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Lou Boudreau

Louis Boudreau (Old Shufflefoot or Handsome Lou)

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 17, 1917 in Harvey, IL
High School: Thornton HS (Harvey, IL)
School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1938
Teams (by GP): Indians/RedSox 1938-1952

Final Game: August 24, 1952
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1970 (232/300 ballots).
   View Lou Boudreau Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: August 10, 2001 in Olympia Fields, IL
Buried: Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Frankfort, IL
Relatives: Father-In-Law of Denny McLain
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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
1938 20 CLE AL 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 37 0 0 0 /5
1939 21 CLE AL 53 256 225 42 58 15 4 0 19 2 1 28 24 .258 .340 .360 .700 81 81 5 0 3 6
1940 22 CLE AL 155 706 627 97 185 46 10 9 101 6 3 73 39 .295 .370 .443 .814 112 278 23 2 4 *6 AS,MVP-5
1941 23 CLE AL 148 681 579 95 149 45 8 10 56 9 4 85 57 .257 .355 .415 .770 107 240 11 3 14 *6 AS,MVP-17
1942 24 CLE AL 147 604 506 57 143 18 10 2 58 7 16 75 39 .283 .379 .370 .749 117 187 12 4 19 *6 AS,MVP-10
1943 25 CLE AL 152 649 539 69 154 32 7 3 67 4 7 90 31 .286 .388 .388 .776 134 209 12 0 20 *6/2 AS,MVP-10
1944 26 CLE AL 150 681 584 91 191 45 5 3 67 11 3 73 39 .327 .406 .437 .843 145 255 10 5 19 *6/2 AS,MVP-6
1945 27 CLE AL 97 402 345 50 106 24 1 3 48 0 4 35 20 .307 .374 .409 .783 132 141 9 2 20 6 MVP-8
1946 28 CLE AL 140 571 515 51 151 30 6 6 62 6 7 40 14 .293 .345 .410 .755 117 211 11 1 15 *6 MVP-10
1947 29 CLE AL 150 624 538 79 165 45 3 4 67 1 0 67 10 .307 .388 .424 .811 128 228 9 4 14 *6 AS,MVP-3
1948 30 CLE AL 152 676 560 116 199 34 6 18 106 3 2 98 9 .355 .453 .534 .987 165 299 15 2 16 *6/2 AS,MVP-1
1949 31 CLE AL 134 561 475 53 135 20 3 4 60 0 1 70 10 .284 .381 .364 .745 99 173 19 4 12 65/34 MVP-14
1950 32 CLE AL 81 295 260 23 70 13 2 1 29 1 2 31 5 .269 .349 .346 .695 82 90 9 1 3 6/345
1951 33 BOS AL 82 313 273 37 73 18 1 5 47 1 0 30 12 .267 .353 .396 .748 94 108 10 6 4 65/3
1952 34 BOS AL 4 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 /56
15 Yrs 1646 7024 6029 861 1779 385 66 68 789 51 50 796 309 .295 .380 .415 .795 120 2500 155 34 164
162 Game Avg. 162 691 593 85 175 38 6 7 78 5 5 78 30 .295 .380 .415 .795 120 246 3 16
CLE (13 yrs) 1560 6708 5754 823 1706 367 65 63 740 50 50 766 297 .296 .382 .416 .798 122 2392 145 28 159
BOS (2 yrs) 86 316 275 38 73 18 1 5 49 1 0 30 12 .265 .350 .393 .743 93 108 10 6 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
1938 20 CLE AL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /5
1939 21 CLE AL 53 256 -6 0 0 3 4 1 0.1 8 9 0.9 .502 .501 0.6 0.6 6 $ 6
1940 22 CLE AL 155 706 13 1 0 15 10 39 3.8 18 57 5.5 .524 .523 4.0 2.5 42 $ *6 AS,MVP-5
1941 23 CLE AL 148 681 8 1 0 6 10 24 2.4 17 41 4.1 .516 .515 3.5 1.6 35 $ *6 AS,MVP-17
1942 24 CLE AL 147 604 14 -4 0 6 10 25 2.8 13 38 4.0 .518 .517 3.4 1.7 32 $ *6 AS,MVP-10
1943 25 CLE AL 152 649 26 -1 0 18 10 53 6.0 14 66 7.4 .540 .537 5.3 3.3 48 $ *6/2 AS,MVP-10
1944 26 CLE AL 150 681 35 1 0 9 10 56 6.1 14 70 7.5 .541 .538 6.5 2.1 61 $ *6/2 AS,MVP-6
1945 27 CLE AL 97 402 14 -1 0 4 6 24 2.6 8 32 3.5 .528 .517 3.0 1.2 28 $ 6 MVP-8
1946 28 CLE AL 140 571 12 -1 0 2 9 23 2.5 15 37 3.9 .518 .515 3.7 1.3 35 $30,000 *6 MVP-10
1947 29 CLE AL 150 624 22 1 0 19 10 52 5.6 16 68 7.2 .538 .535 5.1 3.1 49 $ *6 AS,MVP-3
1948 30 CLE AL 152 676 58 -1 1 20 10 88 8.5 17 104 10.2 .556 .552 8.2 3.0 84 $ *6/2 AS,MVP-1
1949 31 CLE AL 134 561 3 -1 -3 10 6 15 1.5 14 29 2.9 .511 .509 1.9 1.6 19 $60,000 65/34 MVP-14
1950 32 CLE AL 81 295 -5 -0 -1 3 4 0 0.0 8 8 0.8 .500 .500 0.5 0.7 5 $65,000 6/345
1951 33 BOS AL 82 313 -2 0 -0 3 3 4 0.4 8 13 1.3 .506 .503 0.9 0.6 10 $ 65/3
1952 34 BOS AL 4 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .478 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /56
15 Seasons 1646 7024 193 -7 -3 118 102 403 42.2 169 572 59.1 .526 .517 46.5 23.3 454 $155,000
CLE (13 yrs) 1560 6708 195 -7 -3 115 99 399 41.9 161 560 57.9 .527 .520 45.7 22.7 445 $155,000
BOS (2 yrs) 86 316 -2 0 -0 3 3 4 0.4 8 12 1.2 .504 .501 0.8 0.6 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
1938 20 CLE AL 2 1 0 0.0 117 .000 .000 .288 .500 .366 .000 .429 .500 .795 37 .000 0.0 0.0 1.000 1.000 .000
1939 21 CLE AL 256 176 28 4.2 111 .289 .258 .283 .340 .357 .360 .418 .700 .775 81 .417 -5.7 -0.5 .636 .231 .102 .0
1940 22 CLE AL 706 472 102 5.7 109 .304 .295 .277 .370 .350 .443 .420 .814 .769 112 .566 12.5 1.2 .761 .270 .148 7.2
1941 23 CLE AL 681 459 85 5.0 102 .271 .257 .269 .355 .345 .415 .397 .770 .742 107 .521 8.6 0.8 .748 .313 .157 9.5
1942 24 CLE AL 604 410 66 4.3 89 .303 .283 .258 .379 .332 .370 .362 .749 .693 117 .522 14.1 1.5 .657 .217 .087 3.1
1943 25 CLE AL 649 424 80 5.2 81 .299 .286 .248 .388 .321 .388 .342 .776 .663 134 .636 27.6 3.0 .733 .263 .102 3.4
1944 26 CLE AL 681 425 104 6.6 88 .347 .327 .263 .406 .329 .437 .360 .843 .689 145 .712 38.2 4.0 .840 .248 .110 4.7
1945 27 CLE AL 402 272 51 5.0 84 .320 .307 .256 .374 .327 .409 .348 .783 .675 132 .618 15.2 1.6 .690 .191 .101 .0
1946 28 CLE AL 571 397 71 4.8 90 .293 .293 .255 .345 .328 .410 .367 .755 .696 117 .563 11.0 1.1 .657 .192 .117 6.0
1947 29 CLE AL 624 396 88 5.9 94 .307 .307 .259 .388 .338 .424 .373 .811 .711 128 .656 23.6 2.4 .785 .243 .117 1.6
1948 30 CLE AL 676 394 135 9.1 103 .340 .355 .269 .453 .354 .534 .389 .987 .743 165 .777 56.6 5.4 1.058 .355 .179 5.1
1949 31 CLE AL 561 372 65 4.6 105 .284 .284 .268 .381 .360 .364 .390 .745 .750 99 .507 1.9 0.2 .683 .225 .080 .0
1950 32 CLE AL 295 204 31 4.0 110 .272 .269 .274 .349 .360 .346 .410 .695 .770 82 .406 -6.4 -0.6 .602 .192 .077 1.0
1951 33 BOS AL 313 214 37 4.6 110 .266 .267 .279 .353 .362 .396 .409 .748 .771 94 .514 -1.9 -0.2 .690 .242 .128 1.7
1952 34 BOS AL 3 3 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .268 .000 .349 .000 .392 .000 .740 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
15 Yrs 7024 4619 943 5.5 97 .303 .295 .265 .380 .342 .415 .381 .795 .723 120 .599 194.7 19.8 .748 .252 .120 58.3
162 Game Avg. 691 455 93 5.5 97 .303 .295 .265 .380 .342 .415 .381 .795 .723 120 .599 19 2 .748 .252 .120 6
CLE (13 yrs) 6708 4402 906 5.5 97 .305 .296 .264 .382 .341 .416 .380 .798 .720 122 .603 197.2 20.1 .751 .252 .119 55.8
BOS (2 yrs) 316 217 37 4.6 110 .264 .265 .279 .350 .362 .393 .409 .743 .771 93 .508 -2.5 -0.2 .684 .240 .127 1.7

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
1948 30 CLE AL WS BSN W 6 24 22 1 6 4 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 .273 .333 .455 .788 10 2 1 0 0 0
1 WS 6 24 22 1 6 4 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 .273 .333 .455 .788 10 2 1 0 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
1940 CLE AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1941 CLE AL 23 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
1942 CLE AL 24 as SS 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 1.000 1.250 4 0 0 0 0 0
1943 CLE AL 25 DNP
1944 CLE AL 26 DNP
1945 CLE AL 27 DNP
1947 CLE AL 29 as SS 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
1948 CLE AL 30 as SS 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs (5 GP) 12 12 1 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .583 .917 7 0 0 0 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
1938 20 CLE AL 2 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.00 50%
1939 21 CLE AL 256 0.0% 9.4% 10.9% 7.4% 33% 0.86 9.4 11.8 79%
1940 22 CLE AL 706 1.3% 5.5% 10.3% 9.2% 35% 0.53 16.1 69.7 6.2 82%
1941 23 CLE AL 681 1.5% 8.4% 12.5% 9.3% 42% 0.67 10.2 57.9 10.3 75%
1942 24 CLE AL 604 0.3% 6.5% 12.4% 5.0% 21% 0.52 13.0 253.0 8.7 77%
1943 25 CLE AL 649 0.5% 4.8% 13.9% 6.5% 27% 0.34 17.4 179.7 8.0 78%
1944 26 CLE AL 681 0.4% 5.7% 10.7% 7.8% 28% 0.53 15.0 194.7 8.7 80%
1945 27 CLE AL 402 0.8% 5.0% 8.7% 7.0% 26% 0.57 17.3 115.0 7.2 80%
1946 28 CLE AL 571 1.1% 2.5% 7.0% 7.4% 28% 0.35 36.8 85.8 8.3 87%
1947 29 CLE AL 624 0.6% 1.6% 10.7% 8.3% 32% 0.15 53.8 134.5 8.0 84%
1948 30 CLE AL 676 2.7% 1.3% 14.5% 8.6% 29% 0.09 62.2 31.1 5.3 1.14 79%
1949 31 CLE AL 561 0.7% 1.8% 12.5% 4.8% 20% 0.14 47.5 118.8 7.9 1.03 82%
1950 32 CLE AL 295 0.3% 1.7% 10.5% 5.4% 23% 0.16 52.0 260.0 9.0 0.79 86%
1951 33 BOS AL 313 1.6% 3.8% 9.6% 7.7% 33% 0.40 22.8 54.6 5.8 0.68 82%
1952 34 BOS AL 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0.50 67%
15 Yrs 7024 1.0% 4.4% 11.3% 7.4% 29% 0.39 19.5 88.7 7.6 0.95 80%
MLB Averages 1.5% 9.3% 9.3% 6.2% 27% 1.01 9.5 59.1 8.3 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
1938 20 CLE AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1939 21 CLE AL -5.7 -0.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1940 22 CLE AL 12.5 1.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1941 23 CLE AL 8.6 0.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1942 24 CLE AL 14.1 1.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1943 25 CLE AL 27.6 3.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1944 26 CLE AL 38.2 4.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 27 CLE AL 15.2 1.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 28 CLE AL 11.0 1.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 29 CLE AL 22.9 2.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 30 CLE AL 56.6 5.4 685 4.1 13.2 -9.1 .94 6.0 -1.6 66.6 6.5 0.97 67.2 5.26 1
1949 31 CLE AL 1.9 0.2 567 0.6 10.6 -10.0 1.10 0.6 -0.0 15.1 1.5 0.97 8.0 3.27 4
1950 32 CLE AL -6.8 -0.6 301 0.3 5.6 -5.4 1.05 -0.6 0.8 -11.2 -1.1 0.96 -6.8 3.83 10
1951 33 BOS AL -1.9 -0.2 315 0.4 6.4 -6.1 1.15 0.4 -0.1 6.6 0.6 1.04 4.3 2.06 11
1952 34 BOS AL -0.6 -0.1 3 0.1 0.2 -0.1 2.88 -0.0 0.1 -0.4 -0.0 1.32 -0.5 2.88 2
15 Yrs 193.6 19.7 1871 5.5 36.1 -30.6 1.05 6.4 -1.2 76.8 7.5 0.98 72.2 3.04 28

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1948 30 CLE AL 10 0 35% 346 3 2 60% 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 10 6 48% 50 32 15 11 6 5 33 7 25
1949 31 CLE AL 9 0 24% 254 0 1 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 4 41% 34 24 9 5 4 1 22 6 15
1950 32 CLE AL 4 0 22% 123 1 2 33% 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 3 31% 11 8 1 1 1 0 4 0 4
1951 33 BOS AL 7 0 31% 131 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 36% 22 18 3 5 5 0 15 3 12
1952 34 BOS AL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Yrs 30 0 31% 855 51 50 50% 4 6 0 1 1 0 3 0 22 15 42% 118 83 28 22 16 6 74 16 56

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 30 CLE AL 676 30% 199 1 1 0 1 5.26 18 1 19 10 8 6 12 0 17 16 94% 157 15 10% 55 32 58% 489 93 19% 48 29 60% 39 27 69% 0
1949 31 CLE AL 561 40% 135 4 1 0 1 3.27 4 0 14 1 3 2 2 0 12 12 100% 116 19 16% 50 21 42% 382 62 16% 33 19 58% 28 15 54% 0
1950 32 CLE AL 295 51% 70 10 2 0 3 3.83 1 0 7 1 0 1 0 0 5 3 60% 62 9 15% 25 10 40% 195 28 14% 13 9 69% 7 5 71% 0
1951 33 BOS AL 313 29% 73 11 1 0 0 2.06 5 0 17 3 2 2 3 0 5 4 80% 80 10 13% 38 14 37% 273 47 17% 32 20 63% 15 8 53% 0
1952 34 BOS AL 3 33% 0 2 0 0 2 2.88 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 2 2 100% 5 2 40% 2 2 100% 1 0 0% 0
15 Yrs 1848 36% 1779 28 5 0 7 3.04 68 1 58 15 13 11 17 0 40 164 410% 416 155 37% 170 79 46% 1344 232 17% 128 79 62% 90 55 61% 0
MLB Averages 51% 344% 36% 33% 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
1938 20 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 37 0 0 0
1939 21 54 258 226 42 58 15 4 0 19 2 1 29 24 .257 .341 .358 .700 81 81 5 0 3
1940 22 209 964 853 139 243 61 14 9 120 8 4 102 63 .285 .363 .421 .783 103 359 28 2 7
1941 23 357 1645 1432 234 392 106 22 19 176 17 8 187 120 .274 .360 .418 .778 105 599 39 5 21
1942 24 504 2249 1938 291 535 124 32 21 234 24 24 262 159 .276 .365 .406 .770 108 786 51 9 40
1943 25 656 2898 2477 360 689 156 39 24 301 28 31 352 190 .278 .370 .402 .772 113 995 63 9 60
1944 26 806 3579 3061 451 880 201 44 27 368 39 34 425 229 .287 .377 .408 .785 119 1250 73 14 79
1945 27 903 3981 3406 501 986 225 45 30 416 39 38 460 249 .289 .377 .408 .785 120 1391 82 16 99
1946 28 1043 4552 3921 552 1137 255 51 36 478 45 45 500 263 .290 .373 .409 .781 120 1602 93 17 114
1947 29 1193 5176 4459 631 1302 300 54 40 545 46 45 567 273 .292 .374 .410 .785 121 1830 102 21 128
1948 30 1345 5852 5019 747 1501 334 60 58 651 49 47 665 282 .299 .384 .424 .808 126 2129 117 23 144
1949 31 1479 6413 5494 800 1636 354 63 62 711 49 48 735 292 .298 .383 .419 .802 124 2302 136 27 156
1950 32 1560 6708 5754 823 1706 367 65 63 740 50 50 766 297 .296 .382 .416 .798 122 2392 145 28 159
1951 33 1642 7021 6027 860 1779 385 66 68 787 51 50 796 309 .295 .380 .415 .795 120 2500 155 34 163
1952 34 1646 7024 6029 861 1779 385 66 68 789 51 50 796 309 .295 .380 .415 .795 120 2500 155 34 164

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
1938 20 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 1
1939 21 56 262 232 39 56 14 4 0 17 2 27 25 .241 .320 .336 .657 25 53
1940 22 162 722 644 92 182 45 10 9 96 6 72 41 .283 .357 .425 .782 97 155
1941 23 154 705 600 97 153 46 8 10 57 9 87 59 .255 .352 .408 .761 86 148
1942 24 156 652 544 66 160 20 11 2 67 8 84 41 .294 .392 .382 .775 82 147
1943 25 160 718 589 89 184 38 8 4 86 5 108 33 .312 .419 .424 .843 104 152
1944 26 157 734 626 107 215 51 6 3 79 12 82 41 .343 .424 .458 .883 120 150
1945 27 103 442 378 63 125 28 1 4 60 0 41 21 .331 .399 .442 .841 66 97
1946 28 146 617 554 62 174 35 7 7 76 7 46 15 .314 .368 .440 .808 89 140
1947 29 156 662 569 90 182 50 3 4 76 1 74 10 .320 .402 .439 .841 100 150
1948 30 159 699 580 117 203 35 6 18 107 3 100 9 .350 .447 .524 .971 136 152
1949 31 140 582 493 54 138 20 3 4 61 0 72 10 .280 .376 .357 .733 66 134
1950 32 85 304 269 22 70 13 2 1 28 1 31 5 .260 .339 .335 .673 30 81
1951 33 86 320 281 34 71 18 1 5 43 1 29 13 .253 .335 .377 .713 34 82
1952 34 4 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
15 Yrs 1725 7424 6362 933 1913 413 70 71 855 55 854 323 .301 .386 .421 .808 1035 1646
162 Game Avg. 162 697 597 88 180 39 7 7 80 5 80 30 .301 .386 .421 .808 97 1646

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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

Hall of Fame
1956 BBWAA ( 1.0%)
1958 BBWAA (24.1%)
1960 BBWAA (13.0%)
1962 BBWAA ( 7.5%)
1964 BBWAA (33.8%)
1964 Run Off (21.4%)
1966 BBWAA (38.1%)
1967 BBWAA (49.0%)
1967 Run Off (22.2%)
1968 BBWAA (51.6%)
1969 BBWAA (64.1%)
1970 BBWAA (77.3%)
Selected to HOF in 1970 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1940 *
1941 *
1942 (SS)
1943
1944
1945--not played
1947 (SS)
1948 (SS)

Awards (yr lg award)
1948 ML Major League Player of the Year
1948 AL MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1940 AL (5, 35%)
1941 AL (17, 3%)
1942 AL (10, 10%)
1943 AL (10, 12%)
1944 AL (6, 25%)
1945 AL (8, 21%)
1946 AL (10, 11%)
1947 AL (3, 50%)
1948 AL (1, 96%)
1949 AL (14, 3%)
1 MVP
2.66 Career Shares (46th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1940 AL  5.5 (7th)
1943 AL  7.4 (1st)
1944 AL  7.5 (4th)
1947 AL  7.2 (2nd)
1948 AL  10.2 (1st)
Career  59.1 (150th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1940 AL  5.5 (4th)
1943 AL  7.4 (1st)
1944 AL  7.5 (2nd)
1945 AL  3.5 (10th)
1947 AL  7.2 (2nd)
1948 AL  10.2 (1st)
Career  59.1 (104th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1940 AL  4.0 (10th)
1943 AL  5.3 (3rd)
1944 AL  6.5 (1st)
1946 AL  3.7 (10th)
1947 AL  5.1 (3rd)
1948 AL  8.2 (2nd)
Career  46.5 (168th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1939 AL  0.6 (10th)
1940 AL  2.5 (1st)
1941 AL  1.6 (4th)
1942 AL  1.7 (5th)
1943 AL  3.3 (1st)
1944 AL  2.1 (3rd)
1945 AL  1.2 (8th)
1946 AL  1.3 (7th)
1947 AL  3.1 (1st)
1948 AL  3.0 (1st)
1949 AL  1.6 (5th)
1950 AL  0.7 (8th)
Career  23.3 (23rd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1943 AL  .286 (10th)
1944 AL  .327 (1st)
1946 AL  .293 (9th)
1947 AL  .307 (8th)
1948 AL  .355 (2nd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1943 AL  .388 (4th)
1944 AL  .406 (2nd)
1947 AL  .388 (9th)
1948 AL  .453 (2nd)
Career  .380 (164th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1948 AL  .534 (4th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1943 AL  .776 (9th)
1944 AL  .843 (7th)
1947 AL  .811 (10th)
1948 AL  .987 (3rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1940 AL  155 (1st)
1943 AL  152 (10th)
1944 AL  150 (9th)
1948 AL  152 (7th)

At Bats s c a p y
1940 AL  627 (3rd)
1944 AL  584 (8th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1940 AL  706 (3rd)
1941 AL  681 (6th)
1944 AL  681 (4th)
1948 AL  676 (6th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1944 AL  91 (6th)
1948 AL  116 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
1944 AL  191 (2nd)
1947 AL  165 (7th)
1948 AL  199 (3rd)

Total Bases s c a p y
1940 AL  278 (10th)
1944 AL  255 (10th)
1948 AL  299 (4th)

Doubles s c a p y
1940 AL  46 (2nd)
1941 AL  45 (1st)
1943 AL  32 (7th)
1944 AL  45 (1st)
1946 AL  30 (8th)
1947 AL  45 (1st)
1948 AL  34 (7th)
Career  385 (204th)

Triples s c a p y
1940 AL  10 (9th)
1942 AL  10 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1948 AL  18 (10th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1940 AL  101 (10th)
1948 AL  106 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1942 AL  75 (10th)
1943 AL  90 (4th)
1944 AL  73 (6th)
1948 AL  98 (6th)
Career  796 (250th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1944 AL  11 (8th)

Singles s c a p y
1944 AL  138 (2nd)
1946 AL  109 (9th)
1947 AL  113 (10th)
1948 AL  141 (4th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1943 AL  134 (7th)
1944 AL  145 (4th)
1947 AL  127 (9th)
1948 AL  165 (2nd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1943 AL  80 (10th)
1944 AL  104 (5th)
1947 AL  88 (8th)
1948 AL  135 (3rd)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1943 AL  28 (6th)
1944 AL  38 (4th)
1947 AL  23 (6th)
1948 AL  57 (2nd)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1943 AL  3.0 (6th)
1944 AL  4.0 (4th)
1947 AL  2.4 (6th)
1948 AL  5.5 (2nd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1940 AL  65 (9th)
1941 AL  63 (7th)
1944 AL  53 (8th)
1947 AL  52 (6th)
1948 AL  58 (6th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1940 AL  260 (8th)
1943 AL  244 (4th)
1944 AL  269 (2nd)
1947 AL  236 (8th)
1948 AL  299 (2nd)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1943 AL  .636 (10th)
1944 AL  .712 (6th)
1947 AL  .656 (7th)
1948 AL  .777 (2nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1941 AL  3 (10th)
1942 AL  4 (7th)
1944 AL  5 (7th)
1947 AL  4 (5th)
1949 AL  4 (7th)
1951 AL  6 (6th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1941 AL  14 (1st)
1942 AL  19 (2nd)
1943 AL  20 (3rd)
1944 AL  19 (5th)
1945 AL  20 (2nd)
1946 AL  15 (1st)
1947 AL  14 (2nd)
1948 AL  16 (5th)
1949 AL  12 (6th)
Career  164 (138th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1940 AL  23 (1st)
1949 AL  19 (8th)
Career  155 (247th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1942 AL  16 (1st)
1946 AL  7 (8th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1941 AL  9.5 (8th)
1946 AL  6.0 (9th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1946 AL  36.8 (1st)
1947 AL  53.8 (1st)
1948 AL  62.2 (1st)
1949 AL  47.5 (2nd)
Career  19.5 (128th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1948 AL  31.1 (10th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1940 AL  472 (5th)
1941 AL  459 (4th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1948 AL  66.60 (2nd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1948 AL  4.1 (5th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1948 AL  6.0 (2nd)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1948 AL  6.5 (2nd)

Youngest s c a p y
1938 AL  born 1917-07-17 (5th)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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

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Black InkBatting - 11 (217), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 82 (292), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 89 (191), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 34 (235), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Travis Jackson (881) *
  2. Larry Doyle (876)
  3. Mark Loretta (865)
  4. Rafael Furcal (864)
  5. Tony Cuccinello (860)
  6. Dick Groat (857)
  7. Mark Grudzielanek (856)
  8. Del Pratt (853)
  9. Al Dark (853)
  10. Phil Rizzuto (846) *
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  1. Bill Knickerbocker (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Derek Jeter (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jimmy Rollins (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bill Knickerbocker (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Harvey Kuenn (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Tony Fernandez (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Tony Fernandez (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Tony Fernandez (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Joe Cronin (918) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Dick Bartell (920)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Tony Fernandez (908)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Tony Fernandez (907)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Tony Fernandez (907)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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