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Walt Weiss

Walter William Weiss

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 28, 1963 in Tuxedo, NY
High School: Suffern HS (Suffern, NY)
School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1985 amateur draft.
Signed June 5, 1985. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 12, 1987
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Rockies/Braves/Marlins 1987-2000
Agents: Bob Gilhooley,Jim Bronner [*]
Final Game: October 1, 2000
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All-Star

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
1987 23 OAK AL 16 29 26 3 12 4 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 .462 .500 .615 1.115 204 16 0 0 1 0 0 6/D
1988 24 OAK AL 147 511 452 44 113 17 3 3 39 4 4 35 56 .250 .312 .321 .633 81 145 9 9 8 7 1 *6 RoY-1
1989 25 OAK AL 84 263 236 30 55 11 0 3 21 6 1 21 39 .233 .298 .318 .616 77 75 5 1 5 0 0 6
1990 26 OAK AL 138 505 445 50 118 17 1 2 35 9 3 46 53 .265 .337 .321 .658 90 143 7 4 6 4 5 *6
1991 27 OAK AL 40 148 133 15 30 6 1 0 13 6 0 12 14 .226 .286 .286 .571 63 38 3 0 1 2 0 6
1992 28 OAK AL 103 375 316 36 67 5 2 0 21 6 3 43 39 .212 .305 .241 .545 59 76 10 1 11 4 1 6
1993 29 FLA NL 158 591 500 50 133 14 2 1 39 7 3 79 73 .266 .367 .308 .675 81 154 5 3 5 4 13 *6
1994 30 COL NL 110 486 423 58 106 11 4 1 32 12 7 56 58 .251 .336 .303 .639 58 128 6 0 4 3 0 *6
1995 31 COL NL 137 537 427 65 111 17 3 1 25 15 3 98 57 .260 .403 .321 .724 76 137 7 5 6 1 8 *6
1996 32 COL NL 155 624 517 89 146 20 2 8 48 10 2 80 78 .282 .381 .375 .756 85 194 9 6 14 6 5 *6
1997 33 COL NL 121 469 393 52 106 23 5 4 38 5 2 66 56 .270 .377 .384 .761 85 151 7 2 7 1 3 *6
1998 34 ATL NL 96 424 347 64 97 18 2 0 27 7 1 59 53 .280 .386 .343 .729 94 119 4 3 12 3 0 6 AS
1999 35 ATL NL 110 327 279 38 63 13 4 2 29 7 3 35 48 .226 .315 .323 .637 63 90 1 3 6 4 1 6
2000 36 ATL NL 80 227 192 29 50 6 2 0 18 1 1 26 32 .260 .353 .313 .665 71 60 2 3 3 3 1 6
14 Yrs 1495 5516 4686 623 1207 182 31 25 386 96 35 658 658 .258 .351 .326 .677 78 1526 75 40 89 42 38
162 Game Avg. 162 598 508 68 131 20 3 3 42 10 4 71 71 .258 .351 .326 .677 78 165 8 4 10 5 4
OAK (6 yrs) 528 1831 1608 178 395 60 7 8 130 32 13 159 203 .246 .316 .307 .623 79 493 34 15 32 17 7
COL (4 yrs) 523 2116 1760 264 469 71 14 14 143 42 14 300 249 .266 .375 .347 .722 77 610 29 13 31 11 16
ATL (3 yrs) 286 978 818 131 210 37 8 2 74 15 5 120 133 .257 .354 .329 .683 78 269 7 9 21 10 2
FLA (1 yr) 158 591 500 50 133 14 2 1 39 7 3 79 73 .266 .367 .308 .675 81 154 5 3 5 4 13
NL (8 yrs) 967 3685 3078 445 812 122 24 17 256 64 22 499 455 .264 .368 .336 .704 78 1033 41 25 57 25 31
AL (6 yrs) 528 1831 1608 178 395 60 7 8 130 32 13 159 203 .246 .316 .307 .623 79 493 34 15 32 17 7

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
1987 23 OAK AL 16 29 4 -1 0 2 0 5 0.5 1 6 0.6 .531 .503 0.4 0.2 4 $ 6/D
1988 24 OAK AL 147 511 -10 -1 -0 13 8 9 1.2 16 25 2.6 .507 .506 1.2 2.4 12 $62,500 *6 RoY-1
1989 25 OAK AL 84 263 -5 0 0 -6 4 -6 -0.6 8 2 0.2 .492 .496 0.8 -0.1 8 $180,000 6
1990 26 OAK AL 138 505 -5 1 0 17 7 21 2.4 17 38 4.0 .517 .514 2.2 2.7 21 $235,000 *6
1991 27 OAK AL 40 148 -7 2 0 -0 2 -3 -0.2 5 2 0.3 .493 .498 0.3 0.2 2 $780,000 6
1992 28 OAK AL 103 375 -17 0 0 -10 5 -21 -2.1 13 -8 -0.9 .479 .486 0.2 -0.4 2 $760,000 6
1993 29 FLA NL 158 591 -16 0 2 2 8 -4 -0.3 16 12 1.3 .497 .497 1.0 1.2 11 $925,000 *6
1994 30 COL NL 110 486 -22 0 1 -6 6 -22 -2.2 12 -9 -1.0 .480 .486 -0.4 -0.0 -3 $600,000 *6
1995 31 COL NL 137 537 -11 2 1 2 7 1 0.1 15 16 1.6 .501 .501 1.3 0.9 14 $2,256,446 *6
1996 32 COL NL 155 624 -11 3 2 -9 8 -8 -1.0 17 9 0.6 .495 .495 1.7 -0.2 18 $1,650,000 *6
1997 33 COL NL 121 469 -5 -2 1 6 6 6 0.5 13 19 1.8 .505 .504 1.3 1.2 13 $2,700,000 *6
1998 34 ATL NL 96 424 2 1 0 8 5 16 1.5 12 27 2.6 .516 .510 1.9 1.3 19 $3,050,000 6 AS
1999 35 ATL NL 110 327 -14 1 3 -6 4 -12 -1.2 9 -3 -0.3 .490 .493 0.3 -0.2 3 $3,000,000 6
2000 36 ATL NL 80 227 -4 -0 1 6 3 6 0.6 6 12 1.2 .507 .504 0.6 0.9 6 $3,000,000 6
14 Seasons 1495 5516 -120 7 12 17 74 -11 -0.7 159 149 14.6 .499 .500 12.8 10.0 132 $19,198,946
OAK (6 yrs) 528 1831 -40 2 1 16 27 6 1.3 59 65 6.8 .501 .501 5.1 5.0 50 $2,017,500
COL (4 yrs) 523 2116 -49 3 4 -8 27 -23 -2.6 57 35 3.0 .496 .496 3.9 1.9 43 $7,206,446
ATL (3 yrs) 286 978 -16 2 4 8 12 10 0.9 27 37 3.5 .504 .502 2.8 1.9 29 $9,050,000
FLA (1 yr) 158 591 -16 0 2 2 8 -4 -0.3 16 12 1.3 .497 .497 1.0 1.2 11 $925,000

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
1987 23 OAK AL 29 17 7 11.0 100 .500 .462 .257 .500 .324 .615 .412 1.115 .736 204 .810 4.0 0.4 1.063 .192 .154 .0
1988 24 OAK AL 511 367 47 3.4 92 .275 .250 .256 .312 .320 .321 .385 .633 .706 81 .387 -10.5 -1.1 .537 .148 .071 3.4
1989 25 OAK AL 263 192 23 3.2 91 .268 .233 .257 .298 .322 .318 .379 .616 .700 77 .365 -7.1 -0.7 .545 .195 .085 4.0
1990 26 OAK AL 505 347 51 3.9 90 .294 .265 .253 .337 .321 .321 .379 .658 .700 90 .451 -4.1 -0.4 .591 .173 .056 3.3
1991 27 OAK AL 148 109 12 3.0 92 .248 .226 .253 .286 .321 .286 .384 .571 .705 63 .314 -6.1 -0.6 .528 .195 .060 .0
1992 28 OAK AL 375 277 26 2.5 89 .238 .212 .252 .305 .320 .241 .375 .545 .695 59 .265 -15.2 -1.6 .469 .174 .028 .0
1993 29 FLA NL 591 384 63 4.4 107 .307 .266 .276 .367 .342 .308 .420 .675 .762 81 .476 -10.7 -1.0 .640 .208 .042 1.8
1994 30 COL NL 486 337 47 3.7 123 .286 .251 .293 .336 .363 .303 .459 .639 .823 58 .377 -27.6 -2.7 .573 .196 .052 1.8
1995 31 COL NL 537 333 66 5.3 129 .297 .260 .301 .403 .375 .321 .469 .724 .843 76 .543 -12.0 -1.2 .773 .319 .061 1.9
1996 32 COL NL 624 402 82 5.5 125 .316 .282 .295 .381 .368 .375 .462 .756 .830 85 .556 -10.0 -1.0 .754 .263 .093 8.9
1997 33 COL NL 469 304 61 5.4 126 .305 .270 .295 .377 .370 .384 .463 .761 .833 85 .545 -8.4 -0.8 .750 .290 .115 4.4
1998 34 ATL NL 424 270 53 5.3 107 .327 .280 .269 .386 .340 .343 .424 .729 .764 94 .537 0.6 0.1 .733 .251 .063 .0
1999 35 ATL NL 327 230 32 3.7 115 .262 .226 .274 .315 .350 .323 .442 .637 .792 63 .344 -15.5 -1.4 .600 .237 .097 3.1
2000 36 ATL NL 227 151 24 4.2 116 .307 .260 .273 .353 .351 .313 .446 .665 .797 71 .398 -7.8 -0.7 .614 .188 .052 .0
14 Yrs 5516 3720 594 4.3 110 .292 .258 .275 .351 .346 .326 .425 .677 .771 78 .453 -130.3 -12.7 .637 .222 .068 39.7
162 Game Avg. 598 403 64 4.3 110 .292 .258 .275 .351 .346 .326 .425 .677 .771 78 .453 -130.3 -12.7 .637 .222 .068 4
OAK (6 yrs) 1831 1309 166 3.4 91 .274 .246 .254 .316 .321 .307 .381 .623 .702 79 .383 -39.0 -4.0 .544 .172 .061 12.8
COL (4 yrs) 2116 1376 256 5.0 126 .302 .266 .296 .375 .369 .347 .463 .722 .832 77 .512 -57.9 -5.6 .713 .266 .080 21.0
ATL (3 yrs) 978 651 109 4.5 112 .300 .257 .272 .354 .346 .329 .436 .683 .781 78 .440 -22.6 -2.1 .658 .231 .072 3.5
FLA (1 yr) 591 384 63 4.4 107 .307 .266 .276 .367 .342 .308 .420 .675 .762 81 .476 -10.7 -1.0 .640 .208 .042 1.8
NL (8 yrs) 3685 2411 428 4.8 119 .302 .264 .286 .368 .358 .336 .449 .704 .807 78 .487 -91.3 -8.7 .687 .248 .072 26.9
AL (6 yrs) 1831 1309 166 3.4 91 .274 .246 .254 .316 .321 .307 .381 .623 .702 79 .383 -39.0 -4.0 .544 .172 .061 12.8

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
1988 24 OAK AL ALCS BOS W 4 15 15 2 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .333 .333 .467 .800 7 0 0 0 0 0
1988 24 OAK AL WS LAD L 5 17 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .063 .063 .063 .125 1 0 0 1 0 0
1989 25 OAK AL ALCS TOR W 4 11 9 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .111 .200 .222 .422 2 0 0 1 0 0
1989 25 OAK AL WS SFG W 4 17 15 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 .133 .235 .333 .569 5 0 0 0 0 2
1990 26 OAK AL ALCS BOS W 2 9 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .222 .000 .222 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 28 OAK AL ALCS TOR L 3 8 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 .167 .375 .167 .542 1 0 0 0 0 0
1995 31 COL NL NLDS ATL L 4 16 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 .167 .375 .167 .542 2 0 1 0 0 1
1998 34 ATL NL NLDS CHC W 3 14 13 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .154 .214 .154 .368 2 0 0 0 0 0
1998 34 ATL NL NLCS SDP L 4 17 15 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 5 .200 .294 .200 .494 3 0 0 0 0 0
1999 35 ATL NL NLDS HOU W 3 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0
1999 35 ATL NL NLCS NYM W 6 24 21 2 6 2 0 0 1 2 0 2 4 .286 .348 .381 .729 8 2 0 1 0 0
1999 35 ATL NL WS NYY L 3 9 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .222 .222 .222 .444 2 0 0 0 0 0
2000 36 ATL NL NLDS STL L 1 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667 3 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs (13 Series) 46 166 147 18 28 6 0 1 7 8 0 15 30 .190 .270 .252 .522 37 2 1 3 0 3
4 NLDS 11 39 34 4 7 1 0 0 2 1 0 4 8 .206 .308 .235 .543 8 0 1 0 0 1
4 ALCS 13 43 37 7 7 3 0 0 2 3 0 5 8 .189 .286 .270 .556 10 0 0 1 0 0
2 NLCS 10 41 36 2 9 2 0 0 2 3 0 4 9 .250 .325 .306 .631 11 2 0 1 0 0
3 WS 12 43 40 5 5 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 5 .125 .167 .200 .367 8 0 0 1 0 2

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1998 ATL NL 34 as SS 3 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 2 0 0 0 0 0

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
1987 23 OAK AL 29 0.0% 6.9% 6.9% 13.8% 33% 1.00 13.0 26.0 1.33 83%
1988 24 OAK AL 511 0.6% 11.0% 6.9% 4.5% 20% 1.60 8.1 150.7 11.6 0.91 1.21 78% 22% 2.2% 34%
1989 25 OAK AL 263 1.1% 14.8% 8.0% 5.3% 26% 1.86 6.1 78.7 11.2 0.88 1.13 74% 24% 3.4% 13%
1990 26 OAK AL 505 0.4% 10.5% 9.1% 4.0% 17% 1.15 8.4 222.5 12.7 1.02 1.32 78% 23% 1.1% 10%
1991 27 OAK AL 148 0.0% 9.5% 8.1% 4.7% 23% 1.17 9.5 10.2 0.98 1.38 82% 19% 0.0% 15%
1992 28 OAK AL 375 0.0% 10.4% 11.5% 1.9% 10% 0.91 8.1 15.0 0.90 1.33 75% 18% 0.0% 12%
1993 29 FLA NL 591 0.2% 12.4% 13.4% 2.9% 13% 0.92 6.8 500.0 12.8 0.94 1.34 73% 22% 0.5% 12%
1994 30 COL NL 486 0.2% 11.9% 11.5% 3.3% 15% 1.04 7.3 423.0 13.2 1.32 1.69 76% 20% 0.7% 13%
1995 31 COL NL 537 0.2% 10.6% 18.3% 3.9% 19% 0.58 7.5 427.0 17.1 1.15 1.59 69% 20% 0.7% 17%
1996 32 COL NL 624 1.3% 12.5% 12.8% 4.8% 21% 0.98 6.6 64.6 10.8 1.01 1.52 70% 23% 4.3% 14%
1997 33 COL NL 469 0.9% 11.9% 14.1% 6.8% 30% 0.85 7.0 98.3 10.3 1.11 1.54 71% 19% 3.0% 14%
1998 34 ATL NL 424 0.0% 12.5% 13.9% 4.7% 21% 0.90 6.5 12.9 0.82 1.28 70% 28% 0.0% 10%
1999 35 ATL NL 327 0.6% 14.7% 10.7% 5.8% 30% 1.37 5.8 139.5 9.6 0.93 1.25 71% 19% 1.8% 11%
2000 36 ATL NL 227 0.0% 14.1% 11.5% 3.5% 16% 1.23 6.0 10.7 0.99 1.40 72% 30% 0.0% 13%
14 Yrs 5516 0.5% 11.9% 11.9% 4.3% 20% 1.00 7.1 187.4 12.1 1.00 1.39 73% 22% 1.5% 15%
MLB Averages 2.5% 15.8% 8.9% 7.3% 31% 1.78 5.6 35.9 7.8 0.80 1.08 71% 21% 7.4% 18%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1987 23 OAK AL 4.0 0.4 33 0.0 0.7 -0.6 1.05 0.2 -0.1 0.9 0.1 0.89 1.6 0.00 1
1988 24 OAK AL -10.5 -1.1 529 -2.6 6.2 -8.8 .92 -1.3 -1.5 -12.6 -1.3 0.95 -15.3 2.23 1
1989 25 OAK AL -7.1 -0.7 270 -1.0 3.6 -4.6 .96 -0.6 -0.5 -8.3 -0.9 0.96 -5.9 0.00 0
1990 26 OAK AL -4.8 -0.5 525 0.9 8.3 -7.4 .89 -0.9 1.9 -9.2 -1.0 0.94 -10.8 0.88 3
1991 27 OAK AL -6.1 -0.6 155 -0.5 1.8 -2.4 .94 -0.7 0.2 -8.2 -0.8 1.04 -7.0 1.73 1
1992 28 OAK AL -15.2 -1.6 388 -1.8 4.2 -6.0 .98 -2.4 0.5 -24.3 -2.6 1.00 -21.9 2.15 1
1993 29 FLA NL -10.7 -1.0 609 -1.0 9.8 -10.8 1.14 -1.1 0.3 -2.6 -0.2 0.94 -11.5 2.37 6
1994 30 COL NL -27.6 -2.7 516 -1.2 7.0 -8.1 .95 -1.0 -0.2 -10.9 -1.0 0.93 -13.0 0.77 2
1995 31 COL NL -12.4 -1.2 563 -1.3 7.8 -9.0 1.00 0.2 -1.4 -1.9 -0.2 0.91 1.2 2.02 1
1996 32 COL NL -10.0 -1.0 647 1.2 10.8 -9.7 1.00 0.0 1.1 0.7 0.1 0.94 2.6 0.09 2
1997 33 COL NL -8.4 -0.8 482 0.9 7.7 -6.8 .92 0.4 0.6 6.5 0.6 0.91 3.6 1.61 4
1998 34 ATL NL 0.6 0.1 438 0.2 5.9 -5.7 .86 0.4 -0.1 0.9 0.1 0.92 3.7 0
1999 35 ATL NL -15.9 -1.5 339 -0.1 4.9 -5.1 .95 -0.7 0.6 -7.7 -0.7 0.92 -11.0 1.91 5
2000 36 ATL NL -8.1 -0.8 229 -0.1 3.2 -3.3 .87 -0.2 0.1 -2.7 -0.2 0.92 -3.6 0.12 6
14 Yrs -132.1 -12.9 5723 -6.3 81.9 -88.3 .96 -7.8 1.2 -79.5 -8.1 0.94 -87.4 1.32 33

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
1987 23 OAK AL 0 0 21% 30 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 50% 7 3 3 0 0 0 3 1 2
1988 24 OAK AL 6 0 27% 192 4 4 50% 4 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 5 15 34% 30 20 9 7 2 4 13 7 4
1989 25 OAK AL 5 0 37% 104 6 1 86% 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 31% 11 11 0 4 2 2 11 4 6
1990 26 OAK AL 6 0 29% 206 9 3 75% 9 3 0 0 0 0 5 1 3 9 63% 26 12 14 6 1 5 14 4 10
1991 27 OAK AL 0 0 36% 58 6 0 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 54% 10 4 6 1 0 1 2 1 0
1992 28 OAK AL 1 0 32% 153 6 3 67% 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 48% 24 15 9 9 1 8 9 4 3
1993 29 FLA NL 3 0 23% 263 7 3 70% 6 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 19 40% 31 22 9 2 1 1 25 11 13
1994 30 COL NL 8 0 35% 217 12 7 63% 11 7 1 0 0 0 5 2 3 19 54% 21 14 7 7 2 5 13 3 10
1995 31 COL NL 7 0 30% 261 15 3 83% 12 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 9 11 57% 30 14 15 12 4 6 20 5 14
1996 32 COL NL 5 1 36% 307 10 2 83% 8 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 23 48% 40 29 11 14 9 5 32 4 25
1997 33 COL NL 8 0 28% 200 5 2 71% 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 45% 25 13 9 8 5 2 18 4 12
1998 34 ATL NL 5 0 40% 246 7 1 88% 6 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 8 42% 31 24 6 12 3 9 14 3 9
1999 35 ATL NL 6 0 36% 145 7 3 70% 7 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 11 50% 17 11 5 1 0 1 10 2 8
2000 36 ATL NL 7 0 37% 139 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 43% 7 7 0 3 2 1 11 3 8
14 Yrs 67 1 32% 2521 96 35 73% 85 31 10 4 1 0 20 4 54 142 47% 310 199 103 86 32 50 195 56 124

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
1987 23 OAK AL 29 100% 12 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 0 0% 2 0 0% 12 1 8% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
1988 24 OAK AL 511 100% 113 14 1 1 0 0 0 2.23 3 1 18 3 0 0 3 0 12 8 67% 82 9 11% 48 23 48% 326 37 11% 32 16 50% 17 10 59% 0
1989 25 OAK AL 263 100% 55 9 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 3 0 5 3 0 2 1 0 6 5 83% 52 5 10% 25 7 28% 178 21 12% 20 9 45% 15 10 67% 0
1990 26 OAK AL 505 100% 118 17 2 3 1 0 0 0.88 2 0 5 2 0 1 1 0 8 6 75% 92 7 8% 37 12 32% 297 33 11% 22 9 41% 15 5 33% 0
1991 27 OAK AL 148 100% 30 14 0 1 1 0 0 1.73 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 31 3 10% 16 6 38% 106 13 12% 8 4 50% 1 1 100% 0
1992 28 OAK AL 375 100% 67 31 2 1 0 0 0 2.15 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 14 11 79% 81 10 12% 41 21 51% 252 23 9% 22 11 50% 7 4 57% 0
1993 29 FLA NL 591 100% 133 12 0 6 0 0 0 2.37 1 0 9 1 0 0 1 0 6 5 83% 108 5 5% 54 23 43% 359 39 11% 34 19 56% 26 18 69% 0
1994 30 COL NL 486 100% 106 14 4 2 0 0 0 0.77 1 0 13 0 1 1 0 0 6 4 67% 63 6 10% 33 17 52% 234 34 15% 21 13 62% 11 6 55% 0
1995 31 COL NL 537 100% 111 14 2 1 0 0 0 2.02 1 0 12 1 0 0 1 0 9 6 67% 77 7 9% 35 16 46% 295 25 8% 23 9 39% 22 12 55% 0
1996 32 COL NL 624 100% 146 16 3 2 1 0 0 0.09 8 0 15 8 0 5 3 0 18 14 78% 117 9 8% 54 25 46% 373 43 12% 34 21 62% 18 7 39% 0
1997 33 COL NL 469 100% 106 11 0 4 3 0 0 1.61 4 0 6 3 1 2 2 0 7 7 100% 87 7 8% 31 15 48% 252 35 14% 21 13 62% 11 8 73% 0
1998 34 ATL NL 424 100% 97 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 13 12 92% 45 4 9% 25 18 72% 193 27 14% 14 9 64% 6 3 50% 0
1999 35 ATL NL 327 100% 63 5 0 5 2 0 0 1.91 2 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 6 6 100% 57 1 2% 31 19 61% 178 27 15% 20 13 65% 11 7 64% 0
2000 36 ATL NL 227 100% 50 2 0 6 1 0 0 0.12 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 35 2 6% 22 8 36% 133 20 15% 16 9 56% 7 4 57% 0
14 Yrs 5516 100% 1207 180 16 33 9 0 0 1.32 25 1 122 21 4 11 14 0 112 89 79% 931 75 8% 454 210 46% 3188 378 12% 289 155 54% 167 95 57% 0
MLB Averages 57% 73% 10% 35% 15% 52% 56%

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 24 OAK AL 510 1826 3.58 1121 61% 31% 7% 26% 37% 69% 1% 43% 90% 30% 4% 21 0 13% 66 28 6% 33 15 52% 1 1 0
1989 25 OAK AL 255 950 3.73 571 60% 32% 10% 24% 34% 67% 0% 40% 85% 28% 3% 8 0 11% 29 11 8% 21 12 49% 8 0 4
1990 26 OAK AL 483 1740 3.60 1030 59% 26% 9% 27% 37% 73% 2% 43% 86% 28% 6% 27 0 17% 80 44 10% 47 32 36% 22 2 8
1991 27 OAK AL 148 535 3.61 327 61% 32% 7% 24% 37% 68% 0% 42% 90% 22% 5% 7 0 16% 23 11 8% 12 5 43% 0 0 0
1992 28 OAK AL 375 1422 3.79 830 58% 32% 7% 26% 35% 68% 1% 40% 90% 22% 5% 17 0 13% 49 19 11% 41 17 46% 0 0 0
1993 29 FLA NL 561 2098 3.74 1203 57% 32% 7% 26% 34% 68% 5% 39% 89% 24% 8% 43 1 21% 118 37 10% 57 20 46% 30 0 0
1994 30 COL NL 464 1693 3.65 1016 60% 34% 8% 22% 35% 66% 0% 40% 87% 23% 5% 23 0 16% 75 18 9% 43 11 24% 22 2 0
1995 31 COL NL 485 1893 3.90 1053 56% 39% 7% 22% 32% 61% 2% 34% 88% 23% 8% 40 0 18% 89 13 13% 65 15 46% 52 0 0
1996 32 COL NL 582 2133 3.66 1255 59% 37% 8% 20% 34% 62% 2% 37% 87% 23% 9% 50 0 16% 95 16 10% 61 17 42% 42 0 1
1997 33 COL NL 454 1778 3.92 1006 57% 38% 6% 22% 33% 62% 2% 35% 89% 21% 9% 43 1 20% 90 14 13% 57 15 50% 15 0 5
1998 34 ATL NL 425 1646 3.87 940 57% 39% 9% 19% 33% 61% 0% 35% 86% 16% 5% 22 1 19% 80 25 12% 51 11 43% -1 0 0
1999 35 ATL NL 327 1238 3.79 748 60% 34% 8% 26% 32% 66% 1% 40% 87% 23% 6% 21 2 17% 54 15 10% 34 10 44% 0 0 0
2000 36 ATL NL 229 853 3.72 505 59% 34% 10% 23% 33% 66% 1% 39% 85% 24% 4% 10 1 14% 31 10 10% 23 6 44% -2 0 0
13 Yrs 5298 19805 3.74 11605 59% 34% 8% 24% 34% 66% 1% 39% 88% 24% 6% 332 6 17% 879 261 10% 545 186 43% 189 5 18
MLB Averages 3.68 62% 25% 15% 27% 33% 74% 2% 46% 80% 31% 6% 16% 9% 27%

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
1987 23 16 29 26 3 12 4 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 .462 .500 .615 1.115 204 16 0 0 1 0 0
1988 24 163 540 478 47 125 21 3 3 40 5 6 37 58 .262 .322 .337 .659 88 161 9 9 9 7 1
1989 25 247 803 714 77 180 32 3 6 61 11 7 58 97 .252 .314 .331 .645 84 236 14 10 14 7 1
1990 26 385 1308 1159 127 298 49 4 8 96 20 10 104 150 .257 .323 .327 .650 86 379 21 14 20 11 6
1991 27 425 1456 1292 142 328 55 5 8 109 26 10 116 164 .254 .319 .323 .642 84 417 24 14 21 13 6
1992 28 528 1831 1608 178 395 60 7 8 130 32 13 159 203 .246 .316 .307 .623 79 493 34 15 32 17 7
1993 29 686 2422 2108 228 528 74 9 9 169 39 16 238 276 .250 .329 .307 .636 80 647 39 18 37 21 20
1994 30 796 2908 2531 286 634 85 13 10 201 51 23 294 334 .250 .330 .306 .636 76 775 45 18 41 24 20
1995 31 933 3445 2958 351 745 102 16 11 226 66 26 392 391 .252 .341 .308 .650 76 912 52 23 47 25 28
1996 32 1088 4069 3475 440 891 122 18 19 274 76 28 472 469 .256 .347 .318 .666 77 1106 61 29 61 31 33
1997 33 1209 4538 3868 492 997 145 23 23 312 81 30 538 525 .258 .350 .325 .675 78 1257 68 31 68 32 36
1998 34 1305 4962 4215 556 1094 163 25 23 339 88 31 597 578 .260 .353 .326 .680 79 1376 72 34 80 35 36
1999 35 1415 5289 4494 594 1157 176 29 25 368 95 34 632 626 .257 .351 .326 .677 78 1466 73 37 86 39 37
2000 36 1495 5516 4686 623 1207 182 31 25 386 96 35 658 658 .258 .351 .326 .677 78 1526 75 40 89 42 38

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1987 23 16 29 26 3 12 4 0 0 1 1 2 2 .462 .500 .615 1.115 8 16
1988 24 147 521 459 49 120 18 3 3 43 4 37 56 .261 .326 .333 .659 49 147
1989 25 84 269 240 34 59 12 0 3 24 6 23 39 .246 .314 .333 .648 25 84
1990 26 138 519 455 58 128 18 1 2 40 10 50 53 .281 .355 .338 .693 55 138
1991 27 40 151 135 16 32 6 1 0 14 6 13 14 .237 .300 .296 .596 12 40
1992 28 103 385 322 42 73 5 2 0 24 7 47 39 .227 .324 .255 .578 27 103
1993 29 158 583 495 47 128 13 2 1 37 7 76 73 .259 .358 .299 .657 53 158
1994 30 155 659 579 66 132 14 5 1 36 15 70 82 .228 .309 .275 .584 49 110
1995 31 154 566 460 55 105 16 3 1 21 14 93 64 .228 .363 .283 .646 46 137
1996 32 155 588 495 68 124 17 2 7 37 8 68 78 .251 .343 .335 .679 56 155
1997 33 121 446 379 41 92 20 4 3 30 4 57 56 .243 .344 .340 .684 45 121
1998 34 96 421 345 62 95 18 2 0 26 7 58 53 .275 .381 .339 .721 44 96
1999 35 110 321 275 34 59 12 4 2 26 7 33 48 .215 .302 .309 .611 25 110
2000 36 80 221 188 25 46 6 2 0 15 1 24 32 .245 .335 .298 .633 18 80
14 Yrs 1557 5679 4853 600 1205 179 31 23 374 97 651 689 .248 .339 .312 .652 512 1495
162 Game Avg. 162 591 505 62 125 19 3 2 39 10 68 72 .248 .339 .312 .652 53 1495

* 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

Hall of Fame
2006 BBWAA ( 0.2%)

All-Star Games
1998 (SS)

Awards (yr lg award)
1988 AL Rookie of the Year

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1988 AL  2.4 (2nd)
1990 AL  2.7 (3rd)
1998 NL  1.3 (10th)
Career  10.0 (204th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1995 NL  .403 (5th)

Games Played s c a p y
1993 NL  158 (7th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1994 NL  486 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1993 NL  79 (10th)
1994 NL  56 (10th)
1995 NL  98 (2nd)
1996 NL  80 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1988 AL  9 (6th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1992 AL  11 (7th)
1996 NL  14 (5th)
1998 NL  12 (6th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1993 NL  13 (4th)

SB % s c a p y
1995 NL  83.33 (7th)
Career  73.28 (217th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1994 NL  337 (6th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 9 (1472), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 29 (625), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 20 (728), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Ivan de Jesus (954)
  2. Chico Carrasquel (934)
  3. Wally Gerber (933)
  4. Spike Owen (930)
  5. Rey Sanchez (923)
  6. Bucky Dent (921)
  7. Craig Counsell (919)
  8. Ted Sizemore (915)
  9. Freddy Parent (912)
  10. Craig Reynolds (911)
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  1. Deivi Cruz (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ricky Gutierrez (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Rudy Hulswitt (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Lennie Merullo (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Felix Fermin (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Rey Ordonez (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Rey Ordonez (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Wally Gerber (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Wally Gerber (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ivan de Jesus (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Ivan de Jesus (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Wally Gerber (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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