Tommie Aaron

Tommie Lee Aaron

Positions: First Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 5, 1939 in Mobile, AL
High School: Allen Institute (Mobile, AL)
Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1962
Team: Braves 1962-1971

Final Game: September 26, 1971
Died: August 16, 1984 in Atlanta, GA
Buried: Catholic Cemetery, Mobile, AL
Relatives: Brother of Hank Aaron
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1958	18	ATL-min	C	66	237	237		65	10	0	3						.274	.274	.354	.629		84							EAU · NORL
1959	19	ATL-min	C	123	472	472		121	16	3	26						.256	.256	.468	.725		221							EAU · NORL
1960	20	ATL-min	B,A,AAA	144	593	535	93	158	26	7	20	88	10		58	94	.295	.364	.482	.846		258							CDR,JCK,LOU · IIIL,SALL,AA
1961	21	ATL-min	AA	138	609	528	77	158	25	3	15	70	5	2	66	72	.299	.377	.443	.820		234		2	10	3			AUS · TL
1962	22	MLN	NL	141	382	334	54	77	20	2	8	38	6	0	41	58	.231	.312	.374	.686	86	125	10	0	4	3	0	*37/45
1963	23	ATL-min	AAA	66	273	252	46	78	12	2	10	36	1	0	21	32	.310	.363	.492	.855		124							DEN · PCL
1963	23	MLN	NL	72	150	135	6	27	6	1	1	15	0	3	11	27	.200	.257	.281	.538	56	38	7	0	3	2	1	37/458

1964	24	ATL-min	AAA	152	614	553	103	153	28	11	21	86	5	1	56	85	.277	.344	.481	.825		266		2	1	2			DEN · PCL
1965	25	ATL-min	AAA	114	441	402	41	114	19	2	4	36	3	2	29	38	.284	.333	.371	.703		149		2	5	3			ATA · IL
1965	25	MLN	NL	8	17	16	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.188	.235	.188	.423	21	3	1	0	0	0	0	/3

1966	26	ATL-min	AAA	110	351	320	41	86	14	4	11	49	2	2	23	40	.269	.319	.441	.760		141		3	0	5			RMD · IL
1967	27	ATL-min	AAA	119	455	424	45	131	17	0	11	56	5	4	23	46	.309	.346	.427	.773		181		3	1	4			RMD · IL
1968	28	ATL	NL	98	308	283	21	69	10	3	1	25	3	4	21	37	.244	.295	.311	.606	82	88	9	0	2	1	1	73/5
1969	29	ATL	NL	49	66	60	13	15	2	0	1	5	0	1	6	6	.250	.318	.333	.652	82	20	1	0	0	0	0	3/7
1970	30	ATL	NL	44	66	63	3	13	2	0	2	7	0	0	3	10	.206	.242	.333	.576	50	21	5	0	0	0	0	37/9
1971	31	ATL-min	AAA	96	395	355	55	113	19	3	12	54	2	0	32	35	.318	.378	.490	.868		174		3	3	2			RMD · IL
1971	31	ATL	NL	25	56	53	4	12	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	5	.226	.268	.264	.532	48	14	3	0	0	0	1	3/5
1972	32	ATL-min	AAA	106	383	337	36	91	15	0	1	39	0	1	37	34	.270	.343	.323	.666		109		3	1	5			RMD · IL
1973	33	ATL-min	AA	105	374	374		98	22	1	13						.262	.262	.430	.693		161							SAV · SOUL
7 Yrs				437	1045	944	102	216	42	6	13	94	9	8	86	145	.229	.292	.327	.619	75	309	36	0	9	6	3
162 Game Avg.				162	387	350	38	80	16	2	5	35	3	3	32	54	.229	.292	.327	.619	75	115	13	0	3	2	1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1962	22	MLN	NL	141	382	-4	2	-1	5	-8	-6	-0.5	13	7	0.7	.496	.496	0.2	-0.2	2	$	*37/45
1963	23	MLN	NL	72	150	-6	-1	-1	-5	-3	-16	-1.9	5	-11	-1.4	.473	.488	-0.8	-0.9	-6	$	37/458

1965	25	MLN	NL	8	17	-2	0	-0	1	-0	-1	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.481	.499	-0.2	0.1	-2	$	/3

1968	28	ATL	NL	98	308	-6	-1	-1	-4	-5	-17	-2.0	11	-6	-1.0	.478	.487	-0.6	-1.0	-2	$	73/5
1969	29	ATL	NL	49	66	-1	-0	0	-0	-1	-2	-0.2	2	-0	0.0	.495	.498	0.0	-0.1	0	$	3/7
1970	30	ATL	NL	44	66	-5	-0	-1	-2	-1	-10	-1.0	2	-8	-0.8	.477	.494	-0.6	-0.3	-6	$	37/9
1971	31	ATL	NL	25	56	-4	-0	-0	-2	-0	-7	-0.8	2	-5	-0.6	.467	.495	-0.5	-0.2	-4	$	3/5
7 Seasons				437	1045	-29	-1	-4	-7	-19	-59	-6.7	35	-24	-3.2	.484	.494	-2.5	-2.6	-17	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1962	22	MLN	NL	382	274	40	3.9	101	.255	.231	.266	.312	.333	.374	.404	.686	.738	86	.430	-5.7	-0.6	.644	.284	.144	6.9
1963	23	MLN	NL	150	123	8	1.8	89	.239	.200	.253	.257	.315	.281	.378	.538	.693	56	.187	-7.5	-0.8	.390	.141	.081	.0

1965	25	MLN	NL	17	14	1	1.9	94	.214	.188	.258	.235	.322	.188	.390	.423	.712	21	.198	-1.7	-0.2	.286	.063	.000

1968	28	ATL	NL	308	230	24	2.8	82	.276	.244	.253	.295	.312	.311	.357	.606	.668	82	.394	-6.5	-0.7	.476	.138	.067	1.5
1969	29	ATL	NL	66	47	6	3.4	95	.264	.250	.260	.318	.331	.333	.386	.652	.717	82	.410	-1.4	-0.2	.532	.167	.083	.0
1970	30	ATL	NL	66	55	4	2.0	108	.216	.206	.273	.242	.346	.333	.417	.576	.763	50	.171	-4.9	-0.5	.436	.175	.127	.0
1971	31	ATL	NL	56	44	3	1.8	97	.250	.226	.267	.268	.334	.264	.390	.532	.724	48	.189	-3.8	-0.4	.386	.094	.038
7 Yrs				1045	787	86	2.9	93	.256	.229	.260	.292	.325	.327	.385	.619	.710	75	.349	-31.5	-3.3	.513	.191	.099	10.6
162 Game Avg.				387	292	32	2.9	93	.256	.229	.260	.292	.325	.327	.385	.619	.710	75	.349	-31.5	-3.3	.513	.191	.099	4

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1969	29	ATL	NL	NLCS	NYM	L	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLCS							1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1962	22	MLN	NL	382	2.1%	15.2%	10.7%	7.9%	39%	1.41	5.8	41.8	8.8	1.37	71%
1963	23	MLN	NL	150	0.7%	18.0%	7.3%	5.3%	30%	2.45	5.0	135.0	9.0	0.93	73%

1965	25	MLN	NL	17	0.0%	11.8%	5.9%	0.0%	0%	2.00	8.0		16.0	1.00	82%

1968	28	ATL	NL	308	0.3%	12.0%	6.8%	4.6%	20%	1.76	7.6	283.0	11.3	0.71	80%
1969	29	ATL	NL	66	1.5%	9.1%	9.1%	4.6%	20%	1.00	10.0	60.0	12.0	0.95	80%
1970	30	ATL	NL	66	3.0%	15.2%	4.6%	6.1%	31%	3.33	6.3	31.5	9.0	1.19	77%
1971	31	ATL	NL	56	0.0%	8.9%	5.4%	3.6%	17%	1.67	10.6		17.7	1.29	86%
7 Yrs				1045	1.2%	13.9%	8.2%	5.8%	28%	1.69	6.5	72.6	10.0	1.02	76%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.2%	8.3%	6.1%	28%	1.83	5.9	42.1	9.1	1.11	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1962	22	MLN	NL	-5.7	-0.6	400	-1.8	6.1	-7.9	1.06	-0.7	-1.0	-4.5	-0.5	0.98	-4.0	2.36	10
1963	23	MLN	NL	-7.5	-0.8	148	-0.9	2.1	-3.0	1.14	-0.8	0.0	-8.1	-0.9	0.99	-8.4	1.95	15

1965	25	MLN	NL	-1.7	-0.2	17	-0.2	0.1	-0.4	.84	-0.2	-0.1	-1.1	-0.1	1.01	-1.5	0.23	3

1968	28	ATL	NL	-6.5	-0.7	296	-0.9	4.7	-5.7	1.16	-0.8	-0.0	-6.6	-0.7	0.99	-7.0	1.72	16
1969	29	ATL	NL	-1.4	-0.2	67	-0.3	0.8	-1.1	.98	-0.1	-0.2	-0.9	-0.1	0.93	-1.2	1.42	23
1970	30	ATL	NL	-5.0	-0.5	66	-0.7	1.2	-1.9	1.09	-0.5	-0.1	-8.1	-0.8	1.00	-6.6	2.07	16
1971	31	ATL	NL	-3.8	-0.4	56	-0.7	0.4	-1.1	.93	-0.5	-0.2	-4.3	-0.4	0.94	-5.3	1.76	6
7 Yrs				-31.6	-3.3	1050	-5.5	15.5	-21.0	1.09	-3.6	-1.5	-33.6	-3.5	0.98	-34.2	1.77	89

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1962	22	MLN	NL	7	0	42%	183	6	0	100%	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	16	47%	30	21	9	5	4	1	14	1	13
1963	23	MLN	NL	4	0	14%	37	0	3	0%	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1965	25	MLN	NL	0	0	25%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0

1968	28	ATL	NL	2	1	23%	90	3	4	43%	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	8	32%	15	11	4	1	0	1	9	5	3
1969	29	ATL	NL	1	0	60%	31	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40%	4	4	0	0	0	0	6	2	4
1970	30	ATL	NL	0	0	7%	21	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20%	3	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	0
1971	31	ATL	NL	0	0	27%	21	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29%	2	2	0	1	1	0	4	2	2
7 Yrs				14	1	31%	385	9	8	53%	6	5	1	0	0	1	3	0	8	28	38%	56	42	14	8	6	2	35	12	22

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1962	22	MLN	NL	382	30%	77			10	3	1	2	2.36	8	1	14	8	0	7	1	0	4	4	100%	70	10	14%	32	11	34%	237	32	14%	20	7	35%	12	7	58%	0
1963	23	MLN	NL	150	43%	27			15	2	0	2	1.95	1	0	5	0	1	0	1	0	2	3	150%	23	7	30%	14	5	36%	105	14	13%	13	4	31%	6	4	67%	0

1965	25	MLN	NL	17	88%	3			3	1	0	0	0.23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	33%	1	0	0%	10	2	20%	2	0	0%	0	0		0

1968	28	ATL	NL	308	57%	69			16	2	0	1	1.72	1	0	9	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	100%	57	9	16%	27	12	44%	181	23	13%	12	7	58%	12	7	58%	0
1969	29	ATL	NL	66	42%	15			23	4	0	0	1.42	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		14	1	7%	4	1	25%	38	4	11%	3	1	33%	2	2	100%	0
1970	30	ATL	NL	66	52%	13			16	2	0	0	2.07	2	0	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	0		14	5	36%	8	1	13%	47	6	13%	6	3	50%	1	1	100%	0
1971	31	ATL	NL	56	50%	12			6	2	0	1	1.76	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		12	3	25%	7	1	14%	37	3	8%	6	3	50%	3	1	33%	0
7 Yrs				1045	44%	216			89	16	1	6	1.77	13	1	35	9	4	9	4	0	8	9	113%	193	36	19%	93	31	33%	655	84	13%	62	25	40%	36	22	61%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			77%			10%			30%			14%			47%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1962	22	141	382	334	54	77	20	2	8	38	6	0	41	58	.231	.312	.374	.686	86	125	10	4	3	0
1963	23	213	532	469	60	104	26	3	9	53	6	3	52	85	.222	.297	.348	.644	78	163	17	7	5	1
1964	24	213	532	469	60	104	26	3	9	53	6	3	52	85	.222	.297	.348	.644	78	163	17	7	5	1
1965	25	221	549	485	61	107	26	3	9	54	6	3	53	87	.221	.295	.342	.637	76	166	18	7	5	1
1966	26	221	549	485	61	107	26	3	9	54	6	3	53	87	.221	.295	.342	.637	76	166	18	7	5	1
1967	27	221	549	485	61	107	26	3	9	54	6	3	53	87	.221	.295	.342	.637	76	166	18	7	5	1
1968	28	319	857	768	82	176	36	6	10	79	9	7	74	124	.229	.295	.331	.626	78	254	27	9	6	2
1969	29	368	923	828	95	191	38	6	11	84	9	8	80	130	.231	.296	.331	.627	78	274	28	9	6	2
1970	30	412	989	891	98	204	40	6	13	91	9	8	83	140	.229	.293	.331	.624	76	295	33	9	6	2
1971	31	437	1045	944	102	216	42	6	13	94	9	8	86	145	.229	.292	.327	.619	75	309	36	9	6	3

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1962	22	141	384	335	55	78	20	2	8	39	6	42	58	.233	.316	.376	.692	40	141
1963	23	72	155	138	7	30	7	1	1	18	0	12	27	.217	.276	.304	.581	12	72

1965	25	8	18	17	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	.235	.278	.235	.513	1	8

1968	28	97	319	292	26	79	11	3	1	31	3	24	37	.271	.325	.339	.664	33	98
1969	29	49	67	61	14	16	2	0	1	6	0	6	6	.262	.328	.344	.673	7	49
1970	30	44	66	63	3	13	2	0	2	7	0	3	10	.206	.242	.333	.576	5	44
1971	31	25	56	53	4	12	2	0	0	3	0	3	5	.226	.268	.264	.532	4	25
7 Yrs		436	1065	959	110	232	44	6	13	105	9	91	145	.242	.306	.341	.647	102	437
162 Game Avg.		162	396	356	41	86	16	2	5	39	3	34	54	.242	.306	.341	.647	38	437

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