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Al Benton

John Alton Benton

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: March 18, 1911 in Noble, OK(All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1934
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Indians/Athletics/RedSox 1934-1952

Final Game: September 21, 1952
Died: April 14, 1968 in Lynwood, CA
Buried: Park Lawn Memorial Park, Bell Gardens, 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	Pos	Awards
1931	20	OKC,LIN	A,D	29																							OKC,LIN · WL,NESL
1932	21	OKC	A	43	63	63		8	1	0	0						.127	.127	.143	.270		9					OKC · WL
1933	22	OKC	A	47	80	80		6	1	0	0						.075	.075	.088	.163		7					OKC · TL
1934	23	PHA	AL	32	57	55	1	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	22	.109	.109	.109	.218	-43	6		0	2	1
1935	24	OAK-min	A	12	25	25		1	0	0	0						.040	.040	.040	.080		1					WPT · NYPL
1935	24	PHA	AL	27	28	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	.040	.111	.040	.151	-59	1		0	1	1

1936	25	MIN-min	A1,AA	49	84	84		17	4	2	0						.202	.202	.298	.500		25					CNG,ALB · SOUA,IL
1937	26	MEM	A1	49	87	87		12	1	0	0						.138	.138	.149	.287		13					MEM · SOUA
1938	27	DET-min	AA	17	22	22		2	0	0	0						.091	.091	.091	.182		2					TOL · AA
1938	27	DET	AL	19	35	33	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	13	.121	.121	.121	.242	-41	4		0	2	1
1939	28	DET	AL	37	52	44	5	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	15	.091	.111	.091	.202	-49	4	3	1	7	1
1940	29	DET	AL	42	21	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	4	1
1941	30	DET	AL	38	59	50	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	.060	.060	.080	.140	-65	4	4	0	9	1	AS,MVP-19
1942	31	DET	AL	35	76	67	3	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	.075	.075	.090	.164	-55	6	0	0	9	1	AS

1945	34	DET	AL	31	73	63	2	4	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	21	.063	.092	.095	.188	-47	6	2	0	8	1	MVP-23
1946	35	DET	AL	28	54	49	3	9	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	17	.184	.184	.204	.388	5	10	0	0	5	1
1947	36	DET	AL	36	42	39	1	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	.154	.154	.179	.333	-9	7	1	0	3	1
1948	37	DET	AL	30	13	11	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.182	.182	.273	.455	18	3	0	0	2	1
1949	38	SAC	AAA	4	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	2		SAC · PCL
1949	38	CLE	AL	40	42	38	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	11	.132	.154	.132	.285	-24	5	1	0	3	1
1950	39	CLE	AL	36	16	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.083	.214	.083	.298	-20	1	0	0	2	1

1951	40	CLE-CHW-min	AAA	43	38	32	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	15	.063	.091	.063	.153		2		0	5		SDG,SAC · PCL
1952	41	SDG	Opn	21	17	16	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	8	.063	.063	.063	.125		1		0	1		SDG · PCL
1952	41	BOS	AL	24	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	2	0	2	1
1953	42	SDG	Opn	50	19	17	0	2	0	0	0	2	0		1	7	.118	.167	.118	.284		2	0	0	1		SDG · PCL
14 Yrs				455	579	512	22	50	7	0	0	14	0	0	7	200	.098	.112	.111	.223	-41	57	13	1	59
162 Game Avg.				162	206	182	8	18	2	0	0	5	0	0	2	71	.098	.112	.111	.223	-41	20		0	21

DET (9 yrs)				296	425	373	18	37	7	0	0	11	0	0	2	142	.099	.106	.118	.224	-41	44	10	1	49
PHA (2 yrs)				59	85	80	2	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	33	.088	.110	.088	.197	-48	7		0	3
CLE (2 yrs)				76	58	50	2	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	20	.120	.170	.120	.290	-22	6	1	0	5
BOS (1 yr)				24	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	2	0	2

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
1934	23	PHA	AL	32	57	-13	0	0	0	6	-6	-0.6	2	-4	-0.6	.482	.496	-0.6	0.0	-4	$	1
1935	24	PHA	AL	27	28	-6	0	0	0	3	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.4	.487	.498	-0.3	-0.0	-3	$	1

1938	27	DET	AL	19	35	-8	0	0	0	4	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.4	.479	.498	-0.4	0.0	-3	$	1
1939	28	DET	AL	37	52	-12	0	0	0	6	-7	-0.6	2	-5	-0.6	.483	.496	-0.6	0.0	-5	$	1
1940	29	DET	AL	42	21	-7	0	0	0	2	-4	-0.4	0	-4	-0.4	.490	.497	-0.4	0.0	-4	$	1
1941	30	DET	AL	38	59	-15	0	0	0	6	-8	-0.8	2	-7	-0.8	.478	.495	-0.8	0.0	-7	$	1	AS,MVP-19
1942	31	DET	AL	35	76	-16	0	0	0	8	-9	-0.9	2	-7	-0.9	.473	.494	-0.9	0.0	-7	$	1	AS

1945	34	DET	AL	31	73	-13	0	0	0	6	-6	-0.8	2	-5	-0.8	.475	.495	-0.8	-0.0	-5	$	1	MVP-23
1946	35	DET	AL	28	54	-7	0	0	0	5	-1	-0.2	1	0	-0.2	.494	.499	-0.2	0.0	0	$	1
1947	36	DET	AL	36	42	-6	0	0	0	4	-2	-0.2	1	-0	-0.2	.495	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-0	$	1
1948	37	DET	AL	30	13	-2	-0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
1949	38	CLE	AL	40	42	-7	-0	-0	0	5	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.492	.498	-0.3	0.0	-2	$	1
1950	39	CLE	AL	36	16	-3	-0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1

1952	41	BOS	AL	24	11	-3	0	-0	0	1	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.490	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$	1
14 Seasons				455	579	-118	-0	-0	0	61	-58	-6.0	15	-43	-6.0	.487	.497	-5.9	0.0	-43	$

DET (9 yrs)				296	425	-86	0	0	0	44	-42	-4.4	11	-32	-4.4	.485	.497	-4.4	0.0	-32	$
PHA (2 yrs)				59	85	-19	0	0	0	9	-10	-1.0	3	-7	-1.0	.484	.497	-0.9	-0.0	-7	$
CLE (2 yrs)				76	58	-10	-0	0	0	6	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.4	.495	.499	-0.4	0.0	-2	$
BOS (1 yr)				24	11	-3	0	-0	0	1	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.490	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$

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
1934	23	PHA	AL	57	51	1	0.5	108	.182	.109	.283	.109	.356	.109	.408	.218	.764	-43	.016	-11.7	-1.1	.122	.000	.000
1935	24	PHA	AL	28	25	0	0.0	110	.071	.040	.286	.111	.359	.040	.414	.151	.772	-59	.000	-6.1	-0.6	.125	.080	.000

1938	27	DET	AL	35	31	0	0.0	124	.200	.121	.299	.121	.379	.121	.445	.242	.824	-41	.000	-7.6	-0.7	.138	.000	.000
1939	28	DET	AL	52	50	0	0.0	120	.138	.091	.295	.111	.371	.091	.436	.202	.807	-49	.000	-10.5	-1.0	.116	.000	.000
1940	29	DET	AL	21	21	0	0.0	119	.000	.000	.290	.000	.364	.000	.440	.000	.804	-100	.000	-5.3	-0.5	.000	.000	.000
1941	30	DET	AL	59	60	0	0.0	115	.100	.060	.287	.060	.366	.080	.423	.140	.789	-65	.000	-12.6	-1.2	.078	.020	.020
1942	31	DET	AL	76	71	0	0.0	101	.143	.075	.275	.075	.351	.090	.385	.164	.735	-55	.000	-14.6	-1.6	.097	.015	.015

1945	34	DET	AL	73	69	1	0.4	94	.095	.063	.270	.092	.343	.095	.366	.188	.709	-47	.015	-12.4	-1.4	.131	.063	.032
1946	35	DET	AL	54	45	2	1.2	101	.281	.184	.272	.184	.347	.204	.391	.388	.738	5	.092	-6.6	-0.7	.250	.020	.020
1947	36	DET	AL	42	37	1	0.7	100	.207	.154	.267	.154	.348	.179	.384	.333	.732	-9	.039	-6.0	-0.6	.206	.026	.026
1948	37	DET	AL	13	11	1	2.4	108	.400	.182	.277	.182	.362	.273	.400	.455	.762	18	.235	-1.4	-0.1	.333	.091	.091
1949	38	CLE	AL	42	37	1	0.7	105	.185	.132	.268	.154	.360	.132	.390	.285	.750	-24	.033	-7.0	-0.7	.176	.026	.000
1950	39	CLE	AL	16	13	0	0.0	110	.333	.083	.274	.214	.360	.083	.410	.298	.770	-20	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.273	.167	.000

1952	41	BOS	AL	11	13	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.268	.000	.349	.000	.391	.000	.740	-100	.000	-2.5	-0.3	.000	.000	.000
14 Yrs				579	534	7	0.4	107	.160	.098	.279	.112	.357	.111	.402	.223	.759	-41	.009	-106.4	-10.7	.137	.027	.014
162 Game Avg.				206	190	2	0.4	107	.160	.098	.279	.112	.357	.111	.402	.223	.759	-41	.009	-106.4	-10.7	.137	.027	.014

DET (9 yrs)				425	395	5	0.3	107	.160	.099	.280	.106	.356	.118	.402	.224	.758	-41	.009	-76.9	-7.8	.136	.024	.019
PHA (2 yrs)				85	76	1	0.4	109	.149	.088	.284	.110	.357	.088	.410	.197	.767	-48	.008	-17.8	-1.7	.123	.025	.000
CLE (2 yrs)				58	50	1	0.5	106	.200	.120	.270	.170	.360	.120	.395	.290	.755	-22	.018	-9.1	-0.9	.200	.060	.000
BOS (1 yr)				11	13	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.268	.000	.349	.000	.391	.000	.740	-100	.000	-2.5	-0.3	.000	.000	.000

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
1945	34	DET	AL	WS	CHC	W	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
1941	DET	AL	30		DNP
1942	DET	AL	31		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	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	GO/AO	IP%
1934	23	PHA	AL	57	0.0%	38.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.5		27.5		58%
1935	24	PHA	AL	28	0.0%	39.3%	7.1%	0.0%	0%	5.50	2.3				50%

1938	27	DET	AL	35	0.0%	37.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.5		33.0		57%
1939	28	DET	AL	52	0.0%	28.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.9		44.0		56%
1940	29	DET	AL	21	0.0%	38.1%	0.0%	0.0%			2.1				43%
1941	30	DET	AL	59	0.0%	33.9%	0.0%	1.7%	33%		2.5				51%
1942	31	DET	AL	76	0.0%	42.1%	0.0%	1.3%	20%		2.1				46%

1945	34	DET	AL	73	0.0%	28.8%	2.7%	2.7%	50%	10.50	3.0		21.0		58%
1946	35	DET	AL	54	0.0%	31.5%	0.0%	1.9%	11%		2.9		16.3		59%
1947	36	DET	AL	42	0.0%	23.8%	0.0%	2.4%	17%		3.9		19.5		69%
1948	37	DET	AL	13	0.0%	46.2%	0.0%	7.7%	50%		1.8		11.0		38%
1949	38	CLE	AL	42	0.0%	26.2%	2.4%	0.0%	0%	11.00	3.5		38.0	3.17	64%
1950	39	CLE	AL	16	0.0%	56.3%	12.5%	0.0%	0%	4.50	1.3			1.50	19%

1952	41	BOS	AL	11	0.0%	45.5%	0.0%	0.0%			1.8			2.50	36%
14 Yrs				579	0.0%	34.5%	1.2%	1.2%	14%	28.57	2.6		36.6	2.80	54%
MLB Averages					1.5%	9.2%	9.1%	6.4%	27%	1.01	9.7	60.0	8.2	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1934	23	PHA	AL	-11.7	-1.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1935	24	PHA	AL	-6.1	-0.6	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1938	27	DET	AL	-7.6	-0.7	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1939	28	DET	AL	-10.5	-1.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1940	29	DET	AL	-5.3	-0.5	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1941	30	DET	AL	-12.6	-1.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1942	31	DET	AL	-14.6	-1.6	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1945	34	DET	AL	-12.4	-1.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1946	35	DET	AL	-6.6	-0.7	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	36	DET	AL	-6.0	-0.6	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	37	DET	AL	-1.4	-0.1	4	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.52	0.0	-0.0	0.7	0.1	0.96	0.1	0
1949	38	CLE	AL	-7.0	-0.7	42	-0.8	0.1	-0.9	.87	-0.8	-0.1	-8.8	-0.9	0.91	-8.8	0
1950	39	CLE	AL	-2.2	-0.2	16	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.77	-0.2	0.1	-2.3	-0.2	0.82	-2.4	0

1952	41	BOS	AL	-2.5	-0.3	11	-0.1	0.1	-0.3	1.04	-0.2	0.1	-2.8	-0.3	1.09	-2.4	0
14 Yrs				-106.4	-10.7	73	-1.0	0.4	-1.4	.86	-1.2	0.0	-13.3	-1.3	0.92	-13.5	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	37	DET	AL	0	0	50%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1949	38	CLE	AL	0	0	17%	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1950	39	CLE	AL	0	0	33%	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1952	41	BOS	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14 Yrs				0	0	38%	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	0

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	37	DET	AL	13	0%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	200%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	3	1	33%	0	0		0	0		0
1949	38	CLE	AL	42	31%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	5	1	20%	9	2	22%	26	1	4%	7	1	14%	1	1	100%	0
1950	39	CLE	AL	16	44%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	3	0	0%	4	2	50%	6	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	0

1952	41	BOS	AL	11	9%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	50%	5	2	40%	5	2	40%	8	0	0%	0	0		3	2	67%	0
14 Yrs				82	29%	50			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	59	590%	14	13	93%	19	7	37%	43	2	5%	8	1	13%	6	4	67%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			434%			41%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1934	23	32	57	55	1	6	0	2	0	22	.109	.109	.109	.218	-43	6		0	2
1935	24	59	85	80	2	7	0	2	2	33	.088	.110	.088	.197	-48	7		0	3
1936	25	59	85	80	2	7	0	2	2	33	.088	.110	.088	.197	-48	7		0	3
1937	26	59	85	80	2	7	0	2	2	33	.088	.110	.088	.197	-48	7		0	3
1938	27	78	120	113	3	11	0	3	2	46	.097	.113	.097	.210	-46	11		0	5
1939	28	115	172	157	8	15	0	4	2	61	.096	.113	.096	.208	-47	15	3	1	12
1940	29	157	193	174	8	15	0	4	2	69	.086	.102	.086	.188	-52	15	3	1	16
1941	30	195	252	224	10	18	1	4	2	89	.080	.093	.085	.177	-55	19	7	1	25
1942	31	230	328	291	13	23	2	4	2	121	.079	.088	.086	.174	-55	25	7	1	34
1943	32	230	328	291	13	23	2	4	2	121	.079	.088	.086	.174	-55	25	7	1	34
1944	33	230	328	291	13	23	2	4	2	121	.079	.088	.086	.174	-55	25	7	1	34
1945	34	261	401	354	15	27	4	7	4	142	.076	.089	.088	.177	-54	31	9	1	42
1946	35	289	455	403	18	36	5	10	4	159	.089	.100	.102	.202	-47	41	9	1	47
1947	36	325	497	442	19	42	6	12	4	169	.095	.105	.109	.214	-44	48	10	1	50
1948	37	355	510	453	20	44	7	13	4	175	.097	.107	.113	.220	-42	51	10	1	52
1949	38	395	552	491	21	49	7	14	5	186	.100	.111	.114	.225	-41	56	11	1	55
1950	39	431	568	503	22	50	7	14	7	195	.099	.114	.113	.227	-40	57	11	1	57
1951	40	431	568	503	22	50	7	14	7	195	.099	.114	.113	.227	-40	57	11	1	57
1952	41	455	579	512	22	50	7	14	7	200	.098	.112	.111	.223	-41	57	13	1	59

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
1934	23	34	62	60	2	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	23	.133	.133	.133	.267	1	32
1935	24	29	29	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12	.000	.071	.000	.071	0	27

1938	27	20	37	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	19
1939	28	39	54	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	.000	.021	.000	.021	0	37
1940	29	44	22	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	42
1941	30	39	61	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	38
1942	31	37	81	71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	35

1945	34	33	79	68	4	6	3	0	0	6	0	3	22	.088	.127	.132	.259	1	31
1946	35	29	57	52	3	10	1	0	0	3	0	0	18	.192	.192	.212	.404	2	28
1947	36	37	43	40	1	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	10	.150	.150	.175	.325	1	36
1948	37	31	13	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	30
1949	38	42	44	40	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	11	.150	.171	.150	.321	1	40
1950	39	38	17	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.000	.133	.000	.133	0	36

1952	41	25	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	24
14 Yrs		477	610	541	11	36	5	0	0	15	0	8	209	.067	.082	.076	.158	6	455
162 Game Avg.		162	207	184	4	12	2	0	0	5	0	3	71	.067	.082	.076	.158	2	455

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1941 1942 *	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1941 AL (19, 2%) 1945 AL (23, 2%) 0.04 Career Shares (1177th)	Oldest s c a p y 1949 AL born 1911-03-18 (5th) 1950 AL born 1911-03-18 (3rd) 1952 AL born 1911-03-18 (3rd)

All-Star Games
1941
1942 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1941 AL (19, 2%)
1945 AL (23, 2%)
0.04 Career Shares (1177th)

Oldest s c a p y
1949 AL  born 1911-03-18 (5th)
1950 AL  born 1911-03-18 (3rd)
1952 AL  born 1911-03-18 (3rd)

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters

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