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Tony Solaita

Tolia Solaita

Positions: First Baseman and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: January 15, 1947 in Nuuuli, American Samoa
High School: Jefferson HS (Daly City, CA)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1965. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1968
Teams (by GP): Angels/Royals/BlueJays/Expos/Yankees 1968-1979

Final Game: September 30, 1979
Died: February 10, 1990 in Tafuna, American Samoa
Buried: Immediately outside his home,in Nuuuli, American Samoa
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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
1965	18	NYY-min	Rk	45	110	110		28	4	0	1						.255	.255	.318	.573		35							YNK · FLRL
1966	19	NYY-min	Rk,A	93	277	277		73	13	1	4						.264	.264	.361	.625		100							YNK,BNG,GBO · GULF,NYPL,CARL
1967	20	NYY-min	A	128	482	400	53	97	9	4	14	64	1	0	82	87	.243	.371	.390	.761		156							FTL · FLOR
1968	21	HPT	A	138	467	467		141	20	3	49						.302	.302	.672	.974		314							HPT · CARL
1968	21	NYY	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/3

1969	22	CHW-NYY-min	AA,AAA	110	386	321	50	78	9	4	23	62	0	1	62	83	.243	.365	.511	.876		164		1	0	2			CBS,TUC,SYR · SOUL,PCL,IL
1970	23	NYY-min	AAA	130	501	396	62	122	24	2	19	87	3	2	95	89	.308	.442	.523	.964		207		3	3	4			SYR · IL
1971	24	NYY-min	AAA	117	435	349	72	82	15	2	19	54	1	0	81	96	.235	.376	.453	.828		158		0	1	4			SYR · IL
1972	25	NYY-min	AA,AAA	125	490	381	61	88	13	2	15	60	1	3	99	92	.231	.389	.394	.782		150		3	1	6			WHA,SYR · EL,IL
1973	26	PIT-min	AAA	132	526	438	71	126	18	2	23	74	0	0	75	90	.288	.390	.495	.885		217		3	3	7			CHL · IL
1974	27	KCR	AL	96	279	239	31	64	12	0	7	30	0	3	35	70	.268	.361	.406	.767	117	97	2	1	0	2	5	3D/
1975	28	KCR	AL	93	275	231	35	60	11	0	16	44	0	1	39	79	.260	.369	.515	.884	145	119	6	2	1	2	1	D3
1976	29	TOT	AL	94	329	283	29	74	13	0	9	42	1	1	40	61	.261	.348	.403	.750	125	114	4	0	1	5	3	3D
1976	29	KCR	AL	31	77	68	4	16	4	0	0	9	0	0	6	17	.235	.286	.294	.580	69	20	0	0	0	3	0	D/3
1976	29	CAL	AL	63	252	215	25	58	9	0	9	33	1	1	34	44	.270	.367	.437	.804	143	94	4	0	1	2	3	3/D
1977	30	CAL	AL	116	386	324	40	78	15	0	14	53	1	3	56	77	.241	.349	.417	.766	112	135	6	0	2	4	6	3/D
1978	31	CAL	AL	60	110	94	10	21	3	0	1	14	0	0	16	25	.223	.336	.287	.624	81	27	2	0	0	0	3	D3
1979	32	TOT	MLB	65	174	144	19	39	12	1	3	20	0	0	28	32	.271	.385	.431	.816	122	62	2	0	0	2	0	D3
1979	32	MON	NL	29	53	42	5	12	4	0	1	7	0	0	11	16	.286	.434	.452	.886	144	19	0	0	0	0	0	3
1979	32	TOR	AL	36	121	102	14	27	8	1	2	13	0	0	17	16	.265	.364	.422	.785	112	43	2	0	0	2	0	D/3
1980	33	NPN	Fgn																										NPN · JPPL
1981	34	NPN	Fgn																										NPN · JPPL
1982	35	NPN	Fgn																										NPN · JPPL
1983	36	NPN	Fgn																										NPN · JPPL
7 Yrs				525	1554	1316	164	336	66	1	50	203	2	8	214	345	.255	.357	.421	.778	120	554	22	3	4	15	18
162 Game Avg.				162	480	406	51	104	20	0	15	63	1	2	66	106	.255	.357	.421	.778	120	171	7	1	1	5	6

KCR (3 yrs)				220	631	538	70	140	27	0	23	83	0	4	80	166	.260	.355	.439	.794	123	236	8	3	1	7	6
CAL (3 yrs)				239	748	633	75	157	27	0	24	100	2	4	106	146	.248	.353	.404	.757	117	256	12	0	3	6	12
MON (1 yr)				29	53	42	5	12	4	0	1	7	0	0	11	16	.286	.434	.452	.886	144	19	0	0	0	0	0
NYY (1 yr)				1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOR (1 yr)				36	121	102	14	27	8	1	2	13	0	0	17	16	.265	.364	.422	.785	112	43	2	0	0	2	0

AL (7 yrs)				496	1501	1274	159	324	62	1	49	196	2	8	203	329	.254	.355	.420	.774	119	535	22	3	4	15	18
NL (1 yr)				29	53	42	5	12	4	0	1	7	0	0	11	16	.286	.434	.452	.886	144	19	0	0	0	0	0

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
1968	21	NYY	AL	1	1	-0	0	0	-0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.438	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	/3

1974	27	KCR	AL	96	279	5	-2	1	7	-5	6	0.7	9	15	1.6	.507	.504	0.8	0.3	8	$20,000	3D/
1975	28	KCR	AL	93	275	12	-1	-1	6	-6	12	1.3	9	20	2.2	.513	.508	1.5	0.2	14	$	D3
1976	29	KCR	AL	31	77	-2	-0	0	0	-2	-3	-0.4	2	-1	-0.1	.487	.498	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	D/3
1976	29	CAL	AL	63	252	12	-1	-0	5	-4	12	1.4	8	20	2.1	.521	.508	1.6	0.2	15	$	3/D
1977	30	CAL	AL	116	386	5	-1	-1	-1	-6	-4	-0.3	12	8	0.8	.496	.497	1.0	-0.6	9	$50,000	3/D
1978	31	CAL	AL	60	110	-3	0	0	2	-2	-3	-0.3	4	1	0.0	.495	.498	-0.2	0.0	-1	$55,000	D3
1979	32	MON	NL	29	53	3	0	0	-1	-1	1	0.1	2	3	0.3	.504	.501	0.4	-0.2	4	$	3
1979	32	TOR	AL	36	121	4	0	0	-0	-3	1	0.1	4	5	0.5	.503	.501	0.6	-0.3	5	$	D/3
7 Seasons				525	1554	37	-5	-1	17	-29	20	2.7	50	70	7.3	.504	.501	5.6	-0.7	52	$125,000

KCR (3 yrs)				220	631	16	-3	0	14	-13	14	1.7	20	34	3.7	.507	.503	2.2	0.3	20	$20,000
CAL (3 yrs)				239	748	14	-2	-1	6	-12	4	0.8	24	28	2.9	.502	.501	2.4	-0.5	23	$105,000
MON (1 yr)				29	53	3	0	0	-1	-1	1	0.1	2	3	0.3	.504	.501	0.4	-0.2	4	$
NYY (1 yr)				1	1	-0	0	0	-0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.438	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$
TOR (1 yr)				36	121	4	0	0	-0	-3	1	0.1	4	5	0.5	.503	.501	0.6	-0.3	5	$

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
1968	21	NYY	AL	1	1	0	0.0	76		.000	.232	.000	.301	.000	.344	.000	.645	-100	.000	-0.2	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

1974	27	KCR	AL	279	182	36	5.3	93	.348	.268	.264	.361	.329	.406	.380	.767	.709	117	.614	6.4	0.7	.722	.272	.138	.0
1975	28	KCR	AL	275	181	45	6.7	95	.319	.260	.261	.369	.332	.515	.384	.884	.716	145	.691	14.5	1.5	.893	.420	.255	.0
1976	29	TOT	AL	329	220	43	5.3	82	.298	.261	.250	.348	.314	.403	.353	.750	.667	125	.626	10.4	1.1	.720	.283	.141	1.8
1976	29	KCR	AL	77	55	7	3.4	87	.296	.235	.258	.286	.323	.294	.364	.580	.687	69	.433	-2.3	-0.2	.500	.147	.059
1976	29	CAL	AL	252	165	36	5.9	80	.299	.270	.248	.367	.311	.437	.349	.804	.660	143	.671	12.7	1.3	.790	.326	.167	1.8
1977	30	CAL	AL	386	261	49	5.0	96	.270	.241	.262	.349	.325	.417	.398	.766	.723	112	.538	7.5	0.7	.741	.343	.176	1.9
1978	31	CAL	AL	110	75	10	3.6	90	.294	.223	.256	.336	.321	.287	.378	.624	.699	81	.414	-1.7	-0.2	.573	.234	.064	.0
1979	32	TOT	MLB	174	109	26	6.4	101	.324	.271	.269	.385	.334	.431	.405	.816	.739	122	.644	6.0	0.6	.841	.354	.160	.0
1979	32	MON	NL	53	30	9	8.1	99	.440	.286	.268	.434	.333	.452	.397	.886	.730	144	.752	3.4	0.3	1.000	.429	.167	.0
1979	32	TOR	AL	121	79	17	5.7	102	.291	.265	.270	.364	.334	.422	.408	.785	.743	112	.590	2.6	0.2	.779	.324	.157	.0
7 Yrs				1554	1029	209	5.5	93	.306	.255	.260	.357	.325	.421	.382	.778	.707	120	.604	42.9	4.4	.757	.324	.166	3.8
162 Game Avg.				480	318	64	5.5	93	.306	.255	.260	.357	.325	.421	.382	.778	.707	120	.604	13	1	.757	.324	.166	1

KCR (3 yrs)				631	418	88	5.7	93	.329	.260	.262	.355	.330	.439	.380	.794	.709	123	.635	18.6	1.9	.768	.320	.178	.0
CAL (3 yrs)				748	501	95	5.1	90	.284	.248	.256	.353	.320	.404	.379	.757	.698	117	.570	18.5	1.9	.732	.321	.156	3.7
MON (1 yr)				53	30	9	8.1	99	.440	.286	.268	.434	.333	.452	.397	.886	.730	144	.752	3.4	0.3	1.000	.429	.167	.0
NYY (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	76		.000	.232	.000	.301	.000	.344	.000	.645	-100	.000	-0.2	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
TOR (1 yr)				121	79	17	5.7	102	.291	.265	.270	.364	.334	.422	.408	.785	.743	112	.589	2.6	0.2	.779	.324	.157	.0

AL (7 yrs)				1501	999	200	5.4	92	.302	.254	.260	.355	.325	.420	.381	.774	.706	119	.599	39.5	4.0	.750	.320	.166	3.8
NL (1 yr)				53	30	9	8.1	99	.440	.286	.268	.434	.333	.452	.397	.886	.730	144	.752	3.4	0.3	1.000	.429	.167	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1968	21	NYY	AL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%

1974	27	KCR	AL	279	2.5%	25.1%	12.5%	6.8%	30%	2.00	3.4	34.1	8.0	0.80	59%
1975	28	KCR	AL	275	5.8%	28.7%	14.2%	9.8%	45%	2.03	2.9	14.4	5.3	0.67	50%
1976	29	TOT	AL	329	2.7%	18.5%	12.2%	6.7%	30%	1.53	4.6	31.4	6.7	0.72	66%
1976	29	KCR	AL	77	0.0%	22.1%	7.8%	5.2%	25%	2.83	4.0		7.6	0.89	70%
1976	29	CAL	AL	252	3.6%	17.5%	13.5%	7.1%	31%	1.29	4.9	23.9	6.5	0.68	65%
1977	30	CAL	AL	386	3.6%	20.0%	14.5%	7.5%	37%	1.38	4.2	23.1	6.1	0.67	61%
1978	31	CAL	AL	110	0.9%	22.7%	14.6%	3.6%	19%	1.56	3.8	94.0	6.7	0.56	62%
1979	32	TOT	MLB	174	1.7%	18.4%	16.1%	9.2%	41%	1.14	4.5	48.0	7.2	0.95	64%
1979	32	MON	NL	53	1.9%	30.2%	20.8%	9.4%	42%	1.45	2.6	42.0	6.0	0.40	47%
1979	32	TOR	AL	121	1.7%	13.2%	14.1%	9.1%	41%	0.94	6.4	51.0	7.8	1.15	71%
7 Yrs				1554	3.2%	22.2%	13.8%	7.5%	35%	1.61	3.8	26.3	6.5	0.72	60%
MLB Averages					2.0%	13.8%	8.6%	6.1%	27%	1.60	6.5	45.7	8.9	1.10	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1968	21	NYY	AL	-0.2	-0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.00	0.0		-0.1	-0.0	0.37	-0.2		0

1974	27	KCR	AL	6.4	0.7	283	0.7	4.9	-4.2	.92	0.8	-0.1	10.6	1.1	0.94	8.7	1.69	14
1975	28	KCR	AL	14.5	1.5	280	1.2	5.8	-4.6	1.00	1.8	-0.6	12.8	1.3	0.98	20.8	1.89	16
1976	29	TOT	AL	10.4	1.1	333	1.5	7.1	-5.7	1.12	1.2	0.1	18.4	2.0	0.94	12.7	1.41	13
1976	29	KCR	AL	-2.3	-0.2	77	-0.3	1.3	-1.5	1.20	-0.1	-0.1	1.5	0.2	1.01	-0.5	1.58	11
1976	29	CAL	AL	12.7	1.3	256	1.7	5.9	-4.1	1.10	1.3	0.3	16.9	1.8	0.92	13.1	0.49	2
1977	30	CAL	AL	7.5	0.7	393	0.1	7.4	-7.3	1.09	0.6	-0.5	4.9	0.5	0.96	8.0	1.10	22
1978	31	CAL	AL	-1.7	-0.2	110	-0.1	2.2	-2.3	1.31	-0.1	0.1	0.8	0.1	1.06	-0.8	2.72	34
1979	32	TOT	MLB	6.0	0.6	177	1.2	3.8	-2.6	1.07	1.0	0.1	10.1	1.0	0.91	11.7	1.61	16
1979	32	MON	NL	3.4	0.3	54	0.5	1.4	-0.9	1.15	0.3	0.2	4.0	0.4	0.85	3.7	1.49	13
1979	32	TOR	AL	2.6	0.2	123	0.7	2.4	-1.7	1.03	0.7	-0.1	6.1	0.6	0.94	8.0	2.08	3
7 Yrs				42.9	4.4	1577	4.6	31.3	-26.7	1.06	5.3	-1.0	57.5	5.9	0.96	60.9	1.87	115

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
1968	21	NYY	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

1974	27	KCR	AL	4	2	26%	107	0	3	0%	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	38%	14	9	4	10	8	2	10	3	7
1975	28	KCR	AL	1	0	22%	85	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	25%	13	12	1	3	2	1	8	4	4
1976	29	TOT	AL	5	0	19%	127	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	29%	9	8	1	8	7	1	7	2	5
1976	29	KCR	AL	2	0	18%	19	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	25%	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	1
1976	29	CAL	AL	3	0	19%	108	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	30%	8	7	1	7	6	1	5	1	4
1977	30	CAL	AL	4	0	22%	142	1	3	25%	1	2	0	1	0	0	2	2	1	7	35%	13	12	1	5	4	1	11	3	8
1978	31	CAL	AL	1	0	25%	35	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	42%	5	5	0	2	0	2	5	2	3
1979	32	TOT	MLB	4	0	25%	70	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	17%	10	10	0	3	2	1	5	2	2
1979	32	MON	NL	0	0	18%	21	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14%	4	4	0	2	2	0	1	0	1
1979	32	TOR	AL	4	0	29%	49	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	18%	6	6	0	1	0	1	4	2	1
7 Yrs				19	2	23%	566	2	8	20%	2	7	0	1	0	0	3	2	9	25	31%	64	56	7	31	23	8	46	16	29

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
1968	21	NYY	AL	1	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0

1974	27	KCR	AL	279	80%	64			14	4	0	2	1.69	7	0	6	6	1	1	6	0	0	0		63	2	3%	20	4	20%	175	25	14%	13	8	62%	7	2	29%	0
1975	28	KCR	AL	275	88%	60			16	3	1	3	1.89	16	0	6	12	4	6	10	0	1	1	100%	46	6	13%	25	4	16%	180	28	16%	15	7	47%	10	4	40%	0
1976	29	TOT	AL	329	85%	74			13	4	0	2	1.41	9	0	10	9	0	3	6	0	1	1	100%	51	4	8%	25	10	40%	184	34	18%	14	9	64%	18	11	61%	0
1976	29	KCR	AL	77	91%	16			11	4	0	2	1.58	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13	0	0%	10	5	50%	54	10	19%	3	2	67%	8	5	63%	0
1976	29	CAL	AL	252	83%	58			2	0	0	0	0.49	9	0	7	9	0	3	6	0	1	1	100%	38	4	11%	15	5	33%	130	24	18%	11	7	64%	10	6	60%	0
1977	30	CAL	AL	386	91%	78			22	8	2	5	1.10	14	0	9	14	0	7	7	0	2	2	100%	60	6	10%	25	9	36%	244	41	17%	23	14	61%	11	5	45%	0
1978	31	CAL	AL	110	92%	21			34	9	0	7	2.72	1	0	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		22	2	9%	6	1	17%	92	13	14%	8	4	50%	5	2	40%	0
1979	32	TOT	MLB	174	94%	39			16	3	0	1	1.61	3	0	1	3	0	1	2	0	1	0	0%	29	2	7%	18	8	44%	100	18	18%	8	7	88%	9	8	89%	0
1979	32	MON	NL	53	91%	12			13	2	0	1	1.49	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		4	0	0%	4	1	25%	29	6	21%	1	0	0%	4	4	100%	0
1979	32	TOR	AL	121	95%	27			3	1	0	0	2.08	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0%	25	2	8%	14	7	50%	71	12	17%	7	7	100%	5	4	80%	0
7 Yrs				1554	87%	336			115	31	3	20	1.87	50	0	40	45	5	18	32	0	5	4	80%	271	22	8%	119	36	30%	975	159	16%	81	49	60%	60	32	53%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			76%			11%			33%			14%			48%			53%

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
1968	21	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	22	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970	23	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1971	24	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1972	25	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1973	26	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	27	97	280	240	31	64	12	0	7	30	0	3	35	71	.267	.360	.404	.764	116	97	2	1	0	2	5
1975	28	190	555	471	66	124	23	0	23	74	0	4	74	150	.263	.364	.459	.823	130	216	8	3	1	4	6
1976	29	284	884	754	95	198	36	0	32	116	1	5	114	211	.263	.358	.438	.796	128	330	12	3	2	9	9
1977	30	400	1270	1078	135	276	51	0	46	169	2	8	170	288	.256	.355	.431	.787	123	465	18	3	4	13	15
1978	31	460	1380	1172	145	297	54	0	47	183	2	8	186	313	.253	.354	.420	.774	120	492	20	3	4	13	18
1979	32	525	1554	1316	164	336	66	1	50	203	2	8	214	345	.255	.357	.421	.778	120	554	22	3	4	15	18

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
1968	21	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1

1974	27	96	282	242	34	67	13	0	7	33	0	37	70	.277	.372	.417	.790	38	96
1975	28	94	279	234	37	62	11	0	17	47	0	40	79	.265	.374	.530	.904	46	93
1976	29	95	347	295	36	85	15	0	10	52	1	46	61	.288	.379	.441	.819	50	94
1977	30	116	393	328	44	82	16	0	15	58	1	59	77	.250	.361	.436	.797	52	116
1978	31	60	115	97	12	24	3	0	1	17	0	18	25	.247	.365	.309	.674	11	60
1979	32	65	176	145	20	40	12	1	3	21	0	29	32	.276	.392	.434	.827	25	65
7 Yrs		527	1593	1342	183	360	70	1	53	228	2	229	345	.268	.373	.440	.813	222	525
162 Game Avg.		162	490	413	56	111	22	0	16	70	1	70	106	.268	.373	.440	.813	68	525

* 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards

Batting - 10 (1592), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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