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Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	WARP
16	7429	.236	.302	.478	.279	23.3

Birth Date	12-21-1948
Height	6' 6"
Weight	210 lbs

Bats	R
Throws	R

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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
1971	SFN	22	41	128	115	17	32	10	2	6	64	9	35	1	3	0	24	5	0	.278	.328	.557	.325	9.3	-1.2	0.9
1972	SFN	23	135	531	472	65	106	17	4	29	218	51	140	4	4	0	83	16	6	.225	.303	.462	.283	20.5	4.1	2.9
1973	SFN	24	112	351	305	54	62	10	1	24	146	41	122	2	2	1	55	8	5	.203	.300	.479	.263	10.8	8.6	2.1
1974	SFN	25	121	393	350	41	78	18	2	18	154	37	125	3	1	2	55	8	8	.223	.302	.440	.267	6.8	5.5	1.4
1975	NYN	26	134	543	502	65	116	22	1	36	248	34	153	4	2	1	88	7	5	.231	.284	.494	.278	10.6	2.4	1.4
1976	NYN	27	123	510	474	70	113	14	1	37	240	28	135	5	3	0	86	7	4	.238	.286	.506	.302	25.9	-0.0	2.9
1977	CAL	28	10	39	36	4	7	2	0	2	15	1	16	1	0	1	4	0	0	.194	.237	.417	.220	-1.7	-0.7	-0.2
1977	NYA	28	8	27	24	5	6	2	0	4	20	2	13	1	0	0	7	0	1	.250	.333	.833	.384	3.4	0.0	0.3
1977	NYN	28	58	228	211	22	44	7	0	9	78	13	66	3	1	0	28	3	2	.209	.263	.370	.230	-5.9	0.5	-0.6
1977	SDN	28	56	187	168	16	40	9	0	11	82	12	48	2	3	2	39	2	3	.238	.292	.488	.267	5.6	0.0	0.6
1978	CHN	29	119	448	395	65	105	17	4	28	214	39	111	6	6	2	79	3	4	.266	.336	.542	.306	29.2	2.1	3.4
1979	CHN	30	145	589	532	97	153	19	5	48	326	45	131	4	8	0	115	4	2	.288	.343	.613	.315	46.9	-1.3	4.7
1980	CHN	31	81	280	255	31	71	8	0	18	133	21	44	0	4	0	57	2	2	.278	.329	.522	.284	12.3	-3.0	1.0
1981	NYN	32	100	412	353	40	78	11	3	22	161	55	105	1	2	1	59	6	0	.221	.326	.456	.282	11.2	-6.1	0.6
1982	NYN	33	149	607	535	80	109	9	1	37	231	59	156	4	6	3	99	4	0	.204	.285	.432	.268	8.6	-18.1	-1.0
1983	NYN	34	100	273	248	25	49	7	0	13	95	22	57	1	1	1	29	2	1	.198	.265	.383	.238	-3.4	-4.4	-0.8
1984	OAK	35	147	613	549	68	147	23	1	35	277	44	119	6	14	0	118	2	1	.268	.321	.505	.301	29.5	-0.1	3.2
1985	OAK	36	158	666	592	66	141	16	0	30	247	62	114	2	8	2	91	3	2	.238	.309	.417	.270	11.5	-0.1	1.2
1986	OAK	37	144	604	561	70	118	19	0	35	242	33	126	3	7	0	94	3	3	.210	.255	.431	.243	-6.2	-0.1	-0.7
Career			1941	7429	6677	901	1575	240	25	442	3191	608	1816	53	75	16	1210	85	49	.236	.302	.478	.279	224.9	-11.8	23.3

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'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
1971	SFN	MLB	41	128	.325	.245	.303	.353	.000	.338	102	7.6	3.2	-1.5	-1.2	0.5	9.3	0.9	9.3	0.9
1972	SFN	MLB	135	531	.283	.244	.302	.354	.000	.251	101	10.7	12.5	-2.6	4.1	1.5	20.5	2.9	20.5	2.9
1973	SFN	MLB	112	351	.263	.254	.312	.375	.000	.236	101	0.9	9.2	-0.8	8.6	0.6	11.0	2.1	10.8	2.1
1974	SFN	MLB	121	393	.267	.250	.313	.355	.000	.288	100	2.6	10.2	-4.8	5.5	-0.2	6.8	1.4	6.8	1.4
1975	NYN	MLB	134	543	.278	.255	.315	.369	.000	.254	96	9.8	14.3	-5.1	2.4	-2.5	10.6	1.4	10.6	1.4
1976	NYN	MLB	123	510	.302	.253	.313	.359	.000	.249	94	20	12.8	-5	-0.0	-2.1	25.9	2.9	25.9	2.9
1977	CAL	MLB	10	39	.220	.268	.323	.403	.000	.278	90	-1.6	1.1	-0.6	-0.7	-0.0	-1.7	-0.2	-1.7	-0.2
1977	NYA	MLB	8	27	.384	.267	.335	.403	.000	.286	102	3.4	0.8	-0.4	0.0	-0.4	3.4	0.3	3.4	0.3
1977	NYN	MLB	58	228	.230	.265	.324	.394	.000	.255	94	-7	6.4	-2.3	0.5	-2.3	-5.9	-0.6	-5.9	-0.6
1977	SDN	MLB	56	187	.267	.258	.318	.389	.000	.259	96	1.3	5.2	-1.6	0.0	0.5	5.6	0.6	5.6	0.6
1978	CHN	MLB	119	448	.306	.252	.310	.365	.000	.294	111	19.9	11.7	-2.9	2.1	-1.8	29.2	3.4	29.2	3.4
1979	CHN	MLB	145	589	.315	.257	.313	.382	.000	.291	110	33.5	16.5	-3.9	-1.3	2.5	46.9	4.7	46.9	4.7
1980	CHN	MLB	81	280	.284	.256	.309	.372	.000	.269	105	6.8	7.5	-1.8	-3.0	-0.5	12.3	1.0	12.3	1.0
1981	NYN	MLB	100	412	.282	.248	.308	.352	.000	.246	99	8.5	10.4	-4.6	-6.1	0.1	11.2	0.6	11.2	0.6
1982	NYN	MLB	149	607	.268	.254	.309	.370	.000	.207	100	4.9	16.4	-10.4	-18.1	-1.1	8.6	-1.0	8.6	-1.0
1983	NYN	MLB	100	273	.238	.255	.314	.373	.000	.201	97	-6	7.4	-3.9	-4.4	-1.1	-3.4	-0.8	-3.4	-0.8
1984	OAK	MLB	147	613	.301	.259	.317	.392	.000	.274	95	25	16.4	-10.5	-0.1	-0.9	29.5	3.2	29.5	3.2
1985	OAK	MLB	158	666	.270	.260	.319	.401	.000	.243	93	6.6	18.2	-11.6	-0.1	-2.0	11.5	1.2	11.5	1.2
1986	OAK	MLB	144	604	.243	.256	.319	.401	.000	.204	95	-10.5	16.7	-10.7	-0.1	-1.5	-6.2	-0.7	-6.2	-0.7
1987	PHX	AAA	20	73	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.217			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Career		MLB		7429	.279	.255	.313	.376	.255	.252	99	136.4	196.9	-85	-11.8	-10.8	225.1	23.3	224.9	23.3

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
1971	SFN	MLB	128	17	32	10	2	6	24	9	35	5	0	.278	.328	.557	.278	.325	9.3	-1.2	0.9
1972	SFN	MLB	531	65	106	17	4	29	83	51	140	16	6	.225	.303	.462	.237	.283	20.5	4.1	2.9
1973	SFN	MLB	351	54	62	10	1	24	55	41	122	8	5	.203	.300	.479	.275	.263	10.8	8.6	2.1
1974	SFN	MLB	393	41	78	18	2	18	55	37	125	8	8	.223	.302	.440	.217	.267	6.8	5.5	1.4
1975	NYN	MLB	543	65	116	22	1	36	88	34	153	7	5	.231	.284	.494	.263	.278	10.6	2.4	1.4
1976	NYN	MLB	510	70	113	14	1	37	86	28	135	7	4	.238	.286	.506	.268	.302	25.9	-0.0	2.9
1977	CAL	MLB	39	4	7	2	0	2	4	1	16	0	0	.194	.237	.417	.222	.220	-1.7	-0.7	-0.2
1977	NYA	MLB	27	5	6	2	0	4	7	2	13	0	1	.250	.333	.833	.583	.384	3.4	0.0	0.3
1977	NYN	MLB	228	22	44	7	0	9	28	13	66	3	2	.209	.263	.370	.161	.230	-5.9	0.5	-0.6
1977	SDN	MLB	187	16	40	9	0	11	39	12	48	2	3	.238	.292	.488	.250	.267	5.6	0.0	0.6
1978	CHN	MLB	448	65	105	17	4	28	79	39	111	3	4	.266	.336	.542	.276	.306	29.2	2.1	3.4
1979	CHN	MLB	589	97	153	19	5	48	115	45	131	4	2	.288	.343	.613	.325	.315	46.9	-1.3	4.7
1980	CHN	MLB	280	31	71	8	0	18	57	21	44	2	2	.278	.329	.522	.243	.284	12.3	-3.0	1.0
1981	NYN	MLB	412	40	78	11	3	22	59	55	105	6	0	.221	.326	.456	.235	.282	11.2	-6.1	0.6
1982	NYN	MLB	607	80	109	9	1	37	99	59	156	4	0	.204	.285	.432	.228	.268	8.6	-18.1	-1.0
1983	NYN	MLB	273	25	49	7	0	13	29	22	57	2	1	.198	.265	.383	.185	.238	-3.4	-4.4	-0.8
1984	OAK	MLB	613	68	147	23	1	35	118	44	119	2	1	.268	.321	.505	.237	.301	29.5	-0.1	3.2
1985	OAK	MLB	666	66	141	16	0	30	91	62	114	3	2	.238	.309	.417	.179	.270	11.5	-0.1	1.2
1986	OAK	MLB	604	70	118	19	0	35	94	33	126	3	3	.210	.255	.431	.221	.243	-6.2	-0.1	-0.7
1987	PHX	AAA	73	11	12	3	0	2	11	12	11	0	0	.203	.347	.356	.153	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0

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Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation

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Title	Author	Date
The Lineup Card: 8 Favorite One-Tool Players	Baseball Prospectus	2013-04-17
BP Unfiltered: The Biggest Late Rallies That Came Up Short	Ryan Lind	2013-04-08
Overthinking It: What it Would Mean for the Marlins if Placido Polanco Bats Fourth	Ben Lindbergh	2013-03-28
In A Pickle: More Unknown Facts About More Unknown Players	Jason Wojciechowski	2013-03-28
Punk Hits: She Got the Beat	Ian Miller	2013-01-22
Skewed Left: Giancarlo Stanton and Being Alone in the Lineup	Zachary Levine	2012-12-12
Wezen-Ball: The SPBA's Short Life	Larry Granillo	2012-11-28
Wezen-Ball: "Skyfall" and Baseball's Golden Age	Larry Granillo	2012-11-12
The Lineup Card: 12 Stats We Wish Were Readily Available	Baseball Prospectus	2012-09-05
BP Unfiltered: Because No One Else Would Drive Them In	Geoff Young	2012-08-16
Western Front: My Kingdome for a Morse	Geoff Young	2012-05-22
Baseball ProGUESTus: Between Death and Glory	Ian Miller	2012-04-10
Pebble Hunting: The Meaning of Russell Branyan	Sam Miller	2012-03-23
The Platoon Advantage: Why You Should Watch the Non-Contenders	Jason Wojciechowski	2012-03-14
Baseball ProGUESTus: To Live and Die in Three Rivers Stadium, Or: The Face of Michael Cimino	David Raposa	2011-12-30
Baseball ProGUESTus: To Live and Die in Three Rivers Stadium, Or: The Face of Michael Cimino	David Roth	2011-12-30
The Lineup Card: 13 Bad Players Who Are (or Were) Still Fun to Watch and Root For	Baseball Prospectus	2011-10-26
The BP Wayback Machine: Every Team Has a Special GM, Except the Cubs	Steven Goldman	2011-10-22
Tater Trot Tracker: Trot Times for July 25	Larry Granillo	2011-07-26
The BP Broadside: New Age Mets Mass-a-cree	Steven Goldman	2011-04-12
Transaction Analysis: Branyan, Weeks, and Detritus	Christina Kahrl	2011-02-22
The BP Broadside: Every Team Has a Special GM, Except the Cubs	Steven Goldman	2011-02-16
World Series Prospectus: Fall Classic Memories	Baseball Prospectus	2010-10-27
Under The Knife: Win One, Lose One	Will Carroll	2010-08-04
Seidnotes: The .300/.500 Club	Eric Seidman	2010-06-11
Prospectus Hit List: Turning the Page	Jay Jaffe	2010-05-14
Prospectus Hit and Run: Alomar, the Crime Dog, the Big Cat and Big Mac	Jay Jaffe	2009-12-21
You Could Look It Up: Don't Fence Me In	Steven Goldman	2009-08-26
Prospectus Hit and Run: How is the Air Up There?	Jay Jaffe	2009-08-13
Transaction Action: NL East Tweakery	Christina Kahrl	2009-08-04
Transaction Analysis: NL Central Roundup	Christina Kahrl	2009-06-18
Checking the Numbers: Who Spiked the OBP?	Eric Seidman	2009-06-18
Prospectus Idol Entry: Matthew Knight's Initial Entry	Matthew Knight	2009-05-17
Milton the Magnificent?: A Feat As Yet Unaccomplished	Christina Kahrl	2009-04-23
Prospectus Q&A: Rob Deer	David Laurila	2009-04-12
Prospectus Preview: Tuesday's Games to Watch	Caleb Peiffer	2008-09-23
Prospectus Matchups: Learning to Cheer Correctly	Jim Baker	2008-06-27
Every Given Sunday: Maple Mayhem	John Perrotto	2008-06-01
Prospectus Preview: Tuesday's Games to Watch	Caleb Peiffer	2008-05-20
Under The Knife: Word Games	Will Carroll	2008-04-03
You Could Look It Up: Topping the Twins?	Steven Goldman	2008-02-11
Schrodinger's Bat: For the Sake of Completeness	Dan Fox	2008-01-17
Doctoring The Numbers: Diving into Data	Rany Jazayerli	2008-01-13
Schrodinger's Bat: My First Full Season	Dan Fox	2007-11-01
Schrodinger's Bat: Wily Mo Redux	Dan Fox	2007-09-06
Transaction Analysis: National League Roundup	Christina Kahrl	2007-07-16
Transaction Analysis: AL-brand Catsup	Christina Kahrl	2007-05-29
Prospectus Matchups: Team Hopping	Jim Baker	2007-05-11
Transaction of the Day: Studies in Damage Control	Christina Kahrl	2007-05-04
Transaction Analysis: April 15-18	Christina Kahrl	2007-04-19
The Class of 2007: The Hitters, Part Two	Jay Jaffe	2007-01-08
Prospectus Matchups: Is Mark McGwire a Hall of Famer?	Jim Baker	2006-12-08
Schrodinger's Bat: Swing and Miss	Dan Fox	2006-06-08
Transaction Analysis: April 11-13	Christina Kahrl	2006-04-14
2006--Setting the Stage: Pack Your Bag Well	Jay Jaffe	2006-03-30
Future Shock: Spring Prospect Report, National League	Kevin Goldstein	2006-03-29
Prospectus Matchups: College Boys	Jim Baker	2006-01-04
Swinging for the Fences: Does Missing Matter?	Will Carroll	2005-09-05
Swinging for the Fences: Does Missing Matter?	Mike Carminati	2005-09-05
Transaction Analysis: August 19-25	Christina Kahrl	2005-08-26
Doctoring The Numbers: The Draft, Part Two	Rany Jazayerli	2005-05-19
Prospectus Triple Play: Arizona Diamondbacks, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals	Caleb Peiffer	2005-04-22
Teams: A Critical Guide: AL Season Wrap-Up, Non-Playoff Teams Edition	Steven Goldman	2004-10-18
Prospectus Triple Play: Cleveland Indians, Montreal Expos, Seattle Mariners	Baseball Prospectus	2004-09-30
From The Mailbag: Questec, Park Factors and Transactions Galore	Baseball Prospectus	2004-08-12
Team Health Reports: Cincinnati Reds	Will Carroll	2004-02-26
You Could Look It Up: 1984 Part III: Ghostbusters	Steven Goldman	2004-02-19
Lies, Damned Lies: The Value of Speed	Nate Silver	2003-08-27
Aim For The Head: Supercycles	Keith Woolner	2003-08-04
BP Does Tout Wars: 10 Valuable Lessons	Jonah Keri	2003-05-08
BP Does Tout Wars: 10 Valuable Lessons	Nate Silver	2003-05-08
Larry Walker and the Hall of Fame: Larry Walker and the Hall of Fame	John Brattain	2002-03-08
Fun and Games in the Cactus League: A History of Baseball Futility	Jonathan Bernstein	1997-03-24

BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2010-10-14 13:00:00	Could Adam Dunn be the Dave Kingman who actually makes the Hall? (dianagramr from NYC)	Dunn is already more valuable than Kingman was in his entire career (thanks, OBP!). If he hits a ton of homers like he has (and like I wrote about here!) then I can see it happening. It's going to be tough to turn down a player with nearly 600 bombs and no steroid allegations, regardless of his defense. (Marc Normandin)
2010-09-15 14:00:00	Is Hunter Pence Jeff Francouer on steroids (in a 2.0 version kind of way)? And does Michael Stanton remind you of Dave Kingman? (Bob from Seattle)	Not sure what you mean by 2.0 or steroids, but I don't think they are really comparable. Pence isn't a superstar, but he is consistent offensively and has actual value with the bat. .280/.330/.470 isn't lighting the world on fire but it's certainly better than the crap Francouer puts up each year. Plus, Pence has speed, steals bases, and looks to be a good fielder. (Eric Seidman)
2010-07-23 13:00:00	How about Fred McGriff? Big HR guy with no steroid taint. (SIERAmist from Clean Coal Fantasyland, WV)	Unless he's added a few homers since December, what I wrote back then (http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=9871) still applies: For years now, there's been talk of the fact that with his 493 homers, McGriff might unseat Dave Kingman (442 homers) as the player with the highest total not to make the Hall of Fame. Jose Canseco (462 homers) has already erased the so-called "Kingman Line," but then his transgressions insured he'd never make Cooperstown anyway. There's bound to be a certain nostalgia among voters for McGriff, who hit the majority of his shots before the pharmaceutically-fueled assault on the single-season home-run record began, and an acknowledgment that the round-numbered milestone he fell short of means less today than it did a generation ago. Even so, McGriff doesn't have a particularly strong case for Cooperstown. Despite the two home-run titles, he's well short of the Black Ink of a typical Hall of Famer (though that Jamesian metric fails to adjust for expansion). He never won an MVP award (his top single-season WARP total of 6.8 isn't quite MVP territory), and while he did place in the top 10 in the voting in six straight seasons (1989-1994), he only cracked the top five in 1993. JAWS-wise, that stretch of six-win seasons still isn't enough for him to measure up to the average Hall of Famer on peak score, and he's even further below the standard on career WARP. The shape of his JAWS line is very similar to that of Tony Perez (59.0/41.3/50.2), but that particular Doggie had five pennants, two rings, and a more famous dynasty to his name. The guess here is that he'll fall far short, but linger on the ballot for a long time. (Jay Jaffe)
2010-01-06 13:00:00	I'd like to make an argument for aesthetically pleasing baseball (for lack of a better term) being just as good reason to elect someone to the Hall Of Fame. The reason we love baseball is because it's amazing, exciting, and beautiful. There are some players who win ugly, and there are some players who don't help the team win as much as some would think, but are certainly fun to watch (Rice, Dawson, Nolan Ryan). Shouldn't there be room in the Hall for both? (Jim from Brooklyn)	I have no beef with Ryan being there. If your idea of aesthetics includes exciting long home runs salted among lots and lots of outs, where's Dave Kingman on your ballot? (Jay Jaffe)
2009-09-17 14:00:00	cody johnson? does he have a future (jckmd04 from nashville)	There's SOMETHING there. I mean, the guy has insane power, but I don't know what it all is in the end. He's kind of a Dave Kingman type to me, and I don't know if that fits somewhere in today's game. (Kevin Goldstein)
2009-02-26 13:00:00	I'm hoping you'll expand on your earlier brief answer about how Portland is viewed as a possible relocation destination. There seems to be a lot of opposition to public subsidies of sports here, but the legislature put some kind of plan in place to fund a stadium. I hear a lot of arguments from the 'pro-stadium' crowd that Portland is bigger than some existing markets, etc. I just worry that Portland is being used as a pawn by other teams and cities to do their own deals. Can you give an impartial outside view? (Ben H. from Portland, OR)	Portland is pretty darn small: Smaller media market than Indianapolis, and only a notch ahead of such metropoli as Pittsburgh and K.C. I guess that's "bigger than some existing markets," but that's like saying Dave Kingman has "more homers than some Hall of Fame members." The current stadium plan for Portland involves converting their current baseball stadium for soccer, and building a new minor-league stadium for the Beavers, though the financing details are hazy at best, as probably befits a plan put forward by the son of the guy who oversaw the federal bank bailout. I was pretty skeptical of Portland's ability to build a stadium back when they tried it for the Expos, and nothing's happened since then to chance my mind. As for being a pawn, that's going to happen whether Portland plays along or not. I still remember Rudy Giuliani holding a press conference to declare that the city needed to build the Yankees a new stadium because they were negotiating with New Jersey, and NJ's governor the next day holding her own press conference to say, "Hey, don't drag us into this." (Neil deMause)

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