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Bobby Murcer
Bobby Ray Murcer

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 180 lb.

Debut September 8, 1965
  vs. WSA 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game June 11, 1983
Born May 20, 1946 in Oklahoma City, OK

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)

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        One of the great all-time Yankees. If Murcer played in today's lively ball era, he'd be in the Hall. Also a terrific announcer. We will miss you Bobby. You enriched our lives.

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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1965 19 NYY AL  11   37    2    9   0  1   1    4   0  0   5  12  .243  .333  .378  103   14   0   0   0   0   0
 1966 20 NYY AL  21   69    3   12   1  1   0    5   2  2   4   5  .174  .219  .217   29   15   0   0   0   0   0
 1969 23 NYY AL 152  564   82  146  24  4  26   82   7  5  50 103  .259  .319  .454  119  256   2   6   2   3   8
 1970 24 NYY AL 159  581   95  146  23  3  23   78  15 10  87 100  .251  .348  .420  116  244   4   6   5   2   7
 1971 25 NYY AL 146  529   94  175  25  6  25   94  14  8  91  60  .331  .427  .543  181  287   1   3  13   0   9 MVP-7,AS
 1972 26 NYY AL 153  585  102  171  30  7  33   96  11  9  63  67  .292  .361  .537  169  314   0   4   7   2   6 MVP-5,AS
 1973 27 NYY AL 160  616   83  187  29  2  22   95   6  7  50  67  .304  .357  .464  134  286   0   3   6   3  11 MVP-9,AS
 1974 28 NYY AL 156  606   69  166  25  4  10   88  14  5  57  59  .274  .332  .378  106  229   2  12  10   2  11 MVP-21,AS
 1975 29 SFG NL 147  526   80  157  29  4  11   91   9  5  91  45  .298  .396  .432  127  227   1  12   6   2  11 AS
 1976 30 SFG NL 147  533   73  138  20  2  23   90  12  7  84  78  .259  .362  .433  123  231   0   3  10   4  11
 1977 31 CHC NL 154  554   90  147  18  3  27   89  16  7  80  77  .265  .355  .455  107  252   2  10  13   3   6
 1978 32 CHC NL 146  499   66  140  22  6   9   64  14  5  80  57  .281  .376  .403  108  201   0   6  15   0  12
 1979 33 TOT    132  454   64  121  16  1  15   55   3  4  61  52  .267  .354  .405  104  184   3   4   4   3  13
         CHC NL  58  190   22   49   4  1   7   22   2  3  36  20  .258  .374  .400  104   76   1   3   2   1   3
         NYY AL  74  264   42   72  12  0   8   33   1  1  25  32  .273  .339  .409  103  108   2   1   2   2  10
 1980 34 NYY AL 100  297   41   80   9  1  13   57   2  0  34  28  .269  .339  .438  114  130   3   9   2   2   9
 1981 35 NYY AL  50  117   14   31   6  0   6   24   0  0  12  15  .265  .331  .470  131   55   0   1   1   0   3
 1982 36 NYY AL  65  141   12   32   6  0   7   30   2  1  12  15  .227  .288  .418   94   59   0   2   2   1   4
 1983 37 NYY AL   9   22    2    4   2  0   1    1   0  0   1   1  .182  .217  .409   71    9   0   0   0   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons    1908 6730  972 1862 285 45 252 1043 127 75 862 841  .277  .357  .445  124 2993  18  81  96  27 124
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        571   83  158  24  4  21   89  11  6  73  71  .277  .357  .445  124  254   2   7   8   2  11
 Career High    160  616  102  187  30  7  33   96  16 10  91 103  .331  .427  .543  181  314   4  12  15   4  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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1965 19 NYY AL   42   28    5   4.8    91| .243  .250| .333  .319| .378  .382| .711  .702| 103  .580   0.1   0.0   0%
 1966 20 NYY AL   73   59    3   1.4    86| .174  .242| .219  .308| .217  .374| .436  .682|  29  .128  -6.4  -0.7  50%
 1969 23 NYY AL  625  439   82   5.0    91| .259  .250| .319  .326| .454  .377| .773  .702| 119  .581  12.0   1.2  58%
 1970 24 NYY AL  680  462   89   5.2    93| .251  .252| .348  .325| .420  .385| .768  .710| 116  .584  14.6   1.5  60%
 1971 25 NYY AL  624  375  126   9.0    87| .331  .248| .427  .319| .543  .368| .970  .687| 181  .814  59.0   6.1  63%
 1972 26 NYY AL  654  433  114   7.1    81| .292  .243| .361  .311| .537  .351| .898  .662| 169  .773  47.5   5.2  55%
 1973 27 NYY AL  672  450  100   6.0    91| .304  .256| .357  .324| .464  .376| .821  .701| 134  .641  26.2   2.6  46%
 1974 28 NYY AL  679  470   79   4.5    88| .274  .257| .332  .322| .378  .370| .710  .691| 106  .541   5.6   0.6  73%
 1975 29 SFG NL  632  398   97   6.6    99| .298  .270| .396  .341| .432  .390| .828  .731| 127  .683  24.4   2.5  64%
 1976 30 SFG NL  624  416   86   5.6    94| .259  .266| .362  .333| .433  .379| .795  .712| 123  .638  17.8   1.9  63%
 1977 31 CHC NL  649  432   95   5.9   112| .265  .282| .355  .351| .455  .430| .810  .781| 107  .612   6.3   0.6  69%
 1978 32 CHC NL  585  382   79   5.5   104| .281  .275| .376  .345| .403  .405| .779  .750| 108  .626   8.4   0.9  73%
 1979 33 TOT     525  357   66   5.0   103| .267  .273| .354  .339| .405  .410| .759  .748| 104  .536   3.4   0.3  42%
         CHC NL  231  151   31   5.5   108| .258  .280| .374  .347| .400  .416| .774  .763| 104  .602   2.1   0.2  40%
         NYY AL  294  206   35   4.5   100| .273  .267| .339  .332| .409  .405| .748  .736| 103  .482   1.3   0.1  50%
 1980 34 NYY AL  345  238   45   5.1    97| .269  .267| .339  .329| .438  .396| .777  .724| 114  .546   6.5   0.6 100%
 1981 35 NYY AL  130   90   18   5.4    87| .265  .254| .331  .318| .470  .369| .801  .687| 131  .622   4.5   0.5   0%
 1982 36 NYY AL  156  116   16   3.7    97| .227  .262| .288  .325| .418  .399| .706  .724|  94  .404  -1.4  -0.1  66%
 1983 37 NYY AL   23   21    1   1.3    95| .182  .261| .217  .322| .409  .394| .626  .716|  71  .089  -0.9  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 17 Seasons     7718 5166 1101   5.7    95| .277  .260| .357  .330| .445  .385| .802  .715| 124  .634 227.5  23.6  62%

* 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 ------+
1965 19 NYY AL SS 11 28 41 5 14 .932 .962 6.27 4.38 6.47 4.74 11 96.0 1966 20 NYY AL SS 18 31 50 6 4 .931 .960 4.50 4.41 4.83 4.79 17 151.0 1969 23 NYY AL OF 118 212 4 8 0 .964 .978 1.83 1.84 1.89 2.13 115 1027.0 RF 102 152 4 5 0 .969 .974 1.53 1.60 1.72 1.91 88 814.7 3B 31 23 77 14 11 .877 .955 3.23 2.74 3.44 3.16 31 262.0 CF 27 57 0 3 0 .950 .983 2.11 2.18 2.42 2.50 27 212.3 1970 24 NYY AL CF 155 376 15 3 3 .992 .985 2.52 2.30 2.55 2.62 152 1382.3 1971 25 NYY AL CF 143 317 10 5 1 .985 .983 2.29 2.32 2.34 2.73 140 1258.3 AS 1972 26 NYY AL CF 151 376 11 3 2 .992 .987 2.56 2.29 2.62 2.65 150 1328.3 GG,AS 1973 27 NYY AL CF 160 383 14 6 2 .985 .983 2.48 2.54 2.58 2.78 160 1385.7 AS 1974 28 NYY AL OF 156 297 21 7 2 .978 .980 2.04 2.12 2.10 2.41 153 1363.0 AS RF 102 187 18 5 2 .976 .976 2.01 1.86 2.09 2.18 100 883.7 AS CF 59 109 3 2 0 .982 .986 1.90 2.63 2.10 2.93 53 479.3 AS 1975 29 SFG NL OF 144 201 10 4 3 .981 .978 1.47 2.01 1.55 2.29 143 1221.7 AS RF 143 202 9 4 3 .981 .974 1.48 1.74 1.57 2.05 142 1212.7 AS CF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.45 1.00 2.70 1 9.0 AS 1976 30 SFG NL RF 146 284 11 12 2 .961 .974 2.02 1.83 2.08 2.15 145 1278.3 1977 31 CHC NL RF 150 232 11 5 5 .980 .974 1.62 1.78 1.64 2.11 148 1330.3 2B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.50 12.86 5.14 0 0.7 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.30 0.00 4.91 0 3.3 1978 32 CHC NL OF 138 225 8 5 0 .979 .980 1.69 1.94 1.78 2.31 133 1179.3 RF 121 165 5 2 0 .988 .977 1.40 1.78 1.60 2.13 106 955.7 CF 33 59 2 3 0 .953 .982 1.85 2.29 2.45 2.80 27 223.7 1979 33 TOT OF 124 279 8 3 0 .990 .980 2.31 2.07 2.50 2.40 118 1033.7 TOT RF 62 114 4 1 0 .992 .979 1.90 1.87 2.06 2.20 58 514.4 TOT CF 60 148 4 2 0 .987 .983 2.53 2.62 3.05 2.92 53 448.3 CHC NL OF 54 110 4 0 0 1.000 .979 2.11 2.00 2.26 2.33 53 454.7 RF 54 108 4 0 0 1.000 .979 2.07 1.87 2.23 2.19 53 452.7 CF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.40 4.50 2.70 0 2.0 NYY AL OF 70 169 4 3 0 .983 .981 2.47 2.13 2.69 2.46 65 579.0 CF 59 147 4 2 0 .987 .983 2.56 2.62 3.05 2.92 53 446.3 LF 13 14 0 0 0 1.000 .979 1.08 1.80 1.77 2.22 7 71.0 RF 8 6 0 1 0 .857 .984 0.75 1.88 0.88 2.25 5 61.7 1980 34 NYY AL OF 59 82 2 4 0 .955 .979 1.42 2.15 1.93 2.47 44 392.7 LF 44 59 2 3 0 .953 .981 1.39 1.92 1.98 2.35 31 276.7 DH 33 RF 18 23 1 1 0 .960 .976 1.33 1.77 1.86 2.13 13 116.0 1981 35 NYY AL DH 33 1982 36 NYY AL DH 47 1983 37 NYY AL DH 5
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1977 31 CHC NL 2B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.50 12.86 5.14 0 0.7 1969 23 NYY AL 3B 31 23 77 14 11 .877 .955 3.23 2.74 3.44 3.16 31 262.0 1969 23 NYY AL CF 27 57 0 3 0 .950 .983 2.11 2.18 2.42 2.50 27 212.3 1970 24 NYY AL CF 155 376 15 3 3 .992 .985 2.52 2.30 2.55 2.62 152 1382.3 1971 25 NYY AL CF 143 317 10 5 1 .985 .983 2.29 2.32 2.34 2.73 140 1258.3 1972 26 NYY AL CF 151 376 11 3 2 .992 .987 2.56 2.29 2.62 2.65 150 1328.3 1973 27 NYY AL CF 160 383 14 6 2 .985 .983 2.48 2.54 2.58 2.78 160 1385.7 1974 28 NYY AL CF 59 109 3 2 0 .982 .986 1.90 2.63 2.10 2.93 53 479.3 1975 29 SFG NL CF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.45 1.00 2.70 1 9.0 1978 32 CHC NL CF 33 59 2 3 0 .953 .982 1.85 2.29 2.45 2.80 27 223.7 1979 33 TOT CF 60 148 4 2 0 .987 .983 2.53 2.62 3.05 2.92 53 448.3 CHC NL CF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.40 4.50 2.70 0 2.0 NYY AL CF 59 147 4 2 0 .987 .983 2.56 2.62 3.05 2.92 53 446.3 1980 34 NYY AL DH 33 1981 35 NYY AL DH 33 1982 36 NYY AL DH 47 1983 37 NYY AL DH 5 1979 33 NYY AL LF 13 14 0 0 0 1.000 .979 1.08 1.80 1.77 2.22 7 71.0 1980 34 NYY AL LF 44 59 2 3 0 .953 .981 1.39 1.92 1.98 2.35 31 276.7 1969 23 NYY AL OF 118 212 4 8 0 .964 .978 1.83 1.84 1.89 2.13 115 1027.0 1970 24 NYY AL OF 155 375 15 3 3 .992 .980 2.52 1.85 2.54 2.14 152 1382.3 1971 25 NYY AL OF 143 317 10 5 1 .985 .982 2.29 1.96 2.34 2.24 140 1258.3 1972 26 NYY AL OF 151 382 11 3 1 .992 .983 2.60 1.91 2.66 2.22 150 1328.3 1973 27 NYY AL OF 160 380 14 6 2 .985 .979 2.46 2.02 2.56 2.29 160 1385.7 1974 28 NYY AL OF 156 297 21 7 2 .978 .980 2.04 2.12 2.10 2.41 153 1363.0 1975 29 SFG NL OF 144 201 10 4 3 .981 .978 1.47 2.01 1.55 2.29 143 1221.7 1976 30 SFG NL OF 146 282 11 12 2 .961 .979 2.01 2.03 2.06 2.34 145 1278.3 1977 31 CHC NL OF 150 237 11 5 5 .980 .978 1.65 1.93 1.68 2.26 148 1330.3 1978 32 CHC NL OF 138 225 8 5 0 .979 .980 1.69 1.94 1.78 2.31 133 1179.3 1979 33 TOT OF 124 279 8 3 0 .990 .980 2.31 2.07 2.50 2.40 118 1033.7 CHC NL OF 54 110 4 0 0 1.000 .979 2.11 2.00 2.26 2.33 53 454.7 NYY AL OF 70 169 4 3 0 .983 .981 2.47 2.13 2.69 2.46 65 579.0 1980 34 NYY AL OF 59 82 2 4 0 .955 .979 1.42 2.15 1.93 2.47 44 392.7 1969 23 NYY AL RF 102 152 4 5 0 .969 .974 1.53 1.60 1.72 1.91 88 814.7 1974 28 NYY AL RF 102 187 18 5 2 .976 .976 2.01 1.86 2.09 2.18 100 883.7 1975 29 SFG NL RF 143 202 9 4 3 .981 .974 1.48 1.74 1.57 2.05 142 1212.7 1976 30 SFG NL RF 146 284 11 12 2 .961 .974 2.02 1.83 2.08 2.15 145 1278.3 1977 31 CHC NL RF 150 232 11 5 5 .980 .974 1.62 1.78 1.64 2.11 148 1330.3 1978 32 CHC NL RF 121 165 5 2 0 .988 .977 1.40 1.78 1.60 2.13 106 955.7 1979 33 TOT RF 62 114 4 1 0 .992 .979 1.90 1.87 2.06 2.20 58 514.4 CHC NL RF 54 108 4 0 0 1.000 .979 2.07 1.87 2.23 2.19 53 452.7 NYY AL RF 8 6 0 1 0 .857 .984 0.75 1.88 0.88 2.25 5 61.7 1980 34 NYY AL RF 18 23 1 1 0 .960 .976 1.33 1.77 1.86 2.13 13 116.0 1965 19 NYY AL SS 11 28 41 5 14 .932 .962 6.27 4.38 6.47 4.74 11 96.0 1966 20 NYY AL SS 18 31 50 6 4 .931 .960 4.50 4.41 4.83 4.79 17 151.0 1977 31 CHC NL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.30 0.00 4.91 0 3.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF*1644 3269 125 65 19 .981 .980 2.06 1.98 2.15 2.28 1601 14180.7 57 790 844# RF* 844 1359 63 35 12 .976 .975 1.68 1.78 1.80 2.10 800 7105.7 CF* 790 1826 59 27 8 .986 .984 2.39 2.40 2.52 2.72 763 6727.3 DH 118 Games not counted in Overall Total below LF* 57 73 2 3 0 .962 .980 1.32 1.89 1.94 2.32 38 347.7 3B* 31 23 77 14 11 .877 .955 3.23 2.74 3.44 3.16 31 262.0 SS* 30 59 91 11 18 .932 .961 5.00 4.40 5.39 4.78 28 250.3 2B* 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.50 12.86 5.14 0 0.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1706 3352 293 90 48 .976 .978 2.14 2.04 2.23 2.34 1660 14694
# 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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1980   ALCS  NYY KCR     L   1   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1981   ALDS  NYY MIL     W   2   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0  .000  .500  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  NYY OAK     W   1   3   0   1  0  0  0   0   1   1  .333  .500  .333   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    NYY LAD     L   4   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1   2   7   0   1  0  0  0   0   1   3  .143  .250  .143   0  0   0   0   0 
  4 Postseason Series   2-2   8  11   0   1  0  0  0   0   2   3  .091  .231  .091   0  0   1   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
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1971   NYY AL   *   3   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting CF 
 1972   NYY AL   *   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting CF 
 1973   NYY AL   *   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting LF 
 1974   NYY AL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting CF 
 1975   SFG NL       2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 5/5      4  13   0   1  0  0  0   0   1   1   0  0   0   0   0  .077  .143  .077 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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
1971 (CF)
1972 (CF)
1973 (LF)
1974 (CF)
1975 *

Gold Gloves
1972-AL--OF

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1971-AL-7-0.21
1972-AL-5-0.26
1973-AL-9-0.16
1974-AL-21-0.03
Car-344-0.66 shares

Batting Average
1971 AL-.331-2
1972 AL-.292-10
1973 AL-.304-4

On-base %
1971 AL-.427-1
1975 NL-.396-7
1978 NL-.376-10

Slugging %
1971 AL-.543-2
1972 AL-.537-3

OPS
1971 AL-.970-1
1972 AL-.898-4

Games
1970 AL-159-8
1972 AL-153-4
1973 AL-160-5

At Bats
1972 AL-585-5
1973 AL-616-5
1974 AL-606-4

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1972 AL-654-4
1973 AL-672-7
1974 AL-679-5

Runs
1970 AL-95-10
1971 AL-94-2
1972 AL-102-1

Hits
1971 AL-175-4
1972 AL-171-3
1973 AL-187-3
1974 AL-166-9

Total Bases
1971 AL-287-3
1972 AL-314-1
1973 AL-286-4

Doubles
1972 AL-30-3
1973 AL-29-6

Triples
1971 AL-6-8
1972 AL-7-4

Home Runs
1971 AL-25-10
1972 AL-33-2
1976 NL-23-6

RBI
1971 AL-94-4
1972 AL-96-3
1973 AL-95-7
1974 AL-88-7
1976 NL-90-7

Bases on Balls
1970 AL-87-9
1971 AL-91-4
1975 NL-91-5
1976 NL-84-6
1977 NL-80-9
1978 NL-80-9

Strikeouts
1969 AL-103-5

Singles
1971 AL-119-7
1973 AL-134-6
1974 AL-127-7

Adjusted OPS+
1971 AL-181-1
1972 AL-169-2

Runs Created
1971 AL-126-1
1972 AL-114-2
1973 AL-100-8

Adjusted Batting Runs
1971 AL-59-1
1972 AL-47-2

Batting Wins
1971 AL-6.1-1
1972 AL-5.2-2

Extra-Base Hits
1971 AL-56-3
1972 AL-70-1
1973 AL-53-5

Times on Base
1971 AL-266-1
1972 AL-236-4
1973 AL-240-9
1974 AL-225-10
1975 NL-250-8

Offensive Win%
1971 AL-.814-1
1972 AL-.773-4

Sac. Flies
1974 AL-12-2
1975 NL-12-1
1977 NL-10-1
1980 AL-9-5
Car-81-73

Intentional Walks
1971 AL-13-5
1974 AL-10-9
1977 NL-13-8
1978 NL-15-8

Caught Stealing
1970 AL-10-10

Power/Speed Number
1970 AL-18.2-7
1971 AL-17.9-3
1972 AL-16.5-5
1976 NL-15.8-7
1977 NL-20.1-9

At Bats per Home Run
1972 AL-17.7-4
1976 NL-23.2-9

Outs
1970 AL-462-10
1974 AL-470-5

Youngest Player
1965 AL-19-7
1966 AL-20-4

   

Black Ink: Batting - 3 (507) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 95 (236) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 26.2 (371) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 29.0 (601) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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  9. Reggie Smith (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Gary Matthews (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Chili Davis (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Chili Davis (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  15. Dusty Baker (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Transactions 

June 2, 1964: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

October 22, 1974: Traded by the New York Yankees to the San Francisco Giants for Bobby Bonds.

February 11, 1977: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Andy Muhlstock (minors) and Steve Ontiveros to the Chicago Cubs for Bill Madlock and Rob Sperring.

June 26, 1979: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the New York Yankees for Paul Semall (minors).

November 13, 1981: Granted Free Agency.

April 5, 1982: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

June 20, 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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