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U L Washington
U L Washington
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 27, 1953 in Stringtown, OK
High School: Stringtown (Stringtown, OK)
Signed by the Kansas City Royals as an amateur free agent in 1972. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1977
Final Game: October 4, 1987
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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 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 .750 106 180 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 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 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
11 Seasons 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 83 853 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 83 853 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

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 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 Seasons (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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1977 KCR AL 23 SS 9 6 62.0 39 13 21 5 4 .872 -0.2 -3.9 -0.2 0.9 -1.0 0 4.94 3.78 .967 4.82 4.07
1978 KCR AL 24 SS 49 20 224.2 110 47 55 8 8 .927 -4.3 -23.0 -4.3 -3.3 -1.0 0 4.09 2.08 .965 4.92 4.19
1978 KCR AL 24 2B 19 13 121.2 70 32 37 1 10 .986 -3.0 -29.6 -3.0 -3.2 0.3 0 5.10 3.63 .980 5.47 4.74
1978 KCR AL 24 DH 1
1979 KCR AL 25 SS 50 37 354.0 199 62 131 6 31 .970 6.6 22.4 5.6 1.4 4.2 1 4.91 3.86 .965 5.01 4.10
1979 KCR AL 25 2B 46 35 346.0 235 112 111 12 37 .949 -4.6 -16.0 -5.6 -1.2 -4.5 1 5.80 4.85 .979 5.50 4.80
1979 KCR AL 25 DH 3
1979 KCR AL 25 3B 1 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 120.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 3.00 1.00 1.000 3.00 2.70
1980 KCR AL 26 SS 152 146 1312.2 736 237 467 32 86 .957 -2.5 -2.3 1.5 2.4 -0.9 -4 4.83 4.63 .963 4.99 4.26
1981 KCR AL 27 SS 98 97 868.0 444 135 297 12 58 .973 4.2 5.8 2.2 6.1 -3.9 2 4.48 4.41 .967 4.99 4.19
1982 KCR AL 28 SS 117 114 995.0 566 173 371 22 63 .961 1.0 1.2 2.0 -8.8 10.8 -1 4.92 4.65 .965 4.87 4.17
1982 KCR AL 28 DH 1
1983 KCR AL 29 SS 140 139 1224.2 685 201 448 36 91 .947 -5.8 -5.7 -7.8 -2.8 -5.0 2 4.77 4.64 .964 4.75 4.15
1983 KCR AL 29 DH 1
1984 KCR AL 30 SS 61 54 476.1 257 81 166 10 40 .961 1.1 2.8 -0.9 1.1 -2.0 2 4.67 4.05 .962 4.76 3.93
1985 MON NL 31 2B 43 34 310.2 178 70 104 4 22 .978 -1.9 -7.3 -2.9 -1.3 -1.6 1 5.04 4.05 .982 5.47 4.82
1985 MON NL 31 SS 9 7 60.0 31 5 25 1 7 .968 2.2 44.0 2.2 -0.2 2.4 0 4.50 3.33 .961 4.88 4.26
1985 MON NL 31 3B 3 1 11.2 4 1 1 2 0 .500 -1.0 -102.9 -1.0 -1.0 0.0 0 1.54 0.67 .975 2.85 2.47
1986 PIT NL 32 SS 51 26 278.0 150 50 92 8 25 .947 -1.6 -6.9 -2.6 -0.6 -2.0 1 4.60 2.78 .963 4.75 3.96
1986 PIT NL 32 2B 3 1 10.0 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 0.5 60.0 0.5 0.3 0.2 0 4.50 1.67 .980 5.22 4.53
1987 PIT NL 33 3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -40.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
1987 PIT NL 33 SS 1 1 9.0 6 1 4 1 0 .833 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 5.00 5.00 .967 4.70 3.90
11 Seasons SS 737 647 5864.1 3223 1005 2077 141 413 .956 0.7 0.1 -2.3 -3.8 1.6 3 4.73 4.18 .964 4.88 4.15
4 Seasons 2B 111 83 788.1 488 214 257 17 69 .965 -9.0 -13.7 -11.0 -5.4 -5.6 2 5.38 4.24 .980 5.48 4.79
4 Seasons DH 6
3 Seasons 3B 5 1 17.2 5 1 2 2 0 .600 -0.8 -54.3 -0.8 -1.1 0.3 0 1.53 0.60 .980 2.85 2.48
11 Seasons TOT 853 731 6670.1 3716 1220 2336 160 482 .957 -9.1 -1.6 -14.1 -10.3 -3.7 5 4.80 4.17 .923 4.95 4.22
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 3 (1907), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1487), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (3165), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

August 4, 1972: Signed by the Kansas City Royals as an amateur free agent.

January 7, 1985: Traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Montreal Expos for Ken Baker (minors) and Mike Kinnunen.

November 12, 1985: Granted Free Agency.

April 24, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

November 7, 1986: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

January 20, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

October 5, 1987: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Montreal Expos$650,000
1986Pittsburgh Pirates$180,000
1987Pittsburgh Pirates$80,000
Career (may be incomplete)$910,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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