Jamie Quirk stats
Bio
- Age
- 72 yearsOct 22, 1954
- Height
- 6' 4"
Jamie Quirk played 18 MLB seasons, 1975 to 1992.
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 984
- AB
- 2,266
- R
- 193
- H
- 544
- HR
- 43
- RBI
- 247
- SB
- 5
- AVG
- .240
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | KC | 14 | 39 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .256 |
| 1976 | KC | 64 | 114 | 11 | 28 | 1 | 15 | 0 | .246 |
| 1977 | MIL | 93 | 221 | 16 | 48 | 3 | 13 | 0 | .217 |
| 1978 | KC | 17 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .207 |
| 1979 | KC | 51 | 79 | 8 | 24 | 1 | 11 | 0 | .304 |
| 1980 | KC | 62 | 163 | 13 | 45 | 5 | 21 | 3 | .276 |
| 1981 | KC | 46 | 100 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 10 | 0 | .250 |
| 1982 | KC | 36 | 78 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .231 |
| 1983 | STL | 48 | 86 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 11 | 0 | .209 |
| 1984 |  CHW/CLE | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 |
| 1985 | KC | 19 | 57 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .281 |
| 1986 | KC | 80 | 219 | 24 | 47 | 8 | 26 | 0 | .215 |
| 1987 | KC | 109 | 296 | 24 | 70 | 5 | 33 | 1 | .236 |
| 1988 | KC | 84 | 196 | 22 | 47 | 8 | 25 | 1 | .240 |
| 1989 |  BAL/NYY/ATH | 47 | 85 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 0 | .176 |
| 1990 | ATH | 56 | 121 | 12 | 34 | 3 | 26 | 0 | .281 |
| 1991 | ATH | 76 | 203 | 16 | 53 | 1 | 17 | 0 | .261 |
| 1992 | ATH | 78 | 177 | 13 | 39 | 2 | 11 | 0 | .220 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 8
- AB
- 13
- R
- 1
- H
- 2
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 2
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .154
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 2,507
- TB
- 787
- XBH
- 150
- HBP
- 18
- IBB
- 17
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | KC | 41 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | KC | 119 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | MIL | 233 | 73 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | KC | 34 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | KC | 85 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | KC | 177 | 65 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | KC | 107 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | KC | 82 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | STL | 93 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | CHW/CLE | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | KC | 59 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | KC | 238 | 81 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | KC | 334 | 102 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | KC | 232 | 80 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | BAL/NYY/ATH | 99 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | ATH | 144 | 50 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | ATH | 224 | 60 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | ATH | 202 | 54 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- -0.1
- RC
- 244.9
- RC/27
- 3.70
- ISOP
- .107
- SECA
- .180
- BB/K
- 0.41
- AB/HR
- 52.7
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | KC | -0.3 | 3.9 | 3.6 | .077 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 39 | 0 |
| 1976 | KC | -0.4 | 9.4 | 2.9 | .079 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 114 | 0 |
| 1977 | MIL | -1.6 | 17.8 | 2.7 | .113 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 73.7 | 0 |
| 1978 | KC | -0.1 | 3 | 3.6 | .069 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | KC | 0.6 | 12.6 | 6.2 | .139 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 79 | 0 |
| 1980 | KC | 0.3 | 20.6 | 4.4 | .123 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 32.6 | 0 |
| 1981 | KC | -0.2 | 9.2 | 3.2 | .070 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | KC | -0.1 | 6.1 | 2.7 | .077 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 78 | 0 |
| 1983 | STL | -0.5 | 7.6 | 3 | .116 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 43 | 0 |
| 1984 | CHW/CLE | 0.0 | 1.2 | 11.2 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | KC | 0.2 | 6.5 | 4.3 | .088 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | KC | 0.6 | 22.7 | 3.5 | .155 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 27.4 | 0 |
| 1987 | KC | -0.3 | 34.4 | 4 | .108 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 59.2 | 0 |
| 1988 | KC | 0.8 | 27.7 | 4.6 | .168 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 24.5 | 0 |
| 1989 | BAL/NYY/ATH | -0.3 | 5.4 | 2 | .059 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 85 | 0 |
| 1990 | ATH | 0.8 | 19.3 | 5.5 | .132 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 40.3 | 0 |
| 1991 | ATH | 0.2 | 19.9 | 3.4 | .034 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 203 | 0 |
| 1992 | ATH | 0.2 | 17.4 | 3.3 | .085 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 88.5 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO
Bio
- Age
- 72 yearsOct 22, 1954
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 1975
- Birthplace
- Whittier, United States
- College
- Whittier
What were Jamie Quirk's career stats?
Jamie Quirk played 18 seasons for the Royals, the Brewers, the Cardinals and the Athletics. He was a career .240 hitter with 544 hits, 43 home runs and 247 RBI. His best season was 1984: a .333 batting average, 1 home run and 2 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
18 seasons, 4 postseasons, 1975 to 1992
Championships ×2
- 1985 World Series with the Kansas City Royals
- 1989 World Series with the Athletics
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