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Johnny Edwards

John Alban Edwards

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: June 10, 1938 in Columbus, OH
High School: West HS (Columbus, OH)
School: The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)
Signed by the Cincinnati Redlegs as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 27, 1961
Teams (by GP): Reds/Astros/Cardinals 1961-1974

Final Game: October 2, 1974
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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
1961 23 CIN NL 52 165 145 14 27 5 0 2 14 1 0 18 28 .186 .279 .262 .541 45 38 3 1 0 1 4 2
1962 24 CIN NL 133 502 452 47 115 28 5 8 50 1 1 45 70 .254 .322 .392 .714 88 177 5 1 2 2 9 *2
1963 25 CIN NL 148 551 495 46 128 19 4 11 67 1 5 45 93 .259 .322 .380 .702 99 188 8 4 2 5 5 *2 AS,GG
1964 26 CIN NL 126 468 423 47 119 23 1 7 55 1 2 34 65 .281 .331 .390 .721 100 165 5 1 3 7 9 *2 AS,GG
1965 27 CIN NL 114 427 371 47 99 22 2 17 51 0 0 50 45 .267 .353 .474 .827 125 176 5 1 2 3 16 *2 AS
1966 28 CIN NL 98 319 282 24 54 8 0 6 39 1 3 31 42 .191 .269 .284 .553 48 80 6 0 3 3 8 2
1967 29 CIN NL 80 231 209 10 43 6 0 2 20 1 4 16 28 .206 .261 .263 .524 44 55 3 0 5 1 8 2
1968 30 STL NL 85 252 230 14 55 9 1 3 29 1 1 16 20 .239 .287 .326 .613 85 75 6 1 1 4 0 2
1969 31 HOU NL 151 559 496 52 115 20 6 6 50 2 1 53 69 .232 .306 .333 .639 81 165 17 2 4 4 12 *2 MVP-36
1970 32 HOU NL 140 515 458 46 101 16 4 7 49 1 0 51 63 .221 .299 .319 .618 69 146 9 1 3 2 16 *2
1971 33 HOU NL 106 345 317 18 74 13 4 1 23 1 1 26 38 .233 .291 .309 .600 73 98 0 0 1 1 9 2
1972 34 HOU NL 108 392 332 33 89 16 2 5 40 2 4 50 39 .268 .358 .373 .732 111 124 5 1 1 8 12 *2
1973 35 HOU NL 79 276 250 24 61 10 2 5 27 1 0 19 23 .244 .301 .360 .661 84 90 4 2 4 1 7 2
1974 36 HOU NL 50 130 117 8 26 7 1 1 10 1 1 11 12 .222 .292 .325 .617 77 38 1 1 0 1 3 2
14 Yrs 1470 5132 4577 430 1106 202 32 81 524 15 23 465 635 .242 .311 .353 .664 85 1615 77 16 31 43 118
162 Game Avg. 162 566 504 47 122 22 4 9 58 2 3 51 70 .242 .311 .353 .664 85 178 8 2 3 5 13
CIN (7 yrs) 751 2663 2377 235 585 111 12 53 296 6 15 239 371 .246 .314 .370 .684 87 879 35 8 17 22 59
HOU (6 yrs) 634 2217 1970 181 466 82 19 25 199 8 7 210 244 .237 .310 .336 .645 82 661 36 7 13 17 59
STL (1 yr) 85 252 230 14 55 9 1 3 29 1 1 16 20 .239 .287 .326 .613 85 75 6 1 1 4 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
1961 23 CIN NL 52 165 -13 0 0 -4 2 -14 -1.5 6 -9 -1.0 .471 .491 -0.5 -0.2 -5 $ 2
1962 24 CIN NL 133 502 -11 -3 2 6 7 0 0.1 17 17 1.7 .500 .500 1.1 1.4 11 $ *2
1963 25 CIN NL 148 551 -2 -3 1 3 8 7 0.9 19 26 2.7 .505 .505 2.3 1.4 22 $ *2 AS,GG
1964 26 CIN NL 126 468 1 -1 -0 -1 6 5 0.6 16 21 2.2 .504 .503 2.2 0.7 22 $ *2 AS,GG
1965 27 CIN NL 114 427 11 -1 1 0 6 16 1.8 14 31 3.2 .516 .511 3.2 0.6 31 $ *2 AS
1966 28 CIN NL 98 319 -22 0 1 -2 5 -18 -2.0 11 -8 -0.9 .479 .487 -0.8 0.4 -6 $ 2
1967 29 CIN NL 80 231 -18 -1 1 2 3 -12 -1.4 8 -4 -0.6 .482 .491 -0.9 0.7 -6 $ 2
1968 30 STL NL 85 252 -5 -1 -0 5 3 1 0.3 9 10 1.2 .502 .501 0.4 1.1 5 $ 2
1969 31 HOU NL 151 559 -16 1 -1 3 8 -4 -0.4 19 15 1.5 .497 .497 1.0 1.4 12 $ *2 MVP-36
1970 32 HOU NL 140 515 -22 -0 1 5 8 -8 -0.8 15 6 0.7 .494 .495 0.1 1.4 2 $ *2
1971 33 HOU NL 106 345 -12 -1 2 3 5 -3 -0.3 10 7 0.7 .497 .498 0.3 1.0 4 $ 2
1972 34 HOU NL 108 392 3 -2 0 -6 6 1 0.2 11 13 1.4 .501 .501 1.9 0.1 19 $ *2
1973 35 HOU NL 79 276 -6 0 1 -4 4 -5 -0.5 8 3 0.3 .494 .497 0.7 0.0 7 $ 2
1974 36 HOU NL 50 130 -5 0 1 -4 2 -7 -0.8 4 -3 -0.4 .484 .495 0.0 -0.2 1 $ 2
14 Seasons 1470 5132 -118 -12 9 6 73 -42 -3.7 166 124 12.7 .497 .498 11.0 9.9 118 $
CIN (7 yrs) 751 2663 -55 -10 6 4 37 -17 -1.5 91 73 7.3 .497 .498 6.6 5.0 69 $
HOU (6 yrs) 634 2217 -58 -2 4 -3 33 -26 -2.5 67 41 4.2 .496 .497 4.0 3.7 44 $
STL (1 yr) 85 252 -5 -1 -0 5 3 1 0.3 9 10 1.2 .502 .501 0.4 1.1 5 $

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
1961 23 CIN NL 165 122 11 2.4 107 .216 .186 .271 .279 .338 .262 .422 .541 .760 45 .230 -11.5 -1.1 .479 .207 .076 1.3
1962 24 CIN NL 502 347 58 4.5 107 .285 .254 .275 .322 .343 .392 .417 .714 .760 88 .491 -7.9 -0.8 .650 .237 .137 1.8
1963 25 CIN NL 551 387 61 4.2 92 .295 .259 .257 .322 .320 .380 .385 .702 .705 99 .537 0.1 0.0 .613 .204 .121 1.8
1964 26 CIN NL 468 321 56 4.7 96 .313 .281 .267 .331 .325 .390 .396 .721 .721 100 .561 1.4 0.1 .640 .187 .109 1.8
1965 27 CIN NL 427 282 64 6.1 99 .263 .267 .266 .353 .331 .474 .402 .827 .733 125 .672 13.5 1.4 .819 .342 .208 .0
1966 28 CIN NL 319 243 21 2.3 104 .203 .191 .276 .269 .336 .284 .416 .553 .752 48 .251 -20.4 -2.1 .460 .195 .092 1.7
1967 29 CIN NL 231 179 14 2.1 100 .228 .206 .271 .261 .336 .263 .398 .524 .734 44 .239 -16.1 -1.7 .393 .120 .057 1.3
1968 30 STL NL 252 187 21 3.0 81 .246 .239 .251 .287 .309 .326 .354 .613 .663 85 .426 -4.0 -0.4 .505 .157 .087 1.5
1969 31 HOU NL 559 407 49 3.2 93 .256 .232 .257 .306 .327 .333 .381 .639 .708 81 .385 -12.2 -1.3 .554 .210 .101 3.0
1970 32 HOU NL 515 371 44 3.2 100 .241 .221 .262 .299 .334 .319 .401 .618 .735 69 .334 -19.9 -2.0 .544 .212 .098 1.8
1971 33 HOU NL 345 246 30 3.3 90 .262 .233 .256 .291 .322 .309 .375 .600 .697 73 .403 -11.5 -1.2 .508 .158 .076 1.0
1972 34 HOU NL 392 261 47 4.9 90 .284 .268 .254 .358 .322 .373 .376 .732 .698 111 .582 7.5 0.8 .687 .250 .105 2.9
1973 35 HOU NL 276 198 27 3.7 96 .251 .244 .261 .301 .330 .360 .389 .661 .719 84 .430 -6.0 -0.6 .580 .196 .116 1.7
1974 36 HOU NL 130 94 11 3.2 90 .238 .222 .256 .292 .328 .325 .371 .617 .698 77 .367 -3.5 -0.4 .538 .197 .103 1.0
14 Yrs 5132 3645 514 3.8 96 .263 .242 .263 .311 .328 .353 .392 .664 .721 85 .454 -90.6 -9.4 .585 .211 .111 25.3
162 Game Avg. 566 402 57 3.8 96 .263 .242 .263 .311 .328 .353 .392 .664 .721 85 .454 -90.6 -9.4 .585 .211 .111 3
CIN (7 yrs) 2663 1881 285 4.1 100 .269 .246 .268 .314 .331 .370 .403 .684 .734 87 .487 -40.9 -4.2 .606 .220 .124 10.8
HOU (6 yrs) 2217 1577 208 3.6 94 .257 .237 .258 .310 .327 .336 .384 .645 .712 82 .417 -45.7 -4.7 .568 .206 .099 12.1
STL (1 yr) 252 187 21 3.0 81 .246 .239 .251 .287 .309 .326 .354 .613 .663 85 .426 -4.0 -0.4 .505 .157 .087 1.5

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
1961 23 CIN NL WS NYY L 3 11 11 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .364 .364 .545 .909 6 0 0 0 0 0
1968 30 STL NL WS DET L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 4 12 12 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .500 .833 6 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 4 12 12 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .500 .833 6 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
1963 CIN NL 25 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 CIN NL 26 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 1
1965 CIN NL 27 DNP
3 Yrs (2 GP) 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 0 0 1

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
1961 23 CIN NL 165 1.2% 17.0% 10.9% 4.2% 26% 1.56 5.2 72.5 10.4 1.09 70%
1962 24 CIN NL 502 1.6% 13.9% 9.0% 8.2% 36% 1.56 6.5 56.5 9.0 1.06 75%
1963 25 CIN NL 551 2.0% 16.9% 8.2% 6.2% 27% 2.07 5.3 45.0 7.4 0.97 72%
1964 26 CIN NL 468 1.5% 13.9% 7.3% 6.6% 26% 1.91 6.5 60.4 7.7 1.00 77%
1965 27 CIN NL 427 4.0% 10.5% 11.7% 9.6% 41% 0.90 8.2 21.8 7.3 1.08 73%
1966 28 CIN NL 319 1.9% 13.2% 9.7% 4.4% 26% 1.35 6.7 47.0 7.2 1.01 74%
1967 29 CIN NL 231 0.9% 12.1% 6.9% 3.5% 19% 1.75 7.5 104.5 10.5 1.32 78%
1968 30 STL NL 252 1.2% 7.9% 6.4% 5.2% 24% 1.25 11.5 76.7 7.9 1.01 84%
1969 31 HOU NL 559 1.1% 12.3% 9.5% 5.7% 28% 1.30 7.2 82.7 9.9 1.43 76%
1970 32 HOU NL 515 1.4% 12.2% 9.9% 5.2% 27% 1.24 7.3 65.4 9.3 1.37 76%
1971 33 HOU NL 345 0.3% 11.0% 7.5% 5.2% 24% 1.46 8.3 317.0 13.8 0.82 81%
1972 34 HOU NL 392 1.3% 10.0% 12.8% 5.9% 26% 0.78 8.5 66.4 8.3 0.83 76%
1973 35 HOU NL 276 1.8% 8.3% 6.9% 6.2% 28% 1.21 10.9 50.0 9.3 1.04 81%
1974 36 HOU NL 130 0.8% 9.2% 8.5% 6.9% 35% 1.09 9.8 117.0 11.7 0.78 81%
14 Yrs 5132 1.6% 12.4% 9.1% 6.1% 29% 1.37 7.2 56.5 8.7 1.07 76%
MLB Averages 2.1% 14.8% 8.4% 6.1% 27% 1.76 6.0 42.7 9.0 1.10 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1961 23 CIN NL -11.7 -1.2 169 -0.8 1.7 -2.5 .82 -0.9 -0.1 -6.0 -0.6 0.90 -8.2 1.46 2
1962 24 CIN NL -7.9 -0.8 509 -0.5 7.4 -7.9 .92 -1.1 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.93 -9.0 1.01 7
1963 25 CIN NL 0.1 0.0 562 0.5 9.7 -9.2 .98 0.9 -0.3 12.9 1.4 0.97 11.1 1.18 2
1964 26 CIN NL 1.4 0.1 474 1.8 8.8 -6.9 .97 0.6 1.3 13.4 1.4 0.92 6.7 2.05 8
1965 27 CIN NL 13.5 1.4 435 0.5 7.2 -6.7 1.00 1.7 -1.2 15.2 1.5 0.96 18.3 2.00 11
1966 28 CIN NL -20.4 -2.1 330 -0.6 5.5 -6.1 1.07 -1.5 0.9 -7.4 -0.7 1.00 -15.2 0.35 1
1967 29 CIN NL -16.1 -1.7 237 -1.8 2.6 -4.4 1.00 -1.5 -0.3 -12.1 -1.2 0.94 -14.9 1.61 7
1968 30 STL NL -4.0 -0.4 255 0.5 5.1 -4.6 1.13 -0.3 0.7 -0.6 -0.1 0.98 -3.3 1.85 26
1969 31 HOU NL -12.2 -1.3 577 -0.4 9.7 -10.2 1.07 -1.0 0.6 -5.6 -0.6 1.02 -6.8 1.18 3
1970 32 HOU NL -19.9 -2.0 521 -1.7 7.9 -9.6 1.10 -2.2 0.6 -8.8 -0.9 0.99 -17.3 1.66 2
1971 33 HOU NL -11.9 -1.3 340 -0.3 5.9 -6.2 1.10 -1.1 0.8 -7.5 -0.8 0.95 -9.8 1.80 7
1972 34 HOU NL 7.5 0.8 404 0.9 6.7 -5.8 .98 0.8 0.1 15.2 1.6 0.97 11.3 2.03 5
1973 35 HOU NL -6.0 -0.6 279 0.5 4.9 -4.4 1.00 0.0 0.5 1.6 0.2 0.94 -0.4 1.56 8
1974 36 HOU NL -3.6 -0.4 133 -0.4 2.0 -2.4 1.05 -0.5 0.2 -2.9 -0.3 0.96 -4.8 1.51 17
14 Yrs -91.4 -9.4 5225 -1.8 85.0 -86.7 1.02 -6.2 4.5 7.6 0.8 0.96 -42.4 1.68 106

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
1961 23 CIN NL 1 0 27% 51 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 60% 5 2 2 2 1 1 3 0 3
1962 24 CIN NL 5 0 26% 198 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 9 36% 26 19 5 5 2 3 16 6 9
1963 25 CIN NL 6 0 21% 227 1 5 17% 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 9 30% 20 18 2 9 4 4 14 7 7
1964 26 CIN NL 10 0 27% 195 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 40% 31 23 8 8 4 4 18 7 11
1965 27 CIN NL 7 0 23% 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 9 29% 26 25 1 8 5 3 15 5 10
1966 28 CIN NL 4 0 23% 84 1 3 25% 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 9 47% 5 4 1 2 2 0 8 2 6
1967 29 CIN NL 2 0 14% 75 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 42% 9 6 3 1 0 0 2 0 2
1968 30 STL NL 0 0 16% 87 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 38% 11 9 2 2 1 1 8 2 5
1969 31 HOU NL 5 0 28% 189 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 14 53% 15 9 5 8 7 1 15 1 14
1970 32 HOU NL 8 0 27% 196 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 50% 19 14 5 0 0 0 19 4 14
1971 33 HOU NL 5 0 17% 114 1 1 50% 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 5 36% 12 8 4 3 2 1 7 2 3
1972 34 HOU NL 5 0 21% 148 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 14 26% 22 17 4 5 3 1 8 3 4
1973 35 HOU NL 4 0 25% 92 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 3 30% 17 14 3 6 3 2 4 1 3
1974 36 HOU NL 0 0 19% 27 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 50% 4 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 0
14 Yrs 62 0 23% 1836 15 23 39% 14 21 0 1 1 1 6 0 64 94 38% 222 171 46 61 34 23 137 40 91

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
1961 23 CIN NL 165 91% 27 2 0 0 0 1.46 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 22 3 14% 14 5 36% 83 13 16% 6 2 33% 6 5 83% 0
1962 24 CIN NL 502 81% 115 7 4 0 1 1.01 8 1 6 4 4 5 3 0 3 2 67% 96 5 5% 44 12 27% 303 43 14% 18 7 39% 21 12 57% 0
1963 25 CIN NL 551 68% 128 2 2 0 0 1.18 11 1 18 8 3 7 4 0 2 2 100% 95 8 8% 51 19 37% 333 58 17% 31 18 58% 19 10 53% 0
1964 26 CIN NL 468 69% 119 8 0 0 0 2.05 7 1 11 4 3 3 4 0 4 3 75% 80 5 6% 41 14 34% 271 50 18% 31 18 58% 17 10 59% 0
1965 27 CIN NL 427 81% 99 11 5 1 3 2.00 17 0 11 15 2 12 5 0 4 2 50% 73 5 7% 37 12 32% 270 36 13% 27 9 33% 17 9 53% 0
1966 28 CIN NL 319 86% 54 1 0 0 0 0.35 6 0 12 6 0 5 1 0 3 3 100% 60 6 10% 28 9 32% 222 34 15% 19 10 53% 14 6 43% 0
1967 29 CIN NL 231 90% 43 7 1 1 1 1.61 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 5 5 100% 44 3 7% 21 9 43% 140 20 14% 14 8 57% 8 5 63% 0
1968 30 STL NL 252 80% 55 26 7 0 4 1.85 3 0 4 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 100% 37 6 16% 23 8 35% 149 26 17% 15 9 60% 7 2 29% 0
1969 31 HOU NL 559 74% 115 3 0 0 0 1.18 6 0 18 6 0 2 4 0 5 4 80% 114 17 15% 47 15 32% 400 50 13% 25 10 40% 22 11 50% 0
1970 32 HOU NL 515 76% 101 2 2 1 1 1.66 7 0 10 5 2 1 6 0 3 3 100% 110 9 8% 46 15 33% 351 43 12% 21 7 33% 19 11 58% 0
1971 33 HOU NL 346 92% 74 7 2 0 0 1.80 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 65 0 0% 32 10 31% 201 23 11% 20 7 35% 15 4 27% -1
1972 34 HOU NL 392 94% 89 5 0 0 1 2.03 5 0 6 4 1 1 4 0 3 1 33% 79 5 6% 38 13 34% 246 37 15% 28 18 64% 15 7 47% 0
1973 35 HOU NL 276 95% 61 8 1 0 2 1.56 5 0 4 5 0 2 3 0 4 4 100% 56 4 7% 22 10 45% 167 23 14% 11 6 55% 10 6 60% 0
1974 36 HOU NL 130 91% 26 17 5 0 3 1.51 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 27 1 4% 9 3 33% 88 9 10% 7 3 43% 1 1 100% 0
14 Yrs 5133 81% 1106 106 29 3 16 1.68 81 3 114 65 16 40 41 0 38 31 82% 958 77 8% 453 154 34% 3224 465 14% 273 132 48% 191 99 52% -1
MLB Averages 53% 76% 11% 31% 14% 47% 52%

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
1961 23 52 165 145 14 27 5 0 2 14 1 0 18 28 .186 .279 .262 .541 45 38 3 1 0 1 4
1962 24 185 667 597 61 142 33 5 10 64 2 1 63 98 .238 .311 .360 .671 77 215 8 2 2 3 13
1963 25 333 1218 1092 107 270 52 9 21 131 3 6 108 191 .247 .316 .369 .685 87 403 16 6 4 8 18
1964 26 459 1686 1515 154 389 75 10 28 186 4 8 142 256 .257 .320 .375 .695 91 568 21 7 7 15 27
1965 27 573 2113 1886 201 488 97 12 45 237 4 8 192 301 .259 .327 .394 .721 97 744 26 8 9 18 43
1966 28 671 2432 2168 225 542 105 12 51 276 5 11 223 343 .250 .319 .380 .699 91 824 32 8 12 21 51
1967 29 751 2663 2377 235 585 111 12 53 296 6 15 239 371 .246 .314 .370 .684 87 879 35 8 17 22 59
1968 30 836 2915 2607 249 640 120 13 56 325 7 16 255 391 .245 .312 .366 .678 87 954 41 9 18 26 59
1969 31 987 3474 3103 301 755 140 19 62 375 9 17 308 460 .243 .311 .361 .672 86 1119 58 11 22 30 71
1970 32 1127 3989 3561 347 856 156 23 69 424 10 17 359 523 .240 .310 .355 .665 84 1265 67 12 25 32 87
1971 33 1233 4334 3878 365 930 169 27 70 447 11 18 385 561 .240 .308 .351 .660 83 1363 67 12 26 33 96
1972 34 1341 4726 4210 398 1019 185 29 75 487 13 22 435 600 .242 .312 .353 .665 85 1487 72 13 27 41 108
1973 35 1420 5002 4460 422 1080 195 31 80 514 14 22 454 623 .242 .312 .354 .665 85 1577 76 15 31 42 115
1974 36 1470 5132 4577 430 1106 202 32 81 524 15 23 465 635 .242 .311 .353 .664 85 1615 77 16 31 43 118

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
1961 23 54 170 150 14 27 5 0 2 14 1 18 29 .180 .271 .253 .524 10 52
1962 24 133 496 448 45 111 27 5 8 47 1 43 70 .248 .314 .384 .698 54 133
1963 25 148 565 505 52 138 20 4 12 76 1 49 93 .273 .339 .400 .739 68 148
1964 26 126 474 428 50 124 24 1 7 59 1 35 65 .290 .340 .400 .739 59 126
1965 27 113 427 370 48 100 22 2 17 52 0 51 45 .270 .358 .478 .836 64 114
1966 28 98 317 281 23 53 8 0 6 38 1 30 42 .189 .264 .281 .545 21 98
1967 29 80 232 210 10 44 6 0 2 21 1 16 28 .210 .264 .267 .531 15 80
1968 30 84 263 238 18 64 10 1 3 37 1 19 20 .269 .321 .357 .678 28 85
1969 31 151 569 503 58 122 21 6 6 55 2 56 69 .243 .319 .344 .663 56 151
1970 32 140 517 459 46 102 16 4 7 49 1 52 63 .222 .302 .320 .622 44 140
1971 33 106 354 324 21 81 14 4 1 27 1 28 38 .250 .309 .327 .636 33 106
1972 34 113 423 356 40 102 18 2 6 48 2 57 41 .287 .379 .399 .778 54 108
1973 35 79 280 253 26 64 10 2 5 29 1 20 23 .253 .312 .368 .679 29 79
1974 36 50 131 118 9 27 7 1 1 11 1 11 12 .229 .298 .331 .628 12 50
14 Yrs 1475 5218 4643 460 1159 208 32 83 563 15 485 638 .250 .320 .362 .682 547 1470
162 Game Avg. 162 573 510 51 127 23 4 9 62 2 53 70 .250 .320 .362 .682 60 1470

* 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
1980 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1963 *
1964 *
1965

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1969 NL (36, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1712th)

Gold Gloves
1963 NL (C)
1964 NL (C)
All multiple winners

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1962 NL  1.4 (8th)
1970 NL  1.4 (9th)
Career  9.9 (212th)

Doubles s c a p y
1962 NL  28 (10th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1964 NL  7 (2nd)
1972 NL  8 (5th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1962 NL  9 (9th)
1965 NL  16 (4th)
1970 NL  16 (3rd)
1972 NL  12 (10th)
Career  118 (82nd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1969 NL  17 (6th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2156), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 28 (640), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 23 (578), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  4. Ramon Hernandez (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Ray Fosse (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Randy Hundley (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Randy Hundley (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Del Rice (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Del Rice (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jim Hegan (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Bob Boone (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. John Roseboro (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Jim Hegan (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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