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Lou Gehrig

Henry Louis Gehrig (The Iron Horse, Biscuit Pants or Buster)
also known as Ludwig Heinrich Gehrig

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: June 19, 1903 in New York, NY
High School: HS of Commerce (New York, NY)
School: Columbia University (New York, NY)
Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees in 1923. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 15, 1923
Team: Yankees 1923-1939

Final Game: April 30, 1939
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Special Election as Player in 1939.
   View Lou Gehrig Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: June 2, 1941 in Bronx, NY
Buried: Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, NY
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Hall of Fame

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
1923 20 NYY AL 13 29 26 6 11 4 1 1 9 0 0 2 5 .423 .464 .769 1.234 218 20 0 1 /3
1924 21 NYY AL 10 13 12 2 6 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 3 .500 .538 .583 1.122 189 7 0 0 /3O9
1925 22 NYY AL 126 497 437 73 129 23 10 20 68 6 3 46 49 .295 .365 .531 .896 127 232 2 12 *3/O97 MVP-24
1926 23 NYY AL 155 696 572 135 179 47 20 16 112 6 5 105 73 .313 .420 .549 .969 152 314 1 18 *3 MVP-10
1927 24 NYY AL 155 717 584 149 218 52 18 47 175 10 8 109 84 .373 .474 .765 1.240 220 447 3 21 *3 MVP-1
1928 25 NYY AL 154 677 562 139 210 47 13 27 142 4 11 95 69 .374 .467 .648 1.115 193 364 4 16 *3
1929 26 NYY AL 154 694 553 127 166 32 10 35 126 4 3 122 68 .300 .431 .584 1.015 165 323 5 12 *3
1930 27 NYY AL 154 703 581 143 220 42 17 41 174 12 14 101 63 .379 .473 .721 1.194 203 419 3 18 *3/7O
1931 28 NYY AL 155 738 619 163 211 31 15 46 184 17 12 117 56 .341 .446 .662 1.108 194 410 0 2 *3/O9 MVP-2
1932 29 NYY AL 156 708 596 138 208 42 9 34 151 4 11 108 38 .349 .451 .621 1.072 181 370 3 1 *3 MVP-2
1933 30 NYY AL 152 687 593 138 198 41 12 32 139 9 13 92 42 .334 .424 .605 1.030 177 359 1 1 *3 AS,MVP-4
1934 31 NYY AL 154 690 579 128 210 40 6 49 165 9 5 109 31 .363 .465 .706 1.172 206 409 2 0 *3/6 AS,MVP-5
1935 32 NYY AL 149 673 535 125 176 26 10 30 119 8 7 132 38 .329 .466 .583 1.049 176 312 5 0 *3 AS,MVP-5
1936 33 NYY AL 155 719 579 167 205 37 7 49 152 3 4 130 46 .354 .478 .696 1.174 190 403 7 3 *3 AS,MVP-1
1937 34 NYY AL 157 700 569 138 200 37 9 37 159 4 3 127 49 .351 .473 .643 1.116 176 366 4 0 *3 AS,MVP-4
1938 35 NYY AL 157 689 576 115 170 32 6 29 114 6 1 107 75 .295 .410 .523 .932 132 301 5 1 *3 AS,MVP-19
1939 36 NYY AL 8 33 28 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 .143 .273 .143 .416 10 4 2 0 0 /3 AS
17 Yrs 2164 9663 8001 1888 2721 534 163 493 1995 102 100 1508 790 .340 .447 .632 1.080 179 5060 2 45 106
162 Game Avg. 162 723 599 141 204 40 12 37 149 8 7 113 59 .340 .447 .632 1.080 179 379 3 8
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

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
1923 20 NYY AL 13 29 4 0 0 -1 -0 3 0.3 1 4 0.4 .522 .502 0.5 -0.1 5 $ /3
1924 21 NYY AL 10 13 2 0 0 0 -0 2 0.1 0 2 0.2 .514 .501 0.2 -0.0 2 $ /3O9
1925 22 NYY AL 126 497 14 1 0 4 -6 14 1.3 16 29 2.9 .510 .508 2.5 -0.1 25 $3,750 *3/O97 MVP-24
1926 23 NYY AL 155 696 44 0 0 6 -7 43 4.2 22 65 6.4 .527 .526 5.9 -0.1 59 $6,500 *3 MVP-10
1927 24 NYY AL 155 717 103 -0 0 5 -7 100 9.3 22 122 11.5 .560 .557 11.0 -0.2 118 $8,000 *3 MVP-1
1928 25 NYY AL 154 677 77 -3 0 4 -7 71 6.9 22 93 9.0 .544 .542 8.5 -0.3 89 $25,000 *3
1929 26 NYY AL 154 694 58 1 0 3 -7 54 5.0 22 76 7.2 .533 .531 6.9 -0.4 73 $25,000 *3
1930 27 NYY AL 154 703 95 -3 0 -4 -7 81 7.0 22 103 9.2 .546 .543 9.5 -1.0 107 $25,000 *3/7O
1931 28 NYY AL 155 738 85 -1 0 -8 -7 69 6.3 23 92 8.6 .540 .539 9.3 -1.4 100 $25,000 *3/O9 MVP-2
1932 29 NYY AL 156 708 75 -3 0 -4 -7 60 5.4 22 82 7.6 .535 .534 8.0 -1.1 86 $25,000 *3 MVP-2
1933 30 NYY AL 152 687 65 -3 0 -7 -7 48 4.5 22 70 6.7 .530 .528 7.4 -1.3 77 $23,000 *3 AS,MVP-4
1934 31 NYY AL 154 690 93 0 0 3 -7 88 7.9 22 110 10.1 .552 .549 9.9 -0.4 107 $23,000 *3/6 AS,MVP-5
1935 32 NYY AL 149 673 67 -1 0 9 -7 69 6.2 21 90 8.3 .543 .539 7.5 0.1 80 $31,000 *3 AS,MVP-5
1936 33 NYY AL 155 719 88 -1 0 0 -7 80 6.8 22 102 9.0 .544 .542 9.1 -0.6 102 $31,000 *3 AS,MVP-1
1937 34 NYY AL 157 700 73 0 0 -6 -7 60 5.3 22 82 7.5 .534 .533 8.1 -1.2 88 $36,000 *3 AS,MVP-4
1938 35 NYY AL 157 689 30 1 0 -2 -7 22 2.0 22 44 4.2 .513 .512 4.3 -0.7 46 $39,000 *3 AS,MVP-19
1939 36 NYY AL 8 33 -4 0 0 0 -0 -4 -0.4 1 -3 -0.3 .452 .498 -0.3 -0.0 -3 $34,000 /3 AS
17 Seasons 2164 9663 971 -11 0 2 -100 862 78.4 302 1164 108.5 .536 .529 108.3 -8.9 1162 $360,250
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards

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
1923 20 NYY AL 29 16 9 15.1 109 .500 .423 .293 .464 .363 .769 .404 1.234 .767 218 .894 4.3 0.4 1.467 .423 .346 .0
1924 21 NYY AL 13 6 4 17.7 112 .667 .500 .298 .538 .368 .583 .409 1.122 .776 189 .914 1.7 0.2 1.333 .167 .083
1925 22 NYY AL 497 323 84 7.0 114 .296 .295 .297 .365 .367 .531 .416 .896 .784 127 .637 14.8 1.4 .910 .348 .236 9.2
1926 23 NYY AL 696 416 131 8.4 109 .337 .313 .289 .420 .360 .549 .405 .969 .765 152 .744 46.3 4.4 1.058 .421 .236 8.7
1927 24 NYY AL 717 395 208 14.0 109 .377 .373 .290 .474 .358 .765 .408 1.240 .766 220 .875 104.7 9.7 1.500 .582 .392 16.5
1928 25 NYY AL 677 379 164 11.6 106 .393 .374 .286 .467 .351 .648 .406 1.115 .758 193 .836 79.7 7.5 1.256 .431 .274 7.0
1929 26 NYY AL 694 402 137 9.1 107 .291 .300 .284 .431 .350 .584 .411 1.015 .761 165 .753 58.6 5.5 1.156 .506 .284 7.2
1930 27 NYY AL 703 393 192 13.0 112 .375 .379 .290 .473 .354 .721 .426 1.194 .780 203 .840 93.7 8.4 1.389 .513 .343 18.6
1931 28 NYY AL 738 422 180 11.4 104 .319 .341 .280 .446 .347 .662 .401 1.108 .747 194 .824 85.4 7.9 1.267 .519 .321 24.8
1932 29 NYY AL 708 400 161 10.8 107 .332 .349 .279 .451 .349 .621 .410 1.072 .759 181 .802 75.2 6.9 1.188 .441 .272 7.2
1933 30 NYY AL 687 409 147 9.7 101 .320 .334 .273 .424 .344 .605 .394 1.030 .738 177 .785 66.1 6.3 1.098 .420 .272 14.0
1934 31 NYY AL 690 374 189 13.4 106 .323 .363 .280 .465 .353 .706 .404 1.172 .757 206 .859 93.2 8.5 1.401 .539 .344 15.2
1935 32 NYY AL 673 366 143 10.5 107 .313 .329 .281 .466 .353 .583 .406 1.049 .759 176 .793 67.4 6.2 1.230 .503 .254 12.6
1936 33 NYY AL 719 381 189 13.2 119 .322 .354 .295 .478 .370 .696 .433 1.174 .803 190 .830 87.2 7.6 1.426 .565 .342 5.7
1937 34 NYY AL 700 372 171 12.1 119 .337 .351 .292 .473 .368 .643 .436 1.116 .804 176 .823 73.3 6.6 1.339 .517 .292 7.2
1938 35 NYY AL 689 408 123 7.9 118 .299 .295 .290 .410 .369 .523 .432 .932 .801 132 .679 30.9 2.8 1.027 .422 .227 9.9
1939 36 NYY AL 33 26 1 1.0 113 .148 .143 .285 .273 .360 .143 .422 .416 .782 10 .050 -3.8 -0.4 .346 .179 .000
17 Yrs 9663 5488 2233 10.8 110 .332 .340 .286 .447 .356 .632 .413 1.080 .770 179 .803 978.7 89.9 1.229 .481 .292 169.0
162 Game Avg. 723 411 167 10.8 110 .332 .340 .286 .447 .356 .632 .413 1.080 .770 179 .803 73 7 1.229 .481 .292 13
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd

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
1926 23 NYY AL WS STL L 7 29 23 1 8 2 0 0 4 0 0 5 4 .348 .464 .435 .899 10 0 0 1 0 1
1927 24 NYY AL WS PIT W 4 18 13 2 4 2 2 0 4 0 0 3 3 .308 .389 .769 1.158 10 0 0 0 2 0
1928 25 NYY AL WS STL W 4 17 11 5 6 1 0 4 9 0 0 6 0 .545 .706 1.727 2.433 19 0 0 0 0 0
1932 29 NYY AL WS CHC W 4 20 17 9 9 1 0 3 8 0 0 2 1 .529 .600 1.118 1.718 19 1 1 0 0 0
1936 33 NYY AL WS NYG W 6 28 24 5 7 1 0 2 7 0 1 3 2 .292 .393 .583 .976 14 0 1 0 0 0
1937 34 NYY AL WS NYG W 5 22 17 4 5 1 1 1 3 0 0 5 4 .294 .455 .647 1.102 11 0 0 0 0 1
1938 35 NYY AL WS CHC W 4 16 14 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .286 .375 .286 .661 4 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs (7 Series) 34 150 119 30 43 8 3 10 35 0 1 26 17 .361 .477 .731 1.208 87 1 2 1 2 2
7 WS 34 150 119 30 43 8 3 10 35 0 1 26 17 .361 .477 .731 1.208 87 1 2 1 2 2

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
1933 NYY AL 30 as 1B 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0
1934 NYY AL 31 as 1B 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 0 0 0 0 0
1935 NYY AL 32 as 1B 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0
1936 NYY AL 33 as 1B 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 .500 .750 2.000 2.750 4 0 0 0 0 0
1937 NYY AL 34 as 1B 4 4 1 2 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 1.500 2.000 6 0 0 0 0 0
1938 NYY AL 35 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
1939 NYY AL 36 DNP
7 Yrs (6 GP) 24 18 4 4 1 0 2 5 0 0 6 6 .222 .417 .611 1.028 11 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
1923 20 NYY AL 29 3.5% 17.2% 6.9% 20.7% 55% 2.50 5.2 26.0 2.9 69%
1924 21 NYY AL 13 0.0% 23.1% 7.7% 7.7% 17% 3.00 4.0 2.4 69%
1925 22 NYY AL 497 4.0% 9.9% 9.3% 10.7% 41% 1.07 8.9 21.9 6.4 74%
1926 23 NYY AL 696 2.3% 10.5% 15.1% 11.9% 46% 0.70 7.8 35.8 5.1 69%
1927 24 NYY AL 717 6.6% 11.7% 15.2% 16.3% 54% 0.77 7.0 12.4 3.3 63%
1928 25 NYY AL 677 4.0% 10.2% 14.0% 12.9% 41% 0.73 8.1 20.8 4.0 69%
1929 26 NYY AL 694 5.0% 9.8% 17.6% 11.1% 46% 0.56 8.1 15.8 4.4 65%
1930 27 NYY AL 703 5.8% 9.0% 14.4% 14.2% 46% 0.62 9.2 14.2 3.3 68%
1931 28 NYY AL 738 6.2% 7.6% 15.9% 12.5% 44% 0.48 11.1 13.5 3.4 70%
1932 29 NYY AL 708 4.8% 5.4% 15.3% 12.0% 41% 0.35 15.7 17.5 3.9 74%
1933 30 NYY AL 687 4.7% 6.1% 13.4% 12.4% 43% 0.46 14.1 18.5 4.3 76%
1934 31 NYY AL 690 7.1% 4.5% 15.8% 13.8% 45% 0.28 18.7 11.8 3.5 72%
1935 32 NYY AL 673 4.5% 5.7% 19.6% 9.8% 38% 0.29 14.1 17.8 4.5 69%
1936 33 NYY AL 719 6.8% 6.4% 18.1% 12.9% 45% 0.35 12.6 11.8 3.8 67%
1937 34 NYY AL 700 5.3% 7.0% 18.1% 11.9% 42% 0.39 11.6 15.4 3.6 69%
1938 35 NYY AL 689 4.2% 10.9% 15.5% 9.7% 39% 0.70 7.7 19.9 5.1 69%
1939 36 NYY AL 33 0.0% 3.0% 15.2% 0.0% 0% 0.20 28.0 28.0 82%
17 Yrs 9663 5.1% 8.2% 15.6% 12.3% 44% 0.52 10.1 16.2 4.0 70%
MLB Averages 1.3% 8.0% 8.2% 6.8% 27% 0.97 11.2 70.2 7.7 80%
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

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
1923 20 13 29 26 6 11 4 1 1 9 0 0 2 5 .423 .464 .769 1.234 218 20 0 1
1924 21 23 42 38 8 17 5 1 1 14 0 0 3 8 .447 .488 .711 1.198 209 27 0 1
1925 22 149 539 475 81 146 28 11 21 82 6 3 49 57 .307 .375 .545 .920 133 259 2 13
1926 23 304 1235 1047 216 325 75 31 37 194 12 8 154 130 .310 .400 .547 .948 144 573 3 31
1927 24 459 1952 1631 365 543 127 49 84 369 22 16 263 214 .333 .427 .625 1.053 171 1020 6 52
1928 25 613 2629 2193 504 753 174 62 111 511 26 27 358 283 .343 .438 .631 1.069 177 1384 10 68
1929 26 767 3323 2746 631 919 206 72 146 637 30 30 480 351 .335 .436 .622 1.058 174 1707 15 80
1930 27 921 4026 3327 774 1139 248 89 187 811 42 44 581 414 .342 .443 .639 1.082 179 2126 18 98
1931 28 1076 4764 3946 937 1350 279 104 233 995 59 56 698 470 .342 .443 .643 1.086 182 2536 18 100
1932 29 1232 5472 4542 1075 1558 321 113 267 1146 63 67 806 508 .343 .444 .640 1.084 182 2906 21 101
1933 30 1384 6159 5135 1213 1756 362 125 299 1285 72 80 898 550 .342 .442 .636 1.078 181 3265 22 102
1934 31 1538 6849 5714 1341 1966 402 131 348 1450 81 85 1007 581 .344 .444 .643 1.087 184 3674 24 102
1935 32 1687 7522 6249 1466 2142 428 141 378 1569 89 92 1139 619 .343 .446 .638 1.084 183 3986 29 102
1936 33 1842 8241 6828 1633 2347 465 148 427 1721 92 96 1269 665 .344 .449 .643 1.092 184 4389 36 105
1937 34 1999 8941 7397 1771 2547 502 157 464 1880 96 99 1396 714 .344 .451 .643 1.094 183 4755 40 105
1938 35 2156 9630 7973 1886 2717 534 163 493 1994 102 100 1503 789 .341 .448 .634 1.082 179 5056 45 106
1939 36 2164 9663 8001 1888 2721 534 163 493 1995 102 100 1508 790 .340 .447 .632 1.080 179 5060 2 45 106

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
1923 20 14 30 27 5 11 4 1 1 8 0 2 5 .407 .448 .741 1.189 8 13
1924 21 11 12 11 2 5 1 0 0 4 0 1 3 .455 .500 .545 1.045 3 10
1925 22 133 509 449 67 125 22 10 19 62 6 45 52 .278 .347 .499 .846 77 126
1926 23 163 720 594 134 181 48 20 16 111 6 106 77 .305 .411 .534 .945 130 155
1927 24 162 731 598 142 215 51 18 46 167 10 108 88 .360 .460 .736 1.196 202 155
1928 25 162 700 583 138 213 48 13 27 141 4 96 73 .365 .458 .631 1.089 168 154
1929 26 163 721 579 126 169 33 10 36 125 4 124 72 .292 .421 .570 .991 137 154
1930 27 162 707 589 128 209 40 16 39 156 11 96 66 .355 .448 .676 1.123 177 154
1931 28 162 750 633 154 207 30 15 45 174 17 115 59 .327 .430 .635 1.066 172 155
1932 29 164 720 611 129 203 41 9 33 142 4 105 40 .332 .433 .591 1.023 156 156
1933 30 162 720 624 138 203 42 12 33 139 9 94 45 .325 .414 .590 1.004 152 152
1934 31 162 707 597 124 209 40 6 49 159 9 108 33 .350 .451 .683 1.135 183 154
1935 32 158 693 556 121 176 26 10 30 115 8 132 40 .317 .452 .561 1.013 140 149
1936 33 162 704 577 140 186 34 6 44 128 3 118 48 .322 .442 .631 1.073 160 155
1937 34 163 688 567 119 184 34 8 34 137 4 117 51 .325 .443 .593 1.036 148 157
1938 35 166 697 590 101 160 30 6 27 100 6 101 79 .271 .382 .480 .862 107 157
1939 36 8 34 29 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 .138 .265 .138 .403 1 8
17 Yrs 2277 9843 8214 1770 2660 524 160 479 1869 101 1473 832 .324 .429 .602 1.031 2121 2164
162 Game Avg. 162 700 584 126 189 37 11 34 133 7 105 59 .324 .429 .602 1.031 151 2164
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1936 BBWAA (22.6%)
1939 Special Election (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1939
by Special Election

All-Star Games
1933 (1B)
1934 (1B)
1935 (1B)
1936 (1B)
1937 (1B)
1938 *
1939

Awards (yr lg award)
1927 AL MVP
1934 AL Triple Crown
1936 AL MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1925 AL (24, 3%)
1926 AL (10, 11%)
1927 AL (1, 88%)
1931 AL (2, 74%)
1932 AL (2, 69%)
1933 AL (4, 49%)
1934 AL (5, 68%)
1935 AL (5, 36%)
1936 AL (1, 91%)
1937 AL (4, 52%)
1938 AL (19, 3%)
2 MVPs
5.44 Career Shares (8th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1926 AL  6.4 (3rd)
1927 AL  11.5 (2nd)
1928 AL  9.0 (2nd)
1929 AL  7.2 (5th)
1930 AL  9.2 (2nd)
1931 AL  8.6 (3rd)
1932 AL  7.6 (4th)
1933 AL  6.7 (4th)
1934 AL  10.1 (1st)
1935 AL  8.3 (3rd)
1936 AL  9.0 (2nd)
1937 AL  7.5 (4th)
Career  108.5 (18th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1926 AL  6.4 (2nd)
1927 AL  11.5 (2nd)
1928 AL  9.0 (2nd)
1929 AL  7.2 (5th)
1930 AL  9.2 (2nd)
1931 AL  8.6 (2nd)
1932 AL  7.6 (3rd)
1933 AL  6.7 (4th)
1934 AL  10.1 (1st)
1935 AL  8.3 (1st)
1936 AL  9.0 (1st)
1937 AL  7.5 (2nd)
Career  108.5 (13th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1926 AL  5.9 (2nd)
1927 AL  11.0 (1st)
1928 AL  8.5 (2nd)
1929 AL  6.9 (4th)
1930 AL  9.5 (2nd)
1931 AL  9.3 (2nd)
1932 AL  8.0 (3rd)
1933 AL  7.4 (2nd)
1934 AL  9.9 (1st)
1935 AL  7.5 (2nd)
1936 AL  9.1 (1st)
1937 AL  8.1 (1st)
Career  108.3 (13th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1927 AL  .373 (3rd)
1928 AL  .374 (3rd)
1930 AL  .379 (2nd)
1931 AL  .341 (5th)
1932 AL  .349 (3rd)
1933 AL  .334 (3rd)
1934 AL  .363 (1st)
1935 AL  .329 (6th)
1936 AL  .354 (5th)
1937 AL  .351 (2nd)
Career  .340 (17th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1926 AL  .420 (9th)
1927 AL  .474 (3rd)
1928 AL  .467 (1st)
1929 AL  .431 (2nd)
1930 AL  .473 (2nd)
1931 AL  .446 (3rd)
1932 AL  .451 (4th)
1933 AL  .424 (5th)
1934 AL  .465 (1st)
1935 AL  .466 (1st)
1936 AL  .478 (1st)
1937 AL  .473 (1st)
Career  .447 (5th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1926 AL  .549 (4th)
1927 AL  .765 (2nd)
1928 AL  .648 (2nd)
1929 AL  .584 (4th)
1930 AL  .721 (2nd)
1931 AL  .662 (2nd)
1932 AL  .621 (3rd)
1933 AL  .605 (2nd)
1934 AL  .706 (1st)
1935 AL  .583 (3rd)
1936 AL  .696 (1st)
1937 AL  .643 (4th)
Career  .632 (3rd)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1926 AL  .969 (4th)
1927 AL  1.240 (2nd)
1928 AL  1.115 (2nd)
1929 AL  1.015 (4th)
1930 AL  1.194 (2nd)
1931 AL  1.108 (2nd)
1932 AL  1.072 (3rd)
1933 AL  1.030 (2nd)
1934 AL  1.172 (1st)
1935 AL  1.049 (2nd)
1936 AL  1.174 (1st)
1937 AL  1.116 (1st)
Career  1.080 (3rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1926 AL  155 (2nd)
1927 AL  155 (1st)
1928 AL  154 (3rd)
1929 AL  154 (3rd)
1930 AL  154 (1st)
1931 AL  155 (2nd)
1932 AL  156 (1st)
1933 AL  152 (5th)
1934 AL  154 (1st)
1936 AL  155 (1st)
1937 AL  157 (1st)
1938 AL  157 (1st)
Career  2,164 (146th)

At Bats s c a p y
1927 AL  584 (5th)
1928 AL  562 (7th)
1931 AL  619 (3rd)
1932 AL  596 (10th)
1933 AL  593 (9th)
Career  8,001 (139th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1926 AL  696 (3rd)
1927 AL  717 (2nd)
1928 AL  677 (9th)
1929 AL  694 (5th)
1930 AL  703 (1st)
1931 AL  738 (1st)
1932 AL  708 (3rd)
1933 AL  687 (5th)
1934 AL  690 (5th)
1936 AL  719 (4th)
1937 AL  700 (8th)
1938 AL  689 (6th)
Career  9,663 (102nd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1926 AL  135 (2nd)
1927 AL  149 (2nd)
1928 AL  139 (2nd)
1929 AL  127 (3rd)
1930 AL  143 (4th)
1931 AL  163 (1st)
1932 AL  138 (4th)
1933 AL  138 (1st)
1934 AL  128 (3rd)
1935 AL  125 (1st)
1936 AL  167 (1st)
1937 AL  138 (3rd)
1938 AL  115 (10th)
Career  1,888 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1927 AL  218 (2nd)
1928 AL  210 (2nd)
1930 AL  220 (2nd)
1931 AL  211 (1st)
1932 AL  208 (4th)
1933 AL  198 (5th)
1934 AL  210 (2nd)
1936 AL  205 (7th)
1937 AL  200 (8th)
Career  2,721 (58th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1926 AL  314 (3rd)
1927 AL  447 (1st)
1928 AL  364 (3rd)
1929 AL  323 (5th)
1930 AL  419 (1st)
1931 AL  410 (1st)
1932 AL  370 (2nd)
1933 AL  359 (2nd)
1934 AL  409 (1st)
1935 AL  312 (5th)
1936 AL  403 (2nd)
1937 AL  366 (3rd)
1938 AL  301 (6th)
Career  5,060 (17th)

Doubles s c a p y
1926 AL  47 (5th)
1927 AL  52 (1st)
1928 AL  47 (1st)
1930 AL  42 (7th)
1932 AL  42 (4th)
1933 AL  41 (6th)
1934 AL  40 (9th)
Career  534 (33rd)

Triples s c a p y
1926 AL  20 (1st)
1927 AL  18 (2nd)
1928 AL  13 (9th)
1930 AL  17 (3rd)
1931 AL  15 (2nd)
1933 AL  12 (7th)
Career  163 (33rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1925 AL  20 (5th)
1926 AL  16 (6th)
1927 AL  47 (2nd)
1928 AL  27 (2nd)
1929 AL  35 (2nd)
1930 AL  41 (2nd)
1931 AL  46 (1st)
1932 AL  34 (4th)
1933 AL  32 (3rd)
1934 AL  49 (1st)
1935 AL  30 (3rd)
1936 AL  49 (1st)
1937 AL  37 (3rd)
1938 AL  29 (7th)
Career  493 (26th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1926 AL  112 (4th)
1927 AL  175 (1st)
1928 AL  142 (1st)
1929 AL  126 (4th)
1930 AL  174 (1st)
1931 AL  184 (1st)
1932 AL  151 (2nd)
1933 AL  139 (2nd)
1934 AL  165 (1st)
1935 AL  119 (2nd)
1936 AL  152 (2nd)
1937 AL  159 (3rd)
1938 AL  114 (7th)
Career  1,995 (5th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1926 AL  105 (4th)
1927 AL  109 (2nd)
1928 AL  95 (4th)
1929 AL  122 (3rd)
1930 AL  101 (3rd)
1931 AL  117 (3rd)
1932 AL  108 (4th)
1933 AL  92 (6th)
1934 AL  109 (2nd)
1935 AL  132 (1st)
1936 AL  130 (1st)
1937 AL  127 (1st)
1938 AL  107 (5th)
Career  1,508 (16th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1925 AL  49 (10th)
1926 AL  73 (3rd)
1927 AL  84 (2nd)
1928 AL  69 (3rd)
1929 AL  68 (2nd)
1930 AL  63 (3rd)
1931 AL  56 (7th)
1938 AL  75 (6th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1931 AL  17 (6th)

Singles s c a p y
1928 AL  123 (10th)
1932 AL  123 (10th)
Career  1,531 (185th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1926 AL  152 (5th)
1927 AL  220 (2nd)
1928 AL  193 (2nd)
1929 AL  165 (3rd)
1930 AL  203 (2nd)
1931 AL  194 (2nd)
1932 AL  180 (3rd)
1933 AL  176 (2nd)
1934 AL  206 (1st)
1935 AL  176 (2nd)
1936 AL  190 (1st)
1937 AL  176 (1st)
Career  179 (4th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1926 AL  131 (2nd)
1927 AL  208 (1st)
1928 AL  164 (2nd)
1929 AL  137 (5th)
1930 AL  192 (1st)
1931 AL  180 (2nd)
1932 AL  161 (2nd)
1933 AL  147 (2nd)
1934 AL  189 (1st)
1935 AL  143 (3rd)
1936 AL  189 (1st)
1937 AL  171 (2nd)
1938 AL  123 (6th)
Career  2,233 (8th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1926 AL  46 (2nd)
1927 AL  105 (1st)
1928 AL  80 (2nd)
1929 AL  59 (3rd)
1930 AL  94 (2nd)
1931 AL  85 (2nd)
1932 AL  74 (3rd)
1933 AL  65 (2nd)
1934 AL  93 (1st)
1935 AL  67 (2nd)
1936 AL  87 (1st)
1937 AL  73 (1st)
Career  979 (5th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1926 AL  4.4 (2nd)
1927 AL  9.7 (1st)
1928 AL  7.5 (2nd)
1929 AL  5.5 (3rd)
1930 AL  8.4 (2nd)
1931 AL  7.9 (2nd)
1932 AL  6.8 (3rd)
1933 AL  6.2 (2nd)
1934 AL  8.5 (1st)
1935 AL  6.2 (2nd)
1936 AL  7.6 (1st)
1937 AL  6.6 (1st)
Career  89.9 (7th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1926 AL  83 (1st)
1927 AL  117 (1st)
1928 AL  87 (2nd)
1929 AL  77 (4th)
1930 AL  100 (1st)
1931 AL  92 (1st)
1932 AL  85 (2nd)
1933 AL  85 (2nd)
1934 AL  95 (2nd)
1935 AL  66 (5th)
1936 AL  93 (2nd)
1937 AL  83 (4th)
1938 AL  67 (7th)
Career  1,190 (8th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1926 AL  285 (3rd)
1927 AL  330 (1st)
1928 AL  309 (2nd)
1929 AL  293 (2nd)
1930 AL  324 (1st)
1931 AL  328 (1st)
1932 AL  319 (2nd)
1933 AL  291 (2nd)
1934 AL  321 (1st)
1935 AL  313 (2nd)
1936 AL  342 (1st)
1937 AL  331 (1st)
1938 AL  282 (5th)
Career  4,274 (30th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1926 AL  .744 (6th)
1927 AL  .875 (2nd)
1928 AL  .836 (2nd)
1929 AL  .753 (4th)
1930 AL  .840 (2nd)
1931 AL  .824 (3rd)
1932 AL  .803 (3rd)
1933 AL  .785 (2nd)
1934 AL  .859 (1st)
1935 AL  .793 (2nd)
1936 AL  .830 (1st)
1937 AL  .823 (1st)
Career  .803 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1929 AL  5 (6th)
1935 AL  5 (5th)
1936 AL  7 (4th)
1938 AL  5 (3rd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1930 AL  18 (10th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1928 AL  11 (6th)
1930 AL  14 (2nd)
1931 AL  12 (6th)
1932 AL  11 (4th)
1933 AL  13 (2nd)
1935 AL  7 (9th)
Career  100 (116th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1926 AL  8.7 (9th)
1927 AL  16.5 (2nd)
1930 AL  18.6 (2nd)
1931 AL  24.8 (2nd)
1933 AL  14.0 (2nd)
1934 AL  15.2 (4th)
1935 AL  12.6 (6th)
Career  169.0 (127th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1934 AL  18.7 (7th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1925 AL  21.9 (3rd)
1926 AL  35.8 (9th)
1927 AL  12.4 (2nd)
1928 AL  20.8 (2nd)
1929 AL  15.8 (3rd)
1930 AL  14.2 (2nd)
1931 AL  13.5 (2nd)
1932 AL  17.5 (3rd)
1933 AL  18.5 (3rd)
1934 AL  11.8 (1st)
1935 AL  17.8 (3rd)
1936 AL  11.8 (1st)
1937 AL  15.4 (4th)
1938 AL  19.9 (9th)
Career  16.2 (35th)

Outs Made s c a p y
Career  5,488 (227th)

Youngest s c a p y
1923 AL  born 1903-06-19 (5th)
1924 AL  born 1903-06-19 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 75 (10), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 315 (13), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 352 (8), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 72 (13), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Jimmie Foxx (869) *
  2. Ted Williams (861) *
  3. Manny Ramirez (762)
  4. Mel Ott (751) *
  5. Frank Thomas (745)
  6. Jeff Bagwell (718)
  7. Stan Musial (716) *
  8. Babe Ruth (705) *
  9. Frank Robinson (695) *
  10. Al Simmons (695) *
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  1. Hank Greenberg (963) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Hank Greenberg (936) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ted Williams (919) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Hank Greenberg (900) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Hank Greenberg (886) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Joe DiMaggio (883) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Hank Greenberg (858) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Albert Pujols (839)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Albert Pujols (827)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jimmie Foxx (819) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Jimmie Foxx (844) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Jimmie Foxx (872) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Jimmie Foxx (870) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Jimmie Foxx (868) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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