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Bob Feller

Robert William Andrew Feller (Rapid Robert or Heater from Van Meter)

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

Born: November 3, 1918 in Van Meter, IA
High School: Van Meter HS (Van Meter, IA)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1936. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 19, 1936 (Age 17)
Team: Indians 1936-1956

Final Game: September 30, 1956 (Age 37)
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1962 (150/160 ballots).
   View Bob Feller Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: December 15, 2010 in Cleveland, OH
Buried: Gates Mills - North Cemetery, Gates Mills, OH
Relatives: Cousin of Hal Manders
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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
1936 17 CLE AL 14 23 22 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .136 .136 .136 .273 -33 3 0 1 1
1937 18 CLE AL 26 56 53 1 9 1 1 0 9 0 0 3 17 .170 .214 .226 .441 12 12 0 0 1
1938 19 CLE AL 39 114 94 6 17 3 1 0 13 0 1 11 32 .181 .267 .234 .501 27 22 0 9 1 AS
1939 20 CLE AL 39 119 99 14 21 5 1 0 7 0 0 14 35 .212 .316 .283 .599 56 28 3 1 6 1 AS,MVP-3
1940 21 CLE AL 43 128 115 7 18 5 1 2 12 0 0 8 45 .157 .211 .270 .481 25 31 1 0 6 1 AS,MVP-2
1941 22 CLE AL 44 139 120 11 18 1 4 1 12 0 0 8 44 .150 .209 .250 .459 24 30 1 1 10 1 AS,MVP-3
1942 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1943 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1944 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945 26 CLE AL 9 29 25 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 12 .160 .250 .160 .410 23 4 0 0 1 /1
1946 27 CLE AL 48 140 124 9 16 1 1 0 7 0 0 9 49 .129 .188 .153 .341 -1 19 4 0 8 1 AS,MVP-6
1947 28 CLE AL 42 114 98 8 18 3 2 0 7 0 1 8 38 .184 .245 .255 .500 41 25 3 0 8 1 AS,MVP-8
1948 29 CLE AL 44 106 95 1 9 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 39 .095 .113 .116 .229 -38 11 1 1 9 1 AS,MVP-23
1949 30 CLE AL 36 81 72 7 17 2 1 2 10 0 0 2 23 .236 .257 .375 .632 68 27 0 0 7 1
1950 31 CLE AL 35 96 83 7 10 0 1 2 5 1 0 5 33 .120 .170 .217 .387 0 18 0 0 8 1 AS
1951 32 CLE AL 33 99 81 10 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 8 36 .123 .202 .136 .338 -5 11 1 0 10 1 MVP-5
1952 33 CLE AL 30 71 60 5 7 2 0 1 8 0 0 8 31 .117 .221 .200 .421 21 12 0 0 3 1
1953 34 CLE AL 25 71 56 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 23 .107 .194 .125 .319 -11 7 0 0 8 1
1954 35 CLE AL 19 55 48 6 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 17 .188 .250 .208 .458 26 10 1 0 3 0 1
1955 36 CLE AL 25 25 21 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 .048 .091 .048 .139 -62 1 0 0 3 0 0 1
1956 37 CLE AL 19 17 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .000 .059 .000 .059 -83 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
18 Yrs 570 1483 1282 99 193 28 13 8 99 1 2 100 505 .151 .214 .211 .425 15 271 15 3 100 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 421 364 28 55 8 4 2 28 0 1 28 144 .151 .214 .211 .425 15 77 1 28
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

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1936 17 CLE AL 14 23 -5 0 0 0 3 -3 -0.2 1 -2 -0.2 .482 .498 -0.2 0.0 -2 $1,800 1
1937 18 CLE AL 26 56 -8 0 0 0 6 -2 -0.2 2 0 -0.2 .494 .499 -0.2 0.0 0 $14,000 1
1938 19 CLE AL 39 114 -13 -0 0 0 13 0 0.0 4 4 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 4 $17,500 1 AS
1939 20 CLE AL 39 119 -8 0 0 0 13 6 0.5 4 10 0.5 .513 .503 0.5 0.0 10 $20,000 1 AS,MVP-3
1940 21 CLE AL 43 128 -15 0 0 0 14 -1 -0.1 4 4 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 4 $27,500 1 AS,MVP-2
1941 22 CLE AL 44 139 -15 0 0 0 15 0 0.0 5 5 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 5 $32,500 1 AS,MVP-3
1945 26 CLE AL 9 29 -3 0 0 0 3 0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $10,000 /1
1946 27 CLE AL 48 140 -17 0 0 0 14 -3 -0.3 4 1 -0.3 .493 .498 -0.3 0.0 1 $37,500 1 AS,MVP-6
1947 28 CLE AL 42 114 -9 -0 0 0 12 3 0.3 3 6 0.3 .508 .502 0.3 -0.0 6 $40,000 1 AS,MVP-8
1948 29 CLE AL 44 106 -21 0 -0 0 11 -10 -1.0 3 -7 -1.0 .477 .494 -1.0 0.0 -7 $40,000 1 AS,MVP-23
1949 30 CLE AL 36 81 -5 0 0 0 9 5 0.5 2 7 0.5 .513 .503 0.5 0.0 7 $40,000 1
1950 31 CLE AL 35 96 -15 0 1 0 11 -3 -0.3 3 -0 -0.3 .492 .498 -0.3 0.0 -0 $37,500 1 AS
1951 32 CLE AL 33 99 -14 -1 0 0 10 -4 -0.4 3 -1 -0.4 .487 .497 -0.4 0.0 -1 $37,500 1 MVP-5
1952 33 CLE AL 30 71 -7 -0 0 0 8 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 0.0 3 $41,250 1
1953 34 CLE AL 25 71 -10 0 0 0 8 -1 -0.2 2 1 -0.2 .494 .499 -0.2 0.0 1 $32,500 1
1954 35 CLE AL 19 55 -5 -0 0 0 6 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .506 .501 0.1 0.0 3 $26,250 1
1955 36 CLE AL 25 25 -6 0 0 0 3 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .487 .498 -0.3 0.0 -2 $25,500 1
1956 37 CLE AL 19 17 -4 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 1 -2 -0.2 .487 .499 -0.2 0.0 -2 $22,500 1
18 Seasons 570 1483 -178 -0 2 0 160 -17 -1.7 47 31 -1.7 .497 .499 -1.7 0.1 31 $503,800
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards

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
1936 17 CLE AL 23 20 0 0.0 124 .250 .136 .302 .136 .378 .136 .444 .273 .823 -33 .000 -4.8 -0.4 .158 .000 .000
1937 18 CLE AL 56 44 3 1.8 115 .250 .170 .287 .214 .362 .226 .428 .441 .790 12 .124 -7.5 -0.7 .341 .113 .057
1938 19 CLE AL 114 87 6 1.8 116 .274 .181 .288 .267 .366 .234 .429 .501 .795 27 .124 -10.7 -1.0 .410 .160 .053
1939 20 CLE AL 119 87 9 2.7 111 .328 .212 .283 .316 .357 .283 .418 .599 .775 56 .245 -6.1 -0.6 .531 .212 .071
1940 21 CLE AL 128 104 7 1.8 109 .235 .157 .277 .211 .350 .270 .420 .481 .769 25 .134 -13.3 -1.3 .398 .183 .113 .0
1941 22 CLE AL 139 113 6 1.4 102 .227 .150 .270 .209 .345 .250 .397 .459 .742 24 .100 -14.0 -1.4 .379 .167 .100 .0
1945 26 CLE AL 29 22 1 1.2 84 .308 .160 .256 .250 .327 .160 .348 .410 .674 23 .108 -2.4 -0.3 .333 .120 .000
1946 27 CLE AL 140 120 4 0.9 90 .213 .129 .255 .188 .328 .153 .367 .341 .696 -1 .056 -16.6 -1.8 .250 .097 .024
1947 28 CLE AL 114 92 6 1.7 94 .300 .184 .259 .245 .338 .255 .373 .500 .711 41 .168 -8.1 -0.8 .381 .143 .071
1948 29 CLE AL 106 96 1 0.3 103 .161 .095 .269 .113 .354 .116 .389 .229 .743 -38 .006 -19.1 -1.9 .149 .032 .021
1949 30 CLE AL 81 62 7 3.0 105 .319 .236 .268 .257 .360 .375 .390 .632 .750 68 .316 -4.2 -0.4 .527 .167 .139 .0
1950 31 CLE AL 96 81 3 1.0 110 .167 .120 .273 .170 .360 .217 .410 .387 .770 0 .049 -13.2 -1.3 .329 .169 .096 1.3
1951 32 CLE AL 99 82 2 0.7 97 .222 .123 .260 .202 .340 .136 .382 .338 .722 -5 .029 -11.7 -1.2 .264 .111 .012
1952 33 CLE AL 71 56 3 1.4 90 .214 .117 .252 .221 .330 .200 .368 .421 .698 21 .127 -6.2 -0.7 .377 .217 .083 .0
1953 34 CLE AL 71 58 1 0.5 100 .182 .107 .266 .194 .342 .125 .392 .319 .733 -11 .015 -8.8 -0.9 .260 .125 .018
1954 35 CLE AL 55 43 3 1.9 100 .290 .188 .268 .250 .344 .208 .391 .458 .735 26 .181 -5.0 -0.5 .350 .104 .021
1955 36 CLE AL 25 23 0 0.0 106 .111 .048 .271 .091 .351 .048 .404 .139 .755 -62 .000 -5.0 -0.5 .100 .048 .000
1956 37 CLE AL 17 16 0 0.0 108 .000 .000 .270 .059 .352 .000 .412 .059 .764 -83 .000 -4.4 -0.4 .063 .063 .000
18 Yrs 1483 1206 62 1.4 103 .241 .151 .270 .214 .348 .211 .397 .425 .745 15 .096 -161.2 -16.0 .337 .138 .061 1.8
162 Game Avg. 421 343 18 1.4 103 .241 .151 .270 .214 .348 .211 .397 .425 .745 15 .096 -161.2 -16.0 .337 .138 .061 1
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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 29 CLE AL WS BSN W 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 WS 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 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
1938 CLE AL 19 DNP
1939 CLE AL 20 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1940 CLE AL 21 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1941 CLE AL 22 as P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1946 CLE AL 27 as P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1947 CLE AL 28 DNP
1948 CLE AL 29 DNP
1950 CLE AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs (5 GP) 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 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
1936 17 CLE AL 23 0.0% 43.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.2 52%
1937 18 CLE AL 56 0.0% 30.4% 5.4% 3.6% 22% 5.67 3.1 5.9 64%
1938 19 CLE AL 114 0.0% 28.1% 9.7% 3.5% 24% 2.91 2.9 7.2 54%
1939 20 CLE AL 119 0.0% 29.4% 11.8% 5.0% 29% 2.50 2.8 14.1 54%
1940 21 CLE AL 128 1.6% 35.2% 6.3% 6.3% 44% 5.63 2.6 57.5 9.6 53%
1941 22 CLE AL 139 0.7% 31.7% 5.8% 4.3% 33% 5.50 2.7 120.0 10.0 54%
1945 26 CLE AL 29 0.0% 41.4% 10.3% 0.0% 0% 4.00 2.1 25.0 0.33 45%
1946 27 CLE AL 140 0.0% 35.0% 6.4% 1.4% 13% 5.44 2.5 17.7 1.00 54%
1947 28 CLE AL 114 0.0% 33.3% 7.0% 4.4% 28% 4.75 2.6 14.0 1.63 53%
1948 29 CLE AL 106 0.0% 36.8% 0.9% 1.9% 22% 39.00 2.4 31.7 1.28 53%
1949 30 CLE AL 81 2.5% 28.4% 2.5% 6.2% 29% 11.50 3.1 36.0 7.2 1.00 58%
1950 31 CLE AL 96 2.1% 34.4% 5.2% 3.1% 30% 6.60 2.5 41.5 16.6 1.67 50%
1951 32 CLE AL 99 0.0% 36.4% 8.1% 1.0% 10% 4.50 2.3 27.0 1.75 45%
1952 33 CLE AL 71 1.4% 43.7% 11.3% 4.2% 43% 3.88 1.9 60.0 7.5 0.60 39%
1953 34 CLE AL 71 0.0% 32.4% 8.5% 1.4% 17% 3.83 2.4 56.0 1.33 46%
1954 35 CLE AL 55 0.0% 30.9% 7.3% 1.8% 11% 4.25 2.8 48.0 3.17 56%
1955 36 CLE AL 25 0.0% 48.0% 4.0% 0.0% 0% 12.00 1.8 0.57 36%
1956 37 CLE AL 17 0.0% 52.9% 5.9% 0.0% 9.00 1.8 2.50 41%
18 Yrs 1483 0.5% 34.1% 6.7% 3.3% 25% 5.05 2.5 160.3 12.9 1.35 52%
MLB Averages 1.6% 9.7% 9.2% 6.4% 27% 1.05 9.2 54.3 8.2 0.97 78%
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
1936 17 CLE AL -4.8 -0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1937 18 CLE AL -7.5 -0.7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1938 19 CLE AL -10.7 -1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1939 20 CLE AL -6.1 -0.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1940 21 CLE AL -13.3 -1.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1941 22 CLE AL -14.0 -1.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 26 CLE AL -2.4 -0.3 8 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 1.12 -0.2 0.0 -1.5 -0.2 1.02 -1.5 0
1946 27 CLE AL -16.6 -1.8 20 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 .75 -0.4 -0.1 -3.4 -0.4 0.77 -3.9 0
1947 28 CLE AL -8.1 -0.8 115 -1.1 1.2 -2.3 .91 -0.9 -0.3 -11.2 -1.2 0.99 -8.9 0
1948 29 CLE AL -19.1 -1.9 106 -1.4 0.5 -1.9 .82 -1.9 0.1 -19.0 -1.9 0.94 -21.4 0
1949 30 CLE AL -4.2 -0.4 82 -1.1 0.7 -1.7 .95 -0.7 -0.4 -4.9 -0.5 1.02 -6.6 0
1950 31 CLE AL -13.2 -1.3 97 -1.2 0.8 -2.0 .95 -1.1 -0.1 -13.7 -1.4 0.94 -13.4 0
1951 32 CLE AL -11.7 -1.2 101 -0.5 0.9 -1.5 .78 -1.2 0.5 -13.7 -1.4 1.07 -13.0 0
1952 33 CLE AL -6.2 -0.7 71 0.1 1.2 -1.1 .95 -0.3 0.4 -1.1 -0.1 0.97 -3.4 0
1953 34 CLE AL -8.8 -0.9 71 -0.8 0.4 -1.3 .88 -0.9 -0.0 -10.9 -1.1 1.01 -10.4 0
1954 35 CLE AL -5.0 -0.5 56 -0.4 0.5 -0.9 .89 -0.4 -0.0 -4.9 -0.5 0.98 -5.3 0
1955 36 CLE AL -5.0 -0.5 25 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 .82 -0.4 0.0 -4.5 -0.4 0.99 -4.9 0
1956 37 CLE AL -4.4 -0.4 17 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 .88 -0.4 0.0 -3.7 -0.4 0.89 -4.3 0
18 Yrs -161.2 -16.0 769 -7.6 6.3 -13.9 .88 -8.7 0.1 -92.4 -9.5 0.98 -96.9 0
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 OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1945 26 CLE AL 0 0 29% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1946 27 CLE AL 0 0 36% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1947 28 CLE AL 2 0 31% 40 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 36% 7 6 1 2 2 0 5 1 4
1948 29 CLE AL 1 0 9% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 20% 4 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1949 30 CLE AL 0 0 29% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25% 7 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1950 31 CLE AL 1 0 39% 15 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13% 5 5 0 1 1 0 2 1 1
1951 32 CLE AL 2 0 56% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 46% 4 4 0 3 3 0 6 0 6
1952 33 CLE AL 1 0 29% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 17% 4 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 0
1953 34 CLE AL 1 0 25% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 35 CLE AL 0 0 46% 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 17% 3 3 0 2 2 0 1 0 1
1955 36 CLE AL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 37 CLE AL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Yrs 8 0 32% 159 1 2 33% 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 7 30% 35 32 3 10 8 2 16 2 13

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 % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1945 26 CLE AL 29 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 4 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1946 27 CLE AL 140 25% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 4 200% 2 0 0% 9 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1947 28 CLE AL 114 13% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 9 8 89% 21 3 14% 21 2 10% 74 8 11% 9 2 22% 3 1 33% 0
1948 29 CLE AL 106 36% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 100% 16 1 6% 21 5 24% 66 5 8% 4 1 25% 3 2 67% 0
1949 30 CLE AL 81 47% 17 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 7 7 100% 13 0 0% 13 3 23% 62 8 13% 5 2 40% 1 1 100% 0
1950 31 CLE AL 96 45% 10 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 1 1 1 1 0 9 8 89% 21 0 0% 25 5 20% 63 4 6% 7 1 14% 5 2 40% 0
1951 32 CLE AL 99 39% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 11 10 91% 25 1 4% 21 6 29% 85 4 5% 4 2 50% 10 6 60% 0
1952 33 CLE AL 71 37% 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 75% 19 0 0% 12 2 17% 46 7 15% 5 3 60% 4 1 25% 0
1953 34 CLE AL 71 35% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 100% 18 0 0% 17 6 35% 55 1 2% 4 0 0% 3 2 67% 0
1954 35 CLE AL 55 25% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 14 1 7% 10 3 30% 34 1 3% 0 0 3 3 100% 0
1955 36 CLE AL 25 44% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 4 0 0% 6 2 33% 16 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1956 37 CLE AL 17 24% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 3 0 0% 10 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
18 Yrs 904 34% 193 0 0 0 0 8 0 35 2 3 3 2 0 65 100 154% 159 15 9% 153 34 22% 524 38 7% 42 11 26% 34 19 56% 0
MLB Averages 50% 194% 21% 33% 14% 51% 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
1936 17 14 23 22 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .136 .136 .136 .273 -33 3 0 1
1937 18 40 79 75 3 12 1 1 0 9 0 0 3 27 .160 .192 .200 .392 -1 15 0 1
1938 19 79 193 169 9 29 4 2 0 22 0 1 14 59 .172 .235 .219 .454 15 37 0 10
1939 20 118 312 268 23 50 9 3 0 29 0 1 28 94 .187 .266 .243 .509 30 65 3 1 16
1940 21 161 440 383 30 68 14 4 2 41 0 1 36 139 .178 .250 .251 .501 29 96 4 1 22
1941 22 205 579 503 41 86 15 8 3 53 0 1 44 183 .171 .240 .250 .491 28 126 5 2 32
1942 23 205 579 503 41 86 15 8 3 53 0 1 44 183 .171 .240 .250 .491 28 126 5 2 32
1943 24 205 579 503 41 86 15 8 3 53 0 1 44 183 .171 .240 .250 .491 28 126 5 2 32
1944 25 205 579 503 41 86 15 8 3 53 0 1 44 183 .171 .240 .250 .491 28 126 5 2 32
1945 26 214 608 528 43 90 15 8 3 54 0 1 47 195 .170 .241 .246 .487 27 130 5 2 33
1946 27 262 748 652 52 106 16 9 3 61 0 1 56 244 .163 .231 .229 .460 22 149 9 2 41
1947 28 304 862 750 60 124 19 11 3 68 0 2 64 282 .165 .233 .232 .465 25 174 12 2 49
1948 29 348 968 845 61 133 21 11 3 71 0 2 65 321 .157 .220 .219 .439 18 185 13 3 58
1949 30 384 1049 917 68 150 23 12 5 81 0 2 67 344 .164 .223 .231 .454 22 212 13 3 65
1950 31 419 1145 1000 75 160 23 13 7 86 1 2 72 377 .160 .219 .230 .449 20 230 13 3 73
1951 32 452 1244 1081 85 170 24 13 7 89 1 2 80 413 .157 .217 .223 .440 18 241 14 3 83
1952 33 482 1315 1141 90 177 26 13 8 97 1 2 88 444 .155 .218 .222 .439 18 253 14 3 86
1953 34 507 1386 1197 93 183 27 13 8 98 1 2 94 467 .153 .216 .217 .434 17 260 14 3 94
1954 35 526 1441 1245 99 192 28 13 8 99 1 2 98 484 .154 .218 .217 .435 17 270 15 3 97 0
1955 36 551 1466 1266 99 193 28 13 8 99 1 2 99 496 .152 .216 .214 .430 16 271 15 3 100 0 0
1956 37 570 1483 1282 99 193 28 13 8 99 1 2 100 505 .151 .214 .211 .425 15 271 15 3 100 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1936 17 15 24 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 14
1937 18 27 57 54 1 8 1 1 0 7 0 3 18 .148 .193 .204 .397 2 26
1938 19 41 118 98 5 16 3 1 0 12 0 10 34 .163 .241 .214 .455 5 39
1939 20 41 124 103 14 21 5 1 0 7 0 14 37 .204 .305 .272 .577 8 39
1940 21 45 133 119 7 18 5 1 2 11 0 8 47 .151 .205 .261 .465 6 43
1941 22 46 144 125 11 19 1 4 1 12 0 8 46 .152 .209 .248 .457 6 44
1945 26 10 30 26 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 13 .154 .241 .154 .395 1 9
1946 27 50 149 131 11 18 1 1 0 8 0 10 51 .137 .199 .160 .359 4 48
1947 28 44 120 103 9 20 3 2 0 8 0 9 39 .194 .259 .262 .521 7 42
1948 29 46 110 99 1 9 2 0 0 3 0 1 41 .091 .109 .111 .220 1 44
1949 30 38 84 75 7 18 2 1 2 11 0 2 24 .240 .260 .373 .633 7 36
1950 31 37 99 86 7 10 0 1 2 5 1 5 34 .116 .165 .209 .374 3 35
1951 32 35 104 85 9 10 1 0 0 3 0 8 38 .118 .194 .129 .323 2 33
1952 33 31 75 63 6 8 2 0 1 9 0 9 32 .127 .236 .206 .442 3 30
1953 34 26 70 57 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 5 24 .088 .161 .105 .267 1 25
1954 35 20 58 51 8 10 1 0 0 1 0 4 18 .196 .255 .216 .470 3 19
1955 36 26 26 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 .000 .043 .000 .043 0 25
1956 37 20 18 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .000 .056 .000 .056 0 19
18 Yrs 598 1543 1337 100 194 28 13 8 99 1 101 528 .145 .207 .203 .410 59 570
162 Game Avg. 162 418 362 27 53 8 4 2 27 0 27 143 .145 .207 .203 .410 16 570
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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

Hall of Fame
1962 BBWAA (93.8%)
Selected to HOF in 1962 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1938
1939 *
1940 *
1941 (P)
1946 (P)
1947
1948
1950 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1940 ML Major League Player of the Year
1940 AL pitching_title
1940 AL Triple Crown
1951 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1939 AL (3, 46%)
1940 AL (2, 66%)
1941 AL (3, 52%)
1946 AL (6, 31%)
1947 AL (8, 17%)
1948 AL (23, 2%)
1951 AL (5, 35%)
2.49 Career Shares (54th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1938 AL  5.2 (9th)
1939 AL  9.8 (1st)
1940 AL  9.8 (1st)
1941 AL  8.1 (4th)
1946 AL  9.6 (2nd)
1947 AL  5.4 (7th)
Career  63.6 (143rd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1941 AL  10 (9th)

Oldest s c a p y
1956 AL  born 1918-11-03 (9th)
1956 AL  born 1918-11-03 (9th)

Youngest s c a p y
1936 AL  born 1918-11-03 (1st)
1936 AL  born 1918-11-03 (1st)
1937 AL  born 1918-11-03 (1st)
1937 AL  born 1918-11-03 (1st)
1938 AL  born 1918-11-03 (2nd)
1938 AL  born 1918-11-03 (2nd)
1939 AL  born 1918-11-03 (8th)
1939 AL  born 1918-11-03 (8th)

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Tom Seaver (983) *
  2. Lefty Grove (980) *
  3. Mel Harder (970)
  4. Dazzy Vance (967) *
  5. Jim Bunning (966) *
  6. Stan Coveleski (965) *
  7. Rick Reuschel (964)
  8. Larry Jackson (962)
  9. Rube Waddell (961) *
  10. John Smoltz (960)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Egyptian Healy (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Noodles Hahn (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jim Shaw (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Robin Roberts (983) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Mel Stottlemyre (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Robin Roberts (988) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Rube Waddell (980) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Rube Waddell (981) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Rube Waddell (976) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Tom Seaver (979) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Tom Seaver (978) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Tom Seaver (986) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Tom Seaver (987) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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