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Nellie Fox

Jacob Nelson Fox

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: December 25, 1927 in St. Thomas, PA
Signed
by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 8, 1947
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Colt.45's/Athletics/Astros 1947-1965

Final Game: July 25, 1965
Died: December 1, 1975 in Baltimore, MD
Buried: St. Thomas Cemetery, St. Thomas, PA
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1997.
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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
1947 19 PHA AL 7 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 -28 0 0 0 0 /4
1948 20 PHA AL 3 14 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .154 .214 .154 .368 -2 2 0 0 0 /4
1949 21 PHA AL 88 296 247 42 63 6 2 0 21 2 2 32 9 .255 .354 .296 .650 75 73 10 6 11 4
1950 22 CHW AL 130 504 457 45 113 12 7 0 30 4 3 35 17 .247 .304 .304 .608 58 139 6 2 10 *4
1951 23 CHW AL 147 681 604 93 189 32 12 4 55 9 12 43 11 .313 .372 .425 .798 117 257 7 14 20 *4 AS,MVP-17
1952 24 CHW AL 152 700 648 76 192 25 10 0 39 5 5 34 14 .296 .334 .366 .700 94 237 11 3 15 *4 AS,MVP-7
1953 25 CHW AL 154 692 624 92 178 31 8 3 72 4 5 49 18 .285 .344 .375 .719 92 234 15 7 12 *4 AS
1954 26 CHW AL 155 706 631 111 201 24 8 2 47 16 9 51 12 .319 .372 .391 .763 107 247 13 5 15 4 *4 AS,MVP-9
1955 27 CHW AL 154 709 636 100 198 28 7 6 59 7 9 38 15 .311 .364 .406 .770 105 258 8 17 14 4 1 *4 AS,MVP-7
1956 28 CHW AL 154 721 649 109 192 20 10 4 52 8 4 44 14 .296 .347 .376 .723 91 244 19 10 13 5 1 *4 AS,MVP-14
1957 29 CHW AL 155 718 619 110 196 27 8 6 61 5 6 75 13 .317 .403 .415 .818 124 257 7 16 5 3 2 *4 AS,MVP-4,GG
1958 30 CHW AL 155 698 623 82 187 21 6 0 49 5 6 47 11 .300 .357 .353 .710 98 220 13 11 12 5 5 *4 AS,MVP-8
1959 31 CHW AL 156 716 624 84 191 34 6 2 70 5 6 71 13 .306 .380 .389 .770 113 243 6 7 9 5 8 *4 AS,MVP-1,GG
1960 32 CHW AL 150 684 605 85 175 24 10 2 59 2 4 50 13 .289 .351 .372 .723 96 225 11 10 14 5 2 *4 AS,MVP-18,GG
1961 33 CHW AL 159 696 606 67 152 11 5 2 51 2 3 59 12 .251 .323 .295 .618 68 179 17 9 15 7 3 *4 AS
1962 34 CHW AL 157 684 621 79 166 27 7 2 54 1 2 38 12 .267 .314 .343 .657 77 213 13 7 13 5 0 *4
1963 35 CHW AL 137 582 539 54 140 19 0 2 42 0 2 24 17 .260 .299 .306 .605 72 165 10 7 10 2 1 *4 AS,MVP-26
1964 36 HOU NL 133 502 442 45 117 12 6 0 28 0 2 27 13 .265 .320 .319 .639 85 141 8 10 20 3 1 *4
1965 37 HOU NL 21 42 41 3 11 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .268 .286 .317 .603 76 13 1 1 0 0 0 /534
19 Seasons 2367 10349 9232 1279 2663 355 112 35 790 76 80 719 216 .288 .348 .363 .710 93 3347 175 142 208 48 24
162 Game Avg. 162 708 632 88 182 24 8 2 54 5 5 49 15 .288 .348 .363 .710 93 229 12 10 14
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
CHW (14 yrs) 2115 9491 8486 1187 2470 335 104 35 740 73 76 658 192 .291 .349 .367 .717 95 3118 156 125 177 45 23
PHA (3 yrs) 98 314 263 44 65 6 2 0 21 3 2 34 9 .247 .347 .285 .632 70 75 10 6 11
HOU (2 yrs) 154 544 483 48 128 14 6 0 29 0 2 27 15 .265 .317 .319 .636 84 154 9 11 20 3 1
AL (17 yrs) 2213 9805 8749 1231 2535 341 106 35 761 76 78 692 201 .290 .349 .365 .714 94 3193 166 131 188 45 23
NL (2 yrs) 154 544 483 48 128 14 6 0 29 0 2 27 15 .265 .317 .319 .636 84 154 9 11 20 3 1

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 19 PHA AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /4
1948 20 PHA AL 14 -2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -3 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ /4
1949 21 PHA AL 296 -7 1 0 0 4 4 8 10 1.0 6 0.6 0.4 $ 4
1950 22 CHW AL 504 -31 0 0 0 1 6 14 -10 -0.9 -11 -1.1 0.2 $ *4
1951 23 CHW AL 681 13 0 0 0 7 7 17 44 4.4 37 3.7 0.7 $ *4 AS,MVP-17
1952 24 CHW AL 700 -7 1 0 0 8 7 18 27 2.6 19 1.9 0.7 $ *4 AS,MVP-7
1953 25 CHW AL 692 -2 2 0 0 0 7 18 25 2.5 25 2.6 -0.1 $ *4 AS
1954 26 CHW AL 706 11 3 0 1 11 7 18 51 5.2 40 4.2 1.0 $ *4 AS,MVP-9
1955 27 CHW AL 709 9 3 0 1 12 7 18 50 5.0 38 3.9 1.1 $ *4 AS,MVP-7
1956 28 CHW AL 721 -7 7 -2 0 -4 5 18 17 1.7 21 2.1 -0.4 $ *4 AS,MVP-14
1957 29 CHW AL 718 22 7 -3 6 15 5 18 70 7.3 55 5.8 1.5 $ *4 AS,MVP-4,GG
1958 30 CHW AL 698 -2 3 1 2 7 5 18 34 3.4 27 2.8 0.6 $ *4 AS,MVP-8
1959 31 CHW AL 717 15 3 -3 2 21 5 18 61 6.2 40 4.1 2.1 $45,000 *4 AS,MVP-1,GG
1960 32 CHW AL 684 2 1 0 2 16 4 17 42 4.3 26 2.7 1.6 $47,000 *4 AS,MVP-18,GG
1961 33 CHW AL 696 -24 -1 -4 0 4 4 18 -3 -0.4 -7 -0.7 0.3 $ *4 AS
1962 34 CHW AL 684 -19 1 3 -1 6 4 18 12 1.1 6 0.6 0.5 $ *4
1963 35 CHW AL 582 -20 1 -4 0 10 3 16 6 0.3 -4 -0.4 0.7 $ *4 AS,MVP-26
1964 36 HOU NL 502 -4 1 -1 0 -4 3 17 11 1.0 16 1.8 -0.8 $ *4
1965 37 HOU NL 42 -1 -1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /534
19 Seasons 10350 -54 32 -13 14 114 83 270 444 44.4 332 34.4 10.0 $92,000
Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
CHW (14 yrs) 9492 -40 31 -12 13 115 76 244 426 42.7 312 32.2 10.5 $92,000
PHA (3 yrs) 314 -9 1 0 0 3 4 8 7 0.7 4 0.4 0.3 $
HOU (2 yrs) 544 -5 0 -1 1 -4 3 18 11 1.0 16 1.8 -0.8 $

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 19 PHA AL 4 3 0 0.0 98 .000 .000 .265 .250 .345 .000 .381 .250 .726 -28 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .333 .333 .000
1948 20 PHA AL 14 11 1 2.4 106 .154 .154 .274 .214 .360 .154 .396 .368 .756 -2 .235 -2.0 -0.2 .364 .154 .000 .0
1949 21 PHA AL 296 207 25 3.2 104 .265 .255 .267 .354 .358 .296 .388 .650 .747 75 .344 -7.7 -0.8 .566 .170 .040 .0
1950 22 CHW AL 504 363 42 3.1 111 .257 .247 .275 .304 .361 .304 .412 .608 .773 58 .294 -29.9 -2.9 .501 .136 .057 .0
1951 23 CHW AL 681 454 89 5.3 100 .314 .313 .265 .372 .346 .425 .389 .798 .735 117 .571 13.8 1.4 .717 .179 .113 5.5
1952 24 CHW AL 700 487 78 4.3 97 .303 .296 .261 .334 .341 .366 .381 .700 .723 94 .518 -7.5 -0.8 .581 .122 .069 .0
1953 25 CHW AL 692 478 78 4.4 105 .290 .285 .273 .344 .350 .375 .402 .719 .752 92 .492 -7.8 -0.8 .620 .167 .090 3.4
1954 26 CHW AL 706 471 91 5.2 101 .320 .319 .269 .372 .345 .391 .393 .763 .738 107 .588 6.4 0.7 .686 .165 .073 3.6
1955 27 CHW AL 709 473 95 5.4 105 .310 .311 .270 .364 .350 .406 .402 .770 .752 105 .573 3.7 0.4 .684 .151 .094 6.5
1956 28 CHW AL 721 498 84 4.5 107 .296 .296 .269 .347 .351 .376 .410 .723 .761 91 .472 -9.9 -1.0 .629 .154 .080 5.3
1957 29 CHW AL 718 444 109 6.6 100 .315 .317 .264 .403 .337 .415 .399 .818 .736 124 .680 24.0 2.4 .796 .218 .099 5.5
1958 30 CHW AL 698 472 79 4.5 97 .303 .300 .260 .357 .329 .353 .396 .710 .725 98 .519 -0.5 -0.1 .609 .127 .053 .0
1959 31 CHW AL 716 459 97 5.7 98 .308 .306 .259 .380 .330 .389 .396 .770 .727 113 .615 15.0 1.5 .719 .196 .083 2.9
1960 32 CHW AL 684 464 81 4.7 101 .291 .289 .264 .351 .337 .372 .403 .723 .740 96 .521 -2.7 -0.3 .636 .162 .083 2.0
1961 33 CHW AL 696 496 60 3.2 103 .250 .251 .263 .323 .338 .295 .409 .618 .747 68 .339 -26.5 -2.6 .519 .140 .045 2.0
1962 34 CHW AL 684 488 67 3.7 103 .268 .267 .263 .314 .335 .343 .410 .657 .745 77 .406 -20.1 -2.0 .547 .135 .076 1.3
1963 35 CHW AL 582 423 49 3.1 93 .264 .260 .253 .299 .319 .306 .391 .605 .710 72 .369 -20.1 -2.1 .472 .087 .046 .0
1964 36 HOU NL 502 358 47 3.5 89 .271 .265 .258 .320 .314 .319 .382 .639 .697 85 .432 -8.0 -0.8 .525 .111 .054
1965 37 HOU NL 42 31 3 2.6 87 .282 .268 .249 .286 .311 .317 .376 .603 .687 76 .301 -1.3 -0.1 .452 .049 .049
19 Seasons 10349 7080 1175 4.4 101 .291 .288 .264 .348 .340 .363 .398 .710 .738 93 .499 -81.4 -8.1 .616 .152 .074 47.9
162 Game Avg. 708 485 80 4.4 101 .291 .288 .264 .348 .340 .363 .398 .710 .738 93 .499 -81.4 -8.1 .616 .152 .074 3
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
CHW (14 yrs) 9491 6470 1099 4.6 101 .293 .291 .265 .349 .340 .367 .399 .717 .740 95 .509 -62.0 -6.1 .624 .154 .076 47.3
PHA (3 yrs) 314 221 26 3.1 104 .256 .247 .267 .347 .358 .285 .388 .632 .747 70 .333 -10.1 -1.0 .552 .171 .038 .0
HOU (2 yrs) 544 389 50 3.5 89 .272 .265 .257 .317 .314 .319 .382 .636 .696 84 .422 -9.3 -1.0 .519 .106 .054
AL (17 yrs) 9805 6691 1125 4.5 102 .292 .290 .265 .349 .341 .365 .399 .714 .740 94 .504 -72.1 -7.1 .622 .154 .075 47.9
NL (2 yrs) 544 389 50 3.5 89 .272 .265 .257 .317 .314 .319 .382 .636 .696 84 .422 -9.3 -1.0 .519 .106 .054

Postseason Batting

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
1959 31 CHW AL WS LAD L 6 28 24 4 9 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 .375 .464 .500 .964 12 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 6 28 24 4 9 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 .375 .464 .500 .964 12 0 0 0 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
1951 CHW AL 23 as 2B 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
1952 CHW AL 24 DNP
1953 CHW AL 25 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 CHW AL 26 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1955 CHW AL 27 as 2B 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
1956 CHW AL 28 as 2B 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
1957 CHW AL 29 as 2B 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1958 CHW AL 30 as 2B 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 2 1 0 0 0 0
1959 CHW AL 31 as 2B 5 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 2 0 0 0 0 0
1959 CHW AL 31 as 2B 5 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .500 .600 .500 1.100 2 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CHW AL 32 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CHW AL 32 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
1961 CHW AL 33 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 CHW AL 33 DNP
1963 CHW AL 35 as 2B 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons (13 Appearances) 41 38 7 14 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 3 .368 .400 .368 .768 14 1 0 1 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 19 PHA AL 4 0.0% 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.00 75%
1948 20 PHA AL 14 0.0% 0.0% 7.1% 0.0% 0% 0.00 93%
1949 21 PHA AL 296 0.0% 3.0% 10.8% 2.7% 13% 0.28 27.4 11.8 80%
1950 22 CHW AL 504 0.0% 3.4% 6.9% 3.8% 17% 0.49 26.9 15.2 1.19 87%
1951 23 CHW AL 681 0.6% 1.6% 6.3% 7.1% 25% 0.26 54.9 151.0 11.0 0.81 86%
1952 24 CHW AL 700 0.0% 2.0% 4.9% 5.0% 18% 0.41 46.3 16.6 0.89 91%
1953 25 CHW AL 692 0.4% 2.6% 7.1% 6.1% 24% 0.37 34.7 208.0 8.7 1.01 87%
1954 26 CHW AL 706 0.3% 1.7% 7.2% 4.8% 17% 0.24 52.6 315.5 13.4 1.05 88%
1955 27 CHW AL 709 0.9% 2.1% 5.4% 5.8% 21% 0.39 42.4 106.0 10.8 0.86 87%
1956 28 CHW AL 721 0.6% 1.9% 6.1% 4.7% 18% 0.32 46.4 162.3 12.5 1.05 88%
1957 29 CHW AL 718 0.8% 1.8% 10.5% 5.7% 21% 0.17 47.6 103.2 10.1 0.95 84%
1958 30 CHW AL 698 0.0% 1.6% 6.7% 3.9% 14% 0.23 56.6 12.7 0.98 88%
1959 31 CHW AL 716 0.3% 1.8% 9.9% 5.9% 22% 0.18 48.0 312.0 8.9 1.04 86%
1960 32 CHW AL 684 0.3% 1.9% 7.3% 5.3% 21% 0.26 46.5 302.5 10.3 0.92 87%
1961 33 CHW AL 696 0.3% 1.7% 8.5% 2.6% 12% 0.20 50.5 303.0 11.9 1.04 86%
1962 34 CHW AL 684 0.3% 1.8% 5.6% 5.3% 22% 0.32 51.8 310.5 11.5 0.84 89%
1963 35 CHW AL 582 0.3% 2.9% 4.1% 3.6% 15% 0.71 31.7 269.5 12.8 1.04 90%
1964 36 HOU NL 502 0.0% 2.6% 5.4% 3.6% 15% 0.48 34.0 15.8 1.09 86%
1965 37 HOU NL 42 0.0% 4.8% 0.0% 4.8% 18% 20.5 41.0 1.23 93%
19 Seasons 10349 0.3% 2.1% 7.0% 4.9% 19% 0.30 42.7 263.8 11.7 0.97 87%
MLB Averages 2.2% 12.3% 9.1% 6.5% 28% 1.36 7.2 41.2 8.3 1.01 75%
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
1947 19 PHA AL -0.5 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 20 PHA AL -2.0 -0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1949 21 PHA AL -7.7 -0.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1950 22 CHW AL -29.9 -2.9 343 -1.4 4.5 -5.9 .99 -1.7 0.2 -20.6 -2.0 0.95 -20.2 1.29 7
1951 23 CHW AL 13.8 1.4 641 1.9 12.9 -11.0 1.04 0.5 1.3 3.6 0.4 0.94 4.6 0
1952 24 CHW AL -7.5 -0.8 722 0.5 12.6 -12.1 1.03 -0.6 1.1 -2.8 -0.3 0.93 -6.1 0.96 1
1953 25 CHW AL -7.8 -0.8 711 -0.2 11.8 -12.0 1.01 0.3 -0.5 15.2 1.5 0.97 4.1 3.78 0
1954 26 CHW AL 6.4 0.7 735 2.4 13.2 -10.8 .98 1.5 1.0 21.6 2.2 0.96 15.6 0
1955 27 CHW AL 3.7 0.4 733 1.6 12.8 -11.1 .96 0.9 0.8 13.8 1.3 0.95 9.5 0
1956 28 CHW AL -9.9 -1.0 737 -1.0 12.3 -13.3 1.03 -0.8 -0.2 -12.7 -1.2 0.94 -12.5 0
1957 29 CHW AL 24.0 2.4 741 3.9 14.1 -10.2 1.02 3.3 0.5 38.8 3.9 0.95 34.7 0
1958 30 CHW AL -0.5 -0.1 721 1.2 11.8 -10.6 .98 0.8 0.4 19.5 2.0 0.95 8.1 0
1959 31 CHW AL 15.0 1.5 735 4.8 15.1 -10.3 1.01 1.6 3.2 33.2 3.3 0.91 21.8 0
1960 32 CHW AL -2.7 -0.3 701 2.1 13.4 -11.3 1.02 1.0 1.1 12.3 1.2 0.94 4.9 3.04 1
1961 33 CHW AL -26.6 -2.6 705 -0.7 10.6 -11.3 .98 -2.4 1.6 -23.6 -2.3 0.95 -30.0 2.66 2
1962 34 CHW AL -20.1 -2.0 699 -0.6 11.1 -11.8 1.01 -1.5 0.8 -3.6 -0.4 0.93 -14.2 1.47 3
1963 35 CHW AL -20.1 -2.1 588 -2.4 8.4 -10.8 1.01 -2.2 -0.2 -21.6 -2.3 0.97 -23.2 1.28 6
1964 36 HOU NL -8.0 -0.8 515 1.8 10.2 -8.4 1.12 -0.7 2.3 -1.9 -0.2 0.93 -9.0 2.09 13
1965 37 HOU NL -1.3 -0.1 42 -0.7 0.4 -1.2 1.24 -0.2 -0.4 -1.9 -0.2 0.98 -1.5 2.37 12
19 Seasons -81.5 -8.1 10069 13.1 175.2 -162.1 1.01 -0.1 13.1 69.2 6.8 0.94 -13.7 1.91 45
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
1950 22 CHW AL 4 0 30% 141 4 3 57% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 54% 18 10 8 1 0 1 9 3 6
1951 23 CHW AL 11 0 37% 258 9 12 43% 9 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 12 8 55% 40 19 21 13 8 4 21 5 16
1952 24 CHW AL 12 0 33% 310 5 5 50% 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 7 50% 41 28 12 3 1 2 30 6 23
1953 25 CHW AL 11 0 39% 339 4 5 44% 2 5 1 1 1 1 0 0 9 9 55% 32 19 10 14 4 10 29 8 21
1954 26 CHW AL 10 0 43% 316 16 9 64% 15 8 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 15 50% 49 29 20 11 5 6 26 8 17
1955 27 CHW AL 12 0 38% 294 7 9 44% 7 6 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 21 48% 58 36 21 9 5 4 27 7 20
1956 28 CHW AL 9 0 43% 292 8 4 67% 7 4 0 0 1 0 3 0 7 16 68% 42 19 23 12 4 8 20 1 19
1957 29 CHW AL 8 0 37% 347 5 6 45% 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 24 70% 54 18 35 15 5 10 22 3 19
1958 30 CHW AL 14 0 34% 299 5 6 45% 4 7 1 0 0 0 3 1 8 22 52% 41 27 14 11 6 5 32 6 25
1959 31 CHW AL 8 1 31% 339 5 6 45% 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 25 64% 38 16 21 10 5 5 25 3 21
1960 32 CHW AL 10 0 36% 312 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 19 54% 46 30 14 11 4 7 27 2 24
1961 33 CHW AL 9 0 30% 268 2 3 40% 1 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 8 12 54% 42 21 21 9 7 2 14 2 12
1962 34 CHW AL 15 0 37% 299 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 15 60% 45 22 23 8 4 4 25 4 20
1963 35 CHW AL 6 0 31% 197 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 51% 25 16 9 2 1 1 16 3 12
1964 36 HOU NL 8 0 29% 206 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 16 43% 32 22 10 2 2 0 20 7 13
1965 37 HOU NL 0 0 25% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 40% 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
19 Seasons 147 1 36% 4237 76 80 49% 65 74 2 4 4 3 12 1 120 220 56% 607 335 263 131 61 69 344 68 269

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 22 CHW AL 332 71% 113 7 2 0 0 1.29 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 9 10 111% 60 6 10% 22 13 59% 210 22 10% 11 8 73% 9 4 44% 172
1951 23 CHW AL 613 71% 189 0 0 0 0 4 0 15 3 0 0 3 1 22 20 91% 114 7 6% 59 23 39% 356 52 15% 24 9 38% 18 7 39% 69
1952 24 CHW AL 700 71% 192 1 0 0 0 0.96 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 21 15 71% 126 11 9% 49 22 45% 341 44 13% 16 11 69% 13 8 62% 0
1953 25 CHW AL 692 69% 178 0 0 0 0 3.78 3 0 15 3 0 0 3 0 19 12 63% 147 15 10% 63 30 48% 403 70 17% 33 21 64% 27 19 70% 0
1954 26 CHW AL 706 68% 201 0 0 0 0 2 0 18 2 0 0 2 0 37 15 41% 167 13 8% 81 26 32% 404 49 12% 27 15 56% 33 21 64% 0
1955 27 CHW AL 709 71% 198 0 0 0 0 6 0 15 5 1 2 4 0 24 14 58% 139 8 6% 54 23 43% 425 57 13% 35 21 60% 18 12 67% 0
1956 28 CHW AL 721 60% 192 0 0 0 0 4 0 16 2 2 0 4 0 23 13 57% 149 19 13% 71 26 37% 436 48 11% 26 11 42% 29 19 66% 0
1957 29 CHW AL 718 63% 196 0 0 0 0 6 0 14 5 1 0 6 0 11 5 45% 149 7 5% 75 37 49% 416 59 14% 36 23 64% 25 16 64% 0
1958 30 CHW AL 698 68% 187 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 15 12 80% 150 13 9% 85 40 47% 387 56 14% 22 16 73% 31 17 55% 0
1959 31 CHW AL 717 75% 191 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 1 1 0 2 0 13 9 69% 98 6 6% 62 30 48% 371 71 19% 31 19 61% 47 24 51% 0
1960 32 CHW AL 684 82% 175 1 0 0 0 3.04 2 0 10 2 0 1 1 0 25 14 56% 110 11 10% 73 33 45% 399 62 16% 34 17 50% 46 26 57% 0
1961 33 CHW AL 696 82% 152 2 1 0 0 2.66 2 0 19 2 0 1 1 1 19 15 79% 137 17 12% 80 38 48% 448 52 12% 39 23 59% 42 23 55% 0
1962 34 CHW AL 684 77% 166 3 0 0 0 1.47 2 0 11 2 0 1 1 0 16 13 81% 124 13 10% 78 27 35% 382 54 14% 37 17 46% 42 25 60% 0
1963 35 CHW AL 581 67% 140 6 2 0 0 1.28 2 0 13 2 0 0 2 0 12 10 83% 103 10 10% 63 19 30% 364 42 12% 35 14 40% 30 15 50% 1
1964 36 HOU NL 502 75% 117 13 1 0 3 2.09 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 21 20 95% 92 8 9% 56 25 45% 259 31 12% 21 11 52% 19 11 58% 0
1965 37 HOU NL 42 90% 11 12 4 0 1 2.37 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 8% 4 1 25% 22 1 5% 3 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
19 Seasons 9795 71% 2663 45 10 0 4 1.91 35 0 201 29 5 5 29 2 287 208 72% 1877 175 9% 975 413 42% 5623 770 14% 430 236 55% 430 248 58% 242
MLB Averages 50% 97% 13% 31% 14% 49% 54%

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 19 7 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 -28 0 0 0 0
1948 20 10 18 16 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 .125 .222 .125 .347 -6 2 0 0 0
1949 21 98 314 263 44 65 6 2 0 21 3 2 34 9 .247 .347 .285 .632 70 75 10 6 11
1950 22 228 818 720 89 178 18 9 0 51 7 5 69 26 .247 .320 .297 .617 63 214 16 8 21
1951 23 375 1499 1324 182 367 50 21 4 106 16 17 112 37 .277 .344 .356 .699 87 471 23 22 41
1952 24 527 2199 1972 258 559 75 31 4 145 21 22 146 51 .283 .341 .359 .700 89 708 34 25 56
1953 25 681 2891 2596 350 737 106 39 7 217 25 27 195 69 .284 .341 .363 .704 90 942 49 32 68
1954 26 836 3597 3227 461 938 130 47 9 264 41 36 246 81 .291 .347 .368 .716 93 1189 62 37 83 4
1955 27 990 4306 3863 561 1136 158 54 15 323 48 45 284 96 .294 .350 .375 .725 95 1447 70 54 97 8 1
1956 28 1144 5027 4512 670 1328 178 64 19 375 56 49 328 110 .294 .350 .375 .725 94 1691 89 64 110 13 2
1957 29 1299 5745 5131 780 1524 205 72 25 436 61 55 403 123 .297 .356 .380 .736 98 1948 96 80 115 16 4
1958 30 1454 6443 5754 862 1711 226 78 25 485 66 61 450 134 .297 .357 .377 .733 98 2168 109 91 127 21 9
1959 31 1610 7159 6378 946 1902 260 84 27 555 71 67 521 147 .298 .359 .378 .737 99 2411 115 98 136 26 17
1960 32 1760 7843 6983 1031 2077 284 94 29 614 73 71 571 160 .297 .358 .377 .736 99 2636 126 108 150 31 19
1961 33 1919 8539 7589 1098 2229 295 99 31 665 75 74 630 172 .294 .355 .371 .726 97 2815 143 117 165 38 22
1962 34 2076 9223 8210 1177 2395 322 106 33 719 76 76 668 184 .292 .352 .369 .721 95 3028 156 124 178 43 22
1963 35 2213 9805 8749 1231 2535 341 106 35 761 76 78 692 201 .290 .349 .365 .714 94 3193 166 131 188 45 23
1964 36 2346 10307 9191 1276 2652 353 112 35 789 76 80 719 214 .289 .348 .363 .711 93 3334 174 141 208 48 24
1965 37 2367 10349 9232 1279 2663 355 112 35 790 76 80 719 216 .288 .348 .363 .710 93 3347 175 142 208 48 24

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
1947 19 7 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 7
1948 20 3 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000 .067 .000 .067 0 3
1949 21 92 295 256 42 64 6 2 0 21 2 33 9 .250 .349 .289 .638 25 88
1950 22 136 509 472 43 112 12 7 0 28 4 35 18 .237 .293 .292 .585 40 130
1951 23 155 693 633 96 196 33 12 4 57 9 45 12 .310 .369 .419 .788 95 147
1952 24 159 722 683 83 206 27 11 0 43 5 36 15 .302 .339 .373 .713 86 152
1953 25 161 705 648 93 182 32 8 3 72 4 50 19 .281 .339 .369 .708 79 154
1954 26 162 725 662 118 213 25 8 2 50 17 54 13 .322 .375 .393 .768 97 155
1955 27 161 720 660 101 202 29 7 6 59 7 39 16 .306 .358 .398 .757 91 154
1956 28 161 730 671 107 193 20 10 4 51 8 44 15 .288 .338 .365 .703 82 154
1957 29 163 757 656 120 211 29 9 6 66 5 81 14 .322 .408 .421 .829 109 155
1958 30 162 727 659 91 203 23 7 0 55 5 51 11 .308 .366 .364 .730 86 155
1959 31 163 743 656 90 203 36 6 2 75 5 75 14 .309 .384 .392 .775 98 156
1960 32 158 706 637 90 185 25 11 2 63 2 53 14 .290 .353 .374 .726 82 150
1961 33 159 680 605 66 151 11 5 2 50 2 59 12 .250 .322 .294 .616 56 159
1962 34 157 671 621 79 166 27 7 2 54 1 38 12 .267 .314 .343 .657 66 157
1963 35 137 581 547 60 148 20 0 2 46 0 25 17 .271 .310 .318 .628 53 137
1964 36 133 495 452 52 127 13 7 0 32 0 29 13 .281 .337 .341 .678 50 133
1965 37 21 43 42 3 12 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 .286 .302 .333 .636 4 21
19 Seasons 2450 10521 9577 1336 2774 370 117 35 823 77 749 226 .290 .349 .364 .713 1199 2367
162 Game Avg. 162 696 633 88 183 24 8 2 54 5 50 15 .290 .349 .364 .713 79 2367
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 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

Hall of Fame
1971 BBWAA (10.8%)
1972 BBWAA (16.2%)
1973 BBWAA (19.2%)
1974 BBWAA (21.6%)
1975 BBWAA (21.0%)
1976 BBWAA (44.8%)
1977 BBWAA (39.7%)
1978 BBWAA (39.3%)
1979 BBWAA (40.3%)
1980 BBWAA (41.8%)
1981 BBWAA (41.9%)
1982 BBWAA (30.6%)
1983 BBWAA (46.3%)
1984 BBWAA (61.0%)
1985 BBWAA (74.7%)
1997 Veterans (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1997
by Veteran's Committee

All-Star Games
1951 (2B)
1952
1953 *
1954 *
1955 (2B)
1956 (2B)
1957 (2B)
1958 (2B)
1959-1 (2B)
1959-2 (2B)
1960-1 *
1960-2 *
1961-1 *
1961-2
1963 (2B)

Awards (yr lg award)
1959 AL MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1951 AL (17, 7%)
1952 AL (7, 18%)
1954 AL (9, 9%)
1955 AL (7, 25%)
1956 AL (14, 8%)
1957 AL (4, 56%)
1958 AL (8, 26%)
1959 AL (1, 88%)
1960 AL (18, 3%)
1963 AL (26, 1%)
1 MVP
2.42 Career Shares (64th)

Gold Gloves
1957 ML (2B)
1959 AL (2B)
1960 AL (2B)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacements c a p y
1954 AL  5.2 (8th)
1955 AL  5.0 (8th)
1957 AL  7.3 (3rd)
1959 AL  6.2 (3rd)
1960 AL  4.3 (7th)

WAR Position Playerss c a p y
1951 AL  4.4 (7th)
1954 AL  5.2 (7th)
1955 AL  5.0 (4th)
1957 AL  7.3 (3rd)
1959 AL  6.2 (1st)
1960 AL  4.3 (5th)
Career  44.4 (229th)

Offensive WARs c a p y
1951 AL  3.7 (10th)
1954 AL  4.2 (8th)
1955 AL  3.9 (6th)
1957 AL  5.8 (4th)
1959 AL  4.1 (9th)

Defensive WARs c a p y
1951 AL  0.7 (5th)
1952 AL  0.7 (4th)
1954 AL  1.0 (5th)
1955 AL  1.1 (6th)
1957 AL  1.5 (2nd)
1959 AL  2.1 (2nd)
1960 AL  1.6 (6th)
Career  10.0 (68th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1951 AL  .313 (5th)
1952 AL  .296 (9th)
1954 AL  .319 (5th)
1955 AL  .311 (4th)
1957 AL  .317 (5th)
1958 AL  .300 (10th)
1959 AL  .306 (4th)
1960 AL  .289 (9th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1957 AL  .403 (5th)
1959 AL  .380 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
1951 AL  147 (7th)
1952 AL  152 (4th)
1953 AL  154 (6th)
1954 AL  155 (1st)
1955 AL  154 (1st)
1956 AL  154 (2nd)
1957 AL  155 (1st)
1958 AL  155 (1st)
1959 AL  156 (1st)
1960 AL  150 (9th)
1961 AL  159 (7th)
Career  2,367 (91st)

At Bats s c a p y
1951 AL  604 (3rd)
1952 AL  648 (1st)
1953 AL  624 (2nd)
1954 AL  631 (2nd)
1955 AL  636 (1st)
1956 AL  649 (1st)
1957 AL  619 (4th)
1958 AL  623 (2nd)
1959 AL  624 (1st)
1960 AL  605 (1st)
1961 AL  606 (8th)
1962 AL  621 (8th)
Career  9,232 (55th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1951 AL  681 (3rd)
1952 AL  700 (2nd)
1953 AL  692 (3rd)
1954 AL  706 (2nd)
1955 AL  709 (3rd)
1956 AL  721 (1st)
1957 AL  718 (1st)
1958 AL  698 (1st)
1959 AL  716 (1st)
1960 AL  684 (1st)
1961 AL  696 (8th)
Career  10,349 (59th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1951 AL  93 (6th)
1953 AL  92 (8th)
1954 AL  111 (4th)
1955 AL  100 (6th)
1956 AL  109 (2nd)
1957 AL  110 (2nd)
1960 AL  85 (7th)
Career  1,279 (131st)

Hits s c a p y
1951 AL  189 (2nd)
1952 AL  192 (1st)
1953 AL  178 (6th)
1954 AL  201 (1st)
1955 AL  198 (2nd)
1956 AL  192 (3rd)
1957 AL  196 (1st)
1958 AL  187 (1st)
1959 AL  191 (2nd)
1960 AL  175 (2nd)
Career  2,663 (69th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1951 AL  257 (7th)
1954 AL  247 (10th)
1955 AL  258 (7th)
1957 AL  257 (7th)
Career  3,347 (192nd)

Doubles s c a p y
1951 AL  32 (8th)
1953 AL  31 (8th)
1955 AL  28 (6th)
1957 AL  27 (9th)
1959 AL  34 (2nd)

Triples s c a p y
1951 AL  12 (2nd)
1952 AL  10 (2nd)
1953 AL  8 (5th)
1954 AL  8 (7th)
1955 AL  7 (8th)
1956 AL  10 (5th)
1957 AL  8 (4th)
1958 AL  6 (10th)
1959 AL  6 (7th)
1960 AL  10 (1st)
1962 AL  7 (9th)
Career  112 (118th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1957 AL  75 (8th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1954 AL  16 (6th)

Singles s c a p y
1951 AL  141 (2nd)
1952 AL  157 (1st)
1953 AL  136 (4th)
1954 AL  167 (1st)
1955 AL  157 (1st)
1956 AL  158 (1st)
1957 AL  155 (1st)
1958 AL  160 (1st)
1959 AL  149 (1st)
1960 AL  139 (1st)
1961 AL  134 (5th)
1962 AL  130 (9th)
1963 AL  119 (10th)
Career  2,161 (27th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1957 AL  124 (10th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1955 AL  95 (7th)
1957 AL  109 (4th)
1959 AL  97 (10th)
Career  1,175 (202nd)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1957 AL  24 (7th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1957 AL  2.4 (7th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1951 AL  246 (7th)
1953 AL  234 (8th)
1954 AL  257 (5th)
1955 AL  253 (5th)
1956 AL  246 (7th)
1957 AL  287 (2nd)
1958 AL  245 (4th)
1959 AL  269 (3rd)
1960 AL  235 (5th)
Career  3,524 (94th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1957 AL  .680 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1949 AL  6 (3rd)
1951 AL  14 (2nd)
1953 AL  7 (4th)
1954 AL  5 (7th)
1955 AL  17 (1st)
1956 AL  10 (3rd)
1957 AL  16 (2nd)
1958 AL  11 (2nd)
1959 AL  7 (5th)
1960 AL  10 (2nd)
1961 AL  9 (3rd)
1962 AL  7 (8th)
1963 AL  7 (9th)
1964 NL  10 (3rd)
Career  142 (25th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1949 AL  11 (9th)
1950 AL  10 (10th)
1951 AL  20 (2nd)
1952 AL  15 (5th)
1953 AL  12 (10th)
1954 AL  15 (3rd)
1955 AL  14 (2nd)
1956 AL  13 (3rd)
1958 AL  12 (2nd)
1959 AL  9 (9th)
1960 AL  14 (3rd)
1961 AL  15 (1st)
1962 AL  13 (3rd)
1963 AL  10 (3rd)
1964 NL  20 (1st)
Career  208 (79th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1961 AL  7 (10th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1958 AL  5 (9th)
1959 AL  8 (3rd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1953 AL  15 (9th)
1956 AL  19 (3rd)
1961 AL  17 (10th)
Career  175 (164th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1951 AL  12 (1st)
1954 AL  9 (3rd)
1955 AL  9 (2nd)
1957 AL  6 (10th)
1958 AL  6 (9th)
1959 AL  6 (6th)
Career  80 (220th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1950 AL  26.9 (4th)
1951 AL  54.9 (1st)
1952 AL  46.3 (2nd)
1953 AL  34.7 (2nd)
1954 AL  52.6 (1st)
1955 AL  42.4 (1st)
1956 AL  46.4 (1st)
1957 AL  47.6 (1st)
1958 AL  56.6 (1st)
1959 AL  48.0 (1st)
1960 AL  46.5 (1st)
1961 AL  50.5 (1st)
1962 AL  51.8 (1st)
1963 AL  31.7 (1st)
1964 NL  34.0 (1st)
Career  42.7 (6th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1951 AL  454 (4th)
1952 AL  487 (1st)
1953 AL  478 (4th)
1954 AL  471 (3rd)
1955 AL  473 (2nd)
1956 AL  498 (1st)
1957 AL  444 (7th)
1958 AL  472 (2nd)
1959 AL  459 (4th)
1960 AL  464 (5th)
1961 AL  496 (5th)
1962 AL  488 (4th)
Career  7,080 (45th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)s c a p y
1957 AL  38.78 (6th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)s c a p y
1957 AL  3.9 (6th)
1959 AL  4.8 (3rd)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)s c a p y
1957 AL  3.3 (6th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)s c a p y
1957 AL  3.9 (6th)

Oldest s c a p y
1965 NL  born 1927-12-25 (7th)

Youngest s c a p y
1947 AL  born 1927-12-25 (5th)
1948 AL  born 1927-12-25 (5th)
1949 AL  born 1927-12-25 (9th)

                           

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

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Black InkBatting - 23 (84), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 131 (135), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 163 (71), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 32 (255), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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