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Rocky Colavito

Rocco Domenico Colavito

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 10, 1933 in New York, NY
High School: Teddy Roosevelt HS (New York, NY)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1955
Teams (by GP): Indians/Tigers/Athletics/WhiteSox/Dodgers/... 1955-1968

Final Game: September 28, 1968
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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
1955 21 CLE AL 5 9 9 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .444 .444 .667 1.111 192 6 0 0 0 0 0 /9
1956 22 CLE AL 101 380 322 55 89 11 4 21 65 0 1 49 46 .276 .372 .531 .903 135 171 4 2 4 3 0 9 RoY-2
1957 23 CLE AL 134 544 461 66 116 26 0 25 84 1 6 71 80 .252 .348 .471 .819 122 217 12 1 4 7 0 *9
1958 24 CLE AL 143 578 489 80 148 26 3 41 113 0 2 84 89 .303 .405 .620 1.024 180 303 16 2 0 3 6 *93/71 MVP-3
1959 25 CLE AL 154 664 588 90 151 24 0 42 111 3 3 71 86 .257 .337 .512 .849 133 301 13 2 0 3 8 *9 AS,MVP-4
1960 26 DET AL 145 616 555 67 138 18 1 35 87 3 6 53 80 .249 .317 .474 .791 108 263 17 4 1 3 4 *9
1961 27 DET AL 163 708 583 129 169 30 2 45 140 1 2 113 75 .290 .402 .580 .982 157 338 14 2 2 8 2 *79 AS,MVP-8
1962 28 DET AL 161 707 601 90 164 30 2 37 112 2 0 96 68 .273 .371 .514 .885 132 309 18 2 1 7 7 *7 AS,MVP-16
1963 29 DET AL 160 692 597 91 162 29 2 22 91 0 0 84 78 .271 .358 .437 .795 119 261 18 1 2 8 9 *79
1964 30 KCA AL 160 681 588 89 161 31 2 34 102 3 1 83 56 .274 .366 .507 .873 137 298 16 5 1 4 4 *9/7 AS,MVP-23
1965 31 CLE AL 162 695 592 92 170 25 2 26 108 1 1 93 63 .287 .383 .468 .851 140 277 14 3 0 7 11 *9/7 AS,MVP-5
1966 32 CLE AL 151 614 533 68 127 13 0 30 72 2 1 76 81 .238 .336 .432 .767 119 230 25 3 0 2 4 *9 AS
1967 33 TOT AL 123 436 381 30 88 13 1 8 50 3 3 49 41 .231 .317 .333 .651 95 127 8 1 1 4 2 97
1967 33 CLE AL 63 216 191 10 46 9 0 5 21 2 2 24 31 .241 .329 .366 .695 104 70 6 1 0 0 0 97
1967 33 CHW AL 60 220 190 20 42 4 1 3 29 1 1 25 10 .221 .306 .300 .606 85 57 2 0 1 4 2 97
1968 34 TOT MLB 79 235 204 21 43 5 2 8 24 0 1 29 35 .211 .311 .373 .683 112 76 7 1 0 1 1 97/1
1968 34 LAD NL 40 129 113 8 23 3 0 3 11 0 1 15 18 .204 .295 .310 .604 89 35 6 0 0 1 1 79
1968 34 NYY AL 39 106 91 13 20 2 2 5 13 0 0 14 17 .220 .330 .451 .781 141 41 1 1 0 0 0 9/71
14 Yrs 1841 7559 6503 971 1730 283 21 374 1159 19 27 951 880 .266 .359 .489 .848 132 3177 182 29 16 60 58
162 Game Avg. 162 665 572 85 152 25 2 33 102 2 2 84 77 .266 .359 .489 .848 132 280 16 3 1 5 5
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
CLE (8 yrs) 913 3700 3185 464 851 136 9 190 574 9 16 468 478 .267 .361 .495 .856 137 1575 90 14 8 25 29
DET (4 yrs) 629 2723 2336 377 633 107 7 139 430 6 8 346 301 .271 .364 .501 .865 130 1171 67 9 6 26 22
KCA (1 yr) 160 681 588 89 161 31 2 34 102 3 1 83 56 .274 .366 .507 .873 137 298 16 5 1 4 4
LAD (1 yr) 40 129 113 8 23 3 0 3 11 0 1 15 18 .204 .295 .310 .604 89 35 6 0 0 1 1
NYY (1 yr) 39 106 91 13 20 2 2 5 13 0 0 14 17 .220 .330 .451 .781 141 41 1 1 0 0 0
CHW (1 yr) 60 220 190 20 42 4 1 3 29 1 1 25 10 .221 .306 .300 .606 85 57 2 0 1 4 2
AL (14 yrs) 1801 7430 6390 963 1707 280 21 371 1148 19 26 936 862 .267 .360 .492 .852 133 3142 176 29 16 59 57
NL (1 yr) 40 129 113 8 23 3 0 3 11 0 1 15 18 .204 .295 .310 .604 89 35 6 0 0 1 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
1955 21 CLE AL 5 9 1 0 0 2 -0 3 0.4 0 4 0.4 .572 .502 0.1 0.2 1 $ /9
1956 22 CLE AL 101 380 16 -1 1 1 -4 12 1.3 10 23 2.3 .512 .508 2.1 -0.2 22 $ 9 RoY-2
1957 23 CLE AL 134 544 20 -4 -1 9 -6 18 1.9 15 33 3.4 .515 .512 2.4 0.3 24 $ *9
1958 24 CLE AL 143 578 52 -4 -2 -1 -6 39 4.0 16 55 5.6 .529 .526 5.7 -0.9 56 $ *93/71 MVP-3
1959 25 CLE AL 154 664 26 -3 -0 17 -7 33 3.2 18 51 5.0 .522 .521 3.3 0.9 34 $28,000 *9 AS,MVP-4
1960 26 DET AL 145 616 2 -2 -1 2 -7 -6 -0.8 17 11 0.8 .496 .496 0.8 -0.6 9 $35,000 *9
1961 27 DET AL 163 708 47 2 -2 19 -9 57 5.5 20 76 7.4 .535 .535 5.7 0.9 57 $35,000 *79 AS,MVP-8
1962 28 DET AL 161 707 28 2 -3 18 -8 36 3.6 19 56 5.5 .524 .524 3.8 0.8 38 $ *7 AS,MVP-16
1963 29 DET AL 160 692 14 -2 -3 8 -9 9 0.9 19 29 2.7 .507 .507 2.0 -0.2 20 $54,000 *79
1964 30 KCA AL 160 681 32 4 -2 -5 -8 21 2.0 19 40 3.8 .515 .514 4.7 -1.6 45 $50,000 *9/7 AS,MVP-23
1965 31 CLE AL 162 695 30 -1 -1 -9 -8 11 1.1 19 30 3.0 .507 .507 4.1 -1.9 39 $55,000 *9/7 AS,MVP-5
1966 32 CLE AL 151 614 14 -1 -4 -1 -7 2 -0.1 17 19 1.6 .501 .501 2.0 -1.0 20 $ *9 AS
1967 33 CLE AL 63 216 2 -1 -1 -1 -3 -4 -0.5 6 3 0.1 .493 .497 0.3 -0.5 4 $ 97
1967 33 CHW AL 60 220 -3 0 0 1 -3 -5 -0.7 6 1 -0.1 .490 .496 -0.1 -0.3 0 $60,000 97
1968 34 LAD NL 40 129 -2 -1 -1 -2 -2 -7 -0.9 4 -3 -0.4 .477 .494 -0.2 -0.4 -1 $45,000 79
1968 34 NYY AL 39 106 5 -0 -0 -1 -1 3 0.3 3 6 0.6 .508 .502 0.8 -0.3 7 $ 9/71
14 Seasons 1841 7559 286 -12 -22 59 -86 224 21.2 209 433 41.7 .513 .509 37.5 -4.7 374 $362,000
CLE (8 yrs) 913 3700 161 -14 -10 18 -41 115 11.3 102 217 21.4 .513 .509 20.0 -3.1 199 $83,000
DET (4 yrs) 629 2723 92 -0 -9 48 -33 97 9.2 75 172 16.4 .516 .515 12.3 1.0 124 $124,000
KCA (1 yr) 160 681 32 4 -2 -5 -8 21 2.0 19 40 3.8 .515 .514 4.7 -1.6 45 $50,000
LAD (1 yr) 40 129 -2 -1 -1 -2 -2 -7 -0.9 4 -3 -0.4 .477 .494 -0.2 -0.4 -1 $45,000
NYY (1 yr) 39 106 5 -0 -0 -1 -1 3 0.3 3 6 0.6 .508 .502 0.8 -0.3 7 $
CHW (1 yr) 60 220 -3 0 0 1 -3 -5 -0.7 6 1 -0.1 .490 .496 -0.1 -0.3 0 $60,000

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
1955 21 CLE AL 9 5 3 16.1 106 .571 .444 .271 .444 .351 .667 .404 1.111 .755 192 .908 1.2 0.1 1.200 .222 .222
1956 22 CLE AL 380 245 67 7.3 108 .264 .276 .270 .372 .352 .531 .412 .903 .764 135 .683 15.4 1.5 .929 .404 .255 .0
1957 23 CLE AL 544 374 76 5.5 99 .251 .252 .263 .348 .335 .471 .397 .819 .733 122 .602 15.5 1.6 .782 .362 .219 1.9
1958 24 CLE AL 578 362 122 9.0 97 .296 .303 .260 .405 .329 .620 .396 1.024 .725 180 .795 54.7 5.4 1.078 .485 .317 .0
1959 25 CLE AL 664 456 101 5.9 96 .235 .257 .257 .337 .328 .512 .393 .849 .720 133 .635 25.1 2.5 .826 .376 .255 5.6
1960 26 DET AL 616 444 78 4.7 105 .233 .249 .268 .317 .342 .474 .410 .791 .752 108 .524 3.2 0.3 .720 .315 .225 5.5
1961 27 DET AL 708 440 141 8.6 106 .263 .290 .267 .402 .343 .580 .416 .982 .759 157 .753 50.6 4.9 1.051 .482 .290 2.0
1962 28 DET AL 707 463 117 6.8 106 .252 .273 .268 .371 .341 .514 .417 .885 .758 132 .675 29.3 2.9 .899 .404 .241 3.8
1963 29 DET AL 692 463 95 5.5 97 .277 .271 .259 .358 .326 .437 .400 .795 .725 119 .624 18.4 1.9 .764 .307 .166 .0
1964 30 KCA AL 681 449 110 6.6 99 .253 .274 .260 .366 .329 .507 .404 .873 .734 137 .692 31.0 3.2 .874 .378 .233 5.5
1965 31 CLE AL 695 444 110 6.7 93 .282 .287 .252 .383 .322 .468 .386 .851 .708 140 .716 34.8 3.6 .854 .338 .181 1.9
1966 32 CLE AL 614 434 74 4.6 90 .229 .238 .248 .336 .315 .432 .383 .767 .698 119 .574 14.0 1.5 .718 .338 .193 3.8
1967 33 TOT AL 436 309 42 3.7 83 .238 .231 .241 .317 .310 .333 .362 .651 .671 95 .493 -1.2 -0.1 .582 .231 .102 4.4
1967 33 CLE AL 216 153 23 4.1 86 .265 .241 .245 .329 .315 .366 .368 .695 .683 104 .538 1.4 0.2 .621 .251 .126 2.9
1967 33 CHW AL 220 156 19 3.3 80 .215 .221 .237 .306 .305 .300 .355 .606 .660 85 .442 -2.6 -0.3 .543 .211 .079 1.5
1968 34 TOT MLB 235 170 23 3.6 75 .216 .211 .238 .311 .300 .373 .343 .683 .643 112 .513 3.3 0.4 .621 .299 .162 .0
1968 34 LAD NL 129 98 9 2.5 75 .215 .204 .243 .295 .300 .310 .342 .604 .642 89 .340 -1.1 -0.1 .505 .230 .106 .0
1968 34 NYY AL 106 72 14 5.2 76 .217 .220 .232 .330 .301 .451 .344 .781 .645 141 .675 4.3 0.5 .778 .385 .231 .0
14 Yrs 7559 5058 1159 6.2 98 .255 .266 .259 .359 .330 .489 .397 .848 .727 132 .660 295.3 29.6 .833 .368 .223 36.2
162 Game Avg. 665 445 102 6.2 98 .255 .266 .259 .359 .330 .489 .397 .848 .727 132 .660 26 3 .833 .368 .223 3
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
CLE (8 yrs) 3700 2473 576 6.3 96 .260 .267 .257 .361 .328 .495 .391 .856 .719 137 .672 162.1 16.4 .840 .372 .227 17.2
DET (4 yrs) 2723 1810 431 6.4 104 .257 .271 .265 .364 .338 .501 .411 .865 .748 130 .658 101.5 10.0 .857 .378 .230 11.5
KCA (1 yr) 681 449 110 6.6 99 .253 .274 .260 .366 .329 .507 .404 .873 .734 137 .692 31.0 3.2 .874 .378 .233 5.5
LAD (1 yr) 129 98 9 2.5 75 .215 .204 .243 .295 .300 .310 .342 .604 .642 89 .339 -1.1 -0.1 .505 .230 .106 .0
NYY (1 yr) 106 72 14 5.2 76 .217 .220 .232 .330 .301 .451 .344 .781 .645 141 .675 4.3 0.5 .778 .385 .231 .0
CHW (1 yr) 220 156 19 3.3 80 .215 .221 .237 .306 .305 .300 .355 .606 .660 85 .442 -2.6 -0.3 .543 .211 .079 1.5
AL (14 yrs) 7430 4960 1150 6.2 98 .256 .267 .259 .360 .330 .492 .398 .852 .728 133 .664 296.4 29.7 .839 .370 .225 36.1
NL (1 yr) 129 98 9 2.5 75 .215 .204 .243 .295 .300 .310 .342 .604 .642 89 .339 -1.1 -0.1 .505 .230 .106 .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
1959 CLE AL 25 as RF 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
1959 CLE AL 25 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 2.000 2.500 4 0 0 0 0 0
1961 DET AL 27 as LF 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 DET AL 27 as LF 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 1.000 1.250 4 0 0 0 0 0
1962 DET AL 28 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 DET AL 28 as RF 5 4 1 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 .250 .200 1.000 1.200 4 0 0 0 1 0
1964 KCA AL 30 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 2 0 0 0 0 0
1965 CLE AL 31 as RF 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
1966 CLE AL 32 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs (9 GP) 27 25 3 6 1 0 3 8 0 0 1 3 .240 .259 .640 .899 16 0 0 0 1 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
1955 21 CLE AL 9 0.0% 22.2% 0.0% 22.2% 50% 4.5 0.33 78%
1956 22 CLE AL 380 5.5% 12.1% 12.9% 9.5% 40% 0.94 7.0 15.3 5.0 0.83 68%
1957 23 CLE AL 544 4.6% 14.7% 13.1% 9.4% 44% 1.13 5.8 18.4 5.5 0.90 67%
1958 24 CLE AL 578 7.1% 15.4% 14.5% 12.1% 47% 1.06 5.5 11.9 4.3 0.74 63%
1959 25 CLE AL 664 6.3% 13.0% 10.7% 9.9% 44% 1.21 6.8 14.0 5.3 0.87 70%
1960 26 DET AL 616 5.7% 13.0% 8.6% 8.8% 39% 1.51 6.9 15.9 6.4 0.87 72%
1961 27 DET AL 708 6.4% 10.6% 16.0% 10.9% 46% 0.66 7.8 13.0 4.2 0.83 67%
1962 28 DET AL 707 5.2% 9.6% 13.6% 9.8% 42% 0.71 8.8 16.2 5.4 0.85 71%
1963 29 DET AL 692 3.2% 11.3% 12.1% 7.7% 33% 0.93 7.7 27.1 6.6 0.87 73%
1964 30 KCA AL 681 5.0% 8.2% 12.2% 9.8% 42% 0.67 10.5 17.3 5.8 0.68 74%
1965 31 CLE AL 695 3.7% 9.1% 13.4% 7.6% 31% 0.68 9.4 22.8 5.5 0.70 73%
1966 32 CLE AL 614 4.9% 13.2% 12.4% 7.0% 34% 1.07 6.6 17.8 7.4 1.05 69%
1967 33 TOT AL 436 1.8% 9.4% 11.2% 5.1% 25% 0.84 9.3 47.6 7.6 0.88 77%
1967 33 CLE AL 216 2.3% 14.4% 11.1% 6.5% 30% 1.29 6.2 38.2 9.1 0.76 72%
1967 33 CHW AL 220 1.4% 4.6% 11.4% 3.6% 19% 0.40 19.0 63.3 6.6 1.00 82%
1968 34 TOT MLB 235 3.4% 14.9% 12.3% 6.4% 35% 1.21 5.8 25.5 8.5 0.89 69%
1968 34 LAD NL 129 2.3% 14.0% 11.6% 4.7% 26% 1.20 6.3 37.7 10.3 1.26 72%
1968 34 NYY AL 106 4.7% 16.0% 13.2% 8.5% 45% 1.21 5.4 18.2 7.0 0.51 65%
14 Yrs 7559 5.0% 11.6% 12.6% 9.0% 39% 0.93 7.4 17.4 5.6 0.83 70%
MLB Averages 2.2% 14.3% 8.4% 6.4% 28% 1.70 6.3 40.0 8.8 1.06 73%
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

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1955 21 CLE AL 1.2 0.1 9 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 .69 0.1 -0.3 -1.9 -0.2 0.97 -0.5 0.12 2
1956 22 CLE AL 14.9 1.4 387 0.4 7.3 -6.9 1.03 1.9 -1.5 22.2 2.1 1.00 21.7 2.37 5
1957 23 CLE AL 15.5 1.6 544 1.6 11.1 -9.6 1.04 1.6 -0.1 18.8 1.9 1.00 19.3 0.54 4
1958 24 CLE AL 54.7 5.4 575 5.1 14.1 -9.0 1.02 4.9 0.1 55.8 5.6 0.98 53.2 1.48 5
1959 25 CLE AL 25.1 2.5 674 3.4 15.1 -11.7 1.05 3.2 0.0 34.9 3.5 0.98 36.0 0
1960 26 DET AL 3.9 0.4 628 -1.0 12.2 -13.2 1.10 0.8 -1.7 -7.3 -0.7 0.96 8.0 2.85 2
1961 27 DET AL 50.6 4.9 726 4.2 15.7 -11.5 1.01 5.3 -1.1 55.0 5.2 1.01 59.0 2.10 2
1962 28 DET AL 30.1 3.0 713 4.5 16.7 -12.2 1.07 2.9 1.3 35.1 3.4 0.97 37.9 0
1963 29 DET AL 18.4 1.9 700 2.1 13.9 -11.8 1.06 2.1 -0.2 23.1 2.3 1.00 24.3 2.87 1
1964 30 KCA AL 31.0 3.2 696 4.3 15.6 -11.3 1.07 3.7 0.3 38.0 3.8 0.95 43.6 2.97 1
1965 31 CLE AL 34.8 3.6 704 4.7 15.8 -11.2 1.04 3.5 1.0 36.0 3.7 0.98 37.1 0
1966 32 CLE AL 14.0 1.5 623 0.1 11.9 -11.8 1.07 0.9 -0.8 2.3 0.2 0.95 12.8 2.11 5
1967 33 TOT AL -0.9 -0.1 444 0.3 8.6 -8.4 1.12 0.1 0.2 7.4 0.8 0.95 2.8 2.43 12
1967 33 CLE AL 1.4 0.2 221 -0.3 4.2 -4.5 1.12 0.5 -0.8 0.0 0.0 0.95 4.9 2.29 11
1967 33 CHW AL -2.3 -0.3 223 0.6 4.4 -3.9 1.13 -0.4 1.0 7.4 0.8 0.95 -2.1 3.93 1
1968 34 TOT MLB 3.1 0.4 237 -0.9 3.8 -4.7 1.19 -0.4 -0.4 -3.2 -0.4 1.01 -1.7 2.82 18
1968 34 LAD NL -1.1 -0.1 131 -1.0 1.8 -2.8 1.25 -0.5 -0.3 -5.7 -0.7 1.01 -4.0 3.25 7
1968 34 NYY AL 4.2 0.5 106 0.1 2.0 -1.9 1.13 0.1 -0.1 2.4 0.3 1.01 2.3 2.55 11
14 Yrs 296.4 29.7 7660 28.5 162.1 -133.6 1.06 30.4 -3.6 315.9 31.3 0.98 353.6 2.24 57
BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB

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
1955 21 CLE AL 0 0 75% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 100% 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1
1956 22 CLE AL 5 0 29% 153 0 1 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 5 29% 26 20 6 4 4 0 8 3 5
1957 23 CLE AL 14 0 25% 186 1 6 14% 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 5 47% 33 18 14 5 4 1 13 3 9
1958 24 CLE AL 6 0 20% 196 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 6 39% 31 19 8 7 4 3 13 3 9
1959 25 CLE AL 11 0 26% 201 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 7 10 38% 34 24 9 6 4 2 15 3 10
1960 26 DET AL 4 0 20% 204 3 6 33% 3 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 10 32% 34 26 8 3 2 1 13 5 7
1961 27 DET AL 7 0 35% 254 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 23 53% 50 27 21 12 4 8 26 8 18
1962 28 DET AL 10 0 24% 246 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 13 52% 38 19 18 7 3 4 21 8 12
1963 29 DET AL 8 0 31% 273 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 24 46% 42 28 14 8 5 2 28 5 20
1964 30 KCA AL 10 0 26% 228 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 17 56% 29 16 13 4 2 2 17 4 13
1965 31 CLE AL 7 0 28% 262 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 14 38% 44 30 12 6 3 3 22 10 12
1966 32 CLE AL 7 0 22% 190 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 11 29% 31 25 5 6 3 3 15 8 7
1967 33 TOT AL 6 0 17% 135 3 3 50% 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 6 57% 14 7 6 1 1 0 8 1 7
1967 33 CLE AL 3 0 8% 67 2 2 50% 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 38% 7 4 3 0 0 0 1 1 0
1967 33 CHW AL 3 0 27% 68 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 67% 7 3 3 1 1 0 7 0 7
1968 34 TOT MLB 2 0 20% 59 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 33% 9 6 2 4 4 0 5 0 4
1968 34 LAD NL 0 0 14% 32 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 20% 6 4 1 2 2 0 2 0 1
1968 34 NYY AL 2 0 27% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 3 2 1 2 2 0 3 0 3
14 Yrs 97 0 26% 2594 19 27 41% 19 23 0 4 0 1 13 0 100 144 43% 416 265 137 74 43 30 205 61 134
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

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
1955 21 CLE AL 9 56% 4 2 0 0 0 0.12 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 5 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1956 22 CLE AL 380 37% 89 5 0 0 0 2.37 21 1 17 11 10 12 9 0 4 4 100% 89 4 4% 31 10 32% 277 46 17% 21 9 43% 8 6 75% 0
1957 23 CLE AL 544 33% 116 4 1 0 1 0.54 25 1 17 16 8 12 13 0 4 4 100% 113 12 11% 52 15 29% 369 61 17% 37 19 51% 24 14 58% 0
1958 24 CLE AL 578 23% 148 5 1 0 1 1.48 41 2 17 32 8 20 21 0 1 0 0% 120 16 13% 41 9 22% 384 74 19% 36 17 47% 17 10 59% 0
1959 25 CLE AL 664 16% 151 0 0 0 0 42 1 17 30 12 20 22 0 0 0 139 13 9% 64 20 31% 453 78 17% 49 26 53% 33 13 39% 0
1960 26 DET AL 616 19% 138 2 0 0 0 2.85 35 0 19 27 8 17 18 0 1 1 100% 119 17 14% 71 14 20% 396 54 14% 36 12 33% 27 11 41% 0
1961 27 DET AL 708 24% 169 2 0 0 0 2.10 45 0 17 35 10 18 27 0 2 2 100% 149 14 9% 76 19 25% 517 97 19% 57 29 51% 31 13 42% 0
1962 28 DET AL 707 21% 164 0 0 0 0 37 1 16 30 7 19 18 0 1 1 100% 129 18 14% 62 14 23% 490 77 16% 45 19 42% 20 9 45% 0
1963 29 DET AL 692 29% 162 1 0 0 0 2.87 22 0 15 16 6 13 9 0 2 2 100% 138 18 13% 62 15 24% 492 73 15% 54 22 41% 20 9 45% 0
1964 30 KCA AL 681 30% 161 1 1 0 0 2.97 34 0 9 28 6 22 12 0 2 1 50% 126 16 13% 49 10 20% 403 70 17% 31 18 58% 15 6 40% 0
1965 31 CLE AL 695 30% 170 0 0 0 0 26 0 13 22 4 16 10 0 0 0 119 14 12% 46 15 33% 473 83 18% 44 26 59% 19 9 47% 0
1966 32 CLE AL 614 35% 127 5 3 1 1 2.11 30 1 12 21 9 16 14 0 0 0 97 25 26% 44 7 16% 382 47 12% 31 13 42% 13 6 46% 0
1967 33 TOT AL 436 36% 88 12 3 0 4 2.43 8 0 13 3 5 4 4 0 1 1 100% 63 8 13% 31 6 19% 256 44 17% 23 11 48% 9 3 33% 0
1967 33 CLE AL 216 48% 46 11 3 0 2 2.29 5 0 7 1 4 2 3 0 0 0 27 6 22% 12 0 0% 132 18 14% 10 2 20% 5 2 40% 0
1967 33 CHW AL 220 24% 42 1 0 0 2 3.93 3 0 6 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 100% 36 2 6% 19 6 32% 124 26 21% 13 9 69% 4 1 25% 0
1968 34 TOT MLB 235 46% 43 18 2 0 0 2.82 8 0 9 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 50 7 14% 23 6 26% 161 17 11% 18 6 33% 10 4 40% 0
1968 34 LAD NL 129 60% 23 7 1 0 0 3.25 3 0 3 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 29 6 21% 17 6 35% 84 9 11% 9 4 44% 3 2 67% 0
1968 34 NYY AL 106 29% 20 11 1 0 0 2.55 5 0 6 1 4 4 1 0 0 0 21 1 5% 6 0 0% 77 8 10% 9 2 22% 7 2 29% 0
14 Yrs 7559 28% 1730 57 11 1 7 2.24 374 7 192 275 97 193 181 0 18 16 89% 1452 182 13% 653 160 25% 5058 821 16% 483 227 47% 247 113 46% 0
MLB Averages 51% 77% 10% 31% 14% 48% 53%
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

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
1955 21 5 9 9 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .444 .444 .667 1.111 192 6 0 0 0 0 0
1956 22 106 389 331 58 93 13 4 21 65 0 1 49 48 .281 .374 .535 .909 136 177 4 2 4 3 0
1957 23 240 933 792 124 209 39 4 46 149 1 7 120 128 .264 .359 .497 .856 128 394 16 3 8 10 0
1958 24 383 1511 1281 204 357 65 7 87 262 1 9 204 217 .279 .377 .544 .921 148 697 32 5 8 13 6
1959 25 537 2175 1869 294 508 89 7 129 373 4 12 275 303 .272 .365 .534 .899 143 998 45 7 8 16 14
1960 26 682 2791 2424 361 646 107 8 164 460 7 18 328 383 .267 .354 .520 .874 135 1261 62 11 9 19 18
1961 27 845 3499 3007 490 815 137 10 209 600 8 20 441 458 .271 .364 .532 .896 140 1599 76 13 11 27 20
1962 28 1006 4206 3608 580 979 167 12 246 712 10 20 537 526 .271 .365 .529 .894 138 1908 94 15 12 34 27
1963 29 1166 4898 4205 671 1141 196 14 268 803 10 20 621 604 .271 .364 .516 .880 136 2169 112 16 14 42 36
1964 30 1326 5579 4793 760 1302 227 16 302 905 13 21 704 660 .272 .364 .515 .879 136 2467 128 21 15 46 40
1965 31 1488 6274 5385 852 1472 252 18 328 1013 14 22 797 723 .273 .366 .510 .876 136 2744 142 24 15 53 51
1966 32 1639 6888 5918 920 1599 265 18 358 1085 16 23 873 804 .270 .364 .503 .866 135 2974 167 27 15 55 55
1967 33 1762 7324 6299 950 1687 278 19 366 1135 19 26 922 845 .268 .361 .492 .853 133 3101 175 28 16 59 57
1968 34 1841 7559 6503 971 1730 283 21 374 1159 19 27 951 880 .266 .359 .489 .848 132 3177 182 29 16 60 58

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
1955 21 5 10 10 4 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 .700 1.200 3 5
1956 22 106 391 333 53 89 11 4 21 63 0 49 48 .267 .362 .514 .875 62 101
1957 23 141 578 489 73 126 28 0 27 93 1 77 84 .258 .355 .481 .836 84 134
1958 24 149 613 517 89 161 28 3 45 126 0 91 93 .311 .414 .638 1.053 137 143
1959 25 161 700 619 98 162 26 0 45 121 3 76 90 .262 .343 .522 .865 111 154
1960 26 153 644 581 68 142 19 1 36 89 3 55 84 .244 .313 .466 .779 84 145
1961 27 163 700 578 122 164 29 2 44 133 1 110 75 .284 .395 .569 .965 130 163
1962 28 161 699 596 86 159 29 2 36 107 2 93 68 .267 .364 .503 .867 110 161
1963 29 160 700 602 96 167 30 2 23 96 0 87 78 .277 .365 .449 .814 99 160
1964 30 159 683 588 92 164 32 2 35 106 3 85 56 .279 .372 .519 .891 112 160
1965 31 162 712 603 102 181 27 2 28 120 1 99 63 .300 .397 .491 .888 118 162
1966 32 152 635 547 78 138 14 0 33 82 2 83 82 .252 .353 .459 .812 88 151
1967 33 123 453 392 36 99 15 1 9 60 3 55 41 .253 .343 .365 .708 49 123
1968 34 79 251 213 29 53 6 2 10 33 0 36 35 .249 .359 .437 .795 33 79
14 Yrs 1874 7769 6668 1026 1810 296 21 392 1229 19 996 899 .271 .366 .499 .864 1220 1841
162 Game Avg. 162 672 576 89 156 26 2 34 106 2 86 78 .271 .366 .499 .864 105 1841

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1974 BBWAA ( 0.5%)
1975 BBWAA ( 0.3%)

All-Star Games
1959-1 (RF)
1959-2 *
1961-1 (LF)
1961-2 (LF)
1962-1 *
1962-2 (RF)
1964 *
1965 (RF)
1966 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1958 AL (3, 54%)
1959 AL (4, 35%)
1961 AL (8, 18%)
1962 AL (16, 5%)
1964 AL (23, 2%)
1965 AL (5, 32%)
1.46 Career Shares (149th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1958 AL  5.8 (5th)
1959 AL  5.0 (10th)
1961 AL  7.4 (4th)
1962 AL  5.5 (5th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1958 AL  5.6 (4th)
1959 AL  5.0 (8th)
1961 AL  7.4 (4th)
1962 AL  5.5 (3rd)
Career  41.7 (236th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1958 AL  5.7 (2nd)
1961 AL  5.7 (6th)
1962 AL  3.8 (9th)
1964 AL  4.7 (8th)
1965 AL  4.1 (8th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1958 AL  .303 (8th)
1965 AL  .287 (7th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1958 AL  .405 (4th)
1961 AL  .402 (6th)
1962 AL  .371 (8th)
1963 AL  .358 (10th)
1965 AL  .383 (2nd)

Slugging % s c a p y
1957 AL  .471 (9th)
1958 AL  .620 (1st)
1959 AL  .512 (4th)
1960 AL  .474 (9th)
1961 AL  .580 (6th)
1962 AL  .514 (3rd)
1964 AL  .507 (7th)
1965 AL  .468 (10th)
Career  .489 (146th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1958 AL  1.024 (3rd)
1959 AL  .849 (8th)
1961 AL  .982 (6th)
1962 AL  .885 (5th)
1964 AL  .873 (7th)
1965 AL  .851 (5th)
Career  .848 (179th)

Games Played s c a p y
1959 AL  154 (2nd)
1961 AL  163 (1st)
1962 AL  161 (3rd)
1963 AL  160 (2nd)
1964 AL  160 (7th)
1965 AL  162 (1st)

At Bats s c a p y
1959 AL  588 (5th)
1963 AL  597 (8th)
1965 AL  592 (7th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1959 AL  664 (4th)
1961 AL  708 (5th)
1962 AL  707 (9th)
1963 AL  692 (1st)
1964 AL  681 (10th)
1965 AL  695 (4th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1959 AL  90 (10th)
1961 AL  129 (3rd)
1963 AL  91 (3rd)
1965 AL  92 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
1965 AL  170 (3rd)

Total Bases s c a p y
1958 AL  303 (3rd)
1959 AL  301 (1st)
1960 AL  263 (6th)
1961 AL  338 (4th)
1962 AL  309 (1st)
1963 AL  261 (8th)
1964 AL  298 (4th)
1965 AL  277 (4th)
Career  3,177 (229th)

Doubles s c a p y
1958 AL  26 (9th)
1961 AL  30 (7th)
1963 AL  29 (7th)
1964 AL  31 (5th)
1965 AL  25 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1957 AL  25 (6th)
1958 AL  41 (2nd)
1959 AL  42 (1st)
1960 AL  35 (4th)
1961 AL  45 (5th)
1962 AL  37 (3rd)
1964 AL  34 (4th)
1965 AL  26 (5th)
1966 AL  30 (6th)
Career  374 (70th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1957 AL  84 (10th)
1958 AL  113 (2nd)
1959 AL  111 (2nd)
1960 AL  87 (10th)
1961 AL  140 (3rd)
1962 AL  112 (3rd)
1963 AL  91 (4th)
1964 AL  102 (5th)
1965 AL  108 (1st)
Career  1,159 (169th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1958 AL  84 (5th)
1961 AL  113 (3rd)
1962 AL  96 (6th)
1963 AL  84 (5th)
1964 AL  83 (7th)
1965 AL  93 (1st)
1966 AL  76 (7th)
Career  951 (138th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1957 AL  80 (8th)
1958 AL  89 (4th)
1959 AL  86 (9th)
1960 AL  80 (9th)

Singles s c a p y
1965 AL  117 (9th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1958 AL  180 (2nd)
1959 AL  133 (8th)
1961 AL  157 (6th)
1962 AL  133 (5th)
1964 AL  137 (8th)
1965 AL  140 (5th)
Career  132 (144th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1958 AL  122 (2nd)
1959 AL  101 (7th)
1961 AL  141 (3rd)
1962 AL  117 (3rd)
1963 AL  95 (8th)
1964 AL  110 (6th)
1965 AL  110 (1st)
Career  1,159 (212th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1958 AL  55 (2nd)
1961 AL  51 (5th)
1962 AL  30 (4th)
1964 AL  31 (7th)
1965 AL  35 (2nd)
Career  295 (126th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1958 AL  5.5 (2nd)
1961 AL  4.9 (5th)
1962 AL  3.0 (4th)
1964 AL  3.2 (7th)
1965 AL  3.6 (2nd)
Career  29.6 (122nd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1957 AL  51 (7th)
1958 AL  70 (1st)
1959 AL  66 (1st)
1960 AL  54 (8th)
1961 AL  77 (2nd)
1962 AL  69 (2nd)
1964 AL  67 (2nd)
1965 AL  53 (7th)
Career  678 (192nd)

Times On Base s c a p y
1958 AL  234 (7th)
1961 AL  284 (3rd)
1962 AL  262 (6th)
1963 AL  247 (3rd)
1964 AL  249 (4th)
1965 AL  266 (1st)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1958 AL  .795 (3rd)
1961 AL  .753 (5th)
1962 AL  .675 (9th)
1964 AL  .692 (8th)
1965 AL  .716 (5th)
Career  .660 (169th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1957 AL  7 (5th)
1961 AL  8 (6th)
1962 AL  7 (10th)
1963 AL  8 (2nd)
1965 AL  7 (6th)
Career  60 (215th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1958 AL  6 (6th)
1959 AL  8 (3rd)
1963 AL  9 (4th)
1965 AL  11 (5th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1959 AL  13 (9th)
1960 AL  17 (8th)
1962 AL  18 (7th)
1963 AL  18 (6th)
1966 AL  25 (1st)
Career  182 (141st)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1957 AL  6 (10th)
1960 AL  6 (5th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1964 AL  10.5 (8th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1957 AL  18.4 (6th)
1958 AL  11.9 (1st)
1959 AL  14.0 (2nd)
1960 AL  15.9 (5th)
1961 AL  13.0 (5th)
1962 AL  16.2 (4th)
1964 AL  17.3 (6th)
1965 AL  22.8 (8th)
1966 AL  17.8 (5th)
Career  17.4 (57th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1959 AL  456 (6th)
1960 AL  444 (9th)
1963 AL  463 (8th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1958 AL  55.77 (3rd)
1959 AL  34.87 (10th)
1961 AL  54.98 (6th)
1962 AL  35.07 (7th)
1964 AL  38.00 (7th)
1965 AL  36.01 (8th)
Career  315.94 (104th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1958 AL  5.1 (5th)
1959 AL  3.4 (7th)
1961 AL  4.2 (8th)
1962 AL  4.5 (6th)
1964 AL  4.3 (6th)
1965 AL  4.7 (4th)
Career  28.5 (107th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1958 AL  4.9 (4th)
1959 AL  3.2 (9th)
1961 AL  5.3 (5th)
1962 AL  2.9 (10th)
1964 AL  3.7 (7th)
1965 AL  3.5 (5th)
Career  30.4 (95th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1958 AL  5.6 (3rd)
1959 AL  3.5 (9th)
1961 AL  5.2 (6th)
1962 AL  3.4 (8th)
1964 AL  3.8 (8th)
1965 AL  3.7 (8th)
Career  31.3 (100th)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 15 (152), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 152 (86), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 82 (229), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 30 (320), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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