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George Binks

George Alvin Binks (Bingo)

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: July 11, 1914 in Chicago, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: September 23, 1944
Teams (by GP): Senators/Athletics/Browns 1944-1948

Final Game: July 3, 1948
Died: November 13, 2010 in Woodbury, TN
Buried: Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside, IL
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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	Pos	Awards
1936	21	CLE-min	D	111	446	446		127	24	8	11						.285	.285	.448	.733		200					MEN · PASA
1937	22	CLE-min	D,C	104	431	431		126	22	5	6						.292	.292	.408	.701		176					OWN,SPL · KITL,MATL
1938	23	CLE-min	C,A	101	368	368		105	20	6	13						.285	.285	.478	.764		176					TYL,SPL,WKB · ETXL,MATL,EL
1939	24	CLE-min	B	119	496	496		163	26	7	10						.329	.329	.470	.798		233					CDR · IIIL
1940	25	CLE-min	C,B	124	420	420		94	18	2	9						.224	.224	.340	.564		143					CHL,CDR · MATL,IIIL
1941	26	CHC-min	B,D,AA	104	411	396	41	126	22	4	13	39	2		14	14	.318	.341	.492	.834		195		0	1		MAD,GBY,MLW · IIIL,WISL,AA
1944	29	MLW	AA	100	310	281	59	105	17	2	10	66	8		25	25	.374	.432	.555	.987		156	3	4	0		MLW · AA
1944	29	WSH	AL	5	12	12	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	46	3	0	0	0	/O9
1945	30	WSH	AL	145	594	550	62	153	32	6	6	81	11	7	34	52	.278	.324	.391	.715	115	215	11	3	7	*O8973	MVP-21
1946	31	WSH	AL	65	141	134	13	26	3	0	0	12	1	0	6	16	.194	.229	.216	.445	28	29	3	0	1	O7/89
1947	32	PHA	AL	104	363	333	33	86	19	4	2	34	8	2	23	36	.258	.308	.357	.665	84	119	6	1	6	O973
1948	33	BAL-min	AAA	59	254	237	34	67	16	3	4	36	1		13	39	.283	.323	.426	.749		101		1	3		TOL · AA
1948	33	TOT	AL	32	71	64	4	9	1	0	0	3	1	0	4	3	.141	.191	.156	.347	-8	10	1	0	3	9/37
1948	33	PHA	AL	17	44	41	2	4	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	2	.098	.140	.122	.261	-30	5	1	0	1	O9/7
1948	33	SLB	AL	15	27	23	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.217	.280	.217	.497	32	5	0	0	2	/O397
1949	34	BAL-min	AAA	126	482	447	56	118	20	3	13	64	4		31	61	.264	.312	.409	.721		183		0	4		BLT · IL
1950	35	OAK-BAL-min	AAA	101	372	331	30	71	12	0	8	43	1		37	39	.215	.295	.323	.619		107		1	3		BFL,BLT · IL
5 Yrs				351	1181	1093	112	277	55	10	8	130	21	9	67	108	.253	.299	.344	.643	86	376	21	4	17
162 Game Avg.				162	545	504	52	128	25	5	4	60	10	4	31	50	.253	.299	.344	.643	86	174	10	2	8

WSH (3 yrs)				215	747	696	75	182	35	6	6	93	12	7	40	69	.261	.304	.355	.659	97	247	14	3	8
PHA (2 yrs)				121	407	374	35	90	20	4	2	36	9	2	25	38	.241	.290	.332	.622	71	124	7	1	7
SLB (1 yr)				15	27	23	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.217	.280	.217	.497	32	5	0	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
1944	29	WSH	AL	5	12	-1	0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.479	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	/O9
1945	30	WSH	AL	145	594	9	0	0	3	-4	8	0.9	12	21	2.1	.507	.506	1.8	-0.2	18	$	*O8973	MVP-21
1946	31	WSH	AL	65	141	-12	0	0	0	-1	-12	-1.4	4	-9	-1.1	.478	.491	-1.0	-0.1	-9	$	O7/89
1947	32	PHA	AL	104	363	-8	1	0	2	-4	-9	-1.0	9	0	-0.1	.491	.494	-0.3	-0.3	-2	$	O973
1948	33	PHA	AL	17	44	-8	-0	0	-2	-1	-10	-1.1	1	-9	-0.9	.438	.493	-0.8	-0.3	-7	$	O9/7
1948	33	SLB	AL	15	27	-2	-0	0	0	-0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.481	.498	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$	/O397
5 Seasons				351	1181	-22	1	0	3	-10	-27	-3.0	27	0	-0.3	.492	.497	-0.6	-0.9	-3	$

WSH (3 yrs)				215	747	-4	1	0	3	-5	-5	-0.7	16	11	0.9	.497	.499	0.7	-0.3	8	$
PHA (2 yrs)				121	407	-16	1	0	0	-5	-19	-2.1	10	-9	-1.0	.483	.494	-1.1	-0.5	-9	$
SLB (1 yr)				15	27	-2	-0	0	0	-0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.481	.498	-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	PwrSpd
1944	29	WSH	AL	12	9	1	3.0	87	.273	.250	.262	.250	.328	.250	.358	.500	.686	46	.368	-0.9	-0.1	.333	.000	.000
1945	30	WSH	AL	594	422	68	4.3	81	.299	.278	.251	.324	.321	.391	.341	.715	.662	115	.550	9.1	1.0	.617	.182	.113	7.8
1946	31	WSH	AL	141	112	7	1.7	91	.220	.194	.257	.229	.330	.216	.369	.445	.699	28	.158	-12.9	-1.4	.324	.075	.022	.0
1947	32	PHA	AL	363	261	37	3.8	98	.285	.258	.264	.308	.344	.357	.379	.665	.723	84	.455	-8.3	-0.9	.584	.186	.099	3.2
1948	33	TOT	AL	71	59	2	0.9	107	.148	.141	.275	.191	.360	.156	.397	.347	.757	-8	.048	-10.2	-1.0	.268	.094	.016	.0
1948	33	PHA	AL	44	39	1	0.7	106	.103	.098	.274	.140	.360	.122	.396	.261	.756	-30	.029	-7.9	-0.8	.211	.098	.024	.0
1948	33	SLB	AL	27	20	1	1.3	107	.227	.217	.275	.280	.361	.217	.398	.497	.759	32	.093	-2.3	-0.2	.389	.087	.000
5 Yrs				1181	863	115	3.6	89	.275	.253	.257	.299	.332	.344	.360	.643	.691	86	.444	-23.2	-2.4	.543	.163	.091	11.6
162 Game Avg.				545	398	53	3.6	89	.275	.253	.257	.299	.332	.344	.360	.643	.691	86	.444	-23.2	-2.4	.543	.163	.091	5

WSH (3 yrs)				747	543	76	3.8	83	.283	.261	.252	.304	.323	.355	.347	.659	.670	97	.479	-4.7	-0.5	.551	.158	.093	8.0
PHA (2 yrs)				407	300	38	3.4	98	.263	.241	.265	.290	.346	.332	.381	.622	.727	71	.400	-16.2	-1.7	.536	.176	.091	3.3
SLB (1 yr)				27	20	1	1.3	107	.227	.217	.275	.280	.361	.217	.398	.497	.759	32	.093	-2.3	-0.2	.389	.087	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1944	29	WSH	AL	12	0.0%	8.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		12.0				92%
1945	30	WSH	AL	594	1.0%	8.8%	5.7%	7.4%	29%	1.53	10.6	91.7	6.8		83%
1946	31	WSH	AL	141	0.0%	11.4%	4.3%	2.1%	12%	2.67	8.4		11.2		84%
1947	32	PHA	AL	363	0.6%	9.9%	6.3%	6.9%	29%	1.57	9.3	166.5	9.8		81%
1948	33	TOT	AL	71	0.0%	4.2%	5.6%	1.4%	11%	0.75	21.3		21.3	0.70	86%
1948	33	PHA	AL	44	0.0%	4.6%	4.6%	2.3%	25%	1.00	20.5		20.5	0.64	89%
1948	33	SLB	AL	27	0.0%	3.7%	7.4%	0.0%	0%	0.50	23.0		23.0	0.83	81%
5 Yrs				1181	0.7%	9.1%	5.7%	6.2%	26%	1.61	10.1	136.6	8.4	0.70	83%
MLB Averages					1.3%	9.3%	9.2%	5.9%	26%	1.01	9.6	66.4	8.6	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1944	29	WSH	AL	-0.9	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1945	30	WSH	AL	9.1	1.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1946	31	WSH	AL	-12.9	-1.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	32	PHA	AL	-8.7	-0.9	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	33	TOT	AL	-10.3	-1.0	47	-0.4	0.9	-1.3	1.27	-0.6	0.2	-4.2	-0.4	0.95	-6.1	2.77	5
1948	33	PHA	AL	-7.9	-0.8	30	-0.0	0.4	-0.4	.93	-0.4	0.4	-2.7	-0.3	0.88	-4.5	2.77	1
1948	33	SLB	AL	-2.3	-0.2	17	-0.4	0.5	-0.9	1.87	-0.2	-0.0	-1.5	-0.2	1.08	-1.7	2.78	4
5 Yrs				-23.7	-2.4	47	-0.4	0.9	-1.3	1.27	-0.6	0.2	-4.2	-0.4	0.96	-6.1	2.77	5

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	OOB	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3
1948	33	TOT	AL	1	31%	13	1	0	100%	1	1	25%	1	1	2	1	1	1	1
1948	33	PHA	AL	0	33%	7	1	0	100%	1	1	50%	0	0	1	0	1	1	1
1948	33	SLB	AL	1	29%	6	0	0		0	0	0%	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
5 Yrs				1	31%	13	21	9	70%	1	1	25%	1	1	2	1	1	1	1

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	33	TOT	AL	71	91%	9			5	1	0	1	2.77	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	14	1	7%	6	1	17%	25	2	8%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1948	33	PHA	AL	44	86%	4			1	1	0	1	2.77	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	7	1	14%	4	1	25%	13	1	8%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1948	33	SLB	AL	27	100%	5			4	0	0	0	2.78	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	7	0	0%	2	0	0%	12	1	8%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
5 Yrs				71	91%	277			5	1	0	1	2.77	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	17	567%	14	21	150%	6	1	17%	25	2	8%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			786%			80%			35%			15%			52%			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
1944	29	5	12	12	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	46	3	0	0	0
1945	30	150	606	562	62	156	32	6	6	81	11	7	34	53	.278	.322	.388	.710	114	218	11	3	7
1946	31	215	747	696	75	182	35	6	6	93	12	7	40	69	.261	.304	.355	.659	97	247	14	3	8
1947	32	319	1110	1029	108	268	54	10	8	127	20	9	63	105	.260	.306	.356	.661	92	366	20	4	14
1948	33	351	1181	1093	112	277	55	10	8	130	21	9	67	108	.253	.299	.344	.643	86	376	21	4	17

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
1944	29	5	13	13	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.308	.308	.308	.615	1	5
1945	30	154	657	605	82	185	39	7	7	107	13	41	55	.306	.354	.428	.782	91	145
1946	31	68	151	143	16	30	3	0	0	15	1	7	17	.210	.247	.231	.477	8	65
1947	32	108	380	348	36	92	20	4	2	37	9	25	37	.264	.316	.362	.678	39	104
1948	33	33	74	67	4	10	1	0	0	3	1	4	3	.149	.197	.164	.361	2	32
5 Yrs		368	1275	1176	138	321	63	11	9	162	24	77	113	.273	.320	.368	.689	141	351
162 Game Avg.		162	561	518	61	141	28	5	4	71	11	34	50	.273	.320	.368	.689	62	351

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1945 AL (21, 3%) 0.03 Career Shares (1251st)	Hits s c a p y 1945 AL 153 (8th)	Total Bases s c a p y 1945 AL 215 (10th)	Doubles s c a p y 1945 AL 32 (2nd)
Runs Batted In s c a p y 1945 AL 81 (5th)	Stolen Bases s c a p y 1945 AL 11 (6th)	Extra Base Hits s c a p y 1945 AL 44 (8th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1945 AL 3 (10th)
Caught Stealing s c a p y 1945 AL 7 (9th)	Power-Speed # s c a p y 1945 AL 7.8 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 11 (1346), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 1 (2899), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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