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Max Venable

William McKinley Venable

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: June 6, 1957 in Phoenix, AZ
High School: Cordova HS (Rancho Cordova, CA)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 3rd round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 1979
Teams (by GP): Giants/Angels/Reds/Expos 1979-1991

Final Game: October 6, 1991
Relatives: Father of Will Venable
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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
1976	19	LAD-min	A-	51	162	162		35	2	0	1						.216	.216	.247	.463		40							BLH · NORW
1977	20	LAD-min	A	125	490	425	72	115	19	4	9	63	17	8	50	60	.271	.351	.398	.749		169		5	6	4			CLI · MIDW
1978	21	LAD-min	A	140	660	566	134	180	30	9	17	101	46	19	77	56	.318	.402	.493	.895		279		7	3	7			LOD · CALL
1979	22	SFG-min	AAA,AA	56	251	219	38	62	6	6	0	14	22	8	31	26	.283	.375	.365	.740		80		1	0	0			PHX,SHV · PCL,TL
1979	22	SFG	NL	55	97	85	12	14	1	1	0	3	3	3	10	18	.165	.260	.200	.460	32	17	0	1	1	0	1	9/78
1980	23	SFG-min	AAA	78	354	312	52	89	10	10	5	40	15	5	34	30	.285	.355	.429	.785		134		2	2	4			PHX · PCL
1980	23	SFG	NL	64	157	138	13	37	5	0	0	10	8	2	15	22	.268	.333	.304	.638	82	42	3	0	1	3	0	798
1981	24	SFG-min	AAA	104	477	428	81	122	24	10	8	48	33	8	41	51	.285	.352	.444	.796		190		4	3	1	2		PHX · PCL
1981	24	SFG	NL	18	36	32	2	6	0	2	0	1	3	1	4	3	.188	.278	.313	.590	69	10	0	0	0	0	0	/98
1982	25	SFG-min	AAA	8	36	32	5	8	1	2	0	3	1	0	4	2	.250	.333	.406	.740		13		0	0	0	0		PHX · PCL
1982	25	SFG	NL	71	132	125	17	28	2	1	1	7	9	3	7	16	.224	.265	.280	.545	54	35	2	0	0	0	0	78/9
1983	26	SFG	NL	94	257	228	28	50	7	4	6	27	15	2	22	34	.219	.295	.364	.659	85	83	3	3	2	1	1	789
1984	27	WSN-min	AAA	99	381	330	57	82	13	3	9	47	22	8	41	42	.248	.329	.388	.717		128		1	4	5	4		INA · AA
1984	27	MON	NL	38	76	71	7	17	2	0	2	7	1	0	3	7	.239	.276	.352	.628	79	25	0	1	0	1	1	7/89
1985	28	WSN-CIN-min	AAA	46	185	172	27	42	7	5	4	19	10	3	12	19	.244	.293	.413	.706		71		0	1	0	2		INA,DEN · AA
1985	28	CIN	NL	77	146	135	21	39	12	3	0	10	11	3	6	17	.289	.315	.422	.737	102	57	2	0	3	2	0	7/89
1986	29	CIN	NL	108	168	147	17	31	7	1	2	15	7	2	17	24	.211	.289	.313	.602	64	46	0	0	2	2	2	7/89
1987	30	CIN-min	AAA	116	458	400	57	108	16	4	2	28	20	6	39	56	.270	.340	.345	.685		138		5	11	3	2		NVL · AA
1987	30	CIN	NL	7	7	7	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	-25	1	0	0	0	0	0	/8

1989	32	ANA-min	AAA	95	387	329	52	89	14	4	1	45	13	3	46	59	.271	.358	.347	.704		114		1	7	4	2		EDM · PCL
1989	32	CAL	AL	20	57	53	7	19	4	0	0	4	0	0	1	16	.358	.370	.434	.804	129	23	0	0	3	0	0	/987
1990	33	CAL	AL	93	222	189	26	49	9	3	4	21	5	1	24	31	.259	.340	.402	.742	110	76	3	0	7	2	2	789/D
1991	34	CAL	AL	82	206	187	24	46	8	2	3	21	2	1	11	30	.246	.292	.358	.650	80	67	5	2	4	2	2	987/D
1992	35	LOT	Fgn																										LOT · JPPL
1993	36	LOT	Fgn																										LOT · JPPL
12 Yrs				727	1561	1397	176	337	57	17	18	128	64	18	120	218	.241	.302	.345	.647	81	482	18	7	23	13	9
162 Game Avg.				162	348	311	39	75	13	4	4	29	14	4	27	49	.241	.302	.345	.647	81	107	4	2	5	3	2

SFG (5 yrs)				302	679	608	72	135	15	8	7	48	38	11	58	93	.222	.292	.308	.600	70	187	8	4	4	4	2
CAL (3 yrs)				195	485	429	57	114	21	5	7	46	7	2	36	77	.266	.323	.387	.710	99	166	8	2	14	4	4
CIN (3 yrs)				192	321	289	40	71	19	4	2	27	18	5	23	41	.246	.297	.360	.657	79	104	2	0	5	4	2
MON (1 yr)				38	76	71	7	17	2	0	2	7	1	0	3	7	.239	.276	.352	.628	79	25	0	1	0	1	1

NL (9 yrs)				532	1076	968	119	223	36	12	11	82	57	16	84	141	.230	.293	.326	.619	73	316	10	5	9	9	5
AL (3 yrs)				195	485	429	57	114	21	5	7	46	7	2	36	77	.266	.323	.387	.710	99	166	8	2	14	4	4

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
1979	22	SFG	NL	55	97	-6	-1	0	-4	-1	-12	-1.3	3	-9	-1.0	.477	.492	-0.6	-0.5	-5	$	9/78
1980	23	SFG	NL	64	157	-3	0	-0	-6	-2	-11	-1.2	5	-6	-0.8	.481	.492	-0.1	-0.9	-0	$	798
1981	24	SFG	NL	18	36	-2	0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.493	.499	0.0	0.0	0	$	/98
1982	25	SFG	NL	71	132	-7	0	0	1	-2	-8	-0.8	4	-4	-0.4	.488	.495	-0.6	-0.0	-5	$	78/9
1983	26	SFG	NL	94	257	-4	3	1	2	-2	-0	-0.0	8	8	0.8	.500	.500	0.5	0.0	6	$	789
1984	27	MON	NL	38	76	-3	0	0	2	-1	-1	-0.1	2	1	0.1	.496	.499	-0.1	0.2	-1	$	7/89
1985	28	CIN	NL	77	146	2	1	1	1	-1	3	0.4	4	8	0.8	.504	.502	0.7	0.0	6	$155,000	7/89
1986	29	CIN	NL	108	168	-8	1	1	2	-1	-6	-0.6	5	-0	-0.1	.494	.496	-0.3	0.1	-2	$225,000	7/89
1987	30	CIN	NL	7	7	-1	-0	0	-0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.473	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	/8

1989	32	CAL	AL	20	57	3	-0	0	2	-0	4	0.5	2	6	0.7	.524	.503	0.5	0.2	4	$	/987
1990	33	CAL	AL	93	222	1	2	0	1	-2	2	0.2	8	9	0.9	.502	.501	0.9	-0.1	9	$200,000	789/D
1991	34	CAL	AL	82	206	-5	-1	-0	-5	-2	-13	-1.3	7	-6	-0.6	.483	.492	-0.1	-0.7	-1	$425,000	987/D
12 Seasons				727	1561	-33	6	4	-5	-15	-44	-4.5	49	5	0.2	.493	.498	0.7	-1.8	10	$1,005,000

SFG (5 yrs)				302	679	-22	3	2	-7	-7	-32	-3.4	21	-11	-1.4	.488	.496	-0.8	-1.4	-4	$
CAL (3 yrs)				195	485	-0	1	0	-3	-5	-7	-0.5	16	9	1.0	.496	.499	1.3	-0.6	12	$625,000
CIN (3 yrs)				192	321	-8	2	2	3	-3	-4	-0.4	10	6	0.5	.498	.499	0.3	0.1	3	$380,000
MON (1 yr)				38	76	-3	0	0	2	-1	-1	-0.1	2	1	0.1	.496	.499	-0.1	0.2	-1	$

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
1979	22	SFG	NL	97	75	5	1.8	94	.209	.165	.260	.260	.325	.200	.387	.460	.711	32	.161	-7.8	-0.8	.378	.153	.035	.0
1980	23	SFG	NL	157	110	16	3.9	93	.311	.268	.263	.333	.325	.304	.382	.638	.707	82	.465	-2.4	-0.2	.594	.188	.036	.0
1981	24	SFG	NL	36	27	3	3.0	90	.207	.188	.260	.278	.325	.313	.373	.590	.698	69	.360	-1.5	-0.2	.593	.313	.125	.0
1982	25	SFG	NL	132	102	9	2.4	94	.250	.224	.264	.265	.327	.280	.384	.545	.712	54	.260	-8.2	-0.8	.471	.160	.056	1.8
1983	26	SFG	NL	257	186	27	3.9	94	.233	.219	.260	.295	.328	.364	.385	.659	.712	85	.462	-5.4	-0.6	.661	.298	.145	8.6
1984	27	MON	NL	76	55	7	3.4	90	.238	.239	.259	.276	.323	.352	.376	.628	.699	79	.410	-2.1	-0.2	.556	.169	.113	1.3
1985	28	CIN	NL	146	106	18	4.6	98	.325	.289	.265	.315	.333	.422	.394	.737	.727	102	.538	0.1	0.0	.703	.237	.133	.0
1986	29	CIN	NL	168	122	15	3.3	101	.236	.211	.266	.289	.337	.313	.401	.602	.738	64	.383	-7.3	-0.8	.576	.252	.102	3.1
1987	30	CIN	NL	7	6	0	0.0	109	.143	.143	.274	.143	.344	.143	.427	.286	.770	-25	.000	-1.3	-0.1	.167	.000	.000

1989	32	CAL	AL	57	37	9	6.5	92	.514	.358	.258	.370	.323	.434	.380	.804	.703	129	.678	1.9	0.2	.706	.094	.075
1990	33	CAL	AL	222	153	28	4.9	92	.288	.259	.256	.340	.324	.402	.382	.742	.706	110	.550	2.8	0.3	.722	.291	.143	4.4
1991	34	CAL	AL	206	153	19	3.4	96	.276	.246	.259	.292	.328	.358	.393	.650	.721	80	.364	-5.4	-0.5	.551	.176	.112	2.4
12 Yrs				1561	1132	156	3.7	95	.272	.241	.261	.302	.328	.345	.387	.647	.715	81	.431	-36.7	-3.8	.598	.223	.104	28.1
162 Game Avg.				348	252	35	3.7	95	.272	.241	.261	.302	.328	.345	.387	.647	.715	81	.431	-36.7	-3.8	.598	.223	.104	6

SFG (5 yrs)				679	500	60	3.2	93	.250	.222	.262	.292	.326	.308	.384	.600	.710	70	.377	-25.3	-2.6	.561	.225	.086	11.8
CAL (3 yrs)				485	343	56	4.4	94	.307	.266	.258	.323	.325	.387	.387	.710	.712	99	.493	-0.7	-0.1	.643	.217	.121	7.0
CIN (3 yrs)				321	234	33	3.8	100	.276	.246	.265	.297	.335	.360	.398	.657	.734	79	.447	-8.6	-0.9	.622	.239	.114	3.6
MON (1 yr)				76	55	7	3.4	90	.238	.239	.259	.276	.323	.352	.376	.628	.699	79	.410	-2.1	-0.2	.556	.169	.113	1.3

NL (9 yrs)				1076	789	100	3.4	95	.257	.230	.263	.293	.329	.326	.388	.619	.716	73	.401	-36.0	-3.7	.578	.225	.096	18.4
AL (3 yrs)				485	343	56	4.4	94	.307	.266	.258	.323	.325	.387	.387	.710	.712	99	.493	-0.7	-0.1	.643	.217	.121	7.0

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
1979	22	SFG	NL	97	0.0%	18.6%	10.3%	2.1%	14%	1.80	4.7		28.3		0.39	69%
1980	23	SFG	NL	157	0.0%	14.0%	9.6%	3.2%	14%	1.47	6.3		13.8		0.93	76%
1981	24	SFG	NL	36	0.0%	8.3%	11.1%	5.6%	33%	0.75	10.7		32.0		0.77	81%
1982	25	SFG	NL	132	0.8%	12.1%	5.3%	3.0%	14%	2.29	7.8	125.0	17.9		0.95	82%
1983	26	SFG	NL	257	2.3%	13.2%	8.6%	6.6%	34%	1.55	6.7	38.0	8.4		1.07	74%
1984	27	MON	NL	76	2.6%	9.2%	4.0%	5.3%	24%	2.33	10.1	35.5	10.1		0.33	83%
1985	28	CIN	NL	146	0.0%	11.6%	4.1%	10.3%	39%	2.83	7.9		13.5		0.95	82%
1986	29	CIN	NL	168	1.2%	14.3%	10.1%	6.0%	32%	1.41	6.1	73.5	9.8		1.11	73%
1987	30	CIN	NL	7	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%				3.5		1.00	100%

1989	32	CAL	AL	57	0.0%	28.1%	1.8%	7.0%	21%	16.00	3.3		13.3	0.64	1.11	65%	28%	0.0%	14%
1990	33	CAL	AL	222	1.8%	14.0%	10.8%	7.2%	33%	1.29	6.1	47.3	9.0	0.81	1.18	70%	15%	5.9%	19%
1991	34	CAL	AL	206	1.5%	14.6%	5.3%	6.3%	28%	2.73	6.2	62.3	8.9	0.75	1.13	76%	20%	4.5%	26%
12 Yrs				1561	1.2%	14.0%	7.7%	5.9%	27%	1.82	6.4	77.6	10.9	0.76	0.94	75%	18%	4.6%	22%
MLB Averages					2.1%	14.1%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	1.66	6.3	42.1	8.4	0.80	1.08	74%	20%	6.5%	24%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1979	22	SFG	NL	-7.8	-0.8	105	-0.3	1.3	-1.7	1.00	-0.3	-0.0	-1.1	-0.1	0.95	-2.6	1.00	17
1980	23	SFG	NL	-2.4	-0.2	171	-0.4	2.8	-3.2	1.12	-0.4	-0.0	-2.5	-0.3	0.96	-3.5	1.56	26
1981	24	SFG	NL	-1.5	-0.2	41	-0.4	0.7	-1.0	1.32	-0.1	-0.2	-2.1	-0.2	1.08	-1.0	1.17	12
1982	25	SFG	NL	-8.2	-0.8	146	-1.2	2.4	-3.6	1.33	-0.6	-0.3	-7.6	-0.8	1.01	-7.0	0.95	17
1983	26	SFG	NL	-5.4	-0.6	276	-0.1	4.4	-4.6	.99	-0.1	-0.0	1.6	0.2	0.97	-1.3	1.74	22
1984	27	MON	NL	-2.1	-0.2	79	-0.4	1.4	-1.8	1.33	-0.5	0.3	-2.8	-0.3	0.98	-4.1	1.27	13
1985	28	CIN	NL	0.1	0.0	159	0.4	3.4	-2.9	1.20	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.97	1.5	1.57	36
1986	29	CIN	NL	-7.3	-0.8	179	-0.9	2.6	-3.5	1.20	-0.6	-0.1	-5.6	-0.6	0.99	-6.4	1.46	51
1987	30	CIN	NL	-1.3	-0.1	7	-0.0	0.2	-0.2	1.67	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	-0.0	0.98	-1.0	1.91	2

1989	32	CAL	AL	1.9	0.2	60	0.1	1.2	-1.0	1.09	0.3	-0.2	2.9	0.3	0.92	2.5	2.35	6
1990	33	CAL	AL	2.8	0.3	230	-0.3	3.6	-3.9	1.07	0.4	-0.6	1.1	0.1	0.98	3.1	1.99	16
1991	34	CAL	AL	-5.4	-0.5	213	-1.2	2.9	-4.1	1.02	-0.9	-0.3	-7.1	-0.7	0.97	-9.0	1.57	16
12 Yrs				-36.7	-3.8	1666	-4.6	26.9	-31.5	1.12	-2.6	-1.5	-23.4	-2.4	0.98	-28.8	1.49	234

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
1979	22	SFG	NL	3	0	48%	56	3	3	50%	3	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	2	2	20%	7	7	0	1	1	0	7	3	3
1980	23	SFG	NL	1	0	25%	53	8	2	80%	8	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	4	50%	6	2	2	1	1	0	7	2	5
1981	24	SFG	NL	0	0	20%	9	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	25	SFG	NL	1	0	47%	60	9	3	75%	9	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	50%	11	6	5	1	1	0	8	2	5
1983	26	SFG	NL	3	1	32%	86	15	2	88%	14	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	3	53%	8	6	2	5	2	3	4	0	4
1984	27	MON	NL	0	0	26%	24	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	25%	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	1
1985	28	CIN	NL	4	0	47%	73	11	3	79%	11	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	56%	9	6	3	0	0	0	9	2	7
1986	29	CIN	NL	1	0	33%	56	7	2	78%	6	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	70%	6	3	3	1	0	1	3	0	3
1987	30	CIN	NL	0	0	200%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

1989	32	CAL	AL	2	0	35%	36	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	50%	9	5	4	0	0	0	1	0	1
1990	33	CAL	AL	1	0	32%	84	5	1	83%	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	38%	16	9	7	3	3	0	5	3	2
1991	34	CAL	AL	3	0	38%	75	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	4	58%	12	4	7	1	0	1	6	3	3
12 Yrs				19	1	35%	617	64	18	78%	62	15	1	3	1	0	12	0	21	29	47%	87	51	33	13	8	5	54	17	35

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
1979	22	SFG	NL	97	80%	14			17	5	0	0	1.00	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	18	0	0%	8	4	50%	51	4	8%	3	2	67%	6	4	67%	0
1980	23	SFG	NL	157	94%	37			26	9	0	4	1.56	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	20	3	15%	15	5	33%	82	10	12%	12	6	50%	7	3	43%	0
1981	24	SFG	NL	36	89%	6			12	1	0	0	1.17	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	2	0	0%	28	1	4%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1982	25	SFG	NL	132	89%	28			17	3	0	1	0.95	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0%	20	2	10%	9	1	11%	79	6	8%	7	2	29%	3	3	100%	0
1983	26	SFG	NL	257	88%	50			22	6	1	2	1.74	6	0	9	6	0	3	3	0	2	2	100%	42	3	7%	18	11	61%	156	23	15%	12	7	58%	5	3	60%	0
1984	27	MON	NL	76	89%	17			13	4	1	2	1.27	2	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0		10	0	0%	13	2	15%	42	5	12%	2	1	50%	10	4	40%	0
1985	28	CIN	NL	146	95%	39			36	13	0	4	1.57	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	31	2	6%	19	7	37%	85	11	13%	4	3	75%	9	4	44%	0
1986	29	CIN	NL	168	88%	31			51	8	0	5	1.46	2	0	6	2	0	1	1	0	2	2	100%	35	0	0%	20	11	55%	115	13	11%	11	6	55%	8	6	75%	0
1987	30	CIN	NL	7	100%	1			2	1	0	1	1.91	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	4	2	50%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0

1989	32	CAL	AL	57	88%	19	0	0	6	1	0	0	2.35	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	5	0	0%	5	3	60%	27	4	15%	2	1	50%	4	3	75%	0
1990	33	CAL	AL	222	87%	49	8	3	16	3	0	1	1.99	4	0	3	4	0	3	1	0	9	7	78%	47	3	6%	25	10	40%	132	17	13%	11	5	45%	8	5	63%	0
1991	34	CAL	AL	206	89%	46	19	2	16	3	1	1	1.57	3	1	7	3	0	2	1	0	6	4	67%	43	5	12%	23	10	43%	133	18	14%	14	8	57%	7	5	71%	0
12 Yrs				1561	89%	337	27	5	234	57	3	21	1.49	18	1	43	18	0	10	8	0	31	23	74%	276	18	7%	158	64	41%	934	114	12%	81	42	52%	69	41	59%	0
MLB Averages					59%																			78%			11%			35%			15%			52%			55%

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
1989	32	CAL	AL	53	185	3.49	125	68%	31%	13%	26%	30%	69%	0%	46%	81%	36%	4%	2	0	8%	4	1	4%	2	2	40%	4	0	0
1990	33	CAL	AL	214	754	3.52	468	62%	22%	15%	29%	34%	78%	3%	48%	81%	36%	6%	13	0	12%	25	8	7%	15	9	26%	8	0	1
1991	34	CAL	AL	209	687	3.29	440	64%	23%	15%	25%	37%	78%	3%	50%	81%	32%	3%	7	0	13%	28	12	3%	7	5	30%	-3	0	0
3 Yrs				476	1626	3.42	1033	64%	23%	15%	27%	35%	77%	3%	49%	81%	34%	5%	22	0	12%	57	21	5%	24	16	30%	9	0	1
MLB Averages						3.62		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	32%	6%			16%			9%			26%

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
1979	22	55	97	85	12	14	1	1	0	3	3	3	10	18	.165	.260	.200	.460	32	17	0	1	1	0	1
1980	23	119	254	223	25	51	6	1	0	13	11	5	25	40	.229	.306	.265	.570	63	59	3	1	2	3	1
1981	24	137	290	255	27	57	6	3	0	14	14	6	29	43	.224	.302	.271	.573	64	69	3	1	2	3	1
1982	25	208	422	380	44	85	8	4	1	21	23	9	36	59	.224	.290	.274	.564	61	104	5	1	2	3	1
1983	26	302	679	608	72	135	15	8	7	48	38	11	58	93	.222	.292	.308	.600	70	187	8	4	4	4	2
1984	27	340	755	679	79	152	17	8	9	55	39	11	61	100	.224	.291	.312	.603	71	212	8	5	4	5	3
1985	28	417	901	814	100	191	29	11	9	65	50	14	67	117	.235	.295	.330	.625	76	269	10	5	7	7	3
1986	29	525	1069	961	117	222	36	12	11	80	57	16	84	141	.231	.294	.328	.621	74	315	10	5	9	9	5
1987	30	532	1076	968	119	223	36	12	11	82	57	16	84	141	.230	.293	.326	.619	73	316	10	5	9	9	5
1988	31	532	1076	968	119	223	36	12	11	82	57	16	84	141	.230	.293	.326	.619	73	316	10	5	9	9	5
1989	32	552	1133	1021	126	242	40	12	11	86	57	16	85	157	.237	.296	.332	.628	76	339	10	5	12	9	5
1990	33	645	1355	1210	152	291	49	15	15	107	62	17	109	188	.240	.303	.343	.646	81	415	13	5	19	11	7
1991	34	727	1561	1397	176	337	57	17	18	128	64	18	120	218	.241	.302	.345	.647	81	482	18	7	23	13	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
1979	22	55	99	86	14	15	1	1	0	3	3	11	18	.174	.276	.209	.485	5	55
1980	23	64	161	141	15	40	5	0	0	11	9	16	22	.284	.350	.319	.669	16	64
1981	24	27	56	49	3	10	0	3	0	2	5	7	5	.204	.304	.327	.630	5	18
1982	25	71	133	126	18	29	2	1	1	8	9	7	16	.230	.271	.286	.556	10	71
1983	26	94	262	232	32	54	8	4	6	30	16	24	34	.233	.312	.379	.691	27	94
1984	27	38	78	73	8	19	2	0	2	8	1	3	7	.260	.295	.370	.665	8	38
1985	28	77	147	136	22	40	12	3	0	10	11	6	17	.294	.319	.426	.746	19	77
1986	29	108	170	148	18	32	7	1	2	16	7	18	24	.216	.298	.318	.615	14	108
1987	30	7	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	7

1989	32	20	59	55	8	21	4	0	0	5	0	1	16	.382	.393	.455	.847	10	20
1990	33	93	226	192	29	52	10	3	4	23	5	25	31	.271	.352	.417	.768	29	93
1991	34	82	207	188	25	47	8	2	3	22	2	11	30	.250	.296	.362	.657	20	82
12 Yrs		736	1605	1433	192	359	59	18	18	138	68	129	220	.251	.313	.355	.667	163	727
162 Game Avg.		162	353	315	42	79	13	4	4	30	15	28	48	.251	.313	.355	.667	36	727

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