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Ted Simmons
Ted Lyle Simmons

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 200 lb.

Debut September 21, 1968
  vs. LAD 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 2, 1988
Born August 9, 1949 in Highland Park, MI

Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1967 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1968 18 STL NL   2    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .333  .500  .333  156    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1969 19 STL NL   5   14    0    3   0  1   0    3   0  0   1   1  .214  .250  .357   69    5   0   1   0   0   0
 1970 20 STL NL  82  284   29   69   8  2   3   24   2  2  37  37  .243  .333  .317   74   90   0   1   5   2   5
 1971 21 STL NL 133  510   64  155  32  4   7   77   1  3  36  50  .304  .347  .424  114  216   4  10   3   3  20 MVP-16
 1972 22 STL NL 152  594   70  180  36  6  16   96   1  3  29  57  .303  .336  .465  127  276   1   3   8   2  18 MVP-10,AS
 1973 23 STL NL 161  619   62  192  36  2  13   91   2  2  61  47  .310  .370  .438  124  271   1   7  15   2  29 MVP-14,AS
 1974 24 STL NL 152  599   66  163  33  6  20  103   0  0  47  35  .272  .327  .447  116  268   1   9   8   6  22 MVP-13,AS
 1975 25 STL NL 157  581   80  193  32  3  18  100   1  3  63  35  .332  .396  .491  142  285   0   4  16   1  20 MVP-6
 1976 26 STL NL 150  546   60  159  35  3   5   75   0  7  73  35  .291  .371  .394  117  215   0   6  19   0   9
 1977 27 STL NL 150  516   82  164  25  3  21   95   2  6  79  37  .318  .408  .500  144  258   0   4  25   2  20 MVP-9,AS
 1978 28 STL NL 152  516   71  148  40  5  22   80   1  1  77  39  .287  .377  .512  148  264   0   8  17   3  19 AS
 1979 29 STL NL 123  448   68  127  22  0  26   87   0  1  61  34  .283  .369  .507  135  227   0   8  22   4  10 AS
 1980 30 STL NL 145  495   84  150  33  2  21   98   1  0  59  45  .303  .375  .505  141  250   0   6  13   2  13 SS
 1981 31 MIL AL 100  380   45   82  13  3  14   61   0  1  23  32  .216  .262  .376   87  143   1   6   2   3  10 AS
 1982 32 MIL AL 137  539   73  145  29  0  23   97   0  0  32  40  .269  .309  .451  112  243   1   7   5   2  20
 1983 33 MIL AL 153  600   76  185  39  3  13  108   4  2  41  51  .308  .351  .448  126  269   0   7   6   2  23 MVP-19,AS
 1984 34 MIL AL 132  497   44  110  23  2   4   52   3  0  30  40  .221  .269  .300   61  149   1   1   3   3  23
 1985 35 MIL AL 143  528   60  144  28  2  12   76   1  1  57  32  .273  .342  .402  103  212   1   5   9   1  17
 1986 36 ATL NL  76  127   14   32   5  0   4   25   1  0  12  14  .252  .313  .386   88   49   0   4   5   1   1
 1987 37 ATL NL  73  177   20   49   8  0   4   30   1  1  21  23  .277  .350  .390   93   69   0   2   5   0   4
 1988 38 ATL NL  78  107    6   21   6  0   2   11   0  0  15   9  .196  .293  .308   71   33   0   1   2   0   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 21 Seasons         8680      2472     47     1389     33     694  .285  .348  .437  117       11 100 188  39 287
               2456      1074      483    248       21    855                            3793
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        573   71  163  32  3  16   92   1  2  56  46  .285  .348  .437  117  250   1   7  12   3  19
 Career High    161  619   84  193  40  6  26  108   4  7  79  57  .332  .408  .512  148  285   4  10  25   6  29
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1968 18 STL NL    4    2    1  13.5    81| .333  .251| .500  .309| .333  .354| .833  .663| 156  .919   0.3   0.0   0%
 1969 19 STL NL   16   12    1   2.2    94| .214  .259| .250  .330| .357  .384| .607  .714|  69  .241  -0.7  -0.1   0%
 1970 20 STL NL  324  223   31   3.7   106| .243  .270| .333  .344| .317  .413| .650  .757|  74  .402 -10.3  -1.0  50%
 1971 21 STL NL  563  392   71   4.9    96| .304  .264| .347  .331| .424  .387| .771  .718| 114  .581  10.6   1.1  25%
 1972 22 STL NL  629  439   86   5.3    91| .303  .255| .336  .323| .465  .377| .801  .701| 127  .619  18.6   1.9  25%
 1973 23 STL NL  690  466   94   5.4    97| .310  .263| .370  .332| .438  .390| .808  .722| 124  .608  21.6   2.2  50%
 1974 24 STL NL  662  468   83   4.8    95| .272  .262| .327  .334| .447  .379| .774  .713| 116  .553  10.9   1.1   0%
 1975 25 STL NL  649  415  108   7.0    99| .332  .270| .396  .342| .491  .390| .887  .732| 142  .708  33.6   3.4  25%
 1976 26 STL NL  625  409   80   5.3    93| .291  .264| .371  .330| .394  .376| .765  .706| 117  .614  15.6   1.6   0%
 1977 27 STL NL  601  382  100   7.1   102| .318  .268| .408  .336| .500  .409| .908  .744| 144  .685  35.0   3.4  25%
 1978 28 STL NL  604  396   98   6.6    94| .287  .261| .377  .328| .512  .384| .889  .712| 148  .699  35.9   3.7  50%
 1979 29 STL NL  521  340   84   6.6   101| .283  .271| .369  .337| .507  .403| .876  .740| 135  .680  23.2   2.3   0%
 1980 30 STL NL  562  364   94   7.0    98| .303  .271| .375  .334| .505  .394| .880  .728| 141  .713  28.5   2.9 100%
 1981 31 MIL AL  413  316   36   3.1    85| .216  .250| .262  .314| .376  .364| .638  .678|  87  .371  -7.6  -0.8   0%
 1982 32 MIL AL  581  422   70   4.5    93| .269  .257| .309  .320| .451  .392| .760  .711| 112  .487   8.0   0.8   0%
 1983 33 MIL AL  650  447   89   5.3    92| .308  .257| .351  .318| .448  .388| .799  .706| 126  .573  21.8   2.1  66%
 1984 34 MIL AL  532  412   36   2.3    93| .221  .259| .269  .321| .300  .391| .569  .712|  61  .231 -26.4  -2.7 100%
 1985 35 MIL AL  592  408   71   4.6    99| .273  .261| .342  .327| .402  .406| .744  .733| 103  .506   3.7   0.4  50%
 1986 36 ATL NL  144  100   16   4.3   102| .252  .267| .313  .338| .386  .403| .699  .741|  88  .501  -1.9  -0.2 100%
 1987 37 ATL NL  200  135   24   4.8   109| .277  .274| .350  .344| .390  .426| .740  .770|  93  .502  -1.4  -0.1  50%
 1988 38 ATL NL  123   91   10   3.0    93| .196  .261| .293  .325| .308  .383| .601  .708|  71  .367  -3.8  -0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 21 Seasons     9685 6639 1283   5.2    96| .285  .263| .348  .330| .437  .390| .785  .720| 117  .582 215.2  21.6  38%

* 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    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1968 18 STL NL C 2 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 6.10 3.60 6.84 1 10.0 0 0 0 0 1969 19 STL NL C 4 22 0 1 0 .957 .991 5.50 6.25 7.07 7.07 3 28.0 0 3 2 0 1970 20 STL NL C 79 466 37 5 2 .990 .987 6.37 5.94 6.55 6.85 74 691.0 15 35 37 24 1971 21 STL NL C 130 747 52 9 11 .989 .988 6.15 5.63 6.28 6.34 126 1145.0 18 48 42 31 1972 22 STL NL C 135 842 78 8 6 .991 .987 6.81 5.87 6.94 6.61 134 1193.7 15 44 83 39 AS 1B 15 125 15 5 9 .966 .992 9.33 8.42 9.55 9.73 15 132.0 AS 1973 23 STL NL C 153 888 74 13 13 .987 .987 6.29 5.58 6.40 6.34 151 1352.7 25 45 64 50 AS 1B 6 38 4 1 1 .977 .993 7.00 8.40 7.04 9.84 7 53.7 AS RF 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 1.75 3.00 2.00 2 18.0 AS 1974 24 STL NL C 141 717 82 11 13 .986 .985 5.67 5.37 5.74 6.12 139 1252.3 14 34 99 49 AS 1B 12 96 5 4 5 .962 .991 8.42 8.34 9.09 9.94 11 100.0 AS 1975 25 STL NL C 154 803 62 15 5 .983 .985 5.62 5.24 6.03 6.03 148 1292.0 28 48 96 33 1B 2 10 2 0 0 1.000 .992 6.00 8.50 6.35 9.95 2 17.0 LF 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.50 1.70 2.81 2.08 2 16.0 1976 26 STL NL C 113 493 66 4 4 .993 .986 4.95 5.16 5.24 5.96 108 959.7 9 40 61 48 1B 30 219 21 3 21 .988 .991 8.00 8.61 9.35 9.95 26 231.0 LF 7 12 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.71 1.59 1.93 2.02 7 56.0 3B 2 3 1 3 0 .571 .952 2.00 2.60 1.97 2.95 2 18.3 1977 27 STL NL C 143 683 75 10 5 .987 .985 5.30 5.54 5.56 6.49 139 1226.7 8 37 97 54 AS RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 2.16 1 5.0 AS 1978 28 STL NL C 134 670 88 9 6 .988 .985 5.66 5.11 6.40 6.17 119 1065.7 8 42 125 65 AS LF 23 32 0 1 0 .970 .979 1.39 1.55 1.63 1.99 23 176.3 AS 1979 29 STL NL C 122 606 69 10 10 .985 .985 5.53 5.27 5.77 6.13 118 1052.3 14 34 98 40 AS 1980 30 STL NL C 129 520 71 9 12 .985 .983 4.58 5.23 4.99 6.09 120 1066.0 9 29 116 53 LF 5 8 0 1 0 .889 .976 1.60 1.68 1.85 2.05 5 39.0 1981 31 MIL AL C 75 300 37 7 3 .980 .987 4.49 4.76 4.79 5.51 72 633.7 4 15 47 27 AS DH 22 AS 1B 4 33 4 1 4 .974 .992 9.25 8.57 8.60 10.07 4 38.7 AS 1982 32 MIL AL C 121 570 62 3 8 .995 .988 5.22 4.90 5.34 5.69 120 1065.3 8 34 96 54 DH 15 1983 33 MIL AL C 86 395 41 11 4 .975 .986 5.07 4.76 5.27 5.70 83 744.3 2 14 82 34 AS DH 66 AS 1984 34 MIL AL DH 77 1B 37 346 27 2 35 .995 .991 10.08 8.25 9.98 9.75 37 336.3 3B 14 6 25 6 2 .838 .951 2.21 2.19 2.31 2.75 14 121.0 1985 35 MIL AL DH 99 1B 28 226 17 2 22 .992 .991 8.68 8.67 9.48 9.76 27 230.7 C 15 65 4 1 1 .986 .987 4.60 5.03 5.75 6.05 11 108.0 1 4 8 3 3B 2 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 2.50 2.40 2.50 2.85 2 18.0 1986 36 ATL NL 1B 14 124 10 5 13 .964 .992 9.57 8.31 11.79 9.94 11 102.3 C 10 40 5 1 0 .978 .985 4.50 5.88 6.78 6.93 6 59.7 2 0 14 2 3B 9 3 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 2.20 1.95 2.73 1 27.7 1987 37 ATL NL 1B 28 216 23 4 24 .984 .991 8.54 8.47 10.83 9.88 23 198.7 C 15 64 10 1 1 .987 .987 4.93 5.91 5.33 6.94 14 125.0 2 2 16 5 3B 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.35 3.60 2.79 1 10.0 1988 38 ATL NL 1B 19 128 13 1 8 .993 .991 7.42 8.65 10.15 9.96 15 125.0 C 10 12 1 2 0 .867 .985 1.30 5.58 5.49 6.55 1 21.3 0 1 5 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1972 22 STL NL 1B 15 125 15 5 9 .966 .992 9.33 8.42 9.55 9.73 15 132.0 1973 23 STL NL 1B 6 38 4 1 1 .977 .993 7.00 8.40 7.04 9.84 7 53.7 1974 24 STL NL 1B 12 96 5 4 5 .962 .991 8.42 8.34 9.09 9.94 11 100.0 1975 25 STL NL 1B 2 10 2 0 0 1.000 .992 6.00 8.50 6.35 9.95 2 17.0 1976 26 STL NL 1B 30 219 21 3 21 .988 .991 8.00 8.61 9.35 9.95 26 231.0 1981 31 MIL AL 1B 4 33 4 1 4 .974 .992 9.25 8.57 8.60 10.07 4 38.7 1984 34 MIL AL 1B 37 346 27 2 35 .995 .991 10.08 8.25 9.98 9.75 37 336.3 1985 35 MIL AL 1B 28 226 17 2 22 .992 .991 8.68 8.67 9.48 9.76 27 230.7 1986 36 ATL NL 1B 14 124 10 5 13 .964 .992 9.57 8.31 11.79 9.94 11 102.3 1987 37 ATL NL 1B 28 216 23 4 24 .984 .991 8.54 8.47 10.83 9.88 23 198.7 1988 38 ATL NL 1B 19 128 13 1 8 .993 .991 7.42 8.65 10.15 9.96 15 125.0 1976 26 STL NL 3B 2 3 1 3 0 .571 .952 2.00 2.60 1.97 2.95 2 18.3 1984 34 MIL AL 3B 14 6 25 6 2 .838 .951 2.21 2.19 2.31 2.75 14 121.0 1985 35 MIL AL 3B 2 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 2.50 2.40 2.50 2.85 2 18.0 1986 36 ATL NL 3B 9 3 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 2.20 1.95 2.73 1 27.7 1987 37 ATL NL 3B 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.35 3.60 2.79 1 10.0 1968 18 STL NL C 2 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 6.10 3.60 6.84 1 10.0 0 0 0 0 1969 19 STL NL C 4 22 0 1 0 .957 .991 5.50 6.25 7.07 7.07 3 28.0 0 3 2 0 1970 20 STL NL C 79 466 37 5 2 .990 .987 6.37 5.94 6.55 6.85 74 691.0 15 35 37 24 1971 21 STL NL C 130 747 52 9 11 .989 .988 6.15 5.63 6.28 6.34 126 1145.0 18 48 42 31 1972 22 STL NL C 135 842 78 8 6 .991 .987 6.81 5.87 6.94 6.61 134 1193.7 15 44 83 39 1973 23 STL NL C 153 888 74 13 13 .987 .987 6.29 5.58 6.40 6.34 151 1352.7 25 45 64 50 1974 24 STL NL C 141 717 82 11 13 .986 .985 5.67 5.37 5.74 6.12 139 1252.3 14 34 99 49 1975 25 STL NL C 154 803 62 15 5 .983 .985 5.62 5.24 6.03 6.03 148 1292.0 28 48 96 33 1976 26 STL NL C 113 493 66 4 4 .993 .986 4.95 5.16 5.24 5.96 108 959.7 9 40 61 48 1977 27 STL NL C 143 683 75 10 5 .987 .985 5.30 5.54 5.56 6.49 139 1226.7 8 37 97 54 1978 28 STL NL C 134 670 88 9 6 .988 .985 5.66 5.11 6.40 6.17 119 1065.7 8 42 125 65 1979 29 STL NL C 122 606 69 10 10 .985 .985 5.53 5.27 5.77 6.13 118 1052.3 14 34 98 40 1980 30 STL NL C 129 520 71 9 12 .985 .983 4.58 5.23 4.99 6.09 120 1066.0 9 29 116 53 1981 31 MIL AL C 75 300 37 7 3 .980 .987 4.49 4.76 4.79 5.51 72 633.7 4 15 47 27 1982 32 MIL AL C 121 570 62 3 8 .995 .988 5.22 4.90 5.34 5.69 120 1065.3 8 34 96 54 1983 33 MIL AL C 86 395 41 11 4 .975 .986 5.07 4.76 5.27 5.70 83 744.3 2 14 82 34 1985 35 MIL AL C 15 65 4 1 1 .986 .987 4.60 5.03 5.75 6.05 11 108.0 1 4 8 3 1986 36 ATL NL C 10 40 5 1 0 .978 .985 4.50 5.88 6.78 6.93 6 59.7 2 0 14 2 1987 37 ATL NL C 15 64 10 1 1 .987 .987 4.93 5.91 5.33 6.94 14 125.0 2 2 16 5 1988 38 ATL NL C 10 12 1 2 0 .867 .985 1.30 5.58 5.49 6.55 1 21.3 0 1 5 0 1981 31 MIL AL DH 22 1982 32 MIL AL DH 15 1983 33 MIL AL DH 66 1984 34 MIL AL DH 77 1985 35 MIL AL DH 99 1975 25 STL NL LF 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.50 1.70 2.81 2.08 2 16.0 1976 26 STL NL LF 7 12 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.71 1.59 1.93 2.02 7 56.0 1978 28 STL NL LF 23 32 0 1 0 .970 .979 1.39 1.55 1.63 1.99 23 176.3 1980 30 STL NL LF 5 8 0 1 0 .889 .976 1.60 1.68 1.85 2.05 5 39.0 1973 23 STL NL OF 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 3.00 1.95 3.00 2.25 2 18.0 1975 25 STL NL OF 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.50 2.00 2.81 2.31 2 16.0 1976 26 STL NL OF 7 11 0 0 0 1.000 .982 1.57 2.03 1.77 2.35 7 56.0 1977 27 STL NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 2.34 1 5.0 1978 28 STL NL OF 23 33 0 1 0 .971 .979 1.43 1.94 1.68 2.31 23 176.3 1980 30 STL NL OF 5 8 0 1 0 .889 .976 1.60 1.98 1.85 2.31 5 39.0 1973 23 STL NL RF 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 1.75 3.00 2.00 2 18.0 1977 27 STL NL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 2.16 1 5.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C*1771 8906 915 130 104 .987 .986 5.55 5.34 5.86 6.18 1687 15092.3 182 509 1188 611 DH 279 Games not counted in Overall Total below 1B* 195 1561 141 28 142 .984 .991 8.73 8.47 9.79 9.85 178 1565.3 OF* 40 63 0 2 0 .969 .980 1.57 1.96 1.83 2.31 40 310.3 37 0 3# LF* 37 57 0 2 0 .966 .978 1.54 1.58 1.79 2.01 37 287.3 3B* 29 14 36 9 2 .847 .952 1.72 2.25 2.31 2.78 20 195.0 RF* 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 .968 2.00 1.77 2.35 2.03 3 23.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 2035 10544 1092 169 248 .986 .987 5.72 5.53 6.10 6.40 1925 17163
# 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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1981   ALDS  MIL NYY     L   5  18   1   4  1  0  1   4   2   2  .222  .300  .444   0  0   0   0   0 
 1982   ALCS  MIL CAL     W   5  18   3   3  0  0  0   1   1   4  .167  .200  .167   0  0   0   1   0 
        WS    MIL STL     L   7  23   2   4  0  0  2   3   5   3  .174  .321  .435   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Postseason Series   1-2  17  59   6  11  1  0  3   8   8   9  .186  .279  .356   0  0   0   1   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
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1972   STL NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1973   STL NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1974   STL NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1977   STL NL       3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1978   STL NL   *   3   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting C 
 1979   STL NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1981   MIL AL       1   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1983   MIL AL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting C 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 5/8      2  10   0   2  0  0  0   1   0   2   0  0   0   0   0  .200  .200  .200 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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
1972
1973 *
1974
1977 *
1978 (C)
1979
1981 *
1983 (C)

Silver Sluggers
1980-NL--C

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1971-NL-16-0.04
1972-NL-10-0.07
1973-NL-14-0.06
1974-NL-13-0.02
1975-NL-6-0.31
1977-NL-9-0.17
1983-AL-19-0.01
Car-331-0.68 shares

Batting Average
1972 NL-.303-9
1973 NL-.310-6
1975 NL-.332-2
1977 NL-.318-6
1980 NL-.303-9
1983 AL-.308-9

On-base %
1975 NL-.396-8
1977 NL-.408-4
1978 NL-.377-9
1980 NL-.375-6

Slugging %
1975 NL-.491-10
1978 NL-.512-7
1979 NL-.507-10
1980 NL-.505-6

OPS
1975 NL-.887-6
1977 NL-.908-6
1978 NL-.889-7
1979 NL-.875-10
1980 NL-.880-4

Games
1972 NL-152-5
1973 NL-161-3
1975 NL-157-9
Car-2456-60

At Bats
1972 NL-594-7
1973 NL-619-8
Car-8680-83

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1973 NL-690-10
Car-9685-92

Hits
1972 NL-180-4
1973 NL-192-4
1975 NL-193-4
1983 AL-185-6
Car-2472-91

Total Bases
1972 NL-276-7
1974 NL-268-10
1975 NL-285-6
1978 NL-264-10
Car-3793-95

Doubles
1971 NL-32-6
1972 NL-36-3
1973 NL-36-3
1974 NL-33-7
1976 NL-35-7
1978 NL-40-3
1980 NL-33-8
1983 AL-39-8
Car-483-63

RBI
1972 NL-96-6
1974 NL-103-5
1975 NL-100-8
1977 NL-95-10
1980 NL-98-6
1983 AL-108-6
Car-1389-69

Bases on Balls
1976 NL-73-10

Singles
1972 NL-122-10
1973 NL-141-6
1975 NL-140-7
1983 AL-130-7

Adjusted OPS+
1975 NL-142-6
1977 NL-144-6
1978 NL-148-8
1979 NL-135-10
1980 NL-141-5

Runs Created
1975 NL-108-5

Adjusted Batting Runs
1975 NL-34-4
1977 NL-35-6
1978 NL-36-8
1980 NL-28-6

Batting Wins
1975 NL-3.4-4
1977 NL-3.4-6
1978 NL-3.7-8
1980 NL-2.9-6

Extra-Base Hits
1972 NL-58-9
1974 NL-59-6
1978 NL-67-5
1980 NL-56-10

Times on Base
1973 NL-255-8
1975 NL-257-6
1977 NL-245-10

Offensive Win%
1975 NL-.708-5
1977 NL-.685-7
1978 NL-.699-8
1980 NL-.713-3

Hit By Pitch
1974 NL-6-9

Sac. Flies
1971 NL-10-2
1974 NL-9-5
1978 NL-8-9
1979 NL-8-4
1981 AL-6-9
Car-100-28

Intentional Walks
1973 NL-15-6
1975 NL-16-3
1976 NL-19-1
1977 NL-25-1
1978 NL-17-4
1979 NL-22-2
1980 NL-13-7
Car-188-16

Grounded into Double Plays
1971 NL-20-5
1972 NL-18-3
1973 NL-29-1
1974 NL-22-2
1975 NL-20-3
1977 NL-20-4
1978 NL-19-2
1982 AL-20-7
1983 AL-23-7
1984 AL-23-2
Car-287-11

At Bats per Strikeout
1973 NL-13.2-10
1974 NL-17.1-6
1975 NL-16.6-4
1976 NL-15.6-8
1977 NL-13.9-8
1978 NL-13.2-6
1979 NL-13.2-9
1982 AL-13.5-7
1984 AL-12.4-9
1985 AL-16.5-2

At Bats per Home Run
1979 NL-17.2-7

Outs
1973 NL-466-9
1974 NL-468-9
1981 AL-316-10
Car-6639-72

Oldest Player
1988 NL-38-8

Youngest Player
1968 NL-18-2
1969 NL-19-6

       

Gray Ink: Batting - 95 (236) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 38.9 (157) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 124.5 (108) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

June 6, 1967: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1967 amateur draft.

December 12, 1980: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Rollie Fingers and Pete Vuckovich to the Milwaukee Brewers for Sixto Lezcano, David Green, Lary Sorensen, and Dave LaPoint.

November 7, 1983: Granted Free Agency.

January 16, 1984: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

March 5, 1986: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the Atlanta Braves for Rick Cerone, David Clay (minors), and Flavio Alfaro (minors).


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Milwaukee Brewers$1,000,000
1986Atlanta Braves$1,000,000
1987Atlanta Braves$500,000
1988Atlanta Braves$470,000
Career (may be incomplete)$2,970,000

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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