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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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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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1959 CHC NL 26 OF 121 103 949.0 288 278 7 3 2 .990 8.1 10.2 8.1 -1.0 9.2 0 2.70 2.36 .977 2.21 1.90
1959 CHC NL 26 CF 120 102 941.0 285 275 7 3 2 .989 7.6 9.7 7.6 -1.5 9.2 0 2.70 2.35 .980 2.63 2.24
1959 CHC NL 26 RF 1 1 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 75.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 3.38 3.00 .967 1.91 1.60
1960 CHC NL 27 OF 79 65 600.0 147 144 2 1 0 .993 0.0 0.0 3.0 -0.9 3.9 -3 2.19 1.85 .978 2.20 1.92
1960 CHC NL 27 CF 30 25 230.0 66 65 1 0 0 1.000 0.9 4.7 1.9 0.2 1.7 -1 2.58 2.20 .980 2.59 2.32
1960 CHC NL 27 LF 27 20 197.1 39 39 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -2.4 0.6 -1.0 1.6 -1 1.78 1.44 .974 1.98 1.54
1960 CHC NL 27 RF 24 20 172.2 35 33 1 1 0 .971 -0.5 -3.5 0.5 -0.1 0.6 -1 1.77 1.42 .980 1.99 1.76
1960 CHC NL 27 1B 21 18 168.0 179 164 14 1 15 .994 -1.4 -10.0 -1.4 -0.4 -0.9 0 9.54 8.48 .990 9.57 8.20
1961 CHC NL 28 OF 130 128 1145.1 275 258 11 6 2 .978 -3.3 -3.5 0.7 -1.3 2.0 -4 2.11 2.07 .977 2.16 1.86 AS,MVP-14
1961 CHC NL 28 RF 115 114 998.0 212 197 11 4 2 .981 -7.0 -8.4 -5.0 -3.5 -1.5 -2 1.88 1.81 .974 1.93 1.60 AS,MVP-14
1961 CHC NL 28 CF 25 13 139.1 60 58 0 2 0 .967 4.2 36.2 6.2 2.7 3.5 -2 3.75 2.32 .982 2.63 2.28 AS,MVP-14
1961 CHC NL 28 1B 3 3 19.0 21 20 1 0 3 1.000 -0.5 -31.6 -0.5 -0.3 -0.2 0 9.95 7.00 .990 9.81 8.57 AS,MVP-14
1961 CHC NL 28 LF 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -75.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 1.12 1.00 1.000 1.91 1.50 AS,MVP-14
1962 CHC NL 29 OF 129 127 1128.0 249 234 8 7 3 .972 -1.4 -1.5 2.6 4.3 -1.7 -4 1.93 1.88 .974 2.07 1.79 AS
1962 CHC NL 29 RF 125 124 1091.0 243 230 7 6 4 .975 -0.5 -0.5 3.5 4.0 -0.5 -4 1.96 1.90 .975 1.90 1.65 AS
1962 CHC NL 29 1B 16 13 125.0 129 121 8 0 13 1.000 -0.4 -3.8 -0.4 -0.9 0.6 0 9.29 8.06 .990 9.79 8.04 AS
1962 CHC NL 29 CF 6 3 37.0 7 6 0 1 0 .857 -0.9 -29.2 -0.9 0.3 -1.2 0 1.46 1.00 .986 2.48 2.27 AS
1963 STL NL 30 OF 124 118 1039.1 233 220 8 5 1 .979 2.4 2.8 3.4 0.1 3.4 -1 1.97 1.84 .977 2.01 1.75
1963 STL NL 30 RF 116 111 966.1 211 199 8 4 1 .981 1.9 2.4 2.9 1.1 1.8 -1 1.93 1.78 .976 1.83 1.61
1963 STL NL 30 LF 13 7 73.0 20 19 0 1 0 .950 0.5 8.2 0.5 -1.0 1.6 0 2.34 1.46 .970 1.80 1.38
1964 NYM NL 31 OF 109 105 905.0 221 202 12 7 3 .968 2.1 2.8 3.1 -0.3 3.3 -1 2.13 1.96 .973 1.99 1.72
1964 NYM NL 31 LF 95 91 785.1 197 182 8 7 2 .964 2.6 4.0 3.6 -0.4 3.9 -1 2.18 2.00 .965 1.71 1.34
1964 NYM NL 31 RF 14 14 119.2 26 22 4 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -5.0 -0.5 0.1 -0.6 0 1.96 1.86 .973 1.90 1.62
1965 CHC NL 32 OF 45 43 339.2 70 66 0 4 0 .943 -3.6 -12.7 -0.6 -1.0 0.5 -3 1.75 1.47 .976 2.00 1.75
1965 CHC NL 32 LF 44 42 338.2 72 68 0 4 0 .944 -3.5 -12.4 -0.5 -1.0 0.6 -3 1.81 1.55 .967 1.71 1.38
1965 CHC NL 32 1B 2 1 8.1 12 12 0 0 1 1.000 0.1 14.4 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 12.96 6.00 .992 9.94 8.60
1965 CHC NL 32 RF 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70
1966 CHC NL 33 OF 42 34 302.1 48 42 4 2 0 .958 -4.3 -17.1 -3.3 -1.3 -1.9 -1 1.37 1.10 .975 2.03 1.78
1966 CHC NL 33 LF 41 33 294.1 47 41 4 2 0 .957 -4.2 -17.1 -3.2 -1.2 -1.9 -1 1.38 1.10 .964 1.74 1.35
1966 CHC NL 33 1B 4 3 26.0 29 27 2 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -4.6 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 10.04 7.25 .990 9.90 8.50
1966 CHC NL 33 RF 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -15.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 1.12 1.00 1.000 1.91 1.70
1967 CHC NL 34 OF 4 1 19.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -50.5 -0.8 -0.8 0.0 0 0.95 0.50 1.000 2.04 1.80
1967 CHC NL 34 LF 3 0 13.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -55.4 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 0.69 0.33 1.000 1.73 1.50
1967 CHC NL 34 1B 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.00 2.00 1.000 9.90 8.80
1967 CHC NL 34 RF 1 1 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -40.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 1.50 1.00 1.000 2.10 1.80
9 Seasons OF 783 724 6427.2 1533 1446 52 35 11 .977 -0.8 -0.1 16.2 -2.2 18.7 -17 2.10 1.91 .976 2.09 1.81
9 Seasons RF 398 387 3370.2 732 686 31 15 7 .980 -6.5 -2.3 1.5 1.8 -0.3 -8 1.91 1.80 .975 1.89 1.63
7 Seasons LF 224 194 1709.2 377 351 12 14 2 .963 -6.1 -4.3 -0.1 -5.7 5.8 -6 1.91 1.62 .967 1.75 1.38
4 Seasons CF 181 143 1347.1 418 404 8 6 2 .986 11.8 10.5 14.8 1.7 13.2 -3 2.75 2.28 .980 2.62 2.26
6 Seasons 1B 47 38 348.1 372 346 25 1 34 .997 -2.3 -7.9 -2.3 -1.6 -0.5 0 9.59 7.89 .990 9.70 8.22
9 Seasons TOT 830 762 6776.0 1905 1792 77 36 45 .981 -3.1 -0.5 13.9 -3.8 18.2 -17 0 2.48 2.25 .960 2.48 2.18
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1961 NL (14, 4%)
0.04 Career Shares (1157th)

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)

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)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (725), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 27 (845), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 15 (939), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1950), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

August 19, 1955: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent.

October 17, 1962: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Don Cardwell and Moe Thacker to the St. Louis Cardinals for Larry Jackson, Lindy McDaniel and Jimmie Schaffer.

November 4, 1963: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Bill Wakefield to the New York Mets for Roger Craig.

January 15, 1965: Traded by the New York Mets to the Chicago Cubs for Billy Cowan.

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