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Dave Valle

David Valle

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 30, 1960 in Bayside, NY
High School: Holy Cross HS (Flushing, NY)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 1978. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1984
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Rangers/RedSox/Brewers 1984-1996

Final Game: September 29, 1996
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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
1984 23 SEA AL 13 28 27 4 8 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 5 .296 .321 .444 .766 112 12 0 0 0 0 0 2
1985 24 SEA AL 31 73 70 2 11 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 17 .157 .181 .171 .352 -3 12 1 1 1 0 0 2
1986 25 SEA AL 22 60 53 10 18 3 0 5 15 0 0 7 7 .340 .417 .679 1.096 193 36 2 0 0 0 0 2/3
1987 26 SEA AL 95 346 324 40 83 16 3 12 53 2 0 15 46 .256 .292 .435 .727 86 141 13 3 0 4 2 2D/39
1988 27 SEA AL 93 322 290 29 67 15 2 10 50 0 1 18 38 .231 .295 .400 .695 90 116 13 9 3 2 0 2/D3
1989 28 SEA AL 94 355 316 32 75 10 3 7 34 0 0 29 32 .237 .311 .354 .665 85 112 13 6 1 3 2 2
1990 29 SEA AL 107 364 308 37 66 15 0 7 33 1 2 45 48 .214 .328 .331 .659 86 102 11 7 4 0 0 2/3
1991 30 SEA AL 132 377 324 38 63 8 1 8 32 0 2 34 49 .194 .286 .299 .586 63 97 19 9 6 3 0 *2/3
1992 31 SEA AL 124 410 367 39 88 16 1 9 30 0 0 27 58 .240 .305 .362 .668 87 133 7 8 7 1 1 *2
1993 32 SEA AL 135 500 423 48 109 19 0 13 63 1 0 48 56 .258 .354 .395 .748 101 167 18 17 8 4 4 *2
1994 33 TOT AL 46 134 112 14 26 8 1 2 10 0 2 18 22 .232 .348 .375 .723 84 42 3 2 2 0 2 2/3D
1994 33 BOS AL 30 88 76 6 12 2 1 1 5 0 1 9 18 .158 .256 .250 .506 30 19 2 1 2 0 1 2/3
1994 33 MIL AL 16 46 36 8 14 6 0 1 5 0 1 9 4 .389 .522 .639 1.161 194 23 1 1 0 0 1 2/D
1995 34 TEX AL 36 83 75 7 18 3 0 0 5 1 0 6 18 .240 .305 .280 .585 52 21 2 1 1 0 0 2/3
1996 35 TEX AL 42 95 86 14 26 6 1 3 17 0 0 9 17 .302 .368 .500 .868 113 43 3 0 0 0 0 2/3D
13 Yrs 970 3147 2775 314 658 121 12 77 350 5 7 258 413 .237 .314 .373 .687 86 1034 105 63 33 17 11
162 Game Avg. 162 526 463 52 110 20 2 13 58 1 1 43 69 .237 .314 .373 .687 86 173 18 11 6 3 2
SEA (10 yrs) 846 2835 2502 279 588 104 10 72 318 4 5 225 356 .235 .311 .371 .682 87 928 97 60 30 17 9
TEX (2 yrs) 78 178 161 21 44 9 1 3 22 1 0 15 35 .273 .339 .398 .736 85 64 5 1 1 0 0
BOS (1 yr) 30 88 76 6 12 2 1 1 5 0 1 9 18 .158 .256 .250 .506 30 19 2 1 2 0 1
MIL (1 yr) 16 46 36 8 14 6 0 1 5 0 1 9 4 .389 .522 .639 1.161 194 23 1 1 0 0 1

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
1984 23 SEA AL 13 28 0 -0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 2 0.2 .505 .500 0.2 0.1 2 $ 2
1985 24 SEA AL 31 73 -9 -0 0 -4 1 -12 -1.2 2 -9 -0.9 .462 .493 -0.5 -0.3 -5 $ 2
1986 25 SEA AL 22 60 6 -1 -0 -2 0 3 0.3 2 5 0.5 .513 .502 0.7 -0.2 7 $ 2/3
1987 26 SEA AL 95 346 -8 -1 -2 6 3 -3 -0.2 10 7 0.8 .497 .498 0.2 0.9 2 $100,500 2D/39
1988 27 SEA AL 93 322 -6 -2 -2 3 4 -2 -0.1 10 8 0.8 .498 .499 0.5 0.8 5 $125,000 2/D3
1989 28 SEA AL 94 355 -5 -1 -1 10 5 8 1.0 11 19 2.0 .509 .505 0.9 1.7 9 $315,000 2
1990 29 SEA AL 107 364 -3 -2 -1 -6 5 -6 -0.6 12 6 0.5 .493 .496 1.2 -0.1 12 $485,000 2/3
1991 30 SEA AL 132 377 -16 -0 -3 2 6 -11 -1.0 13 1 0.1 .491 .493 -0.1 0.9 -1 $666,667 *2/3
1992 31 SEA AL 124 410 -4 -3 1 -2 6 -2 -0.1 14 12 1.2 .498 .499 1.4 0.5 14 $1,666,667 *2
1993 32 SEA AL 135 500 5 -1 -3 7 7 15 1.6 17 32 3.1 .511 .509 2.5 1.5 25 $2,366,667 *2
1994 33 BOS AL 30 88 -9 -0 0 -2 1 -10 -0.9 3 -7 -0.6 .470 .494 -0.4 -0.1 -5 $1,200,000 2/3
1994 33 MIL AL 16 46 6 -1 -0 -1 0 4 0.3 2 5 0.5 .520 .502 0.6 -0.1 6 $ 2/D
1995 34 TEX AL 36 83 -6 0 -0 0 1 -5 -0.5 3 -2 -0.2 .486 .497 -0.2 0.1 -3 $619,445 2/3
1996 35 TEX AL 42 95 2 0 -1 2 1 5 0.5 3 8 0.8 .511 .503 0.6 0.3 6 $725,000 2/3D
13 Seasons 970 3147 -45 -13 -12 13 41 -16 -0.7 102 85 8.8 .498 .499 7.6 6.3 73 $8,269,946
SEA (10 yrs) 846 2835 -38 -12 -11 13 38 -10 -0.2 92 82 8.3 .499 .499 7.0 6.0 68 $5,725,501
TEX (2 yrs) 78 178 -4 0 -1 2 2 -0 0.0 6 6 0.6 .499 .500 0.4 0.5 3 $1,344,445
BOS (1 yr) 30 88 -9 -0 0 -2 1 -10 -0.9 3 -7 -0.6 .470 .494 -0.4 -0.1 -5 $1,200,000
MIL (1 yr) 16 46 6 -1 -0 -1 0 4 0.3 2 5 0.5 .520 .502 0.6 -0.1 6 $

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
1984 23 SEA AL 28 19 4 5.6 95 .333 .296 .261 .321 .324 .444 .394 .766 .718 112 .601 0.3 0.0 .684 .185 .148 .0
1985 24 SEA AL 73 61 2 0.9 99 .208 .157 .261 .181 .327 .171 .406 .352 .733 -3 .046 -10.1 -1.0 .233 .029 .014
1986 25 SEA AL 60 37 14 10.1 100 .317 .340 .262 .417 .330 .679 .408 1.096 .737 193 .804 6.8 0.6 1.162 .472 .340 .0
1987 26 SEA AL 346 258 38 3.9 110 .263 .256 .271 .292 .340 .435 .435 .727 .775 86 .393 -8.0 -0.8 .634 .231 .179 3.4
1988 27 SEA AL 322 242 31 3.4 98 .234 .231 .264 .295 .329 .400 .397 .695 .727 90 .387 -4.7 -0.5 .599 .228 .169 .0
1989 28 SEA AL 355 258 34 3.5 96 .243 .237 .264 .311 .330 .354 .389 .665 .718 85 .406 -6.5 -0.7 .579 .209 .117 .0
1990 29 SEA AL 364 259 34 3.5 95 .233 .214 .259 .328 .328 .331 .388 .659 .715 86 .400 -4.8 -0.5 .600 .260 .117 1.8
1991 30 SEA AL 377 291 26 2.4 97 .204 .194 .260 .286 .329 .299 .395 .586 .724 63 .238 -16.5 -1.6 .489 .204 .105 .0
1992 31 SEA AL 410 294 41 3.8 94 .262 .240 .259 .305 .328 .362 .385 .668 .713 87 .427 -7.1 -0.7 .587 .196 .123 .0
1993 32 SEA AL 500 344 59 4.6 103 .268 .258 .268 .354 .339 .395 .409 .748 .748 101 .478 1.9 0.2 .702 .253 .137 1.9
1994 33 TOT AL 134 93 17 4.9 115 .273 .232 .277 .348 .350 .375 .442 .723 .792 84 .460 -2.4 -0.2 .659 .286 .143 .0
1994 33 BOS AL 88 69 5 1.9 115 .193 .158 .277 .256 .350 .250 .442 .506 .792 30 .135 -8.6 -0.8 .418 .197 .092 .0
1994 33 MIL AL 46 24 12 13.4 115 .419 .389 .277 .522 .350 .639 .442 1.161 .792 194 .843 6.2 0.6 1.333 .472 .250 .0
1995 34 TEX AL 83 60 7 3.1 112 .316 .240 .274 .305 .348 .280 .433 .585 .781 52 .279 -5.4 -0.5 .492 .133 .040 .0
1996 35 TEX AL 95 63 15 6.4 120 .348 .302 .283 .368 .357 .500 .455 .868 .812 113 .560 1.5 0.1 .825 .302 .198 .0
13 Yrs 3147 2279 322 3.8 101 .252 .237 .265 .314 .334 .373 .404 .687 .738 86 .408 -55.0 -5.5 .607 .228 .135 9.4
162 Game Avg. 526 381 54 3.8 101 .252 .237 .265 .314 .334 .373 .404 .687 .738 86 .408 -55.0 -5.5 .607 .228 .135 2
SEA (10 yrs) 2835 2063 283 3.7 99 .247 .235 .264 .311 .332 .371 .400 .682 .732 87 .402 -48.7 -4.9 .601 .225 .136 7.6
TEX (2 yrs) 178 123 22 4.8 116 .333 .273 .279 .339 .353 .398 .444 .736 .797 85 .443 -3.9 -0.4 .664 .224 .124 1.5
BOS (1 yr) 88 69 5 1.9 115 .193 .158 .277 .256 .350 .250 .442 .506 .792 30 .135 -8.6 -0.8 .418 .197 .092 .0
MIL (1 yr) 46 24 12 13.4 115 .419 .389 .277 .522 .350 .639 .442 1.161 .792 194 .843 6.2 0.6 1.333 .472 .250 .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
1984 23 SEA AL 28 3.6% 17.9% 3.6% 7.1% 25% 5.00 5.4 27.0 6.8 0.50 75%
1985 24 SEA AL 73 0.0% 23.3% 1.4% 1.4% 9% 17.00 4.1 17.5 1.10 73%
1986 25 SEA AL 60 8.3% 11.7% 11.7% 13.3% 44% 1.00 7.6 10.6 3.5 0.88 68%
1987 26 SEA AL 346 3.5% 13.3% 4.3% 9.0% 37% 3.07 7.0 27.0 6.1 1.10 78%
1988 27 SEA AL 322 3.1% 11.8% 5.6% 8.4% 40% 2.11 7.6 29.0 5.8 1.05 1.51 76% 16% 17.5% 53%
1989 28 SEA AL 355 2.0% 9.0% 8.2% 5.6% 27% 1.10 9.9 45.1 9.3 1.18 1.56 79% 16% 7.2% 25%
1990 29 SEA AL 364 1.9% 13.2% 12.4% 6.0% 33% 1.07 6.4 44.0 9.3 0.84 1.05 70% 16% 7.2% 31%
1991 30 SEA AL 377 2.1% 13.0% 9.0% 4.5% 27% 1.44 6.6 40.5 10.1 1.24 1.75 72% 14% 8.7% 25%
1992 31 SEA AL 410 2.2% 14.2% 6.6% 6.3% 30% 2.15 6.3 40.8 12.2 0.81 1.21 73% 19% 6.8% 22%
1993 32 SEA AL 500 2.6% 11.2% 9.6% 6.4% 29% 1.17 7.6 32.5 6.7 0.71 0.93 72% 20% 7.7% 22%
1994 33 TOT AL 134 1.5% 16.4% 13.4% 8.2% 42% 1.22 5.1 56.0 11.2 0.76 1.09 66% 15% 4.7% 16%
1994 33 BOS AL 88 1.1% 20.5% 10.2% 4.6% 33% 2.00 4.2 76.0 15.2 0.71 1.04 65% 12% 3.6% 18%
1994 33 MIL AL 46 2.2% 8.7% 19.6% 15.2% 50% 0.44 9.0 36.0 7.2 0.88 1.22 67% 22% 6.7% 12%
1995 34 TEX AL 83 0.0% 21.7% 7.2% 3.6% 17% 3.00 4.2 15.0 0.54 0.65 69% 29% 0.0% 30%
1996 35 TEX AL 95 3.2% 17.9% 9.5% 10.5% 39% 1.89 5.1 28.7 5.1 0.86 1.56 69% 28% 10.0% 19%
13 Yrs 3147 2.5% 13.1% 8.2% 6.7% 32% 1.60 6.7 36.0 7.9 0.91 1.22 73% 18% 7.9% 27%
MLB Averages 2.3% 15.1% 8.7% 7.0% 30% 1.74 5.9 38.9 8.1 0.81 1.07 72% 21% 6.9% 19%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1984 23 SEA AL 0.3 0.0 28 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 .78 -0.1 -0.3 0.4 0.0 0.96 -0.7 0
1985 24 SEA AL -10.1 -1.0 73 -0.8 0.6 -1.4 .93 -1.0 0.2 -10.1 -1.0 0.97 -10.9 0
1986 25 SEA AL 6.8 0.6 60 0.5 1.5 -1.0 .96 0.4 0.1 8.1 0.8 0.97 6.0 1.61 8
1987 26 SEA AL -8.0 -0.8 352 -1.7 5.2 -6.9 .99 -0.6 -1.1 -8.7 -0.8 0.94 -10.2 1.32 10
1988 27 SEA AL -4.7 -0.5 324 0.3 6.3 -6.0 1.01 -0.7 1.0 -4.3 -0.4 0.95 -11.4 1.63 10
1989 28 SEA AL -6.5 -0.7 360 -1.2 5.4 -6.6 1.03 0.2 -1.3 -5.8 -0.6 0.94 -4.6 1.25 3
1990 29 SEA AL -5.2 -0.5 369 -1.4 5.7 -7.1 1.06 -0.7 -0.6 -15.1 -1.5 1.02 -9.0 1.86 3
1991 30 SEA AL -16.5 -1.6 383 -2.0 5.3 -7.3 .94 -2.0 -0.2 -27.2 -2.7 0.95 -23.5 0.29 3
1992 31 SEA AL -7.1 -0.7 413 -1.4 5.1 -6.6 .90 -0.8 -0.8 -11.8 -1.2 0.95 -6.1 2.17 3
1993 32 SEA AL 1.9 0.2 504 0.1 8.9 -8.7 .99 0.5 -0.3 -1.8 -0.2 0.96 2.5 0
1994 33 TOT AL -2.5 -0.2 137 -0.3 1.9 -2.2 .91 -0.3 -0.0 -5.5 -0.5 0.95 -3.9 1.28 2
1994 33 BOS AL -8.7 -0.8 90 -0.9 0.9 -1.8 .93 -0.8 -0.2 -11.0 -1.0 0.96 -10.4 0
1994 33 MIL AL 6.2 0.6 47 0.6 1.0 -0.5 .87 0.5 0.2 5.5 0.5 0.91 6.6 1.28 2
1995 34 TEX AL -5.4 -0.5 85 -0.6 0.8 -1.4 .81 -0.5 -0.2 -5.8 -0.5 0.93 -7.1 0.00 2
1996 35 TEX AL 1.5 0.1 98 0.1 1.2 -1.1 .66 0.0 0.1 5.0 0.4 0.92 1.3 0.39 4
13 Yrs -55.5 -5.6 3186 -8.7 48.2 -56.9 .97 -5.7 -3.3 -82.5 -8.3 0.96 -77.5 1.32 48

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
1984 23 SEA AL 0 0 38% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1985 24 SEA AL 2 0 15% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20% 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 25 SEA AL 0 0 25% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17% 4 3 1 0 0 0 2 2 0
1987 26 SEA AL 4 0 32% 98 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 7 50% 17 9 8 5 4 1 8 1 6
1988 27 SEA AL 1 0 23% 88 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 30% 10 7 3 5 2 2 5 3 1
1989 28 SEA AL 6 0 24% 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 4 29% 25 18 4 5 3 2 8 3 5
1990 29 SEA AL 5 0 27% 124 1 2 33% 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 6 4 33% 16 14 2 4 3 1 16 7 9
1991 30 SEA AL 3 1 31% 110 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 9 40% 17 13 4 7 3 4 11 5 6
1992 31 SEA AL 6 0 26% 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 6 22% 16 12 4 10 10 0 10 6 4
1993 32 SEA AL 9 0 22% 190 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 38% 25 20 5 7 2 5 15 7 8
1994 33 TOT AL 1 0 27% 49 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 5 21% 14 12 2 1 1 0 4 2 2
1994 33 BOS AL 1 0 24% 21 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 7 5 2 0 0 0 2 1 1
1994 33 MIL AL 0 0 30% 28 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 4 10% 7 7 0 1 1 0 2 1 1
1995 34 TEX AL 0 0 28% 29 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 29% 3 2 1 3 3 0 1 0 1
1996 35 TEX AL 1 0 34% 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 22% 5 3 2 2 2 0 2 2 0
13 Yrs 38 1 26% 1058 5 7 42% 4 5 1 1 0 1 6 2 47 48 32% 160 120 37 49 33 15 83 39 42

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
1984 23 SEA AL 28 36% 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0% 1 0 0% 17 3 18% 3 2 67% 0 0 0
1985 24 SEA AL 73 34% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 20 1 5% 8 3 38% 49 4 8% 4 1 25% 2 0 0% 0
1986 25 SEA AL 60 42% 18 8 2 1 1 1.61 5 0 3 3 2 4 1 0 0 0 12 2 17% 3 0 0% 41 10 24% 4 1 25% 2 1 50% 0
1987 26 SEA AL 346 46% 83 10 1 0 3 1.32 12 0 9 5 7 8 4 0 0 0 64 13 20% 24 8 33% 232 42 18% 22 13 59% 15 6 40% 0
1988 27 SEA AL 322 42% 67 2 0 10 5 0 2 1.63 10 0 17 6 4 5 5 0 3 3 100% 55 13 24% 40 13 33% 210 42 20% 27 12 44% 16 8 50% 0
1989 28 SEA AL 355 34% 75 10 1 3 2 0 1 1.25 7 0 11 3 4 1 6 0 2 1 50% 60 13 22% 33 13 39% 213 29 14% 19 11 58% 10 7 70% 0
1990 29 SEA AL 364 33% 66 5 0 3 0 0 0 1.86 7 0 13 5 2 1 6 0 5 4 80% 85 11 13% 39 9 23% 253 28 11% 23 8 35% 19 11 58% 0
1991 30 SEA AL 377 34% 63 18 2 3 0 0 0 0.29 8 1 5 2 6 0 8 0 7 6 86% 66 19 29% 38 15 39% 226 25 11% 23 7 30% 8 5 63% 0
1992 31 SEA AL 410 33% 88 25 0 3 2 0 1 2.17 9 0 8 5 4 7 2 0 7 7 100% 74 7 9% 31 17 55% 239 22 9% 10 6 60% 15 11 73% 0
1993 32 SEA AL 500 27% 109 7 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 17 8 5 4 9 0 10 8 80% 97 18 19% 52 19 37% 344 53 15% 33 16 48% 21 14 67% 0
1994 33 TOT AL 134 31% 26 1 0 2 0 0 0 1.28 2 0 4 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 100% 34 3 9% 14 6 43% 93 8 9% 12 3 25% 5 3 60% 0
1994 33 BOS AL 88 24% 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 100% 22 2 9% 11 5 45% 64 4 6% 9 2 22% 3 2 67% 0
1994 33 MIL AL 46 46% 14 0 0 2 0 0 0 1.28 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 12 1 8% 3 1 33% 29 4 14% 3 1 33% 2 1 50% 0
1995 34 TEX AL 83 19% 18 1 0 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 10 2 20% 4 2 50% 46 6 13% 4 2 50% 1 1 100% 0
1996 35 TEX AL 95 25% 26 1 0 4 1 0 0 0.39 3 0 3 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 14 3 21% 3 0 0% 59 14 24% 7 3 43% 1 0 0% 0
13 Yrs 3147 34% 658 70 3 48 13 1 8 1.32 77 1 93 40 37 32 45 0 39 33 85% 597 105 18% 290 105 36% 2022 286 14% 191 85 45% 115 67 58% 0
MLB Averages 59% 74% 11% 35% 15% 52% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 27 SEA AL 319 1148 3.60 710 62% 29% 11% 24% 36% 71% 0% 44% 84% 22% 5% 15 1 18% 57 29 8% 26 16 37% 3 0 0
1989 28 SEA AL 340 1230 3.62 740 60% 30% 11% 20% 37% 69% 2% 42% 83% 22% 5% 18 1 18% 61 24 9% 31 15 29% 15 0 4
1990 29 SEA AL 364 1389 3.82 832 60% 29% 13% 26% 32% 71% 0% 42% 81% 22% 7% 24 0 17% 62 23 12% 44 18 29% 0 0 1
1991 30 SEA AL 377 1338 3.55 810 61% 28% 11% 26% 35% 72% 0% 44% 84% 26% 6% 21 0 16% 59 19 7% 28 9 29% 0 0 0
1992 31 SEA AL 412 1501 3.64 923 61% 28% 12% 26% 34% 72% 1% 44% 84% 21% 5% 21 2 19% 78 39 8% 33 15 33% -2 0 0
1993 32 SEA AL 500 1777 3.55 1061 60% 25% 14% 26% 36% 75% 2% 45% 82% 25% 6% 31 2 16% 80 30 7% 34 19 20% 0 0 0
1994 33 TOT AL 135 533 3.95 305 57% 27% 14% 29% 30% 73% 2% 42% 81% 21% 8% 11 0 22% 30 10 10% 14 4 45% -1 0 0
1994 33 BOS AL 88 350 3.98 209 60% 28% 14% 29% 29% 72% 3% 43% 80% 27% 5% 4 0 18% 16 6 10% 9 2 44% 0 0 0
1994 33 MIL AL 47 183 3.89 96 52% 24% 14% 29% 33% 76% 1% 40% 82% 11% 15% 7 0 30% 14 4 11% 5 2 50% -1 0 0
1995 34 TEX AL 66 225 3.41 147 65% 22% 14% 33% 31% 78% 0% 51% 83% 36% 6% 4 0 14% 9 4 8% 5 4 27% 17 0 0
1996 35 TEX AL 91 330 3.63 216 65% 25% 14% 30% 31% 75% 0% 49% 81% 26% 2% 2 0 10% 9 7 7% 6 3 41% 4 0 0
9 Yrs 2604 9471 3.64 5744 61% 28% 12% 25% 34% 72% 1% 44% 83% 24% 6% 147 6 17% 445 185 8% 221 103 31% 36 0 5
MLB Averages 3.65 62% 25% 15% 27% 33% 75% 2% 46% 80% 31% 6% 16% 9% 27%

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
1984 23 13 28 27 4 8 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 5 .296 .321 .444 .766 112 12 0 0 0 0 0
1985 24 44 101 97 6 19 2 0 1 8 0 0 2 22 .196 .220 .247 .467 29 24 1 1 1 0 0
1986 25 66 161 150 16 37 5 0 6 23 0 0 9 29 .247 .294 .400 .694 89 60 3 1 1 0 0
1987 26 161 507 474 56 120 21 3 18 76 2 0 24 75 .253 .292 .424 .717 87 201 16 4 1 4 2
1988 27 254 829 764 85 187 36 5 28 126 2 1 42 113 .245 .293 .415 .708 88 317 29 13 4 6 2
1989 28 348 1184 1080 117 262 46 8 35 160 2 1 71 145 .243 .299 .397 .696 87 429 42 19 5 9 4
1990 29 455 1548 1388 154 328 61 8 42 193 3 3 116 193 .236 .305 .383 .688 87 531 53 26 9 9 4
1991 30 587 1925 1712 192 391 69 9 50 225 3 5 150 242 .228 .302 .367 .669 83 628 72 35 15 12 4
1992 31 711 2335 2079 231 479 85 10 59 255 3 5 177 300 .230 .302 .366 .668 83 761 79 43 22 13 5
1993 32 846 2835 2502 279 588 104 10 72 318 4 5 225 356 .235 .311 .371 .682 87 928 97 60 30 17 9
1994 33 892 2969 2614 293 614 112 11 74 328 4 7 243 378 .235 .313 .371 .684 86 970 100 62 32 17 11
1995 34 928 3052 2689 300 632 115 11 74 333 5 7 249 396 .235 .313 .369 .681 85 991 102 63 33 17 11
1996 35 970 3147 2775 314 658 121 12 77 350 5 7 258 413 .237 .314 .373 .687 86 1034 105 63 33 17 11

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
1984 23 13 28 27 4 8 1 0 1 4 0 1 5 .296 .321 .444 .766 4 13
1985 24 31 73 70 2 11 1 0 0 4 0 1 17 .157 .181 .171 .352 2 31
1986 25 22 60 53 10 18 3 0 5 15 0 7 7 .340 .417 .679 1.096 15 22
1987 26 95 340 319 36 78 15 3 11 48 2 14 46 .245 .279 .414 .693 37 95
1988 27 93 323 291 30 68 15 2 10 52 0 18 38 .234 .297 .402 .699 33 93
1989 28 94 359 319 34 78 10 3 7 36 0 30 32 .245 .318 .361 .679 36 94
1990 29 107 371 312 40 70 16 0 7 36 1 48 48 .224 .341 .343 .684 35 107
1991 30 132 379 326 40 65 8 1 8 34 0 35 49 .199 .292 .304 .596 28 132
1992 31 124 415 371 42 92 17 1 9 32 0 28 58 .248 .314 .372 .686 42 124
1993 32 135 499 422 47 108 19 0 13 62 1 48 56 .256 .352 .393 .746 55 135
1994 33 65 191 159 17 37 11 1 3 12 0 26 31 .233 .351 .371 .722 20 46
1995 34 40 93 84 8 20 3 0 0 5 1 7 20 .238 .304 .274 .578 7 36
1996 35 42 91 83 11 23 5 1 3 14 0 8 17 .277 .341 .470 .811 13 42
13 Yrs 993 3222 2836 321 676 124 12 77 354 5 271 424 .238 .317 .372 .689 327 970
162 Game Avg. 162 526 463 52 110 20 2 13 58 1 44 69 .238 .317 .372 .689 53 970

* 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

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1988 AL  9 (6th)
1989 AL  6 (9th)
1990 AL  7 (4th)
1991 AL  9 (2nd)
1993 AL  17 (1st)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1993 AL  18 (6th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (2531), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Ed Herrmann (969)
  2. George Mitterwald (963)
  3. Jason LaRue (950)
  4. Henry Blanco (948)
  5. Chad Kreuter (945)
  6. Ray Fosse (945)
  7. Randy Hundley (944)
  8. Ray Mueller (943)
  9. Scott Servais (942)
  10. Ron Karkovice (940)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Chris Hoiles (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Chris Widger (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Greg Myers (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bob Tillman (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Andy Etchebarren (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. George Mitterwald (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Steve Yeager (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Scott Servais (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Greg Myers (951)  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.
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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.

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