Don Blasingame
Don Lee Blasingame (Blazer)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: March 16, 1932 in Corinth, MS
High School: Corinth (Corinth, MS)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1955
Final Game: August 27, 1966
Died: April 13, 2005 in Fountain Hills, AZ
Relatives: Son-In-Law of Walker Cooper
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Standard Batting

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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
1955 23 STL NL 5 23 16 4 6 1 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 .375 .545 .438 .983 167 7 0 0 1 0 1 /46
1956 24 STL NL 150 665 587 94 153 22 7 0 27 8 8 72 52 .261 .344 .322 .666 81 189 3 3 2 1 0 46/5
1957 25 STL NL 154 728 650 108 176 25 7 8 58 21 9 71 49 .271 .343 .368 .711 90 239 4 1 5 1 4 *4 MVP-12
1958 26 STL NL 143 608 547 71 150 19 10 2 36 20 5 57 47 .274 .343 .356 .700 83 195 14 1 2 1 2 *4 AS
1959 27 STL NL 150 691 615 90 178 26 7 1 24 15 15 67 42 .289 .361 .359 .720 89 221 3 2 7 0 2 *4
1960 28 SFG NL 136 583 523 72 123 12 8 2 31 14 2 49 53 .235 .302 .300 .602 70 157 4 2 7 2 1 *4
1961 29 TOT NL 126 505 451 60 100 18 4 1 21 4 3 41 39 .222 .288 .286 .574 52 129 7 2 9 2 0 *4
1961 29 SFG NL 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .667 .000 .667 100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 29 CIN NL 123 502 450 59 100 18 4 1 21 4 3 39 38 .222 .286 .287 .573 52 129 7 2 9 2 0 *4
1962 30 CIN NL 141 570 494 77 139 9 7 2 35 4 3 63 44 .281 .364 .340 .704 88 168 4 2 9 2 2 *4
1963 31 TOT MLB 87 316 285 33 70 12 2 2 12 3 3 31 23 .246 .320 .323 .642 82 92 1 0 0 0 1 4/5
1963 31 CIN NL 18 38 31 4 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 7 5 .161 .316 .226 .542 57 7 0 0 0 0 0 4/5
1963 31 WSA AL 69 278 254 29 65 10 2 2 12 3 2 24 18 .256 .320 .335 .655 84 85 1 0 0 0 1 4
1964 32 WSA AL 143 556 506 56 135 17 2 1 34 8 5 40 44 .267 .320 .314 .634 78 159 1 0 9 1 1 *4
1965 33 WSA AL 129 450 403 47 90 8 8 1 18 5 4 35 45 .223 .287 .290 .577 66 117 2 2 7 3 1 *4
1966 34 TOT AL 80 243 219 19 46 9 0 1 12 2 2 20 24 .210 .276 .265 .541 58 58 0 0 4 0 0 4/6
1966 34 WSA AL 68 222 200 18 43 9 0 1 11 2 1 18 21 .215 .280 .275 .555 61 55 0 0 4 0 0 4/6
1966 34 KCA AL 12 21 19 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 3 .158 .238 .158 .396 18 3 0 0 0 0 0 /4
12 Seasons 1444 5938 5296 731 1366 178 62 21 308 105 60 552 462 .258 .329 .327 .656 79 1731 43 15 62 13 15
162 Game Avg. 162 666 594 82 153 20 7 2 35 12 7 62 52 .258 .329 .327 .656 79 194 5 2 7 1 2
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
STL (5 yrs) 602 2715 2415 367 663 93 31 11 145 65 38 273 190 .275 .350 .352 .702 87 851 24 7 17 3 9
WSA (4 yrs) 409 1506 1363 150 333 44 12 5 75 18 12 117 128 .244 .304 .305 .609 73 416 4 2 20 4 3
CIN (3 yrs) 282 1110 975 140 244 29 11 3 56 8 7 109 87 .250 .327 .312 .639 70 304 11 4 18 4 2
SFG (2 yrs) 139 586 524 73 123 12 8 2 31 14 2 51 54 .235 .304 .300 .604 70 157 4 2 7 2 1
KCA (1 yr) 12 21 19 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 3 .158 .238 .158 .396 18 3 0 0 0 0 0
NL (9 yrs) 1023 4411 3914 580 1030 134 50 16 232 87 47 433 331 .263 .338 .335 .673 81 1312 39 13 42 9 12
AL (4 yrs) 421 1527 1382 151 336 44 12 5 76 18 13 119 131 .243 .303 .303 .606 73 419 4 2 20 4 3

Advanced Batting

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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
1955 23 STL NL 23 12 4 8.9 105 .375 .375 .264 .545 .335 .438 .418 .983 .753 167 .765 2.3 0.2 1.182 .438 .063 .0
1956 24 STL NL 665 448 70 4.2 103 .285 .261 .264 .344 .331 .322 .417 .666 .748 81 .468 -13.7 -1.4 .593 .184 .061 .0
1957 25 STL NL 728 493 87 4.8 105 .283 .271 .271 .343 .335 .368 .419 .711 .754 90 .516 -8.5 -0.8 .663 .225 .097 11.6
1958 26 STL NL 608 419 69 4.4 109 .297 .274 .274 .343 .343 .356 .429 .700 .771 83 .476 -13.5 -1.3 .644 .214 .082 3.6
1959 27 STL NL 691 462 83 4.8 110 .309 .289 .277 .361 .344 .359 .429 .720 .773 89 .518 -9.1 -0.9 .637 .179 .070 1.9
1960 28 SFG NL 583 415 52 3.4 95 .257 .235 .257 .302 .322 .300 .395 .602 .717 70 .385 -21.3 -2.2 .542 .182 .065 3.5
1961 29 TOT NL 505 372 38 2.7 107 .240 .222 .272 .288 .339 .286 .424 .574 .763 52 .273 -31.2 -3.1 .479 .157 .064 1.6
1961 29 SFG NL 3 1 0 0.0 103 .000 .266 .667 .333 .000 .415 .667 .748 100 .000 0.4 0.0 2.000 2.000 .000
1961 29 CIN NL 502 371 38 2.7 107 .240 .222 .272 .286 .339 .287 .424 .573 .763 52 .274 -31.6 -3.1 .475 .153 .064 1.6
1962 30 CIN NL 570 373 66 4.7 106 .304 .281 .275 .364 .342 .340 .417 .704 .759 88 .517 -7.4 -0.7 .646 .188 .059 2.7
1963 31 TOT MLB 316 219 32 3.9 94 .262 .246 .256 .320 .321 .323 .393 .642 .714 82 .475 -6.6 -0.7 .562 .186 .077 2.4
1963 31 CIN NL 38 27 3 3.0 92 .192 .161 .257 .316 .320 .226 .385 .542 .705 57 .380 -1.4 -0.2 .481 .258 .065
1963 31 WSA AL 278 192 29 4.1 95 .269 .256 .255 .320 .322 .335 .394 .655 .716 84 .487 -5.2 -0.5 .573 .177 .079 2.4
1964 32 WSA AL 556 387 54 3.8 96 .290 .267 .256 .320 .324 .314 .397 .634 .721 78 .445 -15.0 -1.6 .536 .132 .047 1.8
1965 33 WSA AL 450 329 36 3.0 90 .247 .223 .249 .287 .318 .290 .381 .577 .699 66 .361 -18.3 -2.0 .486 .156 .067 1.7
1966 34 TOT AL 243 179 18 2.7 89 .232 .210 .247 .276 .313 .265 .381 .541 .694 58 .338 -11.7 -1.3 .446 .146 .055 1.3
1966 34 WSA AL 222 162 17 2.8 89 .236 .215 .247 .280 .314 .275 .381 .555 .695 61 .356 -9.7 -1.0 .468 .155 .060 1.3
1966 34 KCA AL 21 17 1 1.6 87 .188 .158 .245 .238 .311 .158 .378 .396 .689 18 .162 -2.0 -0.2 .235 .053 .000
12 Seasons 5938 4108 609 4.0 102 .279 .258 .265 .329 .332 .327 .411 .656 .743 79 .449 -154.0 -15.7 .581 .182 .069 35.0
162 Game Avg. 666 461 68 4.0 102 .279 .258 .265 .329 .332 .327 .411 .656 .743 79 .449 -154.0 -15.7 .581 .182 .069 4
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
STL (5 yrs) 2715 1834 313 4.6 107 .294 .275 .271 .350 .338 .352 .423 .702 .761 87 .499 -42.6 -4.2 .638 .202 .078 18.8
WSA (4 yrs) 1506 1070 136 3.4 93 .266 .244 .252 .304 .320 .305 .389 .609 .710 73 .416 -48.2 -5.1 .517 .151 .061 7.8
CIN (3 yrs) 1110 771 107 3.7 106 .271 .250 .273 .327 .340 .312 .419 .639 .759 70 .405 -40.4 -4.0 .558 .174 .062 4.4
SFG (2 yrs) 586 416 52 3.4 95 .257 .235 .257 .304 .322 .300 .395 .604 .717 70 .383 -21.0 -2.1 .545 .185 .065 3.5
KCA (1 yr) 21 17 1 1.6 87 .188 .158 .245 .238 .311 .158 .378 .396 .689 18 .161 -2.0 -0.2 .235 .053 .000
NL (9 yrs) 4411 3021 472 4.2 105 .284 .263 .270 .338 .336 .335 .418 .673 .755 81 .461 -103.9 -10.4 .605 .193 .072 27.0
AL (4 yrs) 1527 1087 137 3.4 93 .265 .243 .252 .303 .320 .303 .389 .606 .709 73 .413 -50.2 -5.3 .513 .150 .060 7.8

Postseason Batting

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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 29 CIN NL WS NYY L 3 7 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 7 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 1 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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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
1958 STL NL 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1955 23 STL NL 23 0.0% 0.0% 26.1% 4.4% 17% 0.00 70%
1956 24 STL NL 665 0.0% 7.8% 10.8% 4.4% 19% 0.72 11.3 21.7 1.11 81%
1957 25 STL NL 728 1.1% 6.7% 9.8% 5.5% 23% 0.69 13.3 81.3 11.2 1.10 82%
1958 26 STL NL 608 0.3% 7.7% 9.4% 5.1% 21% 0.82 11.6 273.5 15.2 1.32 82%
1959 27 STL NL 691 0.1% 6.1% 9.7% 4.9% 19% 0.63 14.6 615.0 25.6 1.53 83%
1960 28 SFG NL 583 0.3% 9.1% 8.4% 3.8% 18% 1.08 9.9 261.5 16.9 1.16 81%
1961 29 TOT NL 505 0.2% 7.7% 8.1% 4.6% 23% 0.95 11.6 451.0 21.5 1.21 82%
1961 29 SFG NL 3 0.0% 33.3% 66.7% 0.0% 0.50 1.0 0%
1961 29 CIN NL 502 0.2% 7.6% 7.8% 4.6% 23% 0.97 11.8 450.0 21.4 1.21 82%
1962 30 CIN NL 570 0.4% 7.7% 11.1% 3.2% 13% 0.70 11.2 247.0 14.1 1.22 79%
1963 31 TOT MLB 316 0.6% 7.3% 9.8% 5.1% 23% 0.74 12.4 142.5 23.8 1.25 82%
1963 31 CIN NL 38 0.0% 13.2% 18.4% 5.3% 40% 0.71 6.2 0.58 68%
1963 31 WSA AL 278 0.7% 6.5% 8.6% 5.0% 22% 0.75 14.1 127.0 21.2 1.36 84%
1964 32 WSA AL 556 0.2% 7.9% 7.2% 3.6% 15% 1.10 11.5 506.0 14.9 1.00 83%
1965 33 WSA AL 450 0.2% 10.0% 7.8% 3.8% 19% 1.29 9.0 403.0 22.4 0.87 80%
1966 34 TOT AL 243 0.4% 9.9% 8.2% 4.1% 22% 1.20 9.1 219.0 18.3 1.08 80%
1966 34 WSA AL 222 0.5% 9.5% 8.1% 4.5% 23% 1.17 9.5 200.0 18.2 1.09 80%
1966 34 KCA AL 21 0.0% 14.3% 9.5% 0.0% 0% 1.50 6.3 19.0 1.00 76%
12 Seasons 5938 0.4% 7.8% 9.3% 4.4% 19% 0.84 11.5 252.2 17.2 1.17 81%
MLB Averages
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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1956 24 STL NL 7 0 41% 314 8 8 50% 7 9 1 0 0 0 3 0 10 17 56% 60 31 28 11 3 8 27 7 19
1957 25 STL NL 13 0 42% 312 21 9 70% 19 7 1 1 1 1 2 0 12 20 68% 57 18 37 11 3 8 28 5 20
1958 26 STL NL 9 0 34% 275 20 5 80% 17 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 10 18 50% 35 16 17 13 4 9 20 12 8
1959 27 STL NL 7 0 36% 324 15 15 50% 14 14 1 1 0 0 5 1 16 12 55% 45 21 22 18 6 11 25 8 15
1960 28 SFG NL 14 0 41% 238 14 2 88% 13 3 1 0 0 0 4 0 3 14 50% 32 17 15 9 6 3 13 4 9
1961 29 TOT NL 2 0 42% 180 4 3 57% 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 26 49% 29 15 14 8 4 4 20 10 10
1961 29 SFG NL 0 0 50% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1961 29 CIN NL 2 0 41% 176 4 3 57% 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 24 50% 29 15 14 8 4 4 19 9 10
1962 30 CIN NL 15 0 37% 291 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 26 48% 50 31 18 10 6 4 17 1 15
1963 31 TOT MLB 4 0 31% 177 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 7 64% 16 7 9 1 1 0 11 2 9
1963 31 CIN NL 1 0 33% 28 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1963 31 WSA AL 3 0 31% 149 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 68% 14 5 9 1 1 0 10 2 8
1964 32 WSA AL 7 0 32% 248 8 5 62% 6 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 15 63% 28 13 14 5 2 3 18 3 15
1965 33 WSA AL 7 0 37% 167 5 4 56% 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 12 60% 26 12 13 4 2 2 10 1 9
1966 34 TOT AL 5 0 28% 113 2 2 50% 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 8 47% 9 5 4 1 1 0 5 2 3
1966 34 WSA AL 4 0 28% 106 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 7 46% 7 4 3 1 1 0 5 2 3
1966 34 KCA AL 1 0 20% 7 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 90 0 37% 2639 105 60 64% 92 58 11 3 1 1 22 2 76 175 56% 387 186 191 91 38 52 194 55 132
MLB Averages
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*

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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
1956 24 STL NL 664 68% 153 2 0 0 0 1.71 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 81 3 4% 35 8 23% 296 28 9% 21 10 48% 23 12 52% 1
1957 25 STL NL 728 70% 176 0 0 0 0 8 0 11 6 2 4 4 0 5 5 100% 115 4 3% 40 15 38% 335 54 16% 28 12 43% 25 10 40% 0
1958 26 STL NL 608 69% 150 4 0 0 0 0.88 2 0 22 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 100% 84 14 17% 43 9 21% 299 39 13% 19 7 37% 19 8 42% 0
1959 27 STL NL 691 69% 178 1 0 0 0 0.60 1 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 11 7 64% 79 3 4% 35 9 26% 284 24 8% 18 5 28% 31 12 39% 0
1960 28 SFG NL 583 76% 123 3 0 0 0 0.36 2 0 10 1 1 0 2 1 12 7 58% 93 4 4% 35 12 34% 271 35 13% 17 8 47% 17 9 53% 0
1961 29 TOT NL 505 73% 100 8 2 0 0 1.11 1 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 10 9 90% 81 7 9% 40 20 50% 228 22 10% 9 6 67% 21 8 38% 0
1961 29 SFG NL 3 67% 0 1 0 0 0 1.42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 29 CIN NL 502 73% 100 7 2 0 0 1.06 1 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 10 9 90% 81 7 9% 40 20 50% 228 22 10% 9 6 67% 21 8 38% 0
1962 30 CIN NL 570 80% 139 6 2 0 0 0.91 2 0 8 2 0 0 2 0 12 9 75% 113 4 4% 62 21 34% 298 37 12% 25 12 48% 30 18 60% 0
1963 31 TOT MLB 315 90% 70 9 2 0 1 1.11 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 43 1 2% 16 4 25% 118 10 8% 10 6 60% 10 5 50% 1
1963 31 CIN NL 37 76% 5 1 0 0 0 1.08 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 4 1 25% 10 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 1
1963 31 WSA AL 278 92% 65 8 2 0 1 1.11 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 38 1 3% 12 3 25% 108 10 9% 9 6 67% 10 5 50% 0
1964 32 WSA AL 556 94% 135 18 2 0 0 2.31 1 0 9 1 0 1 0 0 10 9 90% 69 1 1% 35 14 40% 241 35 15% 20 12 60% 26 10 38% 0
1965 33 WSA AL 449 85% 90 13 2 0 0 1.24 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 11 7 64% 75 2 3% 31 11 35% 189 17 9% 10 6 60% 16 5 31% 0
1966 34 TOT AL 243 94% 46 10 1 0 0 1.35 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 5 4 80% 26 0 0% 13 6 46% 96 11 11% 8 5 63% 16 9 56% 0
1966 34 WSA AL 222 95% 43 3 0 0 0 1.39 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 5 4 80% 25 0 0% 11 5 45% 88 10 11% 7 4 57% 14 8 57% 0
1966 34 KCA AL 21 86% 3 7 1 0 0 1.33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 8 1 13% 1 1 100% 2 1 50% 0
12 Seasons 5912 77% 1366 74 11 0 1 1.41 21 0 98 15 6 7 14 1 80 62 78% 859 43 5% 385 129 34% 2655 312 12% 185 89 48% 234 106 45% 2
MLB Averages
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

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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
1955 23 5 23 16 4 6 1 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 .375 .545 .438 .983 167 7 0 0 1 0 1
1956 24 155 688 603 98 159 23 7 0 27 9 9 78 52 .264 .350 .325 .675 84 196 3 3 3 1 1
1957 25 309 1416 1253 206 335 48 14 8 85 30 18 149 101 .267 .347 .347 .694 87 435 7 4 8 2 5
1958 26 452 2024 1800 277 485 67 24 10 121 50 23 206 148 .269 .346 .350 .696 86 630 21 5 10 3 7
1959 27 602 2715 2415 367 663 93 31 11 145 65 38 273 190 .275 .350 .352 .702 87 851 24 7 17 3 9
1960 28 738 3298 2938 439 786 105 39 13 176 79 40 322 243 .268 .341 .343 .684 84 1008 28 9 24 5 10
1961 29 864 3803 3389 499 886 123 43 14 197 83 43 363 282 .261 .334 .335 .670 80 1137 35 11 33 7 10
1962 30 1005 4373 3883 576 1025 132 50 16 232 87 46 426 326 .264 .338 .336 .674 81 1305 39 13 42 9 12
1963 31 1092 4689 4168 609 1095 144 52 18 244 90 49 457 349 .263 .337 .335 .672 81 1397 40 13 42 9 13
1964 32 1235 5245 4674 665 1230 161 54 19 278 98 54 497 393 .263 .335 .333 .668 80 1556 41 13 51 10 14
1965 33 1364 5695 5077 712 1320 169 62 20 296 103 58 532 438 .260 .331 .330 .661 79 1673 43 15 58 13 15
1966 34 1444 5938 5296 731 1366 178 62 21 308 105 60 552 462 .258 .329 .327 .656 79 1731 43 15 62 13 15

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
1955 23 5 25 18 4 7 1 0 0 0 1 7 0 .389 .560 .444 1.004 4 5
1956 24 157 711 626 103 172 25 8 0 29 9 81 54 .275 .360 .340 .700 76 150
1957 25 161 762 684 111 189 27 8 9 60 23 76 51 .276 .349 .379 .728 90 154
1958 26 150 638 576 73 158 20 11 2 37 21 60 49 .274 .343 .358 .701 70 143
1959 27 157 712 641 89 184 27 7 1 24 16 69 44 .287 .358 .356 .714 82 150
1960 28 142 625 563 83 145 14 9 2 36 17 58 55 .258 .328 .325 .653 61 136
1961 29 132 519 472 60 105 19 4 1 21 4 43 41 .222 .289 .286 .575 39 126
1962 30 141 565 497 73 142 9 7 2 33 4 64 44 .286 .368 .344 .712 63 141
1963 31 87 325 291 36 76 13 2 2 13 3 34 23 .261 .338 .340 .679 34 87
1964 32 142 559 515 61 146 18 2 1 37 9 43 44 .283 .338 .332 .670 59 143
1965 33 129 460 415 53 102 9 9 1 20 6 40 45 .246 .313 .318 .631 41 129
1966 34 80 250 227 22 53 10 0 1 14 2 23 24 .233 .304 .291 .595 20 80
12 Seasons 1483 6151 5525 768 1479 192 67 22 324 115 598 474 .268 .340 .339 .679 639 1444
162 Game Avg. 162 672 604 84 162 21 7 2 35 13 65 52 .268 .340 .339 .679 70 1444

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

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1958 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1957-NL-12-8%
0.08 Career Shares (949th)

Games Played s c a p y
1957 NL--154--3rd

At Bats s c a p y
1957 NL--650--1st
1959 NL--615--5th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1956 NL--665--8th
1957 NL--728--2nd
1959 NL--691--4th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1956 NL--94--8th
1957 NL--108--5th

Hits s c a p y
1957 NL--176--6th
1959 NL--178--8th

Triples s c a p y
1957 NL--7--10th
1958 NL--10--5th
1959 NL--7--8th
1965 AL--8--5th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1957 NL--71--9th
1959 NL--67--10th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1957 NL--21--3rd
1958 NL--20--4th
1959 NL--15--8th
1960 NL--14--10th

Singles s c a p y
1956 NL--124--8th
1957 NL--136--3rd
1958 NL--119--9th
1959 NL--144--1st

Times On Base s c a p y
1957 NL--248--8th
1959 NL--247--9th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1961 NL--9--10th
1962 NL--9--10th
1964 AL--9--6th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1956 NL--8--5th
1957 NL--9--5th
1959 NL--15--1st

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1957 NL--11.6--5th

AB per SO s c a p y
1957 NL--13.3--8th
1958 NL--11.6--9th
1959 NL--14.6--4th
1961 NL--11.6--7th
1962 NL--11.2--7th
1964 AL--11.5--5th

Outs Made s c a p y
1956 NL--448--8th
1957 NL--493--1st
1959 NL--462--4th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (725), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 31 (754), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 9 (1174), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 17 (935), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  3. Glenn Beckert (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Glenn Beckert (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jose Offerman (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Harold Reynolds (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Harold Reynolds (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Harold Reynolds (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Harold Reynolds (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Harold Reynolds (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Buck Herzog (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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