Bob Cerv
Robert Henry Cerv
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right

Born: May 5, 1926 in Lincoln, NE
High School: Weston (Weston, NE)
School: University of Nebraska
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 1, 1951
Final Game: July 29, 1962
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Standard Batting

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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
1951 25 NYY AL 12 32 28 4 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 6 .214 .313 .250 .563 56 7 1 0 0 /O
1952 26 NYY AL 36 96 87 11 21 3 2 1 8 0 1 9 22 .241 .313 .356 .669 91 31 0 0 0 O
1953 27 NYY AL 8 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 -58 0 0 0 0
1954 28 NYY AL 56 112 100 14 26 6 0 5 13 0 2 11 17 .260 .330 .470 .800 121 47 3 0 0 1 7
1955 29 NYY AL 55 96 85 17 29 4 2 3 22 4 0 7 16 .341 .411 .541 .952 156 46 1 3 1 0 0 7/89
1956 30 NYY AL 54 135 115 16 35 5 6 3 25 0 1 18 13 .304 .396 .530 .926 146 61 3 0 1 1 0 78
1957 31 KCA AL 124 371 345 35 94 14 2 11 44 1 1 20 57 .272 .312 .420 .732 98 145 13 1 2 3 1 789
1958 32 KCA AL 141 572 515 93 157 20 7 38 104 3 3 50 82 .305 .371 .592 .963 159 305 19 5 0 2 10 *7 AS,MVP-4
1959 33 KCA AL 125 513 463 61 132 22 4 20 87 3 2 35 87 .285 .332 .479 .812 119 222 13 3 1 11 5 *7
1960 34 TOT AL 110 338 294 46 74 12 2 14 40 0 0 40 53 .252 .346 .449 .795 118 132 8 3 0 1 3 7/389
1960 34 KCA AL 23 89 78 14 20 1 1 6 12 0 0 10 17 .256 .337 .526 .863 130 41 2 0 0 1 1 7
1960 34 NYY AL 87 249 216 32 54 11 1 8 28 0 0 30 36 .250 .349 .421 .771 114 91 6 3 0 0 2 7/389
1961 35 TOT AL 75 191 175 20 41 8 1 8 26 1 0 13 25 .234 .289 .429 .718 90 75 10 1 1 1 0 7/38
1961 35 LAA AL 18 60 57 3 9 3 0 2 6 0 0 1 8 .158 .169 .316 .485 21 18 4 0 1 1 0 7
1961 35 NYY AL 57 131 118 17 32 5 1 6 20 1 0 12 17 .271 .344 .483 .827 124 57 6 1 0 0 0 7/38
1962 36 TOT MLB 33 53 48 3 9 1 0 2 3 0 0 4 13 .188 .264 .333 .597 64 16 2 1 0 0 0 /79
1962 36 NYY AL 14 20 17 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .118 .250 .176 .426 19 3 0 1 0 0 0 /9
1962 36 HOU NL 19 33 31 2 7 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 10 .226 .273 .419 .692 89 13 2 0 0 0 0 /7
12 Seasons 829 2516 2261 320 624 96 26 105 374 12 10 212 392 .276 .340 .481 .821 122 1087 73 17 6 20 19
162 Game Avg. 162 492 442 63 122 19 5 21 73 2 2 41 77 .276 .340 .481 .821 122 212 14 3 1
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
NYY (9 yrs) 379 878 772 112 205 36 12 26 118 5 4 94 131 .266 .350 .444 .795 118 343 20 8 2 2 2
KCA (4 yrs) 413 1545 1401 203 403 57 14 75 247 7 6 115 243 .288 .342 .509 .851 129 713 47 9 3 17 17
LAA (1 yr) 18 60 57 3 9 3 0 2 6 0 0 1 8 .158 .169 .316 .485 21 18 4 0 1 1 0
HOU (1 yr) 19 33 31 2 7 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 10 .226 .273 .419 .692 89 13 2 0 0 0 0
AL (12 yrs) 810 2483 2230 318 617 96 26 103 371 12 10 210 382 .277 .341 .482 .822 123 1074 71 17 6 20 19
NL (1 yr) 19 33 31 2 7 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 10 .226 .273 .419 .692 89 13 2 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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 25 NYY AL 32 23 2 2.3 99 .273 .214 .263 .313 .343 .250 .385 .563 .728 56 .231 -1.6 -0.2 .478 .179 .036
1952 26 NYY AL 96 67 9 3.6 91 .313 .241 .253 .313 .332 .356 .369 .669 .701 91 .439 -1.3 -0.1 .582 .207 .115 .0
1953 27 NYY AL 7 6 0 0.0 100 .000 .000 .266 .143 .342 .000 .392 .143 .733 -58 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .167 .167 .000
1954 28 NYY AL 112 80 15 5.0 96 .266 .260 .262 .330 .337 .470 .383 .800 .720 121 .575 2.6 0.3 .709 .300 .210 .0
1955 29 NYY AL 96 58 20 9.2 102 .394 .341 .265 .411 .345 .541 .395 .952 .739 156 .783 6.5 0.6 1.053 .329 .200 3.4
1956 30 NYY AL 135 86 24 7.5 104 .320 .304 .264 .396 .345 .530 .402 .926 .747 146 .691 7.5 0.7 .929 .374 .226 .0
1957 31 KCA AL 371 270 42 4.2 100 .296 .272 .264 .312 .337 .420 .399 .732 .735 98 .480 -2.4 -0.2 .626 .206 .148 1.8
1958 32 KCA AL 572 382 106 7.4 100 .300 .305 .264 .371 .333 .592 .401 .963 .734 159 .731 39.2 3.9 .947 .384 .287 5.6
1959 33 KCA AL 513 358 72 5.4 100 .305 .285 .263 .332 .334 .479 .401 .812 .736 119 .593 11.3 1.1 .754 .272 .194 5.2
1960 34 TOT AL 338 229 46 5.4 98 .263 .252 .258 .346 .331 .449 .395 .795 .726 118 .584 7.5 0.8 .768 .333 .197 .0
1960 34 KCA AL 89 61 14 6.2 101 .250 .256 .263 .337 .337 .526 .403 .863 .740 130 .642 2.9 0.3 .850 .397 .269 .0
1960 34 NYY AL 249 168 32 5.1 96 .267 .250 .256 .349 .329 .421 .392 .771 .721 114 .561 4.7 0.5 .738 .310 .171 .0
1961 35 TOT AL 191 146 20 3.6 104 .231 .234 .264 .289 .339 .429 .411 .718 .749 90 .391 -3.4 -0.4 .625 .274 .194 1.8
1961 35 LAA AL 60 54 2 1.0 113 .146 .158 .276 .169 .353 .316 .430 .485 .783 21 .056 -6.9 -0.7 .365 .175 .158 .0
1961 35 NYY AL 131 92 18 5.2 100 .274 .271 .258 .344 .332 .483 .401 .827 .734 124 .553 3.6 0.3 .772 .322 .212 1.7
1962 36 TOT MLB 53 41 4 2.6 98 .212 .188 .261 .264 .329 .333 .399 .597 .728 64 .266 -2.6 -0.3 .512 .229 .146 .0
1962 36 NYY AL 20 15 1 1.8 100 .143 .118 .260 .250 .331 .176 .404 .426 .735 19 .153 -1.9 -0.2 .400 .176 .059
1962 36 HOU NL 33 26 3 3.1 97 .263 .226 .261 .273 .328 .419 .397 .692 .724 89 .329 -0.7 -0.1 .577 .258 .194 .0
12 Seasons 2516 1746 360 5.5 100 .291 .276 .262 .340 .335 .481 .398 .821 .733 122 .601 62.1 6.1 .766 .299 .205 21.5
162 Game Avg. 492 341 70 5.5 100 .291 .276 .262 .340 .335 .481 .398 .821 .733 122 .601 12 1 .766 .299 .205 4
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
NYY (9 yrs) 878 595 121 5.5 98 .290 .266 .259 .350 .336 .444 .392 .795 .727 118 .587 18.7 1.8 .755 .302 .179 8.4
KCA (4 yrs) 1545 1071 234 5.9 100 .298 .288 .264 .342 .335 .509 .401 .851 .735 129 .632 51.0 5.1 .797 .304 .221 12.8
LAA (1 yr) 60 54 2 1.0 113 .146 .158 .276 .169 .353 .316 .430 .485 .783 21 .055 -6.9 -0.7 .365 .175 .158 .0
HOU (1 yr) 33 26 3 3.1 97 .263 .226 .261 .273 .328 .419 .397 .692 .724 89 .329 -0.7 -0.1 .577 .258 .194 .0
AL (12 yrs) 2483 1720 357 5.6 100 .291 .277 .262 .341 .335 .482 .398 .822 .734 123 .604 62.8 6.2 .769 .300 .205 21.5
NL (1 yr) 33 26 3 3.1 97 .263 .226 .261 .273 .328 .419 .397 .692 .724 89 .329 -0.7 -0.1 .577 .258 .194 .0

Postseason Batting

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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
1955 29 NYY AL WS BRO L 5 16 16 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 .125 .125 .313 .438 5 1 0 0 0 0
1956 30 NYY AL WS BRO W 1 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
1960 34 NYY AL WS PIT L 4 14 14 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .357 .357 .357 .714 5 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 10 31 31 2 8 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 7 .258 .258 .355 .613 11 1 0 0 0 0
3 WS 10 31 31 2 8 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 7 .258 .258 .355 .613 11 1 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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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
1958 KCA AL 32 as LF 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 1 0 0 0 0 1

Ratio Batting*

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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
1951 25 NYY AL 32 0.0% 18.8% 12.5% 3.1% 17% 1.50 4.7 14.0 69%
1952 26 NYY AL 96 1.0% 22.9% 9.4% 6.3% 29% 2.44 4.0 87.0 10.9 67%
1953 27 NYY AL 7 0.0% 14.3% 14.3% 0.0% 1.00 6.0 71%
1954 28 NYY AL 112 4.5% 15.2% 9.8% 9.8% 42% 1.55 5.9 20.0 7.7 1.21 71%
1955 29 NYY AL 96 3.1% 16.7% 7.3% 9.4% 31% 2.29 5.3 28.3 3.9 1.73 69%
1956 30 NYY AL 135 2.2% 9.6% 13.3% 10.4% 40% 0.72 8.8 38.3 4.6 1.91 74%
1957 31 KCA AL 371 3.0% 15.4% 5.4% 7.3% 29% 2.85 6.1 31.4 7.8 1.19 75%
1958 32 KCA AL 572 6.6% 14.3% 8.7% 11.4% 41% 1.64 6.3 13.6 5.0 1.18 69%
1959 33 KCA AL 513 3.9% 17.0% 6.8% 9.0% 35% 2.49 5.3 23.2 5.3 1.44 72%
1960 34 TOT AL 338 4.1% 15.7% 11.8% 8.3% 38% 1.33 5.5 21.0 7.4 1.18 67%
1960 34 KCA AL 89 6.7% 19.1% 11.2% 9.0% 40% 1.70 4.6 13.0 6.5 0.67 63%
1960 34 NYY AL 249 3.2% 14.5% 12.1% 8.0% 37% 1.20 6.0 27.0 7.7 1.42 69%
1961 35 TOT AL 191 4.2% 13.1% 6.8% 8.9% 42% 1.92 7.0 21.9 6.7 2.05 75%
1961 35 LAA AL 60 3.3% 13.3% 1.7% 8.3% 56% 8.00 7.1 28.5 9.5 2.75 80%
1961 35 NYY AL 131 4.6% 13.0% 9.2% 9.2% 38% 1.42 6.9 19.7 5.9 1.74 73%
1962 36 TOT MLB 53 3.8% 24.5% 7.6% 5.7% 33% 3.25 3.7 24.0 16.0 0.87 62%
1962 36 NYY AL 20 0.0% 15.0% 10.0% 5.0% 50% 1.50 5.7 0.50 70%
1962 36 HOU NL 33 6.1% 30.3% 6.1% 6.1% 29% 5.00 3.1 15.5 10.3 1.29 58%
12 Seasons 2516 4.2% 15.6% 8.4% 9.0% 36% 1.85 5.8 21.5 6.0 1.34 71%
MLB Averages
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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1954 28 NYY AL 3 0 28% 48 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18% 5 5 0 1 1 0 5 3 2
1955 29 NYY AL 1 0 39% 36 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 46% 6 4 2 3 0 3 4 3 1
1956 30 NYY AL 4 0 26% 65 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 33% 8 6 2 3 1 1 4 2 2
1957 31 KCA AL 3 0 23% 120 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 50% 12 6 5 3 2 1 9 3 6
1958 32 KCA AL 9 0 32% 207 3 3 50% 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 11 52% 33 20 13 6 2 3 19 4 14
1959 33 KCA AL 8 0 27% 184 3 2 60% 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 8 37% 17 13 2 8 4 4 13 4 8
1960 34 TOT AL 9 0 31% 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 28% 20 15 5 5 3 2 7 4 2
1960 34 KCA AL 5 0 33% 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 27% 6 5 1 2 1 1 3 1 1
1960 34 NYY AL 4 0 30% 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 29% 14 10 4 3 2 1 4 3 1
1961 35 TOT AL 3 0 26% 49 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 54% 9 4 5 0 0 0 4 2 2
1961 35 LAA AL 1 0 13% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 35 NYY AL 2 0 28% 36 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 58% 8 3 5 0 0 0 4 2 2
1962 36 TOT MLB 0 0 8% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 36 NYY AL 0 0 20% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 36 HOU NL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 40 0 29% 831 12 10 55% 10 7 1 2 0 0 4 0 19 42 42% 110 73 34 29 13 14 65 25 37
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1954 28 NYY AL 102 65% 26 27 9 0 2 1.34 5 0 2 2 2 1 3 0 0 0 19 3 16% 9 2 22% 80 8 10% 5 3 60% 7 1 14% 10
1955 29 NYY AL 96 52% 29 33 11 2 9 1.33 3 0 5 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 100% 18 1 6% 4 2 50% 70 21 30% 3 3 100% 5 4 80% 0
1956 30 NYY AL 134 60% 35 9 0 0 1 1.21 3 1 6 1 2 1 2 0 2 1 50% 28 3 11% 8 4 50% 95 22 23% 13 8 62% 11 3 27% 0
1957 31 KCA AL 341 9% 94 35 8 2 9 1.68 11 0 4 9 0 6 3 0 3 2 67% 67 13 19% 33 9 27% 189 33 17% 18 10 56% 27 11 41% 30
1958 32 KCA AL 549 19% 157 6 2 1 2 1.74 38 0 6 30 7 20 17 0 0 0 106 19 18% 39 8 21% 305 64 21% 29 16 55% 30 16 53% 22
1959 33 KCA AL 512 26% 132 5 2 0 0 1.82 20 1 10 18 2 14 6 0 1 1 100% 103 13 13% 53 19 36% 357 70 20% 41 24 59% 31 14 45% 1
1960 34 TOT AL 338 31% 74 30 8 2 7 1.58 14 0 6 10 4 5 9 0 2 0 0% 67 8 12% 29 5 17% 223 29 13% 24 9 38% 24 5 21% 0
1960 34 KCA AL 89 27% 20 1 0 0 0 2.00 6 0 3 3 3 2 4 0 0 0 17 2 12% 10 1 10% 57 8 14% 6 2 33% 3 1 33% 0
1960 34 NYY AL 249 32% 54 29 8 2 7 1.56 8 0 3 7 1 3 5 0 2 0 0% 50 6 12% 19 4 21% 166 21 13% 18 7 39% 21 4 19% 0
1961 35 TOT AL 191 47% 41 22 8 3 7 1.79 8 1 9 3 5 3 5 0 1 1 100% 47 10 21% 14 2 14% 145 19 13% 10 5 50% 6 1 17% 0
1961 35 LAA AL 60 27% 9 2 0 0 1 2.06 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 100% 11 4 36% 6 1 17% 37 4 11% 3 1 33% 2 0 0% 0
1961 35 NYY AL 131 56% 32 20 8 3 6 1.76 6 1 8 2 4 2 4 0 0 0 36 6 17% 8 1 13% 108 15 14% 7 4 57% 4 1 25% 0
1962 36 TOT MLB 53 53% 9 20 4 0 0 1.60 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 12 2 17% 5 1 20% 37 1 3% 3 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1962 36 NYY AL 20 75% 2 9 1 0 0 1.93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 15 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1962 36 HOU NL 33 39% 7 11 3 0 0 1.32 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 9 2 22% 4 1 25% 22 1 5% 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
12 Seasons 2316 29% 624 187 52 10 37 1.54 105 3 49 76 24 51 49 0 10 6 60% 467 73 16% 194 52 27% 1501 267 18% 146 78 53% 143 55 38% 63
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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 25 12 32 28 4 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 6 .214 .313 .250 .563 56 7 1 0 0
1952 26 48 128 115 15 27 4 2 1 10 0 1 13 28 .235 .313 .330 .643 82 38 1 0 0
1953 27 56 135 121 15 27 4 2 1 10 0 1 14 29 .223 .304 .314 .618 75 38 1 0 0
1954 28 112 247 221 29 53 10 2 6 23 0 3 25 46 .240 .316 .385 .700 96 85 4 0 0 1
1955 29 167 343 306 46 82 14 4 9 45 4 3 32 62 .268 .342 .428 .770 113 131 5 3 1 1 0
1956 30 221 478 421 62 117 19 10 12 70 4 4 50 75 .278 .357 .456 .813 123 192 8 3 2 2 0
1957 31 345 849 766 97 211 33 12 23 114 5 5 70 132 .275 .337 .440 .777 112 337 21 4 4 5 1
1958 32 486 1421 1281 190 368 53 19 61 218 8 8 120 214 .287 .351 .501 .852 131 642 40 9 4 7 11
1959 33 611 1934 1744 251 500 75 23 81 305 11 10 155 301 .287 .346 .495 .841 128 864 53 12 5 18 16
1960 34 721 2272 2038 297 574 87 25 95 345 11 10 195 354 .282 .346 .489 .835 126 996 61 15 5 19 19
1961 35 796 2463 2213 317 615 95 26 103 371 12 10 208 379 .278 .341 .484 .825 123 1071 71 16 6 20 19
1962 36 829 2516 2261 320 624 96 26 105 374 12 10 212 392 .276 .340 .481 .821 122 1087 73 17 6 20 19

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 25 13 33 29 4 6 1 0 0 2 0 4 6 .207 .303 .241 .544 2 12
1952 26 38 103 93 14 24 3 2 1 10 0 10 23 .258 .330 .366 .696 11 36
1953 27 8 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 8
1954 28 59 118 105 16 28 6 0 5 15 0 12 18 .267 .339 .467 .806 17 56
1955 29 57 102 91 18 32 4 2 3 23 4 8 17 .352 .422 .538 .960 21 55
1956 30 56 140 120 17 36 5 6 3 26 0 19 14 .300 .393 .517 .910 25 54
1957 31 130 384 360 38 96 14 2 11 48 1 20 60 .267 .305 .408 .713 45 124
1958 32 147 596 537 101 163 21 7 39 113 3 52 86 .304 .369 .587 .956 115 141
1959 33 131 531 481 64 135 22 4 20 91 3 36 91 .281 .328 .468 .795 75 125
1960 34 116 361 313 52 82 13 2 16 45 0 44 56 .262 .357 .470 .827 52 110
1961 35 75 187 173 20 39 8 1 8 26 1 12 25 .225 .278 .422 .700 20 75
1962 36 33 53 48 3 9 1 0 2 3 0 4 13 .188 .264 .333 .597 4 33
12 Seasons 863 2615 2356 347 650 98 26 108 402 12 222 410 .276 .340 .477 .817 387 829
162 Game Avg. 162 491 442 65 122 18 5 20 75 2 42 77 .276 .340 .477 .817 73 829

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1958 (LF)

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1958-AL-4-49%
0.49 Career Shares (437th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1958 AL--.305--6th
1959 AL--.285--10th

Slugging % s c a p y
1958 AL--.592--2nd
1959 AL--.479--9th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1958 AL--.963--4th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1958 AL--93--5th

Total Bases s c a p y
1958 AL--305--2nd

Triples s c a p y
1958 AL--7--6th

Home Runs s c a p y
1958 AL--38--4th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1958 AL--104--4th
1959 AL--87--10th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1958 AL--82--8th
1959 AL--87--8th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1958 AL--159--4th

Runs Created s c a p y
1958 AL--106--6th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1958 AL--39--5th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1958 AL--3.9--5th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1958 AL--65--3rd

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1958 AL--.731--5th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1958 AL--5--10th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1959 AL--11--2nd

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1958 AL--10--3rd

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1958 AL--19--4th
1959 AL--13--9th

AB per HR s c a p y
1958 AL--13.553--3rd

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 16 (996), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 10 (1113), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1533), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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