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Murry Dickson

Murry Monroe Dickson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 157 lb.

Born: August 21, 1916 in Tracy, MO
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1937. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 30, 1939
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Pirates/Phillies/Athletics/Yankees 1939-1959

Final Game: September 14, 1959
Died: September 21, 1989 in Kansas City, KS
Buried: Sunset Memory Gardens, Leavenworth, KS
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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
1939 22 STL NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1940 23 STL NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1942 25 STL NL 37 43 42 6 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 .190 .190 .238 .429 21 10 1 0 1 1
1943 26 STL NL 31 37 34 1 9 2 0 0 6 0 0 1 .265 .265 .324 .588 65 11 0 0 3 1
1944 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946 29 STL NL 47 67 65 8 18 5 1 0 6 0 1 6 .277 .288 .385 .672 87 25 0 0 1 1
1947 30 STL NL 47 83 80 4 17 2 0 0 9 0 1 5 .213 .222 .238 .460 20 19 3 0 2 1
1948 31 STL NL 43 101 96 7 27 2 0 0 11 0 1 1 .281 .289 .302 .591 56 29 3 0 4 1
1949 32 PIT NL 44 85 84 5 17 4 1 0 4 0 0 6 .202 .202 .274 .476 25 23 1 0 1 1
1950 33 PIT NL 52 84 82 5 21 4 0 0 7 0 1 9 .256 .265 .305 .570 48 25 3 0 0 1
1951 34 PIT NL 46 115 110 16 30 2 1 1 8 0 0 1 5 .273 .279 .336 .616 63 37 2 0 4 1 MVP-9
1952 35 PIT NL 47 110 107 4 24 4 0 0 6 0 0 1 10 .224 .231 .262 .493 35 28 5 0 2 1 MVP-13
1953 36 PIT NL 45 67 61 0 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 11 .115 .143 .115 .258 -32 7 2 0 4 1 AS
1954 37 PHI NL 40 85 79 4 15 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 9 .190 .210 .215 .425 12 17 2 0 4 0 1
1955 38 PHI NL 36 85 82 6 18 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 9 .220 .220 .280 .500 33 23 3 0 3 0 0 1
1956 39 TOT NL 35 89 86 8 22 2 2 0 6 0 0 1 11 .256 .264 .326 .590 59 28 1 0 2 0 0 1
1956 39 PHI NL 3 9 9 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 82 3 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1956 39 STL NL 32 80 77 6 19 2 2 0 6 0 0 1 9 .247 .256 .325 .581 56 25 1 0 2 0 0 1
1957 40 STL NL 14 28 27 4 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 6 .222 .250 .259 .509 37 7 1 1 0 0 0 1
1958 41 TOT AL 34 46 42 2 11 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 7 .262 .295 .333 .629 73 14 0 1 2 0 0 1
1958 41 KCA AL 28 39 35 2 9 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 .257 .297 .343 .640 75 12 0 1 2 0 0 1
1958 41 NYY AL 6 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .286 .286 .286 .571 61 2 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1959 42 KCA AL 38 17 17 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .176 .176 .176 .353 -3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
18 Yrs 638 1143 1095 81 253 34 5 3 82 0 0 12 105 .231 .241 .279 .520 39 306 27 2 33 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 290 278 21 64 9 1 1 21 0 3 27 .231 .241 .279 .520 39 78 7 1 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
STL (9 yrs) 253 440 422 36 104 16 3 0 43 0 0 4 32 .246 .255 .299 .554 49 126 9 1 13 0 0
PIT (5 yrs) 234 461 444 30 99 14 2 1 27 0 0 5 41 .223 .232 .270 .502 33 120 13 0 11
PHI (3 yrs) 79 179 170 12 36 4 0 1 8 0 0 2 20 .212 .221 .253 .474 25 43 5 0 7 0 0
KCA (2 yrs) 66 56 52 3 12 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 10 .231 .259 .288 .548 50 15 0 1 2 0 0
NYY (1 yr) 6 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .286 .286 .286 .571 61 2 0 0 0 0 0
NL (16 yrs) 566 1080 1036 78 239 34 5 2 78 0 0 11 93 .231 .240 .279 .518 38 289 27 1 31 0 0
AL (2 yrs) 72 63 59 3 14 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 12 .237 .262 .288 .550 51 17 0 1 2 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 Awards
1939 22 STL NL 1 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .479 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
1940 23 STL NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1942 25 STL NL 37 43 -4 0 0 0 4 0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.0 1 $ 1
1943 26 STL NL 31 37 -2 0 0 0 3 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .506 .501 0.2 0.0 3 $ 1
1946 29 STL NL 47 67 -1 0 0 0 7 5 0.6 2 8 0.6 .512 .504 0.6 0.0 8 $ 1
1947 30 STL NL 47 83 -9 0 0 0 9 0 0.0 3 3 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 3 $ 1
1948 31 STL NL 43 101 -6 -0 -0 0 11 4 0.4 4 8 0.4 .511 .503 0.5 0.0 8 $ 1
1949 32 PIT NL 44 85 -9 0 0 0 9 1 0.1 3 4 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 0.0 4 $ 1
1950 33 PIT NL 52 84 -6 -1 -0 0 10 2 0.2 3 5 0.2 .505 .502 0.2 -0.0 5 $ 1
1951 34 PIT NL 46 115 -6 0 0 0 11 6 0.6 4 10 0.6 .514 .504 0.7 -0.0 10 $ 1 MVP-9
1952 35 PIT NL 47 110 -9 0 -1 0 12 3 0.3 4 7 0.3 .507 .502 0.3 0.0 7 $ 1 MVP-13
1953 36 PIT NL 45 67 -13 0 0 0 7 -6 -0.6 2 -4 -0.6 .487 .496 -0.6 -0.0 -3 $ 1 AS
1954 37 PHI NL 40 85 -9 0 -0 0 10 1 0.1 3 4 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 -0.0 4 $ 1
1955 38 PHI NL 36 85 -7 0 0 0 8 2 0.1 3 5 0.1 .505 .501 0.2 -0.1 5 $ 1
1956 39 PHI NL 3 9 -0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .525 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ /1
1956 39 STL NL 32 80 -4 -1 0 0 9 4 0.4 3 6 0.4 .513 .503 0.4 -0.1 6 $ 1
1957 40 STL NL 14 28 -2 0 -0 0 3 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .511 .501 0.2 -0.0 2 $ 1
1958 41 KCA AL 28 39 -1 -0 0 0 4 4 0.4 1 5 0.4 .513 .502 0.4 -0.0 5 $ 1
1958 41 NYY AL 6 7 -0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 .507 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ /1
1959 42 KCA AL 38 17 -2 0 0 0 2 -0 -0.1 0 0 -0.1 .499 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 $ 1
18 Seasons 638 1143 -91 0 -1 0 121 31 3.0 38 69 2.9 .505 .501 3.4 -0.2 69 $
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
STL (9 yrs) 253 440 -28 -1 -0 0 45 16 1.7 15 31 1.7 .507 .501 1.9 -0.1 31 $
PIT (5 yrs) 234 461 -43 0 -0 0 50 7 0.7 16 23 0.6 .503 .501 0.7 -0.0 23 $
PHI (3 yrs) 79 179 -16 1 -0 0 19 3 0.3 6 9 0.3 .505 .501 0.4 -0.1 10 $
KCA (2 yrs) 66 56 -3 0 0 0 6 3 0.3 2 5 0.3 .505 .501 0.4 -0.0 5 $
NYY (1 yr) 6 7 -0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 .507 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $

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
1939 22 STL NL 1 1 0 0.0 108 .000 .288 .000 .354 .000 .411 .000 .765 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1942 25 STL NL 43 36 2 1.5 93 .205 .190 .265 .190 .338 .238 .368 .429 .706 21 .154 -4.4 -0.5 .286 .048 .048
1943 26 STL NL 37 28 3 2.9 94 .273 .265 .272 .265 .341 .324 .368 .588 .710 65 .361 -1.7 -0.2 .440 .059 .059
1946 29 STL NL 67 48 7 3.9 96 .305 .277 .267 .288 .343 .385 .374 .672 .717 87 .484 -1.5 -0.2 .553 .123 .108
1947 30 STL NL 83 68 4 1.6 109 .227 .213 .279 .222 .355 .238 .413 .460 .768 20 .120 -9.6 -1.0 .303 .038 .025
1948 31 STL NL 101 76 8 2.8 107 .284 .281 .276 .289 .351 .302 .408 .591 .760 56 .298 -6.4 -0.6 .417 .031 .021
1949 32 PIT NL 85 69 5 1.9 106 .218 .202 .273 .202 .347 .274 .408 .476 .755 25 .172 -9.3 -0.9 .338 .071 .071
1950 33 PIT NL 84 64 7 2.9 111 .288 .256 .273 .265 .351 .305 .424 .570 .774 48 .293 -6.5 -0.6 .406 .061 .049
1951 34 PIT NL 115 86 10 3.1 105 .279 .273 .270 .279 .344 .336 .409 .616 .753 63 .338 -6.3 -0.6 .463 .073 .064 .0
1952 35 PIT NL 110 90 6 1.8 99 .247 .224 .264 .231 .337 .262 .393 .493 .730 35 .175 -9.7 -1.0 .330 .047 .037
1953 36 PIT NL 67 60 1 0.4 109 .140 .115 .273 .143 .344 .115 .426 .258 .770 -32 .012 -11.9 -1.2 .161 .033 .000
1954 37 PHI NL 85 70 4 1.5 109 .214 .190 .274 .210 .345 .215 .424 .425 .769 12 .110 -10.5 -1.0 .288 .051 .025
1955 38 PHI NL 85 70 4 1.5 104 .236 .220 .263 .220 .334 .280 .417 .500 .751 33 .114 -8.1 -0.8 .343 .061 .061 .0
1956 39 TOT NL 89 67 7 2.8 102 .293 .256 .263 .264 .329 .326 .415 .590 .744 59 .297 -5.4 -0.6 .446 .081 .070
1956 39 PHI NL 9 6 1 4.4 101 .429 .333 .262 .333 .328 .333 .413 .667 .742 82 .498 -0.3 -0.0 .500 .000 .000
1956 39 STL NL 80 61 6 2.6 102 .279 .247 .263 .256 .330 .325 .415 .581 .745 56 .275 -5.2 -0.5 .441 .091 .078
1957 40 STL NL 28 22 2 2.5 105 .286 .222 .271 .250 .335 .259 .419 .509 .754 37 .240 -2.5 -0.2 .364 .037 .037
1958 41 TOT AL 46 33 5 4.0 99 .294 .262 .263 .295 .332 .333 .399 .629 .731 73 .474 -1.8 -0.2 .516 .095 .071 .0
1958 41 KCA AL 39 28 4 3.8 100 .276 .257 .264 .297 .333 .343 .401 .640 .734 75 .447 -1.4 -0.1 .538 .114 .086 .0
1958 41 NYY AL 7 5 1 5.3 95 .400 .286 .257 .286 .325 .286 .390 .571 .715 61 .599 -0.4 -0.0 .400 .000 .000
1959 42 KCA AL 17 14 1 1.9 100 .250 .176 .263 .176 .334 .176 .401 .353 .736 -3 .180 -2.5 -0.2 .214 .000 .000
18 Yrs 1143 902 76 2.2 104 .253 .231 .270 .241 .342 .279 .407 .520 .749 39 .222 -98.4 -9.9 .368 .059 .048 .0
162 Game Avg. 290 229 19 2.2 104 .253 .231 .270 .241 .342 .279 .407 .520 .749 39 .222 -98.4 -9.9 .368 .059 .048
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
STL (9 yrs) 440 340 32 2.5 102 .267 .246 .271 .255 .344 .299 .399 .554 .742 49 .270 -31.5 -3.2 .401 .062 .052
PIT (5 yrs) 461 369 29 2.1 105 .244 .223 .270 .232 .344 .270 .410 .502 .754 33 .197 -43.7 -4.4 .349 .059 .047 .0
PHI (3 yrs) 179 146 9 1.7 106 .235 .212 .268 .221 .339 .253 .420 .474 .759 25 .127 -18.9 -1.9 .324 .053 .041 .0
KCA (2 yrs) 56 42 5 3.2 100 .268 .231 .264 .259 .333 .288 .401 .548 .735 50 .364 -3.9 -0.4 .425 .077 .058 .0
NYY (1 yr) 7 5 1 5.3 95 .400 .286 .257 .286 .325 .286 .390 .571 .715 61 .599 -0.4 -0.0 .400 .000 .000
NL (16 yrs) 1080 855 70 2.2 104 .252 .231 .270 .240 .343 .279 .407 .518 .750 38 .212 -94.1 -9.4 .365 .059 .048 .0
AL (2 yrs) 63 47 6 3.4 99 .283 .237 .263 .262 .332 .288 .400 .550 .732 51 .394 -4.3 -0.4 .422 .068 .051 .0

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
1943 26 STL NL WS NYY L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1946 29 STL NL WS BOS W 2 5 5 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .800 1.200 4 0 0 0 0 0
1958 41 NYY AL WS MLN W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (3 Series) 5 5 5 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .800 1.200 4 0 0 0 0 0
3 WS 5 5 5 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .800 1.200 4 0 0 0 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
1953 PIT NL 36 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 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
1939 22 STL NL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
1942 25 STL NL 43 0.0% 7.0% 0.0% 4.7% 25% 14.0 42.0 91%
1943 26 STL NL 37 0.0% 2.7% 0.0% 5.4% 22% 34.0 5.7 89%
1946 29 STL NL 67 0.0% 9.0% 1.5% 9.0% 33% 6.00 10.8 10.8 88%
1947 30 STL NL 83 0.0% 6.0% 1.2% 2.4% 12% 5.00 16.0 8.9 90%
1948 31 STL NL 101 0.0% 1.0% 1.0% 2.0% 7% 1.00 96.0 8.7 3.33 94%
1949 32 PIT NL 85 0.0% 7.1% 0.0% 5.9% 29% 14.0 21.0 1.20 92%
1950 33 PIT NL 84 0.0% 10.7% 1.2% 4.8% 19% 9.00 9.1 11.7 1.42 87%
1951 34 PIT NL 115 0.9% 4.4% 0.9% 3.5% 13% 5.00 22.0 110.0 13.8 1.46 90%
1952 35 PIT NL 110 0.0% 9.1% 0.9% 3.6% 17% 10.00 10.7 17.8 1.48 88%
1953 36 PIT NL 67 0.0% 16.4% 3.0% 0.0% 0% 5.50 5.5 30.5 0.75 75%
1954 37 PHI NL 85 0.0% 10.6% 2.4% 2.4% 13% 4.50 8.8 15.8 1.22 82%
1955 38 PHI NL 85 1.2% 10.6% 0.0% 3.5% 17% 9.1 82.0 27.3 1.43 85%
1956 39 TOT NL 89 0.0% 12.4% 1.1% 4.5% 18% 11.00 7.8 14.3 1.00 84%
1956 39 PHI NL 9 0.0% 22.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.5 1.00 78%
1956 39 STL NL 80 0.0% 11.3% 1.3% 5.0% 21% 9.00 8.6 12.8 1.00 85%
1957 40 STL NL 28 0.0% 21.4% 0.0% 3.6% 17% 4.5 6.8 1.29 75%
1958 41 TOT AL 46 2.2% 15.2% 2.2% 2.2% 9% 7.00 6.0 42.0 21.0 1.27 74%
1958 41 KCA AL 39 2.6% 12.8% 2.6% 2.6% 11% 5.00 7.0 35.0 35.0 1.20 74%
1958 41 NYY AL 7 0.0% 28.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.5 7.0 2.00 71%
1959 42 KCA AL 17 0.0% 29.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.4 8.5 1.50 71%
18 Yrs 1143 0.3% 9.2% 1.1% 3.7% 17% 8.75 10.4 365.0 13.4 1.34 86%
MLB Averages 1.8% 10.2% 9.2% 6.3% 27% 1.11 8.7 50.4 8.3 0.98 77%
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
1939 22 STL NL -0.3 -0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1940 23 STL NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1942 25 STL NL -4.4 -0.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1943 26 STL NL -1.7 -0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 29 STL NL -1.5 -0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 30 STL NL -9.6 -1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 31 STL NL -6.4 -0.6 36 0.1 0.9 -0.7 1.10 -0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 1.09 -1.1 0
1949 32 PIT NL -9.3 -0.9 47 -0.3 0.8 -1.1 1.20 -0.4 0.2 -5.0 -0.5 0.91 -4.8 0
1950 33 PIT NL -6.5 -0.6 73 -0.3 0.9 -1.2 .90 -0.6 0.3 -5.5 -0.5 0.89 -6.4 0
1951 34 PIT NL -6.3 -0.6 81 -1.0 0.8 -1.8 1.01 -0.3 -0.7 -7.4 -0.7 0.95 -3.6 2.81 1
1952 35 PIT NL -9.7 -1.0 88 -0.8 0.8 -1.6 .90 -0.9 0.0 -9.5 -1.0 0.93 -8.9 0.80 3
1953 36 PIT NL -11.9 -1.2 34 -0.5 0.2 -0.6 .78 -0.6 -0.0 -6.6 -0.6 0.96 -6.5 0
1954 37 PHI NL -10.5 -1.0 75 -0.7 0.9 -1.6 1.11 -0.6 0.0 -8.7 -0.8 1.03 -7.2 0
1955 38 PHI NL -8.1 -0.8 82 -0.4 0.9 -1.4 .87 -0.4 -0.1 -8.6 -0.9 0.94 -6.8 0
1956 39 TOT NL -5.5 -0.6 89 -0.6 1.1 -1.7 1.04 -0.6 0.0 -5.8 -0.6 0.93 -6.3 0
1956 39 PHI NL -0.3 -0.0 9 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 1.69 -0.0 -0.1 -1.3 -0.1 1.06 -0.5 0
1956 39 STL NL -5.3 -0.5 80 -0.4 1.0 -1.4 .97 -0.5 0.1 -4.5 -0.5 0.91 -5.8 0
1957 40 STL NL -2.5 -0.2 30 -0.0 0.4 -0.4 .89 -0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.98 -1.3 0
1958 41 TOT AL -1.8 -0.2 46 -0.2 0.8 -0.9 1.11 -0.2 0.0 -2.4 -0.2 0.85 -2.0 6.57 1
1958 41 KCA AL -1.4 -0.1 39 -0.2 0.6 -0.8 1.11 -0.1 -0.0 -2.5 -0.3 0.84 -1.7 6.57 1
1958 41 NYY AL -0.4 -0.0 7 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 1.06 -0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.94 -0.3 0
1959 42 KCA AL -2.5 -0.2 18 -0.1 0.2 -0.4 .93 -0.2 0.0 -1.7 -0.2 1.10 -2.2 0
18 Yrs -98.5 -9.9 699 -4.7 8.7 -13.3 .99 -4.9 0.1 -61.0 -6.1 0.95 -57.1 2.35 5
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
1948 31 STL NL 2 0 25% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1949 32 PIT NL 0 0 29% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1950 33 PIT NL 0 0 23% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 14% 3 2 0 0 0 0 4 3 1
1951 34 PIT NL 0 0 50% 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 5 4 1 0 0 0 3 0 3
1952 35 PIT NL 2 0 16% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25% 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 36 PIT NL 0 0 0% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 37 PHI NL 3 0 24% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 50% 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
1955 38 PHI NL 2 0 29% 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 5 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1956 39 TOT NL 1 0 35% 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17% 7 7 0 0 0 0 5 3 2
1956 39 PHI NL 0 0 67% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1956 39 STL NL 1 0 30% 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18% 7 7 0 0 0 0 4 2 2
1957 40 STL NL 1 0 57% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1958 41 TOT AL 1 0 8% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1958 41 KCA AL 1 0 10% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1958 41 NYY AL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 42 KCA AL 0 0 33% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Yrs 12 0 30% 238 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 10 29% 35 29 5 1 1 0 19 8 11

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 31 STL NL 101 29% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 200% 9 3 33% 10 2 20% 26 5 19% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1949 32 PIT NL 85 11% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 1 14% 8 1 13% 31 1 3% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
1950 33 PIT NL 84 17% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 3 19% 12 1 8% 34 2 6% 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 0
1951 34 PIT NL 115 28% 30 1 1 0 0 2.81 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 6 4 67% 16 2 13% 19 5 26% 47 4 9% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
1952 35 PIT NL 110 25% 24 3 1 0 1 0.80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 17 5 29% 21 3 14% 54 4 7% 8 2 25% 6 3 50% 0
1953 36 PIT NL 67 38% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 200% 8 2 25% 6 1 17% 20 1 5% 0 0 3 1 33% 0
1954 37 PHI NL 85 32% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 19 2 11% 19 2 11% 60 3 5% 3 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1955 38 PHI NL 85 29% 18 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 3 150% 16 3 19% 18 5 28% 52 5 10% 5 2 40% 5 3 60% 0
1956 39 TOT NL 89 22% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 15 1 7% 11 1 9% 56 6 11% 4 2 50% 1 0 0% 0
1956 39 PHI NL 9 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1956 39 STL NL 80 25% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 15 1 7% 11 1 9% 49 6 12% 4 2 50% 1 0 0% 0
1957 40 STL NL 28 29% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 11% 5 0 0% 19 4 21% 2 2 100% 1 1 100% 0
1958 41 TOT AL 46 28% 11 1 0 0 0 6.57 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 100% 3 0 0% 4 0 0% 25 1 4% 0 0 0 0 0
1958 41 KCA AL 39 28% 9 1 0 0 0 6.57 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 100% 3 0 0% 4 0 0% 19 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1958 41 NYY AL 7 29% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 0 0 0 0 0
1959 42 KCA AL 17 35% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 4 0 0% 13 2 15% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
18 Yrs 912 26% 253 5 2 0 1 2.35 3 0 17 3 0 2 1 0 23 33 143% 137 27 20% 137 21 15% 437 38 9% 30 11 37% 20 10 50% 0
MLB Averages 49% 173% 20% 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
1939 22 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1940 23 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1941 24 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1942 25 39 44 43 6 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 .186 .186 .233 .419 18 10 1 0 1
1943 26 70 81 77 7 17 4 0 0 7 0 0 5 .221 .221 .273 .494 39 21 1 0 4
1944 27 70 81 77 7 17 4 0 0 7 0 0 5 .221 .221 .273 .494 39 21 1 0 4
1945 28 70 81 77 7 17 4 0 0 7 0 0 5 .221 .221 .273 .494 39 21 1 0 4
1946 29 117 148 142 15 35 9 1 0 13 0 1 11 .246 .252 .324 .576 61 46 1 0 5
1947 30 164 231 222 19 52 11 1 0 22 0 2 16 .234 .241 .293 .534 45 65 4 0 7
1948 31 207 332 318 26 79 13 1 0 33 0 3 17 .248 .255 .296 .551 49 94 7 0 11
1949 32 251 417 402 31 96 17 2 0 37 0 3 23 .239 .244 .291 .535 44 117 8 0 12
1950 33 303 501 484 36 117 21 2 0 44 0 4 32 .242 .248 .293 .541 44 142 11 0 12
1951 34 349 616 594 52 147 23 3 1 52 0 0 5 37 .247 .254 .301 .555 48 179 13 0 16
1952 35 396 726 701 56 171 27 3 1 58 0 0 6 47 .244 .250 .295 .546 46 207 18 0 18
1953 36 441 793 762 56 178 27 3 1 60 0 0 8 58 .234 .242 .281 .522 40 214 20 0 22
1954 37 481 878 841 60 193 29 3 1 65 0 0 10 67 .229 .239 .275 .513 37 231 22 0 26 0
1955 38 517 963 923 66 211 31 3 2 68 0 0 10 76 .229 .237 .275 .512 37 254 25 0 29 0 0
1956 39 552 1052 1009 74 233 33 5 2 74 0 0 11 87 .231 .239 .279 .519 38 282 26 0 31 0 0
1957 40 566 1080 1036 78 239 34 5 2 78 0 0 11 93 .231 .240 .279 .518 38 289 27 1 31 0 0
1958 41 600 1126 1078 80 250 34 5 3 80 0 0 12 100 .232 .242 .281 .523 40 303 27 2 33 0 0
1959 42 638 1143 1095 81 253 34 5 3 82 0 0 12 105 .231 .241 .279 .520 39 306 27 2 33 0 0

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
1939 22 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
1942 25 39 46 45 7 9 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 .200 .200 .244 .444 2 37
1943 26 32 39 36 1 10 2 0 0 6 0 0 1 .278 .278 .333 .611 3 31
1946 29 49 71 69 9 20 6 1 0 7 0 1 6 .290 .300 .406 .706 8 47
1947 30 49 86 83 4 17 2 0 0 9 0 1 5 .205 .214 .229 .443 4 47
1948 31 45 104 99 7 27 2 0 0 11 0 1 1 .273 .280 .293 .573 8 43
1949 32 46 87 86 4 16 4 1 0 4 0 0 6 .186 .186 .256 .442 4 44
1950 33 54 86 85 5 21 4 0 0 7 0 1 9 .247 .256 .294 .550 6 52
1951 34 48 119 114 16 31 2 1 1 8 0 1 5 .272 .278 .333 .612 10 46
1952 35 49 116 113 5 26 4 0 0 7 0 1 10 .230 .237 .265 .502 7 47
1953 36 47 69 63 0 7 0 0 0 2 0 2 11 .111 .138 .111 .250 1 45
1954 37 42 87 81 4 14 2 0 0 4 0 2 9 .173 .193 .198 .390 3 40
1955 38 38 89 86 6 19 2 0 1 3 0 0 9 .221 .221 .279 .500 5 36
1956 39 37 94 91 9 24 2 2 0 7 0 1 11 .264 .272 .330 .601 8 35
1957 40 15 30 29 5 7 1 0 0 5 0 0 6 .241 .267 .276 .543 2 14
1958 41 36 48 44 2 12 0 0 1 2 0 1 7 .273 .304 .341 .645 4 34
1959 42 40 19 19 2 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 5 .211 .211 .211 .421 1 38
17 Yrs 667 1191 1144 86 264 35 5 3 87 0 12 105 .231 .240 .278 .518 76 637
162 Game Avg. 162 289 278 21 64 9 1 1 21 0 3 26 .231 .240 .278 .518 18 637
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

* 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
1953 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1951 NL (9, 18%)
1952 NL (13, 7%)
0.25 Career Shares (673rd)

Oldest s c a p y
1954 NL  born 1916-08-21 (4th)
1955 NL  born 1916-08-21 (2nd)
1956 NL  born 1916-08-21 (3rd)
1957 NL  born 1916-08-21 (2nd)
1958 AL  born 1916-08-21 (2nd)
1959 AL  born 1916-08-21 (2nd)

             

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Dolf Luque (977)
  2. Tom Zachary (975)
  3. Bill Sherdel (966)
  4. Lon Warneke (966)
  5. Livan Hernandez (963)
  6. Fritz Ostermueller (963)
  7. Ed Brandt (962)
  8. Babe Adams (962)
  9. Catfish Hunter (961) *
  10. Jack Coombs (960)
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  1. Johnny Sain (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Johnny Sain (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Sid Hudson (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Fritz Ostermueller (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Hal Carlson (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Tom Zachary (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Tom Zachary (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Dolf Luque (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Dolf Luque (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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