Bud
Harrelson
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 160
 
Born: June 6, 1944 in Usa, CA, NILES
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1970   
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
1965 21 LAD NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 4 5 5 6 8 7 7 8 7
1966 22 LAD NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 4 5 5 7 8 8 7 8 8
1967 23 LAD NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 6 5 7 8 8 7 8 8
1968 24 LAD NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 6 6 7 8 8 7 8 8
1969 25 LAD NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 5 6 6 7 8 8 7 8 8
1970 26 LAD NL $ 1,530,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 5 6 6 6 8 8 7 8 8
1971 27 LAD NL $ 2,257,143   8 8 7 3 3 3 5 6 6 6 8 7 7 8 8
1972 28 LAD NL $ 2,257,143   8 8 7 3 3 3 5 6 6 6 8 7 7 8 8
1973 29 LAD NL $ 2,880,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 8 7 7 8 8
1974 30 LAD NL $ 2,880,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 8 7 7 8 8
1975 31 LAD NL $ 2,750,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 8 7 7 8 7
1976 32 LAD NL $ 2,750,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 4 5 5 6 8 7 7 8 8
1977 33 LAD NL $ 2,750,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 4 5 5 6 8 7 6 7 7
1978 34 LAD NL $ 2,750,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 4 5 4 6 8 7 6 7 6
1979 35 BAL AL $ 1,484,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 4 5 4 5 6 6 5 6 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 4 5 4 5 6 6 5 6 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,880,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 5 6 6 7 8 8 7 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
1965 21 AAA   109 440 62 111 13 7 9 45 24 8 67 67 .252 .351 .375 .726 63.6  
    AA   28 110 18 27 5 1 3 11 6 7 18 14 .245 .352 .391 .742 15.0  
1966 22 LAD NL 85 259 34 73 11 2 1 25 10 6 28 26 .282 .356 .351 .708 31.5 5.5
    AAA   54 209 24 42 5 4 3 18 12 2 27 23 .201 .292 .306 .599 21.7  
1967 23 LAD NL 140 442 72 125 11 5 7 40 44 28 49 39 .283 .356 .378 .734 59.9 12.0
1968 24 LAD NL 141 396 58 116 16 1 6 55 32 23 45 45 .293 .362 .384 .746 51.3 10.2
1969 25 LAD NL 117 333 52 87 9 3 0 42 30 8 57 35 .261 .368 .306 .674 43.2 8.3
1970 26 LAD NL 127 375 42 115 17 2 4 55 29 9 54 32 .307 .392 .395 .787 58.8 13.3
1971 27 LAD NL 125 356 44 103 10 2 1 45 26 17 40 36 .289 .358 .337 .695 43.8 6.8
1972 28 LAD NL 127 397 53 113 9 1 3 44 33 16 45 35 .285 .358 .335 .693 48.4 7.7
1973 29 LAD NL 126 360 63 102 7 10 3 40 22 16 47 37 .283 .363 .383 .747 47.2 7.8
1974 30 LAD NL 142 497 95 154 23 4 7 51 40 22 52 42 .310 .377 .414 .791 74.5 17.9
1975 31 LAD NL 137 489 86 156 15 2 10 48 41 19 58 41 .319 .391 .419 .810 78.8 18.0
1976 32 LAD NL 134 435 62 124 15 2 8 49 33 16 42 41 .285 .349 .384 .733 55.8 8.8
1977 33 IND AL 88 279 40 79 9 2 2 19 17 7 30 34 .283 .354 .351 .705 36.4 4.4
  LAD NL 48 168 37 55 6 1 0 10 11 5 14 18 .327 .379 .375 .754 23.0 5.9
  TOT   136 447 77 134 15 3 2 29 28 12 44 52 .300 .363 .360 .723 59.4 10.3
1978 34 LAD NL 139 476 90 151 13 1 6 48 36 18 58 51 .317 .392 .387 .779 75.4 19.0
1979 35 BAL AL 106 152 27 43 6 2 1 15 1 2 23 22 .283 .373 .368 .741 18.8 2.1
14 Years Sim 1782 5414 855 1596 177 40 59 586 405 212 642 534 .295 .369 .375 .744 746.7 147.8
2 Years AAA 163 649 86 153 18 11 12 63 36 10 94 90 .236 .336 .353 .689 85.3  
1 Years AA 28 110 18 27 5 1 3 11 6 7 18 14 .245 .362 .391 .752 15.0  
3 Years Minors 191 759 104 180 23 12 15 74 42 17 112 104 .237 .340 .358 .698 100.3  
162 Game Average 492 77 145 16 3 5 53 36 19 58 48 .295 .369 .375 .744 67.9  
Career Highs 142 497 95 156 23 10 10 55 44 28 58 52 .319 .392 .419 .810 78.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4860 725 1466 165 38 52 535 347 189 572 466 .302 .375 .383 .758 709.3
vs LH   554 130 130 12 2 7 51 58 23 70 68 .235 .321 .301 .623 61.5
Home 878 2637 413 772 78 20 26 254 194 106 313 269 .293 .368 .367 .735 366.8
Away 904 2777 442 824 99 20 33 332 211 106 329 265 .297 .371 .382 .753 404.0
RISP   1185 0 377 42 11 8 498 0 0 171 113 .318 .397 .392 .790 191.8
Pinch Hitting   214 34 68 7 1 1 36 10 9 39 20 .318 .419 .374 .792 35.2
Close/Late   728 130 203 24 3 6 71 0 0 77 78 .279 .347 .345 .692 89.8
Mar/Apr 278 825 122 239 20 1 8 86 70 31 97 58 .290 .364 .345 .709 111.4
May 289 895 120 238 31 7 9 100 58 34 97 88 .266 .338 .346 .684 107.5
June 304 957 170 293 30 9 10 94 74 41 123 102 .306 .386 .388 .773 145.6
July 285 804 136 234 29 7 11 105 58 30 114 72 .291 .377 .386 .763 122.4
August 313 959 157 296 41 5 11 99 68 38 93 111 .309 .370 .396 .766 138.1
Sep/Oct 313 974 150 296 26 11 10 102 77 38 118 103 .304 .379 .384 .763 145.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1966 22 LAD NL 3B 52 43 396.7 23 112 7 7 .951 3.06   1.3
    SS 27 21 190.0 33 80 4 14 .966 5.35   0.7
1967 23 LAD NL 3B 112 98 925.3 53 248 13 25 .959 2.93   2.4
    SS 11 0 25.7 6 12 1 3 .947 6.31   0.1
    2B 3 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
1968 24 LAD NL 3B 112 97 874.7 55 229 4 16 .986 2.92   3.2
    2B 8 0 18.0 5 7 0 2 1.000 6.00   0.0
    SS 6 0 9.0 0 3 0 2 1.000 3.00   0.0
1969 25 LAD NL 3B 101 90 825.0 57 237 8 26 .974 3.21   4.7
    SS 12 0 27.7 4 18 0 6 1.000 7.16   0.4
    2B 3 0 5.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.1
1970 26 LAD NL 3B 101 96 847.0 61 192 7 13 .973 2.69   3.5
    SS 16 0 25.3 4 13 0 2 1.000 6.04   0.2
    2B 9 0 17.0 1 5 0 1 1.000 3.18   0.1
1971 27 LAD NL 3B 59 54 482.3 31 117 4 15 .974 2.76   1.9
    2B 15 0 37.3 14 16 0 7 1.000 7.23   0.3
    SS 9 0 18.0 1 9 0 2 1.000 5.00   0.1
1972 28 LAD NL 3B 99 93 799.0 54 183 5 19 .979 2.67   3.2
    SS 13 0 33.3 5 13 1 1 .947 4.86   0.2
    2B 9 0 18.3 2 6 0 2 1.000 3.93   0.1
1973 29 LAD NL 3B 104 94 802.7 56 209 4 23 .985 2.97   3.2
    SS 13 0 26.0 8 13 0 4 1.000 7.27   0.3
    2B 6 0 11.3 2 8 0 1 1.000 7.94   0.1
1974 30 LAD NL 3B 131 115 1051.0 78 264 7 18 .980 2.93   3.8
    SS 5 3 28.3 2 12 0 2 1.000 4.45   0.2
    2B 4 0 10.0 2 6 0 1 1.000 7.20   0.1
1975 31 LAD NL 3B 130 123 1078.0 56 244 12 28 .962 2.50   3.4
    SS 3 0 5.0 0 5 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.1
    2B 3 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1976 32 LAD NL 3B 108 94 840.3 56 205 8 24 .970 2.80   2.3
    2B 8 3 53.0 16 16 2 4 .941 5.43   0.2
    SS 12 1 28.7 3 18 2 3 .913 6.59   0.2
1977 33 IND AL 2B 50 43 374.8 81 175 4 38 .985 6.15   0.9
    3B 29 28 241.2 12 67 1 8 .988 2.95   1.1
    SS 5 1 15.1 1 5 0 1 1.000 3.58   0.0
  LAD NL 2B 27 24 219.8 47 103 2 22 .987 6.14   1.5
    3B 16 15 141.5 7 39 1 5 .979 2.93   0.3
    SS 2 1 8.9 1 3 0 1 1.000 4.04   0.0
  TOT   2B 77 67 594.6 128 278 6 60 .985 6.15   2.4
      3B 45 43 382.7 19 106 2 13 .984 2.94   1.4
      SS 7 2 24.0 2 8 0 2 1.000 3.75   0.1
1978 34 LAD NL 3B 119 117 1037.3 78 260 8 20 .977 2.93   3.2
    SS 6 1 17.0 4 13 0 3 1.000 9.00   0.3
    2B 6 0 14.0 3 5 0 4 1.000 5.14   0.1
1979 35 BAL AL 3B 43 14 181.7 10 51 2 10 .968 3.02   0.5
    SS 26 0 53.0 13 14 0 3 1.000 4.58   0.2
    2B 18 0 42.3 6 15 0 6 1.000 4.46   0.1
  3B 1316 1171 10523.7 687 2657 91 257 .974 2.86   38.0
  2B 169 70 828.3 182 366 8 88 .986 5.95   3.5
  SS 166 28 511.0 85 231 8 47 .975 5.57   2.9
Career Totals   1651 1269 11862.9 954 3254 107 392 .975 3.19   44.5
Career Highs   140 123 1089.3 149 392 14 75 .987 4.86    
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
1969 25 LAD NL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1970 26 LAD NL 15 47 8 16 3 0 0 5 3 2 4 3 .340 .392 .404 .796
Career Post-Season Batting 17 48 9 16 3 0 0 5 3 2 4 3 .333 .385 .396 .780
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
1974-10-.310
1975-6-.319
1978-6-.317
On-Base Pct
1974-7-.377
1975-7-.391
1978-7-.392
Runs
1974-5-95
1978-10-90
Singles
1975-10-129
1978-8-131
Triples
1967-6-5
1973-1-10
Stolen Bases
1967-1-44
1968-1-32
1969-3-30
1970-3-29
1971-3-26
1972-3-33
1973-8-22
1974-2-40
1975-4-41
1976-6-33
1978-6-36
CAR-25-405
Caught Stealing
1967-1-28
1968-1-23
1969-10-8
1970-5-9
1971-2-17
1972-1-16
1973-4-16
1974-1-22
1975-1-19
1976-4-16
1978-5-18
CAR-11-212
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 42    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 36    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 39th overall pick, by Los Angeles in 1965
Had first career hit (double) on 6/1/1966, off Gary Bell (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 9/1/1966, off Dean Chance (SEM)
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,530,000 through salary arbitration
Won World Championship with Los Angeles in 1970
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,257,143 through salary arbitration
2/1/1972: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,257,143 through salary arbitration
7/1/1972: Signed a contract extension with Los Angeles, $2,880,000 per year, for 2 years
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against New York (N) on 7/29/1972
7/31/1974: Signed a contract extension with Los Angeles, $2,750,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against St. Louis on 7/25/1975
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Pittsburgh on 8/16/1975
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1975, hitting .520 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Traded from Indianapolis to Los Angeles on 7/31/1977 (Going to IND: DH Ken Harrelson. Going to LAD: 1B Dave Kingman, 3B Bud Harrelson, RF Ken Singleton)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Oakland on 6/10/1978
Signed as a free agent by Baltimore on 4/3/1979 to a 1-year deal worth $1,484,000 per year
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Colorado on 6/9/1979