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Jim Bottomley

James Leroy Bottomley (Sunny Jim)

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: April 23, 1900 in Oglesby, IL
High School: Nokomis HS (Nokomis, IL)
Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1920. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 18, 1922
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Reds/Browns 1922-1937

Final Game: September 16, 1937
Died: December 11, 1959 in St. Louis, MO
Buried: IOOF Community Cemetery, Sullivan, MO
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1974.
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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 SF IBB Pos Awards
1922 22 STL NL 37 161 151 29 49 8 5 5 35 3 1 6 13 .325 .358 .543 .902 134 82 2 2 3
1923 23 STL NL 134 587 523 79 194 34 14 8 94 4 6 45 44 .371 .425 .535 .960 155 280 4 15 *3
1924 24 STL NL 137 583 528 87 167 31 12 14 111 5 4 35 35 .316 .362 .500 .862 131 264 3 17 *3/4 MVP-17
1925 25 STL NL 153 682 619 92 227 44 12 21 128 3 4 47 36 .367 .413 .578 .992 148 358 2 13 *3 MVP-7
1926 26 STL NL 154 684 603 98 180 40 14 19 120 4 58 52 .299 .364 .506 .870 128 305 4 19 *3
1927 27 STL NL 152 678 574 95 174 31 15 19 124 8 74 49 .303 .387 .509 .896 133 292 5 26 *3 MVP-13
1928 28 STL NL 149 667 576 123 187 42 20 31 136 10 71 54 .325 .402 .628 1.030 162 362 3 17 *3 MVP-1
1929 29 STL NL 146 645 560 108 176 31 12 29 137 3 70 54 .314 .391 .568 .959 132 318 1 17 *3
1930 30 STL NL 131 562 487 92 148 33 7 15 97 5 44 36 .304 .368 .493 .860 102 240 5 24 *3
1931 31 STL NL 108 419 382 73 133 34 5 9 75 3 34 24 .348 .403 .534 .937 145 204 1 2 3 MVP-15
1932 32 STL NL 91 339 311 45 92 16 3 11 48 2 25 32 .296 .350 .473 .823 115 147 1 2 3
1933 33 CIN NL 145 609 549 57 137 23 9 13 83 3 42 28 .250 .311 .395 .706 103 217 13 7 11 *3 MVP-17
1934 34 CIN NL 142 592 556 72 158 31 11 11 78 1 33 40 .284 .324 .439 .763 106 244 9 0 3 *3
1935 35 CIN NL 107 423 399 44 103 21 1 1 49 3 18 24 .258 .294 .323 .617 68 129 11 2 4 3
1936 36 SLB AL 140 596 544 72 162 39 11 12 95 0 0 44 55 .298 .354 .476 .830 101 259 3 5 *3
1937 37 SLB AL 65 127 109 11 26 7 0 1 12 1 0 18 15 .239 .346 .330 .677 71 36 0 0 3
16 Yrs 1991 8354 7471 1177 2313 465 151 219 1422 58 15 664 591 .310 .369 .500 .869 125 3737 33 43 177
162 Game Avg. 162 680 608 96 188 38 12 18 116 5 54 48 .310 .369 .500 .869 125 304 3 14
STL (11 yrs) 1392 6007 5314 921 1727 344 119 181 1105 50 15 509 429 .325 .387 .537 .924 136 2852 31 154
CIN (3 yrs) 394 1624 1504 173 398 75 21 25 210 7 93 92 .265 .311 .392 .704 95 590 33 9 18
SLB (2 yrs) 205 723 653 83 188 46 11 13 107 1 0 62 70 .288 .352 .452 .804 96 295 3 5
NL (14 yrs) 1786 7631 6818 1094 2125 419 140 206 1315 57 15 602 521 .312 .371 .505 .876 127 3442 33 40 172
AL (2 yrs) 205 723 653 83 188 46 11 13 107 1 0 62 70 .288 .352 .452 .804 96 295 3 5

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
1922 22 STL NL 37 161 7 1 0 -5 -2 1 0.1 5 5 0.5 .502 .500 1.0 -0.6 10 $ 3
1923 23 STL NL 134 587 42 -0 0 -11 -6 24 2.3 17 41 4.0 .517 .514 5.0 -1.6 52 $ *3
1924 24 STL NL 137 583 22 1 0 -10 -6 6 0.5 17 23 2.2 .505 .504 3.3 -1.7 33 $ *3/4 MVP-17
1925 25 STL NL 153 682 45 0 0 0 -7 38 3.5 20 58 5.4 .523 .522 5.5 -0.7 58 $ *3 MVP-7
1926 26 STL NL 154 684 22 -0 0 -3 -7 12 1.1 20 32 3.1 .508 .508 3.4 -1.1 35 $ *3
1927 27 STL NL 152 678 28 -1 0 3 -7 23 2.3 19 43 4.2 .516 .515 4.0 -0.4 40 $ *3 MVP-13
1928 28 STL NL 149 667 50 -1 0 -9 -7 34 3.2 19 53 5.1 .522 .521 6.1 -1.6 62 $ *3 MVP-1
1929 29 STL NL 146 645 26 0 0 -6 -7 14 1.2 18 32 3.0 .508 .508 3.6 -1.2 38 $ *3
1930 30 STL NL 131 562 1 -0 0 -6 -6 -11 -1.0 16 4 0.5 .492 .494 1.1 -1.0 10 $ *3
1931 31 STL NL 108 419 24 -0 0 -2 -4 18 1.7 12 30 2.9 .517 .511 3.2 -0.7 32 $ 3 MVP-15
1932 32 STL NL 91 339 6 -0 0 -3 -4 -0 -0.1 10 10 0.9 .500 .500 1.3 -0.7 13 $ 3
1933 33 CIN NL 145 609 3 -0 0 3 -7 -1 -0.2 18 17 1.6 .500 .500 1.3 -0.5 14 $ *3 MVP-17
1934 34 CIN NL 142 592 4 0 0 -8 -6 -10 -1.0 17 7 0.7 .493 .494 1.4 -1.4 15 $ *3
1935 35 CIN NL 107 423 -16 -0 0 0 -4 -21 -2.1 12 -9 -0.9 .480 .487 -0.9 -0.4 -9 $ 3
1936 36 SLB AL 140 596 -2 0 0 -15 -6 -23 -2.0 18 -5 -0.2 .486 .488 1.2 -1.9 10 $ *3
1937 37 SLB AL 65 127 -4 0 0 -1 -1 -6 -0.6 4 -2 -0.2 .491 .496 -0.1 -0.2 -1 $ 3
16 Seasons 1991 8354 259 0 0 -73 -88 98 9.0 241 338 32.8 .505 .504 40.4 -15.8 411 $
STL (11 yrs) 1392 6007 274 -1 0 -52 -62 159 14.9 171 330 31.8 .511 .509 37.5 -11.4 382 $
CIN (3 yrs) 394 1624 -9 0 0 -5 -18 -32 -3.3 47 16 1.4 .492 .493 1.8 -2.3 20 $
SLB (2 yrs) 205 723 -6 1 0 -16 -8 -29 -2.6 22 -7 -0.4 .487 .492 1.1 -2.0 9 $

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
1922 22 STL NL 161 105 29 7.4 108 .331 .325 .295 .358 .352 .543 .410 .902 .762 134 .677 6.6 0.6 .893 .272 .219 3.8
1923 23 STL NL 587 350 116 8.9 105 .395 .371 .289 .425 .348 .535 .403 .960 .751 155 .759 41.9 4.0 .976 .247 .164 5.3
1924 24 STL NL 583 382 94 6.6 102 .319 .316 .287 .362 .342 .500 .400 .862 .743 131 .664 21.4 2.1 .830 .252 .184 7.4
1925 25 STL NL 682 409 146 9.5 116 .367 .367 .303 .413 .361 .578 .432 .992 .793 148 .758 44.5 4.1 1.025 .286 .212 5.3
1926 26 STL NL 684 442 110 6.6 106 .303 .299 .292 .364 .352 .506 .405 .870 .757 128 .668 22.6 2.2 .877 .310 .207 6.6
1927 27 STL NL 678 426 112 7.0 108 .306 .303 .296 .387 .355 .509 .409 .896 .764 133 .687 27.5 2.7 .948 .348 .206 11.3
1928 28 STL NL 667 406 144 9.6 112 .318 .325 .294 .402 .359 .628 .418 1.030 .777 162 .777 50.4 4.8 1.147 .444 .304 15.1
1929 29 STL NL 645 401 124 8.2 123 .308 .314 .308 .391 .373 .568 .449 .959 .822 132 .678 26.0 2.3 1.021 .384 .254 5.4
1930 30 STL NL 562 363 87 6.4 131 .305 .304 .318 .368 .377 .493 .473 .860 .851 102 .537 0.1 0.0 .867 .290 .189 7.5
1931 31 STL NL 419 251 82 8.7 108 .355 .348 .291 .403 .351 .534 .411 .937 .762 145 .762 25.0 2.4 .972 .283 .186 4.5
1932 32 STL NL 339 221 51 6.2 107 .302 .296 .289 .350 .342 .473 .419 .823 .761 115 .625 6.3 0.6 .799 .264 .177 3.4
1933 33 CIN NL 609 436 66 4.0 89 .244 .250 .271 .311 .323 .395 .370 .706 .693 103 .498 1.4 0.1 .633 .228 .146 4.9
1934 34 CIN NL 592 410 79 5.1 101 .291 .284 .282 .324 .337 .439 .401 .763 .738 106 .537 2.9 0.3 .683 .216 .155 1.8
1935 35 CIN NL 423 311 37 3.2 100 .273 .258 .281 .294 .335 .323 .400 .617 .735 68 .330 -17.1 -1.7 .495 .118 .065 1.5
1936 36 SLB AL 596 387 91 6.2 123 .314 .298 .301 .354 .377 .476 .442 .830 .820 101 .555 -1.5 -0.1 .801 .259 .178 .0
1937 37 SLB AL 127 83 13 4.1 117 .269 .239 .290 .346 .365 .330 .432 .677 .797 71 .393 -4.2 -0.4 .663 .266 .092 1.0
16 Yrs 8354 5383 1381 6.8 110 .314 .310 .293 .369 .353 .500 .417 .869 .770 125 .651 253.6 24.1 .862 .285 .191 91.7
162 Game Avg. 680 438 112 6.8 110 .314 .310 .293 .369 .353 .500 .417 .869 .770 125 .651 21 2 .862 .285 .191 7
STL (11 yrs) 6007 3756 1095 7.8 112 .329 .325 .297 .387 .357 .537 .422 .924 .778 136 .700 272.2 25.9 .951 .314 .212 78.4
CIN (3 yrs) 1624 1157 182 4.2 96 .269 .265 .278 .311 .331 .392 .390 .704 .721 95 .471 -12.8 -1.3 .614 .194 .128 10.9
SLB (2 yrs) 723 470 104 5.9 122 .307 .288 .299 .352 .375 .452 .441 .804 .816 96 .531 -5.7 -0.5 .776 .260 .164 1.9
NL (14 yrs) 7631 4913 1277 6.9 109 .315 .312 .293 .371 .351 .505 .415 .876 .766 127 .662 259.3 24.6 .870 .288 .193 89.3
AL (2 yrs) 723 470 104 5.9 122 .307 .288 .299 .352 .375 .452 .441 .804 .816 96 .531 -5.7 -0.5 .776 .260 .164 1.9

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
1926 26 STL NL WS NYY W 7 31 29 4 10 3 0 0 5 0 1 1 2 .345 .367 .448 .815 13 0 0 1 0 0
1928 28 STL NL WS NYY L 4 16 14 1 3 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 6 .214 .313 .571 .884 8 0 0 0 0 0
1930 30 STL NL WS PHA L 6 24 22 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 .045 .125 .091 .216 2 0 0 0 0 0
1931 31 STL NL WS PHA W 7 27 25 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 .160 .222 .200 .422 5 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs (4 Series) 24 98 90 8 18 5 1 1 10 0 1 7 22 .200 .258 .311 .569 28 0 0 1 0 0
4 WS 24 98 90 8 18 5 1 1 10 0 1 7 22 .200 .258 .311 .569 28 0 0 1 0 0

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
1922 22 STL NL 161 3.1% 8.1% 3.7% 11.2% 37% 2.17 11.6 30.2 4.3 83%
1923 23 STL NL 587 1.4% 7.5% 7.7% 9.5% 29% 0.98 11.9 65.4 5.6 80%
1924 24 STL NL 583 2.4% 6.0% 6.0% 9.8% 34% 1.00 15.1 37.7 4.8 82%
1925 25 STL NL 682 3.1% 5.3% 6.9% 11.3% 34% 0.77 17.2 29.5 4.8 82%
1926 26 STL NL 684 2.8% 7.6% 8.5% 10.7% 41% 0.90 11.6 31.7 5.0 78%
1927 27 STL NL 678 2.8% 7.2% 10.9% 9.6% 37% 0.66 11.7 30.2 4.6 75%
1928 28 STL NL 667 4.7% 8.1% 10.6% 13.9% 50% 0.76 10.7 18.6 4.2 74%
1929 29 STL NL 645 4.5% 8.4% 10.9% 11.2% 41% 0.77 10.4 19.3 4.1 74%
1930 30 STL NL 562 2.7% 6.4% 7.8% 9.8% 37% 0.82 13.5 32.5 5.0 78%
1931 31 STL NL 419 2.2% 5.7% 8.1% 11.5% 36% 0.71 15.9 42.4 5.1 83%
1932 32 STL NL 339 3.2% 9.4% 7.4% 8.9% 33% 1.28 9.7 28.3 6.5 79%
1933 33 CIN NL 609 2.1% 4.6% 6.9% 7.4% 33% 0.67 19.6 42.2 6.6 83%
1934 34 CIN NL 592 1.9% 6.8% 5.6% 9.0% 34% 1.21 13.9 50.5 7.1 85%
1935 35 CIN NL 423 0.2% 5.7% 4.3% 5.4% 22% 1.33 16.6 399.0 8.1 88%
1936 36 SLB AL 596 2.0% 9.2% 7.4% 10.4% 38% 1.25 9.9 45.3 5.7 80%
1937 37 SLB AL 127 0.8% 11.8% 14.2% 6.3% 31% 0.83 7.3 109.0 9.1 73%
16 Yrs 8354 2.6% 7.1% 8.0% 10.0% 36% 0.89 12.6 34.1 5.3 80%
MLB Averages 1.2% 7.8% 8.0% 6.8% 27% 0.97 11.4 72.7 7.7 80%

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
1922 22 37 161 151 29 49 8 5 5 35 3 1 6 13 .325 .358 .543 .902 134 82 2 2
1923 23 171 748 674 108 243 42 19 13 129 7 7 51 57 .361 .410 .537 .947 150 362 6 17
1924 24 308 1331 1202 195 410 73 31 27 240 12 11 86 92 .341 .389 .521 .910 142 626 9 34
1925 25 461 2013 1821 287 637 117 43 48 368 15 15 133 128 .350 .397 .540 .938 144 984 11 47
1926 26 615 2697 2424 385 817 157 57 67 488 19 15 191 180 .337 .389 .532 .921 140 1289 15 66
1927 27 767 3375 2998 480 991 188 72 86 612 27 15 265 229 .331 .389 .527 .916 139 1581 20 92
1928 28 916 4042 3574 603 1178 230 92 117 748 37 15 336 283 .330 .391 .544 .934 143 1943 23 109
1929 29 1062 4687 4134 711 1354 261 104 146 885 40 15 406 337 .328 .391 .547 .938 141 2261 24 126
1930 30 1193 5249 4621 803 1502 294 111 161 982 45 15 450 373 .325 .388 .541 .930 136 2501 29 150
1931 31 1301 5668 5003 876 1635 328 116 170 1057 48 15 484 397 .327 .390 .541 .930 137 2705 30 152
1932 32 1392 6007 5314 921 1727 344 119 181 1105 50 15 509 429 .325 .387 .537 .924 136 2852 31 154
1933 33 1537 6616 5863 978 1864 367 128 194 1188 53 15 551 457 .318 .380 .523 .904 133 3069 13 38 165
1934 34 1679 7208 6419 1050 2022 398 139 205 1266 54 15 584 497 .315 .376 .516 .892 131 3313 22 38 168
1935 35 1786 7631 6818 1094 2125 419 140 206 1315 57 15 602 521 .312 .371 .505 .876 127 3442 33 40 172
1936 36 1926 8227 7362 1166 2287 458 151 218 1410 57 15 646 576 .311 .370 .503 .872 125 3701 33 43 177
1937 37 1991 8354 7471 1177 2313 465 151 219 1422 58 15 664 591 .310 .369 .500 .869 125 3737 33 43 177

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
1922 22 39 166 156 28 49 8 5 5 34 3 6 14 .314 .348 .526 .873 28 37
1923 23 141 609 543 78 197 35 14 8 93 4 46 46 .363 .417 .523 .940 117 134
1924 24 144 613 555 91 175 32 13 15 116 5 37 37 .315 .361 .501 .862 99 137
1925 25 162 694 633 83 218 42 12 20 116 3 45 38 .344 .390 .543 .933 133 153
1926 26 161 705 623 96 181 40 14 19 118 4 58 54 .291 .355 .491 .846 108 154
1927 27 160 701 595 92 174 31 15 19 120 8 74 52 .292 .375 .491 .866 108 152
1928 28 157 687 595 118 186 42 20 31 131 10 71 57 .313 .389 .607 .995 139 149
1929 29 154 648 565 91 161 28 11 27 115 3 64 57 .285 .359 .517 .876 104 146
1930 30 137 550 483 71 129 29 6 13 75 4 38 38 .267 .326 .433 .758 67 131
1931 31 113 431 394 72 134 34 5 9 74 3 34 25 .340 .394 .520 .914 80 108
1932 32 95 348 320 43 91 16 3 11 46 2 25 33 .284 .338 .456 .794 49 91
1933 33 152 653 586 68 155 26 10 15 99 3 48 29 .265 .329 .420 .748 78 145
1934 34 151 629 591 76 167 33 12 12 82 1 35 43 .283 .323 .440 .763 83 142
1935 35 113 444 419 46 108 22 1 1 51 3 19 25 .258 .293 .322 .615 39 107
1936 36 146 590 543 57 144 35 10 11 76 0 39 57 .265 .318 .427 .745 72 140
1937 37 68 128 111 10 25 7 0 1 11 1 17 16 .225 .328 .315 .643 11 65
16 Yrs 2093 8596 7712 1120 2294 460 151 217 1357 57 656 621 .297 .356 .481 .837 1315 1991
162 Game Avg. 162 665 597 87 178 36 12 17 105 4 51 48 .297 .356 .481 .837 102 1991

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1948 BBWAA ( 3.3%)
1949 BBWAA ( 5.2%)
1950 BBWAA ( 4.8%)
1951 BBWAA ( 2.7%)
1952 BBWAA ( 3.0%)
1953 BBWAA ( 3.8%)
1954 BBWAA ( 6.3%)
1955 BBWAA (10.4%)
1956 BBWAA (21.8%)
1958 BBWAA (21.4%)
1960 BBWAA (33.1%)
1962 BBWAA (12.5%)
1974 Veterans (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1974
by Veteran's Committee

Awards (yr lg award)
1928 NL MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1924 NL (17, 5%)
1925 NL (7, 35%)
1927 NL (13, 8%)
1928 NL (1, 95%)
1931 NL (15, 10%)
1933 NL (17, 8%)
1 MVP
1.61 Career Shares (129th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1925 NL  5.4 (9th)
1928 NL  5.1 (10th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1923 NL  4.0 (10th)
1925 NL  5.4 (3rd)
1927 NL  4.2 (9th)
1928 NL  5.1 (5th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1923 NL  5.0 (4th)
1925 NL  5.5 (4th)
1926 NL  3.4 (7th)
1927 NL  4.0 (8th)
1928 NL  6.1 (3rd)
Career  40.4 (235th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1923 NL  .371 (2nd)
1925 NL  .367 (2nd)
1931 NL  .348 (3rd)
Career  .310 (112th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1923 NL  .425 (2nd)
1925 NL  .413 (7th)
1928 NL  .402 (9th)
1931 NL  .403 (5th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1923 NL  .535 (5th)
1924 NL  .500 (10th)
1925 NL  .578 (3rd)
1926 NL  .506 (6th)
1927 NL  .509 (6th)
1928 NL  .628 (2nd)
1929 NL  .568 (8th)
1931 NL  .534 (6th)
Career  .500 (101st)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1923 NL  .960 (4th)
1925 NL  .992 (4th)
1926 NL  .870 (9th)
1927 NL  .896 (9th)
1928 NL  1.030 (2nd)
1931 NL  .937 (5th)
Career  .869 (115th)

Games Played s c a p y
1925 NL  153 (1st)
1926 NL  154 (7th)
1927 NL  152 (6th)
Career  1,991 (238th)

At Bats s c a p y
1925 NL  619 (2nd)
1926 NL  603 (5th)
1927 NL  574 (8th)
Career  7,471 (196th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1925 NL  682 (3rd)
1926 NL  684 (3rd)
1927 NL  678 (6th)
1928 NL  667 (9th)
Career  8,354 (197th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1926 NL  98 (5th)
1928 NL  123 (2nd)
Career  1,177 (192nd)

Hits s c a p y
1923 NL  194 (7th)
1925 NL  227 (1st)
1926 NL  180 (7th)
1928 NL  187 (10th)
Career  2,313 (140th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1923 NL  280 (7th)
1924 NL  264 (8th)
1925 NL  358 (3rd)
1926 NL  305 (1st)
1927 NL  292 (5th)
1928 NL  362 (1st)
1929 NL  318 (9th)
Career  3,737 (115th)

Doubles s c a p y
1923 NL  34 (4th)
1924 NL  31 (8th)
1925 NL  44 (1st)
1926 NL  40 (1st)
1928 NL  42 (3rd)
Career  465 (83rd)

Triples s c a p y
1923 NL  14 (5th)
1925 NL  12 (8th)
1926 NL  14 (7th)
1927 NL  15 (2nd)
1928 NL  20 (1st)
1929 NL  12 (8th)
1933 NL  9 (9th)
1934 NL  11 (5th)
1936 AL  11 (9th)
Career  151 (49th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1924 NL  14 (7th)
1925 NL  21 (4th)
1926 NL  19 (2nd)
1927 NL  19 (5th)
1928 NL  31 (1st)
1929 NL  29 (7th)
1933 NL  13 (9th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1923 NL  94 (10th)
1924 NL  111 (3rd)
1925 NL  128 (3rd)
1926 NL  120 (1st)
1927 NL  124 (4th)
1928 NL  136 (1st)
1929 NL  137 (5th)
1933 NL  83 (8th)
Career  1,422 (66th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1926 NL  58 (10th)
1927 NL  74 (3rd)
1928 NL  71 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1923 NL  44 (10th)
1926 NL  52 (8th)
1927 NL  49 (7th)
1928 NL  54 (5th)
1929 NL  54 (8th)

Singles s c a p y
1923 NL  138 (10th)
1925 NL  150 (3rd)
Career  1,478 (213th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1923 NL  155 (3rd)
1925 NL  147 (4th)
1927 NL  133 (10th)
1928 NL  162 (2nd)
1931 NL  145 (6th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1923 NL  116 (4th)
1924 NL  94 (10th)
1925 NL  146 (3rd)
1926 NL  110 (4th)
1927 NL  112 (6th)
1928 NL  144 (3rd)
Career  1,381 (113th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1923 NL  42 (3rd)
1924 NL  21 (10th)
1925 NL  44 (4th)
1926 NL  23 (7th)
1927 NL  27 (8th)
1928 NL  50 (3rd)
Career  254 (177th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1923 NL  4.0 (3rd)
1924 NL  2.1 (10th)
1925 NL  4.0 (4th)
1926 NL  2.2 (7th)
1927 NL  2.7 (8th)
1928 NL  4.8 (3rd)
Career  24.1 (189th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1923 NL  56 (6th)
1924 NL  57 (5th)
1925 NL  77 (3rd)
1926 NL  73 (1st)
1927 NL  65 (4th)
1928 NL  93 (1st)
1929 NL  72 (10th)
Career  835 (87th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1923 NL  243 (9th)
1925 NL  276 (4th)
1926 NL  242 (6th)
1927 NL  253 (6th)
1928 NL  261 (7th)
Career  3,020 (184th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1923 NL  .759 (3rd)
1925 NL  .758 (4th)
1927 NL  .687 (9th)
1928 NL  .777 (3rd)
1931 NL  .762 (4th)
Career  .651 (201st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1930 NL  5 (7th)
1933 NL  7 (3rd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1924 NL  17 (9th)
1927 NL  26 (5th)
1930 NL  24 (3rd)
Career  177 (109th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1927 NL  11.3 (5th)
1928 NL  15.1 (2nd)

AB per HR s c a p y
1924 NL  37.7 (7th)
1925 NL  29.5 (8th)
1926 NL  31.7 (4th)
1927 NL  30.2 (9th)
1928 NL  18.6 (3rd)
1929 NL  19.3 (7th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1926 NL  442 (3rd)
1927 NL  426 (5th)

Oldest s c a p y
1937 AL  born 1900-04-23 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 21 (99), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 145 (99), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 99 (158), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 42 (137), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Joe Medwick (893) *
  2. Will Clark (876)
  3. Don Mattingly (859)
  4. Cecil Cooper (849)
  5. John Olerud (835)
  6. Enos Slaughter (831) *
  7. Mark Grace (831)
  8. Edgar Martinez (829)
  9. Magglio Ordonez (828)
  10. Hal McRae (827)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Frank Thomas (919)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Dan Brouthers (927) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Johnny Mize (923) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Don Hurst (920)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Don Hurst (913)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Don Mattingly (900)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Hal Trosky (913)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Hal Trosky (910)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Babe Herman (904)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Babe Herman (910)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Babe Herman (893)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Will Clark (887)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Will Clark (887)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Joe Medwick (889) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Mark Grace (850)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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