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| Player Report for #83 George Bjorkman | | Tuesday, October 22nd, 1991 | 
| AB | 381 | | HR | 5 | | RBI | 41 | | AVG | .186 | | OPS | .547 |
| | Name: | George Bjorkman | Contract: | Major League Contract | | Nickname: | | Salary: | $337,500 | | Birthday: | 08-26-1956 | Signed Through: | 1991 Season | | Age: | 35 | Years of Major League Service: | 6 Years, 26 Days | | Born in: | Ontario (California) | Major League Service Days this Year: | 185 Days | | Nationality: | American | | | | Height: | 6' 2" | Years on 40-Man Roster: | 5 Years, 171 Days | | Weight: | 182 lbs | Years of Pro Service: | 9 Years | | | | Arbitration Eligibility: | Not eligible, free agent after contract expires! | | Position: | C | Minor League Option Years: | Out of option years | | Bats: | Right | | | | Throws: | Right | Contract Extension | - | | Status: | Completely Rested | Drafted | 1982, 22nd Pick in Round 3 | | Morale: | Angry | Local Popularity (National) | Unknown (Unknown) |
| | | Batting Ratings (OSA) | | Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's | | | Overall | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | | | Versus LHP | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | | | Versus RHP | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | | | Talent | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | |
| Running & Bunting Ratings | | | Fielding Ratings | | Running Speed: | 1 | | Catcher 7 (Arm: 6) | | Stealing Ability: | 1 | | First Base 1 | | Baserunning Instincts: | 2 | | | | Sacrifice Bunt: | 9 | | | | Bunt for Hit: | 2 | | | | Hitter Type: | Normal | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Game Log, Last 10 Games | | Date | Opponent | Result | AB | R | H | BI | HR | BB | K | SB | | | | | | | | | | | 09-28-1991 | @ PHI | Loss, 7-10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-27-1991 | PHI | Loss, 2-3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-25-1991 | @ PIT | Loss, 3-8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-24-1991 | @ PIT | Loss, 2-6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-20-1991 | @ SFN | Win, 5-1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-18-1991 | @ PIT | Loss, 3-5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-15-1991 | STL | Loss, 2-4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-13-1991 | ATL | Win, 6-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-12-1991 | ATL | Loss, 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-11-1991 | @ PHI | Win, 5-3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | Major League Baseball 1991 Batting Stats | | Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO | VORP | | Overall | 127 | 381 | 71 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 41 | 29 | 40 | 65 | .186 | .264 | .283 | .547 | .458 | .097 | -11.2 | | Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 | | | | Overall | 116 | 425 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 108 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 27.6 | 2.27 | | | | Batting | | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | | Versus Left | | 138 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .145 | .222 | .239 | .461 | | Versus Right | | 243 | 51 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 22 | 26 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .210 | .287 | .309 | .595 | | Batting | | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | | April | | 72 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .181 | .211 | .319 | .530 | | May | | 33 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .342 | .333 | .675 | | June | | 70 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .282 | .357 | .639 | | July | | 78 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .103 | .186 | .103 | .289 | | August | | 72 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .208 | .321 | .361 | .683 | | September | | 56 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .196 | .286 | .268 | .554 | | Spring Training | | 51 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .216 | .328 | .412 | .740 | | Last Year | | 333 | 59 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 25 | 23 | 32 | 58 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .177 | .251 | .291 | .543 | | Career | | 2413 | 523 | 160 | 8 | 46 | 284 | 270 | 224 | 394 | 24 | 20 | 17 | .217 | .285 | .347 | .632 | | Home | | 189 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .185 | .244 | .291 | .535 | | Road | | 192 | 36 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 25 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .188 | .282 | .276 | .558 | | Grass | | 266 | 50 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 23 | 24 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .253 | .289 | .543 | | Turf | | 115 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .183 | .286 | .270 | .555 | | Day | | 151 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .146 | .218 | .245 | .463 | | Night | | 230 | 49 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 26 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .213 | .292 | .309 | .601 | | Pinch Hitting | | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | | Close/Late | | 85 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .165 | .211 | .224 | .435 | | Inning 1-3 | | 113 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .124 | .187 | .195 | .382 | | Inning 4-6 | | 133 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 23 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .211 | .327 | .338 | .665 | | Inning 7-9 | | 132 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .220 | .264 | .311 | .575 | | Extra Innings | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | | 0 Outs | | 147 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .190 | .245 | .340 | .585 | | 1 Outs | | 127 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .205 | .270 | .283 | .553 | | 2 Outs | | 107 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .159 | .280 | .206 | .486 | | Scoring Position | | 99 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .202 | .299 | .364 | .663 | | Bases Empty | | 212 | 39 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .184 | .254 | .264 | .518 | | Runner on 1st | | 70 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .171 | .237 | .229 | .465 | | Runner on 2nd | | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .133 | .257 | .267 | .524 | | Runner on 3rd | | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .231 | .182 | .413 | | Runner on 1st & 2nd | | 22 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .385 | .500 | .885 | | Runner on 1st & 3rd | | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .278 | .438 | .715 | | Runner on 2nd & 3rd | | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .250 | .083 | .333 | | Bases Loaded | | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .375 | .444 | .875 | 1.319 | | Two Strikes | | 176 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 25 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .148 | .254 | .256 | .509 | | First Pitch | | 53 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .208 | .214 | .302 | .516 | | Count 0-1 | | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .172 | .172 | .172 | .345 | | Count 0-2 | | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .034 | .034 | .034 | .069 | | Count 1-0 | | 39 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .256 | .256 | .333 | .590 | | Count 1-1 | | 40 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .225 | .220 | .400 | .620 | | Count 1-2 | | 59 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .203 | .203 | .390 | .593 | | Count 2-0 | | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .214 | .357 | | Count 2-1 | | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .250 | .450 | | Count 2-2 | | 46 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .109 | .109 | .196 | .304 | | Count 3-0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1.000 | .000 | 1.000 | | Count 3-1 | | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .647 | .500 | 1.147 | | Full Count | | 42 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .190 | .493 | .286 | .778 | | Behind in Count | | 117 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .248 | .402 | | Ahead in Count | | 83 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .241 | .357 | .313 | .670 |
| | Career Minor League Batting Stats | | | Career Postseason Batting Stats | | Year/Team/League | Age | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | VORP | | 1982 New York - MLB | 25 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .750 | .750 | 2.000 | 2.750 | 0.0 | | Total MLB | | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .750 | .750 | 2.000 | 2.750 | 0.0 |
| | Player History | | 06-15-1982 | Drafted in the 1982 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 22, 74th overall Pick) by the New York Yankees. | | 11-22-1982 | Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $300,000 through automatic renewal. | | 01-01-1983 | SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 3 (3); Eye: 6 (6). | | 01-01-1984 | SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 4 (4); Power: 5 (5); Eye: 7 (9). | | 09-04-1985 | Signed a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $1,200,000 with the Kansas City Royals organization. | | 01-01-1986 | SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 3 (3); Power: 6 (7); Eye: 4 (4). | | 01-01-1987 | SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 4 (4); Power: 4 (4); Eye: 7 (8). | | 11-13-1987 | Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $807,300 through arbitration. | | 01-01-1988 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 3 (3); Power: 4 (4); Eye: 5 (5). | | 11-18-1988 | Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $645,840 through arbitration. | | 01-01-1989 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 4 (4); Power: 4 (4); Eye: 5 (5). | | 07-16-1989 | Released by the Kansas City organization. | | 01-01-1990 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 3 (4); Power: 4 (4); Eye: 5 (6). | | 07-16-1990 | Injured (bruised wrist), day-to-day for 6 days. | | 07-31-1990 | Was traded by the San Diego Padres to the St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for $6,000,000. | | 08-12-1990 | Injured (flu), day-to-day for 2 weeks. | | 08-30-1990 | Released by the St. Louis Cardinals. | | 11-19-1990 | Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $337,500 through arbitration. | | 01-01-1991 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 3 (4); Power: 4 (4); Eye: 5 (5). | |
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