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Roy White

Roy Hilton White

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: December 27, 1943 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Centennial HS (Compton, CA)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1965
Team: Yankees 1965-1979

Final Game: September 27, 1979
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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
1965 21 NYY AL 14 47 42 7 14 2 0 0 3 2 1 4 7 .333 .404 .381 .785 126 16 0 1 0 0 0 9/48
1966 22 NYY AL 115 356 316 39 71 13 2 7 20 14 7 37 43 .225 .308 .345 .653 92 109 4 1 2 0 1 78/4
1967 23 NYY AL 70 238 214 22 48 8 0 2 18 10 4 19 25 .224 .287 .290 .577 75 62 1 1 1 3 0 95/7
1968 24 NYY AL 159 660 577 89 154 20 7 17 62 20 11 73 50 .267 .350 .414 .764 137 239 10 3 3 4 6 *789 MVP-12
1969 25 NYY AL 130 542 448 55 130 30 5 7 74 18 10 81 51 .290 .392 .426 .818 133 191 9 1 2 11 4 *7 AS,MVP-29
1970 26 NYY AL 162 712 609 109 180 30 6 22 94 24 10 95 66 .296 .387 .473 .860 142 288 13 0 1 7 11 *7/9 AS,MVP-15
1971 27 NYY AL 147 634 524 86 153 22 7 19 84 14 7 86 66 .292 .388 .469 .857 149 246 10 7 0 17 7 *7
1972 28 NYY AL 155 666 556 76 150 29 0 10 54 23 7 99 59 .270 .384 .376 .760 130 209 11 5 4 2 10 *7
1973 29 NYY AL 162 723 639 88 157 22 3 18 60 16 9 78 81 .246 .329 .374 .703 102 239 14 2 3 1 3 *7
1974 30 NYY AL 136 556 473 68 130 19 8 7 43 15 6 67 44 .275 .367 .393 .761 121 186 7 4 8 3 5 7D
1975 31 NYY AL 148 636 556 81 161 32 5 12 59 16 15 72 50 .290 .372 .430 .802 128 239 5 2 4 2 1 *7/3D
1976 32 NYY AL 156 728 626 104 179 29 3 14 65 31 13 83 52 .286 .365 .409 .774 128 256 13 0 10 9 1 *78/9 MVP-26
1977 33 NYY AL 143 606 519 72 139 25 2 14 52 18 11 75 58 .268 .358 .405 .762 109 210 11 0 8 4 9 *7/D98
1978 34 NYY AL 103 395 346 44 93 13 3 8 43 10 4 42 35 .269 .349 .393 .742 112 136 9 2 2 3 7 7D/8
1979 35 NYY AL 81 236 205 24 44 6 0 3 27 2 2 23 21 .215 .290 .288 .578 59 59 6 0 5 3 1 D7
15 Yrs 1881 7735 6650 964 1803 300 51 160 758 233 117 934 708 .271 .360 .404 .764 121 2685 123 29 53 69 66
162 Game Avg. 162 666 573 83 155 26 4 14 65 20 10 80 61 .271 .360 .404 .764 121 231 11 2 5 6 6

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
1965 21 NYY AL 14 47 1 1 0 -0 -0 1 0.1 1 3 0.3 .511 .501 0.3 -0.1 3 $ 9/48
1966 22 NYY AL 115 356 -0 0 1 -5 -4 -7 -1.0 10 3 0.0 .493 .495 0.7 -1.1 8 $ 78/4
1967 23 NYY AL 70 238 -6 2 1 -6 -1 -10 -1.3 7 -4 -0.7 .482 .492 0.2 -1.0 2 $ 95/7
1968 24 NYY AL 159 660 24 2 2 -2 -7 19 2.0 19 37 3.9 .515 .514 4.4 -1.3 39 $ *789 MVP-12
1969 25 NYY AL 130 542 20 -2 1 10 -7 22 2.4 15 37 3.8 .519 .515 2.8 0.3 27 $ *7 AS,MVP-29
1970 26 NYY AL 162 712 35 10 0 6 -9 42 4.4 23 65 6.6 .528 .528 6.2 -0.4 59 $ *7/9 AS,MVP-15
1971 27 NYY AL 147 634 33 4 2 9 -8 40 4.5 21 61 6.5 .531 .528 5.5 0.1 52 $ *7
1972 28 NYY AL 155 666 20 2 0 9 -8 24 2.9 22 46 5.0 .519 .519 4.0 0.1 37 $ *7
1973 29 NYY AL 162 723 2 3 1 9 -8 7 1.1 23 30 3.2 .505 .505 2.2 0.3 21 $ *7
1974 30 NYY AL 136 556 12 3 1 2 -9 9 1.2 18 27 2.8 .507 .506 2.6 -0.6 25 $ 7D
1975 31 NYY AL 148 636 25 -4 3 -1 -7 15 1.9 20 36 3.7 .511 .510 3.8 -0.7 36 $ *7/3D
1976 32 NYY AL 156 728 26 3 -1 6 -7 27 3.3 24 51 5.4 .520 .519 4.7 0.0 44 $90,000 *78/9 MVP-26
1977 33 NYY AL 143 606 9 3 0 7 -7 13 1.5 20 32 3.3 .509 .508 2.6 0.2 25 $125,000 *7/D98
1978 34 NYY AL 103 395 3 2 0 -6 -6 -6 -0.6 13 7 0.6 .493 .496 1.3 -1.2 13 $ 7D/8
1979 35 NYY AL 81 236 -12 -0 0 -4 -4 -21 -2.1 8 -14 -1.4 .474 .487 -0.9 -0.8 -9 $ D7
15 Seasons 1881 7735 190 29 12 35 -92 175 20.4 243 418 43.0 .511 .508 40.4 -6.2 383 $215,000

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
1965 21 NYY AL 47 29 7 6.5 91 .400 .333 .250 .404 .319 .381 .382 .785 .702 126 .706 1.7 0.2 .759 .167 .048 .0
1966 22 NYY AL 356 258 35 3.7 86 .241 .225 .242 .308 .308 .345 .374 .653 .682 92 .470 -2.7 -0.3 .602 .259 .120 9.3
1967 23 NYY AL 238 175 20 3.1 80 .242 .224 .238 .287 .306 .290 .357 .577 .663 75 .414 -6.0 -0.7 .515 .182 .065 3.3
1968 24 NYY AL 660 451 86 5.1 76 .267 .267 .232 .350 .301 .414 .344 .764 .645 137 .667 26.3 2.9 .730 .289 .147 18.4
1969 25 NYY AL 542 350 81 6.2 91 .307 .290 .250 .392 .326 .426 .377 .818 .703 133 .672 25.6 2.6 .834 .335 .136 10.1
1970 26 NYY AL 712 460 116 6.8 93 .299 .296 .252 .387 .325 .473 .385 .860 .710 142 .697 37.7 3.8 .878 .356 .177 23.0
1971 27 NYY AL 634 405 103 6.8 87 .294 .292 .248 .388 .319 .469 .368 .857 .687 149 .725 38.7 4.0 .892 .355 .177 16.1
1972 28 NYY AL 666 430 88 5.5 81 .286 .270 .243 .384 .312 .376 .351 .760 .663 130 .681 26.8 2.9 .776 .313 .106 13.9
1973 29 NYY AL 723 509 80 4.2 90 .257 .246 .255 .329 .323 .374 .375 .703 .697 102 .487 2.1 0.2 .646 .261 .128 16.9
1974 30 NYY AL 556 367 73 5.4 88 .289 .275 .257 .367 .321 .393 .370 .761 .691 121 .616 14.7 1.5 .747 .279 .118 9.5
1975 31 NYY AL 636 421 91 5.8 92 .300 .290 .257 .372 .326 .430 .377 .802 .704 128 .634 22.1 2.2 .757 .272 .140 13.7
1976 32 NYY AL 728 492 98 5.4 85 .290 .286 .255 .365 .319 .409 .359 .774 .678 128 .634 25.2 2.6 .755 .284 .123 19.3
1977 33 NYY AL 606 414 77 5.0 99 .277 .268 .265 .358 .329 .405 .403 .762 .732 109 .533 9.0 0.9 .726 .295 .137 15.8
1978 34 NYY AL 395 271 48 4.7 91 .278 .269 .258 .349 .322 .393 .380 .742 .702 112 .542 6.2 0.6 .699 .263 .124 8.9
1979 35 NYY AL 236 177 17 2.6 100 .223 .215 .267 .290 .332 .288 .405 .578 .736 59 .247 -11.5 -1.1 .485 .185 .073 2.4
15 Yrs 7735 5209 1020 5.3 88 .281 .271 .251 .360 .319 .404 .372 .764 .691 121 .612 215.7 22.5 .740 .291 .133 189.7
162 Game Avg. 666 449 88 5.3 88 .281 .271 .251 .360 .319 .404 .372 .764 .691 121 .612 19 2 .740 .291 .133 16

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 32 NYY AL ALCS KCR W 5 23 17 4 5 3 0 0 3 1 0 5 1 .294 .455 .471 .925 8 0 0 1 0 0
1976 32 NYY AL WS CIN L 4 18 15 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .133 .278 .133 .411 2 0 0 0 0 0
1977 33 NYY AL ALCS KCR W 4 6 5 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .400 .500 .800 1.300 4 0 0 0 0 0
1977 33 NYY AL WS LAD W 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 34 NYY AL ALCS KCR W 4 17 16 5 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 .313 .353 .563 .915 9 1 0 0 0 1
1978 34 NYY AL WS LAD W 6 29 24 9 8 0 0 1 4 2 0 4 5 .333 .429 .458 .887 11 0 0 1 0 0
3 Yrs (6 Series) 25 95 79 20 22 6 0 2 8 3 0 14 8 .278 .387 .430 .817 34 1 0 2 0 1
3 ALCS 13 46 38 11 12 6 0 1 4 1 0 7 3 .316 .422 .553 .975 21 1 0 1 0 1
3 WS 12 49 41 9 10 0 0 1 4 2 0 7 5 .244 .354 .317 .671 13 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
1969 NYY AL 25 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 NYY AL 26 DNP

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
1965 21 NYY AL 47 0.0% 14.9% 8.5% 4.3% 14% 1.75 6.0 14.0 1.00 74%
1966 22 NYY AL 356 2.0% 12.1% 10.4% 6.2% 31% 1.16 7.3 45.1 15.8 0.64 75%
1967 23 NYY AL 238 0.8% 10.5% 8.0% 4.2% 21% 1.32 8.6 107.0 11.9 0.89 80%
1968 24 NYY AL 660 2.6% 7.6% 11.1% 6.7% 29% 0.68 11.5 33.9 9.3 0.98 78%
1969 25 NYY AL 542 1.3% 9.4% 14.9% 7.8% 32% 0.63 8.8 64.0 6.1 0.95 74%
1970 26 NYY AL 712 3.1% 9.3% 13.3% 8.2% 32% 0.69 9.2 27.7 6.5 0.86 74%
1971 27 NYY AL 634 3.0% 10.4% 13.6% 7.6% 31% 0.77 7.9 27.6 6.2 0.78 72%
1972 28 NYY AL 666 1.5% 8.9% 14.9% 5.9% 26% 0.60 9.4 55.6 10.3 1.06 73%
1973 29 NYY AL 723 2.5% 11.2% 10.8% 6.0% 27% 1.04 7.9 35.5 10.7 0.98 75%
1974 30 NYY AL 556 1.3% 7.9% 12.1% 6.1% 26% 0.66 10.8 67.6 11.0 0.89 76%
1975 31 NYY AL 636 1.9% 7.9% 11.3% 7.7% 30% 0.69 11.1 46.3 9.4 1.05 78%
1976 32 NYY AL 728 1.9% 7.1% 11.4% 6.3% 26% 0.63 12.0 44.7 9.6 0.78 78%
1977 33 NYY AL 606 2.3% 9.6% 12.4% 6.8% 30% 0.77 8.9 37.1 10.0 0.96 74%
1978 34 NYY AL 395 2.0% 8.9% 10.6% 6.1% 26% 0.83 9.9 43.3 8.0 0.82 77%
1979 35 NYY AL 236 1.3% 8.9% 9.8% 3.8% 21% 0.91 9.8 68.3 7.6 1.10 78%
15 Yrs 7735 2.1% 9.2% 12.1% 6.6% 28% 0.76 9.4 41.6 8.8 0.91 76%
MLB Averages 2.0% 14.1% 8.5% 6.1% 27% 1.66 6.3 45.1 8.9 1.10 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1965 21 NYY AL 1.7 0.2 50 0.2 0.7 -0.5 .71 0.2 0.1 3.0 0.3 0.80 1.8 0.91 2
1966 22 NYY AL -2.7 -0.3 378 -0.9 5.3 -6.2 1.00 0.1 -1.0 -4.7 -0.5 0.90 1.0 1.64 21
1967 23 NYY AL -6.0 -0.7 256 0.1 5.0 -4.9 1.25 -0.2 0.3 2.3 0.3 1.00 -1.2 2.20 16
1968 24 NYY AL 25.6 2.9 706 3.0 13.2 -10.2 1.02 2.5 0.4 35.1 4.0 0.95 29.6 1.39 5
1969 25 NYY AL 25.6 2.6 582 3.6 13.1 -9.5 1.15 2.4 0.7 24.5 2.6 0.98 22.9 2.14 5
1970 26 NYY AL 37.7 3.8 764 6.1 17.7 -11.5 1.09 4.1 1.5 53.9 5.5 0.96 44.6 4.51 1
1971 27 NYY AL 38.7 4.0 660 5.5 14.9 -9.4 1.08 4.4 0.7 43.3 4.6 1.00 43.5 1.76 2
1972 28 NYY AL 26.8 2.9 704 2.4 12.7 -10.3 1.01 2.1 0.2 16.5 1.8 0.98 23.9 0
1973 29 NYY AL 1.2 0.1 754 0.1 11.9 -11.9 .95 -0.2 0.3 1.7 0.2 0.92 -0.3 0
1974 30 NYY AL 14.7 1.5 587 1.6 10.2 -8.6 .97 1.6 0.1 16.2 1.7 0.96 16.5 1.86 18
1975 31 NYY AL 22.1 2.2 672 1.3 11.3 -10.1 .94 1.9 -0.6 18.5 1.9 0.91 20.0 2.79 4
1976 32 NYY AL 24.4 2.6 782 2.9 15.3 -12.4 1.05 2.0 0.7 23.4 2.5 0.96 22.5 0
1977 33 NYY AL 9.0 0.9 645 0.6 10.4 -9.7 .94 1.1 -0.4 9.3 0.9 0.96 10.7 1.13 4
1978 34 NYY AL 6.2 0.6 414 0.3 6.5 -6.2 .96 0.5 -0.2 5.3 0.5 0.96 3.9 1.34 8
1979 35 NYY AL -11.5 -1.1 243 0.8 5.3 -4.4 1.19 -1.1 1.8 -6.2 -0.6 0.97 -13.1 1.94 19
15 Yrs 213.4 22.3 8197 27.7 153.4 -125.8 1.03 21.4 5.5 242.1 25.7 0.96 226.3 1.85 105

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
1965 21 NYY AL 0 0 37% 26 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 100% 5 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 3
1966 22 NYY AL 7 0 31% 152 14 7 67% 11 7 2 0 1 0 1 1 5 7 73% 23 8 15 4 0 4 6 1 5
1967 23 NYY AL 3 0 30% 100 10 4 71% 8 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 44% 17 12 5 2 2 0 6 0 6
1968 24 NYY AL 8 0 34% 261 20 11 65% 18 10 1 1 1 0 3 1 11 19 67% 34 16 18 7 4 3 25 2 23
1969 25 NYY AL 5 0 23% 235 18 10 64% 16 10 2 0 0 0 5 1 14 11 55% 24 13 10 2 2 0 16 3 13
1970 26 NYY AL 11 0 34% 261 24 10 71% 23 9 1 1 0 0 1 0 7 28 73% 44 13 31 10 5 5 26 4 22
1971 27 NYY AL 7 0 30% 267 14 7 67% 13 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 23 51% 55 31 24 6 5 1 17 2 15
1972 28 NYY AL 5 0 27% 277 23 7 77% 21 7 1 1 1 0 5 2 7 15 46% 46 29 16 14 8 6 20 5 15
1973 29 NYY AL 7 0 32% 261 16 9 64% 16 9 0 0 0 0 3 2 5 15 56% 50 27 22 4 2 2 23 4 19
1974 30 NYY AL 4 1 31% 257 15 6 71% 14 5 0 1 1 0 2 0 6 21 52% 44 22 21 5 3 2 20 7 13
1975 31 NYY AL 12 0 31% 274 16 15 52% 15 15 0 0 1 1 4 2 8 15 47% 44 25 17 7 6 1 28 8 19
1976 32 NYY AL 12 0 36% 291 31 13 70% 29 13 2 0 0 0 2 0 14 17 54% 52 29 22 8 4 4 34 7 25
1977 33 NYY AL 10 0 29% 220 18 11 62% 15 10 2 1 1 0 2 1 6 19 52% 47 26 20 6 1 5 13 4 9
1978 34 NYY AL 3 0 28% 154 10 4 71% 9 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 9 50% 25 13 12 5 5 0 12 2 9
1979 35 NYY AL 2 0 33% 70 2 2 50% 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 33% 13 9 3 1 1 0 7 3 4
15 Yrs 96 1 31% 3106 233 117 67% 211 113 15 5 7 1 29 10 96 214 55% 523 273 241 81 48 33 256 52 200

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
1965 21 NYY AL 47 100% 14 2 2 0 0 0.91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 0 0 16 3 19% 0 0 0 0 0
1966 22 NYY AL 356 100% 71 21 7 0 1 1.64 7 0 4 4 3 4 3 0 2 2 100% 53 4 8% 22 4 18% 161 14 9% 7 4 57% 4 2 50% 0
1967 23 NYY AL 238 100% 48 16 1 1 2 2.20 2 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 100% 53 1 2% 24 6 25% 132 18 14% 13 8 62% 6 3 50% 0
1968 24 NYY AL 660 100% 154 5 1 0 0 1.39 17 0 11 16 1 10 7 0 6 3 50% 137 10 7% 56 15 27% 355 46 13% 19 12 63% 19 10 53% 0
1969 25 NYY AL 542 100% 130 5 0 0 0 2.14 7 0 13 7 0 2 5 0 2 2 100% 94 9 10% 47 20 43% 350 69 20% 40 27 68% 16 10 63% 0
1970 26 NYY AL 712 100% 180 1 0 0 0 4.51 22 1 13 16 6 12 10 0 4 1 25% 149 13 9% 52 14 27% 447 77 17% 33 20 61% 21 13 62% 0
1971 27 NYY AL 634 100% 153 2 0 0 0 1.76 19 0 6 14 5 9 10 1 2 0 0% 163 10 6% 66 24 36% 429 66 15% 49 29 59% 29 16 55% 0
1972 28 NYY AL 666 100% 150 0 0 0 0 10 0 11 7 3 6 4 0 7 4 57% 127 11 9% 45 13 29% 427 44 10% 33 16 48% 23 15 65% 0
1973 29 NYY AL 723 100% 157 0 0 0 0 18 2 9 10 8 11 7 0 7 3 43% 162 14 9% 75 18 24% 391 43 11% 25 13 52% 25 13 52% 0
1974 30 NYY AL 556 100% 130 18 3 0 1 1.86 7 0 12 5 2 4 3 0 12 8 67% 96 7 7% 43 18 42% 290 37 13% 26 15 58% 22 13 59% 0
1975 31 NYY AL 636 100% 161 4 1 0 1 2.79 12 0 11 7 5 4 8 0 7 4 57% 95 5 5% 48 13 27% 346 47 14% 40 11 28% 22 12 55% 0
1976 32 NYY AL 728 100% 179 0 0 0 0 14 0 8 10 4 8 6 0 13 10 77% 123 13 11% 79 31 39% 414 54 13% 47 22 47% 46 29 63% 0
1977 33 NYY AL 606 100% 139 4 0 0 0 1.13 14 0 13 11 3 9 5 0 9 8 89% 126 11 9% 63 23 37% 377 45 12% 38 17 45% 23 10 43% 0
1978 34 NYY AL 395 100% 93 8 0 0 0 1.34 8 0 8 6 2 3 5 0 3 2 67% 79 9 11% 29 9 31% 255 36 14% 22 11 50% 12 8 67% 0
1979 35 NYY AL 236 100% 44 19 5 1 4 1.94 3 0 8 3 0 2 1 0 7 5 71% 48 6 13% 20 13 65% 160 25 16% 19 13 68% 8 5 63% 0
15 Yrs 7735 100% 1803 105 20 2 9 1.85 160 3 130 118 42 86 74 1 82 53 65% 1510 123 8% 669 221 33% 4550 624 14% 411 218 53% 276 159 58% 0
MLB Averages 54% 77% 11% 32% 14% 48% 53%

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
1965 21 14 47 42 7 14 2 0 0 3 2 1 4 7 .333 .404 .381 .785 126 16 0 1 0 0 0
1966 22 129 403 358 46 85 15 2 7 23 16 8 41 50 .237 .319 .349 .668 96 125 4 2 2 0 1
1967 23 199 641 572 68 133 23 2 9 41 26 12 60 75 .233 .307 .327 .634 88 187 5 3 3 3 1
1968 24 358 1301 1149 157 287 43 9 26 103 46 23 133 125 .250 .329 .371 .700 112 426 15 6 6 7 7
1969 25 488 1843 1597 212 417 73 14 33 177 64 33 214 176 .261 .347 .386 .734 119 617 24 7 8 18 11
1970 26 650 2555 2206 321 597 103 20 55 271 88 43 309 242 .271 .358 .410 .769 125 905 37 7 9 25 22
1971 27 797 3189 2730 407 750 125 27 74 355 102 50 395 308 .275 .364 .422 .786 130 1151 47 14 9 42 29
1972 28 952 3855 3286 483 900 154 27 84 409 125 57 494 367 .274 .368 .414 .782 130 1360 58 19 13 44 39
1973 29 1114 4578 3925 571 1057 176 30 102 469 141 66 572 448 .269 .362 .407 .769 125 1599 72 21 16 45 42
1974 30 1250 5134 4398 639 1187 195 38 109 512 156 72 639 492 .270 .362 .406 .768 125 1785 79 25 24 48 47
1975 31 1398 5770 4954 720 1348 227 43 121 571 172 87 711 542 .272 .363 .409 .772 125 2024 84 27 28 50 48
1976 32 1554 6498 5580 824 1527 256 46 135 636 203 100 794 594 .274 .363 .409 .772 126 2280 97 27 38 59 49
1977 33 1697 7104 6099 896 1666 281 48 149 688 221 111 869 652 .273 .363 .408 .771 124 2490 108 27 46 63 58
1978 34 1800 7499 6445 940 1759 294 51 157 731 231 115 911 687 .273 .362 .407 .770 123 2626 117 29 48 66 65
1979 35 1881 7735 6650 964 1803 300 51 160 758 233 117 934 708 .271 .360 .404 .764 121 2685 123 29 53 69 66

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
1965 21 14 48 43 8 15 2 0 0 3 2 4 7 .349 .417 .395 .812 7 14
1966 22 116 372 327 47 80 15 2 8 24 16 42 43 .245 .332 .376 .709 40 115
1967 23 70 246 220 27 54 9 0 2 22 11 21 25 .245 .310 .314 .624 22 70
1968 24 159 708 609 122 186 24 8 21 85 24 88 50 .305 .394 .475 .869 114 159
1969 25 130 559 458 62 140 32 5 8 84 19 87 51 .306 .409 .450 .859 86 130
1970 26 162 732 622 122 193 32 6 24 105 26 102 66 .310 .404 .497 .900 126 162
1971 27 148 670 547 105 174 25 8 22 103 16 98 66 .318 .418 .514 .932 118 147
1972 28 162 745 610 104 186 36 0 12 74 29 123 62 .305 .425 .423 .848 109 155
1973 29 162 744 653 101 171 24 3 20 69 17 85 81 .262 .348 .400 .748 90 162
1974 30 136 575 486 79 143 21 9 8 50 16 74 44 .294 .390 .424 .814 79 136
1975 31 149 654 569 90 172 34 5 13 66 17 77 50 .302 .386 .448 .834 99 148
1976 32 157 762 650 124 200 32 3 16 77 35 93 52 .308 .390 .440 .830 113 156
1977 33 143 614 524 76 144 26 2 15 55 19 78 58 .275 .366 .418 .784 80 143
1978 34 103 408 355 51 102 14 3 9 50 11 46 35 .287 .369 .420 .789 55 103
1979 35 82 239 207 25 45 6 0 3 28 2 24 21 .217 .295 .290 .585 18 81
15 Yrs 1893 8076 6880 1143 2005 332 54 181 895 260 1042 711 .291 .384 .434 .818 1156 1881
162 Game Avg. 162 691 589 98 172 28 5 15 77 22 89 61 .291 .384 .434 .818 99 1881

* 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
1985 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1969 *
1970

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1968 AL (12, 6%)
1969 AL (29, 1%)
1970 AL (15, 7%)
1976 AL (26, 1%)
0.15 Career Shares (809th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1970 AL  6.6 (6th)
1971 AL  6.5 (5th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1970 AL  6.6 (5th)
1971 AL  6.5 (2nd)
1972 AL  5.0 (9th)
1976 AL  5.4 (7th)
Career  43.0 (217th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1970 AL  6.2 (4th)
1971 AL  5.5 (2nd)
1976 AL  4.7 (9th)
Career  40.4 (235th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1971 AL  .292 (9th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1969 AL  .392 (9th)
1970 AL  .387 (8th)
1971 AL  .388 (5th)
1972 AL  .384 (4th)
1974 AL  .367 (10th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1970 AL  .860 (8th)
1971 AL  .857 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1968 AL  159 (3rd)
1970 AL  162 (1st)
1972 AL  155 (2nd)
1973 AL  162 (1st)

At Bats s c a p y
1970 AL  609 (10th)
1973 AL  639 (1st)
1976 AL  626 (5th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1968 AL  660 (10th)
1970 AL  712 (4th)
1972 AL  666 (2nd)
1973 AL  723 (1st)
1976 AL  728 (1st)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1968 AL  89 (3rd)
1970 AL  109 (3rd)
1971 AL  86 (6th)
1972 AL  76 (8th)
1973 AL  88 (10th)
1976 AL  104 (1st)

Hits s c a p y
1968 AL  154 (6th)
1970 AL  180 (5th)
1976 AL  179 (6th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1968 AL  239 (10th)
1970 AL  288 (6th)
1971 AL  246 (9th)
1976 AL  256 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1969 AL  30 (8th)
1972 AL  29 (4th)
1975 AL  32 (8th)

Triples s c a p y
1968 AL  7 (7th)
1969 AL  5 (9th)
1970 AL  6 (9th)
1971 AL  7 (4th)
1974 AL  8 (3rd)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1970 AL  94 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1968 AL  73 (8th)
1970 AL  95 (8th)
1971 AL  86 (8th)
1972 AL  99 (1st)
1973 AL  78 (9th)
1976 AL  83 (4th)
1977 AL  75 (8th)
Career  934 (152nd)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1968 AL  20 (10th)
1970 AL  24 (9th)
1972 AL  23 (9th)

Singles s c a p y
1970 AL  122 (10th)
1976 AL  133 (9th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1970 AL  142 (7th)
1971 AL  149 (5th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1968 AL  86 (7th)
1970 AL  116 (5th)
1971 AL  103 (3rd)
1972 AL  88 (7th)
1976 AL  98 (5th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1968 AL  26 (10th)
1970 AL  38 (6th)
1971 AL  39 (2nd)
1972 AL  27 (10th)
Career  216 (238th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1968 AL  2.9 (10th)
1970 AL  3.8 (6th)
1971 AL  4.0 (2nd)
1972 AL  2.9 (9th)
Career  22.5 (223rd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1971 AL  48 (10th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1968 AL  230 (4th)
1970 AL  275 (3rd)
1971 AL  246 (5th)
1972 AL  254 (2nd)
1976 AL  262 (4th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1970 AL  .697 (8th)
1971 AL  .725 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1971 AL  7 (7th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1969 AL  11 (1st)
1970 AL  7 (7th)
1971 AL  17 (1st)
1976 AL  9 (8th)
Career  69 (144th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1970 AL  11 (7th)
1977 AL  9 (6th)
1978 AL  7 (10th)
Career  66 (245th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1968 AL  11 (7th)
1970 AL  10 (10th)
1975 AL  15 (7th)
Career  117 (64th)

SB % s c a p y
1970 AL  70.59 (9th)
1972 AL  76.67 (8th)
1974 AL  71.43 (10th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1968 AL  18.4 (3rd)
1970 AL  23.0 (5th)
1971 AL  16.1 (6th)
1972 AL  13.9 (9th)
1973 AL  16.9 (4th)
1975 AL  13.7 (10th)
1976 AL  19.3 (5th)
Career  189.7 (93rd)

AB per SO s c a p y
1968 AL  11.5 (5th)
1974 AL  10.8 (9th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1973 AL  509 (1st)
1976 AL  492 (3rd)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1968 AL  35.06 (7th)
1970 AL  53.91 (4th)
1971 AL  43.25 (3rd)
Career  242.06 (159th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1970 AL  6.1 (3rd)
1971 AL  5.5 (3rd)
Career  27.7 (111th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1970 AL  4.1 (6th)
1971 AL  4.4 (3rd)
Career  21.4 (172nd)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1968 AL  4.0 (6th)
1970 AL  5.5 (4th)
1971 AL  4.6 (3rd)
Career  25.7 (147th)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 8 (286), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 73 (338), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 18 (876), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 22 (624), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Jose Cardenal (924)
  2. Claudell Washington (922)
  3. Frank Schulte (901)
  4. Brady Anderson (898)
  5. Darin Erstad (898)
  6. Gene Woodling (887)
  7. Mark Kotsay (886)
  8. Tommy Harper (886)
  9. Johnny Callison (885)
  10. Andy Van Slyke (885)
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  1. Billy Sunday (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ken Henderson (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. George Metkovich (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Joe Rudi (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Von Hayes (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Von Hayes (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Dan Driessen (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Von Hayes (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Von Hayes (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Marquis Grissom (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Marquis Grissom (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Marquis Grissom (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Jose Cardenal (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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