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Bob Elliott

Robert Irving Elliott (Mr. Team)

Positions: Third Baseman and Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 26, 1916 in San Francisco, CA(All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1939
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Braves/Giants/WhiteSox/Browns 1939-1953

Final Game: September 16, 1953
Died: May 4, 1966 in San Diego, CA
Buried: Greenwood Memorial Park, San Diego, CA
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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 PIT NL 32 140 129 18 43 10 3 3 19 0 9 4 .333 .377 .527 .904 143 68 4 0 2 8O
1940 23 PIT NL 148 611 551 88 161 34 11 5 64 13 45 28 .292 .348 .421 .769 112 232 11 2 13 *O98/7
1941 24 PIT NL 141 599 527 74 144 24 10 3 76 6 64 52 .273 .353 .374 .727 105 197 12 1 7 *O9/78 AS
1942 25 PIT NL 143 621 560 75 166 26 7 9 89 2 52 35 .296 .358 .416 .774 123 233 12 2 7 *5/7O AS,MVP-9
1943 26 PIT NL 156 652 581 82 183 30 12 7 101 4 56 24 .315 .376 .444 .820 133 258 16 1 5 *5/46 MVP-8
1944 27 PIT NL 143 618 538 85 160 28 16 10 108 9 75 42 .297 .383 .465 .848 134 250 8 0 4 *5/6 AS,MVP-10
1945 28 PIT NL 144 611 541 80 157 36 6 8 108 5 64 38 .290 .366 .423 .790 116 229 16 1 2 5O9 MVP-16
1946 29 PIT NL 140 559 486 50 128 25 3 5 68 6 64 44 .263 .351 .358 .709 99 174 15 2 7 O95
1947 30 BSN NL 150 645 555 93 176 35 5 22 113 3 87 60 .317 .410 .517 .927 147 287 15 0 3 *5 AS,MVP-1
1948 31 BSN NL 151 677 540 99 153 24 5 23 100 6 131 57 .283 .423 .474 .897 143 256 14 0 4 *5 AS,MVP-13
1949 32 BSN NL 139 578 482 77 135 29 5 17 76 0 90 38 .280 .395 .467 .862 135 225 16 2 4 *5
1950 33 BSN NL 142 601 531 94 162 28 5 24 107 2 68 67 .305 .386 .512 .898 140 272 18 2 1 *5 MVP-24
1951 34 BSN NL 136 548 480 73 137 29 2 15 70 2 0 65 56 .285 .371 .448 .819 126 215 16 0 2 *5 AS
1952 35 NYG NL 98 313 272 33 62 6 2 10 35 1 0 36 20 .228 .323 .375 .698 92 102 7 2 3 O759
1953 36 TOT AL 115 432 368 43 94 18 2 9 61 1 2 61 39 .255 .363 .389 .751 101 143 7 1 2 *5/7
1953 36 SLB AL 48 192 160 19 40 7 1 5 29 0 1 30 18 .250 .368 .400 .768 106 64 4 0 1 5
1953 36 CHW AL 67 240 208 24 54 11 1 4 32 1 1 31 21 .260 .358 .380 .738 97 79 3 1 1 5/7O
15 Yrs 1978 8205 7141 1064 2061 382 94 170 1195 60 2 967 604 .289 .375 .440 .815 124 3141 187 16 66
162 Game Avg. 162 672 585 87 169 31 8 14 98 5 79 49 .289 .375 .440 .815 124 257 15 1 5
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
PIT (8 yrs) 1047 4411 3913 552 1142 213 68 50 633 45 429 267 .292 .363 .419 .783 119 1641 94 9 47
BSN (5 yrs) 718 3049 2588 436 763 145 22 101 466 13 0 441 278 .295 .398 .485 .883 139 1255 79 4 14
NYG (1 yr) 98 313 272 33 62 6 2 10 35 1 0 36 20 .228 .323 .375 .698 92 102 7 2 3
SLB (1 yr) 48 192 160 19 40 7 1 5 29 0 1 30 18 .250 .368 .400 .768 106 64 4 0 1
CHW (1 yr) 67 240 208 24 54 11 1 4 32 1 1 31 21 .260 .358 .380 .738 97 79 3 1 1
NL (14 yrs) 1863 7773 6773 1021 1967 364 92 161 1134 59 0 906 565 .290 .375 .443 .818 126 2998 180 15 64
AL (1 yr) 115 432 368 43 94 18 2 9 61 1 2 61 39 .255 .363 .389 .751 101 143 7 1 2

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 PIT NL 32 140 7 0 0 2 -0 9 0.9 4 13 1.3 .530 .506 1.1 0.2 11 $ 8O
1940 23 PIT NL 148 611 9 -0 0 2 -6 5 0.4 21 26 2.5 .504 .503 2.4 -0.4 24 $ *O98/7
1941 24 PIT NL 141 599 4 -0 0 4 -6 1 0.0 21 22 2.1 .501 .501 1.7 -0.3 18 $ *O9/78 AS
1942 25 PIT NL 143 621 16 0 0 -5 0 11 1.2 19 30 3.1 .509 .508 3.7 -0.6 36 $ *5/7O AS,MVP-9
1943 26 PIT NL 156 652 24 -0 0 -2 0 22 2.4 20 41 4.4 .516 .515 4.6 -0.2 43 $ *5/46 MVP-8
1944 27 PIT NL 143 618 24 -1 0 -5 0 19 2.0 18 37 3.8 .514 .512 4.4 -0.5 42 $ *5/6 AS,MVP-10
1945 28 PIT NL 144 611 12 -0 0 1 -3 9 1.0 18 28 2.8 .507 .506 2.7 -0.1 27 $ 5O9 MVP-16
1946 29 PIT NL 140 559 0 -0 0 2 -4 -2 -0.3 20 17 1.6 .498 .498 1.4 -0.3 15 $ O95
1947 30 BSN NL 150 645 38 0 0 4 0 42 4.2 22 64 6.4 .528 .526 6.0 0.5 60 $ *5 AS,MVP-1
1948 31 BSN NL 151 677 38 0 -1 1 0 39 3.9 24 63 6.3 .526 .525 6.2 0.1 62 $ *5 AS,MVP-13
1949 32 BSN NL 139 578 27 0 -2 4 0 30 2.9 20 50 4.9 .522 .519 4.5 0.4 46 $ *5
1950 33 BSN NL 142 601 31 0 -1 -5 0 24 2.3 20 44 4.2 .517 .515 4.9 -0.6 49 $ *5 MVP-24
1951 34 BSN NL 136 548 18 -2 -1 -2 0 14 1.3 18 32 3.1 .510 .509 3.5 -0.2 34 $ *5 AS
1952 35 NYG NL 98 313 -2 -1 -0 -3 -3 -9 -1.0 11 2 0.0 .490 .494 0.4 -0.7 5 $ O759
1953 36 SLB AL 48 192 2 0 -0 -4 0 -2 -0.2 5 4 0.4 .497 .499 0.8 -0.4 8 $ 5
1953 36 CHW AL 67 240 -1 -1 0 2 0 0 0.0 6 7 0.7 .500 .500 0.4 0.2 5 $ 5/7O
15 Seasons 1978 8205 248 -5 -6 -4 -22 212 21.2 268 481 47.6 .511 .508 48.7 -3.0 485 $
PIT (8 yrs) 1047 4411 97 -2 0 -1 -19 74 7.6 142 216 21.6 .508 .506 22.0 -2.4 217 $
BSN (5 yrs) 718 3049 152 -1 -5 2 0 148 14.7 105 253 24.9 .521 .519 25.1 0.2 251 $
NYG (1 yr) 98 313 -2 -1 -0 -3 -3 -9 -1.0 11 2 0.0 .490 .494 0.4 -0.7 5 $
SLB (1 yr) 48 192 2 0 -0 -4 0 -2 -0.2 5 4 0.4 .497 .499 0.8 -0.4 8 $
CHW (1 yr) 67 240 -1 -1 0 2 0 0 0.0 6 7 0.7 .500 .500 0.4 0.2 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
1939 22 PIT NL 140 92 26 7.5 102 .328 .333 .278 .377 .343 .527 .397 .904 .740 143 .715 7.3 0.7 .856 .264 .194 .0
1940 23 PIT NL 611 414 80 5.2 97 .301 .292 .271 .348 .335 .421 .389 .769 .724 112 .580 8.7 0.9 .728 .234 .129 7.2
1941 24 PIT NL 599 402 69 4.6 94 .299 .273 .266 .353 .336 .374 .375 .727 .711 105 .547 4.2 0.4 .678 .233 .101 4.0
1942 25 PIT NL 621 413 83 5.4 89 .304 .296 .259 .358 .332 .416 .360 .774 .692 123 .656 16.1 1.7 .712 .216 .120 3.3
1943 26 PIT NL 652 419 97 6.2 92 .320 .315 .269 .376 .339 .444 .366 .820 .704 133 .698 23.9 2.5 .771 .232 .129 5.1
1944 27 PIT NL 618 390 96 6.6 97 .309 .297 .273 .383 .340 .465 .383 .848 .723 134 .696 25.1 2.6 .865 .323 .167 9.5
1945 28 PIT NL 611 402 84 5.6 100 .301 .290 .278 .366 .348 .423 .384 .790 .732 116 .621 12.4 1.3 .748 .261 .133 6.2
1946 29 PIT NL 559 380 61 4.3 95 .281 .263 .266 .351 .342 .358 .372 .709 .714 99 .528 0.9 0.1 .660 .239 .095 5.5
1947 30 BSN NL 645 397 118 7.9 104 .326 .317 .272 .410 .347 .517 .403 .927 .749 147 .726 39.6 3.8 .957 .362 .200 5.3
1948 31 BSN NL 677 405 108 7.1 101 .283 .283 .268 .423 .342 .474 .396 .897 .738 143 .700 40.0 3.9 .980 .444 .191 9.5
1949 32 BSN NL 578 367 89 6.5 100 .276 .280 .264 .395 .337 .467 .396 .862 .733 135 .654 28.0 2.7 .873 .373 .187 .0
1950 33 BSN NL 601 388 104 7.2 103 .314 .305 .262 .386 .338 .512 .407 .898 .745 140 .681 31.5 3.0 .889 .339 .207 3.7
1951 34 BSN NL 548 361 80 6.0 97 .298 .285 .259 .371 .332 .448 .392 .819 .724 126 .624 19.5 1.9 .786 .302 .163 3.5
1952 35 NYG NL 313 220 33 4.0 98 .215 .228 .263 .323 .336 .375 .391 .698 .727 92 .484 -3.1 -0.3 .650 .283 .147 1.8
1953 36 TOT AL 432 285 51 4.8 105 .266 .255 .273 .363 .349 .389 .401 .751 .751 101 .534 2.0 0.2 .721 .296 .133 1.8
1953 36 SLB AL 192 126 23 4.9 104 .255 .250 .272 .368 .349 .400 .400 .768 .749 106 .543 2.1 0.2 .744 .331 .150 .0
1953 36 CHW AL 240 159 28 4.7 105 .273 .260 .273 .358 .350 .380 .402 .738 .752 97 .527 -0.1 -0.0 .703 .269 .120 1.6
15 Yrs 8205 5335 1179 5.9 98 .297 .289 .268 .375 .340 .440 .386 .815 .726 124 .641 255.9 25.5 .794 .295 .151 88.7
162 Game Avg. 672 437 97 5.9 98 .297 .289 .268 .375 .340 .440 .386 .815 .726 124 .641 21 2 .794 .295 .151 7
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
PIT (8 yrs) 4411 2912 596 5.5 95 .304 .292 .269 .363 .339 .419 .376 .783 .715 119 .628 98.5 10.2 .741 .249 .128 47.4
BSN (5 yrs) 3049 1918 499 6.9 101 .300 .295 .265 .398 .339 .485 .399 .883 .738 139 .682 158.6 15.4 .900 .366 .190 23.0
NYG (1 yr) 313 220 33 4.0 98 .215 .228 .263 .323 .336 .375 .391 .698 .727 92 .485 -3.1 -0.3 .650 .283 .147 1.8
SLB (1 yr) 192 126 23 4.9 104 .255 .250 .272 .368 .349 .400 .400 .768 .749 106 .543 2.1 0.2 .744 .331 .150 .0
CHW (1 yr) 240 159 28 4.7 105 .273 .260 .273 .358 .350 .380 .402 .738 .752 97 .527 -0.1 -0.0 .703 .269 .120 1.6
NL (14 yrs) 7773 5050 1128 6.0 98 .299 .290 .267 .375 .339 .443 .385 .818 .725 126 .646 254.0 25.3 .798 .295 .152 86.4
AL (1 yr) 432 285 51 4.8 105 .266 .255 .273 .363 .349 .389 .401 .751 .751 101 .534 2.0 0.2 .721 .296 .133 1.8

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
1948 31 BSN NL WS CLE L 6 23 21 4 7 0 0 2 5 0 0 2 2 .333 .391 .619 1.010 13 2 0 0 0 0
1 WS 6 23 21 4 7 0 0 2 5 0 0 2 2 .333 .391 .619 1.010 13 2 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 PIT NL 24 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1942 PIT NL 25 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1944 PIT NL 27 as 3B 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1945 PIT NL 28 DNP
1947 BSN NL 30 DNP
1948 BSN NL 31 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1951 BSN NL 34 as 3B 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 2.000 2.500 4 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs (5 GP) 9 9 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 6 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 PIT NL 140 2.1% 2.9% 6.4% 11.4% 37% 0.44 32.3 43.0 6.8 87%
1940 23 PIT NL 611 0.8% 4.6% 7.4% 8.2% 31% 0.62 19.7 110.2 8.6 85%
1941 24 PIT NL 599 0.5% 8.7% 10.7% 6.2% 26% 0.81 10.1 175.7 6.9 79%
1942 25 PIT NL 621 1.5% 5.6% 8.4% 6.8% 25% 0.67 16.0 62.2 6.3 83%
1943 26 PIT NL 652 1.1% 3.7% 8.6% 7.5% 27% 0.43 24.2 83.0 5.8 84%
1944 27 PIT NL 618 1.6% 6.8% 12.1% 8.7% 34% 0.56 12.8 53.8 5.0 79%
1945 28 PIT NL 611 1.3% 6.2% 10.5% 8.2% 32% 0.59 14.2 67.6 5.0 81%
1946 29 PIT NL 559 0.9% 7.9% 11.5% 5.9% 26% 0.69 11.0 97.2 7.1 78%
1947 30 BSN NL 645 3.4% 9.3% 13.5% 9.6% 35% 0.69 9.3 25.2 4.9 73%
1948 31 BSN NL 677 3.4% 8.4% 19.4% 7.7% 34% 0.44 9.5 23.5 5.4 1.09 68%
1949 32 BSN NL 578 2.9% 6.6% 15.6% 8.8% 38% 0.42 12.7 28.4 6.3 0.80 74%
1950 33 BSN NL 601 4.0% 11.2% 11.3% 9.5% 35% 0.99 7.9 22.1 5.0 1.21 73%
1951 34 BSN NL 548 2.7% 10.2% 11.9% 8.4% 34% 0.86 8.6 32.0 6.9 0.97 75%
1952 35 NYG NL 313 3.2% 6.4% 11.5% 5.8% 29% 0.56 13.6 27.2 7.8 0.85 77%
1953 36 TOT AL 432 2.1% 9.0% 14.1% 6.7% 31% 0.64 9.4 40.9 6.0 0.94 74%
1953 36 SLB AL 192 2.6% 9.4% 15.6% 6.8% 33% 0.60 8.9 32.0 5.5 1.10 71%
1953 36 CHW AL 240 1.7% 8.8% 12.9% 6.7% 30% 0.68 9.9 52.0 6.5 0.84 76%
15 Yrs 8205 2.1% 7.4% 11.8% 7.9% 31% 0.62 11.8 42.0 6.0 0.97 78%
MLB Averages 1.5% 9.5% 9.3% 6.2% 27% 1.02 9.4 57.5 8.4 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
1939 22 PIT NL 7.3 0.7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1940 23 PIT NL 8.7 0.9 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1941 24 PIT NL 4.2 0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1942 25 PIT NL 16.1 1.7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1943 26 PIT NL 23.9 2.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1944 27 PIT NL 24.5 2.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 28 PIT NL 12.4 1.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 29 PIT NL 0.9 0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 30 BSN NL 39.6 3.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 31 BSN NL 40.0 3.9 454 0.5 8.7 -8.2 1.16 1.1 -0.6 11.4 1.1 1.01 12.7 0
1949 32 BSN NL 28.0 2.7 473 3.1 10.9 -7.8 1.10 2.4 0.3 28.2 2.8 1.00 28.9 2.54 9
1950 33 BSN NL 31.5 3.0 484 3.1 10.9 -7.8 1.01 2.5 0.6 35.9 3.5 1.02 29.5 2.92 5
1951 34 BSN NL 19.5 1.9 556 0.4 9.9 -9.5 1.02 1.9 -1.5 16.4 1.7 0.97 20.7 1.81 7
1952 35 NYG NL -3.1 -0.3 261 -0.3 4.0 -4.3 .89 0.2 -0.5 -7.5 -0.8 0.96 -0.6 1.17 17
1953 36 TOT AL 2.0 0.2 430 0.7 8.8 -8.1 1.15 0.5 0.2 13.6 1.3 1.01 7.1 1.30 8
1953 36 SLB AL 2.1 0.2 186 1.3 4.7 -3.4 1.19 0.3 0.8 10.2 1.0 0.98 4.7 1.42 2
1953 36 CHW AL -0.1 -0.0 244 -0.6 4.1 -4.7 1.12 0.1 -0.7 3.4 0.3 1.04 2.4 1.26 6
15 Yrs 255.3 25.4 2658 7.6 53.2 -45.6 1.06 8.5 -1.4 97.9 9.7 1.00 98.3 1.75 46
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 BSN NL 8 0 29% 184 6 2 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 53% 29 16 12 4 2 2 14 3 11
1949 32 BSN NL 7 0 29% 201 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 8 48% 36 21 13 10 6 4 17 3 13
1950 33 BSN NL 5 0 34% 175 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 12 50% 18 13 5 8 5 3 20 4 15
1951 34 BSN NL 8 0 31% 211 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 8 5 34% 37 30 7 12 7 4 19 6 12
1952 35 NYG NL 4 0 26% 91 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 33% 17 11 4 1 1 0 6 2 4
1953 36 TOT AL 5 0 23% 168 1 2 33% 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 4 35% 29 22 7 8 3 2 9 1 7
1953 36 SLB AL 3 0 22% 70 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 48% 16 10 6 3 1 1 4 0 4
1953 36 CHW AL 2 0 24% 98 1 1 50% 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 22% 13 12 1 5 2 1 5 1 3
15 Yrs 37 0 31% 1030 60 2 1000% 8 10 1 3 0 0 7 0 38 31 43% 166 113 48 43 24 15 85 19 62

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 BSN NL 677 37% 153 0 0 0 0 23 0 8 8 3 9 14 0 2 4 200% 88 14 16% 31 12 39% 330 41 12% 34 18 53% 11 6 55% 0
1949 32 BSN NL 578 41% 135 9 4 0 1 2.54 17 0 14 8 3 2 15 0 2 4 200% 102 16 16% 36 13 36% 343 57 17% 35 14 40% 19 8 42% 0
1950 33 BSN NL 601 36% 162 5 1 1 1 2.92 24 1 20 13 7 11 13 0 1 1 100% 120 18 15% 46 11 24% 353 72 20% 42 21 50% 21 16 76% 0
1951 34 BSN NL 548 31% 137 7 1 0 0 1.81 15 0 12 13 2 5 10 0 2 2 100% 110 16 15% 47 16 34% 372 57 15% 50 26 52% 23 7 30% 0
1952 35 NYG NL 313 44% 62 17 3 1 3 1.17 10 0 7 6 2 7 3 0 3 3 100% 51 7 14% 27 10 37% 172 20 12% 20 12 60% 12 3 25% 0
1953 36 TOT AL 432 34% 94 8 2 1 1 1.30 9 1 18 4 5 6 3 0 3 2 67% 84 7 8% 38 12 32% 320 53 17% 31 15 48% 19 11 58% 0
1953 36 SLB AL 192 33% 40 2 1 0 0 1.42 5 1 4 3 2 5 0 0 1 1 100% 36 4 11% 19 4 21% 130 25 19% 10 4 40% 7 2 29% 0
1953 36 CHW AL 240 34% 54 6 1 1 1 1.26 4 0 14 1 3 1 3 0 2 1 50% 48 3 6% 19 8 42% 190 28 15% 21 11 52% 12 9 75% 0
15 Yrs 3149 36% 2061 46 11 3 6 1.75 170 2 79 52 22 40 58 0 13 66 508% 555 187 34% 225 74 33% 1890 300 16% 212 106 50% 105 51 49% 0
MLB Averages 51% 281% 30% 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
1939 22 32 140 129 18 43 10 3 3 19 0 9 4 .333 .377 .527 .904 143 68 4 0 2
1940 23 180 751 680 106 204 44 14 8 83 13 54 32 .300 .353 .441 .794 118 300 15 2 15
1941 24 321 1350 1207 180 348 68 24 11 159 19 118 84 .288 .353 .412 .765 112 497 27 3 22
1942 25 464 1971 1767 255 514 94 31 20 248 21 170 119 .291 .355 .413 .768 116 730 39 5 29
1943 26 620 2623 2348 337 697 124 43 27 349 25 226 143 .297 .360 .421 .781 120 988 55 6 34
1944 27 763 3241 2886 422 857 152 59 37 457 34 301 185 .297 .365 .429 .794 123 1238 63 6 38
1945 28 907 3852 3427 502 1014 188 65 45 565 39 365 223 .296 .365 .428 .793 121 1467 79 7 40
1946 29 1047 4411 3913 552 1142 213 68 50 633 45 429 267 .292 .363 .419 .783 119 1641 94 9 47
1947 30 1197 5056 4468 645 1318 248 73 72 746 48 516 327 .295 .369 .432 .801 122 1928 109 9 50
1948 31 1348 5733 5008 744 1471 272 78 95 846 54 647 384 .294 .376 .436 .812 125 2184 123 9 54
1949 32 1487 6311 5490 821 1606 301 83 112 922 54 737 422 .293 .377 .439 .816 126 2409 139 11 58
1950 33 1629 6912 6021 915 1768 329 88 136 1029 56 805 489 .294 .378 .445 .823 127 2681 157 13 59
1951 34 1765 7460 6501 988 1905 358 90 151 1099 58 0 870 545 .293 .378 .445 .823 127 2896 173 13 61
1952 35 1863 7773 6773 1021 1967 364 92 161 1134 59 0 906 565 .290 .375 .443 .818 126 2998 180 15 64
1953 36 1978 8205 7141 1064 2061 382 94 170 1195 60 2 967 604 .289 .375 .440 .815 124 3141 187 16 66

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 34 148 136 19 46 11 3 3 20 0 10 4 .338 .384 .529 .913 27 32
1940 23 156 644 580 94 170 36 12 5 68 14 48 29 .293 .349 .422 .772 85 148
1941 24 146 627 551 80 153 26 11 3 82 6 68 54 .278 .358 .381 .739 75 141
1942 25 151 670 603 87 186 29 8 10 103 2 58 37 .308 .371 .433 .804 96 143
1943 26 163 683 616 92 200 33 13 8 113 4 61 25 .325 .386 .459 .846 109 156
1944 27 148 641 559 88 166 29 17 10 112 9 78 44 .297 .383 .463 .846 100 143
1945 28 151 629 561 80 160 37 6 8 108 5 65 40 .285 .360 .415 .776 84 144
1946 29 146 594 515 57 141 28 3 6 77 7 70 46 .274 .363 .375 .738 69 140
1947 30 157 671 578 96 182 36 5 23 117 3 90 63 .315 .407 .514 .921 121 150
1948 31 158 707 565 104 161 25 5 24 105 6 138 60 .285 .425 .474 .900 114 151
1949 32 144 604 503 82 143 31 5 18 81 0 95 39 .284 .400 .473 .873 95 139
1950 33 148 630 556 99 170 29 5 25 112 2 71 70 .306 .386 .511 .897 110 142
1951 34 141 576 504 81 148 31 2 16 78 2 70 58 .294 .380 .458 .838 88 136
1952 35 102 330 286 36 67 6 2 11 38 1 39 21 .234 .330 .385 .715 36 98
1953 36 120 447 382 43 96 18 2 9 62 1 62 41 .251 .357 .380 .737 52 115
15 Yrs 2065 8601 7495 1138 2189 405 99 179 1276 62 1023 631 .292 .378 .444 .822 1261 1978
162 Game Avg. 162 675 588 89 172 32 8 14 100 5 80 50 .292 .378 .444 .822 99 1978

* 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
1960 BBWAA ( 0.7%)
1962 BBWAA ( 0.6%)
1964 BBWAA ( 2.0%)

All-Star Games
1941 *
1942 *
1944 (3B)
1945--not played
1947
1948 *
1951 (3B)

Awards (yr lg award)
1947 NL MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1942 NL (9, 12%)
1943 NL (8, 15%)
1944 NL (10, 17%)
1945 NL (16, 4%)
1947 NL (1, 61%)
1948 NL (13, 10%)
1950 NL (24, 2%)
1 MVP
1.21 Career Shares (194th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1947 NL  6.4 (5th)
1948 NL  6.3 (4th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1943 NL  4.4 (8th)
1947 NL  6.4 (3rd)
1948 NL  6.3 (2nd)
1949 NL  4.9 (8th)
Career  47.6 (177th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1943 NL  4.6 (5th)
1947 NL  6.0 (3rd)
1948 NL  6.2 (2nd)
1949 NL  4.5 (10th)
1950 NL  4.9 (9th)
Career  48.7 (148th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1942 NL  .296 (9th)
1943 NL  .315 (4th)
1947 NL  .317 (2nd)
1950 NL  .305 (6th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1947 NL  .410 (6th)
1948 NL  .423 (2nd)
1949 NL  .395 (10th)
1950 NL  .386 (10th)
Career  .375 (213th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1943 NL  .444 (4th)
1947 NL  .517 (6th)
1948 NL  .474 (9th)
1950 NL  .512 (10th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1943 NL  .820 (3rd)
1947 NL  .927 (4th)
1948 NL  .897 (5th)
1949 NL  .862 (10th)
1950 NL  .898 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1940 NL  148 (10th)
1943 NL  156 (3rd)
1947 NL  150 (10th)
1948 NL  151 (6th)
Career  1,978 (250th)

At Bats s c a p y
Career  7,141 (249th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1943 NL  652 (10th)
1948 NL  677 (3rd)
Career  8,205 (231st)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1943 NL  82 (10th)
1948 NL  99 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1940 NL  161 (10th)
1942 NL  166 (3rd)
1943 NL  183 (6th)
1947 NL  176 (8th)
Career  2,061 (238th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1942 NL  233 (6th)
1943 NL  258 (3rd)
1947 NL  287 (6th)
Career  3,141 (240th)

Doubles s c a p y
1940 NL  34 (7th)
1943 NL  30 (8th)
1945 NL  36 (3rd)
1947 NL  35 (2nd)
Career  382 (210th)

Triples s c a p y
1940 NL  11 (7th)
1941 NL  10 (4th)
1942 NL  7 (5th)
1943 NL  12 (3rd)
1944 NL  16 (2nd)
Career  94 (189th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1947 NL  22 (9th)
1948 NL  23 (8th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1942 NL  89 (6th)
1943 NL  101 (2nd)
1944 NL  108 (2nd)
1945 NL  108 (6th)
1947 NL  113 (4th)
1948 NL  100 (6th)
1950 NL  107 (6th)
Career  1,195 (147th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1944 NL  75 (7th)
1947 NL  87 (7th)
1948 NL  131 (1st)
1949 NL  90 (6th)
Career  967 (129th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1947 NL  60 (10th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1940 NL  13 (6th)
1944 NL  9 (9th)

Singles s c a p y
1942 NL  124 (2nd)
1943 NL  134 (5th)
Career  1,415 (247th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1943 NL  133 (8th)
1947 NL  147 (5th)
1948 NL  143 (6th)
1949 NL  135 (7th)
1950 NL  140 (6th)
1951 NL  126 (9th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1942 NL  83 (8th)
1943 NL  97 (3rd)
1947 NL  118 (3rd)
1948 NL  108 (4th)
1950 NL  104 (9th)
Career  1,179 (199th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1943 NL  24 (7th)
1947 NL  40 (4th)
1948 NL  40 (3rd)
1949 NL  28 (7th)
1950 NL  32 (10th)
Career  256 (170th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1943 NL  2.5 (7th)
1947 NL  3.8 (4th)
1948 NL  3.9 (3rd)
1949 NL  2.7 (7th)
1950 NL  3.0 (10th)
Career  25.5 (168th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1943 NL  49 (6th)
1945 NL  50 (6th)
1947 NL  62 (4th)
1948 NL  52 (9th)
Career  646 (235th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1942 NL  220 (10th)
1943 NL  240 (7th)
1947 NL  263 (3rd)
1948 NL  284 (2nd)
Career  3,044 (177th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1943 NL  .698 (3rd)
1944 NL  .696 (10th)
1947 NL  .726 (5th)
1948 NL  .701 (7th)
1949 NL  .654 (10th)
1950 NL  .681 (8th)
Career  .641 (240th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1940 NL  13 (7th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1943 NL  16 (9th)
1945 NL  16 (5th)
1946 NL  15 (4th)
1947 NL  15 (10th)
1949 NL  16 (8th)
1950 NL  18 (7th)
Career  187 (125th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1944 NL  9.5 (5th)
1948 NL  9.5 (9th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1943 NL  24.2 (9th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1947 NL  25.2 (10th)
1948 NL  23.5 (8th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1949 NL  28.20 (8th)
1950 NL  35.86 (7th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1949 NL  3.1 (8th)
1950 NL  3.1 (8th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1949 NL  2.4 (8th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1949 NL  2.8 (8th)
1950 NL  3.5 (6th)

                                         

† 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 - 2 (608), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 111 (190), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 62 (314), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 34 (233), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Amos Otis (892)
  2. Pinky Higgins (891)
  3. Dixie Walker (889)
  4. Jose Cruz (882)
  5. Minnie Minoso (877)
  6. Ken Griffey (876)
  7. Wally Joyner (875)
  8. Bobby Doerr (874) *
  9. Cesar Cedeno (874)
  10. Carney Lansford (872)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Darby O'Brien (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ping Bodie (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Johnny Groth (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jimmy Welsh (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Garry Maddox (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Zack Wheat (937) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Zack Wheat (931) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Pinky Whitney (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Pinky Whitney (914)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Marty McManus (907)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Marty McManus (898)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Marty McManus (893)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Pinky Higgins (905)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Amos Otis (895)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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