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Bill
Madlock		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 195
 
Born: January 2, 1951 in Memphis, TN, USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1978    1980    1983   
Gold Glove Award 1978   
All-Star Selections 1979    1981   
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
1974 23 CHC   128 453 65 142 21 5 9 54 11 7 42 39 .313 .372 .442 .813 70.9  
1975 24 CHC   130 514 77 182 29 7 7 64 9 7 42 34 .354 .403 .479 .881 89.5  
1976 25 CHC   142 514 68 174 36 1 15 84 15 11 56 27 .339 .404 .500 .904 95.1  
1977 26 MIN AL 159 639 107 193 32 0 15 83 12 9 44 31 .302 .357 .423 .779 88.5 13.5
1978 27 MIN AL 154 577 79 150 35 1 14 80 4 6 38 40 .260 .311 .397 .708 66.8 7.1
1979 28 MIN AL 158 640 111 192 42 1 16 102 15 16 53 50 .300 .354 .444 .797 92.3 15.4
1980 29 MIN AL 159 618 87 181 25 5 20 102 17 7 43 33 .293 .346 .447 .792 90.7 13.2
1981 30 MIN AL 154 579 78 184 40 10 10 90 4 2 47 37 .318 .372 .473 .845 93.1 19.3
1982 31 MIN AL 155 552 95 148 29 10 12 67 13 3 44 28 .268 .320 .422 .742 73.9 9.0
1983 32 MIN AL 156 618 88 174 36 9 17 81 1 1 45 59 .282 .331 .451 .782 86.6 15.6
1984 33 MIN AL 56 198 30 72 18 4 4 34 0 0 22 22 .364 .418 .556 .973 42.9 11.4
1985 34 PHI NL 107 152 22 41 10 0 3 18 0 2 16 30 .270 .343 .395 .738 18.4 2.9
1986 35 PHI NL 79 157 14 31 4 1 3 19 3 1 11 32 .197 .266 .293 .559 13.5 1.5
1987 36 HOU NL 31 91 8 18 4 1 0 6 1 1 11 14 .198 .291 .264 .555 5.9 0.0
11 Years Sim 1368 4821 719 1384 275 42 114 682 70 48 374 376 .287 .342 .432 .774 672.6 108.9
14 Years Pro 1768 6302 929 1882 361 55 145 884 105 73 514 476 .299 .352 .442 .794 928.2  
162 Game Average 570 85 163 32 4 13 80 8 5 44 44 .287 .342 .432 .774 79.6  
Career Highs 159 640 111 193 42 10 20 102 17 16 53 59 .364 .418 .556 .973 93.1  
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 MIN AL 3B 156 156 1365.0 112 395 38 40 .930 3.34   4.9
    2B 3 0 9.0 3 4 0 3 1.000 7.00   0.1
1978 27 MIN AL 3B 143 140 1222.7 108 375 38 41 .927 3.56   2.4
    2B 9 8 70.0 15 36 1 5 .981 6.56   0.5
1979 28 MIN AL 3B 150 149 1334.0 102 390 28 35 .946 3.32   3.7
    2B 8 7 65.0 15 28 0 4 1.000 5.95   0.4
1980 29 MIN AL 3B 158 157 1389.7 90 436 27 42 .951 3.41   5.5
    2B 1 0 3.7 2 2 0 0 1.000 9.84   0.0
1981 30 MIN AL 3B 150 150 1312.0 97 367 24 43 .951 3.18   5.3
1982 31 MIN AL 3B 102 100 872.3 64 262 19 28 .945 3.36   3.3
    2B 52 50 437.7 103 205 9 41 .972 6.33   3.2
1983 32 MIN AL 2B 154 147 1339.3 327 600 34 135 .965 6.23   7.2
1984 33 MIN AL 2B 55 55 482.7 106 221 8 52 .976 6.10   3.2
1985 34 PHI NL 2B 34 13 158.7 35 65 5 13 .952 5.67   1.3
    3B 32 13 157.3 12 45 1 3 .983 3.26   0.8
    RF 2 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13   0.0
1986 35 PHI NL 2B 36 29 271.0 58 109 7 23 .960 5.55   1.8
    3B 9 6 51.0 3 14 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.3
    SS 1 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1987 36 HOU NL 2B 30 30 232.0 32 91 5 11 .961 4.77   0.6
  3B 900 871 7704.0 588 2284 175 232 .943 3.36   26.2
  2B 382 339 3069.0 696 1361 69 287 .968 6.03   18.3
  RF 2 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13   0.0
  SS 1 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1285 1210 10783.6 1285 3645 244 519 .953 4.11   44.5
Career Highs   159 157 1399.0 327 600 39 135 .976 6.23    
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 MIN AL 7 25 6 8 0 0 0 3 2 1 4 1 .320 .433 .320 .753
1978 27 MIN AL 9 36 7 15 2 0 1 6 0 1 1 5 .417 .462 .556 1.017
1979 28 MIN AL 8 35 5 8 2 0 1 6 2 1 1 2 .229 .243 .371 .615
1980 29 MIN AL 16 68 11 22 7 1 1 13 1 1 4 3 .324 .378 .500 .878
1981 30 MIN AL 4 16 1 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 .250 .333 .375 .708
1982 31 MIN AL 11 41 6 10 2 0 1 6 3 0 4 3 .244 .326 .366 .692
1983 32 MIN AL 17 71 8 18 5 1 1 7 0 0 1 7 .254 .274 .394 .668
1985 34 PHI NL 1 9 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .222 .222 .333 .556
1986 35 PHI NL 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 .000 .250 .000 .250
Career Post-Season Batting 73 307 48 87 19 3 5 42 9 5 18 25 .283 .338 .414 .752
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
1981-2-.318
 At-Bats
1983-10-618
 Runs
1977-7-107
1979-8-111
1982-7-95
 Hits
1977-8-193
1979-6-192
1980-8-181
1981-8-184
 Total Bases
1983-5-279
 Singles
1977-5-146
1980-8-131
Doubles
1979-8-42
1981-8-40
 Triples
1981-9-10
1982-7-10
 RBIs
1979-9-102
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 36    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 31    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
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  1. Joe Randa (939)
  2. Tommy Hinzo (934)
  3. Mike Lansing (930)
  4. Todd Walker (924)
  5. Chris Stynes (922)
  6. Ray Durham (918)
  7. Bret Barberie (910)
  8. Nelson Liriano (907)
  9. Jeff King (907)
  10. Bump Wills (883)
History
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game
Traded from San Francisco to Minnesota on 7/8/1977
Won World Championship with Minnesota in 1978
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
Won World Championship with Minnesota in 1980
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland on 9/2/1981
Won Player of the Week award on 9/30/1981, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Traded from Minnesota to Los Angeles on 7/1/1982 (Going to LAD: RF J. Barfield, 3B B. Madlock. Going to MIN: P B. Hooton)
Traded from Los Angeles to Minnesota on 7/1/1982 (Going to MIN: 3B B. Madlock. Going to LAD: P J. Matlack)
Won Player of the Week award on 7/22/1983, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 9 RBI
Won World Championship with Minnesota in 1983
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1984, hitting .371 with 4 HR, 21 RBI
Injured on 6/4/1984 with a Ruptured Disc Back, out for full season
Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia on 2/20/1985 to a 3-year deal worth $3,215,112 per year
Released by Philadelphia on 1/31/1987
Signed as a free agent by Houston on 2/8/1987 to a 1-year deal worth $900,000 per year
Injured on 6/18/1987 with a Strained Achilles Tendon, out for 1-2 weeks
 
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