Duffy
Dyer
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 210
 
Born: August 15, 1945 in Usa, OH, DAYTON
 
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1968 22 TAM AL     3 3 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
1969 23 TAM AL     4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 7 6 6 6 6 6
1970 24 TAM AL     4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 6 6 7 6 7
1971 25 TAM AL     5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 6 7 6 7
1972 26 TAM AL     5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 7 7
1973 27 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 7 7 8 8 8
1974 28 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 7 7 8 8 8
1975 29 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 7 8 9 8 8
1976 30 TAM AL $ 810,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 7 8 8 8 8
1977 31 TAM AL $ 810,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 7 7 8 7 7
1978 32 TAM AL $ 810,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 7 7 8 7 7
1979 33 KCR AL $ 1,400,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 7 7 8 7 7
1980 34 IND AL $ 1,400,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 7 7 8 7 7
1981 35 IND AL $ 1,400,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 7 7 8 7 7
1982 36 IND AL $ 750,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 7 7 8 7 8
1983 37 IND AL $ 750,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 7 7 8 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,400,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 7 8 9 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
1968 22 A   137 417 67 107 28 1 10 61 1 4 85 78 .257 .382 .400 .783 67.6  
1969 23 A   137 464 67 123 26 2 12 81 4 8 110 79 .265 .406 .407 .813 82.4  
1970 24 AA   137 504 68 135 25 1 22 94 5 3 84 72 .268 .372 .452 .825 87.3  
1971 25 AA   137 513 70 151 33 2 21 70 5 9 86 55 .294 .396 .489 .885 96.1  
1972 26 AAA   108 411 59 114 21 0 18 81 4 2 56 47 .277 .364 .460 .824 69.1  
    AA   27 95 18 30 4 0 6 24 2 0 16 15 .316 .414 .547 .962 21.1  
1973 27 TAM AL 53 136 21 32 6 1 1 9 0 2 14 13 .235 .305 .316 .621 12.8 1.1
1974 28 TAM AL 46 133 28 38 6 0 2 27 1 1 24 11 .286 .398 .376 .773 22.0 3.7
1975 29 TAM AL 87 249 44 74 14 1 7 49 3 0 27 21 .297 .368 .446 .814 39.8 8.4
1976 30 TAM AL 141 506 64 101 22 0 10 64 2 1 49 54 .200 .275 .302 .578 42.4 1.7
1977 31 TAM AL 70 199 27 42 11 0 5 28 1 2 23 23 .211 .295 .342 .636 19.7 1.7
1978 32 TAM AL 86 256 39 76 7 2 11 38 3 2 26 24 .297 .367 .469 .836 42.1 9.4
1979 33 TAM AL 67 203 20 49 8 1 4 34 3 2 24 26 .241 .318 .350 .667 23.4 2.8
  KCR AL 13 19 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .211 .318 .316 .634 1.7 0.2
  TOT   80 222 22 53 10 1 4 34 3 2 27 27 .239 .318 .347 .664 25.1 3.0
1980 34 IND AL 72 177 27 43 8 3 8 19 0 1 13 28 .243 .298 .458 .756 23.1 3.9
1981 35 IND AL 148 524 69 109 21 0 10 54 1 2 55 57 .208 .287 .305 .592 42.7 1.4
1982 36 IND AL 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
    AAA   112 425 76 123 19 1 27 78 3 2 62 50 .289 .380 .529 .909 83.6  
1983 37 IND AL 56 146 14 32 3 0 3 20 0 1 12 17 .219 .280 .301 .581 11.8 0.4
11 Years Sim 841 2551 355 600 108 8 61 342 14 14 270 277 .235 .311 .356 .667 281.2 34.6
2 Years AAA 220 836 135 237 40 1 45 159 7 4 118 97 .283 .374 .495 .869 152.7  
3 Years AA 301 1112 156 316 62 3 49 188 12 12 186 142 .284 .389 .478 .866 204.5  
2 Years A 274 881 134 230 54 3 22 142 5 12 195 157 .261 .401 .404 .805 150.0  
7 Years Minors 795 2829 425 783 156 7 116 489 24 28 499 396 .277 .388 .460 .848 507.2  
162 Game Average 491 68 115 20 1 11 65 2 2 52 53 .235 .311 .356 .667 54.2  
Career Highs 148 524 69 109 22 3 11 64 3 2 55 57 .297 .398 .469 .836 42.7  
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   1507 198 325 60 5 33 196 9 7 146 170 .216 .291 .328 .618 145.0
vs LH   1044 157 275 48 3 28 146 5 7 124 107 .263 .340 .396 .736 143.0
Home 398 1218 172 295 51 6 33 170 8 6 117 134 .242 .312 .375 .687 143.7
Away 443 1333 183 305 57 2 28 172 6 8 153 143 .229 .311 .338 .648 144.3
RISP   686 0 166 33 2 17 268 0 0 77 73 .242 .316 .370 .687 83.6
Pinch Hitting   102 14 23 4 0 5 19 0 0 11 5 .225 .291 .412 .702 13.2
Close/Late   371 51 75 9 0 6 29 0 0 41 48 .202 .291 .275 .566 30.6
Mar/Apr 112 330 45 75 15 2 6 33 2 4 26 34 .227 .284 .339 .624 31.0
May 131 398 46 91 16 1 9 58 1 1 49 48 .229 .319 .342 .661 45.1
June 150 462 54 125 19 0 9 76 5 2 48 52 .271 .336 .370 .706 59.4
July 141 421 63 101 24 1 11 72 0 2 44 43 .240 .314 .380 .694 50.3
August 162 489 85 112 19 2 13 50 4 1 57 52 .229 .318 .356 .674 57.1
Sep/Oct 145 451 62 96 15 2 13 53 2 4 46 48 .213 .287 .341 .628 45.2
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
1973 27 TAM AL C 34 31 278.7 184 14 2 0 .990 6.39 40 8 .200 1 1.7
    3B 6 2 25.0 3 5 0 1 1.000 2.88 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 4 0 7.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 16.71 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1974 28 TAM AL C 16 16 135.0 91 5 3 1 .970 6.40 16 3 .188 0 0.9
    3B 12 10 94.0 10 22 0 3 1.000 3.06 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 8 4 42.0 4 0 1 0 .800 0.86 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 3 2 18.0 20 2 0 4 1.000 11.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 2 2 14.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.21 0 0 .000 0  
1975 29 TAM AL 1B 40 33 314.7 392 23 0 38 1.000 11.87 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    C 19 16 152.7 124 7 1 1 .992 7.72 18 4 .222 0 1.0
    3B 12 11 95.7 6 21 1 0 .964 2.54 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 11 4 44.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 3 2 19.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.37 0 0 .000 0  
1976 30 TAM AL C 134 131 1177.3 756 56 7 5 .991 6.21 128 39 .305 6 4.2
    3B 2 2 18.0 1 6 0 2 1.000 3.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1977 31 TAM AL C 57 54 479.0 262 22 8 1 .973 5.34 58 17 .293 1 1.3
    RF 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 1 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 32 TAM AL C 49 46 410.3 187 17 1 0 .995 4.47 26 7 .269 4 0.8
    RF 11 9 79.0 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.62 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    LF 9 4 57.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.74 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 7 3 39.0 2 9 0 1 1.000 2.54 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 5 3 28.0 34 0 0 3 1.000 10.93 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 33 TAM AL C 27 26 254.9 126 16 2 0 .986 5.01 27 7 .259 0 1.7
    3B 11 3 56.3 5 17 0 0 1.000 3.52 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 6 5 53.3 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.35 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 11 1 36.5 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.97 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 6 3 36.5 44 2 1 5 .979 11.34 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  KCR AL C 5 5 24.1 12 1 0 0 1.000 4.85 3 1 .333 0 0.1
    3B 2 1 5.3 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 1 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 2 0 3.5 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 3.5 4 0 0 1 1.000 10.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   C 32 31 279.0 138 17 2 0 .987 5.00 30 8 .267 0 1.8
      3B 13 4 61.6 5 19 0 0 1.000 3.51   0.4
      RF 7 6 58.3 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.39   0.2
      LF 13 1 40.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.03   0.0
      1B 7 3 40.0 48 2 1 6 .980 11.25   0.1
1980 34 IND AL 1B 19 12 114.3 135 8 2 20 .986 11.26 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 23 8 92.7 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.75 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    C 13 10 87.0 32 2 0 0 1.000 3.52 10 1 .100 0 0.3
    3B 12 8 71.0 8 15 0 1 1.000 2.92 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 11 3 42.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.14 0 0 .000 0  
1981 35 IND AL C 113 112 1016.0 511 53 5 0 .991 5.00 107 34 .318 2 6.4
    3B 13 10 94.3 5 26 1 3 .969 2.96 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    RF 8 6 53.3 13 0 1 0 .929 2.19 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 5 3 30.0 39 3 1 2 .977 12.60 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 4 2 26.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.73 0 0 .000 0  
1982 36 IND AL RF 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1983 37 IND AL C 29 25 227.3 118 10 1 0 .992 5.07 23 6 .261 2 1.0
    RF 11 5 58.3 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.78 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 10 5 52.0 10 1 1 0 .917 1.90 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 3 0 6.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 3 0 5.0 7 0 0 2 1.000 12.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 496 472 4242.3 2403 203 30 8 .989 5.53 456 127 .279 16 19.3
  1B 87 56 559.0 691 38 4 76 .995 11.74 0 0 .000 0 1.0
  3B 81 50 507.6 41 125 2 11 .988 2.94 0 0 .000 0 2.3
  RF 73 37 393.0 86 0 2 0 .977 1.97 0 0 .000 0 1.3
  LF 68 24 307.3 61 1 1 0 .984 1.82 0 0 .000 0 0.3
Career Totals   805 639 6009.2 3282 367 39 95 .989 5.47 456 127 .279 16 24.2
Career Highs   143 133 1219.7 757 82 8 39 .997 8.39 128 39 .318 6  
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
1973 27 TAM AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
1975 29 TAM AL 5 9 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 .222 .300 .556 .856
1977 31 TAM AL 7 20 3 4 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 8 .200 .273 .350 .623
1979 33 KCR AL 14 55 6 16 1 0 1 10 0 0 4 5 .291 .339 .364 .703
1981 35 IND AL 5 16 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 .250 .368 .375 .743
1983 37 IND AL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 35 102 12 26 3 0 3 16 0 0 11 16 .255 .327 .373 .700
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 54th overall pick, by Tampa Bay in 1968
Injured on 6/17/1968 with a Sprained Ankle, out for 3 days
Injured on 6/3/1970 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Had first career hit on 4/4/1973, off Jim Palmer (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 4/5/1973, off Ralph Lumenti (DET)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1975, hitting .588 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $810,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $810,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $810,000 through salary arbitration
10/29/1978: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $1,400,000 per year, for 3 years
Traded from Tampa Bay to Kansas City on 7/31/1979 (Going to KCR: DH Reggie Jackson, C Duffy Dyer, RF Larry Hisle. Going to TAM: 3B Kevin Bell, 1B John Mayberry, RF Tony Conigliaro)
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Boston (A) on 10/10/1979
Traded from Kansas City to Indianapolis on 3/4/1980 (Going to KCR: RF Jim Fuller. Going to IND: C Duffy Dyer, P Mike Thompson)
10/3/1981: Signed a contract extension with Indianapolis, $750,000 per year, for 4 years