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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
17 5715 .249 .340 .446 117 24.6
Birth Date11-29-1960
Height5' 11"
Weight178 lbs
Age63 years, 4 months, 28 days
BatsB
ThrowsR
WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ DRAA BRR FRAA BWARP
1982 DET 21 54 173 49 5 0 4 16 30 1 7 4 .316 .384 .426 106 1.5 -1.3 -1.1 0.4
1983 DET 22 27 74 14 0 0 3 7 10 1 0 0 .212 .297 .348 93 -0.5 1.6 -0.2 0.3
1984 DET 23 116 402 88 14 1 12 40 67 1 10 6 .248 .324 .394 102 2.1 -0.8 -3.0 1.1
1985 NYN 24 126 428 94 18 4 11 34 78 0 6 4 .242 .300 .393 89 -4.0 0.2 -3.5 0.6
1986 NYN 25 88 253 54 14 0 10 31 64 1 8 1 .245 .341 .445 99 0.2 1.6 0.0 1.1
1987 NYN 26 157 645 147 22 1 36 83 113 5 32 10 .265 .364 .504 133 27.0 -0.2 -6.3 4.3
1988 NYN 27 148 594 114 21 1 24 86 104 3 23 7 .230 .343 .422 123 15.2 4.0 -14.2 2.6
1989 NYN 28 153 655 164 41 3 36 77 126 1 41 8 .287 .369 .559 151 38.0 1.5 -18.5 4.5
1990 NYN 29 154 668 144 37 3 23 69 100 0 34 8 .244 .319 .434 108 6.2 0.3 1.7 3.3
1991 NYN 30 156 658 146 34 4 38 78 120 1 30 16 .259 .342 .535 137 29.4 2.1 -4.1 5.0
1992 NYN 31 100 410 78 19 0 7 55 79 2 22 5 .223 .329 .337 98 0.7 1.0 -14.1 -0.1
1993 NYN 32 72 280 56 8 2 7 43 43 0 6 4 .238 .354 .379 114 5.9 -2.2 1.4 1.4
1994 COL 33 93 269 48 10 2 10 39 73 0 11 3 .211 .323 .405 85 -4.1 -1.7 -3.0 -0.2
1995 CHN 34 87 206 33 4 1 7 34 46 1 1 1 .195 .330 .355 106 2.1 -1.8 -2.2 0.4
Career1531571512292472222869210531723177.249.340.446117119.54.2-67.224.6

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
1979 LAK A+ FSL 132 540 .000 .000 .000 .280 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1980 LAK A+ FSL 130 567 .000 .000 .000 .309 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1981 BIR AA SOU 138 576 .000 .000 .000 .285 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1982 DET MLB AL 54 173 .265 .324 .396 .372 99 5.7 4.7 -0.3 106 15 -1.1 -1.3 1.5 0.4
1982 EVA AAA AA 98 423 .000 .000 .000 .327 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1983 DET MLB AL 27 74 .261 .320 .391 .208 101 -2.1 2.0 0.2 93 15 -0.2 1.6 -0.5 0.3
1983 EVA AAA AA 3 13 .000 .000 .000 .286 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1984 DET MLB AL 116 402 .261 .323 .395 .273 96 0.8 10.8 1.2 102 10 -3.0 -0.8 2.1 1.1
1985 NYN MLB NL 126 428 .254 .318 .376 .273 93 -1.8 11.6 1.7 89 9 -3.5 0.2 -4.0 0.6
1986 NYN MLB NL 88 253 .254 .321 .384 .301 97 4.1 7.0 1.7 99 9 0.0 1.6 0.2 1.1
1987 NYN MLB NL 157 645 .260 .326 .407 .272 97 27.6 19.0 3.7 133 10 -6.3 -0.2 27.0 4.3
1988 NYN MLB NL 148 594 .252 .310 .369 .240 94 16.8 15.5 3.3 123 9 -14.2 4.0 15.2 2.6
1989 NYN MLB NL 153 655 .249 .310 .369 .308 98 48.6 17.1 3.2 151 9 -18.5 1.5 38.0 4.5
1990 NYN MLB NL 154 668 .256 .319 .383 .254 98 9.1 17.9 4.8 108 11 1.7 0.3 6.2 3.3
1991 NYN MLB NL 156 658 .250 .313 .371 .257 98 35.9 17.8 1.5 137 8 -4.1 2.1 29.4 5.0
1992 NYN MLB NL 100 410 .251 .312 .363 .266 96 0.1 10.6 0.4 98 9 -14.1 1.0 0.7 -0.1
1993 NYN MLB NL 72 280 .262 .324 .394 .262 96 3.8 8.0 1.1 114 10 1.4 -2.2 5.9 1.4
1994 COL MLB NL 93 269 .267 .331 .416 .259 115 -8.2 8.2 -1.7 85 9 -3.0 -1.7 -4.1 -0.2
1995 CHN MLB NL 87 206 .258 .325 .400 .220 103 -3 6.2 0.1 106 11 -2.2 -1.8 2.1 0.4

Statistics For All Levels

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Year Team lvl LG PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO SF SH
1979 LAK A+ FSL 540 456 49 107 9 6 3 137 49 69 85 18 8 .235 .341 .300 .066 3 3
1980 LAK A+ FSL 567 474 83 135 28 1 10 195 69 73 75 31 5 .285 .372 .411 .127 16 16
1981 BIR AA SOU 576 488 84 130 28 7 22 238 83 75 93 19 10 .266 .360 .488 .221 6 6
1982 EVA AAA AA 423 366 70 116 16 4 23 209 67 46 62 35 9 .317 .393 .571 .254 3 3
1982 DET MLB AL 173 155 23 49 5 0 4 66 14 16 30 7 4 .316 .384 .426 .110 0 1
1983 EVA AAA AA 13 9 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 4 2 0 1 .222 .462 .333 .111 0 0
1983 DET MLB AL 74 66 11 14 0 0 3 23 5 7 10 0 0 .212 .297 .348 .136 0 0
1984 DET MLB AL 402 355 43 88 14 1 12 140 50 40 67 10 6 .248 .324 .394 .146 2 4
1985 NYN MLB NL 428 389 38 94 18 4 11 153 46 34 78 6 4 .242 .300 .393 .152 4 1
1986 NYN MLB NL 253 220 30 54 14 0 10 98 39 31 64 8 1 .245 .341 .445 .200 0 1
1987 NYN MLB NL 645 554 93 147 22 1 36 279 99 83 113 32 10 .265 .364 .504 .238 3 0
1988 NYN MLB NL 594 495 85 114 21 1 24 209 68 86 104 23 7 .230 .343 .422 .192 8 2
1989 NYN MLB NL 655 571 104 164 41 3 36 319 101 77 126 41 8 .287 .369 .559 .271 6 0
1990 NYN MLB NL 668 590 89 144 37 3 23 256 90 69 100 34 8 .244 .319 .434 .190 9 0
1991 NYN MLB NL 658 564 108 146 34 4 38 302 117 78 120 30 16 .259 .342 .535 .277 15 0
1992 NYN MLB NL 410 350 48 78 19 0 7 118 43 55 79 22 5 .223 .329 .337 .114 3 0
1993 NYN MLB NL 280 235 32 56 8 2 7 89 26 43 43 6 4 .238 .354 .379 .140 2 0
1994 COL MLB NL 269 227 30 48 10 2 10 92 40 39 73 11 3 .211 .323 .405 .194 3 0
1995 CHN MLB NL 206 169 26 33 4 1 7 60 22 34 46 1 1 .195 .330 .355 .160 2 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
1990-10-20 1990-10-20 Off 0 0 Left Shoulder Surgery Labrum 1990-10-20 -
1986-06-01 1986-06-23 22 22 Right Foot Fracture Hairline - -

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2019 Preseason Forecast

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2009-09-29 13:00:00 (link to chat)Do you find it funny that a team can just have an historically weak position, transcending eras, ERAs, team ownership, management, POTUSes, ... Off the top of your head, what are likely to be the worst positions you can think of--Tigers catchers? Mariners SSes? Jays 3B?
(Wade from TX)		Do you mean now, or historically? The really famous ones are the long droughts the White Sox and Mets had at third base, with the Sox going from Willie Kamm to Robin Ventura with only a couple of decent Bill Melton years in the middle. The Mets basically went from 1962 to Howard Johnson before they got anything great from their third basemen--although Wayne Garrett had a couple of decent seasons if you consider park and league context. And of course, the Yankees got no offense from shortstop whatsoever between Rizzuto's 1950 and Derek Jeter's 1996, except for whenever Casey Stengel played Gil McDougald over there... (Steven Goldman)
2008-05-28 13:00:00 (link to chat)Wouldn't using ARod to back up Jeter just cause the opposite problem? How do you put Cap'n Jeets back out there when the pitchers performed so much better in his abscence?
(Hokieball from DC)		'Cause a few years have passed by for A-Rod now, and I think it likely that he's not what he used to be at the position either. This seemed particularly obvious last year when he was heavier and a little more sluggish and had trouble at third. My main point is that you can endure almost anything for a few innings or a single game... Similar idea: Davy Johnson starting Howard Johnson or Kevin Mitchell(!) at shortstop when Sid Fernandez was pitching. Sid was such an extreme flyball pitcher that there were going to be less than five grounders all day (and sometimes none). Who cared who the infielders were? (Steven Goldman)


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