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Bobby Avila

Roberto Francisco (Gonzalez) Avila

Positions: Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 2, 1924 in Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico(All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 1949
Teams (by GP): Indians/Braves/RedSox/Orioles 1949-1959

Final Game: September 29, 1959
Died: October 26, 2004 in Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico
Buried: San Pedro & San Pablo Church Columbarium, Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico
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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
1949 25 CLE AL 31 15 14 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 .214 .267 .214 .481 29 3 1 0 0 /4
1950 26 CLE AL 80 238 201 39 60 10 2 1 21 5 0 29 17 .299 .390 .383 .773 102 77 8 1 8 4/6
1951 27 CLE AL 141 615 542 76 165 21 3 10 58 14 8 60 31 .304 .374 .410 .783 117 222 16 0 13 *4 MVP-10
1952 28 CLE AL 150 684 597 102 179 26 11 7 45 12 10 67 36 .300 .371 .415 .787 125 248 16 1 19 *4 AS,MVP-29
1953 29 CLE AL 141 634 559 85 160 22 3 8 55 10 8 58 27 .286 .355 .379 .735 101 212 18 2 14 *4
1954 30 CLE AL 143 638 555 112 189 27 2 15 67 9 7 59 31 .341 .402 .477 .880 139 265 9 1 19 4 *4/6 AS,MVP-3
1955 31 CLE AL 141 643 537 83 146 22 4 13 61 1 4 82 47 .272 .368 .400 .768 104 215 17 2 18 4 1 *4 AS
1956 32 CLE AL 138 598 513 74 115 14 2 10 54 17 4 70 68 .224 .323 .318 .640 69 163 12 5 8 1 0 *4
1957 33 CLE AL 129 528 463 60 124 19 3 5 48 2 4 46 47 .268 .334 .354 .688 89 164 10 1 16 2 2 *45
1958 34 CLE AL 113 445 375 54 95 21 3 5 30 5 7 55 45 .253 .349 .365 .714 98 137 5 1 12 2 0 45
1959 35 TOT MLB 93 306 264 37 60 3 2 6 25 3 0 34 47 .227 .314 .322 .636 77 85 9 0 7 1 0 4/957
1959 35 TOT AL 42 102 92 8 19 0 0 3 6 0 0 10 16 .207 .284 .304 .589 62 28 8 0 0 0 0 4/957
1959 35 BAL AL 20 51 47 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 .170 .235 .170 .406 15 8 5 0 0 0 0 /9457
1959 35 BOS AL 22 51 45 7 11 0 0 3 6 0 0 6 11 .244 .333 .444 .778 109 20 3 0 0 0 0 4
1959 35 MLN NL 51 204 172 29 41 3 2 3 19 3 0 24 31 .238 .330 .331 .661 84 57 1 0 7 1 0 4
11 Yrs 1300 5344 4620 725 1296 185 35 80 467 78 52 561 399 .281 .359 .388 .747 104 1791 121 14 134 14 3
162 Game Avg. 162 666 576 90 162 23 4 10 58 10 6 70 50 .281 .359 .388 .747 104 223 15 2 17
CLE (10 yrs) 1207 5038 4356 688 1236 182 33 74 442 75 52 527 352 .284 .362 .392 .754 106 1706 112 14 127 13 3
MLN (1 yr) 51 204 172 29 41 3 2 3 19 3 0 24 31 .238 .330 .331 .661 84 57 1 0 7 1 0
BOS (1 yr) 22 51 45 7 11 0 0 3 6 0 0 6 11 .244 .333 .444 .778 109 20 3 0 0 0 0
BAL (1 yr) 20 51 47 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 .170 .235 .170 .406 15 8 5 0 0 0 0
AL (11 yrs) 1249 5140 4448 696 1255 182 33 77 448 75 52 537 368 .282 .360 .390 .750 105 1734 120 14 127 13 3
NL (1 yr) 51 204 172 29 41 3 2 3 19 3 0 24 31 .238 .330 .331 .661 84 57 1 0 7 1 0

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
1949 25 CLE AL 31 15 -1 -0 -0 0 0 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.1 .495 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /4
1950 26 CLE AL 80 238 2 3 -1 -2 3 5 0.4 6 11 1.1 .505 .503 1.3 0.1 13 $ 4/6
1951 27 CLE AL 141 615 15 3 -1 6 6 29 2.9 16 46 4.6 .521 .518 3.9 1.2 40 $ *4 MVP-10
1952 28 CLE AL 150 684 21 2 0 -4 6 26 2.8 18 44 4.6 .518 .517 5.0 0.3 48 $ *4 AS,MVP-29
1953 29 CLE AL 141 634 7 1 -2 13 6 26 2.7 17 43 4.4 .519 .516 3.0 2.0 30 $ *4
1954 30 CLE AL 143 638 33 5 -0 4 6 48 5.0 17 65 6.7 .535 .531 6.4 1.0 61 $ *4/6 AS,MVP-3
1955 31 CLE AL 141 643 9 2 -2 -10 5 3 0.4 17 20 2.1 .502 .502 3.1 -0.5 31 $ *4 AS
1956 32 CLE AL 138 598 -22 5 -0 7 5 -5 -0.5 16 11 1.1 .496 .497 0.2 1.3 3 $ *4
1957 33 CLE AL 129 528 -2 -0 0 -5 4 -3 -0.4 14 11 1.0 .497 .498 1.6 -0.2 16 $ *45
1958 34 CLE AL 113 445 0 -2 -0 -4 3 -3 -0.4 12 10 0.9 .498 .498 1.3 -0.1 13 $ 45
1959 35 BAL AL 20 51 -6 -0 -1 0 -0 -7 -0.8 1 -6 -0.7 .461 .495 -0.7 -0.0 -6 $ /9457
1959 35 BOS AL 22 51 0 -0 -1 -2 0 -2 -0.3 1 -1 -0.1 .488 .498 0.1 -0.2 1 $ 4
1959 35 MLN NL 51 204 1 2 1 -6 1 -1 -0.1 7 6 0.6 .498 .499 1.2 -0.5 12 $ 4
11 Seasons 1300 5344 58 20 -9 -3 45 112 11.5 145 257 26.2 .509 .506 26.3 4.6 260 $
CLE (10 yrs) 1207 5038 62 20 -8 5 44 123 12.7 136 258 26.4 .511 .508 25.7 5.2 254 $
MLN (1 yr) 51 204 1 2 1 -6 1 -1 -0.1 7 6 0.6 .498 .499 1.2 -0.5 12 $
BOS (1 yr) 22 51 0 -0 -1 -2 0 -2 -0.3 1 -1 -0.1 .488 .498 0.1 -0.2 1 $
BAL (1 yr) 20 51 -6 -0 -1 0 -0 -7 -0.8 1 -6 -0.7 .461 .495 -0.7 -0.0 -6 $

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
1949 25 CLE AL 15 12 1 2.2 105 .273 .214 .268 .267 .360 .214 .390 .481 .750 29 .209 -1.5 -0.2 .333 .071 .000
1950 26 CLE AL 238 157 31 5.2 110 .322 .299 .274 .390 .360 .383 .410 .773 .770 102 .525 1.9 0.2 .752 .254 .085 1.7
1951 27 CLE AL 615 414 83 5.4 97 .309 .304 .260 .374 .340 .410 .382 .783 .722 117 .581 13.8 1.4 .718 .227 .105 11.7
1952 28 CLE AL 684 463 90 5.2 90 .310 .300 .252 .371 .330 .415 .368 .787 .698 125 .606 20.8 2.1 .716 .231 .116 8.8
1953 29 CLE AL 634 439 74 4.5 100 .290 .286 .266 .355 .342 .379 .392 .735 .733 101 .507 1.5 0.2 .645 .200 .093 8.9
1954 30 CLE AL 638 405 106 7.0 100 .339 .341 .268 .402 .344 .477 .391 .880 .735 139 .714 30.8 3.1 .856 .247 .137 11.3
1955 31 CLE AL 643 434 81 5.0 106 .277 .272 .271 .368 .351 .400 .404 .768 .755 104 .540 4.4 0.4 .718 .276 .128 1.9
1956 32 CLE AL 598 423 57 3.6 108 .241 .224 .270 .323 .352 .318 .412 .640 .764 69 .372 -23.5 -2.3 .606 .255 .094 12.6
1957 33 CLE AL 528 371 55 4.0 99 .288 .268 .263 .334 .335 .354 .397 .688 .733 89 .459 -6.9 -0.7 .592 .181 .086 2.9
1958 34 CLE AL 445 306 50 4.4 97 .275 .253 .260 .349 .329 .365 .396 .714 .725 98 .508 1.1 0.1 .654 .253 .112 5.0
1959 35 TOT MLB 306 221 29 3.5 98 .255 .227 .260 .314 .327 .322 .400 .636 .727 77 .384 -8.1 -0.8 .573 .235 .095 4.0
1959 35 TOT AL 102 81 7 2.3 99 .219 .207 .261 .284 .332 .304 .399 .589 .731 62 .237 -5.2 -0.5 .469 .207 .098 .0
1959 35 BAL AL 51 44 1 0.6 96 .190 .170 .257 .235 .328 .170 .393 .406 .720 15 .026 -5.5 -0.6 .273 .085 .000
1959 35 BOS AL 51 37 6 4.4 102 .258 .244 .265 .333 .337 .444 .405 .778 .742 109 .496 0.3 0.0 .703 .333 .200 .0
1959 35 MLN NL 204 140 22 4.2 97 .273 .238 .259 .330 .324 .331 .401 .661 .725 84 .456 -2.9 -0.3 .636 .250 .093 3.0
11 Yrs 5344 3645 657 4.8 100 .293 .281 .264 .359 .341 .388 .393 .747 .734 104 .537 34.2 3.5 .684 .234 .107 79.0
162 Game Avg. 666 454 82 4.8 100 .293 .281 .264 .359 .341 .388 .393 .747 .734 104 .537 4 0 .684 .234 .107 10
CLE (10 yrs) 5038 3424 628 4.9 100 .295 .284 .264 .362 .342 .392 .393 .754 .735 106 .545 42.3 4.4 .691 .234 .108 74.5
MLN (1 yr) 204 140 22 4.2 97 .273 .238 .259 .330 .324 .331 .401 .661 .725 84 .457 -2.9 -0.3 .636 .250 .093 3.0
BOS (1 yr) 51 37 6 4.4 102 .258 .244 .265 .333 .337 .444 .405 .778 .742 109 .496 0.3 0.0 .703 .333 .200 .0
BAL (1 yr) 51 44 1 0.6 96 .190 .170 .257 .235 .328 .170 .393 .406 .720 15 .026 -5.5 -0.6 .273 .085 .000
AL (11 yrs) 5140 3505 635 4.9 100 .293 .282 .264 .360 .342 .390 .393 .750 .734 105 .540 37.1 3.8 .686 .234 .108 76.0
NL (1 yr) 204 140 22 4.2 97 .273 .238 .259 .330 .324 .331 .401 .661 .725 84 .457 -2.9 -0.3 .636 .250 .093 3.0

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
1954 30 CLE AL WS NYG L 4 18 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .133 .235 .133 .369 2 0 0 1 0 0
1 WS 4 18 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .133 .235 .133 .369 2 0 0 1 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
1952 CLE AL 28 as 2B 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1954 CLE AL 30 as 2B 4 3 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 .750 1.000 1.750 3 0 0 0 1 0
1955 CLE AL 31 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 1 0 0
3 Yrs (3 GP) 9 6 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 .667 .625 .667 1.292 4 0 0 1 1 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
1949 25 CLE AL 15 0.0% 20.0% 6.7% 0.0% 0% 3.00 4.7 4.7 2.00 73%
1950 26 CLE AL 238 0.4% 7.1% 12.2% 5.5% 22% 0.59 11.8 201.0 9.6 1.06 77%
1951 27 CLE AL 615 1.6% 5.0% 9.8% 5.5% 21% 0.52 17.5 54.2 9.3 1.03 81%
1952 28 CLE AL 684 1.0% 5.3% 9.8% 6.4% 25% 0.54 16.6 85.3 13.3 0.90 81%
1953 29 CLE AL 634 1.3% 4.3% 9.2% 5.2% 21% 0.47 20.7 69.9 10.2 0.93 83%
1954 30 CLE AL 638 2.4% 4.9% 9.3% 6.9% 23% 0.53 17.9 37.0 8.3 0.75 80%
1955 31 CLE AL 643 2.0% 7.3% 12.8% 6.1% 27% 0.57 11.4 41.3 8.8 0.62 75%
1956 32 CLE AL 598 1.7% 11.4% 11.7% 4.4% 23% 0.97 7.5 51.3 9.5 0.98 73%
1957 33 CLE AL 528 1.0% 8.9% 8.7% 5.1% 22% 1.02 9.9 92.6 9.6 1.01 78%
1958 34 CLE AL 445 1.1% 10.1% 12.4% 6.5% 31% 0.82 8.3 75.0 12.5 0.88 73%
1959 35 TOT MLB 306 2.0% 15.4% 11.1% 3.6% 18% 1.38 5.6 44.0 10.6 1.22 69%
1959 35 TOT AL 102 2.9% 15.7% 9.8% 2.9% 16% 1.60 5.8 30.7 15.3 1.44 72%
1959 35 BAL AL 51 0.0% 9.8% 7.8% 0.0% 0% 1.25 9.4 1.60 82%
1959 35 BOS AL 51 5.9% 21.6% 11.8% 5.9% 27% 1.83 4.1 15.0 7.5 1.25 61%
1959 35 MLN NL 204 1.5% 15.2% 11.8% 3.9% 20% 1.29 5.5 57.3 9.1 1.09 68%
11 Yrs 5344 1.5% 7.5% 10.5% 5.6% 23% 0.71 11.6 57.8 9.9 0.90 78%
MLB Averages 2.2% 11.2% 9.4% 6.5% 29% 1.20 7.9 41.1 8.1 0.98 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1949 25 CLE AL -1.5 -0.2 15 -0.0 0.2 -0.2 .75 -0.2 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.96 -1.6 0.87 9
1950 26 CLE AL 1.6 0.2 248 -0.7 3.6 -4.4 1.02 0.0 -0.8 0.2 0.0 1.03 0.4 2.03 5
1951 27 CLE AL 13.0 1.3 649 2.1 12.3 -10.3 1.02 0.3 1.8 6.1 0.6 0.95 7.7 1.12 4
1952 28 CLE AL 19.9 2.1 715 0.6 11.4 -10.8 .92 1.9 -1.2 7.0 0.8 0.93 12.7 3.05 2
1953 29 CLE AL 0.8 0.1 656 0.4 11.2 -10.8 .99 1.4 -1.0 12.2 1.2 0.96 13.6 1.54 2
1954 30 CLE AL 30.8 3.1 672 4.8 14.4 -9.6 .98 3.7 1.1 43.3 4.3 0.96 41.1 0.67 1
1955 31 CLE AL 4.4 0.4 655 0.3 11.6 -11.3 1.02 1.0 -0.7 6.4 0.6 0.98 10.0 1.71 1
1956 32 CLE AL -24.2 -2.4 625 -1.7 9.3 -11.1 1.02 -1.3 -0.4 -13.8 -1.3 0.95 -12.6 1.60 5
1957 33 CLE AL -6.9 -0.7 539 0.0 9.5 -9.4 1.07 -0.3 0.4 2.1 0.2 0.97 -0.9 1.74 8
1958 34 CLE AL 1.1 0.1 463 -0.1 7.1 -7.1 .96 0.2 -0.3 -0.4 -0.0 0.90 1.4 1.41 13
1959 35 TOT MLB -8.4 -0.8 308 -0.1 5.6 -5.7 1.14 -0.3 0.2 -4.0 -0.4 0.97 -4.1 2.32 14
1959 35 TOT AL -5.2 -0.5 105 -1.8 1.0 -2.8 1.19 -0.7 -0.8 -12.5 -1.3 0.99 -9.0 2.55 12
1959 35 BAL AL -5.5 -0.6 52 -1.0 0.3 -1.3 1.03 -0.6 -0.4 -10.2 -1.1 1.00 -7.4 2.68 3
1959 35 BOS AL 0.3 0.0 53 -0.8 0.7 -1.5 1.35 -0.1 -0.5 -2.3 -0.2 0.98 -1.5 2.51 9
1959 35 MLN NL -3.2 -0.3 203 1.7 4.6 -2.9 1.11 0.4 1.1 8.5 0.9 0.96 4.9 0.95 2
11 Yrs 30.4 3.2 5545 5.5 96.1 -90.6 1.01 6.3 -0.8 59.5 6.0 0.96 67.6 1.67 64

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
1949 25 CLE AL 0 0 75% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 50% 5 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
1950 26 CLE AL 5 0 43% 109 5 0 100% 2 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 4 2 61% 14 8 6 4 2 2 13 2 11
1951 27 CLE AL 7 0 31% 230 14 8 64% 13 7 1 1 0 0 7 0 14 12 56% 35 15 19 6 4 2 20 6 13
1952 28 CLE AL 4 0 40% 286 12 10 55% 10 8 1 1 1 1 2 0 9 6 68% 37 13 23 11 3 7 24 5 19
1953 29 CLE AL 15 0 36% 266 10 8 56% 7 6 3 0 0 0 2 0 6 7 53% 43 23 19 3 1 2 18 5 13
1954 30 CLE AL 11 0 42% 310 9 7 56% 8 7 1 0 0 0 5 0 10 29 57% 44 27 17 9 1 8 31 7 23
1955 31 CLE AL 12 0 32% 267 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 19 60% 39 17 21 9 4 5 24 7 17
1956 32 CLE AL 7 0 36% 245 17 4 81% 10 3 7 1 0 0 1 0 3 13 55% 32 19 12 5 3 2 19 2 17
1957 33 CLE AL 12 0 33% 203 2 4 33% 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 11 16 61% 38 14 20 8 3 5 13 2 11
1958 34 CLE AL 4 0 34% 179 5 7 42% 4 7 0 0 1 0 2 0 8 12 50% 18 10 6 8 5 3 22 5 15
1959 35 TOT MLB 7 0 35% 100 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 12 50% 19 8 11 6 4 2 7 1 3
1959 35 TOT AL 0 0 19% 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 36% 9 6 3 2 1 1 0 0 0
1959 35 BAL AL 0 0 8% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 50% 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
1959 35 BOS AL 0 0 29% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 29% 6 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
1959 35 MLN NL 7 0 42% 69 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11 57% 10 2 8 4 3 1 7 1 3
11 Yrs 84 0 36% 2208 78 52 60% 60 44 14 6 3 1 26 0 82 128 58% 324 157 156 69 30 38 192 42 143

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
1949 25 CLE AL 15 67% 3 9 2 0 1 0.87 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 1 0 0% 9 3 33% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1950 26 CLE AL 238 42% 60 5 2 0 3 2.03 1 0 10 0 1 1 0 0 8 8 100% 65 8 12% 27 12 44% 177 21 12% 13 9 69% 11 7 64% 0
1951 27 CLE AL 615 43% 165 4 1 0 0 1.12 10 0 8 6 4 5 5 0 16 13 81% 145 16 11% 81 25 31% 369 50 14% 29 17 59% 27 16 59% 0
1952 28 CLE AL 684 39% 179 2 0 0 0 3.05 7 0 9 4 3 4 3 0 27 19 70% 137 16 12% 77 31 40% 359 39 11% 28 8 29% 30 18 60% 0
1953 29 CLE AL 634 44% 160 2 0 0 1 1.54 8 0 16 4 4 4 4 0 16 14 88% 130 18 14% 63 23 37% 358 50 14% 27 13 48% 22 13 59% 0
1954 30 CLE AL 638 33% 189 1 0 0 0 0.67 15 1 15 11 4 10 5 0 21 19 90% 137 9 7% 66 25 38% 374 59 16% 29 17 59% 22 15 68% 0
1955 31 CLE AL 643 44% 146 1 1 0 1 1.71 13 0 21 8 5 5 8 0 19 18 95% 159 17 11% 75 24 32% 409 52 13% 21 11 52% 29 18 62% 0
1956 32 CLE AL 598 33% 115 5 1 0 0 1.60 10 1 13 9 1 6 4 0 11 8 73% 109 12 11% 59 17 29% 339 46 14% 35 19 54% 20 9 45% 0
1957 33 CLE AL 528 32% 124 8 1 0 0 1.74 5 0 16 4 1 5 0 0 19 16 84% 113 10 9% 66 24 36% 315 43 14% 24 8 33% 24 7 29% 0
1958 34 CLE AL 445 25% 95 13 4 0 1 1.41 5 0 7 0 4 4 1 0 12 12 100% 61 5 8% 33 14 42% 206 26 13% 15 10 67% 10 6 60% 0
1959 35 TOT MLB 306 29% 60 14 2 1 1 2.32 6 1 8 3 3 5 1 0 8 7 88% 54 9 17% 19 10 53% 175 20 11% 12 6 50% 12 6 50% 0
1959 35 TOT AL 102 51% 19 12 2 1 1 2.55 3 0 3 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 21 8 38% 6 2 33% 71 4 6% 4 1 25% 4 1 25% 0
1959 35 BAL AL 51 49% 8 3 0 0 0 2.68 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 5 45% 3 0 0% 36 0 0% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1959 35 BOS AL 51 53% 11 9 2 1 1 2.51 3 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 10 3 30% 3 2 67% 35 4 11% 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 0
1959 35 MLN NL 204 18% 41 2 0 0 0 0.95 3 1 5 1 2 2 1 0 8 7 88% 33 1 3% 13 8 62% 104 16 15% 8 5 63% 8 5 63% 0
11 Yrs 5344 37% 1296 64 14 1 8 1.67 80 3 124 49 30 49 31 0 157 134 85% 1113 121 11% 567 205 36% 3090 409 13% 233 118 51% 208 116 56% 0
MLB Averages 49% 84% 11% 32% 14% 50% 54%

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
1949 25 31 15 14 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 .214 .267 .214 .481 29 3 1 0 0
1950 26 111 253 215 42 63 10 2 1 24 5 0 30 20 .293 .382 .372 .754 97 80 9 1 8
1951 27 252 868 757 118 228 31 5 11 82 19 8 90 51 .301 .376 .399 .775 111 302 25 1 21
1952 28 402 1552 1354 220 407 57 16 18 127 31 18 157 87 .301 .374 .406 .780 117 550 41 2 40
1953 29 543 2186 1913 305 567 79 19 26 182 41 26 215 114 .296 .369 .398 .767 112 762 59 4 54
1954 30 686 2824 2468 417 756 106 21 41 249 50 33 274 145 .306 .376 .416 .792 119 1027 68 5 73 4
1955 31 827 3467 3005 500 902 128 25 54 310 51 37 356 192 .300 .375 .413 .788 116 1242 85 7 91 8 1
1956 32 965 4065 3518 574 1017 142 27 64 364 68 41 426 260 .289 .367 .399 .766 109 1405 97 12 99 9 1
1957 33 1094 4593 3981 634 1141 161 30 69 412 70 45 472 307 .287 .363 .394 .757 106 1569 107 13 115 11 3
1958 34 1207 5038 4356 688 1236 182 33 74 442 75 52 527 352 .284 .362 .392 .754 106 1706 112 14 127 13 3
1959 35 1300 5344 4620 725 1296 185 35 80 467 78 52 561 399 .281 .359 .388 .747 104 1791 121 14 134 14 3

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
1949 25 32 16 15 4 4 0 0 0 4 0 1 3 .267 .313 .267 .579 1 31
1950 26 84 244 206 37 59 10 2 1 20 5 29 18 .286 .377 .369 .746 28 80
1951 27 148 650 572 81 175 22 3 11 62 15 64 33 .306 .376 .413 .788 88 141
1952 28 157 736 639 121 202 29 12 8 53 14 76 38 .316 .390 .437 .826 109 150
1953 29 147 666 587 91 170 23 3 8 59 11 62 28 .290 .359 .380 .739 80 141
1954 30 149 673 585 121 202 29 2 16 73 10 63 32 .345 .407 .484 .891 116 143
1955 31 147 667 558 83 149 22 4 13 61 1 84 49 .267 .363 .391 .753 79 141
1956 32 144 615 531 72 115 14 2 10 52 17 70 71 .217 .313 .307 .620 50 138
1957 33 136 561 491 66 134 21 3 5 53 2 50 49 .273 .340 .358 .699 60 129
1958 34 118 472 396 60 103 23 3 5 33 5 60 47 .260 .357 .371 .729 53 113
1959 35 97 324 279 41 66 3 2 7 28 3 37 49 .237 .325 .337 .662 30 93
11 Yrs 1359 5624 4859 777 1379 196 36 84 498 83 596 417 .284 .363 .391 .754 694 1300
162 Game Avg. 162 670 579 93 164 23 4 10 59 10 71 50 .284 .363 .391 .754 83 1300

* 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
1952 (2B)
1954 (2B)
1955 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1951 AL (10, 15%)
1952 AL (29, 1%)
1954 AL (3, 60%)
0.76 Career Shares (318th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1951 AL  4.6 (10th)
1954 AL  6.7 (3rd)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1951 AL  4.6 (6th)
1952 AL  4.6 (6th)
1953 AL  4.4 (9th)
1954 AL  6.7 (3rd)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1951 AL  3.9 (9th)
1952 AL  5.0 (5th)
1954 AL  6.4 (3rd)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1951 AL  1.2 (5th)
1953 AL  2.0 (5th)
1954 AL  1.0 (10th)
1956 AL  1.3 (4th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1951 AL  .304 (8th)
1952 AL  .300 (8th)
1954 AL  .341 (1st)

On-Base% s c a p y
1954 AL  .402 (6th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1954 AL  .477 (9th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1954 AL  .880 (5th)

At Bats s c a p y
1952 AL  597 (2nd)
1954 AL  555 (10th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1952 AL  684 (3rd)
1955 AL  643 (8th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1952 AL  102 (2nd)
1954 AL  112 (3rd)

Hits s c a p y
1951 AL  165 (6th)
1952 AL  179 (2nd)
1953 AL  160 (9th)
1954 AL  189 (3rd)

Total Bases s c a p y
1952 AL  248 (8th)
1954 AL  265 (7th)

Doubles s c a p y
1952 AL  26 (10th)
1954 AL  27 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1952 AL  11 (1st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1955 AL  82 (10th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1951 AL  14 (4th)
1952 AL  12 (6th)
1953 AL  10 (7th)
1954 AL  9 (8th)
1956 AL  17 (3rd)

Singles s c a p y
1951 AL  131 (5th)
1952 AL  135 (3rd)
1953 AL  127 (6th)
1954 AL  145 (4th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1954 AL  139 (5th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1952 AL  90 (6th)
1954 AL  106 (4th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1954 AL  31 (5th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1954 AL  3.1 (5th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1952 AL  247 (6th)
1954 AL  249 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1954 AL  .714 (5th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1951 AL  13 (4th)
1952 AL  19 (2nd)
1953 AL  14 (3rd)
1954 AL  19 (1st)
1955 AL  18 (1st)
1956 AL  8 (7th)
1957 AL  16 (2nd)
1958 AL  12 (2nd)
Career  134 (226th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1951 AL  16 (6th)
1952 AL  16 (9th)
1953 AL  18 (7th)
1955 AL  17 (6th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1951 AL  8 (5th)
1952 AL  10 (3rd)
1953 AL  8 (4th)
1954 AL  7 (9th)
1958 AL  7 (7th)

SB % s c a p y
1951 AL  63.64 (7th)
1952 AL  54.55 (6th)
1953 AL  55.56 (6th)
1954 AL  56.25 (7th)
1956 AL  80.95 (2nd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1951 AL  11.7 (4th)
1952 AL  8.8 (6th)
1953 AL  8.9 (7th)
1954 AL  11.3 (4th)
1956 AL  12.6 (5th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1952 AL  16.6 (9th)
1953 AL  20.7 (6th)
1954 AL  17.9 (8th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1952 AL  463 (5th)
1955 AL  434 (8th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1954 AL  43.30 (7th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1954 AL  4.8 (5th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1954 AL  3.7 (6th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1954 AL  4.3 (8th)

                                         

† 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

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Black InkBatting - 5 (382), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 52 (488), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 32 (578), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 22 (656), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Gil McDougald (938)
  2. Bill Doran (932)
  3. Mariano Duncan (930)
  4. Orlando Hudson (928)
  5. Jerry Priddy (925)
  6. Julio Lugo (922)
  7. Brian Roberts (918)
  8. Jerry Lumpe (918)
  9. Randy Velarde (917)
  10. Woody English (917)
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  1. Tom Carey (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Mark Ellis (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Fernando Vina (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Fresco Thompson (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Eric Young (928)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Fernando Vina (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Fernando Vina (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Fernando Vina (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bill Doran (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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