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Joe Adcock

Joseph Wilbur Adcock

Positions: First Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: October 30, 1927 in Coushatta, LA
High School: Coushatta HS (Coushatta, LA)
School: Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA)
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1950
Teams (by GP): Braves/Reds/Angels/Indians 1950-1966

Final Game: October 1, 1966
Died: May 3, 1999 in Coushatta, LA
Buried: Holly Springs Cemetery, Martin, LA
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All-Star

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
1950 22 CIN NL 102 398 372 46 109 16 1 8 55 2 24 24 .293 .336 .406 .742 94 151 12 0 3 7O3/9
1951 23 CIN NL 113 422 395 40 96 16 4 10 47 1 2 24 29 .243 .288 .380 .668 77 150 25 1 2 *7O
1952 24 CIN NL 117 403 378 43 105 22 4 13 52 1 4 23 38 .278 .321 .460 .781 115 174 10 1 1 7O3
1953 25 MLN NL 157 640 590 71 168 33 6 18 80 3 2 42 82 .285 .334 .453 .787 108 267 22 2 6 *3
1954 26 MLN NL 133 562 500 73 154 27 5 23 87 1 4 44 58 .308 .365 .520 .885 134 260 7 3 11 4 *3 MVP-8
1955 27 MLN NL 84 324 288 40 76 14 0 15 45 0 2 31 44 .264 .339 .469 .807 116 135 13 2 2 1 3 3
1956 28 MLN NL 137 500 454 76 132 23 1 38 103 1 0 32 86 .291 .337 .597 .934 152 271 11 1 11 2 6 *3 MVP-11
1957 29 MLN NL 65 231 209 31 60 13 2 12 38 0 0 20 51 .287 .351 .541 .891 143 113 7 1 0 1 3 3
1958 30 MLN NL 105 349 320 40 88 15 1 19 54 0 0 21 63 .275 .317 .506 .823 122 162 14 1 2 5 1 37 MVP-22
1959 31 MLN NL 115 444 404 53 118 19 2 25 76 0 0 32 77 .292 .339 .535 .874 138 216 8 0 2 6 6 37
1960 32 MLN NL 138 570 514 55 153 21 4 25 91 2 2 46 86 .298 .354 .500 .854 140 257 13 1 5 4 7 *3 AS,MVP-19
1961 33 MLN NL 152 629 562 77 160 20 0 35 108 2 1 59 94 .285 .354 .507 .861 134 285 22 2 4 2 4 *3
1962 34 MLN NL 121 447 391 48 97 12 1 29 78 2 0 50 91 .248 .333 .506 .839 125 198 18 1 2 3 8 *3
1963 35 CLE AL 97 317 283 28 71 7 1 13 49 1 2 30 53 .251 .320 .420 .740 107 119 7 0 1 3 4 3
1964 36 LAA AL 118 415 366 39 98 13 0 21 64 0 2 48 61 .268 .352 .475 .827 139 174 13 0 0 1 4 3
1965 37 CAL AL 122 386 349 30 84 14 0 14 47 2 2 37 74 .241 .315 .401 .716 105 140 10 1 0 0 3 3
1966 38 CAL AL 83 265 231 33 63 10 3 18 48 2 2 31 48 .273 .355 .576 .930 167 133 11 0 0 3 6 3
17 Yrs 1959 7302 6606 823 1832 295 35 336 1122 20 25 594 1059 .277 .337 .485 .822 124 3205 223 17 52 35 55
162 Game Avg. 162 604 546 68 151 24 3 28 93 2 49 88 .277 .337 .485 .822 124 265 18 1 4
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
MLN (10 yrs) 1207 4696 4232 564 1206 197 22 239 760 11 11 377 732 .285 .343 .511 .855 131 2164 135 14 45 28 38
CAL (3 yrs) 323 1066 946 102 245 37 3 53 159 4 6 116 183 .259 .339 .473 .812 133 447 34 1 0 4 13
CIN (3 yrs) 332 1223 1145 129 310 54 9 31 154 4 6 71 91 .271 .314 .415 .729 95 475 47 2 6
CLE (1 yr) 97 317 283 28 71 7 1 13 49 1 2 30 53 .251 .320 .420 .740 107 119 7 0 1 3 4
NL (13 yrs) 1539 5919 5377 693 1516 251 31 270 914 15 17 448 823 .282 .337 .491 .828 123 2639 182 16 51 28 38
AL (4 yrs) 420 1383 1229 130 316 44 4 66 208 5 8 146 236 .257 .335 .461 .795 127 566 41 1 1 7 17

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
1950 22 CIN NL 102 398 -3 -3 0 3 -5 -6 -0.8 13 7 0.5 .493 .496 0.3 -0.2 4 $ 7O3/9
1951 23 CIN NL 113 422 -12 -2 -4 4 -5 -20 -2.1 14 -6 -0.7 .482 .487 -1.1 -0.1 -10 $ *7O
1952 24 CIN NL 117 403 6 -2 0 5 -5 5 0.5 14 18 1.9 .504 .503 1.4 0.0 13 $ 7O3
1953 25 MLN NL 157 640 7 -2 -3 -0 -7 -6 -0.7 21 16 1.4 .496 .496 1.6 -0.8 16 $ *3
1954 26 MLN NL 133 562 24 0 1 -4 -6 15 1.4 19 34 3.3 .511 .509 3.8 -1.1 38 $ *3 MVP-8
1955 27 MLN NL 84 324 6 -1 -2 -4 -4 -4 -0.6 11 6 0.5 .495 .497 1.1 -1.0 11 $ 3
1956 28 MLN NL 137 500 35 1 -1 1 -6 30 2.8 17 47 4.5 .523 .520 4.7 -0.7 46 $ *3 MVP-11
1957 29 MLN NL 65 231 13 0 -1 -1 -3 8 0.8 8 16 1.5 .513 .505 1.7 -0.5 17 $ 3
1958 30 MLN NL 105 349 10 -1 -2 -1 -5 1 0.1 12 13 1.2 .501 .501 1.4 -0.6 14 $ 37 MVP-22
1959 31 MLN NL 115 444 21 -1 -1 8 -6 20 2.2 15 35 3.6 .519 .513 2.9 0.2 28 $ 37
1960 32 MLN NL 138 570 25 -3 -1 2 -8 14 1.5 19 34 3.4 .511 .510 3.2 -0.7 32 $ *3 AS,MVP-19
1961 33 MLN NL 152 629 29 -2 -4 -2 -9 14 1.3 21 35 3.4 .509 .509 3.6 -1.1 36 $ *3
1962 34 MLN NL 121 447 11 -2 -4 -1 -6 -0 0.0 15 14 1.5 .500 .500 1.5 -0.6 15 $ *3
1963 35 CLE AL 97 317 2 -1 -1 -4 -4 -8 -0.9 9 1 -0.1 .491 .495 0.4 -0.9 5 $ 3
1964 36 LAA AL 118 415 18 -2 -2 -2 -6 6 0.5 12 18 1.7 .506 .504 2.1 -1.0 20 $ 3
1965 37 CAL AL 122 386 4 -0 -1 -3 -5 -5 -0.6 11 6 0.5 .495 .497 0.9 -0.9 9 $ 3
1966 38 CAL AL 83 265 18 -2 -2 1 -4 12 1.3 8 20 2.0 .517 .509 2.0 -0.4 18 $ 3
17 Seasons 1959 7302 214 -22 -26 2 -92 76 6.6 237 313 30.1 .504 .503 31.5 -10.5 311 $
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
MLN (10 yrs) 1207 4696 180 -9 -17 -2 -60 91 8.8 158 249 24.3 .508 .506 25.5 -6.9 251 $
CAL (3 yrs) 323 1066 41 -4 -5 -4 -14 14 1.2 30 44 4.2 .505 .503 5.0 -2.3 48 $
CIN (3 yrs) 332 1223 -9 -7 -3 12 -14 -21 -2.4 41 20 1.7 .493 .495 0.6 -0.3 8 $
CLE (1 yr) 97 317 2 -1 -1 -4 -4 -8 -0.9 9 1 -0.1 .491 .495 0.4 -0.9 5 $

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
1950 22 CIN NL 398 278 51 4.9 108 .297 .293 .270 .336 .346 .406 .418 .742 .764 94 .516 -3.9 -0.4 .644 .183 .113 3.2
1951 23 CIN NL 422 328 42 3.4 104 .242 .243 .269 .288 .343 .380 .407 .668 .750 77 .378 -14.4 -1.4 .534 .195 .137 1.8
1952 24 CIN NL 403 288 54 5.0 96 .281 .278 .260 .321 .333 .460 .388 .781 .721 115 .586 6.1 0.6 .679 .235 .183 1.9
1953 25 MLN NL 640 452 88 5.2 105 .306 .285 .267 .334 .337 .453 .416 .787 .753 108 .529 6.5 0.6 .700 .241 .168 5.1
1954 26 MLN NL 562 372 93 6.7 104 .310 .308 .267 .365 .337 .520 .412 .885 .750 134 .649 24.1 2.3 .852 .294 .212 1.9
1955 27 MLN NL 324 230 42 4.9 102 .265 .264 .261 .339 .331 .469 .413 .807 .744 116 .519 6.4 0.6 .731 .306 .205 .0
1956 28 MLN NL 500 346 88 6.8 98 .283 .291 .257 .337 .323 .597 .406 .934 .729 152 .683 30.4 3.0 .916 .379 .306 1.9
1957 29 MLN NL 231 157 38 6.6 97 .327 .287 .260 .351 .322 .541 .403 .891 .725 143 .655 12.3 1.2 .859 .349 .254 .0
1958 30 MLN NL 349 253 47 5.0 99 .284 .275 .260 .317 .327 .506 .406 .823 .733 122 .531 9.1 0.9 .748 .297 .231 .0
1959 31 MLN NL 444 302 73 6.5 97 .302 .292 .259 .339 .324 .535 .401 .874 .725 138 .649 20.8 2.0 .844 .322 .243 .0
1960 32 MLN NL 570 385 89 6.2 92 .314 .298 .254 .354 .318 .500 .389 .854 .707 140 .657 26.9 2.7 .809 .292 .202 3.7
1961 33 MLN NL 629 431 96 6.0 99 .287 .285 .260 .354 .326 .507 .406 .861 .731 134 .610 26.4 2.6 .816 .329 .222 3.8
1962 34 MLN NL 447 317 62 5.2 101 .248 .248 .267 .333 .333 .506 .405 .839 .738 125 .563 12.7 1.2 .804 .391 .258 3.7
1963 35 CLE AL 317 225 37 4.4 94 .264 .251 .254 .320 .320 .420 .393 .740 .713 107 .525 2.3 0.2 .670 .272 .170 1.9
1964 36 LAA AL 415 284 59 5.6 87 .270 .268 .244 .352 .311 .475 .379 .827 .690 139 .624 19.2 2.0 .777 .333 .208 .0
1965 37 CAL AL 386 277 43 4.2 89 .268 .241 .247 .315 .317 .401 .379 .716 .696 105 .517 2.1 0.2 .643 .266 .160 3.5
1966 38 CAL AL 265 184 43 6.3 87 .268 .273 .245 .355 .311 .576 .378 .930 .689 167 .705 19.6 2.1 .906 .437 .303 3.6
17 Yrs 7302 5109 1045 5.5 98 .285 .277 .260 .337 .328 .485 .401 .822 .729 124 .589 206.7 20.5 .759 .297 .208 37.8
162 Game Avg. 604 422 86 5.5 98 .285 .277 .260 .337 .328 .485 .401 .822 .729 124 .589 17 2 .759 .297 .208 3
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
MLN (10 yrs) 4696 3245 716 5.9 99 .294 .285 .261 .343 .328 .511 .406 .855 .734 131 .609 175.6 17.2 .805 .315 .226 21.0
CAL (3 yrs) 1066 745 145 5.2 88 .269 .259 .245 .339 .313 .473 .379 .812 .692 133 .613 40.9 4.2 .758 .334 .214 7.4
CIN (3 yrs) 1223 894 147 4.4 103 .273 .271 .266 .314 .341 .415 .404 .729 .745 95 .494 -12.2 -1.2 .615 .204 .144 7.1
CLE (1 yr) 317 225 37 4.4 94 .264 .251 .254 .320 .320 .420 .393 .740 .713 107 .526 2.3 0.2 .670 .272 .170 1.9
NL (13 yrs) 5919 4139 863 5.6 100 .289 .282 .262 .337 .331 .491 .405 .828 .736 123 .588 163.4 16.0 .764 .292 .209 28.4
AL (4 yrs) 1383 970 182 5.1 89 .268 .257 .247 .335 .315 .461 .382 .795 .696 127 .594 43.3 4.5 .738 .320 .203 9.3

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
1957 29 MLN NL WS NYY W 5 15 15 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 3 2 0 0 0 0
1958 30 MLN NL WS NYY L 4 14 13 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .308 .357 .308 .665 4 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 9 29 28 2 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .250 .276 .250 .526 7 2 0 0 0 0
2 WS 9 29 28 2 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .250 .276 .250 .526 7 2 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1960 MLN NL 32 as 1B 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667 3 0 0 0 0 0
1960 MLN NL 32 as 1B 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 Yr (2 GP) 5 5 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .600 .600 .800 1.400 4 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 GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1950 22 CIN NL 398 2.0% 6.0% 6.0% 6.3% 23% 1.00 15.5 46.5 6.8 1.55 85%
1951 23 CIN NL 422 2.4% 6.9% 5.7% 7.1% 31% 1.21 13.6 39.5 8.4 1.12 84%
1952 24 CIN NL 403 3.2% 9.4% 5.7% 9.7% 37% 1.65 9.9 29.1 7.3 0.84 81%
1953 25 MLN NL 640 2.8% 12.8% 6.6% 8.9% 34% 1.95 7.2 32.8 7.4 1.20 77%
1954 26 MLN NL 562 4.1% 10.3% 7.8% 9.8% 36% 1.32 8.6 21.7 5.7 1.03 75%
1955 27 MLN NL 324 4.6% 13.6% 9.6% 9.0% 38% 1.42 6.5 19.2 6.4 1.13 71%
1956 28 MLN NL 500 7.6% 17.2% 6.4% 12.4% 47% 2.69 5.3 11.9 4.4 0.87 66%
1957 29 MLN NL 231 5.2% 22.1% 8.7% 11.7% 45% 2.55 4.1 17.4 5.5 1.31 64%
1958 30 MLN NL 349 5.4% 18.1% 6.0% 10.0% 40% 3.00 5.1 16.8 5.9 1.09 70%
1959 31 MLN NL 444 5.6% 17.3% 7.2% 10.4% 39% 2.41 5.2 16.2 5.3 0.75 69%
1960 32 MLN NL 570 4.4% 15.1% 8.1% 8.8% 33% 1.87 6.0 20.6 5.6 1.14 71%
1961 33 MLN NL 629 5.6% 14.9% 9.4% 8.7% 34% 1.59 6.0 16.1 5.2 1.22 69%
1962 34 MLN NL 447 6.5% 20.4% 11.2% 9.4% 43% 1.82 4.3 13.5 5.0 1.12 61%
1963 35 CLE AL 317 4.1% 16.7% 9.5% 6.6% 30% 1.77 5.3 21.8 5.8 1.11 69%
1964 36 LAA AL 415 5.1% 14.7% 11.6% 8.2% 35% 1.27 6.0 17.4 5.7 1.17 69%
1965 37 CAL AL 386 3.6% 19.2% 9.6% 7.3% 33% 2.00 4.7 24.9 7.4 0.72 68%
1966 38 CAL AL 265 6.8% 18.1% 11.7% 11.7% 49% 1.55 4.8 12.8 4.8 0.93 63%
17 Yrs 7302 4.6% 14.5% 8.1% 9.1% 36% 1.78 6.2 19.7 5.9 1.06 72%
MLB Averages 2.2% 13.0% 8.8% 6.5% 29% 1.48 6.8 39.7 8.4 1.03 74%
PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1950 22 CIN NL -3.9 -0.4 275 -3.1 3.3 -6.4 1.07 -1.5 -1.4 -21.0 -2.1 1.00 -16.3 0.44 4
1951 23 CIN NL -14.4 -1.4 337 -0.9 7.0 -8.0 1.17 -1.0 0.2 -16.3 -1.6 0.98 -14.2 2.11 2
1952 24 CIN NL 6.1 0.6 286 -1.2 4.7 -5.9 1.11 -0.1 -1.0 -1.3 -0.1 0.99 0.5 2.01 9
1953 25 MLN NL 6.5 0.6 526 -1.5 8.3 -9.7 .95 0.3 -1.8 -6.1 -0.6 0.95 2.7 0
1954 26 MLN NL 24.1 2.3 531 1.8 10.6 -8.8 1.05 2.6 -0.9 29.6 2.9 0.96 29.3 1.74 1
1955 27 MLN NL 6.4 0.6 305 -0.4 5.7 -6.1 1.08 -0.2 -0.2 -7.5 -0.7 1.00 -2.3 0.49 5
1956 28 MLN NL 30.4 3.0 466 2.8 11.1 -8.3 1.09 3.8 -1.3 41.7 4.2 0.99 44.7 1.28 7
1957 29 MLN NL 12.3 1.2 231 0.2 5.1 -4.9 1.15 1.2 -1.0 12.0 1.2 0.98 15.2 1.93 6
1958 30 MLN NL 9.1 0.9 350 1.2 8.3 -7.2 1.15 1.0 -0.0 0.3 0.0 1.00 10.5 2.52 13
1959 31 MLN NL 20.2 2.0 437 3.0 10.1 -7.1 1.03 3.0 -0.1 29.2 3.0 0.98 32.3 2.05 10
1960 32 MLN NL 26.2 2.6 580 1.9 11.2 -9.3 .95 2.8 -0.8 33.3 3.5 0.96 29.5 1.48 2
1961 33 MLN NL 24.6 2.4 639 3.5 14.9 -11.3 1.08 2.9 0.4 30.1 3.0 0.99 31.0 1.17 4
1962 34 MLN NL 12.7 1.2 446 1.2 9.7 -8.5 1.05 1.7 -0.5 9.4 0.9 0.96 14.0 1.82 8
1963 35 CLE AL 2.0 0.2 325 0.6 6.9 -6.4 1.14 0.1 0.4 1.5 0.2 1.00 3.2 2.24 22
1964 36 LAA AL 19.2 2.0 421 1.7 10.2 -8.6 1.19 1.8 -0.4 17.6 1.9 1.01 18.2 1.80 10
1965 37 CAL AL 2.1 0.2 395 -0.2 7.7 -7.9 1.09 0.6 -0.8 3.7 0.4 0.97 5.8 2.02 23
1966 38 CAL AL 19.6 2.1 268 2.0 7.7 -5.7 1.24 1.8 -0.2 15.1 1.6 1.00 19.8 2.63 17
17 Yrs 203.1 20.1 6818 12.5 142.6 -130.2 1.08 20.9 -9.4 171.1 17.6 0.98 224.1 1.98 143
BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1950 22 CIN NL 3 0 30% 115 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 8 0 42% 10 9 1 2 1 1 12 3 8
1951 23 CIN NL 5 0 27% 88 1 2 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 2 23% 11 8 1 0 0 0 11 6 4
1952 24 CIN NL 3 0 26% 113 1 4 20% 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 17% 10 9 0 4 3 1 9 5 3
1953 25 MLN NL 9 0 27% 208 3 2 60% 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 11 4 32% 39 33 5 1 0 1 19 5 13
1954 26 MLN NL 6 0 28% 223 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 14 39% 30 23 6 9 6 3 17 4 13
1955 27 MLN NL 3 0 27% 117 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 38% 15 12 3 2 2 0 12 3 8
1956 28 MLN NL 10 0 30% 167 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 11 44% 18 14 4 8 4 4 15 5 10
1957 29 MLN NL 4 0 28% 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 23% 9 7 2 1 1 0 3 2 1
1958 30 MLN NL 5 0 23% 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 2 31% 16 14 2 5 4 1 11 3 7
1959 31 MLN NL 8 0 22% 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 35% 18 16 1 5 2 3 11 3 8
1960 32 MLN NL 5 0 17% 202 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 8 11 26% 30 23 5 5 3 1 11 4 6
1961 33 MLN NL 11 0 23% 241 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 16 20% 37 33 3 10 6 3 17 10 7
1962 34 MLN NL 5 0 16% 116 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 7 30% 21 17 3 0 0 0 12 5 7
1963 35 CLE AL 4 0 17% 79 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 17% 11 11 0 2 2 0 5 1 3
1964 36 LAA AL 4 0 14% 92 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 27% 16 12 4 10 8 0 7 2 5
1965 37 CAL AL 7 0 15% 95 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 35% 14 10 3 4 2 2 5 1 3
1966 38 CAL AL 3 0 20% 74 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 28% 12 10 2 2 2 0 4 1 3
17 Yrs 95 0 23% 2247 20 25 47% 18 24 1 1 0 1 11 0 101 104 31% 317 261 45 70 46 20 181 63 109
ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH

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
1950 22 CIN NL 398 43% 109 4 0 0 0 0.44 8 0 9 2 2 3 5 0 2 3 150% 57 12 21% 34 14 41% 198 29 15% 24 13 54% 12 6 50% 0
1951 23 CIN NL 422 52% 96 2 1 0 0 2.11 10 0 11 3 6 3 7 0 4 2 50% 68 25 37% 29 2 7% 235 31 13% 14 5 36% 8 5 63% 0
1952 24 CIN NL 403 43% 105 9 3 0 0 2.01 13 1 11 6 2 5 8 0 2 1 50% 52 10 19% 28 13 46% 186 29 16% 19 11 58% 12 4 33% 0
1953 25 MLN NL 640 17% 168 0 0 0 0 18 0 14 13 2 7 11 1 5 6 120% 110 22 20% 53 18 34% 334 49 15% 36 16 44% 23 14 61% 0
1954 26 MLN NL 562 22% 154 1 1 0 1 1.74 23 1 9 21 2 6 17 0 11 11 100% 91 7 8% 37 18 49% 342 60 18% 22 12 55% 13 8 62% 0
1955 27 MLN NL 325 18% 76 5 1 0 0 0.49 15 0 13 6 6 6 9 0 2 2 100% 69 13 19% 27 6 22% 212 26 12% 17 7 41% 11 4 36% -1
1956 28 MLN NL 500 16% 132 7 2 2 2 1.28 38 2 16 30 4 23 15 0 11 11 100% 93 11 12% 44 13 30% 315 64 20% 29 14 48% 18 6 33% 0
1957 29 MLN NL 231 19% 60 6 1 0 1 1.93 12 1 7 11 1 3 9 1 0 0 45 7 16% 12 1 8% 163 26 16% 15 9 60% 5 3 60% 0
1958 30 MLN NL 349 41% 88 13 3 2 2 2.52 19 1 14 11 8 9 10 0 2 2 100% 74 14 19% 41 13 32% 242 36 15% 24 12 50% 11 7 64% 0
1959 31 MLN NL 444 30% 118 10 3 1 1 2.05 25 0 6 14 11 11 14 0 2 2 100% 85 8 9% 36 13 36% 294 53 18% 31 15 48% 21 10 48% 0
1960 32 MLN NL 570 29% 153 2 1 1 1 1.48 25 1 12 20 5 13 12 0 6 5 83% 97 13 13% 44 12 27% 348 71 20% 32 14 44% 20 13 65% 0
1961 33 MLN NL 629 28% 160 4 1 0 0 1.17 35 1 22 26 9 12 23 0 5 4 80% 111 22 20% 54 18 33% 435 77 18% 42 17 40% 23 16 70% 0
1962 34 MLN NL 448 28% 97 8 3 1 1 1.82 29 2 8 21 7 14 15 1 3 2 67% 82 18 22% 43 9 21% 284 49 17% 26 8 31% 16 8 50% -1
1963 35 CLE AL 317 61% 71 22 5 2 3 2.24 13 0 13 7 6 5 8 0 1 1 100% 54 7 13% 27 8 30% 227 38 17% 24 12 50% 8 5 63% 0
1964 36 LAA AL 415 40% 98 10 4 0 2 1.80 21 0 11 16 5 6 15 0 0 0 72 13 18% 35 5 14% 298 45 15% 28 9 32% 20 8 40% 0
1965 37 CAL AL 386 42% 84 23 4 0 0 2.02 14 0 5 8 6 4 10 0 0 0 63 10 16% 25 4 16% 248 34 14% 21 7 33% 8 5 63% 0
1966 38 CAL AL 265 46% 63 17 5 3 6 2.63 18 0 4 7 11 7 11 0 1 0 0% 52 11 21% 22 5 23% 181 30 17% 14 6 43% 9 3 33% 0
17 Yrs 7304 32% 1832 143 38 12 20 1.98 336 10 185 222 93 137 199 3 57 52 91% 1275 223 17% 591 172 29% 4542 747 16% 418 187 45% 238 125 53% -2
MLB Averages 50% 80% 11% 31% 14% 49% 53%
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

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
1950 22 102 398 372 46 109 16 1 8 55 2 24 24 .293 .336 .406 .742 94 151 12 0 3
1951 23 215 820 767 86 205 32 5 18 102 3 2 48 53 .267 .311 .392 .704 86 301 37 1 5
1952 24 332 1223 1145 129 310 54 9 31 154 4 6 71 91 .271 .314 .415 .729 95 475 47 2 6
1953 25 489 1863 1735 200 478 87 15 49 234 7 8 113 173 .276 .321 .428 .749 99 742 69 4 12
1954 26 622 2425 2235 273 632 114 20 72 321 8 12 157 231 .283 .331 .448 .780 107 1002 76 7 23 4
1955 27 706 2749 2523 313 708 128 20 87 366 8 14 188 275 .281 .332 .451 .783 108 1137 89 9 25 5 3
1956 28 843 3249 2977 389 840 151 21 125 469 9 14 220 361 .282 .333 .473 .806 115 1408 100 10 36 7 9
1957 29 908 3480 3186 420 900 164 23 137 507 9 14 240 412 .282 .334 .477 .812 117 1521 107 11 36 8 12
1958 30 1013 3829 3506 460 988 179 24 156 561 9 14 261 475 .282 .333 .480 .813 117 1683 121 12 38 13 13
1959 31 1128 4273 3910 513 1106 198 26 181 637 9 14 293 552 .283 .333 .486 .819 119 1899 129 12 40 19 19
1960 32 1266 4843 4424 568 1259 219 30 206 728 11 16 339 638 .285 .336 .487 .823 122 2156 142 13 45 23 26
1961 33 1418 5472 4986 645 1419 239 30 241 836 13 17 398 732 .285 .338 .490 .827 123 2441 164 15 49 25 30
1962 34 1539 5919 5377 693 1516 251 31 270 914 15 17 448 823 .282 .337 .491 .828 123 2639 182 16 51 28 38
1963 35 1636 6236 5660 721 1587 258 32 283 963 16 19 478 876 .280 .336 .487 .824 122 2758 189 16 52 31 42
1964 36 1754 6651 6026 760 1685 271 32 304 1027 16 21 526 937 .280 .337 .487 .824 123 2932 202 16 52 32 46
1965 37 1876 7037 6375 790 1769 285 32 318 1074 18 23 563 1011 .277 .336 .482 .818 122 3072 212 17 52 32 49
1966 38 1959 7302 6606 823 1832 295 35 336 1122 20 25 594 1059 .277 .337 .485 .822 124 3205 223 17 52 35 55

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1950 22 107 412 385 46 110 16 1 8 54 2 24 25 .286 .328 .395 .722 50 102
1951 23 117 435 408 41 98 16 4 10 48 1 24 30 .240 .284 .373 .657 44 113
1952 24 122 426 399 48 114 24 4 14 58 1 25 40 .286 .329 .471 .801 62 117
1953 25 163 664 612 73 174 34 6 19 82 3 44 85 .284 .334 .453 .787 91 157
1954 26 140 594 528 79 164 29 5 24 94 1 47 61 .311 .368 .521 .889 102 133
1955 27 88 342 304 43 81 15 0 16 48 0 33 46 .266 .341 .474 .815 48 84
1956 28 143 532 483 88 146 25 1 42 119 1 35 90 .302 .349 .619 .968 106 137
1957 29 68 246 222 35 66 14 2 13 43 0 22 53 .297 .362 .554 .916 45 65
1958 30 110 373 342 46 98 17 1 21 63 0 23 66 .287 .329 .526 .855 60 105
1959 31 120 474 430 61 131 21 2 28 88 0 36 80 .305 .354 .558 .912 86 115
1960 32 144 611 549 65 172 24 4 28 107 2 52 90 .313 .371 .525 .896 108 138
1961 33 159 666 594 86 174 22 0 38 120 2 64 98 .293 .363 .522 .884 112 152
1962 34 121 449 392 49 98 12 1 29 79 2 51 91 .250 .336 .508 .843 67 121
1963 35 97 323 287 31 75 7 1 14 54 1 32 53 .261 .332 .439 .771 42 97
1964 36 117 429 375 47 109 14 0 23 77 0 53 61 .291 .378 .512 .890 74 118
1965 37 122 399 357 35 92 15 0 15 55 2 41 74 .258 .336 .426 .762 51 122
1966 38 84 276 239 39 70 11 3 20 57 2 34 48 .293 .377 .615 .992 56 83
17 Yrs 2022 7651 6906 912 1972 316 35 362 1246 20 640 1091 .286 .346 .499 .845 1204 1959
162 Game Avg. 162 613 553 73 158 25 3 29 100 2 51 87 .286 .346 .499 .845 96 1959
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

* 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

All-Star Games
1960-1 (1B)
1960-2 (1B)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1954 NL (8, 18%)
1956 NL (11, 16%)
1958 NL (22, 1%)
1960 NL (19, 1%)
0.36 Career Shares (545th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1956 NL  4.7 (9th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1954 NL  .308 (10th)
1960 NL  .298 (7th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1954 NL  .520 (8th)
1956 NL  .597 (2nd)
1960 NL  .500 (7th)
1961 NL  .507 (10th)
Career  .485 (160th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1954 NL  .885 (9th)
1956 NL  .934 (3rd)
1960 NL  .854 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
1953 NL  157 (2nd)
1961 NL  152 (9th)

Total Bases s c a p y
Career  3,205 (222nd)

Doubles s c a p y
1953 NL  33 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1956 NL  38 (2nd)
1959 NL  25 (9th)
1960 NL  25 (7th)
1961 NL  35 (4th)
1962 NL  29 (8th)
Career  336 (94th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1956 NL  103 (2nd)
1960 NL  91 (8th)
1961 NL  108 (6th)
Career  1,122 (187th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1953 NL  82 (10th)
1956 NL  86 (6th)
1960 NL  86 (9th)
1961 NL  94 (4th)
Career  1,059 (215th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1954 NL  134 (8th)
1956 NL  152 (2nd)
1960 NL  139 (7th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1954 NL  24 (9th)
1956 NL  30 (7th)
1960 NL  26 (7th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1954 NL  2.3 (9th)
1956 NL  3.0 (7th)
1960 NL  2.6 (7th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1956 NL  62 (10th)
Career  666 (204th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1954 NL  .649 (8th)
1956 NL  .683 (8th)
1960 NL  .657 (7th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1954 NL  11 (10th)
1956 NL  11 (8th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1959 NL  6 (8th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1951 NL  25 (2nd)
1953 NL  22 (1st)
1961 NL  22 (3rd)
1962 NL  18 (4th)
Career  223 (57th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1956 NL  11.9 (1st)
1960 NL  20.6 (9th)
1961 NL  16.1 (5th)
Career  19.7 (106th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1956 NL  41.68 (3rd)
1960 NL  33.26 (7th)
Career  171.10 (247th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1961 NL  3.5 (7th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1956 NL  3.9 (6th)
1960 NL  2.8 (8th)
Career  20.9 (174th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1956 NL  4.2 (2nd)
1960 NL  3.4 (6th)
Career  17.6 (234th)

Oldest s c a p y
1965 AL  born 1927-10-30 (8th)
1966 AL  born 1927-10-30 (5th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 56 (456), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 22 (766), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 22 (656), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Willie Horton (925)
  2. Greg Luzinski (922)
  3. Boog Powell (922)
  4. Roy Sievers (918)
  5. Frank Howard (913)
  6. George Foster (911)
  7. Jermaine Dye (908)
  8. Kent Hrbek (908)
  9. Tino Martinez (901)
  10. Norm Cash (899)
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  1. Mike Ivie (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Clint Hurdle (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Mike Ivie (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Steve Garvey (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Mel Hall (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Leon Durham (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Aubrey Huff (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Leon Durham (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bill Skowron (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Richie Zisk (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Richie Zisk (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Roy Sievers (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Roy Sievers (928)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Ted Kluszewski (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Roy Sievers (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Roy Sievers (918)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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