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Milt Thompson

Milton Bernard Thompson

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 5, 1959 in Washington, DC
High School: Gaithersburg HS (Gaithersburg, MD)
School: Howard University (Washington, DC)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 2nd round of the 1979 amateur draft (January). Player signed January 12, 1979. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1984
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Cardinals/Astros/Braves/Dodgers/... 1984-1996

Final Game: July 28, 1996
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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
1979	20	ATL-min	A,Rk	79	239	239		58	12	5	3						.243	.243	.372	.615		89							GRW,KPT · WCRS,APPY
1980	21	ATL-min	AA,A	139	604	533	84	157	19	6	3	51	60	8	61	129	.295	.370	.370	.739		197		3	6	1			SAV,DHM · SOUL,CARL
1981	22	ATL-min	AA	140	596	493	92	135	18	2	4	31	46	11	89	112	.274	.385	.343	.727		169		1	11	2	2		SAV · SOUL
1982	23	ATL-min	AA,AAA	147	630	532	85	133	20	7	6	45	69	19	88	148	.250	.358	.348	.706		185		3	4	3	3		SAV,RMD · SOUL,IL
1983	24	ATL-min	AA,AAA	127	519	418	96	125	22	4	5	39	52	11	93	81	.299	.430	.407	.837		170		4	3	1	4		SAV,RMD · SOUL,IL
1984	25	ATL-min	AAA	134	593	503	91	145	11	3	4	40	47	17	83	86	.288	.391	.346	.737		174		3	2	2	3		RMD · IL
1984	25	ATL	NL	25	111	99	16	30	1	0	2	4	14	2	11	11	.303	.373	.374	.746	105	37	1	0	1	0	1	7
1985	26	ATL-min	AAA	82	353	312	52	98	10	1	2	22	34	11	32	30	.314	.376	.372	.748		116		1	5	3	3		RMD · IL
1985	26	ATL	NL	73	193	182	17	55	7	2	0	6	9	4	7	36	.302	.339	.363	.701	93	66	1	3	1	0	0	97/8
1986	27	PHI-min	AAA	41	179	161	26	56	10	2	1	16	20	3	15	20	.348	.404	.453	.858		73		1	1	1	1		POR · PCL
1986	27	PHI	NL	96	332	299	38	75	7	1	6	23	19	4	26	62	.251	.311	.341	.652	78	102	4	1	4	2	1	8
1987	28	PHI	NL	150	575	527	86	159	26	9	7	43	46	10	42	87	.302	.351	.425	.776	103	224	5	0	3	3	2	*8/79	MVP-17
1988	29	PHI	NL	122	423	378	53	109	16	2	2	33	17	9	39	59	.288	.354	.357	.711	105	135	8	1	2	3	6	*8/9
1989	30	STL	NL	155	591	545	60	158	28	8	4	68	27	8	39	91	.290	.340	.393	.733	107	214	12	4	0	3	5	*87/9	MVP-17
1990	31	STL	NL	135	463	418	42	91	14	7	6	30	25	5	39	60	.218	.292	.328	.620	71	137	4	5	1	0	5	*987
1991	32	STL	NL	115	361	326	55	100	16	5	6	34	16	9	32	53	.307	.368	.442	.809	127	144	4	0	2	1	7	789
1992	33	STL	NL	109	226	208	31	61	9	1	4	17	18	6	16	39	.293	.350	.404	.753	116	84	3	2	0	0	3	79/8
1993	34	PHI	NL	129	387	340	42	89	14	2	4	44	9	4	40	57	.262	.341	.350	.691	88	119	8	2	3	2	9	7/89
1994	35	TOT	NL	96	270	241	34	66	7	0	4	33	9	2	24	30	.274	.346	.353	.698	82	85	6	3	1	1	4	*78/9
1994	35	PHI	NL	87	248	220	29	60	7	0	3	30	7	2	23	28	.273	.348	.345	.694	81	76	5	3	1	1	4	*78
1994	35	HOU	NL	9	22	21	5	6	0	0	1	3	2	0	1	2	.286	.318	.429	.747	97	9	1	0	0	0	0	/9
1995	36	HOU	NL	92	150	132	14	29	9	0	2	19	4	2	14	37	.220	.297	.333	.631	72	44	3	1	2	1	3	97/8
1996	37	TOT	NL	62	73	66	3	7	2	0	0	3	1	1	7	13	.106	.192	.136	.328	-11	9	1	0	0	0	0	7
1996	37	LAD	NL	48	57	51	2	6	1	0	0	1	1	1	6	10	.118	.211	.137	.348	-3	7	1	0	0	0	0	7
1996	37	COL	NL	14	16	15	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	.067	.125	.133	.258	-37	2	0	0	0	0	0	/7
13 Yrs				1359	4155	3761	491	1029	156	37	47	357	214	66	336	635	.274	.335	.372	.708	94	1400	60	22	20	16	46
162 Game Avg.				162	495	448	59	123	19	4	6	43	26	8	40	76	.274	.335	.372	.708	94	167	7	3	2	2	5
				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
PHI (5 yrs)				584	1965	1764	248	492	70	14	22	173	98	29	170	293	.279	.343	.372	.715	93	656	30	7	13	11	22
STL (4 yrs)				514	1641	1497	188	410	67	21	20	149	86	28	126	243	.274	.334	.387	.721	102	579	23	11	3	4	20
ATL (2 yrs)				98	304	281	33	85	8	2	2	10	23	6	18	47	.302	.351	.367	.718	97	103	2	3	2	0	1
HOU (2 yrs)				101	172	153	19	35	9	0	3	22	6	2	15	39	.229	.300	.346	.646	76	53	4	1	2	1	3
COL (1 yr)				14	16	15	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	.067	.125	.133	.258	-37	2	0	0	0	0	0
LAD (1 yr)				48	57	51	2	6	1	0	0	1	1	1	6	10	.118	.211	.137	.348	-3	7	1	0	0	0	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	Awards
1984	25	ATL	NL	25	111	3	2	-0	-1	-1	3	0.4	3	7	0.7	.515	.502	0.8	-0.2	7	$	7
1985	26	ATL	NL	73	193	-1	-0	1	2	-2	-1	-0.1	6	5	0.5	.498	.499	0.3	-0.0	3	$	97/8
1986	27	PHI	NL	96	332	-8	2	1	1	0	-4	-0.4	10	6	0.6	.495	.497	0.5	0.2	5	$95,000	8
1987	28	PHI	NL	150	575	2	6	4	7	0	19	2.1	18	37	3.8	.513	.512	3.0	0.9	30	$140,000	*8/79	MVP-17
1988	29	PHI	NL	122	423	2	0	1	-1	0	3	0.3	13	16	1.6	.502	.502	1.7	-0.1	17	$240,000	*8/9
1989	30	STL	NL	155	591	2	2	0	16	-0	20	2.3	18	39	4.1	.515	.515	2.2	1.9	22	$505,000	*87/9	MVP-17
1990	31	STL	NL	135	463	-16	3	4	7	-5	-8	-0.7	13	5	0.5	.493	.495	-0.4	0.4	-2	$866,667	*987
1991	32	STL	NL	115	361	11	1	2	12	-4	22	2.5	10	32	3.5	.521	.515	2.0	1.0	20	$1,516,667	789
1992	33	STL	NL	109	226	9	1	0	3	-2	11	1.4	6	18	2.0	.512	.508	1.6	0.2	14	$1,616,667	79/8
1993	34	PHI	NL	129	387	-3	1	2	4	-4	-1	-0.0	11	9	1.0	.499	.499	0.5	0.1	6	$1,475,000	7/89
1994	35	PHI	NL	87	248	-7	0	1	-1	-2	-10	-1.0	6	-3	-0.3	.489	.494	-0.2	-0.3	-2	$1,375,000	*78
1994	35	HOU	NL	9	22	-0	1	1	1	-0	2	0.2	1	3	0.3	.526	.501	0.2	0.1	2	$	/9
1995	36	HOU	NL	92	150	-4	-1	1	-0	-2	-6	-0.6	4	-2	-0.2	.493	.496	-0.2	-0.2	-2	$525,000	97/8
1996	37	LAD	NL	48	57	-6	-1	0	-0	-0	-7	-0.8	2	-6	-0.6	.485	.495	-0.6	-0.1	-5	$300,000	7
1996	37	COL	NL	14	16	-3	0	0	-2	0	-5	-0.5	0	-5	-0.5	.462	.497	-0.3	-0.2	-3	$145,000	/7
13 Seasons				1359	4155	-21	17	16	49	-23	39	5.1	121	160	17.0	.503	.502	11.1	3.7	111	$8,800,001

PHI (5 yrs)				584	1965	-15	9	8	11	-6	7	1.0	58	65	6.7	.501	.501	5.5	0.8	55	$3,325,000
STL (4 yrs)				514	1641	6	7	5	39	-11	46	5.5	47	93	10.1	.510	.508	5.4	3.5	54	$4,505,001
ATL (2 yrs)				98	304	2	2	1	1	-3	2	0.3	9	11	1.2	.502	.501	1.1	-0.2	10	$
HOU (2 yrs)				101	172	-5	-0	2	1	-2	-4	-0.4	5	1	0.1	.496	.499	0.0	-0.0	-0	$525,000
COL (1 yr)				14	16	-3	0	0	-2	0	-5	-0.5	0	-5	-0.5	.462	.497	-0.3	-0.2	-3	$145,000
LAD (1 yr)				48	57	-6	-1	0	-0	-0	-7	-0.8	2	-6	-0.6	.485	.495	-0.6	-0.1	-5	$300,000

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
1984	25	ATL	NL	111	73	16	5.9	99	.326	.303	.271	.373	.337	.374	.395	.746	.732	105	.653	0.7	0.1	.833	.303	.071	3.5
1985	26	ATL	NL	193	133	23	4.7	99	.377	.302	.266	.339	.334	.363	.396	.701	.730	93	.547	-2.3	-0.2	.614	.126	.060	.0
1986	27	PHI	NL	332	238	34	3.9	100	.296	.251	.265	.311	.336	.341	.399	.652	.735	78	.449	-9.7	-1.0	.621	.227	.090	9.1
1987	28	PHI	NL	575	389	85	5.9	108	.349	.302	.273	.351	.343	.425	.425	.776	.767	103	.596	1.1	0.1	.789	.271	.123	12.2
1988	29	PHI	NL	423	291	48	4.5	90	.334	.288	.257	.354	.321	.357	.378	.711	.699	105	.550	3.4	0.4	.640	.193	.069	3.6
1989	30	STL	NL	591	410	73	4.8	93	.340	.290	.257	.340	.325	.393	.383	.733	.708	107	.577	4.3	0.5	.678	.209	.103	7.0
1990	31	STL	NL	463	337	44	3.5	98	.241	.218	.264	.292	.331	.328	.397	.620	.728	71	.397	-17.9	-1.8	.598	.251	.110	9.7
1991	32	STL	NL	361	242	53	5.9	94	.351	.307	.258	.368	.325	.442	.386	.809	.711	127	.651	11.7	1.2	.766	.255	.135	8.7
1992	33	STL	NL	226	156	30	5.2	90	.345	.293	.256	.350	.321	.404	.376	.753	.697	116	.603	4.2	0.4	.731	.245	.111	6.5
1993	34	PHI	NL	387	268	41	4.1	102	.302	.262	.269	.341	.334	.350	.409	.691	.743	88	.444	-4.9	-0.5	.631	.221	.088	5.5
1994	35	TOT	NL	270	185	31	4.5	110	.298	.274	.276	.346	.343	.353	.432	.698	.775	82	.458	-6.1	-0.6	.650	.207	.079	5.5
1994	35	PHI	NL	248	169	28	4.4	111	.300	.273	.277	.348	.344	.345	.433	.694	.777	81	.453	-5.9	-0.6	.641	.200	.073	4.2
1994	35	HOU	NL	22	16	3	5.0	105	.278	.286	.268	.318	.335	.429	.420	.747	.754	97	.510	-0.2	-0.0	.750	.286	.143	1.3
1995	36	HOU	NL	150	111	13	3.2	100	.287	.220	.261	.297	.329	.333	.406	.631	.735	72	.312	-4.6	-0.4	.565	.235	.114	2.7
1996	37	TOT	NL	73	61	2	0.9	106	.132	.106	.269	.192	.338	.136	.421	.328	.759	-11	.042	-10.7	-1.0	.262	.136	.030	.0
1996	37	LAD	NL	57	47	2	1.1	101	.146	.118	.261	.211	.329	.137	.409	.348	.738	-3	.066	-7.4	-0.7	.277	.137	.020	.0
1996	37	COL	NL	16	14	0	0.0	125	.083	.067	.295	.125	.368	.133	.462	.258	.830	-37	.000	-3.3	-0.3	.214	.133	.067
13 Yrs				4155	2894	493	4.6	99	.317	.274	.264	.335	.331	.372	.399	.708	.730	94	.520	-30.7	-2.9	.667	.227	.099	77.1
162 Game Avg.				495	345	59	4.6	99	.317	.274	.264	.335	.331	.372	.399	.708	.730	94	.520	-30.7	-2.9	.667	.227	.099	9
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
PHI (5 yrs)				1965	1355	236	4.7	102	.322	.279	.268	.343	.335	.372	.408	.715	.744	93	.517	-16.0	-1.6	.678	.228	.093	35.9
STL (4 yrs)				1641	1145	200	4.7	94	.315	.274	.259	.334	.326	.387	.387	.721	.713	102	.552	2.3	0.3	.680	.236	.113	32.5
ATL (2 yrs)				304	206	39	5.1	99	.358	.302	.268	.351	.335	.367	.395	.718	.731	97	.588	-1.5	-0.2	.691	.189	.064	3.7
HOU (2 yrs)				172	127	16	3.4	100	.286	.229	.262	.300	.330	.346	.408	.646	.738	76	.341	-4.8	-0.5	.589	.242	.118	4.0
COL (1 yr)				16	14	0	0.0	125	.083	.067	.295	.125	.368	.133	.462	.258	.830	-37	.000	-3.3	-0.3	.214	.133	.067
LAD (1 yr)				57	47	2	1.1	101	.146	.118	.261	.211	.329	.137	.409	.348	.738	-3	.066	-7.4	-0.7	.277	.137	.020	.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	IBB
1993	34	PHI	NL	NLCS	ATL	W	6	14	13	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	2	.231	.286	.308	.593	4	0	1
1993	34	PHI	NL	WS	TOR	L	6	18	17	3	5	1	1	1	6	1	2	.294	.333	.647	.980	11	1	0
1 Yr (2 Series)							12	32	30	5	8	2	1	1	6	2	4	.267	.313	.500	.813	15	1	1
1 NLCS							6	14	13	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	2	.231	.286	.308	.593	4	0	1
1 WS							6	18	17	3	5	1	1	1	6	1	2	.294	.333	.647	.980	11	1	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
1984	25	ATL	NL	111	1.8%	9.9%	9.9%	2.7%	10%	1.00	9.0	49.5	24.8		1.95	77%
1985	26	ATL	NL	193	0.0%	18.7%	3.6%	4.7%	16%	5.14	5.1		30.3		3.55	76%
1986	27	PHI	NL	332	1.8%	18.7%	7.8%	4.2%	19%	2.38	4.8	49.8	13.0		2.50	70%
1987	28	PHI	NL	575	1.2%	15.1%	7.3%	7.3%	26%	2.07	6.1	75.3	12.3		2.62	76%
1988	29	PHI	NL	423	0.5%	14.0%	9.2%	4.7%	18%	1.51	6.4	189.0	11.5	1.99	3.38	76%	16%	2.7%	27%
1989	30	STL	NL	591	0.7%	15.4%	6.6%	6.8%	25%	2.33	6.0	136.3	8.0	1.26	1.58	77%	23%	2.3%	13%
1990	31	STL	NL	463	1.3%	13.0%	8.4%	5.8%	30%	1.54	7.0	69.7	13.9	1.43	1.78	76%	18%	5.6%	26%
1991	32	STL	NL	361	1.7%	14.7%	8.9%	7.5%	27%	1.66	6.2	54.3	9.6	1.33	2.42	74%	22%	5.6%	8%
1992	33	STL	NL	226	1.8%	17.3%	7.1%	6.2%	23%	2.44	5.3	52.0	12.2	1.77	2.52	73%	19%	7.4%	11%
1993	34	PHI	NL	387	1.0%	14.7%	10.3%	5.2%	23%	1.43	6.0	85.0	7.7	2.00	2.45	73%	12%	5.2%	18%
1994	35	TOT	NL	270	1.5%	11.1%	8.9%	4.1%	17%	1.25	8.0	60.3	7.3	2.42	2.95	77%	15%	7.8%	18%
1994	35	PHI	NL	248	1.2%	11.3%	9.3%	4.0%	17%	1.22	7.9	73.3	7.3	2.45	2.78	77%	14%	6.5%	18%
1994	35	HOU	NL	22	4.6%	9.1%	4.6%	4.6%	17%	2.00	10.5	21.0	7.0	2.17	6.00	82%	21%	20.0%	17%
1995	36	HOU	NL	150	1.3%	24.7%	9.3%	7.3%	38%	2.64	3.6	66.0	6.9	1.50	2.14	63%	16%	6.5%	18%
1996	37	TOT	NL	73	0.0%	17.8%	9.6%	2.7%	29%	1.86	5.1		22.0	3.82	5.43	73%	6%	0.0%	45%
1996	37	LAD	NL	57	0.0%	17.5%	10.5%	1.8%	17%	1.67	5.1		51.0	3.56	4.67	72%	7%	0.0%	44%
1996	37	COL	NL	16	0.0%	18.8%	6.3%	6.3%	100%	3.00	5.0		7.5	5.00	10.00	75%	0%	0.0%	50%
13 Yrs				4155	1.1%	15.3%	8.1%	5.8%	23%	1.89	5.9	80.0	10.5	1.64	2.35	74%	18%	4.7%	18%
MLB Averages					2.3%	15.1%	8.7%	7.0%	30%	1.74	5.9	38.9	8.1	0.81	1.07	72%	21%	6.9%	19%
				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
1984	25	ATL	NL	0.7	0.1	127	0.5	2.4	-1.8	1.02	0.3	0.2	4.4	0.4	0.91	3.7	1.09	2
1985	26	ATL	NL	-2.3	-0.2	206	0.2	3.7	-3.6	1.13	-0.2	0.4	-2.4	-0.2	0.95	-1.6	1.48	30
1986	27	PHI	NL	-10.0	-1.0	366	-0.0	5.8	-5.8	1.03	-0.2	0.2	-4.9	-0.5	0.92	-2.5	1.24	10
1987	28	PHI	NL	1.1	0.1	643	1.4	10.9	-9.4	1.00	1.2	0.3	12.6	1.2	0.92	11.5	1.09	15
1988	29	PHI	NL	3.4	0.4	462	2.0	8.6	-6.7	1.04	0.9	1.0	14.8	1.6	0.93	9.5	1.70	16
1989	30	STL	NL	4.3	0.5	632	1.4	11.4	-9.9	1.01	0.1	1.3	12.4	1.3	0.99	3.2	1.57	10
1990	31	STL	NL	-17.9	-1.8	502	-0.5	7.2	-7.7	.99	-0.6	0.0	-7.7	-0.8	0.94	-7.3	1.51	21
1991	32	STL	NL	11.7	1.2	397	1.2	8.5	-7.3	1.16	1.1	-0.1	12.2	1.3	1.00	11.5	1.86	28
1992	33	STL	NL	4.2	0.4	252	0.3	4.7	-4.3	1.17	1.2	-0.9	6.3	0.7	0.91	10.1	1.34	58
1993	34	PHI	NL	-5.4	-0.5	406	-0.3	6.7	-7.0	1.12	-0.2	-0.1	7.4	0.7	1.02	2.9	1.17	25
1994	35	TOT	NL	-6.1	-0.6	283	-0.7	4.3	-5.1	1.04	-0.4	-0.3	0.1	0.0	0.98	-2.8	1.76	13
1994	35	PHI	NL	-5.9	-0.6	259	-0.5	4.0	-4.6	1.03	-0.6	0.1	1.0	0.1	0.96	-4.4	1.74	10
1994	35	HOU	NL	-0.2	-0.0	24	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	1.15	0.2	-0.4	-0.9	-0.1	1.23	1.6	1.83	3
1995	36	HOU	NL	-4.8	-0.5	156	-1.4	2.3	-3.7	1.36	-0.3	-0.7	0.5	0.1	1.04	-2.2	1.38	54
1996	37	TOT	NL	-10.7	-1.0	75	-1.1	0.7	-1.7	1.08	-0.8	-0.1	-8.7	-0.8	0.91	-9.5	1.00	37
1996	37	LAD	NL	-7.4	-0.7	59	-0.7	0.5	-1.2	1.06	-0.6	-0.1	-5.2	-0.5	0.88	-5.9	0.90	26
1996	37	COL	NL	-3.3	-0.3	16	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	1.15	-0.3	-0.0	-3.5	-0.3	1.00	-3.5	1.24	11
13 Yrs				-31.7	-3.0	4507	3.0	77.2	-74.2	1.06	2.0	0.8	47.1	4.8	0.96	26.7	1.39	319
				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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1984	25	ATL	NL	4	0	36%	57	14	2	88%	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	42%	5	3	2	1	1	0	6	2	3
1985	26	ATL	NL	2	0	26%	95	9	4	69%	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	43%	8	7	1	4	1	3	2	0	2
1986	27	PHI	NL	4	0	33%	136	19	4	83%	19	3	0	0	0	1	3	0	4	13	41%	16	9	7	4	4	0	12	6	6
1987	28	PHI	NL	5	0	41%	247	46	10	82%	46	8	0	2	0	0	1	0	3	19	52%	17	9	7	12	7	5	21	6	14
1988	29	PHI	NL	4	0	35%	164	17	9	65%	17	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	22	39%	16	11	5	4	3	1	13	5	7
1989	30	STL	NL	3	0	28%	181	27	8	77%	26	8	1	0	0	0	3	1	8	14	66%	31	12	19	4	1	3	15	3	11
1990	31	STL	NL	5	0	28%	148	25	5	83%	25	4	0	1	0	0	3	2	4	12	36%	20	15	5	1	1	0	18	9	9
1991	32	STL	NL	5	0	39%	139	16	9	64%	15	8	1	1	0	0	2	0	4	16	47%	27	16	11	3	0	3	21	10	10
1992	33	STL	NL	9	0	36%	115	18	6	75%	17	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	57%	18	9	9	2	1	1	8	2	6
1993	34	PHI	NL	9	0	30%	167	9	4	69%	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	12	37%	25	19	5	10	6	4	14	4	9
1994	35	TOT	NL	1	0	34%	102	9	2	82%	9	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	5	42%	17	11	5	4	1	3	10	4	5
1994	35	PHI	NL	1	0	31%	92	7	2	78%	7	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	5	41%	14	9	4	3	1	2	10	4	5
1994	35	HOU	NL	0	0	67%	10	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	3	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
1995	36	HOU	NL	3	0	29%	48	4	2	67%	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	21%	12	10	2	2	1	1	5	4	1
1996	37	TOT	NL	2	0	21%	24	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
1996	37	LAD	NL	2	0	17%	20	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
1996	37	COL	NL	0	0	50%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13 Yrs				56	0	33%	1623	214	66	76%	209	59	5	4	0	3	13	3	40	129	46%	212	131	78	51	27	24	147	55	85
				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

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
1984	25	ATL	NL	111	85%	30			2	2	0	0	1.09	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	100%	13	1	8%	3	0	0%	48	2	4%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
1985	26	ATL	NL	193	92%	55			30	13	0	1	1.48	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	26	1	4%	9	2	22%	83	7	8%	6	4	67%	2	1	50%	0
1986	27	PHI	NL	332	84%	75			10	1	0	0	1.24	6	0	3	6	0	4	2	0	6	4	67%	41	4	10%	27	9	33%	151	18	12%	10	8	80%	13	5	38%	0
1987	28	PHI	NL	575	84%	159			15	5	0	0	1.09	7	0	6	7	0	3	4	0	5	3	60%	89	5	6%	44	19	43%	261	37	14%	17	13	76%	17	7	41%	0
1988	29	PHI	NL	423	94%	109	25	7	16	4	0	1	1.70	2	0	6	2	0	1	1	0	3	2	67%	64	8	13%	34	13	38%	205	33	16%	24	14	58%	16	9	56%	0
1989	30	STL	NL	591	62%	158	30	6	10	1	0	0	1.57	4	0	16	3	1	2	2	0	2	0	0%	112	12	11%	68	22	32%	378	66	17%	40	22	55%	40	24	60%	0
1990	31	STL	NL	463	72%	91	20	1	21	4	0	3	1.51	6	0	6	6	0	3	3	0	2	1	50%	94	4	4%	33	11	33%	251	26	10%	15	4	27%	15	11	73%	0
1991	32	STL	NL	361	79%	100	41	0	28	10	1	4	1.86	6	0	5	5	1	4	2	0	3	2	67%	71	4	6%	33	9	27%	230	30	13%	24	7	29%	14	9	64%	0
1992	33	STL	NL	226	89%	61	28	0	58	16	1	5	1.34	4	0	8	4	0	1	3	0	0	0		29	3	10%	14	4	29%	104	14	13%	9	6	67%	4	3	75%	0
1993	34	PHI	NL	387	83%	89	20	1	25	8	0	3	1.17	4	0	16	4	0	2	2	0	5	3	60%	82	8	10%	40	17	43%	287	40	14%	27	15	56%	18	14	78%	0
1994	35	TOT	NL	270	86%	66	18	0	13	2	1	3	1.76	4	0	7	4	0	4	0	0	1	1	100%	52	6	12%	24	11	46%	182	31	17%	17	12	71%	8	5	63%	0
1994	35	PHI	NL	248	85%	60	17	0	10	1	0	2	1.74	3	0	5	3	0	3	0	0	1	1	100%	45	5	11%	17	7	41%	159	28	18%	14	11	79%	8	5	63%	0
1994	35	HOU	NL	22	86%	6	1	0	3	1	1	1	1.83	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		7	1	14%	7	4	57%	23	3	13%	3	1	33%	0	0		0
1995	36	HOU	NL	150	97%	29	4	1	54	13	2	8	1.38	2	0	6	2	0	0	2	0	3	2	67%	37	3	8%	22	8	36%	112	19	17%	9	3	33%	7	6	86%	0
1996	37	TOT	NL	73	100%	7	1	0	37	2	0	0	1.00	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10	1	10%	7	2	29%	44	3	7%	4	0	0%	4	3	75%	0
1996	37	LAD	NL	57	100%	6	1	0	26	2	0	0	0.90	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	1	13%	5	2	40%	28	1	4%	1	0	0%	3	3	100%	0
1996	37	COL	NL	16	100%	1	0	0	11	0	0	0	1.24	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	0	0%	16	2	13%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
13 Yrs				4155	82%	1029	187	16	319	81	5	28	1.39	47	0	86	45	2	24	23	0	32	20	63%	720	60	8%	358	127	35%	2336	326	14%	204	108	53%	158	97	61%	0
MLB Averages					59%																			74%			11%			35%			15%			52%			56%
				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	29	PHI	NL	406	1417	3.49	895	63%	26%	10%	30%	35%	74%	4%	47%	87%	33%	6%	23	0	13%	53	14	7%	27	15	40%	17	2	0
1989	30	STL	NL	579	2013	3.48	1266	63%	22%	12%	30%	35%	77%	2%	49%	84%	36%	6%	33	1	15%	87	34	8%	49	32	36%	12	0	3
1990	31	STL	NL	451	1600	3.55	977	61%	23%	14%	27%	35%	76%	3%	46%	81%	31%	5%	23	0	16%	73	31	8%	38	23	30%	12	0	8
1991	32	STL	NL	361	1347	3.73	824	61%	21%	15%	30%	33%	79%	4%	48%	81%	37%	6%	21	1	14%	50	17	7%	27	13	25%	0	0	0
1992	33	STL	NL	227	797	3.51	508	64%	21%	15%	31%	33%	79%	3%	50%	81%	43%	3%	7	0	9%	21	7	9%	20	15	28%	-1	0	0
1993	34	PHI	NL	380	1314	3.46	779	59%	24%	12%	27%	36%	75%	6%	45%	83%	28%	7%	26	1	17%	63	25	9%	34	24	39%	7	0	2
1994	35	TOT	NL	258	869	3.37	517	59%	22%	12%	27%	39%	78%	4%	47%	85%	33%	5%	14	0	14%	36	16	7%	19	8	34%	12	0	0
1994	35	PHI	NL	240	810	3.38	479	59%	22%	12%	27%	39%	78%	4%	46%	84%	33%	5%	13	0	14%	34	15	8%	19	8	36%	8	0	0
1994	35	HOU	NL	18	59	3.28	38	64%	21%	8%	29%	42%	79%	0%	51%	90%	33%	6%	1	0	11%	2	1	0%	0	0	0%	4	0	0
1995	36	HOU	NL	134	491	3.66	292	59%	25%	17%	27%	30%	74%	3%	44%	77%	34%	4%	6	0	13%	18	7	7%	9	6	41%	16	0	1
1996	37	TOT	NL	67	244	3.64	139	57%	24%	13%	28%	34%	75%	0%	43%	82%	31%	6%	4	1	16%	11	6	10%	7	2	46%	6	0	1
1996	37	LAD	NL	51	178	3.49	101	57%	26%	13%	26%	35%	73%	0%	42%	81%	33%	4%	2	0	18%	9	6	12%	6	1	50%	6	0	1
1996	37	COL	NL	16	66	4.13	38	58%	21%	13%	34%	32%	79%	0%	45%	83%	25%	13%	2	1	13%	2	0	6%	1	1	33%	0	0	0
9 Yrs				2863	10092	3.52	6197	61%	23%	13%	29%	35%	77%	4%	47%	83%	34%	5%	157	4	14%	412	157	8%	230	138	34%	81	2	15
MLB Averages						3.65		62%	25%	15%	27%	33%	75%	2%	46%	80%	31%	6%			16%			9%			27%

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
1984	25	25	111	99	16	30	1	0	2	4	14	2	11	11	.303	.373	.374	.746	105	37	1	0	1	0	1
1985	26	98	304	281	33	85	8	2	2	10	23	6	18	47	.302	.351	.367	.718	97	103	2	3	2	0	1
1986	27	194	636	580	71	160	15	3	8	33	42	10	44	109	.276	.330	.353	.684	87	205	6	4	6	2	2
1987	28	344	1211	1107	157	319	41	12	15	76	88	20	86	196	.288	.340	.388	.728	95	429	11	4	9	5	4
1988	29	466	1634	1485	210	428	57	14	17	109	105	29	125	255	.288	.344	.380	.724	97	564	19	5	11	8	10
1989	30	621	2225	2030	270	586	85	22	21	177	132	37	164	346	.289	.343	.383	.726	100	778	31	9	11	11	15
1990	31	756	2688	2448	312	677	99	29	27	207	157	42	203	406	.277	.334	.374	.708	95	915	35	14	12	11	20
1991	32	871	3049	2774	367	777	115	34	33	241	173	51	235	459	.280	.338	.382	.720	99	1059	39	14	14	12	27
1992	33	980	3275	2982	398	838	124	35	37	258	191	57	251	498	.281	.339	.383	.722	100	1143	42	16	14	12	30
1993	34	1109	3662	3322	440	927	138	37	41	302	200	61	291	555	.279	.339	.380	.719	99	1262	50	18	17	14	39
1994	35	1205	3932	3563	474	993	145	37	45	335	209	63	315	585	.279	.340	.378	.718	97	1347	56	21	18	15	43
1995	36	1297	4082	3695	488	1022	154	37	47	354	213	65	329	622	.277	.338	.376	.714	96	1391	59	22	20	16	46
1996	37	1359	4155	3761	491	1029	156	37	47	357	214	66	336	635	.274	.335	.372	.708	94	1400	60	22	20	16	46

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
1984	25	25	111	99	16	30	1	0	2	4	14	11	11	.303	.373	.374	.746	14	25
1985	26	73	194	183	17	56	7	2	0	6	9	7	36	.306	.342	.366	.708	22	73
1986	27	96	335	301	40	77	7	1	6	24	20	27	62	.256	.317	.346	.663	33	96
1987	28	150	569	522	82	154	25	9	7	41	45	41	87	.295	.345	.418	.762	75	150
1988	29	122	434	386	60	117	17	2	2	37	18	42	59	.303	.370	.373	.743	54	122
1989	30	155	602	554	66	167	30	8	4	74	29	41	91	.301	.352	.406	.758	79	155
1990	31	135	467	421	44	94	14	7	6	32	26	40	60	.223	.298	.333	.631	41	135
1991	32	115	366	330	59	104	17	5	6	37	17	33	53	.315	.376	.452	.828	57	115
1992	33	109	234	214	37	67	10	1	4	20	20	18	39	.313	.372	.425	.797	34	109
1993	34	129	388	341	43	90	14	2	4	45	9	40	57	.264	.343	.352	.695	41	129
1994	35	135	374	336	45	89	9	0	5	44	12	32	42	.265	.335	.336	.671	38	96
1995	36	104	169	149	16	33	10	0	2	21	5	16	42	.221	.299	.329	.628	15	92
1996	37	62	75	67	3	8	2	0	0	3	1	8	13	.119	.213	.149	.363	2	62
13 Yrs		1410	4318	3903	528	1086	163	37	48	388	225	356	652	.278	.341	.376	.717	505	1359
162 Game Avg.		162	496	448	61	125	19	4	6	45	26	41	75	.278	.341	.376	.717	58	1359

* 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1987 NL (17, 1%) 1989 NL (17, 1%) 0.02 Career Shares (1361st)	Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1989 NL 1.9 (8th)	Batting Average s c a p y 1987 NL .302 (9th)	Triples s c a p y 1987 NL 9 (6th) 1989 NL 8 (6th) 1990 NL 7 (8th)
Stolen Bases s c a p y 1987 NL 46 (6th)	Singles s c a p y 1989 NL 118 (9th)	SB % s c a p y 1984 NL 87.50 (3rd) 1986 NL 82.61 (8th) 1987 NL 82.14 (10th) 1990 NL 83.33 (9th) 1994 NL 81.82 (10th) Career 76.43 (112th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 9 (1472), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 6 (1412), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 11 (1496), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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