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Rudy Law
Rudy Karl Law

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 1", Weight 165 lb.

Debut September 12, 1978
  vs. SFG 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 1 SB
Final Game October 4, 1986
Born October 7, 1956 in Waco, TX

Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1975. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1978 21 LAD NL  11   12    2    3   0  0   0    1   3  1   1   2  .250  .308  .250   58    3   0   0   0   0   0
 1980 23 LAD NL 128  388   55  101   5  4   1   23  40 13  23  27  .260  .306  .302   72  117   3   1   1   3   2
 1982 25 CHW AL 121  336   55  107  15  8   3   32  36 10  23  41  .318  .361  .438  119  147   3   1   0   0   5
 1983 26 CHW AL 141  501   95  142  20  7   3   34  77 12  42  36  .283  .340  .369   93  185   4   2   2   2   4 MVP-21
 1984 27 CHW AL 136  487   68  122  14  7   6   37  29 17  39  42  .251  .309  .345   78  168   4   1   6   3   9
 1985 28 CHW AL 125  390   62  101  21  6   4   36  29  6  27  40  .259  .311  .374   84  146   6   1   0   3   4
 1986 29 KCR AL  87  307   42   80  26  5   1   36  14  6  29  22  .261  .327  .388   93  119   2   1   0   2   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      749 2421  379  656 101 37  18  199 228 65 184 210  .271  .325  .366   89  885  22   7   9  13  29
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        524   82  142  22  8   4   43  49 14  40  45  .271  .325  .366   89  191   5   2   2   3   6
 Career High    141  501   95  142  26  8   6   37  77 17  42  42  .318  .361  .438  119  185   6   2   6   3   9
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1978 21 LAD NL   13   10    1   2.7    95| .250  .262| .308  .330| .250  .385| .558  .715|  58  .307  -0.7  -0.1  75%
 1980 23 LAD NL  418  306   39   3.4    94| .260  .266| .306  .328| .302  .386| .608  .713|  72  .405 -15.7  -1.6  75%
 1982 25 CHW AL  363  248   55   6.0    98| .318  .264| .361  .328| .438  .402| .799  .730| 119  .617   7.8   0.8  78%
 1983 26 CHW AL  551  381   74   5.2   101| .283  .270| .340  .333| .369  .408| .709  .740|  93  .561  -5.5  -0.5  86%
 1984 27 CHW AL  534  396   50   3.4   101| .251  .269| .309  .333| .345  .406| .654  .739|  78  .371 -16.4  -1.6  63%
 1985 28 CHW AL  427  306   49   4.3   102| .259  .266| .311  .332| .374  .413| .685  .745|  84  .468  -9.4  -0.9  82%
 1986 29 KCR AL  341  241   40   4.4   102| .261  .264| .327  .332| .388  .411| .715  .744|  93  .476  -2.7  -0.3  70%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      2647 1888  308   4.4   100| .271  .267| .325  .331| .366  .404| .691  .735|  89  .486 -42.6  -4.2  77%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / 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 ------+
1978 21 LAD NL OF 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.50 1.93 1.12 2.33 1 24.0 CF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 2.30 1.59 2.79 0 11.3 LF 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.53 0.71 1.98 1 12.7 1980 23 LAD NL OF 106 233 6 3 3 .988 .980 2.25 1.98 2.73 2.31 87 786.7 CF 102 233 6 3 3 .988 .984 2.34 2.37 2.76 2.83 87 779.7 LF 5 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.68 0.00 2.06 0 7.0 1982 25 CHW AL OF 94 215 2 6 0 .973 .982 2.31 2.15 2.87 2.47 74 681.3 CF 91 211 2 6 0 .973 .985 2.34 2.49 2.86 2.84 74 671.3 LF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 1.90 1.80 2.25 0 10.0 DH 3 1983 26 CHW AL CF 132 297 5 2 1 .993 .987 2.29 2.56 2.62 2.93 118 1036.7 DH 3 1984 27 CHW AL OF 130 322 5 5 2 .985 .983 2.52 2.17 2.84 2.51 116 1035.3 CF 122 305 5 5 2 .984 .986 2.54 2.62 2.83 3.01 111 987.3 LF 10 15 1 0 0 1.000 .982 1.60 1.80 3.00 2.27 5 48.0 1985 28 CHW AL OF 120 226 7 3 3 .987 .982 1.94 2.10 2.47 2.44 95 850.3 LF 104 153 6 1 2 .994 .977 1.53 1.77 2.29 2.25 65 624.3 CF 32 71 1 1 1 .986 .988 2.25 2.56 2.87 2.91 30 226.0 DH 3 1986 29 KCR AL OF 77 145 2 2 0 .987 .980 1.91 2.06 2.05 2.39 73 645.3 LF 54 87 0 2 0 .978 .978 1.61 1.77 2.14 2.24 38 365.3 RF 36 53 0 0 0 1.000 .974 1.47 1.79 1.77 2.11 34 270.0 CF 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 2.47 4.50 2.79 1 10.0 DH 2
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1978 21 LAD NL CF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 2.30 1.59 2.79 0 11.3 1980 23 LAD NL CF 102 233 6 3 3 .988 .984 2.34 2.37 2.76 2.83 87 779.7 1982 25 CHW AL CF 91 211 2 6 0 .973 .985 2.34 2.49 2.86 2.84 74 671.3 1983 26 CHW AL CF 132 297 5 2 1 .993 .987 2.29 2.56 2.62 2.93 118 1036.7 1984 27 CHW AL CF 122 305 5 5 2 .984 .986 2.54 2.62 2.83 3.01 111 987.3 1985 28 CHW AL CF 32 71 1 1 1 .986 .988 2.25 2.56 2.87 2.91 30 226.0 1986 29 KCR AL CF 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 2.47 4.50 2.79 1 10.0 1982 25 CHW AL DH 3 1983 26 CHW AL DH 3 1985 28 CHW AL DH 3 1986 29 KCR AL DH 2 1978 21 LAD NL LF 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.53 0.71 1.98 1 12.7 1980 23 LAD NL LF 5 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.68 0.00 2.06 0 7.0 1982 25 CHW AL LF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 1.90 1.80 2.25 0 10.0 1984 27 CHW AL LF 10 15 1 0 0 1.000 .982 1.60 1.80 3.00 2.27 5 48.0 1985 28 CHW AL LF 104 153 6 1 2 .994 .977 1.53 1.77 2.29 2.25 65 624.3 1986 29 KCR AL LF 54 87 0 2 0 .978 .978 1.61 1.77 2.14 2.24 38 365.3 1978 21 LAD NL OF 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.50 1.93 1.12 2.33 1 24.0 1980 23 LAD NL OF 106 233 6 3 3 .988 .980 2.25 1.98 2.73 2.31 87 786.7 1982 25 CHW AL OF 94 215 2 6 0 .973 .982 2.31 2.15 2.87 2.47 74 681.3 1983 26 CHW AL OF 132 302 5 2 2 .994 .981 2.33 2.16 2.67 2.50 118 1036.7 1984 27 CHW AL OF 130 322 5 5 2 .985 .983 2.52 2.17 2.84 2.51 116 1035.3 1985 28 CHW AL OF 120 226 7 3 3 .987 .982 1.94 2.10 2.47 2.44 95 850.3 1986 29 KCR AL OF 77 145 2 2 0 .987 .980 1.91 2.06 2.05 2.39 73 645.3 1986 29 KCR AL RF 36 53 0 0 0 1.000 .974 1.47 1.79 1.77 2.11 34 270.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF* 665 1446 27 21 10 .986 .981 2.22 2.11 2.62 2.44 564 5059.7 179 485 36# CF* 485 1124 19 17 7 .985 .986 2.36 2.52 2.76 2.91 421 3722.3 LF* 179 258 7 3 2 .989 .978 1.48 1.77 2.23 2.24 109 1067.3 RF* 36 53 0 0 0 1.000 .974 1.47 1.79 1.77 2.11 34 270.0 DH 11 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 665 1446 27 21 10 .986 .981 2.22 2.11 2.62 2.44 564 5060
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 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  18   1   7  1  0  0   0   0   1  .389  .389  .444   2  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1983-AL-21-0.01
Car-1456-0.01 shares

Runs
1983 AL-95-10

Triples
1982 AL-8-8
1983 AL-7-9
1984 AL-7-10

Stolen Bases
1982 AL-36-6
1983 AL-77-2
1984 AL-29-8
1985 AL-29-10

Caught Stealing
1983 AL-12-5
1984 AL-17-3

At Bats per Strikeout
1983 AL-13.9-5

Gray Ink: Batting - 14 (1185) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 7.0 (2095) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.5 (1653) (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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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

September 1, 1975: Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

March 30, 1982: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Chicago White Sox for Cecil Espy and Bert Geiger (minors).

April 1, 1986: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

April 4, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

November 12, 1986: Granted Free Agency.

December 8, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

March 27, 1987: Released by the Kansas City Royals.


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$565,000
1986Kansas City Royals$360,000
1987Kansas City Royals$300,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,225,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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