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Donn Clendenon    \clen-DEN-un\

Donn Alvin Clendenon

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 209 lb.

Born: July 15, 1935 in Neosho, MO
High School: Booker T. Washington HS (Atlanta, GA)
School: Morehouse College (Atlanta, GA)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 1961 (Age 26)
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Mets/Cardinals/Expos 1961-1972

Final Game: August 5, 1972 (Age 37)
Died: September 17, 2005 in Sioux Falls, SD
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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
1961 25 PIT NL 9 40 35 7 11 1 1 0 2 0 0 5 10 .314 .400 .400 .800 115 14 0 0 0 0 0 /97
1962 26 PIT NL 80 251 222 39 67 8 5 7 28 16 4 26 58 .302 .376 .477 .853 127 106 3 1 1 1 3 37/9 RoY-2
1963 27 PIT NL 154 614 563 65 155 28 7 15 57 22 13 39 136 .275 .326 .430 .756 116 242 14 5 3 4 3 *3
1964 28 PIT NL 133 492 457 53 129 23 8 12 64 12 8 26 96 .282 .321 .446 .767 115 204 10 2 3 4 2 *3
1965 29 PIT NL 162 676 612 89 184 32 14 14 96 9 9 48 128 .301 .351 .467 .818 129 286 10 5 1 10 7 *3/5
1966 30 PIT NL 155 629 571 80 171 22 10 28 98 8 7 52 142 .299 .358 .520 .878 141 297 14 2 1 3 7 *3
1967 31 PIT NL 131 518 478 46 119 15 2 13 56 4 4 34 107 .249 .298 .370 .668 91 177 15 1 1 4 4 *3
1968 32 PIT NL 158 645 584 63 150 20 6 17 87 10 3 47 163 .257 .309 .399 .708 114 233 14 1 5 8 4 *3
1969 33 TOT NL 110 362 331 45 82 11 1 16 51 3 4 25 94 .248 .303 .432 .735 103 143 9 2 2 2 5 37/89
1969 33 MON NL 38 136 129 14 31 6 1 4 14 0 2 6 32 .240 .272 .395 .667 85 51 6 0 0 1 1 3/789
1969 33 NYM NL 72 226 202 31 51 5 0 12 37 3 2 19 62 .252 .321 .455 .777 114 92 3 2 2 1 4 3/7
1970 34 NYM NL 121 443 396 65 114 18 3 22 97 4 1 39 91 .288 .348 .515 .863 129 204 15 1 0 7 4 3 MVP-13
1971 35 NYM NL 88 288 263 29 65 10 0 11 37 1 2 21 78 .247 .302 .411 .713 102 108 12 1 0 3 3 3
1972 36 STL NL 61 154 136 13 26 4 0 4 9 1 2 17 37 .191 .279 .309 .588 68 42 7 0 0 1 4 3
12 Yrs 1362 5112 4648 594 1273 192 57 159 682 90 57 379 1140 .274 .328 .442 .771 117 2056 123 21 17 47 46
162 Game Avg. 162 608 553 71 151 23 7 19 81 11 7 45 136 .274 .328 .442 .771 117 245 15 2 2 6 5
PIT (8 yrs) 982 3865 3522 442 986 149 53 106 488 81 48 277 840 .280 .332 .443 .775 119 1559 80 17 15 34 30
NYM (3 yrs) 281 957 861 125 230 33 3 45 171 8 5 79 231 .267 .328 .469 .797 118 404 30 4 2 11 11
STL (1 yr) 61 154 136 13 26 4 0 4 9 1 2 17 37 .191 .279 .309 .588 68 42 7 0 0 1 4
MON (1 yr) 38 136 129 14 31 6 1 4 14 0 2 6 32 .240 .272 .395 .667 85 51 6 0 0 1 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1961 25 PIT NL 9 40 1 0 0 1 -0 2 0.2 1 4 0.4 .525 .501 0.2 0.1 2 /97
1962 26 PIT NL 80 251 8 1 1 1 -4 7 0.7 9 16 1.6 .508 .504 1.5 -0.3 15 37/9 RoY-2
1963 27 PIT NL 154 614 10 -2 -0 -1 -9 -2 -0.2 23 21 2.3 .498 .498 2.3 -1.0 22 *3
1964 28 PIT NL 133 492 9 -1 -1 -0 -7 1 0.2 19 20 2.1 .501 .501 2.1 -0.7 20 *3
1965 29 PIT NL 162 676 21 -4 0 -5 -9 3 0.3 25 29 3.0 .502 .502 3.6 -1.6 34 *3/5
1966 30 PIT NL 155 629 29 -0 -1 -7 -9 12 1.5 23 35 3.8 .509 .509 4.5 -1.7 42 *3
1967 31 PIT NL 131 518 -3 -0 -2 -2 -7 -14 -1.5 19 5 0.4 .488 .490 0.4 -0.9 6 *3
1968 32 PIT NL 158 645 8 0 -1 12 -9 10 1.6 22 32 3.9 .508 .508 2.1 0.5 21 *3
1969 33 MON NL 38 136 -2 -0 -1 -1 -2 -6 -0.7 5 -2 -0.2 .482 .496 -0.1 -0.3 -0 $50,000 3/789
1969 33 NYM NL 72 226 3 -2 -0 -2 -3 -4 -0.4 8 4 0.4 .494 .497 0.6 -0.5 6 3/7
1970 34 NYM NL 121 443 14 3 -2 4 -5 14 1.5 15 29 3.0 .512 .509 2.5 -0.1 25 $60,000 3 MVP-13
1971 35 NYM NL 88 288 -0 -1 -2 -2 -4 -9 -1.0 10 1 0.0 .488 .494 0.2 -0.6 3 3
1972 36 STL NL 61 154 -6 -2 -1 -2 -2 -12 -1.4 5 -7 -0.9 .477 .491 -0.7 -0.4 -5 3
12 Seasons 1362 5112 91 -8 -7 -4 -69 3 1.0 184 186 19.8 .500 .500 19.2 -7.4 191 $110,000
PIT (8 yrs) 982 3865 83 -6 -2 -1 -53 20 2.9 141 161 17.5 .502 .502 16.7 -5.6 162
NYM (3 yrs) 281 957 16 -0 -3 0 -12 1 0.1 33 34 3.4 .500 .500 3.2 -1.2 34 $60,000
STL (1 yr) 61 154 -6 -2 -1 -2 -2 -12 -1.4 5 -7 -0.9 .477 .491 -0.7 -0.4 -5
MON (1 yr) 38 136 -2 -0 -1 -1 -2 -6 -0.7 5 -2 -0.2 .482 .496 -0.1 -0.3 -0 $50,000

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
1961 25 PIT NL 40 24 6 6.7 105 .440 .314 .269 .400 .335 .400 .419 .800 .754 115 .659 0.9 0.1 .792 .229 .086
1962 26 PIT NL 251 164 42 6.9 104 .380 .302 .271 .376 .339 .477 .412 .853 .750 127 .679 8.4 0.8 .895 .347 .176 9.7
1963 27 PIT NL 614 442 75 4.6 89 .337 .275 .254 .326 .316 .430 .380 .756 .696 116 .571 11.1 1.2 .678 .240 .155 17.8
1964 28 PIT NL 492 353 62 4.7 93 .331 .282 .262 .321 .320 .446 .389 .767 .709 115 .564 8.0 0.8 .682 .230 .164 12.0
1965 29 PIT NL 676 458 99 5.8 94 .354 .301 .258 .351 .322 .467 .390 .818 .712 129 .652 23.4 2.4 .758 .245 .167 11.0
1966 30 PIT NL 629 425 102 6.5 96 .354 .299 .265 .358 .324 .520 .399 .878 .722 141 .686 30.4 3.1 .836 .313 .221 12.4
1967 31 PIT NL 518 383 49 3.4 90 .293 .249 .258 .298 .320 .370 .379 .668 .699 91 .436 -6.8 -0.7 .561 .192 .121 6.1
1968 32 PIT NL 645 464 72 4.2 80 .323 .257 .250 .309 .308 .399 .352 .708 .660 114 .573 9.0 1.0 .639 .235 .142 12.6
1969 33 TOT NL 362 266 41 4.1 96 .296 .248 .261 .303 .331 .432 .387 .735 .718 103 .496 -0.2 -0.0 .645 .257 .184 5.1
1969 33 MON NL 136 107 11 2.8 95 .287 .240 .259 .272 .330 .395 .385 .667 .714 85 .320 -3.2 -0.3 .519 .186 .155 .0
1969 33 NYM NL 226 159 30 5.1 96 .302 .252 .262 .321 .332 .455 .388 .777 .720 114 .588 3.0 0.3 .731 .302 .203 4.8
1970 34 NYM NL 443 305 68 6.0 103 .317 .288 .267 .348 .340 .515 .408 .863 .748 129 .614 15.2 1.5 .829 .333 .227 6.8
1971 35 NYM NL 288 215 29 3.6 91 .305 .247 .257 .302 .323 .411 .377 .713 .700 102 .448 0.2 0.0 .608 .240 .163 1.8
1972 36 STL NL 154 120 10 2.3 91 .229 .191 .256 .279 .324 .309 .377 .588 .701 68 .254 -5.7 -0.6 .487 .235 .118 1.6
12 Yrs 5112 3619 655 4.9 93 .328 .274 .259 .328 .323 .442 .385 .771 .708 117 .579 93.9 9.6 .700 .257 .168 114.9
162 Game Avg. 608 430 78 4.9 93 .328 .274 .259 .328 .323 .442 .385 .771 .708 117 .579 11 1 .700 .257 .168 14
PIT (8 yrs) 3865 2713 507 5.0 91 .337 .280 .259 .332 .320 .443 .384 .775 .703 119 .601 84.4 8.7 .708 .251 .163 91.8
NYM (3 yrs) 957 679 127 5.0 98 .310 .267 .263 .328 .333 .469 .394 .797 .727 118 .565 18.4 1.8 .736 .297 .202 13.6
STL (1 yr) 154 120 10 2.3 91 .229 .191 .256 .279 .324 .309 .377 .588 .701 68 .254 -5.7 -0.6 .487 .235 .118 1.6
MON (1 yr) 136 107 11 2.8 95 .287 .240 .259 .272 .330 .395 .385 .667 .714 85 .319 -3.2 -0.3 .519 .186 .155 .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
1969 33 NYM NL WS BAL W 4 16 14 4 5 1 0 3 4 0 0 2 6 .357 .438 1.071 1.509 15 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 4 16 14 4 5 1 0 3 4 0 0 2 6 .357 .438 1.071 1.509 15 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
1961 25 PIT NL 40 0.0% 25.0% 12.5% 5.0% 18% 2.00 3.5 17.5 1.00 63%
1962 26 PIT NL 251 2.8% 23.1% 10.4% 8.0% 30% 2.23 3.8 31.7 7.9 1.22 63%
1963 27 PIT NL 614 2.4% 22.2% 6.4% 8.1% 32% 3.49 4.1 37.5 9.9 1.18 68%
1964 28 PIT NL 492 2.4% 19.5% 5.3% 8.7% 33% 3.69 4.8 38.1 7.1 1.22 72%
1965 29 PIT NL 676 2.1% 18.9% 7.1% 8.9% 33% 2.67 4.8 43.7 6.4 1.31 71%
1966 30 PIT NL 629 4.5% 22.6% 8.3% 9.5% 35% 2.73 4.0 20.4 5.8 1.54 64%
1967 31 PIT NL 518 2.5% 20.7% 6.6% 5.8% 25% 3.15 4.5 36.8 8.5 1.49 70%
1968 32 PIT NL 645 2.6% 25.3% 7.3% 6.7% 29% 3.47 3.6 34.4 6.7 1.30 64%
1969 33 TOT NL 362 4.4% 26.0% 6.9% 7.7% 34% 3.76 3.5 20.7 6.5 1.52 62%
1969 33 MON NL 136 2.9% 23.5% 4.4% 8.1% 36% 5.33 4.0 32.3 9.2 2.55 69%
1969 33 NYM NL 226 5.3% 27.4% 8.4% 7.5% 33% 3.26 3.3 16.8 5.5 1.07 57%
1970 34 NYM NL 443 5.0% 20.5% 8.8% 9.7% 38% 2.33 4.4 18.0 4.1 0.91 65%
1971 35 NYM NL 288 3.8% 27.1% 7.3% 7.3% 32% 3.71 3.4 23.9 7.1 1.22 61%
1972 36 STL NL 154 2.6% 24.0% 11.0% 5.2% 31% 2.18 3.7 34.0 15.1 1.17 62%
12 Yrs 5112 3.1% 22.3% 7.4% 8.0% 32% 3.01 4.1 29.2 6.8 1.28 66%
MLB Averages 2.1% 15.1% 8.4% 6.1% 28% 1.80 5.9 42.1 9.1 1.10 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1961 25 PIT NL 0.9 0.1 40 -0.4 0.6 -1.0 1.33 0.1 -0.4 0.7 0.1 0.95 1.0 4.71 1
1962 26 PIT NL 8.4 0.8 279 1.3 5.5 -4.2 1.06 0.8 0.4 15.2 1.5 0.97 13.4 1.48 6
1963 27 PIT NL 11.1 1.2 643 -1.4 11.1 -12.4 1.14 1.1 -2.3 -2.8 -0.3 0.98 9.4 2.37 5
1964 28 PIT NL 8.0 0.8 509 1.0 9.3 -8.4 1.01 1.0 -0.1 13.3 1.4 0.95 14.9 1.40 15
1965 29 PIT NL 23.4 2.4 652 2.3 13.9 -11.5 1.13 2.1 -0.0 24.0 2.5 1.00 21.2 2.18 4
1966 30 PIT NL 30.4 3.1 625 3.3 13.9 -10.6 1.06 3.1 0.0 30.2 3.1 0.98 36.1 0.39 4
1967 31 PIT NL -6.8 -0.7 506 -2.0 8.6 -10.6 1.11 -0.7 -1.1 -14.0 -1.5 1.01 -5.6 0.99 6
1968 32 PIT NL 9.0 1.0 624 2.5 13.0 -10.5 1.08 2.0 0.3 13.2 1.5 1.02 18.5 1.93 1
1969 33 TOT NL -0.2 -0.0 369 0.1 7.6 -7.6 1.12 0.6 -0.6 0.4 0.0 1.03 6.2 1.73 24
1969 33 MON NL -3.2 -0.3 138 -1.0 2.4 -3.4 1.28 -0.5 -0.3 -6.2 -0.6 1.06 -3.6 0.68 5
1969 33 NYM NL 3.0 0.3 231 1.1 5.2 -4.1 1.03 1.2 -0.1 6.6 0.7 1.02 9.8 2.00 19
1970 34 NYM NL 15.2 1.5 450 2.8 11.9 -9.1 1.21 2.2 0.1 27.2 2.6 1.03 24.3 2.60 22
1971 35 NYM NL 0.2 0.0 293 0.2 6.6 -6.4 1.24 0.2 -0.1 -3.1 -0.3 1.00 3.4 1.89 27
1972 36 STL NL -5.7 -0.6 158 -0.5 2.7 -3.2 1.11 -0.7 0.2 -8.0 -0.9 0.94 -7.0 1.70 20
12 Yrs 93.9 9.6 5148 9.0 104.6 -95.6 1.11 11.9 -3.8 96.4 9.7 1.00 135.8 1.84 135

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1961 25 PIT NL 0 0 44% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 83% 4 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 2
1962 26 PIT NL 3 0 37% 94 16 4 80% 16 3 0 1 0 0 5 0 5 0 2 1 2 9 52% 12 6 5 6 2 3 11 4 7
1963 27 PIT NL 8 0 27% 197 22 13 63% 18 10 2 0 0 1 5 2 6 0 0 3 2 12 61% 30 14 15 2 1 1 17 2 14
1964 28 PIT NL 9 0 28% 180 12 8 60% 12 7 0 1 0 0 2 1 7 0 1 1 3 16 54% 20 11 8 2 0 2 19 5 12
1965 29 PIT NL 10 0 34% 179 9 9 50% 8 6 1 1 0 0 4 2 10 0 0 2 6 14 58% 33 15 17 7 4 3 20 5 15
1966 30 PIT NL 7 0 26% 197 8 7 53% 6 6 1 0 1 1 3 1 7 0 2 1 2 11 54% 32 19 12 6 1 5 12 1 10
1967 31 PIT NL 9 0 23% 165 4 4 50% 3 4 1 0 0 0 2 2 6 0 0 2 2 13 41% 30 20 10 2 1 1 12 4 7
1968 32 PIT NL 6 0 25% 235 10 3 77% 7 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 11 0 2 3 2 9 53% 27 19 7 5 0 4 30 7 22
1969 33 TOT NL 5 0 31% 103 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 2 1 6 59% 11 4 6 9 6 3 7 0 7
1969 33 MON NL 3 0 30% 32 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 63% 3 1 2 4 2 2 1 0 1
1969 33 NYM NL 2 0 32% 71 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 2 1 1 58% 8 3 4 5 4 1 6 0 6
1970 34 NYM NL 5 0 33% 137 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 11 74% 22 7 15 5 2 3 12 1 11
1971 35 NYM NL 2 0 24% 90 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 0 2 1 0 3 48% 12 8 4 1 0 1 8 3 5
1972 36 STL NL 2 0 23% 55 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 29% 15 10 3 0 0 0 2 0 2
12 Yrs 66 0 29% 1644 90 57 61% 78 48 7 3 2 2 23 9 69 0 11 18 21 104 55% 248 134 105 45 17 26 152 32 114

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 % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1961 25 PIT NL 40 25% 11 1 0 0 0 4.71 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0% 3 0 0% 29 3 10% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
1962 26 PIT NL 251 42% 67 6 1 0 0 1.48 7 1 2 4 3 3 4 0 3 1 33% 46 3 7% 15 5 33% 148 23 16% 8 3 38% 12 6 50% 0
1963 27 PIT NL 614 30% 155 5 0 0 1 2.37 15 0 13 8 7 8 7 0 3 3 100% 121 14 12% 54 17 31% 362 40 11% 26 13 50% 17 12 71% 0
1964 28 PIT NL 492 38% 129 15 7 1 4 1.40 12 0 11 8 4 3 9 1 3 3 100% 80 10 13% 47 12 26% 291 55 19% 28 13 46% 14 7 50% 0
1965 29 PIT NL 677 30% 184 4 2 0 2 2.18 14 0 14 8 6 5 9 0 2 1 50% 118 10 8% 64 23 36% 440 81 18% 53 30 57% 25 14 56% -1
1966 30 PIT NL 629 24% 171 4 1 0 0 0.39 28 0 12 20 7 3 25 0 1 1 100% 116 14 12% 52 17 33% 412 70 17% 38 23 61% 20 9 45% 0
1967 31 PIT NL 518 28% 119 6 1 1 1 0.99 13 0 11 9 3 8 5 0 1 1 100% 90 15 17% 44 10 23% 352 45 13% 34 12 35% 12 4 33% 0
1968 32 PIT NL 645 31% 150 1 1 0 2 1.93 17 0 17 7 9 5 12 1 4 5 125% 120 14 12% 69 21 30% 419 69 16% 49 26 53% 23 10 43% 0
1969 33 TOT NL 362 41% 82 24 2 0 0 1.73 16 0 11 10 6 8 8 0 2 2 100% 88 9 10% 35 9 26% 278 38 14% 21 8 38% 12 8 67% 0
1969 33 MON NL 136 36% 31 5 0 0 0 0.68 4 0 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 34 6 18% 12 5 42% 107 12 11% 8 3 38% 4 3 75% 0
1969 33 NYM NL 226 44% 51 19 2 0 0 2.00 12 0 7 6 6 4 8 0 2 2 100% 54 3 6% 23 4 17% 171 26 15% 13 5 38% 8 5 63% 0
1970 34 NYM NL 443 37% 114 22 5 1 4 2.60 22 0 21 11 11 10 12 0 0 0 101 15 15% 48 14 29% 354 77 22% 51 29 57% 14 7 50% 0
1971 35 NYM NL 288 53% 65 27 2 0 2 1.89 11 0 9 7 4 5 6 0 0 0 61 12 20% 26 7 27% 205 27 13% 20 9 45% 11 9 82% 0
1972 36 STL NL 154 73% 26 20 4 0 1 1.70 4 0 3 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 31 7 23% 15 3 20% 81 6 7% 10 3 30% 5 1 20% 0
12 Yrs 5113 35% 1273 135 26 3 17 1.84 159 1 125 93 63 58 101 2 19 17 89% 983 123 13% 472 138 29% 3371 534 16% 340 170 50% 165 87 53% -1
MLB Averages 53% 76% 10% 30% 14% 47% 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
1961 25 9 40 35 7 11 1 1 0 2 0 0 5 10 .314 .400 .400 .800 115 14 0 0 0 0 0
1962 26 89 291 257 46 78 9 6 7 30 16 4 31 68 .304 .379 .467 .846 125 120 3 1 1 1 3
1963 27 243 905 820 111 233 37 13 22 87 38 17 70 204 .284 .343 .441 .784 119 362 17 6 4 5 6
1964 28 376 1397 1277 164 362 60 21 34 151 50 25 96 300 .283 .335 .443 .778 118 566 27 8 7 9 8
1965 29 538 2073 1889 253 546 92 35 48 247 59 34 144 428 .289 .340 .451 .791 121 852 37 13 8 19 15
1966 30 693 2702 2460 333 717 114 45 76 345 67 41 196 570 .291 .345 .467 .812 126 1149 51 15 9 22 22
1967 31 824 3220 2938 379 836 129 47 89 401 71 45 230 677 .285 .337 .451 .788 120 1326 66 16 10 26 26
1968 32 982 3865 3522 442 986 149 53 106 488 81 48 277 840 .280 .332 .443 .775 119 1559 80 17 15 34 30
1969 33 1092 4227 3853 487 1068 160 54 122 539 84 52 302 934 .277 .330 .442 .772 118 1702 89 19 17 36 35
1970 34 1213 4670 4249 552 1182 178 57 144 636 88 53 341 1025 .278 .332 .449 .780 119 1906 104 20 17 43 39
1971 35 1301 4958 4512 581 1247 188 57 155 673 89 55 362 1103 .276 .330 .446 .776 118 2014 116 21 17 46 42
1972 36 1362 5112 4648 594 1273 192 57 159 682 90 57 379 1140 .274 .328 .442 .771 117 2056 123 21 17 47 46

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
1961 25 9 42 37 8 12 1 1 0 2 0 5 10 .324 .405 .405 .810 6 9
1962 26 80 250 221 38 66 8 5 7 27 16 26 58 .299 .373 .475 .849 39 80
1963 27 154 632 577 75 169 31 8 16 66 24 43 136 .293 .345 .458 .803 90 154
1964 28 133 503 466 59 138 25 9 13 71 13 28 96 .296 .336 .472 .808 73 133
1965 29 161 684 618 97 193 34 15 15 104 9 50 127 .312 .363 .489 .852 109 162
1966 30 155 639 579 87 179 23 10 29 106 8 54 142 .309 .368 .534 .902 115 155
1967 31 131 531 488 53 129 16 2 14 65 4 37 107 .264 .315 .391 .706 61 131
1968 32 157 676 607 83 176 23 7 20 114 12 55 162 .290 .346 .450 .796 95 158
1969 33 110 366 334 48 85 11 1 17 54 3 26 94 .254 .310 .446 .757 46 110
1970 34 121 440 394 63 112 18 3 22 95 4 38 91 .284 .343 .513 .856 70 121
1971 35 88 296 269 34 71 11 0 12 43 1 23 78 .264 .321 .439 .760 38 88
1972 36 64 164 144 15 29 4 0 4 10 1 19 39 .201 .293 .313 .605 14 61
12 Yrs 1363 5223 4734 660 1359 205 61 169 757 95 404 1140 .287 .343 .463 .806 756 1362
162 Game Avg. 162 621 563 78 162 24 7 20 90 11 48 135 .287 .343 .463 .806 90 1362

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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

Awards (yr lg award)
1969 ML WS MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1970 NL (13, 8%)
0.08 Career Shares (982nd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1965 NL  .301 (10th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1966 NL  .520 (10th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1966 NL  .878 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1965 NL  162 (4th)

Hits s c a p y
1965 NL  184 (8th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1966 NL  297 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
1965 NL  32 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1964 NL  8 (8th)
1965 NL  14 (2nd)
1966 NL  10 (4th)
1968 NL  6 (8th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1965 NL  96 (9th)
1966 NL  98 (8th)
1968 NL  87 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1963 NL  136 (1st)
1965 NL  128 (3rd)
1966 NL  142 (2nd)
1967 NL  107 (6th)
1968 NL  163 (1st)
Career  1,140 (177th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1963 NL  22 (8th)
1964 NL  12 (9th)

Singles s c a p y
1965 NL  124 (9th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1966 NL  141 (10th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1966 NL  30 (10th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1966 NL  3.1 (10th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1965 NL  60 (10th)
1966 NL  60 (8th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1965 NL  10 (1st)
1968 NL  8 (2nd)
1970 NL  7 (5th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1967 NL  15 (10th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1963 NL  13 (3rd)
1964 NL  8 (8th)
1965 NL  9 (4th)

SB % s c a p y
1962 NL  80.00 (4th)
1964 NL  60.00 (9th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1963 NL  17.8 (4th)
1964 NL  12.0 (10th)
1966 NL  12.4 (10th)
1968 NL  12.6 (5th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1966 NL  20.4 (10th)

Oldest s c a p y
1972 NL  born 1935-07-15 (9th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 33 (740), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1936), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1595), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS First Base (119th), 19.8 career WAR/19.7 7yr-peak WAR/19.8 JAWS
Average HOF 1B (out of 19) = 68.2 career WAR/43.2 7yr-peak WAR/55.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  1. Eddie Robinson (931)
  2. Juan Encarnacion (928)
  3. Walt Dropo (926)
  4. Alvin Davis (923)
  5. Gary Ward (921)
  6. Jim Northrup (921)
  7. Kevin Millar (921)
  8. Jacque Jones (920)
  9. Larry Hisle (916)
  10. Norm Siebern (914)
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  1. Rich Reese (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Dee Fondy (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Dee Fondy (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Greg Colbrunn (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Dee Fondy (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Lyle Overbay (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Eddie Robinson (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Eddie Robinson (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Eddie Robinson (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Eddie Robinson (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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