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Billy Goodman

William Dale Goodman

Positions: Second Baseman, First Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: March 22, 1926 in Concord, NC (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1947
Teams (by GP): RedSox/WhiteSox/Colt.45's/Orioles 1947-1962

Final Game: September 30, 1962
Died: October 1, 1984 in Sarasota, FL
Buried: Mount Olivet Methodist Church Cemetery, Concord, NC
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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
1945 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1947 21 BOS AL 12 12 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .182 .250 .182 .432 18 2 0 0 0 /O9
1948 22 BOS AL 127 527 445 65 138 27 2 1 66 5 3 74 44 .310 .414 .387 .801 109 172 18 5 3 *3/45 MVP-27,RoY-4
1949 23 BOS AL 122 510 443 54 132 23 3 0 56 2 0 58 21 .298 .382 .363 .745 91 161 14 2 6 *3 AS
1950 24 BOS AL 110 485 424 91 150 25 3 4 68 2 4 52 25 .354 .427 .455 .882 117 193 8 2 7 7O53/46 MVP-2
1951 25 BOS AL 141 638 546 92 162 34 4 0 50 7 4 79 37 .297 .388 .374 .761 98 204 12 2 11 34O9/75 MVP-18
1952 26 BOS AL 138 579 513 79 157 27 3 4 56 8 2 48 23 .306 .370 .394 .764 107 202 7 4 14 *43/57O MVP-16
1953 27 BOS AL 128 581 514 73 161 33 5 2 41 1 4 57 11 .313 .384 .409 .793 111 210 2 2 8 *43 AS,MVP-21
1954 28 BOS AL 127 551 489 71 148 25 4 1 36 3 3 51 15 .303 .370 .376 .746 97 184 10 2 9 1 4375 MVP-19
1955 29 BOS AL 149 716 599 100 176 31 2 0 52 5 5 99 44 .294 .394 .352 .747 96 211 13 3 10 4 1 *4/37
1956 30 BOS AL 105 444 399 61 117 22 8 2 38 0 3 40 22 .293 .356 .404 .760 92 161 3 0 7 2 1 4
1957 31 TOT AL 91 316 279 37 82 11 3 3 33 0 2 23 19 .294 .351 .387 .738 108 108 11 3 8 3 1 5/34967
1957 31 BOS AL 18 18 16 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .063 .167 .125 .292 -21 2 0 0 0 0 0
1957 31 BAL AL 73 298 263 36 81 10 3 3 33 0 2 21 18 .308 .362 .403 .765 116 106 11 3 8 3 1 5/34967
1958 32 CHW AL 116 471 425 41 127 15 5 0 40 1 0 37 21 .299 .355 .358 .712 98 152 10 2 3 4 1 *5/346
1959 33 CHW AL 104 291 268 21 67 14 1 1 28 3 0 19 20 .250 .304 .321 .625 73 86 4 2 2 0 0 5/4
1960 34 CHW AL 30 89 77 5 18 4 0 0 6 0 0 12 8 .234 .337 .286 .623 71 22 2 0 0 0 1 5/4
1961 35 CHW AL 41 59 51 4 13 4 0 1 10 0 0 7 6 .255 .339 .392 .731 97 20 1 0 0 1 0 /534
1962 36 HOU NL 82 174 161 12 41 4 1 0 10 0 0 12 11 .255 .306 .292 .598 67 47 6 0 1 0 2 45/3
16 Yrs 1623 6443 5644 807 1691 299 44 19 591 37 30 669 329 .300 .376 .378 .754 99 2135 121 29 89 15 7
162 Game Avg. 162 643 563 81 169 30 4 2 59 4 3 67 33 .300 .376 .378 .754 99 213 12 3 9
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
BOS (11 yrs) 1177 5061 4399 688 1344 248 34 14 464 33 28 561 245 .306 .386 .387 .773 101 1702 87 22 75 7 2
CHW (4 yrs) 291 910 821 71 225 37 6 2 84 4 0 75 55 .274 .336 .341 .677 87 280 17 4 5 5 2
HOU (1 yr) 82 174 161 12 41 4 1 0 10 0 0 12 11 .255 .306 .292 .598 67 47 6 0 1 0 2
BAL (1 yr) 73 298 263 36 81 10 3 3 33 0 2 21 18 .308 .362 .403 .765 116 106 11 3 8 3 1
AL (15 yrs) 1541 6269 5483 795 1650 295 43 19 581 37 30 657 318 .301 .378 .381 .759 100 2088 115 29 88 15 5
NL (1 yr) 82 174 161 12 41 4 1 0 10 0 0 12 11 .255 .306 .292 .598 67 47 6 0 1 0 2

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
1947 21 BOS AL 12 12 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .489 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /O9
1948 22 BOS AL 127 527 10 -0 -1 -1 -5 2 0.2 13 16 1.6 .502 .501 1.6 -0.6 16 $ *3/45 MVP-27,RoY-4
1949 23 BOS AL 122 510 -3 -0 0 2 -6 -7 -0.7 13 6 0.6 .495 .496 0.4 -0.4 4 $ *3 AS
1950 24 BOS AL 110 485 14 -1 2 0 -3 13 1.2 13 25 2.5 .511 .507 2.4 -0.2 25 $ 7O53/46 MVP-2
1951 25 BOS AL 141 638 2 2 3 -2 -3 2 0.2 17 19 1.9 .502 .501 2.0 -0.5 21 $ 34O9/75 MVP-18
1952 26 BOS AL 138 579 6 3 2 6 3 19 2.1 16 35 3.6 .515 .513 2.9 1.0 29 $20,000 *43/57O MVP-16
1953 27 BOS AL 128 581 9 3 2 4 4 22 2.3 16 38 3.8 .518 .514 3.3 0.8 34 $ *43 AS,MVP-21
1954 28 BOS AL 127 551 0 2 0 2 1 6 0.6 15 21 2.1 .505 .504 1.9 0.3 19 $ 4375 MVP-19
1955 29 BOS AL 149 716 2 1 -1 -4 5 4 0.6 19 24 2.4 .503 .503 2.7 0.2 27 $ *4/37
1956 30 BOS AL 105 444 -4 -0 2 7 3 8 0.8 12 20 2.0 .508 .505 1.2 1.0 13 $ 4
1957 31 BOS AL 18 18 -3 0 0 0 0 -3 -0.3 0 -2 -0.2 .484 .498 -0.2 -0.0 -2 $
1957 31 BAL AL 73 298 8 -0 -1 -6 0 2 0.1 8 10 0.9 .502 .501 1.6 -0.6 15 $ 5/34967
1958 32 CHW AL 116 471 1 3 1 2 1 8 0.7 13 21 2.0 .507 .505 1.8 0.3 19 $ *5/346
1959 33 CHW AL 104 291 -5 1 1 9 1 7 0.6 8 15 1.4 .507 .504 0.5 1.0 5 $ 5/4
1960 34 CHW AL 30 89 -1 -1 -0 4 1 2 0.2 2 4 0.4 .507 .501 0.0 0.4 1 $ 5/4
1961 35 CHW AL 41 59 -1 0 -0 -0 0 -1 -0.1 2 0 0.0 .497 .499 0.1 -0.1 1 $ /534
1962 36 HOU NL 82 174 -6 -0 -1 -2 1 -9 -0.9 6 -3 -0.3 .489 .494 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $ 45/3
16 Seasons 1623 6443 27 12 10 21 4 74 7.5 173 247 24.6 .505 .503 22.0 2.8 226 $20,000
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
BOS (11 yrs) 1177 5061 33 9 10 14 -0 66 6.9 134 200 20.2 .506 .504 18.1 1.7 186 $20,000
CHW (4 yrs) 291 910 -7 3 1 15 3 15 1.4 25 40 3.8 .506 .503 2.4 1.7 25 $
HOU (1 yr) 82 174 -6 -0 -1 -2 1 -9 -0.9 6 -3 -0.3 .489 .494 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $
BAL (1 yr) 73 298 8 -0 -1 -6 0 2 0.1 8 10 0.9 .502 .501 1.6 -0.6 15 $

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
1947 21 BOS AL 12 9 1 3.0 102 .222 .182 .271 .250 .352 .182 .389 .432 .741 18 .348 -1.3 -0.1 .333 .091 .000
1948 22 BOS AL 527 331 70 5.6 110 .343 .310 .279 .414 .365 .387 .403 .801 .768 109 .590 10.6 1.0 .771 .247 .076 1.7
1949 23 BOS AL 510 331 61 4.9 113 .313 .298 .280 .382 .374 .363 .407 .745 .781 91 .531 -4.0 -0.4 .686 .201 .065 .0
1950 24 BOS AL 485 293 81 7.3 122 .370 .354 .290 .427 .379 .455 .435 .882 .814 117 .671 13.4 1.3 .857 .219 .101 2.7
1951 25 BOS AL 638 411 79 5.2 110 .318 .297 .279 .388 .362 .374 .409 .761 .771 98 .562 2.1 0.2 .720 .227 .077 .0
1952 26 BOS AL 579 379 75 5.3 102 .315 .306 .268 .370 .349 .394 .391 .764 .740 107 .613 5.5 0.6 .712 .193 .088 5.3
1953 27 BOS AL 581 367 79 5.8 106 .317 .313 .274 .384 .351 .409 .404 .793 .755 111 .616 9.5 1.0 .741 .200 .095 1.3
1954 28 BOS AL 551 364 67 4.9 108 .310 .303 .278 .370 .355 .376 .406 .746 .762 97 .567 -1.3 -0.1 .669 .178 .074 1.5
1955 29 BOS AL 716 455 90 5.3 110 .315 .294 .277 .394 .358 .352 .412 .747 .770 96 .566 1.4 0.1 .710 .224 .058 .0
1956 30 BOS AL 444 297 59 5.3 116 .305 .293 .281 .356 .365 .404 .429 .760 .794 92 .546 -5.8 -0.6 .688 .203 .110 .0
1957 31 TOT AL 316 221 36 4.4 94 .304 .294 .256 .351 .327 .387 .386 .738 .713 108 .501 3.4 0.4 .629 .168 .093 .0
1957 31 BOS AL 18 15 0 0.0 104 .067 .063 .270 .167 .343 .125 .408 .292 .751 -21 .000 -2.8 -0.3 .267 .188 .063
1957 31 BAL AL 298 206 36 4.7 93 .318 .308 .255 .362 .326 .403 .385 .765 .710 116 .533 6.2 0.6 .656 .167 .095 .0
1958 32 CHW AL 471 315 55 4.7 97 .311 .299 .260 .355 .329 .358 .396 .712 .725 98 .538 -0.2 -0.0 .623 .148 .059 .0
1959 33 CHW AL 291 207 27 3.5 98 .267 .250 .259 .304 .330 .321 .396 .625 .727 73 .398 -9.9 -1.0 .537 .153 .071 1.5
1960 34 CHW AL 89 61 8 3.5 101 .261 .234 .264 .337 .337 .286 .403 .623 .740 71 .392 -2.7 -0.3 .557 .208 .052
1961 35 CHW AL 59 40 7 4.7 102 .267 .255 .261 .339 .336 .392 .407 .731 .743 97 .502 0.1 0.0 .692 .275 .137 .0
1962 36 HOU NL 174 127 14 3.0 97 .273 .255 .262 .306 .328 .292 .397 .598 .725 67 .311 -7.2 -0.7 .468 .112 .037
16 Yrs 6443 4208 809 5.2 107 .315 .300 .274 .376 .354 .378 .407 .754 .761 99 .561 13.7 1.3 .692 .198 .079 25.1
162 Game Avg. 643 420 81 5.2 107 .315 .300 .274 .376 .354 .378 .407 .754 .761 99 .561 1 0 .692 .198 .079 3
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
BOS (11 yrs) 5061 3252 662 5.4 110 .321 .306 .278 .386 .361 .387 .410 .773 .771 101 .584 27.3 2.7 .722 .210 .081 19.7
CHW (4 yrs) 910 623 97 4.2 98 .290 .274 .260 .336 .331 .341 .397 .677 .728 87 .479 -12.6 -1.3 .592 .163 .067 2.7
HOU (1 yr) 174 127 14 3.0 97 .273 .255 .262 .306 .328 .292 .397 .598 .725 67 .311 -7.2 -0.7 .468 .112 .037
BAL (1 yr) 298 206 36 4.7 93 .318 .308 .255 .362 .326 .403 .385 .765 .710 116 .533 6.2 0.6 .656 .167 .095 .0
AL (15 yrs) 6269 4081 795 5.2 108 .316 .301 .274 .378 .355 .381 .407 .759 .762 100 .567 20.9 2.0 .699 .201 .080 25.1
NL (1 yr) 174 127 14 3.0 97 .273 .255 .262 .306 .328 .292 .397 .598 .725 67 .311 -7.2 -0.7 .468 .112 .037

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
1959 33 CHW AL WS LAD L 5 14 13 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .231 .286 .231 .516 3 0 1 0 0 0
1 WS 5 14 13 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .231 .286 .231 .516 3 0 1 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
1949 BOS AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 BOS AL 27 as 2B 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 GP) 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 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
1947 21 BOS AL 12 0.0% 16.7% 8.3% 0.0% 0% 2.00 5.5 11.0 75%
1948 22 BOS AL 527 0.2% 8.4% 14.0% 5.7% 22% 0.59 10.1 445.0 6.7 1.41 76%
1949 23 BOS AL 510 0.0% 4.1% 11.4% 5.1% 20% 0.36 21.1 7.9 1.53 83%
1950 24 BOS AL 485 0.8% 5.2% 10.7% 6.6% 21% 0.48 17.0 106.0 6.2 1.34 81%
1951 25 BOS AL 638 0.0% 5.8% 12.4% 6.0% 24% 0.47 14.8 10.9 1.19 80%
1952 26 BOS AL 579 0.7% 4.0% 8.3% 5.9% 22% 0.48 22.3 128.3 9.2 1.18 84%
1953 27 BOS AL 581 0.3% 1.9% 9.8% 6.9% 25% 0.19 46.7 257.0 12.5 1.05 86%
1954 28 BOS AL 551 0.2% 2.7% 9.3% 5.4% 20% 0.29 32.6 489.0 13.6 1.38 86%
1955 29 BOS AL 716 0.0% 6.2% 13.8% 4.6% 19% 0.44 13.6 11.5 1.40 78%
1956 30 BOS AL 444 0.5% 5.0% 9.0% 7.2% 27% 0.55 18.1 199.5 10.5 1.50 85%
1957 31 TOT AL 316 1.0% 6.0% 7.3% 5.4% 21% 0.83 14.7 93.0 8.5 1.14 82%
1957 31 BOS AL 18 0.0% 5.6% 11.1% 5.6% 100% 0.50 16.0 0.75 83%
1957 31 BAL AL 298 1.0% 6.0% 7.1% 5.4% 20% 0.86 14.6 87.7 8.0 1.18 82%
1958 32 CHW AL 471 0.0% 4.5% 7.9% 4.3% 16% 0.57 20.2 10.6 1.09 87%
1959 33 CHW AL 291 0.3% 6.9% 6.5% 5.5% 24% 1.05 13.4 268.0 9.6 0.87 85%
1960 34 CHW AL 89 0.0% 9.0% 13.5% 4.5% 22% 0.67 9.6 12.8 1.08 78%
1961 35 CHW AL 59 1.7% 10.2% 11.9% 8.5% 39% 0.86 8.5 51.0 5.1 0.89 76%
1962 36 HOU NL 174 0.0% 6.3% 6.9% 2.9% 12% 0.92 14.6 16.1 1.17 86%
16 Yrs 6443 0.3% 5.1% 10.4% 5.6% 21% 0.49 17.2 297.1 9.5 1.24 82%
MLB Averages 2.1% 11.6% 9.3% 6.5% 28% 1.24 7.7 41.4 8.2 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
1947 21 BOS AL -1.3 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 22 BOS AL 10.6 1.0 412 1.3 7.2 -5.9 .91 0.9 0.5 13.1 1.2 1.01 8.4 0.92 5
1949 23 BOS AL -4.0 -0.4 463 -0.5 6.7 -7.2 .91 -0.1 -0.5 4.9 0.5 1.00 1.1 2.65 3
1950 24 BOS AL 12.9 1.2 424 1.4 7.8 -6.4 1.00 1.8 -0.4 27.9 2.5 1.00 20.2 1.30 9
1951 25 BOS AL 2.1 0.2 657 1.9 12.3 -10.4 1.05 0.7 1.1 9.1 0.9 1.00 7.8 1.04 1
1952 26 BOS AL 4.9 0.5 583 2.9 11.5 -8.6 1.04 1.5 1.3 27.9 2.8 0.97 15.7 2.17 7
1953 27 BOS AL 8.9 0.9 596 1.6 10.3 -8.7 .99 1.0 0.6 13.8 1.3 0.92 12.8 2.97 2
1954 28 BOS AL -1.3 -0.1 562 -0.5 9.6 -10.1 1.07 0.6 -1.1 3.5 0.3 0.99 5.3 2.60 10
1955 29 BOS AL 0.7 0.1 737 1.4 12.0 -10.5 .95 1.3 0.2 19.7 1.9 0.95 16.0 2.12 0
1956 30 BOS AL -6.2 -0.6 450 1.3 8.5 -7.2 1.02 0.6 0.7 5.7 0.5 0.93 5.5 1.85 9
1957 31 TOT AL 3.4 0.4 320 0.8 6.5 -5.7 1.14 0.2 0.6 5.7 0.6 0.98 2.4 1.39 23
1957 31 BOS AL -2.8 -0.3 18 -0.3 0.1 -0.5 1.22 -0.2 -0.1 -2.9 -0.3 0.91 -2.5 1.22 16
1957 31 BAL AL 6.2 0.6 302 1.2 6.3 -5.2 1.13 0.4 0.7 8.6 0.9 0.98 4.9 1.78 7
1958 32 CHW AL -0.2 -0.0 477 2.3 9.3 -6.9 .99 0.5 1.9 10.0 1.0 0.94 4.4 2.68 4
1959 33 CHW AL -9.9 -1.0 294 0.7 6.3 -5.6 1.17 0.2 0.4 6.2 0.6 0.96 1.1 1.92 30
1960 34 CHW AL -2.7 -0.3 92 -0.4 1.5 -1.9 1.22 0.0 -0.3 -0.0 -0.0 1.00 -0.5 1.61 6
1961 35 CHW AL 0.0 0.0 60 1.3 2.4 -1.1 1.32 0.1 0.9 2.4 0.2 0.97 -0.1 1.61 27
1962 36 HOU NL -7.2 -0.7 175 -1.1 2.9 -4.0 1.23 -0.7 -0.2 -8.3 -0.9 0.97 -7.0 1.81 52
16 Yrs 10.8 1.0 6302 14.6 114.8 -100.2 1.02 8.6 5.6 141.5 13.5 0.97 93.1 1.79 188
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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1948 22 BOS AL 7 0 30% 180 5 3 63% 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 2 48% 23 18 5 8 4 4 15 2 13
1949 23 BOS AL 5 0 28% 220 2 0 100% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 7 43% 30 23 6 11 5 6 17 3 13
1950 24 BOS AL 7 0 44% 214 2 4 33% 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 10 46% 33 17 14 11 7 3 22 8 13
1951 25 BOS AL 12 0 38% 307 7 4 64% 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 8 48% 37 27 10 12 9 3 24 2 22
1952 26 BOS AL 11 0 37% 282 8 2 80% 7 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 4 46% 34 25 9 8 4 3 15 1 14
1953 27 BOS AL 8 0 33% 296 1 4 20% 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 13 54% 40 23 17 7 3 4 20 4 15
1954 28 BOS AL 8 0 35% 290 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 10 58% 33 20 13 9 4 5 20 2 18
1955 29 BOS AL 10 0 36% 408 5 5 50% 2 5 1 0 2 0 4 0 11 23 38% 59 41 16 14 12 2 27 6 20
1956 30 BOS AL 7 0 38% 187 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 8 60% 22 9 12 5 3 2 13 3 10
1957 31 TOT AL 6 0 32% 121 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 43% 23 17 6 5 1 3 9 2 7
1957 31 BOS AL 0 0 33% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 31 BAL AL 6 0 32% 117 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 44% 22 16 6 5 1 3 9 2 7
1958 32 CHW AL 7 0 25% 184 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 13 52% 30 15 15 8 6 2 14 3 10
1959 33 CHW AL 9 0 23% 98 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 46% 14 8 6 2 2 0 6 2 4
1960 34 CHW AL 3 0 17% 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 50% 2 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 3
1961 35 CHW AL 0 0 16% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
1962 36 HOU NL 3 0 23% 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 31% 11 10 1 0 0 0 5 1 4
16 Yrs 103 0 33% 2902 37 30 55% 30 32 3 0 2 0 15 0 87 109 47% 392 255 131 101 61 37 211 40 166
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

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 22 BOS AL 527 76% 138 5 2 0 0 0.92 1 1 14 1 0 0 1 0 5 3 60% 111 18 16% 48 20 42% 309 53 17% 32 20 63% 16 9 56% 0
1949 23 BOS AL 510 77% 132 3 2 0 1 2.65 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 75% 110 14 13% 53 19 36% 349 56 16% 37 21 57% 31 24 77% 0
1950 24 BOS AL 485 65% 150 9 2 0 0 1.30 4 0 21 1 2 1 3 0 9 7 78% 107 8 7% 39 14 36% 308 57 19% 32 19 59% 15 11 73% 0
1951 25 BOS AL 638 75% 162 1 0 0 0 1.04 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 17 11 65% 157 12 8% 69 27 39% 456 53 12% 32 14 44% 29 20 69% 0
1952 26 BOS AL 579 86% 157 7 1 1 1 2.17 4 0 17 4 0 3 1 0 16 14 88% 122 7 6% 57 27 47% 362 54 15% 27 15 56% 22 17 77% 0
1953 27 BOS AL 581 83% 161 2 2 0 1 2.97 2 0 10 2 0 1 1 0 11 8 73% 73 2 3% 30 17 57% 277 39 14% 24 16 67% 17 10 59% 0
1954 28 BOS AL 551 74% 148 10 3 0 1 2.60 1 0 16 0 1 0 1 0 13 9 69% 107 10 9% 40 15 38% 333 37 11% 10 6 60% 18 9 50% 0
1955 29 BOS AL 716 76% 176 0 0 0 1 2.12 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 13 10 77% 101 13 13% 34 16 47% 373 58 16% 28 17 61% 15 12 80% 0
1956 30 BOS AL 444 79% 117 9 2 0 0 1.85 2 0 6 2 0 0 2 0 7 7 100% 64 3 5% 21 13 62% 225 37 16% 15 11 73% 5 4 80% 0
1957 31 TOT AL 316 80% 82 23 4 0 1 1.39 3 0 7 3 0 1 2 0 9 8 89% 86 11 13% 28 12 43% 214 33 15% 17 11 65% 10 5 50% 0
1957 31 BOS AL 18 100% 1 16 1 0 0 1.22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 5 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1957 31 BAL AL 298 79% 81 7 3 0 1 1.78 3 0 7 3 0 1 2 0 9 8 89% 85 11 13% 27 11 41% 209 33 16% 17 11 65% 9 5 56% 0
1958 32 CHW AL 471 74% 127 4 2 0 1 2.68 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 43% 81 10 12% 31 12 39% 260 42 16% 19 9 47% 14 8 57% 0
1959 33 CHW AL 291 97% 67 30 6 0 3 1.92 1 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 67% 56 4 7% 23 5 22% 187 33 18% 8 5 63% 15 6 40% 0
1960 34 CHW AL 89 97% 18 6 0 0 1 1.61 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 19 2 11% 6 3 50% 62 9 15% 5 3 60% 6 3 50% 0
1961 35 CHW AL 59 100% 13 27 9 1 5 1.61 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 12 1 8% 3 2 67% 43 9 21% 3 2 67% 1 1 100% 0
1962 36 HOU NL 174 97% 41 52 14 0 2 1.81 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 29 6 21% 17 5 29% 109 11 10% 7 2 29% 8 5 63% 0
16 Yrs 6431 79% 1691 188 49 2 18 1.79 19 1 173 15 3 7 12 0 120 89 74% 1235 121 10% 499 207 41% 3867 581 15% 296 171 58% 222 144 65% 0
MLB Averages 50% 91% 12% 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
1947 21 12 12 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .182 .250 .182 .432 18 2 0 0 0
1948 22 139 539 456 66 140 27 2 1 67 5 3 75 46 .307 .410 .382 .792 107 174 18 5 3
1949 23 261 1049 899 120 272 50 5 1 123 7 3 133 67 .303 .397 .373 .769 99 335 32 7 9
1950 24 371 1534 1323 211 422 75 8 5 191 9 7 185 92 .319 .406 .399 .805 105 528 40 9 16
1951 25 512 2172 1869 303 584 109 12 5 241 16 11 264 129 .312 .401 .392 .792 103 732 52 11 27
1952 26 650 2751 2382 382 741 136 15 9 297 24 13 312 152 .311 .394 .392 .786 104 934 59 15 41
1953 27 778 3332 2896 455 902 169 20 11 338 25 17 369 163 .311 .392 .395 .787 105 1144 61 17 49
1954 28 905 3883 3385 526 1050 194 24 12 374 28 20 420 178 .310 .389 .392 .782 104 1328 71 19 58 1
1955 29 1054 4599 3984 626 1226 225 26 12 426 33 25 519 222 .308 .390 .386 .776 103 1539 84 22 68 5 1
1956 30 1159 5043 4383 687 1343 247 34 14 464 33 28 559 244 .306 .387 .388 .775 102 1700 87 22 75 7 2
1957 31 1250 5359 4662 724 1425 258 37 17 497 33 30 582 263 .306 .385 .388 .773 102 1808 98 25 83 10 3
1958 32 1366 5830 5087 765 1552 273 42 17 537 34 30 619 284 .305 .382 .385 .768 102 1960 108 27 86 14 4
1959 33 1470 6121 5355 786 1619 287 43 18 565 37 30 638 304 .302 .379 .382 .761 100 2046 112 29 88 14 4
1960 34 1500 6210 5432 791 1637 291 43 18 571 37 30 650 312 .301 .378 .381 .759 100 2068 114 29 88 14 5
1961 35 1541 6269 5483 795 1650 295 43 19 581 37 30 657 318 .301 .378 .381 .759 100 2088 115 29 88 15 5
1962 36 1623 6443 5644 807 1691 299 44 19 591 37 30 669 329 .300 .376 .378 .754 99 2135 121 29 89 15 7

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
1947 21 12 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .083 .000 .083 0 12
1948 22 133 536 456 61 135 26 2 1 62 5 72 46 .296 .398 .368 .766 66 127
1949 23 128 514 451 49 126 22 3 0 51 2 55 22 .279 .360 .341 .702 55 122
1950 24 115 478 422 75 136 23 3 4 56 2 47 26 .322 .393 .419 .812 68 110
1951 25 148 650 560 84 156 33 4 0 45 7 76 39 .279 .367 .352 .719 72 141
1952 26 144 604 535 82 163 28 3 4 58 8 50 24 .305 .368 .391 .759 76 138
1953 27 134 600 532 72 163 33 5 2 41 1 58 11 .306 .377 .398 .775 79 128
1954 28 133 568 505 70 149 25 4 1 36 3 51 16 .295 .361 .366 .728 67 127
1955 29 156 731 616 96 174 31 2 0 50 5 98 46 .282 .381 .339 .721 79 149
1956 30 110 453 406 54 111 21 8 2 34 0 38 23 .273 .334 .379 .713 51 105
1957 31 96 341 301 44 94 13 3 3 39 0 26 20 .312 .369 .405 .775 45 91
1958 32 121 499 450 46 139 16 5 0 45 1 40 22 .309 .365 .367 .732 61 116
1959 33 109 304 280 22 70 15 1 1 30 3 20 21 .250 .305 .321 .626 27 104
1960 34 32 92 80 5 18 4 0 0 6 0 12 8 .225 .326 .275 .601 7 30
1961 35 41 59 51 4 13 4 0 1 10 0 7 6 .255 .339 .392 .731 7 41
1962 36 82 175 162 13 42 4 1 0 10 0 12 11 .259 .310 .296 .607 15 82
16 Yrs 1694 6616 5818 777 1689 298 44 19 573 37 663 343 .290 .365 .366 .731 775 1623
162 Game Avg. 162 633 556 74 162 28 4 2 55 4 63 33 .290 .365 .366 .731 74 1623

* 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
1949 *
1953 (2B)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1948 AL (27, 1%)
1950 AL (2, 54%)
1951 AL (18, 6%)
1952 AL (16, 5%)
1953 AL (21, 1%)
1954 AL (19, 2%)
0.69 Career Shares (346th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1952 AL  1.0 (5th)
1956 AL  1.0 (9th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1950 AL  .354 (1st)
1952 AL  .306 (6th)
1953 AL  .313 (3rd)
1954 AL  .303 (8th)
1955 AL  .294 (10th)
Career  .300 (211th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1948 AL  .414 (4th)
1950 AL  .427 (5th)
1951 AL  .388 (10th)
1955 AL  .394 (4th)
Career  .376 (203rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1955 AL  149 (9th)

At Bats s c a p y
1955 AL  599 (5th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1955 AL  716 (2nd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1951 AL  92 (8th)
1955 AL  100 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1951 AL  162 (8th)
1953 AL  161 (8th)
1955 AL  176 (6th)

Doubles s c a p y
1951 AL  34 (4th)
1952 AL  27 (9th)
1953 AL  33 (4th)
1954 AL  25 (10th)
1955 AL  31 (3rd)

Triples s c a p y
1956 AL  8 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1951 AL  79 (8th)
1955 AL  99 (2nd)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1952 AL  8 (10th)

Singles s c a p y
1951 AL  124 (6th)
1952 AL  123 (6th)
1953 AL  121 (10th)
1954 AL  118 (7th)
1955 AL  143 (2nd)

Times On Base s c a p y
1951 AL  243 (8th)
1955 AL  278 (3rd)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1950 AL  .671 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1948 AL  5 (6th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1951 AL  11 (7th)
1952 AL  14 (6th)
1954 AL  9 (10th)
1955 AL  10 (9th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1948 AL  18 (8th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1955 AL  5 (10th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1949 AL  21.1 (6th)
1952 AL  22.3 (3rd)
1953 AL  46.7 (1st)
1954 AL  32.6 (4th)
1955 AL  13.6 (6th)
Career  17.2 (189th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1955 AL  455 (4th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1952 AL  27.88 (9th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1952 AL  2.9 (9th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1952 AL  2.8 (10th)

                           

† 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

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (422), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 54 (470), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 30 (607), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 23 (621), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Heinie Groh (922)
  2. Milt Stock (911)
  3. Willie Kamm (903)
  4. Pete Runnels (900)
  5. Kevin Seitzer (899)
  6. Matty Alou (890)
  7. Mark Loretta (889)
  8. Bill Bradley (881)
  9. Joe Dugan (879)
  10. Harry Steinfeldt (878)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. George Sisler (965) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. George Sisler (953) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Fred Snodgrass (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Emmet Heidrick (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Emmet Heidrick (927)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jo-Jo Moore (918)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Whitey Witt (916)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Stan Hack (928)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Stan Hack (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Stan Hack (928)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Heinie Groh (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Heinie Groh (913)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Heinie Groh (913)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Heinie Groh (923)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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