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Biff
Pocoroba		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 190
 
Born: July 25, 1953 in Usa, CA, BURBANK
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1983   
All-Star Selections 1981    1982    1983    1989    1990   
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
1975 21 PIT NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 8 8
1976 22 PIT NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 6 7 9 9 9
1977 23 BAL AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 7 6 7 7 7 7 9 9 9
1978 24 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9
1979 25 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10
1980 26 PIT NL $ 3,178,571   7 7 8 5 5 5 8 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10
1981 27 PIT NL $ 3,178,571   8 8 8 5 5 5 8 7 7 8 7 7 10 10 10
1982 28 PIT NL $ 3,178,571   8 8 8 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 7 7 10 10 10
1983 29 DET AL $ 5,000,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10
1984 30 BAL AL $ 5,000,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10
1985 31 BAL AL $ 5,000,000   7 7 8 5 5 5 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 9 10
1986 32 BAL AL $ 5,000,000   7 7 8 5 5 5 9 8 8 7 7 7 10 9 10
1987 33 BAL AL $ 5,000,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 9 8 8 7 7 7 10 9 9
1988 34 BAL AL $ 5,000,000   7 7 8 5 5 5 9 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10
1989 35 BAL AL $ 5,000,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 9 8 8 7 7 7 9 9 9
1990 36 BAL AL $ 4,500,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 8 7 7 6 6 6 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,000,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 9 8 8 8 7 7 10 10 10
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
1975 21 PIT NL 8 17 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 .118 .200 .118 .318 0.7 0.0
    AAA   66 99 9 27 6 0 2 13 0 1 13 10 .273 .357 .394 .751 13.9  
1976 22 AAA   97 229 30 64 16 0 6 22 0 1 26 12 .279 .353 .428 .781 33.8  
1977 23 BAL AL 115 385 46 84 10 0 4 31 0 0 51 23 .218 .307 .275 .582 33.2 2.2
    AAA   25 89 18 28 4 0 5 13 0 0 19 3 .315 .435 .528 .963 20.2  
1978 24 BAL AL 28 106 13 31 8 0 4 15 0 0 9 6 .292 .348 .481 .829 16.2 3.6
  PIT NL 94 303 37 81 12 1 2 40 0 0 38 8 .267 .350 .333 .683 35.5 6.0
  TOT   122 409 50 112 20 1 6 55 0 0 47 14 .274 .349 .372 .721 51.7 9.6
    AAA   25 91 18 32 8 1 5 22 0 1 19 6 .352 .464 .626 1.090 23.5  
1979 25 PIT NL 139 442 63 136 29 2 9 65 0 0 53 12 .308 .378 .443 .821 69.0 14.6
1980 26 PIT NL 147 480 67 139 21 4 10 68 0 2 51 21 .290 .354 .413 .767 67.4 14.8
1981 27 PIT NL 144 536 78 152 18 2 15 69 1 0 46 14 .284 .336 .409 .745 69.7 11.9
1982 28 PIT NL 140 539 64 151 23 0 18 68 0 1 59 23 .280 .351 .423 .774 77.8 15.0
1983 29 DET AL 140 491 82 142 32 1 11 51 1 0 58 13 .289 .360 .426 .786 74.0 13.6
1984 30 DET AL 69 254 25 63 18 1 5 23 0 1 22 8 .248 .310 .386 .696 28.0 4.8
  BAL AL 73 255 29 76 22 1 4 33 1 1 17 12 .298 .343 .439 .782 34.0 7.7
  TOT   142 509 54 139 40 2 9 56 1 2 39 20 .273 .327 .413 .739 61.9 12.6
1985 31 BAL AL 133 481 71 143 35 1 9 70 0 2 42 24 .297 .349 .430 .779 66.4 12.8
1986 32 BAL AL 135 474 57 121 32 3 7 60 1 2 64 17 .255 .346 .380 .725 56.6 9.4
1987 33 BAL AL 136 479 81 135 34 1 12 69 0 2 46 20 .282 .342 .432 .774 64.3 11.7
1988 34 BAL AL 143 492 63 142 38 5 7 81 0 5 72 23 .289 .379 .429 .808 75.6 15.9
1989 35 BAL AL 145 514 73 153 44 5 6 59 1 0 52 29 .298 .360 .438 .798 74.2 17.5
1990 36 BAL AL 148 527 56 143 37 3 5 58 0 2 48 36 .271 .333 .381 .715 58.0 8.7
15 Years Sim 1937 6775 906 1894 413 30 128 862 5 18 730 289 .280 .348 .406 .754 900.5 170.3
4 Years AAA 213 508 75 151 34 1 18 70 0 3 77 31 .297 .390 .474 .865 91.4  
162 Game Average 566 75 158 34 2 10 72 0 1 61 24 .280 .348 .406 .754 75.3  
Career Highs 148 539 82 153 44 5 18 81 1 5 72 36 .308 .379 .443 .821 77.8  
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   4792 629 1311 289 21 92 589 3 15 476 211 .274 .338 .400 .738 640.3
vs LH   1983 277 583 124 9 36 273 2 3 254 78 .294 .372 .420 .792 308.8
Home 964 3325 397 919 180 17 50 391 2 6 337 143 .276 .342 .386 .727 437.3
Away 973 3450 509 975 233 13 78 471 3 12 393 146 .283 .354 .426 .780 511.8
RISP   1694 0 472 94 13 36 676 0 0 226 76 .279 .355 .413 .768 257.1
Pinch Hitting   164 17 40 4 1 2 35 0 0 10 11 .244 .280 .317 .597 14.8
Close/Late   879 102 255 47 2 14 106 0 0 102 39 .290 .361 .396 .757 126.9
Mar/Apr 270 934 125 264 61 5 22 122 1 3 90 27 .283 .343 .429 .772 134.3
May 348 1229 163 340 83 7 28 169 1 5 135 49 .277 .348 .424 .772 177.5
June 330 1141 160 329 74 6 22 151 0 2 126 58 .288 .357 .422 .778 168.9
July 311 1070 147 305 60 6 19 143 1 2 137 47 .285 .364 .406 .770 159.5
August 343 1221 154 344 75 2 17 140 1 1 117 45 .282 .343 .388 .731 161.0
Sep/Oct 335 1180 157 312 60 4 20 137 1 5 125 63 .264 .334 .373 .707 147.9
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
1975 21 PIT NL C 7 5 47.7 21 4 0 0 1.000 4.72 3 2 .667 0 0.3
1977 23 BAL AL C 107 103 929.3 527 68 8 1 .987 5.76 121 42 .347 2 5.9
    1B 6 0 10.3 14 1 0 1 1.000 13.07 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 24 BAL AL C 21 20 199.2 106 9 1 0 .991 5.20 18 6 .333 0 1.5
    1B 0 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  PIT NL C 70 67 590.8 316 28 3 0 .991 5.24 54 18 .333 0 1.6
    1B 2 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   C 91 87 790.0 422 37 4 0 .991 5.23 72 24 .333 0 3.1
      1B 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1979 25 PIT NL C 135 124 1124.0 577 58 10 1 .984 5.08 117 38 .325 1 4.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 26 PIT NL C 138 121 1112.7 604 44 7 2 .989 5.24 96 29 .302 1 5.3
    1B 3 0 10.0 14 1 0 1 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1981 27 PIT NL C 135 123 1127.3 618 54 5 2 .993 5.36 91 36 .396 2 7.4
1982 28 PIT NL C 137 125 1158.0 613 46 10 1 .985 5.12 107 31 .290 2 5.0
1983 29 DET AL C 137 130 1172.0 708 67 10 2 .987 5.95 108 44 .407 0 6.5
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1984 30 DET AL C 66 62 585.6 375 38 5 0 .988 6.35 75 26 .347 2 3.4
    1B 1 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  BAL AL C 69 66 579.3 371 38 5 0 .988 6.35 74 25 .338 2 2.0
    1B 1 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   C 135 128 1164.9 746 76 10 0 .988 6.35 149 51 .342 4 5.3
      1B 2 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1985 31 BAL AL C 128 121 1110.7 817 35 6 0 .993 6.90 85 21 .247 3 4.3
    1B 1 0 10.7 12 4 0 2 1.000 13.51 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1986 32 BAL AL C 130 124 1130.3 851 55 10 1 .989 7.21 108 36 .333 3 5.4
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1987 33 BAL AL C 129 122 1100.3 805 49 8 0 .991 6.99 98 32 .327 4 4.5
    1B 4 0 6.0 7 1 0 2 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1988 34 BAL AL C 141 129 1179.7 899 46 8 1 .992 7.21 97 24 .247 2 5.6
1989 35 BAL AL C 140 128 1171.7 868 48 8 1 .991 7.04 82 26 .317 3 7.3
    1B 2 0 4.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1990 36 BAL AL C 141 131 1182.0 909 43 8 1 .992 7.25 96 26 .271 2 4.5
    1B 2 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1831 1701 15500.5 9985 730 112 13 .990 6.22 1430 462 .323 29 74.4
  1B 25 0 50.0 59 7 0 6 1.000 11.88 0 0 .000 0 0.1
Career Totals   1856 1701 15550.5 10044 737 112 19 .990 6.24 1430 462 .323 29 74.6
Career Highs   143 131 1183.0 911 76 10 3 1.000 7.26 149 51 .667 4  
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 26 PIT NL 5 20 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400
1983 29 DET AL 7 27 5 10 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 .370 .452 .519 .970
1986 32 BAL AL 6 24 3 10 4 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 .417 .417 .708 1.125
1987 33 BAL AL 13 47 9 13 2 0 2 9 0 0 7 2 .277 .370 .447 .817
1988 34 BAL AL 17 58 7 20 6 0 0 13 0 1 8 2 .345 .412 .448 .860
1989 35 BAL AL 5 19 1 5 3 0 0 3 1 0 2 1 .263 .333 .421 .754
1990 36 BAL AL 9 35 6 11 3 1 0 5 0 0 3 1 .314 .368 .457 .826
Career Post-Season Batting 62 230 32 73 19 1 4 36 1 2 24 8 .317 .379 .461 .840
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
1979-9-.308
 On-Base Pct
1979-8-.378
 Doubles
1984-9-40
1989-7-44
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 42    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  3. Bill Freehan (873)
  4. Harvey Kuenn (868)
  5. Milt May (867)
  6. Harry Chiti (862)
  7. Wayne Causey (859)
  8. Rance Mulliniks (857)
  9. Don Padgett (853)
  10. Babe Phelps (849)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 43rd overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1975
Had first career hit on 4/22/1975, off Jerry Koosman (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 5/12/1977, off Bart Johnson (SEM)
Traded from Baltimore to Pittsburgh on 6/1/1978 (Going to PIT: C Biff Pocoroba. Going to BAL: CF John Hale)
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,178,571 through salary arbitration
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,178,571 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,178,571 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against New York (N) on 4/21/1982
Won Player of the Week award on 4/22/1982, hitting .565 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Was selected to the 1982 Allstar game
9/22/1982: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $5,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Traded from Pittsburgh to Detroit on 2/8/1983 (Going to PIT: P Pedro Borbon, CF Amos Otis, P Ron Guidry, P Bob Stanley. Going to DET: C Biff Pocoroba)
Was selected to the 1983 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1983
Traded from Detroit to Baltimore on 7/1/1984 (Going to DET: P Joe Hesketh, P John Montefusco. Going to BAL: C Biff Pocoroba)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/2/1984, hitting .545 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Miami on 4/7/1985
10/13/1985: Signed a contract extension with Baltimore, $5,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Drove in 6 runs against Miami on 4/7/1987
Was selected to the 1989 Allstar game
10/10/1989: Signed a contract extension with Baltimore, $4,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1990 Allstar game
 
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