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Al Kaline
Albert William Kaline

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 180 lb.

Debut June 25, 1953
Final Game October 2, 1974
Born December 19, 1934 in Baltimore, MD

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1980.

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Batting  Glossary /
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 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1953 18 DET AL  30   28    9    7   0  0   1    2   1  0   1   5  .250  .300  .357   77   10   0           1   1
 1954 19 DET AL 138  504   42  139  18  3   4   43   9  5  22  45  .276  .305  .347   80  175   7   2       0  21 MVP-23,RoY-3
 1955 20 DET AL 152  588  121  200  24  8  27  102   6  8  82  57  .340  .421  .546  162  321   0   6  12   5  13 MVP-2,AS
 1956 21 DET AL 153  617   96  194  32 10  27  128   7  1  70  55  .314  .383  .530  139  327   1   4   4   1  10 MVP-3,AS
 1957 22 DET AL 149  577   83  170  29  4  23   90  11  9  43  38  .295  .343  .478  120  276   6   7   7   3  10 MVP-10,AS
 1958 23 DET AL 146  543   84  170  34  7  16   85   7  4  54  47  .313  .374  .490  130  266   3   5   6   2  18 MVP-20,AS
 1959 24 DET AL 136  511   86  167  19  2  27   94  10  4  72  42  .327  .410  .530  151  271   2   6  12   4  11 MVP-6,AS
 1960 25 DET AL 147  551   77  153  29  4  15   68  19  4  65  47  .278  .354  .426  108  235   5   5   3   3  18 AS
 1961 26 DET AL 153  586  116  190  41  7  19   82  14  1  66  42  .324  .393  .515  139  302   4   5   2   4  16 MVP-9,AS
 1962 27 DET AL 100  398   78  121  16  6  29   94   4  0  47  39  .304  .376  .593  153  236   2   4   3   1  17 MVP-6,AS
 1963 28 DET AL 145  551   89  172  24  3  27  101   6  4  54  48  .312  .375  .514  144  283   3   4  12   4  12 MVP-2,AS
 1964 29 DET AL 146  525   77  154  31  5  17   68   4  1  75  51  .293  .383  .469  134  246   2   3   6   3  12 MVP-14,AS
 1965 30 DET AL 125  399   72  112  18  2  18   72   6  0  72  49  .281  .388  .471  142  188   0   3  11   0   9 MVP-16,AS
 1966 31 DET AL 142  479   85  138  29  1  29   88   5  5  81  66  .288  .392  .534  161  256   1   6   7   5   7 MVP-7,AS
 1967 32 DET AL 131  458   94  141  28  2  25   78   8  2  83  47  .308  .411  .541  176  248   2   6  10   1  16 MVP-5,AS
 1968 33 DET AL 102  327   49   94  14  1  10   53   6  4  55  39  .287  .392  .428  146  140   1   3   7   3   4
 1969 34 DET AL 131  456   74  124  17  0  21   69   1  2  54  61  .272  .346  .447  116  204   0   7   4   1  11
 1970 35 DET AL 131  467   64  130  24  4  16   71   2  2  77  49  .278  .377  .450  127  210   3   7   5   1  20
 1971 36 DET AL 133  405   69  119  19  2  15   54   4  6  82  57  .294  .416  .462  144  187   1   6   9   7  12 AS
 1972 37 DET AL 106  278   46   87  11  2  10   32   1  0  28  33  .313  .374  .475  149  132   1   5   5   2  11 MVP-24
 1973 38 DET AL  91  310   40   79  13  0  10   45   4  1  29  28  .255  .320  .394   96  122   0   5   4   3  10
 1974 39 DET AL 147  558   71  146  28  2  13   64   2  2  65  75  .262  .337  .389  107  217   1   5   2   1  12 AS
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 22 Seasons        10116      3007     75     1583     65    1020  .297  .376  .480  134       45 104 131  55 271
               2834      1622      498    399      137   1277                            4852
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        578   93  172  28  4  23   90   8  4  73  58  .297  .376  .480  134  277   3   6   7   3  15
 Career High    153  617  121  200  41 10  29  128  19  9  83  75  .340  .421  .593  176  327   7   7  12   7  21
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1953 18 DET AL   30   22    3   3.7   102| .250  .268| .300  .344| .357  .395| .657  .740|  77  .411  -1.0  -0.1 100%
 1954 19 DET AL  535  400   53   3.6    97| .276  .263| .305  .338| .347  .384| .652  .723|  80  .417 -15.4  -1.6  64%
 1955 20 DET AL  681  415  135   8.7   101| .340  .264| .421  .343| .546  .393| .967  .736| 162  .764  52.3   5.1  42%
 1956 21 DET AL  693  439  129   7.9   107| .314  .268| .383  .351| .530  .410| .913  .760| 139  .711  32.7   3.1  87%
 1957 22 DET AL  636  439   92   5.7   102| .295  .266| .343  .339| .478  .402| .821  .741| 120  .615  14.5   1.5  55%
 1958 23 DET AL  607  403   96   6.4   104| .313  .269| .374  .339| .490  .409| .864  .749| 130  .673  23.1   2.3  63%
 1959 24 DET AL  595  367  114   8.3   103| .327  .267| .410  .339| .530  .408| .940  .748| 151  .764  38.2   3.8  71%
 1960 25 DET AL  629  430   84   5.3   104| .278  .267| .354  .341| .426  .408| .780  .749| 108  .572   7.1   0.7  82%
 1961 26 DET AL  665  422  121   7.6   106| .324  .267| .393  .343| .515  .416| .908  .759| 139  .713  33.6   3.3  93%
 1962 27 DET AL  452  300   85   7.6   105| .304  .266| .376  .339| .593  .415| .969  .755| 153  .719  29.0   2.8 100%
 1963 28 DET AL  616  402  105   7.0    97| .312  .259| .375  .325| .514  .399| .889  .725| 144  .721  32.7   3.3  60%
 1964 29 DET AL  608  389   97   6.7    98| .293  .258| .383  .327| .469  .401| .852  .727| 134  .698  27.0   2.7  80%
 1965 30 DET AL  474  299   77   6.9    93| .281  .253| .388  .323| .471  .388| .859  .711| 142  .729  24.7   2.6 100%
 1966 31 DET AL  572  360  105   7.9    92| .288  .251| .392  .319| .534  .388| .926  .707| 161  .782  42.1   4.4  50%
 1967 32 DET AL  550  343  104   8.2    87| .308  .246| .411  .316| .541  .369| .952  .685| 176  .808  48.5   5.2  80%
 1968 33 DET AL  389  245   59   6.5    82| .287  .241| .392  .311| .428  .357| .820  .668| 146  .754  21.3   2.4  60%
 1969 34 DET AL  518  352   71   5.4    99| .272  .260| .346  .337| .447  .392| .793  .730| 116  .614  10.2   1.0  33%
 1970 35 DET AL  555  369   79   5.8    98| .278  .259| .377  .334| .450  .395| .827  .729| 127  .631  20.0   2.0  50%
 1971 36 DET AL  501  311   81   7.0    96| .294  .260| .416  .334| .462  .387| .878  .720| 144  .733  29.3   3.1  40%
 1972 37 DET AL  314  208   48   6.2    85| .313  .250| .374  .319| .475  .361| .849  .680| 149  .727  17.3   1.9 100%
 1973 38 DET AL  347  247   39   4.2    98| .255  .266| .320  .336| .394  .391| .714  .727|  96  .489  -1.8  -0.2  80%
 1974 39 DET AL  630  432   75   4.7    91| .262  .261| .337  .325| .389  .375| .726  .700| 107  .556   6.5   0.7  50%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 22 Seasons   11597  7594 1852   6.6    98| .297  .261| .376  .333| .480  .395| .856  .728| 134  .688 491.7  50.0  67%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1953 18 DET AL  OF   20     11    1    0    0 1.000  .984  0.60  2.18                            5   11    4
 1954 19 DET AL  OF  135    283   16    9    0  .971  .979  2.21  2.17                            0    0  135
 1955 20 DET AL  OF  152    306   14    7    4  .979  .982  2.11  2.08                            0    0  152 AS
 1956 21 DET AL  OF  153    343   18    6    4  .984  .979  2.36  2.04  2.42  2.34  153 1345.0 AS
                 RF  144    308   14    5    4  .985  .973  2.24  1.80  2.30  2.09  144 1259.7 AS
                 CF   10     30    3    1    1  .971  .985  3.30  2.50  3.49  2.80    9   85.0 AS
                 LF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.70  0.00  3.00    0    0.3 AS
 1957 22 DET AL  OF  145    319   13    5    2  .985  .980  2.29  1.97  2.28  2.24  143 1310.7 GG,AS
                 RF  136    261   10    2    2  .993  .976  1.99  1.68  2.16  1.93  118 1130.7 GG,AS
                 CF   23     50    2    3    0  .945  .983  2.26  2.40  2.96  2.72   23  158.0 GG,AS
                 LF    5      6    1    0    0 1.000  .986  1.40  1.70  2.86  2.09    2   22.0 GG,AS
 1958 23 DET AL  OF  145    316   23    2    4  .994  .982  2.34  1.94  2.48  2.27  143 1232.3 GG,AS
                 RF  143    311   22    2    4  .994  .980  2.33  1.69  2.48  1.99  141 1209.0 GG,AS
                 CF    4     12    1    0    0 1.000  .985  3.25  2.30  5.02  2.67    2   23.3 GG,AS
 1959 24 DET AL  OF  136    364    4    4    0  .989  .980  2.71  1.96  2.82  2.22  136 1174.7 GG,AS
                 CF  122    323    4    4    0  .988  .983  2.68  2.44  2.82  2.72  121 1045.0 GG,AS
                 RF   15     38    0    0    0 1.000  .977  2.53  1.64  2.64  1.89   15  129.7 GG,AS
 1960 25 DET AL  CF  142    364    5    5    1  .987  .987  2.60  2.30  2.60  2.66  142 1277.0 AS
 1961 26 DET AL  OF  147    378    9    4    3  .990  .977  2.63  1.98  2.68  2.25  147 1300.3 GG,AS
                 RF  141    308    8    4    3  .988  .976  2.24  1.75  2.48  2.06  127 1147.0 GG,AS
                 CF   22     67    1    0    0 1.000  .983  3.09  2.24  4.03  2.59   20  152.0 GG,AS
                 3B    1      1    1    0    0 1.000  .952  2.00  2.80  2.00  3.20    1    9.0 AS
                 LF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.60  0.00  2.08    0    1.3 GG,AS
 1962 27 DET AL  RF  100    226    8    4    1  .983  .979  2.34  1.71  2.39  2.00  100  882.0 GG,AS
 1963 28 DET AL  OF  140    257    5    2    0  .992  .981  1.87  1.91  1.93  2.16  140 1223.0 GG,AS
                 RF  140    256    5    2    0  .992  .980  1.86  1.72  1.93  2.01  139 1215.0 GG,AS
                 CF    2      3    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.50  2.20  3.38  2.59    1    8.0 GG,AS
 1964 29 DET AL  RF  136    278    6    3    3  .990  .984  2.09  1.61  2.14  1.88  136 1193.3 GG,AS
 1965 30 DET AL  OF  112    193    2    3    0  .985  .978  1.74  1.78  1.84  2.04  111  955.7 GG,AS
                 CF   62    108    0    0    0 1.000  .979  1.74  2.03  1.90  2.40   60  512.0 GG,AS
                 RF   51     83    2    3    0  .966  .978  1.67  1.57  1.72  1.85   51  443.7 GG,AS
                 3B    1      2    1    0    0 1.000  .968  3.00  2.90  5.09  3.06    0    5.3 AS
 1966 31 DET AL  OF  136    279    7    2    1  .993  .982  2.10  1.82  2.28  2.10  136 1130.0 GG,AS
                 CF   86    177    5    1    1  .995  .986  2.12  2.09  2.42  2.52   84  676.7 GG,AS
                 RF   54    101    2    1    0  .990  .979  1.91  1.69  2.05  1.94   52  453.3 GG,AS
 1967 32 DET AL  RF  130    221   14    6    2  .975  .981  1.81  1.56  1.95  1.82  127 1085.7 GG,AS
                 OF  130    217   14    4    2  .983  .980  1.78  1.76  1.91  2.05  127 1086.7 GG,AS
                 CF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.10  0.00  2.70    0    1.0 GG,AS
 1968 33 DET AL  OF   74    131    1    3    0  .978  .981  1.78  1.80  1.97  2.08   68  602.0
                 RF   70    129    1    3    0  .977  .977  1.86  1.57  2.00  1.88   67  584.0
                 1B   22    152   13    4   15  .976  .989  7.50  8.32  9.00  9.59   18  165.0
                 LF    5      2    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.40  1.44  1.00  1.85    1   18.0
 1969 34 DET AL  RF  118    190    9    7    4  .966  .974  1.69  1.60  1.84  1.91  109  974.0
                 1B    9     65    2    0    3 1.000  .993  7.44  8.33  8.74  9.63    9   69.0
 1970 35 DET AL  RF   91    158    3    2    1  .988  .975  1.77  1.59  2.11  1.98   75  686.7
                 1B   52    374   31    4   39  .990  .991  7.79  8.14  9.04  9.59   48  403.3
 1971 36 DET AL  OF  129    207    6    0    0 1.000  .982  1.65  1.96  1.96  2.24  105  977.0 AS
                 RF  128    203    6    0    0 1.000  .980  1.63  1.70  1.95  2.05  104  967.0 AS
                 1B    5     27    1    0    3 1.000  .993  5.60  8.10  8.69  9.59    2   29.0 AS
                 CF    3      5    0    0    0 1.000  .980  1.67  2.33  4.50  2.70    1   10.0 AS
 1972 37 DET AL  RF   84    110    5    1    0  .991  .980  1.37  1.76  1.82  2.12   64  570.0
                 1B   11     37    4    0    5 1.000  .990  3.73  8.04  8.39  9.76    4   44.0
 1973 38 DET AL  RF   64    102    1    0    0 1.000  .976  1.61  1.73  2.13  2.09   52  435.3
                 1B   36    245   12    1   32  .996  .992  7.14  8.27  9.64  9.86   29  240.0
 1974 39 DET AL  DH  146 AS

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1968 33 DET AL  1B   22    152   13    4   15  .976  .989  7.50  8.32  9.00  9.59   18  165.0
 1969 34 DET AL  1B    9     65    2    0    3 1.000  .993  7.44  8.33  8.74  9.63    9   69.0
 1970 35 DET AL  1B   52    374   31    4   39  .990  .991  7.79  8.14  9.04  9.59   48  403.3
 1971 36 DET AL  1B    5     27    1    0    3 1.000  .993  5.60  8.10  8.69  9.59    2   29.0
 1972 37 DET AL  1B   11     37    4    0    5 1.000  .990  3.73  8.04  8.39  9.76    4   44.0
 1973 38 DET AL  1B   36    245   12    1   32  .996  .992  7.14  8.27  9.64  9.86   29  240.0

 1961 26 DET AL  3B    1      1    1    0    0 1.000  .952  2.00  2.80  2.00  3.20    1    9.0
 1965 30 DET AL  3B    1      2    1    0    0 1.000  .968  3.00  2.90  5.09  3.06    0    5.3

 1956 21 DET AL  CF   10     30    3    1    1  .971  .985  3.30  2.50  3.49  2.80    9   85.0
 1957 22 DET AL  CF   23     50    2    3    0  .945  .983  2.26  2.40  2.96  2.72   23  158.0
 1958 23 DET AL  CF    4     12    1    0    0 1.000  .985  3.25  2.30  5.02  2.67    2   23.3
 1959 24 DET AL  CF  122    323    4    4    0  .988  .983  2.68  2.44  2.82  2.72  121 1045.0
 1960 25 DET AL  CF  142    364    5    5    1  .987  .987  2.60  2.30  2.60  2.66  142 1277.0
 1961 26 DET AL  CF   22     67    1    0    0 1.000  .983  3.09  2.24  4.03  2.59   20  152.0
 1963 28 DET AL  CF    2      3    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.50  2.20  3.38  2.59    1    8.0
 1965 30 DET AL  CF   62    108    0    0    0 1.000  .979  1.74  2.03  1.90  2.40   60  512.0
 1966 31 DET AL  CF   86    177    5    1    1  .995  .986  2.12  2.09  2.42  2.52   84  676.7
 1967 32 DET AL  CF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.10  0.00  2.70    0    1.0
 1971 36 DET AL  CF    3      5    0    0    0 1.000  .980  1.67  2.33  4.50  2.70    1   10.0

 1974 39 DET AL  DH  146

 1956 21 DET AL  LF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.70  0.00  3.00    0    0.3
 1957 22 DET AL  LF    5      6    1    0    0 1.000  .986  1.40  1.70  2.86  2.09    2   22.0
 1961 26 DET AL  LF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.60  0.00  2.08    0    1.3
 1968 33 DET AL  LF    5      2    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.40  1.44  1.00  1.85    1   18.0

 1953 18 DET AL  OF   20     11    1    0    0 1.000  .984  0.60  2.18                            5   11    4
 1954 19 DET AL  OF  135    283   16    9    0  .971  .979  2.21  2.17                            0    0  135
 1955 20 DET AL  OF  152    306   14    7    4  .979  .982  2.11  2.08                            0    0  152
 1956 21 DET AL  OF  153    343   18    6    4  .984  .979  2.36  2.04  2.42  2.34  153 1345.0
 1957 22 DET AL  OF  145    319   13    5    2  .985  .980  2.29  1.97  2.28  2.24  143 1310.7
 1958 23 DET AL  OF  145    316   23    2    4  .994  .982  2.34  1.94  2.48  2.27  143 1232.3
 1959 24 DET AL  OF  136    364    4    4    0  .989  .980  2.71  1.96  2.82  2.22  136 1174.7
 1960 25 DET AL  OF  142    367    5    5    1  .987  .982  2.62  1.95  2.62  2.25  142 1277.0
 1961 26 DET AL  OF  147    378    9    4    3  .990  .977  2.63  1.98  2.68  2.25  147 1300.3
 1962 27 DET AL  OF  100    225    8    4    1  .983  .980  2.33  1.92  2.38  2.19  100  882.0
 1963 28 DET AL  OF  140    257    5    2    0  .992  .981  1.87  1.91  1.93  2.16  140 1223.0
 1964 29 DET AL  OF  136    278    6    3    2  .990  .980  2.09  1.79  2.14  2.04  136 1193.3
 1965 30 DET AL  OF  112    193    2    3    0  .985  .978  1.74  1.78  1.84  2.04  111  955.7
 1966 31 DET AL  OF  136    279    7    2    1  .993  .982  2.10  1.82  2.28  2.10  136 1130.0
 1967 32 DET AL  OF  130    217   14    4    2  .983  .980  1.78  1.76  1.91  2.05  127 1086.7
 1968 33 DET AL  OF   74    131    1    3    0  .978  .981  1.78  1.80  1.97  2.08   68  602.0
 1969 34 DET AL  OF  118    192    9    7    4  .966  .978  1.70  1.84  1.86  2.13  109  974.0
 1970 35 DET AL  OF   91    156    3    2    1  .988  .980  1.75  1.85  2.08  2.14   75  686.7
 1971 36 DET AL  OF  129    207    6    0    0 1.000  .982  1.65  1.96  1.96  2.24  105  977.0
 1972 37 DET AL  OF   84    111    5    1    0  .991  .983  1.38  1.91  1.83  2.22   64  570.0
 1973 38 DET AL  OF   63    102    1    0    0 1.000  .979  1.63  2.02  2.13  2.29   52  435.3

 1956 21 DET AL  RF  144    308   14    5    4  .985  .973  2.24  1.80  2.30  2.09  144 1259.7
 1957 22 DET AL  RF  136    261   10    2    2  .993  .976  1.99  1.68  2.16  1.93  118 1130.7
 1958 23 DET AL  RF  143    311   22    2    4  .994  .980  2.33  1.69  2.48  1.99  141 1209.0
 1959 24 DET AL  RF   15     38    0    0    0 1.000  .977  2.53  1.64  2.64  1.89   15  129.7
 1961 26 DET AL  RF  141    308    8    4    3  .988  .976  2.24  1.75  2.48  2.06  127 1147.0
 1962 27 DET AL  RF  100    226    8    4    1  .983  .979  2.34  1.71  2.39  2.00  100  882.0
 1963 28 DET AL  RF  140    256    5    2    0  .992  .980  1.86  1.72  1.93  2.01  139 1215.0
 1964 29 DET AL  RF  136    278    6    3    3  .990  .984  2.09  1.61  2.14  1.88  136 1193.3
 1965 30 DET AL  RF   51     83    2    3    0  .966  .978  1.67  1.57  1.72  1.85   51  443.7
 1966 31 DET AL  RF   54    101    2    1    0  .990  .979  1.91  1.69  2.05  1.94   52  453.3
 1967 32 DET AL  RF  130    221   14    6    2  .975  .981  1.81  1.56  1.95  1.82  127 1085.7
 1968 33 DET AL  RF   70    129    1    3    0  .977  .977  1.86  1.57  2.00  1.88   67  584.0
 1969 34 DET AL  RF  118    190    9    7    4  .966  .974  1.69  1.60  1.84  1.91  109  974.0
 1970 35 DET AL  RF   91    158    3    2    1  .988  .975  1.77  1.59  2.11  1.98   75  686.7
 1971 36 DET AL  RF  128    203    6    0    0 1.000  .980  1.63  1.70  1.95  2.05  104  967.0
 1972 37 DET AL  RF   84    110    5    1    0  .991  .980  1.37  1.76  1.82  2.12   64  570.0
 1973 38 DET AL  RF   64    102    1    0    0 1.000  .976  1.61  1.73  2.13  2.09   52  435.3

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Position Total  OF*2488   5035  170   73   29  .986  .980  2.09  1.93             2087 18355.7   17  488 2036#
                 RF*1745   3283  116   45   24  .987  .978  1.95  1.68             1621 14366.0
                 CF* 477   1139   21   14    3  .988  .984  2.43  2.27              463 3948.0
                 DH  146   Games not counted in Overall Total below            
                 1B* 135    900   63    9   97  .991  .991  7.13  8.21              110  950.3
                 LF*  12      8    1    0    0 1.000  .989  0.75  1.58                3   41.7
                 3B*   2      3    2    0    0 1.000  .962  2.50  2.85                1   14.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      2625   5938  235   82  126  .987  .982  2.35  2.25
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1968   WS    DET STL     W   7  29   6  11  2  0  2   8   0   7  .379  .400  .655   0  0   0   0   1 
 1972   ALCS  DET OAK     L   5  19   3   5  0  0  1   1   2   2  .263  .333  .421   0  0   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Series   1-1  12  48   9  16  2  0  3   9   2   9  .333  .373  .563   0  0   1   0   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

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
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1955   DET AL   *   4   0   1  1  0  0   0   1   2   0  0   0   0   1 Starting RF 
 1956   DET AL   *   3   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting RF 
 1957   DET AL   *   5   1   2  0  0  0   2   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting RF 
 1958   DET AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1959-1 DET AL   *   3   1   1  0  0  1   1   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting CF 
 1959-2 DET AL       2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1960-1 DET AL       2   2   1  0  0  1   2   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1960-2 DET AL       1   0   1  0  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1961-1 DET AL       2   1   1  0  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1961-2 DET AL   *   4   0   2  0  0  0   0   0   0   1  0   0   0   0 Starting RF 
 1962-2 DET AL       0   1   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1963   DET AL   *   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting RF 
 1964   DET AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1965   DET AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1966   DET AL   *   4   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting CF 
 1967   DET AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1971   DET AL       2   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1974   DET AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 16/18    7  37   7  12  1  0  2   6   2   6   1  0   0   0   1  .324  .375  .514 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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
1955 (RF)
1956 (RF)
1957 (RF)
1958 *
1959-1 (CF)
1959-2 *
1960-1 *
1960-2 *
1961-1 *
1961-2 (RF)
1962-2 *
1963 (RF)
1964
1965 *
1966 (CF)
1967
1971 *
1974 *

Awards
1968-ML-Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
1969-ML-Hutch Award
1973-ML-Roberto Clemente Award

Gold Gloves
1957-ML--RF
1958-AL--RF
1959-AL--CF
1961-AL--OF
1962-AL--OF
1963-AL--OF
1964-AL--OF
1965-AL--OF
1966-AL--OF
1967-AL--OF
All Multiple Winners

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1954-AL-23-0.01
1955-AL-2-0.60
1956-AL-3-0.42
1957-AL-10-0.12
1958-AL-20-0.01
1959-AL-6-0.25
1961-AL-9-0.12
1962-AL-6-0.21
1963-AL-2-0.53
1964-AL-14-0.06
1965-AL-16-0.03
1966-AL-7-0.24
1967-AL-5-0.31
1972-AL-24-0.01
Car-32-2.92 shares

Batting Average
1955 AL-.340-1
1956 AL-.314-8
1957 AL-.295-9
1958 AL-.313-4
1959 AL-.327-2
1961 AL-.324-2
1963 AL-.312-2
1964 AL-.293-7
1966 AL-.288-3
1967 AL-.308-3
1971 AL-**.294-8

On-base %
1955 AL-.421-2
1958 AL-.374-9
1959 AL-.410-3
1961 AL-.393-7
1963 AL-.375-5
1964 AL-.383-5
1966 AL-.392-2
1967 AL-.411-2
1971 AL-**.416-3

Slugging %
1955 AL-.546-2
1956 AL-.530-5
1957 AL-.478-7
1958 AL-.490-7
1959 AL-.530-1
1961 AL-.515-9
1963 AL-.514-6
1966 AL-.534-3
1967 AL-.541-4

OPS
1955 AL-.967-2
1956 AL-.913-8
1957 AL-.821-10
1958 AL-.864-8
1959 AL-.940-1
1961 AL-.909-8
1963 AL-.889-4
1964 AL-.851-8
1966 AL-.927-3
1967 AL-.952-4
1971 AL-**.878-6

Games
1955 AL-152-5
1956 AL-153-3
1957 AL-149-8
Car-2834-16

At Bats
1955 AL-588-7
1956 AL-617-2
1957 AL-577-6
Car-10116-22

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1955 AL-681-5
1956 AL-693-2
1957 AL-636-10
Car-11597-22

Runs
1955 AL-121-2
1956 AL-96-4
1957 AL-83-9
1958 AL-84-9
1961 AL-116-5
1963 AL-89-6
1966 AL-85-9
1967 AL-94-4
Car-1622-37

Hits
1955 AL-200-1
1956 AL-194-2
1957 AL-170-7
1958 AL-170-6
1959 AL-167-7
1961 AL-190-3
1963 AL-172-4
Car-3007-26

Total Bases
1955 AL-321-1
1956 AL-327-2
1957 AL-276-4
1958 AL-266-8
1959 AL-271-6
1961 AL-302-7
1963 AL-283-4
1967 AL-248-9
Car-4852-23

Doubles
1956 AL-32-2
1957 AL-29-5
1958 AL-34-3
1960 AL-29-10
1961 AL-41-1
1964 AL-31-5
1966 AL-29-7
1967 AL-28-6
Car-498-48

Triples
1955 AL-8-4
1956 AL-10-5
1958 AL-7-6
1961 AL-7-7

Home Runs
1955 AL-27-4
1956 AL-27-6
1957 AL-23-9
1959 AL-27-9
1962 AL-29-8
1963 AL-27-6
1966 AL-29-7
1967 AL-25-5
Car-399-44

RBI
1955 AL-102-5
1956 AL-128-2
1957 AL-90-7
1958 AL-85-8
1959 AL-94-6
1963 AL-101-2
1966 AL-88-9
1967 AL-78-8
Car-1583-36

Bases on Balls
1955 AL-82-10
1959 AL-72-10
1965 AL-72-9
1966 AL-81-6
1967 AL-83-5
1971 AL-82-10
Car-1277-39

Stolen Bases
1954 AL-9-8
1957 AL-11-9
1958 AL-7-10
1959 AL-10-6
1960 AL-19-4

Singles
1954 AL-114-10
1955 AL-141-3
1956 AL-125-5
1957 AL-114-8
1958 AL-113-10
1959 AL-119-6
Car-2035-38

Adjusted OPS+
1955 AL-162-2
1956 AL-139-9
1958 AL-130-10
1959 AL-151-2
1961 AL-139-8
1963 AL-144-4
1964 AL-134-9
1966 AL-161-2
1967 AL-176-3

Runs Created
1955 AL-135-2
1956 AL-129-3
1957 AL-92-9
1958 AL-96-9
1959 AL-114-4
1961 AL-121-7
1963 AL-105-3
1964 AL-97-9
1966 AL-105-4
1967 AL-104-4
Car-1852-26

Adjusted Batting Runs
1955 AL-52-3
1956 AL-33-6
1959 AL-38-3
1961 AL-34-7
1962 AL-29-5
1963 AL-33-3
1964 AL-27-9
1965 AL-25-10
1966 AL-42-3
1967 AL-48-4
1971 AL-29-10
Car-492-47

Batting Wins
1955 AL-5.1-3
1956 AL-3.1-6
1959 AL-3.8-2
1961 AL-3.3-7
1962 AL-2.8-5
1963 AL-3.3-3
1964 AL-2.7-9
1965 AL-2.6-9
1966 AL-4.4-3
1967 AL-5.2-4
1971 AL-3.1-10
Car-50.0-42

Extra-Base Hits
1955 AL-59-3
1956 AL-69-2
1957 AL-56-4
1958 AL-57-7
1961 AL-67-7
1963 AL-54-10
1966 AL-59-6
1967 AL-55-6
Car-972-35

Times on Base
1955 AL-287-2
1956 AL-265-5
1958 AL-226-9
1959 AL-243-6
1960 AL-221-8
1961 AL-260-6
1963 AL-230-6
1966 AL-224-8
1967 AL-225-8
Car-4339-25

Offensive Win%
1955 AL-.764-2
1956 AL-.711-6
1958 AL-.673-10
1959 AL-.764-1
1961 AL-.713-7
1963 AL-.721-3
1964 AL-.698-7
1966 AL-.782-2
1967 AL-.808-4
Car-.688-92

Hit By Pitch
1966 AL-5-10
1971 AL-7-7

Sac. Flies
1957 AL-7-5
1959 AL-6-7
1966 AL-6-8
1967 AL-6-6
1969 AL-7-9
1970 AL-7-7
Car-104-19

Intentional Walks
1955 AL-12-2
1957 AL-7-6
1958 AL-6-6
1959 AL-12-1
1963 AL-12-1
1965 AL-11-5
1967 AL-10-10
Car-131-58

Grounded into Double Plays
1954 AL-21-2
1958 AL-18-7
1960 AL-18-5
1962 AL-17-9
1967 AL-16-3
1970 AL-20-5
Car-271-16

Caught Stealing
1955 AL-8-4
1957 AL-9-3

Power/Speed Number
1955 AL-9.8-7
1956 AL-11.1-6
1957 AL-14.9-4
1958 AL-9.7-6
1959 AL-14.6-4
1960 AL-16.8-4
1961 AL-16.1-6
1967 AL-12.1-8
Car-204.0-76

At Bats per Strikeout
1957 AL-15.2-7
1958 AL-11.6-8
1959 AL-12.2-10
1961 AL-14.0-8
1963 AL-11.5-10
1964 AL-10.3-9
1967 AL-9.7-7

At Bats per Home Run
1955 AL-21.8-7
1959 AL-18.9-7
1966 AL-16.5-4
1967 AL-18.3-5

Outs
1956 AL-439-3
1957 AL-439-8
Car-7594-23

Oldest Player
1971 AL-36-9
1972 AL-37-4
1973 AL-38-4
1974 AL-39-3

Youngest Player
1953 AL-18-3
1954 AL-19-6

      
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Black Ink: Batting - 12 (191) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 228 (26) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 57.9 (36) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 159.5 (70) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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

June 19, 1953: Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent (bonus baby).

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