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Tim Salmon (1992-2006) vs. Harold Baines (1980-2001)

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Type name to select an option Tim Salmon 1992 (age 23, 1st season) 1993 (age 24, 2nd season) 1994 (age 25, 3rd season) 1995 (age 26, 4th season) 1996 (age 27, 5th season) 1997 (age 28, 6th season) 1998 (age 29, 7th season) 1999 (age 30, 8th season) 2000 (age 31, 9th season) 2001 (age 32, 10th season) 2002 (age 33, 11th season) 2003 (age 34, 12th season) 2004 (age 35, 13th season) 2006 (age 37, 14th season) to 1992 (age 23, 1st season) 1993 (age 24, 2nd season) 1994 (age 25, 3rd season) 1995 (age 26, 4th season) 1996 (age 27, 5th season) 1997 (age 28, 6th season) 1998 (age 29, 7th season) 1999 (age 30, 8th season) 2000 (age 31, 9th season) 2001 (age 32, 10th season) 2002 (age 33, 11th season) 2003 (age 34, 12th season) 2004 (age 35, 13th season) 2006 (age 37, 14th season) Choice is: Player 2 Javascript is required for the selection of a player. Type name to select an option Harold Baines 1980 (age 21, 1st season) 1981 (age 22, 2nd season) 1982 (age 23, 3rd season) 1983 (age 24, 4th season) 1984 (age 25, 5th season) 1985 (age 26, 6th season) 1986 (age 27, 7th season) 1987 (age 28, 8th season) 1988 (age 29, 9th season) 1989 (age 30, 10th season) 1990 (age 31, 11th season) 1991 (age 32, 12th season) 1992 (age 33, 13th season) 1993 (age 34, 14th season) 1994 (age 35, 15th season) 1995 (age 36, 16th season) 1996 (age 37, 17th season) 1997 (age 38, 18th season) 1998 (age 39, 19th season) 1999 (age 40, 20th season) 2000 (age 41, 21st season) 2001 (age 42, 22nd season) to 1980 (age 21, 1st season) 1981 (age 22, 2nd season) 1982 (age 23, 3rd season) 1983 (age 24, 4th season) 1984 (age 25, 5th season) 1985 (age 26, 6th season) 1986 (age 27, 7th season) 1987 (age 28, 8th season) 1988 (age 29, 9th season) 1989 (age 30, 10th season) 1990 (age 31, 11th season) 1991 (age 32, 12th season) 1992 (age 33, 13th season) 1993 (age 34, 14th season) 1994 (age 35, 15th season) 1995 (age 36, 16th season) 1996 (age 37, 17th season) 1997 (age 38, 18th season) 1998 (age 39, 19th season) 1999 (age 40, 20th season) 2000 (age 41, 21st season) 2001 (age 42, 22nd season) Choice is: Player 3 Javascript is required for the selection of a player. 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Type name to select an option Choice is: You have edited your search criteria or keep editing your search clear changes Standard Standard Rk Name From To Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB OPS+ 1 Tim Salmon 1992 2006 23-37 1672 7039 5934 986 1674 339 24 299 1016 48 42 970 1360 .282 .385 .498 .884 2958 98 67 0 68 45 128 2 Harold Baines 1980 2001 21-42 2830 11092 9908 1299 2866 488 49 384 1628 34 34 1062 1441 .289 .356 .465 .820 4604 298 14 9 99 187 121 Value Value Rk Name From To Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary 1 Tim Salmon 1992 2006 23-37 1672 7039 277 4 4 -42 -82 161 16.0 263 424 40.6 .509 .508 44.6 -11.0 466 $60,527,500 2 Harold Baines 1980 2001 21-42 2830 11092 234 -10 -19 -12 -190 4 1.8 395 399 38.7 .500 .501 40.7 -19.5 410 $24,863,931 Advanced Advanced Rk Name From To Age Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd 1 Tim Salmon 1992 2006 23-37 4468 1206 7.2 110 .317 .282 .271 .385 .341 .498 .431 .884 .772 128 .646 280.6 25.6 .919 .381 .216 82.7 2 Harold Baines 1980 2001 21-42 7482 1606 5.7 102 .303 .289 .265 .356 .333 .465 .409 .820 .742 121 .584 289.7 27.8 .775 .283 .175 62.5 Win Probability Win Probability Rk Name From To Age BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB 1 Tim Salmon 1992 2006 23-37 280.6 25.6 7194 18.0 139.4 -121.3 1.03 23.6 -6.0 295.8 26.9 0.95 308.4 1.56 45 2 Harold Baines 1980 2001 21-42 289.6 27.8 11289 32.3 223.7 -191.4 1.02 28.3 3.4 348.2 33.5 0.95 327.5 2.13 192 Ratio Ratio Rk Name From To Age HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/W AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB 1 Tim Salmon 1992 2006 23-37 4.3% 19.3% 13.8% 9.4% 40% 1.40 4.4 19.8 5.8 0.54 0.73 62% 24% 11.4% 13% 2 Harold Baines 1980 2001 21-42 3.5% 13.0% 9.6% 8.3% 32% 1.36 6.9 25.8 6.1 0.89 1.23 74% 23% 10.3% 15% Baserunning Baserunning Rk Name From To Age ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH 1 Tim Salmon 1992 2006 23-37 72 0 28% 2673 48 42 53% 45 36 3 4 0 2 11 6 63 15 16 15 17 145 49% 436 256 174 115 56 57 200 60 133 2 Harold Baines 1980 2001 21-42 101 0 26% 4289 34 34 50% 34 31 0 3 0 0 11 3 99 17 32 18 32 245 37% 599 417 171 165 111 46 270 92 165 Situational Situational Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances Rk Name From To Age PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu 1 Tim Salmon 1992 2006 23-37 7039 28.2% 1674 127 0 45 13 2 8 1.56 299 6 160 215 84 160 139 0 0 0 1406 98 7.0% 575 185 32.2% 4660 749 16.1% 464 232 50.0% 283 150 53.0% 0 2 Harold Baines 1980 2001 21-42 11092 76.4% 2866 128 0 192 60 3 49 2.13 384 13 254 313 71 185 199 0 18 9 50.0% 2197 298 13.6% 976 344 35.3% 7204 1302 18.1% 723 413 57.1% 430 252 58.6% 0 Pitches Pitches Rk Name From To Age PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO S/SO L/SO% PAu Pitu Stru 1 Tim Salmon 1992 2006 23-37 6815 27115 3.98 15597 57.9% 25.5% 17.7% 28.0% 28.8% 74.5% 1.4% 43.1% 76.2% 26.5% 6.0% 409 61 17.2% 1173 544 11.8% 802 449 355 951 27.2% 224 1 4 2 Harold Baines 1980 2001 21-42 6218 22272 3.58 12968 59.4% 24.8% 12.7% 26.3% 36.1% 75.1% 4.7% 44.6% 83.0% 35.8% 7.3% 455 42 18.2% 1131 454 10.0% 622 360 287 508 36.1% 243 10 22 Postseason Postseason Rk Name From To Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB 1 Tim Salmon 2002 2002 33 16 68 59 10 17 2 0 4 12 1 0 8 13 .288 .382 .525 .908 31 1 1 0 0 1 2 Harold Baines 1983 2000 24-41 31 113 102 14 33 4 0 5 16 1 1 9 12 .324 .378 .510 .888 52 5 0 2 0 4

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