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.

1925 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1925 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	SLB		CLE	L,14-21	CG	59	9.0	8	2	4	14	1
2	2	Apr 16	SLB		CLE	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
3	3	Apr 17	SLB		CLE	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	11	2	0	13	1
4	4	Apr 18	SLB		CHW	L,5-14	CG	48	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
5	5	Apr 19	SLB		CHW	W,11-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
6	6	Apr 20	SLB		CHW	L,10-11	CG	46	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
7	7	Apr 21	SLB		CHW	W,9-8	CG	48	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
8	8	Apr 22	SLB	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	15	1	0	16	0
9	9	Apr 23	SLB	@	CLE	L,9-14	CG	49	8.0	12	1	0	13	3
10	10	Apr 24	SLB	@	CLE	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	6	1	2	9	1
11	11	Apr 25	SLB	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
12	12	Apr 26	SLB	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	13	Apr 27	SLB	@	DET	W,10-8	CG	43	9.0	9	4	0	13	1
14	14	Apr 28	SLB	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	44	10.0	5	2	0	7	0
15	15	Apr 29	SLB	@	DET	L,5-11	CG	42	8.0	6	1	0	7	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1	SLB	@	CHW	L,5-9	CG	45	8.0	8	1	0	9	2
17	17	May 2	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	5	3	0	8	1
18	18	May 3	SLB	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	2
19	19	May 4	SLB		DET	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	3
20	20	May 5	SLB		DET	L,8-14	CG	50	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
21	21	May 6	SLB		DET	L,4-11	CG	49	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
22	22	May 7	SLB		DET	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
23	23	May 8	SLB		NYY	L,0-12	CG	46	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
24	24	May 9	SLB		NYY	T,1-1	CG	27	7.0	8	0	0	8	1
25	25	May 10	SLB		NYY	L,1-13	CG	51	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
26	26	May 11	SLB		NYY	W,19-10	CG	42	9.0	8	2	0	10	2
27	27	May 12	SLB		WSH	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	10	1	1	12	1
28	28	May 13	SLB		WSH	L,1-8	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
29	29	May 14	SLB		WSH	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
30	30	May 15	SLB		WSH	L,7-12	CG	49	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
31	31	May 16	SLB		BOS	W,10-7	CG	44	10.0	10	0	1	11	0
32	32	May 17	SLB		BOS	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
33	33	May 18	SLB		BOS	L,7-12	CG	47	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
34	34	May 19	SLB		BOS	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
35	35	May 20	SLB		PHA	L,6-8	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
36	36	May 21	SLB		PHA	L,4-20	CG	53	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
37	37	May 23	SLB		PHA	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
38	38	May 24	SLB		PHA	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	39	May 26 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,8-4	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
40	40	May 26 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
41	41	May 27	SLB		CLE	L,2-4	CG	43	10.0	15	2	0	17	2
42	42	May 28	SLB		CLE	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	8	2	0	10	2
43	43	May 29	SLB		CLE	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
44	44	May 30 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	3
45	45	May 30 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	2
46	46	May 31	SLB	@	CHW	W,15-11	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	47	Jun 1	SLB	@	CLE	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	12	1	1	14	2
48	48	Jun 2	SLB	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
49	49	Jun 3	SLB	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
50	50	Jun 4	SLB	@	CLE	L,10-11	CG	43	8.2	12	1	0	13	1
51	51	Jun 5	SLB	@	NYY	L,7-10	CG	43	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
52	52	Jun 6	SLB	@	NYY	L,9-11	CG	43	8.0	6	1	0	7	1
53	53	Jun 7	SLB	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
54	54	Jun 8	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	42	9.2	6	1	0	7	0
55	55	Jun 10	SLB	@	BOS	W,15-8	CG	44	9.0	6	1	0	7	3
56	56	Jun 11	SLB	@	BOS	W,9-7	CG	41	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
57	57	Jun 12	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
58	58	Jun 13	SLB	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
59	59	Jun 14	SLB	@	WSH	L,8-9	CG	39	8.1	2	0	0	2	1
60	60	Jun 16	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
61	61	Jun 17	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
62	62	Jun 18	SLB	@	WSH	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
63	63	Jun 19	SLB	@	PHA	L,9-13	CG	41	8.0	11	0	0	11	1
64	64	Jun 20	SLB	@	PHA	L,6-11	CG	40	8.0	7	0	1	8	0
65	65	Jun 22	SLB	@	PHA	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	2
66	66	Jun 25	SLB	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
67	67	Jun 26	SLB	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	2
68	68	Jun 27	SLB	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	42	8.1	7	0	0	7	0
69	69	Jun 28	SLB	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	2
70	70	Jun 29	SLB		CHW	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
71	71	Jun 30	SLB		CHW	L,1-6	CG	59	12.0	7	2	0	9	2
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	72	Jul 1	SLB		CHW	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
73	73	Jul 2	SLB		CHW	W,18-5	CG	45	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
74	74	Jul 3	SLB		DET	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
75	75	Jul 4 (1)	SLB		DET	L,1-7	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
76	76	Jul 4 (2)	SLB		DET	W,12-10	CG	0	9.0	12	0	1	13	1
77	77	Jul 5	SLB		DET	W,6-5	CG	54	13.0	3	1	1	5	3
78	78	Jul 7 (1)	SLB		NYY	W,12-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
79	79	Jul 7 (2)	SLB		NYY	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
80	80	Jul 8	SLB		NYY	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
81	81	Jul 10 (1)	SLB		NYY	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
82	82	Jul 10 (2)	SLB		NYY	W,13-3	CG	0	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
83	83	Jul 11	SLB		WSH	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	10	2	0	12	2
84	84	Jul 12	SLB		WSH	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
85	85	Jul 13	SLB		WSH	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
86	86	Jul 14	SLB		WSH	W,14-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
87	87	Jul 15	SLB		BOS	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
88	88	Jul 16	SLB		BOS	W,11-6	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
89	89	Jul 17	SLB		BOS	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
90	90	Jul 18	SLB		PHA	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
91	91	Jul 19	SLB		PHA	L,8-12	CG	67	15.0	14	0	0	14	0
92	92	Jul 20	SLB		PHA	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
93	93	Jul 21	SLB		PHA	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	9	0	2	11	0
94	94	Jul 23	SLB		CLE	L,1-10	CG	43	9.0	8	2	1	11	1
95	95	Jul 25	SLB		CLE	L,7-12	CG	51	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
96	96	Jul 26	SLB		CLE	L,6-11	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
97	97	Jul 28	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	101 (3)	Aug 3	SLB	@	BOS	W,12-4	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
99	102	Aug 4	SLB	@	BOS	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
100	103	Aug 6 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	10	1	0	11	1
101	104	Aug 6 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-10	CG	40	8.0	3	0	1	4	1
102	105	Aug 7	SLB	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	5
103	106	Aug 8	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
104	107	Aug 10	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	10	2	0	12	0
105	108	Aug 11	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	1
106	109	Aug 12	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	12	0	0	12	1
107	110	Aug 13	SLB	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
108	111	Aug 14	SLB	@	CLE	W,10-7	CG	48	9.0	13	1	1	15	0
109	112	Aug 15	SLB	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	11	2	0	13	0
110	113	Aug 16	SLB	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	42	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
111	114	Aug 18	SLB		PHA	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
112	115	Aug 19	SLB		PHA	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
113	116	Aug 20	SLB		PHA	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	10	2	0	12	1
114	117	Aug 21	SLB		BOS	W,9-7	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
115	118	Aug 22	SLB		BOS	L,4-10	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
116	119	Aug 23	SLB		BOS	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	2
117	120	Aug 24	SLB		BOS	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
118	121	Aug 25	SLB		WSH	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
119	122	Aug 26	SLB		WSH	W,11-8	CG	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	2
120	123	Aug 27	SLB		WSH	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	5	0	0	5	2
121	124	Aug 28	SLB		NYY	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
122	125	Aug 29	SLB		NYY	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
123	126	Aug 30	SLB		NYY	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	127	Sep 3	SLB		CHW	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	1	9	0
125	128	Sep 5	SLB		CHW	W,10-8	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
126	129	Sep 6	SLB		CHW	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
127	130	Sep 7 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	41	8.2	8	0	0	8	3
128	131	Sep 7 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	0	11.0	9	1	1	11	0
129	132	Sep 8	SLB	@	DET	L,1-11	CG	42	8.0	7	0	2	9	1
130	133	Sep 10 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	W,4-2	GS	43	11.0	8	1	0	9	1
131	135 (1)	Sep 12 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	W,10-4	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
132	136	Sep 12 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
133	137	Sep 13	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	43	8.2	2	0	0	2	1
134	138	Sep 15	SLB	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
135	139	Sep 17 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	10	1	0	11	1
136	140	Sep 17 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	14	0	0	14	2
137	141	Sep 18	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	7	1	1	9	1
138	142	Sep 19 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
139	143	Sep 19 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
140	144	Sep 20	SLB	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
141	145	Sep 22	SLB	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
142	146	Sep 23 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	7	0	1	8	0
143	147	Sep 23 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
144	148	Sep 24	SLB	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	50	11.0	13	1	0	14	0
145	149	Sep 25	SLB	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
146	150	Sep 26	SLB	@	WSH	W,9-7	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
147	151	Sep 27	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-8	CG	0	8.0	10	1	2	13	0
148	152	Oct 1	SLB		DET	W,4-3	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
149	153	Oct 4 (1)	SLB		DET	L,4-10	CG	0	9.0	12	3	0	15	1
150	154	Oct 4 (2)	SLB		DET	L,6-11	GS	0	8.0	8	2	0	10	0
							151gm		1335.0	1343	133	26	1502	120