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Harold Baines
Harold Douglas Baines

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 2", Weight 195 lb.

Debut April 10, 1980
  vs. BAL 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 27, 2001
Born March 15, 1959 in Easton, MD

Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1980 21 CHW AL 141  491   55  125  23  6  13   49   2  4  19  65  .255  .281  .405   86  199   2   5   7   1  15
 1981 22 CHW AL  82  280   42   80  11  7  10   41   6  2  12  41  .286  .318  .482  130  135   0   2   4   2   6
 1982 23 CHW AL 161  608   89  165  29  8  25  105  10  3  49  95  .271  .321  .469  115  285   2   9  10   0  12 MVP-20
 1983 24 CHW AL 156  596   76  167  33  2  20   99   7  5  49  85  .280  .333  .443  109  264   3   6  13   1  15 MVP-10
 1984 25 CHW AL 147  569   72  173  28 10  29   94   1  2  54  75  .304  .361  .541  142  308   1   5   9   0  12 MVP-13
 1985 26 CHW AL 160  640   86  198  29  3  22  113   1  1  42  89  .309  .348  .467  118  299   0  10   8   1  23 MVP-9,AS
 1986 27 CHW AL 145  570   72  169  29  2  21   88   2  1  38  89  .296  .338  .465  113  265   0   8   9   2  14 AS
 1987 28 CHW AL 132  505   59  148  26  4  20   93   0  0  46  82  .293  .352  .479  115  242   0   2   2   1  12 AS
 1988 29 CHW AL 158  599   55  166  39  1  13   81   0  0  67 109  .277  .347  .411  112  246   0   7  14   1  21
 1989 30 TOT AL 146  505   73  156  29  1  16   72   0  3  73  79  .309  .395  .465  144  235   0   4  13   1  15 SS,AS
         CHW AL  96  333   55  107  20  1  13   56   0  1  60  52  .321  .423  .505  165  168   0   3  13   1  11
         TEX AL  50  172   18   49   9  0   3   16   0  2  13  27  .285  .333  .390  102   67   0   1   0   0   4
 1990 31 TOT AL 135  415   52  118  15  1  16   65   0  3  67  80  .284  .378  .441  130  183   0   7  10   0  17
         TEX AL 103  321   41   93  10  1  13   44   0  1  47  63  .290  .377  .449  131  144   0   3   9   0  13
         OAK AL  32   94   11   25   5  0   3   21   0  2  20  17  .266  .381  .415  127   39   0   4   1   0   4
 1991 32 OAK AL 141  488   76  144  25  1  20   90   0  1  72  67  .295  .383  .473  143  231   0   5  22   1  12 AS
 1992 33 OAK AL 140  478   58  121  18  0  16   76   1  3  59  61  .253  .331  .391  108  187   0   6   6   0  11
 1993 34 BAL AL 118  416   64  130  22  0  20   78   0  0  57  52  .313  .390  .510  137  212   1   6   9   0  14
 1994 35 BAL AL  94  326   44   96  12  1  16   54   0  0  30  49  .294  .356  .485  110  158   0   0   6   1   9
 1995 36 BAL AL 127  385   60  115  19  1  24   63   0  2  70  45  .299  .403  .540  142  208   0   4  13   0  17
 1996 37 CHW AL 143  495   80  154  29  0  22   95   3  1  73  62  .311  .399  .503  132  249   0   3   7   1  20
 1997 38 TOT AL 137  452   55  136  23  0  16   67   0  1  55  62  .301  .375  .458  120  207   0   3  11   0  12
         CHW AL  93  318   40   97  18  0  12   52   0  1  41  47  .305  .382  .475  127  151   0   2  10   0   9
         BAL AL  44  134   15   39   5  0   4   15   0  0  14  15  .291  .356  .418  104   56   0   1   1   0   3
 1998 39 BAL AL 104  293   40   88  17  0   9   57   0  0  32  40  .300  .369  .451  114  132   0   2   4   1  17
 1999 40 TOT AL 135  430   62  134  18  1  25  103   1  2  54  48  .312  .387  .533  135  229   0   2   3   0  16 AS
         BAL AL 107  345   57  111  16  1  24   81   1  2  43  38  .322  .395  .583  150  201   0   2   3   0  14
         CLE AL  28   85    5   23   2  0   1   22   0  0  11  10  .271  .354  .329   74   28   0   0   0   0   2
 2000 41 TOT AL  96  283   26   72  13  0  11   39   0  0  36  50  .254  .338  .417   93  118   0   1   7   0   6
         BAL AL  72  222   24   59   8  0  10   30   0  0  29  39  .266  .349  .437  103   97   0   1   6   0   6
         CHW AL  24   61    2   13   5  0   1    9   0  0   7  11  .213  .294  .344   60   21   0   0   1   0   0
 2001 42 CHW AL  32   84    3   11   1  0   0    6   0  0   8  16  .131  .202  .143   -8   12   0   2   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 22 Seasons         9908      2866     49     1628     34    1441  .289  .356  .465  120        9  99 187  14 298
               2830      1299      488    384       34   1062                            4604
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        567   74  164  28  3  22   93   2  2  61  82  .289  .356  .465  120  264   1   6  11   1  17
 Career High    161  640   89  198  39 10  29  113  10  5  73 109  .313  .403  .541  144  308   3  10  22   2  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 / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1980 21 CHW AL  518  392   50   3.4    99| .255  .269| .281  .331| .405  .399| .686  .730|  86  .370 -11.5  -1.1  33%
 1981 22 CHW AL  296  210   41   5.3    87| .286  .254| .318  .318| .482  .369| .800  .687| 130  .611   8.7   0.9  75%
 1982 23 CHW AL  668  469   91   5.2    98| .271  .264| .321  .328| .469  .402| .790  .730| 115  .558  10.6   1.0  76%
 1983 24 CHW AL  655  458   85   5.0   101| .280  .270| .333  .333| .443  .408| .776  .740| 109  .540   6.5   0.6  58%
 1984 25 CHW AL  629  416  109   7.0   101| .304  .269| .361  .333| .541  .406| .902  .739| 142  .692  30.9   3.0  33%
 1985 26 CHW AL  693  476   98   5.5   102| .309  .266| .348  .332| .467  .413| .815  .745| 118  .583  15.1   1.5  50%
 1986 27 CHW AL  618  424   87   5.5   104| .296  .266| .338  .335| .465  .415| .803  .750| 113  .573   9.5   0.9  66%
 1987 28 CHW AL  554  371   84   6.0   108| .293  .268| .352  .337| .479  .431| .831  .769| 115  .588  10.4   1.0   0%
 1988 29 CHW AL  674  461   83   4.8    94| .277  .259| .347  .324| .411  .391| .758  .715| 112  .541  11.8   1.2   0%
 1989 30 TOT AL  583  371   93   6.7    92| .309  .259| .395  .324| .465  .381| .860  .705| 144  .690  32.4   3.2   0%
         CHW AL  397  241   72   8.0    91| .321  .257| .423  .322| .505  .379| .928  .700| 165  .754  32.0   3.2   0%
         TEX AL  186  130   21   4.3    95| .285  .263| .333  .328| .390  .387| .723  .715| 102  .499   0.4   0.0   0%
 1990 31 TOT AL  489  324   68   5.6    94| .284  .258| .378  .326| .441  .386| .819  .712| 130  .611  19.3   1.9   0%
         TEX AL  371  245   53   5.8    95| .290  .259| .377  .327| .449  .388| .826  .715| 131  .624  14.3   1.4   0%
         OAK AL  118   79   15   5.1    91| .266  .254| .381  .322| .415  .381| .796  .703| 127  .567   5.0   0.5   0%
 1991 32 OAK AL  566  362   89   6.6    92| .295  .253| .383  .321| .473  .384| .856  .705| 143  .666  30.8   3.0   0%
 1992 33 OAK AL  543  377   62   4.4    89| .253  .252| .331  .320| .391  .375| .722  .695| 108  .502   6.1   0.6  25%
 1993 34 BAL AL  480  307   82   7.1   106| .313  .271| .390  .343| .510  .415| .900  .757| 137  .672  23.0   2.2   0%
 1994 35 BAL AL  357  239   54   6.0   116| .294  .278| .356  .351| .485  .443| .841  .795| 110  .556   3.6   0.3   0%
 1995 36 BAL AL  459  293   81   7.4   111| .299  .273| .403  .347| .540  .431| .943  .778| 142  .653  25.5   2.3   0%
 1996 37 CHW AL  572  365   98   7.2   111| .311  .271| .399  .343| .503  .435| .902  .778| 132  .613  26.7   2.4  75%
 1997 38 TOT AL  510  332   77   6.2   106| .301  .267| .375  .336| .458  .422| .833  .758| 120  .584  14.6   1.4   0%
         CHW AL  361  233   57   6.6   105| .305  .266| .382  .335| .475  .421| .857  .757| 127  .607  13.6   1.3   0%
         BAL AL  149   99   20   5.4   106| .291  .268| .356  .337| .418  .423| .774  .760| 104  .522   1.0   0.1   0%
 1998 39 BAL AL  328  224   45   5.4   108| .300  .269| .369  .338| .451  .429| .820  .766| 114  .515   6.9   0.6   0%
 1999 40 TOT AL  486  316   85   7.2   112| .312  .272| .387  .344| .533  .435| .920  .780| 135  .626  22.5   2.0  33%
         BAL AL  390  252   75   7.9   110| .322  .270| .395  .342| .583  .432| .978  .774| 150  .669  25.9   2.3  33%
         CLE AL   96   64   10   4.2   117| .271  .280| .354  .353| .329  .448| .683  .801|  74  .383  -3.4  -0.3   0%
 2000 41 TOT AL  320  218   41   5.0   112| .254  .272| .338  .344| .417  .437| .755  .782|  93  .457  -2.8  -0.2   0%
         BAL AL  252  170   34   5.3   111| .266  .270| .349  .342| .437  .434| .786  .777| 103  .484   1.0   0.1   0%
         CHW AL   68   48    7   3.9   117| .213  .279| .294  .352| .344  .448| .638  .800|  60  .345  -3.8  -0.3   0%
 2001 42 CHW AL   94   77    3   1.0   110| .131  .272| .202  .339| .143  .436| .345  .776|  -8  .052 -13.6  -1.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 22 Seasons   11092  7482 1606   5.8   102| .289  .266| .356  .333| .465  .409| .821  .742| 120  .585 287.2  27.4  50%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 ------+
1980 21 CHW AL RF 137 230 6 9 1 .963 .975 1.72 1.77 1.90 2.13 123 1119.7 DH 1 1981 22 CHW AL RF 81 126 10 2 1 .986 .980 1.68 1.75 1.98 2.16 67 618.7 DH 1 1982 23 CHW AL OF 161 326 10 7 4 .980 .982 2.09 2.15 2.17 2.47 158 1391.0 RF 161 321 11 6 4 .982 .981 2.06 1.90 2.18 2.27 155 1373.0 CF 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 .986 2.33 2.50 3.50 2.85 3 18.0 1983 24 CHW AL OF 155 312 10 9 3 .973 .981 2.08 2.16 2.15 2.50 152 1346.3 RF 142 280 10 9 3 .970 .978 2.04 1.85 2.16 2.25 137 1207.7 CF 20 33 0 0 0 1.000 .988 1.65 2.56 2.14 2.93 15 138.7 1984 25 CHW AL OF 147 307 8 6 1 .981 .983 2.14 2.17 2.20 2.51 145 1287.3 RF 147 299 7 6 1 .981 .979 2.08 1.88 2.20 2.23 140 1252.0 CF 7 12 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.71 2.61 3.06 3.01 5 35.3 1985 26 CHW AL RF 159 318 10 2 2 .994 .980 2.06 1.82 2.11 2.17 158 1397.7 AS DH 1 AS 1986 27 CHW AL RF 141 296 14 5 5 .984 .975 2.20 1.79 2.27 2.11 141 1228.7 AS DH 3 AS 1987 28 CHW AL DH 117 AS RF 8 13 0 0 0 1.000 .977 1.62 1.75 1.77 2.11 8 66.0 AS 1988 29 CHW AL DH 147 RF 10 16 2 2 0 .900 .973 1.80 1.89 1.97 2.24 9 82.3 1989 30 TOT AL DH 116 AS TOT AL OF 26 54 0 2 0 .964 .980 2.08 2.12 2.51 2.42 24 194.0 AS TOT AL RF 25 48 0 2 0 .960 .980 1.92 1.90 2.23 2.33 24 194.0 AS CHW AL DH 70 RF 24 46 0 1 0 .979 .979 1.92 1.90 2.23 2.33 23 186.0 TEX AL DH 46 RF 1 2 0 1 0 .667 1.000 2.00 1.90 2.25 2.36 1 8.0 1990 31 TOT AL DH 125 TEX AL DH 95 RF 2 5 0 1 0 .833 .980 2.50 1.80 3.75 2.25 2 12.0 OAK AL DH 30 1991 32 OAK AL DH 125 AS OF 12 11 1 1 0 .923 .984 1.00 2.03 1.54 2.37 8 70.0 AS RF 11 11 1 1 0 .923 .984 1.09 1.76 1.69 2.19 7 64.0 AS LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 2.10 1 6.0 AS 1992 33 OAK AL DH 116 OF 23 27 0 1 0 .964 .982 1.17 2.17 1.74 2.47 19 140.0 RF 17 19 0 1 0 .950 .984 1.12 1.87 1.71 2.23 13 100.0 LF 6 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 1.93 1.80 2.29 6 40.0 1993 34 BAL AL DH 116 1994 35 BAL AL DH 91 1995 36 BAL AL DH 122 1996 37 CHW AL DH 141 1997 38 TOT AL DH 121 CHW AL DH 86 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.25 0 2.0 BAL AL DH 35 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 1998 39 BAL AL DH 80 1999 40 TOT AL DH 121 AS BAL AL DH 96 CLE AL DH 25 2000 41 TOT AL DH 78 BAL AL DH 62 CHW AL DH 16 2001 42 CHW AL DH 22
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1982 23 CHW AL CF 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 .986 2.33 2.50 3.50 2.85 3 18.0 1983 24 CHW AL CF 20 33 0 0 0 1.000 .988 1.65 2.56 2.14 2.93 15 138.7 1984 25 CHW AL CF 7 12 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.71 2.61 3.06 3.01 5 35.3 1980 21 CHW AL DH 1 1981 22 CHW AL DH 1 1985 26 CHW AL DH 1 1986 27 CHW AL DH 3 1987 28 CHW AL DH 117 1988 29 CHW AL DH 147 1989 30 TOT AL DH 116 CHW AL DH 70 TEX AL DH 46 1990 31 TOT AL DH 125 TEX AL DH 95 OAK AL DH 30 1991 32 OAK AL DH 125 1992 33 OAK AL DH 116 1993 34 BAL AL DH 116 1994 35 BAL AL DH 91 1995 36 BAL AL DH 122 1996 37 CHW AL DH 141 1997 38 TOT AL DH 121 CHW AL DH 86 BAL AL DH 35 1998 39 BAL AL DH 80 1999 40 TOT AL DH 121 BAL AL DH 96 CLE AL DH 25 2000 41 TOT AL DH 78 BAL AL DH 62 CHW AL DH 16 2001 42 CHW AL DH 22 1991 32 OAK AL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 2.10 1 6.0 1992 33 OAK AL LF 6 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 1.93 1.80 2.29 6 40.0 1980 21 CHW AL OF 137 229 6 9 1 .963 .979 1.72 2.15 1.89 2.47 123 1119.7 1981 22 CHW AL OF 80 120 10 2 1 .985 .983 1.62 2.16 1.89 2.48 67 618.7 1982 23 CHW AL OF 161 326 10 7 4 .980 .982 2.09 2.15 2.17 2.47 158 1391.0 1983 24 CHW AL OF 155 312 10 9 3 .973 .981 2.08 2.16 2.15 2.50 152 1346.3 1984 25 CHW AL OF 147 307 8 6 1 .981 .983 2.14 2.17 2.20 2.51 145 1287.3 1985 26 CHW AL OF 159 318 8 2 2 .994 .982 2.05 2.10 2.10 2.44 158 1397.7 1986 27 CHW AL OF 141 295 15 5 5 .984 .980 2.20 2.06 2.27 2.39 141 1228.7 1987 28 CHW AL OF 8 13 0 0 0 1.000 .977 1.62 2.00 1.77 2.30 8 66.0 1988 29 CHW AL OF 9 14 1 2 0 .882 .980 1.67 2.14 1.64 2.47 9 82.3 1989 30 TOT AL OF 26 54 0 2 0 .964 .980 2.08 2.12 2.51 2.42 24 194.0 CHW AL OF 25 52 0 1 0 .981 .979 2.08 2.12 2.52 2.42 23 186.0 TEX AL OF 1 2 0 1 0 .667 1.000 2.00 2.10 2.25 2.48 1 8.0 1990 31 TEX AL OF 2 5 0 1 0 .833 .980 2.50 2.05 3.75 2.40 2 12.0 1991 32 OAK AL OF 12 11 1 1 0 .923 .984 1.00 2.03 1.54 2.37 8 70.0 1992 33 OAK AL OF 23 27 0 1 0 .964 .982 1.17 2.17 1.74 2.47 19 140.0 1997 38 CHW AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.25 0 2.0 1980 21 CHW AL RF 137 230 6 9 1 .963 .975 1.72 1.77 1.90 2.13 123 1119.7 1981 22 CHW AL RF 81 126 10 2 1 .986 .980 1.68 1.75 1.98 2.16 67 618.7 1982 23 CHW AL RF 161 321 11 6 4 .982 .981 2.06 1.90 2.18 2.27 155 1373.0 1983 24 CHW AL RF 142 280 10 9 3 .970 .978 2.04 1.85 2.16 2.25 137 1207.7 1984 25 CHW AL RF 147 299 7 6 1 .981 .979 2.08 1.88 2.20 2.23 140 1252.0 1985 26 CHW AL RF 159 318 10 2 2 .994 .980 2.06 1.82 2.11 2.17 158 1397.7 1986 27 CHW AL RF 141 296 14 5 5 .984 .975 2.20 1.79 2.27 2.11 141 1228.7 1987 28 CHW AL RF 8 13 0 0 0 1.000 .977 1.62 1.75 1.77 2.11 8 66.0 1988 29 CHW AL RF 10 16 2 2 0 .900 .973 1.80 1.89 1.97 2.24 9 82.3 1989 30 TOT AL RF 25 48 0 2 0 .960 .980 1.92 1.90 2.23 2.33 24 194.0 CHW AL RF 24 46 0 1 0 .979 .979 1.92 1.90 2.23 2.33 23 186.0 TEX AL RF 1 2 0 1 0 .667 1.000 2.00 1.90 2.25 2.36 1 8.0 1990 31 TEX AL RF 2 5 0 1 0 .833 .980 2.50 1.80 3.75 2.25 2 12.0 1991 32 OAK AL RF 11 11 1 1 0 .923 .984 1.09 1.76 1.69 2.19 7 64.0 1992 33 OAK AL RF 17 19 0 1 0 .950 .984 1.12 1.87 1.71 2.23 13 100.0 1997 38 BAL AL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total DH 1644 Games not counted in Overall Total below OF*1061 2031 69 47 17 .978 .981 1.98 2.13 1014 8955.7 7 30 1042# RF*1042 1982 71 46 17 .978 .978 1.97 1.83 984 8715.7 CF* 30 52 0 0 0 1.000 .987 1.73 2.57 23 192.0 LF* 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.14 1.90 7 46.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1061 2031 69 47 17 .978 .981 1.98 2.13
# 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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1983   ALCS  CHW BAL     L   4  16   0   2  0  0  0   0   1   3  .125  .176  .125   0  0   0   0   0 
 1990   ALCS  OAK BOS     W   4  14   2   5  1  0  0   3   2   1  .357  .438  .429   1  0   1   0   0 
        WS    OAK CIN     L   3   7   1   1  0  0  1   2   1   2  .143  .250  .571   0  0   0   0   0 
 1992   ALCS  OAK TOR     L   6  25   6  11  2  0  1   4   0   3  .440  .440  .640   0  0   1   0   0 
 1997   ALDS  BAL SEA     W   2   5   2   2  0  0  1   1   1   0  .400  .500 1.000   0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  BAL CLE     L   6  17   1   6  0  0  1   2   2   1  .353  .421  .529   0  1   0   0   0 
 1999   ALDS  CLE BOS     L   4  14   1   5  0  0  1   4   2   1  .357  .438  .571   0  0   0   0   0 
 2000   ALDS  CHW SEA     L   2   4   1   1  1  0  0   0   0   1  .250  .250  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Div Series       1-2   8  23   4   8  1  0  2   5   3   2  .348  .423  .652   0  0   0   0   0 
  4 Lg Champ Series     1-3  20  72   9  24  3  0  2   9   5   8  .333  .377  .458   1  1   2   0   0 
  8 Postseason Series   2-6  31 102  14  33  4  0  5  16   9  12  .324  .378  .510   1  1   2   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
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1985   CHW AL       1   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1986   CHW AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1987   CHW AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1989   CHW AL   *   3   1   1  0  0  0   1   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting DH 
 1991   OAK AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   1   0           
 1999   BAL AL       1   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 6/6      1   8   1   3  0  0  0   2   0   1   0  0   0   1   0  .375  .333  .375 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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
1985 *
1986 *
1987 *
1989 (DH)
1991 *
1999 *

Silver Sluggers
1989-AL--DH

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1982-AL-20-0.02
1983-AL-10-0.12
1984-AL-13-0.03
1985-AL-9-0.12
Car-592-0.29 shares

Batting Average
1984 AL-.304-10
1985 AL-.309-6
1989 AL-.309-8

On-base %
1989 AL-.395-7

Slugging %
1984 AL-.541-1

OPS
1984 AL-.903-6
1989 AL-.860-7
1995 AL-.943-10

Games
1982 AL-161-4
1985 AL-160-9
1988 AL-158-4
Car-2830-18

At Bats
1982 AL-608-9
1985 AL-640-7
Car-9908-27

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1985 AL-693-10
Car-11092-31

Hits
1985 AL-198-5
Car-2866-40

Total Bases
1984 AL-308-6
1985 AL-299-9
Car-4604-33

Doubles
1988 AL-39-6
Car-488-57

Triples
1981 AL-7-2
1982 AL-8-8
1984 AL-10-3

Home Runs
1984 AL-29-9
Car-384-53

RBI
1982 AL-105-8
1985 AL-113-4
Car-1628-28

Bases on Balls
Car-1062-87

Strikeouts
Car-1441-53

Singles
1985 AL-144-3
Car-1945-55

Adjusted OPS+
1984 AL-142-9
1989 AL-144-5
1991 AL-143-9
1995 AL-142-10

Runs Created
Car-1606-59

Adjusted Batting Runs
1984 AL-31-10
1989 AL-32-6

Batting Wins
1984 AL-3.0-10
1989 AL-3.2-6

Extra-Base Hits
1984 AL-67-6
Car-921-50

Times on Base
Car-3942-44

Offensive Win%
1984 AL-.692-10
1989 AL-.690-7

Sac. Flies
1982 AL-9-3
1985 AL-10-4
1986 AL-8-6
Car-99-29

Intentional Walks
1982 AL-10-8
1983 AL-13-3
1984 AL-9-7
1986 AL-9-10
1988 AL-14-5
1989 AL-13-7
1991 AL-22-2
1995 AL-13-6
1997 AL-11-7
Car-187-19

Grounded into Double Plays
1985 AL-23-7
1988 AL-21-2
1995 AL-17-7
1996 AL-20-6
Car-298-8

Outs
1982 AL-469-6
1988 AL-461-9
Car-7482-27

Oldest Player
1999 AL-40-7
2000 AL-41-4
2001 AL-42-1

         

Black Ink: Batting - 3 (507) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 40 (602) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 44.3 (105) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 66.0 (279) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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  1. Tony Perez (943) *
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  3. Dave Parker (871)
  4. Billy Williams (864) *
  5. Andre Dawson (856)
  6. Rusty Staub (855)
  7. Dwight Evans (845)
  8. Luis Gonzalez (833)
  9. Chili Davis (825)
  10. Jim Rice (805)
Most Similar by Age 

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  1. Dave Winfield (978) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Dick Kokos (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Gus Bell (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jack Clark (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Gus Bell (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Gus Bell (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Gus Bell (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Gus Bell (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Gus Bell (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Gus Bell (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Gus Bell (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Ruben Sierra (923)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Del Ennis (928)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Tony Perez (922) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Tony Perez (938) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Tony Perez (939) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Tony Perez (934) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Tony Perez (933) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  19. Tony Perez (910) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  20. Tony Perez (906) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  21. Tony Perez (914) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 7, 1977: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1977 amateur draft.

July 29, 1989: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Fred Manrique to the Texas Rangers for Scott Fletcher, Sammy Sosa, and Wilson Alvarez.

August 29, 1990: Traded by the Texas Rangers to the Oakland Athletics for players to be named later. The Oakland Athletics sent Joe Bitker (September 4, 1990) and Scott Chiamparino (September 4, 1990) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

January 14, 1993: Traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Baltimore Orioles for Bobby Chouinard and Allen Plaster (minors).

November 1, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

December 2, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

October 20, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

December 23, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

November 6, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

December 11, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

November 18, 1996: Granted Free Agency.

January 10, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

July 29, 1997: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Baltimore Orioles for a player to be named later. The Baltimore Orioles sent Juan Bautista (minors) (August 18, 1997) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.

October 29, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

December 19, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

August 27, 1999: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the Cleveland Indians for a player to be named later and Juan Aracena (minors). The Cleveland Indians sent Jimmy Hamilton (minors) (August 31, 1999) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade.

October 29, 1999: Granted Free Agency.

December 9, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

July 29, 2000: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Charles Johnson to the Chicago White Sox for Brook Fordyce, Jason Lakman (minors), Juan Figueroa (minors), and Miguel Felix (minors).

November 3, 2000: Granted Free Agency.

January 8, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

November 6, 2001: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Chicago White Sox$675,000
1986Chicago White Sox$775,000
1987Chicago White Sox$950,000
1988Chicago White Sox$1,000,000
1989Texas Rangers$1,204,281
1990Texas Rangers$1,143,539
1991Oakland Athletics$1,358,333
1992Oakland Athletics$1,583,333
1993Baltimore Orioles$1,200,000
1994Baltimore Orioles$1,925,000
1995Baltimore Orioles$1,919,445
1996Chicago White Sox$1,875,000
1997Chicago White Sox$1,925,000
1998Baltimore Orioles$1,275,000
1999Baltimore Orioles$1,730,000
2000Baltimore Orioles$2,000,000
2001Chicago White Sox$1,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$23,538,931

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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