Joe Ginsberg

Myron Nathan Ginsberg

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 11, 1926 in New York, NY
High School: Cooley HS (Detroit, MI)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1948
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Orioles/Athletics/Indians/WhiteSox/... 1948-1962

Final Game: April 15, 1962
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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
1944	17	DET-min	D	88	273	273		74	12	6	4						.271	.271	.403	.674		110							JAM · PONY
1945		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1947	20	DET-min	A	92	250	250		55	9	5	3						.220	.220	.332	.552		83							WPT · EL
1948	21	DET-min	A	107	340	340		111	21	8	1						.326	.326	.444	.771		151							WPT · EL
1948	21	DET	AL	11	39	36	7	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	.361	.410	.361	.771	104	13	1	0	0			2

1949	22	DET-min	AAA	102	369	336	48	95	17	1	5	43	2		31	19	.283	.343	.384	.727		129	8	0	2				TOL · AA
1950	23	DET-min	AAA	63	243	214	32	72	13	2	7	39	0		25	15	.336	.411	.514	.925		110	7	2	2				TOL · AA
1950	23	DET	AL	36	109	95	12	22	6	0	0	12	1	0	11	6	.232	.318	.295	.612	56	28	2	1	2			2
1951	24	DET	AL	102	351	304	44	79	10	2	8	37	0	2	43	21	.260	.355	.385	.740	100	117	8	2	2			2
1952	25	DET	AL	113	364	307	29	68	13	2	6	36	1	1	51	21	.221	.338	.336	.673	88	103	9	3	3			2
1953	26	TOT	AL	64	192	162	16	47	6	0	0	13	0	0	24	5	.290	.388	.327	.715	97	53	4	2	4			2
1953	26	DET	AL	18	65	53	6	16	2	0	0	3	0	0	10	1	.302	.422	.340	.761	109	18	0	1	1			2
1953	26	CLE	AL	46	127	109	10	31	4	0	0	10	0	0	14	4	.284	.371	.321	.692	91	35	4	1	3			2
1954	27	CLE-min	AAA	59	200	175	15	51	6	0	3	27	0		21	15	.291	.367	.377	.744		66	10	1	1	2			INA · AA
1954	27	CLE	AL	3	3	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.667	1.500	2.167	477	3	0	1	0	0		/2

1955	28	SLE	Opn	147	547	475	48	139	27	3	7	66	6		59	22	.293	.370	.406	.776		193	11	2	6	5			SLE · PCL
1956	29	TOT	AL	86	252	223	15	50	8	1	1	14	1	1	25	21	.224	.299	.283	.581	56	63	9	0	1	3	3	2
1956	29	KCA	AL	71	220	195	15	48	8	1	1	12	1	1	23	17	.246	.323	.313	.636	69	61	7	0	0	2	3	2
1956	29	BAL	AL	15	32	28	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	.071	.129	.071	.200	-43	2	2	0	1	1	0	/2
1957	30	BAL	AL	85	200	175	15	48	8	2	1	18	2	1	18	19	.274	.342	.360	.702	98	63	4	2	2	4	1	2
1958	31	BAL	AL	61	126	109	4	23	1	0	3	16	0	0	13	14	.211	.302	.303	.604	72	33	0	2	0	2	1	2
1959	32	BAL	AL	65	190	166	14	30	2	0	1	14	1	0	21	13	.181	.268	.211	.479	36	35	6	0	0	3	3	2
1960	33	TOT	AL	42	125	105	11	27	5	0	0	15	1	0	16	9	.257	.358	.305	.662	82	32	2	1	2	1	1	2
1960	33	BAL	AL	14	37	30	3	8	1	0	0	6	0	0	6	1	.267	.389	.300	.689	91	9	1	0	1	0	1	2
1960	33	CHW	AL	28	88	75	8	19	4	0	0	9	1	0	10	8	.253	.345	.307	.651	78	23	1	1	1	1	0	2
1961	34	TOT	AL	25	29	27	1	6	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	4	.222	.250	.222	.472	28	6	1	0	1	0	0	/2
1961	34	CHW	AL	6	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	-26	0	0	0	1	0	0	/2
1961	34	BOS	AL	19	24	24	1	6	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	34	6	1	0	0	0	0	/2
1962	35	DET-min	AAA	46	144	124	9	27	5	1	0	14	1		16	19	.218	.301	.274	.575		34		0	1	3	3		DEN · AA
1962	35	NYM	NL	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2
13 Yrs				695	1985	1716	168	414	59	8	20	182	7	5	226	135	.241	.332	.320	.652	79	549	46	14	17	13	9
162 Game Avg.				162	463	400	39	97	14	2	5	42	2	1	53	31	.241	.332	.320	.652	79	128	11	3	4
				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
BAL (5 yrs)				240	585	508	36	111	12	2	5	56	3	1	60	51	.219	.301	.280	.580	64	142	13	4	4	10	6
DET (5 yrs)				280	928	795	98	198	31	4	14	89	2	3	118	50	.249	.351	.351	.702	91	279	20	7	8
CLE (2 yrs)				49	130	111	10	32	4	1	0	11	0	0	14	4	.288	.378	.342	.720	98	38	4	2	3	0
CHW (2 yrs)				34	93	78	8	19	4	0	0	9	1	0	11	10	.244	.341	.295	.636	74	23	1	1	2	1	0
NYM (1 yr)				2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
BOS (1 yr)				19	24	24	1	6	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	34	6	1	0	0	0	0
KCA (1 yr)				71	220	195	15	48	8	1	1	12	1	1	23	17	.246	.323	.313	.636	69	61	7	0	0	2	3

AL (12 yrs)				693	1980	1711	168	414	59	8	20	182	7	5	226	134	.242	.333	.321	.654	79	549	46	14	17	13	9
NL (1 yr)				2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1948	21	DET	AL	11	39	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.507	.500	0.2	0.0	2	$	2

1950	23	DET	AL	36	109	-6	0	-0	0	1	-5	-0.5	3	-2	-0.2	.486	.497	-0.2	0.1	-2	$	2
1951	24	DET	AL	102	351	1	-2	-1	-1	3	1	0.1	9	10	1.0	.501	.501	1.1	0.2	11	$	2
1952	25	DET	AL	113	364	-3	-1	0	-1	3	-2	-0.2	10	8	0.8	.498	.499	0.8	0.2	9	$	2
1953	26	DET	AL	18	65	2	-2	0	1	1	2	0.2	2	4	0.4	.510	.501	0.3	0.2	2	$	2
1953	26	CLE	AL	46	127	-1	-0	-1	-3	1	-4	-0.4	3	-0	0.0	.491	.498	0.3	-0.2	3	$	2
1954	27	CLE	AL	3	3	1	-0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.521	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	/2

1956	29	KCA	AL	71	220	-8	-0	-1	3	2	-4	-0.4	6	2	0.2	.494	.497	-0.2	0.6	-1	$	2
1956	29	BAL	AL	15	32	-5	0	-0	-1	0	-6	-0.6	1	-5	-0.6	.457	.496	-0.5	-0.1	-4	$	/2
1957	30	BAL	AL	85	200	1	-1	-0	1	2	3	0.3	5	8	0.9	.504	.502	0.8	0.3	7	$	2
1958	31	BAL	AL	61	126	-4	-1	1	-1	1	-4	-0.4	4	-0	-0.1	.493	.497	0.0	0.0	1	$	2
1959	32	BAL	AL	65	190	-14	0	0	-1	3	-11	-1.3	5	-6	-0.7	.481	.493	-0.6	0.1	-5	$	2
1960	33	BAL	AL	14	37	-1	0	-0	-4	1	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.469	.497	0.1	-0.4	1	$	2
1960	33	CHW	AL	28	88	-3	-0	0	0	1	-2	-0.2	2	1	0.0	.493	.499	0.1	0.1	1	$	2
1961	34	CHW	AL	6	5	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.488	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/2
1961	34	BOS	AL	19	24	-2	-0	0	-1	0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.483	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$	/2
1962	35	NYM	NL	2	5	-1	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.381	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/2
13 Seasons				695	1985	-44	-7	-1	-9	20	-42	-4.5	54	12	1.1	.494	.498	1.9	1.1	21	$
			Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
BAL (5 yrs)				240	585	-23	-1	0	-6	7	-22	-2.5	16	-7	-0.8	.490	.497	-0.2	0.1	-1	$
DET (5 yrs)				280	928	-6	-4	-1	-1	8	-4	-0.4	25	21	2.2	.499	.500	2.2	0.7	22	$
CLE (2 yrs)				49	130	0	-1	-1	-3	1	-3	-0.3	4	0	0.1	.493	.499	0.4	-0.2	3	$
CHW (2 yrs)				34	93	-3	-0	0	0	1	-2	-0.3	3	0	-0.1	.493	.499	0.0	0.1	0	$
NYM (1 yr)				2	5	-1	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.381	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$
BOS (1 yr)				19	24	-2	-0	0	-1	0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.483	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$
KCA (1 yr)				71	220	-8	-0	-1	3	2	-4	-0.4	6	2	0.2	.494	.497	-0.2	0.6	-1	$

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
1948	21	DET	AL	39	24	5	5.6	108	.371	.361	.277	.410	.362	.361	.400	.771	.762	104	.584	0.2	0.0	.667	.083	.000

1950	23	DET	AL	109	77	9	3.1	116	.247	.232	.282	.318	.370	.295	.423	.612	.792	56	.297	-6.2	-0.6	.547	.189	.063	.0
1951	24	DET	AL	351	237	40	4.5	102	.258	.260	.268	.355	.349	.385	.392	.740	.741	100	.503	0.4	0.0	.681	.260	.125	.0
1952	25	DET	AL	364	252	34	3.6	96	.221	.221	.260	.338	.340	.336	.380	.673	.720	88	.440	-3.7	-0.4	.631	.280	.114	1.7
1953	26	TOT	AL	192	123	20	4.4	100	.299	.290	.266	.388	.342	.327	.392	.715	.734	97	.491	0.9	0.1	.664	.185	.037
1953	26	DET	AL	65	38	7	5.0	101	.308	.302	.267	.422	.343	.340	.393	.761	.736	109	.548	1.6	0.2	.784	.226	.038
1953	26	CLE	AL	127	85	13	4.1	100	.295	.284	.266	.371	.342	.321	.392	.692	.733	91	.463	-0.6	-0.1	.610	.165	.037
1954	27	CLE	AL	3	1	2	53.6	100	.500	.500	.268	.667	.344	1.500	.392	2.167	.735	477	.990	1.1	0.1	4.000	1.000	1.000

1956	29	TOT	AL	252	187	19	2.7	105	.240	.224	.266	.299	.348	.283	.406	.581	.754	56	.260	-14.0	-1.4	.481	.170	.058	1.0
1956	29	KCA	AL	220	157	19	3.2	106	.263	.246	.267	.323	.349	.313	.408	.636	.757	69	.327	-8.4	-0.8	.542	.185	.067	1.0
1956	29	BAL	AL	32	30	0	0.0	98	.080	.071	.256	.129	.337	.071	.391	.200	.728	-43	.000	-5.6	-0.6	.143	.071	.000
1957	30	BAL	AL	200	138	23	4.5	93	.296	.274	.255	.342	.326	.360	.385	.702	.710	98	.512	0.7	0.1	.636	.194	.086	1.3
1958	31	BAL	AL	126	88	11	3.3	93	.213	.211	.254	.302	.322	.303	.387	.604	.709	72	.387	-3.8	-0.4	.558	.211	.092	.0
1959	32	BAL	AL	190	145	10	1.8	96	.187	.181	.257	.268	.328	.211	.393	.479	.720	36	.171	-14.1	-1.4	.401	.163	.030	1.0
1960	33	TOT	AL	125	83	13	4.2	101	.278	.257	.263	.358	.337	.305	.403	.662	.739	82	.472	-1.8	-0.2	.625	.210	.048	.0
1960	33	BAL	AL	37	24	4	4.5	101	.276	.267	.262	.389	.336	.300	.401	.689	.737	91	.500	-0.0	0.0	.652	.233	.033
1960	33	CHW	AL	88	59	9	4.1	101	.279	.253	.263	.345	.337	.307	.403	.651	.740	78	.460	-1.7	-0.2	.614	.200	.053	.0
1961	34	TOT	AL	29	23	1	1.2	104	.261	.222	.265	.250	.340	.222	.412	.472	.752	28	.073	-2.9	-0.3	.318	.037	.000
1961	34	CHW	AL	5	4	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.261	.250	.336	.000	.407	.250	.744	-26	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.333	.333	.000
1961	34	BOS	AL	24	19	1	1.4	105	.273	.250	.265	.250	.340	.250	.412	.500	.753	34	.100	-2.4	-0.2	.316	.000	.000
1962	35	NYM	NL	5	5	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.271	.000	.339	.000	.412	.000	.750	-100	.000	-1.4	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
13 Yrs				1985	1383	187	3.6	100	.250	.241	.263	.332	.341	.320	.394	.652	.734	79	.406	-44.6	-4.4	.585	.212	.079	10.4
162 Game Avg.				463	322	44	3.6	100	.250	.241	.263	.332	.341	.320	.394	.652	.734	79	.406	-44.6	-4.4	.585	.212	.079	2
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
BAL (5 yrs)				585	425	48	3.0	95	.229	.219	.256	.301	.327	.280	.389	.580	.716	64	.337	-22.8	-2.3	.506	.183	.061	3.8
DET (5 yrs)				928	628	95	4.1	102	.252	.249	.267	.351	.348	.351	.391	.702	.739	91	.461	-7.7	-0.8	.650	.249	.102	3.5
CLE (2 yrs)				130	86	15	4.7	100	.299	.288	.266	.378	.342	.342	.392	.720	.733	98	.523	0.4	0.0	.651	.180	.054
CHW (2 yrs)				93	63	9	3.8	101	.275	.244	.263	.341	.337	.295	.403	.636	.740	74	.429	-2.2	-0.2	.600	.205	.051	.0
NYM (1 yr)				5	5	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.271	.000	.339	.000	.412	.000	.750	-100	.000	-1.4	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
BOS (1 yr)				24	19	1	1.4	105	.273	.250	.265	.250	.340	.250	.412	.500	.753	34	.101	-2.4	-0.2	.316	.000	.000
KCA (1 yr)				220	157	19	3.2	106	.263	.246	.267	.323	.349	.313	.408	.636	.757	69	.327	-8.4	-0.8	.542	.185	.067	1.0

AL (12 yrs)				1980	1378	187	3.6	100	.251	.242	.263	.333	.341	.321	.393	.654	.734	79	.408	-43.2	-4.3	.587	.212	.079	10.4
NL (1 yr)				5	5	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.271	.000	.339	.000	.412	.000	.750	-100	.000	-1.4	-0.2	.000	.000	.000

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
1948	21	DET	AL	39	0.0%	2.6%	7.7%	0.0%	0%	0.33	36.0		36.0		4.00	90%

1950	23	DET	AL	109	0.0%	5.5%	10.1%	5.5%	27%	0.55	15.8		7.9		0.83	82%
1951	24	DET	AL	351	2.3%	6.0%	12.3%	5.7%	25%	0.49	14.5	38.0	8.2		0.85	78%
1952	25	DET	AL	364	1.7%	5.8%	14.0%	5.8%	31%	0.41	14.6	51.2	8.5		0.89	77%
1953	26	TOT	AL	192	0.0%	2.6%	12.5%	3.1%	13%	0.21	32.4		12.5		1.32	82%
1953	26	DET	AL	65	0.0%	1.5%	15.4%	3.1%	13%	0.10	53.0		17.7		1.12	80%
1953	26	CLE	AL	127	0.0%	3.2%	11.0%	3.2%	13%	0.29	27.3		10.9		1.42	83%
1954	27	CLE	AL	3	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	100%				2.0		0.00	67%

1956	29	TOT	AL	252	0.4%	8.3%	9.9%	4.0%	20%	0.84	10.6	223.0	15.9		0.88	81%
1956	29	KCA	AL	220	0.5%	7.7%	10.5%	4.6%	21%	0.74	11.5	195.0	16.3		0.85	81%
1956	29	BAL	AL	32	0.0%	12.5%	6.3%	0.0%	0%	2.00	7.0		14.0		1.08	78%
1957	30	BAL	AL	200	0.5%	9.5%	9.0%	5.5%	23%	1.06	9.2	175.0	9.7		1.11	80%
1958	31	BAL	AL	126	2.4%	11.1%	10.3%	3.2%	17%	1.08	7.8	36.3	6.8		0.83	75%
1959	32	BAL	AL	190	0.5%	6.8%	11.1%	1.6%	10%	0.62	12.8	166.0	11.9		1.05	82%
1960	33	TOT	AL	125	0.0%	7.2%	12.8%	4.0%	19%	0.56	11.7		7.0		1.03	78%
1960	33	BAL	AL	37	0.0%	2.7%	16.2%	2.7%	13%	0.17	30.0		5.0		0.92	78%
1960	33	CHW	AL	88	0.0%	9.1%	11.4%	4.6%	21%	0.80	9.4		8.3		1.08	77%
1961	34	TOT	AL	29	0.0%	13.8%	3.5%	0.0%	0%	4.00	6.8		5.4		1.38	79%
1961	34	CHW	AL	5	0.0%	40.0%	20.0%	0.0%		2.00	1.5				1.00	20%
1961	34	BOS	AL	24	0.0%	8.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		12.0		4.8		1.43	92%
1962	35	NYM	NL	5	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%			5.0				0.00	80%
13 Yrs				1985	1.0%	6.8%	11.4%	4.4%	21%	0.60	12.7	85.8	9.4		0.96	79%
MLB Averages					2.2%	11.7%	9.3%	6.6%	29%	1.26	7.6	40.8	8.1		1.00	75%
				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

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1948	21	DET	AL	0.2	0.0	11	0.1	0.3	-0.2	1.45	0.0	0.1	0.5	0.0	0.84	0.2	6.09	0

1950	23	DET	AL	-6.2	-0.6	80	-0.8	1.2	-2.0	1.23	-0.4	-0.3	-5.7	-0.5	1.00	-4.9	1.02	2
1951	24	DET	AL	0.4	0.0	267	0.2	5.3	-5.1	1.13	0.2	-0.0	2.7	0.3	0.96	1.5	1.74	9
1952	25	DET	AL	-3.7	-0.4	336	-0.3	5.8	-6.1	1.11	-0.2	-0.0	-1.4	-0.1	0.93	0.0	1.53	16
1953	26	TOT	AL	0.8	0.1	194	0.1	3.1	-3.0	1.01	-0.0	0.2	1.3	0.1	0.93	-0.7	1.83	12
1953	26	DET	AL	1.6	0.2	66	0.1	1.1	-1.0	1.02	0.1	-0.0	0.2	0.0	0.83	1.4	0.13	3
1953	26	CLE	AL	-0.8	-0.1	128	0.0	2.0	-2.0	1.00	-0.2	0.2	1.1	0.1	0.99	-2.1	2.40	9
1954	27	CLE	AL	1.1	0.1	3	0.5	0.5	-0.0	1.81	0.1	0.2	0.9	0.1	1.38	0.9	1.81	2

1956	29	TOT	AL	-14.1	-1.4	256	-1.6	3.6	-5.3	1.07	-1.2	-0.3	-14.1	-1.4	0.94	-14.0	2.26	19
1956	29	KCA	AL	-8.4	-0.8	224	-0.8	3.4	-4.2	1.02	-0.7	-0.1	-7.7	-0.7	0.92	-8.2	2.13	13
1956	29	BAL	AL	-5.7	-0.6	32	-0.8	0.2	-1.0	1.38	-0.5	-0.0	-6.4	-0.7	1.09	-5.8	2.53	6
1957	30	BAL	AL	0.7	0.1	204	-0.1	4.2	-4.4	1.30	0.4	-0.5	1.3	0.1	1.00	2.7	2.36	18
1958	31	BAL	AL	-3.8	-0.4	127	0.1	2.4	-2.3	1.15	0.1	0.0	-0.5	-0.1	0.96	1.2	1.82	20
1959	32	BAL	AL	-14.1	-1.4	190	-1.0	2.7	-3.7	1.16	-1.3	0.4	-15.0	-1.6	1.01	-14.6	2.29	4
1960	33	TOT	AL	-1.8	-0.2	127	0.6	2.8	-2.2	1.14	-0.1	0.6	0.8	0.1	1.02	-0.3	1.77	2
1960	33	BAL	AL	-0.0	0.0	37	0.3	0.9	-0.5	1.05	0.1	0.2	2.7	0.3	0.97	1.0		0
1960	33	CHW	AL	-1.7	-0.2	90	0.2	1.9	-1.7	1.18	-0.2	0.4	-1.8	-0.2	1.04	-1.2	1.77	2
1961	34	TOT	AL	-2.9	-0.3	29	0.7	1.2	-0.6	1.45	-0.2	0.6	0.5	0.0	1.00	-2.1	1.69	16
1961	34	CHW	AL	-0.5	-0.1	5	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.92	-0.0	0.0	-0.5	-0.1	0.82	-0.5	0.92	3
1961	34	BOS	AL	-2.4	-0.2	24	0.7	1.2	-0.5	1.55	-0.1	0.6	1.0	0.1	1.04	-1.6	1.86	13
1962	35	NYM	NL	-1.4	-0.2	5	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	2.06	-0.1	0.0	-1.3	-0.1	0.95	-1.4		0
13 Yrs				-44.8	-4.5	1829	-1.8	33.2	-35.0	1.14	-2.8	1.2	-30.0	-3.0	0.97	-31.5	1.91	120
				BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	21	DET	AL	0	0	44%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1950	23	DET	AL	0	0	35%	43	1	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50%	4	3	1	1	0	1	3	1	2
1951	24	DET	AL	3	0	31%	109	0	2	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	1	44%	14	13	1	2	0	2	16	3	11
1952	25	DET	AL	4	0	20%	149	1	1	50%	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	6	2	31%	21	14	6	3	3	0	11	5	5
1953	26	TOT	AL	2	0	22%	85	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	39%	17	12	3	2	2	0	12	3	9
1953	26	DET	AL	1	0	22%	39	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	27%	9	6	1	2	2	0	4	1	3
1953	26	CLE	AL	1	0	22%	46	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	50%	8	6	2	0	0	0	8	2	6
1954	27	CLE	AL	0	0	0%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1956	29	TOT	AL	5	0	19%	89	1	1	50%	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	2	41%	18	11	6	2	1	1	7	3	4
1956	29	KCA	AL	4	0	20%	84	1	1	50%	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	2	41%	18	11	6	2	1	1	7	3	4
1956	29	BAL	AL	1	0	0%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	30	BAL	AL	4	0	21%	76	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	28%	9	7	2	2	2	0	7	2	3
1958	31	BAL	AL	1	0	3%	38	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0%	2	2	0	1	1	0	2	2	0
1959	32	BAL	AL	4	0	26%	63	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	27%	4	3	1	3	2	1	4	3	1
1960	33	TOT	AL	0	0	25%	59	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	40%	9	6	2	2	1	1	4	1	3
1960	33	BAL	AL	0	0	21%	20	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	67%	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
1960	33	CHW	AL	0	0	27%	39	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	33%	8	5	2	1	1	0	3	1	2
1961	34	TOT	AL	0	0	14%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1961	34	CHW	AL	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
1961	34	BOS	AL	0	0	17%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	35	NYM	NL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13 Yrs				23	0	23%	724	7	5	58%	6	2	0	1	0	1	7	0	26	13	36%	99	72	22	18	12	6	66	23	38
				ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH

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
1948	21	DET	AL	39	91%	13			0	0	0	0	6.09	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1950	23	DET	AL	109	79%	22			2	0	0	0	1.02	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	20	2	10%	12	8	67%	57	10	18%	10	7	70%	6	4	67%	0
1951	24	DET	AL	351	71%	79			9	2	0	0	1.74	8	0	8	5	1	7	1	0	3	2	67%	58	8	14%	26	10	38%	175	28	16%	18	11	61%	13	9	69%	0
1952	25	DET	AL	364	93%	68			16	2	0	2	1.53	6	0	3	5	0	5	1	0	4	3	75%	61	9	15%	27	14	52%	210	29	14%	20	10	50%	10	4	40%	0
1953	26	TOT	AL	192	92%	47			12	2	0	0	1.83	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	100%	35	4	11%	17	6	35%	123	14	11%	9	3	33%	5	2	40%	0
1953	26	DET	AL	65	95%	16			3	0	0	0	0.13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	7	0	0%	6	1	17%	29	3	10%	4	1	25%	3	1	33%	0
1953	26	CLE	AL	127	91%	31			9	2	0	0	2.40	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	28	4	14%	11	5	45%	94	11	12%	5	2	40%	2	1	50%	0
1954	27	CLE	AL	3	100%	1			2	1	0	1	1.81	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	5	1	20%	1	0	0%	0	0		0

1956	29	TOT	AL	252	82%	50			19	3	0	2	2.26	1	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	100%	49	9	18%	21	5	24%	160	15	9%	11	5	45%	12	5	42%	0
1956	29	KCA	AL	220	81%	48			13	3	0	1	2.13	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		40	7	18%	15	3	20%	131	13	10%	8	3	38%	11	5	45%	0
1956	29	BAL	AL	32	91%	2			6	0	0	1	2.53	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	9	2	22%	6	2	33%	29	2	7%	3	2	67%	1	0	0%	0
1957	30	BAL	AL	200	93%	48			18	3	0	2	2.36	1	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	100%	51	4	8%	21	6	29%	139	20	14%	14	8	57%	6	3	50%	0
1958	31	BAL	AL	126	90%	23			20	4	0	2	1.82	3	0	5	3	0	0	3	0	0	0		14	0	0%	8	4	50%	90	14	16%	7	4	57%	5	4	80%	0
1959	32	BAL	AL	190	83%	30			4	1	0	1	2.29	1	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0%	46	6	13%	22	10	45%	138	13	9%	17	8	47%	6	2	33%	0
1960	33	TOT	AL	125	81%	27			2	0	0	0	1.77	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	19	2	11%	12	7	58%	97	16	16%	11	7	64%	8	6	75%	0
1960	33	BAL	AL	37	62%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	6	1	17%	4	2	50%	27	7	26%	2	1	50%	2	2	100%	0
1960	33	CHW	AL	88	89%	19			2	0	0	0	1.77	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	13	1	8%	8	5	63%	70	9	13%	9	6	67%	6	4	67%	0
1961	34	TOT	AL	29	97%	6			16	3	0	2	1.69	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	9	1	11%	3	2	67%	22	5	23%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
1961	34	CHW	AL	5	100%	0			3	0	0	0	0.92	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1961	34	BOS	AL	24	96%	6			13	3	0	2	1.86	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	1	13%	2	1	50%	21	5	24%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
1962	35	NYM	NL	5	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
13 Yrs				1985	86%	414			120	21	0	12	1.91	20	0	54	16	1	12	8	0	21	17	81%	366	46	13%	171	72	42%	1223	165	13%	120	64	53%	71	39	55%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			85%			11%			32%			14%			50%			54%
				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

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
1948	21	11	39	36	7	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	.361	.410	.361	.771	104	13	1	0	0
1949	22	11	39	36	7	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	.361	.410	.361	.771	104	13	1	0	0
1950	23	47	148	131	19	35	6	0	0	13	1	0	14	7	.267	.342	.313	.655	68	41	3	1	2
1951	24	149	499	435	63	114	16	2	8	50	1	2	57	28	.262	.352	.363	.715	90	158	11	3	4
1952	25	262	863	742	92	182	29	4	14	86	2	3	108	49	.245	.346	.352	.698	89	261	20	6	7
1953	26	326	1055	904	108	229	35	4	14	99	2	3	132	54	.253	.353	.347	.701	91	314	24	8	11
1954	27	329	1058	906	108	230	35	5	14	100	2	3	132	54	.254	.354	.350	.704	91	317	24	9	11	0
1955	28	329	1058	906	108	230	35	5	14	100	2	3	132	54	.254	.354	.350	.704	91	317	24	9	11	0
1956	29	415	1310	1129	123	280	43	6	15	114	3	4	157	75	.248	.344	.337	.680	84	380	33	9	12	3	3
1957	30	500	1510	1304	138	328	51	8	16	132	5	5	175	94	.252	.343	.340	.683	86	443	37	11	14	7	4
1958	31	561	1636	1413	142	351	52	8	19	148	5	5	188	108	.248	.340	.337	.677	85	476	37	13	14	9	5
1959	32	626	1826	1579	156	381	54	8	20	162	6	5	209	121	.241	.333	.324	.656	80	511	43	13	14	12	8
1960	33	668	1951	1684	167	408	59	8	20	177	7	5	225	130	.242	.334	.322	.657	80	543	45	14	16	13	9
1961	34	693	1980	1711	168	414	59	8	20	182	7	5	226	134	.242	.333	.321	.654	79	549	46	14	17	13	9
1962	35	695	1985	1716	168	414	59	8	20	182	7	5	226	135	.241	.332	.320	.652	79	549	46	14	17	13	9

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1948	21	11	40	37	7	13	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	.351	.400	.351	.751	5	11

1950	23	38	109	96	10	20	5	0	0	10	1	10	6	.208	.290	.260	.550	7	36
1951	24	107	365	317	44	80	10	2	8	37	0	44	22	.252	.347	.372	.719	41	102
1952	25	118	384	323	32	73	14	2	6	40	1	55	22	.226	.344	.337	.681	38	113
1953	26	67	202	170	17	50	6	0	0	14	0	26	5	.294	.394	.329	.723	22	64
1954	27	3	3	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.500	.667	1.500	2.167	2	3

1956	29	90	263	233	15	52	8	1	1	14	1	26	22	.223	.298	.279	.577	20	86
1957	30	89	216	188	18	54	9	2	1	21	2	20	20	.287	.355	.372	.727	25	85
1958	31	64	135	116	5	26	1	0	3	19	0	15	15	.224	.319	.310	.629	11	61
1959	32	68	199	174	15	32	2	0	1	15	1	22	14	.184	.271	.213	.484	10	65
1960	33	44	131	110	11	28	5	0	0	15	1	17	9	.255	.357	.300	.657	12	42
1961	34	25	28	26	1	5	0	0	0	3	0	1	4	.192	.222	.192	.415	1	25
1962	35	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
13 Yrs		726	2080	1797	175	434	60	8	20	190	7	239	141	.242	.333	.317	.650	194	695
162 Game Avg.		162	464	401	39	97	13	2	4	42	2	53	31	.242	.333	.317	.650	43	695

* 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.

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Hall of Fame Standards

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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