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Jason
Bilford		  
Nickname: Thunder
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 240
 
Born: May 7, 1955 in Houston, TX
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Owner's Choice - Hitter Award 1983   
Slick Fielder Award 1979    1983    1984    1985    1986    1987   
All-Star Selections 1981    1983    1984    1986   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1975 20 MAN FL   2 3 2 4 5 5 0 0 0 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
1976 21 MAN FL $ 300,000 3 4 3 7 8 8 0 0 0 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
1977 22 MAN FL $ 300,000 4 4 4 8 8 8 0 0 0 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
1978 23 MAN FL $ 300,000 4 5 4 8 8 8 0 0 0 7 7 7 4 4 4 4 4 4
1979 24 MAN FL $ 2,414,286 5 5 5 8 9 8 0 0 0 8 8 8 5 5 5 4 4 4
1980 25 MAN FL $ 3,850,000 6 7 6 8 9 9 0 0 0 8 8 8 5 6 6 5 5 5
OOTP5 Min Ratings   2 3 2 4 5 5 0 0 0 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 3,850,000 6 7 6 8 9 9 0 0 0 8 8 8 5 6 6 5 5 5
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 26 MAN FL $ 10,000,000   15 15 14 17 17 17 15 16 16 13 14 14 17 17 17
1982 27 MAN FL $ 10,000,000   15 15 14 20 20 20 12 13 13 15 16 16 18 18 18
1983 28 MAN FL $ 10,000,000   15 15 15 20 20 20 11 12 12 16 16 16 18 18 18
1984 29 BIR FL $ 10,000,000   16 16 16 20 20 20 12 12 12 16 16 16 19 19 19
1985 30 WAS JL $ 17,000,000   16 16 15 19 19 19 10 11 11 15 15 15 18 18 18
1986 31 WAS JL $ 17,000,000   15 15 14 17 17 17 11 12 11 15 15 15 18 18 18
1987 32 WAS JL $ 17,000,000   14 14 14 15 15 15 10 10 10 13 13 13 18 18 18
1988 33 AUS FL $ 17,000,000   14 14 14 13 14 14 10 10 10 13 13 13 18 18 18
1989 34 AUS FL $ 17,000,000   9 9 9 7 7 7 7 8 8 7 7 7 12 12 12
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 10,000,000   9 9 9 7 7 7 7 8 8 7 7 7 12 12 12
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 17,000,000   16 16 16 20 20 20 15 16 16 16 16 16 19 19 19
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1975 20 AAA   58 234 30 45 11 0 7 22 8 2 13 62 .192 .235 .329 .564 18.6  
    AA   52 198 29 60 21 0 9 30 5 2 21 59 .303 .370 .545 .915 37.2  
    A   27 106 19 29 3 0 5 17 5 1 11 40 .274 .342 .443 .785 16.8  
1976 21 MAN FL 153 524 47 110 23 4 11 55 11 6 28 136 .210 .254 .332 .587 43.4 4.2
1977 22 MAN FL 154 561 64 142 51 9 13 74 16 7 34 140 .253 .299 .446 .744 73.0 13.3
1978 23 MAN FL 157 583 55 149 44 5 14 92 16 6 32 169 .256 .299 .420 .719 71.7 14.6
1979 24 MAN FL 148 559 71 138 48 4 25 70 10 3 44 133 .247 .300 .481 .782 80.5 17.4
1980 25 MAN FL 154 591 100 180 56 7 21 88 21 5 53 98 .305 .367 .530 .896 104.2 23.0
1981 26 MAN FL 155 590 102 165 42 5 32 108 21 7 72 85 .280 .356 .531 .887 108.5 23.5
1982 27 MAN FL 159 597 86 153 29 5 26 95 19 4 55 56 .256 .316 .452 .769 88.9 12.7
1983 28 MAN FL 159 583 106 189 45 4 37 119 20 1 56 38 .324 .382 .605 .988 127.1 30.3
1984 29 MAN FL 79 294 40 67 16 2 9 43 11 1 20 24 .228 .274 .388 .662 29.8 2.8
  BIR FL 78 296 54 82 17 1 18 46 12 1 33 14 .277 .348 .524 .872 51.6 10.2
  TOT   157 590 94 149 33 3 27 89 23 2 53 38 .253 .312 .456 .768 81.3 13.0
1985 30 BIR FL 61 216 32 58 21 2 8 34 9 0 24 9 .269 .341 .495 .837 37.7 7.4
  WAS JL 95 334 55 94 19 2 24 69 14 1 36 18 .281 .348 .566 .914 67.4 14.2
  TOT   156 550 87 152 40 4 32 103 23 1 60 27 .276 .346 .538 .884 105.1 21.6
1986 31 WAS JL 156 567 121 170 28 6 35 125 27 3 92 39 .300 .398 .556 .953 125.4 20.3
1987 32 WAS JL 156 558 84 146 25 2 28 93 21 2 74 49 .262 .351 .464 .816 94.6 12.0
1988 33 AUS FL 151 484 91 146 26 3 16 61 16 4 48 45 .302 .364 .467 .831 80.7 15.1
1989 34 AUS FL 128 454 67 143 26 1 10 60 4 5 37 44 .315 .367 .443 .810 69.0 10.0
14 Years Sim 2143 7791 1175 2132 516 62 327 1232 248 56 738 1097 .274 .337 .482 .819 1253.5 231.2
1 Years AAA 58 234 30 45 11 0 7 22 8 2 13 62 .192 .235 .329 .564 18.6  
1 Years AA 52 198 29 60 21 0 9 30 5 2 21 59 .303 .367 .545 .912 37.2  
1 Years A 27 106 19 29 3 0 5 17 5 1 11 40 .274 .339 .443 .782 16.8  
3 Years Minors 137 538 78 134 35 0 21 69 18 5 45 161 .249 .305 .431 .736 72.6  
162 Game Average 588 88 161 39 4 24 93 18 4 55 82 .274 .337 .482 .819 94.8  
Career Highs 159 597 121 189 56 9 37 125 27 7 92 169 .324 .398 .605 .988 127.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5472 873 1571 362 39 253 922 182 39 535 778 .287 .351 .506 .857 951.7
vs LH   2319 302 561 154 23 74 310 66 17 203 319 .242 .305 .424 .729 303.1
Home 1064 3828 580 1060 254 24 148 591 127 23 353 532 .277 .339 .472 .811 607.8
Away 1079 3963 595 1072 262 38 179 641 121 33 385 565 .271 .336 .491 .827 647.0
RISP   1911 0 554 136 13 74 835 0 0 256 275 .290 .363 .491 .854 340.3
Pinch Hitting   125 14 30 6 0 9 30 0 0 8 14 .240 .284 .504 .788 18.4
Close/Late   926 115 236 57 7 35 140 0 0 129 144 .255 .346 .445 .791 144.8
Mar/Apr 356 1315 194 386 100 12 51 218 48 13 122 177 .294 .357 .504 .861 226.2
May 371 1342 197 345 81 6 54 201 36 8 126 196 .257 .323 .447 .770 195.4
June 344 1244 177 324 74 15 51 201 32 6 131 196 .260 .329 .467 .796 194.4
July 368 1345 210 398 92 10 63 227 47 13 130 177 .296 .359 .520 .879 241.4
August 358 1296 204 352 92 9 57 202 40 7 115 170 .272 .331 .488 .820 208.1
Sep/Oct 346 1249 193 327 77 10 51 183 45 9 114 181 .262 .322 .462 .784 189.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1976 21 MAN FL 1B 153 151 1346.7 1349 123 8 104 .995 9.84   2.8
1977 22 MAN FL 1B 120 117 1051.0 1112 84 10 88 .992 10.24   1.2
    3B 31 31 259.3 20 47 1 6 .985 2.33   0.6
    2B 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 2 1.000 6.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
1978 23 MAN FL 1B 106 97 896.7 972 89 10 102 .991 10.65   1.2
    3B 49 49 431.0 37 103 11 13 .927 2.92   1.0
1979 24 MAN FL 1B 145 142 1231.7 1378 135 16 133 .990 11.06   1.7
    3B 3 3 26.0 2 8 0 0 1.000 3.46   0.1
1980 25 MAN FL 1B 153 145 1281.7 1218 105 14 106 .990 9.29   2.4
1981 26 MAN FL 1B 153 149 1344.7 1385 91 14 118 .991 9.88   3.3
    SS 1 0 8.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.1
1982 27 MAN FL 1B 159 153 1361.0 1420 115 17 125 .989 10.15   3.3
1983 28 MAN FL 1B 153 142 1286.0 1399 117 10 137 .993 10.61   4.0
    2B 2 2 18.0 4 3 0 1 1.000 3.50   0.1
1984 29 MAN FL 1B 75 74 643.4 683 60 6 56 .992 10.39   1.5
  BIR FL 1B 75 73 677.9 720 63 7 60 .991 10.40   1.1
  TOT   1B 150 147 1321.3 1403 123 13 116 .992 10.39   2.7
1985 30 BIR FL 1B 59 56 494.5 542 44 4 46 .993 10.67   0.3
    LF 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  WAS JL 1B 91 87 761.8 834 67 7 72 .992 10.64   1.4
    LF 1 0 1.6 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.63   0.0
  TOT   1B 150 143 1256.3 1376 111 11 118 .993 10.65   1.7
      LF 1 0 2.6 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.46   0.0
1986 31 WAS JL 1B 152 148 1299.7 1303 114 5 117 .996 9.81   4.2
1987 32 WAS JL 1B 154 146 1278.0 1323 119 11 119 .992 10.15   3.2
1988 33 AUS FL 1B 71 65 588.0 630 42 4 55 .994 10.29   0.8
    3B 53 53 445.3 25 127 1 8 .993 3.07   2.2
1989 34 AUS FL 3B 64 63 560.7 30 130 6 8 .964 2.57   0.7
    1B 50 46 400.7 437 39 7 40 .986 10.69   0.1
    2B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  1B 1869 1791 15943.2 16705 1407 150 1478 .992 10.22   32.6
  3B 200 199 1722.3 114 415 19 35 .965 2.76   4.6
  2B 4 3 28.0 8 6 0 3 1.000 4.50   0.1
  SS 2 0 15.0 2 3 0 1 1.000 3.00   0.1
  LF 1 0 2.6 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.46   0.0
Career Totals   2076 1993 17711.1 16830 1831 169 1517 .991 9.48   37.5
Career Highs   159 153 1361.0 1420 192 21 138 .996 10.90    
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
1983-7-.324
 On-Base Pct
1983-6-.382
 Slugging Pct
1980-6-.530
1981-1-.531
1983-1-.605
 OPS
1980-4-.896
1981-3-.887
1983-1-.988
 XR
1980-4-104.2
1981-6-108.5
1983-1-127.1
1986-6-125.4
CAR-20-1253.5
 Games
1978-7-157
1982-2-159
1983-2-159
1984-3-157
CAR-19-2143
At-Bats
1982-7-597
1984-8-590
CAR-20-7791
 Runs
1980-7-100
1981-6-102
1983-6-106
1984-9-94
1986-6-121
CAR-26-1175
 Hits
1983-5-189
CAR-22-2132
 Total Bases
1980-3-313
1981-1-313
1982-8-270
1983-1-353
1984-10-269
CAR-18-3753
 Singles
CAR-44-1227
 Doubles
1977-1-51
1978-7-44
1979-1-48
1980-2-56
1981-5-42
1983-6-45
CAR-10-516
Triples
1977-10-9
 Homeruns
1979-10-25
1981-3-32
1982-9-26
1983-2-37
1984-6-27
CAR-26-327
 RBIs
1978-10-92
1981-2-108
1982-9-95
1983-1-119
1986-6-125
CAR-20-1232
 Walks
1986-8-92
CAR-42-738
 Strikeouts
1976-7-136
1977-5-140
1978-1-169
1979-4-133
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 14    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 92    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 37    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  1. George Kobayashi (885)
  2. Gary Barr (834)
  3. Stephen Shier (826)
  4. Ed Miller (822)
  5. Bombo Vadabonceour (816)
  6. Justin Smith (810)
  7. Frank Boerner (809)
  8. Jimmy Dugan (793)
  9. Mitchell Page (776)
  10. Kevin Haubert (776)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 12th overall pick, by Manhattan in 1975
Had first career hit on 4/1/1976, off Chuck DeLong (BUF)
Hit first career homerun on 4/3/1976, off Haystack Duggeler (BUF)
Hit for the cycle against Las Vegas on 9/10/1977
Injured on 8/8/1979 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for one week
Won Slick Fielder Award at First Base in 1979
Won Player of the Week award on 6/18/1980, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 4/23/1981, hitting .462 with 6 HR, 13 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1981, hitting .337 with 9 HR, 22 RBI
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
Won Super Slugger Award in 1981, hitting .280 with 32 HR, 108 RBI
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Austin on 4/14/1983
Won Player of the Week award on 4/16/1983, hitting .526 with 4 HR, 15 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1983, hitting .347 with 10 HR, 32 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/21/1983, hitting .370 with 6 HR, 11 RBI
Was selected to the 1983 Allstar game
Hit for the cycle against Brooklyn on 9/28/1983
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1983, hitting .419 with 7 HR, 17 RBI
Won Super Slugger Award in 1983, hitting .324 with 37 HR, 119 RBI
Won Slick Fielder Award at First Base in 1983
Won Owners Choice FL Hitter of the Year Award for 1983
Traded from Manhattan to Birmingham on 7/1/1984 (Going to BIR: 1B Jason Bilford. Going to MAN: 1B Luis Abdullah, LF Clemente Serrano, P Dennis Mcgahan, P Chad Carrozza)
Won Slick Fielder Award at First Base in 1984
Traded from Birmingham to Washington on 6/11/1985 (Going to BIR: 2B Thaddeus Dolemite, RF Luis Cannella, P James Watkins, P George Kemper, CF Santana Trail. Going to WAS: 1B Jason Bilford)
Won Slick Fielder Award at First Base in 1985
Was selected to the 1986 Allstar game
Won Slick Fielder Award at First Base in 1986
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Hawaii on 5/29/1987
Won Slick Fielder Award at First Base in 1987
Traded from Washington to Austin on 3/2/1988 (Going to WAS: P Austin Waiver. Going to AUS: 1B Jason Bilford)
Won Player of the Week award on 7/30/1988, hitting .476 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Had 2000th career hit on 4/11/1989, off Robert Grove (NO)
Drove in 8 runs against New Orleans on 7/17/1989
Released by Austin on 2/3/1990
 
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