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U L Washington
U L Washington

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 175 lb.

Debut September 6, 1977
  vs. SEA 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 4, 1987
Born October 27, 1953 in Stringtown, OK

Signed by the Kansas City Royals as an amateur free agent in 1972. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
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 23 KCR AL  10   20    0    4   1  1   0    1   1  0   5   4  .200  .360  .350   94    7   1   0   0   0   0
 1978 24 KCR AL  69  129   10   34   2  1   0    9  12  6  10  20  .264  .314  .295   71   38   2   1   0   0   2
 1979 25 KCR AL 101  268   32   68  12  5   2   25  10  7  20  44  .254  .299  .358   76   96   6   6   1   0   1
 1980 26 KCR AL 153  549   79  150  16 11   6   53  20  7  53  78  .273  .336  .375   95  206  10   2   0   0  13
 1981 27 KCR AL  98  339   40   77  19  1   2   29  10 10  41  43  .227  .310  .307   80  104   3   1   1   0   6
 1982 28 KCR AL 119  437   64  125  19  3  10   60  23  7  38  48  .286  .338  .412  106  180   5   7   0   0   4
 1983 29 KCR AL 144  547   76  129  19  6   5   41  40  7  48  78  .236  .298  .320   71  175   7   1   0   1   3
 1984 30 KCR AL  63  170   18   38   6  0   1   10   4  6  14  31  .224  .281  .276   56   47   4   1   0   0   1
 1985 31 MON NL  68  193   24   48   9  4   1   17   6  3  15  33  .249  .301  .352   87   68   0   1   1   0   2
 1986 32 PIT NL  72  135   14   27   0  4   0   10   6  0  15  27  .200  .278  .259   48   35   4   1   2   0   1
 1987 33 PIT NL  10   10    1    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   3  .300  .417  .300   95    3   2   0   1   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     907 2797  358  703 103 36  27  255 132 53 261 409  .251  .313  .343   82  959  44  21   6   1  33
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        500   64  126  18  6   5   46  24  9  47  73  .251  .313  .343   82  171   8   4   1   0   6
 Career High    153  549   79  150  19 11  10   60  40 10  53  78  .286  .338  .412  106  206  10   7   2   1  13
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1977 23 KCR AL   26   17    3   4.7   102| .200  .269| .360  .333| .350  .409| .710  .741|  94  .509  -0.0   0.0 100%
 1978 24 KCR AL  142  106   12   3.0    96| .264  .264| .314  .330| .295  .390| .609  .720|  71  .343  -5.2  -0.5  66%
 1979 25 KCR AL  300  220   30   3.6   104| .254  .272| .299  .337| .358  .412| .657  .749|  76  .384  -9.5  -0.9  58%
 1980 26 KCR AL  614  431   70   4.4    99| .273  .269| .336  .331| .375  .399| .711  .731|  95  .477  -4.4  -0.4  74%
 1981 27 KCR AL  384  282   32   3.0    88| .227  .255| .310  .319| .307  .371| .617  .690|  80  .368  -7.7  -0.8  50%
 1982 28 KCR AL  487  335   65   5.2    98| .286  .264| .338  .328| .412  .402| .750  .730| 106  .558   3.7   0.4  76%
 1983 29 KCR AL  604  436   59   3.6    98| .236  .265| .298  .328| .320  .401| .618  .728|  71  .398 -22.6  -2.3  85%
 1984 30 KCR AL  189  144   13   2.4    97| .224  .264| .281  .326| .276  .398| .557  .724|  56  .242 -10.2  -1.0  40%
 1985 31 MON NL  209  151   21   3.8    91| .249  .254| .301  .321| .352  .379| .653  .700|  87  .447  -3.7  -0.4  66%
 1986 32 PIT NL  155  114   12   2.8    99| .200  .264| .278  .334| .259  .398| .537  .732|  48  .318 -10.2  -1.0 100%
 1987 33 PIT NL   14    9    2   6.0   106| .300  .269| .417  .339| .300  .419| .717  .758|  95  .602   0.0   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     3124 2245  319   3.8    97| .251  .264| .313  .328| .343  .396| .656  .724|  82  .428 -69.9  -6.9  71%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Minors / 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 23 KCR AL SS 9 13 21 5 4 .872 .963 3.78 4.07 4.94 4.82 6 62.0 1978 24 KCR AL SS 49 47 55 8 8 .927 .964 2.08 4.19 4.09 4.92 20 224.7 2B 19 32 37 1 10 .986 .980 3.63 4.74 5.10 5.47 13 121.7 DH 1 1979 25 KCR AL SS 50 62 131 6 31 .970 .965 3.86 4.10 4.91 5.01 37 354.0 2B 46 112 111 12 37 .949 .978 4.85 4.80 5.80 5.50 35 346.0 DH 3 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.70 3.00 3.00 0 3.0 1980 26 KCR AL SS 152 237 467 32 86 .957 .963 4.63 4.26 4.83 4.99 146 1312.7 1981 27 KCR AL SS 98 135 297 12 58 .973 .967 4.41 4.19 4.48 4.99 97 868.0 1982 28 KCR AL SS 117 173 371 22 63 .961 .965 4.65 4.17 4.92 4.87 114 995.0 DH 1 1983 29 KCR AL SS 140 201 448 36 91 .947 .963 4.64 4.15 4.77 4.75 139 1224.7 DH 1 1984 30 KCR AL SS 61 81 166 10 40 .961 .962 4.05 3.93 4.67 4.76 54 476.3 1985 31 MON NL 2B 43 70 104 4 22 .978 .982 4.05 4.82 5.04 5.47 34 310.7 SS 9 5 25 1 7 .968 .962 3.33 4.26 4.50 4.88 7 60.0 3B 3 1 1 2 0 .500 .952 0.67 2.47 1.54 2.85 1 11.7 1986 32 PIT NL SS 51 50 92 8 25 .947 .963 2.78 3.96 4.60 4.75 26 278.0 2B 3 0 5 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 4.53 4.50 5.22 1 10.0 1987 33 PIT NL SS 1 1 4 1 0 .833 .962 5.00 3.90 5.00 4.70 1 9.0 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 3.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1978 24 KCR AL 2B 19 32 37 1 10 .986 .980 3.63 4.74 5.10 5.47 13 121.7 1979 25 KCR AL 2B 46 112 111 12 37 .949 .978 4.85 4.80 5.80 5.50 35 346.0 1985 31 MON NL 2B 43 70 104 4 22 .978 .982 4.05 4.82 5.04 5.47 34 310.7 1986 32 PIT NL 2B 3 0 5 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 4.53 4.50 5.22 1 10.0 1979 25 KCR AL 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.70 3.00 3.00 0 3.0 1985 31 MON NL 3B 3 1 1 2 0 .500 .952 0.67 2.47 1.54 2.85 1 11.7 1987 33 PIT NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 3.0 1978 24 KCR AL DH 1 1979 25 KCR AL DH 3 1982 28 KCR AL DH 1 1983 29 KCR AL DH 1 1977 23 KCR AL SS 9 13 21 5 4 .872 .963 3.78 4.07 4.94 4.82 6 62.0 1978 24 KCR AL SS 49 47 55 8 8 .927 .964 2.08 4.19 4.09 4.92 20 224.7 1979 25 KCR AL SS 50 62 131 6 31 .970 .965 3.86 4.10 4.91 5.01 37 354.0 1980 26 KCR AL SS 152 237 467 32 86 .957 .963 4.63 4.26 4.83 4.99 146 1312.7 1981 27 KCR AL SS 98 135 297 12 58 .973 .967 4.41 4.19 4.48 4.99 97 868.0 1982 28 KCR AL SS 117 173 371 22 63 .961 .965 4.65 4.17 4.92 4.87 114 995.0 1983 29 KCR AL SS 140 201 448 36 91 .947 .963 4.64 4.15 4.77 4.75 139 1224.7 1984 30 KCR AL SS 61 81 166 10 40 .961 .962 4.05 3.93 4.67 4.76 54 476.3 1985 31 MON NL SS 9 5 25 1 7 .968 .962 3.33 4.26 4.50 4.88 7 60.0 1986 32 PIT NL SS 51 50 92 8 25 .947 .963 2.78 3.96 4.60 4.75 26 278.0 1987 33 PIT NL SS 1 1 4 1 0 .833 .962 5.00 3.90 5.00 4.70 1 9.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 737 1005 2077 141 413 .956 .964 4.18 4.15 4.73 4.88 647 5864.3 2B* 111 214 257 17 69 .965 .980 4.24 4.79 5.38 5.48 83 788.3 DH 6 Games not counted in Overall Total below 3B* 5 1 2 2 0 .600 .968 0.60 2.48 1.53 2.85 1 17.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 853 1220 2336 160 482 .957 .966 4.17 4.22 4.80 4.95 731 6670
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1980   ALCS  KCR NYY     W   3  11   1   4  1  0  0   1   2   3  .364  .462  .455   0  1   0   0   0 
        WS    KCR PHI     L   6  22   1   6  0  0  0   2   0   6  .273  .250  .273   0  1   1   2   0 
 1981   ALDS  KCR OAK     L   3   9   0   2  0  0  0   0   0   1  .222  .222  .222   0  0   1   0   0 
 1984   ALCS  KCR DET     L   2   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1   5  12   1   4  1  0  0   1   2   4  .333  .429  .417   0  1   0   0   0 
  4 Postseason Series   1-3  14  43   2  12  1  0  0   3   2  11  .279  .298  .302   0  2   2   2   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Triples
1980 AL-11-3

Stolen Bases
1983 AL-40-7

Caught Stealing
1981 AL-10-5

Gray Ink: Batting - 3 (1984) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 3.0 (3105) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 5.0 (1472) (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 

August 4, 1972: Signed by the Kansas City Royals as an amateur free agent.

January 7, 1985: Traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Montreal Expos for Mike Kinnunen and Ken Baker (minors).

November 12, 1985: Granted Free Agency.

April 24, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

November 7, 1986: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

January 20, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

October 5, 1987: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Montreal Expos$650,000
1986Pittsburgh Pirates$180,000
1987Pittsburgh Pirates$80,000
Career (may be incomplete)$910,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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