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John Shelby

John T. Shelby

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: February 23, 1958 in Lexington, KY
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1977 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1981
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Dodgers/Tigers 1981-1991
Agents: Ron Shapiro [*]
Final Game: August 11, 1991
Relatives: Uncle of Josh Harrison
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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
1977	19	BAL-min	Rk	60	224	211	28	54	9	1	0	21	6	5	10	44	.256	.288	.308	.596		65		0	2	1			BLD · APPY
1978	20	BAL-min	Rk,A	77	278	274	4	76	10	1	6	3	0	2	3	5	.277	.288	.387	.675		106		1	0	0			BLD,MIA · APPY,FLOR
1979	21	BAL-min	A	132	478	478		96	11	6	3						.201	.201	.268	.469		128							MIA · FLOR
1980	22	BAL-min	AA	134	589	560	66	135	27	11	6	51	34	14	22	122	.241	.271	.361	.631		202		1	5	1			CHR · SOUL
1981	23	BAL-min	AAA,AA	138	633	577	82	145	32	12	5	53	42	17	43	93	.251	.302	.374	.676		216		0	10	3	1		ROC,CHR · IL,SOUL
1981	23	BAL	AL	7	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/8D
1982	24	BAL-min	AAA	133	615	548	92	153	26	6	16	52	34	16	51	115	.279	.340	.436	.776		239		1	12	3	1		ROC · IL
1982	24	BAL	AL	26	35	35	8	11	3	0	1	2	0	1	0	5	.314	.314	.486	.800	116	17	0	0	0	0	0	8
1983	25	BAL	AL	126	349	325	52	84	15	2	5	27	15	2	18	64	.258	.297	.363	.660	83	118	2	0	6	0	2	*8/D7
1984	26	BAL	AL	128	415	383	44	80	12	5	6	30	12	4	20	71	.209	.248	.313	.561	57	120	4	0	12	0	0	*8/9
1985	27	BAL-min	AAA	52	229	206	31	59	16	4	8	21	14	4	19	35	.286	.342	.519	.862		107		0	1	3	2		ROC · IL
1985	27	BAL	AL	69	214	205	28	58	6	2	7	27	5	1	7	44	.283	.307	.434	.741	103	89	4	0	2	0	0	89/7D4
1986	28	BAL	AL	135	428	404	54	92	14	4	11	49	18	6	18	75	.228	.263	.364	.627	70	147	3	2	2	2	0	*879/D
1987	29	BAL-min	AAA	6	30	24	5	6	2	0	1	2	1	1	5	4	.250	.400	.458	.858		11		1	0	0	1		ROC · IL
1987	29	TOT	MLB	141	552	508	65	138	26	0	22	72	16	7	32	110	.272	.311	.453	.764	102	230	9	1	2	9	2	*89/D
1987	29	BAL	AL	21	34	32	4	6	0	0	1	3	0	1	1	13	.188	.212	.281	.493	31	9	0	0	1	0	0	9/8D
1987	29	LAD	NL	120	518	476	61	132	26	0	21	69	16	6	31	97	.277	.317	.464	.782	106	221	9	1	1	9	2	*8
1988	30	LAD	NL	140	545	494	65	130	23	6	10	64	16	5	44	128	.263	.320	.395	.715	107	195	13	0	1	6	5	*8
1989	31	LAD-min	AAA	32	135	126	20	36	7	3	4	21	12	3	6	33	.286	.326	.484	.810		61		2	0	1	0		ABQ · PCL
1989	31	LAD	NL	108	371	345	28	63	11	1	1	12	10	7	25	92	.183	.237	.229	.466	35	79	6	0	0	1	5	8
1990	32	DET-min	AAA	5	21	19	2	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.316	.381	.368	.749		7		0	0	0	0		TOL · IL
1990	32	TOT	MLB	103	262	246	24	61	10	3	4	22	4	5	10	58	.248	.277	.362	.639	77	89	7	0	6	0	0	879/D
1990	32	LAD	NL	25	24	24	2	6	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	7	.250	.250	.292	.542	51	7	1	0	0	0	0	/798
1990	32	DET	AL	78	238	222	22	55	9	3	4	20	3	5	10	51	.248	.280	.369	.650	80	82	6	0	6	0	0	879/D
1991	33	DET	AL	53	153	143	19	22	8	1	3	8	0	2	8	23	.154	.204	.287	.491	34	41	3	1	1	0	1	87/D9
1992	34	BOS-min	AAA	127	523	468	56	96	27	4	17	64	6	3	47	125	.205	.276	.389	.665		182	12	0	5	3	3		PAW · IL
11 Yrs				1036	3326	3090	389	739	128	24	70	313	98	40	182	671	.239	.281	.364	.645	79	1125	51	4	32	18	15
162 Game Avg.				162	520	483	61	116	20	4	11	49	15	6	28	105	.239	.281	.364	.645	79	176	8	1	5	3	2

BAL (7 yrs)				512	1477	1386	192	331	50	13	31	138	52	15	64	273	.239	.273	.361	.634	75	500	13	2	23	2	2
LAD (4 yrs)				393	1458	1339	156	331	61	7	32	147	43	18	100	324	.247	.297	.375	.672	88	502	29	1	2	16	12
DET (2 yrs)				131	391	365	41	77	17	4	7	28	3	7	18	74	.211	.250	.337	.587	62	123	9	1	7	0	1

AL (9 yrs)				643	1868	1751	233	408	67	17	38	166	55	22	82	347	.233	.268	.356	.624	72	623	22	3	30	2	3
NL (4 yrs)				393	1458	1339	156	331	61	7	32	147	43	18	100	324	.247	.297	.375	.672	88	502	29	1	2	16	12

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
1981	23	BAL	AL	7	2	-0	1	0	-1	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.489	.500	0.0	-0.1	0	$	/8D
1982	24	BAL	AL	26	35	0	-0	0	1	0	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.504	.501	0.1	0.1	1	$	8
1983	25	BAL	AL	126	349	-9	5	1	1	-0	-1	0.0	11	9	1.0	.499	.499	0.9	0.2	8	$	*8/D7
1984	26	BAL	AL	128	415	-19	2	2	2	-0	-14	-1.3	13	-1	-0.2	.489	.491	-0.4	0.3	-3	$	*8/9
1985	27	BAL	AL	69	214	-0	-0	0	6	-1	5	0.6	7	12	1.2	.508	.503	0.6	0.6	5	$130,000	89/7D4
1986	28	BAL	AL	135	428	-18	2	3	-8	-4	-24	-2.3	13	-11	-1.1	.482	.485	-0.3	-1.0	-3	$240,000	*879/D
1987	29	BAL	AL	21	34	-4	-0	1	1	-1	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.486	.498	-0.3	0.1	-3	$300,000	9/8D
1987	29	LAD	NL	120	518	0	2	0	1	0	4	0.5	16	20	2.0	.503	.502	1.8	0.2	19	$	*8
1988	30	LAD	NL	140	545	5	2	-1	-1	0	5	0.6	17	22	2.2	.504	.503	2.4	-0.1	23	$465,000	*8
1989	31	LAD	NL	108	371	-29	2	0	0	1	-25	-3.0	11	-14	-1.9	.472	.482	-1.9	0.1	-14	$550,000	8
1990	32	LAD	NL	25	24	-2	0	-0	0	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.493	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$500,000	/798
1990	32	DET	AL	78	238	-6	-1	-0	-4	-2	-14	-1.4	8	-6	-0.7	.481	.491	-0.2	-0.6	-2	$	879/D
1991	33	DET	AL	53	153	-12	-1	-0	4	-2	-10	-1.0	5	-5	-0.6	.479	.493	-1.0	0.3	-9	$525,000	87/D9
11 Seasons				1036	3326	-93	14	5	4	-9	-79	-7.8	103	24	1.7	.492	.496	1.6	0.1	21	$2,710,000

BAL (7 yrs)				512	1477	-49	9	7	3	-6	-36	-3.3	45	9	0.8	.493	.497	0.6	0.2	6	$670,000
LAD (4 yrs)				393	1458	-25	7	-1	0	1	-18	-2.1	45	26	2.2	.494	.497	2.2	0.3	26	$1,515,000
DET (2 yrs)				131	391	-18	-2	-1	-0	-3	-24	-2.5	13	-11	-1.3	.480	.492	-1.2	-0.3	-11	$525,000

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
1981	23	BAL	AL	2	2	0	0.0	89	.000	.000	.256	.000	.320	.000	.372	.000	.693	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	1.000	1.000	.000	.0
1982	24	BAL	AL	35	25	5	5.4	99	.345	.314	.264	.314	.328	.486	.403	.800	.731	116	.571	0.6	0.1	.640	.143	.171	.0
1983	25	BAL	AL	349	251	37	4.0	96	.309	.258	.263	.297	.325	.363	.397	.660	.722	83	.436	-8.4	-0.8	.608	.200	.105	7.5
1984	26	BAL	AL	415	323	31	2.6	94	.242	.209	.260	.248	.322	.313	.393	.561	.715	57	.262	-23.8	-2.4	.476	.178	.104	8.0
1985	27	BAL	AL	214	154	26	4.5	96	.331	.283	.258	.307	.323	.434	.400	.741	.723	103	.493	-0.3	-0.0	.658	.205	.151	5.8
1986	28	BAL	AL	428	325	39	3.2	99	.253	.228	.259	.263	.327	.364	.404	.627	.731	70	.335	-18.3	-1.8	.558	.210	.136	13.7
1987	29	TOT	MLB	552	397	72	4.9	104	.301	.272	.266	.311	.336	.453	.416	.764	.751	102	.510	0.3	0.0	.705	.262	.181	18.5
1987	29	BAL	AL	34	28	2	1.9	103	.278	.188	.262	.212	.329	.281	.420	.493	.749	31	.148	-3.3	-0.3	.333	.094	.094	.0
1987	29	LAD	NL	518	369	70	5.1	104	.302	.277	.267	.317	.336	.464	.416	.782	.751	106	.532	3.6	0.4	.733	.273	.187	18.2
1988	30	LAD	NL	545	389	62	4.3	88	.331	.263	.254	.320	.317	.395	.373	.715	.690	107	.534	3.9	0.4	.654	.243	.132	12.3
1989	31	LAD	NL	371	296	18	1.6	90	.245	.183	.253	.237	.320	.229	.377	.466	.697	35	.160	-29.7	-3.2	.363	.128	.046	1.8
1990	32	TOT	MLB	262	203	22	2.9	95	.310	.248	.260	.277	.329	.362	.390	.639	.718	77	.320	-9.0	-0.9	.497	.150	.114	4.0
1990	32	LAD	NL	24	19	2	2.8	95	.353	.250	.261	.250	.327	.292	.392	.542	.718	51	.307	-1.7	-0.2	.421	.083	.042	.0
1990	32	DET	AL	238	184	20	2.9	95	.305	.248	.260	.280	.329	.369	.389	.650	.718	80	.320	-7.3	-0.7	.506	.158	.122	3.4
1991	33	DET	AL	153	127	7	1.5	99	.162	.154	.263	.204	.331	.287	.398	.491	.730	34	.115	-13.7	-1.4	.381	.175	.133	.0
11 Yrs				3326	2492	319	3.4	96	.283	.239	.260	.281	.325	.364	.394	.645	.719	79	.385	-98.9	-10.1	.561	.203	.125	81.7
162 Game Avg.				520	390	50	3.4	96	.283	.239	.260	.281	.325	.364	.394	.645	.719	79	.385	-98.9	-10.1	.561	.203	.125	13

BAL (7 yrs)				1477	1108	140	3.4	97	.277	.239	.260	.273	.325	.361	.399	.634	.724	75	.364	-54.0	-5.4	.557	.195	.122	38.8
LAD (4 yrs)				1458	1073	152	3.8	94	.299	.247	.258	.297	.325	.375	.389	.672	.714	88	.447	-23.9	-2.6	.595	.221	.128	36.7
DET (2 yrs)				391	311	27	2.3	97	.246	.211	.261	.250	.330	.337	.393	.587	.723	62	.234	-21.0	-2.1	.454	.164	.126	4.2

AL (9 yrs)				1868	1419	167	3.2	97	.270	.233	.261	.268	.326	.356	.398	.624	.723	72	.337	-75.0	-7.5	.534	.188	.123	44.9
NL (4 yrs)				1458	1073	152	3.8	94	.299	.247	.258	.297	.325	.375	.389	.672	.714	88	.447	-23.9	-2.6	.595	.221	.128	36.7

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	25	BAL	AL	ALCS	CHW	W	3	10	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	.222	.300	.222	.522	2	0	0	0	0	0
1983	25	BAL	AL	WS	PHI	W	5	10	9	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.444	.400	.444	.844	4	0	0	0	1	0

1988	30	LAD	NL	NLCS	NYM	W	7	30	24	3	4	0	0	0	3	2	0	5	12	.167	.300	.167	.467	4	0	0	0	1	1
1988	30	LAD	NL	WS	OAK	W	5	20	18	0	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	7	.222	.300	.278	.578	5	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs (4 Series)							20	70	60	5	14	1	0	0	5	4	0	8	26	.233	.314	.250	.564	15	0	0	0	2	1
1 ALCS							3	10	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	.222	.300	.222	.522	2	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLCS							7	30	24	3	4	0	0	0	3	2	0	5	12	.167	.300	.167	.467	4	0	0	0	1	1
2 WS							10	30	27	1	8	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	11	.296	.333	.333	.667	9	0	0	0	1	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
1981	23	BAL	AL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0				0.00	50%
1982	24	BAL	AL	35	2.9%	14.3%	0.0%	11.4%	36%		7.0	35.0	17.5		0.46	83%
1983	25	BAL	AL	349	1.4%	18.3%	5.2%	6.3%	26%	3.56	5.1	65.0	12.0		0.95	73%
1984	26	BAL	AL	415	1.5%	17.1%	4.8%	5.5%	29%	3.55	5.4	63.8	12.8		0.91	74%
1985	27	BAL	AL	214	3.3%	20.6%	3.3%	7.0%	26%	6.29	4.7	29.3	7.6		1.06	72%
1986	28	BAL	AL	428	2.6%	17.5%	4.2%	6.8%	32%	4.17	5.4	36.7	8.2		0.88	75%
1987	29	TOT	MLB	552	4.0%	19.9%	5.8%	8.7%	35%	3.44	4.6	23.1	7.1		0.89	70%
1987	29	BAL	AL	34	2.9%	38.2%	2.9%	2.9%	17%	13.00	2.5	32.0	10.7		1.80	53%
1987	29	LAD	NL	518	4.1%	18.7%	6.0%	9.1%	36%	3.13	4.9	22.7	6.9		0.86	71%
1988	30	LAD	NL	545	1.8%	23.5%	8.1%	7.2%	30%	2.91	3.9	49.4	7.7	0.67	0.84	66%	19%	8.5%	46%
1989	31	LAD	NL	371	0.3%	24.8%	6.7%	3.5%	21%	3.68	3.8	345.0	28.8	0.77	0.80	68%	15%	0.9%	25%
1990	32	TOT	MLB	262	1.5%	22.1%	3.8%	6.5%	28%	5.80	4.2	61.5	11.2	0.73	1.11	70%	23%	4.3%	14%
1990	32	LAD	NL	24	0.0%	29.2%	0.0%	4.2%	17%		3.4		12.0	0.70	1.40	71%	35%	0.0%	30%
1990	32	DET	AL	238	1.7%	21.4%	4.2%	6.7%	29%	5.10	4.4	55.5	11.1	0.73	1.08	70%	21%	4.7%	12%
1991	33	DET	AL	153	2.0%	15.0%	5.2%	7.8%	55%	2.88	6.2	47.7	17.9	0.85	1.00	76%	14%	5.4%	14%
11 Yrs				3326	2.1%	20.2%	5.5%	6.7%	30%	3.69	4.6	44.1	9.9	0.73	0.90	71%	18%	4.8%	30%
MLB Averages					2.1%	14.4%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	1.69	6.2	41.8	8.4	0.80	1.07	73%	20%	6.5%	24%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1981	23	BAL	AL	-0.5	-0.1	4	0.1	0.1	-0.0	2.05	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	-0.0	1.12	-0.3		0
1982	24	BAL	AL	0.6	0.1	36	-0.4	0.4	-0.7	.88	0.0	-0.5	-1.3	-0.1	0.92	-0.1	0.26	3
1983	25	BAL	AL	-8.4	-0.8	375	-1.2	5.4	-6.6	1.07	-1.1	-0.0	-4.2	-0.4	0.95	-9.9	1.15	27
1984	26	BAL	AL	-24.3	-2.4	437	-2.1	6.3	-8.4	1.03	-1.7	-0.3	-16.5	-1.7	0.96	-19.7	1.04	15
1985	27	BAL	AL	-0.3	-0.0	226	-0.1	3.6	-3.7	.94	-0.3	0.2	0.9	0.1	0.94	-1.8	1.54	12
1986	28	BAL	AL	-18.3	-1.8	461	-1.9	6.7	-8.6	1.02	-1.8	-0.0	-12.4	-1.2	0.97	-16.8	1.04	18
1987	29	TOT	MLB	0.3	0.0	584	-1.4	10.0	-11.4	1.07	0.7	-2.1	-0.7	-0.1	0.95	6.7	2.62	3
1987	29	BAL	AL	-3.3	-0.3	35	-0.7	0.3	-1.0	1.18	-0.3	-0.2	-3.9	-0.4	0.98	-3.7	0.23	1
1987	29	LAD	NL	3.6	0.4	549	-0.7	9.8	-10.5	1.06	1.1	-1.7	3.2	0.3	0.95	10.4	3.82	2
1988	30	LAD	NL	3.9	0.4	575	1.5	11.5	-10.0	1.06	1.2	0.2	16.7	1.8	0.98	12.3	0.48	1
1989	31	LAD	NL	-29.7	-3.2	392	-2.9	4.8	-7.7	1.09	-2.9	0.2	-28.0	-3.0	0.93	-31.6	1.03	11
1990	32	TOT	MLB	-9.0	-0.9	273	-1.0	4.1	-5.1	.99	-1.2	0.2	-13.1	-1.3	0.98	-14.9	1.21	27
1990	32	LAD	NL	-1.7	-0.2	26	0.3	0.7	-0.4	.86	-0.0	0.3	-0.0	-0.0	0.74	-1.6	0.61	14
1990	32	DET	AL	-7.3	-0.7	247	-1.2	3.4	-4.7	1.01	-1.2	-0.1	-13.1	-1.3	1.01	-13.3	1.85	13
1991	33	DET	AL	-13.7	-1.4	156	-0.8	2.0	-2.8	.96	-0.9	0.1	-12.6	-1.3	0.94	-10.3	1.22	6
11 Yrs				-99.5	-10.1	3519	-10.2	55.0	-65.1	1.04	-8.1	-1.7	-71.2	-7.3	0.96	-86.4	1.17	123

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
1981	23	BAL	AL	0		5	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
1982	24	BAL	AL	0	70%	32	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	60%	3	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	2
1983	25	BAL	AL	3	49%	138	15	2	88%	15	1	0	1	0	1	1	2	15	65%	18	8	10	5	3	2	14	2	12
1984	26	BAL	AL	9	40%	120	12	4	75%	11	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	49%	18	10	8	8	5	3	7	2	5
1985	27	BAL	AL	1	36%	66	5	1	83%	5	1	0	0	0	2	1	3	9	44%	9	8	1	3	1	2	6	1	5
1986	28	BAL	AL	4	43%	136	18	6	75%	15	5	3	1	0	4	3	2	16	51%	20	11	8	3	2	1	14	4	10
1987	29	TOT	MLB	2	29%	186	16	7	70%	15	5	1	1	1	3	1	3	13	67%	26	9	16	3	1	2	16	4	12
1987	29	BAL	AL	0	50%	10	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0
1987	29	LAD	NL	2	28%	176	16	6	73%	15	4	1	1	1	3	1	3	13	64%	25	9	15	1	1	0	16	4	12
1988	30	LAD	NL	8	34%	186	16	5	76%	15	4	1	1	0	2	2	1	20	49%	28	17	10	3	2	1	14	3	11
1989	31	LAD	NL	3	31%	106	10	7	59%	10	4	0	0	3	1	0	3	7	59%	22	11	11	3	1	2	9	2	7
1990	32	TOT	MLB	2	30%	88	4	5	44%	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	55%	15	9	5	1	0	1	6	0	6
1990	32	LAD	NL	0	33%	7	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	33%	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1990	32	DET	AL	2	30%	81	3	5	38%	3	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	58%	13	8	5	1	0	1	5	0	5
1991	33	DET	AL	4	57%	41	0	2	0%	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	50%	3	3	0	3	2	1	6	1	5
11 Yrs				36	37%	1104	98	40	71%	92	30	6	6	4	13	8	16	98	56%	163	88	71	33	17	16	94	19	75

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
1981	23	BAL	AL	2	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1982	24	BAL	AL	35	100%	11			3	1	0	0	0.26	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	4	0	0%	20	1	5%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
1983	25	BAL	AL	349	100%	84			27	7	0	2	1.15	5	1	8	1	4	0	5	0	7	6	86%	48	2	4%	23	7	30%	177	22	12%	12	5	42%	9	3	33%	0
1984	26	BAL	AL	415	100%	80			15	6	1	2	1.04	6	0	7	2	4	2	4	0	15	12	80%	85	4	5%	36	12	33%	236	24	10%	8	1	13%	13	5	38%	0
1985	27	BAL	AL	214	100%	58			12	3	1	1	1.54	7	0	7	5	2	4	3	0	3	2	67%	41	4	10%	15	6	40%	120	21	18%	10	4	40%	6	5	83%	0
1986	28	BAL	AL	428	100%	92			18	6	1	3	1.04	11	0	14	6	5	5	6	0	8	2	25%	67	3	4%	38	11	29%	253	41	16%	25	12	48%	19	6	32%	0
1987	29	TOT	MLB	552	100%	138			3	1	0	0	2.62	22	0	12	11	11	8	14	1	4	2	50%	99	9	9%	52	17	33%	335	51	15%	29	13	45%	21	13	62%	0
1987	29	BAL	AL	34	100%	6			1	1	0	0	0.23	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	50%	7	0	0%	2	0	0%	26	2	8%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1987	29	LAD	NL	518	100%	132			2	0	0	0	3.82	21	0	11	11	10	8	13	1	2	1	50%	92	9	10%	50	17	34%	309	49	16%	28	13	46%	20	12	60%	0
1988	30	LAD	NL	545	100%	130	16	0	1	0	0	0	0.48	10	0	14	8	2	5	5	0	1	1	100%	97	13	13%	46	13	28%	337	56	17%	27	16	59%	20	12	60%	0
1989	31	LAD	NL	371	100%	63	9	0	11	0	0	0	1.03	1	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0%	64	6	9%	28	2	7%	203	11	5%	11	4	36%	8	3	38%	0
1990	32	TOT	MLB	262	100%	61	4	0	27	7	1	1	1.21	4	0	5	2	2	3	1	0	6	6	100%	54	7	13%	29	10	34%	168	19	11%	9	2	22%	15	10	67%	0
1990	32	LAD	NL	24	100%	6	0	0	14	3	0	0	0.61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	0	0		6	2	33%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1990	32	DET	AL	238	100%	55	4	0	13	4	1	1	1.85	4	0	5	2	2	3	1	0	6	6	100%	52	6	12%	29	10	34%	162	17	10%	9	2	22%	14	9	64%	0
1991	33	DET	AL	153	100%	22	7	0	6	1	1	1	1.22	3	0	4	1	2	2	1	0	1	1	100%	23	3	13%	14	5	36%	86	8	9%	4	1	25%	7	4	57%	0
11 Yrs				3326	100%	739	36	0	123	32	5	10	1.17	70	1	78	37	33	30	40	1	48	32	67%	581	51	9%	285	83	29%	1936	254	13%	137	58	42%	118	61	52%	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	30	LAD	NL	532	1874	3.52	1213	65%	13%	25%	32%	30%	87%	3%	56%	71%	53%	4%	22	0	11%	57	29	6%	30	16	20%	13	0	1
1989	31	LAD	NL	362	1292	3.57	844	65%	16%	23%	31%	29%	84%	4%	55%	72%	49%	4%	13	0	10%	37	20	5%	17	15	30%	9	0	3
1990	32	TOT	MLB	245	848	3.46	559	66%	18%	23%	26%	33%	82%	0%	54%	72%	45%	4%	9	0	9%	23	11	5%	12	9	17%	17	0	3
1990	32	LAD	NL	18	73	4.06	50	68%	12%	30%	32%	26%	88%	0%	60%	66%	44%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	6	0	0
1990	32	DET	AL	227	775	3.41	509	66%	18%	22%	26%	33%	81%	0%	53%	72%	45%	4%	9	0	10%	23	11	5%	12	9	19%	11	0	3
1991	33	DET	AL	153	568	3.71	357	63%	19%	21%	26%	34%	81%	2%	51%	74%	41%	3%	5	0	10%	16	7	7%	11	4	30%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				1292	4582	3.55	2973	65%	16%	24%	30%	31%	84%	3%	55%	72%	49%	4%	49	0	10%	133	67	5%	70	44	23%	39	0	7
MLB Averages						3.62		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	32%	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
1981	23	7	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	24	33	37	37	10	11	3	0	1	2	2	1	0	6	.297	.297	.459	.757	105	17	0	0	0	0	0
1983	25	159	386	362	62	95	18	2	6	29	17	3	18	70	.262	.297	.373	.670	85	135	2	0	6	0	2
1984	26	287	801	745	106	175	30	7	12	59	29	7	38	141	.235	.272	.342	.614	71	255	6	0	18	0	2
1985	27	356	1015	950	134	233	36	9	19	86	34	8	45	185	.245	.279	.362	.642	78	344	10	0	20	0	2
1986	28	491	1443	1354	188	325	50	13	30	135	52	14	63	260	.240	.274	.363	.637	76	491	13	2	22	2	2
1987	29	632	1995	1862	253	463	76	13	52	207	68	21	95	370	.249	.285	.387	.672	83	721	22	3	24	11	4
1988	30	772	2540	2356	318	593	99	19	62	271	84	26	139	498	.252	.292	.389	.681	88	916	35	3	25	17	9
1989	31	880	2911	2701	346	656	110	20	63	283	94	33	164	590	.243	.285	.368	.654	81	995	41	3	25	18	14
1990	32	983	3173	2947	370	717	120	23	67	305	98	38	174	648	.243	.285	.368	.652	81	1084	48	3	31	18	14
1991	33	1036	3326	3090	389	739	128	24	70	313	98	40	182	671	.239	.281	.364	.645	79	1125	51	4	32	18	15

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
1981	23	11	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	7
1982	24	26	36	36	9	12	3	0	1	2	0	0	5	.333	.333	.500	.833	6	26
1983	25	126	354	329	56	88	16	2	5	29	16	19	64	.267	.307	.374	.681	38	126
1984	26	128	421	388	49	85	13	5	6	33	13	21	71	.219	.259	.325	.584	33	128
1985	27	69	216	207	30	60	6	2	7	29	5	7	44	.290	.313	.440	.753	29	69
1986	28	135	430	406	56	94	14	4	11	51	18	18	75	.232	.266	.367	.633	40	135
1987	29	141	553	509	65	139	26	0	22	72	16	32	110	.273	.312	.454	.766	73	141
1988	30	140	561	506	75	142	25	7	11	74	17	48	128	.281	.339	.423	.762	73	140
1989	31	108	377	349	31	67	12	1	1	13	11	27	92	.192	.249	.241	.490	21	108
1990	32	103	265	249	26	64	10	3	4	24	4	10	58	.257	.286	.369	.655	27	103
1991	33	53	153	143	19	22	8	1	3	8	0	8	23	.154	.204	.287	.491	8	53
11 Yrs		1040	3369	3125	419	773	133	25	71	335	103	190	672	.247	.290	.374	.664	348	1036
162 Game Avg.		162	525	487	65	120	21	4	11	52	16	30	105	.247	.290	.374	.664	54	1036

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Strikeouts s c a p y 1988 NL 128 (4th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1984 AL 12 (4th)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1987 NL 9 (2nd)	SB % s c a p y 1983 AL 88.24 (1st)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1988 NL 128 (4th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1984 AL 12 (4th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1987 NL 9 (2nd)

SB % s c a p y
1983 AL 88.24 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 10 (1173), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 6 (2063), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Most Similar by Ages

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Joe Wallis (983) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Paul Householder (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Gary Matthews (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Darnell Coles (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Darnell Coles (954) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Juan Beniquez (954) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Darnell Coles (946) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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