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George Binks
George Alvin Binks (Bingo)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.

Debut September 23, 1944
Final Game July 3, 1948
Born July 11, 1914 in Chicago, IL

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1944 29 WSH AL   5   12    0    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .250  .250  .250   45    3   0           0   0
 1945 30 WSH AL 145  550   62  153  32  6   6   81  11  7  34  52  .278  .324  .391  114  215   7           3  11 MVP-21
 1946 31 WSH AL  65  134   13   26   3  0   0   12   1  0   6  16  .194  .229  .216   28   29   1           0   3
 1947 32 PHA AL 104  333   33   86  19  4   2   34   8  2  23  36  .258  .308  .357   83  119   6           1   6
 1948 33 TOT AL  32   64    4    9   1  0   0    3   1  0   4   3  .141  .191  .156   -7   10   3           0   1
         PHA AL  17   41    2    4   1  0   0    2   1  0   2   2  .098  .140  .122  -30    5   1           0   1
         SLB AL  15   23    2    5   0  0   0    1   0  0   2   1  .217  .280  .217   32    5   2           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      351 1093  112  277  55 10   8  130  21  9  67 108  .253  .299  .344   85  376  17   0   0   4  21
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        504   52  128  25  5   4   60  10  4  31  50  .253  .299  .344   85  174   8   0   0   2  10
 Career High    145  550   62  153  32  6   6   81  11  7  34  52  .278  .324  .391  114  215   7   0   0   3  11
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1944 29 WSH AL   12    9    1   3.0    88| .250  .263| .250  .329| .250  .360| .500  .689|  45  .369  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 1945 30 WSH AL  594  422   68   4.3    82| .278  .252| .324  .323| .391  .343| .715  .665| 114  .550   8.4   0.9  61%
 1946 31 WSH AL  141  112    7   1.7    91| .194  .256| .229  .330| .216  .369| .445  .699|  28  .158 -12.9  -1.3 100%
 1947 32 PHA AL  363  261   37   3.8    98| .258  .265| .308  .345| .357  .381| .665  .726|  83  .455  -8.6  -0.9  80%
 1948 33 TOT AL   71   59    2   0.9   106| .141  .274| .191  .359| .156  .396| .347  .755|  -7  .048 -10.2  -1.0 100%
         PHA AL   44   39    1   0.7   105| .098  .273| .140  .358| .122  .394| .262  .752| -30  .029  -7.9  -0.8 100%
         SLB AL   27   20    1   1.3   107| .217  .275| .280  .361| .217  .398| .497  .759|  32  .093  -2.3  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons      1181  863  115   3.6    89| .253  .258| .299  .333| .344  .361| .643  .693|  85  .442 -24.2  -2.4  70%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1944 29 WSH AL OF 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 2.33 0 0 3 1945 30 WSH AL OF 128 321 13 8 4 .977 .978 2.61 2.27 27 79 26 1B 20 164 12 1 13 .994 .989 8.80 9.81 1946 31 WSH AL OF 28 68 1 0 0 1.000 .977 2.46 2.24 15 9 5 1947 32 PHA AL OF 75 157 8 6 1 .965 .979 2.20 2.35 25 0 51 1B 13 82 7 1 4 .989 .990 6.85 9.34 1948 33 TOT AL OF 19 25 1 0 0 1.000 .974 1.37 2.36 4 0 15 PHA AL OF 14 18 1 0 0 1.000 .974 1.36 2.36 2 0 12 SLB AL OF 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 .972 1.40 2.36 2 0 3 1B 4 10 0 0 1 1.000 .990 2.50 9.18
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1945 30 WSH AL 1B 20 164 12 1 13 .994 .989 8.80 9.81 1947 32 PHA AL 1B 13 82 7 1 4 .989 .990 6.85 9.34 1948 33 SLB AL 1B 4 10 0 0 1 1.000 .990 2.50 9.18 1944 29 WSH AL OF 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 2.33 0 0 3 1945 30 WSH AL OF 128 321 13 8 4 .977 .978 2.61 2.27 27 79 26 1946 31 WSH AL OF 28 68 1 0 0 1.000 .977 2.46 2.24 15 9 5 1947 32 PHA AL OF 75 157 8 6 1 .965 .979 2.20 2.35 25 0 51 1948 33 TOT AL OF 19 25 1 0 0 1.000 .974 1.37 2.36 4 0 15 PHA AL OF 14 18 1 0 0 1.000 .974 1.36 2.36 2 0 12 SLB AL OF 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 .972 1.40 2.36 2 0 3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 253 575 23 14 5 .977 .978 2.36 2.30 71 88 100 1B 37 256 19 2 18 .993 .989 7.43 9.58 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 290 831 42 16 23 .982 .982 3.01 3.23
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1945-AL-21-0.03
Car-1205-0.03 shares

Hits
1945 AL-153-8

Total Bases
1945 AL-215-10

Doubles
1945 AL-32-2

RBI
1945 AL-81-5

Stolen Bases
1945 AL-11-6

Extra-Base Hits
1945 AL-44-8

Hit By Pitch
1945 AL-3-10

Caught Stealing
1945 AL-7-9

Power/Speed Number
1945 AL-7.8-6

   

Gray Ink: Batting - 11 (1309) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3855) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

February 14, 1947: Traded by the Washington Senators to the Philadelphia Athletics for Lou Knerr.

June 4, 1948: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics with $20,000 to the St. Louis Browns for Ray Coleman.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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