Rk | Player | PA | From | To | Age | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | SH | SF | GDP | SB | CS | Pos | Tm | |||||
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1 | Jim Thome | 10313 | 147 | 1991 | 2012 | 20-41 | 2543 | 8422 | 1583 | 2328 | 451 | 26 | 612 | 1699 | 1747 | 173 | 2548 | 69 | 1 | 74 | 165 | 19 | 20 | .276 | .402 | .554 | .956 | 3D5H | CLE-PHI-CHW-LAD-MIN-BAL |
2 | Mike Schmidt | 10062 | 147 | 1972 | 1989 | 22-39 | 2404 | 8352 | 1506 | 2234 | 408 | 59 | 548 | 1595 | 1507 | 201 | 1883 | 79 | 16 | 108 | 156 | 174 | 92 | .267 | .380 | .527 | .908 | *53/H64 | PHI |
3 | Willie McCovey | 9692 | 147 | 1959 | 1980 | 21-42 | 2588 | 8197 | 1229 | 2211 | 353 | 46 | 521 | 1555 | 1345 | 260 | 1550 | 69 | 5 | 70 | 176 | 26 | 22 | .270 | .374 | .515 | .889 | *3H7/9D | SFG-SDP-OAK |
4 | Willie Stargell | 9027 | 147 | 1962 | 1982 | 22-42 | 2360 | 7927 | 1194 | 2232 | 423 | 55 | 475 | 1540 | 937 | 227 | 1936 | 78 | 9 | 75 | 143 | 17 | 16 | .282 | .360 | .529 | .889 | *73H/98 | PIT |
5 | Edgar Martinez | 8674 | 147 | 1987 | 2004 | 24-41 | 2055 | 7213 | 1219 | 2247 | 514 | 15 | 309 | 1261 | 1283 | 113 | 1202 | 89 | 10 | 77 | 190 | 49 | 30 | .312 | .418 | .515 | .933 | *D5/H3 | SEA |
POS is primary fielding position, including DH, which obviously is not a fielding position; sorted by PA:
72%. That's the percent of plate appearances (PA) that Martinez had as a designated hitter. Among these five batters, only Thome had a significant percent of PA as DH.
Schmidt played 321% more innings in the field than Martinez. Playing the field takes time and effort. It exposes the player to injury. Martinez did not have those factors detracting from his batting performance nearly as much as these players who still achieved the same production in the batter's box.
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