Greek George

Charles Peter George

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: December 25, 1912 in Waycross, GA
School: Oglethorpe University (Atlanta, GA) (All Transactions)
Debut: June 30, 1935
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Cubs/Indians/Dodgers 1935-1945

Final Game: September 3, 1945
Died: August 15, 1999 in Metairie, LA
Buried: St. Patrick Cemetery #1, New Orleans, LA
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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	Pos	Awards
1933	20	CLE-min	A	69	142	142		37	7	3	0						.261	.261	.352	.613		50					NOR · SOUA
1934	21	CLE-min	A	82	226	226		70	16	3	5						.310	.310	.473	.783		107					NOR · SOUA
1935	22	MIN-CLE-PIT-min	AA	80	270	270		80	12	2	3						.296	.296	.389	.685		105					ALB,MNE,KCY · IL,AA
1935	22	CLE	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	/2
1936	23	CLE-min	AA	107	381	381		114	25	4	11						.299	.299	.472	.772		180					MNE · AA
1936	23	CLE	AL	23	86	77	3	15	3	0	0	5	0	0	9	16	.195	.279	.234	.513	26	18		0	0	2

1937	24	CLE-min	A1	143	468	468		123	25	7	4						.263	.263	.372	.635		174					NOR · SOUA
1938	25	CLE-min	A1	148	486	486		142	20	18	8						.292	.292	.457	.749		222					NOR · SOUA
1938	25	BRO	NL	7	20	20	0	4	0	1	0	2	0		0	4	.200	.200	.300	.500	34	6	1	0	0	/2

1939	26	LAD-NYY-min	A1,AA	108	359	359		122	21	3	5						.340	.340	.457	.797		164					NVL,NWK · SOUA,IL
1940	27	LAD-min	A1	130	480	480		161	28	6	9						.335	.335	.475	.810		228					NVL · SOUA
1941	28	CHC	NL	35	67	64	4	10	2	0	0	6	0		2	10	.156	.182	.188	.369	6	12	1	0	1	2

1942	29	CHC-min	AA	109	384	359	31	100	16	6	3	36	2		19	52	.279	.318	.382	.700		137	13	2	4		MLW · AA
1944	31	CHC-min	A1	94	371	371		128	35	1	2						.345	.345	.461	.806		171					NVL · SOUA
1945	32	OAK-min	AA	25	98	82	16	26	5	0	2	19	5	2	14	2	.317	.423	.451	.874		37	2	1	1		TTO · IL
1945	32	PHA	AL	51	159	138	8	24	4	1	0	11	0	0	17	29	.174	.265	.217	.482	42	30	6	0	4	2
1946	33	MIN-min	AA	58	169	169		41	12	1	0						.243	.243	.325	.568		55					CNG · SOUA
1947	34	CHS	A	100	316	316		90	26	3	3						.285	.285	.415	.699		131					CHS · SALL
1948	35	SFG-min	B	20	49	49		8	2	0	0						.163	.163	.204	.367		10					RMD · PIED
1950	37	ABB	C	40	145	145		42	9	2	3						.290	.290	.441	.731		64					ABB · EVAN
1951	38	TFT,AMR	D	37	135	135		36	5	1	1						.267	.267	.341	.607		46					TFT,AMR · GAFL
1952	39	PTH,TFT	B,D	91	295	295		82	8	4	0						.278	.278	.332	.610		98					PTH,TFT · PIED,GAFL
1953	40	NYY-min	AA	5																							BIR · SOUA
5 Yrs				118	332	299	15	53	9	2	0	24	0	0	28	59	.177	.248	.221	.468	30	66	8	0	5
162 Game Avg.				162	456	410	21	73	12	3	0	33	0		38	81	.177	.248	.221	.468	30	91		0	7

CLE (2 yrs)				25	86	77	3	15	3	0	0	5	0	0	9	16	.195	.279	.234	.513	26	18		0	0
PHA (1 yr)				51	159	138	8	24	4	1	0	11	0	0	17	29	.174	.265	.217	.482	42	30	6	0	4
BRO (1 yr)				7	20	20	0	4	0	1	0	2	0		0	4	.200	.200	.300	.500	34	6	1	0	0
CHC (1 yr)				35	67	64	4	10	2	0	0	6	0		2	10	.156	.182	.188	.369	6	12	1	0	1

AL (3 yrs)				76	245	215	11	39	7	1	0	16	0	0	26	45	.181	.270	.223	.493	35	48	6	0	4
NL (2 yrs)				42	87	84	4	14	2	1	0	8	0		2	14	.167	.186	.214	.400	13	18	2	0	1

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
1935	22	CLE	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/2
1936	23	CLE	AL	23	86	-10	0	0	0	1	-9	-0.8	3	-6	-0.5	.465	.495	-0.5	0.1	-6	$	2

1938	25	BRO	NL	7	20	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.474	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/2

1941	28	CHC	NL	35	67	-8	0	0	0	1	-7	-0.8	2	-5	-0.5	.478	.495	-0.5	0.1	-5	$	2

1945	32	PHA	AL	51	159	-10	0	0	0	1	-9	-1.0	3	-5	-0.7	.480	.494	-0.7	0.1	-5	$	2
5 Seasons				118	332	-29	0	0	0	3	-26	-2.8	9	-17	-1.8	.477	.497	-1.8	0.3	-17	$

CLE (2 yrs)				25	86	-10	0	0	0	1	-9	-0.8	3	-6	-0.5	.468	.498	-0.5	0.1	-6	$
PHA (1 yr)				51	159	-10	0	0	0	1	-9	-1.0	3	-5	-0.7	.480	.494	-0.7	0.1	-5	$
BRO (1 yr)				7	20	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.474	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
CHC (1 yr)				35	67	-8	0	0	0	1	-7	-0.8	2	-5	-0.5	.478	.495	-0.5	0.1	-5	$

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
1936	23	CLE	AL	86	62	5	2.1	124	.246	.195	.302	.279	.378	.234	.444	.513	.823	26	.150	-9.2	-0.8	.435	.156	.039

1938	25	BRO	NL	20	17	1	1.6	101	.250	.200	.278	.200	.343	.300	.396	.500	.739	34	.133	-2.0	-0.2	.353	.100	.100

1941	28	CHC	NL	67	56	2	1.0	91	.185	.156	.261	.182	.331	.188	.368	.369	.699	6	.064	-8.0	-0.8	.255	.063	.031

1945	32	PHA	AL	159	124	8	1.7	87	.220	.174	.259	.265	.331	.217	.352	.482	.684	42	.186	-10.0	-1.1	.392	.167	.043
5 Yrs				332	259	16	1.6	98	.221	.177	.272	.248	.344	.221	.382	.468	.727	30	.143	-29.3	-3.0	.370	.137	.043
162 Game Avg.				456	356	22	1.6	98	.221	.177	.272	.248	.344	.221	.382	.468	.727	30	.143	-29.3	-3.0	.370	.137	.043

PHA (1 yr)				159	124	8	1.7	87	.220	.174	.259	.265	.331	.217	.352	.482	.684	42	.187	-10.0	-1.1	.392	.167	.043
BRO (1 yr)				20	17	1	1.6	101	.250	.200	.278	.200	.343	.300	.396	.500	.739	34	.133	-2.0	-0.2	.353	.100	.100
CHC (1 yr)				67	56	2	1.0	91	.185	.156	.261	.182	.331	.188	.368	.369	.699	6	.064	-8.0	-0.8	.255	.063	.031
CLE (2 yrs)				86	62	5	2.1	124	.246	.195	.302	.279	.378	.234	.444	.513	.823	26	.150	-9.2	-0.8	.435	.156	.039

NL (2 yrs)				87	73	3	1.1	93	.200	.167	.265	.186	.334	.214	.375	.400	.708	13	.079	-10.0	-1.0	.278	.071	.048
AL (3 yrs)				245	186	13	1.9	100	.229	.181	.275	.270	.348	.223	.385	.493	.733	35	.169	-19.3	-1.9	.407	.163	.042

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1936	23	CLE	AL	86	0.0%	18.6%	10.5%	3.5%	20%	1.78	4.8		15.4	71%

1938	25	BRO	NL	20	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	5.0%	25%		5.0		10.0	80%

1941	28	CHC	NL	67	0.0%	14.9%	3.0%	3.0%	20%	5.00	6.4		10.7	81%

1945	32	PHA	AL	159	0.0%	18.2%	10.7%	3.1%	21%	1.71	4.8		12.5	69%
5 Yrs				332	0.0%	17.8%	8.4%	3.3%	21%	2.11	5.1		12.5	72%
MLB Averages					1.3%	8.8%	8.7%	6.4%	27%	1.01	10.1	67.4	8.2	79%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1936	23	25	86	77	3	15	3	0	5	9	16	.195	.279	.234	.513	26	18		0
1937	24	25	86	77	3	15	3	0	5	9	16	.195	.279	.234	.513	26	18		0
1938	25	32	106	97	3	19	3	1	7	9	20	.196	.264	.247	.512	28	24	1	0
1939	26	32	106	97	3	19	3	1	7	9	20	.196	.264	.247	.512	28	24	1	0
1940	27	32	106	97	3	19	3	1	7	9	20	.196	.264	.247	.512	28	24	1	0
1941	28	67	173	161	7	29	5	1	13	11	30	.180	.233	.224	.456	20	36	2	1
1942	29	67	173	161	7	29	5	1	13	11	30	.180	.233	.224	.456	20	36	2	1
1943	30	67	173	161	7	29	5	1	13	11	30	.180	.233	.224	.456	20	36	2	1
1944	31	67	173	161	7	29	5	1	13	11	30	.180	.233	.224	.456	20	36	2	1
1945	32	118	332	299	15	53	9	2	24	28	59	.177	.248	.221	.468	30	66	8	5

Neutralized Batting

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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
1936	23	24	87	79	2	14	3	0	0	4	0	8	17	.177	.253	.215	.468	4	23

1938	25	7	21	21	0	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	4	.190	.190	.286	.476	1	7

1941	28	36	69	66	4	10	2	0	0	6	0	2	10	.152	.176	.182	.358	2	35

1945	32	54	171	148	10	27	4	1	0	13	0	19	31	.182	.275	.223	.498	10	51
4 Yrs		121	348	314	16	55	9	2	0	25	0	29	62	.175	.245	.217	.461	17	116
162 Game Avg.		162	466	420	21	74	12	3	0	33	0	39	83	.175	.245	.217	.461	23	116

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