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Harold
Baines		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 205
 
Born: March 15, 1959 in Usa, MD, EASTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1987    1988    1989   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1980 21 OAK AL     7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 8 7
1981 22 OAK AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 6 5 7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8
1982 23 SEM AL     7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 4 4 7 8 7
1983 24 SEM AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 6 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 8 7
1984 25 SEM AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 5 6 5 6 7 7 4 4 4 7 8 8
1985 26 CLN NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 5 6 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 8 7
1986 27 CLN NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
1987 28 CLN NL $ 1,491,429   8 8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1988 29 CLN NL $ 3,121,429   8 8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1989 30 CLE AL $ 3,121,429   8 8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1990 31 MIN AL $ 10,010,200   8 8 8 5 6 5 6 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     7 7 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 10,010,200   8 8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1980 21 AAA   133 513 74 149 27 1 25 96 3 4 46 57 .290 .349 .493 .842 84.4  
1981 22 OAK AL 24 91 15 21 5 0 2 7 0 0 8 9 .231 .293 .352 .645 8.0 1.2
    AAA   112 455 68 143 26 1 20 85 3 6 36 42 .314 .365 .508 .872 77.5  
1982 23 AAA   51 194 25 61 10 0 8 30 0 0 12 27 .314 .354 .490 .844 31.5  
1983 24 SEM AL 60 238 29 67 9 6 4 26 0 2 11 21 .282 .311 .420 .731 27.1 5.2
    AAA   80 320 45 101 26 2 13 56 2 4 19 33 .316 .354 .531 .885 54.0  
1984 25 SEM AL 118 360 42 96 16 3 8 49 0 0 29 35 .267 .320 .394 .714 42.8 6.8
1985 26 CLN NL 90 271 36 73 12 1 7 36 1 1 25 27 .269 .327 .399 .725 36.2 7.4
1986 27 CLN NL 100 303 26 87 14 0 8 39 0 0 18 34 .287 .326 .413 .739 39.8 7.1
1987 28 CLN NL 154 596 80 189 45 3 13 99 2 1 50 71 .317 .369 .468 .837 94.1 20.9
1988 29 CLN NL 156 631 74 180 44 7 8 75 2 0 44 77 .285 .330 .415 .745 82.8 15.4
1989 30 CLE AL 148 556 78 174 39 3 16 111 3 6 39 58 .313 .357 .480 .837 87.3 19.4
1990 31 MIN AL 134 503 74 150 41 2 16 78 0 2 37 70 .298 .346 .483 .829 76.4 14.5
9 Years Sim 984 3549 454 1037 225 25 82 520 8 12 261 402 .292 .339 .439 .778 494.3 98.0
4 Years AAA 376 1482 212 454 89 4 66 267 8 14 113 159 .306 .353 .505 .859 247.5  
162 Game Average 584 74 170 37 4 13 85 1 1 42 66 .292 .339 .439 .778 81.4  
Career Highs 156 631 80 189 45 7 16 111 3 6 50 77 .317 .369 .483 .837 94.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2549 336 769 162 19 63 385 5 10 187 259 .302 .348 .454 .802 380.0
vs LH   1000 118 268 63 6 19 135 3 2 74 143 .268 .316 .400 .716 123.7
Home 489 1722 218 509 98 14 40 251 5 4 128 207 .296 .342 .438 .781 247.9
Away 495 1827 236 528 127 11 42 269 3 8 133 195 .289 .336 .440 .776 255.9
RISP   954 0 281 74 3 26 421 0 0 87 119 .295 .346 .460 .806 147.8
Pinch Hitting   86 6 24 4 1 0 20 0 0 7 7 .279 .323 .349 .672 9.8
Close/Late   433 52 134 30 3 10 58 0 0 44 48 .309 .372 .462 .834 70.9
Mar/Apr 167 612 97 184 38 3 16 91 0 4 53 79 .301 .355 .451 .806 92.7
May 167 606 77 190 43 5 17 108 1 0 46 64 .314 .357 .485 .843 99.0
June 158 575 66 158 38 1 12 83 0 1 45 60 .275 .326 .407 .733 74.1
July 152 556 72 157 38 7 13 75 2 4 37 55 .282 .324 .446 .770 76.2
August 174 626 89 196 35 6 16 100 4 1 41 67 .313 .354 .465 .819 97.0
Sep/Oct 166 574 53 152 33 3 8 63 1 2 39 77 .265 .314 .375 .689 64.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1983 24 SEM AL RF 1 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1984 25 SEM AL RF 24 11 126.7 31 0 4 0 .886 2.20 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    1B 11 9 79.3 80 10 1 8 .989 10.21 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 11 6 70.7 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.55 0 0 .000 0  
    C 2 2 20.3 10 0 1 0 .909 4.43 0 0 .000 4 0.0
1985 26 CLN NL 1B 31 28 254.0 299 19 1 26 .997 11.27 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    RF 22 10 106.7 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.77 0 0 .000 0 0.3
1986 27 CLN NL 1B 35 29 242.7 275 19 3 35 .990 10.90 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 31 20 190.3 33 3 0 1 1.000 1.70 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    LF 12 11 91.0 12 0 1 0 .923 1.19 0 0 .000 0  
1987 28 CLN NL LF 151 151 1324.3 241 5 3 1 .988 1.67 0 0 .000 0 3.4
1988 29 CLN NL LF 155 154 1383.7 248 1 5 0 .980 1.62 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1989 30 CLE AL LF 140 138 1224.0 229 2 5 2 .979 1.70 0 0 .000 0 3.4
    RF 3 0 14.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 3 0 4.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1990 31 MIN AL RF 28 24 216.0 51 0 0 0 1.000 2.13 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    LF 4 4 34.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.53 0 0 .000 0  
  LF 473 464 4127.7 751 9 14 3 .982 1.66 0 0 .000 0 9.6
  RF 110 65 660.7 143 3 4 1 .973 1.99 0 0 .000 0 2.1
  1B 80 66 580.0 658 48 5 69 .993 10.96 0 0 .000 0 0.8
  C 2 2 20.3 10 0 1 0 .909 4.43 0 0 .000 4 0.0
Career Totals   665 597 5388.6 1562 60 24 73 .985 2.71 0 0 .000 4 12.5
Career Highs   156 154 1385.7 320 22 6 36 1.000 8.46 0 0 .000 4  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1985 26 CLN NL 10 29 0 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .207 .233 .276 .509
1986 27 CLN NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1989 30 CLE AL 5 22 4 7 3 0 2 5 0 0 0 5 .318 .318 .727 1.045
1990 31 MIN AL 9 38 7 13 4 0 1 4 0 1 0 6 .342 .342 .526 .868
Career Post-Season Batting 26 91 11 26 9 0 3 10 0 1 1 18 .286 .293 .484 .777
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1987-8-.317
1989-4-.313
 Games
1988-8-156
 At-Bats
1988-2-631
 Hits
1987-6-189
1988-6-180
1989-6-174
 Singles
1987-10-128
 Doubles
1987-5-45
1988-7-44
Triples
1988-5-7
 RBIs
1989-5-111
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by Oakland in 1980
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/3/1981, off Mike Torrez (SEM)
Traded from Oakland to Baltimore on 3/4/1982 (Going to BAL: DH Harold Baines, P Charlie Lea. Going to OAK: 3B Bill Madlock, C Gene Tenace, P Ed Farmer)
Injured on 5/30/1982 with a Broken Wrist, out for full season
Traded from Baltimore to Seattle on 7/1/1982 (Going to SEM: P Tom Dixon, P Rich Wortham, DH Harold Baines, 3B Gary Gaetti. Going to BAL: 2B Bump Wills)
Traded from Seattle to Cleveland (N) on 2/2/1985 (Going to SEM: P Jeff Little. Going to CLN: 1B Harold Baines, RF Al Cowens)
2/2/1987: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,491,429 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1987 Allstar game
2/2/1988: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,121,429 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1988 Allstar game
2/2/1989: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,121,429 through salary arbitration
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Cleveland (A) on 2/22/1989 (Going to CLE: LF Harold Baines, 2B Johnny Ray, RF George Bell, P Dickie Noles, P Alejandro Pena. Going to CLN: P Guy Hoffman, 3B Juan Bernhardt)
Injured on 4/25/1989 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Drove in 7 runs against San Diego on 6/11/1989
Was selected to the 1989 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/8/1989, hitting .500 with 0 HR, 5 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/5/1989, hitting .450 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/26/1989, hitting .423 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1989, hitting .337 with 6 HR, 28 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 2/5/1990 to a 4-year deal worth $10,010,203 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 8/26/1990, hitting .560 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
 
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