George Sisler

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 170lb (180cm, 77kg)

Born: March 24, 1893 in Manchester, OH us

Died: March 26, 1973 in Richmond Heights, MO

Buried: Old Meeting House Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Frontenac, MO

High School: Akron HS (Akron, OH)

School: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)

Debut: June 28, 1915 (Age 22-096d, 4,345th in major league history)
vs. CHW 3.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 22, 1930 (Age 37-182d)
vs. CHC 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1939. (Voted by BBWAA on 235/274 ballots)
View George Sisler's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1915 season

Full Name: George Harold Sisler

Nicknames: Gorgeous George

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Relatives: Father of Dave Sisler, Dick Sisler

Hall of Fame
MVP
2x Batting Title

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

57.2

8267

2812

102

.340

1284

RBI

1178

375

OBP

.379

SLG

.468

OPS

.847

OPS+

125

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1917 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1917 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	SLB		CHW	L,2-7	CG	37	9.0	7	0	1	8	1
2	2	Apr 13	SLB		CHW	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
3	3	Apr 14	SLB		CHW	L,0-11	CG	44	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
4	4	Apr 15	SLB		CLE	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
5	5	Apr 17	SLB		CLE	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	2	1	0	3	2
6	6	Apr 18	SLB		CLE	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
7	7	Apr 19	SLB	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
8	8	Apr 20	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
9	9	Apr 21	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	9	0	1	10	1
10	10	Apr 22	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	32	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
11	11	Apr 24	SLB	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
12	12	Apr 27	SLB	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	8	1	1	10	1
13	13	Apr 28	SLB	@	CLE	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
14	14	Apr 29	SLB	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
15	15	Apr 30	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 2	SLB		DET	L,0-2	CG	39	9.0	6	0	1	7	2
17	17	May 5	SLB		CHW	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	15	0	0	15	2
18	18	May 6 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	1	3	1
19	19	May 6 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
20	20	May 8 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
21	21	May 8 (2)	SLB		CHW	L,7-9	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
22	24 (2)	May 11	SLB		PHA	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	3
23	25	May 12	SLB		PHA	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	26	May 13	SLB		PHA	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	27	May 14	SLB		NYY	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
26	28	May 15	SLB		NYY	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
27	29	May 16	SLB		NYY	L,2-5	CG	45	11.0	2	1	0	3	0
28	30	May 17	SLB		NYY	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
29	31	May 18	SLB		WSH	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	7	1	1	9	2
30	32	May 19	SLB		WSH	L,6-9	CG	42	9.0	9	2	0	11	4
31	33	May 20	SLB		WSH	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
32	34	May 23	SLB		BOS	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
33	35	May 24	SLB		BOS	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	36	May 25	SLB		BOS	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
35	37	May 26	SLB		BOS	L,7-11	CG	0	9.0	12	1	1	14	0
36	38	May 27	SLB		BOS	T,1-1	GS	42	11.0	1	1	0	2	0
37	39	May 29	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	40	Jun 1	SLB	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	37	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
39	41	Jun 2	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
40	42	Jun 4	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
41	43	Jun 5	SLB	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	44	Jun 6	SLB	@	PHA	L,6-11	CG	43	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
43	45	Jun 8	SLB	@	PHA	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	46	Jun 9	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
45	47	Jun 13 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
46	48	Jun 13 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
47	49	Jun 14	SLB	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
48	50	Jun 15	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	4	1	1	6	3
49	51	Jun 16	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	43	8.0	4	0	1	5	1
50	52	Jun 17	SLB	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	53	Jun 18	SLB	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
52	54	Jun 20	SLB	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
53	55	Jun 21	SLB	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	9	3	0	12	0
54	56	Jun 22 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	11	1	0	12	0
55	57	Jun 22 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
56	58	Jun 24	SLB	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	1
57	59	Jun 25	SLB	@	CLE	L,6-9	CG	41	8.0	15	1	0	16	2
58	60	Jun 26 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
59	61	Jun 26 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
60	62	Jun 27	SLB	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	63	Jun 28	SLB	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	15	0	0	15	1
62	64	Jun 29	SLB		DET	L,1-19	CG	54	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	65	Jun 30 (1)	SLB		DET	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	11	2	0	13	1
64	66	Jun 30 (2)	SLB		DET	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	3
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	67	Jul 1 (1)	SLB		DET	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	1	6	1
66	68	Jul 1 (2)	SLB		DET	W,15-9	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	69	Jul 2	SLB		DET	L,4-5	CG	43	10.0	2	0	1	3	0
68	70	Jul 3	SLB		CLE	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	15	1	1	17	1
69	71	Jul 4 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	12	2	0	14	1
70	72	Jul 4 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	3
71	73	Jul 5 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
72	74	Jul 5 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
73	75	Jul 6	SLB		CLE	L,6-12	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
74	76	Jul 7	SLB		NYY	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
75	77	Jul 8	SLB		NYY	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	3
76	78	Jul 9	SLB		NYY	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
77	79	Jul 10	SLB		NYY	L,5-7	CG	71	17.0	4	0	0	4	0
78	80	Jul 11	SLB		PHA	L,5-13	CG	46	9.0	6	2	0	8	2
79	81	Jul 12	SLB		PHA	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
80	82	Jul 13	SLB		PHA	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
81	83	Jul 15 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,2-4	CG	43	10.0	1	1	0	2	2
82	84	Jul 15 (2)	SLB		BOS	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	6	1	1	8	4
83	85	Jul 16	SLB		BOS	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
84	86	Jul 17	SLB		BOS	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
85	87	Jul 18	SLB		BOS	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
86	88	Jul 19	SLB		WSH	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
87	89	Jul 20	SLB		WSH	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
88	90	Jul 21	SLB		WSH	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
89	91	Jul 22 (1)	SLB		WSH	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
90	92	Jul 22 (2)	SLB		WSH	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
91	93	Jul 25	SLB	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
92	94	Jul 26 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-11	CG	44	8.0	15	0	1	16	0
93	95	Jul 26 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	11	0	0	11	1
94	96	Jul 28 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	47	11.2	13	0	0	13	1
95	97	Jul 28 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	11	2	0	13	2
96	98	Jul 30	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
97	99	Jul 31	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	100	Aug 2 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	16	1	0	17	3
99	104 (3)	Aug 6	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	38	10.1	3	0	0	3	0
100	105	Aug 7	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
101	106	Aug 8	SLB	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
102	107	Aug 9	SLB	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
103	108	Aug 10	SLB	@	PHA	L,0-7	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
104	109	Aug 11 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	11	0	0	11	1
105	110	Aug 11 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	13	1	1	15	0
106	111	Aug 12	SLB	@	DET	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	4	1	1	6	0
107	112	Aug 13 (1)	SLB	@	DET	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
108	113	Aug 13 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
109	114	Aug 14	SLB	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	13	1	0	14	2
110	115	Aug 17	SLB		NYY	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	1	5	1
111	116	Aug 18	SLB		NYY	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
112	117	Aug 19	SLB		NYY	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
113	118	Aug 20	SLB		WSH	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	3
114	119	Aug 22 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
115	120	Aug 22 (2)	SLB		WSH	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
116	121	Aug 23	SLB		BOS	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
117	122	Aug 25	SLB		BOS	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
118	123	Aug 26 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,6-5	CG	0	11.0	12	3	0	15	0
119	124	Aug 26 (2)	SLB		PHA	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
120	125	Aug 27	SLB		PHA	L,0-8	CG	39	9.0	3	0	1	4	1
121	126	Aug 28	SLB		PHA	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
122	127	Aug 29 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
123	128	Aug 29 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-11	CG	44	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
124	129	Aug 30	SLB	@	CHW	L,4-8	CG	45	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
125	130	Aug 31	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	10	1	0	11	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
126	131	Sep 1	SLB	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
127	132	Sep 2	SLB	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
128	133	Sep 3 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-9	CG	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	2
129	134	Sep 3 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	51	11.1	16	0	0	16	2
130	135	Sep 4	SLB		CHW	L,6-13	CG	48	9.0	14	1	0	15	1
131	136	Sep 5	SLB		CHW	L,1-4	CG	42	11.0	10	1	0	11	1
132	137	Sep 6	SLB		DET	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
133	138	Sep 8	SLB		DET	L,0-1	CG	41	12.0	6	1	0	7	3
134	139	Sep 9 (1)	SLB		DET	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
135	140	Sep 9 (2)	SLB		DET	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
							135gm		1206.0	1386	106	24	1516	97