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Jose Cruz
Jose (Dilan) Cruz (Cheo)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.

Debut September 19, 1970
  vs. PHI 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game July 19, 1988
Born August 8, 1947 in Arroyo, P.R.

Brother of Hector Cruz, Brother of Tommy Cruz, and Father of Jose Cruz

Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1966. (All Transactions)

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 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1970 22 STL NL   6   17    2    6   1  0   0    1   0  0   4   0  .353  .500  .412  145    7   0   0   0   1   1
 1971 23 STL NL  83  292   46   80  13  2   9   27   6  3  49  35  .274  .377  .425  124  124   1   3   6   1   6
 1972 24 STL NL 117  332   33   78  14  4   2   23   9  3  36  54  .235  .309  .319   80  106   2   3   3   1   4
 1973 25 STL NL 132  406   51   92  22  5  10   57  10  4  51  66  .227  .310  .379   91  154   6   7   4   1   8
 1974 26 STL NL 107  161   24   42   4  3   5   20   4  2  20  27  .261  .341  .416  112   67   0   1   5   0   3
 1975 27 HOU NL 120  315   44   81  15  2   9   49   6  3  52  44  .257  .358  .403  118  127   3   6   6   1   6
 1976 28 HOU NL 133  439   49  133  21  5   4   61  28 11  53  46  .303  .377  .401  131  176   2   2   5   0   6
 1977 29 HOU NL 157  579   87  173  31 10  17   87  44 23  69  67  .299  .368  .475  134  275   3  10  13   0   4
 1978 30 HOU NL 153  565   79  178  34  9  10   83  37  9  57  57  .315  .376  .460  142  260   2   3   9   0   9
 1979 31 HOU NL 157  558   73  161  33  7   9   72  36 14  72  66  .289  .367  .421  121  235   1   5  16   0   5
 1980 32 HOU NL 160  612   79  185  29  7  11   91  36 11  60  66  .302  .360  .426  128  261   0   8  13   0  11 MVP-3,AS
 1981 33 HOU NL 107  409   53  109  16  5  13   55   5  7  35  49  .267  .319  .425  115  174   0   7   4   0   7 MVP-14
 1982 34 HOU NL 155  570   62  157  27  2   9   68  21 11  60  67  .275  .342  .377  109  215   3   6  12   1  11
 1983 35 HOU NL 160  594   85  189  28  8  14   92  30 16  65  86  .318  .385  .463  142  275   1   3  10   1   4 SS,MVP-6
 1984 36 HOU NL 160  600   96  187  28 13  12   95  22  8  73  68  .312  .381  .462  145  277   2  10  10   0   8 SS,MVP-8
 1985 37 HOU NL 141  544   69  163  34  4   9   79  16  5  43  74  .300  .349  .426  119  232   0   3  10   0  11 MVP-21,AS
 1986 38 HOU NL 141  479   48  133  22  4  10   72   3  4  55  86  .278  .351  .403  111  193   0   2  12   0   9
 1987 39 HOU NL 126  365   47   88  17  4  11   38   4  1  36  65  .241  .307  .400   89  146   1   3   3   0   4
 1988 40 NYY AL  38   80    9   16   2  0   1    7   0  1   8   8  .200  .273  .263   52   21   0   0   1   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 19 Seasons         7917      2251     94     1077    136    1031  .284  .354  .420  120       27  82 142   7 119
               2353      1036      391    165      317    898                            3325
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        545   71  155  27  6  11   74  22  9  62  71  .284  .354  .420  120  229   2   6  10   0   8
 Career High    160  612   96  189  34 13  17   95  44 23  73  86  .318  .385  .475  145  277   6  10  16   1  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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1970 22 STL NL   22   12    4   9.0   106| .353  .270| .500  .344| .412  .413| .912  .757| 145  .769   1.6   0.2   0%
 1971 23 STL NL  346  225   49   5.9    96| .274  .264| .377  .331| .425  .387| .802  .718| 124  .661  11.1   1.2  66%
 1972 24 STL NL  374  266   35   3.6    91| .235  .255| .309  .323| .319  .377| .628  .701|  80  .439  -8.1  -0.9  75%
 1973 25 STL NL  471  339   50   4.0    97| .227  .263| .310  .332| .379  .390| .689  .722|  91  .466  -4.7  -0.5  71%
 1974 26 STL NL  182  125   23   5.0    95| .261  .262| .341  .334| .416  .379| .757  .714| 112  .570   2.0   0.2  66%
 1975 27 HOU NL  377  252   49   5.2    90| .257  .257| .358  .327| .403  .371| .761  .698| 118  .587  10.1   1.0  66%
 1976 28 HOU NL  496  327   70   5.8    84| .303  .252| .377  .317| .401  .359| .778  .676| 131  .652  19.1   2.0  71%
 1977 29 HOU NL  661  446  104   6.3    95| .299  .258| .368  .324| .475  .394| .843  .718| 134  .637  29.6   2.9  65%
 1978 30 HOU NL  627  410  102   6.7    88| .315  .252| .376  .319| .460  .371| .836  .690| 142  .701  31.5   3.2  80%
 1979 31 HOU NL  636  422   91   5.8    94| .289  .262| .367  .326| .421  .388| .788  .715| 121  .623  18.6   1.9  72%
 1980 32 HOU NL  680  457   97   5.7    88| .302  .257| .360  .318| .426  .373| .786  .691| 128  .634  23.7   2.4  76%
 1981 33 HOU NL  451  321   54   4.6    88| .267  .256| .319  .321| .425  .368| .744  .689| 115  .546   7.2   0.7  41%
 1982 34 HOU NL  640  444   75   4.6    88| .275  .256| .342  .318| .377  .372| .719  .690| 109  .535   9.1   0.9  65%
 1983 35 HOU NL  664  429  109   6.8    91| .318  .255| .385  .322| .463  .378| .848  .700| 142  .705  34.1   3.5  65%
 1984 36 HOU NL  685  441  111   6.8    87| .312  .254| .381  .317| .462  .369| .843  .686| 145  .707  37.3   3.8  73%
 1985 37 HOU NL  590  400   81   5.5    92| .300  .256| .349  .324| .426  .382| .775  .706| 119  .618  13.9   1.4  76%
 1986 38 HOU NL  536  361   68   5.1    95| .278  .258| .351  .327| .403  .389| .754  .716| 111  .574   7.4   0.8  42%
 1987 39 HOU NL  405  286   47   4.4   102| .241  .264| .307  .333| .400  .412| .707  .745|  89  .466  -6.1  -0.6  80%
 1988 40 NYY AL   88   67    5   2.0    94| .200  .258| .273  .323| .263  .389| .536  .712|  52  .190  -5.2  -0.5   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 19 Seasons     8931 6030 1224   5.5    91| .284  .257| .354  .323| .420  .380| .774  .703| 120  .610 232.5  23.6  69%

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

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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 ------+

 1970 22 STL NL  RF    4     16    0    0    0 1.000  .976  4.00  1.68  3.89  1.99    4   37.0
 1971 23 STL NL  OF   83    197    2    5    1  .975  .979  2.40  1.92  2.45  2.19   80  730.3
                 CF   82    196    2    5    1  .975  .982  2.41  2.30  2.44  2.64   80  729.3
                 LF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.50  0.00  1.80    0    1.0
 1972 24 STL NL  OF  102    220    9    5    5  .979  .978  2.25  1.96  2.56  2.18   89  805.7
                 CF   87    204    7    5    4  .977  .980  2.43  2.34  2.73  2.60   79  694.7
                 LF   10      8    0    0    0 1.000  .976  0.80  1.67  1.36  1.92    5   53.0
                 RF    8      8    1    0    1 1.000  .978  1.12  1.74  1.40  2.03    5   58.0
 1973 25 STL NL  OF  118    276    2    6    1  .979  .977  2.36  1.96  2.54  2.23  110  986.0
                 CF   77    199    1    4    0  .980  .980  2.60  2.27  2.92  2.63   69  616.3
                 RF   46     72    1    2    1  .973  .973  1.59  1.77  1.79  2.01   41  366.7
                 LF    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.65  0.00  2.10    0    3.0
 1974 26 STL NL  OF   53     76    2    2    1  .975  .979  1.47  1.96  2.42  2.27   25  290.3
                 RF   27     52    0    2    0  .963  .976  1.93  1.66  2.73  2.04   16  171.7
                 LF   20     16    0    0    0 1.000  .976  0.80  1.55  1.89  1.99    5   76.0
                 CF    8     11    1    0    1 1.000  .984  1.50  2.42  2.53  2.76    4   42.7
                 1B    1      5    0    0    2 1.000 1.000  5.00  8.30  6.43  9.90    1    7.0
 1975 27 HOU NL  OF   94    187    6    4    0  .980  .978  2.05  2.01  2.37  2.29   80  732.0
                 RF   68    149    5    4    0  .975  .974  2.26  1.74  2.60  2.05   59  533.7
                 LF   26     39    4    0    0 1.000  .973  1.65  1.71  1.98  2.10   21  195.3
                 CF    2      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.50  2.45  3.00  2.70    0    3.0
 1976 28 HOU NL  OF  125    265   10    8    4  .972  .979  2.20  2.03  2.41  2.34  114 1025.0
                 LF   84    176    5    6    2  .968  .976  2.15  1.59  2.35  2.02   78  692.3
                 RF   32     54    2    2    1  .966  .974  1.75  1.83  2.21  2.15   24  227.7
                 CF   14     36    1    0    1 1.000  .984  2.64  2.50  3.17  2.85   12  105.0
 1977 29 HOU NL  OF  155    311   11    9    1  .973  .978  2.08  1.93  2.13  2.26  151 1358.3
                 RF  155    303   11    9    1  .972  .974  2.03  1.78  2.11  2.11  148 1336.3
                 CF    6      5    0    0    0 1.000  .980  0.83  2.33  2.05  2.74    3   22.0
 1978 30 HOU NL  RF  152    313    4    8    0  .975  .977  2.09  1.78  2.16  2.13  149 1323.7
                 1B    2     17    1    0    1 1.000  .994  9.00  8.30 12.18  9.95    2   13.3
 1979 31 HOU NL  LF  156    320   10   14    0  .959  .970  2.12  1.58  2.19  2.01  156 1355.7
 1980 32 HOU NL  LF  158    329   16   11    1  .969  .976  2.18  1.68  2.21  2.06  158 1405.3 AS
 1981 33 HOU NL  LF  105    233    5    4    2  .983  .975  2.27  1.79  2.31  2.12  105  929.0
 1982 34 HOU NL  LF  155    336    8   13    3  .964  .973  2.22  1.60  2.28  2.08  153 1357.3
 1983 35 HOU NL  LF  160    322    9    7    1  .979  .977  2.07  1.60  2.10  2.03  158 1417.3
 1984 36 HOU NL  LF  160    312   12    8    1  .976  .971  2.02  1.53  2.09  2.03  159 1397.7
 1985 37 HOU NL  OF  137    257   12    8    3  .971  .979  1.96  1.88  2.01  2.20  137 1202.0 AS
                 LF  136    263   11    8    3  .972  .977  2.01  1.50  2.07  1.92  136 1193.0 AS
                 CF    1      4    0    0    0 1.000  .976  4.00  2.30  4.00  2.70    1    9.0 AS
 1986 38 HOU NL  LF  134    237    3    4    1  .984  .975  1.79  1.44  1.95  1.97  131 1106.7
 1987 39 HOU NL  LF   97    178    6    3    3  .984  .981  1.90  1.58  2.11  2.04   89  783.7
 1988 40 NYY AL  DH   12
                 OF    8      8    0    1    0  .889  .976  1.00  2.14  1.64  2.47    6   44.0
                 LF    4      4    0    0    0 1.000  .976  1.00  1.85  1.57  2.27    3   23.0
                 RF    4      4    0    1    0  .800  .976  1.00  1.90  1.71  2.23    3   21.0

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

 1974 26 STL NL  1B    1      5    0    0    2 1.000 1.000  5.00  8.30  6.43  9.90    1    7.0
 1978 30 HOU NL  1B    2     17    1    0    1 1.000  .994  9.00  8.30 12.18  9.95    2   13.3

 1971 23 STL NL  CF   82    196    2    5    1  .975  .982  2.41  2.30  2.44  2.64   80  729.3
 1972 24 STL NL  CF   87    204    7    5    4  .977  .980  2.43  2.34  2.73  2.60   79  694.7
 1973 25 STL NL  CF   77    199    1    4    0  .980  .980  2.60  2.27  2.92  2.63   69  616.3
 1974 26 STL NL  CF    8     11    1    0    1 1.000  .984  1.50  2.42  2.53  2.76    4   42.7
 1975 27 HOU NL  CF    2      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.50  2.45  3.00  2.70    0    3.0
 1976 28 HOU NL  CF   14     36    1    0    1 1.000  .984  2.64  2.50  3.17  2.85   12  105.0
 1977 29 HOU NL  CF    6      5    0    0    0 1.000  .980  0.83  2.33  2.05  2.74    3   22.0
 1985 37 HOU NL  CF    1      4    0    0    0 1.000  .976  4.00  2.30  4.00  2.70    1    9.0

 1988 40 NYY AL  DH   12

 1971 23 STL NL  LF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.50  0.00  1.80    0    1.0
 1972 24 STL NL  LF   10      8    0    0    0 1.000  .976  0.80  1.67  1.36  1.92    5   53.0
 1973 25 STL NL  LF    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.65  0.00  2.10    0    3.0
 1974 26 STL NL  LF   20     16    0    0    0 1.000  .976  0.80  1.55  1.89  1.99    5   76.0
 1975 27 HOU NL  LF   26     39    4    0    0 1.000  .973  1.65  1.71  1.98  2.10   21  195.3
 1976 28 HOU NL  LF   84    176    5    6    2  .968  .976  2.15  1.59  2.35  2.02   78  692.3
 1979 31 HOU NL  LF  156    320   10   14    0  .959  .970  2.12  1.58  2.19  2.01  156 1355.7
 1980 32 HOU NL  LF  158    329   16   11    1  .969  .976  2.18  1.68  2.21  2.06  158 1405.3
 1981 33 HOU NL  LF  105    233    5    4    2  .983  .975  2.27  1.79  2.31  2.12  105  929.0
 1982 34 HOU NL  LF  155    336    8   13    3  .964  .973  2.22  1.60  2.28  2.08  153 1357.3
 1983 35 HOU NL  LF  160    322    9    7    1  .979  .977  2.07  1.60  2.10  2.03  158 1417.3
 1984 36 HOU NL  LF  160    312   12    8    1  .976  .971  2.02  1.53  2.09  2.03  159 1397.7
 1985 37 HOU NL  LF  136    263   11    8    3  .972  .977  2.01  1.50  2.07  1.92  136 1193.0
 1986 38 HOU NL  LF  134    237    3    4    1  .984  .975  1.79  1.44  1.95  1.97  131 1106.7
 1987 39 HOU NL  LF   97    178    6    3    3  .984  .981  1.90  1.58  2.11  2.04   89  783.7
 1988 40 NYY AL  LF    4      4    0    0    0 1.000  .976  1.00  1.85  1.57  2.27    3   23.0

 1970 22 STL NL  OF    4     16    0    0    0 1.000  .976  4.00  1.77  3.89  2.07    4   37.0
 1971 23 STL NL  OF   83    197    2    5    1  .975  .979  2.40  1.92  2.45  2.19   80  730.3
 1972 24 STL NL  OF  102    220    9    5    5  .979  .978  2.25  1.96  2.56  2.18   89  805.7
 1973 25 STL NL  OF  118    276    2    6    1  .979  .977  2.36  1.96  2.54  2.23  110  986.0
 1974 26 STL NL  OF   53     76    2    2    1  .975  .979  1.47  1.96  2.42  2.27   25  290.3
 1975 27 HOU NL  OF   94    187    6    4    0  .980  .978  2.05  2.01  2.37  2.29   80  732.0
 1976 28 HOU NL  OF  125    265   10    8    4  .972  .979  2.20  2.03  2.41  2.34  114 1025.0
 1977 29 HOU NL  OF  155    311   11    9    1  .973  .978  2.08  1.93  2.13  2.26  151 1358.3
 1978 30 HOU NL  OF  152    311    4    8    0  .975  .980  2.07  1.94  2.14  2.31  149 1323.7
 1979 31 HOU NL  OF  156    320    7   14    0  .959  .979  2.10  2.00  2.17  2.33  156 1355.7
 1980 32 HOU NL  OF  158    323   16   11    1  .969  .980  2.15  1.98  2.17  2.31  158 1405.3
 1981 33 HOU NL  OF  105    237    5    4    2  .984  .980  2.30  2.02  2.34  2.33  105  929.0
 1982 34 HOU NL  OF  155    340    9   13    3  .964  .978  2.25  1.91  2.31  2.25  153 1357.3
 1983 35 HOU NL  OF  160    322    9    7    1  .979  .980  2.07  1.92  2.10  2.27  158 1417.3
 1984 36 HOU NL  OF  160    310   11    8    1  .976  .979  2.01  1.91  2.07  2.27  159 1397.7
 1985 37 HOU NL  OF  137    257   12    8    3  .971  .979  1.96  1.88  2.01  2.20  137 1202.0
 1986 38 HOU NL  OF  134    237    5    4    1  .984  .979  1.81  1.82  1.97  2.19  131 1106.7
 1987 39 HOU NL  OF   97    178    5    3    3  .984  .981  1.89  1.83  2.10  2.19   89  783.7
 1988 40 NYY AL  OF    8      8    0    1    0  .889  .976  1.00  2.14  1.64  2.47    6   44.0

 1970 22 STL NL  RF    4     16    0    0    0 1.000  .976  4.00  1.68  3.89  1.99    4   37.0
 1972 24 STL NL  RF    8      8    1    0    1 1.000  .978  1.12  1.74  1.40  2.03    5   58.0
 1973 25 STL NL  RF   46     72    1    2    1  .973  .973  1.59  1.77  1.79  2.01   41  366.7
 1974 26 STL NL  RF   27     52    0    2    0  .963  .976  1.93  1.66  2.73  2.04   16  171.7
 1975 27 HOU NL  RF   68    149    5    4    0  .975  .974  2.26  1.74  2.60  2.05   59  533.7
 1976 28 HOU NL  RF   32     54    2    2    1  .966  .974  1.75  1.83  2.21  2.15   24  227.7
 1977 29 HOU NL  RF  155    303   11    9    1  .972  .974  2.03  1.78  2.11  2.11  148 1336.3
 1978 30 HOU NL  RF  152    313    4    8    0  .975  .977  2.09  1.78  2.16  2.13  149 1323.7
 1988 40 NYY AL  RF    4      4    0    1    0  .800  .976  1.00  1.90  1.71  2.23    3   21.0

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total  OF*2156   4391  125  120   28  .974  .979  2.09  1.94  2.22  2.26 2054 18287.0 1408  277  496#
                 LF*1408   2773   89   78   17  .973  .975  2.03  1.59  2.15  2.03 1357 11989.3
                 RF* 496    971   24   28    4  .973  .975  2.01  1.77  2.20  2.10  449 4075.7
                 CF* 277    656   12   14    7  .979  .981  2.41  2.32  2.71  2.64  248 2222.0
                 DH   12   Games not counted in Overall Total below            
                 1B*   3     22    1    0    3 1.000  .996  7.67  8.30 10.20  9.93    3   20.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total      2159   4413  126  120   31  .974  .979  2.10  1.95  2.23  2.27 2057  18307
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1980   NLCS  HOU PHI     L   5  15   3   6  1  1  0   4   8   1  .400  .609  .600   0  0   0   0   0 
 1981   NLDS  HOU LAD     L   5  20   0   6  1  0  0   0   1   3  .300  .333  .350   1  0   0   0   0 
 1986   NLCS  HOU NYM     L   6  26   0   5  0  0  0   2   1   8  .192  .222  .192   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     0-2  11  41   3  11  1  1  0   6   9   9  .268  .400  .341   0  0   0   0   0 
  3 Postseason Series   0-3  16  61   3  17  2  1  0   6  10  12  .279  .380  .344   1  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
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1980   HOU NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1985   HOU NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   2   0   1  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/2      0   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   2   0   1  0   0   0   0  .000  .667  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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
1985 *

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

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1980-NL-3-0.49
1981-NL-14-0.07
1983-NL-6-0.23
1984-NL-8-0.16
1985-NL-21-0.01
Car-247-0.96 shares

Batting Average
1978 NL-.315-3
1983 NL-.318-3
1984 NL-.312-6

On-base %
1983 NL-.385-6
1984 NL-.381-6

Slugging %
1983 NL-.463-10

OPS
1983 NL-.848-7
1984 NL-.842-9

Games
1977 NL-157-7
1980 NL-160-7
1981 NL-107-5
1983 NL-160-3
1984 NL-160-3
Car-2353-88

At Bats
1980 NL-612-8
1981 NL-409-9
1984 NL-600-9

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1980 NL-680-8
1983 NL-664-10
1984 NL-685-7

Runs
1984 NL-96-6

Hits
1980 NL-185-5
1983 NL-189-1
1984 NL-187-5

Total Bases
1981 NL-174-9
1983 NL-275-6
1984 NL-277-6

Doubles
1978 NL-34-9
1984 NL-28-10
1985 NL-34-5

Triples
1977 NL-10-5
1978 NL-9-4
1983 NL-8-7
1984 NL-13-3

Home Runs
1981 NL-13-10

RBI
1980 NL-91-9
1983 NL-92-7
1984 NL-95-7

Bases on Balls
1984 NL-73-9

Stolen Bases
1976 NL-28-10
1977 NL-44-7
1978 NL-37-6
1979 NL-36-8

Singles
1980 NL-138-5
1983 NL-139-3
1984 NL-134-5

Adjusted OPS+
1978 NL-142-10
1983 NL-142-5
1984 NL-145-4

Runs Created
1977 NL-104-10
1978 NL-102-8
1980 NL-97-7
1983 NL-109-6
1984 NL-111-4

Adjusted Batting Runs
1978 NL-32-9
1983 NL-34-5
1984 NL-37-4

Batting Wins
1977 NL-2.9-10
1978 NL-3.2-9
1983 NL-3.5-5
1984 NL-3.8-4

Extra-Base Hits
1984 NL-53-9

Times on Base
1980 NL-245-6
1983 NL-255-4
1984 NL-260-4

Offensive Win%
1978 NL-.701-6
1983 NL-.705-6
1984 NL-.707-7

Sac. Flies
1977 NL-10-1
1980 NL-8-10
1981 NL-7-2
1984 NL-10-1
Car-82-70

Intentional Walks
1977 NL-13-8
1979 NL-16-4
1980 NL-13-7
1986 NL-12-10
Car-142-50

Caught Stealing
1976 NL-11-7
1977 NL-23-3
1979 NL-14-9
1983 NL-16-5
Car-136-36

Power/Speed Number
1977 NL-24.5-2
1980 NL-16.9-8
1983 NL-19.1-10
Car-217.0-61

Outs
1981 NL-321-7

Oldest Player
1986 NL-38-8
1987 NL-39-6
1988 AL-40-5

      

Black Ink: Batting - 3 (507) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 71 (336) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 27.7 (328) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 27.0 (631) (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 

October 27, 1966: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

October 24, 1974: Purchased by the Houston Astros from the St. Louis Cardinals.

November 9, 1987: Granted Free Agency.

February 25, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

July 22, 1988: 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.
Salaries Leaders
1985Houston Astros$796,383
1986Houston Astros$755,000
1987Houston Astros$755,000
1988New York Yankees$350,000
Career (may be incomplete)$2,656,383
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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