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Eddie Murray
Eddie Clarence Murray (Steady Eddie)

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 200 lb.

Debut April 7, 1977
  vs. TEX 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 20, 1997
Born February 24, 1956 in Los Angeles, CA

Brother of Rich Murray

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2003.

Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 3rd round of the 1973 amateur draft. Player signed July 1, 1973. (All Transactions)

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Preferred Bat: Blond Louisville Slugger R161 (More info on Game Used Bats)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1977 21 BAL AL 160  611   81  173  29  2  27   88   0  1  48 104  .283  .333  .470  123  287   0   6   6   1  22 RoY-1
 1978 22 BAL AL 161  610   85  174  32  3  27   95   6  5  70  97  .285  .356  .480  140  293   1   8   7   1  15 MVP-8,AS
 1979 23 BAL AL 159  606   90  179  30  2  25   99  10  2  72  78  .295  .369  .475  130  288   1   6   9   2  16 MVP-11
 1980 24 BAL AL 158  621  100  186  36  2  32  116   7  2  54  71  .300  .354  .519  138  322   0   6  10   2  18 MVP-6
 1981 25 BAL AL  99  378   57  111  21  2  22   78   2  3  40  43  .294  .360  .534  156  202   0   3  10   1  10 MVP-5,AS
 1982 26 BAL AL 151  550   87  174  30  1  32  110   7  2  70  82  .316  .391  .549  156  302   0   6  18   1  17 MVP-2,AS
 1983 27 BAL AL 156  582  115  178  30  3  33  111   5  1  86  90  .306  .393  .538  156  313   0   9  13   3  13 SS,MVP-2,AS
 1984 28 BAL AL 162  588   97  180  26  3  29  110  10  2 107  87  .306  .410  .509  156  299   0   8  25   2   9 SS,MVP-4,AS
 1985 29 BAL AL 156  583  111  173  37  1  31  124   5  2  84  68  .297  .383  .523  149  305   0   8  12   2   8 MVP-5,AS
 1986 30 BAL AL 137  495   61  151  25  1  17   84   3  0  78  49  .305  .396  .463  136  229   0   5   7   0  17 AS
 1987 31 BAL AL 160  618   89  171  28  3  30   91   1  2  73  80  .277  .352  .477  120  295   0   3   6   0  15
 1988 32 BAL AL 161  603   75  171  27  2  28   84   5  2  75  78  .284  .361  .474  136  286   0   3   8   0  20
 1989 33 LAD NL 160  594   66  147  29  1  20   88   7  2  87  85  .247  .342  .401  113  238   0   7  24   2  12
 1990 34 LAD NL 155  558   96  184  22  3  26   95   8  5  82  64  .330  .414  .520  158  290   0   4  21   1  19 SS,MVP-5
 1991 35 LAD NL 153  576   69  150  23  1  19   96  10  3  55  74  .260  .321  .403  105  232   0   8  17   0  17 AS
 1992 36 NYM NL 156  551   64  144  37  2  16   93   4  2  66  74  .261  .336  .423  115  233   0   8   8   0  15
 1993 37 NYM NL 154  610   77  174  28  1  27  100   2  2  40  61  .285  .325  .467  111  285   0   9   4   0  24
 1994 38 CLE AL 108  433   57  110  21  1  17   76   8  4  31  53  .254  .302  .425   86  184   0   3   6   0   8
 1995 39 CLE AL 113  436   68  141  21  0  21   82   5  1  39  65  .323  .375  .516  129  225   0   5   5   0  12
 1996 40 TOT AL 152  566   69  147  21  1  22   79   4  0  61  87  .260  .327  .417   87  236   0  10   6   0  19
         CLE AL  88  336   33   88   9  1  12   45   3  0  34  45  .262  .326  .402   84  135   0   4   2   0  13
         BAL AL  64  230   36   59  12  0  10   34   1  0  27  42  .257  .327  .439   92  101   0   6   4   0   6
 1997 41 TOT     55  167   13   37   7  0   3   18   1  0  15  26  .222  .281  .317   55   53   0   3   0   0  10
         ANA AL  46  160   13   35   7  0   3   15   1  0  13  24  .219  .273  .319   53   51   0   3   0   0   8
         LAD NL   9    7    0    2   0  0   0    3   0  0   2   2  .286  .444  .286  103    2   0   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 21 Seasons        11336      3255     35     1917     43    1516  .287  .359  .476  129        2 128 222  18 316
               3026      1627      560    504      110   1333                            5397
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        607   87  174  30  2  27  103   6  2  71  81  .287  .359  .476  129  289   0   7  12   1  17
 Career High    162  621  115  186  37  3  33  124  10  5 107 104  .330  .414  .549  158  322   1  10  25   3  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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1977 21 BAL AL  666  467   90   5.2    95| .283  .259| .333  .322| .470  .394| .803  .716| 123  .549  18.4   1.8   0%
 1978 22 BAL AL  690  465  104   6.0    89| .285  .254| .356  .318| .480  .374| .836  .693| 140  .645  33.0   3.3  54%
 1979 23 BAL AL  687  452  107   6.3    99| .295  .266| .369  .330| .475  .403| .844  .733| 130  .631  26.4   2.5  83%
 1980 24 BAL AL  683  461  111   6.5    98| .300  .268| .354  .330| .519  .397| .873  .727| 138  .652  31.2   3.1  77%
 1981 25 BAL AL  422  283   70   6.7    89| .294  .256| .360  .321| .534  .373| .894  .693| 156  .708  26.4   2.7  40%
 1982 26 BAL AL  627  401  116   7.8    98| .316  .264| .391  .328| .549  .402| .940  .730| 156  .724  43.6   4.2  77%
 1983 27 BAL AL  680  427  127   8.0    96| .306  .263| .393  .325| .538  .397| .931  .722| 156  .736  47.7   4.6  83%
 1984 28 BAL AL  705  427  130   8.2    95| .306  .261| .410  .324| .509  .394| .919  .718| 156  .747  49.8   4.9  83%
 1985 29 BAL AL  677  428  122   7.6    96| .297  .258| .383  .323| .523  .400| .906  .723| 149  .717  42.5   4.1  71%
 1986 30 BAL AL  578  366   92   6.7    99| .305  .259| .396  .327| .463  .404| .859  .731| 136  .661  28.1   2.7 100%
 1987 31 BAL AL  694  467  103   5.9   103| .277  .262| .352  .329| .477  .420| .829  .749| 120  .576  18.3   1.7  33%
 1988 32 BAL AL  681  457  101   5.9    92| .284  .256| .361  .320| .474  .385| .835  .706| 136  .632  29.2   2.9  71%
 1989 33 LAD NL  690  468   84   4.8    90| .247  .253| .342  .320| .401  .376| .743  .696| 113  .581  12.8   1.3  77%
 1990 34 LAD NL  645  402  118   7.9    96| .330  .262| .414  .328| .520  .393| .934  .721| 158  .743  46.8   4.6  61%
 1991 35 LAD NL  639  454   73   4.3    92| .260  .255| .321  .323| .403  .382| .724  .705| 105  .514   3.4   0.4  76%
 1992 36 NYM NL  625  432   79   4.9    91| .261  .258| .336  .323| .423  .380| .759  .703| 115  .581  12.6   1.3  66%
 1993 37 NYM NL  659  471   86   4.9   103| .285  .270| .325  .335| .467  .411| .792  .746| 111  .524   7.6   0.7  50%
 1994 38 CLE AL  467  338   54   4.3   111| .254  .271| .302  .343| .425  .432| .727  .776|  86  .399 -10.6  -1.0  66%
 1995 39 CLE AL  480  313   83   7.1   110| .323  .271| .375  .346| .516  .429| .891  .774| 129  .636  18.0   1.7  83%
 1996 40 TOT AL  637  448   77   4.6   115| .260  .276| .327  .350| .417  .444| .744  .793|  87  .412 -11.4  -1.0 100%
         CLE AL  374  265   43   4.4   115| .262  .276| .326  .349| .402  .443| .728  .792|  84  .386  -8.8  -0.8 100%
         BAL AL  263  183   34   5.0   116| .257  .277| .327  .350| .439  .445| .766  .795|  92  .447  -2.6  -0.2 100%
 1997 41 TOT     185  143   14   2.6   110| .222  .273| .281  .343| .317  .432| .598  .775|  55  .225 -11.1  -1.1 100%
         ANA AL  176  136   13   2.6   111| .219  .273| .273  .343| .319  .433| .592  .776|  53  .217 -11.3  -1.1 100%
         LAD NL    9    7    1   3.8   102| .286  .262| .444  .333| .286  .411| .730  .744| 103  .392   0.2   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 21 Seasons   12817  8570 1941   6.1    98| .287  .262| .359  .328| .476  .400| .835  .728| 129  .623 462.9  45.4  71%

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / 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 ------+
1977 21 BAL AL DH 111 1B 42 368 17 3 34 .992 .990 9.17 8.79 10.04 10.02 42 345.0 LF 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 2.00 1.73 2.35 2.11 3 23.0 1978 22 BAL AL 1B 157 1504 106 5 143 .997 .992 10.25 6.37 10.38 6.45 157 1396.0 AS 3B 3 3 6 1 1 .900 .957 3.00 2.60 3.38 3.00 3 24.0 AS DH 1 AS 1979 23 BAL AL 1B 157 1456 107 10 135 .994 .992 9.96 6.37 10.06 6.43 157 1398.7 DH 2 1980 24 BAL AL 1B 154 1369 77 9 158 .994 .992 9.39 6.49 9.47 6.55 154 1374.0 DH 1 1981 25 BAL AL 1B 99 899 91 1 98 .999 .993 10.00 8.57 10.12 10.06 99 880.0 AS 1982 26 BAL AL 1B 149 1269 97 4 106 .997 .992 9.17 6.71 9.67 7.08 143 1271.7 GG,AS DH 2 AS 1983 27 BAL AL 1B 153 1393 114 10 136 .993 .992 9.85 6.54 9.97 6.61 153 1361.0 GG,AS DH 2 AS 1984 28 BAL AL 1B 159 1538 143 13 152 .992 .991 10.57 6.29 10.70 6.37 159 1413.3 GG,AS DH 3 AS 1985 29 BAL AL 1B 154 1338 152 19 154 .987 .991 9.68 6.49 9.82 6.59 154 1365.3 AS DH 2 AS 1986 30 BAL AL 1B 119 1045 88 13 100 .989 .991 9.52 8.40 9.69 8.55 119 1052.3 AS DH 16 AS 1987 31 BAL AL 1B 156 1371 145 10 146 .993 .992 9.72 6.41 9.88 6.52 156 1380.3 DH 4 1988 32 BAL AL 1B 103 867 106 11 101 .989 .992 9.45 8.41 9.86 9.57 103 888.0 DH 58 1989 33 LAD NL 1B 159 1316 137 6 122 .996 .992 9.14 6.29 9.22 6.34 159 1418.7 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.25 0.00 2.67 0 2.7 1990 34 LAD NL 1B 150 1180 113 10 88 .992 .992 8.62 6.67 9.06 7.00 150 1285.0 1991 35 LAD NL 1B 149 1327 128 7 96 .995 .992 9.77 6.71 10.06 6.92 148 1301.3 AS 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 AS 1992 36 NYM NL 1B 154 1283 96 12 109 .991 .993 8.95 6.49 9.49 6.88 152 1308.3 1993 37 NYM NL 1B 154 1319 111 18 118 .988 .992 9.29 6.49 9.74 6.81 154 1321.0 1994 38 CLE AL DH 82 1B 26 243 14 3 25 .988 .992 9.88 8.49 10.23 9.57 26 226.0 1995 39 CLE AL DH 95 1B 18 160 22 3 12 .984 .993 10.11 8.32 10.50 9.61 18 156.0 1996 40 TOT AL DH 149 CLE AL DH 87 1B 1 10 1 0 0 1.000 .991 11.00 7.90 11.00 9.20 1 9.0 BAL AL DH 62 1997 41 ANA AL DH 45
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1977 21 BAL AL 1B 42 368 17 3 34 .992 .990 9.17 8.79 10.04 10.02 42 345.0 1978 22 BAL AL 1B 157 1504 106 5 143 .997 .992 10.25 6.37 10.38 6.45 157 1396.0 1979 23 BAL AL 1B 157 1456 107 10 135 .994 .992 9.96 6.37 10.06 6.43 157 1398.7 1980 24 BAL AL 1B 154 1369 77 9 158 .994 .992 9.39 6.49 9.47 6.55 154 1374.0 1981 25 BAL AL 1B 99 899 91 1 98 .999 .993 10.00 8.57 10.12 10.06 99 880.0 1982 26 BAL AL 1B 149 1269 97 4 106 .997 .992 9.17 6.71 9.67 7.08 143 1271.7 1983 27 BAL AL 1B 153 1393 114 10 136 .993 .992 9.85 6.54 9.97 6.61 153 1361.0 1984 28 BAL AL 1B 159 1538 143 13 152 .992 .991 10.57 6.29 10.70 6.37 159 1413.3 1985 29 BAL AL 1B 154 1338 152 19 154 .987 .991 9.68 6.49 9.82 6.59 154 1365.3 1986 30 BAL AL 1B 119 1045 88 13 100 .989 .991 9.52 8.40 9.69 8.55 119 1052.3 1987 31 BAL AL 1B 156 1371 145 10 146 .993 .992 9.72 6.41 9.88 6.52 156 1380.3 1988 32 BAL AL 1B 103 867 106 11 101 .989 .992 9.45 8.41 9.86 9.57 103 888.0 1989 33 LAD NL 1B 159 1316 137 6 122 .996 .992 9.14 6.29 9.22 6.34 159 1418.7 1990 34 LAD NL 1B 150 1180 113 10 88 .992 .992 8.62 6.67 9.06 7.00 150 1285.0 1991 35 LAD NL 1B 149 1327 128 7 96 .995 .992 9.77 6.71 10.06 6.92 148 1301.3 1992 36 NYM NL 1B 154 1283 96 12 109 .991 .993 8.95 6.49 9.49 6.88 152 1308.3 1993 37 NYM NL 1B 154 1319 111 18 118 .988 .992 9.29 6.49 9.74 6.81 154 1321.0 1994 38 CLE AL 1B 26 243 14 3 25 .988 .992 9.88 8.49 10.23 9.57 26 226.0 1995 39 CLE AL 1B 18 160 22 3 12 .984 .993 10.11 8.32 10.50 9.61 18 156.0 1996 40 CLE AL 1B 1 10 1 0 0 1.000 .991 11.00 7.90 11.00 9.20 1 9.0 1978 22 BAL AL 3B 3 3 6 1 1 .900 .957 3.00 2.60 3.38 3.00 3 24.0 1989 33 LAD NL 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.25 0.00 2.67 0 2.7 1991 35 LAD NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1977 21 BAL AL DH 111 1978 22 BAL AL DH 1 1979 23 BAL AL DH 2 1980 24 BAL AL DH 1 1982 26 BAL AL DH 2 1983 27 BAL AL DH 2 1984 28 BAL AL DH 3 1985 29 BAL AL DH 2 1986 30 BAL AL DH 16 1987 31 BAL AL DH 4 1988 32 BAL AL DH 58 1994 38 CLE AL DH 82 1995 39 CLE AL DH 95 1996 40 TOT AL DH 149 CLE AL DH 87 BAL AL DH 62 1997 41 ANA AL DH 45 1977 21 BAL AL LF 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 2.00 1.73 2.35 2.11 3 23.0 1977 21 BAL AL OF 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 .972 2.33 2.03 2.74 2.35 3 23.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 1B*2413 21255 1865 167 2033 .993 .992 9.58 6.82 9.84 7.12 2404 21151.0 DH 573 Games not counted in Overall Total below 3B* 6 3 6 1 1 .900 .957 1.50 2.43 2.92 2.96 3 27.7 LF* 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 2.00 1.73 2.35 2.11 3 23.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 2422 21265 1871 168 2034 .993 .992 9.55 6.80 9.82 7.11 2410 21202
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1979   ALCS  BAL CAL     W   4  12   3   5  0  0  1   5   5   2  .417  .588  .667   0  1   0   0   0 
        WS    BAL PIT     L   7  26   3   4  1  0  1   2   4   4  .154  .267  .308   1  0   0   0   0 
 1983   ALCS  BAL CHW     W   4  15   5   4  0  0  1   3   3   3  .267  .389  .467   1  0   0   0   0 
        WS    BAL PHI     W   5  20   2   5  0  0  2   3   1   4  .250  .286  .550   0  0   0   0   0 
 1995   ALDS  CLE BOS     W   3  13   3   5  0  1  1   3   2   1  .385  .467  .769   0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  CLE SEA     W   6  24   2   6  1  0  1   3   2   3  .250  .308  .417   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    CLE ATL     L   6  19   1   2  0  0  1   3   5   4  .105  .292  .263   0  0   0   0   0 
 1996   ALDS  BAL CLE     W   4  15   1   6  1  0  0   1   3   4  .400  .500  .467   1  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  BAL NYY     L   5  15   1   4  0  0  1   2   2   2  .267  .353  .467   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       2-0   7  28   4  11  1  1  1   4   5   5  .393  .485  .607   1  0   0   0   0 
  4 Lg Champ Series     3-1  19  66  11  19  1  0  4  13  12  10  .288  .397  .485   1  1   0   0   0 
  3 World Series        1-2  18  65   6  11  1  0  4   8  10  12  .169  .280  .369   1  0   0   0   0 
  9 Postseason Series   6-3  44 159  21  41  3  1  9  25  27  27  .258  .366  .459   3  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
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1978   BAL AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1981   BAL AL       2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1982   BAL AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1983   BAL AL       2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1984   BAL AL       2   0   1  1  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1985   BAL AL   *   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
 1986   BAL AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1991   LAD NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 6/8      1  11   0   1  1  0  0   0   1   2   0  0   0   0   0  .091  .167  .182 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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
1978
1981 *
1982 *
1983 *
1984 *
1985 (1B)
1986
1991 *

Awards
1977-AL-ROY

Gold Gloves
1982-AL--1B
1983-AL--1B
1984-AL--1B
All Multiple Winners

Silver Sluggers
1983-AL--1B
1984-AL--1B
1990-NL--1B
All Multiple Winners

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1978-AL-8-0.13
1979-AL-11-0.06
1980-AL-6-0.27
1981-AL-5-0.35
1982-AL-2-0.58
1983-AL-2-0.74
1984-AL-4-0.50
1985-AL-5-0.33
1990-NL-5-0.37
Car-21-3.33 shares

Batting Average
1982 AL-.316-4
1984 AL-.306-8
1985 AL-.297-10
1990 NL-.330-2
1995 AL-.323-5

On-base %
1982 AL-.391-5
1983 AL-.393-6
1984 AL-.410-1
1985 AL-.383-5
1986 AL-.396-4
1990 NL-.414-3

Slugging %
1980 AL-.519-6
1981 AL-.534-2
1982 AL-.549-3
1983 AL-.538-3
1985 AL-.523-4
1990 NL-.520-8

OPS
1980 AL-.873-8
1981 AL-.895-3
1982 AL-.940-2
1983 AL-.930-3
1984 AL-.918-2
1985 AL-.906-5
1986 AL-.859-10
1990 NL-.934-2

Games
1977 AL-160-3
1978 AL-161-4
1979 AL-159-7
1980 AL-158-9
1984 AL-162-1
1987 AL-160-3
1988 AL-161-2
1989 NL-160-7
1990 NL-155-10
1992 NL-156-10
Car-3026-6

At Bats
1977 AL-611-9
1978 AL-610-9
1980 AL-621-10
1987 AL-618-8
1989 NL-594-7
1993 NL-610-6
Car-11336-6

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1978 AL-690-6
1980 AL-683-10
1983 AL-680-8
1984 AL-705-7
1987 AL-694-8
1988 AL-681-10
1989 NL-690-3
Car-12817-7

Runs
1980 AL-100-7
1981 AL-57-10
1983 AL-115-2
1984 AL-97-10
1985 AL-111-3
1990 NL-96-8
Car-1627-35

Hits
1978 AL-174-6
1980 AL-186-6
1983 AL-178-9
1984 AL-180-10
1990 NL-184-6
Car-3255-12

Total Bases
1978 AL-293-2
1979 AL-288-10
1980 AL-322-3
1981 AL-202-5
1982 AL-302-6
1983 AL-313-4
1984 AL-299-9
1985 AL-305-5
1988 AL-286-9
1990 NL-290-7
Car-5397-9

Doubles
1978 AL-32-9
1980 AL-36-6
1985 AL-37-7
1992 NL-37-7
Car-560-21

Home Runs
1978 AL-27-9
1980 AL-32-5
1981 AL-22-1
1982 AL-32-5
1983 AL-33-4
1984 AL-29-9
1985 AL-31-6
1988 AL-28-4
Car-504-24

RBI
1978 AL-95-10
1980 AL-116-5
1981 AL-78-1
1982 AL-110-6
1983 AL-111-5
1984 AL-110-5
1985 AL-124-2
1989 NL-88-8
1990 NL-95-9
1992 NL-93-7
1993 NL-100-9
Car-1917-9

Bases on Balls
1983 AL-86-5
1984 AL-107-1
1985 AL-84-9
1989 NL-87-5
1990 NL-82-6
Car-1333-32

Strikeouts
1978 AL-97-10
Car-1516-42

Singles
1990 NL-133-6
Car-2156-26

Adjusted OPS+
1978 AL-140-10
1980 AL-138-8
1981 AL-156-3
1982 AL-156-2
1983 AL-156-2
1984 AL-156-2
1985 AL-149-5
1986 AL-136-7
1990 NL-158-2

Runs Created
1978 AL-104-4
1979 AL-107-10
1980 AL-111-9
1981 AL-70-5
1982 AL-116-7
1983 AL-127-2
1984 AL-130-2
1985 AL-122-5
1990 NL-118-4
Car-1941-20

Adjusted Batting Runs
1978 AL-33-6
1980 AL-31-8
1981 AL-26-6
1982 AL-44-3
1983 AL-48-1
1984 AL-50-1
1985 AL-43-5
1986 AL-28-7
1990 NL-47-2
Car-463-54

Batting Wins
1978 AL-3.3-6
1980 AL-3.1-7
1981 AL-2.7-6
1982 AL-4.2-3
1983 AL-4.6-1
1984 AL-4.9-1
1985 AL-4.1-5
1986 AL-2.7-7
1990 NL-4.6-2
Car-45.4-54

Extra-Base Hits
1978 AL-62-4
1980 AL-70-2
1981 AL-45-3
1983 AL-66-6
1985 AL-69-5
Car-1099-16

Times on Base
1978 AL-245-8
1979 AL-253-8
1983 AL-267-4
1984 AL-289-2
1985 AL-259-6
1990 NL-267-3
Car-4606-14

Offensive Win%
1981 AL-.708-5
1982 AL-.724-3
1983 AL-.736-3
1984 AL-.747-1
1985 AL-.717-5
1986 AL-.661-9
1990 NL-.743-2

Sac. Flies
1978 AL-8-9
1983 AL-9-5
1991 NL-8-10
1992 NL-8-4
1993 NL-9-2
1996 AL-10-4
Car-128-1

Intentional Walks
1978 AL-7-10
1979 AL-9-9
1980 AL-10-9
1981 AL-10-2
1982 AL-18-1
1983 AL-13-3
1984 AL-25-1
1985 AL-12-4
1989 NL-24-3
1990 NL-21-1
1991 NL-17-3
Car-222-8

Grounded into Double Plays
1977 AL-22-3
1988 AL-20-5
1990 NL-19-3
1991 NL-17-5
1992 NL-15-5
1993 NL-24-3
1996 AL-19-9
Car-316-5

Power/Speed Number
1984 AL-14.9-7

At Bats per Strikeout
1993 NL-10.0-10

At Bats per Home Run
1980 AL-19.4-7
1981 AL-17.2-4
1982 AL-17.2-5
1983 AL-17.6-6
1985 AL-18.8-10

Outs
1987 AL-467-6
1989 NL-468-5
1993 NL-471-4
1994 AL-338-6
Car-8570-5

Salary
1985 AL-$1,472,819-2
1987 AL-$2,044,757-3
1988 AL-$2,142,904-3
1989 NL-$2,331,062-4
1990 NL-$2,513,703-1

Oldest Player
1995 AL-39-6
1996 AL-40-2
1997 AL-41-3
1997 NL-41-4

         

Black Ink: Batting - 11 (208) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 181 (54) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 55.8 (45) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 154.5 (75) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

June 5, 1973: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 3rd round of the 1973 amateur draft. Player signed July 1, 1973.

December 4, 1988: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Juan Bell, Brian Holton, and Ken Howell.

October 29, 1991: Granted Free Agency.

November 27, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

November 1, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

December 2, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

November 6, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

July 21, 1996: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Baltimore Orioles for Kent Mercker.

November 18, 1996: Granted Free Agency.

December 18, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Anaheim Angels.

August 14, 1997: Released by the Anaheim Angels.

August 20, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

October 30, 1997: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Baltimore Orioles$1,472,819
1986Baltimore Orioles$925,814
1987Baltimore Orioles$2,044,757
1988Baltimore Orioles$2,142,904
1989Los Angeles Dodgers$2,331,062
1990Los Angeles Dodgers$2,513,703
1991Los Angeles Dodgers$2,628,164
1992New York Mets$4,125,000
1993New York Mets$3,375,000
1994Cleveland Indians$3,000,000
1995Cleveland Indians$3,000,000
1996Cleveland Indians$2,000,000
1997Anaheim Angels$750,000
Career (may be incomplete)$30,309,223

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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