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Cal
Bivens		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 205
 
Born: May 22, 1945 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Landis Memorial Seriess Won 1975    1978   
All-Star Selections 1979    1980   
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
1973 28 VAN JL $ 3,790,000 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8 3 3 3 4 5 4
1974 29 VAN JL $ 3,790,000 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8 3 3 3 4 5 4
1975 30 WAS JL $ 1,700,000 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 3 3 3 6 6 6
1976 31 WAS JL $ 1,700,000 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 3 3 3 6 6 6
1977 32 WAS JL $ 1,700,000 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 3 3 3 6 6 6
1978 33 WAS JL $ 1,700,000 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 2 2 2 6 6 6
1979 34 VAL JL $ 5,250,000 6 6 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8 2 2 2 6 6 6
1980 35 VAL JL $ 5,250,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8 2 2 2 6 6 6
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 1,700,000 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8 2 2 2 4 5 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 5,250,000 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 3 3 3 6 6 6
                                             
  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 36 VAL JL $ 8,200,000   14 14 14 16 16 16 12 12 12 7 6 6 14 15 15
1982 37 VAL JL $ 8,200,000   12 12 13 15 15 15 10 9 10 7 6 6 12 13 13
1983 38 WAS JL $ 750,000   12 12 12 14 13 14 9 8 8 7 6 6 12 12 12
1984 39 PHX JL $ 300,000   11 11 11 11 10 10 7 7 7 7 6 6 9 10 10
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   11 11 11 11 10 10 7 7 7 7 6 6 9 10 10
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,200,000   14 14 14 16 16 16 12 12 12 7 6 6 14 15 15
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
1973 28 VAN JL 147 563 75 147 23 6 24 89 0 3 32 102 .261 .326 .451 .777 80.8 13.7
1974 29 VAN JL 151 555 64 103 28 7 17 52 0 0 30 116 .186 .257 .353 .611 48.8 2.5
1975 30 WAS JL 154 535 74 146 21 8 23 84 0 4 35 96 .273 .332 .471 .803 79.7 13.3
1976 31 WAS JL 136 531 80 155 20 7 27 106 3 2 35 87 .292 .354 .508 .862 90.4 17.0
1977 32 WAS JL 154 590 90 170 18 9 24 91 2 0 34 103 .288 .341 .471 .812 92.2 15.5
1978 33 WAS JL 140 533 84 161 22 5 25 110 4 1 36 79 .302 .369 .503 .872 94.4 23.4
1979 34 VAL JL 145 561 84 169 25 3 27 93 2 1 29 88 .301 .350 .501 .851 93.9 20.8
1980 35 VAL JL 152 592 97 181 26 5 24 89 2 5 38 87 .306 .358 .488 .846 95.3 19.1
1981 36 VAL JL 136 442 67 123 19 1 17 53 1 0 23 62 .278 .339 .441 .780 64.1 9.3
1982 37 VAL JL 81 152 25 42 4 1 8 26 1 0 6 22 .276 .325 .474 .799 23.8 3.6
1983 38 LV FL 25 74 3 11 0 1 3 7 0 0 3 21 .149 .190 .297 .487 3.6 0.0
  WAS JL 28 86 18 27 3 1 7 20 1 0 4 14 .314 .344 .616 .960 17.3 3.2
  TOT   53 160 21 38 3 2 10 27 1 0 7 35 .238 .273 .469 .742 20.9 3.2
    AAA   19 76 18 22 3 0 7 15 1 0 10 14 .289 .372 .605 .977 16.6  
1984 39 PHX JL 18 28 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .214 .241 .214 .456 1.0 0.0
12 Years Sim 1467 5242 763 1441 209 54 226 821 16 16 305 882 .275 .333 .465 .798 785.2 141.5
1 Years AAA 19 76 18 22 3 0 7 15 1 0 10 14 .289 .379 .605 .985 16.6  
162 Game Average 578 84 159 23 5 24 90 1 1 33 97 .275 .333 .465 .798 86.7  
Career Highs 154 592 97 181 28 9 27 110 4 5 38 116 .306 .369 .508 .872 95.3  
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   3418 485 892 144 33 132 503 12 12 188 560 .261 .320 .438 .758 439.3
vs LH   1824 278 549 65 21 94 318 4 4 117 322 .301 .358 .514 .872 305.3
Home 732 2531 359 695 102 27 102 400 5 8 150 413 .275 .334 .457 .791 353.5
Away 735 2711 404 746 107 27 124 421 11 8 155 469 .275 .332 .472 .804 391.2
RISP   1386 0 378 45 11 63 562 0 0 114 247 .273 .344 .457 .801 206.1
Pinch Hitting   130 18 38 3 0 5 24 2 1 9 22 .292 .347 .431 .778 18.6
Close/Late   615 88 177 25 6 25 79 0 0 62 99 .288 .367 .470 .837 99.8
Mar/Apr 250 931 146 246 35 9 47 156 2 1 51 178 .264 .323 .473 .796 131.4
May 250 919 118 239 35 11 29 114 3 5 57 195 .260 .323 .417 .740 113.4
June 216 784 104 209 29 7 28 101 0 1 36 110 .267 .318 .429 .747 97.7
July 234 804 119 229 33 8 38 133 5 3 41 134 .285 .337 .488 .825 120.5
August 270 951 142 270 38 9 42 175 4 3 62 155 .284 .346 .475 .821 143.2
Sep/Oct 247 853 134 248 39 10 42 142 2 3 58 110 .291 .352 .508 .859 138.5
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
1973 28 VAN JL 2B 146 144 1287.0 239 478 11 105 .985 5.01   5.9
1974 29 VAN JL 2B 148 145 1278.7 277 460 11 89 .985 5.19   5.6
1975 30 WAS JL 2B 123 113 1047.0 201 317 7 62 .987 4.45   5.9
    3B 28 28 239.0 17 60 5 5 .939 2.90   1.3
    SS 3 3 27.0 5 8 0 3 1.000 4.33   0.2
1976 31 WAS JL 2B 136 133 1204.7 243 427 14 83 .980 5.01   6.5
1977 32 WAS JL 2B 151 149 1336.3 234 485 13 99 .982 4.84   8.3
1978 33 WAS JL 2B 139 136 1206.7 270 385 18 85 .973 4.89   5.7
1979 34 VAL JL 2B 142 135 1221.3 210 430 11 81 .983 4.72   6.0
1980 35 VAL JL 2B 151 148 1303.3 241 474 17 85 .977 4.94   7.6
1981 36 VAL JL 2B 110 92 845.0 159 305 6 63 .987 4.94   5.3
    SS 13 13 119.3 23 48 2 9 .973 5.35   0.8
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.1
1982 37 VAL JL 2B 33 13 144.7 25 59 4 9 .955 5.23   0.6
    SS 6 5 52.0 6 13 1 2 .950 3.29   0.1
    3B 5 5 45.0 4 8 3 1 .800 2.40   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1983 38 LV FL 2B 23 18 163.8 37 57 2 10 .979 5.16   0.4
    3B 0 0 2.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.91   0.0
    SS 0 0 0.9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  WAS JL 2B 25 20 192.8 44 67 3 12 .974 5.18   0.9
    3B 1 0 2.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.67   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.1 0 1 0 0 1.000 8.18   0.0
  TOT   2B 48 38 356.6 81 124 5 22 .976 5.17   1.2
      3B 1 0 5.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.40   0.1
      SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1984 39 PHX JL 2B 10 5 49.0 6 18 1 2 .960 4.41   0.2
  2B 1337 1251 11280.2 2186 3962 118 785 .981 4.91   58.9
  3B 34 33 289.0 22 70 8 6 .920 2.87   1.4
  SS 23 21 200.3 34 70 3 14 .972 4.67   1.2
  RF 2 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.1
Career Totals   1396 1305 11773.6 2243 4103 129 805 .980 4.85   61.5
Career Highs   154 149 1336.3 277 485 18 105 .985 5.19    
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
1975 30 WAS JL 17 69 10 17 3 0 5 15 0 0 1 19 .246 .257 .507 .764
1976 31 WAS JL 4 16 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .250 .294 .313 .607
1977 32 WAS JL 9 36 3 12 3 2 1 12 0 0 1 7 .333 .368 .611 .980
1978 33 WAS JL 14 60 11 16 4 1 1 10 0 0 1 5 .267 .290 .417 .707
1979 34 VAL JL 5 19 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .158 .200 .158 .358
1980 35 VAL JL 10 39 6 15 2 2 0 6 0 0 1 6 .385 .390 .538 .929
1981 36 VAL JL 3 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .091 .167 .091 .258
1983 38 WAS JL 13 45 2 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 16 .133 .170 .200 .370
Career Post-Season Batting 75 295 34 74 13 5 8 45 0 0 8 59 .251 .277 .410 .687
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
1980-10-.306
 Slugging Pct
1976-6-.508
1978-10-.503
1979-5-.501
1980-9-.488
 OPS
1976-6-.862
1978-7-.872
1979-5-.851
1980-8-.846
 Runs
1980-7-97
 Hits
1980-7-181
 Total Bases
1977-7-278
1979-5-281
1980-9-289
Triples
1977-8-9
 Homeruns
1976-6-27
1978-10-25
1979-4-27
1980-8-24
 RBIs
1976-3-106
1978-4-110
1979-5-93
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 51    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 31    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 80th overall pick, by Vancouver in 1973
Had first career hit on 4/1/1973, off Jerome Winter (CAL)
Hit first career homerun on 4/10/1973, off Bill Zwicker (VAL)
Injured on 9/20/1973 with a Broken Finger, out for 4-5 weeks
Injured on 6/18/1974 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 2/24/1975 to a 4-year deal worth $1,700,000 per year
Won Landis Memorial Series with Washington in 1975
Injured on 5/15/1976 with a Strained Bicep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Drove in 6 runs against Valencia on 6/13/1976
Was selected to the 1976 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/2/1976, hitting .438 with 1 HR, 3 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 4/23/1977, hitting .419 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Phoenix on 7/14/1977
Injured on 4/3/1978 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 6/11/1978 with a Scratched Cornea Eye, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Landis Memorial Series with Washington in 1978
Signed as a free agent by Valencia on 2/1/1979 to a 2-year deal worth $5,250,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 4/30/1979, hitting .476 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Injured on 5/12/1979 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
 
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