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Bobby Adams

Robert Henry Adams

Positions: Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: December 14, 1921 in Tuolumne, CA
High School: Stockton HS (Stockton, CA)
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1946
Teams (by GP): Reds/Redlegs/Cubs/Orioles/WhiteSox 1946-1959

Final Game: April 22, 1959
Died: February 13, 1997 in Gig Harbor, WA
Cremated
Relatives: Brother of Dick Adams and Father of Mike Adams
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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
1939	17	CIN-min	C	64	236	236		79	7	7	1						.335	.335	.436	.771		103							OGD · PION
1940	18	CIN-min	C	105	444	444		158	16	13	1						.356	.356	.457	.813		203							OGD · PION
1941	19	CIN-min	B	137	561	561		195	46	9	4						.348	.348	.483	.831		271							CLM · SALL
1942	20	CIN-min	AA	115	470	425	53	110	30	4	4	43	10	2	33	45	.259	.314	.376	.690		160	10	1	11				SYR · IL
1946	24	CIN	NL	94	346	311	35	76	13	3	4	24	16		18	32	.244	.292	.344	.636	82	107	7	3	14			4/9O5
1947	25	CIN	NL	81	253	217	39	59	11	2	4	20	9		25	23	.272	.358	.396	.754	100	86	2	4	7			4
1948	26	CIN	NL	87	294	262	33	78	20	3	1	21	6		25	23	.298	.361	.408	.770	110	107	5	1	7			4/5
1949	27	CIN	NL	107	308	277	32	70	16	2	0	25	4		26	36	.253	.317	.325	.642	72	90	6	0	5			45
1950	28	CIN	NL	115	394	348	57	98	21	8	3	25	7		43	29	.282	.361	.414	.774	103	144	2	0	3			45
1951	29	CIN	NL	125	450	403	57	107	12	5	5	24	4	10	43	40	.266	.338	.357	.695	86	144	6	1	3			54/O9
1952	30	CIN	NL	154	694	637	85	180	25	4	6	48	11	9	49	67	.283	.334	.363	.696	94	231	15	0	8			*5	MVP-22
1953	31	CIN	NL	150	678	607	99	167	14	6	8	49	3	2	58	67	.275	.338	.357	.696	82	217	7	0	12			*5
1954	32	CIN	NL	110	454	390	69	105	25	6	3	23	2	5	55	46	.269	.362	.387	.749	95	151	4	3	4	2		5/4
1955	33	TOT	MLB	92	199	171	31	43	11	3	2	23	2	0	24	25	.251	.352	.386	.738	93	66	3	3	2	1	1	5/4
1955	33	CIN	NL	64	174	150	23	41	11	2	2	20	2	0	20	21	.273	.368	.413	.781	103	62	3	3	2	1	1	5/4
1955	33	CHW	AL	28	25	21	8	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	4	4	.095	.240	.190	.430	16	4	0	0	0	0	0	/54
1956	34	BAL-min	AA	46	175	155	30	48	8	3	6	23	0	2	14	29	.310	.372	.516	.888		80		2	3	1			SAN · TL
1956	34	BAL	AL	41	143	111	19	25	6	1	0	7	1	1	25	15	.225	.362	.297	.660	84	33	1	0	5	2	0	54
1957	35	CHC-min	Opn	74	285	247	31	69	4	2	2	21	1		25	28	.279	.342	.336	.678		83	7	1	7	5			POR · PCL
1957	35	CHC	NL	60	211	187	21	47	10	2	1	10	0	3	17	28	.251	.320	.342	.663	80	64	2	2	5	0	0	5/4
1958	36	CHC	NL	62	105	96	14	27	4	4	0	4	2	0	6	15	.281	.324	.406	.730	93	39	2	0	3	0	0	3/54
1959	37	CIN-BAL-min	AAA	76	264	229	20	52	10	1	0	17	1	2	27	37	.227	.313	.279	.592		64		3	2	3	0		SLE,MIA · PCL,IL
1959	37	CHC	NL	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/3
14 Yrs				1281	4531	4019	591	1082	188	49	37	303	67	30	414	447	.269	.340	.368	.708	90	1479	62	17	78	5	1
162 Game Avg.				162	573	508	75	137	24	6	5	38	8		52	57	.269	.340	.368	.708	90	187	8	2	10

CIN (10 yrs)				1087	4045	3602	529	981	168	41	36	279	64	26	362	384	.272	.341	.372	.713	91	1339	57	15	65	3	1
CHC (3 yrs)				125	318	285	35	74	14	6	1	14	2	3	23	44	.260	.319	.361	.681	83	103	4	2	8	0	0
BAL (1 yr)				41	143	111	19	25	6	1	0	7	1	1	25	15	.225	.362	.297	.660	84	33	1	0	5	2	0
CHW (1 yr)				28	25	21	8	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	4	4	.095	.240	.190	.430	16	4	0	0	0	0	0

NL (13 yrs)				1212	4363	3887	564	1055	182	47	37	293	66	29	385	428	.271	.339	.371	.710	91	1442	61	17	73	3	1
AL (2 yrs)				69	168	132	27	27	6	2	0	10	1	1	29	19	.205	.344	.280	.624	73	37	1	0	5	2	0

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
1946	24	CIN	NL	94	346	-8	2	0	13	4	11	1.3	12	23	2.5	.514	.508	1.0	1.9	10	$	4/9O5
1947	25	CIN	NL	81	253	0	0	0	-5	3	-1	-0.1	9	8	0.8	.498	.499	1.3	-0.2	13	$	4
1948	26	CIN	NL	87	294	4	0	0	-7	3	0	0.0	10	10	1.0	.500	.500	1.8	-0.4	18	$	4/5
1949	27	CIN	NL	107	308	-11	-1	-0	-3	3	-12	-1.3	11	-2	-0.2	.488	.492	0.1	-0.0	1	$	45
1950	28	CIN	NL	115	394	2	2	1	-2	2	6	0.5	13	19	1.8	.505	.503	2.1	0.0	21	$	45
1951	29	CIN	NL	125	450	-7	-3	1	-3	2	-10	-1.1	15	5	0.4	.492	.494	0.8	-0.1	8	$	54/O9
1952	30	CIN	NL	154	694	-5	-1	2	1	0	-4	-0.4	24	20	1.9	.498	.498	1.9	0.1	19	$	*5	MVP-22
1953	31	CIN	NL	150	678	-14	1	1	7	0	-4	-0.6	23	18	1.6	.497	.497	1.2	0.6	12	$	*5
1954	32	CIN	NL	110	454	-4	2	0	-3	0	-4	-0.5	15	11	1.0	.496	.497	1.4	-0.3	14	$	5/4
1955	33	CIN	NL	64	174	3	2	0	8	0	13	1.3	6	19	1.9	.521	.508	1.1	0.8	11	$	5/4
1955	33	CHW	AL	28	25	-3	0	0	1	0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.493	.499	-0.2	0.1	-2	$	/54
1956	34	BAL	AL	41	143	-0	1	0	-4	1	-2	-0.2	4	2	0.2	.495	.499	0.6	-0.3	6	$	54
1957	35	CHC	NL	60	211	-3	-1	1	-3	0	-6	-0.7	7	1	0.0	.489	.496	0.3	-0.3	4	$	5/4
1958	36	CHC	NL	62	105	-2	1	0	-2	-0	-3	-0.3	4	1	0.1	.495	.498	0.3	-0.2	2	$	3/54
1959	37	CHC	NL	3	2	-1	0	0	-1	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.458	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/3
14 Seasons				1281	4531	-47	4	7	-3	19	-20	-2.6	152	133	12.8	.498	.499	13.6	1.6	136	$

CIN (10 yrs)				1087	4045	-38	4	5	5	18	-6	-1.0	137	132	12.7	.500	.500	12.7	2.3	127	$
CHC (3 yrs)				125	318	-6	-1	1	-5	0	-10	-1.2	11	0	0.0	.491	.498	0.5	-0.6	5	$
BAL (1 yr)				41	143	-0	1	0	-4	1	-2	-0.2	4	2	0.2	.495	.499	0.6	-0.3	6	$
CHW (1 yr)				28	25	-3	0	0	1	0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.493	.499	-0.2	0.1	-2	$

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
1946	24	CIN	NL	346	256	31	3.2	90	.262	.244	.259	.292	.334	.344	.363	.636	.697	82	.400	-8.3	-0.9	.595	.209	.100	6.4
1947	25	CIN	NL	253	167	30	4.8	106	.289	.272	.274	.358	.349	.396	.406	.754	.756	100	.514	0.5	0.0	.775	.281	.124	5.5
1948	26	CIN	NL	294	196	38	5.2	99	.324	.298	.265	.361	.339	.408	.393	.770	.732	110	.566	4.6	0.4	.735	.229	.111	1.7
1949	27	CIN	NL	308	218	29	3.6	105	.290	.253	.272	.317	.345	.325	.406	.642	.752	72	.387	-10.8	-1.1	.563	.181	.072	.0
1950	28	CIN	NL	394	255	52	5.4	108	.301	.282	.270	.361	.346	.414	.418	.774	.764	103	.564	2.1	0.2	.770	.276	.132	4.2
1951	29	CIN	NL	450	315	46	3.9	104	.285	.266	.269	.338	.343	.357	.407	.695	.750	86	.436	-7.8	-0.8	.583	.184	.092	4.4
1952	30	CIN	NL	694	*489*	76	4.2	96	.309	.283	.260	.334	.333	.363	.388	.696	.721	94	.501	-5.6	-0.6	.586	.160	.080	7.8
1953	31	CIN	NL	678	461	73	4.2	110	.299	.275	.274	.338	.345	.357	.427	.696	.773	82	.435	-16.4	-1.6	.615	.180	.082	4.4
1954	32	CIN	NL	454	300	53	4.7	111	.297	.269	.277	.362	.348	.387	.428	.749	.776	95	.494	-1.6	-0.2	.701	.251	.118	2.4
1955	33	TOT	MLB	199	134	25	5.0	109	.283	.251	.271	.352	.344	.386	.426	.738	.770	93	.530	-1.2	-0.1	.725	.287	.135	2.0
1955	33	CIN	NL	174	115	24	5.6	110	.305	.273	.271	.368	.343	.413	.430	.781	.773	103	.580	1.5	0.2	.777	.287	.140	2.0
1955	33	CHW	AL	25	19	1	1.4	104	.118	.095	.269	.240	.349	.190	.400	.430	.749	16	.104	-2.7	-0.3	.421	.286	.095
1956	34	BAL	AL	143	95	15	4.2	98	.255	.225	.256	.362	.336	.297	.391	.660	.728	84	.442	-0.6	-0.1	.659	.297	.072	.0
1957	35	CHC	NL	211	150	21	3.8	102	.291	.251	.267	.320	.331	.342	.414	.663	.745	80	.411	-5.1	-0.5	.552	.166	.091	.0
1958	36	CHC	NL	105	74	13	4.7	105	.333	.281	.269	.324	.336	.406	.420	.730	.756	93	.506	-1.4	-0.1	.662	.208	.125	.0
1959	37	CHC	NL	2	2	0	0.0	103	.000	.000	.268	.000	.334	.000	.414	.000	.748	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
14 Yrs				4531	3112	502	4.3	104	.295	.269	.268	.340	.341	.368	.407	.708	.748	90	.475	-52.3	-5.2	.643	.211	.099	47.7
162 Game Avg.				573	394	63	4.3	104	.295	.269	.268	.340	.341	.368	.407	.708	.748	90	.475	-52.3	-5.2	.643	.211	.099	6

CIN (10 yrs)				4045	2772	452	4.4	104	.297	.272	.269	.341	.342	.372	.406	.713	.748	91	.482	-41.8	-4.2	.649	.210	.099	46.1
CHC (3 yrs)				318	226	34	4.1	103	.304	.260	.268	.319	.332	.361	.416	.681	.748	83	.440	-7.2	-0.7	.583	.179	.102	1.3
BAL (1 yr)				143	95	15	4.2	98	.255	.225	.256	.362	.336	.297	.391	.660	.728	84	.441	-0.6	-0.1	.659	.297	.072	.0
CHW (1 yr)				25	19	1	1.4	104	.118	.095	.269	.240	.349	.190	.400	.430	.749	16	.104	-2.7	-0.3	.421	.286	.095

NL (13 yrs)				4363	2998	486	4.3	104	.297	.271	.269	.339	.341	.371	.407	.710	.748	91	.479	-49.0	-4.9	.644	.208	.100	47.4
AL (2 yrs)				168	114	16	3.8	99	.235	.205	.258	.344	.338	.280	.393	.624	.731	73	.392	-3.3	-0.3	.617	.295	.076	.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%
1946	24	CIN	NL	346	1.2%	9.3%	5.2%	5.8%	26%	1.78	9.7	77.8	13.0		79%
1947	25	CIN	NL	253	1.6%	9.1%	9.9%	6.7%	29%	0.92	9.4	54.3	10.9		75%
1948	26	CIN	NL	294	0.3%	7.8%	8.5%	8.2%	31%	0.92	11.4	262.0	12.5	1.16	81%
1949	27	CIN	NL	308	0.0%	11.7%	8.4%	5.8%	26%	1.38	7.7		11.1	0.75	78%
1950	28	CIN	NL	394	0.8%	7.4%	10.9%	8.1%	33%	0.67	12.0	116.0	13.9	0.81	80%
1951	29	CIN	NL	450	1.1%	8.9%	9.6%	4.9%	21%	0.93	10.1	80.6	16.8	0.89	80%
1952	30	CIN	NL	694	0.9%	9.7%	7.1%	5.0%	19%	1.37	9.5	106.2	13.3	0.93	81%
1953	31	CIN	NL	678	1.2%	9.9%	8.6%	4.1%	17%	1.16	9.1	75.9	12.4	0.71	78%
1954	32	CIN	NL	454	0.7%	10.1%	12.1%	7.5%	32%	0.84	8.5	130.0	17.0	0.84	76%
1955	33	TOT	MLB	199	1.0%	12.6%	12.1%	8.0%	37%	1.04	6.8	85.5	7.4	1.00	73%
1955	33	CIN	NL	174	1.2%	12.1%	11.5%	8.6%	37%	1.05	7.1	75.0	7.5	0.94	74%
1955	33	CHW	AL	25	0.0%	16.0%	16.0%	4.0%	50%	1.00	5.3		7.0	1.50	68%
1956	34	BAL	AL	143	0.0%	10.5%	17.5%	4.9%	28%	0.60	7.4		15.9	0.90	69%
1957	35	CHC	NL	211	0.5%	13.3%	8.1%	6.2%	28%	1.65	6.7	187.0	18.7	1.53	75%
1958	36	CHC	NL	105	0.0%	14.3%	5.7%	7.6%	30%	2.50	6.4		24.0	1.07	77%
1959	37	CHC	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0			0.00	50%
14 Yrs				4531	0.8%	9.9%	9.1%	6.1%	25%	1.08	9.0	108.6	13.3	0.88	78%
MLB Averages					2.0%	10.9%	9.4%	6.5%	28%	1.16	8.1	43.9	8.2	0.98	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1946	24	CIN	NL	-8.3	-0.9	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	25	CIN	NL	0.5	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	26	CIN	NL	4.6	0.4	128	0.5	2.5	-2.0	1.04	0.5	-0.1	6.3	0.6	0.95	5.4	1.41	8
1949	27	CIN	NL	-10.8	-1.1	211	-0.8	3.3	-4.1	1.11	-0.2	-0.5	-1.1	-0.1	0.97	-3.6	1.02	13
1950	28	CIN	NL	2.1	0.2	300	-0.1	4.5	-4.6	1.00	0.1	-0.2	-0.9	-0.1	0.90	0.1	0.96	9
1951	29	CIN	NL	-7.8	-0.8	329	0.3	6.0	-5.7	1.06	-0.7	1.0	-6.4	-0.6	0.90	-8.3	1.30	23
1952	30	CIN	NL	-5.6	-0.6	553	0.4	8.7	-8.3	1.00	0.2	0.1	6.6	0.7	0.89	4.9		0
1953	31	CIN	NL	-16.4	-1.6	693	-1.5	10.3	-11.8	.99	-0.9	-0.6	-14.4	-1.4	0.92	-10.4		0
1954	32	CIN	NL	-1.6	-0.2	466	0.9	8.1	-7.2	.94	0.3	0.7	4.9	0.5	0.91	2.7	2.23	11
1955	33	TOT	MLB	-1.2	-0.1	203	0.2	3.1	-3.0	.98	-0.2	0.4	1.6	0.2	0.94	-2.5	1.21	20
1955	33	CIN	NL	1.5	0.2	177	0.3	2.7	-2.4	.95	-0.0	0.3	2.1	0.2	0.94	-0.3	1.02	18
1955	33	CHW	AL	-2.7	-0.3	26	-0.1	0.4	-0.5	1.21	-0.2	0.1	-0.5	-0.0	0.93	-2.2	2.93	2
1956	34	BAL	AL	-0.8	-0.1	148	-0.5	1.9	-2.4	.98	0.1	-0.6	-1.0	-0.1	0.96	1.0		0
1957	35	CHC	NL	-5.1	-0.5	213	-0.5	3.2	-3.8	1.03	-0.4	-0.2	-1.8	-0.2	0.90	-3.0	1.51	5
1958	36	CHC	NL	-1.3	-0.1	108	0.2	2.3	-2.0	1.22	0.0	0.2	-0.2	-0.0	0.94	-0.6	1.48	35
1959	37	CHC	NL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.59	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	-0.0	0.74	-0.5	0.59	2
14 Yrs				-52.4	-5.2	3354	-0.9	54.0	-54.9	1.01	-1.3	0.3	-6.7	-0.6	0.92	-14.6	1.37	126

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CS3	SBH	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	26	CIN	NL	3	31%	57	6			1	0	0	0	0	3	3	39%	9	7	2	3	2	1	6	2	4
1949	27	CIN	NL	4	33%	105	4			3	0	0	0	1	5	2	44%	17	12	5	1	0	0	7	1	6
1950	28	CIN	NL	7	39%	152	7			7	2	0	0	1	1	5	50%	19	12	7	2	2	0	9	1	8
1951	29	CIN	NL	6	36%	128	4	10	29%	2	10	1	1	0	6	3	35%	17	12	3	3	1	2	9	4	5
1952	30	CIN	NL	11	35%	254	11	9	55%	10	6	0	0	4	6	3	50%	30	21	8	8	3	5	18	3	15
1953	31	CIN	NL	10	42%	299	3	2	60%	3	1	1	0	3	8	9	52%	45	32	13	9	2	6	27	4	23
1954	32	CIN	NL	3	41%	228	2	5	29%	2	5	0	0	0	4	15	44%	39	27	12	7	5	2	26	8	18
1955	33	TOT	MLB	4	43%	96	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	1	1	5	46%	16	12	4	0	0	0	8	1	7
1955	33	CIN	NL	4	34%	69	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	57%	9	6	3	0	0	0	5	0	5
1955	33	CHW	AL	0	133%	27	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	2	30%	7	6	1	0	0	0	3	1	2
1956	34	BAL	AL	3	38%	77	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	1	4	53%	5	4	1	2	2	0	10	1	8
1957	35	CHC	NL	4	31%	98	0	3	0%	0	3	0	0	1	4	3	58%	11	6	4	0	0	0	8	1	7
1958	36	CHC	NL	0	42%	55	2	0	100%	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	36%	5	5	0	2	1	1	4	1	3
1959	37	CHC	NL	0		1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14 Yrs				55	38%	1550	67	30	122%	32	28	2	2	11	39	55	47%	213	150	59	37	18	17	132	27	104

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
1948	26	CIN	NL	294	42%	78			8	2	0	1	1.41	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	3	7	233%	27	5	19%	14	5	36%	73	9	12%	5	4	80%	2	1	50%	0
1949	27	CIN	NL	308	59%	70			13	5	0	1	1.02	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	125%	47	6	13%	24	7	29%	122	18	15%	8	5	63%	5	3	60%	0
1950	28	CIN	NL	394	63%	98			9	1	0	0	0.96	3	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	3	3	100%	41	2	5%	11	3	27%	119	15	13%	3	2	67%	4	1	25%	0
1951	29	CIN	NL	450	53%	107			23	6	0	2	1.30	5	0	3	2	1	3	2	0	3	3	100%	55	6	11%	19	7	37%	136	14	10%	10	5	50%	5	4	80%	0
1952	30	CIN	NL	694	28%	180			0	0	0	0		6	0	2	6	0	1	5	0	7	8	114%	101	15	15%	50	17	34%	244	36	15%	16	11	69%	13	8	62%	0
1953	31	CIN	NL	678	37%	167			0	0	0	0		8	0	12	5	3	4	4	0	13	12	92%	120	7	6%	69	22	32%	360	48	13%	29	14	48%	26	14	54%	0
1954	32	CIN	NL	454	30%	105			11	4	0	0	2.23	3	0	5	3	0	0	3	0	5	4	80%	54	4	7%	13	6	46%	213	23	11%	8	5	63%	6	4	67%	0
1955	33	TOT	MLB	199	34%	43			20	5	1	1	1.21	2	0	4	0	2	1	1	0	2	2	100%	34	3	9%	15	6	40%	127	21	17%	13	9	69%	5	5	100%	0
1955	33	CIN	NL	174	37%	41			18	5	1	1	1.02	2	0	3	0	2	1	1	0	2	2	100%	32	3	9%	14	6	43%	112	18	16%	13	9	69%	5	5	100%	0
1955	33	CHW	AL	25	12%	2			2	0	0	0	2.93	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	15	3	20%	0	0		0	0		0
1956	34	BAL	AL	143	37%	25			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	100%	20	1	5%	13	9	69%	68	7	10%	8	5	63%	2	0	0%	0
1957	35	CHC	NL	211	33%	47			5	0	0	1	1.51	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	5	5	100%	29	2	7%	8	3	38%	83	9	11%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1958	36	CHC	NL	105	43%	27			35	10	0	1	1.48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	20	2	10%	9	4	44%	45	4	9%	3	2	67%	1	0	0%	0
1959	37	CHC	NL	2	100%	0			2	0	0	0	0.59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
14 Yrs				3932	40%	1082			126	33	1	7	1.37	37	0	34	18	7	11	18	0	54	78	144%	548	62	11%	245	89	36%	1590	204	13%	105	62	59%	71	41	58%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			106%			14%			32%			14%			50%			54%

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
1946	24	94	346	311	35	76	13	3	4	24	16		18	32	.244	.292	.344	.636	82	107	7	3	14
1947	25	175	599	528	74	135	24	5	8	44	25		43	55	.256	.320	.366	.686	90	193	9	7	21
1948	26	262	893	790	107	213	44	8	9	65	31		68	78	.270	.334	.380	.713	97	300	14	8	28
1949	27	369	1201	1067	139	283	60	10	9	90	35		94	114	.265	.329	.366	.695	90	390	20	8	33
1950	28	484	1595	1415	196	381	81	18	12	115	42		137	143	.269	.337	.377	.715	93	534	22	8	36
1951	29	609	2045	1818	253	488	93	23	17	139	46	10	180	183	.268	.337	.373	.710	92	678	28	9	39
1952	30	763	2739	2455	338	668	118	27	23	187	57	19	229	250	.272	.336	.370	.707	92	909	43	9	47
1953	31	913	3417	3062	437	835	132	33	31	236	60	21	287	317	.273	.337	.368	.705	90	1126	50	9	59
1954	32	1023	3871	3452	506	940	157	39	34	259	62	26	342	363	.272	.340	.370	.710	91	1277	54	12	63	2
1955	33	1115	4070	3623	537	983	168	42	36	282	64	26	366	388	.271	.340	.371	.711	91	1343	57	15	65	3	1
1956	34	1156	4213	3734	556	1008	174	43	36	289	65	27	391	403	.270	.341	.369	.710	91	1376	58	15	70	5	1
1957	35	1216	4424	3921	577	1055	184	45	37	299	65	30	408	431	.269	.340	.367	.707	90	1440	60	17	75	5	1
1958	36	1278	4529	4017	591	1082	188	49	37	303	67	30	414	446	.269	.340	.368	.708	90	1479	62	17	78	5	1
1959	37	1281	4531	4019	591	1082	188	49	37	303	67	30	414	447	.269	.340	.368	.708	90	1479	62	17	78	5	1

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
1946	24	98	370	332	42	86	15	3	5	29	18	20	33	.259	.307	.367	.675	37	94
1947	25	85	263	226	40	61	11	2	4	20	9	26	24	.270	.355	.389	.745	30	81
1948	26	91	308	274	35	82	21	3	1	22	6	26	24	.299	.362	.409	.771	41	87
1949	27	111	316	285	31	70	16	2	0	25	4	26	37	.246	.309	.316	.624	28	107
1950	28	120	406	360	56	99	21	8	3	25	7	43	30	.275	.352	.403	.755	51	115
1951	29	130	464	416	57	109	12	5	5	24	4	44	42	.262	.334	.351	.685	49	125
1952	30	161	734	673	94	195	27	4	6	53	12	53	70	.290	.342	.368	.710	86	154
1953	31	156	693	623	95	166	14	6	8	47	3	58	70	.266	.329	.347	.676	71	150
1954	32	116	474	408	70	108	26	6	3	23	2	57	48	.265	.357	.380	.737	55	110
1955	33	97	210	179	31	44	11	3	2	23	2	25	26	.246	.346	.374	.720	23	92
1956	34	43	151	117	21	27	6	1	0	8	1	27	16	.231	.370	.299	.669	14	41
1957	35	63	220	195	22	49	10	2	1	10	0	18	29	.251	.321	.338	.659	21	60
1958	36	65	111	102	15	29	4	4	0	4	2	6	16	.284	.324	.402	.726	14	62
1959	37	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
14 Yrs		1339	4722	4192	609	1125	194	49	38	313	70	429	466	.268	.338	.365	.704	520	1281
162 Game Avg.		162	571	507	74	136	23	6	5	38	8	52	56	.268	.338	.365	.704	63	1281

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1966 BBWAA ( 0.3%)	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1952 NL (22, 3%) 0.03 Career Shares (1251st)	Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1946 NL 1.9 (4th)	Games Played s c a p y 1952 NL 154 (1st)
At Bats s c a p y 1952 NL 637 (1st) 1953 NL 607 (8th)	Plate Appearances s c a p y 1952 NL 694 (2nd) 1953 NL 678 (8th)	Hits s c a p y 1952 NL 180 (3rd)	Triples s c a p y 1950 NL 8 (6th)
Stolen Bases s c a p y 1946 NL 16 (4th) 1947 NL 9 (6th) 1952 NL 11 (7th)	Singles s c a p y 1952 NL 145 (1st) 1953 NL 139 (4th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1946 NL 3 (10th) 1947 NL 4 (8th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1946 NL 14 (6th) 1953 NL 12 (4th)
Caught Stealing s c a p y 1951 NL 10 (3rd) 1952 NL 9 (4th)	SB % s c a p y 1952 NL 55.00 (7th)	Outs Made s c a p y 1952 NL 489 (1st) 1953 NL 461 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Batting - 2 (608), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 13 (1261), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 13 (1236), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Most Similar by Ages

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Bill Gray (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jeff Treadway (985) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Fernando Vina (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bret Barberie (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mickey Morandini (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Miguel Cairo (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Delahanty (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Don Gutteridge (947) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Cookie Lavagetto (945) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Danny O'Connell (946) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Danny O'Connell (947) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Don Gutteridge (938) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Miguel Cairo (946) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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