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Gus Bell

David Russell Bell

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 15, 1928 in Louisville, KY
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 30, 1950
Teams (by GP): Redlegs/Reds/Pirates/Braves/Mets 1950-1964

Final Game: May 1, 1964
Died: May 7, 1995 in Montgomery, OH
Buried: Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH
Relatives: Father of Buddy Bell, Grandfather of David Bell and Grandfather of Mike Bell
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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 21 PIT NL 111 456 422 62 119 22 11 8 53 4 28 46 .282 .333 .443 .776 100 187 4 4 2 *O9
1951 22 PIT NL 149 647 600 80 167 27 12 16 89 1 4 42 41 .278 .330 .443 .773 104 266 9 4 1 *O9
1952 23 PIT NL 131 510 468 53 117 21 5 16 59 1 4 36 72 .250 .306 .419 .725 98 196 6 2 4 *O9
1953 24 CIN NL 151 665 610 102 183 37 5 30 105 0 2 48 72 .300 .354 .525 .879 125 320 14 3 4 *O8/9 AS,MVP-20
1954 25 CIN NL 153 684 619 104 185 38 7 17 101 5 3 48 58 .299 .349 .465 .814 109 288 13 4 5 8 *8 AS
1955 26 CIN NL 154 672 610 88 188 30 6 27 104 4 4 54 57 .308 .361 .510 .871 124 311 6 0 2 6 2 *8
1956 27 CIN NL 150 666 603 82 176 31 4 29 84 6 2 50 66 .292 .347 .501 .848 120 302 10 3 7 3 4 *8 AS
1957 28 CIN NL 121 555 510 65 149 20 3 13 61 0 1 30 54 .292 .332 .420 .751 96 214 10 3 6 6 5 *8 AS
1958 29 CIN NL 112 433 385 42 97 16 2 10 46 2 3 36 40 .252 .314 .382 .696 79 147 7 1 6 5 7 *87
1959 30 CIN NL 148 620 580 59 170 27 2 19 115 2 3 29 44 .293 .325 .445 .770 100 258 13 2 1 8 1 *9/7
1960 31 CIN NL 143 554 515 65 135 19 5 12 62 4 3 29 40 .262 .300 .388 .688 86 200 7 1 4 5 3 *97/8
1961 32 CIN NL 103 262 235 27 60 10 1 3 33 1 1 18 21 .255 .298 .345 .642 69 81 4 0 0 9 3 79/8
1962 33 TOT NL 109 343 315 36 76 13 3 6 30 0 1 22 24 .241 .288 .359 .647 74 113 5 0 3 3 2 79/8
1962 33 NYM NL 30 115 101 8 15 2 0 1 6 0 1 10 7 .149 .221 .198 .419 14 20 2 0 2 2 0 9
1962 33 MLN NL 79 228 214 28 61 11 3 5 24 0 0 12 17 .285 .322 .435 .756 104 93 3 0 1 1 2 7/98
1963 34 MLN NL 3 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 94 1 0 0 0 0 0
1964 35 MLN NL 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 1741 7073 6478 865 1823 311 66 206 942 30 31 470 636 .281 .330 .445 .775 102 2884 109 27 45 53 27
162 Game Avg. 162 658 603 80 170 29 6 19 88 3 44 59 .281 .330 .445 .775 102 268 10 3 4
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) 1235 5111 4667 634 1343 228 35 160 711 24 22 342 452 .288 .335 .454 .790 105 2121 84 17 35 50 25
PIT (3 yrs) 391 1613 1490 195 403 70 28 40 201 6 8 106 159 .270 .323 .436 .759 101 649 19 10 7
MLN (3 yrs) 85 234 220 28 62 11 3 5 24 0 0 12 18 .282 .318 .427 .745 101 94 4 0 1 1 2
NYM (1 yr) 30 115 101 8 15 2 0 1 6 0 1 10 7 .149 .221 .198 .419 14 20 2 0 2 2 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1950 21 PIT NL 456 -5 2 0 0 2 -5 16 10 1.0 8 0.8 0.2 $ *O9
1951 22 PIT NL 647 1 0 0 0 -2 -7 21 13 1.3 15 1.6 -0.3 $ *O9
1952 23 PIT NL 510 -3 -2 0 0 -6 -6 18 1 0.0 7 0.8 -0.8 $ *O9
1953 24 CIN NL 665 24 1 0 1 1 -1 21 47 4.7 46 4.6 0.1 $ *O8/9 AS,MVP-20
1954 25 CIN NL 684 9 1 3 1 -10 -1 22 25 2.5 35 3.6 -1.1 $ *8 AS
1955 26 CIN NL 671 22 -2 1 2 -8 -1 22 36 3.7 44 4.5 -0.8 $ *8
1956 27 CIN NL 665 17 -1 2 2 -23 -1 21 17 1.9 40 4.2 -2.3 $ *8 AS
1957 28 CIN NL 555 -4 0 -1 2 -7 -1 17 6 0.6 13 1.3 -0.7 $ *8 AS
1958 29 CIN NL 432 -9 -2 0 1 -10 -1 15 -7 -0.8 4 0.4 -1.2 $ *87
1959 30 CIN NL 620 0 -2 -1 -1 -0 -7 21 10 1.0 10 1.0 0.0 $ *9/7
1960 31 CIN NL 554 -13 1 0 1 1 -7 19 1 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ *97/8
1961 32 CIN NL 262 -10 0 -2 0 2 -3 9 -4 -0.5 -6 -0.6 0.1 $ 79/8
1962 33 NYM NL 115 -13 0 -1 1 -5 -1 4 -15 -1.6 -10 -1.0 -0.6 $ 9
1962 33 MLN NL 228 1 -1 0 1 -0 -3 8 6 0.6 6 0.6 0.0 $ 7/98
1963 34 MLN NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
1964 35 MLN NL 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $
15 Seasons 7070 16 -5 1 11 -67 -45 234 145 14.3 212 21.8 -7.5 $
CIN (9 yrs) 5108 36 -4 2 9 -56 -23 167 131 13.1 187 19.1 -6.0 $
PIT (3 yrs) 1613 -7 0 0 0 -6 -18 55 24 2.3 30 3.2 -0.9 $
MLN (3 yrs) 234 0 -1 0 1 -0 -3 8 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $
NYM (1 yr) 115 -13 0 -1 1 -5 -1 4 -15 -1.6 -10 -1.0 -0.6 $

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
1950 21 PIT NL 456 309 61 5.3 111 .302 .282 .273 .333 .351 .443 .424 .776 .774 100 .550 -2.2 -0.2 .726 .237 .161 5.3
1951 22 PIT NL 647 447 85 5.1 105 .278 .278 .270 .330 .344 .443 .409 .773 .753 104 .556 1.0 0.1 .693 .230 .165 1.9
1952 23 PIT NL 510 365 58 4.2 99 .266 .250 .264 .306 .337 .419 .393 .725 .730 98 .511 -3.5 -0.4 .640 .239 .169 1.9
1953 24 CIN NL 665 447 111 6.6 110 .301 .300 .274 .354 .345 .525 .427 .879 .773 125 .637 21.3 2.0 .833 .300 .225 .0
1954 25 CIN NL 684 463 100 5.8 111 .304 .299 .277 .349 .348 .465 .428 .814 .776 109 .586 7.7 0.7 .760 .247 .166 7.7
1955 26 CIN NL 672 440 114 6.9 110 .303 .308 .271 .361 .343 .510 .430 .871 .773 124 .672 20.3 2.0 .845 .290 .202 7.0
1956 27 CIN NL 666 449 105 6.2 108 .288 .292 .271 .347 .339 .501 .428 .848 .766 120 .649 16.0 1.6 .818 .299 .209 9.9
1957 28 CIN NL 555 384 70 5.0 108 .303 .292 .276 .332 .340 .420 .427 .751 .766 96 .530 -3.6 -0.4 .661 .184 .127 .0
1958 29 CIN NL 433 309 46 4.0 111 .256 .252 .277 .314 .346 .382 .432 .696 .778 79 .431 -12.1 -1.2 .614 .221 .130 3.3
1959 30 CIN NL 620 435 81 5.0 108 .288 .293 .275 .325 .342 .445 .426 .770 .767 100 .534 -1.5 -0.2 .676 .200 .152 3.6
1960 31 CIN NL 554 399 60 4.0 101 .263 .262 .266 .300 .332 .388 .407 .688 .739 86 .465 -11.7 -1.2 .592 .184 .126 6.0
1961 32 CIN NL 262 189 25 3.5 107 .259 .255 .273 .298 .339 .345 .424 .642 .764 69 .376 -9.8 -1.0 .550 .166 .089 1.5
1962 33 TOT NL 343 251 35 3.7 101 .243 .241 .268 .288 .335 .359 .406 .647 .741 74 .409 -11.8 -1.2 .547 .184 .117 .0
1962 33 NYM NL 115 93 5 1.4 103 .147 .149 .270 .221 .337 .198 .410 .419 .747 14 .108 -12.4 -1.2 .326 .139 .050 .0
1962 33 MLN NL 228 158 30 5.1 101 .290 .285 .266 .322 .333 .435 .404 .756 .738 104 .549 0.5 0.0 .673 .206 .150 .0
1963 34 MLN NL 3 2 0 0.0 89 .333 .333 .253 .333 .315 .333 .378 .667 .693 94 .000 -0.0 0.0 .500 .000 .000
1964 35 MLN NL 3 4 0 0.0 94 .000 .000 .265 .000 .322 .000 .393 .000 .715 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
15 Seasons 7073 4893 951 5.2 107 .284 .281 .272 .330 .342 .445 .420 .775 .762 102 .557 9.3 0.7 .705 .236 .164 52.4
162 Game Avg. 658 455 88 5.2 107 .284 .281 .272 .330 .342 .445 .420 .775 .762 102 .557 1 0 .705 .236 .164 5
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) 5111 3515 712 5.4 108 .288 .288 .273 .335 .342 .454 .426 .790 .767 105 .571 26.6 2.5 .724 .240 .167 41.7
PIT (3 yrs) 1613 1121 204 4.9 105 .281 .270 .269 .323 .344 .436 .408 .759 .752 101 .541 -4.6 -0.5 .685 .235 .165 10.4
MLN (3 yrs) 234 164 30 4.9 100 .288 .282 .266 .318 .333 .427 .404 .745 .737 101 .534 -0.3 -0.0 .654 .200 .145 .0
NYM (1 yr) 115 93 5 1.4 103 .147 .149 .270 .221 .337 .198 .410 .419 .747 14 .108 -12.4 -1.2 .326 .139 .050 .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
1961 32 CIN NL WS NYY L 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 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
1953 CIN NL 24 as CF 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 CIN NL 25 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000 4 0 0 0 0 0
1956 CIN NL 27 as CF 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 CIN NL 28 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (4 Appearances) 7 6 1 2 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 1 .333 .429 1.000 1.429 6 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
1950 21 PIT NL 456 1.8% 10.1% 6.1% 9.0% 35% 1.64 9.2 52.8 8.0 0.90 81%
1951 22 PIT NL 647 2.5% 6.3% 6.5% 8.5% 33% 0.98 14.6 37.5 6.7 0.92 84%
1952 23 PIT NL 510 3.1% 14.1% 7.1% 8.2% 36% 2.00 6.5 29.3 7.9 0.74 75%
1953 24 CIN NL 665 4.5% 10.8% 7.2% 10.8% 39% 1.50 8.5 20.3 5.8 0.90 76%
1954 25 CIN NL 684 2.5% 8.5% 7.0% 9.1% 34% 1.21 10.7 36.4 6.1 1.04 81%
1955 26 CIN NL 672 4.0% 8.5% 8.0% 9.4% 34% 1.06 10.7 22.6 5.9 0.78 79%
1956 27 CIN NL 666 4.4% 9.9% 7.5% 9.6% 36% 1.32 9.1 20.8 7.2 0.91 77%
1957 28 CIN NL 555 2.3% 9.7% 5.4% 6.5% 24% 1.80 9.4 39.2 8.4 1.00 81%
1958 29 CIN NL 433 2.3% 9.2% 8.3% 6.5% 29% 1.11 9.6 38.5 8.4 0.91 79%
1959 30 CIN NL 620 3.1% 7.1% 4.7% 7.7% 28% 1.52 13.2 30.5 5.0 0.82 85%
1960 31 CIN NL 554 2.2% 7.2% 5.2% 6.5% 27% 1.38 12.9 42.9 8.3 0.81 84%
1961 32 CIN NL 262 1.2% 8.0% 6.9% 5.3% 23% 1.17 11.2 78.3 7.1 0.80 84%
1962 33 TOT NL 343 1.8% 7.0% 6.4% 6.4% 29% 1.09 13.1 52.5 10.5 0.77 84%
1962 33 NYM NL 115 0.9% 6.1% 8.7% 2.6% 20% 0.70 14.4 101.0 16.8 0.81 83%
1962 33 MLN NL 228 2.2% 7.5% 5.3% 8.3% 31% 1.42 12.6 42.8 8.9 0.75 85%
1963 34 MLN NL 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 0.00 100%
1964 35 MLN NL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0 2.00 67%
15 Seasons 7073 2.9% 9.0% 6.6% 8.2% 32% 1.35 10.2 31.4 6.9 0.87 80%
MLB Averages 2.2% 12.6% 9.0% 6.5% 29% 1.41 7.1 39.7 8.3 1.00 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
1950 21 PIT NL -2.2 -0.2 301 0.2 5.7 -5.5 1.08 0.5 -0.3 4.4 0.4 0.96 1.9 1.55 6
1951 22 PIT NL 1.0 0.1 459 1.0 8.6 -7.6 1.03 0.4 0.5 6.0 0.6 0.97 7.9 0.72 2
1952 23 PIT NL -3.5 -0.4 365 0.8 7.2 -6.4 1.03 -0.0 0.8 3.9 0.4 0.95 -2.7 1.27 3
1953 24 CIN NL 21.3 2.0 675 2.3 13.5 -11.2 1.00 2.6 -0.3 29.0 2.7 0.91 30.0 1.43 1
1954 25 CIN NL 7.7 0.7 697 2.3 13.5 -11.1 1.00 2.5 -0.2 37.8 3.6 0.94 32.8 0.73 1
1955 26 CIN NL 20.3 2.0 687 3.4 14.3 -10.9 .98 3.5 -0.0 33.6 3.2 0.95 35.8 0
1956 27 CIN NL 16.0 1.6 678 3.3 13.9 -10.6 1.00 3.1 0.3 31.5 3.0 0.93 33.5 0
1957 28 CIN NL -3.6 -0.4 563 0.4 10.1 -9.7 1.04 -0.1 0.5 4.8 0.5 0.93 4.1 0
1958 29 CIN NL -12.1 -1.2 441 -1.4 7.3 -8.7 1.12 -1.0 -0.3 -13.8 -1.3 0.96 -9.2 1.00 7
1959 30 CIN NL -1.5 -0.2 629 2.8 13.5 -10.8 1.03 0.9 1.7 32.3 3.1 0.97 14.5 0.49 6
1960 31 CIN NL -11.7 -1.2 577 -0.9 9.1 -10.0 1.03 0.4 -1.3 -0.4 -0.0 0.97 4.0 2.44 13
1961 32 CIN NL -9.8 -1.0 266 -0.5 4.4 -4.9 1.08 -0.9 0.4 -7.2 -0.7 0.97 -10.6 1.84 35
1962 33 TOT NL -11.8 -1.2 339 -0.1 6.2 -6.4 1.12 -0.7 0.6 -13.7 -1.4 0.94 -10.3 2.39 25
1962 33 NYM NL -12.4 -1.2 118 -0.6 1.8 -2.3 1.10 -1.0 0.4 -13.7 -1.4 0.94 -11.6 1.67 4
1962 33 MLN NL 0.5 0.0 221 0.5 4.5 -4.0 1.13 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.95 1.4 2.53 21
1963 34 MLN NL -0.0 0.0 3 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 3.18 -0.1 -0.1 -1.8 -0.2 1.30 -0.7 3.18 3
1964 35 MLN NL -0.8 -0.1 3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.08 -0.1 0.0 -1.0 -0.1 1.03 -0.9 1.08 3
15 Seasons 9.3 0.7 6683 13.0 127.4 -114.3 1.03 11.0 1.6 145.5 13.7 0.95 130.0 1.86 105
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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1950 21 PIT NL 2 0 38% 103 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 8 7 46% 16 10 4 5 3 2 14 3 10
1951 22 PIT NL 5 0 33% 181 1 4 20% 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 5 44% 27 18 8 8 4 3 10 1 9
1952 23 PIT NL 4 0 27% 114 1 4 20% 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 48% 15 9 6 4 2 2 8 3 5
1953 24 CIN NL 8 0 35% 245 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 9 49% 40 28 11 6 1 5 24 6 18
1954 25 CIN NL 15 0 40% 269 5 3 63% 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 11 16 46% 43 25 16 11 5 5 25 9 15
1955 26 CIN NL 9 0 28% 272 4 4 50% 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 14 46% 46 27 14 8 2 5 27 7 18
1956 27 CIN NL 12 0 27% 246 6 2 75% 5 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 8 9 43% 37 22 13 7 5 2 14 4 10
1957 28 CIN NL 6 0 31% 235 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 15 31% 36 30 4 7 4 3 16 5 11
1958 29 CIN NL 5 0 26% 170 2 3 40% 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 3 26% 26 23 2 6 2 3 10 4 6
1959 30 CIN NL 6 0 22% 240 2 3 40% 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 11 32% 24 18 6 8 7 1 12 4 7
1960 31 CIN NL 8 0 35% 218 4 3 57% 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 22 35% 33 21 11 14 10 4 10 2 5
1961 32 CIN NL 2 0 32% 86 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 31% 12 11 1 7 6 1 7 1 6
1962 33 TOT NL 3 0 33% 111 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 44% 18 11 7 3 0 2 6 3 3
1962 33 NYM NL 1 0 29% 31 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 75% 6 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 2
1962 33 MLN NL 2 0 34% 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 32% 12 9 3 3 0 2 4 3 1
1963 34 MLN NL 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
1964 35 MLN NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 85 0 31% 2490 30 31 53% 25 28 1 3 0 2 8 1 88 122 41% 373 253 103 94 51 38 183 52 123
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*

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
1950 21 PIT NL 290 89% 119 6 1 0 1 1.55 8 0 10 3 1 3 1 0 2 2 100% 54 4 7% 26 11 42% 190 33 17% 15 12 80% 13 10 77% 165
1951 22 PIT NL 445 83% 167 2 1 1 1 0.72 16 0 19 8 0 2 6 0 2 1 50% 97 9 9% 42 16 38% 316 55 17% 25 17 68% 24 11 46% 202
1952 23 PIT NL 354 87% 117 3 0 0 0 1.27 16 1 7 13 0 3 10 0 3 4 133% 77 6 8% 28 8 29% 216 35 16% 16 8 50% 7 4 57% 156
1953 24 CIN NL 665 64% 183 1 1 0 0 1.43 30 1 11 24 6 15 15 0 7 4 57% 166 14 8% 53 18 34% 420 75 18% 32 18 56% 30 17 57% 0
1954 25 CIN NL 684 67% 185 1 0 0 0 0.73 17 0 12 15 2 15 2 0 5 5 100% 177 13 7% 66 33 50% 446 88 20% 34 26 76% 38 23 61% 0
1955 26 CIN NL 670 63% 188 0 0 0 0 27 1 20 22 5 16 11 0 2 2 100% 124 6 5% 56 21 38% 433 78 18% 32 19 59% 26 15 58% 1
1956 27 CIN NL 664 69% 176 0 0 0 0 29 0 11 23 6 20 9 0 13 7 54% 159 10 6% 48 19 40% 422 60 14% 24 11 46% 31 24 77% 1
1957 28 CIN NL 555 72% 149 0 0 0 0 13 0 10 10 3 7 6 1 10 6 60% 118 10 8% 53 20 38% 351 49 14% 30 15 50% 26 12 46% 0
1958 29 CIN NL 432 70% 97 7 1 0 0 1.00 10 1 13 8 2 8 2 0 8 6 75% 93 7 8% 50 16 32% 289 37 13% 28 14 50% 19 7 37% 0
1959 30 CIN NL 618 75% 170 6 2 1 1 0.49 19 0 14 16 3 8 11 0 4 1 25% 139 13 9% 49 20 41% 449 102 23% 37 25 68% 41 31 76% 2
1960 31 CIN NL 554 75% 135 13 3 1 2 2.44 12 0 12 10 2 9 3 0 6 4 67% 117 7 6% 59 28 47% 361 54 15% 33 23 70% 33 20 61% 0
1961 32 CIN NL 262 89% 60 35 10 1 5 1.84 3 0 8 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 50 4 8% 30 11 37% 173 32 19% 23 13 57% 13 4 31% 0
1962 33 TOT NL 334 88% 76 25 4 0 2 2.39 6 0 5 5 1 4 2 0 5 3 60% 68 5 7% 27 11 41% 197 24 12% 19 9 47% 11 6 55% 9
1962 33 NYM NL 115 85% 15 4 0 0 0 1.67 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 67% 29 2 7% 9 5 56% 68 5 7% 5 4 80% 4 3 75% 0
1962 33 MLN NL 219 90% 61 21 4 0 2 2.53 5 0 5 4 1 3 2 0 2 1 50% 39 3 8% 18 6 33% 129 19 15% 14 5 36% 7 3 43% 9
1963 34 MLN NL 3 100% 1 3 1 0 0 3.18 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 4 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1964 35 MLN NL 3 100% 0 3 0 0 0 1.08 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 6533 74% 1823 105 24 4 12 1.86 206 4 153 160 31 112 79 1 67 45 67% 1443 109 8% 588 232 39% 4269 722 17% 349 210 60% 312 184 59% 536
MLB Averages 50% 81% 11% 31% 14% 50% 54%
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
1950 21 111 456 422 62 119 22 11 8 53 4 28 46 .282 .333 .443 .776 100 187 4 4 2
1951 22 260 1103 1022 142 286 49 23 24 142 5 4 70 87 .280 .331 .443 .774 102 453 13 8 3
1952 23 391 1613 1490 195 403 70 28 40 201 6 8 106 159 .270 .323 .436 .759 101 649 19 10 7
1953 24 542 2278 2100 297 586 107 33 70 306 6 10 154 231 .279 .332 .461 .794 108 969 33 13 11
1954 25 695 2962 2719 401 771 145 40 87 407 11 13 202 289 .284 .336 .462 .798 108 1257 46 17 16 8
1955 26 849 3634 3329 489 959 175 46 114 511 15 17 256 346 .288 .341 .471 .812 111 1568 52 17 18 14 2
1956 27 999 4300 3932 571 1135 206 50 143 595 21 19 306 412 .289 .342 .476 .817 113 1870 62 20 25 17 6
1957 28 1120 4855 4442 636 1284 226 53 156 656 21 20 336 466 .289 .341 .469 .810 111 2084 72 23 31 23 11
1958 29 1232 5288 4827 678 1381 242 55 166 702 23 23 372 506 .286 .338 .462 .801 108 2231 79 24 37 28 18
1959 30 1380 5908 5407 737 1551 269 57 185 817 25 26 401 550 .287 .337 .460 .797 107 2489 92 26 38 36 19
1960 31 1523 6462 5922 802 1686 288 62 197 879 29 29 430 590 .285 .334 .454 .788 105 2689 99 27 42 41 22
1961 32 1626 6724 6157 829 1746 298 63 200 912 30 30 448 611 .284 .332 .450 .782 104 2770 103 27 42 50 25
1962 33 1735 7067 6472 865 1822 311 66 206 942 30 31 470 635 .282 .330 .445 .776 103 2883 108 27 45 53 27
1963 34 1738 7070 6475 865 1823 311 66 206 942 30 31 470 635 .282 .330 .445 .776 103 2884 108 27 45 53 27
1964 35 1741 7073 6478 865 1823 311 66 206 942 30 31 470 636 .281 .330 .445 .775 102 2884 109 27 45 53 27

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
1950 21 116 467 435 59 118 22 11 8 51 4 28 48 .271 .321 .428 .749 59 111
1951 22 155 667 620 81 170 27 12 16 90 1 43 43 .274 .325 .434 .759 87 149
1952 23 137 532 492 58 125 22 5 17 64 1 38 75 .254 .310 .423 .733 65 131
1953 24 157 674 624 98 181 37 5 30 101 0 47 75 .290 .343 .510 .852 108 151
1954 25 161 707 646 104 189 39 7 17 101 5 49 61 .293 .342 .454 .796 101 153
1955 26 162 693 633 86 189 30 6 27 101 4 54 60 .299 .351 .493 .844 110 154
1956 27 157 686 628 84 182 32 4 30 87 6 52 69 .290 .345 .497 .842 108 150
1957 28 126 567 528 64 151 20 3 13 60 0 30 56 .286 .325 .409 .734 70 121
1958 29 118 445 402 42 99 16 2 10 46 2 37 42 .246 .308 .371 .679 46 112
1959 30 155 642 602 59 173 27 2 19 115 2 30 46 .287 .319 .434 .753 85 148
1960 31 149 577 540 70 143 20 5 13 67 4 31 42 .265 .303 .393 .696 65 143
1961 32 108 271 244 27 61 10 1 3 33 1 18 22 .250 .292 .336 .628 25 103
1962 33 109 344 318 36 79 14 3 6 30 0 23 24 .248 .297 .368 .664 35 109
1963 34 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
1964 35 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
15 Seasons 1816 7278 6718 868 1860 316 66 209 946 30 480 664 .277 .325 .437 .762 964 1741
162 Game Avg. 162 649 599 77 166 28 6 19 84 3 43 59 .277 .325 .437 .762 86 1741

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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
1953 (CF)
1954 *
1956 (CF)
1957 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1953 NL (20, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1498th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1953 NL  4.6 (8th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1955 NL  .308 (10th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1953 NL  .525 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1954 NL  153 (6th)
1955 NL  154 (1st)

At Bats s c a p y
1951 NL  600 (9th)
1953 NL  610 (5th)
1954 NL  619 (3rd)
1955 NL  610 (3rd)
1956 NL  603 (6th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1954 NL  684 (6th)
1955 NL  672 (6th)
1956 NL  666 (7th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1954 NL  104 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1951 NL  167 (10th)
1953 NL  183 (7th)
1954 NL  185 (9th)
1955 NL  188 (3rd)
1956 NL  176 (8th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1953 NL  320 (5th)
1954 NL  288 (7th)
1955 NL  311 (8th)
1956 NL  302 (6th)

Doubles s c a p y
1953 NL  37 (5th)
1954 NL  38 (5th)
1955 NL  30 (6th)
1956 NL  31 (5th)

Triples s c a p y
1950 NL  11 (2nd)
1951 NL  12 (1st)

Home Runs s c a p y
1953 NL  30 (7th)
1955 NL  27 (10th)
1956 NL  29 (10th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1954 NL  101 (10th)
1955 NL  104 (10th)
1959 NL  115 (4th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1952 NL  72 (10th)

Singles s c a p y
1954 NL  123 (9th)
1955 NL  125 (4th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1953 NL  111 (8th)
1955 NL  114 (9th)
1956 NL  105 (7th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1953 NL  72 (4th)
1954 NL  62 (10th)
1955 NL  63 (9th)
1956 NL  64 (8th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1955 NL  242 (9th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1955 NL  .672 (10th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1954 NL  8 (9th)
1957 NL  6 (8th)
1959 NL  8 (5th)
1961 NL  9 (2nd)

AB per SO s c a p y
1959 NL  13.2 (6th)
1960 NL  12.9 (6th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1954 NL  463 (5th)
1956 NL  449 (7th)
1959 NL  435 (10th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1954 NL  37.82 (6th)
1955 NL  33.56 (9th)
1956 NL  31.50 (8th)
1959 NL  32.33 (10th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1955 NL  3.4 (6th)
1956 NL  3.3 (9th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1955 NL  3.5 (8th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1954 NL  3.6 (6th)
1955 NL  3.2 (9th)
1956 NL  3.0 (9th)
1959 NL  3.1 (10th)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 - 2 (598), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 66 (380), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 40 (481), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 20 (718), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Andy Pafko (958)
  2. Carl Furillo (933)
  3. Richie Hebner (928)
  4. Tony Oliva (920)
  5. Johnny Callison (916)
  6. Bob Watson (916)
  7. Chet Lemon (912)
  8. Bill White (911)
  9. Bobby Thomson (910)
  10. Jose Guillen (910)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Willie Davis (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Harold Baines (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Johnny Callison (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Harold Baines (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Harold Baines (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Harold Baines (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Harold Baines (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Harold Baines (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Harold Baines (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Harold Baines (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Bobby Murcer (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Chet Lemon (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. George Hendrick (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. George Hendrick (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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