Craig Shipley
Craig Barry Shipley
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 7, 1963 in Parramatta, Australia
School: University of Alabama
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1984. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 22, 1986
Final Game: September 25, 1998
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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
1986 23 LAD NL 12 31 27 3 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 5 .111 .200 .148 .348 1 4 1 1 1 0 1 6/45
1987 24 LAD NL 26 35 35 3 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .257 .257 .286 .543 45 10 2 0 0 0 0 6/5
1989 26 NYM NL 4 7 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -16 1 0 0 0 0 0 /65
1991 28 SDP NL 37 95 91 6 25 3 0 1 6 0 1 2 14 .275 .298 .341 .639 78 31 1 1 1 0 0 64
1992 29 SDP NL 52 108 105 7 26 6 0 0 7 1 1 2 21 .248 .262 .305 .566 60 32 2 0 1 0 1 64/5
1993 30 SDP NL 105 245 230 25 54 9 0 4 22 12 3 10 31 .235 .275 .326 .601 59 75 3 3 1 1 0 654/87
1994 31 SDP NL 81 258 240 32 80 14 4 4 30 6 6 9 28 .333 .362 .475 .837 119 114 3 3 4 2 1 564/387
1995 32 HOU NL 92 245 232 23 61 8 1 3 24 6 1 8 28 .263 .291 .345 .636 73 80 13 2 1 2 3 56/43
1996 33 SDP NL 33 99 92 13 29 5 0 1 7 7 0 2 15 .315 .337 .402 .739 99 37 0 2 1 2 1 4/659
1997 34 SDP NL 63 148 139 22 38 9 0 5 19 1 1 7 20 .273 .306 .446 .752 101 62 1 0 1 1 0 64/35
1998 35 ANA AL 77 162 147 18 38 7 1 2 17 0 4 5 22 .259 .304 .361 .664 71 53 3 5 4 1 0 54/3679
11 Seasons 582 1433 1345 155 364 63 6 20 138 33 17 47 191 .271 .302 .371 .673 80 499 29 17 15 9 7
162 Game Avg. 162 399 374 43 101 18 2 6 38 9 5 13 53 .271 .302 .371 .673 80 139 8 5 4 3 2
SDP (6 yrs) 371 953 897 105 252 46 4 15 91 27 12 32 129 .281 .310 .391 .702 88 351 10 9 9 6 3
LAD (2 yrs) 38 66 62 6 12 2 0 0 6 0 0 2 11 .194 .231 .226 .457 26 14 3 1 1 0 1
NYM (1 yr) 4 7 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -16 1 0 0 0 0 0
ANA (1 yr) 77 162 147 18 38 7 1 2 17 0 4 5 22 .259 .304 .361 .664 71 53 3 5 4 1 0
HOU (1 yr) 92 245 232 23 61 8 1 3 24 6 1 8 28 .263 .291 .345 .636 73 80 13 2 1 2 3
NL (10 yrs) 505 1271 1198 137 326 56 5 18 121 33 13 42 169 .272 .302 .372 .674 81 446 26 12 11 8 7
AL (1 yr) 77 162 147 18 38 7 1 2 17 0 4 5 22 .259 .304 .361 .664 71 53 3 5 4 1 0

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
1986 23 LAD NL 31 26 1 1.0 92 .136 .111 .253 .200 .322 .148 .382 .348 .704 1 .069 -3.5 -0.4 .280 .111 .037
1987 24 LAD NL 35 28 2 1.9 104 .310 .257 .267 .257 .336 .286 .415 .543 .751 45 .160 -2.8 -0.3 .357 .029 .029
1989 26 NYM NL 7 6 0 0.0 86 .167 .143 .248 .143 .315 .143 .370 .286 .684 -16 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .167 .000 .000
1991 28 SDP NL 95 69 9 3.5 96 .316 .275 .261 .298 .329 .341 .391 .639 .720 78 .420 -3.1 -0.3 .485 .077 .066 .0
1992 29 SDP NL 108 83 8 2.6 93 .310 .248 .260 .262 .326 .305 .383 .566 .709 60 .300 -5.8 -0.6 .415 .076 .057 .0
1993 30 SDP NL 245 184 21 3.1 105 .255 .235 .273 .275 .339 .326 .416 .601 .755 59 .318 -14.1 -1.4 .533 .174 .091 6.0
1994 31 SDP NL 258 175 40 6.1 107 .362 .333 .271 .362 .337 .475 .424 .837 .761 119 .599 6.4 0.6 .746 .179 .142 4.8
1995 32 HOU NL 245 188 20 2.9 101 .286 .263 .262 .291 .330 .345 .408 .636 .738 73 .276 -9.2 -0.9 .514 .138 .082 4.0
1996 33 SDP NL 99 66 14 5.7 102 .359 .315 .264 .337 .332 .402 .413 .739 .745 99 .574 0.1 0.0 .762 .185 .087 1.8
1997 34 SDP NL 148 105 19 4.8 102 .287 .273 .262 .306 .333 .446 .411 .752 .744 101 .498 -0.1 -0.0 .670 .223 .173 1.7
1998 35 ANA AL 162 121 15 3.3 111 .290 .259 .274 .304 .343 .361 .436 .664 .779 71 .304 -6.6 -0.6 .509 .109 .102 .0
11 Seasons 1433 1051 149 3.8 103 .301 .271 .267 .302 .334 .371 .412 .673 .747 80 .400 -40.0 -4.0 .564 .147 .100 24.9
162 Game Avg. 399 293 41 3.8 103 .301 .271 .267 .302 .334 .371 .412 .673 .747 80 .400 -40.0 -4.0 .564 .147 .100 7
SDP (6 yrs) 953 682 111 4.4 102 .312 .281 .267 .310 .334 .391 .411 .702 .745 88 .469 -16.7 -1.7 .610 .163 .110 19.3
LAD (2 yrs) 66 54 3 1.5 99 .235 .194 .261 .231 .329 .226 .401 .457 .730 26 .116 -6.4 -0.6 .321 .065 .032
NYM (1 yr) 7 6 0 0.0 86 .167 .143 .248 .143 .315 .143 .370 .286 .684 -16 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .167 .000 .000
ANA (1 yr) 162 121 15 3.3 111 .290 .259 .274 .304 .343 .361 .436 .664 .779 71 .304 -6.6 -0.6 .509 .109 .102 .0
HOU (1 yr) 245 188 20 2.9 101 .286 .263 .262 .291 .330 .345 .408 .636 .738 73 .276 -9.2 -0.9 .514 .138 .082 4.0
NL (10 yrs) 1271 930 134 3.9 102 .302 .272 .266 .302 .333 .372 .409 .674 .743 81 .412 -33.4 -3.4 .571 .152 .100 23.3
AL (1 yr) 162 121 15 3.3 111 .290 .259 .274 .304 .343 .361 .436 .664 .779 71 .304 -6.6 -0.6 .509 .109 .102 .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
1986 23 LAD NL 31 0.0% 16.1% 6.5% 3.2% 33% 2.50 5.4 6.8 1.75 71%
1987 24 LAD NL 35 0.0% 17.1% 0.0% 2.9% 11% 5.8 17.5 2.14 83%
1989 26 NYM NL 7 0.0% 14.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 7.0 0.50 0.67 86% 17% 0.0% 25%
1991 28 SDP NL 95 1.1% 14.7% 2.1% 4.2% 16% 7.00 6.5 91.0 15.2 0.57 0.74 80% 26% 2.5% 18%
1992 29 SDP NL 108 0.0% 19.4% 1.9% 5.6% 23% 10.50 5.0 15.0 0.87 0.88 78% 25% 0.0% 9%
1993 30 SDP NL 245 1.6% 12.7% 4.1% 5.3% 24% 3.10 7.4 57.5 10.5 0.87 0.92 80% 17% 4.7% 17%
1994 31 SDP NL 258 1.6% 10.9% 3.5% 8.5% 28% 3.11 8.6 60.0 8.0 0.86 0.99 81% 21% 3.9% 11%
1995 32 HOU NL 245 1.2% 11.4% 3.3% 4.9% 20% 3.50 8.3 77.3 9.7 0.61 0.81 83% 20% 3.0% 21%
1996 33 SDP NL 99 1.0% 15.2% 2.0% 6.1% 21% 7.50 6.1 92.0 13.1 1.14 1.32 79% 25% 3.0% 11%
1997 34 SDP NL 148 3.4% 13.5% 4.7% 9.5% 37% 2.86 7.0 27.8 7.3 0.72 0.93 78% 24% 8.5% 13%
1998 35 ANA AL 162 1.2% 13.6% 3.1% 6.2% 26% 4.40 6.7 73.5 8.6 1.12 1.38 77% 16% 4.3% 22%
11 Seasons 1433 1.4% 13.3% 3.3% 6.2% 25% 4.06 7.0 67.3 9.7 0.81 0.99 80% 21% 3.9% 16%
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
1986 23 LAD NL 0 0 50% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1987 24 LAD NL 0 0 33% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1989 26 NYM NL 0 0 300% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 28 SDP NL 1 0 19% 47 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 56% 5 3 1 2 0 2 2 0 2
1992 29 SDP NL 2 0 25% 53 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 38% 5 4 1 0 0 0 3 1 2
1993 30 SDP NL 1 0 33% 86 12 3 80% 8 2 4 0 0 1 1 1 1 7 32% 13 10 3 3 1 2 3 1 1
1994 31 SDP NL 7 0 32% 125 6 6 50% 5 3 1 1 0 2 1 1 3 7 47% 19 12 7 2 0 2 9 4 5
1995 32 HOU NL 3 0 29% 97 6 1 86% 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 17% 6 6 0 1 0 0 11 8 3
1996 33 SDP NL 0 0 38% 35 7 0 100% 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 36% 5 4 1 2 1 1 4 1 2
1997 34 SDP NL 1 0 43% 52 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 48% 12 8 4 3 2 1 6 1 5
1998 35 ANA AL 6 0 35% 65 0 4 0% 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 5 42% 14 11 3 0 0 0 5 0 5
11 Seasons 21 0 33% 583 33 17 66% 27 11 6 3 0 3 4 3 12 37 40% 81 60 20 14 4 9 44 16 26
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
1986 23 LAD NL 31 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 6 1 17% 6 5 83% 25 4 16% 2 2 100% 5 3 60% 0
1987 24 LAD NL 35 100% 9 2 0 0 0 1.52 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 0 0 18 2 11% 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0
1989 26 NYM NL 7 14% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 6 0 0% 0 0 2 0 0% 0
1991 28 SDP NL 95 48% 25 9 0 4 0 0 0 1.17 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 100% 15 1 7% 8 2 25% 51 5 10% 3 1 33% 6 2 33% 0
1992 29 SDP NL 108 32% 26 10 0 14 6 0 1 1.20 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 19 2 11% 11 2 18% 63 7 11% 7 4 57% 7 2 29% 0
1993 30 SDP NL 244 41% 54 10 3 29 6 0 5 1.51 4 0 9 3 1 2 2 0 3 1 33% 36 3 8% 25 5 20% 124 19 15% 10 4 40% 12 3 25% 1
1994 31 SDP NL 258 40% 80 8 0 13 6 1 3 1.55 4 1 9 4 0 2 2 0 5 4 80% 48 3 6% 28 11 39% 158 28 18% 13 7 54% 19 11 58% 0
1995 32 HOU NL 245 50% 61 9 0 25 9 1 3 1.21 3 0 8 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 100% 59 13 22% 27 6 22% 169 23 14% 18 8 44% 9 5 56% 0
1996 33 SDP NL 99 26% 29 5 0 5 1 0 0 1.34 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 19 0 0% 9 3 33% 59 6 10% 4 2 50% 5 1 20% 0
1997 34 SDP NL 148 33% 38 2 0 24 2 1 2 1.16 5 0 4 2 3 3 2 0 1 1 100% 22 1 5% 18 6 33% 98 14 14% 9 2 22% 11 6 55% 0
1998 35 ANA AL 162 30% 38 10 1 9 2 0 1 1.48 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 5 4 80% 32 3 9% 13 6 46% 101 17 17% 7 5 71% 9 5 56% 0
11 Seasons 1432 42% 364 63 4 125 32 3 15 1.33 20 1 43 14 6 8 12 0 19 15 79% 261 29 11% 147 46 31% 872 125 14% 74 36 49% 86 38 44% 1
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
1989 26 NYM NL 7 23 3.29 17 74% 12% 12% 41% 35% 88% 0% 65% 87% 43% 0% 0 0 14% 1 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
1991 28 SDP NL 95 294 3.09 203 69% 14% 18% 30% 38% 86% 0% 60% 79% 45% 2% 2 0 6% 6 3 2% 2 2 29% 0 0 0
1992 29 SDP NL 108 361 3.34 252 70% 17% 19% 30% 34% 83% 4% 58% 77% 50% 1% 1 0 9% 10 7 3% 3 3 33% 0 0 0
1993 30 SDP NL 239 646 2.70 459 71% 19% 13% 25% 43% 81% 0% 57% 84% 49% 3% 8 1 8% 18 8 4% 9 4 38% 6 0 1
1994 31 SDP NL 245 795 3.24 541 68% 23% 11% 28% 38% 77% 2% 53% 85% 33% 4% 10 0 11% 28 13 4% 10 7 41% 13 4 0
1995 32 HOU NL 224 718 3.21 484 67% 24% 13% 24% 39% 76% 5% 52% 83% 33% 3% 6 1 13% 28 14 4% 8 6 44% 21 0 0
1996 33 SDP NL 90 285 3.17 186 65% 26% 10% 25% 39% 74% 4% 48% 86% 26% 4% 4 0 11% 10 5 6% 5 4 54% 9 0 0
1997 34 SDP NL 138 461 3.34 314 68% 23% 14% 27% 36% 77% 0% 52% 81% 38% 2% 3 0 9% 13 8 7% 9 7 35% 10 0 0
1998 35 ANA AL 162 488 3.01 332 68% 20% 12% 28% 39% 80% 0% 54% 84% 39% 3% 5 0 9% 15 8 3% 5 4 23% 0 0 0
9 Seasons 1308 4071 3.11 2788 69% 21% 13% 27% 39% 79% 2% 54% 83% 39% 3% 39 2 10% 129 66 4% 51 37 37% 59 4 1
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
1986 23 12 31 27 3 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 5 .111 .200 .148 .348 1 4 1 1 1 0 1
1987 24 38 66 62 6 12 2 0 0 6 0 0 2 11 .194 .231 .226 .457 26 14 3 1 1 0 1
1988 25 38 66 62 6 12 2 0 0 6 0 0 2 11 .194 .231 .226 .457 26 14 3 1 1 0 1
1989 26 42 73 69 9 13 2 0 0 6 0 0 2 12 .188 .222 .217 .440 22 15 3 1 1 0 1
1990 27 42 73 69 9 13 2 0 0 6 0 0 2 12 .188 .222 .217 .440 22 15 3 1 1 0 1
1991 28 79 168 160 15 38 5 0 1 12 0 1 4 26 .238 .265 .288 .553 54 46 4 2 2 0 1
1992 29 131 276 265 22 64 11 0 1 19 1 2 6 47 .242 .264 .294 .558 56 78 6 2 3 0 2
1993 30 236 521 495 47 118 20 0 5 41 13 5 16 78 .238 .269 .309 .578 58 153 9 5 4 1 2
1994 31 317 779 735 79 198 34 4 9 71 19 11 25 106 .269 .300 .363 .663 78 267 12 8 8 3 3
1995 32 409 1024 967 102 259 42 5 12 95 25 12 33 134 .268 .298 .359 .656 77 347 25 10 9 5 6
1996 33 442 1123 1059 115 288 47 5 13 102 32 12 35 149 .272 .301 .363 .664 79 384 25 12 10 7 7
1997 34 505 1271 1198 137 326 56 5 18 121 33 13 42 169 .272 .302 .372 .674 81 446 26 12 11 8 7
1998 35 582 1433 1345 155 364 63 6 20 138 33 17 47 191 .271 .302 .371 .673 80 499 29 17 15 9 7

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
1986 23 12 32 28 4 4 1 0 0 5 0 3 5 .143 .250 .179 .429 1 12
1987 24 26 35 35 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 26
1989 26 4 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
1991 28 37 94 91 6 25 3 0 1 6 0 2 14 .275 .298 .341 .639 9 37
1992 29 52 108 106 8 27 6 0 0 8 1 2 21 .255 .269 .311 .580 9 52
1993 30 105 246 232 25 56 9 0 4 22 12 10 31 .241 .280 .332 .612 21 105
1994 31 114 354 335 44 110 19 6 6 42 8 12 39 .328 .356 .475 .831 55 81
1995 32 104 270 257 27 65 9 1 3 28 6 9 32 .253 .281 .331 .612 24 92
1996 33 33 101 95 13 32 6 0 1 7 8 2 15 .337 .356 .432 .788 14 33
1997 34 63 148 140 23 39 9 0 5 20 1 7 20 .279 .311 .450 .761 20 63
1998 35 77 157 146 17 37 7 1 2 16 0 5 22 .253 .299 .356 .656 14 77
11 Seasons 627 1552 1472 170 395 69 8 22 156 36 52 206 .268 .300 .371 .671 169 582
162 Game Avg. 162 401 380 44 102 18 2 6 40 9 13 53 .268 .300 .371 .671 44 582

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