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Ron Washington

Ronald Washington

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 155 lb.

Born: April 29, 1952 in New Orleans, LA
High School: John McDonogh Sr HS (New Orleans, LA)
School: Manatee Community College (Bradenton, FL)
Signed by the Kansas City Royals as an amateur free agent in 1970. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1977
Teams (by GP): Twins/Indians/Orioles/Dodgers/Astros 1977-1989

Final Game: July 7, 1989
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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
1977 25 LAD NL 10 20 19 4 7 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 .368 .400 .368 .768 109 7 1 1 0 0 0 6
1981 29 MIN AL 28 90 84 8 19 3 1 0 5 4 1 4 14 .226 .270 .286 .555 57 24 1 1 1 0 0 6/8
1982 30 MIN AL 119 470 451 48 122 17 6 5 39 3 3 14 79 .271 .291 .368 .659 78 166 11 0 2 3 0 64/5
1983 31 MIN AL 99 344 317 28 78 7 3 4 26 10 5 22 50 .246 .296 .325 .621 69 103 7 1 3 1 1 64/5D
1984 32 MIN AL 88 206 197 25 58 11 5 3 23 1 1 4 31 .294 .307 .447 .754 103 88 4 1 1 3 0 6/4D5
1985 33 MIN AL 70 149 135 24 37 6 4 1 14 5 1 8 15 .274 .308 .400 .708 89 54 3 0 3 3 0 64/5D3
1986 34 MIN AL 48 81 74 15 19 3 0 4 11 1 2 3 21 .257 .278 .459 .738 96 34 0 0 2 2 0 4D/65
1987 35 BAL AL 26 81 79 7 16 3 1 1 6 0 1 1 15 .203 .213 .304 .516 37 24 2 0 1 0 0 5/4D76
1988 36 CLE AL 69 241 223 30 57 14 2 2 21 3 3 9 35 .256 .298 .363 .662 83 81 2 5 3 1 0 6/54D
1989 37 HOU NL 7 7 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .143 .143 .286 .429 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 /45
10 Yrs 564 1689 1586 190 414 65 22 20 146 28 18 65 266 .261 .292 .368 .659 79 583 31 9 16 13 1
162 Game Avg. 162 485 456 55 119 19 6 6 42 8 5 19 76 .261 .292 .368 .659 79 167 9 3 5 4 0
MIN (6 yrs) 452 1340 1258 148 333 47 19 17 118 24 13 55 210 .265 .294 .373 .667 81 469 26 3 12 12 1
LAD (1 yr) 10 20 19 4 7 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 .368 .400 .368 .768 109 7 1 1 0 0 0
CLE (1 yr) 69 241 223 30 57 14 2 2 21 3 3 9 35 .256 .298 .363 .662 83 81 2 5 3 1 0
HOU (1 yr) 7 7 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .143 .143 .286 .429 22 2 0 0 0 0 0
BAL (1 yr) 26 81 79 7 16 3 1 1 6 0 1 1 15 .203 .213 .304 .516 37 24 2 0 1 0 0
AL (8 yrs) 547 1662 1560 185 406 64 22 20 145 27 17 65 260 .260 .291 .368 .659 79 574 30 8 16 13 1
NL (2 yrs) 17 27 26 5 8 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 6 .308 .333 .346 .679 87 9 1 1 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
1977 25 LAD NL 10 20 1 0 -0 -2 0 -1 -0.1 1 -0 0.0 .491 .499 0.2 -0.2 2 $ 6
1981 29 MIN AL 28 90 -4 0 0 -2 2 -4 -0.5 3 -2 -0.2 .483 .497 0.1 -0.1 1 $ 6/8
1982 30 MIN AL 119 470 -17 0 0 -8 6 -18 -1.8 14 -4 -0.5 .484 .488 0.5 -0.1 4 $ 64/5
1983 31 MIN AL 99 344 -10 1 -0 -5 5 -10 -0.9 10 1 0.1 .490 .494 0.6 0.1 5 $ 64/5D
1984 32 MIN AL 88 206 0 -0 -0 3 3 5 0.6 6 12 1.2 .506 .503 1.0 0.6 9 $ 6/4D5
1985 33 MIN AL 70 149 -1 0 0 -2 2 -0 0.0 5 4 0.4 .499 .500 0.7 0.0 6 $ 64/5D3
1986 34 MIN AL 48 81 -1 -0 0 -1 -1 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.1 .493 .498 0.1 -0.2 1 $ 4D/65
1987 35 BAL AL 26 81 -6 -0 -0 1 0 -5 -0.5 2 -3 -0.3 .480 .497 -0.3 0.1 -4 $85,000 5/4D76
1988 36 CLE AL 69 241 -4 -1 0 -6 3 -7 -0.7 7 0 0.0 .489 .495 0.6 -0.2 6 $100,000 6/54D
1989 37 HOU NL 7 7 -1 0 0 -1 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .482 .499 0.0 -0.1 -0 $ /45
10 Seasons 564 1689 -41 -0 -0 -23 20 -45 -4.2 52 7 0.5 .492 .497 3.5 0.1 30 $185,000
MIN (6 yrs) 452 1340 -32 1 0 -16 16 -31 -2.8 41 10 0.9 .493 .497 3.0 0.4 26 $
LAD (1 yr) 10 20 1 0 -0 -2 0 -1 -0.1 1 -0 0.0 .491 .499 0.2 -0.2 2 $
CLE (1 yr) 69 241 -4 -1 0 -6 3 -7 -0.7 7 0 0.0 .489 .495 0.6 -0.2 6 $100,000
HOU (1 yr) 7 7 -1 0 0 -1 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .482 .499 0.0 -0.1 -0 $
BAL (1 yr) 26 81 -6 -0 -0 1 0 -5 -0.5 2 -3 -0.3 .480 .497 -0.3 0.1 -4 $85,000

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
1977 LAD NL 25 SS 10 3 2 46.0 21 4 14 3 2 .857 -2 -50 3.52 1.80 .963 5.03 5.03
1981 MIN AL 29 SS 26 26 20 219.1 144 58 79 7 19 .951 -2 -9 5.62 5.27 .967 4.99 4.98
1981 MIN AL 29 CF 2 2 2 18.0 8 6 1 1 0 .875 -0 -33 3.50 3.50 .988 2.90 2.90
1981 MIN AL 29 OF 2 2 2 18.0 8 6 1 1 0 .875 -0 -33 3.50 3.50 .982 2.50 2.45
1982 MIN AL 30 SS 91 74 68 674.1 322 127 186 9 38 .972 -6 -10 4.18 3.44 .965 4.87 4.84
1982 MIN AL 30 2B 37 32 22 273.0 160 74 82 4 20 .975 -2 -10 5.14 4.22 .981 5.35 5.33
1982 MIN AL 30 3B 1 0 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 60 4.50 1.00 .950 3.15 3.00
1983 MIN AL 31 SS 81 73 68 653.0 338 121 204 13 49 .962 -5 -9 4.48 4.01 .963 4.75 4.72
1983 MIN AL 31 2B 14 12 12 109.0 60 19 39 2 5 .967 -0 -1 4.79 4.14 .981 5.36 5.32
1983 MIN AL 31 3B 1 0 0 4.0 4 0 3 1 0 .750 0 30 6.75 3.00 .955 3.15 3.00
1983 MIN AL 31 DH 1 0
1984 MIN AL 32 SS 71 35 31 362.2 178 60 114 4 19 .978 4 13 4.32 2.45 .962 4.76 4.72
1984 MIN AL 32 2B 9 6 5 59.0 34 17 17 0 5 1.000 -2 -35 5.19 3.78 .980 5.25 5.21
1984 MIN AL 32 DH 4 4
1984 MIN AL 32 3B 2 1 0 7.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0 86 3.86 1.50 .950 2.70 2.75
1985 MIN AL 33 SS 31 10 6 114.1 61 20 38 3 5 .951 0 5 4.57 1.87 .964 4.64 4.60
1985 MIN AL 33 2B 24 15 10 142.0 85 31 50 4 8 .953 -4 -30 5.13 3.38 .982 5.29 5.24
1985 MIN AL 33 3B 7 6 2 44.0 15 3 12 0 1 1.000 1 30 3.07 2.14 .953 2.84 2.81
1985 MIN AL 33 DH 7 3
1985 MIN AL 33 1B 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -120 9.00 1.00 .990 9.90 9.70
1986 MIN AL 34 2B 16 4 2 54.0 24 10 12 2 3 .917 -2 -51 3.67 1.38 .981 5.10 5.05
1986 MIN AL 34 DH 15 11
1986 MIN AL 34 SS 7 0 0 7.0 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 -0 -34 3.86 0.43 .967 4.50 4.49
1986 MIN AL 34 3B 3 1 1 14.0 7 1 6 0 2 1.000 1 94 4.50 2.33 .949 2.76 2.70
1987 BAL AL 35 3B 20 16 14 146.1 55 15 40 0 3 1.000 1 11 3.38 2.75 .952 2.77 2.74
1987 BAL AL 35 2B 3 1 0 11.2 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 -0 -41 3.86 1.67 .980 5.17 5.07
1987 BAL AL 35 DH 2 2
1987 BAL AL 35 LF 2 1 1 9.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0.93 0.50 .970 2.14 2.10
1987 BAL AL 35 OF 2 1 1 9.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0.93 0.50 .980 2.33 2.30
1987 BAL AL 35 SS 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.50
1988 CLE AL 36 SS 54 48 45 431.1 240 83 141 16 26 .933 -5 -15 4.67 4.15 .971 4.69 4.65
1988 CLE AL 36 3B 8 5 5 53.0 18 7 10 1 2 .944 -2 -43 2.89 2.13 .954 2.72 2.69
1988 CLE AL 36 2B 7 3 3 32.0 16 5 11 0 1 1.000 1 52 4.50 2.29 .982 5.12 5.09
1988 CLE AL 36 DH 1 0
1989 HOU NL 37 2B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.10
1989 HOU NL 37 3B 1 0 0 5.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -144 1.80 1.00 .940 2.70 2.70
9 Seasons SS 372 269 240 2509.0 1307 474 778 55 159 .958 -16 -7 4.49 3.37 .965 4.79 4.75
8 Seasons 2B 111 73 54 681.2 384 159 213 12 42 .969 -9 -16 4.91 3.35 .981 5.30 5.24
8 Seasons 3B 43 29 22 275.1 104 26 76 2 8 .981 2 8 3.33 2.37 .952 2.78 2.75
2 Seasons OF 4 3 3 27.2 9 7 1 1 0 .889 -0 -22 2.60 2.00 .982 2.44 2.38
1 Season CF 2 2 2 18.0 8 6 1 1 0 .875 -0 -33 3.50 3.50 .988 2.90 2.90
1 Season LF 2 1 1 9.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0.93 0.50 .970 2.14 2.10
1 Season 1B 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -120 9.00 1.00 .990 9.90 9.70
10 Seasons TOT 531 374 319 3494.2 1805 667 1068 70 209 .961 -23 -8 4.47 3.27 .968 4.72 4.68
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Fielding % as SS s c a p y
1982 AL  .972 (4th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (2752), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Shortstop (353rd), 0.5 career WAR/1.5 7yr-peak WAR/1.0 JAWS
Average HOF SS (out of 21) = 63.1 career WAR/41.1 7yr-peak WAR/52.1 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  7. Rip Williams (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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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
198735Baltimore Orioles$85,0001987 USA Today survey
198836Cleveland Indians$100,00012/13/88 NYT
Career to date (may be incomplete)$185,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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