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Terry Whitfield

Terry Bertland Whitfield

Positions: Leftfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 197 lb.

Born: January 12, 1953 in Blythe, CA
High School: Palo Verde HS (Blythe, CA)
Drafted
by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 29, 1974
Teams (by GP): Giants/Dodgers/Yankees 1974-1986
Agents: Tom Reich [*]
Final Game: May 23, 1986
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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
1974 21 NYY AL 2 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 /8
1975 22 NYY AL 28 84 81 9 22 1 1 0 7 1 0 1 17 .272 .274 .309 .582 66 25 2 0 0 2 0 9/7D
1976 23 NYY AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /7
1977 24 SFG NL 114 352 326 41 93 21 3 7 36 2 3 20 46 .285 .329 .433 .761 104 141 4 2 2 2 1 987
1978 25 SFG NL 149 543 488 70 141 20 2 10 32 5 11 33 69 .289 .335 .400 .734 109 195 9 2 17 3 5 *7/8
1979 26 SFG NL 133 445 394 52 113 20 4 5 44 5 4 36 47 .287 .349 .396 .745 110 156 15 4 7 4 6 7/8
1980 27 SFG NL 118 348 321 38 95 16 2 4 26 4 2 20 44 .296 .337 .396 .733 107 127 6 1 4 2 3 7
1984 31 LAD NL 87 200 180 15 44 8 0 4 18 1 4 17 35 .244 .313 .356 .669 90 64 5 1 2 0 2 97/8
1985 32 LAD NL 79 110 104 8 27 7 0 3 16 0 0 6 27 .260 .300 .413 .713 102 43 2 0 0 0 1 7/98
1986 33 LAD NL 19 19 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 .071 .316 .071 .387 17 1 1 0 0 0 2 /7
10 Yrs 730 2106 1913 233 537 93 12 33 179 18 24 138 288 .281 .330 .394 .724 103 753 44 10 32 13 20
162 Game Avg. 162 467 425 52 119 21 3 7 40 4 5 31 64 .281 .330 .394 .724 103 167 10 2 7 3 4
SFG (4 yrs) 514 1688 1529 201 442 77 11 26 138 16 20 109 206 .289 .338 .405 .743 108 619 34 9 30 11 15
LAD (3 yrs) 185 329 298 23 72 15 0 7 34 1 4 28 64 .242 .309 .362 .671 91 108 8 1 2 0 5
NYY (3 yrs) 31 89 86 9 23 1 1 0 7 1 0 1 18 .267 .270 .302 .572 63 26 2 0 0 2 0
NL (7 yrs) 699 2017 1827 224 514 92 11 33 172 17 24 137 270 .281 .333 .398 .731 105 727 42 10 32 11 20
AL (3 yrs) 31 89 86 9 23 1 1 0 7 1 0 1 18 .267 .270 .302 .572 63 26 2 0 0 2 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
1974 21 NYY AL 2 5 -0 0 0 -0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .445 .499 0.0 -0.1 -0 $ /8
1975 22 NYY AL 28 84 -2 0 -0 -0 -1 -4 -0.4 3 -1 -0.1 .486 .498 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $ 9/7D
1976 23 NYY AL 1 0 0 0 0 -0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .478 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 $ /7
1977 24 SFG NL 114 352 3 -1 0 4 -4 3 0.3 10 13 1.3 .503 .502 0.9 0.1 9 $ 987
1978 25 SFG NL 149 543 5 -0 -0 2 -6 -0 0.0 16 16 1.6 .500 .500 1.3 -0.4 14 $ *7/8
1979 26 SFG NL 133 445 5 -0 -1 3 -5 2 0.3 13 15 1.6 .502 .501 1.2 -0.2 12 $ 7/8
1980 27 SFG NL 118 348 1 -0 0 -3 -4 -5 -0.6 11 6 0.5 .495 .496 0.8 -0.7 9 $ 7
1984 31 LAD NL 87 200 -2 -1 -0 2 -3 -5 -0.5 6 2 0.2 .494 .497 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ 97/8
1985 32 LAD NL 79 110 1 -0 0 -1 -1 -1 -0.1 3 2 0.2 .499 .499 0.3 -0.2 3 $316,667 7/98
1986 33 LAD NL 19 19 -2 0 -0 0 0 -2 -0.2 1 -2 -0.2 .487 .498 -0.2 0.0 -2 $ /7
10 Seasons 730 2106 7 -3 -1 6 -23 -13 -1.2 63 50 5.0 .498 .499 4.1 -1.5 43 $316,667
SFG (4 yrs) 514 1688 14 -2 -1 6 -18 -1 0.1 50 49 5.0 .500 .500 4.2 -1.2 44 $
LAD (3 yrs) 185 329 -4 -1 -0 2 -4 -8 -0.8 10 2 0.2 .495 .498 0.0 -0.1 1 $316,667
NYY (3 yrs) 31 89 -3 0 -0 -1 -1 -5 -0.5 3 -2 -0.2 .483 .499 -0.1 -0.2 -1 $

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
1974 21 NYY AL 5 4 0 0.0 88 .250 .200 .257 .200 .322 .200 .370 .400 .691 16 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .250 .000 .000
1975 22 NYY AL 84 63 7 3.0 92 .333 .272 .257 .274 .326 .309 .377 .582 .704 66 .339 -4.0 -0.4 .443 .062 .037 .0
1977 24 SFG NL 352 244 46 5.1 102 .313 .285 .268 .329 .336 .433 .409 .761 .744 104 .544 1.2 0.1 .675 .206 .147 3.1
1978 25 SFG NL 543 387 62 4.3 91 .318 .289 .257 .335 .324 .400 .378 .734 .703 109 .512 4.8 0.5 .610 .166 .111 6.7
1979 26 SFG NL 445 311 52 4.5 94 .312 .287 .260 .349 .325 .396 .387 .745 .711 110 .509 6.5 0.7 .657 .203 .109 5.0
1980 27 SFG NL 348 240 42 4.7 93 .331 .296 .263 .337 .325 .396 .382 .733 .707 107 .550 2.9 0.3 .641 .168 .100 4.0
1984 31 LAD NL 200 147 18 3.3 92 .284 .244 .261 .313 .326 .356 .380 .669 .705 90 .394 -2.5 -0.3 .545 .189 .111 1.6
1985 32 LAD NL 110 79 12 4.1 91 .324 .260 .255 .300 .322 .413 .381 .713 .703 102 .488 -0.1 -0.0 .620 .212 .154 .0
1986 33 LAD NL 19 14 0 0.0 92 .083 .071 .253 .316 .322 .071 .382 .387 .704 17 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .429 .357 .000
10 Yrs 2106 1489 239 4.3 94 .314 .281 .261 .330 .327 .394 .386 .724 .713 103 .500 7.0 0.7 .620 .182 .113 23.3
162 Game Avg. 467 330 53 4.3 94 .314 .281 .261 .330 .327 .394 .386 .724 .713 103 .500 2 0 .620 .182 .113 5
SFG (4 yrs) 1688 1182 202 4.6 95 .318 .289 .262 .338 .327 .405 .388 .743 .715 108 .526 15.4 1.6 .642 .184 .116 19.8
LAD (3 yrs) 329 240 30 3.4 92 .286 .242 .259 .309 .324 .362 .380 .671 .704 91 .401 -3.9 -0.4 .563 .205 .121 1.8
NYY (3 yrs) 89 67 7 2.8 92 .329 .267 .257 .270 .326 .302 .377 .572 .703 63 .315 -4.5 -0.5 .431 .058 .035 .0
NL (7 yrs) 2017 1422 232 4.4 94 .313 .281 .261 .333 .327 .398 .387 .731 .713 105 .507 11.5 1.2 .629 .188 .117 22.4
AL (3 yrs) 89 67 7 2.8 92 .329 .267 .257 .270 .326 .302 .377 .572 .703 63 .315 -4.5 -0.5 .431 .058 .035 .0

Postseason Batting

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
1985 32 LAD NL NLCS STL L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
1974 21 NYY AL 5 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 5.0 2.00 80%
1975 22 NYY AL 84 0.0% 20.2% 1.2% 2.4% 9% 17.00 4.8 11.6 0.95 79%
1977 24 SFG NL 352 2.0% 13.1% 5.7% 8.8% 33% 2.30 7.1 46.6 9.1 1.44 78%
1978 25 SFG NL 543 1.8% 12.7% 6.1% 5.9% 23% 2.09 7.1 48.8 15.3 1.30 76%
1979 26 SFG NL 445 1.1% 10.6% 8.1% 6.5% 26% 1.31 8.4 78.8 9.0 1.94 78%
1980 27 SFG NL 348 1.2% 12.6% 5.8% 6.3% 23% 2.20 7.3 80.3 12.3 1.46 79%
1984 31 LAD NL 200 2.0% 17.5% 8.5% 6.0% 27% 2.06 5.1 45.0 10.0 1.36 71%
1985 32 LAD NL 110 2.7% 24.6% 5.5% 9.1% 37% 4.50 3.9 34.7 6.5 1.50 67%
1986 33 LAD NL 19 0.0% 10.5% 26.3% 0.0% 0% 0.40 7.0 2.00 63%
10 Yrs 2106 1.6% 13.7% 6.6% 6.6% 26% 2.09 6.6 58.0 10.7 1.48 76%
MLB Averages 2.0% 13.3% 8.5% 6.5% 28% 1.56 6.7 44.7 8.5 1.09 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1974 21 NYY AL -0.6 -0.1 5 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .33 -0.0 0.0 -0.7 -0.1 0.90 -0.3 0.01 1
1975 22 NYY AL -4.0 -0.4 87 0.2 1.5 -1.3 1.00 -0.3 0.5 -0.2 -0.0 0.93 -3.2 3.81 2
1976 23 NYY AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1977 24 SFG NL 1.2 0.1 361 0.8 7.1 -6.3 1.06 0.5 0.2 9.9 1.0 0.94 4.4 1.18 32
1978 25 SFG NL 4.8 0.5 569 -0.3 9.5 -9.8 1.07 0.0 -0.3 -11.7 -1.2 0.96 0.3 1.62 10
1979 26 SFG NL 6.5 0.7 466 0.9 8.9 -8.0 1.07 1.0 -0.1 8.1 0.8 0.99 10.8 1.73 32
1980 27 SFG NL 2.9 0.3 359 0.5 6.5 -6.0 1.03 0.4 0.2 -0.1 -0.0 0.95 1.6 2.00 25
1984 31 LAD NL -2.5 -0.3 208 -0.6 3.4 -3.9 1.08 -0.6 0.1 -1.5 -0.2 0.96 -5.7 1.61 29
1985 32 LAD NL -0.2 -0.0 112 0.5 3.3 -2.8 1.45 -0.1 0.4 2.6 0.3 1.01 1.2 1.82 50
1986 33 LAD NL -1.3 -0.1 19 -0.2 0.2 -0.5 1.70 -0.2 0.1 -2.1 -0.2 1.10 -1.9 1.82 12
10 Yrs 6.9 0.7 2186 1.9 40.5 -38.6 1.08 0.6 1.1 4.4 0.4 0.96 7.2 1.69 193

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
1974 21 NYY AL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 22 NYY AL 3 0 39% 34 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 25% 6 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1977 24 SFG NL 6 0 32% 114 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 14 46% 14 6 7 4 2 2 17 9 7
1978 25 SFG NL 5 0 36% 216 5 11 31% 5 10 0 0 0 1 2 0 5 20 51% 27 13 14 9 7 2 19 6 12
1979 26 SFG NL 5 0 32% 193 5 4 56% 5 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 5 12 40% 26 18 7 8 5 3 14 5 9
1980 27 SFG NL 2 0 30% 133 4 2 67% 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 6 11 34% 18 14 4 3 3 0 11 3 7
1984 31 LAD NL 2 0 19% 66 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 31% 9 7 2 0 0 0 4 2 2
1985 32 LAD NL 2 0 17% 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 33% 6 4 2 0 0 0 3 0 1
1986 33 LAD NL 0 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Yrs 25 0 31% 796 18 24 43% 18 22 0 1 0 1 7 1 35 65 41% 107 69 36 24 17 7 70 25 40

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
1974 21 NYY AL 5 100% 1 1 0 0 0 0.01 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1975 22 NYY AL 84 90% 22 2 2 0 1 3.81 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 19 2 11% 8 3 38% 49 8 16% 4 4 100% 4 3 75% 0
1977 24 SFG NL 352 86% 93 32 11 0 4 1.18 7 0 7 7 0 2 5 0 2 2 100% 61 4 7% 24 9 38% 198 31 16% 18 8 44% 16 12 75% 0
1978 25 SFG NL 543 84% 141 10 3 0 0 1.62 10 0 9 9 1 5 5 0 24 17 71% 105 9 9% 70 27 39% 285 23 8% 22 8 36% 20 5 25% 0
1979 26 SFG NL 445 80% 113 32 8 0 4 1.73 5 0 13 5 0 3 2 1 7 7 100% 87 15 17% 54 21 39% 286 43 15% 22 9 41% 20 12 60% 0
1980 27 SFG NL 348 93% 95 25 5 0 4 2.00 4 0 6 4 0 1 3 0 4 4 100% 63 6 10% 33 11 33% 206 22 11% 14 5 36% 7 3 43% 0
1984 31 LAD NL 200 93% 44 29 8 0 4 1.61 4 0 7 4 0 4 0 0 2 2 100% 30 5 17% 20 5 25% 129 19 15% 11 2 18% 12 6 50% 0
1985 32 LAD NL 110 95% 27 50 14 2 9 1.82 3 0 6 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 23 2 9% 7 2 29% 80 14 18% 6 3 50% 1 1 100% 0
1986 33 LAD NL 19 100% 1 12 1 0 0 1.82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 0 0 19 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
10 Yrs 2106 87% 537 193 52 2 26 1.69 33 0 50 32 1 17 16 1 40 32 80% 394 44 11% 216 78 36% 1255 160 13% 99 39 39% 80 42 53% 0
MLB Averages 57% 80% 11% 35% 15% 51% 54%

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
1974 21 2 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 16 1 0 0 0 0 0
1975 22 30 89 86 9 23 1 1 0 7 1 0 1 18 .267 .270 .302 .572 63 26 2 0 0 2 0
1976 23 31 89 86 9 23 1 1 0 7 1 0 1 18 .267 .270 .302 .572 63 26 2 0 0 2 0
1977 24 145 441 412 50 116 22 4 7 43 3 3 21 64 .282 .317 .405 .722 96 167 6 2 2 4 1
1978 25 294 984 900 120 257 42 6 17 75 8 14 54 133 .286 .326 .402 .729 103 362 15 4 19 7 6
1979 26 427 1429 1294 172 370 62 10 22 119 13 18 90 180 .286 .334 .400 .734 105 518 30 8 26 11 12
1980 27 545 1777 1615 210 465 78 12 26 145 17 20 110 224 .288 .334 .399 .734 105 645 36 9 30 13 15
1981 28 545 1777 1615 210 465 78 12 26 145 17 20 110 224 .288 .334 .399 .734 105 645 36 9 30 13 15
1982 29 545 1777 1615 210 465 78 12 26 145 17 20 110 224 .288 .334 .399 .734 105 645 36 9 30 13 15
1983 30 545 1777 1615 210 465 78 12 26 145 17 20 110 224 .288 .334 .399 .734 105 645 36 9 30 13 15
1984 31 632 1977 1795 225 509 86 12 30 163 18 24 127 259 .284 .332 .395 .727 104 709 41 10 32 13 17
1985 32 711 2087 1899 233 536 93 12 33 179 18 24 133 286 .282 .330 .396 .726 104 752 43 10 32 13 18
1986 33 730 2106 1913 233 537 93 12 33 179 18 24 138 288 .281 .330 .394 .724 103 753 44 10 32 13 20

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
1974 21 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1975 22 28 86 83 10 24 1 1 0 8 1 1 17 .289 .291 .325 .616 8 28
1977 24 114 353 327 42 94 21 3 7 37 2 20 46 .287 .330 .434 .765 47 114
1978 25 149 559 501 81 154 22 2 11 37 5 36 69 .307 .354 .425 .779 75 149
1979 26 133 457 403 59 122 22 4 5 50 5 39 47 .303 .367 .414 .781 61 133
1980 27 118 356 328 43 102 17 2 4 29 4 21 44 .311 .352 .412 .764 48 118
1984 31 87 204 183 17 47 9 0 4 20 1 18 35 .257 .327 .372 .698 22 87
1985 32 79 114 107 9 30 8 0 3 19 0 7 27 .280 .325 .439 .764 15 79
1986 33 19 19 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 .000 .263 .000 .263 0 19
9 Yrs 729 2153 1951 261 573 100 12 34 200 18 147 288 .294 .344 .410 .754 276 729
162 Game Avg. 162 478 434 58 127 22 3 8 44 4 33 64 .294 .344 .410 .754 61 729

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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1978 NL  17 (3rd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2065), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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