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Bob Welch

Robert Lynn Welch

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 3, 1956 in Detroit, MI
High School: Hazel Park HS (Ferndale, MI)
School: Eastern Michigan University (Ypsilanti, MI)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 20, 1978
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Athletics 1978-1994
Agents: Bob Teaff,Jerry Kapstein [*]
Final Game: August 11, 1994
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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
1977	20	LAD-min	AA	14	18	15	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.200	.200	.200	.400		3		0	3	0			SAN · TL
1978	21	LAD-min	AAA	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0			ABQ · PCL
1978	21	LAD	NL	23	35	29	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.172	.172	.207	.379	6	6	0	0	6	0	0	1
1979	22	LAD	NL	25	23	19	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	6	.158	.200	.158	.358	-0	3	0	1	3	0	0	1
1980	23	LAD	NL	34	76	70	1	17	3	0	0	3	0	0	1	13	.243	.254	.286	.539	51	20	0	0	5	0	0	1	AS
1981	24	LAD	NL	23	53	45	3	10	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	16	.222	.239	.267	.506	46	12	0	0	7	0	0	1
1982	25	LAD	NL	38	97	85	5	12	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	32	.141	.167	.153	.320	-9	13	0	0	7	2	0	1/79
1983	26	LAD	NL	31	78	73	2	7	1	0	1	2	0	1	1	22	.096	.120	.151	.271	-25	11	1	1	3	0	0	1	CYA-8
1984	27	LAD	NL	32	61	51	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	15	.078	.113	.078	.192	-45	4	1	0	8	0	0	1
1985	28	LAD-min	A	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0		VRO · FLOR
1985	28	LAD	NL	25	60	50	4	9	1	0	0	4	0	0	3	13	.180	.226	.200	.426	23	10	1	0	7	0	0	1
1986	29	LAD	NL	35	86	76	2	8	0	0	1	4	0	0	4	23	.105	.160	.145	.305	-12	11	0	1	5	0	0	1
1987	30	LAD	NL	38	98	83	5	13	0	0	0	5	0	0	7	24	.157	.222	.157	.379	4	13	0	0	8	0	0	1	CYA-8
1988	31	OAK	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1989	32	OAK	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1990	33	OAK	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1	AS,CYA-1,MVP-9
1991	34	OAK	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1992	35	OAK	AL	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1993	36	OAK	AL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1994	37	OAK	AL	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
17 Yrs				520	668	582	26	88	7	1	2	30	0	1	22	171	.151	.186	.177	.363	2	103	4	3	59	2	0
162 Game Avg.				162	208	181	8	27	2	0	1	9	0	0	7	53	.151	.186	.177	.363	2	32	1	1	18	1	0
				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
LAD (10 yrs)				304	667	581	26	88	7	1	2	30	0	1	22	171	.151	.186	.177	.363	2	103	3	3	59	2	0
OAK (7 yrs)				216	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0

NL (10 yrs)				304	667	581	26	88	7	1	2	30	0	1	22	171	.151	.186	.177	.363	2	103	3	3	59	2	0
AL (7 yrs)				216	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	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
1978	21	LAD	NL	23	35	-2	0	0	0	4	2	0.3	1	3	0.3	.512	.502	0.3	0.0	3	$21,000	1
1979	22	LAD	NL	25	23	-3	0	-0	0	3	-0	-0.0	1	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1980	23	LAD	NL	34	76	-5	-1	1	0	8	4	0.4	2	6	0.4	.512	.502	0.4	0.0	6	$	1	AS
1981	24	LAD	NL	23	53	-3	-0	0	0	6	3	0.3	2	4	0.3	.513	.502	0.3	0.0	4	$	1
1982	25	LAD	NL	38	97	-13	0	0	0	11	-2	-0.2	3	1	-0.2	.495	.499	-0.2	0.0	1	$	1/79
1983	26	LAD	NL	31	78	-12	-1	1	0	9	-2	-0.3	2	-0	-0.3	.491	.498	-0.3	0.0	-0	$	1	CYA-8
1984	27	LAD	NL	32	61	-11	0	0	0	7	-3	-0.4	2	-2	-0.4	.488	.498	-0.4	0.0	-2	$	1
1985	28	LAD	NL	25	60	-6	0	-0	0	7	1	0.1	2	3	0.1	.504	.501	0.1	0.0	3	$643,750	1
1986	29	LAD	NL	35	86	-12	-0	1	0	11	-0	-0.0	3	2	0.0	.499	.500	-0.1	0.0	2	$743,750	1
1987	30	LAD	NL	38	98	-12	-0	1	0	14	3	0.4	3	6	0.4	.509	.502	0.3	0.0	6	$837,500	1	CYA-8
1988	31	OAK	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$937,500	1
1989	32	OAK	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$1,208,333	1
1990	33	OAK	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$1,133,334	1	AS,CYA-1,MVP-9
1991	34	OAK	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$3,450,000	1
1992	35	OAK	AL	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$3,450,000	1
1993	36	OAK	AL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$3,450,000	1
1994	37	OAK	AL	26	1	-0	0	-0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$3,450,000	1
17 Seasons				520	668	-78	-1	3	0	80	4	0.5	20	24	0.5	.501	.500	0.3	0.3	24	$19,325,167
			Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
LAD (10 yrs)				304	667	-78	-1	4	0	80	5	0.6	20	25	0.6	.502	.500	0.4	0.2	25	$2,246,000
OAK (7 yrs)				216	1	-0	0	-0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.500	.500	-0.1	0.2	-0	$17,079,167

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
1978	21	LAD	NL	35	30	1	0.9	94	.227	.172	.261	.172	.329	.207	.384	.379	.712	6	.056	-3.7	-0.4	.250	.034	.034
1979	22	LAD	NL	23	19	1	1.4	99	.231	.158	.268	.200	.333	.158	.397	.358	.731	-0	.112	-2.7	-0.3	.250	.000	.000
1980	23	LAD	NL	76	58	5	2.3	94	.298	.243	.266	.254	.328	.286	.386	.539	.713	51	.251	-4.7	-0.5	.396	.057	.043
1981	24	LAD	NL	53	42	3	1.9	89	.345	.222	.259	.239	.324	.267	.371	.506	.695	46	.201	-3.5	-0.4	.371	.067	.044
1982	25	LAD	NL	97	82	3	1.0	93	.218	.141	.263	.167	.326	.153	.383	.320	.709	-9	.066	-12.4	-1.3	.219	.047	.012
1983	26	LAD	NL	78	71	1	0.4	96	.120	.096	.262	.120	.330	.151	.388	.271	.719	-25	.012	-12.6	-1.3	.176	.055	.055	.0
1984	27	LAD	NL	61	56	1	0.5	92	.111	.078	.261	.113	.326	.078	.380	.192	.705	-45	.019	-9.9	-1.0	.125	.039	.000
1985	28	LAD	NL	60	49	3	1.6	91	.243	.180	.255	.226	.322	.200	.381	.426	.703	23	.153	-5.1	-0.5	.310	.080	.020
1986	29	LAD	NL	86	73	2	0.7	92	.135	.105	.253	.160	.322	.145	.382	.305	.704	-12	.038	-11.6	-1.2	.235	.092	.039	.0
1987	30	LAD	NL	98	78	4	1.4	104	.220	.157	.267	.222	.336	.157	.415	.379	.751	4	.094	-11.6	-1.2	.286	.084	.000

1994	37	OAK	AL	1	2	0	0.0	103	.000	.000	.262	.000	.332	.000	.416	.000	.748	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
17 Yrs				668	560	24	1.2	95	.209	.151	.261	.186	.328	.177	.388	.363	.715	2	.083	-78.1	-8.1	.255	.062	.026	.0
162 Game Avg.				208	174	7	1.2	95	.209	.151	.261	.186	.328	.177	.388	.363	.715	2	.083	-78.1	-8.1	.255	.062	.026

LAD (10 yrs)				667	558	24	1.2	95	.210	.151	.261	.186	.328	.177	.387	.363	.715	2	.083	-77.8	-8.1	.256	.062	.026	.0
OAK (7 yrs)				1	2	0	0.0	103	.000	.000	.262	.000	.332	.000	.416	.000	.748	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

NL (10 yrs)				667	558	24	1.2	95	.210	.151	.261	.186	.328	.177	.387	.363	.715	2	.083	-77.8	-8.1	.256	.062	.026	.0
AL (7 yrs)				1	2	0	0.0	103	.000	.000	.262	.000	.332	.000	.416	.000	.748	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

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
1978	21	LAD	NL	NLCS	PHI	W	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	21	LAD	NL	WS	NYY	L	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

1981	24	LAD	NL	NLDS	HOU	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1981	24	LAD	NL	NLCS	MON	W	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1981	24	LAD	NL	WS	NYY	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

1983	26	LAD	NL	NLCS	PHI	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

1985	28	LAD	NL	NLCS	STL	L	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

1988	31	OAK	AL	ALCS	BOS	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	31	OAK	AL	WS	LAD	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	32	OAK	AL	ALCS	TOR	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	33	OAK	AL	ALCS	BOS	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	33	OAK	AL	WS	CIN	L	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

1992	35	OAK	AL	ALCS	TOR	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
8 Yrs (13 Series)							17	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
1 NLDS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
4 ALCS							4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
4 NLCS							6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 WS							6	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

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
1980	LAD	NL	23		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

1990	OAK	AL	33	as P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs (2 GP)					1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	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
1978	21	LAD	NL	35	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	2.9%	20%		4.1		29.0		2.67	63%
1979	22	LAD	NL	23	0.0%	26.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.2		6.3		6.00	57%
1980	23	LAD	NL	76	0.0%	17.1%	1.3%	4.0%	18%	13.00	5.4		23.3		1.37	75%
1981	24	LAD	NL	53	0.0%	30.2%	1.9%	1.9%	10%	16.00	2.8		22.5		2.25	55%
1982	25	LAD	NL	97	0.0%	33.0%	3.1%	1.0%	8%	10.67	2.7		28.3		1.27	57%
1983	26	LAD	NL	78	1.3%	28.2%	1.3%	2.6%	29%	22.00	3.3	73.0	36.5		2.83	64%
1984	27	LAD	NL	61	0.0%	24.6%	3.3%	0.0%	0%	7.50	3.4		17.0		3.10	59%
1985	28	LAD	NL	60	0.0%	21.7%	5.0%	1.7%	11%	4.33	3.8		12.5		8.25	62%
1986	29	LAD	NL	86	1.2%	26.7%	4.7%	1.2%	13%	5.75	3.3	76.0	19.0		2.57	60%
1987	30	LAD	NL	98	0.0%	24.5%	7.1%	0.0%	0%	3.43	3.5		16.6		4.89	60%

1994	37	OAK	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%								100%	0%
17 Yrs				668	0.3%	25.6%	3.3%	1.5%	11%	7.77	3.4	291.0	19.4		2.64	62%	0%
MLB Averages					2.1%	14.2%	8.5%	6.8%	29%	1.66	6.3	41.9	8.4	0.81	1.07	74%	20%	6.5%	20%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1978	21	LAD	NL	-3.7	-0.4	35	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	.88	-0.2	-0.0	-3.1	-0.3	0.96	-2.9		0
1979	22	LAD	NL	-2.7	-0.3	23	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	1.07	-0.2	0.0	-2.2	-0.2	1.00	-2.6		0
1980	23	LAD	NL	-4.7	-0.5	76	-0.9	0.5	-1.5	.98	-0.6	-0.3	-7.9	-0.8	0.88	-7.0		0
1981	24	LAD	NL	-3.5	-0.4	54	0.0	0.6	-0.6	.82	-0.3	0.4	-2.0	-0.2	0.94	-3.6		0
1982	25	LAD	NL	-12.4	-1.3	98	-1.1	0.5	-1.7	.87	-1.4	0.0	-16.4	-1.8	1.02	-13.3		0
1983	26	LAD	NL	-12.6	-1.3	80	-1.1	0.6	-1.7	.97	-1.1	-0.0	-11.8	-1.2	0.95	-11.6		0
1984	27	LAD	NL	-9.9	-1.0	63	-0.9	0.3	-1.2	.93	-1.0	-0.0	-8.1	-0.9	0.93	-10.2		0
1985	28	LAD	NL	-5.2	-0.6	63	-0.8	0.4	-1.2	.97	-0.7	-0.2	-6.2	-0.7	1.13	-7.0		0
1986	29	LAD	NL	-11.6	-1.2	86	-1.5	0.5	-2.0	1.05	-1.3	-0.1	-13.4	-1.5	0.97	-13.2		0
1987	30	LAD	NL	-11.6	-1.2	99	-0.8	0.8	-1.6	.88	-1.0	0.1	-8.1	-0.8	0.95	-11.1		0
1988	31	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0
1989	32	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0
1990	33	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0
1991	34	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1992	35	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0
1993	36	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0
1994	37	OAK	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.01	-0.0	0.0	-1.0	-0.1	1.66	-0.6	0.01	1
17 Yrs				-78.2	-8.1	678	-7.6	4.9	-12.4	.93	-7.9	-0.2	-80.3	-8.5	0.97	-83.1	0.01	1
				BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1978	21	LAD	NL	3	0	60%	12	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67%	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1979	22	LAD	NL	0	0	25%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1980	23	LAD	NL	0	0	6%	23	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1981	24	LAD	NL	1	0	27%	17	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	25	LAD	NL	0	0	33%	25	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	33%	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	26	LAD	NL	1	0	13%	19	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	27	LAD	NL	0	0	0%	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	28	LAD	NL	0	0	33%	19	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	29%	5	3	2	1	1	0	1	0	0
1986	29	LAD	NL	0	0	8%	21	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	33%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1987	30	LAD	NL	1	0	25%	29	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	25%	2	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	0

1994	37	OAK	AL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17 Yrs				6	0	22%	181	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	7	10	29%	23	18	5	3	2	1	5	1	3

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
1978	21	LAD	NL	35	31%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	6	86%	8	0	0%	7	3	43%	23	2	9%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1979	22	LAD	NL	23	30%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	4	0	0%	6	1	17%	16	3	19%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1980	23	LAD	NL	76	13%	17			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	71%	11	0	0%	16	1	6%	39	3	8%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
1981	24	LAD	NL	53	25%	10			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	7	88%	10	0	0%	12	4	33%	30	3	10%	0	0		2	2	100%	0
1982	25	LAD	NL	97	23%	12			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	10	7	70%	18	0	0%	25	6	24%	77	3	4%	8	3	38%	2	1	50%	0
1983	26	LAD	NL	78	21%	7			0	0	0	0		1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	5	3	60%	14	1	7%	16	3	19%	43	2	5%	2	1	50%	2	0	0%	0
1984	27	LAD	NL	61	28%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	8	100%	11	1	9%	14	5	36%	39	4	10%	3	1	33%	3	2	67%	0
1985	28	LAD	NL	60	33%	9			0	0	0	0		0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	8	7	88%	18	1	6%	15	2	13%	49	4	8%	3	1	33%	1	1	100%	0
1986	29	LAD	NL	86	40%	8			0	0	0	0		1	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	7	5	71%	14	0	0%	21	4	19%	59	3	5%	8	1	13%	5	2	40%	0
1987	30	LAD	NL	98	43%	13			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	8	80%	18	0	0%	22	7	32%	66	7	11%	3	1	33%	3	1	33%	0

1994	37	OAK	AL	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
17 Yrs				668	29%	88	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.01	2	0	19	1	1	1	1	0	73	59	81%	127	4	3%	154	36	23%	443	34	8%	31	8	26%	20	11	55%	0
MLB Averages					59%																			77%			11%			35%			15%			52%			55%

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
1994	37	OAK	AL	1	4	4.00	3	75%	0%	67%	0%	33%	100%	0%	75%	33%	100%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
1 Yr				1	4	4.00	3	75%	0%	67%	0%	33%	100%	0%	75%	33%	100%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.64		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	31%	6%			16%			9%			27%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1978	21	23	35	29	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	7	.172	.172	.207	.379	6	6	0	0	6	0
1979	22	48	58	48	4	8	1	0	0	4	0	0	13	.167	.184	.188	.371	4	9	0	1	9	0
1980	23	82	134	118	5	25	4	0	0	7	0	1	26	.212	.225	.246	.471	32	29	0	1	14	0
1981	24	105	187	163	8	35	4	1	0	9	0	2	42	.215	.229	.252	.480	36	41	0	1	21	0
1982	25	143	284	248	13	47	5	1	0	12	0	5	74	.190	.207	.218	.425	20	54	0	1	28	2
1983	26	174	362	321	15	54	6	1	1	14	1	6	96	.168	.187	.202	.390	10	65	1	2	31	2
1984	27	206	423	372	15	58	6	1	1	17	1	8	111	.156	.177	.185	.363	2	69	2	2	39	2
1985	28	231	483	422	19	67	7	1	1	21	1	11	124	.159	.183	.187	.370	5	79	3	2	46	2
1986	29	266	569	498	21	75	7	1	2	25	1	15	147	.151	.180	.181	.360	2	90	3	3	51	2
1987	30	304	667	581	26	88	7	1	2	30	1	22	171	.151	.186	.177	.363	2	103	3	3	59	2
1988	31	340	667	581	26	88	7	1	2	30	1	22	171	.151	.186	.177	.363	2	103	3	3	59	2
1989	32	373	667	581	26	88	7	1	2	30	1	22	171	.151	.186	.177	.363	2	103	3	3	59	2
1990	33	408	667	581	26	88	7	1	2	30	1	22	171	.151	.186	.177	.363	2	103	3	3	59	2
1991	34	444	667	581	26	88	7	1	2	30	1	22	171	.151	.186	.177	.363	2	103	3	3	59	2
1992	35	464	667	581	26	88	7	1	2	30	1	22	171	.151	.186	.177	.363	2	103	3	3	59	2
1993	36	494	667	581	26	88	7	1	2	30	1	22	171	.151	.186	.177	.363	2	103	3	3	59	2
1994	37	520	668	582	26	88	7	1	2	30	1	22	171	.151	.186	.177	.363	2	103	4	3	59	2

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1978	21	23	35	29	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	7	.172	.172	.207	.379	1	23
1979	22	25	26	21	2	5	0	0	0	6	0	0	6	.238	.304	.238	.542	1	25
1980	23	34	78	72	1	19	3	0	0	4	0	1	13	.264	.274	.306	.580	6	34
1981	24	35	82	69	5	16	0	2	0	3	0	2	24	.232	.254	.290	.543	5	23
1982	25	38	96	84	5	11	1	0	0	3	0	3	32	.131	.157	.143	.300	2	38
1983	26	31	77	72	2	6	1	0	1	2	0	1	22	.083	.108	.139	.247	1	31
1984	27	32	64	53	0	6	0	0	0	7	0	3	15	.113	.161	.113	.274	1	32
1985	28	25	63	52	5	11	1	0	0	5	0	4	13	.212	.268	.231	.499	3	25
1986	29	35	87	77	2	9	0	0	1	5	0	4	23	.117	.171	.156	.327	2	35
1987	30	38	98	83	5	13	0	0	0	5	0	7	24	.157	.222	.157	.379	3	38

1994	37	37	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	26
11 Yrs		353	707	613	30	101	7	2	2	41	0	25	179	.165	.202	.192	.394	25	330
162 Game Avg.		162	324	281	14	46	3	1	1	19	0	11	82	.165	.202	.192	.394	11	330

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 2000 BBWAA ( 0.2%)	All-Star Games 1980 * 1990 (P)	Awards (yr lg award) 1990 AL Cy Young 1990 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1990 AL (9, 14%) 0.14 Career Shares (826th)
Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1983 NL (8, 2%) 1987 NL (8, 2%) 1990 AL (1, 76%) 1 Cy Young 0.80 Career Shares (72nd)	Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1987 NL 7.2 (4th)	Salary s c a p y 1991 AL $3,450,000 (7th)

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