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Ellis Valentine

Ellis Clarence Valentine

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: July 30, 1954 in Helena, AR
High School: Crenshaw HS (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 2nd round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1975
Teams (by GP): Expos/Mets/Angels/Rangers 1975-1985
Agents: Dick Moss, previously: Tom Selakovich [*]
Final Game: October 2, 1985
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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
1972	17	CCA	Rk	53	177	177		47	8	0	1						.266	.266	.328	.593		58							CCA · FECR
1973	18	WSN-min	A	119	403	403		124	18	4	8						.308	.308	.432	.739		174							WPB · FLOR
1974	19	WSN-min	AA	130	487	426	46	112	11	7	5	50	6	3	53	83	.263	.346	.357	.703		152		3	2	3			QUE · EL
1975	20	WSN-min	AAA	139	571	494	87	151	30	3	13	66	18	10	59	106	.306	.381	.457	.838		226		4	9	5			MEM · IL
1975	20	MON	NL	12	35	33	2	12	4	0	1	3	0	0	2	4	.364	.400	.576	.976	165	19	1	0	0	0	0	9
1976	21	WSN-min	AAA	57	231	204	31	63	9	1	7	32	14	5	22	25	.309	.374	.466	.840		95		1	1	3			DEN · AA
1976	21	MON	NL	94	341	305	36	85	15	2	7	39	14	1	30	51	.279	.339	.410	.749	108	125	5	0	2	4	0	89/7
1977	22	MON	NL	127	541	508	63	149	28	2	25	76	13	5	30	58	.293	.331	.504	.835	125	256	18	0	1	2	3	*9	AS,MVP-21
1978	23	MON	NL	151	612	570	75	165	35	2	25	76	13	8	35	88	.289	.330	.489	.820	129	279	9	2	0	5	3	*9	GG
1979	24	MON	NL	146	575	548	73	151	29	3	21	82	11	9	22	74	.276	.303	.454	.758	105	249	23	1	1	3	3	*9
1980	25	MON	NL	86	343	311	40	98	22	2	13	67	5	5	25	44	.315	.367	.524	.891	147	163	3	3	0	4	0	9
1981	26	TOT	NL	70	261	245	23	51	11	1	8	36	0	4	11	49	.208	.238	.359	.597	69	88	4	0	0	5	0	9
1981	26	MON	NL	22	85	76	8	16	3	0	3	15	0	1	6	11	.211	.259	.368	.627	76	28	2	0	0	3	0	9
1981	26	NYM	NL	48	176	169	15	35	8	1	5	21	0	3	5	38	.207	.227	.355	.582	65	60	2	0	0	2	0	9
1982	27	NYM	NL	111	350	337	33	97	14	1	8	48	1	3	5	38	.288	.294	.407	.701	96	137	11	1	0	7	0	97/8
1983	28	ANA-min	AAA	3	10	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.222	.300	.222	.522		2		0	0	0	0		EDM · PCL
1983	28	CAL	AL	86	294	271	30	65	10	2	13	43	2	1	18	48	.240	.283	.435	.719	96	118	6	0	1	4	0	97

1984	29	ANA-min	AAA	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250		0		0	0	0	0		EDM · PCL
1985	30	TEX-min	AAA	46	185	169	26	53	18	0	10	33	0	0	13	27	.314	.362	.598	.960		101		1	0	2	3		OKC · AA
1985	30	TEX	AL	11	40	38	5	8	1	0	2	4	0	1	2	8	.211	.250	.395	.645	73	15	1	0	0	0	0	/9D
10 Yrs				894	3392	3166	380	881	169	15	123	474	59	37	180	462	.278	.315	.458	.773	113	1449	81	7	5	34	9
162 Game Avg.				162	615	574	69	160	31	3	22	86	11	7	33	84	.278	.315	.458	.773	113	263	15	1	1	6	2

MON (7 yrs)				638	2532	2351	297	676	136	11	95	358	56	29	150	330	.288	.329	.476	.805	121	1119	61	6	4	21	9
NYM (2 yrs)				159	526	506	48	132	22	2	13	69	1	6	10	76	.261	.272	.389	.661	86	197	13	1	0	9	0
TEX (1 yr)				11	40	38	5	8	1	0	2	4	0	1	2	8	.211	.250	.395	.645	73	15	1	0	0	0	0
CAL (1 yr)				86	294	271	30	65	10	2	13	43	2	1	18	48	.240	.283	.435	.719	96	118	6	0	1	4	0

NL (8 yrs)				797	3058	2857	345	808	158	13	108	427	57	35	160	406	.283	.319	.461	.780	115	1316	74	7	4	30	9
AL (2 yrs)				97	334	309	35	73	11	2	15	47	2	2	20	56	.236	.279	.430	.710	93	133	7	0	1	4	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
1975	20	MON	NL	12	35	2	-0	-0	-3	-0	-1	-0.1	1	-0	0.0	.490	.499	0.3	-0.3	3	$	9
1976	21	MON	NL	94	341	4	1	0	0	-2	2	0.3	10	12	1.3	.503	.502	1.2	-0.2	12	$	89/7
1977	22	MON	NL	127	541	19	-1	-2	9	-6	19	2.0	16	35	3.5	.516	.513	2.6	0.4	26	$25,000	*9	AS,MVP-21
1978	23	MON	NL	151	612	24	-4	-0	18	-6	31	3.6	18	49	5.4	.523	.522	3.2	1.4	32	$	*9	GG
1979	24	MON	NL	146	575	4	-2	-2	8	-6	2	0.3	17	18	1.9	.501	.501	0.9	0.3	10	$	*9
1980	25	MON	NL	86	343	20	1	1	7	-4	25	2.8	11	36	3.8	.532	.517	3.0	0.4	28	$200,000	9
1981	26	MON	NL	22	85	-2	-0	0	1	-1	-3	-0.3	3	0	0.0	.486	.498	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	9
1981	26	NYM	NL	48	176	-7	-1	1	2	-2	-7	-0.7	5	-2	-0.2	.483	.495	-0.5	0.1	-4	$	9
1982	27	NYM	NL	111	350	-0	-2	-1	-4	-4	-11	-1.2	11	-1	-0.1	.488	.492	0.2	-0.8	3	$	97/8
1983	28	CAL	AL	86	294	-2	-1	-0	2	-4	-5	-0.4	9	4	0.4	.494	.497	0.2	-0.1	2	$325,000	97

1985	30	TEX	AL	11	40	-1	-0	-0	-1	-1	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.468	.498	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$	/9D
10 Seasons				894	3392	60	-11	-4	39	-36	49	6.0	101	150	15.8	.506	.503	10.9	0.9	111	$550,000

MON (7 yrs)				638	2532	71	-6	-4	40	-25	76	8.7	75	150	15.9	.513	.507	11.1	2.0	110	$225,000
NYM (2 yrs)				159	526	-8	-3	0	-2	-6	-18	-1.9	16	-2	-0.3	.487	.494	-0.3	-0.7	-1	$
TEX (1 yr)				11	40	-1	-0	-0	-1	-1	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.468	.498	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$
CAL (1 yr)				86	294	-2	-1	-0	2	-4	-5	-0.4	9	4	0.4	.494	.497	0.2	-0.1	2	$325,000

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
1975	20	MON	NL	35	22	7	8.6	99	.393	.364	.270	.400	.342	.576	.390	.976	.732	165	.778	2.9	0.3	.955	.273	.212	.0
1976	21	MON	NL	341	232	46	5.3	96	.311	.279	.268	.339	.336	.410	.383	.749	.718	108	.620	3.3	0.4	.743	.272	.131	9.3
1977	22	MON	NL	541	385	78	5.5	100	.290	.293	.265	.331	.332	.504	.403	.835	.735	125	.576	15.4	1.5	.770	.285	.211	17.1
1978	23	MON	NL	612	427	90	5.6	93	.303	.289	.260	.330	.327	.489	.382	.820	.709	129	.634	19.6	2.0	.761	.270	.200	17.1
1979	24	MON	NL	575	433	65	4.0	99	.285	.276	.268	.303	.333	.454	.397	.758	.730	105	.460	1.0	0.1	.639	.223	.179	14.4
1980	25	MON	NL	343	225	60	7.2	95	.329	.315	.267	.367	.329	.524	.387	.891	.716	147	.725	19.5	2.0	.864	.289	.209	7.2
1981	26	TOT	NL	261	207	19	2.5	91	.223	.208	.261	.238	.326	.359	.374	.597	.701	69	.285	-11.2	-1.2	.470	.180	.151	.0
1981	26	MON	NL	85	66	7	2.9	93	.200	.211	.264	.259	.329	.368	.378	.627	.707	76	.340	-2.5	-0.3	.524	.224	.158	.0
1981	26	NYM	NL	176	141	12	2.3	90	.234	.207	.260	.227	.325	.355	.373	.582	.698	65	.258	-8.6	-0.9	.446	.160	.148	.0
1982	27	NYM	NL	350	261	36	3.7	94	.299	.288	.264	.294	.327	.407	.384	.701	.712	96	.443	-3.2	-0.3	.555	.128	.119	1.8
1983	28	CAL	AL	294	218	33	4.1	97	.243	.240	.264	.283	.326	.435	.399	.719	.725	96	.448	-2.6	-0.3	.643	.266	.196	3.5

1985	30	TEX	AL	40	32	3	2.5	100	.214	.211	.262	.250	.328	.395	.407	.645	.736	73	.249	-1.7	-0.2	.500	.211	.184	.0
10 Yrs				3392	2442	437	4.8	96	.290	.278	.265	.315	.330	.458	.390	.773	.720	113	.549	43.2	4.3	.690	.243	.179	79.7
162 Game Avg.				615	443	79	4.8	96	.290	.278	.265	.315	.330	.458	.390	.773	.720	113	.549	8	1	.690	.243	.179	14

MON (7 yrs)				2532	1790	353	5.3	97	.298	.288	.265	.329	.331	.476	.391	.805	.722	121	.593	59.3	6.0	.738	.264	.188	70.5
NYM (2 yrs)				526	402	48	3.2	93	.279	.261	.263	.272	.327	.389	.380	.661	.707	86	.383	-11.8	-1.2	.517	.138	.128	1.9
TEX (1 yr)				40	32	3	2.5	100	.214	.211	.262	.250	.328	.395	.407	.645	.736	73	.249	-1.7	-0.2	.500	.211	.184	.0
CAL (1 yr)				294	218	33	4.1	97	.243	.240	.264	.283	.326	.435	.399	.719	.725	96	.448	-2.6	-0.3	.643	.266	.196	3.5

NL (8 yrs)				3058	2192	401	4.9	96	.295	.283	.265	.319	.330	.461	.389	.780	.719	115	.562	47.5	4.7	.697	.242	.178	74.6
AL (2 yrs)				334	250	36	3.9	97	.240	.236	.264	.279	.326	.430	.400	.710	.726	93	.425	-4.3	-0.4	.624	.259	.194	3.5

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
1977	MON	NL	22		2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	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	GO/AO	IP%
1975	20	MON	NL	35	2.9%	11.4%	5.7%	14.3%	42%	2.00	8.3	33.0	11.0	1.00	80%
1976	21	MON	NL	341	2.1%	15.0%	8.8%	7.0%	28%	1.70	6.0	43.6	7.8	1.00	74%
1977	22	MON	NL	541	4.6%	10.7%	5.6%	10.2%	37%	1.93	8.8	20.3	6.7	1.20	79%
1978	23	MON	NL	612	4.1%	14.4%	5.7%	10.1%	38%	2.51	6.5	22.8	7.5	1.13	75%
1979	24	MON	NL	575	3.7%	12.9%	3.8%	9.2%	35%	3.36	7.4	26.1	6.7	1.06	79%
1980	25	MON	NL	343	3.8%	12.8%	7.3%	10.8%	38%	1.76	7.1	23.9	4.6	0.99	75%
1981	26	TOT	NL	261	3.1%	18.8%	4.2%	7.7%	39%	4.45	5.0	30.6	6.8	0.94	74%
1981	26	MON	NL	85	3.5%	12.9%	7.1%	7.1%	38%	1.83	6.9	25.3	5.1	0.89	76%
1981	26	NYM	NL	176	2.8%	21.6%	2.8%	8.0%	40%	7.60	4.4	33.8	8.0	0.96	73%
1982	27	NYM	NL	350	2.3%	10.9%	1.4%	6.6%	24%	7.60	8.9	42.1	7.0	1.08	85%
1983	28	CAL	AL	294	4.4%	16.3%	6.1%	8.5%	39%	2.67	5.6	20.8	6.3	0.79	73%

1985	30	TEX	AL	40	5.0%	20.0%	5.0%	7.5%	38%	4.00	4.8	19.0	9.5	1.00	70%
10 Yrs				3392	3.6%	13.6%	5.3%	9.1%	35%	2.57	6.9	25.7	6.7	1.05	77%
MLB Averages					2.0%	13.1%	8.5%	6.5%	28%	1.55	6.8	45.1	8.5	1.09	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1975	20	MON	NL	2.9	0.3	35	0.0	0.7	-0.6	1.06	0.2	-0.2	1.5	0.2	0.86	2.4	1.13	2
1976	21	MON	NL	3.3	0.4	363	0.1	6.5	-6.5	1.08	0.5	-0.5	4.7	0.5	0.93	5.7	1.78	4
1977	22	MON	NL	14.7	1.4	564	-0.3	10.5	-10.9	1.06	1.6	-1.9	7.3	0.7	0.94	17.5	4.31	1
1978	23	MON	NL	18.9	1.9	640	2.5	13.3	-10.8	1.01	2.7	-0.2	16.1	1.7	0.92	25.7	2.67	4
1979	24	MON	NL	1.0	0.1	605	0.3	12.6	-12.3	1.12	0.1	0.1	6.6	0.7	0.97	5.0	2.30	2
1980	25	MON	NL	19.5	2.0	362	3.5	8.8	-5.3	1.03	2.4	1.0	30.2	3.1	0.99	27.3	3.36	2
1981	26	TOT	NL	-11.2	-1.2	268	-0.1	5.5	-5.7	1.14	-0.8	0.7	-9.8	-1.0	0.98	-8.5	2.67	4
1981	26	MON	NL	-2.5	-0.3	87	0.3	1.8	-1.6	1.03	-0.0	0.3	-1.1	-0.1	0.97	-1.1	2.30	1
1981	26	NYM	NL	-8.6	-0.9	181	-0.4	3.7	-4.1	1.20	-0.8	0.5	-8.7	-0.9	0.98	-7.4	2.80	3
1982	27	NYM	NL	-3.2	-0.3	355	-0.3	7.0	-7.2	1.14	-0.1	-0.2	3.3	0.3	1.00	-0.9	1.26	16
1983	28	CAL	AL	-2.6	-0.3	300	1.1	6.0	-4.9	1.01	0.1	1.0	5.7	0.6	0.93	1.1	2.08	3

1985	30	TEX	AL	-1.7	-0.2	42	0.0	0.8	-0.7	.89	-0.1	0.1	-0.3	-0.0	0.91	-1.7	1.09	2
10 Yrs				41.7	4.2	3534	6.8	71.8	-65.0	1.07	6.7	-0.3	65.3	6.6	0.95	73.4	1.87	40

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
1975	20	MON	NL	0	0	8%	17	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	21	MON	NL	4	0	27%	133	14	1	93%	11	1	3	0	0	0	4	0	5	10	39%	11	9	2	6	3	3	6	2	4
1977	22	MON	NL	10	0	25%	163	13	5	72%	10	5	3	0	0	0	4	1	5	5	52%	26	15	9	8	5	3	16	1	14
1978	23	MON	NL	13	0	28%	213	13	8	62%	12	4	0	3	1	1	4	1	11	16	37%	31	22	8	6	2	4	22	8	10
1979	24	MON	NL	8	0	34%	194	11	9	55%	10	7	1	1	0	1	4	1	4	8	44%	34	24	10	9	6	3	12	1	11
1980	25	MON	NL	5	0	24%	137	5	5	50%	5	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	9	55%	18	9	9	6	4	2	7	1	6
1981	26	TOT	NL	3	0	28%	84	0	4	0%	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	53%	8	6	2	3	1	2	4	0	4
1981	26	MON	NL	1	0	26%	23	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	33%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1981	26	NYM	NL	2	0	29%	61	0	3	0%	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	58%	6	4	2	3	1	2	3	0	3
1982	27	NYM	NL	7	0	26%	141	1	3	25%	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	39%	20	11	8	4	3	1	9	4	4
1983	28	CAL	AL	4	0	24%	110	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	45%	19	11	7	0	0	0	10	4	6

1985	30	TEX	AL	1	0	38%	12	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
10 Yrs				55	0	27%	1204	59	37	61%	51	29	7	6	1	2	18	3	36	59	45%	169	108	56	42	24	18	87	22	59

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
1975	20	MON	NL	35	57%	12			2	0	0	0	1.13	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		5	1	20%	2	1	50%	16	2	13%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1976	21	MON	NL	341	29%	85			4	0	0	1	1.78	7	0	3	4	3	3	4	0	3	2	67%	51	5	10%	24	9	38%	177	33	19%	21	14	67%	8	5	63%	0
1977	22	MON	NL	541	20%	149			1	0	0	0	4.31	25	0	8	13	12	12	13	1	2	1	50%	100	18	18%	46	12	26%	342	54	16%	34	19	56%	25	15	60%	0
1978	23	MON	NL	612	21%	165			4	3	1	2	2.67	25	0	7	20	5	9	16	0	0	0		90	9	10%	49	13	27%	342	53	16%	31	15	48%	32	13	41%	0
1979	24	MON	NL	575	17%	151			2	1	1	1	2.30	21	0	11	14	7	12	9	0	1	1	100%	111	23	21%	59	16	27%	357	65	18%	33	17	52%	27	12	44%	0
1980	25	MON	NL	343	20%	98			2	1	0	1	3.36	13	0	6	8	5	4	9	0	0	0		46	3	7%	33	15	45%	220	55	25%	27	18	67%	14	6	43%	0
1981	26	TOT	NL	261	17%	51			4	2	0	2	2.67	8	0	4	8	0	5	3	0	0	0		45	4	9%	29	12	41%	167	28	17%	21	10	48%	3	2	67%	0
1981	26	MON	NL	85	25%	16			1	0	0	0	2.30	3	0	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	0		12	2	17%	11	5	45%	56	12	21%	10	5	50%	2	2	100%	0
1981	26	NYM	NL	176	13%	35			3	2	0	2	2.80	5	0	3	5	0	2	3	0	0	0		33	2	6%	18	7	39%	111	16	14%	11	5	45%	1	0	0%	0
1982	27	NYM	NL	350	25%	97			16	3	0	2	1.26	8	0	6	3	5	4	4	0	0	0		90	11	12%	45	11	24%	241	40	17%	23	15	65%	13	5	38%	0
1983	28	CAL	AL	294	49%	65			3	2	0	2	2.08	13	1	3	5	8	6	7	0	1	1	100%	61	6	10%	26	10	38%	167	33	20%	14	8	57%	12	11	92%	0

1985	30	TEX	AL	40	48%	8			2	1	0	0	1.09	2	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0		7	1	14%	1	0	0%	21	2	10%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
10 Yrs				3392	24%	881			40	13	2	11	1.87	123	1	49	77	46	58	65	1	7	5	71%	606	81	13%	314	99	32%	2050	365	18%	205	117	57%	136	71	52%	0
MLB Averages					57%																			81%			11%			35%			15%			51%			54%

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
1975	20	12	35	33	2	12	4	0	1	3	0	0	2	4	.364	.400	.576	.976	165	19	1	0	0	0	0
1976	21	106	376	338	38	97	19	2	8	42	14	1	32	55	.287	.345	.426	.771	114	144	6	0	2	4	0
1977	22	233	917	846	101	246	47	4	33	118	27	6	62	113	.291	.337	.473	.810	121	400	24	0	3	6	3
1978	23	384	1529	1416	176	411	82	6	58	194	40	14	97	201	.290	.334	.480	.814	124	679	33	2	3	11	6
1979	24	530	2104	1964	249	562	111	9	79	276	51	23	119	275	.286	.326	.473	.798	119	928	56	3	4	14	9
1980	25	616	2447	2275	289	660	133	11	92	343	56	28	144	319	.290	.332	.480	.811	123	1091	59	6	4	18	9
1981	26	686	2708	2520	312	711	144	12	100	379	56	32	155	368	.282	.322	.468	.790	118	1179	63	6	4	23	9
1982	27	797	3058	2857	345	808	158	13	108	427	57	35	160	406	.283	.319	.461	.780	115	1316	74	7	4	30	9
1983	28	883	3352	3128	375	873	168	15	121	470	59	36	178	454	.279	.316	.458	.775	113	1434	80	7	5	34	9
1984	29	883	3352	3128	375	873	168	15	121	470	59	36	178	454	.279	.316	.458	.775	113	1434	80	7	5	34	9
1985	30	894	3392	3166	380	881	169	15	123	474	59	37	180	462	.278	.315	.458	.773	113	1449	81	7	5	34	9

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1975	20	12	35	33	2	12	4	0	1	3	0	2	4	.364	.400	.576	.976	8	12
1976	21	94	344	307	38	87	15	2	7	41	14	31	51	.283	.345	.414	.759	45	94
1977	22	127	546	512	66	153	29	2	26	79	13	31	58	.299	.338	.516	.853	89	127
1978	23	151	627	582	85	177	38	2	27	86	14	38	88	.304	.346	.515	.862	104	151
1979	24	146	581	553	77	156	30	3	22	87	11	23	74	.282	.310	.467	.777	80	146
1980	25	86	349	316	44	103	23	2	14	73	5	26	44	.326	.378	.544	.923	65	86
1981	26	106	403	377	39	83	18	2	13	61	0	18	74	.220	.251	.382	.633	36	70
1982	27	111	356	343	36	103	15	1	8	53	1	5	38	.300	.306	.420	.726	45	111
1983	28	86	297	273	32	67	10	2	13	46	2	19	48	.245	.291	.440	.730	36	86

1985	30	11	40	38	5	8	1	0	2	4	0	2	8	.211	.250	.395	.645	4	11
10 Yrs		930	3578	3334	424	949	183	16	133	533	60	195	487	.285	.322	.469	.791	512	894
162 Game Avg.		162	623	581	74	165	32	3	23	93	10	34	85	.285	.322	.469	.791	89	894

* 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 1991 BBWAA ( 0.2%)	All-Star Games 1977 *	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1977 NL (21, 1%) 0.01 Career Shares (1497th)	Gold Gloves 1978 NL (OF)
Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1978 NL 5.4 (9th)	WAR Position Players† s c a p y 1978 NL 5.4 (6th)	Total Bases s c a p y 1978 NL 279 (7th)	Doubles s c a p y 1978 NL 35 (8th)
Home Runs s c a p y 1978 NL 25 (7th)	Extra Base Hits s c a p y 1978 NL 62 (7th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1977 NL 18 (5th) 1979 NL 23 (2nd)	Power-Speed # s c a p y 1978 NL 17.1 (10th)
AB per HR s c a p y 1978 NL 22.8 (10th)	Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y 1980 NL 30.23 (10th)	Youngest s c a p y 1975 NL born 1954-07-30 (5th)

† 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 (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 6 (1702), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 5 (1541), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 9 (1691), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Most Similar by Ages

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Ben Grieve (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jeff Francoeur (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ben Grieve (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Matt Kemp (962) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Vernon Wells (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jermaine Dye (962) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jose Guillen (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Felipe Alou (963) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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