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Don Demeter

Donald Lee Demeter

Positions: Centerfielder, Third Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: June 25, 1935 in Oklahoma City, OK
High School: Capitol Hill HS (Oklahoma City, OK)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1956
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Tigers/Dodgers/RedSox/Indians 1956-1967

Final Game: August 28, 1967
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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
1953	18	LAD-min	D	104	363	363		81	12	6	9						.223	.223	.364	.587		132							SHW · SOSL
1954	19	LAD-min	C	141	540	540		144	18	3	26						.267	.267	.456	.722		246							BAK · CALL
1955	20	LAD-min	AA,A	131	421	421		107	16	3	16						.254	.254	.420	.675		177							MOB,PBO · SOUA,WL
1956	21	LAD-min	AA	152	645	533	115	153	22	4	41	128	14	10	89	100	.287	.384	.574	.958		306		4	5	14			FTW · TL
1956	21	BRO	NL	3	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	1.333	1.667	305	4	0	0	0	0	0	/8

1957	22	LAD-min	AAA	134	502	447	90	138	17	6	28	86	13		48	90	.309	.378	.562	.940		251		3	2	2	6		STP · AA
1958	23	LAD-min	AAA	80	326	290	38	82	10	4	14	48	1		23	65	.283	.343	.490	.832		142		6	2	5	2		STP · AA
1958	23	LAD	NL	43	112	106	11	20	2	0	5	8	2	3	5	32	.189	.225	.349	.574	47	37	0	0	1	0	0	87/9
1959	24	LAD	NL	139	401	371	55	95	11	1	18	70	5	6	16	87	.256	.294	.437	.731	86	162	7	6	3	5	1	*8
1960	25	LAD	NL	64	181	168	23	46	7	1	9	29	0	1	8	34	.274	.306	.488	.794	109	82	1	1	1	3	1	8/9
1961	26	TOT	NL	121	444	411	57	103	18	4	21	70	2	1	22	80	.251	.297	.467	.764	101	192	9	5	6	0	2	8973
1961	26	LAD	NL	15	33	29	3	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	6	.172	.250	.276	.526	36	8	2	0	1	0	0	9/8
1961	26	PHI	NL	106	411	382	54	98	18	4	20	68	2	1	19	74	.257	.300	.482	.782	106	184	7	5	5	0	2	8739
1962	27	PHI	NL	153	617	550	85	169	24	3	29	107	2	7	41	93	.307	.359	.520	.879	136	286	11	10	5	11	6	587/93	MVP-12
1963	28	PHI	NL	154	560	515	63	133	20	2	22	83	1	4	31	93	.258	.306	.433	.739	112	223	8	6	5	3	10	*8573	MVP-21
1964	29	DET	AL	134	470	441	57	113	22	1	22	80	4	1	17	85	.256	.290	.460	.750	104	203	6	5	4	3	6	8739
1965	30	DET	AL	122	424	389	50	108	16	4	16	58	4	2	23	65	.278	.325	.463	.788	121	180	11	6	3	3	3	839/7
1966	31	TOT	AL	105	341	325	43	87	18	1	14	41	2	0	8	61	.268	.284	.458	.742	103	149	8	1	3	4	1	8/397
1966	31	DET	AL	32	103	99	12	21	5	0	5	12	1	0	3	19	.212	.235	.414	.649	81	41	5	0	1	0	0	8/379
1966	31	BOS	AL	73	238	226	31	66	13	1	9	29	1	0	5	42	.292	.305	.478	.783	112	108	3	1	2	4	1	8/93
1967	32	TOT	AL	71	176	164	22	37	9	0	6	16	0	0	9	27	.226	.274	.390	.665	92	64	4	2	2	0	1	879/5
1967	32	BOS	AL	20	46	43	7	12	5	0	1	4	0	0	3	11	.279	.326	.465	.791	123	20	0	0	1	0	0	/9758
1967	32	CLE	AL	51	130	121	15	25	4	0	5	12	0	0	6	16	.207	.256	.364	.619	80	44	4	2	1	0	1	87/95
11 Yrs				1109	3729	3443	467	912	147	17	163	563	22	25	180	658	.265	.307	.459	.766	108	1582	65	42	33	32	31
162 Game Avg.				162	545	503	68	133	21	2	24	82	3	4	26	96	.265	.307	.459	.766	108	231	9	6	5	5	5
				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
LAD (5 yrs)				264	730	677	93	167	20	2	34	110	7	10	32	160	.247	.285	.433	.717	84	293	10	7	6	8	2
PHI (3 yrs)				413	1588	1447	202	400	62	9	71	258	5	12	91	260	.276	.325	.479	.804	120	693	26	21	15	14	18
DET (3 yrs)				288	997	929	119	242	43	5	43	150	9	3	43	169	.260	.299	.456	.756	109	424	22	11	8	6	9
BOS (2 yrs)				93	284	269	38	78	18	1	10	33	1	0	8	53	.290	.309	.476	.784	114	128	3	1	3	4	1
CLE (1 yr)				51	130	121	15	25	4	0	5	12	0	0	6	16	.207	.256	.364	.619	80	44	4	2	1	0	1

NL (7 yrs)				677	2318	2124	295	567	82	11	105	368	12	22	123	420	.267	.313	.464	.777	108	986	36	28	21	22	20
AL (4 yrs)				432	1411	1319	172	345	65	6	58	195	10	3	57	238	.262	.297	.452	.749	107	596	29	14	12	10	11

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
1956	21	BRO	NL	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.535	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	/8

1958	23	LAD	NL	43	112	-9	-1	1	1	-1	-9	-1.0	4	-6	-0.6	.476	.494	-0.7	-0.0	-7	$	87/9
1959	24	LAD	NL	139	401	-8	0	-0	4	-1	-4	-0.4	13	9	0.9	.497	.497	0.5	0.4	5	$8,500	*8
1960	25	LAD	NL	64	181	2	1	1	2	-0	5	0.5	6	11	1.1	.509	.503	1.0	0.1	10	$16,000	8/9
1961	26	LAD	NL	15	33	-2	-0	-0	-1	-0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.474	.498	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$	9/8
1961	26	PHI	NL	106	411	4	-1	0	1	-4	0	0.0	14	14	1.4	.501	.500	1.3	-0.2	13	$	8739
1962	27	PHI	NL	153	617	26	-3	-0	-10	0	14	1.5	21	34	3.5	.509	.509	4.5	-0.9	45	$	587/93	MVP-12
1963	28	PHI	NL	154	560	6	0	0	-6	-3	-2	-0.2	19	17	1.7	.498	.498	2.3	-0.9	23	$	*8573	MVP-21
1964	29	DET	AL	134	470	0	-0	0	1	-4	-3	-0.5	13	10	0.8	.498	.498	0.9	-0.5	10	$	8739
1965	30	DET	AL	122	424	10	-0	-2	-4	-4	-0	-0.1	12	12	1.1	.500	.500	1.6	-0.9	16	$30,000	839/7
1966	31	DET	AL	32	103	-3	0	-1	9	-1	4	0.5	3	7	0.8	.516	.503	-0.2	0.9	-2	$	8/379
1966	31	BOS	AL	73	238	3	1	0	-5	-1	-1	-0.3	7	5	0.4	.498	.499	1.1	-0.7	10	$31,500	8/93
1967	32	BOS	AL	20	46	2	0	0	2	-1	3	0.3	1	4	0.4	.516	.502	0.3	0.1	2	$	/9758
1967	32	CLE	AL	51	130	-4	1	-0	-0	-1	-5	-0.6	4	-1	-0.2	.489	.497	-0.2	-0.2	-1	$31,500	87/95
11 Seasons				1109	3729	29	-3	-1	-7	-19	-1	-0.6	118	116	11.1	.500	.500	12.4	-3.0	124	$117,500

LAD (5 yrs)				264	730	-15	-1	1	6	-2	-11	-1.2	24	13	1.2	.496	.499	0.8	0.4	8	$24,500
PHI (3 yrs)				413	1588	37	-4	0	-15	-7	12	1.3	54	66	6.6	.503	.502	8.1	-2.1	81	$
DET (3 yrs)				288	997	7	-0	-2	5	-8	1	-0.2	28	29	2.7	.501	.500	2.3	-0.5	24	$30,000
BOS (2 yrs)				93	284	4	1	0	-3	-1	1	0.0	8	9	0.8	.502	.500	1.4	-0.6	12	$31,500
CLE (1 yr)				51	130	-4	1	-0	-0	-1	-5	-0.6	4	-1	-0.2	.489	.497	-0.2	-0.2	-1	$31,500

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
1956	21	BRO	NL	3	2	1	13.4	111	.000	.333	.274	.333	.343	1.333	.433	1.667	.776	305	.881	0.8	0.1	2.000	1.000	1.000	.0

1958	23	LAD	NL	112	90	8	2.4	110	.217	.189	.274	.225	.343	.349	.429	.574	.772	47	.228	-9.0	-0.9	.461	.198	.160	2.9
1959	24	LAD	NL	401	297	45	4.0	111	.284	.256	.278	.294	.346	.437	.431	.731	.776	86	.440	-9.1	-0.9	.633	.221	.181	7.8
1960	25	LAD	NL	181	128	25	5.3	104	.289	.274	.270	.306	.337	.488	.414	.794	.751	109	.584	1.3	0.1	.726	.256	.214	.0
1961	26	TOT	NL	444	324	56	4.6	104	.265	.251	.267	.297	.334	.467	.416	.764	.750	101	.496	-1.6	-0.2	.692	.273	.217	3.7
1961	26	LAD	NL	33	27	2	2.0	112	.182	.172	.278	.250	.346	.276	.433	.526	.779	36	.173	-2.9	-0.3	.423	.207	.103	.0
1961	26	PHI	NL	411	297	54	4.9	103	.271	.257	.266	.300	.333	.482	.415	.782	.748	106	.519	1.3	0.1	.716	.277	.225	3.6
1962	27	PHI	NL	617	415	101	6.5	101	.319	.307	.266	.359	.333	.520	.404	.879	.738	136	.657	28.2	2.8	.832	.278	.213	3.7
1963	28	PHI	NL	560	402	66	4.4	89	.275	.258	.253	.306	.315	.433	.378	.739	.693	112	.556	6.5	0.7	.652	.229	.175	1.9
1964	29	DET	AL	470	342	58	4.6	98	.270	.256	.258	.290	.327	.460	.401	.750	.728	104	.534	0.2	0.0	.681	.249	.204	6.8
1965	30	DET	AL	424	300	56	5.0	93	.296	.278	.252	.325	.322	.463	.386	.788	.708	121	.600	9.3	1.0	.718	.249	.185	6.4
1966	31	TOT	AL	341	253	41	4.4	96	.287	.268	.257	.284	.325	.458	.397	.742	.722	103	.551	0.1	0.0	.650	.222	.191	3.5
1966	31	DET	AL	103	84	8	2.6	92	.213	.212	.251	.235	.319	.414	.388	.649	.706	81	.317	-3.0	-0.3	.542	.242	.202	1.7
1966	31	BOS	AL	238	169	33	5.3	98	.318	.292	.260	.305	.328	.478	.401	.783	.729	112	.633	3.1	0.3	.706	.212	.186	1.8
1967	32	TOT	AL	176	133	17	3.5	87	.237	.226	.247	.274	.317	.390	.371	.665	.688	92	.464	-2.2	-0.2	.573	.220	.165	.0
1967	32	BOS	AL	46	32	7	5.9	91	.355	.279	.253	.326	.324	.465	.379	.791	.703	123	.699	1.4	0.2	.742	.256	.186	.0
1967	32	CLE	AL	130	101	10	2.7	86	.200	.207	.246	.256	.315	.364	.368	.619	.683	80	.352	-3.6	-0.4	.520	.207	.157	.0
11 Yrs				3729	2686	474	4.7	98	.282	.265	.262	.307	.329	.459	.401	.766	.730	108	.547	24.4	2.5	.687	.246	.195	38.8
162 Game Avg.				545	392	69	4.7	98	.282	.265	.262	.307	.329	.459	.401	.766	.730	108	.547	4	0	.687	.246	.195	6
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
LAD (5 yrs)				730	544	81	4.0	109	.271	.247	.276	.285	.343	.433	.427	.717	.769	84	.439	-18.9	-1.9	.621	.229	.186	11.6
PHI (3 yrs)				1588	1114	221	5.3	97	.291	.276	.262	.325	.327	.479	.398	.804	.724	120	.590	36.0	3.6	.735	.261	.202	9.3
DET (3 yrs)				997	726	122	4.5	95	.275	.260	.255	.299	.324	.456	.393	.756	.717	109	.543	6.4	0.7	.680	.249	.196	14.9
BOS (2 yrs)				284	201	40	5.4	97	.324	.290	.259	.309	.328	.476	.397	.784	.725	114	.644	4.5	0.5	.711	.219	.186	1.8
CLE (1 yr)				130	101	10	2.7	86	.200	.207	.246	.256	.315	.364	.368	.619	.683	80	.352	-3.6	-0.4	.520	.207	.157	.0

NL (7 yrs)				2318	1658	302	4.9	101	.285	.267	.266	.313	.332	.464	.407	.777	.739	108	.545	17.1	1.7	.698	.250	.197	21.5
AL (4 yrs)				1411	1028	172	4.5	95	.278	.262	.255	.297	.324	.452	.392	.749	.716	107	.551	7.3	0.8	.670	.239	.190	17.1

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
1959	24	LAD	NL	WS	CHW	W	6	13	12	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	.250	.308	.250	.558	3	1	0	0	0	0
1 WS							6	13	12	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	.250	.308	.250	.558	3	1	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
1956	21	BRO	NL	3	33.3%	33.3%	0.0%	33.3%	100%		3.0	3.0	3.0			33%

1958	23	LAD	NL	112	4.5%	28.6%	4.5%	6.3%	35%	6.40	3.3	21.2	13.3		0.83	62%
1959	24	LAD	NL	401	4.5%	21.7%	4.0%	7.5%	32%	5.44	4.3	20.6	5.3		1.08	68%
1960	25	LAD	NL	181	5.0%	18.8%	4.4%	9.4%	37%	4.25	4.9	18.7	5.8		1.25	71%
1961	26	TOT	NL	444	4.7%	18.0%	5.0%	9.7%	42%	3.64	5.1	19.6	5.9		1.04	70%
1961	26	LAD	NL	33	3.0%	18.2%	9.1%	3.0%	20%	2.00	4.8	29.0	14.5		1.00	67%
1961	26	PHI	NL	411	4.9%	18.0%	4.6%	10.2%	43%	3.89	5.2	19.1	5.6		1.05	70%
1962	27	PHI	NL	617	4.7%	15.1%	6.7%	9.1%	33%	2.27	5.9	19.0	5.1		0.80	71%
1963	28	PHI	NL	560	3.9%	16.6%	5.5%	7.9%	33%	3.00	5.5	23.4	6.2		0.68	72%
1964	29	DET	AL	470	4.7%	18.1%	3.6%	9.6%	40%	5.00	5.2	20.0	5.5		0.86	72%
1965	30	DET	AL	424	3.8%	15.3%	5.4%	8.5%	33%	2.83	6.0	24.3	6.7		0.85	73%
1966	31	TOT	AL	341	4.1%	17.9%	2.4%	9.7%	38%	7.63	5.3	23.2	7.9		0.84	74%
1966	31	DET	AL	103	4.9%	18.5%	2.9%	9.7%	48%	6.33	5.2	19.8	8.3		1.41	73%
1966	31	BOS	AL	238	3.8%	17.7%	2.1%	9.7%	35%	8.40	5.4	25.1	7.8		0.64	75%
1967	32	TOT	AL	176	3.4%	15.3%	5.1%	8.5%	41%	3.00	6.1	27.3	10.3		0.78	74%
1967	32	BOS	AL	46	2.2%	23.9%	6.5%	13.0%	50%	3.67	3.9	43.0	10.8		1.50	67%
1967	32	CLE	AL	130	3.9%	12.3%	4.6%	6.9%	36%	2.67	7.6	24.2	10.1		0.67	77%
11 Yrs				3729	4.4%	17.7%	4.8%	8.8%	36%	3.66	5.2	21.1	6.1		0.87	71%
MLB Averages					2.3%	14.3%	8.4%	6.4%	29%	1.70	6.2	39.2	8.7		1.06	73%
				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
1956	21	BRO	NL	0.8	0.1	3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.73	-0.0	-0.0	0.4	0.0	1.04	0.6	1.10	2

1958	23	LAD	NL	-9.0	-0.9	116	-0.1	1.7	-1.9	.86	-0.4	0.3	-5.6	-0.5	0.88	-6.0	1.21	3
1959	24	LAD	NL	-9.1	-0.9	419	0.3	8.5	-8.2	1.07	0.0	0.3	-2.1	-0.2	1.02	-2.4	1.41	21
1960	25	LAD	NL	1.3	0.1	187	-0.1	3.3	-3.5	1.13	0.1	-0.2	7.7	0.8	0.96	6.6	0.68	8
1961	26	TOT	NL	-2.1	-0.2	451	-0.2	8.5	-8.7	1.10	0.8	-1.0	11.3	1.1	0.96	10.2	0.92	13
1961	26	LAD	NL	-3.0	-0.3	33	0.1	0.6	-0.5	.98	0.0	0.1	-1.1	-0.1	0.94	-0.3	0.75	4
1961	26	PHI	NL	0.8	0.1	418	-0.3	8.0	-8.3	1.11	0.7	-1.0	12.4	1.2	0.96	10.5	1.00	9
1962	27	PHI	NL	28.2	2.8	637	2.1	11.8	-9.7	.97	2.8	-0.6	23.4	2.3	1.00	29.9	1.16	6
1963	28	PHI	NL	6.5	0.7	568	3.5	13.3	-9.8	1.10	1.2	1.9	15.6	1.7	0.99	15.5	1.31	11
1964	29	DET	AL	0.2	0.0	477	1.1	10.9	-9.8	1.15	1.3	-0.3	9.3	0.9	1.00	10.4	1.67	26
1965	30	DET	AL	8.8	0.9	435	1.5	9.1	-7.6	1.07	1.3	0.2	14.4	1.5	0.95	12.5	2.02	15
1966	31	TOT	AL	0.1	0.0	345	-0.6	5.5	-6.1	.96	0.6	-1.2	-5.1	-0.5	0.95	3.8	1.95	21
1966	31	DET	AL	-3.0	-0.3	104	-0.0	1.7	-1.7	.82	-0.4	0.4	-4.0	-0.4	0.94	-4.3	1.57	6
1966	31	BOS	AL	3.1	0.3	241	-0.6	3.9	-4.4	1.01	1.0	-1.5	-1.1	-0.1	0.95	8.1	2.11	15
1967	32	TOT	AL	-2.2	-0.2	177	-0.0	3.4	-3.5	1.12	-0.6	0.5	-4.7	-0.5	0.98	-4.1	1.78	25
1967	32	BOS	AL	1.4	0.2	46	-0.1	0.9	-1.0	1.23	0.0	-0.1	0.4	0.0	1.09	1.0	2.54	8
1967	32	CLE	AL	-3.6	-0.4	131	0.1	2.5	-2.4	1.08	-0.6	0.7	-5.0	-0.6	0.94	-5.1	1.42	17
11 Yrs				23.4	2.4	3815	7.3	76.1	-68.7	1.06	6.9	-0.0	64.7	6.6	0.98	77.0	1.55	151
				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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1956	21	BRO	NL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1958	23	LAD	NL	0	0	30%	28	2	3	40%	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	50%	5	4	1	1	0	1	2	0	2
1959	24	LAD	NL	5	0	37%	131	5	6	45%	5	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	9	53%	16	11	5	3	1	2	13	3	10
1960	25	LAD	NL	3	0	30%	70	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	7	47%	10	6	4	0	0	0	5	2	3
1961	26	TOT	NL	9	0	33%	143	2	1	67%	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	5	7	30%	24	19	5	2	2	0	11	5	6
1961	26	LAD	NL	2	0	29%	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1961	26	PHI	NL	7	0	33%	133	2	1	67%	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	5	7	31%	23	18	5	2	2	0	11	5	6
1962	27	PHI	NL	9	0	29%	214	2	7	22%	2	6	0	0	0	1	3	0	9	20	63%	40	17	23	8	2	5	19	4	14
1963	28	PHI	NL	9	0	28%	164	1	4	20%	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	10	66%	23	7	16	6	3	3	12	3	8
1964	29	DET	AL	5	0	31%	142	4	1	80%	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	52%	22	13	9	3	2	1	17	4	12
1965	30	DET	AL	5	0	28%	128	4	2	67%	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	9	48%	18	8	8	7	5	2	6	1	5
1966	31	TOT	AL	3	0	35%	111	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	46%	13	11	2	7	2	5	8	2	6
1966	31	DET	AL	0	0	37%	26	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	3	2	1	1	1	0	2	0	2
1966	31	BOS	AL	3	0	35%	85	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	46%	10	9	1	6	1	5	6	2	4
1967	32	TOT	AL	1	0	38%	45	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	77%	9	3	6	2	0	2	2	0	2
1967	32	BOS	AL	1	0	43%	20	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	57%	5	3	2	0	0	0	2	0	2
1967	32	CLE	AL	0	0	36%	25	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	100%	4	0	4	2	0	2	0	0	0
11 Yrs				49	0	31%	1176	22	25	47%	18	23	3	2	1	1	6	0	35	74	54%	180	99	79	39	17	21	95	24	68
				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*

						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	21	BRO	NL	3	100%	1			2	0	0	0	1.10	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1958	23	LAD	NL	112	22%	20			3	0	0	0	1.21	5	0	1	3	2	2	3	0	2	1	50%	21	0	0%	9	3	33%	51	3	6%	1	0	0%	5	2	40%	0
1959	24	LAD	NL	401	26%	95			21	3	0	1	1.41	18	0	17	13	5	11	7	1	6	3	50%	88	7	8%	48	11	23%	297	53	18%	26	14	54%	18	6	33%	0
1960	25	LAD	NL	181	27%	46			8	2	1	1	0.68	9	0	7	8	1	8	1	0	1	1	100%	36	1	3%	19	5	26%	107	23	22%	9	5	56%	3	0	0%	0
1961	26	TOT	NL	444	45%	103			13	2	0	0	0.92	21	1	13	11	10	8	13	0	8	6	75%	96	9	9%	46	12	26%	284	49	17%	24	10	42%	25	14	56%	0
1961	26	LAD	NL	33	55%	5			4	0	0	0	0.75	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	100%	7	2	29%	4	1	25%	20	1	5%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1961	26	PHI	NL	411	44%	98			9	2	0	0	1.00	20	1	12	10	10	7	13	0	7	5	71%	89	7	8%	42	11	26%	264	48	18%	23	10	43%	24	13	54%	0
1962	27	PHI	NL	617	33%	169			6	2	0	0	1.16	29	2	17	17	12	10	19	0	12	5	42%	126	11	9%	67	25	37%	435	82	19%	50	31	62%	30	15	50%	0
1963	28	PHI	NL	560	39%	133			11	2	1	2	1.31	22	0	12	12	10	6	16	0	8	5	63%	104	8	8%	50	15	30%	361	64	18%	39	15	38%	16	7	44%	0
1964	29	DET	AL	470	45%	113			26	6	1	4	1.67	22	0	15	11	11	10	12	0	6	4	67%	74	6	8%	39	12	31%	327	59	18%	35	15	43%	15	9	60%	0
1965	30	DET	AL	424	41%	108			15	6	0	2	2.02	16	1	16	12	4	9	7	0	3	3	100%	87	11	13%	30	7	23%	277	46	17%	24	14	58%	13	4	31%	0
1966	31	TOT	AL	341	36%	87			21	2	0	1	1.95	14	0	11	11	3	9	5	0	3	3	100%	73	8	11%	36	11	31%	204	30	15%	24	10	42%	13	8	62%	0
1966	31	DET	AL	103	45%	21			6	0	0	0	1.57	5	0	3	3	2	3	2	0	1	1	100%	17	5	29%	12	3	25%	62	10	16%	5	2	40%	5	2	40%	0
1966	31	BOS	AL	238	33%	66			15	2	0	1	2.11	9	0	8	8	1	6	3	0	2	2	100%	56	3	5%	24	8	33%	142	20	14%	19	8	42%	8	6	75%	0
1967	32	TOT	AL	176	61%	37			25	7	1	4	1.78	6	0	5	2	4	5	1	0	2	2	100%	38	4	11%	18	2	11%	115	11	10%	16	4	25%	5	1	20%	0
1967	32	BOS	AL	46	37%	12			8	3	0	1	2.54	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	100%	15	0	0%	9	1	11%	36	4	11%	6	1	17%	1	0	0%	0
1967	32	CLE	AL	130	70%	25			17	4	1	3	1.42	5	0	4	1	4	4	1	0	1	1	100%	23	4	17%	9	1	11%	79	7	9%	10	3	30%	4	1	25%	0
11 Yrs				3729	38%	912			151	32	4	15	1.55	163	4	114	100	63	79	84	1	51	33	65%	744	65	9%	363	103	28%	2459	420	17%	248	118	48%	143	66	46%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			77%			10%			31%			14%			48%			53%
				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
1956	21	3	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	1.333	1.667	305	4	0	0	0	0	0
1957	22	3	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	1.333	1.667	305	4	0	0	0	0	0
1958	23	46	115	109	12	21	2	0	6	9	2	3	5	33	.193	.228	.376	.604	54	41	0	0	1	0	0
1959	24	185	516	480	67	116	13	1	24	79	7	9	21	120	.242	.279	.423	.702	79	203	7	6	4	5	1
1960	25	249	697	648	90	162	20	2	33	108	7	10	29	154	.250	.286	.440	.726	87	285	8	7	5	8	2
1961	26	370	1141	1059	147	265	38	6	54	178	9	11	51	234	.250	.290	.450	.741	92	477	17	12	11	8	4
1962	27	523	1758	1609	232	434	62	9	83	285	11	18	92	327	.270	.315	.474	.789	107	763	28	22	16	19	10
1963	28	677	2318	2124	295	567	82	11	105	368	12	22	123	420	.267	.313	.464	.777	108	986	36	28	21	22	20
1964	29	811	2788	2565	352	680	104	12	127	448	16	23	140	505	.265	.309	.464	.772	107	1189	42	33	25	25	26
1965	30	933	3212	2954	402	788	120	16	143	506	20	25	163	570	.267	.311	.463	.774	109	1369	53	39	28	28	29
1966	31	1038	3553	3279	445	875	138	17	157	547	22	25	171	631	.267	.308	.463	.771	109	1518	61	40	31	32	30
1967	32	1109	3729	3443	467	912	147	17	163	563	22	25	180	658	.265	.307	.459	.766	108	1582	65	42	33	32	31

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	21	3	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	.333	.333	1.333	1.667	1	3

1958	23	45	117	111	11	21	2	0	5	8	2	5	34	.189	.224	.342	.566	8	43
1959	24	145	414	384	54	96	11	1	18	69	5	16	91	.250	.287	.424	.712	46	139
1960	25	67	189	176	24	48	7	1	9	30	0	8	36	.273	.303	.477	.780	26	64
1961	26	126	464	430	60	108	19	4	22	74	2	23	84	.251	.297	.467	.764	59	121
1962	27	153	618	551	86	170	24	3	29	108	2	41	93	.309	.361	.521	.881	103	153
1963	28	154	577	528	73	146	22	2	24	97	1	34	93	.277	.327	.462	.789	78	154
1964	29	133	473	443	61	117	23	1	23	86	4	18	84	.264	.299	.476	.775	62	134
1965	30	122	432	396	56	115	17	4	17	65	4	24	65	.290	.338	.482	.820	64	122
1966	31	106	346	330	45	91	19	1	15	43	2	8	61	.276	.292	.476	.767	45	105
1967	32	71	182	168	25	41	10	0	7	19	0	10	27	.244	.294	.429	.723	20	71
11 Yrs		1125	3815	3520	496	954	154	17	170	600	22	187	669	.271	.313	.469	.782	512	1109
162 Game Avg.		162	549	507	71	137	22	2	24	86	3	27	96	.271	.313	.469	.782	74	1109

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1962 NL (12, 4%) 1963 NL (21, 1%) 0.05 Career Shares (1113th)	Offensive WAR† s c a p y 1962 NL 4.5 (7th)	Batting Average s c a p y 1962 NL .307 (9th)	Slugging % s c a p y 1962 NL .520 (6th)
On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y 1962 NL .879 (9th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1962 NL 29 (8th)	Runs Batted In s c a p y 1962 NL 107 (7th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1959 NL 87 (7th)
Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y 1962 NL 136 (10th)	Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y 1962 NL 28 (9th)	Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y 1962 NL 2.8 (9th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1959 NL 6 (4th) 1961 NL 5 (6th) 1962 NL 10 (2nd) 1965 AL 6 (6th)
Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1962 NL 11 (1st)	Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y 1963 NL 10 (8th)	AB per HR s c a p y 1962 NL 19.0 (10th) 1963 NL 23.4 (6th) Career 21.1 (149th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 15 (1187), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 10 (1147), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 12 (1361), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters

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Jay Buhner (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jay Buhner (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jimmie Hall (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Jay Buhner (955) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Leon Wagner (949) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike Marshall (948) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Ray Hart (937) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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