Andre Thornton
Andre Thornton
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: August 13, 1949 in Tuskegee, AL
High School: Phoenixville (Phoenixville, PA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1967. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 28, 1973
Final Game: August 31, 1987
Relatives: Brother-In-Law of Pat Kelly
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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
1973 23 CHC NL 17 42 35 3 7 3 0 0 2 0 0 7 9 .200 .333 .286 .619 69 10 1 0 0 0 0 /3
1974 24 CHC NL 107 357 303 41 79 16 4 10 46 2 1 48 50 .261 .368 .439 .807 123 133 6 4 1 1 4 3/5
1975 25 CHC NL 120 473 372 70 109 21 4 18 60 3 2 88 63 .293 .428 .516 .944 158 192 6 4 3 6 12 *3/5
1976 26 TOT NL 96 326 268 28 52 11 2 11 38 4 1 48 46 .194 .323 .373 .696 93 100 1 5 1 4 1 39
1976 26 CHC NL 27 108 85 8 17 6 0 2 14 2 0 20 14 .200 .361 .341 .702 95 29 0 2 0 1 1 3
1976 26 MON NL 69 218 183 20 35 5 2 9 24 2 1 28 32 .191 .304 .388 .692 92 71 1 3 1 3 0 39
1977 27 CLE AL 131 517 433 77 114 20 5 28 70 3 4 70 82 .263 .378 .527 .904 149 228 9 11 1 2 1 *3/D
1978 28 CLE AL 145 617 508 97 133 22 4 33 105 4 7 93 72 .262 .377 .516 .893 151 262 17 6 2 8 4 *3 MVP-20
1979 29 CLE AL 143 617 515 89 120 31 1 26 93 5 4 90 93 .233 .347 .449 .796 113 231 8 4 1 7 2 *3D
1981 31 CLE AL 69 256 226 22 54 12 0 6 30 3 1 23 37 .239 .303 .372 .675 94 84 15 0 2 5 1 D3
1982 32 CLE AL 161 708 589 90 161 26 1 32 116 6 7 109 81 .273 .386 .484 .870 137 285 21 2 3 5 18 *D/3 AS,MVP-23
1983 33 CLE AL 141 605 508 78 143 27 1 17 77 4 2 87 72 .281 .383 .439 .822 123 223 10 2 0 8 14 *D3
1984 34 CLE AL 155 689 587 91 159 26 0 33 99 6 5 91 79 .271 .366 .484 .850 132 284 9 2 0 9 11 *D3 AS,MVP-19,SS
1985 35 CLE AL 124 514 461 49 109 13 0 22 88 3 2 47 75 .236 .304 .408 .711 94 188 14 0 0 6 1 *D
1986 36 CLE AL 120 475 401 49 92 14 0 17 66 4 1 65 67 .229 .333 .392 .724 99 157 11 1 0 8 0 *D
1987 37 CLE AL 36 97 85 8 10 2 0 0 5 1 0 10 25 .118 .206 .141 .347 -5 12 1 0 0 2 0 D
14 Seasons 1565 6293 5291 792 1342 244 22 253 895 48 37 876 851 .254 .360 .452 .811 122 2389 129 41 14 71 69
162 Game Avg. 162 651 548 82 139 25 2 26 93 5 4 91 88 .254 .360 .452 .811 122 247 13 4 1 7 7
CLE (10 yrs) 1225 5095 4313 650 1095 193 12 214 749 39 33 685 683 .254 .355 .453 .809 121 1954 115 28 9 60 52
CHC (4 yrs) 271 980 795 122 212 46 8 30 122 7 3 163 136 .267 .394 .458 .852 134 364 13 10 4 8 17
MON (1 yr) 69 218 183 20 35 5 2 9 24 2 1 28 32 .191 .304 .388 .692 92 71 1 3 1 3 0
AL (10 yrs) 1225 5095 4313 650 1095 193 12 214 749 39 33 685 683 .254 .355 .453 .809 121 1954 115 28 9 60 52
NL (4 yrs) 340 1198 978 142 247 51 10 39 146 9 4 191 168 .253 .378 .445 .823 126 435 14 13 5 11 17

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
1973 23 CHC NL 42 29 4 3.7 102 .269 .200 .271 .333 .341 .286 .402 .619 .743 69 .435 -1.2 -0.1 .586 .286 .086
1974 24 CHC NL 357 233 51 5.9 97 .283 .261 .266 .368 .338 .439 .384 .807 .722 123 .646 10.2 1.0 .805 .340 .178 3.3
1975 25 CHC NL 473 280 89 8.6 99 .306 .293 .270 .428 .342 .516 .390 .944 .732 158 .778 34.6 3.5 1.052 .462 .223 5.1
1976 26 TOT NL 326 223 37 4.5 96 .191 .194 .269 .323 .337 .373 .384 .696 .721 93 .541 -1.6 -0.2 .716 .369 .179 5.9
1976 26 CHC NL 108 69 13 5.1 98 .214 .200 .272 .361 .339 .341 .387 .702 .726 95 .597 0.6 0.1 .779 .400 .141 2.0
1976 26 MON NL 218 154 24 4.2 96 .179 .191 .268 .304 .336 .388 .382 .692 .718 92 .512 -2.1 -0.2 .687 .355 .197 3.3
1977 27 CLE AL 517 335 89 7.1 96 .265 .263 .262 .378 .325 .527 .398 .904 .723 149 .686 30.8 3.0 .928 .423 .263 5.4
1978 28 CLE AL 617 409 99 6.5 93 .243 .262 .260 .377 .325 .516 .383 .893 .708 151 .677 37.2 3.7 .897 .431 .254 7.1
1979 29 CLE AL 617 415 86 5.5 103 .233 .233 .271 .347 .336 .449 .410 .796 .746 113 .572 11.6 1.1 .801 .392 .216 8.4
1981 31 CLE AL 256 195 23 3.2 89 .255 .239 .256 .303 .321 .372 .373 .675 .693 94 .384 -1.2 -0.1 .580 .243 .133 4.0
1982 32 CLE AL 708 464 109 6.3 99 .268 .273 .265 .386 .329 .484 .404 .870 .733 137 .642 34.0 3.3 .866 .394 .211 10.1
1983 33 CLE AL 605 385 90 6.3 101 .295 .281 .270 .383 .333 .439 .408 .822 .740 123 .642 20.3 2.0 .833 .333 .157 6.5
1984 34 CLE AL 689 451 108 6.4 99 .260 .271 .266 .366 .329 .484 .401 .850 .730 132 .655 27.9 2.8 .855 .370 .213 10.2
1985 35 CLE AL 514 374 56 4.0 98 .235 .236 .260 .304 .326 .408 .404 .711 .730 94 .437 -4.4 -0.4 .641 .275 .171 5.3
1986 36 CLE AL 475 329 55 4.5 99 .231 .229 .259 .333 .327 .392 .404 .724 .731 99 .480 1.2 0.1 .704 .332 .162 6.5
1987 37 CLE AL 97 78 3 1.0 106 .161 .118 .265 .206 .333 .141 .426 .347 .759 -5 .053 -12.9 -1.2 .303 .153 .024 .0
14 Seasons 6293 4200 899 5.7 98 .256 .254 .265 .360 .331 .452 .398 .811 .729 122 .610 186.7 18.4 .806 .366 .198 80.7
162 Game Avg. 651 435 93 5.7 98 .256 .254 .265 .360 .331 .452 .398 .811 .729 122 .610 19 2 .806 .366 .198 8
CLE (10 yrs) 5095 3435 718 5.6 98 .253 .254 .264 .355 .328 .453 .401 .809 .729 121 .593 144.5 14.2 .794 .359 .199 66.0
CHC (4 yrs) 980 611 157 6.9 99 .286 .267 .269 .394 .340 .458 .388 .852 .728 134 .708 44.3 4.5 .903 .401 .191 11.4
MON (1 yr) 218 154 24 4.2 96 .179 .191 .268 .304 .336 .388 .382 .692 .718 92 .512 -2.1 -0.2 .687 .355 .197 3.3
AL (10 yrs) 5095 3435 718 5.6 98 .253 .254 .264 .355 .328 .453 .401 .809 .729 121 .593 144.5 14.2 .794 .359 .199 66.0
NL (4 yrs) 1198 765 181 6.4 98 .266 .253 .268 .378 .339 .445 .387 .823 .726 126 .679 42.1 4.2 .860 .393 .192 14.6

All-Star Batting

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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
1982 CLE AL 32 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 CLE AL 34 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Appearances) 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 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
1973 23 CHC NL 42 0.0% 21.4% 16.7% 7.1% 43% 1.29 3.9 17.5 0.67 62%
1974 24 CHC NL 357 2.8% 14.0% 13.5% 8.4% 38% 1.04 6.1 30.3 6.6 0.87 68%
1975 25 CHC NL 473 3.8% 13.3% 18.6% 9.1% 39% 0.72 5.9 20.7 6.2 0.56 63%
1976 26 TOT NL 326 3.4% 14.1% 14.7% 7.4% 46% 0.96 5.8 24.4 7.1 0.58 66%
1976 26 CHC NL 108 1.9% 13.0% 18.5% 7.4% 47% 0.70 6.1 42.5 6.1 0.54 65%
1976 26 MON NL 218 4.1% 14.7% 12.8% 7.3% 46% 1.14 5.7 20.3 7.6 0.60 67%
1977 27 CLE AL 517 5.4% 15.9% 13.5% 10.3% 47% 1.17 5.3 15.5 6.2 0.59 63%
1978 28 CLE AL 617 5.4% 11.7% 15.1% 9.6% 44% 0.77 7.1 15.4 4.8 0.59 67%
1979 29 CLE AL 617 4.2% 15.1% 14.6% 9.4% 48% 1.03 5.5 19.8 5.5 0.46 65%
1981 31 CLE AL 256 2.3% 14.5% 9.0% 7.0% 33% 1.61 6.1 37.7 7.5 0.82 73%
1982 32 CLE AL 708 4.5% 11.4% 15.4% 8.3% 37% 0.74 7.3 18.4 5.1 0.73 68%
1983 33 CLE AL 605 2.8% 11.9% 14.4% 7.4% 32% 0.83 7.1 29.9 6.6 0.73 71%
1984 34 CLE AL 689 4.8% 11.5% 13.2% 8.6% 37% 0.87 7.4 17.8 5.9 0.50 70%
1985 35 CLE AL 514 4.3% 14.6% 9.1% 6.8% 32% 1.60 6.1 21.0 5.2 0.67 72%
1986 36 CLE AL 475 3.6% 14.1% 13.7% 6.5% 34% 1.03 6.0 23.6 6.1 0.69 68%
1987 37 CLE AL 97 0.0% 25.8% 10.3% 2.1% 20% 2.50 3.4 17.0 0.55 64%
14 Seasons 6293 4.0% 13.5% 13.9% 8.3% 39% 0.97 6.2 20.9 5.9 0.63 68%
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
1973 23 CHC NL 0 0 21% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 33% 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
1974 24 CHC NL 8 0 26% 136 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 10 42% 23 17 6 3 2 1 10 2 8
1975 25 CHC NL 3 0 28% 204 3 2 60% 2 2 1 0 0 0 3 1 2 17 49% 38 22 15 6 2 3 13 3 10
1976 26 TOT NL 3 1 18% 109 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 30% 17 12 3 2 1 1 11 6 5
1976 26 CHC NL 1 0 16% 44 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 33% 11 7 2 0 0 0 7 3 4
1976 26 MON NL 2 1 19% 65 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 25% 6 5 1 2 1 1 4 3 1
1977 27 CLE AL 6 0 29% 189 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 14 39% 39 28 11 5 0 5 15 6 7
1978 28 CLE AL 7 0 32% 206 4 7 36% 4 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 14 51% 44 27 17 9 3 6 17 4 13
1979 29 CLE AL 8 0 34% 222 5 4 56% 4 4 1 0 0 0 3 0 8 23 45% 28 18 10 9 5 3 27 11 16
1981 31 CLE AL 3 0 23% 80 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 35% 13 8 5 4 3 1 3 1 1
1982 32 CLE AL 4 0 24% 242 6 7 46% 6 7 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 10 36% 37 28 9 10 7 2 20 6 13
1983 33 CLE AL 5 0 28% 245 4 2 67% 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 11 18 28% 46 36 7 9 6 2 24 10 13
1984 34 CLE AL 6 1 27% 241 6 5 55% 5 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 20 38% 46 35 11 6 5 1 24 7 17
1985 35 CLE AL 6 0 20% 145 3 2 60% 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 7 38% 25 17 8 8 7 1 9 2 7
1986 36 CLE AL 8 0 23% 181 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 4 28% 27 22 5 7 4 3 9 5 4
1987 37 CLE AL 2 0 40% 32 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10% 5 4 1 1 1 0 4 4 0
14 Seasons 69 2 27% 2249 48 37 56% 42 36 5 0 1 1 14 2 66 147 38% 390 275 109 80 47 29 186 67 114
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
1973 23 CHC NL 42 52% 7 9 3 0 0 1.16 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 8% 6 0 0% 35 2 6% 0 0 5 2 40% 0
1974 24 CHC NL 357 35% 79 19 6 1 2 1.50 10 0 9 7 3 6 4 0 2 1 50% 81 6 7% 28 8 29% 254 38 15% 18 9 50% 22 8 36% 0
1975 25 CHC NL 473 29% 109 9 1 0 0 1.18 18 0 13 15 3 8 10 1 5 3 60% 100 6 6% 54 15 28% 346 42 12% 34 14 41% 29 8 28% 0
1976 26 TOT NL 327 29% 52 22 4 1 2 1.60 11 0 10 8 3 5 6 0 1 1 100% 57 1 2% 34 11 32% 215 27 13% 24 9 38% 23 5 22% 0
1976 26 CHC NL 108 27% 17 5 1 0 1 1.53 2 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 19 0 0% 12 3 25% 78 12 15% 8 4 50% 6 1 17% 0
1976 26 MON NL 219 31% 35 17 3 1 1 1.63 9 0 6 6 3 4 5 0 1 1 100% 38 1 3% 22 8 36% 137 15 11% 16 5 31% 17 4 24% 0
1977 27 CLE AL 517 33% 114 5 1 1 1 3.12 28 0 12 23 5 19 9 1 1 1 100% 111 9 8% 47 7 15% 347 43 12% 31 9 29% 29 7 24% 0
1978 28 CLE AL 617 27% 133 1 1 0 1 1.41 33 0 15 21 12 16 17 0 2 2 100% 119 17 14% 53 17 32% 436 75 17% 43 21 49% 47 14 30% 0
1979 29 CLE AL 617 25% 120 0 0 0 0 26 3 24 21 5 17 9 0 1 1 100% 118 8 7% 62 21 34% 463 71 15% 47 20 43% 51 18 35% 0
1981 31 CLE AL 256 48% 54 5 2 0 2 1.48 6 0 3 2 4 2 4 0 2 2 100% 65 15 23% 30 9 30% 184 27 15% 17 10 59% 19 3 16% 0
1982 32 CLE AL 708 34% 161 0 0 0 1 2.59 32 1 26 21 11 16 16 0 3 3 100% 181 21 12% 71 19 27% 550 90 16% 59 27 46% 33 5 15% 0
1983 33 CLE AL 605 37% 143 1 1 0 1 2.32 17 0 14 13 4 6 11 0 0 0 123 10 8% 55 18 33% 431 62 14% 45 25 56% 34 16 47% 0
1984 34 CLE AL 689 29% 159 0 0 0 0 33 1 12 23 10 19 14 0 0 0 138 9 7% 58 16 28% 472 69 15% 50 22 44% 39 9 23% 1
1985 35 CLE AL 514 35% 109 1 1 1 1 2.30 22 0 10 14 8 12 10 0 0 0 104 14 13% 50 12 24% 330 67 20% 31 17 55% 30 15 50% 0
1986 36 CLE AL 475 31% 92 10 5 1 4 1.50 17 1 8 11 6 12 5 0 0 0 83 11 13% 39 13 33% 297 51 17% 27 16 59% 32 6 19% 0
1987 37 CLE AL 97 62% 10 13 2 0 2 1.62 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 1 6% 11 4 36% 82 8 10% 8 4 50% 8 1 13% 0
14 Seasons 6294 32% 1342 95 27 5 17 1.58 253 6 165 179 74 138 115 2 17 14 82% 1308 129 10% 598 170 28% 4442 672 15% 434 203 47% 401 117 29% 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
1973 23 17 42 35 3 7 3 0 0 2 0 0 7 9 .200 .333 .286 .619 69 10 1 0 0 0 0
1974 24 124 399 338 44 86 19 4 10 48 2 1 55 59 .254 .364 .423 .787 117 143 7 4 1 1 4
1975 25 244 872 710 114 195 40 8 28 108 5 3 143 122 .275 .399 .472 .870 139 335 13 8 4 7 16
1976 26 340 1198 978 142 247 51 10 39 146 9 4 191 168 .253 .378 .445 .823 126 435 14 13 5 11 17
1977 27 471 1715 1411 219 361 71 15 67 216 12 8 261 250 .256 .378 .470 .848 133 663 23 24 6 13 18
1978 28 616 2332 1919 316 494 93 19 100 321 16 15 354 322 .257 .378 .482 .860 138 925 40 30 8 21 22
1979 29 759 2949 2434 405 614 124 20 126 414 21 19 444 415 .252 .371 .475 .846 132 1156 48 34 9 28 24
1980 30 759 2949 2434 405 614 124 20 126 414 21 19 444 415 .252 .371 .475 .846 132 1156 48 34 9 28 24
1981 31 828 3205 2660 427 668 136 20 132 444 24 20 467 452 .251 .366 .466 .832 129 1240 63 34 11 33 25
1982 32 989 3913 3249 517 829 162 21 164 560 30 27 576 533 .255 .370 .469 .839 131 1525 84 36 14 38 43
1983 33 1130 4518 3757 595 972 189 22 181 637 34 29 663 605 .259 .371 .465 .837 130 1748 94 38 14 46 57
1984 34 1285 5207 4344 686 1131 215 22 214 736 40 34 754 684 .260 .371 .468 .838 130 2032 103 40 14 55 68
1985 35 1409 5721 4805 735 1240 228 22 236 824 43 36 801 759 .258 .365 .462 .827 127 2220 117 40 14 61 69
1986 36 1529 6196 5206 784 1332 242 22 253 890 47 37 866 826 .256 .362 .457 .819 124 2377 128 41 14 69 69
1987 37 1565 6293 5291 792 1342 244 22 253 895 48 37 876 851 .254 .360 .452 .811 122 2389 129 41 14 71 69

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
1973 23 17 44 36 3 8 3 0 0 2 0 8 9 .222 .364 .306 .669 4 17
1974 24 107 364 308 42 84 17 4 11 48 2 51 50 .273 .382 .461 .843 53 107
1975 25 120 484 380 72 117 23 4 19 62 3 94 63 .308 .444 .539 .984 92 120
1976 26 96 339 275 29 59 12 2 12 40 5 54 46 .215 .351 .404 .755 39 96
1977 27 131 533 443 83 124 22 5 30 76 3 76 82 .280 .398 .555 .953 96 131
1978 28 145 634 519 110 144 24 4 36 119 4 101 72 .277 .396 .547 .943 112 145
1979 29 144 628 523 90 126 33 1 27 94 5 94 94 .241 .357 .463 .819 87 143
1981 31 104 385 342 38 82 18 0 9 52 5 35 56 .240 .304 .371 .675 39 69
1982 32 161 710 592 94 164 26 1 33 121 6 111 81 .277 .390 .492 .882 114 161
1983 33 141 613 513 78 148 28 1 18 77 4 90 72 .288 .392 .452 .844 91 141
1984 34 155 702 595 95 167 27 0 35 103 6 96 79 .281 .377 .503 .880 113 155
1985 35 124 514 461 51 109 13 0 22 92 3 47 75 .236 .304 .408 .711 58 124
1986 36 120 484 406 51 97 15 0 18 69 4 69 67 .239 .345 .409 .754 58 120
1987 37 36 99 86 8 11 2 0 0 5 1 11 25 .128 .222 .151 .373 3 36
14 Seasons 1601 6533 5479 844 1440 263 22 270 960 51 937 871 .263 .370 .467 .837 959 1565
162 Game Avg. 162 661 554 85 146 27 2 27 97 5 95 88 .263 .370 .467 .837 97 1565

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1993 BBWAA ( 0.5%)

All-Star Games
1982 *
1984 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1979 ML Roberto Clemente Award
1982 ML Hutch Award

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1978 AL (20, 3%)
1982 AL (23, 2%)
1984 AL (19, 1%)
0.06 Career Shares (1041st)

Silver Sluggers
1984 AL (DH)

On-Base% s c a p y
1975 NL  .428 (4th)**
1977 AL  .378 (8th)
1978 AL  .377 (9th)
1982 AL  .386 (7th)
1983 AL  .383 (10th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1977 AL  .527 (7th)
1978 AL  .516 (5th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1975 NL  .944 (7th)**
1977 AL  .904 (9th)
1978 AL  .893 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
1982 AL  161 (4th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1982 AL  708 (5th)
1984 AL  689 (9th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1978 AL  97 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1977 AL  28 (10th)
1978 AL  33 (4th)
1982 AL  32 (5th)
1984 AL  33 (3rd)
Career  253 (185th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1978 AL  105 (4th)
1982 AL  116 (3rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1975 NL  88 (9th)
1978 AL  93 (4th)
1979 AL  90 (5th)
1982 AL  109 (3rd)
1983 AL  87 (4th)
1984 AL  91 (4th)
Career  876 (170th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1977 AL  149 (5th)
1978 AL  151 (4th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1982 AL  109 (10th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1975 NL  35 (3rd)
1978 AL  37 (3rd)
1982 AL  34 (10th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1975 NL  3.5 (3rd)
1978 AL  3.7 (3rd)
1982 AL  3.3 (10th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1978 AL  59 (8th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1982 AL  272 (3rd)
1984 AL  252 (7th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1977 AL  .687 (9th)
1978 AL  .677 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1976 NL  5 (9th)
1977 AL  11 (3rd)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1978 AL  8 (9th)
1983 AL  8 (7th)
1984 AL  9 (6th)
1986 AL  8 (6th)
Career  71 (124th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1975 NL  12 (8th)
1982 AL  18 (1st)
1983 AL  14 (2nd)
1984 AL  11 (5th)
Career  69 (213th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1978 AL  17 (10th)
1981 AL  15 (6th)
1982 AL  21 (6th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1975 NL  20.7 (8th)**
1977 AL  15.5 (2nd)
1978 AL  15.4 (4th)
1982 AL  18.4 (8th)
1984 AL  17.8 (8th)
Career  20.9 (138th)

Salary s c a p y
1985 AL  $1,100,000 (8th)

             
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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 46 (532), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 18 (852), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 19 (830), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  7. Paul Sorrento (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Don Mincher (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Tony Clark (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Tony Clark (921)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. J.T. Snow (905)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Tony Clark (902)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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