Tim
Riener
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 210
 
Born: September 28, 1943 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1975   
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 BRK FL $ 3,790,000 7 6 6 5 5 5 0 0 0 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 5
1974 30 DM FL $ 3,790,000 7 6 6 5 5 5 0 0 0 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 4
1975 31 CAL JL $ 5,000,000 7 6 6 5 5 5 0 0 0 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
1976 32 CAL JL $ 5,000,000 7 6 6 5 5 5 0 0 0 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 4 4
1977 33 CAL JL $ 5,000,000 7 6 6 5 5 5 0 0 0 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 4 4
1978 34 CAL JL $ 5,000,000 6 6 6 5 5 5 0 0 0 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
1979 35 LV FL $ 1,900,000 7 6 6 5 4 5 0 0 0 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 3
1980 36 LV FL $ 1,750,000 7 6 6 5 4 4 0 0 0 4 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 1,750,000 6 6 6 5 4 4 0 0 0 4 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 5,000,000 7 6 6 5 5 5 0 0 0 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 5 5
                                             
  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 CAL JL $ 2,000,000   12 12 13 8 7 8 9 8 8 7 7 7 8 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 2,000,000   12 12 13 8 7 8 9 8 8 7 7 7 8 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,000,000   12 12 13 8 7 8 9 8 8 7 7 7 8 9 9
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 BRK FL 154 579 91 185 24 0 20 71 8 1 45 120 .320 .369 .465 .833 93.2 17.2
1974 30 BRK FL 78 288 23 70 10 0 6 29 2 1 24 43 .243 .302 .340 .642 28.4 2.9
  DM FL 78 305 29 73 11 0 3 37 2 1 18 40 .239 .284 .305 .589 24.4 1.0
  TOT   156 593 52 143 21 0 9 66 4 2 42 83 .241 .293 .322 .615 52.8 3.8
1975 31 DM FL 54 210 27 57 10 0 8 27 1 0 10 29 .271 .311 .433 .744 26.7 3.7
  CAL JL 102 373 41 97 19 0 6 26 3 1 26 52 .260 .314 .359 .674 40.1 5.4
  TOT   156 583 68 154 29 0 14 53 4 1 36 81 .264 .313 .386 .699 66.8 9.1
1976 32 CAL JL 155 597 50 156 23 2 17 69 4 0 35 108 .261 .304 .392 .696 69.7 14.2
1977 33 CAL JL 151 607 83 172 28 2 16 74 2 2 28 100 .283 .319 .415 .734 74.8 13.9
1978 34 CAL JL 146 561 59 156 20 3 12 63 5 1 30 109 .278 .316 .389 .705 64.6 9.5
1979 35 LV FL 108 197 27 67 9 1 8 38 0 1 8 32 .340 .369 .518 .887 31.9 8.5
1980 36 LV FL 125 304 41 89 7 0 10 38 2 0 22 49 .293 .343 .414 .758 41.9 6.0
1981 37 CAL JL 112 275 28 91 11 0 4 39 0 0 24 56 .331 .384 .415 .799 41.3 7.2
1982 38 AAA   89 366 64 121 13 0 15 68 2 1 44 73 .331 .402 .489 .892 68.9  
9 Years Sim 1263 4296 499 1213 172 8 110 511 29 8 270 738 .282 .327 .403 .730 537.1 89.4
1 Years AAA 89 366 64 121 13 0 15 68 2 1 44 73 .331 .403 .489 .892 68.9  
162 Game Average 551 64 155 22 1 14 65 3 1 34 94 .282 .327 .403 .730 68.9  
Career Highs 156 607 91 185 29 3 20 74 8 2 45 120 .340 .384 .518 .887 93.2  
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   2695 309 748 114 5 61 315 21 6 160 491 .278 .321 .391 .712 328.5
vs LH   1601 190 465 58 3 49 196 8 2 110 247 .290 .338 .422 .760 222.1
Home 625 2101 244 624 84 3 59 255 8 4 138 357 .297 .343 .424 .767 292.8
Away 638 2195 255 589 88 5 51 256 21 4 132 381 .268 .312 .383 .695 257.7
RISP   981 0 293 36 2 21 385 0 0 77 165 .299 .346 .404 .750 135.4
Pinch Hitting   213 20 49 5 0 7 38 0 0 16 43 .230 .289 .352 .641 21.9
Close/Late   557 50 162 25 1 18 75 0 0 45 100 .291 .347 .436 .783 81.3
Mar/Apr 212 704 77 196 30 0 15 86 5 0 48 125 .278 .327 .385 .712 87.2
May 219 778 96 202 28 0 18 86 8 2 56 138 .260 .311 .365 .676 88.6
June 212 731 84 205 25 3 21 83 7 1 42 136 .280 .323 .409 .732 94.1
July 212 707 75 195 30 3 20 92 3 2 38 109 .276 .317 .412 .728 88.2
August 208 708 84 211 26 1 19 92 1 2 54 120 .298 .346 .418 .764 99.8
Sep/Oct 200 668 83 204 33 1 17 72 5 1 32 110 .305 .342 .434 .776 92.7
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
1973 29 BRK FL 2B 151 141 1265.7 255 428 18 97 .974 4.86   2.8
1974 30 BRK FL 2B 77 74 642.5 134 210 6 46 .983 4.82   1.9
  DM FL 2B 77 74 666.9 139 217 7 47 .981 4.80   1.6
  TOT   2B 154 148 1309.4 273 427 13 93 .982 4.81   3.5
1975 31 DM FL 2B 53 48 442.2 85 158 2 32 .992 4.95   1.6
  CAL JL 2B 99 90 803.1 154 287 5 57 .989 4.94   4.9
  TOT   2B 152 138 1245.3 239 445 7 89 .990 4.94   6.5
1976 32 CAL JL 2B 154 147 1289.0 242 419 8 69 .988 4.62   10.5
1977 33 CAL JL 2B 148 141 1238.0 268 388 11 92 .984 4.77   4.5
1978 34 CAL JL 2B 145 134 1212.3 237 372 5 73 .992 4.52   5.8
1979 35 LV FL 2B 32 30 244.7 57 79 1 19 .993 5.00   1.3
    3B 1 1 9.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00   0.1
    1B 1 0 5.0 3 0 0 1 1.000 5.40   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1980 36 LV FL 2B 64 52 414.7 95 178 5 39 .982 5.93   2.7
    SS 16 15 135.7 14 53 3 7 .957 4.44   0.4
    CF 1 0 8.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.12   0.0
    1B 1 1 8.0 11 2 0 0 1.000 14.63   0.0
1981 37 CAL JL 2B 85 59 561.7 120 206 3 39 .991 5.22   3.4
    SS 16 0 39.7 3 12 1 3 .938 3.40   0.2
  2B 1085 990 8780.7 1786 2942 71 610 .985 4.85   41.0
  SS 32 15 175.3 17 65 4 10 .953 4.21   0.6
  1B 2 1 13.0 14 2 0 1 1.000 11.08   0.0
  3B 1 1 9.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00   0.1
  CF 1 0 8.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.12   0.0
  RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1122 1007 8987.7 1821 3012 75 621 .985 4.84   41.7
Career Highs   154 148 1309.4 273 445 18 97 .993 5.65    
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 32 CAL JL 16 66 6 20 3 0 1 8 1 0 3 15 .303 .333 .394 .727
1981 37 CAL JL 3 9 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .111 .200 .222 .422
Career Post-Season Batting 19 75 6 21 4 0 1 9 1 0 3 17 .280 .316 .373 .690
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
1973-9-.320
Games
1974-7-156
At-Bats
1974-4-593
1976-7-597
1977-5-607
Hits
1977-9-172
Singles
1973-8-141
1974-9-113
1977-10-126
 
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 11    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  4. Samuel Sanchez (916)
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  6. Jonathan Richman (904)
  7. Woody Stairs (903)
  8. Carl Tawk (895)
  9. Lance Thelen (893)
  10. Rod Givens (892)
History
Drafted in 7th round, 154th overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1973
Had first career hit on 4/1/1973, off Vernon Simpson (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 5/13/1973, off Freddie Green (NO)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Des Moines on 7/20/1973
Traded from Brooklyn to Des Moines on 7/1/1974 (Going to BRK: P G. Bowerman, 1B B. Bickerstaf. Going to DM: 2B T. Riener, CF C. Baldwin)
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Birmingham on 9/19/1974
Traded from Des Moines to California on 6/1/1975 (Going to CAL: 2B T. Riener. Going to DM: 2B R. Gonzalvo)
Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game
Injured on 8/8/1977 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Las Vegas on 2/11/1979 to a 1-year deal worth $1,900,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by California on 2/25/1981 to a 1-year deal worth $2,000,000 per year