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Greg
Luzinski		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 230
 
Born: November 22, 1950 in Usa, IL, CHICAGO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1976    1977   
All-Star Selections 1980   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1970 19 KCR AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5
1971 20 KCR AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5
1972 21 KCR AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5
1973 22 KCR AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5
1974 23 KCR AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 9 9 9 5 5 5
1975 24 KCR AL $ 4,100,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 5 5 5
1976 25 KCR AL $ 4,100,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 6 6 6
1977 26 KCR AL $ 4,100,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 5 5 5
1978 27 KCR AL $ 5,250,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 5 5 5
1979 28 KCR AL $ 5,250,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 6 6 6
1980 29 KCR AL $ 5,250,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 5 5 5
1981 30 KCR AL $ 5,250,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 5 5 5
1982 31 KCR AL $ 5,250,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 5 5 5
1983 32 KCR AL $ 5,250,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 5 5 5
1984 33 KCR AL $ 5,250,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 4 4 4
1985 34 KCR AL $ 5,250,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 4 4 4
1986 35 KCR AL $ 4,000,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 4 4 4
1987 36 KCR AL $ 4,000,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 3 3 3
1988 37 KCR AL $ 4,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,250,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 6 6 6
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
1970 19 AAA   135 537 80 154 38 2 35 104 2 0 72 140 .287 .371 .561 .932 107.4  
1971 20 KCR AL 25 80 12 26 7 0 2 19 0 0 9 24 .325 .385 .488 .872 14.1 3.1
    AAA   135 518 79 134 28 4 26 82 2 0 91 122 .259 .369 .479 .848 94.2  
1972 21 KCR AL 153 544 70 132 24 2 16 76 0 0 48 140 .243 .306 .382 .689 64.9 7.3
1973 22 KCR AL 155 581 71 138 23 4 29 97 0 0 55 148 .238 .307 .441 .747 78.6 9.1
1974 23 KCR AL 156 552 76 144 33 2 25 92 0 0 76 114 .261 .359 .464 .822 88.3 14.7
1975 24 KCR AL 116 443 61 120 27 0 20 90 0 0 58 87 .271 .356 .467 .824 70.1 12.7
1976 25 KCR AL 154 587 77 143 41 1 18 93 0 0 72 116 .244 .325 .409 .734 76.6 11.4
1977 26 KCR AL 157 579 88 154 45 3 23 94 0 1 75 113 .266 .353 .473 .826 89.9 17.5
1978 27 KCR AL 152 566 82 131 27 0 19 79 0 1 84 98 .231 .336 .380 .716 70.8 10.2
1979 28 KCR AL 156 585 81 158 32 5 20 92 1 0 72 107 .270 .351 .444 .796 87.8 16.9
1980 29 KCR AL 129 502 77 146 38 5 22 69 0 0 61 90 .291 .371 .518 .889 89.3 19.4
1981 30 KCR AL 148 599 97 146 33 3 30 85 0 0 69 134 .244 .323 .459 .783 90.2 17.1
1982 31 KCR AL 140 558 82 142 35 1 27 91 0 0 63 103 .254 .331 .466 .797 85.1 16.4
1983 32 KCR AL 153 562 80 139 30 3 25 88 1 0 71 127 .247 .337 .445 .782 82.5 16.6
1984 33 KCR AL 154 582 93 137 42 3 26 88 0 0 76 147 .235 .327 .452 .779 84.8 17.2
1985 34 KCR AL 152 577 63 118 29 1 10 58 0 0 78 158 .205 .302 .310 .612 55.8 4.3
1986 35 KCR AL 151 594 84 138 36 0 25 101 0 0 60 148 .232 .303 .419 .722 74.1 11.5
1987 36 KCR AL 92 298 33 68 17 2 13 41 0 2 38 75 .228 .315 .430 .744 39.4 4.7
1988 37 KCR AL 151 537 53 92 26 2 11 57 1 2 59 164 .171 .260 .289 .549 38.1 0.0
18 Years Sim 2494 9326 1280 2272 545 37 361 1410 3 6 1124 2093 .244 .328 .426 .754 1280.4 210.0
2 Years AAA 270 1055 159 288 66 6 61 186 4 0 163 262 .273 .377 .520 .897 201.6  
162 Game Average 605 83 147 35 2 23 91 0 0 73 135 .244 .328 .426 .754 83.2  
Career Highs 157 599 97 158 45 5 30 101 1 2 84 164 .325 .385 .518 .889 90.2  
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   6620 885 1611 380 28 238 967 1 4 764 1479 .243 .324 .417 .741 905.7
vs LH   2706 395 661 165 9 123 443 2 2 360 614 .244 .336 .448 .784 413.1
Home 1242 4519 644 1099 253 15 187 676 0 2 550 1027 .243 .327 .430 .757 647.1
Away 1252 4807 636 1173 292 22 174 734 3 4 574 1066 .244 .328 .423 .751 671.7
RISP   2402 0 563 133 10 90 958 0 0 335 587 .234 .324 .410 .735 338.1
Pinch Hitting   54 10 15 1 0 5 16 0 0 5 17 .278 .339 .574 .913 10.4
Close/Late   1053 116 261 63 1 43 156 0 0 141 254 .248 .338 .432 .770 157.2
Mar/Apr 384 1478 219 397 91 10 62 253 0 0 175 337 .269 .346 .470 .816 237.9
May 412 1522 199 363 93 4 67 218 0 3 194 331 .239 .328 .437 .765 220.8
June 405 1488 196 353 77 7 51 219 1 1 190 358 .237 .325 .401 .726 200.7
July 393 1486 209 371 87 4 57 210 0 1 173 313 .250 .329 .429 .758 211.8
August 435 1629 217 392 99 8 50 245 0 1 198 336 .241 .328 .403 .731 217.3
Sep/Oct 465 1723 240 396 98 4 74 265 2 0 194 418 .230 .312 .420 .732 230.2
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
1971 20 KCR AL 2B 25 25 212.0 42 100 1 16 .993 6.03 0 0 .000 0 1.2
1972 21 KCR AL 2B 152 152 1329.0 297 529 16 105 .981 5.59 0 0 .000 0 5.4
1973 22 KCR AL 2B 148 147 1263.0 317 526 9 96 .989 6.01 0 0 .000 0 4.3
    LF 3 0 7.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.52 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1974 23 KCR AL 2B 96 93 817.3 204 376 6 100 .990 6.39 0 0 .000 0 3.8
    CF 53 52 446.7 149 4 2 1 .987 3.08 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    RF 5 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 2 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0  
1975 24 KCR AL CF 116 115 1013.7 238 1 5 0 .980 2.12 0 0 .000 0 1.4
1976 25 KCR AL RF 151 151 1318.3 248 5 2 0 .992 1.73 0 0 .000 0 3.4
    SS 1 1 9.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1977 26 KCR AL RF 152 149 1320.0 267 3 1 0 .996 1.84 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    CF 4 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1978 27 KCR AL CF 152 148 1341.3 402 7 9 2 .978 2.74 0 0 .000 0 5.1
    RF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
1979 28 KCR AL CF 145 143 1286.0 365 4 6 2 .984 2.58 0 0 .000 0 5.6
    1B 4 4 34.0 52 3 1 2 .982 14.56 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 2 2 17.0 1 1 1 0 .667 1.06 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 4 0 9.0 3 1 0 2 1.000 4.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 29 KCR AL RF 125 125 1121.3 247 2 0 2 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 3.4
    2B 1 1 8.0 2 9 0 2 1.000 12.38 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 2 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0  
1981 30 KCR AL RF 143 143 1285.7 272 5 0 1 1.000 1.94 0 0 .000 0 3.9
    2B 4 0 11.3 6 5 0 0 1.000 8.74 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1982 31 KCR AL RF 138 135 1223.0 246 9 0 1 1.000 1.88 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1983 32 KCR AL RF 151 150 1343.0 275 5 4 1 .986 1.88 0 0 .000 0 2.2
1984 33 KCR AL RF 147 145 1299.0 295 6 2 1 .993 2.09 0 0 .000 0 2.7
    CF 5 4 35.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 1 9.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1985 34 KCR AL 2B 105 101 905.0 197 384 6 72 .990 5.78 0 0 .000 0 3.2
    RF 50 50 414.3 84 1 0 0 1.000 1.85 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    LF 8 0 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 5 0 10.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 0 0 .000 0  
1986 35 KCR AL 2B 149 148 1327.3 291 603 14 116 .985 6.06 0 0 .000 0 6.1
    C 1 1 9.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 2 1 .500 1 0.0
    CF 1 0 5.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1987 36 KCR AL 2B 48 46 404.7 86 201 4 42 .986 6.38 0 0 .000 0 2.1
    RF 35 32 284.3 62 2 0 0 1.000 2.03 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    LF 3 1 12.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.55 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 5 0 10.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0  
1988 37 KCR AL 2B 151 151 1335.3 283 650 12 128 .987 6.29 0 0 .000 0 4.8
  RF 1101 1080 9627.0 1999 38 9 6 .996 1.90 0 0 .000 0 22.8
  2B 885 864 7624.0 1728 3384 68 679 .987 6.03 0 0 .000 0 31.2
  CF 490 462 4163.0 1180 16 22 5 .982 2.59 0 0 .000 0 12.9
  LF 20 3 53.0 13 1 1 0 .933 2.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 4 4 34.0 52 3 1 2 .982 14.56 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  C 2 2 18.0 8 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 2 1 .500 1 0.1
  SS 1 1 9.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   2503 2416 21527.9 4980 3445 101 693 .988 3.52 2 1 .500 1 67.1
Career Highs   168 152 1346.3 421 650 16 128 1.000 6.29 2 1 .500 1  
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
1971 20 KCR AL 12 37 4 13 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 13 .351 .366 .405 .771
1975 24 KCR AL 7 30 3 9 1 0 2 3 0 0 2 8 .300 .344 .533 .877
1976 25 KCR AL 18 65 10 13 5 0 1 12 0 0 12 10 .200 .329 .323 .652
1977 26 KCR AL 18 72 12 22 5 0 4 16 0 0 6 17 .306 .354 .542 .896
1978 27 KCR AL 7 33 4 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .182 .206 .242 .448
1979 28 KCR AL 14 61 11 20 4 0 3 8 0 0 5 12 .328 .379 .541 .920
1980 29 KCR AL 7 30 3 4 0 1 1 5 0 0 1 5 .133 .188 .300 .488
1981 30 KCR AL 2 8 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .375 .625
1982 31 KCR AL 5 20 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .200 .238 .250 .488
1983 32 KCR AL 5 19 3 4 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 7 .211 .286 .526 .812
1984 33 KCR AL 11 42 6 7 4 1 0 7 0 0 5 12 .167 .300 .310 .610
1986 35 KCR AL 13 52 8 16 3 0 2 16 0 0 2 13 .308 .333 .481 .814
1987 36 KCR AL 7 25 3 6 1 0 2 4 0 0 2 9 .240 .321 .520 .841
Career Post-Season Batting 126 494 69 126 29 5 15 84 0 0 41 117 .255 .318 .425 .743
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.
Slugging Pct
1977-7-.473
1979-10-.444
1980-2-.518
1982-7-.466
 OPS
1977-10-.826
1980-2-.889
 XR
1979-9-87.8
1980-10-89.3
1981-10-90.2
 Games
1974-5-156
1977-1-157
1979-2-156
CAR-24-2494
 At-Bats
1973-9-581
CAR-19-9326
 Runs
1981-9-97
1984-10-93
Total Bases
1977-2-274
1979-8-260
1981-7-275
CAR-43-3974
 Doubles
1976-3-41
1977-3-45
1979-8-32
1980-5-38
1984-4-42
CAR-17-545
 Homeruns
1973-3-29
1977-10-23
1980-10-22
1981-4-30
1982-5-27
1984-5-26
1986-10-25
 RBIs
1973-9-97
1977-9-94
1979-9-92
1982-9-91
1986-8-101
CAR-38-1410
 Walks
1978-7-84
1984-10-76
1985-10-78
CAR-47-1124
 Strikeouts
1972-7-140
1973-2-148
1974-8-114
1976-7-116
1977-6-113
1979-8-107
1981-2-134
1983-2-127
1984-3-147
1985-1-158
1986-3-148
1988-1-164
CAR-5-2093
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 86    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 50    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  3. Frank Howard (813)
  4. Hank Thompson (812)
  5. Tony Conigliaro (811)
  6. Billy Williams (810)
  7. Jim Ray Hart (799)
  8. Eddie Mathews (794)
  9. John Milner (788)
  10. Johnny Bench (787)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by Kansas City in 1970
4/2/1971: Signed a minor league contract extension with Kansas City
Injured on 7/26/1971 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 6 days
Injured on 8/8/1971 with a Bruised Heel, out for 3 days
Had first career hit on 9/1/1971, off Fergie Jenkins (PIT)
Hit first career homerun on 9/13/1971, off Dave Wickersham (MIN)
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (A) on 9/15/1973
6/1/1974: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $4,100,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 4/16/1975 with a Broken Finger, out for 6-7 weeks
Won World Championship with Kansas City in 1976
6/1/1977: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $5,250,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Championship with Kansas City in 1977
Won Player of the Week award on 8/26/1979, hitting .440 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Tampa Bay on 6/13/1980
Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game
Injured on 7/21/1980 with a Fractured Ulna, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 5/31/1981 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for one week
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1981, hitting .353 with 9 HR, 22 RBI
9/22/1981: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $5,250,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 10/4/1981 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 6/18/1982 with a Dislocated Shoulder, out for 2 weeks
Traded from Kansas City to San Diego on 2/2/1984 (Going to SDP: 1B Oscar Gamble, RF Greg Luzinski, C Johnny Bench, 2B Bobby Grich, SS Joe Ferguson. Going to KCR: RF Sam Mejias)
Traded from San Diego to Kansas City on 3/4/1984 (Going to KCR: RF Greg Luzinski, 2B Bobby Grich, 2B Keith Moreland, P Balor Moore, P Luis Aponte. Going to SDP: RF Jim Fuller)
7/1/1985: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $4,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 2000th career hit on 5/2/1986, off Joe Hesketh (DET)
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Colorado on 9/6/1986
 
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