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John
Tamargo		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 190
 
Born: November 7, 1951 in Tampa, FL, USA
 
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
1978 26 STL NL 14 13 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .308 .357 .308 .665 1.1 0.1
1979 27 STL NL 131 415 22 97 10 0 0 30 0 0 24 55 .234 .274 .258 .532 23.4 0.0
1980 28 STL NL 150 496 44 129 17 1 6 44 0 0 75 54 .260 .355 .335 .690 58.8 8.9
1981 29 STL NL 122 402 56 115 21 2 9 59 0 0 47 62 .286 .358 .415 .773 59.9 14.5
1982 30 STL NL 115 424 34 114 18 0 7 57 1 0 37 53 .269 .325 .361 .686 47.5 7.1
1983 31 STL NL 153 559 50 138 22 1 11 61 0 0 65 89 .247 .324 .349 .673 63.5 13.7
1984 32 STL NL 155 583 64 148 21 0 17 79 1 0 70 82 .254 .330 .377 .708 72.0 14.8
1985 33 STL NL 162 587 71 116 23 2 11 64 2 0 79 101 .198 .290 .300 .590 56.0 9.2
1986 34 STL NL 142 460 62 137 31 0 7 70 0 0 53 52 .298 .368 .411 .778 68.5 15.4
1987 35 NYY AL 148 502 52 118 23 1 11 53 6 0 53 64 .235 .306 .351 .657 55.0 8.3
1988 36 NYY AL 134 494 43 119 20 1 9 64 0 0 31 114 .241 .284 .340 .624 44.6 4.8
11 Years Sim 1426 4935 499 1235 206 8 88 581 10 0 535 728 .250 .321 .349 .670 550.3 96.7
162 Game Average 560 56 140 23 0 9 66 1 0 60 82 .250 .321 .349 .670 62.5  
Career Highs 162 587 71 148 31 2 17 79 6 0 79 114 .308 .368 .415 .778 72.0  
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 27 STL NL C 106 104 921.3 418 55 4 5 .992 4.62 104 31 .298 11 5.2
1980 28 STL NL C 146 139 1266.0 583 73 2 3 .997 4.66 118 41 .347 21 7.4
1981 29 STL NL C 117 96 894.3 440 69 4 6 .992 5.12 95 40 .421 6 5.0
1982 30 STL NL C 112 106 982.7 483 69 3 2 .995 5.06 108 41 .380 7 6.5
1983 31 STL NL C 118 114 1032.7 558 67 2 2 .997 5.45 110 32 .291 4 6.0
    1B 32 32 277.0 358 23 5 38 .987 12.38 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1984 32 STL NL C 155 155 1407.0 742 78 6 3 .993 5.25 138 45 .326 6 6.2
1985 33 STL NL C 162 162 1427.7 738 73 6 3 .993 5.11 127 31 .244 5 4.8
1986 34 STL NL C 134 114 1038.7 580 51 8 3 .987 5.47 93 24 .258 2 5.2
1987 35 NYY AL C 144 135 1220.7 574 57 10 3 .984 4.65 124 36 .290 5 7.4
1988 36 NYY AL C 132 130 1137.0 766 49 7 2 .991 6.45 130 35 .269 2 4.6
    SS 1 0 6.0 1 5 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  C 1326 1255 11328.0 5882 641 52 32 .992 5.18 1147 356 .310 69 58.4
  1B 32 32 277.0 358 23 5 38 .987 12.38 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  SS 1 0 6.0 1 5 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
Career Totals   1359 1287 11611.0 6241 669 57 70 .992 5.36 1147 356 .310 69 58.6
Career Highs   162 162 1427.7 916 90 10 40 .997 6.91 138 45 .421 21  
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.
On-Base Pct
1986-9-.368
 Games
1985-1-162
 Walks
1984-10-70
1985-8-79
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Mike Scioscia (934)
  2. Keith Moreland (934)
  3. Marv Foley (934)
  4. Brian Downing (934)
  5. Jim Essian (932)
  6. Bob Boone (916)
  7. Jim Sundberg (913)
  8. Dave Valle (907)
  9. John Stearns (905)
  10. Gary Alexander (899)
History
Hit first career homerun on 9/3/1979, off Greg Minton (SFG)
Hit first career homerun on 7/21/1979, off Dave Campbell (ATL)
Hit first career homerun on 7/27/1979, off Odell Jones (PIT)
Hit first career homerun on 4/30/1980, off Jerry Reuss (CHC)
Injured on 4/1/1981 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 4/30/1982 with a Fractured Hand, out for 6 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 7/1/1982, hitting .474 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Injured on 7/22/1984 with a Inflamed Hip Muscle, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 8/5/1984, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/2/1986, hitting .529 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/5/1987 to a 3-year deal worth $5,000,000 per year
 
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