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Ed Whitson

Eddie Lee Whitson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: May 19, 1955 in Johnson City, TN
High School: Unicoi County HS (Erwin, TN)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 6th round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1977
Teams (by GP): Padres/Giants/Pirates/Yankees/Indians 1977-1991
Agents: Tom Reich [*]
Final Game: September 29, 1991
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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
1977 22 PIT NL 5 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1978 23 PIT NL 43 12 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .182 .182 .182 .364 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
1979 24 TOT NL 37 55 45 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 15 .111 .130 .111 .242 -32 5 0 0 9 0 0 1
1979 24 PIT NL 19 18 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .071 .000 .071 -79 0 0 0 4 0 0 1
1979 24 SFG NL 18 37 32 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 .156 .156 .156 .313 -11 5 0 0 5 0 0 1
1980 25 SFG NL 34 76 66 2 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 21 .091 .104 .091 .195 -44 6 1 0 9 0 0 1 AS
1981 26 SFG NL 22 45 33 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 13 .091 .167 .091 .258 -24 3 0 0 9 0 0 1
1982 27 CLE AL 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1983 28 SDP NL 31 48 44 1 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 11 .182 .217 .182 .399 14 8 0 0 2 0 0 1
1984 29 SDP NL 36 68 61 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12 .049 .065 .049 .114 -68 3 0 0 6 0 0 1
1985 30 NYY AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1986 31 TOT MLB 31 20 18 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .167 .167 .167 .333 -7 3 0 0 2 0 0 1
1986 31 NYY AL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1986 31 SDP NL 17 20 18 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .167 .167 .167 .333 -7 3 0 0 2 0 0 1
1987 32 SDP NL 36 76 65 1 8 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 17 .123 .136 .138 .275 -25 9 0 0 10 0 0 1
1988 33 SDP NL 34 76 66 4 11 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 23 .167 .179 .212 .391 13 14 0 0 9 0 0 1
1989 34 SDP NL 36 84 72 4 10 4 0 0 4 0 0 5 19 .139 .195 .194 .389 12 14 1 0 7 0 0 1
1990 35 SDP NL 33 82 67 6 10 1 0 1 4 0 0 2 16 .149 .174 .209 .383 5 14 1 0 13 0 0 1
1991 36 SDP NL 13 27 24 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .125 .160 .125 .285 -19 3 0 0 2 0 0 1
15 Yrs 461 673 576 24 72 9 0 1 27 0 0 18 169 .125 .152 .146 .297 -16 84 3 0 79 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 236 202 8 25 3 0 0 9 0 0 6 59 .125 .152 .146 .297 -16 30 1 0 28 0 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
SDP (8 yrs) 236 481 417 18 56 9 0 1 20 0 0 13 112 .134 .160 .163 .324 -9 68 2 0 51 0 0
SFG (3 yrs) 74 158 131 5 14 0 0 0 7 0 0 4 44 .107 .133 .107 .240 -31 14 1 0 23 0 0
PIT (3 yrs) 67 34 28 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 .071 .103 .071 .175 -52 2 0 0 5 0 0
NYY (2 yrs) 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CLE (1 yr) 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (13 yrs) 377 673 576 24 72 9 0 1 27 0 0 18 169 .125 .152 .146 .297 -16 84 3 0 79 0 0
AL (3 yrs) 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
1977 22 PIT NL 5 4 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .487 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /1
1978 23 PIT NL 43 12 -2 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1979 24 PIT NL 19 18 -4 -0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .490 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
1979 24 SFG NL 18 37 -4 -0 0 0 4 0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ 1
1980 25 SFG NL 34 76 -14 0 -0 0 8 -5 -0.6 2 -3 -0.6 .482 .496 -0.6 0.0 -3 $ 1 AS
1981 26 SFG NL 22 45 -6 0 0 0 5 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .494 .499 -0.1 0.0 0 $ 1
1982 27 CLE AL 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1983 28 SDP NL 31 48 -5 0 0 0 6 1 0.1 2 2 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 2 $ 1
1984 29 SDP NL 36 68 -14 0 0 0 8 -5 -0.6 2 -3 -0.6 .483 .496 -0.6 0.0 -3 $ 1
1985 30 NYY AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $800,000 1
1986 31 NYY AL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $800,000 1
1986 31 SDP NL 17 20 -3 -0 0 0 2 -0 -0.0 1 0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1987 32 SDP NL 36 76 -12 -1 0 0 11 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.1 0.0 1 $800,000 1
1988 33 SDP NL 34 76 -7 -1 0 0 9 1 0.2 2 4 0.2 .505 .501 0.2 0.0 4 $1,000,000 1
1989 34 SDP NL 36 84 -8 -0 -0 0 9 1 0.1 3 3 0.1 .502 .501 0.1 0.0 3 $1,050,000 1
1990 35 SDP NL 33 82 -10 -1 -0 0 11 0 0.1 2 3 0.1 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 3 $1,125,000 1
1991 36 SDP NL 13 27 -2 0 0 0 3 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .508 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $1,325,000 1
15 Seasons 461 673 -92 -3 2 0 81 -12 -1.2 20 9 -1.1 .497 .500 -1.2 0.3 9 $6,900,000
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
SDP (8 yrs) 236 481 -61 -3 2 0 59 -3 -0.2 15 12 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.2 0.1 12 $5,300,000
SFG (3 yrs) 74 158 -25 0 0 0 18 -6 -0.7 5 -2 -0.7 .490 .498 -0.7 0.0 -2 $
PIT (3 yrs) 67 34 -7 -0 0 0 4 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .496 .499 -0.3 0.0 -2 $
NYY (2 yrs) 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,600,000
CLE (1 yr) 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

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
1977 22 PIT NL 4 4 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .272 .000 .340 .000 .414 .000 .754 -100 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1978 23 PIT NL 12 10 0 0.0 99 .400 .182 .268 .182 .336 .182 .394 .364 .730 0 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .222 .000 .000
1979 24 TOT NL 55 49 1 0.6 97 .167 .111 .265 .130 .330 .111 .393 .242 .723 -32 .022 -8.2 -0.8 .150 .022 .000
1979 24 PIT NL 18 17 0 0.0 104 .000 .000 .275 .071 .341 .000 .408 .071 .749 -79 .000 -3.4 -0.4 .077 .077 .000
1979 24 SFG NL 37 32 1 0.8 94 .227 .156 .260 .156 .325 .156 .387 .313 .712 -11 .046 -4.8 -0.5 .185 .000 .000
1980 25 SFG NL 76 70 1 0.4 93 .133 .091 .263 .104 .325 .091 .382 .195 .707 -44 .012 -12.7 -1.3 .115 .015 .000
1981 26 SFG NL 45 39 1 0.7 90 .150 .091 .260 .167 .325 .091 .373 .258 .698 -24 .037 -5.4 -0.6 .200 .091 .000
1983 28 SDP NL 48 38 2 1.4 94 .242 .182 .260 .217 .328 .182 .385 .399 .712 14 .119 -5.2 -0.5 .278 .045 .000
1984 29 SDP NL 68 64 0 0.0 94 .061 .049 .263 .065 .328 .049 .383 .114 .711 -68 .000 -13.8 -1.5 .069 .016 .000
1986 31 TOT MLB 20 17 1 1.6 96 .300 .167 .259 .167 .329 .167 .391 .333 .720 -7 .138 -2.7 -0.3 .200 .000 .000
1986 31 SDP NL 20 17 1 1.6 96 .300 .167 .259 .167 .329 .167 .391 .333 .720 -7 .138 -2.7 -0.3 .200 .000 .000
1987 32 SDP NL 76 67 2 0.8 102 .167 .123 .264 .136 .333 .138 .412 .275 .745 -25 .037 -11.7 -1.2 .175 .031 .015
1988 33 SDP NL 76 64 3 1.3 89 .256 .167 .255 .179 .319 .212 .374 .391 .693 13 .109 -7.5 -0.8 .273 .061 .045
1989 34 SDP NL 84 70 3 1.2 91 .189 .139 .255 .195 .323 .194 .380 .389 .703 12 .092 -8.4 -0.9 .302 .125 .056
1990 35 SDP NL 82 71 3 1.1 99 .180 .149 .266 .174 .332 .209 .399 .383 .731 5 .077 -9.1 -0.9 .276 .090 .060 .0
1991 36 SDP NL 27 23 1 1.2 96 .167 .125 .261 .160 .329 .125 .391 .285 .720 -19 .088 -4.0 -0.4 .190 .042 .000
15 Yrs 673 586 18 0.8 95 .175 .125 .261 .152 .327 .146 .388 .297 .715 -16 .048 -91.4 -9.5 .201 .052 .021 .0
162 Game Avg. 236 206 6 0.8 95 .175 .125 .261 .152 .327 .146 .388 .297 .715 -16 .048 -91.4 -9.5 .201 .052 .021
SDP (8 yrs) 481 414 15 1.0 95 .181 .134 .260 .160 .327 .163 .389 .324 .716 -9 .063 -62.3 -6.5 .223 .060 .029 .0
SFG (3 yrs) 158 141 3 0.6 92 .161 .107 .262 .133 .325 .107 .381 .240 .706 -31 .025 -23.0 -2.4 .153 .031 .000
PIT (3 yrs) 34 31 0 0.0 102 .133 .071 .272 .103 .339 .071 .403 .175 .742 -52 .000 -6.1 -0.6 .115 .036 .000
NL (13 yrs) 673 586 18 0.8 95 .175 .125 .261 .152 .327 .146 .388 .297 .715 -16 .047 -91.4 -9.5 .201 .052 .021 .0

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
1984 29 SDP NL NLCS CHC W 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 29 SDP NL WS DET L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Yr (2 Series) 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 SFG NL 25 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
1977 22 PIT NL 4 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 50%
1978 23 PIT NL 12 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.8 3.00 42%
1979 24 TOT NL 55 0.0% 27.3% 1.8% 0.0% 0% 15.00 3.0 22.5 3.71 55%
1979 24 PIT NL 18 0.0% 27.8% 5.6% 0.0% 5.00 2.6 11.00 44%
1979 24 SFG NL 37 0.0% 27.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.2 16.0 2.50 59%
1980 25 SFG NL 76 0.0% 27.6% 1.3% 0.0% 0% 21.00 3.1 16.5 2.00 59%
1981 26 SFG NL 45 0.0% 28.9% 6.7% 0.0% 0% 4.33 2.5 33.0 7.67 44%
1983 28 SDP NL 48 0.0% 22.9% 4.2% 0.0% 0% 5.50 4.0 14.7 3.00 69%
1984 29 SDP NL 68 0.0% 17.7% 1.5% 0.0% 0% 12.00 5.1 61.0 2.19 72%
1986 31 TOT MLB 20 0.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.3 3.50 50%
1986 31 SDP NL 20 0.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.3 3.50 50%
1987 32 SDP NL 76 0.0% 22.4% 1.3% 1.3% 13% 17.00 3.8 16.3 1.83 63%
1988 33 SDP NL 76 0.0% 30.3% 1.3% 4.0% 27% 23.00 2.9 22.0 1.40 2.73 57% 8% 0.0% 53%
1989 34 SDP NL 84 0.0% 22.6% 6.0% 4.8% 40% 3.80 3.8 18.0 1.00 1.78 63% 13% 0.0% 19%
1990 35 SDP NL 82 1.2% 19.5% 2.4% 2.4% 20% 8.00 4.2 67.0 16.8 1.04 1.79 61% 8% 6.3% 33%
1991 36 SDP NL 27 0.0% 22.2% 3.7% 0.0% 0% 6.00 4.0 24.0 3.25 6.50 67% 10% 0.0% 0%
15 Yrs 673 0.2% 25.1% 2.7% 1.5% 14% 9.39 3.4 576.0 21.3 1.23 2.42 60% 10% 2.1% 30%
MLB Averages 2.1% 13.9% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 1.64 6.4 42.3 8.4 0.80 1.08 74% 20% 6.5% 24%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1977 22 PIT NL -1.2 -0.1 4 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.07 -0.1 0.0 -1.3 -0.1 1.14 -1.1 0
1978 23 PIT NL -1.6 -0.2 12 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 .79 -0.2 0.1 -1.7 -0.2 0.94 -1.9 0
1979 24 TOT NL -8.2 -0.8 55 -1.0 0.2 -1.2 .98 -0.8 -0.2 -10.2 -1.1 0.99 -9.0 0
1979 24 PIT NL -3.4 -0.4 18 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 1.03 -0.4 -0.0 -4.0 -0.4 0.96 -4.1 0
1979 24 SFG NL -4.8 -0.5 37 -0.6 0.2 -0.7 .96 -0.4 -0.1 -6.2 -0.7 1.00 -4.9 0
1980 25 SFG NL -12.7 -1.3 76 -1.5 0.2 -1.7 .96 -1.4 -0.1 -13.4 -1.4 1.00 -14.2 0
1981 26 SFG NL -5.4 -0.6 45 -0.6 0.2 -0.8 .95 -0.7 0.0 -6.7 -0.7 0.99 -6.7 0
1982 27 CLE AL 0.0 0.0
1983 28 SDP NL -5.2 -0.5 48 -0.6 0.3 -0.9 .86 -0.7 -0.0 -5.7 -0.6 0.92 -6.7 0
1984 29 SDP NL -13.8 -1.5 69 -1.3 0.1 -1.4 .95 -1.3 -0.1 -14.7 -1.6 1.04 -13.5 0
1985 30 NYY AL 0.0 0.0
1986 31 TOT MLB -2.7 -0.3 20 -0.5 0.1 -0.6 1.18 -0.3 -0.1 -4.8 -0.5 1.15 -3.3 0
1986 31 NYY AL 0.0 0.0
1986 31 SDP NL -2.7 -0.3 20 -0.5 0.1 -0.6 1.18 -0.3 -0.1 -4.8 -0.5 1.15 -3.3 0
1987 32 SDP NL -11.7 -1.2 77 -0.7 0.6 -1.3 .92 -1.1 0.3 -10.3 -1.0 0.99 -12.1 0
1988 33 SDP NL -7.5 -0.8 76 -1.0 0.6 -1.6 1.01 -0.9 -0.0 -10.9 -1.2 1.04 -9.6 0
1989 34 SDP NL -8.4 -0.9 86 -0.2 1.1 -1.3 .86 -0.7 0.4 -7.5 -0.8 0.95 -7.1 0.02 1
1990 35 SDP NL -9.1 -0.9 82 -0.7 0.6 -1.3 .79 -0.8 -0.1 -8.8 -0.9 0.92 -9.6 0
1991 36 SDP NL -4.0 -0.4 28 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 .93 -0.2 0.0 -1.1 -0.1 0.97 -2.4 0
15 Yrs -91.4 -9.5 678 -8.5 4.3 -12.7 .92 -9.2 0.0 -97.1 -10.2 0.99 -97.2 0.02 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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1977 22 PIT NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 23 PIT NL 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
1979 24 TOT NL 1 0 33% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1979 24 PIT NL 0 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 24 SFG NL 1 0 20% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1980 25 SFG NL 0 0 29% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 26 SFG NL 0 0 33% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1983 28 SDP NL 0 0 10% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 29 SDP NL 1 0 0% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
1986 31 TOT MLB 0 0 33% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1986 31 SDP NL 0 0 33% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1987 32 SDP NL 2 0 11% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0% 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
1988 33 SDP NL 1 0 33% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 33% 3 1 2 0 0 0 3 2 0
1989 34 SDP NL 1 0 27% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 20% 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1990 35 SDP NL 1 0 46% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 29% 5 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
1991 36 SDP NL 2 0 25% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
15 Yrs 9 0 26% 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 7 25% 20 15 5 4 4 0 12 7 4

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
1977 22 PIT NL 4 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1978 23 PIT NL 12 33% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 4 0 0% 9 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1979 24 TOT NL 55 18% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 100% 12 0 0% 15 3 20% 40 2 5% 2 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
1979 24 PIT NL 18 56% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 4 0 0% 5 2 40% 11 0 0% 0 0 3 1 33% 0
1979 24 SFG NL 37 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100% 8 0 0% 10 1 10% 29 2 7% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
1980 25 SFG NL 76 18% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 9 90% 17 1 6% 19 3 16% 55 4 7% 3 0 0% 0 0 0
1981 26 SFG NL 45 18% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 9 90% 9 0 0% 14 5 36% 34 1 3% 3 0 0% 3 3 100% 0
1983 28 SDP NL 48 21% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 6 0 0% 6 1 17% 29 3 10% 3 2 67% 1 0 0% 0
1984 29 SDP NL 68 34% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 100% 9 0 0% 11 5 45% 53 1 2% 2 1 50% 3 2 67% 0
1986 31 TOT MLB 20 25% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 6 0 0% 6 2 33% 19 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1986 31 SDP NL 20 25% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 6 0 0% 6 2 33% 19 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1987 32 SDP NL 76 42% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 10 67% 19 0 0% 20 8 40% 56 5 9% 2 0 0% 3 2 67% 0
1988 33 SDP NL 76 36% 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 9 69% 15 0 0% 18 5 28% 54 3 6% 5 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1989 34 SDP NL 84 29% 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.02 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 7 88% 10 1 10% 15 4 27% 54 4 7% 5 2 40% 2 1 50% 0
1990 35 SDP NL 82 37% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 14 13 93% 17 1 6% 19 2 11% 49 3 6% 0 0 2 1 50% 0
1991 36 SDP NL 27 37% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 4 0 0% 5 2 40% 14 2 14% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
15 Yrs 673 29% 72 5 1 1 0 0 0 0.02 1 0 15 1 0 1 0 0 95 79 83% 126 3 2% 152 40 26% 470 28 6% 28 6 21% 19 10 53% 0
MLB Averages 58% 78% 11% 35% 15% 51% 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
1988 33 SDP NL 75 208 2.77 162 78% 28% 18% 23% 31% 72% 0% 56% 75% 64% 0% 0 0 3% 2 1 1% 1 0 65% 1 0 0
1989 34 SDP NL 84 257 3.06 165 64% 19% 17% 28% 36% 81% 0% 52% 79% 56% 4% 3 0 7% 6 3 2% 2 2 42% 0 0 0
1990 35 SDP NL 82 228 2.78 164 72% 19% 13% 29% 39% 81% 0% 58% 83% 68% 1% 1 0 9% 7 4 1% 1 0 56% 0 0 0
1991 36 SDP NL 27 67 2.48 48 72% 21% 19% 19% 42% 79% 0% 57% 76% 63% 0% 0 0 7% 2 1 4% 1 0 33% 0 0 0
4 Yrs 268 760 2.84 539 71% 22% 16% 26% 36% 78% 0% 56% 79% 63% 1% 4 0 6% 17 9 2% 5 2 53% 1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.62 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 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
1977 22 5 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 23 48 16 15 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .133 .133 .133 .267 -27 2 0 0 1 0 0
1979 24 85 71 60 2 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 23 .117 .131 .117 .248 -31 7 0 0 10 0 0
1980 25 119 147 126 4 13 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 44 .103 .117 .103 .220 -38 13 1 0 19 0 0
1981 26 141 192 159 6 16 0 0 0 7 0 0 5 57 .101 .128 .101 .229 -35 16 1 0 28 0 0
1982 27 181 192 159 6 16 0 0 0 7 0 0 5 57 .101 .128 .101 .229 -35 16 1 0 28 0 0
1983 28 212 240 203 7 24 0 0 0 10 0 0 7 68 .118 .148 .118 .266 -24 24 1 0 30 0 0
1984 29 248 308 264 7 27 0 0 0 11 0 0 8 80 .102 .129 .102 .231 -34 27 1 0 36 0 0
1985 30 278 308 264 7 27 0 0 0 11 0 0 8 80 .102 .129 .102 .231 -34 27 1 0 36 0 0
1986 31 309 328 282 8 30 0 0 0 11 0 0 8 88 .106 .131 .106 .237 -32 30 1 0 38 0 0
1987 32 345 404 347 9 38 1 0 0 15 0 0 9 105 .110 .132 .112 .244 -31 39 1 0 48 0 0
1988 33 379 480 413 13 49 4 0 0 18 0 0 10 128 .119 .139 .128 .268 -24 53 1 0 57 0 0
1989 34 415 564 485 17 59 8 0 0 22 0 0 15 147 .122 .148 .138 .286 -19 67 2 0 64 0 0
1990 35 448 646 552 23 69 9 0 1 26 0 0 17 163 .125 .151 .147 .298 -16 81 3 0 77 0 0
1991 36 461 673 576 24 72 9 0 1 27 0 0 18 169 .125 .152 .146 .297 -16 84 3 0 79 0 0

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
1977 22 5 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
1978 23 43 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 43
1979 24 37 56 46 3 6 0 0 0 3 0 1 15 .130 .149 .130 .279 1 37
1980 25 34 78 68 3 8 0 0 0 6 0 1 21 .118 .130 .118 .248 1 34
1981 26 33 73 52 6 7 0 0 0 3 0 7 20 .135 .237 .135 .372 2 22
1983 28 31 49 45 1 9 0 0 0 3 0 2 11 .200 .234 .200 .434 2 31
1984 29 36 68 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 .000 .016 .000 .016 0 36
1986 31 31 21 19 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .211 .211 .211 .421 1 31
1987 32 36 75 64 1 7 1 0 0 3 0 1 17 .109 .123 .125 .248 1 36
1988 33 34 77 67 5 12 3 0 0 4 0 1 23 .179 .191 .224 .415 3 34
1989 34 36 86 73 4 11 4 0 0 4 0 6 19 .151 .215 .205 .421 3 36
1990 35 33 83 68 7 11 1 0 1 5 0 2 16 .162 .186 .221 .406 3 33
1991 36 13 28 25 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 6 .160 .192 .160 .352 1 13
13 Yrs 402 710 603 34 79 9 0 1 33 0 23 176 .131 .163 .151 .314 18 391
162 Game Avg. 162 286 243 14 32 4 0 0 13 0 9 71 .131 .163 .151 .314 7 391

* 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

All-Star Games
1980

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1989 NL  6.4 (8th)
1990 NL  6.8 (4th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1981 NL  9 (7th)
1987 NL  10 (6th)
1990 NL  13 (3rd)

             

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Jack Fisher (992)
  2. Billy O'Dell (989)
  3. Chris Short (987)
  4. Fred Norman (987)
  5. Mark Gardner (985)
  6. Ray Culp (985)
  7. Randy Johnson (984)
  8. Joe Horlen (983)
  9. Si Johnson (982)
  10. Bob Shaw (982)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Chris Short (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Nolan Ryan (990) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

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