George Altman
George Lee Altman (Big George)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: March 20, 1933 in Goldsboro, NC
School: Tennessee State University
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1959
Final Game: October 1, 1967
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Standard Batting

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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
1959 26 CHC NL 135 468 420 54 103 14 4 12 47 1 0 34 80 .245 .312 .383 .695 85 161 8 7 6 1 4 *8/9
1960 27 CHC NL 119 372 334 50 89 16 4 13 51 4 3 32 67 .266 .330 .455 .785 114 152 4 1 2 3 6 8793
1961 28 CHC NL 138 573 518 77 157 28 12 27 96 6 2 40 92 .303 .353 .560 .913 137 290 4 4 4 7 3 *98/37 AS,MVP-14
1962 29 CHC NL 147 603 534 74 170 27 5 22 74 19 7 62 89 .318 .393 .511 .904 137 273 8 5 0 2 14 *93/8 AS
1963 30 STL NL 135 521 464 62 127 18 7 9 47 13 4 47 93 .274 .339 .401 .740 104 186 7 2 2 6 2 *97
1964 31 NYM NL 124 445 422 48 97 14 1 9 47 4 2 18 70 .230 .262 .332 .594 69 140 8 1 2 2 4 *79
1965 32 CHC NL 90 216 196 24 46 7 1 4 23 3 2 19 36 .235 .302 .342 .644 80 67 1 0 1 0 2 7/39
1966 33 CHC NL 88 201 185 19 41 6 0 5 17 2 2 14 37 .222 .276 .335 .612 69 62 3 0 2 0 3 7/39
1967 34 CHC NL 15 20 18 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 8 .111 .200 .222 .422 19 4 0 0 0 0 0 /739
9 Seasons 991 3419 3091 409 832 132 34 101 403 52 22 268 572 .269 .329 .432 .761 106 1335 43 20 19 21 38
162 Game Avg. 162 559 505 67 136 22 6 17 66 9 4 44 94 .269 .329 .432 .761 106 218 7 3 3 3 6
CHC (7 yrs) 732 2453 2205 299 608 100 26 83 309 35 16 203 409 .276 .340 .458 .797 113 1009 28 17 15 13 32
NYM (1 yr) 124 445 422 48 97 14 1 9 47 4 2 18 70 .230 .262 .332 .594 69 140 8 1 2 2 4
STL (1 yr) 135 521 464 62 127 18 7 9 47 13 4 47 93 .274 .339 .401 .740 104 186 7 2 2 6 2

Advanced Batting

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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
1959 26 CHC NL 468 332 51 4.1 104 .277 .245 .269 .312 .335 .383 .416 .695 .751 85 .446 -9.7 -1.0 .625 .221 .138 1.8
1960 27 CHC NL 372 257 51 5.4 98 .296 .266 .262 .330 .328 .455 .402 .785 .730 114 .592 5.9 0.6 .738 .287 .189 6.1
1961 28 CHC NL 573 378 105 7.4 106 .320 .303 .271 .353 .338 .560 .422 .913 .760 137 .701 26.0 2.5 .921 .342 .257 9.8
1962 29 CHC NL 603 381 110 7.7 106 .348 .318 .275 .393 .342 .511 .417 .904 .759 137 .724 29.4 2.9 .929 .331 .193 20.4
1963 30 STL NL 521 356 66 5.0 97 .321 .274 .265 .339 .328 .401 .396 .740 .725 104 .610 3.4 0.4 .701 .248 .127 10.6
1964 31 NYM NL 445 339 35 2.8 91 .255 .230 .260 .262 .317 .332 .386 .594 .703 69 .329 -18.3 -1.9 .481 .149 .102 5.5
1965 32 CHC NL 216 154 21 3.7 95 .269 .235 .260 .302 .324 .342 .394 .644 .718 80 .446 -5.4 -0.6 .569 .209 .107 3.4
1966 33 CHC NL 201 151 17 3.0 97 .252 .222 .266 .276 .325 .335 .400 .612 .725 69 .353 -8.2 -0.8 .510 .189 .114 2.9
1967 34 CHC NL 20 16 1 1.7 94 .200 .111 .264 .200 .327 .222 .387 .422 .714 19 .173 -1.9 -0.2 .375 .222 .111
9 Seasons 3419 2364 457 5.2 100 .300 .269 .267 .329 .331 .432 .406 .761 .737 106 .580 21.2 1.9 .711 .259 .163 68.7
162 Game Avg. 559 386 75 5.2 100 .300 .269 .267 .329 .331 .432 .406 .761 .737 106 .580 3 0 .711 .259 .163 11
CHC (7 yrs) 2453 1669 356 5.7 103 .304 .276 .269 .340 .334 .458 .412 .797 .746 113 .608 36.1 3.4 .761 .283 .182 49.2
NYM (1 yr) 445 339 35 2.8 91 .255 .230 .260 .262 .317 .332 .386 .594 .703 69 .329 -18.3 -1.9 .481 .149 .102 5.5
STL (1 yr) 521 356 66 5.0 97 .321 .274 .265 .339 .328 .401 .396 .740 .725 104 .610 3.4 0.4 .701 .248 .127 10.6

All-Star Batting

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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
1961 CHC NL 28 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000 4 0 0 0 0 0
1961 CHC NL 28 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 CHC NL 29 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (3 Appearances) 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 1.333 1.667 4 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1959 26 CHC NL 468 2.6% 17.1% 7.3% 6.4% 29% 2.35 5.3 35.0 8.9 1.20 70%
1960 27 CHC NL 372 3.5% 18.0% 8.6% 8.9% 37% 2.09 5.0 25.7 6.5 0.99 69%
1961 28 CHC NL 573 4.7% 16.1% 7.0% 11.7% 43% 2.30 5.6 19.2 5.4 1.01 71%
1962 29 CHC NL 603 3.7% 14.8% 10.3% 9.0% 32% 1.44 6.0 24.3 7.2 0.86 70%
1963 30 STL NL 521 1.7% 17.9% 9.0% 6.5% 27% 1.98 5.0 51.6 9.9 1.00 71%
1964 31 NYM NL 445 2.0% 15.7% 4.0% 5.4% 25% 3.89 6.0 46.9 9.0 1.24 78%
1965 32 CHC NL 216 1.9% 16.7% 8.8% 5.6% 26% 1.89 5.4 49.0 8.5 1.24 72%
1966 33 CHC NL 201 2.5% 18.4% 7.0% 5.5% 27% 2.64 5.0 37.0 10.9 1.04 71%
1967 34 CHC NL 20 0.0% 40.0% 10.0% 10.0% 100% 4.00 2.3 18.0 1.67 50%
9 Seasons 3419 3.0% 16.7% 7.8% 7.8% 32% 2.13 5.4 30.6 7.7 1.05 71%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1959 26 CHC NL 10 0 32% 187 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 17 54% 31 18 13 5 2 3 10 1 9
1960 27 CHC NL 3 0 34% 151 4 3 57% 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 7 42% 23 17 6 6 3 3 14 4 9
1961 28 CHC NL 6 0 29% 172 6 2 75% 6 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 8 10 62% 27 11 14 4 2 2 14 1 12
1962 29 CHC NL 5 0 24% 258 19 7 73% 15 5 2 2 1 0 4 0 9 11 30% 39 32 6 6 3 3 19 7 10
1963 30 STL NL 12 0 32% 223 13 4 76% 13 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 11 18 49% 38 26 11 6 2 4 19 2 16
1964 31 NYM NL 12 0 36% 159 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 47% 24 17 7 4 3 1 17 1 13
1965 32 CHC NL 3 0 33% 70 3 2 60% 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 48% 8 7 1 4 2 2 9 1 7
1966 33 CHC NL 3 0 28% 73 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 33% 12 9 3 2 1 0 7 2 4
1967 34 CHC NL 0 0 25% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
9 Seasons 54 0 30% 1296 52 22 70% 47 19 3 4 1 0 15 0 44 78 46% 203 138 61 37 18 18 110 19 81
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1959 26 CHC NL 457 83% 103 15 4 0 1 1.24 12 0 7 11 1 6 6 0 9 6 67% 85 8 9% 54 19 35% 241 37 15% 11 4 36% 29 16 55% 10
1960 27 CHC NL 371 78% 89 20 8 0 5 1.79 13 0 5 12 1 8 5 0 2 2 100% 61 4 7% 33 7 21% 231 38 16% 19 9 47% 21 10 48% 2
1961 28 CHC NL 573 65% 157 6 0 0 0 2.02 27 0 14 18 9 10 17 1 4 4 100% 111 4 4% 43 21 49% 380 71 19% 26 15 58% 26 10 38% 0
1962 29 CHC NL 587 61% 170 6 1 0 0 1.43 22 0 6 13 8 8 13 1 0 0 104 8 8% 51 15 29% 386 54 14% 28 12 43% 36 10 28% 16
1963 30 STL NL 521 74% 127 12 3 0 1 1.47 9 0 11 8 1 6 3 0 3 2 67% 113 7 6% 60 14 23% 352 39 11% 27 16 59% 31 12 39% 0
1964 31 NYM NL 445 81% 97 18 6 0 3 1.84 9 0 10 5 4 5 4 0 4 2 50% 97 8 8% 44 17 39% 266 44 17% 26 16 62% 18 9 50% 0
1965 32 CHC NL 215 86% 46 42 6 1 4 1.83 4 0 10 4 0 3 1 0 1 1 100% 38 1 3% 19 1 5% 161 23 14% 12 4 33% 10 4 40% 1
1966 33 CHC NL 196 97% 41 43 9 1 5 1.52 5 0 4 3 0 1 2 0 2 2 100% 37 3 8% 17 3 18% 109 12 11% 11 5 45% 9 1 11% 5
1967 34 CHC NL 20 85% 2 9 2 0 1 1.65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 17 1 6% 0 0 3 0 0% 0
9 Seasons 3385 75% 832 171 39 2 20 1.66 101 0 67 74 24 47 51 2 25 19 76% 649 43 7% 322 97 30% 2143 319 15% 160 81 51% 183 72 39% 34
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1959 26 135 468 420 54 103 14 4 12 47 1 0 34 80 .245 .312 .383 .695 85 161 8 7 6 1 4
1960 27 254 840 754 104 192 30 8 25 98 5 3 66 147 .255 .320 .415 .735 98 313 12 8 8 4 10
1961 28 392 1413 1272 181 349 58 20 52 194 11 5 106 239 .274 .333 .474 .807 114 603 16 12 12 11 13
1962 29 539 2016 1806 255 519 85 25 74 268 30 12 168 328 .287 .351 .485 .836 121 876 24 17 12 13 27
1963 30 674 2537 2270 317 646 103 32 83 315 43 16 215 421 .285 .349 .468 .817 118 1062 31 19 14 19 29
1964 31 798 2982 2692 365 743 117 33 92 362 47 18 233 491 .276 .336 .447 .782 111 1202 39 20 16 21 33
1965 32 888 3198 2888 389 789 124 34 96 385 50 20 252 527 .273 .334 .439 .773 109 1269 40 20 17 21 35
1966 33 976 3399 3073 408 830 130 34 101 402 52 22 266 564 .270 .330 .433 .763 106 1331 43 20 19 21 38
1967 34 991 3419 3091 409 832 132 34 101 403 52 22 268 572 .269 .329 .432 .761 106 1335 43 20 19 21 38

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
1959 26 141 488 442 57 111 15 4 13 49 1 37 84 .251 .320 .391 .711 53 135
1960 27 124 391 352 55 96 17 4 14 56 4 35 70 .273 .338 .463 .801 55 119
1961 28 144 594 541 78 164 29 13 28 97 6 42 96 .303 .354 .560 .914 107 138
1962 29 147 600 532 70 168 27 5 22 70 19 61 89 .316 .390 .509 .899 104 147
1963 30 135 530 472 66 135 19 7 10 50 14 50 93 .286 .353 .419 .772 70 135
1964 31 124 449 427 54 102 15 1 9 53 4 19 70 .239 .272 .342 .614 40 124
1965 32 89 218 198 26 49 7 1 4 25 3 20 36 .247 .317 .354 .670 23 90
1966 33 88 200 186 21 42 6 0 5 18 2 14 37 .226 .280 .339 .619 18 88
1967 34 15 20 18 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 8 .111 .200 .222 .422 1 15
9 Seasons 1007 3490 3168 428 869 137 35 105 419 53 280 583 .274 .335 .439 .774 471 991
162 Game Avg. 162 561 510 69 140 22 6 17 67 9 45 94 .274 .335 .439 .774 76 991

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1961-1 *
1961-2 *
1962-2 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1961-NL-14-4%
0.04 Career Shares (1148th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1961 NL--.303--10th
1962 NL--.318--6th

On-Base% s c a p y
1962 NL--.393--4th

Slugging % s c a p y
1961 NL--.560--6th
1962 NL--.511--9th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1961 NL--.913--10th
1962 NL--.904--7th

Total Bases s c a p y
1961 NL--290--10th

Doubles s c a p y
1961 NL--28--7th

Triples s c a p y
1961 NL--12--1st

Home Runs s c a p y
1961 NL--27--9th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1961 NL--96--7th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1961 NL--92--5th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1962 NL--19--6th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1961 NL--137--9th
1962 NL--137--7th

Runs Created s c a p y
1961 NL--105--10th
1962 NL--110--6th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1962 NL--29--8th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1962 NL--2.9--7th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1961 NL--67--6th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1961 NL--.701--8th
1962 NL--.724--5th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1959 NL--7--2nd

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1961 NL--7--6th
1963 NL--6--9th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1962 NL--14--3rd

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1962 NL--20.4--7th

AB per HR s c a p y
1961 NL--19.185--10th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (697), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 13 (1096), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 15 (936), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1980), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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