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Jim Spencer

James Lloyd Spencer (Spence)

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 30, 1946 in Hanover, PA
High School: Andover HS (Glen Burnie, MD)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1968
Teams (by GP): Angels/Rangers/Yankees/WhiteSox/Athletics 1968-1982

Final Game: June 20, 1982
Died: February 10, 2002 in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Cremated
Relatives: Grandson of Ben Spencer
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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
1965	18	ANA-min	A	76	269	269		60	10	4	2						.223	.223	.312	.535		84							QDS · MIDW
1966	19	ANA-min	AA	133	533	488	72	129	22	7	16	53	3	2	45	79	.264	.326	.436	.763		213							ELP · TL
1967	20	ANA-min	AA	134	528	480	75	134	27	5	19	72	2	3	48	49	.279	.345	.475	.820		228							ELP · TL
1968	21	ANA-min	AA	135	546	493	85	144	29	5	28	96	5	4	53	67	.292	.361	.542	.902		267							ELP · TL
1968	21	CAL	AL	19	73	68	2	13	1	0	0	5	0	0	3	10	.191	.233	.206	.439	37	14	2	1	0	1	0	3
1969	22	ANA-min	AAA	47	193	172	30	45	8	0	6	22	1	5	20	20	.262	.339	.413	.751		71		0	1	0			HAW · PCL
1969	22	CAL	AL	113	422	386	39	98	14	3	10	31	1	0	26	53	.254	.304	.383	.688	97	148	6	2	8	0	6	3
1970	23	CAL	AL	146	550	511	61	140	20	4	12	68	0	2	28	61	.274	.309	.399	.708	98	204	9	0	6	5	6	*3	GG
1971	24	CAL	AL	148	572	510	50	121	21	2	18	59	0	1	48	63	.237	.304	.392	.696	104	200	16	3	6	5	7	*3
1972	25	CAL	AL	82	225	212	13	47	5	0	1	14	0	1	12	25	.222	.262	.259	.522	60	55	8	0	0	1	1	37
1973	26	TOT	AL	131	489	439	45	115	16	5	6	54	0	3	43	50	.262	.329	.362	.691	100	159	11	2	2	3	7	*3/D	AS
1973	26	CAL	AL	29	99	87	10	21	4	2	2	11	0	0	9	9	.241	.316	.402	.719	110	35	3	1	1	1	1	3/D
1973	26	TEX	AL	102	390	352	35	94	12	3	4	43	0	3	34	41	.267	.332	.352	.684	98	124	8	1	1	2	6	3/D
1974	27	TEX	AL	118	384	352	36	98	11	4	7	44	1	2	22	27	.278	.323	.392	.715	108	138	8	3	3	4	3	3D
1975	28	TEX	AL	132	443	403	50	107	18	1	11	47	0	1	35	43	.266	.327	.397	.724	105	160	9	2	2	1	6	3D
1976	29	CHW	AL	150	578	518	53	131	13	2	14	70	6	4	49	52	.253	.315	.367	.682	99	190	10	1	4	7	19	*3/D
1977	30	CHW	AL	128	515	470	56	116	16	1	18	69	1	2	36	50	.247	.300	.400	.700	90	188	11	2	2	5	11	*3	GG
1978	31	NYY	AL	71	166	150	12	34	9	1	7	24	0	1	15	32	.227	.295	.440	.735	107	66	4	0	0	1	3	D3
1979	32	NYY	AL	106	336	295	60	85	15	3	23	53	0	2	38	25	.288	.367	.593	.960	157	175	12	0	1	2	11	D3
1980	33	NYY	AL	97	295	259	38	61	9	0	13	43	1	0	30	44	.236	.313	.421	.734	102	109	7	1	1	4	2	3D/7
1981	34	TOT	AL	79	255	234	20	44	8	0	4	13	1	0	19	27	.188	.247	.274	.521	54	64	8	0	0	2	3	*3
1981	34	NYY	AL	25	72	63	6	9	2	0	2	4	0	0	9	7	.143	.250	.270	.520	52	17	3	0	0	0	2	3
1981	34	OAK	AL	54	183	171	14	35	6	0	2	9	1	0	10	20	.205	.246	.275	.521	54	47	5	0	0	2	1	3
1982	35	OAK	AL	33	105	101	6	17	3	1	2	5	0	0	3	20	.168	.190	.277	.468	30	28	3	0	0	1	1	3
15 Yrs				1553	5408	4908	541	1227	179	27	146	599	11	19	407	582	.250	.307	.387	.694	98	1898	124	17	35	42	86
162 Game Avg.				162	564	512	56	128	19	3	15	62	1	2	42	61	.250	.307	.387	.694	98	198	13	2	4	4	9
				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
CAL (6 yrs)				537	1941	1774	175	440	65	11	43	188	1	4	126	221	.248	.298	.370	.668	94	656	44	7	21	13	21
NYY (4 yrs)				299	869	767	116	189	35	4	45	124	1	3	92	108	.246	.325	.478	.804	121	367	26	1	2	7	18
TEX (3 yrs)				352	1217	1107	121	299	41	8	22	134	1	6	91	111	.270	.327	.381	.708	104	422	25	6	6	7	15
OAK (2 yrs)				87	288	272	20	52	9	1	4	14	1	0	13	40	.191	.226	.276	.501	45	75	8	0	0	3	2
CHW (2 yrs)				278	1093	988	109	247	29	3	32	139	7	6	85	102	.250	.308	.383	.690	94	378	21	3	6	12	30

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
1968	21	CAL	AL	19	73	-4	-0	0	3	-1	-2	-0.3	2	0	-0.1	.487	.499	-0.5	0.3	-3	$	3
1969	22	CAL	AL	113	422	-2	-1	0	-2	-6	-10	-1.2	12	1	-0.1	.490	.493	0.2	-0.9	3	$	3
1970	23	CAL	AL	146	550	-4	1	0	2	-8	-9	-1.1	18	9	0.6	.493	.494	0.5	-0.7	7	$	*3	GG
1971	24	CAL	AL	148	572	0	-2	-1	2	-8	-8	-1.0	19	11	0.9	.494	.494	0.6	-0.7	8	$	*3
1972	25	CAL	AL	82	225	-9	-0	-0	-3	-3	-16	-2.1	7	-8	-1.3	.475	.488	-0.9	-0.8	-6	$	37
1973	26	CAL	AL	29	99	0	0	0	-1	-2	-3	-0.2	3	0	0.0	.490	.498	0.2	-0.3	2	$	3/D	AS
1973	26	TEX	AL	102	390	-2	-4	0	2	-6	-9	-0.8	12	4	0.4	.491	.494	0.1	-0.2	2	$27,000	3/D	AS
1974	27	TEX	AL	118	384	2	-2	1	-1	-9	-9	-0.8	12	4	0.3	.492	.494	0.4	-1.0	5	$35,000	3D
1975	28	TEX	AL	132	443	0	-1	1	1	-8	-8	-0.7	14	6	0.6	.493	.495	0.6	-0.7	6	$47,000	3D
1976	29	CHW	AL	150	578	-6	-2	0	-2	-8	-19	-2.0	19	-0	-0.3	.486	.487	0.0	-1.1	2	$	*3/D
1977	30	CHW	AL	128	515	-11	-1	-0	-1	-8	-21	-2.0	16	-5	-0.5	.483	.486	-0.4	-0.8	-3	$70,000	*3	GG
1978	31	NYY	AL	71	166	-0	-0	-1	0	-4	-6	-0.6	5	-0	-0.1	.491	.496	-0.1	-0.4	-0	$	D3
1979	32	NYY	AL	106	336	20	-1	-2	0	-9	9	1.0	11	20	2.0	.508	.505	2.0	-0.8	20	$	D3
1980	33	NYY	AL	97	295	-2	1	0	-6	-6	-12	-1.2	9	-4	-0.3	.487	.492	0.2	-1.1	2	$	3D/7
1981	34	NYY	AL	25	72	-5	-0	-0	1	-1	-5	-0.6	2	-3	-0.4	.476	.496	-0.5	0.0	-4	$	3
1981	34	OAK	AL	54	183	-10	0	-0	2	-3	-11	-1.2	6	-6	-0.7	.476	.492	-0.9	-0.1	-8	$	3
1982	35	OAK	AL	33	105	-10	-1	-0	1	-2	-12	-1.2	3	-8	-0.9	.462	.492	-1.0	-0.0	-9	$	3
15 Seasons				1553	5408	-42	-13	-2	-0	-92	-150	-16.0	172	21	0.1	.489	.494	0.5	-9.4	22	$179,000
			Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
CAL (6 yrs)				537	1941	-19	-2	-1	2	-28	-48	-5.9	61	13	0.0	.490	.494	0.1	-3.2	11	$
NYY (4 yrs)				299	869	13	-0	-3	-4	-21	-14	-1.3	27	13	1.2	.495	.497	1.6	-2.3	17	$
TEX (3 yrs)				352	1217	1	-6	2	2	-23	-25	-2.3	39	14	1.3	.492	.494	1.1	-1.9	12	$109,000
OAK (2 yrs)				87	288	-20	-1	-1	3	-4	-23	-2.5	9	-14	-1.6	.471	.492	-1.9	-0.1	-17	$
CHW (2 yrs)				278	1093	-17	-4	0	-3	-16	-40	-4.0	35	-5	-0.8	.484	.486	-0.4	-1.9	-1	$70,000

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	CAL	AL	73	58	3	1.4	76	.220	.191	.232	.233	.301	.206	.344	.439	.645	37	.155	-5.0	-0.6	.316	.059	.015
1969	22	CAL	AL	422	302	45	4.0	90	.272	.254	.247	.304	.323	.383	.373	.688	.696	97	.478	-3.0	-0.3	.602	.199	.130	1.8
1970	23	CAL	AL	550	393	61	4.2	94	.289	.274	.253	.309	.327	.399	.387	.708	.713	98	.486	-3.2	-0.3	.602	.176	.125	.0
1971	24	CAL	AL	572	417	59	3.8	86	.237	.237	.246	.304	.316	.392	.365	.696	.681	104	.474	2.0	0.2	.616	.247	.155	.0
1972	25	CAL	AL	225	175	13	2.0	78	.246	.222	.240	.262	.308	.259	.346	.522	.654	60	.252	-10.5	-1.2	.379	.090	.038	.0
1973	26	TOT	AL	489	343	51	4.0	89	.282	.262	.253	.329	.320	.362	.371	.691	.692	100	.462	0.5	0.1	.595	.191	.100	.0
1973	26	CAL	AL	99	71	11	4.2	86	.247	.241	.249	.316	.316	.402	.366	.719	.682	110	.481	1.2	0.1	.652	.264	.161	.0
1973	26	TEX	AL	390	272	40	4.0	89	.291	.267	.254	.332	.322	.352	.373	.684	.694	98	.457	-0.7	-0.1	.580	.173	.085	.0
1974	27	TEX	AL	384	271	44	4.4	87	.283	.278	.255	.323	.319	.392	.366	.715	.685	108	.526	2.9	0.3	.614	.173	.114	1.8
1975	28	TEX	AL	443	309	51	4.4	92	.274	.266	.257	.327	.326	.397	.377	.724	.704	105	.514	2.1	0.2	.641	.216	.132	.0
1976	29	CHW	AL	578	412	60	4.0	87	.255	.253	.257	.315	.322	.367	.362	.682	.684	99	.494	-1.2	-0.1	.603	.212	.114	8.4
1977	30	CHW	AL	515	374	55	3.9	100	.241	.247	.266	.300	.330	.400	.405	.700	.735	90	.426	-7.8	-0.8	.613	.228	.153	1.9
1978	31	NYY	AL	166	122	18	4.0	91	.241	.227	.258	.295	.322	.440	.380	.735	.702	107	.459	1.1	0.1	.661	.307	.213	.0
1979	32	NYY	AL	336	227	60	7.0	100	.249	.288	.267	.367	.332	.593	.405	.960	.736	157	.677	22.8	2.2	.942	.427	.305	.0
1980	33	NYY	AL	295	210	34	4.4	97	.233	.236	.267	.313	.329	.421	.396	.734	.724	102	.476	0.5	0.0	.688	.305	.185	1.9
1981	34	TOT	AL	255	200	15	2.0	85	.195	.188	.250	.247	.314	.274	.364	.521	.679	54	.215	-13.8	-1.5	.424	.171	.085	1.6
1981	34	NYY	AL	72	57	4	1.9	87	.130	.143	.254	.250	.318	.270	.369	.520	.687	52	.195	-3.9	-0.4	.456	.270	.127	.0
1981	34	OAK	AL	183	143	11	2.1	84	.219	.205	.249	.246	.313	.275	.363	.521	.675	54	.223	-9.9	-1.0	.411	.135	.070	1.3
1982	35	OAK	AL	105	88	5	1.5	93	.188	.168	.257	.190	.320	.277	.392	.468	.712	30	.118	-9.8	-1.0	.356	.139	.109	.0
15 Yrs				5408	3901	574	4.0	90	.256	.250	.255	.307	.322	.387	.377	.694	.699	98	.467	-22.5	-2.6	.605	.218	.137	20.5
162 Game Avg.				564	407	60	4.0	90	.256	.250	.255	.307	.322	.387	.377	.694	.699	98	.467	-22.5	-2.6	.605	.218	.137	2
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
CAL (6 yrs)				1941	1416	192	3.6	88	.261	.248	.247	.298	.319	.370	.370	.668	.689	94	.447	-18.6	-2.1	.569	.191	.122	2.0
NYY (4 yrs)				869	616	116	5.0	96	.232	.246	.264	.325	.328	.478	.394	.804	.722	121	.547	20.4	1.9	.755	.349	.232	2.0
TEX (3 yrs)				1217	852	135	4.3	89	.282	.270	.255	.327	.323	.381	.373	.708	.695	104	.500	4.3	0.4	.613	.189	.111	1.9
OAK (2 yrs)				288	231	16	1.9	87	.208	.191	.252	.226	.315	.276	.373	.501	.689	45	.179	-19.6	-2.0	.390	.136	.085	1.6
CHW (2 yrs)				1093	786	115	3.9	93	.248	.250	.261	.308	.326	.383	.383	.690	.708	94	.461	-9.0	-0.9	.608	.220	.133	11.5

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
1978	31	NYY	AL	WS	LAD	W	4	14	12	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.167	.286	.167	.452	2	0	0	0	0	0

1980	33	NYY	AL	ALCS	KCR	L	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	34	OAK	AL	ALDS	KCR	W	1	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	2	0	0	0	0	0
1981	34	OAK	AL	ALCS	NYY	L	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs (4 Series)							8	22	20	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.150	.227	.200	.427	4	0	0	0	0	0
1 ALDS							1	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	2	0	0	0	0	0
2 ALCS							3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							4	14	12	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.167	.286	.167	.452	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
1973	TEX	AL	26		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1968	21	CAL	AL	73	0.0%	13.7%	4.1%	1.4%	8%	3.33	6.8		13.6		0.88	81%
1969	22	CAL	AL	422	2.4%	12.6%	6.2%	6.4%	28%	2.04	7.3	38.6	12.5		0.98	77%
1970	23	CAL	AL	550	2.2%	11.1%	5.1%	6.6%	26%	2.18	8.4	42.6	7.5		0.90	81%
1971	24	CAL	AL	572	3.2%	11.0%	8.4%	7.2%	34%	1.31	8.1	28.3	8.6		0.83	76%
1972	25	CAL	AL	225	0.4%	11.1%	5.3%	2.7%	13%	2.08	8.5	212.0	15.1		0.86	83%
1973	26	TOT	AL	489	1.2%	10.2%	8.8%	5.5%	24%	1.16	8.8	73.2	8.1		0.76	79%
1973	26	CAL	AL	99	2.0%	9.1%	9.1%	8.1%	38%	1.00	9.7	43.5	7.9		1.14	78%
1973	26	TEX	AL	390	1.0%	10.5%	8.7%	4.9%	20%	1.21	8.6	88.0	8.2		0.68	79%
1974	27	TEX	AL	384	1.8%	7.0%	5.7%	5.7%	22%	1.23	13.0	50.3	8.0		0.77	84%
1975	28	TEX	AL	443	2.5%	9.7%	7.9%	6.8%	28%	1.23	9.4	36.6	8.6		0.72	79%
1976	29	CHW	AL	578	2.4%	9.0%	8.5%	5.0%	22%	1.06	10.0	37.0	7.4		0.85	79%
1977	30	CHW	AL	515	3.5%	9.7%	7.0%	6.8%	30%	1.39	9.4	26.1	6.8		0.81	79%
1978	31	NYY	AL	166	4.2%	19.3%	9.0%	10.2%	50%	2.13	4.7	21.4	6.3		0.82	67%
1979	32	NYY	AL	336	6.9%	7.4%	11.3%	12.2%	48%	0.66	11.8	12.8	5.6		1.01	74%
1980	33	NYY	AL	295	4.4%	14.9%	10.2%	7.5%	36%	1.47	5.9	19.9	6.0		0.81	70%
1981	34	TOT	AL	255	1.6%	10.6%	7.5%	4.7%	27%	1.42	8.7	58.5	18.0		0.91	80%
1981	34	NYY	AL	72	2.8%	9.7%	12.5%	5.6%	44%	0.78	9.0	31.5	15.8		1.00	75%
1981	34	OAK	AL	183	1.1%	10.9%	5.5%	4.4%	23%	2.00	8.6	85.5	19.0		0.88	83%
1982	35	OAK	AL	105	1.9%	19.1%	2.9%	5.7%	35%	6.67	5.1	50.5	20.2		1.16	76%
15 Yrs				5408	2.7%	10.8%	7.5%	6.5%	29%	1.43	8.4	33.6	8.2		0.85	78%
MLB Averages					1.9%	13.6%	8.6%	6.2%	27%	1.59	6.6	45.8	8.8		1.10	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
1968	21	CAL	AL	-5.0	-0.6	74	-0.4	0.9	-1.3	1.04	-0.4	0.0	-1.6	-0.2	0.88	-3.4		0
1969	22	CAL	AL	-3.0	-0.3	425	0.9	8.0	-7.1	1.01	0.2	0.7	0.7	0.1	0.95	0.0	1.26	8
1970	23	CAL	AL	-3.2	-0.3	560	0.6	10.6	-10.1	1.08	-0.3	0.8	-3.4	-0.4	1.00	-2.9	2.48	5
1971	24	CAL	AL	1.2	0.1	579	-1.8	10.0	-11.8	1.12	0.8	-2.4	-0.6	-0.1	0.95	6.7	1.30	7
1972	25	CAL	AL	-10.5	-1.2	226	-1.8	3.0	-4.7	1.05	-1.1	-0.5	-13.0	-1.5	0.95	-10.9	1.81	21
1973	26	TOT	AL	0.4	0.0	496	-0.4	7.6	-8.0	1.00	-0.1	-0.4	1.1	0.1	0.94	-1.1	1.34	9
1973	26	CAL	AL	1.1	0.1	100	-0.3	1.3	-1.5	.93	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.0	0.93	-0.9	0.18	2
1973	26	TEX	AL	-0.7	-0.1	396	-0.2	6.3	-6.5	1.02	0.0	-0.2	1.2	0.1	0.94	-0.1	1.67	7
1974	27	TEX	AL	2.9	0.3	393	1.5	7.7	-6.2	.99	0.4	1.2	5.9	0.6	1.02	4.1	1.19	9
1975	28	TEX	AL	2.1	0.2	448	-0.5	7.8	-8.3	1.07	0.0	-0.5	7.9	0.8	0.99	2.6	2.34	11
1976	29	CHW	AL	-1.2	-0.1	593	-0.5	10.9	-11.4	1.14	-0.8	0.4	4.9	0.5	0.99	-3.3	2.31	6
1977	30	CHW	AL	-7.8	-0.8	520	-0.2	9.1	-9.3	1.01	-0.5	0.3	-4.2	-0.4	0.96	-7.7	2.28	3
1978	31	NYY	AL	1.1	0.1	168	0.9	3.8	-2.9	1.05	0.2	0.6	3.6	0.4	0.95	2.2	2.04	24
1979	32	NYY	AL	22.8	2.2	340	1.3	6.9	-5.6	.98	2.3	-1.0	13.6	1.3	0.94	26.2	2.07	17
1980	33	NYY	AL	0.5	0.0	300	0.1	4.9	-4.8	.94	0.0	0.1	2.5	0.2	0.96	1.7	0.97	22
1981	34	TOT	AL	-14.0	-1.5	256	-1.4	3.2	-4.6	.95	-1.6	0.1	-16.8	-1.8	0.89	-16.0	1.49	13
1981	34	NYY	AL	-3.9	-0.4	72	-0.4	0.9	-1.3	.90	-0.5	0.0	-5.6	-0.6	0.90	-4.9	2.31	3
1981	34	OAK	AL	-10.1	-1.1	184	-1.0	2.3	-3.3	.97	-1.2	0.1	-11.2	-1.2	0.88	-11.1	1.24	10
1982	35	OAK	AL	-9.8	-1.0	106	-0.9	1.1	-2.0	.94	-0.9	-0.1	-9.6	-1.0	0.92	-9.5	1.78	3
15 Yrs				-23.6	-2.7	5484	-2.6	95.5	-98.1	1.04	-1.8	-0.7	-9.2	-1.3	0.97	-11.2	1.70	158
				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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1968	21	CAL	AL	2	0	12%	23	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	29%	5	4	1	0	0	0	2	1	1
1969	22	CAL	AL	6	0	25%	170	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	42%	16	9	6	2	1	1	18	8	8
1970	23	CAL	AL	6	0	31%	185	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	15	50%	26	15	10	12	7	5	14	3	11
1971	24	CAL	AL	4	0	21%	226	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	8	35%	26	22	4	4	1	3	13	4	8
1972	25	CAL	AL	3	0	21%	89	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	43%	12	10	2	3	1	2	6	1	5
1973	26	TOT	AL	5	0	25%	206	0	3	0%	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	9	7	35%	24	20	3	6	3	3	13	4	9
1973	26	CAL	AL	0	0	28%	33	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	43%	4	2	2	2	2	0	1	0	1
1973	26	TEX	AL	5	0	25%	173	0	3	0%	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	6	33%	20	18	1	4	1	3	12	4	8
1974	27	TEX	AL	4	0	25%	163	1	2	33%	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	5	11	30%	28	22	6	0	0	0	12	4	6
1975	28	TEX	AL	4	0	29%	189	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	6	30%	34	28	5	5	4	1	17	5	11
1976	29	CHW	AL	6	0	23%	198	6	4	60%	6	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	8	10	39%	28	21	6	4	0	4	20	7	10
1977	30	CHW	AL	6	0	28%	165	1	2	33%	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	26%	22	16	6	6	6	0	11	5	4
1978	31	NYY	AL	1	0	12%	41	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	20%	4	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
1979	32	NYY	AL	3	0	37%	121	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	41%	13	11	2	4	3	1	17	6	11
1980	33	NYY	AL	1	0	32%	104	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	33%	18	14	4	4	3	1	8	3	5
1981	34	TOT	AL	1	0	27%	77	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	33%	10	8	2	1	1	0	4	1	3
1981	34	NYY	AL	0	0	25%	18	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	33%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1981	34	OAK	AL	1	0	28%	59	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	33%	8	6	2	1	1	0	3	1	2
1982	35	OAK	AL	1	0	22%	18	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0%	2	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
15 Yrs				53	0	26%	1975	11	19	37%	8	16	3	1	0	2	9	0	53	100	36%	268	205	58	52	31	21	157	54	92
				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

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	CAL	AL	73	62%	13			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		12	2	17%	6	2	33%	38	5	13%	2	1	50%	2	1	50%	0
1969	22	CAL	AL	422	72%	98			8	2	0	0	1.26	10	0	4	5	5	7	3	0	8	8	100%	72	6	8%	36	17	47%	229	29	13%	14	6	43%	14	10	71%	0
1970	23	CAL	AL	550	66%	140			5	2	0	0	2.48	12	0	19	8	4	5	7	0	6	6	100%	110	9	8%	61	23	38%	372	57	15%	44	26	59%	20	11	55%	0
1971	24	CAL	AL	572	71%	121			7	1	0	0	1.30	18	0	9	13	5	8	10	0	7	6	86%	117	16	14%	56	16	29%	338	42	12%	27	13	48%	18	7	39%	0
1972	25	CAL	AL	225	90%	47			21	3	0	2	1.81	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		40	8	20%	23	2	9%	138	14	10%	15	5	33%	3	0	0%	0
1973	26	TOT	AL	489	84%	115			9	1	0	1	1.34	6	0	10	6	0	4	2	0	2	2	100%	105	11	10%	42	13	31%	313	51	16%	30	20	67%	19	12	63%	0
1973	26	CAL	AL	99	87%	21			2	0	0	1	0.18	2	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	100%	26	3	12%	12	4	33%	61	9	15%	5	4	80%	4	3	75%	0
1973	26	TEX	AL	390	83%	94			7	1	0	0	1.67	4	0	8	4	0	2	2	0	1	1	100%	79	8	10%	30	9	30%	252	42	17%	25	16	64%	15	9	60%	0
1974	27	TEX	AL	384	93%	98			9	3	0	0	1.19	7	0	13	7	0	3	4	0	3	3	100%	88	8	9%	33	11	33%	279	38	14%	22	11	50%	16	6	38%	0
1975	28	TEX	AL	443	95%	107			11	3	0	1	2.34	11	0	4	11	0	4	7	0	2	2	100%	121	9	7%	44	12	27%	298	37	12%	20	8	40%	19	11	58%	0
1976	29	CHW	AL	578	73%	131			6	0	0	0	2.31	14	0	13	11	3	5	9	0	3	4	133%	115	10	9%	47	19	40%	385	59	15%	33	18	55%	16	10	63%	0
1977	30	CHW	AL	515	72%	116			3	1	0	0	2.28	18	2	14	10	8	8	10	0	2	2	100%	90	11	12%	46	13	28%	348	53	15%	32	15	47%	14	8	57%	0
1978	31	NYY	AL	166	86%	34			24	7	1	5	2.04	7	1	3	7	0	4	3	0	0	0		33	4	12%	7	2	29%	108	17	16%	7	4	57%	3	2	67%	0
1979	32	NYY	AL	336	86%	85			17	3	0	1	2.07	23	0	5	19	4	16	7	0	1	1	100%	59	12	20%	24	11	46%	204	31	15%	16	8	50%	10	7	70%	0
1980	33	NYY	AL	295	86%	61			22	8	1	5	0.97	13	1	8	12	1	8	5	0	2	1	50%	57	7	12%	32	13	41%	205	31	15%	14	10	71%	18	10	56%	0
1981	34	TOT	AL	255	95%	44			13	4	0	1	1.49	4	0	6	3	1	1	3	0	0	0		43	8	19%	17	6	35%	138	10	7%	7	4	57%	4	1	25%	0
1981	34	NYY	AL	72	99%	9			3	0	0	0	2.31	2	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		13	3	23%	4	1	25%	41	2	5%	0	0		3	1	33%	0
1981	34	OAK	AL	183	93%	35			10	4	0	1	1.24	2	0	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	0		30	5	17%	13	5	38%	97	8	8%	7	4	57%	1	0	0%	0
1982	35	OAK	AL	105	92%	17			3	2	0	0	1.78	2	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0		21	3	14%	7	1	14%	58	3	5%	3	2	67%	0	0		0
15 Yrs				5408	80%	1227			158	40	2	16	1.70	146	4	112	115	31	73	73	0	36	35	97%	1083	124	11%	481	161	33%	3451	477	14%	286	151	53%	176	96	55%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			77%			11%			33%			14%			49%			53%
				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
1968	21	19	73	68	2	13	1	0	0	5	0	0	3	10	.191	.233	.206	.439	37	14	2	1	0	1	0
1969	22	132	495	454	41	111	15	3	10	36	1	0	29	63	.244	.294	.357	.650	89	162	8	3	8	1	6
1970	23	278	1045	965	102	251	35	7	22	104	1	2	57	124	.260	.302	.379	.681	94	366	17	3	14	6	12
1971	24	426	1617	1475	152	372	56	9	40	163	1	3	105	187	.252	.302	.384	.686	97	566	33	6	20	11	19
1972	25	508	1842	1687	165	419	61	9	41	177	1	4	117	212	.248	.297	.368	.666	93	621	41	6	20	12	20
1973	26	639	2331	2126	210	534	77	14	47	231	1	7	160	262	.251	.304	.367	.671	94	780	52	8	22	15	27
1974	27	757	2715	2478	246	632	88	18	54	275	2	9	182	289	.255	.307	.370	.677	96	918	60	11	25	19	30
1975	28	889	3158	2881	296	739	106	19	65	322	2	10	217	332	.257	.309	.374	.684	97	1078	69	13	27	20	36
1976	29	1039	3736	3399	349	870	119	21	79	392	8	14	266	384	.256	.310	.373	.683	98	1268	79	14	31	27	55
1977	30	1167	4251	3869	405	986	135	22	97	461	9	16	302	434	.255	.309	.376	.685	97	1456	90	16	33	32	66
1978	31	1238	4417	4019	417	1020	144	23	104	485	9	17	317	466	.254	.309	.379	.687	97	1522	94	16	33	33	69
1979	32	1344	4753	4314	477	1105	159	26	127	538	9	19	355	491	.256	.313	.393	.706	102	1697	106	16	34	35	80
1980	33	1441	5048	4573	515	1166	168	26	140	581	10	19	385	535	.255	.313	.395	.708	102	1806	113	17	35	39	82
1981	34	1520	5303	4807	535	1210	176	26	144	594	11	19	404	562	.252	.310	.389	.699	99	1870	121	17	35	41	85
1982	35	1553	5408	4908	541	1227	179	27	146	599	11	19	407	582	.250	.307	.387	.694	98	1898	124	17	35	42	86

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	19	75	70	3	15	1	0	0	6	0	3	10	.214	.253	.229	.482	4	19
1969	22	113	432	394	45	106	15	3	11	35	1	28	53	.269	.321	.406	.727	51	113
1970	23	146	560	519	67	148	21	4	13	75	0	30	61	.285	.321	.416	.737	70	146
1971	24	149	598	529	62	138	24	2	21	74	0	55	63	.261	.331	.433	.764	75	148
1972	25	86	247	231	19	59	6	0	1	20	0	15	26	.255	.300	.294	.594	21	82
1973	26	131	504	450	53	126	18	5	7	63	0	47	50	.280	.349	.389	.737	61	131
1974	27	118	397	363	43	109	12	4	8	53	1	24	27	.300	.345	.421	.767	53	118
1975	28	133	454	412	55	114	19	1	12	52	0	37	43	.277	.338	.415	.754	57	132
1976	29	151	599	533	62	144	14	2	15	82	7	54	52	.270	.334	.388	.723	70	150
1977	30	128	519	473	59	119	16	1	18	72	1	37	50	.252	.306	.404	.709	59	128
1978	31	71	170	153	14	37	10	1	8	28	0	16	32	.242	.312	.477	.789	23	71
1979	32	107	340	298	63	87	15	3	24	55	0	39	25	.292	.372	.604	.976	67	106
1980	33	97	299	262	41	64	9	0	14	46	1	31	44	.244	.322	.439	.761	37	97
1981	34	120	397	362	36	74	13	0	7	23	2	32	41	.204	.267	.298	.565	29	79
1982	35	33	106	102	7	18	3	1	2	6	0	3	20	.176	.198	.284	.482	6	33
15 Yrs		1602	5697	5151	629	1358	196	27	161	690	13	451	597	.264	.323	.406	.728	683	1553
162 Game Avg.		162	576	521	64	137	20	3	16	70	1	46	60	.264	.323	.406	.728	69	1553

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1988 BBWAA ()	All-Star Games 1973 *	Gold Gloves 1970 AL (1B) 1977 AL (1B) All multiple winners	Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y 1976 AL 19 (1st) 1977 AL 11 (3rd) 1979 AL 11 (5th) Career 86 (154th)

Hall of Fame
1988 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1973 *

Gold Gloves
1970 AL (1B)
1977 AL (1B)
All multiple winners

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1976 AL  19 (1st)
1977 AL  11 (3rd)
1979 AL  11 (5th)
Career  86 (154th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 5 (1541), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 5 (2358), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of 24-7 Baseball.

Player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Many thanks to him. We have only selected seasons (players who debuted before 1960) for which we believe the image has reverted into the public domain. We will quickly remove any images for which that can be shown to not be the case.Please let us know if you are aware of any such images on this site.

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