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Wayne Causey

James Wayne Causey

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: December 26, 1936 in Ruston, LA
High School: Neville HS (Monroe, LA)
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 5, 1955
Teams (by GP): Athletics/WhiteSox/Orioles/Braves/Angels 1955-1968

Final Game: September 20, 1968
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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
1955 18 BAL AL 68 196 175 14 34 2 1 1 9 0 1 17 25 .194 .269 .234 .504 42 41 1 1 3 0 1 5/46
1956 19 BAL AL 53 97 88 7 15 0 1 1 4 0 0 8 23 .170 .237 .227 .464 29 20 2 0 0 1 0 5/4
1957 20 BAL AL 14 17 10 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 2 .200 .471 .200 .671 96 2 0 1 0 1 2 /45
1961 24 KCA AL 104 361 312 37 86 14 1 8 49 0 0 37 28 .276 .348 .404 .752 101 126 5 0 8 4 0 56/4
1962 25 KCA AL 117 354 305 40 77 14 1 4 38 2 0 41 30 .252 .340 .344 .684 82 105 8 2 1 5 5 65/4
1963 26 KCA AL 139 619 554 72 155 32 4 8 44 4 2 56 54 .280 .345 .395 .740 102 219 9 0 7 2 3 *6/5 MVP-21
1964 27 KCA AL 157 705 604 82 170 31 4 8 49 0 1 88 65 .281 .377 .386 .763 110 233 19 7 2 4 3 *64/5 MVP-25
1965 28 KCA AL 144 587 513 48 134 17 8 3 34 1 3 61 48 .261 .341 .343 .684 96 176 7 2 9 2 4 645
1966 29 TOT AL 106 285 243 24 58 8 2 0 18 3 0 31 19 .239 .318 .288 .606 81 70 5 0 4 6 1 456
1966 29 KCA AL 28 89 79 1 18 0 0 0 5 1 0 7 6 .228 .284 .228 .512 52 18 3 0 0 2 1 56
1966 29 CHW AL 78 196 164 23 40 8 2 0 13 2 0 24 13 .244 .333 .317 .650 95 52 2 0 4 4 0 4/56
1967 30 CHW AL 124 333 292 21 66 10 3 1 28 2 5 32 35 .226 .302 .291 .593 81 85 2 1 5 3 4 4/6
1968 31 TOT MLB 79 168 148 10 22 2 1 1 11 0 0 14 12 .149 .223 .196 .419 26 29 1 1 2 3 2 4/56
1968 31 TOT AL 63 129 111 8 18 2 0 0 7 0 0 14 8 .162 .260 .180 .440 33 20 1 1 2 1 2 4
1968 31 CHW AL 59 118 100 8 18 2 0 0 7 0 0 14 7 .180 .284 .200 .484 46 20 0 1 2 1 2 4
1968 31 CAL AL 4 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0 /4
1968 31 ATL NL 16 39 37 2 4 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 4 .108 .103 .243 .346 1 9 0 0 0 2 0 /456
11 Yrs 1105 3722 3244 357 819 130 26 35 285 12 12 390 341 .252 .333 .341 .674 89 1106 59 15 41 31 25
162 Game Avg. 162 546 476 52 120 19 4 5 42 2 2 57 50 .252 .333 .341 .674 89 162 9 2 6 5 4
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
KCA (6 yrs) 689 2715 2367 280 640 108 18 31 219 8 6 290 231 .270 .350 .371 .721 99 877 51 11 27 19 16
BAL (3 yrs) 135 310 273 23 51 2 2 2 14 0 1 30 50 .187 .270 .231 .501 41 63 3 2 3 2 3
CHW (3 yrs) 261 647 556 52 124 20 5 1 48 4 5 70 55 .223 .308 .282 .591 79 157 4 2 11 8 6
ATL (1 yr) 16 39 37 2 4 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 4 .108 .103 .243 .346 1 9 0 0 0 2 0
CAL (1 yr) 4 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0
AL (11 yrs) 1089 3683 3207 355 815 130 25 34 281 12 12 390 337 .254 .335 .342 .677 90 1097 59 15 41 29 25
NL (1 yr) 16 39 37 2 4 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 4 .108 .103 .243 .346 1 9 0 0 0 2 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
1955 18 BAL AL 68 196 -12 -1 1 -7 0 -18 -1.9 5 -13 -1.4 .472 .488 -0.7 -0.6 -6 $ 5/46
1956 19 BAL AL 53 97 -10 1 0 -3 0 -11 -1.1 3 -9 -0.9 .479 .493 -0.6 -0.2 -6 $ 5/4
1957 20 BAL AL 14 17 -0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .506 .500 0.1 0.1 1 $ /45
1961 24 KCA AL 104 361 0 2 0 0 3 5 0.4 10 15 1.4 .505 .503 1.5 0.2 15 $ 56/4
1962 25 KCA AL 117 354 -9 1 1 -4 4 -7 -0.9 10 3 0.1 .494 .495 0.6 -0.1 6 $ 65/4
1963 26 KCA AL 139 619 3 -2 1 10 8 20 2.1 17 38 3.8 .516 .514 2.8 2.0 27 $ *6/5 MVP-21
1964 27 KCA AL 157 705 10 -0 -2 -3 8 13 1.1 20 33 3.0 .509 .509 3.7 0.4 36 $ *64/5 MVP-25
1965 28 KCA AL 144 587 -0 -1 1 -8 6 -3 -0.4 16 14 1.2 .498 .498 2.2 -0.3 21 $ 645
1966 29 KCA AL 28 89 -6 -1 -0 -1 1 -7 -0.8 2 -4 -0.6 .472 .495 -0.4 -0.0 -3 $ 56
1966 29 CHW AL 78 196 -1 -0 0 4 1 5 0.5 6 11 1.1 .508 .504 0.6 0.6 6 $25,000 4/56
1967 30 CHW AL 124 333 -8 -0 1 6 2 0 -0.1 9 10 0.8 .500 .500 0.3 0.8 4 $22,500 4/6
1968 31 CHW AL 59 118 -6 0 0 -0 1 -5 -0.7 3 -2 -0.4 .488 .496 -0.3 -0.0 -2 $ 4
1968 31 CAL AL 4 11 -2 0 -0 0 0 -2 -0.3 0 -2 -0.3 .416 .498 -0.3 0.0 -2 $21,000 /4
1968 31 ATL NL 16 39 -4 -0 0 -2 0 -7 -0.8 1 -5 -0.7 .446 .495 -0.5 -0.2 -3 $ /456
11 Seasons 1105 3722 -46 -2 2 -6 35 -16 -3.0 103 87 7.2 .498 .499 9.0 2.6 93 $68,500
KCA (6 yrs) 689 2715 -2 -1 0 -5 30 22 1.5 75 97 8.9 .503 .502 10.4 2.2 102 $
BAL (3 yrs) 135 310 -22 0 1 -9 1 -29 -3.0 8 -21 -2.2 .478 .494 -1.2 -0.8 -11 $
CHW (3 yrs) 261 647 -15 -0 2 10 4 -0 -0.4 18 18 1.5 .500 .500 0.6 1.3 8 $47,500
ATL (1 yr) 16 39 -4 -0 0 -2 0 -7 -0.8 1 -5 -0.7 .446 .495 -0.5 -0.2 -3 $
CAL (1 yr) 4 11 -2 0 -0 0 0 -2 -0.3 0 -2 -0.3 .416 .498 -0.3 0.0 -2 $21,000

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
1955 18 BAL AL 196 146 12 2.2 96 .221 .194 .257 .269 .335 .234 .383 .504 .717 42 .207 -14.1 -1.4 .406 .131 .040 .0
1956 19 BAL AL 97 76 5 1.8 98 .215 .170 .256 .237 .337 .227 .391 .464 .728 29 .137 -9.0 -0.9 .373 .148 .057 .0
1957 20 BAL AL 17 9 2 6.0 93 .222 .200 .255 .471 .326 .200 .385 .671 .710 96 .640 0.8 0.1 1.000 .500 .000
1961 24 KCA AL 361 243 46 5.0 104 .279 .276 .264 .348 .339 .404 .411 .752 .750 101 .538 1.2 0.1 .706 .247 .128 .0
1962 25 KCA AL 354 242 38 4.2 106 .264 .252 .268 .340 .341 .344 .417 .684 .758 82 .466 -6.2 -0.6 .636 .233 .092 2.7
1963 26 KCA AL 619 419 77 5.0 99 .298 .280 .262 .345 .329 .395 .405 .740 .734 102 .576 2.7 0.3 .676 .220 .116 5.3
1964 27 KCA AL 705 460 90 5.3 99 .303 .281 .260 .377 .329 .386 .404 .763 .734 110 .598 12.5 1.3 .720 .248 .104 .0
1965 28 KCA AL 587 400 63 4.2 91 .282 .261 .250 .341 .319 .343 .382 .684 .702 96 .523 -1.4 -0.2 .609 .197 .082 1.5
1966 29 TOT AL 285 200 25 3.4 85 .252 .239 .242 .318 .307 .288 .373 .606 .680 81 .432 -4.2 -0.5 .547 .189 .049 .0
1966 29 KCA AL 89 66 5 2.0 87 .240 .228 .245 .284 .311 .228 .378 .512 .689 52 .233 -4.7 -0.5 .406 .101 .000 .0
1966 29 CHW AL 196 134 20 4.0 84 .258 .244 .240 .333 .306 .317 .370 .650 .676 95 .514 0.5 0.0 .619 .232 .073 .0
1967 30 CHW AL 333 241 27 3.0 80 .251 .226 .237 .302 .305 .291 .355 .593 .660 81 .405 -5.8 -0.6 .494 .164 .065 1.3
1968 31 TOT MLB 168 132 8 1.6 83 .152 .149 .245 .223 .312 .196 .358 .419 .670 26 .196 -13.4 -1.5 .346 .142 .047 .0
1968 31 TOT AL 129 97 7 1.9 83 .173 .162 .242 .260 .312 .180 .358 .440 .671 33 .252 -8.7 -1.0 .372 .144 .018
1968 31 CHW AL 118 85 7 2.2 84 .191 .180 .243 .284 .313 .200 .360 .484 .673 46 .300 -6.1 -0.7 .427 .160 .020
1968 31 CAL AL 11 12 0 0.0 76 .000 .000 .232 .000 .301 .000 .344 .000 .645 -100 .000 -2.6 -0.3 .000 .000 .000
1968 31 ATL NL 39 35 1 0.8 82 .088 .108 .253 .103 .311 .243 .357 .346 .668 1 .057 -4.7 -0.5 .273 .135 .135 .0
11 Yrs 3722 2568 393 4.1 95 .270 .252 .255 .333 .326 .341 .392 .674 .718 89 .491 -36.9 -3.9 .605 .209 .088 17.9
162 Game Avg. 546 376 58 4.1 95 .270 .252 .255 .333 .326 .341 .392 .674 .718 89 .491 -36.9 -3.9 .605 .209 .088 3
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
KCA (6 yrs) 2715 1830 319 4.7 99 .287 .270 .259 .350 .329 .371 .401 .721 .731 99 .543 4.0 0.4 .661 .223 .100 12.7
BAL (3 yrs) 310 231 19 2.2 96 .220 .187 .257 .270 .335 .231 .385 .501 .720 41 .204 -22.2 -2.2 .416 .150 .044 .0
CHW (3 yrs) 647 460 54 3.2 82 .242 .223 .239 .308 .307 .282 .360 .591 .667 79 .424 -11.4 -1.3 .517 .183 .059 1.6
ATL (1 yr) 39 35 1 0.8 82 .088 .108 .253 .103 .311 .243 .357 .346 .668 1 .057 -4.7 -0.5 .273 .135 .135 .0
CAL (1 yr) 11 12 0 0.0 76 .000 .000 .232 .000 .301 .000 .344 .000 .645 -100 .000 -2.6 -0.3 .000 .000 .000
AL (11 yrs) 3683 2533 392 4.2 95 .273 .254 .255 .335 .326 .342 .393 .677 .718 90 .495 -32.3 -3.4 .610 .210 .088 17.7
NL (1 yr) 39 35 1 0.8 82 .088 .108 .253 .103 .311 .243 .357 .346 .668 1 .057 -4.7 -0.5 .273 .135 .135 .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
1955 18 BAL AL 196 0.5% 12.8% 8.7% 2.0% 12% 1.47 7.0 175.0 19.4 0.70 76%
1956 19 BAL AL 97 1.0% 23.7% 8.3% 2.1% 13% 2.88 3.8 88.0 22.0 0.77 67%
1957 20 BAL AL 17 0.0% 11.8% 29.4% 0.0% 0% 0.40 5.0 10.0 0.40 53%
1961 24 KCA AL 361 2.2% 7.8% 10.3% 6.4% 27% 0.76 11.1 39.0 6.4 1.14 78%
1962 25 KCA AL 354 1.1% 8.5% 11.6% 5.4% 25% 0.73 10.2 76.3 8.0 1.04 78%
1963 26 KCA AL 619 1.3% 8.7% 9.1% 7.1% 28% 0.96 10.3 69.3 12.6 0.82 80%
1964 27 KCA AL 705 1.1% 9.2% 12.5% 6.1% 25% 0.74 9.3 75.5 12.3 0.91 76%
1965 28 KCA AL 587 0.5% 8.2% 10.4% 4.8% 21% 0.79 10.7 171.0 15.1 0.95 79%
1966 29 TOT AL 285 0.0% 6.7% 10.9% 3.5% 17% 0.61 12.8 13.5 0.88 81%
1966 29 KCA AL 89 0.0% 6.7% 7.9% 0.0% 0% 0.86 13.2 15.8 0.67 84%
1966 29 CHW AL 196 0.0% 6.6% 12.2% 5.1% 25% 0.54 12.6 12.6 1.02 79%
1967 30 CHW AL 333 0.3% 10.5% 9.6% 4.2% 21% 1.09 8.3 292.0 10.4 0.79 78%
1968 31 TOT MLB 168 0.6% 7.1% 8.3% 2.4% 18% 0.86 12.3 148.0 13.5 0.78 82%
1968 31 TOT AL 129 0.0% 6.2% 10.9% 1.6% 11% 0.57 13.9 15.9 0.85 81%
1968 31 CHW AL 118 0.0% 5.9% 11.9% 1.7% 11% 0.50 14.3 14.3 0.81 80%
1968 31 CAL AL 11 0.0% 9.1% 0.0% 0.0% 11.0 1.20 91%
1968 31 ATL NL 39 2.6% 10.3% 0.0% 5.1% 50% 9.3 37.0 9.3 0.58 87%
11 Yrs 3722 0.9% 9.2% 10.5% 5.1% 23% 0.87 9.5 92.7 11.4 0.89 78%
MLB Averages 2.2% 14.3% 8.4% 6.4% 28% 1.70 6.3 40.0 8.8 1.06 73%
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
1955 18 BAL AL -14.1 -1.4 199 -0.8 2.6 -3.5 1.03 -1.2 0.5 -12.2 -1.3 0.93 -14.1 0.87 8
1956 19 BAL AL -9.2 -0.9 98 -0.8 0.7 -1.5 .80 -0.9 -0.1 -10.9 -1.1 0.90 -11.3 0.63 13
1957 20 BAL AL 0.8 0.1 18 0.0 0.2 -0.2 .98 -0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.86 0.3 1.18 3
1961 24 KCA AL 0.8 0.1 367 -0.6 6.2 -6.8 1.06 0.4 -0.9 5.1 0.5 0.96 5.9 2.72 2
1962 25 KCA AL -6.2 -0.6 358 -1.3 5.5 -6.8 1.08 -0.6 -0.6 -1.8 -0.2 1.00 -3.9 1.71 26
1963 26 KCA AL 2.7 0.3 633 1.6 11.5 -9.9 1.00 0.8 0.7 6.7 0.7 0.92 8.3 2.60 1
1964 27 KCA AL 12.5 1.3 715 1.8 13.3 -11.5 1.02 1.9 -0.2 15.4 1.5 0.91 17.8 1.50 3
1965 28 KCA AL -1.4 -0.2 601 -0.7 9.2 -9.9 .98 0.4 -1.1 3.0 0.3 0.89 5.0 1.63 8
1966 29 TOT AL -4.2 -0.5 292 1.0 5.8 -4.8 1.15 -0.2 1.1 -4.6 -0.5 0.91 -4.6 1.45 19
1966 29 KCA AL -4.7 -0.5 91 0.1 1.6 -1.6 1.11 -0.5 0.6 -4.6 -0.5 0.89 -5.8 2.15 4
1966 29 CHW AL 0.5 0.0 201 1.0 4.2 -3.2 1.17 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.92 1.2 1.26 15
1967 30 CHW AL -5.4 -0.6 343 -0.4 5.4 -5.8 1.10 -0.7 0.4 -3.5 -0.4 0.95 -4.6 1.87 34
1968 31 TOT MLB -13.5 -1.6 168 -0.9 2.9 -3.8 1.37 -1.1 0.5 -10.2 -1.2 1.01 -11.8 1.89 35
1968 31 TOT AL -8.8 -1.0 130 -0.5 2.2 -2.7 1.35 -0.7 0.4 -4.7 -0.6 0.98 -7.4 1.95 27
1968 31 CHW AL -6.2 -0.7 119 -0.3 2.2 -2.5 1.42 -0.5 0.3 -1.8 -0.2 0.98 -4.7 1.95 27
1968 31 CAL AL -2.6 -0.3 11 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .59 -0.2 -0.1 -2.9 -0.4 1.01 -2.7 0
1968 31 ATL NL -4.7 -0.5 38 -0.4 0.7 -1.1 1.45 -0.4 0.1 -5.5 -0.6 1.10 -4.4 1.71 8
11 Yrs -37.3 -4.0 3792 -1.0 63.3 -64.4 1.05 -1.4 0.4 -12.7 -1.6 0.93 -13.1 1.62 152
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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1955 18 BAL AL 4 0 26% 67 0 1 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 15% 8 8 0 2 2 0 3 1 2
1956 19 BAL AL 0 0 27% 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 2 1 1 1 1 0 3 1 2
1957 20 BAL AL 0 0 25% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1961 24 KCA AL 4 0 25% 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 11 58% 16 8 8 2 1 1 8 2 6
1962 25 KCA AL 3 0 31% 127 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 53% 16 10 6 4 2 2 10 2 8
1963 26 KCA AL 9 0 32% 292 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 11 41% 44 31 12 11 6 5 24 9 15
1964 27 KCA AL 6 0 29% 395 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 13 41% 44 34 10 12 10 2 24 3 21
1965 28 KCA AL 9 0 23% 279 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 10 40% 42 31 10 6 3 3 14 2 12
1966 29 TOT AL 2 0 27% 122 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 41% 12 10 2 1 1 0 16 4 10
1966 29 KCA AL 0 0 4% 33 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 0
1966 29 CHW AL 2 0 36% 89 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 52% 9 7 2 1 1 0 13 2 10
1967 30 CHW AL 2 0 20% 103 2 5 29% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 48% 16 9 6 2 0 2 9 4 5
1968 31 TOT MLB 2 0 25% 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 39% 7 6 1 1 1 0 5 1 4
1968 31 TOT AL 2 0 24% 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 36% 6 5 1 1 1 0 4 1 3
1968 31 CHW AL 2 0 24% 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 36% 6 5 1 1 1 0 4 1 3
1968 31 CAL AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 31 ATL NL 0 0 33% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
11 Yrs 41 0 27% 1608 12 12 50% 12 11 0 0 0 0 5 0 41 72 43% 210 150 57 42 27 15 117 29 86
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

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
1955 18 BAL AL 196 88% 34 8 0 0 0 0.87 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 100% 37 1 3% 19 3 16% 99 8 8% 10 2 20% 5 2 40% 0
1956 19 BAL AL 97 88% 15 13 5 1 2 0.63 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 19 2 11% 12 3 25% 49 3 6% 1 1 100% 5 1 20% 0
1957 20 BAL AL 17 82% 2 3 0 0 0 1.18 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 1 1 100% 11 1 9% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1961 24 KCA AL 361 71% 86 2 0 0 0 2.72 8 1 12 7 1 3 5 0 9 8 89% 82 5 6% 41 20 49% 241 41 17% 28 17 61% 14 10 71% 0
1962 25 KCA AL 354 69% 77 26 8 0 5 1.71 4 0 12 4 0 4 0 0 1 1 100% 83 8 10% 40 17 43% 255 36 14% 37 17 46% 16 8 50% 0
1963 26 KCA AL 619 65% 155 1 1 0 1 2.60 8 0 14 7 1 4 4 0 7 7 100% 106 9 8% 56 15 27% 306 39 13% 30 12 40% 23 11 48% 0
1964 27 KCA AL 705 69% 170 3 2 0 0 1.50 8 0 11 7 1 4 4 0 2 2 100% 100 19 19% 50 16 32% 338 43 13% 18 9 50% 16 8 50% 0
1965 28 KCA AL 587 72% 134 8 1 0 0 1.63 3 0 8 3 0 3 0 0 10 9 90% 88 7 8% 47 15 32% 278 33 12% 29 13 45% 17 9 53% 0
1966 29 TOT AL 285 80% 58 19 7 0 2 1.45 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 41 5 12% 29 12 41% 131 18 14% 15 9 60% 6 4 67% 0
1966 29 KCA AL 89 85% 18 4 2 0 1 2.15 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 3 21% 9 3 33% 40 5 13% 5 2 40% 3 2 67% 0
1966 29 CHW AL 196 77% 40 15 5 0 1 1.26 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 27 2 7% 20 9 45% 91 13 14% 10 7 70% 3 2 67% 0
1967 30 CHW AL 333 80% 66 34 10 0 5 1.87 1 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 5 5 100% 48 2 4% 29 17 59% 191 28 15% 13 7 54% 16 9 56% 0
1968 31 TOT MLB 168 91% 22 35 6 0 5 1.89 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 100% 31 1 3% 23 8 35% 109 11 10% 13 7 54% 10 4 40% 0
1968 31 TOT AL 129 91% 18 27 6 0 5 1.95 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 26 1 4% 14 6 43% 82 8 10% 8 5 63% 8 4 50% 0
1968 31 CHW AL 118 90% 18 27 6 0 5 1.95 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 24 0 0% 13 5 38% 75 7 9% 7 4 57% 7 3 43% 0
1968 31 CAL AL 11 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 7 1 14% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0
1968 31 ATL NL 39 92% 4 8 0 0 0 1.71 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 9 2 22% 27 3 11% 5 2 40% 2 0 0% 0
11 Yrs 3722 73% 819 152 40 1 20 1.62 35 1 80 32 3 21 14 0 43 41 95% 639 59 9% 347 127 37% 2008 261 13% 195 95 49% 128 66 52% 0
MLB Averages 51% 77% 10% 31% 14% 48% 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 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1955 18 68 196 175 14 34 2 1 1 9 0 1 17 25 .194 .269 .234 .504 42 41 1 1 3 0 1
1956 19 121 293 263 21 49 2 2 2 13 0 1 25 48 .186 .259 .232 .491 37 61 3 1 3 1 1
1957 20 135 310 273 23 51 2 2 2 14 0 1 30 50 .187 .270 .231 .501 41 63 3 2 3 2 3
1958 21 135 310 273 23 51 2 2 2 14 0 1 30 50 .187 .270 .231 .501 41 63 3 2 3 2 3
1959 22 135 310 273 23 51 2 2 2 14 0 1 30 50 .187 .270 .231 .501 41 63 3 2 3 2 3
1960 23 135 310 273 23 51 2 2 2 14 0 1 30 50 .187 .270 .231 .501 41 63 3 2 3 2 3
1961 24 239 671 585 60 137 16 3 10 63 0 1 67 78 .234 .312 .323 .635 74 189 8 2 11 6 3
1962 25 356 1025 890 100 214 30 4 14 101 2 1 108 108 .240 .322 .330 .652 77 294 16 4 12 11 8
1963 26 495 1644 1444 172 369 62 8 22 145 6 3 164 162 .256 .330 .355 .686 86 513 25 4 19 13 11
1964 27 652 2349 2048 254 539 93 12 30 194 6 4 252 227 .263 .345 .364 .709 93 746 44 11 21 17 14
1965 28 796 2936 2561 302 673 110 20 33 228 7 7 313 275 .263 .344 .360 .704 94 922 51 13 30 19 18
1966 29 902 3221 2804 326 731 118 22 33 246 10 7 344 294 .261 .341 .354 .695 93 992 56 13 34 25 19
1967 30 1026 3554 3096 347 797 128 25 34 274 12 12 376 329 .257 .338 .348 .686 92 1077 58 14 39 28 23
1968 31 1105 3722 3244 357 819 130 26 35 285 12 12 390 341 .252 .333 .341 .674 89 1106 59 15 41 31 25

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
1955 18 71 208 185 16 38 2 1 1 10 0 19 26 .205 .283 .243 .526 13 68
1956 19 55 102 92 8 16 0 1 1 4 0 9 24 .174 .245 .228 .473 5 53
1957 20 15 17 10 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 2 .200 .471 .200 .671 1 14
1961 24 104 358 310 36 84 14 1 8 47 0 36 28 .271 .343 .400 .743 43 104
1962 25 117 351 303 38 75 14 1 4 36 2 40 30 .248 .334 .340 .674 34 117
1963 26 139 622 556 73 157 32 4 8 45 4 57 54 .282 .348 .397 .745 77 139
1964 27 156 708 605 85 174 32 4 8 51 0 90 65 .288 .384 .393 .777 90 157
1965 28 144 603 524 55 145 18 9 3 39 1 66 48 .277 .359 .363 .721 68 144
1966 29 107 297 252 29 66 9 2 0 22 3 35 19 .262 .345 .313 .658 28 106
1967 30 124 349 303 27 77 12 4 1 36 2 37 35 .254 .334 .330 .664 33 124
1968 31 79 173 151 12 25 2 1 1 13 0 16 12 .166 .246 .212 .458 8 79
11 Yrs 1111 3788 3291 381 859 135 28 35 304 12 410 343 .261 .343 .351 .694 400 1105
162 Game Avg. 162 552 480 56 125 20 4 5 44 2 60 50 .261 .343 .351 .694 58 1105

* 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1963 AL (21, 2%)
1964 AL (25, 1%)
0.03 Career Shares (1251st)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1963 AL  2.0 (2nd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1964 AL  .377 (7th)

At Bats s c a p y
1964 AL  604 (9th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1964 AL  705 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1964 AL  170 (6th)

Doubles s c a p y
1963 AL  32 (3rd)
1964 AL  31 (5th)

Triples s c a p y
1965 AL  8 (5th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1964 AL  88 (5th)

Singles s c a p y
1964 AL  127 (5th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1964 AL  265 (1st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1964 AL  7 (4th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1965 AL  9 (10th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1966 AL  6 (8th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1964 AL  19 (6th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1965 AL  10.7 (7th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1964 AL  460 (10th)

Youngest s c a p y
1955 AL  born 1936-12-26 (8th)
1956 AL  born 1936-12-26 (9th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 11 (1346), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 15 (1083), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Mark Lemke (967)
  2. Alex Cora (950)
  3. Jose Oquendo (950)
  4. Billy Gardner (948)
  5. Denny Doyle (948)
  6. Johnny Berardino (945)
  7. Bill Almon (945)
  8. Mike Gallego (944)
  9. Bobby Knoop (944)
  10. Tom Foley (944)
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  1. Charley Smith (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Phil Gagliano (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Davey Williams (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. D'Angelo Jimenez (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Tito Fuentes (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ron Oester (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Ron Oester (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mark Lemke (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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