Frank Taveras
Franklin Crisostomo (Fabian) Taveras
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 168 lb.

Born: December 24, 1949 in Las Matas De Santa Cruz, D.R.
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1968. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 25, 1971
Final Game: July 25, 1982
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Standard Batting

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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
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 NL 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 -23 0 1 0 0 0 0 /6
1974 24 PIT NL 126 367 333 33 82 4 2 0 26 13 4 25 41 .246 .300 .270 .571 63 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 52 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 Seasons 1150 4399 4043 503 1029 144 44 2 214 300 106 249 474 .255 .301 .313 .614 71 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 71 178 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

Advanced Batting

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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 91 .000 .000 .255 .250 .324 .000 .377 .250 .701 -23 .000 -0.5 0.0 .250 .333 .000
1974 24 PIT NL 367 269 29 2.9 92 .278 .246 .259 .300 .330 .270 .374 .571 .704 63 .332 -16.4 -1.7 .481 .126 .024 .0
1975 25 PIT NL 427 316 32 2.7 95 .237 .212 .264 .284 .335 .257 .382 .541 .716 52 .302 -24.7 -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 97 .293 .262 .265 .298 .330 .335 .393 .633 .723 76 .365 -24.3 -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 -0.3 .405 .089 .067 .0
1979 29 NYM NL 680 508 63 3.3 96 .295 .263 .264 .301 .329 .337 .392 .639 .721 78 .376 -20.9 -2.1 .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 .311 -15.8 -1.7 .480 .145 .060 .0
1982 32 MON NL 98 79 5 1.7 96 .171 .161 .268 .221 .331 .241 .389 .462 .720 29 .160 -8.5 -0.9 .427 .207 .080 .0
11 Seasons 4399 3268 397 3.3 96 .287 .255 .265 .301 .332 .313 .388 .614 .720 71 .378 -163.4 -16.7 .544 .168 .059 4.0
162 Game Avg. 620 460 56 3.3 96 .287 .255 .265 .301 .332 .313 .388 .614 .720 71 .378 -163.4 -16.7 .544 .168 .059 1
PIT (8 yrs) 2718 1998 253 3.4 97 .286 .253 .266 .306 .335 .309 .390 .615 .724 71 .396 -103.2 -10.4 .564 .184 .057 2.0
NYM (3 yrs) 1583 1191 139 3.1 94 .296 .263 .263 .297 .327 .324 .385 .621 .711 75 .362 -51.7 -5.4 .519 .141 .061 2.0
MON (1 yr) 98 79 5 1.7 96 .171 .161 .268 .221 .331 .241 .389 .462 .720 29 .161 -8.5 -0.9 .427 .207 .080 .0

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
1974 24 PIT NL NLCS LAD L 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 1 0 0 0
1975 25 PIT NL NLCS CIN L 3 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .143 .250 .143 .393 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 5 11 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .111 .273 .111 .384 1 0 1 0 0 0
2 NLCS 5 11 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .111 .273 .111 .384 1 0 1 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
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 1.33 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 Seasons 4399 0.1% 10.8% 5.7% 4.3% 19% 1.90 8.5 2021.5 18.9 1.30 81%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
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 Seasons 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
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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% 15 7 47% 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% 16 9 56% 0
1976 26 PIT NL 572 35% 134 1 0 0 0 0.04 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 75% 70 11 16% 37 9 24% 263 26 10% 22 8 36% 26 9 35% 1
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% 32 8 25% 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% 27 11 41% 0
1979 29 TOT NL 725 33% 178 1 1 0 0 1.15 1 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 18 10 56% 105 13 12% 58 18 31% 329 35 11% 20 10 50% 39 15 38% 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% 2 2 100% 0
1979 29 NYM NL 680 32% 167 1 1 0 0 1.15 1 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 18 10 56% 103 11 11% 57 18 32% 312 34 11% 19 10 53% 37 13 35% 0
1980 30 NYM NL 598 29% 157 5 0 0 0 3.52 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 24 10 42% 103 15 15% 45 16 36% 303 28 9% 20 9 45% 50 24 48% 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% 21 7 33% 0
1982 32 MON NL 98 52% 14 2 1 0 0 1.84 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 21 2 10% 17 8 47% 59 4 7% 5 2 40% 10 6 60% 0
11 Seasons 4398 33% 1029 13 3 0 0 2.26 2 1 77 1 1 0 2 1 108 67 62% 645 65 10% 357 129 36% 2149 227 11% 173 81 47% 236 96 41% 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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 -23 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 -23 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 62 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 65 341 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 73 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 72 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 71 1267 65 24 67 16 9

Neutralized Batting

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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 24 126 372 340 36 89 4 2 0 28 14 27 41 .262 .317 .285 .602 31 126
1975 25 134 435 389 47 91 10 5 0 25 19 42 42 .234 .310 .285 .596 34 134
1976 26 144 596 540 85 155 9 7 0 27 67 51 79 .287 .354 .330 .684 62 144
1977 27 147 602 553 71 146 21 11 1 29 75 40 71 .264 .319 .347 .666 60 147
1978 28 157 698 661 86 189 32 9 0 40 48 30 60 .286 .321 .362 .682 76 157
1979 29 164 723 687 102 185 30 9 1 37 46 34 74 .269 .306 .344 .649 72 164
1980 30 141 594 567 74 162 28 0 0 28 33 24 64 .286 .315 .335 .650 60 141
1981 31 127 472 443 53 113 19 5 0 19 28 21 55 .255 .290 .321 .611 41 84
1982 32 48 98 89 10 16 6 1 0 5 5 8 6 .180 .245 .270 .515 6 48
10 Seasons 1192 4594 4272 564 1146 159 49 2 238 335 278 493 .268 .316 .330 .645 442 1149
162 Game Avg. 162 624 581 77 156 22 7 0 32 46 38 67 .268 .316 .330 .645 60 1149

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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--155th

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--92nd

AB per SO s c a p y
1978 NL--10.900--10th

Outs Made s c a p y
1978 NL--515--2nd
1979 NL--545--1st

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 3 (471), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 17 (963), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1361), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1289), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Larry Bowa (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  7. Terry Turner (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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