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Gene Freese

Eugene Lewis Freese (Augie)

Positions: Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: January 8, 1934 in Wheeling, WV
High School: Wheeling Central HS (Wheeling, WV)
School: West Liberty State College (West Liberty, WV)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1955
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Reds/WhiteSox/Phillies/Cardinals/... 1955-1966

Final Game: September 3, 1966
Relatives: Brother of George Freese
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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
1953	19	PIT-min	D,B	122	474	474		142	28	7	9						.300	.300	.445	.745		211							BRU,BGH · GAFL,CARL
1954	20	PIT-min	AA	145	548	548		182	30	6	16						.332	.332	.496	.828		272							NOR · SOUA
1955	21	PIT	NL	134	509	455	69	115	21	8	14	44	5	1	34	57	.253	.310	.426	.736	95	194	10	4	16	1	4	54
1956	22	PIT-min	Opn	68	249	223	36	61	10	2	11	36	6		17	34	.274	.321	.484	.805		108	4	0	6	3			HOL · PCL
1956	22	PIT	NL	65	230	207	17	43	9	0	3	14	2	1	16	45	.208	.273	.295	.568	55	61	0	3	3	1	3	54
1957	23	PIT	NL	114	372	346	44	98	18	2	6	31	9	4	17	42	.283	.319	.399	.718	94	138	4	2	5	2	0	547
1958	24	TOT	NL	79	221	209	29	52	11	1	7	18	1	1	11	34	.249	.286	.411	.698	79	86	2	0	1	0	0	64/5
1958	24	PIT	NL	17	19	18	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	2	.167	.211	.333	.544	43	6	1	0	0	0	0	/5
1958	24	STL	NL	62	202	191	28	49	11	1	6	16	1	1	10	32	.257	.294	.419	.712	83	80	1	0	1	0	0	64/5
1959	25	PHI	NL	132	457	400	60	107	14	5	23	70	8	4	43	61	.268	.343	.500	.843	121	200	8	5	5	4	4	*5/4
1960	26	CHW	AL	127	500	455	60	124	32	6	17	79	10	6	29	65	.273	.312	.481	.794	112	219	15	1	8	8	2	*5
1961	27	CIN	NL	152	606	575	78	159	27	2	26	87	8	2	27	78	.277	.307	.466	.774	101	268	17	0	1	3	5	*5/4
1962	28	CIN	NL	18	48	42	2	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	6	8	.143	.250	.167	.417	13	7	2	0	0	0	2	5
1963	29	CIN-min	AAA	54	213	196	32	55	9	0	12	34	3	2	17	39	.281	.338	.510	.848		100							SDG · PCL
1963	29	CIN	NL	66	240	217	20	53	9	1	6	26	4	2	17	42	.244	.303	.378	.680	93	82	2	2	2	2	2	5/7
1964	30	PIT	NL	99	318	289	33	65	13	2	9	40	1	2	19	45	.225	.269	.377	.646	81	109	8	0	7	4	4	5
1965	31	TOT	MLB	60	127	112	8	30	4	1	1	12	0	2	11	27	.268	.339	.348	.687	97	39	5	2	0	2	1	5
1965	31	PIT	NL	43	89	80	6	21	4	0	0	8	0	2	6	18	.263	.326	.313	.638	81	25	5	2	0	1	1	5
1965	31	CHW	AL	17	38	32	2	9	0	1	1	4	0	0	5	9	.281	.368	.438	.806	136	14	0	0	0	1	0	/5
1966	32	TOT	MLB	69	153	139	9	25	2	0	3	10	3	1	13	31	.180	.255	.259	.514	52	36	2	1	0	0	1	5/47
1966	32	CHW	AL	48	115	106	8	22	2	0	3	10	2	1	8	20	.208	.270	.311	.581	72	33	1	1	0	0	1	5
1966	32	HOU	NL	21	38	33	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	11	.091	.211	.091	.301	-9	3	1	0	0	0	0	/547
1967	33	TEX-min	AAA	132	525	475	65	130	28	0	15	74	3	3	41	83	.274	.331	.427	.758		203		2	2	5			HAW · PCL
1968	34	CHC-CHW-TEX-min	AAA	87	302	288	31	77	11	2	6	43	4	1	14	42	.267	.301	.382	.683		110		0	0	0			TAC,HAW,BFL · PCL,IL
1973	39	MIL-min	AA	4	10	9	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.333	.300	.444	.744		4		0	0	1			SHV · TL
12 Yrs				1115	3781	3446	429	877	161	28	115	432	51	26	243	535	.254	.305	.418	.723	94	1439	75	20	48	27	28
162 Game Avg.				162	549	501	62	127	23	4	17	63	7	4	35	78	.254	.305	.418	.723	94	209	11	3	7	4	4
				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
PIT (6 yrs)				472	1537	1395	170	345	65	12	33	139	17	10	93	209	.247	.298	.382	.680	85	533	28	11	31	9	12
CIN (3 yrs)				236	894	834	100	218	37	3	32	114	12	4	50	128	.261	.303	.428	.731	95	357	21	2	3	5	9
CHW (3 yrs)				192	653	593	70	155	34	7	21	93	12	7	42	94	.261	.308	.449	.757	107	266	16	2	8	9	3
PHI (1 yr)				132	457	400	60	107	14	5	23	70	8	4	43	61	.268	.343	.500	.843	121	200	8	5	5	4	4
STL (1 yr)				62	202	191	28	49	11	1	6	16	1	1	10	32	.257	.294	.419	.712	83	80	1	0	1	0	0
HOU (1 yr)				21	38	33	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	11	.091	.211	.091	.301	-9	3	1	0	0	0	0

NL (11 yrs)				923	3128	2853	359	722	127	21	94	339	39	19	201	441	.253	.305	.411	.716	92	1173	59	18	40	18	25
AL (3 yrs)				192	653	593	70	155	34	7	21	93	12	7	42	94	.261	.308	.449	.757	107	266	16	2	8	9	3

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
1955	21	PIT	NL	134	509	-3	2	-0	-0	2	2	-0.1	17	19	1.6	.501	.501	1.9	0.0	19	$	54
1956	22	PIT	NL	65	230	-11	-1	0	2	1	-8	-1.1	8	-1	-0.3	.486	.494	-0.3	0.2	-2	$	54
1957	23	PIT	NL	114	372	-3	-0	1	4	1	2	0.1	12	14	1.3	.502	.501	1.1	0.4	11	$	547
1958	24	PIT	NL	17	19	-2	0	-0	0	0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.490	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/5
1958	24	STL	NL	62	202	-3	-0	1	-10	2	-11	-1.2	7	-4	-0.5	.481	.493	0.6	-0.9	6	$	64/5
1959	25	PHI	NL	132	457	11	0	0	-11	2	2	0.2	15	17	1.7	.501	.501	2.9	-0.9	28	$	*5/4
1960	26	CHW	AL	127	500	7	-0	-1	5	2	12	1.1	14	26	2.5	.510	.508	2.1	0.6	21	$	*5
1961	27	CIN	NL	152	606	2	0	-2	-1	3	3	0.2	20	23	2.2	.502	.502	2.4	0.2	24	$	*5/4
1962	28	CIN	NL	18	48	-6	0	-0	-1	0	-8	-0.8	2	-6	-0.7	.454	.495	-0.5	-0.1	-5	$	5
1963	29	CIN	NL	66	240	0	-1	1	-3	1	-2	-0.2	8	6	0.6	.497	.499	1.0	-0.2	9	$	5/7
1964	30	PIT	NL	99	318	-5	-2	-0	-8	1	-15	-1.6	11	-4	-0.5	.483	.490	0.4	-0.7	5	$	5
1965	31	PIT	NL	43	89	-1	-1	-1	-3	0	-6	-0.7	3	-3	-0.4	.484	.496	-0.1	-0.3	-0	$22,000	5
1965	31	CHW	AL	17	38	2	-0	0	-3	0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.493	.499	0.3	-0.3	3	$	/5
1966	32	CHW	AL	48	115	-4	0	1	-6	0	-9	-1.0	3	-5	-0.7	.479	.494	0.1	-0.7	1	$20,000	5
1966	32	HOU	NL	21	38	-5	0	0	-1	0	-5	-0.6	1	-4	-0.4	.472	.496	-0.3	-0.1	-2	$	/547
12 Seasons				1115	3781	-20	-3	-1	-39	17	-46	-5.8	124	78	6.3	.495	.498	11.5	-2.8	117	$42,000

PIT (6 yrs)				472	1537	-24	-3	-0	-6	6	-27	-3.5	52	25	1.6	.494	.497	2.9	-0.4	31	$22,000
CIN (3 yrs)				236	894	-4	-0	-2	-5	4	-7	-0.8	30	24	2.1	.497	.499	2.9	-0.1	29	$
CHW (3 yrs)				192	653	5	0	-1	-5	3	2	-0.0	18	20	1.8	.501	.500	2.5	-0.4	25	$20,000
PHI (1 yr)				132	457	11	0	0	-11	2	2	0.2	15	17	1.7	.501	.501	2.9	-0.9	28	$
STL (1 yr)				62	202	-3	-0	1	-10	2	-11	-1.2	7	-4	-0.5	.481	.493	0.6	-0.9	6	$
HOU (1 yr)				21	38	-5	0	0	-1	0	-5	-0.6	1	-4	-0.4	.472	.496	-0.3	-0.1	-2	$

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
1955	21	PIT	NL	509	368	60	4.4	104	.262	.253	.263	.310	.334	.426	.417	.736	.751	95	.468	-4.8	-0.5	.672	.257	.174	7.4
1956	22	PIT	NL	230	169	18	2.8	100	.250	.208	.261	.273	.327	.295	.411	.568	.738	55	.305	-12.8	-1.3	.491	.169	.087	2.4
1957	23	PIT	NL	372	263	44	4.6	100	.307	.283	.265	.319	.328	.399	.410	.718	.738	94	.491	-2.9	-0.3	.633	.179	.116	7.2
1958	24	TOT	NL	221	161	25	4.2	110	.268	.249	.275	.286	.343	.411	.429	.698	.773	79	.449	-7.2	-0.7	.606	.215	.163	1.8
1958	24	PIT	NL	19	16	1	1.7	104	.133	.167	.267	.211	.335	.333	.418	.544	.753	43	.134	-1.6	-0.2	.438	.222	.167	.0
1958	24	STL	NL	202	145	24	4.4	110	.281	.257	.276	.294	.344	.419	.431	.712	.775	83	.478	-5.6	-0.6	.625	.215	.162	1.7
1959	25	PHI	NL	457	314	69	5.9	106	.263	.268	.271	.343	.338	.500	.420	.843	.758	121	.608	10.9	1.1	.826	.350	.233	11.9
1960	26	CHW	AL	500	368	64	4.7	101	.281	.273	.264	.312	.337	.481	.403	.794	.740	112	.520	6.1	0.6	.719	.281	.209	12.6
1961	27	CIN	NL	606	439	77	4.7	107	.281	.277	.271	.307	.338	.466	.423	.774	.761	101	.503	-1.4	-0.1	.692	.247	.190	12.2
1962	28	CIN	NL	48	38	2	1.4	107	.176	.143	.275	.250	.343	.167	.417	.417	.760	13	.104	-5.3	-0.5	.342	.167	.024
1963	29	CIN	NL	240	172	26	4.1	92	.275	.244	.258	.303	.320	.378	.385	.680	.705	93	.518	-2.1	-0.2	.613	.221	.134	4.8
1964	30	PIT	NL	318	245	28	3.1	93	.234	.225	.262	.269	.320	.377	.389	.646	.709	81	.372	-7.7	-0.8	.543	.215	.152	1.8
1965	31	TOT	MLB	127	91	13	3.9	91	.337	.268	.254	.339	.319	.348	.385	.687	.704	97	.472	0.0	-0.0	.562	.161	.080	.0
1965	31	PIT	NL	89	67	7	2.8	94	.333	.263	.258	.326	.322	.313	.390	.638	.712	81	.331	-1.6	-0.2	.470	.100	.050
1965	31	CHW	AL	38	24	6	6.7	86	.348	.281	.243	.368	.311	.438	.372	.806	.683	136	.719	1.6	0.2	.826	.313	.156	.0
1966	32	TOT	MLB	153	117	10	2.3	85	.210	.180	.244	.255	.308	.259	.374	.514	.682	52	.269	-8.6	-0.9	.444	.187	.079	3.0
1966	32	CHW	AL	115	86	9	2.8	84	.229	.208	.240	.270	.306	.311	.370	.581	.676	72	.355	-3.9	-0.4	.500	.189	.104	2.4
1966	32	HOU	NL	38	31	1	0.9	90	.136	.091	.257	.211	.314	.091	.386	.301	.700	-9	.052	-4.7	-0.5	.290	.182	.000	.0
12 Yrs				3781	2745	436	4.3	101	.270	.254	.265	.305	.331	.418	.409	.723	.740	94	.477	-35.8	-3.7	.647	.241	.163	70.7
162 Game Avg.				549	399	63	4.3	101	.270	.254	.265	.305	.331	.418	.409	.723	.740	94	.477	-35.8	-3.7	.647	.241	.163	10
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
PIT (6 yrs)				1537	1128	158	3.8	100	.269	.247	.263	.298	.328	.382	.407	.680	.735	85	.421	-31.4	-3.2	.592	.206	.135	22.4
CIN (3 yrs)				894	649	105	4.3	103	.274	.261	.268	.303	.333	.428	.412	.731	.746	95	.487	-8.8	-0.9	.651	.236	.167	17.5
CHW (3 yrs)				653	478	79	4.5	97	.275	.261	.258	.308	.330	.449	.396	.757	.726	107	.510	3.9	0.4	.683	.266	.187	15.3
PHI (1 yr)				457	314	69	5.9	106	.263	.268	.271	.343	.338	.500	.420	.843	.758	121	.608	10.9	1.1	.826	.350	.233	11.9
STL (1 yr)				202	145	24	4.4	110	.281	.257	.276	.294	.344	.419	.431	.712	.775	83	.478	-5.6	-0.6	.625	.215	.162	1.7
HOU (1 yr)				38	31	1	0.9	90	.136	.091	.257	.211	.314	.091	.386	.301	.700	-9	.052	-4.7	-0.5	.290	.182	.000	.0

NL (11 yrs)				3128	2267	357	4.2	102	.269	.253	.266	.305	.332	.411	.412	.716	.744	92	.471	-39.6	-4.1	.639	.236	.158	55.1
AL (3 yrs)				653	478	79	4.5	97	.275	.261	.258	.308	.330	.449	.396	.757	.726	107	.510	3.9	0.4	.683	.266	.187	15.3

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
1961	27	CIN	NL	WS	NYY	L	5	19	16	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	.063	.211	.125	.336	2	0	0	0	0	2
1 WS							5	19	16	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	.063	.211	.125	.336	2	0	0	0	0	2

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
1955	21	PIT	NL	509	2.8%	11.2%	6.7%	8.5%	37%	1.68	8.0	32.5	10.3		1.12	76%
1956	22	PIT	NL	230	1.3%	19.6%	7.0%	5.2%	28%	2.81	4.6	69.0	14.8		0.65	70%
1957	23	PIT	NL	372	1.6%	11.3%	4.6%	7.0%	27%	2.47	8.2	57.7	11.2		0.71	81%
1958	24	TOT	NL	221	3.2%	15.4%	5.0%	8.6%	37%	3.09	6.1	29.9	11.6		1.07	76%
1958	24	PIT	NL	19	5.3%	10.5%	5.3%	5.3%	33%	2.00	9.0	18.0	9.0		0.27	79%
1958	24	STL	NL	202	3.0%	15.8%	5.0%	8.9%	37%	3.20	6.0	31.8	11.9		1.25	76%
1959	25	PHI	NL	457	5.0%	13.4%	9.4%	9.2%	39%	1.42	6.6	17.4	5.7		0.70	70%
1960	26	CHW	AL	500	3.4%	13.0%	5.8%	11.0%	44%	2.24	7.0	26.8	5.8		0.95	76%
1961	27	CIN	NL	606	4.3%	12.9%	4.5%	9.1%	35%	2.89	7.4	22.1	6.6		0.81	78%
1962	28	CIN	NL	48	0.0%	16.7%	12.5%	2.1%	17%	1.33	5.3		42.0		1.14	71%
1963	29	CIN	NL	240	2.5%	17.5%	7.1%	6.7%	30%	2.47	5.2	36.2	8.3		0.79	71%
1964	30	PIT	NL	318	2.8%	14.2%	6.0%	7.6%	37%	2.37	6.4	32.1	7.2		1.40	75%
1965	31	TOT	MLB	127	0.8%	21.3%	8.7%	4.7%	20%	2.45	4.1	112.0	9.3		1.59	68%
1965	31	PIT	NL	89	0.0%	20.2%	6.7%	4.5%	19%	3.00	4.4		10.0		2.23	71%
1965	31	CHW	AL	38	2.6%	23.7%	13.2%	5.3%	22%	1.80	3.6	32.0	8.0		0.67	61%
1966	32	TOT	MLB	153	2.0%	20.3%	8.5%	3.3%	20%	2.38	4.5	46.3	13.9		1.00	69%
1966	32	CHW	AL	115	2.6%	17.4%	7.0%	4.4%	23%	2.50	5.3	35.3	10.6		1.06	72%
1966	32	HOU	NL	38	0.0%	29.0%	13.2%	0.0%	0%	2.20	3.0				0.82	58%
12 Yrs				3781	3.0%	14.2%	6.4%	8.0%	35%	2.20	6.4	30.0	8.0		0.91	75%
MLB Averages					2.3%	14.0%	8.5%	6.5%	29%	1.64	6.4	38.4	8.6		1.05	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
1955	21	PIT	NL	-4.8	-0.5	381	-0.4	6.7	-7.1	1.01	-0.6	0.2	-10.6	-1.0	0.92	-6.4	1.82	12
1956	22	PIT	NL	-12.8	-1.3	179	-0.2	2.8	-3.0	1.00	-0.6	0.4	-3.9	-0.4	0.89	-6.1	1.49	7
1957	23	PIT	NL	-2.9	-0.3	377	-0.0	6.8	-6.8	1.07	-0.4	0.3	-6.6	-0.7	0.97	-4.6	1.20	28
1958	24	TOT	NL	-7.0	-0.7	223	-0.8	3.9	-4.7	1.13	-0.2	-0.5	-6.6	-0.6	0.94	-4.1	1.17	29
1958	24	PIT	NL	-1.6	-0.2	19	0.0	0.5	-0.5	1.19	-0.1	0.1	-2.0	-0.2	0.96	-2.0	1.19	15
1958	24	STL	NL	-5.4	-0.5	204	-0.8	3.4	-4.2	1.12	-0.0	-0.7	-4.6	-0.4	0.94	-2.0	1.16	14
1959	25	PHI	NL	10.9	1.1	476	2.2	10.7	-8.5	1.11	1.5	0.5	19.0	1.8	0.95	15.3	1.82	20
1960	26	CHW	AL	6.1	0.6	524	-0.3	9.5	-9.8	1.02	0.3	-0.6	11.1	1.1	1.01	10.3	1.09	6
1961	27	CIN	NL	-2.2	-0.2	621	-0.1	10.3	-10.4	.93	0.6	-0.7	4.0	0.4	0.94	6.5	0.15	1
1962	28	CIN	NL	-5.3	-0.5	48	-0.1	0.9	-1.0	1.23	-0.6	0.5	-6.4	-0.6	0.97	-6.3	1.74	5
1963	29	CIN	NL	-2.1	-0.2	252	0.8	4.9	-4.1	1.03	0.6	0.2	4.9	0.5	0.98	6.0	1.57	3
1964	30	PIT	NL	-8.0	-0.8	318	-1.1	5.1	-6.2	1.11	-0.8	-0.2	-8.4	-0.9	0.98	-6.9	1.61	30
1965	31	TOT	MLB	-0.1	-0.0	122	-0.5	2.5	-2.9	1.45	-0.1	-0.2	-3.3	-0.3	1.00	-1.5	2.00	30
1965	31	PIT	NL	-1.7	-0.2	84	-0.7	1.7	-2.4	1.61	-0.5	0.1	-5.2	-0.5	1.08	-4.9	2.09	23
1965	31	CHW	AL	1.6	0.2	38	0.2	0.7	-0.5	1.09	0.4	-0.2	1.9	0.2	0.85	3.3	1.72	7
1966	32	TOT	MLB	-8.6	-0.9	160	-1.2	2.4	-3.6	1.24	-0.8	-0.2	-10.8	-1.2	0.98	-7.4	1.42	30
1966	32	CHW	AL	-3.9	-0.4	120	-0.7	2.1	-2.8	1.33	-0.3	-0.2	-5.2	-0.6	0.98	-2.6	1.91	17
1966	32	HOU	NL	-4.7	-0.5	40	-0.5	0.3	-0.8	.98	-0.5	-0.0	-5.6	-0.6	0.98	-4.8	0.77	13
12 Yrs				-36.7	-3.8	3681	-1.8	66.5	-68.2	1.06	-1.0	-0.7	-17.5	-1.9	0.96	-5.3	1.53	201
				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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1955	21	PIT	NL	7	0	40%	133	5	1	83%	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	47%	22	15	7	3	2	1	9	1	8
1956	22	PIT	NL	5	0	24%	54	2	1	67%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	42%	8	4	2	0	0	0	4	1	3
1957	23	PIT	NL	3	0	34%	133	9	4	69%	9	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	6	6	63%	15	6	8	5	1	4	15	4	10
1958	24	TOT	NL	4	0	39%	75	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	56%	11	7	4	3	1	2	4	0	4
1958	24	PIT	NL	0	0	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	24	STL	NL	4	0	42%	73	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	59%	10	6	4	3	1	2	4	0	4
1959	25	PHI	NL	5	0	28%	168	8	4	67%	6	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	5	11	39%	27	17	8	5	4	1	14	5	9
1960	26	CHW	AL	8	0	31%	153	10	6	63%	8	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	7	14	53%	20	14	6	5	2	3	20	4	15
1961	27	CIN	NL	12	0	33%	222	8	2	80%	7	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	12	50%	27	19	8	9	5	4	18	3	15
1962	28	CIN	NL	0	0	17%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
1963	29	CIN	NL	7	0	21%	79	4	2	67%	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	3	3	53%	4	4	0	2	2	0	9	0	8
1964	30	PIT	NL	9	0	32%	112	1	2	33%	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	3	31%	17	15	2	3	2	0	9	2	7
1965	31	TOT	MLB	3	0	17%	42	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	17%	8	8	0	2	2	0	2	0	2
1965	31	PIT	NL	2	0	21%	26	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	13%	5	5	0	2	2	0	1	0	1
1965	31	CHW	AL	1	0	8%	16	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25%	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1966	32	TOT	MLB	1	0	17%	43	3	1	75%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	40%	3	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	1
1966	32	CHW	AL	1	0	18%	32	2	1	67%	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1966	32	HOU	NL	0	0	13%	11	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	33%	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
12 Yrs				64	0	31%	1219	51	26	66%	41	21	8	2	0	4	7	1	39	67	47%	163	111	47	38	21	16	106	21	82
				ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH

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
1955	21	PIT	NL	510	37%	115			12	3	0	0	1.82	14	0	5	5	4	2	12	0	14	16	114%	67	10	15%	28	8	29%	204	20	10%	11	5	45%	9	5	56%	-1
1956	22	PIT	NL	231	37%	43			7	0	0	0	1.49	3	0	2	2	1	1	2	0	3	3	100%	30	0	0%	13	6	46%	84	11	13%	5	2	40%	6	2	33%	-1
1957	23	PIT	NL	372	33%	98			28	9	0	0	1.20	6	0	9	5	1	2	4	0	7	5	71%	79	4	5%	38	9	24%	211	26	12%	14	4	29%	12	6	50%	0
1958	24	TOT	NL	221	40%	52			29	7	1	4	1.17	7	0	5	4	3	3	4	0	1	1	100%	39	2	5%	23	5	22%	127	13	10%	8	2	25%	10	6	60%	0
1958	24	PIT	NL	19	58%	3			15	3	1	2	1.19	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		3	1	33%	3	0	0%	12	1	8%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1958	24	STL	NL	202	39%	49			14	4	0	2	1.16	6	0	4	3	3	3	3	0	1	1	100%	36	1	3%	20	5	25%	115	12	10%	6	2	33%	9	6	67%	0
1959	25	PHI	NL	457	35%	107			20	7	5	7	1.82	23	3	10	12	11	12	11	0	7	5	71%	92	8	9%	51	13	25%	283	48	17%	29	14	48%	18	6	33%	0
1960	26	CHW	AL	500	20%	124			6	1	0	0	1.09	17	0	15	14	3	9	8	0	9	8	89%	100	15	15%	56	23	41%	366	68	19%	33	20	61%	25	9	36%	0
1961	27	CIN	NL	606	34%	159			1	0	0	0	0.15	26	0	12	16	10	13	13	0	1	1	100%	113	17	15%	53	9	17%	363	63	17%	30	15	50%	21	10	48%	0
1962	28	CIN	NL	48	38%	6			5	0	0	0	1.74	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	2	25%	3	1	33%	33	1	3%	1	0	0%	2	2	100%	0
1963	29	CIN	NL	240	37%	53			3	0	0	0	1.57	6	0	3	4	2	4	2	0	4	2	50%	41	2	5%	21	3	14%	155	21	14%	11	4	36%	9	2	22%	0
1964	30	PIT	NL	318	43%	65			30	5	3	4	1.61	9	0	7	2	7	3	6	0	6	7	117%	60	8	13%	38	16	42%	205	31	15%	26	13	50%	14	7	50%	0
1965	31	TOT	MLB	127	56%	30			30	12	0	4	2.00	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		27	5	19%	11	2	18%	85	9	11%	8	2	25%	1	1	100%	0
1965	31	PIT	NL	89	46%	21			23	9	0	3	2.09	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		20	5	25%	8	1	13%	67	6	9%	7	1	14%	0	0		0
1965	31	CHW	AL	38	79%	9			7	3	0	1	1.72	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		7	0	0%	3	1	33%	18	3	17%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
1966	32	TOT	MLB	153	47%	25			30	3	0	1	1.42	3	0	4	1	2	1	2	0	1	0	0%	37	2	5%	18	2	11%	104	7	7%	9	3	33%	6	0	0%	0
1966	32	CHW	AL	115	50%	22			17	2	0	1	1.91	3	0	4	1	2	1	2	0	0	0		23	1	4%	12	1	8%	79	7	9%	9	3	33%	4	0	0%	0
1966	32	HOU	NL	38	39%	3			13	1	0	0	0.77	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	14	1	7%	6	1	17%	25	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	0
12 Yrs				3783	35%	877			201	47	9	20	1.53	115	3	74	65	45	50	65	0	53	48	91%	693	75	11%	353	97	27%	2220	318	14%	185	84	45%	133	56	42%	-2
MLB Averages					51%																			76%			10%			31%			14%			49%			53%
				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
1955	21	134	509	455	69	115	21	8	14	44	5	1	34	57	.253	.310	.426	.736	95	194	10	4	16	1	4
1956	22	199	739	662	86	158	30	8	17	58	7	2	50	102	.239	.298	.385	.683	83	255	10	7	19	2	7
1957	23	313	1111	1008	130	256	48	10	23	89	16	6	67	144	.254	.305	.390	.695	87	393	14	9	24	4	7
1958	24	392	1332	1217	159	308	59	11	30	107	17	7	78	178	.253	.302	.394	.696	85	479	16	9	25	4	7
1959	25	524	1789	1617	219	415	73	16	53	177	25	11	121	239	.257	.313	.420	.732	94	679	24	14	30	8	11
1960	26	651	2289	2072	279	539	105	22	70	256	35	17	150	304	.260	.312	.433	.746	98	898	39	15	38	16	13
1961	27	803	2895	2647	357	698	132	24	96	343	43	19	177	382	.264	.311	.440	.752	99	1166	56	15	39	19	18
1962	28	821	2943	2689	359	704	133	24	96	344	43	19	183	390	.262	.310	.436	.747	97	1173	58	15	39	19	20
1963	29	887	3183	2906	379	757	142	25	102	370	47	21	200	432	.260	.310	.432	.742	97	1255	60	17	41	21	22
1964	30	986	3501	3195	412	822	155	27	111	410	48	23	219	477	.257	.306	.427	.733	96	1364	68	17	48	25	26
1965	31	1046	3628	3307	420	852	159	28	112	422	48	25	230	504	.258	.307	.424	.732	96	1403	73	19	48	27	27
1966	32	1115	3781	3446	429	877	161	28	115	432	51	26	243	535	.254	.305	.418	.723	94	1439	75	20	48	27	28

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
1955	21	141	537	479	72	121	22	8	15	46	5	36	60	.253	.310	.426	.736	62	134
1956	22	68	241	217	19	46	10	0	3	15	2	17	47	.212	.277	.300	.577	18	65
1957	23	119	390	363	47	104	19	2	6	33	10	18	44	.287	.322	.399	.722	47	114
1958	24	83	231	219	30	54	11	1	7	18	1	11	36	.247	.283	.402	.684	25	79
1959	25	138	476	417	62	111	15	5	24	72	8	45	64	.266	.342	.499	.841	70	132
1960	26	134	527	479	64	131	34	6	18	84	11	31	68	.273	.314	.482	.796	74	127
1961	27	159	630	598	79	163	28	2	27	88	8	28	82	.273	.304	.462	.765	84	152
1962	28	18	48	42	2	6	1	0	0	1	0	6	8	.143	.250	.167	.417	2	18
1963	29	66	245	221	23	57	10	1	6	30	4	18	42	.258	.317	.394	.711	28	66
1964	30	99	324	293	37	69	14	2	10	44	1	20	45	.235	.281	.399	.680	33	99
1965	31	60	131	115	9	33	4	1	1	14	0	12	27	.287	.359	.365	.724	15	60
1966	32	69	159	143	11	28	2	0	3	12	3	15	31	.196	.277	.273	.549	11	69
12 Yrs		1154	3939	3586	455	923	170	28	120	457	53	257	554	.257	.308	.421	.729	469	1115
162 Game Avg.		162	553	503	64	130	24	4	17	64	7	36	78	.257	.308	.421	.729	66	1115

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Slugging % s c a p y 1960 AL .481 (7th)	Games Played s c a p y 1961 NL 152 (9th)	Doubles s c a p y 1960 AL 32 (3rd)	Triples s c a p y 1955 NL 8 (8th) 1960 AL 6 (8th)
Extra Base Hits s c a p y 1960 AL 55 (6th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1955 NL 4 (10th) 1959 NL 5 (7th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1955 NL 16 (2nd)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1960 AL 8 (3rd)
Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1961 NL 17 (9th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1960 AL 6 (5th)	SB % s c a p y 1960 AL 62.50 (9th)	Power-Speed # s c a p y 1959 NL 11.9 (10th) 1960 AL 12.6 (7th) 1961 NL 12.2 (9th)
Outs Made s c a p y 1961 NL 439 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 8 (1540), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 1 (2224), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 13 (1337), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Howard Johnson (955) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tim Wallach (950) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Fernando Tatis (953) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Kelly Gruber (962) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Kelly Gruber (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Kelly Gruber (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Max Alvis (946) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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