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Hank Bauer

Henry Albert Bauer

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 192 lb.

Born: July 31, 1922 in East St. Louis, IL
High School: Central Catholic HS (East St. Louis, IL)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1948
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Athletics 1948-1961

Final Game: July 21, 1961
Died: February 9, 2007 in Lenexa, KS
Buried: Resurrection Cemetery, Lenexa, KS
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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
1942 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1943 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1944 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1948 25 NYY AL 19 56 50 6 9 1 1 1 9 1 0 6 13 .180 .268 .300 .568 51 15 0 0 0 O/79
1949 26 NYY AL 103 344 301 56 82 6 6 10 45 2 2 37 42 .272 .354 .432 .786 107 130 9 1 5 O987
1950 27 NYY AL 113 458 415 72 133 16 2 13 70 2 3 35 41 .320 .380 .463 .843 118 192 7 5 3 *O97
1951 28 NYY AL 118 394 348 53 103 19 3 10 54 5 2 42 39 .296 .373 .454 .827 127 158 10 1 3 *O97/8
1952 29 NYY AL 141 615 553 86 162 31 6 17 74 6 7 50 61 .293 .355 .463 .818 132 256 10 3 9 *O97 AS,MVP-21
1953 30 NYY AL 133 503 437 77 133 20 6 10 57 2 3 59 45 .304 .394 .446 .841 130 195 8 6 1 *O9/7 AS,MVP-12
1954 31 NYY AL 114 425 377 73 111 16 5 12 54 4 4 40 42 .294 .360 .459 .818 127 173 5 0 3 3 *9/7 AS,MVP-23
1955 32 NYY AL 139 562 492 97 137 20 5 20 53 8 4 56 65 .278 .360 .461 .821 121 227 4 8 4 3 1 *9/72 MVP-8
1956 33 NYY AL 147 612 539 96 130 18 7 26 84 4 2 59 72 .241 .316 .445 .761 102 240 11 2 7 5 3 *9/7 MVP-23
1957 34 NYY AL 137 535 479 70 124 22 9 18 65 7 2 42 64 .259 .321 .455 .776 111 218 8 4 6 4 4 *9/7
1958 35 NYY AL 128 490 452 62 121 22 6 12 50 3 2 32 56 .268 .316 .423 .739 106 191 7 1 3 2 1 *9/7
1959 36 NYY AL 114 380 341 44 81 20 0 9 39 4 2 33 54 .238 .307 .375 .682 90 128 4 2 2 2 1 *9/7
1960 37 KCA AL 95 285 255 30 70 15 0 3 31 1 0 21 36 .275 .326 .369 .695 87 94 11 1 3 5 1 9
1961 38 KCA AL 43 118 106 11 28 3 1 3 18 1 0 9 8 .264 .319 .396 .715 91 42 1 0 2 1 0 97/8
14 Yrs 1544 5777 5145 833 1424 229 57 164 703 50 33 521 638 .277 .346 .439 .785 113 2259 95 34 51 25 11
162 Game Avg. 162 606 540 87 149 24 6 17 74 5 3 55 67 .277 .346 .439 .785 113 237 10 4 5
NYY (12 yrs) 1406 5374 4784 792 1326 211 56 158 654 48 33 491 594 .277 .347 .444 .791 115 2123 83 33 46 19 10
KCA (2 yrs) 138 403 361 41 98 18 1 6 49 2 0 30 44 .271 .324 .377 .701 88 136 12 1 5 6 1

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
1948 25 NYY AL 19 56 -4 -0 0 0 -1 -4 -0.5 1 -3 -0.3 .476 .497 -0.3 -0.1 -3 $ O/79
1949 26 NYY AL 103 344 2 1 0 0 -4 -1 -0.1 9 8 0.8 .499 .499 0.8 -0.4 8 $ O987
1950 27 NYY AL 113 458 11 -0 2 5 -6 12 1.2 12 24 2.4 .510 .507 1.9 -0.0 19 $ *O97
1951 28 NYY AL 118 394 13 1 -0 2 -5 10 1.0 11 21 2.1 .509 .506 1.8 -0.3 19 $ *O97/8
1952 29 NYY AL 141 615 22 -0 2 4 -6 21 2.3 17 38 4.0 .516 .514 3.5 -0.3 34 $ *O97 AS,MVP-21
1953 30 NYY AL 133 503 25 3 1 7 -5 31 3.2 14 45 4.6 .524 .520 3.8 0.2 38 $ *O9/7 AS,MVP-12
1954 31 NYY AL 114 425 13 3 1 4 -5 16 1.7 12 28 2.9 .515 .511 2.4 -0.1 24 $ *9/7 AS,MVP-23
1955 32 NYY AL 139 562 19 4 2 16 -6 34 3.6 15 49 5.1 .525 .522 3.4 1.1 33 $ *9/72 MVP-8
1956 33 NYY AL 147 612 -2 3 1 4 -6 -1 -0.1 16 15 1.5 .499 .499 1.0 -0.2 11 $ *9/7 MVP-23
1957 34 NYY AL 137 535 8 4 0 -3 -6 4 0.3 14 18 1.7 .503 .502 2.1 -1.0 21 $ *9/7
1958 35 NYY AL 128 490 8 1 1 8 -5 11 1.1 14 25 2.5 .510 .508 1.7 0.2 17 $ *9/7
1959 36 NYY AL 114 380 -4 -2 -0 -3 -4 -14 -1.6 10 -4 -0.6 .487 .491 -0.2 -0.9 -0 $30,000 *9/7
1960 37 KCA AL 95 285 -6 0 -1 -13 -3 -22 -2.5 8 -15 -1.7 .475 .485 -0.2 -1.7 -2 $ 9
1961 38 KCA AL 43 118 -1 0 0 -4 -2 -7 -0.8 3 -4 -0.4 .483 .496 0.0 -0.6 0 $ 97/8
14 Seasons 1544 5777 103 17 8 25 -64 89 9.0 155 244 24.6 .506 .504 21.7 -4.1 219 $30,000
NYY (12 yrs) 1406 5374 110 17 10 42 -60 119 12.2 144 263 26.7 .509 .506 21.9 -1.8 221 $30,000
KCA (2 yrs) 138 403 -7 0 -1 -17 -4 -30 -3.2 11 -19 -2.1 .478 .490 -0.2 -2.4 -1 $

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
1948 25 NYY AL 56 41 4 2.6 105 .222 .180 .272 .268 .357 .300 .393 .568 .750 51 .260 -3.8 -0.4 .537 .260 .120 1.0
1949 26 NYY AL 344 235 45 5.1 107 .289 .272 .271 .354 .363 .432 .393 .786 .756 107 .549 1.3 0.1 .730 .282 .159 3.3
1950 27 NYY AL 458 295 71 6.4 111 .332 .320 .275 .380 .361 .463 .412 .843 .773 118 .613 10.2 1.0 .791 .224 .142 3.5
1951 28 NYY AL 394 260 59 6.1 99 .311 .296 .263 .373 .343 .454 .385 .827 .728 127 .635 13.1 1.3 .794 .287 .158 6.7
1952 29 NYY AL 615 417 88 5.7 91 .305 .293 .253 .355 .332 .463 .369 .818 .701 132 .641 22.3 2.3 .755 .259 .170 8.9
1953 30 NYY AL 503 316 75 6.4 99 .322 .304 .265 .394 .340 .446 .390 .841 .730 130 .658 20.4 2.0 .822 .275 .142 3.3
1954 31 NYY AL 425 281 62 5.9 96 .304 .294 .262 .360 .337 .459 .383 .818 .720 127 .646 12.9 1.3 .775 .271 .164 6.0
1955 32 NYY AL 562 370 86 6.2 102 .285 .278 .265 .360 .345 .461 .395 .821 .740 121 .636 13.8 1.4 .813 .305 .183 11.4
1956 33 NYY AL 612 434 77 4.8 104 .233 .241 .264 .316 .345 .445 .403 .761 .748 102 .494 -1.3 -0.1 .718 .317 .204 6.9
1957 34 NYY AL 535 375 71 5.1 99 .264 .259 .262 .321 .334 .455 .395 .776 .729 111 .570 5.4 0.6 .737 .294 .196 10.1
1958 35 NYY AL 490 345 60 4.6 95 .282 .268 .257 .316 .325 .423 .390 .739 .715 106 .537 2.1 0.2 .662 .228 .155 4.8
1959 36 NYY AL 380 270 41 4.1 95 .257 .238 .256 .307 .326 .375 .391 .682 .717 90 .465 -4.2 -0.4 .620 .240 .138 5.5
1960 37 KCA AL 285 204 30 4.0 102 .303 .275 .265 .326 .338 .369 .405 .695 .743 87 .443 -3.8 -0.4 .597 .180 .094 1.5
1961 38 KCA AL 118 82 14 4.6 104 .260 .264 .264 .319 .339 .396 .411 .715 .750 91 .491 -1.7 -0.2 .658 .226 .132 1.5
14 Yrs 5777 3925 783 5.4 100 .288 .277 .263 .346 .340 .439 .392 .785 .733 113 .580 86.4 8.6 .736 .267 .162 76.6
162 Game Avg. 606 412 82 5.4 100 .288 .277 .263 .346 .340 .439 .392 .785 .733 113 .580 9 1 .736 .267 .162 8
NYY (12 yrs) 5374 3639 739 5.4 100 .288 .277 .263 .347 .341 .444 .391 .791 .732 115 .587 92.0 9.2 .745 .272 .167 73.6
KCA (2 yrs) 403 286 44 4.1 103 .290 .271 .264 .324 .339 .377 .407 .701 .745 88 .457 -5.6 -0.6 .615 .194 .105 3.0

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
1949 26 NYY AL WS BRO W 3 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0
1950 27 NYY AL WS PHI W 4 15 15 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .133 .133 .133 .267 2 0 0 0 0 0
1951 28 NYY AL WS NYG W 6 19 18 0 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 .167 .211 .278 .488 5 0 0 0 0 0
1952 29 NYY AL WS BRO W 7 23 18 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 3 .056 .227 .056 .283 1 1 0 1 0 0
1953 30 NYY AL WS BRO W 6 27 23 6 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 .261 .346 .348 .694 8 0 1 1 0 0
1955 32 NYY AL WS BRO L 6 14 14 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 .429 .429 .429 .857 6 0 0 0 0 0
1956 33 NYY AL WS BRO W 7 32 32 3 9 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 5 .281 .281 .375 .656 12 0 0 0 0 0
1957 34 NYY AL WS MLN L 7 32 31 3 8 2 1 2 6 0 0 1 6 .258 .281 .581 .862 18 1 0 0 0 0
1958 35 NYY AL WS MLN W 7 31 31 6 10 0 0 4 8 0 0 0 5 .323 .323 .710 1.032 22 1 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs (9 Series) 53 199 188 21 46 2 3 7 24 1 2 8 25 .245 .279 .399 .678 75 3 1 2 0 0
9 WS 53 199 188 21 46 2 3 7 24 1 2 8 25 .245 .279 .399 .678 75 3 1 2 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
1952 NYY AL 29 as RF 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
1953 NYY AL 30 as RF 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 NYY AL 31 as RF 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (3 GP) 8 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 .286 .375 .286 .661 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
1948 25 NYY AL 56 1.8% 23.2% 10.7% 5.4% 33% 2.17 3.8 50.0 5.6 0.67 64%
1949 26 NYY AL 344 2.9% 12.2% 10.8% 6.4% 27% 1.14 7.2 30.1 6.7 0.87 72%
1950 27 NYY AL 458 2.8% 9.0% 7.6% 6.8% 23% 1.17 10.1 31.9 5.9 0.86 79%
1951 28 NYY AL 394 2.5% 9.9% 10.7% 8.1% 31% 0.93 8.9 34.8 6.4 0.99 76%
1952 29 NYY AL 615 2.8% 9.9% 8.1% 8.8% 33% 1.22 9.1 32.5 7.5 1.12 77%
1953 30 NYY AL 503 2.0% 9.0% 11.7% 7.2% 27% 0.76 9.7 43.7 7.7 0.74 76%
1954 31 NYY AL 425 2.8% 9.9% 9.4% 7.8% 30% 1.05 9.0 31.4 7.0 0.66 77%
1955 32 NYY AL 562 3.6% 11.6% 10.0% 8.0% 33% 1.16 7.6 24.6 9.3 0.75 73%
1956 33 NYY AL 612 4.3% 11.8% 9.6% 8.3% 39% 1.22 7.5 20.7 6.4 0.77 73%
1957 34 NYY AL 535 3.4% 12.0% 7.9% 9.2% 40% 1.52 7.5 26.6 7.4 0.72 75%
1958 35 NYY AL 490 2.5% 11.4% 6.5% 8.2% 33% 1.75 8.1 37.7 9.0 0.83 79%
1959 36 NYY AL 380 2.4% 14.2% 8.7% 7.6% 36% 1.64 6.3 37.9 8.7 0.65 74%
1960 37 KCA AL 285 1.1% 12.6% 7.4% 6.3% 26% 1.71 7.1 85.0 8.2 0.90 78%
1961 38 KCA AL 118 2.5% 6.8% 7.6% 5.9% 25% 0.89 13.3 35.3 5.9 0.70 81%
14 Yrs 5777 2.8% 11.0% 9.0% 7.8% 32% 1.22 8.1 31.4 7.3 0.80 76%
MLB Averages 2.2% 11.5% 9.4% 6.6% 29% 1.22 7.7 41.2 8.1 0.99 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1948 25 NYY AL -3.8 -0.4 44 -0.2 0.7 -0.9 .95 -0.2 -0.1 -3.5 -0.3 1.06 -2.2 0.22 1
1949 26 NYY AL 1.3 0.1 274 -0.2 4.8 -5.0 1.08 0.3 -0.5 2.2 0.2 1.02 4.5 0.99 7
1950 27 NYY AL 10.2 1.0 411 1.6 7.9 -6.3 .93 2.0 -0.3 28.6 2.7 1.00 23.6 0.72 5
1951 28 NYY AL 12.6 1.2 368 2.5 8.1 -5.7 .97 1.6 1.0 23.1 2.3 0.97 17.5 1.80 13
1952 29 NYY AL 21.5 2.2 581 0.9 10.3 -9.4 .95 2.3 -1.3 20.7 2.2 0.94 26.5 1.86 3
1953 30 NYY AL 19.7 2.0 486 2.1 8.9 -6.8 .97 2.0 0.1 25.9 2.6 0.95 25.4 1.10 16
1954 31 NYY AL 12.9 1.3 429 0.5 7.5 -7.1 .99 1.4 -0.9 17.6 1.8 0.98 15.1 1.77 12
1955 32 NYY AL 13.8 1.4 587 1.6 9.6 -8.0 .88 2.3 -0.5 18.2 1.8 0.95 23.9 1.87 6
1956 33 NYY AL -1.3 -0.1 628 0.3 10.1 -9.8 .87 0.5 -0.1 5.3 0.5 0.95 6.5 2.44 7
1957 34 NYY AL 5.4 0.6 550 1.7 10.3 -8.5 .94 1.8 0.0 10.8 1.1 0.97 18.0 1.70 4
1958 35 NYY AL 2.1 0.2 501 -0.0 7.2 -7.3 .87 0.9 -0.9 13.2 1.4 0.92 11.4 1.17 6
1959 36 NYY AL -4.2 -0.4 393 -0.5 6.3 -6.9 1.04 -0.2 -0.3 -1.4 -0.1 0.94 -3.3 1.14 7
1960 37 KCA AL -3.5 -0.4 288 -0.6 5.2 -5.8 1.15 -0.8 0.3 -5.6 -0.6 0.95 -8.9 1.77 33
1961 38 KCA AL -1.9 -0.2 120 -0.0 2.3 -2.3 1.17 0.1 -0.1 -0.5 -0.1 0.94 1.2 2.38 9
14 Yrs 84.7 8.5 5660 9.6 99.4 -89.8 .96 14.0 -4.0 154.7 15.6 0.96 159.1 1.62 129

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1948 25 NYY AL 0 0 36% 13 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 40% 3 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
1949 26 NYY AL 4 0 42% 103 2 2 50% 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 54% 22 10 12 6 4 2 9 2 6
1950 27 NYY AL 7 0 37% 157 2 3 40% 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 6 44% 30 16 13 4 3 1 16 8 8
1951 28 NYY AL 10 0 32% 149 5 2 71% 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 4 6 47% 22 14 7 7 5 2 18 5 13
1952 29 NYY AL 7 0 35% 273 6 7 46% 6 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 8 44% 36 28 7 9 5 4 26 4 20
1953 30 NYY AL 13 0 36% 229 2 3 40% 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 10 48% 34 24 10 8 4 4 14 1 13
1954 31 NYY AL 5 0 44% 173 4 4 50% 4 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 9 70% 31 13 18 5 2 3 14 0 14
1955 32 NYY AL 12 0 43% 254 8 4 67% 8 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 21 52% 36 20 14 10 6 4 18 3 15
1956 33 NYY AL 7 0 42% 205 4 2 67% 4 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 12 65% 39 18 21 3 1 2 20 2 17
1957 34 NYY AL 9 0 34% 183 7 2 78% 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 65% 30 11 19 2 2 0 16 4 12
1958 35 NYY AL 12 0 35% 211 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 43% 25 15 10 8 5 2 16 6 9
1959 36 NYY AL 5 0 33% 159 4 2 67% 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 5 5 55% 22 12 9 3 1 0 17 2 14
1960 37 KCA AL 2 0 30% 105 1 0 100% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 39% 16 12 4 2 2 0 10 3 7
1961 38 KCA AL 2 0 24% 52 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 27% 9 7 2 0 0 0 2 1 1
14 Yrs 95 0 37% 2266 50 33 60% 44 37 1 2 2 2 11 1 56 105 52% 355 203 146 68 40 25 197 41 150

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 25 NYY AL 56 26% 9 1 0 0 0 0.22 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 0 0% 8 2 25% 34 6 18% 7 2 29% 1 0 0% 0
1949 26 NYY AL 344 53% 82 7 2 0 0 0.99 10 0 8 4 4 2 8 1 5 5 100% 68 9 13% 25 10 40% 194 25 13% 14 4 29% 9 4 44% 0
1950 27 NYY AL 458 53% 133 5 1 0 2 0.72 13 0 9 4 8 4 9 1 5 3 60% 106 7 7% 44 16 36% 317 56 18% 28 12 43% 20 11 55% 0
1951 28 NYY AL 394 50% 103 13 5 0 5 1.80 10 0 5 3 7 3 7 0 2 3 150% 79 10 13% 36 10 28% 244 45 18% 25 8 32% 17 5 29% 0
1952 29 NYY AL 615 41% 162 3 1 0 0 1.86 17 0 8 5 10 6 11 0 12 9 75% 114 10 9% 49 17 35% 319 55 17% 27 18 67% 22 11 50% 0
1953 30 NYY AL 503 52% 133 16 3 1 2 1.10 10 0 11 5 4 6 4 0 1 1 100% 102 8 8% 33 11 33% 299 46 15% 18 12 67% 23 15 65% 0
1954 31 NYY AL 425 50% 111 12 4 1 4 1.77 12 0 7 5 6 7 5 1 6 3 50% 84 5 6% 36 9 25% 254 44 17% 23 16 70% 11 4 36% 0
1955 32 NYY AL 562 35% 137 6 1 0 1 1.87 20 0 15 14 6 11 9 0 3 4 133% 98 4 4% 41 12 29% 292 35 12% 28 12 43% 8 4 50% 0
1956 33 NYY AL 612 35% 130 7 4 1 3 2.44 26 1 12 18 8 14 12 1 11 7 64% 111 11 10% 53 19 36% 353 62 18% 36 17 47% 15 7 47% 0
1957 34 NYY AL 535 31% 124 4 1 0 0 1.70 18 1 10 10 8 6 12 0 9 6 67% 88 8 9% 45 11 24% 320 49 15% 27 10 37% 16 8 50% 0
1958 35 NYY AL 490 27% 121 6 2 0 1 1.17 12 0 7 12 0 6 6 0 4 3 75% 74 7 9% 30 9 30% 235 40 17% 15 9 60% 7 4 57% 0
1959 36 NYY AL 380 36% 81 7 1 1 1 1.14 9 0 9 5 4 3 6 0 5 2 40% 59 4 7% 29 5 17% 194 33 17% 21 12 57% 13 5 38% 0
1960 37 KCA AL 285 51% 70 33 10 0 7 1.77 3 0 11 0 3 1 2 0 4 3 75% 66 11 17% 26 11 42% 199 30 15% 17 10 59% 8 6 75% 0
1961 38 KCA AL 118 59% 28 9 1 0 2 2.38 3 0 7 0 3 1 2 1 2 2 100% 29 1 3% 9 6 67% 79 15 19% 7 6 86% 5 3 60% 0
14 Yrs 5777 42% 1424 129 36 4 28 1.62 164 2 121 86 71 70 94 5 69 51 74% 1089 95 9% 464 148 32% 3333 541 16% 293 148 51% 175 87 50% 0
MLB Averages 50% 86% 11% 32% 14% 50% 54%

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
1948 25 19 56 50 6 9 1 1 1 9 1 0 6 13 .180 .268 .300 .568 51 15 0 0 0
1949 26 122 400 351 62 91 7 7 11 54 3 2 43 55 .259 .342 .413 .755 99 145 9 1 5
1950 27 235 858 766 134 224 23 9 24 124 5 5 78 96 .292 .362 .440 .802 109 337 16 6 8
1951 28 353 1252 1114 187 327 42 12 34 178 10 7 120 135 .294 .366 .444 .810 115 495 26 7 11
1952 29 494 1867 1667 273 489 73 18 51 252 16 14 170 196 .293 .362 .451 .813 120 751 36 10 20
1953 30 627 2370 2104 350 622 93 24 61 309 18 17 229 241 .296 .369 .450 .819 122 946 44 16 21
1954 31 741 2795 2481 423 733 109 29 73 363 22 21 269 283 .295 .368 .451 .819 123 1119 49 16 24 3
1955 32 880 3357 2973 520 870 129 34 93 416 30 25 325 348 .293 .366 .453 .819 123 1346 53 24 28 6 1
1956 33 1027 3969 3512 616 1000 147 41 119 500 34 27 384 420 .285 .359 .452 .810 119 1586 64 26 35 11 4
1957 34 1164 4504 3991 686 1124 169 50 137 565 41 29 426 484 .282 .354 .452 .806 119 1804 72 30 41 15 8
1958 35 1292 4994 4443 748 1245 191 56 149 615 44 31 458 540 .280 .350 .449 .799 117 1995 79 31 44 17 9
1959 36 1406 5374 4784 792 1326 211 56 158 654 48 33 491 594 .277 .347 .444 .791 115 2123 83 33 46 19 10
1960 37 1501 5659 5039 822 1396 226 56 161 685 49 33 512 630 .277 .346 .440 .786 114 2217 94 34 49 24 11
1961 38 1544 5777 5145 833 1424 229 57 164 703 50 33 521 638 .277 .346 .439 .785 113 2259 95 34 51 25 11

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
1948 25 20 58 52 6 9 1 1 1 9 1 6 14 .173 .259 .288 .547 4 19
1949 26 108 355 312 55 83 6 6 10 44 2 37 44 .266 .346 .420 .766 45 103
1950 27 118 468 426 68 131 16 2 13 66 2 34 43 .308 .366 .446 .812 68 113
1951 28 124 414 366 55 108 20 3 10 56 5 44 41 .295 .372 .448 .820 61 118
1952 29 147 659 591 101 182 35 7 19 87 7 56 64 .308 .371 .487 .858 106 141
1953 30 139 530 460 83 142 21 6 11 62 2 63 47 .309 .399 .452 .851 82 133
1954 31 119 450 400 83 122 18 5 13 61 4 44 44 .305 .371 .473 .844 71 114
1955 32 145 587 514 101 143 21 5 21 55 8 58 68 .278 .358 .461 .820 84 139
1956 33 154 636 561 98 134 19 7 27 86 4 61 75 .239 .313 .442 .755 77 147
1957 34 144 566 507 77 134 24 10 19 72 8 45 67 .264 .327 .464 .790 77 137
1958 35 134 523 481 72 135 25 7 13 58 3 36 59 .281 .331 .443 .774 70 128
1959 36 119 400 359 48 87 21 0 10 43 4 35 56 .242 .312 .384 .696 43 114
1960 37 100 300 269 32 74 16 0 3 33 1 22 38 .275 .327 .368 .695 33 95
1961 38 43 117 105 11 27 3 1 3 17 1 9 8 .257 .313 .390 .704 13 43
14 Yrs 1614 6063 5403 890 1511 246 60 173 749 52 550 668 .280 .348 .443 .792 834 1544
162 Game Avg. 162 609 542 89 152 25 6 17 75 5 55 67 .280 .348 .443 .792 84 1544

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1967 BBWAA ( 7.9%)
1967 Run Off ( 2.9%)

All-Star Games
1952 (RF)
1953 (RF)
1954 (RF)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1952 AL (21, 3%)
1953 AL (12, 11%)
1954 AL (23, 1%)
1955 AL (8, 19%)
1956 AL (23, 2%)
0.36 Career Shares (545th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1955 AL  5.1 (7th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1952 AL  4.0 (8th)
1953 AL  4.6 (8th)
1955 AL  5.1 (4th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1952 AL  3.5 (9th)
1953 AL  3.8 (8th)
1955 AL  3.4 (8th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1955 AL  1.1 (6th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1950 AL  .320 (10th)
1953 AL  .304 (8th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1953 AL  .394 (8th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1955 AL  .821 (10th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1952 AL  86 (10th)
1955 AL  97 (8th)
1956 AL  96 (4th)

Hits s c a p y
1952 AL  162 (10th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1952 AL  256 (6th)

Doubles s c a p y
1952 AL  31 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1956 AL  7 (9th)
1957 AL  9 (1st)
1958 AL  6 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1956 AL  26 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1955 AL  65 (10th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1955 AL  8 (8th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1952 AL  131 (10th)
1953 AL  129 (10th)
1955 AL  121 (9th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1952 AL  88 (9th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1952 AL  22 (10th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1952 AL  2.2 (10th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1952 AL  54 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1953 AL  .658 (10th)
1955 AL  .637 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1950 AL  5 (9th)
1953 AL  6 (5th)
1955 AL  8 (6th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1952 AL  8.9 (5th)
1955 AL  11.4 (6th)
1957 AL  10.1 (10th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1956 AL  20.7 (10th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1956 AL  434 (6th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1951 AL  23.10 (10th)
1953 AL  25.93 (9th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1951 AL  2.5 (10th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1952 AL  2.3 (10th)
1955 AL  2.3 (8th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1951 AL  2.3 (10th)
1953 AL  2.6 (9th)

Oldest s c a p y
1959 AL  born 1922-07-31 (10th)
1960 AL  born 1922-07-31 (9th)
1961 AL  born 1922-07-31 (9th)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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 (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 31 (769), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 27 (657), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 16 (993), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Al Smith (960)
  2. Sam Chapman (937)
  3. Wally Moon (935)
  4. Brian Jordan (925)
  5. Tillie Walker (925)
  6. Bobby Higginson (921)
  7. Andy Van Slyke (920)
  8. Melvin Mora (917)
  9. Von Hayes (916)
  10. Sid Gordon (915)
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  1. Fred Schulte (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jeff Conine (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. David Murphy (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Dick Wakefield (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Shane Mack (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Gary Ward (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Gary Ward (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Al Martin (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Cy Williams (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Al Smith (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Gene Woodling (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Brian Jordan (923)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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