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John Mayberry
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Birthdate: 2/18/1949    
Height / Weight: 6' 3" / 220 lbs. Place of Birth: Detroit, MI, USA
Bats / Throws: L / L

Baseball Historian Biography

Big, 6-3, 222-pound John Mayberry was well-known for his prodigious home run blasts into the right field bleachers. He knocked in 100 or more runs in three of his four years with the Kansas City Royals (1972-76) and was selected to two All-Star games. His most productive season came with the Royals in 1975. That year Mayberry had career highs in batting average (.291), slugging average (.547), doubles (38), homers (34) runs (95) RBIs (106), a led the led in bases-on-balls (119). He averaged 90 RBIs from 1976-77 and helped the Royals win the AL West Title in both years. However, he was criticized for sitting out the last game of the 1977 ALCS because of a toothache and was sold to the Toronto Blue Jays in March, 1978. 'Big John' Mayberry belted 20 or more home runs in 3-out-of-4 years in Toronto. And broke up three would-be no-hitters in a period of 14 months.

John Mayberry, at age 18, was the No.1 draft pick of the Houston Astros in June of 1967. But the young slugging first baseman appeared in only 105 games for the Astros before being traded to Kansas City in late 1971. The well-liked Mayberry was a fans' favorite wherever he played. Opposing player Bobby Grich once remarked, "Big John is so nice and easygoing you don't suspect anything when he asks you to take your foot off the bag to kick the dust away - until he tags you out." John Mayberry's career: 211 Doubles, 255 Home Runs, 881 RBIs, a .253 BA, from 1968-1982. baseballhistorian.com


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
16 years   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1968 HOU (NL) 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .0 .100 SLG
1969 HOU (NL) 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .200 SLG
1970 HOU (NL) 50 148 23 32 3 2 5 14 21 33 1 1 6 2 1 2 .216 .318 SLG
1971 HOU (NL) 46 137 16 25 0 1 7 14 13 32 0 0 2 2 0 2 .182 .260 SLG
1972 KCR (AL) 149 503 65 150 24 3 25 100 78 74 0 2 13 3 1 3 .298 .394 SLG
1973 KCR (AL) 152 510 87 142 20 2 26 100 122 79 3 0 17 2 0 4 .278 .417 SLG
1974 KCR (AL) 126 427 63 100 13 1 22 69 77 72 4 2 11 6 1 1 .234 .358 SLG
1975 KCR (AL) 156 554 95 161 38 1 34 106 119 73 5 3 16 4 1 5 .291 .416 SLG
1976 KCR (AL) 161 594 76 138 22 2 13 95 82 73 3 2 7 2 0 12 .232 .322 SLG
1977 KCR (AL) 153 543 73 125 22 1 23 82 83 86 1 3 9 7 1 7 .230 .336 SLG
1978 TOR (AL) 152 515 51 129 15 2 22 70 60 57 1 2 2 4 1 7 .250 .329 SLG
1979 TOR (AL) 137 464 61 127 22 1 21 74 69 60 1 1 7 5 1 2 .274 .372 SLG
1980 TOR (AL) 149 501 62 124 19 2 30 82 77 80 0 0 9 3 3 4 .248 .349 SLG
1981 TOR (AL) 94 290 34 72 6 1 17 43 44 45 1 1 4 8 0 2 .248 .360 SLG
1982 TOR (AL) 17 33 7 9 0 0 2 3 7 5 0 0 1 1 0 1 .273 .405 SLG
1982 NYY (AL) 69 215 20 45 7 0 8 27 28 38 0 0 2 5 0 1 .209 .313 SLG
16 years   1620 5447 733 1379 211 19 255 879 881 810 20 17 106 55 10 53 .253 .360 .SLG



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