John Shelby
John T. Shelby
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
Final Game: August 11, 1991
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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 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 /8
1982 24 BAL AL 26 35 35 8 11 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 5 .314 .314 .486 .800 117 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 56 120 4 0 12 0 0 *8/9
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 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 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 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 50 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
11 Seasons 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 74 500 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

Advanced Batting

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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 98 .345 .314 .264 .314 .328 .486 .402 .800 .730 117 .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 -8.3 -0.8 .608 .200 .105 7.5
1984 26 BAL AL 415 323 31 2.6 95 .242 .209 .261 .248 .324 .313 .394 .561 .718 56 .262 -24.3 -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 .492 -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 0.3 .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 .696 35 .160 -29.6 -3.2 .363 .128 .046 1.8
1990 32 TOT MLB 262 203 22 2.9 96 .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 96 .353 .250 .262 .250 .328 .292 .393 .542 .721 50 .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 Seasons 3326 2492 319 3.4 96 .283 .239 .260 .281 .325 .364 .394 .645 .720 79 .385 -99.3 -10.1 .561 .203 .125 81.7
162 Game Avg. 520 390 50 3.4 96 .283 .239 .260 .281 .325 .364 .394 .645 .720 79 .385 -99.3 -10.1 .561 .203 .125 13
BAL (7 yrs) 1477 1108 140 3.4 97 .277 .239 .261 .273 .325 .361 .400 .634 .725 74 .364 -54.4 -5.3 .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 -23.8 -2.7 .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 .724 72 .337 -75.5 -7.4 .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 -23.8 -2.7 .595 .221 .128 36.7

Postseason Batting

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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 Seasons (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 NLCS 7 30 24 3 4 0 0 0 3 2 0 5 12 .167 .300 .167 .467 4 0 0 0 1 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
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*

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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 Seasons 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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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

Situational Hitting*

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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 0.29 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 1.19 5 1 8 1 4 0 5 0 7 6 86% 48 2 4% 23 7 30% 177 22 12% 12 5 42% 15 2 13% 0
1984 26 BAL AL 415 100% 80 15 6 1 2 1.09 6 0 7 2 4 2 4 0 15 12 80% 85 4 5% 36 12 33% 236 24 10% 8 1 13% 20 8 40% 0
1985 27 BAL AL 214 100% 58 10 2 0 0 1.61 7 0 7 5 2 4 3 0 3 2 67% 41 4 10% 15 6 40% 120 21 18% 10 4 40% 6 2 33% 0
1986 28 BAL AL 428 100% 92 16 5 1 2 1.08 11 0 14 6 5 5 6 0 8 2 25% 67 3 4% 38 11 29% 253 41 16% 25 12 48% 14 4 29% 0
1987 29 TOT MLB 552 100% 138 3 1 0 0 2.67 22 0 12 11 11 8 14 1 4 2 50% 99 9 9% 52 17 33% 335 51 15% 29 13 45% 35 14 40% 0
1987 29 BAL AL 34 100% 6 1 1 0 0 0.24 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 3.88 21 0 11 11 10 8 13 1 2 1 50% 92 9 10% 50 17 34% 309 49 16% 28 13 46% 34 13 38% 0
1988 30 LAD NL 545 100% 130 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.59 10 0 14 8 2 5 5 0 1 1 100% 97 13 13% 46 13 28% 337 56 17% 27 16 59% 24 6 25% 0
1989 31 LAD NL 371 100% 63 9 0 11 0 0 0 1.12 1 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0% 64 6 9% 28 2 7% 203 11 5% 11 4 36% 13 3 23% 0
1990 32 TOT MLB 262 100% 61 4 0 23 6 1 1 1.15 4 0 5 2 2 3 1 0 6 6 100% 54 7 13% 29 10 34% 168 19 11% 9 2 22% 11 5 45% 0
1990 32 LAD NL 24 100% 6 0 0 14 3 0 0 0.64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 0 0 6 2 33% 0 0 0 0 0
1990 32 DET AL 238 100% 55 4 0 9 3 1 1 1.93 4 0 5 2 2 3 1 0 6 6 100% 52 6 12% 29 10 34% 162 17 10% 9 2 22% 11 5 45% 0
1991 33 DET AL 153 100% 22 7 0 6 1 1 1 1.26 3 0 4 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 100% 23 3 13% 14 5 36% 86 8 9% 4 1 25% 11 5 45% 0
11 Seasons 3326 100% 739 36 0 115 29 4 8 1.20 70 1 78 37 33 30 40 1 48 32 67% 581 51 9% 285 83 29% 1936 254 13% 137 58 42% 149 49 33% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 528 1863 3.53 1207 65% 13% 25% 32% 30% 87% 3% 56% 72% 53% 4% 22 0 11% 57 29 6% 30 16 20% 17 0 1
1989 31 LAD NL 359 1285 3.58 841 65% 16% 23% 31% 29% 84% 5% 55% 72% 49% 4% 13 0 10% 36 19 5% 17 15 30% 12 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 Seasons 1285 4564 3.55 2964 65% 16% 23% 30% 31% 84% 3% 55% 72% 49% 4% 49 0 10% 132 66 5% 70 44 23% 46 0 7
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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 70 255 6 0 18 0 2
1985 27 356 1015 950 134 233 36 9 19 86 34 8 45 185 .245 .279 .362 .642 77 344 10 0 20 0 2
1986 28 491 1443 1354 188 325 50 13 30 135 52 14 63 260 .240 .274 .363 .637 75 491 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 35 35 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 5 26
1983 25 126 352 332 56 91 16 2 5 29 16 20 64 .274 .315 .380 .695 40 126
1984 26 128 409 388 48 85 13 5 6 32 13 21 71 .219 .259 .325 .584 33 128
1985 27 69 213 206 30 59 6 2 7 29 5 7 44 .286 .310 .437 .747 28 69
1986 28 135 431 408 56 96 15 4 11 51 19 19 75 .235 .271 .373 .644 41 135
1987 29 141 548 506 65 136 26 0 22 72 16 32 110 .269 .308 .451 .759 71 141
1988 30 140 559 505 75 141 25 7 11 74 17 48 128 .279 .338 .422 .760 72 140
1989 31 108 377 349 32 67 12 1 1 14 11 27 92 .192 .249 .241 .490 21 108
1990 32 103 255 245 26 60 10 3 4 24 4 10 58 .245 .275 .359 .634 24 103
1991 33 53 152 143 21 22 8 1 3 9 0 8 23 .154 .204 .287 .491 8 53
11 Seasons 1040 3334 3120 420 757 131 25 70 336 104 192 672 .243 .286 .368 .654 343 1036
162 Game Avg. 162 519 486 65 118 20 4 11 52 16 30 105 .243 .286 .368 .654 53 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

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 10 (1135), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2345), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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