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Wes Covington
John Wesley Covington

Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: March 27, 1932 in Laurinburg, NC
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1956
Final Game: October 2, 1966
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Wes Covington
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Standard Batting

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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
1956	24	MLN	NL	75	157	138	17	39	4	0	2	16	1	0	16	20	.283	.361	.355	.716	99	49	2	1	2	0	3	7/9
1957	25	MLN	NL	96	371	328	51	93	4	8	21	65	4	1	29	44	.284	.339	.537	.875	138	176	5	2	5	7	7	7
1958	26	MLN	NL	90	324	294	43	97	12	1	24	74	0	0	20	35	.330	.380	.622	1.003	170	183	7	5	3	2	7	7	MVP-16
1959	27	MLN	NL	103	405	373	38	104	17	3	7	45	0	1	26	41	.279	.329	.397	.726	100	148	13	3	1	2	8	7
1960	28	MLN	NL	95	299	281	25	70	16	1	10	35	1	2	15	37	.249	.288	.420	.708	97	118	9	1	0	2	1	7
1961	29	TOT	MLB	105	321	289	34	78	11	0	12	47	0	0	25	33	.270	.329	.433	.762	103	125	8	2	2	3	2	97
1961	29	TOT	AL	39	115	103	8	24	1	0	5	21	0	0	8	12	.233	.301	.388	.689	83	40	4	2	2	0	1	7/9
1961	29	TOT	NL	66	206	186	26	54	10	0	7	26	0	0	17	21	.290	.345	.457	.802	113	85	4	0	0	3	1	97
1961	29	MLN	NL	9	23	21	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.190	.261	.238	.499	38	5	0	0	0	0	0	/7
1961	29	CHW	AL	22	65	59	5	17	1	0	4	15	0	0	4	5	.288	.333	.508	.842	123	30	2	0	2	0	1	7/9
1961	29	KCA	AL	17	50	44	3	7	0	0	1	6	0	0	4	7	.159	.260	.227	.487	31	10	2	2	0	0	0	7/9
1961	29	PHI	NL	57	183	165	23	50	9	0	7	26	0	0	15	17	.303	.355	.485	.840	123	80	4	0	0	3	1	97
1962	30	PHI	NL	116	331	304	36	86	12	1	9	44	0	0	19	44	.283	.324	.418	.742	101	127	9	2	1	5	1	7
1963	31	PHI	NL	119	383	353	46	107	24	1	17	64	1	0	26	56	.303	.354	.521	.876	150	184	8	2	2	0	7	7
1964	32	PHI	NL	129	383	339	37	95	18	0	13	58	0	0	38	50	.280	.355	.448	.803	126	152	6	3	0	3	6	7/89
1965	33	PHI	NL	101	264	235	27	58	10	1	15	45	0	0	26	47	.247	.322	.489	.811	127	115	5	1	0	2	8	7
1966	34	TOT	NL	46	53	44	1	5	0	1	1	6	0	0	7	7	.114	.264	.227	.491	42	10	1	2	0	0	1	/7
1966	34	CHC	NL	9	12	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.091	.167	.091	.258	-26	1	0	0	0	0	1	/7
1966	34	LAD	NL	37	41	33	1	4	0	1	1	6	0	0	6	5	.121	.293	.273	.565	65	9	1	2	0	0	0	/7
11 Seasons				1075	3291	2978	355	832	128	17	131	499	7	4	247	414	.279	.337	.466	.803	121	1387	73	24	16	26	51
162 Game Avg.				162	496	449	53	125	19	3	20	75	1	1	37	62	.279	.337	.466	.803	121	209	11	4	2	4	8
				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
MLN (6 yrs)				468	1579	1435	177	407	54	13	64	235	6	4	108	181	.284	.336	.473	.809	122	679	36	12	11	13	26
PHI (5 yrs)				522	1544	1396	169	396	73	3	61	237	1	0	124	214	.284	.343	.471	.814	126	658	32	8	3	13	23
KCA (1 yr)				17	50	44	3	7	0	0	1	6	0	0	4	7	.159	.260	.227	.487	31	10	2	2	0	0	0
LAD (1 yr)				37	41	33	1	4	0	1	1	6	0	0	6	5	.121	.293	.273	.565	65	9	1	2	0	0	0
CHC (1 yr)				9	12	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.091	.167	.091	.258	-26	1	0	0	0	0	1
CHW (1 yr)				22	65	59	5	17	1	0	4	15	0	0	4	5	.288	.333	.508	.842	123	30	2	0	2	0	1

NL (11 yrs)				1036	3176	2875	347	808	127	17	126	478	7	4	239	402	.281	.338	.469	.807	123	1347	69	22	14	26	50
AL (1 yr)				39	115	103	8	24	1	0	5	21	0	0	8	12	.233	.301	.388	.689	83	40	4	2	2	0	1

Advanced Batting

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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
1956	24	MLN	NL	157	103	19	4.9	98	.319	.283	.257	.361	.323	.355	.406	.716	.728	99	.545	0.6	0.1	.663	.196	.072	1.3
1957	25	MLN	NL	371	253	61	6.6	97	.267	.284	.260	.339	.322	.537	.403	.875	.725	138	.653	16.4	1.6	.871	.351	.253	6.7
1958	26	MLN	NL	324	209	68	8.7	99	.308	.330	.260	.380	.326	.622	.406	1.003	.732	170	.759	27.8	2.7	1.020	.361	.293	.0
1959	27	MLN	NL	405	286	46	4.3	98	.297	.279	.260	.329	.325	.397	.403	.726	.728	100	.467	0.3	0.0	.622	.185	.118	.0
1960	28	MLN	NL	299	224	31	3.7	93	.254	.249	.255	.288	.319	.420	.391	.708	.710	97	.428	-1.5	-0.2	.599	.221	.171	1.8
1961	29	TOT	MLB	321	224	41	4.9	104	.267	.270	.266	.329	.335	.433	.414	.762	.749	103	.522	0.9	0.1	.694	.249	.163	.0
1961	29	TOT	AL	115	85	12	3.8	104	.221	.233	.264	.301	.339	.388	.410	.689	.749	83	.405	-3.0	-0.3	.602	.233	.155	.0
1961	29	TOT	NL	206	139	29	5.6	103	.292	.290	.267	.345	.333	.457	.416	.802	.749	113	.581	3.9	0.4	.750	.258	.167	.0
1961	29	MLN	NL	23	17	1	1.6	100	.235	.190	.263	.261	.328	.238	.409	.499	.737	38	.120	-1.8	-0.2	.412	.143	.048
1961	29	CHW	AL	65	46	9	5.2	103	.260	.288	.263	.333	.338	.508	.409	.842	.746	123	.553	1.5	0.1	.773	.288	.220	.0
1961	29	KCA	AL	50	39	3	2.0	105	.167	.159	.265	.260	.340	.227	.412	.487	.753	31	.183	-4.5	-0.4	.410	.159	.068	.0
1961	29	PHI	NL	183	122	28	6.1	104	.299	.303	.268	.355	.334	.485	.417	.840	.751	123	.623	5.7	0.6	.798	.273	.182	.0
1962	30	PHI	NL	331	233	40	4.6	100	.301	.283	.266	.324	.333	.418	.404	.742	.737	101	.503	0.3	0.0	.652	.197	.135	.0
1963	31	PHI	NL	383	256	63	6.6	88	.321	.303	.253	.354	.315	.521	.378	.876	.693	150	.724	22.3	2.4	.839	.295	.218	1.9
1964	32	PHI	NL	383	253	55	5.8	93	.294	.280	.262	.355	.320	.448	.389	.803	.709	126	.657	13.0	1.4	.772	.280	.168	.0
1965	33	PHI	NL	264	184	37	5.4	92	.246	.247	.256	.322	.319	.489	.387	.811	.706	127	.622	8.2	0.8	.780	.353	.243	.0
1966	34	TOT	NL	53	40	3	2.0	91	.111	.114	.258	.264	.315	.227	.388	.491	.704	42	.205	-3.3	-0.3	.475	.273	.114	.0
1966	34	CHC	NL	12	10	0	0.0	97	.111	.091	.266	.167	.324	.091	.400	.258	.725	-26	.000	-1.9	-0.2	.200	.091	.000
1966	34	LAD	NL	41	30	3	2.7	89	.111	.121	.255	.293	.312	.273	.384	.565	.697	65	.305	-1.4	-0.1	.567	.333	.152	.0
11 Seasons				3291	2265	464	5.5	96	.285	.279	.260	.337	.324	.466	.397	.803	.721	121	.601	84.9	8.6	.747	.270	.186	13.3
162 Game Avg.				496	341	70	5.5	96	.285	.279	.260	.337	.324	.466	.397	.803	.721	121	.601	13	1	.747	.270	.186	2
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
MLN (6 yrs)				1579	1092	226	5.6	97	.285	.284	.259	.336	.324	.473	.401	.809	.725	122	.589	41.7	4.0	.750	.266	.190	11.0
PHI (5 yrs)				1544	1048	223	5.7	95	.295	.284	.260	.343	.323	.471	.393	.814	.715	126	.635	49.5	5.2	.766	.277	.188	2.0
KCA (1 yr)				50	39	3	2.1	105	.167	.159	.265	.260	.340	.227	.412	.487	.753	31	.183	-4.5	-0.4	.410	.159	.068	.0
LAD (1 yr)				41	30	3	2.7	89	.111	.121	.255	.293	.312	.273	.384	.565	.697	65	.305	-1.4	-0.1	.567	.333	.152	.0
CHC (1 yr)				12	10	0	0.0	97	.111	.091	.266	.167	.324	.091	.400	.258	.725	-26	.000	-1.9	-0.2	.200	.091	.000
CHW (1 yr)				65	46	9	5.2	103	.260	.288	.263	.333	.338	.508	.409	.842	.746	123	.553	1.5	0.1	.773	.288	.220	.0

NL (11 yrs)				3176	2180	452	5.6	96	.287	.281	.260	.338	.323	.469	.397	.807	.720	123	.607	87.9	8.9	.753	.272	.187	13.3
AL (1 yr)				115	85	12	3.8	104	.221	.233	.264	.301	.339	.388	.410	.689	.749	83	.405	-3.0	-0.3	.602	.233	.155	.0

Postseason Batting

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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
1957	25	MLN	NL	WS	NYY	W	7	28	24	1	5	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	6	.208	.269	.250	.519	6	1	0	2	0	0
1958	26	MLN	NL	WS	NYY	L	7	29	26	2	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	4	.269	.310	.269	.580	7	0	0	0	1	0

1966	34	LAD	NL	WS	BAL	L	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Seasons (3 Series)							15	58	51	3	12	1	0	0	5	1	0	4	11	.235	.286	.255	.541	13	1	0	2	1	0
3 WS							15	58	51	3	12	1	0	0	5	1	0	4	11	.235	.286	.255	.541	13	1	0	2	1	0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1956	24	MLN	NL	157	1.3%	12.7%	10.2%	3.8%	15%	1.25	6.9	69.0	8.6		1.58	74%
1957	25	MLN	NL	371	5.7%	11.9%	7.8%	8.9%	36%	1.52	7.5	15.6	5.0		1.20	73%
1958	26	MLN	NL	324	7.4%	10.8%	6.2%	11.4%	38%	1.75	8.4	12.3	4.0		0.94	73%
1959	27	MLN	NL	405	1.7%	10.1%	6.4%	6.7%	26%	1.58	9.1	53.3	8.3		1.10	81%
1960	28	MLN	NL	299	3.3%	12.4%	5.0%	9.0%	39%	2.47	7.6	28.1	8.0		0.98	79%
1961	29	TOT	MLB	321	3.7%	10.3%	7.8%	7.2%	30%	1.32	8.8	24.1	6.1		1.06	77%
1961	29	TOT	AL	115	4.4%	10.4%	7.0%	5.2%	25%	1.50	8.6	20.6	4.9		0.97	75%
1961	29	TOT	NL	206	3.4%	10.2%	8.3%	8.3%	32%	1.24	8.9	26.6	7.2		1.11	78%
1961	29	MLN	NL	23	0.0%	17.4%	8.7%	4.4%	25%	2.00	5.3				1.00	74%
1961	29	CHW	AL	65	6.2%	7.7%	6.2%	7.7%	29%	1.25	11.8	14.8	3.9		0.86	77%
1961	29	KCA	AL	50	2.0%	14.0%	8.0%	2.0%	14%	1.75	6.3	44.0	7.3		1.15	72%
1961	29	PHI	NL	183	3.8%	9.3%	8.2%	8.7%	32%	1.13	9.7	23.6	6.3		1.12	79%
1962	30	PHI	NL	331	2.7%	13.3%	5.7%	6.7%	26%	2.32	6.9	33.8	6.9		1.04	77%
1963	31	PHI	NL	383	4.4%	14.6%	6.8%	11.0%	39%	2.15	6.3	20.8	5.5		1.24	73%
1964	32	PHI	NL	383	3.4%	13.1%	9.9%	8.1%	33%	1.32	6.8	26.1	5.8		1.14	73%
1965	33	PHI	NL	264	5.7%	17.8%	9.9%	9.9%	45%	1.81	5.0	15.7	5.2		0.79	66%
1966	34	TOT	NL	53	1.9%	13.2%	13.2%	3.8%	40%	1.00	6.3	44.0	7.3		1.42	68%
1966	34	CHC	NL	12	0.0%	16.7%	8.3%	0.0%	0%	2.00	5.5				2.00	75%
1966	34	LAD	NL	41	2.4%	12.2%	14.6%	4.9%	50%	0.83	6.6	33.0	5.5		1.30	66%
11 Seasons				3291	4.0%	12.6%	7.5%	8.4%	33%	1.68	7.2	22.7	6.0		1.08	75%
MLB Averages
				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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1956	24	MLN	NL	3	0	28%	46	1	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	43%	8	4	4	2	1	1	4	3	1
1957	25	MLN	NL	8	0	29%	143	4	1	80%	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	7	34%	20	15	4	6	3	3	9	4	5
1958	26	MLN	NL	8	0	19%	87	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	42%	11	8	3	2	0	2	6	1	3
1959	27	MLN	NL	7	0	25%	143	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	7	4	43%	16	13	3	4	2	2	8	1	7
1960	28	MLN	NL	3	0	20%	89	1	2	33%	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	26%	14	13	0	2	2	0	7	1	6
1961	29	TOT	MLB	5	0	24%	106	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	10	26%	12	11	1	6	5	1	5	0	4
1961	29	TOT	AL	2	0	10%	41	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	22%	6	6	0	2	1	1	1	0	1
1961	29	TOT	NL	3	0	30%	65	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	10	29%	6	5	1	4	4	0	4	0	3
1961	29	MLN	NL	1	0	50%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1961	29	CHW	AL	2	0	6%	23	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1961	29	KCA	AL	0	0	17%	18	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	1
1961	29	PHI	NL	2	0	28%	60	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	9	29%	6	5	1	4	4	0	4	0	3
1962	30	PHI	NL	4	0	28%	98	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	7	30%	16	14	2	7	6	1	10	2	7
1963	31	PHI	NL	5	0	25%	146	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	8	32%	13	11	1	6	4	1	9	2	7
1964	32	PHI	NL	3	0	20%	135	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	9	28%	24	21	3	4	3	1	12	3	7
1965	33	PHI	NL	4	0	17%	78	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	28%	10	7	3	3	3	0	5	3	2
1966	34	TOT	NL	2	0	0%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1966	34	CHC	NL	0	0	0%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1966	34	LAD	NL	2	0	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
11 Seasons				52	0	23%	1076	7	4	64%	6	5	0	0	0	0	7	0	38	56	33%	147	119	25	42	29	12	75	20	49
MLB Averages
				ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH

Situational Hitting*

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						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
1956	24	MLN	NL	90	97%	39			21	7	1	3	1.95	2	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2		20	2	10%	9	3	33%	53	6	11%	3	2	67%	3	2	67%	67
1957	25	MLN	NL	371	82%	93			8	1	0	0	1.67	21	1	11	19	2	8	13	1	6	5	83%	71	5	7%	38	15	39%	246	48	20%	26	15	58%	18	3	17%	0
1958	26	MLN	NL	307	80%	97			7	0	0	0	3.14	24	0	8	23	1	11	13	0	3	3	100%	63	7	11%	29	12	41%	221	48	22%	15	6	40%	19	11	58%	17
1959	27	MLN	NL	387	83%	104			8	2	0	2	1.35	7	0	5	6	1	5	2	0	1	1	100%	74	13	18%	33	12	36%	259	41	16%	24	12	50%	33	17	52%	18
1960	28	MLN	NL	292	83%	70			21	4	2	3	1.88	10	0	10	9	1	6	4	0	0	0		61	9	15%	29	4	14%	199	26	13%	22	6	27%	15	2	13%	7
1961	29	TOT	MLB	316	89%	78			28	6	1	5	2.49	12	1	12	10	2	6	6	0	2	2	100%	73	8	11%	35	12	34%	223	41	18%	19	12	63%	13	6	46%	5
1961	29	TOT	AL	110	79%	24			10	2	1	2	1.60	5	1	2	4	1	3	2	0	2	2	100%	32	4	13%	17	5	29%	80	18	23%	6	4	67%	6	2	33%	5
1961	29	TOT	NL	206	94%	54			18	4	0	3	2.98	7	0	10	6	1	3	4	0	0	0		41	4	10%	18	7	39%	143	23	16%	13	8	62%	7	4	57%	0
1961	29	MLN	NL	23	74%	4			4	0	0	0	3.47	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	1	0	0%	20	1	5%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0
1961	29	CHW	AL	65	74%	17			6	1	0	0	1.87	4	1	1	4	0	2	2	0	2	2	100%	18	2	11%	10	4	40%	45	13	29%	4	2	50%	5	2	40%	0
1961	29	KCA	AL	45	87%	7			4	1	1	2	1.19	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		14	2	14%	7	1	14%	35	5	14%	2	2	100%	1	0	0%	5
1961	29	PHI	NL	183	96%	50			14	4	0	3	2.84	7	0	8	6	1	3	4	0	0	0		38	4	11%	17	7	41%	123	22	18%	12	7	58%	6	4	67%	0
1962	30	PHI	NL	331	95%	86			30	9	0	5	1.62	9	0	11	8	1	3	6	0	1	1	100%	84	9	11%	28	11	39%	246	38	15%	18	13	72%	21	9	43%	0
1963	31	PHI	NL	383	85%	107			25	8	2	6	1.97	17	0	6	16	1	10	7	0	5	2	40%	69	8	12%	30	6	20%	257	51	20%	31	13	42%	44	23	52%	0
1964	32	PHI	NL	383	86%	95			33	5	0	3	1.65	13	0	10	13	0	5	8	0	0	0		78	6	8%	30	18	60%	269	47	17%	26	17	65%	23	13	57%	0
1965	33	PHI	NL	264	91%	58			35	7	0	6	1.60	15	0	6	15	0	7	8	0	0	0		49	5	10%	28	10	36%	188	32	17%	28	14	50%	15	6	40%	0
1966	34	TOT	NL	50	100%	5			34	4	1	3	1.47	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		15	1	7%	4	1	25%	34	5	15%	3	2	67%	1	1	100%	3
1966	34	CHC	NL	9	100%	1			7	0	0	0	0.89	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	1	0	0%	5	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		3
1966	34	LAD	NL	41	100%	4			27	4	1	3	1.62	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		12	1	8%	3	1	33%	29	5	17%	2	2	100%	1	1	100%	0
11 Seasons				3174	86%	832			250	53	7	36	1.82	131	2	82	121	9	61	69	1	18	16	89%	657	73	11%	293	104	35%	2195	383	17%	215	112	52%	205	93	45%	117
MLB Averages
				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

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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
1956	24	75	157	138	17	39	4	0	2	16	1	0	16	20	.283	.361	.355	.716	99	49	2	1	2	0	3
1957	25	171	528	466	68	132	8	8	23	81	5	1	45	64	.283	.345	.483	.828	127	225	7	3	7	7	10
1958	26	261	852	760	111	229	20	9	47	155	5	1	65	99	.301	.359	.537	.896	143	408	14	8	10	9	17
1959	27	364	1257	1133	149	333	37	12	54	200	5	2	91	140	.294	.349	.491	.840	129	556	27	11	11	11	25
1960	28	459	1556	1414	174	403	53	13	64	235	6	4	106	177	.285	.337	.477	.814	123	674	36	12	11	13	26
1961	29	564	1877	1703	208	481	64	13	76	282	6	4	131	210	.282	.336	.469	.805	119	799	44	14	13	16	28
1962	30	680	2208	2007	244	567	76	14	85	326	6	4	150	254	.283	.334	.461	.795	117	926	53	16	14	21	29
1963	31	799	2591	2360	290	674	100	15	102	390	7	4	176	310	.286	.337	.470	.807	121	1110	61	18	16	21	36
1964	32	928	2974	2699	327	769	118	15	115	448	7	4	214	360	.285	.339	.468	.807	122	1262	67	21	16	24	42
1965	33	1029	3238	2934	354	827	128	16	130	493	7	4	240	407	.282	.338	.469	.807	122	1377	72	22	16	26	50
1966	34	1075	3291	2978	355	832	128	17	131	499	7	4	247	414	.279	.337	.466	.803	121	1387	73	24	16	26	51

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
1956	24	78	169	149	20	46	5	0	2	19	1	19	21	.309	.391	.383	.773	22	75
1957	25	100	390	349	58	103	4	9	23	74	4	32	46	.295	.351	.556	.907	69	96
1958	26	95	344	314	50	107	13	1	26	85	0	22	37	.341	.392	.637	1.029	78	90
1959	27	108	425	392	44	111	18	3	7	52	0	28	43	.283	.334	.398	.732	52	103
1960	28	99	315	296	30	75	17	1	11	41	1	16	39	.253	.292	.429	.721	37	95
1961	29	108	328	297	34	80	11	0	12	48	0	26	34	.269	.329	.428	.757	42	105
1962	30	116	330	304	37	86	12	1	9	45	0	19	44	.283	.324	.418	.742	41	116
1963	31	119	392	362	54	116	26	1	18	75	1	28	56	.320	.372	.547	.919	74	119
1964	32	129	394	347	41	103	20	0	14	64	0	41	50	.297	.373	.476	.849	61	129
1965	33	100	267	237	30	61	11	1	16	50	0	27	47	.257	.333	.515	.848	41	101
1966	34	46	59	46	1	7	0	1	1	8	0	10	7	.152	.339	.261	.600	4	46
11 Seasons		1098	3413	3093	399	895	137	18	139	561	7	268	424	.289	.348	.480	.828	521	1075
162 Game Avg.		162	504	456	59	132	20	3	21	83	1	40	63	.289	.348	.480	.828	77	1075

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr) 1958-NL-16-5% 0.05 Career Shares (1085th)	Triples s c a p y 1957 NL--8--5th	Home Runs s c a p y 1958 NL--24--9th	Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y 1958 NL--28--7th
Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y 1958 NL--2.7--7th	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1958 NL--5--9th	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1957 NL--7--5th	AB per HR s c a p y Career--22.733--201st

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink Batting - 5 (1625), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 4 (1599), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 14 (1192), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Chris Duncan (947) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Larry Sheets (963) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Juan Rivera (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Juan Rivera (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jerry Lynch (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jerry Lynch (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jerry Lynch (953) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jerry Lynch (962) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jerry Lynch (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Gray Ink	Batting - 5 (1625), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 4 (1599), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 14 (1192), Average HOFer ≈ 50