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Sid Gordon

Sidney Gordon

Positions: Leftfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 13, 1917 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: Tilden HS (Brooklyn, NY)
School: Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus (Brooklyn, NY)
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1941
Teams (by GP): Giants/Braves/Pirates 1941-1955

Final Game: September 20, 1955
Died: June 17, 1975 in New York, NY
Buried: New Montefiore Cemetery, Farmingdale, NY
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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
1941 23 NYG NL 9 37 31 4 8 1 1 0 4 0 6 1 .258 .378 .355 .733 106 11 0 0 0 /O87
1942 24 NYG NL 6 22 19 4 6 0 1 0 2 0 3 2 .316 .409 .421 .830 142 8 1 0 0 /5
1943 25 NYG NL 131 528 474 50 119 9 11 9 63 2 43 32 .251 .315 .373 .688 98 177 26 1 10 537O/4
1946 28 NYG NL 135 520 450 64 132 15 4 5 45 1 60 27 .293 .380 .378 .758 115 170 15 3 7 7O5
1947 29 NYG NL 130 491 437 57 119 19 8 13 57 2 50 21 .272 .347 .442 .789 107 193 11 0 3 *7O/5
1948 30 NYG NL 142 605 521 100 156 26 4 30 107 8 74 39 .299 .390 .537 .927 147 280 18 3 7 *5O7/9 AS,MVP-4
1949 31 NYG NL 141 588 489 87 139 26 2 26 90 1 95 37 .284 .404 .505 .909 142 247 24 3 1 *5O9/73 AS,MVP-30
1950 32 BSN NL 134 561 481 78 146 33 4 27 103 2 78 31 .304 .403 .557 .960 156 268 14 2 1 *7O5 MVP-22
1951 33 BSN NL 150 641 550 96 158 28 1 29 109 2 0 80 32 .287 .383 .500 .883 143 275 28 5 6 *O759 MVP-16
1952 34 BSN NL 144 607 522 69 151 22 2 25 75 0 4 77 49 .289 .384 .483 .866 142 252 10 3 4 *7O/5 MVP-30
1953 35 MLN NL 140 542 464 67 127 22 4 19 75 1 1 71 40 .274 .372 .461 .834 121 214 14 2 4 *7O
1954 36 PIT NL 131 447 363 38 111 12 0 12 49 0 0 67 24 .306 .405 .438 .843 123 159 10 0 8 9 95/7
1955 37 TOT NL 82 224 191 21 43 7 1 7 26 0 0 27 21 .225 .317 .382 .699 85 73 3 0 3 3 2 57/9
1955 37 PIT NL 16 49 47 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 .170 .204 .191 .396 7 9 3 0 0 0 0 /57
1955 37 NYG NL 66 175 144 19 35 6 1 7 25 0 0 25 15 .243 .349 .444 .793 108 64 0 0 3 3 2 57/9
13 Yrs 1475 5813 4992 735 1415 220 43 202 805 19 5 731 356 .283 .377 .466 .843 129 2327 174 22 54 12 2
162 Game Avg. 162 638 548 81 155 24 5 22 88 2 80 39 .283 .377 .466 .843 129 256 19 2 6
NYG (8 yrs) 760 2966 2565 385 714 102 32 90 393 14 0 356 174 .278 .368 .448 .816 123 1150 95 10 31 3 2
MLN (4 yrs) 568 2351 2017 310 582 105 11 100 362 5 5 306 152 .289 .385 .500 .886 141 1009 66 12 15
PIT (2 yrs) 147 496 410 40 119 13 0 12 50 0 0 69 30 .290 .385 .410 .795 110 168 13 0 8 9 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
1941 23 NYG NL 9 37 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0.0 1 2 0.1 .504 .500 0.2 -0.0 2 $ /O87
1942 24 NYG NL 6 22 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 2 0.2 .519 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $ /5
1943 25 NYG NL 131 528 -1 0 0 -3 -3 -7 -0.9 16 9 0.7 .494 .495 1.1 -0.7 12 $ 537O/4
1946 28 NYG NL 135 520 11 0 0 3 -5 9 1.0 18 28 2.8 .508 .506 2.4 -0.2 24 $ 7O5
1947 29 NYG NL 130 491 5 0 0 -1 -6 -2 -0.2 17 15 1.5 .498 .499 1.7 -0.6 16 $ *7O/5
1948 30 NYG NL 142 605 35 -0 -1 -2 -1 31 3.1 21 52 5.2 .522 .520 5.5 -0.3 54 $ *5O7/9 AS,MVP-4
1949 31 NYG NL 141 588 32 1 -3 -3 -1 27 2.6 20 47 4.6 .519 .517 4.9 -0.4 50 $ *5O9/73 AS,MVP-30
1950 32 BSN NL 134 561 40 1 1 6 -6 43 4.1 19 62 6.0 .532 .526 5.5 -0.0 56 $ *7O5 MVP-22
1951 33 BSN NL 150 641 35 -1 -4 -1 -6 23 2.3 21 44 4.4 .516 .515 4.7 -0.8 45 $ *O759 MVP-16
1952 34 BSN NL 144 607 30 -2 -0 2 -7 24 2.5 21 44 4.6 .518 .516 4.4 -0.5 42 $ *7O/5 MVP-30
1953 35 MLN NL 140 542 14 1 -1 3 -6 12 1.1 18 30 2.8 .508 .507 2.7 -0.3 27 $ *7O
1954 36 PIT NL 131 447 14 -3 0 -5 -3 3 0.3 15 18 1.8 .503 .502 2.4 -0.9 23 $ 95/7
1955 37 PIT NL 16 49 -4 0 -1 1 -0 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.2 .477 .498 -0.3 0.1 -3 $ /57
1955 37 NYG NL 66 175 2 0 1 3 -1 5 0.4 6 10 1.0 .507 .503 0.8 0.1 8 $ 57/9
13 Seasons 1475 5813 216 -2 -8 3 -43 166 16.2 196 362 35.5 .511 .507 36.2 -4.5 359 $
NYG (8 yrs) 760 2966 85 1 -3 -3 -16 64 6.3 101 165 16.1 .509 .505 16.8 -2.2 168 $
MLN (4 yrs) 568 2351 120 -1 -4 10 -24 102 10.1 79 181 17.8 .518 .516 17.3 -1.6 171 $
PIT (2 yrs) 147 496 10 -3 -1 -4 -3 -0 -0.1 17 16 1.6 .500 .500 2.1 -0.8 20 $

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
1941 23 NYG NL 37 23 4 4.7 96 .267 .258 .268 .378 .339 .355 .378 .733 .717 106 .553 0.4 0.0 .739 .290 .097
1942 24 NYG NL 22 14 3 5.8 88 .353 .316 .257 .409 .329 .421 .357 .830 .687 142 .682 1.0 0.1 .786 .263 .105
1943 25 NYG NL 528 391 55 3.8 89 .254 .251 .265 .315 .333 .373 .359 .688 .692 98 .482 -3.4 -0.4 .585 .217 .122 3.3
1946 28 NYG NL 520 340 64 5.0 93 .304 .293 .262 .380 .338 .378 .368 .758 .706 115 .600 10.9 1.1 .703 .220 .084 1.7
1947 29 NYG NL 491 332 67 5.4 107 .263 .272 .275 .347 .351 .442 .408 .789 .759 107 .566 3.3 0.3 .745 .288 .169 3.5
1948 30 NYG NL 605 390 108 7.4 103 .279 .299 .270 .390 .345 .537 .400 .927 .744 147 .715 35.0 3.4 .953 .395 .238 12.6
1949 31 NYG NL 588 375 99 7.1 104 .265 .284 .270 .404 .344 .505 .405 .909 .749 142 .689 32.9 3.2 .925 .417 .221 1.9
1950 32 BSN NL 561 350 107 8.2 103 .281 .304 .262 .403 .338 .557 .407 .960 .745 156 .731 41.1 3.9 1.003 .420 .254 3.7
1951 33 BSN NL 641 426 104 6.6 97 .264 .287 .259 .383 .332 .500 .392 .883 .724 143 .665 35.0 3.4 .862 .362 .213 3.7
1952 34 BSN NL 607 389 94 6.5 95 .281 .289 .258 .384 .330 .483 .384 .866 .714 142 .693 31.2 3.2 .852 .333 .193 .0
1953 35 MLN NL 542 356 79 5.9 105 .267 .274 .267 .372 .337 .461 .416 .834 .753 121 .588 16.8 1.6 .815 .341 .188 1.9
1954 36 PIT NL 447 279 66 6.4 107 .295 .306 .272 .405 .343 .438 .420 .843 .763 123 .625 16.4 1.6 .863 .317 .132 .0
1955 37 TOT NL 224 157 26 4.4 106 .217 .225 .266 .317 .337 .382 .421 .699 .758 85 .475 -3.9 -0.4 .662 .298 .157 .0
1955 37 PIT NL 49 42 1 0.6 104 .195 .170 .263 .204 .334 .191 .417 .396 .751 7 .026 -6.3 -0.6 .262 .064 .021
1955 37 NYG NL 175 115 25 5.8 106 .224 .243 .267 .349 .338 .444 .422 .793 .760 108 .598 2.4 0.2 .817 .375 .201 .0
13 Yrs 5813 3822 876 6.1 100 .273 .283 .266 .377 .339 .466 .396 .843 .735 129 .641 216.6 21.2 .824 .332 .183 34.7
162 Game Avg. 638 420 96 6.1 100 .273 .283 .266 .377 .339 .466 .396 .843 .735 129 .641 24 2 .824 .332 .183 4
NYG (8 yrs) 2966 1980 425 5.7 99 .271 .278 .268 .368 .342 .448 .390 .816 .731 123 .624 82.6 8.1 .786 .314 .170 24.2
MLN (4 yrs) 2351 1521 384 6.7 100 .273 .289 .261 .385 .334 .500 .399 .886 .733 141 .673 124.0 12.2 .881 .363 .212 9.5
PIT (2 yrs) 496 321 67 5.6 107 .284 .290 .271 .385 .342 .410 .420 .795 .762 110 .571 10.0 0.9 .780 .288 .120 .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
1948 NYG NL 30 DNP
1949 NYG NL 31 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 1.000 1.667 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
1941 23 NYG NL 37 0.0% 2.7% 16.2% 5.4% 25% 0.17 31.0 7.8 81%
1942 24 NYG NL 22 0.0% 9.1% 13.6% 4.6% 17% 0.67 9.5 9.5 77%
1943 25 NYG NL 528 1.7% 6.1% 8.1% 5.5% 24% 0.74 14.8 52.7 7.5 82%
1946 28 NYG NL 520 1.0% 5.2% 11.5% 4.6% 18% 0.45 16.7 90.0 10.0 80%
1947 29 NYG NL 491 2.7% 4.3% 10.2% 8.2% 34% 0.42 20.8 33.6 7.7 82%
1948 30 NYG NL 605 5.0% 6.5% 12.2% 9.9% 39% 0.53 13.4 17.4 4.9 0.80 75%
1949 31 NYG NL 588 4.4% 6.3% 16.2% 9.2% 39% 0.39 13.2 18.8 5.4 1.02 72%
1950 32 BSN NL 561 4.8% 5.5% 13.9% 11.4% 44% 0.40 15.5 17.8 4.7 0.83 75%
1951 33 BSN NL 641 4.5% 5.0% 12.5% 9.1% 37% 0.40 17.2 19.0 5.0 1.03 76%
1952 34 BSN NL 607 4.1% 8.1% 12.7% 8.1% 33% 0.64 10.7 20.9 7.0 0.78 74%
1953 35 MLN NL 542 3.5% 7.4% 13.1% 8.3% 35% 0.56 11.6 24.4 6.2 1.07 75%
1954 36 PIT NL 447 2.7% 5.4% 15.0% 5.4% 22% 0.36 15.1 30.3 7.4 0.73 75%
1955 37 TOT NL 224 3.1% 9.4% 12.1% 6.7% 35% 0.78 9.1 27.3 7.3 0.82 74%
1955 37 PIT NL 49 0.0% 12.2% 4.1% 2.0% 13% 3.00 7.8 47.0 1.13 84%
1955 37 NYG NL 175 4.0% 8.6% 14.3% 8.0% 40% 0.60 9.6 20.6 5.8 0.74 71%
13 Yrs 5813 3.5% 6.1% 12.6% 8.0% 33% 0.49 14.0 24.7 6.2 0.90 76%
MLB Averages 1.6% 9.7% 9.4% 6.2% 27% 1.04 9.1 54.5 8.4 0.97 77%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1941 23 NYG NL 0.4 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1942 24 NYG NL 1.0 0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1943 25 NYG NL -3.4 -0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 28 NYG NL 10.9 1.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 29 NYG NL 3.3 0.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 30 NYG NL 35.0 3.4 261 1.9 5.6 -3.7 .99 1.8 0.1 26.9 2.6 0.94 21.7 2.84 2
1949 31 NYG NL 32.2 3.1 352 1.5 7.7 -6.3 1.03 1.4 -0.0 21.8 2.1 1.00 17.1 2.13 4
1950 32 BSN NL 41.1 3.9 436 3.4 10.1 -6.6 1.00 2.8 0.6 40.5 4.0 1.01 34.3 4.78 1
1951 33 BSN NL 35.0 3.4 651 3.8 15.2 -11.5 1.08 3.9 -0.5 38.5 3.9 1.01 41.9 0
1952 34 BSN NL 31.2 3.2 598 3.1 12.9 -9.8 1.05 3.7 -0.8 32.7 3.4 0.94 38.9 0
1953 35 MLN NL 16.8 1.6 448 2.5 9.7 -7.3 .99 1.6 0.9 14.6 1.4 0.95 18.2 1.27 2
1954 36 PIT NL 16.4 1.6 346 0.3 6.1 -5.8 1.07 1.2 -0.9 11.2 1.1 0.98 12.8 1.71 13
1955 37 TOT NL -3.9 -0.4 206 -0.7 3.1 -3.8 1.00 0.0 -0.7 -1.5 -0.2 0.94 -0.1 1.78 18
1955 37 PIT NL -6.3 -0.6 45 -0.5 0.4 -0.8 .77 -0.4 -0.2 -5.7 -0.6 0.87 -5.6 1.17 3
1955 37 NYG NL 2.4 0.2 161 -0.2 2.8 -3.0 1.06 0.5 -0.7 4.2 0.4 0.96 5.4 1.91 15
13 Yrs 215.9 21.2 3298 15.7 70.4 -54.8 1.03 16.4 -1.3 184.8 18.4 0.98 184.8 1.90 40

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 30 NYG NL 6 0 35% 87 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 42% 12 6 5 2 2 0 10 5 5
1949 31 NYG NL 5 0 29% 112 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 4 3 52% 16 8 8 5 2 2 8 2 5
1950 32 BSN NL 6 0 26% 178 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 9 49% 26 17 9 7 5 2 16 3 13
1951 33 BSN NL 10 0 31% 246 2 0 100% 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 16 3 41% 50 32 11 6 4 2 25 5 20
1952 34 BSN NL 11 0 21% 256 0 4 0% 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 7 35% 38 29 8 6 2 4 13 5 8
1953 35 MLN NL 4 0 27% 150 1 1 50% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 27% 23 20 3 3 3 0 11 4 7
1954 36 PIT NL 5 0 16% 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 4 18% 25 23 1 3 3 0 12 5 6
1955 37 TOT NL 5 0 22% 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 38% 11 8 2 0 0 0 5 1 4
1955 37 PIT NL 3 0 20% 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40% 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1955 37 NYG NL 2 0 23% 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 36% 7 5 1 0 0 0 4 1 3
13 Yrs 52 0 27% 1247 19 5 238% 7 6 0 1 0 1 8 0 43 36 38% 201 143 47 32 21 10 100 30 68

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 30 NYG NL 605 23% 156 2 0 0 0 2.84 30 2 5 11 3 16 14 0 4 7 175% 61 18 30% 22 13 59% 163 35 21% 15 10 67% 12 8 67% 0
1949 31 NYG NL 588 28% 139 4 0 0 2 2.13 26 0 10 8 5 12 14 0 1 1 100% 90 24 27% 36 12 33% 268 49 18% 31 16 52% 14 7 50% 0
1950 32 BSN NL 561 36% 146 1 0 0 0 4.78 27 4 16 16 4 5 22 0 1 1 100% 91 14 15% 45 14 31% 317 67 21% 34 16 47% 19 8 42% 0
1951 33 BSN NL 641 31% 158 0 0 0 0 29 0 22 20 9 10 19 0 13 6 46% 147 28 19% 64 29 45% 451 82 18% 44 28 64% 37 25 68% 0
1952 34 BSN NL 607 39% 151 0 0 0 0 25 0 7 13 12 12 13 0 5 4 80% 102 10 10% 41 10 24% 338 55 16% 30 17 57% 11 5 45% 0
1953 35 MLN NL 542 17% 127 2 1 0 0 1.27 19 0 17 13 3 5 14 0 4 4 100% 86 14 16% 42 12 29% 279 53 19% 31 13 42% 17 7 41% 0
1954 36 PIT NL 447 40% 111 13 2 1 4 1.71 12 0 6 6 4 4 8 0 8 8 100% 69 10 14% 30 15 50% 241 30 12% 16 10 63% 15 6 40% 0
1955 37 TOT NL 225 59% 43 18 1 0 0 1.78 7 0 3 4 3 4 3 0 2 3 150% 36 3 8% 16 6 38% 132 21 16% 12 5 42% 6 5 83% -1
1955 37 PIT NL 49 42% 8 3 0 0 0 1.17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 5 0 0% 22 2 9% 2 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1955 37 NYG NL 176 64% 35 15 1 0 0 1.91 7 0 3 4 3 4 3 0 2 3 150% 31 0 0% 11 6 55% 110 19 17% 10 5 50% 5 4 80% -1
13 Yrs 4216 33% 1415 40 4 1 6 1.90 202 6 86 91 43 68 107 0 38 54 142% 682 174 26% 296 111 38% 2189 392 18% 213 115 54% 131 71 54% -1
MLB Averages 50% 195% 22% 32% 15% 51% 55%

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
1941 23 9 37 31 4 8 1 1 0 4 0 6 1 .258 .378 .355 .733 106 11 0 0 0
1942 24 15 59 50 8 14 1 2 0 6 0 9 3 .280 .390 .380 .770 119 19 1 0 0
1943 25 146 587 524 58 133 10 13 9 69 2 52 35 .254 .322 .374 .696 100 196 27 1 10
1944 26 146 587 524 58 133 10 13 9 69 2 52 35 .254 .322 .374 .696 100 196 27 1 10
1945 27 146 587 524 58 133 10 13 9 69 2 52 35 .254 .322 .374 .696 100 196 27 1 10
1946 28 281 1107 974 122 265 25 17 14 114 3 112 62 .272 .350 .376 .725 107 366 42 4 17
1947 29 411 1598 1411 179 384 44 25 27 171 5 162 83 .272 .349 .396 .745 107 559 53 4 20
1948 30 553 2203 1932 279 540 70 29 57 278 13 236 122 .280 .360 .434 .794 119 839 71 7 27
1949 31 694 2791 2421 366 679 96 31 83 368 14 331 159 .280 .369 .449 .818 124 1086 95 10 28
1950 32 828 3352 2902 444 825 129 35 110 471 16 409 190 .284 .375 .467 .842 129 1354 109 12 29
1951 33 978 3993 3452 540 983 157 36 139 580 18 0 489 222 .285 .376 .472 .848 131 1629 137 17 35
1952 34 1122 4600 3974 609 1134 179 38 164 655 18 4 566 271 .285 .377 .473 .851 133 1881 147 20 39
1953 35 1262 5142 4438 676 1261 201 42 183 730 19 5 637 311 .284 .377 .472 .849 131 2095 161 22 43
1954 36 1393 5589 4801 714 1372 213 42 195 779 19 5 704 335 .286 .379 .469 .848 131 2254 171 22 51 9
1955 37 1475 5813 4992 735 1415 220 43 202 805 19 5 731 356 .283 .377 .466 .843 129 2327 174 22 54 12 2

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
1941 23 9 38 32 4 8 1 1 0 4 0 6 1 .250 .368 .344 .712 4 9
1942 24 6 25 21 5 7 0 1 0 3 0 4 2 .333 .440 .429 .869 4 6
1943 25 137 563 504 58 133 10 12 10 74 2 48 33 .264 .329 .391 .720 65 131
1946 28 141 556 479 74 147 17 4 6 52 1 67 28 .307 .395 .397 .792 74 135
1947 29 136 507 453 57 121 19 8 13 57 2 51 22 .267 .341 .430 .772 67 130
1948 30 148 630 543 103 162 27 4 31 111 8 77 41 .298 .388 .534 .923 112 142
1949 31 146 606 505 88 142 27 2 27 91 1 97 38 .281 .400 .503 .903 100 141
1950 32 140 588 503 82 153 35 4 28 108 2 82 32 .304 .404 .557 .960 113 134
1951 33 156 676 578 107 171 30 1 31 121 2 87 33 .296 .393 .512 .905 115 150
1952 34 151 647 555 79 167 24 2 28 86 0 85 51 .301 .397 .503 .899 110 144
1953 35 145 560 481 69 131 23 4 20 77 1 73 42 .272 .371 .462 .832 81 140
1954 36 138 468 381 39 116 13 0 13 51 0 70 25 .304 .404 .441 .845 68 131
1955 37 86 237 202 22 46 7 1 7 27 0 29 22 .228 .321 .376 .697 25 82
13 Yrs 1539 6101 5237 787 1504 233 44 214 862 19 776 370 .287 .381 .471 .852 938 1475
162 Game Avg. 162 642 551 83 158 25 5 23 91 2 82 39 .287 .381 .471 .852 99 1475

* 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
1948
1949 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1948 NL (4, 21%)
1949 NL (30, 0%)
1950 NL (22, 3%)
1951 NL (16, 3%)
1952 NL (30, 2%)
0.29 Career Shares (619th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1948 NL  5.2 (9th)
1950 NL  6.0 (7th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1948 NL  5.2 (6th)
1949 NL  4.6 (10th)
1950 NL  6.0 (5th)
1952 NL  4.6 (9th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1948 NL  5.5 (4th)
1949 NL  4.9 (6th)
1950 NL  5.5 (7th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1948 NL  .299 (8th)
1950 NL  .304 (8th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1946 NL  .380 (10th)
1948 NL  .390 (9th)
1949 NL  .404 (6th)
1950 NL  .403 (7th)
1952 NL  .384 (7th)
Career  .377 (198th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1948 NL  .537 (3rd)
1949 NL  .505 (9th)
1950 NL  .557 (4th)
1951 NL  .500 (9th)
1952 NL  .483 (7th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1948 NL  .927 (3rd)
1949 NL  .909 (5th)
1950 NL  .960 (4th)
1951 NL  .883 (8th)
1952 NL  .866 (7th)
Career  .843 (196th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1948 NL  100 (6th)
1951 NL  96 (8th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1948 NL  280 (6th)

Doubles s c a p y
1950 NL  33 (8th)

Triples s c a p y
1943 NL  11 (5th)
1947 NL  8 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1948 NL  30 (5th)
1949 NL  26 (5th)
1950 NL  27 (9th)
1951 NL  29 (8th)
1952 NL  25 (4th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1948 NL  107 (4th)
1950 NL  103 (9th)
1951 NL  109 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1948 NL  74 (9th)
1949 NL  95 (5th)
1950 NL  78 (10th)
1951 NL  80 (9th)
1952 NL  77 (8th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1948 NL  8 (10th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1948 NL  147 (3rd)
1949 NL  141 (5th)
1950 NL  156 (3rd)
1951 NL  143 (7th)
1952 NL  142 (5th)
Career  129 (178th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1948 NL  108 (4th)
1949 NL  99 (8th)
1950 NL  107 (8th)
1951 NL  104 (9th)
1952 NL  94 (10th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1948 NL  35 (5th)
1949 NL  32 (6th)
1950 NL  41 (4th)
1951 NL  35 (7th)
1952 NL  31 (6th)
Career  217 (236th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1948 NL  3.4 (5th)
1949 NL  3.1 (6th)
1950 NL  3.9 (4th)
1951 NL  3.4 (7th)
1952 NL  3.2 (6th)
Career  21.2 (244th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1948 NL  60 (5th)
1950 NL  64 (7th)
1951 NL  58 (9th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1952 NL  231 (10th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1948 NL  .715 (3rd)
1949 NL  .689 (6th)
1950 NL  .731 (4th)
1951 NL  .665 (9th)
1952 NL  .693 (7th)
Career  .641 (241st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1946 NL  3 (10th)
1951 NL  5 (10th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1954 NL  9 (5th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1943 NL  26 (1st)
1946 NL  15 (4th)
1948 NL  18 (2nd)
1949 NL  24 (1st)
1951 NL  28 (1st)
Career  174 (168th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1948 NL  12.6 (5th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1947 NL  20.8 (6th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1948 NL  17.4 (5th)
1949 NL  18.8 (4th)
1950 NL  17.8 (6th)
1951 NL  19.0 (8th)
1952 NL  20.9 (4th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1948 NL  26.94 (5th)
1950 NL  40.49 (4th)
1951 NL  38.51 (5th)
1952 NL  32.71 (4th)
Career  184.76 (230th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1948 NL  1.9 (8th)
1950 NL  3.4 (6th)
1951 NL  3.8 (6th)
1952 NL  3.1 (7th)
Career  15.7 (239th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1948 NL  1.8 (9th)
1950 NL  2.8 (7th)
1951 NL  3.9 (7th)
1952 NL  3.7 (3rd)
Career  16.4 (232nd)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1948 NL  2.6 (5th)
1950 NL  4.0 (4th)
1951 NL  3.9 (5th)
1952 NL  3.4 (4th)
Career  18.4 (227th)

Oldest s c a p y
1955 NL  born 1917-08-13 (9th)

             

† 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 (·)

Gray InkBatting - 77 (318), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 25 (686), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 23 (574), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Jackie Jensen (944)
  2. Richie Zisk (943)
  3. Brian Jordan (936)
  4. Rondell White (932)
  5. Carl Everett (931)
  6. Sam Chapman (926)
  7. Bobby Higginson (925)
  8. Kevin McReynolds (924)
  9. Wally Moon (915)
  10. Hank Bauer (915)
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  1. Faye Throneberry (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Walton Cruise (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Gino Cimoli (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Chuck Hinton (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Wally Judnich (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Brian Jordan (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Brian Jordan (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Brian Jordan (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Brian Jordan (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Raul Ibanez (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Brian Jordan (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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