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Mike Greenwell
Michael Lewis Greenwell (Gator)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 200 lb.

Debut September 5, 1985
  vs. CLE 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 28, 1996
Born July 18, 1963 in Louisville, KY

Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 3rd round of the 1982 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1982. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1985 21 BOS AL  17   31    7   10   1  0   4    8   1  0   3   4  .323  .382  .742  195   23   0   0   1   0   0
 1986 22 BOS AL  31   35    4   11   2  0   0    4   0  0   5   7  .314  .400  .371  112   13   0   0   0   0   1
 1987 23 BOS AL 125  412   71  135  31  6  19   89   5  4  35  40  .328  .386  .570  147  235   0   3   1   6   7 RoY-4
 1988 24 BOS AL 158  590   86  192  39  8  22  119  16  8  87  38  .325  .416  .531  159  313   0   7  18   9  11 SS,MVP-2,AS
 1989 25 BOS AL 145  578   87  178  36  0  14   95  13  5  56  44  .308  .370  .443  123  256   0   4  15   3  21 AS
 1990 26 BOS AL 159  610   71  181  30  6  14   73   8  7  65  43  .297  .367  .434  119  265   0   3  12   4  19
 1991 27 BOS AL 147  544   76  163  26  6   9   83  15  5  43  35  .300  .350  .419  108  228   1   7   6   3  11
 1992 28 BOS AL  49  180   16   42   2  0   2   18   2  3  18  19  .233  .307  .278   62   50   0   2   1   2   8
 1993 29 BOS AL 146  540   77  170  38  6  13   72   5  4  54  46  .315  .379  .480  125  259   2   3  12   4  17
 1994 30 BOS AL  95  327   60   88  25  1  11   45   2  2  38  26  .269  .348  .453  101  148   0   5   6   4  12
 1995 31 BOS AL 120  481   67  143  25  4  15   76   9  5  38  35  .297  .349  .459  106  221   0   4   4   2  18
 1996 32 BOS AL  77  295   35   87  20  1   7   44   4  0  18  27  .295  .336  .441   94  130   0   3   3   2  11
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1269 4623  657 1400 275 38 130  726  80 43 460 364  .303  .368  .463  120 2141   3  41  79  39 136
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        590   84  179  35  5  17   93  10  5  59  46  .303  .368  .463  120  273   0   5  10   5  17
 Career High    159  610   87  192  39  8  22  119  16  8  87  46  .328  .416  .570  159  313   2   7  18   9  21
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1985 21 BOS AL   34   21    9  11.5   102| .323  .266| .382  .332| .742  .413|1.124  .745| 195  .842   3.8   0.4 100%
 1986 22 BOS AL   40   25    5   5.3   101| .314  .263| .400  .331| .371  .410| .771  .741| 112  .561   0.8   0.1   0%
 1987 23 BOS AL  456  291   90   8.3   108| .328  .268| .386  .337| .570  .431| .956  .768| 147  .716  27.9   2.6  55%
 1988 24 BOS AL  693  424  134   8.5    99| .325  .265| .416  .331| .531  .399| .947  .730| 159  .767  51.0   5.0  66%
 1989 25 BOS AL  641  430   91   5.6    99| .308  .269| .370  .335| .443  .395| .813  .730| 123  .619  18.6   1.9  72%
 1990 26 BOS AL  682  458   94   5.5    99| .297  .265| .367  .334| .434  .396| .801  .730| 119  .601  16.2   1.6  53%
 1991 27 BOS AL  598  405   81   5.4   101| .300  .266| .350  .335| .419  .403| .769  .739| 108  .577   5.8   0.6  75%
 1992 28 BOS AL  202  151   14   2.5    99| .233  .266| .307  .336| .278  .395| .585  .731|  62  .261  -9.5  -1.0  40%
 1993 29 BOS AL  603  396   95   6.4   108| .315  .274| .379  .345| .480  .418| .859  .763| 125  .628  19.1   1.8  55%
 1994 30 BOS AL  374  258   50   5.2   116| .269  .279| .348  .352| .453  .443| .801  .795| 101  .486   0.9   0.1  50%
 1995 31 BOS AL  525  365   72   5.3   112| .297  .274| .349  .348| .459  .433| .808  .781| 106  .504   3.2   0.3  64%
 1996 32 BOS AL  318  222   42   5.1   117| .295  .278| .336  .352| .441  .447| .777  .799|  94  .456  -2.9  -0.3 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     5166 3446  777   6.0   105| .303  .270| .368  .339| .463  .414| .831  .753| 120  .609 135.0  13.1  65%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1985 21 BOS AL OF 17 14 0 0 0 1.000 .979 0.82 2.10 1.59 2.44 6 79.0 LF 16 13 0 0 0 1.000 .977 0.81 1.77 2.02 2.25 4 58.0 RF 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.83 0.43 2.19 2 21.0 1986 22 BOS AL OF 15 18 1 0 1 1.000 .979 1.27 2.06 3.29 2.39 3 52.0 LF 8 11 1 0 1 1.000 .976 1.50 1.77 4.32 2.23 1 25.0 RF 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.86 1.79 2.00 2.10 2 27.0 DH 3 1987 23 BOS AL OF 91 162 8 5 0 .971 .980 1.87 2.00 2.06 2.31 88 743.7 LF 64 119 7 4 0 .969 .974 1.97 1.73 2.11 2.11 61 538.3 RF 28 42 1 1 0 .977 .979 1.54 1.75 1.89 2.12 27 205.3 DH 15 C 1 3 0 1 0 .750 1.000 3.00 5.50 27.00 6.30 0 1.0 0 1 2 0 1988 24 BOS AL OF 147 302 6 6 2 .981 .979 2.10 2.14 2.17 2.47 147 1276.0 AS LF 143 292 6 4 2 .987 .977 2.08 1.85 2.21 2.26 140 1215.0 AS DH 11 AS RF 8 13 0 2 0 .867 .977 1.62 1.89 1.92 2.24 7 61.0 AS 1989 25 BOS AL LF 139 221 11 8 1 .967 .977 1.67 1.83 1.70 2.16 139 1227.0 AS DH 5 AS 1990 26 BOS AL LF 159 288 12 7 1 .977 .978 1.89 1.74 1.96 2.19 157 1381.0 1991 27 BOS AL LF 143 263 9 3 3 .989 .978 1.90 1.72 2.01 2.17 141 1219.7 DH 1 1992 28 BOS AL LF 41 85 1 0 0 1.000 .981 2.10 1.94 2.15 2.29 41 360.0 DH 6 1993 29 BOS AL LF 134 262 6 1 1 .996 .984 2.00 1.84 2.14 2.23 130 1125.0 DH 10 1994 30 BOS AL LF 84 141 10 1 3 .993 .978 1.80 1.80 1.92 2.16 82 708.7 DH 6 1995 31 BOS AL LF 118 198 11 6 1 .972 .982 1.77 1.75 1.80 2.22 118 1043.7 DH 2 1996 32 BOS AL OF 76 138 9 4 2 .974 .983 1.93 2.02 2.15 2.37 74 615.0 LF 75 137 9 4 2 .973 .979 1.95 1.75 2.14 2.18 74 613.0 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 1.80 0 1.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1987 23 BOS AL C 1 3 0 1 0 .750 1.000 3.00 5.50 27.00 6.30 0 1.0 0 1 2 0 1996 32 BOS AL CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1986 22 BOS AL DH 3 1987 23 BOS AL DH 15 1988 24 BOS AL DH 11 1989 25 BOS AL DH 5 1991 27 BOS AL DH 1 1992 28 BOS AL DH 6 1993 29 BOS AL DH 10 1994 30 BOS AL DH 6 1995 31 BOS AL DH 2 1985 21 BOS AL LF 16 13 0 0 0 1.000 .977 0.81 1.77 2.02 2.25 4 58.0 1986 22 BOS AL LF 8 11 1 0 1 1.000 .976 1.50 1.77 4.32 2.23 1 25.0 1987 23 BOS AL LF 64 119 7 4 0 .969 .974 1.97 1.73 2.11 2.11 61 538.3 1988 24 BOS AL LF 143 292 6 4 2 .987 .977 2.08 1.85 2.21 2.26 140 1215.0 1989 25 BOS AL LF 139 221 11 8 1 .967 .977 1.67 1.83 1.70 2.16 139 1227.0 1990 26 BOS AL LF 159 288 12 7 1 .977 .978 1.89 1.74 1.96 2.19 157 1381.0 1991 27 BOS AL LF 143 263 9 3 3 .989 .978 1.90 1.72 2.01 2.17 141 1219.7 1992 28 BOS AL LF 41 85 1 0 0 1.000 .981 2.10 1.94 2.15 2.29 41 360.0 1993 29 BOS AL LF 134 262 6 1 1 .996 .984 2.00 1.84 2.14 2.23 130 1125.0 1994 30 BOS AL LF 84 141 10 1 3 .993 .978 1.80 1.80 1.92 2.16 82 708.7 1995 31 BOS AL LF 118 198 11 6 1 .972 .982 1.77 1.75 1.80 2.22 118 1043.7 1996 32 BOS AL LF 75 137 9 4 2 .973 .979 1.95 1.75 2.14 2.18 74 613.0 1985 21 BOS AL OF 17 14 0 0 0 1.000 .979 0.82 2.10 1.59 2.44 6 79.0 1986 22 BOS AL OF 15 18 1 0 1 1.000 .979 1.27 2.06 3.29 2.39 3 52.0 1987 23 BOS AL OF 91 162 8 5 0 .971 .980 1.87 2.00 2.06 2.31 88 743.7 1988 24 BOS AL OF 147 302 6 6 2 .981 .979 2.10 2.14 2.17 2.47 147 1276.0 1989 25 BOS AL OF 139 220 11 8 1 .967 .980 1.66 2.12 1.69 2.42 139 1227.0 1990 26 BOS AL OF 159 287 13 7 1 .977 .981 1.89 2.04 1.96 2.39 157 1381.0 1991 27 BOS AL OF 143 263 9 3 3 .989 .983 1.90 2.03 2.01 2.37 141 1219.7 1992 28 BOS AL OF 41 85 1 0 0 1.000 .983 2.10 2.17 2.15 2.47 41 360.0 1993 29 BOS AL OF 134 261 6 2 1 .993 .983 1.99 2.09 2.14 2.41 130 1125.0 1994 30 BOS AL OF 84 141 10 1 3 .993 .982 1.80 2.09 1.92 2.37 82 708.7 1995 31 BOS AL OF 118 201 11 6 1 .972 .983 1.80 1.99 1.83 2.33 118 1043.7 1996 32 BOS AL OF 76 138 9 4 2 .974 .983 1.93 2.02 2.15 2.37 74 615.0 1985 21 BOS AL RF 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.83 0.43 2.19 2 21.0 1986 22 BOS AL RF 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.86 1.79 2.00 2.10 2 27.0 1987 23 BOS AL RF 28 42 1 1 0 .977 .979 1.54 1.75 1.89 2.12 27 205.3 1988 24 BOS AL RF 8 13 0 2 0 .867 .977 1.62 1.89 1.92 2.24 7 61.0 1996 32 BOS AL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 1.80 0 1.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total OF*1164 2092 85 42 15 .981 .981 1.87 2.07 1.99 2.39 1126 9830.7 1124 1 47# LF*1124 2030 83 38 15 .982 .979 1.88 1.79 2.00 2.20 1088 9514.3 DH 59 Games not counted in Overall Total below RF* 47 62 1 3 0 .955 .978 1.34 1.78 1.80 2.15 38 315.3 C* 1 3 0 1 0 .750 1.000 3.00 5.50 27.00 6.30 0 1.0 0 1 2 0 CF* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 1165 2095 85 43 15 .981 .981 1.87 2.07 2.00 2.39 1126 9832
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1986   ALCS  BOS CAL     W   2   2   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0  .500  .500  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    BOS NYM     L   4   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   2  .000  .250  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1988   ALCS  BOS OAK     L   4  14   2   3  1  0  1   3   3   0  .214  .353  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
 1990   ALCS  BOS OAK     L   4  14   1   0  0  0  0   0   2   2  .000  .125  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1995   ALDS  BOS CLE     L   3  15   0   3  0  0  0   0   0   1  .200  .200  .200   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Champ Series     1-2  10  30   3   4  1  0  1   3   5   2  .133  .257  .267   0  0   0   0   0 
  5 Postseason Series   1-4  17  48   3   7  1  0  1   3   6   5  .146  .241  .229   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1988   BOS AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1989   BOS AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      0   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1988 *
1989 *

Silver Sluggers
1988-AL--OF

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1988-AL-2-0.62
Car-361-0.62 shares

Batting Average
1988 AL-.325-3
1989 AL-.308-9
1993 AL-.315-7

On-base %
1988 AL-.416-2

Slugging %
1988 AL-.531-5

OPS
1988 AL-.946-3

Games
1988 AL-158-4
1990 AL-159-6

At Bats
1990 AL-610-7

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1988 AL-693-5
1990 AL-682-10

Runs
1989 AL-87-8

Hits
1988 AL-192-3
1990 AL-181-4

Total Bases
1988 AL-313-3

Doubles
1988 AL-39-6
1989 AL-36-7
1993 AL-38-6

Triples
1988 AL-8-4
1993 AL-6-9

RBI
1988 AL-119-3
1989 AL-95-10

Bases on Balls
1988 AL-87-5

Singles
1990 AL-131-5

Adjusted OPS+
1988 AL-159-4

Runs Created
1988 AL-134-3

Adjusted Batting Runs
1988 AL-51-3

Batting Wins
1988 AL-5.0-3

Extra-Base Hits
1988 AL-69-4

Times on Base
1988 AL-288-2
1990 AL-250-8

Offensive Win%
1988 AL-.767-2

Hit By Pitch
1988 AL-9-6

Intentional Walks
1988 AL-18-1
1989 AL-15-4
1990 AL-12-6

Grounded into Double Plays
1989 AL-21-4
1990 AL-19-8
1995 AL-18-4

Power/Speed Number
1988 AL-18.5-8

At Bats per Strikeout
1988 AL-15.5-6
1989 AL-13.1-7
1990 AL-14.2-2
1991 AL-15.5-3
1993 AL-11.7-8
1994 AL-12.6-6
1995 AL-13.7-4

Gray Ink: Batting - 45 (544) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 23.4 (480) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 32.5 (556) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 7, 1982: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 3rd round of the 1982 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1982.

October 18, 1996: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1986Boston Red Sox$60,000
1988Boston Red Sox$205,000
1989Boston Red Sox$500,000
1990Boston Red Sox$1,225,000
1991Boston Red Sox$2,650,000
1992Boston Red Sox$3,050,000
1993Boston Red Sox$3,425,000
1994Boston Red Sox$3,325,000
1995Boston Red Sox$3,600,000
1996Boston Red Sox$3,700,000
Career (may be incomplete)$21,740,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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