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Ed Bailey

Lonas Edgar Bailey

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: April 15, 1931 in Strawberry Plains, TN
High School: Strong HS (Strawberry Plains, TN)
School: University of Tennessee (Knoxville, TN)
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 26, 1953
Teams (by GP): Redlegs/Giants/Reds/Braves/Cubs/... 1953-1966

Final Game: April 26, 1966
Died: March 23, 2007 in Knoxville, TN
Buried: Tennessee Veterans Cemetery, Knoxville, TN
Relatives: Brother of Jim Bailey
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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
1950	19	CIN-min	C	124	470	470		147	23	11	7						.313	.313	.453	.766		213							OGD · PION
1951		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1952		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1953	22	CIN-min	AA	147	572	485	62	118	26	4	21	88	0	3	77	104	.243	.352	.443	.795		215		4	6				TUL · TL
1953	22	CIN	NL	2	9	8	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.375	.444	.500	.944	146	4	0	0	0			/2
1954	23	CIN	NL	73	223	183	21	36	2	3	9	20	1	0	35	34	.197	.324	.388	.712	84	71	2	0	3	1		2
1955	24	SDG	Opn	108	387	344	52	97	16	0	16	60	0		37	27	.282	.354	.468	.822		161	8	3	0	3			SDG · PCL
1955	24	CIN	NL	21	46	39	3	8	1	1	1	4	0	0	4	10	.205	.326	.359	.685	79	14	2	3	0	0	0	2
1956	25	CIN	NL	118	448	383	59	115	8	2	28	75	2	0	52	50	.300	.385	.551	.936	143	211	7	3	4	4	11	*2	AS,MVP-18
1957	26	CIN	NL	122	472	391	54	102	15	2	20	48	5	3	73	69	.261	.377	.463	.840	119	181	8	2	2	4	9	*2	AS
1958	27	CIN	NL	112	414	360	39	90	23	1	11	59	2	2	47	61	.250	.337	.411	.748	92	148	5	1	4	2	10	2
1959	28	CIN	NL	121	447	379	43	100	13	0	12	40	2	0	62	53	.264	.370	.393	.763	102	149	10	2	4	0	6	*2
1960	29	CIN	NL	133	511	441	52	115	19	3	13	67	1	0	59	70	.261	.346	.406	.752	104	179	9	2	1	7	9	*2	AS
1961	30	TOT	NL	119	439	383	43	94	13	1	13	53	1	5	45	46	.245	.326	.386	.713	92	148	8	4	1	6	7	*2/7	AS
1961	30	CIN	NL	12	46	43	4	13	4	0	0	2	0	0	3	5	.302	.348	.395	.743	96	17	0	0	0	0	1	2
1961	30	SFG	NL	107	393	340	39	81	9	1	13	51	1	5	42	41	.238	.324	.385	.709	91	131	8	4	1	6	6	*2/7
1962	31	SFG	NL	96	305	254	32	59	9	1	17	45	1	1	42	42	.232	.351	.476	.827	121	121	6	6	0	3	5	2
1963	32	SFG	NL	105	361	308	41	81	8	0	21	68	0	6	50	64	.263	.366	.494	.859	147	152	6	1	0	2	11	2	AS
1964	33	MLN	NL	95	309	271	30	71	10	1	5	34	2	0	34	39	.262	.343	.362	.705	98	98	7	1	0	3	2	2
1965	34	TOT	NL	90	224	178	14	41	6	0	5	26	0	1	40	35	.230	.363	.348	.712	100	62	11	0	1	5	7	2/3
1965	34	SFG	NL	24	37	28	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	6	7	.107	.250	.107	.357	4	3	3	0	1	2	1	2/3
1965	34	CHC	NL	66	187	150	13	38	6	0	5	23	0	1	34	28	.253	.385	.393	.778	119	59	8	0	0	3	6	2/3
1966	35	CAL	AL	5	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	-20	0	0	0	0	0	0
14 Yrs				1212	4212	3581	432	915	128	15	155	540	17	18	545	577	.256	.355	.429	.784	110	1538	81	25	20	37	77
162 Game Avg.				162	563	479	58	122	17	2	21	72	2	2	73	77	.256	.355	.429	.784	110	206	11	3	3
				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
CIN (9 yrs)				714	2616	2227	276	582	86	12	94	316	13	5	336	355	.261	.359	.437	.796	109	974	43	13	18	18	46
SFG (4 yrs)				332	1096	930	113	224	26	2	51	167	2	12	140	154	.241	.343	.438	.780	114	407	23	11	2	13	23
MLN (1 yr)				95	309	271	30	71	10	1	5	34	2	0	34	39	.262	.343	.362	.705	98	98	7	1	0	3	2
CAL (1 yr)				5	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	-20	0	0	0	0	0	0
CHC (1 yr)				66	187	150	13	38	6	0	5	23	0	1	34	28	.253	.385	.393	.778	119	59	8	0	0	3	6

NL (13 yrs)				1207	4208	3578	432	915	128	15	155	540	17	18	544	576	.256	.355	.430	.785	110	1538	81	25	20	37	77
AL (1 yr)				5	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	-20	0	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
1953	22	CIN	NL	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.529	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	/2
1954	23	CIN	NL	73	223	-4	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.2	7	6	0.6	.498	.499	0.6	0.2	6	$	2
1955	24	CIN	NL	21	46	-1	-0	-0	1	0	-0	-0.0	2	2	0.1	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$	2
1956	25	CIN	NL	118	448	21	-1	0	6	5	31	3.0	15	46	4.5	.528	.520	4.2	1.0	40	$	*2	AS,MVP-18
1957	26	CIN	NL	122	472	10	-3	1	5	6	18	1.8	16	34	3.3	.516	.512	2.9	1.0	29	$	*2	AS
1958	27	CIN	NL	112	414	-8	-1	0	7	5	4	0.3	14	18	1.7	.503	.502	1.1	1.2	11	$	2
1959	28	CIN	NL	121	447	4	-2	-1	12	6	20	2.1	15	35	3.6	.517	.513	2.4	2.0	23	$	*2
1960	29	CIN	NL	133	511	0	-0	0	6	7	13	1.3	17	30	3.0	.511	.509	2.4	1.4	24	$	*2	AS
1961	30	CIN	NL	12	46	2	-1	0	1	1	3	0.3	2	4	0.4	.523	.502	0.3	0.2	3	$	2	AS
1961	30	SFG	NL	107	393	-3	-1	-1	1	5	2	0.2	13	15	1.5	.502	.501	1.4	0.6	14	$	*2/7	AS
1962	31	SFG	NL	96	305	5	-1	-1	0	4	7	0.8	10	17	1.8	.507	.504	1.7	0.5	17	$	2
1963	32	SFG	NL	105	361	17	-3	-0	-2	5	16	1.9	12	29	3.2	.518	.512	3.3	0.4	31	$	2	AS
1964	33	MLN	NL	95	309	1	0	-0	-4	4	1	0.1	11	11	1.2	.501	.500	1.5	0.1	15	$	2
1965	34	SFG	NL	24	37	-3	-0	-0	0	0	-4	-0.4	1	-2	-0.3	.483	.498	-0.3	0.1	-2	$33,000	2/3
1965	34	CHC	NL	66	187	2	-2	-2	-3	2	-2	-0.2	6	4	0.4	.496	.498	0.8	-0.1	8	$	2/3
1966	35	CAL	AL	5	4	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.491	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$32,500
14 Seasons				1212	4212	43	-15	-2	30	52	108	11.0	142	250	25.1	.509	.504	22.4	8.6	220	$65,500

CIN (9 yrs)				714	2616	25	-8	2	38	32	88	8.8	88	176	17.3	.513	.506	14.0	7.1	138	$
SFG (4 yrs)				332	1096	16	-6	-2	-1	14	22	2.5	37	59	6.2	.507	.504	6.1	1.6	60	$33,000
MLN (1 yr)				95	309	1	0	-0	-4	4	1	0.1	11	11	1.2	.501	.500	1.5	0.1	15	$
CAL (1 yr)				5	4	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.491	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$32,500
CHC (1 yr)				66	187	2	-2	-2	-3	2	-2	-0.2	6	4	0.4	.496	.498	0.8	-0.1	8	$

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
1953	22	CIN	NL	9	5	2	10.6	110	.600	.375	.274	.444	.345	.500	.427	.944	.773	146	.808	0.6	0.1	1.000	.250	.125
1954	23	CIN	NL	223	153	23	4.0	111	.191	.197	.277	.324	.348	.388	.428	.712	.776	84	.421	-4.9	-0.5	.718	.388	.191	1.8
1955	24	CIN	NL	46	33	4	3.2	110	.250	.205	.271	.326	.343	.359	.430	.685	.773	79	.338	-1.3	-0.1	.636	.256	.154	.0
1956	25	CIN	NL	448	283	83	7.8	107	.282	.300	.270	.385	.338	.551	.426	.936	.764	143	.737	24.1	2.4	.975	.392	.251	3.7
1957	26	CIN	NL	472	306	72	6.4	108	.268	.261	.276	.377	.340	.463	.427	.840	.766	119	.643	13.1	1.3	.860	.394	.202	8.0
1958	27	CIN	NL	414	283	51	4.8	111	.272	.250	.277	.337	.346	.411	.432	.748	.778	92	.517	-3.4	-0.3	.708	.292	.161	3.4
1959	28	CIN	NL	447	293	58	5.3	108	.280	.264	.274	.370	.340	.393	.424	.763	.764	102	.562	2.5	0.2	.744	.298	.129	3.4
1960	29	CIN	NL	511	343	65	5.1	101	.279	.261	.266	.346	.332	.406	.407	.752	.739	104	.571	4.0	0.4	.719	.281	.145	1.9
1961	30	TOT	NL	439	309	48	4.2	103	.245	.245	.266	.326	.332	.386	.414	.713	.746	92	.447	-3.4	-0.3	.639	.248	.141	1.9
1961	30	CIN	NL	46	30	6	5.3	107	.342	.302	.271	.348	.338	.395	.423	.743	.761	96	.562	-0.1	-0.0	.667	.163	.093
1961	30	SFG	NL	393	279	42	4.0	102	.233	.238	.265	.324	.331	.385	.413	.709	.744	91	.433	-3.3	-0.3	.636	.259	.147	1.9
1962	31	SFG	NL	305	205	44	5.8	102	.212	.232	.269	.351	.336	.476	.408	.827	.744	121	.604	8.4	0.8	.837	.409	.244	1.9
1963	32	SFG	NL	361	241	54	6.0	89	.267	.263	.253	.366	.315	.494	.378	.859	.693	147	.688	19.6	2.1	.824	.373	.231	.0
1964	33	MLN	NL	309	210	35	4.5	94	.287	.262	.265	.343	.322	.362	.393	.705	.715	98	.541	0.7	0.1	.652	.232	.100	2.9
1965	34	TOT	NL	224	155	24	4.2	95	.252	.230	.261	.363	.325	.348	.394	.712	.718	100	.504	2.6	0.3	.678	.337	.118	.0
1965	34	SFG	NL	37	31	1	0.9	96	.130	.107	.262	.250	.326	.107	.395	.357	.721	4	.054	-3.4	-0.4	.321	.214	.000
1965	34	CHC	NL	187	124	23	5.0	95	.275	.253	.260	.385	.324	.393	.394	.778	.718	119	.586	5.9	0.6	.760	.360	.140	.0
1966	35	CAL	AL	4	3	0	0.0	87	.000	.000	.245	.250	.311	.000	.378	.250	.689	-20	.000	-0.4	-0.1	.333	.333	.000
14 Yrs				4212	2822	563	5.4	103	.263	.256	.269	.355	.334	.429	.414	.784	.748	110	.583	62.2	6.3	.762	.326	.174	30.6
162 Game Avg.				563	377	75	5.4	103	.263	.256	.269	.355	.334	.429	.414	.784	.748	110	.583	8	1	.762	.326	.174	4
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
CIN (9 yrs)				2616	1729	364	5.7	107	.272	.261	.272	.359	.340	.437	.423	.796	.763	109	.596	34.7	3.4	.786	.330	.176	22.8
SFG (4 yrs)				1096	756	141	5.0	98	.234	.241	.262	.343	.327	.438	.400	.780	.727	114	.562	21.3	2.2	.740	.337	.197	3.8
MLN (1 yr)				309	210	35	4.5	94	.287	.262	.265	.343	.322	.362	.393	.705	.715	98	.541	0.7	0.1	.652	.232	.100	2.9
CAL (1 yr)				4	3	0	0.0	87	.000	.000	.245	.250	.311	.000	.378	.250	.689	-20	.000	-0.4	-0.1	.333	.333	.000
CHC (1 yr)				187	124	23	5.0	95	.275	.253	.260	.385	.324	.393	.394	.778	.718	119	.587	5.9	0.6	.760	.360	.140	.0

NL (13 yrs)				4208	2819	563	5.4	103	.264	.256	.269	.355	.334	.430	.414	.785	.748	110	.583	62.6	6.4	.762	.326	.174	30.6
AL (1 yr)				4	3	0	0.0	87	.000	.000	.245	.250	.311	.000	.378	.250	.689	-20	.000	-0.4	-0.1	.333	.333	.000

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
1962	31	SFG	NL	WS	NYY	L	6	14	14	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	.071	.071	.286	.357	4	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							6	14	14	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	.071	.071	.286	.357	4	0	0	0	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
1956	CIN	NL	25	as C	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	CIN	NL	26	as C	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0

1960	CIN	NL	29		DNP
1960	CIN	NL	29		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1961	SFG	NL	30		DNP

1963	SFG	NL	32	as C	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs (4 GP)					10	8	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	2	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
1953	22	CIN	NL	9	0.0%	33.3%	11.1%	11.1%	33%	3.00	2.7		8.0		0.50	56%
1954	23	CIN	NL	223	4.0%	15.3%	15.7%	6.3%	39%	0.97	5.4	20.3	9.2		0.60	63%
1955	24	CIN	NL	46	2.2%	21.7%	8.7%	6.5%	38%	2.50	3.9	39.0	9.8		0.92	61%
1956	25	CIN	NL	448	6.3%	11.2%	11.6%	8.5%	33%	0.96	7.7	13.7	5.1		0.87	69%
1957	26	CIN	NL	472	4.2%	14.6%	15.5%	7.8%	36%	0.95	5.7	19.6	8.1		0.85	65%
1958	27	CIN	NL	414	2.7%	14.7%	11.4%	8.5%	39%	1.30	5.9	32.7	6.1		0.69	70%
1959	28	CIN	NL	447	2.7%	11.9%	13.9%	5.6%	25%	0.85	7.2	31.6	9.5		0.87	70%
1960	29	CIN	NL	511	2.5%	13.7%	11.6%	6.9%	30%	1.19	6.3	33.9	6.6		0.90	71%
1961	30	TOT	NL	439	3.0%	10.5%	10.3%	6.2%	29%	1.02	8.3	29.5	7.2		0.85	75%
1961	30	CIN	NL	46	0.0%	10.9%	6.5%	8.7%	31%	1.67	8.6		21.5		0.69	83%
1961	30	SFG	NL	393	3.3%	10.4%	10.7%	5.9%	28%	0.98	8.3	26.2	6.7		0.86	74%
1962	31	SFG	NL	305	5.6%	13.8%	13.8%	8.9%	46%	1.00	6.0	14.9	5.6		0.84	65%
1963	32	SFG	NL	361	5.8%	17.7%	13.9%	8.0%	36%	1.28	4.8	14.7	4.5		0.63	62%
1964	33	MLN	NL	309	1.6%	12.6%	11.0%	5.2%	23%	1.15	6.9	54.2	8.0		0.89	74%
1965	34	TOT	NL	224	2.2%	15.6%	17.9%	4.9%	27%	0.88	5.1	35.6	6.8		1.00	64%
1965	34	SFG	NL	37	0.0%	18.9%	16.2%	0.0%	0%	1.17	4.0		9.3		1.20	62%
1965	34	CHC	NL	187	2.7%	15.0%	18.2%	5.9%	29%	0.82	5.4	30.0	6.5		0.96	64%
1966	35	CAL	AL	4	0.0%	25.0%	25.0%	0.0%		1.00	3.0					50%
14 Yrs				4212	3.7%	13.7%	12.9%	7.1%	33%	1.06	6.2	23.1	6.6		0.82	69%
MLB Averages					2.3%	13.5%	8.6%	6.5%	29%	1.57	6.6	38.9	8.5		1.03	74%
				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
1953	22	CIN	NL	0.6	0.1	10	0.2	0.3	-0.1	1.00	0.0	0.2	0.9	0.1	1.04	0.2		0
1954	23	CIN	NL	-4.9	-0.5	224	-0.2	3.5	-3.7	.95	0.3	-0.4	-3.0	-0.3	0.94	1.1	1.22	13
1955	24	CIN	NL	-1.3	-0.1	46	-0.2	0.7	-0.9	1.10	-0.0	-0.1	-1.7	-0.2	0.87	-0.2	1.21	10
1956	25	CIN	NL	23.6	2.3	452	2.6	10.4	-7.8	1.08	2.8	-0.4	27.4	2.6	0.96	35.0	2.03	14
1957	26	CIN	NL	13.1	1.3	482	1.5	9.5	-8.0	1.07	1.6	-0.2	10.3	1.0	0.97	18.1	0.69	6
1958	27	CIN	NL	-3.4	-0.3	419	0.3	8.6	-8.3	1.15	0.0	0.3	11.2	1.1	0.98	1.2	2.01	11
1959	28	CIN	NL	2.0	0.2	452	0.9	7.8	-6.8	.97	0.8	0.1	17.6	1.7	0.89	9.7	2.52	8
1960	29	CIN	NL	4.0	0.4	518	0.0	8.9	-8.8	1.08	0.4	-0.4	13.0	1.3	0.97	7.5	1.45	8
1961	30	TOT	NL	-4.0	-0.4	455	1.1	8.6	-7.5	1.03	0.8	0.2	5.2	0.5	0.94	8.8	1.77	9
1961	30	CIN	NL	-0.1	-0.0	48	0.3	1.1	-0.9	1.21	0.0	0.2	1.8	0.2	0.92	0.6		0
1961	30	SFG	NL	-3.8	-0.4	407	0.8	7.5	-6.6	1.01	0.8	0.1	3.4	0.3	0.94	8.2	1.77	9
1962	31	SFG	NL	8.4	0.8	311	0.8	5.2	-4.5	.85	1.6	-0.8	12.1	1.2	0.94	14.0	1.46	18
1963	32	SFG	NL	19.6	2.1	370	2.0	8.7	-6.7	1.10	2.2	-0.4	26.8	2.8	1.00	24.4	2.12	16
1964	33	MLN	NL	0.7	0.1	315	0.3	5.2	-4.9	.97	0.2	0.1	7.4	0.8	0.97	2.8	2.00	14
1965	34	TOT	NL	2.5	0.2	227	-0.5	4.1	-4.6	1.19	-0.0	-0.4	2.5	0.3	1.01	0.9	1.84	23
1965	34	SFG	NL	-3.4	-0.4	37	-0.2	0.7	-0.9	1.44	-0.2	0.0	-2.9	-0.3	1.13	-2.4	2.17	9
1965	34	CHC	NL	5.9	0.6	190	-0.3	3.4	-3.7	1.14	0.2	-0.4	5.4	0.6	0.98	3.3	1.63	14
1966	35	CAL	AL	-0.4	-0.1	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	1.90	-0.0	-0.0	-1.0	-0.1	1.14	-0.6	1.90	3
14 Yrs				60.6	6.1	4285	8.7	81.4	-72.7	1.04	10.6	-2.2	128.7	12.8	0.96	123.0	1.74	153
				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
1953	22	CIN	NL	0	0	25%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1954	23	CIN	NL	3	0	19%	63	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	31%	6	6	0	1	1	0	9	4	5
1955	24	CIN	NL	0	0	14%	14	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25%	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
1956	25	CIN	NL	2	0	22%	166	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	5	26%	22	17	2	8	5	3	8	3	5
1957	26	CIN	NL	4	0	22%	192	5	3	63%	5	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	11	5	20%	28	25	2	8	6	2	9	3	5
1958	27	CIN	NL	2	0	22%	150	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	5	36%	16	13	3	5	4	1	10	2	7
1959	28	CIN	NL	8	0	20%	189	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	9	32%	26	23	2	6	3	3	15	4	10
1960	29	CIN	NL	5	0	24%	182	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	11	29%	27	22	4	7	5	2	11	4	7
1961	30	TOT	NL	11	0	23%	166	1	5	17%	1	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	8	9	35%	20	15	5	4	3	1	10	3	6
1961	30	CIN	NL	3	0	25%	27	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	20%	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
1961	30	SFG	NL	8	0	23%	139	1	5	17%	1	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	8	38%	17	12	5	4	3	1	8	2	5
1962	31	SFG	NL	1	0	17%	94	1	1	50%	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	6	29%	16	14	2	4	3	1	8	2	5
1963	32	SFG	NL	5	0	18%	130	0	6	0%	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	6	6	25%	25	20	5	3	2	0	8	3	4
1964	33	MLN	NL	5	0	25%	128	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	12	26%	20	17	3	4	4	0	7	2	5
1965	34	TOT	NL	2	0	12%	70	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	32%	16	11	5	1	0	1	2	2	0
1965	34	SFG	NL	2	0	11%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	50%	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0
1965	34	CHC	NL	0	0	12%	65	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	27%	13	10	3	1	0	1	1	1	0
1966	35	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	0
14 Yrs				48	0	21%	1547	17	18	49%	16	14	1	2	0	2	9	1	65	73	29%	225	185	34	52	37	14	98	33	59
				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
1953	22	CIN	NL	9	22%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		5	1	20%	0	0		0	0		0
1954	23	CIN	NL	223	91%	36			13	0	0	0	1.22	9	0	3	9	0	5	4	0	3	3	100%	46	2	4%	21	9	43%	137	11	8%	8	3	38%	8	3	38%	0
1955	24	CIN	NL	46	78%	8			10	3	0	1	1.21	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		10	2	20%	3	0	0%	19	3	16%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1956	25	CIN	NL	448	67%	115			14	8	2	4	2.03	28	2	14	26	2	16	12	0	4	4	100%	80	7	9%	33	13	39%	297	48	16%	19	11	58%	23	11	48%	0
1957	26	CIN	NL	472	68%	102			6	2	1	1	0.69	20	0	7	12	8	12	8	0	3	2	67%	100	8	8%	37	17	46%	311	28	9%	23	10	43%	21	14	67%	0
1958	27	CIN	NL	414	71%	90			11	1	1	1	2.01	11	0	12	8	3	7	4	0	5	4	80%	80	5	6%	35	10	29%	282	53	19%	29	14	48%	16	8	50%	0
1959	28	CIN	NL	447	83%	100			8	2	0	1	2.52	12	0	10	10	2	8	4	0	6	4	67%	81	10	12%	28	12	43%	232	32	14%	17	9	53%	12	9	75%	0
1960	29	CIN	NL	511	74%	115			8	1	0	2	1.45	13	1	9	10	3	9	4	0	2	1	50%	100	9	9%	51	20	39%	329	55	17%	34	20	59%	18	8	44%	0
1961	30	TOT	NL	439	75%	94			9	5	0	1	1.77	13	0	10	6	7	8	5	0	1	1	100%	80	8	10%	41	15	37%	262	44	17%	26	17	65%	16	11	69%	0
1961	30	CIN	NL	46	63%	13			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9	0	0%	3	1	33%	25	2	8%	2	2	100%	2	1	50%	0
1961	30	SFG	NL	393	76%	81			9	5	0	1	1.77	13	0	9	6	7	8	5	0	1	1	100%	71	8	11%	38	14	37%	237	42	18%	24	15	63%	14	10	71%	0
1962	31	SFG	NL	305	75%	59			18	6	3	5	1.46	17	1	9	14	3	11	6	0	0	0		68	6	9%	24	6	25%	195	28	14%	17	8	47%	7	6	86%	0
1963	32	SFG	NL	361	75%	81			16	3	1	2	2.12	21	1	10	14	7	11	10	0	0	0		70	6	9%	37	8	22%	239	49	21%	22	8	36%	21	12	57%	0
1964	33	MLN	NL	309	93%	71			14	3	0	1	2.00	5	1	9	4	1	3	2	0	0	0		58	7	12%	25	11	44%	187	30	16%	22	12	55%	14	11	79%	0
1965	34	TOT	NL	224	92%	41			23	3	0	3	1.84	5	1	11	5	0	4	1	0	1	1	100%	51	11	22%	19	6	32%	160	23	14%	18	11	61%	6	2	33%	0
1965	34	SFG	NL	37	86%	3			9	2	0	3	2.17	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	10	3	30%	5	2	40%	30	3	10%	3	3	100%	2	1	50%	0
1965	34	CHC	NL	187	94%	38			14	1	0	0	1.63	5	1	9	5	0	4	1	0	0	0		41	8	20%	14	4	29%	130	20	15%	15	8	53%	4	1	25%	0
1966	35	CAL	AL	4	100%	0			3	0	0	0	1.90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	4	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
14 Yrs				4212	77%	915			153	37	8	22	1.74	155	7	105	119	36	95	60	0	25	20	80%	827	81	10%	355	127	36%	2659	405	15%	237	124	52%	162	95	59%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			77%			11%			31%			14%			49%			53%
				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
1953	22	2	9	8	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.375	.444	.500	.944	146	4	0	0	0
1954	23	75	232	191	22	39	3	3	9	21	1	0	36	37	.204	.329	.393	.722	86	75	2	0	3	1
1955	24	96	278	230	25	47	4	4	10	25	1	0	40	47	.204	.328	.387	.715	85	89	4	3	3	1	0
1956	25	214	726	613	84	162	12	6	38	100	3	0	92	97	.264	.363	.489	.853	121	300	11	6	7	5	11
1957	26	336	1198	1004	138	264	27	8	58	148	8	3	165	166	.263	.368	.479	.848	120	481	19	8	9	9	20
1958	27	448	1612	1364	177	354	50	9	69	207	10	5	212	227	.260	.360	.461	.821	113	629	24	9	13	11	30
1959	28	569	2059	1743	220	454	63	9	81	247	12	5	274	280	.260	.362	.446	.809	111	778	34	11	17	11	36
1960	29	702	2570	2184	272	569	82	12	94	314	13	5	333	350	.261	.359	.438	.797	109	957	43	13	18	18	45
1961	30	821	3009	2567	315	663	95	13	107	367	14	10	378	396	.258	.354	.430	.785	107	1105	51	17	19	24	52
1962	31	917	3314	2821	347	722	104	14	124	412	15	11	420	438	.256	.354	.435	.789	108	1226	57	23	19	27	57
1963	32	1022	3675	3129	388	803	112	14	145	480	15	17	470	502	.257	.355	.440	.796	111	1378	63	24	19	29	68
1964	33	1117	3984	3400	418	874	122	15	150	514	17	17	504	541	.257	.354	.434	.788	110	1476	70	25	19	32	70
1965	34	1207	4208	3578	432	915	128	15	155	540	17	18	544	576	.256	.355	.430	.785	110	1538	81	25	20	37	77
1966	35	1212	4212	3581	432	915	128	15	155	540	17	18	545	577	.256	.355	.429	.784	110	1538	81	25	20	37	77

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
1953	22	2	9	8	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	.375	.444	.500	.944	2	2
1954	23	77	232	192	21	37	2	3	9	20	1	36	36	.193	.319	.375	.694	23	73
1955	24	22	49	42	3	9	1	1	1	4	0	4	11	.214	.327	.357	.684	4	21
1956	25	123	464	399	61	119	8	2	29	77	2	54	52	.298	.383	.546	.929	84	118
1957	26	128	487	405	54	103	15	2	20	48	5	74	72	.254	.369	.449	.818	68	122
1958	27	118	430	375	39	91	23	1	11	59	2	48	64	.243	.329	.397	.726	49	112
1959	28	126	463	394	44	102	13	0	12	40	2	63	55	.259	.364	.383	.747	55	121
1960	29	139	536	463	56	122	20	3	14	72	1	63	73	.263	.350	.410	.760	67	133
1961	30	124	459	401	46	99	14	1	14	56	1	47	48	.247	.328	.392	.719	51	119
1962	31	96	305	254	32	59	9	1	17	45	1	42	42	.232	.351	.476	.827	41	96
1963	32	105	374	316	48	89	9	0	23	79	0	55	64	.282	.388	.528	.916	65	105
1964	33	95	315	275	33	75	11	1	5	37	2	36	39	.273	.356	.375	.730	37	95
1965	34	89	229	180	15	44	6	0	5	28	0	43	35	.244	.382	.361	.743	26	90
1966	35	5	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	5
14 Yrs		1249	4356	3707	453	952	132	15	160	566	17	567	595	.257	.356	.430	.786	572	1212
162 Game Avg.		162	565	481	59	123	17	2	21	73	2	74	77	.257	.356	.430	.786	74	1212

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1956 (C) 1957 (C) 1960-1 1960-2 * 1961-2 1963 (C)	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1956 NL (18, 4%) 0.04 Career Shares (1177th)	Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1959 NL 2.0 (3rd) 1960 NL 1.4 (4th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1957 NL 73 (8th)
Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1960 NL 7 (6th)	Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y 1957 NL 9 (7th) 1958 NL 10 (6th) 1960 NL 9 (10th) 1963 NL 11 (6th) Career 77 (189th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1961 NL 5 (10th)	AB per HR s c a p y Career 23.1 (230th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 2 (2156), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 20 (794), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 32 (266), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Most Similar by Ages

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John Orsino (951) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rick Wilkins (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike Lieberthal (962) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
John Romano (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Andy Seminick (972) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Andy Seminick (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
John Romano (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Andy Seminick (964) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Andy Seminick (964) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Andy Seminick (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Andy Seminick (948) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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