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Bobby Tolan

Robert Tolan

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: November 19, 1945 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Fremont HS (Los Angeles, CA)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1965
Teams (by GP): Reds/Padres/Cardinals/Phillies/Pirates 1965-1979

Final Game: September 19, 1979
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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
1965 19 STL NL 17 71 69 8 13 2 0 0 6 2 1 0 4 .188 .197 .217 .415 13 15 1 1 0 1 0 9
1966 20 STL NL 43 103 93 10 16 5 1 1 6 1 2 6 15 .172 .233 .280 .513 42 26 1 2 0 2 2 97/3
1967 21 STL NL 110 294 265 35 67 7 3 6 32 12 7 19 43 .253 .309 .370 .679 95 98 6 4 3 3 0 893/7
1968 22 STL NL 92 296 278 28 64 12 1 5 17 9 5 13 42 .230 .272 .335 .607 83 93 8 3 2 0 3 9/387
1969 23 CIN NL 152 691 637 104 194 25 10 21 93 26 12 27 92 .305 .347 .474 .821 124 302 9 15 10 2 2 *89
1970 24 CIN NL 152 675 589 112 186 34 6 16 80 57 20 62 94 .316 .384 .475 .860 126 280 9 8 9 7 3 *8 MVP-16
1971 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
1972 26 CIN NL 149 667 604 88 171 28 5 8 82 42 15 44 88 .283 .334 .386 .720 110 233 15 6 6 7 5 *8 MVP-20
1973 27 CIN NL 129 501 457 42 94 14 2 9 51 15 10 27 68 .206 .251 .304 .555 57 139 11 3 7 7 2 *89
1974 28 SDP NL 95 394 357 45 95 16 1 8 40 7 9 20 41 .266 .320 .384 .703 101 137 5 9 6 2 4 98
1975 29 SDP NL 147 560 506 58 129 19 4 5 43 11 13 28 45 .255 .306 .338 .644 84 171 15 10 14 2 3 *7398
1976 30 PHI NL 110 290 272 32 71 7 0 5 35 10 5 7 39 .261 .285 .342 .627 76 93 8 4 2 5 3 378/9
1977 31 TOT NL 64 97 90 8 17 4 0 2 10 1 1 5 14 .189 .229 .300 .529 40 27 1 0 1 1 0 3/7
1977 31 PHI NL 15 17 16 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .125 .176 .125 .301 -19 2 0 0 0 0 0 /3
1977 31 PIT NL 49 80 74 7 15 4 0 2 9 1 1 4 10 .203 .241 .338 .578 52 25 1 0 1 1 0 3/7
1979 33 SDP NL 22 25 21 2 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 .190 .190 .286 .476 33 6 2 0 4 0 0 /39
13 Yrs 1282 4664 4238 572 1121 173 34 86 497 193 100 258 587 .265 .314 .382 .696 95 1620 91 65 64 39 27
162 Game Avg. 162 589 536 72 142 22 4 11 63 24 13 33 74 .265 .314 .382 .696 95 205 11 8 8 5 3
STL (4 yrs) 262 764 705 81 160 26 5 12 61 24 15 38 104 .227 .274 .329 .603 74 232 16 10 5 6 5
CIN (4 yrs) 582 2534 2287 346 645 101 23 54 306 140 57 160 342 .282 .335 .417 .752 108 954 44 32 32 23 12
SDP (3 yrs) 264 979 884 105 228 35 6 13 85 18 22 48 88 .258 .309 .355 .664 90 314 22 19 24 4 7
PHI (2 yrs) 125 307 288 33 73 7 0 5 36 10 5 8 43 .253 .279 .330 .609 70 95 8 4 2 5 3
PIT (1 yr) 49 80 74 7 15 4 0 2 9 1 1 4 10 .203 .241 .338 .578 52 25 1 0 1 1 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
1965 19 STL NL 17 71 -8 -1 0 0 -1 -9 -1.0 2 -6 -0.8 .438 .493 -0.9 -0.0 -7 $ 9
1966 20 STL NL 43 103 -8 -0 0 2 -1 -7 -0.8 4 -4 -0.4 .480 .495 -0.7 0.1 -6 $ 97/3
1967 21 STL NL 110 294 -1 1 -0 1 -3 -2 -0.1 10 8 0.9 .498 .499 0.7 -0.1 7 $ 893/7
1968 22 STL NL 92 296 -4 1 -1 2 -3 -4 -0.4 10 6 0.6 .494 .496 0.1 0.0 3 $ 9/387
1969 23 CIN NL 152 691 20 1 1 8 -4 27 3.1 23 50 5.4 .520 .518 4.3 0.6 42 $ *89
1970 24 CIN NL 152 675 22 1 3 5 -1 30 3.2 19 49 5.1 .520 .519 4.4 0.6 44 $ *8 MVP-16
1972 26 CIN NL 149 667 9 3 2 10 -1 24 2.9 19 44 4.8 .519 .517 3.4 1.2 33 $ *8 MVP-20
1973 27 CIN NL 129 501 -24 -3 1 -1 -4 -32 -3.6 14 -17 -2.1 .472 .478 -2.0 -0.6 -16 $ *89
1974 28 SDP NL 95 394 -1 -1 0 -14 -4 -19 -2.1 11 -8 -1.0 .478 .487 0.4 -1.9 5 $76,000 98
1975 29 SDP NL 147 560 -10 -2 -1 2 -7 -19 -2.1 16 -3 -0.5 .485 .487 -0.8 -0.6 -5 $84,000 *7398
1976 30 PHI NL 110 290 -10 -2 1 -7 -5 -23 -2.6 8 -15 -1.8 .476 .484 -1.0 -1.3 -7 $ 378/9
1977 31 PHI NL 15 17 -3 0 0 -0 -0 -3 -0.3 0 -3 -0.3 .478 .498 -0.3 -0.0 -2 $ /3
1977 31 PIT NL 49 80 -5 -0 1 -2 -1 -7 -0.7 2 -5 -0.5 .485 .495 -0.4 -0.2 -3 $ 3/7
1979 33 SDP NL 22 25 -2 -0 -0 0 -0 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.2 .486 .498 -0.2 -0.0 -2 $ /39
13 Seasons 1282 4664 -26 -2 8 7 -34 -48 -4.9 142 95 9.2 .496 .497 7.0 -2.1 87 $160,000
STL (4 yrs) 262 764 -22 2 -0 6 -8 -22 -2.4 26 4 0.3 .490 .496 -0.8 0.0 -2 $
CIN (4 yrs) 582 2534 26 2 7 22 -9 49 5.7 77 126 13.2 .509 .508 10.1 1.9 104 $
SDP (3 yrs) 264 979 -14 -4 -1 -12 -11 -41 -4.6 28 -13 -1.7 .483 .491 -0.6 -2.4 -1 $160,000
PHI (2 yrs) 125 307 -13 -2 1 -8 -5 -26 -2.9 9 -17 -2.1 .476 .491 -1.3 -1.3 -9 $
PIT (1 yr) 49 80 -5 -0 1 -2 -1 -7 -0.7 2 -5 -0.5 .485 .495 -0.4 -0.2 -3 $

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
1965 19 STL NL 71 59 3 1.4 101 .197 .188 .268 .197 .333 .217 .405 .415 .738 13 .117 -8.3 -0.9 .293 .043 .029 .0
1966 20 STL NL 103 82 6 2.0 96 .190 .172 .265 .233 .323 .280 .399 .513 .722 42 .198 -7.2 -0.8 .413 .161 .108 1.0
1967 21 STL NL 294 217 30 3.7 90 .279 .253 .257 .309 .319 .370 .377 .679 .697 95 .472 -2.1 -0.2 .597 .208 .117 8.0
1968 22 STL NL 296 229 23 2.7 81 .255 .230 .251 .272 .309 .335 .354 .607 .663 83 .377 -6.6 -0.7 .498 .165 .104 6.4
1969 23 CIN NL 691 476 103 5.8 99 .329 .305 .265 .347 .336 .474 .393 .821 .729 124 .646 17.1 1.8 .772 .234 .170 23.2
1970 24 CIN NL 675 448 113 6.8 107 .350 .316 .272 .384 .345 .475 .415 .860 .760 126 .666 23.4 2.3 .896 .328 .160 25.0
1972 26 CIN NL 667 476 78 4.4 87 .317 .283 .250 .334 .317 .386 .369 .720 .686 110 .540 8.5 0.9 .670 .220 .103 13.4
1973 27 CIN NL 501 398 33 2.2 92 .220 .206 .257 .251 .325 .304 .382 .555 .706 57 .233 -27.0 -2.8 .453 .168 .098 11.3
1974 28 SDP NL 394 284 42 4.0 90 .281 .266 .256 .320 .328 .384 .371 .703 .698 101 .470 -0.1 -0.0 .594 .168 .118 7.5
1975 29 SDP NL 560 421 48 3.1 91 .271 .255 .258 .306 .328 .338 .373 .644 .701 84 .349 -11.6 -1.2 .511 .134 .083 6.9
1976 30 PHI NL 290 221 25 3.0 94 .283 .261 .266 .285 .333 .342 .379 .627 .712 76 .369 -9.6 -1.0 .509 .125 .081 6.7
1977 31 TOT NL 97 77 6 2.1 105 .200 .189 .272 .229 .340 .300 .415 .529 .755 40 .192 -8.1 -0.8 .427 .167 .111 1.3
1977 31 PHI NL 17 14 0 0.0 107 .167 .125 .275 .176 .344 .125 .419 .301 .763 -19 .000 -2.8 -0.3 .214 .063 .000
1977 31 PIT NL 80 63 6 2.6 105 .206 .203 .272 .241 .340 .338 .414 .578 .754 52 .254 -5.2 -0.5 .475 .189 .135 1.3
1979 33 SDP NL 25 23 1 1.2 94 .211 .190 .260 .190 .325 .286 .387 .476 .712 33 .081 -2.1 -0.2 .316 .095 .095
13 Yrs 4664 3411 511 4.0 94 .287 .265 .260 .314 .328 .382 .383 .696 .712 95 .480 -33.6 -3.7 .615 .201 .118 119.0
162 Game Avg. 589 431 65 4.0 94 .287 .265 .260 .314 .328 .382 .383 .696 .712 95 .480 -33.6 -3.7 .615 .201 .118 15
STL (4 yrs) 764 587 62 2.9 88 .249 .227 .257 .274 .317 .329 .374 .603 .691 74 .364 -24.1 -2.6 .502 .169 .102 16.0
CIN (4 yrs) 2534 1798 327 4.9 96 .309 .282 .261 .335 .331 .417 .390 .752 .721 108 .560 22.0 2.1 .705 .241 .135 77.9
SDP (3 yrs) 979 728 91 3.4 91 .273 .258 .258 .309 .328 .355 .372 .664 .700 90 .391 -13.8 -1.4 .539 .147 .097 15.1
PHI (2 yrs) 307 235 25 2.9 95 .278 .253 .267 .279 .334 .330 .382 .609 .715 70 .340 -12.5 -1.3 .491 .122 .076 6.7
PIT (1 yr) 80 63 6 2.6 105 .206 .203 .272 .241 .340 .338 .414 .578 .754 52 .255 -5.2 -0.5 .475 .189 .135 1.3

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
1967 21 STL NL WS BOS W 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 22 STL NL WS DET L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 24 CIN NL NLCS PIT W 3 13 12 3 5 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 .417 .462 .667 1.128 8 0 0 0 0 0
1970 24 CIN NL WS BAL L 5 22 19 5 4 1 0 1 1 1 1 3 2 .211 .318 .421 .739 8 0 0 0 0 0
1972 26 CIN NL NLCS PIT W 5 21 21 3 5 1 1 0 4 0 1 0 4 .238 .238 .381 .619 8 0 0 0 0 0
1972 26 CIN NL WS OAK L 7 27 26 2 7 1 0 0 6 5 0 1 4 .269 .296 .308 .604 8 0 0 0 0 0
1976 30 PHI NL NLCS CIN L 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Yrs (7 Series) 27 90 83 14 21 3 1 2 13 7 3 7 13 .253 .311 .386 .697 32 0 0 0 0 1
3 NLCS 11 37 35 6 10 1 1 1 6 1 2 2 5 .286 .324 .457 .781 16 0 0 0 0 1
4 WS 16 53 48 8 11 2 0 1 7 6 1 5 8 .229 .302 .333 .635 16 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
1965 19 STL NL 71 0.0% 5.6% 0.0% 2.8% 15% 17.3 11.5 1.16 93%
1966 20 STL NL 103 1.0% 14.6% 5.8% 6.8% 44% 2.50 6.2 93.0 15.5 0.56 77%
1967 21 STL NL 294 2.0% 14.6% 6.5% 5.4% 24% 2.26 6.2 44.2 8.3 0.99 74%
1968 22 STL NL 296 1.7% 14.2% 4.4% 6.1% 28% 3.23 6.6 55.6 16.4 1.13 78%
1969 23 CIN NL 691 3.0% 13.3% 3.9% 8.1% 29% 3.41 6.9 30.3 6.8 1.26 76%
1970 24 CIN NL 675 2.4% 13.9% 9.2% 8.3% 30% 1.52 6.3 36.8 7.4 1.30 72%
1972 26 CIN NL 667 1.2% 13.2% 6.6% 6.2% 24% 2.00 6.9 75.5 7.4 1.67 77%
1973 27 CIN NL 501 1.8% 13.6% 5.4% 5.0% 27% 2.52 6.7 50.8 9.0 1.29 77%
1974 28 SDP NL 394 2.0% 10.4% 5.1% 6.4% 26% 2.05 8.7 44.6 8.9 1.37 79%
1975 29 SDP NL 560 0.9% 8.0% 5.0% 5.0% 22% 1.61 11.2 101.2 11.8 1.44 82%
1976 30 PHI NL 290 1.7% 13.5% 2.4% 4.1% 17% 5.57 7.0 54.4 7.8 1.39 80%
1977 31 TOT NL 97 2.1% 14.4% 5.2% 6.2% 35% 2.80 6.4 45.0 9.0 2.39 77%
1977 31 PHI NL 17 0.0% 23.5% 5.9% 0.0% 0% 4.00 4.0 16.0 4.00 71%
1977 31 PIT NL 80 2.5% 12.5% 5.0% 7.5% 40% 2.50 7.4 37.0 8.2 2.19 79%
1979 33 SDP NL 25 0.0% 8.0% 0.0% 4.0% 25% 10.5 10.5 2.50 76%
13 Yrs 4664 1.8% 12.6% 5.5% 6.3% 26% 2.28 7.2 49.3 8.5 1.33 77%
MLB Averages 2.0% 14.1% 8.5% 6.1% 27% 1.66 6.3 45.1 8.9 1.10 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1965 19 STL NL -8.4 -0.9 75 -0.8 0.7 -1.4 1.05 -0.7 -0.1 -6.3 -0.6 0.98 -7.9 0
1966 20 STL NL -7.2 -0.8 111 -0.1 2.1 -2.2 1.18 -0.3 0.1 -6.6 -0.7 0.96 -4.8 1.12 12
1967 21 STL NL -2.1 -0.2 318 0.4 6.1 -5.7 1.13 -0.4 0.7 2.4 0.3 0.95 -0.5 1.46 35
1968 22 STL NL -6.6 -0.7 320 -1.8 4.3 -6.1 1.03 -0.6 -1.1 -13.3 -1.5 0.91 -5.7 1.52 23
1969 23 CIN NL 17.1 1.8 734 2.4 14.8 -12.3 1.04 2.1 0.2 30.6 3.1 0.98 24.9 6.64 2
1970 24 CIN NL 23.4 2.3 762 4.9 15.9 -11.0 1.04 3.2 1.5 37.8 3.6 0.96 34.7 2.72 5
1972 26 CIN NL 8.5 0.9 735 0.7 12.6 -11.9 1.02 0.4 0.3 14.0 1.5 1.02 9.2 3.63 1
1973 27 CIN NL -27.0 -2.8 533 -2.5 7.3 -9.8 1.04 -2.7 0.3 -26.8 -2.8 1.00 -25.3 1.80 12
1974 28 SDP NL -0.1 -0.0 416 1.3 8.4 -7.1 1.04 0.0 1.2 4.6 0.5 0.96 -0.5 1.69 4
1975 29 SDP NL -11.6 -1.2 596 -1.5 10.0 -11.6 1.11 -1.2 -0.2 -17.3 -1.8 0.99 -13.2 1.03 14
1976 30 PHI NL -9.9 -1.0 310 -0.8 4.5 -5.3 1.01 -1.3 0.4 -11.1 -1.2 1.02 -10.5 1.25 33
1977 31 TOT NL -8.1 -0.8 99 -0.3 2.1 -2.4 1.38 -0.5 0.3 -7.8 -0.8 1.03 -5.2 2.01 42
1977 31 PHI NL -2.8 -0.3 17 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 1.50 -0.2 -0.1 -2.9 -0.3 0.98 -2.8 1.59 10
1977 31 PIT NL -5.2 -0.5 82 0.1 2.0 -1.9 1.35 -0.4 0.4 -4.9 -0.5 1.04 -2.4 2.14 32
1979 33 SDP NL -2.1 -0.2 25 0.3 0.8 -0.5 1.95 -0.2 0.4 -1.8 -0.2 1.10 -2.1 2.09 16
13 Yrs -34.0 -3.7 5034 2.2 89.4 -87.3 1.06 -2.1 4.1 -1.5 -0.7 0.98 -7.0 1.67 199

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
1965 19 STL NL 0 0 57% 26 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 86% 2 1 1 0 0 0 5 0 5
1966 20 STL NL 1 0 39% 34 1 2 33% 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 50% 5 3 2 1 0 1 2 1 1
1967 21 STL NL 3 0 35% 95 12 7 63% 12 7 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 8 68% 13 7 6 1 0 1 11 0 10
1968 22 STL NL 5 0 31% 96 9 5 64% 9 4 0 1 0 0 5 0 3 7 73% 12 5 7 3 0 3 7 1 6
1969 23 CIN NL 9 0 39% 232 26 12 68% 21 9 5 2 0 1 5 2 7 17 67% 34 15 18 7 2 4 32 4 27
1970 24 CIN NL 6 0 40% 229 57 20 74% 53 17 4 3 0 0 8 5 12 24 63% 29 14 14 7 1 6 21 4 16
1972 26 CIN NL 10 0 38% 259 42 15 74% 37 13 4 2 1 0 6 3 6 20 50% 28 15 12 10 6 4 24 8 15
1973 27 CIN NL 8 0 29% 135 15 10 60% 13 9 1 1 1 0 4 2 10 9 46% 16 7 6 7 4 2 10 2 7
1974 28 SDP NL 3 0 32% 134 7 9 44% 5 8 2 1 0 0 3 0 5 10 47% 19 11 8 4 1 3 15 7 7
1975 29 SDP NL 6 0 33% 197 11 13 46% 8 12 3 1 0 0 1 0 6 21 46% 30 19 11 6 4 2 19 5 12
1976 30 PHI NL 3 0 35% 99 10 5 67% 7 5 3 0 0 0 3 1 5 3 34% 24 17 6 4 3 1 10 4 6
1977 31 TOT NL 1 0 30% 29 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 50% 6 3 3 2 2 0 2 0 2
1977 31 PHI NL 0 0 33% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 31 PIT NL 1 0 29% 24 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 56% 5 2 3 2 2 0 2 0 2
1979 33 SDP NL 0 0 50% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
13 Yrs 55 0 36% 1572 193 100 66% 169 87 22 12 2 1 39 16 59 126 55% 218 117 94 53 24 27 158 36 114

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
1965 19 STL NL 71 54% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 14 1 7% 6 4 67% 40 7 18% 4 4 100% 2 1 50% 0
1966 20 STL NL 103 80% 16 12 3 1 1 1.12 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 1 10% 9 4 44% 51 5 10% 7 2 29% 3 0 0% 0
1967 21 STL NL 294 79% 67 35 11 1 9 1.46 6 0 5 5 1 3 3 0 4 3 75% 55 6 11% 37 14 38% 171 27 16% 19 11 58% 17 9 53% 0
1968 22 STL NL 296 84% 64 23 2 0 0 1.52 5 0 2 5 0 4 1 1 2 2 100% 47 8 17% 28 7 25% 156 13 8% 16 3 19% 14 6 43% 0
1969 23 CIN NL 691 82% 194 2 0 0 0 6.64 21 0 16 17 4 15 6 0 14 10 71% 158 9 6% 80 24 30% 463 77 17% 38 16 42% 29 16 55% 0
1970 24 CIN NL 675 73% 186 5 1 0 0 2.72 16 1 12 12 4 8 8 0 12 9 75% 143 9 6% 81 30 37% 393 65 17% 35 18 51% 30 17 57% 0
1972 26 CIN NL 667 68% 171 1 0 0 0 3.63 8 0 15 5 3 4 4 0 12 6 50% 149 15 10% 91 37 41% 481 77 16% 64 30 47% 65 35 54% 0
1973 27 CIN NL 501 72% 94 12 3 1 1 1.80 9 0 15 8 1 3 6 0 7 7 100% 99 11 11% 52 23 44% 346 43 12% 35 19 54% 24 16 67% 0
1974 28 SDP NL 394 76% 95 4 0 0 0 1.69 8 0 12 8 0 6 2 0 10 6 60% 51 5 10% 19 9 47% 203 32 16% 10 6 60% 10 6 60% 0
1975 29 SDP NL 560 75% 129 14 2 0 1 1.03 5 0 13 5 0 2 3 0 23 14 61% 98 15 15% 68 27 40% 350 40 11% 30 11 37% 25 13 52% 0
1976 30 PHI NL 290 83% 71 33 4 0 2 1.25 5 1 11 5 0 4 1 0 3 2 67% 60 8 13% 31 14 45% 206 31 15% 26 17 65% 14 6 43% 0
1977 31 TOT NL 97 93% 17 42 8 0 7 2.01 2 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 100% 24 1 4% 15 7 47% 76 10 13% 7 4 57% 4 3 75% 0
1977 31 PHI NL 17 94% 2 10 1 0 0 1.59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 2 0 0% 12 1 8% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1977 31 PIT NL 80 93% 15 32 7 0 7 2.14 2 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 100% 21 1 5% 13 7 54% 64 9 14% 7 4 57% 3 3 100% 0
1979 33 SDP NL 25 84% 4 16 3 0 2 2.09 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 9 2 22% 7 6 86% 15 2 13% 2 2 100% 2 2 100% 0
13 Yrs 4664 76% 1121 199 37 3 23 1.67 86 2 111 73 13 50 36 1 93 64 69% 917 91 10% 524 206 39% 2951 429 15% 293 143 49% 239 130 54% 0
MLB Averages 54% 77% 11% 32% 14% 48% 53%

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
1965 19 17 71 69 8 13 2 0 0 6 2 1 0 4 .188 .197 .217 .415 13 15 1 1 0 1 0
1966 20 60 174 162 18 29 7 1 1 12 3 3 6 19 .179 .218 .253 .471 30 41 2 3 0 3 2
1967 21 170 468 427 53 96 14 4 7 44 15 10 25 62 .225 .275 .326 .601 70 139 8 7 3 6 2
1968 22 262 764 705 81 160 26 5 12 61 24 15 38 104 .227 .274 .329 .603 74 232 16 10 5 6 5
1969 23 414 1455 1342 185 354 51 15 33 154 50 27 65 196 .264 .308 .398 .706 98 534 25 25 15 8 7
1970 24 566 2130 1931 297 540 85 21 49 234 107 47 127 290 .280 .332 .422 .754 107 814 34 33 24 15 10
1971 25 566 2130 1931 297 540 85 21 49 234 107 47 127 290 .280 .332 .422 .754 107 814 34 33 24 15 10
1972 26 715 2797 2535 385 711 113 26 57 316 149 62 171 378 .280 .333 .413 .746 108 1047 49 39 30 22 15
1973 27 844 3298 2992 427 805 127 28 66 367 164 72 198 446 .269 .320 .396 .717 100 1186 60 42 37 29 17
1974 28 939 3692 3349 472 900 143 29 74 407 171 81 218 487 .269 .320 .395 .715 100 1323 65 51 43 31 21
1975 29 1086 4252 3855 530 1029 162 33 79 450 182 94 246 532 .267 .318 .388 .706 98 1494 80 61 57 33 24
1976 30 1196 4542 4127 562 1100 169 33 84 485 192 99 253 571 .267 .316 .385 .701 97 1587 88 65 59 38 27
1977 31 1260 4639 4217 570 1117 173 33 86 495 193 100 258 585 .265 .314 .383 .697 96 1614 89 65 60 39 27
1978 32 1260 4639 4217 570 1117 173 33 86 495 193 100 258 585 .265 .314 .383 .697 96 1614 89 65 60 39 27
1979 33 1282 4664 4238 572 1121 173 34 86 497 193 100 258 587 .265 .314 .382 .696 95 1620 91 65 64 39 27

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
1965 19 17 71 69 8 13 2 0 0 6 2 0 4 .188 .197 .217 .415 3 17
1966 20 43 103 93 10 16 5 1 1 6 1 6 15 .172 .233 .280 .513 6 43
1967 21 110 303 272 41 74 8 3 7 38 13 21 43 .272 .330 .401 .731 35 110
1968 22 91 307 287 36 74 14 1 6 22 10 15 42 .258 .302 .376 .678 32 92
1969 23 152 696 641 108 198 26 10 21 96 27 28 92 .309 .351 .479 .830 104 152
1970 24 152 666 582 105 179 33 6 15 75 55 60 94 .308 .376 .462 .838 100 152
1972 26 156 724 653 111 200 33 6 9 103 49 51 92 .306 .359 .417 .776 97 149
1973 27 129 509 463 47 100 15 2 10 57 16 29 68 .216 .263 .322 .585 39 129
1974 28 95 403 364 51 102 17 1 9 45 8 21 41 .280 .335 .407 .742 47 95
1975 29 147 573 516 66 139 20 4 5 49 12 30 45 .269 .322 .353 .675 57 147
1976 30 110 293 275 34 74 7 0 5 38 10 7 39 .269 .292 .349 .641 28 110
1977 31 64 97 90 7 17 4 0 2 9 1 5 14 .189 .229 .300 .529 6 64
1979 33 22 25 21 2 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 .190 .190 .286 .476 1 22
13 Yrs 1288 4770 4326 626 1190 184 35 90 546 204 273 591 .275 .325 .396 .722 555 1282
162 Game Avg. 162 600 544 79 150 23 4 11 69 26 34 74 .275 .325 .396 .722 70 1282

* 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

Hall of Fame
1985 BBWAA ()

Awards (yr lg award)
1972 ML Hutch Award

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1970 NL (16, 5%)
1972 NL (20, 2%)
0.07 Career Shares (1016th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1970 NL  5.1 (10th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1969 NL  .305 (9th)
1970 NL  .316 (10th)

At Bats s c a p y
1969 NL  637 (6th)
1972 NL  604 (6th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1969 NL  691 (9th)
1972 NL  667 (6th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1969 NL  104 (6th)
1970 NL  112 (5th)
1972 NL  88 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1969 NL  194 (4th)
1970 NL  186 (8th)
1972 NL  171 (9th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1969 NL  302 (7th)

Doubles s c a p y
1970 NL  34 (8th)

Triples s c a p y
1969 NL  10 (3rd)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1969 NL  93 (9th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1969 NL  26 (5th)
1970 NL  57 (1st)
1972 NL  42 (5th)

Singles s c a p y
1969 NL  138 (6th)
1970 NL  130 (10th)
1972 NL  130 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1969 NL  15 (2nd)
1970 NL  8 (6th)
1972 NL  6 (5th)
1974 NL  9 (3rd)
1975 NL  10 (3rd)
Career  65 (238th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1969 NL  10 (10th)
1975 NL  14 (9th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1970 NL  7 (5th)
1972 NL  7 (10th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1969 NL  12 (4th)
1970 NL  20 (1st)
1972 NL  15 (4th)
1973 NL  10 (9th)
1975 NL  13 (3rd)
Career  100 (116th)

SB % s c a p y
1969 NL  68.42 (10th)
1972 NL  73.68 (8th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1969 NL  23.2 (3rd)
1970 NL  25.0 (4th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1969 NL  476 (7th)
1972 NL  476 (3rd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1970 NL  4.9 (8th)

Youngest s c a p y
1965 NL  born 1945-11-19 (8th)


† 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 (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (608), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 41 (608), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 19 (837), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1801), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Ken Landreaux (961)
  2. Lee Mazzilli (947)
  3. Billy Hatcher (946)
  4. Glenn Wilson (946)
  5. Pat Kelly (945)
  6. Dan Gladden (945)
  7. Lee Maye (943)
  8. Jerry Morales (942)
  9. Chad Curtis (941)
  10. Cleon Jones (941)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Oscar Gamble (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jose Guillen (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Willie Davis (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Mark Kotsay (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Lee Mazzilli (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jim Piersall (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jim Piersall (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jim Piersall (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jerry Morales (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Lee Mazzilli (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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