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Willie Stargell

Wilver Dornel Stargell (Pops)

Positions: Leftfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 188 lb.

Born: March 6, 1940 in Earlsboro, OK
High School: Encinal (Alameda, CA)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1962
Team: Pirates 1962-1982

Final Game: October 3, 1982
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1988 (352/427 ballots).
   View Willie Stargell Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: April 9, 2001 in Wilmington, NC
Buried: Oleander Memorial Gardens, Wilmington, NC
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 8, 2012, 12:20AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #76. Alan Trammell… #77. Roberto Alomar… #78. Billy Williams… #79. WILLIE STARGELL… #80. Barry Larkin… #81. Andre Dawson… #82. Ryne Sandberg… 

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
1962 22 PIT NL 10 34 31 1 9 3 1 0 4 0 1 3 10 .290 .353 .452 .805 114 14 0 0 0 0 1 /
1963 23 PIT NL 108 328 304 34 74 11 6 11 47 0 2 19 85 .243 .290 .428 .717 103 130 6 2 0 3 0 3
1964 24 PIT NL 117 442 421 53 115 19 7 21 78 1 1 17 92 .273 .304 .501 .805 123 211 7 2 1 1 2 3 AS
1965 25 PIT NL 144 582 533 68 145 25 8 27 107 1 1 39 127 .272 .328 .501 .829 129 267 8 7 0 3 13 */3 AS,MVP-14
1966 26 PIT NL 140 549 485 84 153 30 0 33 102 2 3 48 109 .315 .381 .581 .962 163 282 7 6 5 5 16 *3 AS,MVP-15
1967 27 PIT NL 134 536 462 54 125 18 6 20 73 1 0 67 103 .271 .365 .465 .831 137 215 12 3 2 2 25 3
1968 28 PIT NL 128 496 435 57 103 15 1 24 67 5 0 47 105 .237 .315 .441 .757 128 192 12 6 1 7 11 *3
1969 29 PIT NL 145 594 522 89 160 31 6 29 92 1 0 61 120 .307 .382 .556 .938 163 290 10 6 0 5 14 *3 MVP-21
1970 30 PIT NL 136 529 474 70 125 18 3 31 85 0 1 44 119 .264 .329 .511 .839 125 242 14 5 0 6 11 */3 MVP-15
1971 31 PIT NL 141 606 511 104 151 26 0 48 125 0 0 83 154 .295 .398 .628 1.026 185 321 8 7 0 5 20 * AS,MVP-2
1972 32 PIT NL 138 569 495 75 145 28 2 33 112 1 1 65 129 .293 .373 .558 .930 163 276 7 2 0 7 15 3 AS,MVP-3
1973 33 PIT NL 148 609 522 106 156 43 3 44 119 0 0 80 129 .299 .392 .646 1.038 186 337 6 3 0 4 22 * AS,MVP-2
1974 34 PIT NL 140 605 508 90 153 37 4 25 96 0 2 87 106 .301 .407 .537 .944 167 273 8 6 0 4 21 */3 MVP-10
1975 35 PIT NL 124 526 461 71 136 32 2 22 90 0 0 58 109 .295 .375 .516 .891 147 238 9 3 0 4 6 *3 MVP-7
1976 36 PIT NL 117 487 428 54 110 20 3 20 65 2 0 50 101 .257 .339 .458 .797 125 196 4 5 0 4 6 *3
1977 37 PIT NL 63 222 186 29 51 12 0 13 35 0 1 31 55 .274 .383 .548 .931 145 102 4 3 0 2 10 3
1978 38 PIT NL 122 450 390 60 115 18 2 28 97 3 2 50 93 .295 .382 .567 .949 157 221 8 7 0 3 10 *3 AS,MVP-9
1979 39 PIT NL 126 480 424 60 119 19 0 32 82 0 1 47 105 .281 .352 .552 .904 139 234 10 3 0 6 12 *3 MVP-1
1980 40 PIT NL 67 231 202 28 53 10 1 11 38 0 0 26 52 .262 .351 .485 .836 129 98 2 2 0 1 10 3
1981 41 PIT NL 38 66 60 2 17 4 0 0 9 0 0 5 9 .283 .333 .350 .683 92 21 0 0 0 1 1 /3
1982 42 PIT NL 74 85 73 6 17 4 0 3 17 0 0 10 24 .233 .318 .411 .729 100 30 1 0 0 2 1 /3
21 Seasons 2360 9026 7927 1195 2232 423 55 475 1540 17 16 937 1936 .282 .360 .529 .889 147 4190 143 78 9 75 227
162 Game Avg. 162 620 544 82 153 29 4 33 106 1 1 64 133 .282 .360 .529 .889 147 288 10 5 1 5 16
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

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
1962 22 PIT NL 34 0 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /
1963 23 PIT NL 328 0 -1 -2 0 -8 -4 11 -5 -0.5 4 0.4 -0.9 $ 3
1964 24 PIT NL 443 9 0 -1 0 -8 -6 15 8 1.0 17 1.8 -0.8 $ 3 AS
1965 25 PIT NL 582 15 -3 -1 2 2 -8 20 26 2.8 25 2.6 0.2 $ */3 AS,MVP-14
1966 26 PIT NL 549 36 1 0 0 -6 -8 19 42 4.6 48 5.0 -0.4 $ *3 AS,MVP-15
1967 27 PIT NL 536 17 1 -3 0 -8 -8 19 17 1.9 26 2.8 -0.9 $ 3
1968 28 PIT NL 496 14 -1 -2 -1 -6 -7 17 14 1.7 20 2.2 -0.5 $ *3
1969 29 PIT NL 594 39 1 1 0 -6 -8 20 47 5.2 53 5.7 -0.5 $ *3 MVP-21
1970 30 PIT NL 529 12 -2 1 -2 2 -6 16 21 2.1 19 1.9 0.2 $ */3 MVP-15
1971 31 PIT NL 606 56 1 3 -1 3 -7 17 72 8.1 69 7.6 0.5 $ * AS,MVP-2
1972 32 PIT NL 569 38 -1 -1 0 -9 -8 17 36 4.1 45 4.8 -0.7 $ 3 AS,MVP-3
1973 33 PIT NL 609 60 -1 0 2 3 -7 18 75 8.1 72 7.7 0.4 $ * AS,MVP-2
1974 34 PIT NL 605 46 -2 -1 0 1 -7 17 55 5.9 53 5.7 0.2 $165,000 */3 MVP-10
1975 35 PIT NL 526 26 -2 1 -1 -1 -8 15 30 3.3 31 3.3 0.0 $ *3 MVP-7
1976 36 PIT NL 487 14 -1 2 1 -12 -7 14 11 1.3 23 2.4 -1.1 $ *3
1977 37 PIT NL 222 10 0 0 0 -4 -3 7 10 1.0 14 1.4 -0.4 $175,000 3
1978 38 PIT NL 450 30 0 0 -1 -6 -7 14 30 3.4 36 4.0 -0.6 $ *3 AS,MVP-9
1979 39 PIT NL 480 20 -2 1 -1 -4 -7 14 21 2.3 25 2.6 -0.3 $ *3 MVP-1
1980 40 PIT NL 231 5 0 2 0 0 -3 7 11 1.2 11 1.1 0.1 $ 3
1981 41 PIT NL 66 -1 0 0 0 -3 -1 2 -3 -0.3 0 0.0 -0.3 $ /3
1982 42 PIT NL 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ /3
21 Seasons 9027 446 -13 0 -2 -70 -120 283 521 57.5 594 63.3 -5.8 $340,000
Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards

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
1970 30 PIT NL NLCS CIN L 3 13 12 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .500 .538 .583 1.122 7 0 0 0 0 0
1971 31 PIT NL NLCS SFG W 4 17 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .000 .176 .000 .176 0 0 1 0 0 2
1971 31 PIT NL WS BAL W 7 31 24 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 9 .208 .387 .250 .637 6 0 0 0 0 0
1972 32 PIT NL NLCS CIN L 5 18 16 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 .063 .167 .125 .292 2 1 0 0 0 0
1974 34 PIT NL NLCS LAD L 4 16 15 3 6 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 2 .400 .438 .800 1.238 12 1 0 0 0 0
1975 35 PIT NL NLCS CIN L 3 12 11 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .182 .250 .273 .523 3 0 0 0 0 0
1979 39 PIT NL NLCS CIN W 3 14 11 2 5 2 0 2 6 0 0 3 2 .455 .571 1.182 1.753 13 0 0 0 0 1
1979 39 PIT NL WS BAL W 7 32 30 7 12 4 0 3 7 0 0 0 6 .400 .375 .833 1.208 25 1 0 0 2 0
6 Seasons (8 Series) 36 153 133 18 37 10 0 7 20 0 0 17 34 .278 .359 .511 .871 68 3 1 0 2 3
6 NLCS 22 90 79 8 20 5 0 4 12 0 0 10 19 .253 .344 .468 .813 37 2 1 0 0 3
2 WS 14 63 54 10 17 5 0 3 8 0 0 7 15 .315 .381 .574 .955 31 1 0 0 2 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
1962 PIT NL 22 OF 9 14 12 1 1 0 .929 0 1.44 .974 2.04
1962 PIT NL 22 RF 6 6 6 55.0 11 10 0 1 0 .909 0 2 1.64 1.67 .975 1.90 1.88
1962 PIT NL 22 LF 2 1 1 10.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 0 36 3.60 2.00 .968 1.80 1.80
1962 PIT NL 22 CF 1 0 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 3.00 1.00 .980 2.40 2.40
1963 PIT NL 23 OF 65 85 78 3 4 0 .953 -6 1.25 .977 2.00
1963 PIT NL 23 1B 16 162 148 9 5 18 .969 -2 9.81 .989 9.78
1963 PIT NL 23 LF 35 30 26 285.2 45 42 1 2 0 .956 -3 -14 1.35 1.23 .971 1.80 1.79
1963 PIT NL 23 RF 24 20 16 184.2 28 24 2 2 0 .929 -3 -17 1.27 1.08 .976 1.83 1.82
1963 PIT NL 23 CF 6 5 5 48.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -12 1.88 1.67 .982 2.36 2.37
1964 PIT NL 24 OF 59 90 79 2 9 0 .900 -5 1.37 .973 1.98 AS
1964 PIT NL 24 1B 50 509 486 22 1 50 .998 -4 10.16 .990 9.95 AS
1964 PIT NL 24 LF 57 53 34 445.2 84 74 2 8 0 .905 -4 -11 1.53 1.33 .965 1.70 1.69 AS
1964 PIT NL 24 RF 2 2 1 16.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -60 0.00 0.00 1.91 1.85 AS
1964 PIT NL 24 CF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -60 4.50 1.00 .980 2.25 2.30 AS
1965 PIT NL 25 OF 137 228 208 12 8 3 .965 2 1.61 .975 2.00 AS,MVP-14
1965 PIT NL 25 1B 7 62 60 2 0 5 1.000 -0 8.86 .990 10.03 AS,MVP-14
1965 PIT NL 25 LF 125 118 95 1044.2 206 188 10 8 2 .961 1 2 1.71 1.58 .966 1.71 1.71 AS,MVP-14
1965 PIT NL 25 RF 19 12 11 115.1 28 26 2 0 1 1.000 0 4 2.18 1.47 .975 1.95 1.95 AS,MVP-14
1966 PIT NL 26 OF 127 200 180 9 11 0 .945 -5 1.49 .974 2.03 AS,MVP-15
1966 PIT NL 26 1B 15 124 120 4 0 17 1.000 -1 8.27 .989 9.89 AS,MVP-15
1966 PIT NL 26 LF 125 113 98 1010.0 185 165 9 11 1 .941 -5 -6 1.55 1.39 .963 1.74 1.74 AS,MVP-15
1966 PIT NL 26 RF 3 2 1 18.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0 13 2.50 1.67 .978 1.95 1.93 AS,MVP-15
1967 PIT NL 27 OF 98 162 140 12 10 1 .938 -9 1.55 .976 2.03
1967 PIT NL 27 1B 37 323 307 15 1 25 .997 1 8.70 .991 9.96
1967 PIT NL 27 LF 92 86 75 779.0 148 125 13 10 1 .932 -8 -13 1.59 1.50 .969 1.74 1.74
1967 PIT NL 27 RF 7 6 5 52.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -16 2.08 1.71 .976 2.02 2.03
1968 PIT NL 28 OF 113 165 144 12 9 0 .945 -6 1.38 .975 2.03
1968 PIT NL 28 1B 13 117 110 7 0 12 1.000 0 9.00 .992 10.12
1968 PIT NL 28 LF 109 105 89 928.2 163 143 11 9 0 .945 -6 -8 1.49 1.41 .963 1.64 1.65
1968 PIT NL 28 RF 4 3 2 25.0 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -14 2.52 1.75 .981 2.02 2.02
1969 PIT NL 29 OF 116 168 159 4 5 1 .970 -4 1.41 .973 2.01 MVP-21
1969 PIT NL 29 1B 23 186 174 10 2 20 .989 -2 8.00 .992 9.76 MVP-21
1969 PIT NL 29 LF 115 111 91 952.1 146 137 4 5 1 .966 -4 -5 1.33 1.23 .963 1.69 1.67 MVP-21
1969 PIT NL 29 RF 1 1 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 60 1.50 1.00 .980 1.80 1.80 MVP-21
1970 PIT NL 30 OF 125 205 184 16 5 1 .976 2 1.60 .976 2.06 MVP-15
1970 PIT NL 30 1B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0 1.00 .990 9.60 MVP-15
1970 PIT NL 30 LF 122 119 101 1030.1 202 182 15 5 1 .975 3 4 1.72 1.61 .971 1.75 1.75 MVP-15
1970 PIT NL 30 RF 3 3 3 25.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -29 1.08 1.00 .977 1.98 1.97 MVP-15
1971 PIT NL 31 OF 138 249 237 8 4 4 .984 3 1.78 .979 2.19 AS,MVP-2
1971 PIT NL 31 LF 138 137 128 1225.1 251 239 8 4 4 .984 3 3 1.81 1.79 .970 1.87 1.87 AS,MVP-2
1972 PIT NL 32 1B 101 936 881 40 15 96 .984 -6 9.12 .992 9.76 AS,MVP-3
1972 PIT NL 32 OF 32 53 50 1 2 0 .962 -3 1.59 .978 2.19 AS,MVP-3
1972 PIT NL 32 LF 32 32 19 267.1 51 48 1 2 0 .961 -3 -14 1.65 1.53 .974 1.92 1.93 AS,MVP-3
1973 PIT NL 33 OF 142 282 261 14 7 1 .975 3 1.94 .977 2.23 AS,MVP-2
1973 PIT NL 33 LF 142 141 116 1218.0 275 255 13 7 1 .975 3 3 1.98 1.89 .977 2.04 2.05 AS,MVP-2
1974 PIT NL 34 OF 135 270 253 8 9 1 .967 2 1.93 .979 2.27 MVP-10
1974 PIT NL 34 1B 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 3.00 .990 9.90 MVP-10
1974 PIT NL 34 LF 135 135 118 1181.1 272 255 8 9 1 .967 2 2 2.00 1.95 .976 1.99 1.99 MVP-10
1975 PIT NL 35 1B 122 1185 1121 54 10 112 .992 -1 9.63 .990 9.96 MVP-7
1976 PIT NL 36 1B 111 1103 1037 53 13 76 .988 -12 9.82 .991 9.93
1977 PIT NL 37 1B 55 483 449 27 7 26 .986 -4 8.65 .991 9.89
1978 PIT NL 38 1B 112 938 875 57 6 76 .994 -6 8.32 .992 9.90 AS,MVP-9
1979 PIT NL 39 1B 113 999 949 47 3 102 .997 -4 8.81 .992 9.86 MVP-1
1980 PIT NL 40 1B 54 497 460 33 4 54 .992 0 9.13 .992 10.17
1981 PIT NL 41 1B 9 70 70 0 0 10 1.000 -3 7.78 .992 10.24
1982 PIT NL 42 1B 8 46 43 3 0 2 1.000 0 5.75 .992 10.26
13 Seasons OF 1296 2171 1985 102 84 12 .961 -27 1.61 .976 2.09
13 Seasons LF 1229 1181 991 10378.1 2032 1856 96 80 12 .961 -22 -3 1.69 1.59 .970 1.81 1.81
18 Seasons 1B 848 7744 7293 384 67 701 .991 -44 9.05 .991 9.92
9 Seasons RF 69 55 45 497.0 95 87 5 3 1 .968 -4 -10 1.67 1.33 .976 1.91 1.91
3 Seasons CF 8 5 5 53.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -14 2.04 1.50 .982 2.36 2.36
21 Seasons TOT 2144 9915 9278 486 151 713 .985 -70 4.55 .988 5.19
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
1988 BBWAA (82.4%)
Selected to HOF in 1988 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1964 *
1965 (LF)
1966 *
1971 (LF)
1972 (LF)
1973 *
1978 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1974 ML Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
1974 ML Roberto Clemente Award
1978 ML Hutch Award
1979 NL Babe Ruth Award
1979 ML Major League Player of the Year
1979 NL MVP
1979 NL NLCS MVP
1979 ML WS MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1965 NL (14, 5%)
1966 NL (15, 7%)
1969 NL (21, 2%)
1970 NL (15, 6%)
1971 NL (2, 66%)
1972 NL (3, 60%)
1973 NL (2, 74%)
1974 NL (10, 13%)
1975 NL (7, 21%)
1978 NL (9, 12%)
1979 NL (1, 64%)
1 MVP
3.30 Career Shares (23rd)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1971 NL  8.1 (4th)
1973 NL  8.1 (5th)
Career  57.5 (173rd)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1971 NL  8.1 (1st)
1973 NL  8.1 (4th)
1974 NL  5.9 (6th)
Career  57.5 (125th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1966 NL  5.0 (10th)
1971 NL  7.6 (2nd)
1973 NL  7.7 (2nd)
1974 NL  5.7 (5th)
Career  63.3 (75th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1966 NL  .315 (6th)
1969 NL  .307 (8th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1966 NL  .381 (7th)
1969 NL  .382 (9th)
1971 NL  .398 (5th)
1974 NL  .407 (2nd)

Slugging % s c a p y
1965 NL  .501 (10th)
1966 NL  .581 (3rd)
1969 NL  .556 (4th)
1971 NL  .628 (2nd)
1972 NL  .558 (2nd)
1973 NL  .646 (1st)
1974 NL  .537 (2nd)
1975 NL  .516 (6th)
1978 NL  .567 (8th)**
1979 NL  .552 (8th)**
Career  .529 (51st)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1966 NL  .962 (3rd)
1969 NL  .938 (8th)
1971 NL  1.026 (2nd)
1972 NL  .930 (2nd)
1973 NL  1.038 (1st)
1974 NL  .944 (1st)
1975 NL  .891 (4th)
Career  .889 (74th)

Games Played s c a p y
Career  2,360 (92nd)

At Bats s c a p y
Career  7,927 (146th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
Career  9,026 (148th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1971 NL  104 (3rd)
1973 NL  106 (6th)
Career  1,195 (172nd)

Hits s c a p y
Career  2,232 (163rd)

Total Bases s c a p y
1969 NL  290 (9th)
1971 NL  321 (3rd)
1972 NL  276 (7th)
1973 NL  337 (2nd)
1974 NL  273 (8th)
Career  4,190 (67th)

Doubles s c a p y
1966 NL  30 (7th)
1969 NL  31 (7th)
1973 NL  43 (1st)
1974 NL  37 (4th)
Career  423 (138th)

Triples s c a p y
1965 NL  8 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1966 NL  33 (6th)
1968 NL  24 (8th)
1969 NL  29 (8th)
1971 NL  48 (1st)
1972 NL  33 (5th)
1973 NL  44 (1st)
1974 NL  25 (6th)
1975 NL  22 (9th)
1978 NL  28 (5th)
1979 NL  32 (5th)
Career  475 (28th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1965 NL  107 (5th)
1966 NL  102 (6th)
1969 NL  92 (10th)
1971 NL  125 (2nd)
1972 NL  112 (3rd)
1973 NL  119 (1st)
1978 NL  97 (6th)
Career  1,540 (43rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1967 NL  67 (9th)
1971 NL  83 (7th)
Career  937 (148th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1965 NL  127 (4th)
1966 NL  109 (7th)
1967 NL  103 (8th)
1968 NL  105 (8th)
1969 NL  120 (9th)
1970 NL  119 (10th)
1971 NL  154 (1st)
1972 NL  129 (4th)
1973 NL  129 (5th)
1974 NL  106 (8th)
1975 NL  109 (5th)
1976 NL  101 (8th)
1979 NL  105 (5th)
Career  1,936 (6th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1966 NL  163 (2nd)
1969 NL  163 (7th)
1971 NL  185 (2nd)
1972 NL  163 (3rd)
1973 NL  186 (1st)
1974 NL  167 (1st)
1975 NL  147 (5th)
Career  147 (44th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1966 NL  107 (9th)
1969 NL  112 (8th)
1971 NL  131 (3rd)
1972 NL  105 (7th)
1973 NL  136 (2nd)
1974 NL  115 (3rd)
Career  1,531 (77th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1966 NL  42 (4th)
1969 NL  44 (7th)
1971 NL  59 (3rd)
1972 NL  41 (5th)
1973 NL  61 (1st)
1974 NL  48 (1st)
1975 NL  30 (10th)
1978 NL  30 (10th)
Career  494 (47th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1966 NL  4.3 (4th)
1969 NL  4.4 (7th)
1971 NL  6.0 (3rd)
1972 NL  4.3 (5th)
1973 NL  6.1 (1st)
1974 NL  4.9 (1st)
1975 NL  3.0 (10th)
1978 NL  3.1 (10th)
Career  50.3 (42nd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1965 NL  60 (10th)
1966 NL  63 (7th)
1969 NL  66 (5th)
1971 NL  74 (1st)
1972 NL  63 (5th)
1973 NL  90 (1st)
1974 NL  66 (3rd)
1975 NL  56 (9th)
Career  953 (45th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1971 NL  241 (10th)
1974 NL  246 (10th)
Career  3,247 (139th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1966 NL  .771 (4th)
1969 NL  .766 (7th)
1971 NL  .824 (2nd)
1972 NL  .766 (2nd)
1973 NL  .819 (1st)
1974 NL  .776 (2nd)
1975 NL  .721 (4th)
Career  .717 (53rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1965 NL  7 (10th)
1966 NL  6 (7th)
1968 NL  6 (7th)
1971 NL  7 (3rd)
1974 NL  6 (9th)
1976 NL  5 (9th)
1978 NL  7 (6th)
Career  78 (157th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1968 NL  7 (5th)
1972 NL  7 (10th)
Career  75 (115th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1965 NL  13 (8th)
1966 NL  16 (2nd)
1967 NL  25 (2nd)
1969 NL  14 (8th)
1971 NL  20 (3rd)
1972 NL  15 (3rd)
1973 NL  22 (3rd)
1974 NL  21 (2nd)
1979 NL  12 (9th)
Career  227 (8th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1966 NL  14.7 (4th)
1968 NL  18.1 (4th)**
1969 NL  18.0 (7th)
1970 NL  15.3 (9th)
1971 NL  10.6 (2nd)
1972 NL  15.0 (4th)
1973 NL  11.9 (2nd)
1974 NL  20.3 (5th)
1975 NL  21.0 (7th)
1976 NL  21.4 (7th)**
1978 NL  13.9 (4th)**
1979 NL  13.3 (3rd)**
Career  16.7 (44th)

Outs Made s c a p y
Career  5,938 (147th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1966 NL  47.54 (6th)
1969 NL  42.07 (9th)
1971 NL  71.39 (2nd)
1972 NL  47.05 (6th)
1973 NL  68.45 (1st)
1974 NL  52.40 (3rd)
1975 NL  50.49 (2nd)
1978 NL  41.61 (5th)
Career  574.15 (24th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1966 NL  4.1 (9th)
1969 NL  5.1 (4th)
1971 NL  5.8 (5th)
1972 NL  4.2 (8th)
1973 NL  6.4 (2nd)
1974 NL  5.2 (2nd)
1975 NL  4.3 (6th)
1978 NL  3.6 (10th)
1979 NL  4.2 (8th)
Career  53.2 (25th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1966 NL  3.8 (9th)
1969 NL  4.3 (9th)
1971 NL  7.3 (1st)
1972 NL  4.2 (7th)
1973 NL  6.1 (2nd)
1974 NL  4.6 (3rd)
1975 NL  3.6 (5th)
1978 NL  3.7 (9th)
Career  52.4 (28th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1966 NL  4.8 (6th)
1969 NL  4.3 (9th)
1971 NL  7.2 (2nd)
1972 NL  4.9 (6th)
1973 NL  6.9 (1st)
1974 NL  5.3 (3rd)
1975 NL  5.1 (2nd)
1978 NL  4.1 (6th)
Career  58.3 (21st)

Putouts† s c a p y
1975 NL  1,121 (5th)
1976 NL  1,037 (5th)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1975 NL  122 (5th)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1975 NL  1,121 (5th)
1976 NL  1,037 (5th)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1972 NL  15 (1st)
1975 NL  10 (4th)
1976 NL  13 (3rd)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  1,229 (33rd)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  1,856 (56th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  96 (26th)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  80 (15th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1967 NL  12 (3rd)
1970 NL  16 (1st)
1973 NL  14 (5th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1966 NL  11 (5th)
1967 NL  10 (5th)
1968 NL  9 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
1972 NL  9.96 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1975 NL  9.63 (4th)
1976 NL  9.82 (3rd)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1979 NL  .997 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1965 NL  1.71 (4th)
1968 NL  1.49 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1965 NL  1.58 (4th)
1968 NL  1.41 (5th)
1974 NL  1.95 (2nd)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1965 NL  .961 (3rd)
1969 NL  .966 (2nd)
1970 NL  .975 (4th)
1971 NL  .984 (2nd)

Oldest s c a p y
1976 NL  born 1940-03-06 (9th)
1977 NL  born 1940-03-06 (9th)
1978 NL  born 1940-03-06 (9th)
1979 NL  born 1940-03-06 (8th)
1980 NL  born 1940-03-06 (6th)
1981 NL  born 1940-03-06 (4th)
1982 NL  born 1940-03-06 (4th)

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.
† 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 - 17 (132), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 125 (146), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 106 (148), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 44 (122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Carlos Delgado (892)
  2. Willie McCovey (884) *
  3. Fred McGriff (875)
  4. Andres Galarraga (862)
  5. Jason Giambi (858)
  6. Jose Canseco (858)
  7. Jim Rice (843) *
  8. Jeff Bagwell (843)
  9. Duke Snider (842) *
  10. Vladimir Guerrero (840)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Albert Belle (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Albert Belle (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Frank Howard (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ryan Klesko (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Frank Howard (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. George Foster (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Frank Howard (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. George Foster (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. George Foster (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Frank Howard (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Frank Howard (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Dick Allen (922)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Frank Howard (905)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Jason Giambi (912)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Jason Giambi (898)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Willie McCovey (895) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Willie McCovey (897) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Willie McCovey (883) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  19. Willie McCovey (884) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
197434Pittsburgh Pirates$165,0004/6/74 TSN
197737Pittsburgh Pirates$175,000TSN salary survey, 4/23/77
Career to date (may be incomplete)$340,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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