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Nick Etten
Nicholas Raymond Thomas Etten

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 2", Weight 198 lb.
School Villanova University

Debut September 8, 1938
Final Game May 9, 1947
Born September 19, 1913 in Spring Grove, IL
Died October 18, 1990 in Hinsdale, IL

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Batting Glossary /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1938 24 PHA AL  22   81    6   21   6  2   0   11   1  0   9   7  .259  .333  .383   81   31   0           0    
 1939 25 PHA AL  43  155   20   39  11  2   3   29   0  0  16  11  .252  .322  .406   87   63   3           0   4
 1941 27 PHI NL 151  540   78  168  27  4  14   79   9     82  33  .311  .405  .454  146  245   2           3  10 MVP-28
 1942 28 PHI NL 139  459   37  121  21  3   8   41   3     67  26  .264  .357  .375  119  172   5           0   8
 1943 29 NYY AL 154  583   78  158  35  5  14  107   3  7  76  31  .271  .355  .420  125  245   6           0  13 MVP-7
 1944 30 NYY AL 154  573   88  168  25  4  22   91   4  2  97  29  .293  .399  .466  144  267   6           4  14 MVP-23
 1945 31 NYY AL 152  565   77  161  24  4  18  111   2  3  90  23  .285  .387  .437  134  247   4           4  21 MVP-15,AS
 1946 32 NYY AL 108  323   37   75  14  1   9   49   0  1  38  35  .232  .315  .365   89  118   2           1   5
 1947 33 PHI NL  14   41    5   10   4  0   1    8   0      5   4  .244  .326  .415   99   17   0           0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      937 3320  426  921 167 25  89  526  22 13 480 199  .277  .371  .423  125 1405  28   0   0  12  77
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        574   74  159  29  4  15   91   4  2  83  34  .277  .371  .423  125  243   5   0   0   2  13
 Career High    154  583   88  168  35  5  22  111   9  7  97  35  .311  .405  .466  146  267   6   0   0   4  21

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1938 24 PHA AL   90   60   11   4.8   116| .259  .286| .333  .365| .383  .427| .716  .791|  81  .459  -2.4  -0.2 100%
 1939 25 PHA AL  174  123   20   4.3   112| .252  .284| .322  .359| .406  .420| .728  .778|  87  .426  -3.4  -0.3   0%
 1941 27 PHI NL  627  384   98   6.8    91| .311  .261| .405  .331| .454  .368| .859  .699| 146  .714  35.9   3.7     
 1942 28 PHI NL  531  351   61   4.7    83| .264  .250| .357  .321| .375  .347| .732  .669| 119  .593  13.1   1.4     
 1943 29 NYY AL  665  451   85   5.1    88| .271  .257| .355  .332| .420  .355| .775  .687| 125  .635  19.5   2.1  30%
 1944 30 NYY AL  680  427  106   6.7    94| .293  .271| .399  .339| .466  .371| .865  .709| 144  .717  36.2   3.8  66%
 1945 31 NYY AL  663  432   94   5.8    92| .285  .267| .387  .340| .437  .363| .824  .703| 134  .680  27.5   2.9  40%
 1946 32 NYY AL  364  256   37   3.9    96| .232  .265| .315  .339| .365  .381| .680  .720|  89  .466  -5.2  -0.5   0%
 1947 33 PHI NL   46   33    6   4.8   102| .244  .269| .326  .344| .415  .399| .741  .743|  99  .518   0.0   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      3840 2517  518   5.5    92| .277  .264| .371  .336| .423  .368| .794  .704| 125  .640 121.4  12.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1938 24 PHA AL  1B   22    212   10    3   20  .987  .990 10.09  9.56            
 1939 25 PHA AL  1B   41    376   19    4   29  .990  .990  9.63  9.43            
 1941 27 PHI NL  1B  150   1286   89   23  124  .984  .989  9.17  6.67            
 1942 28 PHI NL  1B  135   1152   83   19   99  .985  .989  9.15  7.41            
 1943 29 NYY AL  1B  154   1410   79   17  148  .989  .991  9.67  6.49            
 1944 30 NYY AL  1B  154   1382  106   16  144  .989  .990  9.66  6.49            
 1945 31 NYY AL  1B  152   1401   94   17  149  .989  .989  9.84  6.58             AS
 1946 32 NYY AL  1B   84    717   55    7   80  .991  .989  9.19  9.24            
 1947 33 PHI NL  1B   11     94   10    1    4  .990  .991  9.45  9.24            
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1938 24 PHA AL  1B   22    212   10    3   20  .987  .990 10.09  9.56            
 1939 25 PHA AL  1B   41    376   19    4   29  .990  .990  9.63  9.43            
 1941 27 PHI NL  1B  150   1286   89   23  124  .984  .989  9.17  6.67            
 1942 28 PHI NL  1B  135   1152   83   19   99  .985  .989  9.15  7.41            
 1943 29 NYY AL  1B  154   1410   79   17  148  .989  .991  9.67  6.49            
 1944 30 NYY AL  1B  154   1382  106   16  144  .989  .990  9.66  6.49            
 1945 31 NYY AL  1B  152   1401   94   17  149  .989  .989  9.84  6.58            
 1946 32 NYY AL  1B   84    717   55    7   80  .991  .989  9.19  9.24            
 1947 33 PHI NL  1B   11     94   10    1    4  .990  .991  9.45  9.24            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Position Total  1B  903   8030  545  107  797  .988  .990  9.50  7.17            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Overall Total       903   8030  545  107  797  .988  .990  9.50  7.17

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1943   WS    NYY STL     W   5  19   0   2  0  0  0   2   1   2  .105  .150  .105   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1945   NYY AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+

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.

All-Star
1945

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1941-NL-28-0.02
1943-AL-7-0.18
1944-AL-23-0.01
1945-AL-15-0.06
Car-616-0.27 shares

Batting Average
1941 NL-.311-7

On-base %
1941 NL-.405-6
1944 AL-.399-4
1945 AL-.387-5

Slugging %
1943 AL-.420-6
1944 AL-.466-5
1945 AL-.437-4

OPS
1941 NL-.859-8
1943 AL-.775-10
1944 AL-.865-4
1945 AL-.824-5

Games
1941 NL-151-8
1943 AL-154-6
1944 AL-154-3
1945 AL-152-3

At Bats
1943 AL-583-10
1945 AL-565-8

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1943 AL-665-5
1944 AL-680-5
1945 AL-663-3

Runs
1945 AL-77-8

Hits
1941 NL-168-6
1943 AL-158-8
1944 AL-168-9
1945 AL-161-4

Total Bases
1941 NL-245-10
1943 AL-245-6
1944 AL-267-5
1945 AL-247-3

Doubles
1943 AL-35-3

Home Runs
1943 AL-14-8
1944 AL-22-1
1945 AL-18-2

RBI
1943 AL-107-2
1944 AL-91-6
1945 AL-111-1

Bases on Balls
1941 NL-82-5
1943 AL-76-9
1944 AL-97-1
1945 AL-90-4

Singles
1941 NL-123-7
1945 AL-115-9

Adjusted OPS+
1941 NL-146-6
1944 AL-144-5
1945 AL-134-5

Runs Created
1941 NL-98-8
1943 AL-85-6
1944 AL-106-4
1945 AL-94-4

Adjusted Batting Runs
1941 NL-36-7
1944 AL-36-5
1945 AL-28-5

Batting Wins
1941 NL-3.7-7
1944 AL-3.8-5
1945 AL-2.9-5

Extra-Base Hits
1943 AL-54-3
1945 AL-46-6

Times on Base
1941 NL-253-4
1943 AL-234-9
1944 AL-269-2
1945 AL-255-3

Offensive Win%
1941 NL-.714-8
1944 AL-.717-5
1945 AL-.680-5

Hit By Pitch
1944 AL-4-9
1945 AL-4-5

Grounded into Double Plays
1945 AL-21-2

Power/Speed Number
1941 NL-11.0-2
1944 AL-6.8-7

At Bats per Strikeout
1943 AL-18.8-10
1945 AL-24.6-5

At Bats per Home Run
1944 AL-26.0-2
1945 AL-31.4-4

Outs
1945 AL-432-9

Black Ink: Batting - 10 (229) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 68 (356) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 11.0 (1482) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 21.5 (732) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
June 14, 1939: Purchased by the Baltimore (International) from the Philadelphia Athletics.
January 22, 1943: Traded by the Philadelphia Blue Jays to the New York Yankees for Ed Levy, Al Gettel, and $10,000. Al Gettel and Ed Levy returned to original teams on March 26, 1943. The New York Yankees sent Tom Padden (March 26, 1943) and Al Gerheauser (March 26, 1943) to the Philadelphia Blue Jays to complete the trade.
April 14, 1947: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the New York Yankees.
May 12, 1947: Returned to the New York Yankees by the Philadelphia Phillies following previous purchase.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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All-Star 1945	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1941-NL-28-0.02 1943-AL-7-0.18 1944-AL-23-0.01 1945-AL-15-0.06 Car-616-0.27 shares	Batting Average 1941 NL-.311-7	On-base % 1941 NL-.405-6 1944 AL-.399-4 1945 AL-.387-5	Slugging % 1943 AL-.420-6 1944 AL-.466-5 1945 AL-.437-4	OPS 1941 NL-.859-8 1943 AL-.775-10 1944 AL-.865-4 1945 AL-.824-5
Games 1941 NL-151-8 1943 AL-154-6 1944 AL-154-3 1945 AL-152-3	At Bats 1943 AL-583-10 1945 AL-565-8	Plate Appearances (approx.) 1943 AL-665-5 1944 AL-680-5 1945 AL-663-3	Runs 1945 AL-77-8	Hits 1941 NL-168-6 1943 AL-158-8 1944 AL-168-9 1945 AL-161-4	Total Bases 1941 NL-245-10 1943 AL-245-6 1944 AL-267-5 1945 AL-247-3
Doubles 1943 AL-35-3	Home Runs 1943 AL-14-8 1944 AL-22-1 1945 AL-18-2	RBI 1943 AL-107-2 1944 AL-91-6 1945 AL-111-1	Bases on Balls 1941 NL-82-5 1943 AL-76-9 1944 AL-97-1 1945 AL-90-4	Singles 1941 NL-123-7 1945 AL-115-9	Adjusted OPS+ 1941 NL-146-6 1944 AL-144-5 1945 AL-134-5
Runs Created 1941 NL-98-8 1943 AL-85-6 1944 AL-106-4 1945 AL-94-4	Adjusted Batting Runs 1941 NL-36-7 1944 AL-36-5 1945 AL-28-5	Batting Wins 1941 NL-3.7-7 1944 AL-3.8-5 1945 AL-2.9-5	Extra-Base Hits 1943 AL-54-3 1945 AL-46-6	Times on Base 1941 NL-253-4 1943 AL-234-9 1944 AL-269-2 1945 AL-255-3	Offensive Win% 1941 NL-.714-8 1944 AL-.717-5 1945 AL-.680-5
Hit By Pitch 1944 AL-4-9 1945 AL-4-5	Grounded into Double Plays 1945 AL-21-2	Power/Speed Number 1941 NL-11.0-2 1944 AL-6.8-7	At Bats per Strikeout 1943 AL-18.8-10 1945 AL-24.6-5	At Bats per Home Run 1944 AL-26.0-2 1945 AL-31.4-4	Outs 1945 AL-432-9