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Joe Azcue

Jose Joaquin (Lopez) Azcue (The Immortal Azcue)

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 18, 1939 in Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos, Cuba
Signed by the Cincinnati Redlegs as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 3, 1960
Teams (by GP): Indians/Angels/Athletics/RedSox/Reds/... 1960-1972

Final Game: September 29, 1972
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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	16	CIN-min	D	59	146	146		35	8	1	0						.240	.240	.308	.548		45							DGS,MOU · GASL,GAFL
1957	17	CIN-min	D	123	440	440		117	20	2	3						.266	.266	.341	.607		150							PKA · FLOR
1958	18	CIN-min	B,A	95	317	317		94	17	2	3						.297	.297	.391	.688		124							WEN,SAV · NORW,SALL
1959	19	CIN-min	A	113	389	363	48	95	12	3	13	51	1		21	51	.262	.306	.419	.724		152		2	3	0	2		SAV · SALL
1960	20	CIN-min	AAA	97	317	289	29	78	11	1	5	27	2	0	24	47	.270	.327	.367	.694		106		1	2	1			HAV · IL
1960	20	CIN	NL	14	33	31	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	6	.097	.152	.097	.248	-31	3	0	0	0	0	0	2

1961	21	ATL-min	AAA	82	307	283	31	84	12	2	2	43	1	0	24	46	.297	.352	.375	.726		106							VAN · PCL
1962	22	KCA	AL	72	248	223	18	51	9	1	2	25	1	0	17	27	.229	.287	.305	.592	58	68	3	3	1	4	7	2
1963	23	OAK-min	AAA	10	40	39	5	6	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	4	.154	.175	.231	.406		9							POR · PCL
1963	23	TOT	AL	96	343	324	26	91	16	0	14	46	1	1	15	47	.281	.310	.460	.770	114	149	13	0	1	3	1	2
1963	23	KCA	AL	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1963	23	CLE	AL	94	339	320	26	91	16	0	14	46	1	1	15	46	.284	.314	.466	.779	117	149	13	0	1	3	1	2
1964	24	CLE	AL	83	294	271	20	74	9	1	4	34	0	2	16	38	.273	.314	.358	.672	87	97	4	2	1	4	2	2
1965	25	CLE	AL	111	371	335	16	77	7	0	2	35	2	1	27	54	.230	.290	.269	.559	60	90	15	3	2	4	8	2
1966	26	CLE	AL	98	330	302	22	83	10	1	9	37	0	2	20	22	.275	.319	.404	.723	107	122	6	2	1	5	5	2
1967	27	CLE	AL	86	324	295	33	74	12	5	11	34	0	3	22	35	.251	.307	.437	.744	116	129	8	3	1	3	0	2
1968	28	CLE	AL	115	389	357	23	100	10	0	4	42	1	1	28	33	.280	.331	.342	.672	106	122	9	0	2	2	5	2	AS
1969	29	TOT	AL	106	365	323	23	72	8	0	2	23	0	1	35	36	.223	.299	.266	.566	62	86	17	2	1	4	12	2
1969	29	CLE	AL	7	28	24	1	7	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	3	.292	.393	.417	.810	124	10	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1969	29	BOS	AL	19	55	51	7	11	2	0	0	3	0	0	4	5	.216	.273	.255	.528	45	13	3	0	0	0	1	2
1969	29	CAL	AL	80	282	248	15	54	6	0	1	19	0	1	27	28	.218	.295	.254	.549	60	63	14	2	1	4	11	2
1970	30	CAL	AL	114	381	351	19	85	13	1	2	25	0	0	24	40	.242	.292	.302	.594	67	106	12	2	1	3	4	*2

1972	32	ANA-min	AAA	45	161	144	20	46	7	0	5	22	1	0	15	19	.319	.379	.472	.851		68		0	0	2			SLC · PCL
1972	32	TOT	AL	14	16	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.125	.176	.125	.301	-8	2	0	0	0	0	1	2
1972	32	CAL	AL	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1972	32	MIL	AL	11	15	14	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.143	.200	.143	.343	5	2	0	0	0	0	1	/2
1973	33	CLE-min	AA	105	387	349	46	109	21	0	12	63	1	1	30	39	.312	.367	.476	.843		166		3	0	5			SAN · TL
11 Yrs				909	3094	2828	201	712	94	9	50	304	5	12	207	344	.252	.304	.344	.648	84	974	87	17	11	32	45
162 Game Avg.				162	551	504	36	127	17	2	9	54	1	2	37	61	.252	.304	.344	.648	84	174	16	3	2	6	8
				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
CLE (7 yrs)				594	2075	1904	141	506	64	7	45	229	4	10	132	231	.266	.313	.378	.691	99	719	55	10	8	21	21
CAL (3 yrs)				197	664	601	34	139	19	1	3	44	0	1	51	69	.231	.293	.281	.574	64	169	26	4	2	7	15
KCA (2 yrs)				74	252	227	18	51	9	1	2	25	1	0	17	28	.225	.283	.300	.582	55	68	3	3	1	4	7
BOS (1 yr)				19	55	51	7	11	2	0	0	3	0	0	4	5	.216	.273	.255	.528	45	13	3	0	0	0	1
CIN (1 yr)				14	33	31	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	6	.097	.152	.097	.248	-31	3	0	0	0	0	0
MIL (1 yr)				11	15	14	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.143	.200	.143	.343	5	2	0	0	0	0	1

AL (10 yrs)				895	3061	2797	200	709	94	9	50	301	5	11	205	338	.253	.305	.347	.652	86	971	87	17	11	32	45
NL (1 yr)				14	33	31	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	6	.097	.152	.097	.248	-31	3	0	0	0	0	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
1960	20	CIN	NL	14	33	-5	-0	0	0	0	-5	-0.6	1	-4	-0.4	.461	.497	-0.4	0.1	-4	$	2

1962	22	KCA	AL	72	248	-17	2	1	1	4	-10	-1.2	7	-3	-0.5	.485	.493	-0.5	0.4	-4	$	2
1963	23	KCA	AL	2	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.442	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/2
1963	23	CLE	AL	94	339	9	-0	-2	4	5	15	1.6	9	24	2.5	.518	.510	2.2	0.9	20	$	2
1964	24	CLE	AL	83	294	-5	-1	0	-1	4	-3	-0.5	8	5	0.3	.496	.498	0.6	0.2	6	$	2
1965	25	CLE	AL	111	371	-16	-1	-2	2	5	-12	-1.5	10	-2	-0.5	.487	.491	-0.6	0.8	-4	$	2
1966	26	CLE	AL	98	330	1	-1	-0	6	5	11	1.1	9	20	2.0	.513	.508	1.5	1.1	14	$	2
1967	27	CLE	AL	86	324	5	-1	-0	1	5	10	1.0	9	19	1.9	.514	.507	1.9	0.6	18	$	2
1968	28	CLE	AL	115	389	8	1	-0	4	5	17	2.0	11	28	3.1	.519	.513	2.8	1.0	24	$	2	AS
1969	29	CLE	AL	7	28	1	-0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.516	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$	/2
1969	29	BOS	AL	19	55	-4	0	-0	1	1	-2	-0.2	2	-0	-0.1	.489	.499	-0.2	0.2	-1	$26,500	2
1969	29	CAL	AL	80	282	-17	0	-2	2	4	-13	-1.5	8	-5	-0.8	.481	.491	-0.9	0.7	-7	$	2
1970	30	CAL	AL	114	381	-15	-2	-1	-4	6	-16	-1.9	12	-4	-0.7	.484	.489	-0.2	0.2	0	$26,500	*2

1972	32	CAL	AL	3	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.492	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/2
1972	32	MIL	AL	11	15	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.490	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0	$23,000	/2
11 Seasons				909	3094	-58	-4	-7	16	44	-10	-1.8	88	79	6.8	.499	.500	6.2	6.2	63	$76,000

CLE (7 yrs)				594	2075	2	-4	-5	16	29	39	3.8	58	97	9.5	.508	.504	8.6	4.7	81	$
CAL (3 yrs)				197	664	-32	-2	-3	-2	10	-29	-3.4	20	-9	-1.5	.483	.493	-1.1	0.8	-7	$26,500
KCA (2 yrs)				74	252	-18	2	1	1	4	-11	-1.3	7	-4	-0.6	.484	.496	-0.6	0.4	-5	$
BOS (1 yr)				19	55	-4	0	-0	1	1	-2	-0.2	2	-0	-0.1	.489	.499	-0.2	0.2	-1	$26,500
CIN (1 yr)				14	33	-5	-0	0	0	0	-5	-0.6	1	-4	-0.4	.461	.497	-0.4	0.1	-4	$
MIL (1 yr)				11	15	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.490	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0	$23,000

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
1960	20	CIN	NL	33	29	0	0.0	101	.120	.097	.266	.152	.332	.097	.407	.248	.739	-31	.000	-5.7	-0.6	.138	.032	.000

1962	22	KCA	AL	248	180	20	3.0	106	.247	.229	.268	.287	.341	.305	.417	.592	.758	58	.316	-13.5	-1.4	.509	.157	.076	1.3
1963	23	TOT	AL	343	251	42	4.5	94	.289	.281	.254	.310	.320	.460	.393	.770	.713	114	.534	5.0	0.5	.664	.225	.179	1.9
1963	23	KCA	AL	4	4	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.262	.000	.329	.000	.404	.000	.734	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1963	23	CLE	AL	339	247	42	4.6	94	.293	.284	.254	.314	.320	.466	.393	.779	.713	117	.540	6.1	0.6	.675	.228	.181	1.9
1964	24	CLE	AL	294	208	30	3.9	96	.300	.273	.256	.314	.324	.358	.397	.672	.721	87	.460	-4.8	-0.5	.557	.137	.085	.0
1965	25	CLE	AL	371	280	24	2.3	93	.265	.230	.252	.290	.322	.269	.386	.559	.708	60	.265	-17.5	-1.9	.442	.122	.039	2.0
1966	26	CLE	AL	330	233	38	4.4	90	.268	.275	.248	.319	.315	.404	.383	.723	.698	107	.554	2.6	0.3	.626	.189	.129	.0
1967	27	CLE	AL	324	236	37	4.2	86	.250	.251	.245	.307	.315	.437	.368	.744	.683	116	.557	4.9	0.5	.651	.251	.186	.0
1968	28	CLE	AL	389	271	40	4.0	79	.298	.280	.237	.331	.306	.342	.351	.672	.656	106	.556	2.3	0.3	.562	.140	.062	1.6
1969	29	TOT	AL	365	274	24	2.4	92	.242	.223	.250	.299	.326	.266	.378	.566	.704	62	.257	-15.1	-1.6	.454	.149	.043	.0
1969	29	CLE	AL	28	17	4	6.4	97	.300	.292	.258	.393	.335	.417	.389	.810	.724	124	.679	0.9	0.1	.824	.292	.125	.0
1969	29	BOS	AL	55	43	3	1.9	100	.239	.216	.261	.273	.339	.255	.394	.528	.733	45	.186	-3.9	-0.4	.395	.118	.039
1969	29	CAL	AL	282	214	17	2.1	90	.238	.218	.247	.295	.323	.254	.373	.549	.696	60	.224	-12.1	-1.3	.435	.141	.036	.0
1970	30	CAL	AL	381	282	30	2.9	94	.266	.242	.253	.292	.327	.302	.387	.594	.713	67	.322	-15.3	-1.6	.475	.128	.060	.0

1972	32	TOT	AL	16	14	0	0.0	80	.200	.125	.243	.176	.311	.125	.351	.301	.662	-8	.000	-2.1	-0.2	.214	.063	.000
1972	32	CAL	AL	1	2	0	0.0	78	.000	.000	.240	.000	.308	.000	.346	.000	.654	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1972	32	MIL	AL	15	12	0	0.0	81	.222	.143	.243	.200	.311	.143	.351	.343	.663	5	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.250	.071	.000
11 Yrs				3094	2258	285	3.4	92	.268	.252	.251	.304	.321	.344	.383	.648	.704	84	.420	-59.3	-6.1	.538	.163	.093	9.1
162 Game Avg.				551	402	51	3.4	92	.268	.252	.251	.304	.321	.344	.383	.648	.704	84	.420	-59.3	-6.1	.538	.163	.093	2
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
CLE (7 yrs)				2075	1492	215	3.9	89	.280	.266	.248	.313	.317	.378	.379	.691	.696	99	.495	-5.6	-0.6	.584	.178	.112	7.3
CAL (3 yrs)				664	498	47	2.5	92	.254	.231	.251	.293	.325	.281	.381	.574	.706	64	.279	-27.9	-2.9	.456	.133	.050	.0
KCA (2 yrs)				252	184	20	2.9	106	.244	.225	.268	.283	.340	.300	.417	.582	.757	55	.308	-14.6	-1.5	.497	.154	.075	1.3
BOS (1 yr)				55	43	3	1.9	100	.239	.216	.261	.273	.339	.255	.394	.528	.733	45	.186	-3.9	-0.4	.395	.118	.039
CIN (1 yr)				33	29	0	0.0	101	.120	.097	.266	.152	.332	.097	.407	.248	.739	-31	.000	-5.7	-0.6	.138	.032	.000
MIL (1 yr)				15	12	0	0.0	81	.222	.143	.243	.200	.311	.143	.351	.343	.663	5	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.250	.071	.000

AL (10 yrs)				3061	2229	285	3.4	91	.270	.253	.251	.305	.321	.347	.383	.652	.704	86	.426	-53.6	-5.5	.543	.165	.094	9.1
NL (1 yr)				33	29	0	0.0	101	.120	.097	.266	.152	.332	.097	.407	.248	.739	-31	.000	-5.7	-0.6	.138	.032	.000

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
1968	CLE	AL	28		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	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
1960	20	CIN	NL	33	0.0%	18.2%	6.1%	0.0%	0%	3.00	5.2		10.3		1.00	76%

1962	22	KCA	AL	248	0.8%	10.9%	6.9%	4.8%	24%	1.59	8.3	111.5	8.9		0.81	80%
1963	23	TOT	AL	343	4.1%	13.7%	4.4%	8.8%	33%	3.13	6.9	23.1	7.0		1.20	78%
1963	23	KCA	AL	4	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%			4.0				0.50	75%
1963	23	CLE	AL	339	4.1%	13.6%	4.4%	8.9%	33%	3.07	7.0	22.9	7.0		1.22	78%
1964	24	CLE	AL	294	1.4%	12.9%	5.4%	4.8%	19%	2.38	7.1	67.8	8.0		1.00	79%
1965	25	CLE	AL	371	0.5%	14.6%	7.3%	2.4%	12%	2.00	6.2	167.5	9.6		1.38	76%
1966	26	CLE	AL	330	2.7%	6.7%	6.1%	6.1%	24%	1.10	13.7	33.6	8.2		0.83	84%
1967	27	CLE	AL	324	3.4%	10.8%	6.8%	8.6%	38%	1.59	8.4	26.8	8.7		1.11	78%
1968	28	CLE	AL	389	1.0%	8.5%	7.2%	3.6%	14%	1.18	10.8	89.3	8.5		1.09	83%
1969	29	TOT	AL	365	0.6%	9.9%	9.6%	2.7%	14%	1.03	9.0	161.5	14.0		1.49	79%
1969	29	CLE	AL	28	3.6%	10.7%	14.3%	3.6%	14%	0.75	8.0	24.0	24.0		2.50	71%
1969	29	BOS	AL	55	0.0%	9.1%	7.3%	3.6%	18%	1.25	10.2		17.0		3.11	84%
1969	29	CAL	AL	282	0.4%	9.9%	9.6%	2.5%	13%	1.04	8.9	248.0	13.1		1.27	79%
1970	30	CAL	AL	381	0.5%	10.5%	6.3%	4.2%	19%	1.67	8.8	175.5	14.0		1.06	82%

1972	32	TOT	AL	16	0.0%	37.5%	6.3%	0.0%	0%	6.00	2.7				0.20	63%
1972	32	CAL	AL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0					100%
1972	32	MIL	AL	15	0.0%	33.3%	6.7%	0.0%	0%	5.00	2.8				0.20	60%
11 Yrs				3094	1.6%	11.1%	6.7%	5.0%	22%	1.66	8.2	56.6	9.3		1.10	80%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.0%	8.4%	6.2%	28%	1.79	6.0	41.9	9.0		1.10	73%
				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

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1960	20	CIN	NL	-5.7	-0.6	34	-0.2	0.4	-0.6	1.04	-0.5	0.3	-5.4	-0.6	1.01	-5.8	0.14	2

1962	22	KCA	AL	-13.5	-1.4	246	-0.2	3.7	-4.0	.94	-0.8	0.6	-10.0	-1.0	0.97	-10.8	0.90	2
1963	23	TOT	AL	4.6	0.5	356	2.4	8.6	-6.2	1.10	1.7	0.4	7.3	0.8	0.98	14.6	2.14	8
1963	23	KCA	AL	-1.1	-0.1	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.13	-0.1	-0.0	-1.1	-0.1	1.01	-1.0	0.88	2
1963	23	CLE	AL	5.7	0.6	352	2.5	8.6	-6.1	1.10	1.8	0.4	8.4	0.9	0.98	15.6	2.55	6
1964	24	CLE	AL	-4.4	-0.5	297	-0.3	4.7	-5.0	1.01	-0.6	0.4	-1.2	-0.1	0.96	-5.0	1.52	7
1965	25	CLE	AL	-17.5	-1.9	378	-0.3	6.3	-6.5	.98	-1.4	1.1	-10.8	-1.1	0.96	-15.6	2.43	10
1966	26	CLE	AL	2.6	0.3	335	0.6	5.7	-5.1	.97	-0.2	0.8	5.9	0.6	0.91	-1.5	1.62	3
1967	27	CLE	AL	4.9	0.5	333	0.7	7.1	-6.4	1.14	0.6	-0.1	-0.0	-0.0	0.98	4.8	1.57	2
1968	28	CLE	AL	2.3	0.3	398	1.2	7.4	-6.2	1.04	1.2	-0.0	16.6	1.9	0.99	12.3	1.95	18
1969	29	TOT	AL	-15.2	-1.6	370	-1.9	4.6	-6.5	.99	-1.7	-0.2	-17.8	-1.9	0.94	-16.8	2.88	4
1969	29	CLE	AL	0.9	0.1	28	-0.1	0.5	-0.6	1.45	0.1	-0.2	1.0	0.1	0.92	1.1	5.21	1
1969	29	BOS	AL	-3.9	-0.4	56	-0.3	0.6	-1.0	.89	-0.4	-0.0	-5.6	-0.6	0.95	-4.2		0
1969	29	CAL	AL	-12.1	-1.3	286	-1.5	3.5	-5.0	.96	-1.5	-0.0	-13.1	-1.4	0.95	-13.7	2.10	3
1970	30	CAL	AL	-15.3	-1.6	386	-1.8	5.4	-7.1	1.02	-1.5	-0.2	-15.9	-1.7	0.94	-17.8	3.76	4

1972	32	TOT	AL	-2.1	-0.2	16	-0.3	0.1	-0.3	1.10	-0.2	-0.1	-2.3	-0.3	0.98	-1.8	0.84	3
1972	32	CAL	AL	-0.5	-0.1	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	1.75	-0.0	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	1.23	-0.2	1.75	1
1972	32	MIL	AL	-1.6	-0.2	15	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	1.06	-0.1	-0.1	-2.0	-0.2	0.96	-1.6	0.38	2
11 Yrs				-59.4	-6.1	3149	-0.0	54.0	-54.0	1.03	-3.3	3.2	-33.6	-3.4	0.96	-43.4	2.00	63
				BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB

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
1960	20	CIN	NL	1	0	20%	10	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

1962	22	KCA	AL	1	0	23%	72	1	0	100%	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	7	27%	11	7	2	0	0	0	4	2	2
1963	23	TOT	AL	8	0	13%	122	1	1	50%	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	6	8	31%	9	8	1	1	1	0	6	2	4
1963	23	KCA	AL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963	23	CLE	AL	8	0	13%	122	1	1	50%	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	6	8	31%	9	8	1	1	1	0	6	2	4
1964	24	CLE	AL	3	0	18%	106	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	50%	16	10	6	5	2	3	7	1	5
1965	25	CLE	AL	8	0	13%	117	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	31%	12	9	2	1	0	1	3	1	2
1966	26	CLE	AL	4	0	14%	123	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	38%	11	8	2	3	2	1	7	2	5
1967	27	CLE	AL	3	0	25%	107	0	3	0%	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	8	28%	13	12	1	4	3	1	8	3	5
1968	28	CLE	AL	15	0	15%	166	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	13	32%	18	12	5	1	0	1	6	4	2
1969	29	TOT	AL	2	0	20%	123	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	8	65%	18	6	11	0	0	0	5	1	4
1969	29	CLE	AL	0	0	0%	12	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	29	BOS	AL	1	0	47%	20	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	75%	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1
1969	29	CAL	AL	1	0	17%	91	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	67%	14	4	9	0	0	0	4	1	3
1970	30	CAL	AL	5	0	16%	157	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	6	26%	21	12	6	4	3	1	13	10	3

1972	32	TOT	AL	1	0	0%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1972	32	CAL	AL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1972	32	MIL	AL	1	0	0%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11 Yrs				51	0	17%	1107	5	12	29%	3	10	0	0	2	1	4	0	35	65	37%	131	86	36	19	11	8	60	26	33
				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

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
1960	20	CIN	NL	33	24%	3			2	0	0	0	0.14	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	0	0%	3	0	0%	21	3	14%	4	3	75%	1	0	0%	0

1962	22	KCA	AL	248	32%	51			2	2	0	0	0.90	2	0	6	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	100%	51	3	6%	24	10	42%	170	22	13%	18	8	44%	9	4	44%	0
1963	23	TOT	AL	343	36%	91			8	2	0	2	2.14	14	0	7	10	4	8	6	0	1	1	100%	68	13	19%	34	7	21%	212	34	16%	14	8	57%	11	5	45%	0
1963	23	KCA	AL	4	25%	0			2	0	0	0	0.88	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1963	23	CLE	AL	339	36%	91			6	2	0	2	2.55	14	0	7	10	4	8	6	0	1	1	100%	67	13	19%	34	7	21%	209	34	16%	14	8	57%	11	5	45%	0
1964	24	CLE	AL	294	43%	74			7	1	0	0	1.52	4	0	7	2	2	2	2	0	1	1	100%	43	4	9%	20	8	40%	194	32	16%	16	13	81%	13	5	38%	0
1965	25	CLE	AL	371	36%	77			10	3	0	3	2.43	2	0	4	0	2	0	2	0	2	2	100%	69	15	22%	37	10	27%	240	35	15%	25	9	36%	17	6	35%	0
1966	26	CLE	AL	330	46%	83			3	1	0	0	1.62	9	0	7	3	6	2	7	0	1	1	100%	58	6	10%	29	11	38%	169	30	18%	19	14	74%	10	7	70%	0
1967	27	CLE	AL	324	47%	74			2	1	0	0	1.57	11	0	11	5	6	4	7	0	1	1	100%	58	8	14%	31	12	39%	193	26	13%	19	8	42%	10	4	40%	0
1968	28	CLE	AL	389	41%	100			18	4	0	1	1.95	4	0	7	1	3	2	2	0	2	2	100%	70	9	13%	32	11	34%	238	40	17%	19	8	42%	12	6	50%	0
1969	29	TOT	AL	365	33%	72			4	0	0	0	2.88	2	0	7	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	100%	67	17	25%	32	12	38%	214	24	11%	22	12	55%	7	6	86%	0
1969	29	CLE	AL	28	39%	7			1	0	0	0	5.21	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	1	0	0%	16	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1969	29	BOS	AL	55	29%	11			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10	3	30%	7	2	29%	32	3	9%	4	2	50%	1	1	100%	0
1969	29	CAL	AL	282	34%	54			3	0	0	0	2.10	1	0	6	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	100%	54	14	26%	24	10	42%	166	21	13%	18	10	56%	5	4	80%	0
1970	30	CAL	AL	381	32%	85			4	1	0	1	3.76	2	0	12	1	1	0	2	0	1	1	100%	77	12	16%	39	12	31%	220	28	13%	28	10	36%	12	9	75%	0

1972	32	TOT	AL	16	50%	2			3	1	0	0	0.84	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	3	0	0%	12	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1972	32	CAL	AL	1	0%	0			1	0	0	0	1.75	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1972	32	MIL	AL	15	53%	2			2	1	0	0	0.38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	3	0	0%	11	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
11 Yrs				3094	38%	712			63	16	0	7	2.00	50	0	69	24	26	21	29	0	11	11	100%	570	87	15%	284	93	33%	1883	274	15%	186	93	50%	103	52	50%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			76%			10%			30%			14%			47%			52%
				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

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
1960	20	14	33	31	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	6	.097	.152	.097	.248	-31	3	0	0	0	0	0
1961	21	14	33	31	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	6	.097	.152	.097	.248	-31	3	0	0	0	0	0
1962	22	86	281	254	19	54	9	1	2	28	1	1	19	33	.213	.271	.280	.551	47	71	3	3	1	4	7
1963	23	182	624	578	45	145	25	1	16	74	2	2	34	80	.251	.293	.381	.673	83	220	16	3	2	7	8
1964	24	265	918	849	65	219	34	2	20	108	2	4	50	118	.258	.299	.373	.673	85	317	20	5	3	11	10
1965	25	376	1289	1184	81	296	41	2	22	143	4	5	77	172	.250	.297	.344	.640	78	407	35	8	5	15	18
1966	26	474	1619	1486	103	379	51	3	31	180	4	7	97	194	.255	.301	.356	.657	83	529	41	10	6	20	23
1967	27	560	1943	1781	136	453	63	8	42	214	4	10	119	229	.254	.302	.369	.672	89	658	49	13	7	23	23
1968	28	675	2332	2138	159	553	73	8	46	256	5	11	147	262	.259	.307	.365	.672	91	780	58	13	9	25	28
1969	29	781	2697	2461	182	625	81	8	48	279	5	12	182	298	.254	.306	.352	.658	87	866	75	15	10	29	40
1970	30	895	3078	2812	201	710	94	9	50	304	5	12	206	338	.252	.304	.346	.650	85	972	87	17	11	32	44
1971	31	895	3078	2812	201	710	94	9	50	304	5	12	206	338	.252	.304	.346	.650	85	972	87	17	11	32	44
1972	32	909	3094	2828	201	712	94	9	50	304	5	12	207	344	.252	.304	.344	.648	84	974	87	17	11	32	45

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
1960	20	15	34	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.000	.059	.000	.059	0	14

1962	22	72	245	221	17	49	9	1	2	23	1	16	27	.222	.279	.299	.577	18	72
1963	23	96	350	330	29	97	17	0	15	51	1	16	47	.294	.324	.482	.806	52	96
1964	24	82	297	273	22	77	9	1	4	37	0	17	38	.282	.324	.366	.691	33	83
1965	25	111	378	340	18	82	7	0	2	39	2	29	54	.241	.303	.279	.583	29	111
1966	26	99	340	310	25	90	11	1	10	42	0	22	22	.290	.336	.429	.765	44	98
1967	27	86	334	303	39	82	13	6	12	40	0	24	35	.271	.327	.472	.799	46	86
1968	28	115	412	375	30	118	12	0	5	55	1	33	33	.315	.368	.387	.755	53	115
1969	29	106	372	328	26	77	9	0	2	26	0	37	36	.235	.313	.280	.593	29	106
1970	30	114	387	356	21	90	14	1	2	28	0	25	40	.253	.303	.315	.618	34	114

1972	32	15	21	19	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.211	.286	.211	.496	1	14
11 Yrs		911	3170	2887	227	766	101	10	54	341	5	223	344	.265	.318	.363	.682	339	909
162 Game Avg.		162	564	513	40	136	18	2	10	61	1	40	61	.265	.318	.363	.682	60	909

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 3 (1776), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 1 (2899), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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