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Frank Taveras

Franklin Crisostomo (Fabian) Taveras

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 155 lb.

Born: December 24, 1949 in Las Matas de Santa Cruz, Monte Cristi, D.R.
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1968. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 25, 1971
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Mets/Expos 1971-1982

Final Game: July 25, 1982
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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
1968	18	PIT-min	Rk,A	49	134	134		34	1	2	0						.254	.254	.291	.545		39							CLI,PRA,SAL · MIDW,GULF,CARL
1969	19	PIT-min	A,A-	113	421	419	5	93	3	6	0	4	0	2	2	19	.222	.226	.258	.483		108							GST,SAL,GEN · WCRS,CARL,NYPL
1970	20	PIT-min	A	122	442	442		115	13	2	1						.260	.260	.305	.566		135							GST · WCRS
1971	21	PIT-min	AA,AAA	135	523	460	71	104	15	4	2	30	20	6	48	82	.226	.307	.289	.597		133		6	9	0			WBY,CHL · EL,IL
1971	21	PIT	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
1972	22	PIT-min	AAA	133	501	455	52	112	14	3	1	46	12	3	31	69	.246	.293	.297	.590		135		1	10	4			CHL · IL
1972	22	PIT	NL	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	-22	0	1	0	0	0	0	/6

1973	23	PIT-min	AAA	145	502	462	51	112	7	3	2	44	17	6	27	57	.242	.293	.284	.577		131		7	4	2			CHL · IL
1974	24	PIT	NL	126	367	333	33	82	4	2	0	26	13	4	25	41	.246	.300	.270	.571	64	90	7	2	4	3	2	*6
1975	25	PIT	NL	134	427	378	44	80	9	4	0	23	17	6	37	42	.212	.284	.257	.541	53	97	2	2	8	2	0	*6
1976	26	PIT	NL	144	573	519	76	134	8	6	0	24	58	11	44	79	.258	.321	.297	.618	77	154	11	4	6	0	1	*6
1977	27	PIT	NL	147	600	544	72	137	20	10	1	29	70	18	38	71	.252	.306	.331	.637	70	180	7	6	9	3	2	*6
1978	28	PIT	NL	157	702	654	81	182	31	9	0	38	46	25	29	60	.278	.313	.353	.666	83	231	4	5	12	2	3	*6
1979	29	TOT	NL	*164*	725	680	93	178	29	9	1	34	44	20	33	74	.262	.298	.335	.633	76	228	13	2	10	0	1	*6
1979	29	PIT	NL	11	45	45	4	11	3	0	0	1	2	1	0	2	.244	.244	.311	.556	48	14	2	0	0	0	0	6
1979	29	NYM	NL	153	680	635	89	167	26	9	1	33	42	19	33	72	.263	.301	.337	.639	78	214	11	2	10	0	1	*6
1980	30	NYM	NL	141	598	562	65	157	27	0	0	25	32	18	23	64	.279	.308	.327	.635	80	184	15	1	10	2	0	*6
1981	31	NYM	NL	84	305	283	30	65	11	3	0	11	16	4	12	36	.230	.263	.290	.553	59	82	3	2	5	3	0	*6
1982	32	MON	NL	48	98	87	9	14	5	1	0	4	4	0	7	6	.161	.221	.241	.462	29	21	2	0	3	1	0	64
11 Yrs				1150	4399	4043	503	1029	144	44	2	214	300	106	249	474	.255	.301	.313	.614	72	1267	65	24	67	16	9
162 Game Avg.				162	620	570	71	145	20	6	0	30	42	15	35	67	.255	.301	.313	.614	72	178	9	3	9	2	1

PIT (8 yrs)				724	2718	2476	310	626	75	31	1	141	206	65	174	296	.253	.306	.309	.615	71	766	34	19	39	10	8
NYM (3 yrs)				378	1583	1480	184	389	64	12	1	69	90	41	68	172	.263	.297	.324	.621	75	480	29	5	25	5	1
MON (1 yr)				48	98	87	9	14	5	1	0	4	4	0	7	6	.161	.221	.241	.462	29	21	2	0	3	1	0

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
1971	21	PIT	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
1972	22	PIT	NL	4	4	-0	0	-0	-0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.480	.499	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	/6

1974	24	PIT	NL	126	367	-14	2	1	-13	6	-18	-2.0	11	-7	-0.9	.484	.488	0.5	-0.7	6	$	*6
1975	25	PIT	NL	134	427	-20	2	3	-3	7	-12	-1.2	12	1	0.0	.491	.492	0.3	0.4	4	$	*6
1976	26	PIT	NL	144	573	-12	7	0	4	8	6	0.8	17	23	2.4	.505	.504	1.9	1.4	19	$	*6
1977	27	PIT	NL	147	600	-24	5	3	6	8	-2	-0.2	17	15	1.5	.498	.499	0.9	1.5	9	$75,000	*6
1978	28	PIT	NL	157	702	-19	-1	2	-10	9	-19	-2.0	21	2	0.0	.486	.487	1.0	-0.0	12	$	*6
1979	29	PIT	NL	11	45	-3	-0	-0	-3	1	-6	-0.6	1	-5	-0.5	.442	.496	-0.2	-0.3	-1	$	6
1979	29	NYM	NL	153	680	-14	1	2	-8	9	-11	-1.1	20	9	0.8	.492	.493	1.6	0.2	17	$	*6
1980	30	NYM	NL	141	598	-11	-0	0	-17	8	-21	-2.3	18	-2	-0.5	.484	.486	1.4	-1.0	15	$195,000	*6
1981	31	NYM	NL	84	305	-16	2	1	-15	4	-24	-2.6	9	-15	-1.7	.468	.483	-0.1	-1.2	1	$195,000	*6
1982	32	MON	NL	48	98	-5	1	1	-6	2	-8	-0.9	3	-5	-0.6	.481	.495	0.1	-0.4	1	$195,000	64
11 Seasons				1150	4399	-138	18	11	-67	61	-115	-12.2	129	15	0.4	.489	.493	7.4	-0.2	82	$660,000

PIT (8 yrs)				724	2718	-92	15	8	-21	39	-51	-5.4	79	28	2.4	.492	.496	4.4	2.3	49	$75,000
NYM (3 yrs)				378	1583	-40	3	2	-40	20	-56	-6.0	47	-8	-1.4	.483	.487	2.9	-2.1	32	$390,000
MON (1 yr)				48	98	-5	1	1	-6	2	-8	-0.9	3	-5	-0.6	.481	.495	0.1	-0.4	1	$195,000

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
1972	22	PIT	NL	4	4	0	0.0	90	.000	.000	.254	.250	.322	.000	.376	.250	.698	-22	.000	-0.4	-0.1	.250	.333	.000

1974	24	PIT	NL	367	269	29	2.9	91	.278	.246	.258	.300	.329	.270	.372	.571	.701	64	.332	-16.0	-1.6	.481	.126	.024	.0
1975	25	PIT	NL	427	316	32	2.7	95	.237	.212	.263	.284	.334	.257	.380	.541	.714	53	.302	-24.3	-2.5	.480	.172	.045	.0
1976	26	PIT	NL	573	413	56	3.6	92	.305	.258	.263	.321	.329	.297	.374	.618	.703	77	.448	-16.4	-1.7	.612	.214	.039	.0
1977	27	PIT	NL	600	444	61	3.7	105	.286	.252	.272	.306	.340	.331	.414	.637	.754	70	.400	-24.4	-2.4	.639	.244	.079	2.0
1978	28	PIT	NL	702	515	72	3.7	99	.305	.278	.268	.313	.336	.353	.394	.666	.730	83	.449	-17.5	-1.8	.571	.151	.075	.0
1979	29	TOT	NL	725	*545*	66	3.3	96	.293	.262	.264	.298	.329	.335	.391	.633	.720	76	.365	-23.6	-2.4	.536	.157	.074	2.0
1979	29	PIT	NL	45	37	3	2.2	104	.256	.244	.275	.244	.341	.311	.408	.556	.749	48	.216	-3.4	-0.4	.405	.089	.067	.0
1979	29	NYM	NL	680	508	63	3.3	95	.295	.263	.263	.301	.328	.337	.390	.639	.718	78	.376	-20.2	-2.0	.546	.162	.074	2.0
1980	30	NYM	NL	598	450	53	3.2	93	.314	.279	.263	.308	.325	.327	.382	.635	.707	80	.371	-15.0	-1.6	.507	.114	.048	.0
1981	31	NYM	NL	305	233	23	2.7	90	.260	.230	.260	.263	.325	.290	.373	.553	.698	59	.313	-15.9	-1.7	.480	.145	.060	.0
1982	32	MON	NL	98	79	5	1.7	96	.171	.161	.268	.221	.331	.241	.389	.462	.721	29	.160	-8.5	-0.9	.427	.207	.080	.0
11 Yrs				4399	3268	397	3.3	96	.287	.255	.264	.301	.331	.313	.387	.614	.719	72	.380	-161.9	-16.7	.544	.168	.059	4.0
162 Game Avg.				620	460	56	3.3	96	.287	.255	.264	.301	.331	.313	.387	.614	.719	72	.380	-161.9	-16.7	.544	.168	.059	1

PIT (8 yrs)				2718	1998	253	3.4	97	.286	.253	.266	.306	.334	.309	.389	.615	.724	71	.396	-102.4	-10.5	.564	.184	.057	2.0
NYM (3 yrs)				1583	1191	139	3.2	93	.296	.263	.262	.297	.326	.324	.384	.621	.710	75	.362	-51.0	-5.3	.519	.141	.061	2.0
MON (1 yr)				98	79	5	1.7	96	.171	.161	.268	.221	.331	.241	.389	.462	.721	29	.161	-8.5	-0.9	.427	.207	.080	.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP
1974	24	PIT	NL	NLCS	LAD	L	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	1
1975	25	PIT	NL	NLCS	CIN	L	3	8	7	1	1	1	2	.143	.250	.143	.393	1	0
2 Yrs (2 Series)							5	11	9	1	1	1	2	.111	.273	.111	.384	1	1
2 NLCS							5	11	9	1	1	1	2	.111	.273	.111	.384	1	1

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1972	22	PIT	NL	4	0.0%	25.0%	25.0%	0.0%		1.00	3.0			2.00	50%

1974	24	PIT	NL	367	0.0%	11.2%	6.8%	1.6%	7%	1.64	8.1		12.8	1.65	80%
1975	25	PIT	NL	427	0.0%	9.8%	8.7%	3.0%	16%	1.14	9.0		16.4	1.20	79%
1976	26	PIT	NL	573	0.0%	13.8%	7.7%	2.4%	10%	1.80	6.6		21.6	1.34	77%
1977	27	PIT	NL	600	0.2%	11.8%	6.3%	5.2%	23%	1.87	7.7	544.0	18.8	1.32	79%
1978	28	PIT	NL	702	0.0%	8.6%	4.1%	5.7%	22%	2.07	10.9		17.2	1.07	85%
1979	29	TOT	NL	725	0.1%	10.2%	4.6%	5.4%	22%	2.24	9.2	680.0	20.0	1.16	83%
1979	29	PIT	NL	45	0.0%	4.4%	0.0%	6.7%	27%		22.5		45.0	1.06	96%
1979	29	NYM	NL	680	0.2%	10.6%	4.9%	5.3%	22%	2.18	8.8	635.0	19.2	1.16	83%
1980	30	NYM	NL	598	0.0%	10.7%	3.9%	4.5%	17%	2.78	8.8		22.5	1.62	84%
1981	31	NYM	NL	305	0.0%	11.8%	3.9%	4.6%	22%	3.00	7.9		25.7	1.33	82%
1982	32	MON	NL	98	0.0%	6.1%	7.1%	6.1%	43%	0.86	14.5		21.8	1.37	84%
11 Yrs				4399	0.1%	10.8%	5.7%	4.3%	19%	1.90	8.5	2021.5	18.9	1.30	81%
MLB Averages					1.9%	13.2%	8.5%	6.2%	27%	1.55	6.8	46.4	8.8	1.10	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1971	21	PIT	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1972	22	PIT	NL	-0.5	-0.1	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.20	-0.0	-0.1	-1.2	-0.1	1.04	-0.7		0

1974	24	PIT	NL	-16.4	-1.7	388	-1.7	4.3	-6.0	.88	-1.6	-0.3	-13.3	-1.4	0.98	-15.1		0
1975	25	PIT	NL	-24.8	-2.6	461	-0.8	5.8	-6.5	.91	-1.3	0.5	-18.3	-1.9	1.00	-16.8		0
1976	26	PIT	NL	-16.4	-1.7	663	-1.5	8.5	-10.0	.93	-0.6	-0.9	-6.8	-0.7	0.97	-8.3	0.02	1
1977	27	PIT	NL	-24.4	-2.4	709	-1.8	8.8	-10.6	.94	-1.7	-0.2	-23.1	-2.3	0.93	-20.7		0
1978	28	PIT	NL	-17.5	-1.8	793	-1.6	11.3	-12.9	1.01	-1.8	0.3	-15.1	-1.5	0.94	-20.6		0
1979	29	TOT	NL	-24.4	-2.5	815	-1.7	12.6	-14.4	1.07	-1.9	0.3	-18.2	-1.9	0.93	-22.2	0.95	1
1979	29	PIT	NL	-3.4	-0.4	50	-0.6	0.6	-1.2	1.11	-0.3	-0.2	-4.7	-0.5	0.91	-4.1		0
1979	29	NYM	NL	-21.0	-2.1	765	-1.1	12.0	-13.1	1.07	-1.6	0.5	-13.5	-1.4	0.93	-18.1	0.95	1
1980	30	NYM	NL	-15.0	-1.6	659	-3.3	9.9	-13.2	1.10	-2.1	-0.8	-20.0	-2.1	0.96	-22.6	3.58	5
1981	31	NYM	NL	-15.9	-1.7	330	-1.5	3.9	-5.3	.97	-1.6	0.1	-16.2	-1.7	0.89	-16.9	1.72	4
1982	32	MON	NL	-8.5	-0.9	105	-0.4	1.1	-1.5	.94	-0.4	-0.1	-7.4	-0.8	1.00	-5.8	1.71	2
11 Yrs				-163.7	-16.9	4927	-14.4	66.2	-80.6	.99	-13.3	-1.3	-139.6	-14.4	0.95	-149.6	2.24	13

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1972	22	PIT	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1974	24	PIT	NL	6	0	30%	157	13	4	76%	10	2	3	2	0	0	1	1	5	8	54%	17	12	5	3	1	2	17	2	13
1975	25	PIT	NL	7	0	37%	154	17	6	74%	12	5	5	1	0	0	4	1	4	13	53%	16	10	6	6	3	2	12	1	10
1976	26	PIT	NL	8	0	42%	209	58	11	84%	49	9	9	2	0	0	11	1	8	22	52%	28	14	13	5	1	4	23	10	12
1977	27	PIT	NL	5	0	39%	142	70	18	80%	50	16	20	2	0	0	13	4	13	20	49%	25	11	13	5	4	1	11	2	6
1978	28	PIT	NL	2	0	38%	226	46	25	65%	39	23	7	2	0	0	15	6	11	20	60%	21	11	9	3	1	2	16	3	13
1979	29	TOT	NL	12	0	43%	235	44	20	69%	36	19	8	1	0	0	15	2	9	21	57%	37	19	17	12	5	7	34	8	23
1979	29	PIT	NL	1	0	36%	15	2	1	67%	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	50%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
1979	29	NYM	NL	11	0	44%	220	42	19	69%	35	18	7	1	0	0	14	2	9	19	57%	36	19	16	12	5	7	33	7	23
1980	30	NYM	NL	9	0	36%	213	32	18	64%	29	14	3	3	0	1	9	6	6	18	70%	22	9	13	9	2	7	16	3	13
1981	31	NYM	NL	2	0	38%	96	16	4	80%	15	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	8	65%	7	3	4	1	0	1	12	3	8
1982	32	MON	NL	5	0	43%	46	4	0	100%	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	30%	5	5	0	2	1	1	3	1	2
11 Yrs				56	0	39%	1479	300	106	74%	244	92	56	13	0	1	70	21	61	133	56%	178	94	80	46	18	27	144	33	100

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
1972	22	PIT	NL	4	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1974	24	PIT	NL	367	32%	82			0	0	0	0		0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	7	4	57%	67	7	10%	35	12	34%	225	29	13%	22	14	64%	9	6	67%	0
1975	25	PIT	NL	427	41%	80			0	0	0	0		0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	12	8	67%	79	2	3%	41	17	41%	263	24	9%	21	12	57%	9	3	33%	0
1976	26	PIT	NL	573	35%	134			1	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	8	6	75%	71	11	15%	38	9	24%	264	26	10%	22	8	36%	12	9	75%	0
1977	27	PIT	NL	600	33%	137			0	0	0	0		1	1	6	0	1	0	1	1	13	9	69%	86	7	8%	53	19	36%	289	31	11%	29	12	41%	17	6	35%	0
1978	28	PIT	NL	702	36%	182			0	0	0	0		0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	16	12	75%	80	4	5%	42	17	40%	278	39	14%	21	8	38%	15	10	67%	0
1979	29	TOT	NL	725	33%	178			1	1	0	0	0.95	1	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	18	10	56%	105	13	12%	58	18	31%	329	35	11%	20	10	50%	18	9	50%	0
1979	29	PIT	NL	45	40%	11			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	2	100%	1	0	0%	17	1	6%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1979	29	NYM	NL	680	32%	167			1	1	0	0	0.95	1	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	18	10	56%	103	11	11%	57	18	32%	312	34	11%	19	10	53%	18	9	50%	0
1980	30	NYM	NL	598	29%	157			5	0	0	0	3.58	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	24	10	42%	103	15	15%	45	16	36%	303	28	9%	20	9	45%	29	18	62%	0
1981	31	NYM	NL	305	17%	65			4	1	0	0	1.72	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	71%	33	3	9%	29	13	45%	137	11	8%	13	6	46%	14	7	50%	0
1982	32	MON	NL	98	52%	14			2	1	0	0	1.71	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	21	2	10%	17	8	47%	59	4	7%	5	2	40%	9	6	67%	0
11 Yrs				4399	33%	1029			13	3	0	0	2.24	2	1	77	1	1	0	2	1	108	67	62%	646	65	10%	358	129	36%	2150	227	11%	173	81	47%	132	74	56%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			78%			11%			34%			14%			50%			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
1972	22	5	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	-22	0	1	0	0	0	0
1973	23	5	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	-22	0	1	0	0	0	0
1974	24	131	371	336	33	82	4	2	0	26	13	4	26	42	.244	.300	.268	.568	63	90	8	2	4	3	2
1975	25	265	798	714	77	162	13	6	0	49	30	10	63	84	.227	.291	.262	.553	57	187	10	4	12	5	2
1976	26	409	1371	1233	153	296	21	12	0	73	88	21	107	163	.240	.304	.277	.580	66	341	21	8	18	5	3
1977	27	556	1971	1777	225	433	41	22	1	102	158	39	145	234	.244	.305	.293	.598	67	521	28	14	27	8	5
1978	28	713	2673	2431	306	615	72	31	1	140	204	64	174	294	.253	.307	.309	.616	71	752	32	19	39	10	8
1979	29	877	3398	3111	399	793	101	40	2	174	248	84	207	368	.255	.305	.315	.620	72	980	45	21	49	10	9
1980	30	1018	3996	3673	464	950	128	40	2	199	280	102	230	432	.259	.305	.317	.622	74	1164	60	22	59	12	9
1981	31	1102	4301	3956	494	1015	139	43	2	210	296	106	242	468	.257	.302	.315	.617	73	1246	63	24	64	15	9
1982	32	1150	4399	4043	503	1029	144	44	2	214	300	106	249	474	.255	.301	.313	.614	72	1267	65	24	67	16	9

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1972	22	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	4

1974	24	126	374	338	37	87	4	2	0	29	14	27	41	.257	.314	.281	.595	30	126
1975	25	134	433	382	48	84	9	4	0	25	18	39	42	.220	.294	.264	.559	30	134
1976	26	144	585	528	84	143	9	6	0	27	62	47	79	.271	.335	.311	.646	54	144
1977	27	147	597	542	71	135	20	10	1	28	69	37	71	.249	.303	.328	.631	53	147
1978	28	157	708	659	85	187	32	9	0	40	47	30	60	.284	.319	.360	.679	75	157
1979	29	164	737	690	102	188	31	10	1	37	46	35	74	.272	.309	.351	.660	74	164
1980	30	141	612	574	73	169	29	0	0	28	34	25	64	.294	.324	.345	.669	64	141
1981	31	127	474	438	53	108	18	5	0	19	27	20	55	.247	.281	.311	.592	38	84
1982	32	48	100	88	10	15	5	1	0	4	4	8	6	.170	.237	.250	.487	5	48
10 Yrs		1192	4624	4242	563	1116	157	47	2	237	321	269	493	.263	.310	.324	.633	423	1149
162 Game Avg.		162	628	577	77	152	21	6	0	32	44	37	67	.263	.310	.324	.633	57	1149

* 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

Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1977 NL 1.5 (8th)	Games Played s c a p y 1979 NL 164 (1st)	At Bats s c a p y 1978 NL 654 (4th) 1979 NL 680 (2nd)	Plate Appearances s c a p y 1978 NL 702 (4th) 1979 NL 725 (3rd)
Hits s c a p y 1978 NL 182 (6th)	Triples s c a p y 1977 NL 10 (5th) 1978 NL 9 (4th) 1979 NL 9 (10th)	Stolen Bases s c a p y 1976 NL 58 (3rd) 1977 NL 70 (1st) 1978 NL 46 (2nd) 1979 NL 44 (3rd) Career 300 (159th)	Singles s c a p y 1978 NL 142 (3rd) 1979 NL 139 (6th) 1980 NL 130 (10th)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1977 NL 6 (8th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1976 NL 11 (7th) 1977 NL 18 (7th) 1978 NL 25 (1st) 1979 NL 20 (4th) 1980 NL 18 (5th) Career 106 (98th)	SB % s c a p y 1976 NL 84.06 (5th) 1977 NL 79.55 (10th) Career 73.89 (199th)	AB per SO s c a p y 1978 NL 10.9 (10th)
Outs Made s c a p y 1978 NL 515 (2nd) 1979 NL 545 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Batting - 3 (529), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 17 (1113), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 6 (1412), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 17 (946), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Most Similar by Ages

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Craig Robinson (983) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Felix Fermin (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Larry Bowa (972) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Larry Bowa (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Larry Bowa (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Larry Bowa (962) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Cesar Izturis (943) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Doc Lavan (929) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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