Rudy Law
Los Angeles Dodgers 1978; Los Angeles Dodgers 1980; Chicago White Sox 1982–1985; Kansas City Royals 1986
Percentile snapshot
1984 season — qualified batters
of 120 qualified 1984 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .250 | .308 | .250 | .558 | 62.3 | 59.2 | .274 | 0.0 |
| 1980 | 128 | 418 | 388 | 55 | 101 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 23 | 27 | 40 | 13 | .260 | .306 | .302 | .608 | 73.4 | 72.6 | .288 | 0.2 |
| 1982 | 121 | 363 | 336 | 55 | 107 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 32 | 23 | 41 | 36 | 10 | .318 | .361 | .438 | .799 | 122.4 | 119.5 | .360 | 2.3 |
| 1983 | 141 | 551 | 501 | 95 | 142 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 42 | 36 | 77 | 12 | .283 | .340 | .369 | .709 | 95.9 | 93.9 | .325 | 1.8 |
| 1984 | 136 | 534 | 487 | 68 | 122 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 37 | 39 | 42 | 29 | 17 | .251 | .309 | .345 | .654 | 76.8 | 78.9 | .297 | 0.5 |
| 1985 | 125 | 427 | 390 | 62 | 101 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 27 | 40 | 29 | 6 | .259 | .311 | .374 | .686 | 85.8 | 84.9 | .310 | 0.2 |
| 1986 | 87 | 341 | 307 | 42 | 80 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 29 | 22 | 14 | 6 | .261 | .327 | .388 | .715 | 95.8 | 93.8 | .324 | 0.5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983-09-06 | ATH @ CWS Gameday | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 1980-04-15 | LAD @ SD Gameday | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1982-08-04 | CWS @ NYY Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 1986-05-24 | CWS @ KC Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 1984-06-04 | LAA @ CWS Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
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.