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Hank Borowy

Henry Ludwig Borowy

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: May 12, 1916 in Bloomfield, NJ
High School: Bloomfield HS (Bloomfield, NJ)
School: Fordham University (New York, NY)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1942 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Yankees/Tigers/Phillies/Pirates 1942-1951

Final Game: September 14, 1951 (Age 35)
Died: August 23, 2004 in Brick, NJ
Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Bloomfield, NJ
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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
1942 26 NYY AL 25 75 70 4 11 1 1 0 7 0 0 1 17 .157 .169 .200 .369 4 14 1 0 4 1 MVP-21
1943 27 NYY AL 29 87 74 2 15 4 1 0 7 0 0 5 17 .203 .253 .284 .537 56 21 3 0 8 1
1944 28 NYY AL 35 100 90 5 12 1 2 0 7 0 0 3 17 .133 .161 .189 .350 -1 17 4 0 7 1 AS,MVP-31
1945 29 TOT MLB 33 108 91 10 18 3 1 0 6 0 0 7 23 .198 .255 .253 .508 44 23 2 0 10 1 MVP-6
1945 29 NYY AL 18 56 50 5 11 2 1 0 6 0 0 3 12 .220 .264 .300 .564 61 15 1 0 3 1
1945 29 CHC NL 15 52 41 5 7 1 0 0 0 0 4 11 .171 .244 .195 .440 24 8 1 0 7 1
1946 30 CHC NL 33 80 72 9 13 4 1 0 8 0 1 18 .181 .192 .264 .456 30 19 0 0 7 1
1947 31 CHC NL 41 59 56 5 7 3 0 0 6 0 2 14 .125 .169 .179 .348 -6 10 1 1 0 1
1948 32 CHC NL 39 38 36 4 8 3 0 0 0 0 2 8 .222 .263 .306 .569 57 11 0 0 0 1
1949 33 PHI NL 28 73 61 2 13 3 0 0 6 0 7 19 .213 .294 .262 .556 52 16 0 0 5 1
1950 34 TOT MLB 27 18 13 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .154 .154 .154 .308 -21 2 1 0 5 1
1950 34 TOT NL 14 9 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 -13 1 0 0 3 1
1950 34 PHI NL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 /1
1950 34 PIT NL 11 8 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 -13 1 0 0 2 1
1950 34 DET AL 13 9 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -28 1 1 0 2 1
1951 35 DET AL 26 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 1
10 Yrs 316 646 571 43 99 22 6 0 48 0 0 28 138 .173 .213 .233 .446 25 133 12 1 46
162 Game Avg. 162 331 293 22 51 11 3 0 25 0 14 71 .173 .213 .233 .446 25 68 6 1 24
CHC (4 yrs) 128 229 205 23 35 11 1 0 14 0 9 51 .171 .209 .234 .443 23 48 2 1 14
NYY (4 yrs) 107 318 284 16 49 8 5 0 27 0 0 12 63 .173 .206 .236 .442 26 67 9 0 22
PHI (2 yrs) 31 74 61 2 13 3 0 0 6 0 7 19 .213 .294 .262 .556 52 16 0 0 6
DET (2 yrs) 39 17 15 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .067 .067 .067 .133 -65 1 1 0 2
PIT (1 yr) 11 8 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 -13 1 0 0 2
NL (6 yrs) 170 311 272 26 49 14 1 0 20 0 16 71 .180 .228 .239 .467 29 65 2 1 22
AL (6 yrs) 146 335 299 17 50 8 5 0 28 0 0 12 67 .167 .199 .227 .427 21 68 10 0 24

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1942 26 NYY AL 25 75 -9 0 0 0 7 -2 -0.2 2 0 -0.2 .492 .499 -0.2 0.0 0 $3,600 1 MVP-21
1943 27 NYY AL 29 87 -5 0 0 0 7 3 0.3 3 5 0.3 .511 .502 0.3 0.0 5 $11,000 1
1944 28 NYY AL 35 100 -13 0 0 0 9 -3 -0.4 3 -0 -0.4 .489 .498 -0.4 0.0 -1 $15,000 1 AS,MVP-31
1945 29 NYY AL 18 56 -3 0 0 0 5 2 0.2 2 4 0.2 .513 .501 0.2 -0.0 4 1 MVP-6
1945 29 CHC NL 15 52 -5 0 0 0 5 -0 -0.0 2 1 -0.0 .498 .500 -0.0 0.0 1 1 MVP-6
1946 30 CHC NL 33 80 -7 0 0 0 8 1 0.1 3 4 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 4 1
1947 31 CHC NL 41 59 -8 0 0 0 6 -2 -0.2 2 0 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 0.0 0 1
1948 32 CHC NL 39 38 -2 0 0 0 4 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .505 .501 0.2 0.0 3 1
1949 33 PHI NL 28 73 -5 -0 0 0 8 3 0.3 3 6 0.3 .512 .502 0.3 0.0 6 1
1950 34 PHI NL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .504 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /1
1950 34 PIT NL 11 8 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 -0.0 .499 .500 -0.0 0.0 0 1
1950 34 DET AL 13 9 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .496 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 1
1951 35 DET AL 26 8 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .495 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 1
10 Seasons 316 646 -62 0 1 0 63 1 0.2 21 23 0.2 .501 .500 0.2 0.0 23 $29,600
CHC (4 yrs) 128 229 -23 0 0 0 23 0 0.1 8 9 0.1 .500 .500 0.1 0.0 9
NYY (4 yrs) 107 318 -29 0 0 0 29 -0 -0.0 9 9 -0.0 .500 .500 -0.0 0.0 9 $29,600
PHI (2 yrs) 31 74 -5 -0 0 0 8 4 0.4 3 7 0.4 .512 .501 0.4 0.0 6
DET (2 yrs) 39 17 -4 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1
PIT (1 yr) 11 8 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 -0.0 .499 .500 -0.0 0.0 0

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
1942 26 NYY AL 75 64 2 0.8 93 .208 .157 .263 .169 .337 .200 .369 .369 .706 4 .052 -9.3 -1.0 .250 .057 .043
1943 27 NYY AL 87 70 5 2.0 88 .263 .203 .257 .253 .332 .284 .355 .537 .687 56 .228 -4.4 -0.5 .419 .149 .081
1944 28 NYY AL 100 89 3 0.9 94 .164 .133 .271 .161 .339 .189 .371 .350 .710 -1 .061 -12.6 -1.4 .244 .089 .056
1945 29 TOT MLB 108 85 6 1.9 93 .265 .198 .268 .255 .340 .253 .367 .508 .707 44 .197 -6.9 -0.7 .400 .132 .055
1945 29 NYY AL 56 43 4 2.5 92 .289 .220 .266 .264 .339 .300 .362 .564 .701 61 .310 -2.8 -0.3 .450 .140 .080
1945 29 CHC NL 52 42 2 1.3 95 .233 .171 .271 .244 .340 .195 .374 .440 .714 24 .099 -4.2 -0.4 .343 .122 .024
1946 30 CHC NL 80 66 4 1.6 91 .241 .181 .260 .192 .335 .264 .364 .456 .700 30 .158 -7.0 -0.7 .339 .097 .083
1947 31 CHC NL 59 50 2 1.1 102 .167 .125 .269 .169 .344 .179 .399 .348 .743 -6 .063 -8.5 -0.8 .260 .089 .054
1948 32 CHC NL 38 28 3 2.8 98 .286 .222 .263 .263 .336 .306 .389 .569 .726 57 .305 -2.1 -0.2 .464 .139 .083
1949 33 PHI NL 73 53 5 2.5 101 .310 .213 .267 .294 .340 .262 .399 .556 .739 52 .251 -3.9 -0.4 .479 .164 .049
1950 34 TOT MLB 18 17 0 0.0 114 .182 .154 .278 .154 .361 .154 .423 .308 .784 -21 .000 -2.4 -0.2 .167 .000 .000
1950 34 TOT NL 9 8 0 0.0 111 .200 .167 .273 .167 .351 .167 .424 .333 .774 -13 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .200 .000 .000
1950 34 PHI NL 1 1 .000 0.0 0.0
1950 34 PIT NL 8 7 0 0.0 111 .200 .167 .273 .167 .351 .167 .424 .333 .774 -13 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .200 .000 .000
1950 34 DET AL 9 9 0 0.0 116 .167 .143 .282 .143 .370 .143 .423 .286 .793 -28 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .143 .000 .000
1951 35 DET AL 8 8 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .268 .000 .349 .000 .392 .000 .741 -100 .000 -2.3 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
10 Yrs 646 530 30 1.5 95 .229 .173 .266 .213 .338 .233 .376 .446 .714 25 .135 -59.3 -6.2 .335 .109 .060
162 Game Avg. 331 272 15 1.5 95 .229 .173 .266 .213 .338 .233 .376 .446 .714 25 .135 -59.3 -6.2 .335 .109 .060
CHC (4 yrs) 229 186 11 1.6 96 .227 .171 .265 .209 .339 .234 .380 .443 .719 23 .137 -21.7 -2.2 .337 .107 .063
NYY (4 yrs) 318 266 14 1.4 92 .222 .173 .265 .206 .337 .236 .365 .442 .701 26 .133 -29.0 -3.1 .324 .106 .063
PHI (2 yrs) 74 54 5 2.5 101 .310 .213 .267 .294 .340 .262 .399 .556 .739 52 .245 -3.9 -0.4 .479 .164 .049
DET (2 yrs) 17 17 0 0.0 109 .091 .067 .274 .067 .359 .067 .406 .133 .765 -65 -3.7 -0.4 .067 .000 .000
PIT (1 yr) 8 7 0 0.0 111 .200 .167 .273 .167 .351 .167 .424 .333 .774 -13 -1.0 -0.1 .200 .000 .000
NL (6 yrs) 311 247 16 1.7 98 .244 .180 .266 .228 .339 .239 .385 .467 .725 29 .154 -26.6 -2.7 .364 .118 .059
AL (6 yrs) 335 283 14 1.3 92 .216 .167 .265 .199 .338 .227 .367 .427 .704 21 .118 -32.7 -3.5 .309 .100 .060

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
1942 26 NYY AL WS STL L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1943 27 NYY AL WS STL W 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 2 0 0 0 0 0
1945 29 CHC NL WS DET L 4 7 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .333 .500 2 0 0 1 0 0
3 Yrs (3 Series) 6 10 9 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .222 .222 .444 .667 4 0 0 1 0 0
3 WS 6 10 9 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .222 .222 .444 .667 4 0 0 1 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
1944 NYY AL 28 as P 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1945 NYY AL 29 DNP

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
1942 26 NYY AL 75 0.0% 22.7% 1.3% 2.7% 18% 17.00 4.1 10.0 71%
1943 27 NYY AL 87 0.0% 19.5% 5.8% 5.8% 33% 3.40 4.4 10.6 66%
1944 28 NYY AL 100 0.0% 17.0% 3.0% 3.0% 25% 5.67 5.3 12.9 73%
1945 29 TOT MLB 108 0.0% 21.3% 6.5% 3.7% 22% 3.29 4.0 15.2 1.00 63%
1945 29 NYY AL 56 0.0% 21.4% 5.4% 5.4% 27% 4.00 4.2 8.3 2.00 68%
1945 29 CHC NL 52 0.0% 21.2% 7.7% 1.9% 14% 2.75 3.7 0.67 58%
1946 30 CHC NL 80 0.0% 22.5% 1.3% 6.3% 39% 18.00 4.0 9.0 2.00 68%
1947 31 CHC NL 59 0.0% 23.7% 3.4% 5.1% 43% 7.00 4.0 9.3 2.00 71%
1948 32 CHC NL 38 0.0% 21.1% 5.3% 7.9% 38% 4.00 4.5 0.00 74%
1949 33 PHI NL 73 0.0% 26.0% 9.6% 4.1% 23% 2.71 3.2 10.2 3.00 58%
1950 34 TOT MLB 18 0.0% 11.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 6.5 13.0 3.00 61%
1950 34 TOT NL 9 0.0% 11.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 6.0 2.00 56%
1950 34 PHI NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0%
1950 34 PIT NL 8 0.0% 12.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 6.0 2.00 63%
1950 34 DET AL 9 0.0% 11.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 7.0 7.0 67%
1951 35 DET AL 8 0.0% 37.5% 0.0% 0.0% 2.7 63%
10 Yrs 646 0.0% 21.4% 4.3% 4.3% 28% 4.93 4.1 11.9 1.88 67%
MLB Averages 1.5% 9.3% 9.4% 6.0% 26% 0.99 9.5 60.5 8.5 0.96 78%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1942 26 NYY AL -9.3 -1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1943 27 NYY AL -4.4 -0.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1944 28 NYY AL -12.6 -1.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 29 TOT MLB -6.9 -0.7 19 0.0 0.1 -0.1 .38 0.2 -0.2 -0.1 -0.0 0.86 0.8 0
1945 29 NYY AL -2.8 -0.3 8 0.0 0.1 -0.0 .28 0.2 -0.0 1.3 0.1 0.69 1.7 0
1945 29 CHC NL -4.2 -0.4 11 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .45 -0.0 -0.1 -1.4 -0.1 0.99 -0.9 0
1946 30 CHC NL -7.0 -0.7 29 -0.5 0.2 -0.6 1.02 -0.4 -0.1 -3.5 -0.4 1.08 -3.8 0
1947 31 CHC NL -8.5 -0.8 42 -0.4 0.4 -0.8 .92 -0.5 0.1 -4.9 -0.5 0.91 -5.4 0
1948 32 CHC NL -2.1 -0.2 11 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 .73 -0.1 0.0 -0.7 -0.1 0.80 -0.8 0
1949 33 PHI NL -3.9 -0.4 57 -0.1 0.6 -0.7 .76 -0.3 0.2 -1.1 -0.1 0.90 -3.6 0
1950 34 TOT MLB -2.4 -0.2 11 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 1.24 -0.1 0.0 -0.8 -0.1 1.05 -0.7 0
1950 34 TOT NL -1.0 -0.1 8 -0.1 0.0 -0.2 1.11 -0.1 0.0 -1.3 -0.1 1.01 -1.2 0
1950 34 PHI NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0
1950 34 PIT NL -1.0 -0.1 8 -0.1 0.0 -0.2 1.11 -0.1 0.0 -1.3 -0.1 1.01 -1.2 0
1950 34 DET AL -1.4 -0.1 3 0.1 0.1 -0.0 1.58 0.1 -0.0 0.4 0.0 1.15 0.5 0
1951 35 DET AL -2.3 -0.2 3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .73 -0.1 0.0 -0.5 -0.1 0.58 -0.9 0
10 Yrs -59.3 -6.2 172 -1.1 1.5 -2.6 .83 -1.2 -0.1 -11.6 -1.2 0.93 -14.3 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1945 29 TOT MLB 0 0 40% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1945 29 NYY AL 0 0 36% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1945 29 CHC NL 0 0 46% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1946 30 CHC NL 2 0 64% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1947 31 CHC NL 1 0 50% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1948 32 CHC NL 0 0 40% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 33 PHI NL 0 0 10% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 40% 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 2
1950 34 TOT MLB 0 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1950 34 TOT NL 0 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 34 PHI NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 34 PIT NL 0 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 34 DET AL 0 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1951 35 DET 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 0 0 0 0
10 Yrs 3 0 34% 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 43% 8 6 2 2 1 1 4 1 3

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 % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1945 29 TOT MLB 108 0% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 500% 3 2 67% 4 1 25% 9 2 22% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1945 29 NYY AL 56 0% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 2 100% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1945 29 CHC NL 52 0% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 350% 3 1 33% 4 1 25% 7 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1946 30 CHC NL 80 46% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 175% 10 0 0% 7 2 29% 22 2 9% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1947 31 CHC NL 59 45% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 7 1 14% 9 1 11% 24 2 8% 3 1 33% 0 0 0
1948 32 CHC NL 38 9% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1949 33 PHI NL 73 18% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100% 15 0 0% 10 3 30% 34 5 15% 4 3 75% 0 0 0
1950 34 TOT MLB 18 18% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 125% 5 1 20% 6 2 33% 8 1 13% 0 0 0 0 0
1950 34 TOT NL 9 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 150% 3 0 0% 4 1 25% 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1950 34 PHI NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 34 PIT NL 8 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 3 0 0% 4 1 25% 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1950 34 DET AL 9 67% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 3 1 33% 0 0 0 0 0
1951 35 DET AL 8 67% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
10 Yrs 384 27% 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 18 46 256% 41 12 29% 37 9 24% 99 12 12% 9 5 56% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 50% 186% 22% 34% 15% 51% 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 SF IBB
1942 26 25 75 70 4 11 1 1 0 7 0 0 1 17 .157 .169 .200 .369 4 14 1 0 4
1943 27 54 162 144 6 26 5 2 0 14 0 0 6 34 .181 .213 .243 .456 31 35 4 0 12
1944 28 89 262 234 11 38 6 4 0 21 0 0 9 51 .162 .193 .222 .416 18 52 8 0 19
1945 29 122 370 325 21 56 9 5 0 27 0 0 16 74 .172 .211 .231 .442 26 75 10 0 29
1946 30 155 450 397 30 69 13 6 0 35 0 0 17 92 .174 .208 .237 .445 26 94 10 0 36
1947 31 196 509 453 35 76 16 6 0 41 0 0 19 106 .168 .203 .230 .433 22 104 11 1 36
1948 32 235 547 489 39 84 19 6 0 41 0 0 21 114 .172 .207 .235 .443 25 115 11 1 36
1949 33 263 620 550 41 97 22 6 0 47 0 0 28 133 .176 .218 .238 .456 28 131 11 1 41
1950 34 290 638 563 43 99 22 6 0 48 0 0 28 135 .176 .216 .236 .452 27 133 12 1 46
1951 35 316 646 571 43 99 22 6 0 48 0 0 28 138 .173 .213 .233 .446 25 133 12 1 46

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
1942 26 26 80 75 5 13 1 1 0 9 0 1 18 .173 .184 .213 .398 3 25
1943 27 31 93 79 2 17 5 1 0 8 0 6 18 .215 .271 .304 .574 6 29
1944 28 37 105 95 6 13 1 2 0 8 0 3 18 .137 .163 .189 .353 3 35
1945 29 35 114 96 11 19 3 1 0 6 0 7 24 .198 .252 .250 .502 6 33
1946 30 34 84 76 10 14 4 1 0 9 0 1 19 .184 .195 .263 .458 4 33
1947 31 43 62 59 7 8 3 0 0 8 0 2 15 .136 .177 .186 .364 2 41
1948 32 41 40 38 4 9 3 0 0 0 0 2 8 .237 .275 .316 .591 3 39
1949 33 29 77 64 2 14 3 0 0 7 0 8 20 .219 .306 .266 .571 5 28
1950 34 28 19 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 27
1951 35 27 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 26
10 Yrs 331 682 604 47 107 23 6 0 55 0 30 145 .177 .217 .235 .452 32 316
162 Game Avg. 162 334 296 23 52 11 3 0 27 0 15 71 .177 .217 .235 .452 16 316

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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
1944 (P)
1945--not played

Awards (yr lg award)
1945 NL pitching_title
1945 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1942 AL (21, 2%)
1944 AL (31, 1%)
1945 NL (6, 25%)
0.28 Career Shares (637th)

              

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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 or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') 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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