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Sam Chapman

Samuel Blake Chapman

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: April 11, 1916 in Tiburon, CA
High School: Tamalpais HS (Mill Valley, CA)
School: University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 16, 1938
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Indians 1938-1951

Final Game: September 22, 1951
Died: December 22, 2006 in Kentfield, CA
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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
1938 22 PHA AL 114 466 406 60 105 17 7 17 63 3 4 55 94 .259 .353 .461 .813 106 187 4 1 *O7/8
1939 23 PHA AL 140 554 498 74 134 24 6 15 64 11 4 51 62 .269 .338 .432 .770 98 215 10 1 4 *8O3
1940 24 PHA AL 134 562 508 88 140 26 3 23 75 2 6 46 96 .276 .337 .474 .811 110 241 14 1 7 *8O
1941 25 PHA AL 143 602 552 97 178 29 9 25 106 6 9 47 49 .322 .378 .543 .921 144 300 13 2 1 *8O MVP-12
1945 29 PHA AL 9 32 30 3 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .200 .250 .267 .517 51 8 0 0 0 /8O
1946 30 PHA AL 146 601 545 77 142 22 5 20 67 1 3 54 66 .261 .327 .429 .757 112 234 22 0 2 *O78 AS
1947 31 PHA AL 149 624 551 84 139 18 5 14 83 3 4 65 70 .252 .331 .379 .710 96 209 14 0 8 *O87
1948 32 PHA AL 123 506 445 58 115 18 6 13 70 6 1 55 50 .258 .341 .413 .755 99 184 18 1 5 *8O
1949 33 PHA AL 154 674 589 89 164 24 4 24 108 3 4 80 68 .278 .367 .455 .822 120 268 23 2 3 *8O
1950 34 PHA AL 144 627 553 93 139 20 6 23 95 3 3 68 79 .251 .338 .434 .772 98 240 14 4 2 *8O
1951 35 TOT AL 112 351 311 31 67 10 1 6 41 3 0 39 44 .215 .303 .312 .615 70 97 8 0 2 87/93
1951 35 PHA AL 18 78 65 7 11 1 0 0 5 0 0 12 12 .169 .299 .185 .483 32 12 2 0 1 8O
1951 35 CLE AL 94 273 246 24 56 9 1 6 36 3 0 27 32 .228 .304 .346 .650 80 85 6 0 1 O87/93
11 Yrs 1368 5599 4988 754 1329 210 52 180 773 41 38 562 682 .266 .342 .438 .780 107 2183 136 15 35
162 Game Avg. 162 663 591 89 157 25 6 21 92 5 5 67 81 .266 .342 .438 .780 107 259 2 4
PHA (11 yrs) 1274 5326 4742 730 1273 201 51 174 737 38 38 535 650 .268 .344 .442 .787 108 2098 130 15 34
CLE (1 yr) 94 273 246 24 56 9 1 6 36 3 0 27 32 .228 .304 .346 .650 80 85 6 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
1938 22 PHA AL 114 466 0 -1 0 -2 -5 -8 -0.6 15 7 0.8 .494 .496 1.0 -0.6 9 $ *O7/8
1939 23 PHA AL 140 554 -3 1 0 -8 -2 -12 -1.1 17 5 0.6 .492 .493 1.3 -0.9 13 $ *8O3
1940 24 PHA AL 134 562 5 -2 0 -4 -1 -2 -0.2 14 12 1.2 .498 .499 1.6 -0.5 16 $ *8O
1941 25 PHA AL 143 602 32 -2 0 2 -1 31 3.0 15 46 4.6 .521 .519 4.4 0.1 44 $ *8O MVP-12
1945 29 PHA AL 9 32 -2 0 0 0 -0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .475 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -1 $ /8O
1946 30 PHA AL 146 601 8 -0 0 2 -4 5 0.6 15 20 2.1 .504 .504 1.9 -0.2 18 $ *O78 AS
1947 31 PHA AL 149 624 -3 -0 0 6 -2 1 0.1 16 17 1.7 .501 .501 1.0 0.4 11 $ *O87
1948 32 PHA AL 123 506 -2 1 -2 0 -1 -3 -0.3 13 10 1.0 .497 .498 0.9 -0.1 9 $ *8O
1949 33 PHA AL 154 674 15 4 -3 2 -1 17 1.6 17 34 3.4 .511 .510 3.2 0.1 32 $ *8O
1950 34 PHA AL 144 627 -4 0 -1 1 -1 -5 -0.5 17 11 1.2 .496 .497 1.0 0.1 10 $ *8O
1951 35 PHA AL 18 78 -6 0 -0 -1 -0 -7 -0.7 2 -5 -0.5 .460 .496 -0.4 -0.1 -4 $ 8O
1951 35 CLE AL 94 273 -7 2 -1 -6 -2 -14 -1.4 7 -7 -0.7 .485 .491 -0.1 -0.8 -1 $ O87/93
11 Seasons 1368 5599 35 3 -8 -8 -21 1 0.2 149 149 15.3 .500 .500 15.6 -2.5 157 $
PHA (11 yrs) 1274 5326 41 1 -7 -2 -19 15 1.6 141 156 16.0 .501 .501 15.7 -1.6 158 $
CLE (1 yr) 94 273 -7 2 -1 -6 -2 -14 -1.4 7 -7 -0.7 .485 .491 -0.1 -0.8 -1 $

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
1938 22 PHA AL 466 306 64 5.5 115 .298 .259 .285 .353 .363 .461 .425 .813 .788 106 .520 2.4 0.2 .803 .335 .202 5.1
1939 23 PHA AL 554 382 73 5.1 111 .283 .269 .283 .338 .357 .432 .418 .770 .775 98 .500 -2.8 -0.3 .725 .279 .163 12.7
1940 24 PHA AL 562 395 79 5.3 108 .301 .276 .276 .337 .348 .474 .418 .811 .766 110 .531 6.2 0.6 .732 .281 .199 3.7
1941 25 PHA AL 602 397 109 7.3 104 .320 .322 .272 .378 .348 .543 .401 .921 .749 144 .691 32.0 3.1 .874 .301 .221 9.7
1945 29 PHA AL 32 24 2 2.2 87 .231 .200 .259 .250 .331 .267 .352 .517 .684 51 .269 -1.9 -0.2 .417 .133 .067
1946 30 PHA AL 601 430 76 4.7 94 .266 .261 .261 .327 .335 .429 .376 .757 .711 112 .558 6.5 0.7 .668 .264 .169 1.9
1947 31 PHA AL 624 438 68 4.1 98 .268 .252 .264 .331 .344 .379 .379 .710 .723 96 .497 -3.9 -0.4 .635 .243 .127 4.9
1948 32 PHA AL 506 354 63 4.7 106 .267 .258 .274 .341 .360 .413 .396 .755 .756 99 .513 -2.2 -0.2 .702 .290 .155 8.2
1949 33 PHA AL 674 455 97 5.7 104 .282 .278 .267 .367 .358 .455 .388 .822 .746 120 .597 14.8 1.4 .772 .311 .177 5.3
1950 34 PHA AL 627 433 79 4.8 112 .257 .251 .276 .338 .363 .434 .414 .772 .776 98 .489 -4.1 -0.4 .724 .306 .183 5.3
1951 35 TOT AL 351 254 30 3.2 98 .234 .215 .262 .303 .342 .312 .384 .615 .727 70 .344 -13.1 -1.3 .552 .232 .096 4.0
1951 35 PHA AL 78 57 4 1.9 103 .208 .169 .269 .299 .350 .185 .394 .483 .744 32 .169 -5.9 -0.6 .429 .200 .015
1951 35 CLE AL 273 197 26 3.6 97 .240 .228 .260 .304 .340 .346 .382 .650 .722 80 .392 -7.2 -0.7 .587 .240 .118 4.0
11 Yrs 5599 3868 740 5.1 105 .278 .266 .272 .342 .352 .438 .399 .780 .751 107 .537 34.1 3.2 .721 .284 .171 66.8
162 Game Avg. 663 458 88 5.1 105 .278 .266 .272 .342 .352 .438 .399 .780 .751 107 .537 4 0 .721 .284 .171 8
PHA (11 yrs) 5326 3671 714 5.2 105 .281 .268 .272 .344 .352 .442 .400 .787 .753 108 .544 41.2 3.9 .728 .287 .174 62.4
CLE (1 yr) 273 197 26 3.5 97 .240 .228 .260 .304 .340 .346 .382 .650 .722 80 .392 -7.2 -0.7 .587 .240 .118 4.0

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
1946 PHA AL 30 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 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
1938 22 PHA AL 466 3.7% 20.2% 11.8% 8.8% 39% 1.71 4.3 23.9 6.4 63%
1939 23 PHA AL 554 2.7% 11.2% 9.2% 8.1% 34% 1.22 8.0 33.2 7.8 76%
1940 24 PHA AL 562 4.1% 17.1% 8.2% 9.3% 37% 2.09 5.3 22.1 6.8 69%
1941 25 PHA AL 602 4.2% 8.1% 7.8% 10.5% 35% 1.04 11.3 22.1 5.2 79%
1945 29 PHA AL 32 0.0% 12.5% 6.3% 6.3% 33% 2.00 7.5 30.0 81%
1946 30 PHA AL 601 3.3% 11.0% 9.0% 7.8% 33% 1.22 8.3 27.3 8.1 76%
1947 31 PHA AL 624 2.2% 11.2% 10.4% 5.9% 27% 1.08 7.9 39.4 6.6 75%
1948 32 PHA AL 506 2.6% 9.9% 10.9% 7.3% 32% 0.91 8.9 34.2 6.4 0.85 75%
1949 33 PHA AL 674 3.6% 10.1% 11.9% 7.7% 32% 0.85 8.7 24.5 5.5 0.78 74%
1950 34 PHA AL 627 3.7% 12.6% 10.9% 7.8% 35% 1.16 7.0 24.0 5.8 0.69 72%
1951 35 TOT AL 351 1.7% 12.5% 11.1% 4.8% 25% 1.13 7.1 51.8 7.6 0.60 74%
1951 35 PHA AL 78 0.0% 15.4% 15.4% 1.3% 9% 1.00 5.4 13.0 1.22 68%
1951 35 CLE AL 273 2.2% 11.7% 9.9% 5.9% 29% 1.19 7.7 41.0 6.8 0.50 76%
11 Yrs 5599 3.2% 12.2% 10.0% 7.9% 33% 1.21 7.3 27.7 6.5 0.73 74%
MLB Averages 1.5% 9.2% 9.3% 6.2% 27% 1.00 9.6 59.9 8.3 0.97 78%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1938 22 PHA AL 2.4 0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1939 23 PHA AL -2.8 -0.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1940 24 PHA AL 6.2 0.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1941 25 PHA AL 31.3 3.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 29 PHA AL -1.9 -0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 30 PHA AL 6.5 0.7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 31 PHA AL -4.6 -0.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 32 PHA AL -2.2 -0.2 345 0.3 6.6 -6.4 1.09 -0.2 0.4 -2.1 -0.2 1.03 -4.4 1.90 4
1949 33 PHA AL 14.8 1.4 519 -0.8 10.7 -11.5 1.14 0.5 -1.2 -0.6 -0.1 1.07 6.6 0
1950 34 PHA AL -4.1 -0.4 483 1.4 10.7 -9.3 1.12 1.4 -0.1 8.2 0.8 1.00 12.1 0.51 2
1951 35 TOT AL -13.4 -1.4 353 -1.4 5.4 -6.8 1.09 -1.1 -0.2 -9.8 -1.0 1.00 -12.1 1.52 5
1951 35 PHA AL -5.9 -0.6 73 -0.2 1.2 -1.4 1.33 -0.6 0.4 -4.7 -0.5 1.04 -5.9 5.97 0
1951 35 CLE AL -7.5 -0.8 280 -1.2 4.2 -5.4 1.03 -0.5 -0.7 -5.1 -0.5 0.99 -6.2 1.52 5
11 Yrs 32.3 3.0 1700 -0.6 33.5 -34.1 1.12 0.6 -1.1 -4.3 -0.5 1.03 2.3 1.48 11

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
1948 32 PHA AL 7 0 29% 120 6 1 86% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 44% 18 12 5 8 6 2 10 1 9
1949 33 PHA AL 5 0 29% 146 3 4 43% 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 58% 25 15 10 7 1 6 13 1 10
1950 34 PHA AL 7 0 37% 165 3 3 50% 3 4 0 1 0 0 4 0 6 5 67% 21 12 9 6 2 4 21 2 19
1951 35 TOT AL 5 0 25% 108 3 0 100% 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 2 55% 17 10 7 7 3 4 5 0 5
1951 35 PHA AL 3 0 30% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 38% 4 4 0 2 1 1 2 0 2
1951 35 CLE AL 2 0 23% 92 3 0 100% 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 2 62% 13 6 7 5 2 3 3 0 3
11 Yrs 24 0 33% 539 41 38 52% 10 8 1 2 1 0 4 0 19 18 57% 81 49 31 28 12 16 49 4 43

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
1948 32 PHA AL 506 24% 115 4 0 0 0 1.90 13 2 16 7 1 5 8 0 3 5 167% 81 18 22% 39 13 33% 275 42 15% 24 12 50% 17 9 53% 0
1949 33 PHA AL 674 33% 164 0 0 0 0 24 1 31 9 8 10 14 0 2 3 150% 120 23 19% 56 13 23% 450 70 16% 52 25 48% 13 5 38% 0
1950 34 PHA AL 627 35% 139 2 0 0 0 0.51 23 0 17 13 5 11 12 0 2 2 100% 117 14 12% 45 16 36% 350 59 17% 42 21 50% 18 9 50% 0
1951 35 TOT AL 351 48% 67 5 0 0 1 1.52 6 0 14 3 3 3 3 0 2 2 100% 84 8 10% 36 12 33% 248 33 13% 23 13 57% 16 7 44% 0
1951 35 PHA AL 78 42% 11 0 0 0 0 5.97 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 19 2 11% 4 2 50% 58 3 5% 5 2 40% 1 0 0% 0
1951 35 CLE AL 273 50% 56 5 0 0 1 1.52 6 0 10 3 3 3 3 0 1 1 100% 65 6 9% 32 10 31% 190 30 16% 18 11 61% 15 7 47% 0
11 Yrs 2158 35% 1329 11 0 0 1 1.48 180 3 78 32 17 29 37 0 9 35 389% 402 136 34% 176 54 31% 1323 204 15% 141 71 50% 64 30 47% 0
MLB Averages 51% 424% 43% 33% 15% 51% 55%

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
1938 22 114 466 406 60 105 17 7 17 63 3 4 55 94 .259 .353 .461 .813 106 187 4 1
1939 23 254 1020 904 134 239 41 13 32 127 14 8 106 156 .264 .345 .445 .790 101 402 10 5 5
1940 24 388 1582 1412 222 379 67 16 55 202 16 14 152 252 .268 .342 .455 .797 105 643 24 6 12
1941 25 531 2184 1964 319 557 96 25 80 308 22 23 199 301 .284 .352 .480 .832 115 943 37 8 13
1942 26 531 2184 1964 319 557 96 25 80 308 22 23 199 301 .284 .352 .480 .832 115 943 37 8 13
1943 27 531 2184 1964 319 557 96 25 80 308 22 23 199 301 .284 .352 .480 .832 115 943 37 8 13
1944 28 531 2184 1964 319 557 96 25 80 308 22 23 199 301 .284 .352 .480 .832 115 943 37 8 13
1945 29 540 2216 1994 322 563 98 25 80 309 22 23 201 305 .282 .350 .477 .827 115 951 37 8 13
1946 30 686 2817 2539 399 705 120 30 100 376 23 26 255 371 .278 .345 .467 .812 114 1185 59 8 15
1947 31 835 3441 3090 483 844 138 35 114 459 26 30 320 441 .273 .343 .451 .794 111 1394 73 8 23
1948 32 958 3947 3535 541 959 156 41 127 529 32 31 375 491 .271 .343 .446 .789 109 1578 91 9 28
1949 33 1112 4621 4124 630 1123 180 45 151 637 35 35 455 559 .272 .346 .448 .794 111 1846 114 11 31
1950 34 1256 5248 4677 723 1262 200 51 174 732 38 38 523 638 .270 .345 .446 .791 109 2086 128 15 33
1951 35 1368 5599 4988 754 1329 210 52 180 773 41 38 562 682 .266 .342 .438 .780 107 2183 136 15 35

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
1938 22 121 479 421 55 102 17 7 17 58 3 53 100 .242 .333 .437 .770 59 114
1939 23 147 567 513 68 130 23 6 15 59 11 49 65 .253 .320 .409 .729 66 140
1940 24 140 578 524 84 139 26 3 23 72 2 46 100 .265 .326 .458 .784 77 134
1941 25 148 619 568 97 180 29 9 25 105 6 48 51 .317 .372 .532 .904 112 143
1945 29 10 33 31 3 6 2 0 0 1 0 2 4 .194 .242 .258 .500 2 9
1946 30 153 641 579 89 158 24 6 22 78 1 60 69 .273 .341 .449 .790 89 146
1947 31 155 655 577 92 149 19 5 15 91 3 70 73 .258 .338 .386 .725 76 149
1948 32 129 521 460 56 115 18 6 13 68 6 55 52 .250 .331 .400 .731 61 123
1949 33 161 699 612 90 168 25 4 25 110 3 82 71 .275 .362 .451 .813 99 154
1950 34 151 642 569 87 136 20 6 23 89 3 67 83 .239 .323 .417 .740 75 144
1951 35 118 370 327 32 70 10 1 6 43 3 41 46 .214 .302 .306 .607 31 112
11 Yrs 1433 5804 5181 753 1353 213 53 184 774 41 573 714 .261 .336 .429 .766 747 1368
162 Game Avg. 162 656 586 85 153 24 6 21 88 5 65 81 .261 .336 .429 .766 84 1368

* 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

Hall of Fame
1958 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

All-Star Games
1946 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1941 AL (12, 7%)
0.07 Career Shares (1016th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1941 AL  4.6 (10th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1941 AL  4.6 (7th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1941 AL  4.4 (8th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1941 AL  .322 (7th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1941 AL  .543 (5th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1941 AL  .921 (6th)

Games Played s c a p y
1949 AL  154 (4th)

At Bats s c a p y
1949 AL  589 (9th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1949 AL  674 (10th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1947 AL  84 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1941 AL  178 (7th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1941 AL  300 (5th)
1949 AL  268 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1941 AL  25 (6th)
1946 AL  20 (6th)
1949 AL  24 (3rd)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1941 AL  106 (7th)
1949 AL  108 (5th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1938 AL  94 (2nd)
1939 AL  62 (7th)
1940 AL  96 (1st)
1946 AL  66 (10th)
1947 AL  70 (6th)
1949 AL  68 (8th)
1950 AL  79 (5th)

Singles s c a p y
1941 AL  115 (10th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1941 AL  143 (6th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1941 AL  109 (6th)
1949 AL  97 (9th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1941 AL  31 (7th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1941 AL  3.0 (7th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1941 AL  63 (7th)
1949 AL  52 (4th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1941 AL  .691 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1938 AL  4 (7th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1946 AL  22 (1st)
1948 AL  18 (8th)
1949 AL  23 (2nd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1941 AL  9 (3rd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1939 AL  12.7 (8th)
1941 AL  9.7 (7th)
1948 AL  8.2 (8th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1941 AL  22.1 (6th)
1946 AL  27.3 (6th)
1949 AL  24.5 (9th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1946 AL  430 (9th)
1947 AL  438 (10th)
1949 AL  455 (2nd)
1950 AL  433 (9th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 35 (699), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 12 (1094), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 17 (897), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Jim Northrup (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Milton Bradley (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Larry Hisle (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Al Smith (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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