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Charlie Maxwell
Charles Richard Maxwell (Smokey or Paw Paw)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 11", Weight 185 lb.
School Western Michigan University

Debut September 20, 1950
Final Game April 26, 1964
Born April 8, 1927 in Lawton, MI

Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)

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        Dedicated to my dad, another great "Smokey" from Michigan. We enjoyed some Tigers and Spartans games together. Thanks for the memories, Dad.

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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1950 23 BOS AL   3    8    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   3  .000  .111  .000  -71    0   0           0   0
 1951 24 BOS AL  49   80    8   15   1  0   3   12   0  1   9  18  .188  .270  .313   51   25   0           0   1
 1952 25 BOS AL   8   15    0    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   3  11  .067  .222  .133   -3    2   0           0   0
 1954 27 BOS AL  74  104    9   26   4  1   0    5   3  0  12  21  .250  .328  .308   68   32   1   0       0   4
 1955 28 TOT AL  59  113   19   29   7  1   7   18   0  0   8  21  .257  .315  .522  125   59   2   1   0   2   2
         BAL AL   4    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         DET AL  55  109   19   29   7  1   7   18   0  0   8  20  .266  .325  .541  132   59   2   1   0   2   2
 1956 29 DET AL 141  500   96  163  14  3  28   87   1  1  79  74  .326  .414  .534  148  267   3   8   1   2   5 MVP-23,AS
 1957 30 DET AL 138  492   75  136  23  3  24   82   3  2  76  84  .276  .377  .482  131  237   4   3   7   5   6 MVP-18,AS
 1958 31 DET AL 131  397   56  108  14  4  13   65   6  1  64  54  .272  .369  .426  113  169   0   5   4   0   5
 1959 32 DET AL 145  518   81  130  12  2  31   95   0  2  81  91  .251  .357  .461  118  239   4   2   5   6   9
 1960 33 DET AL 134  482   70  114  16  5  24   81   5  0  58  75  .237  .325  .440  103  212   1   2   6   6   4 MVP-28
 1961 34 DET AL  79  131   11   30   4  2   5   18   0  0  20  24  .229  .333  .405   94   53   0   1   2   1   1
 1962 35 TOT AL  99  273   35   74  10  3  10   52   0  0  42  42  .271  .365  .440  115  120   1   3   4   0   5
         DET AL  30   67    5   13   2  0   1    9   0  0   8  10  .194  .273  .269   45   18   0   2   1   0   1
         CHW AL  69  206   30   61   8  3   9   43   0  0  34  32  .296  .394  .495  138  102   1   1   3   0   4
 1963 36 CHW AL  71  130   17   30   4  2   3   17   0  0  31  27  .231  .370  .362  108   47   0   4   2   0   3
 1964 37 CHW AL   2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons    1133 3245  478  856 110 26 148  532  18  7 484 545  .264  .360  .451  116 1462  16  29  31  22  45
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        464   68  122  16  4  21   76   3  1  69  78  .264  .360  .451  116  209   2   4   4   3   6
 Career High    145  518   96  163  23  5  31   95   6  2  81  91  .326  .414  .534  148  267   4   8   7   6   9
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1950 23 BOS AL    9    8    0   0.0   122| .000  .290| .111  .379| .000  .435| .111  .814| -71  .000  -2.2  -0.2   0%
 1951 24 BOS AL   89   67    6   2.4   109| .188  .278| .270  .361| .313  .407| .583  .768|  51  .241  -6.1  -0.6   0%
 1952 25 BOS AL   18   14    0   0.0   103| .067  .269| .222  .350| .133  .393| .355  .743|  -3  .000  -2.1  -0.2   0%
 1954 27 BOS AL  117   83   11   3.6   108| .250  .278| .328  .355| .308  .406| .636  .762|  68  .417  -4.8  -0.5 100%
 1955 28 TOT AL  126   89   19   5.7   101| .257  .264| .315  .343| .522  .393| .837  .736| 125  .600   3.0   0.3   0%
         BAL AL    4    4    0   0.0    96| .000  .258| .000  .336| .000  .384| .000  .720|-100  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%
         DET AL  122   85   19   6.0   101| .266  .264| .325  .343| .541  .393| .866  .736| 132  .620   4.1   0.4   0%
 1956 29 DET AL  592  354  118   8.9   107| .326  .268| .414  .351| .534  .410| .948  .760| 148  .756  36.9   3.5  50%
 1957 30 DET AL  580  371   94   6.9   102| .276  .266| .377  .339| .482  .402| .859  .741| 131  .693  22.5   2.3  60%
 1958 31 DET AL  466  300   68   6.0   104| .272  .270| .369  .339| .426  .410| .795  .749| 113  .652   8.6   0.9  85%
 1959 32 DET AL  611  405   89   5.9   103| .251  .267| .357  .339| .461  .408| .818  .748| 118  .631  13.3   1.3   0%
 1960 33 DET AL  549  375   73   5.2   104| .237  .267| .325  .341| .440  .408| .765  .749| 103  .570   0.2   0.0 100%
 1961 34 DET AL  153  103   19   4.9   106| .229  .267| .333  .343| .405  .416| .738  .759|  94  .526  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1962 35 TOT AL  319  208   47   6.1   103| .271  .264| .365  .336| .440  .411| .805  .747| 115  .629   6.7   0.7   0%
         DET AL   77   57    5   2.4   105| .194  .267| .273  .339| .269  .415| .542  .754|  45  .231  -5.1  -0.5   0%
         CHW AL  242  151   42   7.5   103| .296  .263| .394  .335| .495  .410| .889  .745| 138  .712  11.9   1.2   0%
 1963 36 CHW AL  165  107   20   5.0    93| .231  .253| .370  .319| .362  .391| .732  .710| 108  .584   3.4   0.4   0%
 1964 37 CHW AL    2    2    0   0.0    94| .000  .252| .000  .320| .000  .392| .000  .712|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons     3796 2486  564   6.1   104| .264  .267| .360  .342| .451  .407| .811  .749| 116  .638  77.7   7.7  72%

* 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 ------+
1950 23 BOS AL OF 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 3.00 2.35 0 0 1 1951 24 BOS AL OF 13 25 0 2 0 .926 .977 1.92 2.23 5 0 8 1952 25 BOS AL 1B 3 24 4 1 1 .966 .989 9.33 8.87 OF 3 6 1 0 0 1.000 .986 2.33 2.17 0 1 2 1954 27 BOS AL OF 27 25 1 0 0 1.000 .977 0.96 2.17 21 3 6 1955 28 DET AL OF 26 55 3 2 0 .967 .981 2.23 2.08 22 0 4 1B 2 21 2 1 0 .958 .991 11.50 8.15 1956 29 DET AL OF 136 281 12 4 1 .987 .979 2.15 2.04 2.27 2.34 132 1163.3 AS LF 134 280 10 4 1 .986 .977 2.16 1.69 2.28 2.10 130 1145.3 AS RF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 1.80 1.00 2.10 2 18.0 AS 1957 30 DET AL OF 137 317 6 1 1 .997 .980 2.36 1.97 2.43 2.24 133 1198.3 AS LF 136 321 6 1 1 .997 .980 2.40 1.70 2.49 2.10 132 1183.3 AS RF 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 1.68 0.60 1.92 1 15.0 AS 1958 31 DET AL OF 114 201 4 3 0 .986 .982 1.80 1.94 2.07 2.27 104 890.3 LF 113 199 4 3 0 .985 .979 1.80 1.62 2.09 2.09 102 875.3 1B 14 89 4 1 9 .989 .991 6.64 8.47 9.40 9.60 10 89.0 RF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.70 1.80 1.98 2 15.0 1959 32 DET AL LF 136 289 6 4 1 .987 .980 2.17 1.68 2.22 2.06 136 1193.3 1960 33 DET AL LF 120 256 4 1 0 .996 .984 2.17 1.67 2.15 2.14 118 1089.7 1961 34 DET AL OF 25 53 2 2 0 .965 .977 2.20 1.98 2.56 2.25 22 193.0 LF 22 44 1 2 0 .957 .970 2.05 1.62 2.43 2.00 18 167.0 RF 4 7 1 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 1.75 2.77 2.08 4 26.0 1962 35 TOT AL OF 71 128 2 2 1 .985 .980 1.83 1.92 2.18 2.19 67 535.6 TOT AL RF 22 42 0 2 0 .955 .979 1.91 1.71 2.18 2.00 22 173.3 TOT AL 1B 7 48 3 1 6 .981 .990 7.29 8.77 8.83 9.43 5 52.0 DET AL RF 15 28 0 1 0 .966 .979 1.87 1.71 2.06 2.00 15 122.3 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 8.80 4.50 9.45 0 2.0 CHW AL OF 56 100 2 1 1 .990 .980 1.82 1.92 2.22 2.19 52 413.3 LF 49 87 2 0 1 1.000 .976 1.82 1.61 2.21 2.01 45 362.3 RF 7 14 0 1 0 .933 .979 2.00 1.71 2.47 1.99 7 51.0 1B 6 47 3 1 6 .980 .990 8.33 8.77 9.00 9.43 5 50.0 1963 36 CHW AL LF 24 29 2 0 1 1.000 .975 1.29 1.57 1.66 1.90 23 167.7 1B 17 107 5 0 14 1.000 .990 6.59 8.59 9.00 9.48 12 112.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1952 25 BOS AL 1B 3 24 4 1 1 .966 .989 9.33 8.87 1955 28 DET AL 1B 2 21 2 1 0 .958 .991 11.50 8.15 1958 31 DET AL 1B 14 89 4 1 9 .989 .991 6.64 8.47 9.40 9.60 10 89.0 1962 35 TOT AL 1B 7 48 3 1 6 .981 .990 7.29 8.77 8.83 9.43 5 52.0 DET AL 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 8.80 4.50 9.45 0 2.0 CHW AL 1B 6 47 3 1 6 .980 .990 8.33 8.77 9.00 9.43 5 50.0 1963 36 CHW AL 1B 17 107 5 0 14 1.000 .990 6.59 8.59 9.00 9.48 12 112.0 1956 29 DET AL LF 134 280 10 4 1 .986 .977 2.16 1.69 2.28 2.10 130 1145.3 1957 30 DET AL LF 136 321 6 1 1 .997 .980 2.40 1.70 2.49 2.10 132 1183.3 1958 31 DET AL LF 113 199 4 3 0 .985 .979 1.80 1.62 2.09 2.09 102 875.3 1959 32 DET AL LF 136 289 6 4 1 .987 .980 2.17 1.68 2.22 2.06 136 1193.3 1960 33 DET AL LF 120 256 4 1 0 .996 .984 2.17 1.67 2.15 2.14 118 1089.7 1961 34 DET AL LF 22 44 1 2 0 .957 .970 2.05 1.62 2.43 2.00 18 167.0 1962 35 CHW AL LF 49 87 2 0 1 1.000 .976 1.82 1.61 2.21 2.01 45 362.3 1963 36 CHW AL LF 24 29 2 0 1 1.000 .975 1.29 1.57 1.66 1.90 23 167.7 1950 23 BOS AL OF 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 3.00 2.35 0 0 1 1951 24 BOS AL OF 13 25 0 2 0 .926 .977 1.92 2.23 5 0 8 1952 25 BOS AL OF 3 6 1 0 0 1.000 .986 2.33 2.17 0 1 2 1954 27 BOS AL OF 27 25 1 0 0 1.000 .977 0.96 2.17 21 3 6 1955 28 DET AL OF 26 55 3 2 0 .967 .981 2.23 2.08 22 0 4 1956 29 DET AL OF 136 281 12 4 1 .987 .979 2.15 2.04 2.27 2.34 132 1163.3 1957 30 DET AL OF 137 317 6 1 1 .997 .980 2.36 1.97 2.43 2.24 133 1198.3 1958 31 DET AL OF 114 201 4 3 0 .986 .982 1.80 1.94 2.07 2.27 104 890.3 1959 32 DET AL OF 136 285 6 4 1 .986 .980 2.14 1.96 2.19 2.22 136 1193.3 1960 33 DET AL OF 120 254 5 1 0 .996 .982 2.16 1.95 2.14 2.25 118 1089.7 1961 34 DET AL OF 25 53 2 2 0 .965 .977 2.20 1.98 2.56 2.25 22 193.0 1962 35 TOT AL OF 71 128 2 2 1 .985 .980 1.83 1.92 2.18 2.19 67 535.6 DET AL OF 15 28 0 1 0 .966 .979 1.87 1.92 2.06 2.19 15 122.3 CHW AL OF 56 100 2 1 1 .990 .980 1.82 1.92 2.22 2.19 52 413.3 1963 36 CHW AL OF 24 29 2 0 1 1.000 .981 1.29 1.91 1.66 2.16 23 167.7 1956 29 DET AL RF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 1.80 1.00 2.10 2 18.0 1957 30 DET AL RF 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 1.68 0.60 1.92 1 15.0 1958 31 DET AL RF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.70 1.80 1.98 2 15.0 1961 34 DET AL RF 4 7 1 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 1.75 2.77 2.08 4 26.0 1962 35 TOT AL RF 22 42 0 2 0 .955 .979 1.91 1.71 2.18 2.00 22 173.3 DET AL RF 15 28 0 1 0 .966 .979 1.87 1.71 2.06 2.00 15 122.3 CHW AL RF 7 14 0 1 0 .933 .979 2.00 1.71 2.47 1.99 7 51.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total OF* 834 1665 44 21 5 .988 .980 2.05 1.98 735 6431.3 782 4 56# LF* 734 1505 35 15 5 .990 .979 2.10 1.66 704 6184.0 1B* 43 289 18 4 30 .987 .991 7.14 8.58 27 253.0 RF* 35 55 1 2 0 .966 .977 1.60 1.71 31 247.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 877 1954 62 25 35 .988 .982 2.30 2.31
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1956   DET AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1957   DET AL       1   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/2      0   1   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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
1956
1957 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1956-AL-23-0.02
1957-AL-18-0.01
1960-AL-28-0.01
Car-1135-0.04 shares

Batting Average
1956 AL-.326-4

On-base %
1956 AL-.414-5
1957 AL-.377-8

Slugging %
1956 AL-.534-3
1957 AL-.482-6

OPS
1956 AL-.948-4
1957 AL-.858-6

Runs
1956 AL-96-4

Hits
1956 AL-163-10

Total Bases
1956 AL-267-9

Home Runs
1956 AL-28-5
1957 AL-24-7
1959 AL-31-4
1960 AL-24-9

RBI
1959 AL-95-5

Bases on Balls
1957 AL-76-6
1959 AL-81-7

Strikeouts
1956 AL-74-10
1957 AL-84-4
1959 AL-91-7

Singles
1956 AL-118-7

Adjusted OPS+
1956 AL-148-4
1957 AL-131-7

Runs Created
1956 AL-118-5
1957 AL-94-7

Adjusted Batting Runs
1956 AL-37-5
1957 AL-22-8

Batting Wins
1956 AL-3.5-5
1957 AL-2.3-8

Extra-Base Hits
1957 AL-50-10

Times on Base
1956 AL-244-8

Offensive Win%
1956 AL-.756-3
1957 AL-.693-5

Hit By Pitch
1957 AL-5-8
1959 AL-6-9

Sac. Flies
1956 AL-8-2

Intentional Walks
1957 AL-7-6
1960 AL-6-8

Power/Speed Number
1960 AL-8.3-10

At Bats per Home Run
1956 AL-17.9-5
1957 AL-20.5-8
1959 AL-16.7-4
1960 AL-20.1-7

Oldest Player
1964 AL-37-10

     

Gray Ink: Batting - 40 (603) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 15.5 (975) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 10.5 (1093) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

Before 1947 Season: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.

December 24, 1954: Purchased by the Baltimore Orioles from the Boston Red Sox.

May 9, 1955: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the Baltimore Orioles.

June 25, 1962: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Chicago White Sox for Bob Farley.

May 15, 1964: Released by the Chicago White Sox.


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