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Ernie Whitt

Leo Ernest Whitt

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: June 13, 1952 in Detroit, MI
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 15th round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1976
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Braves/Orioles/RedSox 1976-1991
Agents: Himself,Richard Box [*]
Final Game: July 3, 1991
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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
1972	20	BOS-min	A,A-	32	96	86	3	17	2	1	0	7	2	0	10	9	.198	.281	.244	.525		21		0	0	0			WHV,WPT · FLOR,NYPL
1973	21	BOS-min	A	130	424	424		123	23	3	1						.290	.290	.366	.656		155							WSM · CARL
1974	22	BOS-min	AA	111	439	385	55	96	10	1	9	56	12	4	47	32	.249	.330	.351	.681		135		1	3	3			BRI · EL
1975	23	BOS-min	AA	82	252	252		64	9	1	2						.254	.254	.321	.575		81							BRI · EL
1976	24	BOS-min	AAA,AA	116	448	391	45	100	18	5	8	52	1	3	49	37	.256	.340	.389	.729		152		2	4	2			PAW,BRI · IL,EL
1976	24	BOS	AL	8	20	18	4	4	2	0	1	3	0	0	2	2	.222	.300	.500	.800	120	9	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1977	25	HOU-min	AAA	29	114	94	12	24	6	0	0	7	0	1	18	14	.255	.372	.319	.691		30		0	1	1			CHL · IL
1977	25	TOR	AL	23	45	41	4	7	3	0	0	6	0	0	2	12	.171	.200	.244	.444	21	10	1	0	0	2	0	2
1978	26	TOR-min	AAA	121	452	399	50	98	16	3	12	53	0	4	45	35	.246	.322	.391	.713		156		2	2	4			SYR · IL
1978	26	TOR	AL	2	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	-39	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2

1979	27	TOR-min	AAA	114	434	382	32	95	18	4	7	43	2	1	42	43	.249	.321	.372	.693		142		0	7	3			SYR · IL
1980	28	TOR	AL	106	325	295	23	70	12	2	6	34	1	3	22	30	.237	.288	.353	.640	72	104	11	0	5	3	0	2
1981	29	TOR	AL	74	222	195	16	46	9	0	1	16	5	2	20	30	.236	.307	.297	.604	71	58	2	0	7	0	3	*2
1982	30	TOR	AL	105	316	284	28	74	14	2	11	42	3	1	26	34	.261	.317	.440	.758	99	125	5	0	1	5	5	2/D
1983	31	TOR	AL	123	400	344	53	88	15	2	17	56	1	1	50	55	.256	.346	.459	.805	115	158	9	0	1	5	5	*2
1984	32	TOR	AL	124	364	315	35	75	12	1	15	46	0	3	43	49	.238	.327	.425	.752	104	134	7	1	0	5	7	*2
1985	33	TOR	AL	139	465	412	55	101	21	2	19	64	3	6	47	59	.245	.323	.444	.767	105	183	7	1	3	2	9	*2	AS
1986	34	TOR	AL	131	433	395	48	106	19	2	16	56	0	1	35	39	.268	.326	.448	.774	106	177	11	0	0	3	3	*2
1987	35	TOR	AL	135	494	446	57	120	24	1	19	75	0	1	44	50	.269	.334	.455	.789	105	203	17	1	0	3	4	*2
1988	36	TOR	AL	127	468	398	63	100	11	2	16	70	4	2	61	38	.251	.348	.410	.757	112	163	9	1	2	6	4	*2
1989	37	TOR	AL	129	440	385	42	101	24	1	11	53	5	4	52	53	.262	.349	.416	.764	120	160	9	0	1	2	2	*2/D
1990	38	ATL-min	AA	4	14	12	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.333	.429	.417	.845		5		0	0	0	0		GRV · SOUL
1990	38	ATL	NL	67	204	180	14	31	8	0	2	10	0	2	23	27	.172	.265	.250	.515	40	45	6	0	0	1	1	2
1991	39	BAL	AL	35	70	62	5	15	2	0	0	3	0	0	8	12	.242	.329	.274	.603	72	17	3	0	0	0	0	2/D
15 Yrs				1328	4271	3774	447	938	176	15	134	534	22	26	436	491	.249	.324	.410	.734	99	1546	97	4	20	37	43
162 Game Avg.				162	521	460	55	114	21	2	16	65	3	3	53	60	.249	.324	.410	.734	99	189	12	0	2	5	5

TOR (12 yrs)				1218	3977	3514	424	888	164	15	131	518	22	24	403	450	.253	.327	.420	.747	102	1475	88	4	20	36	42
ATL (1 yr)				67	204	180	14	31	8	0	2	10	0	2	23	27	.172	.265	.250	.515	40	45	6	0	0	1	1
BOS (1 yr)				8	20	18	4	4	2	0	1	3	0	0	2	2	.222	.300	.500	.800	120	9	0	0	0	0	0
BAL (1 yr)				35	70	62	5	15	2	0	0	3	0	0	8	12	.242	.329	.274	.603	72	17	3	0	0	0	0

AL (14 yrs)				1261	4067	3594	433	907	168	15	132	524	22	24	413	464	.252	.327	.418	.745	102	1501	91	4	20	36	42
NL (1 yr)				67	204	180	14	31	8	0	2	10	0	2	23	27	.172	.265	.250	.515	40	45	6	0	0	1	1

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
1976	24	BOS	AL	8	20	0	-0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	1	0.1	.508	.500	0.1	0.1	1	$	/2
1977	25	TOR	AL	23	45	-4	0	-0	0	1	-4	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.484	.498	-0.2	0.1	-2	$23,000	2
1978	26	TOR	AL	2	5	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0.1	0	1	0.1	.523	.500	-0.1	0.1	-0	$	/2

1980	28	TOR	AL	106	325	-13	-1	-2	0	6	-10	-1.0	10	-1	-0.1	.490	.493	-0.1	0.7	-1	$30,000	2
1981	29	TOR	AL	74	222	-9	-0	1	0	4	-5	-0.5	7	2	0.2	.493	.497	0.2	0.4	2	$55,000	*2
1982	30	TOR	AL	105	316	-5	0	2	-3	4	-2	-0.1	10	8	0.8	.498	.499	1.1	0.2	11	$100,000	2/D
1983	31	TOR	AL	123	400	6	-1	-1	9	5	18	2.1	12	31	3.2	.516	.512	2.3	1.6	22	$145,000	*2
1984	32	TOR	AL	124	364	-0	-0	0	0	5	4	0.6	11	15	1.6	.504	.503	1.6	0.6	15	$	*2
1985	33	TOR	AL	139	465	-0	-2	0	4	6	8	1.0	14	23	2.3	.506	.505	1.9	1.2	19	$370,000	*2	AS
1986	34	TOR	AL	131	433	1	-0	-1	4	6	10	1.2	13	24	2.5	.508	.507	2.1	1.1	20	$325,000	*2
1987	35	TOR	AL	135	494	0	-2	-3	7	6	9	1.0	15	24	2.4	.506	.505	1.7	1.4	17	$750,000	*2
1988	36	TOR	AL	127	468	6	1	-0	-2	6	11	1.4	14	25	2.7	.509	.507	2.9	0.6	27	$750,000	*2
1989	37	TOR	AL	129	440	10	-6	-0	0	5	9	1.2	14	23	2.4	.507	.506	2.4	0.7	23	$800,000	*2/D
1990	38	ATL	NL	67	204	-16	-2	-1	-2	3	-18	-1.9	6	-12	-1.3	.471	.488	-1.2	0.2	-10	$1,200,000	2
1991	39	BAL	AL	35	70	-2	0	-0	1	1	-1	-0.1	2	1	0.2	.497	.499	0.0	0.2	0	$	2/D
15 Seasons				1328	4271	-27	-14	-5	19	60	32	4.7	130	163	16.9	.502	.501	14.7	9.3	144	$4,548,000

TOR (12 yrs)				1218	3977	-9	-12	-4	20	56	50	6.5	122	172	17.9	.504	.503	15.8	8.9	152	$3,348,000
ATL (1 yr)				67	204	-16	-2	-1	-2	3	-18	-1.9	6	-12	-1.3	.471	.488	-1.2	0.2	-10	$1,200,000
BOS (1 yr)				8	20	0	-0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	1	0.1	.508	.500	0.1	0.1	1	$
BAL (1 yr)				35	70	-2	0	-0	1	1	-1	-0.1	2	1	0.2	.497	.499	0.0	0.2	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
1976	24	BOS	AL	20	14	3	5.8	96	.200	.222	.270	.300	.336	.500	.381	.800	.717	120	.664	0.5	0.0	.786	.389	.278	.0
1977	25	TOR	AL	45	37	2	1.4	100	.226	.171	.266	.200	.330	.244	.405	.444	.735	21	.106	-4.4	-0.4	.343	.122	.073
1978	26	TOR	AL	5	4	0	0.0	94	.000	.000	.262	.200	.328	.000	.386	.200	.714	-39	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.250	.250	.000

1980	28	TOR	AL	325	247	27	2.9	103	.244	.237	.275	.288	.338	.353	.408	.640	.746	72	.306	-12.6	-1.2	.519	.183	.115	1.7
1981	29	TOR	AL	222	160	19	3.2	94	.274	.236	.263	.307	.328	.297	.382	.604	.711	71	.388	-7.2	-0.8	.529	.179	.062	1.7
1982	30	TOR	AL	316	222	40	4.8	106	.258	.261	.274	.317	.340	.440	.418	.758	.758	99	.524	-0.9	-0.1	.708	.278	.180	4.7
1983	31	TOR	AL	400	272	55	5.4	103	.256	.256	.272	.346	.335	.459	.411	.805	.746	115	.579	7.6	0.8	.782	.349	.203	1.9
1984	32	TOR	AL	364	255	44	4.6	100	.234	.238	.268	.327	.332	.425	.405	.752	.736	104	.511	1.9	0.2	.700	.314	.187	.0
1985	33	TOR	AL	465	329	58	4.7	102	.244	.245	.266	.323	.332	.444	.413	.767	.745	105	.513	2.0	0.2	.704	.306	.199	5.2
1986	34	TOR	AL	433	304	56	4.9	103	.262	.268	.265	.326	.333	.448	.413	.774	.747	106	.524	2.4	0.2	.701	.266	.180	.0
1987	35	TOR	AL	494	347	64	4.9	108	.266	.269	.267	.334	.336	.455	.429	.789	.765	105	.495	3.1	0.3	.718	.283	.186	.0
1988	36	TOR	AL	468	317	59	5.0	94	.240	.251	.259	.348	.324	.410	.391	.757	.715	112	.555	7.7	0.8	.735	.317	.158	6.4
1989	37	TOR	AL	440	300	56	5.0	89	.279	.262	.255	.349	.319	.416	.375	.764	.694	120	.564	11.6	1.2	.717	.291	.153	6.9
1990	38	ATL	NL	204	158	12	2.0	102	.191	.172	.270	.265	.337	.250	.406	.515	.743	40	.197	-15.1	-1.5	.420	.194	.078	.0
1991	39	BAL	AL	70	50	5	2.7	93	.300	.242	.256	.329	.324	.274	.388	.603	.711	72	.278	-2.0	-0.2	.500	.161	.032
15 Yrs				4271	3016	500	4.4	100	.252	.249	.266	.324	.332	.410	.405	.734	.737	99	.489	-6.0	-0.7	.670	.276	.161	37.8
162 Game Avg.				521	368	61	4.4	100	.252	.249	.266	.324	.332	.410	.405	.734	.737	99	.489	-6.0	-0.7	.670	.276	.161	5

TOR (12 yrs)				3977	2794	480	4.6	100	.255	.253	.266	.327	.331	.420	.406	.747	.737	102	.504	10.6	1.0	.687	.281	.167	37.7
ATL (1 yr)				204	158	12	2.0	102	.191	.172	.270	.265	.337	.250	.406	.515	.743	40	.196	-15.1	-1.5	.420	.194	.078	.0
BOS (1 yr)				20	14	3	5.8	96	.200	.222	.270	.300	.336	.500	.381	.800	.717	120	.664	0.5	0.0	.786	.389	.278	.0
BAL (1 yr)				70	50	5	2.7	93	.300	.242	.256	.329	.324	.274	.388	.603	.711	72	.277	-2.0	-0.2	.500	.161	.032

AL (14 yrs)				4067	2858	488	4.6	100	.255	.252	.266	.327	.331	.418	.405	.745	.737	102	.502	9.1	0.9	.684	.280	.165	37.7
NL (1 yr)				204	158	12	2.0	102	.191	.172	.270	.265	.337	.250	.406	.515	.743	40	.196	-15.1	-1.5	.420	.194	.078	.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
1985	33	TOR	AL	ALCS	KCR	L	7	23	21	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	.190	.261	.238	.499	5	0	0	0	0	0

1989	37	TOR	AL	ALCS	OAK	L	5	19	16	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	3	.125	.211	.313	.523	5	0	0	0	1	0
2 Yrs (2 Series)							12	42	37	2	6	1	0	1	5	0	0	4	7	.162	.238	.270	.508	10	0	0	0	1	0
2 ALCS							12	42	37	2	6	1	0	1	5	0	0	4	7	.162	.238	.270	.508	10	0	0	0	1	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
1985	TOR	AL	33		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
1976	24	BOS	AL	20	5.0%	10.0%	10.0%	15.0%	75%	1.00	9.0	18.0	6.0		1.00	75%
1977	25	TOR	AL	45	0.0%	26.7%	4.4%	6.7%	43%	6.00	3.4		6.8		1.18	69%
1978	26	TOR	AL	5	0.0%	20.0%	20.0%	0.0%		1.00	4.0				0.50	60%

1980	28	TOR	AL	325	1.9%	9.2%	6.8%	6.2%	29%	1.36	9.8	49.2	8.7		1.45	81%
1981	29	TOR	AL	222	0.5%	13.5%	9.0%	4.5%	22%	1.50	6.5	195.0	12.2		1.35	74%
1982	30	TOR	AL	316	3.5%	10.8%	8.2%	8.5%	37%	1.31	8.4	25.8	6.8		0.99	77%
1983	31	TOR	AL	400	4.3%	13.8%	12.5%	8.5%	39%	1.10	6.3	20.2	6.1		0.89	69%
1984	32	TOR	AL	364	4.1%	13.5%	11.8%	7.7%	37%	1.14	6.4	21.0	6.8		0.73	70%
1985	33	TOR	AL	465	4.1%	12.7%	10.1%	9.0%	42%	1.26	7.0	21.7	6.4		0.85	72%
1986	34	TOR	AL	433	3.7%	9.0%	8.1%	8.6%	35%	1.11	10.1	24.7	7.1		0.88	79%
1987	35	TOR	AL	494	3.9%	10.1%	8.9%	8.9%	37%	1.14	8.9	23.5	5.9		0.83	77%
1988	36	TOR	AL	468	3.4%	8.1%	13.0%	6.2%	29%	0.62	10.5	24.9	5.7	0.61	0.76	75%	19%	14.8%	51%
1989	37	TOR	AL	440	2.5%	12.1%	11.8%	8.2%	36%	1.02	7.3	35.0	7.3	0.53	0.78	73%	22%	6.6%	22%
1990	38	ATL	NL	204	1.0%	13.2%	11.3%	4.9%	32%	1.17	6.7	90.0	18.0	0.83	1.06	75%	17%	3.1%	23%
1991	39	BAL	AL	70	0.0%	17.1%	11.4%	2.9%	13%	1.50	5.2		20.7	0.67	0.81	71%	22%	0.0%	23%
15 Yrs				4271	3.1%	11.5%	10.2%	7.6%	35%	1.13	7.7	28.2	7.1	0.62	0.91	75%	20%	8.0%	34%
MLB Averages					2.1%	13.9%	8.5%	6.6%	29%	1.63	6.4	43.0	8.5	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
1976	24	BOS	AL	0.5	0.0	21	0.3	0.5	-0.2	.77	0.2	0.2	0.8	0.1	0.84	1.8	0.00	1
1977	25	TOR	AL	-4.4	-0.4	46	-0.6	0.7	-1.3	1.42	-0.4	-0.0	-5.3	-0.5	1.02	-4.0	2.42	9
1978	26	TOR	AL	-0.8	-0.1	5	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.44	-0.0	-0.1	-0.3	-0.0	0.74	-0.7	0.03	1

1980	28	TOR	AL	-12.6	-1.2	333	0.1	6.4	-6.3	1.04	-1.0	1.1	-4.8	-0.5	0.92	-11.7	4.40	1
1981	29	TOR	AL	-7.2	-0.8	232	-0.7	3.4	-4.1	1.03	-0.5	-0.1	-3.9	-0.4	0.92	-6.3	2.69	4
1982	30	TOR	AL	-1.2	-0.1	325	-0.8	5.5	-6.3	1.12	0.1	-0.8	-3.7	-0.4	0.92	1.1	1.75	22
1983	31	TOR	AL	7.6	0.8	403	3.0	9.1	-6.1	1.01	0.8	2.2	8.2	0.8	0.95	9.6	1.72	17
1984	32	TOR	AL	1.9	0.2	368	0.3	6.9	-6.7	1.10	0.3	-0.0	-2.6	-0.3	0.94	4.4	2.16	15
1985	33	TOR	AL	2.0	0.2	477	-0.0	7.7	-7.7	.97	0.4	-0.4	6.6	0.6	0.95	4.8	1.56	16
1986	34	TOR	AL	2.4	0.2	436	-0.7	7.7	-8.4	1.07	-0.1	-0.5	-5.6	-0.5	0.97	-3.0	1.77	11
1987	35	TOR	AL	3.1	0.3	499	-0.3	9.1	-9.3	1.03	-0.2	-0.1	1.9	0.2	0.95	-2.5	1.62	12
1988	36	TOR	AL	7.7	0.8	488	0.7	8.1	-7.4	.92	1.0	-0.2	19.7	2.0	0.95	14.9	2.27	11
1989	37	TOR	AL	12.2	1.2	451	0.5	8.1	-7.6	1.00	0.6	-0.1	6.6	0.7	0.96	5.3	1.35	16
1990	38	ATL	NL	-15.1	-1.5	206	-1.8	2.3	-4.2	.98	-1.6	-0.3	-18.0	-1.8	0.90	-17.4	0.94	9
1991	39	BAL	AL	-2.0	-0.2	72	-0.3	1.0	-1.3	1.07	-0.3	0.0	-4.4	-0.5	0.94	-3.4	1.72	16
15 Yrs				-5.8	-0.7	4362	-0.3	76.5	-76.8	1.02	-0.8	0.5	-5.0	-0.5	0.95	-7.0	1.76	161

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
1976	24	BOS	AL	0	0	60%	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1977	25	TOR	AL	1	0	44%	17	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14%	6	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
1978	26	TOR	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	0

1980	28	TOR	AL	2	0	20%	106	1	3	25%	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	35%	11	7	4	1	1	0	5	3	2
1981	29	TOR	AL	1	0	23%	89	5	2	71%	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	7	38%	14	9	4	4	2	2	3	0	2
1982	30	TOR	AL	0	0	19%	105	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	8	35%	14	10	3	1	0	1	11	5	5
1983	31	TOR	AL	4	0	30%	136	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	7	33%	24	17	6	1	1	0	8	3	5
1984	32	TOR	AL	4	0	19%	118	0	3	0%	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	6	35%	16	12	4	3	3	0	7	2	5
1985	33	TOR	AL	5	0	28%	157	3	6	33%	3	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	9	36%	21	16	5	5	3	2	18	6	9
1986	34	TOR	AL	4	0	26%	123	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	34%	24	18	5	7	4	1	13	4	9
1987	35	TOR	AL	3	0	26%	173	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	28%	25	20	5	12	8	2	10	4	6
1988	36	TOR	AL	4	0	32%	194	4	2	67%	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	18	25%	24	19	5	8	5	1	16	10	6
1989	37	TOR	AL	3	0	22%	174	5	4	56%	5	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	6	21%	26	21	5	5	5	0	12	3	4
1990	38	ATL	NL	0	0	23%	65	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	20%	11	10	1	3	2	1	6	4	2
1991	39	BAL	AL	0	0	22%	26	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	25%	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
15 Yrs				31	0	25%	1491	22	26	46%	22	24	0	2	0	0	6	0	49	87	30%	219	166	49	53	37	10	109	44	55

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
1976	24	BOS	AL	20	90%	4			1	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	7	2	29%	0	0		0	0		0
1977	25	TOR	AL	45	89%	7			9	1	0	0	2.42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9	1	11%	10	4	40%	35	6	17%	5	4	80%	4	0	0%	0
1978	26	TOR	AL	5	100%	0			1	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1980	28	TOR	AL	325	80%	70			1	0	0	0	4.40	6	0	6	6	0	2	4	0	5	5	100%	55	11	20%	29	11	38%	182	31	17%	14	7	50%	8	4	50%	0
1981	29	TOR	AL	222	76%	46			4	0	0	0	2.69	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	7	7	100%	31	2	6%	19	9	47%	120	15	13%	14	5	36%	5	2	40%	0
1982	30	TOR	AL	316	87%	74			22	7	2	3	1.75	11	0	9	10	1	8	3	0	1	1	100%	66	5	8%	40	18	45%	199	34	17%	26	16	62%	18	5	28%	0
1983	31	TOR	AL	400	89%	88			17	5	1	4	1.72	17	0	10	17	0	11	6	0	1	1	100%	69	9	13%	37	16	43%	250	40	16%	34	19	56%	15	7	47%	0
1984	32	TOR	AL	364	93%	75			15	5	1	3	2.16	15	0	6	15	0	5	10	0	0	0		68	7	10%	28	15	54%	239	32	13%	24	14	58%	14	9	64%	0
1985	33	TOR	AL	465	81%	101			16	2	0	2	1.56	19	1	7	17	2	7	12	0	3	3	100%	88	7	8%	39	15	38%	290	48	17%	26	16	62%	20	13	65%	0
1986	34	TOR	AL	433	89%	106			11	3	0	2	1.77	16	1	13	13	3	7	9	0	1	0	0%	102	11	11%	45	9	20%	295	42	14%	31	14	45%	17	8	47%	0
1987	35	TOR	AL	494	86%	120			12	1	0	3	1.62	19	0	14	19	0	11	8	0	0	0		100	17	17%	41	10	24%	331	57	17%	27	16	59%	22	9	41%	0
1988	36	TOR	AL	468	89%	100	11	1	11	0	0	1	2.27	16	0	13	14	2	9	7	0	3	2	67%	77	9	12%	44	18	41%	292	57	20%	37	22	59%	13	7	54%	0
1989	37	TOR	AL	440	89%	101	4	2	16	3	0	2	1.35	11	1	11	10	1	8	3	0	2	1	50%	82	9	11%	39	14	36%	283	42	15%	33	16	48%	22	15	68%	0
1990	38	ATL	NL	204	91%	31	1	0	9	3	0	0	0.94	2	0	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0		26	6	23%	20	5	25%	109	8	7%	8	4	50%	9	4	44%	0
1991	39	BAL	AL	70	93%	15	6	0	16	4	0	0	1.72	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		12	3	25%	6	1	17%	45	3	7%	3	1	33%	3	1	33%	0
15 Yrs				4271	87%	938	22	3	161	34	4	20	1.76	134	3	95	125	9	71	63	0	23	20	87%	788	97	12%	398	145	36%	2679	417	16%	282	154	55%	170	84	49%	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	36	TOR	AL	469	1850	3.94	1049	57%	29%	9%	28%	35%	71%	2%	40%	88%	18%	9%	41	7	22%	104	46	13%	61	37	26%	-1	5	0
1989	37	TOR	AL	436	1748	4.01	1001	57%	30%	12%	25%	33%	69%	1%	40%	82%	18%	8%	37	3	23%	101	49	12%	54	37	26%	4	0	2
1990	38	ATL	NL	167	604	3.62	359	59%	29%	12%	23%	36%	71%	2%	42%	84%	29%	5%	9	1	16%	27	14	10%	17	10	41%	37	0	0
1991	39	BAL	AL	70	315	4.50	179	57%	36%	12%	24%	28%	64%	0%	36%	82%	10%	9%	6	1	20%	14	6	16%	11	5	42%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				1142	4517	3.96	2588	57%	30%	11%	26%	34%	70%	1%	40%	85%	19%	8%	93	12	22%	246	115	13%	143	89	30%	40	5	2
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
1976	24	8	20	18	4	4	2	0	1	3	0	0	2	2	.222	.300	.500	.800	120	9	0	0	0	0	0
1977	25	31	65	59	8	11	5	0	1	9	0	0	4	14	.186	.231	.322	.553	50	19	1	0	0	2	0
1978	26	33	70	63	8	11	5	0	1	9	0	0	5	15	.175	.229	.302	.530	45	19	1	0	0	2	0
1979	27	33	70	63	8	11	5	0	1	9	0	0	5	15	.175	.229	.302	.530	45	19	1	0	0	2	0
1980	28	139	395	358	31	81	17	2	7	43	1	3	27	45	.226	.277	.344	.620	67	123	12	0	5	5	0
1981	29	213	617	553	47	127	26	2	8	59	6	5	47	75	.230	.288	.327	.615	68	181	14	0	12	5	3
1982	30	318	933	837	75	201	40	4	19	101	9	6	73	109	.240	.298	.366	.663	79	306	19	0	13	10	8
1983	31	441	1333	1181	128	289	55	6	36	157	10	7	123	164	.245	.312	.393	.705	90	464	28	0	14	15	13
1984	32	565	1697	1496	163	364	67	7	51	203	10	10	166	213	.243	.316	.400	.715	93	598	35	1	14	20	20
1985	33	704	2162	1908	218	465	88	9	70	267	13	16	213	272	.244	.317	.409	.726	95	781	42	2	17	22	29
1986	34	835	2595	2303	266	571	107	11	86	323	13	17	248	311	.248	.318	.416	.734	97	958	53	2	17	25	32
1987	35	970	3089	2749	323	691	131	12	105	398	13	18	292	361	.251	.321	.422	.743	99	1161	70	3	17	28	36
1988	36	1097	3557	3147	386	791	142	14	121	468	17	20	353	399	.251	.324	.421	.745	100	1324	79	4	19	34	40
1989	37	1226	3997	3532	428	892	166	15	132	521	22	24	405	452	.253	.327	.420	.747	102	1484	88	4	20	36	42
1990	38	1293	4201	3712	442	923	174	15	134	531	22	26	428	479	.249	.324	.412	.736	99	1529	94	4	20	37	43
1991	39	1328	4271	3774	447	938	176	15	134	534	22	26	436	491	.249	.324	.410	.734	99	1546	97	4	20	37	43

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1976	24	8	20	18	4	4	2	0	1	3	0	2	2	.222	.300	.500	.800	3	8
1977	25	23	45	41	4	7	3	0	0	6	0	2	12	.171	.200	.244	.444	2	23
1978	26	2	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	2

1980	28	106	325	295	23	70	12	2	6	34	1	22	30	.237	.288	.353	.640	30	106
1981	29	112	340	298	26	72	14	0	2	26	8	31	45	.242	.313	.309	.622	29	74
1982	30	105	315	283	27	73	14	2	11	41	3	26	34	.258	.315	.438	.753	39	105
1983	31	123	400	344	53	88	15	2	17	56	1	50	55	.256	.346	.459	.805	55	123
1984	32	124	366	316	36	76	12	1	15	47	0	44	49	.241	.331	.427	.758	45	124
1985	33	139	465	412	55	101	21	2	19	64	3	47	59	.245	.323	.444	.767	59	139
1986	34	131	433	395	48	106	19	2	16	56	0	35	39	.268	.326	.448	.774	58	131
1987	35	135	489	442	54	116	23	1	18	71	0	43	50	.262	.327	.441	.768	64	135
1988	36	127	476	403	68	105	12	2	17	76	4	64	38	.261	.359	.427	.785	62	127
1989	37	129	455	395	49	111	26	1	12	61	5	57	53	.281	.370	.443	.813	65	129
1990	38	67	204	180	14	31	8	0	2	10	0	23	27	.172	.265	.250	.515	12	67
1991	39	35	72	63	5	16	2	0	0	3	0	9	12	.254	.347	.286	.633	6	35
15 Yrs		1366	4410	3889	466	976	183	15	136	554	25	456	506	.251	.327	.411	.738	529	1328
162 Game Avg.		162	523	461	55	116	22	2	16	66	3	54	60	.251	.327	.411	.738	63	1328

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games
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Defensive WAR† s c a p y
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1990 NL born 1952-06-13 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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