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Bobby Doerr

Robert Pershing Doerr

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 7, 1918 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Fremont HS (Los Angeles, CA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1937
Team: RedSox 1937-1951

Final Game: September 7, 1951
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1986.
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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
1937 19 BOS AL 55 170 147 22 33 5 1 2 14 2 4 18 25 .224 .313 .313 .626 55 46 1 4 4
1938 20 BOS AL 145 589 509 70 147 26 7 5 80 5 10 59 39 .289 .363 .397 .760 86 202 0 22 *4
1939 21 BOS AL 127 574 525 75 167 28 2 12 73 1 10 38 32 .318 .365 .448 .813 103 235 17 1 10 *4
1940 22 BOS AL 151 658 595 87 173 37 10 22 105 10 5 57 53 .291 .353 .497 .850 114 296 16 0 6 *4
1941 23 BOS AL 132 549 500 74 141 28 4 16 93 1 3 43 43 .282 .339 .450 .789 105 225 6 0 6 *4 AS
1942 24 BOS AL 144 625 545 71 158 35 5 15 102 4 4 67 55 .290 .369 .455 .824 127 248 11 1 12 *4 AS,MVP-11
1943 25 BOS AL 155 676 604 78 163 32 3 16 75 8 8 62 59 .270 .339 .412 .751 117 249 11 1 9 *4 AS,MVP-14
1944 26 BOS AL 125 536 468 95 152 30 10 15 81 5 2 58 31 .325 .399 .528 .927 165 247 8 0 10 *4 AS,MVP-7
1945 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946 28 BOS AL 151 659 583 95 158 34 9 18 116 5 6 66 67 .271 .346 .453 .799 116 264 18 1 9 *4 AS,MVP-3
1947 29 BOS AL 146 625 561 79 145 23 10 17 95 3 3 59 47 .258 .329 .426 .755 103 239 25 0 4 *4 AS,MVP-24
1948 30 BOS AL 140 619 527 94 150 23 6 27 111 3 2 83 49 .285 .386 .505 .891 131 266 13 4 4 *4 AS,MVP-19
1949 31 BOS AL 139 622 541 91 167 30 9 18 109 2 2 75 33 .309 .393 .497 .890 127 269 31 0 7 *4 MVP-16
1950 32 BOS AL 149 663 586 103 172 29 11 27 120 3 4 67 42 .294 .367 .519 .886 116 304 21 1 9 *4 AS,MVP-16
1951 33 BOS AL 106 463 402 60 116 21 2 13 73 2 1 57 33 .289 .378 .448 .826 114 180 10 1 3 *4 AS
14 Yrs 1865 8028 7093 1094 2042 381 89 223 1247 54 64 809 608 .288 .362 .461 .823 115 3270 187 11 115
162 Game Avg. 162 697 616 95 177 33 8 19 108 5 6 70 53 .288 .362 .461 .823 115 284 1 10

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
1937 19 BOS AL 55 170 -11 -1 0 -1 2 -12 -1.1 5 -6 -0.6 .480 .493 -0.5 0.1 -5 $ 4
1938 20 BOS AL 145 589 -10 -3 0 -1 5 -10 -0.8 18 9 1.0 .494 .495 1.1 0.5 10 $ *4
1939 21 BOS AL 127 574 3 -4 0 3 5 7 0.7 18 25 2.4 .505 .504 2.1 0.8 22 $ *4
1940 22 BOS AL 151 658 11 0 0 -6 6 12 1.1 16 28 2.8 .507 .507 3.3 0.1 34 $ *4
1941 23 BOS AL 132 549 3 -1 0 -5 6 3 0.3 14 17 1.7 .502 .502 2.2 0.1 22 $ *4 AS
1942 24 BOS AL 144 625 19 -0 0 10 6 35 3.8 13 48 5.1 .526 .523 4.0 1.8 38 $ *4 AS,MVP-11
1943 25 BOS AL 155 676 12 -1 0 8 7 27 3.1 14 41 4.5 .520 .519 3.6 1.8 33 $ *4 AS,MVP-14
1944 26 BOS AL 125 536 38 0 0 -4 6 40 4.3 11 51 5.5 .535 .527 5.9 0.2 55 $ *4 AS,MVP-7
1946 28 BOS AL 151 659 12 -1 0 14 7 33 3.6 17 49 5.3 .524 .522 3.7 2.4 35 $ *4 AS,MVP-3
1947 29 BOS AL 146 625 1 0 0 10 7 18 1.9 16 34 3.5 .514 .512 2.4 1.8 24 $ *4 AS,MVP-24
1948 30 BOS AL 140 619 23 -0 -0 6 6 35 3.4 16 50 5.0 .525 .521 4.3 1.2 44 $ *4 AS,MVP-19
1949 31 BOS AL 139 622 21 2 -4 11 6 37 3.7 16 53 5.2 .526 .523 4.1 1.7 42 $ *4 MVP-16
1950 32 BOS AL 149 663 12 -1 -1 0 7 18 1.7 18 35 3.5 .511 .510 3.4 0.7 35 $30,000 *4 AS,MVP-16
1951 33 BOS AL 106 463 9 2 -0 -2 5 13 1.3 12 25 2.5 .512 .508 2.6 0.3 27 $ *4 AS
14 Seasons 1865 8028 144 -7 -5 43 81 256 27.0 204 460 47.4 .514 .512 42.2 13.4 417 $30,000

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
1937 19 BOS AL 170 122 13 2.8 121 .258 .224 .296 .313 .372 .313 .441 .626 .813 55 .242 -10.7 -1.0 .534 .197 .088 2.0
1938 20 BOS AL 589 394 71 4.7 123 .305 .289 .296 .363 .376 .397 .442 .760 .818 86 .452 -11.4 -1.0 .688 .214 .108 5.0
1939 21 BOS AL 574 395 82 5.5 117 .322 .318 .291 .365 .367 .448 .431 .813 .798 103 .538 1.7 0.2 .688 .185 .130 1.8
1940 22 BOS AL 658 449 104 6.2 114 .290 .291 .284 .353 .358 .497 .431 .850 .788 114 .597 10.4 1.0 .808 .311 .207 13.8
1941 23 BOS AL 549 374 75 5.4 108 .283 .282 .278 .339 .355 .450 .410 .789 .765 105 .557 2.0 0.2 .723 .250 .168 1.9
1942 24 BOS AL 625 414 90 5.8 98 .301 .290 .270 .369 .345 .455 .378 .824 .724 127 .654 20.1 2.1 .786 .288 .165 6.3
1943 25 BOS AL 676 469 83 4.8 89 .278 .270 .258 .339 .333 .412 .357 .751 .690 117 .608 12.4 1.3 .678 .245 .142 10.7
1944 26 BOS AL 536 336 99 8.0 91 .325 .325 .267 .399 .334 .528 .364 .927 .698 165 .776 39.2 4.1 .945 .333 .203 7.5
1946 28 BOS AL 659 458 90 5.2 101 .281 .271 .271 .346 .346 .453 .389 .799 .735 116 .605 11.8 1.2 .735 .293 .182 7.8
1947 29 BOS AL 625 448 78 4.6 102 .258 .258 .271 .329 .352 .426 .389 .755 .741 103 .549 -0.5 -0.1 .671 .273 .168 5.1
1948 30 BOS AL 619 396 101 6.8 110 .273 .285 .279 .386 .365 .505 .403 .891 .768 131 .670 22.8 2.2 .903 .380 .220 5.4
1949 31 BOS AL 622 414 105 6.7 113 .304 .309 .280 .393 .374 .497 .407 .890 .781 127 .671 20.5 2.0 .845 .327 .189 3.6
1950 32 BOS AL 663 448 110 6.5 122 .280 .294 .290 .367 .379 .519 .435 .886 .814 116 .622 10.6 1.0 .845 .338 .225 5.4
1951 33 BOS AL 463 300 68 6.1 110 .289 .289 .279 .378 .362 .448 .409 .826 .771 114 .634 8.6 0.9 .805 .303 .159 3.5
14 Yrs 8028 5417 1169 5.8 108 .290 .288 .278 .362 .358 .461 .404 .823 .762 115 .606 137.4 14.0 .770 .286 .173 86.9
162 Game Avg. 697 471 102 5.8 108 .290 .288 .278 .362 .358 .461 .404 .823 .762 115 .606 12 1 .770 .286 .173 8

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
1946 28 BOS AL WS STL L 6 24 22 1 9 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 2 .409 .458 .591 1.049 13 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 6 24 22 1 9 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 2 .409 .458 .591 1.049 13 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
1941 BOS AL 23 as 2B 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1942 BOS AL 24 DNP
1943 BOS AL 25 as 2B 4 4 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.250 1.750 5 0 0 0 0 0
1944 BOS AL 26 as 2B 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1946 BOS AL 28 as 2B 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1947 BOS AL 29 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1948 BOS AL 30 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 BOS AL 32 as 2B 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 BOS AL 33 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs (8 GP) 21 20 2 4 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 3 .200 .238 .350 .588 7 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
1937 19 BOS AL 170 1.2% 14.7% 10.6% 4.7% 24% 1.39 5.9 73.5 10.5 71%
1938 20 BOS AL 589 0.9% 6.6% 10.0% 6.5% 26% 0.66 13.1 101.8 6.4 79%
1939 21 BOS AL 574 2.1% 5.6% 6.6% 7.3% 25% 0.84 16.4 43.8 7.2 84%
1940 22 BOS AL 658 3.3% 8.1% 8.7% 10.5% 40% 0.93 11.2 27.0 5.7 79%
1941 23 BOS AL 549 2.9% 7.8% 7.8% 8.7% 34% 1.00 11.6 31.3 5.4 80%
1942 24 BOS AL 625 2.4% 8.8% 10.7% 8.8% 35% 0.82 9.9 36.3 5.3 76%
1943 25 BOS AL 676 2.4% 8.7% 9.2% 7.5% 31% 0.95 10.2 37.8 8.1 78%
1944 26 BOS AL 536 2.8% 5.8% 10.8% 10.3% 36% 0.53 15.1 31.2 5.8 79%
1946 28 BOS AL 659 2.7% 10.2% 10.0% 9.3% 39% 1.02 8.7 32.4 5.0 76%
1947 29 BOS AL 625 2.7% 7.5% 9.4% 8.0% 35% 0.80 11.9 33.0 5.9 80%
1948 30 BOS AL 619 4.4% 7.9% 13.4% 9.1% 37% 0.59 10.8 19.5 4.7 0.98 73%
1949 31 BOS AL 622 2.9% 5.3% 12.1% 9.2% 34% 0.44 16.4 30.1 5.0 1.05 79%
1950 32 BOS AL 663 4.1% 6.3% 10.1% 10.1% 39% 0.63 14.0 21.7 4.9 1.06 78%
1951 33 BOS AL 463 2.8% 7.1% 12.3% 7.8% 31% 0.58 12.2 30.9 5.5 0.69 77%
14 Yrs 8028 2.8% 7.6% 10.1% 8.6% 34% 0.75 11.7 31.8 5.7 0.95 78%
MLB Averages 1.5% 9.2% 9.2% 6.3% 27% 1.00 9.6 60.0 8.3 0.97 78%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1937 19 BOS AL -10.5 -1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1938 20 BOS AL -11.4 -1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1939 21 BOS AL 1.7 0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1940 22 BOS AL 10.4 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1941 23 BOS AL 1.3 0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1942 24 BOS AL 20.1 2.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1943 25 BOS AL 12.4 1.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1944 26 BOS AL 39.2 4.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 28 BOS AL 11.8 1.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 29 BOS AL -0.5 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 30 BOS AL 22.8 2.2 478 1.6 9.1 -7.5 .95 2.0 -0.3 19.3 1.8 1.04 20.4 0.23 1
1949 31 BOS AL 20.5 2.0 585 0.5 11.6 -11.1 1.07 2.2 -1.7 24.7 2.3 1.07 26.7 0
1950 32 BOS AL 9.9 0.9 577 0.3 9.4 -9.1 .90 1.1 -0.7 18.3 1.6 0.97 19.1 0
1951 33 BOS AL 8.6 0.9 471 1.9 9.5 -7.6 1.03 1.1 0.7 17.1 1.6 1.00 12.3 0
14 Yrs 136.2 13.9 2111 4.2 39.6 -35.3 .99 6.4 -2.1 79.4 7.4 1.02 78.4 0.23 1

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 30 BOS AL 8 0 32% 168 3 2 60% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 45% 27 17 10 10 8 2 14 2 11
1949 31 BOS AL 7 0 33% 236 2 2 50% 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 10 37% 32 24 8 7 6 1 23 8 14
1950 32 BOS AL 8 0 36% 229 3 4 43% 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 48% 38 27 10 10 3 7 25 7 18
1951 33 BOS AL 5 0 29% 226 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 40% 32 24 8 9 5 4 12 3 9
14 Yrs 28 0 33% 859 54 64 46% 6 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 23 23 43% 129 92 36 36 22 14 74 20 52

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 30 BOS AL 619 25% 150 1 0 0 0 0.23 27 0 21 14 4 19 8 0 6 4 67% 111 13 12% 53 18 34% 374 58 16% 34 16 47% 28 13 46% 0
1949 31 BOS AL 622 23% 167 0 0 0 0 18 0 25 9 6 9 9 0 6 7 117% 141 31 22% 61 22 36% 470 81 17% 32 17 53% 29 23 79% 0
1950 32 BOS AL 663 34% 172 0 0 0 0 27 1 20 21 3 18 9 0 6 9 150% 124 21 17% 48 16 33% 425 84 20% 39 22 56% 20 13 65% 0
1951 33 BOS AL 463 24% 116 0 0 0 0 13 0 22 9 4 5 8 0 3 3 100% 98 10 10% 43 15 35% 341 61 18% 28 17 61% 20 8 40% 0
14 Yrs 2367 27% 2042 1 0 0 0 0.23 223 1 88 53 17 51 34 0 21 115 548% 474 187 39% 205 71 35% 1610 284 18% 133 72 54% 97 57 59% 0
MLB Averages 51% 453% 44% 33% 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
1937 19 55 170 147 22 33 5 1 2 14 2 4 18 25 .224 .313 .313 .626 55 46 1 4
1938 20 200 759 656 92 180 31 8 7 94 7 14 77 64 .274 .351 .378 .730 79 248 1 26
1939 21 327 1333 1181 167 347 59 10 19 167 8 24 115 96 .294 .357 .409 .766 90 483 17 2 36
1940 22 478 1991 1776 254 520 96 20 41 272 18 29 172 149 .293 .356 .439 .795 98 779 33 2 42
1941 23 610 2540 2276 328 661 124 24 57 365 19 32 215 192 .290 .352 .441 .793 99 1004 39 2 48
1942 24 754 3165 2821 399 819 159 29 72 467 23 36 282 247 .290 .355 .444 .799 104 1252 50 3 60
1943 25 909 3841 3425 477 982 191 32 88 542 31 44 344 306 .287 .353 .438 .791 106 1501 61 4 69
1944 26 1034 4377 3893 572 1134 221 42 103 623 36 46 402 337 .291 .358 .449 .807 113 1748 69 4 79
1945 27 1034 4377 3893 572 1134 221 42 103 623 36 46 402 337 .291 .358 .449 .807 113 1748 69 4 79
1946 28 1185 5036 4476 667 1292 255 51 121 739 41 52 468 404 .289 .357 .450 .806 113 2012 87 5 88
1947 29 1331 5661 5037 746 1437 278 61 138 834 44 55 527 451 .285 .354 .447 .800 112 2251 112 5 92
1948 30 1471 6280 5564 840 1587 301 67 165 945 47 57 610 500 .285 .357 .452 .809 114 2517 125 9 96
1949 31 1610 6902 6105 931 1754 331 76 183 1054 49 59 685 533 .287 .360 .456 .816 115 2786 156 9 103
1950 32 1759 7565 6691 1034 1926 360 87 210 1174 52 63 752 575 .288 .361 .462 .822 115 3090 177 10 112
1951 33 1865 8028 7093 1094 2042 381 89 223 1247 54 64 809 608 .288 .362 .461 .823 115 3270 187 11 115

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
1937 19 57 168 147 18 29 4 1 2 11 2 16 26 .197 .280 .279 .559 11 55
1938 20 154 594 517 58 134 24 6 5 66 5 54 41 .259 .329 .358 .687 60 145
1939 21 134 580 533 65 156 26 2 11 63 1 35 34 .293 .337 .411 .748 74 127
1940 22 158 665 605 78 164 35 9 21 94 9 54 55 .271 .331 .463 .794 93 151
1941 23 137 560 512 71 139 28 4 16 89 1 42 45 .271 .327 .436 .762 73 132
1942 24 152 662 577 75 167 37 5 16 108 4 71 58 .289 .368 .454 .822 96 144
1943 25 163 727 647 92 183 36 3 18 88 9 70 62 .283 .354 .431 .785 99 155
1944 26 131 572 498 109 168 33 11 17 93 6 64 32 .337 .413 .550 .963 113 125
1946 28 158 692 612 102 168 36 10 19 125 5 70 70 .275 .350 .459 .809 98 151
1947 29 152 647 582 81 150 24 10 18 98 3 61 49 .258 .328 .426 .754 81 146
1948 30 146 629 540 88 146 22 6 26 104 3 81 51 .270 .370 .478 .847 95 140
1949 31 145 631 552 84 161 29 9 17 100 2 72 34 .292 .373 .469 .843 97 139
1950 32 156 661 590 86 157 26 10 25 100 3 61 44 .266 .336 .471 .807 93 149
1951 33 112 472 413 55 112 20 2 13 67 2 55 35 .271 .358 .424 .782 62 106
14 Yrs 1955 8260 7325 1062 2034 380 88 224 1206 55 806 636 .278 .350 .445 .795 1145 1865
162 Game Avg. 162 684 607 88 169 31 7 19 100 5 67 53 .278 .350 .445 .795 95 1865

* 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

Hall of Fame
1953 BBWAA ( 0.8%)
1956 BBWAA ( 2.6%)
1958 BBWAA ( 9.4%)
1960 BBWAA ( 5.6%)
1962 BBWAA ( 6.2%)
1964 BBWAA (11.9%)
1964 Run Off ( 2.5%)
1966 BBWAA ( 9.9%)
1967 BBWAA (12.0%)
1967 Run Off ( 4.9%)
1968 BBWAA (17.0%)
1969 BBWAA (18.2%)
1970 BBWAA (25.0%)
1971 BBWAA (21.7%)
1986 Veterans (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1986
by Veteran's Committee

All-Star Games
1941 (2B)
1942
1943 (2B)
1944 (2B)
1946 (2B)
1947 *
1948 *
1950 (2B)
1951 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1942 AL (11, 7%)
1943 AL (14, 6%)
1944 AL (7, 22%)
1946 AL (3, 47%)
1947 AL (24, 2%)
1948 AL (19, 3%)
1949 AL (16, 2%)
1950 AL (16, 4%)
0.93 Career Shares (263rd)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1942 AL  5.1 (8th)
1943 AL  4.5 (10th)
1944 AL  5.5 (6th)
1946 AL  5.3 (9th)
1949 AL  5.2 (8th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1942 AL  5.1 (7th)
1943 AL  4.5 (6th)
1944 AL  5.5 (4th)
1946 AL  5.3 (6th)
1948 AL  5.0 (7th)
1949 AL  5.2 (4th)
Career  47.4 (180th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1942 AL  4.0 (9th)
1943 AL  3.6 (9th)
1944 AL  5.9 (3rd)
1946 AL  3.7 (10th)
1948 AL  4.3 (7th)
1949 AL  4.1 (7th)
Career  42.2 (217th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1939 AL  0.8 (7th)
1942 AL  1.8 (4th)
1943 AL  1.8 (3rd)
1946 AL  2.4 (1st)
1947 AL  1.8 (4th)
1948 AL  1.2 (6th)
1949 AL  1.7 (4th)
1950 AL  0.7 (8th)
Career  13.4 (124th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1944 AL  .325 (2nd)
1949 AL  .309 (5th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1944 AL  .399 (3rd)

Slugging % s c a p y
1942 AL  .455 (7th)
1943 AL  .412 (9th)
1944 AL  .528 (1st)
1947 AL  .426 (10th)
1948 AL  .505 (7th)
1949 AL  .497 (4th)
1950 AL  .519 (8th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1942 AL  .824 (9th)
1944 AL  .927 (2nd)
1948 AL  .891 (6th)
1949 AL  .890 (5th)
1950 AL  .886 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1940 AL  151 (9th)
1943 AL  155 (1st)
1946 AL  151 (5th)

At Bats s c a p y
1940 AL  595 (8th)
1943 AL  604 (5th)
1946 AL  583 (4th)
1950 AL  586 (10th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1943 AL  676 (3rd)
1946 AL  659 (6th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1944 AL  95 (4th)
1946 AL  95 (5th)
1949 AL  91 (10th)
Career  1,094 (244th)

Hits s c a p y
1943 AL  163 (7th)
1946 AL  158 (10th)
1950 AL  172 (9th)
Career  2,042 (247th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1940 AL  296 (7th)
1943 AL  249 (4th)
1946 AL  264 (7th)
1947 AL  239 (7th)
1948 AL  266 (10th)
1949 AL  269 (5th)
1950 AL  304 (6th)
Career  3,270 (207th)

Doubles s c a p y
1942 AL  35 (5th)
1943 AL  32 (7th)
1946 AL  34 (5th)
1949 AL  30 (6th)
Career  381 (211th)

Triples s c a p y
1940 AL  10 (9th)
1944 AL  10 (4th)
1946 AL  9 (6th)
1947 AL  10 (4th)
1949 AL  9 (4th)
1950 AL  11 (1st)
Career  89 (214th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1942 AL  15 (8th)
1943 AL  16 (7th)
1944 AL  15 (8th)
1946 AL  18 (8th)
1947 AL  17 (9th)
1948 AL  27 (5th)
1950 AL  27 (9th)
Career  223 (250th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1940 AL  105 (7th)
1942 AL  102 (5th)
1944 AL  81 (9th)
1946 AL  116 (4th)
1947 AL  95 (5th)
1948 AL  111 (7th)
1949 AL  109 (4th)
1950 AL  120 (6th)
Career  1,247 (127th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
Career  809 (240th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1946 AL  67 (9th)

Singles s c a p y
1939 AL  125 (8th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1944 AL  165 (2nd)
1948 AL  131 (9th)
1949 AL  127 (7th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1943 AL  83 (8th)
1944 AL  99 (7th)
1946 AL  90 (9th)
1948 AL  101 (9th)
1949 AL  105 (4th)
Career  1,169 (203rd)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1944 AL  39 (3rd)
1948 AL  23 (7th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1944 AL  4.1 (3rd)
1948 AL  2.2 (7th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1940 AL  69 (6th)
1942 AL  55 (6th)
1943 AL  51 (6th)
1944 AL  55 (6th)
1946 AL  61 (6th)
1947 AL  50 (7th)
1948 AL  56 (10th)
1949 AL  57 (3rd)
1950 AL  67 (6th)
Career  693 (182nd)

Times On Base s c a p y
1943 AL  226 (10th)
Career  2,862 (238th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1944 AL  .777 (2nd)
1948 AL  .670 (8th)
1949 AL  .671 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1948 AL  4 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1938 AL  22 (1st)
1942 AL  12 (6th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1939 AL  17 (4th)
1940 AL  16 (9th)
1946 AL  18 (3rd)
1947 AL  25 (1st)
1949 AL  31 (1st)
1950 AL  21 (6th)
Career  187 (125th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1938 AL  10 (3rd)
1939 AL  10 (3rd)
1943 AL  8 (9th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1940 AL  13.8 (5th)
1943 AL  10.7 (3rd)
1944 AL  7.5 (5th)
1946 AL  7.8 (7th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1942 AL  36.3 (9th)
1943 AL  37.8 (10th)
1944 AL  31.2 (5th)
1946 AL  32.4 (10th)
1947 AL  33.0 (10th)
1948 AL  19.5 (4th)
1950 AL  21.7 (10th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1943 AL  469 (4th)
1946 AL  458 (2nd)
1947 AL  448 (8th)
1950 AL  448 (8th)
Career  5,417 (247th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1949 AL  24.66 (9th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1948 AL  2.0 (10th)
1949 AL  2.2 (8th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1949 AL  2.3 (10th)

Youngest s c a p y
1937 AL  born 1918-04-07 (2nd)
1938 AL  born 1918-04-07 (3rd)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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 - 5 (382), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 128 (140), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 96 (169), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 41 (149), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Tony Lazzeri (895) *
  2. Vern Stephens (890)
  3. Joe Torre (877)
  4. Bob Elliott (874)
  5. Michael Young (864)
  6. Ray Durham (864)
  7. Ken Boyer (859)
  8. Bret Boone (851)
  9. Bobby Grich (846)
  10. Marty McManus (845)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Bill Mazeroski (983) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Bill Mazeroski (956) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Travis Jackson (938) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Travis Jackson (934) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Travis Jackson (933) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Travis Jackson (928) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Travis Jackson (922) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Carlos Baerga (918)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Ryne Sandberg (922) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ryne Sandberg (917) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Ryne Sandberg (913) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Ryne Sandberg (908) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Joe Torre (903)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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