Cecil Espy
Los Angeles Dodgers 1983; Texas Rangers 1987–1990; Pittsburgh Pirates 1991–1992; Cincinnati Reds 1993
Percentile snapshot
1989 season — qualified batters
of 126 qualified 1989 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .333 | .364 | .697 | 99.4 | 95.3 | .329 | 0.1 |
| 1987 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .111 | -64.9 | -66.7 | .081 | -0.2 |
| 1988 | 123 | 376 | 347 | 46 | 86 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 39 | 20 | 83 | 33 | 10 | .248 | .288 | .349 | .637 | 73.9 | 76.1 | .290 | -0.2 |
| 1989 | 142 | 527 | 475 | 65 | 122 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 38 | 99 | 45 | 20 | .257 | .313 | .331 | .644 | 81.6 | 81.1 | .301 | 0.8 |
| 1990 | 52 | 82 | 71 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 11 | 5 | .127 | .235 | .127 | .361 | 7.8 | 4.2 | .195 | -0.7 |
| 1991 | 43 | 92 | 82 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 0 | .244 | .281 | .329 | .610 | 71.2 | 73.5 | .281 | 0.0 |
| 1992 | 112 | 211 | 194 | 21 | 50 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 40 | 6 | 3 | .258 | .310 | .340 | .650 | 83.2 | 85.0 | .301 | -0.1 |
| 1993 | 40 | 76 | 60 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 2 | .233 | .368 | .267 | .635 | 86.6 | 74.5 | .315 | 0.0 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989-10-01 | TEX @ LAA Gameday | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 1989-06-07 | CWS @ TEX Gameday | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 1989-04-18 | MIL @ TEX Gameday | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1989-06-02 | TEX @ SEA Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 1989-07-13 | TEX @ CLE Gameday | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.