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Dan Driessen
Daniel Driessen

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 190 lb.

MLB Debut June 9, 1973
Final Game October 3, 1987
Born July 29, 1951 in Hilton Head Island, SC (age 73)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1973 21 CIN NL  108  392   57  133  13   7   6   48  11   3   26   33  .339  .380  .454  .834   117   178   2   2   2   1   8  
 1974 22 CIN NL   89  272   42   72  10   4   3   20   1   1   27   24  .265  .330  .364  .694    99    99   0   1   1   0  11  
 1975 23 CIN NL   96  209   35   55  13   0   8   28   5   0   32   25  .263  .364  .440  .804   112    92   1   0   5   1   3  
 1976 24 CIN NL   99  216   41   45  10   0   3   21   6   2   49   29  .208  .355  .296  .651    94    64   0   0   1   0   7  
 1977 25 CIN NL  144  474   91  144  32   4  17   86  35   8   69   56  .304  .395  .496  .890   122   235   2   3   3   4  11  
 1978 26 CIN NL  146  454   74  113  20   2  18   82  27   7   60   71  .249  .341  .421  .762   105   191   2   7   2   7   8  
 1979 27 CIN NL  148  504   73  133  23   3  22   75   7   1   62   71  .264  .343  .452  .796   110   228   1   6   3   2  11  
 1980 28 CIN NL  155  510   77  120  32   0  11   59   8   0   78   63  .235  .338  .363  .701    95   185   1   5   2   4  11  
 1981 29 CIN NL  123  342   62   93  24   0  14   62   4  12   62   48  .272  .382  .465  .847   120   159   1   5   0   2   6  
 1982 30 CIN NL  147  462   58  115  27   1  12   62  12   2   69   50  .249  .350  .390  .740   103   180   0   2   3   4   7  
 1983 31 CIN NL  134  395   67  119  22   4  11   62   3   1   64   49  .301  .394  .461  .854   116   182   0   6   5   0  13  
 1984 32 MON NL  118  381   55  108  23   0  16   68   0   0   39   30  .283  .350  .470  .820   115   179   2   0   2   0   6  
 1985 33 BOA AL  119  372   28   88  22   0   7   44   1   1   40   36  .237  .315  .352  .667    83   131   1   3   1   4  10  
 1986 34 BOA AL   23   46    6   14   3   0   2   10   0   0    7    6  .304  .375  .500  .875   115    23   0   3   1   0   0  
 1987 35 ATN NL   14   53    5   14   2   0   0   10   0   0    9    6  .264  .371  .302  .673    88    16   0   0   0   0   1  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons     1663 5082  771 1366 276  25 150  737 120  38  693  597  .269  .357  .421  .779        2142  13  43  31  29 113
 Per 600 PA           520   79  140  28   3  15   75  12   4   71   61                                 219   1   4   3   3  12
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With CIN     1389 4230  677 1142 226  25 125  605 119  37  598  519  .270  .361  .424  .785        1793  10  37  27  25  96
   With BOA      142  418   34  102  25   0   9   54   1   1   47   42  .244  .322  .368  .691         154   1   6   2   4  10
   With MON      118  381   55  108  23   0  16   68   0   0   39   30  .283  .350  .470  .820         179   2   0   2   0   6
   With ATN       14   53    5   14   2   0   0   10   0   0    9    6  .264  .371  .302  .673          16   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1732 5479  746 1464 282  23 153  763 154  63  761  719  .267  .356  .411  .767        2251  11  65 100  28 128
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1973 21 CIN NL   9   67   6.7  12   4   0  .333  10   41   14  .341    0    0  .000  OF   4(+2)e16  103   
 1974 22 CIN NL   6   30   3.9  18   3   0  .167  11   34   13  .382    0    0  .000  1B   2e22      -53   
 1975 23 CIN NL  16   35   6.1  48  11   3  .229   7   18    6  .333    0    0  .000  UT             -10   
 1976 24 CIN NL   6   25   3.8  40   5   1  .125   2   13   10  .769    0    0  .000  UT            -113   
 1977 25 CIN NL  21   98   7.5  17   5   2  .294   8   31   18  .581    0    0  .000  1B   3e8        47   
 1978 26 CIN NL  13   70   5.2  14   5   0  .357   3   30   19  .633    0    0  .000  1B   3e7        20   
 1979 27 CIN NL  24   80   5.6   7   3   1  .429   7   50   36  .720    0    0  .000  1B   2e11       52   
 1980 28 CIN NL  18   68   4.5   6   2   0  .333   8   55   40  .727    0    0  .000  1B   2e8       -93   
 1981 29 CIN NL  23   61   6.0   7   1   0  .143   1   28   22  .786    0    0  .000  1B   2e7       112   
 1982 30 CIN NL  12   68   5.2  20  10   0  .500   1   45   39  .867    0    0  .000  1B   2e3       -49   
 1983 31 CIN NL  18   73   6.7  12   8   0  .667   5   42   34  .810    0    0  .000  1B   2e6        45   
 1984 32 MON NL   6   63   6.1  14   2   0  .143   4   29   19  .655    0    0  .000  1B   2e11       11   
 1985 33 BOA AL   8   41   3.8  11   4   1  .364   6   39   28  .718    0    0  .000  1B   2e5         2   
 1986 34 BOA AL  53    9   7.6   1   0   0  .000   1    4    3  .750    0    0  .000  1B   2e9        87   
 1987 35 ATN NL  19    6   4.4   0   0   0  .000   1    2    0  .000    0    0  .000  1B   3e11       47   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 15 Seasons          802   5.5 227  63   8  .278  75  461  301  .653    0    0  .000                  10   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 17.5 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 9.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1973 21 CIN NL  LF    86   154     4    9    1   .946    86   732.1   1.94
                 3B     7     6     7    1    2   .929     3    34.0   3.44
                 1B     5    37     4    0    3  1.000     3    33.0  11.18
 1974 22 CIN NL  1B    37   313    34   10   42   .972    35   306.0  10.21
                 RF    30    34     0    0    0  1.000    29   224.0   1.37
                 3B     3     1     5    1    1   .857     2    15.0   3.60
 1975 23 CIN NL  LF    23    26     1    1    0   .964    18   163.1   1.49
                 1B    21   153     9    5   21   .970    18   159.0   9.17
                 RF     5     4     0    1    0   .800     4    36.0   1.00
 1976 24 CIN NL  1B    29   250    25    1   26   .996    28   253.1   9.77
                 LF    14    19     0    0    0  1.000    14   115.2   1.48
                 RF     4    13     0    1    0   .929     4    39.0   3.00
 1977 25 CIN NL  1B   131  1111    74    8  110   .993   122  1117.0   9.55
 1978 26 CIN NL  1B   133  1031    91    3   85   .997   109  1039.1   9.72
 1979 27 CIN NL  1B   143  1132   103    7  112   .994   123  1166.0   9.53
 1980 28 CIN NL  1B   150  1255   132    8  119   .994   133  1258.2   9.92
 1981 29 CIN NL  1B   117   921    85    1   95   .999    96   910.1   9.95
 1982 30 CIN NL  1B   129  1027    96    1   99   .999   113  1059.0   9.54  GG
 1983 31 CIN NL  1B   123   963    99    5  111   .995   102   977.0   9.78
 1984 32 MON NL  1B   101   821    80    4   95   .996    97   876.2   9.25
 1985 33 BOA AL  1B   111   862    76    6  100   .994   101   896.2   9.41
 1986 34 BOA AL  1B    22   124     9    1   13   .993    13   131.0   9.14
 1987 35 ATN NL  1B    14   152     8    1   17   .994    14   131.0  10.99
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 1B  1266 10152   925   61 1048   .995  1107 10314.0   9.67
                 LF   123   199     5   10    1   .953   118  1011.1   1.82
                 RF    39    51     0    2    0   .962    37   299.0   1.54
                 3B    10     7    12    2    3   .905     5    49.0   3.49
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1974 WS    CIN BOA   W    3   4  0  2  1  0  0   1  1  0  .500  .600  .750  0
 1976 NLCS  CIN NYN   W    1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0
      WS    CIN KCA   W    4  14  3  3  1  0  0   1  1  2  .214  .267  .286  1
 1977 NLCS  CIN MON   W    4  14  1  5  1  0  0   2  0  3  .357  .357  .429  0
      WS    CIN BOA   W    4  16  0  3  2  0  0   1  0  4  .188  .188  .312  0
 1979 NLCS  CIN NYN   W    5  15  2  3  0  0  0   0  2  5  .200  .294  .200  0
      WS    CIN BOA   L    5  18  1  2  1  0  0   2  4  5  .111  .273  .167  1
 1981 NLCS  CIN MON   L    4  14  2  4  0  0  2   3  0  1  .286  .267  .714  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1973  CIN  108-55   Alan Boodman
 1974  CIN  100-62   Alan Boodman
 1975  CIN  101-61   Alan Boodman
 1976  CIN  113-49   Alan Boodman
 1977  CIN  100-62   Alan Boodman
 1978  CIN   88-74   Alan Boodman
 1979  CIN   96-66   Alan Boodman
 1980  CIN   90-72   Alan Boodman
 1981  CIN  100-62   Alan Boodman
 1982  CIN   82-80   Alan Boodman
 1983  CIN   72-90   Alan Boodman
 1984  MON   77-85   Steve Bivens
 1985  BOA   83-79   Mike Tomeo
 1986  BOA  109-53   Mike Tomeo
 1987  ATN   64-98   Rick Field

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