Greg
Luzinski
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 230
 
Born: November 22, 1950 in Chicago, IL, USA
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1978    1979    1980    1985    1986    1987   
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
1971 20 PHI   28 100 13 30 8 0 3 15 2 0 12 32 .300 .375 .470 .845 17.3  
1972 21 PHI   150 563 66 158 33 5 18 68 0 4 42 114 .281 .331 .453 .784 80.0  
1973 22 PHI   161 610 76 174 26 4 29 97 3 3 51 135 .285 .340 .484 .824 97.2  
1974 23 PHI   85 302 29 82 14 1 7 48 3 0 29 76 .272 .335 .394 .729 40.5  
1975 24 PHI   161 596 85 179 35 3 34 120 3 6 89 151 .300 .391 .540 .932 119.6  
1976 25 PHI   149 533 74 162 28 1 21 95 1 2 50 107 .304 .364 .478 .842 88.4  
1977 26 PHI NL 161 629 108 181 38 2 35 118 8 2 80 138 .288 .371 .521 .893 115.9 26.3
1978 27 PHI NL 160 607 103 156 36 3 38 84 6 3 76 129 .257 .342 .514 .856 103.9 17.3
1979 28 STL NL 161 596 85 156 30 0 20 76 2 1 79 129 .262 .349 .413 .762 85.2 18.0
1980 29 STL NL 160 600 86 167 26 3 28 94 4 0 90 159 .278 .374 .472 .845 100.5 23.5
1981 30 OAK AL 157 614 118 194 54 4 28 126 2 0 74 115 .316 .392 .554 .945 118.1 29.4
1982 31 OAK AL 154 572 97 171 36 4 22 96 2 1 76 125 .299 .384 .491 .875 99.4 24.5
1983 32 OAK AL 85 314 52 90 23 0 16 59 1 2 45 72 .287 .377 .513 .890 56.2 13.2
  BOS AL 73 272 29 59 15 3 7 31 1 2 40 55 .217 .318 .371 .690 31.7 8.4
  TOT   158 586 81 149 38 3 23 90 2 4 85 127 .254 .350 .447 .797 87.9 21.6
1984 33 ATL NL 131 500 57 114 16 3 18 56 1 1 57 137 .228 .310 .380 .690 57.7 5.3
1985 34 ATL NL 160 591 82 168 37 5 20 97 0 0 70 153 .284 .363 .465 .828 93.6 19.5
1986 35 ATL NL 159 607 81 160 25 3 24 97 0 0 55 129 .264 .328 .433 .762 78.7 14.6
1987 36 DET AL 155 575 83 171 33 3 18 95 1 1 68 130 .297 .375 .459 .834 96.2 23.9
1988 37 DET AL 141 464 53 100 21 2 10 47 1 1 40 183 .216 .281 .334 .615 43.0 3.5
1989 38 PHI NL 72 142 24 36 10 1 4 19 1 0 10 48 .254 .305 .423 .728 17.4 3.0
13 Years Sim 1929 7083 1058 1923 400 36 288 1095 30 14 860 1702 .271 .353 .460 .813 1097.4 230.2
19 Years Pro 2663 9787 1401 2708 544 50 400 1538 42 29 1133 2317 .277 .352 .465 .817 1540.4  
162 Game Average 594 88 161 33 3 24 91 2 1 72 142 .271 .353 .460 .813 92.2  
Career Highs 161 629 118 194 54 5 38 126 8 4 90 183 .316 .392 .554 .945 118.1  
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   DWS
1977 26 PHI NL LF 160 158 1433.3 326 9 25 1 .931 2.10   5.3
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1978 27 PHI NL LF 160 159 1421.0 338 11 18 2 .951 2.21   5.7
1979 28 STL NL LF 160 160 1399.3 289 13 14 7 .956 1.94   4.2
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1980 29 STL NL LF 160 159 1394.0 280 11 12 1 .960 1.88   3.8
1981 30 OAK AL CF 115 115 1037.7 261 14 10 3 .965 2.39   2.2
    LF 36 36 307.7 54 1 5 1 .917 1.61    
    RF 3 3 25.7 7 0 1 0 .875 2.46    
1982 31 OAK AL RF 143 141 1280.7 274 10 23 1 .925 2.00   2.7
    CF 7 0 22.0 5 0 1 0 .833 2.05    
    2B 1 1 8.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1983 32 OAK AL RF 84 84 743.9 163 9 10 1 .945 2.08   2.2
    CF 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  BOS AL RF 72 72 643.5 141 7 9 1 .943 2.07   2.2
    CF 0 0 0.9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   RF 156 156 1387.4 304 16 19 2 .944 2.08   4.5
      CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1984 33 ATL NL CF 127 126 1151.3 257 8 16 1 .943 2.07   2.4
    RF 3 0 6.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1985 34 ATL NL CF 160 154 1366.0 366 15 14 4 .965 2.51   2.4
1986 35 ATL NL CF 145 143 1271.7 287 12 18 1 .943 2.12   1.8
    LF 10 9 77.0 10 2 1 0 .923 1.40    
    RF 4 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1987 36 DET AL CF 152 152 1341.3 311 13 19 1 .945 2.17   3.5
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1988 37 DET AL CF 95 86 778.3 211 12 11 1 .953 2.58   2.6
    LF 31 26 231.7 32 2 1 1 .971 1.32    
    RF 10 3 38.7 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.86    
1989 38 PHI NL LF 29 24 208.7 46 1 1 1 .979 2.03   0.9
    CF 16 6 68.0 23 2 0 0 1.000 3.31    
    RF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
  CF 819 782 7040.3 1721 76 89 11 .953 2.30   15.0
  LF 749 731 6477.6 1375 50 77 14 .949 1.98   19.9
  RF 322 303 2752.7 595 26 43 3 .935 2.03   7.2
  2B 1 1 8.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
Career Totals   1891 1817 16278.7 3692 154 209 28 .948 2.13   42.2
Career Highs   161 160 1435.3 366 16 25 7 .986 2.51    
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
1977 26 PHI NL 6 23 1 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 5 .217 .250 .391 .641
1978 27 PHI NL 12 41 5 12 3 0 1 8 0 0 7 8 .293 .408 .439 .847
Career Post-Season Batting 18 64 6 17 4 0 2 10 0 0 8 13 .266 .356 .422 .778
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.
Batting Average
1981-4-.316
On-Base Pct
1981-4-.392
1982-7-.384
1987-6-.375
Slugging Pct
1977-6-.521
1978-5-.514
1980-8-.472
1981-2-.554
1982-8-.491
1985-10-.465
OPS
1977-7-.893
1978-8-.856
1980-7-.845
1981-2-.945
1982-7-.875
1985-7-.828
1987-6-.834
XR
1977-4-115.9
1978-7-103.9
1980-6-100.5
1981-2-118.1
1982-9-99.4
1985-6-93.6
1987-8-96.2
Games
1985-7-160
1986-6-159
At-Bats
1981-5-614
1986-8-607
Runs
1977-6-108
1978-6-103
1981-1-118
1982-6-97
Hits
1981-1-194
Total Bases
1977-4-328
1978-3-312
1980-6-283
1981-2-340
1982-10-281
1985-7-275
1986-7-263
Doubles
1977-6-38
1978-10-36
1981-2-54
1983-10-38
Homeruns
1977-3-35
1978-1-38
1979-10-20
1980-3-28
1981-3-28
1982-10-22
1983-5-23
1984-9-18
1986-4-24
RBIs
1977-3-118
1981-3-126
1982-8-96
1985-5-97
1986-2-97
1987-8-95
Walks
1979-9-79
1980-5-90
1983-7-85
1987-10-68
Strikeouts
1977-3-138
1978-4-129
1979-4-129
1980-1-159
1981-5-115
1982-5-125
1983-6-127
1984-5-137
1985-1-153
1986-8-129
1987-6-130
1988-2-183
CAR-36-1702
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 10    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 117    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 42    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
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History
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1977, hitting .346 with 9 HR, 31 RBI
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Traded from Philadelphia to St. Louis on 3/2/1979
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1980, hitting .344 with 6 HR, 22 RBI
Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game
Traded from St. Louis to Oakland on 5/13/1981 (Going to STL: CF D. Henderson. Going to OAK: LF G. Luzinski)
Had 5 hits with 8 RBI against Kansas City on 7/29/1981
Hit 3 homeruns against Kansas City, driving in 8 runs on 7/29/1981
Won Player of the Week award on 8/26/1981, hitting .462 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Seattle on 10/5/1982
Traded from Oakland to Boston on 7/16/1983 (Going to OAK: P K. Brett, CF J. Clark, P P. Splittorff. Going to BOS: RF G. Luzinski, P M. Lacoss)
Signed as a free agent by Atlanta on 2/4/1984 to a 3-year deal worth $11,500,000 per year
Had 2000th career hit on 5/19/1984, off Dave Stieb (CIN)
Injured on 7/30/1984 with a Broken Ribs, out for 2-3 weeks
Drove in 7 runs against New York (N) on 10/6/1984
Won Player of the Week award on 10/7/1984, hitting .391 with 3 HR, 11 RBI
Was selected to the 1985 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 4/8/1986, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Was selected to the 1986 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/3/1987 to a 2-year deal worth $7,000,000 per year
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against New York (A) on 4/21/1987
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against New York (A) on 4/22/1987
Won Player of the Week award on 6/24/1987, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 12 RBI
Was selected to the 1987 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against California on 9/8/1987
Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia on 2/1/1989 to a 1-year deal worth $1,250,001 per year
Released by Philadelphia on 10/17/1989