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Rudy
Law		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 180
 
Born: October 7, 1956 in Waco, TX, USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1987    1992   
All-Star Selections 1988   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1979 22 CHC NL 59 74 13 26 7 2 0 12 5 1 7 2 .351 .407 .500 .907 14.0 4.8
1980 23 CHC NL 137 346 46 109 17 7 0 41 22 11 47 46 .315 .395 .405 .800 54.9 15.6
1981 24 CHC NL 157 580 83 159 22 14 5 42 22 9 44 75 .274 .324 .386 .710 71.3 10.8
1982 25 CHC NL 157 611 74 161 20 12 4 36 16 8 54 69 .264 .323 .355 .678 68.3 10.7
1983 26 CHC NL 127 418 59 111 17 13 1 38 32 15 40 50 .266 .329 .376 .705 51.0 11.2
1984 27 CHC NL 127 483 66 128 21 16 5 47 17 17 42 39 .265 .324 .406 .730 55.3 12.5
1985 28 CHC NL 161 597 87 160 25 13 12 66 14 9 49 42 .268 .321 .414 .734 76.1 11.0
1986 29 CHC NL 132 500 59 136 23 9 7 47 20 14 25 39 .272 .306 .396 .702 53.4 10.0
1987 30 CHC NL 159 606 87 155 28 12 14 76 56 21 32 59 .256 .291 .411 .702 75.1 14.6
1988 31 CHC NL 146 543 74 157 29 9 12 81 55 20 31 51 .289 .325 .442 .767 74.9 17.5
1989 32 CHC NL 155 572 51 125 21 12 5 48 45 16 38 76 .219 .267 .323 .590 49.4 5.0
1990 33 CHC NL 132 535 64 136 32 11 5 52 47 8 17 74 .254 .277 .383 .660 55.2 7.5
1991 34 CHC NL 133 365 39 85 16 6 9 57 24 9 17 54 .233 .263 .384 .646 38.5 5.1
1992 35 CHW AL 65 217 27 55 18 2 1 31 10 4 10 33 .253 .286 .369 .655 20.8 2.4
1993 36 CHW AL 57 232 32 58 3 1 2 17 9 2 18 58 .250 .303 .297 .600 21.6 2.2
15 Years Sim 1904 6679 861 1761 299 139 82 691 394 164 471 767 .264 .311 .387 .698 780.0 140.9
162 Game Average 568 73 149 25 11 6 58 33 13 40 65 .264 .311 .387 .698 66.4  
Career Highs 161 611 87 161 32 16 14 81 56 21 54 76 .351 .407 .500 .907 76.1  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1979 22 CHC NL RF 11 10 80.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.58 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 3 0 4.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 2 0 3.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 7.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
1980 23 CHC NL LF 101 99 760.7 174 4 1 0 .994 2.11 0 0 .000 0 3.5
    CF 7 1 19.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.79 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 2 1 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 2 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1981 24 CHC NL RF 136 131 1078.0 189 4 1 1 .995 1.61 0 0 .000 0 4.4
    LF 8 8 71.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.77 0 0 .000 0  
    C 5 5 43.0 32 1 1 0 .971 6.91 2 0 .000 3 0.1
    CF 7 2 22.3 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.82 0 0 .000 0  
1982 25 CHC NL RF 154 147 1296.7 261 6 2 3 .993 1.85 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    LF 2 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
1983 26 CHC NL LF 105 84 833.7 159 5 0 0 1.000 1.77 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    RF 5 4 33.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 15 0 29.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.86 0 0 .000 0  
1984 27 CHC NL LF 124 119 1049.3 219 5 0 0 1.000 1.92 0 0 .000 0 3.4
    CF 2 0 7.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 5.14 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0  
1985 28 CHC NL LF 154 145 1314.0 231 5 0 2 1.000 1.62 0 0 .000 0 3.2
    CF 7 0 16.7 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.78 0 0 .000 0  
1986 29 CHC NL LF 130 120 1084.7 221 0 0 0 1.000 1.83 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1987 30 CHC NL LF 154 145 1304.0 233 11 1 3 .996 1.68 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    CF 3 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0  
1988 31 CHC NL LF 85 84 740.3 137 3 0 1 1.000 1.70 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    CF 58 53 481.0 112 2 0 0 1.000 2.13 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
1989 32 CHC NL CF 152 150 1357.0 345 5 1 1 .997 2.32 0 0 .000 0 4.8
    LF 2 0 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 0 0 .000 0  
1990 33 CHC NL CF 132 132 1189.3 272 5 0 0 1.000 2.10 0 0 .000 0 3.6
1991 34 CHC NL CF 77 74 669.7 169 3 1 1 .994 2.31 0 0 .000 0 3.4
    LF 28 16 176.7 35 1 0 1 1.000 1.83 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 3 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1992 35 CHW AL RF 39 34 304.0 78 0 0 0 1.000 2.31 0 0 .000 0 2.1
    LF 17 16 134.0 25 0 0 0 1.000 1.68 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 2 1 12.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 0 0 .000 0  
1993 36 CHW AL LF 57 57 504.0 100 3 0 1 1.000 1.84 0 0 .000 0 1.7
  LF 970 893 7993.0 1552 37 2 8 .999 1.79 0 0 .000 0 23.7
  CF 466 413 3815.0 935 15 2 2 .998 2.24 0 0 .000 0 11.7
  RF 352 327 2819.7 556 10 3 4 .995 1.81 0 0 .000 0 10.0
  C 5 5 43.0 32 1 1 0 .971 6.91 2 0 .000 3 0.1
  3B 2 0 6.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 2 0 3.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 7.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 2 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1799 1638 14683.3 3078 66 8 14 .997 1.93 2 0 .000 3 45.6
Career Highs   161 150 1367.0 346 11 2 3 1.000 2.31 2 0 .000 3  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1987 30 CHC NL 16 71 11 25 5 3 3 15 5 2 3 8 .352 .378 .634 1.012
1992 35 CHW AL 8 16 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .250 .294 .313 .607
Career Post-Season Batting 24 87 12 29 6 3 3 17 5 2 4 12 .333 .363 .575 .937
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1985-5-161
1987-5-159
 At-Bats
1982-9-611
1987-5-606
 Runs
1985-9-87
 Triples
1980-9-7
1981-2-14
1982-3-12
1983-5-13
1984-2-16
1985-6-13
1988-5-9
1989-2-12
1990-2-11
CAR-10-139
 Stolen Bases
1987-10-56
1988-9-55
CAR-46-394
 Caught Stealing
1983-6-15
1984-4-17
1986-9-14
1987-6-21
1988-7-20
CAR-35-164
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 73rd overall pick, by Chicago (N) in 1978
Injured on 4/16/1978 with a Bruised Foot, out for 3 days
Injured on 6/8/1978 with a Strained Hip Muscle, out for 5 days
Had first career hit on 5/9/1979, off Jim Lonborg (STL)
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Montreal on 6/2/1980
Hit first career homerun on 4/9/1981, off Dan Spillner (SDP)
Injured on 4/10/1984 with a Fractured Finger, out for 3 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 8/19/1985, hitting .522 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Injured on 9/2/1986 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Won World Championship with Chicago (N) in 1987
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1988, hitting .382 with 2 HR, 22 RBI
Was selected to the 1988 Allstar game
Injured on 7/22/1988 with a Pulled Rib Cage Muscle, out for 2 weeks
Injured on 5/9/1990 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (A) on 2/9/1992 to a 2-year deal worth $1,330,000 per year
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Toronto on 7/6/1992
Injured on 7/31/1992 with a Strained Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 5 weeks
Won World Championship with Chicago (A) in 1992
 
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