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Bob Elliott

Robert Irving Elliott (Mr. Team)

All-Star Player

Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 26, 1916 in San Diego, CA (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1939
Final Game: July 16, 1953
Died: May 4, 1966 in San Diego, CA
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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 .904 142 68 4 0 2
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 *
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 * 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/ AS,MVP-9
1943 26 PIT NL 156 643 581 82 183 30 12 7 101 4 56 24 .315 .376 .444 .820 134 258 16 1 5 *5/46 MVP-8
1944 27 PIT NL 143 617 538 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 144 608 541 80 157 36 6 8 108 5 64 38 .290 .366 .423 .790 116 229 16 1 2 5 MVP-16
1946 29 PIT NL 140 559 486 50 128 25 3 5 68 6 64 44 .263 .351 .358 .709 100 174 15 2 7 5
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 151 675 540 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 142 602 531 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 136 547 480 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 5
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/
1953 36 SLB AL 48 191 160 19 40 7 1 5 29 0 1 30 18 .250 .368 .400 .768 106 64 4 0 1 5
1953 36 CHW AL 67 241 208 24 54 11 1 4 32 1 1 31 21 .260 .358 .380 .738 97 79 3 1 1 5/
15 Seasons 1978 8190 7141 1064 2061 382 94 170 1195 60 2 967 604 .289 .375 .440 .815 124 3141 187 16 66
162 Game Avg. 162 671 585 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 4398 3913 552 1142 213 68 50 633 45 429 267 .292 .363 .419 .783 119 1641 94 9 47
BSN (5 yrs) 718 3047 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) 48 191 160 19 40 7 1 5 29 0 1 30 18 .250 .368 .400 .768 106 64 4 0 1
CHW (1 yr) 67 241 208 24 54 11 1 4 32 1 1 31 21 .260 .358 .380 .738 97 79 3 1 1
NL (14 yrs) 1863 7758 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

Postseason Batting

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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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1939 PIT NL 22 OF 30 91 88 1 2 0 .978 2.97 .975 2.17 0-30-0
1940 PIT NL 23 OF 147 321 302 12 7 0 .978 2.14 .977 2.17 4-31-113
1941 PIT NL 24 OF 139 299 281 9 9 2 .970 2.09 .975 2.15 4-2-134 AS
1942 PIT NL 25 3B 142 494 173 285 36 22 .927 3.23 .941 3.03 AS,MVP-9
1942 PIT NL 25 OF 1 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 4.00 .975 2.20 1-0-0 AS,MVP-9
1943 PIT NL 26 3B 151 467 149 294 24 34 .949 2.93 .948 2.97 MVP-8
1943 PIT NL 26 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.40 MVP-8
1943 PIT NL 26 SS 1 4 1 2 1 0 .750 3.00 .975 5.00 MVP-8
1944 PIT NL 27 3B 140 481 169 285 27 22 .944 3.24 .948 3.00 AS,MVP-10
1944 PIT NL 27 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.80 AS,MVP-10
1945 PIT NL 28 3B 81 293 94 178 21 18 .928 3.36 .942 2.97 MVP-16
1945 PIT NL 28 OF 61 134 125 7 2 0 .985 2.16 .978 2.33 0-0-61 MVP-16
1946 PIT NL 29 OF 92 197 188 8 1 5 .995 2.13 .977 2.16 0-0-92
1946 PIT NL 29 3B 43 132 44 82 6 5 .955 2.93 .952 2.84
1947 BSN NL 30 3B 148 451 129 302 20 25 .956 2.91 .947 2.80 AS,MVP-1
1948 BSN NL 31 3B 150 470 146 298 26 18 .945 2.96 .941 2.81 AS,MVP-13
1949 BSN NL 32 3B 130 458 141 300 17 27 .963 3.39 .952 2.98
1950 BSN NL 33 3B 137 417 141 256 20 26 .952 2.90 .948 3.01 MVP-24
1951 BSN NL 34 3B 127 404 138 242 24 31 .941 2.99 .954 3.10 AS
1952 NYG NL 35 OF 65 91 83 6 2 0 .978 1.37 .981 2.10 52-0-15
1952 NYG NL 35 3B 13 46 19 25 2 3 .957 3.38 .954 2.92
1953 TOT AL 36 3B 103 315 105 197 13 21 .959 2.93 .957 2.93
1953 SLB AL 36 3B 45 151 51 93 7 12 .954 3.20 .957 2.93
1953 CHW AL 36 3B 58 164 54 104 6 9 .963 2.72 .957 2.93
1953 CHW AL 36 OF 2 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.000 2.20 2-0-0
12 Seasons 3B 1365 4428 1448 2744 236 252 .947 3.07 .948 2.95
8 Seasons OF 537 1138 1070 44 24 7 .979 2.07 .977 2.17 63-63-415
1 Season 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.40
2 Seasons SS 2 4 1 2 1 0 .750 1.50 .975 4.90
15 Seasons TOT 1906 5570 2519 2790 261 259 .953 2.79 .907 2.74 63-63-415
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

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
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 (190th)

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 (214th)

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  1978 (238th)

At Bats s c a p y
Career  7141 (239th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1948 NL  675 (3rd)
Career  8190 (219th)

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  2061 (231st)

Total Bases s c a p y
1942 NL  233 (6th)
1943 NL  258 (3rd)
1947 NL  287 (6th)
Career  3141 (228th)

Doubles s c a p y
1940 NL  34 (7th)
1943 NL  30 (8th)
1945 NL  36 (3rd)
1947 NL  35 (2nd)
Career  382 (194th)

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 (185th)

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  1195 (135th)

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 (124th)

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  1415 (238th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1943 NL  134 (6th)
1947 NL  147 (5th)
1948 NL  143 (5th)
1949 NL  135 (7th)
1950 NL  140 (6th)
1951 NL  126 (9th)
Career  124 (248th)

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  1179 (190th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1943 NL  25 (6th)
1947 NL  40 (4th)
1948 NL  40 (3rd)
1949 NL  28 (7th)
1950 NL  32 (10th)
Career  258 (162nd)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1943 NL  2.6 (6th)
1947 NL  3.8 (4th)
1948 NL  3.9 (3rd)
1949 NL  2.7 (7th)
1950 NL  3.0 (10th)
Career  25.7 (158th)

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 (224th)

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  3044 (172nd)

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 (234th)

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 (117th)

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)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (592), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 111 (188), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 62 (307), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 34 (215), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  4. Bobby Doerr (880) *
  5. Carney Lansford (878)
  6. Jose Cruz (876)
  7. Minnie Minoso (871)
  8. Ken Griffey (870)
  9. Wally Joyner (869)
  10. Ken Boyer (869)
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  5. Pie Traynor (934) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Pinky Whitney (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Pinky Whitney (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Pinky Whitney (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Pinky Whitney (920)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Marty McManus (912)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Marty McManus (903)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Marty McManus (900)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Pinky Higgins (911)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

Before 1937 Season: Obtained by the Pittsburgh Pirates from Savannah (South Atlantic) as part of a minor league working agreement.

September 30, 1946: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Hank Camelli to the Boston Braves for Billy Herman, Elmer Singleton, Stan Wentzel and Whitey Wietelmann.

April 8, 1952: Traded by the Boston Braves to the New York Giants for Sheldon Jones and $50,000.

October 1, 1952: Released by the New York Giants.

March 25, 1953: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Browns.

June 13, 1953: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Virgil Trucks to the Chicago White Sox for Darrell Johnson, Lou Kretlow and $75,000.

December 18, 1953: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

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