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George Altman

George Lee Altman (Big George)

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: March 20, 1933 in Goldsboro, NC
School: Tennessee State University (Nashville, TN)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1959
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Cardinals/Mets 1959-1967

Final Game: October 1, 1967
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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
1956	23	CHC-min	B	121	456	456		120	20	4	16						.263	.263	.430	.693		196							BUR · IIIL
1957		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1958	25	CHC-min	A	89	345	345		112	9	11	14						.325	.325	.536	.861		185							PBO · WL
1959	26	CHC	NL	135	467	420	54	103	14	4	12	47	1	0	34	80	.245	.312	.383	.695	86	161	8	7	6	1	4	*8/9
1960	27	CHC	NL	119	373	334	50	89	16	4	13	51	4	3	32	67	.266	.330	.455	.785	115	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	138	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-min	AAA	108	440	378	65	106	17	6	15	70	16	5	50	61	.280	.362	.476	.838		180		3	1	8			TAC · PCL
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
1968	35	TOK	Fgn																										TOK · JPPL
1969	36	LOT	Fgn																										LOT · JPPL
1970	37	LOT	Fgn																										LOT · JPPL
1971	38	LOT	Fgn																										LOT · JPPL
1972	39	LOT	Fgn																										LOT · JPPL
1973	40	LOT	Fgn																										LOT · JPPL
1974	41	LOT	Fgn																										LOT · JPPL
1975	42	HAN	Fgn																										HAN · JPCL
9 Yrs				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

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
1959	26	CHC	NL	135	467	-5	2	0	8	-1	5	0.5	16	21	2.1	.504	.503	1.3	0.8	12	$	*8/9
1960	27	CHC	NL	119	373	4	-2	1	-1	-4	-2	-0.2	13	11	1.0	.498	.499	1.2	-0.6	12	$	8793
1961	28	CHC	NL	138	573	25	2	2	-4	-6	19	1.9	19	38	3.8	.514	.512	4.2	-1.0	42	$	*98/37	AS,MVP-14
1962	29	CHC	NL	147	603	24	-3	1	-2	-7	14	1.5	20	34	3.5	.510	.509	3.6	-0.8	36	$	*93/8	AS
1963	30	STL	NL	135	521	6	2	2	2	-6	6	0.7	18	24	2.5	.505	.504	2.1	-0.3	21	$	*97
1964	31	NYM	NL	124	445	-12	-0	2	2	-6	-15	-1.6	15	0	-0.1	.486	.490	-0.4	-0.3	-2	$	*79
1965	32	CHC	NL	90	216	-5	0	1	-4	-2	-9	-1.0	7	-2	-0.3	.489	.494	0.1	-0.6	2	$	7/39
1966	33	CHC	NL	88	201	-8	-1	0	-4	-2	-15	-1.7	7	-9	-1.0	.480	.489	-0.6	-0.6	-4	$	7/39
1967	34	CHC	NL	15	20	-2	-0	0	-1	-0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.477	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$	/739
9 Seasons				991	3419	28	-1	9	-3	-34	-0	-0.1	116	116	11.2	.500	.500	11.3	-3.6	119	$

CHC (7 yrs)				732	2453	35	-2	6	-8	-22	9	0.7	83	92	8.8	.501	.501	9.6	-3.0	99	$
NYM (1 yr)				124	445	-12	-0	2	2	-6	-15	-1.6	15	0	-0.1	.486	.490	-0.4	-0.3	-2	$
STL (1 yr)				135	521	6	2	2	2	-6	6	0.7	18	24	2.5	.505	.504	2.1	-0.3	21	$

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
1959	26	CHC	NL	467	332	51	4.1	103	.277	.245	.268	.312	.334	.383	.415	.695	.748	86	.447	-9.2	-0.9	.625	.221	.138	1.8
1960	27	CHC	NL	373	257	51	5.4	98	.296	.266	.261	.330	.326	.455	.400	.785	.727	115	.592	6.3	0.6	.738	.287	.189	6.1
1961	28	CHC	NL	573	378	105	7.4	106	.320	.303	.270	.353	.337	.560	.421	.913	.757	138	.701	26.6	2.6	.921	.342	.257	9.8
1962	29	CHC	NL	603	381	110	7.7	107	.348	.318	.275	.393	.343	.511	.417	.904	.760	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	3.5	0.4	.701	.248	.127	10.6
1964	31	NYM	NL	445	339	35	2.8	90	.255	.230	.259	.262	.316	.332	.384	.594	.700	69	.329	-17.8	-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	.401	.612	.726	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 Yrs				3419	2364	457	5.2	100	.300	.269	.266	.329	.331	.432	.405	.761	.736	106	.580	23.3	2.1	.711	.259	.163	68.7
162 Game Avg.				559	386	75	5.2	100	.300	.269	.266	.329	.331	.432	.405	.761	.736	106	.580	4	0	.711	.259	.163	11

CHC (7 yrs)				2453	1669	356	5.7	102	.304	.276	.268	.340	.334	.458	.411	.797	.745	113	.608	37.6	3.6	.761	.283	.182	49.2
NYM (1 yr)				445	339	35	2.8	90	.255	.230	.259	.262	.316	.332	.384	.594	.700	69	.329	-17.8	-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	3.5	0.4	.701	.248	.127	10.6

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
1961	CHC	NL	28	1	1	1	1	1	1	1.000	1.000	4.000	5.000	4
1961	CHC	NL	28	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1962	CHC	NL	29	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2 Yrs (3 GP)				3	3	1	1	1	1	.333	.333	1.333	1.667	4

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1959	26	CHC	NL	467	2.6%	17.1%	7.3%	6.4%	29%	2.35	5.3	35.0	8.9	1.21	70%
1960	27	CHC	NL	373	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	0.89	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 Yrs				3419	3.0%	16.7%	7.8%	7.8%	32%	2.13	5.4	30.6	7.7	1.06	71%
MLB Averages					2.3%	14.8%	8.3%	6.4%	29%	1.79	6.0	39.7	8.8	1.08	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1959	26	CHC	NL	-9.8	-1.0	473	-0.0	8.9	-8.9	1.03	-0.1	0.0	-1.4	-0.1	0.92	-2.2	1.13	15
1960	27	CHC	NL	5.9	0.6	385	0.1	7.3	-7.2	1.08	0.7	-0.5	10.7	1.1	0.95	6.1	1.76	20
1961	28	CHC	NL	25.9	2.5	593	3.2	13.4	-10.2	1.08	3.0	-0.1	40.9	3.9	0.95	35.4	2.02	6
1962	29	CHC	NL	29.4	2.9	637	2.2	13.5	-11.3	1.11	3.3	-1.4	25.2	2.4	0.95	38.5	1.42	6
1963	30	STL	NL	3.5	0.4	546	-0.0	9.2	-9.2	1.01	1.1	-1.2	5.1	0.5	1.01	12.9	1.41	12
1964	31	NYM	NL	-18.4	-1.9	454	-1.5	7.4	-8.9	1.12	-1.4	0.1	-6.0	-0.6	0.96	-11.6	1.79	18
1965	32	CHC	NL	-5.4	-0.6	224	-0.1	4.0	-4.1	1.12	-0.1	-0.0	0.0	0.0	1.04	-0.2	1.78	42
1966	33	CHC	NL	-8.2	-0.8	202	-0.2	3.5	-3.7	1.08	-0.8	0.6	-6.5	-0.7	0.94	-9.2	1.47	43
1967	34	CHC	NL	-1.9	-0.2	20	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	.97	-0.1	-0.2	-1.6	-0.2	0.98	-2.1	1.57	9
9 Yrs				21.0	1.8	3534	3.3	67.3	-64.0	1.08	5.6	-2.5	66.5	6.4	0.96	67.4	1.60	171

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1959	26	CHC	NL	10	32%	195	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	5	1	17	53%	32	19	13	5	2	3	10	1	9
1960	27	CHC	NL	3	34%	153	4	3	57%	4	4	0	0	0	1	6	7	42%	23	17	6	6	3	3	14	4	9
1961	28	CHC	NL	6	29%	172	6	2	75%	6	2	0	0	0	3	8	10	62%	27	11	14	4	2	2	14	1	12
1962	29	CHC	NL	5	24%	263	19	7	73%	16	5	2	2	1	4	9	11	32%	39	32	6	6	3	3	21	7	12
1963	30	STL	NL	12	32%	223	13	4	76%	13	3	0	1	0	1	11	18	49%	38	26	11	6	2	4	19	2	16
1964	31	NYM	NL	12	36%	159	4	2	67%	4	2	0	0	0	0	5	7	47%	24	17	7	4	3	1	17	1	13
1965	32	CHC	NL	3	33%	70	3	2	60%	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	7	48%	8	7	1	4	2	2	9	1	7
1966	33	CHC	NL	3	28%	73	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	1	3	1	33%	12	9	3	2	1	0	7	2	4
1967	34	CHC	NL	0	25%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
9 Yrs				54	30%	1311	52	22	70%	48	19	3	4	1	15	44	78	46%	204	139	61	37	18	18	112	19	83

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
1959	26	CHC	NL	467	84%	103			15	4	0	1	1.13	12	0	7	11	1	6	6	0	9	6	67%	86	8	9%	54	18	33%	242	37	15%	11	4	36%	19	12	63%	0
1960	27	CHC	NL	373	79%	89			20	8	0	5	1.76	13	0	5	12	1	8	5	0	2	2	100%	61	4	7%	33	7	21%	231	38	16%	19	9	47%	12	6	50%	0
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%	16	11	69%	0
1962	29	CHC	NL	603	61%	170			6	1	0	0	1.42	22	0	6	13	8	9	13	1	0	0		105	8	8%	52	15	29%	387	54	14%	28	12	43%	25	9	36%	0
1963	30	STL	NL	521	74%	127			12	3	0	1	1.41	9	0	11	8	1	6	3	0	3	2	67%	113	7	6%	60	14	23%	352	39	11%	27	16	59%	22	10	45%	0
1964	31	NYM	NL	445	81%	97			18	6	0	3	1.79	9	0	10	5	4	5	4	0	4	2	50%	97	8	8%	44	17	39%	266	44	17%	26	16	62%	14	7	50%	0
1965	32	CHC	NL	216	86%	46			42	6	1	4	1.78	4	0	10	4	0	3	1	0	1	1	100%	38	1	3%	19	1	5%	161	23	14%	12	4	33%	7	0	0%	0
1966	33	CHC	NL	201	97%	41			43	9	1	5	1.47	5	0	4	3	0	1	4	0	2	2	100%	37	3	8%	17	3	18%	109	12	11%	11	5	45%	5	3	60%	0
1967	34	CHC	NL	20	85%	2			9	2	0	1	1.57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	1	0	0%	17	1	6%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
9 Yrs				3419	75%	832			171	39	2	20	1.60	101	0	67	74	24	48	53	2	25	19	76%	651	43	7%	323	96	30%	2145	319	15%	160	81	51%	121	58	48%	0
MLB Averages					52%																			77%			10%			30%			14%			48%			53%

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
1959	26	135	467	420	54	103	14	4	12	47	1	0	34	80	.245	.312	.383	.695	86	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	115	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	122	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	107	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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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
1959	26	141	490	440	58	109	15	4	13	51	1	36	84	.248	.314	.389	.703	52	135
1960	27	124	393	352	55	96	17	4	14	56	4	35	70	.273	.338	.463	.801	55	119
1961	28	144	595	539	79	162	29	12	28	98	6	41	96	.301	.350	.555	.905	105	138
1962	29	147	596	529	70	165	26	5	21	70	18	60	89	.312	.386	.499	.885	101	147
1963	30	135	526	468	66	131	19	7	9	50	13	48	93	.280	.345	.408	.754	67	135
1964	31	124	454	430	55	105	15	1	10	54	4	19	70	.244	.277	.353	.630	42	124
1965	32	89	218	197	26	48	7	1	4	25	3	20	36	.244	.313	.350	.664	22	90
1966	33	88	202	186	20	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 Yrs		1007	3494	3159	430	860	136	34	104	423	51	275	583	.272	.332	.436	.768	463	991
162 Game Avg.		162	562	508	69	138	22	5	17	68	8	44	94	.272	.332	.436	.768	74	991

* 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 1961-1 * 1961-2 * 1962-2 *	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1961 NL (14, 4%) 0.04 Career Shares (1177th)	Offensive WAR† s c a p y 1961 NL 4.2 (10th)	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 (8th)	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)	SB % s c a p y 1962 NL 73.08 (10th) 1963 NL 76.47 (5th)
Power-Speed # s c a p y 1962 NL 20.4 (7th)	AB per HR s c a p y 1961 NL 19.2 (10th)	Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y 1961 NL 40.86 (6th)	Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1961 NL 3.0 (10th) 1962 NL 3.3 (10th)
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y 1961 NL 3.9 (6th)

† 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 Ink	Batting - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 27 (862), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 15 (961), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 8 (1801), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters

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Will Venable (988) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Wally Westlake (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Wally Westlake (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Gary Ward (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Xavier Nady (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jay Payton (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Chuck Hinton (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bill Robinson (958) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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