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Andy Van Slyke

Andrew James Van Slyke

Positions: Centerfielder, First Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 21, 1960 in Utica, NY
High School: New Hartford (New Hartford, NY)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 17, 1983
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Cardinals/Phillies/Orioles 1983-1995
Agents: Dick Moss [*]
Final Game: October 1, 1995
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 1:33PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #278. Johnny Evers… #279. Dolph Camilli… #280. Ken Singleton… #281. ANDY VAN SLYKE… #282. Herman Long… #283. Roy White… #284. Roger Maris… 

Standard Batting

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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
1983 22 STL NL 101 361 309 51 81 15 5 8 38 21 7 46 64 .262 .357 .421 .777 114 130 4 1 2 3 5 5/3
1984 23 STL NL 137 426 361 45 88 16 4 7 50 28 5 63 71 .244 .354 .368 .723 106 133 5 0 0 2 9 53
1985 24 STL NL 146 475 424 61 110 25 6 13 55 34 6 47 54 .259 .335 .439 .774 116 186 7 2 1 1 6 */3
1986 25 STL NL 137 470 418 48 113 23 7 13 61 21 8 47 85 .270 .343 .452 .795 118 189 2 1 1 3 5 *3
1987 26 PIT NL 157 630 564 93 165 36 11 21 82 34 8 56 122 .293 .359 .507 .866 127 286 6 4 3 3 4 */3
1988 27 PIT NL 154 659 587 101 169 23 15 25 100 30 9 57 126 .288 .345 .506 .851 144 297 8 1 1 13 2 * AS,MVP-4,GG,SS
1989 28 PIT NL 130 531 476 64 113 18 9 9 53 16 4 47 100 .237 .308 .370 .677 97 176 13 3 1 4 3 */3 GG
1990 29 PIT NL 136 567 493 67 140 26 6 17 77 14 4 66 89 .284 .367 .465 .832 132 229 6 1 3 4 2 * MVP-27,GG
1991 30 PIT NL 138 577 491 87 130 24 7 17 83 10 3 71 85 .265 .355 .446 .801 126 219 5 4 0 11 1 * GG
1992 31 PIT NL 154 685 614 103 199 45 12 14 89 12 3 58 99 .324 .381 .505 .886 151 310 9 4 0 9 4 * AS,MVP-4,GG,SS
1993 32 PIT NL 83 353 323 42 100 13 4 8 50 11 2 24 40 .310 .357 .449 .806 116 145 13 2 0 4 5 AS
1994 33 PIT NL 105 430 374 41 92 18 3 6 30 7 0 52 72 .246 .340 .358 .698 82 134 9 2 0 2 7 *
1995 34 TOT MLB 80 314 277 32 62 11 2 6 24 7 0 33 56 .224 .309 .343 .652 72 95 7 2 0 2 2 8/9
1995 34 BAL AL 17 68 63 6 10 1 0 3 8 0 0 5 15 .159 .221 .317 .538 38 20 1 0 0 0 1
1995 34 PHI NL 63 246 214 26 52 10 2 3 16 7 0 28 41 .243 .333 .350 .684 81 75 6 2 0 2 1
13 Seasons 1658 6478 5711 835 1562 293 91 164 792 245 59 667 1063 .274 .349 .443 .792 119 2529 94 27 12 61 55
162 Game Avg. 162 633 558 82 153 29 9 16 77 24 6 65 104 .274 .349 .443 .792 119 247 9 3 1 6 5
PIT (8 yrs) 1057 4432 3922 598 1108 203 67 117 564 134 33 431 733 .283 .353 .458 .811 124 1796 69 21 8 50 28
STL (4 yrs) 521 1732 1512 205 392 79 22 41 204 104 26 203 274 .259 .347 .422 .769 114 638 18 4 4 9 25
PHI (1 yr) 63 246 214 26 52 10 2 3 16 7 0 28 41 .243 .333 .350 .684 81 75 6 2 0 2 1
BAL (1 yr) 17 68 63 6 10 1 0 3 8 0 0 5 15 .159 .221 .317 .538 38 20 1 0 0 0 1
NL (13 yrs) 1641 6410 5648 829 1552 292 91 161 784 245 59 662 1048 .275 .350 .444 .794 120 2509 93 27 12 61 54
AL (1 yr) 17 68 63 6 10 1 0 3 8 0 0 5 15 .159 .221 .317 .538 38 20 1 0 0 0 1

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 Awards
1983 22 STL NL 364 5 3 -2 1 1 -3 11 17 1.8 15 1.6 0.2 $ 5/3
1984 23 STL NL 430 3 4 1 0 -3 -4 14 15 1.6 18 1.9 -0.3 $ 53
1985 24 STL NL 475 9 2 0 2 9 -5 15 32 3.4 23 2.5 0.9 $170,000 */3
1986 25 STL NL 470 12 2 -1 2 10 -5 15 36 3.7 25 2.5 1.2 $335,000 *3
1987 26 PIT NL 632 21 4 0 1 8 -2 20 51 5.2 44 4.5 0.7 $550,000 */3
1988 27 PIT NL 660 34 2 -4 1 6 0 20 59 6.4 53 5.7 0.7 $825,000 * AS,MVP-4,GG,SS
1989 28 PIT NL 532 0 4 0 0 12 0 17 34 3.4 21 2.2 1.2 $2,150,000 */3 GG
1990 29 PIT NL 569 23 -1 1 1 -3 2 16 39 4.1 42 4.4 -0.3 $1,200,000 * MVP-27,GG
1991 30 PIT NL 577 20 3 -1 2 -5 2 16 37 4.0 42 4.5 -0.5 $2,180,000 * GG
1992 31 PIT NL 686 44 1 -1 1 -4 3 18 62 6.9 66 7.4 -0.5 $4,350,000 * AS,MVP-4,GG,SS
1993 32 PIT NL 354 4 2 -2 -1 -8 1 10 6 0.6 14 1.4 -0.8 $4,900,000 AS
1994 33 PIT NL 431 -9 1 0 -1 -1 2 12 4 0.4 5 0.5 -0.1 $3,550,000 *
1995 34 BAL AL 68 -6 0 0 0 3 0 2 -1 0.0 -4 -0.4 0.4 $600,000
1995 34 PHI NL 247 -6 1 -2 1 -1 1 7 1 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $
13 Seasons 6495 154 28 -11 10 26 -8 193 392 41.6 366 38.9 2.7 $20,810,000
PIT (8 yrs) 4441 137 16 -7 4 6 8 129 292 31.0 287 30.6 0.4 $19,705,000
STL (4 yrs) 1739 29 11 -2 5 18 -17 55 100 10.5 81 8.5 2.0 $505,000
PHI (1 yr) 247 -6 1 -2 1 -1 1 7 1 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $
BAL (1 yr) 68 -6 0 0 0 3 0 2 -1 0.0 -4 -0.4 0.4 $600,000

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
1985 24 STL NL NLCS LAD W 5 13 11 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .091 .231 .091 .322 1 0 0 0 0 1
1985 24 STL NL WS KCR L 6 11 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .091 .091 .091 .182 1 0 0 0 0 0
1990 29 PIT NL NLCS CIN L 6 25 24 3 5 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 7 .208 .240 .333 .573 8 0 0 0 0 0
1991 30 PIT NL NLCS ATL L 7 30 25 3 4 2 0 1 2 1 0 5 5 .160 .300 .360 .660 9 0 0 0 0 0
1992 31 PIT NL NLCS ATL L 7 31 29 1 8 3 1 0 4 0 0 1 5 .276 .290 .448 .739 13 1 0 0 1 0
4 Seasons (5 Series) 31 110 100 8 19 6 2 1 10 2 0 9 23 .190 .255 .320 .575 32 1 0 0 1 1
4 NLCS 25 99 89 8 18 6 2 1 10 2 0 9 18 .202 .273 .348 .621 31 1 0 0 1 1
1 WS 6 11 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .091 .091 .091 .182 1 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 Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1983 STL NL 22 OF 69 115 108 4 3 1 .974 -0 1.62 .980 2.26
1983 STL NL 22 3B 30 75 24 50 1 2 .987 2 2.47 .949 2.69
1983 STL NL 22 1B 9 78 71 5 2 13 .974 0 8.44 .992 9.92
1983 STL NL 22 LF 50 21 20 238.2 60 56 2 2 0 .967 1 5 2.19 1.16 .977 2.03 2.02
1983 STL NL 22 RF 23 22 10 181.0 40 37 2 1 1 .975 -1 -9 1.94 1.70 .979 2.01 2.00
1983 STL NL 22 CF 7 6 1 41.2 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -3 2.38 1.57 .983 2.79 2.77
1984 STL NL 23 OF 81 93 88 5 0 0 1.000 -2 1.15 .979 2.26
1984 STL NL 23 3B 32 99 24 68 7 10 .929 -1 2.88 .943 2.78
1984 STL NL 23 1B 30 255 245 9 1 30 .996 -0 8.47 .992 9.83
1984 STL NL 23 RF 35 25 18 233.0 47 44 3 0 0 1.000 0 2 1.82 1.34 .979 2.07 2.06
1984 STL NL 23 LF 34 11 7 142.0 28 27 1 0 0 1.000 0 1 1.77 0.82 .971 2.03 2.02
1984 STL NL 23 CF 15 9 6 88.2 19 18 1 0 0 1.000 -2 -32 1.93 1.27 .987 2.71 2.70
1985 STL NL 24 OF 142 248 234 13 1 4 .996 9 1.74 .979 2.20
1985 STL NL 24 1B 2 3 3 0 0 2 1.000 -0 1.50 .993 10.05
1985 STL NL 24 RF 133 104 71 924.2 214 201 12 1 4 .995 5 7 2.07 1.60 .977 2.01 2.01
1985 STL NL 24 CF 10 7 7 79.2 29 28 1 0 0 1.000 3 44 3.28 2.90 .981 2.67 2.66
1985 STL NL 24 LF 4 0 0 7.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1 137 5.14 1.00 .978 1.93 1.92
1986 STL NL 25 OF 110 229 211 11 7 2 .969 9 2.02 .979 2.19
1986 STL NL 25 1B 38 228 204 23 1 23 .996 2 5.97 .992 9.95
1986 STL NL 25 RF 86 67 48 609.0 175 158 12 5 2 .971 10 19 2.51 1.98 .977 1.99 2.00
1986 STL NL 25 CF 27 20 17 178.0 56 53 1 2 0 .964 -1 -6 2.73 2.00 .984 2.59 2.59
1986 STL NL 25 LF 2 1 1 9.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -26 0.00 0.00 1.93 1.95
1987 PIT NL 26 OF 150 342 328 10 4 6 .988 8 2.25 .981 2.18
1987 PIT NL 26 1B 1 10 10 0 0 3 1.000 0 10.00 .991 9.80
1987 PIT NL 26 CF 114 105 100 962.0 298 288 8 2 4 .993 11 14 2.77 2.60 .984 2.53 2.52
1987 PIT NL 26 RF 37 31 29 277.2 48 44 2 2 2 .958 -4 -15 1.49 1.24 .976 2.00 1.99
1988 PIT NL 27 OF 152 422 406 12 4 2 .991 6 2.75 .982 2.29 AS,MVP-4,GG,SS
1988 PIT NL 27 CF 152 148 139 1324.2 420 404 12 4 2 .990 6 6 2.83 2.74 .986 2.66 2.67 AS,MVP-4,GG,SS
1989 PIT NL 28 OF 123 351 338 9 4 5 .989 13 2.82 .981 2.32 GG
1989 PIT NL 28 1B 2 6 6 0 0 1 1.000 -0 3.00 .992 9.75 GG
1989 PIT NL 28 CF 123 118 110 1065.0 352 339 9 4 5 .989 13 15 2.94 2.83 .985 2.69 2.70 GG
1990 PIT NL 29 OF 133 340 326 6 8 0 .976 -3 2.50 .981 2.37 MVP-27,GG
1990 PIT NL 29 CF 133 128 126 1135.2 344 330 6 8 0 .977 -3 -3 2.66 2.53 .984 2.74 2.73 MVP-27,GG
1991 PIT NL 30 OF 135 282 273 8 1 1 .996 -5 2.08 .983 2.27 GG
1991 PIT NL 30 CF 135 129 110 1137.1 282 273 8 1 1 .996 -5 -5 2.22 2.08 .985 2.59 2.58 GG
1992 PIT NL 31 OF 154 437 421 11 5 3 .989 -4 2.81 .983 2.34 AS,MVP-4,GG,SS
1992 PIT NL 31 CF 154 153 136 1373.2 437 421 11 5 3 .989 -4 -4 2.83 2.81 .989 2.80 2.80 AS,MVP-4,GG,SS
1993 PIT NL 32 OF 78 208 205 2 1 1 .995 -8 2.65 .979 2.33 AS
1993 PIT NL 32 CF 78 76 70 675.0 207 204 2 1 1 .995 -8 -13 2.75 2.64 .985 2.75 2.73 AS
1994 PIT NL 33 OF 99 250 239 9 2 0 .992 -1 2.51 .980 2.23
1994 PIT NL 33 CF 99 97 92 843.2 249 238 9 2 0 .992 -1 -1 2.63 2.49 .982 2.63 2.61
1995 TOT MLB 34 OF 73 169 159 7 3 2 .982 2 2.27 .980 2.18
1995 TOT MLB 34 CF 72 69 64 617.1 165 155 7 3 2 .982 2 4 2.36 2.25 .985 2.54 2.52
1995 PHI NL 34 OF 56 124 117 5 2 1 .984 -1 2.18 .979 2.14
1995 BAL AL 34 OF 17 45 42 2 1 1 .978 3 2.59 .983 2.31
1995 BAL AL 34 CF 16 16 15 136.0 43 40 2 1 1 .977 3 25 2.78 2.63 .987 2.73 2.70
1995 BAL AL 34 RF 1 1 1 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 45 3.38 3.00 .980 2.02 2.00
1995 PHI NL 34 CF 56 53 49 481.1 122 115 5 2 1 .984 -1 -2 2.24 2.14 .984 2.48 2.47
13 Seasons OF 1499 3486 3336 107 43 27 .988 24 2.30 .981 2.27
13 Seasons CF 1119 1065 978 9522.1 2869 2762 75 32 18 .989 11 1 2.68 2.54 .985 2.67 2.66
6 Seasons RF 315 250 177 2233.1 527 487 31 9 9 .983 11 6 2.09 1.64 .977 2.01 2.01
4 Seasons LF 90 33 28 397.0 92 87 3 2 0 .978 2 5 2.04 1.00 .975 2.02 2.01
6 Seasons 1B 82 580 539 37 4 72 .993 1 7.02 .992 9.90
2 Seasons 3B 62 174 48 118 8 12 .954 1 2.68 .946 2.74
13 Seasons TOT 1643 4240 3923 262 55 111 .987 26 2.55 .981 2.66
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/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.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
2001 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1988 *
1992 (CF)
1993

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1988 NL (4, 48%)
1990 NL (27, 0%)
1992 NL (4, 43%)
0.91 Career Shares (271st)

Gold Gloves
1988 NL (OF)
1989 NL (OF)
1990 NL (OF)
1991 NL (OF)
1992 NL (OF)
All multiple winners

Silver Sluggers
1988 NL (OF)
1992 NL (OF)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1988 NL  6.4 (5th)
1992 NL  6.9 (5th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1988 NL  6.4 (4th)
1992 NL  6.9 (4th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1988 NL  5.7 (5th)
1990 NL  4.4 (10th)
1992 NL  7.4 (2nd)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1985 NL  0.9 (10th)
1986 NL  1.2 (7th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1992 NL  .324 (2nd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1992 NL  .381 (9th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1988 NL  .506 (4th)
1992 NL  .505 (7th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1988 NL  .851 (8th)
1992 NL  .886 (5th)

Games Played s c a p y
1987 NL  157 (7th)

At Bats s c a p y
1992 NL  614 (5th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1992 NL  685 (10th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1988 NL  101 (4th)
1992 NL  103 (3rd)

Hits s c a p y
1988 NL  169 (6th)
1992 NL  199 (1st)

Total Bases s c a p y
1987 NL  286 (10th)
1988 NL  297 (3rd)
1992 NL  310 (3rd)

Doubles s c a p y
1987 NL  36 (8th)
1992 NL  45 (1st)

Triples s c a p y
1986 NL  7 (5th)
1987 NL  11 (3rd)
1988 NL  15 (1st)
1989 NL  9 (3rd)
1991 NL  7 (9th)
1992 NL  12 (3rd)
Career  91 (205th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1988 NL  25 (7th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1988 NL  100 (3rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1987 NL  122 (7th)
1988 NL  126 (6th)
Career  1,063 (211th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1985 NL  34 (10th)
Career  245 (234th)

Singles s c a p y
1992 NL  128 (9th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1988 NL  144 (6th)
1992 NL  151 (5th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1988 NL  107 (4th)
1992 NL  122 (2nd)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1988 NL  32 (8th)
1992 NL  42 (4th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1988 NL  3.4 (8th)
1992 NL  4.3 (4th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1987 NL  68 (7th)
1988 NL  63 (4th)
1992 NL  71 (2nd)

Times On Base s c a p y
1988 NL  227 (9th)
1992 NL  261 (4th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1988 NL  .706 (10th)
1992 NL  .752 (6th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1988 NL  13 (1st)
1991 NL  11 (3rd)
1992 NL  9 (3rd)
Career  61 (208th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1985 NL  18.8 (5th)
1987 NL  26.0 (8th)
1988 NL  27.3 (4th)
Career  196.5 (83rd)

AB per HR s c a p y
1988 NL  23.5 (10th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1988 NL  39.72 (6th)
1992 NL  48.33 (5th)
Career  210.12 (183rd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1988 NL  4.4 (8th)
1992 NL  4.5 (8th)
Career  17.2 (210th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1988 NL  4.4 (4th)
1992 NL  4.6 (5th)
Career  20.9 (172nd)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1988 NL  4.2 (6th)
1992 NL  5.0 (5th)
Career  21.7 (171st)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  1,119 (67th)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  2,762 (67th)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  75 (62nd)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1988 NL  152 (4th)
1992 NL  154 (4th)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1987 NL  328 (5th)
1988 NL  406 (1st)
1992 NL  421 (3rd)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1985 NL  13 (4th)
1988 NL  12 (5th)
1992 NL  11 (4th)
1994 NL  9 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1987 NL  2.77 (3rd)
1988 NL  2.83 (2nd)
1989 NL  2.94 (2nd)
Career  2.68 (63rd)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1987 NL  2.60 (2nd)
1988 NL  2.74 (1st)
1989 NL  2.83 (2nd)
1992 NL  2.81 (5th)
Career  2.54 (93rd)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1987 NL  .993 (2nd)
1988 NL  .991 (3rd)
1991 NL  .997 (2nd)
1994 NL  .992 (3rd)
Career  .989 (44th)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1985 NL  2.07 (5th)
1986 NL  2.51 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1986 NL  1.98 (3rd)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1985 NL  .995 (1st)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
1985 NL  9 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
1988 NL  2.84 (2nd)
1989 NL  2.93 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1988 NL  2.75 (1st)
1989 NL  2.82 (2nd)
1992 NL  2.81 (5th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1984 NL  1.000 (1st)
1985 NL  .996 (2nd)
1991 NL  .996 (3rd)
Career  .988 (97th)

Salary s c a p y
1989 NL  $2,150,000 (7th)
1992 NL  $4,350,000 (5th)
1993 NL  $4,900,000 (7th)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 (·)

Black InkBatting - 6 (342), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 44 (573), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 36 (530), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 19 (764), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

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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
198524St. Louis Cardinals$170,0001985 USA Today survey
198625St. Louis Cardinals$335,0001986 USA Today survey
198726Pittsburgh Pirates$550,0001987 USA Today survey
198827Pittsburgh Pirates$825,000*
198928Pittsburgh Pirates$2,150,0002/27/89 TSN
199029Pittsburgh Pirates$1,200,000USA Today
199130Pittsburgh Pirates$2,180,000USA Today survey
199231Pittsburgh Pirates$4,350,00011/4/92 Toronto SunIncludes $100,000 earned bonus
199332Pittsburgh Pirates$4,900,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $250K signing bonus, $50K earned bonus
199433Pittsburgh Pirates$3,550,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $250K signing bonus
199534Baltimore Orioles$600,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $50,000 earned bonus
Career to date (may be incomplete)$20,810,000
Disputed Salaries
*1988 - $870,000 - 12/13/88 NYT -
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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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.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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