07/16/1973 |
Drafted in the 1973 inaugural draft (Round 4, Pick 2, 26th overall pick) by the Carlton Blues. |
07/16/1973 |
Named the #34 prospect in the VBL |
10/02/1973 |
Named the #33 prospect in the VBL |
01/01/1974 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (7); Power: 7 (7); Eye: 4 (4). |
01/01/1974 |
Wins the VBL Rookie of the Month Award. |
01/28/1974 |
Wins the VBL VBL Player of the Week Award. |
03/14/1974 |
Wins the 1973 VBL VBL Preliminary Final Series MVP Award. |
03/30/1974 |
Wins the 1973 Grand Final Series with the Carlton Blues. |
03/31/1974 |
Wins the 1973 VBL VBL . |
04/23/1974 |
Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $13,951 through automatic renewal. |
01/01/1975 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 7 (7); Power: 8 (8); Eye: 5 (5). |
03/31/1975 |
Wins the 1974 VBL VBL Silver Slugger Award at 2B. |
04/20/1975 |
Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $14,062 through automatic renewal. |
10/13/1975 |
Wins the VBL VBL Player of the Week Award. |
10/26/1975 |
Injured (Concussion), day-to-day for 2 weeks. |
10/30/1975 |
Goes 0-4 against the Melbourne Demons, ending his hitting streak at 29 games. |
11/05/1975 |
Injured (Concussion), day-to-day for 5 days. |
01/01/1976 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 7 (7); Power: 9 (9); Eye: 5 (5). |
01/21/1976 |
Goes 0-3 against the Geelong Cats, ending his hitting streak at 20 games. |
02/29/1976 |
Goes 0-4 against the Geelong Cats, ending his hitting streak at 20 games. |
04/07/1976 |
Wins the 1975 VBL VBL Golden Bat Award. |
04/07/1976 |
Wins the 1975 VBL VBL Silver Slugger Award at 2B. |
04/19/1976 |
Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $37,500 through arbitration. |
10/11/1976 |
Injured (Pinched nerve (neck)), out for 3-4 weeks. |
11/03/1976 |
Suffered setback in recovery from injury, will miss another 5 days. |
12/27/1976 |
Wins the VBL VBL Player of the Week Award. |
01/01/1977 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 7 (7); Power: 9 (9); Eye: 5 (5). |
01/01/1977 |
Wins the VBL VBL Batter of the Month Award. |
02/03/1977 |
Signed a 8-year contract extension worth a total of $560,000 with the Carlton Blues organization. |
03/16/1977 |
Injured (Back spasms), day-to-day for 1 day. |
03/29/1977 |
Wins the 1976 Grand Final Series with the Carlton Blues. |
04/05/1977 |
Finished 2nd in 1976 VBL VBL Golden Bat Award voting. |
11/21/1977 |
Wins the VBL VBL Player of the Week Award. |
11/28/1977 |
Wins the VBL VBL Player of the Week Award. |
12/01/1977 |
Wins the VBL VBL Batter of the Month Award. |
01/01/1978 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 8 (8); Power: 10 (10); Eye: 5 (5). |
01/25/1978 |
Hits three home runs against the Essendon Knights, going 3-5 with 8 RBI and 3 runs scored! |
03/01/1978 |
Wins the VBL VBL Batter of the Month Award. |
03/08/1978 |
Goes 5-5 against the Essendon Knights, with 2 HR, 4 RBI and 3 R. |
03/10/1978 |
Wins the Victorian Baseball League triple-crown!! |
04/06/1978 |
Wins the 1977 VBL VBL Golden Bat Award. |
04/06/1978 |
Wins the 1977 VBL VBL Silver Slugger Award at 2B. |
11/11/1978 |
Goes 0-4 against the Melbourne Demons, ending his hitting streak at 22 games. |
12/04/1978 |
Wins the VBL VBL Player of the Week Award. |
12/25/1978 |
Wins the VBL VBL Player of the Week Award. |
01/01/1979 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 7 (7); Power: 9 (9); Eye: 5 (5). |
03/20/1979 |
Injured (Strained oblique), day-to-day for 2 weeks. |
03/30/1979 |
Wins the 1978 Grand Final Series MVP Award. |
03/31/1979 |
Wins the 1978 Grand Final Series with the Carlton Blues. |
12/01/1979 |
Wins the VBL VBL Batter of the Month Award. |
01/01/1980 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 7 (7); Power: 9 (9); Eye: 5 (5). |
01/01/1980 |
Wins the VBL VBL Batter of the Month Award. |
01/14/1980 |
Wins the VBL VBL Player of the Week Award. |
02/01/1980 |
Wins the VBL VBL Batter of the Month Award. |
03/22/1980 |
Wins the 1979 Grand Final Series MVP Award. |
03/23/1980 |
Wins the 1979 Grand Final Series with the Carlton Blues. |
03/31/1980 |
Wins the 1979 VBL VBL Golden Bat Award. |
03/31/1980 |
Wins the 1979 VBL VBL Silver Slugger Award at 2B. |
10/12/1980 |
Hits his 300th career Victorian Baseball League home run! |
01/01/1981 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 7 (7); Power: 9 (9); Eye: 4 (4). |
10/20/1981 |
Hits three home runs against the Melbourne Demons, going 3-4 with 5 RBI and 3 runs scored! |
10/26/1981 |
Wins the VBL VBL Player of the Week Award. |
10/28/1981 |
Injured (Quadriceps strain), day-to-day for 6 weeks. |
01/01/1982 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 6 (7); Power: 9 (9); Eye: 4 (4). |
04/07/1982 |
Finished 2nd in 1981 VBL VBL Golden Bat Award voting. |
04/07/1982 |
Wins the 1981 VBL VBL Silver Slugger Award at 2B. |
10/10/1982 |
Hits three home runs against the South Melbourne Swans, going 3-4 with 4 RBI and 4 runs scored! |
11/01/1982 |
Hits his 400th career Victorian Baseball League home run! |
12/13/1982 |
Collects his 1000th career Victorian Baseball League RBI! |
01/01/1983 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 6 (6); Power: 9 (9); Eye: 4 (4). |
03/07/1983 |
Injured (Thigh muscle strain), day-to-day for 4 days. |
03/30/1983 |
Wins the 1982 Grand Final Series MVP Award. |
03/31/1983 |
Wins the 1982 Grand Final Series with the Carlton Blues. |
01/01/1984 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 6 (6); Power: 9 (9); Eye: 4 (4). |
01/30/1984 |
Scores his 1000th career Victorian Baseball League run! |
02/27/1984 |
Wins the VBL VBL Player of the Week Award. |
03/01/1984 |
Wins the VBL VBL Batter of the Month Award. |
03/29/1984 |
Wins the 1983 Grand Final Series with the Carlton Blues. |
04/05/1984 |
Wins the 1983 VBL VBL Silver Slugger Award at 2B. |
11/12/1984 |
Wins the VBL VBL Player of the Week Award. |
01/01/1985 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (6); Power: 9 (9); Eye: 4 (5). |
02/13/1985 |
Hits his 500th career Victorian Baseball League home run! |
02/18/1985 |
Wins the VBL VBL Player of the Week Award. |
03/01/1985 |
Wins the VBL VBL Batter of the Month Award. |
03/01/1985 |
Injured (Back spasms), day-to-day for 5 days. |
03/07/1985 |
Injured (Bruised thumb), day-to-day for 6 days. |
03/23/1985 |
Wins the 1984 Grand Final Series with the Carlton Blues. |
04/02/1985 |
Signed a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $840,000 with the Carlton Blues organization. |
09/09/1985 |
Injured (Kidney stones), out for 4 days. |
09/23/1985 |
Injured (Back spasms), day-to-day for 6 days. |
11/05/1985 |
Injured (Bruised knee), day-to-day for 1 day. |
01/01/1986 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 6 (6); Power: 9 (9); Eye: 4 (5). |
03/03/1986 |
Wins the VBL VBL Player of the Week Award. |
03/17/1986 |
Wins the 1985 VBL VBL Preliminary Final Series MVP Award. |
04/01/1986 |
Wins the 1985 Grand Final Series with the Carlton Blues. |
04/05/1986 |
Finished 3rd in 1985 VBL VBL Golden Bat Award voting. |
10/13/1986 |
Wins the VBL VBL Player of the Week Award. |
10/25/1986 |
Injured (Mild abdominal strain), day-to-day for 2 days. |
11/01/1986 |
Wins the VBL VBL Batter of the Month Award. |
11/24/1986 |
Collects his 2000th career Victorian Baseball League hit! |
12/22/1986 |
Wins the VBL VBL Player of the Week Award. |
12/28/1986 |
Was selected to the 1986 Victorian Baseball League All-Star Game. |
01/01/1987 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (6); Power: 9 (9); Eye: 4 (5). |
01/11/1987 |
Injured (Plantar fascitis), out for 3 weeks. |
03/02/1987 |
Wins the VBL VBL Player of the Week Award. |
04/25/1987 |
Wins the 1986 VBL VBL Silver Slugger Award at 2B. |
07/29/1987 |
Was traded by the Carlton Blues to the East Sydney Roosters in exchange for SP Geoff Quinn, C Josh Blake, CL Paul Daley. |
01/01/1988 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (6); Power: 8 (9); Eye: 4 (5). |
01/01/1989 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (6); Power: 8 (9); Eye: 4 (5). |
04/19/1989 |
Retired from professional baseball. |
08/04/1990 |
Was inducted to the Hall of Fame! |
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES |
Year |
GS |
Rank |
1974 |
127 |
1 |
1977 |
126 |
1 |
1978 |
126 |
1 |
1979 |
126 |
1 |
1980 |
124 |
9 |
1981 |
126 |
1 |
1982 |
126 |
5 |
1983 |
126 |
1 |
1984 |
126 |
1 |
1985 |
126 |
1 |
|
Year |
PA |
Rank |
1974 |
563 |
6 |
1977 |
574 |
4 |
1978 |
566 |
6 |
1979 |
571 |
3 |
1980 |
573 |
2 |
1981 |
575 |
2 |
1982 |
569 |
3 |
1983 |
557 |
7 |
1984 |
551 |
9 |
1985 |
553 |
9 |
|
Year |
AB |
Rank |
1974 |
502 |
5 |
1977 |
525 |
2 |
1978 |
506 |
6 |
1979 |
503 |
2 |
1980 |
520 |
2 |
1981 |
521 |
1 |
1982 |
505 |
4 |
1983 |
501 |
6 |
1984 |
500 |
8 |
1985 |
494 |
7 |
|
Year |
H |
Rank |
1974 |
155 |
2 |
1975 |
162 |
1 |
1977 |
184 |
1 |
1978 |
149 |
3 |
1979 |
160 |
1 |
1980 |
150 |
3 |
1981 |
155 |
3 |
1982 |
155 |
4 |
1983 |
149 |
4 |
1985 |
148 |
6 |
|
Year |
TB |
Rank |
1974 |
302 |
1 |
1975 |
308 |
2 |
1976 |
261 |
6 |
1977 |
380 |
1 |
1978 |
307 |
1 |
1979 |
345 |
1 |
1980 |
310 |
1 |
1981 |
323 |
1 |
1982 |
306 |
2 |
1983 |
296 |
1 |
1984 |
267 |
4 |
1985 |
297 |
3 |
1986 |
262 |
6 |
|
Year |
2B |
Rank |
1975 |
30 |
5 |
1977 |
28 |
7 |
1978 |
27 |
4 |
1979 |
26 |
10 |
1980 |
33 |
2 |
1985 |
33 |
4 |
|
|
Year |
HR |
Rank |
1974 |
43 |
1 |
1975 |
38 |
4 |
1976 |
37 |
2 |
1977 |
56 |
1 |
1978 |
43 |
2 |
1979 |
53 |
1 |
1980 |
41 |
2 |
1981 |
49 |
1 |
1982 |
41 |
3 |
1983 |
43 |
1 |
1984 |
36 |
2 |
1985 |
38 |
2 |
1986 |
38 |
2 |
|
Year |
RBI |
Rank |
1974 |
111 |
1 |
1975 |
92 |
5 |
1976 |
78 |
8 |
1977 |
124 |
1 |
1978 |
96 |
4 |
1979 |
116 |
1 |
1980 |
117 |
1 |
1981 |
130 |
1 |
1982 |
106 |
3 |
1983 |
112 |
1 |
1984 |
101 |
3 |
1985 |
95 |
6 |
1986 |
89 |
3 |
|
Year |
R |
Rank |
1974 |
97 |
3 |
1975 |
92 |
7 |
1977 |
108 |
2 |
1978 |
95 |
3 |
1979 |
115 |
1 |
1980 |
92 |
4 |
1981 |
99 |
2 |
1982 |
95 |
4 |
1983 |
94 |
3 |
1984 |
82 |
8 |
1985 |
92 |
2 |
|
Year |
IBB |
Rank |
1979 |
8 |
5 |
1981 |
5 |
8 |
1982 |
5 |
8 |
1983 |
5 |
2 |
1985 |
3 |
3 |
1986 |
4 |
7 |
|
Year |
HP |
Rank |
1974 |
14 |
5 |
1975 |
11 |
8 |
1977 |
10 |
10 |
1982 |
15 |
2 |
1983 |
14 |
4 |
1984 |
9 |
10 |
1985 |
11 |
8 |
1986 |
8 |
10 |
|
Year |
SF |
Rank |
1974 |
6 |
2 |
1980 |
8 |
3 |
1981 |
7 |
6 |
1982 |
5 |
6 |
1983 |
5 |
3 |
1984 |
6 |
2 |
|
Year |
EBH |
Rank |
1974 |
59 |
5 |
1975 |
69 |
1 |
1976 |
59 |
5 |
1977 |
84 |
1 |
1978 |
71 |
1 |
1979 |
79 |
1 |
1980 |
76 |
1 |
1981 |
69 |
1 |
1982 |
68 |
2 |
1983 |
59 |
6 |
1984 |
60 |
4 |
1985 |
72 |
2 |
1986 |
62 |
6 |
|
Year |
AVG |
Rank |
1973 |
.319 |
6 |
1974 |
.309 |
6 |
1975 |
.349 |
1 |
1976 |
.335 |
2 |
1977 |
.350 |
1 |
1979 |
.318 |
3 |
1981 |
.298 |
8 |
1982 |
.307 |
9 |
1983 |
.297 |
5 |
1985 |
.300 |
7 |
1986 |
.313 |
2 |
|
Year |
OBP |
Rank |
1975 |
.409 |
5 |
1977 |
.401 |
4 |
1979 |
.394 |
8 |
1983 |
.359 |
10 |
1986 |
.380 |
7 |
|
Year |
SLG |
Rank |
1973 |
.604 |
3 |
1974 |
.602 |
1 |
1975 |
.664 |
1 |
1976 |
.705 |
1 |
1977 |
.724 |
1 |
1978 |
.607 |
3 |
1979 |
.686 |
1 |
1980 |
.596 |
4 |
1981 |
.620 |
2 |
1982 |
.606 |
3 |
1983 |
.591 |
4 |
1984 |
.534 |
8 |
1985 |
.601 |
3 |
1986 |
.667 |
1 |
|
Year |
RC |
Rank |
1974 |
111.47 |
2 |
1975 |
120.10 |
2 |
1976 |
91.99 |
10 |
1977 |
150.24 |
1 |
1978 |
112.55 |
3 |
1979 |
132.91 |
1 |
1980 |
99.93 |
7 |
1981 |
111.71 |
4 |
1982 |
113.77 |
4 |
1983 |
101.42 |
3 |
1985 |
103.84 |
4 |
1986 |
96.54 |
5 |
|
Year |
RC/27 |
Rank |
1973 |
8.28 |
7 |
1974 |
8.20 |
3 |
1975 |
10.07 |
3 |
1976 |
9.52 |
1 |
1977 |
11.43 |
2 |
1978 |
8.24 |
4 |
1979 |
9.94 |
3 |
1981 |
7.83 |
6 |
1982 |
8.32 |
6 |
1983 |
7.28 |
8 |
1985 |
7.60 |
6 |
1986 |
9.18 |
2 |
|
Year |
ISO |
Rank |
1973 |
.285 |
5 |
1974 |
.293 |
1 |
1975 |
.315 |
3 |
1976 |
.370 |
1 |
1977 |
.373 |
1 |
1978 |
.312 |
2 |
1979 |
.368 |
1 |
1980 |
.308 |
2 |
1981 |
.322 |
2 |
1982 |
.299 |
3 |
1983 |
.293 |
5 |
1984 |
.264 |
5 |
1985 |
.302 |
3 |
1986 |
.354 |
1 |
|
Year |
WOBA |
Rank |
1973 |
.400 |
8 |
1974 |
.402 |
2 |
1975 |
.445 |
1 |
1976 |
.448 |
1 |
1977 |
.459 |
1 |
1978 |
.403 |
4 |
1979 |
.442 |
2 |
1980 |
.389 |
8 |
1981 |
.405 |
4 |
1982 |
.407 |
6 |
1983 |
.394 |
4 |
1985 |
.407 |
5 |
1986 |
.436 |
2 |
|
Year |
OPS |
Rank |
1973 |
.969 |
7 |
1974 |
.975 |
2 |
1975 |
1.072 |
1 |
1976 |
1.083 |
1 |
1977 |
1.125 |
1 |
1978 |
.971 |
4 |
1979 |
1.080 |
2 |
1980 |
.936 |
8 |
1981 |
.971 |
3 |
1982 |
.982 |
6 |
1983 |
.950 |
3 |
1985 |
.972 |
4 |
1986 |
1.047 |
2 |
|
Year |
WAR |
Rank |
1974 |
6.1 |
4 |
1975 |
6.7 |
2 |
1976 |
5.6 |
4 |
1977 |
8.5 |
1 |
1978 |
6.4 |
3 |
1979 |
7.1 |
2 |
1980 |
5.2 |
7 |
1981 |
5.4 |
4 |
1982 |
5.5 |
3 |
1983 |
5.4 |
5 |
1985 |
6.2 |
3 |
1986 |
5.9 |
6 |
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