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Billy Gardner

William Frederick Gardner (Whitey or Shotgun)

Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: July 19, 1927 in Waterford, CT
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1954
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Senators/Giants/RedSox/Yankees/... 1954-1963

Final Game: September 11, 1963
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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
1946 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1954 26 NYG NL 62 115 108 10 23 5 0 1 7 0 1 6 19 .213 .261 .287 .548 43 31 1 1 0 0 54/6
1955 27 NYG NL 59 207 187 26 38 10 1 3 17 0 0 13 19 .203 .261 .316 .577 52 59 2 2 4 1 0 65/4
1956 28 BAL AL 144 560 515 53 119 16 2 11 50 5 5 29 53 .231 .281 .334 .615 69 172 15 7 8 1 1 *46/5
1957 29 BAL AL 154 718 644 79 169 36 3 6 55 10 7 53 67 .262 .325 .356 .681 92 229 13 8 11 2 2 *4/6 MVP-12
1958 30 BAL AL 151 607 560 32 126 28 2 3 33 2 3 34 53 .225 .271 .298 .569 61 167 11 3 6 4 4 *46
1959 31 BAL AL 140 452 401 34 87 13 2 6 27 2 1 38 61 .217 .284 .304 .589 64 122 12 1 8 3 9 *4/56
1960 32 WSH AL 145 649 592 71 152 26 5 9 56 0 4 43 76 .257 .313 .363 .676 81 215 13 6 7 1 0 *46
1961 33 TOT AL 86 280 253 24 57 14 0 2 13 0 0 16 32 .225 .279 .304 .584 56 77 11 3 8 0 1 45
1961 33 MIN AL 45 171 154 13 36 9 0 1 11 0 0 10 14 .234 .280 .312 .592 55 48 7 0 7 0 1 4/5
1961 33 NYY AL 41 109 99 11 21 5 0 1 2 0 0 6 18 .212 .278 .293 .571 57 29 4 3 1 0 0 5/4
1962 34 TOT AL 57 213 200 23 54 9 2 0 12 0 1 10 40 .270 .308 .335 .643 71 67 4 1 2 0 0 4/56
1962 34 NYY AL 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /45
1962 34 BOS AL 53 212 199 22 54 9 2 0 12 0 1 10 39 .271 .310 .337 .646 72 67 4 1 2 0 0 4/56
1963 35 BOS AL 36 89 84 4 16 2 1 0 1 0 0 4 19 .190 .236 .238 .474 32 20 1 1 0 0 1 4/5
10 Yrs 1034 3890 3544 356 841 159 18 41 271 19 22 246 439 .237 .292 .327 .619 70 1159 83 33 54 12 18
162 Game Avg. 162 609 555 56 132 25 3 6 42 3 3 39 69 .237 .292 .327 .619 70 182 13 5 8 2
BAL (4 yrs) 589 2337 2120 198 501 93 9 26 165 19 16 154 234 .236 .293 .325 .618 73 690 51 19 33 10 16
MIN (2 yrs) 190 820 746 84 188 35 5 10 67 0 4 53 90 .252 .306 .353 .659 76 263 20 6 14 1 1
NYG (2 yrs) 121 322 295 36 61 15 1 4 24 0 1 19 38 .207 .261 .305 .566 49 90 3 3 4 1 0
BOS (2 yrs) 89 301 283 26 70 11 3 0 13 0 1 14 58 .247 .288 .307 .595 61 87 5 2 2 0 1
NYY (2 yrs) 45 110 100 12 21 5 0 1 2 0 0 6 19 .210 .275 .290 .565 55 29 4 3 1 0 0
AL (8 yrs) 913 3568 3249 320 780 144 17 37 247 19 21 227 401 .240 .295 .329 .624 72 1069 80 30 50 11 18
NL (2 yrs) 121 322 295 36 61 15 1 4 24 0 1 19 38 .207 .261 .305 .566 49 90 3 3 4 1 0

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
1954 26 NYG NL 62 115 -9 0 0 5 1 -2 -0.3 4 1 0.1 .496 .498 -0.4 0.6 -4 $ 54/6
1955 27 NYG NL 59 207 -10 0 0 -4 2 -11 -1.3 7 -4 -0.6 .480 .493 -0.1 -0.2 -1 $ 65/4
1956 28 BAL AL 144 560 -21 0 -1 -6 6 -22 -2.2 15 -7 -0.7 .485 .486 -0.2 0.1 -1 $ *46/5
1957 29 BAL AL 154 718 -2 -1 -1 14 6 16 1.6 19 36 3.6 .512 .511 2.0 2.1 21 $ *4/6 MVP-12
1958 30 BAL AL 151 607 -23 -2 0 1 6 -17 -2.0 17 -0 -0.4 .488 .488 -0.5 0.7 -2 $ *46
1959 31 BAL AL 140 452 -21 -0 -1 16 4 -3 -0.4 12 9 0.8 .498 .498 -0.8 2.0 -7 $ *4/56
1960 32 WSH AL 145 649 -14 -0 -1 -1 5 -11 -1.4 18 7 0.4 .492 .493 0.6 0.3 8 $ *46
1961 33 MIN AL 45 171 -12 0 -0 -3 1 -14 -1.5 5 -10 -1.1 .467 .491 -0.8 -0.2 -7 $ 4/5
1961 33 NYY AL 41 109 -6 -1 -0 3 1 -3 -0.4 3 -0 -0.1 .491 .498 -0.4 0.3 -3 $ 5/4
1962 34 NYY AL 4 1 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .505 .500 0.0 0.1 -0 $ /45
1962 34 BOS AL 53 212 -7 0 -0 3 1 -2 -0.3 6 3 0.2 .495 .498 0.0 0.4 0 $ 4/56
1963 35 BOS AL 36 89 -8 -1 -0 2 0 -7 -0.8 2 -4 -0.5 .479 .495 -0.7 0.2 -6 $ 4/5
10 Seasons 1034 3890 -135 -3 -4 32 34 -77 -9.0 108 31 1.7 .492 .496 -1.3 6.6 -1 $
BAL (4 yrs) 589 2337 -67 -2 -3 25 22 -26 -3.0 63 38 3.3 .496 .496 0.5 5.0 12 $
MIN (2 yrs) 190 820 -26 -0 -2 -3 6 -25 -2.9 22 -2 -0.7 .486 .492 -0.2 0.2 1 $
NYG (2 yrs) 121 322 -20 0 1 2 3 -14 -1.5 11 -3 -0.5 .488 .496 -0.5 0.4 -5 $
BOS (2 yrs) 89 301 -15 -0 -1 5 2 -9 -1.1 8 -1 -0.3 .488 .497 -0.7 0.7 -6 $
NYY (2 yrs) 45 110 -6 -1 -0 3 1 -3 -0.4 3 -0 -0.1 .493 .499 -0.4 0.4 -4 $

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
1954 26 NYG NL 115 87 8 2.5 110 .250 .213 .275 .261 .347 .287 .426 .548 .773 43 .229 -9.4 -0.9 .425 .120 .074 .0
1955 27 NYG NL 207 156 16 2.7 106 .211 .203 .267 .261 .338 .316 .422 .577 .760 52 .273 -13.3 -1.3 .490 .182 .112 .0
1956 28 BAL AL 560 425 45 2.8 98 .239 .231 .256 .281 .336 .334 .391 .615 .728 69 .276 -23.9 -2.3 .500 .159 .103 6.9
1957 29 BAL AL 718 508 75 4.0 93 .284 .262 .255 .325 .326 .356 .385 .681 .710 92 .456 -5.3 -0.5 .592 .180 .093 7.5
1958 30 BAL AL 607 458 45 2.6 93 .242 .225 .254 .271 .322 .298 .387 .569 .709 61 .289 -28.7 -3.0 .453 .132 .073 2.4
1959 31 BAL AL 452 338 34 2.7 96 .240 .217 .257 .284 .328 .304 .393 .589 .720 64 .291 -19.6 -2.0 .495 .185 .087 3.0
1960 32 WSH AL 649 465 66 3.8 103 .281 .257 .266 .313 .340 .363 .407 .676 .746 81 .427 -17.0 -1.7 .569 .172 .106 .0
1961 33 TOT AL 280 215 20 2.5 105 .251 .225 .265 .279 .340 .304 .412 .584 .753 56 .240 -16.2 -1.6 .464 .142 .079 .0
1961 33 MIN AL 171 132 12 2.4 108 .252 .234 .270 .280 .346 .312 .420 .592 .765 55 .234 -10.2 -1.0 .464 .143 .078 .0
1961 33 NYY AL 109 83 8 2.6 100 .250 .212 .258 .278 .332 .293 .401 .571 .734 57 .252 -6.0 -0.6 .463 .141 .081 .0
1962 34 TOT AL 213 153 20 3.5 105 .338 .270 .266 .308 .339 .335 .415 .643 .755 71 .384 -8.6 -0.9 .510 .110 .065
1962 34 NYY AL 1 1 0 0.0 101 .000 .261 .000 .333 .000 .406 .000 .739 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1962 34 BOS AL 212 152 20 3.5 105 .338 .271 .267 .310 .339 .337 .415 .646 .755 72 .386 -8.3 -0.8 .513 .111 .065
1963 35 BOS AL 89 69 5 2.0 97 .246 .190 .259 .236 .326 .238 .400 .474 .725 32 .199 -8.0 -0.8 .362 .095 .048
10 Yrs 3890 2874 334 3.1 99 .260 .237 .260 .292 .332 .327 .398 .619 .730 70 .338 -149.9 -15.0 .511 .158 .090 26.0
162 Game Avg. 609 450 52 3.1 99 .260 .237 .260 .292 .332 .327 .398 .619 .730 70 .338 -149.9 -15.0 .511 .158 .090 4
BAL (4 yrs) 2337 1729 199 3.1 95 .254 .236 .256 .293 .328 .325 .388 .618 .716 73 .338 -77.4 -7.8 .514 .163 .089 22.0
MIN (2 yrs) 820 597 78 3.5 104 .275 .252 .267 .306 .341 .353 .409 .659 .750 76 .386 -27.2 -2.7 .546 .166 .101 .0
NYG (2 yrs) 322 243 24 2.6 108 .224 .207 .270 .261 .341 .305 .424 .566 .765 49 .257 -22.7 -2.2 .466 .159 .098 .0
BOS (2 yrs) 301 221 25 3.0 103 .311 .247 .264 .288 .335 .307 .411 .595 .746 61 .333 -16.3 -1.7 .466 .106 .060
NYY (2 yrs) 110 84 8 2.5 100 .250 .210 .258 .275 .332 .290 .401 .565 .734 55 .249 -6.3 -0.6 .458 .140 .080 .0
AL (8 yrs) 3568 2631 310 3.2 98 .263 .240 .259 .295 .332 .329 .396 .624 .727 72 .346 -127.2 -12.8 .515 .158 .089 25.1
NL (2 yrs) 322 243 24 2.6 108 .224 .207 .270 .261 .341 .305 .424 .566 .765 49 .257 -22.7 -2.2 .466 .159 .098 .0

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 33 NYY AL WS CIN W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 1 1 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
1954 26 NYG NL 115 0.9% 16.5% 5.2% 5.2% 26% 3.17 5.7 108.0 15.4 0.84 77%
1955 27 NYG NL 207 1.5% 9.2% 6.3% 6.8% 37% 1.46 9.8 62.3 11.0 1.09 80%
1956 28 BAL AL 560 2.0% 9.5% 5.2% 5.2% 24% 1.83 9.7 46.8 10.3 0.93 81%
1957 29 BAL AL 718 0.8% 9.3% 7.4% 6.3% 27% 1.26 9.6 107.3 11.7 1.00 80%
1958 30 BAL AL 607 0.5% 8.7% 5.6% 5.4% 26% 1.56 10.6 186.7 17.0 0.83 84%
1959 31 BAL AL 452 1.3% 13.5% 8.4% 4.7% 24% 1.61 6.6 66.8 14.9 0.96 75%
1960 32 WSH AL 649 1.4% 11.7% 6.6% 6.2% 26% 1.77 7.8 65.8 10.6 1.15 78%
1961 33 TOT AL 280 0.7% 11.4% 5.7% 5.7% 28% 2.00 7.9 126.5 19.5 1.30 78%
1961 33 MIN AL 171 0.6% 8.2% 5.9% 5.9% 28% 1.40 11.0 154.0 14.0 1.41 81%
1961 33 NYY AL 109 0.9% 16.5% 5.5% 5.5% 29% 3.00 5.5 99.0 49.5 1.13 73%
1962 34 TOT AL 213 0.0% 18.8% 4.7% 5.2% 20% 4.00 5.0 16.7 1.04 75%
1962 34 NYY AL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
1962 34 BOS AL 212 0.0% 18.4% 4.7% 5.2% 20% 3.90 5.1 16.6 1.04 75%
1963 35 BOS AL 89 0.0% 21.4% 4.5% 3.4% 19% 4.75 4.4 84.0 1.00 73%
10 Yrs 3890 1.1% 11.3% 6.3% 5.6% 26% 1.78 8.1 86.4 13.1 1.00 79%
MLB Averages 2.3% 13.1% 8.9% 6.6% 29% 1.48 6.8 38.2 8.3 1.02 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1954 26 NYG NL -9.4 -0.9 118 -1.4 1.3 -2.6 1.04 -1.2 -0.1 -10.0 -1.0 0.93 -10.7 1.44 2
1955 27 NYG NL -13.3 -1.3 168 -0.2 2.5 -2.6 .95 -0.8 0.6 -5.8 -0.6 0.90 -7.4 2.38 5
1956 28 BAL AL -24.7 -2.4 572 -2.8 8.3 -11.1 1.05 -2.1 -0.5 -22.2 -2.3 0.96 -26.2 0.39 1
1957 29 BAL AL -5.3 -0.5 742 1.1 13.4 -12.3 1.05 0.1 0.9 -4.3 -0.4 0.93 -0.3 0
1958 30 BAL AL -28.7 -3.0 614 -2.8 7.5 -10.3 .93 -2.9 -0.2 -28.8 -3.1 0.90 -31.0 0
1959 31 BAL AL -19.6 -2.0 459 -2.2 6.0 -8.1 .99 -2.5 0.3 -29.7 -3.1 0.95 -27.0 0
1960 32 WSH AL -16.2 -1.6 661 0.7 12.0 -11.3 1.04 -0.7 1.4 -8.6 -0.9 0.93 -9.3 0
1961 33 TOT AL -16.4 -1.6 280 -1.9 3.7 -5.6 1.08 -1.8 -0.0 -22.4 -2.2 0.96 -21.7 1.55 3
1961 33 MIN AL -10.4 -1.0 171 -1.0 2.4 -3.5 1.10 -1.0 0.1 -14.8 -1.4 1.00 -13.7 2.01 2
1961 33 NYY AL -6.0 -0.6 109 -0.9 1.3 -2.1 1.05 -0.7 -0.1 -7.6 -0.8 0.88 -7.9 0.62 1
1962 34 TOT AL -8.6 -0.9 216 -0.7 3.1 -3.8 .93 -0.8 0.1 -8.2 -0.8 0.90 -9.0 3.15 3
1962 34 NYY AL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 3.20 -0.0 -0.0 -0.5 -0.0 1.57 -0.3 3.20 1
1962 34 BOS AL -8.3 -0.8 215 -0.6 3.1 -3.7 .92 -0.8 0.2 -7.7 -0.8 0.90 -8.7 3.12 2
1963 35 BOS AL -8.0 -0.8 89 -0.9 0.7 -1.6 .90 -0.8 -0.2 -10.4 -1.1 0.92 -9.5 0.53 12
10 Yrs -150.2 -15.1 3919 -11.0 58.4 -69.4 1.01 -13.4 2.5 -150.2 -15.3 0.93 -152.1 1.37 26

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
1954 26 NYG NL 1 0 31% 55 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 44% 4 3 1 0 0 0 5 2 3
1955 27 NYG NL 5 0 46% 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 44% 15 10 4 1 0 1 7 2 5
1956 28 BAL AL 9 0 29% 190 5 5 50% 4 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 6 64% 23 10 12 3 0 3 16 4 12
1957 29 BAL AL 12 0 33% 341 10 7 59% 9 5 0 1 1 1 1 0 8 10 40% 52 35 16 7 4 3 34 15 18
1958 30 BAL AL 15 0 18% 202 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 7 41% 20 12 8 4 4 0 15 6 8
1959 31 BAL AL 7 0 23% 159 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 38% 22 18 3 1 1 0 14 3 11
1960 32 WSH AL 8 0 32% 245 0 4 0% 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 12 53% 28 20 8 10 5 4 17 0 17
1961 33 TOT AL 1 0 30% 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 42% 9 8 1 1 1 0 9 2 7
1961 33 MIN AL 0 0 27% 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 46% 5 4 1 1 1 0 7 2 5
1961 33 NYY AL 1 0 35% 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 33% 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1962 34 TOT AL 3 0 35% 108 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 35% 9 8 1 4 2 1 7 2 5
1962 34 NYY AL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 34 BOS AL 3 0 34% 107 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 37% 8 7 1 4 2 1 7 2 5
1963 35 BOS AL 0 0 19% 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 29% 4 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 0
10 Yrs 61 0 29% 1485 19 22 46% 17 20 0 1 2 1 3 0 45 56 45% 186 127 55 33 18 13 125 37 86

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
1954 26 NYG NL 115 43% 23 2 0 0 0 1.44 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0% 18 1 6% 10 2 20% 72 6 8% 3 0 0% 4 1 25% 0
1955 27 NYG NL 207 33% 38 5 0 0 0 2.38 3 0 3 2 0 1 2 0 4 4 100% 26 2 8% 13 6 46% 65 8 12% 3 2 67% 5 3 60% 0
1956 28 BAL AL 560 30% 119 1 0 0 0 0.39 11 0 17 7 4 2 9 0 8 8 100% 113 15 13% 48 16 33% 337 41 12% 23 10 43% 22 11 50% 0
1957 29 BAL AL 718 27% 169 0 0 0 0 6 0 18 4 2 1 5 0 12 11 92% 81 13 16% 41 21 51% 323 52 16% 22 15 68% 15 11 73% 0
1958 30 BAL AL 607 20% 126 0 0 0 0 3 0 12 3 0 1 2 0 9 6 67% 95 11 12% 45 12 27% 306 32 10% 25 9 36% 11 4 36% 0
1959 31 BAL AL 452 31% 87 0 0 0 0 6 0 10 4 2 2 4 0 11 8 73% 98 12 12% 48 14 29% 283 21 7% 19 6 32% 19 9 47% 0
1960 32 WSH AL 649 15% 152 0 0 0 0 9 1 13 8 1 6 3 0 10 7 70% 116 13 11% 47 16 34% 347 51 15% 23 14 61% 17 11 65% 0
1961 33 TOT AL 280 22% 57 3 1 0 0 1.55 2 0 5 1 1 1 1 0 9 8 89% 72 11 15% 37 15 41% 184 13 7% 8 3 38% 14 9 64% 0
1961 33 MIN AL 171 18% 36 2 1 0 0 2.01 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 8 7 88% 45 7 16% 26 13 50% 130 12 9% 7 3 43% 11 8 73% 0
1961 33 NYY AL 109 28% 21 1 0 0 0 0.62 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 100% 27 4 15% 11 2 18% 54 1 2% 1 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
1962 34 TOT AL 213 25% 54 3 1 0 1 3.15 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 22 4 18% 13 3 23% 97 12 12% 10 5 50% 3 2 67% 0
1962 34 NYY AL 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 3.20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1962 34 BOS AL 212 25% 54 2 1 0 1 3.12 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 22 4 18% 13 3 23% 95 12 13% 10 5 50% 3 2 67% 0
1963 35 BOS AL 89 39% 16 12 2 0 0 0.53 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 8% 9 1 11% 46 1 2% 2 0 0% 4 1 25% 0
10 Yrs 3890 25% 841 26 4 0 1 1.37 41 1 82 30 10 15 26 0 70 54 77% 654 83 13% 311 106 34% 2060 237 12% 138 64 46% 114 62 54% 0
MLB Averages 49% 77% 10% 31% 14% 49% 53%

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
1954 26 62 115 108 10 23 5 0 1 7 0 1 6 19 .213 .261 .287 .548 43 31 1 1 0 0
1955 27 121 322 295 36 61 15 1 4 24 0 1 19 38 .207 .261 .305 .566 49 90 3 3 4 1 0
1956 28 265 882 810 89 180 31 3 15 74 5 6 48 91 .222 .274 .323 .597 61 262 18 10 12 2 1
1957 29 419 1600 1454 168 349 67 6 21 129 15 13 101 158 .240 .297 .338 .634 75 491 31 18 23 4 3
1958 30 570 2207 2014 200 475 95 8 24 162 17 16 135 211 .236 .290 .327 .616 71 658 42 21 29 8 7
1959 31 710 2659 2415 234 562 108 10 30 189 19 17 173 272 .233 .289 .323 .612 70 780 54 22 37 11 16
1960 32 855 3308 3007 305 714 134 15 39 245 19 21 216 348 .237 .294 .331 .624 72 995 67 28 44 12 16
1961 33 941 3588 3260 329 771 148 15 41 258 19 21 232 380 .237 .293 .329 .621 71 1072 78 31 52 12 17
1962 34 998 3801 3460 352 825 157 17 41 270 19 22 242 420 .238 .293 .329 .623 71 1139 82 32 54 12 17
1963 35 1034 3890 3544 356 841 159 18 41 271 19 22 246 439 .237 .292 .327 .619 70 1159 83 33 54 12 18

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
1954 26 65 120 113 11 24 5 0 1 7 0 6 20 .212 .258 .283 .542 8 62
1955 27 62 218 197 27 40 11 1 3 18 0 14 20 .203 .262 .315 .576 16 59
1956 28 151 590 542 58 128 17 2 12 55 5 31 55 .236 .287 .341 .628 51 144
1957 29 162 774 691 93 191 41 3 7 65 11 60 70 .276 .341 .375 .716 86 154
1958 30 158 647 596 38 142 32 2 3 39 2 38 55 .238 .285 .314 .599 53 151
1959 31 146 474 421 37 93 14 2 6 29 2 41 64 .221 .290 .306 .596 38 140
1960 32 153 680 621 74 158 27 5 9 58 0 45 80 .254 .311 .357 .668 68 145
1961 33 86 279 252 23 56 14 0 2 12 0 16 32 .222 .277 .302 .578 20 86
1962 34 57 212 199 22 53 9 2 0 12 0 10 40 .266 .305 .332 .636 20 57
1963 35 36 90 85 4 17 2 1 0 1 0 4 19 .200 .244 .247 .492 5 36
10 Yrs 1076 4084 3717 387 902 172 18 43 296 20 265 455 .243 .298 .333 .632 365 1034
162 Game Avg. 162 615 560 58 136 26 3 6 45 3 40 69 .243 .298 .333 .632 55 1034

* 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1957 AL (12, 7%)
0.07 Career Shares (1016th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1957 AL  3.6 (10th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1957 AL  2.1 (3rd)
1959 AL  2.0 (3rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1957 AL  154 (2nd)
1958 AL  151 (5th)

At Bats s c a p y
1957 AL  644 (1st)
1958 AL  560 (9th)
1960 AL  592 (5th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1957 AL  718 (1st)
1960 AL  649 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
1957 AL  169 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
1957 AL  36 (1st)
1958 AL  28 (7th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1957 AL  10 (10th)

Singles s c a p y
1957 AL  124 (5th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1957 AL  230 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1956 AL  7 (9th)
1957 AL  8 (5th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1956 AL  8 (7th)
1957 AL  11 (5th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1959 AL  9 (2nd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1956 AL  5 (9th)
1957 AL  7 (7th)

SB % s c a p y
1957 AL  58.82 (8th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1956 AL  425 (10th)
1957 AL  508 (1st)
1958 AL  458 (4th)
1960 AL  465 (4th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 3 (529), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 14 (1222), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (2147), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1388), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

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