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Tito Francona

John Patsy Francona

Positions: Outfielder, First Baseman and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 4, 1933 in Aliquippa, PA
High School: New Brighton HS (New Brighton, PA)
Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1956
Teams (by GP): Indians/Braves/Orioles/Cardinals/Athletics/... 1956-1970

Final Game: September 29, 1970
Relatives: Father of Terry Francona
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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
1954 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1955 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1956 22 BAL AL 139 500 445 62 115 16 4 9 57 11 5 51 60 .258 .334 .373 .707 95 166 6 1 0 3 4 *983/7 RoY-2
1957 23 BAL AL 97 316 279 35 65 8 3 7 38 7 3 29 48 .233 .307 .358 .665 87 100 7 3 0 5 4 97/38
1958 24 TOT AL 86 226 197 21 50 8 2 1 20 2 3 29 40 .254 .350 .330 .680 87 65 6 0 0 0 4 97/3
1958 24 CHW AL 41 142 128 10 33 3 2 1 10 2 3 14 24 .258 .331 .336 .667 85 43 4 0 0 0 1 9/7
1958 24 DET AL 45 84 69 11 17 5 0 0 10 0 0 15 16 .246 .381 .319 .700 90 22 2 0 0 0 3 7/93
1959 25 CLE AL 122 443 399 68 145 17 2 20 79 2 0 35 42 .363 .414 .566 .980 171 226 11 3 1 5 3 83/7 MVP-5
1960 26 CLE AL 147 625 544 84 159 36 2 17 79 4 1 67 67 .292 .372 .460 .832 127 250 11 5 3 5 7 *73/9
1961 27 CLE AL 155 667 592 87 178 30 8 16 85 2 1 56 52 .301 .363 .459 .823 122 272 11 4 12 3 3 *73 AS
1962 28 CLE AL 158 690 621 82 169 28 5 14 70 3 2 47 74 .272 .327 .401 .728 98 249 8 7 8 7 3 *3
1963 29 CLE AL 142 553 500 57 114 29 0 10 41 9 1 47 77 .228 .296 .346 .642 80 173 10 2 2 2 7 *73/9
1964 30 CLE AL 111 320 270 35 67 13 2 8 24 1 3 44 46 .248 .361 .400 .761 112 108 3 4 1 1 9 93/87
1965 31 STL NL 81 193 174 15 45 6 2 5 19 0 0 17 30 .259 .323 .402 .725 96 70 4 0 1 1 0 93/7
1966 32 STL NL 83 164 156 14 33 4 1 4 17 0 0 7 27 .212 .250 .327 .577 59 51 1 1 0 0 1 3/7
1967 33 TOT NL 109 362 327 35 78 6 1 6 28 1 1 27 44 .239 .297 .318 .615 77 104 8 1 5 2 3 3/79
1967 33 PHI NL 27 82 73 7 15 1 0 0 3 0 1 7 10 .205 .272 .219 .491 42 16 2 0 1 1 1 3/9
1967 33 ATL NL 82 280 254 28 63 5 1 6 25 1 0 20 34 .248 .304 .346 .651 87 88 6 1 4 1 2 3/79
1968 34 ATL NL 122 398 346 32 99 13 1 2 47 3 0 51 45 .286 .376 .347 .723 118 120 12 0 1 2 5 73
1969 35 TOT MLB 83 204 173 17 55 7 1 5 42 0 1 25 21 .318 .394 .457 .851 140 79 1 0 1 5 4 37
1969 35 ATL NL 51 105 88 5 26 1 0 2 22 0 1 13 10 .295 .371 .375 .746 109 33 1 0 0 4 2 7/3
1969 35 OAK AL 32 99 85 12 29 6 1 3 20 0 0 12 11 .341 .418 .541 .960 173 46 0 0 1 1 2 3/7
1970 36 TOT AL 84 114 98 6 23 3 0 1 10 1 0 12 21 .235 .324 .296 .620 74 29 4 1 3 0 2 3/7
1970 36 OAK AL 32 41 33 2 8 0 0 1 6 0 0 6 6 .242 .375 .333 .708 100 11 4 1 1 0 1 /37
1970 36 MIL AL 52 73 65 4 15 3 0 0 4 1 0 6 15 .231 .296 .277 .573 59 18 0 0 2 0 1 3
15 Yrs 1719 5775 5121 650 1395 224 34 125 656 46 21 544 694 .272 .343 .403 .746 107 2062 103 32 38 41 59
162 Game Avg. 162 544 483 61 131 21 3 12 62 4 2 51 65 .272 .343 .403 .746 107 194 10 3 4 4 6
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
CLE (6 yrs) 835 3298 2926 413 832 153 19 85 378 21 8 296 358 .284 .353 .437 .789 117 1278 54 25 27 23 32
ATL (3 yrs) 255 783 688 65 188 19 2 10 94 4 1 84 89 .273 .350 .350 .700 106 241 19 1 5 7 9
STL (2 yrs) 164 357 330 29 78 10 3 9 36 0 0 24 57 .236 .289 .367 .656 79 121 5 1 1 1 1
OAK (2 yrs) 64 140 118 14 37 6 1 4 26 0 0 18 17 .314 .406 .483 .889 152 57 4 1 2 1 3
BAL (2 yrs) 236 816 724 97 180 24 7 16 95 18 8 80 108 .249 .324 .367 .691 92 266 13 4 0 8 8
PHI (1 yr) 27 82 73 7 15 1 0 0 3 0 1 7 10 .205 .272 .219 .491 42 16 2 0 1 1 1
DET (1 yr) 45 84 69 11 17 5 0 0 10 0 0 15 16 .246 .381 .319 .700 90 22 2 0 0 0 3
MIL (1 yr) 52 73 65 4 15 3 0 0 4 1 0 6 15 .231 .296 .277 .573 59 18 0 0 2 0 1
CHW (1 yr) 41 142 128 10 33 3 2 1 10 2 3 14 24 .258 .331 .336 .667 85 43 4 0 0 0 1
AL (11 yrs) 1273 4553 4030 549 1114 194 29 106 523 42 19 429 538 .276 .348 .418 .766 111 1684 77 30 31 32 48
NL (5 yrs) 446 1222 1091 101 281 30 5 19 133 4 2 115 156 .258 .327 .346 .674 93 378 26 2 7 9 11

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
1956 22 BAL AL 139 500 -3 2 3 1 -6 -3 -0.3 13 10 1.0 .498 .498 0.8 -0.4 9 $ *983/7 RoY-2
1957 23 BAL AL 97 316 -5 1 0 0 -4 -8 -0.9 9 0 -0.1 .491 .494 -0.1 -0.5 0 $ 97/38
1958 24 CHW AL 41 142 -2 -2 0 -1 -2 -6 -0.8 4 -3 -0.4 .482 .496 -0.2 -0.3 -1 $ 9/7
1958 24 DET AL 45 84 -1 0 0 -4 -1 -6 -0.6 2 -3 -0.4 .486 .496 0.0 -0.5 0 $ 7/93
1959 25 CLE AL 122 443 39 2 -0 -3 -3 34 3.4 12 46 4.6 .529 .522 5.0 -0.7 50 $ 83/7 MVP-5
1960 26 CLE AL 147 625 20 1 1 3 -8 17 1.5 17 34 3.2 .512 .511 3.1 -0.6 31 $ *73/9
1961 27 CLE AL 155 667 14 2 2 4 -8 14 1.2 18 32 3.0 .509 .509 2.8 -0.6 28 $ *73 AS
1962 28 CLE AL 158 690 -2 3 2 4 -9 -3 -0.6 19 16 1.3 .498 .498 1.1 -0.7 12 $ *3
1963 29 CLE AL 142 553 -15 3 1 -5 -7 -24 -2.8 15 -8 -1.3 .481 .484 -0.5 -1.5 -3 $ *73/9
1964 30 CLE AL 111 320 8 -2 1 -13 -4 -11 -1.4 9 -2 -0.5 .489 .492 1.1 -2.1 11 $25,000 93/87
1965 31 STL NL 81 193 0 0 0 -4 -2 -6 -0.7 6 0 -0.1 .491 .496 0.4 -0.7 4 $ 93/7
1966 32 STL NL 83 164 -8 0 1 -1 -2 -10 -1.1 6 -4 -0.5 .486 .493 -0.5 -0.3 -4 $ 3/7
1967 33 PHI NL 27 82 -5 0 -0 2 -1 -4 -0.4 3 -1 -0.2 .483 .497 -0.5 0.2 -3 $ 3/9
1967 33 ATL NL 82 280 -0 1 -0 -1 -4 -4 -0.3 10 6 0.6 .495 .497 0.6 -0.4 7 $ 3/79
1968 34 ATL NL 122 398 5 0 -1 -4 -5 -5 -0.4 14 9 0.9 .495 .496 1.3 -1.0 13 $ 73
1969 35 ATL NL 51 105 0 -2 0 2 -1 0 0.0 4 4 0.4 .500 .500 0.2 0.1 2 $26,000 7/3
1969 35 OAK AL 32 99 7 -1 0 -3 -1 2 0.2 3 5 0.5 .508 .502 0.8 -0.4 8 $ 3/7
1970 36 OAK AL 32 41 -0 0 -1 0 -0 -1 -0.1 1 0 0.0 .497 .499 0.0 -0.0 0 $29,500 /37
1970 36 MIL AL 52 73 -4 0 0 0 -0 -3 -0.4 2 -1 -0.1 .493 .498 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $ 3
15 Seasons 1719 5775 48 8 10 -22 -71 -26 -4.4 167 140 11.9 .498 .499 15.3 -10.6 163 $80,500
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
CLE (6 yrs) 835 3298 64 8 6 -11 -40 27 1.4 90 118 10.3 .503 .503 12.6 -6.2 128 $25,000
ATL (3 yrs) 255 783 6 -1 -1 -3 -10 -9 -0.8 27 18 1.9 .496 .498 2.1 -1.3 21 $26,000
STL (2 yrs) 164 357 -8 0 1 -5 -5 -16 -1.8 12 -4 -0.6 .489 .494 -0.1 -1.0 1 $
OAK (2 yrs) 64 140 7 -1 -0 -2 -2 2 0.1 4 6 0.5 .503 .501 0.8 -0.5 8 $29,500
BAL (2 yrs) 236 816 -8 2 4 1 -10 -11 -1.2 22 11 0.9 .495 .496 0.7 -0.9 10 $
PHI (1 yr) 27 82 -5 0 -0 2 -1 -4 -0.4 3 -1 -0.2 .483 .497 -0.5 0.2 -3 $
DET (1 yr) 45 84 -1 0 0 -4 -1 -6 -0.6 2 -3 -0.4 .486 .496 0.0 -0.5 0 $
MIL (1 yr) 52 73 -4 0 0 0 -0 -3 -0.4 2 -1 -0.1 .493 .498 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $
CHW (1 yr) 41 142 -2 -2 0 -1 -2 -6 -0.8 4 -3 -0.4 .482 .496 -0.2 -0.3 -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
1956 22 BAL AL 500 344 58 4.5 98 .280 .258 .256 .334 .336 .373 .391 .707 .728 95 .471 -2.6 -0.2 .657 .243 .115 9.9
1957 23 BAL AL 316 229 31 3.7 93 .253 .233 .255 .307 .326 .358 .385 .665 .710 87 .418 -4.4 -0.4 .607 .244 .125 7.0
1958 24 TOT AL 226 156 22 3.8 100 .314 .254 .264 .350 .333 .330 .401 .680 .733 87 .441 -2.7 -0.3 .596 .218 .076 1.3
1958 24 CHW AL 142 102 13 3.4 97 .311 .258 .260 .331 .329 .336 .396 .667 .725 85 .395 -2.6 -0.3 .549 .180 .078 1.3
1958 24 DET AL 84 54 9 4.4 104 .321 .246 .270 .381 .340 .319 .409 .700 .749 90 .517 -0.1 -0.0 .685 .290 .072
1959 25 CLE AL 443 271 93 9.2 96 .365 .363 .257 .414 .328 .566 .393 .980 .720 171 .795 38.4 3.8 1.004 .296 .203 3.6
1960 26 CLE AL 625 405 96 6.4 99 .305 .292 .260 .372 .333 .460 .398 .832 .731 127 .656 22.8 2.3 .819 .296 .167 6.5
1961 27 CLE AL 667 441 100 6.0 101 .307 .301 .260 .363 .335 .459 .405 .823 .740 122 .618 18.1 1.8 .782 .255 .159 3.6
1962 28 CLE AL 690 477 84 4.7 100 .287 .272 .260 .327 .331 .401 .404 .728 .736 98 .518 -1.8 -0.2 .658 .206 .129 4.9
1963 29 CLE AL 553 401 52 3.5 94 .251 .228 .254 .296 .320 .346 .393 .642 .713 80 .417 -12.4 -1.3 .579 .228 .118 9.5
1964 30 CLE AL 320 211 41 5.2 96 .272 .248 .256 .361 .324 .400 .397 .761 .721 112 .595 6.0 0.6 .737 .307 .152 1.8
1965 31 STL NL 193 135 23 4.6 101 .286 .259 .268 .323 .333 .402 .405 .725 .738 96 .548 -1.2 -0.1 .654 .241 .144 .0
1966 32 STL NL 164 124 13 2.8 96 .232 .212 .265 .250 .324 .327 .399 .577 .722 59 .324 -9.2 -1.0 .476 .160 .115 .0
1967 33 TOT NL 362 265 31 3.2 90 .258 .239 .258 .297 .320 .318 .378 .615 .698 77 .397 -10.1 -1.1 .512 .162 .080 1.7
1967 33 PHI NL 82 63 4 1.7 91 .234 .205 .259 .272 .322 .219 .381 .491 .702 42 .176 -5.4 -0.6 .361 .096 .014
1967 33 ATL NL 280 202 27 3.6 90 .265 .248 .257 .304 .319 .346 .377 .651 .696 87 .457 -4.7 -0.5 .558 .181 .098 1.7
1968 34 ATL NL 398 262 47 4.9 82 .322 .286 .253 .376 .311 .347 .357 .723 .668 118 .636 10.4 1.2 .672 .217 .061 2.4
1969 35 TOT MLB 204 126 34 7.3 93 .329 .318 .255 .394 .328 .457 .381 .851 .709 140 .732 10.7 1.1 .858 .277 .139 .0
1969 35 ATL NL 105 68 13 5.1 95 .300 .295 .260 .371 .331 .375 .386 .746 .717 109 .593 2.0 0.2 .703 .216 .080 .0
1969 35 OAK AL 99 58 21 9.8 91 .361 .341 .249 .418 .324 .541 .375 .960 .699 173 .823 8.7 0.9 1.036 .341 .200 .0
1970 36 TOT AL 114 82 10 3.3 97 .289 .235 .257 .324 .331 .296 .392 .620 .723 74 .379 -3.3 -0.3 .544 .194 .061 1.0
1970 36 OAK AL 41 30 4 3.6 95 .269 .242 .254 .375 .328 .333 .388 .708 .717 100 .418 0.3 0.0 .621 .273 .091 .0
1970 36 MIL AL 73 52 6 3.1 98 .300 .231 .258 .296 .332 .277 .394 .573 .726 59 .355 -3.6 -0.4 .500 .154 .046 .0
15 Yrs 5775 3929 735 5.0 96 .292 .272 .258 .343 .328 .403 .393 .746 .721 107 .566 58.7 5.8 .692 .241 .130 67.3
162 Game Avg. 544 370 69 5.0 96 .292 .272 .258 .343 .328 .403 .393 .746 .721 107 .566 6 1 .692 .241 .130 6
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
CLE (6 yrs) 3298 2206 466 5.7 98 .298 .284 .258 .353 .329 .437 .399 .789 .728 117 .610 71.1 7.0 .748 .258 .152 33.7
ATL (3 yrs) 783 532 87 4.4 87 .299 .273 .256 .350 .317 .350 .368 .700 .685 106 .569 7.7 0.9 .633 .203 .077 5.7
STL (2 yrs) 357 259 36 3.8 99 .260 .236 .267 .289 .329 .367 .402 .656 .731 79 .451 -10.3 -1.1 .568 .203 .130 .0
OAK (2 yrs) 140 88 25 7.7 92 .337 .314 .250 .406 .325 .483 .379 .889 .704 152 .747 9.0 0.9 .894 .322 .169 .0
BAL (2 yrs) 816 573 89 4.2 96 .270 .249 .256 .324 .332 .367 .389 .691 .721 92 .451 -7.1 -0.7 .637 .243 .119 16.9
PHI (1 yr) 82 63 4 1.7 91 .234 .205 .259 .272 .322 .219 .381 .491 .702 42 .177 -5.4 -0.6 .361 .096 .014
DET (1 yr) 84 54 9 4.5 104 .321 .246 .270 .381 .340 .319 .409 .700 .749 90 .517 -0.1 -0.0 .685 .290 .072
MIL (1 yr) 73 52 6 3.1 98 .300 .231 .258 .296 .332 .277 .394 .573 .726 59 .355 -3.6 -0.4 .500 .154 .046 .0
CHW (1 yr) 142 102 13 3.4 97 .311 .258 .260 .331 .329 .336 .396 .667 .725 85 .396 -2.6 -0.3 .549 .180 .078 1.3
AL (11 yrs) 4553 3075 608 5.3 98 .295 .276 .258 .348 .330 .418 .397 .766 .727 111 .578 66.8 6.6 .719 .254 .141 60.2
NL (5 yrs) 1222 854 127 4.0 91 .283 .258 .259 .327 .321 .346 .379 .674 .700 93 .511 -8.1 -0.8 .593 .196 .089 6.6

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
1961 CLE AL 27 DNP

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
1956 22 BAL AL 500 1.8% 12.0% 10.2% 5.8% 25% 1.18 7.4 49.4 7.8 0.77 76%
1957 23 BAL AL 316 2.2% 15.2% 9.2% 5.7% 28% 1.66 5.8 39.9 7.3 0.93 72%
1958 24 TOT AL 226 0.4% 17.7% 12.8% 4.9% 22% 1.38 4.9 197.0 9.9 1.24 69%
1958 24 CHW AL 142 0.7% 16.9% 9.9% 4.2% 18% 1.71 5.3 128.0 12.8 1.52 73%
1958 24 DET AL 84 0.0% 19.1% 17.9% 6.0% 29% 1.07 4.3 6.9 0.85 63%
1959 25 CLE AL 443 4.5% 9.5% 7.9% 8.8% 27% 1.20 9.5 20.0 5.1 1.21 77%
1960 26 CLE AL 625 2.7% 10.7% 10.7% 8.8% 35% 1.00 8.1 32.0 6.9 0.94 74%
1961 27 CLE AL 667 2.4% 7.8% 8.4% 8.1% 30% 0.93 11.4 37.0 7.0 1.00 79%
1962 28 CLE AL 690 2.0% 10.7% 6.8% 6.8% 28% 1.57 8.4 44.4 8.9 0.94 78%
1963 29 CLE AL 553 1.8% 13.9% 8.5% 7.1% 34% 1.64 6.5 50.0 12.2 0.85 75%
1964 30 CLE AL 320 2.5% 14.4% 13.8% 7.2% 34% 1.05 5.9 33.8 11.3 0.80 68%
1965 31 STL NL 193 2.6% 15.5% 8.8% 6.7% 29% 1.76 5.8 34.8 9.2 1.15 73%
1966 32 STL NL 164 2.4% 16.5% 4.3% 5.5% 27% 3.86 5.8 39.0 9.2 0.88 76%
1967 33 TOT NL 362 1.7% 12.2% 7.5% 3.6% 17% 1.63 7.4 54.5 11.7 1.03 77%
1967 33 PHI NL 82 0.0% 12.2% 8.5% 1.2% 7% 1.43 7.3 24.3 1.13 78%
1967 33 ATL NL 280 2.1% 12.1% 7.1% 4.3% 19% 1.70 7.5 42.3 10.2 1.00 77%
1968 34 ATL NL 398 0.5% 11.3% 12.8% 4.0% 16% 0.88 7.7 173.0 7.4 1.12 76%
1969 35 TOT MLB 204 2.5% 10.3% 12.3% 6.4% 24% 0.84 8.2 34.6 4.1 1.12 75%
1969 35 ATL NL 105 1.9% 9.5% 12.4% 2.9% 12% 0.77 8.8 44.0 4.0 1.07 76%
1969 35 OAK AL 99 3.0% 11.1% 12.1% 10.1% 35% 0.92 7.7 28.3 4.3 1.18 73%
1970 36 TOT AL 114 0.9% 18.4% 10.5% 3.5% 17% 1.75 4.7 98.0 9.8 1.26 67%
1970 36 OAK AL 41 2.4% 14.6% 14.6% 2.4% 13% 1.00 5.5 33.0 5.5 2.00 63%
1970 36 MIL AL 73 0.0% 20.6% 8.2% 4.1% 20% 2.50 4.3 16.3 0.95 68%
15 Yrs 5775 2.2% 12.0% 9.4% 6.6% 28% 1.28 7.4 41.0 7.8 0.97 75%
MLB Averages 2.2% 14.6% 8.5% 6.3% 28% 1.72 6.1 40.2 8.8 1.07 73%
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
1956 22 BAL AL -3.4 -0.3 520 1.9 11.0 -9.1 1.15 0.1 1.6 8.8 0.9 1.01 0.7 2.17 19
1957 23 BAL AL -4.4 -0.4 330 -0.9 5.4 -6.4 1.10 0.2 -1.0 -2.0 -0.2 0.97 0.8 1.92 23
1958 24 TOT AL -2.7 -0.3 233 -1.2 3.2 -4.4 1.11 -0.8 -0.4 -2.8 -0.3 0.99 -3.7 1.78 29
1958 24 CHW AL -2.6 -0.3 148 -0.5 2.0 -2.5 1.02 -0.5 -0.0 -4.9 -0.5 0.97 -3.1 1.85 7
1958 24 DET AL -0.1 -0.0 85 -0.7 1.2 -1.9 1.25 -0.3 -0.3 2.1 0.2 1.02 -0.5 1.75 22
1959 25 CLE AL 38.4 3.8 450 6.1 12.6 -6.5 1.06 4.0 1.7 49.3 4.9 0.95 47.7 1.86 20
1960 26 CLE AL 22.8 2.3 635 2.7 13.4 -10.7 1.08 2.2 0.3 28.0 2.8 0.98 28.3 2.42 3
1961 27 CLE AL 18.1 1.8 681 2.2 12.8 -10.6 1.01 1.7 0.5 25.7 2.5 0.93 21.1 2.03 7
1962 28 CLE AL -1.8 -0.2 701 2.7 13.3 -10.6 1.00 0.6 2.0 15.5 1.6 0.93 5.7 0
1963 29 CLE AL -13.0 -1.4 574 -0.6 10.1 -10.7 1.10 -0.5 -0.1 -13.5 -1.4 0.94 -5.1 1.53 13
1964 30 CLE AL 6.4 0.6 330 1.3 6.3 -5.0 1.11 0.5 0.6 7.3 0.7 0.97 9.6 1.58 29
1965 31 STL NL -1.3 -0.1 193 0.4 3.8 -3.4 1.07 0.0 0.4 -0.2 -0.0 0.93 1.5 1.49 34
1966 32 STL NL -9.2 -1.0 166 -1.1 2.5 -3.6 1.16 -0.3 -0.6 -6.7 -0.7 0.95 -1.6 1.88 41
1967 33 TOT NL -10.1 -1.1 364 0.2 6.5 -6.4 1.11 -0.3 0.5 -6.6 -0.7 0.94 -4.9 1.43 27
1967 33 PHI NL -5.4 -0.6 83 -0.4 1.1 -1.5 1.14 -0.5 0.2 -4.9 -0.5 0.91 -5.2 2.80 5
1967 33 ATL NL -4.7 -0.5 281 0.5 5.4 -4.9 1.11 0.2 0.3 -1.8 -0.2 0.95 0.3 1.12 22
1968 34 ATL NL 10.4 1.2 359 1.1 7.2 -6.1 1.16 1.1 -0.2 20.8 2.3 0.97 11.2 1.78 22
1969 35 TOT MLB 10.7 1.1 206 0.6 4.6 -4.0 1.28 1.0 -0.5 16.9 1.7 1.07 13.6 1.60 33
1969 35 ATL NL 2.0 0.2 106 0.6 2.4 -1.8 1.23 0.2 0.3 6.1 0.6 1.02 3.4 1.56 23
1969 35 OAK AL 8.7 0.9 100 0.0 2.2 -2.2 1.34 0.8 -0.8 10.8 1.1 1.11 10.2 1.68 10
1970 36 TOT AL -3.3 -0.3 115 -1.8 2.1 -3.9 1.66 -0.5 -0.6 -8.4 -0.9 1.08 -4.7 1.96 59
1970 36 OAK AL 0.3 0.0 41 -0.3 0.9 -1.3 1.39 -0.1 -0.1 -1.4 -0.1 1.04 -0.3 1.42 20
1970 36 MIL AL -3.6 -0.4 74 -1.5 1.1 -2.6 1.81 -0.4 -0.4 -7.0 -0.7 1.09 -4.5 2.23 39
15 Yrs 57.5 5.6 5857 13.5 115.0 -101.4 1.10 9.2 3.1 132.1 13.3 0.96 120.3 1.77 359
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
1956 22 BAL AL 7 0 34% 189 11 5 69% 10 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 6 12 56% 31 16 14 3 1 2 21 5 15
1957 23 BAL AL 4 0 31% 103 7 3 70% 6 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 5 63% 13 9 4 8 1 7 9 1 8
1958 24 TOT AL 3 0 26% 92 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 42% 16 10 5 2 1 1 8 3 5
1958 24 CHW AL 2 0 20% 61 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 50% 6 4 1 1 0 1 3 0 3
1958 24 DET AL 1 0 34% 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 38% 10 6 4 1 1 0 5 3 2
1959 25 CLE AL 8 0 29% 210 2 0 100% 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 10 55% 17 10 7 6 3 3 10 2 8
1960 26 CLE AL 7 0 31% 269 4 1 80% 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 8 15 59% 37 16 19 9 5 4 22 5 17
1961 27 CLE AL 4 0 32% 274 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 20 55% 40 19 21 11 6 5 18 6 12
1962 28 CLE AL 8 0 33% 302 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 25 48% 45 25 19 8 5 3 12 3 9
1963 29 CLE AL 5 0 31% 211 9 1 90% 9 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 19 41% 35 23 12 8 5 3 13 5 8
1964 30 CLE AL 9 0 25% 112 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 7 47% 21 11 10 4 3 1 9 2 5
1965 31 STL NL 3 0 18% 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 36% 8 5 2 0 0 0 3 1 2
1966 32 STL NL 2 0 27% 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 42% 7 7 0 2 0 2 3 0 3
1967 33 TOT NL 9 0 29% 158 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 10 50% 19 11 8 4 3 1 9 2 7
1967 33 PHI NL 1 0 32% 42 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 50% 6 3 3 1 1 0 1 0 1
1967 33 ATL NL 8 0 28% 116 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 50% 13 8 5 3 2 1 8 2 6
1968 34 ATL NL 1 0 20% 140 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 47% 23 14 9 1 1 0 10 2 7
1969 35 TOT MLB 1 0 16% 81 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 28% 12 9 3 1 1 0 5 3 2
1969 35 ATL NL 1 0 8% 44 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18% 8 7 1 0 0 0 3 2 1
1969 35 OAK AL 0 0 24% 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 43% 4 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 1
1970 36 TOT AL 1 0 14% 17 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43% 5 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 0
1970 36 OAK AL 0 0 7% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1970 36 MIL AL 1 0 19% 12 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40% 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
15 Yrs 72 0 28% 2275 46 21 69% 42 17 3 3 1 4 7 0 53 138 50% 329 188 135 69 36 33 152 40 108
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
1956 22 BAL AL 500 85% 115 19 4 1 4 2.17 9 1 17 9 0 2 7 0 0 0 111 6 5% 42 16 38% 359 51 14% 22 13 59% 16 9 56% 0
1957 23 BAL AL 316 81% 65 23 3 0 3 1.92 7 0 9 7 0 4 3 0 0 0 68 7 10% 32 11 34% 215 32 15% 22 14 64% 12 6 50% 0
1958 24 TOT AL 226 82% 50 29 11 0 5 1.78 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0% 51 6 12% 23 3 13% 167 19 11% 17 7 41% 8 2 25% 0
1958 24 CHW AL 142 73% 33 7 3 0 1 1.85 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0% 34 4 12% 16 2 13% 98 9 9% 8 3 38% 5 2 40% 0
1958 24 DET AL 84 98% 17 22 8 0 4 1.75 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 2 12% 7 1 14% 69 10 14% 9 4 44% 3 0 0% 0
1959 25 CLE AL 443 88% 145 20 5 2 5 1.86 20 0 10 17 3 13 7 0 1 1 100% 102 11 11% 45 10 22% 293 64 22% 31 15 48% 22 12 55% 0
1960 26 CLE AL 625 82% 159 3 0 0 1 2.42 17 0 14 15 2 8 9 0 6 3 50% 141 11 8% 52 17 33% 417 64 15% 31 14 45% 25 16 64% 0
1961 27 CLE AL 667 79% 178 7 1 0 1 2.03 16 0 9 12 4 9 7 1 15 12 80% 161 11 7% 70 24 34% 427 71 17% 37 22 59% 35 23 66% 0
1962 28 CLE AL 690 72% 169 0 0 0 0 14 0 13 14 0 4 10 0 10 8 80% 155 8 5% 64 22 34% 392 59 15% 36 21 58% 26 17 65% 0
1963 29 CLE AL 553 72% 114 13 4 1 1 1.53 10 0 11 9 1 7 3 0 2 2 100% 90 10 11% 42 16 38% 299 32 11% 19 8 42% 19 11 58% 0
1964 30 CLE AL 320 82% 67 29 6 0 2 1.58 8 0 5 7 1 5 3 0 2 1 50% 55 3 5% 21 7 33% 183 17 9% 17 6 35% 4 4 100% 0
1965 31 STL NL 193 94% 45 34 9 0 4 1.49 5 0 4 5 0 3 2 0 1 1 100% 34 4 12% 16 5 31% 114 14 12% 15 7 47% 3 0 0% 0
1966 32 STL NL 164 93% 33 41 7 1 4 1.88 4 0 1 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 35 1 3% 17 5 29% 107 15 14% 12 6 50% 6 2 33% 0
1967 33 TOT NL 363 84% 78 27 2 0 2 1.43 6 0 8 5 1 2 4 0 6 5 83% 60 8 13% 43 12 28% 207 24 12% 14 5 36% 20 9 45% -1
1967 33 PHI NL 82 90% 15 5 0 0 2 2.80 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 9 2 22% 9 5 56% 37 4 11% 3 2 67% 6 3 50% 0
1967 33 ATL NL 281 83% 63 22 2 0 0 1.12 6 0 6 5 1 2 4 0 5 4 80% 51 6 12% 34 7 21% 170 20 12% 11 3 27% 14 6 43% -1
1968 34 ATL NL 398 95% 99 22 5 0 6 1.78 2 0 11 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 100% 61 12 20% 21 8 38% 206 40 19% 22 15 68% 5 4 80% 0
1969 35 TOT MLB 204 89% 55 33 8 1 7 1.60 5 0 12 5 0 2 3 0 1 1 100% 42 1 2% 19 10 53% 165 37 22% 19 17 89% 9 6 67% 0
1969 35 ATL NL 105 92% 26 23 5 0 4 1.56 2 0 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 19 1 5% 11 6 55% 81 20 25% 11 10 91% 4 3 75% 0
1969 35 OAK AL 99 85% 29 10 3 1 3 1.68 3 0 7 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 100% 23 0 0% 8 4 50% 84 17 20% 8 7 88% 5 3 60% 0
1970 36 TOT AL 114 78% 23 59 15 1 6 1.96 1 0 10 1 0 0 1 0 4 3 75% 30 4 13% 17 5 29% 101 9 9% 10 3 30% 3 0 0% 0
1970 36 OAK AL 41 61% 8 20 5 1 3 1.42 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 50% 10 4 40% 7 1 14% 34 5 15% 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1970 36 MIL AL 73 88% 15 39 10 0 3 2.23 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 20 0 0% 10 4 40% 67 4 6% 7 3 43% 2 0 0% 0
15 Yrs 5776 82% 1395 359 80 7 51 1.77 125 1 139 113 12 64 61 1 51 38 75% 1196 103 9% 524 171 33% 3652 548 15% 324 173 53% 213 121 57% -1
MLB Averages 51% 77% 10% 30% 14% 48% 52%
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
1956 22 139 500 445 62 115 16 4 9 57 11 5 51 60 .258 .334 .373 .707 95 166 6 1 0 3 4
1957 23 236 816 724 97 180 24 7 16 95 18 8 80 108 .249 .324 .367 .691 92 266 13 4 0 8 8
1958 24 322 1042 921 118 230 32 9 17 115 20 11 109 148 .250 .329 .359 .689 91 331 19 4 0 8 12
1959 25 444 1485 1320 186 375 49 11 37 194 22 11 144 190 .284 .354 .422 .776 115 557 30 7 1 13 15
1960 26 591 2110 1864 270 534 85 13 54 273 26 12 211 257 .286 .360 .433 .793 118 807 41 12 4 18 22
1961 27 746 2777 2456 357 712 115 21 70 358 28 13 267 309 .290 .361 .439 .800 119 1079 52 16 16 21 25
1962 28 904 3467 3077 439 881 143 26 84 428 31 15 314 383 .286 .354 .432 .785 115 1328 60 23 24 28 28
1963 29 1046 4020 3577 496 995 172 26 94 469 40 16 361 460 .278 .346 .420 .765 110 1501 70 25 26 30 35
1964 30 1157 4340 3847 531 1062 185 28 102 493 41 19 405 506 .276 .347 .418 .765 110 1609 73 29 27 31 44
1965 31 1238 4533 4021 546 1107 191 30 107 512 41 19 422 536 .275 .346 .418 .763 110 1679 77 29 28 32 44
1966 32 1321 4697 4177 560 1140 195 31 111 529 41 19 429 563 .273 .343 .414 .757 108 1730 78 30 28 32 45
1967 33 1430 5059 4504 595 1218 201 32 117 557 42 20 456 607 .270 .339 .407 .746 106 1834 86 31 33 34 48
1968 34 1552 5457 4850 627 1317 214 33 119 604 45 20 507 652 .272 .342 .403 .745 107 1954 98 31 34 36 53
1969 35 1635 5661 5023 644 1372 221 34 124 646 45 21 532 673 .273 .344 .405 .749 108 2033 99 31 35 41 57
1970 36 1719 5775 5121 650 1395 224 34 125 656 46 21 544 694 .272 .343 .403 .746 107 2062 103 32 38 41 59

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
1956 22 145 527 468 68 123 17 4 10 62 12 55 63 .263 .340 .380 .720 61 139
1957 23 102 339 298 41 73 9 3 8 45 8 33 50 .245 .322 .376 .697 36 97
1958 24 90 239 208 23 54 9 2 1 22 2 31 42 .260 .356 .337 .692 25 86
1959 25 128 468 421 74 156 18 2 22 86 2 38 44 .371 .422 .580 1.001 102 122
1960 26 155 661 576 92 171 39 2 18 86 4 72 70 .297 .377 .465 .842 101 147
1961 27 155 668 593 88 179 30 8 16 86 2 56 52 .302 .364 .460 .825 99 155
1962 28 158 694 624 85 172 28 5 14 72 3 48 74 .276 .331 .404 .735 83 158
1963 29 142 563 507 63 121 31 0 11 45 10 50 77 .239 .308 .365 .673 56 142
1964 30 110 326 273 38 71 14 2 8 26 1 47 46 .260 .375 .414 .789 42 111
1965 31 81 192 173 15 45 6 2 5 19 0 17 30 .260 .325 .405 .729 23 81
1966 32 83 166 158 16 35 4 1 4 19 0 7 27 .222 .259 .335 .594 14 83
1967 33 109 371 334 41 85 7 1 7 32 1 29 44 .254 .314 .344 .659 36 109
1968 34 121 422 360 41 115 15 1 2 60 3 59 45 .319 .413 .383 .797 58 122
1969 35 83 210 177 19 59 8 1 5 47 0 27 21 .333 .411 .475 .886 36 83
1970 36 84 116 99 6 24 3 0 1 11 1 13 21 .242 .336 .303 .639 10 84
15 Yrs 1746 5962 5269 710 1483 238 34 132 718 49 582 706 .281 .354 .415 .769 782 1719
162 Game Avg. 162 553 489 66 138 22 3 12 67 5 54 66 .281 .354 .415 .769 73 1719

* 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
1961-2

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1959 AL (5, 30%)
0.30 Career Shares (608th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1959 AL  4.6 (9th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1959 AL  5.0 (5th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1960 AL  .292 (8th)
1961 AL  .301 (7th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1960 AL  .372 (10th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1960 AL  .832 (9th)

At Bats s c a p y
1962 AL  621 (8th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1960 AL  84 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1960 AL  159 (10th)
1961 AL  178 (4th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1960 AL  250 (8th)
1961 AL  272 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
1960 AL  36 (1st)
1961 AL  30 (7th)
1963 AL  29 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1961 AL  8 (4th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1956 AL  11 (5th)

Singles s c a p y
1961 AL  124 (10th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1960 AL  127 (8th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1960 AL  96 (5th)
1961 AL  100 (10th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1959 AL  38 (2nd)
1960 AL  23 (10th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1959 AL  3.8 (2nd)
1960 AL  2.3 (9th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1960 AL  55 (6th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1960 AL  231 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1960 AL  .656 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1962 AL  7 (8th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1961 AL  12 (4th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1962 AL  7 (10th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1960 AL  7 (3rd)
1964 AL  9 (10th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1956 AL  5 (9th)

SB % s c a p y
1956 AL  68.75 (4th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1956 AL  9.9 (8th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1962 AL  477 (7th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1959 AL  49.29 (1st)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1959 AL  6.1 (1st)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1959 AL  4.0 (2nd)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1959 AL  4.9 (1st)

Oldest s c a p y
1970 AL  born 1933-11-04 (4th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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 - 2 (608), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 27 (862), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 12 (1051), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1371), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Norm Siebern (922)
  6. Tony Gonzalez (921)
  7. Larry Herndon (920)
  8. Tillie Walker (920)
  9. Al Cowens (919)
  10. Willie Montanez (919)
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  3. Lee Walls (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Mel Hall (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Mel Hall (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Joe Rudi (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Von Hayes (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bob Skinner (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bob Skinner (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Bob Skinner (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Ken Henderson (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Larry Herndon (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Bruce Bochte (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Kevin Bass (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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