Dwight Evans | Baseball Prospectus

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	WARP
20	10569	.272	.370	.470	.294	69.4

Standard

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	BB	SO	HBP	SF	SH	RBI	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	VORP	FRAA	WARP
1972	BOS	20	18	64	57	2	15	3	1	1	23	7	13	0	0	0	6	0	0	.263	.344	.404	.286	2.8	-1.1	0.2
1973	BOS	21	119	328	282	46	63	13	1	10	108	40	52	1	2	3	32	5	0	.223	.320	.383	.264	6.2	0.1	0.7
1974	BOS	22	133	514	463	60	130	19	8	10	195	38	77	2	5	6	70	4	4	.281	.335	.421	.272	16.5	18.9	3.9
1975	BOS	23	128	470	412	61	113	24	6	13	188	47	60	4	2	5	56	3	4	.274	.353	.456	.286	24.4	18.1	4.6
1976	BOS	24	146	571	501	61	121	34	5	17	216	57	92	6	4	3	62	6	7	.242	.324	.431	.274	23.6	6.3	3.3
1977	BOS	25	73	265	230	39	66	9	2	14	121	28	58	0	1	6	36	4	2	.287	.363	.526	.285	15.0	2.9	1.8
1978	BOS	26	147	572	497	75	123	24	2	24	223	65	119	2	2	6	63	8	5	.247	.336	.449	.272	22.0	6.1	3.1
1979	BOS	27	152	563	489	69	134	24	1	21	223	69	76	1	1	3	58	6	9	.274	.364	.456	.272	22.4	8.5	3.2
1980	BOS	28	148	542	463	72	123	37	5	18	224	64	98	5	4	6	60	3	1	.266	.358	.484	.288	26.2	7.7	3.6
1981	BOS	29	108	504	412	84	122	19	4	22	215	85	85	1	3	3	71	3	2	.296	.415	.522	.325	46.1	13.5	6.7
1982	BOS	30	162	727	609	122	178	37	7	32	325	112	125	1	2	3	98	3	2	.292	.402	.534	.315	57.6	13.2	7.5
1983	BOS	31	126	544	470	74	112	19	4	22	205	70	97	2	2	0	58	3	0	.238	.338	.436	.268	12.6	-1.6	1.2
1984	BOS	32	162	738	630	121	186	37	8	32	335	96	115	4	7	1	104	3	1	.295	.388	.532	.318	55.0	-1.9	5.7
1985	BOS	33	159	744	617	110	162	29	1	29	280	114	105	5	7	1	78	7	2	.263	.378	.454	.298	46.1	-0.7	4.8
1986	BOS	34	152	640	529	86	137	33	2	26	252	97	117	6	6	2	97	3	3	.259	.376	.476	.301	37.4	1.7	4.1
1987	BOS	35	154	657	541	109	165	37	2	34	308	106	98	3	7	0	123	4	6	.305	.417	.569	.329	52.0	-4.5	4.7
1988	BOS	36	149	645	559	96	164	31	7	21	272	76	99	1	7	2	111	5	1	.293	.375	.487	.309	39.6	-6.1	3.7
1989	BOS	37	146	630	520	82	148	27	3	20	241	99	84	3	7	1	100	3	3	.285	.397	.463	.311	34.0	3.7	4.1
1990	BOS	38	123	522	445	66	111	18	3	13	174	67	73	4	6	0	63	3	4	.249	.349	.391	.268	8.0	0.0	0.9
1991	BAL	39	101	329	270	35	73	9	1	6	102	54	54	2	2	1	38	2	3	.270	.393	.378	.284	18.3	-2.2	1.7
Career			2606	10569	8996	1470	2446	483	73	385	4230	1391	1697	53	77	52	1384	78	59	.272	.370	.470	.294	565.6	82.7	69.4

Advanced

'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.

YEAR	Team	Lg	G	PA	TAv	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	oppTAv	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	FRAA	BRR	BVORP	BWARP	VORP	WARP
1972	BOS	MLB	18	64	.286	.227	.283	.335	.000	.326	107	1.5	1.5	-0.4	-1.1	-0.8	2.8	0.2	2.8	0.2
1973	BOS	MLB	119	328	.264	.256	.317	.375	.000	.239	104	1.4	8.7	-3.1	0.1	0.5	6.2	0.7	6.2	0.7
1974	BOS	MLB	133	514	.272	.257	.313	.366	.000	.315	108	6	13.3	-5	18.9	-0.8	16.5	3.9	16.5	3.9
1975	BOS	MLB	128	470	.286	.255	.320	.374	.000	.293	108	12.3	12.4	-4.7	18.1	-0.4	24.4	4.6	24.4	4.6
1976	BOS	MLB	146	571	.274	.253	.312	.356	.000	.263	105	7.3	14.4	-5	6.3	-1.8	23.6	3.3	23.6	3.3
1977	BOS	MLB	73	265	.285	.263	.322	.399	.000	.327	115	6.9	7.4	-2.3	2.9	0.3	15.0	1.8	15.0	1.8
1978	BOS	MLB	147	572	.272	.257	.316	.377	.000	.278	109	6.7	14.9	-5.5	6.1	3.4	22.0	3.1	22.0	3.1
1979	BOS	MLB	152	563	.272	.267	.327	.404	.000	.288	108	6.9	15.8	-5.8	8.5	1.9	22.4	3.2	22.4	3.2
1980	BOS	MLB	148	542	.288	.268	.323	.394	.000	.299	107	14.9	14.6	-5.4	7.7	-0.0	26.2	3.6	26.2	3.6
1981	BOS	MLB	108	504	.325	.252	.311	.364	.000	.325	105	30.7	12.7	-4.7	13.5	4.7	46.1	6.7	46.1	6.7
1982	BOS	MLB	162	727	.315	.262	.321	.396	.000	.322	108	40.1	19.6	-7.3	13.2	2.5	57.6	7.5	57.6	7.5
1983	BOS	MLB	126	544	.268	.262	.321	.395	.000	.255	106	4.3	14.8	-6.1	-1.6	1.3	12.6	1.2	12.6	1.2
1984	BOS	MLB	162	738	.318	.260	.317	.393	.000	.314	103	42.4	19.8	-7.4	-1.9	1.4	55.0	5.7	55.0	5.7
1985	BOS	MLB	159	744	.298	.257	.319	.397	.000	.271	102	28.5	20.3	-7.8	-0.7	3.7	46.1	4.8	46.1	4.8
1986	BOS	MLB	152	640	.301	.258	.321	.402	.000	.283	101	26.9	17.7	-6.6	1.7	-3.9	37.4	4.1	37.4	4.1
1987	BOS	MLB	154	657	.329	.255	.321	.410	.000	.315	102	48.4	19.4	-10	-4.5	-3.5	52.0	4.7	52.0	4.7
1988	BOS	MLB	149	645	.309	.256	.318	.386	.000	.321	104	30.2	16.9	-8.3	-6.1	1.1	39.6	3.7	39.6	3.7
1989	BOS	MLB	146	630	.311	.261	.319	.383	.000	.303	108	30.7	16.4	-8.3	3.7	-5.1	34.0	4.1	34.0	4.1
1990	BOS	MLB	123	522	.268	.257	.320	.384	.000	.268	106	4.2	14.0	-9	0.0	-1.2	8.0	0.9	8.0	0.9
1991	BAL	MLB	101	329	.284	.253	.317	.382	.000	.316	98	7.8	8.9	-3.5	-2.2	2.0	18.3	1.7	18.3	1.7
Career		MLB		10569	.294	.258	.319	.387	.260	.295	105	358.1	283.5	-116.2	82.7	5.3	565.6	69.4	565.6	69.4

Statistics For All Levels

Year	Team	Lg	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	TAv	VORP	FRAA	WARP
1972	BOS	MLB	64	2	15	3	1	1	6	7	13	0	0	.263	.344	.404	.140	.286	2.8	-1.1	0.2
1973	BOS	MLB	328	46	63	13	1	10	32	40	52	5	0	.223	.320	.383	.160	.264	6.2	0.1	0.7
1974	BOS	MLB	514	60	130	19	8	10	70	38	77	4	4	.281	.335	.421	.140	.272	16.5	18.9	3.9
1975	BOS	MLB	470	61	113	24	6	13	56	47	60	3	4	.274	.353	.456	.182	.286	24.4	18.1	4.6
1976	BOS	MLB	571	61	121	34	5	17	62	57	92	6	7	.242	.324	.431	.190	.274	23.6	6.3	3.3
1977	BOS	MLB	265	39	66	9	2	14	36	28	58	4	2	.287	.363	.526	.239	.285	15.0	2.9	1.8
1978	BOS	MLB	572	75	123	24	2	24	63	65	119	8	5	.247	.336	.449	.201	.272	22.0	6.1	3.1
1979	BOS	MLB	563	69	134	24	1	21	58	69	76	6	9	.274	.364	.456	.182	.272	22.4	8.5	3.2
1980	BOS	MLB	542	72	123	37	5	18	60	64	98	3	1	.266	.358	.484	.218	.288	26.2	7.7	3.6
1981	BOS	MLB	504	84	122	19	4	22	71	85	85	3	2	.296	.415	.522	.226	.325	46.1	13.5	6.7
1982	BOS	MLB	727	122	178	37	7	32	98	112	125	3	2	.292	.402	.534	.241	.315	57.6	13.2	7.5
1983	BOS	MLB	544	74	112	19	4	22	58	70	97	3	0	.238	.338	.436	.198	.268	12.6	-1.6	1.2
1984	BOS	MLB	738	121	186	37	8	32	104	96	115	3	1	.295	.388	.532	.237	.318	55.0	-1.9	5.7
1985	BOS	MLB	744	110	162	29	1	29	78	114	105	7	2	.263	.378	.454	.191	.298	46.1	-0.7	4.8
1986	BOS	MLB	640	86	137	33	2	26	97	97	117	3	3	.259	.376	.476	.217	.301	37.4	1.7	4.1
1987	BOS	MLB	657	109	165	37	2	34	123	106	98	4	6	.305	.417	.569	.264	.329	52.0	-4.5	4.7
1988	BOS	MLB	645	96	164	31	7	21	111	76	99	5	1	.293	.375	.487	.193	.309	39.6	-6.1	3.7
1989	BOS	MLB	630	82	148	27	3	20	100	99	84	3	3	.285	.397	.463	.179	.311	34.0	3.7	4.1
1990	BOS	MLB	522	66	111	18	3	13	63	67	73	3	4	.249	.349	.391	.142	.268	8.0	0.0	0.9
1991	BAL	MLB	329	35	73	9	1	6	38	54	54	2	3	.270	.393	.378	.107	.284	18.3	-2.2	1.7

Injury History beta

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
1991-06-14	1991-07-11	15-DL	27	23	-	Ankle	Inflammation	Achilles Tendon	-	-
1990-07-14	1990-07-30	15-DL	16	18	-	Low Back	Soreness		-	-
1983-08-07	1983-09-01	15-DL	25	25	Left	Groin	Strain		-	-
1977-08-22	1977-10-01	60-DL	40	41	Right	Knee	Surgery	Cartilage	1977-08-31	-
1977-06-22	1977-07-10	15-DL	18	16	Right	Knee	Cartilage Injury		-
1977-06-02	1977-06-16	15-DL	14	12	Right	Knee	Cartilage Injury		-	-

Compensation

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Title	Author	Date
Baseball Therapy: What is a Good Hitting Coach Worth?	Russell A. Carleton	2013-05-06
Overthinking It: What it Would Mean for the Marlins if Placido Polanco Bats Fourth	Ben Lindbergh	2013-03-28
Wezen-Ball: Clemens' 20 K's	Larry Granillo	2013-02-04
Western Front: Pacific Surfliner	Geoff Young	2013-01-22
BP Announcements: The Hall of Nearly Great Ebook is Available Now	Ben Lindbergh	2012-07-19
Inside The Park Blog: Big 3s: The Complete List	Bradford Doolittle	2012-05-24
Baseball ProGUESTus: The Tensest Series of All Time	Dave Studeman	2012-04-03
BP Unfiltered: Support The Hall of Very Good	Marc Normandin	2012-03-20
Overthinking It: The Overlooked Overlooked Hall of Famers	Ben Lindbergh	2012-02-02
The Keeper Reaper: Outfielders for 12/27/11	Rob McQuown	2011-12-27
Wezen-Ball: Player Rankings for Type A/B Calculations, 1982-1984	Larry Granillo	2011-11-02
Baseball ProGUESTus: Adventures in Sabermetrics 101	Andy Andres	2011-09-23
The BP Broadside: The Bronx Blame Game and the Posada Psychodrama	Steven Goldman	2011-05-17
Spitballing: Repeat Business	Jeremy Greenhouse	2011-03-31
Future Shock: Kansas City Royals Top 11 Prospects	Kevin Goldstein	2010-11-19
Checking the Numbers: CarGo on the Road	Eric Seidman	2010-09-17
Prospectus Q&A: On Trammell and Whitaker	David Laurila	2010-08-13
Prospectus Hit List: Swaptacular	Jay Jaffe	2010-08-05
Prospectus Hit and Run: Don't Call it the Veterans' Committee	Jay Jaffe	2010-07-28
Prospectus Q&A: Buck Showalter	David Laurila	2010-04-04
Prospectus Q&A: Chaz Scoggins	David Laurila	2010-03-07
Future Shock: Astros Top 11 Prospects	Kevin Goldstein	2010-02-02
Future Shock: Marlins Top 11 Prospects	Kevin Goldstein	2010-01-31
Prospectus Hit and Run: 10 Men Out	Jay Jaffe	2010-01-13
Transaction Action: Installing a Bay by Queens	Christina Kahrl	2010-01-05
Prospectus Hit and Run: Hall of Fame Cases for Outfielders	Jay Jaffe	2009-12-31
Playoff Prospectus: Angels versus Red Sox LDS	Christina Kahrl	2009-10-08
The Week In Quotes: July 20-26	Alex Carnevale	2009-07-27
Future Shock: Beefing Up	Kevin Goldstein	2009-05-08
Prospectus Hit and Run: The Hitters' Breakout Bunch	Jay Jaffe	2009-02-20
Future Shock: Royals Top 11 Prospects	Kevin Goldstein	2009-02-12
Playoff Diary: ALCS Game Three: Rays versus Red Sox	David Laurila	2008-10-15
You Could Look It Up: Strange Relations	Steven Goldman	2008-05-07
Prospectus Hit and Run: Milestoners and the New New Veterans Committee	Jay Jaffe	2007-08-14
Prospectus Matchups: Activate Theo Epstein	Jim Baker	2007-07-06
Player Profile: Austin Kearns	Marc Normandin	2007-03-29
Prospectus Today: Gold Gloves in February	Joe Sheehan	2007-02-27
Grumpy Old Men: JAWS Tackles the Veterans Committee Ballot	Jay Jaffe	2007-02-26
Prospectus Q&A: Shea Hillenbrand	David Laurila	2007-02-21
Transaction Analysis: July 17-21, 2006	Christina Kahrl	2006-07-22
Prospectus Matchups: Walkfest, 2006	Jim Baker	2006-04-28
Prospectus Today: On Edmonds	Joe Sheehan	2006-04-21
You Could Look It Up: Tales from PECOTA	Steven Goldman	2006-04-17
Prospectus Matchups: Frank Thomas' Relocoda	Jim Baker	2006-02-07
Roberto Alomar Calls It Quits: Within Spitting Distance of the Hall of Fame	Jay Jaffe	2005-03-21
Prospectus Matchups: The Class of '05	Jim Baker	2004-11-30
Least Competent Criminals: The Least Efficient Base-Stealing Teams Ever	Jim Baker	2004-07-30
Lies, Damned Lies: Making RBIs Useful	Nate Silver	2004-04-28
You Could Look It Up: 1984 Part III: Ghostbusters	Steven Goldman	2004-02-19
Aim For The Head: Memory Lane	Keith Woolner	2004-02-11
Aim For The Head: Pete Rose and the Hall of Fame	Keith Woolner	2003-08-13
Lies, Damned Lies: Binomial Distribution (or What the Heck is Up with Miguel Tejada and Alex Gonzalez?)	Nate Silver	2003-05-07
The Impossible Dream: How the 1967 Red Sox Won the Pennant	Mark Armour	2003-03-17
From The Mailbag: Baseball Prospectus	Baseball Prospectus	2002-09-24
Swinging for the Hall, Part 2: A Non-HOF All-Star Team	Michael Wolverton	2002-09-18
Swinging for the Hall: The Best Hitter Outside Cooperstown	Michael Wolverton	2002-09-05
Prospectus Feature: Jose Canseco and the Keltner List	Ryan Wilkins	2002-05-23
Larry Walker and the Hall of Fame: Larry Walker and the Hall of Fame	John Brattain	2002-03-08

BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2010-01-06 13:00:00	As an older Mets fan who fondly remembers Ventura for his grand slam single, and a young baseball fan who fondly remembers Ventura for charging Nolan Ryan. He deserved better than being one and done, right? (J.P. from Hartford)	Absolutely. I'm not convinced yet that he belongs, but as with Will Clark, Lou Whitaker, Dwight Evans, Bobby Grich and several others, I certainly feel the debate should have gone on a whole lot longer before anyone made up their minds. (Jay Jaffe)
2010-01-06 13:00:00	Hey Jay. It seems as though Dwight Evans fell off the ballot a few years ago without much notice. Thoughts on Dewey? (kgballs from NYC)	There were years where Evans had JAWS numbers that were above the bar, but the rising replacement level and changes in our defensive assessment now leave him pretty short (59.5/37.7/48.6 at a position where 75.7/46.6/61.2 is the standard). A damn sight better than Rice, but not enough for anyone to declare a gross miscarriage of justice. (Jay Jaffe)
2008-09-10 13:00:00	Jay, Do you think of the players on the new Veteran's Committee ballot belong in the HOF? Thanks for chatting. (collins from greenville nc)	I think Bill Dahlen does, and I'd be willing to consider Joe Gordon given the impact of World War II service on his career, but I'm far more interested in seeing cases like Bobby Grich, Lou Whitaker and Dwight Evans come up for a vote than some of these oldtimers. (Jay Jaffe)
2008-05-28 13:00:00	Rich Gedman was my favorite baseball player as a kid. Since I was a wee lad during his career, how do you remember him? His post '86 batting lines are too depressing for me to look at. (rogerlamarque from Brooklyn)	As part of a really awesome lineup, from Wade Boggs leading off (no stolen bases "to speed things up" in Boston) to Dwight Evans at #2, all the way down to Marty Barrett, who wasn't an impact player but could at least slap .290-worth of singles. I also remember the injuries, principally a bad thumb, pretty much finishing Gedman at 25, a tough break for both him and the franchise. (Steven Goldman)
2008-01-22 19:00:00	I haven't read the whole chat, but I assume you should apologize for what you said about Jim Rice. (Paul from Undisclosed)	I haven't mentioned Mr. Rice yet, so I'll apologize in advance for what I'm about to say for those easily offended. I was a big Red Sox fan for the entire duration of Rice's career. I pulled for him to succeed as hard as anybody. I believe I am beinig objective when I say that he does not belong in the Hall of Fame. In fact, he is not even close to being a Hall of Famer. In further fact, his long-time teammate, Dwight Evans, has a MUCH stronger case for Cooperstown than he does. I'm as surprised to be writing that as you might be reading it, but take a look at the numbers. (Jim Baker)
2008-01-08 14:00:00	I'm having an arguement with one of the Bostonians I work with as to the misplaced Jim Rice love. I told him Dwight Evans was a better player over the course of his career than Rice. Am I right? (mferrin from Washington DC)	Yes. JAWS has Evans (91.7) well ahead of Rice (69.4), and even Fred Lynn (68.3) isn't far off the pace. OK folks, gotta take a time out to do a radio hit in San Diego (1360 AM Sports XTRA). You can listen here: http://www.xtrasports1360.com/main.html I'll be back to take one or two more questions but I'll have to run soon after. (Jay Jaffe)

BP Roundtables

Date	Roundtable Name	Comment
2008-10-10 13:30:00	Friday LCS	Given how everyone is now bending over backwards to put Rice into the HOF maybe I shouldn't say this, but the GDPs are the one bum rap he got -- hitting behind Wade Boggs and Dwight Evans, or Boggs and Marty Barrett, even Vince Coleman would have hit into a bunch of double plays. There were only a couple of years in Rice's career in which his rate led the league. (Steven Goldman)

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