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Al Dark

Alvin Ralph Dark (Blackie or The Swamp Fox)

Positions: Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 7, 1922 in Comanche, OK
High School: Lake Charles (Lake Charles, LA)
School: Louisiana State University
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 14, 1946
Teams (by GP): Giants/Braves/Cardinals/Cubs/Phillies 1946-1960

Final Game: October 2, 1960
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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
1946 24 BSN NL 15 13 13 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 .231 .231 .462 .692 93 6 0 0 0 6/7O
1948 26 BSN NL 137 579 543 85 175 39 6 3 48 4 24 36 .322 .353 .433 .786 113 235 4 2 10 *6 MVP-3,RoY-1
1949 27 BSN NL 130 572 529 74 146 23 5 3 53 5 31 43 .276 .317 .355 .673 84 188 10 1 11 *6/5 MVP-25
1950 28 NYG NL 154 643 587 79 164 36 5 16 67 9 39 60 .279 .331 .440 .770 100 258 10 6 11 *6
1951 29 NYG NL 156 700 646 114 196 41 7 14 69 12 7 42 39 .303 .352 .454 .805 114 293 11 6 6 *6 AS,MVP-12
1952 30 NYG NL 151 649 589 92 177 29 3 14 73 6 6 47 39 .301 .357 .431 .788 117 254 10 5 8 *6 AS,MVP-12
1953 31 NYG NL 155 693 647 126 194 41 6 23 88 7 2 28 34 .300 .335 .488 .823 109 316 19 6 12 *64O7/591
1954 32 NYG NL 154 693 644 98 189 26 6 20 70 5 3 27 40 .293 .325 .446 .770 98 287 16 5 12 5 *6 AS,MVP-5
1955 33 NYG NL 115 508 475 77 134 20 3 9 45 2 1 22 32 .282 .319 .394 .713 88 187 5 5 4 2 2 *6
1956 34 TOT NL 148 664 619 73 170 26 7 6 54 3 1 29 46 .275 .307 .368 .675 81 228 14 3 5 8 0 *6
1956 34 NYG NL 48 222 206 19 52 12 0 2 17 0 0 8 13 .252 .279 .340 .618 66 70 5 1 3 4 0 6
1956 34 STL NL 100 442 413 54 118 14 7 4 37 3 1 21 33 .286 .320 .383 .703 89 158 9 2 2 4 0 6
1957 35 STL NL 140 625 583 80 169 25 8 4 64 3 4 29 56 .290 .326 .381 .707 88 222 7 4 5 4 4 *6/5 MVP-17
1958 36 TOT NL 132 572 528 61 156 16 4 4 48 1 1 31 29 .295 .337 .364 .700 87 192 16 5 2 6 1 *5/6
1958 36 STL NL 18 66 64 7 19 0 0 1 5 0 0 2 6 .297 .318 .344 .662 73 22 3 0 0 0 0 /56
1958 36 CHC NL 114 506 464 54 137 16 4 3 43 1 1 29 23 .295 .339 .366 .706 89 170 13 5 2 6 1 *5
1959 37 CHC NL 136 545 477 60 126 22 9 6 45 1 1 55 50 .264 .342 .386 .728 95 184 4 3 7 3 9 *5/36
1960 38 TOT NL 105 373 339 45 90 11 3 4 32 1 1 26 27 .265 .321 .351 .672 87 119 8 3 2 3 4 573/4
1960 38 PHI NL 55 221 198 29 48 5 1 3 14 1 1 19 14 .242 .315 .323 .638 76 64 5 2 2 0 2 5/3
1960 38 MLN NL 50 152 141 16 42 6 2 1 18 0 0 7 13 .298 .329 .390 .719 103 55 3 1 0 3 2 73/54
14 Seasons 1828 7829 7219 1064 2089 358 72 126 757 59 27 430 534 .289 .333 .411 .744 98 2969 134 54 95 31 20
162 Game Avg. 162 694 640 94 185 32 6 11 67 5 38 47 .289 .333 .411 .744 98 263 12 5 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
NYG (7 yrs) 933 4108 3794 605 1106 205 30 98 429 41 19 213 257 .292 .334 .439 .773 103 1665 76 34 56 11 2
MLN (4 yrs) 332 1316 1226 175 366 71 13 7 120 9 0 62 95 .299 .334 .395 .728 99 484 17 4 21 3 2
STL (3 yrs) 258 1133 1060 141 306 39 15 9 106 6 5 52 95 .289 .323 .379 .703 87 402 19 6 7 8 4
CHC (2 yrs) 250 1051 941 114 263 38 13 9 88 2 2 84 73 .279 .341 .376 .717 92 354 17 8 9 9 10
PHI (1 yr) 55 221 198 29 48 5 1 3 14 1 1 19 14 .242 .315 .323 .638 76 64 5 2 2 0 2

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 BSN NL 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ 6/7O
1948 26 BSN NL 579 6 2 0 0 0 9 20 37 3.8 37 3.8 0.0 $ *6 MVP-3,RoY-1
1949 27 BSN NL 572 -13 2 0 0 -6 8 19 10 1.0 16 1.6 -0.6 $ *6/5 MVP-25
1950 28 NYG NL 643 0 1 0 0 14 10 22 47 4.7 33 3.3 1.4 $ *6
1951 29 NYG NL 700 10 3 0 0 6 10 22 51 5.2 45 4.6 0.6 $ *6 AS,MVP-12
1952 30 NYG NL 649 14 1 0 0 5 10 21 51 5.3 46 4.8 0.5 $ *6 AS,MVP-12
1953 31 NYG NL 693 6 1 4 3 2 8 22 45 4.5 44 4.4 0.1 $ *64O7/591
1954 32 NYG NL 693 -3 4 -2 0 5 10 22 36 3.6 31 3.2 0.4 $ *6 AS,MVP-5
1955 33 NYG NL 508 -8 0 -1 1 -2 7 16 13 1.3 15 1.6 -0.3 $37,500 *6
1956 34 NYG NL 222 -10 0 2 1 -3 3 7 0 -0.1 3 0.3 -0.4 $ 6
1956 34 STL NL 442 -6 2 0 1 5 6 14 22 2.2 17 1.7 0.5 $ 6
1957 35 STL NL 625 -6 2 2 4 4 9 20 35 3.5 31 3.2 0.3 $38,500 *6/5 MVP-17
1958 36 STL NL 66 -3 0 -1 -1 -2 1 2 -4 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $40,000 /56
1958 36 CHC NL 506 -6 0 -1 -1 1 1 16 10 1.0 9 0.9 0.1 $ *5
1959 37 CHC NL 545 -5 -1 3 2 8 1 19 26 2.6 19 1.9 0.7 $ *5/36
1960 38 PHI NL 221 -7 1 0 0 -5 1 8 -2 -0.3 3 0.3 -0.6 $ 5/3
1960 38 MLN NL 152 1 0 -1 0 2 -2 5 5 0.5 3 0.3 0.2 $ 73/54
14 Seasons 7829 -30 18 5 10 33 93 255 383 38.6 351 35.8 2.8 $116,000
Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
NYG (7 yrs) 4108 9 10 3 5 26 58 132 243 24.5 217 22.2 2.3 $37,500
MLN (4 yrs) 1316 -6 4 -1 0 -4 16 44 53 5.5 57 5.8 -0.3 $
STL (3 yrs) 1133 -15 4 1 4 8 16 36 53 5.3 46 4.7 0.6 $78,500
CHC (2 yrs) 1051 -11 -1 2 1 8 2 35 36 3.6 28 2.8 0.8 $
PHI (1 yr) 221 -7 1 0 0 -5 1 8 -2 -0.3 3 0.3 -0.6 $

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 BSN NL 13 10 1 2.7 94 .300 .231 .264 .231 .339 .462 .369 .692 .709 93 .321 -0.1 -0.0 .600 .231 .231
1948 26 BSN NL 579 382 82 5.7 101 .341 .322 .268 .353 .342 .433 .396 .786 .738 113 .611 8.6 0.8 .712 .162 .110 3.4
1949 27 BSN NL 572 404 59 3.9 100 .296 .276 .264 .317 .337 .355 .396 .673 .733 84 .428 -12.3 -1.2 .573 .147 .079 3.8
1950 28 NYG NL 643 444 84 5.1 109 .290 .279 .271 .331 .348 .440 .420 .770 .768 100 .531 -1.6 -0.2 .721 .242 .160 11.5
1951 29 NYG NL 700 474 101 5.7 104 .307 .303 .269 .352 .343 .454 .407 .805 .750 114 .607 11.9 1.2 .739 .223 .150 12.9
1952 30 NYG NL 649 436 88 5.4 98 .304 .301 .263 .357 .336 .431 .391 .788 .727 117 .618 13.2 1.4 .715 .211 .131 8.4
1953 31 NYG NL 693 486 104 5.7 113 .290 .300 .278 .335 .349 .488 .433 .823 .782 109 .572 6.2 0.6 .749 .240 .189 10.7
1954 32 NYG NL 693 491 92 5.0 110 .287 .293 .275 .325 .347 .446 .426 .770 .773 98 .521 -4.7 -0.5 .677 .197 .152 8.0
1955 33 NYG NL 508 353 60 4.6 106 .287 .282 .267 .319 .338 .394 .422 .713 .760 88 .487 -9.4 -0.9 .620 .160 .112 3.3
1956 34 TOT NL 664 477 69 3.9 103 .285 .275 .264 .307 .331 .368 .416 .675 .747 81 .434 -16.8 -1.7 .565 .144 .094 4.0
1956 34 NYG NL 222 166 19 3.1 102 .256 .252 .263 .279 .330 .340 .415 .618 .745 66 .333 -9.4 -1.0 .497 .126 .087 .0
1956 34 STL NL 442 311 50 4.3 103 .300 .286 .264 .320 .331 .383 .417 .703 .748 89 .482 -7.4 -0.7 .600 .153 .097 3.4
1957 35 STL NL 625 434 72 4.5 105 .313 .290 .271 .326 .335 .381 .419 .707 .754 88 .487 -10.6 -1.0 .598 .139 .091 3.4
1958 36 TOT NL 572 397 63 4.3 105 .303 .295 .268 .337 .336 .364 .419 .700 .755 87 .459 -9.5 -0.9 .586 .127 .068 1.6
1958 36 STL NL 66 48 6 3.4 110 .316 .297 .274 .318 .343 .344 .429 .662 .772 73 .355 -2.8 -0.3 .500 .078 .047 .0
1958 36 CHC NL 506 349 57 4.4 104 .302 .295 .267 .339 .335 .366 .418 .706 .753 89 .472 -6.7 -0.7 .598 .134 .071 1.5
1959 37 CHC NL 545 366 66 4.8 104 .283 .264 .269 .342 .335 .386 .416 .728 .751 95 .519 -2.9 -0.3 .680 .237 .122 1.7
1960 38 TOT NL 373 263 38 3.9 97 .277 .265 .260 .321 .325 .351 .399 .672 .724 87 .447 -6.0 -0.6 .574 .162 .086 1.6
1960 38 PHI NL 221 158 20 3.4 99 .249 .242 .263 .315 .329 .323 .404 .638 .733 76 .388 -6.7 -0.7 .545 .177 .081 1.5
1960 38 MLN NL 152 105 18 4.6 93 .315 .298 .255 .329 .320 .390 .391 .719 .711 103 .525 0.7 0.1 .618 .142 .092 .0
14 Seasons 7829 5417 979 4.8 104 .298 .289 .269 .333 .339 .411 .413 .744 .752 98 .525 -34.2 -3.4 .659 .186 .122 80.4
162 Game Avg. 694 480 87 4.8 104 .298 .289 .269 .333 .339 .411 .413 .744 .752 98 .525 -34.2 -3.4 .659 .186 .122 7
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
NYG (7 yrs) 4108 2850 548 5.1 106 .292 .292 .270 .334 .343 .439 .416 .773 .759 103 .550 6.0 0.6 .695 .209 .147 57.8
MLN (4 yrs) 1316 901 160 4.7 99 .319 .299 .265 .334 .337 .395 .395 .728 .732 99 .524 -3.1 -0.3 .637 .154 .096 7.9
STL (3 yrs) 1133 793 128 4.4 104 .308 .289 .268 .323 .334 .379 .419 .703 .753 87 .477 -20.9 -2.1 .593 .141 .091 7.2
CHC (2 yrs) 1051 715 123 4.6 104 .293 .279 .268 .341 .335 .376 .417 .717 .752 92 .497 -9.6 -0.9 .640 .186 .097 3.3
PHI (1 yr) 221 158 20 3.4 99 .249 .242 .263 .315 .329 .323 .404 .638 .733 76 .389 -6.7 -0.7 .545 .177 .081 1.5

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1948 26 BSN NL WS CLE L 6 25 24 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .208 .375 5 1 0 1 0 0
1951 29 NYG NL WS NYY L 6 26 24 5 10 3 0 1 4 0 0 2 3 .417 .462 .667 1.128 16 1 0 0 0 0
1954 32 NYG NL WS CLE W 4 19 17 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .412 .444 .412 .856 7 0 0 1 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 16 70 65 9 21 4 0 1 4 0 0 3 6 .323 .353 .431 .784 28 2 0 2 0 0
3 WS 16 70 65 9 21 4 0 1 4 0 0 3 6 .323 .353 .431 .784 28 2 0 2 0 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
1951 NYG NL 29 as SS 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 0 0 0
1952 NYG NL 30 DNP
1954 NYG NL 32 as SS 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (2 Appearances) 10 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 2 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
1946 24 BSN NL 13 0.0% 23.1% 0.0% 23.1% 100% 4.3 13.0 77%
1948 26 BSN NL 579 0.5% 6.2% 4.2% 8.3% 27% 1.50 15.1 181.0 11.3 87%
1949 27 BSN NL 572 0.5% 7.5% 5.4% 5.4% 21% 1.39 12.3 176.3 10.0 84%
1950 28 NYG NL 643 2.5% 9.3% 6.1% 8.9% 35% 1.54 9.8 36.7 8.8 1.15 79%
1951 29 NYG NL 700 2.0% 5.6% 6.0% 8.9% 32% 0.93 16.6 46.1 9.4 0.88 85%
1952 30 NYG NL 649 2.2% 6.0% 7.2% 7.1% 26% 0.83 15.1 42.1 8.1 0.90 83%
1953 31 NYG NL 693 3.3% 4.9% 4.0% 10.1% 36% 1.21 19.0 28.1 7.4 0.95 85%
1954 32 NYG NL 693 2.9% 5.8% 3.9% 7.5% 28% 1.48 16.1 32.2 9.2 1.08 85%
1955 33 NYG NL 508 1.8% 6.3% 4.3% 6.3% 24% 1.45 14.8 52.8 10.6 0.94 86%
1956 34 TOT NL 664 0.9% 6.9% 4.4% 5.9% 23% 1.59 13.5 103.2 11.5 0.99 87%
1956 34 NYG NL 222 0.9% 5.9% 3.6% 6.3% 27% 1.63 15.8 103.0 12.1 0.81 88%
1956 34 STL NL 442 0.9% 7.5% 4.8% 5.7% 21% 1.57 12.5 103.3 11.2 1.09 86%
1957 35 STL NL 625 0.6% 9.0% 4.6% 5.9% 22% 1.93 10.4 145.8 9.1 0.94 84%
1958 36 TOT NL 572 0.7% 5.1% 5.4% 4.2% 15% 0.94 18.2 132.0 11.0 1.02 88%
1958 36 STL NL 66 1.5% 9.1% 3.0% 1.5% 5% 3.00 10.7 64.0 12.8 0.91 86%
1958 36 CHC NL 506 0.6% 4.6% 5.7% 4.6% 17% 0.79 20.2 154.7 10.8 1.03 88%
1959 37 CHC NL 545 1.1% 9.2% 10.1% 6.8% 29% 0.91 9.5 79.5 10.6 0.81 78%
1960 38 TOT NL 373 1.1% 7.2% 7.0% 4.8% 20% 1.04 12.6 84.8 10.6 1.04 83%
1960 38 PHI NL 221 1.4% 6.3% 8.6% 4.1% 19% 0.74 14.1 66.0 14.1 1.17 82%
1960 38 MLN NL 152 0.7% 8.6% 4.6% 5.9% 21% 1.86 10.8 141.0 7.8 0.86 86%
14 Seasons 7829 1.6% 6.8% 5.5% 7.1% 27% 1.24 13.5 57.3 9.5 0.97 84%
MLB Averages 2.0% 11.1% 9.4% 6.5% 28% 1.18 8.0 43.6 8.2 0.97 76%
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
1946 24 BSN NL -0.1 -0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 26 BSN NL 8.6 0.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1949 27 BSN NL -12.3 -1.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1950 28 NYG NL -1.6 -0.2 506 -0.9 8.3 -9.2 1.02 0.5 -1.4 -9.1 -0.9 0.99 4.4 0
1951 29 NYG NL 11.9 1.2 652 0.9 12.2 -11.2 1.01 2.8 -1.9 13.7 1.4 0.95 24.8 0
1952 30 NYG NL 13.2 1.4 564 1.2 9.4 -8.2 .93 1.6 -0.3 15.3 1.6 0.95 18.8 0
1953 31 NYG NL 6.2 0.6 670 1.3 11.8 -10.4 .93 2.2 -0.8 21.8 2.0 0.94 24.7 0.61 1
1954 32 NYG NL -4.7 -0.5 682 -1.6 10.7 -12.3 1.00 0.5 -2.1 -5.4 -0.5 0.91 3.9 0
1955 33 NYG NL -9.4 -0.9 442 -1.5 6.9 -8.4 1.05 -0.8 -0.7 -8.0 -0.8 0.91 -9.8 3.92 1
1956 34 TOT NL -16.8 -1.7 660 1.0 12.3 -11.3 1.04 -0.3 1.3 4.2 0.4 0.92 -4.9 0.99 1
1956 34 NYG NL -9.4 -1.0 204 -0.7 3.2 -3.9 1.06 -0.9 0.3 -6.6 -0.7 0.90 -9.9 0
1956 34 STL NL -7.4 -0.7 456 1.7 9.1 -7.4 1.03 0.6 1.0 10.8 1.1 0.93 5.0 0.99 1
1957 35 STL NL -10.6 -1.0 636 0.8 11.7 -10.9 1.06 0.8 -0.0 14.4 1.4 0.94 6.4 1.97 1
1958 36 TOT NL -9.5 -0.9 571 -0.3 9.4 -9.7 1.00 -0.4 0.1 -1.5 -0.1 0.91 -3.2 1.50 7
1958 36 STL NL -2.8 -0.3 68 -0.7 1.0 -1.7 1.17 -0.3 -0.3 -5.8 -0.6 1.01 -3.2 1.62 5
1958 36 CHC NL -6.7 -0.7 503 0.4 8.4 -8.0 .98 -0.1 0.5 4.3 0.4 0.90 -0.0 1.19 2
1959 37 CHC NL -2.9 -0.3 555 0.1 9.3 -9.2 1.01 0.5 -0.3 7.8 0.8 0.93 5.6 0.68 1
1960 38 TOT NL -6.0 -0.6 380 -0.6 6.7 -7.3 1.14 -0.0 -0.5 -1.2 -0.1 0.97 -2.6 1.83 18
1960 38 PHI NL -6.7 -0.7 226 -0.2 4.1 -4.3 1.13 0.1 -0.3 1.7 0.2 0.95 0.5 2.06 3
1960 38 MLN NL 0.7 0.1 154 -0.4 2.6 -3.0 1.16 -0.2 -0.2 -2.8 -0.3 1.00 -3.1 1.78 15
14 Seasons -34.2 -3.4 6318 0.5 108.6 -108.2 1.01 7.4 -6.9 52.1 5.1 0.94 68.1 1.72 30
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
1950 28 NYG NL 10 0 33% 170 9 5 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 7 5 57% 30 12 17 3 3 0 11 2 8
1951 29 NYG NL 14 0 44% 279 12 7 63% 10 6 1 0 0 1 3 0 9 8 69% 39 13 25 6 3 2 28 5 23
1952 30 NYG NL 8 1 36% 248 6 6 50% 6 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 6 53% 31 16 14 5 2 3 15 5 10
1953 31 NYG NL 16 0 50% 256 7 2 78% 4 2 0 0 1 0 4 0 12 6 63% 56 21 31 4 3 0 29 4 25
1954 32 NYG NL 6 0 39% 255 5 3 63% 5 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 4 14 61% 31 12 19 9 6 3 14 3 11
1955 33 NYG NL 5 0 45% 171 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 10 49% 28 18 10 10 7 3 25 5 18
1956 34 TOT NL 13 0 34% 249 3 1 75% 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 8 12 53% 34 16 16 11 6 4 14 3 11
1956 34 NYG NL 7 0 29% 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 41% 11 7 4 2 2 0 4 1 3
1956 34 STL NL 6 0 37% 163 3 1 75% 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 10 57% 23 9 12 9 4 4 10 2 8
1957 35 STL NL 11 0 38% 252 3 4 43% 2 4 1 0 0 0 3 3 9 17 58% 45 17 28 6 5 0 18 4 12
1958 36 TOT NL 7 0 30% 244 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 14 40% 39 24 12 4 2 1 12 3 9
1958 36 STL NL 0 0 30% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 17% 4 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 0
1958 36 CHC NL 7 0 30% 222 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 13 43% 35 21 11 3 1 1 11 2 9
1959 37 CHC NL 12 0 30% 248 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 17 44% 28 16 11 4 3 1 16 6 9
1960 38 TOT NL 4 0 36% 141 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 10 47% 24 16 8 4 2 2 15 5 10
1960 38 PHI NL 4 0 39% 95 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 48% 18 11 7 3 2 1 10 3 7
1960 38 MLN NL 0 0 31% 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 42% 6 5 1 1 0 1 5 2 3
14 Seasons 106 2 38% 2513 59 27 87% 39 28 6 1 1 1 24 5 85 119 55% 385 181 191 66 42 19 197 45 146
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
1950 28 NYG NL 481 40% 164 0 0 0 0 16 0 13 4 8 11 1 0 11 11 100% 122 10 8% 54 25 46% 343 36 11% 27 15 56% 16 9 56% 162
1951 29 NYG NL 622 32% 196 0 0 0 0 14 1 20 4 9 9 4 0 13 6 46% 130 11 8% 75 25 33% 354 49 14% 27 16 59% 22 16 73% 78
1952 30 NYG NL 546 25% 177 0 0 0 0 14 0 15 8 4 12 0 0 7 8 114% 106 10 9% 60 23 38% 332 54 16% 29 21 72% 17 11 65% 104
1953 31 NYG NL 654 30% 194 1 0 0 0 0.61 23 0 11 15 7 16 6 0 12 12 100% 168 19 11% 85 33 39% 380 67 18% 27 19 70% 23 15 65% 39
1954 32 NYG NL 664 30% 189 0 0 0 0 20 1 18 15 5 15 5 1 12 12 100% 132 16 12% 83 33 40% 344 46 13% 23 12 52% 26 20 77% 29
1955 33 NYG NL 430 35% 134 1 0 0 0 3.92 9 0 6 5 3 7 1 0 4 4 100% 71 5 7% 34 8 24% 211 30 14% 17 7 41% 10 4 40% 78
1956 34 TOT NL 643 31% 170 1 0 0 0 0.99 6 0 12 1 4 2 3 0 7 5 71% 134 14 10% 64 24 38% 346 49 14% 21 15 71% 16 11 69% 21
1956 34 NYG NL 202 29% 52 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 100% 40 5 13% 23 9 39% 104 14 13% 9 6 67% 6 4 67% 20
1956 34 STL NL 441 31% 118 1 0 0 0 0.99 4 0 7 1 3 1 3 0 4 2 50% 94 9 10% 41 15 37% 242 35 14% 12 9 75% 10 7 70% 1
1957 35 STL NL 625 30% 169 1 0 0 0 1.97 4 0 13 4 0 1 3 0 7 5 71% 130 7 5% 71 29 41% 383 63 16% 39 22 56% 23 13 57% 0
1958 36 TOT NL 557 27% 156 7 5 0 1 1.50 4 0 14 1 3 0 4 0 3 2 67% 105 16 15% 61 22 36% 294 45 15% 24 17 71% 21 13 62% 15
1958 36 STL NL 66 38% 19 5 4 0 1 1.62 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 16 3 19% 11 1 9% 46 4 9% 3 1 33% 2 0 0% 0
1958 36 CHC NL 491 26% 137 2 1 0 0 1.19 3 0 10 1 2 0 3 0 3 2 67% 89 13 15% 50 21 42% 248 41 17% 21 16 76% 19 13 68% 15
1959 37 CHC NL 545 27% 126 1 0 0 0 0.68 6 1 6 2 4 5 1 0 8 7 88% 117 4 3% 64 24 38% 303 40 13% 22 12 55% 19 13 68% 0
1960 38 TOT NL 372 36% 90 18 3 0 2 1.83 4 0 13 2 2 1 3 0 2 2 100% 83 8 10% 32 12 38% 227 31 14% 22 13 59% 19 12 63% 1
1960 38 PHI NL 221 33% 48 3 0 0 0 2.06 3 0 5 1 2 1 2 0 2 2 100% 51 5 10% 21 8 38% 125 14 11% 9 5 56% 16 11 69% 0
1960 38 MLN NL 151 39% 42 15 3 0 2 1.78 1 0 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 32 3 9% 11 4 36% 102 17 17% 13 8 62% 3 1 33% 1
14 Seasons 6139 31% 2089 30 8 0 3 1.72 126 3 141 61 49 79 31 1 86 95 110% 1298 134 10% 683 258 38% 3517 510 15% 278 169 61% 212 137 65% 527
MLB Averages 49% 120% 15% 32% 14% 50% 54%
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
1946 24 15 13 13 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 .231 .231 .462 .692 93 6 0 0 0
1947 25 15 13 13 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 .231 .231 .462 .692 93 6 0 0 0
1948 26 152 592 556 85 178 42 6 3 49 4 24 39 .320 .351 .433 .784 112 241 4 2 10
1949 27 282 1164 1085 159 324 65 11 6 102 9 55 82 .299 .334 .395 .730 98 429 14 3 21
1950 28 436 1807 1672 238 488 101 16 22 169 18 94 142 .292 .333 .411 .744 99 687 24 9 32
1951 29 592 2507 2318 352 684 142 23 36 238 30 7 136 181 .295 .338 .423 .761 103 980 35 15 38
1952 30 743 3156 2907 444 861 171 26 50 311 36 13 183 220 .296 .342 .424 .767 106 1234 45 20 46
1953 31 898 3849 3554 570 1055 212 32 73 399 43 15 211 254 .297 .341 .436 .777 106 1550 64 26 58
1954 32 1052 4542 4198 668 1244 238 38 93 469 48 18 238 294 .296 .338 .438 .776 105 1837 80 31 70 5
1955 33 1167 5050 4673 745 1378 258 41 102 514 50 19 260 326 .295 .336 .433 .770 103 2024 85 36 74 7 2
1956 34 1315 5714 5292 818 1548 284 48 108 568 53 20 289 372 .293 .333 .426 .758 101 2252 99 39 79 15 2
1957 35 1455 6339 5875 898 1717 309 56 112 632 56 24 318 428 .292 .332 .421 .753 99 2474 106 43 84 19 6
1958 36 1587 6911 6403 959 1873 325 60 116 680 57 25 349 457 .293 .333 .416 .749 98 2666 122 48 86 25 7
1959 37 1723 7456 6880 1019 1999 347 69 122 725 58 26 404 507 .291 .333 .414 .748 98 2850 126 51 93 28 16
1960 38 1828 7829 7219 1064 2089 358 72 126 757 59 27 430 534 .289 .333 .411 .744 98 2969 134 54 95 31 20

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 16 14 14 0 4 4 0 0 2 0 0 3 .286 .286 .571 .857 2 15
1948 26 143 596 569 89 184 41 6 3 50 4 25 38 .323 .354 .432 .786 87 137
1949 27 135 586 552 79 154 24 5 3 57 5 33 45 .279 .321 .357 .678 63 130
1950 28 161 653 608 78 166 36 5 16 66 9 39 63 .273 .323 .428 .751 83 154
1951 29 162 717 668 116 201 42 7 14 70 12 43 40 .301 .349 .448 .796 103 156
1952 30 158 678 622 101 191 31 3 15 80 6 51 41 .307 .364 .439 .803 98 151
1953 31 161 693 660 118 190 40 6 23 83 7 27 35 .288 .322 .471 .793 98 155
1954 32 162 711 673 99 194 27 6 21 71 5 28 42 .288 .319 .440 .759 94 154
1955 33 121 528 498 79 139 21 3 9 46 2 23 34 .279 .316 .388 .704 60 115
1956 34 155 693 651 79 182 28 7 6 59 3 31 48 .280 .312 .372 .683 76 148
1957 35 146 646 608 83 175 26 8 4 66 3 30 59 .288 .324 .377 .700 74 140
1958 36 139 600 556 65 165 17 4 4 51 1 33 31 .297 .338 .363 .702 68 132
1959 37 142 563 499 63 132 23 9 6 47 1 58 52 .265 .343 .383 .726 66 136
1960 38 110 394 359 51 99 12 3 4 36 1 29 28 .276 .332 .359 .692 43 105
14 Seasons 1911 8072 7537 1100 2176 372 72 128 784 59 450 559 .289 .332 .408 .740 1015 1828
162 Game Avg. 162 684 639 93 184 32 6 11 66 5 38 47 .289 .332 .408 .740 86 1828

* 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

Hall of Fame
1966 BBWAA ( 5.6%)
1967 BBWAA (13.0%)
1967 Run Off ( 2.3%)
1968 BBWAA (12.7%)
1969 BBWAA (14.1%)
1970 BBWAA (18.3%)
1971 BBWAA (15.0%)
1972 BBWAA (13.9%)
1973 BBWAA (13.9%)
1974 BBWAA (14.8%)
1975 BBWAA (13.3%)
1976 BBWAA (16.0%)
1977 BBWAA (17.2%)
1978 BBWAA (15.8%)
1979 BBWAA (18.5%)
1980 BBWAA (11.2%)

All-Star Games
1951 (SS)
1952
1954 (SS)

Awards (yr lg award)
1948 ML Rookie of the Year
1955 ML Lou Gehrig Memorial Award

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1948 NL (3, 52%)
1949 NL (25, 1%)
1951 NL (12, 9%)
1952 NL (12, 7%)
1954 NL (5, 33%)
1957 NL (17, 4%)
1.06 Career Shares (226th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1952 NL  5.3 (8th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1951 NL  5.2 (9th)
1952 NL  5.3 (5th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1951 NL  4.6 (10th)
1952 NL  4.8 (6th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1950 NL  1.4 (2nd)
1952 NL  0.5 (9th)
1959 NL  0.7 (10th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1948 NL  .322 (4th)
1951 NL  .303 (8th)
1952 NL  .301 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
1950 NL  154 (5th)
1951 NL  156 (3rd)
1952 NL  151 (10th)
1953 NL  155 (7th)
1954 NL  154 (1st)

At Bats s c a p y
1950 NL  587 (9th)
1951 NL  646 (2nd)
1952 NL  589 (9th)
1953 NL  647 (1st)
1954 NL  644 (1st)
1956 NL  619 (4th)
1957 NL  583 (10th)
Career  7,219 (232nd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1951 NL  700 (4th)
1953 NL  693 (4th)
1954 NL  693 (5th)
1956 NL  664 (9th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1951 NL  114 (4th)
1952 NL  92 (7th)
1953 NL  126 (3rd)

Hits s c a p y
1948 NL  175 (5th)
1951 NL  196 (4th)
1952 NL  177 (4th)
1953 NL  194 (4th)
1954 NL  189 (7th)
1956 NL  170 (10th)
1957 NL  169 (10th)
Career  2,089 (221st)

Total Bases s c a p y
1951 NL  293 (5th)
1952 NL  254 (9th)
1953 NL  316 (7th)
1954 NL  287 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
1948 NL  39 (3rd)
1950 NL  36 (5th)
1951 NL  41 (1st)
1952 NL  29 (8th)
1953 NL  41 (2nd)
Career  358 (248th)

Triples s c a p y
1951 NL  7 (10th)
1957 NL  8 (5th)
1959 NL  9 (3rd)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1950 NL  9 (8th)
1951 NL  12 (8th)

Singles s c a p y
1948 NL  127 (4th)
1951 NL  134 (4th)
1952 NL  131 (5th)
1953 NL  124 (8th)
1954 NL  137 (5th)
1956 NL  131 (5th)
1957 NL  132 (5th)
1958 NL  132 (3rd)
Career  1,533 (182nd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1951 NL  101 (10th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1951 NL  62 (6th)
1953 NL  70 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1950 NL  6 (4th)
1951 NL  6 (6th)
1952 NL  5 (8th)
1953 NL  6 (5th)
1954 NL  5 (6th)
1955 NL  5 (8th)
1958 NL  5 (9th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1948 NL  10 (6th)
1949 NL  11 (7th)
1950 NL  11 (3rd)
1953 NL  12 (4th)
1954 NL  12 (7th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1956 NL  8 (4th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1953 NL  19 (4th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1951 NL  7 (7th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1950 NL  11.5 (6th)
1951 NL  12.9 (10th)
1953 NL  10.7 (6th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1952 NL  15.1 (10th)
1953 NL  19.0 (4th)
1954 NL  16.1 (10th)
1955 NL  14.8 (7th)
1956 NL  13.5 (9th)
1958 NL  18.2 (3rd)

Outs Made s c a p y
1950 NL  444 (7th)
1951 NL  474 (4th)
1953 NL  486 (1st)
1954 NL  491 (1st)
1956 NL  477 (3rd)
1957 NL  434 (9th)
Career  5,417 (246th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1951 NL  2.8 (9th)

Oldest s c a p y
1960 NL  born 1922-01-07 (9th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 - 5 (382), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 71 (343), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 51 (385), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 26 (429), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Mark Grudzielanek (916)
  2. Tony Fernandez (884)
  3. Dick Bartell (884)
  4. Placido Polanco (883)
  5. Marty McManus (876)
  6. Orlando Cabrera (874)
  7. Larry Doyle (873)
  8. Michael Young (872)
  9. Travis Jackson (872) *
  10. Carney Lansford (869)
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  1. Homer Bush (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Phil Rizzuto (977) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Topper Rigney (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Mark Grudzielanek (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jocko Milligan (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Carlos Guillen (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Glenn Wright (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Todd Walker (905)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Shawon Dunston (893)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Mark Grudzielanek (889)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Mark Grudzielanek (901)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Mark Grudzielanek (907)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Mark Grudzielanek (910)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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