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Del Unser

Delbert Bernard Unser

Positions: Centerfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: December 9, 1944 in Decatur, IL
School: Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS)
Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1966 amateur draft (June Secondary). Player signed June 28, 1966. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1968
Teams (by GP): Senators/Phillies/Expos/Mets/Indians 1968-1982
Agents: Dick Moss [*]
Final Game: June 6, 1982
Relatives: Son of Al Unser
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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
1966	21	TEX-min	AA	39	140	123	11	27	4	1	3	11	0	1	17	32	.220	.314	.341	.656		42							YOR · EL
1967	22	TEX-min	AA	138	567	507	46	117	14	7	6	32	19	11	60	93	.231	.312	.321	.634		163							YOR · EL
1968	23	WSA	AL	156	690	635	66	146	13	7	1	30	11	6	46	66	.230	.282	.277	.560	74	176	5	2	3	4	1	*8/3	RoY-2
1969	24	WSA	AL	153	649	581	69	166	19	8	7	57	8	10	58	54	.286	.349	.382	.731	110	222	5	0	7	3	3	*8	MVP-23
1970	25	WSA	AL	119	358	322	37	83	5	1	5	30	1	1	30	29	.258	.319	.326	.645	83	105	4	0	4	2	3	98/7
1971	26	WSA	AL	153	648	581	63	148	19	6	9	41	11	6	59	68	.255	.325	.355	.679	99	206	4	2	4	2	10	*897
1972	27	CLE	AL	132	422	383	29	91	12	0	1	17	5	9	28	46	.238	.288	.277	.565	66	106	4	1	6	4	4	*897
1973	28	PHI	NL	136	498	440	64	127	20	4	11	52	5	8	47	55	.289	.354	.427	.781	114	188	3	1	3	7	7	*8
1974	29	PHI	NL	142	516	454	72	120	18	5	11	61	6	4	50	62	.264	.337	.399	.736	103	181	7	1	9	2	9	*8
1975	30	NYM	NL	147	580	531	65	156	18	2	10	53	4	3	37	76	.294	.337	.392	.729	107	208	8	0	8	4	6	*8
1976	31	TOT	NL	146	543	496	57	113	19	4	12	40	7	7	29	84	.228	.269	.355	.624	78	176	7	1	11	6	2	*897
1976	31	NYM	NL	77	303	276	28	63	13	2	5	25	4	4	18	40	.228	.275	.344	.619	81	95	4	1	5	3	1	8/7
1976	31	MON	NL	69	240	220	29	50	6	2	7	15	3	3	11	44	.227	.261	.368	.629	74	81	3	0	6	3	1	978
1977	32	MON	NL	113	331	289	33	79	14	1	12	40	2	5	33	41	.273	.346	.453	.799	117	131	4	0	7	2	7	8397
1978	33	MON	NL	130	206	179	16	35	5	0	2	15	2	0	24	29	.196	.293	.257	.550	57	46	3	1	1	1	5	398/7
1979	34	PHI	NL	95	159	141	26	42	8	0	6	29	2	0	14	33	.298	.354	.482	.837	124	68	4	0	1	3	2	378/9
1980	35	PHI	NL	96	123	110	15	29	6	4	0	10	0	1	10	21	.264	.320	.391	.711	94	43	2	0	1	2	1	387/9
1981	36	PHI	NL	62	73	59	5	9	3	0	0	6	0	0	13	9	.153	.301	.203	.505	43	12	1	0	0	1	1	3/789
1982	37	PHI	NL	19	17	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.000	.176	.000	.176	-47	0	1	0	0	0	1	/39
15 Yrs				1799	5813	5215	617	1344	179	42	87	481	64	60	481	675	.258	.319	.358	.677	94	1868	62	9	65	43	62
162 Game Avg.				162	523	470	56	121	16	4	8	43	6	5	43	61	.258	.319	.358	.677	94	168	6	1	6	4	6
				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 (6 yrs)				550	1386	1218	182	327	55	13	28	158	13	13	137	182	.268	.340	.404	.744	104	492	18	2	14	15	21
WSA (4 yrs)				581	2345	2119	235	543	56	22	22	158	31	23	193	217	.256	.318	.335	.653	92	709	18	4	18	11	17
MON (3 yrs)				312	777	688	78	164	25	3	21	70	7	8	68	114	.238	.305	.375	.680	88	258	10	1	14	6	13
NYM (2 yrs)				224	883	807	93	219	31	4	15	78	8	7	55	116	.271	.316	.375	.692	98	303	12	1	13	7	7
CLE (1 yr)				132	422	383	29	91	12	0	1	17	5	9	28	46	.238	.288	.277	.565	66	106	4	1	6	4	4

NL (10 yrs)				1086	3046	2713	353	710	111	20	64	306	28	28	260	412	.262	.324	.388	.712	98	1053	40	4	41	28	41
AL (5 yrs)				713	2767	2502	264	634	68	22	23	175	36	32	221	263	.253	.314	.326	.639	88	815	22	5	24	15	21

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
1968	23	WSA	AL	156	690	-17	1	2	-12	-1	-27	-3.8	20	-8	-1.9	.478	.479	-0.1	-1.8	4	$	*8/3	RoY-2
1969	24	WSA	AL	153	649	12	-1	2	2	-1	14	1.4	18	32	3.2	.510	.510	3.1	0.0	30	$	*8	MVP-23
1970	25	WSA	AL	119	358	-6	1	1	2	-3	-5	-0.6	12	7	0.6	.496	.497	0.4	-0.2	5	$	98/7
1971	26	WSA	AL	153	648	1	1	3	3	-4	3	0.2	21	24	2.3	.502	.502	2.0	-0.2	21	$32,000	*897
1972	27	CLE	AL	132	422	-13	-3	1	17	-2	0	-0.1	14	14	1.3	.500	.500	-0.8	1.8	-3	$33,000	*897
1973	28	PHI	NL	136	498	6	-1	2	9	-1	15	1.7	14	30	3.1	.512	.510	2.1	0.9	21	$	*8
1974	29	PHI	NL	142	516	0	1	2	-2	-1	1	0.1	15	16	1.6	.501	.500	1.7	-0.2	17	$	*8
1975	30	NYM	NL	147	580	7	1	1	6	-1	14	1.6	17	31	3.2	.511	.510	2.5	0.7	25	$	*8
1976	31	NYM	NL	77	303	-6	-1	1	-2	-1	-8	-0.9	9	1	0.0	.488	.494	0.2	-0.2	3	$	8/7
1976	31	MON	NL	69	240	-6	-0	1	-0	-3	-9	-1.0	7	-2	-0.3	.484	.493	-0.3	-0.4	-2	$	978
1977	32	MON	NL	113	331	6	-4	1	-3	-4	-4	-0.4	10	6	0.6	.496	.498	0.9	-0.7	9	$60,000	8397
1978	33	MON	NL	130	206	-10	0	0	5	-4	-8	-0.9	6	-2	-0.3	.493	.494	-0.9	0.3	-7	$	398/7
1979	34	PHI	NL	95	159	5	-0	0	-1	-2	1	0.2	5	6	0.6	.502	.501	0.8	-0.4	7	$	378/9
1980	35	PHI	NL	96	123	-1	-1	0	8	-2	5	0.6	4	9	0.9	.506	.503	0.0	0.7	0	$	387/9
1981	36	PHI	NL	62	73	-4	0	0	1	-1	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.2	.493	.497	-0.4	0.1	-3	$	3/789
1982	37	PHI	NL	19	17	-3	-0	-0	0	-0	-3	-0.4	0	-3	-0.3	.480	.498	-0.4	0.0	-3	$	/39
15 Seasons				1799	5813	-27	-6	15	34	-32	-15	-2.7	173	158	14.4	.499	.499	10.8	0.4	123	$125,000

PHI (6 yrs)				550	1386	3	-1	4	16	-8	15	1.7	40	55	5.7	.503	.502	3.8	1.1	39	$
WSA (4 yrs)				581	2345	-9	2	7	-5	-10	-15	-2.7	70	55	4.2	.496	.497	5.4	-2.2	60	$32,000
MON (3 yrs)				312	777	-10	-4	2	2	-11	-21	-2.3	23	2	0.0	.492	.495	-0.3	-0.8	-0	$60,000
NYM (2 yrs)				224	883	1	0	2	5	-2	7	0.8	26	32	3.2	.503	.502	2.7	0.4	28	$
CLE (1 yr)				132	422	-13	-3	1	17	-2	0	-0.1	14	14	1.3	.500	.500	-0.8	1.8	-3	$33,000

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
1968	23	WSA	AL	690	507	52	2.8	77	.253	.230	.233	.282	.302	.277	.346	.560	.648	74	.392	-20.7	-2.4	.458	.128	.047	1.8
1969	24	WSA	AL	649	440	79	4.8	90	.304	.286	.247	.349	.323	.382	.373	.731	.696	110	.562	8.1	0.8	.647	.193	.096	7.5
1970	25	WSA	AL	358	250	35	3.8	93	.269	.258	.252	.319	.325	.326	.385	.645	.710	83	.440	-7.4	-0.8	.553	.161	.068	1.7
1971	26	WSA	AL	648	449	70	4.2	86	.275	.255	.247	.325	.318	.355	.366	.679	.684	99	.519	-0.7	-0.1	.614	.210	.100	9.9
1972	27	CLE	AL	422	315	31	2.6	86	.265	.238	.251	.288	.320	.277	.362	.565	.683	66	.360	-16.0	-1.8	.430	.102	.039	1.7
1973	28	PHI	NL	498	334	68	5.5	98	.304	.289	.265	.354	.334	.427	.394	.781	.728	114	.612	9.2	0.9	.719	.239	.139	6.9
1974	29	PHI	NL	516	356	62	4.7	98	.285	.264	.267	.337	.340	.399	.386	.736	.726	103	.545	0.7	0.1	.678	.249	.134	7.8
1975	30	NYM	NL	580	398	70	4.7	92	.325	.294	.259	.337	.330	.392	.375	.729	.704	107	.542	3.9	0.4	.637	.169	.098	5.7
1976	31	TOT	NL	543	414	47	3.1	90	.249	.228	.261	.269	.327	.355	.371	.624	.698	78	.370	-16.2	-1.7	.519	.185	.127	8.8
1976	31	NYM	NL	303	229	26	3.1	86	.248	.228	.254	.275	.320	.344	.362	.619	.682	81	.370	-7.2	-0.8	.516	.181	.116	4.4
1976	31	MON	NL	240	185	21	3.1	96	.250	.227	.268	.261	.336	.368	.382	.629	.718	74	.370	-9.1	-1.0	.523	.191	.141	4.2
1977	32	MON	NL	331	228	45	5.3	100	.282	.273	.265	.346	.332	.453	.403	.799	.735	117	.564	6.9	0.7	.735	.284	.180	3.4
1978	33	MON	NL	206	149	15	2.7	93	.221	.196	.260	.293	.327	.257	.382	.550	.709	57	.310	-9.9	-1.0	.497	.207	.061	2.0
1979	34	PHI	NL	159	107	24	6.0	102	.343	.298	.272	.354	.338	.482	.404	.837	.743	124	.640	4.9	0.5	.816	.298	.184	3.0
1980	35	PHI	NL	123	87	14	4.4	99	.319	.264	.272	.320	.336	.391	.396	.711	.731	94	.512	-1.1	-0.1	.619	.209	.127
1981	36	PHI	NL	73	52	4	2.1	96	.176	.153	.268	.301	.334	.203	.384	.505	.719	43	.223	-3.9	-0.4	.490	.271	.051
1982	37	PHI	NL	17	15	0	0.0	97	.000	.000	.269	.176	.332	.000	.391	.176	.723	-47	.000	-2.8	-0.3	.200	.214	.000
15 Yrs				5813	4101	616	4.0	91	.280	.258	.255	.319	.325	.358	.375	.677	.700	94	.493	-45.1	-5.1	.592	.193	.100	73.7
162 Game Avg.				523	369	55	4.0	91	.280	.258	.255	.319	.325	.358	.375	.677	.700	94	.493	-45.1	-5.1	.592	.193	.100	7
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
PHI (6 yrs)				1386	951	172	4.9	98	.292	.268	.267	.340	.337	.404	.392	.744	.729	104	.560	7.0	0.7	.684	.248	.135	17.8
WSA (4 yrs)				2345	1646	236	3.9	85	.276	.256	.244	.318	.316	.335	.365	.653	.681	92	.487	-20.8	-2.4	.565	.173	.078	25.7
MON (3 yrs)				777	562	81	3.9	97	.256	.238	.265	.305	.332	.375	.391	.680	.723	88	.449	-12.0	-1.3	.601	.234	.137	10.5
NYM (2 yrs)				883	627	96	4.1	90	.299	.271	.258	.316	.326	.375	.371	.692	.697	98	.488	-3.3	-0.4	.593	.173	.104	10.4
CLE (1 yr)				422	315	31	2.6	86	.265	.238	.251	.288	.320	.277	.362	.565	.683	66	.359	-16.0	-1.8	.430	.102	.039	1.7

NL (10 yrs)				3046	2140	349	4.4	96	.285	.262	.264	.324	.332	.388	.385	.712	.718	98	.512	-8.4	-1.0	.636	.222	.126	39.0
AL (5 yrs)				2767	1961	267	3.7	86	.274	.253	.245	.314	.316	.326	.365	.639	.681	88	.469	-36.8	-4.2	.544	.162	.072	28.1

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
1980	35	PHI	NL	NLCS	HOU	W	5	5	5	2	2	1	1	2	.400	.400	.600	1.000	3
1980	35	PHI	NL	WS	KCR	W	3	6	6	2	3	2	2	1	.500	.500	.833	1.333	5
1 Yr (2 Series)							8	11	11	4	5	3	3	3	.455	.455	.727	1.182	8
1 NLCS							5	5	5	2	2	1	1	2	.400	.400	.600	1.000	3
1 WS							3	6	6	2	3	2	2	1	.500	.500	.833	1.333	5

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
1968	23	WSA	AL	690	0.1%	9.6%	6.7%	3.0%	14%	1.43	9.6	635.0	21.2		1.34	83%
1969	24	WSA	AL	649	1.1%	8.3%	8.9%	5.2%	21%	0.93	10.8	83.0	10.2		1.25	81%
1970	25	WSA	AL	358	1.4%	8.1%	8.4%	3.1%	13%	0.97	11.1	64.4	10.7		1.03	81%
1971	26	WSA	AL	648	1.4%	10.5%	9.1%	5.3%	23%	1.15	8.5	64.6	14.2		1.27	78%
1972	27	CLE	AL	422	0.2%	10.9%	6.6%	3.1%	14%	1.64	8.3	383.0	22.5		1.21	81%
1973	28	PHI	NL	498	2.2%	11.0%	9.4%	7.0%	28%	1.17	8.0	40.0	8.5		1.02	77%
1974	29	PHI	NL	516	2.1%	12.0%	9.7%	6.6%	28%	1.24	7.3	41.3	7.4		1.24	74%
1975	30	NYM	NL	580	1.7%	13.1%	6.4%	5.2%	19%	2.05	7.0	53.1	10.0		1.46	77%
1976	31	TOT	NL	543	2.2%	15.5%	5.3%	6.5%	31%	2.90	5.9	41.3	12.4		1.24	75%
1976	31	NYM	NL	303	1.7%	13.2%	5.9%	6.6%	32%	2.22	6.9	55.2	11.0		1.37	77%
1976	31	MON	NL	240	2.9%	18.3%	4.6%	6.3%	30%	4.00	5.0	31.4	14.7		1.09	72%
1977	32	MON	NL	331	3.6%	12.4%	10.0%	8.2%	34%	1.24	7.0	24.1	7.2		1.05	72%
1978	33	MON	NL	206	1.0%	14.1%	11.7%	3.4%	20%	1.21	6.2	89.5	11.9		0.86	72%
1979	34	PHI	NL	159	3.8%	20.8%	8.8%	8.8%	33%	2.36	4.3	23.5	4.9		0.82	66%
1980	35	PHI	NL	123	0.0%	17.1%	8.1%	8.1%	35%	2.10	5.2		11.0		0.54	74%
1981	36	PHI	NL	73	0.0%	12.3%	17.8%	4.1%	33%	0.69	6.6		9.8		0.83	70%
1982	37	PHI	NL	17	0.0%	11.8%	17.7%	0.0%		0.67	7.0				1.17	71%
15 Yrs				5813	1.5%	11.6%	8.3%	5.3%	23%	1.40	7.7	59.9	10.8		1.17	77%
MLB Averages					1.9%	13.6%	8.6%	6.2%	27%	1.59	6.6	45.8	8.8		1.10	74%
				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
1968	23	WSA	AL	-21.4	-2.4	724	-1.3	10.2	-11.5	.99	-1.4	0.1	-8.4	-1.0	0.92	-13.6	0.12	1
1969	24	WSA	AL	8.1	0.8	682	2.2	12.5	-10.3	1.02	1.2	0.9	15.0	1.6	0.94	12.8	1.12	11
1970	25	WSA	AL	-7.4	-0.8	367	0.7	6.1	-5.4	.99	-0.3	1.0	8.6	0.9	0.92	-2.4	1.53	22
1971	26	WSA	AL	-1.5	-0.2	672	-0.8	9.8	-10.6	.97	0.6	-1.5	1.6	0.2	0.92	7.3	0.14	2
1972	27	CLE	AL	-16.0	-1.8	438	-1.7	6.0	-7.8	1.05	-1.2	-0.4	-12.0	-1.3	0.93	-11.5	2.12	15
1973	28	PHI	NL	9.2	0.9	517	1.8	10.5	-8.7	1.04	1.2	0.5	18.8	1.9	0.94	12.9	2.25	12
1974	29	PHI	NL	0.7	0.1	532	0.9	10.0	-9.1	1.08	0.7	0.1	10.4	1.0	0.98	6.6	2.18	13
1975	30	NYM	NL	3.1	0.3	596	0.6	10.1	-9.4	1.03	0.7	-0.0	10.0	1.0	0.98	7.9	1.00	6
1976	31	TOT	NL	-16.6	-1.8	563	-1.7	8.6	-10.3	1.04	-0.8	-0.8	-20.2	-2.1	0.95	-11.6	0.88	7
1976	31	NYM	NL	-7.5	-0.8	313	-0.6	4.8	-5.4	1.00	-0.4	-0.2	-8.2	-0.9	0.96	-5.2	0.50	1
1976	31	MON	NL	-9.1	-1.0	250	-1.1	3.9	-4.9	1.09	-0.4	-0.5	-12.0	-1.2	0.94	-6.4	0.95	6
1977	32	MON	NL	6.5	0.6	338	0.6	6.1	-5.5	1.07	1.0	-0.4	9.3	0.9	0.95	8.5	1.51	21
1978	33	MON	NL	-10.1	-1.0	209	-0.3	3.6	-3.8	1.09	-0.6	0.4	-5.5	-0.6	0.93	-7.0	1.53	38
1979	34	PHI	NL	4.9	0.5	164	1.1	4.3	-3.2	1.19	1.1	-0.2	8.9	0.9	1.07	10.6	1.69	46
1980	35	PHI	NL	-1.1	-0.1	124	0.6	3.0	-2.3	1.21	-0.2	0.7	1.0	0.1	0.95	-0.3	1.84	38
1981	36	PHI	NL	-3.8	-0.4	73	-0.4	1.1	-1.5	1.25	-0.3	-0.1	-4.3	-0.4	1.01	-3.7	1.83	26
1982	37	PHI	NL	-2.8	-0.3	17	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	1.10	-0.3	0.0	-3.3	-0.3	1.01	-2.9	1.12	11
15 Yrs				-48.3	-5.5	6016	2.0	101.8	-99.9	1.04	1.3	0.6	29.9	2.8	0.94	13.7	1.65	269
				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
1968	23	WSA	AL	11	0	34%	297	11	6	65%	10	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	11	18	44%	34	23	11	6	4	2	15	3	11
1969	24	WSA	AL	13	0	29%	321	8	10	44%	8	7	0	1	0	2	4	1	8	18	48%	40	26	14	5	4	1	19	3	16
1970	25	WSA	AL	6	0	30%	169	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	11	45%	29	19	9	4	1	3	7	1	6
1971	26	WSA	AL	11	0	27%	323	11	6	65%	11	6	0	0	0	0	3	1	8	18	43%	38	24	13	4	2	2	14	5	9
1972	27	CLE	AL	9	0	24%	179	5	9	36%	5	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	49%	22	11	11	5	3	2	10	4	5
1973	28	PHI	NL	4	0	32%	194	5	8	38%	5	8	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	15	44%	42	26	16	8	6	2	14	4	10
1974	29	PHI	NL	6	0	38%	185	6	4	60%	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	42%	31	22	8	11	5	6	13	3	9
1975	30	NYM	NL	11	0	30%	246	4	3	57%	4	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	13	41%	44	35	9	9	3	5	23	6	17
1976	31	TOT	NL	11	0	34%	202	7	7	50%	7	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	7	40%	28	20	8	8	4	4	12	3	7
1976	31	NYM	NL	5	0	30%	121	4	4	50%	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	35%	16	13	3	4	2	2	6	1	4
1976	31	MON	NL	6	0	41%	81	3	3	50%	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	46%	12	7	5	4	2	2	6	2	3
1977	32	MON	NL	4	0	21%	124	2	5	29%	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	30%	22	16	4	5	4	1	10	2	6
1978	33	MON	NL	3	0	24%	89	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	42%	14	12	2	3	2	1	7	0	7
1979	34	PHI	NL	3	0	40%	80	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	25%	10	9	1	3	3	0	7	2	4
1980	35	PHI	NL	2	0	39%	35	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	43%	5	4	1	3	2	1	6	2	4
1981	36	PHI	NL	1	0	23%	23	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20%	2	1	1	2	2	0	1	1	0
1982	37	PHI	NL	0	0	0%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
15 Yrs				95	0	30%	2471	64	60	52%	63	55	1	3	0	2	12	3	55	128	42%	363	250	108	76	45	30	159	40	111
				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
1968	23	WSA	AL	690	69%	146			1	1	0	0	0.12	1	0	9	1	0	0	1	0	6	3	50%	68	5	7%	28	12	43%	262	31	12%	18	10	56%	8	5	63%	0
1969	24	WSA	AL	649	75%	166			11	3	1	1	1.12	7	0	18	4	3	2	5	0	10	7	70%	87	5	6%	31	13	42%	317	54	17%	31	23	74%	15	7	47%	0
1970	25	WSA	AL	358	82%	83			22	2	0	2	1.53	5	0	7	5	0	0	5	0	9	4	44%	59	4	7%	23	12	52%	170	27	16%	19	11	58%	6	6	100%	0
1971	26	WSA	AL	648	71%	148			2	0	0	0	0.14	9	0	15	7	2	1	8	0	12	4	33%	76	4	5%	34	16	47%	288	32	11%	16	11	69%	16	8	50%	0
1972	27	CLE	AL	422	68%	91			15	4	0	2	2.12	1	0	12	0	1	1	0	0	10	6	60%	56	4	7%	22	10	45%	193	17	9%	18	8	44%	13	10	77%	0
1973	28	PHI	NL	498	89%	127			12	2	1	1	2.25	11	0	10	11	0	7	4	0	5	3	60%	103	3	3%	40	14	35%	288	42	15%	24	10	42%	12	8	67%	0
1974	29	PHI	NL	516	88%	120			13	2	1	3	2.18	11	0	10	11	0	5	6	0	11	9	82%	102	7	7%	42	20	48%	335	54	16%	25	12	48%	17	11	65%	0
1975	30	NYM	NL	580	79%	156			6	1	0	0	1.00	10	0	18	8	2	4	6	0	13	8	62%	101	8	8%	37	16	43%	330	45	14%	18	9	50%	14	10	71%	0
1976	31	TOT	NL	543	83%	113			7	1	0	0	0.88	12	0	15	10	2	8	4	0	13	11	85%	98	7	7%	56	26	46%	304	30	10%	25	11	44%	17	9	53%	0
1976	31	NYM	NL	303	77%	63			1	0	0	0	0.50	5	0	9	3	2	1	4	0	7	5	71%	57	4	7%	27	14	52%	184	21	11%	15	8	53%	10	6	60%	0
1976	31	MON	NL	240	90%	50			6	1	0	0	0.95	7	0	6	7	0	7	0	0	6	6	100%	41	3	7%	29	12	41%	120	9	8%	10	3	30%	7	3	43%	0
1977	32	MON	NL	331	94%	79			21	4	1	3	1.51	12	0	5	12	0	2	10	0	8	7	88%	70	4	6%	32	14	44%	199	28	14%	17	8	47%	12	8	67%	0
1978	33	MON	NL	206	90%	35			38	3	0	3	1.53	2	0	4	2	0	1	1	0	2	1	50%	37	3	8%	18	6	33%	123	13	11%	14	2	14%	9	7	78%	0
1979	34	PHI	NL	159	91%	42			46	14	4	8	1.69	6	0	6	6	0	3	3	0	1	1	100%	40	4	10%	19	9	47%	133	26	20%	12	8	67%	8	5	63%	0
1980	35	PHI	NL	123	92%	29			38	12	0	5	1.84	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	24	2	8%	14	3	21%	77	11	14%	5	2	40%	5	1	20%	0
1981	36	PHI	NL	73	92%	9			26	5	0	2	1.83	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		14	1	7%	5	1	20%	56	7	13%	5	2	40%	2	0	0%	0
1982	37	PHI	NL	17	94%	0			11	0	0	0	1.12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	33%	3	1	33%	11	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
15 Yrs				5813	80%	1344			269	54	8	30	1.65	87	0	134	77	10	34	53	0	101	65	64%	938	62	7%	404	173	43%	3086	417	14%	248	127	51%	155	96	62%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			77%			11%			33%			14%			49%			53%
				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

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
1968	23	156	690	635	66	146	13	7	1	30	11	6	46	66	.230	.282	.277	.560	74	176	5	2	3	4	1
1969	24	309	1339	1216	135	312	32	15	8	87	19	16	104	120	.257	.315	.327	.642	92	398	10	2	10	7	4
1970	25	428	1697	1538	172	395	37	16	13	117	20	17	134	149	.257	.316	.327	.643	90	503	14	2	14	9	7
1971	26	581	2345	2119	235	543	56	22	22	158	31	23	193	217	.256	.318	.335	.653	92	709	18	4	18	11	17
1972	27	713	2767	2502	264	634	68	22	23	175	36	32	221	263	.253	.314	.326	.639	88	815	22	5	24	15	21
1973	28	849	3265	2942	328	761	88	26	34	227	41	40	268	318	.259	.320	.341	.661	93	1003	25	6	27	22	28
1974	29	991	3781	3396	400	881	106	31	45	288	47	44	318	380	.259	.322	.349	.671	94	1184	32	7	36	24	37
1975	30	1138	4361	3927	465	1037	124	33	55	341	51	47	355	456	.264	.324	.354	.679	96	1392	40	7	44	28	43
1976	31	1284	4904	4423	522	1150	143	37	67	381	58	54	384	540	.260	.318	.355	.673	94	1568	47	8	55	34	45
1977	32	1397	5235	4712	555	1229	157	38	79	421	60	59	417	581	.261	.320	.361	.680	95	1699	51	8	62	36	52
1978	33	1527	5441	4891	571	1264	162	38	81	436	62	59	441	610	.258	.319	.357	.675	94	1745	54	9	63	37	57
1979	34	1622	5600	5032	597	1306	170	38	87	465	64	59	455	643	.260	.320	.360	.680	95	1813	58	9	64	40	59
1980	35	1718	5723	5142	612	1335	176	42	87	475	64	60	465	664	.260	.320	.361	.681	95	1856	60	9	65	42	60
1981	36	1780	5796	5201	617	1344	179	42	87	481	64	60	478	673	.258	.319	.359	.679	94	1868	61	9	65	43	61
1982	37	1799	5813	5215	617	1344	179	42	87	481	64	60	481	675	.258	.319	.358	.677	94	1868	62	9	65	43	62

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
1968	23	156	727	663	89	174	15	8	1	41	13	55	66	.262	.319	.314	.633	67	156
1969	24	153	668	595	79	180	21	9	8	65	9	63	54	.303	.368	.408	.776	89	153
1970	25	119	366	328	42	89	5	1	5	34	1	32	29	.271	.334	.338	.673	38	119
1971	26	154	680	605	78	169	22	7	10	51	13	67	68	.279	.352	.388	.741	83	153
1972	27	138	457	413	38	108	14	0	1	22	6	33	48	.262	.315	.303	.618	40	132
1973	28	136	502	443	67	130	20	4	11	54	5	48	55	.293	.359	.431	.790	70	136
1974	29	142	519	456	74	122	18	5	11	63	6	51	62	.268	.341	.401	.742	63	142
1975	30	147	595	543	74	168	19	2	11	60	4	40	76	.309	.354	.413	.767	80	147
1976	31	146	554	505	65	122	21	4	13	45	8	31	84	.242	.284	.376	.660	54	146
1977	32	113	335	292	35	82	15	1	12	42	2	34	41	.281	.354	.462	.816	48	113
1978	33	130	209	181	18	37	5	0	2	17	2	25	29	.204	.303	.265	.568	15	130
1979	34	95	159	141	26	42	8	0	6	30	2	14	33	.298	.354	.482	.837	25	95
1980	35	96	124	111	16	30	6	4	0	11	0	10	21	.270	.325	.396	.722	15	96
1981	36	94	112	90	8	14	5	0	0	10	0	20	14	.156	.304	.211	.515	6	62
1982	37	19	17	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.000	.176	.000	.176	0	19
15 Yrs		1838	6024	5380	709	1467	194	45	91	545	71	526	682	.273	.336	.376	.712	693	1799
162 Game Avg.		162	531	474	62	129	17	4	8	48	6	46	60	.273	.336	.376	.712	61	1799

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1988 BBWAA ()	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1969 AL (23, 1%) 0.01 Career Shares (1497th)	Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1972 AL 1.8 (7th)	Games Played s c a p y 1968 AL 156 (10th)
At Bats s c a p y 1968 AL 635 (2nd)	Plate Appearances s c a p y 1968 AL 690 (3rd)	Hits s c a p y 1969 AL 166 (9th)	Triples s c a p y 1968 AL 7 (7th) 1969 AL 8 (1st) 1971 AL 6 (8th)
Singles s c a p y 1968 AL 125 (3rd) 1969 AL 132 (4th)	Outs Made s c a p y 1968 AL 507 (1st) 1971 AL 449 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Batting - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 8 (1540), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 1 (2224), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 8 (1793), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Most Similar by Ages

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Bill Davidson (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Marvell Wynne (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Matty McIntyre (972) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rube Ellis (962) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Joe Birmingham (962) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rowland Office (956) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Kennedy (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Busby (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bill Tuttle (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bill Tuttle (952) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bill Tuttle (943) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jerry Morales (928) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dave Philley (927) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Stan Javier (923) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Juan Beniquez (922) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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