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Al
Woods		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 205
 
Born: August 8, 1953 in Usa, CA, OAKLAND
 
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
1977 23 CLE AL     8 8 7 3 4 3 5 6 5 4 5 4 9 9 9
1978 24 CLE AL     7 7 6 3 4 3 5 6 5 4 5 4 9 9 9
1979 25 CLE AL     7 7 6 3 4 3 5 6 6 3 4 4 9 9 9
1980 26 CLE AL     7 7 6 3 4 3 5 6 5 3 4 4 9 9 9
1981 27 CLE AL     7 7 6 3 4 3 5 5 5 3 4 4 8 9 9
1982 28 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 4 3 5 6 5 3 4 4 8 9 9
1983 29 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 4 3 5 5 5 3 4 4 8 9 9
1984 30 CLE AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 3 4 3 5 5 5 3 4 4 8 9 9
1985 31 CLE AL     8 8 7 3 4 3 5 5 5 3 4 4 8 9 9
1986 32 CLE AL $ 300,000   9 9 9 3 4 3 5 5 5 3 4 4 8 8 8
1987 33 CLE AL $ 300,000   10 10 9 3 4 3 5 5 5 3 4 4 8 8 8
1988 34 KCR AL $ 2,442,857   10 10 9 3 4 3 5 6 5 3 4 4 8 8 8
1989 35 KCR AL $ 2,514,286   9 9 8 3 4 3 4 5 4 3 4 4 7 8 8
1990 36 PIT NL $ 2,514,286   6 6 6 2 2 2 4 5 4 3 4 4 5 6 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 6 2 2 2 4 5 4 3 4 4 5 6 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,514,286   10 10 9 3 4 3 5 6 6 4 5 4 9 9 9
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
1977 23 AAA   137 553 80 187 30 2 17 92 6 5 51 23 .338 .394 .492 .886 98.8  
1978 24 AAA   133 491 56 144 20 5 12 76 6 3 44 21 .293 .351 .428 .779 72.1  
1979 25 AAA   125 403 37 108 10 1 6 51 5 6 31 20 .268 .320 .342 .663 43.6  
1980 26 AAA   108 180 24 59 13 0 6 28 2 1 18 10 .328 .389 .500 .889 32.5  
1981 27 AAA   137 537 50 156 29 2 11 63 10 4 60 37 .291 .362 .413 .775 80.1  
1982 28 CLE AL 15 55 6 17 5 1 1 9 0 0 3 1 .309 .339 .491 .830 7.9 1.8
    AAA   130 503 66 151 17 1 12 67 1 4 48 22 .300 .361 .410 .771 72.5  
1983 29 CLE AL 38 134 16 33 7 1 4 15 0 0 4 5 .246 .266 .403 .669 12.8 1.2
    AAA   104 424 44 108 9 0 14 50 5 3 36 39 .255 .313 .375 .688 51.0  
1984 30 CLE AL 69 255 34 70 13 3 2 21 0 0 13 15 .275 .312 .373 .685 26.1 4.2
    AAA   53 226 29 79 12 2 6 34 2 1 19 13 .350 .400 .500 .900 41.2  
1985 31 AAA   132 496 70 153 16 0 11 84 9 8 48 32 .308 .369 .407 .777 72.8  
1986 32 CLE AL 30 41 7 11 0 0 1 4 0 0 7 6 .268 .367 .341 .709 6.5 1.0
    AAA   53 212 28 75 9 0 5 22 1 3 18 17 .354 .404 .467 .871 36.4  
1987 33 CLE AL 144 539 68 182 32 2 3 52 0 1 34 30 .338 .378 .421 .800 74.9 15.0
1988 34 KCR AL 128 406 55 133 26 4 3 54 0 1 23 40 .328 .362 .433 .795 58.9 12.9
1989 35 KCR AL 129 509 73 175 33 5 10 75 0 0 44 44 .344 .394 .487 .881 87.5 21.5
1990 36 KCR AL 24 101 13 31 4 2 1 10 0 1 7 13 .307 .349 .416 .764 13.3 1.6
  PIT NL 119 413 51 133 13 1 10 46 1 2 27 58 .322 .363 .431 .794 58.8 12.0
  TOT   143 514 64 164 17 3 11 56 1 3 34 71 .319 .361 .428 .789 72.1 13.5
8 Years Sim 696 2453 323 785 133 19 35 286 1 5 162 212 .320 .361 .433 .794 346.7 71.1
10 Years AAA 1112 4025 484 1220 165 13 100 567 47 38 373 234 .303 .360 .425 .785 601.2  
162 Game Average 570 75 182 30 4 8 66 0 1 37 49 .320 .361 .433 .794 80.7  
Career Highs 144 539 73 182 33 5 11 75 1 3 44 71 .344 .394 .491 .881 87.5  
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   2102 275 693 119 19 30 250 1 5 142 172 .330 .371 .447 .818 322.7
vs LH   351 48 92 14 0 5 36 0 0 20 40 .262 .302 .345 .647 35.7
Home 346 1204 174 388 75 9 23 132 1 3 75 100 .322 .360 .457 .817 183.4
Away 350 1249 149 397 58 10 12 154 0 2 87 112 .318 .363 .409 .772 175.1
RISP   527 0 176 29 6 10 241 0 0 41 36 .334 .374 .469 .843 87.3
Pinch Hitting   84 9 31 3 0 1 20 0 0 8 7 .369 .419 .440 .860 14.7
Close/Late   320 35 122 18 1 2 43 0 0 15 33 .381 .408 .463 .870 53.5
Mar/Apr 90 329 40 101 12 5 3 40 0 1 18 30 .307 .343 .401 .744 42.6
May 100 375 50 130 25 0 4 43 1 1 33 39 .347 .400 .445 .846 61.8
June 112 389 62 128 25 2 5 40 0 1 23 30 .329 .368 .442 .810 57.7
July 106 355 40 102 20 3 7 39 0 0 16 29 .287 .318 .420 .738 44.8
August 146 518 64 162 22 5 6 49 0 0 36 45 .313 .356 .409 .765 72.2
Sep/Oct 142 487 67 162 29 4 10 75 0 2 36 39 .333 .374 .470 .845 79.3
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
1982 28 CLE AL LF 1 1 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1983 29 CLE AL 1B 36 32 280.0 371 22 0 31 1.000 12.63   0.6
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1984 30 CLE AL LF 14 14 108.0 29 0 1 0 .967 2.42   0.3
1986 32 CLE AL LF 17 2 43.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.03   0.1
    1B 6 5 41.0 49 4 0 1 1.000 11.63   0.1
1987 33 CLE AL LF 132 116 1061.3 194 4 10 3 .952 1.68   1.8
    1B 4 2 22.0 24 3 0 3 1.000 11.05   0.0
1988 34 KCR AL LF 113 111 965.3 186 7 3 2 .985 1.80   1.0
1989 35 KCR AL LF 21 19 170.0 31 1 1 1 .970 1.69   0.3
    3B 6 6 53.7 3 9 2 1 .857 2.01   0.0
    1B 10 2 42.0 53 3 1 5 .982 12.00   0.1
1990 36 KCR AL 1B 18 15 161.9 185 17 2 17 .990 11.23   0.4
    LF 1 0 3.9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  PIT NL 1B 89 74 658.1 750 69 7 69 .992 11.20   0.6
    LF 4 1 16.1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.56   0.0
  LF 304 264 2378.3 448 12 15 6 .968 1.74   3.5
  1B 163 130 1205.0 1432 118 10 126 .994 11.58   1.9
  3B 6 6 53.7 3 9 2 1 .857 2.01   0.0
Career Totals   473 400 3637.0 1883 139 27 133 .987 5.00   5.4
Career Highs   136 118 1083.3 936 86 10 86 1.000 12.54    
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
1983 29 CLE AL 5 14 2 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .429 .429 .500 .929
Career Post-Season Batting 5 14 2 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .429 .429 .500 .929
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
1987-1-.338
1989-1-.344
 On-Base Pct
1987-8-.378
1989-2-.394
 OPS
1989-6-.881
 Hits
1987-6-182
1989-4-175
 Singles
1987-3-145
1989-5-127
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 14    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  4. Lew Fonseca (929)
  5. Joe Kuhel (926)
  6. David Green (925)
  7. Roy Carlyle (921)
  8. Joe Wallis (914)
  9. Rip Radcliff (911)
  10. Hector Lopez (907)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 42nd overall pick, by Cleveland (A) in 1977
Injured on 7/30/1979 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit on 9/1/1982, off Tom Hausman (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 9/10/1982, off Dennis Leonard (BAL)
Drove in 6 runs against Seattle on 8/1/1983
2/2/1988: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,442,857 through salary arbitration
Traded from Cleveland (A) to Kansas City on 3/4/1988 (Going to KCR: SS Bob Meacham, 3B Dave Hostetler, LF Al Woods, P Doug Sisk. Going to CLE: 1B Russ Morman, 2B Tommy Hinzo)
2/2/1989: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,514,286 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/17/1989 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
2/2/1990: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,514,286 through salary arbitration
Traded from Kansas City to Pittsburgh on 5/1/1990 (Going to PIT: 3B George Brett, LF Al Woods, CF Miguel Dilone. Going to KCR: P Kevin Tapani)
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 5/25/1990
Had 6 hits with 1 RBI against Boston (A) on 6/19/1990
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Minnesota on 7/6/1990
9/22/1990: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $950,000 per year, for 2 years
 
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