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Elbie Fletcher

Elburt Preston Fletcher

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 18, 1916 in Milton, MA
High School: Milton HS (Milton, MA)
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1934. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1934
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Bees/Braves 1934-1949

Final Game: October 2, 1949
Died: March 9, 1994 in Milton, MA
Buried: Milton Cemetery, Milton, MA
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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
1934 18 BSN NL 8 4 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .500 .500 .500 1.000 178 2 0 0 0 /3
1935 19 BSN NL 39 157 148 12 35 7 1 1 9 1 7 13 .236 .271 .318 .589 64 47 3 0 2 3
1937 21 BSN NL 148 606 539 56 133 22 4 1 38 3 56 64 .247 .321 .308 .629 79 166 14 3 7 *3
1938 22 BSN NL 147 596 529 71 144 24 7 6 48 5 60 40 .272 .351 .378 .729 109 200 13 4 3 *3
1939 23 TOT NL 137 555 476 63 138 25 4 12 77 4 67 33 .290 .381 .435 .816 122 207 12 3 9 *3 MVP-25
1939 23 BSN NL 35 126 106 14 26 2 0 0 6 1 19 5 .245 .365 .264 .629 77 28 1 1 0 3
1939 23 PIT NL 102 429 370 49 112 23 4 12 71 3 48 28 .303 .386 .484 .869 134 179 11 2 9 3
1940 24 PIT NL 147 641 510 94 139 22 7 16 104 5 119 54 .273 .418 .437 .856 137 223 12 9 3 *3 MVP-19
1941 25 PIT NL 151 641 521 95 150 29 13 11 74 5 118 54 .288 .421 .457 .878 147 238 5 2 1 *3 MVP-14
1942 26 PIT NL 145 623 506 86 146 22 5 7 57 0 105 60 .289 .417 .393 .810 135 199 4 6 6 *3
1943 27 PIT NL 154 648 544 91 154 24 5 9 70 1 95 49 .283 .395 .395 .791 125 215 12 6 2 *3 AS,MVP-21
1946 30 PIT NL 148 650 532 72 136 25 8 4 66 4 111 37 .256 .384 .355 .739 108 189 7 0 8 *3
1947 31 PIT NL 69 187 157 22 38 9 1 1 22 2 29 24 .242 .364 .331 .695 83 52 5 1 0 3
1949 33 BSN NL 122 518 413 57 108 19 3 11 51 1 84 65 .262 .396 .402 .798 119 166 10 8 13 *3
12 Yrs 1415 5826 4879 723 1323 228 58 79 616 32 851 495 .271 .384 .390 .774 117 1904 97 42 54
162 Game Avg. 162 667 559 83 151 26 7 9 71 4 97 57 .271 .384 .390 .774 117 218 11 5 6
PIT (7 yrs) 916 3819 3140 509 875 154 43 60 464 20 625 306 .279 .403 .412 .815 128 1295 56 26 29
BSN (6 yrs) 499 2007 1739 214 448 74 15 19 152 12 226 189 .258 .348 .350 .699 97 609 41 16 25

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
1934 18 BSN NL 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .505 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ /3
1935 19 BSN NL 39 157 -7 0 0 1 -2 -8 -0.8 4 -3 -0.3 .480 .495 -0.4 -0.1 -4 $ 3
1937 21 BSN NL 148 606 -12 0 0 16 -7 -2 -0.4 18 15 1.4 .498 .498 -0.2 0.9 -1 $3,700 *3
1938 22 BSN NL 147 596 9 -0 0 13 -7 15 1.4 17 32 3.1 .511 .510 1.8 0.6 19 $ *3
1939 23 BSN NL 35 126 -2 -0 0 -4 -1 -7 -0.8 4 -4 -0.4 .479 .495 0.0 -0.6 0 $ 3 MVP-25
1939 23 PIT NL 102 429 19 -0 0 -3 -5 11 1.0 12 23 2.2 .511 .507 2.6 -0.9 26 $ 3 MVP-25
1940 24 PIT NL 147 641 32 -0 0 2 -7 26 2.6 22 49 4.8 .519 .517 4.7 -0.6 47 $ *3 MVP-19
1941 25 PIT NL 151 641 36 -0 0 5 -7 34 3.5 22 56 5.7 .524 .522 5.2 -0.3 51 $ *3 MVP-14
1942 26 PIT NL 145 623 26 1 0 6 -7 26 2.8 19 45 4.7 .520 .518 4.1 -0.2 39 $ *3
1943 27 PIT NL 154 648 20 0 0 5 -7 18 2.1 20 38 4.0 .514 .513 3.5 -0.3 33 $ *3 AS,MVP-21
1946 30 PIT NL 148 650 10 -0 0 -1 -7 1 0.1 23 24 2.4 .501 .501 2.5 -0.9 25 $ *3
1947 31 PIT NL 69 187 -3 -0 0 -1 -2 -6 -0.6 6 0 0.0 .491 .496 0.1 -0.3 1 $ 3
1949 33 BSN NL 122 518 15 -1 1 -3 -6 6 0.6 18 24 2.4 .505 .504 2.7 -0.9 28 $ *3
12 Seasons 1415 5826 144 -2 1 36 -64 115 11.7 186 301 30.0 .509 .506 26.6 -3.3 265 $3,700
PIT (7 yrs) 916 3819 139 -1 0 13 -42 110 11.5 125 235 23.8 .513 .511 22.7 -3.3 222 $
BSN (6 yrs) 499 2007 5 -2 1 23 -23 5 0.2 61 66 6.2 .501 .501 3.9 -0.0 43 $3,700

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
1934 18 BSN NL 4 2 1 13.3 97 1.000 .500 .277 .500 .331 .500 .394 1.000 .725 178 .869 0.4 0.0 1.500 .250 .000 .0
1935 19 BSN NL 157 118 13 2.9 96 .254 .236 .274 .271 .328 .318 .391 .589 .719 64 .300 -7.2 -0.7 .474 .135 .081 1.0
1937 21 BSN NL 606 427 53 3.3 93 .278 .247 .267 .321 .328 .308 .379 .629 .707 79 .363 -12.0 -1.2 .543 .171 .061 1.5
1938 22 BSN NL 596 401 69 4.6 90 .286 .272 .262 .351 .325 .378 .373 .729 .698 109 .522 9.1 0.9 .676 .229 .106 5.5
1939 23 TOT NL 555 359 79 5.9 101 .292 .290 .276 .381 .341 .435 .395 .816 .736 122 .614 17.0 1.6 .803 .294 .145 6.0
1939 23 BSN NL 126 81 10 3.3 96 .257 .245 .270 .365 .335 .264 .386 .629 .721 77 .355 -1.9 -0.2 .605 .208 .019 .0
1939 23 PIT NL 429 278 69 6.6 102 .303 .303 .278 .386 .343 .484 .397 .869 .740 134 .664 18.8 1.8 .862 .319 .181 4.8
1940 24 PIT NL 641 386 91 6.4 97 .280 .273 .271 .418 .335 .437 .389 .856 .724 137 .665 33.8 3.4 .930 .408 .165 7.6
1941 25 PIT NL 641 377 100 7.1 94 .305 .288 .266 .421 .336 .457 .375 .878 .711 147 .728 39.3 4.0 .965 .405 .169 6.9
1942 26 PIT NL 623 370 82 6.0 89 .317 .289 .259 .417 .332 .393 .360 .810 .692 135 .695 29.6 3.2 .852 .312 .105 .0
1943 27 PIT NL 648 404 84 5.6 92 .298 .283 .269 .395 .339 .395 .366 .791 .704 125 .655 22.6 2.4 .789 .289 .112 1.8
1946 30 PIT NL 650 411 73 4.8 95 .269 .256 .266 .384 .342 .355 .372 .739 .714 108 .574 11.0 1.2 .754 .316 .100 4.0
1947 31 PIT NL 187 124 19 4.1 108 .280 .242 .278 .364 .353 .331 .412 .695 .765 83 .441 -2.5 -0.2 .677 .287 .089 1.3
1949 33 BSN NL 518 328 64 5.2 100 .288 .262 .264 .396 .337 .402 .396 .798 .733 119 .560 16.4 1.6 .822 .346 .140 1.8
12 Yrs 5826 3707 728 5.3 95 .289 .271 .267 .384 .335 .390 .379 .774 .715 117 .595 157.5 16.2 .774 .300 .119 45.6
162 Game Avg. 667 424 83 5.3 95 .289 .271 .267 .384 .335 .390 .379 .774 .715 117 .595 18 2 .774 .300 .119 5
PIT (7 yrs) 3819 2350 518 5.9 95 .294 .279 .268 .403 .338 .412 .377 .815 .716 128 .657 152.6 15.7 .847 .339 .134 30.0
BSN (6 yrs) 2007 1357 210 4.1 94 .280 .258 .266 .348 .330 .350 .383 .699 .712 97 .461 4.9 0.5 .648 .229 .093 14.7

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
1943 PIT NL 27 as 1B 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .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
1934 18 BSN NL 4 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.0 50%
1935 19 BSN NL 157 0.6% 8.3% 4.5% 5.7% 26% 1.86 11.4 148.0 16.4 85%
1937 21 BSN NL 606 0.2% 10.6% 9.2% 4.5% 20% 1.14 8.4 539.0 14.2 78%
1938 22 BSN NL 596 1.0% 6.7% 10.1% 6.2% 26% 0.67 13.2 88.2 11.0 81%
1939 23 TOT NL 555 2.2% 6.0% 12.1% 7.4% 30% 0.49 14.4 39.7 6.2 78%
1939 23 BSN NL 126 0.0% 4.0% 15.1% 1.6% 8% 0.26 21.2 17.7 80%
1939 23 PIT NL 429 2.8% 6.5% 11.2% 9.1% 35% 0.58 13.2 30.8 5.2 77%
1940 24 PIT NL 641 2.5% 8.4% 18.6% 7.0% 32% 0.45 9.4 31.9 4.9 69%
1941 25 PIT NL 641 1.7% 8.4% 18.4% 8.3% 35% 0.46 9.6 47.4 7.0 71%
1942 26 PIT NL 623 1.1% 9.6% 16.9% 5.5% 23% 0.57 8.4 72.3 8.9 70%
1943 27 PIT NL 648 1.4% 7.6% 14.7% 5.9% 25% 0.52 11.1 60.4 7.8 75%
1946 30 PIT NL 650 0.6% 5.7% 17.1% 5.7% 27% 0.33 14.4 133.0 8.1 76%
1947 31 PIT NL 187 0.5% 12.8% 15.5% 5.9% 29% 0.83 6.5 157.0 7.1 71%
1949 33 BSN NL 518 2.1% 12.6% 16.2% 6.4% 31% 0.77 6.4 37.5 8.1 0.83 65%
12 Yrs 5826 1.4% 8.5% 14.6% 6.3% 28% 0.58 9.9 61.8 7.9 0.83 74%
MLB Averages 1.4% 9.0% 9.0% 6.3% 27% 1.01 9.9 63.9 8.2 0.97 79%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1934 18 BSN NL 0.4 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1935 19 BSN NL -7.4 -0.7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1937 21 BSN NL -12.9 -1.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1938 22 BSN NL 10.0 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1939 23 TOT NL 17.0 1.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1939 23 BSN NL -1.9 -0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1939 23 PIT NL 18.8 1.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1940 24 PIT NL 33.8 3.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1941 25 PIT NL 39.3 4.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1942 26 PIT NL 29.6 3.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1943 27 PIT NL 22.6 2.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 30 PIT NL 11.0 1.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 31 PIT NL -2.5 -0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1949 33 BSN NL 16.4 1.6 439 1.8 8.9 -7.2 1.07 1.5 0.1 11.1 1.1 1.01 14.9 0.51 0
12 Yrs 157.2 16.2 439 1.8 8.9 -7.2 1.07 1.5 0.1 11.1 1.1 1.01 14.9 0

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
1949 33 BSN NL 4 0 24% 218 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 9 6 29% 46 34 10 5 4 1 15 7 8
12 Yrs 4 0 30% 218 32 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 9 6 29% 46 34 10 5 4 1 15 7 8

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
1949 33 BSN NL 518 64% 108 0 0 0 0 0.51 11 0 11 7 3 6 5 0 10 13 130% 104 10 10% 58 19 33% 299 35 12% 17 9 53% 15 7 47% 0
12 Yrs 518 64% 1323 0 0 0 0 79 0 11 7 3 6 5 0 10 54 540% 104 97 93% 58 19 33% 299 35 12% 17 9 53% 15 7 47% 0
MLB Averages 52% 1053% 96% 34% 15% 51% 56%

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
1934 18 8 4 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .500 .500 .500 1.000 178 2 0 0 0
1935 19 47 161 152 16 37 7 1 1 9 2 7 15 .243 .277 .322 .599 67 49 3 0 2
1936 20 47 161 152 16 37 7 1 1 9 2 7 15 .243 .277 .322 .599 67 49 3 0 2
1937 21 195 767 691 72 170 29 5 2 47 5 63 79 .246 .312 .311 .623 77 215 17 3 9
1938 22 342 1363 1220 143 314 53 12 8 95 10 123 119 .257 .329 .340 .669 91 415 30 7 12
1939 23 479 1918 1696 206 452 78 16 20 172 14 190 152 .267 .344 .367 .711 100 622 42 10 21
1940 24 626 2559 2206 300 591 100 23 36 276 19 309 206 .268 .363 .383 .746 109 845 54 19 24
1941 25 777 3200 2727 395 741 129 36 47 350 24 427 260 .272 .374 .397 .772 116 1083 59 21 25
1942 26 922 3823 3233 481 887 151 41 54 407 24 532 320 .274 .381 .397 .778 119 1282 63 27 31
1943 27 1076 4471 3777 572 1041 175 46 63 477 25 627 369 .276 .383 .396 .780 120 1497 75 33 33
1944 28 1076 4471 3777 572 1041 175 46 63 477 25 627 369 .276 .383 .396 .780 120 1497 75 33 33
1945 29 1076 4471 3777 572 1041 175 46 63 477 25 627 369 .276 .383 .396 .780 120 1497 75 33 33
1946 30 1224 5121 4309 644 1177 200 54 67 543 29 738 406 .273 .383 .391 .775 119 1686 82 33 41
1947 31 1293 5308 4466 666 1215 209 55 68 565 31 767 430 .272 .383 .389 .772 117 1738 87 34 41
1948 32 1293 5308 4466 666 1215 209 55 68 565 31 767 430 .272 .383 .389 .772 117 1738 87 34 41
1949 33 1415 5826 4879 723 1323 228 58 79 616 32 851 495 .271 .384 .390 .774 117 1904 97 42 54

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
1934 18 9 4 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 8
1935 19 41 165 156 13 37 7 1 1 10 1 7 14 .237 .270 .314 .584 14 39
1937 21 156 646 574 64 147 24 4 1 43 3 62 67 .256 .332 .317 .649 60 148
1938 22 156 647 571 84 163 27 8 7 56 6 68 42 .285 .366 .398 .764 82 147
1939 23 144 588 504 68 148 27 4 13 83 4 72 35 .294 .385 .440 .826 85 137
1940 24 155 678 538 101 148 23 7 17 111 5 127 57 .275 .422 .439 .861 98 147
1941 25 157 674 545 103 160 31 14 12 80 5 126 56 .294 .428 .468 .896 108 151
1942 26 154 676 545 100 164 25 6 8 66 0 118 64 .301 .431 .413 .844 95 145
1943 27 161 689 576 102 168 26 5 10 79 1 104 51 .292 .406 .406 .812 94 154
1946 30 155 694 564 82 150 28 9 4 75 4 122 39 .266 .397 .369 .765 83 148
1947 31 72 194 163 22 39 9 1 1 22 2 30 25 .239 .361 .325 .686 19 69
1949 33 127 542 431 61 114 20 3 12 55 1 89 68 .265 .400 .408 .808 69 122
12 Yrs 1487 6197 5171 804 1440 247 62 86 680 33 925 520 .278 .393 .400 .793 808 1415
162 Game Avg. 162 675 563 88 157 27 7 9 74 4 101 57 .278 .393 .400 .793 88 1415

* 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
1943 (1B)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1939 NL (25, 1%)
1940 NL (19, 5%)
1941 NL (14, 7%)
1943 NL (21, 2%)
0.15 Career Shares (809th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1941 NL  5.7 (6th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1940 NL  4.8 (8th)
1941 NL  5.7 (3rd)
1942 NL  4.7 (9th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1940 NL  4.7 (5th)
1941 NL  5.2 (4th)
1942 NL  4.1 (9th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1937 NL  0.9 (8th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1940 NL  .418 (1st)
1941 NL  .421 (1st)
1942 NL  .417 (1st)
1943 NL  .395 (4th)
1946 NL  .384 (8th)
1949 NL  .396 (9th)
Career  .384 (142nd)

Slugging % s c a p y
1941 NL  .457 (10th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1940 NL  .856 (10th)
1941 NL  .878 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
1941 NL  151 (8th)
1943 NL  154 (4th)
1946 NL  148 (6th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1940 NL  641 (8th)
1941 NL  641 (7th)
1946 NL  650 (3rd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1940 NL  94 (7th)
1941 NL  95 (4th)
1942 NL  86 (9th)
1943 NL  91 (6th)

Triples s c a p y
1941 NL  13 (2nd)
1946 NL  8 (5th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1940 NL  104 (4th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1939 NL  67 (10th)
1940 NL  119 (1st)
1941 NL  118 (1st)
1942 NL  105 (2nd)
1943 NL  95 (2nd)
1946 NL  111 (2nd)
1949 NL  84 (8th)
Career  851 (203rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1937 NL  64 (9th)
1942 NL  60 (6th)
1949 NL  65 (8th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1940 NL  137 (7th)
1941 NL  147 (5th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1940 NL  91 (10th)
1941 NL  100 (7th)
1942 NL  82 (10th)
1943 NL  84 (8th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1940 NL  34 (3rd)
1941 NL  39 (3rd)
1942 NL  30 (8th)
1943 NL  23 (8th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1940 NL  3.4 (3rd)
1941 NL  4.0 (3rd)
1942 NL  3.2 (8th)
1943 NL  2.4 (8th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1941 NL  53 (7th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1940 NL  267 (4th)
1941 NL  270 (2nd)
1942 NL  257 (4th)
1943 NL  255 (4th)
1946 NL  247 (5th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1941 NL  .728 (6th)
1942 NL  .695 (10th)
1943 NL  .655 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1938 NL  4 (8th)
1940 NL  9 (1st)
1942 NL  6 (4th)
1943 NL  6 (2nd)
1949 NL  8 (2nd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1949 NL  13 (4th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1941 NL  6.9 (8th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1937 NL  427 (7th)
1946 NL  411 (7th)

Youngest s c a p y
1934 NL  born 1916-03-18 (2nd)
1935 NL  born 1916-03-18 (2nd)
1937 NL  born 1916-03-18 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (422), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 38 (651), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1412), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 14 (1170), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  8. Roy White (915)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Mickey Vernon (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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