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Johnny Groth

John Thomas Groth

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 182 lb.

Born: July 23, 1926 in Chicago, IL
High School: Latin HS (Chicago, IL)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1946
Teams (by GP): Tigers/WhiteSox/Athletics/Browns/Senators 1946-1960

Final Game: July 28, 1960
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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
1946 19 DET AL 4 9 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /8O
1947 20 DET AL 2 6 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .250 .500 .250 .750 109 1 2 0 0 /7O
1948 21 DET AL 6 18 17 3 8 3 0 1 5 0 0 1 1 .471 .500 .824 1.324 244 14 0 0 0 /8O
1949 22 DET AL 103 418 348 60 102 19 5 11 73 3 7 65 27 .293 .407 .471 .878 132 164 15 2 3 8O RoY-4
1950 23 DET AL 157 669 566 95 173 30 8 12 85 1 5 95 27 .306 .407 .451 .858 117 255 21 2 7 *8O
1951 24 DET AL 118 465 428 41 128 29 1 3 49 1 1 31 32 .299 .349 .393 .742 100 168 16 2 4 *8O
1952 25 DET AL 141 580 524 56 149 22 2 4 51 2 10 51 39 .284 .348 .357 .705 96 187 11 0 5 *O8/7
1953 26 SLB AL 141 610 557 65 141 27 4 10 57 5 6 42 53 .253 .308 .370 .678 81 206 14 2 9 *8O
1954 27 CHW AL 125 477 422 41 116 20 0 7 60 3 9 42 37 .275 .341 .372 .713 93 157 19 2 8 3 *8/79
1955 28 TOT AL 95 293 260 35 66 11 5 4 28 3 0 24 31 .254 .313 .381 .693 88 99 7 0 5 4 1 87/9
1955 28 CHW AL 32 88 77 13 26 7 0 2 11 1 0 6 13 .338 .376 .506 .883 134 39 2 0 3 2 1 8
1955 28 WSH AL 63 205 183 22 40 4 5 2 17 2 0 18 18 .219 .286 .328 .614 68 60 5 0 2 2 0 87/9
1956 29 KCA AL 95 281 244 22 63 13 3 5 37 1 2 30 31 .258 .335 .398 .732 93 97 9 0 2 4 2 897
1957 30 TOT AL 93 180 162 21 45 10 0 0 18 0 0 13 13 .278 .333 .340 .673 83 55 3 1 3 1 0 987
1957 30 KCA AL 55 68 59 10 15 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 6 .254 .333 .254 .588 63 15 2 0 2 0 0 9/78
1957 30 DET AL 38 112 103 11 30 10 0 0 16 0 0 6 7 .291 .333 .388 .722 95 40 1 1 1 1 0 87
1958 31 DET AL 88 161 146 24 41 5 2 2 11 0 1 13 19 .281 .340 .384 .723 94 56 4 0 2 0 0 789
1959 32 DET AL 55 112 102 12 24 7 1 1 10 0 0 7 14 .235 .284 .353 .637 70 36 0 0 3 0 0 897
1960 33 DET AL 25 23 19 3 7 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 1 .368 .455 .421 .876 135 8 0 0 1 0 0 /89
15 Yrs 1248 4302 3808 480 1064 197 31 60 486 19 42 419 329 .279 .352 .395 .746 99 1503 121 11 52 12 3
162 Game Avg. 162 558 494 62 138 26 4 8 63 2 5 54 43 .279 .352 .395 .746 99 195 16 1 7
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
DET (11 yrs) 737 2573 2266 307 663 126 19 34 302 7 25 274 171 .293 .370 .410 .780 108 929 70 7 26 1 0
KCA (2 yrs) 150 349 303 32 78 13 3 5 39 1 2 37 37 .257 .334 .370 .704 87 112 11 0 4 4 2
CHW (2 yrs) 157 565 499 54 142 27 0 9 71 4 9 48 50 .285 .347 .393 .739 99 196 21 2 11 5 1
WSH (1 yr) 63 205 183 22 40 4 5 2 17 2 0 18 18 .219 .286 .328 .614 68 60 5 0 2 2 0
SLB (1 yr) 141 610 557 65 141 27 4 10 57 5 6 42 53 .253 .308 .370 .678 81 206 14 2 9

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
1946 19 DET AL 4 9 -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.3 0 -2 -0.3 .433 .498 -0.3 0.0 -2 $ /8O
1947 20 DET AL 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .511 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /7O
1948 21 DET AL 6 18 3 0 -0 0 0 3 0.3 0 4 0.4 .551 .502 0.4 0.0 4 $ /8O
1949 22 DET AL 103 418 18 -2 -1 -4 -1 9 0.9 10 19 1.9 .509 .505 2.3 -0.5 23 $ 8O RoY-4
1950 23 DET AL 157 669 18 -2 -2 -5 -1 8 0.9 18 26 2.6 .505 .505 3.0 -0.5 31 $ *8O
1951 24 DET AL 118 465 0 -1 -1 -2 -1 -5 -0.5 12 8 0.7 .496 .497 0.8 -0.2 10 $ *8O
1952 25 DET AL 141 580 -2 -3 -2 -7 -1 -14 -1.5 16 2 0.0 .489 .491 0.7 -0.9 9 $ *O8/7
1953 26 SLB AL 141 610 -16 0 -1 -2 -1 -19 -2.0 16 -3 -0.4 .486 .488 -0.2 -0.3 -1 $ *8O
1954 27 CHW AL 125 477 -6 -4 -3 6 -1 -8 -0.9 13 5 0.4 .493 .495 -0.3 0.5 -1 $ *8/79
1955 28 CHW AL 32 88 2 0 -0 2 -0 4 0.4 2 6 0.6 .511 .502 0.4 0.2 4 $ 8
1955 28 WSH AL 63 205 -8 0 -1 -6 -1 -15 -1.5 6 -10 -1.0 .475 .490 -0.4 -0.6 -4 $ 87/9
1956 29 KCA AL 95 281 -1 -1 -1 -7 -2 -12 -1.2 8 -4 -0.4 .487 .493 0.3 -0.9 3 $ 897
1957 30 KCA AL 55 68 -3 1 -0 -3 -1 -8 -0.9 2 -6 -0.7 .485 .495 -0.3 -0.5 -3 $ 9/78
1957 30 DET AL 38 112 -1 1 1 1 -1 0 0.0 3 3 0.3 .501 .500 0.3 -0.0 3 $ 87
1958 31 DET AL 88 161 -2 0 0 4 -2 0 -0.0 4 4 0.4 .500 .500 -0.1 0.2 -0 $ 789
1959 32 DET AL 55 112 -4 -1 0 -0 -1 -6 -0.7 3 -3 -0.4 .488 .496 -0.3 -0.2 -2 $ 897
1960 33 DET AL 25 23 1 -2 0 -1 -0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .493 .499 0.0 -0.2 0 $ /89
15 Seasons 1248 4302 -2 -14 -11 -25 -14 -66 -7.3 115 49 4.0 .494 .497 6.3 -4.0 74 $
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
DET (11 yrs) 737 2573 30 -10 -5 -14 -8 -8 -1.1 68 61 5.5 .499 .499 6.8 -2.3 75 $
KCA (2 yrs) 150 349 -4 -0 -1 -11 -3 -20 -2.0 9 -10 -1.1 .486 .494 0.0 -1.4 0 $
CHW (2 yrs) 157 565 -4 -4 -3 8 -1 -4 -0.5 15 11 1.0 .497 .498 0.1 0.7 3 $
WSH (1 yr) 63 205 -8 0 -1 -6 -1 -15 -1.5 6 -10 -1.0 .475 .490 -0.4 -0.6 -4 $
SLB (1 yr) 141 610 -16 0 -1 -2 -1 -19 -2.0 16 -3 -0.4 .486 .488 -0.2 -0.3 -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
1946 19 DET AL 9 9 0 0.0 101 .000 .000 .272 .000 .347 .000 .391 .000 .738 -100 .000 -2.5 -0.3 .000 .000 .000
1947 20 DET AL 6 5 1 5.3 100 .333 .250 .267 .500 .348 .250 .384 .750 .732 109 .610 0.3 0.0 .600 .500 .000
1948 21 DET AL 18 9 7 20.7 108 .467 .471 .277 .500 .362 .824 .400 1.324 .762 244 .940 3.5 0.3 1.667 .412 .353 .0
1949 22 DET AL 418 271 64 6.3 107 .294 .293 .271 .407 .363 .471 .393 .878 .756 132 .641 17.7 1.7 .847 .353 .178 4.7
1950 23 DET AL 669 426 102 6.4 116 .306 .306 .282 .407 .370 .451 .423 .858 .792 117 .611 17.1 1.6 .831 .306 .145 1.8
1951 24 DET AL 465 321 58 4.9 102 .318 .299 .268 .349 .349 .393 .392 .742 .741 100 .534 0.2 0.0 .634 .166 .093 1.5
1952 25 DET AL 580 401 62 4.2 96 .301 .284 .260 .348 .340 .357 .380 .705 .720 96 .502 -2.1 -0.2 .581 .155 .073 2.7
1953 26 SLB AL 610 445 62 3.7 104 .265 .253 .272 .308 .349 .370 .400 .678 .749 81 .420 -16.9 -1.7 .571 .190 .117 6.7
1954 27 CHW AL 477 345 51 4.0 102 .286 .275 .270 .341 .346 .372 .395 .713 .741 93 .468 -4.0 -0.4 .584 .182 .097 4.2
1955 28 TOT AL 293 210 33 4.2 101 .271 .254 .264 .313 .343 .381 .393 .693 .736 88 .462 -5.0 -0.5 .627 .231 .127 3.4
1955 28 CHW AL 88 58 15 6.9 104 .375 .338 .269 .376 .349 .506 .400 .883 .749 134 .680 3.9 0.4 .868 .260 .169 1.3
1955 28 WSH AL 205 152 18 3.2 99 .230 .219 .262 .286 .341 .328 .390 .614 .730 68 .338 -9.0 -0.9 .541 .219 .109 2.0
1956 29 KCA AL 281 198 32 4.3 106 .274 .258 .267 .335 .349 .398 .408 .732 .757 93 .452 -2.3 -0.2 .656 .258 .139 1.7
1957 30 TOT AL 180 124 19 4.2 101 .300 .278 .266 .333 .338 .340 .401 .673 .739 83 .473 -3.4 -0.4 .575 .142 .062
1957 30 KCA AL 68 48 5 2.8 100 .283 .254 .264 .333 .337 .254 .399 .588 .736 63 .307 -3.0 -0.3 .478 .119 .000
1957 30 DET AL 112 76 14 5.0 102 .309 .291 .267 .333 .339 .388 .403 .722 .742 95 .557 -0.5 -0.1 .635 .155 .097
1958 31 DET AL 161 112 18 4.3 104 .312 .281 .270 .340 .340 .384 .410 .723 .749 94 .500 -1.6 -0.2 .618 .185 .103 .0
1959 32 DET AL 112 81 11 3.6 103 .264 .235 .267 .284 .339 .353 .408 .637 .748 70 .415 -4.5 -0.5 .551 .186 .118 .0
1960 33 DET AL 23 14 4 7.7 105 .389 .368 .268 .455 .342 .421 .410 .876 .753 135 .728 1.2 0.1 .769 .158 .053
15 Yrs 4302 2971 524 4.7 104 .293 .279 .270 .352 .351 .395 .399 .746 .750 99 .521 -2.4 -0.5 .657 .219 .115 28.9
162 Game Avg. 558 386 68 4.7 104 .293 .279 .270 .352 .351 .395 .399 .746 .750 99 .521 -2.4 -0.5 .657 .219 .115 4
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
DET (11 yrs) 2573 1725 341 5.3 105 .305 .293 .270 .370 .353 .410 .400 .780 .753 108 .570 28.7 2.7 .702 .230 .117 11.6
KCA (2 yrs) 349 246 37 4.0 105 .275 .257 .267 .334 .347 .370 .406 .704 .753 87 .428 -5.2 -0.5 .622 .231 .112 1.7
CHW (2 yrs) 565 403 66 4.4 102 .299 .285 .270 .347 .347 .393 .396 .739 .742 99 .509 -0.1 -0.0 .623 .194 .108 5.5
WSH (1 yr) 205 152 18 3.2 99 .230 .219 .262 .286 .341 .328 .390 .614 .730 68 .338 -9.0 -0.9 .541 .219 .109 2.0
SLB (1 yr) 610 445 62 3.7 104 .265 .253 .272 .308 .349 .370 .400 .678 .749 81 .420 -16.9 -1.7 .571 .190 .117 6.7

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
1946 19 DET AL 9 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0 67%
1947 20 DET AL 6 0.0% 16.7% 33.3% 0.0% 0% 0.50 4.0 50%
1948 21 DET AL 18 5.6% 5.6% 5.6% 22.2% 50% 1.00 17.0 17.0 3.4 4.00 83%
1949 22 DET AL 418 2.6% 6.5% 15.6% 8.4% 34% 0.42 12.9 31.6 4.8 1.09 74%
1950 23 DET AL 669 1.8% 4.0% 14.2% 7.5% 29% 0.28 21.0 47.2 6.7 1.41 79%
1951 24 DET AL 465 0.7% 6.9% 6.7% 7.1% 26% 1.03 13.4 142.7 8.7 1.05 85%
1952 25 DET AL 580 0.7% 6.7% 8.8% 4.8% 19% 0.76 13.4 131.0 10.3 1.11 83%
1953 26 SLB AL 610 1.6% 8.7% 6.9% 6.7% 29% 1.26 10.5 55.7 9.8 1.01 81%
1954 27 CHW AL 477 1.5% 7.8% 8.8% 5.7% 23% 0.88 11.4 60.3 7.0 1.14 80%
1955 28 TOT AL 293 1.4% 10.6% 8.2% 6.8% 30% 1.29 8.4 65.0 9.3 1.11 78%
1955 28 CHW AL 88 2.3% 14.8% 6.8% 10.2% 35% 2.17 5.9 38.5 7.0 1.00 73%
1955 28 WSH AL 205 1.0% 8.8% 8.8% 5.4% 28% 1.00 10.2 91.5 10.8 1.15 80%
1956 29 KCA AL 281 1.8% 11.0% 10.7% 7.5% 33% 1.03 7.9 48.8 6.6 0.95 75%
1957 30 TOT AL 180 0.0% 7.2% 7.2% 5.6% 22% 1.00 12.5 9.0 1.71 83%
1957 30 KCA AL 68 0.0% 8.8% 10.3% 0.0% 0% 0.86 9.8 29.5 3.30 78%
1957 30 DET AL 112 0.0% 6.3% 5.4% 8.9% 33% 1.17 14.7 6.4 1.19 87%
1958 31 DET AL 161 1.2% 11.8% 8.1% 5.6% 22% 1.46 7.7 73.0 13.3 1.22 78%
1959 32 DET AL 112 0.9% 12.5% 6.3% 8.0% 38% 2.00 7.3 102.0 10.2 1.29 78%
1960 33 DET AL 23 0.0% 4.4% 13.0% 4.4% 14% 0.33 19.0 9.5 1.00 78%
15 Yrs 4302 1.4% 7.7% 9.7% 6.7% 27% 0.79 11.6 63.5 7.8 1.15 80%
MLB Averages 2.0% 11.1% 9.4% 6.5% 28% 1.18 8.0 43.6 8.2 0.98 76%
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
1946 19 DET AL -2.5 -0.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 20 DET AL 0.3 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 21 DET AL 3.5 0.3 6 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 1.17 -0.0 0.0 -0.8 -0.1 1.11 -0.4 2.11 1
1949 22 DET AL 17.2 1.7 278 2.0 6.9 -4.9 1.15 1.0 0.8 11.1 1.1 1.00 10.4 2.74 3
1950 23 DET AL 17.1 1.6 533 1.8 10.3 -8.5 .99 1.4 0.5 18.0 1.7 0.95 18.0 0
1951 24 DET AL 0.2 0.0 357 0.4 6.9 -6.6 1.11 -0.9 1.3 -7.2 -0.7 0.97 -9.5 1.33 5
1952 25 DET AL -2.1 -0.2 509 -0.4 8.1 -8.5 1.01 -0.4 0.0 1.6 0.2 0.93 -2.7 2.16 2
1953 26 SLB AL -16.9 -1.7 575 -0.7 9.3 -10.1 1.00 -0.7 -0.0 -9.5 -0.9 0.93 -9.8 0
1954 27 CHW AL -3.5 -0.4 487 -0.7 7.6 -8.3 .98 -0.7 -0.0 -4.1 -0.4 1.00 -8.4 2.65 1
1955 28 TOT AL -5.4 -0.5 299 -0.2 4.4 -4.6 .88 -0.6 0.4 1.5 0.1 0.92 -2.7 1.14 13
1955 28 CHW AL 3.8 0.4 91 0.3 1.4 -1.2 .82 0.1 0.2 3.5 0.3 0.92 4.1 0.41 1
1955 28 WSH AL -9.2 -0.9 208 -0.4 3.0 -3.4 .91 -0.7 0.2 -2.0 -0.2 0.92 -6.8 1.21 12
1956 29 KCA AL -2.3 -0.2 290 -1.0 4.8 -5.8 1.11 0.2 -1.1 1.7 0.2 0.96 4.6 1.68 12
1957 30 TOT AL -3.4 -0.4 183 1.1 3.9 -2.9 1.04 -0.1 1.1 3.1 0.3 0.93 -0.6 1.14 5
1957 30 KCA AL -3.0 -0.3 69 0.1 1.0 -1.0 .96 -0.4 0.4 -2.5 -0.2 0.89 -2.8 1.05 4
1957 30 DET AL -0.5 -0.1 114 1.0 2.9 -1.9 1.09 0.2 0.7 5.6 0.6 0.95 2.2 1.53 1
1958 31 DET AL -1.6 -0.2 164 -0.1 2.8 -2.9 .98 0.0 -0.1 -2.1 -0.2 0.93 0.3 1.55 16
1959 32 DET AL -4.5 -0.5 112 -0.4 1.5 -1.9 .95 -0.4 -0.1 0.4 0.0 0.98 -4.0 1.44 13
1960 33 DET AL 1.2 0.1 24 0.1 0.6 -0.5 1.65 0.1 0.0 1.5 0.1 0.93 0.6 2.01 8
15 Yrs -2.8 -0.5 3817 1.8 67.2 -65.4 1.02 -1.3 3.0 15.4 1.4 0.95 -4.1 1.58 79
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 21 DET AL 0 0 25% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 22 DET AL 4 0 31% 138 3 7 30% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 52% 27 17 9 2 0 1 13 1 12
1950 23 DET AL 8 0 32% 253 1 5 17% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 45% 47 26 20 10 7 3 16 5 10
1951 24 DET AL 6 0 24% 149 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 43% 27 22 5 3 1 2 12 1 11
1952 25 DET AL 4 0 27% 232 2 10 17% 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 51% 22 15 7 6 3 3 17 3 13
1953 26 SLB AL 8 0 31% 247 5 6 45% 4 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 49% 30 22 8 7 4 3 24 5 19
1954 27 CHW AL 3 0 22% 187 3 9 25% 3 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 5 50% 18 14 4 4 3 0 16 1 15
1955 28 TOT AL 3 0 36% 105 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 44% 19 12 7 6 5 1 7 1 6
1955 28 CHW AL 0 0 37% 38 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 50% 6 4 2 2 1 1 4 1 3
1955 28 WSH AL 3 0 36% 67 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 40% 13 8 5 4 4 0 3 0 3
1956 29 KCA AL 7 0 19% 110 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 7 3 33% 17 14 3 2 1 1 5 0 4
1957 30 TOT AL 1 0 36% 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 39% 15 12 3 2 1 1 9 2 6
1957 30 KCA AL 0 0 46% 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 36% 8 7 1 1 1 0 5 0 4
1957 30 DET AL 1 0 30% 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 42% 7 5 2 1 0 1 4 2 2
1958 31 DET AL 0 0 42% 93 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 60% 9 5 4 6 4 2 10 1 9
1959 32 DET AL 2 0 37% 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 38% 9 8 1 0 0 0 7 2 5
1960 33 DET AL 0 0 30% 28 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 17% 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
15 Yrs 46 0 29% 1699 19 42 31% 17 30 1 2 0 0 5 0 56 31 46% 244 170 72 49 29 17 137 22 110
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 21 DET AL 18 83% 8 1 0 0 0 2.11 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 1 100% 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1949 22 DET AL 418 49% 102 3 0 0 1 2.74 11 0 10 3 2 9 2 1 4 3 75% 71 15 21% 33 10 30% 201 38 19% 22 15 68% 13 6 46% 0
1950 23 DET AL 669 34% 173 0 0 0 0 12 1 20 6 4 5 7 0 5 7 140% 103 21 20% 38 17 45% 365 58 16% 33 19 58% 26 19 73% 0
1951 24 DET AL 465 34% 128 5 1 0 2 1.33 3 0 11 1 1 1 2 0 3 4 133% 74 16 22% 32 13 41% 235 38 16% 19 12 63% 13 7 54% 0
1952 25 DET AL 580 30% 149 2 1 0 1 2.16 4 0 11 2 1 3 1 0 5 5 100% 83 11 13% 39 16 41% 255 39 15% 24 16 67% 14 9 64% 0
1953 26 SLB AL 610 36% 141 0 0 0 0 10 0 10 5 3 3 7 0 10 9 90% 94 14 15% 46 18 39% 286 43 15% 18 11 61% 14 9 64% 0
1954 27 CHW AL 477 37% 116 1 0 0 0 2.65 7 0 16 3 4 2 5 0 9 8 89% 96 19 20% 49 18 37% 349 55 16% 28 14 50% 20 11 55% 0
1955 28 TOT AL 293 38% 66 13 4 0 2 1.14 4 0 5 4 0 2 2 0 5 5 100% 57 7 12% 19 6 32% 164 25 15% 14 7 50% 4 2 50% 0
1955 28 CHW AL 88 47% 26 1 0 0 0 0.41 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 3 100% 17 2 12% 5 3 60% 53 9 17% 4 3 75% 1 1 100% 0
1955 28 WSH AL 205 35% 40 12 4 0 2 1.21 2 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 100% 40 5 13% 14 3 21% 111 16 14% 10 4 40% 3 1 33% 0
1956 29 KCA AL 281 42% 63 12 3 0 1 1.68 5 0 9 3 2 1 4 0 2 2 100% 59 9 15% 26 9 35% 186 34 18% 23 13 57% 4 0 0% 0
1957 30 TOT AL 180 20% 45 5 0 0 0 1.14 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 50% 32 3 9% 17 7 41% 105 20 19% 9 6 67% 7 5 71% 0
1957 30 KCA AL 68 22% 15 4 0 0 0 1.05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 13 2 15% 7 5 71% 34 2 6% 2 1 50% 5 4 80% 0
1957 30 DET AL 112 19% 30 1 0 0 0 1.53 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 19 1 5% 10 2 20% 71 18 25% 7 5 71% 2 1 50% 0
1958 31 DET AL 161 51% 41 16 6 0 2 1.55 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 100% 22 4 18% 12 4 33% 86 10 12% 7 3 43% 2 0 0% 0
1959 32 DET AL 112 37% 24 13 4 1 3 1.44 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 100% 18 0 0% 11 2 18% 78 10 13% 4 1 25% 8 3 38% 0
1960 33 DET AL 23 74% 7 8 4 0 1 2.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 5 0 0% 1 1 100% 12 2 17% 0 0 0 0 0
15 Yrs 4287 37% 1064 79 23 1 13 1.58 60 1 99 29 18 28 32 1 55 52 95% 716 121 17% 324 122 38% 2327 372 16% 201 117 58% 125 71 57% 0
MLB Averages 50% 103% 13% 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
1946 19 4 9 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1947 20 6 15 13 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .077 .200 .077 .277 -23 1 2 0 0
1948 21 12 33 30 5 9 3 0 1 5 0 0 3 5 .300 .364 .500 .864 129 15 2 0 0
1949 22 115 451 378 65 111 22 5 12 78 3 7 68 32 .294 .404 .474 .878 132 179 17 2 3
1950 23 272 1120 944 160 284 52 13 24 163 4 12 163 59 .301 .406 .460 .866 123 434 38 4 10
1951 24 390 1585 1372 201 412 81 14 27 212 5 13 194 91 .300 .389 .439 .828 116 602 54 6 14
1952 25 531 2165 1896 257 561 103 16 31 263 7 23 245 130 .296 .378 .416 .794 111 789 65 6 19
1953 26 672 2775 2453 322 702 130 20 41 320 12 29 287 183 .286 .363 .406 .768 104 995 79 8 28
1954 27 797 3252 2875 363 818 150 20 48 380 15 38 329 220 .285 .360 .401 .760 103 1152 98 10 36 3
1955 28 892 3545 3135 398 884 161 25 52 408 18 38 353 251 .282 .356 .399 .755 101 1251 105 10 41 7 1
1956 29 987 3826 3379 420 947 174 28 57 445 19 40 383 282 .280 .354 .399 .753 101 1348 114 10 43 11 3
1957 30 1080 4006 3541 441 992 184 28 57 463 19 40 396 295 .280 .353 .396 .749 100 1403 117 11 46 12 3
1958 31 1168 4167 3687 465 1033 189 30 59 474 19 41 409 314 .280 .353 .396 .748 100 1459 121 11 48 12 3
1959 32 1223 4279 3789 477 1057 196 31 60 484 19 41 416 328 .279 .351 .395 .746 99 1495 121 11 51 12 3
1960 33 1248 4302 3808 480 1064 197 31 60 486 19 42 419 329 .279 .352 .395 .746 99 1503 121 11 52 12 3

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
1946 19 4 9 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
1947 20 2 9 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 .400 .667 .400 1.067 1 2
1948 21 6 18 17 3 8 3 0 1 4 0 1 1 .471 .500 .824 1.324 6 6
1949 22 108 431 360 60 103 19 5 11 72 3 66 28 .286 .400 .458 .858 66 103
1950 23 164 674 575 85 164 28 8 11 76 1 90 28 .285 .384 .419 .803 92 157
1951 24 124 486 448 42 132 30 1 3 50 1 32 34 .295 .344 .386 .731 59 118
1952 25 147 613 553 62 161 24 2 4 57 2 55 41 .291 .355 .363 .719 72 141
1953 26 147 634 580 66 145 28 4 10 58 5 43 55 .250 .304 .364 .668 64 141
1954 27 131 499 442 43 122 21 0 7 63 3 44 39 .276 .342 .371 .713 56 125
1955 28 99 309 274 37 71 12 5 4 30 3 26 32 .259 .319 .383 .702 34 95
1956 29 99 289 253 22 64 13 3 5 36 1 30 32 .253 .328 .387 .715 32 95
1957 30 98 191 172 23 49 11 0 0 20 0 14 14 .285 .340 .349 .689 20 93
1958 31 92 169 153 25 43 5 2 2 11 0 14 20 .281 .341 .379 .720 20 88
1959 32 57 117 107 12 25 7 1 1 10 0 7 15 .234 .281 .346 .626 10 55
1960 33 26 25 21 3 8 1 0 0 2 0 3 1 .381 .458 .429 .887 4 25
15 Yrs 1304 4473 3969 486 1097 202 31 59 489 19 429 344 .276 .348 .388 .735 536 1248
162 Game Avg. 162 556 493 60 136 25 4 7 61 2 53 43 .276 .348 .388 .735 67 1248

* 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

Games Played s c a p y
1950 AL  157 (1st)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1950 AL  669 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1950 AL  173 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
1950 AL  30 (8th)

Triples s c a p y
1950 AL  8 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1950 AL  95 (7th)

Singles s c a p y
1950 AL  123 (9th)
1952 AL  121 (7th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1950 AL  270 (6th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1950 AL  21 (6th)
1951 AL  16 (6th)
1954 AL  19 (4th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1949 AL  7 (6th)
1952 AL  10 (3rd)
1954 AL  9 (3rd)

AB per SO s c a p y
1950 AL  21.0 (7th)
1954 AL  11.4 (10th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1953 AL  445 (10th)

Youngest s c a p y
1946 AL  born 1926-07-23 (3rd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 9 (1472), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1919), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1354), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Al Zarilla (958)
  2. Johnny Wyrostek (953)
  3. Warren Cromartie (945)
  4. Pat Tabler (944)
  5. Gene Moore (940)
  6. Marlon Byrd (938)
  7. Ken Landreaux (938)
  8. Jim Eisenreich (936)
  9. David DeJesus (935)
  10. Ping Bodie (934)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Enos Slaughter (975) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Garry Maddox (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jimmy Welsh (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jim Piersall (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jim Piersall (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Al Cowens (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Al Cowens (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Augie Galan (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jose Cruz (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Tillie Walker (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Johnny Wyrostek (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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