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Jim Gentile

James Edward Gentile (Diamond Jim)

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: June 3, 1934 in San Francisco, CA
High School: Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory (San Francisco, CA)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1957
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Athletics/Astros/Indians/Dodgers 1957-1966

Final Game: September 30, 1966
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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
1957 23 BRO NL 4 7 6 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .167 .286 .667 .952 138 4 0 0 0 0 0 /3
1958 24 LAD NL 12 34 30 0 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 4 6 .133 .235 .167 .402 7 5 1 0 0 0 1 /3
1960 26 BAL AL 138 464 384 67 112 17 0 21 98 0 0 68 72 .292 .403 .500 .903 145 192 8 7 0 5 5 *3 AS,MVP-15,RoY-2
1961 27 BAL AL 148 601 486 96 147 25 2 46 141 1 1 96 106 .302 .423 .646 1.069 187 314 12 11 0 8 5 *3 AS,MVP-3
1962 28 BAL AL 152 639 545 80 137 21 1 33 87 1 0 77 100 .251 .346 .475 .821 125 259 13 7 0 10 16 *3 AS
1963 29 BAL AL 145 582 496 65 123 16 1 24 72 1 0 76 101 .248 .353 .429 .782 122 213 14 6 1 3 9 *3
1964 30 KCA AL 136 533 439 71 110 10 0 28 71 0 0 84 122 .251 .372 .465 .837 128 204 9 4 1 5 6 *3
1965 31 TOT MLB 119 397 345 36 84 16 1 17 53 0 0 43 98 .243 .337 .443 .780 125 153 8 6 2 1 8 3
1965 31 KCA AL 38 128 118 14 29 5 0 10 22 0 0 9 26 .246 .305 .542 .847 137 64 3 1 0 0 1 3
1965 31 HOU NL 81 269 227 22 55 11 1 7 31 0 0 34 72 .242 .352 .392 .744 117 89 5 5 2 1 7 3
1966 32 TOT MLB 82 222 191 18 41 7 1 9 22 0 0 26 57 .215 .321 .403 .724 107 77 4 4 1 0 4 3
1966 32 HOU NL 49 170 144 16 35 6 1 7 18 0 0 21 39 .243 .355 .444 .799 128 64 3 4 1 0 3 3
1966 32 CLE AL 33 52 47 2 6 1 0 2 4 0 0 5 18 .128 .212 .277 .488 39 13 1 0 0 0 1 /3
9 Yrs 936 3479 2922 434 759 113 6 179 549 3 1 475 663 .260 .368 .486 .854 136 1421 69 45 5 32 54
162 Game Avg. 162 602 506 75 131 20 1 31 95 1 0 82 115 .260 .368 .486 .854 136 246 12 8 1 6 9
BAL (4 yrs) 583 2286 1911 308 519 79 4 124 398 3 1 317 379 .272 .379 .512 .891 145 978 47 31 1 26 35
KCA (2 yrs) 174 661 557 85 139 15 0 38 93 0 0 93 148 .250 .359 .481 .840 130 268 12 5 1 5 7
LAD (2 yrs) 16 41 36 1 5 1 0 1 5 0 0 5 7 .139 .244 .250 .494 29 9 1 0 0 0 1
HOU (2 yrs) 130 439 371 38 90 17 2 14 49 0 0 55 111 .243 .353 .412 .766 122 153 8 9 3 1 10
CLE (1 yr) 33 52 47 2 6 1 0 2 4 0 0 5 18 .128 .212 .277 .488 39 13 1 0 0 0 1
AL (7 yrs) 790 2999 2515 395 664 95 4 164 495 3 1 415 545 .264 .372 .501 .873 139 1259 60 36 2 31 43
NL (4 yrs) 146 480 407 39 95 18 2 15 54 0 0 60 118 .233 .344 .398 .742 113 162 9 9 3 1 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
1957 23 BRO NL 4 7 1 0 0 0 -0 1 0.1 0 2 0.2 .534 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $ /3
1958 24 LAD NL 12 34 -5 0 0 -1 -0 -6 -0.7 1 -5 -0.6 .444 .496 -0.4 -0.2 -4 $ /3
1960 26 BAL AL 138 464 23 0 0 0 -6 18 1.7 13 30 3.0 .513 .511 3.1 -0.7 30 $8,000 *3 AS,MVP-15,RoY-2
1961 27 BAL AL 148 601 56 -3 -1 8 -8 52 5.1 16 69 6.7 .536 .533 6.1 -0.2 61 $15,000 *3 AS,MVP-3
1962 28 BAL AL 152 639 15 -1 -1 2 -9 6 0.4 17 23 2.1 .504 .504 2.1 -0.9 21 $30,000 *3 AS
1963 29 BAL AL 145 582 12 -2 -1 7 -8 8 0.7 16 24 2.3 .506 .505 1.7 -0.3 17 $ *3
1964 30 KCA AL 136 533 16 -1 -0 -6 -7 1 -0.1 15 16 1.4 .501 .501 2.3 -1.7 22 $ *3
1965 31 KCA AL 38 128 6 -0 1 -3 -2 2 0.2 4 6 0.6 .506 .501 0.9 -0.5 8 $ 3
1965 31 HOU NL 81 269 4 -3 -0 -3 -4 -6 -0.7 9 3 0.2 .492 .496 0.6 -0.8 6 $28,500 3
1966 32 HOU NL 49 170 5 -1 -0 -2 -2 -0 0.0 6 6 0.6 .500 .500 0.8 -0.4 8 $ 3
1966 32 CLE AL 33 52 -4 -0 0 -1 -0 -6 -0.7 2 -4 -0.5 .479 .496 -0.4 -0.2 -3 $26,500 /3
9 Seasons 936 3479 130 -10 -2 1 -47 70 6.0 99 169 16.0 .508 .504 16.9 -5.8 168 $108,000
BAL (4 yrs) 583 2286 106 -6 -3 17 -31 84 7.8 63 146 14.1 .515 .513 13.0 -2.0 129 $53,000
KCA (2 yrs) 174 661 22 -1 0 -9 -9 3 0.1 18 22 2.0 .502 .501 3.2 -2.2 31 $
LAD (2 yrs) 16 41 -4 0 0 -1 -1 -5 -0.5 1 -4 -0.4 .467 .498 -0.3 -0.2 -3 $
HOU (2 yrs) 130 439 9 -4 -1 -5 -6 -6 -0.7 15 9 0.8 .495 .498 1.4 -1.2 14 $28,500
CLE (1 yr) 33 52 -4 -0 0 -1 -0 -6 -0.7 2 -4 -0.5 .479 .496 -0.4 -0.2 -3 $26,500

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
1957 23 BRO NL 7 5 1 5.4 110 .000 .167 .279 .286 .343 .667 .432 .952 .775 138 .572 0.2 0.0 1.000 .667 .500 .0
1958 24 LAD NL 34 27 1 1.0 110 .167 .133 .274 .235 .343 .167 .429 .402 .772 7 .056 -4.1 -0.4 .333 .167 .033
1960 26 BAL AL 464 285 82 7.8 101 .307 .292 .262 .403 .336 .500 .401 .903 .737 145 .731 27.2 2.7 .954 .385 .208 .0
1961 27 BAL AL 601 360 138 10.2 100 .295 .302 .259 .423 .334 .646 .403 1.069 .737 187 .809 63.7 6.1 1.196 .541 .344 2.0
1962 28 BAL AL 639 431 92 5.7 97 .246 .251 .256 .346 .327 .475 .399 .821 .726 125 .604 20.6 2.0 .817 .367 .224 1.9
1963 29 BAL AL 582 391 77 5.3 91 .265 .248 .251 .353 .316 .429 .387 .782 .703 122 .606 16.9 1.7 .765 .337 .181 1.9
1964 30 KCA AL 533 344 81 6.3 99 .279 .251 .260 .372 .329 .465 .404 .837 .734 128 .676 19.5 2.0 .864 .405 .214 .0
1965 31 TOT MLB 397 272 52 5.2 88 .290 .243 .249 .337 .314 .443 .378 .780 .692 125 .603 11.9 1.2 .751 .325 .200 .0
1965 31 KCA AL 128 92 19 5.6 91 .232 .246 .250 .305 .319 .542 .382 .847 .702 137 .643 4.9 0.5 .804 .373 .297 .0
1965 31 HOU NL 269 180 33 5.0 87 .322 .242 .249 .352 .311 .392 .376 .744 .687 117 .581 7.0 0.7 .723 .300 .150 .0
1966 32 TOT MLB 222 155 27 4.7 90 .256 .215 .254 .321 .314 .403 .386 .724 .700 107 .556 2.3 0.2 .695 .325 .188 .0
1966 32 HOU NL 170 113 24 5.7 90 .286 .243 .256 .355 .314 .444 .386 .799 .701 128 .635 6.2 0.6 .795 .347 .201 .0
1966 32 CLE AL 52 42 3 1.9 90 .148 .128 .248 .212 .315 .277 .383 .488 .698 39 .216 -3.9 -0.4 .429 .255 .149 .0
9 Yrs 3479 2270 551 6.5 96 .275 .260 .256 .368 .326 .486 .396 .854 .722 136 .675 158.3 15.6 .870 .390 .227 5.9
162 Game Avg. 602 393 95 6.5 96 .275 .260 .256 .368 .326 .486 .396 .854 .722 136 .675 27 3 .870 .390 .227 1
BAL (4 yrs) 2286 1467 389 7.1 97 .275 .272 .257 .379 .328 .512 .397 .891 .725 145 .701 128.5 12.5 .922 .407 .240 5.9
KCA (2 yrs) 661 436 100 6.2 98 .269 .250 .258 .359 .327 .481 .400 .840 .727 130 .670 24.4 2.5 .851 .399 .232 .0
LAD (2 yrs) 41 32 2 1.7 110 .143 .139 .275 .244 .343 .250 .429 .494 .772 29 .134 -3.8 -0.4 .438 .250 .111 .0
HOU (2 yrs) 439 293 57 5.3 88 .308 .243 .252 .353 .312 .412 .380 .766 .692 122 .604 13.1 1.4 .751 .318 .170 .0
CLE (1 yr) 52 42 3 1.9 90 .148 .128 .248 .212 .315 .277 .383 .488 .698 39 .215 -3.9 -0.4 .429 .255 .149 .0
AL (7 yrs) 2999 1945 492 6.8 97 .272 .264 .257 .372 .327 .501 .398 .873 .725 139 .689 149.0 14.6 .895 .402 .237 5.9
NL (4 yrs) 480 325 59 4.9 90 .291 .233 .254 .344 .315 .398 .384 .742 .699 113 .568 9.3 1.0 .720 .312 .165 .0

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
1960 BAL AL 26 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1960 BAL AL 26 DNP
1961 BAL AL 27 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 BAL AL 27 DNP
1962 BAL AL 28 as 1B 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 BAL AL 28 as 1B 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .400 .250 .650 1 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (4 GP) 13 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .182 .308 .182 .490 2 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
1957 23 BRO NL 7 14.3% 14.3% 14.3% 14.3% 100% 1.00 6.0 6.0 6.0 0.50 57%
1958 24 LAD NL 34 0.0% 17.7% 11.8% 2.9% 25% 1.50 5.0 7.5 0.64 71%
1960 26 BAL AL 464 4.5% 15.5% 14.7% 8.2% 34% 1.06 5.3 18.3 3.9 1.03 64%
1961 27 BAL AL 601 7.7% 17.6% 16.0% 12.2% 50% 1.10 4.6 10.6 3.4 1.07 57%
1962 28 BAL AL 639 5.2% 15.7% 12.1% 8.6% 40% 1.30 5.5 16.5 6.3 0.79 66%
1963 29 BAL AL 582 4.1% 17.4% 13.1% 7.0% 33% 1.33 4.9 20.7 6.9 1.07 64%
1964 30 KCA AL 533 5.3% 22.9% 15.8% 7.1% 35% 1.45 3.6 15.7 6.2 0.76 55%
1965 31 TOT MLB 397 4.3% 24.7% 10.8% 8.6% 41% 2.28 3.5 20.3 6.5 1.14 58%
1965 31 KCA AL 128 7.8% 20.3% 7.0% 11.7% 52% 2.89 4.5 11.8 5.4 0.97 64%
1965 31 HOU NL 269 2.6% 26.8% 12.6% 7.1% 35% 2.12 3.2 32.4 7.3 1.26 55%
1966 32 TOT MLB 222 4.1% 25.7% 11.7% 7.7% 42% 2.19 3.4 21.2 8.7 0.85 56%
1966 32 HOU NL 170 4.1% 22.9% 12.4% 8.2% 40% 1.86 3.7 20.6 8.0 0.87 58%
1966 32 CLE AL 52 3.9% 34.6% 9.6% 5.8% 50% 3.60 2.6 23.5 11.8 0.79 52%
9 Yrs 3479 5.2% 19.1% 13.7% 8.6% 39% 1.40 4.4 16.3 5.3 0.94 61%
MLB Averages 2.3% 14.3% 8.4% 6.5% 29% 1.71 6.2 38.7 8.6 1.06 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1957 23 BRO NL 0.2 0.0 7 0.2 0.2 -0.1 .87 0.1 0.1 0.8 0.1 1.13 0.7 0.76 1
1958 24 LAD NL -4.1 -0.4 34 -0.5 0.3 -0.8 1.17 -0.4 0.0 -4.0 -0.4 1.05 -5.0 0.84 4
1960 26 BAL AL 27.2 2.7 468 3.7 11.8 -8.2 1.15 2.9 0.3 49.3 4.9 1.03 31.2 1.49 29
1961 27 BAL AL 63.7 6.1 612 7.3 16.6 -9.3 1.06 5.8 1.1 77.1 7.5 0.99 67.2 1.86 11
1962 28 BAL AL 20.6 2.0 644 1.9 13.9 -12.0 1.13 2.1 -0.4 13.0 1.3 0.95 24.0 1.54 2
1963 29 BAL AL 16.9 1.7 592 1.1 11.1 -10.1 1.07 1.7 -0.7 18.2 1.9 0.96 19.6 1.68 3
1964 30 KCA AL 19.5 2.0 536 0.4 9.8 -9.3 1.06 2.3 -1.9 24.1 2.4 0.96 25.9 1.41 6
1965 31 TOT MLB 11.9 1.2 404 0.2 7.8 -7.5 1.14 1.0 -0.8 9.3 1.0 1.02 13.6 1.52 14
1965 31 KCA AL 4.9 0.5 130 -0.7 2.8 -3.5 1.32 0.4 -0.9 2.3 0.2 1.08 5.9 1.08 4
1965 31 HOU NL 7.0 0.7 274 0.9 5.0 -4.1 1.05 0.6 0.3 7.1 0.8 1.00 7.7 1.70 10
1966 32 TOT MLB 2.3 0.2 225 -0.2 4.4 -4.5 1.13 0.4 -0.5 0.2 0.0 0.97 3.4 1.87 31
1966 32 HOU NL 6.2 0.6 173 0.9 3.6 -2.8 .99 0.9 -0.0 6.1 0.7 0.95 7.8 1.72 9
1966 32 CLE AL -3.9 -0.4 52 -1.0 0.7 -1.7 1.60 -0.5 -0.2 -6.0 -0.6 1.04 -4.4 1.93 22
9 Yrs 158.3 15.6 3522 14.1 75.9 -61.8 1.10 15.8 -3.0 188.1 18.7 0.98 180.4 1.62 101

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
1957 23 BRO NL 1 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 24 LAD NL 0 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 26 BAL AL 2 0 28% 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 6 41% 29 21 7 10 7 3 10 0 10
1961 27 BAL AL 2 0 24% 254 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 13 29% 47 40 7 8 6 2 22 8 13
1962 28 BAL AL 7 0 25% 236 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 13 34% 29 22 7 6 5 0 9 1 8
1963 29 BAL AL 3 0 23% 218 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 9 30% 38 28 9 6 5 1 16 7 8
1964 30 KCA AL 3 0 25% 217 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 40% 30 22 7 8 5 3 15 4 11
1965 31 TOT MLB 4 0 16% 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 12 16% 27 23 2 1 0 1 10 5 3
1965 31 KCA AL 2 0 14% 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 14% 5 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1965 31 HOU NL 2 0 17% 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 9 16% 22 18 2 1 0 1 8 4 2
1966 32 TOT MLB 1 0 15% 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 22% 12 9 3 1 1 0 5 4 1
1966 32 HOU NL 1 0 17% 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 22% 12 9 3 1 1 0 5 4 1
1966 32 CLE AL 0 0 0% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 23 0 23% 1288 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 39 67 31% 212 165 42 40 29 10 87 29 54

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
1957 23 BRO NL 7 100% 1 1 0 0 0 0.76 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1958 24 LAD NL 34 97% 4 4 1 0 0 0.84 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 2 0 0% 27 4 15% 0 0 0 0 0
1960 26 BAL AL 464 85% 112 29 9 1 5 1.49 21 1 20 18 3 10 11 0 0 0 109 8 7% 37 10 27% 365 78 21% 34 21 62% 19 13 68% 0
1961 27 BAL AL 601 73% 147 11 3 1 2 1.86 46 5 20 38 8 16 30 0 0 0 129 12 9% 55 18 33% 438 98 22% 50 29 58% 27 17 63% 0
1962 28 BAL AL 639 72% 137 2 0 0 0 1.54 33 0 10 24 9 10 23 0 0 0 113 13 12% 61 16 26% 397 58 15% 55 22 40% 22 12 55% 0
1963 29 BAL AL 582 79% 123 3 1 0 1 1.68 24 0 14 20 4 11 13 0 1 1 100% 95 14 15% 50 16 32% 353 50 14% 28 16 57% 24 16 67% 0
1964 30 KCA AL 533 71% 110 6 1 0 0 1.41 28 0 8 21 7 18 10 0 1 1 100% 105 9 9% 41 11 27% 335 45 13% 25 15 60% 16 9 56% 0
1965 31 TOT MLB 397 76% 84 14 3 1 3 1.52 17 0 9 15 2 4 13 0 2 2 100% 90 8 9% 33 8 24% 291 37 13% 20 8 40% 12 5 42% 0
1965 31 KCA AL 128 67% 29 4 1 0 1 1.08 10 0 3 9 1 4 6 0 0 0 37 3 8% 18 4 22% 104 13 13% 5 1 20% 6 2 33% 0
1965 31 HOU NL 269 80% 55 10 2 1 2 1.70 7 0 6 6 1 0 7 0 2 2 100% 53 5 9% 15 4 27% 187 24 13% 15 7 47% 6 3 50% 0
1966 32 TOT MLB 222 79% 41 31 6 1 2 1.87 9 0 4 7 2 6 3 0 1 1 100% 38 4 11% 16 1 6% 150 13 9% 11 2 18% 10 7 70% 0
1966 32 HOU NL 170 80% 35 9 2 0 1 1.72 7 0 3 6 1 4 3 0 1 1 100% 28 3 11% 12 0 0% 110 11 10% 10 2 20% 9 6 67% 0
1966 32 CLE AL 52 75% 6 22 4 1 1 1.93 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 10 1 10% 4 1 25% 40 2 5% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
9 Yrs 3479 76% 759 101 24 4 13 1.62 179 6 86 144 35 76 103 0 5 5 100% 687 69 10% 296 80 27% 2361 383 16% 223 113 51% 130 79 61% 0
MLB Averages 51% 75% 10% 30% 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
1957 23 4 7 6 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .167 .286 .667 .952 138 4 0 0 0 0 0
1958 24 16 41 36 1 5 1 0 1 5 0 0 5 7 .139 .244 .250 .494 29 9 1 0 0 0 1
1959 25 16 41 36 1 5 1 0 1 5 0 0 5 7 .139 .244 .250 .494 29 9 1 0 0 0 1
1960 26 154 505 420 68 117 18 0 22 103 0 0 73 79 .279 .390 .479 .869 135 201 9 7 0 5 6
1961 27 302 1106 906 164 264 43 2 68 244 1 1 169 185 .291 .408 .568 .976 163 515 21 18 0 13 11
1962 28 454 1745 1451 244 401 64 3 101 331 2 1 246 285 .276 .385 .533 .919 149 774 34 25 0 23 27
1963 29 599 2327 1947 309 524 80 4 125 403 3 1 322 386 .269 .377 .507 .884 142 987 48 31 1 26 36
1964 30 735 2860 2386 380 634 90 4 153 474 3 1 406 508 .266 .376 .499 .875 140 1191 57 35 2 31 42
1965 31 854 3257 2731 416 718 106 5 170 527 3 1 449 606 .263 .371 .492 .863 138 1344 65 41 4 32 50
1966 32 936 3479 2922 434 759 113 6 179 549 3 1 475 663 .260 .368 .486 .854 136 1421 69 45 5 32 54

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
1957 23 4 7 6 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 .167 .286 .667 .952 1 4
1958 24 13 35 31 0 4 1 0 0 4 0 4 6 .129 .229 .161 .390 1 12
1960 26 145 489 405 72 119 18 0 22 105 0 72 76 .294 .405 .501 .906 82 138
1961 27 148 603 487 97 148 25 2 46 143 1 97 106 .304 .425 .647 1.071 133 148
1962 28 152 647 550 84 142 22 1 34 92 1 80 100 .258 .354 .487 .841 94 152
1963 29 145 598 506 74 133 17 1 26 82 1 82 101 .263 .370 .455 .825 84 145
1964 30 135 535 439 74 112 10 0 29 74 0 86 121 .255 .378 .476 .854 79 136
1965 31 119 407 351 42 91 17 1 18 62 0 47 98 .259 .356 .467 .823 58 119
1966 32 82 229 195 21 45 8 1 10 25 0 29 57 .231 .342 .436 .778 28 82
9 Yrs 943 3550 2970 465 795 118 6 186 588 3 498 666 .268 .377 .499 .877 560 936
162 Game Avg. 162 610 510 80 137 20 1 32 101 1 86 114 .268 .377 .499 .877 96 936

* 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
1960-1 *
1960-2
1961-1 *
1961-2
1962-1 (1B)
1962-2 (1B)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1960 AL (15, 6%)
1961 AL (3, 56%)
0.62 Career Shares (377th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1961 AL  6.7 (5th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1961 AL  6.7 (5th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1961 AL  6.1 (4th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1961 AL  .302 (5th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1961 AL  .423 (3rd)

Slugging % s c a p y
1961 AL  .646 (3rd)
Career  .486 (154th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1961 AL  1.069 (3rd)
1964 AL  .837 (9th)
Career  .854 (153rd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1961 AL  96 (8th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1961 AL  314 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1961 AL  46 (3rd)
1962 AL  33 (5th)
1964 AL  28 (10th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1960 AL  98 (5th)
1961 AL  141 (1st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1961 AL  96 (6th)
1963 AL  76 (9th)
1964 AL  84 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1961 AL  106 (7th)
1962 AL  100 (8th)
1963 AL  101 (9th)
1964 AL  122 (6th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1961 AL  187 (3rd)
Career  136 (104th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1961 AL  138 (4th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1960 AL  27 (6th)
1961 AL  64 (3rd)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1960 AL  2.7 (6th)
1961 AL  6.1 (3rd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1961 AL  73 (4th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1961 AL  254 (9th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1961 AL  .809 (3rd)
Career  .675 (123rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1960 AL  7 (9th)
1961 AL  11 (2nd)
1962 AL  7 (8th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1961 AL  8 (6th)
1962 AL  10 (1st)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1962 AL  16 (1st)
1963 AL  9 (4th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1961 AL  10.6 (3rd)
1962 AL  16.5 (5th)
1964 AL  15.7 (5th)
Career  16.3 (38th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1960 AL  49.27 (3rd)
1961 AL  77.14 (3rd)
Career  188.09 (222nd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1960 AL  3.7 (7th)
1961 AL  7.3 (3rd)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1960 AL  2.9 (8th)
1961 AL  5.8 (4th)
Career  15.8 (240th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1960 AL  4.9 (3rd)
1961 AL  7.5 (3rd)
Career  18.7 (219th)

                           

† 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

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Black InkBatting - 4 (422), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 36 (683), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 34 (567), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 16 (993), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. John Jaha (937)
  2. Paul Sorrento (930)
  3. Henry Rodriguez (924)
  4. Glenn Davis (921)
  5. Nate Colbert (918)
  6. Dale Long (918)
  7. Lee Stevens (914)
  8. Steve Balboni (912)
  9. Tony Conigliaro (912)
  10. Adam LaRoche (911)
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  1. Dick Stuart (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Dick Stuart (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Dick Stuart (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Carlos Pena (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Paul Sorrento (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Paul Sorrento (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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