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Career Summary

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	WARP
9	2995	.247	.330	.403	.268	13.5

Birth Date	2-25-1954
Height	6' 2"
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
1981	SFN	27	19	52	45	5	15	2	1	1	22	6	4	1	0	0	4	0	1	.333	.423	.489	.327	4.0	-0.5	0.4
1982	SFN	28	65	202	180	26	51	4	1	4	69	18	26	1	2	1	15	6	2	.283	.348	.383	.275	9.9	-0.4	1.0
1983	SFN	29	104	323	281	36	63	12	2	7	100	37	48	2	2	1	34	10	7	.224	.317	.356	.237	2.5	2.4	0.5
1984	SFN	30	145	567	506	74	147	28	0	20	235	48	52	3	6	4	80	6	9	.291	.352	.464	.295	39.5	-1.7	4.0
1985	SFN	31	133	505	440	41	97	16	1	19	172	57	62	2	2	4	56	1	4	.220	.311	.391	.260	19.2	-0.3	2.0
1986	SFN	32	149	557	472	60	116	26	0	16	190	74	97	3	3	5	62	10	6	.246	.350	.403	.277	31.9	-4.2	2.9
1987	SFN	33	123	434	375	55	100	19	1	18	175	47	85	3	6	3	51	10	7	.267	.348	.467	.287	35.1	-0.3	3.5
1988	SFN	34	73	232	206	13	39	7	0	5	61	20	40	2	2	2	22	1	2	.189	.265	.296	.210	-4.5	0.6	-0.4
1989	SFN	35	12	24	22	2	4	2	0	0	6	1	7	0	1	0	3	0	0	.182	.208	.273	.235	0.6	0.1	0.1
1989	TOR	35	48	99	88	9	15	3	1	1	23	10	17	0	0	1	6	1	0	.170	.255	.261	.210	-3.9	-0.1	-0.4
Career			871	2995	2615	321	647	119	7	91	1053	318	438	17	24	21	333	45	38	.247	.330	.403	.268	134.3	-4.6	13.5

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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
1978	FRE	A+	135	585	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.317			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1979	FRE	A+	56	246	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.324			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1979	SHV	AA	64	214	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.329			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1980	SHV	AA	2	10	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.333			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1980	PHX	AAA	84	313	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.293			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1981	SFN	MLB	19	52	.327	.262	.328	.372	.000	.350	99	3.3	1.3	0.6	-0.5	-0.6	4.0	0.4	4.0	0.4
1981	PHX	AAA	76	289	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.319			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1982	SFN	MLB	65	202	.275	.253	.308	.368	.000	.309	98	3	5.5	3.1	-0.4	-2.5	9.9	1.0	9.9	1.0
1983	SFN	MLB	104	323	.237	.257	.318	.376	.000	.246	98	-7.6	8.8	4	2.4	-2.3	2.5	0.5	2.5	0.5
1984	SFN	MLB	145	567	.295	.251	.311	.363	.000	.289	95	19.4	15.2	6.4	-1.7	-2.4	39.5	4.0	39.5	4.0
1985	SFN	MLB	133	505	.260	.249	.308	.366	.000	.216	90	0.1	13.8	6.9	-0.3	-2.7	19.2	2.0	19.2	2.0
1986	SFN	MLB	149	557	.277	.251	.311	.376	.000	.276	98	9.7	15.4	5.2	-4.2	-0.9	31.9	2.9	31.9	2.9
1987	SFN	MLB	123	434	.287	.255	.318	.395	.000	.295	96	12.4	12.8	6.9	-0.3	-0.8	35.1	3.5	35.1	3.5
1988	SFN	MLB	73	232	.210	.247	.305	.359	.000	.209	98	-11.1	6.1	3.6	0.6	-2.2	-4.5	-0.4	-4.5	-0.4
1989	SFN	MLB	12	24	.235	.256	.310	.372	.000	.250	102	-0.6	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.6	0.1	0.6	0.1
1989	TOR	MLB	48	99	.210	.269	.326	.397	.000	.200	97	-4.8	2.6	-0.8	-0.1	0.2	-3.9	-0.4	-3.9	-0.4
1989	PHX	AAA	27	108	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.274			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Career		MLB		2995	.268	.252	.312	.373	.252	.264	96	23.8	82.1	36.2	-4.6	-14.0	134.3	13.5	134.3	13.5

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
1978	FRE	A+	585	102	139	34	5	17	89	81	90	12	6	.284	.391	.479	.194	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1979	FRE	A+	246	49	65	11	2	9	37	28	31	6	3	.307	.396	.505	.198	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1979	SHV	AA	214	33	57	8	1	9	30	19	38	0	0	.295	.364	.487	.192	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1980	SHV	AA	10	2	3	0	0	1	3	0	3	1	0	.300	.300	.600	.300	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1980	PHX	AAA	313	34	74	9	8	7	45	24	51	2	0	.258	.317	.418	.160	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1981	SFN	MLB	52	5	15	2	1	1	4	6	4	0	1	.333	.423	.489	.156	.327	4.0	-0.5	0.4
1981	PHX	AAA	289	42	75	11	3	7	41	29	37	2	1	.292	.366	.440	.148	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1982	SFN	MLB	202	26	51	4	1	4	15	18	26	6	2	.283	.348	.383	.100	.275	9.9	-0.4	1.0
1983	SFN	MLB	323	36	63	12	2	7	34	37	48	10	7	.224	.317	.356	.132	.237	2.5	2.4	0.5
1984	SFN	MLB	567	74	147	28	0	20	80	48	52	6	9	.291	.352	.464	.174	.295	39.5	-1.7	4.0
1985	SFN	MLB	505	41	97	16	1	19	56	57	62	1	4	.220	.311	.391	.170	.260	19.2	-0.3	2.0
1986	SFN	MLB	557	60	116	26	0	16	62	74	97	10	6	.246	.350	.403	.157	.277	31.9	-4.2	2.9
1987	SFN	MLB	434	55	100	19	1	18	51	47	85	10	7	.267	.348	.467	.200	.287	35.1	-0.3	3.5
1988	SFN	MLB	232	13	39	7	0	5	22	20	40	1	2	.189	.265	.296	.107	.210	-4.5	0.6	-0.4
1989	SFN	MLB	24	2	4	2	0	0	3	1	7	0	0	.182	.208	.273	.091	.235	0.6	0.1	0.1
1989	TOR	MLB	99	9	15	3	1	1	6	10	17	1	0	.170	.255	.261	.091	.210	-3.9	-0.1	-0.4
1989	PHX	AAA	108	11	25	3	0	2	11	8	12	3	0	.255	.311	.347	.092	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0

Injury History beta

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
1982-04-06	1982-05-07	15-DL	31	26	-	-			-	-

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Title	Author	Date
Baseball ProGUESTus: The Secret Life of the American Ballplayer	Michael Clair	2013-03-05
Baseball ProGUESTus: How Alfonso Soriano Got His Groove Back	Sahadev Sharma	2012-11-13
Baseball ProGUESTus: Bringing Sabermetrics to the Broadcast Booth	Len Kasper	2012-10-16
Pebble Hunting: The Shame of Your First Big-League Hit	Sam Miller	2012-08-22
Painting the Black: The Guy With Baseball's Best ERA+ Since 2011	R.J. Anderson	2012-07-27
The BP Wayback Machine: Ten Days, One Column	Joe Sheehan	2012-07-06
Prospectus Hit and Run: The Greatness of Gary Carter	Jay Jaffe	2012-02-17
The BP Broadside: The Hubris of Riggleman	Steven Goldman	2011-06-24
Divide and Conquer, NL West: If a Cliche Falls in the Desert...	Geoff Young	2011-03-08
World Series Prospectus: Fall Classic Memories	Baseball Prospectus	2010-10-27
On the Beat: Why is it The Year of The Pitcher?	John Perrotto	2010-07-23
On the Beat: Staying Positive in a Negative Situation	John Perrotto	2010-07-21
On the Beat: Post-season Weekend Update	John Perrotto	2009-10-11
You Could Look It Up: Fifth-Corner Recycling	Steven Goldman	2009-09-29
On the Beat: Midweek Update	John Perrotto	2009-08-19
You Could Look It Up: Bad Offense Recital	Steven Goldman	2009-05-26
Under The Knife: Cub Ugly	Will Carroll	2009-05-01
Transaction Analysis: The Mess in the West	Christina Kahrl	2009-04-30
Transaction Analysis: NL Roster Roundup	Christina Kahrl	2009-04-16
Catcher Fatigue: The Cost of Donning the Tools of Ignorance	Ben Lindbergh	2009-04-07
Future Shock: Los Angeles Angels Top 11 Prospects	Kevin Goldstein	2009-02-17
Every Given Sunday: Off-season Moves	John Perrotto	2008-11-02
Prospectus Today: Judgment Calls	Joe Sheehan	2008-10-27
Every Given Sunday: Wish Lists and Intentions	John Perrotto	2008-10-26
Prospectus Today: Decisive Drama	Joe Sheehan	2008-10-14
Under The Knife: Rotation Games	Will Carroll	2008-09-22
Transaction Analysis: National League Roundup	Christina Kahrl	2008-09-20
Transaction Analysis: Dunn Deal and Post-Deadline Detritus	Christina Kahrl	2008-08-11
Prospectus Q&A: Bob Melvin	David Laurila	2008-07-16
You Could Look It Up: Shocked, Shocked!	Steven Goldman	2008-05-28
Future Shock: Angels Top 11 Prospects	Kevin Goldstein	2007-11-20
Analyze This: Hope, Faith, Change, and Money	John Perrotto	2007-10-14
Every Given Sunday: Heating Up on Demand	John Perrotto	2007-07-08
Schrodinger's Bat: Using Your Leverage	Dan Fox	2007-03-08
Transaction Analysis: March 3-6	Christina Kahrl	2006-03-07
Prospectus Notebook: CIN, MIL, SEA	Baseball Prospectus	2005-08-18
Prospectus Feature: The Midsummer Classic: Making it More Than Just an Exhibition Game	Doug Pappas	2003-01-22
Internet Baseball Awards: Managers of the Year	Greg Spira	2002-10-16
The Week In Quotes: September 30-October 6	Derek Zumsteg	2002-10-07
Prospectus Roundtable: Scioscia, Rueter, and More Playoff Fun	Baseball Prospectus	2002-10-03
Playoff Prospectus: San Francisco Giants vs. Atlanta Braves	Christina Kahrl	2002-10-02
The Week In Quotes: September 2-8	Derek Zumsteg	2002-09-09
Transaction Analysis: July 30-31, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-08-02
The Daily Prospectus: Ten Days, One Column	Joe Sheehan	2002-07-16
The Week In Quotes: July 1-7, 2002	Derek Zumsteg	2002-07-08
The Daily Prospectus: Joe and Bob Make People Mad	Joe Sheehan	2002-07-01
The Daily Prospectus: Snakebit	Joe Sheehan	2002-06-12
The Week In Quotes: May 6-12	Derek Zumsteg	2002-05-13
The Week In Quotes: April 29-May 5	Derek Zumsteg	2002-05-06
The Daily Prospectus: Around the NL	Joe Sheehan	2002-05-06
Transaction Analysis: March 26-30, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-04-02
Prospectus Feature: National League Predictions	Baseball Prospectus	2002-03-30
The Week In Quotes: The Week In Quotes, February 18-March 3, 2002	Derek Zumsteg	2002-03-04

BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2010-09-30 13:00:00	Big fan of your work and your strongly held opinions. Does your book deal with some of the more contentious issues you deal with in articles and the newsletters or is more of an "ode to baseball?" (Jen from Queens, NY)	It's a mix. My favorite material is certainly the stuff that explores being a fan, as opposed to the analytical stuff or the commentary. However, there's a lot of business-of-baseball in there, stuff on steroids and Barry Bonds and tactics. I was actually a little surprised that there didn't end up more of the latter, but I didn't do a lot of dedicated tactical material. It tended to be contextual ("Bob Brenly did this; here's why it's dumb.") I think it's the right mix. I haven't run a table of contents because I'm still not sure what will make the final book, and the ordering of stuff is up in the air. (Joe Sheehan)
2010-08-04 13:00:00	Are Cicinnati's surprising signs of life this year evidence that some of the conventional wisdom about Dusty Baker's managerial transgressions may be wrong? (BillJ from New Mexico)	No... Bad managers have won World Series (whenever I say that, I see smilin' Bob Brenly in my head). If anything, the success of the Reds should serve as a reminder to temper our outrage at smaller managerial errors like batting orders, because the impact of those decisions are survivable. It's when a manager has two choices on his bench, Superman and Clay Bellinger, and he picks Bellinger, that we should get really exercised. (Steven Goldman)
2008-10-20 13:00:00	Bob Brenly has been named as a possible manager for the Brewers. What do you think of Brenly as a manager? (Chad M from Madison, WI)	I thought he was very, very lucky to have won a WS. One of the worst jobs of tactical managing I've ever seen. (Steven Goldman)
2008-10-06 14:00:00	Which broadcasting teams are your favorite to listen to? (Brian from brooklyn)	Vin Scully. The Mets' trio. Len Kasper and, less so, Bob Brenly. (Joe Sheehan)
2008-06-03 13:00:00	Not that the Cubs need a new GM, (but hey, none of them last forever) but have you found that your style of broadcasting has rubbed off a little on the Chicago print media to the point that if the Cubs ever hired a sabermetrically inclined (a DePodesta type) GM he might be given a little more leeway from them today than he would have five years ago? (Dave from NYC)	No, my style has no effect on anyone else in the organization or covering the team. I just do what I do because that's what makes me comfortable. I get into philosophical debates with people at the park every day and I enjoy the back and forth. Many agree with things I throw out there and many think I'm crazy. But that's the fun of it. Again, I like to ask the baseball people lots of questions because the answers and theories are much more interesting to me than what I think about it. Along those lines, the Cubs front office is a joy to be around. Jim Hendry and his team of assistants, including Randy Bush, Oneri Fleita and Chuck Wasserstrom, have put up with my plethora of questions for years and they always take the time to give me thoughtful answers, which I totally appreciate. My broadcast partner Bob Brenly has taught me more about the game the last 3 1/2 than I can quantify and Ron Santo and Lou and his coaches are always eager to break down the game with me, which I appreciate so much. (Len Kasper)
2008-03-25 14:00:00	Christina, here's a chance to say something snarky about the Giants: go. (Chomsky from Brooklyn)	This morning, I noted in conversation that they'll suck with aplomb, but to be fair, they won't be entirely dull. I don't know where their season ticket sales are, but I'd want to see what Matt Cain, Tim Lincecum, and Jonathan Sanchez can do. The pity is that lineup, which will be bad enough to get people jonesing for Bob Brenly comeback. (Christina Kahrl)

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