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Bill
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Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 175
 
Born: April 2, 1955 in Usa, VA, ROANOKE
 
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
1978 23 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
1979 24 MON NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
1980 25 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 9 9 9
1981 26 MON NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9
1982 27 MON NL $ 1,514,286   7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 4 4 8 9 9
1983 28 MON NL $ 2,051,429   8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 4 4 8 8 8
1984 29 MON NL $ 2,051,429   8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 4 4 8 8 8
1985 30 CLN NL $ 2,000,002   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
1986 31 CLN NL $ 2,000,002   8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 4 4 8 8 8
1987 32 CLN NL $ 2,000,002   7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 4 4 8 8 8
1988 33 PHN NL $ 2,000,002   7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 4 4 8 8 8
1989 34 MIA NL $ 1,500,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
1990 35 MIA NL     4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,051,429   8 8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9
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
1978 23 MON NL 4 11 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .364 .364 .364 .727 0.6 0.1
    AA   137 524 47 131 23 0 13 71 1 3 52 27 .250 .318 .368 .686 62.0  
1979 24 MON NL 80 218 24 55 9 1 3 21 0 1 12 19 .252 .294 .344 .638 18.5 1.8
1980 25 MON NL 138 443 56 118 16 4 8 47 5 6 24 28 .266 .305 .375 .680 48.4 8.2
1981 26 MON NL 155 611 55 160 21 5 8 61 9 3 28 31 .262 .297 .352 .649 58.0 7.1
1982 27 MON NL 85 281 33 91 21 0 4 36 3 1 17 13 .324 .364 .441 .806 40.8 10.7
1983 28 MON NL 150 551 47 141 21 3 12 59 13 5 31 59 .256 .295 .370 .665 59.3 7.5
1984 29 MON NL 146 558 67 158 36 1 11 68 10 3 24 51 .283 .315 .410 .726 66.5 14.0
1985 30 NYG NL 75 267 33 79 17 1 3 30 4 2 23 31 .296 .352 .401 .752 35.7 9.6
  CLN NL 71 236 28 69 12 1 4 23 3 2 16 25 .292 .336 .403 .739 29.2 6.2
  TOT   146 503 61 148 29 2 7 53 7 4 39 56 .294 .344 .402 .746 65.0 15.8
1986 31 CLN NL 151 535 77 163 31 1 14 67 5 3 33 60 .305 .347 .445 .792 74.6 14.7
1987 32 CLN NL 153 581 68 152 36 1 10 80 2 1 45 69 .262 .318 .379 .696 64.8 9.4
1988 33 CLN NL 34 117 15 35 2 1 2 16 1 1 7 10 .299 .341 .385 .726 14.7 2.5
  PHN NL 67 227 25 66 17 0 3 23 1 3 14 26 .291 .335 .405 .740 28.0 5.4
  TOT   101 344 40 101 19 1 5 39 2 4 21 36 .294 .337 .398 .735 42.7 7.8
1989 34 PHN NL 92 308 31 77 12 1 2 24 1 0 16 44 .250 .295 .315 .610 26.7 2.4
  MIA NL 41 117 8 19 6 0 1 9 0 0 5 23 .162 .203 .239 .443 3.7 0.0
  TOT   133 425 39 96 18 1 3 33 1 0 21 67 .226 .270 .294 .564 30.4 2.4
1990 35 MIA NL 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1 0.0
    AAA   111 470 51 128 16 0 6 43 1 0 39 78 .272 .328 .345 .673 53.8  
13 Years Sim 1445 5067 568 1387 257 20 85 564 57 31 297 493 .274 .316 .383 .699 569.7 99.6
1 Years AAA 111 470 51 128 16 0 6 43 1 0 39 78 .272 .330 .345 .675 53.8  
1 Years AA 137 524 47 131 23 0 13 71 1 3 52 27 .250 .317 .368 .686 62.0  
2 Years Minors 248 994 98 259 39 0 19 114 2 3 91 105 .261 .323 .357 .680 115.7  
162 Game Average 568 63 155 28 2 9 63 6 3 33 55 .274 .316 .383 .699 63.9  
Career Highs 155 611 77 163 36 5 14 80 13 6 45 69 .364 .364 .445 .806 74.6  
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   3619 392 980 183 17 57 400 40 24 208 349 .271 .313 .378 .691 409.9
vs LH   1448 176 407 74 3 28 164 17 7 89 144 .281 .323 .394 .718 178.9
Home 731 2553 298 693 136 7 47 302 31 9 137 239 .271 .310 .385 .695 295.1
Away 714 2514 270 694 121 13 38 262 26 22 160 254 .276 .322 .380 .702 293.7
RISP   1180 0 328 59 4 20 437 0 0 100 120 .278 .331 .386 .716 150.1
Pinch Hitting   98 13 34 7 0 2 20 0 0 9 9 .347 .407 .480 .887 17.3
Close/Late   603 70 180 29 5 8 62 0 0 44 62 .299 .348 .403 .751 81.0
Mar/Apr 232 845 100 247 52 5 13 106 13 2 61 81 .292 .342 .412 .754 114.9
May 262 908 119 264 39 4 22 112 22 5 53 66 .291 .332 .415 .748 122.0
June 246 891 87 221 37 2 10 76 2 9 54 93 .248 .292 .328 .620 80.6
July 210 749 85 207 35 3 11 86 9 6 34 71 .276 .309 .375 .685 82.4
August 254 855 85 239 57 4 8 101 7 5 37 89 .280 .310 .384 .694 94.8
Sep/Oct 241 819 92 209 37 2 21 83 4 4 58 93 .255 .309 .382 .691 94.1
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 23 MON NL CF 2 1 10.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
    LF 1 1 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1979 24 MON NL CF 20 13 129.0 46 0 0 0 1.000 3.21   1.5
    3B 16 13 113.0 6 26 1 2 .970 2.55   0.3
    LF 14 13 106.0 26 1 0 0 1.000 2.29    
    RF 13 7 69.3 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.08    
1980 25 MON NL 3B 99 88 794.7 52 229 9 27 .969 3.18   2.2
    LF 11 9 75.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.68   0.4
    CF 10 6 60.3 19 2 0 1 1.000 3.13    
    RF 5 3 26.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.73    
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1981 26 MON NL LF 125 123 1092.3 206 5 2 4 .991 1.74   2.4
    RF 13 13 119.7 28 0 0 0 1.000 2.11    
    SS 7 7 62.0 17 23 3 7 .930 5.81   0.3
    3B 2 1 10.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.0
    CF 4 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1982 27 MON NL LF 72 63 570.7 105 0 0 0 1.000 1.66   1.2
    RF 4 0 13.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69    
    3B 6 0 12.3 1 2 0 1 1.000 2.19   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1983 28 MON NL RF 90 89 790.7 172 0 0 0 1.000 1.96   3.5
    LF 54 53 453.3 117 3 0 2 1.000 2.38    
    3B 5 0 16.0 0 6 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.1
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1984 29 MON NL LF 104 101 892.3 159 0 3 0 .981 1.60   1.0
    RF 36 34 304.3 55 1 0 0 1.000 1.66    
    CF 4 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
    3B 2 0 4.0 0 3 0 1 1.000 6.75   0.1
1985 30 NYG NL CF 36 36 317.3 93 1 0 0 1.000 2.67   1.6
    RF 26 26 233.5 55 1 0 0 1.000 2.16   0.0
    LF 12 12 111.1 24 0 0 0 1.000 1.94   0.0
    3B 5 1 13.9 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
  CLN NL CF 34 34 274.0 80 1 0 0 1.000 2.66   2.2
    RF 24 24 201.7 48 1 0 0 1.000 2.19   0.0
    LF 12 12 95.9 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.97   0.0
    3B 4 0 12.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75   0.0
  TOT   CF 70 70 591.3 173 2 0 0 1.000 2.66   3.8
      RF 50 50 435.2 103 2 0 0 1.000 2.17   0.0
      LF 24 24 207.0 45 0 0 0 1.000 1.96   0.0
      3B 9 1 25.9 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.04   0.0
1986 31 CLN NL CF 149 145 1223.3 296 3 0 2 1.000 2.20   5.2
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1987 32 CLN NL CF 149 148 1319.7 327 5 0 5 1.000 2.26   5.1
    RF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1988 33 CLN NL LF 18 18 160.8 29 0 1 0 .967 1.62   0.6
    CF 11 9 85.0 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.22   0.0
    3B 2 0 4.4 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.05   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  PHN NL LF 36 35 313.9 57 0 1 0 .983 1.63   0.5
    CF 21 19 166.0 40 0 0 0 1.000 2.17   0.0
    3B 5 0 8.6 1 2 0 1 1.000 3.14   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   LF 54 53 474.7 86 0 2 0 .977 1.63   1.1
      CF 32 28 251.0 61 0 0 0 1.000 2.19   0.0
      3B 7 0 13.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 2.77   0.1
      RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1989 34 PHN NL CF 33 29 262.5 75 1 0 1 1.000 2.61   1.7
    LF 30 28 246.3 39 1 0 1 1.000 1.46   0.0
    3B 21 19 171.8 12 33 2 4 .957 2.36   0.3
    RF 5 3 27.7 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.60   0.0
    SS 5 0 9.7 1 1 1 1 .667 1.86   0.0
  MIA NL CF 15 13 98.1 28 0 0 0 1.000 2.57   0.5
    LF 13 12 92.1 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.37   0.0
    3B 9 8 64.2 4 12 1 2 .941 2.24   0.2
    RF 2 1 10.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.62   0.0
    SS 2 0 3.6 1 1 0 0 1.000 5.00   0.0
  TOT   CF 48 42 360.6 103 1 0 1 1.000 2.60   2.2
      LF 43 40 338.4 53 1 0 1 1.000 1.44   0.0
      3B 30 27 236.0 16 45 3 6 .953 2.33   0.5
      RF 7 4 38.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.61   0.0
      SS 7 0 13.3 2 2 1 1 .800 2.71   0.0
1990 35 MIA NL CF 2 2 17.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.06   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  LF 502 480 4216.8 811 10 7 7 .992 1.75   6.1
  CF 492 455 3979.2 1034 13 0 9 1.000 2.37   17.8
  RF 224 200 1806.2 393 3 0 0 1.000 1.97   3.5
  3B 177 130 1225.9 79 317 13 38 .968 2.91   3.2
  SS 15 7 77.3 19 25 4 8 .917 5.12   0.3
Career Totals   1410 1272 11305.3 2336 368 24 62 .991 2.15   30.9
Career Highs   153 148 1322.7 328 231 9 28 1.000 3.02    
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
1978 23 MON NL 11 38 1 8 2 0 0 6 1 0 1 0 .211 .231 .263 .494
1985 30 CLN NL 16 59 7 15 5 0 3 6 1 0 4 10 .254 .313 .492 .804
1986 31 CLN NL 4 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250
Career Post-Season Batting 31 113 8 25 7 0 3 12 2 0 5 13 .221 .261 .363 .623
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
1986-9-.305
 Games
1981-6-155
 At-Bats
1981-1-611
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  6. Pete Lacock (944)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 37th overall pick, by Montreal in 1978
Injured on 5/20/1978 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 4 days
Had first career hit on 9/26/1978, off Bart Johnson (SEM)
Hit first career homerun on 4/19/1979, off Willie Hernandez (PHN)
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,514,286 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/3/1982 with a Strained Bicep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,051,429 through salary arbitration
2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,051,429 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Detroit on 6/28/1984
Drove in 7 runs against Detroit on 7/15/1984
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Cleveland (N) on 8/10/1984
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/5/1985 to a 4-year deal worth $2,000,002 per year
Traded from New York (N) to Cleveland (N) on 7/1/1985 (Going to NYG: P Jeff Barkley. Going to CLN: CF Bill Sample, LF Mike Vail)
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Philadelphia on 7/1/1988 (Going to CLN: P Eduardo Rodriguez. Going to PHN: P Juan Agosto, CF Bill Sample, P Dan Morogiello)
10/3/1988: Signed a contract extension with Philadelphia, $1,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Philadelphia to Miami on 7/31/1989 (Going to MIA: CF Bill Sample, P Marvin Freeman. Going to PHN: CF Leon Durham)
Injured on 3/26/1990 with a Dislocated Finger, out for one week
Released by Miami on 10/29/1990
 
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