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Chris Speier    \spire\

Chris Edward Speier

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: June 28, 1950 in Alameda, CA
High Schools: Alameda HS (Alameda, CA), Encinal HS (Alameda, CA)
Schools: Laney College (Oakland, CA), University of California, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, CA)
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 (Age 20)
Teams (by GP): Giants/Expos/Cubs/Cardinals/Twins 1971-1989

Final Game: October 1, 1989 (Age 39)
Relatives: Father of Justin Speier
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All-Time Rank (among batters): #613. Charlie Bennett… #614. John Valentin… #615. Ralph Garr… #616. CHRIS SPEIER… #617. Buster Posey… #618. Dwayne Murphy… #619. Zeke Bonura… 

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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 88 193 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 80 186 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 82 182 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 87 165 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 Yrs 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

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1971 21 SFG NL 157 670 -14 -1 2 7 9 2 0.4 23 25 2.7 .502 .502 1.8 1.9 18 $15,000 *6
1972 22 SFG NL 150 658 17 0 -0 9 9 34 4.0 21 55 6.0 .526 .524 4.9 2.2 46 $30,000 *6 AS,MVP-28
1973 23 SFG NL 153 617 -6 -2 -1 -8 10 -7 -0.9 20 13 1.1 .495 .495 2.0 0.0 21 $45,000 *6/4 AS
1974 24 SFG NL 141 577 -6 -1 2 5 9 8 0.9 19 27 2.7 .507 .506 2.0 1.5 22 *6/4 AS
1975 25 SFG NL 141 564 10 -1 -0 5 9 22 2.4 18 40 4.2 .517 .515 3.5 1.5 35 *6/5
1976 26 SFG NL 145 572 -16 -0 -1 -8 9 -17 -2.0 19 1 -0.2 .486 .488 0.7 0.0 10 $90,000 *6/453
1977 27 SFG NL 6 17 -2 -0 0 2 0 -0 -0.0 1 0 0.0 .495 .500 -0.1 0.2 -1 $90,000 /6
1977 27 MON NL 139 604 -10 -1 0 -1 9 -3 -0.3 19 16 1.5 .498 .498 1.6 0.8 18 *6
1978 28 MON NL 150 570 -7 -1 -0 10 9 11 1.2 18 29 3.1 .508 .508 1.8 2.2 20 *6
1979 29 MON NL 113 391 -12 -1 -1 4 7 -3 -0.3 13 10 1.0 .497 .498 0.4 1.2 6 *6
1980 30 MON NL 128 447 -6 -2 -1 1 8 -0 -0.1 15 15 1.4 .500 .500 1.3 0.9 14 *6/5
1981 31 MON NL 96 351 -14 -2 -1 -1 6 -12 -1.3 12 0 -0.1 .486 .491 -0.1 0.5 2 *6
1982 32 MON NL 156 585 -13 -5 0 -2 9 -9 -1.0 20 11 1.0 .493 .494 1.0 0.9 12 *6
1983 33 MON NL 88 298 -3 -1 1 2 5 4 0.4 10 14 1.4 .505 .503 1.1 0.8 12 65/4
1984 34 MON NL 25 43 -5 -0 -0 3 1 -1 -0.1 1 0 0.0 .494 .499 -0.4 0.4 -3 6/5
1984 34 STL NL 38 129 -6 0 -1 2 2 -1 -0.1 4 3 0.3 .497 .499 0.0 0.5 1 6/5
1984 34 MIN AL 12 37 -2 0 0 -1 1 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.2 .475 .498 -0.0 -0.1 -0 6
1985 35 CHC NL 106 240 -7 -2 -0 -5 4 -10 -1.1 8 -1 -0.2 .490 .493 0.3 -0.1 4 $225,000 654
1986 36 CHC NL 95 176 3 0 -0 -1 2 5 0.6 6 11 1.1 .506 .503 1.2 0.2 12 $275,000 56/4
1987 37 SFG NL 111 364 1 -2 2 4 4 10 1.0 12 22 2.2 .509 .506 1.7 0.8 18 $275,000 456
1988 38 SFG NL 82 201 0 -2 -1 6 3 6 0.7 7 13 1.4 .509 .504 0.7 1.0 7 $400,000 456
1989 39 SFG NL 28 44 -0 -1 -0 -0 1 -1 -0.1 1 0 0.0 .496 .499 0.1 0.0 1 $425,000 /5643
19 Seasons 2260 8155 -98 -24 -0 33 125 36 3.8 269 304 30.5 .502 .501 25.4 17.4 272 $1,870,000
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
SFG (10 yrs) 1114 4284 -17 -10 2 21 61 57 6.3 140 197 20.1 .506 .504 17.1 9.2 177 $1,370,000
MON (8 yrs) 895 3289 -69 -12 -2 17 54 -13 -1.6 109 96 9.3 .498 .499 6.8 7.7 79
CHC (2 yrs) 201 416 -3 -2 -0 -6 7 -4 -0.5 14 10 0.9 .498 .498 1.5 0.1 16 $500,000
MIN (1 yr) 12 37 -2 0 0 -1 1 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.2 .475 .498 -0.0 -0.1 -0
STL (1 yr) 38 129 -6 0 -1 2 2 -1 -0.1 4 3 0.3 .497 .499 0.0 0.5 1

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
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 Yrs (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

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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
1971 SFG NL 21 SS 156 155 147 1349.0 789 239 517 33 95 .958 7 6 5.04 4.85 .968 5.14 5.13
1972 SFG NL 22 SS 150 150 143 1320.1 780 243 517 20 69 .974 9 8 5.18 5.07 .967 5.04 5.06 AS,MVP-28
1973 SFG NL 23 SS 150 147 139 1299.2 758 255 470 33 92 .956 -8 -8 5.02 4.83 .961 4.93 4.93 AS
1973 SFG NL 23 2B 1 0 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 60 4.50 1.00 .980 5.40 5.50 AS
1974 SFG NL 24 SS 135 132 126 1157.1 676 210 445 21 82 .969 5 5 5.09 4.85 .961 4.97 4.97 AS
1974 SFG NL 24 2B 4 2 1 21.0 13 5 8 0 2 1.000 1 34 5.57 3.25 .973 5.49 5.48 AS
1975 SFG NL 25 SS 136 135 126 1169.0 679 247 420 12 81 .982 6 6 5.14 4.90 .963 4.99 4.99
1975 SFG NL 25 3B 1 1 0 5.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -120 1.80 1.00 .940 3.06 3.00
1976 SFG NL 26 SS 135 129 123 1170.0 684 225 441 18 81 .974 -9 -9 5.12 4.93 .964 5.05 5.04
1976 SFG NL 26 2B 7 5 2 41.2 26 8 18 0 2 1.000 1 20 5.62 3.71 .975 5.49 5.47
1976 SFG NL 26 3B 5 2 1 22.0 9 4 4 1 2 .889 -0 -11 3.27 1.60 .952 2.95 2.92
1976 SFG NL 26 1B 1 0 0 3.1 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 0 72 13.50 5.00 .992 9.72 9.90
1977 TOT NL 27 SS 143 142 129 1269.1 717 239 455 23 77 .968 0 0 4.92 4.85 .963 5.02 5.03
1977 SFG NL 27 SS 5 4 4 36.0 25 3 20 2 2 .920 2 50 5.75 4.60 .963 5.03 5.04
1977 MON NL 27 SS 138 138 125 1233.1 692 236 435 21 75 .970 -1 -1 4.90 4.86 .963 5.02 5.03
1978 MON NL 28 SS 148 148 138 1287.0 730 245 467 18 93 .975 10 9 4.98 4.81 .966 4.88 4.84
1979 MON NL 29 SS 112 110 92 949.0 566 194 355 17 52 .970 4 5 5.21 4.90 .965 5.00 4.98
1980 MON NL 30 SS 127 122 104 1053.2 604 187 396 21 62 .965 1 1 4.98 4.59 .966 5.02 5.02
1980 MON NL 30 3B 1 0 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 4.50 1.00 .950 2.70 2.90
1981 MON NL 31 SS 96 96 79 834.2 472 175 280 17 57 .964 -1 -2 4.91 4.74 .960 5.10 5.12
1982 MON NL 32 SS 155 152 126 1332.2 709 291 405 13 76 .982 -2 -2 4.70 4.49 .967 5.01 5.02
1983 MON NL 33 SS 74 62 53 577.0 315 107 196 12 31 .962 4 9 4.73 4.09 .967 4.85 4.83
1983 MON NL 33 3B 12 5 5 56.2 19 10 7 2 1 .895 -2 -36 2.70 1.42 .949 2.70 2.69
1983 MON NL 33 2B 2 0 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -48 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.30
1984 TOT MLB 34 SS 59 48 36 431.1 244 70 169 5 35 .980 3 9 4.99 4.05 .964 4.85 4.83
1984 TOT NL 34 SS 47 37 28 337.1 201 56 141 4 29 .980 5 17 5.26 4.19 .965 4.87 4.86
1984 TOT NL 34 3B 6 4 0 34.0 11 0 11 0 0 1.000 1 39 2.91 1.83 .944 2.78 2.78
1984 MON NL 34 SS 13 4 3 49.2 25 7 17 1 4 .960 2 48 4.35 1.85 .965 4.87 4.86
1984 MON NL 34 3B 4 2 0 19.0 9 0 9 0 0 1.000 1 82 4.26 2.25 .943 2.79 2.78
1984 STL NL 34 SS 34 33 25 287.2 176 49 124 3 25 .983 3 11 5.41 5.09 .965 4.87 4.86
1984 STL NL 34 3B 2 2 0 15.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 -0 -16 1.20 1.00 .945 2.76 2.80
1984 MIN AL 34 SS 12 11 8 94.0 43 14 28 1 6 .977 -1 -18 4.02 3.50 .962 4.76 4.72
1985 CHC NL 35 SS 58 30 24 309.0 193 61 125 7 33 .964 -2 -8 5.42 3.21 .963 4.88 4.88
1985 CHC NL 35 3B 31 6 6 107.2 31 5 24 2 1 .935 -2 -25 2.42 0.94 .948 2.88 2.88
1985 CHC NL 35 2B 13 10 6 92.0 51 21 28 2 9 .961 -1 -12 4.79 3.77 .982 5.47 5.47
1986 CHC NL 36 3B 53 15 11 211.1 64 21 42 1 3 .984 1 4 2.68 1.19 .946 2.72 2.72
1986 CHC NL 36 SS 23 12 11 132.1 80 32 46 2 11 .975 -2 -17 5.30 3.39 .963 4.75 4.76
1986 CHC NL 36 2B 7 4 3 40.0 27 9 18 0 1 1.000 1 18 6.08 3.86 .980 5.22 5.21
1987 SFG NL 37 2B 55 33 24 346.2 187 80 105 2 23 .989 -5 -18 4.80 3.36 .982 5.19 5.16
1987 SFG NL 37 3B 44 35 21 306.1 107 22 84 1 10 .991 7 28 3.11 2.41 .951 2.82 2.80
1987 SFG NL 37 SS 22 7 5 97.0 57 16 40 1 8 .982 2 30 5.20 2.55 .965 4.72 4.69
1988 SFG NL 38 2B 45 22 13 244.2 135 46 87 2 18 .985 1 3 4.89 2.96 .980 5.22 5.23
1988 SFG NL 38 3B 22 8 7 108.2 35 9 26 0 1 1.000 3 29 2.90 1.59 .947 2.77 2.78
1988 SFG NL 38 SS 12 6 6 66.1 45 15 29 1 7 .978 3 54 5.97 3.67 .967 4.63 4.64
1989 SFG NL 39 3B 9 0 0 23.0 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 -0 -21 2.35 0.67 .943 2.70 2.71
1989 SFG NL 39 SS 9 2 1 32.2 15 6 8 1 1 .933 -1 -29 3.86 1.56 .966 4.52 4.52
1989 SFG NL 39 2B 4 2 1 22.0 14 7 7 0 4 1.000 0 27 5.73 3.50 .981 5.11 5.12
1989 SFG NL 39 1B 1 0 0 3.0 5 4 1 0 1 1.000 0 160 15.00 5.00 .992 9.60 9.80
19 Seasons SS 1900 1785 1608 15837.1 9113 3057 5781 275 1043 .970 29 2 5.02 4.65 .964 4.99 4.98
10 Seasons 3B 184 76 51 876.2 284 73 204 7 18 .975 7 9 2.84 1.51 .948 2.79 2.78
9 Seasons 2B 138 78 50 815.0 454 176 272 6 59 .987 -3 -5 4.95 3.25 .981 5.25 5.24
2 Seasons 1B 2 0 0 6.1 10 8 2 0 1 1.000 1 114 14.21 5.00 .992 9.66 9.85
19 Seasons TOT 2224 1939 1709 17535.1 9861 3314 6259 288 1121 .971 32 2 4.91 4.30 .965 4.90 4.82
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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
1995 BBWAA ( 0.2%)

All-Star Games
1972 *
1973 (SS)
1974

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1972 NL (28, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1736th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1972 NL  6.0 (6th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1972 NL  4.9 (8th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1971 NL  1.9 (6th)
1972 NL  2.2 (2nd)
1978 NL  2.2 (3rd)
Career  17.4 (69th)

Games Played s c a p y
Career  2,260 (116th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1972 NL  658 (8th)
Career  8,155 (242nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1972 NL  82 (6th)
Career  847 (209th)

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 (106th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1973 NL  18 (10th)
Career  183 (142nd)

Outs Made s c a p y
1971 NL  488 (4th)
Career  5,751 (183rd)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1972 NL  40.67 (9th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1972 NL  5.0 (6th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1972 NL  3.4 (10th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1972 NL  4.2 (9th)

Assists† s c a p y
1971 NL  517 (2nd)
1972 NL  517 (1st)
1973 NL  471 (4th)
Career  6,259 (38th)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1971 NL  33 (1st)
1973 NL  33 (2nd)

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
1971 NL  156 (2nd)
1972 NL  150 (2nd)
1973 NL  150 (3rd)
1975 NL  136 (3rd)
1982 NL  155 (2nd)
Career  1,900 (24th)

Putouts as SS s c a p y
1972 NL  243 (3rd)
1973 NL  255 (2nd)
1975 NL  247 (2nd)
1977 NL  239 (4th)
1978 NL  245 (4th)
1981 NL  175 (5th)
1982 NL  291 (2nd)
Career  3,057 (42nd)

Assists as SS s c a p y
1971 NL  517 (2nd)
1972 NL  517 (1st)
1973 NL  470 (3rd)
1975 NL  420 (5th)
Career  5,781 (32nd)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1971 NL  33 (1st)
1973 NL  33 (1st)
Career  275 (83rd)

Double Plays Turned as SS s c a p y
1971 NL  95 (3rd)
1973 NL  92 (3rd)
1978 NL  93 (4th)
1981 NL  57 (4th)
Career  1,043 (30th)

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
1987 NL  7 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y
1971 NL  7 (5th)
1972 NL  9 (1st)
1978 NL  10 (2nd)
1979 NL  4 (5th)
1984 NL  5 (4th)
Career  29 (56th)

Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y
1973 NL  5.02 (4th)
1974 NL  5.09 (4th)
1975 NL  5.14 (5th)
1978 NL  4.98 (5th)
1979 NL  5.21 (4th)
1980 NL  4.98 (5th)
Career  5.00 (13th)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
1972 NL  5.07 (4th)
1973 NL  4.83 (5th)
1974 NL  4.85 (4th)
1975 NL  4.90 (4th)
1976 NL  4.93 (3rd)
1978 NL  4.81 (5th)
1979 NL  4.90 (5th)

Fielding % as SS s c a p y
1972 NL  .974 (2nd)
1974 NL  .969 (4th)
1975 NL  .982 (1st)
1976 NL  .974 (4th)
1977 NL  .968 (4th)
1978 NL  .975 (2nd)
1979 NL  .970 (4th)
1982 NL  .982 (2nd)
Career  .970 (87th)

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


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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 (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2182), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 26 (675), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 19 (780), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Shortstop (66th), 30.5 career WAR/22.4 7yr-peak WAR/26.4 JAWS
Average HOF SS (out of 21) = 66.6 career WAR/42.7 7yr-peak WAR/54.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  3. Zoilo Versalles (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Buddy Kerr (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Buddy Kerr (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Roy Smalley (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Buddy Kerr (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Zoilo Versalles (920)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Zoilo Versalles (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Leo Cardenas (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Roy McMillan (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Roy McMillan (933)  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 (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Leo Cardenas (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Frankie Crosetti (899)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Billy Jurges (862)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  19. Billy Jurges (864)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
197121San Francisco Giants$15,0004/28/73 TSN
197222San Francisco Giants$30,0004/28/73 TSN
197323San Francisco Giants$45,0004/28/73 TSN
197626San Francisco Giants$90,0003/19/77 TSN
197727San Francisco Giants$90,0004/30/77 TSN4/23/77 TSN: $140,000
198535Chicago Cubs$225,0001985 USA Today survey
198636Chicago Cubs$275,0001986 USA Today survey
198737San Francisco Giants$275,0001987 USA Today survey
198838San Francisco Giants$400,000USA Today, 4/1/88
198939San Francisco Giants$425,0001989 USA Today survey
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,870,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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