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Yogi Berra

Lawrence Peter Berra

Positions: Catcher and Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 12, 1925 in St. Louis, MO
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1943. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 1946 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Mets 1946-1965

Final Game: May 9, 1965 (Age 39)
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1972 (339/396 ballots).
   View Yogi Berra Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Relatives: Father of Dale Berra
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All-Time Rank (among batters): #71. Goose Goslin… #72. Roberto Alomar… #73. Jim Thome… #74. YOGI BERRA… #75. Lou Whitaker… #76. Sam Crawford… #77. Barry Larkin… 

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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
1944 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946 21 NYY AL 7 23 22 3 8 1 0 2 4 0 0 1 1 .364 .391 .682 1.073 194 15 0 0 0 /2
1947 22 NYY AL 83 306 293 41 82 15 3 11 54 0 1 13 12 .280 .310 .464 .775 114 136 7 0 0 2O79 MVP-15
1948 23 NYY AL 125 497 469 70 143 24 10 14 98 3 3 25 24 .305 .341 .488 .830 120 229 9 1 2 2O9 AS,MVP-29
1949 24 NYY AL 116 443 415 59 115 20 2 20 91 2 1 22 25 .277 .323 .480 .802 111 199 6 6 0 *2 AS,MVP-15
1950 25 NYY AL 151 656 597 116 192 30 6 28 124 4 2 55 12 .322 .383 .533 .915 135 318 11 4 0 *2 AS,MVP-3
1951 26 NYY AL 141 594 547 92 161 19 4 27 88 5 4 44 20 .294 .350 .492 .842 130 269 16 3 0 *2 AS,MVP-1
1952 27 NYY AL 142 603 534 97 146 17 1 30 98 2 3 66 24 .273 .358 .478 .835 137 255 8 4 1 *2 AS,MVP-4
1953 28 NYY AL 137 557 503 80 149 23 5 27 108 0 3 50 32 .296 .363 .523 .886 141 263 7 3 1 *2 AS,MVP-2
1954 29 NYY AL 151 651 584 88 179 28 6 22 125 0 1 56 29 .307 .367 .488 .855 136 285 9 4 1 7 *2/5 AS,MVP-1
1955 30 NYY AL 147 615 541 84 147 20 3 27 108 1 0 60 20 .272 .349 .470 .819 120 254 13 7 2 5 6 *2 AS,MVP-1
1956 31 NYY AL 140 596 521 93 155 29 2 30 105 3 2 65 29 .298 .378 .534 .911 142 278 8 5 1 5 7 *2/7 AS,MVP-2
1957 32 NYY AL 134 545 482 74 121 14 2 24 82 1 2 57 24 .251 .329 .438 .767 109 211 11 1 1 4 10 *2/79 AS,MVP-14
1958 33 NYY AL 122 476 433 60 115 17 3 22 90 3 0 35 35 .266 .319 .471 .790 119 204 6 2 0 6 5 29/3 AS,MVP-18
1959 34 NYY AL 131 521 472 64 134 25 1 19 69 1 2 43 38 .284 .347 .462 .809 125 218 6 4 0 2 5 *2/9 AS,MVP-12
1960 35 NYY AL 120 404 359 46 99 14 1 15 62 2 1 38 23 .276 .347 .446 .792 118 160 11 3 0 4 6 279 AS,MVP-15
1961 36 NYY AL 119 436 395 62 107 11 0 22 61 2 0 35 28 .271 .330 .466 .795 115 184 7 2 0 5 4 72/9 AS,MVP-23
1962 37 NYY AL 86 263 232 25 52 8 0 10 35 0 1 24 18 .224 .297 .388 .685 85 90 7 2 0 5 4 27 AS
1963 38 NYY AL 64 164 147 20 43 6 0 8 28 1 0 15 17 .293 .360 .497 .856 139 73 4 1 0 1 2 2
1965 40 NYM NL 4 9 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .222 .222 .222 .444 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 /2
19 Yrs 2120 8359 7555 1175 2150 321 49 358 1430 30 26 704 414 .285 .348 .482 .830 125 3643 146 52 9 44 49
162 Game Avg. 162 639 577 90 164 25 4 27 109 2 2 54 32 .285 .348 .482 .830 125 278 11 4 1
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
NYY (18 yrs) 2116 8350 7546 1174 2148 321 49 358 1430 30 26 704 411 .285 .348 .483 .830 125 3641 146 52 9 44 49
NYM (1 yr) 4 9 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .222 .222 .222 .444 29 2 0 0 0 0 0
AL (18 yrs) 2116 8350 7546 1174 2148 321 49 358 1430 30 26 704 411 .285 .348 .483 .830 125 3641 146 52 9 44 49
NL (1 yr) 4 9 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .222 .222 .222 .444 29 2 0 0 0 0 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 Awards
1946 21 NYY AL 7 23 3 0 0 1 0 4 0.4 1 4 0.5 .559 .503 0.4 0.1 3 /2
1947 22 NYY AL 83 306 4 -0 0 -1 0 4 0.4 8 12 1.2 .505 .503 1.3 -0.1 13 $5,000 2O79 MVP-15
1948 23 NYY AL 125 497 10 1 1 -2 0 10 1.0 12 23 2.3 .508 .506 2.5 -0.2 25 $9,000 2O9 AS,MVP-29
1949 24 NYY AL 116 443 4 1 1 2 4 12 1.2 11 23 2.3 .510 .507 2.1 0.6 21 $14,000 *2 AS,MVP-15
1950 25 NYY AL 151 656 31 2 -0 1 5 38 3.6 17 56 5.3 .524 .522 5.2 0.6 54 $19,000 *2 AS,MVP-3
1951 26 NYY AL 141 594 21 0 -1 4 5 29 3.0 16 45 4.5 .521 .518 4.0 0.9 41 $24,000 *2 AS,MVP-1
1952 27 NYY AL 142 603 27 1 0 2 5 34 3.7 16 51 5.3 .526 .523 5.1 0.8 49 $34,000 *2 AS,MVP-4
1953 28 NYY AL 137 557 23 -0 2 2 4 31 3.2 15 46 4.7 .523 .519 4.4 0.7 44 $36,000 *2 AS,MVP-2
1954 29 NYY AL 151 651 25 1 1 -1 6 31 3.3 18 49 5.0 .522 .521 5.2 0.5 50 *2/5 AS,MVP-1
1955 30 NYY AL 147 615 14 1 1 3 6 24 2.6 17 41 4.2 .517 .515 3.8 1.0 38 *2 AS,MVP-1
1956 31 NYY AL 140 596 29 3 3 5 6 46 4.5 16 62 6.1 .532 .528 5.6 1.2 57 $50,000 *2/7 AS,MVP-2
1957 32 NYY AL 134 545 3 1 1 3 6 13 1.3 15 27 2.8 .510 .509 2.5 0.9 25 $58,000 *2/79 AS,MVP-14
1958 33 NYY AL 122 476 8 0 1 4 4 17 1.7 13 30 3.0 .515 .511 2.6 0.8 26 $50,000 29/3 AS,MVP-18
1959 34 NYY AL 131 521 16 -2 1 2 6 24 2.3 14 38 3.7 .519 .515 3.6 0.8 36 $47,500 *2/9 AS,MVP-12
1960 35 NYY AL 120 404 8 1 -1 2 2 11 1.0 11 22 2.1 .510 .507 2.1 0.3 20 $50,000 279 AS,MVP-15
1961 36 NYY AL 119 436 6 2 1 4 -4 9 0.8 12 21 2.0 .508 .506 1.7 -0.1 17 $57,500 72/9 AS,MVP-23
1962 37 NYY AL 86 263 -7 -1 -0 2 0 -6 -0.8 7 1 0.0 .492 .496 -0.2 0.2 -1 27 AS
1963 38 NYY AL 64 164 6 1 -0 -1 2 8 0.8 4 12 1.2 .513 .505 1.4 0.0 13 2
1965 40 NYM NL 4 9 -1 0 0 -1 0 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.1 .458 .499 0.0 -0.1 -0 $35,000 /2
19 Seasons 2120 8359 228 12 10 30 56 336 33.8 224 560 56.1 .516 .511 53.3 8.7 530 $489,000
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
NYY (18 yrs) 2116 8350 229 12 10 31 56 338 34.0 223 561 56.2 .516 .512 53.3 8.8 530 $454,000
NYM (1 yr) 4 9 -1 0 0 -1 0 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.1 .458 .499 0.0 -0.1 -0 $35,000

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
1947 22 NYY AL WS BRO W 6 20 19 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 .158 .200 .316 .516 6 0 0 0 0 1
1949 24 NYY AL WS BRO W 4 17 16 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .063 .118 .063 .180 1 0 0 0 0 0
1950 25 NYY AL WS PHI W 4 17 15 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 .200 .294 .400 .694 6 0 0 0 0 0
1951 26 NYY AL WS NYG W 6 25 23 4 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .261 .320 .304 .624 7 0 0 0 0 0
1952 27 NYY AL WS BRO W 7 30 28 2 6 1 0 2 3 0 0 2 4 .214 .267 .464 .731 13 1 0 0 0 0
1953 28 NYY AL WS BRO W 6 26 21 3 9 1 0 1 4 0 1 3 3 .429 .538 .619 1.158 13 0 2 0 0 0
1955 30 NYY AL WS BRO L 7 28 24 5 10 1 0 1 2 0 1 3 1 .417 .500 .583 1.083 14 0 1 0 0 0
1956 31 NYY AL WS BRO W 7 29 25 5 9 2 0 3 10 0 0 4 1 .360 .448 .800 1.248 20 0 0 0 0 2
1957 32 NYY AL WS MLN L 7 29 25 5 8 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 0 .320 .414 .480 .894 12 0 0 0 0 1
1958 33 NYY AL WS MLN W 7 29 27 3 6 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .222 .241 .333 .575 9 2 0 0 1 0
1960 35 NYY AL WS PIT L 7 24 22 6 7 0 0 1 8 0 0 2 0 .318 .375 .455 .830 10 1 0 0 0 0
1961 36 NYY AL WS CIN W 4 16 11 2 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 5 1 .273 .500 .545 1.045 6 0 0 0 0 2
1962 37 NYY AL WS SFG W 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0
1963 38 NYY AL WS LAD L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Yrs (14 Series) 75 295 259 41 71 10 0 12 39 0 2 32 17 .274 .359 .452 .811 117 5 3 0 1 6
14 WS 75 295 259 41 71 10 0 12 39 0 2 32 17 .274 .359 .452 .811 117 5 3 0 1 6

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1946 NYY AL 21 C 6 6 6 34 28 6 0 2 1.000 5.67 .982 5.52 0 0 3 1 25% 46% 0
1947 NYY AL 22 C 51 48 44 285 259 18 8 5 .972 5.43 .985 5.02 3 6 18 10 36% 46% 0 MVP-15
1947 NYY AL 22 OF 24 20 19 49 48 0 1 0 .980 2.00 .979 2.47 MVP-15
1947 NYY AL 22 LF 13 8 8 27 27 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 .976 2.34 MVP-15
1947 NYY AL 22 RF 12 12 11 27 26 0 1 0 .963 2.17 .978 2.14 MVP-15
1948 NYY AL 23 C 71 65 55 340 297 36 7 5 .979 4.69 .986 4.74 8 4 31 19 38% 44% 0 AS,MVP-29
1948 NYY AL 23 OF 50 47 42 99 93 4 2 2 .980 1.94 .975 2.51 AS,MVP-29
1948 NYY AL 23 RF 50 47 42 99 93 4 2 2 .980 1.94 .971 2.14 AS,MVP-29
1949 NYY AL 24 C 109 104 84 611 544 60 7 18 .989 5.54 .985 4.76 4 25 36 25 41% 45% 2 AS,MVP-15
1950 NYY AL 25 C 148 148 137 1282.2 854 777 64 13 16 .985 5.90 5.68 .985 4.94 4.85 7 18 25 34 58% 49% 3 AS,MVP-3
1951 NYY AL 26 C 141 140 134 1227.0 788 693 82 13 25 .984 5.68 5.50 .982 5.03 5.01 3 20 40 47 54% 46% 4 AS,MVP-1
1952 NYY AL 27 C 140 138 131 1217.2 779 700 73 6 10 .992 5.71 5.52 .985 5.44 5.44 5 12 39 36 48% 46% 0 AS,MVP-4
1953 NYY AL 28 C 133 123 109 1089.1 639 566 64 9 9 .986 2 2 5.21 4.74 .985 5.18 5.15 8 11 27 28 51% 51% 4 AS,MVP-2
1954 NYY AL 29 C 149 148 133 1271.1 788 717 63 8 14 .990 0 0 5.52 5.23 .986 5.40 5.36 5 20 28 35 56% 48% 1 AS,MVP-1
1954 NYY AL 29 3B 1 1 1 9.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -147 2.00 2.00 .960 3.50 3.50 AS,MVP-1
1955 NYY AL 30 C 145 141 133 1234.1 815 748 54 13 10 .984 3 3 5.85 5.53 .988 5.58 5.54 3 19 26 28 52% 47% 2 AS,MVP-1
1956 NYY AL 31 C 135 134 122 1172.1 798 732 55 11 15 .986 4 4 6.04 5.83 .988 5.91 5.86 7 14 26 24 48% 44% 2 AS,MVP-2
1956 NYY AL 31 LF 1 1 0 4.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1 210 6.75 3.00 .977 2.02 2.10 AS,MVP-2
1956 NYY AL 31 OF 1 1 0 4.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1 210 6.75 3.00 .980 2.25 2.30 AS,MVP-2
1957 NYY AL 32 C 121 116 108 1030.2 769 704 61 4 12 .995 6 7 6.68 6.32 .991 5.92 5.94 9 16 29 37 56% 47% 2 AS,MVP-14
1957 NYY AL 32 LF 6 6 4 51.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -3 -66 0.53 0.50 .980 2.10 2.10 AS,MVP-14
1957 NYY AL 32 OF 6 7 5 62.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -3 -64 0.44 0.50 .980 2.24 2.25 AS,MVP-14
1957 NYY AL 32 RF 1 1 1 11.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -55 0.00 0.00 1.96 1.90 AS,MVP-14
1958 NYY AL 33 C 88 87 85 755.0 550 509 41 0 8 1.000 6 10 6.56 6.25 .990 6.01 5.95 5 11 23 28 55% 47% 0 AS,MVP-18
1958 NYY AL 33 OF 21 21 12 168.0 44 39 3 2 1 .955 -2 -16 2.25 2.00 .982 2.27 2.25 AS,MVP-18
1958 NYY AL 33 RF 21 21 12 168.0 36 31 3 2 1 .944 -2 -16 1.82 1.62 .980 1.99 1.97 AS,MVP-18
1958 NYY AL 33 1B 2 1 1 9.0 10 10 0 0 2 1.000 0 0 10.00 5.00 .991 9.60 9.50 AS,MVP-18
1959 NYY AL 34 C 116 112 104 1000.2 761 698 61 2 9 .997 4 5 6.83 6.54 .989 6.08 6.04 3 19 32 26 45% 40% 1 AS,MVP-12
1959 NYY AL 34 OF 7 7 2 46.0 11 8 1 2 1 .818 -2 -57 1.76 1.29 .980 2.21 2.21 AS,MVP-12
1959 NYY AL 34 RF 7 7 2 46.0 10 7 1 2 1 .800 -2 -57 1.57 1.14 .977 1.90 1.89 AS,MVP-12
1960 NYY AL 35 C 63 54 43 454.1 281 256 22 3 6 .989 2 5 5.51 4.41 .987 5.93 5.92 1 10 15 12 44% 40% 1 AS,MVP-15
1960 NYY AL 35 OF 36 33 28 309.0 60 56 2 2 0 .967 -0 -1 1.69 1.61 .982 2.25 2.25 AS,MVP-15
1960 NYY AL 35 LF 20 17 14 160.0 33 30 1 2 0 .939 -2 -12 1.74 1.55 .984 2.14 2.13 AS,MVP-15
1960 NYY AL 35 RF 17 16 14 149.0 26 25 1 0 0 1.000 1 10 1.57 1.53 .974 1.95 1.95 AS,MVP-15
1961 NYY AL 36 OF 87 83 65 717.2 170 161 7 2 2 .988 2 4 2.11 1.93 .977 2.25 2.22 AS,MVP-23
1961 NYY AL 36 LF 81 78 61 659.2 155 147 6 2 2 .987 2 4 2.09 1.89 .969 2.01 1.98 AS,MVP-23
1961 NYY AL 36 C 15 15 14 121.0 84 76 8 0 0 1.000 2 20 6.25 5.60 .989 6.21 6.14 3 0 6 6 50% 36% 0 AS,MVP-23
1961 NYY AL 36 RF 8 5 4 58.0 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 0 2 1.71 1.38 .976 2.06 2.04 AS,MVP-23
1962 NYY AL 37 C 31 28 25 271.0 193 175 16 2 6 .990 1 4 6.34 6.16 .989 6.30 6.28 1 7 7 5 42% 36% 1 AS
1962 NYY AL 37 LF 28 27 19 225.1 68 63 1 4 0 .941 1 6 2.56 2.29 .976 2.01 2.00 AS
1962 NYY AL 37 OF 28 27 19 225.1 68 63 1 4 0 .941 1 6 2.56 2.29 .980 2.19 2.18 AS
1963 NYY AL 38 C 35 32 28 292.0 260 244 13 3 5 .988 -1 -4 7.92 7.34 .989 6.64 6.64 1 7 14 3 18% 33% 0
1965 NYM NL 40 C 2 2 2 18.0 17 15 1 1 0 .941 -1 -67 8.00 8.00 .988 6.95 6.95 0 1 2 0 0% 36% 0
19 Seasons C 1699 1641 1497 12437.1 9646 8738 798 110 175 .989 28 3 6.00 5.61 .987 5.58 5.45 76 220 427 404 49% 45% 23
9 Seasons OF 260 246 192 1532.0 507 472 20 15 6 .970 -4 -3 2.04 1.89 .978 2.24 2.30
6 Seasons LF 149 137 106 1100.0 289 271 10 8 2 .972 -1 -1 2.08 1.89 .973 2.03 2.04
7 Seasons RF 116 109 86 432.0 209 192 10 7 4 .967 -4 -10 1.65 1.74 .974 1.98 2.06
1 Season 1B 2 1 1 9.0 10 10 0 0 2 1.000 0 0 10.00 5.00 .991 9.60 9.50
1 Season 3B 1 1 1 9.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -147 2.00 2.00 .960 3.50 3.50
19 Seasons TOT 1962 1889 1691 13987.1 10165 9221 819 125 183 .988 23 2 5.56 5.12 .986 5.22 5.03 76 220 427 404 49% 45% 23
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1971 BBWAA (67.2%)
1972 BBWAA (85.6%)
Selected to HOF in 1972 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1948
1949 *
1950 (C)
1951 (C)
1952 (C)
1953 (C)
1954 (C)
1955 (C)
1956 (C)
1957 (C)
1958 *
1959-1
1959-2 (C)
1960-1 (C)
1960-2 (C)
1961-1 *
1961-2
1962-2 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1951 AL MVP
1954 AL MVP
1955 AL MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1947 AL (15, 5%)
1948 AL (29, 1%)
1949 AL (15, 3%)
1950 AL (3, 43%)
1951 AL (1, 55%)
1952 AL (4, 31%)
1953 AL (2, 50%)
1954 AL (1, 68%)
1955 AL (1, 65%)
1956 AL (2, 55%)
1957 AL (14, 5%)
1958 AL (18, 2%)
1959 AL (12, 8%)
1960 AL (15, 6%)
1961 AL (23, 1%)
3 MVPs
3.98 Career Shares (15th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1950 AL  5.3 (6th)
1952 AL  5.3 (7th)
1953 AL  4.7 (9th)
1954 AL  5.0 (9th)
1956 AL  6.1 (6th)
Career  56.1 (179th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1950 AL  5.3 (4th)
1951 AL  4.5 (7th)
1952 AL  5.3 (4th)
1953 AL  4.7 (7th)
1954 AL  5.0 (7th)
1955 AL  4.2 (9th)
1956 AL  6.1 (3rd)
Career  56.1 (117th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1950 AL  5.2 (3rd)
1951 AL  4.0 (7th)
1952 AL  5.1 (4th)
1953 AL  4.4 (7th)
1954 AL  5.2 (5th)
1955 AL  3.8 (5th)
1956 AL  5.6 (4th)
1959 AL  3.6 (10th)
Career  53.3 (111th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1951 AL  0.9 (7th)
1952 AL  0.8 (7th)
1955 AL  1.0 (8th)
1956 AL  1.2 (5th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1950 AL  .322 (9th)
1954 AL  .307 (6th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1948 AL  .488 (10th)
1949 AL  .480 (5th)
1950 AL  .533 (7th)
1951 AL  .492 (7th)
1952 AL  .478 (7th)
1953 AL  .523 (3rd)
1954 AL  .488 (6th)
1955 AL  .470 (10th)
1956 AL  .534 (4th)
Career  .482 (176th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1950 AL  .915 (8th)
1952 AL  .835 (10th)
1953 AL  .886 (7th)
1954 AL  .855 (7th)
1956 AL  .911 (9th)
Career  .830 (246th)

Games Played s c a p y
1954 AL  151 (9th)
Career  2,120 (171st)

At Bats s c a p y
1950 AL  597 (8th)
1954 AL  584 (6th)
Career  7,555 (195th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1954 AL  651 (10th)
Career  8,359 (201st)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1950 AL  116 (4th)
1951 AL  92 (8th)
1952 AL  97 (4th)
1956 AL  93 (9th)
Career  1,175 (195th)

Hits s c a p y
1950 AL  192 (4th)
1951 AL  161 (9th)
1954 AL  179 (6th)
Career  2,150 (196th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1950 AL  318 (3rd)
1951 AL  269 (4th)
1952 AL  255 (7th)
1953 AL  263 (4th)
1954 AL  285 (3rd)
1955 AL  254 (8th)
1956 AL  278 (5th)
Career  3,643 (132nd)

Doubles s c a p y
1950 AL  30 (8th)
1954 AL  28 (4th)
1956 AL  29 (4th)

Triples s c a p y
1948 AL  10 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1949 AL  20 (9th)
1950 AL  28 (6th)
1951 AL  27 (4th)
1952 AL  30 (3rd)
1953 AL  27 (4th)
1954 AL  22 (7th)
1955 AL  27 (4th)
1956 AL  30 (3rd)
1957 AL  24 (7th)
Career  358 (78th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1949 AL  91 (6th)
1950 AL  124 (3rd)
1951 AL  88 (8th)
1952 AL  98 (5th)
1953 AL  108 (4th)
1954 AL  125 (2nd)
1955 AL  108 (3rd)
1956 AL  105 (4th)
1958 AL  90 (6th)
Career  1,430 (63rd)

Singles s c a p y
1950 AL  128 (6th)
1954 AL  123 (5th)
Career  1,422 (246th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1950 AL  135 (6th)
1951 AL  130 (10th)
1952 AL  137 (7th)
1953 AL  141 (6th)
1954 AL  136 (8th)
1955 AL  120 (10th)
1956 AL  142 (6th)
Career  125 (240th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1950 AL  120 (4th)
1951 AL  92 (10th)
1952 AL  89 (7th)
1953 AL  93 (8th)
1954 AL  104 (5th)
1956 AL  108 (8th)
Career  1,265 (160th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1950 AL  29 (8th)
1952 AL  25 (8th)
1953 AL  26 (9th)
1954 AL  28 (7th)
1956 AL  31 (7th)
Career  237 (205th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1950 AL  2.7 (8th)
1952 AL  2.6 (8th)
1953 AL  2.6 (9th)
1954 AL  2.8 (7th)
1956 AL  3.0 (7th)
Career  23.4 (203rd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1950 AL  64 (8th)
1951 AL  50 (10th)
1952 AL  48 (9th)
1953 AL  55 (4th)
1954 AL  56 (4th)
1955 AL  50 (9th)
1956 AL  61 (3rd)
Career  728 (155th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1954 AL  239 (10th)
Career  2,906 (229th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1950 AL  .686 (7th)
1952 AL  .663 (9th)
1953 AL  .686 (7th)
1954 AL  .690 (6th)
1956 AL  .696 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1949 AL  6 (3rd)
1955 AL  7 (7th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1954 AL  7 (8th)
1958 AL  6 (8th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1955 AL  6 (10th)
1956 AL  7 (8th)
1957 AL  10 (5th)
1958 AL  5 (9th)
1960 AL  6 (8th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1951 AL  16 (6th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1948 AL  19.5 (9th)
1950 AL  49.8 (1st)
1951 AL  27.4 (5th)
1952 AL  22.3 (4th)
1953 AL  15.7 (10th)
1954 AL  20.1 (7th)
1955 AL  27.1 (2nd)
1956 AL  18.0 (3rd)
1957 AL  20.1 (4th)
1959 AL  12.4 (7th)
Career  18.2 (155th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1949 AL  20.8 (4th)
1950 AL  21.3 (9th)
1951 AL  20.3 (7th)
1952 AL  17.8 (3rd)
1953 AL  18.6 (4th)
1954 AL  26.5 (8th)
1955 AL  20.0 (5th)
1956 AL  17.4 (4th)
1957 AL  20.1 (7th)
Career  21.1 (152nd)

Outs Made s c a p y
Career  5,630 (200th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1950 AL  39.47 (4th)
1953 AL  36.82 (6th)
1954 AL  51.89 (5th)
1955 AL  27.87 (7th)
1956 AL  41.33 (6th)
Career  339.05 (88th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1950 AL  3.2 (2nd)
1951 AL  2.9 (6th)
1952 AL  3.3 (6th)
1953 AL  3.6 (8th)
1954 AL  4.5 (8th)
1955 AL  3.8 (5th)
1956 AL  4.3 (4th)
1959 AL  3.1 (9th)
Career  35.3 (72nd)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1950 AL  2.7 (8th)
1951 AL  2.1 (10th)
1952 AL  2.6 (8th)
1953 AL  2.8 (8th)
1954 AL  3.3 (9th)
1956 AL  3.9 (5th)
Career  26.0 (129th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1950 AL  3.7 (3rd)
1952 AL  2.8 (10th)
1953 AL  3.7 (6th)
1954 AL  5.3 (4th)
1955 AL  2.7 (8th)
1956 AL  4.0 (6th)
Career  33.9 (84th)

Putouts† s c a p y
1954 AL  718 (4th)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1949 AL  109 (3rd)
1950 AL  148 (1st)
1951 AL  141 (1st)
1952 AL  140 (1st)
1953 AL  133 (1st)
1954 AL  149 (1st)
1955 AL  145 (1st)
1956 AL  135 (1st)
1957 AL  121 (1st)
1959 AL  116 (4th)
Career  1,699 (18th)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1949 AL  544 (2nd)
1950 AL  777 (1st)
1951 AL  693 (1st)
1952 AL  700 (1st)
1953 AL  566 (2nd)
1954 AL  717 (1st)
1955 AL  748 (1st)
1956 AL  732 (1st)
1957 AL  704 (1st)
1958 AL  509 (5th)
1959 AL  698 (1st)
Career  8,738 (22nd)

Assists as C s c a p y
1949 AL  60 (2nd)
1950 AL  64 (1st)
1951 AL  82 (1st)
1952 AL  73 (1st)
1953 AL  64 (2nd)
1954 AL  63 (2nd)
1955 AL  54 (4th)
1956 AL  55 (2nd)
1957 AL  61 (2nd)
1958 AL  41 (4th)
1959 AL  61 (2nd)
Career  798 (77th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1947 AL  8 (4th)
1948 AL  7 (2nd)
1949 AL  7 (3rd)
1950 AL  13 (2nd)
1951 AL  13 (1st)
1953 AL  9 (3rd)
1954 AL  8 (3rd)
1955 AL  13 (1st)
1956 AL  11 (1st)

Double Plays Turned as C s c a p y
1949 AL  18 (1st)
1950 AL  16 (1st)
1951 AL  25 (1st)
1952 AL  10 (1st)
1953 AL  9 (2nd)
1954 AL  14 (1st)
1955 AL  10 (3rd)
1956 AL  15 (1st)
1957 AL  12 (3rd)
1958 AL  8 (4th)
1959 AL  9 (2nd)
1960 AL  6 (4th)
1962 AL  6 (5th)
Career  175 (3rd)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1948 AL  8 (2nd)
1949 AL  4 (3rd)
1950 AL  7 (1st)
1953 AL  8 (2nd)
1954 AL  5 (3rd)
1956 AL  7 (2nd)
1957 AL  9 (3rd)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1948 AL  31 (2nd)
1949 AL  36 (1st)
1950 AL  25 (2nd)
1951 AL  40 (2nd)
1952 AL  39 (1st)
1953 AL  27 (3rd)
1954 AL  28 (3rd)
1955 AL  26 (4th)
1956 AL  26 (2nd)
1957 AL  29 (2nd)
1959 AL  32 (4th)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1949 AL  25 (2nd)
1950 AL  34 (1st)
1951 AL  47 (1st)
1952 AL  36 (1st)
1953 AL  28 (4th)
1954 AL  35 (2nd)
1955 AL  28 (2nd)
1956 AL  24 (2nd)
1957 AL  37 (2nd)
1958 AL  28 (2nd)
1959 AL  26 (3rd)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1950 AL  57.6 (2nd)
1951 AL  54.0 (3rd)
1952 AL  48.0 (5th)
1954 AL  55.6 (3rd)
1955 AL  51.9 (1st)
1957 AL  56.1 (2nd)
1958 AL  54.9 (2nd)
1959 AL  44.8 (4th)
Career  48.6 (28th)

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1961 AL  2 (3rd)

Double Plays Turned as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1948 AL  2 (4th)
1959 AL  1 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
1953 AL  2 (4th)
1955 AL  3 (1st)
1956 AL  4 (3rd)
1957 AL  6 (1st)
1958 AL  6 (1st)
1959 AL  4 (4th)
1961 AL  2 (5th)
Career  28 (46th)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
1950 AL  5.90 (2nd)
1951 AL  5.68 (1st)
1952 AL  5.71 (3rd)
1954 AL  5.52 (4th)
1955 AL  5.85 (3rd)
1956 AL  6.04 (5th)
1957 AL  6.68 (1st)
1958 AL  6.56 (2nd)
1959 AL  6.83 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1949 AL  5.54 (1st)
1950 AL  5.68 (1st)
1951 AL  5.50 (1st)
1952 AL  5.52 (1st)
1954 AL  5.23 (3rd)
1955 AL  5.53 (2nd)
1956 AL  5.83 (1st)
1957 AL  6.32 (1st)
1958 AL  6.25 (1st)
1959 AL  6.54 (1st)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1949 AL  .989 (3rd)
1951 AL  .984 (3rd)
1952 AL  .992 (2nd)
1954 AL  .990 (5th)
1956 AL  .986 (5th)
1957 AL  .995 (5th)
1958 AL  1.000 (1st)
1959 AL  .997 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1961 AL  2.09 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1961 AL  1.89 (3rd)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1961 AL  .987 (1st)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1961 AL  .988 (5th)

Oldest s c a p y
1963 AL  born 1925-05-12 (6th)
1965 NL  born 1925-05-12 (2nd)

Youngest s c a p y
1946 AL  born 1925-05-12 (7th)

                           

† 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 - 138 (116), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 226 (32), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 49 (85), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Catcher (6th), 56.1 career WAR/35.1 7yr-peak WAR/45.6 JAWS
Average HOF C (out of 14) = 49.3 career WAR/32.0 7yr-peak WAR/40.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Johnny Bench (906) *
  2. Gary Carter (842) *
  3. Miguel Tejada (836)
  4. Carlton Fisk (834) *
  5. Mike Piazza (824)
  6. Ted Simmons (803)
  7. Ron Santo (795) *
  8. Adrian Beltre (786)
  9. Vern Stephens (785)
  10. Ken Boyer (780)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Robinson Cano (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ernie Banks (958) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ernie Banks (930) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Troy Tulowitzki (912)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Troy Tulowitzki (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Lance Parrish (900)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Lance Parrish (896)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Lance Parrish (889)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Gary Carter (882) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Gary Carter (889) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Gary Carter (886) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Gary Carter (886) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Gary Carter (884) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Gary Carter (860) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Gary Carter (853) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Jeff Kent (844)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Carlton Fisk (859) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
194722New York Yankees$5,125*Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts2/3/54 TSN:5000.00,
194823New York Yankees$9,000*Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts2/3/54 TSN:9000.00,
194924New York Yankees$14,000*Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts2/3/54 TSN:14000.00,
195025New York Yankees$17,500*Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts2/3/54 TSN:19000.00,
195126New York Yankees$28,500*Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts2/3/54 TSN:24000.00,
195227New York Yankees$33,000*Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts2/4/53 TSN:34000.00,
195328New York Yankees$36,000*Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts2/3/54 TSN:36000.00,2/4/53 TSN: $37,000
195429New York Yankees$40,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
195530New York Yankees$50,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
195631New York Yankees$58,000*Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts2/1/56 TSN:50000.00,
195732New York Yankees$65,000*Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts3/6/57 TSN:58000.00,1/1/58 LA Times $60,000, 1/28/59 LA Times $50,000
195833New York Yankees$60,000*Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts1/15/58 TSN:50000.00,1/28/59 AP says $45,000
195934New York Yankees$57,500*Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts2/4/59 TSN:47500.00,1/28/59 AP $42,500; 1/27/60 TSN $50,000
196035New York Yankees$57,500*Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts1/27/60 TSN:50000.00,
196136New York Yankees$57,500*Michael Haupert research of HOF contractsContract at HOF:57500.00,1/10/62 TSN: $52,000
196237New York Yankees$57,500Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
196338New York Yankees$52,500Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
196540New York Mets$30,000*Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts1/23/65 TSN:35000.00,Player-coach
Career to date (may be incomplete)$728,625
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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