#35 B.j. Surhoff, Catcher, 30 yrs, Ford Explosion - Out of the Park Baseball Report

#35 B.j. Surhoff, Catcher, 30 yrs, Ford Explosion
Thursday, 10/13/1994

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B.j. Surhoff

8/4/1964
30
USA,NY,BRONX
6"1
200

Catcher
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Average
Average
Some ability
3 / 6 (Well Known)
3 / 6 (Well Known)
Good
Suffers
Normal
2.5 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 4,000,000
1996
7 Year(s), 91 Days (1295 total Days)
172 Day(s)
7 Year(s), 91 Days (1295 total Days)
7 Year(s)
Not eligible
3 Option Year(s) left

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	7	7	6	4	6
Versus LHP	6	7	6	4	6
Versus RHP	7	7	6	4	6
Talent	7	7	6	4	5

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3
4
6
3
1
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Fielding Ratings
C : 4 (Range), .977 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 4
Infield Arm : 4
Outfield Arm : 1

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
9/22	@PUB	L 4-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	#8
9/23	DSN	L 0-4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#1
9/24	DSN	L 1-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	#9
9/25	DSN	W 4-2	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#1
9/26	@WOR	W 9-8	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	#1
9/27	@WOR	L 8-11	6	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	#1
9/28	@WOR	W 20-2	6	2	3	1	1	1	8	1	1	#1	PoG
9/30	@COC	L 1-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#6
10/1	@COC	L 3-8	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	#1
10/2	@COC	W 7-4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	#5

Batting Stats 1994

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	149	552	161	45	3	20	99	100	49	105	.292	.348	.493	.840	.795	.201
Projected	147	546	159	44	3	20	98	99	48	104	.292	.348	.493	.840	.795	.201

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	129	606	0	0	0	13	2	3	272	68	1	1	50.0	94.4	6.2

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	152	35	7	1	7	30	21	8	33	1	0	0	.230	.267	.428	.695
vs. RHP	400	126	38	2	13	69	79	41	72	2	2	0	.315	.377	.517	.894
Close/Late	69	20	5	0	2	12	10	7	18	0	0	0	.290	.355	.449	.805
Scoring Position	153	49	15	1	9	78	0	14	25	3	0	0	.320	.371	.608	.978
Pinch Hitting	16	5	3	0	1	4	3	2	2	1	0	0	.313	.368	.688	1.056

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	81	289	87	19	2	10	45	54	25	54	.301	.356	.484	.840
Road	68	263	74	26	1	10	54	46	24	51	.281	.337	.502	.839
March/April	17	67	24	9	0	4	18	16	6	12	.358	.405	.672	1.077
May	27	100	31	7	1	8	23	20	6	19	.310	.349	.640	.989
June	26	94	28	8	1	1	11	15	10	16	.298	.365	.436	.802
July	27	100	27	9	0	2	19	14	7	21	.270	.318	.420	.738
August	24	86	21	4	0	2	9	14	8	20	.244	.305	.360	.666
Sept/Oct	28	105	30	8	1	3	19	21	12	17	.286	.350	.467	.817

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1987	70	163	41	10	3	1	15	23	11	1	2	25	0	0	.252	.299	.368	.668	FRD
1988	145	547	153	31	6	7	60	77	46	0	2	58	6	2	.280	.334	.397	.731	FRD
1989	148	558	162	34	11	12	79	92	45	3	5	90	2	5	.290	.344	.455	.799	FRD
1990	149	505	130	28	4	10	83	56	39	0	1	81	6	1	.257	.310	.388	.698	FRD
1991	143	498	125	31	6	15	71	68	42	0	1	77	5	2	.251	.309	.428	.736	FRD
1992	137	548	178	41	7	32	106	111	42	1	6	84	1	0	.325	.370	.600	.971	FRD,CL
1993	147	556	157	38	4	20	80	80	41	1	3	101	0	1	.282	.331	.473	.804	FRD
1994	149	552	161	45	3	20	99	100	49	0	3	105	1	1	.292	.348	.493	.840	FRD
Total	1088	3927	1107	258	44	117	593	607	315	6	23	621	21	12	.282	.334	.459	.794

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1987, AAA	86	309	98	15	1	17	48	46	44	35	0	3	.317	.392	.537	.929

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1992	6	24	12	6	1	0	1	4	3	3	0	0	.500	.556	.833	1.389
Total	6	24	12	6	1	0	1	4	3	3	0	0	.500	.556	.833	1.389

Fielding Stats 1994

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Catcher	143	129	835	44	1	883	4	.995	1184.0	6.71	6	86	20	23.3

Player History

Drafted in 1st round, 11th overall pick, by Ford in 1987...
Had first career hit on 7/4/1987, off Fernando Valenzuela (MST)...
Hit first career homerun on 9/17/1987, off Manny Sarmiento (COC)...
Hit 3 homeruns against Schlumberger, driving in 5 runs on 4/10/1989...
2/3/1991: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,378,571 through salary arbitration...
Drove in 6 runs against Disney on 8/4/1991...
2/3/1992: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,621,429 through salary arbitration...
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Shell on 5/24/1992...
Hit 3 homeruns against Shell, driving in 5 runs on 5/24/1992...
Injured on 5/28/1992 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks...
Was selected to the 1992 Allstar game...
2/3/1993: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,235,714 through salary arbitration...
Signed as a free agent by Ford on 2/4/1994 to a 3-year deal worth $4,000,000 per year...
Drove in 6 runs against Apple on 4/14/1994...
Injured on 4/23/1994 with a Jammed Finger, out for one week...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/9/1994, hitting .423 with 3 HR, 10 RBI...
Drove in 8 runs against Worldcom on 9/28/1994...

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

AVG
1992 - .325 - 9th

SLG
1992 - .600 - 7th

Triples
1989 - 11 - 6th

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