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Bill Russell
William Ellis Russell (Ropes)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.

Debut April 7, 1969
  vs. CIN 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 1, 1986
Born October 21, 1948 in Pittsburg, KS

Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 9th round of the 1966 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1969 20 LAD NL  98  212   35   48   6  2   5   15   4  1  22  45  .226  .301  .344   86   73   2   1   1   1   3
 1970 21 LAD NL  81  278   30   72  11  9   0   28   9  1  16  28  .259  .303  .363   82  101   4   3   1   3   5
 1971 22 LAD NL  91  211   29   48   7  4   2   15   6  3  11  39  .227  .265  .327   72   69   0   1   2   0   2
 1972 23 LAD NL 129  434   47  118  19  5   4   34  14  7  34  64  .272  .326  .366   99  159   5   2   9   2   4
 1973 24 LAD NL 162  615   55  163  26  3   4   56  15  7  34  63  .265  .301  .337   79  207   9   7  20   1   9 MVP-32,AS
 1974 25 LAD NL 160  553   61  149  18  6   5   65  14  5  53  53  .269  .336  .351   96  194  11   4  25   4  18
 1975 26 LAD NL  84  252   24   52   9  2   0   14   5  0  23  28  .206  .277  .258   52   65   4   1   6   2   6
 1976 27 LAD NL 149  554   53  152  17  3   5   65  15  5  21  46  .274  .301  .343   85  190   6   6   9   3  14 AS
 1977 28 LAD NL 153  634   84  176  28  6   4   51  16  7  24  43  .278  .304  .360   78  228   9   4   1   2  23
 1978 29 LAD NL 155  625   72  179  32  4   3   46  10  6  30  34  .286  .320  .365   92  228  12   3   8   2  17
 1979 30 LAD NL 153  627   72  170  26  4   7   56   6  9  24  43  .271  .297  .359   80  225  14   4   2   1  20
 1980 31 LAD NL 130  466   38  123  23  2   3   34  13  2  18  44  .264  .295  .341   79  159  12   1   0   3   6 AS
 1981 32 LAD NL  82  262   20   61   9  2   0   22   2  1  19  20  .233  .284  .282   64   74   5   3   3   1  13
 1982 33 LAD NL 153  497   64  136  20  2   3   46  10  2  63  30  .274  .357  .340   99  169   8   4  11   4  14
 1983 34 LAD NL 131  451   47  111  13  1   1   30  13  9  33  31  .246  .302  .286   65  129  12   2   4   4   5
 1984 35 LAD NL  89  262   25   70  12  1   0   19   4  4  25  24  .267  .329  .321   85   84   9   2   1   0   7
 1985 36 LAD NL  76  169   19   44   6  1   0   13   4  0  18   9  .260  .333  .308   83   52   3   1   1   1   2
 1986 37 LAD NL 105  216   21   54  11  0   0   18   7  0  15  23  .250  .302  .301   73   65   7   2   2   2   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 18 Seasons    2181 7318  796 1926 293 57  46  627 167 69 483 667  .263  .310  .338   82 2471 132  51 106  36 174
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        544   59  143  22  4   3   47  12  5  36  50  .263  .310  .338   82  184  10   4   8   3  13
 Career High    162  634   84  179  32  9   7   65  16  9  63  64  .286  .357  .366   99  228  14   7  25   4  23
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1969 20 LAD NL  238  171   23   3.6    89| .226  .251| .301  .320| .344  .372| .645  .692|  86  .433  -3.8  -0.4  80%
 1970 21 LAD NL  304  219   32   3.9    99| .259  .261| .303  .333| .363  .399| .666  .732|  82  .424  -7.6  -0.7  90%
 1971 22 LAD NL  223  169   18   2.9    87| .227  .253| .265  .318| .327  .370| .592  .688|  72  .344  -8.5  -0.9  66%
 1972 23 LAD NL  477  334   53   4.3    90| .272  .254| .326  .322| .366  .376| .692  .698|  99  .525  -1.0  -0.1  66%
 1973 24 LAD NL  666  484   62   3.5    94| .265  .259| .301  .328| .337  .385| .638  .713|  79  .403 -17.3  -1.8  68%
 1974 25 LAD NL  625  442   64   3.9    91| .269  .258| .336  .329| .351  .372| .687  .701|  96  .461  -2.4  -0.2  73%
 1975 26 LAD NL  282  211   19   2.4    93| .206  .261| .277  .331| .258  .376| .535  .707|  52  .259 -16.0  -1.7 100%
 1976 27 LAD NL  590  433   55   3.4    90| .274  .260| .301  .326| .343  .371| .644  .697|  85  .419 -12.6  -1.3  75%
 1977 28 LAD NL  673  501   64   3.4   103| .278  .269| .304  .337| .360  .410| .664  .747|  78  .369 -21.4  -2.1  69%
 1978 29 LAD NL  672  484   69   3.8    95| .286  .262| .320  .330| .365  .385| .685  .715|  92  .459  -8.4  -0.9  62%
 1979 30 LAD NL  670  504   60   3.2    99| .271  .268| .297  .333| .359  .397| .656  .730|  80  .357 -19.5  -2.0  40%
 1980 31 LAD NL  500  364   48   3.6    94| .264  .266| .295  .328| .341  .386| .636  .713|  79  .421 -14.4  -1.5  86%
 1981 32 LAD NL  290  223   19   2.3    89| .233  .259| .284  .324| .282  .371| .566  .695|  64  .258 -12.2  -1.3  66%
 1982 33 LAD NL  576  389   63   4.4    93| .274  .263| .357  .326| .340  .382| .697  .708|  99  .516   1.9   0.2  83%
 1983 34 LAD NL  502  368   40   2.9    96| .246  .262| .302  .330| .286  .388| .588  .719|  65  .336 -21.2  -2.2  59%
 1984 35 LAD NL  298  214   28   3.5    92| .267  .261| .329  .326| .321  .380| .650  .705|  85  .422  -4.3  -0.4  50%
 1985 36 LAD NL  192  131   19   3.9    92| .260  .256| .333  .324| .308  .382| .641  .706|  83  .466  -3.2  -0.3 100%
 1986 37 LAD NL  242  177   21   3.2    92| .250  .253| .302  .322| .301  .382| .603  .704|  73  .367  -7.2  -0.7 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 18 Seasons     8020 5818  757   3.5    94| .263  .261| .310  .328| .338  .384| .648  .712|  82  .411 -179.1 -18.3  70%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1969 20 LAD NL OF 86 132 4 3 1 .978 .973 1.58 1.75 2.49 2.02 45 492.0 RF 61 68 1 2 0 .972 .975 1.13 1.59 2.02 1.87 29 307.3 CF 24 53 3 1 1 .982 .977 2.33 2.04 2.95 2.27 16 170.7 LF 8 6 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.75 1.27 3.86 1.67 0 14.0 1970 21 LAD NL OF 79 167 8 3 1 .983 .976 2.22 1.78 2.56 2.07 67 615.3 RF 57 116 6 3 1 .976 .976 2.14 1.68 2.52 2.00 47 435.3 CF 24 54 2 0 0 1.000 .977 2.33 2.07 2.82 2.34 20 179.0 LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.40 9.00 1.80 0 1.0 SS 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 4.20 2.25 5.06 0 8.0 1971 22 LAD NL 2B 41 81 108 7 21 .964 .978 4.61 4.86 5.51 5.47 35 308.7 OF 40 49 1 0 0 1.000 .978 1.25 1.92 2.20 2.19 16 204.3 RF 35 33 1 0 0 1.000 .983 0.97 1.80 2.08 2.07 10 147.0 CF 10 20 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.00 2.30 3.33 2.63 6 54.0 SS 6 1 5 1 2 .857 .968 1.00 4.47 2.95 5.16 1 18.3 LF 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.53 0.00 1.91 0 3.3 1972 23 LAD NL SS 121 197 439 34 69 .949 .967 5.26 4.48 5.40 5.04 118 1060.0 OF 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 0.83 1.97 5.17 2.17 0 8.7 RF 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.75 3.00 2.10 0 6.0 CF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.30 4.50 2.70 0 2.0 LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 12.86 1.29 0 0.7 1973 24 LAD NL SS 162 243 560 31 106 .963 .961 4.96 4.31 4.85 4.93 162 1489.7 AS 1974 25 LAD NL SS 160 194 491 39 68 .946 .961 4.28 4.26 4.47 4.97 154 1379.0 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1975 26 LAD NL SS 83 94 230 11 27 .967 .963 3.90 4.21 4.31 4.99 81 677.3 1976 27 LAD NL SS 149 251 476 28 90 .963 .964 4.88 4.48 5.03 5.05 145 1301.7 AS 1977 28 LAD NL SS 153 234 523 29 102 .963 .963 4.95 4.30 5.16 5.02 149 1320.0 1978 29 LAD NL SS 155 245 533 31 91 .962 .966 5.02 4.25 5.25 4.88 151 1334.0 1979 30 LAD NL SS 150 218 452 30 70 .957 .965 4.47 4.51 4.65 5.00 148 1296.0 1980 31 LAD NL SS 129 179 387 19 57 .968 .966 4.39 4.30 4.71 5.02 120 1081.3 AS 1981 32 LAD NL SS 80 128 261 14 49 .965 .960 4.86 4.44 5.23 5.10 78 669.7 1982 33 LAD NL SS 150 216 502 29 64 .961 .967 4.79 4.38 5.03 5.01 146 1285.3 1983 34 LAD NL SS 127 192 392 22 61 .964 .967 4.60 4.16 4.99 4.85 122 1054.3 1984 35 LAD NL SS 65 81 165 9 29 .965 .965 3.78 3.98 4.63 4.87 56 478.0 CF 18 32 2 0 0 1.000 .988 1.89 2.41 2.27 2.71 16 134.7 2B 5 3 7 0 0 1.000 .980 2.00 4.72 6.43 5.40 1 14.0 1985 36 LAD NL SS 23 27 64 8 11 .919 .963 3.96 4.26 4.85 4.88 19 169.0 LF 21 22 0 1 0 .957 .978 1.05 1.50 1.41 1.92 15 140.7 2B 8 10 17 1 0 .964 .982 3.38 4.83 5.36 5.46 5 45.3 3B 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.20 2.48 1.12 2.93 0 8.0 1986 37 LAD NL OF 48 47 2 0 0 1.000 .978 1.02 1.82 1.99 2.19 21 222.0 SS 32 36 64 4 13 .962 .963 3.12 3.96 5.12 4.75 14 175.7 LF 28 34 2 0 0 1.000 .976 1.29 1.44 2.45 1.97 12 132.0 RF 20 13 0 0 0 1.000 .977 0.65 1.63 1.33 1.99 9 88.0 2B 8 20 18 1 4 .974 .979 4.75 4.54 5.34 5.20 6 64.0 CF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.00 4.50 2.70 0 2.0 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0.00 2.70 1 9.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1971 22 LAD NL 2B 41 81 108 7 21 .964 .978 4.61 4.86 5.51 5.47 35 308.7 1984 35 LAD NL 2B 5 3 7 0 0 1.000 .980 2.00 4.72 6.43 5.40 1 14.0 1985 36 LAD NL 2B 8 10 17 1 0 .964 .982 3.38 4.83 5.36 5.46 5 45.3 1986 37 LAD NL 2B 8 20 18 1 4 .974 .979 4.75 4.54 5.34 5.20 6 64.0 1985 36 LAD NL 3B 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.20 2.48 1.12 2.93 0 8.0 1986 37 LAD NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0.00 2.70 1 9.0 1969 20 LAD NL CF 24 53 3 1 1 .982 .977 2.33 2.04 2.95 2.27 16 170.7 1970 21 LAD NL CF 24 54 2 0 0 1.000 .977 2.33 2.07 2.82 2.34 20 179.0 1971 22 LAD NL CF 10 20 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.00 2.30 3.33 2.63 6 54.0 1972 23 LAD NL CF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.30 4.50 2.70 0 2.0 1984 35 LAD NL CF 18 32 2 0 0 1.000 .988 1.89 2.41 2.27 2.71 16 134.7 1986 37 LAD NL CF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.00 4.50 2.70 0 2.0 1969 20 LAD NL LF 8 6 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.75 1.27 3.86 1.67 0 14.0 1970 21 LAD NL LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.40 9.00 1.80 0 1.0 1971 22 LAD NL LF 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.53 0.00 1.91 0 3.3 1972 23 LAD NL LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 12.86 1.29 0 0.7 1985 36 LAD NL LF 21 22 0 1 0 .957 .978 1.05 1.50 1.41 1.92 15 140.7 1986 37 LAD NL LF 28 34 2 0 0 1.000 .976 1.29 1.44 2.45 1.97 12 132.0 1969 20 LAD NL OF 86 132 4 3 1 .978 .973 1.58 1.75 2.49 2.02 45 492.0 1970 21 LAD NL OF 79 167 8 3 1 .983 .976 2.22 1.78 2.56 2.07 67 615.3 1971 22 LAD NL OF 40 49 1 0 0 1.000 .978 1.25 1.92 2.20 2.19 16 204.3 1972 23 LAD NL OF 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 0.83 1.97 5.17 2.17 0 8.7 1974 25 LAD NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1984 35 LAD NL OF 18 31 1 0 0 1.000 .979 1.78 1.91 2.14 2.27 16 134.7 1985 36 LAD NL OF 21 23 0 1 0 .958 .979 1.10 1.88 1.47 2.20 15 140.7 1986 37 LAD NL OF 48 47 2 0 0 1.000 .978 1.02 1.82 1.99 2.19 21 222.0 1969 20 LAD NL RF 61 68 1 2 0 .972 .975 1.13 1.59 2.02 1.87 29 307.3 1970 21 LAD NL RF 57 116 6 3 1 .976 .976 2.14 1.68 2.52 2.00 47 435.3 1971 22 LAD NL RF 35 33 1 0 0 1.000 .983 0.97 1.80 2.08 2.07 10 147.0 1972 23 LAD NL RF 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.75 3.00 2.10 0 6.0 1974 25 LAD NL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1986 37 LAD NL RF 20 13 0 0 0 1.000 .977 0.65 1.63 1.33 1.99 9 88.0 1970 21 LAD NL SS 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 4.20 2.25 5.06 0 8.0 1971 22 LAD NL SS 6 1 5 1 2 .857 .968 1.00 4.47 2.95 5.16 1 18.3 1972 23 LAD NL SS 121 197 439 34 69 .949 .967 5.26 4.48 5.40 5.04 118 1060.0 1973 24 LAD NL SS 162 243 560 31 106 .963 .961 4.96 4.31 4.85 4.93 162 1489.7 1974 25 LAD NL SS 160 194 491 39 68 .946 .961 4.28 4.26 4.47 4.97 154 1379.0 1975 26 LAD NL SS 83 94 230 11 27 .967 .963 3.90 4.21 4.31 4.99 81 677.3 1976 27 LAD NL SS 149 251 476 28 90 .963 .964 4.88 4.48 5.03 5.05 145 1301.7 1977 28 LAD NL SS 153 234 523 29 102 .963 .963 4.95 4.30 5.16 5.02 149 1320.0 1978 29 LAD NL SS 155 245 533 31 91 .962 .966 5.02 4.25 5.25 4.88 151 1334.0 1979 30 LAD NL SS 150 218 452 30 70 .957 .965 4.47 4.51 4.65 5.00 148 1296.0 1980 31 LAD NL SS 129 179 387 19 57 .968 .966 4.39 4.30 4.71 5.02 120 1081.3 1981 32 LAD NL SS 80 128 261 14 49 .965 .960 4.86 4.44 5.23 5.10 78 669.7 1982 33 LAD NL SS 150 216 502 29 64 .961 .967 4.79 4.38 5.03 5.01 146 1285.3 1983 34 LAD NL SS 127 192 392 22 61 .964 .967 4.60 4.16 4.99 4.85 122 1054.3 1984 35 LAD NL SS 65 81 165 9 29 .965 .965 3.78 3.98 4.63 4.87 56 478.0 1985 36 LAD NL SS 23 27 64 8 11 .919 .963 3.96 4.26 4.85 4.88 19 169.0 1986 37 LAD NL SS 32 36 64 4 13 .962 .963 3.12 3.96 5.12 4.75 14 175.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS*1746 2536 5546 339 909 .960 .964 4.63 4.32 4.92 4.98 1664 14797.3 OF* 299 454 16 7 2 .985 .976 1.57 1.82 2.33 2.11 180 1818.7 62 78 178# RF* 178 232 8 5 1 .980 .977 1.35 1.67 2.19 1.97 95 984.7 CF* 78 161 7 1 1 .994 .980 2.15 2.17 2.79 2.44 58 542.3 2B* 62 114 150 9 25 .967 .979 4.26 4.80 5.50 5.43 47 432.0 LF* 62 64 2 1 0 .985 .976 1.06 1.45 2.04 1.93 27 291.7 3B* 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.17 2.43 0.53 2.81 1 17.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 2113 3104 5713 355 936 .961 .965 4.17 3.97 4.65 4.68 1892 17065
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1974   NLCS  LAD PIT     W   4  18   1   7  0  0  0   3   1   0  .389  .421  .389   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    LAD OAK     L   5  18   0   4  0  1  0   2   0   2  .222  .222  .333   0  0   0   0   0 
 1977   NLCS  LAD PHI     W   4  18   3   5  1  0  0   2   0   0  .278  .278  .333   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    LAD NYY     L   6  26   3   4  0  1  0   2   1   3  .154  .185  .231   0  0   0   0   0 
 1978   NLCS  LAD PHI     W   4  17   1   7  1  0  0   2   1   1  .412  .444  .471   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    LAD NYY     L   6  26   1  11  2  0  0   2   2   2  .423  .464  .500   1  2   0   0   0 
 1981   NLDS  LAD HOU     W   5  16   1   4  1  0  0   2   3   1  .250  .368  .313   0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  LAD MON     W   5  16   2   5  0  1  0   1   1   1  .313  .353  .438   0  0   2   0   0 
        WS    LAD NYY     W   6  25   1   6  0  0  0   2   0   1  .240  .240  .240   1  1   1   0   0 
 1983   NLCS  LAD PHI     L   4  14   1   4  0  0  0   0   2   4  .286  .375  .286   1  0   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  5 Lg Champ Series     4-1  21  83   8  28  2  1  0   8   5   6  .337  .375  .386   1  0   3   0   0 
  4 World Series        1-3  23  95   5  25  2  2  0   8   3   8  .263  .286  .326   2  3   1   0   0 
 10 Postseason Series   6-4  49 194  14  57  5  3  0  18  11  15  .294  .332  .351   3  3   4   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1973   LAD NL       2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1976   LAD NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1980   LAD NL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting SS 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 3/3      1   5   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1973 *
1976 *
1980 (SS)

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1973-NL-32-0.00

Games
1973 NL-162-1
1974 NL-160-5

At Bats
1973 NL-615-9
1977 NL-634-5
1978 NL-625-8
1979 NL-627-10

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1977 NL-673-9

Hits
1977 NL-176-8

Triples
1970 NL-9-5

Singles
1973 NL-130-9
1976 NL-127-10
1977 NL-138-6
1978 NL-140-4
1979 NL-133-9

Sac. Hits
1979 NL-14-6
1980 NL-12-8
1983 NL-12-4

Intentional Walks
1973 NL-20-4
1974 NL-25-1
Car-106-98

Grounded into Double Plays
1974 NL-18-7
1977 NL-23-3
1978 NL-17-7
1979 NL-20-4
1981 NL-13-3

At Bats per Strikeout
1977 NL-14.7-7
1978 NL-18.4-3
1979 NL-14.6-6
1982 NL-16.6-4
1983 NL-14.5-8

Outs
1973 NL-484-7
1977 NL-501-1
1978 NL-484-8
1979 NL-504-4

         

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (721) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 10 (1366) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 13.9 (1111) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 26.0 (643) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

June 7, 1966: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 9th round of the 1966 amateur draft.

November 12, 1986: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Los Angeles Dodgers$450,000
1986Los Angeles Dodgers$450,000
Career (may be incomplete)$900,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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