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Bob Allison

William Robert Allison

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: July 11, 1934 in Raytown, MO
High School: Raytown HS (Raytown, MO)
School: University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS)
Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1958
Teams (by GP): Twins/Senators 1958-1970

Final Game: September 29, 1970
Died: April 9, 1995 in Rio Verde, AZ
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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
1958 23 WSH AL 11 37 35 1 7 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 .200 .243 .229 .472 32 8 1 0 0 0 0 8/7
1959 24 WSH AL 150 638 570 83 149 18 9 30 85 13 8 60 92 .261 .333 .482 .815 122 275 22 2 5 2 1 *89/7 AS,MVP-28,RoY-1
1960 25 WSH AL 144 605 501 79 126 30 3 15 69 11 9 92 94 .251 .367 .413 .780 110 207 14 2 5 4 4 *9/83
1961 26 MIN AL 159 677 556 83 136 21 3 29 105 2 7 103 100 .245 .363 .450 .813 112 250 17 5 5 8 1 *93
1962 27 MIN AL 149 613 519 102 138 24 8 29 102 8 5 84 115 .266 .370 .511 .881 131 265 9 4 3 3 0 *9/87
1963 28 MIN AL 148 626 527 99 143 25 4 35 91 6 1 90 109 .271 .378 .533 .911 151 281 7 3 1 5 2 *9/8 AS,MVP-15
1964 29 MIN AL 149 594 492 90 141 27 4 32 86 10 1 92 99 .287 .404 .553 .957 163 272 7 7 0 3 4 3879 AS,MVP-23
1965 30 MIN AL 135 519 438 71 102 14 5 23 78 10 2 73 114 .233 .342 .445 .787 118 195 5 2 1 5 4 *7/389
1966 31 MIN AL 70 204 168 34 37 6 1 8 19 6 0 30 34 .220 .345 .411 .756 111 69 2 3 0 2 2 79/8
1967 32 MIN AL 153 576 496 73 128 21 6 24 75 6 4 74 114 .258 .356 .470 .826 134 233 5 2 3 1 2 *79
1968 33 MIN AL 145 527 469 63 116 16 8 22 52 9 7 52 98 .247 .324 .456 .780 129 214 16 2 1 2 5 *73/89
1969 34 MIN AL 81 220 189 18 43 8 2 8 27 2 4 29 39 .228 .333 .418 .751 106 79 8 1 1 0 5 7/39
1970 35 MIN AL 47 87 72 15 15 5 0 1 7 1 0 14 20 .208 .345 .319 .664 83 23 2 1 0 0 0 7/398
13 Yrs 1541 5923 5032 811 1281 216 53 256 796 84 50 795 1033 .255 .358 .471 .829 127 2371 115 34 25 35 30
162 Game Avg. 162 623 529 85 135 23 6 27 84 9 5 84 109 .255 .358 .471 .829 127 249 12 4 3 4 3

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
1958 23 WSH AL 11 37 -3 -1 -0 0 -0 -4 -0.5 1 -3 -0.4 .457 .497 -0.4 0.0 -3 $ 8/7
1959 24 WSH AL 150 638 14 -2 -2 -12 -2 -4 -0.6 17 14 1.1 .497 .497 2.5 -1.5 25 $ *89/7 AS,MVP-28,RoY-1
1960 25 WSH AL 144 605 10 -2 -2 7 -7 8 0.6 16 24 2.2 .506 .505 1.6 -0.1 17 $ *9/83
1961 26 MIN AL 159 677 13 -2 -2 3 -8 3 0.1 19 22 1.9 .502 .502 1.9 -0.7 19 $ *93
1962 27 MIN AL 149 613 27 3 -1 7 -7 28 2.7 17 45 4.4 .520 .518 3.9 -0.1 38 $ *9/87
1963 28 MIN AL 148 626 39 3 -0 17 -7 52 5.5 17 69 7.2 .538 .535 5.5 1.0 52 $ *9/8 AS,MVP-15
1964 29 MIN AL 149 594 43 4 0 5 -8 44 4.6 16 61 6.2 .533 .530 5.9 -0.6 56 $ 3879 AS,MVP-23
1965 30 MIN AL 135 519 13 3 1 12 -6 23 2.6 14 38 4.0 .520 .516 2.6 0.7 25 $ *7/389
1966 31 MIN AL 70 204 2 2 0 0 -3 1 0.1 6 7 0.6 .502 .501 0.7 -0.4 7 $36,000 79/8
1967 32 MIN AL 153 576 25 -1 0 -8 -7 10 0.9 16 26 2.5 .507 .507 3.6 -2.0 33 $ *79
1968 33 MIN AL 145 527 14 -1 -2 -1 -7 3 0.1 15 18 1.6 .502 .502 2.0 -1.2 19 $ *73/89
1969 34 MIN AL 81 220 -0 -2 -1 0 -3 -7 -0.8 6 -0 -0.2 .491 .495 -0.1 -0.4 -0 $ 7/39
1970 35 MIN AL 47 87 -0 1 0 -0 -1 -1 -0.1 3 2 0.2 .499 .500 0.2 -0.2 2 $ 7/398
13 Seasons 1541 5923 195 5 -8 31 -66 156 15.1 164 321 31.3 .511 .508 29.9 -5.3 290 $36,000

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
1958 23 WSH AL 37 31 1 0.9 96 .233 .200 .259 .243 .328 .229 .394 .472 .722 32 .050 -3.3 -0.3 .258 .029 .029
1959 24 WSH AL 638 458 85 5.0 98 .264 .261 .260 .333 .332 .482 .398 .815 .729 122 .557 14.1 1.4 .758 .335 .221 18.1
1960 25 WSH AL 605 407 79 5.2 103 .280 .251 .266 .367 .340 .413 .407 .780 .746 110 .569 10.1 1.0 .761 .349 .162 12.7
1961 26 MIN AL 677 457 93 5.4 108 .246 .245 .270 .363 .346 .450 .420 .813 .765 112 .570 11.9 1.2 .795 .381 .205 3.7
1962 27 MIN AL 613 401 102 6.8 106 .288 .266 .268 .370 .341 .511 .417 .881 .758 131 .678 23.6 2.3 .901 .412 .245 12.5
1963 28 MIN AL 626 398 113 7.7 96 .278 .271 .258 .378 .324 .533 .398 .911 .722 151 .751 38.2 3.9 .967 .442 .262 10.2
1964 29 MIN AL 594 362 119 8.8 97 .299 .287 .257 .404 .325 .553 .399 .957 .724 163 .794 45.8 4.6 1.058 .472 .266 15.2
1965 30 MIN AL 519 349 73 5.6 96 .258 .233 .256 .342 .327 .445 .393 .787 .720 118 .648 11.3 1.2 .810 .397 .212 13.9
1966 31 MIN AL 204 135 27 5.4 95 .227 .220 .256 .345 .324 .411 .394 .756 .718 111 .643 3.4 0.4 .812 .405 .190 6.9
1967 32 MIN AL 576 381 87 6.2 91 .290 .258 .253 .356 .324 .470 .379 .826 .703 134 .714 22.4 2.4 .825 .365 .212 9.6
1968 33 MIN AL 527 379 65 4.6 84 .268 .247 .244 .324 .314 .456 .362 .780 .676 129 .622 15.5 1.7 .718 .324 .209 12.8
1969 34 MIN AL 220 159 24 4.1 98 .246 .228 .259 .333 .336 .418 .391 .751 .727 106 .483 1.4 0.1 .677 .333 .190 3.2
1970 35 MIN AL 87 59 9 4.1 100 .275 .208 .261 .345 .336 .319 .399 .664 .735 83 .478 -1.1 -0.1 .661 .319 .111 1.0
13 Yrs 5923 3976 877 5.9 98 .271 .255 .259 .358 .331 .471 .397 .829 .728 127 .652 193.4 19.8 .826 .381 .217 126.5
162 Game Avg. 623 418 92 5.9 98 .271 .255 .259 .358 .331 .471 .397 .829 .728 127 .652 20 2 .826 .381 .217 13

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
1965 30 MIN AL WS LAD L 5 18 16 3 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 2 9 .125 .222 .375 .597 6 0 0 0 0 0
1969 34 MIN AL ALCS BAL L 2 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0
1970 35 MIN AL ALCS BAL L 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (3 Series) 10 30 26 3 2 1 0 1 3 1 0 3 10 .077 .167 .231 .397 6 0 0 0 1 0
2 ALCS 5 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .000 .083 .000 .083 0 0 0 0 1 0
1 WS 5 18 16 3 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 2 9 .125 .222 .375 .597 6 0 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
1959 WSH AL 24 DNP
1963 MIN AL 28 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 MIN AL 29 as 1B 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (2 GP) 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .200 .000 .200 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 GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1958 23 WSH AL 37 0.0% 13.5% 5.4% 2.7% 14% 2.50 7.0 1.40 81%
1959 24 WSH AL 638 4.7% 14.4% 9.4% 8.9% 38% 1.53 6.2 19.0 6.7 1.40 71%
1960 25 WSH AL 605 2.5% 15.5% 15.2% 7.9% 38% 1.02 5.3 33.4 7.3 1.21 65%
1961 26 MIN AL 677 4.3% 14.8% 15.2% 7.8% 39% 0.97 5.6 19.2 5.3 0.88 64%
1962 27 MIN AL 613 4.7% 18.8% 13.7% 10.0% 44% 1.37 4.5 17.9 5.1 0.96 62%
1963 28 MIN AL 626 5.6% 17.4% 14.4% 10.2% 45% 1.21 4.8 15.1 5.8 0.73 62%
1964 29 MIN AL 594 5.4% 16.7% 15.5% 10.6% 45% 1.08 5.0 15.4 5.7 0.81 61%
1965 30 MIN AL 519 4.4% 22.0% 14.1% 8.1% 41% 1.56 3.8 19.0 5.6 0.78 59%
1966 31 MIN AL 204 3.9% 16.7% 14.7% 7.4% 41% 1.13 4.9 21.0 8.8 0.94 63%
1967 32 MIN AL 576 4.2% 19.8% 12.9% 8.9% 40% 1.54 4.4 20.7 6.6 0.71 62%
1968 33 MIN AL 527 4.2% 18.6% 9.9% 8.7% 40% 1.88 4.8 21.3 9.0 0.85 67%
1969 34 MIN AL 220 3.6% 17.7% 13.2% 8.2% 42% 1.34 4.8 23.6 7.0 1.07 65%
1970 35 MIN AL 87 1.2% 23.0% 16.1% 6.9% 40% 1.43 3.6 72.0 10.3 1.18 59%
13 Yrs 5923 4.3% 17.4% 13.4% 8.9% 41% 1.30 4.9 19.7 6.3 0.94 64%
MLB Averages 2.2% 14.8% 8.4% 6.3% 28% 1.77 6.0 40.5 8.9 1.09 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1958 23 WSH AL -3.3 -0.3 38 -0.7 0.3 -1.0 1.15 -0.4 -0.2 -4.8 -0.5 0.88 -4.2 0
1959 24 WSH AL 14.1 1.4 662 0.0 11.4 -11.4 .97 1.7 -1.7 9.3 0.9 0.94 17.8 0.00 1
1960 25 WSH AL 10.8 1.1 632 1.7 12.7 -10.9 1.09 1.6 -0.0 18.7 1.8 0.93 22.1 0.30 4
1961 26 MIN AL 11.1 1.1 695 0.8 13.2 -12.4 1.06 1.9 -1.1 25.6 2.4 0.96 24.2 0.35 0
1962 27 MIN AL 23.6 2.3 638 5.2 15.3 -10.1 1.02 4.5 0.6 40.6 3.9 0.95 48.0 0
1963 28 MIN AL 38.2 3.9 638 4.4 13.5 -9.1 .94 5.3 -0.7 44.1 4.4 0.95 55.3 2.74 1
1964 29 MIN AL 45.8 4.6 612 1.2 11.7 -10.5 1.05 4.4 -3.3 42.0 4.2 0.98 51.4 2.11 8
1965 30 MIN AL 11.3 1.2 537 2.9 11.4 -8.6 1.03 2.1 0.6 33.9 3.4 0.99 25.0 2.65 14
1966 31 MIN AL 3.4 0.4 214 0.8 4.0 -3.1 .96 0.8 0.1 3.4 0.3 0.95 7.2 1.59 11
1967 32 MIN AL 22.9 2.5 590 3.3 12.7 -9.4 1.00 3.3 0.0 29.9 3.1 0.99 34.9 1.72 6
1968 33 MIN AL 15.0 1.7 547 -0.2 9.8 -10.1 1.08 1.5 -1.7 6.5 0.7 0.96 17.3 2.09 12
1969 34 MIN AL 1.4 0.1 232 0.5 4.9 -4.4 1.12 -0.1 0.5 1.2 0.1 0.98 -0.6 1.43 20
1970 35 MIN AL -1.1 -0.1 91 0.2 1.9 -1.6 1.13 0.3 -0.1 3.7 0.4 0.99 2.7 1.56 20
13 Yrs 193.4 19.8 6126 20.3 122.8 -102.6 1.03 26.9 -7.3 254.0 25.3 0.96 301.2 1.76 97

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
1958 23 WSH AL 0 0 11% 13 0 2 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 24 WSH AL 5 0 29% 192 13 8 62% 12 6 1 2 0 0 1 0 15 12 61% 21 10 10 8 2 6 9 2 7
1960 25 WSH AL 9 0 31% 223 11 9 55% 10 10 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 16 56% 31 16 15 7 5 2 21 4 16
1961 26 MIN AL 11 0 25% 245 2 7 22% 2 6 0 1 0 0 3 0 8 15 52% 43 21 21 9 5 3 13 3 10
1962 27 MIN AL 10 0 37% 221 8 5 62% 7 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 7 15 64% 30 11 17 8 2 6 17 5 12
1963 28 MIN AL 10 0 32% 262 6 1 86% 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 9 56% 41 23 18 4 2 2 23 5 18
1964 29 MIN AL 6 0 28% 233 10 1 91% 9 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 3 14 58% 32 16 16 5 1 4 18 6 12
1965 30 MIN AL 9 0 31% 169 10 2 83% 8 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 6 17 54% 37 21 15 3 0 3 21 6 15
1966 31 MIN AL 1 0 42% 92 6 0 100% 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 42% 19 14 5 4 2 2 8 1 6
1967 32 MIN AL 11 0 27% 199 6 4 60% 6 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 10 44% 38 26 12 4 3 1 20 5 14
1968 33 MIN AL 4 0 28% 174 9 7 56% 8 5 1 0 0 1 2 1 6 7 51% 29 18 10 4 1 3 12 2 10
1969 34 MIN AL 1 0 15% 67 2 4 33% 2 0 0 1 0 3 2 1 4 6 25% 10 8 1 1 0 0 9 3 4
1970 35 MIN AL 2 0 48% 41 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 60% 5 2 3 3 2 1 2 0 2
13 Yrs 79 0 30% 2131 84 50 63% 74 37 9 7 1 5 15 3 69 132 53% 338 188 143 60 25 33 173 42 126

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
1958 23 WSH AL 37 24% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 1 0 0% 20 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1959 24 WSH AL 638 13% 149 1 0 0 1 0.00 30 1 13 27 3 17 13 0 7 5 71% 139 22 16% 64 14 22% 387 55 14% 26 12 46% 20 7 35% 0
1960 25 WSH AL 605 17% 126 4 0 0 0 0.30 15 0 13 11 4 9 6 0 5 5 100% 116 14 12% 51 17 33% 367 60 16% 35 19 54% 26 16 62% 0
1961 26 MIN AL 677 15% 136 0 0 0 0 0.35 29 3 20 22 7 14 15 0 6 5 83% 126 17 13% 52 19 37% 438 80 18% 37 25 68% 25 14 56% 0
1962 27 MIN AL 613 11% 138 0 0 0 0 29 1 18 24 5 15 14 0 5 3 60% 111 9 8% 45 12 27% 396 75 19% 32 15 47% 19 9 47% 0
1963 28 MIN AL 626 18% 143 1 0 0 0 2.74 35 0 15 31 4 15 20 0 2 1 50% 105 7 7% 44 8 18% 372 60 16% 28 15 54% 18 6 33% 0
1964 29 MIN AL 594 27% 141 8 1 1 1 2.11 32 0 17 21 11 15 17 0 0 0 118 7 6% 58 10 17% 394 56 14% 38 14 37% 20 8 40% 0
1965 30 MIN AL 519 33% 102 14 2 1 2 2.65 23 0 16 16 7 10 13 0 2 1 50% 103 5 5% 51 15 29% 353 63 18% 38 19 50% 18 8 44% 0
1966 31 MIN AL 204 50% 37 11 5 2 3 1.59 8 0 6 0 8 1 7 0 0 0 32 2 6% 11 3 27% 117 11 9% 9 4 44% 4 0 0% 0
1967 32 MIN AL 576 28% 128 6 4 2 2 1.72 24 0 15 12 12 13 11 0 3 3 100% 98 5 5% 36 6 17% 373 55 15% 27 11 41% 12 4 33% 0
1968 33 MIN AL 527 28% 116 12 2 0 0 2.09 22 0 14 15 7 9 13 0 1 1 100% 85 16 19% 37 6 16% 318 32 10% 27 8 30% 12 3 25% 0
1969 34 MIN AL 220 82% 43 20 4 1 2 1.43 8 0 4 0 8 5 3 0 1 1 100% 37 8 22% 12 3 25% 136 20 15% 17 6 35% 6 6 100% 0
1970 35 MIN AL 87 74% 15 20 6 1 4 1.56 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 18 2 11% 7 1 14% 56 7 13% 0 0 5 2 40% 0
13 Yrs 5923 25% 1281 97 24 8 15 1.76 256 5 152 179 77 123 133 0 32 25 78% 1092 115 11% 469 114 24% 3727 574 15% 314 148 47% 185 83 45% 0
MLB Averages 52% 76% 10% 30% 14% 48% 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 HBP SH SF IBB
1958 23 11 37 35 1 7 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 .200 .243 .229 .472 32 8 1 0 0 0 0
1959 24 161 675 605 84 156 19 9 30 85 13 10 62 97 .258 .328 .468 .796 117 283 23 2 5 2 1
1960 25 305 1280 1106 163 282 49 12 45 154 24 19 154 191 .255 .346 .443 .789 114 490 37 4 10 6 5
1961 26 464 1957 1662 246 418 70 15 74 259 26 26 257 291 .252 .352 .445 .797 113 740 54 9 15 14 6
1962 27 613 2570 2181 348 556 94 23 103 361 34 31 341 406 .255 .357 .461 .817 117 1005 63 13 18 17 6
1963 28 761 3196 2708 447 699 119 27 138 452 40 32 431 515 .258 .361 .475 .836 124 1286 70 16 19 22 8
1964 29 910 3790 3200 537 840 146 31 170 538 50 33 523 614 .263 .368 .487 .854 130 1558 77 23 19 25 12
1965 30 1045 4309 3638 608 942 160 36 193 616 60 35 596 728 .259 .364 .482 .846 128 1753 82 25 20 30 16
1966 31 1115 4513 3806 642 979 166 37 201 635 66 35 626 762 .257 .364 .479 .842 128 1822 84 28 20 32 18
1967 32 1268 5089 4302 715 1107 187 43 225 710 72 39 700 876 .257 .363 .478 .840 128 2055 89 30 23 33 20
1968 33 1413 5616 4771 778 1223 203 51 247 762 81 46 752 974 .256 .359 .476 .835 128 2269 105 32 24 35 25
1969 34 1494 5836 4960 796 1266 211 53 255 789 83 50 781 1013 .255 .358 .473 .831 127 2348 113 33 25 35 30
1970 35 1541 5923 5032 811 1281 216 53 256 796 84 50 795 1033 .255 .358 .471 .829 127 2371 115 34 25 35 30

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
1958 23 11 38 36 1 7 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 .194 .237 .222 .459 2 11
1959 24 157 669 597 87 157 19 9 32 90 14 63 96 .263 .334 .486 .820 96 150
1960 25 151 632 525 82 131 31 3 16 72 11 96 99 .250 .365 .411 .777 79 144
1961 26 159 666 550 77 130 20 3 28 97 2 98 100 .236 .352 .436 .789 84 159
1962 27 149 607 515 97 134 23 8 28 97 8 82 115 .260 .364 .499 .863 93 149
1963 28 148 636 533 105 149 26 4 36 97 6 94 109 .280 .387 .546 .933 113 148
1964 29 148 602 496 96 147 28 4 33 92 10 96 98 .296 .415 .569 .984 116 149
1965 30 135 526 442 75 106 15 5 24 83 10 76 114 .240 .350 .459 .810 71 135
1966 31 70 208 171 37 39 6 1 8 20 6 32 34 .228 .356 .415 .771 25 70
1967 32 153 589 504 80 136 22 6 26 83 6 79 114 .270 .370 .492 .862 91 153
1968 33 145 548 484 77 131 18 9 25 63 10 59 98 .271 .351 .500 .851 84 145
1969 34 81 222 190 19 44 8 2 8 28 2 30 39 .232 .339 .421 .760 27 81
1970 35 47 87 72 15 15 5 0 1 7 1 14 20 .208 .345 .319 .664 8 47
13 Yrs 1554 6030 5115 848 1326 222 54 265 829 86 821 1041 .259 .363 .479 .842 889 1541
162 Game Avg. 162 629 533 88 138 23 6 28 86 9 86 109 .259 .363 .479 .842 93 1541

* 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
1959-2
1963 *
1964 (1B)

Awards (yr lg award)
1959 AL Rookie of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1959 AL (28, 0%)
1963 AL (15, 5%)
1964 AL (23, 2%)
0.07 Career Shares (1016th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1963 AL  7.2 (1st)
1964 AL  6.2 (7th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1962 AL  4.4 (7th)
1963 AL  7.2 (1st)
1964 AL  6.2 (5th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1962 AL  3.9 (7th)
1963 AL  5.5 (1st)
1964 AL  5.9 (5th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1962 AL  .370 (9th)
1963 AL  .378 (4th)
1964 AL  .404 (2nd)
1967 AL  .356 (10th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1959 AL  .482 (8th)
1962 AL  .511 (5th)
1963 AL  .533 (2nd)
1964 AL  .553 (4th)
1967 AL  .470 (7th)
1968 AL  .456 (6th)
Career  .471 (237th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1962 AL  .881 (6th)
1963 AL  .911 (1st)
1964 AL  .957 (3rd)
1967 AL  .826 (9th)
1968 AL  .780 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1959 AL  150 (7th)
1961 AL  159 (7th)

At Bats s c a p y
1959 AL  570 (6th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1961 AL  677 (10th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1962 AL  102 (3rd)
1963 AL  99 (1st)
1964 AL  90 (9th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1959 AL  275 (5th)
1963 AL  281 (5th)
1964 AL  272 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1960 AL  30 (8th)
1964 AL  27 (10th)

Triples s c a p y
1959 AL  9 (1st)
1962 AL  8 (7th)
1967 AL  6 (10th)
1968 AL  8 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1959 AL  30 (6th)
1961 AL  29 (7th)
1962 AL  29 (8th)
1963 AL  35 (3rd)
1964 AL  32 (6th)
1965 AL  23 (9th)
1967 AL  24 (7th)
1968 AL  22 (8th)
Career  256 (187th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1961 AL  105 (7th)
1962 AL  102 (7th)
1963 AL  91 (4th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1960 AL  92 (3rd)
1961 AL  103 (5th)
1962 AL  84 (10th)
1963 AL  90 (3rd)
1964 AL  92 (4th)
1965 AL  73 (6th)
1967 AL  74 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1959 AL  92 (6th)
1960 AL  94 (5th)
1961 AL  100 (8th)
1962 AL  115 (3rd)
1963 AL  109 (5th)
1965 AL  114 (5th)
1967 AL  114 (6th)
1968 AL  98 (10th)
Career  1,033 (224th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1959 AL  13 (5th)
1960 AL  11 (9th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1962 AL  131 (6th)
1963 AL  151 (1st)
1964 AL  163 (3rd)
Career  127 (212th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1963 AL  113 (2nd)
1964 AL  119 (4th)
1967 AL  87 (10th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1963 AL  38 (2nd)
1964 AL  46 (2nd)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1963 AL  3.9 (2nd)
1964 AL  4.6 (2nd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1959 AL  57 (6th)
1962 AL  61 (8th)
1963 AL  64 (2nd)
1964 AL  63 (4th)
1967 AL  51 (8th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1960 AL  220 (9th)
1963 AL  236 (4th)
1964 AL  240 (8th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1962 AL  .678 (8th)
1963 AL  .751 (2nd)
1964 AL  .794 (3rd)
1967 AL  .714 (9th)
Career  .652 (196th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1964 AL  7 (4th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1961 AL  8 (6th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1959 AL  22 (2nd)
1961 AL  17 (10th)
1968 AL  16 (6th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1959 AL  8 (5th)
1960 AL  9 (2nd)
1961 AL  7 (9th)

SB % s c a p y
1959 AL  61.91 (6th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1959 AL  18.1 (3rd)
1960 AL  12.7 (6th)
1962 AL  12.5 (9th)
1963 AL  10.2 (10th)
1964 AL  15.2 (5th)
1965 AL  13.9 (8th)
1968 AL  12.8 (8th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1959 AL  19.0 (8th)
1962 AL  17.9 (8th)
1963 AL  15.1 (3rd)
1964 AL  15.4 (4th)
1965 AL  19.0 (5th)
1967 AL  20.7 (8th)
1968 AL  21.3 (6th)
Career  19.7 (105th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1959 AL  458 (5th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1962 AL  40.59 (5th)
1963 AL  44.07 (3rd)
1964 AL  42.01 (6th)
1965 AL  33.87 (9th)
1967 AL  29.93 (10th)
Career  253.97 (154th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1962 AL  5.2 (3rd)
1963 AL  4.4 (2nd)
1967 AL  3.3 (9th)
Career  20.3 (173rd)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1962 AL  4.5 (3rd)
1963 AL  5.3 (1st)
1964 AL  4.4 (5th)
1967 AL  3.3 (9th)
Career  26.9 (114th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1962 AL  3.9 (5th)
1963 AL  4.4 (3rd)
1964 AL  4.2 (6th)
1965 AL  3.4 (9th)
Career  25.3 (150th)

Oldest s c a p y
1970 AL  born 1934-07-11 (9th)

                                         

† 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 (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (422), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 100 (226), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 30 (607), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 22 (656), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Roger Maris (945)
  2. Jesse Barfield (936)
  3. Tony Armas (919)
  4. Jay Buhner (916)
  5. J.D. Drew (912)
  6. Andre Thornton (910)
  7. Jeff Burroughs (908)
  8. Bill Nicholson (907)
  9. Danny Tartabull (905)
  10. Matt Stairs (901)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Frank Thomas (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jose Cruz (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jose Cruz (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jose Cruz (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jose Cruz (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Tony Conigliaro (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Nick Swisher (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Eric Davis (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Ron Gant (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ron Gant (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Ron Gant (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Jeromy Burnitz (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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