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Ken Singleton

Kenneth Wayne Singleton

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: June 10, 1947 in New York, NY
High School: Mount Vernon HS (Mount Vernon, NY)
School: Hofstra University (Hempstead, NY)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1967 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: June 24, 1970
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Expos/Mets 1970-1984
Agents: Ron Shapiro [*]
Final Game: September 25, 1984
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All-Star

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
1970 23 NYM NL 69 234 198 22 52 8 0 5 26 1 1 30 48 .263 .361 .379 .740 99 75 5 1 4 1 1 79
1971 24 NYM NL 115 366 298 34 73 5 0 13 46 0 1 61 64 .245 .374 .393 .766 120 117 12 2 2 3 9 97/8
1972 25 MON NL 142 585 507 77 139 23 2 14 50 5 10 70 99 .274 .363 .410 .773 119 208 12 2 4 2 5 *79
1973 26 MON NL 162 692 560 100 169 26 2 23 103 2 8 123 91 .302 .425 .479 .904 148 268 27 2 1 6 13 *9/7 MVP-9
1974 27 MON NL 148 610 511 68 141 20 2 9 74 5 2 93 84 .276 .385 .376 .761 110 192 18 0 2 4 12 *9
1975 28 BAL AL 155 714 586 88 176 37 4 15 55 3 5 118 82 .300 .415 .454 .869 153 266 9 1 3 6 12 *9 MVP-10
1976 29 BAL AL 154 630 544 62 151 25 2 13 70 2 2 79 76 .278 .366 .403 .769 132 219 14 0 2 5 6 *79D
1977 30 BAL AL 152 651 536 90 176 24 0 24 99 0 1 107 101 .328 .438 .507 .945 165 272 15 2 0 6 13 *9/D AS,MVP-3
1978 31 BAL AL 149 608 502 67 147 21 2 20 81 0 0 98 94 .293 .409 .462 .871 152 232 14 2 4 2 5 *9/D7 MVP-34
1979 32 BAL AL 159 688 570 93 168 29 1 35 111 3 1 109 118 .295 .405 .533 .938 155 304 16 1 1 7 16 *9D/7 AS,MVP-2
1980 33 BAL AL 156 680 583 85 177 28 3 24 104 0 2 92 94 .304 .397 .485 .882 142 283 19 1 0 4 1 *9/D7 MVP-21
1981 34 BAL AL 103 428 363 48 101 16 1 13 49 0 0 61 59 .278 .380 .435 .816 135 158 21 0 2 2 6 *9D AS,MVP-23
1982 35 BAL AL 156 657 561 71 141 27 2 14 77 0 1 86 93 .251 .349 .381 .731 101 214 24 2 1 7 2 *D/97
1983 36 BAL AL 151 612 507 52 140 21 3 18 84 0 2 99 83 .276 .393 .436 .829 131 221 22 1 2 3 19 *D
1984 37 BAL AL 111 404 363 28 78 7 1 6 36 0 0 37 60 .215 .286 .289 .575 62 105 20 0 1 2 5 D
15 Yrs 2082 8559 7189 985 2029 317 25 246 1065 21 36 1263 1246 .282 .388 .436 .824 132 3134 248 17 29 60 125
162 Game Avg. 162 666 559 77 158 25 2 19 83 2 3 98 97 .282 .388 .436 .824 132 244 19 1 2 5 10
BAL (10 yrs) 1446 6072 5115 684 1455 235 19 182 766 8 14 886 860 .284 .388 .445 .833 135 2274 174 10 16 44 85
MON (3 yrs) 452 1887 1578 245 449 69 6 46 227 12 20 286 274 .285 .393 .423 .816 127 668 57 4 7 12 30
NYM (2 yrs) 184 600 496 56 125 13 0 18 72 1 2 91 112 .252 .369 .387 .756 111 192 17 3 6 4 10
AL (10 yrs) 1446 6072 5115 684 1455 235 19 182 766 8 14 886 860 .284 .388 .445 .833 135 2274 174 10 16 44 85
NL (5 yrs) 636 2487 2074 301 574 82 6 64 299 13 22 377 386 .277 .387 .415 .802 123 860 74 7 13 16 40

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
1970 23 NYM NL 69 234 3 0 -0 2 -3 1 0.2 7 8 0.9 .502 .501 0.6 -0.0 6 $ 79
1971 24 NYM NL 115 366 9 -1 -1 -1 -4 2 0.3 11 13 1.4 .502 .501 1.4 -0.5 13 $ 97/8
1972 25 MON NL 142 585 13 -4 -1 2 -7 2 0.3 17 18 2.0 .501 .501 1.6 -0.5 17 $ *79
1973 26 MON NL 162 692 40 -1 -2 3 -7 32 3.5 20 52 5.5 .522 .522 5.2 -0.5 50 $ *9/7 MVP-9
1974 27 MON NL 148 610 8 0 -2 -5 -6 -4 -0.4 18 13 1.3 .497 .497 1.8 -1.2 18 $62,000 *9
1975 28 BAL AL 155 714 42 -1 0 -9 -7 24 2.8 23 47 4.9 .516 .516 5.9 -1.6 57 $67,000 *9 MVP-10
1976 29 BAL AL 154 630 23 2 -1 -6 -9 9 1.2 20 29 3.0 .506 .506 3.8 -1.6 35 $ *79D
1977 30 BAL AL 152 651 52 -2 -0 -12 -7 32 3.5 21 53 5.4 .521 .520 6.5 -1.7 64 $150,000 *9/D AS,MVP-3
1978 31 BAL AL 149 608 38 -0 -1 -8 -7 22 2.5 20 42 4.3 .516 .515 5.3 -1.5 50 $150,000 *9/D7 MVP-34
1979 32 BAL AL 159 688 40 3 -2 -4 -8 28 3.0 22 51 5.0 .518 .517 5.5 -1.1 54 $150,000 *9D/7 AS,MVP-2
1980 33 BAL AL 156 680 41 -1 -2 -14 -7 16 1.9 21 37 3.8 .510 .510 5.2 -2.0 51 $150,000 *9/D7 MVP-21
1981 34 BAL AL 103 428 15 -1 -2 -8 -6 -3 -0.2 13 10 1.0 .497 .498 2.0 -1.6 19 $150,000 *9D AS,MVP-23
1982 35 BAL AL 156 657 2 -1 -2 1 -15 -15 -1.5 20 5 0.3 .490 .490 0.4 -1.4 4 $ *D/97
1983 36 BAL AL 151 612 19 -3 -3 0 -15 -2 0.1 19 17 1.8 .499 .499 1.8 -1.4 17 $ *D
1984 37 BAL AL 111 404 -17 -1 -2 0 -10 -30 -3.1 12 -18 -2.0 .471 .480 -1.9 -1.0 -18 $ D
15 Seasons 2082 8559 326 -10 -21 -61 -119 115 14.1 263 378 38.6 .506 .505 45.1 -17.7 439 $879,000
BAL (10 yrs) 1446 6072 254 -5 -15 -61 -92 82 10.2 191 273 27.5 .506 .505 34.5 -14.9 334 $817,000
MON (3 yrs) 452 1887 61 -5 -5 -1 -21 30 3.4 55 84 8.8 .507 .507 8.6 -2.2 85 $62,000
NYM (2 yrs) 184 600 12 -1 -1 1 -7 3 0.5 17 21 2.3 .502 .501 2.0 -0.6 20 $

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
1970 23 NYM NL 234 157 28 4.8 103 .322 .263 .267 .361 .340 .379 .408 .740 .748 99 .514 0.7 0.1 .697 .268 .116 1.7
1971 24 NYM NL 366 243 45 5.0 91 .268 .245 .257 .374 .323 .393 .377 .766 .700 120 .591 10.5 1.1 .752 .349 .148 .0
1972 25 MON NL 585 396 75 5.1 93 .316 .274 .258 .363 .326 .410 .381 .773 .707 119 .604 14.6 1.5 .705 .264 .136 7.4
1973 26 MON NL 692 433 113 7.0 99 .323 .302 .266 .425 .335 .479 .396 .904 .731 148 .713 44.3 4.5 .908 .386 .177 3.7
1974 27 MON NL 610 396 77 5.2 99 .313 .276 .268 .385 .341 .376 .388 .761 .728 110 .594 10.9 1.1 .738 .288 .100 6.4
1975 28 BAL AL 714 433 118 7.3 88 .325 .300 .251 .415 .320 .454 .369 .869 .689 153 .726 48.6 4.9 .903 .352 .154 5.0
1976 29 BAL AL 630 416 82 5.3 81 .300 .278 .249 .366 .312 .403 .351 .769 .663 132 .629 24.8 2.6 .729 .270 .125 3.5
1977 30 BAL AL 651 382 124 8.7 95 .365 .328 .259 .438 .322 .507 .394 .945 .716 165 .760 55.3 5.3 1.011 .377 .179 .0
1978 31 BAL AL 608 375 100 7.1 89 .326 .293 .254 .409 .318 .462 .374 .871 .693 152 .714 39.6 4.0 .900 .365 .169 .0
1979 32 BAL AL 688 427 127 7.9 99 .314 .295 .266 .405 .330 .533 .403 .938 .733 155 .722 48.6 4.6 .993 .433 .239 5.5
1980 33 BAL AL 680 431 113 7.1 98 .326 .304 .268 .397 .330 .485 .397 .882 .727 142 .686 37.3 3.6 .876 .336 .182 .0
1981 34 BAL AL 428 287 57 5.4 89 .300 .278 .256 .380 .321 .435 .373 .816 .693 135 .619 18.8 2.0 .774 .325 .157 .0
1982 35 BAL AL 657 453 75 4.4 99 .275 .251 .264 .349 .328 .381 .402 .731 .730 101 .486 4.2 0.4 .676 .282 .130 .0
1983 36 BAL AL 612 396 86 5.8 96 .298 .276 .263 .393 .325 .436 .397 .829 .722 131 .611 26.0 2.6 .816 .351 .160 .0
1984 37 BAL AL 404 308 27 2.4 94 .241 .215 .260 .286 .322 .289 .393 .575 .715 62 .232 -18.4 -1.8 .466 .176 .074 .0
15 Yrs 8559 5533 1247 6.1 94 .310 .282 .260 .388 .326 .436 .386 .824 .712 132 .644 365.7 36.4 .808 .327 .154 38.7
162 Game Avg. 666 431 97 6.1 94 .310 .282 .260 .388 .326 .436 .386 .824 .712 132 .644 28 3 .808 .327 .154 3
BAL (10 yrs) 6072 3908 909 6.2 93 .309 .284 .259 .388 .323 .445 .386 .833 .709 135 .651 284.8 28.1 .822 .332 .160 15.3
MON (3 yrs) 1887 1225 265 5.8 97 .317 .285 .264 .393 .334 .423 .388 .816 .722 127 .646 69.8 7.1 .788 .315 .139 19.0
NYM (2 yrs) 600 400 73 4.9 96 .289 .252 .261 .369 .330 .387 .389 .756 .719 111 .561 11.2 1.2 .731 .317 .135 1.9
AL (10 yrs) 6072 3908 909 6.2 93 .309 .284 .259 .388 .323 .445 .386 .833 .709 135 .651 284.8 28.1 .822 .332 .160 15.3
NL (5 yrs) 2487 1625 338 5.6 97 .311 .277 .263 .387 .333 .415 .388 .802 .722 123 .627 81.0 8.3 .774 .315 .138 21.6

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
1979 32 BAL AL ALCS CAL W 4 18 16 4 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .375 .389 .500 .889 8 1 0 0 1 0
1979 32 BAL AL WS PIT L 7 30 28 1 10 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 .357 .400 .393 .793 11 1 0 0 0 1
1983 36 BAL AL ALCS CHW W 4 14 12 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .250 .357 .417 .774 5 2 0 0 0 1
1983 36 BAL AL WS PHI W 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (4 Series) 17 64 57 5 19 5 0 0 6 0 0 6 10 .333 .391 .421 .812 24 4 0 0 1 2
2 ALCS 8 32 28 4 9 4 0 0 3 0 0 3 4 .321 .375 .464 .839 13 3 0 0 1 1
2 WS 9 32 29 1 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 6 .345 .406 .379 .786 11 1 0 0 0 1

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
1977 BAL AL 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 0 0
1979 BAL AL 32 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 BAL AL 34 as LF 3 3 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.667 2.333 5 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (3 GP) 5 4 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .600 1.250 1.850 5 0 1 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
1970 23 NYM NL 234 2.1% 20.5% 12.8% 5.6% 25% 1.60 4.1 39.6 7.6 1.64 62%
1971 24 NYM NL 366 3.6% 17.5% 16.7% 4.9% 25% 1.05 4.7 22.9 6.5 2.09 61%
1972 25 MON NL 585 2.4% 16.9% 12.0% 6.7% 28% 1.41 5.1 36.2 10.1 1.18 68%
1973 26 MON NL 692 3.3% 13.2% 17.8% 7.4% 30% 0.74 6.2 24.3 5.4 1.63 65%
1974 27 MON NL 610 1.5% 13.8% 15.3% 5.1% 22% 0.90 6.1 56.8 6.9 1.84 69%
1975 28 BAL AL 714 2.1% 11.5% 16.5% 7.8% 32% 0.69 7.1 39.1 10.7 1.17 69%
1976 29 BAL AL 630 2.1% 12.1% 12.5% 6.4% 27% 0.96 7.2 41.8 7.8 1.17 73%
1977 30 BAL AL 651 3.7% 15.5% 16.4% 7.4% 27% 0.94 5.3 22.3 5.4 1.67 64%
1978 31 BAL AL 608 3.3% 15.5% 16.1% 7.1% 29% 0.96 5.3 25.1 6.2 1.32 64%
1979 32 BAL AL 688 5.1% 17.2% 15.8% 9.5% 39% 1.08 4.8 16.3 5.1 1.57 62%
1980 33 BAL AL 680 3.5% 13.8% 13.5% 8.1% 31% 1.02 6.2 24.3 5.6 1.34 69%
1981 34 BAL AL 428 3.0% 13.8% 14.3% 7.0% 30% 0.97 6.2 27.9 7.4 1.73 68%
1982 35 BAL AL 657 2.1% 14.2% 13.1% 6.5% 31% 1.08 6.0 40.1 7.3 1.25 70%
1983 36 BAL AL 612 2.9% 13.6% 16.2% 6.9% 30% 0.84 6.1 28.2 6.0 1.44 67%
1984 37 BAL AL 404 1.5% 14.9% 9.2% 3.5% 18% 1.62 6.1 60.5 10.1 1.40 74%
15 Yrs 8559 2.9% 14.6% 14.8% 6.9% 29% 0.99 5.8 29.2 6.8 1.44 67%
MLB Averages 2.0% 13.4% 8.5% 6.3% 28% 1.57 6.7 45.4 8.7 1.09 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1970 23 NYM NL 0.7 0.1 237 0.3 4.5 -4.2 1.13 0.1 0.1 3.0 0.3 0.94 1.9 1.86 18
1971 24 NYM NL 10.5 1.1 368 1.7 7.9 -6.2 1.11 1.4 0.1 9.8 1.0 1.00 12.5 2.14 23
1972 25 MON NL 14.6 1.5 602 -0.9 9.8 -10.7 1.03 0.9 -1.7 -4.3 -0.5 0.94 8.2 2.00 5
1973 26 MON NL 44.3 4.5 709 2.7 15.6 -12.9 1.13 3.7 -1.3 35.0 3.5 1.04 42.4 1.26 3
1974 27 MON NL 10.9 1.1 625 1.3 11.6 -10.3 1.06 1.3 -0.1 16.5 1.6 1.01 16.8 3.02 5
1975 28 BAL AL 48.6 4.9 732 3.8 14.6 -10.8 1.03 3.3 0.4 30.8 3.2 0.94 34.9 0.29 1
1976 29 BAL AL 24.8 2.6 638 3.0 12.9 -9.9 1.05 1.9 0.9 23.6 2.6 0.94 20.5 0.05 1
1977 30 BAL AL 55.3 5.3 658 5.6 15.0 -9.4 1.02 5.1 0.4 52.5 5.2 0.95 55.5 2.85 0
1978 31 BAL AL 39.6 4.0 614 3.6 12.7 -9.1 1.03 4.0 -0.5 36.1 3.7 0.96 40.6 1.20 3
1979 32 BAL AL 48.6 4.6 701 3.1 14.2 -11.1 .99 4.4 -1.3 44.6 4.3 0.91 51.9 0
1980 33 BAL AL 37.3 3.6 688 3.7 13.8 -10.1 .95 4.2 -0.3 44.9 4.4 0.96 48.5 0
1981 34 BAL AL 18.8 2.0 430 1.3 7.8 -6.5 .96 1.5 -0.1 5.7 0.6 0.97 14.8 1.47 1
1982 35 BAL AL 4.2 0.4 667 0.5 11.5 -11.0 .98 0.1 0.4 3.7 0.4 0.96 2.9 1.86 4
1983 36 BAL AL 26.0 2.6 618 3.0 11.8 -8.8 .96 1.6 1.5 27.8 2.8 0.99 21.7 2.68 6
1984 37 BAL AL -18.9 -1.9 407 -2.3 5.8 -8.2 1.09 -2.2 0.1 -20.0 -2.0 0.99 -22.7 1.70 17
15 Yrs 365.2 36.3 8694 30.3 169.5 -139.2 1.03 31.3 -1.8 309.5 31.1 0.96 350.4 1.95 87

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
1970 23 NYM NL 5 0 22% 102 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 58% 17 7 10 3 2 1 6 1 4
1971 24 NYM NL 5 0 17% 160 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 43% 31 19 11 6 3 2 10 2 7
1972 25 MON NL 5 0 32% 239 5 10 33% 5 8 0 2 0 0 2 1 7 13 50% 43 24 16 1 0 1 28 8 19
1973 26 MON NL 8 0 28% 296 2 8 20% 2 6 0 1 0 1 3 2 6 19 50% 47 25 22 7 4 3 24 8 14
1974 27 MON NL 8 0 26% 236 5 2 71% 4 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 10 19 49% 37 24 12 13 6 5 17 0 16
1975 28 BAL AL 7 0 26% 363 3 5 38% 2 3 1 1 0 1 3 2 11 17 44% 55 34 20 9 6 3 28 9 17
1976 29 BAL AL 8 0 23% 233 2 2 50% 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 8 12 47% 30 22 8 11 5 6 16 3 13
1977 30 BAL AL 9 0 25% 290 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 14 30% 49 41 8 6 3 3 22 8 12
1978 31 BAL AL 7 0 21% 220 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 13 36% 38 30 8 8 4 4 21 7 12
1979 32 BAL AL 2 0 24% 238 3 1 75% 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 19 41% 42 27 14 11 6 4 18 7 11
1980 33 BAL AL 12 0 25% 257 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 16 28% 40 33 7 15 13 2 20 7 12
1981 34 BAL AL 2 0 24% 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 30% 19 17 2 10 7 3 8 1 6
1982 35 BAL AL 6 0 27% 257 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 3 10 38% 37 27 10 9 6 3 12 3 9
1983 36 BAL AL 4 0 15% 212 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 8 33% 36 28 8 7 5 2 12 3 8
1984 37 BAL AL 7 1 20% 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 42% 19 11 8 5 4 1 12 6 6
15 Yrs 95 1 24% 3372 21 36 37% 19 26 2 8 0 2 17 10 98 180 41% 540 369 164 121 74 43 254 73 166

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
1970 23 NYM NL 234 100% 52 18 4 0 1 1.86 5 0 4 4 1 3 2 0 4 4 100% 43 5 12% 16 7 44% 155 21 14% 16 9 56% 8 5 63% 0
1971 24 NYM NL 366 100% 73 23 6 0 2 2.14 13 0 9 11 2 9 4 0 2 2 100% 78 12 15% 32 13 41% 237 34 14% 24 15 63% 13 7 54% 0
1972 25 MON NL 585 100% 139 5 1 0 0 2.00 14 0 7 10 2 7 7 0 5 4 80% 93 12 13% 42 17 40% 329 38 12% 34 16 47% 11 3 27% 0
1973 26 MON NL 692 100% 169 3 0 0 0 1.26 23 0 23 15 8 10 13 0 2 1 50% 165 27 16% 78 26 33% 526 82 16% 66 29 44% 27 15 56% 0
1974 27 MON NL 610 100% 141 5 1 0 0 3.02 9 1 16 8 1 3 6 0 3 2 67% 106 18 17% 51 18 35% 430 70 16% 44 21 48% 20 11 55% 0
1975 28 BAL AL 714 100% 176 1 0 0 0 0.29 15 0 8 14 1 6 9 0 4 3 75% 111 9 8% 37 15 41% 365 40 11% 30 13 43% 13 9 69% 0
1976 29 BAL AL 630 100% 151 1 0 0 0 0.05 13 1 11 8 5 7 6 0 2 2 100% 96 14 15% 44 17 39% 352 58 16% 33 23 70% 18 11 61% 0
1977 30 BAL AL 651 100% 176 0 0 0 0 2.85 24 1 13 15 9 11 13 0 1 0 0% 124 15 12% 49 15 31% 409 76 19% 44 23 52% 32 16 50% 0
1978 31 BAL AL 608 100% 147 3 0 0 0 1.20 20 0 7 16 4 12 8 0 4 4 100% 124 14 11% 52 24 46% 395 63 16% 45 25 56% 31 18 58% 0
1979 32 BAL AL 688 100% 168 0 0 0 0 35 0 13 25 10 13 22 0 1 1 100% 121 16 13% 55 19 35% 422 79 19% 48 23 48% 34 16 47% 0
1980 33 BAL AL 680 100% 177 0 0 0 0 24 0 18 16 8 12 12 0 0 0 152 19 13% 60 19 32% 468 87 19% 46 29 63% 34 24 71% 0
1981 34 BAL AL 428 100% 101 1 0 0 0 1.47 13 0 9 11 2 5 8 0 3 2 67% 93 21 23% 40 23 58% 299 38 13% 29 16 55% 26 19 73% 0
1982 35 BAL AL 657 100% 141 4 1 0 2 1.86 14 0 14 14 0 9 5 0 2 1 50% 169 24 14% 66 15 23% 433 64 15% 38 18 47% 32 15 47% 0
1983 36 BAL AL 612 100% 140 6 4 1 2 2.68 18 1 16 13 5 8 10 0 2 2 100% 143 22 15% 52 17 33% 438 69 16% 34 16 47% 22 12 55% 0
1984 37 BAL AL 404 100% 78 17 2 1 2 1.70 6 2 11 5 1 2 4 0 1 1 100% 98 20 20% 40 13 33% 289 31 11% 24 10 42% 23 14 61% 0
15 Yrs 8559 100% 2029 87 19 2 9 1.95 246 6 179 185 59 117 129 0 36 29 81% 1716 248 14% 714 258 36% 5547 850 15% 555 286 52% 344 195 57% 0
MLB Averages 56% 79% 11% 34% 14% 50% 54%

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
1970 23 69 234 198 22 52 8 0 5 26 1 1 30 48 .263 .361 .379 .740 99 75 5 1 4 1 1
1971 24 184 600 496 56 125 13 0 18 72 1 2 91 112 .252 .369 .387 .756 111 192 17 3 6 4 10
1972 25 326 1185 1003 133 264 36 2 32 122 6 12 161 211 .263 .366 .399 .765 115 400 29 5 10 6 15
1973 26 488 1877 1563 233 433 62 4 55 225 8 20 284 302 .277 .388 .427 .815 127 668 56 7 11 12 28
1974 27 636 2487 2074 301 574 82 6 64 299 13 22 377 386 .277 .387 .415 .802 123 860 74 7 13 16 40
1975 28 791 3201 2660 389 750 119 10 79 354 16 27 495 468 .282 .393 .423 .817 129 1126 83 8 16 22 52
1976 29 945 3831 3204 451 901 144 12 92 424 18 29 574 544 .281 .389 .420 .809 130 1345 97 8 18 27 58
1977 30 1097 4482 3740 541 1077 168 12 116 523 18 30 681 645 .288 .396 .432 .828 135 1617 112 10 18 33 71
1978 31 1246 5090 4242 608 1224 189 14 136 604 18 30 779 739 .289 .398 .436 .833 137 1849 126 12 22 35 76
1979 32 1405 5778 4812 701 1392 218 15 171 715 21 31 888 857 .289 .398 .447 .846 139 2153 142 13 23 42 92
1980 33 1561 6458 5395 786 1569 246 18 195 819 21 33 980 951 .291 .398 .452 .850 139 2436 161 14 23 46 93
1981 34 1664 6886 5758 834 1670 262 19 208 868 21 33 1041 1010 .290 .397 .451 .848 139 2594 182 14 25 48 99
1982 35 1820 7543 6319 905 1811 289 21 222 945 21 34 1127 1103 .287 .393 .444 .837 136 2808 206 16 26 55 101
1983 36 1971 8155 6826 957 1951 310 24 240 1029 21 36 1226 1186 .286 .393 .444 .837 135 3029 228 17 28 58 120
1984 37 2082 8559 7189 985 2029 317 25 246 1065 21 36 1263 1246 .282 .388 .436 .824 132 3134 248 17 29 60 125

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
1970 23 69 232 197 21 51 8 0 5 25 1 29 48 .259 .355 .376 .731 26 69
1971 24 115 377 304 39 79 5 0 14 53 0 66 64 .260 .392 .414 .806 50 115
1972 25 148 626 540 90 155 26 2 16 58 6 78 103 .287 .378 .431 .809 88 142
1973 26 162 697 563 103 172 26 2 23 106 2 125 91 .306 .430 .481 .911 118 162
1974 27 148 612 512 69 142 20 2 9 75 5 94 84 .277 .387 .377 .764 75 148
1975 28 156 750 609 104 196 41 4 17 65 3 131 83 .322 .439 .486 .925 131 155
1976 29 155 667 569 78 174 29 2 15 88 2 91 76 .306 .398 .443 .841 102 154
1977 30 152 670 548 100 188 26 0 26 110 0 114 101 .343 .454 .533 .987 133 152
1978 31 149 636 519 80 164 23 2 22 97 0 109 94 .316 .435 .495 .930 113 149
1979 32 160 698 577 97 173 30 1 36 116 3 112 119 .300 .410 .542 .953 130 159
1980 33 156 689 589 90 183 29 3 25 110 0 95 94 .311 .405 .497 .902 119 156
1981 34 156 672 565 84 168 27 2 22 86 0 101 89 .297 .402 .469 .871 106 103
1982 35 156 663 565 75 145 28 2 14 81 0 88 93 .257 .355 .388 .743 79 156
1983 36 151 624 514 56 147 22 3 19 91 0 104 83 .286 .405 .451 .857 94 151
1984 37 111 409 367 31 82 7 1 6 39 0 39 60 .223 .297 .297 .594 33 111
15 Yrs 2144 9022 7538 1117 2219 347 26 269 1200 22 1376 1282 .294 .402 .454 .856 1397 2082
162 Game Avg. 162 682 570 84 168 26 2 20 91 2 104 97 .294 .402 .454 .856 106 2082

* 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
1990 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1977 *
1979 *
1981 (LF)

Awards (yr lg award)
1982 ML Roberto Clemente Award

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1973 NL (9, 15%)
1975 AL (10, 13%)
1977 AL (3, 51%)
1978 AL (34, 1%)
1979 AL (2, 61%)
1980 AL (21, 1%)
1981 AL (23, 1%)
1.43 Career Shares (151st)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1973 NL  5.5 (9th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1973 NL  5.5 (7th)
1975 AL  4.9 (10th)
1977 AL  5.4 (7th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1973 NL  5.2 (8th)
1975 AL  5.9 (5th)
1977 AL  6.5 (2nd)
1978 AL  5.3 (5th)
1979 AL  5.5 (8th)
1980 AL  5.2 (9th)
Career  45.1 (178th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1973 NL  .302 (8th)
1977 AL  .328 (3rd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1973 NL  .425 (1st)
1974 NL  .385 (10th)
1975 AL  .415 (3rd)
1977 AL  .438 (2nd)
1978 AL  .409 (2nd)
1979 AL  .405 (6th)
1980 AL  .397 (7th)
1981 AL  .380 (8th)
1983 AL  .393 (5th)
Career  .388 (112th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1979 AL  .533 (9th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1973 NL  .904 (8th)
1975 AL  .869 (6th)
1977 AL  .945 (3rd)
1978 AL  .871 (8th)
1979 AL  .938 (6th)
1980 AL  .882 (5th)

Games Played s c a p y
1973 NL  162 (1st)
1979 AL  159 (7th)
Career  2,082 (186th)

At Bats s c a p y
1975 AL  586 (10th)
Career  7,189 (239th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1973 NL  692 (9th)
1975 AL  714 (1st)
1979 AL  688 (9th)
Career  8,559 (178th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1973 NL  100 (8th)
1975 AL  88 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1975 AL  176 (5th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1975 AL  266 (8th)
1979 AL  304 (5th)
Career  3,134 (243rd)

Doubles s c a p y
1975 AL  37 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1979 AL  35 (5th)
1980 AL  24 (9th)
Career  246 (209th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1973 NL  103 (5th)
1979 AL  111 (6th)
1980 AL  104 (10th)
Career  1,065 (227th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1972 NL  70 (9th)
1973 NL  123 (2nd)
1974 NL  93 (9th)
1975 AL  118 (2nd)
1976 AL  79 (9th)
1977 AL  107 (2nd)
1978 AL  98 (2nd)
1979 AL  109 (2nd)
1980 AL  92 (6th)
1981 AL  61 (6th)
1982 AL  86 (8th)
1983 AL  99 (2nd)
Career  1,263 (47th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1979 AL  118 (3rd)
1980 AL  94 (8th)
Career  1,246 (125th)

Singles s c a p y
Career  1,441 (237th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1973 NL  148 (6th)
1975 AL  153 (5th)
1977 AL  165 (2nd)
1978 AL  152 (3rd)
1979 AL  155 (3rd)
1980 AL  142 (5th)
Career  132 (148th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1973 NL  113 (8th)
1975 AL  118 (3rd)
1977 AL  124 (3rd)
1978 AL  100 (10th)
1979 AL  127 (4th)
1980 AL  113 (8th)
Career  1,247 (166th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1973 NL  44 (5th)
1975 AL  49 (2nd)
1976 AL  25 (10th)
1977 AL  55 (2nd)
1978 AL  40 (2nd)
1979 AL  49 (2nd)
1980 AL  37 (5th)
Career  366 (85th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1973 NL  4.5 (5th)
1975 AL  4.9 (2nd)
1976 AL  2.6 (10th)
1977 AL  5.3 (2nd)
1978 AL  4.0 (2nd)
1979 AL  4.6 (2nd)
1980 AL  3.6 (5th)
Career  36.4 (88th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1975 AL  56 (7th)
1979 AL  65 (7th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1973 NL  294 (2nd)
1975 AL  295 (1st)
1976 AL  230 (10th)
1977 AL  285 (2nd)
1978 AL  247 (6th)
1979 AL  278 (2nd)
1980 AL  270 (5th)
Career  3,309 (135th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1973 NL  .713 (8th)
1975 AL  .726 (5th)
1977 AL  .760 (2nd)
1978 AL  .714 (3rd)
1979 AL  .722 (4th)
1980 AL  .687 (8th)
Career  .644 (228th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
Career  60 (215th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1974 NL  12 (10th)
1975 AL  12 (6th)
1977 AL  13 (2nd)
1979 AL  16 (1st)
1983 AL  19 (1st)
Career  125 (74th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1973 NL  27 (2nd)
1974 NL  18 (7th)
1981 AL  21 (1st)
1982 AL  24 (3rd)
1983 AL  22 (8th)
1984 AL  20 (8th)
Career  248 (31st)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1972 NL  10 (7th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1979 AL  16.3 (5th)

Outs Made s c a p y
Career  5,533 (211th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1975 AL  30.82 (6th)
1977 AL  52.46 (2nd)
1978 AL  36.11 (4th)
1979 AL  44.56 (6th)
1980 AL  44.87 (4th)
Career  309.49 (107th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1975 AL  3.8 (6th)
1976 AL  3.0 (9th)
1977 AL  5.6 (2nd)
1978 AL  3.6 (8th)
1980 AL  3.7 (4th)
Career  30.3 (93rd)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1975 AL  3.3 (7th)
1977 AL  5.1 (2nd)
1978 AL  4.0 (3rd)
1979 AL  4.4 (5th)
1980 AL  4.2 (3rd)
Career  31.3 (89th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1975 AL  3.2 (6th)
1977 AL  5.2 (2nd)
1978 AL  3.7 (4th)
1979 AL  4.3 (6th)
1980 AL  4.4 (4th)
Career  31.1 (101st)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 69 (364), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 39 (488), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 30 (299), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Dusty Baker (944)
  2. Gary Matthews (938)
  3. George Hendrick (921)
  4. Bobby Murcer (912)
  5. Jeff Conine (906)
  6. George Scott (901)
  7. Ron Fairly (898)
  8. Cy Williams (891)
  9. Todd Zeile (890)
  10. Wally Joyner (890)
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  1. Chase Headley (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Norm Siebern (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Willard Marshall (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Derek Bell (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Cleon Jones (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Norm Siebern (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Steve Kemp (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Dusty Baker (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Dusty Baker (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Andy Pafko (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Dusty Baker (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Dusty Baker (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Dusty Baker (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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