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Rubén Amaro

Ruben (Mora) Amaro

Positions: Shortstop, First Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 6, 1936 in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 29, 1958
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Yankees/Angels/Cardinals 1958-1969

Final Game: September 28, 1969
Relatives: Father of Ruben Amaro
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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	18	STL-min	C	93	319	319		91	17	4	5						.285	.285	.411	.696		131							MXL · AZTX
1955	19	STL-min	C	140	583	583		180	29	6	18						.309	.309	.472	.780		275							MXL · AZMX
1956	20	STL-min	AA	152	624	533	53	142	15	2	2	64	7	8	76	53	.266	.362	.313	.675		167		6	5	4			HSN · TL
1957	21	STL-min	AA	142	529	451	50	100	17	0	3	46	4	3	65	36	.222	.324	.279	.603		126		4	7	2			HSN · TL
1958	22	STL-min	AAA	92	313	275	30	55	9	2	1	20	3		28	33	.200	.278	.258	.536		71		2	7	1	10		ROC · IL
1958	22	STL	NL	40	82	76	8	17	2	1	0	0	0	1	5	8	.224	.272	.276	.548	43	21	3	0	1	0	1	6/4

1959	23	PHI-min	AAA	119	476	423	59	109	18	3	3	31	4		44	29	.258	.329	.336	.665		142		2	5	2	2		BFL · IL
1960	24	PHI-min	AAA	45	189	176	24	38	5	1	1	16	1		13	22	.216	.270	.273	.543		48							INA · AA
1960	24	PHI	NL	92	292	264	25	61	9	1	0	16	0	1	21	32	.231	.292	.273	.564	57	72	5	2	4	1	2	6
1961	25	PHI	NL	135	447	381	34	98	14	9	1	32	1	0	53	59	.257	.351	.349	.700	90	133	9	2	11	0	2	*6/34
1962	26	PHI	NL	79	265	226	24	55	10	0	0	19	5	2	30	28	.243	.330	.288	.617	70	65	6	1	4	4	4	6/3
1963	27	PHI	NL	115	245	217	25	47	9	2	2	19	0	1	19	31	.217	.276	.304	.580	68	66	4	0	6	3	6	65/3
1964	28	PHI	NL	129	323	299	31	79	11	0	4	34	1	6	16	37	.264	.307	.341	.648	84	102	5	3	4	1	2	63/457	MVP-21,GG
1965	29	PHI	NL	118	218	184	26	39	7	0	0	15	1	1	27	22	.212	.312	.250	.562	62	46	6	1	3	3	3	36/4
1966	30	NYY	AL	14	23	23	0	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	.217	.217	.217	.435	29	5	2	0	0	0	0	6
1967	31	NYY	AL	130	470	417	31	93	12	0	1	17	3	2	43	49	.223	.297	.259	.556	70	108	13	1	9	0	4	*6/53
1968	32	NYY	AL	47	50	41	3	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	6	.122	.280	.146	.426	36	6	0	0	0	0	0	63
1969	33	CAL	AL	41	36	27	4	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	6	.222	.323	.222	.545	59	6	0	0	5	0	0	3/465
1970	34	PHI-min	AAA	106	385	310	54	72	11	3	2	17	9	0	66	31	.232	.368	.306	.674		95		1	7	1			EUG · PCL
1971	35	PHI-min	AAA,AA	28	99	89	13	24	6	1	0	10	1	1	10	8	.270	.343	.360	.703		32		0	0	0			EUG,REA · PCL,EL
11 Yrs				940	2451	2155	211	505	75	13	8	156	11	14	227	280	.234	.309	.292	.601	71	630	53	10	47	12	24
162 Game Avg.				162	422	371	36	87	13	2	1	27	2	2	39	48	.234	.309	.292	.601	71	109	9	2	8	2	4

PHI (6 yrs)				668	1790	1571	165	379	60	12	7	135	8	11	166	209	.241	.315	.308	.623	74	484	35	9	32	12	19
NYY (3 yrs)				191	543	481	34	103	13	0	1	20	3	2	52	57	.214	.292	.247	.540	65	119	15	1	9	0	4
STL (1 yr)				40	82	76	8	17	2	1	0	0	0	1	5	8	.224	.272	.276	.548	43	21	3	0	1	0	1
CAL (1 yr)				41	36	27	4	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	6	.222	.323	.222	.545	59	6	0	0	5	0	0

NL (7 yrs)				708	1872	1647	173	396	62	13	7	135	8	12	171	217	.240	.313	.307	.620	73	505	38	9	33	12	20
AL (4 yrs)				232	579	508	38	109	13	0	1	21	3	2	56	63	.215	.294	.246	.540	65	125	15	1	14	0	4

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	22	STL	NL	40	82	-7	-0	-0	-2	2	-9	-0.9	3	-6	-0.7	.477	.494	-0.4	-0.1	-4	$	6/4

1960	24	PHI	NL	92	292	-17	1	1	-3	5	-14	-1.5	10	-4	-0.6	.484	.491	-0.2	0.2	-0	$	6
1961	25	PHI	NL	135	447	-3	2	-1	3	7	8	0.8	15	23	2.2	.506	.505	2.0	1.0	20	$	*6/34
1962	26	PHI	NL	79	265	-9	0	-0	4	4	-1	-0.1	9	8	0.8	.499	.499	0.4	0.9	4	$	6/3
1963	27	PHI	NL	115	245	-11	0	0	1	4	-4	-0.5	8	4	0.4	.496	.497	0.2	0.8	3	$	65/3
1964	28	PHI	NL	129	323	-6	-3	1	-2	1	-8	-0.8	11	3	0.3	.493	.495	0.4	0.1	5	$	63/457	MVP-21,GG
1965	29	PHI	NL	118	218	-7	-0	-0	-3	0	-11	-1.2	7	-4	-0.5	.490	.492	-0.1	-0.3	-0	$20,000	36/4
1966	30	NYY	AL	14	23	-2	-0	-0	1	0	-1	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.488	.499	-0.2	0.1	-2	$22,500	6
1967	31	NYY	AL	130	470	-14	-1	-1	-3	7	-12	-1.6	13	1	-0.3	.489	.491	0.2	0.4	4	$	*6/53
1968	32	NYY	AL	47	50	-2	-0	0	-3	0	-6	-0.7	1	-4	-0.6	.485	.496	-0.2	-0.4	-1	$25,000	63
1969	33	CAL	AL	41	36	-2	-0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.497	.499	0.0	0.0	-0	$25,000	3/465
11 Seasons				940	2451	-80	-2	-1	-7	31	-59	-7.0	80	21	0.9	.493	.496	2.1	2.6	28	$92,500

PHI (6 yrs)				668	1790	-52	0	0	0	22	-30	-3.4	61	31	2.6	.495	.496	2.7	2.6	31	$20,000
NYY (3 yrs)				191	543	-18	-2	-1	-5	8	-19	-2.6	15	-4	-1.0	.488	.495	-0.2	0.1	1	$47,500
STL (1 yr)				40	82	-7	-0	-0	-2	2	-9	-0.9	3	-6	-0.7	.477	.494	-0.4	-0.1	-4	$
CAL (1 yr)				41	36	-2	-0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.497	.499	0.0	0.0	-0	$25,000

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	22	STL	NL	82	64	5	2.1	110	.250	.224	.276	.272	.344	.276	.430	.548	.775	43	.189	-6.6	-0.6	.397	.105	.053

1960	24	PHI	NL	292	214	21	2.6	98	.262	.231	.262	.292	.328	.273	.402	.564	.730	57	.284	-15.5	-1.6	.450	.117	.042
1961	25	PHI	NL	447	303	49	4.3	103	.302	.257	.266	.351	.333	.349	.415	.700	.748	90	.465	-4.4	-0.4	.647	.234	.092	1.0
1962	26	PHI	NL	265	187	23	3.3	101	.272	.243	.266	.330	.333	.288	.404	.617	.738	70	.355	-7.7	-0.8	.553	.190	.044	.0
1963	27	PHI	NL	245	184	18	2.6	89	.241	.217	.253	.276	.315	.304	.378	.580	.693	68	.326	-8.6	-0.9	.480	.171	.088	.0
1964	28	PHI	NL	323	236	30	3.4	93	.290	.264	.262	.307	.320	.341	.389	.648	.709	84	.418	-6.5	-0.7	.502	.114	.077	1.6
1965	29	PHI	NL	218	158	15	2.6	92	.236	.212	.256	.312	.319	.250	.387	.562	.706	62	.293	-7.7	-0.8	.487	.185	.038	.0
1966	30	NYY	AL	23	20	1	1.4	86	.238	.217	.243	.217	.308	.217	.374	.435	.682	29	.125	-2.2	-0.2	.250	.000	.000
1967	31	NYY	AL	470	348	32	2.5	80	.251	.223	.238	.297	.306	.259	.357	.556	.663	70	.322	-14.4	-1.6	.451	.141	.036	1.5
1968	32	NYY	AL	50	36	2	1.5	76	.143	.122	.232	.280	.301	.146	.344	.426	.645	36	.172	-2.7	-0.3	.417	.244	.024
1969	33	CAL	AL	36	26	3	3.1	90	.286	.222	.247	.323	.323	.222	.373	.545	.696	59	.364	-1.3	-0.1	.476	.148	.000
11 Yrs				2451	1776	199	3.0	93	.265	.234	.257	.309	.322	.292	.390	.601	.711	71	.352	-77.6	-8.1	.503	.162	.058	9.3
162 Game Avg.				422	306	34	3.0	93	.265	.234	.257	.309	.322	.292	.390	.601	.711	71	.352	-77.6	-8.1	.503	.162	.058	2

PHI (6 yrs)				1790	1282	156	3.3	97	.272	.241	.262	.315	.326	.308	.398	.623	.724	74	.374	-50.4	-5.2	.530	.171	.067	7.5
NYY (3 yrs)				543	404	35	2.3	80	.241	.214	.238	.292	.306	.247	.356	.540	.662	65	.299	-19.3	-2.1	.438	.143	.033	1.5
STL (1 yr)				82	64	5	2.1	110	.250	.224	.276	.272	.344	.276	.430	.548	.775	43	.188	-6.6	-0.6	.397	.105	.053
CAL (1 yr)				36	26	3	3.1	90	.286	.222	.247	.323	.323	.222	.373	.545	.696	59	.364	-1.3	-0.1	.476	.148	.000

NL (7 yrs)				1872	1346	161	3.2	97	.271	.240	.262	.313	.326	.307	.400	.620	.726	73	.365	-57.0	-5.8	.523	.168	.066	7.5
AL (4 yrs)				579	430	38	2.4	81	.243	.215	.238	.294	.307	.246	.357	.540	.664	65	.304	-20.6	-2.3	.440	.144	.031	1.5

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1958	22	STL	NL	82	0.0%	9.8%	6.1%	3.7%	18%	1.60	9.5			0.87	83%

1960	24	PHI	NL	292	0.0%	11.0%	7.2%	3.4%	16%	1.52	8.3		16.5	1.43	80%
1961	25	PHI	NL	447	0.2%	13.2%	11.9%	5.4%	25%	1.11	6.5	381.0	11.9	1.16	72%
1962	26	PHI	NL	265	0.0%	10.6%	11.3%	3.8%	18%	0.93	8.1		11.9	0.91	76%
1963	27	PHI	NL	245	0.8%	12.7%	7.8%	5.3%	28%	1.63	7.0	108.5	11.4	0.77	76%
1964	28	PHI	NL	323	1.2%	11.5%	5.0%	4.6%	19%	2.31	8.1	74.8	8.8	1.03	80%
1965	29	PHI	NL	218	0.0%	10.1%	12.4%	3.2%	18%	0.81	8.4		12.3	1.34	76%
1966	30	NYY	AL	23	0.0%	8.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		11.5		7.7	0.64	91%
1967	31	NYY	AL	470	0.2%	10.4%	9.2%	2.8%	14%	1.14	8.5	417.0	24.5	0.88	78%
1968	32	NYY	AL	50	0.0%	12.0%	18.0%	2.0%	20%	0.67	6.8			1.07	70%
1969	33	CAL	AL	36	0.0%	16.7%	11.1%	0.0%	0%	1.50	4.5		27.0	1.86	58%
11 Yrs				2451	0.3%	11.4%	9.3%	3.9%	19%	1.23	7.7	269.4	13.8	1.03	77%
MLB Averages					2.2%	14.8%	8.3%	6.3%	28%	1.78	6.0	40.7	8.9	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
1958	22	STL	NL	-6.5	-0.6	83	-0.9	0.7	-1.6	.87	-0.8	-0.2	-10.7	-1.0	0.89	-8.7	0.54	1

1960	24	PHI	NL	-15.8	-1.6	295	-1.8	3.5	-5.3	1.00	-1.7	-0.1	-14.1	-1.5	0.91	-17.1		0
1961	25	PHI	NL	-5.0	-0.5	453	-0.7	7.1	-7.9	1.02	-0.6	-0.1	-4.4	-0.4	0.94	-5.6	0.21	1
1962	26	PHI	NL	-7.7	-0.8	274	-1.3	3.4	-4.7	.97	-1.0	-0.3	-10.9	-1.1	0.95	-10.9	4.34	0
1963	27	PHI	NL	-8.6	-0.9	249	-1.3	3.2	-4.4	1.02	-1.3	0.0	-11.7	-1.3	0.97	-11.1	3.39	7
1964	28	PHI	NL	-6.5	-0.7	332	0.1	5.1	-5.0	.95	-0.8	0.9	-2.5	-0.3	0.98	-6.2	1.49	10
1965	29	PHI	NL	-7.7	-0.8	223	-0.0	3.5	-3.5	1.00	-0.7	0.6	-5.8	-0.6	0.95	-5.8	1.27	7
1966	30	NYY	AL	-2.2	-0.2	24	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	.95	-0.3	0.1	-0.5	-0.1	0.85	-2.3		0
1967	31	NYY	AL	-14.4	-1.6	482	-2.7	6.3	-9.0	1.08	-2.2	-0.3	-20.4	-2.3	0.95	-19.5	1.64	3
1968	32	NYY	AL	-2.8	-0.3	51	-0.5	0.4	-0.9	.95	-0.1	-0.4	-2.0	-0.2	0.88	-1.7	6.16	1
1969	33	CAL	AL	-1.3	-0.1	36	-0.2	0.5	-0.6	1.39	-0.1	0.0	-1.6	-0.2	1.04	-1.7	2.66	5
11 Yrs				-78.5	-8.2	2502	-9.4	34.0	-43.4	1.01	-9.5	0.2	-84.8	-9.0	0.95	-90.7	2.08	35

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1958	22	STL	NL	0	0	36%	27	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50%	2	2	0	1	1	0	3	0	3

1960	24	PHI	NL	1	0	30%	119	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	53%	13	11	1	5	0	5	12	2	10
1961	25	PHI	NL	6	0	22%	189	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	8	52%	17	11	6	3	1	2	9	2	7
1962	26	PHI	NL	4	0	28%	118	5	2	71%	5	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	4	71%	10	5	5	0	0	0	11	1	10
1963	27	PHI	NL	3	0	36%	94	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	70%	7	5	2	2	1	1	11	0	11
1964	28	PHI	NL	5	0	29%	131	1	6	14%	1	4	0	0	0	2	2	2	5	4	52%	15	10	5	2	0	2	8	2	6
1965	29	PHI	NL	5	0	39%	104	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	50%	16	9	7	3	0	2	9	4	5
1966	30	NYY	AL	0	0	0%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967	31	NYY	AL	6	0	22%	185	3	2	60%	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	40%	16	12	4	6	4	2	13	5	8
1968	32	NYY	AL	1	0	21%	30	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	5	3	2	1	1	0	2	0	2
1969	33	CAL	AL	0	0	40%	18	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	40%	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0
11 Yrs				31	0	28%	1021	11	14	44%	10	12	1	0	0	2	5	2	38	53	53%	106	71	34	23	8	14	79	17	62

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	22	STL	NL	82	29%	17			1	0	0	0	0.54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	10	3	30%	7	1	14%	39	0	0%	3	0	0%	2	1	50%	0

1960	24	PHI	NL	292	39%	61			0	0	0	0		0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	7	4	57%	46	5	11%	19	8	42%	139	16	12%	9	4	44%	6	3	50%	0
1961	25	PHI	NL	447	39%	98			1	0	0	0	0.21	1	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	14	11	79%	76	9	12%	32	13	41%	264	32	12%	15	9	60%	10	7	70%	0
1962	26	PHI	NL	265	36%	55			0	0	0	0	4.34	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	67%	49	6	12%	27	13	48%	172	21	12%	19	9	47%	10	7	70%	0
1963	27	PHI	NL	245	36%	47			7	0	0	2	3.39	2	0	7	1	1	1	1	0	8	6	75%	49	4	8%	24	12	50%	152	17	11%	12	7	58%	6	3	50%	0
1964	28	PHI	NL	323	39%	79			10	2	0	1	1.49	4	0	6	2	2	3	1	0	9	4	44%	66	5	8%	26	7	27%	215	30	14%	12	8	67%	14	6	43%	0
1965	29	PHI	NL	218	42%	39			7	0	0	0	1.27	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	37	6	16%	21	10	48%	130	17	13%	14	7	50%	10	7	70%	0
1966	30	NYY	AL	23	43%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	2	67%	2	0	0%	10	3	30%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1967	31	NYY	AL	470	38%	93			3	0	0	0	1.64	1	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	10	9	90%	96	13	14%	46	20	43%	263	19	7%	15	5	33%	12	4	33%	0
1968	32	NYY	AL	50	42%	5			1	0	0	0	6.16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	0	0%	2	0	0%	25	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1969	33	CAL	AL	36	33%	6			5	1	0	0	2.66	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	100%	11	0	0%	8	5	63%	24	1	4%	1	1	100%	2	2	100%	0
11 Yrs				2451	38%	505			35	3	0	3	2.08	8	0	50	4	4	4	4	0	64	47	73%	450	53	12%	214	89	42%	1433	156	11%	101	50	50%	72	40	56%	0
MLB Averages					52%																			77%			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	22	40	82	76	8	17	2	1	0	0	0	1	5	8	.224	.272	.276	.548	43	21	3	0	1	0	1
1959	23	40	82	76	8	17	2	1	0	0	0	1	5	8	.224	.272	.276	.548	43	21	3	0	1	0	1
1960	24	132	374	340	33	78	11	2	0	16	0	2	26	40	.229	.287	.274	.561	54	93	8	2	5	1	3
1961	25	267	821	721	67	176	25	11	1	48	1	2	79	99	.244	.322	.313	.635	73	226	17	4	16	1	5
1962	26	346	1086	947	91	231	35	11	1	67	6	4	109	127	.244	.324	.307	.631	72	291	23	5	20	5	9
1963	27	461	1331	1164	116	278	44	13	3	86	6	5	128	158	.239	.315	.307	.622	72	357	27	5	26	8	15
1964	28	590	1654	1463	147	357	55	13	7	120	7	11	144	195	.244	.313	.314	.627	74	459	32	8	30	9	17
1965	29	708	1872	1647	173	396	62	13	7	135	8	12	171	217	.240	.313	.307	.620	73	505	38	9	33	12	20
1966	30	722	1895	1670	173	401	62	13	7	138	8	12	171	219	.240	.312	.305	.617	72	510	40	9	33	12	20
1967	31	852	2365	2087	204	494	74	13	8	155	11	14	214	268	.237	.309	.296	.605	72	618	53	10	42	12	24
1968	32	899	2415	2128	207	499	75	13	8	155	11	14	223	274	.234	.308	.293	.602	71	624	53	10	42	12	24
1969	33	940	2451	2155	211	505	75	13	8	156	11	14	227	280	.234	.309	.292	.601	71	630	53	10	47	12	24

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
1958	22	42	85	79	7	17	2	1	0	0	0	5	8	.215	.262	.266	.528	5	40

1960	24	96	308	278	28	66	10	1	0	18	0	23	33	.237	.299	.281	.580	23	92
1961	25	141	468	399	36	103	15	9	1	34	1	56	62	.258	.352	.348	.701	49	135
1962	26	79	267	227	24	56	10	0	0	19	5	31	28	.247	.335	.291	.625	22	79
1963	27	115	252	222	30	52	10	2	2	23	0	21	31	.234	.297	.324	.621	22	115
1964	28	129	329	304	34	84	12	0	4	38	1	17	37	.276	.320	.355	.675	34	129
1965	29	117	220	185	29	41	7	0	0	17	1	28	22	.222	.323	.259	.582	16	118
1966	30	14	23	23	0	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	.217	.217	.217	.435	1	14
1967	31	130	489	430	39	106	14	0	1	21	3	49	49	.247	.325	.286	.611	40	130
1968	32	47	53	42	4	6	1	0	0	0	0	11	6	.143	.321	.167	.487	2	47
1969	33	41	36	27	4	6	0	0	0	1	0	4	6	.222	.323	.222	.545	2	41
11 Yrs		951	2530	2216	235	542	81	13	8	174	11	245	284	.245	.321	.304	.625	216	940
162 Game Avg.		162	431	377	40	92	14	2	1	30	2	42	48	.245	.321	.304	.625	37	940

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1964 NL (21, 2%) 0.02 Career Shares (1361st)	Gold Gloves 1964 NL (SS)	Triples s c a p y 1961 NL 9 (8th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1961 NL 11 (5th) 1967 AL 9 (8th)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1964 NL (21, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1361st)

Gold Gloves
1964 NL (SS)

Triples s c a p y
1961 NL 9 (8th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1961 NL 11 (5th)
1967 AL 9 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 1 (2399), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (2147), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Dave Anderson (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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