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John Vander Wal

John Henry Vander Wal

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

Born: April 29, 1966 in Grand Rapids, MI
High School: Hudsonville (Hudsonville, MI)
School: Western Michigan University
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 3rd round of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1991
Teams (by GP): Rockies/Expos/Pirates/Padres/Brewers/... 1991-2004
Agents: Tommy Tanzer [*]
Final Game: September 27, 2004
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Fine Details · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 12:22AM

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1431. Pat Tabler… #1432. Patsy Tebeau… #1433. Rick Manning… #1434. JOHN VANDER WAL… #1435. Quilvio Veras… #1436. Babe Young… #1437. Denard Span…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1431. Pat Tabler… #1432. Patsy Tebeau… #1433. Rick Manning… #1434. JOHN VANDER WAL… #1435. Quilvio Veras… #1436. Babe Young… #1437. Denard Span…

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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
1987	21	WSN-min	A,A-	68	296	258	53	87	23	5	5	37	11	5	33	39	.337	.407	.523	.930		135		0	1	4	0	WPB,JAM · FLOR,NYPL
1988	22	WSN-min	A,AA	120	499	439	72	118	29	2	13	47	14	8	49	89	.269	.345	.433	.778		190	0	4	3	4	3	WPB,JCK · FLOR,SOUL
1989	23	WSN-min	AA	71	242	217	30	55	9	2	6	24	2	3	22	51	.253	.322	.396	.719		86		1	0	2	1	JCK · SOUL
1990	24	WSN-min	AA,AAA	128	469	412	61	124	31	3	10	54	6	4	52	74	.301	.382	.464	.845		191		3	0	2	2	JCK,INA · SOUL,AA
1991	25	WSN-min	AAA	133	564	478	84	140	36	8	15	71	8	1	79	118	.293	.393	.496	.888		237	10	2	1	4	4	INA · AA
1991	25	MON	NL	21	63	61	4	13	4	1	1	8	0	0	1	18	.213	.222	.361	.583	62	22	2	0	0	1	0
1992	26	MON	NL	105	237	213	21	51	8	2	4	20	3	0	24	36	.239	.316	.352	.669	91	75	2	0	0	0	2	/3
1993	27	MON	NL	106	244	215	34	50	7	4	5	30	6	3	27	30	.233	.320	.372	.692	81	80	4	1	0	1	2	3
1994	28	COL	NL	91	127	110	12	27	3	1	5	15	2	1	16	31	.245	.339	.427	.766	86	47	4	0	0	1	0	3/
1995	29	COL	NL	105	118	101	15	35	8	1	5	21	1	1	16	23	.347	.432	.594	1.026	141	60	2	0	0	1	5	3
1996	30	COL	NL	104	173	151	20	38	6	2	5	31	2	2	19	38	.252	.335	.417	.752	81	63	1	1	0	2	2	3
1997	31	COL-min	AAA	25	114	103	29	42	12	1	3	19	1	1	11	28	.408	.465	.631	1.096		65	1	0	0	0	1	CSP · PCL
1997	31	COL	NL	76	102	92	7	16	2	0	1	11	1	1	10	33	.174	.255	.228	.483	18	21	2	0	0	0	0	/3
1998	32	TOT	NL	109	152	129	21	36	13	1	5	20	0	0	22	34	.279	.382	.512	.893	120	66	2	0	0	1	0	9/37D
1998	32	COL	NL	89	121	104	18	30	10	1	5	20	0	0	16	29	.288	.380	.548	.928	123	57	1	0	0	1	0	9/73D
1998	32	SDP	NL	20	31	25	3	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	.240	.387	.360	.747	106	9	1	0	0	0	0	/397
1999	33	SDP	NL	132	288	246	26	67	18	0	6	41	2	1	37	59	.272	.368	.419	.787	106	103	5	2	0	3	1	3
2000	34	PIT	NL	134	461	384	74	115	29	0	24	94	11	2	72	92	.299	.410	.563	.972	144	216	7	2	0	3	5	3
2001	35	TOT	NL	146	527	452	58	122	28	4	14	70	8	6	68	122	.270	.364	.442	.806	108	200	10	1	2	4	9	*973/D
2001	35	PIT	NL	97	360	313	39	87	22	3	11	50	7	4	42	84	.278	.361	.473	.834	111	148	7	1	0	4	6	973/D
2001	35	SFG	NL	49	167	139	19	35	6	1	3	20	1	2	26	38	.252	.370	.374	.744	100	52	3	0	2	0	3	9/73
2002	36	NYY	AL	84	245	219	30	57	17	1	6	20	1	1	23	58	.260	.327	.429	.756	100	94	7	0	0	3	3	/3
2003	37	MIL	NL	117	374	327	50	84	25	1	14	45	1	2	46	104	.257	.350	.468	.818	113	153	5	1	0	0	3
2004	38	CIN-min	AAA	16	53	48	5	9	3	0	0	2	2	0	5	10	.188	.264	.250	.514		12	1	0	0	0	1	LOU · IL
2004	38	CIN	NL	42	55	51	2	6	2	0	2	4	0	0	4	20	.118	.182	.275	.456	17	14	0	0	0	0	0	/3
14 Seasons				1372	3166	2751	374	717	170	18	97	430	38	20	385	698	.261	.351	.441	.792	104	1214	53	8	2	20	32
162 Game Avg.				162	374	325	44	85	20	2	11	51	4	2	45	82	.261	.351	.441	.792	104	143	6	1	0	2	4
				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
COL (5 yrs)				465	641	558	72	146	29	5	21	98	6	5	77	154	.262	.349	.444	.794	91	248	10	1	0	5	7
MON (3 yrs)				232	544	489	59	114	19	7	10	58	9	3	52	84	.233	.307	.362	.669	83	177	8	1	0	2	4
PIT (2 yrs)				231	821	697	113	202	51	3	35	144	18	6	114	176	.290	.389	.522	.911	129	364	14	3	0	7	11
SDP (2 yrs)				152	319	271	29	73	21	0	6	41	2	1	43	64	.269	.370	.413	.783	106	112	6	2	0	3	1
SFG (1 yr)				49	167	139	19	35	6	1	3	20	1	2	26	38	.252	.370	.374	.744	100	52	3	0	2	0	3
CIN (1 yr)				42	55	51	2	6	2	0	2	4	0	0	4	20	.118	.182	.275	.456	17	14	0	0	0	0	0
NYY (1 yr)				84	245	219	30	57	17	1	6	20	1	1	23	58	.260	.327	.429	.756	100	94	7	0	0	3	3
MIL (1 yr)				117	374	327	50	84	25	1	14	45	1	2	46	104	.257	.350	.468	.818	113	153	5	1	0	0	3

NL (13 yrs)				1288	2921	2532	344	660	153	17	91	410	37	19	362	640	.261	.353	.442	.795	104	1120	46	8	2	17	29
AL (1 yr)				84	245	219	30	57	17	1	6	20	1	1	23	58	.260	.327	.429	.756	100	94	7	0	0	3	3

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1991	25	MON	NL	63	-4	0	0	0	1	-1	2	-2	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$
1992	26	MON	NL	237	-1	0	-1	0	4	-2	7	7	0.7	3	0.3	0.4	$110,500	/3
1993	27	MON	NL	244	-5	1	1	0	-11	-3	7	-10	-1.0	1	0.1	-1.1	$142,500	3
1994	28	COL	NL	127	-2	-1	-1	-1	5	-1	4	3	0.3	-2	-0.2	0.5	$195,000	3/
1995	29	COL	NL	118	5	1	-1	1	-1	0	3	8	0.9	9	0.9	0.0	$300,000	3
1996	30	COL	NL	173	-4	1	1	1	2	-1	5	6	0.6	3	0.3	0.3	$512,500	3
1997	31	COL	NL	102	-11	0	0	0	1	-1	3	-7	-0.7	-9	-0.9	0.2	$500,000	/3
1998	32	COL	NL	121	3	0	-1	0	5	-1	3	8	0.9	4	0.4	0.5	$560,000	9/73D
1998	32	SDP	NL	31	1	0	0	0	1	-1	1	2	0.2	1	0.1	0.1	$	/397
1999	33	SDP	NL	288	3	-1	-2	0	2	-3	8	8	0.8	5	0.5	0.3	$1,075,000	3
2000	34	PIT	NL	461	27	-1	0	-1	-3	-5	13	30	2.9	33	3.2	-0.3	$875,000	3
2001	35	PIT	NL	360	6	-1	0	0	-11	-5	10	0	0.0	10	1.0	-1.0	$1,850,000	973/D
2001	35	SFG	NL	167	0	-1	-1	0	5	-2	5	6	0.6	1	0.1	0.5	$	9/73
2002	36	NYY	AL	245	0	-1	2	-1	-0	-4	9	5	0.5	5	0.5	0.0	$1,850,000	/3
2003	37	MIL	NL	374	6	-1	-1	0	-1	-4	11	10	1.0	11	1.1	-0.1	$550,000
2004	38	CIN	NL	55	-7	0	0	0	-1	0	2	-6	-0.7	-5	-0.5	-0.2	$	/3
14 Seasons				3166	17	-4	-4	-1	-2	-34	93	68	6.7	67	6.6	0.1	$8,520,500

COL (5 yrs)				641	-9	1	-2	1	12	-4	18	18	2.0	5	0.5	1.5	$2,067,500
MON (3 yrs)				544	-10	1	0	0	-6	-6	16	-5	-0.6	1	0.1	-0.7	$253,000
PIT (2 yrs)				821	33	-2	0	-1	-14	-10	23	30	2.9	43	4.2	-1.3	$2,725,000
SDP (2 yrs)				319	4	-1	-2	0	3	-4	9	10	1.0	6	0.6	0.4	$1,075,000
SFG (1 yr)				167	0	-1	-1	0	5	-2	5	6	0.6	1	0.1	0.5	$
CIN (1 yr)				55	-7	0	0	0	-1	0	2	-6	-0.7	-5	-0.5	-0.2	$
NYY (1 yr)				245	0	-1	2	-1	-0	-4	9	5	0.5	5	0.5	0.0	$1,850,000
MIL (1 yr)				374	6	-1	-1	0	-1	-4	11	10	1.0	11	1.1	-0.1	$550,000

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
1995	29	COL	NL	NLDS	ATL	L	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0

1998	32	SDP	NL	NLDS	HOU	W	3	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	1.000	1.333	3	0	0	0	0	0
1998	32	SDP	NL	NLCS	ATL	W	3	7	7	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	.429	.429	.857	1.286	6	0	0	0	0	0
1998	32	SDP	NL	WS	NYY	L	4	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.400	.400	.600	1.000	3	0	0	0	0	0

2002	36	NYY	AL	ALDS	ANA	L	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Seasons (5 Series)							16	21	21	2	6	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	8	.286	.286	.571	.857	12	1	0	0	0	0
2 NLDS							7	7	7	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	.143	.143	.429	.571	3	1	0	0	0	0
1 ALDS							2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLCS							3	7	7	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	.429	.429	.857	1.286	6	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							4	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.400	.400	.600	1.000	3	0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1991	MON	NL	25	OF	17				29	29	0	0	0	1.000	1					1.71	.983		2.27
1991	MON	NL	25	LF	17	17	8	124.0	29	29	0	0	0	1.000	1		12		2.10	1.71	.983	2.18	2.17
1992	MON	NL	26	OF	57				103	99	2	2	0	.981	4					1.77	.983		2.34
1992	MON	NL	26	1B	7				27	23	4	0	3	1.000	-0					3.86	.993		9.76
1992	MON	NL	26	LF	55	40	29	370.2	101	97	2	2	0	.980	4		14		2.40	1.80	.979	2.16	2.16
1992	MON	NL	26	RF	4	1	0	11.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	-0		-44		1.64	0.50	.980	2.05	2.08
1993	MON	NL	27	1B	42				253	237	13	3	17	.988	-2					5.95	.992		9.61
1993	MON	NL	27	OF	38				36	34	1	1	0	.972	-8					0.92	.979		2.33
1993	MON	NL	27	LF	27	19	7	154.2	26	24	1	1	0	.962	-6		-50		1.45	0.93	.975	2.11	2.10
1993	MON	NL	27	RF	10	4	2	48.0	10	10	0	0	0	1.000	-2		-47		1.88	1.00	.976	2.17	2.15
1993	MON	NL	27	CF	2	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		0.00	0.00		2.70	2.75
1994	COL	NL	28	1B	14				99	96	3	0	11	1.000	3					7.07	.992		9.67
1994	COL	NL	28	OF	7				10	10	0	0	0	1.000	2					1.43	.980		2.23
1994	COL	NL	28	LF	5	3	2	25.0	8	8	0	0	0	1.000	2		96		2.88	1.60	.981	1.91	1.90
1994	COL	NL	28	RF	2	2	0	12.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0		0		1.50	1.00	.975	2.17	2.15
1995	COL	NL	29	1B	10				47	42	3	2	3	.957	-0					4.50	.993		9.66
1995	COL	NL	29	OF	10				10	9	1	0	0	1.000	-1					1.00	.979		2.14
1995	COL	NL	29	LF	7	2	2	29.0	10	9	1	0	0	1.000	-1		-46		3.10	1.43	.972	1.86	1.86
1995	COL	NL	29	RF	3	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		0.00	0.00		2.02	2.07
1996	COL	NL	30	OF	26				34	34	0	0	0	1.000	3					1.31	.978		2.12
1996	COL	NL	30	1B	10				41	38	2	1	2	.976	-0					4.00	.992		9.56
1996	COL	NL	30	LF	24	20	11	167.0	33	33	0	0	0	1.000	3		22		1.78	1.38	.975	1.85	1.83
1996	COL	NL	30	RF	1	1	1	9.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0		-53		1.00	1.00	.970	2.10	2.00
1997	COL	NL	31	OF	9				13	12	0	1	0	.923	1					1.33	.980		2.12
1997	COL	NL	31	1B	5				26	26	0	0	2	1.000	-0					5.20	.993		9.44
1997	COL	NL	31	RF	7	3	1	35.0	11	10	0	1	0	.909	2		55		2.57	1.43	.977	2.03	2.03
1997	COL	NL	31	DH	2	2
1997	COL	NL	31	LF	2	2	1	16.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	-0		-15		1.12	1.00	.980	1.97	1.95
1998	TOT	NL	32	OF	30	14	3	127.1	30	28	2	0	0	1.000	6		55		2.12	1.00	.980	21.97	2.16
1998	TOT	NL	32	RF	25	9	2	94.1	19	17	2	0	0	1.000	5		67		1.81	0.76	.976	2.08	2.07
1998	TOT	NL	32	1B	5	3	1	23.0	25	22	3	0	1	1.000	-0		-16		9.78	5.00	.993	0.00	9.40
1998	TOT	NL	32	LF	5	5	1	33.0	9	9	0	0	0	1.000	0		18		2.45	1.80	.974	1.91	1.88
1998	COL	NL	32	OF	25	12	2	107.0	23	21	2	0	0	1.000	5		58		1.93	0.92	.980	21.98	2.16
1998	COL	NL	32	RF	22	9	2	91.0	19	17	2	0	0	1.000	5		70		1.88	0.86	.976	2.08	2.07
1998	COL	NL	32	LF	3	3	0	16.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	-0		-8		1.12	0.67	.975	1.91	1.87
1998	COL	NL	32	1B	2	1	0	5.0	9	8	1	0	0	1.000	-0		-120		16.20	4.50	.993	0.00	9.40
1998	COL	NL	32	DH	2	2
1998	SDP	NL	32	OF	5	2	1	20.1	7	7	0	0	0	1.000	1		35		3.10	1.40	.980	21.95	2.16
1998	SDP	NL	32	1B	3	2	1	18.0	16	14	2	0	1	1.000	0		13		8.00	5.33	.993	0.00	9.40
1998	SDP	NL	32	RF	3	0	0	3.1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		0.00	0.00		2.16	2.07
1998	SDP	NL	32	LF	2	2	1	17.0	7	7	0	0	0	1.000	1		42		3.71	3.50	.974	1.91	1.90
1999	SDP	NL	33	OF	48				73	71	2	0	1	1.000	4					1.52	.981		2.24
1999	SDP	NL	33	1B	28				165	156	8	1	14	.994	-1					5.86	.993		9.13
1999	SDP	NL	33	LF	45	38	13	282.2	71	69	2	0	1	1.000	5		20		2.26	1.58	.977	2.00	1.98
1999	SDP	NL	33	RF	3	1	1	13.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	-1		-83		1.38	0.67	.980	2.15	2.13
1999	SDP	NL	33	DH	1	1
2000	PIT	NL	34	OF	78				141	134	2	5	0	.965	-5					1.74	.981		2.22
2000	PIT	NL	34	1B	33				262	251	10	1	21	.996	2					7.91	.992		9.16
2000	PIT	NL	34	RF	65	60	42	506.1	121	116	1	4	0	.967	-4		-9		2.08	1.80	.979	2.19	2.16
2000	PIT	NL	34	LF	13	11	9	96.2	21	19	1	1	0	.952	-1		-7		1.86	1.54	.976	1.92	1.90
2000	PIT	NL	34	DH	3	3
2001	TOT	NL	35	OF	114	108	53	876.2	194	188	3	3	0	.985	-6		-8		1.96	1.68	.982	23.46	2.18
2001	TOT	NL	35	RF	94	87	46	722.1	167	161	3	3	0	.982	-3		-5		2.04	1.74	.981	2.11	2.09
2001	TOT	NL	35	LF	23	21	7	154.1	27	27	0	0	0	1.000	-3		-23		1.57	1.17	.979	1.91	1.89
2001	TOT	NL	35	1B	14	11	7	93.1	118	113	4	1	13	.992	-0		-5		11.28	8.36	.993	0.00	9.16
2001	PIT	NL	35	OF	73	70	41	576.1	111	106	2	3	0	.973	-10		-22		1.69	1.48	.982	23.46	2.18
2001	PIT	NL	35	RF	56	51	35	439.0	88	83	2	3	0	.966	-7		-20		1.74	1.52	.981	2.11	2.09
2001	PIT	NL	35	LF	20	19	6	137.1	23	23	0	0	0	1.000	-3		-27		1.51	1.15	.979	1.91	1.89
2001	PIT	NL	35	1B	13	11	7	91.1	116	111	4	1	13	.991	-0		-4		11.33	8.85	.993	0.00	9.16
2001	PIT	NL	35	DH	7	7
2001	SFG	NL	35	OF	41	38	12	300.1	83	82	1	0	0	1.000	5		19		2.49	2.02	.982	23.46	2.18
2001	SFG	NL	35	RF	38	36	11	283.1	79	78	1	0	0	1.000	4		19		2.51	2.08	.981	2.11	2.09
2001	SFG	NL	35	LF	3	2	1	17.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	0		14		2.12	1.33	.980	1.91	1.90
2001	SFG	NL	35	1B	1	0	0	2.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	-0		-60		9.00	2.00	.995	0.00	9.20
2002	NYY	AL	36	OF	57				89	87	0	2	0	.978	-0					1.53	.985		2.32
2002	NYY	AL	36	1B	6				32	32	0	0	3	1.000	0					5.33	.993		9.23
2002	NYY	AL	36	RF	49	45	13	344.0	77	75	0	2	0	.974	1		2		1.96	1.53	.982	2.12	2.09
2002	NYY	AL	36	DH	9	9
2002	NYY	AL	36	LF	8	7	1	49.0	12	12	0	0	0	1.000	-1		-22		2.20	1.50	.983	2.15	2.12
2003	MIL	NL	37	OF	89				183	176	4	3	2	.984	-1	-1				2.02	.984		2.15
2003	MIL	NL	37	RF	83	81	44	663.1	167	161	4	2	2	.988	-2	-2	-3	-4	2.24	1.99	.982	2.09	2.07
2003	MIL	NL	37	LF	6	6	3	44.2	17	16	0	1	0	.941	1	1	30	27	3.22	2.67	.979	1.91	1.88
2004	CIN	NL	38	OF	7				13	12	1	0	0	1.000	-1	3				1.86	.982		2.14
2004	CIN	NL	38	1B	4				8	8	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-1				2.00	.992		9.45
2004	CIN	NL	38	RF	7	7	1	43.0	13	12	1	0	0	1.000	-1	3	-22	84	2.72	1.86	.980	2.09	2.07
	14 Seasons			OF	587	122	56	1004.0	958	923	18	17	3	.982	-1	2	-1	3	1.98	1.60	.982	23.27	2.22
	13 Seasons			RF	353	301	153	2505.1	592	569	11	12	2	.980	-5	1	-3	1	2.08	1.64	.981	2.12	2.10
	13 Seasons			LF	237	191	94	1546.2	366	354	7	5	1	.986	5	1	4	26	2.10	1.52	.978	2.03	2.02
	12 Seasons			1B	178	14	8	116.1	1103	1044	50	9	90	.992	-1	-1	-6		10.99	6.15	.992	0.00	9.40
	1 Season			CF	2	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		0.00	0.00		2.70	2.75
	14 Seasons			TOT	765	136	64	1120.1	2061	1967	68	26	93	.987	-1	3	-2		2.92	2.66	.988	20.85	3.89
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y 2003 NL 2.24 (5th)	Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 2003 NL 1.99 (5th)	Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 2003 NL .988 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2003 NL 2.24 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2003 NL 1.99 (5th)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2003 NL .988 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (1908), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 14 (1155), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters

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Frank Colman (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jerry Martin (972) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dave Clark (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mark Smith (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Chris Jones (964) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Terry Crowley (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dave Clark (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Greg Norton (946) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Greg Norton (942) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ron Northey (923) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Dwyer (915) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Transactions

June 4, 1984: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 8th round of the 1984 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 2, 1987: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 3rd round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1987.
March 31, 1994: Purchased by the Colorado Rockies from the Montreal Expos.
August 31, 1998: Traded by the Colorado Rockies to the San Diego Padres for a player to be named later. The San Diego Padres sent Kevin Burford (minors) (October 29, 1998) to the Colorado Rockies to complete the trade.
October 26, 1998: Granted Free Agency.
November 13, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.
February 23, 2000: Traded by the San Diego Padres with Geraldo Padua (minors) and James Sak (minors) to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Al Martin and cash.
July 30, 2001: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Jason Schmidt to the San Francisco Giants for Armando Rios and Ryan Vogelsong.
December 13, 2001: Traded by the San Francisco Giants to the New York Yankees for Jay Witasick.
October 28, 2002: Granted Free Agency.
January 31, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.
October 28, 2003: Granted Free Agency.
January 14, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.
March 14, 2004: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.
March 17, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.
October 6, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources	Notes
1992	26	Montreal Expos	$110,500	4/2/92 USA Today
1993	27	Montreal Expos	$142,500	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1994	28	Colorado Rockies	$195,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1995	29	Colorado Rockies	$300,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1996	30	Colorado Rockies	$512,500	1997 Joint Exhibit 1	Includes $20,000 earned bonus
1997	31	Colorado Rockies	$500,000	1997 AP survey
1998	32	Colorado Rockies	$560,000	11/23/98 USA Today	Includes $10,000 earned bonus
1999	33	San Diego Padres	$1,075,000	11/19/99 USA Today	Includes $200,000 earned bonus
2000	34	Pittsburgh Pirates	$875,000	4/5/00 AP
2001	35	Pittsburgh Pirates	$1,850,000	4/6/01 USA Today
2002	36	New York Yankees	$1,850,000	4/3/02 AP
2003	37	Milwaukee Brewers	$550,000	4/3/03 AP

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$8,520,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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