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John Mayberry
John Claiborn Mayberry

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 3", Weight 220 lb.

Debut September 10, 1968
  vs. CIN 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 28, 1982
Born February 18, 1949 in Detroit, MI

Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1967 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1968 19 HOU NL   4    9    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .100  .000  -67    0   0   0   0   1   0
 1969 20 HOU NL   5    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .000  .200  .000  -39    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1970 21 HOU NL  50  148   23   32   3  2   5   14   1  1  21  33  .216  .318  .365   86   54   1   2   6   2   6
 1971 22 HOU NL  46  137   16   25   0  1   7   14   0  0  13  32  .182  .260  .350   73   48   0   2   2   2   2
 1972 23 KCR AL 149  503   65  150  24  3  25  100   0  2  78  74  .298  .394  .507  168  255   1   3  13   3  12 MVP-12
 1973 24 KCR AL 152  510   87  142  20  2  26  100   3  0 122  79  .278  .417  .478  146  244   0   4  17   2   5 MVP-7,AS
 1974 25 KCR AL 126  427   63  100  13  1  22   69   4  2  77  72  .234  .358  .424  120  181   1   1  11   6   4 AS
 1975 26 KCR AL 156  554   95  161  38  1  34  106   5  3 119  73  .291  .416  .547  168  303   1   5  16   4   8 MVP-2
 1976 27 KCR AL 161  594   76  138  22  2  13   95   3  2  82  73  .232  .322  .342   94  203   0  12   7   2  12 MVP-28
 1977 28 KCR AL 153  543   73  125  22  1  23   82   1  3  83  86  .230  .336  .401   99  218   1   7   9   7  13
 1978 29 TOR AL 152  515   51  129  15  2  22   70   1  2  60  57  .250  .329  .416  108  214   1   7   2   4  13
 1979 30 TOR AL 137  464   61  127  22  1  21   74   1  1  69  60  .274  .372  .461  124  214   1   2   7   5  10
 1980 31 TOR AL 149  501   62  124  19  2  30   82   0  0  77  80  .248  .349  .473  119  237   3   4   9   3   9
 1981 32 TOR AL  94  290   34   72   6  1  17   43   1  1  44  45  .248  .360  .452  128  131   0   2   4   8   7
 1982 33 TOT AL  86  248   27   54   7  0  10   30   0  0  35  43  .218  .326  .367   91   91   0   2   3   6   7
         TOR AL  17   33    7    9   0  0   2    3   0  0   7   5  .273  .405  .455  127   15   0   1   1   1   0
         NYY AL  69  215   20   45   7  0   8   27   0  0  28  38  .209  .313  .353   85   76   0   1   2   5   7
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons    1620 5447  733 1379 211 19 255  879  20 17 881 810  .253  .360  .439  123 2393  10  53 106  55 108
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        545   73  138  21  2  26   88   2  2  88  81  .253  .360  .439  123  239   1   5  11   6  11
 Career High    161  594   95  161  38  3  34  106   5  3 122  86  .298  .417  .547  168  303   3  12  17   8  13
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1968 19 HOU NL   10    9    0   0.0    79| .000  .249| .100  .306| .000  .350| .100  .657| -67  .000  -1.8  -0.2   0%
 1969 20 HOU NL    5    4    0   0.0    93| .000  .257| .200  .327| .000  .381| .200  .708| -39  .000  -0.7  -0.1   0%
 1970 21 HOU NL  174  126   17   3.6   100| .216  .262| .318  .334| .365  .400| .683  .735|  86  .389  -2.7  -0.3  50%
 1971 22 HOU NL  154  116   13   3.0    91| .182  .257| .260  .323| .350  .377| .610  .700|  73  .366  -5.4  -0.6   0%
 1972 23 KCR AL  588  371  101   7.3    82| .298  .245| .394  .314| .507  .354| .901  .668| 168  .783  44.6   4.9   0%
 1973 24 KCR AL  638  377  113   8.0    98| .278  .266| .417  .336| .478  .391| .895  .727| 146  .756  38.4   3.8 100%
 1974 25 KCR AL  512  335   70   5.6    93| .234  .264| .358  .329| .424  .380| .782  .709| 120  .637  13.2   1.4  66%
 1975 26 KCR AL  683  410  135   8.9    95| .291  .261| .416  .332| .547  .384| .963  .716| 168  .789  56.3   5.6  62%
 1976 27 KCR AL  690  482   70   3.9    87| .232  .258| .322  .323| .342  .364| .664  .687|  94  .492  -2.4  -0.3  60%
 1977 28 KCR AL  641  442   76   4.6   102| .230  .269| .336  .333| .401  .409| .737  .741|  99  .497   1.2   0.1  25%
 1978 29 TOR AL  587  409   71   4.6    94| .250  .262| .329  .328| .416  .386| .745  .714| 108  .533   5.4   0.5  33%
 1979 30 TOR AL  541  351   82   6.2   102| .274  .270| .372  .334| .461  .408| .833  .743| 124  .625  17.4   1.7  50%
 1980 31 TOR AL  588  393   86   5.9   103| .248  .275| .349  .338| .473  .408| .822  .746| 119  .611  13.4   1.3   0%
 1981 32 TOR AL  344  228   49   5.8    94| .248  .263| .360  .328| .452  .382| .812  .711| 128  .652  11.3   1.2  50%
 1982 33 TOT AL  291  203   31   4.1    98| .218  .264| .326  .327| .367  .402| .693  .729|  91  .449  -2.3  -0.2   0%
         TOR AL   42   25    7   7.5   107| .273  .275| .405  .341| .455  .419| .860  .760| 127  .712   1.7   0.2   0%
         NYY AL  249  178   24   3.6    97| .209  .262| .313  .325| .353  .399| .666  .724|  85  .393  -4.0  -0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 15 Seasons     6446 4256  914   5.8    95| .253  .263| .360  .329| .439  .387| .799  .717| 123  .631 185.8  18.8  54%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / 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 ------+

 1968 19 HOU NL  1B    2     25    0    0    1 1.000  .992 12.50  8.90 13.47 10.08    2   16.7
 1970 21 HOU NL  1B   45    371   35    2   29  .995  .992  9.02  8.37 10.51  9.68   38  347.7
 1971 22 HOU NL  1B   37    317   15    1   20  .997  .992  8.97  8.58  9.38  9.88   36  318.7
 1972 23 KCR AL  1B  146   1338   82    7  141  .995  .991  9.73  6.85 10.23  7.20  138 1249.3
 1973 24 KCR AL  1B  149   1457   81    9  156  .994  .992 10.32  6.71 10.74  6.98  145 1289.3 AS
                 DH    1 AS
 1974 25 KCR AL  1B  106    963   61   10  101  .990  .992  9.66  8.01 10.33  9.70  100  892.3 AS
                 DH   16 AS
 1975 26 KCR AL  1B  131   1199  100   16  105  .988  .990  9.92  7.63 10.09  7.77  129 1158.7
                 DH   27
 1976 27 KCR AL  1B  160   1484  105    7  132  .996  .992  9.93  6.25 10.10  6.36  159 1416.0
                 DH    2
 1977 28 KCR AL  1B  145   1296   81    7  118  .995  .990  9.50  6.90  9.88  7.17  138 1254.7
                 DH    8
 1978 29 TOR AL  1B  139   1143   52    8  120  .993  .992  8.60  7.19  9.24  7.73  133 1164.3
                 DH    7
 1979 30 TOR AL  1B  135   1192   74    6  129  .995  .992  9.38  7.41 10.09  7.97  129 1129.7
 1980 31 TOR AL  1B  136   1243   79    8  138  .994  .992  9.72  7.35 10.29  7.78  135 1156.3
                 DH    8
 1981 32 TOR AL  1B   80    647   36    5   65  .993  .993  8.54  8.57  9.68 10.06   78  634.7
                 DH   10
 1982 33 TOT AL  1B   67    494   26    2   52  .996  .992  7.76  8.51  8.96  9.85   61  522.3
         TOT AL  DH   17
         TOR AL  DH   13
                 1B    4     39    1    0    3 1.000  .993 10.00  8.50 10.59  9.85    3   34.0
         NYY AL  1B   63    455   25    2   49  .996  .992  7.62  8.51  8.85  9.85   58  488.3
                 DH    4

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1968 19 HOU NL  1B    2     25    0    0    1 1.000  .992 12.50  8.90 13.47 10.08    2   16.7
 1970 21 HOU NL  1B   45    371   35    2   29  .995  .992  9.02  8.37 10.51  9.68   38  347.7
 1971 22 HOU NL  1B   37    317   15    1   20  .997  .992  8.97  8.58  9.38  9.88   36  318.7
 1972 23 KCR AL  1B  146   1338   82    7  141  .995  .991  9.73  6.85 10.23  7.20  138 1249.3
 1973 24 KCR AL  1B  149   1457   81    9  156  .994  .992 10.32  6.71 10.74  6.98  145 1289.3
 1974 25 KCR AL  1B  106    963   61   10  101  .990  .992  9.66  8.01 10.33  9.70  100  892.3
 1975 26 KCR AL  1B  131   1199  100   16  105  .988  .990  9.92  7.63 10.09  7.77  129 1158.7
 1976 27 KCR AL  1B  160   1484  105    7  132  .996  .992  9.93  6.25 10.10  6.36  159 1416.0
 1977 28 KCR AL  1B  145   1296   81    7  118  .995  .990  9.50  6.90  9.88  7.17  138 1254.7
 1978 29 TOR AL  1B  139   1143   52    8  120  .993  .992  8.60  7.19  9.24  7.73  133 1164.3
 1979 30 TOR AL  1B  135   1192   74    6  129  .995  .992  9.38  7.41 10.09  7.97  129 1129.7
 1980 31 TOR AL  1B  136   1243   79    8  138  .994  .992  9.72  7.35 10.29  7.78  135 1156.3
 1981 32 TOR AL  1B   80    647   36    5   65  .993  .993  8.54  8.57  9.68 10.06   78  634.7
 1982 33 TOT AL  1B   67    494   26    2   52  .996  .992  7.76  8.51  8.96  9.85   61  522.3
         TOR AL  1B    4     39    1    0    3 1.000  .993 10.00  8.50 10.59  9.85    3   34.0
         NYY AL  1B   63    455   25    2   49  .996  .992  7.62  8.51  8.85  9.85   58  488.3

 1973 24 KCR AL  DH    1
 1974 25 KCR AL  DH   16
 1975 26 KCR AL  DH   27
 1976 27 KCR AL  DH    2
 1977 28 KCR AL  DH    8
 1978 29 TOR AL  DH    7
 1980 31 TOR AL  DH    8
 1981 32 TOR AL  DH   10
 1982 33 TOT AL  DH   17
         TOR AL  DH   13
         NYY AL  DH    4

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total  1B*1478  13169  827   88 1307  .994  .992  9.47  7.32 10.04  7.88 1421 12550.7
                 DH   96   Games not counted in Overall Total below            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total      1478  13169  827   88 1307  .994  .992  9.47  7.32 10.04  7.88 1421  12551
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1976   ALCS  KCR NYY     L   5  18   4   4  0  0  1   3   1   0  .222  .263  .389   0  0   0   0   0 
 1977   ALCS  KCR NYY     L   4  12   1   2  1  0  1   3   1   2  .167  .231  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     0-2   9  30   5   6  1  0  2   6   2   2  .200  .250  .433   0  0   0   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
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1973   KCR AL   *   3   0   1  1  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
 1974   KCR AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      1   4   0   1  1  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0  .250  .400  .500 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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
1973 (1B)
1974 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1972-AL-12-0.08
1973-AL-7-0.23
1975-AL-2-0.47
1976-AL-28-0.00
Car-295-0.78 shares

Batting Average
1972 AL-.298-7

On-base %
1972 AL-.394-3
1973 AL-.417-1
1975 AL-.416-2

Slugging %
1972 AL-.507-4
1973 AL-.478-9
1975 AL-.547-2

OPS
1972 AL-.900-3
1973 AL-.895-3
1975 AL-.963-2

Games
1976 AL-161-1

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1975 AL-683-3
1976 AL-690-3

Runs
1975 AL-95-2

Total Bases
1972 AL-255-4
1975 AL-303-2

Doubles
1975 AL-38-3

Home Runs
1972 AL-25-5
1973 AL-26-5
1974 AL-22-6
1975 AL-34-3
1980 AL-30-6
1981 AL-17-7

RBI
1972 AL-100-2
1973 AL-100-3
1975 AL-106-2
1976 AL-95-7

Bases on Balls
1972 AL-78-5
1973 AL-122-1
1974 AL-77-8
1975 AL-119-1
1976 AL-82-6
1977 AL-83-5

Adjusted OPS+
1972 AL-168-3
1973 AL-146-4
1975 AL-168-1

Runs Created
1972 AL-101-3
1973 AL-113-1
1975 AL-135-1

Adjusted Batting Runs
1972 AL-45-3
1973 AL-38-3
1975 AL-56-1

Batting Wins
1972 AL-4.9-3
1973 AL-3.8-3
1975 AL-5.6-1

Extra-Base Hits
1972 AL-52-5
1975 AL-73-3

Times on Base
1972 AL-231-5
1973 AL-266-2
1975 AL-284-2

Offensive Win%
1972 AL-.783-2
1973 AL-.756-1
1975 AL-.789-1

Hit By Pitch
1977 AL-7-10
1981 AL-8-3
1982 AL-6-10

Sac. Flies
1976 AL-12-1

Intentional Walks
1972 AL-13-7
1973 AL-17-1
1974 AL-11-7
1975 AL-16-2
1977 AL-9-6
Car-106-99

At Bats per Home Run
1972 AL-20.1-8
1973 AL-19.6-5
1974 AL-19.4-4
1975 AL-16.3-2
1980 AL-16.7-4
1981 AL-17.1-3

Outs
1976 AL-482-6

Youngest Player
1968 NL-19-4
1969 NL-20-10

      

Black Ink: Batting - 5 (367) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 71 (336) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 15.9 (936) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 20.0 (769) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 6, 1967: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1967 amateur draft.

December 2, 1971: Traded by the Houston Astros with Dave Grangaard (minors) to the Kansas City Royals for Jim York and Lance Clemons.

April 4, 1978: Purchased by the Toronto Blue Jays from the Kansas City Royals.

May 5, 1982: Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the New York Yankees for Dave Revering, Tom Dodd, and Jeff Reynolds (minors).

March 24, 1983: Released by the New York Yankees.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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