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Harry Agganis

Harry Agganis (The Golden Greek)

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: April 20, 1929 in Lynn, MA
High School: Classical HS (Lynn, MA)
School: Boston University (Boston, MA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1954
Team: RedSox 1954-1955

Final Game: June 2, 1955
Died: June 27, 1955 in Cambridge, MA
Buried: Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn, MA
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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
1954 25 BOS AL 132 492 434 54 109 13 8 11 57 6 3 47 57 .251 .321 .394 .715 87 171 6 0 7 5 *3
1955 26 BOS AL 25 94 83 11 26 10 1 0 10 2 0 10 10 .313 .383 .458 .841 118 38 3 0 0 1 0 3
2 Yrs 157 586 517 65 135 23 9 11 67 8 3 57 67 .261 .331 .404 .735 92 209 9 0 7 6 0
162 Game Avg. 162 605 533 67 139 24 9 11 69 8 3 59 69 .261 .331 .404 .735 92 216 9 0 7 6

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
1954 25 BOS AL 132 492 -11 0 1 -2 -6 -18 -2.0 13 -4 -0.6 .485 .488 -0.4 -0.9 -2 $ *3
1955 26 BOS AL 25 94 3 0 0 2 -1 4 0.5 2 7 0.7 .518 .503 0.4 0.2 4 $ 3
2 Seasons 157 586 -8 0 1 0 -7 -13 -1.5 16 2 0.1 .490 .495 0.0 -0.7 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
1954 25 BOS AL 492 346 55 4.3 108 .264 .251 .278 .321 .355 .394 .406 .715 .762 87 .500 -9.6 -1.0 .662 .258 .143 7.8
1955 26 BOS AL 94 61 15 6.6 110 .351 .313 .277 .383 .358 .458 .412 .841 .770 118 .660 2.7 0.3 .833 .289 .145 .0
2 Yrs 586 407 70 4.6 108 .279 .261 .278 .331 .356 .404 .407 .735 .763 92 .531 -6.9 -0.7 .688 .263 .143 9.3
162 Game Avg. 605 420 72 4.6 108 .279 .261 .278 .331 .356 .404 .407 .735 .763 92 .531 -6.9 -0.7 .688 .263 .143 10

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
1954 25 BOS AL 492 2.2% 11.6% 9.6% 6.5% 29% 1.21 7.6 39.5 7.6 0.68 75%
1955 26 BOS AL 94 0.0% 10.6% 10.6% 11.7% 42% 1.00 8.3 8.3 0.81 79%
2 Yrs 586 1.9% 11.4% 9.7% 7.3% 32% 1.18 7.7 47.0 7.7 0.70 76%
MLB Averages 2.2% 11.0% 9.5% 6.5% 28% 1.16 8.0 40.3 8.2 0.96 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1954 25 BOS AL -9.6 -1.0 504 -0.5 9.2 -9.7 1.12 -0.4 -0.0 -2.2 -0.2 1.01 -5.7 2.45 13
1955 26 BOS AL 2.6 0.2 95 -0.5 1.5 -2.1 1.15 0.3 -0.7 1.0 0.1 1.03 2.2 1.12 3
2 Yrs -7.0 -0.7 599 -1.0 10.7 -11.8 1.13 -0.1 -0.8 -1.2 -0.1 1.01 -3.5 2.20 16

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
1954 25 BOS AL 3 0 30% 186 6 3 67% 7 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 6 49% 28 17 11 8 6 2 15 1 12
1955 26 BOS AL 2 0 31% 40 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17% 10 8 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
2 Yrs 5 0 30% 226 8 3 73% 9 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 7 43% 38 25 12 8 6 2 17 2 13

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
1954 25 BOS AL 492 88% 109 13 4 0 2 2.45 11 1 14 9 2 7 4 0 9 7 78% 110 6 5% 53 19 36% 345 48 14% 29 15 52% 25 13 52% 0
1955 26 BOS AL 94 93% 26 3 0 0 0 1.12 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 3 12% 13 4 31% 76 10 13% 5 3 60% 8 5 63% 0
2 Yrs 586 89% 135 16 4 0 2 2.20 11 1 17 9 2 7 4 0 9 7 78% 135 9 7% 66 23 35% 421 58 14% 34 18 53% 33 18 55% 0
MLB Averages 49% 83% 11% 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
1954 25 132 492 434 54 109 13 8 11 57 6 3 47 57 .251 .321 .394 .715 87 171 6 0 7 5
1955 26 157 586 517 65 135 23 9 11 67 8 3 57 67 .261 .331 .404 .735 92 209 9 0 7 6 0

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
1954 25 138 511 451 54 111 13 8 11 57 6 48 60 .246 .315 .384 .699 55 132
1955 26 26 96 85 10 25 10 1 0 9 2 10 10 .294 .365 .435 .800 14 25
2 Yrs 164 607 536 64 136 23 9 11 66 8 58 70 .254 .323 .392 .715 69 157
162 Game Avg. 162 600 529 63 134 23 9 11 65 8 57 69 .254 .323 .392 .715 68 157

* 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

Triples s c a p y
1954 AL  8 (7th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 1 (2399), Average HOFer ≈ 144

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