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Jim Gilliam

James William Gilliam (Junior)

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 17, 1928 in Nashville, TN
High School: Pearl HS (Nashville, TN)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1953
Team: Dodgers 1953-1966

Final Game: September 30, 1966
Died: October 8, 1978 in Inglewood, CA
Buried: Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
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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
1953 24 BRO NL 151 710 605 125 168 31 17 6 63 21 14 100 38 .278 .383 .415 .798 105 251 7 3 2 *4 RoY-1
1954 25 BRO NL 146 695 607 107 171 28 8 13 52 8 7 76 30 .282 .361 .418 .779 100 254 10 2 5 5 *4/97
1955 26 BRO NL 147 627 538 110 134 20 8 7 40 15 15 70 37 .249 .341 .355 .696 83 191 8 6 11 2 4 47/98
1956 27 BRO NL 153 701 594 102 178 23 8 6 43 21 9 95 39 .300 .399 .396 .794 108 235 5 4 6 2 6 47/9 AS,MVP-5
1957 28 BRO NL 149 695 617 89 154 26 4 2 37 26 10 64 31 .250 .323 .314 .637 67 194 5 4 7 3 0 *4/7
1958 29 LAD NL 147 636 555 81 145 25 5 2 43 18 11 78 22 .261 .352 .335 .687 81 186 5 0 3 0 1 754/98 MVP-19
1959 30 LAD NL 145 655 553 91 156 18 4 3 34 23 10 96 25 .282 .387 .345 .732 92 191 3 0 3 3 4 *5/479 AS
1960 31 LAD NL 151 670 557 96 138 20 2 5 40 12 9 96 28 .248 .359 .318 .677 83 177 6 3 9 4 1 *54
1961 32 LAD NL 144 531 439 74 107 26 3 4 32 8 4 79 34 .244 .358 .344 .702 83 151 7 0 12 1 2 547
1962 33 LAD NL 160 702 588 83 159 24 1 4 43 17 7 93 35 .270 .370 .335 .705 96 197 10 2 15 4 0 *45/79
1963 34 LAD NL 148 605 525 77 148 27 4 6 49 19 5 60 28 .282 .354 .383 .737 121 201 11 2 12 6 2 *45 MVP-6
1964 35 LAD NL 116 390 334 44 76 8 3 2 27 4 4 42 21 .228 .318 .287 .605 78 96 7 3 9 2 2 54/9
1965 36 LAD NL 111 432 372 54 104 19 4 4 39 9 5 53 31 .280 .374 .384 .758 121 143 1 4 1 2 5 57/49 MVP-30
1966 37 LAD NL 88 273 235 30 51 9 0 1 16 2 1 34 17 .217 .315 .268 .583 70 63 5 0 3 1 3 5/34
14 Yrs 1956 8322 7119 1163 1889 304 71 65 558 203 111 1036 416 .265 .360 .355 .715 93 2530 90 33 98 35 30
162 Game Avg. 162 689 590 96 156 25 6 5 46 17 9 86 34 .265 .360 .355 .715 93 210 7 3 8

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
1953 24 BRO NL 151 710 6 0 1 4 6 17 1.5 24 41 3.8 .511 .510 3.6 0.9 37 $ *4 RoY-1
1954 25 BRO NL 146 695 -3 4 -1 0 5 6 0.5 23 29 2.8 .504 .504 2.9 0.5 29 $ *4/97
1955 26 BRO NL 147 627 -5 4 1 12 1 14 1.2 21 36 3.3 .510 .509 2.3 1.2 23 $ 47/98
1956 27 BRO NL 153 701 12 -0 2 23 1 37 3.6 24 61 5.9 .526 .525 3.8 2.4 38 $ 47/9 AS,MVP-5
1957 28 BRO NL 149 695 -24 6 3 -3 5 -12 -1.5 23 11 0.7 .491 .492 1.2 0.1 13 $ *4/7
1958 29 LAD NL 147 636 -9 0 3 5 -2 -3 -0.4 21 19 1.7 .498 .498 1.3 0.3 13 $20,000 754/98 MVP-19
1959 30 LAD NL 145 655 -2 3 2 -5 2 -0 0.0 22 22 2.2 .500 .500 2.7 -0.2 26 $18,000 *5/479 AS
1960 31 LAD NL 151 670 -4 3 2 15 4 19 1.9 23 41 4.2 .513 .513 2.5 2.0 26 $24,600 *54
1961 32 LAD NL 144 531 -7 -0 2 7 3 4 0.3 18 22 2.1 .503 .502 1.4 1.0 14 $24,000 547
1962 33 LAD NL 160 702 3 3 1 2 5 14 1.5 24 37 3.8 .509 .509 3.5 0.7 36 $ *45/79
1963 34 LAD NL 148 605 18 6 1 -5 4 24 2.8 21 44 4.8 .518 .517 5.3 0.1 49 $ *45 MVP-6
1964 35 LAD NL 116 390 -9 -1 0 -6 2 -12 -1.3 13 1 0.0 .488 .491 0.5 -0.3 6 $32,000 54/9
1965 36 LAD NL 111 432 11 1 2 -3 1 11 1.2 15 26 2.6 .511 .507 3.0 -0.3 29 $ 57/49 MVP-30
1966 37 LAD NL 88 273 -7 0 -0 -5 1 -11 -1.1 9 -1 -0.2 .487 .493 0.3 -0.4 4 $ 5/34
14 Seasons 1956 8322 -22 29 19 43 38 107 10.3 281 387 37.7 .506 .505 34.3 8.2 345 $118,600

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
1953 24 BRO NL 710 460 95 5.5 113 .289 .278 .278 .383 .350 .415 .433 .798 .782 105 .556 7.8 0.7 .788 .314 .137 9.3
1954 25 BRO NL 695 463 91 5.3 113 .278 .282 .279 .361 .351 .418 .431 .779 .782 100 .543 0.5 0.0 .735 .264 .137 9.9
1955 26 BRO NL 627 440 67 4.1 109 .256 .249 .270 .341 .342 .355 .428 .696 .770 83 .436 -12.9 -1.3 .625 .236 .106 9.5
1956 27 BRO NL 701 438 103 6.3 111 .312 .300 .274 .399 .343 .396 .433 .794 .776 108 .651 10.6 1.0 .805 .276 .096 9.3
1957 28 BRO NL 695 488 69 3.8 110 .259 .250 .279 .323 .344 .314 .432 .637 .775 67 .414 -29.1 -2.9 .582 .194 .065 3.7
1958 29 LAD NL 636 429 71 4.4 110 .269 .261 .275 .352 .343 .335 .429 .687 .772 81 .478 -13.6 -1.3 .636 .227 .074 3.6
1959 30 LAD NL 655 416 84 5.4 111 .290 .282 .278 .387 .346 .345 .431 .732 .776 92 .571 -2.4 -0.2 .732 .260 .063 5.3
1960 31 LAD NL 670 447 72 4.3 104 .252 .248 .270 .359 .337 .318 .414 .677 .751 83 .497 -9.2 -0.9 .643 .248 .070 7.1
1961 32 LAD NL 531 356 60 4.5 112 .256 .244 .278 .358 .346 .344 .433 .702 .779 83 .484 -8.4 -0.8 .682 .289 .100 5.3
1962 33 LAD NL 702 465 81 4.7 98 .280 .270 .263 .370 .329 .335 .399 .705 .728 96 .510 3.1 0.3 .677 .240 .065 6.5
1963 34 LAD NL 605 411 76 5.0 83 .286 .282 .245 .354 .305 .383 .366 .737 .672 121 .609 16.9 1.8 .705 .242 .101 9.1
1964 35 LAD NL 390 280 32 3.1 88 .236 .228 .255 .318 .312 .287 .379 .605 .691 78 .372 -7.9 -0.8 .524 .186 .060 2.7
1965 36 LAD NL 432 277 58 5.7 88 .295 .280 .250 .374 .312 .384 .378 .758 .690 121 .639 13.4 1.4 .745 .258 .105 5.5
1966 37 LAD NL 273 194 21 2.9 89 .229 .217 .255 .315 .313 .268 .385 .583 .697 70 .337 -7.3 -0.8 .516 .200 .051 1.3
14 Yrs 8322 5564 980 4.7 104 .273 .265 .269 .360 .336 .355 .416 .715 .752 93 .522 -38.7 -3.8 .680 .248 .090 98.5
162 Game Avg. 689 461 81 4.7 104 .273 .265 .269 .360 .336 .355 .416 .715 .752 93 .522 -38.7 -3.8 .680 .248 .090 8

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
1953 24 BRO NL WS NYY L 6 28 27 4 8 3 0 2 4 0 1 0 2 .296 .321 .630 .951 17 0 1 0 0 0
1955 26 BRO NL WS NYY W 7 32 24 2 7 1 0 0 3 1 1 8 1 .292 .469 .333 .802 8 1 0 0 0 0
1956 27 BRO NL WS NYY L 7 31 24 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 7 3 .083 .290 .083 .374 2 1 0 0 0 0
1959 30 LAD NL WS CHW W 6 27 25 2 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 .240 .296 .240 .536 6 0 0 0 0 0
1963 34 LAD NL WS NYY W 4 16 13 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 .154 .313 .154 .466 2 2 0 0 0 0
1965 36 LAD NL WS MIN W 7 30 28 2 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .214 .267 .250 .517 7 0 1 0 0 0
1966 37 LAD NL WS BAL L 2 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs (7 Series) 39 172 147 15 31 5 0 2 12 4 4 23 9 .211 .326 .286 .611 42 4 2 0 0 0
7 WS 39 172 147 15 31 5 0 2 12 4 4 23 9 .211 .326 .286 .611 42 4 2 0 0 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
1956 BRO NL 27 DNP
1959 LAD NL 30 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 2.000 2.667 4 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
1953 24 BRO NL 710 0.9% 5.4% 14.1% 7.6% 32% 0.38 15.9 100.8 9.6 0.84 79%
1954 25 BRO NL 695 1.9% 4.3% 10.9% 7.1% 29% 0.39 20.2 46.7 11.7 0.70 82%
1955 26 BRO NL 627 1.1% 5.9% 11.2% 5.6% 26% 0.53 14.5 76.9 13.5 0.93 79%
1956 27 BRO NL 701 0.9% 5.6% 13.6% 5.3% 21% 0.41 15.2 99.0 13.8 0.87 79%
1957 28 BRO NL 695 0.3% 4.5% 9.2% 4.6% 21% 0.48 19.9 308.5 16.7 0.96 84%
1958 29 LAD NL 636 0.3% 3.5% 12.3% 5.0% 22% 0.28 25.2 277.5 12.9 0.87 83%
1959 30 LAD NL 655 0.5% 3.8% 14.7% 3.8% 16% 0.26 22.1 184.3 16.3 1.02 81%
1960 31 LAD NL 670 0.8% 4.2% 14.3% 4.0% 20% 0.29 19.9 111.4 13.9 0.86 79%
1961 32 LAD NL 531 0.8% 6.4% 14.9% 6.2% 31% 0.43 12.9 109.8 13.7 1.07 76%
1962 33 LAD NL 702 0.6% 5.0% 13.3% 4.1% 18% 0.38 16.8 147.0 13.7 0.76 79%
1963 34 LAD NL 605 1.0% 4.6% 9.9% 6.1% 25% 0.47 18.8 87.5 10.7 1.06 82%
1964 35 LAD NL 390 0.5% 5.4% 10.8% 3.3% 17% 0.50 15.9 167.0 12.4 1.00 80%
1965 36 LAD NL 432 0.9% 7.2% 12.3% 6.3% 26% 0.58 12.0 93.0 9.5 0.74 78%
1966 37 LAD NL 273 0.4% 6.2% 12.5% 3.7% 20% 0.50 13.8 235.0 14.7 0.92 80%
14 Yrs 8322 0.8% 5.0% 12.5% 5.3% 23% 0.40 17.1 109.5 12.8 0.89 80%
MLB Averages 2.3% 13.5% 8.6% 6.5% 29% 1.57 6.6 38.9 8.5 1.03 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1953 24 BRO NL 7.8 0.7 759 2.6 13.3 -10.7 .91 2.2 0.7 28.8 2.7 0.90 21.5 2.20 2
1954 25 BRO NL 0.5 0.0 716 0.1 11.7 -11.6 .94 0.2 -0.1 -2.7 -0.3 0.90 0.3 1.96 2
1955 26 BRO NL -12.9 -1.3 663 -0.1 9.7 -9.8 .87 -0.2 0.0 -2.5 -0.2 0.92 -4.1 0.88 6
1956 27 BRO NL 10.6 1.0 743 1.8 12.7 -10.9 .96 2.5 -0.7 23.6 2.2 0.90 27.5 0.15 1
1957 28 BRO NL -29.1 -2.9 746 -0.8 11.6 -12.4 1.03 -1.0 0.2 -7.7 -0.7 0.94 -10.9 0
1958 29 LAD NL -13.6 -1.3 670 0.8 10.6 -9.8 .95 0.3 0.5 8.8 0.8 0.92 3.5 0.75 5
1959 30 LAD NL -2.4 -0.2 698 1.8 11.8 -10.0 1.01 0.5 1.3 10.7 1.0 0.91 6.8 0.82 7
1960 31 LAD NL -9.2 -0.9 704 -0.3 11.3 -11.6 1.04 0.7 -1.0 8.5 0.8 0.93 9.3 1.70 2
1961 32 LAD NL -8.9 -0.9 553 0.7 9.2 -8.6 .99 0.3 0.3 -1.5 -0.1 0.95 0.7 1.93 11
1962 33 LAD NL 4.1 0.4 723 -0.9 10.5 -11.4 .98 0.1 -1.0 -1.4 -0.1 0.93 -0.6 2.68 2
1963 34 LAD NL 16.1 1.7 639 3.3 11.8 -8.5 .99 2.4 1.0 27.1 3.0 0.94 24.5 2.23 9
1964 35 LAD NL -7.9 -0.8 401 -2.0 5.5 -7.5 1.10 -0.5 -1.3 -2.7 -0.3 0.94 -4.8 1.96 12
1965 36 LAD NL 13.4 1.4 449 3.3 10.0 -6.6 1.03 1.8 1.4 25.0 2.7 0.92 19.0 3.48 8
1966 37 LAD NL -7.3 -0.8 282 -0.3 4.7 -5.0 1.18 -0.6 0.3 -4.2 -0.5 0.97 -5.8 2.23 22
14 Yrs -39.0 -3.8 8746 9.9 144.3 -134.4 .99 8.8 1.2 109.8 11.0 0.92 86.8 1.95 89

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
1953 24 BRO NL 6 0 45% 339 21 14 60% 15 13 6 1 0 0 5 0 15 10 60% 46 21 22 14 6 7 24 3 21
1954 25 BRO NL 3 0 40% 288 8 7 53% 8 6 0 1 0 0 2 0 7 14 71% 39 12 27 14 5 9 23 3 18
1955 26 BRO NL 16 0 51% 265 15 15 50% 14 13 0 1 1 1 1 0 10 19 75% 32 10 21 14 4 10 22 1 20
1956 27 BRO NL 9 0 35% 391 21 9 70% 17 8 3 1 1 0 5 0 12 14 51% 48 27 19 10 6 4 24 4 19
1957 28 BRO NL 11 0 40% 309 26 10 72% 22 8 2 0 2 2 3 0 10 19 57% 41 19 21 6 2 4 28 10 18
1958 29 LAD NL 11 0 36% 351 18 11 62% 14 9 3 0 1 2 1 0 13 18 47% 53 30 22 4 1 3 26 9 14
1959 30 LAD NL 8 0 35% 314 23 10 70% 20 10 3 0 0 0 3 0 10 14 61% 39 14 25 11 6 5 25 9 16
1960 31 LAD NL 14 1 39% 295 12 9 57% 10 7 2 2 0 0 1 0 10 22 59% 44 21 23 11 4 7 25 7 17
1961 32 LAD NL 8 0 39% 210 8 4 67% 8 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 13 19 57% 32 15 16 8 3 2 23 3 18
1962 33 LAD NL 9 0 32% 289 17 7 71% 16 6 0 0 1 1 1 0 14 12 62% 53 21 32 8 5 3 28 7 20
1963 34 LAD NL 13 0 35% 276 19 5 79% 17 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 22 63% 39 20 18 6 2 4 27 3 23
1964 35 LAD NL 4 0 35% 170 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 8 47% 29 17 11 8 5 3 12 3 9
1965 36 LAD NL 5 0 32% 188 9 5 64% 9 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 13 51% 29 20 9 4 1 2 14 1 13
1966 37 LAD NL 5 0 35% 99 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 57% 16 7 9 4 3 1 15 4 10
14 Yrs 122 1 38% 3784 203 111 65% 176 99 21 6 6 6 28 1 135 211 59% 540 254 275 122 53 64 316 67 236

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
1953 24 BRO NL 710 100% 168 2 1 0 0 2.20 6 0 8 5 1 4 2 0 4 2 50% 89 7 8% 41 17 41% 302 58 19% 29 17 59% 8 5 63% 0
1954 25 BRO NL 695 100% 171 2 1 0 1 1.96 13 0 9 9 4 4 9 0 6 5 83% 85 10 12% 50 15 30% 311 41 13% 30 16 53% 10 3 30% 0
1955 26 BRO NL 627 100% 134 6 3 0 0 0.88 7 0 12 6 1 3 4 0 14 11 79% 85 8 9% 45 15 33% 303 35 12% 25 8 32% 17 12 71% 0
1956 27 BRO NL 701 100% 178 1 0 0 0 0.15 6 0 10 5 1 2 4 1 10 6 60% 85 5 6% 33 14 42% 279 37 13% 17 12 71% 13 10 77% 0
1957 28 BRO NL 695 100% 154 0 0 0 0 2 0 14 1 1 0 2 0 12 7 58% 108 5 5% 44 21 48% 334 38 11% 21 14 67% 12 8 67% 0
1958 29 LAD NL 636 99% 145 5 1 0 0 0.75 2 0 14 0 2 1 1 0 7 3 43% 76 5 7% 27 11 41% 267 44 16% 22 17 77% 9 7 78% 0
1959 30 LAD NL 655 100% 156 7 1 0 1 0.82 3 0 11 2 1 3 0 0 8 3 38% 71 3 4% 19 8 42% 264 31 12% 16 9 56% 10 5 50% 0
1960 31 LAD NL 670 100% 138 2 1 0 0 1.70 5 0 10 2 3 5 0 0 17 9 53% 92 6 7% 60 26 43% 303 39 13% 20 9 45% 21 15 71% 0
1961 32 LAD NL 531 100% 107 11 3 0 1 1.93 4 0 10 1 3 1 3 0 13 12 92% 124 7 6% 63 25 40% 306 30 10% 22 9 41% 24 9 38% 0
1962 33 LAD NL 702 100% 159 2 0 0 0 2.68 4 0 11 4 0 1 3 0 22 15 68% 123 10 8% 83 34 41% 390 44 11% 32 19 59% 52 26 50% 0
1963 34 LAD NL 605 100% 148 9 1 0 0 2.23 6 0 7 2 4 2 4 1 16 12 75% 117 11 9% 71 38 54% 306 44 14% 28 20 71% 25 15 60% 0
1964 35 LAD NL 390 100% 76 12 2 0 0 1.96 2 0 5 1 1 0 2 0 15 9 60% 71 7 10% 56 26 46% 204 27 13% 11 6 55% 19 12 63% 0
1965 36 LAD NL 432 100% 104 8 2 0 2 3.48 4 0 6 2 2 1 3 0 2 1 50% 52 1 2% 36 16 44% 222 40 18% 21 8 38% 22 12 55% 0
1966 37 LAD NL 273 100% 51 22 3 0 1 2.23 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 100% 55 5 9% 29 13 45% 153 15 10% 14 6 43% 12 9 75% 0
14 Yrs 8322 100% 1889 89 19 0 6 1.95 65 0 132 41 24 27 38 2 149 98 66% 1233 90 7% 657 279 42% 3944 523 13% 308 170 55% 254 148 58% 0
MLB Averages 50% 77% 11% 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
1953 24 151 710 605 125 168 31 17 6 63 21 14 100 38 .278 .383 .415 .798 105 251 7 3 2
1954 25 297 1405 1212 232 339 59 25 19 115 29 21 176 68 .280 .372 .417 .789 103 505 17 5 7 5
1955 26 444 2032 1750 342 473 79 33 26 155 44 36 246 105 .270 .362 .398 .760 97 696 25 11 18 7 4
1956 27 597 2733 2344 444 651 102 41 32 198 65 45 341 144 .278 .372 .397 .769 99 931 30 15 24 9 10
1957 28 746 3428 2961 533 805 128 45 34 235 91 55 405 175 .272 .362 .380 .742 93 1125 35 19 31 12 10
1958 29 893 4064 3516 614 950 153 50 36 278 109 66 483 197 .270 .360 .373 .733 91 1311 40 19 34 12 11
1959 30 1038 4719 4069 705 1106 171 54 39 312 132 76 579 222 .272 .364 .369 .733 91 1502 43 19 37 15 15
1960 31 1189 5389 4626 801 1244 191 56 44 352 144 85 675 250 .269 .363 .363 .726 90 1679 49 22 46 19 16
1961 32 1333 5920 5065 875 1351 217 59 48 384 152 89 754 284 .267 .363 .361 .724 90 1830 56 22 58 20 18
1962 33 1493 6622 5653 958 1510 241 60 52 427 169 96 847 319 .267 .364 .359 .722 90 2027 66 24 73 24 18
1963 34 1641 7227 6178 1035 1658 268 64 58 476 188 101 907 347 .268 .363 .361 .723 92 2228 77 26 85 30 20
1964 35 1757 7617 6512 1079 1734 276 67 60 503 192 105 949 368 .266 .361 .357 .717 92 2324 84 29 94 32 22
1965 36 1868 8049 6884 1133 1838 295 71 64 542 201 110 1002 399 .267 .361 .358 .720 93 2467 85 33 95 34 27
1966 37 1956 8322 7119 1163 1889 304 71 65 558 203 111 1036 416 .265 .360 .355 .715 93 2530 90 33 98 35 30

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
1953 24 157 721 618 117 164 30 17 6 59 20 98 39 .265 .369 .398 .767 89 151
1954 25 154 721 632 105 173 28 8 13 51 8 77 32 .274 .352 .405 .757 90 146
1955 26 155 652 561 108 136 20 8 7 39 15 71 39 .242 .333 .344 .677 63 147
1956 27 160 725 616 102 181 23 8 6 43 21 97 41 .294 .392 .386 .779 93 153
1957 28 156 715 637 85 153 26 4 2 35 26 64 32 .240 .312 .303 .615 60 149
1958 29 155 663 580 82 149 26 5 2 43 18 80 23 .257 .347 .329 .676 66 147
1959 30 152 675 572 90 157 18 4 3 34 23 97 26 .274 .378 .336 .714 73 145
1960 31 158 695 580 98 142 21 2 5 41 12 99 29 .245 .356 .314 .669 65 151
1961 32 151 545 453 71 106 26 3 4 31 8 78 36 .234 .346 .331 .677 52 144
1962 33 160 708 592 87 163 25 1 4 45 17 95 35 .275 .375 .341 .716 76 160
1963 34 148 637 548 97 171 31 5 7 62 22 69 28 .312 .387 .425 .812 90 148
1964 35 116 404 343 53 85 9 3 2 32 4 47 21 .248 .342 .309 .651 36 116
1965 36 110 445 380 63 114 21 4 4 45 10 58 31 .300 .396 .408 .804 62 111
1966 37 88 281 240 35 56 10 0 1 18 2 37 17 .233 .335 .288 .622 23 88
14 Yrs 2020 8587 7352 1193 1950 314 72 66 578 206 1067 429 .265 .359 .354 .714 938 1956
162 Game Avg. 162 689 590 96 156 25 6 5 46 17 86 34 .265 .359 .354 .714 75 1956

* 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
1956
1959-2 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1953 NL Rookie of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1956 NL (5, 31%)
1958 NL (19, 1%)
1963 NL (6, 22%)
1965 NL (30, 1%)
0.55 Career Shares (414th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1956 NL  5.9 (7th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1956 NL  5.9 (6th)
1960 NL  4.2 (10th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1963 NL  5.3 (9th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1953 NL  0.9 (10th)
1955 NL  1.2 (9th)
1956 NL  2.4 (2nd)
1960 NL  2.0 (2nd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1956 NL  .300 (9th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1956 NL  .399 (2nd)
1959 NL  .387 (6th)

Games Played s c a p y
1956 NL  153 (6th)
1960 NL  151 (7th)
1962 NL  160 (10th)

At Bats s c a p y
1954 NL  607 (8th)
1956 NL  594 (8th)
1957 NL  617 (4th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1953 NL  710 (1st)
1954 NL  695 (4th)
1956 NL  701 (3rd)
1957 NL  695 (3rd)
1958 NL  636 (9th)
1959 NL  655 (10th)
1960 NL  670 (6th)
1962 NL  702 (7th)
Career  8,322 (204th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1953 NL  125 (4th)
1954 NL  107 (5th)
1955 NL  110 (5th)
1956 NL  102 (5th)
1960 NL  96 (8th)
Career  1,163 (201st)

Hits s c a p y
1956 NL  178 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1953 NL  17 (1st)
1954 NL  8 (7th)
1955 NL  8 (8th)
1956 NL  8 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1953 NL  100 (2nd)
1954 NL  76 (8th)
1956 NL  95 (2nd)
1958 NL  78 (5th)
1959 NL  96 (1st)
1960 NL  96 (3rd)
1961 NL  79 (4th)
1962 NL  93 (2nd)
1963 NL  60 (9th)
Career  1,036 (100th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1953 NL  21 (3rd)
1954 NL  8 (8th)
1955 NL  15 (5th)
1956 NL  21 (2nd)
1957 NL  26 (2nd)
1958 NL  18 (5th)
1959 NL  23 (2nd)
1962 NL  17 (10th)
1963 NL  19 (9th)

Singles s c a p y
1954 NL  122 (10th)
1956 NL  141 (4th)
1957 NL  122 (7th)
1959 NL  131 (3rd)
1962 NL  130 (9th)
Career  1,449 (232nd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1956 NL  103 (8th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1953 NL  271 (4th)
1954 NL  249 (10th)
1956 NL  277 (1st)
1958 NL  223 (10th)
1959 NL  252 (5th)
1960 NL  237 (5th)
1962 NL  254 (8th)
Career  2,958 (208th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1955 NL  6 (4th)
1956 NL  4 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1955 NL  11 (5th)
1960 NL  9 (6th)
1961 NL  12 (2nd)
1962 NL  15 (1st)
1963 NL  12 (6th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1963 NL  6 (9th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1953 NL  14 (1st)
1954 NL  7 (6th)
1955 NL  15 (2nd)
1956 NL  9 (2nd)
1957 NL  10 (3rd)
1958 NL  11 (3rd)
1959 NL  10 (3rd)
1960 NL  9 (7th)
Career  111 (80th)

SB % s c a p y
1953 NL  60.00 (7th)
1955 NL  50.00 (8th)
1956 NL  70.00 (5th)
1957 NL  72.22 (3rd)
1958 NL  62.07 (10th)
1959 NL  69.70 (9th)
1963 NL  79.17 (3rd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1953 NL  9.3 (9th)
1954 NL  9.9 (9th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1954 NL  20.2 (4th)
1955 NL  14.5 (9th)
1956 NL  15.2 (6th)
1957 NL  19.9 (3rd)
1958 NL  25.2 (1st)
1959 NL  22.1 (1st)
1960 NL  19.9 (1st)
1961 NL  12.9 (5th)
1962 NL  16.8 (1st)
1963 NL  18.8 (1st)
Career  17.1 (194th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1953 NL  460 (7th)
1954 NL  463 (5th)
1957 NL  488 (2nd)
1960 NL  447 (5th)
Career  5,564 (207th)

Oldest s c a p y
1966 NL  born 1928-10-17 (7th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 3 (529), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 68 (370), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 42 (465), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 25 (478), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Tony Taylor (896)
  2. Mark McLemore (884)
  3. Ossie Bluege (877)
  4. Pete Runnels (875)
  5. Stan Hack (866)
  6. Bobby Lowe (864)
  7. Willie Randolph (864)
  8. Steve Sax (861)
  9. Eric Young (857)
  10. Chuck Knoblauch (856)
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  1. Bump Wills (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ronnie Belliard (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Lee Handley (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Gil McDougald (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jerry Browne (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Cookie Lavagetto (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Ossie Bluege (919)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jose Offerman (913)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jose Offerman (913)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jose Offerman (921)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Tony Taylor (907)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Tony Taylor (910)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Tony Taylor (913)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Tony Taylor (909)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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