Kewpie
Medlinger
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 175
 
Born: December 25, 1959 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1987    1989   
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
1978 18 OMA JL   0 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2
1979 19 OMA JL   1 2 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3
1980 20 OMA JL   2 3 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings   2 3 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
                                             
  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 21 OMA JL     12 12 11 7 8 8 10 11 11 5 6 6 15 15 15
1982 22 OMA JL $ 300,000   16 16 15 11 11 11 12 12 12 8 9 9 18 18 18
1983 23 OMA JL $ 300,000   17 17 16 15 15 15 13 14 13 9 10 10 19 19 19
1984 24 OMA JL $ 300,000   18 18 17 15 15 15 13 13 13 10 11 11 19 19 19
1985 25 OMA JL $ 2,750,000   17 17 17 15 15 15 13 14 13 10 11 10 19 19 19
1986 26 OMA JL $ 3,021,429   17 17 17 15 15 15 14 14 14 10 11 10 19 19 19
1987 27 OMA JL $ 3,021,429   17 17 16 15 15 15 14 14 14 10 10 10 19 19 19
1988 28 OMA JL $ 9,500,000   16 16 15 17 17 17 14 14 14 12 13 12 20 20 20
1989 29 OMA JL $ 9,500,000   15 15 14 17 17 17 14 14 14 12 13 12 20 20 20
1990 30 HAK FL $ 9,500,000   15 15 15 18 18 18 14 14 14 12 13 13 20 20 20
1991 31 MAD JL $ 5,000,000   15 15 15 18 18 18 15 15 15 12 13 13 20 20 20
1992 32 MAD JL $ 5,000,000   15 15 15 17 17 17 14 14 14 13 13 13 19 19 19
1993 33 MAD JL $ 5,000,000   15 15 14 17 17 17 13 13 13 12 13 12 18 18 18
1994 34 MAD JL $ 5,000,000   14 14 13 16 16 16 13 13 13 11 11 11 18 18 18
OOTP6 Min Ratings     12 12 11 7 8 8 10 11 11 5 6 6 15 15 15
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,500,000   18 18 17 18 18 18 15 15 15 13 13 13 20 20 20
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
1978 18 A   134 527 80 140 24 2 13 53 17 8 48 116 .266 .327 .393 .720 68.2  
1979 19 A   138 514 67 140 21 2 12 73 13 6 33 118 .272 .316 .391 .707 62.7  
1980 20 A   137 529 102 178 32 3 16 92 17 11 38 94 .336 .381 .499 .880 91.5  
1981 21 AAA   73 311 65 96 15 0 11 44 10 6 24 44 .309 .358 .463 .821 49.0  
    AA   65 256 38 71 11 3 8 40 7 5 31 33 .277 .355 .438 .793 39.5  
1982 22 OMA JL 130 411 54 122 22 5 4 47 9 11 18 42 .297 .333 .404 .737 52.4 6.5
1983 23 OMA JL 153 572 84 180 44 8 15 84 13 15 37 38 .315 .361 .498 .859 93.2 17.9
1984 24 OMA JL 160 569 81 163 21 10 22 89 9 18 46 41 .286 .346 .475 .820 86.5 14.2
1985 25 OMA JL 155 546 87 165 35 5 21 86 14 12 46 29 .302 .363 .500 .863 92.2 17.0
1986 26 OMA JL 156 566 92 158 29 4 29 110 16 14 59 24 .279 .353 .498 .851 96.9 14.3
1987 27 OMA JL 156 605 106 185 37 1 29 112 24 18 66 22 .306 .379 .514 .893 112.9 19.0
1988 28 OMA JL 149 554 83 143 18 10 21 77 9 13 46 22 .258 .316 .440 .757 70.6 7.5
1989 29 OMA JL 158 597 91 161 37 9 28 105 8 13 63 15 .270 .345 .503 .847 98.8 17.9
1990 30 OMA JL 117 399 64 111 23 8 17 75 4 6 35 8 .278 .339 .504 .842 64.8 10.6
  HAK FL 35 130 20 38 4 1 5 19 1 2 8 0 .292 .336 .454 .790 18.7 2.9
  TOT   152 529 84 149 27 9 22 94 5 8 43 8 .282 .338 .491 .829 83.6 13.5
1991 31 HAK FL 85 290 42 68 15 2 12 46 1 1 23 2 .234 .298 .424 .722 38.7 3.9
  MAD JL 51 153 27 42 7 2 8 28 1 0 22 6 .275 .369 .503 .872 29.4 6.0
  TOT   136 443 69 110 22 4 20 74 2 1 45 8 .248 .323 .451 .775 68.1 9.8
1992 32 MAD JL 155 544 77 144 27 4 22 100 1 0 61 24 .265 .338 .450 .788 84.8 13.8
1993 33 MAD JL 79 278 59 88 22 3 14 50 0 0 33 7 .317 .402 .568 .970 56.9 11.8
1994 34 MAD JL 118 423 64 128 23 6 22 74 1 0 34 30 .303 .355 .541 .896 75.6 12.9
13 Years Sim 1857 6637 1031 1896 364 78 269 1102 111 123 597 310 .286 .349 .486 .835 1072.5 176.0
1 Years AAA 73 311 65 96 15 0 11 44 10 6 24 44 .309 .365 .463 .829 49.0  
1 Years AA 65 256 38 71 11 3 8 40 7 5 31 33 .277 .360 .438 .797 39.5  
3 Years A 409 1570 249 458 77 7 41 218 47 25 119 328 .292 .347 .428 .775 222.4  
5 Years Minors 547 2137 352 625 103 10 60 302 64 36 174 405 .292 .351 .434 .786 311.0  
162 Game Average 578 89 165 31 6 23 96 9 10 52 27 .286 .349 .486 .835 93.6  
Career Highs 160 605 106 185 44 10 29 112 24 18 66 42 .317 .402 .568 .970 112.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4758 777 1427 256 58 207 810 83 85 452 207 .300 .364 .509 .872 817.4
vs LH   1879 254 469 108 20 62 292 28 38 145 103 .250 .312 .427 .739 234.2
Home 905 3188 484 928 183 43 139 537 51 57 262 148 .291 .350 .506 .856 521.2
Away 952 3449 547 968 181 35 130 565 60 66 335 162 .281 .349 .467 .815 530.3
RISP   1737 0 524 105 24 73 806 0 0 193 75 .302 .366 .516 .882 315.9
Pinch Hitting   137 14 39 7 1 4 25 3 1 12 10 .285 .346 .438 .784 20.2
Close/Late   760 115 185 30 9 34 120 0 0 102 48 .243 .335 .441 .776 115.4
Mar/Apr 301 1069 137 271 51 2 43 147 19 17 98 54 .254 .323 .426 .749 142.9
May 296 1016 158 303 53 21 41 164 11 21 79 42 .298 .352 .513 .865 166.7
June 279 1004 171 301 50 17 44 199 22 17 88 51 .300 .360 .515 .875 173.0
July 305 1123 180 321 69 12 48 193 16 27 105 56 .286 .355 .497 .852 180.2
August 328 1150 175 339 79 12 35 182 18 20 117 49 .295 .363 .476 .839 185.0
Sep/Oct 348 1275 210 361 62 14 58 217 25 21 110 58 .283 .342 .490 .832 203.7
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
1982 22 OMA JL SS 98 81 754.0 94 260 14 44 .962 4.23   4.9
    1B 9 7 62.0 76 3 1 4 .988 11.47   0.2
    3B 9 5 51.7 2 18 1 2 .952 3.48   0.5
    2B 6 3 33.7 5 11 0 2 1.000 4.28   0.1
    LF 2 1 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
1983 23 OMA JL 3B 80 79 693.3 47 164 7 15 .968 2.74   2.8
    SS 66 65 584.3 93 211 8 45 .974 4.68   3.8
    LF 2 0 4.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.16   0.0
1984 24 OMA JL SS 147 142 1284.3 174 450 27 97 .959 4.37   9.1
    LF 6 0 10.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.61   0.0
    2B 2 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1985 25 OMA JL SS 100 99 885.7 129 323 18 55 .962 4.59   2.8
    3B 45 44 381.0 27 115 1 8 .993 3.35   2.0
    LF 7 0 14.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1986 26 OMA JL SS 103 99 870.3 136 307 17 66 .963 4.58   4.1
    3B 29 29 256.0 28 75 4 6 .963 3.62   1.4
    2B 19 19 165.3 29 58 3 12 .967 4.74   0.7
    LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1987 27 OMA JL SS 152 148 1317.3 206 472 23 97 .967 4.63   8.1
    LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    2B 2 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1988 28 OMA JL SS 134 132 1155.7 152 396 17 69 .970 4.27   2.1
    LF 8 8 74.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.09   0.1
    3B 3 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    2B 2 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1989 29 OMA JL SS 154 154 1367.3 195 452 26 80 .961 4.26   5.5
    LF 1 1 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    3B 1 0 8.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 .500 9.00   0.0
1990 30 OMA JL 2B 53 45 406.9 102 139 3 30 .988 5.33   1.5
    SS 41 40 361.4 61 115 6 12 .967 4.38   0.6
    1B 16 15 129.6 143 11 1 16 .994 10.69   0.2
    3B 2 1 9.1 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.98   0.0
    LF 2 0 1.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  HAK FL 2B 16 14 129.8 33 45 1 9 .987 5.41   0.5
    SS 12 12 115.3 19 37 2 4 .966 4.37   0.6
    1B 5 4 41.4 46 4 0 5 1.000 10.87   0.1
    3B 0 0 2.9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   2B 69 59 536.7 135 184 4 39 .988 5.35   2.0
      SS 53 52 476.7 80 152 8 16 .967 4.38   1.3
      1B 21 19 171.0 189 15 1 21 .995 10.74   0.3
      3B 2 1 12.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
      LF 3 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1991 31 HAK FL 2B 46 42 385.8 82 142 7 32 .970 5.23   1.3
    3B 25 25 232.7 18 44 2 3 .969 2.40   0.7
    LF 4 1 10.9 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.48   0.0
    SS 1 1 7.1 1 3 0 0 1.000 5.07   0.0
    1B 2 1 7.1 6 1 0 1 1.000 8.87   0.0
  MAD JL 2B 28 25 214.9 45 79 4 18 .969 5.19   1.8
    3B 15 15 129.6 10 25 1 1 .972 2.43   0.5
    LF 2 0 6.1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.48   0.0
    1B 1 0 3.9 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.92   0.0
    SS 1 0 3.9 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.62   0.0
  TOT   2B 74 67 600.7 127 221 11 50 .969 5.21   3.0
      3B 40 40 362.3 28 69 3 4 .970 2.41   1.2
      LF 6 1 17.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12   0.0
      SS 2 1 11.0 1 5 0 0 1.000 4.91   0.1
      1B 3 1 11.0 9 1 0 1 1.000 8.18   0.0
1992 32 MAD JL SS 144 142 1232.7 169 338 13 67 .975 3.70   7.1
    2B 4 0 10.7 1 3 1 0 .800 3.38   0.0
    LF 3 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1993 33 MAD JL SS 67 66 554.0 74 207 14 40 .953 4.56   1.7
    2B 8 5 54.0 12 17 0 6 1.000 4.83   0.2
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1994 34 MAD JL 3B 108 108 917.7 64 211 7 16 .975 2.70   3.1
    LF 4 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13   0.0
    2B 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
  SS 1220 1181 10493.3 1503 3573 185 676 .965 4.35   50.6
  3B 320 306 2692.0 197 659 23 51 .974 2.86   11.1
  2B 189 153 1414.1 311 497 20 109 .976 5.14   6.1
  1B 38 27 254.0 283 20 2 26 .993 10.74   0.5
  LF 46 11 156.0 25 0 0 0 1.000 1.44   0.3
Career Totals   1813 1678 15009.3 2319 4749 230 862 .968 4.24   68.6
Career Highs   157 155 1384.3 404 473 27 97 .983 5.69    
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
1982 22 OMA JL 5 22 3 8 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 1 .364 .364 .636 1.000
1983 23 OMA JL 4 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .071 .188 .071 .259
1984 24 OMA JL 5 21 4 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .286 .318 .333 .652
1985 25 OMA JL 3 12 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .167 .167 .250 .417
1987 27 OMA JL 3 13 2 5 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 .385 .429 .615 1.044
1989 29 OMA JL 12 45 1 5 0 0 1 3 1 1 4 4 .111 .184 .178 .361
1991 31 MAD JL 5 16 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 .250 .278 .313 .590
Career Post-Season Batting 37 143 13 31 3 0 4 16 3 2 9 8 .217 .261 .322 .583
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-.315
Slugging Pct
1983-10-.498
OPS
1983-9-.859
XR
CAR-36-1072.5
Games
1984-1-160
1989-4-158
1992-8-155
CAR-44-1857
At-Bats
1987-9-605
1989-10-597
CAR-36-6637
Runs
CAR-40-1031
Hits
1983-8-180
1987-10-185
CAR-39-1896
Total Bases
1983-9-285
CAR-33-3223
Doubles
1983-5-44
1987-8-37
Triples
1984-9-10
Homeruns
CAR-45-269
RBIs
1989-9-105
CAR-30-1102
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 46    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  1. Karl Samuels (901)
  2. Leroy Jeffcoat (887)
  3. Donnie Rotten (861)
  4. Xavier Jonah (857)
  5. Sam Hell (855)
  6. Gabriel Steel (846)
  7. Robert Roten (845)
  8. Theo Reckley (840)
  9. Oswaldo Gaona (838)
  10. Mitchell Page (829)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 25th overall pick, by Omaha in 1978
Injured on 6/4/1978 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 5/11/1979 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 4 days