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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
12 4714 .278 .367 .431 116 19.1
Birth Date8-7-1954
Height6' 0"
Weight195 lbs
Age71 years, 0 months, 13 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
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
1977 DET 22 151 636 142 29 4 18 71 93 5 3 3 .257 .343 .422 103 4.6 -3.7 -9.3 0.5
1978 DET 23 159 686 161 18 4 15 97 87 1 2 3 .277 .379 .399 118 16.2 -2.4 1.9 3.2
1979 DET 24 134 570 156 26 3 26 68 70 2 5 6 .318 .398 .543 140 29.0 0.3 5.7 4.8
1980 DET 25 135 591 149 23 3 21 69 64 4 5 1 .293 .376 .474 120 15.3 2.4 4.8 3.5
1981 DET 26 105 447 103 18 4 9 70 48 1 9 3 .277 .389 .419 125 10.8 1.2 4.6 2.8
1982 CHA 27 160 679 166 23 1 19 89 83 3 7 7 .286 .381 .428 128 23.3 1.1 -12.0 2.8
1983 NYA 28 109 419 90 17 3 12 41 37 2 1 0 .241 .318 .399 101 0.8 -2.1 1.7 0.8
1984 NYA 29 94 361 91 12 1 7 40 54 1 4 1 .291 .369 .403 107 4.2 1.5 -3.7 1.0
1985 PIT 30 92 266 59 13 2 2 25 54 0 1 0 .250 .317 .347 70 -8.3 -1.1 0.6 -0.3
1986 PIT 31 13 20 3 0 0 1 4 6 0 1 0 .188 .350 .375 84 -0.3 -0.3 0.1 0.0
1988 TEX 33 16 39 8 0 0 0 2 9 0 1 0 .222 .256 .222 76 -1.0 -0.2 0.4 0.0
Career11684714112817925130576605193924.278.367.43111694.5-3.2-5.319.1

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
1977 DET MLB AL 151 636 .267 .328 .406 .277 102 10.2 17.8 -4.2 103 9 -9.3 -3.7 4.6 0.5
1978 DET MLB AL 159 686 .263 .323 .387 .302 103 21.4 17.8 -4.2 118 9 1.9 -2.4 16.2 3.2
1979 DET MLB AL 134 570 .266 .328 .401 .323 102 35.5 16.0 -4.4 140 10 5.7 0.3 29.0 4.8
1980 DET MLB AL 135 591 .270 .330 .400 .296 104 20.4 15.9 -5.9 120 9 4.8 2.4 15.3 3.5
1981 DET MLB AL 105 447 .257 .320 .371 .295 101 17.7 11.3 -3.1 125 13 4.6 1.2 10.8 2.8
1982 CHA MLB AL 160 679 .265 .327 .406 .304 99 25.2 18.3 -4.4 128 7 -12.0 1.1 23.3 2.8
1983 NYA MLB AL 109 419 .265 .326 .406 .239 97 1.9 11.4 -3.8 101 13 1.7 -2.1 0.8 0.8
1984 NYA MLB AL 94 361 .266 .325 .406 .328 94 10.5 9.7 -2.7 107 16 -3.7 1.5 4.2 1.0
1985 PIT MLB NL 92 266 .253 .315 .375 .310 96 -5.9 7.3 -1.5 70 11 0.6 -1.1 -8.3 -0.3
1986 PIT MLB NL 13 20 .260 .315 .420 .222 103 -0.6 0.6 -0.1 84 36 0.1 -0.3 -0.3 0.0
1986 LVG AAA PCL 48 186 .000 .000 .000 .342 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1987 OKL AAA AA 121 499 .000 .000 .000 .318 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1988 TEX MLB AL 16 39 .259 .314 .400 .286 104 -2.8 1.0 -0.5 76 12 0.4 -0.2 -1.0 0.0
1988 OKL AAA AA 37 135 .000 .000 .000 .320 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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
1977 DET MLB AL 636 552 75 142 29 4 18 233 88 71 93 3 3 .257 .343 .422 .165 7 1
1978 DET MLB AL 686 582 75 161 18 4 15 232 79 97 87 2 3 .277 .379 .399 .122 3 3
1979 DET MLB AL 570 490 88 156 26 3 26 266 105 68 70 5 6 .318 .398 .543 .224 8 2
1980 DET MLB AL 591 508 88 149 23 3 21 241 101 69 64 5 1 .293 .376 .474 .181 9 1
1981 DET MLB AL 447 372 52 103 18 4 9 156 49 70 48 9 3 .277 .389 .419 .142 4 0
1982 CHA MLB AL 679 580 91 166 23 1 19 248 98 89 83 7 7 .286 .381 .428 .141 6 1
1983 NYA MLB AL 419 373 53 90 17 3 12 149 49 41 37 1 0 .241 .318 .399 .158 2 1
1984 NYA MLB AL 361 313 37 91 12 1 7 126 41 40 54 4 1 .291 .369 .403 .112 4 3
1985 PIT MLB NL 266 236 19 59 13 2 2 82 21 25 54 1 0 .250 .317 .347 .097 4 1
1986 PIT MLB NL 20 16 1 3 0 0 1 6 1 4 6 1 0 .188 .350 .375 .188 0 0
1986 LVG AAA PCL 186 160 27 43 10 2 5 72 27 26 44 2 0 .269 .371 .450 .181 0 0
1987 OKL AAA AA 499 421 73 112 28 6 20 212 84 71 112 2 3 .266 .374 .504 .238 0 0
1988 TEX MLB AL 39 36 2 8 0 0 0 8 2 2 9 1 0 .222 .256 .222 .000 1 0
1988 OKL AAA AA 135 121 12 33 6 0 2 45 19 11 22 1 3 .273 .333 .372 .099 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
1983-09-07 1983-10-03 60-DL 26 26 Left Face Fracture Cheekbone From Batted Ball In Batting Practice - -

Compensation

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2019 Preseason Forecast

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

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2010-08-02 13:30:00 (link to chat)Its only tenuously linked to the trade deadline topic, but is it me or does the Mike Lowell situation seem kinda sad, with a player seemingly being stuck in limbo, not being released, not being traded, not allowed to play. Are there any other situations like this that have occurred in baseball in recent memory?
(Keith C from Naugatuck, CT)		I guess I always think back to Steve Kemp, when the Yankees were going out of their way not to have him around after giving him a multi-year deal, but that was in the '80s. I wonder if they won't just kick Lowell to a rehab gig once they're on the clock for that without having to reactivate him before roster expansion. (Christina Kahrl)
2010-08-02 13:30:00 (link to chat)Re: Steve Kemp, in defense of the Yankees (I can't believe I just wrote that), Kemp suffered an eye injury (scar tissue on his retina when he was hit by a batted ball in batting practice) in 1983 that essentially spelled the end of him as a valuable player. His "limbo" was more justifiable than Lowell's
(Silv from NY, NY)		Point take, but I'm not sure I agree as far as Lowell's having any value left. If he was a 1B or DH, he'd be a bad hitter for either slot, and nobody seems to think he can play 3B regularly any more. (Christina Kahrl)
2008-05-28 13:00:00 (link to chat)I feel Yankees will improve to about an 88 win season but not a championship year. Would you agree. Also one "Off the Wall" question. Do you think Mickey Mantle would-could hit the warehouse in Camden Yards. Thanks>>>
(Rockee from Schodack, NY)		Agreed, and I wrote as much the other day. My touchstone was the 1984 season where they had a first half which was (approximating from memory)35-47 and then a second half which was the best record in baseball at 55-25. I have an idea that something like that will happen, maybe spurred by Jobba and some other change we can't anticipate. The only problem with the 1984 Hypothesis is that the Yankees were able to bring in Don Mattingly and Mike Pagliarulo that year, pushing Ken Griffey to left field over Steve Kemp and sending Toby Harrah to the bench. That kind of thing isn't going to happen this year. (Steven Goldman)


BP Roundtables

DateRoundtable NameComment
2009-10-28 17:00:002009 WS Game OneWelcome to my feelings about Eric Chavez, except in my case, I "know" it's the 4-3 tapper that's bound to come. Of course, witnessing an Eric Chavez at-bat is a pretty rare thing any more. Serves me right for a lifetime of Steve Kemp cracks. (Christina Kahrl)