Lance
Houston
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 175
 
Born: February 5, 1949 in Usa
 
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 24 LEX FL   2 2 2 4 3 4 6 6 6 4 3 3 8 7 7 3 3 3
1974 25 LEX FL   3 2 2 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 3 3 8 8 8 3 4 3
1975 26 LEX FL $ 300,000 3 2 2 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8 5 5 5
1976 27 AUS FL $ 300,000 2 2 2 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3 10 9 9 7 7 7
1977 28 AUS FL $ 300,000 3 2 2 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8 8 8 8
1978 29 AUS FL $ 466,857 2 2 2 4 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 8 8 8 8 8 8
1979 30 AUS FL $ 466,857 2 2 2 4 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 8 8 8 7 8 8
1980 31 AUS FL $ 466,857 2 1 2 4 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 8 8 8 7 8 8
OOTP5 Min Ratings   2 1 2 4 3 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 8 7 7 3 3 3
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 466,857 3 2 2 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 3 3 10 9 9 8 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 32 AUS FL $ 320,000   4 4 4 7 7 7 14 13 13 16 15 15 15 16 16
1982 33 AUS FL $ 300,000   3 3 3 7 6 6 15 14 14 15 14 14 14 15 15
1983 34 AUS FL $ 300,000   3 3 3 5 4 5 13 12 13 14 13 14 13 14 14
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 5 4 5 13 12 13 14 13 14 13 14 14
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 320,000   4 4 4 7 7 7 15 14 14 16 15 15 15 16 16
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 24 AA   130 399 57 83 14 3 9 51 15 12 89 83 .208 .352 .326 .678 53.4  
1974 25 AAA   49 168 24 41 8 3 1 18 8 8 41 45 .244 .392 .345 .738 25.4  
    AA   87 309 62 94 14 5 6 39 19 15 66 45 .304 .427 .440 .867 58.8  
1975 26 LEX FL 64 143 14 33 6 3 0 16 4 6 19 26 .231 .321 .315 .636 15.6 0.8
1976 27 AUS FL 15 46 5 6 2 1 0 1 1 0 7 8 .130 .245 .217 .463 2.5 0.0
    AAA   131 517 82 113 17 10 10 48 24 11 84 68 .219 .328 .348 .676 65.6  
1977 28 AUS FL 103 267 43 68 13 8 6 33 15 4 39 20 .255 .356 .431 .787 42.3 8.1
1978 29 AUS FL 110 319 35 72 13 4 4 43 16 19 41 27 .226 .319 .329 .648 32.4 2.8
1979 30 AUS FL 52 96 17 24 5 4 1 7 7 1 16 7 .250 .357 .417 .774 14.2 2.6
1980 31 AUS FL 40 75 7 8 1 0 0 3 7 1 6 10 .107 .190 .120 .310 0.0 0.0
    AAA   44 120 23 24 8 0 1 9 3 0 18 8 .200 .304 .292 .596 12.1  
1981 32 AUS FL 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.7 0.2
    AAA   123 419 84 100 27 3 22 85 17 11 93 31 .239 .377 .475 .852 78.8  
    AA   10 36 6 5 2 0 1 5 2 0 11 3 .139 .340 .278 .618 5.0  
1982 33 AUS FL 26 53 3 10 3 0 0 8 3 4 10 3 .189 .323 .245 .568 4.4 0.0
    AAA   7 9 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 .222 .364 .333 .697 0.9  
    AA   53 175 40 42 12 2 8 30 5 8 48 7 .240 .404 .469 .872 34.1  
1983 34 AAA   33 57 7 8 3 0 2 6 1 2 4 10 .140 .197 .298 .495 2.7  
    AA   9 31 2 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 6 .161 .257 .258 .515 2.3  
    A   43 148 38 37 12 2 11 23 5 5 35 16 .250 .393 .581 .975 33.1  
8 Years Sim 413 1002 126 222 43 20 11 112 55 35 138 101 .222 .320 .337 .658 112.0 14.4
6 Years AAA 387 1290 223 288 64 16 36 166 53 33 242 162 .223 .348 .381 .729 185.6  
5 Years AA 289 950 167 229 42 10 25 127 41 35 218 144 .241 .384 .385 .769 153.7  
1 Years A 43 148 38 37 12 2 11 23 5 5 35 16 .250 .398 .581 .979 33.1  
12 Years Minors 719 2388 428 554 118 28 72 316 99 73 495 322 .232 .366 .395 .761 372.5  
162 Game Average 393 49 87 16 7 4 43 21 13 54 39 .222 .320 .337 .658 43.9  
Career Highs 110 319 43 72 13 8 6 43 16 19 41 27 .333 .357 .431 .787 42.3  
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   563 69 117 24 7 6 69 30 17 71 55 .208 .301 .307 .608 54.5
vs LH   439 56 105 19 13 5 43 24 18 67 46 .239 .345 .376 .721 57.7
Home 199 482 53 92 14 9 3 37 24 13 64 52 .191 .289 .276 .565 41.2
Away 212 520 72 130 29 11 8 75 30 22 74 49 .250 .349 .394 .743 70.9
RISP   226 0 55 8 5 2 89 0 0 26 25 .243 .321 .350 .670 26.3
Pinch Hitting   17 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 .118 .211 .176 .387 -0.2
Close/Late   136 28 32 7 4 1 24 0 0 18 11 .235 .325 .368 .692 16.8
Mar/Apr 60 148 19 38 6 3 1 16 9 6 14 17 .257 .337 .358 .695 16.8
May 54 123 14 26 5 1 2 10 8 2 6 15 .211 .254 .317 .571 10.0
June 73 178 19 30 5 4 2 15 8 8 18 19 .169 .240 .275 .515 10.9
July 83 211 26 42 11 5 1 23 12 8 47 19 .199 .350 .313 .663 26.4
August 69 161 23 40 8 4 3 28 7 9 26 11 .248 .356 .404 .760 22.3
Sep/Oct 74 181 25 46 8 3 2 20 11 2 27 20 .254 .355 .365 .720 25.8
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
1975 26 LEX FL C 23 21 189.7 130 4 1 0 .993 6.36 10 2 .200 0 0.5
    1B 32 18 171.0 179 23 0 20 1.000 10.63 0 0 .000 0 0.3
1976 27 AUS FL C 14 14 117.0 103 4 0 0 1.000 8.23 4 3 .750 0 0.3
    1B 1 1 7.0 4 0 0 1 1.000 5.14 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1977 28 AUS FL 1B 51 37 353.3 338 31 4 21 .989 9.40 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    C 41 37 318.0 306 18 2 1 .994 9.17 23 9 .391 0 1.5
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 29 AUS FL C 97 94 831.0 794 57 8 1 .991 9.22 96 37 .385 2 5.3
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 3 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 30 AUS FL C 32 23 225.7 193 12 1 0 .995 8.18 19 6 .316 0 1.5
    1B 10 3 30.0 30 1 0 2 1.000 9.30 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 31 AUS FL C 15 14 119.0 103 16 0 2 1.000 9.00 19 8 .421 0 1.3
    1B 15 7 72.0 78 5 1 6 .988 10.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1981 32 AUS FL C 2 1 10.0 6 1 1 0 .875 6.30 1 0 .000 0 0.0
1982 33 AUS FL C 18 17 147.7 110 10 3 1 .976 7.31 20 7 .350 1 0.7
    1B 3 0 2.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 242 221 1958.0 1745 122 16 5 .992 8.58 192 72 .375 3 11.1
  1B 115 66 638.3 635 60 5 50 .993 9.80 0 0 .000 0 1.3
  SS 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   361 287 2602.3 2381 182 21 55 .992 8.86 192 72 .375 3 12.4
Career Highs   101 94 837.0 796 57 8 22 1.000 9.52 96 37 .750 2  
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
1976 27 AUS FL 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
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.
Caught Stealing
1978-5-19
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  6. Edwin Cifonte (960)
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History
Injured on 10/7/1973 with a Bruised Hand, out for 3 days
Had first career hit on 4/6/1975, off Voo Fowler (NO)
Hit first career homerun on 5/5/1977, off Jose Arriga (CLG)
Drove in 6 runs against Calgary on 8/2/1977
Won Player of the Week award on 8/6/1977, hitting .529 with 1 HR, 9 RBI
Injured on 5/4/1978 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 6/17/1980 with a Pulled Hip Muscle, out for 6 days