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Kirk Gibson
Kirk Harold Gibson

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 3", Weight 215 lb.
School Michigan State University

Debut September 8, 1979
  vs. NYY 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game August 10, 1995
Born May 28, 1957 in Pontiac, MI

Brother-In-Law of Dave Rozema

Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1978 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1979 22 DET AL  12   38    3    9   3  0   1    4   3  3   1   3  .237  .256  .395   71   15   0   0   0   0   0
 1980 23 DET AL  51  175   23   46   2  1   9   16   4  7  10  45  .263  .303  .440  100   77   1   2   0   1   0
 1981 24 DET AL  83  290   41   95  11  3   9   40  17  5  18  64  .328  .369  .479  140  139   1   2   1   2   9 MVP-12
 1982 25 DET AL  69  266   34   74  16  2   8   35   9  7  25  41  .278  .341  .444  114  118   1   1   2   1   2
 1983 26 DET AL 128  401   60   91  12  9  15   51  14  3  53  96  .227  .320  .414  104  166   5   4   3   4   2
 1984 27 DET AL 149  531   92  150  23 10  27   91  29  9  63 103  .282  .363  .516  141  274   3   6   6   8   4 MVP-6
 1985 28 DET AL 154  581   96  167  37  5  29   97  30  4  71 137  .287  .364  .518  139  301   3  10  16   5   5 MVP-18
 1986 29 DET AL 119  441   84  118  11  2  28   86  34  6  68 107  .268  .371  .492  133  217   1   4   4   7   8
 1987 30 DET AL 128  487   95  135  25  3  24   79  26  7  71 117  .277  .372  .489  130  238   1   4   8   5   5
 1988 31 LAD NL 150  542  106  157  28  1  25   76  31  4  73 120  .290  .377  .483  148  262   3   7  14   7   8 SS,MVP-1
 1989 32 LAD NL  71  253   35   54   8  2   9   28  12  3  35  55  .213  .312  .368   95   93   0   2   5   2   5
 1990 33 LAD NL  89  315   59   82  20  0   8   38  26  2  39  65  .260  .345  .400  107  126   0   2   0   3   4
 1991 34 KCR AL 132  462   81  109  17  6  16   55  18  4  69 103  .236  .341  .403  106  186   1   2   3   6   9
 1992 35 PIT NL  16   56    6   11   0  0   2    5   3  1   3  12  .196  .237  .304   53   17   1   0   0   0   1
 1993 36 DET AL 116  403   62  105  18  6  13   62  15  6  44  87  .261  .337  .432  107  174   0   3   4   4   2
 1994 37 DET AL  98  330   71   91  17  2  23   72   4  5  42  69  .276  .358  .548  129  181   2   5   3   3   2
 1995 38 DET AL  70  227   37   59  12  2   9   35   9  2  33  61  .260  .358  .449  109  102   0   2   3   3   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons         5798      1553     54      870     78    1285  .268  .352  .463  123       23  56  72  61  72
               1635       985      260    255      284    718                            2686
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        574   98  154  26  5  25   86  28  8  71 127  .268  .352  .463  123  266   2   6   7   6   7
 Career High    154  581  106  167  37 10  29   97  34  9  73 137  .328  .377  .548  148  301   5  10  16   8   9
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1979 22 DET AL   39   32    3   2.5   104| .237  .273| .256  .338| .395  .414| .651  .752|  71  .239  -1.7  -0.2  50%
 1980 23 DET AL  189  139   22   4.3   100| .263  .271| .303  .334| .440  .403| .743  .737| 100  .465  -1.1  -0.1  36%
 1981 24 DET AL  313  212   50   6.4    92| .328  .261| .369  .326| .479  .379| .848  .705| 140  .690  13.9   1.4  77%
 1982 25 DET AL  294  203   40   5.3    98| .278  .264| .341  .328| .444  .402| .785  .730| 114  .565   5.2   0.5  56%
 1983 26 DET AL  467  324   59   4.9    95| .227  .262| .320  .324| .414  .395| .734  .719| 104  .532   1.8   0.2  82%
 1984 27 DET AL  611  403  106   7.0    97| .282  .264| .363  .326| .516  .398| .879  .724| 141  .693  29.6   2.9  76%
 1985 28 DET AL  670  436  118   7.2    99| .287  .261| .364  .327| .518  .406| .882  .733| 139  .697  33.0   3.2  88%
 1986 29 DET AL  521  342   88   6.9   100| .268  .262| .371  .330| .492  .408| .863  .737| 133  .670  21.5   2.1  85%
 1987 30 DET AL  568  369   95   6.9   102| .277  .260| .372  .328| .489  .418| .861  .746| 130  .644  23.4   2.2  78%
 1988 31 LAD NL  632  407  107   7.1    88| .290  .254| .377  .317| .483  .373| .860  .690| 148  .741  36.3   3.8  88%
 1989 32 LAD NL  292  209   31   4.0    90| .213  .253| .312  .320| .368  .376| .680  .696|  95  .494  -1.5  -0.2  80%
 1990 33 LAD NL  359  241   50   5.6    96| .260  .262| .345  .328| .400  .393| .745  .721| 107  .605   4.2   0.4  92%
 1991 34 KCR AL  540  369   68   5.0    97| .236  .260| .341  .329| .403  .395| .744  .724| 106  .540   4.2   0.4  81%
 1992 35 PIT NL   60   48    4   2.2    91| .196  .258| .237  .323| .304  .380| .541  .703|  53  .248  -3.8  -0.4  75%
 1993 36 DET AL  454  309   62   5.4   102| .261  .265| .337  .336| .432  .406| .769  .742| 107  .549   3.1   0.3  71%
 1994 37 DET AL  382  253   67   7.1   112| .276  .274| .358  .346| .548  .436| .906  .782| 129  .626  13.9   1.3  44%
 1995 38 DET AL  265  178   38   5.7   109| .260  .270| .358  .344| .449  .427| .807  .771| 109  .540   3.5   0.3  81%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 17 Seasons     6656 4474 1008   6.0    98| .268  .262| .352  .329| .463  .400| .815  .729| 123  .623 185.6  18.1  78%

* 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 ------+
1979 22 DET AL OF 10 15 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.50 2.13 1.63 2.46 8 83.0 LF 7 13 0 0 0 1.000 .977 1.86 1.80 1.86 2.21 7 63.0 RF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.90 0.60 2.28 1 15.0 CF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.60 1.80 2.88 0 5.0 1980 23 DET AL CF 49 122 1 1 0 .992 .983 2.51 2.65 2.89 2.92 41 383.3 DH 1 1981 24 DET AL OF 67 142 1 4 0 .973 .983 2.13 2.16 2.34 2.48 63 550.7 RF 38 65 0 4 0 .942 .980 1.71 1.75 2.11 2.16 32 277.7 CF 26 68 1 0 0 1.000 .989 2.65 2.61 2.97 2.90 24 209.0 DH 9 LF 8 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 1.12 1.99 1.27 2.38 7 64.0 1982 25 DET AL CF 64 169 4 1 3 .994 .985 2.70 2.49 2.75 2.84 64 566.3 DH 4 1983 26 DET AL DH 66 OF 54 116 2 3 0 .975 .981 2.19 2.16 2.55 2.50 48 417.0 LF 29 59 2 0 0 1.000 .978 2.10 1.90 2.35 2.32 27 234.0 CF 22 51 0 2 0 .962 .986 2.32 2.56 2.91 2.93 18 158.0 RF 4 6 0 1 0 .857 .984 1.50 1.85 2.16 2.23 3 25.0 1984 27 DET AL RF 140 240 4 12 2 .953 .979 1.74 1.88 1.87 2.23 128 1172.0 OF 139 245 4 12 2 .954 .983 1.79 2.17 1.90 2.51 128 1178.0 DH 6 CF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 2.60 3.00 3.00 0 6.0 1985 28 DET AL OF 144 286 1 11 0 .963 .982 1.99 2.10 2.06 2.44 143 1255.0 RF 127 233 4 7 0 .971 .980 1.87 1.82 1.97 2.17 125 1085.3 CF 20 52 0 4 0 .929 .989 2.60 2.56 2.76 2.91 18 169.7 DH 8 1986 29 DET AL RF 114 192 2 2 1 .990 .975 1.70 1.79 1.77 2.11 113 984.7 OF 114 190 2 2 1 .990 .980 1.68 2.06 1.75 2.39 113 986.7 DH 4 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.50 0.00 2.70 0 2.0 1987 30 DET AL OF 121 253 6 7 0 .974 .980 2.14 2.00 2.23 2.31 119 1044.3 LF 119 250 6 7 0 .973 .974 2.15 1.73 2.24 2.11 117 1026.3 DH 4 CF 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 3.00 2.35 3.00 2.70 2 18.0 1988 31 LAD NL LF 148 314 7 12 3 .964 .980 2.17 1.75 2.26 2.13 147 1278.7 OF 148 311 6 12 3 .964 .982 2.14 1.98 2.23 2.28 147 1281.7 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 3.0 1989 32 LAD NL OF 70 146 3 3 2 .980 .981 2.13 1.96 2.32 2.32 66 578.7 LF 62 117 4 3 3 .976 .981 1.95 1.72 2.34 2.15 51 464.7 CF 15 30 0 1 0 .968 .984 2.00 2.33 2.37 2.69 15 114.0 1990 33 LAD NL OF 81 191 4 1 1 .995 .981 2.41 2.01 2.63 2.39 80 668.3 CF 70 162 3 0 1 1.000 .984 2.36 2.35 2.57 2.74 69 577.3 LF 11 29 1 1 0 .968 .980 2.73 1.71 2.97 2.19 11 91.0 1991 34 KCR AL OF 94 162 3 4 0 .976 .983 1.76 2.03 1.90 2.37 91 780.3 LF 91 157 3 4 0 .976 .978 1.76 1.72 1.90 2.17 89 759.3 DH 30 RF 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 1.77 2.14 2.19 2 21.0 1992 35 PIT NL RF 13 25 1 0 0 1.000 .977 2.00 1.66 2.09 2.08 13 112.0 1993 36 DET AL DH 76 OF 32 76 0 1 0 .987 .983 2.38 2.09 2.87 2.41 27 238.0 CF 30 74 0 1 0 .987 .985 2.47 2.45 2.85 2.76 27 234.0 LF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.85 2.25 2.25 0 4.0 1994 37 DET AL DH 56 OF 38 76 3 1 0 .988 .983 2.08 2.09 2.50 2.37 32 284.0 CF 23 48 1 1 0 .980 .988 2.13 2.44 2.45 2.76 20 180.0 RF 15 28 2 0 0 1.000 .980 2.00 1.88 2.60 2.20 12 104.0 1995 38 DET AL DH 63 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 2.12 0 1.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1979 22 DET AL CF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.60 1.80 2.88 0 5.0 1980 23 DET AL CF 49 122 1 1 0 .992 .983 2.51 2.65 2.89 2.92 41 383.3 1981 24 DET AL CF 26 68 1 0 0 1.000 .989 2.65 2.61 2.97 2.90 24 209.0 1982 25 DET AL CF 64 169 4 1 3 .994 .985 2.70 2.49 2.75 2.84 64 566.3 1983 26 DET AL CF 22 51 0 2 0 .962 .986 2.32 2.56 2.91 2.93 18 158.0 1984 27 DET AL CF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 2.60 3.00 3.00 0 6.0 1985 28 DET AL CF 20 52 0 4 0 .929 .989 2.60 2.56 2.76 2.91 18 169.7 1986 29 DET AL CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.50 0.00 2.70 0 2.0 1987 30 DET AL CF 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 3.00 2.35 3.00 2.70 2 18.0 1988 31 LAD NL CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 3.0 1989 32 LAD NL CF 15 30 0 1 0 .968 .984 2.00 2.33 2.37 2.69 15 114.0 1990 33 LAD NL CF 70 162 3 0 1 1.000 .984 2.36 2.35 2.57 2.74 69 577.3 1993 36 DET AL CF 30 74 0 1 0 .987 .985 2.47 2.45 2.85 2.76 27 234.0 1994 37 DET AL CF 23 48 1 1 0 .980 .988 2.13 2.44 2.45 2.76 20 180.0 1980 23 DET AL DH 1 1981 24 DET AL DH 9 1982 25 DET AL DH 4 1983 26 DET AL DH 66 1984 27 DET AL DH 6 1985 28 DET AL DH 8 1986 29 DET AL DH 4 1987 30 DET AL DH 4 1991 34 KCR AL DH 30 1993 36 DET AL DH 76 1994 37 DET AL DH 56 1995 38 DET AL DH 63 1979 22 DET AL LF 7 13 0 0 0 1.000 .977 1.86 1.80 1.86 2.21 7 63.0 1981 24 DET AL LF 8 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 1.12 1.99 1.27 2.38 7 64.0 1983 26 DET AL LF 29 59 2 0 0 1.000 .978 2.10 1.90 2.35 2.32 27 234.0 1987 30 DET AL LF 119 250 6 7 0 .973 .974 2.15 1.73 2.24 2.11 117 1026.3 1988 31 LAD NL LF 148 314 7 12 3 .964 .980 2.17 1.75 2.26 2.13 147 1278.7 1989 32 LAD NL LF 62 117 4 3 3 .976 .981 1.95 1.72 2.34 2.15 51 464.7 1990 33 LAD NL LF 11 29 1 1 0 .968 .980 2.73 1.71 2.97 2.19 11 91.0 1991 34 KCR AL LF 91 157 3 4 0 .976 .978 1.76 1.72 1.90 2.17 89 759.3 1993 36 DET AL LF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.85 2.25 2.25 0 4.0 1979 22 DET AL OF 10 15 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.50 2.13 1.63 2.46 8 83.0 1980 23 DET AL OF 49 122 1 1 0 .992 .979 2.51 2.15 2.89 2.47 41 383.3 1981 24 DET AL OF 67 142 1 4 0 .973 .983 2.13 2.16 2.34 2.48 63 550.7 1982 25 DET AL OF 64 167 4 1 3 .994 .982 2.67 2.15 2.72 2.47 64 566.3 1983 26 DET AL OF 54 116 2 3 0 .975 .981 2.19 2.16 2.55 2.50 48 417.0 1984 27 DET AL OF 139 245 4 12 2 .954 .983 1.79 2.17 1.90 2.51 128 1178.0 1985 28 DET AL OF 144 286 1 11 0 .963 .982 1.99 2.10 2.06 2.44 143 1255.0 1986 29 DET AL OF 114 190 2 2 1 .990 .980 1.68 2.06 1.75 2.39 113 986.7 1987 30 DET AL OF 121 253 6 7 0 .974 .980 2.14 2.00 2.23 2.31 119 1044.3 1988 31 LAD NL OF 148 311 6 12 3 .964 .982 2.14 1.98 2.23 2.28 147 1281.7 1989 32 LAD NL OF 70 146 3 3 2 .980 .981 2.13 1.96 2.32 2.32 66 578.7 1990 33 LAD NL OF 81 191 4 1 1 .995 .981 2.41 2.01 2.63 2.39 80 668.3 1991 34 KCR AL OF 94 162 3 4 0 .976 .983 1.76 2.03 1.90 2.37 91 780.3 1992 35 PIT NL OF 13 25 1 0 0 1.000 .985 2.00 1.96 2.09 2.34 13 112.0 1993 36 DET AL OF 32 76 0 1 0 .987 .983 2.38 2.09 2.87 2.41 27 238.0 1994 37 DET AL OF 38 76 3 1 0 .988 .983 2.08 2.09 2.50 2.37 32 284.0 1995 38 DET AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.12 0 1.7 1979 22 DET AL RF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.90 0.60 2.28 1 15.0 1981 24 DET AL RF 38 65 0 4 0 .942 .980 1.71 1.75 2.11 2.16 32 277.7 1983 26 DET AL RF 4 6 0 1 0 .857 .984 1.50 1.85 2.16 2.23 3 25.0 1984 27 DET AL RF 140 240 4 12 2 .953 .979 1.74 1.88 1.87 2.23 128 1172.0 1985 28 DET AL RF 127 233 4 7 0 .971 .980 1.87 1.82 1.97 2.17 125 1085.3 1986 29 DET AL RF 114 192 2 2 1 .990 .975 1.70 1.79 1.77 2.11 113 984.7 1991 34 KCR AL RF 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 1.77 2.14 2.19 2 21.0 1992 35 PIT NL RF 13 25 1 0 0 1.000 .977 2.00 1.66 2.09 2.08 13 112.0 1994 37 DET AL RF 15 28 2 0 0 1.000 .980 2.00 1.88 2.60 2.20 12 104.0 1995 38 DET AL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 2.12 0 1.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF*1239 2523 41 63 12 .976 .982 2.07 2.07 2.22 2.40 1183 10409.0 477 325 457# LF* 477 949 23 27 6 .973 .978 2.04 1.75 2.20 2.15 456 3985.0 RF* 457 795 13 26 3 .969 .979 1.77 1.82 1.91 2.17 429 3798.3 DH 327 Games not counted in Overall Total below CF* 325 785 10 11 4 .986 .985 2.45 2.49 2.72 2.82 298 2625.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1239 2523 41 63 12 .976 .982 2.07 2.07 2.22 2.40 1183 10409
# 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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1984   ALCS  DET KCR     W   3  12   2   5  1  0  1   2   2   1  .417  .500  .750   1  0   0   0   0 
        WS    DET SDP     W   5  18   4   6  0  0  2   7   4   4  .333  .478  .667   3  1   0   0   1 
 1987   ALCS  DET MIN     L   5  21   4   6  1  0  1   4   3   8  .286  .375  .476   3  0   0   0   0 
 1988   NLCS  LAD NYM     W   7  26   2   4  0  0  2   6   3   6  .154  .233  .385   2  0   0   1   0 
        WS    LAD OAK     W   1   1   1   1  0  0  1   2   0   0 1.000 1.000 4.000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Champ Series     2-1  15  59   8  15  2  0  4  12   8  15  .254  .338  .492   6  0   0   1   0 
  2 World Series        2-0   6  19   5   7  0  0  3   9   4   4  .368  .500  .842   3  1   0   0   1 
  5 Postseason Series   4-1  21  78  13  22  2  0  7  21  12  19  .282  .380  .577   9  1   0   1   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

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.

Awards
1984-ALCS MVP
1988-NL-MVP

Silver Sluggers
1988-NL--OF

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1981-AL-12-0.10
1984-AL-6-0.24
1985-AL-18-0.02
1988-NL-1-0.81
Car-199-1.17 shares

Batting Average
1981 AL-**.328-3

On-base %
1988 NL-.377-4

Slugging %
1984 AL-.516-6
1985 AL-.518-6
1986 AL-.492-9
1988 NL-.483-9

OPS
1984 AL-.880-10
1985 AL-.882-7
1986 AL-.863-9
1988 NL-.860-4

Runs
1988 NL-106-2

Total Bases
1985 AL-301-6

Doubles
1985 AL-37-7

Triples
1983 AL-9-2
1984 AL-10-3
1993 AL-6-9

Home Runs
1985 AL-29-9
1988 NL-25-7
1994 AL-23-10

Strikeouts
1985 AL-137-4
1988 NL-120-9

Stolen Bases
1981 AL-17-8
1984 AL-29-8
1985 AL-30-8
1986 AL-34-4

Adjusted OPS+
1984 AL-141-10
1985 AL-139-7
1986 AL-133-9
1988 NL-148-4

Runs Created
1985 AL-118-6
1988 NL-107-4

Adjusted Batting Runs
1985 AL-33-6
1988 NL-36-4

Batting Wins
1985 AL-3.2-6
1988 NL-3.8-4

Extra-Base Hits
1985 AL-71-3

Times on Base
1988 NL-237-4

Offensive Win%
1984 AL-.693-9
1985 AL-.697-6
1986 AL-.670-6
1988 NL-.741-3

Hit By Pitch
1984 AL-8-4
1986 AL-7-9
1988 NL-7-8

Sac. Flies
1985 AL-10-4

Intentional Walks
1985 AL-16-2
1987 AL-8-10
1988 NL-14-7

Power/Speed Number
1981 AL-11.8-4
1983 AL-14.5-10
1984 AL-28.0-1
1985 AL-29.5-2
1986 AL-30.7-2
1987 AL-25.0-4
1988 NL-27.7-3
Car-268.7-32

At Bats per Home Run
1986 AL-15.8-3
1988 NL-21.7-8
1994 AL-14.3-6

Salary
1988 NL-$1,833,333-9

     
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Gray Ink: Batting - 44 (560) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 22.5 (519) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 16.0 (884) (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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Transactions 

June 6, 1978: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1978 amateur draft.

November 12, 1985: Granted Free Agency.

January 8, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

January 22, 1988: Granted Free Agency.

January 29, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

November 5, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

December 1, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

March 10, 1992: Traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Neal Heaton.

May 5, 1992: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

February 10, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

November 5, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

February 4, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

October 28, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

April 7, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Detroit Tigers$685,000
1986Detroit Tigers$1,200,000
1987Detroit Tigers$1,335,000
1988Los Angeles Dodgers$1,833,333
1989Los Angeles Dodgers$1,333,333
1990Los Angeles Dodgers$1,333,334
1991Kansas City Royals$1,700,000
1992Pittsburgh Pirates$1,950,000
1993Detroit Tigers$1,100,000
1994Detroit Tigers$1,500,000
1995Detroit Tigers$1,300,000
Career (may be incomplete)$15,270,000

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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