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Gary Geiger

Gary Merle Geiger

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 168 lb.

Born: April 4, 1937 in Sand Ridge, IL
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1958 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Braves/Astros/Indians 1958-1970

Final Game: July 10, 1970 (Age 33)
Died: April 24, 1996 in Murphysboro, IL
Buried: Pleasant Grove Memorial Park, Murphysboro, IL
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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
1958 21 CLE AL 91 229 195 28 45 3 1 1 6 2 2 27 43 .231 .330 .272 .602 69 53 1 3 2 2 0 8/9571
1959 22 BOS AL 120 360 335 45 82 10 4 11 48 9 3 21 55 .245 .289 .397 .686 84 133 5 0 3 1 0 87/9
1960 23 BOS AL 77 274 245 32 74 13 3 9 33 2 2 23 38 .302 .369 .490 .859 128 120 7 3 2 0 0 9/87
1961 24 BOS AL 140 600 499 82 116 21 6 18 64 16 4 87 91 .232 .349 .407 .756 101 203 7 4 6 3 4 *8
1962 25 BOS AL 131 543 466 67 116 18 4 16 54 18 11 67 66 .249 .344 .408 .752 100 190 5 2 5 3 3 *8
1963 26 BOS AL 121 440 399 67 105 13 5 16 44 9 4 36 63 .263 .327 .441 .768 111 176 5 3 0 2 2 8/397
1964 27 BOS AL 5 15 13 3 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 .385 .467 .538 1.005 174 7 0 0 0 0 0 /98
1965 28 BOS AL 24 58 45 5 9 3 0 1 2 3 0 13 10 .200 .379 .333 .713 100 15 0 0 0 0 1 8/7
1966 29 ATL NL 78 151 126 23 33 5 3 4 10 0 1 21 29 .262 .367 .444 .811 122 56 1 1 1 2 1 89/7
1967 30 ATL NL 69 140 117 17 19 1 1 1 5 1 1 20 35 .162 .285 .214 .498 46 25 2 0 3 0 0 8/79
1969 32 HOU NL 93 156 125 19 28 4 1 0 16 2 1 24 34 .224 .351 .272 .623 79 34 1 1 5 1 2 79/8
1970 33 HOU NL 5 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 37 1 0 0 0 0 0 /7
12 Yrs 954 2970 2569 388 633 91 29 77 283 62 29 341 466 .246 .337 .394 .731 98 1013 34 17 27 14 13
162 Game Avg. 162 504 436 66 107 15 5 13 48 11 5 58 79 .246 .337 .394 .731 98 172 6 3 5 2 2
BOS (7 yrs) 618 2290 2002 301 507 78 23 71 246 57 24 249 325 .253 .338 .422 .760 104 844 29 12 16 9 10
ATL (2 yrs) 147 291 243 40 52 6 4 5 15 1 2 41 64 .214 .328 .333 .661 86 81 3 1 4 2 1
HOU (2 yrs) 98 160 129 19 29 4 1 0 16 2 1 24 34 .225 .348 .271 .620 78 35 1 1 5 1 2
CLE (1 yr) 91 229 195 28 45 3 1 1 6 2 2 27 43 .231 .330 .272 .602 69 53 1 3 2 2 0
AL (8 yrs) 709 2519 2197 329 552 81 24 72 252 59 26 276 368 .251 .337 .408 .746 101 897 30 15 18 11 10
NL (4 yrs) 245 451 372 59 81 10 5 5 31 3 3 65 98 .218 .335 .312 .647 83 116 4 2 9 3 3

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1958 21 CLE AL 91 229 -6 0 1 8 -1 3 0.2 7 10 1.0 .503 .502 0.1 0.8 2 8/9571
1959 22 BOS AL 120 360 -3 1 1 5 -3 2 0.1 11 13 1.2 .501 .501 0.7 0.1 8 87/9
1960 23 BOS AL 77 274 9 1 1 -3 -3 6 0.5 8 14 1.3 .508 .504 1.7 -0.7 17 9/87
1961 24 BOS AL 140 600 0 3 2 -4 -1 -0 -0.2 18 18 1.6 .500 .500 2.2 -0.6 22 *8
1962 25 BOS AL 131 543 2 -2 2 -0 -1 2 -0.1 17 18 1.6 .501 .501 1.8 -0.2 19 *8
1963 26 BOS AL 121 440 6 -1 1 2 -1 7 0.6 13 20 2.0 .507 .505 1.9 -0.0 18 8/397
1964 27 BOS AL 5 15 1 0 0 -0 -0 1 0.1 0 2 0.2 .526 .501 0.2 -0.1 2 /98
1965 28 BOS AL 24 58 1 0 0 0 -0 2 0.2 2 4 0.4 .510 .501 0.3 0.0 3 8/7
1966 29 ATL NL 78 151 3 -1 1 -5 -1 -3 -0.3 5 3 0.3 .496 .498 0.7 -0.6 7 89/7
1967 30 ATL NL 69 140 -6 0 0 -3 -1 -10 -1.1 5 -4 -0.6 .484 .493 -0.2 -0.4 -1 $20,000 8/79
1969 32 HOU NL 93 156 -4 -0 0 2 -2 -5 -0.5 5 1 0.0 .494 .497 -0.2 -0.0 -1 79/8
1970 33 HOU NL 5 4 -0 -0 0 -0 -0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .488 .500 -0.0 -0.0 -0 /7
12 Seasons 954 2970 3 3 10 1 -13 4 -0.4 93 97 8.9 .500 .500 9.3 -1.8 96 $20,000
BOS (7 yrs) 618 2290 16 3 8 -0 -9 19 1.3 70 89 8.2 .503 .502 8.9 -1.5 89
ATL (2 yrs) 147 291 -3 -1 1 -8 -2 -12 -1.3 10 -2 -0.3 .490 .496 0.5 -1.0 6 $20,000
HOU (2 yrs) 98 160 -5 -0 0 1 -2 -5 -0.6 5 0 -0.0 .494 .498 -0.2 -0.1 -1
CLE (1 yr) 91 229 -6 0 1 8 -1 3 0.2 7 10 1.0 .503 .502 0.1 0.8 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
1958 21 CLE AL 229 157 20 3.4 97 .288 .231 .260 .330 .329 .272 .396 .602 .725 69 .395 -7.2 -0.7 .542 .179 .041 1.3
1959 22 BOS AL 360 265 38 3.8 102 .263 .245 .265 .289 .337 .397 .405 .686 .742 84 .440 -9.7 -1.0 .613 .233 .152 9.9
1960 23 BOS AL 274 182 43 6.4 104 .328 .302 .267 .369 .341 .490 .408 .859 .749 128 .655 9.2 0.9 .811 .282 .188 3.3
1961 24 BOS AL 600 403 78 5.2 105 .249 .232 .265 .349 .340 .407 .412 .756 .753 101 .548 2.1 0.2 .777 .373 .174 16.9
1962 25 BOS AL 543 374 69 5.0 105 .258 .249 .266 .344 .339 .408 .415 .752 .755 100 .539 0.2 0.0 .727 .318 .159 16.9
1963 26 BOS AL 440 305 59 5.2 97 .276 .263 .259 .327 .326 .441 .400 .768 .725 111 .599 4.9 0.5 .726 .281 .178 11.5
1964 27 BOS AL 15 8 4 13.5 100 .455 .385 .261 .467 .331 .538 .406 1.005 .736 174 .892 1.3 0.1 1.125 .308 .154
1965 28 BOS AL 58 36 7 5.2 97 .235 .200 .257 .379 .328 .333 .394 .713 .723 100 .618 0.8 0.1 .861 .489 .133 1.5
1966 29 ATL NL 151 98 22 6.1 99 .305 .262 .268 .367 .327 .444 .404 .811 .731 122 .659 4.5 0.5 .811 .341 .183 .0
1967 30 ATL NL 140 104 8 2.1 90 .222 .162 .257 .285 .319 .214 .377 .498 .696 46 .234 -7.9 -0.8 .446 .222 .051 1.0
1969 32 HOU NL 156 105 14 3.6 93 .304 .224 .257 .351 .327 .272 .381 .623 .708 79 .429 -2.2 -0.2 .606 .248 .048 .0
1970 33 HOU NL 4 3 0 0.0 100 .250 .250 .262 .250 .334 .250 .400 .500 .735 37 .000 -0.4 -0.0 .333 .000 .000
12 Yrs 2970 2040 362 4.8 101 .273 .246 .263 .337 .334 .394 .404 .731 .739 98 .537 -4.4 -0.5 .702 .293 .148 68.7
162 Game Avg. 504 346 61 4.8 101 .273 .246 .263 .337 .334 .394 .404 .731 .739 98 .537 -4.4 -0.5 .702 .293 .148 12
BOS (7 yrs) 2290 1573 298 5.1 103 .270 .253 .264 .338 .336 .422 .408 .760 .745 104 .560 8.7 0.9 .735 .309 .168 63.2
ATL (2 yrs) 291 202 30 4.0 94 .267 .214 .263 .328 .323 .333 .391 .661 .715 86 .489 -3.4 -0.4 .622 .284 .119 1.7
HOU (2 yrs) 160 108 14 3.5 93 .302 .225 .257 .348 .327 .271 .382 .620 .709 78 .416 -2.6 -0.3 .598 .240 .047 .0
CLE (1 yr) 229 157 20 3.4 97 .288 .231 .260 .330 .329 .272 .396 .602 .725 69 .396 -7.2 -0.7 .542 .179 .041 1.3
AL (8 yrs) 2519 1730 318 4.9 102 .271 .251 .264 .337 .336 .408 .407 .746 .743 101 .547 1.5 0.1 .718 .298 .157 64.9
NL (4 yrs) 451 310 44 3.8 94 .279 .218 .261 .335 .325 .312 .388 .647 .713 83 .464 -6.0 -0.7 .614 .269 .094 3.8

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
1958 21 CLE AL 229 0.4% 18.8% 11.8% 2.2% 11% 1.59 4.5 195.0 32.5 0.93 67%
1959 22 BOS AL 360 3.1% 15.3% 5.8% 6.9% 31% 2.62 6.1 30.5 7.0 1.01 75%
1960 23 BOS AL 274 3.3% 13.9% 8.4% 9.1% 34% 1.65 6.4 27.2 7.4 1.43 72%
1961 24 BOS AL 600 3.0% 15.2% 14.5% 7.5% 39% 1.05 5.5 27.7 7.8 0.94 66%
1962 25 BOS AL 543 3.0% 12.2% 12.3% 7.0% 33% 0.99 7.1 29.1 8.6 0.98 71%
1963 26 BOS AL 440 3.6% 14.3% 8.2% 7.7% 32% 1.75 6.3 24.9 9.1 0.93 73%
1964 27 BOS AL 15 0.0% 13.3% 13.3% 6.7% 20% 1.00 6.5 13.0 5.00 73%
1965 28 BOS AL 58 1.7% 17.2% 22.4% 6.9% 44% 0.77 4.5 45.0 22.5 0.71 59%
1966 29 ATL NL 151 2.7% 19.2% 13.9% 8.0% 36% 1.38 4.3 31.5 12.6 0.68 63%
1967 30 ATL NL 140 0.7% 25.0% 14.3% 2.1% 16% 1.75 3.3 117.0 23.4 0.94 58%
1969 32 HOU NL 156 0.0% 21.8% 15.4% 3.2% 18% 1.42 3.7 7.8 1.18 59%
1970 33 HOU NL 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 0.50 100%
12 Yrs 2970 2.6% 15.7% 11.5% 6.6% 31% 1.37 5.5 33.4 9.1 0.99 69%
MLB Averages 2.2% 14.8% 8.4% 6.3% 28% 1.77 6.0 40.5 8.9 1.08 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1958 21 CLE AL -7.2 -0.7 234 -0.7 3.0 -3.7 1.01 -0.6 -0.1 -4.3 -0.4 0.90 -6.0 1.36 30
1959 22 BOS AL -9.7 -1.0 378 0.9 7.2 -6.3 1.03 0.5 0.4 6.2 0.6 0.96 6.8 1.04 24
1960 23 BOS AL 9.2 0.9 281 0.7 5.1 -4.3 .94 1.1 -0.3 5.9 0.6 0.98 9.5 1.72 12
1961 24 BOS AL 2.1 0.2 624 2.0 11.9 -9.9 1.03 1.3 0.6 17.1 1.6 0.95 14.5 2.43 5
1962 25 BOS AL 0.2 0.0 582 0.7 9.8 -9.0 .99 1.2 -0.4 6.0 0.6 0.92 13.6 1.70 8
1963 26 BOS AL 4.9 0.5 460 1.3 8.8 -7.5 1.00 1.4 -0.0 15.5 1.6 0.91 16.0 1.50 23
1964 27 BOS AL 1.3 0.1 15 0.3 0.6 -0.2 1.35 0.2 0.1 2.2 0.2 0.96 1.7 3.31 1
1965 28 BOS AL 0.8 0.1 61 -0.1 0.9 -1.0 1.12 0.0 -0.2 1.8 0.2 0.98 2.2 1.13 7
1966 29 ATL NL 4.5 0.5 139 0.2 2.5 -2.3 .99 0.7 -0.4 2.1 0.2 0.93 9.3 1.54 24
1967 30 ATL NL -7.9 -0.8 142 -0.3 2.0 -2.3 1.03 -0.6 0.4 -6.4 -0.7 0.99 -5.7 1.21 22
1969 32 HOU NL -2.2 -0.2 161 1.0 2.9 -1.9 .94 -0.0 1.0 2.0 0.2 1.00 -1.3 1.41 26
1970 33 HOU NL -0.4 -0.0 4 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .66 -0.0 -0.1 -0.5 -0.1 0.83 -0.5 1.27 2
12 Yrs -4.4 -0.5 3081 6.0 54.6 -48.6 1.00 5.0 1.0 47.6 4.6 0.94 60.3 1.42 184

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1958 21 CLE AL 4 0 37% 104 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 6 60% 19 10 9 5 2 3 6 0 6
1959 22 BOS AL 11 0 37% 128 9 3 75% 8 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 2 11 61% 21 9 12 4 1 2 11 2 8
1960 23 BOS AL 2 0 25% 103 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 5 55% 16 9 7 3 2 1 10 2 8
1961 24 BOS AL 7 0 34% 199 16 4 80% 14 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 3 0 13 50% 50 30 18 7 3 4 19 3 16
1962 25 BOS AL 9 0 30% 221 18 11 62% 17 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 3 1 15 38% 27 16 10 13 10 1 15 5 10
1963 26 BOS AL 5 0 40% 172 9 4 69% 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 1 2 13 44% 20 11 8 5 4 1 21 9 11
1964 27 BOS AL 0 0 43% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
1965 28 BOS AL 2 0 19% 25 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 0 29% 3 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 2
1966 29 ATL NL 1 0 37% 74 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 44% 5 4 1 3 2 1 8 3 5
1967 30 ATL NL 3 0 42% 56 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 47% 11 8 3 3 1 2 3 0 3
1969 32 HOU NL 0 0 36% 71 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 4 60% 6 3 3 3 1 2 6 1 4
1970 33 HOU NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Yrs 44 0 34% 1159 62 29 68% 58 26 4 1 0 1 6 0 32 0 5 10 10 74 50% 180 103 73 46 26 17 104 26 74

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 % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1958 21 CLE AL 229 92% 45 30 6 0 1 1.36 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 50% 36 1 3% 17 4 24% 103 7 7% 6 4 67% 6 2 33% 0
1959 22 BOS AL 360 84% 82 24 9 1 2 1.04 11 0 12 9 2 5 6 0 3 3 100% 71 5 7% 31 12 39% 226 39 17% 14 10 71% 13 10 77% 0
1960 23 BOS AL 274 81% 74 12 5 0 1 1.72 9 0 9 9 0 5 4 0 2 2 100% 71 7 10% 26 11 42% 203 27 13% 19 8 42% 14 9 64% 0
1961 24 BOS AL 600 80% 116 5 2 0 2 2.43 18 1 8 18 0 9 9 1 8 6 75% 132 7 5% 62 16 26% 364 48 13% 25 12 48% 13 6 46% 0
1962 25 BOS AL 543 83% 116 8 2 1 1 1.70 16 0 9 13 3 7 9 0 6 5 83% 99 5 5% 48 16 33% 273 38 14% 24 13 54% 19 8 42% 0
1963 26 BOS AL 440 90% 105 23 3 0 2 1.50 16 0 6 14 2 5 11 0 0 0 79 5 6% 36 8 22% 221 31 14% 15 9 60% 16 8 50% 0
1964 27 BOS AL 15 93% 5 1 1 0 0 3.31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 2 2 100% 9 1 11% 0 0 2 1 50% 0
1965 28 BOS AL 58 97% 9 7 0 0 0 1.13 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 14 0 0% 4 0 0% 38 1 3% 4 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
1966 29 ATL NL 151 90% 33 24 3 1 1 1.54 4 0 4 4 0 4 0 0 1 1 100% 24 1 4% 17 5 29% 79 6 8% 5 2 40% 7 4 57% 0
1967 30 ATL NL 140 85% 19 22 1 0 0 1.21 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 100% 27 2 7% 15 4 27% 83 4 5% 7 0 0% 8 5 63% 0
1969 32 HOU NL 156 92% 28 26 7 0 5 1.41 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100% 35 1 3% 14 9 64% 102 17 17% 15 7 47% 7 7 100% 0
1970 33 HOU NL 4 100% 1 2 0 0 0 1.27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
12 Yrs 2970 85% 633 184 39 3 15 1.42 77 1 62 70 7 38 39 1 32 27 84% 592 34 6% 272 87 32% 1703 219 13% 134 65 49% 107 61 57% 0
MLB Averages 52% 76% 10% 30% 14% 48% 52%

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
1958 21 91 229 195 28 45 3 1 1 6 2 2 27 43 .231 .330 .272 .602 69 53 1 3 2 2 0
1959 22 211 589 530 73 127 13 5 12 54 11 5 48 98 .240 .305 .351 .656 79 186 6 3 5 3 0
1960 23 288 863 775 105 201 26 8 21 87 13 7 71 136 .259 .325 .395 .720 95 306 13 6 7 3 0
1961 24 428 1463 1274 187 317 47 14 39 151 29 11 158 227 .249 .335 .400 .734 97 509 20 10 13 6 4
1962 25 559 2006 1740 254 433 65 18 55 205 47 22 225 293 .249 .337 .402 .739 98 699 25 12 18 9 7
1963 26 680 2446 2139 321 538 78 23 71 249 56 26 261 356 .252 .336 .409 .745 100 875 30 15 18 11 9
1964 27 685 2461 2152 324 543 78 24 71 250 56 26 263 358 .252 .336 .410 .746 101 882 30 15 18 11 9
1965 28 709 2519 2197 329 552 81 24 72 252 59 26 276 368 .251 .337 .408 .746 101 897 30 15 18 11 10
1966 29 787 2670 2323 352 585 86 27 76 262 59 27 297 397 .252 .339 .410 .749 102 953 31 16 19 13 11
1967 30 856 2810 2440 369 604 87 28 77 267 60 28 317 432 .248 .336 .401 .737 99 978 33 16 22 13 11
1968 31 856 2810 2440 369 604 87 28 77 267 60 28 317 432 .248 .336 .401 .737 99 978 33 16 22 13 11
1969 32 949 2966 2565 388 632 91 29 77 283 62 29 341 466 .246 .337 .395 .732 98 1012 34 17 27 14 13
1970 33 954 2970 2569 388 633 91 29 77 283 62 29 341 466 .246 .337 .394 .731 98 1013 34 17 27 14 13

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
1958 21 95 241 205 31 48 3 1 1 7 2 29 45 .234 .335 .273 .608 19 91
1959 22 125 374 348 45 84 10 4 11 48 9 22 57 .241 .286 .388 .674 39 120
1960 23 81 285 256 33 76 13 3 9 34 2 24 40 .297 .364 .477 .841 44 77
1961 24 140 596 497 79 114 21 6 18 62 16 86 91 .229 .346 .404 .750 68 140
1962 25 131 540 464 65 114 18 4 16 52 18 66 66 .246 .340 .405 .745 63 131
1963 26 121 444 402 70 108 13 5 16 46 9 37 63 .269 .333 .445 .779 60 121
1964 27 5 15 13 3 5 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 .385 .467 .538 1.005 3 5
1965 28 24 58 45 5 9 3 0 1 2 3 13 10 .200 .379 .333 .713 6 24
1966 29 78 153 127 25 34 5 3 4 11 0 22 29 .268 .375 .449 .824 22 78
1967 30 69 142 118 19 20 1 1 1 6 1 21 35 .169 .295 .220 .515 8 69
1969 32 93 160 127 21 30 4 1 0 18 2 26 34 .236 .368 .283 .651 13 93
1970 33 5 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
12 Yrs 967 3012 2606 396 642 91 29 77 287 62 348 472 .246 .337 .392 .730 345 954
162 Game Avg. 162 505 437 66 108 15 5 13 48 10 58 79 .246 .337 .392 .730 58 954

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1961 AL  87 (10th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1959 AL  9 (8th)
1961 AL  16 (8th)
1962 AL  18 (8th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1962 AL  11 (2nd)

SB % s c a p y
1961 AL  80.00 (4th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1959 AL  9.9 (9th)
1961 AL  16.9 (5th)
1962 AL  16.9 (3rd)
1963 AL  11.5 (6th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 8 (1560), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (1947), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Center Field (232nd), 8.9 career WAR/9.1 7yr-peak WAR/9.0 JAWS
Average HOF CF (out of 18) = 70.5 career WAR/44.1 7yr-peak WAR/57.3 JAWS

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