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Joe Cunningham

Joseph Robert Cunningham

Positions: First Baseman and Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 27, 1931 in Paterson, NJ
High School: Lodi HS (Lodi, NJ)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 30, 1954
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/WhiteSox/Senators 1954-1966

Final Game: April 17, 1966
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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
1952 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1953 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1954 22 STL NL 85 356 310 40 88 11 3 11 50 1 1 43 40 .284 .375 .445 .820 113 138 3 2 1 0 3
1956 24 STL NL 4 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 -24 0 0 0 0 0 0 /3
1957 25 STL NL 122 329 261 50 83 15 0 9 52 3 3 56 29 .318 .439 .479 .918 145 125 3 5 1 6 6 39
1958 26 STL NL 131 424 337 61 105 20 3 12 57 4 4 82 23 .312 .449 .496 .945 146 167 9 3 1 1 3 397
1959 27 STL NL 144 557 458 65 158 28 6 7 60 2 6 88 47 .345 .453 .478 .931 143 219 9 5 2 3 9 *937 AS,MVP-13
1960 28 STL NL 139 563 492 68 138 28 3 6 39 1 7 59 59 .280 .363 .386 .749 99 190 8 6 3 3 4 *93
1961 29 STL NL 113 390 322 60 92 11 2 7 40 1 0 53 32 .286 .403 .398 .801 107 128 1 11 3 1 3 93/7
1962 30 CHW AL 149 652 526 91 155 32 7 8 70 3 3 101 59 .295 .410 .428 .837 127 225 8 7 10 8 3 *3/9 MVP-18
1963 31 CHW AL 67 252 210 32 60 12 1 1 31 1 0 33 23 .286 .388 .367 .755 115 77 4 4 2 3 2 3
1964 32 TOT AL 89 278 234 28 54 11 0 0 17 0 2 37 28 .231 .348 .278 .626 78 65 4 5 2 0 1 3
1964 32 CHW AL 40 126 108 13 27 7 0 0 10 0 1 14 15 .250 .352 .315 .667 90 34 0 3 1 0 1 3
1964 32 WSA AL 49 152 126 15 27 4 0 0 7 0 1 23 13 .214 .344 .246 .590 68 31 4 2 1 0 0 3
1965 33 WSA AL 95 249 201 29 46 9 1 3 20 0 1 46 27 .229 .375 .328 .703 104 66 7 1 1 0 0 3
1966 34 WSA AL 3 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .125 .250 -27 1 0 0 0 0 0 /3
12 Yrs 1141 4062 3362 525 980 177 26 64 436 16 27 599 369 .291 .403 .417 .820 120 1401 56 49 26 25 31
162 Game Avg. 162 577 477 75 139 25 4 9 62 2 4 85 52 .291 .403 .417 .820 120 199 8 7 4 4
STL (7 yrs) 738 2623 2183 345 664 113 17 52 298 12 21 382 231 .304 .413 .443 .856 124 967 33 32 11 14 25
WSA (3 yrs) 147 409 335 44 74 13 1 3 27 0 2 69 41 .221 .359 .293 .651 88 98 11 3 2 0 0
CHW (3 yrs) 256 1030 844 136 242 51 8 9 111 4 4 148 97 .287 .397 .398 .795 119 336 12 14 13 11 6
AL (5 yrs) 403 1439 1179 180 316 64 9 12 138 4 6 217 138 .268 .386 .368 .754 111 434 23 17 15 11 6
NL (7 yrs) 738 2623 2183 345 664 113 17 52 298 12 21 382 231 .304 .413 .443 .856 124 967 33 32 11 14 25

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
1954 22 STL NL 85 356 7 -1 1 6 -4 9 0.9 12 21 2.0 .511 .506 1.5 0.1 15 $ 3
1956 24 STL NL 4 4 -0 0 0 -0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .484 .500 0.0 -0.0 -0 $ /3
1957 25 STL NL 122 329 20 1 1 9 -5 26 2.6 11 36 3.7 .522 .517 2.9 0.3 28 $ 39
1958 26 STL NL 131 424 29 -1 2 -2 -7 21 2.2 14 36 3.6 .517 .514 3.8 -0.9 37 $ 397
1959 27 STL NL 144 557 33 -5 4 -10 -8 13 1.4 19 32 3.3 .510 .509 4.3 -1.9 42 $ *937 AS,MVP-13
1960 28 STL NL 139 563 2 -0 1 -6 -6 -10 -1.1 19 9 0.7 .492 .493 1.4 -1.4 15 $ *93
1961 29 STL NL 113 390 6 1 4 -5 -4 2 0.1 13 15 1.4 .502 .501 2.0 -0.9 20 $ 93/7
1962 30 CHW AL 149 652 26 -3 2 7 -9 24 2.3 18 42 4.0 .517 .515 3.5 -0.3 34 $ *3/9 MVP-18
1963 31 CHW AL 67 252 8 2 0 1 -3 8 0.9 7 15 1.5 .514 .506 1.5 -0.3 14 $ 3
1964 32 CHW AL 40 126 0 -1 1 1 -2 0 -0.1 4 4 0.3 .500 .500 0.3 -0.2 3 $34,250 3
1964 32 WSA AL 49 152 -4 0 0 -0 -2 -6 -0.8 4 -2 -0.3 .486 .496 -0.2 -0.3 -2 $ 3
1965 33 WSA AL 95 249 4 -1 -1 -0 -3 -1 -0.1 7 6 0.6 .499 .500 0.6 -0.4 6 $28,000 3
1966 34 WSA AL 3 8 -1 0 0 -0 -0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .425 .499 -0.2 -0.1 -1 $ /3
12 Seasons 1141 4062 130 -7 15 -0 -54 84 7.9 128 212 20.6 .508 .504 21.4 -6.2 212 $62,250
STL (7 yrs) 738 2623 96 -5 12 -8 -35 61 6.0 88 149 14.7 .509 .506 15.9 -4.7 156 $
WSA (3 yrs) 147 409 -1 -1 -1 -1 -5 -9 -1.1 11 3 0.1 .493 .498 0.2 -0.8 4 $28,000
CHW (3 yrs) 256 1030 34 -1 4 9 -14 32 3.1 28 60 5.8 .513 .507 5.3 -0.8 52 $34,250

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
1954 22 STL NL 356 227 51 6.0 109 .297 .284 .274 .375 .345 .445 .424 .820 .769 113 .603 6.4 0.6 .810 .300 .161 1.8
1956 24 STL NL 4 3 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .263 .250 .330 .000 .415 .250 .745 -24 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .333 .333 .000
1957 25 STL NL 329 191 61 8.7 105 .323 .318 .271 .439 .335 .479 .419 .918 .754 145 .759 22.1 2.2 1.011 .375 .161 4.5
1958 26 STL NL 424 247 80 8.7 110 .307 .312 .276 .449 .344 .496 .430 .945 .775 146 .758 28.2 2.7 1.029 .427 .184 6.0
1959 27 STL NL 557 320 104 8.7 110 .371 .345 .277 .453 .344 .478 .429 .931 .773 143 .761 35.4 3.4 .978 .317 .133 3.1
1960 28 STL NL 563 375 70 5.0 106 .307 .280 .272 .363 .339 .386 .418 .749 .757 99 .564 1.6 0.2 .675 .213 .106 1.7
1961 29 STL NL 390 235 58 6.6 113 .299 .286 .280 .403 .348 .398 .437 .801 .785 107 .653 5.9 0.6 .835 .280 .112 1.8
1962 30 CHW AL 652 400 102 6.9 103 .315 .295 .263 .410 .335 .428 .410 .837 .745 127 .679 26.8 2.6 .872 .325 .133 4.4
1963 31 CHW AL 252 159 33 5.6 93 .312 .286 .253 .388 .319 .367 .391 .755 .710 115 .629 7.0 0.7 .747 .243 .081 1.0
1964 32 TOT AL 278 188 25 3.6 95 .262 .231 .254 .348 .322 .278 .395 .626 .717 78 .423 -4.7 -0.5 .565 .197 .047
1964 32 CHW AL 126 83 13 4.2 94 .290 .250 .252 .352 .320 .315 .392 .667 .712 90 .498 -0.5 -0.1 .610 .185 .065
1964 32 WSA AL 152 105 12 3.1 96 .239 .214 .256 .344 .324 .246 .397 .590 .721 68 .358 -4.3 -0.4 .529 .206 .032
1965 33 WSA AL 249 164 27 4.4 90 .251 .229 .248 .375 .318 .328 .381 .703 .699 104 .543 3.8 0.4 .687 .323 .100 .0
1966 34 WSA AL 8 7 0 0.0 89 .143 .125 .247 .125 .314 .125 .381 .250 .695 -27 .000 -1.3 -0.2 .143 .000 .000
12 Yrs 4062 2516 611 6.5 105 .310 .291 .269 .403 .337 .417 .416 .820 .753 120 .663 130.5 12.7 .827 .300 .125 25.6
162 Game Avg. 577 357 87 6.5 105 .310 .291 .269 .403 .337 .417 .416 .820 .753 120 .663 19 2 .827 .300 .125 4
STL (7 yrs) 2623 1598 424 7.1 109 .320 .304 .275 .413 .343 .443 .426 .856 .769 124 .690 99.0 9.6 .872 .310 .139 19.5
WSA (3 yrs) 409 276 39 3.8 92 .244 .221 .251 .359 .320 .293 .387 .651 .707 88 .465 -1.8 -0.2 .613 .272 .072 .0
CHW (3 yrs) 1030 642 148 6.2 99 .311 .287 .259 .397 .329 .398 .403 .795 .732 119 .650 33.4 3.3 .806 .287 .111 5.5
AL (5 yrs) 1439 918 187 5.5 97 .292 .268 .257 .386 .327 .368 .398 .754 .725 111 .606 31.5 3.1 .747 .282 .100 6.0
NL (7 yrs) 2623 1598 424 7.1 109 .320 .304 .275 .413 .343 .443 .426 .856 .769 124 .690 99.0 9.6 .872 .310 .139 19.5

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 STL NL 27 DNP
1959 STL NL 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 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
1954 22 STL NL 356 3.1% 11.2% 12.1% 7.0% 28% 0.93 7.8 28.2 6.2 1.27 73%
1956 24 STL NL 4 0.0% 25.0% 25.0% 0.0% 1.00 3.0 50%
1957 25 STL NL 329 2.7% 8.8% 17.0% 7.3% 29% 0.52 9.0 29.0 5.0 1.11 70%
1958 26 STL NL 424 2.8% 5.4% 19.3% 8.3% 33% 0.28 14.7 28.1 5.9 1.43 71%
1959 27 STL NL 557 1.3% 8.4% 15.8% 7.4% 26% 0.53 9.7 65.4 7.6 1.90 73%
1960 28 STL NL 563 1.1% 10.5% 10.5% 6.6% 27% 1.00 8.3 82.0 12.6 1.38 76%
1961 29 STL NL 390 1.8% 8.2% 13.6% 5.1% 22% 0.60 10.1 46.0 8.1 1.52 73%
1962 30 CHW AL 652 1.2% 9.1% 15.5% 7.2% 30% 0.58 8.9 65.8 7.5 1.59 72%
1963 31 CHW AL 252 0.4% 9.1% 13.1% 5.6% 23% 0.70 9.1 210.0 6.8 1.51 75%
1964 32 TOT AL 278 0.0% 10.1% 13.3% 4.0% 20% 0.76 8.4 13.8 1.38 74%
1964 32 CHW AL 126 0.0% 11.9% 11.1% 5.6% 26% 1.07 7.2 10.8 2.37 74%
1964 32 WSA AL 152 0.0% 8.6% 15.1% 2.6% 15% 0.57 9.7 18.0 0.98 74%
1965 33 WSA AL 249 1.2% 10.8% 18.5% 5.2% 28% 0.59 7.4 67.0 10.1 1.64 69%
1966 34 WSA AL 8 0.0% 12.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 8.0 2.00 88%
12 Yrs 4062 1.6% 9.1% 14.8% 6.6% 27% 0.62 9.1 52.5 7.7 1.48 73%
MLB Averages 2.3% 13.7% 8.6% 6.5% 29% 1.60 6.5 38.7 8.5 1.04 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1954 22 STL NL 6.4 0.6 288 1.7 6.5 -4.8 1.11 0.8 0.7 17.1 1.6 0.96 9.2 0
1956 24 STL NL -0.5 -0.1 4 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.13 -0.0 -0.0 -0.7 -0.1 1.01 -0.5 1.51 2
1957 25 STL NL 22.1 2.2 344 3.9 8.6 -4.7 1.11 2.5 1.0 32.1 3.1 1.01 28.7 1.55 30
1958 26 STL NL 28.7 2.8 432 4.1 10.6 -6.5 1.09 3.3 0.4 38.8 3.7 0.91 39.3 1.93 19
1959 27 STL NL 35.4 3.4 570 5.4 14.1 -8.7 1.10 3.9 1.0 31.8 3.0 0.97 40.0 1.93 8
1960 28 STL NL 1.6 0.2 574 0.5 10.1 -9.5 1.05 0.9 -0.4 6.8 0.7 0.93 9.9 1.76 10
1961 29 STL NL 5.5 0.5 401 1.5 7.8 -6.3 1.07 1.6 -0.2 24.3 2.3 0.93 19.8 1.45 20
1962 30 CHW AL 26.8 2.6 667 3.6 12.7 -9.2 .98 3.1 0.5 28.6 2.8 0.93 32.4 2.02 3
1963 31 CHW AL 7.0 0.7 263 2.5 5.5 -3.0 1.03 0.8 1.6 21.6 2.2 1.01 11.8 3.48 6
1964 32 TOT AL -4.7 -0.5 285 -0.4 4.4 -4.8 1.05 0.0 -0.4 -0.1 -0.0 0.97 -0.5 1.93 14
1964 32 CHW AL -0.5 -0.1 128 0.3 2.3 -2.0 1.09 0.3 0.0 3.3 0.3 1.04 1.9 1.96 7
1964 32 WSA AL -4.3 -0.4 157 -0.7 2.1 -2.8 1.02 -0.2 -0.4 -3.4 -0.3 0.92 -2.4 1.91 7
1965 33 WSA AL 3.8 0.4 253 0.8 4.4 -3.6 .95 0.5 0.3 10.2 1.1 0.96 7.9 1.24 27
1966 34 WSA AL -1.3 -0.2 8 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 1.08 -0.2 0.1 -1.1 -0.1 0.92 -1.7 0
12 Yrs 130.6 12.7 4089 23.5 84.8 -61.3 1.05 17.4 4.9 209.5 20.2 0.95 196.2 1.70 139

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
1954 22 STL NL 4 0 24% 118 1 1 50% 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 6 28% 19 16 3 6 3 1 11 5 6
1956 24 STL NL 0 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1957 25 STL NL 5 0 30% 160 3 3 50% 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 13 45% 29 17 12 8 4 4 14 6 7
1958 26 STL NL 8 0 28% 229 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 38% 39 29 10 2 2 0 17 4 12
1959 27 STL NL 7 0 24% 291 2 6 25% 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 12 35% 43 26 15 11 9 1 18 8 9
1960 28 STL NL 8 0 32% 270 1 7 13% 1 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 15 53% 30 17 13 9 7 2 16 2 14
1961 29 STL NL 5 0 36% 190 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 14 35% 35 25 10 9 5 4 13 6 6
1962 30 CHW AL 10 0 33% 327 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 16 38% 56 42 12 10 5 5 21 4 16
1963 31 CHW AL 7 0 32% 99 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 15 50% 17 10 7 5 3 1 10 2 8
1964 32 TOT AL 5 0 29% 146 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 9 35% 12 11 1 3 2 0 8 1 7
1964 32 CHW AL 3 0 30% 62 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 33% 4 4 0 2 1 0 3 0 3
1964 32 WSA AL 2 0 29% 84 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 36% 8 7 1 1 1 0 5 1 4
1965 33 WSA AL 4 0 29% 131 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 31% 14 12 2 4 3 1 8 3 5
1966 34 WSA AL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Yrs 63 0 30% 1964 16 27 37% 15 25 0 2 0 0 6 0 69 113 39% 295 206 85 67 43 19 137 41 91

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
1954 22 STL NL 356 56% 88 0 0 0 0 11 0 9 5 3 6 5 0 0 1 57 3 5% 19 4 21% 195 39 20% 23 13 57% 10 6 60% 0
1956 24 STL NL 4 100% 0 2 0 0 0 1.51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 4 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1957 25 STL NL 329 80% 83 30 12 3 7 1.55 9 1 15 8 1 7 2 0 1 1 100% 61 3 5% 27 14 52% 251 45 18% 35 19 54% 10 5 50% 0
1958 26 STL NL 424 79% 105 19 5 0 1 1.93 12 0 9 10 2 8 4 0 2 1 50% 84 9 11% 30 11 37% 253 46 18% 27 16 59% 16 9 56% 0
1959 27 STL NL 557 71% 158 8 2 0 3 1.93 7 0 14 7 0 2 5 0 2 2 100% 120 9 8% 56 20 36% 364 55 15% 35 19 54% 17 10 59% 0
1960 28 STL NL 563 68% 138 10 2 0 1 1.76 6 0 12 5 1 3 3 0 5 3 60% 88 8 9% 46 22 48% 288 34 12% 24 12 50% 15 12 80% 0
1961 29 STL NL 390 82% 92 20 5 0 4 1.45 7 0 4 5 2 5 2 0 3 3 100% 69 1 1% 32 10 31% 219 36 16% 20 10 50% 13 6 46% 0
1962 30 CHW AL 652 77% 155 3 1 0 1 2.02 8 0 18 5 3 4 4 0 15 10 67% 126 8 6% 60 28 47% 395 64 16% 48 26 54% 25 14 56% 0
1963 31 CHW AL 252 67% 60 6 4 0 4 3.48 1 0 11 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 100% 57 4 7% 26 12 46% 183 31 17% 18 13 72% 17 13 76% 0
1964 32 TOT AL 278 71% 54 14 1 0 0 1.93 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 52 4 8% 20 7 35% 177 18 10% 12 2 17% 9 6 67% 0
1964 32 CHW AL 126 55% 27 7 1 0 0 1.96 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 24 0 0% 10 4 40% 95 11 12% 6 1 17% 4 2 50% 0
1964 32 WSA AL 152 85% 27 7 0 0 0 1.91 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 28 4 14% 10 3 30% 82 7 9% 6 1 17% 5 4 80% 0
1965 33 WSA AL 249 53% 46 27 5 1 2 1.24 3 0 4 3 0 1 2 0 1 1 100% 47 7 15% 10 2 20% 131 18 14% 8 3 38% 4 1 25% 0
1966 34 WSA AL 8 13% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 5 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
12 Yrs 4062 72% 980 139 37 4 23 1.70 64 1 103 49 12 36 28 0 33 26 79% 763 56 7% 327 130 40% 2465 386 16% 251 133 53% 137 83 61% 0
MLB Averages 50% 77% 10% 31% 14% 49% 53%

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
1954 22 85 356 310 40 88 11 3 11 50 1 1 43 40 .284 .375 .445 .820 113 138 3 2 1 0
1955 23 85 356 310 40 88 11 3 11 50 1 1 43 40 .284 .375 .445 .820 113 138 3 2 1 0
1956 24 89 360 313 41 88 11 3 11 50 1 1 44 41 .281 .373 .441 .814 112 138 3 2 1 0 0
1957 25 211 689 574 91 171 26 3 20 102 4 4 100 70 .298 .405 .458 .863 128 263 6 7 2 6 6
1958 26 342 1113 911 152 276 46 6 32 159 8 8 182 93 .303 .422 .472 .894 134 430 15 10 3 7 9
1959 27 486 1670 1369 217 434 74 12 39 219 10 14 270 140 .317 .432 .474 .906 137 649 24 15 5 10 18
1960 28 625 2233 1861 285 572 102 15 45 258 11 21 329 199 .307 .415 .451 .865 128 839 32 21 8 13 22
1961 29 738 2623 2183 345 664 113 17 52 298 12 21 382 231 .304 .413 .443 .856 124 967 33 32 11 14 25
1962 30 887 3275 2709 436 819 145 24 60 368 15 24 483 290 .302 .412 .440 .852 125 1192 41 39 21 22 28
1963 31 954 3527 2919 468 879 157 25 61 399 16 24 516 313 .301 .411 .435 .845 124 1269 45 43 23 25 30
1964 32 1043 3805 3153 496 933 168 25 61 416 16 26 553 341 .296 .406 .423 .829 121 1334 49 48 25 25 31
1965 33 1138 4054 3354 525 979 177 26 64 436 16 27 599 368 .292 .404 .417 .821 120 1400 56 49 26 25 31
1966 34 1141 4062 3362 525 980 177 26 64 436 16 27 599 369 .291 .403 .417 .820 120 1401 56 49 26 25 31

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
1954 22 89 372 325 41 91 11 3 11 51 1 44 42 .280 .369 .434 .803 53 85
1956 24 4 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 4
1957 25 128 342 272 51 86 16 0 9 54 3 58 30 .316 .437 .474 .911 56 122
1958 26 138 440 351 61 107 20 3 12 57 4 84 24 .305 .442 .481 .923 75 131
1959 27 151 572 473 64 159 28 6 7 59 2 89 49 .336 .444 .465 .909 97 144
1960 28 145 585 512 69 142 29 3 6 40 1 61 62 .277 .359 .381 .740 69 139
1961 29 118 395 329 56 89 11 2 7 37 1 51 33 .271 .385 .380 .765 46 113
1962 30 149 650 525 90 154 32 7 8 69 3 100 59 .293 .408 .427 .834 91 149
1963 31 67 258 214 36 64 13 1 1 35 1 35 23 .299 .402 .383 .786 33 67
1964 32 88 282 236 31 57 12 0 0 19 0 39 28 .242 .361 .292 .653 24 89
1965 33 95 257 205 33 50 10 1 3 23 0 50 27 .244 .395 .346 .741 28 95
1966 34 3 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
12 Yrs 1175 4165 3453 533 999 182 26 64 444 16 612 379 .289 .401 .413 .814 572 1141
162 Game Avg. 162 574 476 73 138 25 4 9 61 2 84 52 .289 .401 .413 .814 79 1141

* 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

All-Star Games
1959-1
1959-2 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1959 NL (13, 4%)
1962 AL (18, 3%)
0.07 Career Shares (1016th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1959 NL  4.3 (9th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1959 NL  .345 (2nd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1959 NL  .453 (1st)
1962 AL  .410 (3rd)
Career  .403 (49th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1959 NL  .931 (6th)

Doubles s c a p y
1960 NL  28 (7th)
1962 AL  32 (10th)

Triples s c a p y
1962 AL  7 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1958 NL  82 (4th)
1959 NL  88 (2nd)
1962 AL  101 (5th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1959 NL  143 (6th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1959 NL  104 (10th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1958 NL  29 (6th)
1959 NL  35 (6th)
1962 AL  27 (9th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1958 NL  2.8 (6th)
1959 NL  3.4 (6th)
1962 AL  2.6 (9th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1959 NL  251 (6th)
1962 AL  263 (5th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1959 NL  .761 (3rd)
1962 AL  .679 (7th)
Career  .663 (161st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1957 NL  5 (9th)
1959 NL  5 (7th)
1960 NL  6 (3rd)
1961 NL  11 (1st)
1962 AL  7 (8th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1962 AL  10 (7th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1957 NL  6 (8th)
1962 AL  8 (7th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1960 NL  7 (10th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1957 NL  32.12 (7th)
1958 NL  38.81 (5th)
Career  209.52 (198th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1957 NL  3.9 (6th)
1958 NL  4.1 (4th)
1959 NL  5.4 (4th)
1962 AL  3.6 (9th)
Career  23.5 (146th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1958 NL  3.3 (7th)
1959 NL  3.9 (7th)
1962 AL  3.1 (9th)
Career  17.4 (215th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1957 NL  3.1 (7th)
1958 NL  3.7 (6th)
Career  20.2 (200th)

             

† 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 (·)

Gray InkBatting - 15 (1187), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 14 (1023), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 20 (751), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Steve Henderson (943)
  2. Al Zarilla (940)
  3. Floyd Robinson (934)
  4. Phil Bradley (929)
  5. Jim Russell (925)
  6. Irv Noren (924)
  7. David DeJesus (923)
  8. Marlon Byrd (923)
  9. Gene Moore (922)
  10. Warren Cromartie (921)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Fred Luderus (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Mitchell Page (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Rusty Greer (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Floyd Robinson (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Dick Wakefield (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Hal McRae (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. John Kruk (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Steve Henderson (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Al Zarilla (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Johnny Grubb (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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