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U L Washington

U L Washington

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 27, 1953 in Stringtown, OK
High School: Stringtown HS (Stringtown, OK)
Signed by the Kansas City Royals as an amateur free agent in 1972. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1977
Teams (by GP): Royals/Pirates/Expos 1977-1987

Final Game: October 4, 1987
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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
1973	19	KCR-min	Rk	68	244	244		69	14	4	5						.283	.283	.434	.717		106							KPT · APPY
1974	20	KCR-min	A,AA	115	471	412	67	104	20	3	8	41	44	9	53	110	.252	.337	.374	.711		154	1	1	2	3	0		SJO,JCK · CALL,SOUL
1975	21	KCR-min	AAA	128	528	475	60	113	11	8	5	37	22	12	47	145	.238	.306	.326	.632		155		0	5	1			OMA · AA
1976	22	KCR-min	AAA	30	136	120	20	30	3	2	4	16	14	4	16	31	.250	.338	.408	.747		49		0	0	0			OMA · AA
1977	23	KCR-min	AAA	131	576	514	82	131	13	10	2	37	39	12	58	117	.255	.329	.331	.660		170		0	2	2			OMA · AA
1977	23	KCR	AL	10	26	20	0	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	5	4	.200	.360	.350	.710	94	7	0	0	1	0	0	/6
1978	24	KCR	AL	69	142	129	10	34	2	1	0	9	12	6	10	20	.264	.314	.295	.609	71	38	2	0	2	1	0	64/D
1979	25	KCR	AL	101	300	268	32	68	12	5	2	25	10	7	20	44	.254	.299	.358	.658	76	96	1	0	6	6	1	64/D5
1980	26	KCR	AL	153	614	549	79	150	16	11	6	53	20	7	53	78	.273	.336	.375	.711	95	206	13	0	10	2	0	*6
1981	27	KCR	AL	98	384	339	40	77	19	1	2	29	10	10	41	43	.227	.310	.307	.616	80	104	6	0	3	1	1	*6
1982	28	KCR	AL	119	487	437	64	125	19	3	10	60	23	7	38	48	.286	.338	.412	.750	105	180	4	0	5	7	0	*6/D
1983	29	KCR	AL	144	604	547	76	129	19	6	5	41	40	7	48	78	.236	.298	.320	.618	71	175	3	1	7	1	0	*6/D
1984	30	KCR	AL	63	189	170	18	38	6	0	1	10	4	6	14	31	.224	.281	.276	.558	56	47	1	0	4	1	0	6
1985	31	MON	NL	68	209	193	24	48	9	4	1	17	6	3	15	33	.249	.301	.352	.654	87	68	2	0	0	1	1	4/65
1986	32	PIT-min	AAA	36	144	120	27	29	3	2	2	15	7	3	24	26	.242	.368	.350	.718		42		0	0	0	2		HAW · PCL
1986	32	PIT	NL	72	155	135	14	27	0	4	0	10	6	0	15	27	.200	.278	.259	.537	48	35	1	0	4	1	2	6/4
1987	33	PIT-min	AAA	73	304	261	28	62	10	2	2	21	19	7	40	46	.238	.337	.314	.651		82		0	1	2	1		VAN · PCL
1987	33	PIT	NL	10	14	10	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.300	.417	.300	.717	95	3	0	0	2	0	1	/56
1992	38	KCR-min	AA	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		MEM · SOUL
11 Yrs				907	3124	2797	358	703	103	36	27	255	132	53	261	409	.251	.313	.343	.656	82	959	33	1	44	21	6
162 Game Avg.				162	558	500	64	126	18	6	5	46	24	9	47	73	.251	.313	.343	.656	82	171	6	0	8	4	1

KCR (8 yrs)				757	2746	2459	319	625	94	28	26	228	120	50	229	346	.254	.316	.347	.663	84	853	30	1	38	19	2
PIT (2 yrs)				82	169	145	15	30	0	4	0	10	6	0	17	30	.207	.288	.262	.550	52	38	1	0	6	1	3
MON (1 yr)				68	209	193	24	48	9	4	1	17	6	3	15	33	.249	.301	.352	.654	87	68	2	0	0	1	1

AL (8 yrs)				757	2746	2459	319	625	94	28	26	228	120	50	229	346	.254	.316	.347	.663	84	853	30	1	38	19	2
NL (3 yrs)				150	378	338	39	78	9	8	1	27	12	3	32	63	.231	.296	.314	.609	71	106	3	0	6	2	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
1977	23	KCR	AL	10	26	-0	0	0	-0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	/6
1978	24	KCR	AL	69	142	-5	-0	0	-7	3	-10	-1.0	5	-5	-0.6	.485	.494	0.2	-0.4	2	$	64/D
1979	25	KCR	AL	101	300	-10	-1	1	2	4	-4	-0.2	10	6	0.6	.496	.498	0.4	0.7	4	$	64/D5
1980	26	KCR	AL	153	614	-4	-2	1	-2	9	1	0.4	19	20	2.1	.501	.501	2.3	0.8	23	$	*6
1981	27	KCR	AL	98	384	-10	-1	3	4	6	1	0.2	12	13	1.3	.502	.501	0.9	1.1	9	$	*6
1982	28	KCR	AL	119	487	3	1	2	1	6	13	1.5	15	28	2.8	.511	.508	2.8	0.8	27	$	*6/D
1983	29	KCR	AL	144	604	-21	6	3	-6	8	-10	-0.8	18	8	0.9	.493	.493	1.5	0.3	14	$	*6/D
1984	30	KCR	AL	63	189	-8	-1	1	1	3	-4	-0.4	6	1	0.1	.493	.497	0.0	0.5	0	$	6
1985	31	MON	NL	68	209	-4	-1	1	-1	2	-2	-0.2	6	4	0.5	.497	.499	0.5	0.2	5	$650,000	4/65
1986	32	PIT	NL	72	155	-7	2	1	-1	2	-4	-0.4	5	1	0.1	.494	.497	0.2	0.1	2	$180,000	6/4
1987	33	PIT	NL	10	14	-0	-0	0	-0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.494	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$80,000	/56
11 Seasons				907	3124	-67	3	13	-9	42	-18	-1.0	96	78	7.9	.498	.499	8.9	4.2	87	$910,000

KCR (8 yrs)				757	2746	-56	2	11	-7	38	-12	-0.4	85	73	7.3	.498	.499	8.2	3.9	80	$
PIT (2 yrs)				82	169	-8	2	1	-1	2	-4	-0.4	5	1	0.1	.494	.499	0.2	0.1	2	$260,000
MON (1 yr)				68	209	-4	-1	1	-1	2	-2	-0.2	6	4	0.5	.497	.499	0.5	0.2	5	$650,000

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
1977	23	KCR	AL	26	17	3	4.7	102	.250	.200	.269	.360	.333	.350	.409	.710	.742	94	.509	-0.0	0.0	.813	.450	.150	.0
1978	24	KCR	AL	142	106	12	3.0	95	.309	.264	.263	.314	.329	.295	.388	.609	.717	71	.343	-5.1	-0.5	.524	.155	.031	.0
1979	25	KCR	AL	300	220	30	3.6	104	.289	.254	.272	.299	.337	.358	.412	.658	.749	76	.384	-9.5	-0.9	.572	.190	.104	3.3
1980	26	KCR	AL	614	431	70	4.4	99	.308	.273	.269	.336	.332	.375	.399	.711	.731	95	.478	-4.4	-0.4	.649	.222	.102	9.2
1981	27	KCR	AL	384	282	32	3.0	87	.254	.227	.254	.310	.318	.307	.369	.616	.687	80	.368	-7.3	-0.8	.522	.201	.080	3.3
1982	28	KCR	AL	487	335	65	5.2	99	.298	.286	.264	.338	.328	.412	.402	.750	.730	105	.558	3.7	0.4	.724	.249	.126	13.9
1983	29	KCR	AL	604	436	59	3.6	98	.267	.236	.265	.298	.328	.320	.401	.618	.728	71	.398	-22.6	-2.3	.600	.232	.084	8.9
1984	30	KCR	AL	189	144	13	2.4	97	.266	.224	.264	.281	.326	.276	.398	.558	.724	56	.242	-10.2	-1.0	.424	.124	.053	1.6
1985	31	MON	NL	209	151	21	3.8	91	.294	.249	.254	.301	.321	.352	.379	.654	.700	87	.447	-3.7	-0.4	.573	.197	.104	1.7
1986	32	PIT	NL	155	114	12	2.8	99	.248	.200	.264	.278	.334	.259	.398	.537	.732	48	.318	-10.2	-1.0	.514	.215	.059	.0
1987	33	PIT	NL	14	9	2	6.0	106	.429	.300	.269	.417	.339	.300	.419	.717	.758	95	.603	0.0	0.0	.714	.200	.000
11 Yrs				3124	2245	319	3.8	97	.284	.251	.264	.313	.328	.343	.396	.656	.724	82	.428	-69.3	-7.0	.596	.213	.092	44.8
162 Game Avg.				558	401	57	3.8	97	.284	.251	.264	.313	.328	.343	.396	.656	.724	82	.428	-69.3	-7.0	.596	.213	.092	8

KCR (8 yrs)				2746	1971	284	3.9	97	.284	.254	.265	.316	.328	.347	.397	.663	.725	84	.430	-55.5	-5.6	.602	.214	.093	42.7
PIT (2 yrs)				169	123	14	3.1	100	.259	.207	.264	.288	.335	.262	.399	.550	.734	52	.346	-10.1	-1.0	.526	.214	.055	.0
MON (1 yr)				209	151	21	3.8	91	.294	.249	.254	.301	.321	.352	.379	.654	.700	87	.448	-3.7	-0.4	.573	.197	.104	1.7

AL (8 yrs)				2746	1971	284	3.9	97	.284	.254	.265	.316	.328	.347	.397	.663	.725	84	.430	-55.5	-5.6	.602	.214	.093	42.7
NL (3 yrs)				378	274	35	3.4	94	.279	.231	.258	.296	.327	.314	.388	.609	.715	71	.403	-13.8	-1.4	.553	.204	.083	1.8

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	KCR	AL	ALCS	NYY	W	3	13	11	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	3	.364	.462	.455	.916	5	0	0	0	0	0
1980	26	KCR	AL	WS	PHI	L	6	25	22	1	6	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	6	.273	.250	.273	.523	6	0	0	1	2	0
1981	27	KCR	AL	ALDS	OAK	L	3	10	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	0	0	1	0	0

1984	30	KCR	AL	ALCS	DET	L	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs (4 Series)							14	49	43	2	12	1	0	0	3	0	2	2	11	.279	.298	.302	.600	13	0	0	2	2	0
1 ALDS							3	10	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	0	0	1	0	0
2 ALCS							5	14	12	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	4	.333	.429	.417	.845	5	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							6	25	22	1	6	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	6	.273	.250	.273	.523	6	0	0	1	2	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1977	23	KCR	AL	26	0.0%	15.4%	19.2%	7.7%	50%	0.80	5.0		20.0	0.86	62%
1978	24	KCR	AL	142	0.0%	14.1%	7.0%	2.1%	9%	2.00	6.5		14.3	1.79	77%
1979	25	KCR	AL	300	0.7%	14.7%	6.7%	6.3%	28%	2.20	6.1	134.0	10.7	1.04	76%
1980	26	KCR	AL	614	1.0%	12.7%	8.6%	5.4%	22%	1.47	7.0	91.5	10.4	1.28	76%
1981	27	KCR	AL	384	0.5%	11.2%	10.7%	5.7%	29%	1.05	7.9	169.5	11.7	1.41	77%
1982	28	KCR	AL	487	2.1%	9.9%	7.8%	6.6%	26%	1.26	9.1	43.7	7.3	1.05	79%
1983	29	KCR	AL	604	0.8%	12.9%	8.0%	5.0%	23%	1.63	7.0	109.4	13.3	1.10	77%
1984	30	KCR	AL	189	0.5%	16.4%	7.4%	3.7%	18%	2.21	5.5	170.0	17.0	0.98	74%
1985	31	MON	NL	209	0.5%	15.8%	7.2%	6.7%	29%	2.20	5.8	193.0	11.4	1.48	77%
1986	32	PIT	NL	155	0.0%	17.4%	9.7%	2.6%	15%	1.80	5.0		13.5	1.34	70%
1987	33	PIT	NL	14	0.0%	21.4%	14.3%	0.0%	0%	1.50	3.3			2.00	50%
11 Yrs				3124	0.9%	13.1%	8.4%	5.3%	24%	1.57	6.8	103.6	11.0	1.21	76%
MLB Averages					2.1%	13.6%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	1.60	6.6	41.6	8.4	1.09	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1977	23	KCR	AL	-0.0	0.0	28	0.1	0.3	-0.3	.73	-0.1	0.2	-0.8	-0.1	0.97	-0.7		0
1978	24	KCR	AL	-5.2	-0.5	162	-0.4	2.4	-2.8	1.08	-0.4	0.0	-5.0	-0.5	0.97	-5.2	0.78	1
1979	25	KCR	AL	-9.5	-0.9	323	-1.3	4.4	-5.8	1.02	-1.1	-0.2	-13.8	-1.3	0.91	-13.1	3.12	3
1980	26	KCR	AL	-4.4	-0.4	649	0.1	9.9	-9.8	.94	-0.3	0.5	-11.5	-1.1	0.98	-7.3	1.60	3
1981	27	KCR	AL	-7.8	-0.8	408	-1.3	6.1	-7.4	1.06	-1.2	-0.0	-13.6	-1.5	0.98	-13.1		0
1982	28	KCR	AL	3.7	0.4	519	0.8	7.9	-7.1	.88	0.8	0.1	1.2	0.1	0.94	7.6	1.66	2
1983	29	KCR	AL	-22.6	-2.3	660	-1.1	9.3	-10.4	.99	-1.8	0.7	-20.6	-2.1	0.92	-22.4	1.75	3
1984	30	KCR	AL	-10.2	-1.0	202	-1.2	2.1	-3.2	.85	-0.8	-0.5	-7.7	-0.8	0.89	-8.5		0
1985	31	MON	NL	-3.7	-0.4	218	0.0	3.8	-3.8	1.11	-0.4	0.5	1.4	0.1	0.98	-2.9	1.39	20
1986	32	PIT	NL	-10.2	-1.0	162	-1.1	2.5	-3.5	1.34	-0.5	-0.3	-3.3	-0.3	0.99	-6.4	1.96	29
1987	33	PIT	NL	0.0	0.0	14	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	.84	-0.0	-0.0	-0.4	-0.0	0.93	-0.8	1.08	6
11 Yrs				-69.9	-7.0	3345	-5.4	48.9	-54.3	.99	-6.0	0.6	-74.3	-7.5	0.95	-72.8	1.71	67

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1977	23	KCR	AL	0	0%	13	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	24	KCR	AL	1	23%	63	12	6	67%	10	6	2	0	2	2	2	4	42%	8	6	2	1	0	1	3	1	2
1979	25	KCR	AL	4	35%	117	10	7	59%	10	7	0	0	3	2	3	8	37%	28	21	7	2	2	0	11	3	8
1980	26	KCR	AL	4	37%	257	20	7	74%	19	7	1	0	4	2	9	9	43%	49	31	18	7	6	0	25	7	17
1981	27	KCR	AL	0	33%	138	10	10	50%	9	9	1	1	4	2	0	11	51%	23	14	9	3	2	1	15	4	11
1982	28	KCR	AL	5	35%	184	23	7	77%	20	7	3	0	3	2	4	10	45%	23	15	8	10	5	4	18	5	11
1983	29	KCR	AL	6	41%	191	40	7	85%	37	6	3	1	5	3	7	12	67%	17	6	9	10	4	6	18	2	15
1984	30	KCR	AL	5	33%	71	4	6	40%	4	6	0	0	0	0	1	6	41%	13	7	6	3	2	1	6	4	2
1985	31	MON	NL	2	37%	69	6	3	67%	5	3	1	0	1	1	1	2	39%	16	11	5	2	2	0	8	3	5
1986	32	PIT	NL	5	33%	51	6	0	100%	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	4	50%	8	6	2	3	0	3	3	1	2
1987	33	PIT	NL	0	20%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
11 Yrs				32	35%	1160	132	53	71%	120	51	12	2	23	14	29	66	46%	188	120	66	42	24	16	108	31	73

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
1977	23	KCR	AL	26	100%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	3	1	33%	18	1	6%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1978	24	KCR	AL	142	100%	34			1	1	0	0	0.78	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	20	2	10%	6	3	50%	89	9	10%	5	4	80%	7	7	100%	0
1979	25	KCR	AL	300	100%	68			3	0	0	0	3.12	2	0	4	1	1	0	2	0	7	6	86%	39	1	3%	27	15	56%	163	23	14%	20	9	45%	13	8	62%	0
1980	26	KCR	AL	614	100%	150			3	1	0	0	1.60	6	0	17	1	5	3	3	0	10	10	100%	118	13	11%	73	30	41%	379	49	13%	28	15	54%	37	16	43%	0
1981	27	KCR	AL	384	100%	77			0	0	0	0		2	0	5	1	1	0	2	0	6	3	50%	77	6	8%	43	16	37%	238	29	12%	23	13	57%	19	12	63%	0
1982	28	KCR	AL	487	100%	125			2	0	0	0	1.66	10	0	10	1	9	2	8	0	7	5	71%	86	4	5%	68	24	35%	288	53	18%	33	22	67%	32	16	50%	0
1983	29	KCR	AL	604	100%	129			3	0	0	0	1.75	5	0	9	0	5	1	4	1	10	7	70%	91	3	3%	60	23	38%	317	38	12%	27	14	52%	36	21	58%	0
1984	30	KCR	AL	189	100%	38			0	0	0	0		1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	5	4	80%	23	1	4%	16	7	44%	91	11	12%	10	4	40%	9	5	56%	0
1985	31	MON	NL	209	100%	48			20	3	0	1	1.39	1	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0%	43	2	5%	25	8	32%	124	16	13%	12	5	42%	11	5	45%	0
1986	32	PIT	NL	155	100%	27			29	5	0	1	1.96	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	100%	34	1	3%	16	7	44%	91	10	11%	12	5	42%	5	4	80%	0
1987	33	PIT	NL	14	100%	3			6	2	0	0	1.08	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	2	0	0%	2	2	100%	6	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
11 Yrs				3124	100%	703			67	12	0	2	1.71	27	0	56	4	23	7	20	1	57	44	77%	536	33	6%	339	136	40%	1804	239	13%	171	91	53%	170	95	56%	0
MLB Averages					58%																			80%			11%			35%			15%			51%			55%

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
1977	23	10	26	20	0	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	5	4	.200	.360	.350	.710	94	7	0	0	1	0	0
1978	24	79	168	149	10	38	3	2	0	10	13	6	15	24	.255	.321	.302	.623	75	45	2	0	3	1	0
1979	25	180	468	417	42	106	15	7	2	35	23	13	35	68	.254	.307	.338	.645	75	141	3	0	9	7	1
1980	26	333	1082	966	121	256	31	18	8	88	43	20	88	146	.265	.324	.359	.683	87	347	16	0	19	9	1
1981	27	431	1466	1305	161	333	50	19	10	117	53	30	129	189	.255	.320	.346	.666	85	451	22	0	22	10	2
1982	28	550	1953	1742	225	458	69	22	20	177	76	37	167	237	.263	.325	.362	.687	90	631	26	0	27	17	2
1983	29	694	2557	2289	301	587	88	28	25	218	116	44	215	315	.256	.318	.352	.670	86	806	29	1	34	18	2
1984	30	757	2746	2459	319	625	94	28	26	228	120	50	229	346	.254	.316	.347	.663	84	853	30	1	38	19	2
1985	31	825	2955	2652	343	673	103	32	27	245	126	53	244	379	.254	.315	.347	.662	84	921	32	1	38	20	3
1986	32	897	3110	2787	357	700	103	36	27	255	132	53	259	406	.251	.313	.343	.656	82	956	33	1	42	21	5
1987	33	907	3124	2797	358	703	103	36	27	255	132	53	261	409	.251	.313	.343	.656	82	959	33	1	44	21	6

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
1977	23	10	26	20	0	4	1	1	0	1	1	5	4	.200	.360	.350	.710	3	10
1978	24	69	145	131	11	36	2	1	0	10	13	11	20	.275	.329	.305	.634	13	69
1979	25	102	301	269	32	68	12	5	2	25	10	20	44	.253	.298	.357	.655	29	101
1980	26	153	621	554	83	155	17	11	6	56	21	55	78	.280	.344	.383	.726	73	153
1981	27	148	600	525	71	128	32	2	3	52	17	68	65	.244	.329	.330	.659	58	98
1982	28	119	492	441	67	129	20	3	10	63	24	39	48	.293	.345	.420	.764	65	119
1983	29	144	609	551	80	133	20	6	5	43	41	49	78	.241	.304	.327	.631	55	144
1984	30	63	190	171	19	39	6	0	1	11	4	14	31	.228	.285	.281	.566	14	63
1985	31	68	216	198	28	53	10	4	1	20	7	17	33	.268	.324	.374	.698	24	68
1986	32	72	155	135	14	27	0	4	0	10	6	15	27	.200	.278	.259	.537	10	72
1987	33	10	14	10	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.300	.417	.300	.717	1	10
11 Yrs		958	3369	3005	406	775	120	37	28	291	144	295	431	.258	.322	.350	.673	345	907
162 Game Avg.		162	570	508	69	131	20	6	5	49	24	50	73	.258	.322	.350	.673	58	907

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Triples s c a p y 1980 AL 11 (3rd)	Stolen Bases s c a p y 1983 AL 40 (7th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1981 AL 10 (5th)	SB % s c a p y 1983 AL 85.11 (4th)

Triples s c a p y
1980 AL 11 (3rd)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1983 AL 40 (7th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1981 AL 10 (5th)

SB % s c a p y
1983 AL 85.11 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 3 (2071), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 5 (1541), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 3 (2531), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Similar Batters

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Bill Spiers (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ricky Gutierrez (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Monte Cross (964) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Kevin Stocker (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ricky Gutierrez (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Heinie Wagner (964) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Heinie Wagner (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Heinie Wagner (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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