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Career Summary

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	WARP
12	5398	.258	.327	.341	.250	14.1

Birth Date	11-26-1960
Height	5' 11"
Weight	165 lbs

Bats	B
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
1983	SEA	22	20	63	59	8	12	4	1	0	18	2	9	0	1	1	1	0	2	.203	.226	.305	.197	-2.4	-0.6	-0.3
1984	SEA	23	10	12	10	3	3	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	.300	.364	.300	.247	1.2	0.4	0.2
1985	SEA	24	67	122	104	15	15	3	1	0	20	17	14	0	0	1	6	3	2	.144	.264	.192	.186	-5.8	3.3	-0.3
1986	SEA	25	126	486	445	46	99	19	4	1	129	29	42	3	0	9	24	30	12	.222	.275	.290	.210	-12.5	0.4	-1.3
1987	SEA	26	160	584	530	73	146	31	8	1	196	39	34	2	5	8	35	60	20	.275	.325	.370	.256	20.4	11.0	3.1
1988	SEA	27	158	663	598	61	169	26	11	4	229	51	51	2	2	10	41	35	29	.283	.340	.383	.262	12.5	0.9	1.5
1989	SEA	28	153	677	613	87	184	24	9	0	226	55	45	3	3	3	43	25	18	.300	.359	.369	.273	28.7	17.2	5.0
1990	SEA	29	160	737	642	100	162	36	5	5	223	81	52	3	6	5	55	31	16	.252	.336	.347	.259	18.3	17.9	3.9
1991	SEA	30	161	728	631	95	160	34	6	3	215	72	63	5	6	14	57	28	8	.254	.332	.341	.261	29.2	-0.7	3.0
1992	SEA	31	140	521	458	55	113	23	3	3	151	45	41	3	4	11	33	15	12	.247	.316	.330	.244	-0.3	-1.7	-0.2
1993	BAL	32	145	570	485	64	122	20	4	4	162	66	47	4	5	10	47	12	11	.252	.343	.334	.248	5.3	-4.0	0.1
1994	CAL	33	74	235	207	33	48	10	1	0	60	23	18	1	1	3	11	10	7	.232	.310	.290	.220	1.1	-7.5	-0.6
Career			1374	5398	4782	640	1233	230	53	21	1632	480	417	27	33	76	353	250	138	.258	.327	.341	.250	95.6	36.6	14.1

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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
1981	WAU	A	127	567	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.302			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1982	LNN	AA	102	425	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.294			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1983	SEA	MLB	20	63	.197	.248	.308	.378	.000	.235	104	-4	1.7	-0.1	-0.6	-0.7	-2.4	-0.3	-2.4	-0.3
1983	SLC	AAA	136	606	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.325			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1984	SEA	MLB	10	12	.247	.260	.321	.400	.000	.333	101	-0.2	0.3	0	0.4	1.0	1.2	0.2	1.2	0.2
1984	SLC	AAA	135	646	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.329			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1985	SEA	MLB	67	122	.186	.266	.324	.418	.000	.167	101	-9	3.3	-0.1	3.3	0.0	-5.8	-0.3	-5.8	-0.3
1985	CLG	AAA	52	248	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.375			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1986	SEA	MLB	126	486	.210	.256	.322	.402	.000	.244	102	-24.8	13.4	-0.6	0.4	1.0	-12.5	-1.3	-12.5	-1.3
1986	CLG	AAA	29	139	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.340			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1987	SEA	MLB	160	584	.256	.258	.321	.414	.000	.290	103	-2.6	17.2	-0.8	11.0	5.6	20.4	3.1	20.4	3.1
1988	SEA	MLB	158	663	.262	.257	.315	.385	.000	.303	107	1.2	17.4	-0.8	0.9	-4.3	12.5	1.5	12.5	1.5
1989	SEA	MLB	153	677	.273	.259	.318	.381	.000	.322	103	8.2	17.7	-0.9	17.2	2.2	28.7	5.0	28.7	5.0
1990	SEA	MLB	160	737	.259	.257	.321	.385	.000	.266	100	-0.5	19.8	-0.9	17.9	-0.3	18.3	3.9	18.3	3.9
1991	SEA	MLB	161	728	.261	.257	.318	.388	.000	.275	98	0.6	19.7	-1	-0.7	8.5	29.2	3.0	29.2	3.0
1992	SEA	MLB	140	521	.244	.258	.318	.385	.000	.263	101	-7.9	13.5	-0.6	-1.7	-2.8	-0.3	-0.2	-0.3	-0.2
1993	BAL	MLB	145	570	.248	.266	.329	.405	.000	.269	102	-7.2	16.4	-0.8	-4.0	-1.4	5.3	0.1	5.3	0.1
1994	CAL	MLB	74	235	.220	.264	.328	.414	.000	.253	98	-10.6	7.1	-0.3	-7.5	3.0	1.1	-0.6	1.1	-0.6
1995	OMA	AAA	38	124	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.214			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Career		MLB		5398	.250	.259	.320	.393	.260	.277	102	-56.8	147.5	-6.9	36.6	11.7	95.6	14.1	95.6	14.1

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
1981	WAU	A	567	98	146	23	3	11	59	56	47	69	20	.296	.362	.422	.126	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1982	LNN	AA	425	58	102	14	4	2	48	36	41	39	20	.272	.334	.347	.075	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1983	SLC	AAA	606	84	165	20	9	1	72	47	43	54	19	.309	.362	.386	.077	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1983	SEA	MLB	63	8	12	4	1	0	1	2	9	0	2	.203	.226	.305	.102	.197	-2.4	-0.6	-0.3
1984	SLC	AAA	646	94	165	22	6	3	54	73	72	37	17	.296	.375	.373	.077	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1984	SEA	MLB	12	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	.300	.364	.300	.000	.247	1.2	0.4	0.2
1985	CLG	AAA	248	36	77	11	3	5	30	28	18	9	13	.363	.434	.514	.151	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1985	SEA	MLB	122	15	15	3	1	0	6	17	14	3	2	.144	.264	.192	.048	.186	-5.8	3.3	-0.3
1986	CLG	AAA	139	20	37	7	0	1	7	20	12	10	8	.314	.410	.398	.085	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1986	SEA	MLB	486	46	99	19	4	1	24	29	42	30	12	.222	.275	.290	.067	.210	-12.5	0.4	-1.3
1987	SEA	MLB	584	73	146	31	8	1	35	39	34	60	20	.275	.325	.370	.094	.256	20.4	11.0	3.1
1988	SEA	MLB	663	61	169	26	11	4	41	51	51	35	29	.283	.340	.383	.100	.262	12.5	0.9	1.5
1989	SEA	MLB	677	87	184	24	9	0	43	55	45	25	18	.300	.359	.369	.069	.273	28.7	17.2	5.0
1990	SEA	MLB	737	100	162	36	5	5	55	81	52	31	16	.252	.336	.347	.095	.259	18.3	17.9	3.9
1991	SEA	MLB	728	95	160	34	6	3	57	72	63	28	8	.254	.332	.341	.087	.261	29.2	-0.7	3.0
1992	SEA	MLB	521	55	113	23	3	3	33	45	41	15	12	.247	.316	.330	.083	.244	-0.3	-1.7	-0.2
1993	BAL	MLB	570	64	122	20	4	4	47	66	47	12	11	.252	.343	.334	.082	.248	5.3	-4.0	0.1
1994	CAL	MLB	235	33	48	10	1	0	11	23	18	10	7	.232	.310	.290	.058	.220	1.1	-7.5	-0.6
1995	OMA	AAA	124	12	22	6	1	1	11	13	10	2	3	.202	.287	.303	.101	.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
Manufactured Runs: The Hawk Trap	Colin Wyers	2013-04-26
Western Front: Rime of the '83 Mariners	Geoff Young	2013-03-12
Resident Fantasy Genius: Q&A with Brian Kenny	Derek Carty	2012-11-05
Western Front: Before Felix was King	Geoff Young	2012-08-21
Raising Aces: A Slide Step in the Wrong Direction	Doug Thorburn	2012-06-22
BP Unfiltered: Winter Meetings Dispatch: The Social Ramble Ain't Restful, with Jose Reyes, Albert Pujols, Huston Street	Steven Goldman	2011-12-07
Resident Fantasy Genius: Reviewing "Clubhouse Confidential"	Derek Carty	2011-11-14
Tater Trot Tracker: Trot Times for April 13	Larry Granillo	2011-04-14
Prospectus Hit and Run: I Saw 'em When, Part 2	Jay Jaffe	2011-02-08
Prospectus Hit and Run: I Saw 'em When	Jay Jaffe	2011-02-02
Transaction Action: Fiddling While the Toast Burns	Christina Kahrl	2010-06-24
Transaction Action: Remembering The Kid	Christina Kahrl	2010-06-04
You Could Look It Up: Enhanced?	Steven Goldman	2010-01-18
Future Shock: First-Round Recap	Kevin Goldstein	2009-06-10
Prospectus Today: Panorama	Joe Sheehan	2009-03-15
The Week In Quotes: December 29-January 4	Alex Carnevale	2009-01-05
On the Beat: Programming Diversity and Other Graces	John Perrotto	2008-11-26
You Could Look It Up: Strange Relations	Steven Goldman	2008-05-07
Prospectus Today: Jose Reyes	Joe Sheehan	2007-08-30
Schrodinger's Bat: Dropping One Down	Dan Fox	2007-07-12
The Week In Quotes: October 30-November 6	Alex Carnevale	2006-11-06
A Modest Proposal: What MLB Can Learn From the Little League World Series	John Erhardt	2005-08-25
Prospectus Notebook: Friday Edition	Baseball Prospectus	2005-07-08
Prospectus Notebook: Thursday Edition	Baseball Prospectus	2005-07-07
Crooked Numbers: The Bronx Defense	James Click	2005-06-16
Prospectus Triple Play: Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Dodgers, Seattle Mariners	Baseball Prospectus	2004-03-26
6-4-3: Czervik! The Musical	Gary Huckabay	2002-06-14
The Daily Prospectus: Ichiro Suzuki	Joe Sheehan	2001-05-16

BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2011-04-14 13:00:00	Why does the MLB Network have so many idiotic former players around, though? Harold Reynolds and Mitch Williams belong in the same bucket - although I have to admit that at least Williams is hilarious while being stupid. Do they just think that the averge fan is that stupid too? (timber from KC)	You know, I enjoy watching the MLB Network. It was a little hard for me last night to listen to the Costas/Verducci/Rosenthal takes on the Bonds case, but all-in-all I enjoy it. They don't think the average fan is stupid--they think the average fan wants to know what former players have to say about the game, with the assumption that the opinions of former players are the most valid. For many things, they are. Reynolds is going to do a much better job of telling you how to lay down a bunt or how to round third base than I will, f'rinstance. He's also better positioned to talk about things like clubhouse chemistry and performing in a clutch situation. Just don't expect them to be able to articulate the underlying reasons why teams win games (e.g., avoiding outs) or why some players are more valuable than others, and you can get along with MLB Network just fine. Would I rather they also had a constant sabermetric voice on the air? Sure. But I'm not holding my breath. (Ken Funck)
2010-12-02 13:00:00	I must say, the MLB Network is improving fast, it was refreshing to see the fellow co-hosts deride Harold Reynolds for choosing CC as Cy Young for, "knowing how to win", suggesting that King Felix couldve done more to get more W's. I still pine for a Baseball Prospectus program of some wort, whether it be weekly segments or larger, itd be a great, comprehensive way to approach baseball from all levels of knowledge (Keith7971 from Naugatuck)	Of course I'd love to hear more stathead-slanted analysis over there, but I think they do a great job anyway. One example I have of the sort of thing I take as "progress" is when Reynolds was interviewing Andre Dawson after his induction. One of the first things Reynolds said, IIRC, was something like "of course, some people look at your low on-base percentage and say that's a big negative, but your job was to drive in runs, not get on base, right?" Which, of course, begs the question of how so many outfielders in The Hall managed to both get on base AND drive in runs, but that's not the point. The point is, Reynolds felt it necessary to at least address the issue. That's progress, right? BTW, that's not to pick on Reynolds, who I enjoy despite some of the things he says, and Dawson, who I think belongs despite the low OBP. (Ken Funck)
2010-06-07 18:30:00	Is Harold Reynolds an idiot? (DavidLADodgers from Sonoma State, CA)	I actually like Harold. Say hi to Mom for me! (Kevin Goldstein)
2010-01-19 15:30:00	Regarding the steroid issue: I really don't know or think steroids had much, if any, of an effect. And you're right to point how that there are examples throughout history of athletes seeking competitive advantage through drugs and other means. But what I find frustrating about the discussion (and I'm not saying you do this) but is the tendency for people on your side of the discussion to belittle people for being angry and upset with steroid users. Their decision was an ethical failure. It's not as if McGwire didn't think he was doing something shady and wrong when he did them. He did it in secret. He didn't come out until years later. In using, he helped contribute to the culture that compelled people to do these potentially dangerous drugs. Just because Babe Ruth ate horse balls for testosterone and tons of players did greenies back in the days, doesn't exactly excuse McGwire and Co's crappy decision-making. (Ted from New York)	I don't feel that I'm belittling anyone. You know, I had this reader over at the PB say something like that the other day, that I was "huffy" in a response to a reader. When I said I wasn't, another reader quoted something I wrote back to me and said, "Read that and say it's not huffy." Well, it doesn't. In my head it sounds the way I wrote it, which was in my usual tone. My job is to craft things well enough that you can't read more into it than I intended, but it is also true that the reader brings a great deal to the table, and you want to perceive me as angry or self-centered or thin and handsome, well... ... Anyway, I agree with you completely in my essay on this for Commentary, I said the same thing, that their sin was one of omission, as the lie about what they were doing was bigger than the impact of the thing itself. I don't excuse that at all. What frustrates me (gets me "huffy," if you will) is the failure by the mainstream media to consider this point, to assume that they know what the effects were, and for someone like Harold Reynolds on the MLB network to say that even if he was just doing it for medical reasons it was still a competitive advantage. Which is bull. At that point you're just drawing lines between different colored pills. In the PB I talked about Thalidomide, which was good, then evil, and now, when used properly, is good again. This ground shifts all the time, and there's no acknowledgment of that. (Steven Goldman)
2010-01-06 13:00:00	What's your best guess for where Joe lands? (stewbies from Rochester)	I have absolutely no information towards this possibility, but I'd love to see him sitting between Peter Gammons and Harold Reynolds on the MLB Network. (Jay Jaffe)
2009-04-16 13:00:00	You know....., Bob Costas and Harold Reynolds, they seem like nice enough guys. But... Heck..... I am switching over to Michael Kay et al. (Goo Goo the cat from Still watching the game....and listening to Costas)	You're right, but I'm still a bit upset about Harold Reynolds fighting PECOTA/statistics while using other statistics as his weapon. (Marc Normandin)
2008-10-06 14:00:00	Mention was made of the TBS broadcast, but how about the announcers? I've been yelling at the TV approximately 500% less than when Joe Morgan or any FOX announcer is on. Harold Reynolds focuses on the running game too much but he also has good points to make. Your thoughts? (Mike K from Athens, GA)	I like Reynolds a bunch. Not 100% of the time--he's had some howlers--but he's very good when focusing on game action. It's when they do analysis of players or teams or the game that they can be frustrating. But mechanics? Give me Reynolds and Hershiser and that's a pretty good start. (Joe Sheehan)

BP Roundtables

Date	Roundtable Name	Comment
2010-07-13 16:30:00	All-Star Game	Harold Reynolds just referred to the "nice start" than Ryan Bruan's brother is off to in the minor leagues. Steve Braun is hitting .115/.182/.148 in 27 games. (Kevin Goldstein)
2009-06-09 14:30:00	2009 Draft Coverage	Brewers take Eric Arnett at 26. Absolutely solid pick for the Brewers. He's Harold Reynolds #2 pitcher on video, for whatever that's worth. If he had a longer track record, he could have gone higher and this is a solid selection. (Kevin Goldstein)
2009-06-09 14:30:00	2009 Draft Coverage	Expected derisive comments about the amount of computers in the Oakland draft room. Harold Reynolds has a 70 restraint tool. (Kiley McDaniel)
2008-10-10 13:30:00	Friday LCS	"Throw day" or not, Kershaw's very unlikely to get the Game 4 start which should put it in Maddux's hands. And why is Harold Reynolds not in the booth? I really like Harold. (Will Carroll)
2008-10-02 11:00:00	Thursday Playoff Games	You can hate on Harold Reynolds all you'd like, but he just described perfectly why Navarro's bloop double fell in, talking about the different between eyeing the ball and running to a spot. It was good analysis, and should be pointed out, because three White Sox players ran to a spot there, and then Wise called people off and couldn't find it. (Kevin Goldstein)
2008-09-30 16:30:00	Twins/White Sox Play-In Game	"cdoyle31 (Phoenix, AZ): Is it my imagination, or did Harold Reynolds really just suggest that Joe Nathan is the best American-born closing option?" No, and he's correct. (Joe Sheehan)