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Jan
Kranz		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 215
 
Born: July 12, 1963 in New York, NY
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  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 17 CHI JL     7 7 8 13 12 12 9 8 8 7 6 6 7 7 7
1982 18 CHI JL     9 9 9 13 12 12 9 8 8 7 6 6 10 10 10
1983 19 CHI JL $ 300,000   10 10 10 13 12 13 9 8 8 9 7 8 11 11 11
1984 20 CHI JL $ 300,000   11 11 11 14 13 14 10 9 9 10 9 9 12 11 11
1985 21 CHI JL $ 300,000   10 10 11 14 13 14 10 9 10 10 9 9 12 11 11
1986 22 CHI JL $ 300,000   11 11 12 14 13 14 10 9 10 10 9 9 12 11 12
1987 23 CHI JL $ 810,000   13 13 14 15 13 14 10 9 10 12 11 11 13 13 13
1988 24 DM FL $ 1,620,000   14 14 15 15 13 14 10 9 10 13 11 12 13 13 13
1989 25 PHX JL $ 1,620,000   14 14 15 15 13 14 9 9 9 13 11 12 14 13 13
1990 26 PHX JL $ 1,620,000   15 15 16 15 13 14 9 8 8 12 11 11 13 13 13
1991 27 BIR FL $ 5,750,000   15 15 16 15 14 14 10 9 9 13 11 12 13 12 13
1992 28 BIR FL $ 5,750,000   12 12 13 15 14 14 9 8 8 13 12 12 11 10 11
1993 29 BIR FL $ 5,750,000   12 12 13 15 14 14 8 7 7 13 12 12 11 10 11
1994 30 BIR FL $ 5,750,000   11 11 11 15 13 14 7 7 7 13 11 12 10 10 10
OOTP6 Min Ratings     7 7 8 13 12 12 7 7 7 7 6 6 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,750,000   15 15 16 15 14 14 10 9 10 13 12 12 14 13 13
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
1981 17 AA   82 331 57 92 14 0 23 58 7 2 36 70 .278 .349 .529 .877 60.6  
1982 18 AAA   65 281 55 77 10 3 24 63 7 1 24 76 .274 .331 .587 .918 54.4  
    AA   53 190 22 56 8 2 14 39 4 2 18 33 .295 .356 .579 .935 37.3  
1983 19 CHI JL 96 264 26 83 18 2 10 41 0 1 19 69 .314 .358 .511 .869 43.4 7.7
    AAA   36 161 40 55 16 1 12 34 4 0 15 33 .342 .398 .677 1.075 38.5  
1984 20 CHI JL 135 389 43 96 8 1 12 48 4 1 24 94 .247 .296 .365 .661 42.5 5.3
1985 21 CHI JL 98 269 25 59 11 2 7 29 3 0 18 49 .219 .266 .353 .620 25.0 1.8
1986 22 CHI JL 110 258 40 75 14 0 10 36 1 1 13 57 .291 .335 .461 .796 39.4 5.2
1987 23 CHI JL 141 508 79 141 17 0 28 69 2 1 47 126 .278 .345 .476 .821 80.5 11.5
1988 24 CHI JL 31 111 15 26 3 0 2 7 1 0 10 20 .234 .301 .315 .616 10.9 0.9
  DM FL 123 391 42 111 24 3 9 39 3 2 23 66 .284 .327 .430 .757 51.6 6.9
  TOT   154 502 57 137 27 3 11 46 4 2 33 86 .273 .321 .404 .725 62.5 7.7
1989 25 PHX JL 153 540 77 152 26 4 21 84 3 2 56 84 .281 .353 .461 .814 84.8 13.1
1990 26 PHX JL 153 557 81 163 26 3 19 87 3 3 46 103 .293 .349 .452 .801 84.5 13.0
1991 27 VAN JL 91 310 40 92 8 1 12 49 4 1 35 46 .297 .363 .445 .808 52.8 8.0
  BIR FL 56 209 23 56 13 3 4 27 2 0 16 27 .268 .317 .416 .734 28.3 3.6
  TOT   147 519 63 148 21 4 16 76 6 1 51 73 .285 .345 .434 .778 81.1 11.5
1992 28 BIR FL 95 336 44 103 20 2 8 46 1 0 17 61 .307 .338 .449 .787 48.2 8.0
1993 29 BIR FL 128 361 56 100 19 4 12 45 4 1 27 85 .277 .329 .452 .781 51.9 7.6
1994 30 BIR FL 27 70 7 16 4 0 0 5 1 2 9 17 .229 .321 .286 .607 7.1 0.4
    AAA   90 334 78 110 14 1 26 64 5 0 45 79 .329 .409 .611 1.020 77.8  
12 Years Sim 1437 4573 598 1273 211 25 154 612 32 15 360 904 .278 .333 .436 .770 651.0 92.9
3 Years AAA 191 776 173 242 40 5 62 161 16 1 84 188 .312 .380 .616 .996 170.6  
2 Years AA 135 521 79 148 22 2 37 97 11 4 54 103 .284 .355 .547 .902 98.0  
5 Years Minors 326 1297 252 390 62 7 99 258 27 5 138 291 .301 .370 .588 .958 268.6  
162 Game Average 515 67 143 23 2 17 68 3 1 40 101 .278 .333 .436 .770 73.4  
Career Highs 154 557 81 163 27 4 28 87 6 3 56 126 .314 .358 .511 .869 84.8  
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   2786 355 775 129 16 92 371 15 9 200 575 .278 .329 .435 .764 385.8
vs LH   1787 243 498 82 9 62 241 17 6 160 329 .279 .339 .439 .778 262.0
Home 704 2171 284 600 94 12 71 265 13 5 164 415 .276 .330 .429 .759 299.6
Away 733 2402 314 673 117 13 83 347 19 10 196 489 .280 .336 .443 .779 348.2
RISP   1135 0 319 40 8 35 439 0 0 123 226 .281 .345 .423 .767 169.0
Pinch Hitting   184 27 61 6 1 6 42 1 0 21 39 .332 .401 .473 .874 33.5
Close/Late   585 75 179 28 4 26 78 0 0 43 133 .306 .357 .501 .858 97.9
Mar/Apr 229 755 108 215 35 4 22 93 6 3 58 143 .285 .335 .429 .764 106.0
May 260 828 103 229 42 4 26 110 6 3 66 159 .277 .332 .431 .763 115.4
June 235 761 93 202 38 7 29 103 7 2 59 175 .265 .323 .448 .771 107.4
July 240 793 97 203 29 4 23 89 7 1 61 150 .256 .311 .390 .700 96.7
August 234 710 95 201 25 2 28 103 4 1 51 142 .283 .334 .442 .776 102.3
Sep/Oct 239 726 102 223 42 4 26 114 2 5 65 135 .307 .364 .483 .848 119.9
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
1983 19 CHI JL SS 76 74 616.7 69 226 4 28 .987 4.31   3.1
    LF 6 2 21.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.2
    RF 2 1 14.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 2.57    
    CF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
1984 20 CHI JL RF 49 42 377.0 88 3 2 0 .978 2.17   1.7
    CF 23 23 192.7 44 0 0 0 1.000 2.06    
    SS 23 17 162.7 20 51 3 6 .959 3.93   0.5
    LF 16 13 121.0 27 1 0 0 1.000 2.08    
1985 21 CHI JL SS 65 61 533.7 90 182 9 34 .968 4.59   2.5
    LF 10 6 63.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.43   0.4
    RF 6 2 28.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
    CF 2 2 17.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.59    
    2B 1 0 3.0 1 1 1 0 .667 6.00   0.0
1986 22 CHI JL SS 40 38 315.0 46 102 4 21 .974 4.23   1.6
    RF 23 18 157.7 43 1 1 0 .978 2.51   0.7
    LF 11 5 52.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.73    
    CF 2 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1987 23 CHI JL SS 104 101 891.3 140 292 15 58 .966 4.36   5.0
    3B 32 23 204.0 10 50 3 7 .952 2.65   0.9
    CF 5 5 45.0 15 1 1 0 .941 3.20   0.2
1988 24 CHI JL SS 25 23 220.4 34 75 3 15 .973 4.45   0.9
    RF 3 2 22.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.64   0.1
    3B 1 1 6.1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.95   0.0
    LF 1 1 5.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 5.4 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.33   0.0
  DM FL SS 97 90 756.2 116 257 11 51 .971 4.44   5.1
    RF 10 10 75.6 14 1 0 0 1.000 1.79   0.1
    3B 3 2 20.9 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.58   0.0
    CF 3 2 18.6 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.42   0.0
    LF 2 2 18.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   SS 122 113 976.6 150 332 14 66 .972 4.44   6.0
      RF 13 12 97.6 18 1 0 0 1.000 1.75   0.2
      3B 4 3 27.0 1 7 0 0 1.000 2.67   0.1
      LF 3 3 24.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
      CF 4 2 24.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.63   0.0
1989 25 PHX JL SS 147 147 1274.3 193 460 21 82 .969 4.61   6.1
    CF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 1 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
    3B 2 0 3.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.92   0.0
1990 26 PHX JL SS 148 147 1298.3 182 434 31 75 .952 4.27   4.6
    3B 1 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
    CF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
1991 27 VAN JL CF 50 50 418.4 111 4 4 1 .966 2.47   1.9
    SS 33 32 272.3 39 99 4 20 .972 4.56   1.6
    RF 3 1 12.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.42   0.0
    LF 1 1 7.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.23   0.0
  BIR FL CF 30 30 272.6 72 3 2 1 .974 2.48   0.8
    SS 21 19 177.4 25 65 3 13 .968 4.57   0.7
    RF 2 0 8.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.17   0.0
    LF 1 0 4.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   CF 80 80 691.0 183 7 6 2 .969 2.47   2.6
      SS 54 51 449.7 64 164 7 33 .970 4.56   2.3
      RF 5 1 21.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.71   0.0
      LF 2 1 12.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 .75   0.0
1992 28 BIR FL SS 87 81 726.3 107 221 12 40 .965 4.06   2.5
    CF 2 0 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90   0.0
    3B 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1993 29 BIR FL SS 68 63 526.7 62 190 10 28 .962 4.31   4.4
    RF 19 14 131.7 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.57   0.3
    LF 12 8 75.0 13 1 1 1 .933 1.68    
    2B 5 5 44.0 11 15 0 2 1.000 5.32   0.2
    3B 4 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13   0.0
1994 30 BIR FL SS 21 20 175.3 31 51 3 8 .965 4.21   0.7
    RF 1 0 3.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    3B 2 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 955 913 7946.6 1154 2705 133 479 .967 4.37   39.4
  CF 123 114 1007.7 258 8 7 2 .974 2.38   2.8
  RF 119 90 831.3 188 6 3 0 .985 2.10   3.0
  LF 62 38 375.0 76 2 1 1 .987 1.87   0.6
  3B 47 26 253.0 13 60 3 7 .961 2.60   1.0
  2B 7 5 48.0 12 16 1 2 .966 5.25   0.2
Career Totals   1313 1186 10461.5 1701 2797 148 491 .968 3.87   47.0
Career Highs   152 147 1309.3 252 462 31 82 .987 4.58    
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
1984 20 CHI JL 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333
1992 28 BIR FL 7 6 3 3 0 0 3 8 0 0 1 1 .500 .500 2.000 2.500
Career Post-Season Batting 10 8 3 3 0 0 3 8 0 0 2 2 .375 .455 1.500 1.955
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  3. Curtis Sublett (943)
  4. Bruce Meathouse (937)
  5. John Minor (936)
  6. Izzy Vaughn (931)
  7. Clem Aberson (927)
  8. Brad Nowell (918)
  9. Charles Mauk (918)
  10. Splinter Donaher (914)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by Chicago in 1981
Injured on 7/3/1981 with a Broken Ankle, out for full season
 
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