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Richie Zisk

Richard Walter Zisk

Positions: Outfielder and Designated Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 6, 1949 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: Parsippany (Parsippany, NJ)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 3rd round of the 1967 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1971
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Rangers/Mariners/WhiteSox 1971-1983
Agents: Jerry Kapstein [*]
Final Game: September 21, 1983
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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
1971 22 PIT NL 7 19 15 2 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 7 .200 .368 .467 .835 134 7 0 0 0 0 0 /79
1972 23 PIT NL 17 44 37 4 7 3 0 0 4 0 0 7 10 .189 .318 .270 .588 70 10 1 0 0 0 0 7/9
1973 24 PIT NL 103 354 333 44 108 23 7 10 54 0 0 21 63 .324 .364 .526 .890 147 175 8 0 0 0 0 97 RoY-9
1974 25 PIT NL 149 604 536 75 168 30 3 17 100 1 1 65 91 .313 .386 .476 .862 144 255 12 0 0 3 7 *97 MVP-9
1975 26 PIT NL 147 578 504 69 146 27 3 20 75 0 1 68 109 .290 .374 .474 .848 136 239 12 2 0 4 9 *7
1976 27 PIT NL 155 641 581 91 168 35 2 21 89 1 0 52 96 .289 .343 .465 .808 128 270 20 0 0 8 3 *7 MVP-25
1977 28 CHW AL 141 599 531 78 154 17 6 30 101 0 4 55 98 .290 .355 .514 .869 134 273 15 3 1 9 7 *9D/7 AS,MVP-14
1978 29 TEX AL 140 581 511 68 134 19 1 22 85 3 3 58 76 .262 .338 .432 .770 116 221 14 3 4 5 7 D79 AS
1979 30 TEX AL 144 563 503 69 132 21 1 18 64 1 1 57 75 .262 .336 .416 .752 103 209 15 0 1 2 4 *97/D
1980 31 TEX AL 135 492 448 48 130 17 1 19 77 0 2 39 72 .290 .344 .460 .804 122 206 18 0 1 4 5 D9/7
1981 32 SEA AL 94 388 357 42 111 12 1 16 43 0 2 28 63 .311 .366 .485 .851 139 173 8 3 0 0 3 *D
1982 33 SEA AL 131 556 503 61 147 28 1 21 62 2 1 49 89 .292 .354 .477 .831 124 240 9 1 0 3 4 *D
1983 34 SEA AL 90 318 285 30 69 12 0 12 36 0 0 30 61 .242 .311 .411 .722 94 117 6 0 0 3 3 D
13 Seasons 1453 5737 5144 681 1477 245 26 207 792 8 15 533 910 .287 .353 .466 .818 126 2395 138 12 7 41 52
162 Game Avg. 162 640 574 76 165 27 3 23 88 1 2 59 101 .287 .353 .466 .818 126 267 15 1 1 5 6
PIT (6 yrs) 578 2240 2006 285 600 119 15 69 324 2 2 217 376 .299 .366 .477 .842 136 956 53 2 0 15 19
TEX (3 yrs) 419 1636 1462 185 396 57 3 59 226 4 6 154 223 .271 .339 .435 .774 113 636 47 3 6 11 16
SEA (3 yrs) 315 1262 1145 133 327 52 2 49 141 2 3 107 213 .286 .347 .463 .810 121 530 23 4 0 6 10
CHW (1 yr) 141 599 531 78 154 17 6 30 101 0 4 55 98 .290 .355 .514 .869 134 273 15 3 1 9 7
AL (7 yrs) 875 3497 3138 396 877 126 11 138 468 6 13 316 534 .279 .345 .459 .803 120 1439 85 10 7 26 33
NL (6 yrs) 578 2240 2006 285 600 119 15 69 324 2 2 217 376 .299 .366 .477 .842 136 956 53 2 0 15 19

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1971 22 PIT NL 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $ /79
1972 23 PIT NL 44 -1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 7/9
1973 24 PIT NL 354 22 -2 0 -1 -2 -4 11 24 2.6 26 2.8 -0.2 $ 97 RoY-9
1974 25 PIT NL 604 33 -2 6 0 3 -7 18 51 5.5 48 5.2 0.3 $ *97 MVP-9
1975 26 PIT NL 578 21 -1 2 -1 6 -7 17 37 4.0 31 3.3 0.7 $ *7
1976 27 PIT NL 641 22 0 -2 -3 9 -8 19 37 3.9 28 2.9 1.0 $ *7 MVP-25
1977 28 CHW AL 599 21 -1 1 -2 -9 -8 19 21 2.2 30 3.1 -0.9 $64,000 *9D/7 AS,MVP-14
1978 29 TEX AL 581 10 -1 -1 -2 -5 -10 19 10 1.0 15 1.6 -0.6 $312,500 D79 AS
1979 30 TEX AL 563 3 -2 0 -1 -5 -7 19 7 0.7 12 1.2 -0.5 $312,500 *97/D
1980 31 TEX AL 492 12 -4 -1 -3 -5 -10 16 5 0.5 10 1.0 -0.5 $312,500 D9/7
1981 32 SEA AL 388 15 -3 -1 0 0 -9 12 14 1.5 14 1.5 0.0 $312,500 *D
1982 33 SEA AL 556 16 -2 -1 0 0 -13 17 17 1.7 17 1.8 -0.1 $312,500 *D
1983 34 SEA AL 318 -3 2 -1 -1 0 -8 10 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $272,500 D
13 Seasons 5737 172 -16 2 -14 -9 -91 179 224 23.7 232 24.5 -0.8 $1,899,000
PIT (6 yrs) 2240 98 -5 6 -5 15 -26 67 151 16.2 135 14.4 1.8 $
TEX (3 yrs) 1636 25 -7 -2 -6 -15 -27 54 22 2.2 37 3.8 -1.6 $937,500
SEA (3 yrs) 1262 28 -3 -3 -1 0 -30 39 30 3.1 30 3.2 -0.1 $897,500
CHW (1 yr) 599 21 -1 1 -2 -9 -8 19 21 2.2 30 3.1 -0.9 $64,000

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
1971 22 PIT NL 19 12 3 6.7 94 .286 .200 .262 .368 .329 .467 .384 .835 .712 134 .715 0.8 0.1 .917 .533 .267 .0
1972 23 PIT NL 44 31 3 2.6 91 .259 .189 .256 .318 .324 .270 .377 .588 .701 70 .309 -1.1 -0.1 .548 .270 .081
1973 24 PIT NL 354 233 62 7.2 95 .377 .324 .260 .364 .329 .526 .387 .890 .716 147 .720 19.1 1.9 .841 .264 .201 .0
1974 25 PIT NL 604 384 99 7.0 92 .350 .313 .259 .386 .330 .476 .374 .862 .704 144 .711 32.0 3.2 .840 .284 .162 1.9
1975 26 PIT NL 578 375 90 6.5 95 .332 .290 .264 .374 .335 .474 .382 .848 .717 136 .677 25.2 2.5 .830 .317 .185 .0
1976 27 PIT NL 641 441 90 5.5 92 .311 .289 .263 .343 .329 .465 .374 .808 .703 128 .632 21.1 2.2 .746 .267 .176 1.9
1977 28 CHW AL 599 406 94 6.2 100 .301 .290 .266 .355 .330 .514 .405 .869 .735 134 .630 24.5 2.4 .826 .320 .224 .0
1978 29 TEX AL 581 403 74 4.9 94 .268 .262 .261 .338 .326 .432 .385 .770 .711 116 .558 10.8 1.1 .716 .284 .170 5.3
1979 30 TEX AL 563 390 69 4.7 101 .277 .262 .269 .336 .333 .416 .407 .752 .740 103 .501 2.1 0.2 .687 .266 .153 1.9
1980 31 TEX AL 492 343 66 5.2 96 .307 .290 .266 .344 .327 .460 .394 .804 .721 122 .554 12.7 1.2 .719 .252 .170 .0
1981 32 SEA AL 388 256 61 6.4 93 .342 .311 .262 .366 .327 .485 .381 .851 .708 139 .694 17.0 1.8 .789 .246 .174 .0
1982 33 SEA AL 556 369 86 6.3 101 .318 .292 .267 .354 .332 .477 .408 .831 .740 124 .638 16.4 1.6 .795 .284 .185 3.7
1983 34 SEA AL 318 225 37 4.4 101 .265 .242 .270 .311 .333 .411 .408 .722 .740 94 .486 -2.6 -0.3 .662 .274 .168 .0
13 Seasons 5737 3868 834 5.8 96 .312 .287 .264 .353 .330 .466 .391 .818 .721 126 .624 178.1 17.9 .768 .281 .178 15.4
162 Game Avg. 640 431 93 5.8 96 .312 .287 .264 .353 .330 .466 .391 .818 .721 126 .624 20 2 .768 .281 .178 2
PIT (6 yrs) 2240 1476 347 6.3 93 .337 .299 .261 .366 .331 .477 .378 .842 .709 136 .678 97.1 9.9 .804 .286 .177 3.9
TEX (3 yrs) 1636 1136 209 4.9 97 .283 .271 .265 .339 .329 .435 .395 .774 .724 113 .537 25.6 2.6 .707 .268 .164 7.5
SEA (3 yrs) 1262 850 184 5.8 99 .313 .286 .266 .347 .331 .463 .399 .810 .730 121 .622 30.8 3.1 .758 .270 .177 3.8
CHW (1 yr) 599 406 94 6.2 100 .301 .290 .266 .355 .330 .514 .405 .869 .735 134 .630 24.5 2.4 .826 .320 .224 .0
AL (7 yrs) 3497 2392 487 5.5 98 .297 .279 .266 .345 .330 .459 .398 .803 .728 120 .586 81.0 8.0 .745 .278 .179 11.5
NL (6 yrs) 2240 1476 347 6.3 93 .337 .299 .261 .366 .331 .477 .378 .842 .709 136 .678 97.1 9.9 .804 .286 .177 3.9

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
1974 25 PIT NL NLCS LAD L 3 10 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .300 .300 .300 .600 3 0 0 0 0 0
1975 26 PIT NL NLCS CIN L 3 12 10 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .500 .583 .600 1.183 6 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 6 22 20 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .400 .455 .450 .905 9 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 6 22 20 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .400 .455 .450 .905 9 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
1977 CHW AL 28 as LF 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .667 .667 1.000 1.667 3 0 0 0 0 0
1978 TEX AL 29 as RF 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 .500 .667 .500 1.167 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Appearances) 6 5 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 .600 .667 .800 1.467 4 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
1971 22 PIT NL 19 5.3% 36.8% 21.1% 10.5% 67% 1.75 2.1 15.0 7.5 0.00 37%
1972 23 PIT NL 44 0.0% 22.7% 15.9% 6.8% 43% 1.43 3.7 9.3 1.10 61%
1973 24 PIT NL 354 2.8% 17.8% 5.9% 11.3% 37% 3.00 5.3 33.3 6.2 0.81 73%
1974 25 PIT NL 604 2.8% 15.1% 10.8% 8.3% 30% 1.40 5.9 31.5 5.4 1.01 71%
1975 26 PIT NL 578 3.5% 18.9% 11.8% 8.7% 34% 1.60 4.6 25.2 6.7 0.97 66%
1976 27 PIT NL 641 3.3% 15.0% 8.1% 9.1% 35% 1.85 6.1 27.7 6.5 1.03 74%
1977 28 CHW AL 599 5.0% 16.4% 9.2% 8.9% 34% 1.78 5.4 17.7 5.3 1.01 69%
1978 29 TEX AL 581 3.8% 13.1% 10.0% 7.2% 31% 1.31 6.7 23.2 6.0 1.00 72%
1979 30 TEX AL 563 3.2% 13.3% 10.1% 7.1% 30% 1.32 6.7 27.9 7.9 1.18 73%
1980 31 TEX AL 492 3.9% 14.6% 7.9% 7.5% 29% 1.85 6.2 23.6 5.8 0.91 73%
1981 32 SEA AL 388 4.1% 16.2% 7.2% 7.5% 26% 2.25 5.7 22.3 8.3 1.17 72%
1982 33 SEA AL 556 3.8% 16.0% 8.8% 9.0% 34% 1.82 5.7 24.0 8.1 0.94 71%
1983 34 SEA AL 318 3.8% 19.2% 9.4% 7.6% 35% 2.03 4.7 23.8 7.9 1.32 68%
13 Seasons 5737 3.6% 15.9% 9.3% 8.3% 32% 1.71 5.7 24.9 6.5 1.02 71%
MLB Averages 1.9% 13.2% 8.5% 6.3% 27% 1.55 6.7 46.1 8.7 1.10 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1971 22 PIT NL 0.8 0.1 19 -0.1 0.3 -0.3 .80 -0.1 -0.0 -1.1 -0.1 1.09 -0.7 0.87 1
1972 23 PIT NL -1.1 -0.1 44 0.4 1.2 -0.7 1.09 -0.0 0.4 -2.0 -0.2 1.00 -1.3 1.30 5
1973 24 PIT NL 19.1 1.9 357 0.5 7.0 -6.5 1.03 1.5 -1.0 15.1 1.5 0.96 16.1 1.67 19
1974 25 PIT NL 32.0 3.2 615 5.5 14.4 -8.9 1.03 3.8 1.6 52.7 5.4 1.03 39.9 2.17 9
1975 26 PIT NL 25.2 2.5 587 1.4 10.8 -9.5 1.00 2.3 -1.0 16.5 1.7 0.99 27.2 1.13 6
1976 27 PIT NL 21.1 2.2 647 1.4 11.9 -10.5 .93 1.8 -0.3 22.8 2.4 0.95 22.5 1.35 3
1977 28 CHW AL 24.5 2.4 610 3.2 12.8 -9.7 .97 2.3 1.0 27.0 2.6 0.96 30.3 2.89 4
1978 29 TEX AL 10.8 1.1 590 2.8 13.4 -10.5 1.08 0.1 2.5 -0.8 -0.1 0.99 0.7 3.39 1
1979 30 TEX AL 2.1 0.2 574 -0.5 9.6 -10.1 1.02 -0.1 -0.4 -2.8 -0.3 0.96 1.1 2.30 8
1980 31 TEX AL 12.7 1.2 498 -0.1 10.5 -10.6 1.14 0.2 -0.3 -0.2 -0.0 1.02 3.5 1.85 19
1981 32 SEA AL 17.0 1.8 390 0.3 6.6 -6.3 .95 1.3 -0.9 8.7 0.9 0.93 16.1 0.53 1
1982 33 SEA AL 16.5 1.6 561 2.3 11.9 -9.6 1.07 1.4 0.7 12.6 1.2 0.94 14.4 1.92 0
1983 34 SEA AL -2.6 -0.3 319 0.0 5.5 -5.5 1.01 -0.2 0.2 -4.0 -0.4 0.92 -3.5 1.96 10
13 Seasons 178.1 17.9 5811 17.2 115.9 -98.7 1.02 14.3 2.6 144.5 14.6 0.97 166.4 1.84 86

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
1971 22 PIT NL 0 0 17% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 23 PIT NL 1 0 29% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
1973 24 PIT NL 3 0 29% 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 8 48% 17 10 6 10 4 3 13 3 10
1974 25 PIT NL 14 0 27% 233 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 16 38% 40 25 13 13 6 5 16 8 8
1975 26 PIT NL 9 0 25% 201 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 11 33% 42 33 9 6 3 3 21 9 11
1976 27 PIT NL 4 0 35% 268 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 15 34% 39 27 11 10 8 2 18 7 10
1977 28 CHW AL 8 0 26% 209 0 4 0% 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 18 41% 32 21 10 10 7 3 14 4 10
1978 29 TEX AL 6 0 27% 181 3 3 50% 2 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 11 48% 26 16 10 9 8 1 15 2 13
1979 30 TEX AL 6 0 30% 195 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 18 39% 33 22 10 9 5 3 15 4 9
1980 31 TEX AL 3 0 19% 153 0 2 0% 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 13 6 21% 20 18 1 6 5 1 16 6 7
1981 32 SEA AL 2 0 21% 157 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 19% 25 22 3 4 4 0 13 7 5
1982 33 SEA AL 6 0 23% 194 2 1 67% 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 7 15% 36 32 3 2 2 0 14 9 5
1983 34 SEA AL 3 0 21% 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 67% 14 5 9 2 1 1 2 0 2
13 Seasons 65 0 26% 2031 8 15 35% 7 12 1 1 0 2 8 1 75 119 35% 326 232 85 81 53 22 159 60 90

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
1971 22 PIT NL 19 37% 3 1 0 0 0 0.87 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0% 1 0 0% 19 1 5% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1972 23 PIT NL 44 43% 7 5 1 0 1 1.30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 13% 6 1 17% 30 4 13% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
1973 24 PIT NL 354 44% 108 19 4 0 3 1.67 10 1 10 5 5 4 6 0 0 0 66 8 12% 32 4 13% 230 45 20% 15 6 40% 15 8 53% 0
1974 25 PIT NL 604 34% 168 9 4 1 3 2.17 17 1 19 5 12 8 9 0 0 0 138 12 9% 44 10 23% 447 87 19% 41 24 59% 20 16 80% 0
1975 26 PIT NL 578 40% 146 6 0 0 0 1.13 20 0 16 16 4 8 12 0 1 0 0% 114 12 11% 62 13 21% 384 56 15% 27 12 44% 24 7 29% 0
1976 27 PIT NL 641 37% 168 3 2 1 1 1.35 21 0 4 8 13 8 13 0 0 0 115 20 17% 50 20 40% 381 68 18% 34 17 50% 28 17 61% 0
1977 28 CHW AL 599 32% 154 4 0 0 0 2.89 30 0 8 21 9 12 18 0 1 1 100% 121 15 12% 47 19 40% 395 75 19% 43 23 53% 15 8 53% 0
1978 29 TEX AL 581 27% 134 1 0 0 0 3.39 22 1 12 14 8 13 9 0 4 4 100% 103 14 14% 56 20 36% 382 63 16% 38 15 39% 23 13 57% 0
1979 30 TEX AL 563 36% 132 8 2 1 2 2.30 18 0 9 8 10 10 8 0 1 1 100% 117 15 13% 43 8 19% 356 49 14% 25 11 44% 14 8 57% 0
1980 31 TEX AL 492 43% 130 19 3 1 4 1.85 19 0 11 8 11 11 8 0 1 1 100% 114 18 16% 46 10 22% 369 58 16% 28 16 57% 19 9 47% 0
1981 32 SEA AL 388 29% 111 1 0 0 0 0.53 16 0 7 13 3 10 6 0 0 0 66 8 12% 23 6 26% 228 28 12% 13 6 46% 12 8 67% 0
1982 33 SEA AL 556 35% 147 0 0 0 0 1.92 21 0 9 14 7 8 13 0 0 0 98 9 9% 42 11 26% 345 43 12% 24 11 46% 17 10 59% 0
1983 34 SEA AL 318 50% 69 10 2 0 0 1.96 12 0 4 1 11 8 4 0 0 0 34 6 18% 14 6 43% 181 24 13% 12 8 67% 7 1 14% 0
13 Seasons 5737 36% 1477 86 18 4 14 1.84 207 3 110 113 94 101 106 0 8 7 88% 1100 138 13% 466 128 27% 3747 601 16% 303 149 49% 197 106 54% 0
MLB Averages 56% 78% 11% 34% 14% 50% 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
1971 22 7 19 15 2 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 7 .200 .368 .467 .835 134 7 0 0 0 0 0
1972 23 24 63 52 6 10 4 0 1 6 0 0 11 17 .192 .333 .327 .660 89 17 1 0 0 0 0
1973 24 127 417 385 50 118 27 7 11 60 0 0 32 80 .306 .360 .499 .858 139 192 9 0 0 0 0
1974 25 276 1021 921 125 286 57 10 28 160 1 1 97 171 .311 .375 .485 .860 142 447 21 0 0 3 7
1975 26 423 1599 1425 194 432 84 13 48 235 1 2 165 280 .303 .375 .481 .856 140 686 33 2 0 7 16
1976 27 578 2240 2006 285 600 119 15 69 324 2 2 217 376 .299 .366 .477 .842 136 956 53 2 0 15 19
1977 28 719 2839 2537 363 754 136 21 99 425 2 6 272 474 .297 .363 .484 .848 136 1229 68 5 1 24 26
1978 29 859 3420 3048 431 888 155 22 121 510 5 9 330 550 .291 .359 .476 .835 133 1450 82 8 5 29 33
1979 30 1003 3983 3551 500 1020 176 23 139 574 6 10 387 625 .287 .356 .467 .823 128 1659 97 8 6 31 37
1980 31 1138 4475 3999 548 1150 193 24 158 651 6 12 426 697 .288 .355 .466 .821 128 1865 115 8 7 35 42
1981 32 1232 4863 4356 590 1261 205 25 174 694 6 14 454 760 .289 .355 .468 .823 129 2038 123 11 7 35 45
1982 33 1363 5419 4859 651 1408 233 26 195 756 8 15 503 849 .290 .355 .469 .824 128 2278 132 12 7 38 49
1983 34 1453 5737 5144 681 1477 245 26 207 792 8 15 533 910 .287 .353 .466 .818 126 2395 138 12 7 41 52

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
1971 22 7 19 15 2 3 1 0 1 2 0 4 7 .200 .368 .467 .835 3 7
1972 23 18 47 39 5 8 3 0 0 5 0 8 10 .205 .340 .282 .622 4 17
1973 24 103 360 338 48 113 24 7 10 58 0 22 63 .334 .375 .536 .911 69 103
1974 25 149 619 547 83 179 32 3 18 110 1 69 91 .327 .401 .495 .896 109 149
1975 26 147 590 512 75 154 28 3 21 81 0 72 109 .301 .386 .490 .877 97 147
1976 27 155 655 592 101 179 37 2 22 99 1 55 96 .302 .357 .483 .840 104 155
1977 28 141 602 534 81 157 17 6 31 105 0 56 98 .294 .359 .522 .881 101 141
1978 29 140 591 521 77 144 20 1 24 96 3 62 76 .276 .354 .457 .810 84 140
1979 30 145 567 507 71 134 21 1 18 66 1 58 75 .264 .339 .416 .755 72 144
1980 31 135 499 454 52 136 18 1 20 83 0 41 72 .300 .355 .476 .830 77 135
1981 32 142 601 551 70 179 19 2 26 72 0 45 95 .325 .381 .508 .889 104 94
1982 33 131 559 505 62 149 28 1 21 63 2 50 89 .295 .358 .479 .837 87 131
1983 34 90 318 285 30 69 12 0 12 36 0 30 61 .242 .311 .411 .722 37 90
13 Seasons 1503 6027 5400 757 1604 260 27 224 876 8 572 942 .297 .363 .480 .843 948 1453
162 Game Avg. 162 650 582 82 173 28 3 24 94 1 62 102 .297 .363 .480 .843 102 1453

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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

Hall of Fame
1989 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1977 (LF)
1978 (RF)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1974 NL (9, 16%)
1976 NL (25, 1%)
1977 AL (14, 9%)
0.26 Career Shares (652nd)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1974 NL  5.5 (10th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1974 NL  5.2 (7th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1976 NL  1.0 (8th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1974 NL  .313 (6th)
1981 AL  .311 (8th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1974 NL  .386 (8th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1974 NL  .476 (8th)
1976 NL  .465 (9th)
1981 AL  .485 (8th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1974 NL  .862 (8th)
1981 AL  .851 (7th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1976 NL  91 (7th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1976 NL  270 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
1976 NL  35 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1973 NL  7 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1976 NL  21 (8th)
1977 AL  30 (8th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1974 NL  100 (8th)
1976 NL  89 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1975 NL  109 (5th)
1976 NL  96 (9th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1974 NL  144 (6th)
Career  126 (220th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1974 NL  32 (8th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1974 NL  3.3 (8th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1976 NL  58 (4th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1974 NL  .711 (6th)
1981 AL  .694 (7th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1976 NL  8 (8th)
1977 AL  9 (6th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1978 AL  7 (10th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1976 NL  20 (4th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1977 AL  17.7 (9th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1974 NL  52.69 (2nd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1974 NL  5.5 (1st)
Career  17.2 (211th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1974 NL  3.8 (5th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1974 NL  5.4 (2nd)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 39 (632), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 20 (802), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 20 (724), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Sid Gordon (943)
  2. Rondell White (941)
  3. Carl Everett (937)
  4. Brian Jordan (934)
  5. Kevin McReynolds (926)
  6. Hideki Matsui (924)
  7. Rico Carty (923)
  8. Mike Sweeney (922)
  9. Bill Skowron (922)
  10. Pedro Guerrero (922)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Matt Holliday (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Andre Ethier (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Andre Ethier (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Andre Ethier (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Andre Ethier (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Aubrey Huff (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Rondell White (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Rondell White (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Rondell White (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Rondell White (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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