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Cal Abrams

Calvin Ross Abrams (Abie)

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 2, 1924 in Philadelphia, PA
High School: James Madison HS (Brooklyn, NY)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1949
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Pirates/Dodgers/Reds/WhiteSox 1949-1956

Final Game: May 9, 1956
Died: February 25, 1997 in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Buried: Star of David Memorial Gardens, North Lauderdale, FL
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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
1942	18	LAD-min	D	19	55	55		18	6	0	0						.327	.327	.436	.764		24							OLE · PONY
1946	22	LAD-min	B	123	441	441		146	16	13	2						.331	.331	.440	.771		194							DNV · IIIL
1947	23	LAD-min	AA	154	589	589		203	38	9	9						.345	.345	.486	.830		286							MOB · SOUA
1948	24	LAD-min	AA	131	487	487		164	23	10	6						.337	.337	.462	.799		225							MOB · SOUA
1949	25	LAD-min	AA	120	431	431		145	29	9	3						.336	.336	.466	.803		201							FTW · TL
1949	25	BRO	NL	8	31	24	6	2	1	0	0	0	1		7	6	.083	.290	.125	.415	13	3	1	0	0			/7O
1950	26	LAD-min	AAA	58	259	192	52	64	8	1	3	16	5		64	33	.333	.502	.432	.934		83	3	1	2				STP · AA
1950	26	BRO	NL	38	54	44	5	9	1	0	0	4	0		9	13	.205	.340	.227	.567	51	10	0	0	1			O/789
1951	27	BRO	NL	67	186	150	27	42	8	0	3	19	3	2	36	26	.280	.419	.393	.813	118	59	5	0	0			7O
1952	28	TOT	NL	81	189	168	24	46	9	2	2	13	1	0	21	29	.274	.354	.387	.741	106	65	1	0	0			78
1952	28	BRO	NL	10	12	10	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.200	.333	.200	.533	50	2	0	0	0			/7O
1952	28	CIN	NL	71	177	158	23	44	9	2	2	13	1	0	19	25	.278	.356	.399	.755	110	63	1	0	0			O87
1953	29	PIT	NL	119	512	448	66	128	10	6	15	43	4	4	58	70	.286	.368	.435	.803	109	195	2	0	6			*O9
1954	30	TOT	MLB	132	559	465	73	130	23	8	6	27	1	4	82	76	.280	.391	.402	.793	125	187	7	4	6	1		*98/7	MVP-26
1954	30	PIT	NL	17	53	42	6	6	1	1	0	2	0	0	10	9	.143	.308	.214	.522	41	9	2	0	0	0		/97
1954	30	BAL	AL	115	506	423	67	124	22	7	6	25	1	4	72	67	.293	.400	.421	.821	134	178	5	4	6	1		*98
1955	31	BAL	AL	118	407	309	56	75	12	3	6	32	2	8	89	69	.243	.413	.359	.773	117	111	6	3	3	3	2	897/3
1956	32	PHI-min	AAA	129	585	454	100	126	17	3	10	50	6		119	75	.278	.422	.394	.817		179		0	5	7			MIA · IL
1956	32	CHW	AL	4	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.333	.600	.333	.933	152	1	0	0	0	0	0	/79
1957	33	PHI-min	AAA	137	553	467	71	130	33	5	1	41	7		76	58	.278	.386	.377	.763		176		6	4	0			TTO,MIA · IL
8 Yrs				567	1943	1611	257	433	64	19	32	138	12	18	304	290	.269	.386	.392	.778	113	631	22	7	16	4	2
162 Game Avg.				162	555	460	73	124	18	5	9	39	3		87	83	.269	.386	.392	.778	113	180	6	2	5

BRO (4 yrs)				123	283	228	39	55	10	0	3	23	4	2	54	49	.241	.387	.325	.711	91	74	6	0	1
PIT (2 yrs)				136	565	490	72	134	11	7	15	45	4	4	68	79	.273	.362	.416	.778	103	204	4	0	6	0
BAL (2 yrs)				233	913	732	123	199	34	10	12	57	3	12	161	136	.272	.406	.395	.801	127	289	11	7	9	4	2
CIN (1 yr)				71	177	158	23	44	9	2	2	13	1	0	19	25	.278	.356	.399	.755	110	63	1	0	0
CHW (1 yr)				4	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.333	.600	.333	.933	152	1	0	0	0	0	0

NL (6 yrs)				330	1025	876	134	233	30	9	20	81	9	6	141	153	.266	.368	.389	.757	101	341	11	0	7	0
AL (3 yrs)				237	918	735	123	200	34	10	12	57	3	12	163	137	.272	.407	.395	.802	127	290	11	7	9	4	2

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	Awards
1949	25	BRO	NL	8	31	-3	0	-0	-1	-0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.449	.497	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$	/7O
1950	26	BRO	NL	38	54	-3	-1	0	-1	-0	-5	-0.6	2	-4	-0.4	.486	.497	-0.3	-0.2	-3	$	O/789
1951	27	BRO	NL	67	186	5	-1	-1	0	-2	2	0.2	6	8	0.8	.503	.501	0.8	-0.2	8	$	7O
1952	28	BRO	NL	10	12	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/7O
1952	28	CIN	NL	71	177	2	1	0	-1	-1	1	0.1	6	7	0.7	.502	.501	0.9	-0.2	8	$	O87
1953	29	PIT	NL	119	512	4	-2	2	2	-5	0	-0.1	17	17	1.6	.500	.500	1.6	-0.4	16	$	*O9
1954	30	PIT	NL	17	53	-4	-0	-0	0	-1	-5	-0.5	2	-3	-0.3	.472	.497	-0.4	-0.0	-3	$	/97	MVP-26
1954	30	BAL	AL	115	506	21	-0	1	6	-5	23	2.4	14	36	3.8	.521	.515	3.1	0.1	30	$	*98	MVP-26
1955	31	BAL	AL	118	407	16	-2	0	-7	-3	5	0.5	11	16	1.6	.504	.503	2.3	-1.0	22	$	897/3
1956	32	CHW	AL	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.528	.501	0.1	0.1	1	$	/79
8 Seasons				567	1943	38	-5	2	-1	-18	17	1.7	59	76	7.6	.503	.501	7.9	-2.0	77	$

BRO (4 yrs)				123	283	-1	-1	-1	-2	-2	-8	-0.8	9	2	0.1	.493	.499	0.3	-0.5	4	$
PIT (2 yrs)				136	565	0	-2	1	2	-6	-4	-0.6	19	14	1.3	.497	.499	1.2	-0.4	12	$
BAL (2 yrs)				233	913	37	-2	1	-1	-8	27	3.0	25	52	5.4	.513	.509	5.4	-0.9	53	$
CIN (1 yr)				71	177	2	1	0	-1	-1	1	0.1	6	7	0.7	.502	.501	0.9	-0.2	8	$
CHW (1 yr)				4	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.528	.501	0.1	0.1	1	$

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
1949	25	BRO	NL	31	23	1	1.2	107	.111	.083	.275	.290	.349	.125	.412	.415	.761	13	.075	-2.8	-0.3	.478	.375	.042	.0
1950	26	BRO	NL	54	36	3	2.2	111	.290	.205	.273	.340	.351	.227	.424	.567	.774	51	.202	-2.9	-0.3	.543	.227	.023
1951	27	BRO	NL	186	115	25	5.8	105	.322	.280	.270	.419	.344	.393	.409	.813	.753	118	.616	6.4	0.6	.835	.360	.113	3.0
1952	28	TOT	NL	189	123	24	5.2	96	.321	.274	.261	.354	.333	.387	.388	.741	.721	106	.603	1.9	0.2	.707	.244	.113	1.3
1952	28	BRO	NL	12	8	1	3.4	99	.333	.200	.264	.333	.337	.200	.393	.533	.730	50	.403	-0.6	-0.1	.500	.200	.000
1952	28	CIN	NL	177	115	23	5.4	96	.321	.278	.260	.356	.333	.399	.388	.755	.721	110	.614	2.5	0.3	.722	.247	.120	1.3
1953	29	PIT	NL	512	332	71	5.7	109	.311	.286	.273	.368	.344	.435	.426	.803	.770	109	.572	6.4	0.6	.776	.279	.150	6.3
1954	30	TOT	MLB	559	353	72	5.5	93	.323	.280	.257	.391	.331	.402	.378	.793	.709	125	.607	19.4	2.0	.780	.292	.123	1.7
1954	30	PIT	NL	53	38	3	2.1	107	.182	.143	.272	.308	.343	.214	.420	.522	.763	41	.183	-3.5	-0.3	.500	.310	.071
1954	30	BAL	AL	506	315	69	5.9	92	.336	.293	.256	.400	.330	.421	.374	.821	.704	134	.643	22.9	2.3	.815	.291	.128	1.7
1955	31	BAL	AL	407	254	52	5.5	96	.291	.243	.257	.413	.335	.359	.382	.773	.717	117	.581	14.8	1.4	.794	.385	.117	3.0
1956	32	CHW	AL	5	2	1	13.4	107	.500	.333	.269	.600	.351	.333	.410	.933	.760	152	.867	0.5	0.0	1.500	.667	.000
8 Yrs				1943	1238	249	5.4	100	.310	.269	.264	.386	.338	.392	.398	.778	.735	113	.577	43.8	4.4	.768	.308	.123	17.5
162 Game Avg.				555	354	71	5.4	100	.310	.269	.264	.386	.338	.392	.398	.778	.735	113	.577	13	1	.768	.308	.123	5

BRO (4 yrs)				283	182	30	4.4	106	.295	.241	.271	.387	.346	.325	.411	.711	.757	91	.487	0.1	0.0	.718	.329	.083	3.4
PIT (2 yrs)				565	370	74	5.3	109	.301	.273	.273	.362	.344	.416	.425	.778	.769	103	.543	2.9	0.3	.747	.282	.143	6.3
BAL (2 yrs)				913	569	121	5.7	93	.318	.272	.256	.406	.332	.395	.378	.801	.710	127	.616	37.8	3.8	.806	.331	.123	4.8
CIN (1 yr)				177	115	23	5.4	96	.321	.278	.260	.356	.333	.399	.388	.755	.721	110	.614	2.5	0.3	.722	.247	.120	1.3
CHW (1 yr)				5	2	1	13.4	107	.500	.333	.269	.600	.351	.333	.410	.933	.760	152	.867	0.5	0.0	1.500	.667	.000

NL (6 yrs)				1025	667	127	5.1	106	.303	.266	.270	.368	.342	.389	.415	.757	.757	101	.541	5.5	0.5	.735	.288	.123	12.4
AL (3 yrs)				918	571	122	5.7	94	.319	.272	.256	.407	.332	.395	.378	.802	.710	127	.618	38.3	3.8	.808	.332	.122	4.8

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1949	25	BRO	NL	31	0.0%	19.4%	22.6%	3.2%	50%	0.86	4.0			3.00	58%
1950	26	BRO	NL	54	0.0%	24.1%	16.7%	1.9%	11%	1.44	3.4		11.0	3.00	57%
1951	27	BRO	NL	186	1.6%	14.0%	19.4%	5.9%	26%	0.72	5.8	50.0	7.9	2.11	65%
1952	28	TOT	NL	189	1.1%	15.3%	11.1%	6.9%	28%	1.38	5.8	84.0	12.9	1.35	72%
1952	28	BRO	NL	12	0.0%	33.3%	16.7%	0.0%	0%	2.00	2.5			1.00	50%
1952	28	CIN	NL	177	1.1%	14.1%	10.7%	7.3%	30%	1.32	6.3	79.0	12.2	1.38	74%
1953	29	PIT	NL	512	2.9%	13.7%	11.3%	6.1%	24%	1.21	6.4	29.9	10.4	1.44	71%
1954	30	TOT	MLB	559	1.1%	13.6%	14.7%	6.6%	29%	0.93	6.1	77.5	17.2	1.11	69%
1954	30	PIT	NL	53	0.0%	17.0%	18.9%	3.8%	33%	0.90	4.7		21.0	1.33	62%
1954	30	BAL	AL	506	1.2%	13.2%	14.2%	6.9%	28%	0.93	6.3	70.5	16.9	1.09	69%
1955	31	BAL	AL	407	1.5%	17.0%	21.9%	5.2%	28%	0.78	4.5	51.5	9.7	1.35	58%
1956	32	CHW	AL	5	0.0%	20.0%	40.0%	0.0%	0%	0.50	3.0			0.00	40%
8 Yrs				1943	1.7%	14.9%	15.7%	5.9%	27%	0.95	5.6	50.3	11.7	1.38	67%
MLB Averages					2.1%	10.6%	9.6%	6.5%	28%	1.10	8.3	42.5	8.1	0.97	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1949	25	BRO	NL	-2.8	-0.3	32	-0.0	0.4	-0.4	.97	-0.2	0.1	-1.6	-0.2	0.96	-2.1	0.02	1
1950	26	BRO	NL	-2.9	-0.3	56	-0.1	1.1	-1.2	1.31	-0.2	0.1	-1.6	-0.2	0.98	-1.7	1.53	21
1951	27	BRO	NL	6.4	0.6	192	0.0	3.4	-3.3	1.11	0.5	-0.4	7.2	0.7	1.00	7.4	1.72	22
1952	28	TOT	NL	1.9	0.2	119	0.2	2.2	-2.0	1.05	0.2	0.0	2.8	0.3	0.89	1.0	1.30	29
1952	28	BRO	NL	-0.6	-0.1	12	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.90	-0.1	-0.0	-0.7	-0.1	0.99	-0.9	0.81	9
1952	28	CIN	NL	2.5	0.3	107	0.3	2.1	-1.8	1.07	0.3	0.0	3.5	0.4	0.88	1.9	1.52	20
1953	29	PIT	NL	6.4	0.6	350	0.6	6.3	-5.7	.99	1.2	-0.6	10.6	1.0	0.91	13.0	1.72	7
1954	30	TOT	MLB	19.4	2.0	555	1.4	10.2	-8.8	1.03	1.6	-0.2	13.1	1.4	0.94	18.3	1.78	4
1954	30	PIT	NL	-3.5	-0.3	41	-0.3	0.6	-0.9	1.17	-0.1	-0.2	-2.3	-0.2	0.98	-1.0	3.10	2
1954	30	BAL	AL	22.9	2.3	514	1.7	9.6	-7.8	1.02	1.7	-0.0	15.4	1.6	0.94	19.3	0.46	2
1955	31	BAL	AL	14.8	1.4	419	1.2	7.5	-6.3	.99	2.0	-0.8	19.3	2.0	0.94	21.3	1.53	16
1956	32	CHW	AL	0.5	0.0	5	0.1	0.2	-0.1	1.57	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.08	0.5	1.51	2
8 Yrs				43.7	4.4	1728	3.5	31.2	-27.7	1.03	5.2	-1.9	49.9	5.1	0.94	57.7	1.52	102

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1949	25	BRO	NL	1	67%	16	1			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	25%	1	1	0	1	0	1	2	1	0
1950	26	BRO	NL	3	28%	22	0			0	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	50%	3	2	1	0	0	0	3	0	2
1951	27	BRO	NL	3	32%	88	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	31%	22	17	5	1	1	0	6	2	4
1952	28	TOT	NL	1	34%	51	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50%	8	6	2	0	0	0	6	1	5
1952	28	BRO	NL	0	25%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1952	28	CIN	NL	1	34%	44	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	46%	7	6	1	0	0	0	6	1	5
1953	29	PIT	NL	2	30%	174	4	4	50%	3	3	0	1	1	1	7	5	35%	25	17	7	5	5	0	13	5	8
1954	30	TOT	MLB	5	32%	313	1	4	20%	1	3	0	3	2	0	9	17	40%	55	38	15	6	3	3	30	10	18
1954	30	PIT	NL	0	38%	25	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	57%	4	2	2	1	0	1	2	1	1
1954	30	BAL	AL	5	31%	288	1	4	20%	1	3	0	3	2	0	9	17	38%	51	36	13	5	3	2	28	9	17
1955	31	BAL	AL	8	31%	222	2	8	20%	2	9	0	0	0	0	6	8	44%	37	25	12	9	5	4	13	2	10
1956	32	CHW	AL	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
8 Yrs				23	32%	887	12	18	41%	10	19	1	4	4	1	27	32	40%	152	106	43	22	14	8	73	21	47

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
1949	25	BRO	NL	31	77%	2			1	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	33%	1	0	0%	15	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1950	26	BRO	NL	54	93%	9			21	4	0	2	1.53	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	33%	9	0	0%	7	4	57%	36	5	14%	4	3	75%	3	1	33%	0
1951	27	BRO	NL	186	89%	42			22	5	0	2	1.72	3	0	9	3	0	1	2	0	1	0	0%	26	5	19%	12	3	25%	119	16	13%	10	4	40%	2	1	50%	0
1952	28	TOT	NL	189	93%	46			29	7	0	1	1.30	2	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		13	1	8%	6	0	0%	49	7	14%	1	0	0%	4	1	25%	0
1952	28	BRO	NL	12	100%	2			9	2	0	0	0.81	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	0	0%	7	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1952	28	CIN	NL	177	92%	44			20	5	0	1	1.52	2	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		10	1	10%	4	0	0%	42	7	17%	0	0		3	1	33%	0
1953	29	PIT	NL	512	81%	128			7	2	0	0	1.72	15	1	4	10	0	9	6	1	2	6	300%	43	2	5%	20	7	35%	160	22	14%	12	3	25%	8	3	38%	0
1954	30	TOT	MLB	559	70%	130			4	1	0	0	1.78	6	0	11	6	0	2	4	0	7	6	86%	75	7	9%	29	9	31%	252	23	9%	17	6	35%	15	8	53%	0
1954	30	PIT	NL	53	68%	6			2	0	0	0	3.10	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	2	29%	2	0	0%	24	2	8%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
1954	30	BAL	AL	506	70%	124			2	1	0	0	0.46	6	0	10	6	0	2	4	0	7	6	86%	68	5	7%	27	9	33%	228	21	9%	15	5	33%	15	8	53%	0
1955	31	BAL	AL	407	64%	75			16	2	2	3	1.53	6	0	9	3	3	1	5	0	3	3	100%	93	6	6%	32	9	28%	228	26	11%	16	9	56%	11	4	36%	0
1956	32	CHW	AL	5	100%	1			2	1	0	0	1.51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
8 Yrs				1943	75%	433			102	22	2	8	1.52	32	1	36	24	3	14	18	1	16	16	100%	262	22	8%	107	32	30%	862	99	11%	60	25	42%	43	18	42%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			89%			12%			32%			14%			50%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1949	25	8	31	24	6	2	1	0	0	0	1		7	6	.083	.290	.125	.415	13	3	1	0	0
1950	26	46	85	68	11	11	2	0	0	4	1		16	19	.162	.321	.191	.513	37	13	1	0	1
1951	27	113	271	218	38	53	10	0	3	23	4	2	52	45	.243	.389	.330	.719	93	72	6	0	1
1952	28	194	460	386	62	99	19	2	5	36	5	2	73	74	.256	.375	.355	.730	98	137	7	0	1
1953	29	313	972	834	128	227	29	8	20	79	9	6	131	144	.272	.371	.398	.769	104	332	9	0	7
1954	30	445	1531	1299	201	357	52	16	26	106	10	10	213	220	.275	.378	.400	.778	111	519	16	4	13	1
1955	31	563	1938	1608	257	432	64	19	32	138	12	18	302	289	.269	.386	.392	.778	113	630	22	7	16	4	2
1956	32	567	1943	1611	257	433	64	19	32	138	12	18	304	290	.269	.386	.392	.778	113	631	22	7	16	4	2

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
1949	25	8	32	25	7	2	1	0	0	0	1	7	6	.080	.281	.120	.401	1	8
1950	26	40	56	46	5	9	1	0	0	4	0	9	14	.196	.327	.217	.545	3	38
1951	27	70	192	155	27	43	8	0	3	19	3	37	27	.277	.417	.387	.804	25	67
1952	28	85	202	179	27	51	10	2	2	15	1	23	30	.285	.366	.397	.763	26	81
1953	29	124	524	460	64	128	10	6	15	42	4	58	73	.278	.359	.424	.783	70	119
1954	30	138	603	498	87	148	26	9	7	32	1	93	79	.297	.412	.428	.840	87	132
1955	31	123	433	327	63	82	13	3	7	36	2	97	72	.251	.423	.373	.796	51	118
1956	32	4	8	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	.500	.750	.500	1.250	1	4
8 Yrs		592	2050	1694	280	465	69	20	34	148	12	328	302	.274	.394	.399	.793	264	567
162 Game Avg.		162	561	464	77	127	19	5	9	41	3	90	83	.274	.394	.399	.793	72	567

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1954 AL (26, 0%) 0.00 Career Shares (1712th)	On-Base% s c a p y 1954 AL .400 (7th)	Triples s c a p y 1954 AL 7 (10th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1955 AL 89 (8th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 1954 AL 67 (7th) 1955 AL 69 (8th)	Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y 1954 AL 134 (9th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1955 AL 8 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 3 (2071), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 11 (1505), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters

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Al Wickland (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jerome Walton (964) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jerome Walton (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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