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New Arrival: Harold Baines, DH, Oakland Athletics

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2016 Topps Archives Harold Baines

Harold Baines is very underappreciated player.

He was a 1st round pick of the White Sox in 1977 and would spend 22 years in the majors. He spent roughly half of his career as a full-time DH, which clearly hurt his legacy. It really shouldn’t, but there will always be a bias against players who don’t field. Unless you are David Ortiz.

That said, the man was a professional hitter. He would retire with a line of .289/.356/.465 and 384 HR–good for an OPS+ of 121 and 38.7 career WAR. He was selected to six All-Star teams, one Silver Slugger and rated Top-20 MVP votes four times. He stayed a very productive hitter until late in his career, illustrated by his All-Star selection in 1999–his 20th season in the game.

Despite being such a great hitter Baines never led the league in any significant offensive category. The only time he led the league in anything was SLG in 1984. That’s something, I guess.

Still, he was a great player and any team would have been lucky to have him.

Standard Batting
Year Age Tm Lg G AB H HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP OPS OPS+ Awards
1980 21 CHW AL 141 491 125 13 49 2 4 19 65 .255 .281 .686 87
1981 22 CHW AL 82 280 80 10 41 6 2 12 41 .286 .318 .800 131
1982 23 CHW AL 161 608 165 25 105 10 3 49 95 .271 .321 .790 114 MVP-20
1983 24 CHW AL 156 596 167 20 99 7 5 49 85 .280 .333 .776 109 MVP-10
1984 25 CHW AL 147 569 173 29 94 1 2 54 75 .304 .361 .903 142 MVP-13
1985 26 CHW AL 160 640 198 22 113 1 1 42 89 .309 .348 .815 118 AS,MVP-9
1986 27 CHW AL 145 570 169 21 88 2 1 38 89 .296 .338 .803 113 AS
1987 28 CHW AL 132 505 148 20 93 0 0 46 82 .293 .352 .831 116 AS
1988 29 CHW AL 158 599 166 13 81 0 0 67 109 .277 .347 .758 112
1989 30 TOT AL 146 505 156 16 72 0 3 73 79 .309 .395 .860 144 AS,SS
1990 31 TOT AL 135 415 118 16 65 0 3 67 80 .284 .378 .819 130
1991 32 OAK AL 141 488 144 20 90 0 1 72 67 .295 .383 .857 143 AS
1992 33 OAK AL 140 478 121 16 76 1 3 59 61 .253 .331 .723 108
1993 34 BAL AL 118 416 130 20 78 0 0 57 52 .313 .390 .900 137
1994 35 BAL AL 94 326 96 16 54 0 0 30 49 .294 .356 .840 111
1995 36 BAL AL 127 385 115 24 63 0 2 70 45 .299 .403 .943 142
1996 37 CHW AL 143 495 154 22 95 3 1 73 62 .311 .399 .902 132
1997 38 TOT AL 137 452 136 16 67 0 1 55 62 .301 .375 .832 120
1998 39 BAL AL 104 293 88 9 57 0 0 32 40 .300 .369 .819 114
1999 40 TOT AL 135 430 134 25 103 1 2 54 48 .312 .387 .919 136 AS
2000 41 TOT AL 96 283 72 11 39 0 0 36 50 .254 .338 .754 93
2001 42 CHW AL 32 84 11 0 6 0 0 8 16 .131 .202 .345 -8
22 Y 22 Y 22 Y 22 Y 2830 9908 2866 384 1628 34 34 1062 1441 .289 .356 .820 121
162 162 162 162 162 567 164 22 93 2 2 61 82 .289 .356 .820 121
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 11/11/2018.