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Jim Sundberg

James Howard Sundberg

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: May 18, 1951 in Galesburg, IL
High School: Galesburg HS (Galesburg, IL)
School: University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1973 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 4, 1974
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Royals/Brewers/Cubs 1974-1989

Final Game: September 24, 1989
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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
1974 23 TEX AL 132 449 368 45 91 13 3 3 36 2 4 62 61 .247 .354 .323 .678 99 119 16 0 17 2 0 *2 AS,RoY-4
1975 24 TEX AL 155 540 472 45 94 9 0 6 36 3 1 51 77 .199 .283 .256 .539 55 121 16 4 13 0 0 *2
1976 25 TEX AL 140 496 448 33 102 24 2 3 34 0 0 37 61 .228 .285 .310 .596 74 139 15 0 9 2 0 *2 GG
1977 26 TEX AL 149 533 453 61 132 20 3 6 65 2 3 53 77 .291 .365 .389 .753 105 176 8 2 20 5 0 *2 MVP-15,GG
1978 27 TEX AL 149 592 518 54 144 23 6 6 58 2 5 64 70 .278 .358 .380 .739 109 197 18 3 3 4 6 *2/D AS,MVP-15,GG
1979 28 TEX AL 150 561 495 50 136 23 4 5 64 3 3 51 51 .275 .345 .368 .713 95 182 17 5 5 5 5 *2 GG
1980 29 TEX AL 151 581 505 59 138 24 1 10 63 2 2 64 67 .273 .353 .384 .737 106 194 15 1 6 5 3 *2 GG
1981 30 TEX AL 102 396 339 42 94 17 2 3 28 2 5 50 48 .277 .369 .366 .735 119 124 5 1 3 3 6 *2/7 GG
1982 31 TEX AL 139 531 470 37 118 22 5 10 47 2 6 49 57 .251 .322 .383 .705 99 180 11 1 9 1 2 *2/7
1983 32 TEX AL 131 423 378 30 76 14 0 2 28 0 4 35 64 .201 .272 .254 .526 48 96 8 2 7 1 0 *2
1984 33 MIL AL 110 395 348 43 91 19 4 7 43 1 1 38 63 .261 .332 .399 .731 106 139 5 0 6 3 2 *2 AS
1985 34 KCR AL 115 407 367 38 90 12 4 10 35 0 2 33 67 .245 .308 .381 .689 89 140 9 1 4 2 3 *2
1986 35 KCR AL 140 491 429 41 91 9 1 12 42 1 1 57 91 .212 .303 .322 .624 70 138 7 0 2 3 1 *2
1987 36 CHC NL 61 161 139 9 28 2 0 4 15 0 0 19 40 .201 .306 .302 .608 61 42 3 2 1 0 3 2
1988 37 TOT MLB 62 165 145 21 39 5 0 6 22 0 0 13 32 .269 .327 .428 .755 110 62 3 0 6 1 0 2
1988 37 CHC NL 24 66 54 8 13 1 0 2 9 0 0 8 15 .241 .333 .370 .704 99 20 1 0 3 1 0 2
1988 37 TEX AL 38 99 91 13 26 4 0 4 13 0 0 5 17 .286 .323 .462 .784 116 42 2 0 3 0 0 2
1989 38 TEX AL 76 178 147 13 29 7 1 2 8 0 0 23 37 .197 .304 .299 .603 70 44 3 0 7 1 0 2/D
16 Yrs 1962 6899 6021 621 1493 243 36 95 624 20 37 699 963 .248 .327 .348 .674 90 2093 159 22 118 38 31
162 Game Avg. 162 570 497 51 123 20 3 8 52 2 3 58 80 .248 .327 .348 .674 90 173 13 2 10 3 3
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
TEX (12 yrs) 1512 5379 4684 482 1180 200 27 60 480 18 33 544 687 .252 .330 .345 .675 91 1614 134 19 102 29 22
KCR (2 yrs) 255 898 796 79 181 21 5 22 77 1 3 90 158 .227 .305 .349 .654 79 278 16 1 6 5 4
CHC (2 yrs) 85 227 193 17 41 3 0 6 24 0 0 27 55 .212 .314 .321 .635 71 62 4 2 4 1 3
MIL (1 yr) 110 395 348 43 91 19 4 7 43 1 1 38 63 .261 .332 .399 .731 106 139 5 0 6 3 2
AL (15 yrs) 1877 6672 5828 604 1452 240 36 89 600 20 37 672 908 .249 .327 .348 .675 90 2031 155 20 114 37 28
NL (2 yrs) 85 227 193 17 41 3 0 6 24 0 0 27 55 .212 .314 .321 .635 71 62 4 2 4 1 3

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 23 TEX AL 132 449 8 0 -1 6 7 20 2.4 14 35 3.7 .517 .514 3.1 1.6 29 $ *2 AS,RoY-4
1975 24 TEX AL 155 540 -23 -2 -2 13 9 -4 -0.3 17 13 1.3 .497 .497 -0.1 2.5 0 $ *2
1976 25 TEX AL 140 496 -14 1 0 14 8 9 1.2 16 25 2.6 .507 .506 1.1 2.6 11 $ *2 GG
1977 26 TEX AL 149 533 4 2 1 14 8 29 3.2 17 46 4.8 .520 .518 3.3 2.4 32 $80,000 *2 MVP-15,GG
1978 27 TEX AL 149 592 5 0 -2 17 9 29 3.3 19 48 5.0 .521 .519 3.2 2.9 31 $ *2/D AS,MVP-15,GG
1979 28 TEX AL 150 561 -2 -2 -2 10 8 12 1.4 18 31 3.1 .508 .508 2.1 2.0 21 $ *2 GG
1980 29 TEX AL 151 581 11 -1 -1 -3 9 15 1.8 18 33 3.4 .510 .510 3.7 0.8 36 $ *2 GG
1981 30 TEX AL 102 396 10 -0 0 8 6 23 2.7 12 35 3.8 .525 .516 3.0 1.5 28 $ *2/7 GG
1982 31 TEX AL 139 531 3 -2 1 6 8 16 1.7 16 32 3.2 .512 .510 2.6 1.5 25 $ *2/7
1983 32 TEX AL 131 423 -25 -1 0 9 7 -10 -0.9 13 3 0.3 .492 .493 -0.6 1.8 -6 $ *2
1984 33 MIL AL 110 395 2 -1 -0 11 6 17 1.9 12 29 3.0 .516 .511 1.9 1.8 18 $ *2 AS
1985 34 KCR AL 115 407 -7 -2 -1 -1 6 -4 -0.3 12 8 0.8 .496 .497 1.0 0.6 9 $608,333 *2
1986 35 KCR AL 140 491 -18 -2 -0 7 7 -6 -0.5 15 9 0.9 .495 .496 0.2 1.5 2 $653,128 *2
1987 36 CHC NL 61 161 -9 -0 0 1 2 -6 -0.5 5 -1 -0.1 .491 .496 -0.2 0.4 -2 $791,667 2
1988 37 CHC NL 24 66 2 -0 0 0 1 2 0.3 2 5 0.5 .512 .502 0.5 0.1 5 $650,000 2
1988 37 TEX AL 38 99 1 0 -0 -1 2 2 0.2 3 5 0.5 .504 .501 0.6 0.1 6 $62,500 2
1989 38 TEX AL 76 178 -6 -1 0 3 3 -1 -0.0 6 4 0.5 .498 .499 0.1 0.7 1 $475,000 2/D
16 Seasons 1962 6899 -58 -12 -5 114 104 143 17.6 217 359 37.3 .508 .506 25.5 25.0 245 $3,320,628
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
TEX (12 yrs) 1512 5379 -29 -6 -4 96 82 139 16.7 170 309 32.2 .510 .508 22.1 20.5 213 $617,500
KCR (2 yrs) 255 898 -24 -4 -1 6 13 -10 -0.8 28 17 1.7 .496 .497 1.2 2.1 11 $1,261,461
CHC (2 yrs) 85 227 -7 -0 0 1 3 -3 -0.2 7 4 0.4 .497 .499 0.3 0.5 3 $1,441,667
MIL (1 yr) 110 395 2 -1 -0 11 6 17 1.9 12 29 3.0 .516 .511 1.9 1.8 18 $

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 23 TEX AL 449 316 43 3.7 87 .288 .247 .255 .354 .319 .323 .366 .678 .685 99 .445 2.6 0.3 .603 .239 .076 2.4
1975 24 TEX AL 540 408 35 2.3 92 .226 .199 .257 .283 .327 .256 .377 .539 .704 55 .242 -28.3 -2.9 .451 .169 .057 4.0
1976 25 TEX AL 496 372 39 2.8 87 .256 .228 .258 .285 .323 .310 .364 .596 .687 74 .348 -15.2 -1.6 .488 .165 .083 .0
1977 26 TEX AL 533 357 67 5.0 101 .336 .291 .267 .365 .332 .389 .407 .753 .738 105 .537 5.3 0.5 .693 .212 .097 3.0
1978 27 TEX AL 592 404 69 4.6 94 .309 .278 .261 .358 .326 .380 .385 .739 .711 109 .526 7.7 0.8 .657 .220 .102 3.0
1979 28 TEX AL 561 389 62 4.2 100 .295 .275 .267 .345 .332 .368 .405 .713 .736 95 .453 -1.9 -0.2 .628 .196 .093 3.8
1980 29 TEX AL 581 395 69 4.7 95 .296 .273 .264 .353 .326 .384 .392 .737 .718 106 .511 6.9 0.7 .674 .238 .111 3.3
1981 30 TEX AL 396 261 48 5.0 84 .313 .277 .249 .369 .313 .366 .363 .735 .675 119 .585 11.0 1.1 .675 .227 .088 2.4
1982 31 TEX AL 531 379 57 4.0 93 .267 .251 .257 .322 .320 .383 .392 .705 .712 99 .442 -0.3 -0.0 .612 .228 .132 3.3
1983 32 TEX AL 423 322 26 2.2 95 .236 .201 .262 .272 .324 .254 .395 .526 .719 48 .204 -26.1 -2.6 .411 .135 .053 .0
1984 33 MIL AL 395 272 48 4.7 93 .299 .261 .259 .332 .321 .399 .391 .731 .712 106 .521 3.3 0.3 .673 .247 .138 1.8
1985 34 KCR AL 407 294 42 3.8 98 .274 .245 .260 .308 .326 .381 .404 .689 .730 89 .417 -6.4 -0.6 .597 .221 .136 .0
1986 35 KCR AL 491 351 44 3.4 101 .240 .212 .263 .303 .331 .322 .410 .624 .740 70 .352 -18.1 -1.8 .564 .242 .110 1.8
1987 36 CHC NL 161 115 13 3.0 108 .253 .201 .273 .306 .343 .302 .425 .608 .767 61 .305 -8.2 -0.8 .553 .237 .101 .0
1988 37 TOT MLB 165 116 20 4.6 95 .306 .269 .262 .327 .327 .428 .390 .755 .717 110 .540 1.5 0.2 .688 .248 .159 .0
1988 37 CHC NL 66 46 7 4.1 94 .289 .241 .262 .333 .326 .370 .384 .704 .711 99 .514 0.0 0.0 .667 .278 .130 .0
1988 37 TEX AL 99 70 13 5.0 96 .314 .286 .262 .323 .327 .462 .394 .784 .721 116 .554 1.4 0.2 .701 .231 .176 .0
1989 38 TEX AL 178 129 15 3.1 95 .248 .197 .263 .304 .328 .299 .387 .603 .715 70 .353 -5.5 -0.6 .554 .259 .102 .0
16 Yrs 6899 4880 697 3.8 95 .280 .248 .261 .327 .325 .348 .390 .674 .715 90 .432 -71.9 -7.3 .592 .213 .100 33.0
162 Game Avg. 570 403 58 3.8 95 .280 .248 .261 .327 .325 .348 .390 .674 .715 90 .432 -71.9 -7.3 .592 .213 .100 3
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
TEX (12 yrs) 5379 3802 543 3.8 93 .282 .252 .260 .330 .325 .345 .386 .675 .710 91 .437 -42.5 -4.4 .589 .206 .093 27.7
KCR (2 yrs) 898 645 86 3.6 100 .256 .227 .262 .305 .329 .349 .407 .654 .736 79 .382 -24.5 -2.4 .579 .232 .122 1.9
CHC (2 yrs) 227 161 20 3.3 104 .263 .212 .270 .314 .338 .321 .413 .635 .751 71 .364 -8.2 -0.8 .583 .249 .109 .0
MIL (1 yr) 395 272 48 4.7 93 .299 .261 .259 .332 .321 .399 .391 .731 .712 106 .521 3.3 0.3 .673 .247 .138 1.8
AL (15 yrs) 6672 4719 677 3.9 94 .280 .249 .260 .327 .325 .348 .389 .675 .714 90 .435 -63.7 -6.5 .592 .212 .099 32.7
NL (2 yrs) 227 161 20 3.3 104 .263 .212 .270 .314 .338 .321 .413 .635 .751 71 .364 -8.2 -0.8 .583 .249 .109 .0

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
1985 34 KCR AL ALCS TOR W 7 25 24 3 4 1 1 1 6 0 0 1 7 .167 .200 .417 .617 10 0 0 0 0 0
1985 34 KCR AL WS STL W 7 30 24 6 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 6 4 .250 .400 .333 .733 8 1 0 0 0 0
1 Yr (2 Series) 14 55 48 9 10 3 1 1 7 0 0 7 11 .208 .309 .375 .684 18 1 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 7 25 24 3 4 1 1 1 6 0 0 1 7 .167 .200 .417 .617 10 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 7 30 24 6 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 6 4 .250 .400 .333 .733 8 1 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
1974 TEX AL 23 DNP
1978 TEX AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 MIL AL 33 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (2 GP) 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
1974 23 TEX AL 449 0.7% 13.6% 13.8% 4.2% 21% 0.98 6.0 122.7 10.2 1.45 68%
1975 24 TEX AL 540 1.1% 14.3% 9.4% 2.8% 16% 1.51 6.1 78.7 13.1 1.46 72%
1976 25 TEX AL 496 0.6% 12.3% 7.5% 5.9% 28% 1.65 7.3 149.3 13.2 1.19 78%
1977 26 TEX AL 533 1.1% 14.5% 9.9% 5.4% 22% 1.45 5.9 75.5 7.0 1.14 70%
1978 27 TEX AL 592 1.0% 11.8% 10.8% 5.9% 24% 1.09 7.4 86.3 8.9 1.30 75%
1979 28 TEX AL 561 0.9% 9.1% 9.1% 5.7% 24% 1.00 9.7 99.0 7.7 1.33 79%
1980 29 TEX AL 581 1.7% 11.5% 11.0% 6.0% 25% 1.05 7.5 50.5 8.0 1.17 75%
1981 30 TEX AL 396 0.8% 12.1% 12.6% 5.6% 23% 0.96 7.1 113.0 12.1 1.11 73%
1982 31 TEX AL 531 1.9% 10.7% 9.2% 7.0% 31% 1.16 8.2 47.0 10.0 1.21 76%
1983 32 TEX AL 423 0.5% 15.1% 8.3% 3.8% 21% 1.83 5.9 189.0 13.5 0.90 74%
1984 33 MIL AL 395 1.8% 16.0% 9.6% 7.6% 33% 1.66 5.5 49.7 8.1 1.17 71%
1985 34 KCR AL 407 2.5% 16.5% 8.1% 6.4% 29% 2.03 5.5 36.7 10.5 1.18 72%
1986 35 KCR AL 491 2.4% 18.5% 11.6% 4.5% 24% 1.60 4.7 35.8 10.2 1.13 67%
1987 36 CHC NL 161 2.5% 24.8% 11.8% 3.7% 21% 2.11 3.5 34.8 9.3 1.18 59%
1988 37 TOT MLB 165 3.6% 19.4% 7.9% 6.7% 28% 2.46 4.5 24.2 6.6 1.04 1.61 65% 19% 15.4% 28%
1988 37 CHC NL 66 3.0% 22.7% 12.1% 4.6% 23% 1.88 3.6 27.0 6.0 1.60 2.50 58% 14% 18.2% 27%
1988 37 TEX AL 99 4.0% 17.2% 5.1% 8.1% 31% 3.40 5.4 22.8 7.0 0.82 1.30 71% 22% 14.3% 28%
1989 38 TEX AL 178 1.1% 20.8% 12.9% 5.6% 35% 1.61 4.0 73.5 18.4 0.86 1.17 61% 19% 4.3% 21%
16 Yrs 6899 1.4% 14.0% 10.1% 5.4% 25% 1.38 6.3 63.4 9.6 0.95 1.22 72% 19% 9.4% 24%
MLB Averages 2.0% 13.6% 8.5% 6.6% 28% 1.60 6.5 43.7 8.5 0.81 1.08 74% 20% 6.8% 29%
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
1974 23 TEX AL 2.6 0.3 463 -1.3 6.0 -7.3 .93 -0.0 -1.3 1.2 0.1 0.98 0.8 0
1975 24 TEX AL -28.3 -2.9 547 -2.5 7.7 -10.2 1.03 -2.4 -0.0 -24.1 -2.5 0.97 -25.0 0
1976 25 TEX AL -15.2 -1.6 501 -2.5 6.9 -9.4 1.08 -2.1 -0.2 -19.9 -2.1 0.98 -18.5 4.29 1
1977 26 TEX AL 5.3 0.5 551 0.4 9.9 -9.5 1.11 0.8 -0.4 6.2 0.6 1.01 4.4 0.99 2
1978 27 TEX AL 7.7 0.8 603 -0.6 9.9 -10.5 1.04 -0.3 -0.3 4.8 0.5 0.93 -1.4 2.83 1
1979 28 TEX AL -2.6 -0.3 570 1.6 10.9 -9.2 1.00 -0.9 2.5 -1.8 -0.2 0.95 -12.3 3.30 1
1980 29 TEX AL 6.2 0.6 587 -0.2 10.0 -10.2 1.03 0.4 -0.6 6.7 0.7 0.96 5.3 0.77 3
1981 30 TEX AL 11.0 1.1 407 0.1 5.9 -5.9 .94 0.2 -0.1 5.5 0.6 0.96 2.4 0.62 2
1982 31 TEX AL -1.1 -0.1 547 -1.8 7.4 -9.3 .98 -0.5 -1.4 -6.0 -0.6 0.93 -5.4 1.53 7
1983 32 TEX AL -26.1 -2.6 429 -2.8 6.1 -8.9 1.09 -2.5 -0.0 -26.6 -2.7 0.94 -28.8 1.85 1
1984 33 MIL AL 3.3 0.3 402 1.3 8.1 -6.8 1.05 0.2 1.1 12.5 1.3 0.92 2.2 2.38 3
1985 34 KCR AL -6.9 -0.7 412 -0.1 6.5 -6.6 .96 -0.8 0.7 -10.3 -1.0 0.91 -9.9 3.63 5
1986 35 KCR AL -18.7 -1.8 495 -0.6 7.3 -7.9 .91 -1.9 1.2 -13.6 -1.3 0.91 -20.9 1.13 8
1987 36 CHC NL -8.2 -0.8 163 -0.7 2.3 -3.0 1.05 -0.8 0.1 -4.7 -0.5 0.94 -6.0 1.86 8
1988 37 TOT MLB 1.5 0.2 168 0.8 4.0 -3.2 1.18 0.7 0.1 2.4 0.3 1.00 6.8 2.48 8
1988 37 CHC NL 0.0 0.0 67 0.4 1.7 -1.3 1.31 0.4 -0.1 2.0 0.2 1.08 3.1 2.26 4
1988 37 TEX AL 1.4 0.2 101 0.5 2.4 -1.9 1.10 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.95 3.7 2.70 4
1989 38 TEX AL -5.5 -0.6 181 -0.5 2.3 -2.8 .92 -0.7 0.1 -6.9 -0.7 0.92 -7.7 2.13 5
16 Yrs -75.2 -7.6 7026 -9.2 111.4 -120.6 1.02 -10.6 1.6 -74.6 -7.6 0.95 -113.9 1.97 55
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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1974 23 TEX AL 13 0 28% 214 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 44% 38 29 9 2 0 2 15 2 13
1975 24 TEX AL 11 0 27% 189 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 7 32% 31 26 4 10 6 4 15 4 10
1976 25 TEX AL 6 0 22% 195 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 36% 27 23 4 0 0 0 17 5 12
1977 26 TEX AL 4 0 30% 243 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 17 37% 35 28 7 7 4 3 17 5 12
1978 27 TEX AL 5 0 23% 242 2 5 29% 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 12 38% 34 23 11 7 5 1 12 3 8
1979 28 TEX AL 7 0 24% 233 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 9 40% 33 27 6 5 2 1 22 4 17
1980 29 TEX AL 13 0 25% 261 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 8 32% 40 35 5 4 3 1 28 10 17
1981 30 TEX AL 6 0 28% 161 2 5 29% 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 3 49% 22 13 9 11 6 5 10 2 7
1982 31 TEX AL 9 1 17% 190 2 6 25% 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 9 36% 26 23 3 7 2 5 17 4 10
1983 32 TEX AL 5 0 25% 154 0 4 0% 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 7 36% 21 16 4 6 4 2 12 4 8
1984 33 MIL AL 3 0 30% 142 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 9 31% 18 17 1 4 1 3 14 5 7
1985 34 KCR AL 4 0 25% 157 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 6 29% 21 18 3 4 3 1 9 2 6
1986 35 KCR AL 5 0 21% 158 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 1 29% 26 22 3 2 0 2 14 6 7
1987 36 CHC NL 1 0 11% 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 27% 6 5 1 1 1 0 4 2 2
1988 37 TOT MLB 3 0 33% 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 15% 7 6 1 0 0 0 6 5 1
1988 37 CHC NL 3 0 32% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 17% 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 1
1988 37 TEX AL 0 0 33% 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14% 4 3 1 0 0 0 3 3 0
1989 38 TEX AL 1 0 22% 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 29% 9 8 1 3 2 0 9 4 5
16 Yrs 96 1 25% 2712 20 37 35% 20 34 0 2 0 1 6 2 71 114 36% 394 319 72 73 39 30 221 67 142
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

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 23 TEX AL 449 37% 91 0 0 0 0 3 0 12 1 2 1 2 0 18 17 94% 83 16 19% 42 24 57% 285 38 13% 23 13 57% 21 15 71% 0
1975 24 TEX AL 540 31% 94 0 0 0 0 6 1 10 3 3 1 5 0 16 13 81% 101 16 16% 53 19 36% 342 31 9% 22 10 45% 16 5 31% 0
1976 25 TEX AL 496 31% 102 1 1 0 0 4.29 3 0 11 2 1 2 1 0 12 9 75% 113 15 13% 55 22 40% 320 33 10% 26 14 54% 13 8 62% 0
1977 26 TEX AL 533 29% 132 2 1 0 1 0.99 6 0 19 3 3 3 3 0 22 20 91% 99 8 8% 56 23 41% 376 61 16% 43 23 53% 21 12 57% 0
1978 27 TEX AL 592 27% 144 1 0 0 0 2.83 6 0 13 5 1 0 6 0 6 3 50% 93 18 19% 41 17 41% 354 53 15% 34 19 56% 22 11 50% 0
1979 28 TEX AL 561 31% 136 1 0 0 0 3.30 5 0 11 3 2 3 2 0 7 5 71% 101 17 17% 44 19 43% 376 60 16% 31 16 52% 17 6 35% 0
1980 29 TEX AL 581 31% 138 3 2 0 1 0.77 10 1 13 6 4 5 5 0 6 6 100% 110 15 14% 58 23 40% 381 56 15% 33 16 48% 20 13 65% 0
1981 30 TEX AL 396 33% 94 2 1 0 0 0.62 3 0 7 1 2 1 2 0 3 3 100% 70 5 7% 24 8 33% 244 26 11% 21 11 52% 9 6 67% 0
1982 31 TEX AL 531 23% 118 7 1 0 0 1.53 10 0 9 8 2 3 7 0 11 9 82% 102 11 11% 48 23 48% 317 38 12% 19 11 58% 18 11 61% 0
1983 32 TEX AL 423 34% 76 1 0 0 0 1.85 2 0 6 2 0 0 2 0 8 7 88% 74 8 11% 38 14 37% 260 27 10% 23 9 39% 17 7 41% 0
1984 33 MIL AL 395 35% 91 3 0 0 1 2.38 7 0 10 5 2 4 3 0 6 6 100% 68 5 7% 35 13 37% 230 38 17% 22 13 59% 15 9 60% 0
1985 34 KCR AL 407 30% 90 5 3 0 2 3.63 10 0 7 3 7 2 8 0 5 4 80% 62 9 15% 32 13 41% 217 26 12% 19 8 42% 13 9 69% 0
1986 35 KCR AL 491 32% 91 8 2 1 1 1.13 12 1 8 6 6 5 7 0 2 2 100% 79 7 9% 31 8 26% 294 33 11% 18 10 56% 19 9 47% 0
1987 36 CHC NL 161 18% 28 8 3 2 3 1.86 4 1 6 3 1 2 2 0 1 1 100% 24 3 13% 16 2 13% 100 11 11% 13 4 31% 7 4 57% 0
1988 37 TOT MLB 165 26% 39 7 0 8 1 0 1 2.48 6 0 4 3 3 2 4 1 6 6 100% 40 3 8% 22 11 50% 114 18 16% 14 8 57% 7 3 43% 0
1988 37 CHC NL 66 9% 13 2 0 4 0 0 0 2.26 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 3 3 100% 19 1 5% 13 6 46% 53 9 17% 9 4 44% 3 2 67% 0
1988 37 TEX AL 99 37% 26 5 0 4 1 0 1 2.70 4 0 3 2 2 1 3 1 3 3 100% 21 2 10% 9 5 56% 61 9 15% 5 4 80% 4 1 25% 0
1989 38 TEX AL 178 56% 29 3 0 5 1 0 0 2.13 2 0 3 1 1 2 0 0 8 7 88% 30 3 10% 21 9 43% 98 7 7% 5 1 20% 7 5 71% 0
16 Yrs 6899 31% 1493 10 0 55 16 3 10 1.97 95 4 149 55 40 36 59 1 137 118 86% 1249 159 13% 616 248 40% 4308 556 13% 366 186 51% 242 133 55% 0
MLB Averages 57% 78% 11% 35% 15% 51% 55%
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

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 37 TOT MLB 163 619 3.80 382 62% 28% 15% 26% 31% 72% 0% 44% 80% 25% 7% 12 0 19% 31 14 9% 14 6 22% 2 0 0
1988 37 CHC NL 67 235 3.51 142 60% 27% 15% 27% 30% 73% 0% 44% 79% 33% 7% 5 0 18% 12 5 7% 5 2 20% -1 0 0
1988 37 TEX AL 96 384 4.00 240 63% 29% 14% 26% 31% 71% 0% 44% 80% 20% 7% 7 0 20% 19 9 9% 9 4 24% 3 0 0
1989 38 TEX AL 178 677 3.80 397 59% 27% 18% 25% 30% 73% 0% 43% 75% 29% 7% 13 3 19% 34 12 10% 17 6 27% 0 0 2
2 Yrs 341 1296 3.80 779 60% 28% 16% 26% 30% 72% 0% 43% 77% 27% 7% 25 3 19% 65 26 9% 31 12 25% 2 0 2
MLB Averages 3.60 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 47% 81% 32% 6% 15% 8% 26%

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 23 132 449 368 45 91 13 3 3 36 2 4 62 61 .247 .354 .323 .678 99 119 16 0 17 2 0
1975 24 287 989 840 90 185 22 3 9 72 5 5 113 138 .220 .315 .286 .601 74 240 32 4 30 2 0
1976 25 427 1485 1288 123 287 46 5 12 106 5 5 150 199 .223 .305 .294 .599 74 379 47 4 39 4 0
1977 26 576 2018 1741 184 419 66 8 18 171 7 8 203 276 .241 .321 .319 .639 83 555 55 6 59 9 0
1978 27 725 2610 2259 238 563 89 14 24 229 9 13 267 346 .249 .329 .333 .662 89 752 73 9 62 13 6
1979 28 875 3171 2754 288 699 112 18 29 293 12 16 318 397 .254 .332 .339 .671 90 934 90 14 67 18 11
1980 29 1026 3752 3259 347 837 136 19 39 356 14 18 382 464 .257 .335 .346 .682 92 1128 105 15 73 23 14
1981 30 1128 4148 3598 389 931 153 21 42 384 16 23 432 512 .259 .339 .348 .687 95 1252 110 16 76 26 20
1982 31 1267 4679 4068 426 1049 175 26 52 431 18 29 481 569 .258 .337 .352 .689 95 1432 121 17 85 27 22
1983 32 1398 5102 4446 456 1125 189 26 54 459 18 33 516 633 .253 .331 .344 .675 91 1528 129 19 92 28 22
1984 33 1508 5497 4794 499 1216 208 30 61 502 19 34 554 696 .254 .331 .348 .679 92 1667 134 19 98 31 24
1985 34 1623 5904 5161 537 1306 220 34 71 537 19 36 587 763 .253 .330 .350 .680 92 1807 143 20 102 33 27
1986 35 1763 6395 5590 578 1397 229 35 83 579 20 37 644 854 .250 .328 .348 .676 90 1945 150 20 104 36 28
1987 36 1824 6556 5729 587 1425 231 35 87 594 20 37 663 894 .249 .327 .347 .674 90 1987 153 22 105 36 31
1988 37 1886 6721 5874 608 1464 236 35 93 616 20 37 676 926 .249 .327 .349 .676 90 2049 156 22 111 37 31
1989 38 1962 6899 6021 621 1493 243 36 95 624 20 37 699 963 .248 .327 .348 .674 90 2093 159 22 118 38 31

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 23 132 466 378 53 101 14 3 3 43 2 69 61 .267 .379 .344 .723 50 132
1975 24 156 551 480 50 100 10 0 6 40 3 54 77 .208 .294 .267 .560 37 155
1976 25 141 512 460 38 112 26 2 3 40 0 41 61 .243 .304 .328 .632 46 140
1977 26 149 536 455 63 134 20 3 6 67 2 54 77 .295 .368 .391 .759 66 149
1978 27 149 608 529 61 155 25 6 6 65 2 69 70 .293 .375 .397 .772 79 149
1979 28 151 567 500 52 139 24 4 5 66 3 52 51 .278 .349 .372 .721 64 150
1980 29 151 591 512 64 145 25 1 11 69 2 67 67 .283 .364 .400 .764 75 151
1981 30 154 633 534 79 163 29 3 5 53 3 87 73 .305 .401 .399 .800 86 102
1982 31 139 541 478 42 126 23 5 11 53 2 52 57 .264 .336 .402 .738 65 139
1983 32 131 429 382 33 80 15 0 2 30 0 37 64 .209 .282 .264 .546 28 131
1984 33 110 404 354 48 97 20 4 7 48 1 41 63 .274 .347 .412 .759 52 110
1985 34 115 410 369 40 92 12 4 10 37 0 34 67 .249 .313 .385 .698 45 115
1986 35 140 493 430 42 92 9 1 12 43 1 58 91 .214 .305 .323 .629 43 140
1987 36 61 159 138 9 27 2 0 4 14 0 18 40 .196 .297 .297 .595 12 61
1988 37 62 168 147 23 41 5 0 6 24 0 14 32 .279 .340 .435 .775 22 62
1989 38 76 180 148 14 30 7 1 2 8 0 24 37 .203 .312 .304 .616 14 76
16 Yrs 2017 7248 6294 711 1634 266 37 99 700 21 771 988 .260 .341 .361 .701 784 1962
162 Game Avg. 162 582 506 57 131 21 3 8 56 2 62 79 .260 .341 .361 .701 63 1962

* 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
1995 BBWAA ( 0.2%)

All-Star Games
1974
1978 *
1984 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1977 AL (15, 8%)
1978 AL (15, 6%)
0.14 Career Shares (826th)

Gold Gloves
1976 AL (C)
1977 AL (C)
1978 AL (C)
1979 AL (C)
1980 AL (C)
1981 AL (C)
All multiple winners

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1975 AL  2.5 (3rd)
1976 AL  2.6 (4th)
1977 AL  2.4 (3rd)
1978 AL  2.9 (2nd)
1979 AL  2.0 (6th)
1981 AL  1.5 (8th)
1983 AL  1.8 (8th)
Career  25.0 (16th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1974 AL  17 (3rd)
1975 AL  13 (8th)
1977 AL  20 (3rd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1978 AL  18 (7th)
1979 AL  17 (10th)
Career  159 (225th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 87 (200), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 24 (550), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Brad Ausmus (951)
  2. Al Lopez (929) *
  3. Tony Pena (912)
  4. Tim McCarver (903)
  5. Bob Boone (888)
  6. John Roseboro (886)
  7. Rick Dempsey (882)
  8. Luke Sewell (877)
  9. Jim Hegan (874)
  10. Ray Schalk (872) *
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Eddie Ainsmith (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jerry Grote (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Buck Rodgers (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Buck Rodgers (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Mickey Owen (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Al Lopez (960) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Al Lopez (964) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Al Lopez (964) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Butch Wynegar (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Al Lopez (957) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Al Lopez (950) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Al Lopez (939) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Al Lopez (939) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Brad Ausmus (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Bob Boone (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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