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Dale Murphy
Dale Bryan Murphy (The Murph)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 5", Weight 215 lb.

Debut September 13, 1976
  vs. LAD 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game May 21, 1993
Born March 12, 1956 in Portland, OR

Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1974 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1976 20 ATL NL  19   65    3   17   6  0   0    9   0  0   7   9  .262  .333  .354   91   23   0   0   0   0   0
 1977 21 ATL NL  18   76    5   24   8  1   2   14   0  1   0   8  .316  .316  .526  112   40   0   0   0   0   3
 1978 22 ATL NL 151  530   66  120  14  3  23   79  11  7  42 145  .226  .284  .394   80  209   3   5   3   3  15
 1979 23 ATL NL 104  384   53  106   7  2  21   57   6  1  38  67  .276  .340  .469  113  180   0   5   5   2  12
 1980 24 ATL NL 156  569   98  160  27  2  33   89   9  6  59 133  .281  .349  .510  135  290   2   2   9   1   8 MVP-12,AS
 1981 25 ATL NL 104  369   43   91  12  1  13   50  14  5  44  72  .247  .325  .390  101  144   1   2   8   0  10
 1982 26 ATL NL 162  598  113  168  23  2  36  109  23 11  93 134  .281  .378  .507  142  303   0   4   9   3  10 SS,MVP-1,AS
 1983 27 ATL NL 162  589  131  178  24  4  36  121  30  4  90 110  .302  .393  .540  149  318   0   6  12   2  15 SS,MVP-1,AS
 1984 28 ATL NL 162  607   94  176  32  8  36  100  19  7  79 134  .290  .372  .547  149  332   0   3  20   2  13 SS,MVP-9,AS
 1985 29 ATL NL 162  616  118  185  32  2  37  111  10  3  90 141  .300  .388  .539  152  332   0   5  15   1  14 SS,MVP-7,AS
 1986 30 ATL NL 160  614   89  163  29  7  29   83   7  7  75 141  .265  .347  .477  121  293   0   1   5   2  10 MVP-21,AS
 1987 31 ATL NL 159  566  115  167  27  1  44  105  16  6 115 136  .295  .417  .580  157  328   0   5  29   7  11 MVP-11,AS
 1988 32 ATL NL 156  592   77  134  35  4  24   77   3  5  74 125  .226  .313  .421  106  249   0   3  16   2  24
 1989 33 ATL NL 154  574   60  131  16  0  20   84   3  2  65 142  .228  .306  .361   89  207   0   6  10   2  14
 1990 34 TOT NL 154  563   60  138  23  1  24   83   9  3  61 130  .245  .318  .417   99  235   0   4  14   1  22
         ATL NL  97  349   38   81  14  0  17   55   9  2  41  84  .232  .312  .418   96  146   0   3  11   1  11
         PHI NL  57  214   22   57   9  1   7   28   0  1  20  46  .266  .328  .416  105   89   0   1   3   0  11
 1991 35 PHI NL 153  544   66  137  33  1  18   81   1  0  48  93  .252  .309  .415  103  226   0   7   3   0  20
 1992 36 PHI NL  18   62    5   10   1  0   2    7   0  0   1  13  .161  .175  .274   26   17   0   0   0   0   3
 1993 37 COL NL  26   42    1    6   1  0   0    7   0  0   5  15  .143  .224  .167    0    7   0   2   1   0   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 18 Seasons         7960      2111     39     1266     68    1748  .265  .346  .469  121        6  60 159  28 209
               2180      1197      350    398      161    986                            3733
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        592   89  157  26  3  30   94  12  5  73 130  .265  .346  .469  121  277   0   4  12   2  16
 Career High    162  616  131  185  35  8  44  121  30 11 115 145  .302  .417  .580  157  332   3   7  29   7  24
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1976 20 ATL NL   72   48    8   4.5    97| .262  .269| .333  .337| .354  .384| .687  .721|  91  .543  -0.5  -0.1   0%
 1977 21 ATL NL   76   56   11   5.3   113| .316  .283| .316  .352| .526  .431| .842  .784| 112  .562   0.9   0.1   0%
 1978 22 ATL NL  583  440   56   3.4   104| .226  .275| .284  .345| .394  .405| .678  .750|  80  .408 -18.0  -1.9  61%
 1979 23 ATL NL  429  296   60   5.4   105| .276  .277| .340  .344| .469  .411| .809  .755| 113  .596   5.7   0.6  85%
 1980 24 ATL NL  633  427  101   6.4    97| .281  .270| .349  .333| .510  .392| .859  .725| 135  .679  24.8   2.5  60%
 1981 25 ATL NL  416  296   47   4.3    93| .247  .265| .325  .330| .390  .379| .715  .710| 101  .520   0.2   0.0  73%
 1982 26 ATL NL  698  455  118   7.0    98| .281  .270| .378  .334| .507  .393| .885  .727| 142  .716  35.4   3.6  67%
 1983 27 ATL NL  687  436  131   8.1   103| .302  .272| .393  .342| .540  .404| .933  .746| 149  .765  41.0   4.2  88%
 1984 28 ATL NL  691  454  123   7.3    99| .290  .271| .372  .337| .547  .394| .919  .732| 149  .735  39.3   4.0  73%
 1985 29 ATL NL  712  453  131   7.8    99| .300  .266| .388  .334| .539  .396| .927  .730| 152  .756  44.9   4.6  76%
 1986 30 ATL NL  692  469  102   5.9   102| .265  .267| .347  .338| .477  .403| .824  .741| 121  .637  16.2   1.6  50%
 1987 31 ATL NL  693  421  143   9.1   109| .295  .274| .417  .344| .580  .426| .997  .770| 157  .767  51.4   4.9  72%
 1988 32 ATL NL  671  490   72   4.0    93| .226  .261| .313  .325| .421  .383| .734  .708| 106  .498   4.5   0.5  37%
 1989 33 ATL NL  647  465   64   3.7    92| .228  .256| .306  .324| .361  .382| .667  .705|  89  .460  -8.6  -0.9  60%
 1990 34 TOT NL  629  454   71   4.2   100| .245  .267| .318  .334| .417  .402| .735  .736|  99  .478  -1.9  -0.2  75%
         ATL NL  394  284   45   4.2   102| .232  .270| .312  .337| .418  .406| .730  .743|  96  .484  -2.9  -0.3  81%
         PHI NL  235  170   26   4.1    97| .266  .263| .328  .329| .416  .395| .744  .725| 105  .468   1.0   0.1   0%
 1991 35 PHI NL  599  434   67   4.2    93| .252  .256| .309  .324| .415  .384| .724  .708| 103  .496   2.2   0.2 100%
 1992 36 PHI NL   63   55    2   1.0    92| .161  .259| .175  .325| .274  .381| .449  .706|  26  .067  -6.5  -0.7   0%
 1993 37 COL NL   49   43    1   0.6   117| .143  .290| .224  .358| .167  .442| .391  .800|   0  .025  -6.3  -0.6   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 18 Seasons     9040 6192 1308   5.7    99| .265  .268| .346  .335| .469  .397| .815  .732| 121  .629 224.8  22.4  70%

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

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    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1976 20 ATL NL C 19 100 13 3 0 .974 .986 5.95 5.16 6.56 5.96 17 155.0 9 7 21 9 1977 21 ATL NL C 18 114 11 6 2 .954 .985 6.94 5.54 7.31 6.49 17 154.0 5 8 25 5 1978 22 ATL NL 1B 129 1137 92 20 84 .984 .992 9.53 7.75 9.98 8.12 125 1108.3 C 21 83 13 3 0 .970 .985 4.57 5.11 5.89 6.17 16 146.7 6 10 13 12 1979 23 ATL NL 1B 76 685 42 15 61 .980 .992 9.57 8.59 9.95 9.89 75 657.3 C 27 127 15 5 2 .966 .985 5.26 5.27 5.39 6.13 27 237.0 11 9 32 6 1980 24 ATL NL OF 154 374 14 6 4 .985 .980 2.52 1.98 2.62 2.31 150 1332.3 AS CF 129 324 11 5 2 .985 .984 2.60 2.37 2.71 2.83 125 1113.0 AS RF 21 39 4 0 2 1.000 .977 2.05 1.71 2.05 2.06 21 188.7 AS LF 4 7 1 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 1.68 2.35 2.05 4 30.7 AS 1B 1 10 1 0 0 1.000 .991 11.00 9.00 12.38 10.12 1 8.0 AS 1981 25 ATL NL OF 103 254 11 5 4 .981 .980 2.57 2.02 2.65 2.33 99 899.0 CF 102 255 9 3 4 .989 .986 2.59 2.53 2.65 2.80 99 897.0 1B 3 10 0 0 1 1.000 .990 3.33 8.67 12.86 10.16 0 7.0 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 2.25 0 2.0 1982 26 ATL NL OF 162 407 6 9 2 .979 .978 2.55 1.91 2.58 2.25 161 1441.0 GG,AS CF 115 279 4 4 1 .986 .983 2.46 2.30 2.69 2.66 107 946.0 GG,AS LF 67 109 2 4 0 .965 .973 1.66 1.60 2.33 2.08 48 428.0 GG,AS RF 10 14 0 1 0 .933 .979 1.40 1.65 1.88 2.01 6 67.0 GG,AS 1983 27 ATL NL OF 160 373 10 6 0 .985 .980 2.39 1.92 2.49 2.27 158 1386.3 GG,AS CF 136 318 7 6 0 .982 .983 2.39 2.38 2.54 2.78 131 1150.3 GG,AS LF 28 51 3 0 0 1.000 .976 1.93 1.60 2.24 2.03 25 217.0 GG,AS RF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.65 1.42 1.99 2 19.0 GG,AS 1984 28 ATL NL CF 160 364 10 5 1 .987 .987 2.34 2.41 2.36 2.71 160 1427.0 GG,AS 1985 29 ATL NL CF 161 337 8 7 4 .980 .981 2.14 2.26 2.18 2.66 161 1421.3 GG,AS 1986 30 ATL NL OF 159 303 6 6 1 .981 .979 1.94 1.82 2.00 2.19 159 1391.0 GG,AS CF 155 295 7 5 1 .984 .984 1.95 2.05 2.02 2.59 154 1346.0 GG,AS RF 6 8 0 1 0 .889 .976 1.33 1.63 1.60 2.00 5 45.0 GG,AS 1987 31 ATL NL RF 159 327 14 8 2 .977 .976 2.14 1.68 2.18 2.00 159 1406.7 AS 1988 32 ATL NL RF 156 339 15 3 4 .992 .979 2.27 1.75 2.28 2.05 155 1400.0 1989 33 ATL NL OF 151 331 5 5 0 .985 .981 2.23 1.96 2.25 2.32 151 1342.7 CF 82 195 2 4 0 .980 .985 2.40 2.33 2.43 2.69 82 730.0 RF 70 136 3 1 0 .993 .978 1.99 1.70 2.04 2.12 69 612.7 1990 34 TOT NL OF 152 321 7 5 1 .985 .981 2.16 2.01 2.27 2.39 147 1298.3 TOT NL RF 150 317 7 5 1 .985 .981 2.16 1.82 2.28 2.22 145 1280.3 ATL NL RF 97 207 3 4 0 .981 .981 2.16 1.82 2.30 2.22 94 820.3 PHI NL OF 55 113 4 1 1 .992 .981 2.13 2.01 2.20 2.39 53 478.0 RF 53 110 4 1 1 .991 .981 2.15 1.82 2.23 2.22 51 460.0 CF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 2.40 3.00 2.70 1 9.0 LF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 1.70 3.00 2.20 1 9.0 1991 35 PHI NL RF 147 287 6 5 0 .983 .980 1.99 1.65 2.13 2.06 141 1235.7 1992 36 PHI NL OF 16 19 0 1 0 .950 .984 1.19 1.96 1.41 2.34 17 121.0 RF 16 19 0 1 0 .950 .979 1.19 1.66 1.41 2.08 16 121.0 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 1993 37 COL NL OF 13 16 1 0 0 1.000 .977 1.31 2.00 1.99 2.34 11 77.0 RF 11 14 0 0 0 1.000 .979 1.27 1.78 1.88 2.18 10 67.0 LF 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.70 2.70 2.07 1 10.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1978 22 ATL NL 1B 129 1137 92 20 84 .984 .992 9.53 7.75 9.98 8.12 125 1108.3 1979 23 ATL NL 1B 76 685 42 15 61 .980 .992 9.57 8.59 9.95 9.89 75 657.3 1980 24 ATL NL 1B 1 10 1 0 0 1.000 .991 11.00 9.00 12.38 10.12 1 8.0 1981 25 ATL NL 1B 3 10 0 0 1 1.000 .990 3.33 8.67 12.86 10.16 0 7.0 1976 20 ATL NL C 19 100 13 3 0 .974 .986 5.95 5.16 6.56 5.96 17 155.0 9 7 21 9 1977 21 ATL NL C 18 114 11 6 2 .954 .985 6.94 5.54 7.31 6.49 17 154.0 5 8 25 5 1978 22 ATL NL C 21 83 13 3 0 .970 .985 4.57 5.11 5.89 6.17 16 146.7 6 10 13 12 1979 23 ATL NL C 27 127 15 5 2 .966 .985 5.26 5.27 5.39 6.13 27 237.0 11 9 32 6 1980 24 ATL NL CF 129 324 11 5 2 .985 .984 2.60 2.37 2.71 2.83 125 1113.0 1981 25 ATL NL CF 102 255 9 3 4 .989 .986 2.59 2.53 2.65 2.80 99 897.0 1982 26 ATL NL CF 115 279 4 4 1 .986 .983 2.46 2.30 2.69 2.66 107 946.0 1983 27 ATL NL CF 136 318 7 6 0 .982 .983 2.39 2.38 2.54 2.78 131 1150.3 1984 28 ATL NL CF 160 364 10 5 1 .987 .987 2.34 2.41 2.36 2.71 160 1427.0 1985 29 ATL NL CF 161 337 8 7 4 .980 .981 2.14 2.26 2.18 2.66 161 1421.3 1986 30 ATL NL CF 155 295 7 5 1 .984 .984 1.95 2.05 2.02 2.59 154 1346.0 1989 33 ATL NL CF 82 195 2 4 0 .980 .985 2.40 2.33 2.43 2.69 82 730.0 1990 34 PHI NL CF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 2.40 3.00 2.70 1 9.0 1980 24 ATL NL LF 4 7 1 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 1.68 2.35 2.05 4 30.7 1982 26 ATL NL LF 67 109 2 4 0 .965 .973 1.66 1.60 2.33 2.08 48 428.0 1983 27 ATL NL LF 28 51 3 0 0 1.000 .976 1.93 1.60 2.24 2.03 25 217.0 1990 34 PHI NL LF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 1.70 3.00 2.20 1 9.0 1992 36 PHI NL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 1993 37 COL NL LF 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.70 2.70 2.07 1 10.0 1980 24 ATL NL OF 154 374 14 6 4 .985 .980 2.52 1.98 2.62 2.31 150 1332.3 1981 25 ATL NL OF 103 254 11 5 4 .981 .980 2.57 2.02 2.65 2.33 99 899.0 1982 26 ATL NL OF 162 407 6 9 2 .979 .978 2.55 1.91 2.58 2.25 161 1441.0 1983 27 ATL NL OF 160 373 10 6 0 .985 .980 2.39 1.92 2.49 2.27 158 1386.3 1984 28 ATL NL OF 160 369 10 5 1 .987 .979 2.37 1.91 2.39 2.27 160 1427.0 1985 29 ATL NL OF 161 334 8 7 4 .980 .979 2.12 1.88 2.17 2.20 161 1421.3 1986 30 ATL NL OF 159 303 6 6 1 .981 .979 1.94 1.82 2.00 2.19 159 1391.0 1987 31 ATL NL OF 159 325 14 8 1 .977 .981 2.13 1.83 2.17 2.19 159 1406.7 1988 32 ATL NL OF 156 340 15 3 4 .992 .982 2.28 1.98 2.28 2.28 155 1400.0 1989 33 ATL NL OF 151 331 5 5 0 .985 .981 2.23 1.96 2.25 2.32 151 1342.7 1990 34 TOT NL OF 152 321 7 5 1 .985 .981 2.16 2.01 2.27 2.39 147 1298.3 ATL NL OF 97 208 3 4 0 .981 .981 2.18 2.01 2.32 2.39 94 820.3 PHI NL OF 55 113 4 1 1 .992 .981 2.13 2.01 2.20 2.39 53 478.0 1991 35 PHI NL OF 147 287 6 5 0 .983 .983 1.99 1.88 2.13 2.28 141 1235.7 1992 36 PHI NL OF 16 19 0 1 0 .950 .984 1.19 1.96 1.41 2.34 17 121.0 1993 37 COL NL OF 13 16 1 0 0 1.000 .977 1.31 2.00 1.99 2.34 11 77.0 1980 24 ATL NL RF 21 39 4 0 2 1.000 .977 2.05 1.71 2.05 2.06 21 188.7 1981 25 ATL NL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 2.25 0 2.0 1982 26 ATL NL RF 10 14 0 1 0 .933 .979 1.40 1.65 1.88 2.01 6 67.0 1983 27 ATL NL RF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.65 1.42 1.99 2 19.0 1986 30 ATL NL RF 6 8 0 1 0 .889 .976 1.33 1.63 1.60 2.00 5 45.0 1987 31 ATL NL RF 159 327 14 8 2 .977 .976 2.14 1.68 2.18 2.00 159 1406.7 1988 32 ATL NL RF 156 339 15 3 4 .992 .979 2.27 1.75 2.28 2.05 155 1400.0 1989 33 ATL NL RF 70 136 3 1 0 .993 .978 1.99 1.70 2.04 2.12 69 612.7 1990 34 TOT NL RF 150 317 7 5 1 .985 .981 2.16 1.82 2.28 2.22 145 1280.3 ATL NL RF 97 207 3 4 0 .981 .981 2.16 1.82 2.30 2.22 94 820.3 PHI NL RF 53 110 4 1 1 .991 .981 2.15 1.82 2.23 2.22 51 460.0 1991 35 PHI NL RF 147 287 6 5 0 .983 .980 1.99 1.65 2.13 2.06 141 1235.7 1992 36 PHI NL RF 16 19 0 1 0 .950 .979 1.19 1.66 1.41 2.08 16 121.0 1993 37 COL NL RF 11 14 0 0 0 1.000 .979 1.27 1.78 1.88 2.18 10 67.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total OF*1853 4053 113 71 22 .983 .980 2.25 1.92 1829 16179.3 103 1041 749# CF*1041 2370 58 39 13 .984 .984 2.33 2.32 1020 9039.7 RF* 749 1503 49 25 9 .984 .979 2.07 1.72 729 6445.0 1B* 209 1842 135 35 146 .983 .992 9.46 8.08 201 1780.7 LF* 103 172 7 4 0 .978 .974 1.74 1.61 80 694.7 C* 85 424 52 17 4 .966 .985 5.60 5.26 77 692.7 31 34 91 32 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 2147 6319 300 123 172 .982 .984 3.08 2.65
# 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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1982   NLCS  ATL STL     L   3  11   1   3  0  0  0   0   0   2  .273  .273  .273   1  1   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
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1980   ATL NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1982   ATL NL   *   2   1   0  0  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting RF 
 1983   ATL NL   *   3   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting RF 
 1984   ATL NL   *   3   1   2  0  0  1   1   1   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting CF 
 1985   ATL NL   *   3   0   1  1  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting CF 
 1986   ATL NL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting CF 
 1987   ATL NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 7/7      5  15   2   4  1  0  1   2   2   2   0  0   0   0   0  .267  .353  .533 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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
1980 *
1982 (RF)
1983 (RF)
1984 (CF)
1985 (CF)
1986 (CF)
1987 *

Awards
1982-NL-MVP
1983-NL-MVP
1985-ML-Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
1988-ML-Roberto Clemente Award

Gold Gloves
1982-NL--OF
1983-NL--OF
1984-NL--OF
1985-NL--OF
1986-NL--OF
All Multiple Winners

Silver Sluggers
1982-NL--OF
1983-NL--OF
1984-NL--OF
1985-NL--OF
All Multiple Winners

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1980-NL-12-0.07
1982-NL-1-0.84
1983-NL-1-0.95
1984-NL-9-0.15
1985-NL-7-0.19
1986-NL-21-0.01
1987-NL-11-0.10
Car-67-2.31 shares

Batting Average
1983 NL-.302-6
1985 NL-.300-10

On-base %
1982 NL-.378-10
1983 NL-.393-3
1984 NL-.372-8
1985 NL-.388-6
1987 NL-.417-4

Slugging %
1980 NL-.510-4
1982 NL-.507-7
1983 NL-.540-1
1984 NL-.547-1
1985 NL-.539-3
1987 NL-.580-5

OPS
1980 NL-.858-6
1982 NL-.885-7
1983 NL-.933-1
1984 NL-.919-2
1985 NL-.927-2
1987 NL-.997-2

Games
1982 NL-162-1
1983 NL-162-1
1984 NL-162-1
1985 NL-162-1
1986 NL-160-2
1987 NL-159-3
1988 NL-156-10

At Bats
1984 NL-607-6
1985 NL-616-6
1986 NL-614-5
1988 NL-592-8

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1982 NL-698-8
1983 NL-687-5
1984 NL-691-6
1985 NL-712-1
1986 NL-692-4
1987 NL-693-5
1988 NL-671-8

Runs
1980 NL-98-3
1982 NL-113-2
1983 NL-131-2
1984 NL-94-7
1985 NL-118-1
1987 NL-115-5

Hits
1983 NL-178-6
1984 NL-176-6
1985 NL-185-5

Total Bases
1980 NL-290-5
1982 NL-303-3
1983 NL-318-2
1984 NL-332-1
1985 NL-332-2
1986 NL-293-4
1987 NL-328-3

Doubles
1984 NL-32-5
1985 NL-32-10
1988 NL-35-5
1991 NL-33-9

Triples
1986 NL-7-5

Home Runs
1980 NL-33-3
1981 NL-13-10
1982 NL-36-2
1983 NL-36-2
1984 NL-36-1
1985 NL-37-1
1986 NL-29-4
1987 NL-44-2
1988 NL-24-9
Car-398-46

RBI
1980 NL-89-10
1982 NL-109-1
1983 NL-121-1
1984 NL-100-3
1985 NL-111-2
1987 NL-105-5

Bases on Balls
1982 NL-93-4
1983 NL-90-4
1984 NL-79-6
1985 NL-90-1
1986 NL-75-8
1987 NL-115-3
1988 NL-74-9

Strikeouts
1978 NL-145-1
1980 NL-133-1
1981 NL-72-5
1982 NL-134-2
1983 NL-110-8
1984 NL-134-2
1985 NL-141-1
1986 NL-141-2
1987 NL-136-3
1988 NL-125-7
1989 NL-142-3
1990 NL-130-3
Car-1748-13

Adjusted OPS+
1980 NL-135-7
1982 NL-142-8
1983 NL-149-4
1984 NL-149-2
1985 NL-152-2
1987 NL-157-4

Runs Created
1980 NL-101-4
1982 NL-118-3
1983 NL-131-1
1984 NL-123-3
1985 NL-131-1
1986 NL-102-8
1987 NL-143-1

Adjusted Batting Runs
1980 NL-25-9
1982 NL-35-7
1983 NL-41-2
1984 NL-39-2
1985 NL-45-2
1987 NL-51-3

Batting Wins
1980 NL-2.5-9
1982 NL-3.6-7
1983 NL-4.2-2
1984 NL-4.0-2
1985 NL-4.6-2
1987 NL-4.9-3

Extra-Base Hits
1980 NL-62-4
1982 NL-61-10
1983 NL-64-3
1984 NL-76-1
1985 NL-71-2
1986 NL-65-4
1987 NL-72-4
1988 NL-63-4

Times on Base
1982 NL-264-3
1983 NL-270-2
1984 NL-257-5
1985 NL-276-1
1986 NL-240-7
1987 NL-289-2

Offensive Win%
1980 NL-.679-8
1982 NL-.716-7
1983 NL-.765-1
1984 NL-.735-3
1985 NL-.756-4
1987 NL-.767-5

Hit By Pitch
1987 NL-7-5

Intentional Walks
1981 NL-8-8
1984 NL-20-2
1985 NL-15-6
1987 NL-29-1
1988 NL-16-6
Car-159-33

Grounded into Double Plays
1988 NL-24-1
1990 NL-22-1
1991 NL-20-2
Car-209-69

Power/Speed Number
1981 NL-13.5-4
1982 NL-28.1-2
1983 NL-32.7-1
1984 NL-24.9-2
1987 NL-23.5-9
Car-229.3-58

At Bats per Home Run
1980 NL-17.2-3
1982 NL-16.6-4
1983 NL-16.4-2
1984 NL-16.9-2
1985 NL-16.6-4
1986 NL-21.2-10
1987 NL-12.9-4

Outs
1984 NL-454-10
1986 NL-469-5
1988 NL-490-3
1989 NL-465-7
1990 NL-454-9

Salary
1985 NL-$1,625,000-5
1986 NL-$1,825,000-5
1987 NL-$1,925,000-4
1988 NL-$2,000,000-6
1989 NL-$2,000,000-10
1990 NL-$2,000,000-9

Youngest Player
1976 NL-20-3
1977 NL-21-10

Black Ink: Batting - 31 (55) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 147 (91) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 34.4 (200) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 116.0 (123) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

June 5, 1974: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft.

August 3, 1990: Traded by the Atlanta Braves with a player to be named later to the Philadelphia Phillies for players to be named later and Jeff Parrett. The Atlanta Braves sent Tommy Greene (August 9, 1990) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Jim Vatcher (August 9, 1990) and Victor Rosario (September 4, 1990) to the Atlanta Braves to complete the trade.

November 8, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

December 6, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

April 3, 1993: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

April 3, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Atlanta Braves$1,625,000
1986Atlanta Braves$1,825,000
1987Atlanta Braves$1,925,000
1988Atlanta Braves$2,000,000
1989Atlanta Braves$2,000,000
1990Atlanta Braves$2,000,000
1991Philadelphia Phillies$2,500,000
1992Philadelphia Phillies$2,500,000
1993Colorado Rockies$200,000
Career (may be incomplete)$16,575,000

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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