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Denny Walling

Dennis Martin Walling

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Third Baseman and Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: April 17, 1954 in Neptune, NJ
School: Clemson University (Clemson, SC)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1975
Teams (by GP): Astros/Cardinals/Rangers/Athletics 1975-1992
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: April 10, 1992
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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
1975 21 OAK AL 6 8 8 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .125 .125 .250 .375 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 /87
1976 22 OAK AL 3 11 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .273 .273 .273 .545 64 3 0 0 0 0 0 /78
1977 23 HOU NL 6 23 21 1 6 0 1 0 6 0 1 2 4 .286 .348 .381 .729 104 8 0 0 0 0 0 /798
1978 24 HOU NL 120 280 247 30 62 11 3 3 36 9 2 30 24 .251 .332 .356 .688 100 88 2 1 0 2 3 7/98
1979 25 HOU NL 82 165 147 21 48 8 4 3 31 3 2 17 21 .327 .394 .497 .891 149 73 2 0 0 1 2 9/7
1980 26 HOU NL 100 321 284 30 85 6 5 3 29 4 3 35 26 .299 .374 .387 .761 121 110 2 0 0 2 4 39/7
1981 27 HOU NL 65 189 158 23 37 6 0 5 23 2 1 28 17 .234 .346 .367 .713 107 58 3 0 1 2 1 39/78
1982 28 HOU NL 85 170 146 22 30 4 1 1 14 4 2 23 19 .205 .312 .267 .579 70 39 6 0 0 1 3 398/7
1983 29 HOU NL 100 152 135 24 40 5 3 3 19 2 2 15 16 .296 .364 .444 .809 131 60 1 0 1 1 1 359/7
1984 30 HOU NL 87 268 249 37 70 11 5 3 31 7 1 16 28 .281 .325 .402 .726 111 100 4 1 0 2 2 53/87
1985 31 HOU NL 119 374 345 44 93 20 1 7 45 5 2 25 26 .270 .316 .394 .710 100 136 8 0 0 4 2 53/97
1986 32 HOU NL 130 422 382 54 119 23 1 13 58 1 1 36 31 .312 .367 .479 .846 135 183 8 0 0 4 5 5/793
1987 33 HOU NL 110 370 325 45 92 21 4 5 33 5 1 39 37 .283 .356 .418 .774 108 136 9 0 2 4 1 53/79
1988 34 TOT NL 84 252 234 22 56 13 2 1 21 2 0 17 25 .239 .291 .325 .616 79 76 3 0 1 0 3 57/39
1988 34 HOU NL 65 192 176 19 43 10 2 1 20 1 0 15 18 .244 .304 .341 .645 89 60 2 0 1 0 3 5/37
1988 34 STL NL 19 60 58 3 13 3 0 0 1 1 0 2 7 .224 .250 .276 .526 51 16 1 0 0 0 0 7/539
1989 35 STL NL 69 93 79 9 24 7 0 1 11 0 0 14 12 .304 .409 .430 .839 138 34 1 0 0 0 2 3/579
1990 36 STL NL 78 137 127 7 28 5 0 1 19 0 0 8 15 .220 .265 .283 .548 51 36 5 0 1 1 0 35/97
1991 37 TEX AL 24 49 44 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 8 .091 .184 .114 .297 -15 5 3 2 0 0 0 5/79
1992 38 HOU NL 3 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 94 1 0 0 0 0 0
18 Yrs 1271 3287 2945 372 799 142 30 49 380 44 18 308 316 .271 .339 .390 .728 107 1148 57 4 6 24 29
162 Game Avg. 162 419 375 47 102 18 4 6 48 6 2 39 40 .271 .339 .390 .728 107 146 7 1 1 3 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
HOU (13 yrs) 1072 2929 2618 351 726 125 30 47 345 43 18 281 267 .277 .345 .402 .747 112 1052 47 2 5 23 27
STL (3 yrs) 166 290 264 19 65 15 0 2 31 1 0 24 34 .246 .308 .326 .634 78 86 7 0 1 1 2
OAK (2 yrs) 9 19 19 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .211 .211 .263 .474 39 5 0 0 0 0 0
TEX (1 yr) 24 49 44 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 8 .091 .184 .114 .297 -15 5 3 2 0 0 0
NL (15 yrs) 1238 3219 2882 370 791 140 30 49 376 44 18 305 301 .274 .342 .395 .737 109 1138 54 2 6 24 29
AL (3 yrs) 33 68 63 2 8 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 15 .127 .191 .159 .350 0 10 3 2 0 0 0

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
1975 21 OAK AL 6 8 -1 0 0 -1 -0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .462 .499 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $ /87
1976 22 OAK AL 3 11 -0 -0 0 -0 -0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .466 .499 0.0 -0.1 -0 $ /78
1977 23 HOU NL 6 23 0 -0 0 2 -0 1 0.1 1 2 0.2 .524 .501 0.0 0.1 0 $ /798
1978 24 HOU NL 120 280 0 0 1 2 -3 -0 0.0 8 8 0.9 .500 .500 0.6 -0.1 6 $ 7/98
1979 25 HOU NL 82 165 8 -0 0 2 -2 8 0.9 5 13 1.4 .511 .505 1.2 0.0 11 $ 9/7
1980 26 HOU NL 100 321 7 -1 2 -6 -5 -2 -0.3 10 7 0.7 .497 .498 1.4 -1.2 13 $ 39/7
1981 27 HOU NL 65 189 2 -0 0 -3 -3 -4 -0.4 6 1 0.2 .492 .497 0.4 -0.6 4 $ 39/78
1982 28 HOU NL 85 170 -1 1 -0 -2 -2 -4 -0.4 5 1 0.1 .494 .497 0.2 -0.4 3 $ 398/7
1983 29 HOU NL 100 152 7 -2 1 -4 -2 0 0.0 5 5 0.5 .500 .500 0.9 -0.7 9 $ 359/7
1984 30 HOU NL 87 268 4 2 1 1 -1 7 0.9 8 16 1.7 .510 .505 1.5 0.1 15 $ 53/87
1985 31 HOU NL 119 374 3 1 -0 3 -3 3 0.4 12 14 1.5 .502 .502 1.1 0.0 11 $341,667 53/97
1986 32 HOU NL 130 422 16 -1 0 7 -0 22 2.4 13 35 3.7 .518 .515 2.9 0.8 28 $366,667 5/793
1987 33 HOU NL 110 370 4 -0 0 -4 -1 -1 -0.1 11 10 1.0 .499 .499 1.4 -0.5 14 $595,000 53/79
1988 34 HOU NL 65 192 -4 1 1 4 0 2 0.3 6 8 0.9 .504 .502 0.4 0.6 4 $575,000 5/37
1988 34 STL NL 19 60 -3 -0 0 -3 -0 -7 -0.8 2 -5 -0.6 .460 .495 -0.2 -0.4 -2 $ 7/539
1989 35 STL NL 69 93 3 0 0 1 -1 3 0.4 3 6 0.7 .506 .502 0.6 -0.0 5 $615,000 3/579
1990 36 STL NL 78 137 -9 -1 -1 -3 -1 -15 -1.6 4 -11 -1.2 .479 .490 -0.9 -0.4 -8 $500,000 35/97
1991 37 TEX AL 24 49 -7 -0 -0 -0 -0 -8 -0.8 2 -6 -0.6 .467 .495 -0.6 -0.0 -6 $ 5/79
1992 38 HOU NL 3 3 0 -0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .496 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $300,000
18 Seasons 1271 3287 29 -1 6 -6 -26 3 0.9 100 103 10.8 .500 .500 10.8 -2.8 109 $3,293,334
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
HOU (13 yrs) 1072 2929 47 0 6 1 -23 31 3.9 89 121 12.8 .503 .502 12.0 -1.8 120 $2,178,334
STL (3 yrs) 166 290 -9 -1 -0 -5 -3 -18 -2.0 9 -10 -1.1 .488 .496 -0.5 -0.8 -4 $1,115,000
OAK (2 yrs) 9 19 -2 -0 0 -1 -0 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .463 .499 -0.1 -0.2 -1 $
TEX (1 yr) 24 49 -7 -0 -0 -0 -0 -8 -0.8 2 -6 -0.6 .467 .495 -0.6 -0.0 -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
1975 21 OAK AL 8 7 0 0.0 91 .250 .125 .256 .125 .325 .250 .376 .375 .701 5 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .286 .125 .125
1976 22 OAK AL 11 8 1 3.4 82 .375 .273 .250 .273 .314 .273 .353 .545 .667 64 .425 -0.6 -0.1 .375 .000 .000
1977 23 HOU NL 23 16 3 5.1 95 .353 .286 .258 .348 .325 .381 .394 .729 .718 104 .541 0.0 0.0 .563 .143 .095
1978 24 HOU NL 280 191 32 4.5 88 .266 .251 .253 .332 .319 .356 .371 .688 .690 100 .533 0.8 0.1 .667 .255 .105 4.5
1979 25 HOU NL 165 104 29 7.5 95 .363 .327 .262 .394 .326 .497 .388 .891 .715 149 .726 9.9 1.0 .883 .293 .170 3.0
1980 26 HOU NL 321 206 43 5.6 88 .319 .299 .257 .374 .318 .387 .373 .761 .691 121 .628 8.9 0.9 .716 .215 .088 3.4
1981 27 HOU NL 189 128 22 4.7 88 .232 .234 .257 .346 .321 .367 .368 .713 .689 107 .556 2.7 0.3 .696 .316 .133 2.9
1982 28 HOU NL 170 125 12 2.6 88 .228 .205 .256 .312 .318 .267 .372 .579 .690 70 .291 -4.8 -0.5 .516 .233 .062 1.6
1983 29 HOU NL 152 100 22 5.9 91 .316 .296 .255 .364 .322 .444 .378 .809 .700 131 .648 5.5 0.6 .765 .259 .148 2.4
1984 30 HOU NL 268 186 33 4.8 87 .305 .281 .254 .325 .317 .402 .369 .726 .686 111 .561 3.0 0.3 .668 .209 .120 4.2
1985 31 HOU NL 374 266 42 4.3 92 .272 .270 .256 .316 .324 .394 .382 .710 .706 100 .505 0.2 0.0 .626 .206 .125 5.8
1986 32 HOU NL 422 276 67 6.6 95 .310 .312 .258 .367 .328 .479 .389 .846 .716 135 .683 18.5 1.9 .805 .262 .168 1.9
1987 33 HOU NL 370 249 50 5.4 102 .303 .283 .264 .356 .333 .418 .412 .774 .745 108 .558 5.3 0.5 .737 .268 .135 5.0
1988 34 TOT NL 252 182 23 3.4 87 .264 .239 .253 .291 .316 .325 .372 .616 .688 79 .429 -6.4 -0.7 .525 .167 .085 1.3
1988 34 HOU NL 192 136 19 3.8 86 .268 .244 .252 .304 .315 .341 .370 .645 .684 89 .474 -2.6 -0.3 .563 .188 .097 1.0
1988 34 STL NL 60 46 4 2.4 90 .255 .224 .257 .250 .321 .276 .378 .526 .699 51 .274 -3.8 -0.4 .413 .103 .052 .0
1989 35 STL NL 93 56 15 7.2 93 .348 .304 .257 .409 .325 .430 .383 .839 .708 138 .742 4.8 0.5 .857 .304 .127 .0
1990 36 STL NL 137 106 9 2.3 98 .241 .220 .264 .265 .331 .283 .397 .548 .728 51 .231 -8.6 -0.9 .423 .126 .063 .0
1991 37 TEX AL 49 43 1 0.6 95 .111 .091 .258 .184 .326 .114 .391 .297 .717 -15 .026 -6.9 -0.7 .233 .091 .023
1992 38 HOU NL 3 2 0 0.0 88 .333 .333 .253 .333 .318 .333 .373 .667 .691 94 .000 -0.0 0.0 .500 .000 .000
18 Yrs 3287 2251 404 4.8 92 .288 .271 .257 .339 .323 .390 .382 .728 .705 107 .555 31.4 3.1 .669 .232 .119 46.4
162 Game Avg. 419 287 51 4.8 92 .288 .271 .257 .339 .323 .390 .382 .728 .705 107 .555 4 0 .669 .232 .119 6
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
HOU (13 yrs) 2929 1985 374 5.1 92 .292 .277 .257 .345 .323 .402 .382 .747 .704 112 .577 47.4 4.8 .695 .241 .125 44.9
STL (3 yrs) 290 208 28 3.6 95 .275 .246 .261 .308 .327 .326 .389 .634 .716 78 .432 -7.6 -0.8 .539 .174 .080 1.3
OAK (2 yrs) 19 15 1 1.8 86 .333 .211 .253 .211 .319 .263 .362 .474 .681 39 .180 -1.5 -0.2 .333 .053 .053
TEX (1 yr) 49 43 1 0.6 95 .111 .091 .258 .184 .326 .114 .391 .297 .717 -15 .026 -6.9 -0.7 .233 .091 .023
NL (15 yrs) 3219 2193 402 4.9 92 .290 .274 .257 .342 .323 .395 .382 .737 .705 109 .565 39.8 4.0 .680 .235 .120 46.4
AL (3 yrs) 68 58 2 0.9 92 .167 .127 .256 .191 .324 .159 .383 .350 .707 0 .054 -8.4 -0.9 .259 .079 .032

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
1980 26 HOU NL NLCS PHI L 3 11 9 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .111 .182 .111 .293 1 0 0 0 1 1
1981 27 HOU NL NLDS LAD L 3 6 6 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 3 0 0 0 0 0
1986 32 HOU NL NLCS NYM L 5 19 19 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .158 .158 .211 .368 4 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (3 Series) 11 36 34 3 7 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 5 .206 .222 .235 .458 8 0 0 0 1 1
1 NLDS 3 6 6 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 3 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 8 30 28 3 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 4 .143 .167 .179 .345 5 0 0 0 1 1

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
1975 21 OAK AL 8 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 12.5% 100% 2.0 4.0 2.00 50%
1976 22 OAK AL 11 0.0% 27.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.7 1.50 73%
1977 23 HOU NL 23 0.0% 17.4% 8.7% 4.4% 17% 2.00 5.3 3.5 0.83 74%
1978 24 HOU NL 280 1.1% 8.6% 10.7% 6.1% 27% 0.80 10.3 82.3 6.9 1.23 79%
1979 25 HOU NL 165 1.8% 12.7% 10.3% 9.1% 31% 1.24 7.0 49.0 4.7 1.31 75%
1980 26 HOU NL 321 0.9% 8.1% 10.9% 4.4% 17% 0.74 10.9 94.7 9.8 1.42 80%
1981 27 HOU NL 189 2.7% 9.0% 14.8% 5.8% 30% 0.61 9.3 31.6 6.9 1.34 73%
1982 28 HOU NL 170 0.6% 11.2% 13.5% 3.5% 20% 0.83 7.7 146.0 10.4 1.91 75%
1983 29 HOU NL 152 2.0% 10.5% 9.9% 7.2% 28% 1.07 8.4 45.0 7.1 1.14 77%
1984 30 HOU NL 268 1.1% 10.5% 6.0% 7.1% 27% 1.75 8.9 83.0 8.0 1.07 82%
1985 31 HOU NL 374 1.9% 7.0% 6.7% 7.5% 30% 1.04 13.3 49.3 7.7 1.39 84%
1986 32 HOU NL 422 3.1% 7.4% 8.5% 8.8% 31% 0.86 12.3 29.4 6.6 0.98 81%
1987 33 HOU NL 370 1.4% 10.0% 10.5% 8.1% 33% 0.95 8.8 65.0 9.8 1.18 78%
1988 34 TOT NL 252 0.4% 9.9% 6.8% 6.4% 29% 1.47 9.4 234.0 11.1 0.95 1.01 83% 16% 1.3% 29%
1988 34 HOU NL 192 0.5% 9.4% 7.8% 6.8% 30% 1.20 9.8 176.0 8.8 0.95 1.13 82% 16% 1.7% 27%
1988 34 STL NL 60 0.0% 11.7% 3.3% 5.0% 23% 3.50 8.3 58.0 0.96 0.73 85% 16% 0.0% 35%
1989 35 STL NL 93 1.1% 12.9% 15.1% 8.6% 33% 0.86 6.6 79.0 7.2 1.16 1.44 71% 24% 3.8% 16%
1990 36 STL NL 137 0.7% 11.0% 5.8% 4.4% 21% 1.88 8.5 127.0 6.7 0.93 1.39 82% 22% 2.1% 19%
1991 37 TEX AL 49 0.0% 16.3% 6.1% 2.0% 25% 2.67 5.5 22.0 1.25 1.92 73% 17% 0.0% 6%
1992 38 HOU NL 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 0.50 1.00 100% 33% 0.0% 0%
18 Yrs 3287 1.5% 9.6% 9.4% 6.7% 28% 1.03 9.3 60.1 7.8 1.00 1.24 79% 19% 1.8% 22%
MLB Averages 2.1% 13.9% 8.5% 6.6% 29% 1.63 6.4 43.5 8.5 0.80 1.08 74% 20% 6.2% 22%
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

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1975 21 OAK AL -1.0 -0.1 8 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .38 -0.1 -0.1 0.4 0.0 0.85 -0.8 0.01 4
1976 22 OAK AL -0.6 -0.1 11 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 1.48 -0.1 -0.1 -1.2 -0.1 0.84 -0.9 0
1977 23 HOU NL 0.0 0.0 24 0.2 0.7 -0.6 1.50 -0.0 0.1 1.8 0.2 0.99 0.2 0.49 1
1978 24 HOU NL 0.8 0.1 294 0.4 5.6 -5.2 1.17 0.2 0.2 9.8 1.1 1.00 2.8 1.91 39
1979 25 HOU NL 9.9 1.0 171 2.0 5.3 -3.3 1.35 1.3 0.2 16.2 1.7 1.00 11.8 2.47 37
1980 26 HOU NL 8.9 0.9 332 0.7 6.2 -5.4 1.19 0.6 0.0 6.7 0.7 0.98 4.6 2.35 21
1981 27 HOU NL 2.7 0.3 195 -0.2 3.3 -3.5 1.14 0.4 -0.6 6.8 0.7 0.98 6.5 2.13 18
1982 28 HOU NL -4.8 -0.5 178 0.3 3.5 -3.2 1.21 -0.1 0.4 -0.6 -0.1 0.96 -0.4 1.77 31
1983 29 HOU NL 5.5 0.6 158 0.9 3.6 -2.7 1.19 0.5 0.2 8.7 0.9 1.05 7.1 1.59 37
1984 30 HOU NL 3.0 0.3 278 0.4 5.4 -5.0 1.14 0.3 0.0 6.5 0.7 1.01 3.1 1.98 26
1985 31 HOU NL 0.2 0.0 384 -0.4 6.3 -6.7 1.00 0.5 -1.0 6.9 0.7 0.90 6.8 1.76 23
1986 32 HOU NL 18.5 1.9 434 1.5 8.4 -6.9 1.07 1.5 -0.1 16.6 1.7 0.97 16.0 1.77 31
1987 33 HOU NL 5.3 0.5 377 0.3 6.4 -6.0 .99 0.6 -0.3 -6.7 -0.7 0.95 2.2 1.90 15
1988 34 TOT NL -6.4 -0.7 258 -1.3 3.0 -4.3 .95 -0.7 -0.7 -1.8 -0.2 0.94 -6.6 1.26 20
1988 34 HOU NL -2.6 -0.3 197 -0.9 2.5 -3.4 1.00 -0.4 -0.5 1.8 0.2 0.93 -3.4 1.22 18
1988 34 STL NL -3.8 -0.4 61 -0.5 0.5 -0.9 .79 -0.3 -0.3 -3.6 -0.4 0.95 -3.1 1.66 2
1989 35 STL NL 4.8 0.5 93 1.2 2.6 -1.4 1.29 0.5 0.4 6.7 0.7 1.01 5.0 1.40 32
1990 36 STL NL -8.6 -0.9 138 -0.5 2.9 -3.3 1.40 -0.9 0.5 -6.5 -0.7 1.10 -8.3 2.05 46
1991 37 TEX AL -6.9 -0.7 49 -1.3 0.4 -1.7 1.47 -0.7 -0.2 -9.0 -0.9 1.02 -7.8 2.16 10
1992 38 HOU NL -0.0 0.0 3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.07 -0.0 -0.1 -0.0 -0.0 0.86 -0.0 1.07 3
18 Yrs 31.4 3.1 3385 3.7 63.5 -59.9 1.13 3.9 -0.7 61.3 6.5 0.97 41.1 1.86 394
BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB

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
1975 21 OAK AL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1976 22 OAK AL 0 0 33% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 23 HOU NL 0 0 13% 12 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 24 HOU NL 3 0 30% 113 9 2 82% 9 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 5 7 47% 13 11 2 5 2 3 12 3 9
1979 25 HOU NL 0 0 29% 66 3 2 60% 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 60% 6 3 3 4 2 2 5 1 4
1980 26 HOU NL 2 0 23% 135 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 44% 20 14 6 4 2 2 10 3 7
1981 27 HOU NL 1 0 30% 80 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 43% 10 6 4 3 2 0 8 3 5
1982 28 HOU NL 8 0 40% 81 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 45% 11 6 5 3 2 1 6 3 3
1983 29 HOU NL 4 0 40% 82 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 46% 14 8 5 4 1 3 6 3 3
1984 30 HOU NL 5 0 41% 104 7 1 88% 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 50% 20 11 9 4 3 1 12 4 8
1985 31 HOU NL 8 0 33% 140 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 64% 23 9 14 8 4 3 14 2 12
1986 32 HOU NL 3 0 29% 169 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 19 41% 18 13 5 4 4 0 15 4 10
1987 33 HOU NL 3 0 32% 158 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 8 39% 20 16 3 7 3 4 9 2 7
1988 34 TOT NL 2 0 29% 89 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 52% 17 10 7 2 0 2 6 2 4
1988 34 HOU NL 1 0 32% 68 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 57% 14 7 7 2 0 2 5 2 3
1988 34 STL NL 1 0 20% 21 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 25% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1989 35 STL NL 0 0 22% 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 50% 3 2 1 1 1 0 6 2 4
1990 36 STL NL 0 0 17% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 40% 4 3 1 4 1 1 2 0 2
1991 37 TEX AL 0 0 11% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 38 HOU NL 0 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
18 Yrs 39 0 30% 1309 44 18 71% 44 16 0 0 0 2 7 0 34 82 47% 186 117 67 53 27 22 113 33 78
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

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
1975 21 OAK AL 8 50% 1 4 1 0 1 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 3 2 67% 0 0 0 0 0
1976 22 OAK AL 11 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 6 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1977 23 HOU NL 23 83% 6 1 1 0 0 0.49 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 4 3 75% 16 6 38% 2 2 100% 2 1 50% 0
1978 24 HOU NL 280 87% 62 39 10 0 8 1.91 3 0 8 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 50 2 4% 18 12 67% 173 33 19% 22 15 68% 10 7 70% 0
1979 25 HOU NL 165 90% 48 37 14 1 8 2.47 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 28 2 7% 12 4 33% 117 28 24% 14 9 64% 9 6 67% 0
1980 26 HOU NL 321 83% 85 21 4 1 3 2.35 3 0 6 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 55 2 4% 31 13 42% 205 27 13% 20 11 55% 21 16 76% 0
1981 27 HOU NL 189 83% 37 18 6 1 4 2.13 5 0 4 5 0 2 3 0 1 1 100% 28 3 11% 19 11 58% 115 19 17% 13 9 69% 10 7 70% 0
1982 28 HOU NL 170 86% 30 31 6 0 3 1.77 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 31 6 19% 17 5 29% 95 14 15% 14 9 64% 8 4 50% 0
1983 29 HOU NL 152 86% 40 37 8 1 5 1.59 3 0 6 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 100% 33 1 3% 11 4 36% 113 17 15% 7 4 57% 6 5 83% 0
1984 30 HOU NL 268 88% 70 26 7 0 4 1.98 3 0 5 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 61 4 7% 30 9 30% 195 29 15% 24 10 42% 14 9 64% 0
1985 31 HOU NL 374 87% 93 23 2 1 1 1.76 7 0 5 7 0 2 5 0 0 0 54 8 15% 30 12 40% 201 40 20% 26 17 65% 12 7 58% 0
1986 32 HOU NL 422 85% 119 31 12 1 4 1.77 13 0 14 13 0 5 8 0 0 0 88 8 9% 42 14 33% 279 47 17% 27 16 59% 24 15 63% 0
1987 33 HOU NL 370 90% 92 15 8 0 2 1.90 5 0 9 4 1 2 3 0 2 2 100% 69 9 13% 44 18 41% 232 28 12% 21 9 43% 21 13 62% 0
1988 34 TOT NL 252 93% 56 8 1 20 3 0 2 1.26 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 50% 39 3 8% 22 7 32% 143 21 15% 14 6 43% 8 5 63% 0
1988 34 HOU NL 192 92% 43 6 1 18 3 0 2 1.22 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 50% 28 2 7% 18 5 28% 110 19 17% 13 6 46% 6 3 50% 0
1988 34 STL NL 60 97% 13 2 0 2 0 0 0 1.66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 9% 4 2 50% 33 2 6% 1 0 0% 2 2 100% 0
1989 35 STL NL 93 88% 24 3 0 32 11 0 5 1.40 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 1 6% 4 1 25% 66 10 15% 3 2 67% 2 0 0% 0
1990 36 STL NL 137 94% 28 2 0 46 11 0 4 2.05 1 0 8 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 100% 35 5 14% 17 5 29% 119 18 15% 13 6 46% 6 5 83% 0
1991 37 TEX AL 49 88% 4 3 0 10 3 0 2 2.16 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 30% 5 1 20% 38 2 5% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1992 38 HOU NL 3 100% 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 1.07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Yrs 3287 87% 799 16 1 394 108 6 56 1.86 49 0 79 45 4 20 29 0 7 6 86% 604 57 9% 307 119 39% 2116 341 16% 222 125 56% 154 100 65% 0
MLB Averages 58% 78% 11% 35% 15% 51% 55%
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

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 34 TOT NL 253 845 3.34 500 59% 24% 11% 23% 42% 76% 3% 45% 85% 30% 6% 16 0 17% 44 23 9% 22 14 33% -1 0 1
1988 34 HOU NL 192 632 3.29 360 57% 24% 11% 21% 44% 76% 4% 43% 86% 30% 8% 16 0 19% 37 17 8% 16 10 35% 0 0 1
1988 34 STL NL 61 213 3.49 140 66% 24% 14% 26% 36% 76% 0% 50% 82% 31% 0% 0 0 11% 7 6 10% 6 4 29% -1 0 0
1989 35 STL NL 84 298 3.55 174 58% 30% 15% 21% 33% 69% 6% 40% 78% 29% 7% 6 0 15% 13 3 12% 10 3 33% 9 0 1
1990 36 STL NL 128 448 3.50 266 59% 26% 12% 23% 39% 74% 0% 44% 84% 26% 5% 7 0 18% 23 13 13% 16 7 27% 9 0 0
1991 37 TEX AL 49 175 3.57 110 63% 30% 12% 25% 33% 70% 0% 44% 83% 29% 4% 2 0 6% 3 0 10% 5 3 25% 0 0 0
1992 38 HOU NL 3 8 2.67 4 50% 0% 0% 25% 75% 100% 0% 50% 100% 33% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs 517 1774 3.43 1054 59% 26% 12% 23% 39% 74% 3% 44% 83% 29% 6% 31 0 16% 83 39 10% 53 27 31% 17 0 2
MLB Averages 3.62 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 31% 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
1975 21 6 8 8 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .125 .125 .250 .375 5 2 0 0 0 0 0
1976 22 9 19 19 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .211 .211 .263 .474 39 5 0 0 0 0 0
1977 23 15 42 40 2 10 1 1 0 8 0 1 2 11 .250 .286 .325 .611 75 13 0 0 0 0 0
1978 24 135 322 287 32 72 12 4 3 44 9 3 32 35 .251 .326 .352 .678 97 101 2 1 0 2 3
1979 25 217 487 434 53 120 20 8 6 75 12 5 49 56 .276 .349 .401 .750 115 174 4 1 0 3 5
1980 26 317 808 718 83 205 26 13 9 104 16 8 84 82 .286 .359 .396 .754 117 284 6 1 0 5 9
1981 27 382 997 876 106 242 32 13 14 127 18 9 112 99 .276 .356 .390 .747 115 342 9 1 1 7 10
1982 28 467 1167 1022 128 272 36 14 15 141 22 11 135 118 .266 .350 .373 .723 109 381 15 1 1 8 13
1983 29 567 1319 1157 152 312 41 17 18 160 24 13 150 134 .270 .352 .381 .733 112 441 16 1 2 9 14
1984 30 654 1587 1406 189 382 52 22 21 191 31 14 166 162 .272 .347 .385 .732 111 541 20 2 2 11 16
1985 31 773 1961 1751 233 475 72 23 28 236 36 16 191 188 .271 .341 .387 .728 109 677 28 2 2 15 18
1986 32 903 2383 2133 287 594 95 24 41 294 37 17 227 219 .278 .346 .403 .749 114 860 36 2 2 19 23
1987 33 1013 2753 2458 332 686 116 28 46 327 42 18 266 256 .279 .347 .405 .752 113 996 45 2 4 23 24
1988 34 1097 3005 2692 354 742 129 30 47 348 44 18 283 281 .276 .342 .398 .741 110 1072 48 2 5 23 27
1989 35 1166 3098 2771 363 766 136 30 48 359 44 18 297 293 .276 .344 .399 .743 111 1106 49 2 5 23 29
1990 36 1244 3235 2898 370 794 141 30 49 378 44 18 305 308 .274 .341 .394 .735 109 1142 54 2 6 24 29
1991 37 1268 3284 2942 371 798 142 30 49 380 44 18 308 316 .271 .339 .390 .728 107 1147 57 4 6 24 29
1992 38 1271 3287 2945 372 799 142 30 49 380 44 18 308 316 .271 .339 .390 .728 107 1148 57 4 6 24 29

Neutralized Batting

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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
1975 21 6 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6
1976 22 3 11 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .273 .273 .273 .545 1 3
1977 23 6 23 21 1 6 0 1 0 6 0 2 4 .286 .348 .381 .729 3 6
1978 24 120 290 254 36 69 12 3 3 43 10 33 24 .272 .355 .378 .733 35 120
1979 25 82 169 150 23 51 8 4 3 34 3 18 21 .340 .408 .507 .915 32 82
1980 26 100 334 293 36 94 7 6 3 34 4 39 26 .321 .398 .416 .815 49 100
1981 27 98 297 245 41 62 10 0 8 41 3 47 26 .253 .369 .392 .761 36 65
1982 28 85 175 149 25 33 4 1 1 16 4 25 19 .221 .331 .282 .613 14 85
1983 29 100 156 138 27 43 5 3 3 22 2 16 16 .312 .381 .457 .837 25 100
1984 30 87 277 256 43 77 12 6 3 36 8 18 28 .301 .347 .430 .776 38 87
1985 31 119 383 352 50 100 22 1 8 51 5 27 26 .284 .332 .420 .752 49 119
1986 32 130 431 389 59 126 24 1 14 63 1 38 31 .324 .381 .499 .879 74 130
1987 33 110 371 326 46 93 21 4 5 34 5 39 37 .285 .358 .420 .778 50 110
1988 34 84 260 240 26 62 14 2 1 25 2 19 25 .258 .313 .346 .659 26 84
1989 35 69 95 80 10 25 7 0 1 12 0 15 12 .313 .421 .438 .859 15 69
1990 36 78 138 128 7 29 5 0 1 20 0 8 15 .227 .270 .289 .559 10 78
1991 37 24 51 45 1 5 1 0 0 3 0 4 8 .111 .216 .133 .349 1 24
1992 38 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
18 Yrs 1304 3472 3088 432 878 152 32 54 440 47 348 325 .284 .355 .407 .762 458 1271
162 Game Avg. 162 431 384 54 109 19 4 7 55 6 43 40 .284 .355 .407 .762 57 1271
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

* 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

Oldest s c a p y
1992 NL  born 1954-04-17 (6th)

Youngest s c a p y
1975 AL  born 1954-04-17 (10th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1723), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1488), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Barry Bonnell (964)
  2. Lenny Green (953)
  3. Gino Cimoli (949)
  4. Myril Hoag (947)
  5. Melky Cabrera (947)
  6. Dick Williams (943) *
  7. Irv Noren (939)
  8. Terrence Long (937)
  9. Beals Becker (937)
  10. Marvin Benard (935)
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  3. Jimmy Wasdell (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Mike Aldrete (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Tracy Jones (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Thomas Howard (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Walton Cruise (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Felix Jose (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Mike Lamb (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jim Eisenreich (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Myril Hoag (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Myril Hoag (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Jim Dwyer (916)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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