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Career Summary

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	WARP
18	9462	.276	.373	.351	.274	51.8

Birth Date	7-6-1954
Height	5' 11"
Weight	166 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
1975	PIT	20	30	70	61	9	10	1	0	0	11	7	6	0	1	1	3	1	0	.164	.246	.180	.162	-4.5	1.2	-0.4
1976	NYA	21	125	500	430	59	115	15	4	1	141	58	39	3	3	6	40	37	12	.267	.356	.328	.269	16.2	12.7	3.2
1977	NYA	22	147	624	551	91	151	28	11	4	213	64	53	1	6	2	40	13	6	.274	.347	.387	.271	25.7	7.5	3.4
1978	NYA	23	134	596	499	87	139	18	6	3	178	82	51	4	5	6	42	36	7	.279	.381	.357	.286	37.1	4.9	4.6
1979	NYA	24	153	682	574	98	155	15	13	5	211	95	39	3	5	5	61	33	12	.270	.374	.368	.272	35.7	2.9	4.0
1980	NYA	25	138	642	513	99	151	23	7	7	209	119	45	2	3	5	46	30	5	.294	.427	.407	.314	57.4	3.1	6.4
1981	NYA	26	93	422	357	59	83	14	3	2	109	57	24	0	3	5	24	14	5	.232	.336	.305	.257	14.2	0.2	1.6
1982	NYA	27	144	643	553	85	155	21	4	3	193	75	35	3	2	10	36	16	9	.280	.368	.349	.277	27.9	0.5	3.0
1983	NYA	28	104	477	420	73	117	21	1	2	146	53	32	1	0	3	38	12	4	.279	.361	.348	.270	21.9	10.9	3.5
1984	NYA	29	142	664	564	86	162	24	2	2	196	86	42	0	7	7	31	10	6	.287	.377	.348	.271	25.4	0.3	2.7
1985	NYA	30	143	597	497	75	137	21	2	5	177	85	39	4	6	5	40	16	9	.276	.382	.356	.271	25.8	5.2	3.3
1986	NYA	31	141	601	492	76	136	15	2	5	170	94	49	3	4	8	50	15	2	.276	.393	.346	.276	32.8	0.7	3.5
1987	NYA	32	120	543	449	96	137	24	2	7	186	82	25	2	5	5	67	11	1	.305	.411	.414	.289	32.4	5.0	3.7
1988	NYA	33	110	474	404	43	93	20	1	2	121	55	39	2	5	8	34	8	4	.230	.322	.300	.242	3.0	8.7	1.3
1989	LAN	34	145	633	549	62	155	18	0	2	179	71	51	4	5	4	36	7	6	.282	.366	.326	.276	31.4	-2.3	3.2
1990	LAN	35	26	113	96	15	26	4	0	1	33	13	9	1	0	3	9	1	0	.271	.364	.344	.269	4.8	-0.4	0.5
1990	OAK	35	93	333	292	37	75	9	3	1	93	32	25	1	1	7	21	6	1	.257	.331	.318	.246	4.7	-1.9	0.3
1991	MIL	36	124	512	431	60	141	14	3	0	161	75	38	0	3	3	54	4	2	.327	.424	.374	.295	29.1	0.3	3.1
1992	NYN	37	90	336	286	29	72	11	1	2	91	40	34	4	0	6	15	1	3	.252	.352	.318	.268	9.7	-2.6	0.8
Career			2202	9462	8018	1239	2210	316	65	54	2818	1243	675	38	64	99	687	271	94	.276	.373	.351	.274	430.7	56.7	51.8

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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
1975	PIT	MLB	30	70	.162	.257	.318	.369	.000	.179	99	-6.7	1.8	-0.1	1.2	0.7	-4.5	-0.4	-4.5	-0.4
1976	NYA	MLB	125	500	.269	.251	.309	.355	.000	.290	95	4.1	12.6	-0.6	12.7	0.1	16.2	3.2	16.2	3.2
1977	NYA	MLB	147	624	.271	.265	.324	.400	.000	.294	98	6.8	17.4	-0.8	7.5	1.1	25.7	3.4	25.7	3.4
1978	NYA	MLB	134	596	.286	.260	.318	.384	.000	.302	95	14.8	15.5	-0.7	4.9	8.8	37.1	4.6	37.1	4.6
1979	NYA	MLB	153	682	.272	.267	.325	.403	.000	.280	96	8.2	19.1	-0.9	2.9	6.5	35.7	4.0	35.7	4.0
1980	NYA	MLB	138	642	.314	.266	.322	.392	.000	.310	97	34.7	17.3	-0.8	3.1	4.4	57.4	6.4	57.4	6.4
1981	NYA	MLB	93	422	.257	.255	.314	.373	.000	.243	93	-1.2	10.7	-0.5	0.2	4.6	14.2	1.6	14.2	1.6
1982	NYA	MLB	144	643	.277	.261	.320	.400	.000	.294	97	10.7	17.3	-0.8	0.5	2.0	27.9	3.0	27.9	3.0
1983	NYA	MLB	104	477	.270	.262	.320	.399	.000	.298	95	4.6	13.0	-0.6	10.9	3.8	21.9	3.5	21.9	3.5
1984	NYA	MLB	142	664	.271	.259	.318	.392	.000	.304	94	6.9	17.8	-0.8	0.3	2.2	25.4	2.7	25.4	2.7
1985	NYA	MLB	143	597	.271	.259	.320	.404	.000	.288	97	6.8	16.3	-0.8	5.2	2.3	25.8	3.3	25.8	3.3
1986	NYA	MLB	141	601	.276	.262	.324	.409	.000	.296	102	10	16.6	-0.8	0.7	5.5	32.8	3.5	32.8	3.5
1987	NYA	MLB	120	543	.289	.258	.321	.419	.000	.308	99	16.7	16.0	-0.9	5.0	1.7	32.4	3.7	32.4	3.7
1988	NYA	MLB	110	474	.242	.252	.313	.375	.000	.247	100	-8.1	12.4	-0.6	8.7	-3.5	3.0	1.3	3.0	1.3
1989	LAN	MLB	145	633	.276	.243	.301	.364	.000	.305	96	9.9	16.5	-0.8	-2.3	2.5	31.4	3.2	31.4	3.2
1990	LAN	MLB	26	113	.269	.257	.317	.382	.000	.291	95	1.1	3.0	-0.1	-0.4	1.7	4.8	0.5	4.8	0.5
1990	OAK	MLB	93	333	.246	.256	.323	.382	.000	.277	95	-4.6	8.9	-0.8	-1.9	2.2	4.7	0.3	4.7	0.3
1991	MIL	MLB	124	512	.295	.259	.322	.390	.000	.356	101	17.8	13.9	-0.8	0.3	0.3	29.1	3.1	29.1	3.1
1992	NYN	MLB	90	336	.268	.249	.305	.360	.000	.280	96	2.5	8.7	-0.4	-2.6	-0.2	9.7	0.8	9.7	0.8
Career		MLB		9462	.274	.258	.318	.390	.260	.293	97	135	254.8	-12.6	56.7	46.7	430.7	51.8	430.7	51.8

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
1975	PIT	MLB	70	9	10	1	0	0	3	7	6	1	0	.164	.246	.180	.016	.162	-4.5	1.2	-0.4
1976	NYA	MLB	500	59	115	15	4	1	40	58	39	37	12	.267	.356	.328	.060	.269	16.2	12.7	3.2
1977	NYA	MLB	624	91	151	28	11	4	40	64	53	13	6	.274	.347	.387	.113	.271	25.7	7.5	3.4
1978	NYA	MLB	596	87	139	18	6	3	42	82	51	36	7	.279	.381	.357	.078	.286	37.1	4.9	4.6
1979	NYA	MLB	682	98	155	15	13	5	61	95	39	33	12	.270	.374	.368	.098	.272	35.7	2.9	4.0
1980	NYA	MLB	642	99	151	23	7	7	46	119	45	30	5	.294	.427	.407	.113	.314	57.4	3.1	6.4
1981	NYA	MLB	422	59	83	14	3	2	24	57	24	14	5	.232	.336	.305	.073	.257	14.2	0.2	1.6
1982	NYA	MLB	643	85	155	21	4	3	36	75	35	16	9	.280	.368	.349	.069	.277	27.9	0.5	3.0
1983	NYA	MLB	477	73	117	21	1	2	38	53	32	12	4	.279	.361	.348	.069	.270	21.9	10.9	3.5
1984	NYA	MLB	664	86	162	24	2	2	31	86	42	10	6	.287	.377	.348	.060	.271	25.4	0.3	2.7
1985	NYA	MLB	597	75	137	21	2	5	40	85	39	16	9	.276	.382	.356	.080	.271	25.8	5.2	3.3
1986	NYA	MLB	601	76	136	15	2	5	50	94	49	15	2	.276	.393	.346	.069	.276	32.8	0.7	3.5
1987	NYA	MLB	543	96	137	24	2	7	67	82	25	11	1	.305	.411	.414	.109	.289	32.4	5.0	3.7
1988	NYA	MLB	474	43	93	20	1	2	34	55	39	8	4	.230	.322	.300	.069	.242	3.0	8.7	1.3
1989	LAN	MLB	633	62	155	18	0	2	36	71	51	7	6	.282	.366	.326	.044	.276	31.4	-2.3	3.2
1990	LAN	MLB	113	15	26	4	0	1	9	13	9	1	0	.271	.364	.344	.073	.269	4.8	-0.4	0.5
1990	OAK	MLB	333	37	75	9	3	1	21	32	25	6	1	.257	.331	.318	.062	.246	4.7	-1.9	0.3
1991	MIL	MLB	512	60	141	14	3	0	54	75	38	4	2	.327	.424	.374	.046	.295	29.1	0.3	3.1
1992	NYN	MLB	336	29	72	11	1	2	15	40	34	1	3	.252	.352	.318	.066	.268	9.7	-2.6	0.8

Injury History beta

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

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Title	Author	Date
Pebble Hunting: How Baseball Returns Our Investment	Sam Miller	2013-03-06
Overthinking It: The Best of Baseball's New Old Videos	Ben Lindbergh	2013-02-25
The Lineup Card: 9 Off-Season Moves That Excited Us Most as Kids	Baseball Prospectus	2012-11-28
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The Lineup Card: 12 Favorite Basebrawls and Individual Performances in Basebrawls	Baseball Prospectus	2011-08-10
The Lineup Card: Cult Favorites: 18 Non-Star Ballplayers Who Should be Better Remembered	Baseball Prospectus	2011-07-13
Contractual Matters: The Orioles' Roster Roulette	Jeff Euston	2011-05-24
Span and Sain and Pray for Rain: It Happens Every Spring	Emma Span	2011-03-01
Prospectus Hit and Run: Sandy's The Man	Jay Jaffe	2010-11-04
World Series Prospectus: Fall Classic Memories	Baseball Prospectus	2010-10-27
On the Beat: Trying to Taint a Gem	John Perrotto	2010-10-08
Kiss'Em Goodbye: Milwaukee Brewers	Marc Normandin	2010-09-27
Kiss'Em Goodbye: Milwaukee Brewers	ESPN Insider	2010-09-27
Kiss'Em Goodbye: Milwaukee Brewers	Kevin Goldstein	2010-09-27
Prospectus Hit List: NL: Getting Sorted	Jay Jaffe	2010-09-23
On the Beat: Ken Macha's Quandary	John Perrotto	2010-05-21
On the Beat: Monday Update	John Perrotto	2010-04-19
Prospectus Hit and Run: From One to the Other	Jay Jaffe	2009-10-29
It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over: Oops, They Did it Again?	Christina Kahrl	2009-10-04
On the Beat: Striking Bargains and Striking Out	John Perrotto	2009-07-26
Prospectus Idol Entry: Are Offensive Shortstops Becoming Toxic Sub-Prime Mortgages and Other Evolutionary Trends in Baseball Positions	Tim Kniker	2009-06-21
On the Beat: Mid-week Roundup	John Perrotto	2009-06-03
Under The Knife: Breaking Down	Will Carroll	2009-05-19
The Week In Quotes: April 13-19	Alex Carnevale	2009-04-20
Prospectus Q&A: George Thorogood	David Laurila	2009-02-22
Prospectus Hit and Run: The Curious Case of Jeff Kent	Jay Jaffe	2009-01-27
On the Beat: Rookies of the Year	John Perrotto	2008-11-12
The Week In Quotes: November 3-9	Alex Carnevale	2008-11-10
On the Beat: Honeymoons and Divorces	John Perrotto	2008-11-05
The Week In Quotes: October 27-November 2	Alex Carnevale	2008-11-03
Every Given Sunday: Off-season Moves	John Perrotto	2008-11-02
On the Beat: Fold Up the Umbrellas and Play Ball?	John Perrotto	2008-10-29
Every Given Sunday: Wish Lists and Intentions	John Perrotto	2008-10-26
On the Beat: The Final Round	John Perrotto	2008-10-22
On the Beat: Comebacks and Throwbacks	John Perrotto	2008-10-16
Every Given Sunday: Management Teams in the News	John Perrotto	2008-10-05
Prospectus Today: The Morning After	Joe Sheehan	2008-09-29
The Week In Quotes: September 22-28	Alex Carnevale	2008-09-29
The Last of the Last: My Final Game at Yankee Stadium	Derek Jacques	2008-09-22
Prospectus Preview: Sunday's Games to Watch	Caleb Peiffer	2008-09-21
Prospectus Preview: Saturday's Games to Watch	Caleb Peiffer	2008-09-06
Every Given Sunday: Moving Forward to Rewind	John Perrotto	2008-08-31
Every Given Sunday: Big Apple Scramble	John Perrotto	2008-08-17
The Week In Quotes: Week of July 28-August 3	Alex Carnevale	2008-08-04
Prospectus Preview: Tuesday's Games to Watch	Caleb Peiffer	2008-07-29
Prospectus Preview: Sunday's Games to Watch	Marc Normandin	2008-07-13
Under The Knife: Reshuffling the Decks	Will Carroll	2008-07-07
Every Given Sunday: Bronx Breakdowns and Rebounds	John Perrotto	2008-06-29
Prospectus Hit List: Further Adventures in Interleague Mayhem	Jay Jaffe	2008-06-27
On the Beat: Beating the g-Nats	John Perrotto	2008-06-25
Prospectus Preview: Monday's Games to Watch	Caleb Peiffer	2008-06-23
The Week In Quotes: June 16-22	Alex Carnevale	2008-06-23
Every Given Sunday: Dropping the Axe	John Perrotto	2008-06-22
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Prospectus Hit List: AL Advantage, 74-51	Jay Jaffe	2008-06-20
Prospectus Hit and Run: 2008 Replacement Level Killers, Early Edition	Jay Jaffe	2008-06-19
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Prospectus Preview: Monday's Games to Watch	Caleb Peiffer	2008-06-16
The Week In Quotes: June 9-15	Alex Carnevale	2008-06-16
Every Given Sunday: One Last Comeback	John Perrotto	2008-06-15
Prospectus Preview: Tuesday's Games to Watch	Caleb Peiffer	2008-06-10
Prospectus Matchups: Four In a Row	Jim Baker	2008-06-10
Under The Knife: Brown Lessons	Will Carroll	2008-06-09
The Week In Quotes: June 2-8	Alex Carnevale	2008-06-09
Prospectus Hit List: Look for Lofton	Jay Jaffe	2008-05-30
Prospectus Preview: Friday's Games to Watch	Caleb Peiffer	2008-05-30
You Could Look It Up: Shocked, Shocked!	Steven Goldman	2008-05-28
On the Beat: Oakland Renaissance	John Perrotto	2008-05-28
Prospectus Today: WillieWatch	Joe Sheehan	2008-05-27
The Week In Quotes: May 19-26	Alex Carnevale	2008-05-27
Every Given Sunday: Under Review	John Perrotto	2008-05-25
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Every Given Sunday: Lightning in a Bottle, Thunder in the Bronx	John Perrotto	2008-05-18
Prospectus Preview: Sunday's Games to Watch	Marc Normandin	2008-05-18
Transaction Analysis: Drama-Free Turnover?	Christina Kahrl	2008-05-14
Prospectus Preview: Tuesday's Games to Watch	Caleb Peiffer	2008-05-13
The Week In Quotes: April 14-20	Alex Carnevale	2008-04-21
Schrodinger's Bat: Reminiscing with SFR, the Sequel	Dan Fox	2008-04-03
Transaction Analysis: NL East Rosters Review	Christina Kahrl	2008-04-02
Team Health Reports: New York Mets	Will Carroll	2008-03-09
Every Given Sunday: A New Angel in the Outfield	John Perrotto	2008-02-24
Every Given Sunday: National League Questions	John Perrotto	2008-02-10
Transaction Analysis: Breaking in the New Year	Christina Kahrl	2008-01-08
The Week In Quotes: November 11-18	Alex Carnevale	2007-11-19
You Could Look It Up: Sweepers, Part 3	Steven Goldman	2007-11-12
The 2007 Internet Baseball Awards: Results and Wrap-Up	Greg Spira	2007-11-01
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You Could Look It Up: Scapegoats	Steven Goldman	2007-10-01
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Under The Knife: Falling Angels	Will Carroll	2007-09-27
Every Given Sunday: Changing of the Guards	John Perrotto	2007-09-23
Prospectus Today: Pedro's Return to Action	Joe Sheehan	2007-09-04
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The Week In Quotes: July 1-8	Alex Carnevale	2007-07-09
JAWS Returns: Cooperstown Musings	Jay Jaffe	2007-05-21
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Under The Knife: The Speed of Time	Will Carroll	2007-05-01
The Week In Quotes: April 16-23	Alex Carnevale	2007-04-23
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The Week In Quotes: January 22-28	Alex Carnevale	2007-01-29
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Future Shock: Stat Stuff	Kevin Goldstein	2006-04-27
Prospectus Matchups: The Winner	Jim Baker	2006-04-25
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Prospectus Today: Opening Day Thoughts	Joe Sheehan	2005-04-04
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BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2011-01-12 13:00:00	If Brown pitches well in Game 7 of the 2004 ALCS, the Yankees make the WS that year, and everyone's memory of him isn't the Damon GS, is he getting quite a few more votes? That's not even an alternate universe, that's an alternate block. (Charlie from Bethesda, MD)	There's still the steroids thing, alas, not that anyone making judgments on that basis really knows what the hell they're talking about. You change two of his 18-win seasons into 20s and give him a Cy Young award, and he gets in. I sometimes think the same way about Willie Randolph, a favorite of mine. Willie was an excellent fielder and a very good, albeit subtle hitter, and he tended to miss 20-30 games a year to injury. He scored 90-plus runs four times. Change those to 100s and the voters might have had a different perception of him. (Steven Goldman)
2011-01-12 13:00:00	When I was a kid a had a "Nobody Beats the Wiz" poster with Willie Randolph, Dave Winfield, Rickey Henderson and Don Mattingly on it. I loved that poster. No question, just wanted to share. (Charlie from Bethesda, MD)	Their commercials weren't quite as annoying at Crazy Eddie's were. (Steven Goldman)
2009-08-05 13:00:00	You're being too kind to Minaya. Go listen to him explain his rationale for firing Willie Randolph on the WFAN archive. It's completely incoherent. When he gets things right, he doesn't know why. He's barely an improvement over having the team run by a fan poll. (Tony from Brooklyn, NY)	Barely an improvement? Would the fan poll have outbid themselves for Ollie Perez? (Marc Normandin)
2009-05-04 14:00:00	Jerry Manuel is really starting to get on my nerves. Between the Castro/Santos stunt, over-playing Sheffield and batting him 4th, and going to Shawn Green instead of K-Rod in the 10th inning in Philly on Saturday (not that every other manager in the majors wouldn't have) he's made a season's worth of dumb moves in a week. Has a team ever paid THREE managers simultaneously? (Steve from NJ)	I think Manuel has done more to call his ability as a manager into question than Willie Randolph ever did. Not saying I'd fire him, just that he has, to me, seemed objectively worse. (Joe Sheehan)
2008-06-17 15:00:00	We know the way it was handled was wrong but were the Mets right in firing Willie Randolph? (David from NJ)	Well, as botched a job as it was, I don't entirely disagree with the decision to dismiss Randolph. As Rob Neyer pointed out at ESPN, there's a good argument to make that he's not the right manager at the right time for this club, even given its flimsy construction. Managers aren't solely tacticians. They're leaders of men (some very boyish men at times). Different managers have different styles, but some seem to be better at protecting their teams by placing themselves in the line of fire and drawing the attention away from the struggles of their clubs. Ozzie Guillen is a good example of this now, as batsht crazy as he may seem, there's a method to his madness. Joe Torre does the same thing while exuding an aura of pure calm. Bobby Valentine, Casey Stengel, Leo Durocher, Tommy Lasorda - the styles can vary but that function is an important one. Randolph didn't handle that aspect of the job very well. The Mets have carried a very negative aura around them since last year's collapse, and not even the acquisition of Johan Santana could erase that. At some point Randolph should have just said strong words to the effect of "Don't connect this club to last year's mess, it's a new day and we've moved on so you should too." Instead he played the race card and in doing so started the countdown on his own sell-by date. (Jay Jaffe)*

BP Roundtables

Date	Roundtable Name	Comment
2009-10-21 17:00:00	NLCS Game 5	bobbailey (Canada): Steve, I see your point about batting order, but doesn't maxing out PAs for your best hitter (putting him leadoff) mean that he will be batting with many fewer men on base, even with the extra PAs? Especially in the NL. Batting Pujols leadoff just doesn't seem like a good idea. I think that you would lose in that transaction, but there are all kinds of other ways to skin that cat. I point to Billy Martin's 1985 Yankees, which often batted Rickey Henderson and Don Mattingly 1-2. Maybe Mattingly would have seen more runners if 75-90 walk guy Willie Randolph batted second, but Randolph also had no slugging, so he wasn't going to move Henderson more than one base, whereas Mattigly hit a lot of doubles and home runs. (Steven Goldman)
2008-10-10 13:30:00	Friday LCS	Green ask: " Is it any wonder the USA lost the World Baseball Classic with Buck at the helm? Question -- do we have a manager for the 2009 team?" Good question. I haven't heard. Davey Johnson? Willie Randolph? Smart play -- I can't remember seeing a steal with the shift on and it's always made sense to me. (Will Carroll)