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Nick Etten
Nicholas Raymond Thomas Etten
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 198 lb.

Born: September 19, 1913 in Spring Grove, IL
School: Villanova University (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1938
Final Game: May 9, 1947
Died: October 18, 1990 in Hinsdale, IL
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Standard Batting

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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
1938 24 PHA AL 22 90 81 6 21 6 2 0 11 1 0 9 7 .259 .333 .383 .716 81 31 0 0 3
1939 25 PHA AL 43 174 155 20 39 11 2 3 29 0 0 16 11 .252 .322 .406 .728 87 63 4 0 3 3
1941 27 PHI NL 151 627 540 78 168 27 4 14 79 9 82 33 .311 .405 .454 .859 146 245 10 3 2 *3 MVP-28
1942 28 PHI NL 139 531 459 37 121 21 3 8 41 3 67 26 .264 .357 .375 .732 119 172 8 0 5 *3
1943 29 NYY AL 154 665 583 78 158 35 5 14 107 3 7 76 31 .271 .355 .420 .775 125 245 13 0 6 *3 MVP-7
1944 30 NYY AL 154 680 573 88 168 25 4 22 91 4 2 97 29 .293 .399 .466 .865 144 267 14 4 6 *3 MVP-23
1945 31 NYY AL 152 663 565 77 161 24 4 18 111 2 3 90 23 .285 .387 .437 .824 134 247 21 4 4 *3 MVP-15
1946 32 NYY AL 108 364 323 37 75 14 1 9 49 0 1 38 35 .232 .315 .365 .680 89 118 5 1 2 3
1947 33 PHI NL 14 46 41 5 10 4 0 1 8 0 5 4 .244 .326 .415 .741 99 17 2 0 0 3
9 Seasons 937 3840 3320 426 921 167 25 89 526 22 13 480 199 .277 .371 .423 .794 125 1405 77 12 28
162 Game Avg. 162 664 574 74 159 29 4 15 91 4 83 34 .277 .371 .423 .794 125 243 2 5
NYY (4 yrs) 568 2372 2044 280 562 98 14 63 358 9 13 301 118 .275 .370 .429 .799 127 877 53 9 18
PHI (3 yrs) 304 1204 1040 120 299 52 7 23 128 12 154 63 .288 .381 .417 .798 132 434 20 3 7
PHA (2 yrs) 65 264 236 26 60 17 4 3 40 1 0 25 18 .254 .326 .398 .724 85 94 4 0 3
AL (6 yrs) 633 2636 2280 306 622 115 18 66 398 10 13 326 136 .273 .366 .426 .792 122 971 57 9 21
NL (3 yrs) 304 1204 1040 120 299 52 7 23 128 12 154 63 .288 .381 .417 .798 132 434 20 3 7

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
1943 29 NYY AL WS STL W 5 20 19 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .105 .150 .105 .255 2 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 5 20 19 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .105 .150 .105 .255 2 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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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 Awards
1938 PHA AL 24 1B 22 225 212 10 3 20 .987 10.09 .990 9.56
1939 PHA AL 25 1B 41 399 376 19 4 29 .990 9.63 .990 9.43
1941 PHI NL 27 1B 150 1398 1286 89 23 124 .984 9.17 .989 6.67 MVP-28
1942 PHI NL 28 1B 135 1254 1152 83 19 99 .985 9.15 .989 7.41
1943 NYY AL 29 1B 154 1506 1410 79 17 148 .989 9.67 .991 6.49 MVP-7
1944 NYY AL 30 1B 154 1504 1382 106 16 144 .989 9.66 .990 6.49 MVP-23
1945 NYY AL 31 1B 152 1512 1401 94 17 149 .989 9.84 .989 6.58 MVP-15
1946 NYY AL 32 1B 84 779 717 55 7 80 .991 9.19 .989 9.24
1947 PHI NL 33 1B 11 105 94 10 1 4 .990 9.45 .991 9.24
9 Seasons 1B 903 8682 8030 545 107 797 .988 9.50 .990 7.17
9 Seasons TOT 903 8682 8030 545 107 797 .988 9.50 .977 7.17

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1945

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1941 NL (28, 2%)
1943 AL (7, 18%)
1944 AL (23, 1%)
1945 AL (15, 6%)
0.27 Career Shares (628th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1941 NL  .311 (7th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1941 NL  .405 (6th)
1944 AL  .399 (4th)
1945 AL  .387 (5th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1943 AL  .420 (6th)
1944 AL  .466 (5th)
1945 AL  .437 (4th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1941 NL  .859 (8th)
1943 AL  .775 (10th)
1944 AL  .865 (4th)
1945 AL  .824 (5th)

Games Played s c a p y
1941 NL  151 (8th)
1943 AL  154 (6th)
1944 AL  154 (3rd)
1945 AL  152 (3rd)

At Bats s c a p y
1943 AL  583 (10th)
1945 AL  565 (8th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1943 AL  665 (5th)
1944 AL  680 (5th)
1945 AL  663 (3rd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1945 AL  77 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1941 NL  168 (6th)
1943 AL  158 (8th)
1944 AL  168 (9th)
1945 AL  161 (4th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1941 NL  245 (10th)
1943 AL  245 (6th)
1944 AL  267 (5th)
1945 AL  247 (3rd)

Doubles s c a p y
1943 AL  35 (3rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1943 AL  14 (8th)
1944 AL  22 (1st)
1945 AL  18 (2nd)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1943 AL  107 (2nd)
1944 AL  91 (6th)
1945 AL  111 (1st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1941 NL  82 (5th)
1943 AL  76 (9th)
1944 AL  97 (1st)
1945 AL  90 (4th)

Singles s c a p y
1941 NL  123 (7th)
1945 AL  115 (9th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1941 NL  146 (6th)
1944 AL  144 (5th)
1945 AL  134 (5th)
Career  125 (227th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1941 NL  98 (8th)
1943 AL  85 (6th)
1944 AL  106 (4th)
1945 AL  94 (4th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1941 NL  36 (7th)
1944 AL  36 (5th)
1945 AL  28 (5th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1941 NL  3.7 (7th)
1944 AL  3.8 (5th)
1945 AL  2.9 (5th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1943 AL  54 (3rd)
1945 AL  46 (6th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1941 NL  253 (4th)
1943 AL  234 (9th)
1944 AL  269 (2nd)
1945 AL  255 (3rd)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1941 NL  .714 (8th)
1944 AL  .717 (5th)
1945 AL  .680 (5th)
Career  .640 (238th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1944 AL  4 (9th)
1945 AL  4 (5th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1945 AL  21 (2nd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1941 NL  11.0 (2nd)
1944 AL  6.8 (7th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1943 AL  18.8 (10th)
1945 AL  24.6 (5th)
Career  16.7 (185th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1944 AL  26.0 (2nd)
1945 AL  31.4 (4th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1945 AL  432 (9th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 10 (230), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 68 (358), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 22 (741), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1568), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Lyle Overbay (939)
  2. Sid Bream (935)
  3. Doug Mientkiewicz (929)
  4. Rico Brogna (924)
  5. Nick Johnson (924)
  6. Dee Fondy (923)
  7. Sam Mele (921)
  8. Travis Lee (916)
  9. Jack Burns (913)
  10. Ron Northey (913)
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  1. Lyle Overbay (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Dick Siebert (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Doug Mientkiewicz (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Lamar Johnson (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Lyle Overbay (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Orlando Merced (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Walt Dropo (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 14, 1939: Purchased by Baltimore (International) from the Philadelphia Athletics.

January 22, 1943: Traded by the Philadelphia Blue Jays to the New York Yankees for Al Gettel, Ed Levy and $10,000. Al Gettel and Ed Levy returned to original team on March 26, 1943. The New York Yankees sent Tom Padden (March 26, 1943) and Al Gerheauser (March 26, 1943) to the Philadelphia Blue Jays to complete the trade.

April 14, 1947: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the New York Yankees.

May 12, 1947: Returned to the New York Yankees by the Philadelphia Phillies following previous purchase.

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