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Doug
Rader		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 225
 
Born: July 30, 1944 in Usa, IL, CHICAGO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1974    1976    1977   
Gold Glove 1970   
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
1967 22 TAM AL     4 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
1968 23 TAM AL     5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 5 5
1969 24 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 5 6 5 5
1970 25 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 5 5 6 5 5
1971 26 COL NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5
1972 27 COL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 6 7 7 6 7 5 4 5 5 5 5
1973 28 COL NL $ 1,928,571   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 6 6 6 5 5 5
1974 29 COL NL $ 1,600,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5
1975 30 COL NL $ 1,600,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
1976 31 KCR AL $ 1,600,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 7 6 6 7 6 6 5 5 5
1977 32 KCR AL $ 1,600,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
1978 33 KCR AL $ 3,250,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
1979 34 KCR AL $ 3,250,000   4 4 4 4 3 3 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
1980 35 COL NL $ 3,250,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,250,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5
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
1967 22 AAA   56 190 41 60 8 1 16 39 1 0 31 48 .316 .412 .621 1.033 45.6  
    AA   78 269 41 60 14 0 13 41 3 0 38 51 .223 .319 .420 .739 38.7  
1968 23 AAA   136 493 68 126 29 4 22 78 9 5 41 102 .256 .313 .465 .777 70.9  
1969 24 TAM AL 39 112 18 30 6 1 5 11 2 3 8 28 .268 .320 .473 .793 16.9 4.1
    AAA   81 298 48 77 17 3 11 50 1 3 46 64 .258 .358 .446 .804 47.8  
1970 25 TAM AL 156 469 55 107 23 3 10 49 4 6 40 121 .228 .288 .354 .642 43.1 3.1
1971 26 COL NL 106 379 37 90 18 0 9 43 0 2 39 85 .237 .305 .356 .661 37.8 3.8
    AAA   54 200 42 66 15 5 13 39 3 4 17 34 .330 .382 .650 1.032 43.4  
1972 27 COL NL 102 360 37 98 10 1 13 49 0 0 28 63 .272 .326 .414 .740 47.1 7.8
1973 28 COL NL 155 524 76 141 27 3 14 81 0 0 53 93 .269 .335 .412 .747 68.7 11.7
1974 29 COL NL 155 501 60 140 27 1 10 65 1 2 48 94 .279 .349 .397 .746 65.4 9.6
1975 30 COL NL 152 520 79 165 33 5 13 87 0 0 58 103 .317 .384 .475 .859 87.6 19.2
1976 31 KCR AL 135 504 74 147 25 2 19 81 3 2 53 106 .292 .357 .462 .819 79.1 14.7
1977 32 KCR AL 152 645 92 156 26 2 28 74 1 2 68 152 .242 .316 .419 .734 83.4 12.2
1978 33 KCR AL 125 520 71 130 27 4 16 77 0 0 44 113 .250 .309 .410 .719 64.7 10.7
1979 34 KCR AL 154 579 70 166 22 3 16 85 1 0 45 128 .287 .339 .418 .757 79.8 14.6
1980 35 COL NL 25 76 6 14 1 0 1 5 0 0 1 17 .184 .195 .237 .432 2.2 0.0
    AAA   112 421 23 73 13 4 4 35 1 1 20 88 .173 .211 .252 .463 18.5  
12 Years Sim 1456 5189 675 1384 245 25 154 707 12 17 485 1103 .267 .330 .413 .742 675.8 111.4
5 Years AAA 439 1602 222 402 82 17 66 241 15 13 155 336 .251 .316 .447 .763 226.3  
1 Years AA 78 269 41 60 14 0 13 41 3 0 38 51 .223 .317 .420 .737 38.7  
6 Years Minors 517 1871 263 462 96 17 79 282 18 13 193 387 .247 .316 .443 .760 265.0  
162 Game Average 577 75 153 27 2 17 78 1 1 53 122 .267 .330 .413 .742 75.2  
Career Highs 156 645 92 166 33 5 28 87 4 6 68 152 .317 .384 .475 .859 87.6  
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   3307 433 851 157 14 103 449 9 11 324 725 .257 .324 .407 .731 436.9
vs LH   1882 242 533 88 11 51 258 3 6 161 378 .283 .339 .423 .762 263.6
Home 714 2486 331 694 117 14 74 362 8 8 240 547 .279 .342 .427 .768 358.3
Away 742 2703 344 690 128 11 80 345 4 9 245 556 .255 .319 .400 .718 342.2
RISP   1296 0 354 65 10 31 517 0 0 124 265 .273 .330 .410 .741 177.6
Pinch Hitting   42 6 8 2 0 2 9 0 0 8 11 .190 .320 .381 .701 5.8
Close/Late   559 72 152 19 4 23 68 0 0 74 135 .272 .355 .444 .799 90.0
Mar/Apr 248 919 113 242 51 1 24 130 1 1 70 192 .263 .317 .399 .716 114.0
May 241 873 100 230 27 9 24 106 4 3 82 169 .263 .326 .397 .724 114.3
June 237 847 111 229 47 6 19 112 0 1 86 184 .270 .339 .407 .747 115.5
July 220 747 106 214 29 3 33 117 0 5 65 158 .286 .343 .466 .809 115.4
August 257 936 123 242 48 2 24 110 4 4 93 213 .259 .327 .391 .718 119.6
Sep/Oct 253 867 122 227 43 4 30 132 3 3 89 187 .262 .329 .424 .753 121.7
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
1969 24 TAM AL SS 35 33 285.0 53 114 6 24 .965 5.27   1.5
    1B 3 2 20.0 19 3 1 1 .957 9.90   0.0
    LF 1 0 4.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.93   0.0
1970 25 TAM AL 1B 156 156 1294.3 1538 120 5 127 .997 11.53   2.5
    SS 2 0 4.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 6.75   0.0
1971 26 COL NL 3B 25 24 213.0 15 58 3 8 .961 3.08   0.9
    SS 4 0 7.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
    1B 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.0
    LF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1972 27 COL NL SS 82 79 703.7 104 283 11 64 .972 4.95   3.4
    1B 9 7 64.7 86 6 0 14 1.000 12.81   0.2
    3B 6 5 44.0 1 13 0 1 1.000 2.86   0.2
    LF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1973 28 COL NL SS 64 60 521.3 84 203 5 29 .983 4.95   2.3
    1B 58 54 453.7 503 41 2 41 .996 10.79   1.0
    3B 38 33 293.0 14 84 2 6 .980 3.01   1.7
1974 29 COL NL SS 128 122 1034.7 110 435 14 69 .975 4.74   4.4
    1B 13 10 85.0 89 17 1 5 .991 11.22   0.2
    3B 5 2 27.0 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.67   0.1
    LF 3 2 14.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93   0.1
    RF 4 0 12.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.46    
1975 30 COL NL SS 129 124 1054.0 150 462 5 75 .992 5.23   5.4
    3B 11 10 92.0 5 21 0 1 1.000 2.54   0.2
    RF 6 1 22.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.82   0.0
    LF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    1B 2 0 4.0 6 0 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.0
1976 31 KCR AL SS 135 134 1167.7 162 501 16 73 .976 5.11   7.6
1977 32 KCR AL SS 152 150 1338.3 179 608 14 110 .983 5.29   10.4
1978 33 KCR AL SS 123 121 1112.0 152 477 15 77 .977 5.09   8.0
    2B 1 1 9.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
1979 34 KCR AL SS 147 146 1317.7 200 545 18 84 .976 5.09   8.5
    1B 5 4 38.7 54 4 1 6 .983 13.50   0.1
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1980 35 COL NL LF 24 23 196.0 37 1 0 0 1.000 1.74   0.3
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  SS 1001 969 8545.3 1197 3631 104 606 .979 5.08   51.7
  1B 247 233 1963.3 2297 191 10 196 .996 11.41   3.9
  3B 86 74 670.0 37 179 5 16 .977 2.90   3.1
  LF 33 25 225.7 44 1 0 0 1.000 1.79   0.4
  RF 11 1 35.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.02   0.0
  2B 1 1 9.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
  CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   1380 1303 11449.6 3579 4003 119 818 .985 5.96   59.1
Career Highs   160 156 1357.3 1540 608 19 128 1.000 11.51    
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 28 COL NL 11 31 1 7 1 0 1 3 0 0 6 6 .226 .351 .355 .706
1974 29 COL NL 18 65 11 17 5 0 1 11 1 1 9 13 .262 .368 .385 .753
1975 30 COL NL 11 46 4 10 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 9 .217 .217 .326 .543
1976 31 KCR AL 18 67 7 15 3 0 2 9 1 0 7 21 .224 .297 .358 .656
1977 32 KCR AL 18 72 11 25 6 0 5 18 0 0 6 19 .347 .397 .639 1.036
1978 33 KCR AL 7 26 7 8 1 0 2 4 0 0 6 7 .308 .438 .577 1.014
Career Post-Season Batting 83 307 41 82 16 1 12 50 2 1 34 75 .267 .344 .443 .787
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
1975-8-.317
 OPS
1975-9-.859
 Games
1970-4-156
 At-Bats
1977-1-645
 Total Bases
1977-8-270
 Triples
1975-10-5
Homeruns
1977-3-28
 Strikeouts
1977-1-152
1978-6-113
1979-3-128
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 11    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  1. Ken Henderson (964)
  2. Tony Horton (959)
  3. Dan Thomas (958)
  4. Dave Winfield (954)
  5. Andy Pafko (954)
  6. Rick Reichardt (952)
  7. Ron Northey (947)
  8. Gus Bell (942)
  9. Carlos May (937)
  10. Tony Armas (934)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 22nd overall pick, by Tampa Bay in 1967
4/2/1969: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Had first career hit on 7/14/1969, off Frank Baumann (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 7/25/1969, off Herb Score (BOS)
4/2/1970: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1970
4/2/1971: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Traded from Tampa Bay to Colorado on 6/1/1971 (Going to COL: SS Doug Rader. Going to TAM: SS Lee Richard)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against St. Louis on 5/30/1972
Injured on 7/14/1972 with a Fractured Knee, out for 5 weeks
2/1/1973: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,928,571 through salary arbitration
7/31/1973: Signed a contract extension with Colorado, $1,600,000 per year, for 4 years
Drove in 6 runs against Montreal on 9/14/1974
Won World Championship with Colorado in 1974
Traded from Colorado to Kansas City on 3/3/1976 (Going to KCR: SS Doug Rader, RF Jimmy Wynn. Going to COL: P Rusty Gerhardt, C Jack Hiatt, 1B Mike Epstein)
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 6/3/1976
Injured on 6/11/1976 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (A) on 9/27/1976
Won World Championship with Kansas City in 1976
6/1/1977: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $3,250,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Championship with Kansas City in 1977
Injured on 6/25/1978 with a Broken Finger, out for 5 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 9/9/1978, hitting .529 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Traded from Kansas City to Colorado on 3/4/1980 (Going to KCR: SS Dick Allen, C Johnny Bench, RF Joe Ferguson, 3B Oscar Gamble, CF Johnny Grubb. Going to COL: 3B Jim Morrison, SS Doug Rader)
Injured on 5/23/1980 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 7 weeks
 
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