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Ryne Sandberg

Ryne Dee Sandberg (Ryno)

Positions: Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 18, 1959 in Spokane, WA
High School: North Central HS (Spokane, WA)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 20th round of the 1978 amateur draft.
Signed June 15, 1978. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1981 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Phillies 1981-1997
Agents: Jim Turner,Richie Bry [*]
Final Game: September 28, 1997 (Age 38)
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 2005 (393/516 ballots).
   View Ryne Sandberg Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Relatives: Uncle of Jared Sandberg
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Fine Details  · Last updated Feb 11, 2013 9:17PM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #65. Roger Connor… #66. Alan Trammell… #67. Dave Winfield… #68. RYNE SANDBERG… #69. Gary Carter… #70. Eddie Murray… #71. Goose Goslin… 

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
1981 21 PHI NL 13 6 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 -7 1 0 0 0 0 0 /64
1982 22 CHC NL 156 687 635 103 172 33 5 7 54 32 12 36 90 .271 .312 .372 .683 90 236 7 4 7 5 3 *54 RoY-6
1983 23 CHC NL 158 699 633 94 165 25 4 8 48 37 11 51 79 .261 .316 .351 .667 82 222 8 3 7 5 3 *4/6 GG
1984 24 CHC NL 156 700 636 114 200 36 19 19 84 32 7 52 101 .314 .367 .520 .887 140 331 7 3 5 4 3 *4 AS,MVP-1,GG,SS
1985 25 CHC NL 153 673 609 113 186 31 6 26 83 54 11 57 97 .305 .364 .504 .868 131 307 10 1 2 4 5 *4/6 AS,MVP-13,GG,SS
1986 26 CHC NL 154 682 627 68 178 28 5 14 76 34 11 46 79 .284 .330 .411 .741 98 258 11 0 3 6 6 *4 AS,GG
1987 27 CHC NL 132 587 523 81 154 25 2 16 59 21 2 59 79 .294 .367 .442 .809 111 231 11 2 1 2 4 *4 AS,GG
1988 28 CHC NL 155 679 618 77 163 23 8 19 69 25 10 54 91 .264 .322 .419 .741 108 259 14 1 1 5 3 *4 AS,GG,SS
1989 29 CHC NL 157 672 606 104 176 25 5 30 76 15 5 59 85 .290 .356 .497 .853 134 301 9 4 1 2 8 *4 AS,MVP-4,GG,SS
1990 30 CHC NL 155 675 615 116 188 30 3 40 100 25 7 50 84 .306 .354 .559 .913 140 344 8 1 0 9 8 *4 AS,MVP-4,GG,SS
1991 31 CHC NL 158 684 585 104 170 32 2 26 100 22 8 87 89 .291 .379 .485 .865 138 284 9 2 1 9 4 *4 AS,MVP-17,GG,SS
1992 32 CHC NL 158 687 612 100 186 32 8 26 87 17 6 68 73 .304 .371 .510 .881 145 312 13 1 0 6 4 *4 AS,MVP-12,SS
1993 33 CHC NL 117 503 456 67 141 20 0 9 45 9 2 37 62 .309 .359 .412 .772 109 188 12 2 2 6 1 *4 AS
1994 34 CHC NL 57 247 223 36 53 9 5 5 24 2 3 23 40 .238 .312 .390 .702 83 87 6 1 0 0 0 4
1995 Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
1996 36 CHC NL 150 621 554 85 135 28 4 25 92 12 8 54 116 .244 .316 .444 .760 97 246 9 7 1 5 4 *4
1997 37 CHC NL 135 480 447 54 118 26 0 12 64 7 4 28 94 .264 .308 .403 .711 83 180 5 2 0 3 3 *4/D
16 Yrs 2164 9282 8385 1318 2386 403 76 282 1061 344 107 761 1260 .285 .344 .452 .795 114 3787 139 34 31 71 59
162 Game Avg. 162 695 628 99 179 30 6 21 79 26 8 57 94 .285 .344 .452 .795 114 284 10 3 2 5 4
CHC (15 yrs) 2151 9276 8379 1316 2385 403 76 282 1061 344 107 761 1259 .285 .344 .452 .796 115 3786 139 34 31 71 59
PHI (1 yr) 13 6 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 -7 1 0 0 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 Awards
1981 21 PHI NL 13 6 -1 0 0 -1 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .489 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -0 /64
1982 22 CHC NL 156 687 -9 4 2 6 2 6 0.9 21 27 2.9 .504 .504 2.0 1.0 21 *54 RoY-6
1983 23 CHC NL 158 699 -9 4 1 13 4 12 1.4 22 34 3.5 .509 .509 2.0 1.9 21 *4/6 GG
1984 24 CHC NL 156 700 38 0 1 12 4 56 6.3 22 78 8.4 .539 .538 6.9 2.0 65 *4 AS,MVP-1,GG,SS
1985 25 CHC NL 153 673 24 5 2 -4 4 31 3.5 21 52 5.5 .522 .521 5.8 0.1 56 $505,000 *4/6 AS,MVP-13,GG,SS
1986 26 CHC NL 154 682 1 1 1 3 4 10 1.2 21 31 3.2 .507 .507 2.9 0.8 28 $665,000 *4 AS,GG
1987 27 CHC NL 132 587 11 3 -1 -13 3 4 0.5 18 21 2.2 .503 .502 3.5 -0.9 35 $760,000 *4 AS,GG
1988 28 CHC NL 155 679 8 1 -1 8 4 20 2.3 21 41 4.4 .515 .514 3.5 1.4 33 $840,000 *4 AS,GG,SS
1989 29 CHC NL 157 672 32 1 2 -2 4 36 4.0 21 56 6.0 .525 .525 6.2 0.2 58 $950,000 *4 AS,MVP-4,GG,SS
1990 30 CHC NL 155 675 38 4 1 0 3 46 5.1 19 64 6.9 .531 .530 6.5 0.6 64 $1,550,000 *4 AS,MVP-4,GG,SS
1991 31 CHC NL 158 684 33 3 1 6 3 45 4.9 19 64 6.8 .531 .530 6.0 1.0 58 *4 AS,MVP-17,GG,SS
1992 32 CHC NL 158 687 36 1 1 9 3 50 5.8 19 69 7.6 .536 .535 6.5 1.5 60 $2,150,000 *4 AS,MVP-12,SS
1993 33 CHC NL 117 503 10 5 0 -1 2 17 1.8 14 31 3.2 .515 .511 3.1 0.2 31 $5,975,000 *4 AS
1994 34 CHC NL 57 247 -5 -1 -0 6 1 2 0.2 6 8 0.8 .503 .501 0.2 0.8 2 $5,975,000 4
1996 36 CHC NL 150 621 -4 1 1 15 3 15 1.3 17 32 2.9 .510 .510 1.6 1.7 17 $2,300,000 *4
1997 37 CHC NL 135 480 -12 1 0 3 2 -5 -0.6 13 8 0.7 .496 .497 0.4 0.5 5 $3,250,000 *4/D
16 Seasons 2164 9282 192 32 11 60 46 342 38.4 273 615 64.9 .517 .514 57.0 12.8 555 $24,920,000
CHC (15 yrs) 2151 9276 193 32 11 61 46 343 38.5 273 616 65.0 .517 .515 57.1 12.8 555 $24,920,000
PHI (1 yr) 13 6 -1 0 0 -1 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .489 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -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 24 CHC NL NLCS SDP L 5 22 19 3 7 2 0 0 2 3 1 3 2 .368 .455 .474 .928 9 0 0 0 0 0
1989 29 CHC NL NLCS SFG L 5 25 20 6 8 3 1 1 4 0 0 3 4 .400 .458 .800 1.258 16 0 0 1 1 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 10 47 39 9 15 5 1 1 6 3 1 6 6 .385 .457 .641 1.098 25 0 0 1 1 0
2 NLCS 10 47 39 9 15 5 1 1 6 3 1 6 6 .385 .457 .641 1.098 25 0 0 1 1 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
1981 PHI NL 21 SS 5 0 0 16.0 11 6 5 0 0 1.000 -0 -30 6.19 2.20 .960 5.12 5.12
1981 PHI NL 21 2B 1 0 0 4.0 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 -0 -60 6.75 3.00 .983 5.62 5.50
1982 CHC NL 22 3B 133 131 128 1172.1 368 79 278 11 19 .970 3 3 2.74 2.68 .951 2.77 2.78 RoY-6
1982 CHC NL 22 2B 24 24 21 205.0 153 57 95 1 9 .993 3 16 6.67 6.33 .978 5.42 5.43 RoY-6
1983 CHC NL 23 2B 157 153 149 1348.1 914 330 571 13 126 .986 12 11 6.01 5.74 .978 5.33 5.31 GG
1983 CHC NL 23 SS 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 360 9.00 1.00 .970 4.50 4.80 GG
1984 CHC NL 24 2B 156 156 147 1363.2 870 314 550 6 102 .993 12 11 5.70 5.54 .979 5.41 5.39 AS,MVP-1,GG,SS
1985 CHC NL 25 2B 153 152 145 1334.1 865 353 500 12 99 .986 -4 -4 5.75 5.58 .982 5.47 5.47 AS,MVP-13,GG,SS
1985 CHC NL 25 SS 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 360 9.00 1.00 .960 4.50 4.90 AS,MVP-13,GG,SS
1986 CHC NL 26 2B 153 153 148 1370.0 806 309 492 5 86 .994 3 3 5.26 5.24 .980 5.21 5.22 AS,GG
1987 CHC NL 27 2B 131 130 117 1134.1 679 294 375 10 84 .985 -13 -14 5.31 5.11 .982 5.19 5.16 AS,GG
1988 CHC NL 28 2B 153 151 149 1357.1 824 291 522 11 79 .987 8 7 5.39 5.31 .980 5.22 5.23 AS,GG,SS
1989 CHC NL 29 2B 155 154 145 1341.1 766 294 466 6 80 .992 -2 -1 5.10 4.90 .981 5.12 5.12 AS,MVP-4,GG,SS
1990 CHC NL 30 2B 154 152 141 1316.0 755 278 469 8 81 .989 0 0 5.11 4.85 .983 5.01 4.98 AS,MVP-4,GG,SS
1991 CHC NL 31 2B 157 154 144 1374.2 786 267 515 4 66 .995 6 5 5.12 4.98 .982 5.14 5.12 AS,MVP-17,GG,SS
1992 CHC NL 32 2B 157 157 138 1379.1 830 283 539 8 94 .990 9 8 5.36 5.24 .981 5.18 5.18 AS,MVP-12,SS
1993 CHC NL 33 2B 115 114 101 989.0 563 209 347 7 76 .988 -1 -1 5.06 4.83 .980 5.16 5.13 AS
1994 CHC NL 34 2B 57 56 50 489.2 302 96 202 4 35 .987 6 15 5.48 5.23 .981 5.26 5.23
1996 CHC NL 36 2B 146 144 123 1234.0 655 228 421 6 82 .991 15 15 4.73 4.45 .981 5.09 5.06
1997 CHC NL 37 2B 126 115 102 991.2 508 203 297 8 58 .984 3 4 4.54 3.97 .980 5.07 5.03
1997 CHC NL 37 DH 1 1
16 Seasons 2B 1995 1965 1820 17232.2 10279 3807 6363 109 1158 .989 57 4 5.31 5.10 .981 5.21 5.19
1 Season 3B 133 131 128 1172.1 368 79 278 11 19 .970 3 3 2.74 2.68 .951 2.77 2.78
3 Seasons SS 7 0 0 18.0 13 6 7 0 0 1.000 0 13 6.50 1.86 .961 5.05 5.04
16 Seasons TOT 2135 2096 1948 18423.0 10660 3892 6648 120 1177 .989 60 4 5.15 4.94 .980 5.05 5.04
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
2003 BBWAA (49.2%)
2004 BBWAA (61.1%)
2005 BBWAA (76.2%)
Selected to HOF in 2005 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1984 (2B)
1985 *
1986 (2B)
1987 (2B)
1988 (2B)
1989 (2B)
1990 (2B)
1991 (2B)
1992 (2B)
1993 (2B)

Awards (yr lg award)
1984 ML Major League Player of the Year
1984 NL MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1984 NL (1, 97%)
1985 NL (13, 4%)
1989 NL (4, 47%)
1990 NL (4, 45%)
1991 NL (17, 1%)
1992 NL (12, 4%)
1 MVP
1.98 Career Shares (91st)

Gold Gloves
1983 NL (2B)
1984 NL (2B)
1985 NL (2B)
1986 NL (2B)
1987 NL (2B)
1988 NL (2B)
1989 NL (2B)
1990 NL (2B)
1991 NL (2B)
All multiple winners

Silver Sluggers
1984 NL (2B)
1985 NL (2B)
1988 NL (2B)
1989 NL (2B)
1990 NL (2B)
1991 NL (2B)
1992 NL (2B)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1984 NL  8.4 (1st)
1989 NL  6.0 (10th)
1990 NL  6.9 (3rd)
1991 NL  6.8 (3rd)
1992 NL  7.6 (3rd)
Career  64.9 (104th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1984 NL  8.4 (1st)
1985 NL  5.5 (7th)
1989 NL  6.0 (7th)
1990 NL  6.9 (3rd)
1991 NL  6.8 (2nd)
1992 NL  7.6 (2nd)
Career  64.9 (71st)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1984 NL  6.9 (1st)
1985 NL  5.8 (5th)
1989 NL  6.2 (4th)
1990 NL  6.5 (1st)
1991 NL  6.0 (1st)
1992 NL  6.5 (3rd)
Career  57.0 (89th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1983 NL  1.9 (5th)
1984 NL  2.0 (5th)
1988 NL  1.4 (8th)
1992 NL  1.5 (8th)
1996 NL  1.7 (6th)
Career  12.8 (140th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1984 NL  .314 (4th)
1985 NL  .305 (8th)
1989 NL  .290 (10th)
1990 NL  .306 (10th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1991 NL  .379 (7th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1984 NL  .520 (3rd)
1985 NL  .504 (7th)
1989 NL  .497 (6th)
1990 NL  .559 (2nd)
1992 NL  .510 (5th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1984 NL  .887 (3rd)
1985 NL  .868 (9th)
1989 NL  .853 (9th)
1990 NL  .913 (4th)
1991 NL  .865 (8th)
1992 NL  .881 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
1983 NL  158 (8th)
1984 NL  156 (10th)
1990 NL  155 (10th)
1991 NL  158 (4th)
1992 NL  158 (7th)
Career  2,164 (147th)

At Bats s c a p y
1982 NL  635 (8th)
1983 NL  633 (2nd)
1984 NL  636 (3rd)
1985 NL  609 (8th)
1986 NL  627 (4th)
1988 NL  618 (3rd)
1989 NL  606 (5th)
1990 NL  615 (6th)
1991 NL  585 (8th)
1992 NL  612 (7th)
Career  8,385 (106th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1983 NL  699 (2nd)
1984 NL  700 (4th)
1985 NL  673 (8th)
1986 NL  682 (6th)
1988 NL  679 (5th)
1989 NL  672 (8th)
1990 NL  675 (9th)
1991 NL  684 (4th)
1992 NL  687 (8th)
Career  9,282 (124th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1982 NL  103 (5th)
1983 NL  94 (5th)
1984 NL  114 (1st)
1985 NL  113 (4th)
1989 NL  104 (1st)
1990 NL  116 (1st)
1991 NL  104 (3rd)
1992 NL  100 (4th)
Career  1,318 (117th)

Hits s c a p y
1984 NL  200 (2nd)
1985 NL  186 (4th)
1986 NL  178 (6th)
1988 NL  163 (10th)
1989 NL  176 (5th)
1990 NL  188 (3rd)
1991 NL  170 (6th)
1992 NL  186 (3rd)
Career  2,386 (118th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1984 NL  331 (2nd)
1985 NL  307 (4th)
1989 NL  301 (5th)
1990 NL  344 (1st)
1991 NL  284 (6th)
1992 NL  312 (2nd)
Career  3,787 (108th)

Doubles s c a p y
1982 NL  33 (9th)
1984 NL  36 (3rd)
Career  403 (167th)

Triples s c a p y
1984 NL  19 (1st)
1988 NL  8 (6th)
1992 NL  8 (6th)
1994 NL  5 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1985 NL  26 (9th)
1989 NL  30 (5th)
1990 NL  40 (1st)
1991 NL  26 (10th)
1992 NL  26 (6th)
Career  282 (157th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1990 NL  100 (6th)
1991 NL  100 (7th)
Career  1,061 (235th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1991 NL  87 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
Career  1,260 (128th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1985 NL  54 (4th)
Career  344 (115th)

Singles s c a p y
1983 NL  128 (8th)
1984 NL  126 (9th)
1985 NL  123 (10th)
1986 NL  131 (5th)
Career  1,625 (139th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1984 NL  140 (8th)
1990 NL  140 (7th)
1992 NL  145 (8th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1984 NL  126 (1st)
1985 NL  117 (5th)
1989 NL  109 (5th)
1990 NL  124 (2nd)
1991 NL  114 (2nd)
1992 NL  117 (4th)
Career  1,342 (134th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1984 NL  32 (8th)
1990 NL  32 (7th)
1991 NL  33 (6th)
1992 NL  36 (8th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1984 NL  3.3 (8th)
1990 NL  3.2 (7th)
1991 NL  3.4 (6th)
1992 NL  3.7 (8th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1984 NL  74 (2nd)
1985 NL  63 (4th)
1989 NL  60 (6th)
1990 NL  73 (2nd)
1991 NL  60 (9th)
1992 NL  66 (5th)
Career  761 (136th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1984 NL  255 (6th)
1985 NL  244 (9th)
1990 NL  239 (8th)
1991 NL  259 (4th)
1992 NL  255 (8th)
Career  3,181 (151st)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1984 NL  .739 (1st)
1985 NL  .718 (7th)
1990 NL  .720 (7th)
1991 NL  .715 (6th)
1992 NL  .725 (7th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1990 NL  9 (8th)
1991 NL  9 (7th)
Career  71 (130th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
Career  107 (94th)

SB % s c a p y
1984 NL  82.05 (10th)
1985 NL  83.08 (7th)
1987 NL  91.30 (1st)
Career  76.28 (121st)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1984 NL  23.8 (5th)
1985 NL  35.1 (1st)
1986 NL  19.8 (8th)
1988 NL  21.6 (8th)
1989 NL  20.0 (6th)
1990 NL  30.8 (3rd)
1991 NL  23.8 (4th)
1992 NL  20.6 (5th)
Career  309.9 (19th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1989 NL  20.2 (7th)
1990 NL  15.4 (3rd)
1992 NL  23.5 (9th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1982 NL  494 (6th)
1983 NL  499 (1st)
1984 NL  459 (8th)
1986 NL  480 (3rd)
1988 NL  485 (5th)
1990 NL  451 (10th)
1992 NL  451 (10th)
Career  6,347 (105th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1984 NL  44.13 (4th)
1985 NL  36.71 (7th)
1990 NL  50.11 (2nd)
1991 NL  58.15 (2nd)
1992 NL  44.20 (7th)
Career  325.24 (95th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1984 NL  4.6 (5th)
1985 NL  5.6 (4th)
1990 NL  3.5 (4th)
1991 NL  6.4 (2nd)
1992 NL  5.5 (3rd)
Career  27.6 (115th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1984 NL  4.2 (4th)
1985 NL  4.2 (6th)
1989 NL  4.6 (5th)
1990 NL  4.7 (2nd)
1991 NL  4.3 (3rd)
1992 NL  5.0 (3rd)
Career  30.7 (94th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1984 NL  4.3 (4th)
1985 NL  3.6 (7th)
1990 NL  4.8 (2nd)
1991 NL  5.8 (3rd)
1992 NL  4.5 (7th)
Career  32.0 (97th)

Assists† s c a p y
1983 NL  572 (1st)
1984 NL  550 (1st)
1985 NL  501 (3rd)
1986 NL  492 (1st)
1988 NL  522 (1st)
1989 NL  466 (4th)
1990 NL  469 (1st)
1991 NL  515 (1st)
1992 NL  539 (1st)
Career  6,648 (22nd)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
1996 NL  15 (5th)

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
1983 NL  157 (1st)
1984 NL  156 (3rd)
1985 NL  153 (3rd)
1986 NL  153 (2nd)
1988 NL  153 (2nd)
1989 NL  155 (3rd)
1990 NL  154 (1st)
1991 NL  157 (1st)
1992 NL  157 (2nd)
1996 NL  146 (4th)
Career  1,995 (13th)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
1983 NL  330 (4th)
1985 NL  353 (3rd)
1986 NL  309 (4th)
1987 NL  294 (5th)
1988 NL  291 (5th)
1989 NL  294 (5th)
1990 NL  278 (5th)
1991 NL  267 (5th)
1992 NL  283 (4th)
Career  3,807 (23rd)

Assists as 2B s c a p y
1983 NL  571 (1st)
1984 NL  550 (1st)
1985 NL  500 (2nd)
1986 NL  492 (1st)
1987 NL  375 (5th)
1988 NL  522 (1st)
1989 NL  466 (3rd)
1990 NL  469 (1st)
1991 NL  515 (1st)
1992 NL  539 (1st)
1996 NL  421 (3rd)
Career  6,363 (9th)

Double Plays Turned as 2B s c a p y
1983 NL  126 (1st)
1984 NL  102 (2nd)
1985 NL  99 (5th)
1988 NL  79 (5th)
1990 NL  81 (3rd)
1991 NL  66 (5th)
1992 NL  94 (2nd)
1993 NL  76 (5th)
Career  1,158 (18th)

Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y
1982 NL  3 (5th)
1983 NL  12 (2nd)
1984 NL  12 (1st)
1986 NL  3 (4th)
1988 NL  8 (3rd)
1991 NL  6 (3rd)
1992 NL  9 (1st)
1994 NL  6 (1st)
1996 NL  15 (1st)
Career  57 (17th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† s c a p y
1983 NL  6.01 (1st)
1984 NL  5.70 (2nd)
1985 NL  5.75 (2nd)
1987 NL  5.31 (3rd)
1992 NL  5.36 (5th)
1994 NL  5.48 (3rd)
Career  5.31 (28th)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
1983 NL  5.74 (1st)
1984 NL  5.54 (1st)
1985 NL  5.58 (2nd)
1986 NL  5.24 (3rd)
1987 NL  5.11 (2nd)
1988 NL  5.31 (3rd)
1990 NL  4.85 (5th)
1991 NL  4.98 (4th)
1992 NL  5.24 (3rd)
1994 NL  5.23 (2nd)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
1983 NL  .986 (3rd)
1984 NL  .993 (1st)
1985 NL  .986 (4th)
1986 NL  .994 (1st)
1987 NL  .985 (5th)
1988 NL  .987 (3rd)
1989 NL  .992 (2nd)
1990 NL  .989 (3rd)
1991 NL  .995 (1st)
1992 NL  .990 (3rd)
1993 NL  .988 (4th)
1994 NL  .987 (4th)
1996 NL  .991 (2nd)
1997 NL  .984 (5th)
Career  .989 (9th)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1982 NL  .970 (2nd)

Salary s c a p y
1993 NL  $5,975,000 (2nd)
1994 NL  $5,975,000 (2nd)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 14 (169), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 134 (127), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 158 (78), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 43 (133), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Second Base (9th), 64.9 career WAR/45.6 7yr-peak WAR/55.3 JAWS
Average HOF 2B (out of 19) = 66.0 career WAR/42.8 7yr-peak WAR/54.4 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Lou Whitaker (901)
  2. Joe Torre (874)
  3. Miguel Tejada (868)
  4. Barry Larkin (865) *
  5. Alan Trammell (859)
  6. Ray Durham (854)
  7. Ken Boyer (843)
  8. Bobby Doerr (835) *
  9. Roberto Alomar (834) *
  10. Bernie Williams (818)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Sean Burroughs (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Don Kolloway (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Paul Molitor (962) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Paul Molitor (948) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Paul Molitor (944) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Edgardo Alfonzo (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Carlos Baerga (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bobby Doerr (922) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bobby Doerr (917) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Bobby Doerr (913) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Bobby Doerr (908) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Joe Torre (905)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Joe Torre (899)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Lou Whitaker (895)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Lou Whitaker (899)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
198525Chicago Cubs$505,000*
198626Chicago Cubs$665,0001986 USA Today survey
198727Chicago Cubs$760,0001987 USA Today survey
198828Chicago Cubs$840,000*
198929Chicago Cubs$950,000*
199030Chicago Cubs$1,550,000*
199232Chicago Cubs$2,150,00011/4/92 Toronto SunIncludes $50,000 earned bonus
199333Chicago Cubs$5,975,000USA Today
199434Chicago Cubs$5,975,0004/5/94 USA TodayRetired in midseason
199636Chicago Cubs$2,300,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $800,000 earned bonus
199737Chicago Cubs$3,250,0001997 AP survey
Career to date (may be incomplete)$24,920,000
Disputed Salaries
*1985 - $515,000 - 1985 USA Today survey -
*1988 - $875,000 - 12/13/88 NYT -
*1989 - $925,000 - 11/1/89 NYT -
*1990 - $1,625,000 - 11/21/90 NYT -
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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