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Andy Van Slyke	Bats: Left Throws: Right Height: 6' 2'' Weight: 202   Born: December 21, 1960 in Usa, NY, UTICA

Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won	1989
All-Star Selections	1987    1989    1990    1991    1992

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
1983	22	TEX	AL	132	426	56	112	25	5	7	59	25	12	45	79	.263	.331	.394	.726	56.3	10.2
1984	23	TEX	AL	139	459	78	136	25	10	16	65	24	11	58	80	.296	.376	.499	.875	83.5	15.3
1985	24	TEX	AL	161	575	90	176	29	8	9	85	20	8	63	71	.306	.372	.431	.803	92.6	25.7
1986	25	TEX	AL	129	478	59	132	29	3	7	62	17	7	48	75	.276	.343	.393	.737	64.9	12.6
1987	26	TEX	AL	157	565	94	193	33	6	19	102	27	7	67	42	.342	.411	.522	.933	113.4	29.5
1988	27	TEX	AL	156	616	97	177	42	5	9	96	10	4	71	51	.287	.358	.416	.773	89.1	15.5
1989	28	TEX	AL	158	594	89	201	36	5	12	98	11	5	76	31	.338	.411	.476	.887	107.7	24.6
1990	29	TEX	AL	151	534	75	161	33	5	11	91	9	3	76	33	.301	.390	.444	.834	90.8	19.4
1991	30	TEX	AL	148	528	89	175	36	6	12	99	3	7	74	27	.331	.412	.491	.902	97.4	23.9
1992	31	TEX	AL	85	321	51	107	24	5	9	68	6	2	44	19	.333	.410	.523	.933	63.9	17.8
		MIN	AL	71	271	39	66	12	3	2	29	5	1	31	23	.244	.319	.332	.651	29.7	4.0
		TOT		156	592	90	173	36	8	11	97	11	3	75	42	.292	.369	.436	.805	93.5	21.7
1993	32	LAD	NL	156	557	81	167	26	4	10	56	14	9	87	53	.300	.394	.415	.809	91.9	20.6
1994	33	LAD	NL	154	519	84	139	36	3	5	78	14	6	80	47	.268	.364	.378	.741	70.4	13.4
1995	34	LAD	NL	153	468	69	132	20	6	6	73	10	5	77	63	.282	.384	.389	.773	69.1	15.2
1996	35	LAD	NL	154	475	51	116	24	3	8	63	13	4	68	99	.244	.337	.358	.695	62.9	11.2
1997	36	LAD	NL	116	328	37	74	9	3	0	35	9	1	47	76	.226	.325	.271	.596	32.3	3.0
1998	37	CAR	NL	132	239	30	50	3	1	2	18	4	2	40	76	.209	.323	.255	.578	23.7	1.3
16 Years Sim				2352	7953	1169	2314	442	81	144	1177	221	94	1052	945	.291	.373	.421	.794	1239.5	263.1
162 Game Average					547	80	159	30	5	9	81	15	6	72	65	.291	.373	.421	.794	85.4
Career Highs				161	616	97	201	42	10	19	102	27	12	87	99	.342	.412	.522	.933	113.4

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
1983	22	TEX	AL	LF	76	73	653.0	135	7	2	0	.986	1.96	0	0	.000	0	3.0
				CF	26	18	169.3	43	1	0	0	1.000	2.34	0	0	.000	0
				3B	7	4	58.3	0	12	1	2	.923	1.85	0	0	.000	0	0.1
				SS	5	3	40.0	8	11	2	3	.905	4.28	0	0	.000	0	0.2
				RF	9	0	13.3	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.35	0	0	.000	0
				1B	4	0	7.0	8	1	0	3	1.000	11.57	0	0	.000	0	0.0
1984	23	TEX	AL	3B	61	58	527.7	34	114	6	3	.961	2.52	0	0	.000	0	1.6
				LF	41	36	331.3	58	3	1	0	.984	1.66	0	0	.000	0	1.0
				CF	17	7	85.7	34	2	0	1	1.000	3.78	0	0	.000	0
				RF	8	8	62.0	16	0	1	0	.941	2.32	0	0	.000	0
				1B	1	0	2.0	2	0	0	1	1.000	9.00	0	0	.000	0	0.0
1985	24	TEX	AL	1B	59	57	490.3	565	46	5	62	.992	11.21	0	0	.000	0	0.3
				3B	45	42	367.7	33	78	6	8	.949	2.72	0	0	.000	0	0.9
				LF	45	40	361.0	81	1	4	0	.953	2.04	0	0	.000	0	0.9
				CF	8	0	14.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.29	0	0	.000	0
1986	25	TEX	AL	3B	125	124	1091.3	77	264	10	19	.972	2.81	0	0	.000	0	4.1
				LF	3	0	6.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	3.00	0	0	.000	0	0.0
1987	26	TEX	AL	3B	121	119	1067.0	77	252	8	27	.976	2.78	0	0	.000	0	3.9
				LF	35	28	270.7	61	0	4	0	.938	2.03	0	0	.000	0	0.5
1988	27	TEX	AL	1B	152	150	1361.3	1445	103	18	122	.989	10.23	0	0	.000	0	2.0
				SS	1	1	9.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00	0	0	.000	0	0.0
				LF	1	0	0.3	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0	0	.000	0	0.0
1989	28	TEX	AL	1B	152	152	1352.7	1566	103	14	144	.992	11.10	0	0	.000	0	2.4
				3B	3	1	10.7	1	4	0	0	1.000	4.22	0	0	.000	0	0.1
				RF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0	0	.000	0	0.0
1990	29	TEX	AL	3B	144	142	1250.3	85	278	9	24	.976	2.61	0	0	.000	0	4.7
				1B	5	0	8.3	8	0	0	2	1.000	8.64	0	0	.000	0	0.0
1991	30	TEX	AL	3B	142	136	1225.7	100	296	15	23	.964	2.91	0	0	.000	0	4.9
				RF	2	0	6.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	3.00	0	0	.000	0	0.0
1992	31	TEX	AL	3B	38	38	338.3	18	90	1	13	.991	2.87	0	0	.000	0	1.3
				LF	34	32	286.2	49	0	3	0	.942	1.54	0	0	.000	0	0.6
				CF	11	11	97.4	27	1	0	0	1.000	2.59	0	0	.000	0	0.0
				2B	2	2	13.7	2	1	0	1	1.000	1.97	0	0	.000	0	0.0
				1B	1	0	0.5	1	0	0	0	1.000	18.00	0	0	.000	0	0.0
		MIN	AL	3B	32	32	280.0	14	75	0	11	1.000	2.86	0	0	.000	0	1.5
				LF	28	26	236.8	41	0	2	0	.953	1.56	0	0	.000	0	0.7
				CF	9	9	80.6	23	0	0	0	1.000	2.57	0	0	.000	0	0.0
				2B	1	1	11.3	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.59	0	0	.000	0	0.0
				1B	0	0	0.5	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0	0	.000	0	0.0
		TOT		3B	70	70	618.3	32	165	1	24	.995	2.87					2.8
				LF	62	58	523.0	90	0	5	0	.947	1.55					1.3
				CF	20	20	178.0	50	1	0	0	1.000	2.58					0.0
				2B	3	3	25.0	3	2	0	1	1.000	1.80					0.0
				1B	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	9.00					0.0
1993	32	LAD	NL	LF	143	143	1277.7	233	6	8	3	.968	1.68	0	0	.000	0	3.6
				RF	6	0	15.0	7	0	0	0	1.000	4.20	0	0	.000	0
				1B	3	0	3.0	2	0	0	1	1.000	6.00	0	0	.000	0	0.0
1994	33	LAD	NL	LF	140	138	1233.7	230	9	6	0	.976	1.74	0	0	.000	0	2.7
				RF	7	0	18.7	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.45	0	0	.000	0
				3B	5	0	13.0	0	3	0	0	1.000	2.08	0	0	.000	0	0.1
				C	1	1	9.0	12	0	0	0	1.000	12.00	0	0	.000	0	0.1
				CF	1	0	3.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	3.00	0	0	.000	0
1995	34	LAD	NL	1B	127	125	1111.7	1004	68	7	104	.994	8.68	0	0	.000	0	2.3
				3B	11	0	21.0	2	2	0	0	1.000	1.71	0	0	.000	0	0.1
				RF	3	0	11.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.82	0	0	.000	0	0.1
				LF	3	0	6.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	3.00	0	0	.000	0
1996	35	LAD	NL	LF	101	94	853.7	153	4	5	2	.969	1.66	0	0	.000	0	2.1
				1B	25	21	192.3	171	10	3	13	.984	8.47	0	0	.000	0	0.1
				RF	10	5	55.0	10	1	1	0	.917	1.80	0	0	.000	0
				CF	1	0	5.7	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.59	0	0	.000	0
				3B	2	0	4.0	0	2	0	0	1.000	4.50	0	0	.000	0	0.1
1997	36	LAD	NL	LF	92	83	751.3	134	1	4	0	.971	1.62	0	0	.000	0	2.5
				CF	7	7	59.0	19	0	0	0	1.000	2.90	0	0	.000	0
				1B	5	0	15.0	10	2	0	1	1.000	7.20	0	0	.000	0	0.0
				3B	3	0	3.3	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00	0	0	.000	0	0.0
1998	37	CAR	NL	3B	24	15	147.0	12	30	0	1	1.000	2.57	0	0	.000	0	0.5
				1B	17	13	124.0	133	11	4	11	.973	10.45	0	0	.000	0	0.2
				LF	23	7	88.0	13	0	1	0	.929	1.33	0	0	.000	0	0.1
				CF	11	9	76.0	12	0	0	0	1.000	1.42	0	0	.000	0
				RF	18	5	70.0	5	0	0	0	1.000	0.64	0	0	.000	0
				3B	763	711	6405.3	453	1500	57	131	.972	2.74	0	0	.000	0	23.7
				LF	765	700	6355.6	1192	31	40	5	.968	1.73	0	0	.000	0	17.8
				1B	551	518	4668.6	4915	344	51	464	.990	10.14	0	0	.000	0	7.4
				CF	91	61	590.7	161	5	0	1	1.000	2.53	0	0	.000	0	0.0
				RF	64	18	252.0	46	1	2	0	.959	1.68	0	0	.000	0	0.1
				SS	6	4	49.0	8	12	2	3	.909	3.67	0	0	.000	0	0.2
				2B	3	3	25.0	3	2	0	1	1.000	1.80	0	0	.000	0	0.0
				C	1	1	9.0	12	0	0	0	1.000	12.00	0	0	.000	0	0.1
Career Totals					2244	2016	18355.2	6790	1895	152	605	.983	4.26	0	0	.000	0	49.1
Career Highs					157	153	1370.7	1567	296	18	144	.994	11.04	0	0	.000	0

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
1986	25	TEX	AL	11	40	5	5	1	1	0	2	1	1	7	3	.125	.255	.200	.455
1987	26	TEX	AL	5	17	4	6	2	0	1	2	2	0	2	2	.353	.421	.647	1.068
1989	28	TEX	AL	17	57	12	15	4	0	0	5	3	1	15	4	.263	.417	.333	.750
1990	29	TEX	AL	9	29	3	7	1	0	1	3	1	0	6	1	.241	.389	.379	.768
1991	30	TEX	AL	4	14	2	6	4	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	.429	.500	.857	1.357
1995	34	LAD	NL	9	27	1	7	0	0	0	4	0	1	3	4	.259	.333	.259	.593
Career Post-Season Batting				55	184	27	46	12	2	2	18	7	3	35	14	.250	.373	.370	.742

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 1985-5-.306 1987-2-.342 1989-4-.338 1991-3-.331 On-Base Pct 1984-6-.376 1985-7-.372 1987-2-.411 1989-3-.411 1990-6-.390 1991-2-.412 1993-6-.394 Slugging Pct 1984-5-.499 1987-5-.522 1991-5-.491 OPS 1984-3-.875 1987-3-.933 1989-6-.887 1990-10-.834 1991-1-.902 XR 1985-9-92.6 1987-3-113.4 1989-6-107.7 1991-7-97.4 CAR-39-1239.5 Games 1985-5-161 1989-9-158 CAR-21-2352 At-Bats CAR-46-7953 Hits 1985-9-176 1987-3-193 1989-5-201 CAR-34-2314 Total Bases 1987-5-295 Singles 1985-7-130 1987-2-135 1989-6-148 CAR-28-1647 Doubles 1988-6-42 Triples 1992-8-8 RBIs 1985-10-85 1987-6-102 1991-10-99 Caught Stealing 1983-9-12 Walks 1988-10-71 1989-6-76 1990-10-76 1991-10-74 1993-4-87 CAR-28-1052

Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)    Gray Ink Test: 61    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)    Hall of Fame Standards: 50    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)

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History

Drafted in 1st round, 9th overall pick, by Texas in 1983

Had first career hit on 4/10/1983, off Mike Boddicker (NYY)

Hit first career homerun on 6/14/1983, off Renie Martin (MIL)

Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Detroit on 4/14/1985

Injured on 4/10/1986 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for 4 weeks

Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1987, hitting .432 with 2 HR, 18 RBI

Was selected to the 1987 Allstar game

Was selected to the 1989 Allstar game

Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Oakland on 8/2/1989

Won World Championship with Texas in 1989

Signed as a free agent by Texas on 2/4/1990 to a 3-year deal worth $13,253,000 per year

Won Player of the Week award on 5/6/1990, hitting .550 with 1 HR, 6 RBI

Won Player of the Week award on 5/27/1990, hitting .588 with 1 HR, 7 RBI

Was selected to the 1990 Allstar game

Injured on 7/28/1990 with a Strained Hip Muscle, out for one week

Was selected to the 1991 Allstar game

Drove in 6 runs against Chicago (A) on 4/2/1992

Won Player of the Week award on 5/6/1992, hitting .682 with 2 HR, 11 RBI

Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1992, hitting .387 with 6 HR, 30 RBI

Won Player of the Week award on 6/24/1992, hitting .500 with 0 HR, 6 RBI

Was selected to the 1992 Allstar game

Traded from Texas to Minnesota on 7/16/1992 (Going to TEX: P Ed Correa, LF Milt Cuyler. Going to MIN: 3B Andy Van slyke)

Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles on 2/3/1993 to a 3-year deal worth $8,780,001 per year

Had 2000th career hit on 6/29/1995, off Derek Lilliquist (SDP)

9/1/1995: Signed a contract extension with Los Angeles, $4,430,000 per year, for 2 years

Injured on 6/17/1997 with a Fractured Knee, out for 5 weeks

Signed as a free agent by Carolina on 2/11/1998 to a 1-year deal worth $525,000 per year

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