Chris Speier
Chris Edward Speier
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 182 lb.

Born: June 28, 1950 in Alameda, CA
High School: Encinal (Alameda, CA)
School: University of California, Santa Barbara
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1970 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1971
Final Game: October 1, 1989
Relatives: Father of Justin Speier
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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
1971 21 SFG NL 157 670 601 74 141 17 6 8 46 4 7 56 90 .235 .307 .323 .630 80 194 15 7 5 1 6 *6
1972 22 SFG NL 150 658 562 74 151 25 2 15 71 9 4 82 92 .269 .361 .400 .761 115 225 8 3 4 7 2 *6 AS,MVP-28
1973 23 SFG NL 153 617 542 58 135 17 4 11 71 4 5 66 69 .249 .332 .356 .688 87 193 18 2 5 2 4 *6/4 AS
1974 24 SFG NL 141 577 501 55 125 19 5 9 53 3 2 62 64 .250 .336 .361 .697 92 181 7 4 8 2 8 *6/4 AS
1975 25 SFG NL 141 564 487 60 132 30 5 10 69 4 5 70 50 .271 .362 .415 .777 112 202 13 1 3 3 7 *6/5
1976 26 SFG NL 145 572 495 51 112 18 4 3 40 2 2 60 52 .226 .311 .297 .608 72 147 16 4 6 7 1 *6/453
1977 27 TOT NL 145 621 548 59 128 31 6 5 38 1 2 67 81 .234 .317 .339 .657 79 186 14 1 3 2 3 *6
1977 27 SFG NL 6 17 17 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .176 .176 .235 .412 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 /6
1977 27 MON NL 139 604 531 58 125 30 6 5 38 1 2 67 78 .235 .321 .343 .664 81 182 14 1 3 2 3 *6
1978 28 MON NL 150 570 501 47 126 18 3 5 51 1 0 60 75 .251 .329 .329 .659 86 165 14 1 2 6 10 *6
1979 29 MON NL 113 391 344 31 78 13 1 7 26 0 0 43 45 .227 .317 .331 .649 79 114 13 3 0 1 10 *6
1980 30 MON NL 128 447 388 35 103 14 4 1 32 0 3 52 38 .265 .351 .330 .681 92 128 10 0 6 1 18 *6/5
1981 31 MON NL 96 351 307 33 69 10 2 2 25 1 2 38 29 .225 .310 .290 .600 71 89 9 0 6 0 10 *6
1982 32 MON NL 156 585 530 41 136 26 4 7 60 1 6 47 67 .257 .316 .360 .677 88 191 13 1 3 4 12 *6
1983 33 MON NL 88 298 261 31 67 12 2 2 22 2 1 29 37 .257 .332 .341 .673 88 89 4 2 3 3 4 65/4
1984 34 TOT MLB 75 209 191 12 34 7 1 3 10 0 0 13 34 .178 .234 .272 .506 43 52 6 1 4 0 1 6/5
1984 34 TOT NL 63 172 158 10 27 7 1 3 9 0 0 10 27 .171 .225 .285 .510 44 45 5 1 3 0 1 6/5
1984 34 MON NL 25 43 40 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .150 .171 .150 .321 -7 6 1 0 2 0 0 6/5
1984 34 STL NL 38 129 118 9 21 7 1 3 8 0 0 9 19 .178 .242 .331 .573 61 39 4 1 1 0 1 6/5
1984 34 MIN AL 12 37 33 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 7 .212 .278 .212 .490 36 7 1 0 1 0 0 6
1985 35 CHC NL 106 240 218 16 53 11 0 4 24 1 3 17 34 .243 .295 .349 .644 73 76 7 0 3 2 0 654
1986 36 CHC NL 95 176 155 21 44 8 0 6 23 2 2 15 32 .284 .349 .452 .800 114 70 4 1 4 1 3 56/4
1987 37 SFG NL 111 364 317 39 79 13 0 11 39 4 7 42 51 .249 .342 .394 .736 98 125 3 3 1 1 5 456
1988 38 SFG NL 82 201 171 26 37 9 1 3 18 3 3 23 39 .216 .311 .333 .645 89 57 7 1 5 1 2 456
1989 39 SFG NL 28 44 37 7 9 4 0 0 2 0 0 5 9 .243 .333 .351 .685 99 13 2 0 2 0 0 /5643
19 Seasons 2260 8155 7156 770 1759 302 50 112 720 42 54 847 988 .246 .327 .349 .676 88 2497 183 35 73 44 106
162 Game Avg. 162 585 513 55 126 22 4 8 52 3 4 61 71 .246 .327 .349 .676 88 179 13 3 5 3 8
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
SFG (10 yrs) 1114 4284 3730 445 924 153 27 70 409 33 35 466 519 .248 .333 .360 .693 93 1341 89 25 39 24 35
MON (8 yrs) 895 3289 2902 277 710 123 22 29 255 6 14 337 377 .245 .323 .332 .655 83 964 78 8 25 17 67
CHC (2 yrs) 201 416 373 37 97 19 0 10 47 3 5 32 66 .260 .318 .391 .709 90 146 11 1 7 3 3
MIN (1 yr) 12 37 33 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 7 .212 .278 .212 .490 36 7 1 0 1 0 0
STL (1 yr) 38 129 118 9 21 7 1 3 8 0 0 9 19 .178 .242 .331 .573 61 39 4 1 1 0 1
NL (19 yrs) 2248 8118 7123 768 1752 302 50 112 719 42 54 844 981 .246 .327 .350 .677 88 2490 182 35 72 44 106
AL (1 yr) 12 37 33 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 7 .212 .278 .212 .490 36 7 1 0 1 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1971 21 SFG NL 670 488 58 3.2 92 .264 .235 .258 .307 .325 .323 .378 .630 .703 80 .391 -16.3 -1.7 .527 .176 .088 5.3
1972 22 SFG NL 658 434 87 5.4 93 .294 .269 .259 .361 .327 .400 .382 .761 .710 115 .629 14.2 1.5 .745 .286 .132 11.3
1973 23 SFG NL 617 437 63 3.9 101 .267 .249 .268 .332 .338 .356 .399 .688 .737 87 .455 -9.4 -1.0 .605 .227 .107 5.9
1974 24 SFG NL 577 395 64 4.4 99 .270 .250 .268 .336 .341 .361 .387 .697 .728 92 .512 -5.7 -0.6 .644 .238 .112 4.5
1975 25 SFG NL 564 379 73 5.2 99 .284 .271 .270 .362 .342 .415 .390 .777 .732 112 .583 9.5 1.0 .729 .285 .144 5.7
1976 26 SFG NL 572 414 47 3.1 94 .244 .226 .266 .311 .333 .297 .379 .608 .712 72 .370 -17.3 -1.8 .526 .192 .071 2.4
1977 27 TOT NL 621 441 60 3.7 101 .265 .234 .266 .317 .333 .339 .405 .657 .738 79 .396 -14.9 -1.5 .580 .226 .106 1.7
1977 27 SFG NL 17 14 1 1.9 102 .214 .176 .268 .176 .336 .235 .408 .412 .744 10 .168 -2.2 -0.2 .286 .059 .059
1977 27 MON NL 604 427 59 3.7 101 .267 .235 .266 .321 .333 .343 .405 .664 .738 81 .402 -12.8 -1.3 .590 .232 .107 1.7
1978 28 MON NL 570 397 56 3.8 94 .283 .251 .261 .329 .328 .329 .384 .659 .712 86 .454 -7.9 -0.8 .584 .200 .078 1.7
1979 29 MON NL 391 280 35 3.4 99 .242 .227 .268 .317 .333 .331 .397 .649 .730 79 .378 -9.6 -1.0 .573 .230 .105 .0
1980 30 MON NL 447 305 45 4.0 95 .291 .265 .267 .351 .329 .330 .387 .681 .716 92 .472 -2.7 -0.3 .594 .191 .064 .0
1981 31 MON NL 351 255 27 2.9 93 .243 .225 .264 .310 .329 .290 .378 .600 .707 71 .340 -11.5 -1.2 .506 .186 .065 1.3
1982 32 MON NL 585 420 58 3.7 96 .280 .257 .268 .316 .331 .360 .389 .677 .721 88 .444 -8.8 -0.9 .567 .183 .104 1.8
1983 33 MON NL 298 205 31 4.1 96 .289 .257 .262 .332 .330 .341 .388 .673 .719 88 .481 -3.3 -0.3 .608 .199 .084 2.0
1984 34 TOT MLB 209 167 12 1.9 93 .201 .178 .262 .234 .326 .272 .383 .506 .709 43 .191 -15.1 -1.6 .405 .162 .094 .0
1984 34 TOT NL 172 139 10 1.9 92 .188 .171 .260 .225 .325 .285 .379 .510 .704 44 .197 -12.2 -1.3 .412 .177 .114 .0
1984 34 MON NL 43 37 1 0.7 90 .188 .150 .259 .171 .323 .150 .376 .321 .699 -7 .039 -5.7 -0.6 .200 .025 .000
1984 34 STL NL 129 102 9 2.4 92 .188 .178 .261 .242 .326 .331 .380 .573 .705 61 .261 -6.4 -0.7 .485 .229 .153 .0
1984 34 MIN AL 37 28 2 1.9 100 .269 .212 .268 .278 .332 .212 .405 .490 .736 36 .173 -3.0 -0.3 .370 .091 .000
1985 35 CHC NL 240 180 21 3.2 103 .269 .243 .271 .295 .341 .349 .404 .644 .745 73 .370 -8.4 -0.9 .520 .174 .106 1.6
1986 36 CHC NL 176 122 24 5.3 103 .322 .284 .269 .349 .341 .452 .406 .800 .747 114 .594 2.8 0.3 .735 .265 .168 3.0
1987 37 SFG NL 364 250 43 4.6 102 .266 .249 .264 .342 .333 .394 .412 .736 .745 98 .487 0.0 0.0 .673 .268 .145 5.9
1988 38 SFG NL 201 150 17 3.1 86 .262 .216 .252 .311 .315 .333 .369 .645 .684 89 .381 -1.7 -0.2 .563 .251 .117 3.0
1989 39 SFG NL 44 32 4 3.4 88 .321 .243 .250 .333 .317 .351 .373 .685 .690 99 .417 0.2 0.0 .600 .243 .108
19 Seasons 8155 5751 825 3.9 96 .270 .246 .265 .327 .332 .349 .389 .676 .722 88 .456 -106.0 -11.0 .598 .220 .103 61.1
162 Game Avg. 585 412 59 3.9 96 .270 .246 .265 .327 .332 .349 .389 .676 .722 88 .456 -106.0 -11.0 .598 .220 .103 4
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
SFG (10 yrs) 4284 2993 457 4.1 96 .270 .248 .264 .333 .333 .360 .387 .693 .720 93 .489 -28.7 -3.0 .625 .236 .112 44.9
MON (8 yrs) 3289 2326 312 3.6 96 .271 .245 .265 .323 .331 .332 .390 .655 .721 83 .421 -62.2 -6.4 .570 .201 .088 9.9
CHC (2 yrs) 416 302 45 4.0 103 .290 .260 .270 .318 .341 .391 .405 .709 .745 90 .474 -5.6 -0.6 .606 .212 .131 4.6
MIN (1 yr) 37 28 2 1.9 100 .269 .212 .268 .278 .332 .212 .405 .490 .736 36 .172 -3.0 -0.3 .370 .091 .000
STL (1 yr) 129 102 9 2.4 92 .188 .178 .261 .242 .326 .331 .380 .573 .705 61 .262 -6.4 -0.7 .485 .229 .153 .0
NL (19 yrs) 8118 5723 823 3.9 96 .270 .246 .265 .327 .332 .350 .389 .677 .721 88 .458 -103.0 -10.7 .599 .220 .104 61.1
AL (1 yr) 37 28 2 1.9 100 .269 .212 .268 .278 .332 .212 .405 .490 .736 36 .172 -3.0 -0.3 .370 .091 .000

Postseason Batting

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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
1971 21 SFG NL NLCS PIT L 4 15 14 4 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .357 .400 .643 1.043 9 0 0 0 0 0
1981 31 MON NL NLDS PHI W 5 19 15 4 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 2 .400 .526 .533 1.060 8 0 0 0 0 1
1981 31 MON NL NLCS LAD L 5 18 16 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .188 .278 .188 .465 3 1 0 0 0 1
1987 37 SFG NL NLCS STL L 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (4 Series) 17 57 50 8 14 3 0 1 4 0 0 7 5 .280 .368 .400 .768 20 2 0 0 0 2
1 NLDS 5 19 15 4 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 2 .400 .526 .533 1.060 8 0 0 0 0 1
3 NLCS 12 38 35 4 8 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 .229 .289 .343 .632 12 2 0 0 0 1

All-Star Batting

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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
1972 SFG NL 22 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1973 SFG NL 23 as SS 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 SFG NL 24 DNP
3 Seasons (2 Appearances) 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1971 21 SFG NL 670 1.2% 13.4% 8.4% 4.6% 22% 1.61 6.7 75.1 13.1 1.20 75%
1972 22 SFG NL 658 2.3% 14.0% 12.5% 6.4% 28% 1.12 6.1 37.5 7.9 1.08 70%
1973 23 SFG NL 617 1.8% 11.2% 10.7% 5.2% 24% 1.05 7.9 49.3 7.6 0.98 75%
1974 24 SFG NL 577 1.6% 11.1% 10.8% 5.7% 26% 1.03 7.8 55.7 9.5 1.29 75%
1975 25 SFG NL 564 1.8% 8.9% 12.4% 8.0% 34% 0.71 9.7 48.7 7.1 0.93 76%
1976 26 SFG NL 572 0.5% 9.1% 10.5% 4.4% 22% 0.87 9.5 165.0 12.4 0.93 78%
1977 27 TOT NL 621 0.8% 13.0% 10.8% 6.8% 33% 1.21 6.8 109.6 14.4 1.20 75%
1977 27 SFG NL 17 0.0% 17.7% 0.0% 5.9% 33% 5.7 1.20 82%
1977 27 MON NL 604 0.8% 12.9% 11.1% 6.8% 33% 1.16 6.8 106.2 14.0 1.20 75%
1978 28 MON NL 570 0.9% 13.2% 10.5% 4.6% 21% 1.25 6.7 100.2 9.8 1.29 75%
1979 29 MON NL 391 1.8% 11.5% 11.0% 5.4% 27% 1.05 7.6 49.1 13.2 1.57 75%
1980 30 MON NL 447 0.2% 8.5% 11.6% 4.3% 18% 0.73 10.2 388.0 12.1 1.46 78%
1981 31 MON NL 351 0.6% 8.3% 10.8% 4.0% 20% 0.76 10.6 153.5 12.3 1.35 79%
1982 32 MON NL 585 1.2% 11.5% 8.0% 6.3% 27% 1.43 7.9 75.7 8.8 1.19 79%
1983 33 MON NL 298 0.7% 12.4% 9.7% 5.4% 24% 1.28 7.1 130.5 11.9 1.28 76%
1984 34 TOT MLB 209 1.4% 16.3% 6.2% 5.3% 32% 2.62 5.6 63.7 19.1 1.35 74%
1984 34 TOT NL 172 1.7% 15.7% 5.8% 6.4% 41% 2.70 5.9 52.7 17.6 1.32 74%
1984 34 MON NL 43 0.0% 18.6% 2.3% 0.0% 0% 8.00 5.0 40.0 1.25 74%
1984 34 STL NL 129 2.3% 14.7% 7.0% 8.5% 52% 2.11 6.2 39.3 14.8 1.34 74%
1984 34 MIN AL 37 0.0% 18.9% 8.1% 0.0% 0% 2.33 4.7 33.0 1.50 70%
1985 35 CHC NL 240 1.7% 14.2% 7.1% 6.3% 28% 2.00 6.4 54.5 9.1 1.33 76%
1986 36 CHC NL 176 3.4% 18.2% 8.5% 8.0% 32% 2.13 4.8 25.8 6.7 1.24 67%
1987 37 SFG NL 364 3.0% 14.0% 11.5% 6.6% 30% 1.21 6.2 28.8 8.1 1.34 70%
1988 38 SFG NL 201 1.5% 19.4% 11.4% 6.5% 35% 1.70 4.4 57.0 9.5 0.86 1.60 65% 24% 7.0% 39%
1989 39 SFG NL 44 0.0% 20.5% 11.4% 9.1% 44% 1.80 4.1 18.5 0.93 1.88 64% 17% 0.0% 21%
19 Seasons 8155 1.4% 12.1% 10.4% 5.7% 26% 1.17 7.2 63.9 9.9 0.87 1.20 75% 23% 5.6% 36%
MLB Averages
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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1971 21 SFG NL 8 0 34% 264 4 7 36% 4 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 19 41% 39 27 11 9 6 3 20 6 14
1972 22 SFG NL 13 0 27% 306 9 4 69% 9 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 15 42% 41 28 11 8 5 3 18 3 14
1973 23 SFG NL 10 0 25% 261 4 5 44% 4 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 4 9 36% 25 21 4 9 7 2 21 6 14
1974 24 SFG NL 6 0 25% 238 3 2 60% 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 9 33% 45 37 8 3 3 0 16 3 13
1975 25 SFG NL 9 0 26% 234 4 5 44% 4 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 14 45% 38 26 12 6 3 3 23 7 15
1976 26 SFG NL 7 0 28% 213 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 35% 43 34 9 3 0 3 19 7 11
1977 27 TOT NL 10 0 28% 261 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 12 40% 32 24 8 11 8 3 15 2 12
1977 27 SFG NL 0 0 33% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1977 27 MON NL 10 0 28% 253 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 12 40% 30 22 8 11 8 3 14 2 11
1978 28 MON NL 10 0 23% 225 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 40% 25 22 3 4 0 3 18 4 13
1979 29 MON NL 3 0 21% 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 47% 16 10 4 3 2 1 13 2 10
1980 30 MON NL 6 0 22% 193 0 3 0% 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 35% 22 18 4 1 0 1 14 5 8
1981 31 MON NL 3 0 30% 128 1 2 33% 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 1 3 5 39% 15 12 3 3 1 2 8 3 5
1982 32 MON NL 4 0 19% 215 1 6 14% 1 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 6 35% 25 20 5 4 1 2 17 6 9
1983 33 MON NL 5 0 30% 122 2 1 67% 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 6 33% 18 15 2 3 2 1 15 5 9
1984 34 TOT MLB 4 0 20% 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 31% 10 6 4 3 3 0 0 0 0
1984 34 TOT NL 3 0 20% 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 25% 6 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
1984 34 MON NL 1 0 14% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1984 34 STL NL 2 0 21% 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 33% 5 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
1984 34 MIN AL 1 0 20% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40% 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
1985 35 CHC NL 4 0 18% 104 1 3 25% 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 4 36% 9 6 2 2 0 2 3 0 1
1986 36 CHC NL 3 0 28% 87 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 41% 8 7 1 1 0 1 8 3 5
1987 37 SFG NL 6 0 25% 159 4 7 36% 4 6 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 11 32% 20 13 7 8 6 2 6 4 2
1988 38 SFG NL 5 0 40% 84 3 3 50% 3 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 33% 8 7 1 6 4 2 7 3 4
1989 39 SFG NL 0 0 50% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 25% 4 4 0 1 1 0 3 1 2
19 Seasons 116 0 26% 3324 42 54 44% 41 44 0 6 1 4 19 4 58 164 38% 443 337 99 88 52 34 244 70 161
MLB Averages
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*

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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
1971 21 SFG NL 670 26% 141 2 1 0 0 2.38 8 0 18 4 4 4 4 0 6 5 83% 111 15 14% 58 23 40% 363 41 11% 33 14 42% 48 16 33% 0
1972 22 SFG NL 658 28% 151 0 0 0 0 15 1 13 8 7 11 4 1 6 4 67% 87 8 9% 53 27 51% 329 66 20% 41 22 54% 47 19 40% 0
1973 23 SFG NL 617 32% 135 3 2 0 1 0.96 11 0 14 7 4 3 8 0 5 5 100% 123 18 15% 68 19 28% 397 63 16% 43 14 33% 46 18 39% 0
1974 24 SFG NL 577 28% 125 4 2 0 1 1.53 9 0 19 8 1 3 6 0 8 8 100% 115 7 6% 62 24 39% 362 54 15% 25 14 56% 37 14 38% 0
1975 25 SFG NL 564 39% 132 4 0 0 0 2.72 10 0 21 8 2 4 6 0 4 3 75% 97 13 13% 53 16 30% 404 63 16% 35 19 54% 44 17 39% 0
1976 26 SFG NL 572 37% 112 5 1 0 0 1.94 3 0 8 1 2 0 3 0 6 6 100% 112 16 14% 60 23 38% 362 44 12% 28 15 54% 40 13 33% 0
1977 27 TOT NL 619 22% 128 2 0 0 0 3.46 5 0 12 5 0 4 1 0 4 3 75% 104 14 13% 76 19 25% 321 35 11% 36 12 33% 39 15 38% 2
1977 27 SFG NL 17 41% 3 1 0 0 0 1.51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 4 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1977 27 MON NL 602 21% 125 1 0 0 0 5.42 5 0 12 5 0 4 1 0 4 3 75% 103 14 14% 76 19 25% 317 35 11% 36 12 33% 38 14 37% 2
1978 28 MON NL 570 23% 126 2 0 0 0 3.24 5 0 6 2 3 2 3 0 3 2 67% 98 14 14% 48 18 38% 331 46 14% 34 16 47% 27 9 33% 0
1979 29 MON NL 391 19% 78 0 0 0 0 3.15 7 0 7 7 0 1 6 0 2 0 0% 62 13 21% 28 12 43% 236 24 10% 20 7 35% 29 14 48% 0
1980 30 MON NL 447 25% 103 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 1 0 0 1 0 6 6 100% 72 10 14% 30 9 30% 247 31 13% 20 7 35% 19 8 42% 0
1981 31 MON NL 351 20% 69 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 1 1 1 1 0 6 6 100% 60 9 15% 36 17 47% 207 25 12% 13 6 46% 19 10 53% 0
1982 32 MON NL 585 28% 136 1 0 0 0 2.65 7 0 19 6 1 2 5 0 5 3 60% 110 13 12% 63 22 35% 372 56 15% 33 17 52% 39 16 41% 0
1983 33 MON NL 298 38% 67 5 1 0 0 1.24 2 0 7 1 1 1 1 0 5 3 60% 63 4 6% 41 15 37% 204 20 10% 22 9 41% 28 6 21% 0
1984 34 TOT MLB 209 40% 34 17 3 0 0 2.08 3 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 4 4 100% 29 6 21% 17 6 35% 121 8 7% 10 1 10% 14 4 29% 0
1984 34 TOT NL 172 40% 27 17 3 0 0 2.08 3 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 3 3 100% 23 5 22% 13 5 38% 101 7 7% 7 1 14% 12 4 33% 0
1984 34 MON NL 43 35% 6 14 3 0 0 2.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 9 1 11% 5 1 20% 40 2 5% 1 0 0% 4 1 25% 0
1984 34 STL NL 129 41% 21 3 0 0 0 2.49 3 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 100% 14 4 29% 8 4 50% 61 5 8% 6 1 17% 8 3 38% 0
1984 34 MIN AL 37 41% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 6 1 17% 4 1 25% 20 1 5% 3 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1985 35 CHC NL 240 32% 53 11 5 1 4 2.06 4 0 12 1 3 1 3 0 5 3 60% 44 7 16% 25 12 48% 143 23 16% 14 8 57% 14 7 50% 0
1986 36 CHC NL 176 28% 44 17 7 0 2 1.18 6 0 4 4 2 2 4 0 4 4 100% 34 4 12% 12 7 58% 106 18 17% 7 6 86% 11 5 45% 0
1987 37 SFG NL 364 28% 79 15 6 0 4 1.89 11 2 7 7 4 6 5 0 1 1 100% 56 3 5% 31 16 52% 195 32 16% 17 10 59% 28 11 39% 0
1988 38 SFG NL 201 44% 37 2 0 10 1 0 1 1.82 3 1 5 3 0 3 0 0 5 5 100% 39 7 18% 22 9 41% 123 15 12% 8 3 38% 14 6 43% 0
1989 39 SFG NL 44 52% 9 1 0 10 3 0 2 3.54 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 9 2 22% 8 4 50% 34 2 6% 2 1 50% 3 3 100% 0
19 Seasons 8153 29% 1759 3 0 108 32 1 15 2.01 112 4 196 76 36 50 62 1 88 73 83% 1425 183 13% 791 298 38% 4857 666 14% 441 201 46% 546 211 39% 2
MLB Averages
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

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 38 SFG NL 199 768 3.86 444 58% 37% 12% 20% 31% 63% 2% 36% 80% 21% 8% 15 2 18% 36 13 13% 25 11 36% 2 1 0
1989 39 SFG NL 43 168 3.91 91 54% 42% 9% 18% 32% 58% 0% 32% 85% 16% 5% 2 0 16% 7 1 19% 8 5 33% 1 0 0
2 Seasons 242 936 3.87 535 57% 38% 12% 20% 31% 62% 2% 36% 81% 20% 7% 17 2 18% 43 14 14% 33 16 35% 3 1 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1971 21 157 670 601 74 141 17 6 8 46 4 7 56 90 .235 .307 .323 .630 80 194 15 7 5 1 6
1972 22 307 1328 1163 148 292 42 8 23 117 13 11 138 182 .251 .334 .360 .694 97 419 23 10 9 8 8
1973 23 460 1945 1705 206 427 59 12 34 188 17 16 204 251 .250 .333 .359 .692 94 612 41 12 14 10 12
1974 24 601 2522 2206 261 552 78 17 43 241 20 18 266 315 .250 .334 .359 .693 93 793 48 16 22 12 20
1975 25 742 3086 2693 321 684 108 22 53 310 24 23 336 365 .254 .339 .369 .708 97 995 61 17 25 15 27
1976 26 887 3658 3188 372 796 126 26 56 350 26 25 396 417 .250 .334 .358 .693 93 1142 77 21 31 22 28
1977 27 1032 4279 3736 431 924 157 32 61 388 27 27 463 498 .247 .332 .355 .687 91 1328 91 22 34 24 31
1978 28 1182 4849 4237 478 1050 175 35 66 439 28 27 523 573 .248 .332 .352 .684 90 1493 105 23 36 30 41
1979 29 1295 5240 4581 509 1128 188 36 73 465 28 27 566 618 .246 .331 .351 .681 89 1607 118 26 36 31 51
1980 30 1423 5687 4969 544 1231 202 40 74 497 28 30 618 656 .248 .332 .349 .681 90 1735 128 26 42 32 69
1981 31 1519 6038 5276 577 1300 212 42 76 522 29 32 656 685 .246 .331 .346 .677 89 1824 137 26 48 32 79
1982 32 1675 6623 5806 618 1436 238 46 83 582 30 38 703 752 .247 .330 .347 .677 89 2015 150 27 51 36 91
1983 33 1763 6921 6067 649 1503 250 48 85 604 32 39 732 789 .248 .330 .347 .676 89 2104 154 29 54 39 95
1984 34 1838 7130 6258 661 1537 257 49 88 614 32 39 745 823 .246 .327 .345 .671 87 2156 160 30 58 39 96
1985 35 1944 7370 6476 677 1590 268 49 92 638 33 42 762 857 .246 .326 .345 .671 87 2232 167 30 61 41 96
1986 36 2039 7546 6631 698 1634 276 49 98 661 35 44 777 889 .246 .326 .347 .674 87 2302 171 31 65 42 99
1987 37 2150 7910 6948 737 1713 289 49 109 700 39 51 819 940 .247 .327 .349 .676 88 2427 174 34 66 43 104
1988 38 2232 8111 7119 763 1750 298 50 112 718 42 54 842 979 .246 .327 .349 .676 88 2484 181 35 71 44 106
1989 39 2260 8155 7156 770 1759 302 50 112 720 42 54 847 988 .246 .327 .349 .676 88 2497 183 35 73 44 106

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
1971 21 157 681 612 84 152 18 6 9 52 4 60 90 .248 .323 .342 .665 66 157
1972 22 157 712 606 86 176 29 2 17 82 10 96 96 .290 .386 .429 .815 101 150
1973 23 153 612 542 59 135 17 4 11 72 4 66 69 .249 .332 .356 .688 64 153
1974 24 141 578 507 56 131 20 5 9 54 3 65 64 .258 .346 .371 .717 65 141
1975 25 141 566 490 62 135 31 5 10 71 4 72 50 .276 .367 .420 .788 76 141
1976 26 145 578 503 55 120 19 4 3 43 2 64 52 .239 .325 .310 .635 51 145
1977 27 145 624 552 61 132 32 6 5 39 1 69 81 .239 .324 .346 .670 62 145
1978 28 150 583 511 52 136 19 3 5 57 1 65 75 .266 .346 .344 .691 62 150
1979 29 113 394 346 33 80 13 1 7 27 0 44 45 .231 .322 .335 .658 37 113
1980 30 128 449 393 38 108 15 4 1 35 0 55 38 .275 .363 .341 .704 49 128
1981 31 145 534 472 57 112 16 3 3 43 2 62 44 .237 .326 .303 .629 47 96
1982 32 156 583 531 43 137 26 4 7 63 1 47 67 .258 .317 .362 .679 61 156
1983 33 88 304 267 34 73 13 2 2 24 2 32 37 .273 .352 .360 .712 34 88
1984 34 75 208 193 13 36 7 1 3 11 0 14 34 .187 .245 .280 .525 13 75
1985 35 106 234 216 16 51 11 0 4 24 1 16 34 .236 .286 .343 .629 21 106
1986 36 95 171 154 20 43 8 0 6 22 2 15 32 .279 .345 .448 .793 23 95
1987 37 111 366 319 40 81 13 0 11 40 4 43 51 .254 .347 .398 .745 44 111
1988 38 82 201 174 30 40 10 1 3 21 3 25 39 .230 .328 .351 .679 20 82
1989 39 28 44 38 8 10 4 0 0 2 0 6 9 .263 .364 .368 .732 5 28
19 Seasons 2316 8422 7426 847 1888 321 51 116 782 44 916 1007 .254 .337 .358 .695 901 2260
162 Game Avg. 162 589 519 59 132 22 4 8 55 3 64 70 .254 .337 .358 .695 63 2260
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1972 *
1973 (SS)
1974

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1972-NL-28-0%
0.00 Career Shares (1667th)

Games Played s c a p y
Career--2260--109th

At Bats s c a p y
Career--7156--237th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1972 NL--658--8th
Career--8155--228th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1972 NL--82--6th
Career--847--197th

Strikeouts s c a p y
Career--988--236th

Times On Base s c a p y
1972 NL--236--8th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1971 NL--7--3rd

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1972 NL--7--10th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1980 NL--18--2nd
1981 NL--10--4th
Career--106--99th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1973 NL--18--10th
Career--183--128th

Outs Made s c a p y
1971 NL--488--4th
Career--5751--172nd

Oldest s c a p y
1989 NL--born 1950-06-28--10th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2000), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 26 (648), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 16 (958), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Bob Boone (944)
  2. Leo Cardenas (920)
  3. Tony Pena (912)
  4. Royce Clayton (903)
  5. Roy McMillan (900)
  6. Bill Mazeroski (897) *
  7. Jim Sundberg (893)
  8. Brad Ausmus (893)
  9. Bill Russell (888)
  10. Frankie Crosetti (885)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Tommy Corcoran (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Zoilo Versalles (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Zoilo Versalles (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Buddy Kerr (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Butch Wynegar (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Butch Wynegar (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Glenn Hubbard (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Cass Michaels (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Glenn Hubbard (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Glenn Hubbard (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Denis Menke (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Denis Menke (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Roy McMillan (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Roy McMillan (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Roy McMillan (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Roy McMillan (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Jim Sundberg (902)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Jim Sundberg (898)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  19. Bob Boone (905)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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