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Career Summary

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	WARP
18	7812	.274	.338	.480	123	43.1

Birth Date	12-1-1948
Height	6' 1"
Weight	185 lbs

Age	75 years, 4 months, 23 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
1969	SFN	20	9	5	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	74	-0.1	0.2	0.2	0.0
1970	SFN	21	9	21	6	1	1	1	2	5	0	0	0	.316	.381	.632	89	-0.1	-0.2	-1.0	-0.1
1971	CIN	22	104	402	86	18	4	10	23	93	7	7	6	.234	.289	.386	85	-3.6	-3.0	7.1	1.3
1971	SFN	22	36	112	28	5	0	3	6	27	0	0	1	.267	.304	.400	84	-1.0	-0.2	-1.2	0.0
1972	CIN	23	59	152	29	4	1	2	5	44	1	2	1	.200	.230	.283	55	-6.2	0.0	-1.5	-0.6
1973	CIN	24	17	43	11	3	0	4	4	7	0	0	1	.282	.349	.667	136	2.0	-0.6	1.0	0.4
1974	CIN	25	106	314	73	18	0	7	30	52	4	3	2	.264	.343	.406	108	4.5	-0.7	-3.9	0.8
1975	CIN	26	134	511	139	24	4	23	40	73	3	2	1	.300	.356	.518	126	18.1	-1.4	16.6	4.8
1976	CIN	27	144	627	172	21	9	29	52	89	4	17	3	.306	.364	.530	147	34.6	2.7	8.0	6.5
1977	CIN	28	158	689	197	31	2	52	61	107	5	6	4	.320	.382	.631	164	55.7	-1.8	15.4	8.8
1978	CIN	29	158	687	170	26	7	40	70	138	7	4	4	.281	.360	.546	145	36.6	-0.3	5.9	6.2
1979	CIN	30	121	505	133	18	3	30	59	105	3	0	2	.302	.386	.561	157	36.1	-1.7	-0.6	4.6
1980	CIN	31	144	608	144	21	5	25	75	99	1	1	0	.273	.362	.473	129	21.9	-2.5	-1.4	3.2
1981	CIN	32	108	472	122	23	2	22	51	75	3	4	0	.295	.373	.519	146	21.8	-2.2	-4.0	2.8
1982	NYN	33	151	608	136	23	2	13	50	123	2	1	1	.247	.309	.367	92	-4.6	-2.1	-0.3	0.6
1983	NYN	34	157	647	145	19	2	28	38	111	4	1	1	.241	.289	.419	103	2.8	-2.7	-1.5	1.3
1984	NYN	35	146	595	149	22	1	24	30	122	6	2	2	.269	.311	.443	103	3.8	1.7	-3.2	1.6
1985	NYN	36	129	504	119	24	1	21	46	87	2	0	1	.263	.331	.460	117	11.7	-1.6	-13.3	0.8
1986	CHA	37	15	54	11	0	2	1	3	8	0	0	0	.216	.259	.353	103	0.3	-0.2	0.9	0.2
1986	NYN	37	72	256	53	6	1	13	21	53	0	1	1	.227	.289	.429	101	0.7	0.1	-5.8	0.1
Career			1977	7812	1925	307	47	348	666	1419	52	51	31	.274	.338	.480	123	234.8	-16.6	17.4	43.1

Statistics for All Levels

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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
1969	SFN	MLB	NL	9	5	.269	.342	.372	.500	94	0.3	0.1	0	74	14	0.2	0.2	-0.1	0.0
1970	SFN	MLB	NL	9	21	.257	.324	.414	.385	99	2.1	0.6	-0.1	89	22	-1.0	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1
1971	CIN	MLB	NL	104	402	.252	.312	.367	.284	97	-4.9	9.9	0.8	85	13	7.1	-3.0	-3.6	1.3
1971	SFN	MLB	NL	36	112	.257	.317	.371	.329	101	0	2.8	-0.7	84	13	-1.2	-0.2	-1.0	0.0
1972	CIN	MLB	NL	59	152	.248	.316	.364	.270	94	-7.3	3.6	-1.1	55	13	-1.5	0.0	-6.2	-0.6
1973	CIN	MLB	NL	17	43	.253	.316	.376	.250	99	4.7	1.1	0	136	28	1.0	-0.6	2.0	0.4
1974	CIN	MLB	NL	106	314	.257	.322	.367	.301	100	6.5	8.1	-1	108	9	-3.9	-0.7	4.5	0.8
1975	CIN	MLB	NL	134	511	.256	.324	.366	.312	102	20.7	13.4	-2.2	126	11	16.6	-1.4	18.1	4.8
1976	CIN	MLB	NL	144	627	.255	.317	.359	.316	104	36.8	15.8	-2.9	147	8	8.0	2.7	34.6	6.5
1977	CIN	MLB	NL	158	689	.261	.324	.395	.313	104	54	19.3	-3.4	164	11	15.4	-1.8	55.7	8.8
1978	CIN	MLB	NL	158	687	.252	.315	.368	.301	104	33.6	17.9	-4	145	11	5.9	-0.3	36.6	6.2
1979	CIN	MLB	NL	121	505	.262	.323	.389	.334	101	34.1	14.1	-3.3	157	12	-0.6	-1.7	36.1	4.6
1980	CIN	MLB	NL	144	608	.260	.315	.371	.292	102	20.7	16.3	-3.9	129	9	-1.4	-2.5	21.9	3.2
1981	CIN	MLB	NL	108	472	.258	.317	.365	.312	99	30.5	11.9	-2.8	146	12	-4.0	-2.2	21.8	2.8
1982	NYN	MLB	NL	151	608	.257	.315	.373	.293	100	-9.7	16.4	-3.8	92	9	-0.3	-2.1	-4.6	0.6
1983	NYN	MLB	NL	157	647	.254	.315	.373	.251	97	-2.4	17.6	-4.1	103	9	-1.5	-2.7	2.8	1.3
1984	NYN	MLB	NL	146	595	.254	.313	.367	.303	95	6	15.9	-3.7	103	12	-3.2	1.7	3.8	1.6
1985	NYN	MLB	NL	129	504	.254	.317	.377	.282	92	15.4	13.7	-3.2	117	11	-13.3	-1.6	11.7	0.8
1986	CHA	MLB	AL	15	54	.260	.324	.393	.238	98	-2.6	1.5	-0.4	103	11	0.9	-0.2	0.3	0.2
1986	NYN	MLB	NL	72	256	.256	.319	.390	.237	96	3.2	7.1	-1.6	101	10	-5.8	0.1	0.7	0.1

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
1969	SFN	MLB	NL	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.000	0	0
1970	SFN	MLB	NL	21	19	2	6	1	1	1	12	4	2	5	0	0	.316	.381	.632	.316	0	0
1971	CIN	MLB	NL	402	368	39	86	18	4	10	142	50	23	93	7	6	.234	.289	.386	.152	3	1
1971	SFN	MLB	NL	112	105	11	28	5	0	3	42	8	6	27	0	1	.267	.304	.400	.133	1	0
1972	CIN	MLB	NL	152	145	15	29	4	1	2	41	12	5	44	2	1	.200	.230	.283	.083	1	0
1973	CIN	MLB	NL	43	39	6	11	3	0	4	26	9	4	7	0	1	.282	.349	.667	.385	0	0
1974	CIN	MLB	NL	314	276	31	73	18	0	7	112	41	30	52	3	2	.264	.343	.406	.141	2	2
1975	CIN	MLB	NL	511	463	71	139	24	4	23	240	78	40	73	2	1	.300	.356	.518	.218	5	0
1976	CIN	MLB	NL	627	562	86	172	21	9	29	298	121	52	89	17	3	.306	.364	.530	.224	9	0
1977	CIN	MLB	NL	689	615	124	197	31	2	52	388	149	61	107	6	4	.320	.382	.631	.311	8	0
1978	CIN	MLB	NL	687	604	97	170	26	7	40	330	120	70	138	4	4	.281	.360	.546	.265	6	0
1979	CIN	MLB	NL	505	440	68	133	18	3	30	247	98	59	105	0	2	.302	.386	.561	.259	3	0
1980	CIN	MLB	NL	608	528	79	144	21	5	25	250	93	75	99	1	0	.273	.362	.473	.201	4	0
1981	CIN	MLB	NL	472	414	64	122	23	2	22	215	90	51	75	4	0	.295	.373	.519	.225	4	0
1982	NYN	MLB	NL	608	550	64	136	23	2	13	202	70	50	123	1	1	.247	.309	.367	.120	6	0
1983	NYN	MLB	NL	647	601	74	145	19	2	28	252	90	38	111	1	1	.241	.289	.419	.178	4	0
1984	NYN	MLB	NL	595	553	67	149	22	1	24	245	86	30	122	2	2	.269	.311	.443	.174	6	0
1985	NYN	MLB	NL	504	452	57	119	24	1	21	208	77	46	87	0	1	.263	.331	.460	.197	4	0
1986	NYN	MLB	NL	256	233	28	53	6	1	13	100	38	21	53	1	1	.227	.289	.429	.202	2	0
1986	CHA	MLB	AL	54	51	2	11	0	2	1	18	4	3	8	0	0	.216	.259	.353	.137	0	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
1979-07-16	1979-08-12		27	24	Right	Groin	Strain	Adductors	-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status

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2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	VORP	FRAA	WARP
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	0	0	?	?	.000	.000	.000	0	0.0	?	0.0

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BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2008-06-26 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Jason Heyward will be in the majors by? and who does he remind you of? (Mike from Atlanta)	Mid 2009. Bigger, left-handed George Foster? Too much of a stretch? (Dayn Perry)

BP Roundtables

Date	Roundtable Name	Comment
2010-10-06 10:00:00	2010 Playoffs Day One	I suppose this is where a George Foster reference would have been appropriate. (Christina Kahrl)
2010-10-06 10:00:00	2010 Playoffs Day One	Uh oh, a leadoff walk off Feliz! Cue the predictions of closers whose careers "ended" because of post-season mishaps. George Foster! Byung-Hyun Kim! Brad Lidge! Oh, wait... (Christina Kahrl)