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Willie Wilson
Willie James Wilson

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 195 lb.

Debut September 4, 1976
  vs. TEX 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game May 16, 1994
Born July 9, 1955 in Montgomery, AL

Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft. (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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1976 20 KCR AL  12    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   2  1   0   2  .167  .167  .167   -3    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1977 21 KCR AL  13   34   10   11   2  0   0    1   6  3   1   8  .324  .343  .382   97   13   2   0   0   0   1
 1978 22 KCR AL 127  198   43   43   8  2   0   16  46 12  16  33  .217  .280  .278   56   55   5   2   0   2   2
 1979 23 KCR AL 154  588  113  185  18 13   6   49  83 12  28  92  .315  .351  .420  106  247  13   4   3   7   1 MVP-17
 1980 24 KCR AL 161  705  133  230  28 15   3   49  79 10  28  81  .326  .357  .421  113  297   5   1   3   6   4 SS,MVP-4
 1981 25 KCR AL 102  439   54  133  10  7   1   32  34  8  18  42  .303  .335  .364  103  160   3   1   3   4   5
 1982 26 KCR AL 136  585   87  194  19 15   3   46  37 11  26  81  .332  .365  .431  118  252   2   2   2   6   4 SS,MVP-15,AS
 1983 27 KCR AL 137  576   90  159  22  8   2   33  59  8  33  75  .276  .316  .352   85  203   1   0   2   1   4 AS
 1984 28 KCR AL 128  541   81  163  24  9   2   44  47  5  39  56  .301  .350  .390  105  211   2   3   2   3   7 MVP-10
 1985 29 KCR AL 141  605   87  168  25 21   4   43  43 11  29  94  .278  .316  .408   97  247   2   1   3   5   6
 1986 30 KCR AL 156  631   77  170  20  7   9   44  34  8  31  97  .269  .313  .366   83  231   3   1   1   9   6
 1987 31 KCR AL 146  610   97  170  18 15   4   30  59 11  32  88  .279  .320  .377   83  230   4   1   2   6   9
 1988 32 KCR AL 147  591   81  155  17 11   1   37  35  7  22 106  .262  .289  .333   74  197   8   5   1   2   5
 1989 33 KCR AL 112  383   58   97  17  7   3   43  24  6  27  78  .253  .300  .358   85  137   6   6   0   1   8
 1990 34 KCR AL 115  307   49   89  13  3   2   42  24  6  30  57  .290  .354  .371  106  114   3   3   1   2   4
 1991 35 OAK AL 113  294   38   70  14  4   0   28  20  5  18  43  .238  .290  .313   72   92   1   1   1   4  11
 1992 36 OAK AL 132  396   38  107  15  5   0   37  28  8  35  65  .270  .329  .333   92  132   2   3   2   1  11
 1993 37 CHC NL 105  221   29   57  11  3   1   11   7  2  11  40  .258  .301  .348   75   77   1   1   1   3   2
 1994 38 CHC NL  17   21    4    5   0  2   0    0   1  0   1   6  .238  .273  .429   80    9   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 19 Seasons         7731      2207    147      585    134    1144  .285  .326  .376   94       64  35  27  62  90
               2154      1169      281     41      668    425                            2905
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        581   88  166  21 11   3   44  50 10  32  86  .285  .326  .376   94  218   5   3   2   5   7
 Career High    161  705  133  230  28 21   9   49  83 12  39 106  .332  .365  .431  118  297  13   6   3   9  11
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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
 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 KCR AL    6    6    0   0.0    87| .167  .258| .167  .323| .167  .364| .334  .687|  -3  .000  -0.8  -0.1  66%
 1977 21 KCR AL   37   29    4   3.7   102| .324  .269| .343  .333| .382  .409| .725  .742|  97  .398  -0.2   0.0  66%
 1978 22 KCR AL  223  176   18   2.7    96| .217  .264| .280  .330| .278  .390| .558  .720|  56  .302 -11.8  -1.2  79%
 1979 23 KCR AL  640  433   99   6.1   104| .315  .272| .351  .337| .420  .412| .771  .749| 106  .616   2.7   0.3  87%
 1980 24 KCR AL  745  495  117   6.4    99| .326  .269| .357  .331| .421  .399| .778  .731| 113  .645   9.9   1.0  88%
 1981 25 KCR AL  465  323   56   4.7    88| .303  .255| .335  .319| .364  .371| .699  .690| 103  .559   0.0   0.0  80%
 1982 26 KCR AL  621  410   96   6.3    98| .332  .264| .365  .328| .431  .402| .796  .730| 118  .640  12.5   1.2  77%
 1983 27 KCR AL  611  430   72   4.5    98| .276  .266| .316  .328| .352  .401| .668  .728|  85  .494 -13.8  -1.4  88%
 1984 28 KCR AL  588  395   82   5.6    97| .301  .264| .350  .326| .390  .398| .740  .724| 105  .594   3.6   0.4  90%
 1985 29 KCR AL  642  457   80   4.7    99| .278  .261| .316  .327| .408  .406| .724  .733|  97  .509  -5.7  -0.6  79%
 1986 30 KCR AL  675  479   76   4.2   102| .269  .264| .313  .332| .366  .411| .679  .744|  83  .456 -17.3  -1.7  80%
 1987 31 KCR AL  653  465   78   4.5   108| .279  .267| .320  .336| .377  .429| .697  .765|  83  .452 -17.6  -1.7  84%
 1988 32 KCR AL  628  461   61   3.5    95| .262  .260| .289  .326| .333  .392| .622  .718|  74  .401 -23.4  -2.4  83%
 1989 33 KCR AL  423  312   43   3.7    93| .253  .261| .300  .326| .358  .384| .658  .709|  85  .426  -8.2  -0.8  80%
 1990 34 KCR AL  345  234   44   5.0    93| .290  .257| .354  .325| .371  .384| .725  .709| 106  .562   3.0   0.3  80%
 1991 35 OAK AL  318  242   26   2.9    92| .238  .253| .290  .321| .313  .384| .603  .705|  72  .305 -11.1  -1.1  80%
 1992 36 OAK AL  437  313   45   3.9    89| .270  .252| .329  .320| .333  .375| .662  .695|  92  .442  -3.8  -0.4  77%
 1993 37 CHC NL  237  170   24   3.8   102| .258  .269| .301  .334| .348  .409| .649  .743|  75  .407  -8.1  -0.8  77%
 1994 38 CHC NL   23   17    3   4.7   108| .238  .273| .273  .340| .429  .427| .702  .768|  80  .482  -0.9  -0.1 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 19 Seasons     8317 5847 1024   4.7    98| .285  .263| .326  .328| .376  .399| .702  .727|  94  .514 -90.9  -9.1  83%

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

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 ------+
1976 20 KCR AL CF 6 6 1 1 0 .875 .986 1.17 2.60 3.50 3.00 1 18.0 1977 21 KCR AL CF 9 25 0 1 0 .962 .984 2.78 2.49 3.07 2.82 6 73.3 DH 2 1978 22 KCR AL OF 112 171 6 4 2 .978 .979 1.58 2.13 2.94 2.47 45 541.3 LF 82 95 5 2 2 .980 .974 1.22 1.78 2.47 2.21 29 364.7 CF 35 76 0 2 0 .974 .984 2.17 2.64 3.87 2.97 16 176.7 DH 6 1979 23 KCR AL OF 152 384 12 6 0 .985 .981 2.61 2.13 2.85 2.46 135 1251.3 LF 131 308 10 4 0 .988 .980 2.43 1.80 2.76 2.22 112 1037.3 CF 24 70 2 2 0 .973 .984 3.00 2.62 3.60 2.92 19 180.0 RF 5 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.00 1.88 2.65 2.25 4 34.0 DH 2 1980 24 KCR AL OF 159 482 9 6 1 .988 .979 3.09 2.15 3.15 2.47 157 1401.0 GG LF 102 288 8 5 1 .983 .980 2.90 1.92 3.04 2.35 101 877.0 GG CF 63 193 1 1 0 .995 .983 3.08 2.65 3.33 2.92 56 524.0 GG 1981 25 KCR AL OF 101 299 14 4 3 .987 .983 3.10 2.16 3.19 2.48 100 884.3 LF 85 244 11 4 2 .985 .979 3.00 1.99 3.12 2.38 83 736.3 CF 18 55 3 0 1 1.000 .988 3.22 2.61 3.53 2.90 17 148.0 1982 26 KCR AL OF 135 376 4 5 0 .987 .982 2.81 2.15 2.94 2.47 135 1162.0 AS LF 118 307 3 5 0 .984 .981 2.63 1.91 2.78 2.29 117 1002.7 AS CF 20 70 1 0 0 1.000 .985 3.55 2.49 4.01 2.84 18 159.3 AS 1983 27 KCR AL OF 136 354 3 9 0 .975 .981 2.62 2.16 2.79 2.50 132 1150.0 AS CF 75 214 0 5 0 .977 .987 2.85 2.56 3.22 2.93 69 599.0 AS LF 64 137 3 5 0 .966 .977 2.19 1.90 2.29 2.32 63 551.0 AS 1984 28 KCR AL CF 128 378 6 4 2 .990 .986 3.00 2.62 3.06 3.01 128 1129.0 1985 29 KCR AL CF 140 380 4 2 1 .995 .988 2.74 2.56 2.78 2.91 140 1244.7 1986 30 KCR AL CF 155 413 5 3 3 .993 .986 2.70 2.47 2.88 2.83 149 1305.7 1987 31 KCR AL CF 143 342 3 1 1 .997 .986 2.41 2.34 2.54 2.70 142 1221.3 DH 2 1988 32 KCR AL CF 143 364 2 4 0 .989 .985 2.56 2.52 2.76 2.91 141 1194.0 1989 33 KCR AL CF 108 252 2 6 0 .977 .984 2.35 2.46 2.75 2.78 95 831.7 DH 1 1990 34 KCR AL OF 106 187 2 0 1 1.000 .981 1.78 2.04 2.35 2.39 81 724.7 LF 54 92 1 0 0 1.000 .978 1.72 1.74 2.33 2.19 39 359.3 CF 48 91 0 0 1 1.000 .985 1.90 2.42 2.34 2.74 41 350.0 RF 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.50 1.80 3.53 2.24 1 15.3 DH 1 1991 35 OAK AL OF 87 176 2 3 0 .983 .983 2.05 2.03 2.68 2.37 63 597.0 LF 41 81 1 2 0 .976 .979 2.00 1.72 2.86 2.17 26 258.3 CF 33 66 0 1 0 .985 .990 2.00 2.40 2.80 2.76 23 212.0 RF 19 29 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.58 1.76 2.13 2.19 14 126.7 DH 9 1992 36 OAK AL OF 120 355 2 7 2 .981 .983 2.98 2.17 3.47 2.47 100 925.0 CF 118 351 2 7 2 .981 .986 2.99 2.60 3.52 2.90 98 903.0 DH 5 RF 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 1.87 2.05 2.25 2 22.0 1993 37 CHC NL CF 82 110 1 1 0 .991 .985 1.35 2.37 2.43 2.75 39 411.7 1994 38 CHC NL CF 10 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 0.90 2.40 2.04 2.63 3 39.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1976 20 KCR AL CF 6 6 1 1 0 .875 .986 1.17 2.60 3.50 3.00 1 18.0 1977 21 KCR AL CF 9 25 0 1 0 .962 .984 2.78 2.49 3.07 2.82 6 73.3 1978 22 KCR AL CF 35 76 0 2 0 .974 .984 2.17 2.64 3.87 2.97 16 176.7 1979 23 KCR AL CF 24 70 2 2 0 .973 .984 3.00 2.62 3.60 2.92 19 180.0 1980 24 KCR AL CF 63 193 1 1 0 .995 .983 3.08 2.65 3.33 2.92 56 524.0 1981 25 KCR AL CF 18 55 3 0 1 1.000 .988 3.22 2.61 3.53 2.90 17 148.0 1982 26 KCR AL CF 20 70 1 0 0 1.000 .985 3.55 2.49 4.01 2.84 18 159.3 1983 27 KCR AL CF 75 214 0 5 0 .977 .987 2.85 2.56 3.22 2.93 69 599.0 1984 28 KCR AL CF 128 378 6 4 2 .990 .986 3.00 2.62 3.06 3.01 128 1129.0 1985 29 KCR AL CF 140 380 4 2 1 .995 .988 2.74 2.56 2.78 2.91 140 1244.7 1986 30 KCR AL CF 155 413 5 3 3 .993 .986 2.70 2.47 2.88 2.83 149 1305.7 1987 31 KCR AL CF 143 342 3 1 1 .997 .986 2.41 2.34 2.54 2.70 142 1221.3 1988 32 KCR AL CF 143 364 2 4 0 .989 .985 2.56 2.52 2.76 2.91 141 1194.0 1989 33 KCR AL CF 108 252 2 6 0 .977 .984 2.35 2.46 2.75 2.78 95 831.7 1990 34 KCR AL CF 48 91 0 0 1 1.000 .985 1.90 2.42 2.34 2.74 41 350.0 1991 35 OAK AL CF 33 66 0 1 0 .985 .990 2.00 2.40 2.80 2.76 23 212.0 1992 36 OAK AL CF 118 351 2 7 2 .981 .986 2.99 2.60 3.52 2.90 98 903.0 1993 37 CHC NL CF 82 110 1 1 0 .991 .985 1.35 2.37 2.43 2.75 39 411.7 1994 38 CHC NL CF 10 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 0.90 2.40 2.04 2.63 3 39.7 1977 21 KCR AL DH 2 1978 22 KCR AL DH 6 1979 23 KCR AL DH 2 1987 31 KCR AL DH 2 1989 33 KCR AL DH 1 1990 34 KCR AL DH 1 1991 35 OAK AL DH 9 1992 36 OAK AL DH 5 1978 22 KCR AL LF 82 95 5 2 2 .980 .974 1.22 1.78 2.47 2.21 29 364.7 1979 23 KCR AL LF 131 308 10 4 0 .988 .980 2.43 1.80 2.76 2.22 112 1037.3 1980 24 KCR AL LF 102 288 8 5 1 .983 .980 2.90 1.92 3.04 2.35 101 877.0 1981 25 KCR AL LF 85 244 11 4 2 .985 .979 3.00 1.99 3.12 2.38 83 736.3 1982 26 KCR AL LF 118 307 3 5 0 .984 .981 2.63 1.91 2.78 2.29 117 1002.7 1983 27 KCR AL LF 64 137 3 5 0 .966 .977 2.19 1.90 2.29 2.32 63 551.0 1990 34 KCR AL LF 54 92 1 0 0 1.000 .978 1.72 1.74 2.33 2.19 39 359.3 1991 35 OAK AL LF 41 81 1 2 0 .976 .979 2.00 1.72 2.86 2.17 26 258.3 1976 20 KCR AL OF 6 6 1 1 0 .875 .986 1.17 2.22 3.50 2.45 1 18.0 1977 21 KCR AL OF 9 24 0 1 0 .960 .980 2.67 2.03 2.95 2.35 6 73.3 1978 22 KCR AL OF 112 171 6 4 2 .978 .979 1.58 2.13 2.94 2.47 45 541.3 1979 23 KCR AL OF 152 384 12 6 0 .985 .981 2.61 2.13 2.85 2.46 135 1251.3 1980 24 KCR AL OF 159 482 9 6 1 .988 .979 3.09 2.15 3.15 2.47 157 1401.0 1981 25 KCR AL OF 101 299 14 4 3 .987 .983 3.10 2.16 3.19 2.48 100 884.3 1982 26 KCR AL OF 135 376 4 5 0 .987 .982 2.81 2.15 2.94 2.47 135 1162.0 1983 27 KCR AL OF 136 354 3 9 0 .975 .981 2.62 2.16 2.79 2.50 132 1150.0 1984 28 KCR AL OF 128 383 6 4 2 .990 .983 3.04 2.17 3.10 2.51 128 1129.0 1985 29 KCR AL OF 140 378 4 2 1 .995 .982 2.73 2.10 2.76 2.44 140 1244.7 1986 30 KCR AL OF 155 408 4 3 2 .993 .980 2.66 2.06 2.84 2.39 149 1305.7 1987 31 KCR AL OF 143 342 3 1 1 .997 .980 2.41 2.00 2.54 2.31 142 1221.3 1988 32 KCR AL OF 142 365 1 4 0 .989 .979 2.58 2.14 2.76 2.47 141 1194.0 1989 33 KCR AL OF 108 252 2 6 0 .977 .980 2.35 2.12 2.75 2.42 95 831.7 1990 34 KCR AL OF 106 187 2 0 1 1.000 .981 1.78 2.04 2.35 2.39 81 724.7 1991 35 OAK AL OF 87 176 2 3 0 .983 .983 2.05 2.03 2.68 2.37 63 597.0 1992 36 OAK AL OF 120 355 2 7 2 .981 .983 2.98 2.17 3.47 2.47 100 925.0 1993 37 CHC NL OF 82 109 1 1 0 .991 .979 1.34 2.00 2.40 2.34 39 411.7 1994 38 CHC NL OF 10 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 0.90 1.90 2.04 2.24 3 39.7 1979 23 KCR AL RF 5 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.00 1.88 2.65 2.25 4 34.0 1990 34 KCR AL RF 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.50 1.80 3.53 2.24 1 15.3 1991 35 OAK AL RF 19 29 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.58 1.76 2.13 2.19 14 126.7 1992 36 OAK AL RF 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 1.87 2.05 2.25 2 22.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF*2031 5060 76 67 15 .987 .981 2.53 2.11 2.87 2.44 1792 16105.7 677 1358 31# CF*1358 3465 33 41 11 .988 .986 2.58 2.51 2.94 2.86 1201 10721.0 LF* 677 1552 42 27 5 .983 .979 2.35 1.86 2.77 2.28 570 5186.7 RF* 31 50 1 0 0 1.000 .981 1.65 1.79 2.32 2.21 21 198.0 DH 28 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 2031 5060 76 67 15 .987 .981 2.53 2.11 2.87 2.44 1792 16106
# 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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1978   ALCS  KCR NYY     L   3   4   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   2  .250  .250  .250   0  1   0   0   0 
 1980   ALCS  KCR NYY     W   3  13   2   4  2  1  0   4   1   2  .308  .357  .615   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    KCR PHI     L   6  26   3   4  1  0  0   0   4  12  .154  .267  .192   2  0   0   0   0 
 1981   ALDS  KCR OAK     L   3  13   0   4  0  0  0   1   0   0  .308  .308  .308   0  0   0   0   0 
 1984   ALCS  KCR DET     L   3  13   0   2  0  0  0   0   1   2  .154  .214  .154   0  1   0   0   0 
 1985   ALCS  KCR TOR     W   7  29   5   9  0  0  1   2   1   5  .310  .333  .414   1  1   1   0   0 
        WS    KCR STL     W   7  30   2  11  0  1  0   3   1   4  .367  .387  .433   3  0   0   0   0 
 1992   ALCS  OAK TOR     L   6  22   0   5  1  0  0   0   1   5  .227  .261  .273   7  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  5 Lg Champ Series     2-3  22  81   7  21  3  1  1   6   4  16  .259  .294  .358   8  3   1   0   0 
  2 World Series        1-1  13  56   5  15  1  1  0   3   5  16  .268  .328  .321   5  0   0   0   0 
  8 Postseason Series   3-5  38 150  12  40  4  2  1  10   9  32  .267  .308  .340  13  3   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
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1982   KCR AL       2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1983   KCR AL       1   0   1  1  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      0   3   0   1  1  0  0   1   0   1   0  0   0   0   0  .333  .333  .667 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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
1982 *
1983 *

Gold Gloves
1980-AL--OF

Silver Sluggers
1980-AL--OF
1982-AL--OF
All Multiple Winners

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1979-AL-17-0.04
1980-AL-4-0.43
1982-AL-15-0.04
1984-AL-10-0.16
Car-341-0.67 shares

Batting Average
1980 AL-.326-7
1982 AL-.332-1

Games
1980 AL-161-4

At Bats
1980 AL-705-1
1981 AL-439-3
1986 AL-631-6
1987 AL-610-9

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1980 AL-745-1
1981 AL-465-6

Runs
1979 AL-113-6
1980 AL-133-1

Hits
1979 AL-185-7
1980 AL-230-1
1981 AL-133-3
1982 AL-194-4

Total Bases
1980 AL-297-9

Triples
1979 AL-13-3
1980 AL-15-1
1981 AL-7-2
1982 AL-15-1
1983 AL-8-5
1984 AL-9-5
1985 AL-21-1
1986 AL-7-5
1987 AL-15-1
1988 AL-11-1
1989 AL-7-10
Car-147-56

Stolen Bases
1978 AL-46-5
1979 AL-83-1
1980 AL-79-2
1981 AL-34-4
1982 AL-37-5
1983 AL-59-3
1984 AL-47-5
1985 AL-43-4
1986 AL-34-4
1987 AL-59-2
1988 AL-35-5
Car-668-12

Singles
1979 AL-148-1
1980 AL-184-1
1981 AL-115-1
1982 AL-157-1
1983 AL-127-10
1986 AL-134-8
1987 AL-133-7
Car-1738-97

Runs Created
1980 AL-117-7

Times on Base
1980 AL-264-6

Hit By Pitch
1979 AL-7-8
1981 AL-4-9
1982 AL-6-10
1986 AL-9-4

Sac. Hits
1979 AL-13-8

Caught Stealing
1978 AL-12-9
1979 AL-12-7
1982 AL-11-10
1985 AL-11-7
1987 AL-11-9
Car-134-39

Outs
1980 AL-495-4
1981 AL-323-6
1986 AL-479-9
1987 AL-465-8
1988 AL-461-9

Salary
1989 AL-$2,112,205-9

Oldest Player
1993 NL-37-8
1994 NL-38-4

Youngest Player
1976 AL-20-8

 

Black Ink: Batting - 18 (123) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 64 (381) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 23.1 (486) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 59.5 (313) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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  8. Patsy Donovan (859)
  9. Tommy Leach (855)
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  1. Fred Brickell (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Edd Roush (963) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Juan Pierre (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Juan Pierre (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Duff Cooley (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Juan Pierre (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Juan Pierre (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Juan Pierre (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. George Burns (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. George Burns (923)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. George Burns (922)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. George Burns (919)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. George Burns (908)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Brett Butler (901)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Brett Butler (901)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Brett Butler (918)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 5, 1974: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft.

November 13, 1989: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

November 5, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

December 3, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

October 27, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

December 18, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

May 16, 1994: Released by the Chicago Cubs.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Kansas City Royals$843,750
1986Kansas City Royals$1,175,000
1987Kansas City Royals$1,389,706
1988Kansas City Royals$1,383,712
1989Kansas City Royals$2,112,205
1990Kansas City Royals$800,000
1991Oakland Athletics$1,000,000
1992Oakland Athletics$1,100,000
1993Chicago Cubs$700,000
1994Chicago Cubs$700,000
Career (may be incomplete)$11,204,373

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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