C Al Link #2
Seattle Emeralds MLB
Age: 29 | Bats: L | Throws: R | Morale: Unhappy
08/23/1976
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C AL LINK #2 - AGE: 29 - BATS: L - THROWS: R - MORALE: UNHAPPY
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
95 293 68 9 1 0 30 42 41 .232 .327 .270 16 1.0
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 50 45 50 50
Gap 40 40 40 40
Power 40 35 40 40
Eye 60 55 60 60
Avoid K's 50 50 50 50
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 30 30
Errors: - 45 25
Arm: 55 45 45
Turn DP: - 20 -
Framing: 60 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: 55 Left Field: -
1st Base: 45 Center Field: -
2nd Base: - Right Field: -
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 25
Stealing Aggressiveness: 55
Stealing Ability: 60
Baserunning Inst.: 75
Sacrifice Bunt: 40
Bunt for Hit: 20
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
08/21/1976 CHH Win, 2-0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
08/20/1976 CHH Loss, 4-5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
08/19/1976 @ TCN Win, 4-3 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
08/18/1976 @ TCN Loss, 1-2 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
08/17/1976 @ TCN Win, 8-3 5 1 3 1 0 0 1 1
08/15/1976 @ LAP Loss, 1-4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
08/14/1976 @ LAP Win, 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
08/13/1976 @ LAP Loss, 0-1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
08/12/1976 @ SFS Loss, 3-6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/11/1976 @ SFS Win, 4-1 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
PERSONALITY
Spontaneous and carefree.
Birthday:07/27/1947
Born in:Missouri City, TX
Nationality:American
Height:6' 2"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Very Popular
National Pop.:Popular
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$156,940
Signed Through:1976 Season
Major Service:6 Years, 3 Days
Service This Yr:139 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:7 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension:$1,088,000 total for 4 years
Drafted:1969, 24th Pick in Round 3
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1976 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 95 293 68 9 1 0 30 27 42 41 .232 .327 .270 .597 .287 .038 83
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 77 340 1 0 0 14 1 3 79 10 16 9 64.0 26.0 2.79 .0  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   11 2 0 0 0 3 1 3 1 1 0 0 .182 .333 .182 .515
Versus Right   282 66 9 1 0 27 26 39 40 2 1 1 .234 .327 .273 .600
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   15 5 1 0 0 3 1 2 3 1 0 0 .333 .389 .400 .789
April   54 10 1 0 0 4 6 7 6 0 0 0 .185 .279 .204 .482
May   67 13 1 1 0 5 5 10 11 0 0 0 .194 .299 .239 .538
June   71 20 4 0 0 9 9 8 10 0 0 1 .282 .362 .338 .701
July   52 13 2 0 0 4 6 11 5 0 0 0 .250 .381 .288 .669
August   49 12 1 0 0 8 1 6 9 3 1 0 .245 .310 .265 .576
Spring Training   61 9 1 0 0 2 3 4 9 1 1 0 .148 .197 .164 .361
Last Year   336 98 9 2 3 40 45 44 46 5 7 0 .292 .369 .357 .726
2 Years Ago   260 66 9 0 2 23 29 26 40 2 4 4 .254 .329 .312 .640
Career   1623 402 53 4 11 161 175 214 214 13 15 14 .248 .338 .306 .644
Home   146 34 4 0 0 18 15 25 16 2 0 0 .233 .341 .260 .601
Road   147 34 5 1 0 12 12 17 25 1 1 1 .231 .313 .279 .592
Grass   293 68 9 1 0 30 27 42 41 3 1 1 .232 .327 .270 .597
Day   164 33 7 1 0 17 15 27 21 1 1 0 .201 .312 .256 .569
Night   129 35 2 0 0 13 12 15 20 2 0 1 .271 .347 .287 .634
As Starter   275 64 9 1 0 26 25 39 40 2 1 1 .233 .328 .273 .601
As Reliever / Substitution   18 4 0 0 0 4 2 3 1 1 0 0 .222 .318 .222 .540
Pinch Hitting   12 3 0 0 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 .250 .333 .250 .583
Close/Late   76 13 1 0 0 9 4 7 13 2 0 0 .171 .235 .184 .420
Inning 1-3   95 24 3 0 0 7 10 19 10 0 0 0 .253 .377 .284 .661
Inning 4-6   91 26 4 1 0 11 11 12 10 1 1 1 .286 .371 .352 .723
Inning 7-9   100 17 2 0 0 10 6 9 21 2 0 0 .170 .234 .190 .424
Extra Innings   7 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .143 .333 .143 .476
0 Outs   95 19 1 0 0 2 13 14 9 1 1 0 .200 .300 .211 .511
1 Outs   102 24 4 0 0 13 11 12 18 2 0 1 .235 .316 .275 .591
2 Outs   96 25 4 1 0 15 3 16 14 0 0 0 .260 .366 .323 .689
Scoring Position   84 26 6 0 0 30 9 11 15 3 1 0 .310 .378 .381 .759
Bases Empty   165 30 3 1 0 0 13 24 21 0 0 1 .182 .289 .212 .502
Runner on 1st   44 12 0 0 0 0 5 7 5 0 0 0 .273 .373 .273 .645
Runner on 2nd   32 6 1 0 0 6 2 2 7 0 0 0 .188 .235 .219 .454
Runner on 3rd   7 3 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 .429 .500 .714 1.214
Runner on 1st & 2nd   19 9 2 0 0 5 4 3 3 0 1 0 .474 .545 .579 1.124
Runner on 1st & 3rd   11 2 0 0 0 3 1 3 2 1 0 0 .182 .333 .182 .515
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   8 4 1 0 0 8 1 1 1 2 0 0 .500 .455 .625 1.080
Bases Loaded   7 2 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 .286 .375 .286 .661
Two Strikes   155 32 5 0 0 17 13 20 41 2 0 0 .206 .294 .239 .532
First Pitch   34 6 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .176 .176 .176 .353
Count 0-1   21 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .238 .238 .238 .476
Count 0-2   18 4 2 0 0 3 2 0 5 0 0 0 .222 .222 .333 .556
Count 1-0   23 5 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .217 .217 .217 .435
Count 1-1   26 6 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 .231 .250 .269 .519
Count 1-2   41 8 1 0 0 5 2 0 13 2 0 0 .195 .186 .220 .406
Count 2-0   7 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .714 .714 .714 1.429
Count 2-1   14 5 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .357 .357 .571 .929
Count 2-2   46 9 0 0 0 5 1 0 14 0 0 0 .196 .196 .196 .391
Count 3-0   2 0 0 0 0 1 2 8 0 0 0 0 .000 .800 .000 .800
Count 3-1   11 4 0 1 0 1 3 14 0 0 0 0 .364 .720 .545 1.265
Full Count   50 11 2 0 0 4 8 20 9 0 0 0 .220 .443 .260 .703
Behind in Count   80 17 3 0 0 11 4 0 18 2 1 0 .212 .207 .250 .457
Ahead in Count   57 19 3 1 0 4 10 22 0 0 0 0 .333 .519 .421 .940
Batting Leadoff   46 11 0 0 0 4 4 8 7 1 0 0 .239 .345 .239 .585
Batting 2nd   24 6 2 0 0 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 .250 .280 .333 .613
Batting 3rd   19 6 0 0 0 3 3 4 3 0 0 0 .316 .435 .316 .751
Batting 4th   63 19 2 0 0 4 7 9 9 0 0 0 .302 .389 .333 .722
Batting 5th   52 8 1 0 0 6 4 8 7 1 1 0 .154 .262 .173 .435
Batting 6th   47 7 1 1 0 2 3 6 10 0 0 1 .149 .259 .213 .472
Batting 7th   31 8 3 0 0 5 2 4 2 1 0 0 .258 .333 .355 .688
Batting 8th   7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .143 .250 .143 .393
Batting 9th   4 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .600 .500 1.100
Low Leverage   102 21 5 1 0 4 9 13 14 1 0 0 .206 .293 .275 .568
Medium Leverage   129 29 3 0 0 10 13 21 20 1 0 1 .225 .336 .248 .584
High Leverage   62 18 1 0 0 16 5 8 7 1 1 0 .290 .366 .306 .673
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1970 Seattle - MLB 22 10 26 5 1 0 0 2 4 9 0 0 4 0 0 .192 .400 .231 .631 82 73 0.2
1971 Seattle - MLB 23 38 87 23 5 0 1 7 17 13 1 0 10 1 1 .264 .366 .356 .723 111 118 0.4
1972 Seattle - MLB 24 114 305 68 8 0 1 25 21 35 2 2 42 4 4 .223 .305 .259 .564 76 69 0.7
1973 Seattle - MLB 25 105 316 74 12 1 4 34 32 45 6 1 31 7 8 .234 .340 .316 .656 87 93 1.3
1974 Seattle - MLB 26 131 260 66 9 0 2 23 29 26 4 2 40 8 2 .254 .329 .312 .640 90 88 1.2
1975 Seattle - MLB 27 108 336 98 9 2 3 40 45 44 0 5 46 20 10 .292 .369 .357 .726 107 109 2.2
1976 Seattle - MLB 28 95 293 68 9 1 0 30 27 42 1 3 41 16 9 .232 .327 .270 .597 72 83 1.0
Total MLB 601 1623 402 53 4 11 161 175 214 14 13 214 56 34 .248 .338 .306 .644 88 90 7.0
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1969 Total - 21 70 310 90 11 0 7 61 70 36 2 0 47 10 6 .290 .368 .394 .761 100 100 1.5
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1970 Seattle - MLB C 9 9 50 2 0 52 0 1.000 73.0 6.41 -0.1 .000 1 6 1 16.7
1970 Seattle - MLB 1B 2 0 5 1 1 6 0 1.000 5.2 9.53 +0.0 1.030
1971 Seattle - MLB C 11 10 60 5 0 65 0 1.000 93.0 6.29 -0.4 .976 1 12 3 25.0
1971 Seattle - MLB 1B 10 8 77 3 6 82 2 .976 71.2 10.05 -0.4 .961
1972 Seattle - MLB C 71 66 367 47 4 416 2 .995 587.1 6.34 +1.2 1.010 3 56 23 41.1
1972 Seattle - MLB 1B 12 9 97 6 11 103 0 1.000 90.2 10.22 +1.1 1.027
1973 Seattle - MLB C 91 87 464 52 5 521 5 .990 768.0 6.05 -0.2 1.255 10 72 24 33.3
1973 Seattle - MLB 1B 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 2.2 6.75 0.0 .000
1974 Seattle - MLB C 46 41 202 24 0 229 3 .987 363.2 5.59 -1.5 .685 2 41 11 26.8
1974 Seattle - MLB 1B 18 14 148 10 9 159 1 .994 131.1 10.83 +0.3 1.039
1975 Seattle - MLB C 98 92 411 52 4 469 6 .987 816.2 5.10 -3.5 .818 8 99 27 27.3
1976 Seattle - MLB C 79 77 333 53 2 388 2 .995 664.0 5.23 -2.4 .899 3 94 27 28.7
1976 Seattle - MLB 1B 2 0 9 0 1 9 0 1.000 8.0 10.12 0.0 .000
TOTAL C 405 382 1887 235 15 2140 18 .992 3365.2 5.67 -6.8 .955 28 380 116 30.5
TOTAL 1B 46 31 338 20 28 361 3 .992 310.0 10.39 +1.0 1.014
PLAYER HISTORY
09/01/1969 Drafted in the 1969 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 24, 80th overall pick) by the Seattle Emeralds, out of college Central Arkansas
01/01/1970 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (50); Power: 35 (45); Eye: 45 (55).
11/17/1970 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $24,800.
01/01/1971 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (50); Power: 35 (45); Eye: 50 (55).
11/13/1971 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $26,400.
01/01/1972 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 40 (45); Eye: 55 (55).
11/12/1972 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $27,800.
01/01/1973 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 40 (45); Eye: 55 (55).
11/04/1973 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $35,000.
01/01/1974 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 40 (45); Eye: 55 (55).
11/14/1974 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $80,000.
01/01/1975 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 40 (45); Eye: 60 (60).
03/25/1975 Injured (sprained wrist),day-to-day for 2-3 weeks.
04/06/1975 Suffered setback in recovery from injury, will miss another 1-2 weeks.
04/11/1975 Suffered setback in recovery from injury, will miss another 1-2 weeks.
11/16/1975 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $156,940.
01/01/1976 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 60 (60).
08/04/1976 Signed a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $1,088,000 with the Seattle Emeralds organization.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year HP Rank
1973 6 7
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