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Andy Van Slyke
Andrew James Van Slyke

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 192 lb.

MLB Debut June 17, 1983
Final Game October 1, 1995
Born December 21, 1960 in Utica, NY (age 64)

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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 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1983 22 SLN NL  101  293   47   93  26   6  13   47  14   4   34   64  .317  .388  .580  .968   138   170   0   2   1   1   6  
 1984 23 SLN NL  120  352   48   78  13   3  10   39  15   2   51  102  .222  .318  .361  .679    99   127   0   3   0   0  10  
 1985 24 SLN NL  133  400   60  105  26   6  11   59  27   9   41   40  .262  .330  .440  .770   112   176   0   5   4   2  13  
 1986 25 SLN NL   98  318   46   97  26   2  16   58  16   4   29   59  .305  .360  .550  .910   122   175   1   3   3   0   4  
         PIN NL   32  121   23   39  11   0   6   26   5   0   11   24  .322  .379  .562  .941   130    68   0   0   1   0   0  
         TOT     130  439   69  136  37   2  22   84  21   4   40   83  .310  .365  .554  .919         243   1   3   4   0   4 
 1987 26 PIN NL  159  592   88  178  48   7  15   81  13  10   59  127  .301  .369  .481  .850   116   285   6   4   2   7  13  MVP-9
 1988 27 PIN NL  149  551   87  168  17   9  29   99  35  12   60  113  .305  .370  .526  .896   135   290   4   5   3   0   8  MVP-2
 1989 28 PIN NL  147  407   49  112  16  11   9   47  16   6   54   81  .275  .358  .435  .792   116   177  14   5   4   1   8  
 1990 29 PIN NL  148  495   79  139  28   5  19   69  11   1   64   95  .281  .361  .473  .834   120   234   2   3   3   0   3  
 1991 30 PIN NL  139  439   66  127  22   6  12   67   6   1   69   67  .289  .382  .449  .830   117   197   2   9   1   2   5  
 1992 31 PIN NL  158  573   75  184  41  13   8   92   9   4   72   93  .321  .398  .480  .878   127   275   5   2  14   3   9  MVP-7
 1993 32 PIN NL  138  333   63  106  12   3  10   45  15   5   31   54  .318  .376  .462  .838   113   154   3   2   2   1  13  
 1994 33 PIN NL  154  508   61  119  19   8   9   68   4   1   75  106  .234  .333  .356  .690    92   181   2   3   0   2  11  
 1995 34 SEA AL   70  242   46   63  16   2   2   26   7   2   31   42  .260  .344  .368  .712    93    89   0   4   0   2   5  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     1746 5624  838 1608 321  81 169  823 193  61  681 1067  .286  .362  .462  .824        2598  39  50  38  21 108
 Per 600 PA           526   78  150  30   8  16   77  18   6   64  100                                 243   4   5   4   2  10
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With PIN     1224 4019  591 1172 214  62 117  594 114  40  495  760  .292  .369  .463  .832        1861  38  33  30  16  70
   With SLN      452 1363  201  373  91  17  50  203  72  19  155  265  .274  .346  .475  .822         648   1  13   8   3  33
   With SEA       70  242   46   63  16   2   2   26   7   2   31   42  .260  .344  .368  .712          89   0   4   0   2   5
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1658 5711  835 1562 293  91 164  792 245  59  667 1063  .274  .349  .443  .792        2529  12  61  55  27  94
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1983 22 SLN NL  11   66   8.5  15   3   1  .200   3   23   11  .478    0    0  .000  OF   3(-1)e9   191   
 1984 23 SLN NL  48   43   4.0   8   3   1  .375   1   37   29  .784    0    0  .000  OF   3(-1)e5   -44   
 1985 24 SLN NL   9   57   4.8  19   7   3  .368   1   44   40  .909    0    0  .000  OF   1(-3)e1    -4   
 1986 25 SLN NL   9   64   7.5   6   1   0  .167   2   35   18  .514    0    0  .000  1B   3e7       115   
         PIN NL  20   27   9.1   3   0   0  .000   4   15   12  .800    0    0  .000  OF   2(-3)e13  145   
         TOT                     9   1   0  .111   6   50   30  .600    0    0  .000
 1987 26 PIN NL  34  103   6.3   2   0   0  .000   2   82   82 1.000    0    0  .000  OF   1(-3)e5   -16   
 1988 27 PIN NL  26  109   7.2  12   3   1  .250   1   66   66 1.000    0    0  .000  OF   1(-3)e4    45   
 1989 28 PIN NL  46   66   5.5   9   3   0  .333   6   56   51  .911    0    0  .000  OF   1(-3)e6   115   
 1990 29 PIN NL  21   91   6.7  15   3   1  .200   7   68   63  .926    0    0  .000  OF   1(-3)e10    2   
 1991 30 PIN NL   8   82   6.8  16   6   0  .375   1   52   51  .981    0    0  .000  OF   1(-4)e1    29   
 1992 31 PIN NL  28  112   7.4   4   0   0  .000   8   77   71  .922    0    0  .000  OF   1(-3)e5    -8   
 1993 32 PIN NL   9   55   6.0  32  10   1  .312   1   36   33  .917    0    0  .000  OF   2(-3)e2    33   
 1994 33 PIN NL  26   64   4.3   9   3   0  .333   1   59   38  .644    0    0  .000  OF   3(-3)e3    -8   
 1995 34 SEA AL  23   32   4.7   0   0   0  .000   2   17    9  .529    0    0  .000  OF   3(-3)e6    60   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 13 Seasons          978   6.2 150  42   8  .280  40  667  574  .861    0    0  .000                  32   3
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 28.0 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 29.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1983 22 SLN NL  RF    56    87     2    2    0   .978    52   460.0   1.74
                 LF    32    21     0    1    0   .955    12   140.0   1.35
                 3B    10     1     7    0    1  1.000     3    38.2   1.86
                 CF     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     5.2   1.59
                 1B     1     0     1    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   4.50
 1984 23 SLN NL  RF    72   105     4    1    1   .991    71   603.2   1.63
                 1B    21   141    19    0   13  1.000    16   150.2   9.56
                 LF    24    10     0    0    0  1.000     3    59.1   1.52
                 CF     1     2     0    0    0  1.000     1     8.0   2.25
                 3B     3     0     0    0    0   .000     0     7.1   0.00
 1985 24 SLN NL  RF    89   162    10    0    0  1.000    80   718.0   2.16
                 CF    14    26     2    1    0   .966    11    96.1   2.62
                 1B    21    85     9    0    8  1.000     7    94.0   9.00
                 LF     3     0     0    0    0   .000     0     4.0   0.00
 1986 25 SLN NL  1B    90   698    65    2   66   .997    80   732.2   9.37
                 RF     4     2     0    0    0  1.000     0     7.0   2.57
                 LF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
         PIN NL  RF    22    46     1    3    0   .940    21   187.0   2.26
                 CF    10    18     1    1    0   .950     8    73.0   2.34
                 1B     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     1.0   9.00
 1987 26 PIN NL  CF   158   369    17    2    1   .995   157  1389.2   2.50  GG
                 1B     2     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1988 27 PIN NL  CF   143   345    13    1    1   .997   134  1254.0   2.57  GG
 1989 28 PIN NL  CF   131   283     7    6    0   .980   116  1070.2   2.44
                 1B     5     3     0    0    0  1.000     0     5.1   5.06
 1990 29 PIN NL  CF   137   303    11    7    1   .978   122  1154.1   2.45  GG
 1991 30 PIN NL  CF   131   284    14    1    4   .997   112  1049.2   2.56  GG
 1992 31 PIN NL  CF   156   404    10    8    2   .981   154  1382.0   2.70
 1993 32 PIN NL  CF   113   200     5    1    1   .995    68   687.2   2.68
 1994 33 PIN NL  CF   147   338    19    1    3   .997   140  1231.1   2.61
 1995 34 SEA AL  CF    36    54     7    0    1  1.000    32   287.0   1.91
                 RF    21    14     2    2    0   .889    20   174.0   0.83
                 LF    12    17     2    0    0  1.000    10    85.0   2.01
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 CF  1179  2627   106   29   14   .990  1055  9689.1   2.54
                 RF   264   416    19    8    1   .982   244  2149.2   1.82
                 1B   141   928    94    2   87   .998   103   986.2   9.32
                 LF    72    48     2    1    0   .980    25   290.1   1.55
                 3B    13     1     7    0    1  1.000     3    46.0   1.57
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1991 NLCS  PIN CIN   L    3  12  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  5  .000  .077  .000  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1983  SLN   68-94   Mike Rescigno
 1984  SLN   68-94   Mike Rescigno
 1985  SLN   84-78   Mike Rescigno
 1986  SLN   63-99   Mike Rescigno
 1986  PIN   75-87   Mike Mashanic
 1987  PIN   78-84   Mike Mashanic
 1988  PIN   80-82   Mike Mashanic
 1989  PIN   86-76   Mike Mashanic
 1990  PIN   79-83   Mike Mashanic
 1991  PIN  103-59   Mike Mashanic
 1992  PIN   81-81   Mike Mashanic
 1993  PIN   84-78   Mike Mashanic
 1994  PIN   68-94   Mike Mashanic
 1995  SEA  101-61   Jeff Tripodi

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