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Clint Courtney

Clinton Dawson Courtney (Scrap Iron or The Toy Bulldog)

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 16, 1927 in Hall Summit, LA
High School: Hall Summit HS (Hall Summit, LA)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 29, 1951
Teams (by GP): Senators/Orioles/Browns/WhiteSox/Yankees/... 1951-1961

Final Game: June 24, 1961
Died: June 16, 1975 in Rochester, NY
Buried: Mount Zion Cemetery, Hall Summit, LA
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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
1951 24 NYY AL 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 -3 0 0 1 0 /2
1952 25 SLB AL 119 457 413 38 118 24 3 5 50 0 2 39 26 .286 .349 .395 .743 105 163 9 1 5 *2 MVP-24,RoY-2
1953 26 SLB AL 106 383 355 28 89 12 2 4 19 0 1 25 20 .251 .302 .330 .631 69 117 14 1 3 *2
1954 27 BAL AL 122 437 397 25 107 18 3 4 37 2 1 30 7 .270 .323 .360 .684 94 143 10 3 4 3 *2
1955 28 TOT AL 94 309 275 33 85 11 4 3 40 0 0 26 9 .309 .366 .411 .777 112 113 6 1 3 4 6 2
1955 28 CHW AL 19 45 37 7 14 3 0 1 10 0 0 7 0 .378 .467 .541 1.007 169 20 2 0 0 1 2 2
1955 28 WSH AL 75 264 238 26 71 8 4 2 30 0 0 19 9 .298 .349 .391 .739 103 93 4 1 3 3 4 2
1956 29 WSH AL 101 316 283 31 85 20 3 5 44 0 5 20 10 .300 .362 .445 .807 116 126 9 9 1 3 4 2
1957 30 WSH AL 91 260 232 23 62 14 1 6 27 0 0 16 11 .267 .346 .414 .760 109 96 6 12 0 0 5 2
1958 31 WSH AL 134 515 450 46 113 18 0 8 62 1 5 48 23 .251 .332 .344 .676 89 155 11 9 3 5 3 *2
1959 32 WSH AL 72 213 189 19 44 4 1 2 18 0 1 20 19 .233 .308 .296 .604 67 56 3 1 2 1 1 2
1960 33 BAL AL 83 196 154 14 35 3 0 1 12 0 1 30 14 .227 .374 .266 .641 78 41 5 8 1 3 3 2
1961 34 TOT AL 23 56 46 3 12 2 0 0 4 0 0 10 3 .261 .393 .304 .697 93 14 1 0 0 0 0 2
1961 34 KCA AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 34 BAL AL 22 55 45 3 12 2 0 0 4 0 0 10 3 .267 .400 .311 .711 97 14 1 0 0 0 0 2
11 Yrs 946 3145 2796 260 750 126 17 38 313 3 16 264 143 .268 .339 .366 .705 94 1024 74 46 22 19 22
162 Game Avg. 162 539 479 45 128 22 3 7 54 1 3 45 24 .268 .339 .366 .705 94 175 13 8 4
WSH (5 yrs) 473 1568 1392 145 375 64 9 23 181 1 11 123 72 .269 .340 .378 .718 97 526 33 32 9 12 17
BAL (5 yrs) 452 1528 1364 108 361 59 8 14 122 2 5 134 70 .265 .335 .350 .685 89 478 39 13 13 6 3
KCA (1 yr) 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NYY (1 yr) 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 -3 0 0 1 0
CHW (1 yr) 19 45 37 7 14 3 0 1 10 0 0 7 0 .378 .467 .541 1.007 169 20 2 0 0 1 2

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
1951 24 NYY AL 1 3 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .479 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /2
1952 25 SLB AL 119 457 3 -1 -1 1 4 6 0.6 12 18 1.8 .505 .504 1.7 0.5 17 $ *2 MVP-24,RoY-2
1953 26 SLB AL 106 383 -16 -0 -2 0 3 -15 -1.6 10 -5 -0.6 .485 .490 -0.6 0.3 -5 $ *2
1954 27 BAL AL 122 437 -4 -0 -1 2 4 2 0.2 12 13 1.3 .501 .501 1.1 0.7 11 $ *2
1955 28 CHW AL 19 45 3 0 -0 0 0 4 0.4 1 5 0.5 .520 .502 0.5 0.1 5 $ 2
1955 28 WSH AL 75 264 -2 -2 0 0 3 -1 -0.1 7 6 0.6 .498 .499 0.6 0.3 6 $ 2
1956 29 WSH AL 101 316 6 -4 -0 -2 3 2 0.2 8 10 1.1 .502 .501 1.2 0.2 12 $ 2
1957 30 WSH AL 91 260 3 -1 0 1 3 6 0.6 7 13 1.3 .507 .504 1.3 0.4 12 $ 2
1958 31 WSH AL 134 515 -7 -2 1 -5 6 -7 -0.9 14 7 0.5 .494 .495 1.1 0.1 12 $ *2
1959 32 WSH AL 72 213 -9 -1 0 -7 3 -14 -1.6 6 -9 -1.0 .479 .490 -0.2 -0.5 -2 $ 2
1960 33 BAL AL 83 196 -4 -0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 5 4 0.3 .498 .499 0.4 0.2 4 $ 2
1961 34 KCA AL 1 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .468 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $
1961 34 BAL AL 22 55 1 -0 -0 -1 1 0 0.0 2 2 0.2 .501 .500 0.3 -0.1 3 $ 2
11 Seasons 946 3145 -28 -12 -2 -11 32 -21 -2.6 85 64 6.0 .498 .499 7.4 2.2 75 $
WSH (5 yrs) 473 1568 -10 -11 2 -13 17 -15 -1.8 42 27 2.5 .497 .498 4.0 0.4 40 $
BAL (5 yrs) 452 1528 -21 -2 -4 2 14 -9 -1.1 41 32 3.0 .498 .499 2.9 1.7 30 $
KCA (1 yr) 1 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .468 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $
NYY (1 yr) 1 3 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .479 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $
CHW (1 yr) 19 45 3 0 -0 0 0 4 0.4 1 5 0.5 .520 .502 0.5 0.1 5 $

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
1951 24 NYY AL 3 2 0 0.0 99 .000 .000 .262 .333 .343 .000 .386 .333 .729 -3 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .000 .000
1952 25 SLB AL 457 311 56 4.9 98 .296 .286 .263 .349 .343 .395 .383 .743 .726 105 .572 2.7 0.3 .657 .199 .109 .0
1953 26 SLB AL 383 284 35 3.3 104 .257 .251 .272 .302 .349 .330 .400 .631 .749 69 .367 -16.6 -1.7 .505 .146 .079 .0
1954 27 BAL AL 437 308 46 4.0 92 .265 .270 .256 .323 .330 .360 .374 .684 .704 94 .472 -3.0 -0.3 .588 .169 .091 2.7
1955 28 TOT AL 309 203 42 5.5 100 .307 .309 .263 .366 .342 .411 .391 .777 .733 112 .586 5.0 0.5 .714 .196 .102 .0
1955 28 CHW AL 45 26 9 9.3 104 .351 .378 .269 .467 .349 .541 .400 1.007 .749 169 .784 4.3 0.4 1.080 .351 .162 .0
1955 28 WSH AL 264 177 33 5.0 99 .300 .298 .262 .349 .340 .391 .390 .739 .730 103 .539 0.7 0.1 .661 .172 .092 .0
1956 29 WSH AL 316 216 43 5.3 103 .295 .300 .263 .362 .344 .445 .401 .807 .744 116 .547 7.1 0.7 .708 .198 .145 .0
1957 30 WSH AL 260 176 33 5.1 98 .260 .267 .261 .346 .333 .414 .394 .760 .726 109 .565 3.2 0.3 .705 .216 .147 .0
1958 31 WSH AL 515 361 52 3.8 96 .248 .251 .259 .332 .328 .344 .394 .676 .722 89 .451 -5.1 -0.5 .589 .191 .093 1.8
1959 32 WSH AL 213 152 18 3.2 98 .249 .233 .260 .308 .332 .296 .398 .604 .730 67 .357 -8.4 -0.9 .510 .164 .063 .0
1960 33 BAL AL 196 129 18 3.8 101 .239 .227 .262 .374 .336 .266 .401 .641 .737 78 .420 -2.3 -0.2 .624 .227 .039 .0
1961 34 TOT AL 56 35 6 4.6 100 .279 .261 .259 .393 .334 .304 .403 .697 .737 93 .492 0.2 0.0 .686 .261 .043
1961 34 KCA AL 1 1 0 0.0 104 .000 .000 .264 .000 .339 .000 .411 .000 .750 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1961 34 BAL AL 55 34 6 4.7 100 .286 .267 .259 .400 .334 .311 .403 .711 .737 97 .506 0.5 0.0 .706 .267 .044
11 Yrs 3145 2177 349 4.3 98 .270 .268 .262 .339 .337 .366 .392 .705 .729 94 .490 -17.3 -1.8 .618 .188 .098 5.6
162 Game Avg. 539 373 60 4.3 98 .270 .268 .262 .339 .337 .366 .392 .705 .729 94 .490 -17.3 -1.8 .618 .188 .098 1
WSH (5 yrs) 1568 1082 179 4.4 99 .269 .269 .261 .340 .334 .378 .395 .718 .730 97 .496 -2.6 -0.3 .632 .190 .108 1.9
BAL (5 yrs) 1528 1066 161 4.1 98 .270 .265 .263 .335 .339 .350 .388 .685 .727 89 .472 -18.5 -1.9 .594 .182 .086 3.5
KCA (1 yr) 1 1 0 0.0 104 .000 .000 .264 .000 .339 .000 .411 .000 .750 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
NYY (1 yr) 3 2 0 0.0 99 .000 .000 .262 .333 .343 .000 .386 .333 .729 -3 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .000 .000
CHW (1 yr) 45 26 9 9.3 104 .351 .378 .269 .467 .349 .541 .400 1.007 .749 169 .784 4.3 0.4 1.080 .351 .162 .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
1951 24 NYY AL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 0.00 33%
1952 25 SLB AL 457 1.1% 5.7% 8.5% 7.0% 27% 0.67 15.9 82.6 8.3 0.86 84%
1953 26 SLB AL 383 1.0% 5.2% 6.5% 4.7% 20% 0.80 17.8 88.8 18.7 0.93 86%
1954 27 BAL AL 437 0.9% 1.6% 6.9% 5.7% 23% 0.23 56.7 99.3 10.7 0.86 89%
1955 28 TOT AL 309 1.0% 2.9% 8.4% 5.8% 21% 0.35 30.6 91.7 6.9 0.92 86%
1955 28 CHW AL 45 2.2% 0.0% 15.6% 8.9% 29% 0.00 37.0 3.7 0.73 82%
1955 28 WSH AL 264 0.8% 3.4% 7.2% 5.3% 20% 0.47 26.4 119.0 7.9 0.95 87%
1956 29 WSH AL 316 1.6% 3.2% 6.3% 8.9% 33% 0.50 28.3 56.6 6.4 0.80 86%
1957 30 WSH AL 260 2.3% 4.2% 6.2% 8.1% 34% 0.69 21.1 38.7 8.6 1.00 83%
1958 31 WSH AL 515 1.6% 4.5% 9.3% 5.1% 23% 0.48 19.6 56.3 7.3 0.83 82%
1959 32 WSH AL 213 0.9% 8.9% 9.4% 3.3% 16% 0.95 9.9 94.5 10.5 0.97 79%
1960 33 BAL AL 196 0.5% 7.1% 15.3% 2.0% 11% 0.47 11.0 154.0 12.8 0.92 72%
1961 34 TOT AL 56 0.0% 5.4% 17.9% 3.6% 17% 0.30 15.3 11.5 0.63 77%
1961 34 KCA AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 100%
1961 34 BAL AL 55 0.0% 5.5% 18.2% 3.6% 17% 0.30 15.0 11.3 0.67 76%
11 Yrs 3145 1.2% 4.6% 8.4% 5.8% 24% 0.54 19.6 73.6 8.9 0.88 84%
MLB Averages 2.2% 12.0% 9.1% 6.6% 29% 1.32 7.4 39.7 8.2 0.99 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1951 24 NYY AL -0.2 -0.0 3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.43 -0.0 -0.0 -0.9 -0.1 1.16 -0.3 0
1952 25 SLB AL 2.3 0.2 382 -0.2 7.3 -7.5 1.14 -0.4 0.3 -0.7 -0.1 0.99 -7.9 2.19 6
1953 26 SLB AL -16.6 -1.7 352 -2.5 5.6 -8.1 1.16 -1.5 -0.7 -26.5 -2.7 0.96 -19.3 2.87 6
1954 27 BAL AL -3.0 -0.3 437 -1.5 6.9 -8.4 1.10 -0.6 -0.7 -8.3 -0.9 0.97 -7.0 2.80 14
1955 28 TOT AL 4.6 0.4 309 -0.0 5.0 -5.0 .98 -0.1 0.1 3.0 0.3 1.00 1.4 2.09 10
1955 28 CHW AL 4.2 0.4 45 0.4 1.0 -0.6 .96 0.3 0.1 6.9 0.7 1.11 5.5 3.19 2
1955 28 WSH AL 0.4 0.0 264 -0.4 4.0 -4.4 .98 -0.4 -0.0 -3.9 -0.4 0.98 -4.0 1.81 8
1956 29 WSH AL 7.1 0.7 322 0.5 6.7 -6.2 1.11 0.3 0.2 -0.3 -0.0 1.03 2.4 1.65 32
1957 30 WSH AL 3.2 0.3 257 1.0 5.8 -4.9 1.23 0.3 0.5 9.3 0.9 0.93 3.9 1.93 27
1958 31 WSH AL -5.1 -0.5 527 0.4 9.6 -9.2 1.09 -0.5 0.9 6.9 0.7 0.97 -2.0 2.15 7
1959 32 WSH AL -8.4 -0.9 214 -0.9 3.6 -4.4 1.09 -0.6 -0.1 -6.1 -0.6 0.98 -6.4 1.21 19
1960 33 BAL AL -2.3 -0.2 198 0.9 4.1 -3.2 1.15 -0.4 1.2 -1.4 -0.1 0.98 -3.2 2.29 18
1961 34 TOT AL 0.2 0.0 56 0.3 1.1 -0.8 1.06 0.2 0.1 4.3 0.4 1.00 1.5 1.38 7
1961 34 KCA AL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 2.85 -0.0 -0.0 -0.4 -0.0 1.42 -0.2 2.85 1
1961 34 BAL AL 0.5 0.0 55 0.3 1.1 -0.8 1.03 0.2 0.1 4.7 0.5 0.99 1.8 1.13 6
11 Yrs -18.2 -1.9 3057 -2.1 55.7 -57.8 1.11 -3.5 1.6 -20.8 -2.2 0.98 -36.9 1.95 146

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
1951 24 NYY AL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 25 SLB AL 2 0 22% 143 0 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 28% 17 17 0 8 4 4 7 2 5
1953 26 SLB AL 4 0 22% 122 0 1 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 27% 17 16 1 2 1 1 7 2 5
1954 27 BAL AL 4 0 15% 165 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 7 29% 24 15 9 2 2 0 9 7 1
1955 28 TOT AL 1 0 28% 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 3 37% 17 12 5 3 1 1 7 2 4
1955 28 CHW AL 0 0 30% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 57% 3 2 1 1 0 1 3 1 2
1955 28 WSH AL 1 0 27% 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 30% 14 10 4 2 1 0 4 1 2
1956 29 WSH AL 4 0 24% 139 0 5 0% 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 37% 20 13 5 2 2 0 8 1 6
1957 30 WSH AL 4 0 20% 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 38% 16 11 4 5 2 3 8 3 4
1958 31 WSH AL 4 0 24% 213 1 5 17% 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 12 27% 33 24 6 5 5 0 7 1 6
1959 32 WSH AL 1 0 27% 73 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 61% 8 6 2 1 0 1 9 0 8
1960 33 BAL AL 1 0 18% 59 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 60% 5 3 2 4 2 2 6 1 5
1961 34 TOT AL 1 0 14% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
1961 34 KCA AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 34 BAL AL 1 0 14% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
11 Yrs 26 0 22% 1157 3 16 16% 3 17 0 0 0 0 3 0 46 38 35% 160 120 34 32 19 12 71 19 47

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
1951 24 NYY AL 3 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1952 25 SLB AL 457 81% 118 6 0 0 0 2.19 5 0 14 4 0 3 2 0 3 5 167% 75 9 12% 27 4 15% 267 39 15% 17 9 53% 11 4 36% 0
1953 26 SLB AL 383 84% 89 6 2 0 2 2.87 4 0 8 3 0 2 2 0 2 3 150% 71 14 20% 29 10 34% 218 16 7% 13 6 46% 7 7 100% 0
1954 27 BAL AL 437 86% 107 14 5 0 5 2.80 4 0 7 4 0 1 3 0 5 4 80% 78 10 13% 35 11 31% 273 34 12% 18 8 44% 15 6 40% 0
1955 28 TOT AL 309 91% 85 10 6 0 3 2.09 3 0 8 3 0 0 3 0 4 3 75% 73 6 8% 36 8 22% 224 40 18% 30 14 47% 16 6 38% 0
1955 28 CHW AL 45 87% 14 2 1 0 1 3.19 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0% 17 2 12% 7 1 14% 43 11 26% 6 2 33% 1 1 100% 0
1955 28 WSH AL 264 91% 71 8 5 0 2 1.81 2 0 5 2 0 0 2 0 3 3 100% 56 4 7% 29 7 24% 181 29 16% 24 12 50% 15 5 33% 0
1956 29 WSH AL 316 90% 85 32 8 1 5 1.65 5 0 12 4 1 1 4 0 3 1 33% 69 9 13% 34 13 38% 239 39 16% 22 13 59% 22 14 64% 0
1957 30 WSH AL 260 91% 62 27 11 1 2 1.93 6 0 2 6 0 2 4 0 1 0 0% 50 6 12% 24 7 29% 158 21 13% 14 5 36% 11 6 55% 0
1958 31 WSH AL 515 85% 113 7 2 0 0 2.15 8 1 8 6 2 2 6 0 3 3 100% 120 11 9% 47 19 40% 340 56 16% 31 19 61% 23 15 65% 0
1959 32 WSH AL 213 97% 44 19 3 1 1 1.21 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 67% 48 3 6% 28 9 32% 139 17 12% 11 4 36% 8 4 50% 0
1960 33 BAL AL 196 78% 35 18 7 0 4 2.29 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 50% 44 5 11% 20 9 45% 134 11 8% 9 4 44% 7 4 57% 0
1961 34 TOT AL 56 91% 12 7 2 0 0 1.38 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 1 6% 5 0 0% 40 6 15% 1 1 100% 2 1 50% 0
1961 34 KCA AL 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 2.85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1961 34 BAL AL 55 91% 12 6 2 0 0 1.13 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 1 7% 4 0 0% 39 6 15% 1 1 100% 2 1 50% 0
11 Yrs 3145 86% 750 146 46 3 22 1.95 38 1 71 33 3 11 27 0 26 22 85% 645 74 11% 286 90 31% 2035 279 14% 167 83 50% 122 67 55% 0
MLB Averages 49% 80% 11% 32% 14% 50% 54%

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
1951 24 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 -3 0 0 1 0
1952 25 120 460 415 38 118 24 3 5 50 0 2 39 27 .284 .349 .393 .741 104 163 9 2 5
1953 26 226 843 770 66 207 36 5 9 69 0 3 64 47 .269 .327 .364 .691 88 280 23 3 8
1954 27 348 1280 1167 91 314 54 8 13 106 2 4 94 54 .269 .326 .362 .688 90 423 33 6 12 3
1955 28 442 1589 1442 124 399 65 12 16 146 2 4 120 63 .277 .334 .372 .705 94 536 39 7 15 7 6
1956 29 543 1905 1725 155 484 85 15 21 190 2 9 140 73 .281 .338 .384 .722 98 662 48 16 16 10 10
1957 30 634 2165 1957 178 546 99 16 27 217 2 9 156 84 .279 .339 .387 .727 99 758 54 28 16 10 15
1958 31 768 2680 2407 224 659 117 16 35 279 3 14 204 107 .274 .338 .379 .717 97 913 65 37 19 15 18
1959 32 840 2893 2596 243 703 121 17 37 297 3 15 224 126 .271 .336 .373 .709 95 969 68 38 21 16 19
1960 33 923 3089 2750 257 738 124 17 38 309 3 16 254 140 .268 .338 .367 .705 94 1010 73 46 22 19 22
1961 34 946 3145 2796 260 750 126 17 38 313 3 16 264 143 .268 .339 .366 .705 94 1024 74 46 22 19 22

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
1951 24 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 1
1952 25 124 482 434 41 126 26 3 5 54 0 42 27 .290 .354 .399 .753 62 119
1953 26 111 399 369 28 91 12 2 4 19 0 26 21 .247 .298 .322 .620 36 106
1954 27 128 469 425 30 122 21 3 5 45 2 34 7 .287 .342 .386 .728 55 122
1955 28 98 326 290 35 91 12 4 3 43 0 28 9 .314 .372 .414 .785 45 94
1956 29 106 329 295 32 88 21 3 5 45 0 21 10 .298 .360 .441 .800 45 101
1957 30 96 278 247 26 68 15 1 7 30 0 18 12 .275 .356 .429 .785 34 91
1958 31 140 547 476 52 124 20 0 9 70 1 53 24 .261 .344 .359 .703 56 134
1959 32 75 223 198 20 46 4 1 2 19 0 21 20 .232 .308 .293 .601 18 72
1960 33 87 209 163 15 38 3 0 1 13 0 33 15 .233 .385 .270 .655 16 83
1961 34 23 58 47 3 13 2 0 0 4 0 11 3 .277 .414 .319 .733 6 23
11 Yrs 989 3323 2946 282 807 136 17 41 342 3 287 149 .274 .346 .373 .720 373 946
162 Game Avg. 162 544 483 46 132 22 3 7 56 0 47 24 .274 .346 .373 .720 61 946

* 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
1967 BBWAA ( 0.3%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1952 AL (24, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1361st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1956 AL  9 (4th)
1957 AL  12 (4th)
1958 AL  9 (3rd)
1960 AL  8 (4th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1955 AL  6 (10th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1956 AL  5 (9th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1952 AL  15.9 (10th)
1954 AL  56.7 (3rd)**
1958 AL  19.6 (3rd)
Career  19.6 (126th)

                           
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1919), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2198), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  7. Russ Nixon (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Brent Mayne (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Val Picinich (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
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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