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Denny Walling
Dennis Martin Walling

Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: April 17, 1954 in Neptune, NJ
School: Clemson University
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1975
Final Game: April 10, 1992
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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
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	108	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	101	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 Seasons				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

Advanced Batting

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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	.324	.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	.532	0.9	0.1	.667	.255	.105	4.5
1979	25	HOU	NL	165	104	29	7.5	94	.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	.256	.346	.321	.367	.368	.713	.689	108	.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	.647	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	.560	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	101	.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	.682	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	.371	.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	.369	.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 Seasons				3287	2251	404	4.8	92	.288	.271	.257	.339	.323	.390	.382	.728	.705	107	.555	31.7	3.2	.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	.381	.747	.704	112	.577	47.7	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	40.1	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

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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 Seasons (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*

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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 Seasons				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
				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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
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 Seasons				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
MLB Averages
				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

Situational Hitting*

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						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%	1	1	100%	0
1978	24	HOU	NL	280	87%	62			39	10	0	8	1.94	3	0	8	3	0	2	1	0	0	0		50	2	4%	18	12	67%	173	33	19%	22	15	68%	16	7	44%	0
1979	25	HOU	NL	165	90%	48			37	14	1	8	2.53	3	0	3	3	0	3	0	1	0	0		28	2	7%	12	4	33%	117	28	24%	14	9	64%	14	8	57%	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%	30	19	63%	0
1981	27	HOU	NL	189	83%	37			18	6	1	4	2.14	5	0	4	5	0	2	3	0	1	1	100%	28	3	11%	19	11	58%	115	19	17%	13	9	69%	22	13	59%	0
1982	28	HOU	NL	170	86%	30			31	6	0	3	1.83	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		31	6	19%	17	5	29%	95	14	15%	14	9	64%	18	7	39%	0
1983	29	HOU	NL	152	86%	40			37	8	1	5	1.65	3	0	6	1	2	1	2	0	1	1	100%	33	1	3%	11	4	36%	113	17	15%	7	4	57%	6	2	33%	0
1984	30	HOU	NL	268	88%	70			26	7	0	4	2.02	3	0	5	3	0	0	3	0	0	0		61	4	7%	30	9	30%	195	29	15%	24	10	42%	18	10	56%	0
1985	31	HOU	NL	374	87%	93			23	2	1	1	1.77	7	0	5	7	0	2	5	0	0	0		54	8	15%	30	12	40%	201	40	20%	26	17	65%	31	14	45%	0
1986	32	HOU	NL	422	85%	119			31	12	1	4	1.79	13	0	14	13	0	5	8	0	0	0		88	8	9%	42	14	33%	279	47	17%	27	16	59%	39	14	36%	0
1987	33	HOU	NL	370	90%	92			15	8	0	2	1.92	5	0	9	4	1	2	3	0	2	2	100%	69	9	13%	44	18	41%	232	28	12%	21	9	43%	31	16	52%	0
1988	34	TOT	NL	252	93%	56	8	1	20	3	0	2	1.35	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	50%	39	3	8%	22	7	32%	143	21	15%	14	6	43%	15	10	67%	0
1988	34	HOU	NL	192	92%	43	6	1	18	3	0	2	1.30	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	50%	28	2	7%	18	5	28%	110	19	17%	13	6	46%	12	7	58%	0
1988	34	STL	NL	60	97%	13	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.79	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		11	1	9%	4	2	50%	33	2	6%	1	0	0%	3	3	100%	0
1989	35	STL	NL	93	88%	24	3	0	32	11	0	5	1.47	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		16	1	6%	4	1	25%	66	10	15%	3	2	67%	5	1	20%	0
1990	36	STL	NL	137	94%	28	2	0	46	11	0	4	2.12	1	0	8	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	100%	35	5	14%	17	5	29%	119	18	15%	13	6	46%	4	1	25%	0
1991	37	TEX	AL	49	88%	4	3	0	10	3	0	2	2.21	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10	3	30%	5	1	20%	38	2	5%	1	0	0%	4	2	50%	0
1992	38	HOU	NL	3	100%	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	1.23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
18 Seasons				3287	87%	799	16	1	394	108	6	56	1.90	49	0	79	45	4	20	29	1	7	6	86%	604	57	9%	307	119	39%	2116	341	16%	222	125	56%	254	125	49%	0
MLB Averages
				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*

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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	252	841	3.34	499	59%	23%	11%	23%	42%	76%	4%	45%	85%	31%	6%	16	0	17%	44	23	9%	22	14	33%	0	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	60	209	3.48	139	67%	23%	14%	27%	37%	77%	0%	51%	82%	32%	0%	0	0	12%	7	6	10%	6	4	29%	0	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	127	447	3.52	266	60%	26%	12%	23%	39%	74%	0%	44%	84%	26%	6%	7	0	18%	23	13	13%	16	7	27%	10	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 Seasons				515	1769	3.43	1053	60%	26%	12%	23%	39%	74%	3%	44%	83%	29%	6%	31	0	16%	83	39	10%	53	27	31%	19	0	2
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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	112	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	111	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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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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	3
1977	23	6	23	21	1	6	0	1	0	7	0	2	4	.286	.348	.381	.729	3	6
1978	24	120	298	259	36	74	13	4	4	44	11	36	24	.286	.372	.413	.786	39	120
1979	25	82	170	151	24	52	9	4	3	35	3	18	21	.344	.412	.517	.928	33	82
1980	26	100	339	297	36	98	7	6	3	35	5	40	26	.330	.407	.424	.831	52	100
1981	27	98	300	248	41	65	11	0	9	41	4	49	26	.262	.380	.415	.795	39	65
1982	28	85	177	150	27	34	5	1	1	17	5	26	19	.227	.339	.293	.632	15	85
1983	29	100	156	139	28	44	6	3	3	22	2	16	16	.317	.385	.468	.852	26	100
1984	30	87	278	257	43	78	12	6	3	36	8	18	28	.304	.349	.432	.781	39	87
1985	31	119	380	350	49	98	21	1	7	50	5	26	26	.280	.326	.406	.732	47	119
1986	32	130	429	387	59	124	24	1	14	63	1	38	31	.320	.378	.496	.874	73	130
1987	33	110	371	327	46	94	21	4	5	34	5	40	37	.287	.361	.422	.783	51	110
1988	34	84	260	241	26	63	15	2	1	25	2	19	25	.261	.315	.353	.668	27	84
1989	35	69	96	81	10	26	8	0	1	12	0	15	12	.321	.427	.457	.884	16	69
1990	36	78	135	126	7	27	5	0	1	19	0	8	15	.214	.259	.278	.537	9	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 Seasons		1304	3485	3101	435	888	158	33	55	443	51	355	325	.286	.358	.412	.770	471	1271
162 Game Avg.		162	433	385	54	110	20	4	7	55	6	44	40	.286	.358	.412	.770	59	1271
		G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact

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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

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Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 4 (1678), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 11 (1555), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

Compare Stats to Similars

Barry Bonnell (964)
Lenny Green (953)
Gino Cimoli (949)
Myril Hoag (947)
Dick Williams (943) *
Terrence Long (937)
Beals Becker (936)
Irv Noren (936)
Marvin Benard (935)
Hal Lee (933)

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Most Similar by Ages

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Bill Sample (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike Aldrete (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike Aldrete (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike Aldrete (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tracy Jones (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Thomas Howard (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Walton Cruise (958) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Felix Jose (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Myril Hoag (952) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Eisenreich (954) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Myril Hoag (949) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Myril Hoag (947) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Dwyer (915) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 4 (1678), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 11 (1555), Average HOFer ≈ 50