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Marvin
Lane		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 190
 
Born: January 18, 1950 in Usa, GA, SANDERSVILLE
 
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
1971 21 CLE AL     3 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 4 9 8 9 4 4 4
1972 22 CLE AL     3 3 3 4 4 4 5 4 4 10 9 9 5 4 4
1973 23 KCR AL     3 3 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 10 9 9 5 4 4
1974 24 KCR AL     3 3 3 5 4 4 5 4 4 10 9 9 5 4 4
1975 25 KCR AL     3 3 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 10 9 9 4 4 4
1976 26 KCR AL     3 3 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 10 9 9 4 4 4
1977 27 KCR AL     3 3 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 10 9 9 5 4 4
1978 28 KCR AL     3 3 3 5 4 4 4 4 4 9 9 9 4 4 4
1979 29 KCR AL     3 3 3 5 4 4 4 4 4 10 9 9 4 4 4
1980 30 KCR AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 5 4 4 4 4 4 10 9 9 5 4 4
1981 31 KCR AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 5 4 4 4 4 4 10 9 9 5 4 4
1982 32 KCR AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 5 4 4 4 4 4 9 8 9 5 4 4
1983 33 TOR AL     3 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 9 8 9 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 9 8 9 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 10 9 9 5 4 4
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
1971 21 A   137 446 79 125 12 2 24 56 28 5 132 79 .280 .445 .478 .922 106.3  
1972 22 A   137 474 69 121 10 2 17 52 35 2 136 104 .255 .421 .392 .814 97.8  
1973 23 AA   31 107 9 19 4 0 2 9 2 0 28 25 .178 .348 .271 .619 13.7  
    A   106 370 50 106 16 1 18 60 16 6 96 69 .286 .433 .481 .915 82.2  
1974 24 AA   137 517 58 125 22 4 20 65 20 6 86 113 .242 .350 .416 .766 81.6  
1975 25 AA   114 426 72 98 13 2 18 44 19 2 87 86 .230 .361 .397 .757 70.7  
1976 26 AA   137 511 72 107 8 7 16 52 20 4 103 99 .209 .342 .346 .688 72.6  
1977 27 A   121 428 71 127 19 3 18 71 19 7 117 78 .297 .448 .481 .929 98.3  
1978 28 A   137 457 90 130 20 1 23 58 30 3 147 88 .284 .459 .484 .942 114.6  
1979 29 A   130 431 91 121 18 2 22 65 19 9 146 72 .281 .463 .485 .948 106.6  
1980 30 A   137 457 83 127 20 2 22 65 21 7 144 85 .278 .451 .475 .926 108.5  
1981 31 KCR AL 55 58 10 16 2 1 0 7 7 4 10 10 .276 .382 .345 .727 8.7 1.5
1982 32 KCR AL 99 236 27 48 5 0 7 20 17 4 25 57 .203 .280 .314 .594 24.1 2.0
1983 33 A   137 459 78 123 14 2 19 65 14 2 141 85 .268 .440 .431 .871 101.1  
2 Years Sim 154 294 37 64 7 1 7 27 24 8 35 67 .218 .301 .320 .621 32.8 3.5
4 Years AA 419 1561 211 349 47 13 56 170 61 12 304 323 .224 .350 .378 .728 238.6  
8 Years A 1042 3522 611 980 129 15 163 492 182 41 1059 660 .278 .445 .462 .907 815.4  
12 Years Minors 1461 5083 822 1329 176 28 219 662 243 53 1363 983 .261 .417 .436 .854 1054.0  
162 Game Average 309 38 67 7 1 7 28 25 8 36 70 .218 .301 .320 .621 34.5  
Career Highs 99 236 27 48 5 1 7 20 17 4 25 57 .276 .382 .345 .727 24.1  
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   226 26 45 5 0 4 17 18 5 26 50 .199 .282 .274 .557 20.5
vs LH   68 11 19 2 1 3 10 6 3 9 17 .279 .364 .471 .834 11.8
Home 73 122 16 22 1 0 4 10 9 4 18 30 .180 .286 .287 .573 11.8
Away 81 172 21 42 6 1 3 17 15 4 17 37 .244 .313 .343 .656 20.4
RISP   57 0 17 2 0 2 20 0 0 6 10 .298 .354 .439 .792 9.0
Close/Late   43 12 7 0 0 1 3 0 0 6 10 .163 .275 .233 .507 3.0
Mar/Apr 24 42 6 9 1 0 2 6 4 2 4 7 .214 .277 .381 .658 4.9
May 22 37 2 7 1 0 0 3 4 0 3 10 .189 .250 .216 .466 2.6
June 27 52 12 13 1 0 2 4 3 2 8 12 .250 .344 .385 .729 7.5
July 25 49 6 12 1 1 2 7 3 0 5 12 .245 .315 .429 .743 7.3
August 24 48 6 7 1 0 1 2 5 1 6 12 .146 .241 .229 .470 3.3
Sep/Oct 32 66 5 16 2 0 0 5 5 3 9 14 .242 .342 .273 .615 6.6
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
1981 31 KCR AL SS 12 12 101.0 17 42 0 8 1.000 5.26   0.6
    2B 24 0 48.0 12 19 0 9 1.000 5.81   0.3
    3B 6 4 36.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 1.00   0.1
    RF 3 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1982 32 KCR AL 2B 35 14 170.7 35 82 2 15 .983 6.17   1.1
    CF 13 13 108.0 22 1 0 0 1.000 1.92   0.8
    3B 12 12 98.7 6 25 1 4 .969 2.83   0.4
    RF 12 11 95.0 20 2 0 0 1.000 2.08    
    SS 14 11 94.0 16 42 0 11 1.000 5.55   0.4
    LF 9 9 77.7 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.39    
  2B 59 14 218.7 47 101 2 24 .987 6.09   1.4
  SS 26 23 195.0 33 84 0 19 1.000 5.40   1.1
  3B 18 16 134.7 7 28 1 5 .972 2.34   0.5
  CF 14 13 109.0 22 1 0 0 1.000 1.90   0.8
  RF 15 11 102.0 20 2 0 0 1.000 1.94   0.0
  LF 10 9 78.7 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.49    
Career Totals   142 86 838.0 142 216 3 48 .992 3.84   3.7
Career Highs   95 70 644.0 111 152 3 30 1.000 4.41    
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
1980 30 KCR AL 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000
Career Post-Season Batting 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 50th overall pick, by Cleveland (A) in 1971
Injured on 5/23/1972 with a Bruised Ankle, out for 6 days
Traded from Cleveland (A) to Kansas City on 7/31/1973 (Going to CLE: P Don Sutton, P Joe Sparma, 3B Mickey Stanley. Going to KCR: CF Marvin Lane, P Ed Farmer)
Injured on 5/11/1974 with a Tight Knee, out for one week
Injured on 8/18/1977 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for one week
Injured on 7/11/1979 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 4/3/1980 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 4 days
Injured on 4/5/1980 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for one week
Had first career hit on 4/26/1981, off Steve Renko (BOS)
 
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