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Eddie Mathews
Edwin Lee Mathews Jr.

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 200 lb.

Debut April 15, 1952
Final Game September 27, 1968
Born October 13, 1931 in Texarkana, TX
Died February 18, 2001 in La Jolla, CA

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1978.

Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)

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Preferred Bat: Blond Hillerich & Bradsby S2 (More info on Game Used Bats)

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        One of the greatest third basemen of all time. He hit 512 home runs in his career. He and teammate Hank Aaron became one of the most feared power hitting combos in baseball history.

Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1952 20 BSN NL 145  528   80  128  23  5  25   58   6  4  59 115  .242  .320  .447  113  236   5           1   9 MVP-21,RoY-3
 1953 21 MLN NL 157  579  110  175  31  8  47  135   1  3  99  83  .302  .406  .627  171  363   1           2   6 MVP-2,AS
 1954 22 MLN NL 138  476   96  138  21  4  40  103  10  3 113  61  .290  .423  .603  172  287   3   7       2   9 MVP-19
 1955 23 MLN NL 141  499  108  144  23  5  41  101   3  4 109  98  .289  .413  .601  172  300   1   6  20   1   5 MVP-18,AS
 1956 24 MLN NL 151  552  103  150  21  2  37   95   6  0  91  86  .272  .373  .518  143  286   3   4  17   1   4 AS
 1957 25 MLN NL 148  572  109  167  28  9  32   94   3  1  90  79  .292  .387  .540  154  309   2   2   5   0   6 MVP-8,AS
 1958 26 MLN NL 149  546   97  137  18  1  31   77   5  0  85  85  .251  .349  .458  120  250   8   8   5   2   9 AS
 1959 27 MLN NL 148  594  118  182  16  8  46  114   2  1  80  71  .306  .390  .593  167  352   3   2   2   3   6 MVP-2,AS
 1960 28 MLN NL 153  548  108  152  19  7  39  124   7  3 111 113  .277  .397  .551  165  302   4   6   3   2   8 MVP-10,AS
 1961 29 MLN NL 152  572  103  175  23  6  32   91  12  7  93  95  .306  .402  .535  153  306   1   4   3   2  10 MVP-17,AS
 1962 30 MLN NL 152  536  106  142  25  6  29   90   4  2 101  90  .265  .381  .496  137  266   0   4   7   2  11 MVP-29,AS
 1963 31 MLN NL 158  547   82  144  27  4  23   84   3  4 124 119  .263  .399  .453  147  248   0   3  14   1   9
 1964 32 MLN NL 141  502   83  117  19  1  23   74   2  2  85 100  .233  .344  .412  112  207   0   2   5   1   8
 1965 33 MLN NL 156  546   77  137  23  0  32   95   1  0  73 110  .251  .341  .469  125  256   1   3   7   3  11 MVP-20
 1966 34 ATL NL 134  452   72  113  21  4  16   53   1  1  63  82  .250  .341  .420  108  190   1   1   6   0   6
 1967 35 TOT    137  436   53  103  16  2  16   57   2  4  63  88  .236  .333  .392  111  171   3   6  12   3   6
         HOU NL 101  328   39   78  13  2  10   38   2  4  48  65  .238  .333  .381  108  125   2   4  12   1   5
         DET AL  36  108   14   25   3  0   6   19   0  0  15  23  .231  .331  .426  120   46   1   2   0   2   1
 1968 36 DET AL  31   52    4   11   0  0   3    8   0  0   5  12  .212  .281  .385   98   20   0   0   1   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons         8537      2315     72     1453     39    1487  .271  .376  .509  143       36  58 107  26 123
               2391      1509      354    512       68   1444                            4349
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        578  102  157  24  5  35   98   5  3  98 101  .271  .376  .509  143  295   2   4   7   2   8
 Career High    158  594  118  182  31  9  47  135  12  7 124 119  .306  .423  .627  172  363   8   8  20   3  11
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 / 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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1952 20 BSN NL  593  418   75   4.8    95| .242  .258| .320  .330| .447  .384| .767  .714| 113  .566   7.9   0.8  60%
 1953 21 MLN NL  681  414  145   9.3   105| .302  .267| .406  .337| .627  .416|1.033  .753| 171  .767  61.6   5.8  25%
 1954 22 MLN NL  601  360  123   9.2   104| .290  .267| .423  .337| .603  .412|1.026  .749| 172  .766  54.8   5.2  76%
 1955 23 MLN NL  616  371  131   9.4   101| .289  .259| .413  .330| .601  .411|1.014  .740| 172  .783  55.4   5.3  42%
 1956 24 MLN NL  651  413  114   7.4    98| .272  .257| .373  .323| .518  .406| .891  .728| 143  .714  35.8   3.5 100%
 1957 25 MLN NL  666  416  126   8.2    97| .292  .260| .387  .322| .540  .403| .927  .725| 154  .741  45.2   4.4  75%
 1958 26 MLN NL  649  434   94   5.8    99| .251  .260| .349  .327| .458  .406| .807  .733| 120  .600  18.0   1.8 100%
 1959 27 MLN NL  682  424  143   9.0    98| .306  .260| .390  .325| .593  .403| .983  .728| 167  .772  55.4   5.3  66%
 1960 28 MLN NL  671  417  128   8.3    93| .277  .255| .397  .319| .551  .391| .948  .710| 165  .763  52.7   5.2  70%
 1961 29 MLN NL  672  419  128   8.2   100| .306  .263| .402  .328| .535  .409| .937  .737| 153  .736  46.4   4.5  63%
 1962 30 MLN NL  643  411  106   6.9   100| .265  .266| .381  .333| .496  .404| .877  .737| 137  .681  31.2   3.0  66%
 1963 31 MLN NL  675  419  106   6.8    88| .263  .253| .399  .315| .453  .378| .852  .693| 147  .734  40.1   4.2  42%
 1964 32 MLN NL  590  397   75   5.1    94| .233  .264| .344  .322| .412  .393| .756  .715| 112  .597  10.1   1.1  50%
 1965 33 MLN NL  626  424   89   5.7    94| .251  .259| .341  .323| .469  .392| .810  .715| 125  .640  18.9   2.0 100%
 1966 34 ATL NL  517  348   67   5.2    99| .250  .268| .341  .327| .420  .404| .761  .731| 108  .592   6.0   0.6  50%
 1967 35 TOT     511  352   60   4.6    87| .236  .252| .333  .315| .392  .371| .725  .687| 111  .574   8.1   0.8  33%
         HOU NL  383  265   43   4.4    87| .238  .253| .333  .315| .381  .372| .714  .687| 108  .545   5.1   0.5  33%
         DET AL  128   87   17   5.3    87| .231  .246| .331  .316| .426  .369| .757  .686| 120  .653   3.0   0.3   0%
 1968 36 DET AL   57   41    6   3.9    82| .212  .241| .281  .311| .385  .357| .666  .668|  98  .552  -0.4   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 17 Seasons   10101  6478 1716   7.1    97| .271  .260| .376  .326| .509  .399| .885  .725| 143  .704 547.2  53.5  63%

* 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  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1952 20 BSN NL 3B 142 160 259 19 21 .957 .954 2.95 2.92 1953 21 MLN NL 3B 157 154 311 30 33 .939 .951 2.96 2.72 AS 1954 22 MLN NL 3B 127 112 254 13 28 .966 .952 2.88 2.82 OF 10 21 0 2 0 .913 .977 2.10 2.18 10 0 0 1955 23 MLN NL 3B 137 140 280 21 23 .952 .951 3.07 2.81 AS 1956 24 MLN NL 3B 150 133 287 25 22 .944 .956 2.80 2.64 2.86 3.05 149 1321.0 AS 1957 25 MLN NL 3B 147 131 299 16 27 .964 .952 2.93 2.71 2.90 2.96 147 1333.0 AS 1958 26 MLN NL 3B 149 116 351 22 24 .955 .952 3.13 2.86 3.20 3.18 149 1312.0 AS 1959 27 MLN NL 3B 148 144 305 18 21 .961 .950 3.03 2.66 3.07 2.97 148 1315.7 AS 1960 28 MLN NL 3B 153 141 280 22 23 .950 .952 2.75 2.61 2.77 2.97 153 1369.3 AS 1961 29 MLN NL 3B 151 168 281 18 30 .961 .948 2.97 2.60 3.01 2.92 151 1340.3 AS 1962 30 MLN NL 3B 140 141 283 16 22 .964 .949 3.03 2.56 3.12 2.95 140 1223.0 AS 1B 7 67 2 0 7 1.000 .990 9.86 8.04 10.53 9.79 7 59.0 AS 1963 31 MLN NL 3B 121 113 276 13 23 .968 .941 3.21 2.54 3.34 2.93 115 1048.0 LF 42 63 1 6 0 .914 .971 1.52 1.38 1.79 1.80 42 321.7 1964 32 MLN NL 3B 128 130 247 15 19 .962 .941 2.95 2.60 3.15 2.93 123 1078.0 1B 7 54 5 2 4 .967 .990 8.43 8.83 9.32 10.03 7 57.0 1965 33 MLN NL 3B 153 113 301 19 19 .956 .951 2.71 2.47 2.89 2.82 146 1290.3 1966 34 ATL NL 3B 127 114 237 20 31 .946 .954 2.76 2.66 3.09 3.04 115 1023.0 1967 35 TOT 1B 92 678 52 9 59 .988 .991 7.93 8.75 9.36 9.90 80 701.7 TOT 3B 45 36 61 6 3 .942 .952 2.16 2.74 2.62 3.04 39 333.0 HOU NL 1B 79 572 40 8 50 .987 .991 7.75 8.82 9.14 9.96 68 602.7 3B 24 22 33 3 3 .948 .950 2.29 2.75 2.77 2.96 20 178.7 DET AL 3B 21 14 28 3 0 .933 .955 2.00 2.72 2.45 3.13 19 154.3 1B 13 106 12 1 9 .992 .991 9.08 8.32 10.73 9.53 12 99.0 1968 36 DET AL 1B 6 34 3 1 5 .974 .989 6.17 8.32 7.57 9.59 6 44.0 3B 6 3 10 0 0 1.000 .949 2.17 2.67 3.55 3.05 5 33.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1962 30 MLN NL 1B 7 67 2 0 7 1.000 .990 9.86 8.04 10.53 9.79 7 59.0 1964 32 MLN NL 1B 7 54 5 2 4 .967 .990 8.43 8.83 9.32 10.03 7 57.0 1967 35 TOT 1B 92 678 52 9 59 .988 .991 7.93 8.75 9.36 9.90 80 701.7 HOU NL 1B 79 572 40 8 50 .987 .991 7.75 8.82 9.14 9.96 68 602.7 DET AL 1B 13 106 12 1 9 .992 .991 9.08 8.32 10.73 9.53 12 99.0 1968 36 DET AL 1B 6 34 3 1 5 .974 .989 6.17 8.32 7.57 9.59 6 44.0 1952 20 BSN NL 3B 142 160 259 19 21 .957 .954 2.95 2.92 1953 21 MLN NL 3B 157 154 311 30 33 .939 .951 2.96 2.72 1954 22 MLN NL 3B 127 112 254 13 28 .966 .952 2.88 2.82 1955 23 MLN NL 3B 137 140 280 21 23 .952 .951 3.07 2.81 1956 24 MLN NL 3B 150 133 287 25 22 .944 .956 2.80 2.64 2.86 3.05 149 1321.0 1957 25 MLN NL 3B 147 131 299 16 27 .964 .952 2.93 2.71 2.90 2.96 147 1333.0 1958 26 MLN NL 3B 149 116 351 22 24 .955 .952 3.13 2.86 3.20 3.18 149 1312.0 1959 27 MLN NL 3B 148 144 305 18 21 .961 .950 3.03 2.66 3.07 2.97 148 1315.7 1960 28 MLN NL 3B 153 141 280 22 23 .950 .952 2.75 2.61 2.77 2.97 153 1369.3 1961 29 MLN NL 3B 151 168 281 18 30 .961 .948 2.97 2.60 3.01 2.92 151 1340.3 1962 30 MLN NL 3B 140 141 283 16 22 .964 .949 3.03 2.56 3.12 2.95 140 1223.0 1963 31 MLN NL 3B 121 113 276 13 23 .968 .941 3.21 2.54 3.34 2.93 115 1048.0 1964 32 MLN NL 3B 128 130 247 15 19 .962 .941 2.95 2.60 3.15 2.93 123 1078.0 1965 33 MLN NL 3B 153 113 301 19 19 .956 .951 2.71 2.47 2.89 2.82 146 1290.3 1966 34 ATL NL 3B 127 114 237 20 31 .946 .954 2.76 2.66 3.09 3.04 115 1023.0 1967 35 TOT 3B 45 36 61 6 3 .942 .952 2.16 2.74 2.62 3.04 39 333.0 HOU NL 3B 24 22 33 3 3 .948 .950 2.29 2.75 2.77 2.96 20 178.7 DET AL 3B 21 14 28 3 0 .933 .955 2.00 2.72 2.45 3.13 19 154.3 1968 36 DET AL 3B 6 3 10 0 0 1.000 .949 2.17 2.67 3.55 3.05 5 33.0 1963 31 MLN NL LF 42 63 1 6 0 .914 .971 1.52 1.38 1.79 1.80 42 321.7 1954 22 MLN NL OF 10 21 0 2 0 .913 .977 2.10 2.18 10 0 0 1963 31 MLN NL OF 42 63 1 6 0 .914 .977 1.52 1.75 1.79 2.01 42 321.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total 3B*2181 2049 4322 293 369 .956 .950 2.92 2.68 1580 14019.7 1B* 112 833 62 12 75 .987 .991 7.99 8.69 100 861.7 LF* 42 63 1 6 0 .914 .971 1.52 1.38 42 321.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 2345 2966 4385 313 444 .959 .955 3.13 2.95
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1957   WS    MLN NYY     W   7  22   4   5  3  0  1   4   8   5  .227  .433  .500   0  0   1   0   0 
 1958   WS    MLN NYY     L   7  25   3   4  2  0  0   3   6  11  .160  .323  .240   1  0   0   0   0 
 1968   WS    DET STL     W   2   3   0   1  0  0  0   0   1   1  .333  .500  .333   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 World Series        2-1  16  50   7  10  5  0  1   7  15  17  .200  .385  .360   1  0   1   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
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1953   MLN NL   *   3   1   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   1 Starting 3B 
 1955   MLN NL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 3B 
 1956   MLN NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1957   MLN NL       3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1958   MLN NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1959-1 MLN NL   *   3   1   1  0  0  1   1   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 3B 
 1959-2 MLN NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1960-1 MLN NL   *   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 3B 
 1960-2 MLN NL   *   3   1   1  0  0  1   2   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 3B 
 1961-1 MLN NL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 3B 
 1961-2 MLN NL   *   3   1   0  0  0  0   0   1   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 3B 
 1962-2 MLN NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 10/12    7  25   4   2  0  0  2   3   1   5   0  0   0   0   1  .080  .148  .320 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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
1953 (3B)
1955 (3B)
1956
1957 *
1958
1959-1 (3B)
1959-2 *
1960-1 (3B)
1960-2 (3B)
1961-1 (3B)
1961-2 (3B)
1962-2 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1952-NL-21-0.04
1953-NL-2-0.64
1954-NL-19-0.01
1955-NL-18-0.02
1957-NL-8-0.13
1959-NL-2-0.56
1960-NL-10-0.15
1961-NL-17-0.03
1962-NL-29-0.00
1965-NL-20-0.03
Car-125-1.61 shares

Batting Average
1959 NL-.306-9
1961 NL-.306-9

On-base %
1953 NL-.406-5
1954 NL-.423-4
1955 NL-.413-3
1956 NL-.373-8
1957 NL-.387-6
1959 NL-.390-5
1960 NL-.397-3
1961 NL-.402-3
1962 NL-.381-8
1963 NL-.399-1

Slugging %
1953 NL-.627-2
1954 NL-.603-5
1955 NL-.601-3
1956 NL-.518-10
1957 NL-.540-6
1959 NL-.593-3
1960 NL-.551-6
1961 NL-.535-8
Car-.509-74

OPS
1953 NL-1.033-3
1954 NL-1.026-5
1955 NL-1.014-3
1956 NL-.892-8
1957 NL-.927-6
1959 NL-.983-2
1960 NL-.948-2
1961 NL-.937-7
1962 NL-.877-10
1963 NL-.852-7
Car-.885-78

Games
1953 NL-157-2
1958 NL-149-9
1960 NL-153-4
1961 NL-152-9
1963 NL-158-8
Car-2391-76

At Bats
1959 NL-594-8
Car-8537-91

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1953 NL-681-6
1958 NL-649-7
1959 NL-682-7
1960 NL-671-5
1961 NL-672-2
Car-10101-67

Runs
1953 NL-110-5
1955 NL-108-6
1956 NL-103-4
1957 NL-109-4
1958 NL-97-6
1959 NL-118-3
1960 NL-108-2
1961 NL-103-7
1962 NL-106-8
Car-1509-61

Hits
1953 NL-175-10
1959 NL-182-5
1961 NL-175-8

Total Bases
1953 NL-363-2
1954 NL-287-8
1955 NL-300-9
1956 NL-286-8
1957 NL-309-5
1959 NL-352-2
1960 NL-302-6
1961 NL-306-8
Car-4349-46

Triples
1953 NL-8-8
1957 NL-9-3
1959 NL-8-6

Home Runs
1952 NL-25-4
1953 NL-47-1
1954 NL-40-5
1955 NL-41-5
1956 NL-37-4
1957 NL-32-5
1958 NL-31-3
1959 NL-46-1
1960 NL-39-3
1961 NL-32-7
1962 NL-29-8
1965 NL-32-6
Car-512-20

RBI
1953 NL-135-2
1954 NL-103-8
1956 NL-95-6
1957 NL-94-7
1959 NL-114-5
1960 NL-124-2
1961 NL-91-9
Car-1453-53

Bases on Balls
1953 NL-99-4
1954 NL-113-2
1955 NL-109-1
1956 NL-91-4
1957 NL-90-3
1958 NL-85-3
1959 NL-80-4
1960 NL-111-2
1961 NL-93-1
1962 NL-101-1
1963 NL-124-1
1964 NL-85-2
1965 NL-73-10
Car-1444-21

Strikeouts
1952 NL-115-1
1953 NL-83-8
1955 NL-98-2
1956 NL-86-6
1958 NL-85-7
1960 NL-113-2
1961 NL-95-3
1963 NL-119-5
1964 NL-100-8
Car-1487-47

Stolen Bases
1954 NL-10-6
1961 NL-12-7

Singles
1961 NL-114-8

Adjusted OPS+
1953 NL-171-1
1954 NL-172-2
1955 NL-172-2
1956 NL-143-5
1957 NL-154-4
1959 NL-167-2
1960 NL-165-2
1961 NL-153-5
1962 NL-137-8
1963 NL-147-5
Car-143-57

Runs Created
1953 NL-145-3
1954 NL-123-6
1955 NL-131-4
1956 NL-114-6
1957 NL-126-4
1959 NL-143-2
1960 NL-128-1
1961 NL-128-4
1962 NL-106-10
1963 NL-106-9
Car-1716-40

Adjusted Batting Runs
1953 NL-62-2
1954 NL-55-5
1955 NL-55-3
1956 NL-36-6
1957 NL-45-4
1959 NL-55-2
1960 NL-53-1
1961 NL-46-4
1962 NL-31-5
1963 NL-40-5
Car-547-31

Batting Wins
1953 NL-5.8-2
1954 NL-5.2-5
1955 NL-5.3-3
1956 NL-3.5-6
1957 NL-4.4-4
1959 NL-5.3-2
1960 NL-5.2-1
1961 NL-4.5-4
1962 NL-3.0-5
1963 NL-4.2-5
Car-53.5-29

Extra-Base Hits
1952 NL-53-8
1953 NL-86-2
1954 NL-65-6
1955 NL-69-7
1957 NL-69-6
1959 NL-70-6
1960 NL-65-7
1961 NL-61-8
1962 NL-60-9
Car-938-47

Times on Base
1953 NL-276-3
1954 NL-253-8
1955 NL-254-6
1956 NL-242-6
1957 NL-257-4
1958 NL-224-9
1959 NL-265-2
1960 NL-265-2
1961 NL-270-1
1962 NL-245-10
1963 NL-269-2
Car-3785-55

Offensive Win%
1953 NL-.767-3
1954 NL-.766-5
1955 NL-.783-3
1956 NL-.714-3
1957 NL-.741-4
1959 NL-.772-2
1960 NL-.763-2
1961 NL-.736-4
1962 NL-.681-9
1963 NL-.734-5
Car-.704-66

Sac. Hits
1958 NL-8-10

Sac. Flies
1958 NL-8-2

Intentional Walks
1955 NL-20-2
1956 NL-17-5
1963 NL-14-5
Car-107-94

Caught Stealing
1961 NL-7-8

Power/Speed Number
1952 NL-9.7-10
1954 NL-16.0-1
1956 NL-10.3-9
1961 NL-17.5-6

At Bats per Home Run
1952 NL-21.1-5
1953 NL-12.3-1
1954 NL-11.9-2
1955 NL-12.2-2
1956 NL-14.9-4
1957 NL-17.9-7
1958 NL-17.6-3
1959 NL-12.9-1
1960 NL-14.1-1
1961 NL-17.9-9
1962 NL-18.5-9
1963 NL-23.8-8
1964 NL-21.8-9
1965 NL-17.1-4
Car-16.7-39

Outs
1958 NL-434-8
Car-6478-88

Oldest Player
1968 AL-36-7

Youngest Player
1952 NL-20-10

 

Black Ink: Batting - 16 (140) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 183 (51) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 53.6 (56) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 161.5 (70) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

Before 1949 Season: Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent.

December 31, 1966: Traded by the Atlanta Braves with a player to be named later and Arnold Umbach to the Houston Astros for Dave Nicholson and Bob Bruce. The Atlanta Braves sent Sandy Alomar (February 25, 1967) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

August 17, 1967: Traded by the Houston Astros to the Detroit Tigers for a player to be named later. The Detroit Tigers sent Fred Gladding (November 22, 1967) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

October 28, 1968: Released by the Detroit Tigers.


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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