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Bob Buhl

Robert Ray Buhl

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 12, 1928 in Saginaw, MI
High School: Saginaw HS (Saginaw, MI)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1953
Teams (by GP): Braves/Cubs/Phillies 1953-1967

Final Game: April 30, 1967
Died: February 16, 2001 in Titusville, FL
Cremated
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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
1947	18	CHW-min	D	43	82	82		17	2	0	0						.207	.207	.232	.439		19							MSV · KITL
1948	19	SAG	A	37	81	81		13	1	1	0						.160	.160	.198	.358		16							SAG · CENL
1949	20	ATL-min	A	30	45	45		7	0	0	0						.156	.156	.156	.311		7							HFD · EL
1950	21	DAL	AA	40	51	51		7	1	0	0						.137	.137	.157	.294		8							DAL · TL
1951		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1952		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1953	24	MLN	NL	30	61	53	3	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	18	.113	.145	.113	.259	-30	6	1	0	5			1
1954	25	MLN	NL	31	33	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12	.032	.091	.032	.123	-65	1	0	0	0	0		1
1955	26	MLN	NL	38	67	57	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	24	.105	.150	.105	.255	-29	6	2	0	7	0	0	1
1956	27	MLN	NL	38	80	73	1	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	34	.096	.108	.123	.231	-36	9	0	0	6	0	0	1	MVP-23
1957	28	MLN	NL	34	82	73	4	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	6	34	.082	.152	.082	.234	-32	6	1	0	3	0	0	1	MVP-14
1958	29	MLN	NL	11	26	25	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.200	.200	.200	.400	10	5	0	0	1	0	0	1
1959	30	MLN	NL	31	74	70	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	38	.057	.083	.057	.140	-60	4	1	0	2	0	0	1
1960	31	MLN	NL	36	92	89	4	14	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	40	.157	.157	.157	.315	-10	14	2	0	3	0	0	1	AS
1961	32	MLN	NL	32	67	60	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	30	.067	.138	.067	.205	-41	4	1	0	2	0	0	1
1962	33	TOT	NL	35	85	70	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	6	36	.000	.090	.000	.090	-74	0	0	1	7	1	0	1
1962	33	MLN	NL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1962	33	CHC	NL	34	84	69	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	6	35	.000	.091	.000	.091	-73	0	0	1	7	1	0	1
1963	34	CHC	NL	37	81	74	2	8	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	28	.108	.108	.108	.216	-39	8	1	0	7	0	0	1
1964	35	CHC	NL	36	85	73	3	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	31	.096	.163	.096	.258	-26	7	1	0	5	1	0	1
1965	36	CHC	NL	32	72	67	3	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	36	.060	.100	.060	.160	-54	4	0	0	2	0	0	1
1966	37	TOT	NL	33	48	42	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	22	.095	.156	.095	.251	-28	4	0	1	3	0	0	1
1966	37	CHC	NL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1966	37	PHI	NL	32	47	41	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	22	.098	.159	.098	.257	-26	4	0	1	3	0	0	1
1967	38	PHI	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
15 Yrs				457	953	857	31	76	2	0	0	26	2	2	38	389	.089	.129	.091	.220	-38	78	10	2	53	2	0
162 Game Avg.				162	338	304	11	27	1	0	0	9	1	1	13	138	.089	.129	.091	.220	-38	28	4	1	19
				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
MLN (10 yrs)				282	583	532	21	53	2	0	0	16	0	0	21	237	.100	.134	.103	.237	-33	55	8	0	29	0	0
CHC (5 yrs)				140	323	284	10	19	0	0	0	9	2	2	15	130	.067	.116	.067	.183	-48	19	2	1	21	2	0
PHI (2 yrs)				35	47	41	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	22	.098	.159	.098	.257	-26	4	0	1	3	0	0

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
1953	24	MLN	NL	30	61	-11	0	-0	0	7	-5	-0.5	2	-3	-0.5	.484	.497	-0.5	-0.0	-3	$	1
1954	25	MLN	NL	31	33	-8	0	0	0	4	-4	-0.4	1	-2	-0.4	.488	.498	-0.4	-0.0	-2	$	1
1955	26	MLN	NL	38	67	-12	0	-0	0	7	-6	-0.6	2	-3	-0.6	.485	.496	-0.6	-0.1	-3	$	1
1956	27	MLN	NL	38	80	-14	0	0	0	9	-5	-0.6	3	-3	-0.6	.485	.496	-0.6	-0.1	-3	$	1	MVP-23
1957	28	MLN	NL	34	82	-11	0	0	0	9	-2	-0.3	3	0	-0.3	.492	.498	-0.3	-0.0	0	$	1	MVP-14
1958	29	MLN	NL	11	26	-3	0	0	0	3	-0	-0.0	1	1	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	1
1959	30	MLN	NL	31	74	-16	0	-0	0	8	-7	-0.8	2	-4	-0.8	.476	.495	-0.7	0.0	-4	$	1
1960	31	MLN	NL	36	92	-12	0	-0	0	10	-2	-0.3	3	1	-0.3	.493	.498	-0.3	0.0	1	$	1	AS
1961	32	MLN	NL	32	67	-11	-0	1	0	8	-3	-0.3	2	-0	-0.3	.492	.498	-0.3	0.0	-0	$	1
1962	33	MLN	NL	1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.479	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1962	33	CHC	NL	34	84	-19	-1	1	0	10	-9	-0.9	3	-6	-0.9	.472	.494	-1.0	0.0	-6	$	1
1963	34	CHC	NL	37	81	-14	-0	0	0	9	-4	-0.5	3	-2	-0.5	.486	.497	-0.5	0.0	-2	$	1
1964	35	CHC	NL	36	85	-12	-1	0	0	10	-3	-0.3	3	0	-0.3	.491	.498	-0.3	0.0	0	$	1
1965	36	CHC	NL	32	72	-13	-0	0	0	8	-5	-0.5	2	-2	-0.5	.484	.497	-0.5	0.0	-2	$	1
1966	37	CHC	NL	1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.477	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1966	37	PHI	NL	32	47	-7	-0	0	0	5	-2	-0.2	2	0	-0.2	.494	.499	-0.2	0.0	0	$	1
1967	38	PHI	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
15 Seasons				457	953	-163	-2	2	0	106	-57	-6.2	32	-24	-6.2	.487	.498	-6.2	-0.0	-24	$
			Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
MLN (10 yrs)				282	583	-99	0	1	0	64	-34	-3.7	20	-14	-3.8	.487	.498	-3.7	-0.1	-14	$
CHC (5 yrs)				140	323	-58	-2	1	0	37	-21	-2.3	11	-10	-2.2	.483	.497	-2.3	0.1	-10	$
PHI (2 yrs)				35	47	-7	-0	0	0	5	-2	-0.2	2	0	-0.2	.495	.499	-0.2	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
1953	24	MLN	NL	61	53	1	0.5	105	.171	.113	.267	.145	.337	.113	.416	.259	.753	-30	.016	-9.9	-1.0	.167	.038	.000
1954	25	MLN	NL	33	30	0	0.0	104	.053	.032	.267	.091	.337	.032	.413	.123	.750	-65	.000	-7.5	-0.7	.100	.065	.000
1955	26	MLN	NL	67	60	1	0.4	102	.182	.105	.261	.150	.331	.105	.413	.255	.744	-29	.014	-10.6	-1.0	.170	.053	.000
1956	27	MLN	NL	80	72	1	0.4	98	.179	.096	.257	.108	.323	.123	.406	.231	.729	-36	.010	-13.7	-1.4	.152	.041	.027
1957	28	MLN	NL	82	71	1	0.4	97	.154	.082	.260	.152	.322	.082	.403	.234	.725	-32	.010	-13.4	-1.4	.176	.082	.000
1958	29	MLN	NL	26	21	1	1.3	99	.263	.200	.260	.200	.327	.200	.406	.400	.733	10	.086	-3.2	-0.3	.250	.000	.000
1959	30	MLN	NL	74	69	0	0.0	97	.125	.057	.259	.083	.324	.057	.401	.140	.725	-60	.000	-15.5	-1.6	.090	.029	.000
1960	31	MLN	NL	92	80	2	0.7	92	.286	.157	.254	.157	.318	.157	.389	.315	.708	-10	.031	-13.2	-1.4	.182	.000	.000
1961	32	MLN	NL	67	59	1	0.4	99	.133	.067	.260	.138	.326	.067	.406	.205	.731	-41	.014	-11.9	-1.2	.158	.083	.000
1962	33	TOT	NL	85	79	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.275	.090	.342	.000	.417	.090	.759	-74	.000	-17.9	-1.8	.099	.086	.000	.0
1962	33	MLN	NL	1	1	0	0.0	100		.000	.266	.000	.333	.000	.404	.000	.737	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1962	33	CHC	NL	84	78	0	0.0	107	.000	.000	.275	.091	.343	.000	.417	.091	.760	-73	.000	-17.7	-1.8	.100	.087	.000	.0
1963	34	CHC	NL	81	74	1	0.4	94	.174	.108	.261	.108	.324	.108	.390	.216	.713	-39	.013	-13.7	-1.5	.134	.014	.000	.0
1964	35	CHC	NL	85	73	2	0.7	97	.163	.096	.268	.163	.326	.096	.398	.258	.724	-26	.042	-12.6	-1.3	.194	.082	.000
1965	36	CHC	NL	72	66	0	0.0	95	.129	.060	.260	.100	.324	.060	.394	.160	.718	-54	.000	-14.0	-1.5	.094	.030	.000
1966	37	TOT	NL	48	41	1	0.7	96	.200	.095	.265	.156	.324	.095	.399	.251	.722	-28	.032	-7.4	-0.8	.184	.048	.000
1966	37	CHC	NL	1	1	0	0.0	97	.000	.000	.266	.000	.325	.000	.401	.000	.726	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1966	37	PHI	NL	47	40	1	0.7	96	.211	.098	.265	.159	.324	.098	.399	.257	.722	-26	.033	-7.1	-0.7	.189	.049	.000
15 Yrs				953	848	12	0.4	98	.162	.089	.262	.129	.327	.091	.402	.220	.729	-38	.011	-164.3	-16.9	.149	.047	.002	.0
162 Game Avg.				338	301	4	0.4	98	.162	.089	.262	.129	.327	.091	.402	.220	.729	-38	.011	-164.3	-16.9	.149	.047	.002
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
MLN (10 yrs)				583	516	8	0.4	98	.180	.100	.260	.134	.326	.103	.404	.237	.730	-33	.012	-99.1	-10.0	.156	.043	.004
CHC (5 yrs)				323	292	3	0.3	98	.122	.067	.266	.116	.329	.067	.399	.183	.729	-48	.007	-58.1	-6.2	.130	.053	.000	.0
PHI (2 yrs)				47	40	1	0.7	96	.211	.098	.265	.159	.324	.098	.399	.257	.722	-26	.034	-7.1	-0.7	.189	.049	.000

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
1957	28	MLN	NL	WS	NYY	W	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	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
1960	MLN	NL	31		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1960	MLN	NL	31		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
1953	24	MLN	NL	61	0.0%	29.5%	3.3%	0.0%	0%	9.00	2.9		26.5		1.50	57%
1954	25	MLN	NL	33	0.0%	36.4%	6.1%	0.0%	0%	6.00	2.6				3.25	58%
1955	26	MLN	NL	67	0.0%	35.8%	4.5%	0.0%	0%	8.00	2.4				7.25	49%
1956	27	MLN	NL	80	0.0%	42.5%	1.3%	2.5%	29%	34.00	2.1		24.3		4.00	49%
1957	28	MLN	NL	82	0.0%	41.5%	7.3%	0.0%	0%	5.67	2.1		18.3		4.83	48%
1958	29	MLN	NL	26	0.0%	23.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.2				4.00	73%
1959	30	MLN	NL	74	0.0%	51.4%	2.7%	0.0%	0%	19.00	1.8		70.0		1.91	43%
1960	31	MLN	NL	92	0.0%	43.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.2		22.3		1.60	53%
1961	32	MLN	NL	67	0.0%	44.8%	7.5%	0.0%	0%	6.00	2.0		30.0		4.40	45%
1962	33	TOT	NL	85	0.0%	42.4%	7.1%	0.0%		6.00	1.9		70.0		3.67	41%
1962	33	MLN	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%
1962	33	CHC	NL	84	0.0%	41.7%	7.1%	0.0%		5.83	2.0		69.0		3.67	42%
1963	34	CHC	NL	81	0.0%	34.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.6		14.8		2.54	57%
1964	35	CHC	NL	85	0.0%	36.5%	7.1%	0.0%	0%	5.17	2.4		73.0		1.29	51%
1965	36	CHC	NL	72	0.0%	50.0%	4.2%	0.0%	0%	12.00	1.9		33.5		0.76	43%
1966	37	TOT	NL	48	0.0%	45.8%	4.2%	0.0%	0%	11.00	1.9		42.0		3.00	42%
1966	37	CHC	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%								100%
1966	37	PHI	NL	47	0.0%	46.8%	4.3%	0.0%	0%	11.00	1.9		41.0		2.80	40%
15 Yrs				953	0.0%	40.8%	4.0%	0.2%	3%	10.24	2.2		33.0		2.47	49%
MLB Averages					2.3%	13.7%	8.6%	6.5%	29%	1.60	6.5	39.4	8.6		1.04	74%
				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

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1953	24	MLN	NL	-9.9	-1.0	44	-0.5	0.2	-0.7	.68	-0.8	0.1	-8.2	-0.8	0.91	-8.9		0
1954	25	MLN	NL	-7.5	-0.7	29	-0.7	0.0	-0.7	.99	-0.7	0.0	-8.3	-0.8	1.04	-7.5		0
1955	26	MLN	NL	-10.6	-1.0	56	-1.2	0.1	-1.4	.96	-1.2	-0.1	-13.4	-1.4	0.96	-12.5		0
1956	27	MLN	NL	-13.7	-1.4	77	-0.7	0.5	-1.3	.78	-1.2	0.3	-11.9	-1.2	0.93	-13.0		0
1957	28	MLN	NL	-13.4	-1.4	82	-0.9	0.4	-1.3	.75	-1.2	-0.1	-10.4	-1.1	0.97	-11.7		0
1958	29	MLN	NL	-3.2	-0.3	26	-0.3	0.1	-0.5	.80	-0.4	-0.0	-4.2	-0.4	0.93	-3.7		0
1959	30	MLN	NL	-15.6	-1.6	75	-1.4	0.3	-1.7	.91	-1.5	-0.1	-17.3	-1.8	1.01	-15.9		0
1960	31	MLN	NL	-13.3	-1.4	92	-1.0	0.6	-1.6	.87	-1.1	-0.1	-12.0	-1.3	1.00	-12.5		0
1961	32	MLN	NL	-12.1	-1.2	68	-0.7	0.5	-1.3	.95	-1.0	0.2	-9.7	-1.0	1.00	-11.4		0
1962	33	TOT	NL	-17.9	-1.8	87	-1.8	0.2	-2.0	.97	-1.8	-0.0	-21.2	-2.1	1.01	-19.9		0
1962	33	MLN	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.67	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.86	-0.3		0
1962	33	CHC	NL	-17.7	-1.8	86	-1.8	0.2	-2.0	.98	-1.8	-0.0	-20.9	-2.1	1.01	-19.6		0
1963	34	CHC	NL	-13.7	-1.5	82	-1.1	0.6	-1.6	.95	-1.3	0.1	-13.4	-1.4	1.07	-12.9		0
1964	35	CHC	NL	-12.6	-1.3	85	-0.7	0.8	-1.5	.96	-1.2	0.4	-9.3	-1.0	0.92	-11.5		0
1965	36	CHC	NL	-14.0	-1.5	73	-1.2	0.2	-1.4	.88	-1.4	0.0	-13.4	-1.4	0.95	-14.4		0
1966	37	TOT	NL	-7.4	-0.8	48	-0.4	0.4	-0.8	.88	-0.7	0.2	-6.2	-0.6	0.96	-6.9		0
1966	37	CHC	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.65	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.61	-0.2		0
1966	37	PHI	NL	-7.1	-0.7	47	-0.4	0.4	-0.8	.88	-0.7	0.2	-6.1	-0.6	0.97	-6.7		0
1967	38	PHI	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
15 Yrs				-164.8	-16.9	924	-12.9	4.9	-17.7	.89	-15.4	0.9	-158.8	-16.5	0.98	-162.6		0
				BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB

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
1953	24	MLN	NL	0	0	38%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67%	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1954	25	MLN	NL	0	0	0%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	26	MLN	NL	0	0	22%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1956	27	MLN	NL	0	0	13%	14	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	28	MLN	NL	3	0	33%	22	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	67%	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0
1958	29	MLN	NL	0	0	60%	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1959	30	MLN	NL	0	0	33%	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960	31	MLN	NL	1	0	29%	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0%	2	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
1961	32	MLN	NL	2	0	22%	17	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	13%	6	5	1	0	0	0	2	2	0
1962	33	TOT	NL	0	0	29%	15	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20%	2	2	0	1	1	0	2	1	1
1962	33	MLN	NL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	33	CHC	NL	0	0	29%	15	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20%	2	2	0	1	1	0	2	1	1
1963	34	CHC	NL	1	0	25%	13	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	40%	1	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	2
1964	35	CHC	NL	2	0	23%	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0
1965	36	CHC	NL	1	0	43%	12	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1966	37	TOT	NL	1	0	0%	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1966	37	CHC	NL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1966	37	PHI	NL	1	0	0%	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
15 Yrs				11	0	27%	169	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	25%	28	22	6	10	8	1	10	3	5
				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

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
1953	24	MLN	NL	61	2%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	125%	10	1	10%	9	1	11%	28	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1954	25	MLN	NL	33	10%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	6	0	0%	22	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		0
1955	26	MLN	NL	67	13%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	7	100%	11	2	18%	12	2	17%	40	0	0%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1956	27	MLN	NL	80	8%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	6	67%	11	0	0%	12	1	8%	43	3	7%	5	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1957	28	MLN	NL	82	27%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	7	3	43%	11	1	9%	12	3	25%	48	5	10%	5	2	40%	2	1	50%	0
1958	29	MLN	NL	26	8%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	5	0	0%	14	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1959	30	MLN	NL	74	27%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	40%	13	1	8%	16	1	6%	52	1	2%	4	1	25%	4	0	0%	0
1960	31	MLN	NL	92	39%	14			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	3	43%	17	2	12%	19	4	21%	67	4	6%	2	0	0%	5	3	60%	0
1961	32	MLN	NL	67	31%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	50%	14	1	7%	13	2	15%	46	3	7%	5	1	20%	3	1	33%	0
1962	33	TOT	NL	85	39%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	10	7	70%	24	0	0%	27	4	15%	62	1	2%	7	1	14%	8	3	38%	0
1962	33	MLN	NL	1	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
1962	33	CHC	NL	84	39%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	10	7	70%	24	0	0%	27	4	15%	62	1	2%	7	1	14%	8	3	38%	0
1963	34	CHC	NL	81	42%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	12	7	58%	18	1	6%	20	3	15%	66	5	8%	5	2	40%	1	0	0%	0
1964	35	CHC	NL	85	29%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	83%	11	1	9%	12	4	33%	55	2	4%	4	1	25%	3	2	67%	0
1965	36	CHC	NL	72	26%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	40%	12	0	0%	13	0	0%	49	2	4%	3	1	33%	1	0	0%	0
1966	37	TOT	NL	48	38%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	60%	10	0	0%	10	0	0%	31	1	3%	3	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1966	37	CHC	NL	1	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
1966	37	PHI	NL	47	38%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	60%	10	0	0%	10	0	0%	31	1	3%	3	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
15 Yrs				953	27%	76			0	0	0	0		0	0	37	0	0	0	0	0	83	53	64%	168	10	6%	186	25	13%	623	27	4%	51	9	18%	34	12	35%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			78%			10%			31%			14%			49%			53%
				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

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1953	24	30	61	53	3	6	0	2	0	0	2	18	.113	.145	.113	.259	-30	6	1	0	5
1954	25	61	94	84	3	7	0	2	0	0	4	30	.083	.125	.083	.208	-43	7	1	0	5	0
1955	26	99	161	141	5	13	0	2	0	0	7	54	.092	.135	.092	.227	-37	13	3	0	12	0	0
1956	27	137	241	214	6	20	2	5	0	0	8	88	.093	.126	.103	.229	-37	22	3	0	18	0	0
1957	28	171	323	287	10	26	2	9	0	0	14	122	.091	.133	.098	.230	-36	28	4	0	21	0	0
1958	29	182	349	312	13	31	2	9	0	0	14	128	.099	.138	.106	.244	-32	33	4	0	22	0	0
1959	30	213	423	382	15	35	2	10	0	0	16	166	.092	.128	.097	.225	-37	37	5	0	24	0	0
1960	31	249	515	471	19	49	2	14	0	0	16	206	.104	.133	.108	.242	-32	51	7	0	27	0	0
1961	32	281	582	531	21	53	2	16	0	0	21	236	.100	.134	.104	.238	-33	55	8	0	29	0	0
1962	33	316	667	601	23	53	2	17	1	1	27	272	.088	.129	.092	.220	-38	55	8	1	36	1	0
1963	34	353	748	675	25	61	2	22	2	1	27	300	.090	.126	.093	.220	-38	63	9	1	43	1	0
1964	35	389	833	748	28	68	2	23	2	1	33	331	.091	.130	.094	.224	-37	70	10	1	48	2	0
1965	36	421	905	815	31	72	2	25	2	2	36	367	.088	.128	.091	.218	-38	74	10	1	50	2	0
1966	37	454	953	857	31	76	2	26	2	2	38	389	.089	.129	.091	.220	-38	78	10	2	53	2	0
1967	38	457	953	857	31	76	2	26	2	2	38	389	.089	.129	.091	.220	-38	78	10	2	53	2	0

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1953	24	31	63	56	4	7	0	2	0	2	19	.125	.155	.125	.280	1	30
1954	25	33	35	33	0	0	0	0	0	2	13	.000	.057	.000	.057	0	31
1955	26	40	72	61	2	7	0	0	0	4	25	.115	.169	.115	.284	1	38
1956	27	40	83	76	1	7	2	3	0	1	36	.092	.104	.118	.222	1	38
1957	28	36	87	77	5	7	0	5	0	7	36	.091	.167	.091	.258	1	34
1958	29	12	27	26	3	5	0	0	0	0	6	.192	.192	.192	.385	1	11
1959	30	32	77	73	0	0	0	0	0	2	40	.000	.027	.000	.027	0	31
1960	31	38	95	92	4	14	0	4	0	0	42	.152	.152	.152	.304	2	36
1961	32	33	75	65	4	6	0	4	0	8	31	.092	.192	.092	.284	1	32
1962	33	35	85	70	2	0	0	1	1	6	36	.000	.090	.000	.090	0	35
1963	34	37	82	75	2	9	0	6	1	0	28	.120	.120	.120	.240	1	37
1964	35	36	83	72	3	6	0	1	0	5	31	.083	.141	.083	.224	1	36
1965	36	32	72	67	0	0	0	0	0	3	36	.000	.043	.000	.043	0	32
1966	37	33	52	44	0	6	0	2	0	3	22	.136	.224	.136	.361	1	33
14 Yrs		468	988	887	30	74	2	28	2	43	401	.083	.128	.086	.214	11	454
162 Game Avg.		162	342	307	10	26	1	10	1	15	139	.083	.128	.086	.214	4	454

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1960-1 * 1960-2	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1956 NL (23, 2%) 1957 NL (14, 4%) 0.06 Career Shares (1057th)	Oldest s c a p y 1966 NL born 1928-08-12 (6th) 1967 NL born 1928-08-12 (4th)

All-Star Games
1960-1 *
1960-2

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1956 NL (23, 2%)
1957 NL (14, 4%)
0.06 Career Shares (1057th)

Oldest s c a p y
1966 NL born 1928-08-12 (6th)
1967 NL born 1928-08-12 (4th)

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters

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Jack Billingham (956) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
John Burkett (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
John Burkett (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
John Burkett (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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