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B.J. Surhoff
William James Surhoff

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 200 lb.
School North Carolina

MLB Debut April 8, 1987
Final Game October 2, 2005
Born August 4, 1964 in Bronx, NY (age 59)

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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 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1987 22 MLA AL  108  384   47  106  20   9   9   41  11   6   31   30  .276  .329  .445  .775   104   171   2   1   6   0  11  
 1988 23 MLA AL  132  425   44  111  15   0   8   36  22   8   25   41  .261  .305  .353  .658    92   150   8   0   0   2   4  
 1989 24 MLA AL  121  420   32   93  14   6   2   30   8   8   26   20  .221  .272  .298  .570    77   125   1   2   6   4   7  
 1990 25 MLA AL  132  485   54  138  28   5  14   63   8   0   31   35  .285  .327  .449  .776   108   218   2   1   3   0  13  
 1991 26 MLA AL  119  398   32   97   8   2   0   36   2   5   20   35  .244  .275  .274  .549    75   109   7   8   5   0  16  
 1992 27 MLA AL  132  420   40   80  10   1   4   39  19  11   43   49  .190  .263  .248  .511    74   104   8   4   4   0   5  
 1993 28 MLA AL  121  443   33  109  22   1   3   29  15   8   17   40  .246  .275  .321  .595    82   142   2   4   2   2   7  
 1994 29 MLA AL   54  190   26   60  15   4   8   29   0   0   15   23  .316  .364  .563  .927   125   107   1   1   0   0   4  
 1995 30 MLA AL  123  440   79  140  36   3  12   79   4   1   32   51  .318  .367  .495  .862   111   218   0   9   4   7   4  
 1996 31 BAA AL  132  514   81  161  16   8  27  101   0   0   45   80  .313  .368  .533  .901   112   274   0   4   5   2   8  
 1997 32 BAA AL  143  546   58  151  22   3  21   75   0   2   26   57  .277  .312  .443  .755    97   242   0   2   3   3   9  
 1998 33 BAA AL  126  466   50  108  27   0  15   59   7   2   31   77  .232  .278  .386  .664    88   180   1   3   3   0  11  
 1999 34 BAA AL  116  462   59  131  30   1  17   68   2   2   24   65  .284  .314  .463  .778    98   214   0   7   1   0  15  
         ATN NL   35  132   18   37  11   0   5   15   3   0   15   10  .280  .354  .477  .831   108    63   1   0   1   0   2  
         TOT     151  594   77  168  41   1  22   83   5   2   39   75  .283  .323  .466  .790         277   1   7   2   0  17 
 2000 35 ATN NL  139  517   70  149  37   1  11   64  10   2   36   69  .288  .336  .427  .764    98   221   0   1   2   2   9  
 2001 36 ATN NL   69  120   12   32   8   0   2    7   5   0    8   10  .267  .310  .383  .693    93    46   0   1   0   0   3  
 2002 37 OAA AL   40   71    7   23   6   0   0   12   0   2   13    6  .324  .424  .408  .832   106    29   1   1   3   0   0  
 2003 38 KCA AL   89  310   42  108  28   0   2   34   0   1   28   32  .348  .400  .458  .858   102   142   1   2   2   0   5  
 2004 39 PIN NL   69  150   20   38   6   2   3   14   3   0   13   22  .253  .311  .380  .691    90    57   0   1   0   0   5  
 2005 40 CHN NL   20   50    4    9   3   1   0    1   0   0    1    6  .180  .212  .280  .492    66    14   0   0   0   1   2  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 19 Seasons     2020 6943  808 1881 362  47 163  832 119  58  480  758  .271  .318  .407  .725        2826  35  52  50  23 140
 Per 600 PA           553   64  150  29   4  13   66   9   5   38   60                                 225   3   4   4   2  11
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With MLA     1042 3605  387  934 168  31  60  382  89  47  240  324  .259  .306  .373  .678        1344  31  30  30  15  71
   With BAA      517 1988  248  551  95  12  80  303   9   6  126  279  .277  .319  .458  .777         910   1  16  12   5  43
   With ATN      243  769  100  218  56   1  18   86  18   2   59   89  .283  .335  .429  .764         330   1   2   3   2  14
   With KCA       89  310   42  108  28   0   2   34   0   1   28   32  .348  .400  .458  .858         142   1   2   2   0   5
   With PIN       69  150   20   38   6   2   3   14   3   0   13   22  .253  .311  .380  .691          57   0   1   0   0   5
   With OAA       40   71    7   23   6   0   0   12   0   2   13    6  .324  .424  .408  .832          29   1   1   3   0   0
   With CHN       20   50    4    9   3   1   0    1   0   0    1    6  .180  .212  .280  .492          14   0   0   0   1   2
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     2313 8258 1062 2326 440  42 188 1153 141  84  640  839  .282  .332  .413  .745        3414  71 104  81  33 169
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1987 22 MLA AL  27   53   4.8   3   1   1  .333   5   51   39  .765   50   11  .820  C    3(0)e5      2   
 1988 23 MLA AL  10   47   3.8   2   0   0  .000   6   71   61  .859   51   17  .750  C    2(-1)e1    47   
 1989 24 MLA AL  21   32   2.6   4   1   0  .250  11   53   41  .774   97   30  .764  C    3(+1)e4   -57   
 1990 25 MLA AL  33   69   5.2   0   0   0  .000  12   66   49  .742  117   44  .727  C    3(+1)e3    70   
 1991 26 MLA AL  43   26   2.2   3   1   0  .333   3   55   45  .818   64   27  .703  C    3(+1)e1  -142   
 1992 27 MLA AL  40   29   2.2   3   2   0  .667   8   73   61  .836   56   25  .691  C    3(-2)e2  -124   
 1993 28 MLA AL  19   37   2.9   1   0   0  .000   8   53   41  .774   40   17  .702  C    3(0)e2   -114   
 1994 29 MLA AL  43   38   7.6   2   0   0  .000   4   26   18  .692   43   11  .796  C    3(+2)e2   107   
 1995 30 MLA AL  33   83   7.2  18   3   0  .167   5   60   37  .617   45   22  .672  C    4(+2)e13   -8   
 1996 31 BAA AL  18  101   7.5   6   1   0  .167   6   43   12  .279    0    0  .000  OF   5(0)e7     67   
 1997 32 BAA AL  27   73   4.8   8   2   0  .250  13   51   30  .588    0    0  .000  UT             -48   
 1998 33 BAA AL  14   48   3.5   8   2   0  .250   0   42   27  .643    0    0  .000  OF   3(-1)e3  -125   
 1999 34 BAA AL  32   62   4.8   0   0   0  .000   0   40   33  .825    0    0  .000  OF   2(-2)e0   -61   
         ATN NL  15   23   6.4   0   0   0  .000   2   19   14  .737    0    0  .000  OF   2(-2)e0    -8   
         TOT                     0   0   0  .000   2   59   47  .797    0    0  .000
 2000 35 ATN NL   7   74   5.3  10   1   0  .100   1   39   32  .821    0    0  .000  OF   2(-1)e4   -23   
 2001 36 ATN NL  32   14   4.3  16   4   0  .250   0   12   11  .917    0    0  .000  OF   3(+1)e4   -32   
 2002 37 OAA AL   5   12   6.7  21  10   0  .476   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  DH             103   
 2003 38 KCA AL  16   57   7.3   8   4   0  .500   1   16    3  .188    0    0  .000  OF   4(+2)e6   100   
 2004 39 PIN NL  70   17   4.0  22   4   0  .182   0    9    6  .667    0    0  .000  OF   3(+1)e5   -94   
 2005 40 CHN NL  69    2   1.6   7   2   0  .286   1    3    2  .667    0    0  .000  OF   3(+1)e3  -147   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 19 Seasons          907   4.6 142  38   1  .268  86  782  562  .719  563  204  .734                 -26   1
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 25.4 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 15.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1987 22 MLA AL  C    106   631    39    5    2   .993    97   887.1   6.80
                 3B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1988 23 MLA AL  C    129   757    51    6    1   .993   114  1058.2   6.87  GG
                 SS     3     1     3    0    1  1.000     0     5.2   6.35
                 3B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1989 24 MLA AL  C    117   680    62   10    6   .987   111   992.0   6.73
                 3B     2     2     1    0    1  1.000     2    16.0   1.69
                 SS     1     1     1    1    0   .667     0     2.0   9.00
 1990 25 MLA AL  C    132   778    69   12    0   .986   130  1160.2   6.57
 1991 26 MLA AL  C    106   525    56    2    1   .997   100   886.1   5.90
                 LF     7    10     0    1    0   .909     7    59.0   1.53
                 2B     3     3     2    0    2  1.000     0     5.0   9.00
 1992 27 MLA AL  C    129   716    57    8    4   .990   122  1109.0   6.27  GG
                 3B     2     1     2    0    0  1.000     1     8.0   3.38
                 1B     2     0     0    0    0   .000     0     4.0   0.00
 1993 28 MLA AL  C     76   420    34    3    2   .993    72   654.2   6.24
                 3B    46    40    68    5    5   .956    45   396.2   2.45
 1994 29 MLA AL  C     39   205    20    4    1   .983    36   329.1   6.15
                 LF     3     5     0    0    0  1.000     3    27.0   1.67
                 RF     4     4     0    0    0  1.000     3    25.0   1.44
                 3B     1     2     1    0    0  1.000     1     8.0   3.38
                 1B     2     0     0    0    0   .000     0     3.0   0.00
 1995 30 MLA AL  C     80   491    35    4    4   .992    73   656.1   7.21
                 CF    25    65     2    1    0   .985    25   209.0   2.89
                 LF    13    15     2    0    0  1.000     7    68.0   2.25
 1996 31 BAA AL  RF    83   132     6    5    1   .965    80   699.0   1.78
                 LF    47    69     3    1    0   .986    43   392.0   1.65
                 3B     4     2     0    0    1  1.000     0     8.0   2.25
 1997 32 BAA AL  LF    89   125     6    4    1   .970    78   716.2   1.65
                 3B    60    29    74    9    9   .920    49   447.2   2.07
                 1B     1     4     1    0    0  1.000     1     5.0   9.00
 1998 33 BAA AL  LF   117   172     8    0    0  1.000   111   995.0   1.63
                 RF     4     2     0    0    0  1.000     4    36.2   0.49
                 1B     1     7     0    0    0  1.000     1     9.0   7.00
 1999 34 BAA AL  LF   114   219     7    0    1  1.000   113  1022.2   1.99
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.2   0.00
         ATN NL  LF    30    52     2    0    0  1.000    29   260.1   1.87
                 3B     5     3    12    2    1   .882     5    44.0   3.07
 2000 35 ATN NL  LF   130   241     7    1    1   .996   121  1100.0   2.03
 2001 36 ATN NL  LF    46    44     1    0    0  1.000    15   194.2   2.08
                 RF     7    16     1    0    0  1.000     7    60.0   2.55
 2002 37 OAA AL  LF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     1     8.0   1.12
                 1B     1     2     0    0    0  1.000     0     3.0   6.00
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.2   0.00
 2003 38 KCA AL  LF    47    68     4    1    0   .986    44   374.2   1.73
                 1B    17   109     4    0   14  1.000    12   120.2   8.43
                 RF     2     2     0    0    0  1.000     2    12.0   1.50
 2004 39 PIN NL  LF    35    44     1    0    0  1.000    33   263.1   1.54
                 1B    18    32     3    0    4  1.000     0    33.2   9.36
                 RF     5     3     0    0    0  1.000     0     9.2   2.79
 2005 40 CHN NL  LF    13    15     0    0    0  1.000    10    96.0   1.41
                 RF     1     2     0    1    0   .667     1     7.0   2.57
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 C    914  5203   423   54   21   .990   855  7734.1   6.55
                 LF   692  1080    41    8    3   .993   615  5577.1   1.81
                 3B   122    79   158   16   17   .937   103   930.1   2.29
                 RF   108   161     7    6    1   .966    97   852.2   1.77
                 CF    25    65     2    1    0   .985    25   209.0   2.89
                 1B    42   154     8    0   18  1.000    14   178.1   8.18
                 SS     4     2     4    1    1   .857     0     7.2   7.04
                 2B     3     3     2    0    2  1.000     0     5.0   9.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1996 ALDS  BAA CHA   W    4  17  2  3  0  0  1   3  1  3  .176  .222  .353  0
      ALCS  BAA SEA   W    3   9  1  2  0  0  0   1  0  1  .222  .222  .222  0
      WS    BAA ATN   L    5  20  1  2  1  0  0   1  0  6  .100  .100  .150  0
 1997 ALDS  BAA SEA   L    5  19  2  6  2  0  0   3  3  5  .316  .409  .421  0
 1999 NLDS  ATN CIN   L    3  13  2  3  1  0  0   0  0  1  .231  .231  .308  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1987  MLA   88-74   Mark Simons
 1988  MLA   95-67   Mark Simons
 1989  MLA   82-80   Mark Simons
 1990  MLA   63-99   Mark Simons
 1991  MLA   72-90   Mark Simons
 1992  MLA   85-77   Mark Simons
 1993  MLA   63-99   Mark Simons
 1994  MLA   60-102  Mark Simons
 1995  MLA   64-98   Mark Simons
 1996  BAA   91-71   Charlie Steinhice
 1997  BAA   92-70   Charlie Steinhice
 1998  BAA   87-75   Charlie Steinhice
 1999  BAA   87-75   Charlie Steinhice
 1999  ATN   98-64   Rick Field
 2000  ATN   79-83   Rick Field
 2001  ATN   76-86   Rick Field
 2002  OAA   84-78   Drew Kennedy
 2003  KCA   81-81   Dennis Schimmel, Alan Boodman
 2004  PIN   78-84   Mike Mashanic
 2005  CHN   92-70   Dennis Schimmel

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