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Dick Groat

Richard Morrow Groat

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

Born: November 4, 1930 in Wilkinsburg, PA
High School: Swissvale HS (Swissvale, PA)
School: Duke University (Durham, NC)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 19, 1952 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Cardinals/Phillies/Giants 1952-1967

Final Game: October 1, 1967 (Age 36)
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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
1952 21 PIT NL 95 415 384 38 109 6 1 1 29 2 4 19 27 .284 .319 .313 .632 74 120 18 1 11 6 RoY-3
1953 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1954 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1955 24 PIT NL 151 572 521 45 139 28 2 4 51 0 2 38 26 .267 .317 .351 .669 79 183 20 1 11 1 11 *6
1956 25 PIT NL 142 575 520 40 142 19 3 0 37 0 3 35 25 .273 .317 .321 .638 75 167 14 0 17 3 3 *6/5
1957 26 PIT NL 125 551 501 58 158 30 5 7 54 0 1 27 28 .315 .350 .437 .787 113 219 16 3 14 6 1 *6/5 MVP-15
1958 27 PIT NL 151 621 584 67 175 36 9 3 66 2 2 23 32 .300 .328 .408 .735 95 238 21 4 6 5 7 *6
1959 28 PIT NL 147 641 593 74 163 22 7 5 51 0 2 32 35 .275 .312 .361 .673 81 214 21 2 9 4 2 *6 AS
1960 29 PIT NL 138 629 573 85 186 26 4 2 50 0 2 39 35 .325 .371 .394 .766 110 226 7 4 12 1 0 *6 AS,MVP-1
1961 30 PIT NL 148 648 596 71 164 25 6 6 55 0 4 40 44 .275 .320 .367 .687 83 219 22 1 7 4 0 *6/5
1962 31 PIT NL 161 723 678 76 199 34 3 2 61 2 1 31 61 .294 .325 .361 .686 84 245 14 3 5 6 1 *6 AS,MVP-16
1963 32 STL NL 158 704 631 85 201 43 11 6 73 3 1 56 58 .319 .377 .450 .827 128 284 18 6 7 4 2 *6 AS,MVP-2
1964 33 STL NL 161 696 636 70 186 35 6 1 70 2 3 44 42 .292 .335 .371 .706 92 236 15 0 9 7 3 *6 AS
1965 34 STL NL 153 655 587 55 149 26 5 0 52 1 1 56 50 .254 .316 .315 .632 73 185 11 1 4 7 2 *6/5
1966 35 PHI NL 155 640 584 58 152 21 4 2 53 2 1 40 38 .260 .311 .320 .631 76 187 20 5 7 4 6 *65/3
1967 36 TOT NL 44 109 96 7 15 1 1 0 5 0 0 10 11 .156 .236 .188 .423 23 18 3 0 3 0 1 6/4
1967 36 PHI NL 10 31 26 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 4 .115 .233 .115 .349 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 /6
1967 36 SFG NL 34 78 70 4 12 1 1 0 4 0 0 6 7 .171 .237 .214 .451 30 15 3 0 2 0 1 6/4
14 Yrs 1929 8179 7484 829 2138 352 67 39 707 14 27 490 512 .286 .330 .366 .696 89 2741 220 31 122 52 39
162 Game Avg. 162 687 629 70 180 30 6 3 59 1 2 41 43 .286 .330 .366 .696 89 230 18 3 10
PIT (9 yrs) 1258 5375 4950 554 1435 226 40 30 454 6 21 284 313 .290 .329 .370 .699 89 1831 153 19 92 30 25
STL (3 yrs) 472 2055 1854 210 536 104 22 7 195 6 5 156 150 .289 .343 .380 .724 98 705 44 7 20 18 7
PHI (2 yrs) 165 671 610 61 155 21 4 2 54 2 1 44 42 .254 .308 .311 .619 73 190 20 5 8 4 6
SFG (1 yr) 34 78 70 4 12 1 1 0 4 0 0 6 7 .171 .237 .214 .451 30 15 3 0 2 0 1

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
1952 21 PIT NL 95 415 -12 -1 -3 -5 6 -15 -1.7 14 -1 -0.3 .482 .490 0.3 0.1 4 6 RoY-3
1955 24 PIT NL 151 572 -16 -2 -1 1 9 -10 -1.3 19 10 0.6 .493 .494 0.8 0.8 9 *6
1956 25 PIT NL 142 575 -18 -1 0 0 8 -11 -1.5 20 8 0.4 .492 .493 0.7 0.7 8 *6/5
1957 26 PIT NL 125 551 12 0 -1 5 7 24 2.3 18 42 4.1 .520 .515 3.8 1.3 37 *6/5 MVP-15
1958 27 PIT NL 151 621 -3 2 -0 7 9 14 1.4 21 35 3.5 .510 .509 2.8 1.6 28 *6
1959 28 PIT NL 147 641 -15 3 -2 -1 9 -7 -0.7 22 14 1.4 .495 .495 1.5 0.9 15 *6 AS
1960 29 PIT NL 138 629 10 0 2 16 8 37 3.9 21 58 6.0 .529 .525 4.3 2.6 42 *6 AS,MVP-1
1961 30 PIT NL 148 648 -11 -0 -2 1 8 -4 -0.5 22 18 1.7 .497 .498 1.6 1.0 17 *6/5
1962 31 PIT NL 161 723 -13 0 -0 5 10 2 0.2 24 26 2.6 .501 .501 2.0 1.6 21 *6 AS,MVP-16
1963 32 STL NL 158 704 22 -2 0 8 9 37 4.4 24 62 6.8 .527 .527 5.7 2.1 54 *6 AS,MVP-2
1964 33 STL NL 161 696 -10 2 2 -4 9 -2 -0.0 24 22 2.3 .499 .499 2.6 0.7 26 *6 AS
1965 34 STL NL 153 655 -16 1 2 8 9 3 0.3 22 25 2.5 .502 .502 1.7 1.9 18 *6/5
1966 35 PHI NL 155 640 -17 1 -0 7 9 -0 0.1 22 22 2.2 .500 .500 1.3 1.9 14 *65/3
1967 36 PHI NL 10 31 -3 0 0 2 0 -0 -0.1 1 1 0.1 .494 .500 -0.1 0.2 -1 /6
1967 36 SFG NL 34 78 -5 0 -0 -2 1 -7 -0.8 3 -4 -0.5 .476 .495 -0.3 -0.1 -2 6/4
14 Seasons 1929 8179 -98 3 -3 48 111 61 6.2 277 337 33.4 .503 .503 28.7 17.2 290
PIT (9 yrs) 1258 5375 -68 1 -7 30 74 30 2.3 181 211 20.0 .503 .502 17.8 10.5 181
STL (3 yrs) 472 2055 -5 1 4 11 27 39 4.7 70 109 11.6 .509 .509 10.0 4.6 98
PHI (2 yrs) 165 671 -20 1 0 9 9 -1 0.1 23 22 2.3 .499 .500 1.2 2.2 13
SFG (1 yr) 34 78 -5 0 -0 -2 1 -7 -0.8 3 -4 -0.5 .476 .495 -0.3 -0.1 -2

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
1952 21 PIT NL 415 308 37 3.2 99 .303 .284 .264 .319 .337 .313 .393 .632 .730 74 .386 -14.2 -1.5 .465 .073 .029 1.3
1955 24 PIT NL 572 416 54 3.5 104 .274 .267 .263 .317 .334 .351 .417 .669 .751 79 .366 -15.1 -1.5 .545 .154 .084 .0
1956 25 PIT NL 575 415 52 3.4 100 .285 .273 .260 .317 .327 .321 .411 .638 .738 75 .371 -17.5 -1.8 .504 .110 .048
1957 26 PIT NL 551 380 74 5.3 100 .320 .315 .265 .350 .328 .437 .410 .787 .738 113 .560 9.9 1.0 .689 .174 .122 .0
1958 27 PIT NL 621 443 72 4.4 104 .310 .300 .267 .328 .335 .408 .418 .735 .753 95 .470 -4.2 -0.4 .613 .147 .108 2.4
1959 28 PIT NL 641 466 62 3.6 103 .284 .275 .268 .312 .334 .361 .415 .673 .748 81 .383 -17.2 -1.7 .543 .137 .086 .0
1960 29 PIT NL 629 409 85 5.6 100 .343 .325 .264 .371 .330 .394 .406 .766 .736 110 .612 8.0 0.8 .674 .134 .070 .0
1961 30 PIT NL 648 469 65 3.7 105 .287 .275 .269 .320 .335 .367 .419 .687 .754 83 .396 -14.7 -1.4 .559 .153 .092 .0
1962 31 PIT NL 723 505 78 4.1 104 .317 .294 .271 .325 .339 .361 .412 .686 .750 84 .455 -15.6 -1.6 .567 .115 .068 2.0
1963 32 STL NL 704 460 106 6.2 97 .342 .319 .265 .377 .328 .450 .396 .827 .725 128 .699 25.8 2.7 .775 .223 .132 4.0
1964 33 STL NL 696 484 78 4.3 101 .308 .292 .274 .335 .332 .371 .406 .706 .739 92 .525 -5.9 -0.6 .596 .146 .079 1.3
1965 34 STL NL 655 461 61 3.6 101 .274 .254 .268 .316 .333 .315 .405 .632 .738 73 .433 -20.6 -2.2 .538 .157 .061 .0
1966 35 PHI NL 640 464 56 3.3 96 .274 .260 .265 .311 .324 .320 .399 .631 .722 76 .383 -18.0 -1.9 .514 .130 .060 2.0
1967 36 TOT NL 109 87 4 1.2 91 .176 .156 .258 .236 .321 .188 .379 .423 .700 23 .106 -9.8 -1.1 .333 .135 .031
1967 36 PHI NL 31 24 1 1.1 91 .136 .115 .259 .233 .322 .115 .381 .349 .702 3 .091 -3.3 -0.4 .304 .154 .000
1967 36 SFG NL 78 63 3 1.3 90 .190 .171 .258 .237 .320 .214 .379 .451 .700 30 .113 -6.5 -0.7 .344 .129 .043
14 Yrs 8179 5767 884 4.1 101 .301 .286 .267 .330 .332 .366 .408 .696 .740 89 .471 -109.0 -11.0 .581 .144 .081 20.6
162 Game Avg. 687 484 74 4.1 101 .301 .286 .267 .330 .332 .366 .408 .696 .740 89 .471 -109.0 -11.0 .581 .144 .081 2
PIT (9 yrs) 5375 3811 579 4.1 102 .303 .290 .266 .329 .333 .370 .412 .699 .745 89 .450 -80.6 -8.0 .574 .134 .080 10.0
STL (3 yrs) 2055 1405 245 4.7 100 .308 .289 .269 .343 .331 .380 .403 .724 .734 98 .568 -0.6 -0.0 .636 .176 .091 6.5
PHI (2 yrs) 671 488 57 3.2 96 .268 .254 .265 .308 .323 .311 .398 .619 .722 73 .370 -21.2 -2.2 .504 .131 .057 2.0
SFG (1 yr) 78 63 3 1.3 90 .190 .171 .258 .237 .320 .214 .379 .451 .700 30 .113 -6.5 -0.7 .344 .129 .043

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
1960 29 PIT NL WS NYY W 7 28 28 3 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .214 .214 .286 .500 8 1 0 0 0 0
1964 33 STL NL WS NYY W 7 30 26 3 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 .192 .300 .308 .608 8 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 14 58 54 6 11 3 1 0 3 0 0 4 4 .204 .259 .296 .555 16 1 0 0 0 0
2 WS 14 58 54 6 11 3 1 0 3 0 0 4 4 .204 .259 .296 .555 16 1 0 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
1959 PIT NL 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1959 PIT NL 28 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 PIT NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 PIT NL 29 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0
1962 PIT NL 31 as SS 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
1962 PIT NL 31 as SS 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .667 .750 .667 1.417 2 0 1 0 0 0
1963 STL NL 32 as SS 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
1964 STL NL 33 as SS 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs (8 GP) 17 15 1 5 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 .333 .375 .400 .775 6 1 1 1 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
1952 21 PIT NL 415 0.2% 6.5% 4.6% 1.9% 7% 1.42 14.2 384.0 13.2 1.70 86%
1955 24 PIT NL 572 0.7% 4.6% 6.6% 5.9% 25% 0.68 20.0 130.3 10.2 1.44 86%
1956 25 PIT NL 575 0.0% 4.4% 6.1% 3.8% 16% 0.71 20.8 14.1 1.40 87%
1957 26 PIT NL 551 1.3% 5.1% 4.9% 7.6% 27% 1.04 17.9 71.6 9.3 1.32 86%
1958 27 PIT NL 621 0.5% 5.2% 3.7% 7.7% 27% 1.39 18.3 194.7 8.8 1.09 89%
1959 28 PIT NL 641 0.8% 5.5% 5.0% 5.3% 21% 1.09 16.9 118.6 11.6 1.46 87%
1960 29 PIT NL 629 0.3% 5.6% 6.2% 5.1% 17% 0.90 16.4 286.5 11.5 1.49 85%
1961 30 PIT NL 648 0.9% 6.8% 6.2% 5.7% 23% 1.10 13.5 99.3 10.8 1.61 85%
1962 31 PIT NL 723 0.3% 8.4% 4.3% 5.4% 20% 1.97 11.1 339.0 11.1 1.41 86%
1963 32 STL NL 704 0.9% 8.2% 8.0% 8.5% 30% 1.04 10.9 105.2 8.6 1.60 81%
1964 33 STL NL 696 0.1% 6.0% 6.3% 6.0% 23% 0.95 15.1 636.0 9.1 1.43 86%
1965 34 STL NL 655 0.0% 7.6% 8.6% 4.7% 21% 0.89 11.7 11.3 1.51 83%
1966 35 PHI NL 640 0.3% 5.9% 6.3% 4.2% 18% 0.95 15.4 292.0 11.0 1.25 86%
1967 36 TOT NL 109 0.0% 10.1% 9.2% 1.8% 13% 1.10 8.7 19.2 1.43 78%
1967 36 PHI NL 31 0.0% 12.9% 12.9% 0.0% 0% 1.00 6.5 26.0 0.90 71%
1967 36 SFG NL 78 0.0% 9.0% 7.7% 2.6% 17% 1.17 10.0 17.5 1.70 81%
14 Yrs 8179 0.5% 6.3% 6.0% 5.6% 21% 1.04 14.6 191.9 10.6 1.42 85%
MLB Averages 2.2% 13.6% 8.6% 6.4% 29% 1.58 6.6 39.9 8.6 1.04 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1952 21 PIT NL -14.2 -1.5 284 -0.7 4.3 -5.0 .97 -1.1 0.3 -15.1 -1.6 0.91 -14.0 0.15 1
1955 24 PIT NL -15.1 -1.5 436 -1.9 6.2 -8.1 1.02 -1.6 -0.3 -18.7 -1.9 0.95 -19.3 0.18 1
1956 25 PIT NL -17.5 -1.8 449 -1.7 6.8 -8.5 1.05 -1.8 0.2 -14.3 -1.5 0.93 -18.4 0
1957 26 PIT NL 9.9 1.0 493 1.5 9.3 -7.9 1.00 1.2 0.3 7.2 0.7 0.92 7.9 0
1958 27 PIT NL -4.2 -0.4 619 -0.3 9.8 -10.2 .95 -0.0 -0.4 0.8 0.1 0.95 -2.7 3.27 1
1959 28 PIT NL -17.2 -1.7 635 1.2 11.9 -10.7 1.05 -1.4 2.6 -1.6 -0.2 0.91 -13.1 0.56 2
1960 29 PIT NL 8.0 0.8 639 2.7 11.9 -9.2 .98 1.5 1.2 21.5 2.1 0.94 15.7 0.17 1
1961 30 PIT NL -14.7 -1.4 659 -0.0 10.3 -10.4 .91 -0.4 0.4 -11.2 -1.1 0.91 -8.3 2.04 2
1962 31 PIT NL -15.6 -1.6 737 1.3 12.2 -10.9 .93 -0.3 1.7 6.3 0.6 0.88 -4.1 0
1963 32 STL NL 25.8 2.7 716 3.5 14.2 -10.7 .96 3.1 0.7 34.8 3.5 0.94 33.1 1.24 1
1964 33 STL NL -5.9 -0.6 709 -0.5 11.2 -11.8 1.01 -0.4 -0.1 -2.6 -0.3 0.96 -3.7 2.04 1
1965 34 STL NL -20.6 -2.2 672 0.8 11.3 -10.6 1.00 -0.4 1.2 -2.6 -0.3 0.93 -6.8 1.31 6
1966 35 PHI NL -18.0 -1.9 654 -0.5 11.4 -12.0 1.10 -1.1 0.6 -12.5 -1.3 0.99 -14.1 3.28 2
1967 36 TOT NL -9.8 -1.1 109 -1.6 1.5 -3.0 1.32 -0.9 -0.3 -11.2 -1.2 0.94 -9.7 2.08 14
1967 36 PHI NL -3.3 -0.4 31 -0.3 0.3 -0.6 1.05 -0.3 -0.1 -3.3 -0.4 0.91 -2.6 1.09 4
1967 36 SFG NL -6.5 -0.7 78 -1.2 1.2 -2.4 1.43 -0.6 -0.2 -7.9 -0.9 0.95 -7.0 2.48 10
14 Yrs -109.0 -11.0 7811 3.7 132.7 -129.0 1.00 -3.6 7.3 -19.2 -2.1 0.93 -57.5 1.74 32

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1952 21 PIT NL 3 0 29% 97 2 4 33% 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 2 1 1 38% 8 5 1 1 1 0 7 2 5
1955 24 PIT NL 7 0 24% 159 0 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 3 1 3 50% 16 9 6 6 5 1 12 2 10
1956 25 PIT NL 4 0 23% 172 0 3 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 2 1 2 12 39% 16 8 6 2 1 0 10 3 5
1957 26 PIT NL 9 0 28% 184 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 0 2 3 1 17 50% 26 15 9 6 4 2 16 3 13
1958 27 PIT NL 11 0 32% 242 2 2 50% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 2 1 11 58% 29 17 11 7 2 5 26 5 20
1959 28 PIT NL 8 0 36% 222 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 2 0 18 56% 36 13 22 14 11 3 11 2 9
1960 29 PIT NL 9 0 37% 319 0 2 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 2 5 1 19 50% 45 26 16 11 4 6 18 3 15
1961 30 PIT NL 11 0 33% 277 0 4 0% 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 2 1 10 41% 45 31 13 8 4 4 18 5 12
1962 31 PIT NL 12 0 32% 336 2 1 67% 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 8 0 2 3 2 16 53% 48 21 26 12 8 4 17 6 11
1963 32 STL NL 8 0 31% 349 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 2 2 8 18 56% 48 22 26 6 4 2 33 12 21
1964 33 STL NL 5 0 30% 282 2 3 40% 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 0 3 1 3 12 59% 46 23 22 11 5 5 18 1 17
1965 34 STL NL 14 0 27% 282 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 0 1 3 2 21 50% 32 17 13 7 4 3 15 3 11
1966 35 PHI NL 9 0 29% 260 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 3 3 2 14 56% 29 13 14 3 3 0 27 6 19
1967 36 TOT NL 3 0 28% 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 67% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1967 36 PHI NL 1 0 43% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1967 36 SFG NL 2 0 22% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Yrs 113 0 30% 3211 14 27 34% 9 24 0 1 3 0 9 0 101 0 24 32 25 173 52% 426 221 186 94 56 35 229 53 169

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 % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1952 21 PIT NL 415 17% 109 1 0 0 0 0.15 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 8 11 138% 50 18 36% 39 14 36% 141 21 15% 10 3 30% 9 6 67% 0
1955 24 PIT NL 576 37% 139 1 0 0 0 0.18 4 0 12 2 1 1 3 0 9 11 122% 89 20 22% 36 14 39% 267 28 10% 18 9 50% 14 5 36% -4
1956 25 PIT NL 576 28% 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 15 17 113% 84 14 17% 47 22 47% 244 33 14% 24 9 38% 8 7 88% -1
1957 26 PIT NL 551 29% 158 0 0 0 0 7 0 7 5 0 0 7 0 17 14 82% 99 16 16% 42 25 60% 288 41 14% 22 12 55% 16 12 75% 0
1958 27 PIT NL 621 30% 175 1 0 0 0 3.27 3 0 8 2 1 0 3 0 7 6 86% 139 21 15% 63 28 44% 377 67 18% 33 20 61% 23 13 57% 0
1959 28 PIT NL 641 25% 163 2 0 0 0 0.56 5 1 6 5 0 0 5 0 9 9 100% 115 21 18% 61 26 43% 324 48 15% 17 10 59% 14 11 79% 0
1960 29 PIT NL 629 31% 186 1 0 0 0 0.17 2 0 13 1 1 1 1 0 13 12 92% 124 7 6% 75 33 44% 338 51 15% 22 13 59% 27 22 81% 0
1961 30 PIT NL 648 33% 164 2 0 0 0 2.04 6 0 9 4 2 2 4 0 11 7 64% 120 22 18% 68 34 50% 359 53 15% 31 18 58% 28 19 68% 0
1962 31 PIT NL 723 27% 199 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 1 1 1 1 0 5 5 100% 109 14 13% 68 25 37% 346 63 18% 28 16 57% 27 20 74% 0
1963 32 STL NL 704 35% 201 1 0 0 0 1.24 6 0 11 4 2 4 2 0 10 7 70% 138 18 13% 89 37 42% 392 72 18% 50 25 50% 40 25 63% 0
1964 33 STL NL 696 30% 186 1 0 0 0 2.04 1 0 14 0 1 0 1 0 9 9 100% 137 15 11% 70 34 49% 446 71 16% 47 27 57% 32 21 66% 0
1965 34 STL NL 655 37% 149 6 3 0 1 1.31 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 106 11 10% 74 35 47% 368 58 16% 42 24 57% 33 19 58% 0
1966 35 PHI NL 640 40% 152 2 1 0 1 3.28 2 0 20 2 0 1 1 0 11 7 64% 144 20 14% 77 41 53% 425 61 14% 37 21 57% 31 27 87% 0
1967 36 TOT NL 109 18% 15 14 1 0 0 2.08 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 17 3 18% 16 4 25% 64 6 9% 11 2 18% 6 1 17% 0
1967 36 PHI NL 31 32% 3 4 0 0 0 1.09 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 5 0 0% 6 1 17% 16 1 6% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1967 36 SFG NL 78 13% 12 10 1 0 0 2.48 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 12 3 25% 10 3 30% 48 5 10% 9 2 22% 4 1 25% 0
14 Yrs 8184 31% 2138 32 5 0 2 1.74 39 1 137 27 9 10 29 0 132 122 92% 1471 220 15% 825 372 45% 4379 673 15% 392 209 53% 308 208 68% -5
MLB Averages 51% 79% 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
1952 21 95 415 384 38 109 6 1 1 29 2 4 19 27 .284 .319 .313 .632 74 120 18 1 11
1953 22 95 415 384 38 109 6 1 1 29 2 4 19 27 .284 .319 .313 .632 74 120 18 1 11
1954 23 95 415 384 38 109 6 1 1 29 2 4 19 27 .284 .319 .313 .632 74 120 18 1 11
1955 24 246 987 905 83 248 34 3 5 80 2 6 57 53 .274 .318 .335 .653 77 303 38 2 22 1 11
1956 25 388 1562 1425 123 390 53 6 5 117 2 9 92 78 .274 .318 .330 .648 76 470 52 2 39 4 14
1957 26 513 2113 1926 181 548 83 11 12 171 2 10 119 106 .285 .326 .358 .684 86 689 68 5 53 10 15
1958 27 664 2734 2510 248 723 119 20 15 237 4 12 142 138 .288 .327 .369 .696 88 927 89 9 59 15 22
1959 28 811 3375 3103 322 886 141 27 20 288 4 14 174 173 .286 .324 .368 .692 87 1141 110 11 68 19 24
1960 29 949 4004 3676 407 1072 167 31 22 338 4 16 213 208 .292 .331 .372 .703 90 1367 117 15 80 20 24
1961 30 1097 4652 4272 478 1236 192 37 28 393 4 20 253 252 .289 .330 .371 .701 89 1586 139 16 87 24 24
1962 31 1258 5375 4950 554 1435 226 40 30 454 6 21 284 313 .290 .329 .370 .699 89 1831 153 19 92 30 25
1963 32 1416 6079 5581 639 1636 269 51 36 527 9 22 340 371 .293 .335 .379 .714 93 2115 171 25 99 34 27
1964 33 1577 6775 6217 709 1822 304 57 37 597 11 25 384 413 .293 .335 .378 .713 93 2351 186 25 108 41 30
1965 34 1730 7430 6804 764 1971 330 62 37 649 12 26 440 463 .290 .333 .373 .706 91 2536 197 26 112 48 32
1966 35 1885 8070 7388 822 2123 351 66 39 702 14 27 480 501 .287 .331 .369 .700 90 2723 217 31 119 52 38
1967 36 1929 8179 7484 829 2138 352 67 39 707 14 27 490 512 .286 .330 .366 .696 89 2741 220 31 122 52 39

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
1952 21 99 436 404 42 117 6 1 1 32 2 20 28 .290 .325 .317 .642 42 95
1955 24 159 602 548 47 146 29 2 4 54 0 40 27 .266 .317 .349 .665 61 151
1956 25 148 609 550 45 155 21 3 0 41 0 38 26 .282 .327 .331 .657 60 142
1957 26 131 580 527 63 169 32 5 7 59 0 29 29 .321 .356 .440 .796 84 125
1958 27 159 657 617 73 187 38 10 3 72 2 25 34 .303 .332 .412 .743 84 151
1959 28 154 670 621 79 172 23 7 5 54 0 34 37 .277 .315 .361 .675 71 147
1960 29 144 663 603 92 199 28 4 2 54 0 42 37 .330 .377 .400 .777 90 138
1961 30 155 675 622 73 170 26 6 6 56 0 41 46 .273 .317 .363 .681 72 148
1962 31 161 721 676 75 197 34 3 2 60 2 31 61 .291 .323 .359 .682 78 161
1963 32 158 713 638 90 208 44 11 6 77 3 58 58 .326 .385 .458 .843 112 158
1964 33 161 698 638 71 188 35 6 1 71 2 44 42 .295 .337 .373 .710 81 161
1965 34 152 651 583 55 148 26 5 0 52 1 56 50 .254 .317 .316 .632 59 153
1966 35 155 649 591 62 159 22 4 2 57 2 42 38 .269 .321 .330 .651 62 155
1967 36 44 111 97 8 16 1 1 0 6 0 11 11 .165 .250 .196 .446 5 44
14 Yrs 1980 8435 7715 875 2231 365 68 39 745 14 511 524 .289 .334 .369 .703 961 1929
162 Game Avg. 162 690 631 72 183 30 6 3 61 1 42 43 .289 .334 .369 .703 79 1929

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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

Hall of Fame
1973 BBWAA ( 1.8%)
1974 BBWAA ( 1.1%)
1975 BBWAA ( 1.1%)
1976 BBWAA ( 1.8%)
1977 BBWAA ( 1.0%)
1978 BBWAA ( 0.8%)

All-Star Games
1959-1 *
1959-2 *
1960-1 *
1960-2 *
1962-1 (SS)
1962-2 (SS)
1963 (SS)
1964 (SS)

Awards (yr lg award)
1960 NL batting_title
1960 ML Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
1960 NL MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1957 NL (15, 4%)
1960 NL (1, 82%)
1962 NL (16, 3%)
1963 NL (2, 68%)
1 MVP
1.57 Career Shares (139th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1960 NL  6.0 (8th)
1963 NL  6.8 (8th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1960 NL  6.0 (6th)
1963 NL  6.8 (5th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1957 NL  3.8 (10th)
1960 NL  4.3 (8th)
1963 NL  5.7 (6th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1957 NL  1.3 (8th)
1958 NL  1.6 (9th)
1960 NL  2.6 (1st)
1962 NL  1.6 (4th)
1963 NL  2.1 (4th)
1965 NL  1.9 (4th)
1966 NL  1.9 (4th)
Career  17.2 (74th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1957 NL  .315 (5th)
1960 NL  .325 (1st)
1963 NL  .319 (3rd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1960 NL  .371 (6th)
1963 NL  .377 (5th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1963 NL  .827 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1958 NL  151 (7th)
1962 NL  161 (8th)
1963 NL  158 (8th)
1964 NL  161 (8th)

At Bats s c a p y
1958 NL  584 (7th)
1959 NL  593 (9th)
1960 NL  573 (7th)
1961 NL  596 (5th)
1962 NL  678 (2nd)
1963 NL  631 (5th)
1964 NL  636 (4th)
Career  7,484 (199th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1962 NL  723 (2nd)
1963 NL  704 (4th)
1964 NL  696 (6th)
Career  8,179 (237th)

Hits s c a p y
1958 NL  175 (6th)
1960 NL  186 (3rd)
1962 NL  199 (4th)
1963 NL  201 (2nd)
1964 NL  186 (9th)
Career  2,138 (202nd)

Total Bases s c a p y
1963 NL  284 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
1957 NL  30 (8th)
1958 NL  36 (2nd)
1960 NL  26 (10th)
1962 NL  34 (3rd)
1963 NL  43 (1st)
1964 NL  35 (8th)

Triples s c a p y
1958 NL  9 (7th)
1959 NL  7 (8th)
1963 NL  11 (3rd)

Singles s c a p y
1958 NL  127 (5th)
1959 NL  129 (6th)
1960 NL  154 (1st)
1961 NL  127 (5th)
1962 NL  160 (3rd)
1963 NL  141 (5th)
1964 NL  144 (5th)
Career  1,680 (122nd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1963 NL  106 (9th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1963 NL  60 (9th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1960 NL  229 (9th)
1963 NL  263 (3rd)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1963 NL  .699 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1960 NL  4 (9th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1952 NL  11 (5th)
1955 NL  11 (5th)
1956 NL  17 (3rd)
1957 NL  14 (2nd)
1959 NL  9 (7th)
1960 NL  12 (3rd)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1957 NL  6 (8th)
1962 NL  6 (10th)
1964 NL  7 (2nd)
1965 NL  7 (6th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1955 NL  11 (6th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1952 NL  18 (2nd)
1955 NL  20 (2nd)
1957 NL  16 (5th)
1958 NL  21 (2nd)
1959 NL  21 (3rd)
1961 NL  22 (3rd)
1963 NL  18 (6th)
1966 NL  20 (3rd)
Career  220 (62nd)

AB per SO s c a p y
1955 NL  20.0 (2nd)
1956 NL  20.8 (3rd)
1957 NL  17.9 (4th)
1958 NL  18.3 (2nd)
1959 NL  16.9 (2nd)
1960 NL  16.4 (3rd)
1961 NL  13.5 (2nd)
1962 NL  11.1 (9th)
1963 NL  10.9 (6th)
1964 NL  15.1 (3rd)
1965 NL  11.7 (7th)
1966 NL  15.4 (3rd)

Outs Made s c a p y
1958 NL  443 (4th)
1959 NL  466 (3rd)
1961 NL  469 (3rd)
1962 NL  505 (4th)
1964 NL  484 (4th)
Career  5,767 (179th)

Oldest s c a p y
1967 NL  born 1930-11-04 (10th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 6 (343), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 53 (483), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 103 (151), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 24 (555), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Shortstop (48th), 33.4 career WAR/27.8 7yr-peak WAR/30.6 JAWS
Average HOF SS (out of 21) = 63.1 career WAR/41.0 7yr-peak WAR/52.1 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Garry Templeton (911)
  2. Dave Bancroft (908) *
  3. Dick Bartell (882)
  4. Jack Glasscock (878)
  5. Royce Clayton (872)
  6. Ozzie Guillen (870)
  7. Mark Grudzielanek (868)
  8. Bill Russell (866)
  9. Roger Peckinpaugh (861)
  10. Al Dark (861)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Pete Runnels (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Pete Runnels (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Chick Galloway (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Julio Franco (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bill Knickerbocker (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jack Wilson (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Rick Burleson (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Rick Burleson (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jack Glasscock (911)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Tony Fernandez (908)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Tony Fernandez (910)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Garry Templeton (907)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Tony Fernandez (898)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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