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Granny Hamner

Granville Wilbur Hamner

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 163 lb.

Born: April 26, 1927 in Richmond, VA
High School: Richmond HS (Richmond, VA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1944
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Indians/Athletics 1944-1962

Final Game: August 1, 1962
Died: September 12, 1993 in Philadelphia, PA
Cremated
Relatives: Brother of Garvin Hamner
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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
1944 17 PHI NL 21 81 77 6 19 1 0 0 5 0 3 7 .247 .275 .260 .535 54 20 1 0 1 6
1945 18 PHI NL 14 42 41 3 7 2 0 0 6 0 1 3 .171 .190 .220 .410 16 9 1 0 0 6
1946 19 PHI NL 2 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 -17 1 0 0 0 /6
1947 20 PHI NL 2 8 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .286 .375 .286 .661 81 2 1 0 0 /6
1948 21 PHI NL 129 475 446 42 116 21 5 3 48 2 22 39 .260 .298 .350 .648 77 156 10 2 5 46/5
1949 22 PHI NL 154 700 662 83 174 32 5 6 53 6 25 47 .263 .290 .353 .643 74 234 20 0 13 *6 MVP-17
1950 23 PHI NL 157 685 637 78 172 27 5 11 82 2 39 35 .270 .314 .380 .694 83 242 14 2 7 *6 MVP-6
1951 24 PHI NL 150 625 589 61 150 23 7 9 72 10 5 29 32 .255 .290 .363 .653 76 214 20 0 7 *6
1952 25 PHI NL 151 640 596 74 164 30 5 17 87 7 3 27 51 .275 .307 .428 .734 102 255 18 0 17 *6 AS,MVP-31
1953 26 PHI NL 154 645 609 90 168 30 8 21 92 2 1 32 28 .276 .313 .455 .768 97 277 17 1 4 46 AS,MVP-22
1954 27 PHI NL 152 660 596 83 178 39 11 13 89 1 2 53 44 .299 .351 .466 .818 112 278 13 0 2 9 *4/6 AS,MVP-19
1955 28 PHI NL 104 453 405 57 104 12 4 5 43 0 1 41 30 .257 .323 .343 .666 79 139 10 1 2 5 1 46
1956 29 PHI NL 122 439 401 42 90 24 3 4 42 2 0 30 42 .224 .276 .329 .605 64 132 13 0 3 4 5 *64/1
1957 30 PHI NL 133 549 502 59 114 19 5 10 62 3 1 34 42 .227 .274 .345 .618 67 173 23 0 7 5 3 *4/61 MVP-23
1958 31 PHI NL 35 144 133 18 40 7 3 2 18 0 0 8 16 .301 .340 .444 .784 107 59 8 0 3 0 0 54/6
1959 32 TOT MLB 48 138 131 14 30 5 1 3 9 0 1 6 13 .229 .261 .351 .612 65 46 4 0 0 1 1 6/45
1959 32 PHI NL 21 69 64 10 19 4 0 2 6 0 1 5 5 .297 .348 .453 .801 111 29 2 0 0 0 1 6/5
1959 32 CLE AL 27 69 67 4 11 1 1 1 3 0 0 1 8 .164 .174 .254 .428 18 17 2 0 0 1 0 6/45
1962 35 KCA AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
17 Yrs 1531 6291 5839 711 1529 272 62 104 708 35 14 351 432 .262 .303 .383 .686 84 2237 173 6 71 24 10
162 Game Avg. 162 666 618 75 162 29 7 11 75 4 37 46 .262 .303 .383 .686 84 237 18 1 8
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
PHI (16 yrs) 1501 6222 5772 707 1518 271 61 103 705 35 14 350 424 .263 .305 .385 .689 84 2220 171 6 71 23 10
KCA (1 yr) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CLE (1 yr) 27 69 67 4 11 1 1 1 3 0 0 1 8 .164 .174 .254 .428 18 17 2 0 0 1 0
NL (16 yrs) 1501 6222 5772 707 1518 271 61 103 705 35 14 350 424 .263 .305 .385 .689 84 2220 171 6 71 23 10
AL (2 yrs) 30 69 67 4 11 1 1 1 3 0 0 1 8 .164 .174 .254 .428 18 17 2 0 0 1 0

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
1944 17 PHI NL 21 81 -4 0 0 4 1 1 0.1 2 4 0.3 .506 .501 -0.1 0.6 -0 $ 6
1945 18 PHI NL 14 42 -4 0 0 -4 1 -8 -0.8 1 -6 -0.7 .443 .495 -0.3 -0.3 -2 $ 6
1946 19 PHI NL 2 7 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .447 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /6
1947 20 PHI NL 2 8 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /6
1948 21 PHI NL 129 475 -14 0 2 -8 7 -13 -1.4 17 3 0.2 .489 .491 1.1 -0.1 11 $ 46/5
1949 22 PHI NL 154 700 -24 0 0 4 10 -9 -1.0 24 15 1.4 .494 .494 1.0 1.5 11 $ *6 MVP-17
1950 23 PHI NL 157 685 -14 2 1 7 10 7 0.5 23 30 2.8 .504 .504 2.2 1.7 23 $ *6 MVP-6
1951 24 PHI NL 150 625 -19 0 -2 1 10 -10 -1.1 21 11 0.9 .493 .493 1.0 1.1 10 $ *6
1952 25 PHI NL 151 640 1 -0 -1 6 10 15 1.6 22 37 3.8 .511 .510 3.2 1.7 31 $ *6 AS,MVP-31
1953 26 PHI NL 154 645 -3 2 -1 11 8 17 1.6 22 39 3.7 .511 .511 2.8 1.9 28 $ 46 AS,MVP-22
1954 27 PHI NL 152 660 8 0 -1 7 6 20 1.9 22 42 4.1 .513 .512 3.5 1.3 34 $ *4/6 AS,MVP-19
1955 28 PHI NL 104 453 -9 2 0 -1 5 -4 -0.6 15 11 0.9 .496 .497 1.2 0.2 13 $28,500 46
1956 29 PHI NL 122 439 -19 2 1 -5 8 -13 -1.7 15 2 -0.2 .488 .491 0.6 -0.0 7 $ *64/1
1957 30 PHI NL 133 549 -22 2 -2 -10 5 -28 -3.2 18 -10 -1.4 .477 .481 -0.1 -0.7 0 $ *4/61 MVP-23
1958 31 PHI NL 35 144 1 0 -1 -2 1 -1 -0.2 5 4 0.3 .496 .499 0.5 -0.1 5 $ 54/6
1959 32 PHI NL 21 69 0 0 -0 -0 1 1 0.1 2 3 0.3 .503 .500 0.3 0.1 3 $ 6/5
1959 32 CLE AL 27 69 -8 0 -0 2 1 -5 -0.6 2 -3 -0.4 .479 .497 -0.6 0.3 -5 $ 6/45
1962 35 KCA AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
17 Seasons 1531 6291 -134 11 -5 12 83 -32 -5.0 212 179 15.9 .498 .499 16.2 9.0 167 $28,500
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
PHI (16 yrs) 1501 6222 -126 10 -4 10 82 -27 -4.4 210 183 16.3 .498 .499 16.8 8.7 172 $28,500
KCA (1 yr) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $
CLE (1 yr) 27 69 -8 0 -0 2 1 -5 -0.6 2 -3 -0.4 .479 .497 -0.6 0.3 -5 $

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
1944 17 PHI NL 81 60 6 2.7 91 .271 .247 .263 .275 .330 .260 .370 .535 .700 54 .307 -4.8 -0.5 .390 .052 .013
1945 18 PHI NL 42 35 2 1.5 93 .184 .171 .269 .190 .338 .220 .370 .410 .708 16 .132 -4.7 -0.5 .286 .073 .049
1946 19 PHI NL 7 6 0 0.0 90 .250 .143 .258 .143 .333 .143 .361 .286 .694 -17 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .167 .000 .000
1947 20 PHI NL 8 6 1 4.4 102 .286 .286 .268 .375 .342 .286 .397 .661 .740 81 .479 -0.1 -0.0 .500 .143 .000
1948 21 PHI NL 475 345 46 3.5 99 .280 .260 .265 .298 .339 .350 .393 .648 .732 77 .397 -15.4 -1.6 .535 .143 .090 2.4
1949 22 PHI NL 700 521 68 3.5 101 .276 .263 .267 .290 .340 .353 .399 .643 .739 74 .378 -26.2 -2.6 .522 .137 .091 6.0
1950 23 PHI NL 685 486 76 4.2 106 .272 .270 .267 .314 .344 .380 .414 .694 .758 83 .444 -17.0 -1.7 .595 .174 .110 3.4
1951 24 PHI NL 625 471 62 3.5 102 .257 .255 .265 .290 .339 .363 .402 .653 .740 76 .390 -22.0 -2.2 .534 .166 .109 9.5
1952 25 PHI NL 640 470 78 4.4 96 .278 .275 .260 .307 .333 .428 .388 .734 .721 102 .531 -0.9 -0.1 .631 .205 .153 9.9
1953 26 PHI NL 645 463 86 4.9 110 .263 .276 .274 .313 .345 .455 .427 .768 .773 97 .507 -5.2 -0.5 .678 .233 .179 3.7
1954 27 PHI NL 660 444 98 5.9 109 .301 .299 .274 .351 .345 .466 .424 .818 .769 112 .595 10.0 1.0 .762 .255 .168 1.9
1955 28 PHI NL 453 319 46 3.9 104 .264 .257 .263 .323 .334 .343 .417 .666 .751 79 .413 -11.5 -1.1 .577 .185 .086 .0
1956 29 PHI NL 439 331 35 2.8 101 .240 .224 .262 .276 .328 .329 .413 .605 .742 64 .302 -20.1 -2.0 .506 .185 .105 2.7
1957 30 PHI NL 549 424 43 2.8 100 .229 .227 .265 .274 .328 .345 .410 .618 .738 67 .279 -23.6 -2.4 .507 .189 .118 4.6
1958 31 PHI NL 144 104 17 4.4 105 .330 .301 .269 .340 .336 .444 .419 .784 .756 107 .473 0.9 0.1 .663 .203 .143 .0
1959 32 TOT MLB 138 107 12 3.0 101 .233 .229 .264 .261 .333 .351 .406 .612 .739 65 .322 -6.9 -0.7 .481 .160 .122 .0
1959 32 PHI NL 69 48 9 5.0 106 .298 .297 .271 .348 .338 .453 .420 .801 .758 111 .537 1.0 0.1 .688 .219 .156 .0
1959 32 CLE AL 69 59 3 1.4 96 .169 .164 .257 .174 .328 .254 .393 .428 .720 18 .105 -7.8 -0.8 .310 .104 .090 .0
17 Yrs 6291 4592 676 3.9 103 .268 .262 .267 .303 .338 .383 .408 .686 .746 84 .432 -148.7 -14.9 .581 .185 .121 52.4
162 Game Avg. 666 486 72 3.9 103 .268 .262 .267 .303 .338 .383 .408 .686 .746 84 .432 -148.7 -14.9 .581 .185 .121 6
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
PHI (16 yrs) 6222 4533 673 4.0 103 .269 .263 .267 .305 .338 .385 .408 .689 .746 84 .435 -140.9 -14.1 .585 .186 .122 52.2
CLE (1 yr) 69 59 3 1.4 96 .169 .164 .257 .174 .328 .254 .393 .428 .720 18 .105 -7.8 -0.8 .310 .104 .090 .0
NL (16 yrs) 6222 4533 673 4.0 103 .269 .263 .267 .305 .338 .385 .408 .689 .746 84 .435 -140.9 -14.1 .585 .186 .122 52.2
AL (2 yrs) 69 59 3 1.4 96 .169 .164 .257 .174 .328 .254 .393 .428 .720 18 .105 -7.8 -0.8 .310 .104 .090 .0

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
1950 23 PHI NL WS NYY L 4 15 14 1 6 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 .429 .467 .714 1.181 10 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 4 15 14 1 6 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 .429 .467 .714 1.181 10 0 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
1952 PHI NL 25 as SS 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 1
1953 PHI NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 PHI NL 27 as 2B 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (3 GP) 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 0 0 0 0 1

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
1944 17 PHI NL 81 0.0% 8.6% 3.7% 1.2% 5% 2.33 11.0 15.4 86%
1945 18 PHI NL 42 0.0% 7.1% 2.4% 4.8% 29% 3.00 13.7 6.8 90%
1946 19 PHI NL 7 0.0% 42.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.3 57%
1947 20 PHI NL 8 0.0% 0.0% 12.5% 0.0% 0% 0.00 88%
1948 21 PHI NL 475 0.6% 8.2% 4.6% 6.1% 25% 1.77 11.4 148.7 9.3 0.83 85%
1949 22 PHI NL 700 0.9% 6.7% 3.6% 6.1% 25% 1.88 14.1 110.3 12.5 0.96 87%
1950 23 PHI NL 685 1.6% 5.1% 5.7% 6.3% 25% 0.90 18.2 57.9 7.8 0.80 86%
1951 24 PHI NL 625 1.4% 5.1% 4.6% 6.2% 26% 1.10 18.4 65.4 8.2 1.08 88%
1952 25 PHI NL 640 2.7% 8.0% 4.2% 8.1% 32% 1.89 11.7 35.1 6.9 1.03 83%
1953 26 PHI NL 645 3.3% 4.3% 5.0% 9.2% 35% 0.88 21.8 29.0 6.6 0.85 87%
1954 27 PHI NL 660 2.0% 6.7% 8.0% 9.6% 35% 0.83 13.5 45.8 6.7 0.73 83%
1955 28 PHI NL 453 1.1% 6.6% 9.1% 4.6% 20% 0.73 13.5 81.0 9.4 0.96 83%
1956 29 PHI NL 439 0.9% 9.6% 6.8% 7.1% 34% 1.40 9.5 100.3 9.5 0.76 82%
1957 30 PHI NL 549 1.8% 7.7% 6.2% 6.2% 30% 1.24 12.0 50.2 8.1 0.94 83%
1958 31 PHI NL 144 1.4% 11.1% 5.6% 8.3% 30% 2.00 8.3 66.5 7.4 1.42 80%
1959 32 TOT MLB 138 2.2% 9.4% 4.4% 6.5% 30% 2.17 10.1 43.7 14.6 0.48 84%
1959 32 PHI NL 69 2.9% 7.3% 7.3% 8.7% 32% 1.00 12.8 32.0 10.7 0.50 83%
1959 32 CLE AL 69 1.5% 11.6% 1.5% 4.4% 27% 8.00 8.4 67.0 22.3 0.46 86%
17 Yrs 6291 1.7% 6.9% 5.6% 7.0% 29% 1.23 13.5 56.1 8.2 0.89 85%
MLB Averages 2.0% 11.2% 9.2% 6.4% 28% 1.21 7.9 44.6 8.3 1.00 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
1944 17 PHI NL -4.8 -0.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 18 PHI NL -4.7 -0.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 19 PHI NL -1.1 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 20 PHI NL -0.1 -0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 21 PHI NL -16.0 -1.6 235 -0.8 3.1 -3.9 .98 -0.5 -0.3 -3.8 -0.4 0.98 -4.6 0.00 2
1949 22 PHI NL -26.2 -2.6 504 -1.3 8.4 -9.7 1.06 -1.4 0.1 -15.8 -1.6 0.94 -13.9 0
1950 23 PHI NL -17.0 -1.7 655 -1.1 10.9 -12.0 1.05 -1.6 0.5 -8.1 -0.8 0.95 -20.5 0
1951 24 PHI NL -22.8 -2.3 553 -2.9 9.0 -11.9 1.15 -1.9 -0.6 -16.7 -1.7 1.01 -19.4 0
1952 25 PHI NL -0.9 -0.1 565 1.6 11.2 -9.6 1.02 0.0 1.6 13.1 1.4 0.97 0.2 6.06 1
1953 26 PHI NL -4.4 -0.4 583 2.8 12.7 -9.9 1.00 0.5 2.3 5.6 0.5 0.94 3.4 0
1954 27 PHI NL 10.0 1.0 612 1.5 13.3 -11.9 1.15 0.3 0.9 10.4 1.0 1.02 8.3 3.15 1
1955 28 PHI NL -11.5 -1.1 438 -1.8 6.8 -8.6 1.07 -1.2 -0.5 -14.6 -1.4 0.98 -13.0 2.58 1
1956 29 PHI NL -20.1 -2.0 438 -0.5 7.4 -7.9 1.04 -1.5 1.1 -10.3 -1.0 0.99 -15.6 2.81 5
1957 30 PHI NL -23.6 -2.4 560 -0.7 9.5 -10.2 1.05 -1.4 0.7 -5.9 -0.6 0.98 -13.0 1.27 8
1958 31 PHI NL 0.9 0.1 148 0.3 2.8 -2.5 .98 0.2 0.1 0.9 0.1 0.99 1.9 0
1959 32 TOT MLB -6.9 -0.7 140 -0.7 2.4 -3.1 1.04 -0.7 0.0 -12.9 -1.4 0.93 -8.6 1.41 17
1959 32 PHI NL 1.0 0.1 70 0.3 1.8 -1.4 1.13 0.3 0.0 -0.1 -0.0 0.92 1.8 1.72 6
1959 32 CLE AL -7.8 -0.8 70 -1.1 0.6 -1.7 .96 -1.0 -0.2 -12.8 -1.3 0.94 -10.4 1.24 11
1962 35 KCA AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
17 Yrs -149.3 -15.0 5431 -3.8 97.4 -101.2 1.06 -9.3 5.7 -57.9 -5.9 0.98 -94.9 1.71 35
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 PHI NL 2 0 29% 95 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 36% 12 9 3 3 2 1 7 2 4
1949 22 PHI NL 3 0 40% 195 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 62% 18 10 8 9 4 4 23 4 19
1950 23 PHI NL 6 0 33% 231 2 1 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 4 11 54% 45 28 16 5 1 4 21 3 18
1951 24 PHI NL 5 0 31% 152 10 5 67% 7 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 50% 20 14 6 4 1 3 18 5 12
1952 25 PHI NL 8 0 33% 183 7 3 70% 5 3 0 0 1 0 3 0 15 7 44% 23 15 7 8 4 4 14 3 9
1953 26 PHI NL 10 0 38% 197 2 1 67% 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 7 14 47% 32 21 10 6 2 4 22 7 14
1954 27 PHI NL 7 0 32% 183 1 2 33% 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 7 8 55% 30 12 18 6 3 3 20 8 10
1955 28 PHI NL 7 0 37% 153 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 9 66% 21 9 12 5 2 2 9 0 9
1956 29 PHI NL 7 0 33% 155 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 42% 22 15 6 4 2 2 7 1 6
1957 30 PHI NL 7 0 36% 178 3 1 75% 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 6 10 60% 32 13 19 4 2 2 9 2 6
1958 31 PHI NL 1 0 35% 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 56% 9 6 3 0 0 0 7 1 6
1959 32 TOT MLB 0 0 33% 39 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 71% 4 2 2 2 0 2 1 0 1
1959 32 PHI NL 0 0 36% 25 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 71% 4 2 2 2 0 2 1 0 1
1959 32 CLE AL 0 0 27% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Yrs 63 0 34% 1821 35 14 90% 26 16 2 2 2 1 17 0 63 84 53% 268 154 110 56 23 31 158 36 114

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 PHI NL 475 21% 116 2 1 0 0 0.00 3 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 7 5 71% 66 10 15% 28 11 39% 146 14 10% 6 2 33% 13 12 92% 0
1949 22 PHI NL 700 32% 174 0 0 0 0 6 0 11 3 0 1 5 0 13 13 100% 111 20 18% 62 17 27% 279 33 12% 17 6 35% 22 9 41% 0
1950 23 PHI NL 685 23% 172 0 0 0 0 11 0 19 5 3 6 5 0 7 7 100% 129 14 11% 74 25 34% 403 68 17% 35 23 66% 28 13 46% 0
1951 24 PHI NL 625 23% 150 0 0 0 0 9 1 25 5 3 7 2 0 8 7 88% 123 20 16% 62 25 40% 388 62 16% 31 18 58% 31 22 71% 0
1952 25 PHI NL 640 22% 164 1 0 0 0 6.06 17 1 14 8 5 9 8 0 18 17 94% 117 18 15% 65 32 49% 330 61 18% 32 18 56% 23 19 83% 0
1953 26 PHI NL 645 42% 168 0 0 0 0 21 1 17 9 10 14 7 0 3 4 133% 110 17 15% 51 18 35% 356 63 18% 44 22 50% 20 14 70% 0
1954 27 PHI NL 660 33% 178 1 0 0 0 3.15 13 0 23 6 5 4 9 0 3 2 67% 127 13 10% 56 19 34% 458 77 17% 52 27 52% 17 14 82% 0
1955 28 PHI NL 453 26% 104 1 0 0 0 2.58 5 0 12 2 2 3 2 0 4 2 50% 103 10 10% 40 11 28% 319 38 12% 34 16 47% 25 13 52% 0
1956 29 PHI NL 439 15% 90 5 1 0 1 2.81 4 0 11 4 0 1 3 0 4 3 75% 119 13 11% 49 14 29% 298 38 13% 23 12 52% 18 11 61% 0
1957 30 PHI NL 549 21% 114 8 0 0 0 1.27 10 0 16 4 6 5 5 1 10 7 70% 134 23 17% 70 26 37% 357 55 15% 32 20 63% 22 16 73% 0
1958 31 PHI NL 144 20% 40 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 3 3 100% 39 8 21% 18 5 28% 93 17 18% 8 4 50% 7 5 71% 0
1959 32 TOT MLB 138 28% 30 17 2 0 0 1.41 3 0 4 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 0% 24 4 17% 14 3 21% 83 7 8% 8 3 38% 3 1 33% 0
1959 32 PHI NL 69 43% 19 6 2 0 0 1.72 2 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0% 11 2 18% 5 1 20% 40 4 10% 4 1 25% 2 1 50% 0
1959 32 CLE AL 69 12% 11 11 0 0 0 1.24 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 2 15% 9 2 22% 43 3 7% 4 2 50% 1 0 0% 0
17 Yrs 6153 26% 1529 35 4 0 1 1.71 104 3 158 49 37 53 51 1 81 71 88% 1202 173 14% 589 206 35% 3510 533 15% 322 171 53% 229 149 65% 0
MLB Averages 50% 114% 14% 32% 14% 50% 54%

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
1944 17 21 81 77 6 19 1 0 0 5 0 3 7 .247 .275 .260 .535 54 20 1 0 1
1945 18 35 123 118 9 26 3 0 0 11 0 4 10 .220 .246 .246 .492 40 29 2 0 1
1946 19 37 130 125 9 27 3 0 0 11 0 4 13 .216 .240 .240 .480 37 30 2 0 1
1947 20 39 138 132 10 29 3 0 0 11 0 5 13 .220 .248 .242 .491 40 32 3 0 1
1948 21 168 613 578 52 145 24 5 3 59 2 27 52 .251 .287 .325 .612 69 188 13 2 6
1949 22 322 1313 1240 135 319 56 10 9 112 8 52 99 .257 .288 .340 .629 71 422 33 2 19
1950 23 479 1998 1877 213 491 83 15 20 194 10 91 134 .262 .297 .354 .651 76 664 47 4 26
1951 24 629 2623 2466 274 641 106 22 29 266 20 5 120 166 .260 .295 .356 .651 76 878 67 4 33
1952 25 780 3263 3062 348 805 136 27 46 353 27 8 147 217 .263 .298 .370 .668 81 1133 85 4 50
1953 26 934 3908 3671 438 973 166 35 67 445 29 9 179 245 .265 .300 .384 .684 84 1410 102 5 54
1954 27 1086 4568 4267 521 1151 205 46 80 534 30 11 232 289 .270 .308 .396 .703 88 1688 115 5 56 9
1955 28 1190 5021 4672 578 1255 217 50 85 577 30 12 273 319 .269 .309 .391 .700 87 1827 125 6 58 14 1
1956 29 1312 5460 5073 620 1345 241 53 89 619 32 12 303 361 .265 .306 .386 .692 85 1959 138 6 61 18 6
1957 30 1445 6009 5575 679 1459 260 58 99 681 35 13 337 403 .262 .303 .382 .686 84 2132 161 6 68 23 9
1958 31 1480 6153 5708 697 1499 267 61 101 699 35 13 345 419 .263 .304 .384 .688 84 2191 169 6 71 23 9
1959 32 1528 6291 5839 711 1529 272 62 104 708 35 14 351 432 .262 .303 .383 .686 84 2237 173 6 71 24 10
1960 33 1528 6291 5839 711 1529 272 62 104 708 35 14 351 432 .262 .303 .383 .686 84 2237 173 6 71 24 10
1961 34 1528 6291 5839 711 1529 272 62 104 708 35 14 351 432 .262 .303 .383 .686 84 2237 173 6 71 24 10
1962 35 1531 6291 5839 711 1529 272 62 104 708 35 14 351 432 .262 .303 .383 .686 84 2237 173 6 71 24 10

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
1944 17 22 85 81 7 21 1 0 0 6 0 3 7 .259 .286 .272 .557 6 21
1945 18 15 45 44 4 8 2 0 0 7 0 1 3 .182 .200 .227 .427 2 14
1946 19 2 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1947 20 2 10 8 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .375 .500 .375 .875 1 2
1948 21 135 498 468 45 123 22 5 3 51 2 23 41 .263 .300 .350 .651 49 129
1949 22 160 728 688 86 181 33 5 6 55 6 26 49 .263 .290 .352 .642 71 154
1950 23 164 711 662 79 176 28 5 11 83 2 40 37 .266 .310 .373 .683 76 157
1951 24 156 650 613 64 157 24 7 9 76 10 30 33 .256 .291 .362 .653 65 150
1952 25 158 678 631 83 179 33 5 19 98 8 29 53 .284 .315 .442 .757 88 151
1953 26 160 662 625 87 167 30 8 21 88 2 32 29 .267 .304 .442 .746 83 154
1954 27 160 690 624 85 184 40 11 13 91 1 55 46 .295 .347 .457 .804 101 152
1955 28 109 477 426 60 109 13 4 5 45 0 43 32 .256 .322 .340 .662 47 104
1956 29 128 461 422 47 97 26 3 4 47 2 32 44 .230 .282 .334 .616 41 122
1957 30 139 576 528 65 122 20 5 11 68 3 36 44 .231 .278 .350 .628 52 133
1958 31 37 151 140 19 42 7 3 2 19 0 8 17 .300 .338 .436 .774 21 35
1959 32 50 147 139 15 33 6 1 3 9 0 7 14 .237 .272 .360 .632 14 48
16 Yrs 1597 6576 6106 747 1602 285 62 107 743 36 367 452 .262 .304 .382 .686 717 1528
162 Game Avg. 162 667 619 76 163 29 6 11 75 4 37 46 .262 .304 .382 .686 73 1528

* 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

All-Star Games
1952 (SS)
1953 *
1954 (2B)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1949 NL (17, 3%)
1950 NL (6, 24%)
1952 NL (31, 1%)
1953 NL (22, 1%)
1954 NL (19, 1%)
1957 NL (23, 1%)
0.31 Career Shares (598th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1949 NL  1.5 (5th)
1950 NL  1.7 (3rd)
1951 NL  1.1 (8th)
1952 NL  1.7 (2nd)
1953 NL  1.9 (2nd)
1954 NL  1.3 (9th)
Career  9.0 (247th)

Games Played s c a p y
1949 NL  154 (6th)
1950 NL  157 (1st)
1952 NL  151 (10th)
1953 NL  154 (9th)

At Bats s c a p y
1949 NL  662 (1st)
1950 NL  637 (3rd)
1951 NL  589 (10th)
1952 NL  596 (7th)
1953 NL  609 (6th)
1954 NL  596 (9th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1949 NL  700 (6th)
1950 NL  685 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
1949 NL  174 (10th)
1950 NL  172 (8th)
1952 NL  164 (9th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1952 NL  255 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
1949 NL  32 (8th)
1952 NL  30 (6th)
1954 NL  39 (2nd)

Triples s c a p y
1951 NL  7 (10th)
1953 NL  8 (8th)
1954 NL  11 (2nd)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1952 NL  87 (9th)

Singles s c a p y
1949 NL  131 (5th)
1950 NL  129 (4th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1952 NL  52 (10th)
1953 NL  59 (10th)
1954 NL  63 (7th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1949 NL  13 (4th)
1952 NL  17 (1st)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1954 NL  9 (5th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1949 NL  20 (3rd)
1951 NL  20 (5th)
1952 NL  18 (2nd)
1953 NL  17 (9th)
1957 NL  23 (1st)
Career  173 (175th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1952 NL  9.9 (9th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1950 NL  18.2 (9th)
1951 NL  18.4 (8th)
1953 NL  21.8 (3rd)
1957 NL  12.0 (9th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1949 NL  521 (1st)
1950 NL  486 (2nd)
1951 NL  471 (5th)
1952 NL  470 (3rd)
1953 NL  463 (5th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1953 NL  2.8 (10th)

Youngest s c a p y
1944 NL  born 1927-04-26 (4th)
1945 NL  born 1927-04-26 (4th)
1946 NL  born 1927-04-26 (1st)
1947 NL  born 1927-04-26 (5th)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (608), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 32 (751), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 15 (961), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 16 (1051), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Greg Gagne (925)
  2. Mike Bordick (922)
  3. Frank Bolling (912)
  4. Johnny Logan (910)
  5. Leo Cardenas (898)
  6. Neifi Perez (894)
  7. Billy Rogell (894)
  8. Julian Javier (893)
  9. Art Fletcher (893)
  10. Cristian Guzman (891)
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  1. Ruben Tejada (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Buddy Kerr (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Buddy Kerr (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Buddy Kerr (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Chris Speier (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Zoilo Versalles (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jim Fregosi (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bill Mazeroski (926) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Zoilo Versalles (919)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jim Fregosi (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Jim Fregosi (920)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Leo Cardenas (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Greg Gagne (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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