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Goose Goslin
Leon Allen Goslin
Hall of Famer
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 16, 1900 in Salem, NJ
High School: Salem (Salem, NJ) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1921
Final Game: September 25, 1938
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1968.
Died: May 15, 1971 in Bridgeton, NJ
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Standard Batting

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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
1921 20 WSH AL 14 58 50 8 13 1 1 1 6 0 0 6 5 .260 .351 .380 .731 90 19 1 1 O
1922 21 WSH AL 101 394 358 44 116 19 7 3 53 4 4 25 26 .324 .373 .441 .814 116 158 3 8 O
1923 22 WSH AL 150 656 600 86 180 29 18 9 99 7 2 40 53 .300 .347 .453 .800 114 272 3 13 *O
1924 23 WSH AL 154 673 579 100 199 30 17 12 129 15 14 68 29 .344 .421 .516 .937 143 299 9 17 *O
1925 24 WSH AL 150 670 601 116 201 34 20 18 113 27 8 53 50 .334 .394 .547 .941 139 329 6 10 *O
1926 25 WSH AL 147 656 568 105 201 26 15 17 108 8 8 63 38 .354 .425 .542 .967 153 308 7 18 *O MVP-9
1927 26 WSH AL 148 659 581 96 194 37 15 13 120 21 6 50 28 .334 .392 .516 .908 135 300 5 23 *O MVP-6
1928 27 WSH AL 135 527 456 80 173 36 10 17 102 16 3 48 19 .379 .442 .614 1.056 176 280 3 20 *O MVP-6
1929 28 WSH AL 145 639 553 82 159 28 7 18 91 10 3 66 33 .288 .366 .461 .827 111 255 2 18 *O
1930 29 TOT AL 148 668 584 115 180 36 12 37 138 17 11 67 54 .308 .382 .601 .983 143 351 3 14 *O
1930 29 WSH AL 47 214 188 34 51 11 5 7 38 3 2 19 19 .271 .344 .495 .839 110 93 2 5 O
1930 29 SLB AL 101 454 396 81 129 25 7 30 100 14 9 48 35 .326 .400 .652 1.052 158 258 1 9 O
1931 30 SLB AL 151 675 591 114 194 42 10 24 105 9 6 80 41 .328 .412 .555 .967 149 328 4 0 *O MVP-20
1932 31 SLB AL 150 667 572 88 171 28 9 17 104 12 9 92 35 .299 .398 .469 .866 118 268 2 1 *O/5 MVP-17
1933 32 WSH AL 132 599 549 97 163 35 10 10 64 5 2 42 32 .297 .348 .452 .800 111 248 1 7 *O
1934 33 DET AL 151 686 614 106 187 38 7 13 100 5 4 65 38 .305 .373 .453 .826 112 278 2 5 *O MVP-14
1935 34 DET AL 147 651 590 88 172 34 6 9 109 5 4 56 31 .292 .355 .415 .770 101 245 2 3 *O
1936 35 DET AL 147 660 572 122 180 33 8 24 125 14 4 85 50 .315 .403 .526 .930 128 301 0 3 *O AS
1937 36 DET AL 79 219 181 30 43 11 1 4 35 0 1 35 18 .238 .367 .376 .743 86 68 2 1 O/3
1938 37 WSH AL 38 65 57 6 9 3 0 2 8 0 0 8 5 .158 .262 .316 .577 48 18 0 0 O
18 Seasons 2287 9822 8656 1483 2735 500 173 248 1609 175 89 949 585 .316 .387 .500 .887 128 4325 55 162
162 Game Avg. 162 696 613 105 194 35 12 18 114 12 6 67 41 .316 .387 .500 .887 128 306 4 11
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
WSH (12 yrs) 1361 5810 5140 854 1659 289 125 127 931 116 52 488 337 .323 .386 .502 .888 131 2579 42 140
DET (4 yrs) 524 2216 1957 346 582 116 22 50 369 24 13 241 137 .297 .376 .456 .832 111 892 6 12
SLB (3 yrs) 402 1796 1559 283 494 95 26 71 309 35 24 220 111 .317 .404 .548 .951 140 854 7 10

Postseason Batting

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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
1924 23 WSH AL WS NYG W 7 32 32 4 11 1 0 3 7 0 2 0 7 .344 .344 .656 1.000 21 0 0 0 0 0
1925 24 WSH AL WS PIT L 7 29 26 6 8 1 0 3 6 0 0 3 3 .308 .379 .692 1.072 18 0 0 0 0 0
1933 32 WSH AL WS NYG L 5 22 20 2 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 .250 .286 .450 .736 9 0 0 1 0 0
1934 33 DET AL WS STL L 7 33 29 2 7 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 1 .241 .313 .276 .588 8 0 0 1 0 2
1935 34 DET AL WS CHC W 6 27 22 2 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 0 .273 .407 .318 .726 7 0 0 0 0 2
5 Seasons (5 Series) 32 143 129 16 37 5 0 7 19 0 3 12 14 .287 .348 .488 .836 63 0 0 2 0 4
5 WS 32 143 129 16 37 5 0 7 19 0 3 12 14 .287 .348 .488 .836 63 0 0 2 0 4

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1921 WSH AL 20 OF 14 31 30 1 0 0 1.000 2.21 .958 2.21 1-0-14
1922 WSH AL 21 OF 93 220 197 8 15 1 .932 2.20 .965 2.22 88-0-5
1923 WSH AL 22 OF 149 351 310 26 15 5 .957 2.26 .965 2.26 149-0-0
1924 WSH AL 23 OF 154 397 369 12 16 4 .960 2.47 .970 2.27 154-0-0
1925 WSH AL 24 OF 150 421 385 24 12 1 .971 2.73 .965 2.27 140-20-0
1926 WSH AL 25 OF 147 413 373 25 15 8 .964 2.71 .966 2.23 86-61-0 MVP-9
1927 WSH AL 26 OF 148 381 356 8 17 3 .955 2.46 .964 2.22 146-2-0 MVP-6
1928 WSH AL 27 OF 125 291 266 14 11 4 .962 2.24 .973 2.22 125-0-2 MVP-6
1929 WSH AL 28 OF 142 316 299 7 10 1 .968 2.15 .966 2.28 142-0-0
1930 TOT AL 29 OF 148 336 309 15 12 1 .964 2.19 .965 2.16 148-0-0
1930 WSH AL 29 OF 47 79 72 2 5 1 .937 1.57 .966 2.16 47-0-0
1930 SLB AL 29 OF 101 257 237 13 7 0 .973 2.48 .965 2.16 101-0-0
1931 SLB AL 30 OF 151 347 319 14 14 1 .960 2.21 .969 2.25 151-0-0 MVP-20
1932 SLB AL 31 OF 149 364 330 16 18 5 .951 2.32 .968 2.28 148-1-0 MVP-17
1932 SLB AL 31 3B 1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00 .950 2.80 MVP-17
1933 WSH AL 32 OF 128 288 261 17 10 7 .965 2.17 .970 2.21 3-0-125
1934 DET AL 33 OF 149 320 290 15 15 2 .953 2.05 .968 2.16 145-0-4 MVP-14
1935 DET AL 34 OF 144 344 326 6 12 2 .965 2.31 .970 2.30 128-0-18
1936 DET AL 35 OF 144 290 266 11 13 1 .955 1.92 .968 2.29 144-0-0 AS
1937 DET AL 36 OF 40 87 81 2 4 1 .954 2.08 .969 2.28 39-0-1
1937 DET AL 36 1B 1 14 12 1 1 0 .929 13.00 .993 9.60
1938 WSH AL 37 OF 13 25 25 0 0 0 1.000 1.92 .972 2.28 12-0-1
18 Seasons OF 2188 5222 4792 221 209 47 .960 2.29 .967 2.24 1949-84-170
1 Season 1B 1 14 12 1 1 0 .929 13.00 .993 9.60
1 Season 3B 1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00 .950 2.80
18 Seasons TOT 2190 5240 4805 225 210 47 .960 2.30 .927 2.25 1949-84-170
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1948 BBWAA ( 0.8%)
1949 BBWAA ( 2.6%)
1950 BBWAA ( 1.2%)
1954 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1955 BBWAA ( 2.8%)
1956 BBWAA (13.5%)
1958 BBWAA ( 9.8%)
1960 BBWAA (11.2%)
1962 BBWAA ( 8.8%)
1968 Veterans (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1968 by Veteran's Committee

All-Star Games
1936 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1926 AL (9, 14%)
1927 AL (6, 23%)
1928 AL (6, 20%)
1931 AL (20, 2%)
1932 AL (17, 9%)
1934 AL (14, 8%)
0.76 Career Shares (309th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1924 AL  .344 (7th)
1926 AL  .354 (6th)
1927 AL  .334 (10th)
1928 AL  .379 (1st)
1931 AL  .328 (9th)
Career  .316 (71st)

On-Base% s c a p y
1924 AL  .421 (8th)
1926 AL  .425 (6th)
1928 AL  .442 (3rd)
1931 AL  .412 (8th)
Career  .387 (118th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1924 AL  .516 (6th)
1925 AL  .547 (8th)
1926 AL  .542 (5th)
1927 AL  .516 (6th)
1928 AL  .614 (3rd)
1930 AL  .601 (5th)
1931 AL  .555 (6th)
1936 AL  .526 (10th)
Career  .500 (102nd)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1924 AL  .937 (5th)
1925 AL  .941 (9th)
1926 AL  .967 (5th)
1927 AL  .908 (9th)
1928 AL  1.056 (3rd)
1930 AL  .983 (6th)
1931 AL  .967 (6th)
Career  .887 (80th)

Games Played s c a p y
1924 AL  154 (4th)
1927 AL  148 (8th)
1931 AL  151 (7th)
Career  2287 (105th)

At Bats s c a p y
1923 AL  600 (5th)
1925 AL  601 (8th)
1927 AL  581 (6th)
1930 AL  584 (10th)
1931 AL  591 (10th)
1934 AL  614 (4th)
Career  8656 (88th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1924 AL  673 (9th)
1927 AL  659 (6th)
1930 AL  668 (9th)
1931 AL  675 (8th)
1934 AL  686 (7th)
Career  9822 (82nd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1924 AL  100 (10th)
1925 AL  116 (4th)
1926 AL  105 (5th)
1931 AL  114 (8th)
1934 AL  106 (10th)
1936 AL  122 (10th)
Career  1483 (71st)

Hits s c a p y
1924 AL  199 (5th)
1925 AL  201 (8th)
1926 AL  201 (3rd)
1927 AL  194 (5th)
1928 AL  173 (9th)
1931 AL  194 (6th)
1934 AL  187 (10th)
Career  2735 (51st)

Total Bases s c a p y
1923 AL  272 (8th)
1924 AL  299 (4th)
1925 AL  329 (3rd)
1926 AL  308 (4th)
1927 AL  300 (5th)
1928 AL  280 (6th)
1930 AL  351 (5th)
1931 AL  328 (5th)
1936 AL  301 (9th)
Career  4325 (51st)

Doubles s c a p y
1927 AL  37 (9th)
1928 AL  36 (10th)
1931 AL  42 (7th)
1934 AL  38 (10th)
Career  500 (49th)

Triples s c a p y
1923 AL  18 (1st)
1924 AL  17 (2nd)
1925 AL  20 (1st)
1926 AL  15 (3rd)
1927 AL  15 (4th)
1930 AL  12 (10th)
Career  173 (22nd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1924 AL  12 (6th)
1925 AL  18 (6th)
1926 AL  17 (4th)
1927 AL  13 (7th)
1928 AL  17 (3rd)
1929 AL  18 (6th)
1930 AL  37 (3rd)
1931 AL  24 (5th)
1932 AL  17 (10th)
1936 AL  24 (7th)
Career  248 (198th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1923 AL  99 (6th)
1924 AL  129 (1st)
1925 AL  113 (4th)
1926 AL  108 (6th)
1927 AL  120 (3rd)
1928 AL  102 (7th)
1930 AL  138 (5th)
1935 AL  109 (7th)
1936 AL  125 (8th)
Career  1609 (30th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1930 AL  67 (10th)
1931 AL  80 (8th)
1932 AL  92 (7th)
Career  949 (134th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1923 AL  53 (6th)
1925 AL  50 (9th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1925 AL  27 (2nd)
1927 AL  21 (6th)
1928 AL  16 (8th)
1930 AL  17 (3rd)
1932 AL  12 (10th)
1936 AL  14 (10th)

Singles s c a p y
1924 AL  140 (8th)
1926 AL  143 (4th)
1927 AL  129 (7th)
1934 AL  129 (10th)
Career  1814 (77th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1924 AL  143 (3rd)
1925 AL  139 (9th)
1926 AL  153 (5th)
1927 AL  135 (9th)
1928 AL  176 (3rd)
1930 AL  143 (7th)
1931 AL  149 (5th)
Career  128 (189th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1924 AL  120 (3rd)
1925 AL  129 (3rd)
1926 AL  127 (4th)
1927 AL  118 (5th)
1928 AL  125 (4th)
1930 AL  132 (6th)
1931 AL  133 (5th)
1936 AL  123 (10th)
Career  1666 (48th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1924 AL  37 (3rd)
1925 AL  32 (6th)
1926 AL  43 (3rd)
1927 AL  28 (7th)
1928 AL  51 (3rd)
1930 AL  36 (7th)
1931 AL  43 (6th)
Career  349 (93rd)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1924 AL  3.5 (3rd)
1925 AL  3.0 (6th)
1926 AL  4.2 (3rd)
1927 AL  2.7 (7th)
1928 AL  4.8 (3rd)
1930 AL  3.3 (7th)
1931 AL  4.1 (6th)
Career  32.8 (102nd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1923 AL  56 (8th)
1924 AL  59 (6th)
1925 AL  72 (3rd)
1926 AL  58 (9th)
1927 AL  65 (4th)
1928 AL  63 (4th)
1930 AL  85 (4th)
1931 AL  76 (5th)
1933 AL  55 (10th)
Career  921 (51st)

Times On Base s c a p y
1924 AL  276 (5th)
1925 AL  260 (8th)
1926 AL  271 (4th)
1927 AL  249 (5th)
1931 AL  278 (5th)
1932 AL  265 (6th)
1934 AL  254 (9th)
Career  3739 (66th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1924 AL  .702 (7th)
1925 AL  .706 (9th)
1926 AL  .752 (5th)
1927 AL  .693 (9th)
1928 AL  .821 (3rd)
1930 AL  .692 (9th)
1931 AL  .745 (7th)
1936 AL  .672 (9th)
Career  .663 (160th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1924 AL  9 (5th)
1925 AL  6 (10th)
1926 AL  7 (7th)
1927 AL  5 (9th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1927 AL  23 (8th)
Career  162 (141st)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1924 AL  14 (4th)
1930 AL  11 (5th)
1932 AL  9 (7th)
Career  89 (158th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1924 AL  13.3 (4th)
1925 AL  21.6 (1st)
1926 AL  10.9 (6th)
1927 AL  16.1 (3rd)
1928 AL  16.5 (1st)
1929 AL  12.9 (7th)
1930 AL  23.3 (1st)
1931 AL  13.1 (4th)
1932 AL  14.1 (3rd)
1936 AL  17.7 (2nd)
Career  205.2 (77th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1924 AL  48.3 (9th)
1925 AL  33.4 (8th)
1926 AL  33.4 (5th)
1927 AL  44.7 (9th)
1928 AL  26.8 (3rd)
1929 AL  30.7 (8th)
1930 AL  15.8 (5th)
1931 AL  24.6 (6th)
1936 AL  23.8 (8th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1923 AL  435 (8th)
1930 AL  429 (8th)
1934 AL  436 (5th)
1935 AL  425 (10th)
Career  6172 (114th)

Oldest s c a p y
1938 AL  born 1900-10-16 (7th)

Youngest s c a p y
1921 AL  born 1900-10-16 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 10 (230), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 200 (39), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 160 (72), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 61 (29), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Vada Pinson (814)
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  7. Harry Heilmann (930) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Harry Heilmann (914) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Harry Heilmann (909) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Joe Medwick (916) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Joe Medwick (917) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Joe Medwick (924) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Harry Heilmann (896) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Harry Heilmann (878) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. George Brett (871) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

September, 1921: Purchased by the Washington Senators from Columbia (South Atlantic) for $7,000.

June 13, 1930: Traded by the Washington Senators to the St. Louis Browns for Alvin Crowder and Heinie Manush.

December 14, 1932: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Fred Schulte and Lefty Stewart to the Washington Senators for Lloyd Brown, Carl Reynolds, Sam West and $20,000.

December 20, 1933: Traded by the Washington Senators to the Detroit Tigers for John Stone.

October 3, 1937: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

April 3, 1938: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Senators.

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