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Mel Ott
Melvin Thomas Ott (Master Melvin)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 170 lb.

Debut April 27, 1926
Final Game July 11, 1947
Born March 2, 1909 in Gretna, LA
Died November 21, 1958 in New Orleans, LA

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1951.

Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Giants in 1926. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1926 17 NYG NL  35   60    7   23   2  0   0    4   1      1   9  .383  .393  .417  119   25   0           0    
 1927 18 NYG NL  82  163   23   46   7  3   1   19   2     13   9  .282  .335  .380   91   62   4           0    
 1928 19 NYG NL 124  435   69  140  26  4  18   77   3     52  36  .322  .397  .524  138  228  10           2    
 1929 20 NYG NL 150  545  138  179  37  2  42  151   6    113  38  .328  .449  .635  165  346  10           6     MVP-11
 1930 21 NYG NL 148  521  122  182  34  5  25  119   9    103  35  .349  .458  .578  150  301  20           2    
 1931 22 NYG NL 138  497  104  145  23  8  29  115  10     80  44  .292  .392  .545  151  271   1           2    
 1932 23 NYG NL 154  566  119  180  30  8  38  123   6    100  39  .318  .424  .601  174  340   3           4     MVP-10
 1933 24 NYG NL 152  580   98  164  36  1  23  103   1     75  48  .283  .367  .467  138  271   4           2  10
 1934 25 NYG NL 153  582  119  190  29 10  35  135   0     85  43  .326  .415  .591  168  344   1           3  10 MVP-5,AS
 1935 26 NYG NL 152  593  113  191  33  6  31  114   7     82  58  .322  .407  .555  158  329   5           3   4 MVP-20,AS
 1936 27 NYG NL 150  534  120  175  28  6  33  135   6    111  41  .328  .448  .588  178  314  10           5   8 MVP-6,AS
 1937 28 NYG NL 151  545   99  160  28  2  31   95   7    102  69  .294  .408  .523  150  285   4           3   4 MVP-7,AS
 1938 29 NYG NL 150  527  116  164  23  6  36  116   2    118  47  .311  .442  .583  178  307   2           5   8 MVP-4,AS
 1939 30 NYG NL 125  396   85  122  23  2  27   80   2    100  50  .308  .449  .581  174  230  11           1   5 MVP-11,AS
 1940 31 NYG NL 151  536   89  155  27  3  19   79   6    100  50  .289  .407  .457  137  245   5           6   9 AS
 1941 32 NYG NL 148  525   89  150  29  0  27   90   5    100  68  .286  .403  .495  150  260   6           3   2 MVP-19,AS
 1942 33 NYG NL 152  549  118  162  21  0  30   93   6    109  61  .295  .415  .497  165  273   3           3   8 MVP-3,AS
 1943 34 NYG NL 125  380   65   89  12  2  18   47   7     95  48  .234  .391  .418  133  159   4           3   4 MVP-20,AS
 1944 35 NYG NL 120  399   91  115  16  4  26   82   2     90  47  .288  .423  .544  171  217   2           3   3 MVP-16,AS
 1945 36 NYG NL 135  451   73  139  23  0  21   79   1     71  41  .308  .411  .499  151  225   2           8   6 MVP-13,AS
 1946 37 NYG NL  31   68    2    5   1  0   1    4   0      8  15  .074  .171  .132  -14    9   2           0   1
 1947 38 NYG NL   4    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 22 Seasons         9456      2876     72     1860      0     896  .304  .414  .533  155      109   0   0  64  82
               2730      1859      488    511       89   1708                            5041
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        561  110  171  29  4  30  110   5  0 101  53  .304  .414  .533  155  299   6   0   0   4   5
 Career High    154  593  138  191  37 10  42  151  10  0 118  69  .349  .458  .635  178  346  20   0   0   8  10
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1926 17 NYG NL   61   37   10   7.2   102| .383  .286| .393  .346| .417  .396| .810  .742| 119  .700   1.5   0.1     
 1927 18 NYG NL  180  121   21   4.6   104| .282  .290| .335  .349| .380  .400| .715  .749|  91  .506  -2.2  -0.2     
 1928 19 NYG NL  499  305   90   8.0   110| .322  .291| .397  .356| .524  .414| .921  .771| 138  .713  24.5   2.3     
 1929 20 NYG NL  674  376  154  10.9   121| .328  .304| .449  .368| .635  .443|1.084  .811| 165  .779  60.6   5.4     
 1930 21 NYG NL  646  359  137  10.1   125| .349  .309| .458  .367| .578  .460|1.036  .827| 150  .731  49.2   4.2     
 1931 22 NYG NL  580  353  106   8.0   102| .292  .283| .392  .341| .545  .399| .937  .740| 151  .733  36.9   3.6     
 1932 23 NYG NL  673  389  143   9.9   102| .318  .282| .424  .334| .601  .408|1.025  .742| 174  .796  62.7   6.0     
 1933 24 NYG NL  661  430   99   6.2    91| .283  .273| .367  .326| .467  .374| .834  .699| 138  .681  30.8   3.2     
 1934 25 NYG NL  671  403  142   9.4   103| .326  .285| .415  .340| .591  .405|1.006  .744| 168  .777  57.5   5.5     
 1935 26 NYG NL  683  411  133   8.6   102| .322  .283| .407  .338| .555  .403| .962  .741| 158  .755  50.4   4.8     
 1936 27 NYG NL  660  377  139   9.9   102| .328  .285| .448  .344| .588  .398|1.036  .742| 178  .797  64.3   6.1     
 1937 28 NYG NL  654  393  115   7.8   102| .294  .281| .408  .343| .523  .399| .931  .742| 150  .732  42.0   4.1     
 1938 29 NYG NL  652  373  134   9.6   100| .311  .276| .442  .340| .583  .393|1.025  .733| 178  .808  62.6   6.2     
 1939 30 NYG NL  508  290  103   9.5   104| .308  .282| .449  .347| .581  .402|1.030  .749| 174  .792  47.0   4.5     
 1940 31 NYG NL  647  395   98   6.7    99| .289  .273| .407  .338| .457  .393| .864  .730| 137  .686  32.4   3.2     
 1941 32 NYG NL  634  383  104   7.3    96| .286  .268| .403  .339| .495  .378| .898  .717| 150  .736  39.0   4.0     
 1942 33 NYG NL  664  398  112   7.6    88| .295  .257| .415  .329| .497  .357| .912  .686| 165  .779  50.1   5.3     
 1943 34 NYG NL  482  299   62   5.6    90| .234  .266| .391  .335| .418  .361| .809  .696| 133  .654  20.9   2.2     
 1944 35 NYG NL  494  289   91   8.4    94| .288  .268| .423  .335| .544  .376| .967  .712| 171  .782  41.4   4.2     
 1945 36 NYG NL  532  320   91   7.6    97| .308  .275| .411  .344| .499  .379| .910  .723| 151  .742  34.0   3.4     
 1946 37 NYG NL   78   66    2   0.8    93| .074  .264| .171  .339| .132  .369| .303  .708| -14  .050 -10.5  -1.1     
 1947 38 NYG NL    4    4    0   0.0   107| .000  .275| .000  .350| .000  .408| .000  .758|-100  .000  -1.2  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 22 Seasons   11337  6771 2086   8.2   102| .304  .280| .414  .342| .533  .397| .947  .740| 155  .747 793.8  76.9     

* 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  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1926 17 NYG NL  OF   10     18    3    2    0  .913  .963  2.10  2.26               10    0    0
 1927 18 NYG NL  OF   32     52    2    1    1  .982  .969  1.69  2.35               13   21    0
 1928 19 NYG NL  OF  115    214   14    7    4  .970  .972  1.98  2.31                5    1  108
                 2B    5     14   13    1    4  .964  .971  5.40  5.72            
                 3B    1      0    2    0    0 1.000  .952  2.00  3.00            
 1929 20 NYG NL  OF  149    335   26   10   12  .973  .973  2.42  2.38                0    0  149
                 2B    1      4    1    1    0  .833  .962  5.00  5.50            
 1930 21 NYG NL  OF  146    320   23   11    6  .969  .968  2.35  2.28                0    0  146
 1931 22 NYG NL  OF  137    332   20    7    4  .981  .973  2.57  2.38                0   71   66
 1932 23 NYG NL  OF  154    347   11    6    5  .984  .976  2.32  2.41                0    0  154
 1933 24 NYG NL  OF  152    283   12    5    3  .983  .977  1.94  2.35                0   19  143
 1934 25 NYG NL  OF  153    286   12    8    1  .974  .973  1.95  2.26                0   16  137 AS
 1935 26 NYG NL  OF  137    285   17    3    7  .990  .971  2.20  2.31                0    0  137 AS
                 3B   15     19   25    3    3  .936  .940  2.93  2.71             AS
 1936 27 NYG NL  OF  148    250   20    4    3  .985  .973  1.82  2.25                0    0  148 AS
 1937 28 NYG NL  OF   91    156   13    0    1 1.000  .974  1.86  2.13                0    0   91 AS
                 3B   60     42  113   10    5  .939  .954  2.58  2.72             AS
 1938 29 NYG NL  3B  113     98  238   15   14  .957  .945  2.97  2.87             AS
                 OF   37     65    3    0    0 1.000  .976  1.84  2.22                0    0   37 AS
 1939 30 NYG NL  OF   96    175    6    5    2  .973  .975  1.89  2.17                0    0   96 AS
                 3B   20     15   39    6    4  .900  .942  2.70  2.79             AS
 1940 31 NYG NL  OF  111    210    9    4    2  .982  .977  1.97  2.17                0    0  111 AS
                 3B   42     30   83    8    8  .934  .948  2.69  2.82             AS
 1941 32 NYG NL  OF  145    256   19    9    3  .968  .975  1.90  2.15                1    0  144 AS
 1942 33 NYG NL  OF  152    269   15    3    3  .990  .981  1.87  2.15                0    0  152 AS
 1943 34 NYG NL  OF  111    219   12    6    1  .975  .977  2.08  2.27                0    0  111 AS
                 3B    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  3.00             AS
 1944 35 NYG NL  OF  103    199    6    3    0  .986  .980  1.99  2.31                0    0  103 AS
                 3B    4      1   13    4    0  .778  .946  3.50  3.00             AS
 1945 36 NYG NL  OF  118    217   11    4    1  .983  .978  1.93  2.33                0    0  118 AS
 1946 37 NYG NL  OF   16     23    2    0    1 1.000  .977  1.56  2.16                0    0   16

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

 1928 19 NYG NL  2B    5     14   13    1    4  .964  .971  5.40  5.72            
 1929 20 NYG NL  2B    1      4    1    1    0  .833  .962  5.00  5.50            

 1928 19 NYG NL  3B    1      0    2    0    0 1.000  .952  2.00  3.00            
 1935 26 NYG NL  3B   15     19   25    3    3  .936  .940  2.93  2.71            
 1937 28 NYG NL  3B   60     42  113   10    5  .939  .954  2.58  2.72            
 1938 29 NYG NL  3B  113     98  238   15   14  .957  .945  2.97  2.87            
 1939 30 NYG NL  3B   20     15   39    6    4  .900  .942  2.70  2.79            
 1940 31 NYG NL  3B   42     30   83    8    8  .934  .948  2.69  2.82            
 1943 34 NYG NL  3B    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  3.00            
 1944 35 NYG NL  3B    4      1   13    4    0  .778  .946  3.50  3.00            

 1926 17 NYG NL  OF   10     18    3    2    0  .913  .963  2.10  2.26               10    0    0
 1927 18 NYG NL  OF   32     52    2    1    1  .982  .969  1.69  2.35               13   21    0
 1928 19 NYG NL  OF  115    214   14    7    4  .970  .972  1.98  2.31                5    1  108
 1929 20 NYG NL  OF  149    335   26   10   12  .973  .973  2.42  2.38                0    0  149
 1930 21 NYG NL  OF  146    320   23   11    6  .969  .968  2.35  2.28                0    0  146
 1931 22 NYG NL  OF  137    332   20    7    4  .981  .973  2.57  2.38                0   71   66
 1932 23 NYG NL  OF  154    347   11    6    5  .984  .976  2.32  2.41                0    0  154
 1933 24 NYG NL  OF  152    283   12    5    3  .983  .977  1.94  2.35                0   19  143
 1934 25 NYG NL  OF  153    286   12    8    1  .974  .973  1.95  2.26                0   16  137
 1935 26 NYG NL  OF  137    285   17    3    7  .990  .971  2.20  2.31                0    0  137
 1936 27 NYG NL  OF  148    250   20    4    3  .985  .973  1.82  2.25                0    0  148
 1937 28 NYG NL  OF   91    156   13    0    1 1.000  .974  1.86  2.13                0    0   91
 1938 29 NYG NL  OF   37     65    3    0    0 1.000  .976  1.84  2.22                0    0   37
 1939 30 NYG NL  OF   96    175    6    5    2  .973  .975  1.89  2.17                0    0   96
 1940 31 NYG NL  OF  111    210    9    4    2  .982  .977  1.97  2.17                0    0  111
 1941 32 NYG NL  OF  145    256   19    9    3  .968  .975  1.90  2.15                1    0  144
 1942 33 NYG NL  OF  152    269   15    3    3  .990  .981  1.87  2.15                0    0  152
 1943 34 NYG NL  OF  111    219   12    6    1  .975  .977  2.08  2.27                0    0  111
 1944 35 NYG NL  OF  103    199    6    3    0  .986  .980  1.99  2.31                0    0  103
 1945 36 NYG NL  OF  118    217   11    4    1  .983  .978  1.93  2.33                0    0  118
 1946 37 NYG NL  OF   16     23    2    0    1 1.000  .977  1.56  2.16                0    0   16

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  OF 2313   4511  256   98   60  .980  .975  2.06  2.28               29  128 2167
                 3B  256    205  513   46   34  .940  .947  2.80  2.81            
                 2B    6     18   14    2    4  .941  .970  5.33  5.68            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      2575   4734  783  146   98  .974  .971  2.14  2.34
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1933   WS    NYG WSH     W   5  18   3   7  0  0  2   4   4   4  .389  .500  .722   0  1   0   0   0 
 1936   WS    NYG NYY     L   6  23   4   7  2  0  1   3   3   1  .304  .385  .522   0  0   0   0   0 
 1937   WS    NYG NYY     L   5  20   1   4  0  0  1   3   1   4  .200  .238  .350   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 World Series        1-2  16  61   8  18  2  0  4  10   8   9  .295  .377  .525   0  1   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   NYG NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1934   NYG NL       2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   1  0   0   0   0           
 1935   NYG NL   *   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting RF 
 1936   NYG NL       1   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1937   NYG NL       1   0   1  1  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1938   NYG NL   *   4   1   1  0  1  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting CF 
 1939   NYG NL   *   4   0   2  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting CF 
 1940   NYG NL       0   1   0  0  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1941   NYG NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1942   NYG NL   *   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2   0  0   0   0   0 Starting RF 
 1943   NYG NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1944   NYG NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 11/12    4  23   2   5  1  1  0   0   1   6   1  0   0   0   0  .217  .250  .348 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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
1934 *
1935 (RF)
1936 *
1937 *
1938 (CF)
1939 (CF)
1940 *
1941 *
1942 (RF)
1943 *
1944 *
1945

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1929-NL-11-0.19
1932-NL-10-0.19
1934-NL-5-0.46
1935-NL-20-0.04
1936-NL-6-0.35
1937-NL-7-0.30
1938-NL-4-0.39
1939-NL-11-0.06
1941-NL-19-0.04
1942-NL-3-0.57
1943-NL-20-0.03
1944-NL-16-0.06
1945-NL-13-0.07
Car-42-2.75 shares

Batting Average
1934 NL-.326-10
1936 NL-.328-10
1938 NL-.311-9
1942 NL-.295-10
1945 NL-.308-7

On-base %
1929 NL-.449-4
1930 NL-.458-1
1932 NL-.424-1
1933 NL-.367-10
1934 NL-.415-3
1935 NL-.407-2
1936 NL-.448-2
1937 NL-.408-6
1938 NL-.442-1
1939 NL-.449-1
1940 NL-.407-2
1941 NL-.403-7
1942 NL-.415-2
1943 NL-.391-6
1944 NL-.423-4
1945 NL-.411-6
Car-.414-28

Slugging %
1928 NL-.524-7
1929 NL-.635-3
1930 NL-.578-10
1931 NL-.545-4
1932 NL-.601-2
1933 NL-.467-8
1934 NL-.591-2
1935 NL-.555-3
1936 NL-.588-1
1937 NL-.523-5
1938 NL-.583-2
1939 NL-.581-2
1941 NL-.495-6
1942 NL-.497-2
1944 NL-.544-3
1945 NL-.499-4
Car-.533-44

OPS
1928 NL-.921-8
1929 NL-1.084-3
1930 NL-1.036-8
1931 NL-.937-4
1932 NL-1.025-2
1933 NL-.834-9
1934 NL-1.006-2
1935 NL-.962-3
1936 NL-1.036-1
1937 NL-.931-5
1938 NL-1.024-2
1939 NL-1.030-2
1940 NL-.864-8
1941 NL-.898-4
1942 NL-.912-1
1943 NL-.810-8
1944 NL-.967-2
1945 NL-.910-3
Car-.947-24

Games
1929 NL-150-8
1932 NL-154-1
1933 NL-152-5
1934 NL-153-3
1935 NL-152-10
1937 NL-151-7
1938 NL-150-5
1940 NL-151-4
1942 NL-152-3
Car-2730-25

At Bats
Car-9456-38

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1932 NL-673-8
1933 NL-661-8
1934 NL-671-6
1935 NL-683-5
1937 NL-654-7
1938 NL-652-6
1940 NL-647-7
1942 NL-664-4
Car-11337-24

Runs
1929 NL-138-3
1930 NL-122-8
1931 NL-104-5
1932 NL-119-4
1933 NL-98-4
1934 NL-119-2
1935 NL-113-4
1936 NL-120-3
1937 NL-99-9
1938 NL-116-1
1941 NL-89-8
1942 NL-118-1
1944 NL-91-10
Car-1859-12

Hits
1934 NL-190-7
1942 NL-162-7
Car-2876-38

Total Bases
1929 NL-346-6
1931 NL-271-7
1932 NL-340-3
1933 NL-271-7
1934 NL-344-2
1935 NL-329-2
1936 NL-314-2
1937 NL-285-4
1938 NL-307-3
1941 NL-260-6
1942 NL-273-4
Car-5041-17

Doubles
1933 NL-36-6
Car-488-54

Triples
1934 NL-10-8

Home Runs
1928 NL-18-8
1929 NL-42-2
1930 NL-25-7
1931 NL-29-2
1932 NL-38-1
1933 NL-23-3
1934 NL-35-1
1935 NL-31-2
1936 NL-33-1
1937 NL-31-1
1938 NL-36-1
1939 NL-27-2
1940 NL-19-5
1941 NL-27-2
1942 NL-30-1
1943 NL-18-2
1944 NL-26-2
1945 NL-21-4
Car-511-22

RBI
1929 NL-151-2
1930 NL-119-8
1931 NL-115-2
1932 NL-123-4
1933 NL-103-3
1934 NL-135-1
1935 NL-114-4
1936 NL-135-2
1937 NL-95-5
1938 NL-116-2
1941 NL-90-7
1942 NL-93-5
Car-1860-11

Bases on Balls
1929 NL-113-1
1930 NL-103-2
1931 NL-80-1
1932 NL-100-1
1933 NL-75-1
1934 NL-85-2
1935 NL-82-3
1936 NL-111-3
1937 NL-102-1
1938 NL-118-2
1939 NL-100-2
1940 NL-100-2
1941 NL-100-3
1942 NL-109-1
1943 NL-95-2
1944 NL-90-3
Car-1708-8

Strikeouts
1937 NL-69-5
1941 NL-68-9
1942 NL-61-4

Singles
Car-1805-77

Adjusted OPS+
1928 NL-138-8
1929 NL-165-2
1930 NL-150-5
1931 NL-151-4
1932 NL-174-1
1933 NL-138-6
1934 NL-168-1
1935 NL-158-2
1936 NL-178-1
1937 NL-150-5
1938 NL-178-1
1939 NL-174-2
1940 NL-137-9
1941 NL-150-4
1942 NL-165-1
1943 NL-133-7
1944 NL-171-3
1945 NL-151-3
Car-155-23

Runs Created
1929 NL-154-4
1930 NL-137-9
1931 NL-106-6
1932 NL-143-2
1933 NL-99-6
1934 NL-142-2
1935 NL-133-3
1936 NL-139-2
1937 NL-115-4
1938 NL-134-2
1939 NL-103-7
1940 NL-98-6
1941 NL-104-3
1942 NL-112-2
1945 NL-91-9
Car-2086-15

Adjusted Batting Runs
1929 NL-61-3
1930 NL-49-5
1931 NL-37-3
1932 NL-63-1
1933 NL-31-4
1934 NL-57-1
1935 NL-50-2
1936 NL-64-1
1937 NL-42-4
1938 NL-63-1
1939 NL-47-2
1940 NL-32-4
1941 NL-39-4
1942 NL-50-1
1943 NL-21-10
1944 NL-41-5
1945 NL-34-4
Car-794-12

Batting Wins
1929 NL-5.4-3
1930 NL-4.2-5
1931 NL-3.6-3
1932 NL-6.0-1
1933 NL-3.2-4
1934 NL-5.5-1
1935 NL-4.8-2
1936 NL-6.1-1
1937 NL-4.1-4
1938 NL-6.2-1
1939 NL-4.5-2
1940 NL-3.2-4
1941 NL-4.0-3
1942 NL-5.3-1
1943 NL-2.2-10
1944 NL-4.2-5
1945 NL-3.4-4
Car-76.9-13

Extra-Base Hits
1929 NL-81-5
1931 NL-60-5
1932 NL-76-4
1933 NL-60-6
1934 NL-74-4
1935 NL-70-3
1936 NL-67-4
1937 NL-61-3
1938 NL-65-4
1939 NL-52-8
1941 NL-56-6
1942 NL-51-6
Car-1071-20

Times on Base
1929 NL-298-3
1930 NL-287-7
1932 NL-284-2
1933 NL-241-5
1934 NL-278-3
1935 NL-276-3
1936 NL-291-3
1937 NL-265-3
1938 NL-287-2
1940 NL-261-5
1941 NL-253-4
1942 NL-274-2
Car-4648-13

Offensive Win%
1928 NL-.713-7
1929 NL-.779-4
1930 NL-.731-7
1931 NL-.733-6
1932 NL-.796-2
1933 NL-.681-9
1934 NL-.777-1
1935 NL-.755-3
1936 NL-.797-1
1937 NL-.732-5
1938 NL-.808-2
1939 NL-.792-2
1940 NL-.686-7
1941 NL-.736-4
1942 NL-.779-2
1944 NL-.782-3
1945 NL-.742-3
Car-.747-26

Hit By Pitch
1929 NL-6-5
1932 NL-4-9
1936 NL-5-10
1938 NL-5-3
1940 NL-6-5
1943 NL-3-7
1945 NL-8-1

Sac. Hits
1930 NL-20-7

Power/Speed Number
1930 NL-13.2-6
1931 NL-14.9-3
1932 NL-10.4-6
1935 NL-11.4-5
1936 NL-10.2-3
1937 NL-11.4-3
1941 NL-8.4-5
1942 NL-10.0-6
1943 NL-10.1-4

At Bats per Home Run
1928 NL-24.2-8
1929 NL-13.0-1
1930 NL-20.8-7
1931 NL-17.1-1
1932 NL-14.9-1
1933 NL-25.2-3
1934 NL-16.6-1
1935 NL-19.1-2
1936 NL-16.2-1
1937 NL-17.6-1
1938 NL-14.6-1
1939 NL-14.7-1
1940 NL-28.2-9
1941 NL-19.4-2
1942 NL-18.3-1
1943 NL-21.1-2
1944 NL-15.3-1
1945 NL-21.5-2
Car-18.5-76

Outs
Car-6771-57

Oldest Player
1947 NL-38-9

Youngest Player
1926 NL-17-1
1927 NL-18-1
1928 NL-19-1
1929 NL-20-2
1930 NL-21-8

      

Black Ink: Batting - 50 (26) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 277 (16) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 69.3 (15) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 217.0 (34) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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  4. Al Kaline (889) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  7. Mickey Mantle (915) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mickey Mantle (904) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Mickey Mantle (894) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Hank Aaron (897) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Hank Aaron (903) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Hank Aaron (911) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Hank Aaron (902) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Hank Aaron (897) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Hank Aaron (883) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Frank Robinson (874) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Frank Robinson (875) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Frank Robinson (860) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  19. Frank Robinson (888) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  20. Frank Robinson (897) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Transactions 

January, 1926: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Giants.

September 15, 1947: Released by the New York Giants.

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