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Rusty Staub

Daniel Joseph Staub (Le Grand Orange)

Positions: Rightfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 1, 1944 in New Orleans, LA
High School: Jesuit (New Orleans, LA)
Signed by the Houston Colt .45's as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1963
Teams (by GP): Mets/Astros/Tigers/Expos/Colt.45's/.. 1963-1985
Agents: Dick Moss [?]
Final Game: October 6, 1985
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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
1963 19 HOU NL 150 585 513 43 115 17 4 6 45 0 0 59 58 .224 .309 .308 .617 84 158 10 5 6 2 8 *39
1964 20 HOU NL 89 320 292 26 63 10 2 8 35 1 1 21 31 .216 .272 .346 .618 77 101 6 3 0 4 4 39/8
1965 21 HOU NL 131 470 410 43 105 20 1 14 63 3 0 52 57 .256 .339 .412 .751 119 169 17 2 1 5 5 *9/837
1966 22 HOU NL 153 628 554 60 155 28 3 13 81 2 1 58 61 .280 .345 .412 .756 116 228 13 1 7 8 13 *97/38 MVP-22
1967 23 HOU NL 149 621 546 71 182 44 1 10 74 0 4 60 47 .333 .398 .473 .871 153 258 15 3 6 6 21 *9 AS,MVP-16
1968 24 HOU NL 161 682 591 54 172 37 1 6 72 2 0 73 57 .291 .373 .387 .761 132 229 11 7 7 4 24 *39 AS
1969 25 MON NL 158 673 549 89 166 26 5 29 79 3 4 110 61 .302 .426 .526 .952 166 289 13 9 4 1 11 *9 AS,MVP-36
1970 26 MON NL 160 699 569 98 156 23 7 30 94 12 11 112 93 .274 .394 .497 .891 139 283 7 3 11 4 11 *9 AS
1971 27 MON NL 162 690 599 94 186 34 6 19 97 9 5 74 42 .311 .392 .482 .874 147 289 21 9 3 5 13 *9 AS,MVP-19
1972 28 NYM NL 66 278 239 32 70 11 0 9 38 0 1 31 13 .293 .372 .452 .824 137 108 5 2 1 5 7 9 MVP-25
1973 29 NYM NL 152 666 585 77 163 36 1 15 76 1 1 74 52 .279 .361 .421 .781 118 246 16 3 1 3 10 *9
1974 30 NYM NL 151 649 561 65 145 22 2 19 78 2 1 77 39 .258 .347 .406 .754 112 228 21 3 1 7 12 *9
1975 31 NYM NL 155 670 574 93 162 30 4 19 105 2 0 77 55 .282 .371 .448 .818 131 257 18 9 1 9 14 *9 MVP-14
1976 32 DET AL 161 690 589 73 176 28 3 15 96 3 1 83 49 .299 .386 .433 .818 137 255 23 7 0 11 11 *9D AS
1977 33 DET AL 158 695 623 84 173 34 3 22 101 1 1 59 47 .278 .336 .448 .784 108 279 27 1 2 10 4 *D
1978 34 DET AL 162 734 642 75 175 30 1 24 121 3 1 76 35 .273 .347 .435 .782 117 279 24 3 2 11 5 *D MVP-5
1979 35 TOT MLB 106 389 332 41 81 15 1 12 54 1 0 46 28 .244 .340 .404 .744 100 134 12 5 1 5 4 D3/9
1979 35 DET AL 68 288 246 32 58 12 1 9 40 1 0 32 18 .236 .331 .402 .733 95 99 9 5 1 4 1 D
1979 35 MON NL 38 101 86 9 23 3 0 3 14 0 0 14 10 .267 .366 .407 .773 112 35 3 0 0 1 3 3/9
1980 36 TEX AL 109 388 340 42 102 23 2 9 55 1 1 39 18 .300 .370 .459 .828 129 156 16 2 1 6 3 D39/7
1981 37 NYM NL 70 186 161 9 51 9 0 5 21 1 0 22 12 .317 .398 .466 .864 147 75 6 1 0 2 3 3
1982 38 NYM NL 112 250 219 11 53 9 0 3 27 0 0 24 10 .242 .309 .324 .633 79 71 10 0 1 6 1 397
1983 39 NYM NL 104 132 115 5 34 6 0 3 28 0 0 14 10 .296 .371 .426 .797 122 49 4 1 0 2 3 /379
1984 40 NYM NL 78 79 72 2 19 4 0 1 18 0 0 4 9 .264 .291 .361 .652 84 26 1 0 0 3 3 /3
1985 41 NYM NL 54 55 45 2 12 3 0 1 8 0 0 10 4 .267 .400 .400 .800 126 18 1 0 0 0 3 /9
23 Seasons 2951 11229 9720 1189 2716 499 47 292 1466 47 33 1255 888 .279 .362 .431 .793 124 4185 297 79 56 119 193
162 Game Avg. 162 616 534 65 149 27 3 16 80 3 2 69 49 .279 .362 .431 .793 124 230 16 4 3 7 11
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
NYM (9 yrs) 942 2965 2571 296 709 130 7 75 399 6 3 333 204 .276 .358 .419 .778 119 1078 82 19 5 37 56
HOU (6 yrs) 833 3306 2906 297 792 156 12 57 370 8 6 323 311 .273 .346 .393 .740 117 1143 72 21 27 29 75
MON (4 yrs) 518 2163 1803 290 531 86 18 81 284 24 20 310 206 .295 .402 .497 .899 148 896 44 21 18 11 38
DET (4 yrs) 549 2407 2100 264 582 104 8 70 358 8 3 250 149 .277 .353 .434 .787 117 912 83 16 5 36 21
TEX (1 yr) 109 388 340 42 102 23 2 9 55 1 1 39 18 .300 .370 .459 .828 129 156 16 2 1 6 3
NL (19 yrs) 2293 8434 7280 883 2032 372 37 213 1053 38 29 966 721 .279 .365 .428 .793 126 3117 198 61 50 77 169
AL (5 yrs) 658 2795 2440 306 684 127 10 79 413 9 4 289 167 .280 .355 .438 .793 119 1068 99 18 6 42 24

Player Value--Batters

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR Salary Pos Awards
1963 19 HOU NL 585 -11 0 -1 -1 4 -9 20 2 0.0 *39
1964 20 HOU NL 320 -7 0 -1 0 -1 -5 11 -3 -0.4 39/8
1965 21 HOU NL 470 11 -3 0 -2 -3 -6 16 13 1.4 *9/837
1966 22 HOU NL 628 11 0 0 1 5 -9 22 30 3.1 *97/38 MVP-22
1967 23 HOU NL 621 36 0 -1 1 -3 -8 21 46 5.2 *9 AS,MVP-16
1968 24 HOU NL 682 25 -2 0 0 -4 -10 23 32 3.8 $43,000 *39 AS
1969 25 MON NL 673 49 1 -2 0 -8 -9 22 53 5.9 $52,000 *9 AS,MVP-36
1970 26 MON NL 699 37 -1 0 1 12 -8 19 60 6.2 $62,000 *9 AS
1971 27 MON NL 690 40 3 -2 -2 3 -8 20 54 6.0 $72,000 *9 AS,MVP-19
1972 28 NYM NL 278 11 1 0 0 -10 -3 8 7 0.9 9 MVP-25
1973 29 NYM NL 666 19 0 -2 1 -5 -8 18 23 2.5 $105,000 *9
1974 30 NYM NL 649 9 -1 -1 0 -18 -8 18 -1 0.0 $115,000 *9
1975 31 NYM NL 670 28 0 -1 -2 -8 -8 19 28 3.1 $110,000 *9 MVP-14
1976 32 DET AL 690 30 -1 2 -3 -14 -10 22 26 2.9 $145,000 *9D AS
1977 33 DET AL 695 7 1 -3 -4 0 -16 21 6 0.6 $165,000 *D
1978 34 DET AL 734 12 -2 -4 0 0 -16 22 12 1.2 *D MVP-5
1979 35 DET AL 288 -1 1 0 -1 0 -7 9 1 0.1 D
1979 35 MON NL 101 2 -1 0 0 -1 -1 3 2 0.2 3/9
1980 36 TEX AL 388 15 -2 -2 -2 0 -8 12 13 1.4 D39/7
1981 37 NYM NL 186 8 -2 0 -1 -2 -2 6 7 0.8 $333,333 3
1982 38 NYM NL 250 -4 -2 -1 -2 -1 -2 8 -4 -0.5 $333,333 397
1983 39 NYM NL 132 4 0 0 0 -2 -1 4 5 0.6 $339,244 /379
1984 40 NYM NL 79 -2 0 -1 0 -1 0 2 -2 -0.2 $300,000 /3
1985 41 NYM NL 55 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0.4 $300,000 /9
23 Seasons 11229 331 -10 -20 -16 -57 -162 348 414 45.2 $2,474,910
PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR Salary Pos Awards
NYM (9 yrs) 2965 75 -4 -6 -4 -47 -32 85 67 7.6 $1,935,910
HOU (6 yrs) 3306 65 -5 -3 -1 -2 -47 113 120 13.1 $43,000
MON (4 yrs) 2163 128 2 -4 -1 6 -26 64 169 18.3 $186,000
DET (4 yrs) 2407 48 -1 -5 -8 -14 -49 74 45 4.8 $310,000
TEX (1 yr) 388 15 -2 -2 -2 0 -8 12 13 1.4

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
1973 29 NYM NL NLCS CIN W 4 18 15 4 3 0 0 3 5 0 0 3 2 .200 .333 .800 1.133 12 0 0 0 0 0
1973 29 NYM NL WS OAK L 7 28 26 1 11 2 0 1 6 0 0 2 2 .423 .464 .615 1.080 16 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season (2 Series) 11 46 41 5 14 2 0 4 11 0 0 5 4 .341 .413 .683 1.096 28 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 4 18 15 4 3 0 0 3 5 0 0 3 2 .200 .333 .800 1.133 12 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 7 28 26 1 11 2 0 1 6 0 0 2 2 .423 .464 .615 1.080 16 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1963 HOU NL 19 1B 109 94 873.0 949 881 58 10 52 .989 4 6 9.68 8.61 .989 9.85 9.17
1963 HOU NL 19 OF 49 46 380.0 88 82 5 1 0 .989 0 1 2.06 1.78 .977 2.01 2.00
1963 HOU NL 19 RF 49 46 380.0 89 83 5 1 0 .989 0 1 2.08 1.80 .975 1.83 1.83
1964 HOU NL 20 1B 49 47 419.1 473 442 27 4 34 .992 -4 -12 10.07 9.57 .990 10.02 9.95
1964 HOU NL 20 OF 38 32 303.2 78 70 3 5 0 .936 2 10 2.16 1.92 .974 1.99 1.98
1964 HOU NL 20 RF 31 28 265.1 68 62 3 3 0 .956 2 9 2.20 2.10 .975 1.90 1.88
1964 HOU NL 20 CF 7 4 38.1 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 1 19 2.11 1.29 .978 2.35 2.34
1965 HOU NL 21 OF 112 105 979.0 225 202 12 11 1 .951 -2 -3 1.97 1.91 .976 2.00 2.00
1965 HOU NL 21 RF 110 103 963.0 224 202 12 10 1 .955 -2 -2 2.00 1.95 .976 1.96 1.96
1965 HOU NL 21 CF 2 2 15.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -1 -56 0.60 0.50 1.000 2.28 2.30
1965 HOU NL 21 1B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -60 4.50 1.00 1.000 9.90 10.00
1965 HOU NL 21 LF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 240 9.00 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.70
1966 HOU NL 22 OF 148 147 1312.2 314 289 13 12 2 .962 4 4 2.07 2.04 .974 2.03 2.03 MVP-22
1966 HOU NL 22 RF 105 105 895.0 241 220 13 8 2 .967 9 12 2.34 2.22 .978 1.96 1.96 MVP-22
1966 HOU NL 22 LF 57 42 416.2 81 74 3 4 1 .951 -4 -13 1.66 1.35 .963 1.74 1.74 MVP-22
1966 HOU NL 22 1B 1 4 2 2 0 1 1.000 4.00 1.000 9.90 MVP-22
1966 HOU NL 22 CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40 MVP-22
1967 HOU NL 23 OF 144 144 1271.0 290 269 10 11 2 .962 -3 -2 1.98 1.94 .976 2.03 2.03 AS,MVP-16
1967 HOU NL 23 RF 144 144 1271.0 293 272 10 11 2 .962 -3 -2 2.00 1.96 .976 2.04 2.04 AS,MVP-16
1968 HOU NL 24 1B 147 146 1303.2 1417 1313 93 11 100 .992 -1 -1 9.71 9.56 .992 6.90 6.80 AS
1968 HOU NL 24 OF 15 14 125.1 26 23 1 2 0 .923 -3 -27 1.72 1.60 .977 2.02 2.03 AS
1968 HOU NL 24 RF 15 14 125.1 25 22 1 2 0 .920 -3 -27 1.65 1.53 .984 2.02 2.03 AS
1969 MON NL 25 OF 156 154 1355.1 291 265 16 10 2 .966 -8 -7 1.87 1.80 .973 2.02 2.01 AS,MVP-36
1969 MON NL 25 RF 156 154 1355.1 286 260 16 10 2 .965 -8 -7 1.83 1.77 .975 1.89 1.87 AS,MVP-36
1970 MON NL 26 OF 160 156 1374.2 327 308 14 5 4 .985 12 10 2.11 2.01 .976 2.07 2.06 AS
1970 MON NL 26 RF 160 156 1374.2 328 308 15 5 4 .985 12 10 2.11 2.02 .976 2.00 2.00 AS
1971 MON NL 27 OF 162 155 1387.1 328 290 20 18 5 .945 3 3 2.01 1.91 .980 2.19 2.19 AS,MVP-19
1971 MON NL 27 RF 162 155 1387.1 328 290 20 18 5 .945 3 3 2.01 1.91 .983 2.07 2.06 AS,MVP-19
1972 NYM NL 28 OF 65 65 583.0 114 108 4 2 2 .982 -10 -20 1.73 1.72 .978 2.18 2.19 MVP-25
1972 NYM NL 28 RF 65 65 583.0 113 107 4 2 2 .982 -10 -20 1.71 1.71 .979 2.03 2.04 MVP-25
1973 NYM NL 29 OF 152 150 1377.0 321 297 17 7 5 .978 -5 -4 2.05 2.07 .977 2.23 2.23
1973 NYM NL 29 RF 152 150 1377.0 317 295 15 7 4 .978 -5 -4 2.03 2.04 .973 2.01 2.01
1974 NYM NL 30 OF 147 146 1292.1 286 262 19 5 5 .983 -18 -16 1.96 1.91 .979 2.27 2.27
1974 NYM NL 30 RF 147 146 1292.1 284 260 19 5 5 .982 -18 -16 1.94 1.90 .975 2.04 2.04
1975 NYM NL 31 OF 153 153 1371.1 286 267 15 4 3 .986 -8 -7 1.85 1.84 .978 2.29 2.28 MVP-14
1975 NYM NL 31 RF 153 153 1371.1 289 270 15 4 3 .986 -8 -7 1.87 1.86 .974 2.05 2.04 MVP-14
1976 DET AL 32 OF 126 125 1112.1 233 218 8 7 3 .970 -14 -15 1.83 1.79 .981 2.47 2.48 AS
1976 DET AL 32 RF 126 125 1112.1 232 217 8 7 3 .970 -14 -15 1.82 1.79 .980 2.21 2.22 AS
1976 DET AL 32 DH 36 AS
1977 DET AL 33 DH 156
1978 DET AL 34 DH 162 MVP-5
1979 DET AL 35 DH 66
1979 MON NL 35 1B 22 22 166.0 163 155 7 1 11 .994 -1 -7 8.78 7.36 .992 9.89 9.86
1979 MON NL 35 OF 1 1 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -17 1.29 1.00 1.000 2.31 2.30
1979 MON NL 35 RF 1 1 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -17 1.29 1.00 1.000 2.19 2.20
1980 TEX AL 36 DH 57
1980 TEX AL 36 1B 30 27 222.0 259 243 10 6 27 .977 -2 -11 10.26 8.43 .992 10.02 10.00
1980 TEX AL 36 OF 14 9 80.0 23 19 4 0 1 1.000 2 26 2.59 1.64 .978 2.48 2.46
1980 TEX AL 36 RF 11 8 65.0 16 14 2 0 0 1.000 0 2 2.22 1.45 .975 2.13 2.12
1980 TEX AL 36 LF 3 1 15.0 7 5 2 0 1 1.000 2 128 4.20 2.33 .986 2.34 2.33
1981 NYM NL 37 1B 41 40 322.2 363 339 20 4 26 .989 -2 -8 10.01 8.76 .992 10.22 10.25
1982 NYM NL 38 OF 27 27 212.0 49 43 4 2 0 .959 -2 -10 2.00 1.74 .978 2.25 2.26
1982 NYM NL 38 1B 18 18 139.0 144 129 15 0 12 1.000 0 4 9.32 8.00 .992 10.23 10.26
1982 NYM NL 38 RF 15 15 116.0 23 22 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -5 1.78 1.53 .978 2.02 2.02
1982 NYM NL 38 LF 12 12 96.0 26 21 3 2 0 .923 -1 -16 2.25 2.00 .973 2.08 2.08
1983 NYM NL 39 1B 5 5 43.1 42 36 5 1 6 .976 -0 -11 8.52 8.20 .993 9.95 9.92
1983 NYM NL 39 OF 5 5 37.0 5 4 0 1 0 .800 -2 -65 0.97 0.80 .980 2.26 2.26
1983 NYM NL 39 LF 3 3 19.0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 -1 -88 0.95 0.67 1.000 2.04 2.03
1983 NYM NL 39 RF 2 2 18.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -40 1.00 1.00 1.000 2.00 2.00
1984 NYM NL 40 1B 3 1 13.0 13 13 0 0 2 1.000 -0 -46 9.00 4.33 .992 9.83 9.83
1985 NYM NL 41 OF 1 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.29 1.00 1.000 2.19 2.20
1985 NYM NL 41 RF 1 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.29 1.00 1.000 2.06 2.00
19 Seasons OF 1675 1634 14568.0 3286 3018 165 103 35 .969 -49 -4 1.97 1.90 .977 2.16 2.15
19 Seasons RF 1605 1570 13966.0 3160 2908 159 93 33 .971 -44 -4 1.98 1.91 .977 2.02 2.01
11 Seasons 1B 426 400 3504.0 3828 3554 237 37 271 .990 -7 -2 9.73 8.90 .991 8.84 8.70
5 Seasons LF 76 58 547.2 118 103 8 7 2 .941 -5 -12 1.82 1.46 .968 1.83 1.83
3 Seasons CF 10 6 54.1 11 9 1 1 0 .909 -0 -2 1.66 1.00 .982 2.34 2.34
23 Seasons TOT 2101 2034 18072.0 7114 6572 402 140 306 .980 -56 -4 3.47 3.32 .984 3.40 3.43
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1991 BBWAA ( 6.3%)
1992 BBWAA ( 6.0%)
1993 BBWAA ( 7.6%)
1994 BBWAA ( 7.9%)
1995 BBWAA ( 5.0%)
1996 BBWAA ( 5.1%)
1997 BBWAA ( 3.8%)

All-Star Games
1967 *
1968 *
1969
1970 *
1971
1976 (RF)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1966 NL (22, 1%)
1967 NL (16, 4%)
1969 NL (36, 0%)
1971 NL (19, 3%)
1972 NL (25, 1%)
1975 NL (14, 6%)
1978 AL (5, 22%)
0.37 Career Shares (519th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1969 NL  5.9 (10th)
1970 NL  6.2 (6th)
1971 NL  6.0 (7th)
Career  45.2 (214th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1967 NL  .333 (5th)
1968 NL  .291 (9th)
1969 NL  .302 (10th)
1971 NL  .311 (10th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1967 NL  .398 (4th)
1968 NL  .373 (4th)
1969 NL  .426 (4th)
1970 NL  .394 (9th)
1971 NL  .392 (7th)
1976 AL  .386 (4th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1969 NL  .526 (7th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1967 NL  .871 (8th)
1969 NL  .952 (4th)
1971 NL  .874 (6th)
1976 AL  .818 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1968 NL  161 (3rd)
1969 NL  158 (8th)
1970 NL  160 (4th)
1971 NL  162 (1st)
1976 AL  161 (1st)
1978 AL  162 (2nd)
Career  2951 (12th)

At Bats s c a p y
1977 AL  623 (6th)
1978 AL  642 (3rd)
Career  9720 (33rd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1968 NL  682 (10th)
1970 NL  699 (9th)
1971 NL  690 (7th)
1976 AL  690 (3rd)
1977 AL  695 (5th)
1978 AL  734 (3rd)
Career  11229 (32nd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1971 NL  94 (7th)
1975 NL  93 (7th)
Career  1189 (171st)

Hits s c a p y
1967 NL  182 (8th)
1971 NL  186 (7th)
1976 AL  176 (7th)
1978 AL  175 (5th)
Career  2716 (57th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1969 NL  289 (10th)
1971 NL  289 (7th)
1976 AL  255 (10th)
1978 AL  279 (3rd)
Career  4185 (67th)

Doubles s c a p y
1966 NL  28 (10th)
1967 NL  44 (1st)
1968 NL  37 (4th)
1971 NL  34 (3rd)
1973 NL  36 (3rd)
1977 AL  34 (8th)
Career  499 (52nd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1969 NL  29 (8th)
Career  292 (134th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1971 NL  97 (7th)
1975 NL  105 (4th)
1976 AL  96 (4th)
1978 AL  121 (2nd)
Career  1466 (54th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1963 NL  59 (10th)
1968 NL  73 (5th)
1969 NL  110 (3rd)
1970 NL  112 (2nd)
1976 AL  83 (4th)
1978 AL  76 (10th)
Career  1255 (48th)

Singles s c a p y
1967 NL  127 (9th)
1968 NL  128 (10th)
Career  1878 (66th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1967 NL  153 (6th)
1969 NL  166 (5th)
1971 NL  147 (7th)
1976 AL  137 (8th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1967 NL  100 (10th)
1968 NL  88 (10th)
1969 NL  128 (3rd)
1970 NL  117 (10th)
1971 NL  111 (7th)
1976 AL  99 (4th)
Career  1533 (74th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1967 NL  41 (6th)
1968 NL  28 (10th)
1969 NL  54 (4th)
1971 NL  40 (6th)
1976 AL  32 (6th)
Career  355 (88th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1967 NL  4.3 (6th)
1968 NL  3.1 (10th)
1969 NL  5.5 (4th)
1971 NL  4.1 (6th)
1976 AL  3.4 (6th)
Career  36.4 (84th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1969 NL  60 (8th)
1971 NL  59 (8th)
Career  838 (80th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1967 NL  245 (7th)
1968 NL  252 (3rd)
1969 NL  285 (2nd)
1970 NL  271 (8th)
1971 NL  269 (3rd)
1975 NL  248 (9th)
1976 AL  266 (2nd)
1978 AL  254 (5th)
Career  4050 (39th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1967 NL  .730 (9th)
1969 NL  .785 (3rd)
1971 NL  .713 (7th)
1976 AL  .677 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1968 NL  7 (3rd)
1969 NL  9 (6th)
1971 NL  9 (2nd)
1975 NL  9 (5th)
1976 AL  7 (7th)
Career  79 (145th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1970 NL  11 (4th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1966 NL  8 (2nd)
1967 NL  6 (7th)
1975 NL  9 (4th)
1976 AL  11 (2nd)
1977 AL  10 (3rd)
1978 AL  11 (2nd)
Career  119 (8th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1966 NL  13 (5th)
1967 NL  21 (4th)
1968 NL  24 (2nd)
1971 NL  13 (9th)
1974 NL  12 (10th)
1975 NL  14 (6th)
1976 AL  11 (5th)
Career  193 (15th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1965 NL  17 (5th)
1967 NL  15 (10th)
1971 NL  21 (3rd)
1974 NL  21 (4th)
1975 NL  18 (7th)
1976 AL  23 (1st)
1977 AL  27 (1st)
1978 AL  24 (2nd)
Career  297 (10th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1970 NL  11 (9th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1970 NL  17.1 (8th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1967 NL  11.6 (8th)
1971 NL  14.3 (10th)
1974 NL  14.4 (9th)
1977 AL  13.3 (7th)
1978 AL  18.3 (2nd)

AB per HR s c a p y
1969 NL  18.9 (8th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1977 AL  490 (2nd)
1978 AL  505 (2nd)
Career  7509 (26th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1967 NL  39.06 (8th)
1968 NL  31.92 (9th)
1969 NL  50.92 (4th)
1971 NL  46.97 (6th)
1975 NL  41.13 (8th)
1976 AL  43.73 (2nd)
Career  397.02 (58th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1971 NL  4.7 (8th)
1976 AL  5.7 (1st)
Career  40.6 (53rd)

Situational Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1967 NL  3.7 (8th)
1969 NL  5.2 (5th)
1970 NL  5.0 (3rd)
1976 AL  3.2 (3rd)
Career  35.6 (64th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1967 NL  4.2 (7th)
1968 NL  3.6 (7th)
1969 NL  5.2 (4th)
1971 NL  4.8 (6th)
1975 NL  4.2 (8th)
1976 AL  4.5 (2nd)
Career  40.9 (53rd)

Putouts† s c a p y
1968 NL  1336 (4th)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
1970 NL  12 (5th)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1968 NL  147 (3rd)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1968 NL  1313 (4th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1968 NL  93 (3rd)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1968 NL  11 (4th)

Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1974 NL  147 (1st)
1975 NL  153 (1st)
1976 AL  126 (5th)
Career  1605 (16th)

Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1974 NL  260 (4th)
1975 NL  270 (3rd)
Career  2908 (20th)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1974 NL  19 (1st)
1975 NL  15 (1st)
Career  159 (3rd)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1976 AL  7 (3rd)
Career  93 (6th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1969 NL  156 (4th)
1970 NL  160 (1st)
1971 NL  162 (1st)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1966 NL  13 (3rd)
1969 NL  16 (1st)
1970 NL  14 (4th)
1971 NL  20 (1st)
1973 NL  17 (2nd)
Career  165 (94th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1965 NL  11 (2nd)
1966 NL  12 (3rd)
1967 NL  11 (3rd)
1971 NL  18 (1st)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1963 NL  4 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
1963 NL  9.68 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1968 NL  9.56 (4th)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1963 NL  .989 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1966 NL  2.34 (1st)
1970 NL  2.11 (2nd)
1973 NL  2.03 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1965 NL  1.95 (4th)
1966 NL  2.22 (1st)
1967 NL  1.96 (5th)
1970 NL  2.02 (1st)
1973 NL  2.04 (3rd)
1975 NL  1.86 (4th)
Career  1.91 (60th)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1970 NL  .985 (2nd)
1974 NL  .982 (3rd)
1975 NL  .986 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
1970 NL  12 (4th)

Oldest s c a p y
1983 NL  born 1944-04-01 (10th)
1984 NL  born 1944-04-01 (4th)
1985 NL  born 1944-04-01 (4th)

Youngest s c a p y
1963 NL  born 1944-04-01 (5th)

             

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (414), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 89 (261), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 58 (327), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 38 (179), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Tony Perez (867) *
  2. Dave Parker (857)
  3. Harold Baines (855)
  4. Brooks Robinson (850) *
  5. Luis Gonzalez (844)
  6. Chili Davis (842)
  7. Steve Garvey (829)
  8. Al Oliver (829)
  9. Garret Anderson (823)
  10. Dwight Evans (816)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Tommy Bond (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Joe Quinn (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Lloyd Moseby (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ed Kranepool (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Claudell Washington (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Claudell Washington (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Claudell Washington (916)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Carl Yastrzemski (907) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Carl Yastrzemski (912) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Carl Yastrzemski (915) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Harold Baines (907)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Harold Baines (903)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Ruben Sierra (898)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Carl Yastrzemski (884) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Carl Yastrzemski (884) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Carl Yastrzemski (879) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Carl Yastrzemski (880) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Carl Yastrzemski (883) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  19. Steve Garvey (876)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  20. Harold Baines (882)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  21. Harold Baines (882)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  22. Harold Baines (861)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  23. Tony Perez (856) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

September 11, 1961: Signed by the Houston Colt .45's as an amateur free agent.

January 22, 1969: Traded by the Houston Astros to the Montreal Expos for Jesus Alou and Donn Clendenon. Donn Clendenon refused to report to his new team on April 8, 1969. The Montreal Expos sent Jack Billingham (April 8, 1969), Skip Guinn (April 8, 1969) and $100,000 (April 8, 1969) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

April 5, 1972: Traded by the Montreal Expos to the New York Mets for Tim Foli, Mike Jorgensen and Ken Singleton.

December 12, 1975: Traded by the New York Mets with Bill Laxton to the Detroit Tigers for Billy Baldwin and Mickey Lolich.

July 20, 1979: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Montreal Expos for a player to be named later and cash. The Montreal Expos sent Randy Schafer (minors) (December 3, 1979) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.

March 31, 1980: Traded by the Montreal Expos to the Texas Rangers for Chris Smith and LaRue Washington.

October 23, 1980: Granted Free Agency.

December 16, 1980: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

November 12, 1984: Granted Free Agency.

January 3, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

November 12, 1985: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
196824Houston Astros$43,0003/30/68 TSN12/5/70 TSN: $42,000
196925Montreal Expos$52,00012/5/70 TSN
197026Montreal Expos$62,00012/5/70 TSN
197127Montreal Expos$72,00012/5/70 TSN
197228Montreal Expos$90,0003/18/72 TSN
197329New York Mets$105,0003/24/73 TSN3 years/$330,000, not evenly distributed
197430New York Mets$115,0004/6/74 TSN3 years/$330,000, not evenly distributed
197531New York Mets$110,0003/24/73 TSN3 years/$330,000, not evenly distributed
197632Detroit Tigers$145,00010/23/76 TSN
197733Detroit Tigers$165,000TSN salary survey, 4/23/77
198137New York Mets$333,3331981 TSN Guide3 years, $1 million
198238New York Mets$333,3331981 TSN Guide3 years, $1 million
198339New York Mets$339,2441981 TSN Guide (length; 1/15/84 NYT3 years, $1 million
198440New York Mets$300,0001/4/85 TSN
198541New York Mets$300,0001985 USA Today survey
Career to date (may be incomplete)$2,564,910
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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