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Dickie Thon

Richard William Thon

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: June 20, 1958 in South Bend, IN
Signed by the California Angels as an amateur free agent in 1975. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 22, 1979
Teams (by GP): Astros/Phillies/Angels/Rangers/Padres/... 1979-1993
Agents: Bill Landman,Tom Reich [*]
Final Game: October 3, 1993
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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	18	ANA-min	A	69	246	246		68	11	4	1						.276	.276	.366	.642		90						QDS · MIDW
1977	19	ANA-min	AAA,A	133	578	499	95	150	22	5	12	87	24	6	57	62	.301	.370	.437	.807		218		6	3	13		SLC,SLS · PCL,CALL
1978	20	ANA-min	AAA	130	508	439	67	113	17	3	1	47	15	2	51	63	.257	.341	.317	.657		139		8	3	7		SLC · PCL
1979	21	ANA-min	AAA	38	180	162	25	47	3	1	2	21	14	3	15	16	.290	.352	.358	.710		58		1	1	1		SLC · PCL
1979	21	CAL	AL	35	62	56	6	19	3	0	0	8	0	0	5	10	.339	.393	.393	.786	118	22	2	0	1	0	0	4/65
1980	22	ANA-min	AAA	40	172	155	28	61	14	2	2	28	9	5	12	14	.394	.435	.548	.984		85		1	2	2		SLC · PCL
1980	22	CAL	AL	80	285	267	32	68	12	2	0	15	7	5	10	28	.255	.282	.315	.597	66	84	5	1	5	2	0	64D5/3
1981	23	HOU	NL	49	105	95	13	26	6	0	0	3	6	1	9	13	.274	.337	.337	.673	96	32	3	0	1	0	1	46/5
1982	24	HOU	NL	136	540	496	73	137	31	10	3	36	37	8	37	48	.276	.327	.397	.724	110	197	4	1	5	1	2	*6/54
1983	25	HOU	NL	154	686	619	81	177	28	9	20	79	34	16	54	73	.286	.341	.457	.798	127	283	12	2	3	8	10	*6	AS,MVP-7,SS
1984	26	HOU	NL	5	18	17	3	6	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	4	.353	.389	.471	.859	150	8	1	1	0	0	0	/6
1985	27	HOU	NL	84	272	251	26	63	6	1	6	29	8	3	18	50	.251	.299	.355	.653	85	89	2	0	1	2	4	6
1986	28	HOU	NL	106	309	278	24	69	13	1	3	21	6	5	29	49	.248	.318	.335	.653	83	93	8	0	1	1	5	6
1987	29	HOU-min	AAA	14	56	48	10	13	4	0	0	6	1	1	6	12	.271	.364	.354	.718		17		1	1	0	0	TUC · PCL
1987	29	HOU	NL	32	83	66	6	14	1	0	1	3	3	0	16	13	.212	.366	.273	.639	76	18	1	0	1	0	3	6
1988	30	SDP	NL	95	296	258	36	68	12	2	1	18	19	4	33	49	.264	.347	.337	.684	99	87	4	1	2	2	0	6/45
1989	31	PHI	NL	136	472	435	45	118	18	4	15	60	6	3	33	81	.271	.321	.434	.755	116	189	6	0	1	3	6	*6
1990	32	PHI	NL	149	595	552	54	141	20	4	8	48	12	5	37	77	.255	.305	.350	.654	81	193	14	3	1	2	10	*6
1991	33	PHI	NL	146	570	539	44	136	18	4	9	44	11	5	25	84	.252	.283	.351	.634	79	189	9	0	2	4	6	*6
1992	34	TEX	AL	95	303	275	30	68	15	3	4	37	12	2	20	40	.247	.293	.367	.661	87	101	2	0	3	5	1	6
1993	35	MIL	AL	85	275	245	23	66	10	1	1	33	6	5	22	39	.269	.324	.331	.654	78	81	4	0	3	5	3	654D
15 Seasons				1387	4871	4449	496	1176	193	42	71	435	167	63	348	658	.264	.317	.374	.691	95	1666	77	9	30	35	51
162 Game Avg.				162	569	520	58	137	23	5	8	51	20	7	41	77	.264	.317	.374	.691	95	195	9	1	4	4	6

HOU (7 yrs)				566	2013	1822	226	492	85	22	33	172	94	34	163	250	.270	.329	.395	.725	106	720	31	4	12	12	25
PHI (3 yrs)				431	1637	1526	143	395	56	12	32	152	29	13	95	242	.259	.302	.374	.676	90	571	29	3	4	9	22
CAL (2 yrs)				115	347	323	38	87	15	2	0	23	7	5	15	38	.269	.302	.328	.630	75	106	7	1	6	2	0
TEX (1 yr)				95	303	275	30	68	15	3	4	37	12	2	20	40	.247	.293	.367	.661	87	101	2	0	3	5	1
SDP (1 yr)				95	296	258	36	68	12	2	1	18	19	4	33	49	.264	.347	.337	.684	99	87	4	1	2	2	0
MIL (1 yr)				85	275	245	23	66	10	1	1	33	6	5	22	39	.269	.324	.331	.654	78	81	4	0	3	5	3

NL (11 yrs)				1092	3946	3606	405	955	153	36	66	342	142	51	291	541	.265	.319	.382	.701	99	1378	64	8	18	23	47
AL (4 yrs)				295	925	843	91	221	40	6	5	93	25	12	57	117	.262	.306	.342	.647	80	288	13	1	12	12	4

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
1979	21	CAL	AL	62	2	0	0	-1	-4	0	2	-1	-0.1	3	0.3	-0.4	$	4/65
1980	22	CAL	AL	285	-13	0	2	0	-8	0	9	-9	-1.0	-2	-0.2	-0.8	$	64D5/3
1981	23	HOU	NL	105	0	1	0	0	-4	1	3	1	0.2	5	0.5	-0.3	$	46/5
1982	24	HOU	NL	540	5	7	3	1	13	7	17	54	5.6	40	4.3	1.3	$	*6/54
1983	25	HOU	NL	686	18	2	-2	0	19	9	20	66	6.8	47	5.0	1.8	$	*6	AS,MVP-7,SS
1984	26	HOU	NL	18	1	0	0	0	-0	0	1	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$	/6
1985	27	HOU	NL	272	-4	-1	0	2	-2	4	9	8	0.7	10	1.0	-0.3	$675,000	6
1986	28	HOU	NL	309	-9	-1	-2	1	4	5	10	8	0.7	4	0.4	0.3	$600,000	6
1987	29	HOU	NL	83	-2	1	0	0	-1	1	3	2	0.2	3	0.3	-0.1	$675,000	6
1988	30	SDP	NL	296	1	3	2	1	-2	4	9	17	1.8	20	2.1	-0.3	$200,000	6/45
1989	31	PHI	NL	472	6	-1	0	0	-6	7	15	21	2.2	27	3.0	-0.8	$600,000	*6
1990	32	PHI	NL	595	-17	-1	2	1	1	8	17	11	1.0	10	1.1	-0.1	$1,100,000	*6
1991	33	PHI	NL	570	-16	-1	3	0	-3	9	16	8	0.7	11	1.2	-0.5	$1,250,000	*6
1992	34	TEX	AL	303	-6	2	-1	3	0	5	10	14	1.4	13	1.3	0.1	$600,000	6
1993	35	MIL	AL	275	-5	-2	1	1	-2	0	9	2	0.2	4	0.4	-0.2	$250,000	654D
15 Seasons				4871	-39	9	8	9	7	60	150	204	20.6	197	20.9	-0.3	$5,950,000

HOU (7 yrs)				2013	9	9	-1	4	30	27	63	141	14.4	111	11.7	2.7	$1,950,000
PHI (3 yrs)				1637	-27	-3	5	1	-9	24	48	40	3.9	48	5.3	-1.4	$2,950,000
CAL (2 yrs)				347	-11	0	2	-1	-11	0	11	-10	-1.1	1	0.1	-1.2	$
TEX (1 yr)				303	-6	2	-1	3	0	5	10	14	1.4	13	1.3	0.1	$600,000
SDP (1 yr)				296	1	3	2	1	-2	4	9	17	1.8	20	2.1	-0.3	$200,000
MIL (1 yr)				275	-5	-2	1	1	-2	0	9	2	0.2	4	0.4	-0.2	$250,000

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
1979	21	CAL	AL	62	40	8	5.3	98	.413	.339	.265	.393	.329	.393	.401	.786	.730	118	.556	1.6	0.2	.692	.143	.054
1980	22	CAL	AL	285	216	23	2.9	96	.282	.255	.266	.282	.328	.315	.394	.597	.721	66	.297	-12.6	-1.3	.464	.105	.060	.0
1981	23	HOU	NL	105	74	11	4.0	88	.317	.274	.257	.337	.321	.337	.368	.673	.689	96	.490	-0.1	-0.0	.630	.211	.063	.0
1982	24	HOU	NL	540	377	69	5.0	88	.300	.276	.256	.327	.318	.397	.372	.724	.690	110	.572	5.9	0.6	.712	.254	.121	5.6
1983	25	HOU	NL	686	481	95	5.3	91	.294	.286	.255	.341	.322	.457	.378	.798	.700	127	.602	21.3	2.2	.760	.288	.171	25.2
1984	26	HOU	NL	18	13	2	4.1	87	.462	.353	.254	.389	.317	.471	.369	.859	.687	150	.496	0.9	0.1	.615	.059	.118
1985	27	HOU	NL	272	196	27	3.7	92	.289	.251	.257	.299	.324	.355	.382	.653	.706	85	.444	-5.6	-0.6	.580	.195	.104	6.9
1986	28	HOU	NL	309	224	28	3.4	95	.291	.248	.258	.318	.328	.335	.389	.653	.716	83	.390	-6.0	-0.6	.554	.194	.086	4.0
1987	29	HOU	NL	83	54	8	4.0	102	.250	.212	.264	.366	.333	.273	.412	.639	.745	76	.420	-1.5	-0.1	.698	.348	.061	1.5
1988	30	SDP	NL	296	202	34	4.6	89	.319	.264	.255	.347	.319	.337	.374	.684	.693	99	.559	0.9	0.1	.687	.260	.074	1.9
1989	31	PHI	NL	472	330	61	5.0	90	.301	.271	.253	.321	.320	.434	.377	.755	.697	116	.594	7.1	0.8	.690	.246	.163	8.6
1990	32	PHI	NL	595	433	57	3.5	97	.284	.255	.263	.305	.329	.350	.395	.654	.724	81	.401	-15.6	-1.6	.558	.174	.094	9.6
1991	33	PHI	NL	570	423	52	3.3	93	.282	.252	.257	.283	.324	.351	.384	.634	.708	79	.394	-17.3	-1.8	.528	.156	.098	9.9
1992	34	TEX	AL	303	219	32	3.9	92	.271	.247	.256	.293	.324	.367	.380	.661	.704	87	.448	-5.0	-0.5	.621	.229	.120	6.0
1993	35	MIL	AL	275	196	27	3.7	102	.310	.269	.265	.324	.336	.331	.406	.654	.742	78	.379	-7.1	-0.7	.553	.155	.061	1.7
15 Seasons				4871	3478	534	4.1	93	.294	.264	.258	.317	.324	.374	.384	.691	.708	95	.483	-33.2	-3.3	.623	.212	.110	99.6
162 Game Avg.				569	406	62	4.1	93	.294	.264	.258	.317	.324	.374	.384	.691	.708	95	.483	-33.2	-3.3	.623	.212	.110	12

HOU (7 yrs)				2013	1419	240	4.6	91	.296	.270	.256	.329	.322	.395	.379	.725	.702	106	.532	14.8	1.5	.679	.248	.125	48.9
PHI (3 yrs)				1637	1186	170	3.9	93	.288	.259	.258	.302	.325	.374	.386	.676	.711	90	.458	-25.8	-2.6	.584	.188	.115	30.4
CAL (2 yrs)				347	256	31	3.3	97	.303	.269	.265	.302	.328	.328	.395	.630	.723	75	.345	-11.0	-1.1	.500	.111	.059	.0
TEX (1 yr)				303	219	32	3.9	92	.271	.247	.256	.293	.324	.367	.380	.661	.704	87	.448	-5.0	-0.5	.621	.229	.120	6.0
SDP (1 yr)				296	202	34	4.6	89	.319	.264	.255	.347	.319	.337	.374	.684	.693	99	.559	0.9	0.1	.687	.260	.074	1.9
MIL (1 yr)				275	196	27	3.7	102	.310	.269	.265	.324	.336	.331	.406	.654	.742	78	.380	-7.1	-0.7	.553	.155	.061	1.7

NL (11 yrs)				3946	2807	444	4.3	92	.294	.265	.257	.319	.323	.382	.382	.701	.705	99	.504	-10.1	-1.0	.639	.223	.117	90.1
AL (4 yrs)				925	671	90	3.6	97	.295	.262	.262	.306	.329	.342	.393	.647	.722	80	.389	-23.1	-2.3	.555	.163	.079	8.3

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
1979	21	CAL	AL	ALCS	BAL	L	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

1981	23	HOU	NL	NLDS	LAD	L	4	12	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.182	.250	.182	.432	2	0	0	0	0	0

1986	28	HOU	NL	NLCS	NYM	L	6	12	12	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.500	.750	6	0	0	0	0	0
3 Seasons (3 Series)							11	24	23	2	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	.217	.250	.348	.598	8	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLDS							4	12	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.182	.250	.182	.432	2	0	0	0	0	0
1 ALCS							1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 NLCS							6	12	12	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.500	.750	6	0	0	0	0	0

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
1983	HOU	NL	25		3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	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
1979	21	CAL	AL	62	0.0%	16.1%	8.1%	4.8%	16%	2.00	5.6		7.0		1.73	74%
1980	22	CAL	AL	285	0.0%	9.8%	3.5%	4.9%	21%	2.80	9.5		17.8		1.01	85%
1981	23	HOU	NL	105	0.0%	12.4%	8.6%	5.7%	23%	1.44	7.3		31.7		0.79	78%
1982	24	HOU	NL	540	0.6%	8.9%	6.9%	8.2%	32%	1.30	10.3	165.3	13.8		0.97	83%
1983	25	HOU	NL	686	2.9%	10.6%	7.9%	8.3%	32%	1.35	8.5	31.0	7.8		0.95	78%
1984	26	HOU	NL	18	0.0%	22.2%	0.0%	5.6%	17%		4.3		17.0		3.50	72%
1985	27	HOU	NL	272	2.2%	18.4%	6.6%	4.8%	21%	2.78	5.0	41.8	8.7		1.36	72%
1986	28	HOU	NL	309	1.0%	15.9%	9.4%	5.5%	25%	1.69	5.7	92.7	13.2		1.21	73%
1987	29	HOU	NL	83	1.2%	15.7%	19.3%	2.4%	14%	0.81	5.1	66.0	22.0		1.00	63%
1988	30	SDP	NL	296	0.3%	16.6%	11.2%	5.1%	22%	1.48	5.3	258.0	14.3	1.01	1.27	71%	20%	1.7%	43%
1989	31	PHI	NL	472	3.2%	17.2%	7.0%	7.8%	31%	2.45	5.4	29.0	7.3	0.79	0.94	72%	19%	9.9%	23%
1990	32	PHI	NL	595	1.3%	12.9%	6.2%	5.4%	23%	2.08	7.2	69.0	11.5	0.82	1.01	79%	20%	3.9%	22%
1991	33	PHI	NL	570	1.6%	14.7%	4.4%	5.4%	23%	3.36	6.4	59.9	12.3	0.79	0.94	79%	23%	4.0%	13%
1992	34	TEX	AL	303	1.3%	13.2%	6.6%	7.3%	32%	2.00	6.9	68.8	7.4	0.75	1.09	78%	19%	3.4%	13%
1993	35	MIL	AL	275	0.4%	14.2%	8.0%	4.4%	18%	1.77	6.3	245.0	7.4	0.68	0.92	76%	23%	1.0%	22%
15 Seasons				4871	1.5%	13.5%	7.1%	6.3%	26%	1.89	6.8	62.7	10.2	0.80	1.02	77%	21%	4.5%	21%
MLB Averages					2.1%	14.2%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	1.67	6.3	42.1	8.4	0.80	1.07	74%	20%	6.3%	21%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1979	21	CAL	AL	1.6	0.2	62	0.3	1.1	-0.8	.91	-0.1	0.4	2.8	0.3	0.99	0.1		0
1980	22	CAL	AL	-12.6	-1.3	298	-1.4	3.8	-5.3	.97	-1.3	-0.2	-11.1	-1.1	0.90	-13.4	1.67	13
1981	23	HOU	NL	-0.1	-0.0	114	0.2	1.8	-1.5	1.00	-0.1	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.91	-0.7	0.17	2
1982	24	HOU	NL	5.9	0.6	598	0.9	10.5	-9.5	1.03	1.2	-0.3	12.9	1.4	0.93	10.5	1.32	9
1983	25	HOU	NL	21.3	2.2	745	2.0	13.8	-11.8	1.02	1.5	0.4	16.9	1.8	0.92	16.9		0
1984	26	HOU	NL	0.9	0.1	20	0.0	0.4	-0.3	1.03	-0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.93	-0.1		0
1985	27	HOU	NL	-5.6	-0.6	287	-0.1	4.2	-4.2	.93	-0.4	0.3	-1.5	-0.2	0.96	-4.1	1.51	6
1986	28	HOU	NL	-6.0	-0.6	328	-0.4	4.7	-5.1	.94	-0.9	0.5	-8.2	-0.9	0.96	-9.1	0.84	20
1987	29	HOU	NL	-1.5	-0.1	87	-0.5	1.0	-1.5	1.05	-0.1	-0.3	-0.9	-0.1	0.92	-0.1	1.56	9
1988	30	SDP	NL	0.9	0.1	326	1.3	6.0	-4.7	1.05	0.8	0.5	7.4	0.8	0.96	7.9	1.46	19
1989	31	PHI	NL	7.1	0.8	489	0.9	8.7	-7.8	.97	0.5	0.4	8.2	0.9	0.96	5.0	0.82	7
1990	32	PHI	NL	-15.6	-1.6	625	-1.1	10.4	-11.5	1.06	-0.9	-0.1	-18.8	-1.9	1.00	-13.8	1.18	6
1991	33	PHI	NL	-17.3	-1.8	595	-0.8	9.9	-10.8	1.04	-1.4	0.6	-21.3	-2.2	0.93	-17.7	1.76	1
1992	34	TEX	AL	-5.0	-0.5	322	-0.7	5.0	-5.6	1.05	-0.8	0.2	-5.2	-0.5	1.00	-9.1	1.49	8
1993	35	MIL	AL	-7.1	-0.7	291	-0.3	4.7	-5.0	1.13	-0.6	0.3	-6.0	-0.6	1.01	-8.7	1.85	16
15 Seasons				-33.2	-3.3	5187	0.3	85.9	-85.5	1.02	-2.7	3.0	-24.4	-2.4	0.95	-36.5	1.36	116

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1979	21	CAL	AL	0	25%	25	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50%	5	3	2	0	0	0	3	1	2
1980	22	CAL	AL	8	41%	112	7	5	58%	6	4	1	0	1	1	1	5	7	53%	19	10	9	2	2	0	9	2	7
1981	23	HOU	NL	1	37%	61	6	1	86%	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	58%	4	3	1	4	2	2	4	0	4
1982	24	HOU	NL	11	41%	216	37	8	82%	29	7	8	1	0	9	3	2	18	65%	25	13	12	3	1	2	18	2	16
1983	25	HOU	NL	5	29%	218	34	16	68%	32	12	2	2	2	6	1	6	15	56%	38	19	18	9	3	6	16	5	11
1984	26	HOU	NL	0	43%	6	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	27	HOU	NL	5	27%	99	8	3	73%	6	3	2	0	0	3	0	5	3	63%	10	5	5	2	0	1	12	3	9
1986	28	HOU	NL	2	22%	125	6	5	55%	6	5	0	0	0	3	0	3	6	76%	8	3	5	1	0	0	12	1	11
1987	29	HOU	NL	1	17%	35	3	0	100%	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	40%	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	1	2
1988	30	SDP	NL	8	35%	138	19	4	83%	17	3	2	1	0	0	0	2	15	56%	15	11	4	3	0	3	9	1	8
1989	31	PHI	NL	4	22%	151	6	3	67%	4	3	2	0	0	2	0	3	10	57%	23	12	11	2	1	1	10	2	8
1990	32	PHI	NL	9	27%	219	12	5	71%	10	5	2	0	0	2	0	7	13	41%	36	24	12	10	4	5	10	3	6
1991	33	PHI	NL	11	23%	213	11	5	69%	10	5	1	0	0	3	0	8	14	43%	24	17	7	1	1	0	17	4	11
1992	34	TEX	AL	1	31%	108	12	2	86%	7	2	5	0	0	2	0	6	4	46%	8	7	1	5	5	0	13	2	11
1993	35	MIL	AL	5	25%	81	6	5	55%	5	3	1	0	2	2	1	4	5	50%	12	8	4	2	0	2	8	3	5
15 Seasons				71	29%	1807	167	63	73%	138	53	29	5	5	33	6	52	119	54%	230	137	92	44	19	22	144	30	111

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
1979	21	CAL	AL	62	19%	19			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	9	2	22%	3	1	33%	49	9	18%	5	1	20%	1	1	100%	0
1980	22	CAL	AL	285	45%	68			13	2	0	0	1.67	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	100%	37	5	14%	23	9	39%	132	16	12%	10	5	50%	10	5	50%	0
1981	23	HOU	NL	105	46%	26			2	0	0	0	0.17	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	16	3	19%	4	1	25%	51	3	6%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1982	24	HOU	NL	540	33%	137			9	4	0	2	1.32	3	0	8	3	0	1	2	0	5	5	100%	63	4	6%	29	8	28%	228	34	15%	13	6	46%	7	5	71%	0
1983	25	HOU	NL	686	31%	177			0	0	0	0		20	0	11	17	3	4	16	0	3	3	100%	122	12	10%	55	25	45%	389	63	16%	45	23	51%	31	19	61%	0
1984	26	HOU	NL	18	6%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	33%	1	0	0%	10	1	10%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
1985	27	HOU	NL	272	65%	63			6	1	1	1	1.51	6	0	5	2	4	3	3	0	1	1	100%	50	2	4%	28	6	21%	151	23	15%	12	6	50%	13	9	69%	0
1986	28	HOU	NL	309	64%	69			20	5	1	2	0.84	3	0	6	2	1	0	3	0	1	1	100%	55	8	15%	26	5	19%	183	20	11%	12	6	50%	10	4	40%	0
1987	29	HOU	NL	83	83%	14			9	3	0	0	1.56	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	100%	21	1	5%	7	1	14%	53	3	6%	2	1	50%	4	0	0%	0
1988	30	SDP	NL	296	55%	68	9	1	19	3	1	2	1.46	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	3	2	67%	43	4	9%	24	5	21%	145	18	12%	9	3	33%	8	5	63%	0
1989	31	PHI	NL	472	41%	118	20	0	7	3	0	0	0.82	15	0	13	9	6	8	7	0	1	1	100%	83	6	7%	42	11	26%	284	46	16%	30	15	50%	18	7	39%	0
1990	32	PHI	NL	595	36%	141	20	0	6	1	0	0	1.18	8	1	20	3	5	3	5	0	1	1	100%	116	14	12%	60	13	22%	406	41	10%	31	13	42%	19	6	32%	0
1991	33	PHI	NL	570	38%	136	48	0	1	0	0	0	1.76	9	0	8	7	2	4	5	0	3	2	67%	94	9	10%	47	13	28%	304	38	13%	18	10	56%	16	9	56%	0
1992	34	TEX	AL	303	37%	68	25	2	8	3	0	1	1.49	4	0	9	1	3	2	2	0	6	3	50%	64	2	3%	34	16	47%	202	33	16%	18	10	56%	11	5	45%	0
1993	35	MIL	AL	275	50%	66	6	0	16	4	0	1	1.85	1	0	10	0	1	0	1	0	5	3	60%	52	4	8%	23	10	43%	199	33	17%	20	16	80%	10	6	60%	0
15 Seasons				4871	42%	1176	128	3	116	29	3	9	1.36	71	1	103	44	27	25	46	0	37	30	81%	828	77	9%	406	124	31%	2786	381	14%	228	116	51%	160	82	51%	0
MLB Averages					59%																			77%			11%			35%			15%			52%			56%

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	30	SDP	NL	292	1095	3.75	650	59%	33%	14%	20%	32%	66%	0%	39%	79%	21%	8%	22	1	17%	50	15	12%	34	14	28%	4	0	2
1989	31	PHI	NL	448	1493	3.33	980	66%	26%	15%	23%	35%	73%	2%	48%	79%	33%	5%	22	1	13%	56	20	7%	33	13	26%	24	0	3
1990	32	PHI	NL	547	1717	3.14	1113	65%	20%	17%	24%	40%	80%	5%	52%	79%	41%	6%	31	4	14%	75	31	4%	24	18	30%	48	1	3
1991	33	PHI	NL	570	1711	3.00	1165	68%	18%	19%	24%	40%	82%	4%	56%	77%	49%	4%	21	0	9%	54	26	4%	22	12	31%	0	0	0
1992	34	TEX	AL	303	918	3.03	594	65%	21%	18%	21%	41%	79%	1%	51%	78%	44%	5%	15	1	15%	45	19	6%	19	7	18%	0	0	0
1993	35	MIL	AL	267	876	3.28	549	63%	21%	19%	23%	38%	79%	3%	50%	76%	38%	6%	15	0	15%	39	8	9%	23	10	21%	8	0	1
6 Seasons				2427	7810	3.22	5051	65%	23%	17%	23%	38%	77%	3%	50%	78%	39%	5%	126	7	13%	319	119	6%	155	74	27%	84	1	9
MLB Averages						3.63		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	31%	6%			16%			9%			26%

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
1979	21	35	62	56	6	19	3	0	0	8	0	0	5	10	.339	.393	.393	.786	118	22	2	0	1	0	0
1980	22	115	347	323	38	87	15	2	0	23	7	5	15	38	.269	.302	.328	.630	75	106	7	1	6	2	0
1981	23	164	452	418	51	113	21	2	0	26	13	6	24	51	.270	.310	.330	.640	80	138	10	1	7	2	1
1982	24	300	992	914	124	250	52	12	3	62	50	14	61	99	.274	.319	.367	.686	96	335	14	2	12	3	3
1983	25	454	1678	1533	205	427	80	21	23	141	84	30	115	172	.279	.328	.403	.731	108	618	26	4	15	11	13
1984	26	459	1696	1550	208	433	80	22	23	142	84	31	115	176	.279	.329	.404	.733	109	626	27	5	15	11	13
1985	27	543	1968	1801	234	496	86	23	29	171	92	34	133	226	.275	.325	.397	.722	106	715	29	5	16	13	17
1986	28	649	2277	2079	258	565	99	24	32	192	98	39	162	275	.272	.324	.389	.713	102	808	37	5	17	14	22
1987	29	681	2360	2145	264	579	100	24	33	195	101	39	178	288	.270	.325	.385	.710	102	826	38	5	18	14	25
1988	30	776	2656	2403	300	647	112	26	34	213	120	43	211	337	.269	.328	.380	.708	101	913	42	6	20	16	25
1989	31	912	3128	2838	345	765	130	30	49	273	126	46	244	418	.270	.327	.388	.715	104	1102	48	6	21	19	31
1990	32	1061	3723	3390	399	906	150	34	57	321	138	51	281	495	.267	.323	.382	.705	100	1295	62	9	22	21	41
1991	33	1207	4293	3929	443	1042	168	38	66	365	149	56	306	579	.265	.318	.378	.696	97	1484	71	9	24	25	47
1992	34	1302	4596	4204	473	1110	183	41	70	402	161	58	326	619	.264	.316	.377	.693	96	1585	73	9	27	30	48
1993	35	1387	4871	4449	496	1176	193	42	71	435	167	63	348	658	.264	.317	.374	.691	95	1666	77	9	30	35	51

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
1979	21	35	62	57	6	20	3	0	0	8	0	5	10	.351	.403	.404	.807	9	35
1980	22	80	285	271	35	72	13	2	0	16	7	11	28	.266	.295	.328	.623	26	80
1981	23	74	163	148	24	44	10	0	0	5	10	15	20	.297	.362	.365	.727	20	49
1982	24	136	553	510	86	151	34	11	3	43	41	41	48	.296	.349	.424	.773	76	136
1983	25	154	705	636	94	194	31	10	22	92	37	59	73	.305	.362	.489	.851	113	154
1984	26	5	18	17	3	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	.353	.389	.471	.859	3	5
1985	27	84	276	255	29	67	6	1	6	32	9	19	50	.263	.312	.365	.676	30	84
1986	28	106	312	281	26	72	14	1	3	23	6	30	49	.256	.327	.345	.672	32	106
1987	29	32	84	67	6	15	1	0	1	3	3	17	13	.224	.381	.284	.665	7	32
1988	30	95	303	264	42	74	13	2	1	21	21	36	49	.280	.366	.356	.722	35	95
1989	31	136	483	444	51	127	19	4	16	68	6	36	81	.286	.337	.455	.792	69	136
1990	32	149	600	557	57	146	21	4	8	51	12	38	77	.262	.312	.357	.669	62	149
1991	33	146	576	546	48	143	19	4	9	48	12	26	84	.262	.293	.361	.654	59	146
1992	34	95	306	280	34	73	16	3	4	42	13	21	40	.261	.307	.382	.689	34	95
1993	35	85	272	245	23	66	10	1	1	33	6	22	39	.269	.324	.331	.654	27	85
15 Seasons		1412	4998	4578	564	1270	210	44	74	486	183	376	665	.277	.331	.391	.722	602	1387
162 Game Avg.		162	573	525	65	146	24	5	8	56	21	43	76	.277	.331	.391	.722	69	1387

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1983 *	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1983 NL (7, 20%) 0.20 Career Shares (738th)	Silver Sluggers 1983 NL (SS)	Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1983 NL 6.8 (4th)
WAR Position Players† s c a p y 1982 NL 5.6 (9th) 1983 NL 6.8 (3rd)	Offensive WAR† s c a p y 1983 NL 5.0 (7th)	Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1982 NL 1.3 (4th) 1983 NL 1.8 (4th)	At Bats s c a p y 1983 NL 619 (7th)
Plate Appearances s c a p y 1983 NL 686 (6th)	Hits s c a p y 1983 NL 177 (7th)	Total Bases s c a p y 1983 NL 283 (4th)	Triples s c a p y 1982 NL 10 (1st) 1983 NL 9 (5th)
Stolen Bases s c a p y 1982 NL 37 (9th)	Singles s c a p y 1983 NL 120 (10th)	Runs Created s c a p y 1983 NL 95 (10th)	Extra Base Hits s c a p y 1983 NL 57 (8th)
Times On Base s c a p y 1983 NL 233 (10th)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1983 NL 8 (8th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1990 NL 14 (8th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1983 NL 16 (5th)
Power-Speed # s c a p y 1983 NL 25.2 (4th)	Outs Made s c a p y 1983 NL 481 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Batting - 1 (733), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 8 (1522), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 6 (1409), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 17 (906), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Most Similar by Ages

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Heinie Groh (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Lonny Frey (963) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Alex Cintron (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Alex Cintron (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Billy Myers (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Carlos Garcia (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Pat Meares (956) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Pat Meares (948) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Pat Meares (952) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Chris Gomez (942) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Chris Gomez (936) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Chris Gomez (938) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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