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Ben Chapman

William Benjamin Chapman

Positions: Outfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 25, 1908 in Nashville, TN
High School: Phillips HS (Birmingham, AL)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1930
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Indians/RedSox/Senators/WhiteSox/... 1930-1946

Final Game: May 12, 1946
Died: July 7, 1993 in Hoover, AL
Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
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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
1930 21 NYY AL 138 565 513 74 162 31 10 10 81 14 6 43 58 .316 .371 .474 .845 116 243 2 6 54
1931 22 NYY AL 149 685 600 120 189 28 11 17 122 61 23 75 77 .315 .396 .483 .879 135 290 5 6 *O794 MVP-15
1932 23 NYY AL 151 663 581 101 174 41 15 10 107 38 18 71 55 .299 .381 .473 .854 125 275 5 5 *O97
1933 24 NYY AL 147 654 565 112 176 36 4 9 98 27 18 72 45 .312 .393 .437 .830 125 247 4 10 *O97 AS,MVP-20
1934 25 NYY AL 149 665 588 82 181 21 13 5 86 26 16 67 68 .308 .381 .413 .795 110 243 3 8 *O879 AS
1935 26 NYY AL 140 629 553 118 160 38 8 8 74 17 10 61 39 .289 .361 .430 .791 108 238 1 14 *8O AS
1936 27 TOT AL 133 629 540 110 170 50 10 5 81 20 9 84 38 .315 .408 .472 .880 122 255 1 3 *8O AS
1936 27 NYY AL 36 156 139 19 37 14 3 1 21 1 2 15 20 .266 .338 .432 .769 91 60 0 2 8O
1936 27 WSH AL 97 473 401 91 133 36 7 4 60 19 7 69 18 .332 .431 .486 .917 132 195 1 1 8O
1937 28 TOT AL 148 643 553 99 164 30 12 7 69 35 12 83 42 .297 .389 .432 .822 104 239 1 6 *O98/76
1937 28 WSH AL 35 156 130 23 34 7 1 0 12 8 0 26 7 .262 .385 .331 .715 85 43 0 0 8O
1937 28 BOS AL 113 487 423 76 130 23 11 7 57 27 12 57 35 .307 .391 .463 .854 110 196 1 6 *O98/76
1938 29 BOS AL 127 553 480 92 163 40 8 6 80 13 6 65 33 .340 .418 .494 .912 123 237 0 8 *O9/57
1939 30 CLE AL 149 654 545 101 158 31 9 6 82 18 6 87 30 .290 .390 .413 .802 108 225 19 2 20 *O89/7
1940 31 CLE AL 143 631 548 82 157 40 6 4 50 13 7 78 45 .286 .377 .403 .781 104 221 19 2 3 *O798
1941 32 TOT AL 85 331 300 35 71 15 1 3 29 4 4 29 20 .237 .304 .323 .627 68 97 9 0 2 O78/9
1941 32 WSH AL 28 121 110 9 28 6 0 1 10 2 2 10 6 .255 .317 .336 .653 76 37 7 0 1 7O
1941 32 CHW AL 57 210 190 26 43 9 1 2 19 2 2 19 14 .226 .297 .316 .612 63 60 2 0 1 O87/9
1944 35 BRO NL 20 44 38 11 14 4 0 0 11 1 5 4 .368 .442 .474 .916 160 18 0 0 1 1
1945 36 TOT NL 37 77 73 6 19 2 0 0 7 0 4 2 .260 .299 .288 .586 66 21 5 0 0 1O/8579
1945 36 BRO NL 13 24 22 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 .136 .208 .136 .345 -3 3 1 0 0 1
1945 36 PHI NL 24 53 51 4 16 2 0 0 4 0 2 1 .314 .340 .353 .693 96 18 4 0 0 O/85179
1946 37 PHI NL 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
15 Yrs 1717 7424 6478 1144 1958 407 107 90 977 287 135 824 556 .302 .383 .440 .823 114 2849 52 26 92
162 Game Avg. 162 700 611 108 185 38 10 8 92 27 78 52 .302 .383 .440 .823 114 269 2 9
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 (7 yrs) 910 4017 3539 626 1079 209 64 60 589 184 93 404 362 .305 .379 .451 .830 119 1596 20 51
WSH (3 yrs) 160 750 641 123 195 49 8 5 82 29 9 105 31 .304 .403 .429 .832 113 275 7 1 2
PHI (2 yrs) 25 54 52 5 16 2 0 0 4 0 2 1 .308 .333 .346 .679 92 18 4 0 0
BOS (2 yrs) 240 1040 903 168 293 63 19 13 137 40 18 122 68 .324 .405 .480 .885 117 433 1 14
BRO (2 yrs) 33 68 60 13 17 4 0 0 14 1 7 5 .283 .358 .350 .708 100 21 1 0 1
CLE (2 yrs) 292 1285 1093 183 315 71 15 10 132 31 13 165 75 .288 .384 .408 .792 106 446 38 4 23
CHW (1 yr) 57 210 190 26 43 9 1 2 19 2 2 19 14 .226 .297 .316 .612 63 60 2 0 1
AL (12 yrs) 1659 7302 6366 1126 1925 401 107 90 959 286 135 815 550 .302 .384 .441 .825 114 2810 47 26 91
NL (3 yrs) 58 122 112 18 33 6 0 0 18 1 9 6 .295 .347 .348 .695 97 39 5 0 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
1930 21 NYY AL 138 565 12 1 0 -10 4 7 0.6 18 25 2.4 .505 .504 3.2 -0.6 35 $ 54
1931 22 NYY AL 149 685 30 3 0 10 -6 38 3.6 21 59 5.7 .524 .522 4.7 0.4 49 $ *O794 MVP-15
1932 23 NYY AL 151 663 22 1 0 7 -8 21 2.0 21 42 4.0 .513 .512 3.4 -0.1 35 $ *O97
1933 24 NYY AL 147 654 24 -1 0 10 -7 25 2.4 21 46 4.5 .517 .515 3.5 0.3 36 $ *O97 AS,MVP-20
1934 25 NYY AL 149 665 11 -2 0 12 -4 17 1.5 21 38 3.6 .511 .510 2.5 0.7 26 $ *O879 AS
1935 26 NYY AL 140 629 8 -0 0 7 -2 12 1.1 20 32 3.0 .508 .507 2.4 0.4 25 $12,000 *8O AS
1936 27 NYY AL 36 156 -3 -1 0 2 -0 -2 -0.2 5 3 0.3 .495 .499 0.1 0.1 1 $10,000 8O AS
1936 27 WSH AL 97 473 25 1 0 2 -1 27 2.3 14 41 3.7 .524 .514 3.6 0.1 39 $ 8O AS
1937 28 WSH AL 35 156 -1 2 0 -1 -0 -1 -0.1 5 4 0.4 .498 .500 0.5 -0.1 5 $ 8O
1937 28 BOS AL 113 487 8 0 0 6 -5 9 0.9 15 24 2.4 .508 .505 1.8 0.1 18 $ *O98/76
1938 29 BOS AL 127 553 20 0 0 4 -6 18 1.7 17 36 3.5 .513 .510 3.1 -0.1 32 $ *O9/57
1939 30 CLE AL 149 654 12 2 0 -3 -2 8 0.8 20 29 2.8 .505 .505 3.0 -0.4 32 $ *O89/7
1940 31 CLE AL 143 631 7 0 0 4 -6 5 0.5 16 21 2.1 .504 .503 1.7 -0.1 17 $ *O798
1941 32 WSH AL 28 121 -3 -0 0 0 -1 -5 -0.5 3 -2 -0.2 .483 .497 -0.2 -0.1 -2 $ 7O
1941 32 CHW AL 57 210 -10 -0 0 2 -2 -10 -1.0 5 -4 -0.4 .483 .494 -0.6 0.1 -6 $ O87/9
1944 35 BRO NL 20 44 3 -0 0 0 4 7 0.7 1 8 0.7 .537 .505 0.7 0.0 8 $ 1
1945 36 BRO NL 13 24 -3 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .494 .500 -0.1 0.0 0 $ 1
1945 36 PHI NL 24 53 -0 0 0 -2 1 -1 -0.1 2 0 0.0 .494 .499 0.2 -0.2 2 $ O/85179
1946 37 PHI NL 1 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .488 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
15 Seasons 1717 7424 162 5 0 50 -40 177 16.2 225 403 38.4 .510 .505 33.5 0.5 353 $22,000
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
NYY (7 yrs) 910 4017 104 1 0 38 -24 119 11.0 126 244 23.5 .512 .510 19.8 1.4 206 $22,000
WSH (3 yrs) 160 750 21 2 0 1 -3 22 1.8 22 44 3.9 .511 .504 3.9 -0.2 43 $
PHI (2 yrs) 25 54 -0 0 0 -2 1 -1 -0.1 2 0 0.0 .494 .500 0.2 -0.2 2 $
BOS (2 yrs) 240 1040 28 1 0 10 -11 28 2.6 32 60 5.9 .511 .508 4.9 0.0 50 $
BRO (2 yrs) 33 68 0 -0 0 0 6 6 0.7 2 8 0.6 .520 .502 0.6 0.0 8 $
CLE (2 yrs) 292 1285 19 2 0 1 -8 14 1.3 36 50 4.9 .504 .504 4.7 -0.5 49 $
CHW (1 yr) 57 210 -10 -0 0 2 -2 -10 -1.0 5 -4 -0.4 .483 .494 -0.6 0.1 -6 $

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
1930 21 NYY AL 565 363 90 6.6 112 .342 .316 .290 .371 .354 .474 .426 .845 .780 116 .602 12.4 1.1 .829 .257 .158 11.7
1931 22 NYY AL 685 440 116 7.1 104 .340 .315 .280 .396 .347 .483 .401 .879 .747 135 .660 31.3 3.0 .940 .357 .168 26.6
1932 23 NYY AL 663 430 103 6.4 107 .318 .299 .279 .381 .349 .473 .410 .854 .759 125 .611 22.2 2.1 .873 .330 .174 15.8
1933 24 NYY AL 654 417 95 6.1 101 .327 .312 .273 .393 .344 .437 .394 .830 .738 125 .613 23.9 2.3 .816 .269 .126 13.5
1934 25 NYY AL 665 431 91 5.6 106 .342 .308 .280 .381 .353 .413 .404 .795 .757 110 .552 10.0 0.9 .764 .236 .105 8.4
1935 26 NYY AL 629 417 85 5.5 107 .300 .289 .281 .361 .353 .430 .406 .791 .759 108 .538 7.6 0.7 .762 .264 .141 10.9
1936 27 TOT AL 629 382 105 7.3 117 .332 .315 .292 .408 .367 .472 .429 .880 .795 122 .624 22.4 2.0 .926 .333 .157 8.0
1936 27 NYY AL 156 106 20 5.0 119 .305 .266 .295 .338 .370 .432 .433 .769 .803 91 .455 -2.1 -0.2 .712 .266 .165 1.0
1936 27 WSH AL 473 276 85 8.2 116 .340 .332 .291 .431 .365 .486 .427 .917 .792 132 .671 24.4 2.2 1.007 .357 .155 6.6
1937 28 TOT AL 643 407 95 6.2 119 .312 .297 .293 .389 .369 .432 .437 .822 .806 104 .573 5.2 0.5 .863 .327 .136 11.7
1937 28 WSH AL 156 96 18 5.0 113 .276 .262 .285 .385 .359 .331 .424 .715 .784 85 .473 -1.4 -0.1 .802 .331 .069 .0
1937 28 BOS AL 487 311 77 6.5 121 .323 .307 .296 .391 .372 .463 .441 .854 .813 110 .599 6.7 0.6 .882 .326 .156 11.1
1938 29 BOS AL 553 331 99 7.9 123 .356 .340 .296 .418 .376 .494 .442 .912 .818 123 .675 19.4 1.8 .957 .304 .154 8.2
1939 30 CLE AL 654 432 89 5.5 111 .299 .290 .283 .390 .357 .413 .418 .802 .775 108 .535 10.0 0.9 .791 .305 .123 9.0
1940 31 CLE AL 631 420 83 5.2 109 .307 .286 .277 .377 .350 .403 .420 .781 .769 104 .526 6.9 0.6 .736 .270 .117 6.1
1941 32 TOT AL 331 244 29 3.2 105 .245 .237 .273 .304 .349 .323 .402 .627 .750 68 .326 -13.9 -1.4 .521 .183 .087 3.4
1941 32 WSH AL 121 92 11 3.2 102 .262 .255 .270 .317 .345 .336 .397 .653 .742 76 .328 -3.5 -0.3 .516 .173 .082 1.3
1941 32 CHW AL 210 152 18 3.2 106 .236 .226 .274 .297 .351 .316 .404 .612 .755 63 .325 -10.4 -1.0 .523 .189 .089 2.0
1944 35 BRO NL 44 25 8 8.6 93 .412 .368 .266 .442 .333 .474 .373 .916 .706 160 .787 3.4 0.4 1.000 .263 .105 .0
1945 36 TOT NL 77 59 7 3.2 94 .268 .260 .270 .299 .339 .288 .372 .586 .711 66 .367 -3.4 -0.4 .424 .082 .027
1945 36 BRO NL 24 20 1 1.3 96 .143 .136 .272 .208 .342 .136 .375 .345 .717 -3 .107 -3.1 -0.3 .250 .091 .000
1945 36 PHI NL 53 39 6 4.1 93 .320 .314 .269 .340 .338 .353 .370 .693 .708 96 .483 -0.4 -0.0 .513 .078 .039
1946 37 PHI NL 1 1 0 0.0 89 .000 .000 .258 .000 .332 .000 .361 .000 .693 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
15 Yrs 7424 4799 1095 6.1 110 .320 .302 .283 .383 .355 .440 .415 .823 .770 114 .583 157.2 14.5 .818 .288 .138 137.0
162 Game Avg. 700 453 103 6.1 110 .320 .302 .283 .383 .355 .440 .415 .823 .770 114 .583 15 1 .818 .288 .138 13
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
NYY (7 yrs) 4017 2604 600 6.2 106 .327 .305 .281 .379 .350 .451 .408 .830 .758 119 .593 105.3 9.9 .827 .286 .146 90.5
WSH (3 yrs) 750 464 114 6.5 113 .314 .304 .286 .403 .361 .429 .421 .832 .782 113 .590 19.5 1.7 .868 .320 .125 8.5
PHI (2 yrs) 54 40 6 4.0 93 .314 .308 .268 .333 .337 .346 .370 .679 .708 92 .472 -0.6 -0.1 .500 .077 .038
BOS (2 yrs) 1040 642 176 7.2 122 .341 .324 .296 .405 .374 .480 .441 .885 .815 117 .641 26.1 2.4 .920 .315 .155 19.6
BRO (2 yrs) 68 45 9 5.4 94 .309 .283 .268 .358 .336 .350 .374 .708 .710 100 .607 0.4 0.0 .659 .200 .067 .0
CLE (2 yrs) 1285 852 172 5.4 110 .303 .288 .280 .384 .353 .408 .419 .792 .772 106 .530 17.0 1.6 .764 .287 .120 15.1
CHW (1 yr) 210 152 18 3.2 106 .236 .226 .274 .297 .351 .316 .404 .612 .755 63 .324 -10.4 -1.0 .523 .189 .089 2.0
AL (12 yrs) 7302 4714 1080 6.1 110 .320 .302 .283 .384 .355 .441 .416 .825 .771 114 .583 157.5 14.6 .822 .291 .139 136.9
NL (3 yrs) 122 85 15 4.7 94 .311 .295 .268 .347 .336 .348 .372 .695 .709 97 .549 -0.3 -0.0 .583 .143 .054 .0

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
1932 23 NYY AL WS CHC W 4 19 17 1 5 2 0 0 6 0 1 2 4 .294 .368 .412 .780 7 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 4 19 17 1 5 2 0 0 6 0 1 2 4 .294 .368 .412 .780 7 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
1933 NYY AL 24 as LF 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 0 0 0
1934 NYY AL 25 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.500 2.000 3 0 0 0 0 0
1935 NYY AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1936 WSH AL 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs (4 GP) 8 8 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .500 .750 4 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
1930 21 NYY AL 565 1.8% 10.3% 7.6% 9.0% 32% 1.35 8.8 51.3 6.3 79%
1931 22 NYY AL 685 2.5% 11.2% 11.0% 8.2% 30% 1.03 7.8 35.3 4.9 74%
1932 23 NYY AL 663 1.5% 8.3% 10.7% 10.0% 38% 0.77 10.6 58.1 5.4 78%
1933 24 NYY AL 654 1.4% 6.9% 11.0% 7.5% 28% 0.63 12.6 62.8 5.8 78%
1934 25 NYY AL 665 0.8% 10.2% 10.1% 5.9% 22% 1.01 8.6 117.6 6.8 77%
1935 26 NYY AL 629 1.3% 6.2% 9.7% 8.6% 34% 0.64 14.2 69.1 7.5 80%
1936 27 TOT AL 629 0.8% 6.0% 13.4% 10.3% 38% 0.45 14.2 108.0 6.7 79%
1936 27 NYY AL 156 0.6% 12.8% 9.6% 11.5% 49% 1.33 7.0 139.0 6.6 76%
1936 27 WSH AL 473 0.9% 3.8% 14.6% 9.9% 35% 0.26 22.3 100.3 6.7 80%
1937 28 TOT AL 643 1.1% 6.5% 12.9% 7.6% 30% 0.51 13.2 79.0 8.0 78%
1937 28 WSH AL 156 0.0% 4.5% 16.7% 5.1% 24% 0.27 18.6 10.8 79%
1937 28 BOS AL 487 1.4% 7.2% 11.7% 8.4% 32% 0.61 12.1 60.4 7.4 78%
1938 29 BOS AL 553 1.1% 6.0% 11.8% 9.8% 33% 0.51 14.5 80.0 6.0 80%
1939 30 CLE AL 654 0.9% 4.6% 13.3% 7.0% 29% 0.34 18.2 90.8 6.6 78%
1940 31 CLE AL 631 0.6% 7.1% 12.4% 7.9% 32% 0.58 12.2 137.0 11.0 79%
1941 32 TOT AL 331 0.9% 6.0% 8.8% 5.7% 27% 0.69 15.0 100.0 10.3 84%
1941 32 WSH AL 121 0.8% 5.0% 8.3% 5.8% 25% 0.60 18.3 110.0 11.0 85%
1941 32 CHW AL 210 1.0% 6.7% 9.1% 5.7% 28% 0.74 13.6 95.0 10.0 83%
1944 35 BRO NL 44 0.0% 9.1% 11.4% 9.1% 29% 0.80 9.5 3.5 77%
1945 36 TOT NL 77 0.0% 2.6% 5.2% 2.6% 11% 0.50 36.5 10.4 92%
1945 36 BRO NL 24 0.0% 4.2% 8.3% 0.0% 0% 0.50 22.0 7.3 88%
1945 36 PHI NL 53 0.0% 1.9% 3.8% 3.8% 13% 0.50 51.0 12.8 94%
1946 37 PHI NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
15 Yrs 7424 1.2% 7.5% 11.1% 8.1% 31% 0.67 11.7 72.0 6.6 79%
MLB Averages 1.3% 8.7% 8.5% 6.5% 27% 1.03 10.2 67.5 8.1 79%
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

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
1930 21 138 565 513 74 162 31 10 10 81 14 6 43 58 .316 .371 .474 .845 116 243 2 6
1931 22 287 1250 1113 194 351 59 21 27 203 75 29 118 135 .315 .384 .479 .863 126 533 7 12
1932 23 438 1913 1694 295 525 100 36 37 310 113 47 189 190 .310 .383 .477 .860 126 808 12 17
1933 24 585 2567 2259 407 701 136 40 46 408 140 65 261 235 .310 .386 .467 .853 126 1055 16 27
1934 25 734 3232 2847 489 882 157 53 51 494 166 81 328 303 .310 .385 .456 .841 122 1298 19 35
1935 26 874 3861 3400 607 1042 195 61 59 568 183 91 389 342 .306 .381 .452 .833 120 1536 20 49
1936 27 1007 4490 3940 717 1212 245 71 64 649 203 100 473 380 .308 .385 .455 .839 120 1791 21 52
1937 28 1155 5133 4493 816 1376 275 83 71 718 238 112 556 422 .306 .385 .452 .837 118 2030 22 58
1938 29 1282 5686 4973 908 1539 315 91 77 798 251 118 621 455 .309 .389 .456 .844 119 2267 22 66
1939 30 1431 6340 5518 1009 1697 346 100 83 880 269 124 708 485 .308 .389 .452 .840 118 2492 19 24 86
1940 31 1574 6971 6066 1091 1854 386 106 87 930 282 131 786 530 .306 .388 .447 .835 116 2713 38 26 89
1941 32 1659 7302 6366 1126 1925 401 107 90 959 286 135 815 550 .302 .384 .441 .825 114 2810 47 26 91
1942 33 1659 7302 6366 1126 1925 401 107 90 959 286 135 815 550 .302 .384 .441 .825 114 2810 47 26 91
1943 34 1659 7302 6366 1126 1925 401 107 90 959 286 135 815 550 .302 .384 .441 .825 114 2810 47 26 91
1944 35 1679 7346 6404 1137 1939 405 107 90 970 287 135 820 554 .303 .384 .442 .826 114 2828 47 26 92
1945 36 1716 7423 6477 1143 1958 407 107 90 977 287 135 824 556 .302 .383 .440 .823 114 2849 52 26 92
1946 37 1717 7424 6478 1144 1958 407 107 90 977 287 135 824 556 .302 .383 .440 .823 114 2849 52 26 92

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
1930 21 145 572 523 66 154 29 10 10 72 13 41 61 .294 .348 .446 .794 80 138
1931 22 156 701 616 114 186 28 11 17 116 60 74 80 .302 .381 .466 .847 108 149
1932 23 159 677 598 95 170 40 15 10 100 37 69 58 .284 .363 .452 .815 97 151
1933 24 157 684 595 112 180 37 4 9 98 28 74 48 .303 .383 .424 .807 96 147
1934 25 157 686 608 79 180 21 13 5 83 26 67 72 .296 .369 .398 .767 88 149
1935 26 148 653 576 114 160 38 8 8 71 17 61 41 .278 .348 .413 .761 83 140
1936 27 139 627 545 95 158 46 9 5 70 19 78 40 .290 .380 .435 .815 90 133
1937 28 154 638 555 84 151 28 11 6 59 32 76 44 .272 .361 .395 .755 79 148
1938 29 134 552 485 77 149 37 7 5 67 12 59 35 .307 .382 .443 .826 83 127
1939 30 157 667 560 93 153 30 9 6 75 17 84 32 .273 .370 .391 .761 80 149
1940 31 149 645 563 77 154 39 6 4 47 13 77 47 .274 .363 .385 .748 78 143
1941 32 88 341 310 34 72 15 1 3 29 4 29 21 .232 .298 .316 .614 29 85
1944 35 21 46 40 11 15 4 0 0 11 1 5 4 .375 .444 .475 .919 8 20
1945 36 39 81 77 7 21 2 0 0 8 0 4 2 .273 .309 .299 .607 7 37
1946 37 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
15 Yrs 1804 7571 6652 1059 1903 394 104 88 906 279 798 585 .286 .365 .416 .781 1006 1717
162 Game Avg. 162 680 597 95 171 35 9 8 81 25 72 53 .286 .365 .416 .781 90 1717

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1949 BBWAA ( 0.7%)
1952 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

All-Star Games
1933 (LF)
1934 *
1935 *
1936 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1931 AL (15, 9%)
1933 AL (20, 5%)
0.14 Career Shares (826th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1931 AL  5.7 (8th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1931 AL  5.7 (5th)
1933 AL  4.5 (10th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1931 AL  4.7 (9th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1938 AL  .340 (3rd)
Career  .302 (184th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1933 AL  .393 (9th)
1938 AL  .418 (8th)
Career  .383 (150th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1931 AL  .879 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1932 AL  151 (10th)
1939 AL  149 (8th)

At Bats s c a p y
1931 AL  600 (9th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1931 AL  685 (7th)
1939 AL  654 (6th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1931 AL  120 (4th)
1933 AL  112 (4th)
1935 AL  118 (4th)
Career  1,144 (206th)

Hits s c a p y
1931 AL  189 (8th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1931 AL  290 (10th)
1932 AL  275 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
1932 AL  41 (7th)
1933 AL  36 (10th)
1935 AL  38 (4th)
1936 AL  50 (3rd)
1938 AL  40 (3rd)
1940 AL  40 (6th)
Career  407 (158th)

Triples s c a p y
1931 AL  11 (10th)
1932 AL  15 (4th)
1934 AL  13 (1st)
1937 AL  12 (7th)
Career  107 (137th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1931 AL  17 (7th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1931 AL  122 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1931 AL  75 (10th)
1939 AL  87 (8th)
Career  824 (227th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1930 AL  58 (9th)
1931 AL  77 (4th)
1934 AL  68 (5th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1931 AL  61 (1st)
1932 AL  38 (1st)
1933 AL  27 (1st)
1934 AL  26 (3rd)
1935 AL  17 (5th)
1936 AL  20 (4th)
1937 AL  35 (1st)
1938 AL  13 (8th)
1939 AL  18 (5th)
1940 AL  13 (8th)
Career  287 (171st)

Singles s c a p y
1931 AL  133 (5th)
1933 AL  127 (9th)
1934 AL  142 (4th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1931 AL  135 (10th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1931 AL  116 (7th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1931 AL  31 (9th)
1933 AL  23 (10th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1931 AL  3.0 (9th)
1933 AL  2.2 (10th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1932 AL  66 (9th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1931 AL  269 (7th)
1934 AL  251 (10th)
1939 AL  247 (10th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1931 AL  .660 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1931 AL  5 (8th)
1932 AL  5 (3rd)
1933 AL  4 (3rd)
1934 AL  3 (9th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1935 AL  14 (8th)
1939 AL  20 (2nd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1939 AL  19 (2nd)
1940 AL  19 (4th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1931 AL  23 (1st)
1932 AL  18 (1st)
1933 AL  18 (1st)
1934 AL  16 (1st)
1935 AL  10 (4th)
1936 AL  9 (5th)
1937 AL  12 (2nd)
Career  135 (42nd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1931 AL  26.6 (1st)
1932 AL  15.8 (2nd)
1933 AL  13.5 (3rd)
1935 AL  10.9 (9th)
1937 AL  11.7 (10th)
Career  137.0 (219th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1931 AL  35.3 (8th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1931 AL  440 (6th)
1934 AL  431 (8th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 9 (254), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 67 (375), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 78 (241), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 37 (194), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Dixie Walker (927)
  2. Gee Walker (903)
  3. Sam West (899)
  4. Bing Miller (899)
  5. Minnie Minoso (894)
  6. Paul Hines (893)
  7. Wally Moses (891)
  8. Bobby Veach (890)
  9. Phil Cavarretta (887)
  10. Sherry Magee (878)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. King Kelly (949) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Tom McCreery (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Goose Goslin (942) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Goose Goslin (935) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Mike Tiernan (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Joe Vosmik (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Joe Vosmik (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Joe Vosmik (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Joe Vosmik (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Joe Vosmik (920)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Sherry Magee (915)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Sherry Magee (909)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Jimmy Ryan (907)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Dixie Walker (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Dixie Walker (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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