Darryl Motley

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 196lb (175cm, 88kg)

Born: January 21, 1960 in Muskogee, OK us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 1978 MLB June Amateur Draft from U. S. Grant HS (Portland, OR).

High School: U. S. Grant HS (Portland, OR)

Debut: August 10, 1981 (Age 21-201d, 14,462nd in major league history)
vs. BAL 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 17, 1987 (Age 27-116d)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1983 season

Full Name: Darryl DeWayne Motley

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1985 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.5

1333

324

.243

156

RBI

159

OBP

.280

SLG

.402

OPS

.682

OPS+

Summary of 44 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 7 tying, 9 go ahead

1 Tm
KCR	44

Platoon
vs RHP	24
vs LHP	20

Home/Road
Away	28
Home	16

Outs
0	20
2	15
1	9

12 Opps
MIL	8
MIN	5
BOS	5
CAL	4
CHW	4
TEX	3
NYY	3
SEA	3
BAL	3
TOR	3
DET	2
CLE	1

37 Pitchers
Frank Viola	3
Don Sutton	3
Bob Ojeda	2
Dennis Rasmussen	2
Oil Can Boyd	2
John Candelaria	1
Luis Leal	1
Geoff Zahn	1
Len Whitehouse	1
Ramón Romero	1
Floyd Bannister	1
Frank LaCorte	1
Bruce Hurst	1
Dan Spillner	1
Jim Beattie	1
Dennis Martínez	1
Pete Filson	1
Danny Darwin	1
Mike Witt	1
Richard Dotson	1
Rich Bordi	1
Dave Stieb	1
Ken Dixon	1
Juan Berenguer	1
Doyle Alexander	1
Gene Nelson	1
Pete Vuckovich	1
Ron Guidry	1
Bill Wilkinson	1
Frank Tanana	1
Ray Burris	1
Bryan Clark	1
Jack Morris	1
Dave Stewart	1
Bob McClure	1
Greg Harris	1
Teddy Higuera	1

12 Parks
KauffmanStad (KAN)	16
County Stad (MIL)	4
Fenway Pk (BOS)	3
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	3
Arlington St (ARL)	3
Metrodome (MIN)	3
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
Angel Stad (ANA)	2
Tiger Stad (DET)	2
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	2
Memor. Stad (BAL)	2
Kingdome (SEA)	2

Where Hit
7	10
9	3
78	2
8	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	38
2·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	27
1--	4
-2-	4
--3	3
123	2
-23	2
12-	1
1-3	1

69 RBI
RISP	13
0 on	27
1 on	11
2 on	4
3 on	2
Any on	17

Inning
1	5
2	3
3	4
4	7
5	6
6	6
7	8
8	5

1-3	12
4-6	19
7-end	13

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	1
+2	6
+1	7
Tied	6
-1	10
-2	3
-3	4
-4..	4

Ahead	17
Tied	6
Behind	21

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
RF	27
LF	17

OrderPos
7th	14
6th	11
5th	8
8th	4
1st	3
2nd	2
3rd	1
4th	1

Leverage
High Lev	9
Medium Lev	18
Low Lev	17

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1981-08-25	KCR	@	DET	Jack Morris	behind 2-3	t 6	2	---	1	8	9	0.175	44%		Home Run (Deep RF)
2	2	2	1	1981-09-16	KCR	@	CAL	Geoff Zahn	behind 0-1	t 7	0	---	1	8	9	0.209	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1983-09-05	KCR		SEA	Jim Beattie	behind 0-1	b 3	0	---	1	1	9	0.121	56%		Home Run (Deep LF)
4	4	2	1	1983-09-22	KCR		MIN	Pete Filson	behind 0-2	b 5	0	---	1	8	9	0.128	41%		Home Run
5	5	3	1	1983-09-26	KCR	@	SEA	Bryan Clark	behind 1-2	t 7	1	--3	2	7	9	0.268	66%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. White Scores
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1984-05-03	KCR	@	MIL	Don Sutton	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	7	0.102	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run
7	7	2	2	1984-05-03	KCR	@	MIL	Don Sutton	behind 2-3	t 8	0	---	1	1	7	0.255	50%		Home Run
8	8	3	1	1984-05-21	KCR		CHW	Floyd Bannister	behind 0-1	b 1	1	---	1	2	9	0.105	53%		Home Run
9	9	4	1	1984-05-25	KCR	@	BOS	Bob Ojeda	ahead 4-3	t 4	2	--3	2	2	7	0.179	79%		Home Run; O. Concepción Scores
10	10	5	1	1984-05-29	KCR	@	TEX	Dave Stewart	behind 0-1	t 5	0	-2-	2	6	7	0.193	64%		Home Run (Deep CF); F. White Scores
11	11	6	1	1984-06-03	KCR	@	MIN	Frank Viola	tied 2-2	t 2	0	---	1	6	7	0.103	60%		Home Run
12	12	7	2	1984-06-03	KCR	@	MIN	Frank Viola	ahead 3-2	t 4	1	1--	2	6	7	0.176	80%		Home Run; F. White Scores/unER
13	13	8	1	1984-08-01	KCR	@	TOR	Luis Leal	tied 0-0	t 4	2	---	1	6	7	0.131	58%		Home Run
14	14	9	1	1984-08-08	KCR		MIL	Don Sutton	behind 0-3	b 7	2	1--	2	7	7	0.182	27%		Home Run; D. Iorg Scores
15	15	10	1	1984-08-13	KCR		BOS	Oil Can Boyd	ahead 2-1	b 4	0	---	1	7	7	0.102	79%		Home Run
16	16	11	1	1984-08-19	KCR	@	TEX	Frank Tanana	behind 0-6	t 7	0	---	1	5	7	0.015	3%		Home Run
17	17	12	1	1984-08-22	KCR	@	BOS	Bruce Hurst	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	--3	2	5	7	0.154	74%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Jones Scores
18	18	13	1	1984-08-26	KCR		CHW	Richard Dotson	ahead 2-0	b 1	1	-2-	2	5	7	0.109	86%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Orta Scores
19	19	14	1	1984-09-02	KCR	@	CHW	Gene Nelson	ahead 2-0	t 3	1	---	1	3	7	0.087	78%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	15	1	1984-09-24 (2)	KCR		CAL	Frank LaCorte	ahead 7-2	b 6	1	123	4	5	7	0.014	100%		Home Run; W. Wilson Scores; G. Pryor Scores; J. Orta Scores
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	1985-04-19	KCR	@	DET	Juan Berenguer	ahead 5-1	t 3	0	---	1	5	7	0.047	91%		Home Run
22	22	2	1	1985-04-22	KCR	@	TOR	Dave Stieb	ahead 1-0	t 8	1	---	1	5	7	0.129	85%		Home Run
23	23	3	1	1985-05-04	KCR	@	NYY	Ron Guidry	behind 0-1	t 2	0	---	1	6	7	0.105	50%		Home Run
24	24	4	1	1985-05-19	KCR	@	MIL	Bob McClure	behind 6-9	t 5	0	-2-	2	6	9	0.141	36%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Balboni Scores
25	25	5	1	1985-06-01	KCR	@	CHW	Dan Spillner	ahead 6-4	t 7	1	---	1	6	9	0.086	88%		Home Run (Deep RF)
26	26	6	1	1985-06-13	KCR	@	SEA	Bill Wilkinson	tied 0-0	t 1	2	12-	3	5	9	0.247	74%		Home Run; F. White Scores; S. Balboni Scores
27	27	7	1	1985-06-24	KCR	@	MIN	Len Whitehouse	ahead 11-5	t 8	2	---	1	4	9	0.006	99%		Home Run
28	28	8	1	1985-06-28	KCR		CAL	Mike Witt	behind 0-1	b 4	0	---	1	5	9	0.134	56%		Home Run
29	29	9	1	1985-07-04	KCR		BAL	Dennis Martínez	behind 0-5	b 6	2	-23	3	6	9	0.137	20%		Home Run; G. Brett Scores; J. Orta Scores
30	30	10	1	1985-07-26	KCR		CLE	Ramón Romero	ahead 3-1	b 6	0	---	1	6	9	0.066	91%		Home Run
31	31	11	1	1985-08-13	KCR	@	BOS	Bob Ojeda	behind 1-2	t 5	2	-23	3	7	9	0.337	72%		Home Run; H. McRae Scores; S. Balboni Scores
32	32	12	1	1985-08-28	KCR	@	MIL	Pete Vuckovich	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	1-3	3	7	9	0.231	84%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Brett Scores; S. Balboni Scores
33	33	13	1	1985-08-31	KCR	@	TEX	Greg Harris	behind 3-6	t 8	2	---	1	7	9	0.041	8%		Home Run
34	34	14	1	1985-09-06 (2)	KCR		MIL	Ray Burris	ahead 2-0	b 2	0	---	1	7	9	0.074	82%		Home Run
35	35	15	1	1985-09-08	KCR		MIL	Danny Darwin	tied 5-5	b 4	0	1--	2	7	9	0.186	79%		Home Run; S. Balboni Scores
36	36	16	1	1985-09-09	KCR	@	CAL	John Candelaria	behind 0-5	t 8	2	---	1	7	9	0.009	2%		Home Run
37	37	17	1	1985-09-22	KCR		MIN	Frank Viola	behind 1-7	b 7	1	1--	2	7	9	0.032	5%		Home Run; F. White Scores
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
38	38	1	1	1986-04-19	KCR	@	TOR	Doyle Alexander	behind 1-4	t 7	0	---	1	7	9	0.079	19%		Home Run (Deep LF)
39	39	2	1	1986-04-23	KCR		NYY	Dennis Rasmussen	behind 0-2	b 5	2	---	1	7	9	0.122	36%		Home Run
40	40	3	1	1986-04-25	KCR		BOS	Oil Can Boyd	ahead 3-0	b 6	2	-2-	2	7	9	0.064	97%		Home Run; H. McRae Scores
41	41	4	1	1986-05-09	KCR	@	BAL	Ken Dixon	tied 4-4	t 6	0	---	1	6	9	0.161	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
42	42	5	2	1986-05-09	KCR	@	BAL	Rich Bordi	ahead 6-4	t 7	2	---	1	6	9	0.089	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
43	43	6	1	1986-08-10	KCR	@	NYY	Dennis Rasmussen	ahead 2-1	t 4	0	123	4	8	9	0.141	92%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. White Scores; S. Balboni Scores; J. Sundberg Scores
44	44	7	1	1986-08-29	KCR		MIL	Teddy Higuera	behind 0-2	b 5	0	---	1	7	9	0.126	42%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)