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Player Notes: � Selected by the Seattle Mariners from the Kansas City Royals in the 1976 AL Expansion Draft (#1 pick) ... Topps All-Star Rookie (OF) in 1977

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Year	Team	League	Lvl	Org	Unif	Pos	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	XBH	PA	babip	ISO	SecA	wOBA	BB%	SO%	K-BB	HR%	AB/HR	XBH%
1973	Billings	Pio	Rk		-		18	61	193	45	58	10	4	4	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.301	.301	.456	.757	88	18	193	.286	.155	.155	.337	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.07	48.25	31.03
1974	Waterloo	Midw	A		-		19	68	249	44	88	15	0	13	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.353	.353	.570	.923	142	28	249	.318	.217	.217	.417	0.00	0.00	0.00	5.22	19.15	31.82
1974	San Jose	Calif	A+		-		19	53	191	29	53	7	3	8	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.277	.471	.748	90	18	191	.246	.194	.194	.337	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.19	23.88	33.96
1974	Minor Totals (2 teams)	Minor		�	�	�	�	121	440	73	141	22	3	21	88	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.320	.320	.527	.847	232	46	440	.286	.207	.207	.382	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.77	20.95	32.62
1975	Omaha	Amer	AAA		-		20	119	403	62	98	25	5	13	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.243	.427	.670	172	43	403	.218	.184	.184	.299	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.23	31.00	43.88
1976	Omaha	Amer	AAA		-		21	102	359	65	94	15	9	19	73	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.262	.513	.775	184	43	359	.221	.251	.251	.349	0.00	0.00	0.00	5.29	18.89	45.74
1976	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	kca	30	of	21	28	51	9	11	1	1	1	7	0	2	3	16	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.259	.333	.592	17	3	54	.294	.117	.137	.275	5.56	29.63	5.33	1.85	51.00	27.27
1977	Seattle Mariners	AL	MLB	sea	9	of	22	160	597	85	157	26	8	24	76	13	9	55	120	2	3	6	3	7	.263	.324	.454	.778	271	58	663	.290	.191	.290	.341	8.30	18.10	2.18	3.62	24.88	36.94
1978	Seattle Mariners	AL	MLB	sea	9	of	23	129	472	48	111	24	3	6	46	22	6	55	85	0	8	5	2	15	.235	.312	.337	.649	159	33	540	.272	.102	.252	.299	10.19	15.74	1.55	1.11	78.67	29.73
1979	Seattle Mariners	AL	MLB	sea	9	of	24	162	622	109	166	29	9	21	78	33	12	85	78	3	2	4	4	19	.267	.356	.444	.800	276	59	716	.275	.177	.347	.356	11.87	10.89	0.92	2.93	29.62	35.54
1980	New York Yankees	AL	MLB	nya	22	of	25	83	328	38	73	11	3	9	42	18	8	34	50	3	5	3	3	5	.223	.299	.357	.656	117	23	373	.235	.134	.268	.296	9.12	13.40	1.47	2.41	36.44	31.51
1981	San Diego Padres	NL	MLB	sdn	22	of	26	105	397	53	99	34	1	4	39	7	9	43	66	0	4	7	2	7	.249	.318	.370	.688	147	39	451	.284	.121	.224	.314	9.53	14.63	1.53	0.89	99.25	39.39
1982	San Diego Padres	NL	MLB	sdn	22	of	27	116	424	69	120	20	2	12	61	18	15	62	90	1	3	3	11	4	.283	.373	.425	.798	180	34	493	.332	.142	.295	.353	12.58	18.26	1.45	2.43	35.33	28.33
1983	San Diego Padres	NL	MLB	sdn	9	of	28	133	335	42	78	12	3	12	49	11	11	35	58	0	2	0	4	8	.233	.305	.394	.699	132	27	372	.249	.161	.266	.311	9.41	15.59	1.66	3.23	27.92	34.62
1984	Evansville Triplets	Amer	AAA	det	-	of	29	48	160	30	50	9	3	9	45	8	3	27	33	1	0	2	1	0	.313	.411	.575	.986	92	21	190	.342	.262	.463	.430	14.21	17.37	1.22	4.74	17.78	42.00
1984	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	32	of	29	79	215	26	61	12	1	12	37	2	4	21	47	0	0	1	0	5	.284	.346	.516	.862	111	25	237	.312	.232	.321	.382	8.86	19.83	2.24	5.06	17.92	40.98
1985	California Angels	AL	MLB	cal	13	of-dh	30	125	389	66	90	17	2	21	67	7	4	57	82	0	8	2	2	5	.231	.328	.447	.775	174	40	456	.240	.216	.370	.343	12.50	17.98	1.44	4.61	18.52	44.44
1986	California Angels	AL	MLB	cal	13	of	31	126	393	73	90	21	3	17	49	10	3	64	87	3	7	3	5	8	.229	.339	.427	.766	168	41	470	.250	.198	.379	.339	13.62	18.51	1.36	3.62	23.12	45.56
1987	California Angels	AL	MLB	cal	9	of	32	85	192	25	47	8	2	8	28	2	1	20	38	0	1	0	2	4	.245	.316	.432	.748	83	18	213	.267	.187	.297	.324	9.39	17.84	1.90	3.76	24.00	38.30
1988	Oklahoma City 89ers	Amer	AAA	tex	-	of	33	50	154	23	39	8	1	7	30	8	1	17	23	3	1	4	2	0	.253	.331	.455	.786	70	16	179	.250	.202	.357	.345	9.50	12.85	1.35	3.91	22.00	41.03
1989	Oklahoma City 89ers	Amer	AAA	tex	-	of	34	27	80	7	16	6	0	1	12	1	1	7	25	0	0	3	0	0	.200	.256	.313	.569	25	7	90	.263	.113	.200	.257	7.78	27.78	3.57	1.11	80.00	43.75
MLB Totals - 12 Season(s)Filter								1331	4415	643	1103	215	38	147	579	143	84	534	817	12	43	34	38	87	.250	.330	.416	.746	1835	400	5038	.274	.166	.300	.000	10.60	16.22	1.53	2.92	30.03	36.26
Minor League Totals - 7 Season(s)Filter								528	1789	305	496	95	25	74	333	17	5	51	81	4	1	9	3	0	.277	.297	.482	.779	863	194	1854	.257	.205	.240	.000	2.75	4.37	1.59	3.99	24.18	39.11
AAA Totals - 5 Season(s)Filter								346	1156	187	297	63	18	49	214	17	5	51	81	4	1	9	3	0	.257	.289	.470	.759	543	130	1221	.240	.213	.267	.000	4.18	6.63	1.59	4.01	23.59	43.77
A+ Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								53	191	29	53	7	3	8	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.277	.471	.748	90	18	191	.246	.194	.194	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.19	23.88	33.96
A Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								68	249	44	88	15	0	13	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.353	.353	.570	.923	142	28	249	.318	.217	.217	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	5.22	19.15	31.82
Rk Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								61	193	45	58	10	4	4	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.301	.301	.456	.757	88	18	193	.286	.155	.155	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.07	48.25	31.03
Seattle Mariners Totals - 3 Season(s)Filter								451	1691	242	434	79	20	51	200	68	27	195	283	5	13	15	9	41	.257	.333	.418	.751	706	150	1919	.279	.161	.300	.000	10.16	14.75	1.45	2.66	33.16	34.56
San Diego Padres Totals - 3 Season(s)Filter								354	1156	164	297	66	6	28	149	36	35	140	214	1	9	10	17	19	.257	.335	.397	.732	459	100	1316	.291	.140	.262	.000	10.64	16.26	1.53	2.13	41.29	33.67
California Angels Totals - 3 Season(s)Filter								336	974	164	227	46	7	46	144	19	8	141	207	3	16	5	9	17	.233	.330	.436	.766	425	99	1139	.249	.203	.359	.000	12.38	18.17	1.47	4.04	21.17	43.61
New York Yankees Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								83	328	38	73	11	3	9	42	18	8	34	50	3	5	3	3	5	.223	.299	.357	.656	117	23	373	.235	.134	.268	.000	9.12	13.40	1.47	2.41	36.44	31.51
Detroit Tigers Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								79	215	26	61	12	1	12	37	2	4	21	47	0	0	1	0	5	.284	.346	.516	.862	111	25	237	.312	.232	.321	.000	8.86	19.83	2.24	5.06	17.92	40.98
Kansas City Royals Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								28	51	9	11	1	1	1	7	0	2	3	16	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.259	.333	.592	17	3	54	.294	.117	.137	.000	5.56	29.63	5.33	1.85	51.00	27.27
Average MLB - Per 162 games								162	537	78	134	26	5	18	70	17	10	65	99	1	5	4	5	11	.250	.330	.416	.746	223	49	613	.274	.166	.300	.000	10.60	16.22	1.53	2.92	30.03	36.26
Average Minor - Per 162 games								162	549	94	152	29	8	23	102	5	2	16	25	1	0	3	1	0	.277	.297	.482	.779	265	60	569	.257	.205	.240	.000	2.75	4.37	1.59	3.99	24.18	39.11

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team Name	Lg	Level	Org	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	TC	TSC	FPct	RFg	RFi	SB	CS	SB%	PB	GP	Pos-Share	Tm-Share
1976	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	kca	21	OF	17	-	-	21	-	-	-	21	21	1.000	1.24	-	-	-	--	-	28	60.7	10.5
1976	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	kca	21	DH	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	--	-	28	10.7	1.9
1977	Seattle Mariners	AL	MLB	sea	22	OF	155	-	-	465	11	9	3	485	476	.981	3.07	-	-	-	--	-	160	96.9	95.7
1977	Seattle Mariners	AL	MLB	sea	22	DH	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	--	-	160	2.5	2.5
1978	Seattle Mariners	AL	MLB	sea	23	OF	128	-	-	393	10	6	2	409	403	.985	3.15	-	-	-	--	-	129	99.2	80.0
1979	Seattle Mariners	AL	MLB	sea	24	OF	161	-	-	453	13	5	4	471	466	.989	2.89	-	-	-	--	-	162	99.4	99.4
1980	New York Yankees	AL	MLB	nya	25	OF	82	-	-	246	4	3	1	253	250	.988	3.05	-	-	-	--	-	83	98.8	50.6
1981	San Diego Padres	NL	MLB	sdn	26	OF	104	-	-	295	9	2	3	306	304	.993	2.92	-	-	-	--	-	105	99.0	94.5
1982	San Diego Padres	NL	MLB	sdn	27	OF	114	-	-	314	3	5	1	322	317	.984	2.78	-	-	-	--	-	116	98.3	70.4
1983	San Diego Padres	NL	MLB	sdn	28	OF	111	-	-	249	3	5	2	257	252	.981	2.27	-	-	-	--	-	133	83.5	68.5
1983	San Diego Padres	NL	MLB	sdn	28	1B	5	-	-	19	3	1	1	23	22	.957	4.40	-	-	-	--	-	133	3.8	3.1
1984	Evansville Triplets	Amer	AAA	det	29	OF	48	-	-	97	1	4	-	102	98	.961	2.04	-	-	-	--	-	48	100.0	31.2
1984	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	29	OF	73	-	-	150	4	-	1	154	154	1.000	2.11	-	-	-	--	-	79	92.4	45.1
1984	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	29	DH	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	--	-	79	2.5	1.2
1985	California Angels	AL	MLB	cal	30	OF	73	-	-	179	12	1	5	192	191	.995	2.62	-	-	-	--	-	125	58.4	45.1
1985	California Angels	AL	MLB	cal	30	DH	43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	--	-	125	34.4	26.5
1986	California Angels	AL	MLB	cal	31	OF	121	-	-	205	5	4	-	214	210	.981	1.74	-	-	-	--	-	126	96.0	74.7
1987	California Angels	AL	MLB	cal	32	OF	66	-	-	81	1	3	-	85	82	.965	1.24	-	-	-	--	-	85	77.6	40.7
1987	California Angels	AL	MLB	cal	32	DH	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	--	-	85	3.5	1.9
1988	Oklahoma City 89ers	Amer	AAA	tex	33	OF	12	-	-	19	-	-	-	19	19	1.000	1.58	-	-	-	--	-	50	24.0	8.5
1989	Oklahoma City 89ers	Amer	AAA	tex	34	OF	11	-	-	10	1	-	-	11	11	1.000	1.00	-	-	-	--	-	27	40.7	7.6
MLB Totals for OF - 12 season(s)				-	�	OF	1205	-	-	3051	75	43	22	3169	3126	.986	2.59	-	-	-	--	-	1205	0.0	0.0
MLB Totals for DH - 5 season(s)				-	�	DH	55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	--	-	55	0.0	0.0
MLB Totals for 1B - 1 season(s)				-	�	1B	5	-	-	19	3	1	1	23	22	.957	4.40	-	-	-	--	-	5	0.0	0.0
AAA Totals for OF - 3 season(s)				-	�	OF	71	-	-	126	2	4	-	132	128	.970	1.80	-	-	-	--	-	71	0.0	0.0

Fielding Statistics - Position Grid

Year	Team Name	League	Level	Org	Age	P	C	1B	2B	SS	3B	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH
1976	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	kca	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	3
1977	Seattle Mariners	AL	MLB	sea	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	155	4
1978	Seattle Mariners	AL	MLB	sea	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	128	-
1979	Seattle Mariners	AL	MLB	sea	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	161	-
1980	New York Yankees	AL	MLB	nya	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	82	-
1981	San Diego Padres	NL	MLB	sdn	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	104	-
1982	San Diego Padres	NL	MLB	sdn	27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	114	-
1983	San Diego Padres	NL	MLB	sdn	28	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	111	-
1984	Evansville Triplets	Amer	AAA	det	29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	48	-
1984	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	73	2
1985	California Angels	AL	MLB	cal	30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	73	43
1986	California Angels	AL	MLB	cal	31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	121	-
1987	California Angels	AL	MLB	cal	32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	66	3
1988	Oklahoma City 89ers	Amer	AAA	tex	33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-
1989	Oklahoma City 89ers	Amer	AAA	tex	34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-

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Year	Team	League	Category	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	XBH	PA	babip	ISO	SecA	BB%	SO%	K-BB	HR%	AB/HR	XBH%
1984	Detroit Tigers	Champ. Series	MLB	29	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	6	.000	.000	.200	16.67	16.67	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1984	Detroit Tigers	World Series	MLB	29	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	0.00	33.33	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1986	California Angels	Champ. Series	MLB	31	6	17	4	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.364	.235	.599	4	1	22	.200	.059	.353	22.73	9.09	0.40	0.00	0.00	33.33
MLB Playoffs - Championship Series Totals - 2 yrs					8	22	5	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	.136	.321	.182	.503	4	1	28	.158	.046	.318	21.43	10.71	0.50	0.00	0.00	33.33
MLB Playoffs - World Series Totals - 1 yrs					2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	0.00	33.33	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

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Tranx Date	Pos	Organization	Assignment	40m	Status	Type	Transaction Description	Age	Roster for Current Team
1987-11-09						Free Agent	Granted Free Agency.		�
1985-01-30						Contract	Signed as Free Agent by Angels.		�
1984-11-08						Free Agent	Granted Free Agency.		�
1984-04-10						Contract	Signed as Free Agent by Tigers.		�
1983-11-07						Free Agent	Granted Free Agency.		�
1981-03-31						Trade	Traded by Yankees with Chris Welsh, Tim Lollar and Joe Lefebvre to Padres for John Pacella and Jerry Mumphrey.		�
1979-11-01						Trade	Traded by Mariners with Jim Lewis to Yankees for Jerry Narron, Juan Beniquez, Rick Anderson and Jim Beattie.		�
1976-11-05							Selected by Mariners from Royals in expansion draft (Pick #1).		�

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Year	Team Name	Payroll	Age	Salary	Serv	MLB Rk	Tm Rk	Centile	Above	League Avg	League Min	Career*	Contracts
1985	California Angels	Team Payroll	30	390,000	-	271	16	56	++	370,780	60,000	390,000
1986	California Angels	Team Payroll	31	560,000	-	213	11	70	++	386,347	60,000	950,000
1987	California Angels	Team Payroll	32	450,000	-	218	15	69	++	344,906	60,000	1,400,000

* Career earnings are a simple calculation of available yearly salaries listed here. They include only base salary and draft signing bonus. Minor league salaries are excluded. The value is not meant to reflect a player's actual career earnings.
* League minimum salaries are displayed in red

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