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Gil Coan

Gilbert Fitzgerald Coan

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

Born: May 18, 1922 in Monroe, NC
Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 27, 1946
Teams (by GP): Senators/Orioles/WhiteSox/Giants 1946-1956

Final Game: April 25, 1956
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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
1946 24 WSH AL 59 147 134 17 28 3 2 3 9 2 2 7 37 .209 .269 .328 .597 71 44 1 4 2 O7/9
1947 25 WSH AL 11 47 42 5 21 3 2 0 3 2 1 5 6 .500 .553 .667 1.220 242 28 0 0 0 O9
1948 26 WSH AL 138 565 513 56 119 13 9 7 60 23 9 41 78 .232 .298 .333 .631 70 171 5 7 4 *7O
1949 27 WSH AL 111 389 358 36 78 7 8 3 25 9 6 29 58 .218 .278 .307 .586 56 110 4 1 1 O78
1950 28 WSH AL 104 403 366 58 111 17 4 7 50 10 5 28 46 .303 .359 .429 .788 105 157 1 4 5 O7/89
1951 29 WSH AL 135 591 538 85 163 25 7 9 62 8 5 39 62 .303 .357 .426 .782 113 229 6 6 8 *7O MVP-23
1952 30 WSH AL 107 365 332 50 68 11 6 5 20 9 4 32 35 .205 .277 .319 .596 68 106 2 1 0 O7/8
1953 31 WSH AL 68 195 168 28 33 1 4 2 17 7 0 22 23 .196 .301 .286 .586 60 48 3 3 2 O7
1954 32 BAL AL 94 287 265 29 74 11 1 2 20 9 4 16 17 .279 .320 .351 .671 91 93 1 1 3 2 78
1955 33 TOT MLB 87 176 160 18 36 7 1 1 12 4 2 13 21 .225 .287 .300 .587 63 48 2 1 2 0 0 7/98
1955 33 TOT AL 78 163 147 18 34 7 1 1 12 4 2 13 20 .231 .298 .313 .611 70 46 2 1 2 0 0 7/9
1955 33 BAL AL 61 146 130 18 31 7 1 1 11 4 2 13 15 .238 .313 .331 .643 80 43 2 1 2 0 0 7/9
1955 33 CHW AL 17 17 17 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .176 .176 .176 .353 -6 3 0 0 0 0 0 /97
1955 33 NYG NL 9 13 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .154 .154 .154 .308 -18 2 0 0 0 0 0 /987
1956 34 NYG NL 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 918 3166 2877 384 731 98 44 39 278 83 38 232 384 .254 .316 .359 .675 84 1034 25 28 27 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 559 508 68 129 17 8 7 49 15 7 41 68 .254 .316 .359 .675 84 182 4 5 5
WSH (8 yrs) 733 2702 2451 335 621 80 42 36 246 70 32 203 345 .253 .317 .364 .682 85 893 22 26 22
NYG (2 yrs) 13 14 14 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -24 2 0 0 0 0 0
BAL (2 yrs) 155 433 395 47 105 18 2 3 31 13 6 29 32 .266 .318 .344 .662 87 136 3 2 5 2 0
CHW (1 yr) 17 17 17 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .176 .176 .176 .353 -6 3 0 0 0 0 0
AL (10 yrs) 905 3152 2863 382 729 98 44 39 278 83 38 232 382 .255 .316 .360 .677 84 1032 25 28 27 2 0
NL (2 yrs) 13 14 14 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -24 2 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1946 24 WSH AL 147 -6 0 0 0 -1 -1 4 -4 -0.5 -3 -0.3 -0.2 $ O7/9
1947 25 WSH AL 47 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0.9 8 0.9 0.0 $ O9
1948 26 WSH AL 565 -23 2 0 0 7 -6 15 -5 -0.5 -12 -1.2 0.7 $ *7O
1949 27 WSH AL 389 -27 0 0 0 -2 -3 11 -21 -2.2 -19 -2.0 -0.2 $ O78
1950 28 WSH AL 403 2 1 0 0 0 -4 11 10 1.0 10 1.0 0.0 $ O7/89
1951 29 WSH AL 591 10 2 0 0 8 -6 16 30 3.0 22 2.2 0.8 $ *7O MVP-23
1952 30 WSH AL 365 -13 3 0 0 0 -4 11 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ O7/8
1953 31 WSH AL 195 -9 3 0 0 0 -2 6 0 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ O7
1954 32 BAL AL 287 -6 0 1 3 -8 -2 8 -4 -0.4 4 0.4 -0.8 $ 78
1955 33 BAL AL 146 -4 0 -1 0 -9 -2 4 -11 -1.1 -3 -0.3 -0.8 $ 7/9
1955 33 CHW AL 17 -3 0 0 0 -0 0 0 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ /97
1955 33 NYG NL 13 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /987
1956 34 NYG NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
11 Seasons 3166 -74 11 0 3 -5 -30 87 -5 -0.8 -3 -0.3 -0.5 $
WSH (8 yrs) 2702 -59 11 0 0 12 -26 75 15 1.2 1 0.1 1.1 $
NYG (2 yrs) 14 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $
BAL (2 yrs) 433 -10 0 0 3 -17 -4 12 -15 -1.5 1 0.1 -1.6 $
CHW (1 yr) 17 -3 0 0 0 -0 0 0 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $

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
1946 24 WSH AL 147 111 11 2.6 91 .266 .209 .257 .269 .330 .328 .369 .597 .699 71 .305 -5.8 -0.6 .505 .172 .119 2.4
1947 25 WSH AL 47 22 15 18.2 94 .583 .500 .259 .553 .339 .667 .373 1.220 .711 242 .937 8.2 0.8 1.545 .310 .167 .0
1948 26 WSH AL 565 412 50 3.2 103 .262 .232 .269 .298 .354 .333 .389 .631 .743 70 .343 -24.8 -2.5 .571 .209 .101 10.7
1949 27 WSH AL 389 291 30 2.7 105 .253 .218 .268 .278 .360 .307 .390 .586 .750 56 .282 -25.3 -2.5 .493 .179 .089 4.5
1950 28 WSH AL 403 266 55 5.5 109 .332 .303 .272 .359 .358 .429 .408 .788 .766 105 .546 2.3 0.2 .743 .216 .126 8.2
1951 29 WSH AL 591 394 80 5.5 100 .330 .303 .265 .357 .346 .426 .389 .782 .735 113 .587 8.0 0.8 .718 .201 .123 8.5
1952 30 WSH AL 365 270 29 2.9 94 .216 .205 .257 .277 .336 .319 .375 .596 .710 68 .342 -15.7 -1.6 .533 .226 .114 6.4
1953 31 WSH AL 195 140 15 2.9 101 .217 .196 .267 .301 .343 .286 .393 .586 .736 60 .310 -9.6 -1.0 .580 .262 .089 3.1
1954 32 BAL AL 287 201 30 4.0 92 .290 .279 .256 .320 .330 .351 .374 .671 .704 91 .471 -3.3 -0.3 .587 .151 .072 3.3
1955 33 TOT MLB 176 130 15 3.1 97 .254 .225 .259 .287 .336 .300 .388 .587 .724 63 .327 -8.3 -0.8 .500 .169 .075 1.6
1955 33 TOT AL 163 119 15 3.4 97 .262 .231 .258 .298 .336 .313 .385 .611 .721 70 .363 -6.1 -0.6 .530 .184 .082 1.6
1955 33 BAL AL 146 105 14 3.6 96 .263 .238 .257 .313 .335 .331 .382 .643 .717 80 .388 -3.4 -0.3 .573 .208 .092 1.6
1955 33 CHW AL 17 14 1 1.9 105 .250 .176 .270 .176 .350 .176 .402 .353 .752 -6 .168 -2.6 -0.3 .214 .000 .000
1955 33 NYG NL 13 11 0 0.0 106 .167 .154 .267 .154 .338 .154 .422 .308 .760 -18 .000 -2.2 -0.2 .182 .000 .000
1956 34 NYG NL 1 1 0 0.0 102 .000 .263 .000 .330 .000 .415 .000 .745 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
11 Seasons 3166 2238 330 3.9 100 .282 .254 .265 .316 .346 .359 .388 .675 .734 84 .438 -74.6 -7.6 .606 .202 .105 53.1
162 Game Avg. 559 395 58 3.9 100 .282 .254 .265 .316 .346 .359 .388 .675 .734 84 .438 -74.6 -7.6 .606 .202 .105 9
WSH (8 yrs) 2702 1906 285 4.0 101 .283 .253 .266 .317 .349 .364 .389 .682 .738 85 .443 -62.7 -6.4 .616 .209 .111 47.5
NYG (2 yrs) 14 12 0 0.0 106 .167 .143 .266 .143 .337 .143 .422 .286 .759 -24 .000 -2.5 -0.2 .167 .000 .000
BAL (2 yrs) 433 306 44 3.9 93 .282 .266 .256 .318 .331 .344 .377 .662 .708 87 .443 -6.8 -0.7 .582 .170 .078 4.9
CHW (1 yr) 17 14 1 1.9 105 .250 .176 .270 .176 .350 .176 .402 .353 .752 -6 .168 -2.6 -0.3 .214 .000 .000
AL (10 yrs) 3152 2226 330 4.0 100 .282 .255 .265 .316 .347 .360 .387 .677 .734 84 .441 -72.1 -7.3 .609 .203 .106 53.1
NL (2 yrs) 14 12 0 0.0 106 .167 .143 .266 .143 .337 .143 .422 .286 .759 -24 .000 -2.5 -0.2 .167 .000 .000

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
1946 24 WSH AL 147 2.0% 25.2% 4.8% 5.4% 29% 5.29 3.6 44.7 14.9 64%
1947 25 WSH AL 47 0.0% 12.8% 10.6% 10.6% 24% 1.20 7.0 14.0 77%
1948 26 WSH AL 565 1.2% 13.8% 7.3% 5.1% 24% 1.90 6.6 73.3 8.6 76%
1949 27 WSH AL 389 0.8% 14.9% 7.5% 4.6% 23% 2.00 6.2 119.3 14.3 76%
1950 28 WSH AL 403 1.7% 11.4% 7.0% 7.0% 25% 1.64 8.0 52.3 7.3 0.62 78%
1951 29 WSH AL 591 1.5% 10.5% 6.6% 6.9% 25% 1.59 8.7 59.8 8.7 1.00 79%
1952 30 WSH AL 365 1.4% 9.6% 8.8% 6.0% 32% 1.09 9.5 66.4 16.6 0.78 80%
1953 31 WSH AL 195 1.0% 11.8% 11.3% 3.6% 21% 1.05 7.3 84.0 9.9 0.78 73%
1954 32 BAL AL 287 0.7% 5.9% 5.6% 4.9% 19% 1.06 15.6 132.5 13.3 0.89 86%
1955 33 TOT MLB 176 0.6% 11.9% 7.4% 5.1% 25% 1.62 7.6 160.0 13.3 0.68 78%
1955 33 TOT AL 163 0.6% 12.3% 8.0% 5.5% 27% 1.54 7.4 147.0 12.3 0.73 77%
1955 33 BAL AL 146 0.7% 10.3% 8.9% 6.2% 29% 1.15 8.7 130.0 11.8 0.76 78%
1955 33 CHW AL 17 0.0% 29.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.4 17.0 0.50 71%
1955 33 NYG NL 13 0.0% 7.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 13.0 0.29 92%
1956 34 NYG NL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
11 Seasons 3166 1.2% 12.1% 7.3% 5.7% 25% 1.66 7.5 73.8 10.3 0.81 78%
MLB Averages 1.9% 10.4% 9.7% 6.4% 28% 1.07 8.5 45.9 8.2 0.95 76%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1946 24 WSH AL -5.8 -0.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 25 WSH AL 8.2 0.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 26 WSH AL -24.8 -2.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1949 27 WSH AL -25.3 -2.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1950 28 WSH AL 2.3 0.2 399 1.3 8.5 -7.2 1.14 -0.1 1.2 7.1 0.7 1.00 0.0 1.64 8
1951 29 WSH AL 8.0 0.8 567 1.3 11.4 -10.1 1.09 0.7 0.5 7.3 0.7 0.99 7.9 1.61 6
1952 30 WSH AL -15.7 -1.6 380 -2.1 5.3 -7.4 1.10 -0.9 -1.0 -11.5 -1.2 0.96 -9.7 1.63 16
1953 31 WSH AL -9.6 -1.0 206 -0.6 3.1 -3.7 1.07 -0.4 -0.1 -6.8 -0.7 1.06 -5.7 2.09 22
1954 32 BAL AL -3.3 -0.3 300 -0.1 5.0 -5.1 1.12 -0.2 0.1 -2.3 -0.2 0.96 -1.6 1.43 25
1955 33 TOT MLB -8.3 -0.8 182 -0.5 3.5 -3.9 1.22 -0.6 0.3 -7.9 -0.8 1.03 -6.4 2.10 28
1955 33 TOT AL -6.1 -0.6 171 -0.1 3.4 -3.5 1.22 -0.4 0.3 -5.1 -0.5 1.03 -3.8 2.19 26
1955 33 BAL AL -3.4 -0.3 154 0.0 3.0 -3.0 1.14 -0.2 0.2 -2.0 -0.2 1.01 -1.3 1.93 15
1955 33 CHW AL -2.6 -0.3 17 -0.1 0.4 -0.5 1.88 -0.3 0.2 -3.2 -0.3 1.15 -2.6 2.55 11
1955 33 NYG NL -2.2 -0.2 11 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 1.30 -0.2 -0.0 -2.8 -0.3 1.06 -2.5 0.94 2
1956 34 NYG NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .28 -0.0 -0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.86 -0.3 0.28 1
11 Seasons -74.6 -7.6 2035 -0.7 36.7 -37.4 1.11 -1.5 0.9 -14.4 -1.6 0.99 -15.6 1.79 106

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
1950 28 WSH AL 4 0 38% 143 10 5 67% 9 5 0 1 1 0 4 0 8 2 58% 27 12 14 7 4 3 14 3 11
1951 29 WSH AL 8 0 38% 222 8 5 62% 6 5 0 0 1 0 2 0 12 5 51% 55 28 25 13 5 8 11 2 7
1952 30 WSH AL 7 0 47% 147 9 4 69% 9 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 4 68% 16 7 9 4 0 4 18 5 13
1953 31 WSH AL 3 0 46% 71 7 0 100% 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 4 46% 19 9 9 4 2 1 5 2 3
1954 32 BAL AL 5 0 30% 115 9 4 69% 8 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 5 8 49% 22 11 10 5 3 2 10 2 6
1955 33 TOT MLB 2 0 35% 74 4 2 67% 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 28% 10 8 2 2 1 1 6 3 2
1955 33 TOT AL 2 0 36% 72 4 2 67% 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 29% 10 8 2 1 0 1 6 3 2
1955 33 BAL AL 2 0 39% 65 4 2 67% 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 31% 9 7 2 1 0 1 6 3 2
1955 33 CHW AL 0 0 0% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 33 NYG NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1956 34 NYG NL 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 29 0 36% 774 83 38 69% 43 17 1 5 2 1 9 0 34 25 53% 151 75 71 35 15 19 64 17 42

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
1950 28 WSH AL 379 80% 111 8 4 0 2 1.64 7 2 14 7 0 3 4 0 5 5 100% 95 1 1% 53 8 15% 278 43 15% 22 10 45% 9 5 56% 24
1951 29 WSH AL 547 69% 163 6 0 0 2 1.61 9 0 14 4 3 3 4 0 12 8 67% 131 6 5% 67 17 25% 364 55 15% 32 17 53% 31 19 61% 45
1952 30 WSH AL 363 81% 68 16 3 0 0 1.63 5 0 9 5 0 2 3 0 1 0 0% 70 2 3% 38 10 26% 213 15 7% 12 6 50% 10 4 40% 2
1953 31 WSH AL 195 89% 33 22 5 0 1 2.09 2 0 7 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 100% 48 3 6% 27 9 33% 152 16 11% 20 9 45% 13 4 31% 0
1954 32 BAL AL 282 98% 74 25 2 0 0 1.43 2 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 6 3 50% 62 1 2% 28 7 25% 159 20 13% 10 7 70% 7 5 71% 5
1955 33 TOT MLB 174 87% 36 28 10 1 6 2.10 1 0 8 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 67% 46 2 4% 21 4 19% 123 11 9% 11 6 55% 6 3 50% 2
1955 33 TOT AL 163 90% 34 26 9 1 6 2.19 1 0 8 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 67% 44 2 5% 21 4 19% 115 11 10% 11 6 55% 5 3 60% 0
1955 33 BAL AL 146 88% 31 15 7 1 5 1.93 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 67% 37 2 5% 18 3 17% 100 10 10% 8 5 63% 4 2 50% 0
1955 33 CHW AL 17 100% 3 11 2 0 1 2.55 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0% 3 1 33% 15 1 7% 3 1 33% 1 1 100% 0
1955 33 NYG NL 11 55% 2 2 1 0 0 0.94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 8 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 2
1956 34 NYG NL 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0.28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 1941 82% 731 106 24 1 11 1.79 39 2 56 21 3 11 13 0 29 27 93% 452 25 6% 234 55 24% 1289 160 12% 107 55 51% 76 40 53% 78
MLB Averages 50% 147% 18% 32% 14% 50% 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
1946 24 59 147 134 17 28 3 2 3 9 2 2 7 37 .209 .269 .328 .597 71 44 1 4 2
1947 25 70 194 176 22 49 6 4 3 12 4 3 12 43 .278 .339 .409 .748 113 72 1 4 2
1948 26 208 759 689 78 168 19 13 10 72 27 12 53 121 .244 .308 .353 .661 80 243 6 11 6
1949 27 319 1148 1047 114 246 26 21 13 97 36 18 82 179 .235 .298 .337 .635 72 353 10 12 7
1950 28 423 1551 1413 172 357 43 25 20 147 46 23 110 225 .253 .314 .361 .675 81 510 11 16 12
1951 29 558 2142 1951 257 520 68 32 29 209 54 28 149 287 .267 .326 .379 .704 89 739 17 22 20
1952 30 665 2507 2283 307 588 79 38 34 229 63 32 181 322 .258 .318 .370 .689 86 845 19 23 20
1953 31 733 2702 2451 335 621 80 42 36 246 70 32 203 345 .253 .317 .364 .682 85 893 22 26 22
1954 32 827 2989 2716 364 695 91 43 38 266 79 36 219 362 .256 .317 .363 .681 85 986 23 27 25 2
1955 33 914 3165 2876 382 731 98 44 39 278 83 38 232 383 .254 .316 .360 .675 84 1034 25 28 27 2 0
1956 34 918 3166 2877 384 731 98 44 39 278 83 38 232 384 .254 .316 .359 .675 84 1034 25 28 27 2 0

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
1946 24 62 156 143 21 32 3 2 3 11 2 8 39 .224 .288 .336 .624 14 59
1947 25 11 50 45 6 23 3 2 0 3 2 5 6 .511 .560 .667 1.227 18 11
1948 26 144 583 534 57 122 13 9 7 61 24 42 82 .228 .293 .326 .619 50 138
1949 27 116 402 372 36 79 7 8 3 25 9 29 61 .212 .271 .298 .570 30 111
1950 28 109 409 377 56 110 17 4 7 48 10 28 48 .292 .347 .414 .761 53 104
1951 29 142 609 563 87 169 26 7 9 63 8 40 65 .300 .353 .419 .772 82 135
1952 30 112 387 351 57 75 12 7 6 23 10 35 37 .214 .287 .339 .626 33 107
1953 31 71 202 176 29 35 1 4 2 18 7 23 24 .199 .302 .284 .586 15 68
1954 32 98 305 284 35 84 12 1 2 24 10 18 18 .296 .338 .366 .704 36 94
1955 33 91 185 170 20 40 8 1 1 13 4 14 22 .235 .297 .312 .609 16 87
1956 34 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
11 Seasons 960 3289 3016 406 769 102 45 40 289 86 242 403 .255 .316 .358 .675 347 918
162 Game Avg. 162 555 509 69 130 17 8 7 49 15 41 68 .255 .316 .358 .675 59 918

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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))
1951 AL (23, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1362nd)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1948 AL  0.7 (7th)
1951 AL  0.8 (3rd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1951 AL  .303 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1951 AL  163 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1948 AL  9 (9th)
1949 AL  8 (7th)
1951 AL  7 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1948 AL  78 (3rd)
1951 AL  62 (10th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1948 AL  23 (2nd)
1949 AL  9 (8th)
1950 AL  10 (4th)
1952 AL  9 (9th)
1953 AL  7 (10th)
1954 AL  9 (8th)

Singles s c a p y
1951 AL  122 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1946 AL  4 (4th)
1948 AL  7 (2nd)
1951 AL  6 (6th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1948 AL  9 (6th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1948 AL  10.7 (3rd)
1950 AL  8.2 (10th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 22 (951), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1535), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (2719), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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