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Hank Edwards

Henry Albert Edwards

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 29, 1919 in Elmwood Place, OH
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1941
Teams (by GP): Indians/Reds/Cubs/Browns/Dodgers/... 1941-1953

Final Game: September 26, 1953
Died: June 22, 1988 in Anaheim, CA
Buried: Fairhaven Memorial Park, Santa Ana, CA
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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
1939	20	CLE-min	D	130	529	529		209	41	14	18						.395	.395	.628	1.023		332							MFL · OHSL
1940	21	CLE-min	C	69	254	254		72	12	3	2						.283	.283	.378	.661		96							CHL · MATL
1941	22	CLE-min	B,A	125	477	477		172	31	10	23						.361	.361	.612	.973		292							CDR,WKB · IIIL,EL
1941	22	CLE	AL	16	72	68	10	15	1	1	1	6	0	0	2	4	.221	.243	.309	.552	48	21	0	0	2			O9/7
1942	23	CLE-min	AA	137	568	496	82	132	18	5	18	69	6	2	68	53	.266	.356	.431	.787		214	4	1	3				BLT · IL
1942	23	CLE	AL	13	53	48	6	12	2	1	0	7	2	1	5	8	.250	.321	.333	.654	89	16	0	0	0			8O
1943	24	CLE	AL	92	329	297	38	82	18	6	3	28	4	8	30	34	.276	.343	.407	.750	126	121	5	0	2			8O

1946	27	CLE	AL	124	502	458	62	138	33	16	10	54	1	3	43	48	.301	.361	.509	.870	149	233	3	0	1			*O9/8
1947	28	CLE	AL	108	428	393	54	102	12	3	15	59	1	3	31	55	.260	.315	.420	.735	106	165	4	1	2			O97
1948	29	CLE	AL	55	179	160	27	43	9	2	3	18	1	1	18	18	.269	.346	.406	.753	102	65	2	1	0			O9
1949	30	TOT	MLB	63	212	191	28	55	8	4	8	22	0	0	20	24	.288	.355	.497	.853	130	95	5	0	1			97
1949	30	CLE	AL	5	16	15	3	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	.267	.313	.467	.779	107	7	1	0	0			/O9
1949	30	CHC	NL	58	196	176	25	51	8	4	7	21	0		19	22	.290	.359	.500	.859	132	88	4	0	1			O97
1950	31	CHC-min	AAA	17	46	41	6	11	3	0	1	9	0		5	10	.268	.348	.415	.762		17		0	0				SPF · IL
1950	31	CHC	NL	41	120	110	13	40	11	1	2	21	0		10	13	.364	.417	.536	.953	150	59	2	0	0			O9
1951	32	TOT	NL	76	175	158	15	47	12	1	3	23	0	2	17	26	.297	.366	.443	.809	115	70	5	0	0			7/9
1951	32	BRO	NL	35	35	31	1	7	3	0	0	3	0	0	4	9	.226	.314	.323	.637	70	10	2	0	0
1951	32	CIN	NL	41	140	127	14	40	9	1	3	20	0	2	13	17	.315	.379	.472	.851	127	60	3	0	0			O7/9
1952	33	TOT	MLB	82	221	202	26	58	7	6	6	29	0	3	19	24	.287	.348	.470	.819	126	95	3	0	0			79
1952	33	CIN	NL	74	203	184	24	52	7	6	6	28	0	3	19	22	.283	.350	.484	.833	130	89	2	0	0			O79
1952	33	CHW	AL	8	18	18	2	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	85	6	1	0	0			/7O
1953	34	SLB	AL	65	119	106	6	21	3	0	0	9	0	1	13	10	.198	.286	.226	.512	39	24	1	0	0			O7/98
1954	35	OKC	AA	42	106	89	10	26	6	0	1	13	0	0	15	9	.292	.387	.393	.780		35		0	0	2			OKC · TL
1955	36	RMD,POR	AAA,Opn	50	129	111	11	31	9	0	2	12	0		16	11	.279	.364	.414	.779		46	0	0	0	2			RMD,POR · IL,PCL
1956	37	ATL-min	AA	14	37	32	4	8	1	0	0	4	1	0	4	2	.250	.324	.281	.606		9		0	0	1			AUS · TL
11 Yrs				735	2410	2191	285	613	116	41	51	276	9	22	208	264	.280	.343	.440	.783	118	964	30	2	8
162 Game Avg.				162	531	483	63	135	26	9	11	61	2		46	58	.280	.343	.440	.783	118	212	7	0	2
				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
CLE (7 yrs)				413	1579	1439	200	396	75	29	33	173	9	16	130	169	.275	.336	.436	.773	119	628	15	2	7
CIN (2 yrs)				115	343	311	38	92	16	7	9	48	0	5	32	39	.296	.362	.479	.841	128	149	5	0	0
CHC (2 yrs)				99	316	286	38	91	19	5	9	42	0		29	35	.318	.381	.514	.895	139	147	6	0	1
BRO (1 yr)				35	35	31	1	7	3	0	0	3	0	0	4	9	.226	.314	.323	.637	70	10	2	0	0
SLB (1 yr)				65	119	106	6	21	3	0	0	9	0	1	13	10	.198	.286	.226	.512	39	24	1	0	0
CHW (1 yr)				8	18	18	2	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	85	6	1	0	0

AL (9 yrs)				486	1716	1563	208	423	78	29	33	183	9	17	143	181	.271	.333	.421	.754	113	658	17	2	7
NL (4 yrs)				249	694	628	77	190	38	12	18	93	0	5	65	83	.303	.368	.487	.855	130	306	13	0	1

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
1941	22	CLE	AL	16	72	-5	0	0	-2	-1	-8	-0.8	2	-6	-0.6	.452	.495	-0.4	-0.3	-4	$	O9/7
1942	23	CLE	AL	13	53	-1	0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.494	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	8O
1943	24	CLE	AL	92	329	8	-2	0	-2	-0	4	0.5	7	11	1.2	.505	.503	1.4	-0.3	13	$	8O

1946	27	CLE	AL	124	502	26	-0	0	2	-6	22	2.4	13	35	3.7	.520	.515	3.5	-0.4	33	$	*O9/8
1947	28	CLE	AL	108	428	2	-0	0	5	-5	1	0.1	11	12	1.2	.501	.501	0.6	-0.0	7	$	O97
1948	29	CLE	AL	55	179	0	1	1	4	-2	4	0.4	4	8	0.8	.507	.502	0.4	0.2	4	$	O9
1949	30	CLE	AL	5	16	0	0	-0	0	-0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.494	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	/O9
1949	30	CHC	NL	58	196	7	0	0	-3	-2	3	0.2	7	9	0.9	.505	.502	1.2	-0.6	12	$	O97
1950	31	CHC	NL	41	120	8	-0	0	-2	-1	4	0.4	4	8	0.8	.510	.503	1.0	-0.4	10	$	O9
1951	32	BRO	NL	35	35	-1	0	-0	0	0	-2	-0.2	1	-0	-0.1	.495	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$
1951	32	CIN	NL	41	140	4	-1	-0	0	-2	2	0.2	5	7	0.7	.506	.501	0.7	-0.2	7	$	O7/9
1952	33	CIN	NL	74	203	7	-1	1	-1	-2	3	0.3	7	10	1.0	.505	.502	1.2	-0.4	11	$	O79
1952	33	CHW	AL	8	18	-0	0	-0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.490	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	/7O
1953	34	SLB	AL	65	119	-8	-0	1	-1	-1	-10	-1.0	3	-7	-0.7	.484	.493	-0.6	-0.2	-6	$	O7/98
11 Seasons				735	2410	47	-3	2	0	-23	23	2.4	66	88	8.9	.503	.501	8.9	-2.5	88	$

CLE (7 yrs)				413	1579	31	-2	0	7	-14	23	2.5	38	61	6.3	.506	.502	5.5	-0.8	54	$
CIN (2 yrs)				115	343	11	-2	1	-1	-4	5	0.5	12	17	1.7	.505	.502	1.9	-0.6	18	$
CHC (2 yrs)				99	316	15	0	0	-5	-4	7	0.6	11	18	1.7	.507	.502	2.2	-0.9	23	$
BRO (1 yr)				35	35	-1	0	-0	0	0	-2	-0.2	1	-0	-0.1	.495	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$
SLB (1 yr)				65	119	-8	-0	1	-1	-1	-10	-1.0	3	-7	-0.7	.484	.493	-0.6	-0.2	-6	$
CHW (1 yr)				8	18	-0	0	-0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.490	.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
1941	22	CLE	AL	72	55	5	2.4	102	.222	.221	.270	.243	.345	.309	.397	.552	.742	48	.228	-5.5	-0.5	.434	.118	.088	.0
1942	23	CLE	AL	53	37	5	3.6	89	.300	.250	.258	.321	.332	.333	.362	.654	.693	89	.442	-0.7	-0.1	.595	.208	.083	.0
1943	24	CLE	AL	329	230	39	4.6	81	.304	.276	.248	.343	.321	.407	.342	.750	.663	126	.589	9.1	1.0	.645	.219	.131	3.4

1946	27	CLE	AL	502	327	83	6.8	90	.320	.301	.255	.361	.328	.509	.367	.870	.696	149	.710	27.2	2.8	.840	.297	.207	1.8
1947	28	CLE	AL	428	300	51	4.5	94	.269	.260	.259	.315	.338	.420	.373	.735	.711	106	.538	0.6	0.1	.654	.234	.160	1.9
1948	29	CLE	AL	179	120	22	4.9	103	.288	.269	.269	.346	.354	.406	.389	.753	.743	102	.526	0.3	0.0	.700	.250	.138	1.5
1949	30	TOT	MLB	212	142	34	6.4	101	.296	.288	.266	.355	.340	.497	.397	.853	.737	130	.648	7.2	0.7	.816	.314	.209	.0
1949	30	CLE	AL	16	12	2	4.4	105	.250	.267	.268	.313	.360	.467	.390	.779	.750	107	.486	-0.1	-0.0	.667	.267	.200	.0
1949	30	CHC	NL	196	130	32	6.6	100	.299	.290	.266	.359	.339	.500	.397	.859	.736	132	.661	7.3	0.7	.829	.318	.210	.0
1950	31	CHC	NL	120	72	25	9.3	107	.400	.364	.268	.417	.345	.536	.416	.953	.761	150	.774	8.3	0.8	.958	.264	.173	.0
1951	32	TOT	NL	175	118	25	5.7	104	.341	.297	.269	.366	.343	.443	.407	.809	.750	115	.605	3.9	0.4	.720	.241	.146	.0
1951	32	BRO	NL	35	26	3	3.1	105	.318	.226	.270	.314	.344	.323	.409	.637	.753	70	.334	-1.1	-0.1	.538	.226	.097
1951	32	CIN	NL	140	92	22	6.4	104	.346	.315	.269	.379	.343	.472	.407	.851	.750	127	.656	5.0	0.5	.772	.244	.157	.0
1952	33	TOT	MLB	221	150	32	5.7	96	.302	.287	.260	.348	.334	.470	.387	.819	.721	126	.642	6.1	0.6	.740	.262	.183	.0
1952	33	CIN	NL	203	137	30	5.9	96	.295	.283	.260	.350	.333	.484	.388	.833	.721	130	.653	6.6	0.7	.766	.288	.201	.0
1952	33	CHW	AL	18	13	2	4.2	97	.375	.333	.261	.333	.341	.333	.381	.667	.723	85	.500	-0.5	-0.1	.462	.000	.000
1953	34	SLB	AL	119	87	7	2.2	104	.219	.198	.272	.286	.349	.226	.400	.512	.749	39	.210	-9.1	-0.9	.414	.142	.028
11 Yrs				2410	1638	328	5.4	95	.300	.280	.260	.343	.336	.440	.379	.783	.715	118	.603	47.4	4.8	.712	.249	.160	15.3
162 Game Avg.				531	361	72	5.4	95	.300	.280	.260	.343	.336	.440	.379	.783	.715	118	.603	10	1	.712	.249	.160	3
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
CLE (7 yrs)				1579	1081	207	5.1	91	.293	.275	.257	.336	.334	.436	.367	.773	.701	119	.594	30.9	3.2	.701	.247	.161	14.1
CIN (2 yrs)				343	229	52	6.1	99	.316	.296	.264	.362	.337	.479	.395	.841	.733	128	.654	11.6	1.2	.769	.270	.183	.0
CHC (2 yrs)				316	202	57	7.5	103	.339	.318	.267	.381	.341	.514	.405	.895	.746	139	.709	15.6	1.5	.876	.297	.196	.0
BRO (1 yr)				35	26	3	3.1	105	.318	.226	.270	.314	.344	.323	.409	.637	.753	70	.335	-1.1	-0.1	.538	.226	.097
SLB (1 yr)				119	87	7	2.2	104	.219	.198	.272	.286	.349	.226	.400	.512	.749	39	.210	-9.1	-0.9	.414	.142	.028
CHW (1 yr)				18	13	2	4.2	97	.375	.333	.261	.333	.341	.333	.381	.667	.723	85	.500	-0.5	-0.1	.462	.000	.000

AL (9 yrs)				1716	1181	216	4.9	92	.289	.271	.258	.333	.335	.421	.370	.754	.705	113	.572	21.4	2.3	.677	.237	.150	14.1
NL (4 yrs)				694	457	112	6.6	101	.326	.303	.265	.368	.339	.487	.400	.855	.740	130	.669	26.0	2.6	.803	.280	.185	.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
1941	22	CLE	AL	72	1.4%	5.6%	2.8%	4.2%	20%	2.00	17.0	68.0	11.3			88%
1942	23	CLE	AL	53	0.0%	15.1%	9.4%	5.7%	25%	1.60	6.0		6.9			75%
1943	24	CLE	AL	329	0.9%	10.3%	9.1%	8.2%	33%	1.13	8.7	99.0	10.6			79%

1946	27	CLE	AL	502	2.0%	9.6%	8.6%	11.8%	43%	1.12	9.5	45.8	8.5			80%
1947	28	CLE	AL	428	3.5%	12.9%	7.2%	7.0%	29%	1.77	7.1	26.2	6.7			75%
1948	29	CLE	AL	179	1.7%	10.1%	10.1%	7.8%	33%	1.00	8.9	53.3	8.9		0.69	78%
1949	30	TOT	MLB	212	3.8%	11.3%	9.4%	9.4%	36%	1.20	8.0	23.9	8.7		0.61	75%
1949	30	CLE	AL	16	6.3%	12.5%	6.3%	6.3%	25%	2.00	7.5	15.0	15.0		0.43	75%
1949	30	CHC	NL	196	3.6%	11.2%	9.7%	9.7%	37%	1.16	8.0	25.1	8.4		0.65	75%
1950	31	CHC	NL	120	1.7%	10.8%	8.3%	11.7%	35%	1.30	8.5	55.0	5.2		0.77	79%
1951	32	TOT	NL	175	1.7%	14.9%	9.7%	9.1%	34%	1.53	6.1	52.7	6.9		0.85	74%
1951	32	BRO	NL	35	0.0%	25.7%	11.4%	8.6%	43%	2.25	3.4		10.3		1.13	63%
1951	32	CIN	NL	140	2.1%	12.1%	9.3%	9.3%	33%	1.31	7.5	42.3	6.4		0.76	76%
1952	33	TOT	MLB	221	2.7%	10.9%	8.6%	8.6%	33%	1.26	8.4	33.7	7.0		0.70	78%
1952	33	CIN	NL	203	3.0%	10.8%	9.4%	9.4%	37%	1.16	8.4	30.7	6.6		0.70	77%
1952	33	CHW	AL	18	0.0%	11.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		9.0		18.0		0.71	89%
1953	34	SLB	AL	119	0.0%	8.4%	10.9%	2.5%	14%	0.77	10.6		11.8		1.00	81%
11 Yrs				2410	2.1%	11.0%	8.6%	8.6%	34%	1.27	8.3	43.0	7.9		0.75	78%
MLB Averages					1.5%	9.5%	9.4%	6.1%	27%	1.02	9.3	57.6	8.5		0.97	78%
				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
1941	22	CLE	AL	-5.5	-0.5	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1942	23	CLE	AL	-0.7	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1943	24	CLE	AL	9.1	1.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1946	27	CLE	AL	27.2	2.8	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	28	CLE	AL	0.1	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	29	CLE	AL	0.3	0.0	182	-0.4	2.8	-3.2	.96	0.5	-0.9	4.1	0.4	0.97	3.7	1.90	13
1949	30	TOT	MLB	7.0	0.7	118	-0.6	1.8	-2.4	1.07	0.3	-0.9	-2.0	-0.2	0.94	3.3	2.62	6
1949	30	CLE	AL	-0.1	-0.0	16	-0.2	0.2	-0.3	.95	0.1	-0.2	-2.0	-0.2	0.93	0.4		0
1949	30	CHC	NL	7.0	0.7	102	-0.5	1.6	-2.1	1.09	0.2	-0.7	0.0	0.0	0.94	2.9	2.62	6
1950	31	CHC	NL	8.3	0.8	112	-0.3	2.0	-2.3	1.06	0.8	-1.1	12.4	1.2	1.06	10.6	2.41	9
1951	32	TOT	NL	3.9	0.4	127	1.1	3.7	-2.6	1.45	0.4	0.4	1.9	0.2	1.03	3.9	2.21	37
1951	32	BRO	NL	-1.1	-0.1	35	0.0	1.1	-1.1	2.06	-0.2	0.2	-2.4	-0.2	1.21	-1.7	2.06	31
1951	32	CIN	NL	5.0	0.5	92	1.1	2.6	-1.5	1.21	0.6	0.3	4.3	0.4	0.96	5.6	2.97	6
1952	33	TOT	MLB	6.1	0.6	202	0.4	4.7	-4.2	1.25	0.6	-0.2	4.1	0.4	1.02	7.0	1.92	19
1952	33	CIN	NL	6.6	0.7	184	0.8	4.4	-3.6	1.25	0.7	-0.0	5.6	0.6	1.03	8.1	2.26	14
1952	33	CHW	AL	-0.5	-0.1	18	-0.4	0.2	-0.6	1.24	-0.1	-0.2	-1.5	-0.2	0.95	-1.1	0.99	5
1953	34	SLB	AL	-9.1	-0.9	112	-0.1	2.7	-2.8	1.59	-0.5	0.4	-6.7	-0.7	1.09	-5.7	2.34	37
11 Yrs				46.6	4.8	853	0.1	17.7	-17.6	1.21	2.1	-2.1	13.8	1.3	1.01	22.7	2.21	121
				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	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	29	CLE	AL	2	41%	69	1	1	50%	1	1	1	0	0	57%	14	10	4	0	0	0	9	0	9
1949	30	TOT	MLB	3	30%	35	0	0		0	0	1	0	2	33%	4	4	0	1	0	1	4	2	2
1949	30	CLE	AL	0	50%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	67%	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
1949	30	CHC	NL	3	29%	31	0			0	0	1	0	2	17%	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	2	1
1950	31	CHC	NL	0	23%	60	0			0	1	0	0	1	50%	6	4	2	1	0	1	3	1	2
1951	32	TOT	NL	1	20%	36	0	2	0%	0	1	0	1	2	21%	7	7	0	3	3	0	4	1	3
1951	32	BRO	NL	0	9%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1951	32	CIN	NL	1	22%	33	0	2	0%	0	1	0	1	2	15%	7	7	0	3	3	0	3	1	2
1952	33	TOT	MLB	2	28%	70	0	3	0%	0	3	0	3	4	40%	12	11	1	1	1	0	7	0	7
1952	33	CIN	NL	2	28%	66	0	3	0%	0	3	0	3	4	39%	11	10	1	1	1	0	6	0	6
1952	33	CHW	AL	0	33%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1953	34	SLB	AL	2	18%	30	0	1	0%	0	1	1	0	2	17%	5	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
11 Yrs				10	30%	300	9	22	29%	1	7	3	4	11	40%	48	40	8	6	4	2	28	5	23

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	29	CLE	AL	179	94%	43			13	2	0	0	1.90	3	0	1	3	0	1	2	0	0	0		49	2	4%	17	5	29%	116	16	14%	7	3	43%	7	5	71%	0
1949	30	TOT	MLB	212	89%	55			6	1	0	0	2.62	8	0	2	4	0	3	5	0	1	1	100%	19	5	26%	7	1	14%	68	6	9%	3	1	33%	2	1	50%	0
1949	30	CLE	AL	16	100%	4			0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		5	1	20%	1	0	0%	12	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1949	30	CHC	NL	196	87%	51			6	1	0	0	2.62	7	0	2	3	0	3	4	0	1	1	100%	14	4	29%	6	1	17%	56	6	11%	3	1	33%	1	1	100%	0
1950	31	CHC	NL	120	92%	40			9	1	0	0	2.41	2	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0		29	2	7%	14	5	36%	88	18	20%	6	3	50%	8	6	75%	0
1951	32	TOT	NL	175	89%	47			37	8	0	4	2.21	3	0	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	0		32	5	16%	11	2	18%	94	13	14%	7	5	71%	4	2	50%	0
1951	32	BRO	NL	35	97%	7			31	7	0	3	2.06	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		14	2	14%	3	0	0%	37	4	11%	3	2	67%	1	0	0%	0
1951	32	CIN	NL	140	85%	40			6	1	0	1	2.97	3	0	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	0		18	3	17%	8	2	25%	57	9	16%	4	3	75%	3	2	67%	0
1952	33	TOT	MLB	221	92%	58			19	3	0	1	1.92	6	0	3	5	0	4	2	0	0	0		45	3	7%	24	4	17%	137	20	15%	14	6	43%	5	1	20%	0
1952	33	CIN	NL	203	92%	52			14	1	0	1	2.26	6	0	3	5	0	4	2	0	0	0		43	2	5%	22	4	18%	129	19	15%	13	6	46%	5	1	20%	0
1952	33	CHW	AL	18	100%	6			5	2	0	0	0.99	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	2	0	0%	8	1	13%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1953	34	SLB	AL	119	99%	21			37	11	0	5	2.34	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		31	1	3%	12	3	25%	98	9	9%	5	2	40%	3	0	0%	0
11 Yrs				1026	92%	613			121	26	0	10	2.21	51	0	13	15	1	12	10	0	1	8	800%	205	30	15%	85	20	24%	601	82	14%	42	20	48%	29	15	52%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			238%			26%			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
1941	22	16	72	68	10	15	1	1	1	6	0	0	2	4	.221	.243	.309	.552	48	21	0	0	2
1942	23	29	125	116	16	27	3	2	1	13	2	1	7	12	.233	.276	.319	.595	65	37	0	0	2
1943	24	121	454	413	54	109	21	8	4	41	6	9	37	46	.264	.324	.383	.707	108	158	5	0	4
1944	25	121	454	413	54	109	21	8	4	41	6	9	37	46	.264	.324	.383	.707	108	158	5	0	4
1945	26	121	454	413	54	109	21	8	4	41	6	9	37	46	.264	.324	.383	.707	108	158	5	0	4
1946	27	245	956	871	116	247	54	24	14	95	7	12	80	94	.284	.344	.449	.793	130	391	8	0	5
1947	28	353	1384	1264	170	349	66	27	29	154	8	15	111	149	.276	.335	.440	.775	122	556	12	1	7
1948	29	408	1563	1424	197	392	75	29	32	172	9	16	129	167	.275	.336	.436	.772	120	621	14	2	7
1949	30	471	1775	1615	225	447	83	33	40	194	9	16	149	191	.277	.339	.443	.782	121	716	19	2	8
1950	31	512	1895	1725	238	487	94	34	42	215	9	16	159	204	.282	.344	.449	.793	123	775	21	2	8
1951	32	588	2070	1883	253	534	106	35	45	238	9	18	176	230	.284	.345	.449	.794	122	845	26	2	8
1952	33	670	2291	2085	279	592	113	41	51	267	9	21	195	254	.284	.346	.451	.797	123	940	29	2	8
1953	34	735	2410	2191	285	613	116	41	51	276	9	22	208	264	.280	.343	.440	.783	118	964	30	2	8

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
1941	22	17	74	70	10	15	1	1	1	6	0	2	4	.214	.236	.300	.536	5	16
1942	23	14	58	52	7	14	2	1	0	9	2	6	8	.269	.345	.346	.691	6	13
1943	24	97	362	324	49	98	22	7	4	36	5	36	36	.302	.372	.451	.823	54	92

1946	27	130	544	493	76	159	38	18	12	66	1	50	50	.323	.385	.546	.931	103	124
1947	28	112	451	414	62	112	13	3	16	67	1	34	57	.271	.327	.432	.760	59	108
1948	29	57	184	165	27	43	9	2	3	18	1	18	19	.261	.337	.394	.731	22	55
1949	30	65	220	198	29	57	8	4	8	23	0	21	25	.288	.356	.490	.846	35	63
1950	31	43	124	114	13	41	11	1	2	21	0	10	14	.360	.411	.526	.938	25	41
1951	32	79	180	163	15	48	12	1	3	23	0	17	27	.294	.361	.436	.797	26	76
1952	33	86	235	214	29	63	8	7	7	32	0	21	25	.294	.357	.495	.853	37	82
1953	34	68	125	111	6	22	3	0	0	10	0	14	10	.198	.288	.225	.513	7	65
11 Yrs		768	2557	2318	323	672	127	45	56	311	10	229	275	.290	.354	.456	.810	379	735
162 Game Avg.		162	539	489	68	142	27	9	12	66	2	48	58	.290	.354	.456	.810	80	735

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1960 BBWAA ( 0.7%)	Batting Average s c a p y 1946 AL .301 (8th)	Slugging % s c a p y 1946 AL .509 (5th)	On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y 1946 AL .870 (6th)
Doubles s c a p y 1946 AL 33 (6th)	Triples s c a p y 1946 AL 16 (1st)	Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y 1946 AL 149 (5th)	Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y 1946 AL 27 (7th)
Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y 1946 AL 2.8 (7th)	Extra Base Hits s c a p y 1946 AL 59 (7th)	Offensive Win % s c a p y 1946 AL .710 (5th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1943 AL 8 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Batting - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 10 (1407), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 4 (1723), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 9 (1691), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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