IAL Hall of Fame: Jeff Bagwell

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Jeff Bagwell

Firstbaseman

inducted in 2008

Drafted with an extra pick, Bags did his magic off the bench for three years, before earning a regular job as the Champions starting firstbaseman.  All he did in his first year as a regular in 1995 was win the MVP, batting .380, with 52 homers, 58 doubles, 97 walks, 20 steals, 116 RBIs, and an amazing 157 runs scored, leading his ballclub to a first place finish, and the first of back-to-back championships.  In eight straight years he scored over 100 runs.  Jeff played his entire 14 year career with Chicago, finishing with 1,405 runs, 431 home runs, 1,126 RBIs, 1,131 walks, 180 stolen bases, a .286 batting average, and an OBP of .392.  Not bad for a player drafted to beef up his team’s bench.

YEAR

CLUB

G

AB

R

H

2B

3B

HR

RBI

BB

SO

SB

AVG

SLG

OBP
1992 CHAMPS 105 112 10 35 7 0 5 15 15 23 1 .313 .509 .394
1993 CHAMPS 110 141 22 41 10 0 2 13 28 17 0 .291 .404 .408
1994 CHAMPS 118 224 37 83 14 2 10 24 28 34 0 .371 .585 .440
1995 CHAMPS 154 553 157 210 58 0 52 116 97 96 20 .380 .767 .472
1996 CHAMPS 124 420 63 101 26 1 14 39 48 106 6 .240 .407 .318
1997 CHAMPS 162 568 125 145 27 3 36 109 115 149 26 .255 .504 .381
1998 CHAMPS 162 535 144 155 46 0 53 121 131 116 27 .290 .673 .429
1999 CHAMPS 147 530 126 158 39 3 35 96 99 99 31 .298 .581 .409
2000 CHAMPS 162 549 150 176 47 0 44 116 124 112 24 .321 .647 .446
2001 CHAMPS 159 565 133 157 41 0 41 97 106 130 7 .278 .568 .392
2002 CHAMPS 160 595 135 162 42 1 39 104 93 121 12 .272 .543 .371
2003 CHAMPS 158 563 101 143 31 2 30 98 88 130 6 .254 .476 .355
2004 CHAMPS 159 603 105 151 31 1 40 108 75 117 13 .250 .504 .336
2005 CHAMPS 152 500 97 127 27 1 30 70 84 111 7 .254 .492 .363
14 Total 2032 6458 1405 1844 446 14 431 1126 1131 1361 180 .286 .559 .392

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