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Frank White

Frank White

Positions: Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: September 4, 1950 in Greenville, MS
Signed by the Kansas City Royals as an amateur free agent in 1970. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 12, 1973
Team: Royals 1973-1990

Final Game: September 30, 1990
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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
1973 22 KCR AL 51 151 139 20 31 6 1 0 5 3 1 8 23 .223 .262 .281 .542 50 39 1 0 2 2 0 64/D
1974 23 KCR AL 99 215 204 19 45 6 3 1 18 3 4 5 33 .221 .239 .294 .533 50 60 4 0 5 0 0 465/D
1975 24 KCR AL 111 329 304 43 76 10 2 7 36 11 3 20 39 .250 .297 .365 .662 84 111 4 1 2 2 0 46/5D
1976 25 KCR AL 152 489 446 39 102 17 6 2 46 20 11 19 42 .229 .263 .307 .570 66 137 4 3 18 3 0 *46
1977 26 KCR AL 152 514 474 59 116 21 5 5 50 23 5 25 67 .245 .284 .342 .626 69 162 4 2 11 2 0 *4/6 GG
1978 27 KCR AL 143 501 461 66 127 24 6 7 50 13 10 26 59 .275 .317 .399 .716 99 184 2 3 9 2 1 *4 AS,GG
1979 28 KCR AL 127 503 467 73 124 26 4 10 48 28 8 25 54 .266 .300 .403 .703 87 188 11 1 3 7 3 *4 AS,GG
1980 29 KCR AL 154 594 560 70 148 23 4 7 60 19 6 19 69 .264 .289 .357 .646 77 200 11 2 9 4 0 *4 GG
1981 30 KCR AL 94 390 364 35 91 17 1 9 38 4 2 19 50 .250 .285 .376 .661 92 137 10 0 4 3 0 *4 AS,GG
1982 31 KCR AL 145 554 524 71 156 45 6 11 56 10 7 16 65 .298 .318 .469 .788 114 246 12 2 7 5 1 *4 AS,GG
1983 32 KCR AL 146 579 549 52 143 35 6 11 77 13 5 20 51 .260 .283 .406 .690 88 223 18 0 4 6 4 *4
1984 33 KCR AL 129 515 479 58 130 22 5 17 56 5 5 27 72 .271 .311 .445 .756 107 213 11 2 4 3 3 *4
1985 34 KCR AL 149 600 563 62 140 25 1 22 69 10 4 28 86 .249 .284 .414 .698 90 233 8 1 5 3 2 *4
1986 35 KCR AL 151 620 566 76 154 37 3 22 84 4 4 43 88 .272 .322 .465 .787 111 263 10 2 2 7 5 *4/56 AS,GG,SS
1987 36 KCR AL 154 624 563 67 138 32 2 17 78 1 3 51 86 .245 .308 .400 .708 85 225 16 2 4 4 5 *4/D GG
1988 37 KCR AL 150 575 537 48 126 25 1 8 58 7 3 21 67 .235 .266 .330 .595 66 177 16 4 7 6 3 *4/D
1989 38 KCR AL 135 458 418 34 107 22 1 2 36 3 2 30 52 .256 .307 .328 .635 80 137 7 2 5 3 0 *4/
1990 39 KCR AL 82 257 241 20 52 14 1 2 21 1 0 10 32 .216 .253 .307 .560 58 74 7 3 0 3 0 4/9
18 Yrs 2324 8468 7859 912 2006 407 58 160 886 178 83 412 1035 .255 .293 .383 .675 85 3009 156 30 101 65 27
162 Game Avg. 162 590 548 64 140 28 4 11 62 12 6 29 72 .255 .293 .383 .675 85 210 11 2 7 5 2
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

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
1973 22 KCR AL 51 151 -10 0 1 -1 2 -8 -0.8 5 -3 -0.3 .483 .495 -0.3 0.2 -2 $ 64/D
1974 23 KCR AL 99 215 -13 -2 0 -0 3 -12 -1.3 7 -5 -0.6 .486 .492 -0.6 0.4 -5 $ 465/D
1975 24 KCR AL 111 329 -7 2 2 1 4 2 0.3 11 12 1.3 .502 .501 1.2 0.7 11 $ 46/5D
1976 25 KCR AL 152 489 -16 1 2 15 6 7 0.9 16 23 2.4 .505 .505 0.7 2.5 8 $ *46
1977 26 KCR AL 152 514 -22 2 2 12 4 -1 0.1 16 16 1.6 .499 .499 0.4 1.8 4 $50,000 *4/6 GG
1978 27 KCR AL 143 501 0 2 1 12 4 19 2.2 16 35 3.7 .515 .513 2.4 1.9 23 $ *4 AS,GG
1979 28 KCR AL 127 503 -6 2 -1 0 3 -2 -0.1 16 14 1.4 .498 .499 1.5 0.4 14 $ *4 AS,GG
1980 29 KCR AL 154 594 -14 2 0 6 4 -2 0.1 18 16 1.7 .499 .499 1.1 1.2 10 $ *4 GG
1981 30 KCR AL 94 390 -4 2 -1 -0 2 -1 0.0 12 11 1.1 .499 .500 1.2 0.3 11 $ *4 AS,GG
1982 31 KCR AL 145 554 11 -2 -0 4 4 17 1.9 17 34 3.4 .512 .511 3.1 0.9 30 $ *4 AS,GG
1983 32 KCR AL 146 579 -13 0 -2 7 4 -5 -0.2 18 13 1.4 .497 .497 0.6 1.3 6 $ *4
1984 33 KCR AL 129 515 3 -2 -1 18 3 22 2.4 16 37 3.9 .518 .514 2.1 2.3 20 $ *4
1985 34 KCR AL 149 600 -5 -0 1 4 4 3 0.6 18 22 2.2 .502 .502 1.9 0.9 18 $545,000 *4
1986 35 KCR AL 151 620 4 -2 1 12 4 18 2.0 19 37 3.8 .512 .511 2.6 1.7 25 $485,000 *4/56 AS,GG,SS
1987 36 KCR AL 154 624 -9 -1 -2 14 4 6 0.8 19 25 2.5 .504 .504 1.2 1.9 11 $875,000 *4/D GG
1988 37 KCR AL 150 575 -22 -2 -0 7 3 -15 -1.4 18 3 0.3 .489 .490 -0.5 1.3 -4 $825,000 *4/D
1989 38 KCR AL 135 458 -11 -0 0 8 3 -0 0.2 14 14 1.5 .500 .500 0.6 1.3 6 $1,000,000 *4/
1990 39 KCR AL 82 257 -12 -0 -1 2 1 -10 -1.0 9 -1 -0.2 .487 .493 -0.4 0.4 -3 $1,150,000 4/9
18 Seasons 2324 8468 -145 2 -0 121 61 39 6.8 265 304 31.1 .502 .501 18.8 21.4 183 $4,930,000
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards

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
1973 22 KCR AL 151 114 11 2.6 98 .263 .223 .266 .262 .336 .281 .391 .542 .727 50 .280 -9.7 -1.0 .445 .129 .058 .0
1974 23 KCR AL 215 172 13 2.0 93 .259 .221 .264 .239 .329 .294 .380 .533 .709 50 .214 -14.5 -1.5 .383 .093 .074 1.5
1975 24 KCR AL 329 239 34 3.8 95 .265 .250 .261 .297 .332 .365 .384 .662 .716 84 .446 -7.5 -0.8 .596 .207 .115 8.6
1976 25 KCR AL 489 380 37 2.6 87 .247 .229 .258 .263 .323 .307 .364 .570 .687 66 .319 -21.0 -2.2 .468 .141 .078 3.6
1977 26 KCR AL 514 380 49 3.5 102 .275 .245 .269 .284 .333 .342 .409 .626 .742 69 .369 -21.8 -2.2 .564 .188 .097 8.2
1978 27 KCR AL 501 357 59 4.4 95 .302 .275 .263 .317 .329 .399 .388 .716 .717 99 .510 -2.0 -0.2 .624 .187 .124 9.1
1979 28 KCR AL 503 372 56 4.0 104 .278 .266 .272 .300 .337 .403 .412 .703 .749 87 .427 -9.8 -1.0 .646 .233 .137 14.7
1980 29 KCR AL 594 442 57 3.5 99 .289 .264 .269 .289 .332 .357 .399 .646 .731 77 .374 -19.8 -2.0 .545 .150 .093 10.2
1981 30 KCR AL 390 292 37 3.4 87 .266 .250 .254 .285 .318 .376 .369 .661 .687 92 .416 -5.1 -0.5 .554 .184 .126 5.5
1982 31 KCR AL 554 399 73 4.9 99 .320 .298 .264 .318 .328 .469 .402 .788 .730 114 .532 8.7 0.9 .690 .208 .172 10.5
1983 32 KCR AL 579 439 58 3.5 98 .268 .260 .266 .283 .327 .406 .401 .690 .728 88 .387 -10.7 -1.1 .585 .197 .146 11.9
1984 33 KCR AL 515 372 63 4.5 97 .288 .271 .264 .311 .326 .445 .398 .756 .724 107 .502 2.7 0.3 .663 .230 .173 7.7
1985 34 KCR AL 600 443 65 3.9 98 .258 .249 .260 .284 .326 .414 .404 .698 .730 90 .428 -10.2 -1.0 .616 .226 .165 13.8
1986 35 KCR AL 620 435 84 5.2 101 .285 .272 .263 .322 .331 .465 .410 .787 .740 111 .546 7.8 0.8 .723 .269 .193 6.8
1987 36 KCR AL 624 452 67 4.0 108 .261 .245 .267 .308 .336 .400 .429 .708 .765 85 .397 -13.0 -1.2 .622 .242 .155 1.9
1988 37 KCR AL 575 443 44 2.7 95 .252 .235 .260 .266 .326 .330 .392 .595 .718 66 .284 -25.9 -2.6 .479 .142 .095 7.5
1989 38 KCR AL 458 328 43 3.5 93 .286 .256 .261 .307 .326 .328 .384 .635 .709 80 .404 -11.1 -1.1 .531 .146 .072 2.4
1990 39 KCR AL 257 199 18 2.4 93 .238 .216 .257 .253 .325 .307 .384 .560 .709 58 .252 -13.8 -1.4 .449 .137 .091 1.3
18 Yrs 8468 6258 868 3.7 97 .274 .255 .264 .293 .329 .383 .397 .675 .726 85 .414 -176.7 -18.0 .582 .192 .128 168.5
162 Game Avg. 590 436 61 3.7 97 .274 .255 .264 .293 .329 .383 .397 .675 .726 85 .414 -176.7 -18.0 .582 .192 .128 12
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd

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
1976 25 KCR AL ALCS NYY L 4 8 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .125 .250 1 0 0 0 0 0
1977 26 KCR AL ALCS NYY L 5 19 18 1 5 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 .278 .263 .333 .596 6 0 0 0 1 0
1978 27 KCR AL ALCS NYY L 4 13 13 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .231 .231 .231 .462 3 0 0 0 0 0
1980 29 KCR AL ALCS NYY W 3 11 11 3 6 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 .545 .545 .909 1.455 10 0 0 0 0 0
1980 29 KCR AL WS PHI L 6 27 25 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 .080 .115 .080 .195 2 1 0 1 0 0
1981 30 KCR AL ALDS OAK L 3 12 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .182 .250 .182 .432 2 0 0 0 0 0
1984 33 KCR AL ALCS DET L 3 11 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .091 .091 .091 .182 1 0 0 0 0 0
1985 34 KCR AL ALCS TOR W 7 28 25 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 .200 .222 .200 .422 5 1 0 1 1 0
1985 34 KCR AL WS STL W 7 31 28 4 7 3 0 1 6 1 1 3 4 .250 .323 .464 .787 13 2 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs (9 Series) 42 160 150 14 32 5 0 2 16 4 2 6 21 .213 .241 .287 .527 43 4 0 2 2 0
1 ALDS 3 12 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .182 .250 .182 .432 2 0 0 0 0 0
6 ALCS 26 90 86 9 21 2 0 1 10 2 1 1 11 .244 .247 .302 .550 26 1 0 1 2 0
2 WS 13 58 53 4 9 3 0 1 6 2 1 4 9 .170 .228 .283 .511 15 3 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
1978 KCR AL 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 KCR AL 28 as 2B 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 KCR AL 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 KCR AL 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 KCR AL 35 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 2.000 2.500 4 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs (5 GP) 7 7 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .571 .714 4 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
1973 22 KCR AL 151 0.0% 15.2% 5.3% 4.6% 23% 2.88 6.0 27.8 1.23 78%
1974 23 KCR AL 215 0.5% 15.4% 2.3% 4.7% 22% 6.60 6.2 204.0 11.3 1.31 79%
1975 24 KCR AL 329 2.1% 11.9% 6.1% 5.8% 25% 1.95 7.8 43.4 8.4 0.82 79%
1976 25 KCR AL 489 0.4% 8.6% 3.9% 5.1% 25% 2.21 10.6 223.0 9.7 1.15 83%
1977 26 KCR AL 514 1.0% 13.0% 4.9% 6.0% 27% 2.68 7.1 94.8 9.5 0.99 79%
1978 27 KCR AL 501 1.4% 11.8% 5.2% 7.4% 29% 2.27 7.8 65.9 9.2 0.76 79%
1979 28 KCR AL 503 2.0% 10.7% 5.0% 8.0% 32% 2.16 8.6 46.7 9.7 0.80 82%
1980 29 KCR AL 594 1.2% 11.6% 3.2% 5.7% 23% 3.63 8.1 80.0 9.3 0.87 82%
1981 30 KCR AL 390 2.3% 12.8% 4.9% 6.9% 30% 2.63 7.3 40.4 9.6 0.90 79%
1982 31 KCR AL 554 2.0% 11.7% 2.9% 11.2% 40% 4.06 8.1 47.6 9.4 0.94 82%
1983 32 KCR AL 579 1.9% 8.8% 3.5% 9.0% 36% 2.55 10.8 49.9 7.1 0.90 85%
1984 33 KCR AL 515 3.3% 14.0% 5.2% 8.5% 34% 2.67 6.7 28.2 8.6 0.86 76%
1985 34 KCR AL 600 3.7% 14.3% 4.7% 8.0% 34% 3.07 6.5 25.6 8.2 0.83 76%
1986 35 KCR AL 620 3.6% 14.2% 6.9% 10.0% 40% 2.05 6.4 25.7 6.7 0.87 75%
1987 36 KCR AL 624 2.7% 13.8% 8.2% 8.2% 37% 1.69 6.5 33.1 7.2 0.88 74%
1988 37 KCR AL 575 1.4% 11.7% 3.7% 5.9% 27% 3.19 8.0 67.1 9.3 0.83 1.07 81% 18% 5.8% 46%
1989 38 KCR AL 458 0.4% 11.4% 6.6% 5.5% 23% 1.73 8.0 209.0 11.6 0.75 0.92 80% 15% 1.4% 31%
1990 39 KCR AL 257 0.8% 12.5% 3.9% 6.6% 33% 3.20 7.5 120.5 11.5 0.81 0.86 82% 15% 2.2% 23%
18 Yrs 8468 1.9% 12.2% 4.9% 7.4% 31% 2.51 7.6 49.1 8.9 0.80 0.92 79% 16% 3.2% 36%
MLB Averages 2.0% 13.7% 8.5% 6.5% 28% 1.61 6.5 43.6 8.5 0.80 1.08 74% 20% 6.6% 26%
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

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1973 22 KCR AL -9.7 -1.0 157 -0.4 1.5 -1.9 .76 -0.8 0.3 -7.0 -0.7 0.88 -9.2 0.00 1
1974 23 KCR AL -14.5 -1.5 228 -1.2 2.8 -4.1 1.00 -1.5 0.3 -9.1 -0.9 0.96 -14.4 0.70 4
1975 24 KCR AL -7.5 -0.8 345 -0.2 5.4 -5.6 .95 -0.7 0.4 -3.3 -0.3 0.95 -7.0 1
1976 25 KCR AL -21.0 -2.2 525 -1.6 6.1 -7.7 .89 -1.8 -0.0 -5.3 -0.6 0.93 -15.2 0
1977 26 KCR AL -21.8 -2.2 543 -1.4 7.7 -9.2 .95 -2.2 0.7 -21.6 -2.1 0.95 -22.8 0
1978 27 KCR AL -2.5 -0.3 530 -0.5 7.7 -8.2 .92 0.1 -0.6 3.6 0.4 0.95 -1.0 1.17 3
1979 28 KCR AL -9.8 -1.0 547 -1.7 7.9 -9.6 .98 -0.6 -1.2 -9.9 -1.0 0.96 -3.8 6.74 1
1980 29 KCR AL -19.8 -2.0 622 -1.3 9.3 -10.5 .91 -1.3 -0.1 -16.5 -1.6 0.95 -18.5 2.21 3
1981 30 KCR AL -5.5 -0.6 402 -0.7 6.4 -7.0 .99 -1.0 0.4 -8.4 -0.9 0.94 -11.9 0.37 1
1982 31 KCR AL 8.7 0.9 575 0.1 9.5 -9.4 .90 0.2 -0.0 -2.4 -0.2 0.94 3.3 2.70 1
1983 32 KCR AL -10.7 -1.1 600 -2.1 9.4 -11.4 1.03 -2.2 0.2 -17.8 -1.8 0.94 -26.5 2.39 3
1984 33 KCR AL 2.7 0.3 528 -0.4 9.4 -9.8 1.03 0.3 -0.7 0.9 0.1 0.93 2.9 2.43 2
1985 34 KCR AL -10.9 -1.1 620 0.2 10.7 -10.5 1.01 -0.4 0.7 -10.5 -1.0 0.94 -7.1 0
1986 35 KCR AL 7.0 0.7 637 -0.2 12.4 -12.7 1.11 0.5 -0.7 3.8 0.4 0.98 6.2 2.33 6
1987 36 KCR AL -13.0 -1.2 634 -0.4 11.1 -11.6 1.02 -0.5 0.1 -8.6 -0.8 0.99 -12.0 3.51 1
1988 37 KCR AL -25.9 -2.6 588 -1.9 9.6 -11.5 1.06 -2.4 0.7 -27.4 -2.8 0.97 -28.1 1.98 6
1989 38 KCR AL -11.1 -1.1 470 -0.4 7.2 -7.6 .98 -1.5 1.0 -9.2 -0.9 0.94 -16.6 2.20 4
1990 39 KCR AL -13.8 -1.4 260 -2.1 3.1 -5.1 .96 -1.4 -0.8 -12.8 -1.3 0.95 -13.1 0.95 2
18 Yrs -179.2 -18.2 8811 -16.3 137.3 -153.6 .98 -17.3 0.7 -161.4 -16.2 0.95 -194.8 1.92 39
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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1973 22 KCR AL 1 0 51% 78 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 38% 12 10 2 0 0 0 4 0 4
1974 23 KCR AL 3 1 37% 88 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 8 29% 10 9 1 2 1 1 9 5 4
1975 24 KCR AL 4 0 40% 120 11 3 79% 11 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 70% 14 8 6 2 0 2 17 2 15
1976 25 KCR AL 10 0 30% 164 20 11 65% 18 10 2 0 0 1 1 0 5 15 47% 22 12 10 3 2 1 11 4 6
1977 26 KCR AL 5 0 39% 181 23 5 82% 22 5 1 0 0 0 3 2 8 13 61% 21 9 12 6 3 1 16 1 13
1978 27 KCR AL 8 0 40% 155 13 10 57% 11 10 2 0 0 0 3 0 3 15 58% 22 14 8 4 0 4 14 3 11
1979 28 KCR AL 12 0 45% 177 28 8 78% 27 8 1 0 0 0 3 1 6 13 54% 20 16 4 6 2 3 31 6 24
1980 29 KCR AL 12 0 39% 197 19 6 76% 19 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 6 52% 28 16 11 5 2 3 21 7 14
1981 30 KCR AL 5 0 26% 123 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 6 54% 17 7 10 5 4 1 4 1 3
1982 31 KCR AL 11 0 37% 207 10 7 59% 9 7 1 0 0 0 2 1 3 10 52% 20 14 6 7 2 5 27 9 17
1983 32 KCR AL 5 0 27% 163 13 5 72% 10 4 3 0 0 1 1 0 4 7 47% 27 18 9 7 1 6 15 7 8
1984 33 KCR AL 6 0 29% 184 5 5 50% 5 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 9 49% 26 17 9 4 2 2 15 4 11
1985 34 KCR AL 13 0 27% 202 10 4 71% 9 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 41% 32 21 10 4 3 1 15 3 10
1986 35 KCR AL 5 0 31% 211 4 4 50% 4 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 5 9 42% 26 15 10 9 5 4 15 6 7
1987 36 KCR AL 14 0 29% 213 1 3 25% 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 13 38% 31 23 8 8 6 2 17 4 11
1988 37 KCR AL 11 0 28% 185 7 3 70% 6 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 8 37% 25 18 6 5 1 3 11 4 6
1989 38 KCR AL 4 0 23% 163 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 12 31% 30 25 5 3 2 1 12 3 8
1990 39 KCR AL 5 0 29% 79 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 35% 7 4 3 4 2 2 6 5 1
18 Yrs 134 1 33% 2890 178 83 68% 166 77 12 2 0 4 25 8 71 161 47% 390 256 130 84 38 42 260 74 173
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

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
1973 22 KCR AL 151 35% 31 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 24 1 4% 9 5 56% 61 5 8% 2 2 100% 1 1 100% 0
1974 23 KCR AL 215 43% 45 4 1 0 0 0.70 1 0 7 0 1 1 0 0 6 5 83% 37 4 11% 21 6 29% 122 19 16% 11 5 45% 7 5 71% 0
1975 24 KCR AL 329 34% 76 1 0 0 0 7 1 6 3 4 4 3 1 6 2 33% 60 4 7% 27 7 26% 204 29 14% 22 11 50% 13 5 38% 0
1976 25 KCR AL 489 28% 102 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 1 1 0 2 0 18 18 100% 71 4 6% 49 24 49% 262 47 18% 26 10 38% 17 10 59% 0
1977 26 KCR AL 514 28% 116 0 0 0 0 5 0 8 3 2 3 2 0 13 11 85% 83 4 5% 48 19 40% 309 48 16% 31 12 39% 22 11 50% 0
1978 27 KCR AL 501 34% 127 3 0 0 0 1.17 7 0 9 5 2 3 4 0 10 9 90% 76 2 3% 33 15 45% 310 49 16% 22 14 64% 30 17 57% 0
1979 28 KCR AL 503 34% 124 1 0 0 0 6.74 10 0 12 6 4 5 5 1 5 3 60% 93 11 12% 47 16 34% 312 43 14% 37 19 51% 17 7 41% 0
1980 29 KCR AL 594 38% 148 3 0 0 0 2.21 7 0 13 1 6 1 6 0 13 9 69% 100 11 11% 60 19 32% 376 58 15% 33 15 45% 29 12 41% 0
1981 30 KCR AL 390 33% 91 1 1 0 0 0.37 9 1 8 2 7 4 5 0 9 4 44% 75 10 13% 46 9 20% 224 29 13% 26 13 50% 19 9 47% 0
1982 31 KCR AL 554 34% 156 1 0 0 0 2.70 11 0 11 6 5 7 4 0 8 7 88% 94 12 13% 49 17 35% 332 47 14% 28 14 50% 22 13 59% 0
1983 32 KCR AL 579 33% 143 3 2 0 2 2.39 11 0 12 6 5 8 3 0 5 4 80% 106 18 17% 59 19 32% 365 66 18% 44 24 55% 25 15 60% 0
1984 33 KCR AL 515 26% 130 2 0 0 0 2.43 17 1 5 10 7 6 11 0 4 4 100% 96 11 11% 36 14 39% 301 40 13% 14 11 79% 21 17 81% 0
1985 34 KCR AL 600 29% 140 0 0 0 0 22 1 18 13 9 9 13 0 5 5 100% 112 8 7% 65 18 28% 339 48 14% 32 12 38% 23 12 52% 0
1986 35 KCR AL 620 27% 154 6 1 0 0 2.33 22 1 11 21 1 12 10 0 2 2 100% 118 10 8% 54 19 35% 416 64 15% 35 21 60% 21 10 48% 0
1987 36 KCR AL 624 26% 138 1 0 0 0 3.51 17 1 19 12 5 6 11 0 5 4 80% 131 16 12% 54 20 37% 440 65 15% 38 19 50% 23 18 78% 0
1988 37 KCR AL 575 28% 126 16 4 6 2 0 0 1.98 8 0 15 6 2 3 5 0 10 7 70% 103 16 16% 51 24 47% 385 55 14% 39 23 59% 26 18 69% 0
1989 38 KCR AL 458 30% 107 17 2 4 0 0 0 2.20 2 0 13 2 0 1 1 0 6 5 83% 86 7 8% 40 16 40% 287 34 12% 29 17 59% 16 10 63% 0
1990 39 KCR AL 257 39% 52 7 0 2 0 0 0 0.95 2 0 6 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 48 7 15% 23 5 22% 159 20 13% 14 5 36% 10 3 30% 0
18 Yrs 8468 31% 2006 40 6 39 7 0 2 1.92 160 6 181 98 62 75 85 2 128 101 79% 1513 156 10% 771 272 35% 5204 766 15% 483 247 51% 342 193 56% 0
MLB Averages 58% 78% 11% 35% 14% 51% 55%
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

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 37 KCR AL 575 1890 3.29 1262 67% 19% 15% 29% 38% 81% 2% 54% 82% 38% 4% 24 1 13% 73 35 6% 32 21 25% 0 2 0
1989 38 KCR AL 454 1596 3.52 1034 65% 21% 14% 29% 36% 78% 0% 51% 82% 33% 6% 25 1 13% 61 21 8% 37 20 14% 4 0 4
1990 39 KCR AL 257 890 3.46 583 66% 19% 16% 29% 36% 81% 0% 53% 81% 32% 3% 8 0 12% 30 13 5% 13 11 16% 0 0 0
3 Yrs 1286 4376 3.40 2879 66% 20% 14% 29% 37% 80% 1% 53% 82% 35% 4% 57 2 13% 164 69 6% 82 52 19% 4 2 4
MLB Averages 3.60 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 47% 81% 32% 6% 16% 9% 26%

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
1973 22 51 151 139 20 31 6 1 0 5 3 1 8 23 .223 .262 .281 .542 50 39 1 0 2 2 0
1974 23 150 366 343 39 76 12 4 1 23 6 5 13 56 .222 .249 .289 .537 50 99 5 0 7 2 0
1975 24 261 695 647 82 152 22 6 8 59 17 8 33 95 .235 .272 .325 .596 66 210 9 1 9 4 0
1976 25 413 1184 1093 121 254 39 12 10 105 37 19 52 137 .232 .268 .317 .586 66 347 13 4 27 7 0
1977 26 565 1698 1567 180 370 60 17 15 155 60 24 77 204 .236 .273 .325 .598 67 509 17 6 38 9 0
1978 27 708 2199 2028 246 497 84 23 22 205 73 34 103 263 .245 .283 .342 .625 74 693 19 9 47 11 1
1979 28 835 2702 2495 319 621 110 27 32 253 101 42 128 317 .249 .286 .353 .639 77 881 30 10 50 18 4
1980 29 989 3296 3055 389 769 133 31 39 313 120 48 147 386 .252 .287 .354 .641 77 1081 41 12 59 22 4
1981 30 1083 3686 3419 424 860 150 32 48 351 124 50 166 436 .252 .287 .356 .643 78 1218 51 12 63 25 4
1982 31 1228 4240 3943 495 1016 195 38 59 407 134 57 182 501 .258 .291 .371 .662 83 1464 63 14 70 30 5
1983 32 1374 4819 4492 547 1159 230 44 70 484 147 62 202 552 .258 .290 .376 .665 84 1687 81 14 74 36 9
1984 33 1503 5334 4971 605 1289 252 49 87 540 152 67 229 624 .259 .292 .382 .674 86 1900 92 16 78 39 12
1985 34 1652 5934 5534 667 1429 277 50 109 609 162 71 257 710 .258 .291 .385 .677 86 2133 100 17 83 42 14
1986 35 1803 6554 6100 743 1583 314 53 131 693 166 75 300 798 .260 .294 .393 .687 89 2396 110 19 85 49 19
1987 36 1957 7178 6663 810 1721 346 55 148 771 167 78 351 884 .258 .295 .393 .689 88 2621 126 21 89 53 24
1988 37 2107 7753 7200 858 1847 371 56 156 829 174 81 372 951 .257 .293 .389 .682 87 2798 142 25 96 59 27
1989 38 2242 8211 7618 892 1954 393 57 158 865 177 83 402 1003 .256 .294 .385 .679 86 2935 149 27 101 62 27
1990 39 2324 8468 7859 912 2006 407 58 160 886 178 83 412 1035 .255 .293 .383 .675 85 3009 156 30 101 65 27

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
1973 22 51 152 140 21 32 6 1 0 5 3 8 23 .229 .267 .286 .552 11 51
1974 23 99 217 207 21 48 6 3 1 20 3 5 33 .232 .250 .304 .554 16 99
1975 24 112 334 308 46 79 10 2 7 39 11 21 39 .256 .304 .370 .674 35 111
1976 25 153 502 457 45 111 18 7 2 53 22 21 42 .243 .279 .326 .605 41 152
1977 26 152 516 476 61 118 21 5 5 51 23 25 67 .248 .287 .345 .632 47 152
1978 27 143 511 469 73 135 26 6 7 55 14 28 59 .288 .331 .414 .744 64 143
1979 28 128 505 469 72 124 26 4 10 48 28 25 54 .264 .299 .401 .700 56 127
1980 29 154 597 563 73 151 23 4 7 62 19 19 69 .268 .293 .361 .653 60 154
1981 30 142 607 564 62 151 28 2 15 67 7 32 76 .268 .304 .404 .709 70 94
1982 31 145 560 529 75 161 46 6 11 59 10 17 65 .304 .325 .476 .802 83 145
1983 32 146 584 553 55 147 36 6 11 81 13 21 51 .266 .290 .412 .702 67 146
1984 33 129 521 484 61 135 23 5 18 59 5 28 72 .279 .319 .459 .778 70 129
1985 34 149 604 566 65 143 26 1 22 72 10 29 86 .253 .289 .419 .708 69 149
1986 35 151 621 567 77 155 37 3 22 85 4 43 88 .273 .323 .466 .789 86 151
1987 36 154 617 558 63 133 31 2 16 73 1 49 86 .238 .300 .387 .687 65 154
1988 37 150 581 542 51 131 26 1 8 62 7 22 67 .242 .274 .338 .611 50 150
1989 38 135 466 424 37 113 23 1 2 40 3 32 52 .267 .319 .340 .658 46 135
1990 39 82 261 244 22 55 15 1 2 23 1 11 32 .225 .264 .320 .584 20 82
18 Yrs 2375 8756 8120 980 2122 427 60 166 954 184 436 1061 .261 .299 .390 .689 956 2324
162 Game Avg. 162 597 554 67 145 29 4 11 65 13 30 72 .261 .299 .390 .689 65 2324
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

* 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
1996 BBWAA ( 3.8%)

All-Star Games
1978 *
1979 (2B)
1981 *
1982 *
1986 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1980 AL ALCS MVP

Gold Gloves
1977 AL (2B)
1978 AL (2B)
1979 AL (2B)
1980 AL (2B)
1981 AL (2B)
1982 AL (2B)
1986 AL (2B)
1987 AL (2B)
All multiple winners

Silver Sluggers
1986 AL (2B)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1976 AL  2.5 (5th)
1977 AL  1.8 (9th)
1978 AL  1.9 (5th)
1984 AL  2.3 (6th)
1987 AL  1.9 (4th)
Career  21.4 (38th)

Games Played s c a p y
Career  2,324 (98th)

At Bats s c a p y
Career  7,859 (154th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
Career  8,468 (187th)

Doubles s c a p y
1982 AL  45 (3rd)
1986 AL  37 (7th)
Career  407 (158th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
Career  1,035 (222nd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1986 AL  62 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1976 AL  18 (2nd)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
Career  65 (167th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
Career  156 (240th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
Career  83 (200th)

SB % s c a p y
1977 AL  82.14 (4th)
1979 AL  77.78 (9th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
Career  168.5 (129th)

Outs Made s c a p y
Career  6,258 (113th)

Oldest s c a p y
1989 AL  born 1950-09-04 (9th)
1990 AL  born 1950-09-04 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 4 (1866), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 81 (230), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 19 (777), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Bill Mazeroski (912) *
  2. Orlando Cabrera (869)
  3. Royce Clayton (866)
  4. Jay Bell (857)
  5. Toby Harrah (854)
  6. Terry Pendleton (848)
  7. Dave Concepcion (839)
  8. Jim Fregosi (837)
  9. Tony Fernandez (836)
  10. Ray Durham (835)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Billy Smith (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Mike Phillips (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Manuel Lee (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Tito Fuentes (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Tito Fuentes (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Julian Javier (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jerry Adair (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Julian Javier (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Julian Javier (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Frank Bolling (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Frank Bolling (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Granny Hamner (914)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Jim Fregosi (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Royce Clayton (889)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Dave Concepcion (854)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Dave Concepcion (847)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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