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Bobby Mitchell

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-10, 170lb (178cm, 77kg)

Born: April 7, 1955 in Salt Lake City, UT us

Draft: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 5th round of the 1973 MLB June Amateur Draft from Chatsworth HS (Chatsworth, CA) and the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 7th round of the 1977 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA).

High School: Chatsworth HS (Chatsworth, CA)

School: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: September 1, 1980 (Age 25-147d, 14,368th in major league history)
vs. NYM 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 21, 1983 (Age 28-167d)
vs. CHW 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1982 season

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Robert Van Mitchell

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.3

617

150

.243

RBI

OBP

.336

SLG

.308

OPS

.644

OPS+

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Games by Position

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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
1977	22	LAD-min	A	74	282	221	37	72	19	1	3	28	11	3	57	23	.326	.459	.462	.921		102		0	1	3			CLI · MIDW
1978	23	LAD-min	AA	131	572	480	76	140	17	5	1	42	49	13	84	49	.292	.394	.354	.749		170		0	4	4			SAN · TL
1979	24	LAD-min	AAA	123	535	453	104	148	24	8	2	59	18	11	71	35	.327	.418	.428	.846		194		3	4	4			ABQ · PCL
1980	25	LAD-min	AAA	109	438	347	62	111	20	6	3	53	17	11	74	26	.320	.432	.438	.870		152		0	10	7			ABQ · PCL
1980	25	LAD	NL	9	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	139	1	0	0	0	0	0	/8H9
1981	26	LAD-min	AAA	104	412	341	68	106	17	5	1	63	14	5	58	37	.311	.404	.399	.803		136		0	6	7	11		ABQ · PCL
1981	26	LAD	NL	10	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.125	.222	.125	.347	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	/8H97
1982	27	MIN-min	AAA	12	54	43	10	15	7	0	1	5	1	0	9	1	.349	.453	.581	1.034		25		0	1	1	0		TOL · IL
1982	27	MIN	AL	124	513	454	48	113	11	6	2	28	8	9	54	53	.249	.331	.313	.643	76	142	6	2	2	1	4	*8/97H
1983	28	MIN	AL	59	181	152	26	35	4	2	1	15	1	1	28	21	.230	.354	.303	.656	81	46	3	1	0	0	2	8H/7
1984	29	MIN-min	AAA	85	347	276	47	75	19	4	0	26	10	5	64	37	.272	.408	.370	.777		102		0	6	1	6		TOL · IL
1985	30	DET-min	AAA	111	374	325	47	80	16	3	3	29	5	9	45	50	.246	.339	.342	.680		111		1	2	1	0		NVL · AA
1986	31	TOR-min	AAA	93	280	228	43	63	12	1	5	25	6	5	48	29	.276	.399	.404	.803		92		0	2	2	3		SYR · IL
4 Yrs				202	707	617	75	150	15	8	3	43	9	10	84	78	.243	.336	.308	.644	77	190	9	3	2	1	6
162 Game Avg.				162	567	495	60	120	12	6	2	34	7	8	67	63	.243	.336	.308	.644	77	152	7	2	2	1	5

MIN (2 yrs)				183	694	606	74	148	15	8	3	43	9	10	82	74	.244	.337	.310	.647	78	188	9	3	2	1	6
LAD (2 yrs)				19	13	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.182	.308	.182	.490	43	2	0	0	0	0	0

AL (2 yrs)				183	694	606	74	148	15	8	3	43	9	10	82	74	.244	.337	.310	.647	78	188	9	3	2	1	6
NL (2 yrs)				19	13	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.182	.308	.182	.490	43	2	0	0	0	0	0

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