Alvin Dark
Alvin Ralph Dark (Blackie and The Swamp Fox)
All-Star Player
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
Final Game: October 2, 1960
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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
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/O
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 *64O/51
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

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
1946 24 BSN NL 13 10 1 2.7 93 .300 .231 .264 .231 .339 .462 .369 .692 .708 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 0.9 .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 -12.2 -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 .530 -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 5.7 112 .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 .772 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 .330 .368 .416 .675 .747 81 .434 -16.8 -1.6 .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 -0.9 .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 .334 .381 .419 .707 .754 88 .487 -10.6 -1.1 .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 -1.0 .586 .127 .068 1.6
1958 36 STL NL 66 48 6 3.4 109 .316 .297 .274 .318 .343 .344 .428 .662 .771 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 .417 .706 .752 89 .472 -6.6 -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 -2.7 -0.3 .680 .237 .122 1.7
1960 38 TOT NL 373 263 38 3.9 97 .277 .265 .260 .321 .325 .351 .398 .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 .710 103 .525 0.7 0.1 .618 .142 .092 .0
14 Seasons 7829 5417 979 4.8 104 .298 .289 .268 .333 .339 .411 .413 .744 .752 98 .525 -33.7 -3.3 .659 .186 .122 80.4
162 Game Avg. 694 480 87 4.8 104 .298 .289 .268 .333 .339 .411 .413 .744 .752 98 .525 -33.7 -3.3 .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 6.2 0.7 .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 -3.0 -0.2 .637 .154 .096 7.9
STL (3 yrs) 1133 793 128 4.4 104 .308 .289 .268 .323 .334 .379 .419 .703 .752 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 -9.4 -1.0 .640 .186 .097 3.3
PHI (1 yr) 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

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
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

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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*

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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
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 79%
1951 29 NYG NL 700 2.0% 5.6% 6.0% 8.9% 32% 0.93 16.6 46.1 9.4 85%
1952 30 NYG NL 649 2.2% 6.0% 7.2% 7.1% 26% 0.83 15.1 42.1 8.1 83%
1953 31 NYG NL 693 3.3% 4.9% 4.0% 10.1% 36% 1.21 19.0 28.1 7.4 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 0.95 86%
1956 34 TOT NL 664 0.9% 6.9% 4.4% 5.9% 23% 1.59 13.5 103.2 11.5 0.98 87%
1956 34 NYG NL 222 0.9% 5.9% 3.6% 6.3% 27% 1.63 15.8 103.0 12.1 0.77 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 0.98 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 0.99 88%
1959 37 CHC NL 545 1.1% 9.2% 10.1% 6.8% 29% 0.91 9.5 79.5 10.6 0.83 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
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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 32 NYG NL 6 0 39% 250 5 3 63% 4 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 4 13 61% 31 12 19 9 6 3 14 3 11
1955 33 NYG NL 4 0 45% 147 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 10 53% 23 13 10 9 6 3 21 5 15
1956 34 TOT NL 13 0 34% 245 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% 82 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 6 0 30% 230 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 12 39% 37 24 11 4 2 1 11 3 8
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 6 0 30% 208 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 11 41% 33 21 10 3 1 1 10 2 8
1959 37 CHC NL 12 0 30% 245 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% 140 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% 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 42% 6 5 1 1 0 1 5 2 3
14 Seasons 56 0 38% 1509 59 27 87% 13 13 2 1 0 0 13 5 44 91 51% 222 114 103 47 30 14 109 29 76
MLB Averages

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
1954 32 NYG NL 642 31% 189 0 0 0 0 20 1 18 15 5 15 5 1 12 12 100% 131 16 12% 82 32 39% 340 46 14% 23 12 52% 28 15 54% 51
1955 33 NYG NL 375 35% 134 0 0 0 0 9 0 5 4 3 6 1 0 4 4 100% 65 5 8% 29 8 28% 179 27 15% 14 7 50% 18 11 61% 133
1956 34 TOT NL 636 31% 170 1 0 0 0 1.06 6 0 12 1 4 2 3 0 7 5 71% 132 14 11% 62 24 39% 343 49 14% 21 15 71% 26 15 58% 28
1956 34 NYG NL 195 30% 52 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 100% 38 5 13% 21 9 43% 101 14 14% 9 6 67% 9 5 56% 27
1956 34 STL NL 441 31% 118 1 0 0 0 1.06 4 0 7 1 3 1 3 0 4 2 50% 94 9 10% 41 15 37% 242 35 14% 12 9 75% 17 10 59% 1
1957 35 STL NL 625 30% 169 1 0 0 0 2.07 4 0 13 4 0 1 3 0 7 5 71% 130 7 5% 71 29 41% 383 63 16% 39 22 56% 39 17 44% 0
1958 36 TOT NL 530 27% 156 7 5 0 1 1.54 4 0 12 1 3 0 4 0 3 2 67% 98 16 16% 57 21 37% 278 44 16% 23 17 74% 35 16 46% 42
1958 36 STL NL 66 38% 19 5 4 0 1 1.63 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 16 3 19% 11 1 9% 46 4 9% 3 1 33% 0 0 0
1958 36 CHC NL 464 25% 137 2 1 0 0 1.32 3 0 8 1 2 0 3 0 3 2 67% 82 13 16% 46 20 43% 232 40 17% 20 16 80% 35 16 46% 42
1959 37 CHC NL 540 27% 126 1 0 0 0 0.74 6 1 6 2 4 5 1 0 8 7 88% 116 4 3% 64 24 38% 299 40 13% 22 12 55% 33 18 55% 5
1960 38 TOT NL 369 36% 90 18 3 0 2 1.91 4 0 13 2 2 1 3 0 2 2 100% 82 8 10% 32 12 38% 224 30 13% 22 13 59% 22 12 55% 4
1960 38 PHI NL 221 33% 48 3 0 0 0 2.10 3 0 5 1 2 1 2 0 2 2 100% 51 5 10% 21 8 38% 125 14 11% 9 5 56% 18 10 56% 0
1960 38 MLN NL 148 39% 42 15 3 0 2 1.87 1 0 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 31 3 10% 11 4 36% 99 16 16% 13 8 62% 4 2 50% 4
14 Seasons 3717 31% 2089 28 8 0 3 1.75 126 2 79 29 21 30 20 1 43 95 221% 754 134 18% 397 150 38% 2046 299 15% 164 98 60% 201 104 52% 263
MLB Averages

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
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 .753 100 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 99 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

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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 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 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 29 162 717 668 117 201 42 7 14 71 12 43 40 .301 .349 .448 .796 103 156
1952 30 158 674 619 100 188 31 3 15 80 6 50 41 .304 .361 .436 .797 96 151
1953 31 161 693 660 118 190 40 6 23 82 7 27 35 .288 .322 .471 .793 98 155
1954 32 162 710 672 99 193 27 6 20 70 5 28 42 .287 .318 .435 .753 93 154
1955 33 121 529 499 78 140 21 3 9 46 2 23 34 .281 .318 .389 .706 61 115
1956 34 155 692 650 79 181 28 7 6 59 3 31 48 .278 .311 .371 .681 75 148
1957 35 146 646 608 82 175 26 8 4 66 3 30 59 .288 .324 .377 .700 74 140
1958 36 139 599 555 65 164 17 4 4 51 1 33 31 .295 .337 .362 .699 67 132
1959 37 142 570 504 63 137 24 10 7 47 1 60 52 .272 .351 .401 .752 70 136
1960 38 110 394 359 51 99 12 3 4 36 1 29 28 .276 .332 .359 .692 43 105
14 Seasons 1911 8073 7537 1098 2172 369 73 128 783 59 451 559 .288 .332 .407 .739 1015 1828
162 Game Avg. 162 684 639 93 184 31 6 11 66 5 38 47 .288 .332 .407 .739 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 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

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 (220th)

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--7219--223rd

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--2089--217th

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--237th

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--1533--177th

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--15.103--10th
1953 NL--19.029--4th
1954 NL--16.100--10th
1955 NL--14.844--7th
1956 NL--13.457--9th
1958 NL--18.207--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--5417--238th

Oldest s c a p y
1960 NL--born 1922-01-07--8th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 5 (329), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 59 (321), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 51 (361), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 24 (464), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Jason Kendall (917)
  2. Edgar Renteria (911)
  3. Mark Grudzielanek (911)
  4. Marty McManus (902)
  5. Dick Bartell (896)
  6. Carney Lansford (896)
  7. Harvey Kuenn (892)
  8. Tony Fernandez (890)
  9. Orlando Cabrera (885)
  10. Larry Doyle (885)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Homer Bush (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Phil Rizzuto (979) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jeff Treadway (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jocko Milligan (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Harry Danning (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Todd Walker (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Todd Walker (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Todd Walker (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Carlos Baerga (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Carlos Baerga (913)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Julio Franco (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Mark Grudzielanek (915)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Mark Grudzielanek (911)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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