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Hoot Evers

Walter Arthur Evers

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: February 8, 1921 in St. Louis, MO
High School: Collinsville HS (Collinsville, IL)
School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1941
Teams (by GP): Tigers/RedSox/Orioles/Indians/Giants 1941-1956

Final Game: September 30, 1956
Died: January 25, 1991 in Houston, TX
Buried: Memorial Oaks Cemetery, Houston, TX
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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
1941 20 DET AL 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 /O9
1946 25 DET AL 81 341 304 42 81 8 4 4 33 7 1 34 43 .266 .344 .359 .703 91 109 5 2 1 8O/7
1947 26 DET AL 126 525 460 67 136 24 5 10 67 8 7 45 49 .296 .366 .435 .801 118 200 13 6 14 *O8/7
1948 27 DET AL 139 605 538 81 169 33 6 10 103 3 4 51 31 .314 .378 .454 .831 118 244 16 4 13 *8O AS,MVP-17
1949 28 DET AL 132 508 432 68 131 21 6 7 72 6 7 70 38 .303 .403 .428 .831 120 185 16 2 4 *O78/9
1950 29 DET AL 143 610 526 100 170 35 11 21 103 5 9 71 40 .323 .408 .551 .959 141 290 17 4 9 *7O/8 AS,MVP-11
1951 30 DET AL 116 440 393 47 88 15 2 11 46 5 3 40 47 .224 .297 .356 .653 76 140 15 1 6 *O78/9
1952 31 TOT AL 107 442 402 53 106 17 4 14 59 5 2 29 55 .264 .320 .430 .750 102 173 11 4 7 *798
1952 31 DET AL 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 457 1 0 0 0
1952 31 BOS AL 106 441 401 53 105 17 4 14 59 5 2 29 55 .262 .318 .429 .747 101 172 11 4 7 *O798
1953 32 BOS AL 99 330 300 39 72 10 1 11 31 2 1 23 41 .240 .301 .390 .691 82 117 9 3 4 O78
1954 33 TOT MLB 48 85 79 7 12 4 0 1 8 1 0 5 16 .152 .212 .241 .452 23 19 2 1 0 0 7/98
1954 33 TOT AL 36 74 68 6 11 4 0 0 5 1 0 5 10 .162 .230 .221 .450 24 15 2 1 0 0 7/98
1954 33 BOS AL 6 8 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 /7
1954 33 NYG NL 12 11 11 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 6 .091 .091 .364 .455 12 4 0 0 0 0 /87
1954 33 DET AL 30 66 60 5 11 4 0 0 5 1 0 5 8 .183 .258 .250 .508 41 15 2 1 0 0 7/98
1955 34 TOT AL 99 280 251 31 63 17 2 8 39 2 2 22 40 .251 .309 .430 .739 102 108 11 0 5 2 0 798
1955 34 BAL AL 60 210 185 21 44 10 1 6 30 2 1 19 28 .238 .307 .400 .707 96 74 10 0 5 1 0 97/8
1955 34 CLE AL 39 70 66 10 19 7 1 2 9 0 1 3 12 .288 .314 .515 .829 117 34 1 0 0 1 0 7/89
1956 35 TOT AL 51 139 112 21 27 3 0 1 4 1 0 25 18 .241 .380 .295 .674 88 33 0 0 2 0 0 9/78
1956 35 CLE AL 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 35 BAL AL 48 138 112 20 27 3 0 1 4 1 0 24 18 .241 .375 .295 .670 87 33 0 0 2 0 0 9/78
12 Yrs 1142 4309 3801 556 1055 187 41 98 565 45 36 415 420 .278 .353 .426 .778 107 1618 116 27 65 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 611 539 79 150 27 6 14 80 6 5 59 60 .278 .353 .426 .778 107 230 16 4 9
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
DET (9 yrs) 769 3100 2718 410 787 140 34 63 429 35 31 316 258 .290 .368 .436 .803 112 1184 85 20 47 0
BOS (3 yrs) 211 779 709 93 177 27 5 25 90 7 3 52 98 .250 .307 .408 .715 91 289 20 7 11 0
CLE (2 yrs) 42 71 66 11 19 7 1 2 9 0 1 4 12 .288 .324 .515 .839 120 34 1 0 0 1 0
BAL (2 yrs) 108 348 297 41 71 13 1 7 34 3 1 43 46 .239 .334 .360 .695 93 107 10 0 7 1 0
NYG (1 yr) 12 11 11 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 6 .091 .091 .364 .455 12 4 0 0 0 0
AL (12 yrs) 1130 4298 3790 555 1054 187 41 97 562 45 36 415 414 .278 .353 .426 .779 107 1614 116 27 65 2 0
NL (1 yr) 12 11 11 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 6 .091 .091 .364 .455 12 4 0 0 0 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
1941 20 DET AL 1 4 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .370 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /O9
1946 25 DET AL 81 341 -3 1 0 2 -1 -1 -0.1 9 8 0.8 .499 .500 0.6 0.2 6 $ 8O/7
1947 26 DET AL 126 525 11 -1 0 2 -1 12 1.2 13 25 2.5 .510 .508 2.3 0.1 23 $ *O8/7
1948 27 DET AL 139 605 14 -2 -1 -2 -1 8 0.8 15 24 2.3 .506 .505 2.5 -0.3 26 $ *8O AS,MVP-17
1949 28 DET AL 132 508 14 0 -2 8 -4 16 1.6 13 29 2.9 .512 .510 2.1 0.4 21 $ *O78/9
1950 29 DET AL 143 610 32 -2 0 4 -6 29 2.8 16 45 4.4 .519 .517 3.9 -0.2 41 $ *7O/8 AS,MVP-11
1951 30 DET AL 116 440 -14 -1 -1 -1 -3 -21 -2.1 12 -9 -1.0 .482 .487 -0.9 -0.4 -8 $ *O78/9
1952 31 DET AL 1 1 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .532 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $
1952 31 BOS AL 106 441 -1 -2 -0 1 -5 -8 -0.9 12 4 0.3 .492 .495 0.2 -0.4 3 $ *O798
1953 32 BOS AL 99 330 -10 -0 -1 4 -4 -11 -1.1 9 -2 -0.2 .489 .493 -0.7 0.1 -6 $ O78
1954 33 BOS AL 6 8 -2 0 0 -0 0 -3 -0.3 0 -2 -0.3 .452 .498 -0.2 -0.0 -2 $ /7
1954 33 NYG NL 12 11 -2 0 0 -0 -0 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.1 .484 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $ /87
1954 33 DET AL 30 66 -5 -0 -0 -1 -1 -8 -0.9 2 -6 -0.7 .470 .494 -0.6 -0.2 -5 $ 7/98
1955 34 BAL AL 60 210 2 -0 -2 0 -2 -2 -0.2 6 3 0.4 .496 .499 0.3 -0.2 3 $ 97/8
1955 34 CLE AL 39 70 0 -0 -0 -2 -1 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.1 .492 .498 0.1 -0.3 1 $ 7/89
1956 35 CLE AL 3 1 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .503 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $
1956 35 BAL AL 48 138 1 0 0 0 -2 0 0.0 4 4 0.4 .500 .500 0.3 -0.1 4 $ 9/78
12 Seasons 1142 4309 37 -7 -7 15 -31 6 0.2 113 119 11.5 .500 .500 9.7 -1.6 104 $
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
DET (9 yrs) 769 3100 48 -4 -4 12 -17 34 3.1 80 114 11.1 .504 .502 9.8 -0.5 102 $
BOS (3 yrs) 211 779 -13 -2 -1 5 -9 -21 -2.3 21 0 -0.2 .489 .495 -0.7 -0.4 -4 $
CLE (2 yrs) 42 71 1 -1 -0 -2 -1 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.1 .493 .499 0.1 -0.3 1 $
BAL (2 yrs) 108 348 2 0 -1 0 -4 -2 -0.2 9 7 0.8 .498 .499 0.6 -0.3 7 $
NYG (1 yr) 12 11 -2 0 0 -0 -0 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.1 .484 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $

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
1941 20 DET AL 4 5 0 0.0 115 .000 .000 .288 .000 .366 .000 .424 .000 .789 -100 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1946 25 DET AL 341 230 38 4.4 101 .300 .266 .272 .344 .347 .359 .391 .703 .738 91 .527 -3.9 -0.4 .659 .224 .092 5.1
1947 26 DET AL 525 358 70 5.2 100 .314 .296 .267 .366 .348 .435 .384 .801 .732 118 .600 11.1 1.1 .733 .239 .139 8.9
1948 27 DET AL 605 402 90 6.0 108 .320 .314 .277 .378 .362 .454 .400 .831 .762 118 .615 12.9 1.3 .766 .232 .139 4.6
1949 28 DET AL 508 328 73 5.9 107 .320 .303 .271 .403 .363 .428 .393 .831 .756 120 .616 14.3 1.4 .790 .285 .125 6.5
1950 29 DET AL 610 391 114 7.7 116 .320 .323 .282 .408 .370 .551 .423 .959 .792 141 .692 31.9 3.0 .945 .356 .228 8.1
1951 30 DET AL 440 329 41 3.4 102 .230 .224 .268 .297 .349 .356 .392 .653 .741 76 .367 -14.7 -1.5 .567 .239 .132 6.9
1952 31 TOT AL 442 316 55 4.7 102 .276 .264 .268 .320 .349 .430 .391 .750 .740 102 .557 -1.4 -0.1 .676 .246 .167 7.4
1952 31 DET AL 1 0 1 96 1.000 1.000 .260 1.000 .340 1.000 .380 2.000 .720 457 .000 0.5 0.0 .000 .000
1952 31 BOS AL 441 316 54 4.6 102 .274 .262 .268 .318 .349 .429 .391 .747 .740 101 .548 -1.9 -0.2 .673 .247 .167 7.4
1953 32 BOS AL 330 242 34 3.8 106 .246 .240 .274 .301 .351 .390 .404 .691 .755 82 .424 -9.2 -0.9 .605 .230 .150 3.4
1954 33 TOT MLB 85 69 4 1.6 101 .177 .152 .267 .212 .342 .241 .394 .452 .736 23 .132 -8.8 -0.9 .377 .165 .089 1.0
1954 33 TOT AL 74 59 4 1.8 99 .190 .162 .266 .230 .341 .221 .389 .450 .730 24 .174 -7.2 -0.8 .373 .147 .059 .0
1954 33 BOS AL 8 8 0 0.0 108 .000 .000 .278 .000 .355 .000 .406 .000 .762 -100 .000 -2.3 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1954 33 NYG NL 11 10 0 0.0 110 .000 .091 .275 .091 .347 .364 .426 .455 .773 12 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .400 .273 .273 .0
1954 33 DET AL 66 51 4 2.1 98 .212 .183 .264 .258 .340 .250 .386 .508 .726 41 .215 -4.9 -0.5 .431 .167 .067 .0
1955 34 TOT AL 280 208 31 4.0 98 .268 .251 .260 .309 .339 .430 .388 .739 .727 102 .437 0.1 0.0 .647 .267 .179 3.2
1955 34 BAL AL 210 158 21 3.6 96 .250 .238 .257 .307 .335 .400 .382 .707 .717 96 .387 -1.2 -0.1 .618 .270 .162 3.0
1955 34 CLE AL 70 50 10 5.4 106 .321 .288 .271 .314 .351 .515 .404 .829 .755 117 .571 1.2 0.1 .735 .258 .227 .0
1956 35 TOT AL 139 87 15 4.6 98 .280 .241 .256 .380 .337 .295 .391 .674 .728 88 .482 -0.2 -0.0 .694 .286 .054 1.0
1956 35 CLE AL 1 0 0 1.000 .352 .000 0.3 0.0
1956 35 BAL AL 138 87 15 4.6 98 .280 .241 .256 .375 .336 .295 .391 .670 .728 87 .482 -0.5 -0.1 .682 .277 .054 1.0
12 Yrs 4309 2965 565 5.1 105 .291 .278 .271 .353 .354 .426 .397 .778 .751 107 .556 30.9 2.8 .714 .260 .148 61.7
162 Game Avg. 611 421 80 5.1 105 .291 .278 .271 .353 .354 .426 .397 .778 .751 107 .556 4 0 .714 .260 .148 9
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
DET (9 yrs) 3100 2094 431 5.5 106 .302 .290 .273 .368 .357 .436 .398 .803 .756 112 .587 45.9 4.3 .745 .264 .146 45.0
BOS (3 yrs) 779 566 88 4.2 104 .259 .250 .271 .307 .350 .408 .397 .715 .747 91 .490 -13.3 -1.3 .634 .237 .158 10.9
CLE (2 yrs) 71 50 10 5.4 106 .321 .288 .271 .324 .351 .515 .404 .839 .755 120 .570 1.6 0.2 .755 .273 .227 .0
BAL (2 yrs) 348 245 36 3.9 97 .261 .239 .257 .334 .335 .360 .386 .695 .721 93 .422 -1.7 -0.2 .641 .273 .121 4.2
NYG (1 yr) 11 10 0 0.0 110 .000 .091 .275 .091 .347 .364 .426 .455 .773 12 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .400 .273 .273 .0
AL (12 yrs) 4298 2955 565 5.1 105 .292 .278 .271 .353 .354 .426 .397 .779 .751 107 .558 32.4 2.9 .715 .260 .148 61.5
NL (1 yr) 11 10 0 0.0 110 .000 .091 .275 .091 .347 .364 .426 .455 .773 12 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .400 .273 .273 .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
1948 DET AL 27 as CF 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 1.000 1.250 4 0 0 0 0 0
1950 DET AL 29 as RF 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 GP) 7 6 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 .167 .286 .667 .952 4 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
1941 20 DET AL 4 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 50%
1946 25 DET AL 341 1.2% 12.6% 10.0% 4.7% 20% 1.26 7.1 76.0 9.2 75%
1947 26 DET AL 525 1.9% 9.3% 8.6% 7.4% 29% 1.09 9.4 46.0 6.9 76%
1948 27 DET AL 605 1.7% 5.1% 8.4% 8.1% 29% 0.61 17.4 53.8 5.2 1.16 82%
1949 28 DET AL 508 1.4% 7.5% 13.8% 6.7% 26% 0.54 11.4 61.7 6.0 0.92 76%
1950 29 DET AL 610 3.4% 6.6% 11.6% 11.0% 39% 0.56 13.2 25.0 5.1 1.05 76%
1951 30 DET AL 440 2.5% 10.7% 9.1% 6.4% 32% 1.18 8.4 35.7 8.5 0.77 76%
1952 31 TOT AL 442 3.2% 12.4% 6.6% 7.9% 33% 1.90 7.3 28.7 6.8 0.80 75%
1952 31 DET AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 100%
1952 31 BOS AL 441 3.2% 12.5% 6.6% 7.9% 33% 1.90 7.3 28.6 6.8 0.80 75%
1953 32 BOS AL 330 3.3% 12.4% 7.0% 6.7% 31% 1.78 7.3 27.3 9.7 0.77 75%
1954 33 TOT MLB 85 1.2% 18.8% 5.9% 5.9% 42% 3.20 4.9 79.0 9.9 0.53 73%
1954 33 TOT AL 74 0.0% 13.5% 6.8% 5.4% 36% 2.00 6.8 13.6 0.50 78%
1954 33 BOS AL 8 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 4.0 0.50 75%
1954 33 NYG NL 11 9.1% 54.6% 0.0% 9.1% 100% 1.8 11.0 3.7 1.00 36%
1954 33 DET AL 66 0.0% 12.1% 7.6% 6.1% 36% 1.60 7.5 12.0 0.50 79%
1955 34 TOT AL 280 2.9% 14.3% 7.9% 9.6% 43% 1.82 6.3 31.4 6.4 0.78 73%
1955 34 BAL AL 210 2.9% 13.3% 9.1% 8.1% 39% 1.47 6.6 30.8 6.2 0.92 72%
1955 34 CLE AL 70 2.9% 17.1% 4.3% 14.3% 53% 4.00 5.5 33.0 7.3 0.42 76%
1956 35 TOT AL 139 0.7% 13.0% 18.0% 2.9% 15% 0.72 6.2 112.0 28.0 0.64 67%
1956 35 CLE AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.00 0%
1956 35 BAL AL 138 0.7% 13.0% 17.4% 2.9% 15% 0.75 6.2 112.0 28.0 0.64 67%
12 Yrs 4309 2.3% 9.8% 9.6% 7.6% 31% 1.01 9.1 38.8 6.7 0.86 76%
MLB Averages 1.7% 9.9% 9.4% 6.2% 27% 1.05 9.0 52.9 8.4 0.97 77%
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
1941 20 DET AL -1.2 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 25 DET AL -3.9 -0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 26 DET AL 11.1 1.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 27 DET AL 12.9 1.3 280 0.1 5.7 -5.6 1.17 0.9 -0.9 9.1 0.9 1.08 11.3 0.57 1
1949 28 DET AL 13.7 1.3 321 0.6 6.6 -6.0 1.13 0.4 0.1 5.5 0.5 1.04 3.2 2.53 9
1950 29 DET AL 31.9 3.0 490 2.0 10.7 -8.7 1.04 2.0 -0.1 16.0 1.5 0.99 25.3 2.31 1
1951 30 DET AL -14.7 -1.5 355 -1.2 5.8 -7.0 1.10 -0.5 -0.6 -6.7 -0.7 0.99 -3.4 1.55 7
1952 31 TOT AL -1.8 -0.2 440 -0.4 7.9 -8.3 1.08 0.3 -0.7 3.3 0.3 1.00 5.8 2.29 2
1952 31 DET AL 0.5 0.0 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 .80 0.0 -0.0 0.4 0.0 0.86 0.4 0.80 1
1952 31 BOS AL -2.3 -0.2 439 -0.4 7.8 -8.3 1.08 0.3 -0.7 3.0 0.3 1.00 5.4 3.78 1
1953 32 BOS AL -9.5 -1.0 340 -1.7 5.2 -7.0 1.04 -0.7 -1.0 -11.8 -1.2 0.97 -7.2 1.94 7
1954 33 TOT MLB -8.8 -0.9 87 -1.5 1.0 -2.5 1.28 -1.0 -0.2 -8.6 -0.9 0.97 -10.0 2.22 17
1954 33 TOT AL -7.2 -0.8 76 -1.1 0.7 -1.9 1.10 -0.7 -0.3 -6.7 -0.7 0.92 -8.1 1.52 9
1954 33 BOS AL -2.3 -0.2 8 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 1.14 -0.2 -0.1 -1.8 -0.2 0.75 -2.3 1.67 4
1954 33 NYG NL -1.6 -0.2 11 -0.4 0.3 -0.7 2.53 -0.2 0.1 -1.9 -0.2 1.33 -1.8 3.02 8
1954 33 DET AL -4.9 -0.5 68 -0.8 0.7 -1.5 1.09 -0.5 -0.2 -4.9 -0.5 0.94 -5.9 1.39 5
1955 34 TOT AL 0.1 0.0 285 1.1 6.3 -5.2 1.06 0.0 1.0 3.3 0.3 0.94 0.9 1.02 17
1955 34 BAL AL -1.2 -0.1 212 0.3 4.6 -4.3 1.12 -0.1 0.4 1.8 0.2 0.95 -0.8 1.35 6
1955 34 CLE AL 1.2 0.1 73 0.8 1.7 -0.9 .87 0.1 0.8 1.5 0.1 0.90 1.7 0.85 11
1956 35 TOT AL -0.4 -0.0 142 0.4 2.7 -2.3 1.12 0.2 0.2 -0.9 -0.1 0.92 0.5 2.19 10
1956 35 CLE AL 0.3 0.0 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 .39 0.0 -0.0 0.4 0.0 0.86 0.5 0.39 0
1956 35 BAL AL -0.7 -0.1 141 0.4 2.7 -2.3 1.13 0.1 0.2 -1.3 -0.1 0.92 0.1 2.19 10
12 Yrs 29.3 2.6 2740 -0.8 51.8 -52.5 1.09 1.8 -2.5 9.2 0.8 0.99 26.6 1.86 71
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 27 DET AL 4 0 33% 112 3 4 43% 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 3 46% 12 8 4 3 1 1 9 3 6
1949 28 DET AL 5 0 31% 134 6 7 46% 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 57% 21 13 8 6 2 4 10 1 9
1950 29 DET AL 6 0 35% 202 5 9 36% 5 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 4 46% 28 22 6 7 6 1 22 3 19
1951 30 DET AL 8 0 31% 113 5 3 63% 2 3 1 0 1 0 2 0 8 3 44% 16 10 5 4 2 2 14 5 8
1952 31 TOT AL 9 0 31% 155 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 30% 22 18 3 11 7 4 13 4 7
1952 31 DET AL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 31 BOS AL 9 0 32% 153 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 31% 21 17 3 11 7 4 13 4 7
1953 32 BOS AL 2 0 32% 120 2 1 67% 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 5 38% 18 14 4 11 5 5 11 4 6
1954 33 TOT MLB 0 0 35% 26 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 43% 1 1 0 2 2 0 4 1 3
1954 33 TOT AL 0 0 35% 26 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 43% 1 1 0 2 2 0 4 1 3
1954 33 BOS AL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 33 NYG NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 33 DET AL 0 0 29% 25 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 43% 1 1 0 2 2 0 4 1 3
1955 34 TOT AL 6 0 30% 97 2 2 50% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 18% 16 15 1 0 0 0 12 8 4
1955 34 BAL AL 6 0 26% 62 2 1 67% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 21% 11 10 1 0 0 0 8 5 3
1955 34 CLE AL 0 0 40% 35 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 11% 5 5 0 0 0 0 4 3 1
1956 35 TOT AL 3 0 39% 71 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 30% 14 13 1 2 1 1 7 2 5
1956 35 CLE AL 0 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1956 35 BAL AL 3 0 38% 66 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 33% 13 12 1 2 1 1 6 1 5
12 Yrs 43 0 33% 1030 45 36 56% 22 18 1 2 2 2 6 0 43 31 40% 148 114 32 46 26 18 102 31 67
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

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 27 DET AL 605 23% 169 1 0 0 0 0.57 10 0 19 2 3 3 7 0 5 13 260% 54 16 30% 28 13 46% 248 50 20% 27 19 70% 7 5 71% 0
1949 28 DET AL 508 49% 131 9 1 0 1 2.53 7 0 11 2 1 7 0 0 5 4 80% 72 16 22% 31 10 32% 244 36 15% 17 8 47% 18 14 78% 0
1950 29 DET AL 610 36% 170 1 0 0 1 2.31 21 0 11 12 6 10 11 1 11 9 82% 112 17 15% 51 20 39% 354 65 18% 34 18 53% 18 10 56% 0
1951 30 DET AL 440 38% 88 7 1 0 2 1.55 11 0 11 4 5 6 5 0 6 6 100% 74 15 20% 38 12 32% 232 27 12% 22 12 55% 23 14 61% 0
1952 31 TOT AL 442 18% 106 2 1 0 0 2.29 14 1 10 11 3 10 4 0 9 7 78% 98 11 11% 49 17 35% 309 49 16% 21 11 52% 25 13 52% 0
1952 31 DET AL 1 0% 1 1 1 0 0 0.80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 31 BOS AL 441 18% 105 1 0 0 0 3.78 14 1 10 11 3 10 4 0 9 7 78% 98 11 11% 49 17 35% 309 49 16% 21 11 52% 25 13 52% 0
1953 32 BOS AL 330 26% 72 7 1 0 1 1.94 11 0 11 8 3 3 8 0 6 4 67% 81 9 11% 42 9 21% 205 21 10% 11 3 27% 15 3 20% 0
1954 33 TOT MLB 85 35% 12 17 1 1 2 2.22 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0% 15 2 13% 9 1 11% 59 7 12% 4 2 50% 4 0 0% 0
1954 33 TOT AL 74 34% 11 9 0 0 1 1.52 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 11 2 18% 5 1 20% 46 5 11% 3 2 67% 2 0 0% 0
1954 33 BOS AL 8 63% 0 4 0 0 0 1.67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1954 33 NYG NL 11 45% 1 8 1 1 1 3.02 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 4 0 0% 13 2 15% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1954 33 DET AL 66 30% 11 5 0 0 1 1.39 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 11 2 18% 4 1 25% 42 5 12% 2 2 100% 2 0 0% 0
1955 34 TOT AL 280 56% 63 17 6 1 4 1.02 8 0 7 3 5 3 5 0 5 5 100% 67 11 16% 33 10 30% 180 32 18% 17 11 65% 13 7 54% 0
1955 34 BAL AL 210 48% 44 6 3 0 3 1.35 6 0 6 3 3 1 5 0 5 5 100% 52 10 19% 25 9 36% 147 25 17% 13 8 62% 13 7 54% 0
1955 34 CLE AL 70 81% 19 11 3 1 1 0.85 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 15 1 7% 8 1 13% 33 7 21% 4 3 75% 0 0 0
1956 35 TOT AL 139 55% 27 10 2 0 0 2.19 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 100% 22 0 0% 10 2 20% 82 4 5% 4 1 25% 5 4 80% 0
1956 35 CLE AL 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0.39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 35 BAL AL 138 55% 27 10 2 0 0 2.19 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 100% 22 0 0% 10 2 20% 82 4 5% 4 1 25% 5 4 80% 0
12 Yrs 3439 35% 1055 71 13 2 11 1.86 98 1 87 44 26 43 41 1 50 65 130% 595 116 20% 291 94 32% 1913 291 15% 157 85 54% 128 70 55% 0
MLB Averages 50% 181% 21% 32% 14% 51% 55%
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

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
1941 20 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0
1942 21 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0
1943 22 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0
1944 23 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0
1945 24 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0
1946 25 82 345 308 42 81 8 4 4 33 7 1 34 45 .263 .340 .354 .694 88 109 6 2 1
1947 26 208 870 768 109 217 32 9 14 100 15 8 79 94 .283 .356 .402 .758 106 309 19 8 15
1948 27 347 1475 1306 190 386 65 15 24 203 18 12 130 125 .296 .365 .423 .788 111 553 35 12 28
1949 28 479 1983 1738 258 517 86 21 31 275 24 19 200 163 .297 .374 .425 .799 113 738 51 14 32
1950 29 622 2593 2264 358 687 121 32 52 378 29 28 271 203 .303 .382 .454 .836 120 1028 68 18 41
1951 30 738 3033 2657 405 775 136 34 63 424 34 31 311 250 .292 .370 .440 .810 114 1168 83 19 47
1952 31 845 3475 3059 458 881 153 38 77 483 39 33 340 305 .288 .364 .438 .802 112 1341 94 23 54
1953 32 944 3805 3359 497 953 163 39 88 514 41 34 363 346 .284 .358 .434 .792 110 1458 103 26 58
1954 33 992 3890 3438 504 965 167 39 89 522 42 34 368 362 .281 .355 .430 .784 108 1477 105 27 58 0
1955 34 1091 4170 3689 535 1028 184 41 97 561 44 36 390 402 .279 .352 .430 .781 107 1585 116 27 63 2 0
1956 35 1142 4309 3801 556 1055 187 41 98 565 45 36 415 420 .278 .353 .426 .778 107 1618 116 27 65 2 0

Neutralized Batting

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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
1941 20 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
1946 25 85 358 319 45 86 8 4 4 35 7 36 45 .270 .347 .357 .705 40 81
1947 26 131 549 480 72 144 25 5 11 72 8 48 51 .300 .371 .442 .812 77 126
1948 27 145 621 553 77 167 33 6 10 98 3 50 32 .302 .364 .438 .802 87 139
1949 28 138 524 447 67 132 21 6 7 71 6 71 40 .295 .394 .416 .810 73 132
1950 29 149 613 533 89 161 33 10 20 92 5 67 42 .302 .384 .514 .898 105 143
1951 30 122 457 410 47 89 15 2 11 46 5 40 49 .217 .288 .344 .632 41 116
1952 31 112 461 420 55 111 18 4 15 61 5 30 57 .264 .319 .433 .753 56 107
1953 32 103 341 311 39 73 10 1 11 31 2 23 43 .235 .294 .379 .673 34 99
1954 33 50 89 83 7 13 4 0 1 8 1 5 17 .157 .213 .241 .454 4 48
1955 34 103 293 263 34 67 18 2 9 42 2 23 42 .255 .313 .441 .754 37 99
1956 35 53 147 118 23 29 3 0 1 4 1 27 19 .246 .386 .297 .683 14 51
12 Yrs 1192 4457 3941 555 1072 188 40 100 560 45 420 439 .272 .346 .416 .762 568 1142
162 Game Avg. 162 606 536 75 146 26 5 14 76 6 57 60 .272 .346 .416 .762 77 1142

* 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

All-Star Games
1948 (CF)
1950 (RF)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1948 AL (17, 4%)
1950 AL (11, 11%)
0.15 Career Shares (809th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1950 AL  4.4 (7th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1950 AL  3.9 (9th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1948 AL  .314 (8th)
1950 AL  .323 (7th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1950 AL  .408 (10th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1947 AL  .435 (9th)
1950 AL  .551 (3rd)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1950 AL  .959 (4th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1950 AL  290 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1948 AL  33 (9th)
1950 AL  35 (4th)

Triples s c a p y
1950 AL  11 (1st)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1948 AL  103 (9th)
1950 AL  103 (9th)

Singles s c a p y
1948 AL  120 (10th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1950 AL  141 (4th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1950 AL  114 (9th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1950 AL  32 (6th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1950 AL  3.0 (6th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1950 AL  67 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1950 AL  .693 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1947 AL  6 (2nd)
1948 AL  4 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1947 AL  14 (2nd)
1948 AL  13 (7th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1947 AL  7 (8th)
1949 AL  7 (6th)
1950 AL  9 (1st)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1947 AL  8.9 (5th)

Youngest s c a p y
1941 AL  born 1921-02-08 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 27 (862), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 24 (698), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1263), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Stan Spence (964)
  2. Ival Goodman (956)
  3. Jay Payton (955)
  4. Dan Ford (951)
  5. Orlando Merced (949)
  6. Cleon Jones (947)
  7. Lee Maye (946)
  8. Jackie Brandt (945)
  9. David DeJesus (945)
  10. Roy Cullenbine (945)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Cory Sullivan (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Luis Olmo (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Irv Noren (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Pete Reiser (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Shane Mack (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Floyd Robinson (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Roy Cullenbine (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Orlando Merced (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Gary Ward (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Orlando Merced (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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