Willie Wilson
Willie James Wilson
All-Star Player
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 9, 1955 in Montgomery, AL
High School: Summit (Summit, NJ)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1976
Final Game: May 16, 1994
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Standard Batting

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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
1976 20 KCR AL 12 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 -3 1 0 0 0 0 0 /8
1977 21 KCR AL 13 37 34 10 11 2 0 0 1 6 3 1 8 .324 .343 .382 .725 97 13 1 0 2 0 0 /8D
1978 22 KCR AL 127 223 198 43 43 8 2 0 16 46 12 16 33 .217 .280 .278 .558 56 55 2 2 5 2 0 *78/D
1979 23 KCR AL 154 640 588 113 185 18 13 6 49 83 12 28 92 .315 .351 .420 .771 106 247 1 7 13 4 3 *78/9D MVP-17
1980 24 KCR AL 161 745 705 133 230 28 15 3 49 79 10 28 81 .326 .357 .421 .778 113 297 4 6 5 1 3 *78 MVP-4,GG,SS
1981 25 KCR AL 102 465 439 54 133 10 7 1 32 34 8 18 42 .303 .335 .364 .700 103 160 5 4 3 1 3 *78
1982 26 KCR AL 136 621 585 87 194 19 15 3 46 37 11 26 81 .332 .365 .431 .796 118 252 4 6 2 2 2 *78 AS,MVP-15,SS
1983 27 KCR AL 137 611 576 90 159 22 8 2 33 59 8 33 75 .276 .316 .352 .669 85 203 4 1 1 0 2 *87 AS
1984 28 KCR AL 128 588 541 81 163 24 9 2 44 47 5 39 56 .301 .350 .390 .740 105 211 7 3 2 3 2 *8 MVP-10
1985 29 KCR AL 141 642 605 87 168 25 21 4 43 43 11 29 94 .278 .316 .408 .724 97 247 6 5 2 1 3 *8
1986 30 KCR AL 156 675 631 77 170 20 7 9 44 34 8 31 97 .269 .313 .366 .679 83 231 6 9 3 1 1 *8
1987 31 KCR AL 146 653 610 97 170 18 15 4 30 59 11 32 88 .279 .320 .377 .698 83 230 9 6 4 1 2 *8/D
1988 32 KCR AL 147 628 591 81 155 17 11 1 37 35 7 22 106 .262 .289 .333 .622 74 197 5 2 8 5 1 *8
1989 33 KCR AL 112 423 383 58 97 17 7 3 43 24 6 27 78 .253 .300 .358 .657 85 137 8 1 6 6 0 8/D
1990 34 KCR AL 115 345 307 49 89 13 3 2 42 24 6 30 57 .290 .354 .371 .725 106 114 4 2 3 3 1 78/9D
1991 35 OAK AL 113 318 294 38 70 14 4 0 28 20 5 18 43 .238 .290 .313 .603 72 92 11 4 1 1 1 789/D
1992 36 OAK AL 132 437 396 38 107 15 5 0 37 28 8 35 65 .270 .329 .333 .662 92 132 11 1 2 3 2 *8/D9
1993 37 CHC NL 105 237 221 29 57 11 3 1 11 7 2 11 40 .258 .301 .348 .649 75 77 2 3 1 1 1 8
1994 38 CHC NL 17 23 21 4 5 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 6 .238 .273 .429 .701 80 9 0 0 1 0 0 8
19 Seasons 2154 8317 7731 1169 2207 281 147 41 585 668 134 425 1144 .285 .326 .376 .702 94 2905 90 62 64 35 27
162 Game Avg. 162 626 581 88 166 21 11 3 44 50 10 32 86 .285 .326 .376 .702 94 218 7 5 5 3 2
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
KCR (15 yrs) 1787 7302 6799 1060 1968 241 133 40 509 612 119 360 990 .289 .329 .382 .711 95 2595 66 54 59 30 23
OAK (2 yrs) 245 755 690 76 177 29 9 0 65 48 13 53 108 .257 .313 .325 .637 83 224 22 5 3 4 3
CHC (2 yrs) 122 260 242 33 62 11 5 1 11 8 2 12 46 .256 .298 .355 .654 76 86 2 3 2 1 1
AL (17 yrs) 2032 8057 7489 1136 2145 270 142 40 574 660 132 413 1098 .286 .327 .376 .704 94 2819 88 59 62 34 26
NL (2 yrs) 122 260 242 33 62 11 5 1 11 8 2 12 46 .256 .298 .355 .654 76 86 2 3 2 1 1

Advanced Batting

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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 20 KCR AL 6 6 0 0.0 87 .250 .167 .258 .167 .323 .167 .364 .333 .687 -3 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .333 .167 .000 .0
1977 21 KCR AL 37 29 4 3.7 102 .423 .324 .269 .343 .333 .382 .409 .725 .742 97 .398 -0.2 -0.0 .630 .176 .059 .0
1978 22 KCR AL 223 176 18 2.7 96 .257 .217 .264 .280 .330 .278 .390 .558 .720 56 .302 -11.8 -1.2 .633 .313 .061 .0
1979 23 KCR AL 640 433 99 6.1 104 .362 .315 .272 .351 .337 .420 .412 .771 .749 106 .616 2.7 0.3 .849 .274 .105 11.2
1980 24 KCR AL 745 495 117 6.4 99 .365 .326 .269 .357 .331 .421 .399 .778 .731 113 .645 9.9 1.0 .818 .233 .095 5.8
1981 25 KCR AL 465 323 56 4.7 88 .332 .303 .255 .335 .319 .364 .371 .700 .690 103 .559 0.0 0.0 .652 .162 .062 1.9
1982 26 KCR AL 621 410 96 6.3 98 .380 .332 .264 .365 .328 .431 .402 .796 .730 118 .640 12.5 1.2 .764 .188 .099 5.6
1983 27 KCR AL 611 430 72 4.5 98 .315 .276 .266 .316 .328 .352 .401 .669 .728 85 .494 -13.8 -1.4 .671 .222 .076 3.9
1984 28 KCR AL 588 395 82 5.6 97 .331 .301 .264 .350 .326 .390 .398 .740 .724 105 .594 3.6 0.4 .756 .238 .089 3.8
1985 29 KCR AL 642 457 80 4.7 99 .323 .278 .261 .316 .327 .408 .406 .724 .733 97 .509 -5.7 -0.6 .689 .231 .131 7.3
1986 30 KCR AL 675 479 76 4.2 102 .306 .269 .264 .313 .332 .366 .411 .679 .744 83 .456 -17.3 -1.7 .625 .187 .097 14.2
1987 31 KCR AL 653 465 78 4.5 108 .320 .279 .267 .320 .336 .377 .429 .698 .765 83 .452 -17.6 -1.7 .687 .230 .098 7.5
1988 32 KCR AL 628 461 61 3.5 95 .315 .262 .260 .289 .326 .333 .392 .622 .718 74 .401 -23.4 -2.4 .556 .156 .071 1.9
1989 33 KCR AL 423 312 43 3.7 93 .305 .253 .261 .300 .326 .358 .384 .657 .709 85 .426 -8.2 -0.8 .610 .222 .104 5.3
1990 34 KCR AL 345 234 44 5.0 93 .347 .290 .257 .354 .325 .371 .384 .725 .709 106 .562 3.0 0.3 .719 .238 .081 3.7
1991 35 OAK AL 318 242 26 2.9 92 .278 .238 .253 .290 .321 .313 .384 .603 .705 72 .305 -11.1 -1.1 .538 .187 .075 .0
1992 36 OAK AL 437 313 45 3.9 89 .320 .270 .252 .329 .320 .333 .375 .662 .695 92 .442 -3.8 -0.4 .610 .202 .063 .0
1993 37 CHC NL 237 170 24 3.8 102 .309 .258 .269 .301 .334 .348 .409 .649 .743 75 .407 -8.1 -0.8 .571 .163 .090 1.8
1994 38 CHC NL 23 17 3 4.7 108 .333 .238 .273 .273 .340 .429 .427 .701 .768 80 .482 -0.9 -0.1 .688 .286 .190 .0
19 Seasons 8317 5847 1024 4.7 98 .329 .285 .263 .326 .328 .376 .399 .702 .727 94 .514 -90.9 -9.1 .683 .214 .090 77.3
162 Game Avg. 626 440 77 4.7 98 .329 .285 .263 .326 .328 .376 .399 .702 .727 94 .514 -90.9 -9.1 .683 .214 .090 6
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
KCR (15 yrs) 7302 5105 926 4.9 98 .332 .289 .264 .329 .329 .382 .401 .711 .730 95 .529 -67.0 -6.7 .698 .218 .092 75.1
OAK (2 yrs) 755 555 71 3.4 90 .302 .257 .253 .313 .320 .325 .379 .637 .699 83 .383 -14.9 -1.5 .578 .196 .068 .0
CHC (2 yrs) 260 187 27 3.9 102 .311 .256 .269 .298 .334 .355 .411 .654 .745 76 .415 -9.0 -0.9 .582 .174 .099 1.8
AL (17 yrs) 8057 5660 997 4.7 98 .330 .286 .263 .327 .328 .376 .399 .704 .727 94 .517 -81.9 -8.2 .686 .216 .090 75.4
NL (2 yrs) 260 187 27 3.9 102 .311 .256 .269 .298 .334 .355 .411 .654 .745 76 .415 -9.0 -0.9 .582 .174 .099 1.8

Postseason Batting

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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
1978 22 KCR AL ALCS NYY L 3 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
1980 24 KCR AL ALCS NYY W 3 14 13 2 4 2 1 0 4 0 0 1 2 .308 .357 .615 .973 8 0 0 0 0 0
1980 24 KCR AL WS PHI L 6 30 26 3 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 12 .154 .267 .192 .459 5 0 0 0 0 0
1981 25 KCR AL ALDS OAK L 3 13 13 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .308 .308 .308 .615 4 0 0 0 0 0
1984 28 KCR AL ALCS DET L 3 14 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 .154 .214 .154 .368 2 0 0 0 0 0
1985 29 KCR AL ALCS TOR W 7 31 29 5 9 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 5 .310 .333 .414 .747 12 1 0 1 0 0
1985 29 KCR AL WS STL W 7 31 30 2 11 0 1 0 3 3 0 1 4 .367 .387 .433 .820 13 1 0 0 0 0
1992 36 OAK AL ALCS TOR L 6 23 22 0 5 1 0 0 0 7 0 1 5 .227 .261 .273 .534 6 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons (8 Series) 38 160 150 12 40 4 2 1 10 13 3 9 32 .267 .308 .340 .648 51 2 0 1 0 0
1 ALDS 3 13 13 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .308 .308 .308 .615 4 0 0 0 0 0
5 ALCS 22 86 81 7 21 3 1 1 6 8 3 4 16 .259 .294 .358 .652 29 1 0 1 0 0
2 WS 13 61 56 5 15 1 1 0 3 5 0 5 16 .268 .328 .321 .649 18 1 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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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
1982 KCR AL 26 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0
1983 KCR AL 27 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Appearances) 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 2 1 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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 20 KCR AL 6 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.0 2.00 67%
1977 21 KCR AL 37 0.0% 21.6% 2.7% 5.4% 18% 8.00 4.3 34.0 1.83 70%
1978 22 KCR AL 223 0.0% 14.8% 7.2% 4.5% 23% 2.06 6.0 12.4 1.89 75%
1979 23 KCR AL 640 0.9% 14.4% 4.4% 5.8% 20% 3.29 6.4 98.0 12.0 1.70 77%
1980 24 KCR AL 745 0.4% 10.9% 3.8% 6.2% 20% 2.89 8.7 235.0 14.4 1.80 83%
1981 25 KCR AL 465 0.2% 9.0% 3.9% 3.9% 14% 2.33 10.5 439.0 13.7 1.56 85%
1982 26 KCR AL 621 0.5% 13.0% 4.2% 6.0% 19% 3.12 7.2 195.0 12.7 1.72 81%
1983 27 KCR AL 611 0.3% 12.3% 5.4% 5.2% 20% 2.27 7.7 288.0 17.5 1.36 82%
1984 28 KCR AL 588 0.3% 9.5% 6.6% 6.0% 22% 1.44 9.7 270.5 12.3 1.51 83%
1985 29 KCR AL 642 0.6% 14.6% 4.5% 7.8% 30% 3.24 6.4 151.3 14.1 1.12 79%
1986 30 KCR AL 675 1.3% 14.4% 4.6% 5.3% 21% 3.13 6.5 70.1 14.3 1.01 78%
1987 31 KCR AL 653 0.6% 13.5% 4.9% 5.7% 22% 2.75 6.9 152.5 20.3 1.53 79%
1988 32 KCR AL 628 0.2% 16.9% 3.5% 4.6% 19% 4.82 5.6 591.0 16.0 0.95 1.16 78% 22% 0.6% 36%
1989 33 KCR AL 423 0.7% 18.4% 6.4% 6.4% 28% 2.89 4.9 127.7 8.9 1.00 1.26 73% 25% 2.3% 12%
1990 34 KCR AL 345 0.6% 16.5% 8.7% 5.2% 20% 1.90 5.4 153.5 7.3 0.87 0.90 73% 20% 1.8% 18%
1991 35 OAK AL 318 0.0% 13.5% 5.7% 5.7% 26% 2.39 6.8 10.5 1.15 1.73 79% 19% 0.0% 12%
1992 36 OAK AL 437 0.0% 14.9% 8.0% 4.6% 19% 1.86 6.1 10.7 1.17 1.66 76% 21% 0.0% 15%
1993 37 CHC NL 237 0.4% 16.9% 4.6% 6.3% 26% 3.64 5.5 221.0 20.1 1.01 1.18 76% 22% 1.3% 13%
1994 38 CHC NL 23 0.0% 26.1% 4.4% 8.7% 40% 6.00 3.5 0.88 1.20 65% 19% 0.0% 0%
19 Seasons 8317 0.5% 13.8% 5.1% 5.6% 21% 2.69 6.8 188.6 13.2 1.01 1.41 79% 22% 1.0% 20%
MLB Averages
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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1976 20 KCR AL 0 0 0% 6 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 21 KCR AL 1 0 83% 20 6 3 67% 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 63% 4 2 2 0 0 0 4 1 3
1978 22 KCR AL 3 0 71% 113 46 12 79% 38 10 8 1 0 1 5 4 3 12 63% 13 6 6 2 0 2 15 3 11
1979 23 KCR AL 5 0 50% 221 83 12 87% 79 11 4 0 0 1 7 3 6 17 72% 21 9 12 8 0 8 31 8 23
1980 24 KCR AL 17 0 50% 308 79 10 89% 69 10 10 0 0 0 8 4 10 36 62% 42 23 18 9 3 6 35 6 29
1981 25 KCR AL 3 0 34% 218 34 8 81% 28 7 6 1 0 0 2 1 2 18 53% 27 14 12 5 4 1 13 2 11
1982 26 KCR AL 9 0 38% 266 37 11 77% 35 8 2 3 0 0 4 4 4 21 57% 33 17 16 4 2 2 25 6 17
1983 27 KCR AL 13 0 46% 249 59 8 88% 57 8 2 0 0 0 4 2 11 17 57% 22 14 8 6 2 4 23 4 17
1984 28 KCR AL 7 0 39% 248 47 5 90% 45 4 2 1 0 0 3 0 6 27 49% 27 20 7 11 2 9 23 8 14
1985 29 KCR AL 7 0 42% 217 43 11 80% 42 9 1 2 0 0 5 0 10 17 51% 23 16 7 6 2 4 22 4 15
1986 30 KCR AL 4 0 34% 255 34 8 81% 32 8 2 0 0 0 2 0 9 11 46% 32 20 11 8 3 4 19 7 12
1987 31 KCR AL 3 0 46% 248 59 11 84% 55 11 4 0 0 0 2 1 6 24 61% 32 16 16 6 1 5 28 7 19
1988 32 KCR AL 5 0 45% 210 35 7 83% 29 4 6 3 0 0 1 1 7 26 65% 34 16 17 10 2 8 19 3 16
1989 33 KCR AL 5 0 45% 144 24 6 80% 21 6 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 21 58% 23 14 9 3 1 2 19 3 15
1990 34 KCR AL 9 0 40% 133 24 6 80% 21 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 68% 18 9 9 10 3 6 16 1 15
1991 35 OAK AL 2 0 41% 142 20 5 80% 18 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 55% 21 11 10 4 2 2 6 1 5
1992 36 OAK AL 5 0 27% 161 28 8 78% 21 5 7 2 0 1 1 0 5 17 50% 23 15 8 3 2 1 16 3 12
1993 37 CHC NL 9 0 40% 90 7 2 78% 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 55% 17 9 8 1 1 0 4 0 4
1994 38 CHC NL 0 0 67% 14 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 50% 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
19 Seasons 107 0 43% 3263 668 134 83% 603 116 65 14 0 4 48 20 89 292 58% 417 234 178 97 30 65 318 67 238
MLB Averages
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

Situational Hitting*

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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 20 KCR AL 6 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1977 21 KCR AL 37 100% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 5 1 20% 3 1 33% 20 1 5% 1 1 100% 4 2 50% 0
1978 22 KCR AL 223 100% 43 0 0 0 0 1.00 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100% 35 2 6% 16 8 50% 120 16 13% 9 3 33% 11 5 45% 0
1979 23 KCR AL 640 100% 185 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 4 2 3 3 5 17 13 76% 61 1 2% 40 21 53% 313 44 14% 27 13 48% 42 16 38% 0
1980 24 KCR AL 745 100% 230 3 0 0 0 3.17 3 0 13 1 2 2 1 2 7 5 71% 104 4 4% 45 21 47% 380 48 13% 25 12 48% 46 19 41% 0
1981 25 KCR AL 465 100% 133 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0 1 0 1 0 5 3 60% 61 5 8% 29 14 48% 218 31 14% 20 10 50% 26 16 62% 0
1982 26 KCR AL 621 100% 194 1 0 0 0 0.18 3 0 10 3 0 2 1 3 6 2 33% 85 4 5% 37 7 19% 310 45 15% 19 9 47% 37 20 54% 0
1983 27 KCR AL 611 100% 159 3 1 0 1 2.64 2 0 7 1 1 2 0 2 2 1 50% 71 4 6% 39 9 23% 264 33 13% 28 13 46% 35 16 46% 0
1984 28 KCR AL 588 100% 163 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 100% 99 7 7% 44 18 41% 299 43 14% 31 20 65% 26 14 54% 0
1985 29 KCR AL 642 100% 168 0 0 0 0 4 0 7 3 1 1 3 0 5 2 40% 99 6 6% 19 5 26% 294 40 14% 22 15 68% 15 5 33% 0
1986 30 KCR AL 675 100% 170 6 0 0 0 2.26 9 0 8 5 4 5 4 0 7 3 43% 105 6 6% 63 18 29% 339 36 11% 24 13 54% 36 20 56% 0
1987 31 KCR AL 653 100% 170 1 0 0 0 4.53 4 0 6 3 1 0 4 0 4 4 100% 89 9 10% 30 10 33% 281 27 10% 15 7 47% 24 11 46% 0
1988 32 KCR AL 628 100% 155 22 4 4 1 0 0 3.19 1 0 10 1 0 0 1 0 10 8 80% 109 5 5% 57 17 30% 300 37 12% 31 13 42% 24 12 50% 0
1989 33 KCR AL 423 100% 97 8 2 2 2 0 0 1.27 3 0 11 2 1 1 2 0 11 6 55% 76 8 11% 51 16 31% 252 43 17% 25 16 64% 19 7 37% 0
1990 34 KCR AL 345 100% 89 16 0 9 0 0 0 1.70 2 0 13 2 0 1 1 0 4 3 75% 67 4 6% 34 11 32% 256 43 17% 24 12 50% 26 8 31% 0
1991 35 OAK AL 318 100% 70 31 3 19 5 0 2 1.69 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 67 11 16% 35 11 31% 191 28 15% 13 7 54% 19 10 53% 0
1992 36 OAK AL 437 100% 107 42 5 9 3 0 0 1.41 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 94 11 12% 36 12 33% 309 40 13% 23 16 70% 23 14 61% 0
1993 37 CHC NL 237 100% 57 9 1 37 9 0 3 1.21 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 33% 27 2 7% 13 6 46% 103 11 11% 9 5 56% 13 3 23% 0
1994 38 CHC NL 23 100% 5 0 0 6 2 0 0 0.51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 3 1 33% 7 0 0% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
19 Seasons 8317 100% 2207 128 15 100 23 0 6 1.59 41 0 134 27 14 18 23 13 98 64 65% 1255 90 7% 594 206 35% 4260 566 13% 348 185 53% 429 199 46% 0
MLB Averages
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

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 32 KCR AL 628 2223 3.54 1479 67% 20% 15% 32% 34% 80% 1% 53% 82% 38% 2% 14 1 13% 82 40 6% 36 25 19% 0 0 0
1989 33 KCR AL 423 1651 3.90 1064 64% 24% 15% 30% 30% 75% 0% 48% 79% 34% 4% 18 0 11% 47 16 11% 45 27 26% 0 1 8
1990 34 KCR AL 345 1245 3.61 800 64% 23% 17% 28% 32% 77% 1% 49% 78% 32% 4% 15 1 13% 45 19 9% 30 19 19% 0 0 3
1991 35 OAK AL 318 1183 3.72 758 64% 23% 15% 28% 33% 77% 1% 49% 80% 33% 5% 17 2 15% 49 16 7% 23 13 16% 0 0 0
1992 36 OAK AL 437 1581 3.62 1013 64% 21% 15% 31% 33% 79% 1% 51% 80% 39% 5% 20 0 15% 64 29 8% 35 26 22% 0 0 0
1993 37 CHC NL 235 901 3.83 575 64% 21% 17% 31% 31% 79% 1% 51% 79% 33% 4% 9 0 12% 29 13 5% 12 7 18% 2 0 0
1994 38 CHC NL 23 89 3.87 56 64% 34% 20% 18% 29% 66% 0% 42% 70% 17% 0% 0 0 4% 1 1 4% 1 0 33% 0 1 0
7 Seasons 2409 8873 3.68 5745 65% 22% 16% 30% 32% 78% 1% 50% 80% 35% 4% 93 4 13% 317 134 8% 182 117 20% 2 2 11
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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 20 12 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 -3 1 0 0 0 0 0
1977 21 25 43 40 10 12 2 0 0 1 8 4 1 10 .300 .317 .350 .667 83 14 1 0 2 0 0
1978 22 152 266 238 53 55 10 2 0 17 54 16 17 43 .231 .286 .290 .576 60 69 3 2 7 2 0
1979 23 306 906 826 166 240 28 15 6 66 137 28 45 135 .291 .332 .383 .714 93 316 4 9 20 6 3
1980 24 467 1651 1531 299 470 56 30 9 115 216 38 73 216 .307 .343 .400 .744 102 613 8 15 25 7 6
1981 25 569 2116 1970 353 603 66 37 10 147 250 46 91 258 .306 .341 .392 .734 103 773 13 19 28 8 9
1982 26 705 2737 2555 440 797 85 52 13 193 287 57 117 339 .312 .347 .401 .748 106 1025 17 25 30 10 11
1983 27 842 3348 3131 530 956 107 60 15 226 346 65 150 414 .305 .341 .392 .733 102 1228 21 26 31 10 13
1984 28 970 3936 3672 611 1119 131 69 17 270 393 70 189 470 .305 .343 .392 .734 103 1439 28 29 33 13 15
1985 29 1111 4578 4277 698 1287 156 90 21 313 436 81 218 564 .301 .339 .394 .733 102 1686 34 34 35 14 18
1986 30 1267 5253 4908 775 1457 176 97 30 357 470 89 249 661 .297 .335 .391 .726 99 1917 40 43 38 15 19
1987 31 1413 5906 5518 872 1627 194 112 34 387 529 100 281 749 .295 .334 .389 .723 98 2147 49 49 42 16 21
1988 32 1560 6534 6109 953 1782 211 123 35 424 564 107 303 855 .292 .329 .384 .713 95 2344 54 51 50 21 22
1989 33 1672 6957 6492 1011 1879 228 130 38 467 588 113 330 933 .289 .328 .382 .710 95 2481 62 52 56 27 22
1990 34 1787 7302 6799 1060 1968 241 133 40 509 612 119 360 990 .289 .329 .382 .711 95 2595 66 54 59 30 23
1991 35 1900 7620 7093 1098 2038 255 137 40 537 632 124 378 1033 .287 .327 .379 .706 94 2687 77 58 60 31 24
1992 36 2032 8057 7489 1136 2145 270 142 40 574 660 132 413 1098 .286 .327 .376 .704 94 2819 88 59 62 34 26
1993 37 2137 8294 7710 1165 2202 281 145 41 585 667 134 424 1138 .286 .327 .376 .702 94 2896 90 62 63 35 27
1994 38 2154 8317 7731 1169 2207 281 147 41 585 668 134 425 1144 .285 .326 .376 .702 94 2905 90 62 64 35 27

Neutralized Batting

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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
1976 20 12 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 12
1977 21 13 34 33 11 10 2 0 0 1 5 1 8 .303 .324 .364 .687 4 13
1978 22 127 229 206 47 51 9 2 0 17 55 19 33 .248 .314 .311 .625 20 127
1979 23 155 651 608 112 202 20 14 7 49 91 31 93 .332 .370 .446 .816 99 154
1980 24 161 768 729 140 254 31 17 3 51 87 31 81 .348 .380 .450 .830 123 161
1981 25 154 733 693 96 230 17 12 2 57 59 31 64 .332 .366 .400 .765 100 102
1982 26 136 634 598 92 207 20 16 3 49 39 28 81 .346 .380 .448 .828 101 136
1983 27 137 631 593 95 176 24 9 2 35 65 37 75 .297 .339 .378 .717 76 137
1984 28 128 608 559 86 181 27 10 2 47 52 43 56 .324 .373 .419 .792 87 128
1985 29 141 649 613 90 176 26 22 4 44 45 30 94 .287 .325 .421 .746 83 141
1986 30 156 681 639 77 178 21 7 9 44 36 32 97 .279 .322 .376 .697 76 156
1987 31 146 651 612 91 172 18 15 4 28 60 32 88 .281 .323 .379 .702 74 146
1988 32 147 635 604 87 168 18 12 1 40 38 24 106 .278 .306 .353 .658 65 147
1989 33 112 427 391 64 105 18 8 3 47 26 29 78 .269 .316 .379 .695 47 112
1990 34 115 359 320 55 102 15 3 2 47 28 34 57 .319 .384 .403 .788 50 115
1991 35 113 323 299 42 75 15 4 0 31 21 19 43 .251 .303 .328 .631 29 113
1992 36 132 451 408 44 119 17 6 0 43 31 39 65 .292 .353 .363 .715 52 132
1993 37 105 238 223 29 59 11 3 1 11 7 11 40 .265 .307 .354 .661 24 105
1994 38 24 33 31 6 8 0 3 0 0 2 2 8 .258 .303 .452 .755 4 17
19 Seasons 2214 8741 8165 1264 2473 309 163 43 641 749 473 1169 .303 .345 .396 .741 1114 2154
162 Game Avg. 162 640 597 92 181 23 12 3 47 55 35 86 .303 .345 .396 .741 82 2154
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
2000 BBWAA ( 2.0%)

All-Star Games
1982 *
1983 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1979 AL (17, 4%)
1980 AL (4, 43%)
1982 AL (15, 4%)
1984 AL (10, 16%)
0.67 Career Shares (347th)

Gold Gloves
1980 AL (OF)

Silver Sluggers
1980 AL (OF)
1982 AL (OF)
All multiple winners

Batting Average s c a p y
1980 AL  .326 (7th)
1982 AL  .332 (1st)

Games Played s c a p y
1980 AL  161 (4th)
Career  2154 (151st)

At Bats s c a p y
1980 AL  705 (1st)
1981 AL  439 (3rd)
1986 AL  631 (6th)
1987 AL  610 (9th)
Career  7731 (157th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1980 AL  745 (1st)
1981 AL  465 (6th)
Career  8317 (197th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1979 AL  113 (6th)
1980 AL  133 (1st)
Career  1169 (190th)

Hits s c a p y
1979 AL  185 (7th)
1980 AL  230 (1st)
1981 AL  133 (3rd)
1982 AL  194 (4th)
Career  2207 (167th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1980 AL  297 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
1979 AL  13 (3rd)
1980 AL  15 (1st)
1981 AL  7 (2nd)
1982 AL  15 (1st)
1983 AL  8 (5th)
1984 AL  9 (5th)
1985 AL  21 (1st)
1986 AL  7 (5th)
1987 AL  15 (1st)
1988 AL  11 (1st)
1989 AL  7 (10th)
Career  147 (56th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
Career  1144 (157th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1978 AL  46 (5th)
1979 AL  83 (1st)
1980 AL  79 (2nd)
1981 AL  34 (4th)
1982 AL  37 (5th)
1983 AL  59 (3rd)
1984 AL  47 (5th)
1985 AL  43 (4th)
1986 AL  34 (4th)
1987 AL  59 (2nd)
1988 AL  35 (5th)
Career  668 (12th)

Singles s c a p y
1979 AL  148 (1st)
1980 AL  184 (1st)
1981 AL  115 (1st)
1982 AL  157 (1st)
1983 AL  127 (10th)
1986 AL  134 (8th)
1987 AL  133 (7th)
Career  1738 (98th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1980 AL  117 (7th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1980 AL  264 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1979 AL  7 (8th)
1981 AL  4 (9th)
1982 AL  6 (10th)
1986 AL  9 (4th)
Career  62 (246th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1979 AL  13 (8th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1978 AL  12 (9th)
1979 AL  12 (7th)
1982 AL  11 (10th)
1985 AL  11 (7th)
1987 AL  11 (9th)
Career  134 (40th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1980 AL  495 (4th)
1981 AL  323 (6th)
1986 AL  479 (9th)
1987 AL  465 (8th)
1988 AL  461 (9th)
Career  5847 (156th)

Salary s c a p y
1989 AL  $2,112,205 (9th)

Oldest s c a p y
1993 NL  born 1955-07-09 (8th)
1994 NL  born 1955-07-09 (4th)

Youngest s c a p y
1976 AL  born 1955-07-09 (8th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 18 (124), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 64 (383), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 60 (321), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 23 (573), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Brett Butler (905)
  2. George Burns (896)
  3. Clyde Milan (891)
  4. Lloyd Waner (878) *
  5. Dummy Hoy (872)
  6. Jimmy Sheckard (870)
  7. Willie McGee (865)
  8. Patsy Donovan (859)
  9. Tommy Leach (855)
  10. Fred Tenney (849)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Fred Brickell (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Edd Roush (963) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Juan Pierre (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Juan Pierre (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Duff Cooley (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Juan Pierre (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Juan Pierre (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Juan Pierre (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Juan Pierre (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. George Burns (923)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. George Burns (922)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. George Burns (919)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. George Burns (908)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Brett Butler (901)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Brett Butler (901)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Brett Butler (918)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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