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Tom Seaver

George Thomas Seaver (Tom Terrific)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: November 17, 1944 in Fresno, CA
High School: Fresno HS (Fresno, CA)
School: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1966. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1967
Teams (by GP): Mets/Reds/WhiteSox/RedSox 1967-1986
Agents: Bob Lawrence [*]
Final Game: September 19, 1986
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1992 (425/430 ballots).
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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
1967 22 NYM NL 36 93 77 5 11 2 0 0 5 2 0 8 24 .143 .230 .169 .399 17 13 0 1 6 1 0 1 AS,MVP-22,RoY-1
1968 23 NYM NL 38 101 95 5 15 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 44 .158 .184 .179 .363 10 17 0 0 3 0 0 1 AS
1969 24 NYM NL 39 104 91 7 11 3 0 0 6 1 0 7 34 .121 .200 .154 .354 -0 14 0 2 4 0 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-2
1970 25 NYM NL 42 112 95 9 17 1 1 1 10 0 0 10 31 .179 .257 .242 .499 35 23 1 0 7 0 0 1 AS,CYA-7,MVP-29
1971 26 NYM NL 39 109 92 8 18 3 0 1 7 0 0 6 31 .196 .245 .261 .506 45 24 1 0 11 0 0 1 AS,CYA-2,MVP-9
1972 27 NYM NL 36 100 89 5 13 3 1 3 4 0 0 5 41 .146 .191 .303 .495 41 27 1 0 6 0 0 1 AS,CYA-5,MVP-25
1973 28 NYM NL 39 109 93 9 15 2 1 1 5 1 0 7 34 .161 .220 .237 .457 28 22 3 0 9 0 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-8
1974 29 NYM NL 32 87 71 3 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 9 28 .099 .200 .099 .299 -14 7 3 0 7 0 0 1
1975 30 NYM NL 37 111 95 7 17 1 0 0 5 0 0 8 24 .179 .250 .189 .439 26 18 2 1 7 0 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-9
1976 31 NYM NL 35 100 82 5 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 9 26 .085 .176 .085 .261 -21 7 1 0 9 0 0 1 AS,CYA-8
1977 32 TOT NL 33 104 86 11 17 1 0 3 9 0 0 4 33 .198 .231 .314 .545 46 27 2 0 13 1 0 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-25
1977 32 NYM NL 13 36 31 1 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 12 .161 .206 .161 .367 3 5 0 0 2 1 0 1
1977 32 CIN NL 20 68 55 10 12 1 0 3 5 0 0 2 21 .218 .246 .400 .646 69 22 2 0 11 0 0 1
1978 33 CIN NL 36 95 74 5 9 1 0 0 4 0 0 8 31 .122 .207 .135 .342 -2 10 0 0 13 0 0 1 AS
1979 34 CIN NL 33 81 76 3 12 3 0 2 8 0 0 1 29 .158 .169 .276 .445 19 21 2 0 4 0 0 1 CYA-4,MVP-21
1980 35 CIN NL 26 60 46 5 6 3 0 0 3 0 0 7 17 .130 .245 .196 .441 25 9 0 0 7 0 0 1
1981 36 CIN NL 23 68 55 3 11 1 0 1 6 0 0 8 16 .200 .297 .273 .570 62 15 2 0 4 1 0 1 AS,CYA-2,MVP-10
1982 37 CIN NL 22 41 34 3 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 16 .176 .222 .235 .458 28 8 2 0 5 0 0 1
1983 38 NYM NL 34 77 64 6 10 0 2 0 4 0 0 6 26 .156 .225 .219 .444 25 14 2 0 6 1 0 1
1984 39 CHW AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1985 40 CHW AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1986 41 TOT AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1986 41 CHW AL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1986 41 BOS AL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
20 Yrs 677 1552 1315 99 202 28 5 12 86 4 0 108 485 .154 .219 .210 .429 22 276 22 4 121 4 0
162 Game Avg. 162 371 315 24 48 7 1 3 21 1 0 26 116 .154 .219 .210 .429 22 66 5 1 29 1 0
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
NYM (12 yrs) 420 1139 975 70 146 17 5 6 60 4 0 80 355 .150 .217 .196 .412 18 191 14 4 77 3 0
CIN (6 yrs) 160 413 340 29 56 11 0 6 26 0 0 28 130 .165 .228 .250 .478 32 85 8 0 44 1 0
CHW (3 yrs) 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BOS (1 yr) 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (17 yrs) 580 1552 1315 99 202 28 5 12 86 4 0 108 485 .154 .219 .210 .429 22 276 22 4 121 4 0
AL (3 yrs) 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
1967 22 NYM NL 36 93 -6 0 1 0 10 6 0.7 3 9 0.7 .518 .504 0.6 0.0 9 $7,500 1 AS,MVP-22,RoY-1
1968 23 NYM NL 38 101 -9 -0 0 0 10 2 0.2 4 5 0.2 .505 .501 0.2 0.1 5 $ 1 AS
1969 24 NYM NL 39 104 -12 -0 0 0 12 0 0.0 4 4 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 4 $38,000 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-2
1970 25 NYM NL 42 112 -8 0 0 0 13 5 0.6 3 9 0.6 .513 .503 0.6 0.0 9 $80,000 1 AS,CYA-7,MVP-29
1971 26 NYM NL 39 109 -5 0 -0 0 12 7 0.8 3 10 0.8 .520 .505 0.8 0.0 10 $90,000 1 AS,CYA-2,MVP-9
1972 27 NYM NL 36 100 -7 -0 -0 0 10 3 0.4 3 6 0.4 .510 .502 0.4 0.0 6 $120,000 1 AS,CYA-5,MVP-25
1973 28 NYM NL 39 109 -9 1 -0 0 12 4 0.4 3 7 0.4 .511 .503 0.4 0.0 7 $130,000 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-8
1974 29 NYM NL 32 87 -11 -1 -0 0 9 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.3 .489 .498 -0.4 0.0 -1 $173,000 1
1975 30 NYM NL 37 111 -8 -0 0 0 12 4 0.4 3 7 0.4 .510 .502 0.4 0.0 7 $173,000 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-9
1976 31 NYM NL 35 100 -14 -0 1 0 11 -2 -0.2 3 1 -0.2 .493 .498 -0.2 0.0 1 $225,000 1 AS,CYA-8
1977 32 NYM NL 13 36 -5 0 0 0 4 0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $225,000 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-25
1977 32 CIN NL 20 68 -2 -0 -0 0 8 5 0.5 2 7 0.5 .525 .503 0.5 0.0 7 $ 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-25
1978 33 CIN NL 36 95 -12 -0 0 0 11 -1 -0.1 3 2 -0.1 .498 .499 -0.1 0.0 2 $ 1 AS
1979 34 CIN NL 33 81 -8 -0 0 0 10 2 0.2 2 4 0.2 .505 .501 0.2 0.0 4 $375,000 1 CYA-4,MVP-21
1980 35 CIN NL 26 60 -5 -0 0 0 7 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .505 .501 0.1 0.0 3 $375,000 1
1981 36 CIN NL 23 68 -3 -1 -0 0 8 3 0.4 2 5 0.4 .515 .502 0.3 0.0 5 $375,000 1 AS,CYA-2,MVP-10
1982 37 CIN NL 22 41 -4 -0 -0 0 5 0 0.0 1 2 0.0 .502 .500 0.0 0.0 2 $375,000 1
1983 38 NYM NL 34 77 -7 -1 -0 0 9 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 3 $850,000 1
1984 39 CHW AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1985 40 CHW AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,136,262 1
1986 41 CHW AL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,132,652 1
1986 41 BOS AL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
20 Seasons 677 1552 -135 -3 0 0 173 35 4.1 47 82 4.2 .506 .501 3.9 0.4 82 $5,880,414
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
NYM (12 yrs) 420 1139 -100 -1 1 0 125 25 2.9 35 60 3.1 .507 .501 2.9 0.3 60 $2,111,500
CIN (6 yrs) 160 413 -34 -2 -1 0 48 10 1.2 12 23 1.1 .507 .501 1.0 0.1 22 $1,500,000
CHW (3 yrs) 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $2,268,914
BOS (1 yr) 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

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
1967 22 NYM NL 93 73 4 1.5 89 .204 .143 .256 .230 .318 .169 .376 .399 .693 17 .141 -8.0 -0.9 .364 .156 .026 .0
1968 23 NYM NL 101 83 3 1.0 81 .294 .158 .252 .184 .310 .179 .355 .363 .666 10 .085 -10.6 -1.2 .250 .053 .021
1969 24 NYM NL 104 84 4 1.3 96 .193 .121 .262 .200 .332 .154 .388 .354 .720 -0 .103 -12.4 -1.3 .300 .121 .033 .0
1970 25 NYM NL 112 86 7 2.2 103 .254 .179 .267 .257 .340 .242 .408 .499 .748 35 .201 -9.1 -0.9 .418 .168 .063 .0
1971 26 NYM NL 109 86 7 2.2 91 .283 .196 .257 .245 .323 .261 .377 .506 .700 45 .244 -6.8 -0.7 .400 .130 .065 .0
1972 27 NYM NL 100 83 5 1.6 89 .222 .146 .253 .191 .321 .303 .374 .495 .695 41 .158 -7.4 -0.8 .416 .213 .157 .0
1973 28 NYM NL 109 90 5 1.5 95 .241 .161 .260 .220 .329 .237 .387 .457 .716 28 .128 -9.4 -1.0 .370 .161 .075 1.0
1974 29 NYM NL 87 74 2 0.7 94 .163 .099 .261 .200 .333 .099 .378 .299 .711 -14 .038 -10.9 -1.1 .239 .127 .000
1975 30 NYM NL 111 87 5 1.6 92 .239 .179 .259 .250 .330 .189 .375 .439 .704 26 .133 -9.3 -1.0 .338 .095 .011
1976 31 NYM NL 100 85 2 0.6 86 .125 .085 .254 .176 .320 .085 .362 .261 .682 -21 .032 -12.7 -1.4 .211 .110 .000
1977 32 TOT NL 104 85 6 1.9 102 .275 .198 .268 .231 .336 .314 .409 .545 .744 46 .165 -7.0 -0.7 .437 .163 .116 .0
1977 32 NYM NL 36 29 1 0.9 98 .250 .161 .262 .206 .329 .161 .399 .367 .728 3 .050 -4.1 -0.4 .269 .065 .000
1977 32 CIN NL 68 56 5 2.4 105 .290 .218 .272 .246 .340 .400 .414 .646 .754 69 .232 -2.9 -0.3 .533 .218 .182 .0
1978 33 CIN NL 95 78 3 1.0 95 .209 .122 .262 .207 .330 .135 .385 .342 .715 -2 .072 -10.3 -1.1 .277 .122 .014
1979 34 CIN NL 81 70 3 1.2 100 .222 .158 .270 .169 .336 .276 .401 .445 .737 19 .079 -8.9 -0.9 .333 .132 .118 .0
1980 35 CIN NL 60 47 3 1.7 96 .207 .130 .268 .245 .330 .196 .389 .441 .719 25 .161 -4.6 -0.5 .400 .217 .065
1981 36 CIN NL 68 51 5 2.7 94 .256 .200 .265 .297 .330 .273 .379 .570 .710 62 .310 -2.6 -0.3 .500 .218 .073 .0
1982 37 CIN NL 41 35 2 1.6 96 .333 .176 .268 .222 .331 .235 .389 .458 .721 28 .137 -3.4 -0.4 .333 .118 .059
1983 38 NYM NL 77 63 3 1.3 96 .256 .156 .262 .225 .330 .219 .388 .444 .719 25 .100 -6.8 -0.7 .357 .156 .063
20 Yrs 1552 1260 69 1.5 94 .231 .154 .261 .219 .328 .210 .383 .429 .711 22 .129 -140.4 -14.8 .345 .141 .056 6.0
162 Game Avg. 371 302 17 1.5 94 .231 .154 .261 .219 .328 .210 .383 .429 .711 22 .129 -140.4 -14.8 .345 .141 .056 1
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
NYM (12 yrs) 1139 923 48 1.4 92 .227 .150 .259 .217 .326 .196 .380 .412 .706 18 .120 -107.6 -11.4 .331 .132 .046 4.8
CIN (6 yrs) 413 337 21 1.7 98 .244 .165 .267 .228 .333 .250 .393 .478 .726 32 .152 -32.7 -3.4 .387 .168 .085 .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
1969 24 NYM NL NLCS ATL W 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 24 NYM NL WS BAL W 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0
1973 28 NYM NL NLCS CIN W 2 7 6 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .333 .429 .667 1.095 4 0 0 0 0 0
1973 28 NYM NL WS OAK L 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 34 CIN NL NLCS PIT L 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (5 Series) 8 21 20 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .100 .143 .200 .343 4 1 0 0 0 0
3 NLCS 4 12 11 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .182 .250 .364 .614 4 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 4 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 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
1967 NYM NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 NYM NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 NYM NL 24 DNP
1970 NYM NL 25 as P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 NYM NL 26 DNP
1972 NYM NL 27 DNP
1973 NYM NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 NYM NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 NYM NL 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 CIN NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 CIN NL 33 DNP
1981 CIN NL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Yrs (8 GP) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .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
1967 22 NYM NL 93 0.0% 25.8% 8.6% 2.2% 18% 3.00 3.2 15.4 1.42 58%
1968 23 NYM NL 101 0.0% 43.6% 3.0% 2.0% 13% 14.67 2.2 31.7 1.85 51%
1969 24 NYM NL 104 0.0% 32.7% 6.7% 2.9% 27% 4.86 2.7 15.2 1.35 55%
1970 25 NYM NL 112 0.9% 27.7% 8.9% 2.7% 18% 3.10 3.1 95.0 9.5 2.31 56%
1971 26 NYM NL 109 0.9% 28.4% 5.5% 3.7% 22% 5.17 3.0 92.0 13.1 1.30 55%
1972 27 NYM NL 100 3.0% 41.0% 5.0% 7.0% 54% 8.20 2.2 29.7 22.3 1.28 45%
1973 28 NYM NL 109 0.9% 31.2% 6.4% 3.7% 27% 4.86 2.7 93.0 18.6 3.91 53%
1974 29 NYM NL 87 0.0% 32.2% 10.3% 0.0% 0% 3.11 2.5 17.8 1.71 49%
1975 30 NYM NL 111 0.0% 21.6% 7.2% 0.9% 6% 3.00 4.0 19.0 1.35 64%
1976 31 NYM NL 100 0.0% 26.0% 9.0% 0.0% 0% 2.89 3.2 27.3 1.81 56%
1977 32 TOT NL 104 2.9% 31.7% 3.9% 3.9% 24% 8.25 2.6 28.7 9.6 1.74 49%
1977 32 NYM NL 36 0.0% 33.3% 5.6% 0.0% 0% 6.00 2.6 7.8 0.70 56%
1977 32 CIN NL 68 4.4% 30.9% 2.9% 5.9% 33% 10.50 2.6 18.3 11.0 2.89 46%
1978 33 CIN NL 95 0.0% 32.6% 8.4% 1.1% 11% 3.88 2.4 18.5 1.82 45%
1979 34 CIN NL 81 2.5% 35.8% 1.2% 6.2% 42% 29.00 2.6 38.0 9.5 2.15 56%
1980 35 CIN NL 60 0.0% 28.3% 11.7% 5.0% 50% 2.43 2.7 15.3 3.29 48%
1981 36 CIN NL 68 1.5% 23.5% 11.8% 2.9% 18% 2.00 3.4 55.0 9.2 1.33 57%
1982 37 CIN NL 41 0.0% 39.0% 4.9% 4.9% 33% 8.00 2.1 5.00 44%
1983 38 NYM NL 77 0.0% 33.8% 7.8% 2.6% 20% 4.33 2.5 16.0 2.08 51%
20 Yrs 1552 0.8% 31.3% 7.0% 2.9% 22% 4.49 2.7 109.6 15.3 1.80 53%
MLB Averages 2.0% 13.8% 8.5% 6.3% 28% 1.62 6.4 44.8 8.8 1.10 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
1967 22 NYM NL -8.0 -0.9 96 -0.1 1.3 -1.3 .97 -0.5 0.5 -4.1 -0.4 0.95 -5.3 0
1968 23 NYM NL -10.6 -1.2 103 -1.0 0.9 -1.9 1.00 -0.9 -0.1 -5.5 -0.6 0.90 -7.8 0
1969 24 NYM NL -12.4 -1.3 105 -0.7 1.1 -1.8 .95 -1.1 0.4 -9.1 -0.9 0.96 -10.8 0
1970 25 NYM NL -9.1 -0.9 113 -0.4 1.5 -1.9 .94 -0.6 0.2 -5.9 -0.6 0.98 -8.3 0.80 1
1971 26 NYM NL -6.8 -0.7 109 -0.6 1.2 -1.8 .87 -0.3 -0.3 -5.4 -0.6 0.96 -4.5 1.27 0
1972 27 NYM NL -7.4 -0.8 100 -1.5 1.0 -2.5 1.14 -0.8 -0.5 -14.4 -1.6 1.02 -8.8 0
1973 28 NYM NL -9.4 -1.0 112 -0.6 1.3 -1.9 .99 -0.9 0.3 -10.5 -1.1 0.98 -10.2 0
1974 29 NYM NL -10.9 -1.1 88 -1.1 0.7 -1.8 .96 -1.0 -0.1 -9.2 -1.0 0.97 -10.0 0
1975 30 NYM NL -9.4 -1.0 112 -1.1 0.9 -2.0 .99 -0.9 -0.2 -9.6 -1.0 1.03 -10.0 0
1976 31 NYM NL -12.8 -1.4 100 -1.2 0.5 -1.8 .95 -1.4 0.1 -14.5 -1.6 0.99 -14.5 0
1977 32 TOT NL -7.1 -0.7 104 -0.7 1.1 -1.7 .85 -0.6 -0.2 -8.9 -0.9 1.00 -7.0 0
1977 32 NYM NL -4.2 -0.4 36 -0.2 0.4 -0.6 .94 -0.4 0.2 -3.3 -0.3 1.05 -3.9 0
1977 32 CIN NL -2.9 -0.3 68 -0.5 0.7 -1.1 .80 -0.2 -0.4 -5.6 -0.6 0.97 -3.1 0
1978 33 CIN NL -10.3 -1.1 95 -0.9 0.8 -1.6 .94 -1.0 0.1 -8.9 -0.9 0.97 -10.4 0
1979 34 CIN NL -8.9 -0.9 81 -0.5 0.8 -1.3 .82 -0.8 0.1 -9.8 -1.0 1.00 -9.0 0
1980 35 CIN NL -4.6 -0.5 60 -0.3 0.5 -0.9 .79 -0.6 0.2 -4.3 -0.4 0.88 -5.4 0
1981 36 CIN NL -2.6 -0.3 69 -0.2 0.6 -0.8 .79 -0.3 0.1 -3.6 -0.4 0.98 -2.3 0
1982 37 CIN NL -3.4 -0.4 41 -0.5 0.4 -0.8 .95 -0.4 -0.1 -4.2 -0.4 0.89 -4.4 1.73 1
1983 38 NYM NL -6.8 -0.7 78 -0.7 0.7 -1.4 .93 -0.8 0.1 -9.0 -0.9 0.93 -8.1 0
1984 39 CHW AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1985 40 CHW AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1986 41 TOT AL 0.0 0.0
1986 41 CHW AL 0.0 0.0
1986 41 BOS AL 0.0 0.0
20 Yrs -140.6 -14.8 1566 -11.9 15.2 -27.2 .94 -12.9 0.2 -136.8 -14.5 0.97 -136.8 1.27 2
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
1967 22 NYM NL 4 0 25% 38 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 33% 7 4 3 0 0 0 5 3 1
1968 23 NYM NL 2 0 28% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0% 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
1969 24 NYM NL 1 0 35% 42 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 50% 4 3 1 1 1 0 3 0 3
1970 25 NYM NL 2 0 31% 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 44% 6 3 3 1 1 0 2 1 1
1971 26 NYM NL 3 0 30% 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 67% 3 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 2
1972 27 NYM NL 1 0 13% 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1973 28 NYM NL 1 0 38% 30 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 43% 4 3 1 0 0 0 3 1 2
1974 29 NYM NL 1 0 19% 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 14% 4 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 1
1975 30 NYM NL 2 0 27% 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 27% 8 5 3 1 1 0 2 1 0
1976 31 NYM NL 0 0 31% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 20% 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1977 32 TOT NL 1 0 44% 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 57% 2 1 1 1 1 0 4 0 3
1977 32 NYM NL 0 0 14% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 32 CIN NL 1 0 64% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 67% 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 3
1978 33 CIN NL 0 0 29% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 22% 6 5 1 3 2 1 0 0 0
1979 34 CIN NL 1 0 9% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 35 CIN NL 0 0 39% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 5 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1981 36 CIN NL 0 0 11% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1982 37 CIN NL 0 0 38% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17% 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 1
1983 38 NYM NL 0 0 38% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 5 5 0 2 2 0 2 2 0
20 Yrs 19 0 29% 468 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 20 27% 68 52 15 12 11 1 33 14 15
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
1967 22 NYM NL 93 35% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 75% 15 0 0% 14 4 29% 55 5 9% 6 4 67% 3 2 67% 0
1968 23 NYM NL 101 32% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 11 0 0% 11 1 9% 50 4 8% 3 1 33% 4 3 75% 0
1969 24 NYM NL 104 31% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 44% 16 0 0% 19 3 16% 62 7 11% 4 2 50% 3 0 0% 0
1970 25 NYM NL 112 22% 17 1 0 0 0 0.80 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 8 7 88% 20 1 5% 20 6 30% 80 10 13% 7 2 29% 3 2 67% 0
1971 26 NYM NL 109 25% 18 0 0 0 0 1.27 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 12 11 92% 19 1 5% 19 5 26% 68 8 12% 4 3 75% 4 3 75% 0
1972 27 NYM NL 100 34% 13 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 2 1 0 3 0 6 6 100% 20 1 5% 23 4 17% 73 1 1% 5 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1973 28 NYM NL 109 26% 15 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 12 9 75% 24 3 13% 26 5 19% 73 5 7% 6 3 50% 5 2 40% 0
1974 29 NYM NL 87 28% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 7 70% 22 3 14% 22 6 27% 52 5 10% 3 1 33% 3 2 67% 0
1975 30 NYM NL 111 28% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 7 64% 18 2 11% 23 7 30% 81 8 10% 9 6 67% 4 3 75% 0
1976 31 NYM NL 100 24% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 100% 23 1 4% 27 8 30% 68 3 4% 5 2 40% 4 2 50% 0
1977 32 TOT NL 104 33% 17 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 2 1 2 1 0 15 13 87% 24 2 8% 26 5 19% 76 7 9% 7 3 43% 3 1 33% 0
1977 32 NYM NL 36 28% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 8 0 0% 8 2 25% 25 4 16% 5 3 60% 1 0 0% 0
1977 32 CIN NL 68 35% 12 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 2 1 2 1 0 13 11 85% 16 2 13% 18 3 17% 51 3 6% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
1978 33 CIN NL 95 35% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 17 13 76% 17 0 0% 18 7 39% 58 4 7% 2 1 50% 4 0 0% 0
1979 34 CIN NL 81 30% 12 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 9 4 44% 16 2 13% 20 3 15% 57 6 11% 8 2 25% 3 1 33% 0
1980 35 CIN NL 60 30% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 100% 11 0 0% 11 3 27% 35 3 9% 2 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
1981 36 CIN NL 68 35% 11 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 5 4 80% 12 2 17% 15 3 20% 48 5 10% 3 1 33% 1 0 0% 0
1982 37 CIN NL 41 41% 6 1 0 0 0 1.73 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 83% 10 2 20% 8 0 0% 25 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1983 38 NYM NL 77 31% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 100% 12 2 17% 13 5 38% 43 4 9% 3 2 67% 3 1 33% 0
20 Yrs 1552 30% 202 2 0 0 0 1.27 12 0 49 9 3 5 7 0 154 121 79% 290 22 8% 315 75 24% 1004 85 8% 78 33 42% 51 24 47% 0
MLB Averages 56% 78% 11% 33% 14% 49% 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
1967 22 36 93 77 5 11 2 0 0 5 2 0 8 24 .143 .230 .169 .399 17 13 0 1 6 1 0
1968 23 74 194 172 10 26 4 0 0 8 2 0 11 68 .151 .205 .174 .380 13 30 0 1 9 1 0
1969 24 113 298 263 17 37 7 0 0 14 3 0 18 102 .141 .204 .167 .371 8 44 0 3 13 1 0
1970 25 155 410 358 26 54 8 1 1 24 3 0 28 133 .151 .218 .187 .405 16 67 1 3 20 1 0
1971 26 194 519 450 34 72 11 1 2 31 3 0 34 164 .160 .223 .202 .426 22 91 2 3 31 1 0
1972 27 230 619 539 39 85 14 2 5 35 3 0 39 205 .158 .218 .219 .437 25 118 3 3 37 1 0
1973 28 269 728 632 48 100 16 3 6 40 4 0 46 239 .158 .218 .222 .440 25 140 6 3 46 1 0
1974 29 301 815 703 51 107 16 3 6 44 4 0 55 267 .152 .217 .209 .426 21 147 9 3 53 1 0
1975 30 338 926 798 58 124 17 3 6 49 4 0 63 291 .155 .221 .207 .427 22 165 11 4 60 1 0
1976 31 373 1026 880 63 131 17 3 6 52 4 0 72 317 .149 .216 .195 .412 18 172 12 4 69 1 0
1977 32 406 1130 966 74 148 18 3 9 61 4 0 76 350 .153 .218 .206 .424 21 199 14 4 82 2 0
1978 33 442 1225 1040 79 157 19 3 9 65 4 0 84 381 .151 .217 .201 .418 19 209 14 4 95 2 0
1979 34 475 1306 1116 82 169 22 3 11 73 4 0 85 410 .151 .214 .206 .420 19 230 16 4 99 2 0
1980 35 501 1366 1162 87 175 25 3 11 76 4 0 92 427 .151 .215 .206 .421 19 239 16 4 106 2 0
1981 36 524 1434 1217 90 186 26 3 12 82 4 0 100 443 .153 .219 .209 .428 21 254 18 4 110 3 0
1982 37 546 1475 1251 93 192 28 3 12 82 4 0 102 459 .153 .219 .209 .429 22 262 20 4 115 3 0
1983 38 580 1552 1315 99 202 28 5 12 86 4 0 108 485 .154 .219 .210 .429 22 276 22 4 121 4 0
1984 39 614 1552 1315 99 202 28 5 12 86 4 0 108 485 .154 .219 .210 .429 22 276 22 4 121 4 0
1985 40 649 1552 1315 99 202 28 5 12 86 4 0 108 485 .154 .219 .210 .429 22 276 22 4 121 4 0
1986 41 677 1552 1315 99 202 28 5 12 86 4 0 108 485 .154 .219 .210 .429 22 276 22 4 121 4 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1967 22 36 93 77 5 11 2 0 0 5 2 8 24 .143 .230 .169 .399 3 36
1968 23 38 103 97 6 17 2 0 0 4 0 3 44 .175 .200 .196 .396 4 38
1969 24 39 106 92 8 12 3 0 0 7 1 8 34 .130 .216 .163 .379 3 39
1970 25 42 112 95 9 17 1 1 1 10 0 10 31 .179 .257 .242 .499 6 42
1971 26 39 112 94 10 20 3 0 1 8 0 7 31 .213 .267 .277 .544 7 39
1972 27 38 106 94 6 15 3 1 3 5 0 6 43 .160 .210 .309 .519 6 36
1973 28 39 109 93 9 15 2 1 1 5 1 7 34 .161 .220 .237 .457 5 39
1974 29 32 92 73 4 9 0 0 0 6 0 12 28 .123 .247 .123 .370 2 32
1975 30 37 112 96 8 18 1 0 0 6 0 8 24 .188 .257 .198 .455 5 37
1976 31 35 98 81 4 6 0 0 0 2 0 8 26 .074 .157 .074 .231 1 35
1977 32 33 105 87 12 18 1 0 3 10 0 4 33 .207 .239 .322 .561 7 33
1978 33 36 95 74 5 9 1 0 0 4 0 8 31 .122 .207 .135 .342 2 36
1979 34 33 82 77 3 13 3 0 2 9 0 1 29 .169 .179 .286 .465 4 33
1980 35 26 60 46 5 6 3 0 0 3 0 7 17 .130 .245 .196 .441 2 26
1981 36 35 106 85 5 18 2 0 2 10 0 13 24 .212 .310 .306 .616 8 23
1982 37 22 41 34 3 6 2 0 0 0 0 2 16 .176 .222 .235 .458 2 22
1983 38 34 77 64 6 10 0 2 0 4 0 6 26 .156 .225 .219 .444 3 34
17 Yrs 594 1609 1359 108 220 29 5 13 98 4 118 495 .162 .230 .219 .449 70 580
162 Game Avg. 162 439 371 29 60 8 1 4 27 1 32 135 .162 .230 .219 .449 19 580
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 (98.8%)
Selected to HOF in 1992 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1967 *
1968 *
1969
1970 (P)
1971
1972
1973 *
1975 *
1976 *
1977 *
1978
1981 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1967 NL Rookie of the Year
1969 NL Cy Young
1969 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year
1973 NL Cy Young
1975 NL Cy Young
1975 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1967 NL (22, 2%)
1969 NL (2, 72%)
1970 NL (29, 1%)
1971 NL (9, 14%)
1972 NL (25, 1%)
1973 NL (8, 17%)
1975 NL (9, 19%)
1977 NL (25, 0%)
1979 NL (21, 3%)
1981 NL (10, 10%)
1.39 Career Shares (160th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1969 NL (1, 96%)
1970 NL (7, 3%)
1971 NL (2, 51%)
1972 NL (5, 5%)
1973 NL (1, 59%)
1975 NL (1, 82%)
1976 NL (8, 1%)
1977 NL (3, 15%)
1979 NL (4, 17%)
1981 NL (2, 56%)
3 Cy Youngs
3.85 Career Shares (6th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1967 NL  6.5 (6th)
1968 NL  6.9 (3rd)
1969 NL  7.1 (9th)
1970 NL  6.0 (10th)
1971 NL  10.5 (2nd)
1973 NL  10.7 (1st)
1975 NL  7.9 (2nd)
1977 NL  8.2 (3rd)
1981 NL  4.2 (6th)
Career  105.3 (21st)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1971 NL  11 (10th)
1977 NL  13 (3rd)
1978 NL  13 (8th)

Salary s c a p y
1985 AL  $1,136,262 (7th)

Oldest s c a p y
1984 AL  born 1944-11-17 (8th)
1985 AL  born 1944-11-17 (4th)
1986 AL  born 1944-11-17 (4th)

                                         

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Bob Feller (983) *
  2. Lefty Grove (980) *
  3. John Smoltz (970)
  4. Jim Bunning (968) *
  5. Mel Harder (967)
  6. Larry Jackson (963)
  7. Rick Reuschel (962)
  8. Stan Coveleski (961) *
  9. Juan Marichal (960) *
  10. Joe Niekro (960)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Ken Holtzman (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Mel Stottlemyre (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Mel Stottlemyre (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Mike McCormick (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jerry Reuss (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Mike McCormick (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Juan Marichal (974) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bob Feller (979) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Lefty Grove (979) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Bob Feller (986) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Bob Feller (987) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Lefty Grove (985) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Lefty Grove (984) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Lefty Grove (983) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Lefty Grove (980) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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