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Rod
Givens		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 200
 
Born: October 9, 1943 in Dominican Republic
 
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 29 CHI JL $ 1,295,000 4 6 5 4 5 5 5 6 6 2 3 3 4 4 4 5 3 4
1974 30 CHI JL $ 1,295,000 4 6 5 4 5 5 5 6 6 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 3 4
1975 31 CHI JL $ 1,295,000 4 6 5 4 5 5 5 6 6 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 3 4
1976 32 CHI JL $ 1,295,000 4 6 5 5 6 5 5 6 6 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 3 4
1977 33 CHI JL $ 1,295,000 4 6 5 5 6 5 5 6 6 3 3 3 4 5 4 5 4 4
1978 34 VAN JL $ 600,000 5 7 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 3 3 3 3 4 4 6 5 5
1979 35 LV FL $ 600,000 5 7 6 5 6 5 5 6 6 2 2 2 3 4 4 8 7 8
1980 36 AUS FL $ 600,000 5 7 6 4 5 5 5 6 6 2 2 2 3 4 4 9 8 8
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 600,000 4 6 5 4 5 5 5 6 6 2 2 2 3 4 4 5 3 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 1,295,000 5 7 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 3 3 3 4 5 4 9 8 8
                                             
  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 37 BUF FL $ 600,000   18 18 16 5 7 6 14 16 15 7 9 9 20 18 19
1982 38 PHX JL $ 3,000,000   14 14 13 2 4 3 10 12 12 5 8 7 18 16 17
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 600,000   14 14 13 2 4 3 10 12 12 5 8 7 18 16 17
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,000,000   18 18 16 5 7 6 14 16 15 7 9 9 20 18 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
1973 29 CHI JL 162 589 62 161 30 5 12 73 5 3 45 127 .273 .327 .402 .729 71.5 9.5
1974 30 CHI JL 155 549 54 156 16 7 8 66 4 5 40 77 .284 .332 .383 .714 66.0 8.9
1975 31 CHI JL 105 171 17 40 4 0 3 18 1 0 12 31 .234 .286 .310 .596 14.9 0.8
1976 32 CHI JL 107 177 18 52 8 1 4 26 1 2 11 26 .294 .339 .418 .757 22.1 3.7
1977 33 CHI JL 109 302 41 81 13 5 5 30 1 3 22 52 .268 .318 .394 .712 34.2 4.4
1978 34 VAN JL 124 292 33 73 12 2 5 50 3 0 21 60 .250 .305 .356 .661 32.0 4.3
1979 35 VAN JL 18 26 4 8 2 0 3 8 0 0 3 5 .308 .379 .731 1.110 6.3 1.3
  LV FL 123 435 49 118 21 7 5 38 3 4 25 52 .271 .314 .386 .700 48.0 8.7
  TOT   141 461 53 126 23 7 8 46 3 4 28 57 .273 .318 .406 .723 54.2 10.0
1980 36 LV FL 82 257 38 74 16 3 8 32 2 2 16 27 .288 .333 .467 .800 37.7 5.7
  AUS FL 52 167 21 48 4 0 3 22 1 1 13 14 .287 .342 .365 .708 21.1 3.4
  TOT   134 424 59 122 20 3 11 54 3 3 29 41 .288 .337 .427 .764 58.8 9.1
1981 37 AUS FL 92 271 32 83 21 1 1 31 1 1 20 15 .306 .360 .402 .762 35.6 5.9
  BUF FL 45 145 23 45 12 0 4 24 1 0 9 8 .310 .357 .476 .833 21.9 4.5
  TOT   137 416 55 128 33 1 5 55 2 1 29 23 .308 .359 .428 .787 57.5 10.4
1982 38 PHX JL 142 409 60 128 26 3 1 50 0 1 32 35 .313 .363 .399 .762 54.0 9.7
10 Years Sim 1316 3790 452 1067 185 34 62 468 23 22 269 529 .282 .331 .397 .729 465.2 70.8
162 Game Average 466 55 131 22 4 7 57 2 2 33 65 .282 .331 .397 .729 57.3  
Career Highs 162 589 62 161 33 7 12 73 5 5 45 127 .313 .363 .428 .787 71.5  
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   3033 373 889 163 22 54 399 18 19 234 449 .293 .346 .415 .761 413.9
vs LH   757 79 178 22 12 8 69 5 3 35 80 .235 .272 .328 .600 64.1
Home 654 1883 247 530 77 12 38 240 9 11 134 249 .281 .332 .396 .728 237.9
Away 662 1907 205 537 108 22 24 228 14 11 135 280 .282 .331 .399 .730 240.1
RISP   931 0 288 57 12 11 379 0 0 73 135 .309 .354 .432 .786 136.5
Pinch Hitting   293 33 83 18 0 5 53 3 1 24 47 .283 .335 .396 .731 38.4
Close/Late   507 52 134 27 2 5 56 0 0 43 74 .264 .324 .355 .679 57.5
Mar/Apr 227 697 90 182 33 4 16 78 2 5 48 105 .261 .313 .389 .701 81.1
May 231 635 76 166 32 3 7 68 3 5 56 103 .261 .324 .354 .678 71.2
June 191 512 63 154 31 9 11 66 0 3 35 67 .301 .347 .461 .808 75.6
July 208 586 79 181 31 8 12 94 2 2 41 78 .309 .353 .451 .804 87.7
August 235 713 75 207 29 5 11 91 13 5 41 80 .290 .332 .391 .723 89.0
Sep/Oct 224 647 69 177 29 5 5 71 3 2 48 96 .274 .327 .357 .684 73.4
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 RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1973 29 CHI JL 3B 162 162 1463.7 103 359 27 35 .945 2.84 0 0 .000 0 5.1
1974 30 CHI JL 3B 155 153 1315.0 85 316 24 22 .944 2.74 0 0 .000 0 5.4
1975 31 CHI JL 3B 84 23 319.0 24 72 5 9 .950 2.71 0 0 .000 0 0.7
1976 32 CHI JL 3B 31 21 207.0 21 49 1 4 .986 3.04 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    1B 12 12 101.0 97 7 0 13 1.000 9.27 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1977 33 CHI JL 3B 53 38 360.7 27 88 4 9 .966 2.87 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    1B 38 38 290.0 295 19 2 34 .994 9.74 0 0 .000 0 0.5
1978 34 VAN JL 3B 104 69 664.3 46 171 16 18 .931 2.94 0 0 .000 0 1.6
1979 35 VAN JL 3B 16 15 58.8 4 13 1 2 .944 2.60 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 0 0 1.1 1 0 0 0 1.000 8.18 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LV FL 3B 113 99 940.9 62 212 22 24 .926 2.62 0 0 .000 0 3.9
    1B 2 2 16.9 22 2 0 3 1.000 12.78 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   3B 129 114 999.7 66 225 23 26 .927 2.62   4.1
      1B 2 2 18.0 23 2 0 3 1.000 12.50   0.0
1980 36 LV FL 3B 74 63 567.8 34 116 6 10 .962 2.38 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    1B 2 2 14.5 21 1 0 1 1.000 13.66 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  AUS FL 3B 47 40 373.2 22 76 4 6 .961 2.36 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    1B 1 1 9.5 14 1 0 0 1.000 14.21 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   3B 121 103 941.0 56 192 10 16 .961 2.37   3.3
      1B 3 3 24.0 35 2 0 1 1.000 13.88   0.0
1981 37 AUS FL 3B 82 67 594.7 31 130 10 9 .942 2.44 0 0 .000 0 1.5
  BUF FL 3B 40 33 313.3 17 69 6 5 .935 2.47 0 0 .000 0 1.6
  TOT   3B 122 100 908.0 48 199 16 14 .939 2.45   3.1
1982 38 PHX JL 3B 121 92 856.7 67 209 11 19 .962 2.90 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1082 875 8035.0 543 1880 137 172 .946 2.71 0 0 .000 0 27.3
  1B 55 55 433.0 450 30 2 51 .996 9.98 0 0 .000 0 0.8
  RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1141 930 8473.0 995 1910 139 223 .954 3.09 0 0 .000 0 28.1
Career Highs   162 162 1463.7 322 359 27 43 .994 5.93 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
1978 34 VAN JL 3 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .100 .167 .100 .267
1980 36 AUS FL 3 12 1 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .583 .583 .667 1.250
1981 37 BUF FL 6 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .077 .077 .077 .154
Career Post-Season Batting 12 35 1 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .257 .270 .286 .556
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.
Games
1973-3-162
 Singles
1974-6-125
 Strikeouts
1973-10-127
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  2. Colby Vicknair (943)
  3. Lazaro Lanza (938)
  4. Leron Lee (930)
  5. Paul Eury (923)
  6. Carlo Almonte (918)
  7. Samuel Sanchez (912)
  8. Dave Sax (910)
  9. Kevin Paredes (906)
  10. Hershel Abernethy (904)
History
Drafted in 14th round, 317th overall pick, by Chicago in 1973
Had first career hit on 4/1/1973, off Paul Raybeck (PHX)
Hit first career homerun on 4/3/1973, off Cornelius Lattimore (PHX)
Signed as a free agent by Vancouver on 2/8/1978 to a 4-year deal worth $600,000 per year
Traded from Vancouver to Las Vegas on 5/1/1979 (Going to LV: P B. Grossman, 3B R. Givens. Going to VAN: C D. Baxter, P H. Mitcher)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Calgary on 4/4/1980
Traded from Las Vegas to Austin on 7/21/1980 (Going to AUS: 3B R. Givens, P L. Eaves. Going to LV: 2B W. Lee, Jr., 1B F. Galdamez, P K. Williamson)
Traded from Austin to Buffalo on 7/31/1981 (Going to BUF: 3B Rod Givens. Going to AUS: P Tom Greaves, SS Edward Osborne)
 
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