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Earl Williams

Earl Craig Williams

Positions: Catcher, First Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: July 14, 1948 in Newark, NJ
High School: Montclair HS (Montclair, NJ)
Drafted by the Milwaukee Braves in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1965 amateur draft (August Legion). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1970
Teams (by GP): Braves/Orioles/Athletics/Expos 1970-1977

Final Game: September 25, 1977
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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
1966	17	ATL-min	Rk	31	90	90		19	4	0	1						.211	.211	.289	.500		26							BVS · GULF
1967	18	ATL-min	A	85	316	287	33	72	6	3	7	27	2	0	29	69	.251	.320	.366	.685		105							WPB · FLOR
1968	19	ATL-min	A	58	173	173		42	8	0	1						.243	.243	.306	.549		53							WPB,GRW · FLOR,WCRS
1969	20	ATL-min	A	103	382	382		130	19	2	33						.340	.340	.660	1.000		252							GRW · WCRS
1970	21	ATL-min	AA,AAA	111	404	398	10	123	22	2	24	15	1	0	3	13	.309	.317	.555	.872		221		2	0	1			SHV,RMD · TL,IL
1970	21	ATL	NL	10	24	19	4	7	4	0	0	5	0	0	3	4	.368	.417	.579	.996	159	11	1	0	0	2	0	/35
1971	22	ATL	NL	145	550	497	64	129	14	1	33	87	0	1	42	80	.260	.324	.491	.815	123	244	11	7	0	4	5	253	RoY-1
1972	23	ATL	NL	151	637	565	72	146	24	2	28	87	0	0	62	118	.258	.336	.457	.793	116	258	17	6	0	4	6	*253
1973	24	BAL	AL	132	536	459	58	109	18	1	22	83	0	2	66	107	.237	.333	.425	.758	114	195	13	3	1	7	8	23/D
1974	25	BAL	AL	118	471	413	47	105	16	0	14	52	0	2	40	79	.254	.327	.395	.722	110	163	10	7	6	5	3	23/D
1975	26	ATL	NL	111	424	383	42	92	13	0	11	50	0	0	34	63	.240	.305	.360	.665	82	138	16	3	1	3	2	32
1976	27	TOT	NL	122	415	374	35	84	13	2	17	55	0	0	33	65	.225	.286	.406	.692	91	152	16	1	2	5	4	32
1976	27	ATL	NL	61	208	184	18	39	3	0	9	26	0	0	19	33	.212	.286	.375	.661	83	69	8	1	2	2	2	23
1976	27	MON	NL	61	207	190	17	45	10	2	8	29	0	0	14	32	.237	.285	.437	.722	99	83	8	0	0	3	2	32
1977	28	OAK	AL	100	374	348	39	84	13	0	13	38	2	0	18	58	.241	.288	.391	.678	86	136	19	5	2	1	3	D23
1979	30	DGO	AAA																										DGO · MEX
1980	31	CMP	AAA																										CMP · MEX
8 Yrs				889	3431	3058	361	756	115	6	138	457	2	5	298	574	.247	.318	.424	.742	106	1297	103	32	12	31	31
162 Game Avg.				162	625	557	66	138	21	1	25	83	0	1	54	105	.247	.318	.424	.742	106	236	19	6	2	6	6

ATL (5 yrs)				478	1843	1648	200	413	58	3	81	255	0	1	160	298	.251	.321	.437	.758	107	720	53	17	3	15	15
BAL (2 yrs)				250	1007	872	105	214	34	1	36	135	0	4	106	186	.245	.330	.411	.741	112	358	23	10	7	12	11
OAK (1 yr)				100	374	348	39	84	13	0	13	38	2	0	18	58	.241	.288	.391	.678	86	136	19	5	2	1	3
MON (1 yr)				61	207	190	17	45	10	2	8	29	0	0	14	32	.237	.285	.437	.722	99	83	8	0	0	3	2

NL (5 yrs)				539	2050	1838	217	458	68	5	89	284	0	1	174	330	.249	.317	.437	.754	106	803	61	17	3	18	17
AL (3 yrs)				350	1381	1220	144	298	47	1	49	173	2	4	124	244	.244	.319	.405	.723	105	494	42	15	9	13	14

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
1970	21	ATL	NL	10	24	1	0	0	0	-0	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.512	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$	/35
1971	22	ATL	NL	145	550	16	1	-0	-9	3	11	1.4	16	27	3.0	.509	.508	3.8	-0.5	36	$12,750	253	RoY-1
1972	23	ATL	NL	151	637	12	-2	-1	-22	6	-7	-0.6	18	12	1.2	.495	.495	3.6	-1.7	34	$37,000	*253
1973	24	BAL	AL	132	536	7	-4	-2	4	3	8	1.1	17	25	2.7	.507	.505	2.2	0.9	21	$57,000	23/D
1974	25	BAL	AL	118	471	5	-1	-1	-4	2	1	0.3	15	16	1.7	.501	.501	2.1	-0.1	20	$	23/D
1975	26	ATL	NL	111	424	-10	-1	-2	-8	-5	-25	-2.8	12	-13	-1.6	.475	.483	-0.8	-1.4	-5	$	32
1976	27	ATL	NL	61	208	-4	-0	-1	-6	1	-10	-1.2	6	-4	-0.6	.481	.493	0.1	-0.5	2	$	23
1976	27	MON	NL	61	207	-1	-1	-1	-1	-2	-6	-0.6	6	0	0.0	.489	.496	0.0	-0.3	1	$	32
1977	28	OAK	AL	100	374	-8	-0	-3	2	-4	-14	-1.3	12	-2	-0.2	.486	.491	-0.4	-0.2	-3	$50,000	D23
8 Seasons				889	3431	19	-8	-11	-43	4	-40	-3.6	104	64	6.4	.495	.497	10.8	-3.7	107	$156,750

ATL (5 yrs)				478	1843	15	-2	-4	-45	6	-30	-3.1	53	24	2.2	.493	.496	6.9	-4.0	68	$49,750
BAL (2 yrs)				250	1007	12	-5	-3	0	4	9	1.4	32	42	4.4	.504	.503	4.3	0.8	41	$57,000
OAK (1 yr)				100	374	-8	-0	-3	2	-4	-14	-1.3	12	-2	-0.2	.486	.491	-0.4	-0.2	-3	$50,000
MON (1 yr)				61	207	-1	-1	-1	-1	-2	-6	-0.6	6	0	0.0	.489	.496	0.0	-0.3	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
1970	21	ATL	NL	24	15	5	9.0	108	.412	.368	.273	.417	.346	.579	.417	.996	.763	159	.769	2.2	0.2	1.077	.368	.211
1971	22	ATL	NL	550	384	78	5.5	97	.247	.260	.266	.324	.334	.491	.390	.815	.724	123	.632	12.8	1.3	.768	.314	.231	.0
1972	23	ATL	NL	637	440	85	5.2	99	.279	.258	.267	.336	.336	.457	.394	.793	.730	116	.613	11.5	1.2	.748	.308	.198	.0
1973	24	BAL	AL	536	373	65	4.7	93	.258	.237	.258	.333	.327	.425	.380	.758	.707	114	.534	9.3	0.9	.718	.327	.187	.0
1974	25	BAL	AL	471	331	54	4.4	87	.280	.254	.255	.327	.319	.395	.366	.722	.685	110	.528	6.0	0.6	.650	.232	.140	.0
1975	26	ATL	NL	424	311	40	3.5	99	.260	.240	.269	.305	.340	.360	.389	.665	.729	82	.401	-10.2	-1.0	.570	.209	.120	.0
1976	27	TOT	NL	415	313	41	3.5	96	.226	.225	.269	.286	.336	.406	.383	.692	.720	91	.433	-6.3	-0.7	.608	.270	.182	.0
1976	27	ATL	NL	208	157	19	3.3	97	.208	.212	.270	.286	.337	.375	.384	.661	.721	83	.398	-5.1	-0.5	.582	.266	.163	.0
1976	27	MON	NL	207	156	22	3.8	96	.242	.237	.268	.285	.336	.437	.382	.722	.718	99	.466	-1.2	-0.1	.634	.274	.200	.0
1977	28	OAK	AL	374	286	34	3.2	97	.255	.241	.263	.288	.326	.391	.400	.678	.726	86	.335	-7.8	-0.8	.569	.207	.149	3.5
8 Yrs				3431	2453	402	4.4	96	.260	.247	.264	.318	.331	.424	.386	.742	.718	106	.520	17.5	1.8	.674	.273	.177	3.9
162 Game Avg.				625	447	73	4.4	96	.260	.247	.264	.318	.331	.424	.386	.742	.718	106	.520	3	0	.674	.273	.177	1

ATL (5 yrs)				1843	1307	227	4.7	98	.259	.251	.267	.321	.337	.437	.391	.758	.727	107	.557	11.2	1.2	.695	.283	.186	.0
BAL (2 yrs)				1007	704	119	4.5	90	.269	.245	.257	.330	.323	.411	.374	.741	.697	112	.531	15.3	1.6	.686	.282	.165	.0
OAK (1 yr)				374	286	34	3.2	97	.255	.241	.263	.288	.326	.391	.400	.678	.726	86	.335	-7.8	-0.8	.569	.207	.149	3.5
MON (1 yr)				207	156	22	3.8	96	.242	.237	.268	.285	.336	.437	.382	.722	.718	99	.466	-1.2	-0.1	.634	.274	.200	.0

NL (5 yrs)				2050	1463	249	4.6	98	.257	.249	.268	.317	.336	.437	.390	.754	.726	106	.548	10.0	1.0	.689	.282	.188	.0
AL (3 yrs)				1381	990	153	4.2	92	.265	.244	.258	.319	.324	.405	.381	.723	.705	105	.479	7.6	0.8	.652	.261	.161	3.8

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
1973	24	BAL	AL	ALCS	OAK	L	5	20	18	2	5	2	1	4	2	2	.278	.350	.556	.906	10
1974	25	BAL	AL	ALCS	OAK	L	2	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2 Yrs (2 Series)							7	26	24	2	5	2	1	4	2	4	.208	.269	.417	.686	10
2 ALCS							7	26	24	2	5	2	1	4	2	4	.208	.269	.417	.686	10

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1970	21	ATL	NL	24	0.0%	16.7%	12.5%	16.7%	57%	1.33	4.8		3.8	1.00	71%
1971	22	ATL	NL	550	6.0%	14.6%	7.6%	8.7%	37%	1.90	6.2	15.1	5.7	0.72	71%
1972	23	ATL	NL	637	4.4%	18.5%	9.7%	8.5%	37%	1.90	4.8	20.2	6.5	0.91	66%
1973	24	BAL	AL	536	4.1%	20.0%	12.3%	7.7%	38%	1.62	4.3	20.9	5.5	0.76	63%
1974	25	BAL	AL	471	3.0%	16.8%	8.5%	6.4%	29%	1.98	5.2	29.5	7.9	0.76	69%
1975	26	ATL	NL	424	2.6%	14.9%	8.0%	5.7%	26%	1.85	6.1	34.8	7.7	1.20	74%
1976	27	TOT	NL	415	4.1%	15.7%	8.0%	7.7%	38%	1.97	5.8	22.0	6.8	1.03	72%
1976	27	ATL	NL	208	4.3%	15.9%	9.1%	5.8%	31%	1.74	5.6	20.4	7.1	1.09	69%
1976	27	MON	NL	207	3.9%	15.5%	6.8%	9.7%	44%	2.29	5.9	23.8	6.6	0.98	74%
1977	28	OAK	AL	374	3.5%	15.5%	4.8%	7.0%	31%	3.22	6.0	26.8	9.2	1.22	74%
8 Yrs				3431	4.0%	16.7%	8.7%	7.6%	34%	1.93	5.3	22.2	6.7	0.91	69%
MLB Averages					1.9%	13.7%	8.7%	6.1%	27%	1.58	6.5	45.7	8.8	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
1970	21	ATL	NL	2.2	0.2	24	0.1	0.5	-0.5	1.23	0.1	-0.1	1.2	0.1	1.12	1.3	0.54	4
1971	22	ATL	NL	12.8	1.3	555	1.2	12.0	-10.8	1.11	3.2	-2.1	12.9	1.3	1.00	32.3	1.49	12
1972	23	ATL	NL	11.5	1.2	641	0.1	12.9	-12.8	1.15	1.7	-1.6	11.8	1.2	1.03	19.7	2.69	1
1973	24	BAL	AL	9.3	0.9	543	0.7	10.5	-9.8	1.07	0.6	0.1	13.1	1.3	1.01	7.7	1.63	5
1974	25	BAL	AL	6.0	0.6	477	-1.3	7.2	-8.6	1.00	-0.1	-1.3	-7.8	-0.8	0.98	1.4	2.66	4
1975	26	ATL	NL	-10.2	-1.0	428	-1.6	7.8	-9.4	1.16	-1.1	-0.3	-13.4	-1.4	1.01	-7.8	2.27	12
1976	27	TOT	NL	-6.3	-0.7	416	-0.0	8.5	-8.5	1.13	0.2	-0.2	-6.9	-0.7	0.99	1.8	2.25	19
1976	27	ATL	NL	-5.1	-0.5	209	-0.3	3.7	-4.0	1.04	0.0	-0.3	-3.9	-0.4	1.00	-1.2	2.01	11
1976	27	MON	NL	-1.2	-0.1	207	0.2	4.8	-4.5	1.21	0.2	-0.0	-3.0	-0.3	0.98	3.0	2.59	8
1977	28	OAK	AL	-7.8	-0.8	379	-2.2	5.9	-8.1	1.01	-0.9	-1.3	-17.1	-1.7	0.95	-9.4	0.99	6
8 Yrs				17.5	1.8	3463	-3.2	65.3	-68.4	1.09	3.8	-6.7	-6.1	-0.7	1.00	47.1	1.86	63

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CS3	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1970	21	ATL	NL	0	40%	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40%	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
1971	22	ATL	NL	8	21%	174	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	18	27%	25	21	4	3	2	1	9	4	5
1972	23	ATL	NL	7	24%	211	0	0		0	0	0	0	2	0	9	19	25%	37	30	6	7	6	1	20	9	9
1973	24	BAL	AL	7	23%	195	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	2	2	4	11	31%	35	28	6	6	5	1	20	7	12
1974	25	BAL	AL	5	24%	174	0	2	0%	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	14	22%	31	29	2	3	3	0	17	7	9
1975	26	ATL	NL	4	26%	151	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	0	4	8	36%	19	15	4	4	3	1	16	5	9
1976	27	TOT	NL	6	18%	126	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	26%	11	10	1	6	4	2	6	2	3
1976	27	ATL	NL	3	18%	57	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	8%	7	7	0	3	3	0	3	2	1
1976	27	MON	NL	3	18%	69	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	50%	4	3	1	3	1	2	3	0	2
1977	28	OAK	AL	4	28%	116	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	7	32%	21	17	4	4	4	0	9	2	7
8 Yrs				41	24%	1157	2	5	29%	2	3	1	1	7	2	29	81	28%	182	153	27	33	27	6	99	36	56

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
1970	21	ATL	NL	24	29%	7			4	2	0	1	0.54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10	1	10%	3	2	67%	24	5	21%	4	3	75%	1	0	0%	0
1971	22	ATL	NL	551	28%	129			12	3	0	0	1.49	33	1	15	28	3	14	19	0	2	0	0%	109	11	10%	51	7	14%	376	54	14%	29	12	41%	19	8	42%	-1
1972	23	ATL	NL	637	31%	146			1	0	0	0	2.69	28	0	22	17	10	15	13	0	0	0		145	17	12%	58	10	17%	471	58	12%	33	11	33%	20	8	40%	0
1973	24	BAL	AL	536	33%	109			5	0	0	0	1.63	22	1	18	17	5	13	9	0	1	1	100%	106	13	12%	43	15	35%	389	64	16%	31	18	58%	21	11	52%	0
1974	25	BAL	AL	471	41%	105			4	0	0	0	2.66	14	0	12	7	7	6	8	0	7	6	86%	103	10	10%	46	12	26%	318	38	12%	37	17	46%	13	4	31%	0
1975	26	ATL	NL	424	47%	92			12	1	0	0	2.27	11	0	17	5	6	7	4	0	1	1	100%	81	16	20%	33	10	30%	285	39	14%	21	9	43%	17	11	65%	0
1976	27	TOT	NL	415	44%	84			19	5	0	3	2.25	17	0	10	10	7	7	10	0	2	2	100%	86	16	19%	47	15	32%	284	42	15%	27	14	52%	20	6	30%	0
1976	27	ATL	NL	208	48%	39			11	3	0	2	2.01	9	0	8	7	2	4	5	0	2	2	100%	46	8	17%	23	8	35%	147	19	13%	14	6	43%	8	3	38%	0
1976	27	MON	NL	207	40%	45			8	2	0	1	2.59	8	0	2	3	5	3	5	0	0	0		40	8	20%	24	7	29%	137	23	17%	13	8	62%	12	3	25%	0
1977	28	OAK	AL	374	30%	84			6	1	0	0	0.99	13	0	7	10	3	8	5	0	2	2	100%	85	19	22%	40	2	5%	231	28	12%	20	8	40%	14	5	36%	0
8 Yrs				3432	36%	756			63	12	0	4	1.86	138	2	101	94	41	70	68	0	15	12	80%	725	103	14%	321	73	23%	2378	328	14%	202	92	46%	125	53	42%	-1
MLB Averages					55%																			76%			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
1970	21	10	24	19	4	7	4	0	0	5	0	0	3	4	.368	.417	.579	.996	159	11	1	0	0	2	0
1971	22	155	574	516	68	136	18	1	33	92	0	1	45	84	.264	.328	.494	.822	124	255	12	7	0	6	5
1972	23	306	1211	1081	140	282	42	3	61	179	0	1	107	202	.261	.332	.475	.807	120	513	29	13	0	10	11
1973	24	438	1747	1540	198	391	60	4	83	262	0	3	173	309	.254	.332	.460	.792	118	708	42	16	1	17	19
1974	25	556	2218	1953	245	496	76	4	97	314	0	5	213	388	.254	.331	.446	.777	117	871	52	23	7	22	22
1975	26	667	2642	2336	287	588	89	4	108	364	0	5	247	451	.252	.327	.432	.759	111	1009	68	26	8	25	24
1976	27	789	3057	2710	322	672	102	6	125	419	0	5	280	516	.248	.321	.428	.750	108	1161	84	27	10	30	28
1977	28	889	3431	3058	361	756	115	6	138	457	2	5	298	574	.247	.318	.424	.742	106	1297	103	32	12	31	31

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
1970	21	10	24	19	4	7	4	0	0	5	0	3	4	.368	.417	.579	.996	5	10
1971	22	145	557	502	69	134	15	1	34	93	0	44	80	.267	.332	.504	.836	83	145
1972	23	158	670	594	78	156	26	2	30	95	0	66	123	.263	.340	.465	.805	93	151
1973	24	132	547	466	64	116	19	1	23	92	0	70	107	.249	.346	.442	.788	72	132
1974	25	118	487	424	56	116	18	0	15	62	0	44	79	.274	.349	.422	.771	62	118
1975	26	111	427	385	43	94	13	0	11	52	0	35	63	.244	.310	.364	.673	43	111
1976	27	122	419	377	37	87	13	2	18	58	0	34	65	.231	.293	.419	.712	46	122
1977	28	100	379	352	42	88	14	0	14	41	2	19	58	.250	.297	.409	.706	41	100
8 Yrs		896	3510	3119	393	798	122	6	145	498	2	315	579	.256	.328	.438	.766	445	889
162 Game Avg.		162	635	564	71	144	22	1	26	90	0	57	105	.256	.328	.438	.766	80	889

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Awards (yr lg award) 1971 NL Rookie of the Year	Slugging % s c a p y 1971 NL .491 (8th)	Games Played s c a p y 1972 NL 151 (10th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1971 NL 33 (5th) 1972 NL 28 (8th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 1972 NL 118 (8th) 1973 AL 107 (7th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1971 NL 7 (3rd) 1972 NL 6 (5th) 1974 AL 7 (9th)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1973 AL 7 (2nd)	Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y 1973 AL 8 (9th)
Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1972 NL 17 (7th) 1977 AL 19 (9th)	AB per HR s c a p y 1971 NL 15.1 (4th) 1972 NL 20.2 (7th) 1973 AL 20.9 (8th) Career 22.2 (191st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 12 (1298), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 5 (1541), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 7 (1934), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Jim Leyritz (900)
J.J. Hardy (899)
Aaron Hill (898)
Tim Teufel (896)

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Jhonny Peralta (935) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rico Petrocelli (950) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rico Petrocelli (930) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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