12/24/1978 | Drafted in the 1978 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 3, 3rd overall pick) by the Houston Eagles. |
01/01/1979 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 7 (8); Power: 8 (8); Eye: 6 (8). |
04/02/1979 | Named the #6 prospect in the ABBA |
04/24/1979 | Injured (Blurred vision), day-to-day for 3 days. |
06/22/1979 | Hits three home runs against the Yokohama Dodgers, going 3-4 with 3 RBI and 3 runs scored! |
07/01/1979 | Wins the ABBA NL Rookie of the Month Award. |
07/08/1979 | Was selected to the 1979 Awesome Bigley Baseball Association All-Star Game. |
08/19/1979 | Injured (Groin tightness), day-to-day for 4 days. |
10/26/1979 | Finished 2nd in 1979 ABBA NL Jack Roosevelt Robinson Award voting. |
10/26/1979 | Wins the 1979 ABBA NL Splinter at 1B. |
11/17/1979 | Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $200,000 through automatic renewal. |
01/01/1980 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 8 (8); Power: 8 (8); Eye: 6 (8). |
03/03/1980 | Injured (Oblique strain), out for one week. |
05/18/1980 | Goes 0-3 against the Yokohama Dodgers, ending his hitting streak at 22 games. |
06/05/1980 | Suspended 6 games after ejection following a brawl. |
07/13/1980 | Was selected to the 1980 Awesome Bigley Baseball Association All-Star Game. |
08/11/1980 | Wins the ABBA NL Player of the Week Award. |
09/01/1980 | Wins the ABBA NL Player of the Week Award. |
10/27/1980 | Wins the 1980 ABBA NL Splinter at 1B. |
11/13/1980 | Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $200,000 through automatic renewal. |
01/01/1981 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 8 (8); Power: 8 (8); Eye: 6 (8). |
10/23/1981 | Wins the 1981 World Series with the Houston Eagles. |
10/29/1981 | Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $3,200,000 with the Houston Eagles organization. |
01/01/1982 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 8 (8); Power: 9 (9); Eye: 7 (8). |
06/07/1982 | Wins the ABBA NL Player of the Week Award. |
06/27/1982 | Was selected to the 1982 Awesome Bigley Baseball Association All-Star Game. |
08/03/1982 | Injured (Back stiffness), out for 6 days. |
09/01/1982 | Wins the ABBA NL Batter of the Month Award. |
10/22/1982 | Wins the 1982 ABBA NL Splinter Award at 1B. |
11/04/1982 | Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $7,900,000 with the Houston Eagles organization. |
01/01/1983 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 9 (9); Power: 9 (9); Eye: 8 (9). |
04/11/1983 | Wins the ABBA NL Player of the Week Award. |
06/26/1983 | Was selected to the 1983 Awesome Bigley Baseball Association All-Star Game. |
10/01/1983 | Wins the 1983 ABBA NL October Madness MVP Award. |
10/19/1983 | Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $8,500,000 with the Houston Eagles organization. |
12/05/1983 | Signed a 6-year contract extension worth a total of $100,170,000 with the Houston Eagles organization. |
01/01/1984 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 9 (9); Power: 8 (8); Eye: 9 (9). |
04/20/1984 | Injured (Oblique strain), out for 6 days. |
05/28/1984 | Wins the ABBA NL Player of the Week Award. |
06/01/1984 | Wins the ABBA NL Batter of the Month Award. |
06/24/1984 | Was selected to the 1984 Awesome Bigley Baseball Association All-Star Game. |
07/01/1984 | Wins the ABBA NL Batter of the Month Award. |
10/23/1984 | Wins the 1984 World Series with the Houston Eagles. |
10/25/1984 | Finished 2nd in 1984 ABBA NL Most Impactful Player Award voting. |
10/25/1984 | Wins the 1984 ABBA NL Ozzie Award at 1B. |
10/25/1984 | Wins the 1984 ABBA NL Splinter Award at 1B. |
01/01/1985 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 8 (8); Power: 8 (8); Eye: 9 (9). |
01/01/1986 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 8 (8); Power: 8 (9); Eye: 10 (10). |
05/08/1986 | Injured (Sprained knee), day-to-day for 3 days. |
07/13/1986 | Was selected to the 1986 Awesome Bigley Baseball Association All-Star Game. |
10/12/1986 | Wins the 1986 ABBA NL Division Round MVP Award. |
11/04/1986 | Wins the 1986 ABBA NL Playoff MVP. |
12/16/1986 | Was traded by the Houston Eagles to the Chicago Federals, along with C Lance Parrish, RP Mark Wohlers, CF Curt Flood, in exchange for C Biz Mackey, 3B Edgar Martinez. |
01/01/1987 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 8 (8); Power: 8 (8); Eye: 9 (9). |
06/01/1987 | Wins the ABBA NL Player of the Week Award. |
06/13/1987 | Injured (Fever), out for 4 days. |
07/12/1987 | Was selected to the 1987 Awesome Bigley Baseball Association All-Star Game. |
01/01/1988 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 9 (9); Power: 8 (8); Eye: 9 (9). |
07/01/1988 | Wins the ABBA NL Batter of the Month Award. |
07/10/1988 | Was selected to the 1988 Awesome Bigley Baseball Association All-Star Game. |
08/22/1988 | Wins the ABBA NL Player of the Week Award. |
10/30/1988 | Finished 3rd in 1988 ABBA NL Most Impactful Player Award voting. |
10/30/1988 | Wins the 1988 ABBA NL Splinter Award at 1B. |
01/01/1989 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 9 (9); Power: 8 (8); Eye: 9 (9). |
04/24/1989 | Wins the ABBA NL Player of the Week Award. |
06/04/1989 | Injured (Shoulder tendinitis), day-to-day for 3 weeks. |
07/20/1989 | Goes 5-5 against the Birmingham Black Barons, with 1 2B, 2 RBI and 1 R. |
08/11/1989 | Scores his 1000th career Awesome Bigley Baseball Association run! |
09/01/1989 | Wins the ABBA NL Batter of the Month Award. |
10/28/1989 | Wins the 1989 ABBA NL Ozzie Award at 1B. |
01/01/1990 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 9 (9); Power: 8 (8); Eye: 9 (9). |
04/25/1990 | Collects his 1000th career Awesome Bigley Baseball Association RBI! |
05/07/1990 | Wins the ABBA NL Player of the Week Award. |
09/05/1990 | Collects his 2000th career Awesome Bigley Baseball Association hit! |
11/16/1990 | Became a free agent. |
01/01/1991 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 9 (9); Power: 8 (8); Eye: 9 (9). |
01/06/1991 | Signed a 4-year contract worth a total of $64,000,000 with the Chicago Federals organization. |
06/05/1991 | Hits his 300th career Awesome Bigley Baseball Association home run! |
07/08/1991 | Wins the ABBA NL Player of the Week Award. |
01/01/1992 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 6 (6); Power: 6 (6); Eye: 7 (7). |
11/01/1992 | Wins the 1992 World Series with the Chicago Federals. |
01/01/1993 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 6 (6); Power: 6 (6); Eye: 7 (7). |
01/01/1994 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 6 (6); Power: 6 (6); Eye: 7 (7). |
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES |
Year | GS | Rank | 1981 | 158 | 2 | 1982 | 155 | 4 | 1983 | 158 | 2 | 1984 | 154 | 4 | 1985 | 159 | 3 | 1986 | 160 | 2 | 1988 | 158 | 7 | 1989 | 160 | 1 | 1990 | 160 | 2 | 1991 | 158 | 2 | | Year | PA | Rank | 1981 | 701 | 6 | 1982 | 695 | 6 | 1983 | 714 | 3 | 1984 | 694 | 4 | 1985 | 708 | 7 | 1986 | 727 | 1 | 1989 | 692 | 7 | 1990 | 687 | 6 | | Year | AB | Rank | 1981 | 620 | 6 | 1983 | 603 | 10 | | Year | H | Rank | 1980 | 182 | 7 | 1982 | 196 | 4 | 1984 | 185 | 4 | 1988 | 178 | 7 | 1989 | 177 | 8 | | Year | K | Rank | 1981 | 114 | 10 | 1983 | 128 | 7 | 1984 | 103 | 10 | 1986 | 115 | 10 | 1991 | 103 | 10 | |
Year | TB | Rank | 1980 | 303 | 6 | 1982 | 319 | 3 | 1983 | 283 | 9 | 1984 | 299 | 4 | 1988 | 330 | 3 | | Year | 2B | Rank | 1981 | 35 | 8 | 1982 | 39 | 5 | 1983 | 51 | 4 | 1984 | 38 | 2 | 1985 | 43 | 1 | 1988 | 34 | 8 | | Year | 3B | Rank | 1979 | 8 | 7 | 1989 | 5 | 8 | | Year | HR | Rank | 1979 | 28 | 9 | 1980 | 29 | 5 | 1988 | 38 | 3 | | Year | RBI | Rank | 1979 | 114 | 4 | 1980 | 102 | 4 | 1982 | 102 | 4 | 1984 | 84 | 10 | 1991 | 93 | 9 | |
Year | R | Rank | 1980 | 100 | 3 | 1982 | 99 | 6 | 1983 | 107 | 5 | 1984 | 89 | 8 | 1985 | 94 | 8 | 1986 | 98 | 9 | 1988 | 104 | 5 | 1989 | 100 | 7 | 1990 | 96 | 8 | 1991 | 88 | 10 | | Year | BB | Rank | 1981 | 76 | 5 | 1982 | 80 | 2 | 1983 | 96 | 2 | 1984 | 83 | 3 | 1985 | 135 | 2 | 1986 | 139 | 1 | 1987 | 109 | 2 | 1988 | 113 | 2 | 1989 | 101 | 5 | 1990 | 105 | 3 | 1991 | 78 | 8 | | Year | IBB | Rank | 1982 | 8 | 1 | 1983 | 7 | 3 | 1984 | 5 | 9 | 1985 | 8 | 1 | 1988 | 7 | 3 | 1989 | 5 | 7 | 1990 | 5 | 9 | | Year | SF | Rank | 1979 | 7 | 8 | 1980 | 5 | 10 | 1982 | 9 | 1 | 1985 | 6 | 7 | 1986 | 6 | 6 | 1989 | 6 | 8 | | Year | EBH | Rank | 1979 | 62 | 7 | 1980 | 61 | 9 | 1982 | 68 | 3 | 1983 | 75 | 4 | 1984 | 64 | 4 | 1985 | 61 | 10 | 1988 | 74 | 3 | |
Year | AVG | Rank | 1979 | .304 | 9 | 1980 | .315 | 5 | 1982 | .327 | 1 | 1984 | .308 | 4 | 1987 | .301 | 6 | 1988 | .310 | 4 | 1989 | .303 | 5 | | Year | OBP | Rank | 1979 | .365 | 8 | 1980 | .381 | 3 | 1981 | .357 | 10 | 1982 | .407 | 3 | 1983 | .374 | 10 | 1984 | .396 | 1 | 1985 | .412 | 1 | 1986 | .411 | 1 | 1987 | .418 | 1 | 1988 | .423 | 2 | 1989 | .403 | 2 | 1990 | .386 | 3 | | Year | SLG | Rank | 1979 | .585 | 2 | 1980 | .524 | 3 | 1982 | .533 | 3 | 1984 | .498 | 5 | 1987 | .486 | 10 | 1988 | .574 | 3 | | Year | RC | Rank | 1980 | 111.21 | 3 | 1981 | 96.15 | 9 | 1982 | 135.03 | 1 | 1983 | 107.63 | 7 | 1984 | 118.28 | 1 | 1985 | 116.59 | 5 | 1986 | 121.27 | 5 | 1987 | 115.40 | 6 | 1988 | 144.69 | 2 | 1989 | 117.43 | 3 | 1990 | 108.12 | 10 | | Year | RC/27 | Rank | 1979 | 7.62 | 5 | 1980 | 7.08 | 3 | 1982 | 8.60 | 1 | 1984 | 7.26 | 1 | 1985 | 7.42 | 3 | 1986 | 7.37 | 7 | 1987 | 8.07 | 3 | 1988 | 9.41 | 2 | 1989 | 7.39 | 5 | 1990 | 6.71 | 9 | |
Year | ISO | Rank | 1979 | .281 | 1 | 1980 | .209 | 7 | 1984 | .190 | 9 | 1988 | .264 | 3 | | Year | WOBA | Rank | 1979 | .403 | 4 | 1980 | .392 | 2 | 1982 | .401 | 2 | 1983 | .369 | 9 | 1984 | .393 | 2 | 1985 | .372 | 7 | 1986 | .387 | 5 | 1987 | .397 | 3 | 1988 | .424 | 2 | 1989 | .381 | 6 | | Year | OPS | Rank | 1979 | .949 | 5 | 1980 | .905 | 3 | 1982 | .940 | 2 | 1983 | .843 | 9 | 1984 | .894 | 2 | 1985 | .860 | 7 | 1986 | .879 | 8 | 1987 | .904 | 5 | 1988 | .997 | 2 | 1989 | .877 | 7 | | Year | WAR | Rank | 1979 | 4.9 | 9 | 1980 | 5.4 | 4 | 1982 | 6.7 | 3 | 1983 | 4.1 | 9 | 1984 | 7.4 | 2 | 1986 | 5.9 | 9 | 1988 | 6.9 | 3 | 1989 | 5.5 | 9 | | |