C Al Link #2
Seattle Emeralds MLB
Age: 30 | Bats: L | Throws: R | Morale: Very Unhappy
08/29/1977
BNN Index | MLB | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
C AL LINK #2 - AGE: 30 - BATS: L - THROWS: R - MORALE: VERY UNHAPPY
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
113 336 87 11 1 6 31 39 59 .259 .342 .351 16 1.7
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 45 45 45 45
BABIP 45 40 45 45
Avoid K's 50 50 50 50
Gap 40 35 40 40
Power 35 35 35 35
Eye 60 55 60 60
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: 40 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
08/28/1977 @ TCN Loss, 0-1 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
08/27/1977 @ TCN Loss, 5-7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
08/26/1977 @ TCN Win, 3-2 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
08/25/1977 @ LAP Loss, 5-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
08/24/1977 @ LAP Win, 5-4 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 1
08/23/1977 @ LAP Loss, 0-8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/22/1977 @ LAP Loss, 3-9 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 0
08/21/1977 @ CHH Loss, 3-5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
08/19/1977 @ CHH Win, 8-5 3 1 2 1 0 2 0 1
08/18/1977 TCN Loss, 3-6 4 0 2 2 0 0 2 0
PERSONALITY
Quiet and doesn't stand out in a crowd.
Birthday:07/27/1947
Born in:Missouri City, TX
Nationality:American
Height:6' 2"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Popular
National Pop.:Popular
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$272,000
Signed Through:1980 Season
Major Service:7 Years, 3 Days
Service This Yr:146 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:8 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1969, 24th Pick in Round 3
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1977 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 113 336 87 11 1 6 31 40 39 59 .259 .342 .351 .693 .313 .092 94
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 83 385 4 0 0 6 5 1 118 18 16 11 59.3 41.3 4.10 1.7  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   22 5 2 0 0 2 1 1 5 0 0 0 .227 .261 .318 .579
Versus Right   314 82 9 1 6 29 39 38 54 1 5 4 .261 .347 .354 .701
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   20 5 1 1 0 4 1 2 4 0 1 0 .250 .318 .400 .718
April   56 19 2 0 2 5 5 4 11 0 0 1 .339 .393 .482 .876
May   73 19 6 0 1 4 15 9 10 0 3 0 .260 .341 .384 .725
June   67 11 0 0 2 7 3 9 10 1 0 0 .164 .260 .254 .513
July   66 14 2 0 1 4 10 11 14 0 1 2 .212 .342 .288 .630
August   74 24 1 1 0 11 7 6 14 0 1 1 .324 .383 .365 .748
Spring Training   45 12 0 0 1 3 5 4 3 0 0 0 .267 .327 .333 .660
Last Year   365 89 12 1 2 39 34 50 57 3 1 1 .244 .334 .299 .633
2 Years Ago   336 98 9 2 3 40 45 44 46 5 7 0 .292 .369 .357 .726
Career   2031 510 67 5 19 201 222 261 289 14 20 18 .251 .340 .317 .657
Home   152 34 7 0 1 8 17 19 31 0 3 3 .224 .322 .289 .611
Road   184 53 4 1 5 23 23 20 28 1 2 1 .288 .359 .402 .761
Grass   336 87 11 1 6 31 40 39 59 1 5 4 .259 .342 .351 .693
Day   205 53 5 0 4 16 26 25 34 1 3 3 .259 .346 .341 .688
Night   131 34 6 1 2 15 14 14 25 0 2 1 .260 .336 .366 .702
As Starter   311 80 9 1 6 30 39 37 53 1 5 3 .257 .341 .350 .691
As Reliever / Substitution   25 7 2 0 0 1 1 2 6 0 0 1 .280 .357 .360 .717
Pinch Hitting   23 7 2 0 0 1 1 2 5 0 0 1 .304 .385 .391 .776
Close/Late   96 27 5 0 1 9 7 8 16 0 1 0 .281 .337 .365 .701
Inning 1-3   121 32 3 1 0 7 13 15 22 0 3 1 .264 .350 .306 .656
Inning 4-6   92 23 2 0 4 12 17 13 18 1 1 1 .250 .346 .402 .748
Inning 7-9   114 28 6 0 2 12 8 10 18 0 1 2 .246 .317 .351 .668
Extra Innings   9 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 .444 .500 .444 .944
0 Outs   107 30 3 0 1 8 21 12 22 0 5 1 .280 .358 .336 .695
1 Outs   132 33 5 1 1 9 12 17 21 1 0 1 .250 .338 .326 .664
2 Outs   97 24 3 0 4 14 7 10 16 0 0 2 .247 .330 .402 .732
Scoring Position   76 24 1 1 2 25 9 10 5 1 5 1 .316 .398 .434 .832
Bases Empty   217 48 7 0 2 2 22 22 46 0 0 2 .221 .299 .281 .580
Runner on 1st   43 15 3 0 2 4 9 7 8 0 0 1 .349 .451 .558 1.009
Runner on 2nd   29 8 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 0 3 1 .276 .364 .276 .639
Runner on 3rd   17 7 0 1 1 8 2 2 1 0 1 0 .412 .474 .706 1.180
Runner on 1st & 2nd   13 4 0 0 1 4 3 3 0 0 1 0 .308 .438 .538 .976
Runner on 1st & 3rd   6 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 .000 .143 .000 .143
Bases Loaded   5 3 1 0 0 7 1 1 1 1 0 0 .600 .571 .800 1.371
Two Strikes   170 29 4 1 4 17 19 24 59 0 0 0 .171 .273 .276 .550
First Pitch   48 19 2 0 2 7 7 0 0 0 4 2 .396 .420 .562 .982
Count 0-1   34 10 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .294 .294 .324 .618
Count 0-2   28 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 0 0 0 .179 .179 .179 .357
Count 1-0   17 7 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 .412 .444 .529 .974
Count 1-1   34 13 1 0 0 1 6 0 0 1 0 0 .382 .371 .412 .783
Count 1-2   51 10 2 1 2 7 7 0 19 0 0 0 .196 .196 .392 .588
Count 2-0   8 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .333 .250 .583
Count 2-1   18 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .389 .722
Count 2-2   39 7 1 0 1 5 4 0 12 0 0 0 .179 .179 .282 .462
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   7 1 0 0 0 1 2 9 0 0 0 0 .143 .625 .143 .768
Full Count   52 7 1 0 1 4 8 24 19 0 0 0 .135 .408 .212 .619
Behind in Count   113 25 3 1 2 9 8 0 28 0 1 0 .221 .221 .319 .540
Ahead in Count   50 16 3 0 0 5 7 15 0 0 0 2 .320 .493 .380 .873
Batting Leadoff   3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Batting 2nd   247 59 6 1 4 23 32 33 41 1 5 2 .239 .332 .320 .652
Batting 3rd   33 10 3 0 0 2 3 2 9 0 0 1 .303 .361 .394 .755
Batting 4th   13 5 0 0 1 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 .385 .429 .615 1.044
Batting 5th   5 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .200 .429 .200 .629
Batting 6th   23 7 2 0 1 4 2 1 4 0 0 0 .304 .333 .522 .855
Batting 7th   4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .500 .600 .500 1.100
Batting 8th   4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Batting 9th   4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Low Leverage   148 35 3 0 3 5 15 19 25 0 0 3 .236 .335 .318 .653
Medium Leverage   121 32 4 1 1 12 16 13 19 0 3 1 .264 .341 .339 .680
High Leverage   66 19 3 0 2 14 9 7 15 1 2 0 .288 .351 .424 .776
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 28 121 365 89 12 1 2 39 34 50 1 3 57 19 12 .244 .334 .299 .633 88 94 1.6
1977 Seattle - MLB 29 113 336 87 11 1 6 31 40 39 4 1 59 16 11 .259 .342 .351 .693 84 94 1.7
Total MLB 740 2031 510 67 5 19 201 222 261 18 14 289 75 48 .251 .340 .317 .657 90 93 9.4
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 97 95 413 60 2 478 5 .990 809.0 5.26 -3.5 .911 3 113 31 27.4
1976 Seattle - MLB 1B 2 0 9 0 1 9 0 1.000 8.0 10.12 0.0 .000
1977 Seattle - MLB C 85 83 432 75 5 513 6 .988 729.1 6.26 +1.4 .909 4 99 43 43.4
1977 Seattle - MLB 1B 2 0 11 1 0 12 0 1.000 8.2 12.46 +0.1 1.050
TOTAL C 508 483 2399 317 20 2743 27 .990 4240.0 5.77 -6.5 .945 32 498 163 32.7
TOTAL 1B 48 31 349 21 28 373 3 .992 318.2 10.45 +1.0 1.015
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.
01/01/1977 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 60 (60).
03/30/1977 Injured (calf cramp),day-to-day for 2 days.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year HP Rank
1973 6 7
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