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Ferris Fain

Ferris Roy Fain (Burrhead or Cocky)

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 29, 1921 in San Antonio, TX
High School: Roosevelt (Oakland, CA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1947
Teams (by GP): Athletics/WhiteSox/Tigers/Indians 1947-1955

Final Game: September 24, 1955
Died: October 18, 2001 in Georgetown, CA
Buried: Georgetown Pioneer Cemetery, Georgetown, 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
1947 26 PHA AL 136 567 461 70 134 28 6 7 71 4 5 95 34 .291 .414 .423 .837 131 195 15 2 9 *3 MVP-19,RoY-4
1948 27 PHA AL 145 644 520 81 146 27 6 7 88 10 5 113 37 .281 .412 .396 .808 114 206 17 3 8 *3 MVP-24
1949 28 PHA AL 150 672 525 81 138 21 5 3 78 8 1 136 51 .263 .415 .339 .754 103 178 15 0 11 *3
1950 29 PHA AL 151 658 522 83 147 25 4 10 83 8 5 133 26 .282 .430 .402 .832 116 210 18 3 0 *3 AS
1951 30 PHA AL 117 511 425 63 146 30 3 6 57 0 3 80 20 .344 .451 .471 .921 148 200 10 3 3 *3O9/7 AS,MVP-6
1952 31 PHA AL 145 648 538 82 176 43 3 2 59 3 5 105 26 .327 .438 .429 .867 136 231 19 1 4 *3 AS,MVP-6
1953 32 CHW AL 128 564 446 73 114 18 2 6 52 3 2 108 28 .256 .405 .345 .750 102 154 11 4 6 *3 AS
1954 33 CHW AL 65 282 235 30 71 10 1 5 51 5 1 40 14 .302 .399 .417 .816 122 98 2 1 1 5 3 AS
1955 34 TOT AL 114 358 258 32 67 11 0 2 31 5 1 94 25 .260 .455 .326 .781 113 84 10 1 2 3 3 3
1955 34 DET AL 58 196 140 23 37 8 0 2 23 2 1 52 12 .264 .459 .364 .823 126 51 5 0 2 2 2 3
1955 34 CLE AL 56 162 118 9 30 3 0 0 8 3 0 42 13 .254 .451 .280 .730 97 33 5 1 0 1 1 3
9 Seasons 1151 4904 3930 595 1139 213 30 48 570 46 28 904 261 .290 .424 .396 .820 120 1556 117 18 44 8 3
162 Game Avg. 162 690 553 84 160 30 4 7 80 6 4 127 37 .290 .424 .396 .820 120 219 16 3 6
PHA (6 yrs) 844 3700 2991 460 887 174 27 35 436 33 24 662 194 .297 .426 .408 .834 124 1220 94 12 35
CHW (2 yrs) 193 846 681 103 185 28 3 11 103 8 3 148 42 .272 .403 .370 .773 108 252 13 5 7 5
CLE (1 yr) 56 162 118 9 30 3 0 0 8 3 0 42 13 .254 .451 .280 .730 97 33 5 1 0 1 1
DET (1 yr) 58 196 140 23 37 8 0 2 23 2 1 52 12 .264 .459 .364 .823 126 51 5 0 2 2 2

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1947 26 PHA AL 567 23 -1 0 0 5 -6 15 36 3.8 31 3.2 0.6 $ *3 MVP-19,RoY-4
1948 27 PHA AL 644 21 0 0 0 2 -7 16 32 3.2 30 3.0 0.2 $ *3 MVP-24
1949 28 PHA AL 672 12 1 0 0 0 -7 16 22 2.3 22 2.2 0.1 $ *3
1950 29 PHA AL 658 13 -2 0 0 -2 -7 17 19 1.9 21 2.1 -0.2 $ *3 AS
1951 30 PHA AL 511 32 -3 0 0 3 -5 13 40 4.1 37 3.8 0.3 $ *3O9/7 AS,MVP-6
1952 31 PHA AL 648 31 -2 0 0 3 -7 17 42 4.5 39 4.3 0.2 $ *3 AS,MVP-6
1953 32 CHW AL 564 11 0 0 0 0 -6 15 26 2.6 20 2.1 0.5 $ *3 AS
1954 33 CHW AL 281 10 -1 -2 3 0 -3 7 14 1.5 14 1.5 0.0 $ 3 AS
1955 34 DET AL 196 11 -2 0 0 0 -2 6 13 1.3 13 1.3 0.0 $18,000 3
1955 34 CLE AL 162 2 -1 -1 -1 0 -2 5 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 3
9 Seasons 4903 166 -11 -3 2 12 -52 127 246 25.4 229 23.7 1.7 $18,000
PHA (6 yrs) 3700 132 -7 0 0 11 -39 94 191 19.8 180 18.6 1.2 $
CHW (2 yrs) 845 21 -1 -2 3 0 -9 22 40 4.1 34 3.6 0.5 $
CLE (1 yr) 162 2 -1 -1 -1 0 -2 5 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $
DET (1 yr) 196 11 -2 0 0 0 -2 6 13 1.3 13 1.3 0.0 $18,000

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
1947 26 PHA AL 567 356 79 5.9 98 .302 .291 .265 .414 .345 .423 .381 .837 .726 131 .655 24.8 2.5 .839 .336 .132 5.1
1948 27 PHA AL 644 404 85 5.6 106 .292 .281 .274 .412 .360 .396 .396 .808 .756 114 .589 17.0 1.7 .826 .342 .115 8.2
1949 28 PHA AL 672 414 75 4.8 104 .287 .263 .267 .415 .358 .339 .388 .754 .746 103 .523 11.5 1.1 .797 .349 .076 4.4
1950 29 PHA AL 658 398 90 6.0 112 .282 .282 .276 .430 .363 .402 .414 .832 .776 116 .586 21.5 2.0 .877 .381 .121 8.9
1951 30 PHA AL 511 295 88 8.0 103 .351 .344 .269 .451 .350 .471 .394 .921 .744 148 .741 34.8 3.4 .959 .308 .127 .0
1952 31 PHA AL 648 390 100 6.9 101 .341 .327 .267 .438 .348 .429 .390 .867 .738 136 .718 34.9 3.6 .868 .294 .102 2.4
1953 32 CHW AL 564 351 62 4.7 105 .262 .256 .273 .405 .350 .345 .402 .750 .752 102 .528 8.0 0.8 .774 .334 .090 4.0
1954 33 CHW AL 282 173 40 6.2 101 .299 .302 .269 .399 .345 .417 .393 .816 .738 122 .665 9.4 1.0 .856 .302 .115 5.0
1955 34 TOT AL 358 207 47 6.1 103 .278 .260 .267 .455 .347 .326 .398 .781 .745 113 .627 14.1 1.4 .906 .446 .066 2.9
1955 34 DET AL 196 113 28 6.6 101 .273 .264 .264 .459 .343 .364 .393 .823 .737 126 .663 10.5 1.0 .954 .479 .100 2.0
1955 34 CLE AL 162 94 19 5.4 106 .283 .254 .271 .451 .351 .280 .404 .730 .755 97 .576 3.6 0.4 .849 .407 .025 .0
9 Seasons 4904 2988 666 6.0 104 .301 .290 .270 .424 .353 .396 .395 .820 .748 120 .627 176.0 17.5 .850 .341 .106 47.0
162 Game Avg. 690 421 94 6.0 104 .301 .290 .270 .424 .353 .396 .395 .820 .748 120 .627 25 2 .850 .341 .106 7
PHA (6 yrs) 3700 2257 517 6.1 104 .308 .297 .270 .426 .354 .408 .394 .834 .748 124 .637 144.6 14.4 .856 .336 .111 34.0
CHW (2 yrs) 846 524 102 5.2 104 .275 .272 .272 .403 .348 .370 .399 .773 .747 108 .579 17.3 1.7 .801 .323 .098 9.3
CLE (1 yr) 162 94 19 5.4 106 .283 .254 .271 .451 .351 .280 .404 .730 .755 97 .576 3.6 0.4 .849 .407 .025 .0
DET (1 yr) 196 113 28 6.6 101 .273 .264 .264 .459 .343 .364 .393 .823 .737 126 .663 10.5 1.0 .954 .479 .100 2.0

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
1950 PHA AL 29 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
1951 PHA AL 30 as 1B 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 1.000 1.333 3 0 0 0 0 0
1952 PHA AL 31 DNP
1953 CHW AL 32 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1954 CHW AL 33 DNP
5 Seasons (3 Appearances) 7 7 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 .429 .429 .714 1.143 5 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
1947 26 PHA AL 567 1.2% 6.0% 16.8% 7.2% 31% 0.36 13.6 65.9 6.5 74%
1948 27 PHA AL 644 1.1% 5.8% 17.6% 6.2% 27% 0.33 14.1 74.3 5.9 74%
1949 28 PHA AL 672 0.5% 7.6% 20.2% 4.3% 21% 0.38 10.3 175.0 6.7 70%
1950 29 PHA AL 658 1.5% 4.0% 20.2% 5.9% 27% 0.20 20.1 52.2 6.3 1.08 74%
1951 30 PHA AL 511 1.2% 3.9% 15.7% 7.6% 27% 0.25 21.3 70.8 7.5 1.03 78%
1952 31 PHA AL 648 0.3% 4.0% 16.2% 7.4% 27% 0.25 20.7 269.0 9.1 1.25 79%
1953 32 CHW AL 564 1.1% 5.0% 19.2% 4.6% 23% 0.26 15.9 74.3 8.6 1.01 73%
1954 33 CHW AL 282 1.8% 5.0% 14.2% 5.7% 23% 0.35 16.8 47.0 4.6 0.89 78%
1955 34 TOT AL 358 0.6% 7.0% 26.3% 3.6% 19% 0.27 10.3 129.0 8.3 1.28 65%
1955 34 DET AL 196 1.0% 6.1% 26.5% 5.1% 27% 0.23 11.7 70.0 6.1 1.36 65%
1955 34 CLE AL 162 0.0% 8.0% 25.9% 1.9% 10% 0.31 9.1 14.8 1.19 65%
9 Seasons 4904 1.0% 5.3% 18.4% 5.9% 26% 0.29 15.1 81.9 6.9 1.09 74%
MLB Averages 1.9% 10.2% 9.7% 6.4% 28% 1.05 8.7 45.5 8.1 0.95 76%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1947 26 PHA AL 24.8 2.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 27 PHA AL 17.0 1.7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1949 28 PHA AL 11.5 1.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1950 29 PHA AL 21.5 2.0 504 1.9 9.6 -7.7 1.10 1.7 -0.1 22.1 2.1 0.99 23.0 0
1951 30 PHA AL 34.8 3.4 449 3.0 9.4 -6.4 1.00 2.8 0.1 32.8 3.2 0.99 31.9 0
1952 31 PHA AL 34.9 3.6 590 4.0 12.5 -8.5 1.01 2.9 1.1 29.5 2.9 0.94 25.7 0.16 1
1953 32 CHW AL 8.0 0.8 582 1.0 9.8 -8.8 .99 1.1 -0.1 16.4 1.6 0.95 15.2 1.36 0
1954 33 CHW AL 9.4 1.0 289 1.4 5.5 -4.0 1.05 1.7 -0.3 20.7 2.1 1.06 18.6 0.61 0
1955 34 TOT AL 14.1 1.4 369 1.2 6.6 -5.4 1.01 1.3 -0.2 14.4 1.4 0.99 14.9 1.36 13
1955 34 DET AL 10.5 1.0 201 1.1 4.1 -3.0 1.08 1.0 0.0 11.9 1.2 1.03 11.5 1.20 9
1955 34 CLE AL 3.6 0.4 168 0.1 2.5 -2.4 .93 0.4 -0.3 2.5 0.2 0.94 3.4 1.71 4
9 Seasons 176.0 17.5 2783 12.4 53.4 -40.9 1.02 11.6 0.5 135.9 13.3 0.98 129.3 1.27 14

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
1950 29 PHA AL 6 0 27% 231 8 5 62% 4 4 1 0 1 0 4 0 11 8 47% 37 28 9 5 1 4 20 2 16
1951 30 PHA AL 7 0 26% 238 0 3 0% 1 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 12 3 36% 32 23 8 9 7 1 18 2 12
1952 31 PHA AL 5 0 29% 265 3 5 38% 0 3 3 1 0 1 5 0 10 4 53% 40 25 14 9 2 7 21 5 16
1953 32 CHW AL 6 0 31% 283 3 2 60% 3 2 0 1 0 1 6 0 8 8 25% 47 43 3 8 5 3 21 6 13
1954 33 CHW AL 2 0 23% 130 5 1 83% 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 4 34% 16 15 1 5 4 1 14 4 10
1955 34 TOT AL 3 0 19% 160 5 1 83% 5 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 6 7 21% 29 24 3 7 5 1 8 3 5
1955 34 DET AL 3 0 24% 75 2 1 67% 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 3 4 21% 14 12 1 4 4 0 6 2 4
1955 34 CLE AL 0 0 12% 85 3 0 100% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 20% 15 12 2 3 1 1 2 1 1
9 Seasons 29 0 27% 1307 46 28 62% 17 13 5 6 1 2 22 1 51 34 37% 201 158 38 43 24 17 102 22 72

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
1950 29 PHA AL 481 65% 147 0 0 0 0 10 0 15 7 1 6 2 0 1 0 0% 111 18 16% 48 21 44% 347 54 16% 36 22 61% 22 12 55% 177
1951 30 PHA AL 437 75% 146 0 0 0 0 6 0 9 4 2 2 4 0 3 3 100% 98 10 10% 47 14 30% 298 49 16% 23 13 57% 17 9 53% 75
1952 31 PHA AL 567 73% 176 1 0 0 0 0.16 2 0 9 1 0 1 0 0 7 4 57% 128 19 15% 49 17 35% 347 51 15% 18 12 67% 20 11 55% 81
1953 32 CHW AL 564 68% 114 0 0 0 0 1.36 6 0 14 3 3 3 3 0 6 6 100% 123 11 9% 59 21 36% 337 50 15% 35 21 60% 23 12 52% 0
1954 33 CHW AL 281 71% 71 0 0 0 0 0.61 5 1 10 4 1 2 3 1 1 1 100% 74 2 3% 36 21 58% 232 48 21% 33 19 58% 19 15 79% 0
1955 34 TOT AL 358 75% 67 13 4 0 1 1.36 2 0 8 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 100% 82 10 12% 32 13 41% 261 33 13% 24 12 50% 13 6 46% 0
1955 34 DET AL 196 86% 37 9 3 0 1 1.20 2 0 8 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 100% 46 5 11% 19 8 42% 156 25 16% 17 9 53% 7 3 43% 0
1955 34 CLE AL 162 62% 30 4 1 0 0 1.71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 5 14% 13 5 38% 105 8 8% 7 3 43% 6 3 50% 0
9 Seasons 2688 71% 1139 14 4 0 1 1.27 48 1 65 21 7 15 13 1 20 44 220% 616 117 19% 271 107 39% 1822 285 16% 169 99 59% 114 65 57% 333
MLB Averages 50% 140% 17% 32% 15% 50% 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
1947 26 136 567 461 70 134 28 6 7 71 4 5 95 34 .291 .414 .423 .837 131 195 15 2 9
1948 27 281 1211 981 151 280 55 12 14 159 14 10 208 71 .285 .413 .409 .822 122 401 32 5 17
1949 28 431 1883 1506 232 418 76 17 17 237 22 11 344 122 .278 .413 .384 .798 115 579 47 5 28
1950 29 582 2541 2028 315 565 101 21 27 320 30 16 477 148 .279 .418 .389 .807 116 789 65 8 28
1951 30 699 3052 2453 378 711 131 24 33 377 30 19 557 168 .290 .423 .403 .827 121 989 75 11 31
1952 31 844 3700 2991 460 887 174 27 35 436 33 24 662 194 .297 .426 .408 .834 124 1220 94 12 35
1953 32 972 4264 3437 533 1001 192 29 41 488 36 26 770 222 .291 .423 .400 .823 121 1374 105 16 41
1954 33 1037 4546 3672 563 1072 202 30 46 539 41 27 810 236 .292 .422 .401 .822 121 1472 107 17 42 5
1955 34 1151 4904 3930 595 1139 213 30 48 570 46 28 904 261 .290 .424 .396 .820 120 1556 117 18 44 8 3

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1947 26 141 586 483 76 143 30 6 7 77 4 101 35 .296 .420 .427 .846 87 136
1948 27 152 651 536 78 145 27 6 7 85 10 112 39 .271 .399 .382 .782 82 145
1949 28 157 686 546 83 142 22 5 3 80 8 140 53 .260 .411 .335 .746 75 150
1950 29 158 667 535 77 143 24 4 10 77 8 129 27 .267 .412 .383 .795 84 151
1951 30 123 527 442 63 149 31 3 6 57 0 82 21 .337 .444 .462 .906 89 117
1952 31 152 673 562 86 184 45 3 2 62 3 110 27 .327 .438 .429 .867 106 145
1953 32 134 577 463 73 116 18 2 6 52 3 110 29 .251 .399 .337 .736 62 128
1954 33 68 296 247 32 76 11 1 5 55 5 43 15 .308 .405 .421 .826 43 65
1955 34 119 372 270 33 70 11 0 2 32 5 98 26 .259 .454 .322 .777 40 114
9 Seasons 1204 5035 4084 601 1168 219 30 48 577 46 925 272 .286 .419 .390 .809 668 1151
162 Game Avg. 162 677 550 81 157 29 4 6 78 6 124 37 .286 .419 .390 .809 90 1151

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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
1950 *
1951 (1B)
1952
1953 *
1954

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1947 AL (19, 3%)
1948 AL (24, 1%)
1951 AL (6, 31%)
1952 AL (6, 20%)
0.55 Career Shares (414th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1951 AL  4.1 (9th)
1952 AL  4.5 (7th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1951 AL  3.8 (8th)
1952 AL  4.3 (7th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1951 AL  .344 (1st)
1952 AL  .327 (1st)

On-Base% s c a p y
1947 AL  .414 (2nd)
1948 AL  .412 (5th)
1949 AL  .415 (7th)
1950 AL  .430 (4th)
1951 AL  .451 (2nd)
1952 AL  .438 (1st)
1953 AL  .405 (4th)
Career  .424 (13th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1947 AL  .837 (6th)
1951 AL  .921 (4th)
1952 AL  .867 (6th)

Games Played s c a p y
1949 AL  150 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1952 AL  176 (3rd)

Doubles s c a p y
1947 AL  28 (9th)
1951 AL  30 (9th)
1952 AL  43 (1st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1947 AL  95 (5th)
1948 AL  113 (3rd)
1949 AL  136 (3rd)
1950 AL  133 (2nd)
1951 AL  80 (7th)
1952 AL  105 (3rd)
1953 AL  108 (2nd)
1955 AL  94 (4th)
Career  904 (166th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1948 AL  10 (8th)
1950 AL  8 (6th)

Singles s c a p y
1952 AL  128 (5th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1947 AL  131 (7th)
1951 AL  148 (4th)
1952 AL  136 (7th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1952 AL  100 (5th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1947 AL  25 (4th)
1951 AL  35 (4th)
1952 AL  35 (4th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1947 AL  2.5 (4th)
1951 AL  3.4 (4th)
1952 AL  3.6 (4th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1952 AL  48 (9th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1948 AL  262 (7th)
1949 AL  274 (8th)
1950 AL  283 (4th)
1952 AL  282 (1st)
1953 AL  226 (9th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1947 AL  .655 (8th)
1951 AL  .741 (3rd)
1952 AL  .718 (5th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1949 AL  11 (9th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1952 AL  19 (3rd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1948 AL  8.2 (7th)
1950 AL  8.9 (5th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1950 AL  20.1 (9th)
1951 AL  21.3 (7th)
1952 AL  20.7 (5th)
1953 AL  15.9 (9th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1951 AL  32.79 (5th)
1952 AL  29.46 (7th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1951 AL  3.0 (5th)
1952 AL  4.0 (2nd)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1951 AL  2.8 (6th)
1952 AL  2.9 (5th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1951 AL  3.2 (6th)
1952 AL  2.9 (7th)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 - 10 (237), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 38 (647), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 34 (554), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 20 (723), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Joe Cunningham (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Pat Tabler (922)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Earl Sheely (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Earl Sheely (913)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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