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  Tale of the Tape
  Boyer Carbo
Pos 3B/SS/2B OF
Height 6-0 5-11
Weight 165 173
Yrs 1955-71 1969-80
Years 16 12
HoF No No
All-Star 0 0
MVP Shares 0.0 0.0
Gold Gloves 1 0
HOFm 11.0 3.5
HOFs 10.9 18.5
Black Ink 0 0
Gray Ink 10 4
  per-162 Games
  Boyer Carbo
Yrs 10.6 6.2
AB 543 438
R 61 60
H 131 116
2B 19 22
3B 3 1
HR 15 15
RBI 61 57
SB 4 4
BB 44 86
SO 87 98
OPS .670 .814
OPS+ 86 126

For pitchers, seasons is (G+GS)/68.0.
For batters, seasons is G/162.0.

  Career Stats
  Boyer Carbo
G 1725 1010
PA 6368 3320
AB 5780 2733
R 645 372
H 1396 722
2B 200 140
3B 33 9
HR 162 96
RBI 654 358
SB 41 26
CS 28 18
BB 470 538
SO 931 611
BA .242 .264
OBP .299 .387
SLG .372 .427
OPS .670 .814
OPS+ 86 126
TB 2148 1168
GDP 136 58
HBP 25 19
SH 37 13
SF 53 17
IBB 74 50
Seasonal WAR
(Best → Worst)
Rk Boyer Carbo
1 4.7 4.5
2 4.0 2.9
3 3.8 2.3
4 3.0 2.1
5 2.9 2.0
6 2.8 1.8
7 2.5 1.3
8 2.5 0.8
9 1.3 0.8
10 0.9 0.2
11 0.6 -0.1
12 0.1 -0.1
13 -0.1
14 -0.2
15 -0.5
16 -0.6
Total 27.7 18.5
Wt Sum** 23.5 16.0
Wa MVP 0.0 0.0
WaE 3.5 1.5

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