Bill
Madlock
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 200
 
Born: January 2, 1951 in Usa, TN, MEMPHIS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1976    1979    1980    1986   
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
1973 22 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 4 5 7 6 6 5 4 5 9 9 9
1974 23 LAD NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 4 5 10 9 9
1975 24 LAD NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 4 5 10 9 9
1976 25 LAD NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 6 6 6 8 7 7 5 5 5 10 9 9
1977 26 LAD NL $ 2,785,714   7 7 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 10 9 9
1978 27 LAD NL $ 2,785,714   7 7 8 7 6 6 7 6 7 5 4 5 10 10 10
1979 28 LAD NL $ 3,500,000   7 7 8 7 6 6 7 6 7 5 4 5 10 10 10
1980 29 LAD NL $ 3,500,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 4 4 10 10 10
1981 30 BAL AL $ 3,500,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 7 6 7 5 4 4 10 9 10
1982 31 OAK AL $ 3,500,000   7 7 8 6 6 6 7 6 6 4 4 4 10 9 10
1983 32 NYA AL $ 5,000,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 6 4 4 4 8 7 7
1984 33 NYA AL $ 5,000,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1985 34 NYA AL $ 5,000,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 7 4 4 4 7 6 7
1986 35 NYG NL $ 5,000,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1987 36 MIA NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 5 5 5 6 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 5 4 5 6 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,000,000   8 8 8 7 6 6 8 7 7 5 5 5 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
1973 22 NYA AL 7 21 5 9 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 .429 .478 .524 1.002 4.2 1.2
    AAA   136 514 78 146 24 5 21 87 5 1 53 33 .284 .351 .473 .824 84.0  
1974 23 LAD NL 150 555 65 162 20 4 9 79 9 3 50 35 .292 .351 .391 .742 72.0 15.7
1975 24 LAD NL 155 575 60 167 28 4 12 91 10 3 34 32 .290 .329 .416 .745 71.4 13.3
1976 25 LAD NL 157 584 85 180 31 2 13 81 9 7 50 25 .308 .363 .435 .798 86.1 16.1
1977 26 LAD NL 149 538 49 122 26 3 7 85 4 0 55 27 .227 .298 .325 .623 55.8 7.0
1978 27 LAD NL 138 516 52 129 21 3 11 74 1 0 29 18 .250 .292 .366 .659 53.1 7.2
1979 28 LAD NL 153 576 100 188 25 4 24 95 3 0 44 19 .326 .376 .509 .885 100.3 29.6
1980 29 LAD NL 156 615 76 169 19 2 16 89 5 2 39 22 .275 .318 .390 .708 71.6 12.1
1981 30 BAL AL 157 613 94 185 21 3 19 123 10 2 35 24 .302 .341 .439 .780 89.5 20.2
1982 31 OAK AL 153 595 69 160 24 2 11 69 7 5 30 29 .269 .302 .371 .674 62.6 8.7
1983 32 OAK AL 23 83 8 23 6 2 3 10 0 1 6 1 .277 .333 .506 .839 12.6 3.1
1984 33 NYA AL 106 251 30 54 12 0 7 26 2 1 9 31 .215 .240 .347 .587 20.3 0.8
1985 34 NYA AL 155 528 63 124 29 3 16 70 4 2 35 61 .235 .286 .392 .678 55.8 7.6
1986 35 NYG NL 153 532 67 133 38 3 17 57 3 1 32 97 .250 .296 .429 .724 62.6 11.5
1987 36 MIA NL 19 55 1 12 0 0 0 5 1 0 4 9 .218 .267 .218 .485 3.6 0.0
    AAA   107 400 60 113 28 0 22 58 4 7 32 52 .283 .336 .518 .853 65.1  
15 Years Sim 1831 6637 824 1817 302 35 165 956 68 27 454 432 .274 .321 .404 .726 821.4 154.0
2 Years AAA 243 914 138 259 52 5 43 145 9 8 85 85 .283 .345 .492 .837 149.1  
162 Game Average 587 72 160 26 3 14 84 6 2 40 38 .274 .321 .404 .726 72.7  
Career Highs 157 615 100 188 38 4 24 123 10 7 55 97 .429 .478 .524 1.002 100.3  
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   4512 520 1180 196 25 101 637 42 20 274 300 .262 .305 .383 .688 516.0
vs LH   2125 304 637 106 10 64 319 26 7 180 132 .300 .356 .449 .805 328.2
Home 920 3242 380 880 125 16 70 419 28 13 222 197 .271 .320 .385 .705 391.5
Away 911 3395 444 937 177 19 95 537 40 14 232 235 .276 .322 .423 .746 452.6
RISP   1784 0 492 85 12 48 745 0 0 145 110 .276 .325 .418 .743 241.6
Pinch Hitting   110 14 33 3 0 3 21 1 0 9 7 .300 .347 .409 .756 15.8
Close/Late   816 78 235 34 3 22 117 0 0 72 47 .288 .343 .418 .761 116.0
Mar/Apr 295 1087 124 308 43 6 35 173 15 7 80 67 .283 .333 .431 .763 152.5
May 302 1092 126 292 57 2 26 143 6 6 74 61 .267 .317 .395 .712 131.6
June 305 1087 121 276 50 8 24 137 11 4 78 76 .254 .307 .381 .688 125.2
July 289 1070 152 296 46 5 25 169 7 1 76 63 .277 .326 .399 .725 136.8
August 317 1165 146 318 54 4 28 169 13 4 74 74 .273 .312 .398 .711 144.3
Sep/Oct 323 1136 155 327 52 10 27 165 16 5 72 91 .288 .332 .423 .755 153.8
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
1973 22 NYA AL 2B 2 1 10.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.1
1974 23 LAD NL 2B 37 34 299.3 63 110 3 33 .983 5.20   1.0
    SS 19 14 135.0 27 59 1 12 .989 5.73   0.9
    3B 4 1 15.0 0 4 2 0 .667 2.40   0.0
1975 24 LAD NL 2B 150 146 1266.7 274 499 11 105 .986 5.49   5.9
    SS 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1976 25 LAD NL 2B 147 144 1263.0 289 486 16 119 .980 5.52   5.9
    SS 4 0 15.7 2 10 0 0 1.000 6.90   0.1
    3B 4 0 14.0 2 4 1 1 .857 3.86   0.0
1977 26 LAD NL 3B 108 102 927.7 64 225 17 23 .944 2.80   1.6
    2B 3 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1978 27 LAD NL 3B 34 31 283.3 24 61 4 5 .955 2.70   0.7
    2B 4 0 7.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.57   0.0
    SS 2 0 6.7 2 2 0 0 1.000 5.41   0.0
1979 28 LAD NL 3B 123 115 1040.3 77 270 20 20 .946 3.00   4.2
    2B 3 0 8.0 2 2 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.0
1980 29 LAD NL 3B 94 90 796.7 46 190 13 12 .948 2.67   1.4
    SS 15 12 117.0 22 45 5 6 .931 5.15   0.3
    2B 1 0 7.0 2 5 0 2 1.000 9.00   0.1
1981 30 BAL AL 3B 150 146 1315.0 87 332 26 38 .942 2.87   3.8
    2B 3 0 7.0 2 5 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.1
    SS 2 0 4.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1982 31 OAK AL SS 123 120 1042.7 167 428 16 82 .974 5.14   5.1
    3B 27 25 225.7 11 44 4 5 .932 2.19   0.5
    2B 2 0 4.0 1 5 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.1
1983 32 OAK AL 3B 23 23 184.3 7 43 5 5 .909 2.44   0.5
1984 33 NYA AL SS 74 53 499.7 68 190 12 26 .956 4.65   1.2
    2B 22 0 36.3 12 8 0 1 1.000 4.95   0.1
    3B 4 0 6.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
1985 34 NYA AL SS 147 146 1273.0 226 532 13 98 .983 5.36   6.6
    2B 5 0 11.0 4 6 0 2 1.000 8.18   0.1
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1986 35 NYG NL SS 122 122 1047.7 154 449 11 79 .982 5.18   4.7
    3B 29 27 230.3 16 51 3 7 .957 2.62   0.8
    2B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1987 36 MIA NL SS 13 11 99.0 16 42 4 9 .935 5.27   0.6
    2B 3 1 13.0 4 4 0 0 1.000 5.54   0.0
    3B 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
  3B 603 561 5049.3 335 1227 95 116 .943 2.78   13.5
  SS 526 478 4249.3 686 1765 62 314 .975 5.19   19.7
  2B 384 326 2937.3 655 1135 30 265 .984 5.48   13.4
Career Totals   1513 1365 12235.9 1676 4127 187 695 .969 4.27   46.6
Career Highs   155 149 1326.0 293 538 26 120 1.000 5.52    
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 22 NYA AL 3 10 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 .200 .333 .600 .933
1979 28 LAD NL 16 60 14 24 3 1 2 10 0 0 9 1 .400 .478 .583 1.062
1981 30 BAL AL 5 22 6 12 0 0 2 5 0 0 1 0 .545 .542 .818 1.360
1987 36 MIA NL 5 11 4 4 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 .364 .417 .909 1.326
Career Post-Season Batting 29 103 25 42 4 1 7 19 1 0 12 3 .408 .470 .670 1.140
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
1976-5-.308
1979-4-.326
On-Base Pct
1979-10-.376
Slugging Pct
1979-5-.509
OPS
1979-4-.885
XR
1979-5-100.3
Games
1976-4-157
1980-4-156
1981-1-157
1985-8-155
At-Bats
1980-4-615
1981-6-613
Runs
1979-5-100
1981-10-94
Hits
1976-2-180
1979-3-188
1980-9-169
1981-4-185
Total Bases
1979-5-293
1981-9-269
Singles
1974-9-129
1976-5-134
1979-5-135
1980-6-132
1981-6-142
RBIs
1981-2-123
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 39    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 29    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Bob Watson (932)
  2. Steve Braun (912)
  3. Jackie Robinson (903)
  4. Ken Landreaux (900)
  5. Jorge Orta (898)
  6. Cliff Cook (898)
  7. Willie Montanez (897)
  8. Mike Easler (892)
  9. Willie Crawford (892)
  10. Mike Shannon (891)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1973
Had first career hit (double) on 9/22/1973, off Ken Reynolds (BSN)
Traded from New York (A) to Los Angeles on 3/3/1974 (Going to LAD: 3B Bill Madlock, P Jim Maloney. Going to NYA: LF Curt Blefary, 2B Aaron Pointer)
Hit first career homerun on 4/19/1974, off Hal Kurtz (STL)
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 7/30/1974
Drove in 7 runs against Boston (A) on 7/31/1974
Was selected to the 1976 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1976, hitting .609 with 0 HR, 4 RBI
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,785,714 through salary arbitration
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,785,714 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/14/1978 with a Stiff Knee, out for one week
7/31/1978: Signed a contract extension with Los Angeles, $3,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/29/1979, hitting .636 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Philadelphia on 9/28/1979
Won Player of the Week award on 9/30/1979, hitting .481 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 4/15/1980, hitting .481 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against New York (N) on 7/14/1980
Drove in 6 runs against Montreal on 7/24/1980
Traded from Los Angeles to Baltimore on 2/2/1981 (Going to LAD: P Neil Allen, P Marty Bystrom, P Rob Gardner. Going to BAL: 3B Bill Madlock, DH Jerry Turner)
Traded from Baltimore to Oakland on 3/4/1982 (Going to BAL: DH Harold Baines, P Charlie Lea. Going to OAK: 3B Bill Madlock, C Gene Tenace, P Ed Farmer)
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 4/29/1982
6/1/1982: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $5,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 4/28/1983 with a Broken Wrist, out for full season
Traded from Oakland to New York (A) on 5/1/1983 (Going to NYA: SS Bill Madlock. Going to OAK: P Dave Lemonds)
Traded from New York (A) to New York (N) on 2/2/1986 (Going to NYG: P Rick Reuschel, SS Bill Madlock. Going to NYA: P Phil Huffman)
Was selected to the 1986 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Miami on 5/1/1987 to a minor league deal