MLB / Players

U. L. Washington

HandednessBats Switch · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 11 in · 175 lb

BornOctober 27, 1953 · Stringtown, OK, USA

MLB debutSeptember 6, 1977

Final gameOctober 4, 1987

Seasons11 (1977–1987)

Kansas City Royals 1977–1984; Montreal Expos 1985; Pittsburgh Pirates 1986–1987

Percentile snapshot

1983 season — qualified batters

144

604

46.2

547

57.7

55.4

129

20.8

16.2

68.5

16.2

RBI

7.7

44.6

90.8

33.8

.236

6.2

OBP

.298

8.5

SLG

.320

6.2

OPS

.618

5.4

wRC+

72.6

6.9

OPS+

70.9

3.1

wOBA

.287

4.6

sWAR

0.8

11.5

of 131 qualified 1983 batters (min 505 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

83.1

13.8

OPS+

81.9

11.6

sWAR

8.4

84.8

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
1977	10	26	20	0	4	1	1	0	1	5	4	1	0	.200	.360	.350	.710	106.3	95.7	.339	0.2
1978	69	142	129	10	34	2	1	0	9	10	20	12	6	.264	.314	.295	.609	72.0	71.5	.289	0.3
1979	101	300	268	32	68	12	5	2	25	20	44	10	7	.254	.299	.358	.658	73.8	76.1	.296	0.4
1980	153	614	549	79	150	16	11	6	53	53	78	20	7	.273	.336	.375	.711	97.6	94.4	.329	2.7
1981	98	384	339	40	77	19	1	2	29	41	43	10	10	.227	.310	.307	.616	83.0	79.8	.295	1.1
1982	119	487	437	64	125	19	3	10	60	38	48	23	7	.286	.338	.412	.750	106.2	105.2	.337	2.6
1983	144	604	547	76	129	19	6	5	41	48	78	40	7	.236	.298	.320	.618	72.6	70.9	.287	0.8
1984	63	189	170	18	38	6	0	1	10	14	31	4	6	.224	.281	.276	.558	55.6	55.5	.262	0.0
1985	68	209	193	24	48	9	4	1	17	15	33	6	3	.249	.301	.352	.654	87.2	87.4	.303	0.5
1986	72	155	135	14	27	0	4	0	10	15	27	6	0	.200	.278	.259	.537	44.6	47.9	.254	-0.2
1987	10	14	10	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	.300	.417	.300	.717	84.6	93.9	.316	0.0

Career totals

907

3,124

2,797

358

703

103

RBI

255

261

409

132

.2513

OBP

.3133

SLG

.3429

OPS

.6562

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	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1979-09-21	KC @ ATH Gameday	5	3	4	0	2	6	0	10
1982-08-06	KC @ BAL Gameday	4	2	3	0	2	2	0	9
1981-05-27	KC @ SEA Gameday	3	2	3	2	1	1	1	8
1982-09-22	KC @ LAA Gameday	4	1	3	1	1	1	0	7
1980-08-01	KC @ CWS Gameday	5	2	4	2	0	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.