Doug Rader
Houston Astros 1967–1975; San Diego Padres 1976–1977; Toronto Blue Jays 1977
Percentile snapshot
1977 season — qualified batters
of 147 qualified 1977 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 47 | 176 | 162 | 24 | 54 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 7 | 31 | 0 | 3 | .333 | .360 | .481 | .841 | 141.9 | 141.8 | .377 | 1.2 |
| 1968 | 98 | 371 | 333 | 42 | 89 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 43 | 31 | 51 | 2 | 2 | .267 | .328 | .393 | .721 | 120.4 | 117.3 | .336 | 2.3 |
| 1969 | 155 | 641 | 569 | 62 | 140 | 25 | 3 | 11 | 83 | 62 | 103 | 1 | 5 | .246 | .325 | .359 | .684 | 94.2 | 93.5 | .319 | 2.0 |
| 1970 | 156 | 644 | 576 | 90 | 145 | 25 | 3 | 25 | 87 | 57 | 102 | 3 | 2 | .252 | .322 | .436 | .758 | 103.8 | 105.3 | .340 | 2.7 |
| 1971 | 135 | 534 | 484 | 51 | 118 | 21 | 4 | 12 | 56 | 40 | 112 | 5 | 1 | .244 | .303 | .378 | .681 | 94.4 | 94.7 | .315 | 1.7 |
| 1972 | 152 | 626 | 553 | 70 | 131 | 24 | 7 | 22 | 90 | 57 | 120 | 5 | 5 | .237 | .309 | .425 | .734 | 106.8 | 109.5 | .331 | 2.9 |
| 1973 | 154 | 632 | 574 | 79 | 146 | 26 | 0 | 21 | 89 | 46 | 97 | 4 | 3 | .254 | .310 | .409 | .719 | 97.2 | 99.0 | .327 | 2.2 |
| 1974 | 152 | 601 | 533 | 61 | 137 | 27 | 3 | 17 | 78 | 60 | 131 | 7 | 2 | .257 | .334 | .415 | .749 | 112.7 | 113.1 | .348 | 3.2 |
| 1975 | 129 | 499 | 448 | 41 | 100 | 23 | 2 | 12 | 48 | 42 | 101 | 5 | 4 | .223 | .296 | .364 | .660 | 87.6 | 88.5 | .310 | 1.1 |
| 1976 | 139 | 540 | 471 | 45 | 121 | 22 | 4 | 9 | 55 | 55 | 102 | 3 | 4 | .257 | .335 | .378 | .712 | 110.6 | 108.8 | .336 | 2.8 |
| 1977 | 148 | 568 | 483 | 66 | 121 | 26 | 5 | 18 | 67 | 71 | 105 | 2 | 2 | .251 | .348 | .437 | .785 | 115.9 | 113.9 | .354 | 2.7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974-07-16 | HOU @ PIT Gameday | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 1968-08-10 | PIT @ HOU Gameday | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 1975-05-25 | WSH @ HOU Gameday | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 1974-06-30 | HOU @ SD Gameday | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 1975-05-14 | HOU @ CHC Gameday | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967-05-30 | HOU @ PIT Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967-07-22 | HOU @ PIT Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967-07-23 | HOU @ PIT Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967-09-29 | HOU @ PIT Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967-09-30 | HOU @ PIT Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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.
Honors
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.