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Claudell
Washington		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 205
 
Born: August 31, 1954 in Usa, CA, LOS ANGELES
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1982   
All-Star Selections 1982    1983    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
1974 19 TOR AL     6 6 5 4 5 4 6 7 7 3 3 3 5 6 6
1975 20 TOR AL     6 6 6 4 5 4 6 7 7 3 3 3 5 7 6
1976 21 TOR AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 5 5 6 7 7 3 4 3 5 7 6
1977 22 TOR AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 5 6 5 7 8 8 3 3 3 3 4 4
1978 23 TOR AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 6 6 6 7 9 8 3 4 3 3 4 4
1979 24 TOR AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 6 7 6 7 9 8 3 4 3 3 4 4
1980 25 CLN NL $ 3,207,143   7 7 7 6 7 7 7 9 8 3 4 4 3 3 3
1981 26 CLN NL $ 3,207,143   8 8 7 6 7 7 7 9 8 4 5 4 3 4 4
1982 27 CLN NL $ 2,000,000   7 7 7 6 7 7 7 9 8 4 4 4 3 3 3
1983 28 CLN NL $ 2,000,000   7 7 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 4 4 4 3 3 3
1984 29 CLN NL $ 2,000,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 7 9 8 4 5 4 3 3 3
1985 30 CLN NL $ 2,000,000   7 7 6 7 7 7 7 8 8 4 5 4 3 3 3
1986 31 WAS NL $ 1,588,000   6 6 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 4 5 4 3 3 3
1987 32 BAL AL $ 500,005   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 4 5 4 3 3 3
1988 33 BAL AL $ 500,005   6 6 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 4 5 4 3 3 3
1989 34 BAL AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 2 2 4 5 5 4 5 4 3 3 3
1990 35 MIL NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 2 2 2 4 3 4 5 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 2 2 2 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,207,143   8 8 7 7 7 7 7 9 8 4 5 4 5 7 6
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
1974 19 AAA   127 497 83 137 33 1 19 93 16 2 38 80 .276 .327 .461 .788 74.8  
1975 20 AAA   136 550 91 169 41 6 24 99 13 5 42 67 .307 .356 .535 .891 97.8  
1976 21 TOR AL 114 252 30 62 12 3 8 41 9 2 15 34 .246 .289 .413 .702 31.5 4.6
1977 22 TOR AL 148 593 94 177 38 7 13 87 22 8 26 81 .298 .328 .452 .780 83.8 17.2
1978 23 TOR AL 71 237 33 67 13 2 6 51 7 2 8 35 .283 .304 .430 .734 30.4 5.5
    AAA   80 328 51 113 22 3 14 45 8 3 26 74 .345 .393 .558 .951 64.8  
1979 24 TOR AL 125 442 66 138 38 6 14 73 12 1 21 74 .312 .341 .520 .862 70.0 14.9
1980 25 CLN NL 149 502 54 141 26 0 9 58 9 2 34 64 .281 .329 .386 .715 61.1 10.9
1981 26 CLN NL 152 586 76 166 53 3 8 79 20 6 34 104 .283 .322 .425 .747 74.6 15.9
1982 27 CLN NL 138 528 86 179 44 2 19 134 12 6 38 95 .339 .380 .538 .918 99.0 23.4
1983 28 CLN NL 113 397 62 124 29 3 14 89 17 6 32 67 .312 .364 .506 .870 66.3 15.0
1984 29 CLN NL 97 195 37 66 11 2 8 42 5 3 9 36 .338 .364 .538 .902 34.8 9.4
1985 30 CLN NL 113 309 36 78 19 3 11 44 3 4 16 77 .252 .292 .440 .732 36.2 6.3
1986 31 WAS NL 131 486 61 130 35 0 15 66 19 2 32 108 .267 .311 .432 .743 67.3 12.8
    AAA   18 30 8 10 2 1 3 8 0 0 6 3 .333 .444 .767 1.211 8.9  
1987 32 BAL AL 56 75 7 12 4 0 1 15 1 0 2 18 .160 .179 .253 .433 2.0 0.0
1988 33 BAL AL 55 131 21 39 10 1 5 15 4 1 7 29 .298 .333 .504 .837 20.5 4.5
    AAA   33 137 31 44 6 0 15 35 2 1 15 34 .321 .388 .693 1.082 33.6  
1989 34 BAL AL 81 158 34 44 5 3 9 37 3 0 14 37 .278 .335 .519 .854 26.4 6.0
1990 35 MIL NL 18 43 4 12 3 0 0 2 2 1 3 6 .279 .326 .349 .675 4.9 0.9
    AAA   112 453 48 113 16 2 7 47 4 2 43 113 .249 .315 .340 .654 49.7  
15 Years Sim 1561 4934 701 1435 340 35 140 833 145 44 291 865 .291 .330 .459 .789 708.8 147.3
6 Years AAA 506 1995 312 586 120 13 82 327 43 13 170 371 .294 .349 .490 .840 329.6  
162 Game Average 512 72 148 35 3 14 86 15 4 30 89 .291 .330 .459 .789 73.6  
Career Highs 152 593 94 179 53 7 19 134 22 8 38 108 .339 .380 .538 .918 99.0  
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   3964 571 1219 283 27 121 711 120 38 241 651 .308 .346 .484 .830 627.9
vs LH   970 130 216 57 8 19 122 25 6 50 214 .223 .262 .357 .618 89.9
Home 761 2359 330 690 156 18 67 408 58 21 141 402 .292 .332 .459 .791 343.5
Away 800 2575 371 745 184 17 73 425 87 23 150 463 .289 .328 .459 .787 374.4
RISP   1453 0 453 103 8 51 676 0 0 102 251 .312 .349 .499 .848 240.1
Pinch Hitting   272 40 70 19 1 4 65 4 2 17 51 .257 .296 .379 .675 29.9
Close/Late   650 90 198 49 3 10 104 0 0 40 103 .305 .344 .435 .779 91.0
Mar/Apr 246 731 110 222 55 7 16 124 30 13 35 129 .304 .337 .464 .801 106.2
May 258 844 114 238 60 6 27 129 23 2 47 148 .282 .320 .463 .784 122.1
June 268 897 128 287 65 5 27 169 21 10 43 167 .320 .349 .494 .843 142.5
July 257 797 111 214 42 6 23 133 23 10 53 138 .269 .313 .423 .736 104.1
August 274 829 105 206 53 4 19 127 21 3 63 149 .248 .302 .391 .693 99.1
Sep/Oct 258 836 133 268 65 7 28 151 27 6 50 134 .321 .357 .516 .872 143.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1976 21 TOR AL CF 55 42 389.3 88 5 3 1 .969 2.15 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    3B 31 6 118.3 11 33 2 3 .957 3.35 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 9 4 46.0 10 2 0 1 1.000 2.35 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1977 22 TOR AL RF 87 85 740.7 145 1 8 0 .948 1.77 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    3B 36 36 312.7 23 77 1 11 .990 2.88 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    LF 24 24 213.7 57 1 1 1 .983 2.44 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
1978 23 TOR AL 3B 64 60 533.7 35 130 5 12 .971 2.78 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    CF 2 2 17.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.59 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 1 10.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1979 24 TOR AL 3B 107 101 870.7 64 212 11 15 .962 2.85 0 0 .000 0 2.7
    LF 2 2 17.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.71 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 7 0 15.0 1 0 1 0 .500 0.60 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 4 0 7.3 1 0 1 0 .500 1.23 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 2 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 25 CLN NL 1B 113 110 938.3 1132 89 10 130 .992 11.71 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    3B 8 2 41.0 4 8 0 0 1.000 2.63 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 13 0 25.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.10 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 5 0 12.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.46 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1981 26 CLN NL 1B 148 148 1303.3 1619 91 20 144 .988 11.81 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    2B 1 1 9.0 3 2 0 1 1.000 5.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 4 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 3 0 5.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1982 27 CLN NL 1B 120 118 1060.3 1238 90 7 111 .995 11.27 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    CF 9 1 23.7 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.04 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 4 0 6.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1983 28 CLN NL 1B 102 97 850.0 1054 64 8 79 .993 11.84 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    CF 5 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 3 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1984 29 CLN NL RF 26 15 157.7 24 0 1 0 .960 1.37 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    1B 32 2 83.3 100 7 0 5 1.000 11.56 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    3B 10 0 20.0 2 5 0 0 1.000 3.15 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 5 0 16.0 8 0 1 0 .889 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1985 30 CLN NL CF 37 32 279.7 70 2 5 1 .935 2.32 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    1B 23 15 146.3 174 16 2 15 .990 11.69 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    3B 26 9 118.3 4 31 0 4 1.000 2.66 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    RF 13 11 97.7 12 0 2 0 .857 1.11 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 2 2 18.0 2 6 1 0 .889 4.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1986 31 WAS NL 1B 11 9 87.7 104 10 0 6 1.000 11.70 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 5 3 30.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 4 3 29.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.86 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 3 2 15.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 3 1 13.0 2 6 0 1 1.000 5.54 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1987 32 BAL AL 3B 10 9 79.0 3 8 0 1 1.000 1.25 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 12 0 25.0 27 2 0 1 1.000 10.44 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 4 0 7.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1988 33 BAL AL RF 26 3 72.7 11 0 1 0 .917 1.36 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    CF 8 8 71.3 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.27 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 7 7 53.0 3 6 1 0 .900 1.53 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 5 4 33.0 38 1 0 3 1.000 10.64 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1989 34 BAL AL 3B 31 30 266.0 13 38 3 5 .944 1.73 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    RF 11 0 22.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 4 0 11.3 5 0 1 0 .833 3.97 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 6 0 8.3 8 1 0 0 1.000 9.72 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1990 35 MIL NL 3B 7 7 59.0 8 7 0 1 1.000 2.29 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 6 3 29.3 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.15 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  1B 574 503 4539.6 5498 371 47 497 .992 11.64 0 0 .000 0 7.1
  3B 348 268 2499.6 174 563 23 53 .970 2.65 0 0 .000 0 7.1
  RF 183 118 1151.6 201 1 13 0 .940 1.58 0 0 .000 0 1.9
  CF 144 88 876.6 211 8 11 2 .952 2.25 0 0 .000 0 2.6
  LF 71 37 391.3 95 3 1 2 .990 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.4
  SS 4 2 25.0 2 7 1 0 .900 3.24 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  2B 1 1 9.0 3 2 0 1 1.000 5.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1326 1017 9493.9 6186 955 96 555 .987 6.77 0 0 .000 0 19.3
Career Highs   157 149 1327.0 1623 212 20 145 1.000 11.65 0 0 .000 0  
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
1982 27 CLN NL 14 54 6 21 1 0 2 21 3 1 1 9 .389 .411 .519 .929
1983 28 CLN NL 8 23 3 7 4 0 0 4 0 0 4 2 .304 .393 .478 .871
1984 29 CLN NL 9 14 1 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 .214 .267 .429 .695
1985 30 CLN NL 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167
1987 32 BAL AL 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667
1988 33 BAL AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 43 100 10 32 6 1 2 28 3 1 7 16 .320 .367 .460 .827
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
1982-3-.339
 On-Base Pct
1982-9-.380
 Slugging Pct
1979-5-.482*
1982-3-.538
 OPS
1979-10-.800*
1982-4-.918
 XR
1982-10-99.0
 Runs
1977-8-94
Hits
1977-7-177
1982-10-179
 Total Bases
1977-10-268
1982-6-284
 Doubles
1977-8-38
1979-3-38
1981-1-53
1982-3-44
 RBIs
1982-1-134
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 31    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 16th overall pick, by Toronto in 1974
Injured on 4/6/1974 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 3/9/1975 with a Concussion, out for one week
Had first career hit on 4/2/1976, off Lerrin Lagrow (STL)
Hit first career homerun on 5/3/1976, off Jack Billingham (NYG)
Injured on 5/23/1979 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 9/30/1979, hitting .542 with 2 HR, 11 RBI
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,207,143 through salary arbitration
Traded from Toronto to Cleveland (N) on 2/4/1980 (Going to CLN: P Mike Boddicker, RF Claudell Washington. Going to TOR: P Balor Moore, P Billy Mccool, P Bill Landis, P Rich Hinton)
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,207,143 through salary arbitration
Drove in 7 runs against Baltimore on 7/16/1981
7/31/1981: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $2,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1982 Allstar game
Won World Championship with Cleveland (N) in 1982
Won Player of the Week award on 6/24/1983, hitting .700 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1983 Allstar game
Injured on 7/9/1983 with a Torn Abdominal Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 4/3/1986 to a 1-year deal worth $1,588,000 per year
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Pittsburgh on 5/28/1986
Was selected to the 1986 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Baltimore on 2/23/1987 to a 2-year deal worth $500,005 per year
3/4/1988: Signed a minor league contract extension with Baltimore
Signed as a free agent by Milwaukee on 4/3/1990 to a minor league deal
 
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