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Champ Summers

John Junior Summers

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: June 15, 1946 in Bremerton, WA
High School: Madison HS (Madison, IL)
School: Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (Edwardsville, IL)
Signed by the Oakland Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1971. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 4, 1974
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Cubs/Reds/Giants/Padres/... 1974-1984

Final Game: September 30, 1984
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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
1974 28 OAK AL 20 25 24 2 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 5 .125 .160 .167 .327 -3 4 0 0 0 0 0 /79D
1975 29 CHC NL 76 103 91 14 21 5 1 1 16 0 0 10 13 .231 .311 .341 .651 78 31 3 1 0 1 0 7/9
1976 30 CHC NL 83 142 126 11 26 2 0 3 13 1 0 13 31 .206 .284 .294 .577 59 37 3 1 1 1 1 73/92
1977 31 CIN NL 59 84 76 11 13 4 0 3 6 0 0 6 16 .171 .238 .342 .580 53 26 3 1 0 1 1 9/75
1978 32 CIN NL 13 42 35 4 9 2 0 1 3 2 1 7 4 .257 .381 .400 .781 119 14 2 0 0 0 1 9
1979 33 TOT MLB 117 364 306 57 89 14 2 21 62 7 7 53 48 .291 .401 .556 .957 154 170 5 4 0 1 4 93D/7
1979 33 CIN NL 27 74 60 10 12 2 1 1 11 0 1 13 15 .200 .351 .317 .668 84 19 1 1 0 0 0 /937
1979 33 DET AL 90 290 246 47 77 12 1 20 51 7 6 40 33 .313 .414 .614 1.028 171 151 4 3 0 1 4 9D/37
1980 34 DET AL 120 408 347 61 103 19 1 17 60 4 3 52 52 .297 .393 .504 .897 143 175 10 5 1 3 6 D97/3
1981 35 DET AL 64 189 165 16 42 8 0 3 21 1 1 19 35 .255 .339 .358 .696 99 59 0 3 0 2 3 D9
1982 36 SFG NL 70 147 125 15 31 5 0 4 19 0 1 16 17 .248 .342 .384 .726 105 48 4 3 1 2 0 7/39
1983 37 SFG NL 29 30 22 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 8 .136 .333 .136 .470 37 3 3 0 0 1 0 /7
1984 38 SDP NL 47 59 54 5 10 3 0 1 12 0 0 4 15 .185 .254 .296 .551 55 16 2 1 0 0 1 /3
11 Yrs 698 1593 1371 199 350 63 4 54 218 15 13 188 244 .255 .350 .425 .776 112 583 35 19 3 12 17
162 Game Avg. 162 370 318 46 81 15 1 13 51 3 3 44 57 .255 .350 .425 .776 112 135 8 4 1 3 4
CIN (3 yrs) 99 200 171 25 34 8 1 5 20 2 2 26 35 .199 .310 .345 .655 78 59 6 2 0 1 2
DET (3 yrs) 274 887 758 124 222 39 2 40 132 12 10 111 120 .293 .388 .508 .896 143 385 14 11 1 6 13
SFG (2 yrs) 99 177 147 18 34 5 0 4 22 0 1 23 25 .231 .341 .347 .688 94 51 7 3 1 3 0
CHC (2 yrs) 159 245 217 25 47 7 1 4 29 1 0 23 44 .217 .295 .313 .608 67 68 6 2 1 2 1
OAK (1 yr) 20 25 24 2 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 5 .125 .160 .167 .327 -3 4 0 0 0 0 0
SDP (1 yr) 47 59 54 5 10 3 0 1 12 0 0 4 15 .185 .254 .296 .551 55 16 2 1 0 0 1
NL (8 yrs) 404 681 589 73 125 23 2 14 83 3 3 76 119 .212 .308 .329 .637 76 194 21 8 2 6 4
AL (4 yrs) 294 912 782 126 225 40 2 40 135 12 10 112 125 .288 .382 .497 .879 139 389 14 11 1 6 13

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
1974 28 OAK AL 20 25 -2 0 0 -1 -1 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .483 .498 -0.2 -0.2 -1 $ /79D
1975 29 CHC NL 76 103 -0 1 0 -3 -1 -3 -0.3 3 0 0.0 .496 .498 0.3 -0.4 3 $ 7/9
1976 30 CHC NL 83 142 -5 -1 -0 -3 -2 -11 -1.3 4 -7 -0.8 .485 .492 -0.5 -0.5 -4 $ 73/92
1977 31 CIN NL 59 84 -4 -0 -0 2 -1 -4 -0.4 2 -1 -0.1 .494 .498 -0.3 0.1 -3 $ 9/75
1978 32 CIN NL 13 42 1 -0 -0 -1 -0 -1 -0.1 1 -0 0.0 .489 .499 0.1 -0.2 1 $ 9
1979 33 CIN NL 27 74 1 0 -0 -2 -1 -2 -0.2 2 -0 0.0 .490 .498 0.2 -0.3 2 $ /937
1979 33 DET AL 90 290 23 -0 1 -7 -4 12 1.3 9 22 2.2 .513 .507 2.9 -1.1 29 $ 9D/37
1980 34 DET AL 120 408 22 -3 0 -4 -9 7 0.9 12 19 2.0 .506 .504 2.4 -1.2 24 $ D97/3
1981 35 DET AL 64 189 -0 -1 0 -0 -4 -6 -0.6 6 -0 -0.1 .489 .496 0.0 -0.5 0 $ D9
1982 36 SFG NL 70 147 2 -0 -0 -4 -2 -5 -0.5 4 -0 0.0 .492 .497 0.4 -0.6 4 $ 7/39
1983 37 SFG NL 29 30 -2 0 -0 0 0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .493 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /7
1984 38 SDP NL 47 59 -2 0 0 -0 -0 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.1 .493 .498 -0.1 -0.1 -0 $ /3
11 Seasons 698 1593 33 -4 1 -26 -25 -21 -2.2 49 28 2.7 .496 .499 5.1 -4.9 53 $
CIN (3 yrs) 99 200 -2 0 -1 -2 -2 -7 -0.8 6 -1 -0.1 .492 .498 -0.0 -0.4 0 $
DET (3 yrs) 274 887 45 -4 2 -12 -18 13 1.5 28 41 4.1 .504 .503 5.3 -2.8 52 $
SFG (2 yrs) 99 177 0 -0 -0 -4 -2 -7 -0.7 5 -1 -0.1 .492 .498 0.3 -0.6 3 $
CHC (2 yrs) 159 245 -5 -0 -0 -6 -2 -14 -1.6 7 -7 -0.8 .490 .495 -0.2 -0.9 -1 $
OAK (1 yr) 20 25 -2 0 0 -1 -1 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .483 .498 -0.2 -0.2 -1 $
SDP (1 yr) 47 59 -2 0 0 -0 -0 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.1 .493 .498 -0.1 -0.1 -0 $

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
1974 28 OAK AL 25 21 1 1.3 84 .158 .125 .251 .160 .315 .167 .361 .327 .676 -3 .105 -3.1 -0.3 .238 .083 .042
1975 29 CHC NL 103 74 10 3.6 99 .256 .231 .270 .311 .342 .341 .390 .651 .732 78 .422 -2.7 -0.3 .575 .220 .110 .0
1976 30 CHC NL 142 105 11 2.8 98 .247 .206 .272 .284 .339 .294 .387 .577 .727 59 .336 -7.2 -0.8 .505 .198 .087 1.5
1977 31 CIN NL 84 67 6 2.4 105 .172 .171 .272 .238 .340 .342 .414 .580 .754 53 .234 -5.4 -0.5 .500 .250 .171 .0
1978 32 CIN NL 42 29 5 4.6 95 .267 .257 .262 .381 .330 .400 .385 .781 .715 119 .546 1.2 0.1 .759 .371 .143 1.3
1979 33 TOT MLB 364 230 70 8.1 104 .286 .291 .272 .401 .338 .556 .411 .957 .749 154 .736 24.4 2.3 .991 .438 .265 10.5
1979 33 CIN NL 74 50 7 3.8 100 .250 .200 .270 .351 .336 .317 .401 .668 .737 84 .429 -0.9 -0.1 .640 .317 .117 .0
1979 33 DET AL 290 180 63 9.3 104 .294 .313 .273 .414 .338 .614 .414 1.028 .752 171 .778 25.3 2.4 1.089 .467 .301 10.4
1980 34 DET AL 408 261 69 7.1 100 .306 .297 .272 .393 .334 .504 .403 .897 .737 143 .690 22.5 2.2 .907 .360 .207 6.5
1981 35 DET AL 189 126 22 4.7 91 .302 .255 .260 .339 .324 .358 .378 .696 .702 99 .562 0.5 0.1 .653 .218 .103 1.5
1982 36 SFG NL 147 102 17 4.5 94 .255 .248 .264 .342 .327 .384 .384 .726 .712 105 .529 1.4 0.1 .667 .256 .136 .0
1983 37 SFG NL 30 23 1 1.2 94 .200 .136 .260 .333 .328 .136 .385 .470 .713 37 .087 -1.4 -0.1 .455 .318 .000
1984 38 SDP NL 59 46 4 2.3 94 .237 .185 .263 .254 .328 .296 .383 .551 .711 55 .257 -3.3 -0.4 .457 .185 .111 .0
11 Yrs 1593 1084 216 5.4 99 .273 .255 .268 .350 .334 .425 .396 .776 .730 112 .588 27.0 2.5 .741 .309 .170 23.5
162 Game Avg. 370 252 50 5.4 99 .273 .255 .268 .350 .334 .425 .396 .776 .730 112 .588 6 1 .741 .309 .170 5
CIN (3 yrs) 200 146 18 3.3 101 .220 .199 .269 .310 .336 .345 .404 .655 .740 78 .369 -5.1 -0.5 .600 .298 .146 2.9
DET (3 yrs) 887 567 154 7.3 100 .301 .293 .269 .388 .333 .508 .401 .896 .734 143 .705 48.4 4.7 .909 .364 .215 18.5
SFG (2 yrs) 177 125 18 3.9 94 .248 .231 .264 .341 .327 .347 .384 .688 .712 94 .462 0.0 0.0 .628 .265 .116 .0
CHC (2 yrs) 245 179 21 3.2 99 .251 .217 .271 .295 .340 .313 .388 .608 .729 67 .374 -9.8 -1.0 .534 .207 .097 1.6
OAK (1 yr) 25 21 1 1.3 84 .158 .125 .251 .160 .315 .167 .361 .327 .676 -3 .105 -3.1 -0.3 .238 .083 .042
SDP (1 yr) 59 46 4 2.3 94 .237 .185 .263 .254 .328 .296 .383 .551 .711 55 .257 -3.3 -0.4 .457 .185 .111 .0
NL (8 yrs) 681 496 61 3.3 98 .240 .212 .268 .308 .335 .329 .391 .637 .726 76 .386 -18.2 -1.9 .570 .246 .117 4.9
AL (4 yrs) 912 588 155 7.1 99 .297 .288 .269 .382 .333 .497 .400 .879 .732 139 .694 45.2 4.4 .885 .355 .210 18.5

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
1984 38 SDP NL NLCS CHC W 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 38 SDP NL WS DET L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Yr (2 Series) 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .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
1974 28 OAK AL 25 0.0% 20.0% 4.0% 4.0% 33% 5.00 4.8 8.0 0.67 76%
1975 29 CHC NL 103 1.0% 12.6% 9.7% 6.8% 33% 1.30 7.0 91.0 5.7 1.27 76%
1976 30 CHC NL 142 2.1% 21.8% 9.2% 3.5% 19% 2.38 4.1 42.0 9.7 1.03 65%
1977 31 CIN NL 84 3.6% 19.1% 7.1% 8.3% 54% 2.67 4.8 25.3 12.7 1.45 69%
1978 32 CIN NL 42 2.4% 9.5% 16.7% 7.1% 33% 0.57 8.8 35.0 11.7 1.18 71%
1979 33 TOT MLB 364 5.8% 13.2% 14.6% 10.2% 42% 0.91 6.4 14.6 4.9 1.02 65%
1979 33 CIN NL 74 1.4% 20.3% 17.6% 5.4% 33% 1.15 4.0 60.0 5.5 0.60 59%
1979 33 DET AL 290 6.9% 11.4% 13.8% 11.4% 43% 0.83 7.5 12.3 4.8 1.15 67%
1980 34 DET AL 408 4.2% 12.8% 12.8% 9.1% 36% 1.00 6.7 20.4 5.8 1.08 69%
1981 35 DET AL 189 1.6% 18.5% 10.1% 5.8% 26% 1.84 4.7 55.0 7.9 0.91 68%
1982 36 SFG NL 147 2.7% 11.6% 10.9% 6.1% 29% 1.06 7.4 31.3 6.6 1.05 72%
1983 37 SFG NL 30 0.0% 26.7% 23.3% 0.0% 0% 1.14 2.8 7.3 2.75 50%
1984 38 SDP NL 59 1.7% 25.4% 6.8% 6.8% 40% 3.75 3.6 54.0 4.5 2.22 64%
11 Yrs 1593 3.4% 15.3% 11.8% 7.6% 35% 1.30 5.6 25.4 6.3 1.11 68%
MLB Averages 1.9% 13.0% 8.5% 6.4% 28% 1.54 6.8 46.1 8.6 1.09 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1974 28 OAK AL -3.1 -0.3 25 0.1 0.3 -0.2 .51 -0.1 0.4 0.3 0.0 1.10 -1.6 0.97 9
1975 29 CHC NL -2.7 -0.3 103 -0.3 2.1 -2.4 1.41 -0.3 0.0 0.8 0.1 1.09 -1.0 1.74 48
1976 30 CHC NL -7.2 -0.8 143 -1.3 2.2 -3.5 1.34 -0.5 -0.4 -6.4 -0.6 0.98 -4.4 1.97 47
1977 31 CIN NL -5.4 -0.5 85 -0.9 0.9 -1.8 1.00 -0.5 -0.4 -9.9 -1.0 0.95 -6.6 1.09 38
1978 32 CIN NL 1.2 0.1 46 0.2 0.9 -0.8 1.03 0.1 0.0 -0.2 -0.0 1.00 1.0 0.01 0
1979 33 TOT MLB 24.4 2.3 381 2.0 8.5 -6.5 1.06 2.4 -0.6 27.7 2.6 0.95 28.6 1.94 23
1979 33 CIN NL -0.9 -0.1 76 0.5 1.4 -0.9 .87 -0.0 0.6 4.4 0.4 0.97 0.7 1.25 10
1979 33 DET AL 25.3 2.4 305 1.5 7.1 -5.6 1.10 2.5 -1.1 23.4 2.2 0.95 27.9 2.47 13
1980 34 DET AL 22.5 2.2 417 1.4 8.9 -7.5 1.11 2.2 -0.9 21.8 2.1 1.02 29.0 1.70 26
1981 35 DET AL 0.3 0.0 192 0.2 3.5 -3.3 1.09 0.0 0.2 1.5 0.2 1.00 0.4 1.59 14
1982 36 SFG NL 1.4 0.1 148 0.7 3.2 -2.5 1.21 0.2 0.4 3.2 0.3 1.01 2.4 1.76 31
1983 37 SFG NL -1.4 -0.1 30 -0.7 0.4 -1.1 1.81 -0.2 -0.2 -3.4 -0.4 1.28 -2.0 1.84 20
1984 38 SDP NL -3.3 -0.4 59 0.3 2.2 -1.8 1.63 -0.2 0.4 0.4 0.0 1.19 -2.5 1.78 36
11 Yrs 26.8 2.4 1629 1.7 33.2 -31.5 1.16 3.2 -1.7 35.7 3.4 1.01 43.4 1.69 292

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1974 28 OAK AL 2 0 50% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 29 CHC NL 4 0 42% 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 75% 3 2 1 1 0 1 4 0 4
1976 30 CHC NL 4 0 22% 52 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 13% 3 3 0 3 2 1 2 2 0
1977 31 CIN NL 3 0 47% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 67% 3 2 0 0 0 0 6 0 6
1978 32 CIN NL 0 0 20% 12 2 1 67% 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 20% 3 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1979 33 TOT MLB 4 0 29% 149 7 7 50% 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 8 39% 32 21 10 5 2 3 14 6 7
1979 33 CIN NL 3 0 36% 23 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 55% 6 3 3 0 0 0 5 1 3
1979 33 DET AL 1 0 27% 126 7 6 54% 7 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 6 35% 26 18 7 5 2 3 9 5 4
1980 34 DET AL 6 0 31% 171 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 40% 32 23 9 5 1 3 16 7 9
1981 35 DET AL 2 0 21% 62 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 29% 8 6 2 2 2 0 4 1 2
1982 36 SFG NL 2 0 24% 61 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 53% 9 6 3 1 0 1 5 1 4
1983 37 SFG NL 0 0 30% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1984 38 SDP NL 2 0 29% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
11 Yrs 29 0 29% 583 15 13 54% 14 10 1 2 0 1 0 0 23 24 42% 96 68 26 19 8 10 53 17 34

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
1974 28 OAK AL 25 88% 3 9 1 0 1 0.97 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0% 4 0 0% 23 4 17% 1 1 100% 3 1 33% 0
1975 29 CHC NL 103 96% 21 48 15 1 8 1.74 1 1 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 30 3 10% 12 2 17% 95 16 17% 15 6 40% 2 2 100% 0
1976 30 CHC NL 142 96% 26 47 12 1 3 1.97 3 0 4 3 0 0 3 0 1 1 100% 28 3 11% 14 4 29% 93 11 12% 10 5 50% 4 2 50% 0
1977 31 CIN NL 84 94% 13 38 6 2 3 1.09 3 0 2 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 14 3 21% 14 4 29% 53 3 6% 8 2 25% 5 2 40% 0
1978 32 CIN NL 42 88% 9 0 0 0 0 0.01 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 2 20% 4 0 0% 26 2 8% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1979 33 TOT MLB 364 93% 89 23 5 2 4 1.94 21 0 10 20 1 18 3 0 0 0 61 5 8% 22 9 41% 231 41 18% 22 11 50% 14 9 64% 0
1979 33 CIN NL 74 82% 12 10 1 0 1 1.25 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 1 9% 2 0 0% 55 10 18% 4 2 50% 3 1 33% 0
1979 33 DET AL 290 95% 77 13 4 2 3 2.47 20 0 8 19 1 17 3 0 0 0 50 4 8% 20 9 45% 176 31 18% 18 9 50% 11 8 73% 0
1980 34 DET AL 408 87% 103 26 7 1 4 1.70 17 1 9 15 2 9 8 0 1 1 100% 87 10 11% 41 16 39% 313 44 14% 27 16 59% 19 12 63% 0
1981 35 DET AL 189 87% 42 14 3 0 1 1.59 3 0 6 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 28 0 0% 13 5 38% 135 19 14% 14 7 50% 5 3 60% 0
1982 36 SFG NL 147 88% 31 31 10 2 8 1.76 4 0 3 4 0 2 2 0 1 1 100% 37 4 11% 15 7 47% 101 15 15% 7 5 71% 6 5 83% 0
1983 37 SFG NL 30 97% 3 20 3 0 3 1.84 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 3 27% 5 2 40% 36 3 8% 4 1 25% 1 1 100% 0
1984 38 SDP NL 59 95% 10 36 7 1 6 1.78 1 1 7 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0% 15 2 13% 7 3 43% 68 13 19% 8 4 50% 6 5 83% 0
11 Yrs 1593 91% 350 292 69 10 41 1.69 54 3 49 51 3 36 18 1 4 3 75% 329 35 11% 151 52 34% 1174 171 15% 117 58 50% 65 42 65% 0
MLB Averages 56% 80% 11% 35% 14% 51% 54%

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
1974 28 20 25 24 2 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 5 .125 .160 .167 .327 -3 4 0 0 0 0 0
1975 29 96 128 115 16 24 6 1 1 19 0 0 11 18 .209 .281 .304 .586 63 35 3 1 0 1 0
1976 30 179 270 241 27 50 8 1 4 32 1 0 24 49 .207 .283 .299 .581 61 72 6 2 1 2 1
1977 31 238 354 317 38 63 12 1 7 38 1 0 30 65 .199 .272 .309 .581 59 98 9 3 1 3 2
1978 32 251 396 352 42 72 14 1 8 41 3 1 37 69 .205 .284 .318 .602 65 112 11 3 1 3 3
1979 33 368 760 658 99 161 28 3 29 103 10 8 90 117 .245 .340 .429 .768 108 282 16 7 1 4 7
1980 34 488 1168 1005 160 264 47 4 46 163 14 11 142 169 .263 .358 .455 .813 120 457 26 12 2 7 13
1981 35 552 1357 1170 176 306 55 4 49 184 15 12 161 204 .262 .356 .441 .797 117 516 26 15 2 9 16
1982 36 622 1504 1295 191 337 60 4 53 203 15 13 177 221 .260 .354 .436 .790 116 564 30 18 3 11 16
1983 37 651 1534 1317 194 340 60 4 53 206 15 13 184 229 .258 .354 .431 .785 115 567 33 18 3 12 16
1984 38 698 1593 1371 199 350 63 4 54 218 15 13 188 244 .255 .350 .425 .776 112 583 35 19 3 12 17

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1974 28 20 26 25 3 4 1 0 0 5 0 1 5 .160 .192 .200 .392 1 20
1975 29 76 104 92 15 22 5 1 1 17 0 10 13 .239 .317 .348 .665 10 76
1976 30 83 144 127 12 27 2 0 3 14 1 14 31 .213 .294 .299 .593 11 83
1977 31 59 84 76 11 13 4 0 3 6 0 6 16 .171 .238 .342 .580 6 59
1978 32 13 44 36 5 10 2 0 1 3 2 8 4 .278 .409 .417 .826 6 13
1979 33 118 367 308 57 90 14 2 21 62 7 54 48 .292 .403 .555 .958 68 117
1980 34 120 411 349 63 105 19 1 17 62 4 53 52 .301 .398 .507 .905 70 120
1981 35 97 293 254 27 68 13 0 5 36 2 31 53 .268 .355 .378 .733 33 64
1982 36 70 149 126 16 32 5 0 4 20 0 17 17 .254 .351 .389 .740 17 70
1983 37 29 30 22 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 7 8 .136 .333 .136 .470 1 29
1984 38 47 59 54 5 10 3 0 1 12 0 4 15 .185 .254 .296 .551 4 47
11 Yrs 732 1711 1469 217 384 68 4 56 240 16 205 262 .261 .357 .428 .785 227 698
162 Game Avg. 162 379 325 48 85 15 1 12 53 4 45 58 .261 .357 .428 .785 50 698

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1990 BBWAA ()

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1592), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

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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