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Jerry
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Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 175
 
Born: August 23, 1952 in Usa, MA, SHIRLEY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1981    1988   
All-Star Selections 1978    1981    1983   
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
1974 21 NYG NL     5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 7 7 6 7 6
1975 22 NYG NL     6 6 6 3 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 7
1976 23 NYG NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 8 8 8 7 8 8
1977 24 NYG NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 6 6 6 8 9 9 7 8 8
1978 25 NYG NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 2 3 3 6 6 6 8 9 9 7 8 7
1979 26 NYG NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 8 9 9 7 8 7
1980 27 NYG NL $ 3,178,571   8 8 8 3 3 3 6 6 6 8 9 9 7 7 7
1981 28 NYG NL $ 3,178,571   8 8 8 3 3 3 6 6 6 8 9 9 7 7 7
1982 29 NYG NL $ 3,528,571   8 8 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 8 9 9 7 8 8
1983 30 BOS AL $ 5,015,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 6 6 6 8 9 9 7 8 8
1984 31 BOS AL $ 5,015,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 6 6 6 8 9 9 7 8 7
1985 32 BOS AL $ 5,015,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 5 5 5 7 8 8 6 7 6
1986 33 BAL AL $ 1,292,000   7 7 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 7 8 8 6 6 6
1987 34 BAL AL $ 1,800,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 5 5
1988 35 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5
1989 36 BAL AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 2 2 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,015,000   8 8 8 3 4 4 6 6 6 8 9 9 7 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
1974 21 AAA   80 297 52 90 15 2 11 44 10 2 48 44 .303 .400 .478 .878 57.3  
    AA   54 169 21 50 12 0 6 27 4 4 40 23 .296 .431 .473 .904 34.9  
1975 22 AAA   135 545 86 160 23 6 14 63 9 12 90 57 .294 .394 .435 .829 92.9  
1976 23 NYG NL 110 321 49 93 9 5 5 41 22 10 47 37 .290 .376 .396 .772 49.6 8.5
    AAA   26 101 13 33 5 1 0 8 2 2 13 16 .327 .404 .396 .800 15.8  
1977 24 NYG NL 154 579 83 169 27 2 8 68 25 18 80 56 .292 .379 .387 .766 84.5 17.0
1978 25 NYG NL 153 600 90 188 28 4 10 68 28 24 85 71 .313 .397 .423 .821 97.4 21.7
1979 26 NYG NL 156 624 104 199 30 5 3 70 31 15 79 71 .319 .394 .397 .791 97.3 25.8
1980 27 NYG NL 148 589 94 168 30 6 11 74 29 16 77 53 .285 .366 .413 .779 91.3 21.4
1981 28 NYG NL 148 590 94 178 28 6 9 75 25 19 80 71 .302 .383 .415 .798 94.0 21.9
1982 29 NYG NL 153 625 94 188 31 2 9 45 21 17 70 69 .301 .372 .400 .772 86.6 16.5
1983 30 BOS AL 154 551 80 152 31 5 4 64 4 5 80 72 .276 .371 .372 .743 74.8 14.6
1984 31 BOS AL 153 584 74 169 35 6 8 85 11 7 69 67 .289 .368 .411 .779 85.5 16.5
1985 32 BOS AL 126 464 58 129 25 3 7 63 6 1 40 51 .278 .335 .390 .725 59.8 10.0
1986 33 BAL AL 41 31 8 10 2 1 0 5 1 0 6 2 .323 .421 .452 .873 6.7 1.8
1987 34 BAL AL 69 217 31 60 5 2 1 15 4 2 31 44 .276 .367 .332 .699 28.6 5.3
1988 35 NYG NL 27 84 13 22 4 0 0 6 0 0 9 23 .262 .337 .310 .646 9.5 1.5
    AAA   101 342 36 94 11 0 3 29 9 4 48 66 .275 .364 .333 .697 45.1  
1989 36 BAL AL 7 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1 0.0
14 Years Sim 1599 5864 872 1726 285 47 75 679 207 134 753 688 .294 .375 .397 .772 865.7 182.5
4 Years AAA 342 1285 187 377 54 9 28 144 30 20 199 183 .293 .390 .415 .805 211.1  
1 Years AA 54 169 21 50 12 0 6 27 4 4 40 23 .296 .434 .473 .907 34.9  
5 Years Minors 396 1454 208 427 66 9 34 171 34 24 239 206 .294 .395 .422 .817 245.9  
162 Game Average 594 88 174 28 4 7 68 20 13 76 69 .294 .375 .397 .772 87.7  
Career Highs 156 625 104 199 35 6 11 85 31 24 85 72 .323 .421 .452 .873 97.4  
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   4262 625 1266 202 29 52 494 151 99 547 454 .297 .377 .395 .772 635.8
vs LH   1602 247 460 83 18 23 185 56 35 206 234 .287 .367 .404 .771 238.9
Home 811 2884 418 867 154 24 37 331 88 72 368 339 .301 .379 .409 .788 439.4
Away 788 2980 454 859 131 23 38 348 119 62 385 349 .288 .370 .386 .756 435.3
RISP   1388 0 403 79 16 17 574 0 0 208 144 .290 .376 .407 .783 219.7
Pinch Hitting   77 9 21 5 0 3 11 1 0 7 9 .273 .329 .455 .784 11.6
Close/Late   720 106 216 31 3 12 92 0 0 92 85 .300 .378 .401 .779 110.6
Mar/Apr 239 901 148 278 49 7 14 100 37 20 107 109 .309 .385 .425 .811 143.6
May 314 1119 138 322 65 9 9 123 31 31 144 142 .288 .368 .386 .754 156.7
June 275 1025 170 320 47 8 12 132 42 25 138 125 .312 .394 .409 .802 164.7
July 249 937 144 279 45 7 13 116 41 17 101 103 .298 .367 .402 .770 138.5
August 282 1023 143 301 46 9 19 113 29 20 126 110 .294 .371 .413 .783 155.7
Sep/Oct 240 859 129 226 33 7 8 95 27 21 137 99 .263 .361 .346 .707 115.5
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 23 NYG NL LF 82 82 708.7 147 6 1 0 .994 1.94 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    CF 23 10 108.0 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.92 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 6 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1977 24 NYG NL CF 147 146 1319.3 367 11 0 2 1.000 2.58 0 0 .000 0 4.0
    LF 5 0 7.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.46 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 5.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 7.95 0 0 .000 4 0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 25 NYG NL CF 151 149 1333.0 386 10 0 2 1.000 2.67 0 0 .000 0 4.8
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1979 26 NYG NL CF 150 145 1315.0 366 6 1 1 .997 2.55 0 0 .000 0 4.4
    RF 2 1 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 2 0 3.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.92 0 0 .000 0  
1980 27 NYG NL 1B 143 142 1238.3 1486 98 9 135 .994 11.51 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    CF 7 0 16.7 8 1 0 1 1.000 4.86 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1981 28 NYG NL CF 144 142 1266.0 344 4 0 1 1.000 2.47 0 0 .000 0 4.3
    1B 4 0 5.3 6 1 0 0 1.000 11.82 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1982 29 NYG NL CF 147 145 1310.7 368 4 4 0 .989 2.55 0 0 .000 0 4.8
    1B 4 0 15.0 25 0 0 0 1.000 15.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1983 30 BOS AL 1B 147 147 1295.3 1563 125 9 147 .995 11.73 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    CF 3 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1984 31 BOS AL LF 3 3 27.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 2 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1985 32 BOS AL LF 91 90 783.7 138 3 0 1 1.000 1.62 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    CF 32 29 264.3 59 1 0 0 1.000 2.04 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
1986 33 BAL AL RF 5 3 27.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 3 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 6 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 3 0 6.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 3 0 4.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.93 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1987 34 BAL AL CF 15 14 121.3 26 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    RF 14 14 108.0 31 0 0 0 1.000 2.58 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 13 11 100.0 26 0 0 0 1.000 2.34 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 12 10 83.0 80 11 0 14 1.000 9.87 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1988 35 NYG NL CF 27 26 228.0 64 0 1 0 .985 2.53 0 0 .000 0 0.7
1989 36 BAL AL RF 5 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 2.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 7.73 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 851 806 7302.3 2016 37 6 7 .997 2.53 0 0 .000 0 24.1
  1B 318 299 2651.3 3180 236 18 296 .995 11.60 0 0 .000 0 5.6
  LF 206 186 1645.3 321 9 1 1 .997 1.81 0 0 .000 0 5.3
  RF 35 18 165.0 42 0 0 0 1.000 2.29 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  SS 4 0 5.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.18 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 5.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 7.95 0 0 .000 4 0.0
  3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1416 1309 11777.3 5564 285 25 304 .996 4.47 0 0 .000 4 35.1
Career Highs   154 149 1334.3 1566 125 9 147 1.000 11.63 0 0 .000 4  
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
1979 26 NYG NL 7 30 3 9 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 1 .300 .364 .300 .664
1980 27 NYG NL 11 37 5 11 2 0 0 1 0 2 9 5 .297 .438 .351 .789
1981 28 NYG NL 16 68 14 23 4 2 0 8 5 3 9 8 .338 .410 .456 .866
1982 29 NYG NL 7 31 4 10 1 0 0 3 2 1 4 2 .323 .400 .355 .755
1986 33 BAL AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 42 167 26 53 7 2 0 15 8 6 25 16 .317 .405 .383 .788
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
1978-7-.313
1979-5-.319
1981-9-.302
 On-Base Pct
1978-4-.397
1979-5-.394
1981-6-.383
 XR
1978-5-97.4
1979-6-97.3
1980-9-91.3
1981-9-94.0
 Games
1979-2-156
 At-Bats
1978-4-600
1979-1-624
1982-2-625
 Runs
1978-10-90
1979-4-104
1981-4-94
Hits
1978-2-188
1979-1-199
1980-10-168
1981-5-178
1982-5-188
 Singles
1977-9-132
1978-1-146
1979-1-161
1980-9-121
1981-7-135
1982-5-146
 Triples
1976-5-5
1980-9-6
1981-8-6
 Stolen Bases
1976-9-22
1978-9-28
1979-7-31
1980-10-29
 Caught Stealing
1976-8-10
1977-5-18
1978-3-24
1979-6-15
1980-3-16
1981-4-19
1982-7-17
CAR-41-134
 Walks
1978-7-85
1979-10-79
1981-8-80
1983-7-80
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 59    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 37    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 46th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1974
Had first career hit on 5/3/1976, off Ed Figueroa (TOR)
Hit first career homerun on 5/4/1976, off Dan Warthen (TOR)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/15/1978, hitting .520 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Miami on 5/21/1979
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Minnesota on 7/26/1979
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,178,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/30/1980 with a Pulled Rib Cage Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,178,571 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
Injured on 7/11/1981 with a Strained Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
Won World Championship with New York (N) in 1981
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,528,571 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 9/2/1982, hitting .533 with 0 HR, 4 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/7/1983 to a 3-year deal worth $5,015,000 per year
Was selected to the 1983 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/5/1984, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Detroit on 6/24/1985
Signed as a free agent by Baltimore on 4/3/1986 to a 1-year deal worth $1,292,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Baltimore on 2/27/1987 to a 1-year deal worth $1,800,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 4/3/1988 to a minor league deal
Won World Championship with New York (N) in 1988
Signed as a free agent by Colorado on 2/3/1989 to a 1-year deal worth $1,000,018 per year
Released by Colorado on 2/14/1989
Signed as a free agent by Baltimore on 4/3/1989 to a minor league deal
 
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