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Roy Smalley

Roy Frederick Smalley III

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 25, 1952 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Westchester HS (Los Angeles, CA)
School: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 1975
Teams (by GP): Twins/Yankees/Rangers/WhiteSox 1975-1987

Final Game: October 4, 1987
Relatives: Son of Roy Smalley and Nephew of Gene Mauch
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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
1975 22 TEX AL 78 285 250 22 57 8 0 3 33 4 0 30 42 .228 .309 .296 .605 73 74 6 0 4 2 1 64/2
1976 23 TOT AL 144 619 513 61 133 18 3 3 44 2 4 76 106 .259 .356 .324 .679 99 166 11 2 25 2 4 64
1976 23 TEX AL 41 164 129 15 29 2 0 1 8 2 0 29 27 .225 .363 .264 .626 85 34 4 0 3 2 3 4/6
1976 23 MIN AL 103 455 384 46 104 16 3 2 36 0 4 47 79 .271 .353 .344 .697 103 132 7 2 22 0 1 6
1977 24 MIN AL 150 680 584 93 135 21 5 6 56 5 5 74 89 .231 .316 .315 .631 74 184 12 1 15 6 1 *6
1978 25 MIN AL 158 702 586 80 160 31 3 19 77 2 8 85 70 .273 .362 .433 .796 122 254 16 1 23 7 3 *6
1979 26 MIN AL 162 729 621 94 168 28 3 24 95 2 3 80 80 .271 .353 .441 .794 110 274 9 4 15 9 8 *6/3 AS,MVP-16
1980 27 MIN AL 133 564 486 64 135 24 1 12 63 3 3 65 63 .278 .359 .405 .765 104 197 15 2 2 9 4 *6/3D7
1981 28 MIN AL 56 200 167 24 44 7 1 7 22 0 0 31 24 .263 .375 .443 .818 130 74 8 0 0 2 5 6D/3
1982 29 TOT AL 146 581 499 57 127 15 2 20 67 0 1 71 104 .255 .345 .413 .758 109 206 4 0 7 4 8 65/D4
1982 29 MIN AL 4 16 13 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .154 .313 .231 .543 51 3 0 0 0 0 1 /6
1982 29 NYY AL 142 565 486 55 125 14 2 20 67 0 1 68 100 .257 .346 .418 .764 111 203 4 0 7 4 7 65/D4
1983 30 NYY AL 130 520 451 70 124 24 1 18 62 3 3 58 68 .275 .357 .452 .810 126 204 9 2 5 4 2 653
1984 31 TOT AL 114 385 344 32 73 12 1 11 39 3 2 37 65 .212 .286 .349 .635 76 120 6 0 0 4 3 56/D3
1984 31 NYY AL 67 227 209 17 50 8 1 7 26 2 1 15 35 .239 .286 .388 .674 88 81 5 0 0 3 2 56/3D
1984 31 CHW AL 47 158 135 15 23 4 0 4 13 1 1 22 30 .170 .285 .289 .574 57 39 1 0 0 1 1 5/6D3
1985 32 MIN AL 129 452 388 57 100 20 0 12 45 0 2 60 65 .258 .357 .402 .759 104 156 8 1 1 2 3 D65/3
1986 33 MIN AL 143 530 459 59 113 20 4 20 57 1 3 68 80 .246 .342 .438 .780 110 201 10 0 1 2 4 *D6/5
1987 34 MIN AL 110 348 309 32 85 16 1 8 34 2 0 36 52 .275 .352 .411 .763 100 127 7 1 0 1 1 D5/6
13 Yrs 1653 6595 5657 745 1454 244 25 163 694 27 34 771 908 .257 .345 .395 .740 103 2237 121 14 98 54 47
162 Game Avg. 162 646 554 73 142 24 2 16 68 3 3 76 89 .257 .345 .395 .740 103 219 12 1 10 5 5
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
MIN (10 yrs) 1148 4676 3997 551 1046 184 21 110 485 15 28 549 606 .262 .350 .401 .750 104 1602 92 12 79 38 31
NYY (3 yrs) 339 1312 1146 142 299 46 4 45 155 5 5 141 203 .261 .340 .426 .766 113 488 18 2 12 11 11
TEX (2 yrs) 119 449 379 37 86 10 0 4 41 6 0 59 69 .227 .328 .285 .613 77 108 10 0 7 4 4
CHW (1 yr) 47 158 135 15 23 4 0 4 13 1 1 22 30 .170 .285 .289 .574 57 39 1 0 0 1 1

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
1975 22 TEX AL 78 285 -9 2 -0 3 4 -0 0.1 9 9 0.9 .499 .500 0.6 0.8 6 $ 64/2
1976 23 TEX AL 41 164 -2 1 -0 -5 1 -5 -0.5 5 1 0.0 .487 .497 0.6 -0.4 6 $ 4/6
1976 23 MIN AL 103 455 4 -4 1 4 6 11 1.4 15 26 2.7 .512 .508 2.3 1.2 22 $ 6
1977 24 MIN AL 150 680 -20 1 -1 3 9 -8 -0.6 22 14 1.4 .494 .495 1.1 1.4 11 $25,000 *6
1978 25 MIN AL 158 702 19 -1 0 4 9 32 3.7 23 55 5.7 .522 .521 5.3 1.6 51 $85,000 *6
1979 26 MIN AL 162 729 13 -2 -1 -2 9 18 2.0 24 42 4.1 .511 .511 4.4 0.9 43 $ *6/3 AS,MVP-16
1980 27 MIN AL 133 564 1 1 -1 5 7 14 1.7 17 31 3.2 .511 .509 2.7 1.4 26 $225,000 *6/3D7
1981 28 MIN AL 56 200 6 0 -1 -7 0 -1 -0.1 6 5 0.5 .498 .499 1.3 -0.7 12 $450,000 6D/3
1982 29 MIN AL 4 16 -1 0 0 1 0 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .497 .500 0.0 0.1 -0 $600,000 /6
1982 29 NYY AL 142 565 7 -1 0 -3 5 9 1.0 17 26 2.6 .506 .506 3.0 0.3 29 $ 65/D4
1983 30 NYY AL 130 520 15 -1 -0 -9 4 9 1.2 16 25 2.6 .507 .506 3.5 -0.4 34 $700,000 653
1984 31 NYY AL 67 227 -5 0 -0 -1 0 -5 -0.5 7 2 0.2 .492 .497 0.3 0.0 3 $700,000 56/3D
1984 31 CHW AL 47 158 -9 0 0 2 0 -6 -0.6 5 -1 -0.1 .487 .496 -0.3 0.3 -3 $ 5/6D3
1985 32 MIN AL 129 452 0 -1 -1 -2 -3 -6 -0.5 14 8 0.8 .495 .496 1.0 -0.3 9 $728,571 D65/3
1986 33 MIN AL 143 530 4 -1 -1 -1 -10 -10 -0.8 16 7 0.7 .493 .494 0.8 -1.0 8 $740,000 *D6/5
1987 34 MIN AL 110 348 1 -1 -1 -3 -7 -11 -1.0 11 -0 0.0 .490 .493 0.4 -0.9 3 $740,000 D5/6
13 Seasons 1653 6595 26 -5 -5 -10 36 42 6.6 207 248 25.3 .503 .502 27.0 4.3 258 $4,993,571
MIN (10 yrs) 1148 4676 27 -6 -5 2 21 39 5.9 148 187 19.1 .504 .503 19.3 3.6 185 $3,593,571
NYY (3 yrs) 339 1312 18 -2 -0 -12 9 13 1.7 40 53 5.4 .504 .503 6.8 -0.0 65 $1,400,000
TEX (2 yrs) 119 449 -11 3 -0 -2 5 -5 -0.4 14 9 0.9 .495 .498 1.2 0.4 12 $
CHW (1 yr) 47 158 -9 0 0 2 0 -6 -0.6 5 -1 -0.1 .487 .496 -0.3 0.3 -3 $

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
1975 22 TEX AL 285 205 25 3.3 92 .261 .228 .257 .309 .326 .296 .377 .605 .704 73 .378 -8.4 -0.9 .543 .204 .068 3.4
1976 23 TOT AL 619 422 64 4.1 88 .320 .259 .259 .356 .324 .324 .365 .679 .689 99 .512 1.9 0.2 .613 .209 .064 2.4
1976 23 TEX AL 164 109 15 3.7 87 .272 .225 .258 .363 .323 .264 .364 .626 .687 85 .468 -0.7 -0.1 .625 .279 .039 1.3
1976 23 MIN AL 455 313 49 4.2 88 .337 .271 .259 .353 .324 .344 .366 .697 .690 103 .527 2.6 0.3 .608 .185 .073 .0
1977 24 MIN AL 680 487 62 3.4 99 .261 .231 .265 .316 .329 .315 .403 .631 .732 74 .363 -19.3 -1.9 .556 .211 .084 5.5
1978 25 MIN AL 702 480 92 5.1 95 .280 .273 .263 .362 .329 .433 .388 .796 .717 122 .578 19.5 2.0 .742 .295 .160 3.6
1979 26 MIN AL 729 489 101 5.5 105 .274 .271 .274 .353 .340 .441 .415 .794 .755 110 .571 9.9 1.0 .768 .298 .171 3.7
1980 27 MIN AL 564 380 72 5.1 104 .293 .278 .277 .359 .340 .405 .411 .765 .752 104 .547 5.1 0.5 .715 .261 .128 4.8
1981 28 MIN AL 200 133 27 5.5 94 .268 .263 .263 .375 .328 .443 .382 .818 .711 130 .628 7.7 0.8 .802 .365 .180 .0
1982 29 TOT AL 581 388 76 5.3 97 .282 .255 .262 .345 .325 .413 .399 .758 .725 109 .562 7.5 0.7 .732 .299 .158 .0
1982 29 MIN AL 16 11 1 2.4 101 .222 .154 .268 .313 .332 .231 .408 .543 .740 51 .239 -0.8 -0.1 .545 .308 .077
1982 29 NYY AL 565 377 75 5.4 97 .284 .257 .262 .346 .325 .418 .399 .764 .724 111 .570 8.3 0.8 .738 .298 .160 .0
1983 30 NYY AL 520 348 75 5.8 95 .287 .275 .261 .357 .322 .452 .393 .810 .716 126 .608 17.4 1.7 .779 .306 .177 5.1
1984 31 TOT AL 385 283 35 3.3 96 .228 .212 .263 .286 .326 .349 .397 .635 .723 76 .362 -11.6 -1.2 .566 .247 .137 4.7
1984 31 NYY AL 227 168 23 3.7 93 .253 .239 .259 .286 .321 .388 .391 .674 .712 88 .406 -3.6 -0.4 .588 .225 .148 3.1
1984 31 CHW AL 158 115 12 2.8 101 .186 .170 .269 .285 .333 .289 .406 .574 .739 57 .294 -8.0 -0.8 .535 .281 .119 1.6
1985 32 MIN AL 452 301 58 5.2 103 .281 .258 .267 .357 .334 .402 .414 .759 .748 104 .552 3.8 0.4 .721 .294 .144 .0
1986 33 MIN AL 530 362 70 5.2 101 .258 .246 .263 .342 .331 .438 .410 .780 .740 110 .546 6.8 0.7 .744 .336 .192 1.9
1987 34 MIN AL 348 232 46 5.3 108 .308 .275 .269 .352 .337 .411 .431 .763 .769 100 .528 0.2 0.0 .719 .259 .136 3.2
13 Yrs 6595 4510 803 4.8 99 .278 .257 .265 .345 .330 .395 .400 .740 .730 103 .526 40.6 4.0 .692 .273 .138 46.3
162 Game Avg. 646 442 79 4.8 99 .278 .257 .265 .345 .330 .395 .400 .740 .730 103 .526 4 0 .692 .273 .138 5
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
MIN (10 yrs) 4676 3188 578 4.9 100 .282 .262 .267 .350 .333 .401 .403 .750 .736 104 .531 35.5 3.6 .700 .273 .139 26.4
NYY (3 yrs) 1312 893 173 5.2 95 .279 .261 .261 .340 .323 .426 .395 .766 .719 113 .559 22.2 2.2 .725 .288 .165 9.0
TEX (2 yrs) 449 314 40 3.4 90 .265 .227 .257 .328 .325 .285 .373 .613 .698 77 .410 -9.0 -0.9 .571 .230 .058 4.8
CHW (1 yr) 158 115 12 2.8 101 .186 .170 .269 .285 .333 .289 .406 .574 .739 57 .294 -8.0 -0.8 .535 .281 .119 1.6

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
1987 34 MIN AL WS STL W 4 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .500 .750 1.000 1.750 2 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 4 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .500 .750 1.000 1.750 2 0 0 0 0 0

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
1979 MIN AL 26 as SS 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 0 0 1

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
1975 22 TEX AL 285 1.1% 14.7% 10.5% 3.9% 19% 1.40 6.0 83.3 7.6 1.41 73%
1976 23 TOT AL 619 0.5% 17.1% 12.3% 3.9% 18% 1.39 4.8 171.0 11.7 1.25 66%
1976 23 TEX AL 164 0.6% 16.5% 17.7% 1.8% 10% 0.93 4.8 129.0 16.1 1.19 63%
1976 23 MIN AL 455 0.4% 17.4% 10.3% 4.6% 20% 1.68 4.9 192.0 10.7 1.28 67%
1977 24 MIN AL 680 0.9% 13.1% 10.9% 4.7% 24% 1.20 6.6 97.3 10.4 0.94 73%
1978 25 MIN AL 702 2.7% 10.0% 12.1% 7.6% 33% 0.82 8.4 30.8 7.6 0.93 72%
1979 26 MIN AL 729 3.3% 11.0% 11.0% 7.5% 33% 1.00 7.8 25.9 6.5 0.78 72%
1980 27 MIN AL 564 2.1% 11.2% 11.5% 6.6% 27% 0.97 7.7 40.5 7.7 0.77 74%
1981 28 MIN AL 200 3.5% 12.0% 15.5% 7.5% 34% 0.77 7.0 23.9 7.6 0.93 69%
1982 29 TOT AL 581 3.4% 17.9% 12.2% 6.4% 29% 1.46 4.8 25.0 7.4 0.69 65%
1982 29 MIN AL 16 0.0% 25.0% 18.8% 6.3% 50% 1.33 3.3 0.40 56%
1982 29 NYY AL 565 3.5% 17.7% 12.0% 6.4% 29% 1.47 4.9 24.3 7.3 0.70 65%
1983 30 NYY AL 520 3.5% 13.1% 11.2% 8.3% 35% 1.17 6.6 25.1 7.3 0.74 71%
1984 31 TOT AL 385 2.9% 16.9% 9.6% 6.2% 33% 1.76 5.3 31.3 8.8 0.82 71%
1984 31 NYY AL 227 3.1% 15.4% 6.6% 7.1% 32% 2.33 6.0 29.9 8.0 0.87 75%
1984 31 CHW AL 158 2.5% 19.0% 13.9% 5.1% 35% 1.36 4.5 33.8 10.4 0.75 65%
1985 32 MIN AL 452 2.7% 14.4% 13.3% 7.1% 32% 1.08 6.0 32.3 8.6 0.55 69%
1986 33 MIN AL 530 3.8% 15.1% 12.8% 8.3% 39% 1.18 5.7 23.0 8.1 0.72 68%
1987 34 MIN AL 348 2.3% 14.9% 10.3% 7.2% 29% 1.44 5.9 38.6 9.1 0.78 72%
13 Yrs 6595 2.5% 13.8% 11.7% 6.6% 30% 1.18 6.2 34.7 8.2 0.84 70%
MLB Averages 2.1% 13.5% 8.5% 6.6% 29% 1.58 6.6 43.0 8.4 1.09 74%
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
1975 22 TEX AL -8.4 -0.9 293 -1.0 4.8 -5.8 1.16 -0.9 0.1 -4.5 -0.5 0.98 -8.9 0.40 2
1976 23 TOT AL 1.9 0.2 630 -1.6 8.6 -10.2 1.01 -1.0 -0.5 -0.9 -0.1 0.98 -2.7 0
1976 23 TEX AL -0.7 -0.1 167 -0.7 2.0 -2.6 1.00 -0.4 -0.3 -4.5 -0.5 0.93 -1.8 0
1976 23 MIN AL 2.6 0.3 463 -0.9 6.6 -7.5 1.01 -0.7 -0.2 3.5 0.4 1.00 -0.9 0
1977 24 MIN AL -19.3 -1.9 698 -3.3 9.8 -13.1 1.02 -1.6 -1.6 -19.3 -1.9 0.95 -19.3 1.76 1
1978 25 MIN AL 19.5 2.0 721 0.2 13.0 -12.8 1.09 1.6 -1.4 11.1 1.1 1.00 17.7 0.08 1
1979 26 MIN AL 9.9 1.0 742 1.8 14.2 -12.5 1.04 2.1 -0.4 25.6 2.4 0.95 23.2 0
1980 27 MIN AL 4.5 0.4 578 0.5 11.1 -10.6 1.10 0.3 0.1 4.3 0.4 0.94 4.7 6.13 4
1981 28 MIN AL 7.5 0.8 202 0.4 4.1 -3.7 1.08 1.0 -0.6 4.4 0.4 0.93 9.1 1.63 5
1982 29 TOT AL 7.5 0.7 586 -0.5 8.9 -9.4 .98 0.5 -1.1 12.3 1.2 0.94 7.9 1.95 7
1982 29 MIN AL -0.8 -0.1 16 -0.1 0.1 -0.3 .86 -0.1 -0.1 -1.5 -0.1 0.87 -1.3 0
1982 29 NYY AL 8.3 0.8 570 -0.4 8.8 -9.1 .99 0.6 -1.0 13.8 1.4 0.94 9.2 1.95 7
1983 30 NYY AL 17.4 1.7 530 2.1 10.2 -8.1 .98 1.8 0.3 16.5 1.7 0.93 16.2 2.06 4
1984 31 TOT AL -11.6 -1.2 394 -1.9 6.3 -8.3 1.16 -1.2 -0.5 -10.4 -1.0 0.95 -9.5 2.44 22
1984 31 NYY AL -3.6 -0.4 232 -0.8 4.3 -5.2 1.27 -0.7 0.1 -5.7 -0.6 0.97 -3.0 2.55 14
1984 31 CHW AL -8.0 -0.8 162 -1.1 2.0 -3.1 .99 -0.5 -0.6 -4.7 -0.5 0.93 -6.5 2.24 8
1985 32 MIN AL 3.8 0.4 458 -0.3 7.6 -7.9 1.00 0.3 -0.6 3.6 0.3 0.94 5.6 1.73 26
1986 33 MIN AL 6.2 0.6 542 0.9 9.7 -8.9 1.00 1.2 -0.3 4.3 0.4 0.95 9.9 1.32 19
1987 34 MIN AL 0.2 0.0 356 -0.7 5.7 -6.4 .98 0.1 -0.8 0.8 0.1 0.92 -2.6 2.10 31
13 Yrs 39.2 3.9 6730 -3.4 114.1 -117.5 1.04 4.1 -7.4 47.9 4.6 0.95 51.2 2.02 122
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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1975 22 TEX AL 3 0 23% 126 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 46% 18 13 5 2 1 1 8 1 7
1976 23 TOT AL 8 1 28% 237 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 10 42% 36 22 13 11 6 4 20 9 11
1976 23 TEX AL 2 1 25% 75 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 53% 10 7 3 3 1 2 6 1 5
1976 23 MIN AL 6 0 29% 162 0 4 0% 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 8 38% 26 15 10 8 5 2 14 8 6
1977 24 MIN AL 7 0 43% 250 5 5 50% 5 4 0 1 0 0 3 0 5 8 44% 45 34 10 13 5 7 21 3 18
1978 25 MIN AL 9 0 27% 277 2 8 20% 2 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 20 40% 52 37 14 10 6 4 26 9 17
1979 26 MIN AL 15 0 31% 297 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 15 42% 39 28 11 8 4 4 29 10 17
1980 27 MIN AL 4 0 27% 215 3 3 50% 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 15 42% 30 24 6 9 6 3 21 4 16
1981 28 MIN AL 2 0 25% 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 39% 10 7 3 5 4 1 8 2 5
1982 29 TOT AL 6 0 21% 242 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 10 24% 36 31 5 3 2 1 16 9 7
1982 29 MIN AL 0 0 40% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1982 29 NYY AL 6 0 20% 235 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 10 23% 36 31 5 3 2 1 14 8 6
1983 30 NYY AL 4 0 31% 231 3 3 50% 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 9 43% 35 24 11 5 4 1 20 5 14
1984 31 TOT AL 3 0 21% 109 3 2 60% 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 26% 12 10 1 1 1 0 10 4 5
1984 31 NYY AL 2 0 17% 64 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 20% 5 3 1 1 1 0 4 3 1
1984 31 CHW AL 1 0 27% 45 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 31% 7 7 0 0 0 0 6 1 4
1985 32 MIN AL 1 0 30% 173 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 46% 20 11 9 9 4 5 8 4 3
1986 33 MIN AL 2 0 24% 181 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 16 33% 25 18 7 6 4 2 8 4 4
1987 34 MIN AL 4 1 21% 140 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 35% 19 14 4 2 2 0 8 2 6
13 Yrs 68 2 28% 2553 27 34 44% 25 29 2 4 0 1 14 0 46 135 40% 377 273 99 84 49 33 203 66 130
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

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
1975 22 TEX AL 285 100% 57 2 1 0 1 0.40 3 1 12 2 1 2 1 0 4 4 100% 44 6 14% 23 10 43% 190 33 17% 17 12 71% 9 6 67% 0
1976 23 TOT AL 619 100% 133 0 0 0 0 3 0 12 1 2 2 1 0 26 25 96% 142 11 8% 84 35 42% 396 44 11% 29 13 45% 26 13 50% 0
1976 23 TEX AL 164 100% 29 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 100% 31 4 13% 21 10 48% 95 7 7% 8 4 50% 8 5 63% 0
1976 23 MIN AL 455 100% 104 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 1 1 1 1 0 23 22 96% 111 7 6% 63 25 40% 301 37 12% 21 9 43% 18 8 44% 0
1977 24 MIN AL 680 100% 135 1 0 0 0 1.76 6 0 12 3 3 2 4 0 16 15 94% 112 12 11% 66 32 48% 404 54 13% 35 19 54% 23 11 48% 0
1978 25 MIN AL 702 100% 160 1 1 0 0 0.08 19 1 22 12 7 8 11 0 26 23 88% 168 16 10% 84 46 55% 468 61 13% 42 19 45% 36 23 64% 0
1979 26 MIN AL 729 100% 168 0 0 0 0 24 0 15 11 13 19 5 0 15 15 100% 141 9 6% 65 30 46% 454 77 17% 47 26 55% 24 17 71% 0
1980 27 MIN AL 564 100% 135 4 1 0 1 6.13 12 0 7 9 3 5 7 0 2 2 100% 110 15 14% 56 26 46% 350 56 16% 38 22 58% 23 13 57% 0
1981 28 MIN AL 200 100% 44 5 1 0 0 1.63 7 1 2 3 4 2 5 0 0 0 32 8 25% 16 8 50% 113 16 14% 16 6 38% 6 4 67% 0
1982 29 TOT AL 581 100% 127 7 0 0 0 1.95 20 2 20 16 4 8 12 0 7 7 100% 87 4 5% 44 19 43% 350 51 15% 28 13 46% 20 11 55% 0
1982 29 MIN AL 16 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 8 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1982 29 NYY AL 565 100% 125 7 0 0 0 1.95 20 2 20 16 4 8 12 0 7 7 100% 85 4 5% 42 19 45% 342 51 15% 28 13 46% 20 11 55% 0
1983 30 NYY AL 520 100% 124 4 1 1 1 2.06 18 0 8 12 6 7 11 0 5 5 100% 99 9 9% 47 17 36% 298 45 15% 29 15 52% 25 13 52% 0
1984 31 TOT AL 385 100% 73 22 6 1 3 2.44 11 0 5 9 2 8 3 0 0 0 71 6 8% 30 10 33% 239 29 12% 20 11 55% 8 6 75% 0
1984 31 NYY AL 227 100% 50 14 6 1 3 2.55 7 0 4 5 2 4 3 0 0 0 49 5 10% 20 7 35% 152 19 13% 14 9 64% 4 3 75% 0
1984 31 CHW AL 158 100% 23 8 0 0 0 2.24 4 0 1 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 22 1 5% 10 3 30% 87 10 11% 6 2 33% 4 3 75% 0
1985 32 MIN AL 452 100% 100 26 7 0 2 1.73 12 0 12 12 0 7 5 0 1 1 100% 86 8 9% 32 9 28% 274 36 13% 23 12 52% 19 10 53% 0
1986 33 MIN AL 530 100% 113 19 6 0 6 1.32 20 0 9 18 2 9 11 0 3 1 33% 99 10 10% 49 9 18% 313 37 12% 17 5 29% 21 11 52% 0
1987 34 MIN AL 348 100% 85 31 6 1 2 2.10 8 0 7 7 1 5 3 0 1 0 0% 68 7 10% 22 6 27% 199 26 13% 12 4 33% 8 5 63% 0
13 Yrs 6595 100% 1454 122 30 3 16 2.02 163 5 143 115 48 84 79 0 106 98 92% 1259 121 10% 618 257 42% 4048 565 14% 353 177 50% 248 143 58% 0
MLB Averages 57% 80% 11% 35% 15% 51% 55%
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
1975 22 78 285 250 22 57 8 0 3 33 4 0 30 42 .228 .309 .296 .605 73 74 6 0 4 2 1
1976 23 222 904 763 83 190 26 3 6 77 6 4 106 148 .249 .341 .315 .655 90 240 17 2 29 4 5
1977 24 372 1584 1347 176 325 47 8 12 133 11 9 180 237 .241 .330 .315 .645 83 424 29 3 44 10 6
1978 25 530 2286 1933 256 485 78 11 31 210 13 17 265 307 .251 .340 .351 .691 95 678 45 4 67 17 9
1979 26 692 3015 2554 350 653 106 14 55 305 15 20 345 387 .256 .343 .373 .716 99 952 54 8 82 26 17
1980 27 825 3579 3040 414 788 130 15 67 368 18 23 410 450 .259 .346 .378 .724 100 1149 69 10 84 35 21
1981 28 881 3779 3207 438 832 137 16 74 390 18 23 441 474 .259 .347 .381 .729 101 1223 77 10 84 37 26
1982 29 1027 4360 3706 495 959 152 18 94 457 18 24 512 578 .259 .347 .386 .733 102 1429 81 10 91 41 34
1983 30 1157 4880 4157 565 1083 176 19 112 519 21 27 570 646 .261 .348 .393 .741 105 1633 90 12 96 45 36
1984 31 1271 5265 4501 597 1156 188 20 123 558 24 29 607 711 .257 .343 .389 .733 103 1753 96 12 96 49 39
1985 32 1400 5717 4889 654 1256 208 20 135 603 24 31 667 776 .257 .344 .390 .735 103 1909 104 13 97 51 42
1986 33 1543 6247 5348 713 1369 228 24 155 660 25 34 735 856 .256 .344 .395 .739 103 2110 114 13 98 53 46
1987 34 1653 6595 5657 745 1454 244 25 163 694 27 34 771 908 .257 .345 .395 .740 103 2237 121 14 98 54 47

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
1975 22 78 292 254 24 60 8 0 3 36 4 32 42 .236 .319 .303 .623 25 78
1976 23 145 639 527 70 145 20 3 3 51 2 83 107 .275 .375 .342 .716 67 144
1977 24 150 685 587 97 138 21 5 6 58 5 76 89 .235 .321 .319 .639 61 150
1978 25 158 717 596 88 170 33 3 20 85 2 90 70 .285 .376 .451 .827 102 158
1979 26 163 729 622 92 166 28 3 24 93 2 79 80 .267 .349 .437 .786 95 162
1980 27 133 561 484 63 133 24 1 12 62 3 64 63 .275 .356 .403 .759 70 133
1981 28 85 310 257 40 71 11 2 11 37 0 50 36 .276 .390 .463 .853 47 56
1982 29 146 590 505 61 133 16 2 21 72 0 74 104 .263 .355 .428 .783 77 146
1983 30 130 530 458 77 131 25 1 19 68 3 61 68 .286 .370 .469 .839 80 130
1984 31 114 390 347 34 76 12 1 11 42 3 39 65 .219 .295 .354 .649 37 114
1985 32 129 450 387 56 99 20 0 12 44 0 59 65 .256 .354 .401 .755 55 129
1986 33 143 532 460 60 114 20 4 20 58 1 69 80 .248 .345 .439 .784 70 143
1987 34 110 343 306 30 82 15 1 8 32 2 35 52 .268 .344 .402 .746 42 110
13 Yrs 1684 6768 5790 792 1518 253 26 170 738 27 811 921 .262 .351 .403 .754 828 1653
162 Game Avg. 162 651 557 76 146 24 3 16 71 3 78 89 .262 .351 .403 .754 80 1653

* 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

All-Star Games
1979 (SS)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1979 AL (16, 4%)
0.04 Career Shares (1177th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1978 AL  5.7 (10th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1978 AL  5.7 (4th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1978 AL  5.3 (5th)

Games Played s c a p y
1978 AL  158 (7th)
1979 AL  162 (1st)

At Bats s c a p y
1979 AL  621 (9th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1977 AL  680 (7th)
1978 AL  702 (4th)
1979 AL  729 (1st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1978 AL  85 (5th)
1979 AL  80 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1976 AL  106 (8th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1978 AL  246 (7th)
1979 AL  252 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1976 AL  25 (1st)
1977 AL  15 (5th)
1978 AL  23 (2nd)
1979 AL  15 (5th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1979 AL  9 (7th)
1980 AL  9 (5th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1982 AL  8 (10th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1977 AL  487 (3rd)
1978 AL  480 (7th)
1979 AL  489 (7th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 7 (1627), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1776), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 20 (714), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Damion Easley (953)
  2. Rico Petrocelli (915)
  3. Rich Aurilia (904)
  4. Willie Jones (903)
  5. Dick McAuliffe (903)
  6. Frank Bolling (898)
  7. Jim Fregosi (896)
  8. Davey Johnson (896)
  9. Clete Boyer (891)
  10. Denis Menke (890)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Tom Veryzer (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Arnold Hauser (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Eddie Miller (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jay Bell (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Toby Harrah (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Denis Menke (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Denis Menke (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Davey Johnson (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Davey Johnson (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Bobby Grich (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Bobby Grich (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Bobby Grich (916)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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