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Ernie Banks
Ernest Banks (Mr. Cub)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 31, 1931 in Dallas, TX
High School: Booker T. Washington (Dallas, TX)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1953
Final Game: September 26, 1971
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1977 (321/383 ballots).
Relatives: Uncle of Bob Johnson
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Standard Batting

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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
1953 22 CHC NL 10 39 35 3 11 1 1 2 6 0 0 4 5 .314 .385 .571 .956 143 20 0 0 0 6
1954 23 CHC NL 154 649 593 70 163 19 7 19 79 6 10 40 50 .275 .326 .427 .753 94 253 11 7 5 4 *6 MVP-16,RoY-2
1955 24 CHC NL 154 646 596 98 176 29 9 44 117 9 3 45 72 .295 .345 .596 .941 144 355 16 2 0 3 6 *6 AS,MVP-3
1956 25 CHC NL 139 593 538 82 160 25 8 28 85 6 9 52 62 .297 .358 .530 .887 136 285 7 0 0 3 18 *6 AS,MVP-28
1957 26 CHC NL 156 674 594 113 169 34 6 43 102 8 4 70 85 .285 .360 .579 .939 149 344 12 3 2 5 11 65 AS,MVP-6
1958 27 CHC NL 154 682 617 119 193 23 11 47 129 4 4 52 87 .313 .366 .614 .980 156 379 14 4 1 8 12 *6 AS,MVP-1
1959 28 CHC NL 155 671 589 97 179 25 6 45 143 2 4 64 72 .304 .374 .596 .970 155 351 18 7 2 9 20 *6 AS,MVP-1
1960 29 CHC NL 156 678 597 94 162 32 7 41 117 1 3 71 69 .271 .350 .554 .904 145 331 14 4 0 6 28 *6 AS,MVP-4,GG
1961 30 CHC NL 138 573 511 75 142 22 4 29 80 1 2 54 75 .278 .346 .507 .852 122 259 11 2 0 6 21 *67/3 AS
1962 31 CHC NL 154 657 610 87 164 20 6 37 104 5 1 30 71 .269 .306 .503 .809 110 307 19 7 0 10 3 *3/5 AS,MVP-18
1963 32 CHC NL 130 484 432 41 98 20 1 18 64 0 3 39 73 .227 .292 .403 .695 94 174 7 4 1 8 16 *3
1964 33 CHC NL 157 637 591 67 156 29 6 23 95 1 2 36 84 .264 .307 .450 .757 107 266 16 3 1 6 11 *3
1965 34 CHC NL 163 680 612 79 162 25 3 28 106 3 5 55 64 .265 .328 .453 .781 116 277 16 6 0 7 19 *3 AS
1966 35 CHC NL 141 554 511 52 139 23 7 15 75 0 1 29 59 .272 .315 .432 .747 105 221 15 5 4 5 10 *3/5
1967 36 CHC NL 151 615 573 68 158 26 4 23 95 2 2 27 93 .276 .310 .455 .765 113 261 20 3 8 4 8 *3 AS,MVP-14
1968 37 CHC NL 150 595 552 71 136 27 0 32 83 2 0 27 67 .246 .287 .469 .756 118 259 12 5 9 2 4 *3 MVP-13
1969 38 CHC NL 155 629 565 60 143 19 2 23 106 0 0 42 101 .253 .309 .416 .725 92 235 15 7 8 7 7 *3 AS,MVP-12
1970 39 CHC NL 72 247 222 25 56 6 2 12 44 0 0 20 33 .252 .313 .459 .772 96 102 5 1 1 3 3 3
1971 40 CHC NL 39 92 83 4 16 2 0 3 6 0 0 6 14 .193 .247 .325 .572 53 27 1 0 3 0 1 3
19 Seasons 2528 10395 9421 1305 2583 407 90 512 1636 50 53 763 1236 .274 .330 .500 .830 122 4706 229 70 45 96 198
162 Game Avg. 162 666 604 84 166 26 6 33 105 3 3 49 79 .274 .330 .500 .830 122 302 15 4 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

Advanced Batting

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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 CHC NL 39 24 8 8.8 112 .321 .314 .277 .385 .348 .571 .431 .956 .779 143 .751 2.1 0.2 1.000 .371 .257 .0
1954 23 CHC NL 649 460 78 4.6 110 .273 .275 .275 .326 .347 .427 .426 .753 .772 94 .476 -7.5 -0.7 .656 .212 .152 9.1
1955 24 CHC NL 646 442 117 7.1 105 .273 .295 .265 .345 .336 .596 .420 .941 .757 144 .681 34.1 3.3 .929 .386 .300 14.9
1956 25 CHC NL 593 397 99 6.7 102 .293 .297 .263 .358 .330 .530 .415 .887 .745 136 .675 26.2 2.6 .848 .323 .232 9.9
1957 26 CHC NL 674 448 123 7.5 102 .268 .285 .267 .360 .331 .579 .414 .939 .745 149 .704 40.4 3.9 .955 .419 .295 13.5
1958 27 CHC NL 682 451 135 8.0 104 .297 .313 .267 .366 .335 .614 .417 .980 .752 156 .731 46.8 4.5 .984 .386 .301 7.4
1959 28 CHC NL 671 443 126 7.6 104 .279 .304 .269 .374 .335 .596 .416 .970 .751 155 .713 45.5 4.4 .972 .397 .292 3.8
1960 29 CHC NL 678 458 113 6.6 98 .245 .271 .262 .350 .328 .554 .402 .904 .730 145 .683 35.8 3.6 .894 .399 .283 2.0
1961 30 CHC NL 573 388 88 6.1 106 .274 .278 .271 .346 .338 .507 .422 .852 .760 122 .618 15.7 1.5 .822 .333 .229 1.9
1962 31 CHC NL 657 476 89 5.0 106 .248 .269 .275 .306 .342 .503 .417 .809 .759 110 .542 5.0 0.5 .747 .290 .234 8.8
1963 32 CHC NL 484 353 50 3.8 94 .229 .227 .261 .292 .323 .403 .390 .695 .713 94 .488 -3.5 -0.4 .622 .259 .176 .0
1964 33 CHC NL 637 460 77 4.5 97 .271 .264 .268 .307 .326 .450 .398 .757 .724 107 .543 4.2 0.4 .671 .245 .186 1.9
1965 34 CHC NL 680 478 87 4.9 95 .254 .265 .260 .328 .324 .453 .394 .781 .718 116 .578 12.8 1.3 .713 .275 .188 5.4
1966 35 CHC NL 554 397 66 4.5 97 .281 .272 .266 .315 .324 .432 .400 .747 .725 105 .526 2.4 0.2 .655 .215 .160 .0
1967 36 CHC NL 615 449 74 4.4 94 .293 .276 .264 .310 .327 .455 .387 .765 .714 113 .552 6.9 0.7 .666 .227 .180 3.7
1968 37 CHC NL 595 439 72 4.4 87 .229 .246 .260 .287 .319 .469 .366 .756 .685 118 .597 9.7 1.1 .685 .275 .223 3.8
1969 38 CHC NL 629 452 71 4.2 105 .268 .253 .274 .309 .346 .416 .406 .725 .752 92 .504 -8.2 -0.8 .650 .237 .163 .0
1970 39 CHC NL 247 175 32 4.9 112 .244 .252 .280 .313 .354 .459 .427 .772 .781 96 .526 -2.6 -0.3 .719 .297 .207 .0
1971 40 CHC NL 92 71 7 2.7 102 .197 .193 .274 .247 .342 .325 .401 .572 .743 53 .314 -5.8 -0.6 .485 .205 .133 .0
19 Seasons 10395 7261 1512 5.6 101 .267 .274 .267 .330 .333 .500 .406 .830 .739 122 .612 259.8 25.5 .778 .306 .225 91.1
162 Game Avg. 666 465 97 5.6 101 .267 .274 .267 .330 .333 .500 .406 .830 .739 122 .612 17 2 .778 .306 .225 6
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd

All-Star Batting

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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
1955 CHC NL 24 as SS 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 CHC NL 25 DNP
1957 CHC NL 26 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 1 0 0 0 0
1958 CHC NL 27 as SS 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 1 0 0 0
1959 CHC NL 28 as SS 4 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .667 .750 1.333 2.083 4 0 0 0 0 0
1959 CHC NL 28 as SS 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CHC NL 29 as SS 4 4 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.500 2.000 6 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CHC NL 29 as SS 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
1961 CHC NL 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 CHC NL 31 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 CHC NL 31 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.500 2.000 3 0 0 0 0 0
1965 CHC NL 34 as 1B 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
1967 CHC NL 36 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1969 CHC NL 38 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons (13 Appearances) 35 33 4 10 3 1 1 3 0 0 1 8 .303 .343 .545 .888 18 1 1 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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 CHC NL 39 5.1% 12.8% 10.3% 10.3% 36% 1.25 7.0 17.5 5.8 72%
1954 23 CHC NL 649 2.9% 7.7% 6.2% 6.9% 28% 1.25 11.9 31.2 7.5 0.60 81%
1955 24 CHC NL 646 6.8% 11.2% 7.0% 12.7% 47% 1.60 8.3 13.5 5.1 0.77 75%
1956 25 CHC NL 593 4.7% 10.5% 8.8% 10.3% 38% 1.19 8.7 19.2 6.3 0.60 76%
1957 26 CHC NL 674 6.4% 12.6% 10.4% 12.3% 49% 1.21 7.0 13.8 5.8 0.50 70%
1958 27 CHC NL 682 6.9% 12.8% 7.6% 11.9% 42% 1.67 7.1 13.1 4.8 0.61 72%
1959 28 CHC NL 671 6.7% 10.7% 9.5% 11.3% 43% 1.13 8.2 13.1 4.1 0.69 72%
1960 29 CHC NL 678 6.1% 10.2% 10.5% 11.8% 49% 0.97 8.7 14.6 5.1 0.68 73%
1961 30 CHC NL 573 5.1% 13.1% 9.4% 9.6% 39% 1.39 6.8 17.6 6.4 0.61 72%
1962 31 CHC NL 657 5.6% 10.8% 4.6% 9.6% 38% 2.37 8.6 16.5 5.9 0.92 78%
1963 32 CHC NL 484 3.7% 15.1% 8.1% 8.1% 40% 1.87 5.9 24.0 6.8 0.74 72%
1964 33 CHC NL 637 3.6% 13.2% 5.7% 9.1% 37% 2.33 7.0 25.7 6.2 0.72 77%
1965 34 CHC NL 680 4.1% 9.4% 8.1% 8.2% 35% 1.16 9.6 21.9 5.8 0.91 78%
1966 35 CHC NL 554 2.7% 10.7% 5.2% 8.1% 32% 2.03 8.7 34.1 6.8 0.97 80%
1967 36 CHC NL 615 3.7% 15.1% 4.4% 8.6% 34% 3.44 6.2 24.9 6.0 1.02 75%
1968 37 CHC NL 595 5.4% 11.3% 4.5% 9.9% 43% 2.48 8.2 17.3 6.7 0.76 76%
1969 38 CHC NL 629 3.7% 16.1% 6.7% 7.0% 31% 2.40 5.6 24.6 5.3 0.73 71%
1970 39 CHC NL 247 4.9% 13.4% 8.1% 8.1% 36% 1.65 6.7 18.5 5.0 0.53 73%
1971 40 CHC NL 92 3.3% 15.2% 6.5% 5.4% 31% 2.33 5.9 27.7 13.8 1.07 72%
19 Seasons 10395 4.9% 11.9% 7.3% 9.7% 39% 1.62 7.6 18.4 5.8 0.73 75%
MLB Averages
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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1954 23 CHC NL 7 0 27% 150 6 10 38% 3 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 8 11 38% 19 13 4 2 1 1 13 4 8
1955 24 CHC NL 11 0 30% 130 9 3 75% 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 36% 16 12 3 7 4 3 5 1 4
1956 25 CHC NL 5 0 29% 137 6 9 40% 3 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 7 44% 16 9 6 6 5 1 10 3 7
1957 26 CHC NL 6 0 35% 203 8 4 67% 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 45% 27 17 8 7 3 4 17 5 11
1958 27 CHC NL 14 0 36% 224 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 10 65% 27 12 14 13 6 7 17 1 16
1959 28 CHC NL 9 0 25% 230 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 11 56% 29 16 12 6 5 1 19 2 17
1960 29 CHC NL 10 0 27% 250 1 3 25% 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 5 12 42% 37 25 11 6 4 2 19 6 13
1961 30 CHC NL 11 0 27% 178 1 2 33% 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 7 40% 31 22 9 10 6 3 14 3 10
1962 31 CHC NL 17 0 31% 248 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 13 45% 37 27 10 3 2 1 18 3 15
1963 32 CHC NL 6 0 19% 129 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 14 48% 18 12 6 0 0 0 7 1 6
1964 33 CHC NL 6 0 26% 204 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 43% 30 22 8 1 1 0 23 8 15
1965 34 CHC NL 8 0 26% 231 3 5 38% 3 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 16 44% 38 24 13 5 4 1 19 5 13
1966 35 CHC NL 7 0 23% 188 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 21% 32 27 4 4 3 0 11 5 6
1967 36 CHC NL 13 0 27% 215 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 12 50% 29 15 13 6 3 1 15 4 11
1968 37 CHC NL 11 0 29% 177 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 14 46% 22 14 8 4 2 2 13 5 8
1969 38 CHC NL 7 0 22% 218 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 12 20% 22 20 2 8 8 0 10 4 6
1970 39 CHC NL 1 0 20% 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 27% 7 5 1 1 0 1 3 2 1
1971 40 CHC NL 1 0 5% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
19 Seasons 150 0 27% 3187 50 53 49% 37 38 4 2 0 2 11 1 90 168 43% 441 296 132 90 57 28 234 63 167
MLB Averages
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

Situational Hitting*

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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
1954 23 CHC NL 475 20% 163 0 0 0 0 19 0 17 12 2 8 6 0 7 5 71% 104 11 11% 46 12 26% 307 42 14% 28 13 46% 28 10 36% 174
1955 24 CHC NL 413 16% 176 0 0 0 0 44 4 8 24 7 19 12 0 0 0 77 16 21% 17 4 24% 242 48 20% 19 10 53% 24 9 38% 233
1956 25 CHC NL 384 19% 160 0 0 0 0 28 0 3 17 4 11 10 1 0 0 67 7 10% 27 7 26% 222 42 19% 19 9 47% 20 5 25% 209
1957 26 CHC NL 574 29% 169 0 0 0 0 43 0 8 28 13 24 17 0 1 2 200% 127 12 9% 49 12 24% 342 49 14% 23 9 39% 24 5 21% 99
1958 27 CHC NL 639 25% 193 0 0 0 0 47 0 9 38 8 30 16 0 1 1 100% 141 14 10% 57 19 33% 417 84 20% 34 18 53% 32 13 41% 43
1959 28 CHC NL 653 25% 179 1 0 0 0 1.25 45 2 11 34 10 24 20 0 2 2 100% 136 18 13% 53 16 30% 442 102 23% 47 23 49% 35 11 31% 18
1960 29 CHC NL 672 31% 162 0 0 0 0 41 1 16 33 8 18 23 0 0 0 162 14 9% 61 20 33% 468 80 17% 51 25 49% 33 13 39% 6
1961 30 CHC NL 573 32% 142 4 1 1 1 2.37 29 1 10 17 12 19 10 0 0 0 116 11 9% 47 13 28% 363 54 15% 27 13 48% 42 14 33% 0
1962 31 CHC NL 641 39% 164 4 2 1 1 2.82 37 0 10 19 15 16 18 0 0 0 123 19 15% 50 17 34% 406 70 17% 44 25 57% 35 11 31% 16
1963 32 CHC NL 484 24% 98 5 1 0 1 2.20 18 0 11 11 7 10 8 0 1 1 100% 70 7 10% 54 18 33% 299 48 16% 34 18 53% 30 9 30% 0
1964 33 CHC NL 636 33% 156 0 0 0 0 2.71 23 1 19 14 9 12 11 0 1 1 100% 135 16 12% 74 13 18% 443 73 16% 44 19 43% 36 10 28% 0
1965 34 CHC NL 673 28% 162 2 1 0 1 0.53 28 0 19 22 6 14 14 0 0 0 120 16 13% 55 16 29% 460 81 18% 51 25 49% 38 9 24% 7
1966 35 CHC NL 546 24% 139 8 1 0 0 1.23 15 0 9 11 4 6 9 0 4 4 100% 101 15 15% 49 16 33% 357 63 18% 27 14 52% 29 10 34% 8
1967 36 CHC NL 615 29% 158 5 1 0 0 2.40 23 0 19 17 6 14 9 0 10 8 80% 141 20 14% 73 18 25% 446 75 17% 43 21 49% 22 11 50% 0
1968 37 CHC NL 595 23% 136 4 1 1 1 1.94 32 1 13 24 8 21 11 0 11 9 82% 122 12 10% 58 15 26% 390 52 13% 39 15 38% 24 4 17% 0
1969 38 CHC NL 629 24% 143 5 2 0 1 1.30 23 1 24 15 8 15 8 0 9 8 89% 116 15 13% 61 20 33% 466 88 19% 31 15 48% 24 12 50% 0
1970 39 CHC NL 247 36% 56 9 2 1 1 1.83 12 0 9 5 7 7 5 0 2 1 50% 55 5 9% 27 7 26% 181 33 18% 21 9 43% 10 3 30% 0
1971 40 CHC NL 92 48% 16 18 2 1 1 1.35 3 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 3 3 100% 16 1 6% 9 4 44% 53 5 9% 5 2 40% 6 2 33% 0
19 Seasons 9541 27% 2583 65 14 5 8 1.71 512 11 216 343 135 270 208 1 52 45 87% 1929 229 12% 867 247 28% 6304 1089 17% 587 283 48% 492 161 33% 813
MLB Averages
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

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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 10 39 35 3 11 1 1 2 6 0 0 4 5 .314 .385 .571 .956 143 20 0 0 0
1954 23 164 688 628 73 174 20 8 21 85 6 10 44 55 .277 .329 .435 .764 97 273 11 7 5 4
1955 24 318 1334 1224 171 350 49 17 65 202 15 13 89 127 .286 .337 .513 .850 120 628 27 9 5 7 6
1956 25 457 1927 1762 253 510 74 25 93 287 21 22 141 189 .289 .343 .518 .862 125 913 34 9 5 10 24
1957 26 613 2601 2356 366 679 108 31 136 389 29 26 211 274 .288 .348 .534 .881 131 1257 46 12 7 15 35
1958 27 767 3283 2973 485 872 131 42 183 518 33 30 263 361 .293 .351 .550 .902 136 1636 60 16 8 23 47
1959 28 922 3954 3562 582 1051 156 48 228 661 35 34 327 433 .295 .355 .558 .913 139 1987 78 23 10 32 67
1960 29 1078 4632 4159 676 1213 188 55 269 778 36 37 398 502 .292 .354 .557 .912 140 2318 92 27 10 38 95
1961 30 1216 5205 4670 751 1355 210 59 298 858 37 39 452 577 .290 .353 .552 .905 138 2577 103 29 10 44 116
1962 31 1370 5862 5280 838 1519 230 65 335 962 42 40 482 648 .288 .348 .546 .894 135 2884 122 36 10 54 119
1963 32 1500 6346 5712 879 1617 250 66 353 1026 42 43 521 721 .283 .344 .535 .879 132 3058 129 40 11 62 135
1964 33 1657 6983 6303 946 1773 279 72 376 1121 43 45 557 805 .281 .340 .527 .868 130 3324 145 43 12 68 146
1965 34 1820 7663 6915 1025 1935 304 75 404 1227 46 50 612 869 .280 .339 .521 .860 128 3601 161 49 12 75 165
1966 35 1961 8217 7426 1077 2074 327 82 419 1302 46 51 641 928 .279 .338 .515 .852 127 3822 176 54 16 80 175
1967 36 2112 8832 7999 1145 2232 353 86 442 1397 48 53 668 1021 .279 .336 .510 .846 126 4083 196 57 24 84 183
1968 37 2262 9427 8551 1216 2368 380 86 474 1480 50 53 695 1088 .277 .333 .508 .840 125 4342 208 62 33 86 187
1969 38 2417 10056 9116 1276 2511 399 88 497 1586 50 53 737 1189 .275 .331 .502 .833 123 4577 223 69 41 93 194
1970 39 2489 10303 9338 1301 2567 405 90 509 1630 50 53 757 1222 .275 .331 .501 .832 123 4679 228 70 42 96 197
1971 40 2528 10395 9421 1305 2583 407 90 512 1636 50 53 763 1236 .274 .330 .500 .830 122 4706 229 70 45 96 198

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 10 40 36 3 11 1 1 2 6 0 4 5 .306 .375 .556 .931 7 10
1954 23 162 667 616 71 164 19 7 19 80 6 40 53 .266 .316 .412 .729 79 154
1955 24 162 671 620 101 178 29 9 44 121 9 46 76 .287 .337 .576 .913 121 154
1956 25 145 622 564 90 169 26 8 30 94 6 55 65 .300 .360 .534 .894 109 139
1957 26 163 705 623 121 179 36 6 46 109 8 74 89 .287 .363 .586 .949 132 156
1958 27 162 714 648 128 202 24 12 49 139 4 54 92 .312 .364 .613 .977 145 154
1959 28 162 696 614 103 185 26 6 47 152 2 66 75 .301 .371 .593 .964 134 155
1960 29 163 712 627 103 172 34 7 44 128 1 75 72 .274 .353 .561 .914 123 156
1961 30 144 593 530 76 144 22 4 29 81 1 55 78 .272 .339 .492 .831 89 138
1962 31 154 648 602 83 156 19 6 35 99 5 29 71 .259 .296 .485 .781 85 154
1963 32 130 490 437 45 103 21 1 19 70 0 41 73 .236 .302 .419 .721 55 130
1964 33 157 637 592 71 157 29 6 23 101 1 36 84 .265 .308 .451 .759 82 157
1965 34 162 681 612 85 165 25 3 29 114 3 56 64 .270 .333 .462 .796 93 163
1966 35 141 551 512 55 140 23 7 15 80 0 29 59 .273 .316 .434 .749 70 141
1967 36 151 608 574 74 159 26 4 23 104 2 27 93 .277 .311 .456 .767 81 151
1968 37 149 599 562 85 149 30 0 35 99 2 30 67 .265 .307 .505 .813 85 150
1969 38 155 617 562 58 140 19 2 23 102 0 41 101 .249 .305 .413 .718 69 155
1970 39 72 241 218 22 52 6 2 11 39 0 19 33 .239 .299 .436 .735 28 72
1971 40 39 89 83 4 16 2 0 3 6 0 6 14 .193 .247 .325 .572 7 39
19 Seasons 2583 10581 9632 1378 2641 417 91 526 1724 50 783 1264 .274 .330 .500 .830 1594 2528
162 Game Avg. 162 664 604 86 166 26 6 33 108 3 49 79 .274 .330 .500 .830 100 2528
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1977 BBWAA (83.6%)
Selected to HOF in 1977 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1955 (SS)
1956
1957 *
1958 (SS)
1959-1 (SS)
1959-2 (SS)
1960-1 (SS)
1960-2 (SS)
1961-2 *
1962-1 *
1962-2 *
1965 (1B)
1967 *
1969 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1958 NL MVP
1959 NL MVP
1967 ML Lou Gehrig Memorial Award

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1954 NL (16, 4%)
1955 NL (3, 57%)
1956 NL (28, 1%)
1957 NL (6, 18%)
1958 NL (1, 84%)
1959 NL (1, 69%)
1960 NL (4, 30%)
1962 NL (18, 2%)
1967 NL (14, 8%)
1968 NL (13, 5%)
1969 NL (12, 4%)
2 MVPs
2.83 Career Shares (37th)

Gold Gloves
1960 NL (SS)

Batting Average s c a p y
1958 NL  .313 (6th)
1959 NL  .304 (10th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1958 NL  .366 (9th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1955 NL  .596 (4th)
1956 NL  .530 (8th)
1957 NL  .579 (5th)
1958 NL  .614 (1st)
1959 NL  .596 (2nd)
1960 NL  .554 (5th)
1968 NL  .469 (9th)
Career  .500 (105th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1955 NL  .941 (8th)
1956 NL  .887 (10th)
1957 NL  .939 (5th)
1958 NL  .980 (2nd)
1959 NL  .970 (4th)
1960 NL  .904 (6th)
Career  .830 (236th)

Games Played s c a p y
1954 NL  154 (1st)
1955 NL  154 (1st)
1957 NL  156 (1st)
1958 NL  154 (1st)
1959 NL  155 (1st)
1960 NL  156 (1st)
1965 NL  163 (3rd)
Career  2528 (44th)

At Bats s c a p y
1954 NL  593 (10th)
1955 NL  596 (8th)
1957 NL  594 (7th)
1958 NL  617 (1st)
1959 NL  589 (10th)
1960 NL  597 (3rd)
Career  9421 (41st)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1957 NL  674 (9th)
1958 NL  682 (3rd)
1959 NL  671 (8th)
1960 NL  678 (2nd)
Career  10395 (53rd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1955 NL  98 (10th)
1957 NL  113 (2nd)
1958 NL  119 (2nd)
1959 NL  97 (8th)
1960 NL  94 (10th)
Career  1305 (115th)

Hits s c a p y
1955 NL  176 (10th)
1957 NL  169 (10th)
1958 NL  193 (4th)
1959 NL  179 (7th)
1960 NL  162 (10th)
Career  2583 (80th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1955 NL  355 (3rd)
1956 NL  285 (10th)
1957 NL  344 (3rd)
1958 NL  379 (1st)
1959 NL  351 (3rd)
1960 NL  331 (2nd)
1962 NL  307 (6th)
1968 NL  259 (10th)
Career  4706 (31st)

Doubles s c a p y
1955 NL  29 (9th)
1957 NL  34 (4th)
1960 NL  32 (5th)
Career  407 (150th)

Triples s c a p y
1955 NL  9 (5th)
1956 NL  8 (8th)
1958 NL  11 (2nd)
Career  90 (208th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1955 NL  44 (3rd)
1957 NL  43 (2nd)
1958 NL  47 (1st)
1959 NL  45 (2nd)
1960 NL  41 (1st)
1961 NL  29 (8th)
1962 NL  37 (4th)
1967 NL  23 (10th)
1968 NL  32 (3rd)
Career  512 (21st)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1955 NL  117 (4th)
1957 NL  102 (3rd)
1958 NL  129 (1st)
1959 NL  143 (1st)
1960 NL  117 (3rd)
1962 NL  104 (8th)
1964 NL  95 (10th)
1965 NL  106 (6th)
1967 NL  95 (9th)
1968 NL  83 (8th)
1969 NL  106 (5th)
Career  1636 (28th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1957 NL  70 (10th)
1960 NL  71 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1955 NL  72 (7th)
1957 NL  85 (9th)
1958 NL  87 (5th)
Career  1236 (124th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1955 NL  9 (10th)

Singles s c a p y
Career  1574 (156th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1955 NL  144 (7th)
1956 NL  136 (9th)
1957 NL  149 (5th)
1958 NL  156 (2nd)
1959 NL  155 (4th)
1960 NL  145 (5th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1955 NL  117 (7th)
1957 NL  123 (5th)
1958 NL  135 (2nd)
1959 NL  126 (4th)
1960 NL  113 (4th)
Career  1512 (77th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1955 NL  34 (10th)
1956 NL  26 (9th)
1957 NL  40 (5th)
1958 NL  47 (2nd)
1959 NL  45 (4th)
1960 NL  36 (5th)
Career  260 (161st)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1955 NL  3.3 (10th)
1956 NL  2.6 (9th)
1957 NL  3.9 (5th)
1958 NL  4.5 (2nd)
1959 NL  4.4 (4th)
1960 NL  3.6 (5th)
Career  25.5 (164th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1955 NL  82 (1st)
1957 NL  83 (1st)
1958 NL  81 (1st)
1959 NL  76 (3rd)
1960 NL  80 (1st)
1962 NL  63 (4th)
1968 NL  59 (4th)
Career  1009 (31st)

Times On Base s c a p y
1957 NL  242 (10th)
1958 NL  249 (5th)
1959 NL  250 (7th)
1960 NL  237 (5th)
Career  3416 (106th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1955 NL  .681 (9th)
1956 NL  .675 (9th)
1957 NL  .705 (6th)
1958 NL  .731 (4th)
1959 NL  .713 (6th)
1960 NL  .683 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1954 NL  7 (2nd)
1959 NL  7 (2nd)
1960 NL  4 (9th)
1962 NL  7 (8th)
Career  70 (192nd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1967 NL  8 (10th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1958 NL  8 (2nd)
1959 NL  9 (2nd)
1962 NL  10 (2nd)
1963 NL  8 (3rd)
1964 NL  6 (7th)
1965 NL  7 (6th)
1969 NL  7 (6th)
Career  96 (37th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1956 NL  18 (4th)
1957 NL  11 (6th)
1958 NL  12 (4th)
1959 NL  20 (1st)
1960 NL  28 (1st)
1961 NL  21 (2nd)
1963 NL  16 (3rd)
1964 NL  11 (9th)
1965 NL  19 (2nd)
Career  198 (13th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1955 NL  16 (5th)
1959 NL  18 (6th)
1962 NL  19 (2nd)
1964 NL  16 (7th)
1965 NL  16 (9th)
1967 NL  20 (2nd)
Career  229 (43rd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1954 NL  10 (2nd)
1956 NL  9 (2nd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1955 NL  14.9 (3rd)
1957 NL  13.5 (4th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1955 NL  13.5 (5th)
1957 NL  13.8 (2nd)
1958 NL  13.1 (1st)
1959 NL  13.1 (2nd)
1960 NL  14.6 (2nd)
1961 NL  17.6 (7th)
1962 NL  16.5 (5th)
1968 NL  17.3 (3rd)
Career  18.4 (76th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1954 NL  460 (8th)
1955 NL  442 (9th)
1957 NL  448 (6th)
1958 NL  451 (3rd)
1959 NL  443 (8th)
1960 NL  458 (3rd)
1962 NL  476 (8th)
1965 NL  478 (8th)
Career  7261 (34th)

Oldest s c a p y
1968 NL  born 1931-01-31 (6th)
1969 NL  born 1931-01-31 (5th)
1970 NL  born 1931-01-31 (3rd)
1971 NL  born 1931-01-31 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 26 (70), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 167 (64), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 170 (61), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 46 (104), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Eddie Mathews (865) *
  2. Mike Schmidt (840) *
  3. Andre Dawson (834)
  4. Billy Williams (833) *
  5. Gary Sheffield (821)
  6. Fred McGriff (819)
  7. Willie Stargell (811) *
  8. Willie McCovey (808) *
  9. Sammy Sosa (806)
  10. Reggie Jackson (798) *
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  1. Glenn Wright (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Yogi Berra (934) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Joe Gordon (920) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Joe Gordon (904) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Joe Gordon (878) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Nomar Garciaparra (868)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Nomar Garciaparra (862)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Nomar Garciaparra (835)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Aramis Ramirez (832)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Mike Schmidt (859) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Matt Williams (859)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Reggie Jackson (857) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Reggie Jackson (858) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Reggie Jackson (853) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Reggie Jackson (861) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Reggie Jackson (856) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Reggie Jackson (847) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Andre Dawson (836)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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