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Johnny Callison

John Wesley Callison

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: March 12, 1939 in Qualls, OK
High School: Bakersfield HS (Bakersfield, CA)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1958
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Cubs/Yankees/WhiteSox 1958-1973

Final Game: August 17, 1973
Died: October 12, 2006 in Abington, PA
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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
1958 19 CHW AL 18 71 64 10 19 4 2 1 12 1 0 6 14 .297 .352 .469 .821 125 30 1 0 0 1 0 7
1959 20 CHW AL 49 118 104 12 18 3 0 3 12 0 1 13 20 .173 .271 .288 .560 55 30 5 1 0 0 0 7
1960 21 PHI NL 99 335 288 36 75 11 5 9 30 0 4 45 70 .260 .360 .427 .787 116 123 1 0 2 0 2 798
1961 22 PHI NL 138 538 455 74 121 20 11 9 47 10 4 69 76 .266 .363 .418 .780 110 190 7 3 6 5 5 *79
1962 23 PHI NL 157 672 603 107 181 26 10 23 83 10 3 54 96 .300 .363 .491 .854 130 296 8 6 8 1 1 *9/87 AS,MVP-18
1963 24 PHI NL 157 692 626 96 178 36 11 26 78 8 3 50 111 .284 .339 .502 .840 140 314 8 2 13 1 4 *9/7 MVP-15
1964 25 PHI NL 162 705 654 101 179 30 10 31 104 6 3 36 95 .274 .316 .492 .809 125 322 5 6 6 3 3 *9/7 AS,MVP-2
1965 26 PHI NL 160 691 619 93 162 25 16 32 101 6 5 57 117 .262 .328 .509 .836 134 315 5 6 4 5 2 *9 AS,MVP-24
1966 27 PHI NL 155 677 612 93 169 40 7 11 55 8 8 56 83 .276 .338 .418 .756 109 256 11 3 2 4 4 *9
1967 28 PHI NL 149 620 556 62 145 30 5 14 64 6 12 55 63 .261 .329 .408 .737 110 227 7 3 3 3 17 *9
1968 29 PHI NL 121 448 398 46 97 18 4 14 40 4 3 42 70 .244 .319 .415 .734 120 165 6 3 3 2 4 *9
1969 30 PHI NL 134 552 495 66 131 29 5 16 64 2 1 49 73 .265 .332 .440 .773 117 218 6 3 1 4 11 *9
1970 31 CHC NL 147 543 477 65 126 23 2 19 68 7 2 60 63 .264 .348 .440 .788 101 210 10 3 0 3 11 *9/8
1971 32 CHC NL 103 333 290 27 61 12 1 8 38 2 1 36 55 .210 .298 .341 .640 72 99 6 2 1 4 8 9/7
1972 33 NYY AL 92 300 275 28 71 10 0 9 34 3 0 18 34 .258 .299 .393 .691 108 108 6 0 2 5 1 9
1973 34 NYY AL 45 142 136 10 24 4 0 1 10 1 1 4 24 .176 .197 .228 .425 22 31 6 0 0 2 0 9D
16 Yrs 1886 7437 6652 926 1757 321 89 226 840 74 51 650 1064 .264 .331 .441 .773 115 2934 98 41 51 43 73
162 Game Avg. 162 639 571 80 151 28 8 19 72 6 4 56 91 .264 .331 .441 .773 115 252 8 4 4 4 6
PHI (10 yrs) 1432 5930 5306 774 1438 265 84 185 666 60 46 513 854 .271 .338 .457 .795 122 2426 64 35 48 28 53
CHC (2 yrs) 250 876 767 92 187 35 3 27 106 9 3 96 118 .244 .329 .403 .732 91 309 16 5 1 7 19
NYY (2 yrs) 137 442 411 38 95 14 0 10 44 4 1 22 58 .231 .266 .338 .604 79 139 12 0 2 7 1
CHW (2 yrs) 67 189 168 22 37 7 2 4 24 1 1 19 34 .220 .302 .357 .659 82 60 6 1 0 1 0
NL (12 yrs) 1682 6806 6073 866 1625 300 87 212 772 69 49 609 972 .268 .337 .450 .787 118 2735 80 40 49 35 72
AL (4 yrs) 204 631 579 60 132 21 2 14 68 5 2 41 92 .228 .277 .344 .620 80 199 18 1 2 8 1

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
1958 19 CHW AL 18 71 1 1 0 2 -1 4 0.4 2 6 0.6 .522 .502 0.4 0.1 4 $ 7
1959 20 CHW AL 49 118 -6 0 -1 0 -2 -8 -0.9 3 -5 -0.6 .482 .494 -0.6 -0.2 -6 $ 7
1960 21 PHI NL 99 335 7 -2 1 -2 -4 -0 -0.1 11 11 1.0 .500 .500 1.3 -0.7 13 $ 798
1961 22 PHI NL 138 538 6 3 3 -6 -6 -1 -0.1 18 17 1.6 .499 .499 2.3 -1.2 23 $ *79
1962 23 PHI NL 157 672 23 1 0 15 -7 32 3.4 23 55 5.6 .521 .521 4.0 0.9 40 $ *9/87 AS,MVP-18
1963 24 PHI NL 157 692 32 3 0 18 -7 46 5.4 24 70 7.7 .534 .533 5.5 1.4 52 $ *9/7 MVP-15
1964 25 PHI NL 162 705 20 0 2 15 -8 29 3.5 24 53 5.8 .520 .520 3.9 1.0 38 $ *9/7 AS,MVP-2
1965 26 PHI NL 160 691 28 0 4 7 -7 32 3.5 23 55 5.8 .522 .522 5.0 0.0 48 $ *9 AS,MVP-24
1966 27 PHI NL 155 677 10 1 1 2 -7 6 0.9 23 29 3.1 .504 .504 2.7 -0.4 27 $ *9
1967 28 PHI NL 149 620 5 -2 2 1 -7 -1 0.1 21 20 2.2 .500 .500 1.9 -0.5 20 $ *9
1968 29 PHI NL 121 448 9 0 0 -4 -5 1 0.4 15 17 1.9 .501 .501 2.1 -0.9 20 $ *9
1969 30 PHI NL 134 552 5 -2 2 6 -6 5 0.6 19 23 2.5 .504 .503 1.7 0.1 18 $ *9
1970 31 CHC NL 147 543 -4 -0 -1 1 -6 -10 -0.9 16 6 0.6 .493 .494 0.4 -0.4 5 $ *9/8
1971 32 CHC NL 103 333 -12 -2 1 -4 -4 -22 -2.5 10 -12 -1.5 .475 .484 -1.1 -0.9 -8 $ 9/7
1972 33 NYY AL 92 300 3 -0 -1 -2 -3 -2 -0.3 10 8 0.7 .497 .498 0.9 -0.6 9 $37,500 9
1973 34 NYY AL 45 142 -14 0 0 -2 -2 -19 -2.0 5 -15 -1.6 .453 .487 -1.4 -0.5 -12 $42,500 9D
16 Seasons 1886 7437 112 1 14 46 -81 91 11.2 247 338 35.4 .505 .504 29.0 -2.8 291 $80,000
PHI (10 yrs) 1432 5930 144 2 15 52 -64 149 17.5 202 350 37.2 .512 .510 30.4 -0.4 299 $
CHC (2 yrs) 250 876 -16 -2 0 -3 -10 -32 -3.4 25 -6 -0.9 .486 .489 -0.7 -1.3 -3 $
NYY (2 yrs) 137 442 -11 -0 -1 -4 -6 -21 -2.4 14 -7 -0.9 .483 .493 -0.5 -1.1 -3 $80,000
CHW (2 yrs) 67 189 -5 1 -0 2 -2 -5 -0.5 5 1 0.0 .493 .498 -0.2 -0.1 -2 $

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
1958 19 CHW AL 71 47 11 6.2 97 .360 .297 .260 .352 .329 .469 .396 .821 .725 125 .666 2.2 0.2 .804 .281 .172 1.0
1959 20 CHW AL 118 92 7 2.0 98 .185 .173 .259 .271 .330 .288 .396 .560 .726 55 .197 -6.6 -0.7 .467 .231 .115 .0
1960 21 PHI NL 335 220 46 5.6 98 .316 .260 .262 .360 .328 .427 .402 .787 .730 116 .614 7.0 0.7 .752 .309 .167 .0
1961 22 PHI NL 538 356 74 5.6 103 .299 .266 .267 .363 .333 .418 .415 .780 .748 110 .579 8.4 0.8 .777 .316 .152 9.5
1962 23 PHI NL 672 442 110 6.7 101 .326 .300 .267 .363 .333 .491 .405 .854 .738 130 .667 24.4 2.4 .838 .292 .191 13.9
1963 24 PHI NL 692 473 107 6.1 89 .310 .284 .253 .339 .315 .502 .378 .840 .693 140 .692 30.5 3.2 .808 .305 .217 12.2
1964 25 PHI NL 705 492 103 5.6 93 .279 .274 .262 .316 .320 .492 .389 .809 .709 125 .641 18.9 2.0 .760 .278 .219 10.1
1965 26 PHI NL 691 476 105 6.0 92 .274 .262 .256 .328 .319 .509 .387 .836 .706 134 .661 25.4 2.6 .812 .341 .247 10.1
1966 27 PHI NL 677 468 86 5.0 96 .303 .276 .265 .338 .323 .418 .399 .756 .722 109 .572 8.9 0.9 .682 .234 .142 9.3
1967 28 PHI NL 620 436 72 4.5 91 .272 .261 .259 .329 .322 .408 .381 .737 .702 110 .553 7.2 0.8 .649 .236 .147 8.4
1968 29 PHI NL 448 315 54 4.6 81 .263 .244 .252 .319 .310 .415 .355 .734 .666 120 .616 9.4 1.0 .681 .279 .171 6.2
1969 30 PHI NL 552 376 74 5.3 93 .280 .265 .257 .332 .327 .440 .381 .773 .708 117 .606 11.0 1.1 .730 .277 .176 3.6
1970 31 CHC NL 543 366 75 5.5 112 .269 .264 .280 .348 .354 .440 .427 .788 .781 101 .577 0.8 0.1 .766 .312 .176 10.2
1971 32 CHC NL 333 241 31 3.5 102 .229 .210 .274 .298 .342 .341 .401 .640 .744 72 .426 -10.8 -1.2 .585 .259 .131 3.2
1972 33 NYY AL 300 217 33 4.1 81 .262 .258 .243 .299 .312 .393 .351 .691 .663 108 .554 2.0 0.2 .614 .211 .135 4.5
1973 34 NYY AL 142 121 5 1.1 90 .204 .176 .255 .197 .323 .228 .375 .425 .698 22 .076 -14.1 -1.5 .294 .081 .051 1.0
16 Yrs 7437 5138 993 5.2 95 .283 .264 .261 .331 .326 .441 .391 .773 .717 115 .598 124.6 12.8 .723 .278 .177 111.5
162 Game Avg. 639 441 85 5.2 95 .283 .264 .261 .331 .326 .441 .391 .773 .717 115 .598 11 1 .723 .278 .177 10
PHI (10 yrs) 5930 4054 831 5.5 94 .292 .271 .260 .338 .323 .457 .389 .795 .712 122 .625 151.1 15.6 .751 .286 .186 90.6
CHC (2 yrs) 876 607 106 4.7 109 .254 .244 .277 .329 .350 .403 .417 .732 .767 91 .527 -10.1 -1.1 .694 .292 .159 13.5
NYY (2 yrs) 442 338 38 3.0 84 .243 .231 .247 .266 .315 .338 .359 .604 .674 79 .390 -12.1 -1.2 .498 .168 .107 5.7
CHW (2 yrs) 189 139 18 3.5 97 .252 .220 .260 .302 .330 .357 .396 .659 .726 82 .398 -4.4 -0.4 .580 .250 .137 1.6
NL (12 yrs) 6806 4661 937 5.4 96 .287 .268 .262 .337 .326 .450 .393 .787 .719 118 .614 141.1 14.5 .744 .286 .183 104.1
AL (4 yrs) 631 477 56 3.2 88 .245 .228 .251 .277 .320 .344 .370 .620 .689 80 .392 -16.5 -1.7 .522 .192 .116 7.4

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
1962 PHI NL 23 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1962 PHI NL 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 PHI NL 25 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 1.333 1.667 4 0 0 0 0 0
1965 PHI NL 26 DNP
3 Yrs (3 GP) 5 4 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 .500 .600 1.250 1.850 5 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
1958 19 CHW AL 71 1.4% 19.7% 8.5% 9.9% 37% 2.33 4.6 64.0 5.3 1.06 70%
1959 20 CHW AL 118 2.5% 17.0% 11.0% 5.1% 33% 1.54 5.2 34.7 8.7 1.25 69%
1960 21 PHI NL 335 2.7% 20.9% 13.4% 7.5% 33% 1.56 4.1 32.0 9.6 0.73 62%
1961 22 PHI NL 538 1.7% 14.1% 12.8% 7.4% 33% 1.10 6.0 50.6 9.7 1.20 70%
1962 23 PHI NL 672 3.4% 14.3% 8.0% 8.8% 33% 1.78 6.3 26.2 7.3 1.08 72%
1963 24 PHI NL 692 3.8% 16.0% 7.2% 10.6% 41% 2.22 5.6 24.1 8.0 1.03 71%
1964 25 PHI NL 705 4.4% 13.5% 5.1% 10.1% 40% 2.64 6.9 21.1 6.3 1.01 75%
1965 26 PHI NL 691 4.6% 16.9% 8.3% 10.6% 45% 2.05 5.3 19.3 6.1 0.82 69%
1966 27 PHI NL 677 1.6% 12.3% 8.3% 8.6% 34% 1.48 7.4 55.6 11.1 0.79 77%
1967 28 PHI NL 620 2.3% 10.2% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 1.15 8.8 39.7 8.7 0.92 78%
1968 29 PHI NL 448 3.1% 15.6% 9.4% 8.0% 37% 1.67 5.7 28.4 10.0 0.89 71%
1969 30 PHI NL 552 2.9% 13.2% 8.9% 9.1% 38% 1.49 6.8 30.9 7.7 0.77 74%
1970 31 CHC NL 543 3.5% 11.6% 11.1% 8.1% 35% 1.05 7.6 25.1 7.0 0.92 73%
1971 32 CHC NL 333 2.4% 16.5% 10.8% 6.3% 34% 1.53 5.3 36.3 7.6 0.77 69%
1972 33 NYY AL 300 3.0% 11.3% 6.0% 6.3% 27% 1.89 8.1 30.6 8.1 0.77 79%
1973 34 NYY AL 142 0.7% 16.9% 2.8% 3.5% 21% 6.00 5.7 136.0 13.6 1.18 80%
16 Yrs 7437 3.0% 14.3% 8.7% 8.6% 36% 1.64 6.3 29.4 7.9 0.92 73%
MLB Averages 2.2% 14.7% 8.4% 6.2% 28% 1.74 6.1 41.5 8.9 1.09 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1958 19 CHW AL 2.2 0.2 73 0.7 1.8 -1.0 1.02 0.3 0.4 6.5 0.7 0.94 3.1 0
1959 20 CHW AL -6.6 -0.7 121 -0.5 1.6 -2.1 .93 -0.8 0.3 -4.2 -0.4 0.94 -7.9 1.19 4
1960 21 PHI NL 6.6 0.7 346 1.1 6.9 -5.8 1.05 1.3 -0.3 9.1 0.9 0.88 12.6 2.37 15
1961 22 PHI NL 7.8 0.8 561 1.6 10.6 -9.0 1.10 0.9 0.6 15.1 1.5 0.91 9.9 1.39 14
1962 23 PHI NL 24.4 2.4 696 4.5 13.7 -9.2 .89 3.5 1.6 37.7 3.7 0.91 39.9 1.15 9
1963 24 PHI NL 30.5 3.2 713 3.5 14.8 -11.3 1.00 4.0 -0.5 39.3 4.2 0.92 44.3 1.08 2
1964 25 PHI NL 18.9 2.0 724 3.2 14.2 -11.0 .95 2.3 1.2 39.6 4.1 0.92 29.4 2.02 2
1965 26 PHI NL 25.4 2.6 713 4.3 15.7 -11.4 1.03 4.3 -0.1 40.5 4.2 0.96 44.2 2.54 6
1966 27 PHI NL 8.9 0.9 703 0.2 11.9 -11.7 1.00 1.2 -1.0 9.4 1.0 0.93 12.6 1.21 4
1967 28 PHI NL 7.2 0.8 643 0.2 12.1 -11.9 1.12 0.5 -0.3 4.2 0.4 1.00 6.4 3.32 5
1968 29 PHI NL 9.4 1.0 457 -0.2 7.4 -7.5 1.00 0.7 -0.9 3.7 0.4 0.92 6.4 1.93 11
1969 30 PHI NL 11.0 1.1 560 2.6 11.6 -9.0 1.04 1.7 0.8 17.3 1.8 0.99 18.8 2.08 6
1970 31 CHC NL 0.8 0.1 557 -0.4 9.0 -9.4 .92 1.1 -1.6 16.7 1.5 0.95 10.9 1.63 3
1971 32 CHC NL -10.8 -1.2 341 -0.6 4.9 -5.6 .99 -0.8 0.1 -1.9 -0.2 0.97 -4.0 1.63 14
1972 33 NYY AL 2.0 0.2 304 -0.1 4.7 -4.7 .99 0.4 -0.5 4.6 0.5 0.99 7.6 1.29 19
1973 34 NYY AL -14.3 -1.5 145 -1.4 1.7 -3.1 1.00 -1.4 -0.1 -13.5 -1.4 1.00 -14.1 1.91 7
16 Yrs 123.3 12.7 7657 18.7 142.4 -123.7 1.00 19.1 -0.5 224.1 22.9 0.94 220.0 1.75 121

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
1958 19 CHW AL 0 0 38% 27 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 70% 4 1 2 1 0 1 5 1 4
1959 20 CHW AL 1 0 31% 27 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 33% 3 2 1 4 3 1 2 1 1
1960 21 PHI NL 3 0 24% 147 0 4 0% 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 8 41% 23 14 8 3 2 1 6 2 4
1961 22 PHI NL 5 0 35% 237 10 4 71% 10 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 15 49% 27 17 10 6 3 3 20 5 13
1962 23 PHI NL 5 0 39% 279 10 3 77% 10 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 13 20 55% 46 26 18 6 3 3 23 3 20
1963 24 PHI NL 11 0 34% 273 8 3 73% 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 24 44% 39 26 10 8 2 5 19 5 14
1964 25 PHI NL 8 0 37% 227 6 3 67% 6 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 8 19 44% 38 22 16 16 8 7 10 5 5
1965 26 PHI NL 10 0 32% 224 6 5 55% 5 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 19 41% 32 18 12 8 5 2 16 7 9
1966 27 PHI NL 11 0 38% 257 8 8 50% 7 8 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 18 53% 48 25 22 8 4 4 32 9 21
1967 28 PHI NL 8 0 25% 208 6 12 33% 4 11 2 0 0 1 3 2 7 14 60% 33 17 16 4 0 4 15 4 11
1968 29 PHI NL 4 0 25% 146 4 3 57% 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 8 49% 21 12 9 4 3 1 10 3 7
1969 30 PHI NL 2 0 30% 205 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 11 34% 23 18 4 4 2 2 20 8 10
1970 31 CHC NL 2 0 27% 187 7 2 78% 4 1 3 1 0 0 2 1 7 11 50% 24 15 9 4 1 2 16 5 11
1971 32 CHC NL 4 0 21% 112 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 8 41% 24 14 9 2 1 1 8 2 4
1972 33 NYY AL 5 0 24% 103 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 39% 9 6 3 3 3 0 11 5 6
1973 34 NYY AL 1 0 33% 31 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 50% 7 3 3 1 1 0 2 0 2
16 Yrs 80 0 32% 2690 74 51 59% 65 45 9 3 0 4 13 4 107 185 47% 401 236 152 82 41 37 215 65 142

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
1958 19 CHW AL 71 83% 19 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 19 1 5% 6 3 50% 45 11 24% 3 3 100% 4 2 50% 0
1959 20 CHW AL 118 92% 18 4 0 0 0 1.19 3 1 3 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 27 5 19% 5 1 20% 81 12 15% 3 2 67% 5 2 40% 0
1960 21 PHI NL 335 92% 75 15 3 1 2 2.37 9 0 4 9 0 4 5 0 2 2 100% 52 1 2% 21 7 33% 154 21 14% 15 5 33% 14 8 57% 0
1961 22 PHI NL 538 74% 121 14 3 0 2 1.39 9 0 15 8 1 4 5 0 7 6 86% 102 7 7% 49 20 41% 276 39 14% 25 15 60% 13 9 69% 0
1962 23 PHI NL 672 69% 181 9 4 1 3 1.15 23 0 8 20 3 10 13 0 11 8 73% 134 8 6% 62 20 32% 367 60 16% 23 15 65% 29 18 62% 0
1963 24 PHI NL 692 66% 178 2 0 0 0 1.08 26 0 7 18 8 12 14 1 22 13 59% 124 8 6% 80 28 35% 357 56 16% 20 9 45% 29 15 52% 0
1964 25 PHI NL 705 61% 179 2 1 0 0 2.02 31 1 12 18 13 13 18 0 8 6 75% 148 5 3% 59 23 39% 378 75 20% 34 20 59% 31 20 65% 0
1965 26 PHI NL 691 63% 162 6 0 0 0 2.54 32 1 16 22 10 15 17 1 9 4 44% 171 5 3% 77 24 31% 429 71 17% 47 23 49% 29 17 59% 0
1966 27 PHI NL 677 62% 169 4 2 0 1 1.21 11 0 8 9 2 4 7 0 5 2 40% 133 11 8% 56 16 29% 394 47 12% 27 14 52% 26 11 42% 0
1967 28 PHI NL 620 69% 145 5 0 0 0 3.32 14 0 13 10 4 8 6 0 5 3 60% 127 7 6% 58 20 34% 433 55 13% 37 17 46% 25 12 48% 0
1968 29 PHI NL 448 73% 97 11 3 2 2 1.93 14 0 4 10 4 7 7 0 4 3 75% 92 6 7% 29 11 38% 257 26 10% 21 11 52% 12 5 42% 0
1969 30 PHI NL 552 75% 131 6 1 0 3 2.08 16 0 14 14 2 9 7 0 2 1 50% 116 6 5% 50 18 36% 354 52 15% 30 15 50% 29 20 69% 0
1970 31 CHC NL 543 81% 126 3 1 0 0 1.63 19 0 15 15 4 12 7 0 2 0 0% 111 10 9% 48 14 29% 346 52 15% 35 16 46% 20 13 65% 0
1971 32 CHC NL 333 79% 61 14 1 0 2 1.63 8 1 9 6 2 3 5 0 1 1 100% 68 6 9% 27 7 26% 212 30 14% 15 9 60% 8 3 38% 0
1972 33 NYY AL 300 86% 71 19 4 0 1 1.29 9 1 8 8 1 7 2 0 3 2 67% 55 6 11% 30 11 37% 199 25 13% 12 9 75% 13 7 54% 0
1973 34 NYY AL 142 91% 24 7 2 0 0 1.91 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 38 6 16% 20 6 30% 101 9 9% 8 3 38% 8 5 63% 0
16 Yrs 7437 72% 1757 121 25 4 16 1.75 226 5 139 172 54 110 116 2 81 51 63% 1517 98 6% 677 229 34% 4383 641 15% 355 186 52% 295 167 57% 0
MLB Averages 52% 76% 11% 30% 14% 48% 52%

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
1958 19 18 71 64 10 19 4 2 1 12 1 0 6 14 .297 .352 .469 .821 125 30 1 0 0 1 0
1959 20 67 189 168 22 37 7 2 4 24 1 1 19 34 .220 .302 .357 .659 82 60 6 1 0 1 0
1960 21 166 524 456 58 112 18 7 13 54 1 5 64 104 .246 .339 .401 .740 104 183 7 1 2 1 2
1961 22 304 1062 911 132 233 38 18 22 101 11 9 133 180 .256 .351 .409 .760 107 373 14 4 8 6 7
1962 23 461 1734 1514 239 414 64 28 45 184 21 12 187 276 .273 .356 .442 .798 116 669 22 10 16 7 8
1963 24 618 2426 2140 335 592 100 39 71 262 29 15 237 387 .277 .351 .459 .810 123 983 30 12 29 8 12
1964 25 780 3131 2794 436 771 130 49 102 366 35 18 273 482 .276 .343 .467 .810 123 1305 35 18 35 11 15
1965 26 940 3822 3413 529 933 155 65 134 467 41 23 330 599 .273 .340 .475 .815 125 1620 40 24 39 16 17
1966 27 1095 4499 4025 622 1102 195 72 145 522 49 31 386 682 .274 .340 .466 .806 123 1876 51 27 41 20 21
1967 28 1244 5119 4581 684 1247 225 77 159 586 55 43 441 745 .272 .339 .459 .798 121 2103 58 30 44 23 38
1968 29 1365 5567 4979 730 1344 243 81 173 626 59 46 483 815 .270 .337 .456 .792 121 2268 64 33 47 25 42
1969 30 1499 6119 5474 796 1475 272 86 189 690 61 47 532 888 .269 .337 .454 .791 121 2486 70 36 48 29 53
1970 31 1646 6662 5951 861 1601 295 88 208 758 68 49 592 951 .269 .337 .453 .790 119 2696 80 39 48 32 64
1971 32 1749 6995 6241 888 1662 307 89 216 796 70 50 628 1006 .266 .336 .448 .783 117 2795 86 41 49 36 72
1972 33 1841 7295 6516 916 1733 317 89 225 830 73 50 646 1040 .266 .334 .446 .780 116 2903 92 41 51 41 73
1973 34 1886 7437 6652 926 1757 321 89 226 840 74 51 650 1064 .264 .331 .441 .773 115 2934 98 41 51 43 73

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
1958 19 19 74 67 11 20 4 2 1 13 1 6 15 .299 .351 .463 .814 11 18
1959 20 51 124 109 13 19 3 0 3 13 0 14 21 .174 .274 .284 .559 8 49
1960 21 103 355 304 40 81 12 5 10 33 0 49 73 .266 .368 .438 .806 49 99
1961 22 144 562 476 77 127 21 12 9 49 10 72 79 .267 .363 .418 .781 72 138
1962 23 157 675 605 109 183 26 10 23 85 10 55 96 .302 .366 .493 .858 108 157
1963 24 157 715 644 112 196 40 12 29 91 9 55 111 .304 .360 .539 .899 124 157
1964 25 162 719 666 113 191 32 11 33 116 6 38 95 .287 .330 .517 .846 112 162
1965 26 159 702 626 103 172 27 17 34 112 6 61 116 .275 .342 .535 .878 113 160
1966 27 155 688 620 100 177 42 7 12 59 8 59 83 .285 .348 .434 .782 93 155
1967 28 149 637 568 71 157 32 5 15 73 6 60 63 .276 .347 .430 .777 85 149
1968 29 120 467 411 59 112 21 5 16 51 5 48 70 .273 .351 .465 .816 67 121
1969 30 134 563 503 73 139 31 5 17 71 2 52 73 .276 .345 .459 .804 80 134
1970 31 147 530 468 57 117 21 2 18 60 6 56 63 .250 .332 .419 .751 64 147
1971 32 103 331 289 27 60 12 1 8 37 2 35 55 .208 .294 .339 .633 29 103
1972 33 96 329 300 38 87 12 0 11 47 4 22 36 .290 .333 .440 .773 45 92
1973 34 45 144 138 11 26 4 0 1 11 1 4 24 .188 .208 .239 .447 7 45
16 Yrs 1901 7615 6794 1014 1864 340 94 240 921 76 686 1073 .274 .343 .458 .801 1067 1886
162 Game Avg. 162 649 579 86 159 29 8 20 78 6 58 91 .274 .343 .458 .801 91 1886

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1979 BBWAA ( 0.2%)

All-Star Games
1962-1 *
1962-2 *
1964 *
1965

Awards (yr lg award)
1964 ML AS MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1962 NL (18, 2%)
1963 NL (15, 4%)
1964 NL (2, 67%)
1965 NL (24, 2%)
0.75 Career Shares (321st)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1962 NL  5.6 (9th)
1963 NL  7.7 (6th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1962 NL  5.6 (5th)
1963 NL  7.7 (3rd)
1964 NL  5.8 (9th)
1965 NL  5.8 (8th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1963 NL  5.5 (8th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1961 NL  .363 (10th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1963 NL  .502 (6th)
1965 NL  .509 (9th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1963 NL  .840 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1964 NL  162 (2nd)
1965 NL  160 (7th)

At Bats s c a p y
1963 NL  626 (8th)
1964 NL  654 (2nd)
1965 NL  619 (8th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1963 NL  692 (8th)
1964 NL  705 (5th)
1966 NL  677 (9th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1962 NL  107 (6th)
1963 NL  96 (9th)
1964 NL  101 (6th)
1965 NL  93 (10th)
1966 NL  93 (9th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1962 NL  296 (7th)
1963 NL  314 (7th)
1964 NL  322 (5th)
1965 NL  315 (6th)

Doubles s c a p y
1963 NL  36 (3rd)
1966 NL  40 (1st)
1967 NL  30 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
1961 NL  11 (2nd)
1962 NL  10 (1st)
1963 NL  11 (3rd)
1964 NL  10 (5th)
1965 NL  16 (1st)
Career  89 (214th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1963 NL  26 (7th)
1964 NL  31 (3rd)
1965 NL  32 (6th)
Career  226 (248th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1964 NL  104 (5th)
1965 NL  101 (7th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1961 NL  69 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1962 NL  96 (7th)
1963 NL  111 (8th)
1965 NL  117 (10th)
Career  1,064 (209th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1963 NL  140 (8th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1962 NL  110 (6th)
1963 NL  107 (8th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1963 NL  31 (8th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1963 NL  3.2 (8th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1963 NL  73 (3rd)
1964 NL  71 (6th)
1965 NL  73 (3rd)
Career  636 (245th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1964 NL  6 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1963 NL  13 (2nd)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1967 NL  17 (9th)
Career  73 (212th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1967 NL  12 (4th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1963 NL  24.1 (9th)
1964 NL  21.1 (8th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1963 NL  473 (8th)
1964 NL  492 (3rd)
1965 NL  476 (9th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1962 NL  37.71 (10th)
1963 NL  39.31 (10th)
1965 NL  40.53 (10th)
Career  224.12 (183rd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1962 NL  4.5 (6th)
1965 NL  4.3 (7th)
Career  18.7 (195th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1962 NL  3.5 (9th)
1963 NL  4.0 (10th)
1965 NL  4.3 (7th)
Career  19.1 (197th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1962 NL  3.7 (9th)
1963 NL  4.2 (10th)
1965 NL  4.2 (10th)
Career  22.9 (173rd)

Youngest s c a p y
1958 AL  born 1939-03-12 (5th)
1959 AL  born 1939-03-12 (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

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (422), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 59 (430), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 36 (529), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 16 (1026), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. Larry Parrish (917)
  4. Gus Bell (916)
  5. Richie Hebner (911)
  6. Brady Anderson (907)
  7. Andy Pafko (905)
  8. Bobby Murcer (904)
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  10. Bobby Thomson (903)
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  1. Dwight Evans (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Gus Bell (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Gus Bell (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jack Clark (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jack Clark (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jack Clark (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Gus Bell (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Gus Bell (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Gus Bell (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Gus Bell (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Dwight Evans (927)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Chet Lemon (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Chet Lemon (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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