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John Vukovich    \VOO-kuh-vich\

John Christopher Vukovich (Vuke)

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 187 lb.

Born: July 31, 1947 in Sacramento, CA
High School: Amador HS (Sutter Creek, CA)
School: American River College (Sacramento, CA)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1966 amateur draft (January). Player signed May 20, 1966. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1970 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Brewers/Reds 1970-1981

Final Game: August 23, 1981 (Age 34)
Died: March 8, 2007 in Philadelphia, PA
Cremated
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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
1970 22 PHI NL 3 9 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .125 .222 .125 .347 -3 1 0 0 0 0 0 /65
1971 23 PHI NL 74 233 217 11 36 5 0 0 14 2 1 12 34 .166 .211 .189 .400 14 41 4 1 1 2 1 5
1973 25 MIL AL 55 141 128 10 16 3 0 2 9 0 2 9 40 .125 .182 .195 .378 8 25 1 0 4 0 0 53/6
1974 26 MIL AL 38 85 80 5 15 1 0 3 11 2 1 1 16 .188 .193 .313 .505 44 25 2 0 2 2 0 564/3
1975 27 CIN NL 31 46 38 4 8 3 0 0 2 0 0 4 5 .211 .286 .289 .575 59 11 0 0 4 0 1 5
1976 28 PHI NL 4 8 8 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .500 .625 69 4 0 0 0 0 0 /53
1977 29 PHI NL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 31 PHI NL 10 15 15 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .267 .467 25 4 0 0 0 0 0 /54
1980 32 PHI NL 49 66 62 4 10 1 1 0 5 0 1 2 7 .161 .197 .210 .407 12 13 2 1 0 1 1 5/463
1981 33 PHI NL 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 /534
10 Yrs 277 607 559 37 90 14 1 6 44 4 5 29 109 .161 .203 .222 .425 20 124 9 2 12 5 3
162 Game Avg. 162 355 327 22 53 8 1 4 26 2 3 17 64 .161 .203 .222 .425 20 73 5 1 7 3 2
PHI (7 yrs) 153 335 313 18 51 7 1 1 22 2 2 15 48 .163 .204 .201 .405 14 63 6 2 2 3 2
MIL (2 yrs) 93 226 208 15 31 4 0 5 20 2 3 10 56 .149 .186 .240 .427 22 50 3 0 6 2 0
CIN (1 yr) 31 46 38 4 8 3 0 0 2 0 0 4 5 .211 .286 .289 .575 59 11 0 0 4 0 1
NL (8 yrs) 184 381 351 22 59 10 1 1 24 2 2 19 53 .168 .213 .211 .424 19 74 6 2 6 3 3
AL (2 yrs) 93 226 208 15 31 4 0 5 20 2 3 10 56 .149 .186 .240 .427 22 50 3 0 6 2 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1970 22 PHI NL 3 9 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.0 .481 .500 -0.1 0.1 -1 /65
1971 23 PHI NL 74 233 -21 -1 0 3 1 -17 -2.0 8 -9 -1.2 .473 .488 -1.6 0.6 -12 5
1973 25 MIL AL 55 141 -15 -0 0 -2 0 -17 -1.8 5 -12 -1.3 .467 .489 -1.1 -0.1 -10 $17,000 53/6
1974 26 MIL AL 38 85 -6 0 -0 -2 1 -7 -0.8 3 -4 -0.4 .480 .495 -0.2 -0.1 -2 $18,000 564/3
1975 27 CIN NL 31 46 -3 -0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 2 -0 -0.0 .494 .499 -0.2 0.2 -1 5
1976 28 PHI NL 4 8 2 0 0 -1 0 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .540 .501 0.3 -0.1 2 /53
1977 29 PHI NL 2 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .470 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1
1979 31 PHI NL 10 15 -2 -0 0 1 0 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .496 .500 -0.1 0.1 -1 /54
1980 32 PHI NL 49 66 -7 -0 -0 1 1 -6 -0.7 2 -4 -0.5 .486 .496 -0.6 0.2 -5 5/463
1981 33 PHI NL 11 2 -0 0 0 -1 0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .483 .499 -0.0 -0.1 -0 /534
10 Seasons 277 607 -54 -2 -0 1 5 -50 -5.6 21 -29 -3.5 .480 .496 -3.7 0.7 -30 $35,000
PHI (7 yrs) 153 335 -30 -1 0 4 3 -25 -2.9 11 -13 -1.7 .481 .497 -2.2 0.8 -17
MIL (2 yrs) 93 226 -21 -0 -0 -4 2 -24 -2.5 8 -15 -1.7 .472 .492 -1.3 -0.2 -12 $35,000
CIN (1 yr) 31 46 -3 -0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 2 -0 -0.0 .494 .499 -0.2 0.2 -1

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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
1970 PHI NL 22 SS 2 2 1 15.0 9 3 4 2 1 .778 -0 -32 4.20 3.50 .964 5.04 5.05
1970 PHI NL 22 3B 1 1 1 8.0 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 1 120 5.62 5.00 .944 2.92 2.90
1971 PHI NL 23 3B 74 62 52 559.0 204 58 137 9 8 .956 3 7 3.14 2.64 .949 2.80 2.80
1973 MIL AL 25 3B 40 34 25 306.2 96 28 63 5 3 .948 -2 -9 2.67 2.28 .950 3.00 2.98
1973 MIL AL 25 1B 13 3 2 56.2 59 56 3 0 2 1.000 0 11 9.37 4.54 .992 9.86 9.80
1973 MIL AL 25 SS 1 0 0 5.0 4 2 2 0 2 1.000 0 24 7.20 4.00 .962 5.04 5.10
1974 MIL AL 26 3B 12 7 4 72.1 29 8 20 1 0 .966 0 5 3.48 2.33 .954 3.12 3.10
1974 MIL AL 26 SS 12 11 6 93.2 55 17 35 3 6 .945 -2 -32 5.00 4.33 .965 4.98 4.96
1974 MIL AL 26 2B 11 6 3 57.0 25 11 13 1 4 .960 0 2 3.79 2.18 .975 5.37 5.35
1974 MIL AL 26 1B 4 0 0 9.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -13 10.00 2.50 .992 9.70 9.65
1975 CIN NL 27 3B 31 14 3 144.0 53 12 37 4 4 .925 1 7 3.06 1.58 .945 2.98 2.97
1976 PHI NL 28 3B 4 1 1 17.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 -0 -35 1.59 0.75 .953 2.91 2.92
1976 PHI NL 28 1B 1 0 0 4.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -30 11.25 5.00 .992 9.90 9.90
1979 PHI NL 31 3B 7 1 1 23.0 9 0 9 0 1 1.000 1 37 3.52 1.29 .951 2.90 2.89
1979 PHI NL 31 2B 3 2 1 18.0 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 0 7 3.00 2.00 .978 5.40 5.40
1980 PHI NL 32 3B 34 12 12 155.0 48 14 32 2 0 .958 2 15 2.67 1.35 .948 2.87 2.88
1980 PHI NL 32 2B 9 0 0 13.0 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 -0 -37 3.46 0.56 .980 5.47 5.49
1980 PHI NL 32 SS 5 0 0 6.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -20 3.00 0.40 .965 4.95 5.02
1980 PHI NL 32 1B 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -360 0.00 0.00 8.10 10.20
1981 PHI NL 33 3B 9 0 0 16.0 5 0 4 1 0 .800 -1 -60 2.25 0.44 .948 2.81 2.84
1981 PHI NL 33 1B 1 0 0 2.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 13.50 3.00 .993 10.35 10.20
1981 PHI NL 33 2B 1 0 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -160 3.00 1.00 .980 5.40 5.50
9 Seasons 3B 212 132 99 1301.0 452 122 308 22 16 .951 4 4 2.97 2.03 .949 2.90 2.90
4 Seasons 2B 24 8 4 91.0 37 17 19 1 4 .973 -1 -8 3.56 1.50 .976 5.39 5.41
4 Seasons SS 20 13 7 119.2 70 23 42 5 9 .929 -3 -29 4.89 3.25 .965 4.99 4.99
5 Seasons 1B 20 3 2 72.0 77 74 3 0 2 1.000 0 3 9.62 3.85 .992 9.85 9.82
10 Seasons TOT 276 156 112 1583.2 636 236 372 28 31 .956 1 1 3.46 2.20 .958 3.51 3.77
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
1971 NL  3 (3rd)

                                         

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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/Other Sources
197325Milwaukee Brewers$17,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197426Milwaukee Brewers$18,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
Career to date (may be incomplete)$35,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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