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César Tovar

Cesar Leonardo Tovar (Pepito)

Positions: Outfielder, Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 155 lb.

Born: July 3, 1940 in Caracas, Distrito Federal, Venezuela
High School: Roosevelt (Roosevelt, VE)
Signed by the Cincinnati Redlegs as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1965
Teams (by GP): Twins/Rangers/Phillies/Athletics/Yankees 1965-1976

Final Game: September 29, 1976
Died: July 14, 1994 in Caracas, Distrito Federal, Venezuela
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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 24 MIN AL 18 27 25 3 5 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 3 .200 .259 .240 .499 40 6 0 0 0 0 0 /4586
1966 25 MIN AL 134 527 465 57 121 19 5 2 41 16 6 44 50 .260 .325 .335 .660 85 156 7 4 7 7 1 468/7
1967 26 MIN AL 164 726 649 98 173 32 7 6 47 19 11 46 51 .267 .325 .365 .691 97 237 8 13 13 5 0 5847/69 MVP-7
1968 27 MIN AL 157 673 613 89 167 31 6 6 47 35 13 34 41 .272 .326 .372 .698 107 228 2 17 5 4 0 578649/321 MVP-23
1969 28 MIN AL 158 591 535 99 154 25 5 11 52 45 12 37 37 .288 .342 .415 .757 108 222 7 9 7 3 3 *8475/9 MVP-17
1970 29 MIN AL 161 726 650 120 195 36 13 10 54 30 15 52 47 .300 .356 .442 .798 117 287 9 8 10 6 5 *87/459 MVP-18
1971 30 MIN AL 157 718 657 94 204 29 3 1 45 18 14 45 39 .311 .356 .368 .725 104 242 5 3 11 2 5 *798/54 MVP-24
1972 31 MIN AL 141 607 548 86 145 20 6 2 31 21 10 39 39 .265 .329 .334 .663 94 183 6 14 5 1 6 *97/8
1973 32 PHI NL 97 364 328 49 88 18 4 1 21 6 4 29 35 .268 .335 .357 .692 91 117 3 5 0 2 2 549/78
1974 33 TEX AL 138 629 562 78 164 24 6 4 58 13 9 47 33 .292 .354 .377 .731 114 212 3 9 8 3 0 *879/D
1975 34 TOT AL 121 492 453 58 116 17 0 3 31 20 11 30 28 .256 .306 .313 .619 77 142 8 3 5 1 0 D7/84596
1975 34 TEX AL 102 463 427 53 110 16 0 3 28 16 11 27 25 .258 .306 .316 .622 77 135 8 3 5 1 0 D7/849
1975 34 OAK AL 19 29 26 5 6 1 0 0 3 4 0 3 3 .231 .310 .269 .580 67 7 0 0 0 0 0 /D456
1976 35 TOT AL 42 97 84 3 14 1 0 0 6 1 3 8 7 .167 .263 .179 .442 33 15 0 3 2 0 1 D7/948
1976 35 OAK AL 29 52 45 1 8 0 0 0 4 1 2 4 4 .178 .275 .178 .452 38 8 0 2 1 0 0 7/D98
1976 35 NYY AL 13 45 39 2 6 1 0 0 2 0 1 4 3 .154 .250 .179 .429 28 7 0 1 1 0 1 D/4
12 Yrs 1488 6177 5569 834 1546 253 55 46 435 226 108 413 410 .278 .335 .368 .703 100 2047 58 88 73 34 23
162 Game Avg. 162 672 606 91 168 28 6 5 47 25 12 45 45 .278 .335 .368 .703 100 223 6 10 8 4 3
MIN (8 yrs) 1090 4595 4142 646 1164 193 45 38 319 186 81 299 307 .281 .337 .377 .714 102 1561 44 68 58 28 20
OAK (2 yrs) 48 81 71 6 14 1 0 0 7 5 2 7 7 .197 .288 .211 .499 49 15 0 2 1 0 0
TEX (2 yrs) 240 1092 989 131 274 40 6 7 86 29 20 74 58 .277 .334 .351 .685 98 347 11 12 13 4 0
PHI (1 yr) 97 364 328 49 88 18 4 1 21 6 4 29 35 .268 .335 .357 .692 91 117 3 5 0 2 2
NYY (1 yr) 13 45 39 2 6 1 0 0 2 0 1 4 3 .154 .250 .179 .429 28 7 0 1 1 0 1
AL (11 yrs) 1391 5813 5241 785 1458 235 51 45 414 220 104 384 375 .278 .335 .368 .704 100 1930 55 83 73 32 21
NL (1 yr) 97 364 328 49 88 18 4 1 21 6 4 29 35 .268 .335 .357 .692 91 117 3 5 0 2 2

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 24 MIN AL 18 27 -1 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 1 0 0.0 .496 .500 -0.1 0.1 -0 $6,000 /4586
1966 25 MIN AL 134 527 -7 3 1 14 4 15 1.5 15 30 2.9 .513 .511 1.6 1.8 16 $ 468/7
1967 26 MIN AL 164 726 4 2 0 -5 2 4 0.1 20 24 2.1 .502 .502 3.0 -0.6 29 $ 5847/69 MVP-7
1968 27 MIN AL 157 673 7 6 2 6 2 22 2.5 19 42 4.4 .518 .517 3.9 0.8 35 $17,000 578649/321 MVP-23
1969 28 MIN AL 158 591 8 5 2 10 -1 24 2.6 16 40 4.2 .517 .517 3.2 0.9 31 $30,000 *8475/9 MVP-17
1970 29 MIN AL 161 726 14 3 0 -1 -3 12 1.2 23 36 3.5 .508 .508 3.8 -0.6 37 $40,000 *87/459 MVP-18
1971 30 MIN AL 157 718 10 1 3 8 -8 14 1.5 24 37 3.8 .510 .510 3.0 -0.1 30 $50,000 *798/54 MVP-24
1972 31 MIN AL 141 607 -3 5 0 14 -7 10 1.1 20 30 3.1 .509 .508 1.5 0.8 16 $55,000 *97/8
1973 32 PHI NL 97 364 2 2 0 -6 0 -2 -0.2 11 9 0.8 .498 .499 1.4 -0.6 14 $55,000 549/78
1974 33 TEX AL 138 629 10 2 2 -8 -5 2 0.4 20 22 2.2 .501 .501 3.2 -1.3 30 $59,000 *879/D
1975 34 TEX AL 102 463 -10 2 2 -5 -8 -20 -2.0 15 -5 -0.6 .479 .487 -0.1 -1.3 0 $ D7/849
1975 34 OAK AL 19 29 -0 1 0 -0 -0 -0 0.0 1 1 0.1 .499 .500 0.1 -0.1 1 $ /D456
1976 35 OAK AL 29 52 -3 -1 0 0 -1 -5 -0.6 2 -3 -0.4 .480 .496 -0.4 -0.1 -3 $ 7/D98
1976 35 NYY AL 13 45 -4 -0 0 1 -1 -3 -0.4 2 -2 -0.2 .469 .498 -0.4 0.1 -3 $ D/4
12 Seasons 1488 6177 27 30 14 27 -27 72 7.7 188 260 25.9 .506 .504 23.7 -0.1 233 $312,000
MIN (8 yrs) 1090 4595 32 25 9 45 -12 100 10.4 138 239 24.0 .511 .509 19.9 3.2 193 $198,000
OAK (2 yrs) 48 81 -3 0 0 -0 -2 -5 -0.6 3 -2 -0.3 .488 .498 -0.3 -0.2 -2 $
TEX (2 yrs) 240 1092 0 3 4 -13 -13 -18 -1.6 35 17 1.6 .492 .494 3.1 -2.6 30 $59,000
PHI (1 yr) 97 364 2 2 0 -6 0 -2 -0.2 11 9 0.8 .498 .499 1.4 -0.6 14 $55,000
NYY (1 yr) 13 45 -4 -0 0 1 -1 -3 -0.4 2 -2 -0.2 .469 .498 -0.4 0.1 -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 24 MIN AL 27 20 2 2.7 96 .227 .200 .256 .259 .327 .240 .393 .499 .720 40 .323 -2.0 -0.2 .500 .200 .040 .0
1966 25 MIN AL 527 371 54 3.9 95 .283 .260 .256 .325 .324 .335 .394 .660 .718 85 .502 -7.7 -0.8 .599 .191 .075 3.6
1967 26 MIN AL 726 513 80 4.2 91 .280 .267 .253 .325 .324 .365 .379 .691 .703 97 .555 -2.2 -0.2 .614 .182 .099 9.1
1968 27 MIN AL 673 470 80 4.6 84 .282 .272 .244 .326 .314 .372 .362 .698 .676 107 .619 5.0 0.6 .653 .191 .100 10.2
1969 28 MIN AL 591 410 80 5.3 98 .292 .288 .259 .342 .336 .415 .391 .757 .727 108 .600 4.8 0.5 .753 .258 .127 17.7
1970 29 MIN AL 726 495 103 5.6 100 .309 .300 .261 .356 .336 .442 .399 .798 .735 117 .618 14.3 1.4 .756 .245 .142 15.0
1971 30 MIN AL 718 485 87 4.8 95 .328 .311 .258 .356 .331 .368 .384 .725 .714 104 .582 3.2 0.3 .623 .132 .058 1.9
1972 31 MIN AL 607 425 63 4.0 87 .281 .265 .252 .329 .322 .334 .364 .663 .685 94 .543 -4.1 -0.5 .589 .161 .069 3.7
1973 32 PHI NL 364 249 41 4.4 98 .296 .268 .265 .335 .334 .357 .394 .692 .728 91 .517 -3.6 -0.4 .619 .183 .088 1.7
1974 33 TEX AL 629 421 79 5.0 87 .303 .292 .255 .354 .319 .377 .366 .731 .685 114 .591 11.1 1.2 .663 .176 .085 6.1
1975 34 TOT AL 492 362 43 3.2 92 .267 .256 .257 .306 .326 .313 .377 .619 .704 77 .367 -14.2 -1.5 .517 .143 .057 5.2
1975 34 TEX AL 463 342 40 3.2 92 .268 .258 .257 .306 .326 .316 .377 .622 .704 77 .360 -13.1 -1.4 .506 .133 .059 5.1
1975 34 OAK AL 29 20 3 4.0 91 .261 .231 .256 .310 .325 .269 .376 .580 .701 67 .470 -1.0 -0.1 .700 .308 .038 .0
1976 35 TOT AL 97 75 4 1.4 83 .182 .167 .252 .263 .316 .179 .356 .442 .672 33 .135 -6.7 -0.7 .329 .083 .012 .0
1976 35 OAK AL 52 40 2 1.4 82 .195 .178 .250 .275 .314 .178 .353 .452 .667 38 .120 -3.3 -0.4 .333 .067 .000 .0
1976 35 NYY AL 45 35 2 1.6 85 .167 .154 .255 .250 .319 .179 .359 .429 .678 28 .150 -3.4 -0.4 .324 .103 .026
12 Yrs 6177 4296 716 4.5 92 .291 .278 .256 .335 .326 .368 .380 .703 .706 100 .554 -2.1 -0.3 .636 .185 .090 76.4
162 Game Avg. 672 468 78 4.5 92 .291 .278 .256 .335 .326 .368 .380 .703 .706 100 .554 -2.1 -0.3 .636 .185 .090 8
MIN (8 yrs) 4595 3189 549 4.6 93 .294 .281 .255 .337 .327 .377 .382 .714 .708 102 .578 11.3 1.1 .655 .193 .096 63.1
OAK (2 yrs) 81 60 5 2.3 85 .219 .197 .252 .288 .318 .211 .361 .499 .679 49 .250 -4.4 -0.5 .458 .155 .014 .0
TEX (2 yrs) 1092 763 119 4.2 89 .288 .277 .256 .334 .322 .351 .371 .685 .693 98 .499 -2.0 -0.2 .592 .158 .074 11.3
PHI (1 yr) 364 249 41 4.4 98 .296 .268 .265 .335 .334 .357 .394 .692 .728 91 .516 -3.6 -0.4 .619 .183 .088 1.7
NYY (1 yr) 45 35 2 1.5 85 .167 .154 .255 .250 .319 .179 .359 .429 .678 28 .150 -3.4 -0.4 .324 .103 .026
AL (11 yrs) 5813 4047 675 4.5 92 .291 .278 .255 .335 .326 .368 .379 .704 .705 100 .557 1.5 0.1 .637 .185 .090 74.7
NL (1 yr) 364 249 41 4.4 98 .296 .268 .265 .335 .334 .357 .394 .692 .728 91 .516 -3.6 -0.4 .619 .183 .088 1.7

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
1969 28 MIN AL ALCS BAL L 3 14 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .077 .143 .077 .220 1 0 0 0 0 0
1970 29 MIN AL ALCS BAL L 3 13 13 2 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .385 .385 .538 .923 7 0 0 0 0 0
1975 34 OAK AL ALCS BOS L 2 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 1 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (3 Series) 8 30 28 4 7 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 .250 .300 .321 .621 9 0 0 0 0 0
3 ALCS 8 30 28 4 7 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 .250 .300 .321 .621 9 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 24 MIN AL 27 0.0% 11.1% 7.4% 3.7% 20% 1.50 8.3 12.5 0.60 81%
1966 25 MIN AL 527 0.4% 9.5% 8.4% 4.9% 22% 1.14 9.3 232.5 11.3 0.84 80%
1967 26 MIN AL 726 0.8% 7.0% 6.3% 6.2% 26% 1.11 12.7 108.2 13.8 0.91 82%
1968 27 MIN AL 673 0.9% 6.1% 5.1% 6.4% 26% 1.21 15.0 102.2 13.0 0.91 85%
1969 28 MIN AL 591 1.9% 6.3% 6.3% 6.9% 27% 1.00 14.5 48.6 10.3 1.03 83%
1970 29 MIN AL 726 1.4% 6.5% 7.2% 8.1% 30% 0.90 13.8 65.0 12.0 0.95 83%
1971 30 MIN AL 718 0.1% 5.4% 6.3% 4.6% 16% 0.87 16.8 657.0 14.6 1.04 86%
1972 31 MIN AL 607 0.3% 6.4% 6.4% 4.6% 19% 1.00 14.1 274.0 17.7 0.87 84%
1973 32 PHI NL 364 0.3% 9.6% 8.0% 6.3% 26% 1.21 9.4 328.0 15.6 0.89 81%
1974 33 TEX AL 629 0.6% 5.3% 7.5% 5.4% 21% 0.70 17.0 140.5 9.7 1.12 84%
1975 34 TOT AL 492 0.6% 5.7% 6.1% 4.1% 17% 0.93 16.2 151.0 14.6 1.17 86%
1975 34 TEX AL 463 0.7% 5.4% 5.8% 4.1% 17% 0.93 17.1 142.3 15.3 1.18 86%
1975 34 OAK AL 29 0.0% 10.3% 10.3% 3.5% 17% 1.00 8.7 8.7 1.00 79%
1976 35 TOT AL 97 0.0% 7.2% 8.3% 1.0% 7% 0.88 12.0 14.0 0.78 79%
1976 35 OAK AL 52 0.0% 7.7% 7.7% 0.0% 0% 1.00 11.3 11.3 0.94 79%
1976 35 NYY AL 45 0.0% 6.7% 8.9% 2.2% 17% 0.75 13.0 19.5 0.63 80%
12 Yrs 6177 0.7% 6.6% 6.7% 5.7% 23% 0.99 13.6 121.1 12.8 0.97 83%
MLB Averages 1.9% 14.5% 8.5% 6.0% 27% 1.70 6.2 45.9 9.1 1.11 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1965 24 MIN AL -2.0 -0.2 30 0.4 0.9 -0.5 1.52 -0.1 0.3 1.6 0.2 1.09 -0.7 2.07 4
1966 25 MIN AL -7.7 -0.8 567 -0.2 9.2 -9.4 1.01 -0.4 0.2 -1.2 -0.1 0.98 -3.9 0.96 2
1967 26 MIN AL -1.6 -0.2 776 2.0 13.1 -11.1 .99 1.2 0.8 19.2 2.0 0.92 13.5 0.22 0
1968 27 MIN AL 4.4 0.5 736 2.5 13.7 -11.2 1.06 1.7 0.6 16.4 1.8 0.95 14.7 2.99 3
1969 28 MIN AL 4.8 0.5 661 1.7 12.3 -10.5 1.05 2.3 -0.6 14.0 1.4 0.97 21.0 1.04 11
1970 29 MIN AL 14.3 1.4 788 3.8 15.5 -11.8 1.00 2.4 1.4 23.4 2.3 0.93 23.0 1.71 3
1971 30 MIN AL 3.2 0.3 761 2.2 13.7 -11.4 1.03 1.3 0.8 17.6 1.8 0.95 13.0 2.12 1
1972 31 MIN AL -4.1 -0.5 644 -0.3 9.6 -9.9 .97 -0.2 -0.1 4.6 0.5 0.91 1.5 0.72 3
1973 32 PHI NL -3.6 -0.4 380 0.8 6.7 -6.0 1.03 0.6 0.1 9.4 1.0 0.94 6.5 2.12 14
1974 33 TEX AL 11.1 1.2 660 1.1 11.0 -9.9 .96 0.8 0.3 18.8 2.0 0.96 10.0 0.61 1
1975 34 TOT AL -14.2 -1.5 532 -0.6 9.1 -9.7 1.09 -0.7 0.2 -11.8 -1.2 0.98 -12.1 1.81 15
1975 34 TEX AL -13.1 -1.4 499 -0.7 8.6 -9.3 1.10 -0.8 0.2 -12.9 -1.3 0.97 -12.5 3.05 4
1975 34 OAK AL -1.0 -0.1 33 0.1 0.6 -0.5 1.00 0.1 0.0 1.1 0.1 1.06 0.5 1.37 11
1976 35 TOT AL -6.8 -0.7 100 -0.5 1.6 -2.1 1.25 -0.8 0.3 -5.0 -0.5 0.98 -7.7 1.82 11
1976 35 OAK AL -3.3 -0.4 54 -0.2 1.1 -1.3 1.45 -0.3 0.2 -0.8 -0.1 0.96 -3.4 1.34 9
1976 35 NYY AL -3.5 -0.4 46 -0.4 0.5 -0.9 1.02 -0.4 0.1 -4.2 -0.5 0.99 -4.3 3.94 2
12 Yrs -2.1 -0.3 6635 12.9 116.5 -103.6 1.02 8.2 4.5 107.0 11.0 0.95 78.8 1.73 68

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 24 MIN AL 1 0 43% 17 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 33% 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
1966 25 MIN AL 9 0 33% 195 16 6 73% 15 4 0 0 1 2 6 0 5 17 55% 35 18 17 2 2 0 12 2 10
1967 26 MIN AL 17 0 41% 320 19 11 63% 18 10 1 1 0 0 2 0 8 25 58% 40 18 20 7 1 6 29 9 18
1968 27 MIN AL 12 0 39% 268 35 13 73% 34 12 1 1 0 0 2 0 8 26 52% 40 21 17 9 6 2 34 8 24
1969 28 MIN AL 11 0 47% 262 45 12 79% 35 10 8 2 2 0 8 2 5 25 55% 39 18 20 5 4 1 20 5 14
1970 29 MIN AL 9 0 45% 319 30 15 67% 29 12 1 3 0 0 2 0 16 25 62% 39 20 18 9 3 6 36 7 28
1971 30 MIN AL 18 0 37% 342 18 14 56% 17 12 1 1 0 1 1 0 9 21 57% 68 36 32 8 3 4 33 6 26
1972 31 MIN AL 8 0 43% 241 21 10 68% 21 8 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 12 63% 44 19 25 7 2 5 32 10 22
1973 32 PHI NL 11 0 40% 167 6 4 60% 6 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 9 51% 22 17 5 2 0 2 15 2 13
1974 33 TEX AL 6 0 34% 262 13 9 59% 9 8 3 1 1 0 1 0 14 21 56% 35 20 15 8 1 7 27 9 17
1975 34 TOT AL 9 0 38% 196 20 11 65% 16 10 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 12 50% 27 16 11 3 2 1 20 7 13
1975 34 TEX AL 8 0 37% 180 16 11 59% 13 10 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 12 51% 24 14 10 3 2 1 18 6 12
1975 34 OAK AL 1 0 56% 16 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40% 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
1976 35 TOT AL 1 0 12% 23 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 50% 7 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0
1976 35 OAK AL 1 0 7% 14 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 33% 5 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
1976 35 NYY AL 0 0 18% 9 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 100% 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Yrs 112 0 39% 2612 226 108 68% 203 93 19 10 4 5 25 2 80 195 56% 398 207 185 62 25 34 258 65 185

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 24 MIN AL 27 33% 5 4 0 0 1 2.07 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0% 2 0 0% 18 3 17% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0
1966 25 MIN AL 527 35% 121 2 0 0 0 0.96 2 0 12 1 1 1 1 0 8 7 88% 89 7 8% 45 18 40% 302 43 14% 25 14 56% 24 13 54% 0
1967 26 MIN AL 726 28% 173 0 0 0 0 0.22 6 0 11 6 0 3 3 0 13 13 100% 100 8 8% 39 19 49% 311 45 14% 22 15 68% 16 13 81% 0
1968 27 MIN AL 673 24% 167 3 0 0 0 2.99 6 0 16 3 3 4 2 0 6 5 83% 84 2 2% 37 12 32% 291 45 15% 21 14 67% 13 6 46% 0
1969 28 MIN AL 591 43% 154 11 3 0 0 1.04 11 1 12 6 5 6 5 0 8 7 88% 107 7 7% 51 17 33% 305 43 14% 31 15 48% 15 11 73% 0
1970 29 MIN AL 726 33% 195 3 0 0 0 1.71 10 0 8 7 3 5 5 0 12 10 83% 90 9 10% 39 19 49% 312 46 15% 27 13 48% 15 10 67% 0
1971 30 MIN AL 718 32% 204 1 0 0 0 2.12 1 0 16 1 0 0 1 0 15 11 73% 112 5 4% 49 19 39% 347 46 13% 23 15 65% 13 6 46% 0
1972 31 MIN AL 607 31% 145 3 0 0 0 0.72 2 0 5 1 1 2 0 0 9 5 56% 74 6 8% 33 8 24% 248 31 13% 15 6 40% 11 6 55% 0
1973 32 PHI NL 364 34% 88 14 4 0 2 2.12 1 0 9 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0% 47 3 6% 20 8 40% 175 23 13% 12 8 67% 5 3 60% 0
1974 33 TEX AL 629 32% 164 1 0 0 0 0.61 4 0 14 3 1 2 2 0 8 8 100% 99 3 3% 48 22 46% 338 55 16% 24 10 42% 15 8 53% 0
1975 34 TOT AL 492 34% 116 15 1 0 0 1.81 3 0 10 3 0 3 0 0 5 5 100% 82 8 10% 43 14 33% 250 31 12% 19 9 47% 13 5 38% 0
1975 34 TEX AL 463 31% 110 4 0 0 0 3.05 3 0 9 3 0 3 0 0 5 5 100% 78 8 10% 39 13 33% 234 28 12% 18 9 50% 12 4 33% 0
1975 34 OAK AL 29 76% 6 11 1 0 0 1.37 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 4 1 25% 16 3 19% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1976 35 TOT AL 97 41% 14 11 2 0 0 1.82 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 16 0 0% 6 3 50% 57 6 11% 3 1 33% 1 1 100% 0
1976 35 OAK AL 52 10% 8 9 2 0 0 1.34 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 7 0 0% 1 1 100% 31 4 13% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1976 35 NYY AL 45 78% 6 2 0 0 0 3.94 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 9 0 0% 5 2 40% 26 2 8% 3 1 33% 0 0 0
12 Yrs 6177 32% 1546 68 10 0 3 1.73 46 1 119 31 15 26 20 0 87 73 84% 906 58 6% 412 159 39% 2954 417 14% 223 121 54% 142 83 58% 0
MLB Averages 54% 77% 11% 31% 14% 47% 52%

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 24 18 27 25 3 5 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 3 .200 .259 .240 .499 40 6 0 0 0 0 0
1966 25 152 554 490 60 126 20 5 2 43 18 6 46 53 .257 .322 .331 .652 83 162 7 4 7 7 1
1967 26 316 1280 1139 158 299 52 12 8 90 37 17 92 104 .263 .324 .350 .674 91 399 15 17 20 12 1
1968 27 473 1953 1752 247 466 83 18 14 137 72 30 126 145 .266 .325 .358 .683 96 627 17 34 25 16 1
1969 28 631 2544 2287 346 620 108 23 25 189 117 42 163 182 .271 .329 .371 .700 99 849 24 43 32 19 4
1970 29 792 3270 2937 466 815 144 36 35 243 147 57 215 229 .277 .335 .387 .722 103 1136 33 51 42 25 9
1971 30 949 3988 3594 560 1019 173 39 36 288 165 71 260 268 .284 .339 .383 .722 103 1378 38 54 53 27 14
1972 31 1090 4595 4142 646 1164 193 45 38 319 186 81 299 307 .281 .337 .377 .714 102 1561 44 68 58 28 20
1973 32 1187 4959 4470 695 1252 211 49 39 340 192 85 328 342 .280 .337 .375 .713 101 1678 47 73 58 30 22
1974 33 1325 5588 5032 773 1416 235 55 43 398 205 94 375 375 .281 .339 .376 .715 103 1890 50 82 66 33 22
1975 34 1446 6080 5485 831 1532 252 55 46 429 225 105 405 403 .279 .336 .370 .707 100 2032 58 85 71 34 22
1976 35 1488 6177 5569 834 1546 253 55 46 435 226 108 413 410 .278 .335 .368 .703 100 2047 58 88 73 34 23

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 24 18 28 26 4 6 1 0 0 3 2 2 3 .231 .286 .269 .555 2 18
1966 25 135 537 473 61 127 20 5 2 44 17 46 50 .268 .334 .345 .679 54 134
1967 26 164 740 659 108 183 34 7 6 52 20 49 51 .278 .338 .378 .716 82 164
1968 27 157 701 635 109 189 35 7 7 58 40 38 41 .298 .353 .408 .761 87 157
1969 28 158 596 539 103 158 26 5 11 54 46 38 37 .293 .348 .421 .769 77 158
1970 29 161 731 654 124 199 37 13 10 56 31 53 47 .304 .361 .446 .807 104 161
1971 30 158 738 674 105 218 31 3 1 50 19 48 39 .323 .370 .383 .753 96 157
1972 31 147 661 592 110 171 24 7 2 40 25 46 41 .289 .357 .363 .720 73 141
1973 32 97 367 330 51 90 18 4 1 22 6 30 35 .273 .341 .361 .701 40 97
1974 33 138 653 580 92 182 27 7 4 69 14 52 33 .314 .378 .405 .783 87 138
1975 34 122 505 464 65 125 18 0 3 35 22 32 28 .269 .320 .328 .648 48 121
1976 35 42 99 85 3 15 1 0 0 7 1 9 7 .176 .278 .188 .467 4 42
12 Yrs 1497 6356 5711 935 1663 272 58 47 490 243 443 412 .291 .350 .384 .734 754 1488
162 Game Avg. 162 688 618 101 180 29 6 5 53 26 48 45 .291 .350 .384 .734 82 1488

* 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
1982 BBWAA ()

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1967 AL (7, 25%)
1968 AL (23, 1%)
1969 AL (17, 3%)
1970 AL (18, 5%)
1971 AL (24, 1%)
0.35 Career Shares (557th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1968 AL  4.4 (10th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1966 AL  1.8 (7th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1971 AL  .311 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
1967 AL  164 (1st)
1968 AL  157 (7th)
1969 AL  158 (10th)
1970 AL  161 (3rd)
1971 AL  157 (9th)

At Bats s c a p y
1967 AL  649 (1st)
1968 AL  613 (5th)
1970 AL  650 (3rd)
1971 AL  657 (2nd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1967 AL  726 (1st)
1968 AL  673 (5th)
1970 AL  726 (3rd)
1971 AL  718 (2nd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1967 AL  98 (3rd)
1968 AL  89 (3rd)
1969 AL  99 (7th)
1970 AL  120 (2nd)
1971 AL  94 (2nd)
1972 AL  86 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
1967 AL  173 (2nd)
1968 AL  167 (2nd)
1970 AL  195 (3rd)
1971 AL  204 (1st)

Total Bases s c a p y
1970 AL  287 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1967 AL  32 (2nd)
1968 AL  31 (4th)
1970 AL  36 (1st)
1971 AL  29 (5th)

Triples s c a p y
1967 AL  7 (3rd)
1969 AL  5 (9th)
1970 AL  13 (1st)
1972 AL  6 (6th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1966 AL  16 (10th)
1967 AL  19 (6th)
1968 AL  35 (3rd)
1969 AL  45 (3rd)
1970 AL  30 (6th)
1971 AL  18 (7th)

Singles s c a p y
1967 AL  128 (3rd)
1968 AL  124 (4th)
1970 AL  136 (7th)
1971 AL  171 (1st)
1972 AL  117 (7th)
1974 AL  130 (5th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1970 AL  103 (8th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1970 AL  59 (10th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1967 AL  232 (6th)
1968 AL  218 (8th)
1970 AL  255 (8th)
1971 AL  252 (3rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1967 AL  13 (2nd)
1968 AL  17 (3rd)
1969 AL  9 (5th)
1970 AL  8 (5th)
1972 AL  14 (1st)
1974 AL  9 (6th)
Career  88 (115th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1967 AL  13 (5th)
1970 AL  10 (8th)
1971 AL  11 (10th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1966 AL  7 (1st)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1967 AL  11 (3rd)
1968 AL  13 (5th)
1969 AL  12 (9th)
1970 AL  15 (4th)
1971 AL  14 (1st)
1972 AL  10 (8th)
Career  108 (90th)

SB % s c a p y
1966 AL  72.73 (4th)
1967 AL  63.33 (10th)
1968 AL  72.92 (9th)
1969 AL  78.95 (7th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1969 AL  17.7 (5th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1966 AL  9.3 (9th)
1967 AL  12.7 (1st)
1968 AL  15.0 (1st)
1969 AL  14.5 (4th)
1970 AL  13.8 (5th)
1971 AL  16.8 (2nd)
1972 AL  14.1 (3rd)
1974 AL  17.0 (1st)
1975 AL  16.2 (9th)**

Outs Made s c a p y
1967 AL  513 (2nd)
1968 AL  470 (7th)
1970 AL  495 (3rd)
1971 AL  485 (3rd)

                           
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 (·)

Black InkBatting - 8 (286), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 67 (375), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 19 (837), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1388), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Terry Puhl (916)
  6. Mookie Wilson (914)
  7. Bill Bradley (912)
  8. George Case (910)
  9. Lance Johnson (909)
  10. John Titus (908)
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  5. Enos Cabell (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Enos Cabell (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Max Flack (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Enos Cabell (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Enos Cabell (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Enos Cabell (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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