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Bob Boyd

Robert Richard Boyd (Rope)

Positions: First Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: October 1, 1919 in Potts Camp, MS
High School: New Albany (New Albany, MS)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1951
Teams (by GP): Orioles/WhiteSox/Braves/Athletics 1951-1961

Final Game: September 24, 1961
Died: September 7, 2004 in Wichita, KS
Buried: Old Mission Cemetery, Wichita, KS
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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
1950	30	CHW-min	A	42	158	158		59	6	5	9						.373	.373	.646	1.019		102						CSP · WL
1951	31	CHW-min	AAA	145	602	555	82	190	32	11	5	64	41		43	27	.342	.393	.467	.859		259		3	1			SAC · PCL
1951	31	CHW	AL	12	21	18	3	3	0	1	0	4	0	0	3	3	.167	.286	.278	.563	54	5	0	0	0			/3

1953	33	CHW-min	AAA	80	343	318	49	101	12	10	5	34	13		20	14	.318	.360	.465	.825		148	4	1	4			CHL,TTO · AA,IL
1953	33	CHW	AL	55	182	165	20	49	6	2	3	23	1	4	13	11	.297	.352	.412	.764	103	68	3	1	3			3O7/89
1954	34	STL-min	AA	94	398	358	59	115	22	2	7	63	3	7	28	22	.321	.369	.453	.821		162		3	2	7		HSN · TL
1954	34	CHW	AL	29	61	56	10	10	3	0	0	5	2	0	4	3	.179	.233	.232	.465	27	13	3	0	1	0		73

1956	36	BAL	AL	70	262	225	28	70	8	3	2	11	0	5	30	14	.311	.395	.400	.795	118	90	6	1	6	0	2	3/97
1957	37	BAL	AL	141	552	485	73	154	16	8	4	34	2	4	55	31	.318	.388	.408	.796	125	198	4	2	8	2	3	*3/7	MVP-16
1958	38	BAL	AL	125	432	401	58	124	21	5	7	36	1	1	25	24	.309	.350	.439	.789	122	176	5	2	1	3	1	3
1959	39	BAL	AL	128	461	415	42	110	20	2	3	41	3	1	29	14	.265	.312	.345	.656	83	143	12	1	12	4	1	*3
1960	40	BAL	AL	71	88	82	9	26	5	2	0	9	0	0	6	5	.317	.364	.427	.790	115	35	4	0	0	0	1	3
1961	41	TOT	MLB	62	93	89	10	21	2	0	0	12	0	2	2	9	.236	.247	.258	.506	37	23	2	0	0	2	0	3
1961	41	KCA	AL	26	50	48	7	11	2	0	0	9	0	2	1	2	.229	.240	.271	.511	36	13	1	0	0	1	0	/3
1961	41	MLN	NL	36	43	41	3	10	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	7	.244	.256	.244	.500	37	10	1	0	0	1	0	/3
1962	42	HOU-ATL-min	AAA	117	406	368	56	120	18	12	5	42	1		35	33	.326	.385	.481	.866		177		0	3	0	3	OKC,LOU · AA
1963	43	HOU-min	AA,AAA	122	482	452	53	133	29	5	4	48	3	2	30	42	.294	.338	.407	.745		184						SAN,OKC · TL,PCL
1964	44	HOU-min	AAA	9	9	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.111	.000	.111		0		0	0	0		OKC · PCL
9 Seasons				693	2152	1936	253	567	81	23	19	175	9	17	167	114	.293	.349	.388	.737	105	751	39	7	31	11	8
162 Game Avg.				162	503	453	59	133	19	5	4	41	2	4	39	27	.293	.349	.388	.737	105	176	9	2	7

BAL (5 yrs)				535	1795	1608	210	484	70	20	16	131	6	11	145	88	.301	.359	.399	.758	112	642	31	6	27	9	8
CHW (3 yrs)				96	264	239	33	62	9	3	3	32	3	4	20	17	.259	.319	.360	.679	82	86	6	1	4	0
MLN (1 yr)				36	43	41	3	10	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	7	.244	.256	.244	.500	37	10	1	0	0	1	0
KCA (1 yr)				26	50	48	7	11	2	0	0	9	0	2	1	2	.229	.240	.271	.511	36	13	1	0	0	1	0

AL (9 yrs)				657	2109	1895	250	557	81	23	19	172	9	17	166	107	.294	.351	.391	.742	106	741	38	7	31	10	8
NL (1 yr)				36	43	41	3	10	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	7	.244	.256	.244	.500	37	10	1	0	0	1	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1951	31	CHW	AL	21	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/3

1953	33	CHW	AL	182	2	-1	0	0	0	-2	5	4	0.4	4	0.4	0.0	$	3O7/89
1954	34	CHW	AL	61	-5	0	2	0	2	-1	2	0	-0.1	-2	-0.2	0.1	$	73

1956	36	BAL	AL	262	7	-3	0	0	-3	-4	7	4	0.4	7	0.7	-0.3	$	3/97
1957	37	BAL	AL	552	18	2	-1	4	0	-8	16	32	3.4	31	3.3	0.1	$	*3/7	MVP-16
1958	38	BAL	AL	432	9	0	1	1	4	-6	12	21	2.2	17	1.9	0.3	$	3
1959	39	BAL	AL	461	-13	-1	3	1	-6	-7	13	-10	-1.1	-4	-0.4	-0.7	$	*3
1960	40	BAL	AL	88	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	6	0.6	5	0.5	0.1	$	3
1961	41	KCA	AL	50	-4	-1	-1	1	-1	0	1	-5	-0.5	-4	-0.4	-0.1	$	/3
1961	41	MLN	NL	43	-4	0	-1	1	0	0	1	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$	/3
9 Seasons				2152	11	-4	3	8	-3	-28	61	49	5.0	51	5.5	-0.5	$

BAL (5 yrs)				1795	23	-2	3	6	-4	-25	51	53	5.5	56	6.0	-0.5	$
CHW (3 yrs)				264	-4	-1	2	0	2	-3	8	4	0.3	2	0.2	0.1	$
MLN (1 yr)				43	-4	0	-1	1	0	0	1	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$
KCA (1 yr)				50	-4	-1	-1	1	-1	0	1	-5	-0.5	-4	-0.4	-0.1	$

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
1951	31	CHW	AL	21	15	1	1.8	100	.200	.167	.265	.286	.346	.278	.389	.563	.735	54	.156	-1.3	-0.1	.533	.278	.111

1953	33	CHW	AL	182	126	22	4.7	105	.305	.297	.273	.352	.350	.412	.402	.764	.752	103	.523	0.3	0.0	.642	.176	.115	1.5
1954	34	CHW	AL	61	50	3	1.6	101	.189	.179	.269	.233	.345	.232	.393	.465	.738	27	.144	-5.8	-0.6	.388	.161	.054	.0

1956	36	BAL	AL	262	172	35	5.4	99	.325	.311	.258	.395	.338	.400	.393	.795	.731	118	.557	7.1	0.7	.699	.200	.089	.0
1957	37	BAL	AL	552	349	80	6.2	93	.332	.318	.255	.388	.326	.408	.385	.796	.710	125	.653	18.2	1.8	.746	.200	.091	2.7
1958	38	BAL	AL	432	287	62	5.8	93	.314	.309	.254	.350	.322	.439	.387	.789	.709	122	.632	11.6	1.2	.717	.192	.130	1.8
1959	39	BAL	AL	461	334	44	3.5	96	.266	.265	.257	.312	.328	.345	.393	.656	.720	83	.402	-9.3	-1.0	.550	.154	.080	3.0
1960	40	BAL	AL	88	60	12	5.4	101	.338	.317	.262	.364	.336	.427	.401	.790	.737	115	.583	1.5	0.2	.683	.183	.110
1961	41	TOT	MLB	93	74	5	1.8	103	.256	.236	.264	.247	.335	.258	.411	.506	.746	37	.150	-8.0	-0.8	.319	.022	.022
1961	41	KCA	AL	50	41	2	1.3	105	.234	.229	.265	.240	.340	.271	.412	.511	.753	36	.088	-4.4	-0.4	.300	.021	.042
1961	41	MLN	NL	43	33	3	2.4	100	.286	.244	.263	.256	.328	.244	.409	.500	.738	37	.233	-3.6	-0.4	.344	.024	.000
9 Seasons				2152	1467	264	4.8	97	.302	.293	.258	.349	.331	.388	.391	.737	.722	105	.539	14.3	1.4	.644	.177	.095	12.2
162 Game Avg.				503	343	62	4.8	97	.302	.293	.258	.349	.331	.388	.391	.737	.722	105	.539	3	0	.644	.177	.095	3

BAL (5 yrs)				1795	1202	233	5.2	95	.309	.301	.256	.359	.328	.399	.389	.758	.717	112	.573	29.1	2.9	.676	.185	.098	8.7
CHW (3 yrs)				264	191	26	3.7	104	.269	.259	.272	.319	.348	.360	.399	.679	.747	82	.414	-6.8	-0.7	.567	.180	.100	3.0
MLN (1 yr)				43	33	3	2.4	100	.286	.244	.263	.256	.328	.244	.409	.500	.738	37	.233	-3.6	-0.4	.344	.024	.000
KCA (1 yr)				50	41	2	1.3	105	.234	.229	.265	.240	.340	.271	.412	.511	.753	36	.089	-4.4	-0.4	.300	.021	.042

AL (9 yrs)				2109	1434	261	4.9	96	.302	.294	.258	.351	.331	.391	.391	.742	.722	106	.544	17.8	1.8	.650	.180	.097	12.2
NL (1 yr)				43	33	3	2.4	100	.286	.244	.263	.256	.328	.244	.409	.500	.738	37	.233	-3.6	-0.4	.344	.024	.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%
1951	31	CHW	AL	21	0.0%	14.3%	14.3%	4.8%	33%	1.00	6.0		4.5	1.17	71%

1953	33	CHW	AL	182	1.7%	6.0%	7.1%	6.0%	22%	0.85	15.0	55.0	7.2	1.20	83%
1954	34	CHW	AL	61	0.0%	4.9%	6.6%	4.9%	30%	0.75	18.7		11.2	3.67	87%

1956	36	BAL	AL	262	0.8%	5.3%	11.5%	5.0%	19%	0.47	16.1	112.5	20.5	1.13	80%
1957	37	BAL	AL	552	0.7%	5.6%	10.0%	5.1%	18%	0.56	15.6	121.3	14.3	1.21	82%
1958	38	BAL	AL	432	1.6%	5.6%	5.8%	7.6%	27%	0.96	16.7	57.3	11.1	1.40	86%
1959	39	BAL	AL	461	0.7%	3.0%	6.3%	5.4%	23%	0.48	29.6	138.3	10.1	1.41	87%
1960	40	BAL	AL	88	0.0%	5.7%	6.8%	8.0%	27%	0.83	16.4		9.1	2.00	88%
1961	41	TOT	MLB	93	0.0%	9.7%	2.2%	2.2%	10%	4.50	9.9		7.4	1.37	88%
1961	41	KCA	AL	50	0.0%	4.0%	2.0%	4.0%	18%	2.00	24.0		5.3	1.18	94%
1961	41	MLN	NL	43	0.0%	16.3%	2.3%	0.0%	0%	7.00	5.9		13.7	1.70	81%
9 Seasons				2152	0.9%	5.3%	7.8%	5.7%	22%	0.68	17.0	101.9	11.1	1.36	84%
MLB Averages					2.2%	12.0%	9.1%	6.6%	29%	1.32	7.4	39.7	8.2	0.98	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1951	31	CHW	AL	-1.3	-0.1	20	0.3	0.7	-0.3	1.20	-0.0	0.3	-0.1	-0.0	1.13	-0.4	1.51	5

1953	33	CHW	AL	0.3	0.0	188	1.2	4.4	-3.2	1.10	0.2	0.9	5.4	0.5	0.97	1.3	1.34	8
1954	34	CHW	AL	-5.8	-0.6	64	-0.2	1.0	-1.2	1.13	-0.3	0.1	-1.4	-0.1	0.98	-2.7	1.52	2

1956	36	BAL	AL	7.1	0.7	274	1.2	5.4	-4.2	1.06	0.4	0.7	0.2	0.0	0.92	4.6	1.41	10
1957	37	BAL	AL	18.2	1.8	566	0.4	10.3	-9.9	1.12	1.6	-1.2	17.1	1.8	0.95	16.9	1.85	15
1958	38	BAL	AL	11.6	1.2	439	1.8	8.8	-7.0	1.01	1.7	0.1	14.8	1.5	0.91	15.0	1.39	31
1959	39	BAL	AL	-9.3	-1.0	469	-0.4	8.2	-8.7	1.11	-0.4	0.0	-3.0	-0.3	0.99	-4.7	1.82	21
1960	40	BAL	AL	1.5	0.2	88	0.5	2.3	-1.8	1.41	-0.0	0.4	0.6	0.1	1.07	0.1	1.74	56
1961	41	TOT	MLB	-8.0	-0.8	95	-1.9	1.4	-3.3	1.72	-0.6	-0.5	-11.2	-1.1	1.13	-8.5	2.27	49
1961	41	KCA	AL	-4.4	-0.4	52	-0.4	0.8	-1.2	1.35	-0.2	-0.1	-4.6	-0.5	1.16	-3.5	2.06	17
1961	41	MLN	NL	-3.6	-0.4	43	-1.5	0.6	-2.1	2.16	-0.4	-0.3	-6.6	-0.7	1.09	-4.9	2.38	32
9 Seasons				14.3	1.4	2203	3.1	42.7	-39.6	1.13	2.6	0.1	22.4	2.3	0.96	21.6	1.79	197

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1951	31	CHW	AL	0	0	50%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50%	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1

1953	33	CHW	AL	2	0	28%	77	1	4	20%	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	53%	11	7	4	2	0	2	4	1	3
1954	34	CHW	AL	4	0	71%	40	2	0	100%	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	4	3	1	0	0	0	6	2	4

1956	36	BAL	AL	5	0	26%	125	0	5	0%	0	5	0	0	0	0	4	0	6	3	50%	22	10	12	6	5	1	6	1	4
1957	37	BAL	AL	8	0	33%	282	2	4	33%	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	16	38%	48	32	15	10	7	3	18	7	11
1958	38	BAL	AL	9	0	35%	216	1	1	50%	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	11	31%	32	25	7	5	3	1	15	7	8
1959	39	BAL	AL	13	0	29%	180	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	4	38%	34	25	8	4	2	2	20	7	12
1960	40	BAL	AL	1	0	28%	35	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	40%	6	5	1	0	0	0	4	1	3
1961	41	TOT	MLB	0	0	44%	32	0	2	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	67%	6	3	3	2	1	1	4	0	4
1961	41	KCA	AL	0	0	58%	18	0	2	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	71%	4	2	2	0	0	0	3	0	3
1961	41	MLN	NL	0	0	27%	14	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	60%	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	0	1
9 Seasons				42	0	32%	992	9	17	35%	9	14	0	2	0	1	9	0	25	38	41%	165	111	51	30	18	11	78	26	50

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
1951	31	CHW	AL	20	95%	3			5	1	0	1	1.51	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	0	0%	1	0	0%	19	4	21%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	1

1953	33	CHW	AL	182	78%	49			8	4	0	1	1.34	3	0	6	3	0	1	2	0	5	3	60%	39	3	8%	12	8	67%	112	21	19%	9	7	78%	4	3	75%	0
1954	34	CHW	AL	61	87%	10			2	0	0	0	1.52	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	33%	13	3	23%	6	3	50%	42	5	12%	2	1	50%	4	3	75%	0

1956	36	BAL	AL	262	80%	70			10	3	0	3	1.41	2	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	6	6	100%	57	6	11%	29	8	28%	133	11	8%	4	0	0%	6	3	50%	0
1957	37	BAL	AL	552	81%	154			15	4	0	4	1.85	4	0	9	3	1	1	3	0	10	8	80%	113	4	4%	54	18	33%	298	34	11%	19	10	53%	18	12	67%	0
1958	38	BAL	AL	432	86%	124			31	6	0	3	1.39	7	0	7	7	0	3	4	0	5	1	20%	70	5	7%	33	12	36%	212	29	14%	12	10	83%	19	12	63%	0
1959	39	BAL	AL	461	83%	110			21	5	0	3	1.82	3	0	11	3	0	1	2	0	17	12	71%	106	12	11%	46	18	39%	307	44	14%	22	14	64%	13	9	69%	0
1960	40	BAL	AL	88	90%	26			56	17	0	5	1.74	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	29	4	14%	9	2	22%	75	9	12%	11	4	36%	0	0		0
1961	41	TOT	MLB	93	97%	21			49	9	0	6	2.27	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		33	2	6%	18	8	44%	93	13	14%	15	10	67%	1	1	100%	0
1961	41	KCA	AL	50	96%	11			17	2	0	4	2.06	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		16	1	6%	8	4	50%	54	10	19%	9	7	78%	1	1	100%	0
1961	41	MLN	NL	43	98%	10			32	7	0	2	2.38	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		17	1	6%	10	4	40%	39	3	8%	6	3	50%	0	0		0
9 Seasons				2151	84%	567			197	49	0	26	1.79	19	0	52	18	1	7	12	0	47	31	66%	465	39	8%	208	77	37%	1291	170	13%	96	57	59%	66	44	67%	1
MLB Averages					49%																			81%			11%			31%			14%			50%			54%

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
1951	31	12	21	18	3	3	0	1	0	4	0	0	3	3	.167	.286	.278	.563	54	5	0	0	0
1952	32	12	21	18	3	3	0	1	0	4	0	0	3	3	.167	.286	.278	.563	54	5	0	0	0
1953	33	67	203	183	23	52	6	3	3	27	1	4	16	14	.284	.345	.399	.744	98	73	3	1	3
1954	34	96	264	239	33	62	9	3	3	32	3	4	20	17	.259	.319	.360	.679	82	86	6	1	4	0
1955	35	96	264	239	33	62	9	3	3	32	3	4	20	17	.259	.319	.360	.679	82	86	6	1	4	0
1956	36	166	526	464	61	132	17	6	5	43	3	9	50	31	.284	.357	.379	.736	100	176	12	2	10	0	2
1957	37	307	1078	949	134	286	33	14	9	77	5	13	105	62	.301	.373	.394	.767	112	374	16	4	18	2	5
1958	38	432	1510	1350	192	410	54	19	16	113	6	14	130	86	.304	.366	.407	.774	115	550	21	6	19	5	6
1959	39	560	1971	1765	234	520	74	21	19	154	9	15	159	100	.295	.354	.393	.746	108	693	33	7	31	9	7
1960	40	631	2059	1847	243	546	79	23	19	163	9	15	165	105	.296	.354	.394	.748	108	728	37	7	31	9	8
1961	41	693	2152	1936	253	567	81	23	19	175	9	17	167	114	.293	.349	.388	.737	105	751	39	7	31	11	8

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
1951	31	13	22	19	2	3	0	1	0	3	0	3	3	.158	.273	.263	.536	1	12

1953	33	57	185	171	20	50	6	2	3	23	1	13	11	.292	.346	.404	.749	24	55
1954	34	30	62	58	10	10	3	0	0	5	2	4	3	.172	.226	.224	.450	3	29

1956	36	73	269	236	30	74	8	3	2	12	0	32	15	.314	.398	.398	.796	38	70
1957	37	148	588	522	86	174	18	9	5	40	2	62	33	.333	.405	.431	.836	90	141
1958	38	131	462	429	68	139	24	6	8	42	1	28	25	.324	.366	.464	.830	72	125
1959	39	134	473	437	46	118	21	2	3	45	3	31	15	.270	.317	.348	.665	49	128
1960	40	75	93	87	10	28	5	2	0	10	0	6	5	.322	.366	.425	.791	14	71
1961	41	63	95	91	11	22	2	0	0	13	0	2	9	.242	.253	.264	.516	6	62
9 Seasons		724	2249	2050	283	618	87	25	21	193	9	181	119	.301	.358	.399	.757	297	693
162 Game Avg.		162	503	459	63	138	19	6	5	43	2	41	27	.301	.358	.399	.757	66	693

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1957 AL (16, 3%) 0.03 Career Shares (1251st)	Offensive WAR† s c a p y 1957 AL 3.3 (9th)	Batting Average s c a p y 1957 AL .318 (4th)	On-Base% s c a p y 1957 AL .388 (7th)
Triples s c a p y 1957 AL 8 (4th)	Singles s c a p y 1957 AL 126 (4th)	Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y 1957 AL 125 (9th)	Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y 1957 AL 18 (9th)
Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y 1957 AL 1.8 (9th)	Offensive Win % s c a p y 1957 AL .653 (9th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1959 AL 12 (4th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1956 AL 5 (9th)
AB per SO s c a p y 1957 AL 15.6 (5th)	Oldest s c a p y 1956 AL born 1919-10-01 (10th) 1957 AL born 1919-10-01 (8th) 1958 AL born 1919-10-01 (7th) 1959 AL born 1919-10-01 (4th) 1960 AL born 1919-10-01 (2nd) 1961 NL born 1919-10-01 (1st) 1961 AL born 1919-10-01 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 5 (1764), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 5 (1535), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 10 (1590), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Most Similar by Ages

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Estel Crabtree (938) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Johnny McCarthy (930) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jose Morales (917) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Red Ruffing (911) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Red Ruffing (913) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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