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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%
1976	James Madison	College		Jr		of	21	42	159	57	67	15	6	3	49	27	2	25	6	0	0	0	0	0	.421	.500	.648	1.148	103	24	184	.427	.227	.541	.515	13.59	3.26	0.24	1.63	53.00	35.82
1976	GCL Rangers	GCL	Rk		-		21	45	152	35	58	7	9	1	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.382	.382	.566	.948	86	17	152	.377	.184	.184	.428	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.66	152.00	29.31
1977	Tulsa Drillers	Tex	AA	tex	-		22	113	408	86	142	26	13	7	72	26	10	57	44	3	1	7	0	0	.348	.425	.527	.952	215	46	476	.371	.179	.358	.417	11.97	9.24	0.77	1.47	58.29	32.39
1978	Tucson Toros	PCL	AAA	tex	-	of	23	131	483	141	170	27	13	18	99	20	5	109	48	7	3	8	0	0	.352	.471	.573	1.044	277	58	610	.358	.221	.478	.463	17.87	7.87	0.44	2.95	26.83	34.12
1978	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	tex	7	dh-of	23	8	15	2	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.467	.467	.600	1.067	9	2	15	.583	.133	.133	.479	0.00	20.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	28.57
1979	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	tex	15	of	24	128	325	60	95	21	2	5	35	8	6	37	28	2	10	3	1	6	.292	.365	.415	.780	135	28	377	.305	.123	.243	.351	9.81	7.43	0.76	1.33	65.00	29.47
1980	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	tex	5	of	25	99	204	29	53	10	0	4	19	8	5	18	15	6	4	2	2	4	.260	.335	.368	.703	75	14	234	.262	.108	.211	.319	7.69	6.41	0.83	1.71	51.00	26.42
1981	Wichita Aeros	Amer	AAA	tex	-	of	26	3	14	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	.357	.471	.429	.900	6	1	17	.385	.072	.143	.420	11.76	5.88	0.50	0.00	0.00	20.00
1981	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	tex	5	of	26	66	230	36	65	16	0	3	25	4	1	17	21	7	3	3	1	3	.283	.346	.391	.737	90	19	260	.297	.108	.196	.338	6.54	8.08	1.24	1.15	76.67	29.23
1982	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	tex	5	of	27	97	360	56	94	14	2	10	29	10	2	27	35	3	8	0	0	4	.261	.318	.394	.712	142	26	398	.267	.133	.231	.322	6.78	8.79	1.30	2.51	36.00	27.66
1983	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	tex	5	of	28	147	554	80	152	28	3	12	57	44	8	44	46	5	4	4	2	8	.274	.331	.401	.732	222	43	611	.280	.127	.271	.328	7.20	7.53	1.05	1.96	46.17	28.29
1984	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	tex	5	of	29	130	489	67	121	20	2	5	33	18	6	29	46	0	4	6	1	9	.247	.286	.327	.613	160	27	528	.261	.080	.164	.277	5.49	8.71	1.59	0.95	97.80	22.31
1985	New York Yankees	AL	MLB	nya	11	of	30	59	139	18	40	5	0	1	15	2	1	9	10	2	2	2	0	2	.288	.336	.345	.681	48	6	154	.300	.057	.129	.309	5.84	6.49	1.11	0.65	139.00	15.00
1986	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	atl	5,6	of	31	92	200	23	57	11	0	6	14	4	2	14	26	3	2	2	1	0	.285	.338	.430	.768	86	17	221	.300	.145	.225	.340	6.33	11.76	1.86	2.71	33.33	29.82
MLB Totals - 9 Season(s)Filter								826	2516	371	684	127	9	46	230	98	31	195	230	28	37	22	8	36	.272	.329	.384	.713	967	182	2798	.282	.112	.217	.000	6.97	8.22	1.18	1.64	54.70	26.61
Minor League Totals - 4 Season(s)Filter								292	1057	264	375	61	35	26	206	46	16	168	93	11	4	15	0	0	.355	.443	.553	.996	584	122	1255	.366	.198	.385	.000	13.39	7.41	0.55	2.07	40.65	32.53
AAA Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								134	497	143	175	28	13	18	101	20	6	111	49	8	3	8	0	0	.352	.471	.569	1.040	283	59	627	.358	.217	.469	.000	17.70	7.81	0.44	2.87	27.61	33.71
AA Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								113	408	86	142	26	13	7	72	26	10	57	44	3	1	7	0	0	.348	.425	.527	.952	215	46	476	.371	.179	.358	.000	11.97	9.24	0.77	1.47	58.29	32.39
Rk Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								45	152	35	58	7	9	1	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.382	.382	.566	.948	86	17	152	.377	.184	.184	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.66	152.00	29.31
NCAA Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								42	159	57	67	15	6	3	49	27	2	25	6	0	0	0	0	0	.421	.500	.648	1.148	103	24	184	.427	.227	.541	.000	13.59	3.26	0.24	1.63	53.00	35.82
Texas Rangers Totals - 7 Season(s)Filter								675	2177	330	587	111	9	39	201	92	28	172	194	23	33	18	7	34	.270	.327	.383	.710	833	159	2423	.279	.113	.221	.000	7.10	8.01	1.13	1.61	55.82	27.09
Atlanta Braves Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								92	200	23	57	11	0	6	14	4	2	14	26	3	2	2	1	0	.285	.338	.430	.768	86	17	221	.300	.145	.225	.000	6.33	11.76	1.86	2.71	33.33	29.82
New York Yankees Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								59	139	18	40	5	0	1	15	2	1	9	10	2	2	2	0	2	.288	.336	.345	.681	48	6	154	.300	.057	.129	.000	5.84	6.49	1.11	0.65	139.00	15.00
Average MLB - Per 162 games								162	493	73	134	25	2	9	45	19	6	38	45	5	7	4	2	7	.272	.329	.384	.713	190	36	549	.282	.112	.217	.000	6.97	8.22	1.18	1.64	54.70	26.61
Average Minor - Per 162 games								162	586	146	208	34	19	14	114	26	9	93	52	6	2	8	0	0	.355	.443	.553	.996	324	68	696	.366	.198	.385	.000	13.39	7.41	0.55	2.07	40.65	32.53

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
1978	Tucson Toros	PCL	AAA	tex	23	OF	129	-	-	234	11	5	2	250	245	.980	1.90	-	-	-	--	-	131	98.5	92.1
1978	Tucson Toros	PCL	AAA	tex	23	2B	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	--	-	131	0.8	0.7
1978	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	tex	23	DH	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	--	-	8	37.5	1.9
1978	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	tex	23	OF	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	--	-	8	25.0	1.2
1979	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	tex	24	OF	103	-	-	173	7	-	1	180	180	1.000	1.75	-	-	-	--	-	128	80.5	63.6
1979	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	tex	24	DH	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	--	-	128	7.0	5.6
1980	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	tex	25	OF	72	-	-	105	2	3	-	110	107	.973	1.49	-	-	-	--	-	99	72.7	44.7
1980	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	tex	25	DH	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	--	-	99	4.0	2.5
1981	Wichita Aeros	Amer	AAA	tex	26	OF	3	-	-	9	-	-	-	9	9	1.000	3.00	-	-	-	--	-	3	100.0	2.2
1981	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	tex	26	OF	64	-	-	132	4	1	1	137	136	.993	2.13	-	-	-	--	-	66	97.0	61.0
1982	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	tex	27	OF	91	-	-	196	6	4	-	206	202	.981	2.22	-	-	-	--	-	97	93.8	56.2
1982	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	tex	27	DH	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	--	-	97	1.0	0.6
1983	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	tex	28	OF	146	-	-	329	8	4	-	341	337	.988	2.31	-	-	-	--	-	147	99.3	90.1
1984	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	tex	29	OF	122	-	-	285	3	4	2	292	288	.986	2.36	-	-	-	--	-	130	93.8	75.8
1984	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	tex	29	DH	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	--	-	130	1.5	1.2
1985	New York Yankees	AL	MLB	nya	30	OF	55	-	-	89	1	1	-	91	90	.989	1.64	-	-	-	--	-	59	93.2	34.2
1986	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	atl	31	OF	56	-	-	69	1	1	1	71	70	.986	1.25	-	-	-	--	-	92	60.9	34.8
1986	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	atl	31	2B	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	--	-	92	1.1	0.6
MLB Totals for OF - 9 season(s)				-	�	OF	711	-	-	1378	32	18	5	1428	1410	.987	1.98	-	-	-	--	-	711	0.0	0.0
MLB Totals for DH - 5 season(s)				-	�	DH	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	--	-	19	0.0	0.0
MLB Totals for 2B - 1 season(s)				-	�	2B	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	--	-	1	0.0	0.0
AAA Totals for OF - 2 season(s)				-	�	OF	132	-	-	243	11	5	2	259	254	.981	1.92	-	-	-	--	-	132	0.0	0.0
AAA Totals for 2B - 1 season(s)				-	�	2B	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	--	-	1	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
1978	Tucson Toros	PCL	AAA	tex	23	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	129	-
1978	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	tex	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3
1979	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	tex	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	103	9
1980	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	tex	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	72	4
1981	Wichita Aeros	Amer	AAA	tex	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-
1981	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	tex	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	64	-
1982	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	tex	27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	91	1
1983	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	tex	28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	146	-
1984	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	tex	29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	122	2
1985	New York Yankees	AL	MLB	nya	30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	-
1986	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	atl	31	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	56	-

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Tranx Date	Pos	Organization	Assignment	40m	Status	Type	Transaction Description	Age	Roster for Current Team
1987-02-24						Contract	Signed as Free Agent by Twins.		�
1986-11-12						Free Agent	Granted Free Agency.		�
1985-12-06						Trade	Traded by Yankees to Braves for Miguel Sosa.		�
1985-02-27						Trade	Traded by Rangers with Eric Dersin to Yankees for Toby Harrah.		�

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Year	Team Name	Payroll	Age	Salary	Serv	MLB Rk	Tm Rk	Centile	Above	League Avg	League Min	Career*	Contracts
1985	New York Yankees	Team Payroll	30	435,000	-	254	17	58	++	370,780	60,000	435,000
1986	Atlanta Braves	Team Payroll	31	470,000	-	251	15	65	++	386,347	60,000	905,000

* 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

Billy SampleTrack this Player High Level: MLB Stat Years: 1976-1986 MLB Years: 1978-1986
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Year	Team	Lg	Level	Category	Org	Age	Job	G	W	L	Pct	GBL	Rank	Manager/HC	Playoffs
1988	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	MLB	atl	33	Broadcaster	160	54	106	.338	39.5	6	Chuck Tanner,Russ Nixon
1989	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	MLB	atl	34	Broadcaster	160	63	97	.394	28.0	6	Russ Nixon
1992	Seattle Mariners	AL	MLB	MLB	sea	37	Broadcaster	162	64	98	.395	32.0	7	Bill Plummer
1993	California Angels	AL	MLB	MLB	cal	38	Broadcaster	162	71	91	.438	23.0	5	Buck Rodgers
1994	California Angels	AL	MLB	MLB	cal	39	Broadcaster	115	47	68	.409	5.5	4	Buck Rodgers,Marcel Lachemann

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Billy SampleTrack this Player High Level: MLB Stat Years: 1976-1986 MLB Years: 1978-1986
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