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Jason Thompson

Jason Dolph Thompson

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: July 6, 1954 in Hollywood, CA
High School: Apple Valley HS (Apple Valley, CA)
School: California State University Northridge (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 4th round of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1976
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Tigers/Angels/Expos 1976-1986

Final Game: June 23, 1986
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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
1976 21 DET AL 123 486 412 45 90 12 1 17 54 2 4 68 72 .218 .328 .376 .704 104 155 8 1 1 4 6 *3
1977 22 DET AL 158 668 585 87 158 24 5 31 105 0 1 73 91 .270 .347 .487 .834 121 285 15 1 0 9 2 *3 AS,MVP-21
1978 23 DET AL 153 669 589 79 169 25 3 26 96 0 0 74 96 .287 .364 .472 .836 131 278 11 0 1 5 3 *3 AS
1979 24 DET AL 145 569 492 58 121 16 1 20 79 2 0 70 90 .246 .338 .404 .742 98 199 15 1 1 5 8 *3/D
1980 25 TOT AL 138 529 438 69 126 19 0 21 90 2 1 83 86 .288 .398 .475 .873 141 208 12 1 2 5 10 3D
1980 25 DET AL 36 142 126 10 27 5 0 4 20 0 1 13 26 .214 .289 .349 .638 73 44 4 1 0 2 1 3
1980 25 CAL AL 102 387 312 59 99 14 0 17 70 2 0 70 60 .317 .439 .526 .965 167 164 8 0 2 3 9 3D
1981 26 PIT NL 86 285 223 36 54 13 0 15 42 0 0 59 49 .242 .396 .502 .899 150 112 6 0 0 3 1 *3
1982 27 PIT NL 156 662 550 87 156 32 0 31 101 1 0 101 107 .284 .391 .511 .902 147 281 11 2 0 9 7 *3 AS,MVP-17
1983 28 PIT NL 152 623 517 70 134 20 1 18 76 1 0 99 128 .259 .376 .406 .782 115 210 14 1 0 6 7 *3
1984 29 PIT NL 154 636 543 61 138 22 0 17 74 0 0 87 73 .254 .357 .389 .746 110 211 13 2 0 4 14 *3
1985 30 PIT NL 123 490 402 42 97 17 1 12 61 0 0 84 58 .241 .369 .378 .747 111 152 8 0 0 4 10 *3
1986 31 MON NL 30 69 51 6 10 4 0 0 4 0 1 18 12 .196 .406 .275 .680 92 14 0 0 0 0 2 3
11 Yrs 1418 5686 4802 640 1253 204 12 208 782 8 7 816 862 .261 .366 .438 .804 122 2105 113 9 5 54 70
162 Game Avg. 162 650 549 73 143 23 1 24 89 1 1 93 98 .261 .366 .438 .804 122 240 13 1 1 6 8
PIT (5 yrs) 671 2696 2235 296 579 104 2 93 354 2 0 430 415 .259 .376 .432 .808 125 966 52 5 0 26 39
DET (5 yrs) 615 2534 2204 279 565 82 10 98 354 4 6 298 375 .256 .343 .436 .779 113 961 53 4 3 25 20
MON (1 yr) 30 69 51 6 10 4 0 0 4 0 1 18 12 .196 .406 .275 .680 92 14 0 0 0 0 2
CAL (1 yr) 102 387 312 59 99 14 0 17 70 2 0 70 60 .317 .439 .526 .965 167 164 8 0 2 3 9
AL (5 yrs) 717 2921 2516 338 664 96 10 115 424 6 6 368 435 .264 .355 .447 .802 120 1125 61 4 5 28 29
NL (6 yrs) 701 2765 2286 302 589 108 2 93 358 2 1 448 427 .258 .377 .429 .806 124 980 52 5 0 26 41

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
1976 21 DET AL 123 486 2 -2 1 2 -7 -3 -0.2 16 13 1.3 .498 .498 1.0 -0.4 11 $ *3
1977 22 DET AL 158 668 16 1 -1 7 -10 12 1.6 22 34 3.5 .508 .508 2.8 -0.2 27 $35,000 *3 AS,MVP-21
1978 23 DET AL 153 669 25 1 1 11 -10 29 3.3 22 51 5.3 .521 .519 4.2 0.3 40 $75,000 *3 AS
1979 24 DET AL 145 569 -5 -3 -1 4 -8 -13 -1.1 18 6 0.5 .491 .492 0.2 -0.3 2 $ *3/D
1980 25 DET AL 36 142 -5 -1 0 4 -2 -4 -0.3 4 0 0.0 .489 .497 -0.4 0.3 -4 $ 3
1980 25 CAL AL 102 387 29 -1 -0 1 -8 22 2.4 12 33 3.4 .522 .514 3.3 -0.6 33 $ 3D
1981 26 PIT NL 86 285 16 -1 -0 -7 -4 4 0.5 9 12 1.4 .505 .502 2.1 -1.2 19 $ *3
1982 27 PIT NL 156 662 34 -2 -0 -2 -10 21 2.5 20 41 4.4 .515 .514 4.5 -1.1 43 $ *3 AS,MVP-17
1983 28 PIT NL 152 623 10 -2 -2 -2 -9 -5 -0.5 19 14 1.3 .496 .497 1.5 -1.2 17 $950,000 *3
1984 29 PIT NL 154 636 3 -2 -0 -3 -9 -12 -1.2 20 8 0.7 .491 .492 0.9 -1.2 10 $1,050,000 *3
1985 30 PIT NL 123 490 8 -2 -1 -7 -7 -8 -0.9 15 7 0.6 .492 .494 1.3 -1.5 14 $1,066,667 *3
1986 31 MON NL 30 69 -0 -0 0 -3 -1 -4 -0.5 2 -2 -0.3 .484 .497 0.1 -0.4 1 $1,000,000 3
11 Seasons 1418 5686 134 -14 -3 6 -85 38 5.6 179 217 22.1 .503 .502 21.5 -7.6 211 $4,176,667
PIT (5 yrs) 671 2696 71 -9 -3 -20 -39 -1 0.4 83 82 8.4 .500 .500 10.3 -6.3 102 $3,066,667
DET (5 yrs) 615 2534 34 -4 0 28 -37 22 3.3 82 104 10.6 .504 .503 7.8 -0.4 76 $110,000
MON (1 yr) 30 69 -0 -0 0 -3 -1 -4 -0.5 2 -2 -0.3 .484 .497 0.1 -0.4 1 $1,000,000
CAL (1 yr) 102 387 29 -1 -0 1 -8 22 2.4 12 33 3.4 .522 .514 3.3 -0.6 33 $

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
1976 21 DET AL 486 339 53 4.2 88 .223 .218 .259 .328 .324 .376 .366 .704 .690 104 .527 3.2 0.3 .665 .318 .158 3.6
1977 22 DET AL 668 452 100 5.9 104 .269 .270 .272 .347 .337 .487 .414 .834 .751 121 .610 17.0 1.6 .808 .340 .217 .0
1978 23 DET AL 669 437 104 6.4 96 .303 .287 .265 .364 .330 .472 .390 .836 .720 131 .670 25.0 2.5 .817 .311 .185 .0
1979 24 DET AL 569 392 68 4.6 104 .261 .246 .273 .338 .338 .404 .414 .742 .752 98 .492 -1.3 -0.1 .705 .305 .159 3.6
1980 25 TOT AL 529 332 88 7.1 97 .313 .288 .267 .398 .329 .475 .396 .873 .726 141 .691 28.7 2.8 .902 .379 .187 3.7
1980 25 DET AL 142 106 12 3.0 100 .235 .214 .272 .289 .334 .349 .403 .638 .737 73 .320 -4.7 -0.5 .548 .230 .135 .0
1980 25 CAL AL 387 226 76 9.1 96 .345 .317 .266 .439 .328 .526 .394 .965 .721 167 .776 33.4 3.2 1.068 .439 .208 3.6
1981 26 PIT NL 285 178 48 7.3 95 .241 .242 .267 .396 .333 .502 .383 .899 .716 150 .741 17.9 1.8 .977 .525 .260 .0
1982 27 PIT NL 662 414 117 7.6 98 .297 .284 .270 .391 .334 .511 .393 .902 .727 147 .747 39.6 4.0 .951 .413 .227 1.9
1983 28 PIT NL 623 403 84 5.6 99 .308 .259 .267 .376 .336 .406 .395 .782 .731 115 .625 14.4 1.5 .783 .340 .147 1.9
1984 29 PIT NL 636 422 78 5.0 94 .265 .254 .263 .357 .328 .389 .383 .746 .711 110 .579 10.2 1.0 .718 .295 .134 .0
1985 30 PIT NL 490 317 61 5.2 94 .253 .241 .259 .369 .327 .378 .386 .747 .712 111 .595 10.0 1.0 .754 .346 .137 .0
1986 31 MON NL 69 42 7 4.5 97 .256 .196 .261 .406 .332 .275 .394 .680 .726 92 .520 0.9 0.1 .738 .412 .078
11 Yrs 5686 3728 808 5.8 97 .276 .261 .266 .366 .332 .438 .393 .804 .725 122 .632 165.7 16.7 .799 .348 .177 15.4
162 Game Avg. 650 426 92 5.8 97 .276 .261 .266 .366 .332 .438 .393 .804 .725 122 .632 19 2 .799 .348 .177 2
PIT (5 yrs) 2696 1734 388 6.0 96 .277 .259 .265 .376 .332 .432 .389 .808 .720 125 .660 92.2 9.4 .821 .366 .173 3.9
DET (5 yrs) 2534 1726 337 5.2 99 .266 .256 .268 .343 .333 .436 .398 .779 .730 113 .574 39.2 3.9 .743 .314 .180 7.7
MON (1 yr) 69 42 7 4.5 97 .256 .196 .261 .406 .332 .275 .394 .680 .726 92 .519 0.9 0.1 .738 .412 .078
CAL (1 yr) 387 226 76 9.1 96 .345 .317 .266 .439 .328 .526 .394 .965 .721 167 .776 33.4 3.2 1.068 .439 .208 3.6
AL (5 yrs) 2921 1952 413 5.7 98 .275 .264 .268 .355 .332 .447 .397 .802 .729 120 .608 72.6 7.2 .780 .329 .183 11.4
NL (6 yrs) 2765 1776 395 6.0 96 .277 .258 .265 .377 .332 .429 .389 .806 .720 124 .657 93.2 9.5 .819 .367 .171 3.9

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
1977 DET AL 22 DNP
1978 DET AL 23 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 PIT NL 27 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) 2 2 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
1976 21 DET AL 486 3.5% 14.8% 14.0% 6.2% 33% 1.06 5.7 24.2 7.6 1.13 67%
1977 22 DET AL 668 4.6% 13.6% 10.9% 9.0% 38% 1.25 6.4 18.9 5.6 0.95 71%
1978 23 DET AL 669 3.9% 14.4% 11.1% 8.1% 32% 1.30 6.1 22.7 6.1 0.89 71%
1979 24 DET AL 569 3.5% 15.8% 12.3% 6.5% 31% 1.29 5.5 24.6 6.2 1.05 68%
1980 25 TOT AL 529 4.0% 16.3% 15.7% 7.6% 32% 1.04 5.1 20.9 4.9 1.13 64%
1980 25 DET AL 142 2.8% 18.3% 9.2% 6.3% 33% 2.00 4.8 31.5 6.3 0.79 69%
1980 25 CAL AL 387 4.4% 15.5% 18.1% 8.0% 31% 0.86 5.2 18.4 4.5 1.34 62%
1981 26 PIT NL 285 5.3% 17.2% 20.7% 9.8% 52% 0.83 4.6 14.9 5.3 0.88 57%
1982 27 PIT NL 662 4.7% 16.2% 15.3% 9.5% 40% 1.06 5.1 17.7 5.4 0.97 64%
1983 28 PIT NL 623 2.9% 20.6% 15.9% 6.3% 29% 1.29 4.0 28.7 6.8 1.02 61%
1984 29 PIT NL 636 2.7% 11.5% 13.7% 6.1% 28% 0.84 7.4 31.9 7.3 0.83 72%
1985 30 PIT NL 490 2.5% 11.8% 17.1% 6.1% 31% 0.69 6.9 33.5 6.6 1.03 69%
1986 31 MON NL 69 0.0% 17.4% 26.1% 5.8% 40% 0.67 4.3 12.8 1.23 57%
11 Yrs 5686 3.7% 15.2% 14.4% 7.5% 34% 1.06 5.6 23.1 6.1 0.98 67%
MLB Averages 2.0% 13.3% 8.5% 6.6% 28% 1.58 6.7 44.0 8.5 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
1976 21 DET AL 3.2 0.3 493 -0.8 8.4 -9.2 1.10 0.3 -1.0 3.5 0.4 0.99 5.1 1.21 3
1977 22 DET AL 17.0 1.6 675 3.1 15.0 -11.9 1.09 2.1 0.7 24.0 2.3 0.98 22.2 0
1978 23 DET AL 25.0 2.5 686 3.6 14.5 -10.9 1.05 3.0 0.5 23.4 2.3 1.00 31.1 3.07 1
1979 24 DET AL -1.3 -0.1 574 1.4 11.2 -9.8 1.04 0.1 1.3 5.6 0.5 0.97 3.5 1.65 8
1980 25 TOT AL 28.7 2.8 536 2.1 11.1 -9.0 1.10 2.5 -0.6 35.6 3.5 0.99 30.4 2.16 14
1980 25 DET AL -4.7 -0.5 145 -0.4 2.4 -2.8 1.08 -0.3 -0.1 -3.3 -0.3 0.98 -3.7 2.77 0
1980 25 CAL AL 33.4 3.2 391 2.5 8.8 -6.3 1.10 2.8 -0.5 38.8 3.8 0.99 34.0 2.16 14
1981 26 PIT NL 17.9 1.8 286 2.0 6.4 -4.4 1.05 2.1 -0.2 18.3 1.9 0.96 18.6 1.94 14
1982 27 PIT NL 39.6 4.0 675 4.5 15.3 -10.8 1.10 3.5 0.5 40.7 4.1 0.96 43.9 1.73 0
1983 28 PIT NL 14.4 1.5 628 0.8 11.7 -10.8 1.06 1.3 -0.6 7.4 0.8 0.99 14.7 1.37 2
1984 29 PIT NL 9.5 1.0 643 0.5 12.3 -11.8 1.13 1.0 -0.6 11.9 1.2 0.98 11.6 2.23 3
1985 30 PIT NL 10.0 1.0 493 0.9 9.4 -8.5 1.12 0.9 -0.1 19.0 2.0 0.98 13.0 2.23 6
1986 31 MON NL 0.9 0.1 70 0.2 1.1 -0.9 1.01 -0.1 0.4 -0.6 -0.1 0.87 -0.9 1.50 12
11 Yrs 165.0 16.6 5759 18.3 116.4 -98.1 1.08 16.7 0.2 188.8 18.8 0.98 193.3 1.87 63

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
1976 21 DET AL 6 0 20% 175 2 4 33% 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 5 41% 29 21 8 3 1 2 12 3 8
1977 22 DET AL 8 0 28% 226 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 21 42% 41 26 15 11 6 4 15 5 9
1978 23 DET AL 8 0 24% 261 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 24 38% 38 26 11 6 4 1 19 5 12
1979 24 DET AL 4 0 22% 208 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 9 25% 27 22 3 6 3 1 20 11 9
1980 25 TOT AL 4 0 25% 226 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 6 36% 43 35 8 10 5 5 19 6 13
1980 25 DET AL 2 0 16% 48 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 31% 10 8 2 1 0 1 2 1 1
1980 25 CAL AL 2 0 28% 178 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 37% 33 27 6 9 5 4 17 5 12
1981 26 PIT NL 2 0 21% 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 36% 20 14 5 4 3 1 9 3 6
1982 27 PIT NL 5 0 25% 248 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 18 26% 42 30 11 15 15 0 20 9 9
1983 28 PIT NL 3 0 24% 203 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 11 31% 48 37 10 9 6 3 18 5 10
1984 29 PIT NL 2 0 21% 217 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 14 26% 37 31 6 10 7 3 18 9 8
1985 30 PIT NL 7 0 18% 175 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 21% 28 24 4 9 6 3 10 7 3
1986 31 MON NL 0 0 21% 24 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 29% 2 2 0 1 0 0 4 2 2
11 Yrs 49 0 23% 2074 8 7 53% 8 6 0 0 0 1 4 0 73 120 32% 355 268 81 84 56 23 164 65 89

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
1976 21 DET AL 486 76% 90 3 0 0 1 1.21 17 0 9 16 1 7 10 0 2 1 50% 86 8 9% 48 14 29% 324 37 11% 20 10 50% 19 8 42% 0
1977 22 DET AL 668 56% 158 0 0 0 0 31 1 21 22 9 15 16 0 0 0 127 15 12% 62 19 31% 452 78 17% 32 22 69% 20 12 60% 0
1978 23 DET AL 669 51% 169 1 0 0 0 3.07 26 1 18 16 10 13 13 0 1 1 100% 132 11 8% 56 16 29% 465 73 16% 37 18 49% 17 12 71% 0
1979 24 DET AL 569 69% 121 8 2 0 0 1.65 20 1 13 17 3 13 7 0 1 1 100% 117 15 13% 60 24 40% 375 62 17% 41 23 56% 27 21 78% 0
1980 25 TOT AL 529 79% 126 14 4 1 5 2.16 21 0 9 19 2 11 10 0 3 2 67% 105 12 11% 50 17 34% 367 72 20% 38 22 58% 29 14 48% 0
1980 25 DET AL 142 67% 27 0 0 0 0 2.77 4 0 1 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 34 4 12% 17 4 24% 94 16 17% 10 6 60% 6 1 17% 0
1980 25 CAL AL 387 83% 99 14 4 1 5 2.16 17 0 8 15 2 9 8 0 3 2 67% 71 8 11% 33 13 39% 273 56 21% 28 16 57% 23 13 57% 0
1981 26 PIT NL 285 82% 54 14 5 2 5 1.94 15 0 7 13 2 8 7 0 0 0 38 6 16% 17 9 53% 175 29 17% 13 11 85% 10 6 60% 0
1982 27 PIT NL 662 72% 156 0 0 0 0 1.73 31 0 12 30 1 17 14 0 0 0 102 11 11% 50 18 36% 425 72 17% 51 26 51% 20 10 50% 0
1983 28 PIT NL 623 75% 134 2 0 0 0 1.37 18 1 10 16 2 10 8 0 1 0 0% 118 14 12% 53 13 25% 443 60 14% 42 15 36% 20 11 55% 0
1984 29 PIT NL 636 77% 138 3 1 0 0 2.23 17 0 5 16 1 6 11 0 0 0 126 13 10% 41 13 32% 406 58 14% 39 19 49% 24 14 58% 0
1985 30 PIT NL 490 70% 97 6 1 0 1 2.23 12 0 11 9 3 9 3 0 0 0 85 8 9% 32 8 25% 329 50 15% 23 13 57% 18 7 39% 0
1986 31 MON NL 69 91% 10 12 1 0 1 1.50 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0% 2 0 0% 40 4 10% 4 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
11 Yrs 5686 70% 1253 63 14 3 13 1.87 208 4 116 174 34 109 99 0 8 5 63% 1042 113 11% 471 151 32% 3801 595 16% 340 179 53% 205 116 57% 0
MLB Averages 57% 81% 11% 35% 15% 51% 55%

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
1976 21 123 486 412 45 90 12 1 17 54 2 4 68 72 .218 .328 .376 .704 104 155 8 1 1 4 6
1977 22 281 1154 997 132 248 36 6 48 159 2 5 141 163 .249 .339 .441 .780 114 440 23 2 1 13 8
1978 23 434 1823 1586 211 417 61 9 74 255 2 5 215 259 .263 .348 .453 .801 121 718 34 2 2 18 11
1979 24 579 2392 2078 269 538 77 10 94 334 4 5 285 349 .259 .346 .441 .787 115 917 49 3 3 23 19
1980 25 717 2921 2516 338 664 96 10 115 424 6 6 368 435 .264 .355 .447 .802 120 1125 61 4 5 28 29
1981 26 803 3206 2739 374 718 109 10 130 466 6 6 427 484 .262 .359 .452 .811 122 1237 67 4 5 31 30
1982 27 959 3868 3289 461 874 141 10 161 567 7 6 528 591 .266 .364 .462 .826 126 1518 78 6 5 40 37
1983 28 1111 4491 3806 531 1008 161 11 179 643 8 6 627 719 .265 .366 .454 .820 125 1728 92 7 5 46 44
1984 29 1265 5127 4349 592 1146 183 11 196 717 8 6 714 792 .264 .365 .446 .811 123 1939 105 9 5 50 58
1985 30 1388 5617 4751 634 1243 200 12 208 778 8 6 798 850 .262 .365 .440 .805 122 2091 113 9 5 54 68
1986 31 1418 5686 4802 640 1253 204 12 208 782 8 7 816 862 .261 .366 .438 .804 122 2105 113 9 5 54 70

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
1976 21 124 502 422 51 98 13 1 19 62 2 74 72 .232 .345 .403 .748 58 123
1977 22 158 667 584 86 157 24 5 31 104 0 73 91 .269 .346 .486 .833 99 158
1978 23 153 682 598 86 178 26 3 27 105 0 78 96 .298 .376 .487 .863 111 153
1979 24 146 569 493 57 120 16 1 20 78 2 69 91 .243 .335 .402 .736 66 145
1980 25 138 541 445 74 133 20 0 22 96 2 88 86 .299 .412 .492 .904 91 138
1981 26 130 441 342 60 86 21 0 24 69 0 94 74 .251 .408 .523 .932 74 86
1982 27 156 669 554 90 160 33 0 32 105 1 104 107 .289 .398 .522 .919 115 156
1983 28 152 630 521 73 138 21 1 19 79 1 102 128 .265 .383 .418 .801 83 152
1984 29 154 647 550 66 145 23 0 18 81 0 91 73 .264 .368 .404 .771 82 154
1985 30 123 501 408 46 103 18 1 13 67 0 89 58 .252 .383 .397 .780 62 123
1986 31 30 69 51 6 10 4 0 0 4 0 18 12 .196 .406 .275 .680 6 30
11 Yrs 1464 5918 4968 695 1328 219 12 225 850 8 880 888 .267 .375 .452 .827 847 1418
162 Game Avg. 162 655 550 77 147 24 1 25 94 1 97 98 .267 .375 .452 .827 94 1418

* 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

All-Star Games
1977
1978 *
1982 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1977 AL (21, 2%)
1982 NL (17, 4%)
0.06 Career Shares (1057th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1978 AL  5.3 (7th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1980 AL  .398 (5th)
1982 NL  .391 (5th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1982 NL  .511 (5th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1980 AL  .873 (7th)
1982 NL  .902 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
1978 AL  169 (10th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1978 AL  278 (5th)
1982 NL  281 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1977 AL  31 (6th)
1981 NL  15 (8th)
1982 NL  31 (6th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1977 AL  105 (8th)
1978 AL  96 (8th)
1982 NL  101 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1980 AL  83 (8th)
1981 NL  59 (4th)
1982 NL  101 (2nd)
1983 NL  99 (2nd)
1984 NL  87 (4th)
1985 NL  84 (6th)
Career  816 (236th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1982 NL  107 (7th)
1983 NL  128 (2nd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1980 AL  141 (7th)
1982 NL  147 (5th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1978 AL  104 (4th)
1982 NL  117 (5th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1980 AL  29 (10th)
1981 NL  18 (8th)
1982 NL  40 (4th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1980 AL  2.8 (10th)
1981 NL  1.9 (8th)
1982 NL  4.0 (4th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1982 NL  63 (6th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1978 AL  243 (9th)
1982 NL  259 (4th)
1983 NL  234 (8th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1980 AL  .691 (6th)
1982 NL  .747 (4th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1977 AL  9 (6th)
1982 NL  9 (6th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1980 AL  10 (9th)
1984 NL  14 (6th)
Career  70 (221st)

AB per HR s c a p y
1976 AL  24.2 (8th)**
1980 AL  20.9 (9th)
1981 NL  14.9 (4th)**
1982 NL  17.7 (5th)
Career  23.1 (228th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1980 AL  35.56 (8th)
1982 NL  40.67 (5th)
Career  188.78 (221st)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1978 AL  3.6 (7th)
1982 NL  4.5 (5th)
Career  18.3 (199th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1978 AL  3.0 (6th)
1981 NL  2.1 (9th)
1982 NL  3.5 (7th)
Career  16.7 (227th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1980 AL  3.5 (8th)
1982 NL  4.1 (5th)
Career  18.8 (214th)

                           
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.
† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 42 (599), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 19 (837), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 17 (918), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Eddie Robinson (915)
  2. John Mayberry (914)
  3. Tony Clark (912)
  4. Oscar Gamble (909)
  5. Joe Pepitone (909)
  6. Pete O'Brien (909)
  7. Don Mincher (908)
  8. Kevin Millar (904)
  9. Donn Clendenon (900)
  10. Alvin Davis (897)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. John Olerud (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. John Olerud (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jeff Burroughs (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jeff Burroughs (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. John Mayberry (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. John Mayberry (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jeff Burroughs (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jeff Burroughs (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. John Mayberry (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. John Mayberry (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

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