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Jim Delsing

James Henry Delsing

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 13, 1925 in Rudolph, WI
High School: Rudolph HS (Rudolph, WI)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1948
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Browns/WhiteSox/Yankees/Athletics 1948-1960

Final Game: September 30, 1960
Died: May 4, 2006 in Chesterfield, MO
Buried: Body Donated to Washington University Medical School,
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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
1942	16	GBY	D	49	173	173		43	12	4	3						.249	.249	.416	.665		72							GBY · WISL
1943	17	CHC-min	D	86	317	317		99	15	5	8						.312	.312	.467	.779		148							LCK · PONY
1944		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946	20	CHW-min	C,AAA	105	427	409	21	145	16	13	7	20	2		10	22	.355	.374	.509	.883		208	3	3	5				EAU,MLW · NORL,AA
1947	21	CHW-min	AAA	153	619	572	92	181	24	12	5	53	3		40	46	.316	.364	.427	.791		244		3	4				HOL · PCL
1948	22	CHW-min	AAA	122	514	463	82	154	30	5	6	56	4		38	29	.333	.392	.458	.850		212		7	6				HOL · PCL
1948	22	CHW	AL	20	70	63	5	12	0	0	0	5	0	0	5	12	.190	.261	.190	.451	23	12	2	1	1			8O
1949	23	NYY-min	AAA	151	643	545	89	173	24	5	7	77	11		91	64	.317	.418	.418	.836		228	10	3	4				KCY · AA
1949	23	NYY	AL	9	21	20	5	7	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	2	.350	.381	.550	.931	145	11	0	0	0			/8O
1950	24	TOT	AL	81	242	219	27	59	5	2	0	17	1	4	22	23	.269	.336	.311	.647	64	68	4	0	1			8
1950	24	NYY	AL	12	12	10	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	.400	.500	.400	.900	136	4	0	0	0
1950	24	SLB	AL	69	230	209	25	55	5	2	0	15	1	4	20	23	.263	.328	.306	.634	60	64	4	0	1			8O
1951	25	SLB	AL	131	513	449	59	112	20	2	8	45	2	9	56	39	.249	.338	.356	.694	85	160	16	4	3			*O8/79
1952	26	TOT	AL	126	459	411	48	107	15	7	4	49	4	3	36	37	.260	.329	.360	.689	90	148	11	6	6			*789
1952	26	SLB	AL	93	332	298	34	76	13	6	1	34	3	3	25	29	.255	.323	.349	.672	85	104	10	5	4			O879
1952	26	DET	AL	33	127	113	14	31	2	1	3	15	1	0	11	8	.274	.344	.389	.733	104	44	1	1	2			7O
1953	27	DET	AL	138	552	479	77	138	26	6	11	62	1	3	66	39	.288	.380	.436	.816	122	209	8	5	2			*8O
1954	28	DET	AL	122	426	371	39	92	24	2	6	38	4	4	49	38	.248	.336	.372	.708	95	138	6	1	3	2		*79/8
1955	29	DET	AL	114	409	356	49	85	15	2	10	60	2	0	48	40	.239	.328	.376	.704	91	134	6	1	0	4	2	7
1956	30	TOT	AL	65	68	53	11	5	3	0	0	2	1	0	13	16	.094	.284	.151	.435	18	8	0	1	1	0	0	79/8
1956	30	DET	AL	10	16	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.000	.250	.000	.250	-29	0	0	1	0	0	0	/7
1956	30	CHW	AL	55	52	41	11	5	3	0	0	2	1	0	10	13	.122	.294	.195	.489	31	8	0	0	1	0	0	79/8

1957	31	CHW-min	AAA	139	539	457	68	132	20	3	8	70	0		67	57	.289	.373	.398	.771		182		1	3	11	5		INA · AA
1958	32	DET-min	AAA	154	666	582	78	167	35	3	7	74	3		65	68	.287	.362	.393	.756		229		5	12	2	10		CHL · AA
1959	33	HSN	AAA	149	583	523	51	122	24	3	4	40	4		53	73	.233	.306	.314	.619		164		2	4	1	3		HSN · AA
1960	34	OAK-MIN-min	AAA	119	429	384	54	114	17	1	7	37	0		45	47	.297	.371	.401	.772		154							DFW,CHL · AA
1960	34	KCA	AL	16	43	40	2	10	3	0	0	5	0	0	3	5	.250	.302	.325	.627	70	13	0	0	0	0	0	/79
10 Yrs				822	2803	2461	322	627	112	21	40	286	15	23	299	251	.255	.339	.366	.705	91	901	53	19	17	6	2
162 Game Avg.				162	552	485	63	124	22	4	8	56	3	5	59	49	.255	.339	.366	.705	91	178	10	4	3

DET (5 yrs)				417	1530	1331	179	346	67	11	30	175	8	7	177	128	.260	.349	.394	.744	103	525	21	9	7	6	2
SLB (3 yrs)				293	1075	956	118	243	38	10	9	94	6	16	101	91	.254	.331	.343	.674	80	328	30	9	8
NYY (2 yrs)				21	33	30	7	11	1	0	1	5	0	0	3	2	.367	.424	.500	.924	142	15	0	0	0
CHW (2 yrs)				75	122	104	16	17	3	0	0	7	1	0	15	25	.163	.275	.192	.467	27	20	2	1	2	0	0
KCA (1 yr)				16	43	40	2	10	3	0	0	5	0	0	3	5	.250	.302	.325	.627	70	13	0	0	0	0	0

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
1948	22	CHW	AL	20	70	-7	0	0	-1	-0	-8	-0.8	2	-6	-0.6	.460	.495	-0.5	-0.1	-5	$	8O
1949	23	NYY	AL	9	21	1	-0	0	-1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.1	.500	.500	0.2	-0.1	2	$	/8O
1950	24	NYY	AL	12	12	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.506	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$
1950	24	SLB	AL	69	230	-12	-2	0	-2	-0	-16	-1.5	6	-10	-0.9	.477	.490	-0.8	-0.2	-8	$	8O
1951	25	SLB	AL	131	513	-8	-2	-1	0	-1	-13	-1.4	14	1	0.0	.490	.492	-0.1	-0.1	1	$	*O8/79
1952	26	SLB	AL	93	332	-6	0	-0	0	-3	-8	-0.9	9	1	0.0	.490	.494	0.0	-0.3	1	$	O879
1952	26	DET	AL	33	127	1	0	0	0	-2	-0	-0.0	3	3	0.3	.500	.500	0.3	-0.2	3	$	7O
1953	27	DET	AL	138	552	19	-2	2	-17	-1	1	0.1	15	16	1.6	.500	.500	3.3	-1.9	32	$	*8O
1954	28	DET	AL	122	426	0	0	2	2	-5	-0	-0.1	12	11	1.1	.500	.500	0.8	-0.3	9	$	*79/8
1955	29	DET	AL	114	409	-4	3	2	-9	-4	-12	-1.2	11	-1	-0.1	.489	.492	0.8	-1.3	8	$	7
1956	30	DET	AL	10	16	-2	-0	0	-1	-0	-3	-0.3	0	-3	-0.3	.468	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$	/7
1956	30	CHW	AL	55	52	-4	-0	1	1	-1	-4	-0.4	1	-2	-0.2	.493	.498	-0.3	0.0	-3	$	79/8

1960	34	KCA	AL	16	43	-1	0	0	1	-0	-0	-0.1	1	1	0.1	.497	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/79
10 Seasons				822	2803	-22	-2	5	-27	-17	-63	-6.5	75	12	1.2	.492	.497	3.6	-4.4	39	$

DET (5 yrs)				417	1530	14	2	6	-24	-12	-15	-1.5	41	26	2.6	.496	.498	5.0	-3.7	51	$
SLB (3 yrs)				293	1075	-26	-4	-1	-2	-4	-37	-3.8	29	-9	-0.9	.487	.492	-0.9	-0.6	-7	$
NYY (2 yrs)				21	33	2	-0	0	-1	0	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.504	.500	0.3	-0.1	3	$
CHW (2 yrs)				75	122	-10	-0	1	-0	-1	-11	-1.2	3	-8	-0.8	.484	.496	-0.8	-0.1	-8	$
KCA (1 yr)				16	43	-1	0	0	1	-0	-0	-0.1	1	1	0.1	.497	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$

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
1948	22	CHW	AL	70	54	3	1.5	102	.235	.190	.268	.261	.353	.190	.388	.451	.740	23	.111	-6.9	-0.7	.340	.079	.000
1949	23	NYY	AL	21	13	4	8.2	107	.353	.350	.271	.381	.363	.550	.393	.931	.756	145	.743	1.1	0.1	.923	.250	.200	.0
1950	24	TOT	AL	242	169	22	3.4	117	.301	.269	.283	.336	.371	.311	.424	.647	.795	64	.340	-12.2	-1.2	.518	.128	.041	.0
1950	24	NYY	AL	12	6	2	8.8	111	.400	.400	.275	.500	.361	.400	.412	.900	.773	136	.742	0.8	0.1	1.000	.200	.000
1950	24	SLB	AL	230	163	20	3.2	117	.296	.263	.283	.328	.371	.306	.424	.634	.796	60	.316	-13.0	-1.2	.500	.124	.043	.0
1951	25	SLB	AL	513	365	51	3.8	105	.259	.249	.271	.338	.353	.356	.398	.694	.750	85	.418	-8.9	-0.9	.588	.216	.107	3.2
1952	26	TOT	AL	459	324	47	3.9	98	.278	.260	.262	.329	.342	.360	.382	.689	.724	90	.474	-6.1	-0.6	.601	.190	.100	4.0
1952	26	SLB	AL	332	239	32	3.6	98	.280	.255	.262	.323	.343	.349	.383	.672	.726	85	.438	-6.4	-0.7	.570	.178	.094	1.5
1952	26	DET	AL	127	85	15	4.8	96	.275	.274	.260	.344	.340	.389	.380	.733	.720	104	.562	0.3	0.0	.687	.221	.115	1.5
1953	27	DET	AL	552	354	77	5.8	101	.296	.288	.267	.380	.343	.436	.393	.816	.737	122	.621	16.3	1.6	.790	.282	.148	1.8
1954	28	DET	AL	426	294	46	4.2	98	.261	.248	.264	.336	.340	.372	.386	.708	.726	95	.494	-1.6	-0.2	.651	.256	.124	4.8
1955	29	DET	AL	409	281	47	4.5	101	.242	.239	.264	.328	.343	.376	.393	.704	.737	91	.490	-4.2	-0.4	.668	.278	.138	3.3
1956	30	TOT	AL	68	49	3	1.6	107	.135	.094	.269	.284	.351	.151	.410	.435	.761	18	.122	-6.0	-0.6	.479	.321	.057	.0
1956	30	DET	AL	16	12	0	0.0	107	.000	.000	.268	.250	.351	.000	.410	.250	.761	-29	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.333	.250	.000
1956	30	CHW	AL	52	37	3	2.2	107	.179	.122	.269	.294	.351	.195	.410	.489	.761	31	.189	-3.8	-0.4	.528	.341	.073	.0

1960	34	KCA	AL	43	30	4	3.6	102	.286	.250	.265	.302	.338	.325	.405	.627	.743	70	.399	-1.7	-0.2	.533	.150	.075
10 Yrs				2803	1933	304	4.2	102	.270	.255	.268	.339	.347	.366	.394	.705	.741	91	.475	-30.2	-3.0	.634	.230	.111	21.8
162 Game Avg.				552	381	60	4.2	102	.270	.255	.268	.339	.347	.366	.394	.705	.741	91	.475	-30.2	-3.0	.634	.230	.111	4

DET (5 yrs)				1530	1026	185	4.8	100	.268	.260	.265	.349	.342	.394	.390	.744	.732	103	.542	8.6	0.9	.703	.268	.134	12.6
SLB (3 yrs)				1075	767	103	3.6	105	.273	.254	.271	.331	.354	.343	.399	.674	.753	80	.400	-28.3	-2.8	.564	.184	.089	7.2
NYY (2 yrs)				33	19	6	8.4	108	.370	.367	.272	.424	.362	.500	.400	.924	.762	142	.742	1.8	0.2	.947	.233	.133	.0
CHW (2 yrs)				122	91	6	1.8	104	.215	.163	.268	.275	.352	.192	.396	.467	.748	27	.142	-10.7	-1.1	.416	.183	.029	.0
KCA (1 yr)				43	30	4	3.6	102	.286	.250	.265	.302	.338	.325	.405	.627	.743	70	.399	-1.7	-0.2	.533	.150	.075

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1948	22	CHW	AL	70	0.0%	17.1%	7.1%	0.0%	0%	2.40	5.3		12.6	1.40	73%
1949	23	NYY	AL	21	4.8%	9.5%	4.8%	9.5%	29%	2.00	10.0	20.0	6.7	0.38	81%
1950	24	TOT	AL	242	0.0%	9.5%	9.1%	2.9%	12%	1.05	9.5		12.9	0.81	81%
1950	24	NYY	AL	12	0.0%	0.0%	16.7%	0.0%	0%	0.00			5.0	0.33	83%
1950	24	SLB	AL	230	0.0%	10.0%	8.7%	3.0%	13%	1.15	9.1		13.9	0.84	81%
1951	25	SLB	AL	513	1.6%	7.6%	10.9%	5.9%	27%	0.70	11.5	56.1	10.0	1.22	78%
1952	26	TOT	AL	459	0.9%	8.1%	7.8%	5.7%	24%	1.03	11.1	102.8	8.4	1.07	81%
1952	26	SLB	AL	332	0.3%	8.7%	7.5%	6.0%	26%	1.16	10.3	298.0	8.8	1.10	81%
1952	26	DET	AL	127	2.4%	6.3%	8.7%	4.7%	19%	0.73	14.1	37.7	7.5	1.00	80%
1953	27	DET	AL	552	2.0%	7.1%	12.0%	7.8%	31%	0.59	12.3	43.5	7.7	1.07	78%
1954	28	DET	AL	426	1.4%	8.9%	11.5%	7.5%	35%	0.78	9.8	61.8	9.8	1.08	77%
1955	29	DET	AL	409	2.4%	9.8%	11.7%	6.6%	32%	0.83	8.9	35.6	5.9	0.77	76%
1956	30	TOT	AL	68	0.0%	23.5%	19.1%	4.4%	60%	1.23	3.3		26.5	0.88	54%
1956	30	DET	AL	16	0.0%	18.8%	18.8%	0.0%		1.00	4.0			1.25	56%
1956	30	CHW	AL	52	0.0%	25.0%	19.2%	5.8%	60%	1.30	3.2		20.5	0.77	54%

1960	34	KCA	AL	43	0.0%	11.6%	7.0%	7.0%	30%	1.67	8.0		8.0	1.18	81%
10 Yrs				2803	1.4%	9.0%	10.7%	6.2%	28%	0.84	9.8	61.5	8.6	1.01	78%
MLB Averages					2.1%	11.3%	9.4%	6.5%	28%	1.20	7.9	41.8	8.2	0.98	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1948	22	CHW	AL	-6.9	-0.7	20	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	1.19	-0.2	0.0	-1.8	-0.2	0.85	-2.5	0.57	1
1949	23	NYY	AL	1.1	0.1	21	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	.96	0.1	-0.4	0.6	0.1	0.97	1.2	1.82	4
1950	24	TOT	AL	-12.2	-1.2	156	-0.9	2.2	-3.2	1.10	-0.7	-0.2	-8.3	-0.8	0.98	-7.7	1.91	15
1950	24	NYY	AL	0.8	0.1	9	0.3	0.4	-0.1	2.01	0.0	0.1	1.6	0.2	1.29	1.0	2.01	7
1950	24	SLB	AL	-13.0	-1.2	147	-1.2	1.8	-3.0	1.04	-0.7	-0.4	-9.9	-0.9	0.96	-8.7	1.82	8
1951	25	SLB	AL	-8.9	-0.9	350	-0.9	5.8	-6.7	1.06	-0.8	-0.1	-7.6	-0.8	0.96	-6.3	1.35	4
1952	26	TOT	AL	-6.4	-0.7	397	0.6	7.9	-7.3	1.12	-0.5	1.0	8.1	0.8	0.95	1.2	1.51	12
1952	26	SLB	AL	-6.7	-0.7	285	-0.0	5.5	-5.5	1.13	-0.5	0.5	3.7	0.4	0.96	-0.3	1.05	10
1952	26	DET	AL	0.3	0.0	112	0.6	2.4	-1.8	1.07	0.0	0.5	4.4	0.5	0.92	1.5	3.78	2
1953	27	DET	AL	16.3	1.6	561	1.7	11.1	-9.4	1.10	1.9	-0.4	18.1	1.8	0.98	18.2	1.53	6
1954	28	DET	AL	-1.6	-0.2	438	1.8	8.8	-7.0	1.04	0.7	1.0	12.8	1.3	0.93	8.0	1.25	13
1955	29	DET	AL	-4.2	-0.4	414	0.8	7.6	-6.8	1.02	0.1	0.7	9.4	0.9	1.03	-0.4	1.50	14
1956	30	TOT	AL	-6.0	-0.6	70	-0.5	0.9	-1.4	1.19	-0.4	-0.1	-9.3	-0.9	1.01	-5.6	1.33	20
1956	30	DET	AL	-2.2	-0.2	16	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	1.06	-0.2	-0.1	-2.7	-0.3	0.84	-2.1	0.94	4
1956	30	CHW	AL	-3.8	-0.4	54	-0.2	0.8	-1.0	1.23	-0.2	0.0	-6.7	-0.6	1.06	-3.5	1.42	16

1960	34	KCA	AL	-1.6	-0.2	44	0.1	0.6	-0.6	.85	-0.1	0.1	1.1	0.1	0.95	-0.6	0.74	6
10 Yrs				-30.5	-3.0	2471	2.1	45.4	-43.2	1.07	0.2	1.8	23.0	2.5	0.97	5.6	1.44	95

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	22	CHW	AL	0	0	28%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1949	23	NYY	AL	0	0	57%	12	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1950	24	TOT	AL	2	0	33%	65	1	4	20%	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	32%	12	11	1	2	1	1	8	3	5
1950	24	NYY	AL	0	0	33%	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1950	24	SLB	AL	2	0	33%	56	1	4	20%	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	32%	10	9	1	2	1	1	7	3	4
1951	25	SLB	AL	4	0	31%	140	2	9	18%	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	36%	16	11	4	4	3	1	8	3	5
1952	26	TOT	AL	6	0	30%	158	4	3	57%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	47%	15	11	4	9	5	4	10	2	8
1952	26	SLB	AL	2	0	31%	106	3	3	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	48%	10	7	3	8	4	4	5	1	4
1952	26	DET	AL	4	0	28%	52	1	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	46%	5	4	1	1	1	0	5	1	4
1953	27	DET	AL	11	0	33%	252	1	3	25%	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	7	39%	42	29	11	18	12	6	18	4	13
1954	28	DET	AL	8	0	24%	171	4	4	50%	4	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	8	46%	30	21	9	2	0	2	12	3	9
1955	29	DET	AL	6	0	32%	136	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	9	67%	19	10	9	4	1	3	16	2	14
1956	30	TOT	AL	1	0	58%	47	1	0	100%	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	4	50%	5	3	2	3	1	2	4	2	2
1956	30	DET	AL	0	0	0%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	30	CHW	AL	1	0	73%	43	1	0	100%	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	4	55%	4	2	2	3	1	2	4	2	2

1960	34	KCA	AL	1	0	15%	19	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11%	5	5	0	1	1	0	3	2	1
10 Yrs				39	0	31%	1007	15	23	39%	10	19	1	1	0	0	2	0	34	41	43%	146	103	40	43	24	19	81	22	58

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
1948	22	CHW	AL	70	70%	12			1	0	0	0	0.57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	2	100%	1	1	100%	8	1	13%	0	0		0	0		0
1949	23	NYY	AL	21	90%	7			4	2	0	1	1.82	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	2	1	50%	14	2	14%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
1950	24	TOT	AL	242	87%	59			15	6	0	3	1.91	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		29	4	14%	14	3	21%	108	11	10%	7	4	57%	7	4	57%	0
1950	24	NYY	AL	12	89%	4			7	3	0	2	2.01	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		12	2	17%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
1950	24	SLB	AL	230	86%	55			8	3	0	1	1.82	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		26	4	15%	14	3	21%	96	9	9%	5	3	60%	7	4	57%	0
1951	25	SLB	AL	513	70%	112			4	2	0	1	1.35	8	0	3	4	0	4	4	0	3	3	100%	82	16	20%	36	10	28%	207	26	13%	17	9	53%	11	8	73%	0
1952	26	TOT	AL	459	82%	107			12	5	1	3	1.51	4	0	8	3	0	1	3	0	5	6	120%	79	11	14%	31	8	26%	228	42	18%	18	12	67%	10	4	40%	0
1952	26	SLB	AL	332	82%	76			10	4	1	2	1.05	1	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	3	4	133%	64	10	16%	25	6	24%	166	30	18%	10	7	70%	10	4	40%	0
1952	26	DET	AL	127	82%	31			2	1	0	1	3.78	3	0	2	2	0	1	2	0	2	2	100%	15	1	7%	6	2	33%	62	12	19%	8	5	63%	0	0		0
1953	27	DET	AL	552	82%	138			6	1	0	1	1.53	11	1	13	9	2	8	3	0	2	2	100%	120	8	7%	39	13	33%	367	54	15%	39	22	56%	12	3	25%	0
1954	28	DET	AL	426	91%	92			13	5	1	3	1.25	6	0	5	6	0	3	3	0	3	3	100%	94	6	6%	35	15	43%	257	34	13%	12	6	50%	16	9	56%	0
1955	29	DET	AL	409	91%	85			14	3	0	3	1.50	10	0	20	10	0	8	2	0	0	0		95	6	6%	28	9	32%	307	53	17%	28	16	57%	17	10	59%	0
1956	30	TOT	AL	68	88%	5			20	2	0	2	1.33	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	13	0	0%	9	3	33%	48	2	4%	6	2	33%	3	0	0%	0
1956	30	DET	AL	16	75%	0			4	0	0	0	0.94	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		8	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1956	30	CHW	AL	52	92%	5			16	2	0	2	1.42	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	12	0	0%	9	3	33%	40	2	5%	6	2	33%	3	0	0%	0

1960	34	KCA	AL	43	81%	10			6	1	0	0	0.74	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	0	0%	3	0	0%	21	5	24%	2	1	50%	2	1	50%	0
10 Yrs				2803	84%	627			95	27	2	17	1.44	40	1	57	33	2	25	15	0	15	17	113%	526	53	10%	198	63	32%	1565	230	15%	131	73	56%	78	39	50%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			87%			12%			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
1948	22	20	70	63	5	12	0	0	0	5	0	0	5	12	.190	.261	.190	.451	23	12	2	1	1
1949	23	29	91	83	10	19	1	0	1	8	0	0	6	14	.229	.289	.277	.566	53	23	2	1	1
1950	24	110	333	302	37	78	6	2	1	25	1	4	28	37	.258	.323	.301	.625	61	91	6	1	2
1951	25	241	846	751	96	190	26	4	9	70	3	13	84	76	.253	.332	.334	.666	75	251	22	5	5
1952	26	367	1305	1162	144	297	41	11	13	119	7	16	120	113	.256	.331	.343	.674	81	399	33	11	11
1953	27	505	1857	1641	221	435	67	17	24	181	8	19	186	152	.265	.346	.371	.716	93	608	41	16	13
1954	28	627	2283	2012	260	527	91	19	30	219	12	23	235	190	.262	.344	.371	.715	93	746	47	17	16	2
1955	29	741	2692	2368	309	612	106	21	40	279	14	23	283	230	.258	.341	.372	.713	93	880	53	18	16	6	2
1956	30	806	2760	2421	320	617	109	21	40	281	15	23	296	246	.255	.340	.367	.707	91	888	53	19	17	6	2
1957	31	806	2760	2421	320	617	109	21	40	281	15	23	296	246	.255	.340	.367	.707	91	888	53	19	17	6	2
1958	32	806	2760	2421	320	617	109	21	40	281	15	23	296	246	.255	.340	.367	.707	91	888	53	19	17	6	2
1959	33	806	2760	2421	320	617	109	21	40	281	15	23	296	246	.255	.340	.367	.707	91	888	53	19	17	6	2
1960	34	822	2803	2461	322	627	112	21	40	286	15	23	299	251	.255	.339	.366	.705	91	901	53	19	17	6	2

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1948	22	21	73	66	5	13	0	0	0	5	0	5	13	.197	.264	.197	.461	3	20
1949	23	9	22	21	5	7	1	0	1	3	0	1	2	.333	.364	.524	.887	4	9
1950	24	85	244	222	23	55	5	2	0	15	1	21	24	.248	.313	.288	.601	20	81
1951	25	138	530	467	57	112	20	2	8	44	2	56	41	.240	.326	.343	.669	52	131
1952	26	132	482	432	52	114	16	7	4	53	4	38	39	.264	.332	.361	.693	51	126
1953	27	144	577	501	81	145	27	6	12	65	1	69	41	.289	.381	.439	.820	83	138
1954	28	128	450	391	43	99	26	2	6	42	4	53	40	.253	.342	.376	.718	51	122
1955	29	119	429	373	52	90	16	2	11	64	2	51	42	.241	.331	.383	.714	47	114
1956	30	68	70	55	10	5	3	0	0	2	1	13	17	.091	.275	.145	.421	2	65

1960	34	17	46	43	2	11	3	0	0	5	0	3	5	.256	.304	.326	.630	4	16
10 Yrs		861	2923	2571	330	651	117	21	42	298	15	310	264	.253	.337	.364	.701	317	822
162 Game Avg.		162	550	484	62	122	22	4	8	56	3	58	50	.253	.337	.364	.701	60	822

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1953 AL 5 (10th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1951 AL 16 (6th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1951 AL 9 (4th)

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