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Lonnie Smith

Lonnie Smith (Skates)

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: December 22, 1955 in Chicago, IL
High School: Centennial (Compton, CA)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1974 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1974. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1978
Teams (by GP): Braves/Cardinals/Royals/Phillies/Pirates/... 1978-1994
Agents: Dick Moss [*]
Final Game: August 10, 1994
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #467. Frank McCormick… #468. George Burns… #469. Dick McAuliffe… #470. LONNIE SMITH… #471. Mark Belanger… #472. Ryan Braun… #473. George Grantham… 

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
1978 22 PHI NL 17 8 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 3 .000 .500 .000 .500 51 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 23 PHI NL 17 31 30 4 5 2 0 0 3 2 1 1 7 .167 .194 .233 .427 15 7 0 0 0 0 0
1980 24 PHI NL 100 331 298 69 101 14 4 3 20 33 13 26 48 .339 .397 .443 .840 130 132 5 4 1 2 2 RoY-3
1981 25 PHI NL 62 202 176 40 57 14 3 2 11 21 10 18 14 .324 .402 .472 .874 144 83 1 5 3 0 1
1982 26 STL NL 156 672 592 120 182 35 8 8 69 68 26 64 74 .307 .381 .434 .815 128 257 11 9 3 4 2 * AS,MVP-2
1983 27 STL NL 130 547 492 83 158 31 5 8 45 43 18 41 55 .321 .381 .453 .834 130 223 11 9 1 4 2 * MVP-21
1984 28 STL NL 145 590 504 77 126 20 4 6 49 50 13 70 90 .250 .349 .341 .691 97 172 7 9 3 4 0 *
1985 29 TOT MLB 148 613 544 92 140 25 6 6 48 52 13 56 89 .257 .332 .358 .690 90 195 4 7 1 5 0 *7
1985 29 KCR AL 120 498 448 77 115 23 4 6 41 40 7 41 69 .257 .321 .366 .687 89 164 2 4 0 5 0 *
1985 29 STL NL 28 115 96 15 25 2 2 0 7 12 6 15 20 .260 .377 .323 .700 98 31 2 3 1 0 0 *
1986 30 KCR AL 134 568 508 80 146 25 7 8 44 26 9 46 78 .287 .357 .411 .768 107 209 10 10 2 2 0 *
1987 31 KCR AL 48 197 167 26 42 7 1 3 8 9 4 24 31 .251 .355 .359 .715 89 60 1 4 0 2 0
1988 32 ATL NL 43 125 114 14 27 3 0 3 9 4 2 10 25 .237 .296 .342 .638 80 39 0 0 0 1 0
1989 33 ATL NL 134 577 482 89 152 34 4 21 79 25 12 76 95 .315 .415 .533 .948 168 257 7 11 1 7 3 * MVP-11
1990 34 ATL NL 135 537 466 72 142 27 9 9 42 10 10 58 69 .305 .384 .459 .844 127 214 2 6 1 6 3 *
1991 35 ATL NL 122 416 353 58 97 19 1 7 44 9 5 50 64 .275 .377 .394 .771 113 139 4 9 2 2 3
1992 36 ATL NL 84 182 158 23 39 8 2 6 33 4 0 17 37 .247 .324 .437 .761 108 69 1 3 0 4 1
1993 37 TOT MLB 103 284 223 43 62 6 4 8 27 9 4 51 52 .278 .420 .448 .868 134 100 3 5 3 2 2 7/D8
1993 37 BAL AL 9 32 24 8 5 1 0 2 3 0 0 8 10 .208 .406 .500 .906 139 12 0 0 0 0 0 /
1993 37 PIT NL 94 252 199 35 57 5 4 6 24 9 4 43 42 .286 .422 .442 .864 134 88 3 5 3 2 2 /
1994 38 BAL AL 35 72 59 13 12 3 0 0 2 1 0 11 18 .203 .333 .254 .588 52 15 2 1 0 1 0 /
17 Seasons 1613 5952 5170 909 1488 273 58 98 533 370 140 623 849 .288 .371 .420 .791 118 2171 69 92 21 46 19
162 Game Avg. 162 598 519 91 149 27 6 10 54 37 14 63 85 .288 .371 .420 .791 118 218 7 9 2 5 2
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
ATL (5 yrs) 518 1837 1573 256 457 91 16 46 207 52 29 211 290 .291 .380 .456 .837 131 718 14 29 4 20 10
PHI (4 yrs) 196 572 508 119 163 30 7 5 34 60 24 49 72 .321 .389 .437 .826 128 222 6 9 4 2 3
STL (4 yrs) 459 1924 1684 295 491 88 19 22 170 173 63 190 239 .292 .371 .406 .777 118 683 31 30 8 12 4
KCR (3 yrs) 302 1263 1123 183 303 55 12 17 93 75 20 111 178 .270 .343 .386 .728 97 433 13 18 2 9 0
BAL (2 yrs) 44 104 83 21 17 4 0 2 5 1 0 19 28 .205 .356 .325 .681 77 27 2 1 0 1 0
PIT (1 yr) 94 252 199 35 57 5 4 6 24 9 4 43 42 .286 .422 .442 .864 134 88 3 5 3 2 2
NL (14 yrs) 1267 4585 3964 705 1168 214 46 79 435 294 120 493 643 .295 .380 .432 .811 125 1711 54 73 19 36 19
AL (5 yrs) 346 1367 1206 204 320 59 12 19 98 76 20 130 206 .265 .344 .381 .725 96 460 15 19 2 10 0

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 Awards
1978 22 PHI NL 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $
1979 23 PHI NL 31 -4 0 0 0 1 0 1 -2 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $
1980 24 PHI NL 331 15 4 -1 0 -2 -3 11 24 2.6 26 2.7 -0.1 $ RoY-3
1981 25 PHI NL 202 11 1 1 1 0 -1 6 20 2.3 19 2.1 0.2 $125,000
1982 26 STL NL 672 23 10 2 -1 7 -6 20 55 5.9 48 5.1 0.8 $240,000 * AS,MVP-2
1983 27 STL NL 547 20 -1 1 -1 0 -6 17 31 3.3 30 3.2 0.1 $500,000 * MVP-21
1984 28 STL NL 590 2 7 2 1 -11 -6 19 14 1.5 25 2.6 -1.1 $ *
1985 29 STL NL 115 1 0 0 0 0 -1 4 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $740,000 *
1985 29 KCR AL 498 -8 6 -2 2 0 -5 15 8 0.8 8 0.8 0.0 $ *
1986 30 KCR AL 568 2 1 0 0 -0 -6 17 14 1.4 14 1.4 0.0 $1,000,000 *
1987 31 KCR AL 197 -2 0 0 0 -5 -3 6 -4 -0.4 1 0.1 -0.5 $500,000
1988 32 ATL NL 125 -2 2 1 1 2 -1 4 7 0.7 5 0.6 0.1 $150,000
1989 33 ATL NL 577 44 1 1 0 23 -6 17 80 8.7 57 6.2 2.5 $400,000 * MVP-11
1990 34 ATL NL 537 21 1 3 1 9 -6 15 44 4.7 35 3.8 0.9 $1,458,334 *
1991 35 ATL NL 416 9 2 5 1 -9 -4 12 16 1.8 25 2.7 -0.9 $2,041,667
1992 36 ATL NL 182 3 1 0 1 7 -1 5 16 1.7 9 1.0 0.7 $1,750,000
1993 37 PIT NL 252 11 0 0 0 3 -2 7 20 2.1 16 1.7 0.4 $1,000,000 /
1993 37 BAL AL 32 2 0 0 0 -1 -1 1 1 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $ /
1994 38 BAL AL 72 -4 0 1 0 0 -3 3 -4 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $750,000 /
17 Seasons 5952 144 36 14 6 24 -61 180 345 37.2 319 34.1 3.1 $10,655,001
Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
ATL (5 yrs) 1837 75 7 10 4 31 -18 53 163 17.6 131 14.3 3.3 $5,800,001
PHI (4 yrs) 572 22 6 0 1 -1 -4 18 43 4.8 43 4.6 0.2 $125,000
STL (4 yrs) 1924 46 16 5 -1 -3 -19 60 104 11.1 107 11.3 -0.2 $1,480,000
KCR (3 yrs) 1263 -8 7 -2 2 -6 -14 38 18 1.8 23 2.3 -0.5 $1,500,000
BAL (2 yrs) 104 -2 0 1 0 -1 -4 4 -3 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $750,000
PIT (1 yr) 252 11 0 0 0 3 -2 7 20 2.1 16 1.7 0.4 $1,000,000

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
1980 24 PHI NL NLCS HOU W 3 5 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .600 .600 .600 1.200 3 0 0 0 0 0
1980 24 PHI NL WS KCR W 6 20 19 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 .263 .300 .316 .616 6 1 0 0 0 0
1981 25 PHI NL NLDS MON L 5 19 19 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 .263 .263 .316 .579 6 0 0 0 0 0
1982 26 STL NL NLCS ATL W 3 14 11 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .273 .308 .273 .580 3 0 1 1 1 0
1982 26 STL NL WS MIL W 7 29 28 6 9 4 1 0 1 2 2 1 5 .321 .345 .536 .881 15 0 0 0 0 0
1985 29 KCR AL ALCS TOR W 7 31 28 2 7 2 0 0 1 1 1 3 6 .250 .323 .321 .644 9 0 0 0 0 0
1985 29 KCR AL WS STL W 7 30 27 4 9 3 0 0 4 2 2 3 8 .333 .400 .444 .844 12 0 0 0 0 0
1991 35 ATL NL NLCS PIT W 7 29 24 3 6 3 0 0 0 1 2 4 5 .250 .379 .375 .754 9 0 1 0 0 0
1991 35 ATL NL WS MIN L 7 31 26 5 6 0 0 3 3 1 0 3 4 .231 .333 .577 .910 15 1 1 1 0 0
1992 36 ATL NL NLCS PIT W 6 6 6 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 4 0 0 0 0 0
1992 36 ATL NL WS TOR L 5 14 12 1 2 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 4 .167 .286 .417 .702 5 0 1 0 0 0
6 Seasons (11 Series) 63 228 205 28 57 14 2 4 17 8 9 16 38 .278 .341 .424 .765 87 2 4 2 1 0
1 NLDS 5 19 19 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 .263 .263 .316 .579 6 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 7 31 28 2 7 2 0 0 1 1 1 3 6 .250 .323 .321 .644 9 0 0 0 0 0
4 NLCS 19 54 46 7 14 3 1 0 2 2 2 4 6 .304 .377 .413 .790 19 0 2 1 1 0
5 WS 32 124 112 18 31 8 1 4 14 5 5 9 22 .277 .341 .473 .815 53 2 2 1 0 0

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1978 PHI NL 22 OF 11 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 0 0.55 .980 2.29
1978 PHI NL 22 LF 9 0 0 14.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 0 17 2.57 0.44 .978 1.99 1.97
1978 PHI NL 22 CF 1 1 0 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -17 2.57 2.00 .985 2.83 2.80
1978 PHI NL 22 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.10
1979 PHI NL 23 OF 11 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 1 1.82 .979 2.32
1979 PHI NL 23 CF 5 4 4 37.1 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 0 6 3.13 2.60 .986 2.82 2.80
1979 PHI NL 23 RF 4 4 0 21.2 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 1 61 2.91 1.75 .979 2.20 2.17
1979 PHI NL 23 LF 3 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 2.02 2.00
1980 PHI NL 24 OF 82 127 121 2 4 0 .969 -2 1.50 .980 2.31 RoY-3
1980 PHI NL 24 LF 52 44 26 382.2 79 74 1 4 0 .949 -2 -8 1.76 1.44 .976 2.06 2.06 RoY-3
1980 PHI NL 24 RF 23 19 12 166.1 35 34 1 0 0 1.000 1 4 1.89 1.52 .977 2.06 2.06 RoY-3
1980 PHI NL 24 CF 9 7 4 60.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -10 2.10 1.56 .984 2.84 2.83 RoY-3
1981 PHI NL 25 OF 51 102 89 10 3 2 .971 0 1.94 .980 2.34
1981 PHI NL 25 RF 24 20 7 153.0 41 37 3 1 1 .976 2 12 2.35 1.67 .978 2.08 2.08
1981 PHI NL 25 CF 23 19 7 148.1 46 40 5 1 1 .978 -1 -9 2.73 1.96 .986 2.80 2.81
1981 PHI NL 25 LF 8 4 2 41.1 13 11 1 1 0 .923 0 0 2.61 1.50 .975 2.11 2.12
1982 STL NL 26 OF 149 329 303 16 10 3 .970 7 2.14 .978 2.26 AS,MVP-2
1982 STL NL 26 LF 138 108 87 1029.0 254 235 12 7 2 .972 6 7 2.16 1.79 .973 2.08 2.08 AS,MVP-2
1982 STL NL 26 CF 36 36 9 234.2 73 67 4 2 1 .973 1 5 2.72 1.97 .983 2.66 2.67 AS,MVP-2
1983 STL NL 27 OF 126 254 225 14 15 4 .941 0 1.90 .980 2.26 MVP-21
1983 STL NL 27 LF 126 121 71 1011.1 254 225 14 15 4 .941 0 1 2.13 1.90 .977 2.03 2.02 MVP-21
1984 STL NL 28 OF 140 213 184 18 11 0 .948 -11 1.44 .979 2.26
1984 STL NL 28 LF 140 137 60 1069.1 216 187 18 11 0 .949 -11 -13 1.73 1.46 .971 2.03 2.02
1985 TOT MLB 29 LF 147 146 70 1127.1 262 242 11 9 4 .966 0 0 2.02 1.72 .977 2.19 2.17
1985 TOT MLB 29 OF 147 258 238 11 9 4 .965 0 1.69 .982 2.38
1985 KCR AL 29 OF 119 214 195 10 9 3 .958 0 1.72 .982 2.42
1985 STL NL 29 OF 28 44 43 1 0 1 1.000 0 1.57 .979 2.20
1985 STL NL 29 LF 28 27 7 207.1 44 43 1 0 1 1.000 0 2 1.91 1.57 .977 1.92 1.92
1985 KCR AL 29 LF 119 119 63 920.0 218 199 10 9 3 .959 0 0 2.04 1.76 .977 2.25 2.23
1986 KCR AL 30 OF 118 259 245 5 9 1 .965 -0 2.12 .980 2.37
1986 KCR AL 30 LF 118 118 73 967.0 261 247 5 9 1 .966 -0 -0 2.35 2.14 .977 2.24 2.22
1986 KCR AL 30 DH 10 10
1987 KCR AL 31 OF 32 59 52 2 5 0 .915 -5 1.69 .980 2.29
1987 KCR AL 31 LF 32 31 29 277.1 58 51 2 5 0 .914 -5 -23 1.72 1.66 .974 2.11 2.08
1987 KCR AL 31 DH 14 14
1988 ATL NL 32 OF 35 63 59 2 2 0 .968 2 1.74 .982 2.29
1988 ATL NL 32 LF 35 25 24 239.2 63 59 2 2 0 .968 2 9 2.29 1.74 .980 2.13 2.13
1989 ATL NL 33 OF 132 294 289 3 2 0 .993 23 2.21 .981 2.32 MVP-11
1989 ATL NL 33 LF 132 129 122 1142.1 295 290 3 2 0 .993 23 24 2.31 2.22 .981 2.15 2.15 MVP-11
1990 ATL NL 34 OF 122 272 254 6 12 2 .956 9 2.13 .981 2.37
1990 ATL NL 34 LF 122 113 99 992.2 270 252 6 12 2 .956 9 11 2.34 2.11 .979 2.19 2.18
1991 ATL NL 35 OF 99 144 134 5 5 2 .965 -9 1.40 .983 2.27
1991 ATL NL 35 LF 99 98 39 725.0 144 134 5 5 2 .965 -9 -15 1.73 1.40 .983 2.18 2.17
1992 ATL NL 36 OF 35 65 60 2 3 0 .954 7 1.77 .983 2.34
1992 ATL NL 36 LF 35 31 11 241.1 66 61 2 3 0 .955 7 33 2.35 1.80 .979 2.16 2.16
1993 TOT MLB 37 OF 64 113 109 2 2 0 .982 2 1.73 .979 2.33
1993 TOT MLB 37 LF 62 46 28 413.1 105 102 2 1 0 .990 2 6 2.26 1.68 .975 2.12 2.11
1993 PIT NL 37 OF 60 107 104 1 2 0 .981 3 1.75 .979 2.33
1993 BAL AL 37 OF 4 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 -1 1.50 .983 2.40
1993 PIT NL 37 LF 58 42 25 381.1 99 97 1 1 0 .990 3 8 2.31 1.69 .975 2.11 2.10
1993 PIT NL 37 CF 3 2 0 17.2 8 7 0 1 0 .875 1 41 3.57 2.33 .985 2.75 2.73
1993 BAL AL 37 DH 4 4
1993 BAL AL 37 LF 4 4 3 32.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -26 1.69 1.50 .983 2.22 2.20
1994 BAL AL 38 OF 2 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0 1.50 .983 2.35
1994 BAL AL 38 DH 15 15
1994 BAL AL 38 RF 2 1 1 14.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0 9 1.93 1.50 .980 2.19 2.20
17 Seasons OF 1356 2581 2388 101 92 18 .964 24 1.84 .980 2.31
16 Seasons LF 1258 1151 741 9677.2 2344 2173 85 86 15 .963 21 3 2.10 1.79 .977 2.13 2.12
6 Seasons CF 77 69 24 505.0 156 143 9 4 2 .974 0 0 2.71 1.97 .984 2.74 2.74
5 Seasons RF 54 44 20 356.0 86 79 6 1 1 .988 3 11 2.15 1.57 .978 2.08 2.08
17 Seasons TOT 1356 2581 2388 101 92 18 .964 24 1.84 .980 2.31
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
2000 BBWAA ( 0.2%)

All-Star Games
1982 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1982 NL (2, 65%)
1983 NL (21, 0%)
1989 NL (11, 10%)
0.75 Career Shares (321st)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1989 NL  8.7 (2nd)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1982 NL  5.9 (7th)
1989 NL  8.7 (2nd)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1982 NL  5.1 (10th)
1989 NL  6.2 (6th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1989 NL  2.5 (3rd)
1990 NL  0.9 (10th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1982 NL  .307 (4th)
1983 NL  .321 (2nd)
1989 NL  .315 (3rd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1982 NL  .381 (8th)
1983 NL  .381 (7th)
1989 NL  .415 (1st)
1990 NL  .384 (10th)
Career  .371 (244th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1989 NL  .533 (5th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1983 NL  .834 (10th)
1989 NL  .948 (3rd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1982 NL  120 (1st)

Hits s c a p y
1982 NL  182 (4th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1989 NL  257 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
1982 NL  35 (5th)
1989 NL  34 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1982 NL  8 (5th)
1986 AL  7 (5th)
1990 NL  9 (3rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1984 NL  70 (10th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1982 NL  68 (2nd)
1983 NL  43 (5th)
1984 NL  50 (4th)
1985 AL  40 (5th)
Career  370 (92nd)

Singles s c a p y
1982 NL  131 (8th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1983 NL  130 (9th)
1989 NL  168 (4th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1982 NL  102 (10th)
1989 NL  113 (4th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1989 NL  47 (4th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1989 NL  4.9 (4th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1989 NL  59 (8th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1982 NL  255 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1983 NL  .668 (10th)
1989 NL  .797 (3rd)
Career  .638 (249th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1980 NL  4 (10th)
1981 NL  5 (3rd)
1982 NL  9 (1st)
1983 NL  9 (1st)
1984 NL  9 (1st)
1986 AL  10 (3rd)
1989 NL  11 (3rd)
1990 NL  6 (6th)
1991 NL  9 (2nd)
Career  92 (91st)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1981 NL  10 (7th)
1982 NL  26 (1st)
1983 NL  18 (4th)
1984 NL  13 (9th)
1989 NL  12 (5th)
Career  140 (34th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1989 NL  22.8 (5th)
Career  155.0 (158th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1989 NL  23.0 (10th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1982 NL  38.66 (5th)
1989 NL  54.67 (3rd)
Career  197.77 (198th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1982 NL  4.4 (6th)
1989 NL  5.8 (3rd)
Career  19.3 (187th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1989 NL  6.2 (2nd)
Career  20.5 (176th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1982 NL  3.9 (5th)
1989 NL  5.6 (4th)
Career  20.0 (189th)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
1989 NL  23 (3rd)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  1,258 (30th)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  2,173 (38th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  85 (34th)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  86 (9th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1982 NL  16 (1st)
1983 NL  14 (4th)
1984 NL  18 (1st)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1983 NL  15 (1st)
1984 NL  11 (1st)
1985 AL  9 (4th)
1986 AL  9 (5th)
1990 NL  12 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  21 (54th)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1982 NL  2.16 (4th)
1983 NL  2.13 (5th)
1986 AL  2.35 (4th)
1989 NL  2.31 (2nd)
1990 NL  2.34 (2nd)
Career  2.10 (41st)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1986 AL  2.14 (3rd)
1989 NL  2.22 (2nd)
1990 NL  2.11 (3rd)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1982 NL  .972 (5th)
1989 NL  .993 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
1989 NL  23 (2nd)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1989 NL  .993 (4th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 - 3 (523), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 38 (647), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 26 (668), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 20 (713), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  4. Johnny Hopp (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Johnny Hopp (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Johnny Hopp (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Johnny Hopp (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Ron LeFlore (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Johnny Hopp (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Johnny Hopp (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Johnny Hopp (912)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Terry Moore (901)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Bill Bruton (898)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Bill Bruton (898)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198125Philadelphia Phillies$125,0002/6/82 TSN
198226St. Louis Cardinals$240,0001984 TSN Guide 25; T. Timmerman database2/6/82 TSN: $225,000
198327St. Louis Cardinals$500,0001984 TSN Guide 25; T. Timmerman databasePlayer loss; $580,000 request
198529St. Louis Cardinals$740,0001985 USA Today survey
198630Kansas City Royals$1,000,0001986 USA Today survey
198731Kansas City Royals$500,0001987 USA Today survey
198832Atlanta Braves$150,00012/13/88 NYT
198933Atlanta Braves$400,0001991 TSN Guide 28; T. Timmerman database
199034Atlanta Braves$1,458,334USA TodayArbitration loss; $2,000,000 request
199135Atlanta Braves$2,041,667USA Today survey
199236Atlanta Braves$1,750,0004/2/92 USA Today
199337Pittsburgh Pirates$1,000,000USA Today
199438Baltimore Orioles$750,0004/5/94 USA Today
Career to date (may be incomplete)$10,655,001
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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