Matt Batts

Matthew Daniel Batts

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 16, 1921 in San Antonio, TX
High School: San Antonio Technology Academy (San Antonio, TX)
School: Baylor University (Waco, TX)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1947
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Tigers/Browns/WhiteSox/Redlegs 1947-1956

Final Game: May 8, 1956
Relatives: Uncle of Danny Heep
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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
1942	20	BOS-min	C	126	483	483		142	20	4	10						.294	.294	.414	.708		200							CAN · MATL
1946	24	BOS-min	B	98	359	359		121	17	7	12						.337	.337	.524	.861		188							LYN · NENL
1947	25	BOS-min	AAA,A	118	411	389	32	101	5	2	8	40	3		20	36	.260	.299	.344	.644		134		2	0				TTO,SCR · IL,EL
1947	25	BOS	AL	7	17	16	3	8	1	0	1	5	0	0	1	1	.500	.529	.750	1.279	243	12	0	0	0			/2
1948	26	BOS	AL	46	137	118	13	37	12	0	1	24	0	0	15	9	.314	.391	.441	.832	116	52	4	0	4			2
1949	27	BOS	AL	60	183	157	23	38	9	1	3	31	1	0	25	22	.242	.350	.369	.719	84	58	4	1	0			2
1950	28	BOS	AL	75	258	238	27	65	15	3	4	34	0	0	18	19	.273	.327	.412	.739	81	98	8	1	1			2
1951	29	TOT	AL	90	303	277	27	79	18	1	5	33	2	0	22	23	.285	.338	.412	.749	99	114	10	0	5			2
1951	29	BOS	AL	11	30	29	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.138	.167	.172	.339	-12	5	1	0	0			2
1951	29	SLB	AL	79	273	248	26	75	17	1	5	31	2	0	21	21	.302	.357	.440	.796	112	109	9	0	5			2
1952	30	DET	AL	56	190	173	11	41	4	1	3	13	1	0	14	22	.237	.298	.324	.622	73	56	5	1	2			2
1953	31	DET	AL	116	399	374	38	104	24	3	6	42	2	3	24	36	.278	.322	.406	.728	97	152	9	0	1			*2
1954	32	TOT	AL	67	203	179	17	42	8	1	3	24	0	1	19	19	.235	.303	.341	.644	74	61	9	0	2	3		2
1954	32	DET	AL	12	24	21	1	6	1	0	0	5	0	0	2	4	.286	.333	.333	.667	84	7	0	0	0	1		/2
1954	32	CHW	AL	55	179	158	16	36	7	1	3	19	0	1	17	15	.228	.299	.342	.641	73	54	9	0	2	2		2
1955	33	CLE-min	AAA	51	169	156	9	36	3	0	4	18	0		12	26	.231	.284	.327	.611		51	6	0	0	1			INA · AA
1955	33	CIN	NL	26	78	71	4	18	4	1	0	13	0	0	4	11	.254	.286	.338	.624	62	24	3	0	1	2	0	2
1956	34	CIN-min	AA	98	299	299		77	7	0	7						.258	.258	.351	.609		105							NVL · SOUA
1956	34	CIN	NL	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	35	DET-BAL-min	AA	89	297	284	8	69	11	1	4	23	0	0	11	11	.243	.270	.331	.601		94		0	1	1			BIR,SAN · SOUA,TL
10 Yrs				546	1771	1605	163	432	95	11	26	219	6	4	143	163	.269	.329	.391	.720	90	627	52	3	16	5	0
162 Game Avg.				162	525	476	48	128	28	3	8	65	2	1	42	48	.269	.329	.391	.720	90	186	15	1	5

BOS (5 yrs)				199	625	558	67	152	38	4	9	96	1	0	60	53	.272	.345	.403	.748	89	225	17	2	5
DET (3 yrs)				184	613	568	50	151	29	4	9	60	3	3	40	62	.266	.315	.379	.693	89	215	14	1	3	1
CIN (2 yrs)				29	81	73	4	18	4	1	0	13	0	0	5	12	.247	.288	.329	.616	60	24	3	0	1	2	0
SLB (1 yr)				79	273	248	26	75	17	1	5	31	2	0	21	21	.302	.357	.440	.796	112	109	9	0	5
CHW (1 yr)				55	179	158	16	36	7	1	3	19	0	1	17	15	.228	.299	.342	.641	73	54	9	0	2	2

AL (8 yrs)				517	1690	1532	159	414	91	10	26	206	6	4	138	151	.270	.331	.394	.725	91	603	49	3	15	3
NL (2 yrs)				29	81	73	4	18	4	1	0	13	0	0	5	12	.247	.288	.329	.616	60	24	3	0	1	2	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
1947	25	BOS	AL	7	17	3	0	0	0	0	3	0.3	0	4	0.4	.547	.502	0.4	0.0	3	$	/2
1948	26	BOS	AL	46	137	3	-0	0	1	1	5	0.5	3	9	0.9	.512	.503	0.8	0.2	8	$	2
1949	27	BOS	AL	60	183	-4	0	0	-1	2	-3	-0.3	5	2	0.2	.495	.498	0.3	0.1	3	$	2
1950	28	BOS	AL	75	258	-8	-1	-1	0	2	-7	-0.7	7	-0	0.0	.491	.496	0.0	0.2	-0	$	2
1951	29	BOS	AL	11	30	-5	0	-0	-1	0	-6	-0.6	1	-5	-0.5	.447	.496	-0.4	-0.1	-4	$	2
1951	29	SLB	AL	79	273	4	-0	-1	-3	2	2	0.2	7	9	0.9	.502	.501	1.2	-0.1	12	$	2
1952	30	DET	AL	56	190	-6	-1	-0	0	2	-6	-0.6	5	-1	-0.1	.489	.496	-0.1	0.2	-1	$	2
1953	31	DET	AL	116	399	-0	-1	-1	-5	4	-3	-0.3	11	8	0.7	.497	.498	1.2	-0.2	13	$	*2
1954	32	DET	AL	12	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	1	1	0.1	.504	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	/2
1954	32	CHW	AL	55	179	-5	-1	-1	-2	2	-7	-0.8	5	-2	-0.3	.486	.495	-0.1	-0.1	-0	$	2
1955	33	CIN	NL	26	78	-5	-1	-0	0	1	-5	-0.6	3	-3	-0.3	.478	.497	-0.3	0.0	-3	$	2
1956	34	CIN	NL	3	3	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.489	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
10 Seasons				546	1771	-23	-4	-4	-11	15	-27	-2.9	47	20	2.0	.495	.499	3.1	0.4	31	$

BOS (5 yrs)				199	625	-10	-1	-0	-1	5	-7	-0.7	16	9	1.0	.496	.499	1.1	0.4	10	$
DET (3 yrs)				184	613	-6	-2	-1	-5	5	-8	-0.9	17	8	0.7	.495	.498	1.2	0.1	13	$
CIN (2 yrs)				29	81	-5	-1	-0	0	1	-6	-0.6	3	-3	-0.3	.479	.498	-0.3	0.0	-3	$
SLB (1 yr)				79	273	4	-0	-1	-3	2	2	0.2	7	9	0.9	.502	.501	1.2	-0.1	12	$
CHW (1 yr)				55	179	-5	-1	-1	-2	2	-7	-0.8	5	-2	-0.3	.486	.495	-0.1	-0.1	-0	$

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
1947	25	BOS	AL	17	8	6	20.0	102	.500	.500	.271	.529	.352	.750	.389	1.279	.741	243	.946	3.1	0.3	1.625	.313	.250	.0
1948	26	BOS	AL	137	89	20	6.0	110	.333	.314	.279	.391	.365	.441	.403	.832	.768	116	.618	3.4	0.3	.788	.254	.127	.0
1949	27	BOS	AL	183	123	20	4.3	113	.265	.242	.280	.350	.374	.369	.407	.719	.781	84	.474	-3.5	-0.4	.691	.293	.127	1.5
1950	28	BOS	AL	258	182	32	4.7	122	.284	.273	.290	.327	.379	.412	.435	.739	.814	81	.472	-8.2	-0.8	.646	.214	.139	.0
1951	29	TOT	AL	303	213	40	5.0	105	.297	.285	.272	.338	.354	.412	.399	.749	.752	99	.552	-1.1	-0.1	.663	.213	.126	2.9
1951	29	BOS	AL	30	26	1	1.0	110	.148	.138	.279	.167	.362	.172	.409	.339	.771	-12	.063	-4.8	-0.5	.231	.069	.034
1951	29	SLB	AL	273	187	39	5.6	105	.315	.302	.271	.357	.353	.440	.398	.796	.750	112	.598	3.8	0.4	.725	.230	.137	2.9
1952	30	DET	AL	190	139	17	3.3	96	.257	.237	.260	.298	.340	.324	.380	.622	.720	73	.397	-6.9	-0.7	.526	.173	.087	1.5
1953	31	DET	AL	399	283	48	4.6	101	.295	.278	.267	.322	.343	.406	.393	.728	.737	97	.509	-2.5	-0.2	.621	.190	.128	3.0
1954	32	TOT	AL	203	152	18	3.2	102	.244	.235	.269	.303	.345	.341	.394	.644	.739	74	.369	-6.4	-0.7	.537	.207	.106	.0
1954	32	DET	AL	24	16	2	3.4	98	.333	.286	.264	.333	.340	.333	.386	.667	.726	84	.392	-0.3	-0.0	.600	.143	.048
1954	32	CHW	AL	179	136	16	3.2	102	.232	.228	.270	.299	.346	.342	.395	.641	.741	73	.367	-6.2	-0.6	.530	.215	.114	.0
1955	33	CIN	NL	78	59	6	2.7	110	.290	.254	.271	.286	.343	.338	.430	.624	.773	62	.270	-3.9	-0.4	.500	.141	.085
1956	34	CIN	NL	3	2	0	0.0	107	.000	.000	.270	.333	.338	.000	.426	.333	.764	-1	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.500	.500	.000
10 Yrs				1771	1250	207	4.4	107	.286	.269	.273	.329	.355	.391	.403	.720	.758	90	.491	-26.3	-2.7	.631	.212	.121	9.8
162 Game Avg.				525	371	61	4.4	107	.286	.269	.273	.329	.355	.391	.403	.720	.758	90	.491	-26.3	-2.7	.631	.212	.121	3

BOS (5 yrs)				625	428	79	4.9	116	.288	.272	.284	.345	.373	.403	.418	.748	.791	89	.517	-10.1	-1.0	.681	.240	.131	1.8
DET (3 yrs)				613	438	67	4.1	99	.285	.266	.265	.315	.342	.379	.389	.693	.731	89	.474	-9.7	-1.0	.590	.183	.113	4.5
CIN (2 yrs)				81	61	6	2.6	110	.286	.247	.271	.288	.343	.329	.430	.616	.773	60	.259	-4.2	-0.4	.500	.151	.082
SLB (1 yr)				273	187	39	5.6	105	.315	.302	.271	.357	.353	.440	.398	.796	.750	112	.598	3.8	0.4	.725	.230	.137	2.9
CHW (1 yr)				179	136	16	3.2	102	.232	.228	.270	.299	.346	.342	.395	.641	.741	73	.366	-6.2	-0.6	.530	.215	.114	.0

AL (8 yrs)				1690	1189	201	4.5	107	.286	.270	.273	.331	.356	.394	.401	.725	.757	91	.502	-22.2	-2.2	.637	.215	.123	9.8
NL (2 yrs)				81	61	6	2.6	110	.286	.247	.271	.288	.343	.329	.430	.616	.773	60	.259	-4.2	-0.4	.500	.151	.082

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1947	25	BOS	AL	17	5.9%	5.9%	5.9%	11.8%	25%	1.00	16.0	16.0	3.2		82%
1948	26	BOS	AL	137	0.7%	6.6%	11.0%	9.5%	35%	0.60	13.1	118.0	4.9	1.05	79%
1949	27	BOS	AL	183	1.6%	12.0%	13.7%	7.1%	34%	0.88	7.1	52.3	5.1	0.86	72%
1950	28	BOS	AL	258	1.6%	7.4%	7.0%	8.5%	34%	1.06	12.5	59.5	7.0	0.87	83%
1951	29	TOT	AL	303	1.7%	7.6%	7.3%	7.9%	30%	1.05	12.0	55.4	8.4	0.94	82%
1951	29	BOS	AL	30	0.0%	6.7%	3.3%	3.3%	25%	2.00	14.5		14.5	0.92	90%
1951	29	SLB	AL	273	1.8%	7.7%	7.7%	8.4%	31%	1.00	11.8	49.6	8.0	0.94	81%
1952	30	DET	AL	190	1.6%	11.6%	7.4%	4.2%	20%	1.57	7.9	57.7	13.3	0.71	78%
1953	31	DET	AL	399	1.5%	9.0%	6.0%	8.3%	32%	1.50	10.4	62.3	8.9	0.62	83%
1954	32	TOT	AL	203	1.5%	9.4%	9.4%	5.9%	29%	1.00	9.4	59.7	7.5	0.84	79%
1954	32	DET	AL	24	0.0%	16.7%	8.3%	4.2%	17%	2.00	5.3		4.2	0.50	75%
1954	32	CHW	AL	179	1.7%	8.4%	9.5%	6.2%	31%	0.88	10.5	52.7	8.3	0.89	79%
1955	33	CIN	NL	78	0.0%	14.1%	5.1%	6.4%	28%	2.75	6.5		5.5	0.78	79%
1956	34	CIN	NL	3	0.0%	33.3%	33.3%	0.0%		1.00	2.0				33%
10 Yrs				1771	1.5%	9.2%	8.1%	7.5%	31%	1.14	9.8	61.7	7.3	0.79	80%
MLB Averages					2.0%	10.4%	9.7%	6.5%	28%	1.07	8.5	44.4	8.1	0.97	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1947	25	BOS	AL	3.1	0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	26	BOS	AL	3.4	0.3	87	0.8	2.0	-1.1	1.02	0.2	0.6	5.9	0.6	1.07	2.0	1.41	3
1949	27	BOS	AL	-3.5	-0.4	153	0.2	3.3	-3.0	1.16	0.4	-0.2	3.2	0.3	1.05	4.1	2.14	10
1950	28	BOS	AL	-8.5	-0.8	214	-1.0	2.8	-3.8	.91	-0.4	-0.7	-5.3	-0.5	1.00	-8.0	3.73	2
1951	29	TOT	AL	-1.1	-0.1	202	-0.7	3.1	-3.9	1.02	-0.4	-0.3	-4.9	-0.5	0.90	-4.7	1.65	9
1951	29	BOS	AL	-4.8	-0.5	30	-0.2	0.5	-0.7	1.20	-0.4	0.2	-4.3	-0.4	0.96	-4.6		0
1951	29	SLB	AL	3.8	0.4	172	-0.5	2.6	-3.1	.99	-0.0	-0.5	-0.7	-0.1	0.89	-0.2	1.65	9
1952	30	DET	AL	-6.9	-0.7	165	-1.0	2.1	-3.1	1.03	-0.5	-0.5	-6.7	-0.7	0.93	-5.9	1.49	2
1953	31	DET	AL	-2.5	-0.2	405	-0.2	6.8	-7.0	.99	-0.5	0.3	-11.0	-1.1	0.97	-7.6	1.33	12
1954	32	TOT	AL	-6.3	-0.6	205	-0.0	4.0	-4.1	1.19	-0.5	0.4	-3.2	-0.3	1.04	-5.9	2.43	17
1954	32	DET	AL	-0.3	-0.0	24	0.6	1.2	-0.6	2.17	0.1	0.2	2.1	0.2	1.14	0.5	3.59	5
1954	32	CHW	AL	-6.0	-0.6	181	-0.7	2.8	-3.5	1.07	-0.5	-0.1	-5.3	-0.5	1.03	-6.3	1.95	12
1955	33	CIN	NL	-3.9	-0.4	80	-0.1	1.4	-1.5	1.09	-0.4	0.4	-2.9	-0.3	0.99	-4.2	2.48	5
1956	34	CIN	NL	-0.3	-0.0	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	1.60	-0.0	0.0	-0.3	-0.0	1.27	-0.3	1.60	2
10 Yrs				-26.4	-2.7	1514	-1.9	25.6	-27.5	1.04	-2.2	0.3	-25.2	-2.5	0.98	-30.7	2.00	62

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	26	BOS	AL	0	24%	40	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	20%	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1949	27	BOS	AL	3	33%	62	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	2	43%	7	7	0	2	0	2	5	1	4
1950	28	BOS	AL	4	29%	61	0	0		0	0	0	0	2	0	3	2	21%	6	5	0	1	1	0	12	8	4
1951	29	TOT	AL	4	23%	78	2	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	27%	3	2	1	3	3	0	5	2	2
1951	29	BOS	AL	1	20%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1951	29	SLB	AL	3	23%	72	2	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	27%	3	2	1	3	3	0	5	2	2
1952	30	DET	AL	4	15%	50	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	20%	11	9	2	1	1	0	3	1	1
1953	31	DET	AL	8	26%	130	2	3	40%	2	2	0	1	2	1	5	2	44%	16	13	3	2	1	1	16	4	11
1954	32	TOT	AL	5	24%	63	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	35%	15	14	1	1	1	0	10	2	8
1954	32	DET	AL	1	13%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1954	32	CHW	AL	4	26%	56	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	38%	14	13	1	1	1	0	9	1	8
1955	33	CIN	NL	0	18%	31	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	33%	3	3	0	0	0	0	6	1	3
1956	34	CIN	NL	0	0%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10 Yrs				28	25%	515	6	4	60%	3	2	1	1	6	1	23	12	33%	65	57	7	10	7	3	58	19	34

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
1948	26	BOS	AL	137	28%	37			3	1	0	1	1.41	1	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	200%	17	4	24%	10	2	20%	78	16	21%	11	4	36%	5	3	60%	0
1949	27	BOS	AL	183	16%	38			10	1	0	1	2.14	3	0	5	2	1	2	1	0	0	0		33	4	12%	15	6	40%	130	22	17%	11	6	55%	3	2	67%	0
1950	28	BOS	AL	258	33%	65			2	1	0	0	3.73	4	0	9	2	1	3	1	0	2	1	50%	41	8	20%	14	6	43%	174	28	16%	12	6	50%	9	5	56%	0
1951	29	TOT	AL	303	35%	79			9	1	0	0	1.65	5	0	5	1	1	1	4	0	4	5	125%	38	10	26%	20	9	45%	109	15	14%	10	4	40%	5	3	60%	0
1951	29	BOS	AL	30	57%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	1	14%	5	1	20%	21	3	14%	3	1	33%	1	0	0%	0
1951	29	SLB	AL	273	32%	75			9	1	0	0	1.65	5	0	3	1	1	1	4	0	4	5	125%	31	9	29%	15	8	53%	88	12	14%	7	3	43%	4	3	75%	0
1952	30	DET	AL	190	62%	41			2	0	0	0	1.49	3	0	3	2	0	2	1	0	3	2	67%	30	5	17%	9	3	33%	96	10	10%	4	1	25%	3	1	33%	0
1953	31	DET	AL	399	21%	104			12	4	1	1	1.33	6	0	11	3	3	2	4	0	2	1	50%	92	9	10%	38	7	18%	265	38	14%	26	14	54%	17	6	35%	0
1954	32	TOT	AL	203	42%	42			17	4	0	2	2.43	3	0	13	3	0	2	1	0	3	2	67%	54	9	17%	21	9	43%	154	22	14%	15	9	60%	10	6	60%	0
1954	32	DET	AL	24	33%	6			5	2	0	2	3.59	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	0	0%	2	2	100%	23	5	22%	3	3	100%	1	1	100%	0
1954	32	CHW	AL	179	43%	36			12	2	0	0	1.95	3	0	10	3	0	2	1	0	3	2	67%	46	9	20%	19	7	37%	131	17	13%	12	6	50%	9	5	56%	0
1955	33	CIN	NL	78	64%	18			5	1	0	2	2.48	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	16	3	19%	14	6	43%	53	13	25%	8	4	50%	3	1	33%	0
1956	34	CIN	NL	3	67%	0			2	0	0	0	1.60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
10 Yrs				1754	34%	432			62	13	1	7	2.00	26	0	57	13	6	12	13	0	17	16	94%	321	52	16%	141	48	34%	1063	164	15%	97	48	49%	55	27	49%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			104%			13%			32%			14%			51%			55%

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
1947	25	7	17	16	3	8	1	0	1	5	0	0	1	1	.500	.529	.750	1.279	243	12	0	0	0
1948	26	53	154	134	16	45	13	0	2	29	0	0	16	10	.336	.407	.478	.884	131	64	4	0	4
1949	27	113	337	291	39	83	22	1	5	60	1	0	41	32	.285	.375	.419	.795	105	122	8	1	4
1950	28	188	595	529	66	148	37	4	9	94	1	0	59	51	.280	.354	.416	.770	94	220	16	2	5
1951	29	278	898	806	93	227	55	5	14	127	3	0	81	74	.282	.349	.414	.763	96	334	26	2	10
1952	30	334	1088	979	104	268	59	6	17	140	4	0	95	96	.274	.340	.398	.738	92	390	31	3	12
1953	31	450	1487	1353	142	372	83	9	23	182	6	3	119	132	.275	.335	.401	.736	93	542	40	3	13
1954	32	517	1690	1532	159	414	91	10	26	206	6	4	138	151	.270	.331	.394	.725	91	603	49	3	15	3
1955	33	543	1768	1603	163	432	95	11	26	219	6	4	142	162	.269	.329	.391	.720	90	627	52	3	16	5	0
1956	34	546	1771	1605	163	432	95	11	26	219	6	4	143	163	.269	.329	.391	.720	90	627	52	3	16	5	0

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
1947	25	7	17	16	3	8	1	0	1	5	0	1	1	.500	.529	.750	1.279	6	7
1948	26	48	140	121	12	36	12	0	1	22	0	15	9	.298	.375	.421	.796	19	46
1949	27	63	186	161	22	37	9	1	3	29	1	24	23	.230	.333	.354	.687	19	60
1950	28	78	258	240	22	59	14	3	4	28	0	16	20	.246	.296	.379	.675	26	75
1951	29	95	317	289	26	81	18	1	5	32	2	23	24	.280	.333	.401	.735	39	90
1952	30	59	200	182	12	44	4	1	3	14	1	15	23	.242	.303	.324	.627	18	56
1953	31	121	417	391	40	109	25	3	6	44	2	25	38	.279	.322	.404	.726	51	116
1954	32	70	212	187	18	44	8	1	3	25	0	20	20	.235	.305	.337	.642	20	67
1955	33	27	82	75	4	19	4	1	0	14	0	4	12	.253	.284	.333	.617	7	26
1956	34	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	3
10 Yrs		571	1832	1664	159	437	95	11	26	213	6	144	171	.263	.322	.380	.701	205	546
162 Game Avg.		162	520	472	45	124	27	3	7	60	2	41	49	.263	.322	.380	.701	58	546

* 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.

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Hall of Fame Standards

Batting - 5 (2198), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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