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Joe DiMaggio

Joseph Paul DiMaggio (Joltin' Joe or The Yankee Clipper)
born as Giuseppe Paolo DiMaggio

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 193 lb.

Born: November 25, 1914 in Martinez, CA
High School: Galileo HS (San Francisco, CA)(All Transactions)
Debut: May 3, 1936 (Age 21)
Team: Yankees 1936-1951

Final Game: September 30, 1951 (Age 36)
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1955 (223/251 ballots).
   View Joe DiMaggio Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: March 8, 1999 in Hollywood, FL
Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, CA
Relatives: Brother of Dom DiMaggio and Brother of Vince DiMaggio
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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
1936 21 NYY AL 138 669 637 132 206 44 15 29 125 4 0 24 39 .323 .352 .576 .928 128 367 4 3 *O789 AS,MVP-8
1937 22 NYY AL 151 692 621 151 215 35 15 46 167 3 0 64 37 .346 .412 .673 1.085 166 418 5 2 *8O AS,MVP-2
1938 23 NYY AL 145 660 599 129 194 32 13 32 140 6 1 59 21 .324 .386 .581 .967 139 348 2 0 *8O AS,MVP-6
1939 24 NYY AL 120 524 462 108 176 32 6 30 126 3 0 52 20 .381 .448 .671 1.119 184 310 11 4 6 *8O AS,MVP-1
1940 25 NYY AL 132 572 508 93 179 28 9 31 133 1 2 61 30 .352 .425 .626 1.051 173 318 16 3 0 *8O AS,MVP-3
1941 26 NYY AL 139 622 541 122 193 43 11 30 125 4 2 76 13 .357 .440 .643 1.083 184 348 6 4 0 *8O AS,MVP-1
1942 27 NYY AL 154 680 610 123 186 29 13 21 114 4 2 68 36 .305 .376 .498 .875 147 304 9 2 0 *8O AS,MVP-7
1943 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1944 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946 31 NYY AL 132 567 503 81 146 20 8 25 95 1 0 59 24 .290 .367 .511 .878 142 257 13 2 3 *O8/7 AS,MVP-19
1947 32 NYY AL 141 601 534 97 168 31 10 20 97 3 0 64 32 .315 .391 .522 .913 154 279 14 3 0 *8O AS,MVP-1
1948 33 NYY AL 153 669 594 110 190 26 11 39 155 1 1 67 30 .320 .396 .598 .994 163 355 20 8 0 *8O AS,MVP-2
1949 34 NYY AL 76 329 272 58 94 14 6 14 67 0 1 55 18 .346 .459 .596 1.055 178 162 11 2 0 8O AS,MVP-12
1950 35 NYY AL 139 606 525 114 158 33 10 32 122 0 0 80 33 .301 .394 .585 .979 151 307 14 1 0 *8O/3 AS,MVP-9
1951 36 NYY AL 116 482 415 72 109 22 4 12 71 0 0 61 36 .263 .365 .422 .787 116 175 16 6 0 *8O AS
13 Yrs 1736 7673 6821 1390 2214 389 131 361 1537 30 9 790 369 .325 .398 .579 .977 155 3948 130 46 14
162 Game Avg. 162 716 637 130 207 36 12 34 143 3 1 74 34 .325 .398 .579 .977 155 368 4 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1936 21 NYY AL 138 669 22 1 0 11 -5 30 2.6 22 52 4.6 .519 .516 3.8 0.6 41 $8,500 *O789 AS,MVP-8
1937 22 NYY AL 151 692 61 1 0 6 -2 66 5.9 24 90 8.2 .539 .537 7.7 0.4 84 $15,000 *8O AS,MVP-2
1938 23 NYY AL 145 660 34 1 0 2 -1 36 3.3 23 59 5.4 .522 .520 5.2 0.1 57 $25,000 *8O AS,MVP-6
1939 24 NYY AL 120 524 59 1 0 11 -1 70 6.3 19 89 8.1 .553 .539 7.0 0.9 78 $27,500 *8O AS,MVP-1
1940 25 NYY AL 132 572 55 -0 0 4 -1 58 5.4 20 77 7.3 .541 .533 6.8 0.3 73 $32,500 *8O AS,MVP-3
1941 26 NYY AL 139 622 66 0 0 8 -1 73 7.1 21 94 9.1 .551 .544 8.3 0.7 86 $37,500 *8O AS,MVP-1
1942 27 NYY AL 154 680 36 1 0 4 -1 40 4.2 19 59 6.1 .527 .526 5.6 0.4 55 $43,750 *8O AS,MVP-7
1946 31 NYY AL 132 567 28 1 0 3 -1 31 3.4 17 48 5.1 .526 .521 4.8 0.2 45 $43,750 *O8/7 AS,MVP-19
1947 32 NYY AL 141 601 37 1 0 -8 -1 29 3.0 17 47 4.8 .522 .519 5.8 -1.0 55 $43,750 *8O AS,MVP-1
1948 33 NYY AL 153 669 50 1 0 2 -1 53 5.2 19 72 7.1 .534 .532 6.8 0.1 70 $65,000 *8O AS,MVP-2
1949 34 NYY AL 76 329 32 1 -0 4 -0 36 3.5 10 45 4.4 .545 .521 4.0 0.3 41 $100,000 8O AS,MVP-12
1950 35 NYY AL 139 606 39 1 -2 0 -1 37 3.5 19 55 5.3 .525 .521 5.2 -0.0 55 $100,000 *8O/3 AS,MVP-9
1951 36 NYY AL 116 482 10 4 -1 2 -1 14 1.4 15 28 2.8 .512 .509 2.5 0.2 26 $90,000 *8O AS
13 Seasons 1736 7673 529 15 -3 49 -18 571 54.7 245 816 78.3 .531 .526 73.5 3.2 767 $632,250

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
1936 21 NYY AL 669 434 128 7.8 119 .311 .323 .295 .352 .370 .576 .433 .928 .803 128 .654 21.6 1.9 .926 .297 .253 7.0
1937 22 NYY AL 692 408 171 11.1 119 .314 .346 .292 .412 .368 .673 .436 1.085 .804 166 .797 59.2 5.3 1.207 .435 .327 5.6
1938 23 NYY AL 660 406 135 8.7 118 .297 .324 .290 .386 .369 .581 .432 .967 .801 139 .716 32.3 2.9 1.020 .364 .257 10.1
1939 24 NYY AL 524 303 138 12.1 113 .354 .381 .285 .448 .360 .671 .422 1.119 .782 184 .830 57.6 5.3 1.242 .409 .290 5.5
1940 25 NYY AL 572 347 133 10.2 107 .331 .352 .274 .425 .347 .626 .416 1.051 .763 173 .788 54.2 5.0 1.098 .392 .274 1.9
1941 26 NYY AL 622 356 152 11.4 106 .327 .357 .274 .440 .351 .643 .404 1.083 .755 184 .834 66.5 6.3 1.208 .431 .287 7.1
1942 27 NYY AL 680 435 114 7.0 93 .298 .305 .263 .376 .337 .498 .369 .875 .706 147 .727 35.8 3.7 .864 .308 .193 6.7
1946 31 NYY AL 567 373 94 6.7 97 .267 .290 .265 .367 .339 .511 .381 .878 .720 142 .707 26.7 2.7 .862 .340 .221 1.9
1947 32 NYY AL 601 380 109 7.6 96 .307 .315 .262 .391 .341 .522 .376 .913 .717 154 .752 37.6 3.8 .918 .333 .208 5.2
1948 33 NYY AL 669 425 138 8.6 105 .288 .320 .272 .396 .357 .598 .393 .994 .750 163 .760 49.1 4.7 1.012 .391 .278 2.0
1949 34 NYY AL 329 190 73 10.2 107 .333 .346 .271 .459 .363 .596 .393 1.055 .756 178 .813 32.1 3.1 1.147 .449 .250 .0
1950 35 NYY AL 606 381 121 8.4 111 .274 .301 .275 .394 .361 .585 .412 .979 .773 151 .725 38.5 3.6 1.018 .436 .284 .0
1951 36 NYY AL 482 322 63 5.3 99 .264 .263 .263 .365 .343 .422 .385 .787 .729 116 .570 10.5 1.0 .752 .306 .159 .0
13 Yrs 7673 4760 1569 8.8 107 .304 .325 .276 .398 .355 .579 .405 .977 .760 155 .752 521.5 49.4 1.012 .373 .254 55.4
162 Game Avg. 716 444 146 8.8 107 .304 .325 .276 .398 .355 .579 .405 .977 .760 155 .752 49 5 1.012 .373 .254 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
1936 21 NYY AL WS NYG W 6 28 26 3 9 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 .346 .370 .462 .832 12 1 0 1 0 0
1937 22 NYY AL WS NYG W 5 22 22 2 6 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 3 .273 .273 .409 .682 9 0 0 0 0 0
1938 23 NYY AL WS CHC W 4 16 15 4 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 .267 .313 .467 .779 7 0 0 0 0 0
1939 24 NYY AL WS CIN W 4 17 16 3 5 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 .313 .353 .500 .853 8 1 0 0 0 1
1941 26 NYY AL WS BRO W 5 21 19 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .263 .333 .263 .596 5 1 0 0 0 0
1942 27 NYY AL WS STL L 5 21 21 3 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 7 0 0 0 0 0
1947 32 NYY AL WS BRO W 7 32 26 4 6 0 0 2 5 0 0 6 2 .231 .375 .462 .837 12 3 0 0 0 1
1949 34 NYY AL WS BRO W 5 21 18 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 5 .111 .238 .278 .516 5 0 0 0 0 1
1950 35 NYY AL WS PHI W 4 17 13 2 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 .308 .471 .615 1.086 8 0 1 0 0 1
1951 36 NYY AL WS NYG W 6 25 23 3 6 2 0 1 5 0 0 2 4 .261 .320 .478 .798 11 1 0 0 0 2
10 Yrs (10 Series) 51 220 199 27 54 6 0 8 30 0 0 19 23 .271 .338 .422 .760 84 7 1 1 0 6
10 WS 51 220 199 27 54 6 0 8 30 0 0 19 23 .271 .338 .422 .760 84 7 1 1 0 6

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
1936 NYY AL 21 as RF 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0
1937 NYY AL 22 as RF 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .250 .400 .250 .650 1 0 0 0 0 0
1938 NYY AL 23 as RF 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
1939 NYY AL 24 as CF 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 1.000 1.250 4 0 0 0 0 0
1940 NYY AL 25 as CF 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1941 NYY AL 26 as CF 5 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .250 .400 .500 .900 2 0 0 0 0 0
1942 NYY AL 27 as CF 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
1946 NYY AL 31 DNP
1947 NYY AL 32 as CF 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 1 1 0 0 0 0
1948 NYY AL 33 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 NYY AL 34 as CF 4 4 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250 3 0 0 0 0 0
1950 NYY AL 35 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0
1951 NYY AL 36 DNP
13 Yrs (11 GP) 43 40 7 9 2 0 1 6 1 0 3 3 .225 .279 .350 .629 14 3 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
1936 21 NYY AL 669 4.3% 5.8% 3.6% 13.2% 43% 1.63 16.3 22.0 5.1 85%
1937 22 NYY AL 692 6.7% 5.4% 9.3% 13.9% 45% 0.58 16.8 13.5 3.7 78%
1938 23 NYY AL 660 4.9% 3.2% 8.9% 11.7% 40% 0.36 28.5 18.7 4.3 83%
1939 24 NYY AL 524 5.7% 3.8% 9.9% 13.0% 39% 0.38 23.1 15.4 3.7 79%
1940 25 NYY AL 572 5.4% 5.2% 10.7% 11.9% 38% 0.49 16.9 16.4 3.8 78%
1941 26 NYY AL 622 4.8% 2.1% 12.2% 13.5% 44% 0.17 41.6 18.0 4.3 80%
1942 27 NYY AL 680 3.1% 5.3% 10.0% 9.3% 34% 0.53 16.9 29.0 5.4 81%
1946 31 NYY AL 567 4.4% 4.2% 10.4% 9.4% 36% 0.41 21.0 20.1 5.3 0.73 80%
1947 32 NYY AL 601 3.3% 5.3% 10.7% 10.2% 36% 0.50 16.7 26.7 5.5 0.68 80%
1948 33 NYY AL 669 5.8% 4.5% 10.0% 11.4% 40% 0.45 19.8 15.2 3.8 0.57 78%
1949 34 NYY AL 329 4.3% 5.5% 16.7% 10.3% 36% 0.33 15.1 19.4 4.1 0.49 73%
1950 35 NYY AL 606 5.3% 5.5% 13.2% 12.4% 48% 0.41 15.9 16.4 4.3 0.61 76%
1951 36 NYY AL 482 2.5% 7.5% 12.7% 7.9% 35% 0.59 11.5 34.6 5.8 0.66 76%
13 Yrs 7673 4.7% 4.8% 10.3% 11.5% 40% 0.47 18.5 18.9 4.4 0.63 79%
MLB Averages 1.5% 9.2% 9.2% 6.3% 27% 1.00 9.7 60.2 8.2 0.96 78%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1936 21 NYY AL 21.6 1.9 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1937 22 NYY AL 59.2 5.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1938 23 NYY AL 32.3 2.9 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1939 24 NYY AL 57.6 5.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1940 25 NYY AL 54.2 5.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1941 26 NYY AL 66.5 6.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1942 27 NYY AL 35.8 3.7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 31 NYY AL 26.7 2.7 131 -0.2 2.1 -2.3 .94 0.2 -0.4 7.6 0.8 0.97 4.1 0
1947 32 NYY AL 37.6 3.8 449 2.7 9.6 -6.9 1.03 3.1 -0.5 41.7 4.3 1.01 40.0 2.92 1
1948 33 NYY AL 49.1 4.7 349 5.2 9.8 -4.6 .98 4.3 1.0 51.6 5.0 1.01 49.0 2.34 1
1949 34 NYY AL 32.1 3.1 266 2.5 6.8 -4.3 1.07 2.8 -0.5 35.2 3.4 0.99 34.5 0
1950 35 NYY AL 38.5 3.6 533 2.8 11.1 -8.2 .93 3.1 -0.1 37.7 3.6 0.98 35.5 0
1951 36 NYY AL 10.5 1.0 463 2.4 10.0 -7.7 1.03 1.5 0.8 17.8 1.8 0.98 15.3 2.61 3
13 Yrs 521.5 49.4 2191 15.4 49.3 -33.9 1.00 15.0 0.4 191.6 18.8 0.99 178.4 2.62 5

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1946 31 NYY AL 1 0 31% 52 1 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 67% 7 4 3 0 0 0 5 0 5
1947 32 NYY AL 5 0 36% 177 3 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 2 4 46% 43 27 15 3 3 0 20 5 15
1948 33 NYY AL 4 0 31% 157 1 1 50% 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 2 46% 25 15 10 7 5 2 5 0 5
1949 34 NYY AL 4 0 32% 123 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 1 2 0 7 53% 17 10 5 5 3 2 10 0 10
1950 35 NYY AL 4 0 40% 218 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 1 3 2 2 5 49% 44 28 15 7 4 3 27 7 20
1951 36 NYY AL 3 0 37% 179 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 2 3 67% 27 10 17 6 3 2 18 3 15
13 Yrs 21 1 38% 906 30 9 77% 2 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 29 1 4 9 7 21 52% 163 94 65 28 18 9 85 15 70

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 % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1946 31 NYY AL 567 21% 146 0 0 0 0 25 1 2 4 0 8 17 0 0 3 25 13 52% 11 4 36% 97 22 23% 13 8 62% 5 2 40% 0
1947 32 NYY AL 601 17% 168 1 0 0 0 2.92 20 1 8 12 4 9 11 0 0 0 95 14 15% 32 16 50% 326 57 17% 36 22 61% 14 9 64% 0
1948 33 NYY AL 669 18% 190 1 1 0 0 2.34 39 2 15 17 6 15 24 0 0 0 80 20 25% 31 16 52% 271 68 25% 31 22 71% 9 4 44% 0
1949 34 NYY AL 329 37% 94 0 0 0 0 14 1 7 3 8 5 9 0 0 0 50 11 22% 21 5 24% 186 43 23% 23 12 52% 9 5 56% 0
1950 35 NYY AL 606 43% 158 0 0 0 0 32 1 22 15 10 9 23 0 0 0 104 14 13% 58 18 31% 389 83 21% 49 25 51% 24 8 33% 0
1951 36 NYY AL 482 40% 109 3 2 0 2 2.61 12 0 7 7 5 8 4 0 0 0 94 16 17% 43 11 26% 323 58 18% 28 15 54% 14 8 57% 0
13 Yrs 3254 31% 2214 5 3 0 2 2.62 361 6 61 58 33 54 88 0 0 14 448 130 29% 196 70 36% 1592 331 21% 180 104 58% 75 36 48% 0
MLB Averages 50% 299% 31% 34% 15% 51% 55%

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
1936 21 138 669 637 132 206 44 15 29 125 4 0 24 39 .323 .352 .576 .928 128 367 4 3
1937 22 289 1361 1258 283 421 79 30 75 292 7 0 88 76 .335 .382 .624 1.006 147 785 9 5
1938 23 434 2021 1857 412 615 111 43 107 432 13 1 147 97 .331 .384 .610 .994 145 1133 11 5
1939 24 554 2545 2319 520 791 143 49 137 558 16 1 199 117 .341 .397 .622 1.019 152 1443 11 15 11
1940 25 686 3117 2827 613 970 171 58 168 691 17 3 260 147 .343 .402 .623 1.025 156 1761 27 18 11
1941 26 825 3739 3368 735 1163 214 69 198 816 21 5 336 160 .345 .408 .626 1.034 160 2109 33 22 11
1942 27 979 4419 3978 858 1349 243 82 219 930 25 7 404 196 .339 .403 .607 1.010 159 2413 42 24 11
1943 28 979 4419 3978 858 1349 243 82 219 930 25 7 404 196 .339 .403 .607 1.010 159 2413 42 24 11
1944 29 979 4419 3978 858 1349 243 82 219 930 25 7 404 196 .339 .403 .607 1.010 159 2413 42 24 11
1945 30 979 4419 3978 858 1349 243 82 219 930 25 7 404 196 .339 .403 .607 1.010 159 2413 42 24 11
1946 31 1111 4986 4481 939 1495 263 90 244 1025 26 7 463 220 .334 .399 .596 .995 157 2670 55 26 14
1947 32 1252 5587 5015 1036 1663 294 100 264 1122 29 7 527 252 .332 .398 .588 .986 157 2949 69 29 14
1948 33 1405 6256 5609 1146 1853 320 111 303 1277 30 8 594 282 .330 .398 .589 .987 157 3304 89 37 14
1949 34 1481 6585 5881 1204 1947 334 117 317 1344 30 9 649 300 .331 .401 .589 .990 158 3466 100 39 14
1950 35 1620 7191 6406 1318 2105 367 127 349 1466 30 9 729 333 .329 .401 .589 .990 158 3773 114 40 14
1951 36 1736 7673 6821 1390 2214 389 131 361 1537 30 9 790 369 .325 .398 .579 .977 155 3948 130 46 14

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
1936 21 144 668 639 111 189 40 14 27 105 4 22 41 .296 .323 .529 .852 108 138
1937 22 157 687 621 130 199 32 14 43 144 3 59 38 .320 .384 .625 1.009 146 151
1938 23 154 668 611 112 182 30 12 30 122 6 55 22 .298 .358 .534 .891 116 145
1939 24 126 529 469 97 168 31 6 29 114 3 50 21 .358 .424 .635 1.060 124 120
1940 25 138 586 522 90 178 28 9 31 129 1 61 31 .341 .413 .607 1.020 130 132
1941 26 144 634 554 119 193 43 11 30 122 4 76 14 .348 .431 .628 1.059 148 139
1942 27 163 728 652 137 203 32 14 23 127 4 74 38 .311 .383 .509 .892 127 154
1946 31 138 603 533 91 160 22 9 27 107 1 65 25 .300 .378 .527 .906 106 132
1947 32 146 636 563 109 183 34 11 22 109 3 70 33 .325 .403 .542 .944 122 141
1948 33 160 688 613 108 191 26 11 39 153 1 67 31 .312 .387 .581 .967 136 153
1949 34 79 339 281 57 95 14 6 14 66 0 56 19 .338 .451 .580 1.031 73 76
1950 35 145 618 539 108 155 32 10 31 115 0 78 34 .288 .379 .557 .935 114 139
1951 36 122 506 436 75 114 23 4 13 74 0 64 38 .261 .364 .422 .786 65 116
13 Yrs 1816 7890 7033 1344 2210 387 131 359 1487 30 797 385 .314 .388 .560 .947 1515 1736
162 Game Avg. 162 704 627 120 197 35 12 32 133 3 71 34 .314 .388 .560 .947 135 1736

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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
1945 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1953 BBWAA (44.3%)
1954 BBWAA (69.4%)
1955 BBWAA (88.8%)
Selected to HOF in 1955 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1936 (RF)
1937 (RF)
1938 (RF)
1939 (CF)
1940 (CF)
1941 (CF)
1942 (CF)
1946
1947 (CF)
1948 *
1949 (CF)
1950 *
1951

Awards (yr lg award)
1939 AL batting_title
1939 ML Major League Player of the Year
1939 AL MVP
1940 AL batting_title
1941 AL MVP
1947 AL MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1936 AL (8, 33%)
1937 AL (2, 93%)
1938 AL (6, 32%)
1939 AL (1, 83%)
1940 AL (3, 45%)
1941 AL (1, 87%)
1942 AL (7, 26%)
1946 AL (19, 2%)
1947 AL (1, 60%)
1948 AL (2, 63%)
1949 AL (12, 5%)
1950 AL (9, 16%)
3 MVPs
5.45 Career Shares (7th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1937 AL  8.2 (3rd)
1938 AL  5.4 (7th)
1939 AL  8.1 (2nd)
1940 AL  7.3 (3rd)
1941 AL  9.1 (3rd)
1942 AL  6.1 (5th)
1947 AL  4.9 (9th)
1948 AL  7.1 (3rd)
1950 AL  5.3 (8th)
Career  78.3 (67th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1936 AL  4.6 (9th)
1937 AL  8.2 (1st)
1938 AL  5.4 (5th)
1939 AL  8.1 (1st)
1940 AL  7.3 (1st)
1941 AL  9.1 (2nd)
1942 AL  6.1 (4th)
1946 AL  5.1 (8th)
1947 AL  4.9 (4th)
1948 AL  7.1 (3rd)
1949 AL  4.4 (8th)
1950 AL  5.3 (5th)
Career  78.3 (41st)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1937 AL  7.7 (2nd)
1938 AL  5.2 (6th)
1939 AL  7.0 (1st)
1940 AL  6.8 (2nd)
1941 AL  8.3 (2nd)
1942 AL  5.6 (4th)
1946 AL  4.8 (8th)
1947 AL  5.8 (2nd)
1948 AL  6.8 (3rd)
1949 AL  4.0 (8th)
1950 AL  5.2 (4th)
Career  73.5 (49th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1939 AL  1.0 (6th)
1941 AL  0.7 (6th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1937 AL  .346 (3rd)
1939 AL  .381 (1st)
1940 AL  .352 (1st)
1941 AL  .357 (3rd)
1942 AL  .305 (7th)
1947 AL  .315 (7th)
1948 AL  .320 (7th)
Career  .325 (41st)

On-Base% s c a p y
1937 AL  .412 (8th)
1939 AL  .448 (3rd)
1940 AL  .425 (5th)
1941 AL  .440 (3rd)
1947 AL  .391 (8th)
1948 AL  .396 (7th)
Career  .398 (64th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1936 AL  .576 (6th)
1937 AL  .673 (1st)
1938 AL  .581 (4th)
1939 AL  .671 (2nd)
1940 AL  .626 (2nd)
1941 AL  .643 (2nd)
1942 AL  .498 (4th)
1946 AL  .511 (4th)
1947 AL  .522 (2nd)
1948 AL  .598 (2nd)
1950 AL  .585 (1st)
Career  .579 (10th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1937 AL  1.085 (3rd)
1938 AL  .967 (7th)
1939 AL  1.119 (2nd)
1940 AL  1.051 (2nd)
1941 AL  1.083 (2nd)
1942 AL  .875 (6th)
1946 AL  .878 (5th)
1947 AL  .913 (2nd)
1948 AL  .994 (2nd)
1950 AL  .979 (2nd)
Career  .977 (12th)

Games Played s c a p y
1942 AL  154 (2nd)
1948 AL  153 (4th)

At Bats s c a p y
1936 AL  637 (5th)
1937 AL  621 (8th)
1938 AL  599 (9th)
1942 AL  610 (9th)
1948 AL  594 (6th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1937 AL  692 (10th)
1942 AL  680 (7th)
1948 AL  669 (8th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1936 AL  132 (6th)
1937 AL  151 (1st)
1938 AL  129 (5th)
1939 AL  108 (9th)
1941 AL  122 (2nd)
1942 AL  123 (2nd)
1947 AL  97 (5th)
1948 AL  110 (7th)
1950 AL  114 (5th)
Career  1,390 (92nd)

Hits s c a p y
1936 AL  206 (6th)
1937 AL  215 (2nd)
1938 AL  194 (7th)
1939 AL  176 (8th)
1941 AL  193 (3rd)
1942 AL  186 (3rd)
1947 AL  168 (5th)
1948 AL  190 (4th)
Career  2,214 (173rd)

Total Bases s c a p y
1936 AL  367 (5th)
1937 AL  418 (1st)
1938 AL  348 (3rd)
1939 AL  310 (6th)
1940 AL  318 (4th)
1941 AL  348 (1st)
1942 AL  304 (2nd)
1946 AL  257 (8th)
1947 AL  279 (2nd)
1948 AL  355 (1st)
1950 AL  307 (5th)
Career  3,948 (90th)

Doubles s c a p y
1936 AL  44 (7th)
1939 AL  32 (9th)
1941 AL  43 (2nd)
1947 AL  31 (4th)
1950 AL  33 (6th)
Career  389 (199th)

Triples s c a p y
1936 AL  15 (1st)
1937 AL  15 (3rd)
1938 AL  13 (3rd)
1941 AL  11 (4th)
1942 AL  13 (2nd)
1946 AL  8 (8th)
1947 AL  10 (4th)
1948 AL  11 (3rd)
1950 AL  10 (4th)
Career  131 (78th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1936 AL  29 (4th)
1937 AL  46 (1st)
1938 AL  32 (5th)
1939 AL  30 (4th)
1940 AL  31 (4th)
1941 AL  30 (4th)
1942 AL  21 (4th)
1946 AL  25 (5th)
1947 AL  20 (6th)
1948 AL  39 (1st)
1950 AL  32 (3rd)
Career  361 (75th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1936 AL  125 (8th)
1937 AL  167 (2nd)
1938 AL  140 (3rd)
1939 AL  126 (2nd)
1940 AL  133 (3rd)
1941 AL  125 (1st)
1942 AL  114 (2nd)
1946 AL  95 (6th)
1947 AL  97 (3rd)
1948 AL  155 (1st)
1950 AL  122 (5th)
Career  1,537 (44th)

Singles s c a p y
1942 AL  123 (9th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1937 AL  166 (3rd)
1938 AL  139 (9th)
1939 AL  184 (2nd)
1940 AL  173 (1st)
1941 AL  184 (2nd)
1942 AL  147 (5th)
1946 AL  142 (7th)
1947 AL  154 (2nd)
1948 AL  163 (3rd)
1950 AL  151 (2nd)
Career  155 (22nd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1936 AL  128 (6th)
1937 AL  171 (2nd)
1938 AL  135 (3rd)
1939 AL  138 (3rd)
1940 AL  133 (4th)
1941 AL  152 (2nd)
1942 AL  114 (3rd)
1946 AL  94 (7th)
1947 AL  109 (2nd)
1948 AL  138 (2nd)
1950 AL  121 (2nd)
Career  1,569 (72nd)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1937 AL  59 (3rd)
1938 AL  32 (8th)
1939 AL  58 (2nd)
1940 AL  54 (3rd)
1941 AL  66 (2nd)
1942 AL  36 (5th)
1946 AL  27 (8th)
1947 AL  38 (2nd)
1948 AL  49 (3rd)
1949 AL  32 (3rd)
1950 AL  38 (3rd)
Career  522 (38th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1937 AL  5.3 (3rd)
1938 AL  2.9 (8th)
1939 AL  5.3 (2nd)
1940 AL  5.0 (3rd)
1941 AL  6.3 (2nd)
1942 AL  3.7 (5th)
1946 AL  2.7 (8th)
1947 AL  3.8 (2nd)
1948 AL  4.7 (3rd)
1949 AL  3.1 (3rd)
1950 AL  3.6 (3rd)
Career  49.4 (46th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1936 AL  88 (3rd)
1937 AL  96 (2nd)
1938 AL  77 (3rd)
1939 AL  68 (6th)
1940 AL  68 (7th)
1941 AL  84 (1st)
1942 AL  63 (2nd)
1946 AL  53 (9th)
1947 AL  61 (4th)
1948 AL  76 (2nd)
1950 AL  75 (1st)
Career  881 (65th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1937 AL  284 (4th)
1941 AL  273 (3rd)
1942 AL  256 (5th)
1947 AL  235 (9th)
1948 AL  265 (5th)
Career  3,050 (179th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1937 AL  .797 (3rd)
1938 AL  .716 (7th)
1939 AL  .831 (2nd)
1940 AL  .789 (2nd)
1941 AL  .834 (2nd)
1942 AL  .727 (5th)
1946 AL  .707 (6th)
1947 AL  .752 (2nd)
1948 AL  .760 (3rd)
1950 AL  .725 (2nd)
Career  .752 (24th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1936 AL  4 (10th)
1937 AL  5 (7th)
1939 AL  4 (5th)
1940 AL  3 (8th)
1941 AL  4 (7th)
1947 AL  3 (10th)
1948 AL  8 (1st)
1951 AL  6 (6th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1940 AL  16 (9th)
1948 AL  20 (6th)
1951 AL  16 (6th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1938 AL  28.5 (4th)
1939 AL  23.1 (5th)
1941 AL  41.6 (2nd)
1946 AL  21.0 (7th)
1948 AL  19.8 (8th)
Career  18.5 (151st)

AB per HR s c a p y
1936 AL  22.0 (6th)
1937 AL  13.5 (2nd)
1938 AL  18.7 (7th)
1939 AL  15.4 (3rd)
1940 AL  16.4 (3rd)
1941 AL  18.0 (4th)
1942 AL  29.0 (6th)
1946 AL  20.1 (5th)
1947 AL  26.7 (5th)
1948 AL  15.2 (1st)
1950 AL  16.4 (2nd)
Career  18.9 (93rd)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1947 AL  41.72 (2nd)
1948 AL  51.56 (3rd)
1949 AL  35.16 (5th)
1950 AL  37.67 (5th)
Career  191.57 (222nd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1947 AL  2.7 (4th)
1948 AL  5.2 (2nd)
1950 AL  2.8 (8th)
Career  15.4 (248th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1947 AL  3.1 (2nd)
1948 AL  4.3 (4th)
1949 AL  2.8 (5th)
1950 AL  3.1 (4th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1947 AL  4.3 (2nd)
1948 AL  5.0 (3rd)
1949 AL  3.4 (5th)
1950 AL  3.6 (5th)
Career  18.8 (223rd)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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 - 34 (49), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 226 (29), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 262 (21), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 58 (38), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Center Field (6th), 78.2 career WAR/51.2 7yr-peak WAR/64.7 JAWS
Average HOF CF (out of 18) = 70.5 career WAR/44.1 7yr-peak WAR/57.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  3. Chuck Klein (842) *
  4. Duke Snider (828) *
  5. Earl Averill (824) *
  6. Ellis Burks (814)
  7. Moises Alou (812)
  8. Albert Pujols (809)
  9. Jim Rice (802) *
  10. Bob Johnson (800)
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  1. Albert Pujols (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  3. Albert Pujols (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Albert Pujols (928)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Albert Pujols (907)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Albert Pujols (892)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Hank Aaron (886) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Chuck Klein (930) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Chuck Klein (933) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Chuck Klein (912) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Chuck Klein (903) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Chuck Klein (866) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Larry Walker (856)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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