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B.J. Surhoff

William James Surhoff

Positions: Leftfielder, Catcher and Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 4, 1964 in Bronx, NY
High School: Rye (Rye, NY)
School: University of North Carolina
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1985 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 1987
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Orioles/Braves 1987-2005
Agents: Octagon [*]
Final Game: October 2, 2005
Relatives: Brother of Rich Surhoff
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #506. Ben Oglivie… #507. Sherm Lollar… #508. Mike Greenwell… #509. B.J. SURHOFF… #510. Mike Hargrove… #511. Red Rolfe… #512. Howard Johnson… 

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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
1987 22 MIL AL 115 445 395 50 118 22 3 7 68 11 10 36 30 .299 .350 .423 .773 102 167 13 0 5 9 1 25/3
1988 23 MIL AL 139 541 493 47 121 21 0 5 38 21 6 31 49 .245 .292 .318 .611 71 157 12 3 11 3 9 25/36
1989 24 MIL AL 126 477 436 42 108 17 4 5 55 14 12 25 29 .248 .287 .339 .626 77 148 8 3 3 10 1 2/5
1990 25 MIL AL 135 530 474 55 131 21 4 6 59 18 7 41 37 .276 .331 .376 .706 99 178 8 1 7 7 5 *25
1991 26 MIL AL 143 553 505 57 146 19 4 5 68 5 8 26 33 .289 .319 .372 .691 93 188 21 0 13 9 2 *2/54
1992 27 MIL AL 139 543 480 63 121 19 1 4 62 14 8 46 41 .252 .314 .321 .635 80 154 9 2 5 10 8 *23/5
1993 28 MIL AL 148 599 552 66 151 38 3 7 79 12 9 36 47 .274 .318 .391 .709 91 216 9 2 4 5 5 *5/32
1994 29 MIL AL 40 154 134 20 35 11 2 5 22 0 1 16 14 .261 .336 .485 .821 106 65 5 0 2 2 0 52/3
1995 30 MIL AL 117 462 415 72 133 26 3 13 73 7 3 37 43 .320 .378 .492 .870 121 204 7 4 2 4 4 32
1996 31 BAL AL 143 590 537 74 157 27 6 21 82 0 1 47 79 .292 .352 .482 .834 109 259 7 3 2 1 8 5/3
1997 32 BAL AL 147 595 528 80 150 30 4 18 88 1 1 49 60 .284 .345 .458 .803 111 242 7 5 3 10 14 */35
1998 33 BAL AL 162 634 573 79 160 34 1 22 92 9 7 49 81 .279 .332 .457 .789 105 262 13 1 1 10 9 */3
1999 34 BAL AL 162 727 673 104 207 38 1 28 107 5 1 43 78 .308 .347 .492 .839 115 331 15 2 1 8 1 */5 AS,MVP-18
2000 35 TOT MLB 147 587 539 69 157 36 2 14 68 10 2 41 58 .291 .344 .443 .787 101 239 10 3 2 2 3 *7/D
2000 35 BAL AL 103 444 411 56 120 27 0 13 57 7 2 29 46 .292 .341 .453 .793 104 186 5 2 1 1 3
2000 35 ATL NL 44 143 128 13 37 9 2 1 11 3 0 12 12 .289 .352 .414 .766 92 53 5 1 1 1 0
2001 36 ATL NL 141 531 484 68 131 33 1 10 58 9 3 38 48 .271 .321 .405 .726 84 196 5 1 1 7 5 *
2002 37 ATL NL 25 85 75 5 22 5 0 0 9 1 3 9 5 .293 .369 .360 .729 92 27 1 0 1 0 0 3/
2003 38 BAL AL 93 354 319 32 94 20 0 5 41 2 2 29 29 .295 .353 .404 .758 101 129 4 1 3 2 3 3
2004 39 BAL AL 100 378 343 49 106 12 1 8 50 2 0 30 46 .309 .365 .420 .785 106 144 9 1 3 1 2 3
2005 40 BAL AL 91 321 303 30 78 11 2 5 34 0 0 11 32 .257 .282 .356 .639 70 108 6 1 2 4 1 3
19 Seasons 2313 9106 8258 1062 2326 440 42 188 1153 141 84 640 839 .282 .332 .413 .745 98 3414 169 33 71 104 81
162 Game Avg. 162 638 578 74 163 31 3 13 81 10 6 45 59 .282 .332 .413 .745 98 239 12 2 5 7 6
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
MIL (9 yrs) 1102 4304 3884 472 1064 194 24 57 524 102 64 294 323 .274 .323 .380 .703 92 1477 92 15 52 59 35
BAL (8 yrs) 1001 4043 3687 504 1072 199 15 120 551 26 14 287 451 .291 .341 .451 .792 105 1661 66 16 16 37 41
ATL (3 yrs) 210 759 687 86 190 47 3 11 78 13 6 59 65 .277 .332 .402 .734 87 276 11 2 3 8 5
AL (17 yrs) 2103 8347 7571 976 2136 393 39 177 1075 128 78 581 774 .282 .332 .414 .746 99 3138 158 31 68 96 76
NL (3 yrs) 210 759 687 86 190 47 3 11 78 13 6 59 65 .277 .332 .402 .734 87 276 11 2 3 8 5

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
1987 22 MIL AL 445 6 -3 -1 0 5 5 14 26 2.6 21 2.1 0.5 $62,500 25/3
1988 23 MIL AL 541 -20 0 3 -1 2 7 17 8 0.7 6 0.6 0.1 $122,000 25/36
1989 24 MIL AL 477 -12 -2 -1 2 -4 5 15 3 0.2 7 0.7 -0.5 $185,000 2/5
1990 25 MIL AL 530 3 1 1 2 -5 8 18 28 2.9 33 3.4 -0.5 $575,000 *25
1991 26 MIL AL 553 -3 -1 -2 -1 -3 7 19 16 1.5 19 1.9 -0.4 $1,085,000 *2/54
1992 27 MIL AL 543 -9 -2 0 1 9 5 19 24 2.3 14 1.4 0.9 $2,530,000 *23/5
1993 28 MIL AL 599 -2 0 -4 2 10 0 21 27 2.7 17 1.7 1.0 $2,530,000 *5/32
1994 29 MIL AL 154 1 -1 0 -1 -0 0 5 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $2,500,000 52/3
1995 30 MIL AL 462 18 -2 -2 1 9 -5 16 36 3.5 26 2.6 0.9 $425,000 32
1996 31 BAL AL 590 7 -1 -2 3 4 -1 20 30 3.0 26 2.4 0.6 $1,416,667 5/3
1997 32 BAL AL 595 10 1 -1 1 13 -7 20 37 3.7 24 2.4 1.3 $1,616,667 */35
1998 33 BAL AL 634 2 0 -1 1 -2 -7 22 14 1.4 17 1.7 -0.3 $1,716,667 */3
1999 34 BAL AL 727 12 3 -3 2 17 -8 23 45 4.4 29 2.8 1.6 $3,705,516 */5 AS,MVP-18
2000 35 BAL AL 444 1 -1 1 1 10 -5 15 22 2.1 12 1.2 0.9 $4,146,789
2000 35 ATL NL 143 -1 0 0 0 -1 -2 4 0 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $
2001 36 ATL NL 531 -11 -1 3 2 4 -6 15 6 0.6 2 0.2 0.4 $4,833,333 *
2002 37 ATL NL 85 0 -2 0 0 4 -1 2 3 0.3 -1 -0.1 0.4 $4,500,000 3/
2003 38 BAL AL 354 1 0 0 0 -9 -6 12 -2 -0.2 7 0.7 -0.9 $1,000,000 3
2004 39 BAL AL 378 5 0 0 0 8 -5 13 20 2.0 13 1.3 0.7 $800,000 3
2005 40 BAL AL 321 -14 -1 1 1 10 -4 11 3 0.3 -6 -0.6 0.9 $1,100,000 3
19 Seasons 9106 -6 -12 -8 16 77 -20 301 350 34.4 271 26.9 7.5 $34,850,139
Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
MIL (9 yrs) 4304 -18 -10 -6 5 22 32 144 172 16.8 147 14.8 2.0 $10,014,500
BAL (8 yrs) 4043 24 1 -5 9 49 -43 136 169 16.7 122 11.9 4.8 $15,502,306
ATL (3 yrs) 759 -12 -3 3 2 6 -9 21 9 0.9 2 0.2 0.7 $9,333,333

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
1996 31 BAL AL ALDS CLE W 4 13 13 3 5 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 1 .385 .385 1.077 1.462 14 0 0 0 0 0
1996 31 BAL AL ALCS NYY L 5 17 15 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .267 .294 .267 .561 4 1 0 0 1 0
1997 32 BAL AL ALDS SEA W 3 11 11 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .273 .273 .364 .636 4 0 0 0 0 0
1997 32 BAL AL ALCS CLE L 6 27 25 1 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .200 .259 .280 .539 7 1 0 0 0 0
2000 35 ATL NL NLDS STL L 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2001 36 ATL NL NLDS HOU W 3 12 11 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .273 .333 .364 .697 4 1 1 0 0 0
2001 36 ATL NL NLCS ARI L 4 13 13 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 .231 .231 .462 .692 6 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (7 Series) 27 95 90 6 24 4 0 4 12 1 1 3 8 .267 .295 .444 .739 40 3 1 0 1 0
2 NLDS 5 14 13 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .308 .357 .385 .742 5 1 1 0 0 0
2 ALDS 7 24 24 3 8 1 0 3 7 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .750 1.083 18 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 4 13 13 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 .231 .231 .462 .692 6 0 0 0 0 0
2 ALCS 11 44 40 1 9 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 4 .225 .273 .275 .548 11 2 0 0 1 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 Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1987 MIL AL 22 C 98 705 645 49 11 10 .984 5 7.08 .988 6.67 9 66 36 35%
1987 MIL AL 22 3B 10 8 2 6 0 2 1.000 -0 0.80 .952 2.74
1987 MIL AL 22 1B 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 2.00 .990 9.50
1987 MIL AL 22 DH 6 6
1988 MIL AL 23 C 106 573 525 42 6 2 .990 2 5.35 .989 6.16 8 57 27 32%
1988 MIL AL 23 3B 31 76 23 52 1 1 .987 1 2.42 .954 2.69
1988 MIL AL 23 1B 2 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -1 0.50 .990 9.50
1988 MIL AL 23 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.00 2.40
1988 MIL AL 23 SS 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 1.00 .970 4.60
1988 MIL AL 23 LF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.20
1989 MIL AL 24 C 106 586 526 51 9 6 .985 -4 5.44 .989 6.17 10 81 28 26%
1989 MIL AL 24 3B 6 12 4 7 1 1 .917 0 1.83 .943 2.70
1989 MIL AL 24 DH 12 12
1990 MIL AL 25 C 125 678 615 53 10 10 .985 -3 5.34 .991 6.35 5 89 31 26%
1990 MIL AL 25 3B 11 15 4 9 2 1 .867 -2 1.18 .944 2.73
1991 MIL AL 26 C 127 732 660 68 4 11 .995 -3 5.73 .990 6.48 11 86 35 29%
1991 MIL AL 26 3B 5 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 0 1.20 .955 2.80
1991 MIL AL 26 OF 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 1.00 .985 2.35
1991 MIL AL 26 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.20
1991 MIL AL 26 DH 5 5
1991 MIL AL 26 CF 1 0 0 5.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -48 3.60 2.00 .990 2.70 2.80
1991 MIL AL 26 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.20
1992 MIL AL 27 C 109 611 546 59 6 7 .990 8 5.55 .989 6.18 5 58 39 40%
1992 MIL AL 27 1B 17 156 143 13 0 18 1.000 2 9.18 .993 9.64
1992 MIL AL 27 OF 7 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -0 1.29 .983 2.46
1992 MIL AL 27 3B 3 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0 1.00 .950 2.77
1992 MIL AL 27 DH 9 9
1992 MIL AL 27 LF 5 2 1 28.2 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -13 2.83 1.80 .981 2.29 2.28
1992 MIL AL 27 CF 1 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -30 0.00 0.00 2.92 2.90
1992 MIL AL 27 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.20
1993 MIL AL 28 3B 121 334 101 216 17 19 .949 8 2.62 .951 2.66
1993 MIL AL 28 OF 24 40 37 2 1 0 .975 -0 1.63 .983 2.39
1993 MIL AL 28 1B 8 30 28 2 0 2 1.000 1 3.75 .993 9.48
1993 MIL AL 28 C 3 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1 3.00 .991 6.50 0 0 1 100%
1993 MIL AL 28 RF 14 12 8 106.0 21 20 1 0 0 1.000 1 7 1.78 1.50 .978 2.23 2.21
1993 MIL AL 28 LF 12 8 6 75.0 19 17 1 1 0 .947 -1 -11 2.16 1.50 .984 2.23 2.21
1993 MIL AL 28 DH 1 1
1994 MIL AL 29 3B 18 26 8 16 2 0 .923 -4 1.33 .948 2.62
1994 MIL AL 29 C 12 37 34 3 0 0 1.000 -1 3.08 .991 6.74 0 10 2 17%
1994 MIL AL 29 1B 8 81 72 9 0 11 1.000 4 10.13 .992 9.49
1994 MIL AL 29 OF 3 10 7 1 2 1 .800 1 2.67 .982 2.33
1994 MIL AL 29 RF 3 3 0 19.0 10 7 1 2 1 .800 1 63 3.79 2.67 .980 2.18 2.17
1994 MIL AL 29 DH 1 1
1995 MIL AL 30 OF 60 135 125 9 1 1 .993 12 2.23 .983 2.31
1995 MIL AL 30 1B 55 380 348 29 3 45 .992 1 6.85 .993 9.50
1995 MIL AL 30 C 18 64 57 6 1 0 .984 -4 3.50 .990 6.67 8 11 0 0%
1995 MIL AL 30 LF 54 50 28 405.0 114 105 8 1 1 .991 11 32 2.51 2.09 .982 2.22 2.19
1995 MIL AL 30 RF 9 6 3 52.0 14 13 1 0 0 1.000 1 18 2.42 1.56 .979 2.04 2.03
1995 MIL AL 30 CF 3 1 0 11.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0 55 4.91 2.00 .987 2.70 2.70
1995 MIL AL 30 DH 3 3
1996 BAL AL 31 3B 106 269 80 175 14 22 .948 4 2.41 .956 2.55
1996 BAL AL 31 OF 27 48 46 1 1 0 .979 -1 1.74 .983 2.36
1996 BAL AL 31 1B 2 13 11 2 0 0 1.000 0 6.50 .992 9.20
1996 BAL AL 31 LF 27 25 19 221.2 49 47 1 1 0 .980 -1 -6 1.95 1.78 .979 2.18 2.17
1996 BAL AL 31 DH 10 10
1997 BAL AL 32 OF 133 260 247 11 2 3 .992 12 1.94 .982 2.30
1997 BAL AL 32 1B 3 24 21 3 0 4 1.000 1 8.00 .992 9.23
1997 BAL AL 32 3B 3 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 0 0.67 .955 2.67
1997 BAL AL 32 LF 133 128 113 1135.0 262 249 11 2 3 .992 12 13 2.06 1.95 .979 2.07 2.05
1997 BAL AL 32 DH 9 9
1998 BAL AL 33 OF 157 269 254 12 3 2 .989 -2 1.69 .985 2.29
1998 BAL AL 33 1B 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 2.00 .990 9.30
1998 BAL AL 33 LF 157 147 136 1311.1 272 257 12 3 2 .989 -2 -2 1.85 1.71 .985 2.10 2.08
1999 BAL AL 34 OF 148 298 282 16 0 5 1.000 15 2.01 .984 2.27 AS,MVP-18
1999 BAL AL 34 3B 2 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 1 3.00 .950 2.55 AS,MVP-18
1999 BAL AL 34 LF 148 145 134 1269.0 298 282 16 0 5 1.000 15 15 2.11 2.01 .985 2.08 2.05 AS,MVP-18
1999 BAL AL 34 DH 13 13 AS,MVP-18
2000 TOT MLB 35 LF 134 134 126 1152.1 283 274 6 3 1 .989 8 9 2.19 2.09 .983 2.10 2.08
2000 TOT MLB 35 OF 134 285 276 6 3 1 .989 8 2.10 .984 2.30
2000 BAL AL 35 OF 102 234 226 5 3 1 .987 10 2.26 .985 2.33
2000 ATL NL 35 OF 32 51 50 1 0 0 1.000 -1 1.59 .981 2.22
2000 BAL AL 35 LF 102 102 96 878.1 232 224 5 3 1 .987 10 13 2.35 2.25 .985 2.16 2.14
2000 BAL AL 35 DH 1 1
2000 ATL NL 35 LF 32 32 30 274.0 51 50 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -5 1.68 1.59 .976 1.92 1.90
2001 ATL NL 36 OF 129 211 200 8 3 0 .986 4 1.61 .982 2.18
2001 ATL NL 36 LF 129 120 103 1055.0 211 200 8 3 0 .986 4 4 1.77 1.61 .979 1.91 1.89
2001 ATL NL 36 DH 3 3
2002 ATL NL 37 1B 11 79 72 7 0 12 1.000 -0 7.18 .992 9.31
2002 ATL NL 37 OF 9 29 27 2 0 0 1.000 4 3.22 .983 2.17
2002 ATL NL 37 RF 9 9 9 80.0 29 27 2 0 0 1.000 4 59 3.26 3.22 .983 2.07 2.04
2003 BAL AL 38 OF 27 45 44 0 1 0 .978 -8 -1 1.63 .985 2.33
2003 BAL AL 38 1B 22 169 157 11 1 14 .994 -1 -1 7.64 .993 9.46
2003 BAL AL 38 DH 37 37
2003 BAL AL 38 LF 24 22 20 209.2 42 41 0 1 0 .976 -6 0 -35 0 1.76 1.71 .985 2.17 2.14
2003 BAL AL 38 RF 3 3 3 25.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -1 -96 -48 1.44 1.33 .980 2.12 2.10
2004 BAL AL 39 OF 70 138 133 3 2 2 .986 8 0 1.94 .985 2.28
2004 BAL AL 39 1B 10 50 46 4 0 6 1.000 -1 -1 5.00 .994 9.25
2004 BAL AL 39 RF 38 35 29 301.0 68 64 3 1 2 .985 5 -4 21 -16 2.00 1.76 .983 2.22 2.21
2004 BAL AL 39 LF 34 31 23 268.1 70 69 0 1 0 .986 3 4 14 18 2.31 2.03 .983 2.04 2.03
2004 BAL AL 39 DH 17 17
2005 BAL AL 40 OF 60 113 109 3 1 0 .991 12 6 1.87 .986 2.28
2005 BAL AL 40 1B 18 125 116 8 1 14 .992 -2 -1 6.89 .994 9.49
2005 BAL AL 40 LF 46 42 38 367.1 79 76 3 0 0 1.000 9 4 30 13 1.94 1.72 .988 2.10 2.08
2005 BAL AL 40 RF 16 12 10 118.0 34 33 0 1 0 .971 2 2 22 20 2.52 2.06 .982 2.12 2.10
2005 BAL AL 40 DH 7 7
16 Seasons OF 991 1892 1798 74 20 15 .989 64 5 4 1.89 .984 2.28
13 Seasons LF 904 854 747 7500.1 1708 1626 66 16 12 .991 52 8 8 11 2.03 1.87 .983 2.08 2.06
9 Seasons C 704 3995 3617 331 47 46 .988 1 5.61 .989 6.35 56 458 199 30%
11 Seasons 3B 316 757 227 493 37 47 .951 9 2.28 .953 2.63
13 Seasons 1B 158 1113 1018 89 6 126 .995 3 -3 7.01 .993 9.47
9 Seasons RF 94 80 62 703.0 180 168 8 4 3 .978 12 -3 20 -8 2.25 1.87 .982 2.17 2.15
3 Seasons CF 5 1 0 20.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0 12 3.60 1.60 .988 2.74 2.76
1 Season SS 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 1.00 .970 4.60
1 Season 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.20
19 Seasons TOT 2171 7758 6661 987 110 234 .986 77 7 3.52 .985 4.18 56 458 199 30%
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO 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
2011 BBWAA ( 0.3%)

All-Star Games
1999 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1999 AL (18, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1713th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1992 AL  0.9 (10th)
1999 AL  1.6 (10th)
Career  7.5 (134th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1995 AL  .320 (6th)

Games Played s c a p y
1998 AL  162 (2nd)
1999 AL  162 (1st)
Career  2,313 (102nd)

At Bats s c a p y
1999 AL  673 (1st)
Career  8,258 (114th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1999 AL  727 (2nd)
Career  9,106 (134th)

Hits s c a p y
1999 AL  207 (2nd)
Career  2,326 (135th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1999 AL  331 (8th)
Career  3,414 (178th)

Doubles s c a p y
1993 AL  38 (6th)
Career  440 (111th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
Career  1,153 (169th)

Singles s c a p y
1999 AL  140 (6th)
Career  1,656 (127th)

Runs Created s c a p y
Career  1,138 (230th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
Career  670 (199th)

Times On Base s c a p y
Career  2,999 (192nd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1988 AL  11 (6th)
1991 AL  13 (4th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1987 AL  9 (5th)
1989 AL  10 (5th)
1991 AL  9 (3rd)
1992 AL  10 (6th)
1997 AL  10 (7th)
1998 AL  10 (6th)
1999 AL  8 (10th)
Career  104 (19th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1997 AL  14 (4th)
1998 AL  9 (6th)
Career  81 (174th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1991 AL  21 (6th)
Career  169 (183rd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1989 AL  12 (9th)
Career  84 (193rd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
Career  161.1 (142nd)

AB per SO s c a p y
1990 AL  12.8 (5th)
1991 AL  15.3 (5th)
1993 AL  11.7 (7th)
1997 AL  8.8 (6th)
2001 NL  10.1 (10th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1999 AL  491 (3rd)
Career  6,360 (101st)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
Career  77 (80th)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1990 AL  125 (4th)
1991 AL  127 (4th)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1987 AL  645 (4th)
1991 AL  660 (4th)

Assists as C s c a p y
1987 AL  49 (5th)
1991 AL  68 (1st)
1992 AL  59 (5th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1987 AL  11 (2nd)
1989 AL  9 (4th)
1990 AL  10 (4th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1989 AL  10 (5th)
1991 AL  11 (4th)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1989 AL  81 (2nd)
1990 AL  89 (2nd)
1991 AL  86 (3rd)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1987 AL  36 (5th)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1993 AL  101 (4th)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1993 AL  17 (3rd)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  904 (72nd)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  1,626 (75th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  66 (57th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1998 AL  157 (4th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1998 AL  12 (5th)
1999 AL  16 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
1992 AL  8 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
1987 AL  7.52 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1987 AL  7.08 (1st)
1991 AL  5.73 (4th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1991 AL  .995 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1994 AL  4 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
1993 AL  8 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
1993 AL  2.81 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1993 AL  2.62 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  52 (13th)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2000 AL  2.35 (3rd)
Career  2.03 (55th)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1999 AL  2.01 (4th)
2000 AL  2.25 (2nd)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1997 AL  .992 (1st)
1998 AL  .989 (3rd)
1999 AL  1.000 (1st)
2001 NL  .986 (3rd)
Career  .991 (8th)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
1995 AL  12 (5th)
2000 AL  10 (5th)
2005 AL  12 (5th)
Career  64 (43rd)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1999 AL  1.000 (1st)
Career  .989 (50th)

Oldest s c a p y
2003 AL  born 1964-08-04 (9th)
2004 AL  born 1964-08-04 (7th)
2005 AL  born 1964-08-04 (6th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (598), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 12 (1289), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 28 (630), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 27 (393), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters 
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  1. Buddy Bell (923)
  2. Jimmy Dykes (884)
  3. Tim Wallach (880)
  4. Jose Cruz (876)
  5. Julio Franco (873)
  6. Marquis Grissom (859)
  7. Alan Trammell (858)
  8. Bob Elliott (857)
  9. Todd Zeile (854)
  10. Amos Otis (852)
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  1. Bill Merritt (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Craig Biggio (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jack Clements (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jack Clements (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Yadier Molina (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Rick Burleson (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Dave Concepcion (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jack Wilson (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Eric McNair (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Tony Cuccinello (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Tony Cuccinello (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Terry Pendleton (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Terry Pendleton (919)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Bill Madlock (897)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Pinky Higgins (902)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Jimmy Dykes (892)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Jimmy Dykes (888)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Jimmy Dykes (879)  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
198722Milwaukee Brewers$62,5001987 USA Today survey
198823Milwaukee Brewers$122,000*
198924Milwaukee Brewers$185,000*
199025Milwaukee Brewers$575,000*
199126Milwaukee Brewers$1,085,000USA Today survey
199227Milwaukee Brewers$2,530,00011/4/92 Toronto SunIncludes $30,000 earned bonus
199328Milwaukee Brewers$2,530,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Incl. $166,333 signing bonus, $30,000 earned bonus
199429Milwaukee Brewers$2,500,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Incl. $166,334 signing bonus
199530Milwaukee Brewers$425,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $175,000 earned bonus
199631Baltimore Orioles$1,416,6671997 Joint Exhibit 1Incl $66,667 signing bonus, $350K earned bonus
199732Baltimore Orioles$1,616,6671997 postseason AP surveyIncludes $350,000 earned bonus
199833Baltimore Orioles$1,716,66711/23/98 USA TodayIncludes $350,000 earned bonus
199934Baltimore Orioles$3,705,51611/19/99 USA TodayIncludes $50,000 earned bonus
200035Baltimore Orioles$4,146,7894/5/00 AP
200136Atlanta Braves$4,833,3334/6/01 USA Today
200237Atlanta Braves$4,500,0004/3/02 AP
200338Baltimore Orioles$1,000,0004/3/03 AP
200439Baltimore Orioles$800,0004/7/04 AP
200540Baltimore Orioles$1,100,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$34,850,139
Disputed Salaries
*1988 - $140,000 - 12/13/88 NYT -
*1989 - $180,000 - 11/1/89 NYT -
*1990 - $587,500 - 9/21/90 NYT -
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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