.3	8	-4	-0.6	.486	.492	-1.2	0.5	-9	$600,000	576/39
13 Seasons				1302	4375	-56	-0	5	-9	3	-57	-5.3	131	74	7.5	.495	.497	8.1	0.2	83	$2,675,000

SDP (7 yrs)				704	2383	-21	0	4	-7	8	-16	-1.3	73	57	6.0	.498	.499	6.5	0.4	65	$475,000
CHC (4 yrs)				342	1142	-22	-3	0	1	-2	-25	-2.7	32	7	0.4	.492	.496	0.1	0.2	6	$1,725,000
CHW (2 yrs)				126	361	-11	0	1	-9	-2	-21	-2.0	11	-10	-1.0	.483	.493	0.0	-1.1	-1	$325,000
DET (1 yr)				130	489	-2	2	-1	6	-1	5	0.7	15	20	2.1	.504	.503	1.5	0.7	14	$150,000

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
1980	24	SDP	NL	183	122	29	6.4	90	.389	.337	.260	.372	.321	.462	.377	.834	.698	138	.681	7.6	0.8	.822	.231	.124	1.8
1981	25	SDP	NL	424	301	51	4.6	87	.361	.303	.255	.329	.320	.403	.366	.732	.686	113	.549	5.1	0.5	.616	.148	.100	4.7
1982	26	SDP	NL	559	426	48	3.0	91	.270	.242	.261	.274	.323	.336	.379	.610	.702	73	.355	-20.1	-2.1	.538	.181	.094	12.8
1983	27	SDP	NL	510	380	53	3.8	94	.283	.258	.260	.285	.328	.387	.385	.672	.712	87	.444	-10.7	-1.1	.595	.195	.129	17.7
1984	28	SDP	NL	236	187	17	2.4	94	.278	.241	.263	.261	.328	.329	.383	.590	.711	65	.273	-11.8	-1.2	.459	.132	.088	4.7
1985	29	CHW	AL	353	270	35	3.5	102	.267	.245	.266	.267	.332	.404	.413	.671	.745	78	.375	-11.0	-1.1	.602	.226	.159	11.7
1986	30	CHW	AL	8	6	0	0.0	104	.250	.143	.266	.250	.335	.143	.415	.393	.750	9	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.333	.143	.000
1987	31	SDP	NL	206	149	19	3.4	102	.285	.254	.264	.302	.333	.328	.412	.630	.745	70	.354	-8.0	-0.8	.521	.148	.074	3.0
1988	32	DET	AL	489	356	52	3.9	91	.295	.270	.255	.305	.319	.385	.384	.690	.703	96	.445	-3.8	-0.4	.595	.175	.115	8.0
1989	33	TOT	NL	349	251	40	4.3	93	.319	.282	.257	.316	.325	.414	.383	.730	.707	105	.527	0.5	0.1	.607	.169	.132	1.8
1989	33	SDP	NL	265	194	29	4.0	91	.299	.268	.255	.302	.323	.411	.380	.713	.702	102	.498	-1.1	-0.1	.594	.179	.142	1.8
1989	33	CHC	NL	84	57	11	5.2	97	.379	.325	.263	.357	.331	.425	.391	.782	.723	116	.613	1.6	0.2	.649	.138	.100	.0
1990	34	CHC	NL	434	312	47	4.0	104	.271	.254	.273	.293	.341	.388	.411	.680	.752	80	.461	-13.7	-1.4	.592	.185	.134	4.8
1991	35	CHC	NL	351	260	39	4.0	97	.263	.258	.262	.292	.331	.432	.393	.725	.723	99	.482	-2.8	-0.3	.609	.210	.174	.0
1992	36	CHC	NL	273	220	17	2.1	95	.218	.208	.263	.237	.328	.310	.386	.547	.715	52	.223	-17.3	-1.8	.423	.145	.102	1.7
13 Yrs				4375	3240	447	3.7	95	.289	.261	.261	.293	.327	.381	.388	.673	.716	88	.435	-87.1	-8.9	.577	.180	.120	104.2
162 Game Avg.				544	403	56	3.7	95	.289	.261	.261	.293	.327	.381	.388	.673	.716	88	.435	-87.1	-8.9	.577	.180	.120	13

SDP (7 yrs)				2383	1759	246	3.8	92	.303	.267	.259	.298	.325	.375	.381	.673	.706	90	.448	-39.1	-4.0	.579	.174	.108	55.9
CHC (4 yrs)				1142	849	114	3.6	99	.263	.250	.267	.284	.334	.386	.398	.670	.732	82	.427	-32.2	-3.3	.558	.180	.136	7.1
CHW (2 yrs)				361	276	35	3.4	102	.267	.243	.266	.267	.332	.398	.413	.665	.745	77	.365	-12.0	-1.2	.595	.225	.156	11.7
DET (1 yr)				489	356	52	3.9	91	.295	.270	.255	.305	.319	.385	.384	.690	.703	96	.445	-3.8	-0.4	.595	.175	.115	8.0

NL (10 yrs)				3525	2608	360	3.7	94	.290	.262	.262	.293	.328	.379	.387	.672	.714	87	.441	-71.3	-7.4	.572	.176	.117	82.7
AL (3 yrs)				850	632	87	3.7	96	.283	.258	.259	.289	.325	.391	.396	.679	.721	88	.411	-15.8	-1.6	.595	.196	.132	21.0

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
1984	28	SDP	NL	NLCS	CHC	W	3	5	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.200	.200	.600	.800	3	0	0	0	0	0
1984	28	SDP	NL	WS	DET	L	4	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0

1989	33	CHC	NL	NLCS	SFG	L	5	19	19	2	7	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	.368	.368	.632	1.000	12	1	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs (3 Series)							12	27	27	2	9	0	2	1	2	0	2	0	1	.333	.333	.593	.926	16	1	0	0	0	0
2 NLCS							8	24	24	2	8	0	2	1	2	0	1	0	1	.333	.333	.625	.958	15	1	0	0	0	0
1 WS							4	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	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
1980	24	SDP	NL	183	0.6%	13.7%	4.9%	6.6%	21%	2.78	6.8	169.0	6.8		1.60	79%
1981	25	SDP	NL	424	0.7%	17.0%	3.8%	6.6%	23%	4.50	5.6	133.3	10.5		0.94	77%
1982	26	SDP	NL	559	1.4%	14.3%	4.1%	5.0%	22%	3.48	6.6	65.5	8.5		1.35	79%
1983	27	SDP	NL	510	2.8%	15.7%	3.3%	6.3%	26%	4.71	6.0	34.4	10.7		0.80	76%
1984	28	SDP	NL	236	1.3%	16.1%	2.5%	5.1%	22%	6.33	6.0	76.0	13.4		0.96	79%
1985	29	CHW	AL	353	2.8%	17.0%	3.4%	8.5%	38%	5.00	5.5	32.7	7.3		0.77	74%
1986	30	CHW	AL	8	0.0%	37.5%	12.5%	0.0%	0%	3.00	2.3				1.00	50%
1987	31	SDP	NL	206	1.5%	14.6%	6.8%	3.9%	17%	2.14	6.3	63.0	11.1		1.04	77%
1988	32	DET	AL	489	2.5%	14.3%	4.3%	5.5%	22%	3.33	6.5	37.7	7.3	0.68	0.99	76%	18%	8.4%	33%
1989	33	TOT	NL	349	2.6%	16.3%	4.3%	6.6%	25%	3.80	5.7	36.2	9.6	0.87	1.14	75%	16%	7.4%	13%
1989	33	SDP	NL	265	3.0%	16.6%	4.2%	6.4%	26%	4.00	5.6	30.8	11.2	0.76	1.01	73%	15%	8.3%	14%
1989	33	CHC	NL	84	1.2%	15.5%	4.8%	7.1%	23%	3.25	6.2	80.0	6.7	1.31	1.69	79%	19%	3.8%	10%
1990	34	CHC	NL	434	2.8%	13.6%	4.4%	6.5%	27%	3.11	6.9	34.2	8.7	0.75	0.82	78%	14%	8.3%	28%
1991	35	CHC	NL	351	4.0%	12.8%	4.3%	8.3%	34%	3.00	7.4	23.8	8.8	0.63	0.96	78%	22%	9.9%	19%
1992	36	CHC	NL	273	1.8%	12.5%	4.0%	5.1%	26%	3.09	7.5	51.0	10.2	0.56	0.85	81%	20%	4.2%	17%
13 Yrs				4375	2.2%	14.9%	4.1%	6.2%	25%	3.65	6.3	43.6	9.0	0.70	0.98	77%	18%	7.8%	23%
MLB Averages					2.1%	14.3%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	1.68	6.3	42.5	8.5	0.80	1.07	74%	20%	6.2%	22%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1980	24	SDP	NL	7.6	0.8	201	1.1	4.2	-3.1	1.03	1.0	0.1	16.4	1.7	1.01	11.9		0
1981	25	SDP	NL	5.6	0.6	449	0.7	8.5	-7.9	1.11	0.4	0.2	6.1	0.7	0.98	4.9	0.58	2
1982	26	SDP	NL	-20.1	-2.1	611	-1.2	9.5	-10.6	1.05	-0.5	-0.6	-0.4	-0.0	0.98	-1.1	2.49	2
1983	27	SDP	NL	-10.7	-1.1	550	-1.1	9.1	-10.2	1.11	-0.7	-0.3	-4.6	-0.5	0.95	-3.0	1.61	6
1984	28	SDP	NL	-11.8	-1.2	257	-0.7	4.4	-5.1	1.10	-1.1	0.5	-11.9	-1.2	0.96	-12.0	1.32	14
1985	29	CHW	AL	-11.0	-1.1	375	0.2	7.2	-7.0	1.07	-1.0	1.1	-6.4	-0.6	0.98	-11.3	0.90	15
1986	30	CHW	AL	-0.9	-0.1	8	0.0	0.2	-0.2	1.33	-0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.73	-0.1	2.46	2
1987	31	SDP	NL	-8.0	-0.8	215	-1.5	2.7	-4.2	1.02	-0.7	-0.7	-10.8	-1.1	0.97	-8.1	1.64	18
1988	32	DET	AL	-4.4	-0.4	505	0.1	8.9	-8.8	1.02	-0.7	0.9	-1.6	-0.2	0.99	-5.2	2.22	9
1989	33	TOT	NL	0.5	0.1	362	1.8	7.0	-5.2	1.01	0.6	1.2	7.0	0.7	0.95	4.9	1.23	15
1989	33	SDP	NL	-1.1	-0.1	276	0.4	4.5	-4.2	1.02	0.1	0.3	1.1	0.1	0.94	1.3	1.11	14
1989	33	CHC	NL	1.6	0.2	86	1.4	2.5	-1.1	.99	0.5	0.9	5.9	0.6	0.97	3.6	2.95	1
1990	34	CHC	NL	-13.7	-1.4	444	1.0	8.4	-7.5	1.02	-0.5	1.4	-2.2	-0.2	0.95	-6.6	1.18	5
1991	35	CHC	NL	-2.8	-0.3	358	-0.0	6.4	-6.4	1.05	-0.2	0.1	-4.8	-0.5	0.91	-2.6	1.79	13
1992	36	CHC	NL	-17.0	-1.8	276	-2.4	3.7	-6.2	1.10	-0.8	-1.4	-17.7	-1.8	0.94	-10.0	1.91	17
13 Yrs				-86.8	-8.9	4611	-2.1	80.2	-82.3	1.06	-4.3	2.4	-30.6	-3.1	0.96	-38.1	1.54	118

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
1980	24	SDP	NL	4	41%	93	11	2	85%	11	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	6	67%	10	6	4	2	1	1	12	1	11
1981	25	SDP	NL	10	25%	171	11	8	58%	11	7	0	0	1	0	0	12	8	42%	24	17	7	5	1	3	16	4	9
1982	26	SDP	NL	13	33%	146	32	9	78%	30	7	2	1	1	6	2	9	16	58%	24	11	12	3	1	2	11	2	8
1983	27	SDP	NL	8	30%	152	24	9	73%	23	9	1	0	0	2	1	5	12	36%	17	10	5	3	0	3	16	10	5
1984	28	SDP	NL	1	29%	101	11	7	61%	11	7	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	55%	15	7	7	0	0	0	5	1	4
1985	29	CHW	AL	6	35%	109	14	4	78%	11	3	3	1	0	2	0	6	8	46%	11	8	2	2	2	0	13	2	10
1986	30	CHW	AL	1	50%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	31	SDP	NL	2	17%	70	3	3	50%	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	4	3	60%	9	3	6	1	0	1	5	1	2
1988	32	DET	AL	6	37%	147	6	0	100%	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	16	49%	28	18	9	5	2	3	16	4	12
1989	33	TOT	NL	8	25%	141	1	4	20%	1	3	0	1	0	2	2	10	13	45%	17	10	6	5	2	2	7	2	5
1989	33	SDP	NL	7	27%	108	1	3	25%	1	2	0	1	0	1	1	10	11	42%	11	6	4	3	1	1	5	2	3
1989	33	CHC	NL	1	21%	33	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	50%	6	4	2	2	1	1	2	0	2
1990	34	CHC	NL	9	28%	136	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	9	44%	23	14	9	3	2	1	6	2	4
1991	35	CHC	NL	2	23%	86	0	3	0%	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	7	26%	11	10	1	2	1	1	6	2	3
1992	36	CHC	NL	6	25%	86	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	39%	12	9	3	0	0	0	6	0	4
13 Yrs				76	29%	1439	117	51	70%	111	44	6	4	3	18	5	64	102	47%	202	123	72	31	12	17	119	31	77

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
1980	24	SDP	NL	183	21%	57			0	0	0	0		1	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	6	3	50%	33	4	12%	16	6	38%	118	25	21%	11	6	55%	15	9	60%	0
1981	25	SDP	NL	424	32%	121			2	0	0	0	0.58	3	0	10	3	0	2	1	0	9	5	56%	79	7	9%	42	9	21%	260	38	15%	24	11	46%	15	7	47%	0
1982	26	SDP	NL	559	33%	127			2	0	0	0	2.49	8	0	12	5	3	6	2	0	8	5	63%	95	10	11%	48	21	44%	344	59	17%	32	25	78%	24	14	58%	0
1983	27	SDP	NL	510	34%	124			6	2	0	1	1.61	14	0	11	6	8	10	4	0	10	8	80%	81	4	5%	39	17	44%	279	37	13%	28	12	43%	13	6	46%	0
1984	28	SDP	NL	236	63%	55			14	4	0	0	1.32	3	0	9	0	3	1	2	0	2	2	100%	42	5	12%	21	4	19%	131	16	12%	11	2	18%	3	3	100%	0
1985	29	CHW	AL	353	52%	80			15	6	1	5	0.90	10	0	7	6	4	4	6	0	13	9	69%	78	5	6%	46	18	39%	228	39	17%	19	9	47%	18	8	44%	0
1986	30	CHW	AL	8	100%	1			2	0	0	0	2.46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1987	31	SDP	NL	206	50%	48			18	3	0	1	1.64	3	0	5	1	2	1	2	0	1	1	100%	41	2	5%	19	5	26%	134	15	11%	15	5	33%	6	3	50%	0
1988	32	DET	AL	489	44%	122	23	14	9	5	0	4	2.22	12	0	21	4	8	5	7	0	12	10	83%	104	13	13%	51	18	35%	336	54	16%	30	14	47%	21	14	67%	0
1989	33	TOT	NL	349	39%	92	19	2	15	6	3	5	1.23	9	0	8	4	5	6	3	0	8	7	88%	67	6	9%	35	14	40%	197	28	14%	17	12	71%	11	7	64%	0
1989	33	SDP	NL	265	38%	66	16	2	14	5	3	4	1.11	8	0	5	4	4	5	3	0	8	7	88%	49	4	8%	27	11	41%	145	16	11%	12	9	75%	9	5	56%	0
1989	33	CHC	NL	84	43%	26	3	0	1	1	0	1	2.95	1	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		18	2	11%	8	3	38%	52	12	23%	5	3	60%	2	2	100%	0
1990	34	CHC	NL	434	38%	104	8	0	5	1	0	0	1.18	12	0	10	6	6	7	5	0	1	0	0%	73	4	5%	28	5	18%	274	41	15%	26	12	46%	12	8	67%	0
1991	35	CHC	NL	351	50%	86	35	0	13	2	0	1	1.79	14	0	6	4	10	8	6	0	2	2	100%	64	8	13%	31	9	29%	197	24	12%	13	6	46%	12	9	75%	0
1992	36	CHC	NL	273	61%	53	21	1	17	4	0	2	1.91	5	0	7	1	4	3	2	0	4	3	75%	48	10	21%	31	10	32%	174	20	11%	23	10	43%	13	8	62%	0
13 Yrs				4375	42%	1070	106	17	118	33	4	19	1.54	94	0	110	41	53	53	41	0	76	55	72%	805	78	10%	407	136	33%	2673	396	15%	249	124	50%	163	96	59%	0
MLB Averages					59%																			77%			11%			35%			15%			52%			55%

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	32	DET	AL	489	1831	3.74	1210	66%	27%	14%	26%	33%	73%	1%	48%	81%	21%	5%	24	0	17%	81	35	7%	36	23	21%	0	0	0
1989	33	TOT	NL	346	1353	3.91	882	65%	30%	14%	24%	31%	69%	1%	45%	79%	15%	5%	19	2	18%	64	22	8%	27	22	20%	3	0	8
1989	33	SDP	NL	262	1022	3.90	662	65%	28%	16%	24%	31%	71%	2%	46%	76%	18%	5%	13	1	19%	49	18	8%	22	17	14%	3	0	6
1989	33	CHC	NL	84	331	3.94	220	66%	35%	9%	25%	30%	64%	0%	43%	85%	8%	7%	6	1	18%	15	4	6%	5	5	38%	0	0	2
1990	34	CHC	NL	410	1566	3.82	1039	66%	26%	12%	30%	32%	74%	2%	49%	83%	15%	7%	27	5	18%	74	38	6%	26	15	27%	24	0	4
1991	35	CHC	NL	351	1275	3.63	875	69%	25%	14%	28%	33%	75%	1%	52%	81%	23%	4%	15	3	13%	44	19	6%	22	13	11%	0	0	0
1992	36	CHC	NL	276	1026	3.72	697	68%	25%	13%	28%	33%	75%	2%	51%	82%	26%	4%	10	0	11%	31	15	5%	15	9	29%	-3	0	0
5 Yrs				1872	7051	3.77	4703	67%	27%	14%	27%	32%	73%	1%	49%	81%	20%	5%	95	10	16%	294	129	7%	126	82	21%	24	0	12
MLB Averages						3.62		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	31%	6%			16%			9%			26%

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
1980	24	44	183	169	28	57	4	7	1	25	11	2	9	25	.337	.372	.462	.834	138	78	4	1	3	1	1
1981	25	153	607	569	65	178	23	13	4	63	22	10	25	97	.313	.342	.420	.762	121	239	11	2	8	3	3
1982	26	298	1166	1093	120	305	38	18	12	125	54	19	48	177	.279	.310	.380	.689	98	415	21	4	13	8	13
1983	27	432	1676	1574	172	429	54	20	26	170	78	28	65	257	.273	.302	.382	.684	95	601	25	6	21	10	21
1984	28	525	1912	1802	192	484	61	22	29	187	89	35	71	295	.269	.297	.375	.672	91	676	30	6	23	10	22
1985	29	647	2265	2129	231	564	79	24	39	232	103	39	83	355	.265	.292	.380	.672	89	808	35	6	32	15	24
1986	30	651	2273	2136	232	565	79	24	39	232	103	39	84	358	.265	.292	.379	.671	89	809	35	6	32	15	24
1987	31	735	2479	2325	245	613	84	24	42	249	106	42	98	388	.264	.293	.375	.668	87	871	37	6	33	17	26
1988	32	865	2968	2777	306	735	98	25	54	311	112	42	119	458	.265	.295	.376	.671	88	1045	50	9	43	20	28
1989	33	986	3317	3103	340	827	110	27	63	345	113	46	134	515	.267	.297	.380	.677	90	1180	56	10	50	20	31
1990	34	1101	3751	3513	384	931	123	30	75	392	116	47	153	574	.265	.297	.381	.678	89	1339	60	14	50	21	34
1991	35	1204	4102	3846	418	1017	137	31	89	430	116	50	168	619	.264	.296	.386	.682	90	1483	68	15	52	21	35
1992	36	1302	4375	4101	438	1070	144	33	94	455	117	51	179	653	.261	.293	.381	.673	88	1562	78	15	55	25	37

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
1980	24	44	190	175	33	63	4	8	1	29	12	10	25	.360	.396	.491	.887	34	44
1981	25	165	667	627	68	205	32	10	5	69	19	27	109	.327	.355	.434	.789	97	109
1982	26	145	570	533	62	136	16	5	9	69	34	25	80	.255	.288	.355	.643	54	145
1983	27	134	518	488	57	131	17	2	15	50	25	18	80	.268	.296	.404	.700	58	134
1984	28	93	238	230	21	57	7	2	3	18	11	6	38	.248	.267	.335	.602	21	93
1985	29	122	353	327	39	80	18	2	10	45	14	12	60	.245	.267	.404	.671	36	122
1986	30	4	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	4
1987	31	84	206	189	13	48	5	0	3	17	3	14	30	.254	.302	.328	.630	19	84
1988	32	130	500	461	68	131	15	1	13	70	6	23	70	.284	.320	.406	.726	59	130
1989	33	121	355	331	37	97	13	2	9	37	1	16	57	.293	.328	.426	.754	46	121
1990	34	115	432	408	42	102	13	3	12	45	3	19	59	.250	.289	.385	.674	44	115
1991	35	103	352	334	35	87	14	1	14	39	0	15	45	.260	.294	.434	.728	43	103
1992	36	98	277	258	22	56	7	2	5	28	1	12	34	.217	.248	.318	.566	21	98
13 Yrs		1358	4666	4368	497	1193	161	38	99	516	129	198	690	.273	.305	.395	.701	532	1302
162 Game Avg.		162	557	521	59	142	19	5	12	62	15	24	82	.273	.305	.395	.701	63	1302

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1981 NL 109 (3rd)	Hits s c a p y 1981 NL 121 (8th)	Triples s c a p y 1981 NL 6 (10th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1981 NL 72 (5th)
Singles s c a p y 1981 NL 93 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 5 (1784), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (1919), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 10 (1581), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Mike Cubbage (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Joel Youngblood (938) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Joel Youngblood (940) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ed Charles (938) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ed Charles (930) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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