Rance
Mulliniks
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 175
 
Born: January 15, 1956 in Usa, CA, TULARE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1982   
Gold Glove 1980    1984    1988   
All-Star Selections 1981    1983    1984    1986    1987   
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
1977 21 CLN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 4 4 7 7 7 6 7 6 6 7 6
1978 22 CLN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 4 4 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 7 7
1979 23 CLN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 4 4 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 7 7
1980 24 CLN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 8 7 6 7 7 7 7 7
1981 25 CLN NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 4 5 5 8 8 8 6 7 7 7 7 7
1982 26 CLN NL $ 2,928,571   7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 7 7 7 8 7
1983 27 CLN NL $ 2,928,571   8 8 8 4 4 4 8 9 8 7 7 7 7 8 8
1984 28 CLN NL $ 3,421,429   8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 7 7 7 7 7
1985 29 CLN NL $ 10,250,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 7 8 7 6 6 6 7 7 7
1986 30 CLN NL $ 10,250,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 8 8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7
1987 31 CLN NL $ 10,250,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 8 8 8 5 6 6 7 7 7
1988 32 BSN NL $ 10,250,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8 5 6 6 7 7 7
1989 33 BSN NL $ 11,000,000   8 8 8 4 5 5 7 8 7 5 6 6 7 7 7
1990 34 IND AL $ 11,000,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 11,000,000   8 8 8 4 5 5 8 9 8 7 7 7 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
1977 21 AAA   33 136 20 43 8 0 4 25 0 1 17 10 .316 .392 .463 .855 23.6  
    AA   104 418 50 112 34 3 8 38 1 2 60 47 .268 .360 .421 .781 63.2  
1978 22 CLN NL 138 452 48 119 20 2 7 46 0 1 49 56 .263 .336 .363 .699 52.3 8.2
1979 23 CLN NL 152 530 49 131 20 2 10 64 0 0 61 68 .247 .322 .349 .671 59.4 9.0
1980 24 CLN NL 129 470 56 111 24 5 5 47 0 0 57 58 .236 .318 .340 .659 50.1 6.8
    AAA   4 18 2 6 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 .333 .368 .611 .980 3.6  
1981 25 CLN NL 154 520 65 153 33 1 5 62 0 0 63 67 .294 .369 .390 .760 71.8 16.4
1982 26 CLN NL 152 525 70 137 30 1 11 69 1 1 44 58 .261 .316 .385 .701 62.3 9.3
1983 27 CLN NL 150 550 66 155 31 4 11 80 2 2 52 63 .282 .340 .413 .753 73.1 13.2
1984 28 CLN NL 149 539 86 166 50 0 13 86 1 2 59 54 .308 .374 .473 .847 88.2 24.3
1985 29 CLN NL 138 451 62 129 21 4 6 47 2 0 57 47 .286 .365 .390 .756 62.6 14.1
1986 30 CLN NL 154 618 89 183 43 5 6 77 0 4 40 82 .296 .338 .411 .749 76.8 14.3
1987 31 CLN NL 147 585 88 190 34 3 10 61 0 0 51 80 .325 .378 .444 .823 91.0 20.5
1988 32 CLN NL 100 443 64 127 26 2 4 44 0 1 29 64 .287 .331 .381 .713 53.5 9.8
  BSN NL 46 183 21 46 13 2 1 19 0 0 17 36 .251 .313 .361 .674 20.7 3.0
  TOT   146 626 85 173 39 4 5 63 0 1 46 100 .276 .326 .375 .701 74.2 12.8
1989 33 BSN NL 148 562 82 174 41 1 9 78 2 0 48 62 .310 .361 .434 .795 80.3 15.6
1990 34 IND AL 155 564 74 170 47 6 11 84 1 0 50 70 .301 .357 .465 .822 82.9 18.9
13 Years Sim 1912 6992 920 1991 433 38 109 864 9 11 677 865 .285 .346 .404 .751 924.7 183.4
2 Years AAA 37 154 22 49 10 0 5 27 0 1 18 10 .318 .385 .481 .866 27.1  
1 Years AA 104 418 50 112 34 3 8 38 1 2 60 47 .268 .359 .421 .780 63.2  
3 Years Minors 141 572 72 161 44 3 13 65 1 3 78 57 .281 .366 .437 .803 90.3  
162 Game Average 592 77 168 36 3 9 73 0 0 57 73 .285 .346 .404 .751 78.3  
Career Highs 155 626 89 190 50 6 13 86 2 4 63 100 .325 .378 .473 .847 91.0  
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   4936 668 1447 313 19 76 643 7 9 501 584 .293 .357 .410 .767 707.8
vs LH   2056 252 544 120 19 33 221 2 2 176 281 .265 .322 .390 .711 254.1
Home 964 3429 450 983 181 22 52 408 5 5 319 444 .287 .346 .398 .744 465.0
Away 948 3563 470 1008 252 16 57 456 4 6 358 421 .283 .347 .411 .757 496.9
RISP   1704 0 496 106 7 33 698 0 0 210 201 .291 .362 .420 .781 261.6
Pinch Hitting   79 7 23 3 2 1 14 0 0 11 8 .291 .374 .418 .791 12.5
Close/Late   827 83 240 53 4 9 109 0 0 107 97 .290 .371 .397 .767 122.3
Mar/Apr 303 1150 155 326 64 3 23 152 0 1 116 147 .283 .347 .404 .751 160.3
May 344 1268 170 361 76 12 16 139 2 2 118 158 .285 .344 .401 .746 171.5
June 327 1142 150 343 78 6 17 140 1 5 113 139 .300 .360 .424 .784 168.2
July 303 1146 140 313 75 3 13 123 0 2 96 144 .273 .329 .378 .707 138.9
August 336 1204 160 337 73 5 18 150 4 1 127 140 .280 .350 .394 .744 164.5
Sep/Oct 299 1082 145 311 67 9 22 160 2 0 107 137 .287 .348 .427 .775 158.5
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
1978 22 CLN NL 2B 113 107 911.0 214 424 4 98 .994 6.30   7.0
    SS 23 10 114.0 23 49 1 14 .986 5.68   0.6
    3B 15 11 98.0 12 24 0 3 1.000 3.31   0.4
    LF 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1979 23 CLN NL SS 150 147 1285.0 189 587 25 98 .969 5.44   5.3
    LF 1 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57   0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1980 24 CLN NL SS 122 121 1065.0 179 502 19 101 .973 5.75   6.8
    2B 4 0 7.0 3 5 1 2 .889 10.29   0.1
    3B 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1981 25 CLN NL SS 151 150 1345.0 198 614 17 103 .979 5.43   8.4
    2B 2 0 3.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1982 26 CLN NL SS 147 147 1288.0 228 545 33 100 .959 5.40   6.4
    2B 3 0 8.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1983 27 CLN NL SS 150 145 1302.3 198 550 26 90 .966 5.17   6.8
1984 28 CLN NL SS 147 146 1257.3 179 599 23 105 .971 5.57   7.9
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1985 29 CLN NL SS 98 92 825.3 113 343 10 64 .979 4.97   5.7
    2B 28 14 154.7 48 65 1 16 .991 6.58   1.3
    3B 9 0 19.3 0 6 1 0 .857 2.79   0.1
1986 30 CLN NL SS 150 145 1261.0 223 533 19 115 .975 5.40   7.9
    3B 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1987 31 CLN NL SS 145 134 1197.7 168 515 19 87 .973 5.13   5.8
1988 32 CLN NL SS 85 84 777.9 111 345 14 57 .970 5.28   2.7
    2B 14 14 124.2 20 41 0 8 1.000 4.42   0.7
  BSN NL SS 39 39 330.4 47 147 6 24 .970 5.28   2.6
    2B 6 6 52.8 8 17 0 4 1.000 4.26   0.2
  TOT   SS 124 123 1108.3 158 492 20 81 .970 5.28   5.3
      2B 20 20 177.0 28 58 0 12 1.000 4.37   0.8
1989 33 BSN NL 2B 104 99 875.7 176 364 12 68 .978 5.55   4.7
    SS 38 37 325.0 53 138 6 28 .970 5.29   1.7
    3B 4 0 10.0 0 6 0 0 1.000 5.40   0.2
1990 34 IND AL 2B 145 142 1251.7 264 522 18 108 .978 5.65   4.2
    SS 7 0 13.0 0 7 1 1 .875 4.85   0.0
    3B 2 1 10.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 1452 1397 12387.0 1909 5474 219 987 .971 5.36   68.7
  2B 419 382 3388.0 735 1441 36 304 .984 5.78   18.0
  3B 36 12 151.3 13 38 2 3 .962 3.03   0.7
  LF 2 0 10.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.1
Career Totals   1909 1791 15936.3 2661 6953 257 1294 .974 5.43   87.5
Career Highs   154 150 1351.0 264 616 33 115 .993 5.98    
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
1977 21 CLN NL 6 16 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .125 .176 .125 .301
1982 26 CLN NL 17 56 6 13 4 1 0 4 0 0 8 5 .232 .328 .339 .667
1983 27 CLN NL 12 42 5 11 4 0 0 7 0 0 6 10 .262 .354 .357 .711
1985 29 CLN NL 16 67 7 21 8 0 2 10 0 0 5 10 .313 .361 .522 .883
1986 30 CLN NL 4 16 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 .250 .333 .313 .646
Career Post-Season Batting 55 197 20 51 17 1 2 24 0 0 22 32 .259 .333 .386 .719
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
1984-7-.308
1987-4-.325
1989-6-.310
On-Base Pct
1981-10-.369
1984-5-.374
1987-9-.378
Slugging Pct
1984-5-.473
OPS
1984-5-.847
XR
1984-9-88.2
Games
1990-7-155
At-Bats
1986-3-618
1988-4-626
Runs
1986-7-89
Hits
1986-3-183
1987-5-190
1989-7-174
Singles
1986-6-129
1987-3-143
1988-10-125
1989-8-123
Doubles
1984-1-50
1986-2-43
1989-10-41
1990-5-47
Triples
1990-10-6
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 39    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 37    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Billy Cox (957)
  2. Lee Lacy (933)
  3. Jorge Orta (918)
  4. Lou Klein (906)
  5. Lee Walls (905)
  6. Harvey Kuenn (904)
  7. Wayne Causey (896)
  8. Cecil Travis (890)
  9. Johnny Lucadello (889)
  10. Lou Stringer (881)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 14th overall pick, by Cleveland (N) in 1977
Injured on 4/26/1977 with a Blister On Finger, out for 4 days
Had first career hit (double) on 4/4/1978, off Alan Foster (SDP)
Hit first career homerun on 4/27/1978, off Lew Krausse (TAM)
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1980
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,928,571 through salary arbitration
Won World Championship with Cleveland (N) in 1982
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,928,571 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1983 Allstar game
2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,421,429 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1984 Allstar game
9/1/1984: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $10,250,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 9/24/1984 with a Torn Calf Muscle, out for 7 weeks
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1984
Injured on 7/22/1985 with a Bruised Ankle, out for one week
Was selected to the 1986 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Montreal on 8/8/1986
Was selected to the 1987 Allstar game
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 7/4/1988
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Boston (N) on 7/31/1988 (Going to CLN: RF Dwight Evans, 3B Jeff Burroughs, P Mike Lacoss. Going to BSN: SS Rance Mulliniks, 2B Julio Cruz, P Andy Rincon)
Injured on 8/13/1988 with a Sore Back, out for 1-2 weeks
9/22/1988: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $11,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1988
Traded from Boston (N) to Indianapolis on 2/4/1990 (Going to IND: 2B Rance Mulliniks. Going to BSN: P Mark Ross)