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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
Schools: 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 (624th)

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--226th

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--236th

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--18.806--10th
1945 AL--24.565--5th
Career--16.680--185th

AB per HR s c a p y
1944 AL--26.045--2nd
1945 AL--31.389--4th

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

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 10 (231), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 68 (360), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 22 (746), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1500), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Sam Mele (921)
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  8. Jack Burns (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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