John Vander Wal stats

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Season↓	Team↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	AB↓iAB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.	R↓iR: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.	H↓iH: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.	HR↓iHR: Home runs hit.	RBI↓iRBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.	SB↓iSB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.	AVG↓iAVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
1991	WSH	21	61	4	13	1	8	0	.213
1992	WSH	105	213	21	51	4	20	3	.239
1993	WSH	106	215	34	50	5	30	6	.233
1994	COL	91	110	12	27	5	15	2	.245
1995	COL	105	101	15	35	5	21	1	.347
1996	COL	104	151	20	38	5	31	2	.252
1997	COL	76	92	7	16	1	11	1	.174
1998	SD/COL	109	129	21	36	5	20	0	.279
1999	SD	132	246	26	67	6	41	2	.272
2000	PIT	134	384	74	115	24	94	11	.299
2001	PIT/SF	146	452	58	122	14	70	8	.270
2002	NYY	84	219	30	57	6	20	1	.260
2003	MIL	117	327	50	84	14	45	1	.257
2004	CIN	42	51	2	6	2	4	0	.118

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Expanded

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

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Expanded by season

Season↓	Team↓	PA↓iPA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.	TB↓iTB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.	XBH↓iXBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.	HBP↓iHBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.	IBB↓iIBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.	GIDP↓iGIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.	P/PA↓iP/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
1991	WSH	63	22	6	0	0	2	0
1992	WSH	237	75	14	0	2	2	0
1993	WSH	244	80	16	1	2	4	0
1994	COL	127	47	9	0	0	4	0
1995	COL	118	60	14	0	5	2	0
1996	COL	173	63	13	1	2	1	0
1997	COL	102	21	3	0	0	2	0
1998	SD/COL	152	66	19	0	0	2	0
1999	SD	288	103	24	2	1	5	0
2000	PIT	461	216	53	2	5	7	0
2001	PIT/SF	527	200	46	1	9	10	0
2002	NYY	245	94	24	0	3	7	3.8
2003	MIL	374	153	40	1	3	5	4.2
2004	CIN	55	14	4	0	0	0	4.5

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

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Advanced by season

Season↓	Team↓	WAR↓iWAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.	RC↓iRC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.	RC/27↓iRC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.	ISOP↓iISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.	SECA↓iSECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.	BB/K↓iBB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.	AB/HR↓iAB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.	GO/FO↓iGO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
1991	WSH	-0.2	4.1	2.2	.148	0.2	0.1	61	0
1992	WSH	0.5	25.3	4.2	.113	0.2	0.7	53.3	0
1993	WSH	-1.1	26.4	4.1	.140	0.3	0.9	43	0
1994	COL	0.3	15.6	4.7	.182	0.3	0.5	22	0
1995	COL	0.8	24.4	9.4	.248	0.4	0.7	20.2	0
1996	COL	0.1	22	5	.166	0.3	0.5	30.2	0
1997	COL	-0.9	4.2	1.5	.054	0.2	0.3	92	0
1998	SD/COL	1.1	25.4	7.1	.233	0.4	0.7	25.8	0
1999	SD	0.7	39.4	5.7	.146	0.3	0.6	41	0
2000	PIT	2.9	88.7	8.5	.263	0.5	0.8	16	0
2001	PIT/SF	0.4	73.2	5.6	.173	0.3	0.6	32.3	0
2002	NYY	0.2	29.6	4.6	.169	0.3	0.4	36.5	0
2003	MIL	0.8	53.3	5.8	.211	0.3	0.4	23.4	0
2004	CIN	-0.3	2	1.2	.157	0.2	0.2	25.5	0.6

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR