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Earl Battey

Earl Jesse Battey

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: January 5, 1935 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Jordan HS (Watts, CA)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1955 (Age 20)
Teams (by GP): Twins/WhiteSox/Senators 1955-1967

Final Game: September 27, 1967 (Age 32)
Died: November 15, 2003 in Ocala, FL
Buried: Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
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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
1955 20 CHW AL 5 9 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .286 .444 .286 .730 99 2 1 1 0 0 0 /2
1956 21 CHW AL 4 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .400 .250 .650 75 1 2 0 0 0 0 /2
1957 22 CHW AL 48 129 115 12 20 2 3 3 6 0 2 11 38 .174 .246 .322 .568 54 37 3 0 3 0 1 2
1958 23 CHW AL 68 198 168 24 38 8 0 8 26 1 0 24 34 .226 .325 .417 .742 104 70 3 2 1 3 1 2
1959 24 CHW AL 26 72 64 9 14 1 2 2 7 0 0 8 13 .219 .306 .391 .696 91 25 0 0 0 0 0 2
1960 25 WSH AL 137 530 466 49 126 24 2 15 60 4 5 48 68 .270 .346 .427 .773 107 199 15 8 4 4 5 *2 MVP-8,GG
1961 26 MIN AL 133 522 460 70 139 24 1 17 55 3 3 53 66 .302 .377 .470 .847 121 216 18 3 5 1 3 *2 GG
1962 27 MIN AL 148 591 522 58 146 20 3 11 57 0 0 57 48 .280 .348 .393 .741 96 205 20 0 8 4 3 *2 AS,GG
1963 28 MIN AL 147 585 508 64 145 17 1 26 84 0 0 61 75 .285 .369 .476 .845 134 242 16 8 6 3 8 *2 AS,MVP-7
1964 29 MIN AL 131 471 405 33 110 17 1 12 52 1 1 51 49 .272 .348 .407 .756 109 165 23 1 6 8 6 *2
1965 30 MIN AL 131 457 394 36 117 22 2 6 60 0 0 50 23 .297 .375 .409 .783 119 161 7 2 5 5 7 *2 AS,MVP-10
1966 31 MIN AL 115 412 364 30 93 12 1 4 34 4 1 43 30 .255 .337 .327 .664 87 119 15 3 0 2 7 *2 AS
1967 32 MIN AL 48 123 109 6 18 3 1 0 8 0 0 13 24 .165 .254 .211 .465 34 23 4 0 1 0 1 2
13 Yrs 1141 4104 3586 393 969 150 17 104 449 13 12 421 470 .270 .349 .409 .757 106 1465 127 28 39 30 42
162 Game Avg. 162 583 509 56 138 21 2 15 64 2 2 60 67 .270 .349 .409 .757 106 208 18 4 6 4 6
MIN (8 yrs) 990 3691 3228 346 894 139 12 91 410 12 10 376 383 .277 .354 .412 .766 109 1330 118 25 35 27 40
CHW (5 yrs) 151 413 358 47 75 11 5 13 39 1 2 45 87 .209 .301 .377 .678 85 135 9 3 4 3 2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1955 20 CHW AL 5 9 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .533 .501 0.1 0.1 1 /2
1956 21 CHW AL 4 5 -0 -0 -0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.0 .485 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 /2
1957 22 CHW AL 48 129 -7 -1 -0 0 2 -6 -0.7 4 -2 -0.3 .485 .496 -0.3 0.2 -2 2
1958 23 CHW AL 68 198 -0 1 -0 4 2 7 0.7 6 13 1.3 .511 .505 0.9 0.7 9 2
1959 24 CHW AL 26 72 -1 -0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 2 2 0.2 .498 .500 0.2 0.1 2 2
1960 25 WSH AL 137 530 4 -1 -2 8 8 17 1.6 16 33 3.2 .513 .511 2.5 1.5 25 *2 MVP-8,GG
1961 26 MIN AL 133 522 12 -0 -2 -1 7 17 1.5 16 33 3.1 .513 .510 3.4 0.5 34 *2 GG
1962 27 MIN AL 148 591 1 -1 -1 2 8 8 0.6 18 26 2.5 .506 .505 2.5 0.9 25 *2 AS,GG
1963 28 MIN AL 147 585 23 -3 -2 -3 8 24 2.4 18 42 4.2 .518 .516 4.7 0.4 45 *2 AS,MVP-7
1964 29 MIN AL 131 471 2 -1 -4 -6 7 -2 -0.5 14 12 0.9 .498 .498 1.8 -0.1 18 *2
1965 30 MIN AL 131 457 8 -1 -1 4 6 16 1.8 14 30 3.2 .514 .511 2.8 1.1 26 *2 AS,MVP-10
1966 31 MIN AL 115 412 -7 -1 -2 4 6 -0 -0.2 13 13 1.2 .500 .500 0.9 1.0 9 $36,000 *2 AS
1967 32 MIN AL 48 123 -8 -0 -1 -1 2 -8 -1.1 4 -4 -0.7 .478 .494 -0.5 0.0 -4 2
13 Seasons 1141 4104 27 -10 -15 12 56 71 6.0 127 198 18.8 .507 .504 18.7 6.4 186 $36,000
MIN (8 yrs) 990 3691 36 -10 -14 7 51 71 6.1 114 185 17.5 .508 .506 18.0 5.4 178 $36,000
CHW (5 yrs) 151 413 -9 -0 -1 5 5 1 -0.0 13 13 1.3 .500 .500 0.8 1.0 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
1955 20 CHW AL 9 6 1 4.5 104 .333 .286 .269 .444 .349 .286 .400 .730 .749 99 .488 0.2 0.0 .667 .143 .000
1956 21 CHW AL 5 5 0 0.0 107 .333 .250 .268 .400 .351 .250 .410 .650 .761 75 .000 -0.1 -0.0 .400 .250 .000
1957 22 CHW AL 129 103 8 2.1 100 .230 .174 .264 .246 .337 .322 .399 .568 .736 54 .205 -8.3 -0.8 .460 .226 .148 .0
1958 23 CHW AL 198 137 24 4.7 97 .233 .226 .260 .325 .329 .417 .396 .742 .725 104 .540 1.5 0.2 .729 .339 .190 1.8
1959 24 CHW AL 72 50 8 4.3 98 .245 .219 .259 .306 .330 .391 .396 .696 .727 91 .490 -1.1 -0.1 .660 .297 .172 .0
1960 25 WSH AL 530 368 67 4.9 103 .287 .270 .266 .346 .340 .427 .407 .773 .746 107 .541 4.8 0.5 .706 .258 .157 6.3
1961 26 MIN AL 522 348 78 6.0 108 .323 .302 .270 .377 .346 .470 .420 .847 .765 121 .613 14.3 1.4 .795 .283 .167 5.1
1962 27 MIN AL 591 408 70 4.6 106 .289 .280 .268 .348 .341 .393 .417 .741 .758 96 .506 -2.3 -0.2 .662 .222 .113 .0
1963 28 MIN AL 585 388 89 6.2 96 .290 .285 .258 .369 .324 .476 .398 .845 .722 134 .671 23.9 2.4 .821 .311 .191 .0
1964 29 MIN AL 471 333 54 4.4 97 .278 .272 .257 .348 .325 .407 .399 .756 .724 109 .514 6.9 0.7 .680 .262 .136 1.8
1965 30 MIN AL 457 294 63 5.8 96 .300 .297 .256 .375 .327 .409 .393 .783 .720 119 .658 12.1 1.3 .750 .239 .112 .0
1966 31 MIN AL 412 289 39 3.6 95 .268 .255 .256 .337 .324 .327 .394 .664 .718 87 .467 -5.0 -0.5 .585 .198 .071 4.0
1967 32 MIN AL 123 96 6 1.7 91 .212 .165 .253 .254 .324 .211 .379 .465 .703 34 .189 -9.2 -1.0 .379 .165 .046
13 Yrs 4104 2825 507 4.8 100 .284 .270 .261 .349 .332 .409 .403 .757 .736 106 .553 37.5 3.7 .695 .256 .138 23.1
162 Game Avg. 583 401 72 4.8 100 .284 .270 .261 .349 .332 .409 .403 .757 .736 106 .553 5 1 .695 .256 .138 3
MIN (8 yrs) 3691 2524 466 5.0 100 .289 .277 .261 .354 .332 .412 .404 .766 .736 109 .566 45.4 4.5 .704 .252 .135 21.2
CHW (5 yrs) 413 301 41 3.7 98 .238 .209 .262 .301 .332 .377 .397 .678 .729 85 .421 -7.9 -0.8 .619 .291 .168 1.9

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
1965 30 MIN AL WS LAD L 7 25 25 1 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 .120 .120 .200 .320 5 2 0 0 0 0
1 WS 7 25 25 1 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 .120 .120 .200 .320 5 2 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
1962 MIN AL 27 as C 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0
1962 MIN AL 27 as C 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 MIN AL 28 as C 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1965 MIN AL 30 as C 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0
1966 MIN AL 31 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs (5 GP) 11 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .111 .273 .111 .384 1 2 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
1955 20 CHW AL 9 0.0% 11.1% 11.1% 0.0% 0% 1.00 7.0 4.00 67%
1956 21 CHW AL 5 0.0% 20.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0% 1.00 4.0 60%
1957 22 CHW AL 129 2.3% 29.5% 8.5% 6.2% 40% 3.45 3.0 38.3 19.2 0.72 57%
1958 23 CHW AL 198 4.0% 17.2% 12.1% 8.1% 42% 1.42 4.9 21.0 6.5 0.44 65%
1959 24 CHW AL 72 2.8% 18.1% 11.1% 6.9% 36% 1.63 4.9 32.0 9.1 0.50 68%
1960 25 WSH AL 530 2.8% 12.8% 9.1% 7.7% 33% 1.42 6.9 31.1 7.8 0.82 73%
1961 26 MIN AL 522 3.3% 12.6% 10.2% 8.1% 30% 1.25 7.0 27.1 8.4 0.99 72%
1962 27 MIN AL 591 1.9% 8.1% 9.6% 5.8% 23% 0.84 10.9 47.5 9.2 1.14 79%
1963 28 MIN AL 585 4.4% 12.8% 10.4% 7.5% 30% 1.23 6.8 19.5 6.0 0.91 70%
1964 29 MIN AL 471 2.6% 10.4% 10.8% 6.4% 27% 0.96 8.3 33.8 7.8 0.98 75%
1965 30 MIN AL 457 1.3% 5.0% 10.9% 6.6% 26% 0.46 17.1 65.7 6.6 0.71 81%
1966 31 MIN AL 412 1.0% 7.3% 10.4% 4.1% 18% 0.70 12.1 91.0 10.7 1.02 81%
1967 32 MIN AL 123 0.0% 19.5% 10.6% 3.3% 22% 1.85 4.5 13.6 0.89 69%
13 Yrs 4104 2.5% 11.5% 10.3% 6.6% 28% 1.12 7.6 34.5 8.0 0.89 74%
MLB Averages 2.3% 14.1% 8.5% 6.4% 29% 1.67 6.3 39.1 8.6 1.05 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1955 20 CHW AL 0.2 0.0 10 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 1.08 0.0 -0.1 -0.6 -0.1 1.33 0.4 1.97 1
1956 21 CHW AL -0.1 -0.0 5 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .58 0.0 -0.1 -1.2 -0.1 0.99 -0.5 0
1957 22 CHW AL -8.3 -0.8 132 -1.3 1.5 -2.8 1.03 -0.8 -0.5 -15.3 -1.6 1.04 -10.4 0.92 5
1958 23 CHW AL 1.5 0.2 199 0.2 3.6 -3.5 1.03 0.3 -0.2 1.3 0.1 0.96 2.3 1.49 17
1959 24 CHW AL -1.1 -0.1 72 -0.9 0.7 -1.6 .99 -0.1 -0.8 -6.8 -0.7 1.06 -2.6 2.54 5
1960 25 WSH AL 4.8 0.5 541 1.1 10.8 -9.7 1.08 1.3 -0.3 11.5 1.1 0.95 13.5 2.10 4
1961 26 MIN AL 14.3 1.4 532 0.3 10.1 -9.8 1.05 1.6 -1.3 -1.2 -0.1 0.97 13.6 1.82 2
1962 27 MIN AL -2.3 -0.2 594 -1.1 9.4 -10.5 1.01 0.3 -1.4 -4.2 -0.4 0.95 5.8 3.58 1
1963 28 MIN AL 23.9 2.4 589 2.9 11.9 -8.9 .94 3.2 -0.1 30.7 3.1 0.96 34.0 1.79 2
1964 29 MIN AL 6.9 0.7 476 -0.3 8.5 -8.8 1.06 0.0 -0.3 2.2 0.2 0.95 2.7 2.53 9
1965 30 MIN AL 12.1 1.3 460 1.9 9.2 -7.3 1.04 1.3 0.5 24.9 2.5 0.99 15.1 1.75 5
1966 31 MIN AL -5.0 -0.5 421 -0.7 6.9 -7.6 1.05 -0.8 0.1 -3.1 -0.3 0.97 -6.7 2.04 2
1967 32 MIN AL -9.2 -1.0 123 -0.2 1.9 -2.1 .99 -0.7 0.5 -4.1 -0.4 0.90 -7.7 1.64 9
13 Yrs 37.5 3.7 4154 1.7 74.7 -73.0 1.03 5.6 -4.0 33.9 3.4 0.97 59.7 1.84 62

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1955 20 CHW AL 0 0 25% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 21 CHW AL 0 0 50% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 22 CHW AL 2 0 32% 20 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 33% 3 3 0 2 1 1 4 2 2
1958 23 CHW AL 1 0 29% 64 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 1 56% 11 6 4 1 0 1 6 1 5
1959 24 CHW AL 0 0 35% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 25% 4 1 2 3 3 0 1 1 0
1960 25 WSH AL 6 0 20% 215 4 5 44% 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 3 0 6 48% 23 16 7 4 2 2 15 4 11
1961 26 MIN AL 5 0 30% 203 3 3 50% 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 1 13 42% 30 18 12 8 7 1 15 5 9
1962 27 MIN AL 11 0 25% 267 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 1 15 39% 33 19 14 6 5 1 13 7 5
1963 28 MIN AL 8 0 20% 218 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 1 5 29% 34 28 6 4 4 0 18 6 10
1964 29 MIN AL 2 0 14% 164 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 24% 19 17 2 3 3 0 11 5 6
1965 30 MIN AL 4 0 18% 211 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 9 36% 31 26 5 4 2 2 15 2 11
1966 31 MIN AL 5 0 19% 157 4 1 80% 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 1 0 1 9 24% 25 20 4 6 3 3 7 3 2
1967 32 MIN AL 2 0 19% 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13% 5 5 0 0 0 0 3 2 1
13 Yrs 46 0 22% 1581 13 12 52% 10 11 3 1 0 0 2 0 34 0 6 9 5 69 35% 219 160 56 41 30 11 108 38 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 % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1955 20 CHW AL 9 33% 2 1 0 0 0 1.97 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 2 0 0% 10 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1956 21 CHW AL 5 40% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1957 22 CHW AL 129 39% 20 5 3 0 0 0.92 3 0 2 1 2 0 3 0 4 3 75% 28 3 11% 19 4 21% 93 3 3% 13 1 8% 10 3 30% 0
1958 23 CHW AL 198 35% 38 17 1 0 2 1.49 8 0 2 7 1 4 4 0 1 1 100% 32 3 9% 16 5 31% 132 18 14% 12 6 50% 9 2 22% 0
1959 24 CHW AL 72 40% 14 5 0 0 1 2.54 2 0 5 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 16 0 0% 6 0 0% 63 5 8% 5 3 60% 3 0 0% 0
1960 25 WSH AL 530 15% 126 4 1 0 1 2.10 15 1 17 10 5 8 7 0 4 4 100% 100 15 15% 36 11 31% 343 49 14% 24 11 46% 14 6 43% 0
1961 26 MIN AL 522 17% 139 2 0 0 0 1.82 17 0 17 16 1 8 9 0 5 5 100% 114 18 16% 50 15 30% 355 39 11% 26 10 38% 14 13 93% 0
1962 27 MIN AL 591 10% 146 1 0 0 0 3.58 11 0 19 10 1 6 5 0 11 8 73% 116 20 17% 52 20 38% 387 47 12% 28 10 36% 18 8 44% 0
1963 28 MIN AL 585 18% 145 2 0 0 0 1.79 26 0 18 23 3 16 10 0 6 6 100% 120 16 13% 45 20 44% 380 60 16% 24 12 50% 20 14 70% 0
1964 29 MIN AL 471 24% 110 9 2 1 2 2.53 12 1 12 11 1 4 8 0 7 6 86% 93 23 25% 44 19 43% 281 40 14% 25 13 52% 7 5 71% 0
1965 30 MIN AL 457 29% 117 5 0 0 0 1.75 6 0 15 5 1 2 4 0 5 5 100% 76 7 9% 35 14 40% 307 56 18% 29 13 45% 16 11 69% 0
1966 31 MIN AL 412 32% 93 2 1 0 0 2.04 4 0 12 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 80 15 19% 29 7 24% 253 30 12% 13 5 38% 9 4 44% 0
1967 32 MIN AL 123 37% 18 9 3 0 2 1.64 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 17 4 24% 9 3 33% 63 8 13% 3 1 33% 10 7 70% 0
13 Yrs 4104 22% 969 62 11 1 8 1.84 104 2 121 86 18 52 52 0 44 39 89% 798 127 16% 344 119 35% 2670 355 13% 202 85 42% 131 74 56% 0
MLB Averages 51% 77% 10% 31% 14% 48% 53%

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
1955 20 5 9 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .286 .444 .286 .730 99 2 1 1 0 0 0
1956 21 9 14 11 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .273 .429 .273 .701 90 3 3 1 0 0 0
1957 22 57 143 126 14 23 2 3 3 6 0 2 13 40 .183 .264 .317 .582 58 40 6 1 3 0 1
1958 23 125 341 294 38 61 10 3 11 32 1 2 37 74 .207 .300 .374 .674 84 110 9 3 4 3 2
1959 24 151 413 358 47 75 11 5 13 39 1 2 45 87 .209 .301 .377 .678 85 135 9 3 4 3 2
1960 25 288 943 824 96 201 35 7 28 99 5 7 93 155 .244 .326 .405 .732 98 334 24 11 8 7 7
1961 26 421 1465 1284 166 340 59 8 45 154 8 10 146 221 .265 .344 .428 .773 106 550 42 14 13 8 10
1962 27 569 2056 1806 224 486 79 11 56 211 8 10 203 269 .269 .345 .418 .764 103 755 62 14 21 12 13
1963 28 716 2641 2314 288 631 96 12 82 295 8 10 264 344 .273 .351 .431 .782 110 997 78 22 27 15 21
1964 29 847 3112 2719 321 741 113 13 94 347 9 11 315 393 .273 .350 .427 .778 110 1162 101 23 33 23 27
1965 30 978 3569 3113 357 858 135 15 100 407 9 11 365 416 .276 .353 .425 .778 111 1323 108 25 38 28 34
1966 31 1093 3981 3477 387 951 147 16 104 441 13 12 408 446 .274 .352 .415 .766 108 1442 123 28 38 30 41
1967 32 1141 4104 3586 393 969 150 17 104 449 13 12 421 470 .270 .349 .409 .757 106 1465 127 28 39 30 42

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
1955 20 5 12 8 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .375 .583 .375 .958 1 5
1956 21 4 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 4
1957 22 50 136 121 12 21 2 3 3 6 0 12 40 .174 .248 .314 .562 9 48
1958 23 71 209 177 27 41 9 0 9 29 1 26 36 .232 .332 .435 .767 25 68
1959 24 27 76 67 10 15 1 2 2 8 0 9 14 .224 .316 .388 .704 8 26
1960 25 144 556 490 51 132 25 2 16 63 4 50 72 .269 .344 .427 .771 70 137
1961 26 133 514 454 65 133 23 1 16 51 3 51 66 .293 .367 .454 .821 75 133
1962 27 148 585 518 56 142 19 3 11 55 0 55 48 .274 .341 .386 .728 69 148
1963 28 147 593 513 68 150 18 1 27 89 0 63 75 .292 .376 .489 .866 93 147
1964 29 130 476 408 35 115 18 1 13 56 1 53 49 .282 .360 .426 .786 63 131
1965 30 131 463 399 39 122 23 2 6 64 0 52 23 .306 .384 .419 .803 65 131
1966 31 116 420 370 32 97 13 1 4 36 4 45 30 .262 .345 .335 .680 42 115
1967 32 48 123 109 6 18 3 1 0 8 0 13 24 .165 .254 .211 .465 6 48
13 Yrs 1154 4168 3638 402 989 154 17 107 465 13 432 479 .272 .351 .412 .763 526 1141
162 Game Avg. 162 585 511 56 139 22 2 15 65 2 61 67 .272 .351 .412 .763 74 1141

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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
1962-1 (C)
1962-2 (C)
1963 (C)
1965 (C)
1966 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1960 AL (8, 17%)
1963 AL (7, 20%)
1965 AL (10, 8%)
0.45 Career Shares (476th)

Gold Gloves
1960 AL (C)
1961 AL (C)
1962 AL (C)
All multiple winners

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1963 AL  4.7 (8th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1960 AL  1.5 (10th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1961 AL  .302 (6th)
1963 AL  .285 (10th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1961 AL  .377 (10th)
1963 AL  .369 (7th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1963 AL  .476 (9th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1963 AL  .845 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1963 AL  26 (9th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1963 AL  84 (9th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1963 AL  134 (10th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1963 AL  .671 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1960 AL  8 (4th)
1963 AL  8 (4th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1964 AL  8 (2nd)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1963 AL  8 (6th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1961 AL  18 (8th)
1962 AL  20 (2nd)
1963 AL  16 (10th)
1964 AL  23 (2nd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1960 AL  5 (9th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1963 AL  19.5 (8th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1963 AL  30.66 (8th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1963 AL  2.9 (9th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1963 AL  3.2 (7th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1963 AL  3.1 (8th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 19 (1063), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 28 (634), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 29 (348), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Catcher (76th), 18.8 career WAR/18.6 7yr-peak WAR/18.7 JAWS
Average HOF C (out of 13) = 52.4 career WAR/33.7 7yr-peak WAR/43.0 JAWS

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  1. Ed Taubensee (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jim Pagliaroni (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Sammy White (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Miguel Montero (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Ramon Hernandez (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ramon Hernandez (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Sherm Lollar (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Sherm Lollar (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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