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Duke Sims

Duane B. Sims

Positions: Catcher, First Baseman and Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 197 lb.

Born: June 5, 1941 in Salt Lake City, UT
High School: Pocatello (Pocatello, ID)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 1964
Teams (by GP): Indians/Dodgers/Tigers/Rangers/Yankees 1964-1974

Final Game: September 26, 1974
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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
1959	18	CLE-min	D-	46	154	154		43	9	2	3						.279	.279	.422	.701		65						NPL · NESL
1960	19	CLE-min	D	104	331	331		91	18	2	12						.275	.275	.450	.725		149						SEL · ALFL
1961	20	CLE-min	B	124	404	404		123	36	1	21						.304	.304	.554	.859		224						BRL · CARL
1962	21	CLE-min	A,AAA	104	386	333	42	96	17	1	11	66	0	0	43	53	.288	.368	.444	.812		148		3	0	7	5	CHL,JCK · EL,IL
1963	22	CLE-ANA-min	AA	102	387	331	46	93	22	1	11	57	0	0	56	72	.281	.385	.453	.838		150						CHL,NVL · EL,SALL
1964	23	CLE-min	AAA	107	349	311	43	76	7	1	13	41	0	1	36	59	.244	.321	.399	.720		124		0	0	2		POR · PCL
1964	23	CLE	AL	2	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1965	24	CLE-min	AAA	35	132	107	16	34	8	2	6	23	1	1	24	13	.318	.443	.598	1.041		64		0	1	0		POR · PCL
1965	24	CLE	AL	48	133	118	9	21	0	0	6	15	0	0	15	33	.178	.271	.331	.601	70	39	2	0	0	0	2	2
1966	25	CLE-min	AAA	9	33	28	4	9	1	0	2	5	0	0	3	7	.321	.375	.571	.946		16		0	1	1		POR · PCL
1966	25	CLE	AL	52	148	133	12	35	2	2	6	19	0	1	11	31	.263	.338	.444	.781	123	59	3	4	0	0	1	2
1967	26	CLE	AL	88	310	272	25	55	8	2	12	37	3	3	30	64	.202	.294	.379	.672	96	103	6	6	0	2	2	2
1968	27	CLE	AL	122	429	361	48	90	21	0	11	44	1	3	62	68	.249	.366	.399	.765	133	144	8	5	0	1	11	23/79
1969	28	CLE	AL	114	399	326	40	77	8	0	18	45	1	2	66	80	.236	.374	.426	.801	121	139	2	6	1	0	5	2/739
1970	29	CLE	AL	110	398	345	46	91	12	0	23	56	0	4	46	59	.264	.360	.499	.859	131	172	5	6	1	0	1	2379
1971	30	LAD	NL	90	263	230	23	63	7	2	6	25	0	1	30	39	.274	.357	.400	.757	121	92	4	1	0	2	7	2
1972	31	TOT	MLB	89	290	249	18	60	11	0	6	30	0	0	36	41	.241	.341	.357	.699	103	89	7	2	3	0	3	2/9
1972	31	LAD	NL	51	169	151	7	29	7	0	2	11	0	0	17	23	.192	.278	.278	.556	60	42	6	1	0	0	3	2
1972	31	DET	AL	38	121	98	11	31	4	0	4	19	0	0	19	18	.316	.432	.480	.912	168	47	1	1	3	0	0	2/9
1973	32	TOT	AL	84	300	261	34	64	10	0	9	31	1	2	33	37	.245	.331	.387	.718	98	101	5	2	1	3	1	2/7D9
1973	32	DET	AL	80	288	252	31	61	10	0	8	30	1	2	30	36	.242	.324	.377	.701	93	95	5	2	1	3	1	2/79
1973	32	NYY	AL	4	12	9	3	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	.333	.500	.667	1.167	231	6	0	0	0	0	0	/D2
1974	33	TOT	AL	44	134	121	8	24	1	0	3	8	0	0	9	29	.198	.269	.281	.550	61	34	3	3	0	1	1	2/D9
1974	33	NYY	AL	5	16	15	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	5	.133	.188	.200	.388	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	/D2
1974	33	TEX	AL	39	118	106	7	22	0	0	3	6	0	0	8	24	.208	.280	.292	.572	67	31	3	3	0	1	1	2/D9
11 Seasons				843	2810	2422	263	580	80	6	100	310	6	16	338	483	.239	.340	.401	.741	111	972	45	35	6	9	34
162 Game Avg.				162	540	465	51	111	15	1	19	60	1	3	65	93	.239	.340	.401	.741	111	187	9	7	1	2	7
				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
CLE (7 yrs)				536	1823	1561	180	369	51	4	76	216	5	13	230	337	.236	.344	.420	.764	118	656	26	27	2	3	22
LAD (2 yrs)				141	432	381	30	92	14	2	8	36	0	1	47	62	.241	.326	.352	.678	97	134	10	2	0	2	10
NYY (2 yrs)				9	28	24	4	5	1	0	1	3	0	0	4	6	.208	.321	.375	.696	100	9	0	0	0	0	0
DET (2 yrs)				118	409	350	42	92	14	0	12	49	1	2	49	54	.263	.356	.406	.761	113	142	6	3	4	3	1
TEX (1 yr)				39	118	106	7	22	0	0	3	6	0	0	8	24	.208	.280	.292	.572	67	31	3	3	0	1	1

AL (10 yrs)				702	2378	2041	233	488	66	4	92	274	6	15	291	421	.239	.342	.411	.753	114	838	35	33	6	7	24
NL (2 yrs)				141	432	381	30	92	14	2	8	36	0	1	47	62	.241	.326	.352	.678	97	134	10	2	0	2	10

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1964	23	CLE	AL	6	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	/2
1965	24	CLE	AL	133	-5	0	-1	0	3	2	4	3	0.2	0	0.0	0.2	$	2
1966	25	CLE	AL	148	4	-2	1	0	-3	2	4	6	0.7	9	1.0	-0.3	$	2
1967	26	CLE	AL	310	-3	1	-1	0	-5	5	9	6	0.5	11	1.1	-0.6	$13,000	2
1968	27	CLE	AL	429	12	0	1	-1	-3	3	12	24	2.8	27	2.9	-0.1	$15,000	23/79
1969	28	CLE	AL	399	10	-3	-2	0	5	6	11	27	2.8	22	2.4	0.4	$23,000	2/739
1970	29	CLE	AL	398	12	-2	-2	0	-6	0	13	14	1.5	21	2.3	-0.8	$26,000	2379
1971	30	LAD	NL	263	8	-2	-1	0	2	4	8	19	2.0	17	1.8	0.2	$	2
1972	31	LAD	NL	169	-8	0	1	-1	0	3	5	0	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$	2
1972	31	DET	AL	121	9	-1	-1	0	-4	1	4	8	1.0	12	1.3	-0.3	$	2/9
1973	32	DET	AL	288	-4	0	-1	0	-3	4	10	6	0.5	9	0.9	-0.4	$47,000	2/79
1973	32	NYY	AL	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.3	2	0.2	0.1	$	/D2
1974	33	NYY	AL	16	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$50,000	/D2
1974	33	TEX	AL	118	-5	0	-1	-1	-3	1	4	-5	-0.6	-2	-0.2	-0.4	$	2/D9
11 Seasons				2810	28	-9	-7	-3	-16	31	85	107	11.2	125	13.4	-2.2	$174,000

CLE (7 yrs)				1823	28	-6	-4	-1	-9	18	53	78	8.3	88	9.5	-1.2	$77,000
LAD (2 yrs)				432	0	-2	0	-1	2	7	13	19	1.9	17	1.8	0.1	$
NYY (2 yrs)				28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$50,000
DET (2 yrs)				409	5	-1	-2	0	-6	5	14	14	1.5	21	2.2	-0.7	$47,000
TEX (1 yr)				118	-5	0	-1	-1	-3	1	4	-5	-0.6	-2	-0.2	-0.4	$

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
1964	23	CLE	AL	6	6	0	0.0	95	.000	.000	.254	.000	.323	.000	.396	.000	.718	-100	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1965	24	CLE	AL	133	99	11	3.0	93	.190	.178	.252	.271	.322	.331	.386	.601	.708	70	.367	-5.2	-0.6	.545	.280	.153	.0
1966	25	CLE	AL	148	102	19	5.0	90	.302	.263	.248	.338	.315	.444	.383	.781	.698	123	.612	3.6	0.4	.716	.256	.180	.0
1967	26	CLE	AL	310	228	30	3.6	86	.217	.202	.246	.294	.315	.379	.368	.672	.683	96	.477	-1.6	-0.2	.615	.287	.176	4.8
1968	27	CLE	AL	429	283	54	5.1	79	.279	.249	.237	.366	.306	.399	.351	.765	.657	133	.667	17.8	2.0	.741	.316	.150	1.8
1969	28	CLE	AL	399	254	57	6.0	97	.259	.236	.258	.374	.335	.426	.389	.801	.724	121	.660	11.3	1.2	.830	.390	.190	1.9
1970	29	CLE	AL	398	264	63	6.4	101	.259	.264	.262	.360	.337	.499	.401	.859	.738	131	.676	14.4	1.5	.837	.357	.235	.0
1971	30	LAD	NL	263	174	34	5.3	87	.305	.274	.253	.357	.318	.400	.370	.757	.688	121	.615	6.9	0.7	.709	.252	.126	.0
1972	31	TOT	MLB	290	199	33	4.5	88	.267	.241	.253	.341	.321	.357	.370	.699	.691	103	.565	1.9	0.2	.648	.261	.116	.0
1972	31	LAD	NL	169	128	11	2.3	90	.214	.192	.254	.278	.322	.278	.376	.556	.698	60	.265	-7.6	-0.8	.469	.199	.086	.0
1972	31	DET	AL	121	71	22	8.3	85	.355	.316	.250	.432	.319	.480	.361	.912	.680	168	.820	9.5	1.0	.985	.357	.163	.0
1973	32	TOT	AL	300	208	35	4.5	98	.252	.245	.266	.331	.336	.387	.391	.718	.726	98	.519	-0.5	-0.0	.662	.264	.142	1.8
1973	32	DET	AL	288	202	32	4.2	98	.251	.242	.266	.324	.336	.377	.391	.701	.727	93	.490	-2.2	-0.2	.636	.250	.135	1.8
1973	32	NYY	AL	12	6	3	13.4	91	.286	.333	.256	.500	.324	.667	.376	1.167	.701	231	.888	1.8	0.2	1.500	.667	.333	.0
1974	33	TOT	AL	134	101	10	2.7	87	.233	.198	.255	.269	.319	.281	.367	.550	.686	61	.309	-6.2	-0.7	.460	.157	.083	.0
1974	33	NYY	AL	16	13	1	2.1	88	.200	.133	.257	.188	.322	.200	.370	.388	.691	12	.220	-1.7	-0.2	.308	.133	.067
1974	33	TEX	AL	118	88	9	2.8	87	.238	.208	.255	.280	.319	.292	.366	.572	.685	67	.322	-4.5	-0.5	.483	.160	.085	.0
11 Seasons				2810	1918	346	4.9	91	.260	.239	.253	.340	.323	.401	.377	.741	.701	111	.587	40.9	4.4	.702	.297	.162	11.3
162 Game Avg.				540	369	66	4.9	91	.260	.239	.253	.340	.323	.401	.377	.741	.701	111	.587	8	1	.702	.297	.162	2
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
CLE (7 yrs)				1823	1236	234	5.1	91	.255	.236	.251	.344	.323	.420	.378	.764	.701	118	.615	38.8	4.1	.735	.326	.184	9.4
LAD (2 yrs)				432	302	45	4.0	88	.268	.241	.253	.326	.320	.352	.372	.678	.692	97	.494	-0.7	-0.1	.607	.231	.110	.0
NYY (2 yrs)				28	19	4	5.7	89	.235	.208	.257	.321	.323	.375	.372	.696	.695	100	.631	0.1	-0.0	.684	.333	.167	.0
DET (2 yrs)				409	273	54	5.3	95	.279	.263	.262	.356	.331	.406	.383	.761	.714	113	.613	7.3	0.8	.726	.280	.143	1.8
TEX (1 yr)				118	88	9	2.8	87	.238	.208	.255	.280	.319	.292	.366	.572	.685	67	.322	-4.5	-0.5	.483	.160	.085	.0

AL (10 yrs)				2378	1616	301	5.0	91	.258	.239	.253	.342	.324	.411	.378	.753	.702	114	.603	41.6	4.4	.719	.310	.171	11.3
NL (2 yrs)				432	302	45	4.0	88	.268	.241	.253	.326	.320	.352	.372	.678	.692	97	.494	-0.7	-0.1	.607	.231	.110	.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
1972	31	DET	AL	ALCS	OAK	L	4	15	14	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.214	.267	.500	.767	7	0	0	0	0	0
1 ALCS							4	15	14	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.214	.267	.500	.767	7	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
1964	23	CLE	AL	6	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0				1.00	67%
1965	24	CLE	AL	133	4.5%	24.8%	11.3%	4.5%	29%	2.20	3.6	19.7	7.9		1.36	59%
1966	25	CLE	AL	148	4.1%	21.0%	7.4%	6.8%	29%	2.82	4.3	22.2	7.0		0.77	65%
1967	26	CLE	AL	310	3.9%	20.7%	9.7%	7.1%	40%	2.13	4.3	22.7	7.4		0.95	64%
1968	27	CLE	AL	429	2.6%	15.9%	14.5%	7.5%	36%	1.10	5.3	32.8	8.2		0.89	66%
1969	28	CLE	AL	399	4.5%	20.1%	16.5%	6.5%	34%	1.21	4.1	18.1	7.2		0.61	57%
1970	29	CLE	AL	398	5.8%	14.8%	11.6%	8.8%	39%	1.28	5.8	15.0	6.2		0.94	66%
1971	30	LAD	NL	263	2.3%	14.8%	11.4%	5.7%	24%	1.30	5.9	38.3	9.2		0.68	71%
1972	31	TOT	MLB	290	2.1%	14.1%	12.4%	5.9%	28%	1.14	6.1	41.5	8.3		0.89	70%
1972	31	LAD	NL	169	1.2%	13.6%	10.1%	5.3%	31%	1.35	6.6	75.5	13.7		0.89	75%
1972	31	DET	AL	121	3.3%	14.9%	15.7%	6.6%	26%	0.95	5.4	24.5	5.2		0.89	63%
1973	32	TOT	AL	300	3.0%	12.3%	11.0%	6.3%	30%	1.12	7.1	29.0	8.4		0.73	73%
1973	32	DET	AL	288	2.8%	12.5%	10.4%	6.3%	30%	1.20	7.0	31.5	8.4		0.75	73%
1973	32	NYY	AL	12	8.3%	8.3%	25.0%	8.3%	33%	0.33	9.0	9.0	9.0		0.25	58%
1974	33	TOT	AL	134	2.2%	21.6%	6.7%	3.0%	17%	3.22	4.2	40.3	15.1		0.66	67%
1974	33	NYY	AL	16	0.0%	31.3%	6.3%	6.3%	50%	5.00	3.0		7.5		1.00	63%
1974	33	TEX	AL	118	2.5%	20.3%	6.8%	2.5%	14%	3.00	4.4	35.3	17.7		0.63	68%
11 Seasons				2810	3.6%	17.2%	12.0%	6.6%	32%	1.43	5.0	24.2	7.8		0.82	66%
MLB Averages					2.0%	14.9%	8.4%	6.0%	27%	1.77	6.0	44.1	9.2		1.10	73%
				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
1964	23	CLE	AL	-1.6	-0.2	6	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	2.05	-0.1	-0.0	-1.8	-0.2	1.15	-1.5	0.00	1
1965	24	CLE	AL	-5.2	-0.6	133	-0.5	2.0	-2.5	1.00	-0.2	-0.2	-0.7	-0.1	0.91	-2.7	1.52	12
1966	25	CLE	AL	3.6	0.4	150	0.6	3.2	-2.7	1.15	0.5	0.0	5.3	0.6	0.89	5.4	1.56	9
1967	26	CLE	AL	-1.6	-0.2	322	0.4	5.4	-5.0	.99	0.0	0.4	5.0	0.5	0.93	3.7	2.95	5
1968	27	CLE	AL	17.8	2.0	439	2.0	8.7	-6.7	1.04	1.9	0.1	18.6	2.1	0.95	20.9	1.71	9
1969	28	CLE	AL	11.3	1.2	408	1.5	7.8	-6.3	.98	1.7	-0.2	13.8	1.4	0.90	17.1	1.68	13
1970	29	CLE	AL	14.4	1.5	410	2.1	9.7	-7.6	1.09	2.2	-0.2	11.8	1.2	0.99	18.6	2.39	9
1971	30	LAD	NL	6.9	0.7	264	-0.1	4.6	-4.8	1.09	0.1	-0.2	-3.2	-0.3	1.04	1.1	1.15	18
1972	31	TOT	MLB	1.9	0.2	293	0.7	5.7	-5.0	1.04	0.2	0.5	2.7	0.3	0.96	4.2	1.08	12
1972	31	LAD	NL	-7.6	-0.8	171	-1.5	2.1	-3.5	1.04	-0.9	-0.5	-10.2	-1.1	0.96	-7.6	1.09	6
1972	31	DET	AL	9.5	1.0	122	2.2	3.6	-1.5	1.03	1.0	1.1	12.9	1.4	0.98	11.8	1.07	6
1973	32	TOT	AL	-0.5	-0.0	305	-0.9	4.7	-5.6	1.07	0.0	-0.8	-3.2	-0.3	0.98	0.3	2.10	9
1973	32	DET	AL	-2.2	-0.2	293	-1.2	4.3	-5.5	1.07	-0.1	-1.0	-4.0	-0.4	0.98	-0.9	2.10	9
1973	32	NYY	AL	1.8	0.2	12	0.3	0.4	-0.1	1.03	0.1	0.1	0.8	0.1	0.90	1.3	1.85	0
1974	33	TOT	AL	-6.2	-0.7	134	-0.7	1.7	-2.4	.99	-0.9	0.2	-10.0	-1.1	0.98	-8.3	1.11	7
1974	33	NYY	AL	-1.7	-0.2	16	0.0	0.3	-0.3	1.25	-0.2	0.2	-1.3	-0.1	0.99	-1.8	0.44	1
1974	33	TEX	AL	-4.5	-0.5	118	-0.7	1.3	-2.0	.95	-0.7	-0.1	-8.7	-0.9	0.98	-6.5	1.22	6
11 Seasons				40.9	4.4	2864	4.8	53.6	-48.9	1.04	5.2	-0.7	38.1	4.0	0.96	58.9	1.60	104
				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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1964	23	CLE	AL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1965	24	CLE	AL	0	0	10%	34	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
1966	25	CLE	AL	3	0	14%	56	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	23%	7	6	1	2	2	0	4	2	2
1967	26	CLE	AL	2	0	17%	94	3	3	50%	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	39%	12	10	2	1	0	1	5	1	4
1968	27	CLE	AL	6	0	25%	178	1	3	25%	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	12	44%	22	18	4	8	4	4	20	5	14
1969	28	CLE	AL	1	0	17%	142	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	10	23%	26	20	4	3	2	1	10	4	4
1970	29	CLE	AL	1	0	19%	131	0	4	0%	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	3	12	36%	20	15	4	3	3	0	8	0	7
1971	30	LAD	NL	1	0	19%	89	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	33%	20	14	5	2	2	0	11	4	6
1972	31	TOT	MLB	3	0	13%	102	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	9	16%	18	13	3	0	0	0	7	4	1
1972	31	LAD	NL	3	0	11%	48	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	20%	8	5	2	0	0	0	2	1	0
1972	31	DET	AL	0	0	15%	54	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	13%	10	8	1	0	0	0	5	3	1
1973	32	TOT	AL	3	0	28%	107	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	33%	15	12	3	5	3	2	7	3	4
1973	32	DET	AL	3	0	27%	103	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	33%	14	11	3	3	2	1	7	3	4
1973	32	NYY	AL	0	0	40%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0
1974	33	TOT	AL	0	0	15%	44	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	36%	9	6	3	1	1	0	1	0	1
1974	33	NYY	AL	0	0	33%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	33	TEX	AL	0	0	13%	42	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	36%	9	6	3	1	1	0	1	0	1
11 Seasons				20	0	19%	977	6	16	27%	6	13	0	1	0	2	4	1	35	58	33%	151	116	29	25	17	8	75	23	45
				ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH

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
1964	23	CLE	AL	6	83%	0			1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1965	24	CLE	AL	133	95%	21			12	2	1	1	1.52	6	0	4	5	1	3	3	0	0	0		18	2	11%	8	3	38%	76	10	13%	3	1	33%	2	2	100%	0
1966	25	CLE	AL	148	95%	35			9	0	0	0	1.56	6	0	4	6	0	4	2	0	0	0		23	3	13%	13	3	23%	75	14	19%	10	4	40%	2	0	0%	0
1967	26	CLE	AL	310	84%	55			5	2	0	1	2.95	12	0	6	10	2	9	3	0	0	0		57	6	11%	27	8	30%	169	26	15%	18	8	44%	13	6	46%	0
1968	27	CLE	AL	429	86%	90			9	2	0	0	1.71	11	0	3	10	1	4	7	0	0	0		64	8	13%	30	3	10%	232	34	15%	23	8	35%	11	6	55%	0
1969	28	CLE	AL	399	83%	77			13	1	1	1	1.68	18	0	8	16	2	8	10	0	1	1	100%	71	2	3%	26	2	8%	226	28	12%	15	4	27%	13	2	15%	0
1970	29	CLE	AL	397	79%	91			9	1	0	0	2.39	23	0	11	22	1	15	8	0	1	1	100%	83	5	6%	29	6	21%	271	33	12%	15	5	33%	7	2	29%	1
1971	30	LAD	NL	263	81%	63			18	2	0	0	1.15	6	0	7	5	1	2	4	0	0	0		57	4	7%	30	8	27%	195	19	10%	17	7	41%	15	7	47%	0
1972	31	TOT	MLB	290	89%	60			12	3	1	3	1.08	6	0	12	5	1	2	4	0	3	3	100%	60	7	12%	20	5	25%	191	26	14%	15	8	53%	6	2	33%	0
1972	31	LAD	NL	169	93%	29			6	2	1	2	1.09	2	0	8	1	1	0	2	0	0	0		33	6	18%	12	2	17%	103	9	9%	9	3	33%	3	1	33%	0
1972	31	DET	AL	121	83%	31			6	1	0	1	1.07	4	0	4	4	0	2	2	0	3	3	100%	27	1	4%	8	3	38%	88	17	19%	6	5	83%	3	1	33%	0
1973	32	TOT	AL	300	81%	64			9	1	0	0	2.10	9	0	8	6	3	7	2	0	2	1	50%	62	5	8%	21	6	29%	198	22	11%	14	6	43%	8	6	75%	0
1973	32	DET	AL	288	81%	61			9	1	0	0	2.10	8	0	8	5	3	6	2	0	2	1	50%	61	5	8%	21	6	29%	192	22	11%	14	6	43%	8	6	75%	0
1973	32	NYY	AL	12	92%	3			0	0	0	0	1.85	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		6	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1974	33	TOT	AL	134	87%	24			7	3	0	0	1.11	3	0	2	2	1	1	2	0	0	0		35	3	9%	16	3	19%	86	5	6%	8	3	38%	7	1	14%	0
1974	33	NYY	AL	16	100%	2			1	0	0	0	0.44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	0	0%	3	1	33%	12	2	17%	4	2	50%	0	0		0
1974	33	TEX	AL	118	86%	22			6	3	0	0	1.22	3	0	2	2	1	1	2	0	0	0		30	3	10%	13	2	15%	74	3	4%	4	1	25%	7	1	14%	0
11 Seasons				2809	85%	580			104	17	3	6	1.60	100	0	66	87	13	55	45	0	7	6	86%	531	45	8%	221	47	21%	1724	217	13%	138	54	39%	84	34	40%	1
MLB Averages					54%																			77%			11%			31%			14%			47%			52%
				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
1964	23	2	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1965	24	50	139	124	9	21	0	0	6	15	0	0	15	35	.169	.259	.315	.574	62	39	2	0	0	0	2
1966	25	102	287	257	21	56	2	2	12	34	0	1	26	66	.218	.300	.381	.681	93	98	5	4	0	0	3
1967	26	190	597	529	46	111	10	4	24	71	3	4	56	130	.210	.296	.380	.676	95	201	11	10	0	2	5
1968	27	312	1026	890	94	201	31	4	35	115	4	7	118	198	.226	.326	.388	.713	110	345	19	15	0	3	16
1969	28	426	1425	1216	134	278	39	4	53	160	5	9	184	278	.229	.339	.398	.737	113	484	21	21	1	3	21
1970	29	536	1823	1561	180	369	51	4	76	216	5	13	230	337	.236	.344	.420	.764	118	656	26	27	2	3	22
1971	30	626	2086	1791	203	432	58	6	82	241	5	14	260	376	.241	.345	.418	.763	118	748	30	28	2	5	29
1972	31	715	2376	2040	221	492	69	6	88	271	5	14	296	417	.241	.345	.410	.755	116	837	37	30	5	5	32
1973	32	799	2676	2301	255	556	79	6	97	302	6	16	329	454	.242	.343	.408	.751	114	938	42	32	6	8	33
1974	33	843	2810	2422	263	580	80	6	100	310	6	16	338	483	.239	.340	.401	.741	111	972	45	35	6	9	34

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1964	23	2	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
1965	24	48	136	120	10	23	0	0	7	17	0	16	33	.192	.287	.367	.653	12	48
1966	25	52	153	137	13	38	2	2	7	21	0	12	31	.277	.353	.474	.827	21	52
1967	26	88	319	277	29	60	9	2	13	43	3	33	64	.217	.313	.404	.718	34	88
1968	27	122	459	378	63	107	25	0	13	58	1	74	68	.283	.407	.452	.860	68	122
1969	28	114	402	328	42	79	8	0	18	47	1	68	80	.241	.381	.430	.810	53	114
1970	29	110	399	346	47	92	12	0	23	57	0	47	59	.266	.363	.500	.863	61	110
1971	30	90	275	238	28	71	8	2	7	30	0	34	39	.298	.385	.437	.822	40	90
1972	31	93	314	269	22	71	13	0	7	37	0	43	43	.264	.369	.390	.760	39	89
1973	32	84	302	263	35	66	10	0	9	32	1	34	37	.251	.338	.392	.729	35	84
1974	33	44	137	123	9	26	1	0	3	9	0	10	29	.211	.285	.293	.577	10	44
11 Seasons		847	2902	2485	298	633	88	6	107	351	6	371	485	.255	.359	.424	.783	373	843
162 Game Avg.		162	555	475	57	121	17	1	20	67	1	71	93	.255	.359	.424	.783	71	843

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