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Ron Hansen

Ronald Lavern Hansen

Positions: Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 5, 1938 in Oxford, NE
High School: Albany HS (Albany, CA)
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1958
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Orioles/Yankees/Senators/Royals 1958-1972

Final Game: June 20, 1972
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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
1958 20 BAL AL 12 22 19 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .000 .048 .000 .048 -85 0 0 1 1 1 0 6
1959 21 BAL AL 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 -39 0 0 0 0 0 0 /6
1960 22 BAL AL 153 606 530 72 135 22 5 22 86 3 3 69 94 .255 .342 .440 .781 111 233 18 2 1 2 5 *6 AS,MVP-5,RoY-1
1961 23 BAL AL 155 607 533 51 132 13 2 12 51 1 3 66 96 .248 .329 .347 .677 85 185 19 1 3 4 2 *6/4
1962 24 BAL AL 71 229 196 12 34 7 0 3 17 0 1 30 36 .173 .289 .255 .545 52 50 8 2 1 0 3 6
1963 25 CHW AL 144 571 482 55 109 17 2 13 67 1 1 78 74 .226 .330 .351 .681 93 169 19 0 5 6 2 *6
1964 26 CHW AL 158 665 575 85 150 25 3 20 68 1 0 73 73 .261 .347 .419 .766 115 241 15 6 5 6 7 *6 MVP-16
1965 27 CHW AL 162 663 587 61 138 23 4 11 66 1 1 60 73 .235 .304 .344 .649 90 202 21 2 5 8 8 *6/4 MVP-17
1966 28 CHW AL 23 95 74 3 13 1 0 0 4 0 1 15 10 .176 .322 .189 .511 56 14 0 1 5 0 3 6
1967 29 CHW AL 157 575 498 35 116 20 0 8 51 0 3 64 51 .233 .317 .321 .638 95 160 8 0 7 6 11 *6 MVP-14
1968 30 TOT AL 126 414 362 35 71 15 0 9 32 0 0 46 61 .196 .290 .312 .602 84 113 18 2 3 1 5 65/4
1968 30 WSA AL 86 315 275 28 51 12 0 8 28 0 0 35 49 .185 .281 .316 .598 85 87 14 2 2 1 5 6/5
1968 30 CHW AL 40 99 87 7 20 3 0 1 4 0 0 11 12 .230 .316 .299 .615 84 26 4 0 1 0 0 5/64
1969 31 CHW AL 85 207 185 15 48 6 1 2 22 2 0 18 25 .259 .327 .335 .662 82 62 8 1 2 1 0 43/65
1970 32 NYY AL 59 113 91 13 27 4 0 4 14 0 1 19 9 .297 .420 .473 .892 152 43 1 1 1 1 0 65/4
1971 33 NYY AL 61 159 145 6 30 3 0 2 20 0 0 9 27 .207 .245 .269 .514 50 39 5 0 0 5 2 5/46
1972 34 KCR AL 16 33 30 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 6 .133 .212 .133 .345 5 4 1 0 0 0 1 /654
15 Yrs 1384 4964 4311 446 1007 156 17 106 501 9 14 551 643 .234 .320 .351 .672 92 1515 141 19 39 41 49
162 Game Avg. 162 581 505 52 118 18 2 12 59 1 2 64 75 .234 .320 .351 .672 92 177 17 2 5 5 6
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
CHW (7 yrs) 769 2875 2488 261 594 95 10 55 282 5 6 319 318 .239 .325 .351 .676 96 874 75 10 30 27 31
BAL (5 yrs) 393 1469 1282 136 301 42 7 37 155 4 7 166 234 .235 .324 .365 .689 88 468 45 6 6 7 10
NYY (2 yrs) 120 272 236 19 57 7 0 6 34 0 1 28 36 .242 .317 .347 .665 91 82 6 1 1 6 2
KCR (1 yr) 16 33 30 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 6 .133 .212 .133 .345 5 4 1 0 0 0 1
WSA (1 yr) 86 315 275 28 51 12 0 8 28 0 0 35 49 .185 .281 .316 .598 85 87 14 2 2 1 5

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
1958 20 BAL AL 12 22 -5 0 0 0 0 -4 -0.5 1 -4 -0.4 .460 .497 -0.4 0.0 -4 $ 6
1959 21 BAL AL 2 5 -1 0 0 -0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .441 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $ /6
1960 22 BAL AL 153 606 9 1 -3 6 9 22 2.1 16 38 3.7 .515 .514 3.3 1.4 32 $ *6 AS,MVP-5,RoY-1
1961 23 BAL AL 155 607 -15 -3 -2 18 9 8 0.6 17 24 2.2 .505 .505 0.5 2.7 6 $ *6/4
1962 24 BAL AL 71 229 -12 -1 -1 -1 4 -12 -1.4 6 -6 -0.7 .482 .492 -0.6 0.2 -5 $ 6
1963 25 CHW AL 144 571 -3 -2 -2 25 8 27 2.9 16 43 4.4 .521 .519 1.8 3.6 18 $ *6
1964 26 CHW AL 158 665 14 4 -2 27 9 53 5.6 18 71 7.4 .537 .536 4.6 4.0 44 $ *6 MVP-16
1965 27 CHW AL 162 663 -7 1 -2 10 10 12 1.3 18 30 3.1 .508 .508 2.0 2.2 20 $ *6/4 MVP-17
1966 28 CHW AL 23 95 -4 -1 0 -0 1 -4 -0.5 3 -1 -0.2 .480 .497 -0.2 0.1 -1 $ 6
1967 29 CHW AL 157 575 -3 -3 0 3 9 6 0.4 16 22 2.0 .504 .504 2.0 1.2 19 $30,500 *6 MVP-14
1968 30 WSA AL 86 315 -3 -1 -2 1 5 -0 -0.2 9 9 0.7 .500 .500 0.7 0.6 8 $33,000 6/5
1968 30 CHW AL 40 99 -2 0 -0 3 1 2 0.2 3 5 0.5 .507 .502 0.2 0.5 2 $ 5/64
1969 31 CHW AL 85 207 -4 -1 -1 -2 0 -8 -1.0 6 -2 -0.4 .489 .494 -0.1 -0.3 -0 $30,500 43/65
1970 32 NYY AL 59 113 8 -1 0 3 1 12 1.2 4 15 1.6 .521 .508 1.3 0.4 12 $30,500 65/4
1971 33 NYY AL 61 159 -10 0 -1 -8 1 -18 -2.1 5 -13 -1.6 .466 .487 -0.6 -0.8 -4 $30,500 5/46
1972 34 KCR AL 16 33 -4 0 -0 2 0 -2 -0.2 1 -0 -0.1 .488 .499 -0.3 0.3 -2 $ /654
15 Seasons 1384 4964 -43 -4 -15 85 69 90 8.4 139 230 22.1 .507 .504 14.1 16.2 145 $155,000
CHW (7 yrs) 769 2875 -10 -0 -7 65 39 87 8.9 80 167 16.8 .513 .509 10.3 11.3 102 $61,000
BAL (5 yrs) 393 1469 -24 -3 -6 23 22 12 0.7 40 52 4.7 .503 .501 2.7 4.4 29 $
NYY (2 yrs) 120 272 -2 -1 -1 -5 2 -6 -0.8 9 2 0.0 .493 .497 0.7 -0.4 8 $61,000
KCR (1 yr) 16 33 -4 0 -0 2 0 -2 -0.2 1 -0 -0.1 .488 .499 -0.3 0.3 -2 $
WSA (1 yr) 86 315 -3 -1 -2 1 5 -0 -0.2 9 9 0.7 .500 .500 0.7 0.6 8 $33,000

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
1958 20 BAL AL 22 21 0 0.0 93 .000 .000 .255 .048 .322 .000 .387 .048 .709 -85 .000 -4.7 -0.5 .053 .000 .000
1959 21 BAL AL 5 4 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .257 .200 .328 .000 .392 .200 .720 -39 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .250 .250 .000
1960 22 BAL AL 606 419 78 5.0 101 .272 .255 .262 .342 .336 .440 .401 .781 .737 111 .551 7.8 0.8 .731 .315 .185 5.3
1961 23 BAL AL 607 430 60 3.7 100 .280 .248 .259 .329 .334 .347 .403 .677 .737 85 .399 -10.4 -1.0 .591 .220 .099 1.8
1962 24 BAL AL 229 172 14 2.2 97 .197 .173 .256 .289 .327 .255 .399 .545 .726 52 .207 -12.2 -1.2 .474 .230 .082 .0
1963 25 CHW AL 571 404 57 3.8 93 .239 .226 .253 .330 .319 .351 .391 .681 .710 93 .456 -1.7 -0.2 .628 .286 .124 1.9
1964 26 CHW AL 665 451 86 5.1 94 .266 .261 .252 .347 .320 .419 .392 .766 .712 115 .587 13.9 1.4 .730 .287 .158 1.9
1965 27 CHW AL 663 484 60 3.3 86 .249 .235 .243 .304 .311 .344 .372 .649 .683 90 .415 -6.0 -0.6 .561 .211 .109 1.8
1966 28 CHW AL 95 67 6 2.4 84 .203 .176 .240 .322 .306 .189 .370 .511 .676 56 .294 -3.2 -0.4 .468 .203 .014
1967 29 CHW AL 575 406 53 3.5 80 .243 .233 .237 .317 .305 .321 .355 .638 .660 95 .474 -0.7 -0.1 .562 .211 .088 .0
1968 30 TOT AL 414 313 31 2.7 78 .212 .196 .236 .290 .305 .312 .349 .602 .654 84 .376 -5.9 -0.7 .521 .243 .116 .0
1968 30 WSA AL 315 241 23 2.6 77 .196 .185 .234 .281 .302 .316 .346 .598 .648 85 .361 -4.4 -0.5 .521 .258 .131 .0
1968 30 CHW AL 99 72 8 3.0 84 .257 .230 .243 .316 .313 .299 .360 .615 .673 84 .427 -1.5 -0.2 .521 .195 .069 .0
1969 31 CHW AL 207 148 20 3.6 100 .289 .259 .261 .327 .339 .335 .394 .662 .733 82 .434 -4.7 -0.5 .572 .184 .076 2.0
1970 32 NYY AL 113 68 20 7.9 93 .291 .297 .252 .420 .325 .473 .385 .892 .710 152 .753 7.6 0.8 .939 .374 .176 .0
1971 33 NYY AL 159 125 9 1.9 87 .231 .207 .248 .245 .319 .269 .368 .514 .687 50 .207 -9.3 -1.0 .400 .124 .062 .0
1972 34 KCR AL 33 27 1 1.0 82 .167 .133 .246 .212 .314 .133 .354 .345 .669 5 .086 -3.5 -0.4 .259 .100 .000
15 Yrs 4964 3539 495 3.8 91 .250 .234 .250 .320 .320 .351 .383 .672 .703 92 .453 -33.7 -3.6 .601 .244 .118 16.6
162 Game Avg. 581 414 58 3.8 91 .250 .234 .250 .320 .320 .351 .383 .672 .703 92 .453 -33.7 -3.6 .601 .244 .118 2
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
CHW (7 yrs) 2875 2032 290 3.8 89 .252 .239 .247 .325 .315 .351 .378 .676 .693 96 .477 -3.8 -0.5 .609 .240 .113 9.2
BAL (5 yrs) 1469 1046 152 3.9 100 .259 .235 .260 .324 .333 .365 .402 .689 .735 88 .428 -20.3 -2.0 .617 .257 .130 7.2
NYY (2 yrs) 272 193 29 4.0 90 .255 .242 .250 .317 .322 .347 .375 .665 .696 91 .489 -1.6 -0.2 .591 .220 .106 .0
KCR (1 yr) 33 27 1 1.0 82 .167 .133 .246 .212 .314 .133 .354 .345 .669 5 .086 -3.5 -0.4 .259 .100 .000
WSA (1 yr) 315 241 23 2.6 77 .196 .185 .234 .281 .302 .316 .346 .598 .648 85 .360 -4.4 -0.5 .521 .258 .131 .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
1960 BAL AL 22 as SS 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1960 BAL AL 22 as SS 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
1 Yr (2 GP) 6 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 3 0 0 0 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
1958 20 BAL AL 22 0.0% 31.8% 0.0% 0.0% 2.7 19.0 0.75 59%
1959 21 BAL AL 5 0.0% 20.0% 20.0% 0.0% 1.00 4.0 2.00 60%
1960 22 BAL AL 606 3.6% 15.5% 11.4% 8.1% 36% 1.36 5.6 24.1 6.2 0.72 69%
1961 23 BAL AL 607 2.0% 15.8% 10.9% 4.5% 21% 1.45 5.6 44.4 10.5 1.06 71%
1962 24 BAL AL 229 1.3% 15.7% 13.1% 4.4% 29% 1.20 5.4 65.3 11.5 1.11 69%
1963 25 CHW AL 571 2.3% 13.0% 13.7% 5.6% 29% 0.95 6.5 37.1 7.2 0.90 70%
1964 26 CHW AL 665 3.0% 11.0% 11.0% 7.2% 32% 1.00 7.9 28.8 8.5 0.84 73%
1965 27 CHW AL 663 1.7% 11.0% 9.1% 5.7% 28% 1.22 8.0 53.4 8.9 1.10 77%
1966 28 CHW AL 95 0.0% 10.5% 15.8% 1.1% 8% 0.67 7.4 18.5 0.96 67%
1967 29 CHW AL 575 1.4% 8.9% 11.1% 4.9% 24% 0.80 9.8 62.3 9.8 0.92 77%
1968 30 TOT AL 414 2.2% 14.7% 11.1% 5.8% 34% 1.33 5.9 40.2 11.3 1.27 71%
1968 30 WSA AL 315 2.5% 15.6% 11.1% 6.4% 39% 1.40 5.6 34.4 9.8 1.30 70%
1968 30 CHW AL 99 1.0% 12.1% 11.1% 4.0% 20% 1.09 7.3 87.0 21.8 1.19 75%
1969 31 CHW AL 207 1.0% 12.1% 8.7% 4.4% 19% 1.39 7.4 92.5 8.4 1.05 77%
1970 32 NYY AL 113 3.5% 8.0% 16.8% 7.1% 30% 0.47 10.1 22.8 6.5 0.63 70%
1971 33 NYY AL 159 1.3% 17.0% 5.7% 3.1% 17% 3.00 5.4 72.5 7.3 0.87 76%
1972 34 KCR AL 33 0.0% 18.2% 9.1% 0.0% 0% 2.00 5.0 15.0 1.00 73%
15 Yrs 4964 2.1% 13.0% 11.1% 5.6% 28% 1.17 6.7 40.7 8.6 0.95 73%
MLB Averages 2.2% 14.8% 8.4% 6.2% 28% 1.76 6.0 41.4 9.0 1.09 73%
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
1958 20 BAL AL -4.7 -0.5 22 -0.3 0.1 -0.3 .71 -0.4 0.0 -4.3 -0.5 0.96 -4.5 0
1959 21 BAL AL -0.8 -0.1 5 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .26 -0.1 -0.0 -0.8 -0.1 1.03 -0.6 0
1960 22 BAL AL 7.8 0.8 623 2.8 13.3 -10.5 1.01 1.2 1.6 13.8 1.4 0.97 14.6 0.74 1
1961 23 BAL AL -10.4 -1.0 617 -2.8 8.8 -11.5 1.01 -1.2 -1.6 -27.1 -2.7 0.97 -11.9 0
1962 24 BAL AL -12.2 -1.2 232 -0.4 3.7 -4.1 1.04 -0.9 0.6 -8.3 -0.9 0.94 -10.5 1.47 6
1963 25 CHW AL -1.7 -0.2 582 -0.8 9.7 -10.5 1.05 -0.5 -0.2 -1.3 -0.1 1.00 -4.0 0.57 0
1964 26 CHW AL 13.9 1.4 679 1.9 13.0 -11.0 1.02 1.8 0.1 7.6 0.8 1.00 16.9 0
1965 27 CHW AL -6.0 -0.6 676 -0.5 11.2 -11.7 1.05 -0.2 -0.2 -0.5 -0.1 0.98 0.4 0
1966 28 CHW AL -3.2 -0.4 96 -0.5 1.6 -2.1 1.38 -0.4 0.0 -2.4 -0.3 0.98 -3.2 0
1967 29 CHW AL -0.0 0.0 581 -0.1 9.2 -9.2 1.04 -0.7 0.7 5.9 0.7 0.93 -2.1 0
1968 30 TOT AL -6.3 -0.7 417 -1.2 5.8 -7.0 .98 -0.7 -0.4 -10.9 -1.2 0.97 -8.4 2.04 6
1968 30 WSA AL -4.8 -0.5 316 -0.4 4.6 -5.0 .95 -0.3 -0.1 -4.2 -0.5 0.97 -4.0 2.81 3
1968 30 CHW AL -1.6 -0.2 101 -0.8 1.2 -2.0 1.06 -0.4 -0.3 -6.7 -0.7 0.96 -4.3 1.28 3
1969 31 CHW AL -4.7 -0.5 210 -0.5 3.6 -4.2 1.16 -0.5 0.1 -5.3 -0.5 0.98 -4.2 2.46 25
1970 32 NYY AL 7.6 0.8 115 -0.2 2.5 -2.7 1.43 0.9 -1.0 7.8 0.8 1.06 9.5 2.22 28
1971 33 NYY AL -9.3 -1.0 160 -1.3 2.3 -3.6 1.16 -0.8 -0.4 -7.7 -0.9 1.05 -8.1 1.75 22
1972 34 KCR AL -3.5 -0.4 33 -0.3 0.3 -0.5 1.00 -0.3 0.1 -1.6 -0.2 0.94 -2.8 1.80 6
15 Yrs -33.4 -3.6 5048 -4.0 85.1 -89.0 1.05 -2.9 -0.8 -35.3 -3.8 0.98 -18.8 2.07 94
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
1958 20 BAL AL 0 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 21 BAL AL 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 22 BAL AL 8 0 27% 211 3 3 50% 2 2 0 0 1 2 2 0 8 12 53% 41 22 17 4 1 3 14 3 11
1961 23 BAL AL 1 0 21% 229 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 7 14 48% 41 24 16 4 2 2 17 4 12
1962 24 BAL AL 3 0 14% 66 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 47% 11 5 5 0 0 0 4 2 2
1963 25 CHW AL 6 0 24% 188 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 13 40% 31 19 11 3 2 1 19 8 9
1964 26 CHW AL 10 0 31% 259 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 27 54% 38 24 14 5 2 3 28 7 21
1965 27 CHW AL 9 0 27% 233 1 1 50% 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 6 18 56% 35 13 20 7 2 5 17 9 8
1966 28 CHW AL 1 0 10% 29 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 38% 8 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 29 CHW AL 8 0 16% 192 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 7 61% 13 5 6 3 0 3 12 2 8
1968 30 TOT AL 7 0 24% 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 8 46% 21 10 11 6 4 2 6 3 2
1968 30 WSA AL 6 0 25% 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 42% 18 9 9 3 3 0 5 2 2
1968 30 CHW AL 1 0 20% 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 57% 3 1 2 3 1 2 1 1 0
1969 31 CHW AL 2 0 20% 68 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 41% 8 4 3 3 2 1 6 3 3
1970 32 NYY AL 2 0 21% 51 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 40% 11 7 4 2 1 1 2 0 1
1971 33 NYY AL 2 0 11% 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20% 3 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
1972 34 KCR AL 0 0 29% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
15 Yrs 59 0 23% 1716 9 14 39% 7 12 0 1 2 3 14 1 55 112 49% 263 142 111 38 17 21 127 41 79
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
1958 20 BAL AL 22 32% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 0 0% 4 2 50% 15 1 7% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
1959 21 BAL AL 5 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1960 22 BAL AL 606 38% 135 1 0 0 0 0.74 22 0 23 12 10 8 14 0 1 1 100% 114 18 16% 51 9 18% 400 68 17% 30 15 50% 27 14 52% 0
1961 23 BAL AL 607 29% 132 0 0 0 0 12 0 24 10 2 4 8 0 3 3 100% 135 19 14% 56 13 23% 400 40 10% 35 12 34% 23 11 48% 0
1962 24 BAL AL 229 25% 34 6 2 0 0 1.47 3 0 3 2 1 2 1 0 2 1 50% 37 8 22% 15 2 13% 146 14 10% 11 4 36% 10 3 30% 0
1963 25 CHW AL 571 37% 109 0 0 0 0 0.57 13 0 18 7 6 8 5 0 6 5 83% 126 19 15% 56 22 39% 390 55 14% 42 20 48% 21 11 52% 0
1964 26 CHW AL 665 40% 150 0 0 0 0 20 0 19 11 9 9 11 1 6 5 83% 118 15 13% 60 20 33% 438 50 11% 38 17 45% 19 5 26% 0
1965 27 CHW AL 663 31% 138 0 0 0 0 11 0 18 8 3 5 6 0 5 5 100% 135 21 16% 67 25 37% 428 59 14% 43 21 49% 24 14 58% 0
1966 28 CHW AL 95 33% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100% 16 0 0% 9 6 67% 64 5 8% 2 0 0% 5 5 100% 0
1967 29 CHW AL 575 31% 116 0 0 0 0 8 0 14 6 2 3 5 0 7 7 100% 94 8 9% 55 21 38% 320 47 15% 32 17 53% 16 8 50% 0
1968 30 TOT AL 414 37% 71 6 2 0 1 2.04 9 1 13 6 3 1 8 0 3 3 100% 79 18 23% 31 7 23% 255 26 10% 20 5 25% 9 5 56% 0
1968 30 WSA AL 315 36% 51 3 1 0 0 2.81 8 1 13 6 2 1 7 0 2 2 100% 60 14 23% 22 6 27% 195 22 11% 14 5 36% 9 5 56% 0
1968 30 CHW AL 99 41% 20 3 1 0 1 1.28 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 100% 19 4 21% 9 1 11% 60 4 7% 6 0 0% 0 0 0
1969 31 CHW AL 207 55% 48 25 6 0 3 2.46 2 0 7 0 2 1 1 0 2 2 100% 37 8 22% 17 6 35% 145 22 15% 11 5 45% 5 4 80% 0
1970 32 NYY AL 113 70% 27 28 4 2 5 2.22 4 0 4 2 2 1 3 0 1 1 100% 34 1 3% 9 4 44% 90 11 12% 13 5 38% 6 2 33% 0
1971 33 NYY AL 159 70% 30 22 4 0 3 1.75 2 0 7 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 35 5 14% 20 7 35% 133 19 14% 21 8 38% 4 1 25% 0
1972 34 KCR AL 33 45% 4 6 1 0 1 1.80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 13% 3 1 33% 19 2 11% 3 2 67% 1 1 100% 0
15 Yrs 4964 37% 1007 94 19 2 13 2.07 106 1 153 64 42 42 64 1 42 39 93% 973 141 14% 453 145 32% 3246 419 13% 303 132 44% 170 84 49% 0
MLB Averages 52% 76% 10% 30% 14% 48% 52%
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
1958 20 12 22 19 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .000 .048 .000 .048 -85 0 0 1 1 1 0
1959 21 14 27 23 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .000 .077 .000 .077 -76 0 0 1 1 1 0
1960 22 167 633 553 73 135 22 5 22 87 3 3 70 102 .244 .331 .421 .752 104 233 18 3 2 3 5
1961 23 322 1240 1086 124 267 35 7 34 138 4 6 136 198 .246 .330 .385 .715 94 418 37 4 5 7 7
1962 24 393 1469 1282 136 301 42 7 37 155 4 7 166 234 .235 .324 .365 .689 88 468 45 6 6 7 10
1963 25 537 2040 1764 191 410 59 9 50 222 5 8 244 308 .232 .326 .361 .687 89 637 64 6 11 13 12
1964 26 695 2705 2339 276 560 84 12 70 290 6 8 317 381 .239 .331 .375 .706 96 878 79 12 16 19 19
1965 27 857 3368 2926 337 698 107 16 81 356 7 9 377 454 .239 .326 .369 .695 95 1080 100 14 21 27 27
1966 28 880 3463 3000 340 711 108 16 81 360 7 10 392 464 .237 .326 .365 .690 94 1094 100 15 26 27 30
1967 29 1037 4038 3498 375 827 128 16 89 411 7 13 456 515 .236 .324 .358 .683 94 1254 108 15 33 33 41
1968 30 1163 4452 3860 410 898 143 16 98 443 7 13 502 576 .233 .321 .354 .675 93 1367 126 17 36 34 46
1969 31 1248 4659 4045 425 946 149 17 100 465 9 13 520 601 .234 .321 .353 .675 93 1429 134 18 38 35 46
1970 32 1307 4772 4136 438 973 153 17 104 479 9 14 539 610 .235 .324 .356 .680 94 1472 135 19 39 36 46
1971 33 1368 4931 4281 444 1003 156 17 106 499 9 14 548 637 .234 .321 .353 .674 92 1511 140 19 39 41 48
1972 34 1384 4964 4311 446 1007 156 17 106 501 9 14 551 643 .234 .320 .351 .672 92 1515 141 19 39 41 49

Neutralized Batting

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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
1958 20 13 23 20 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 .000 .045 .000 .045 0 12
1959 21 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 2
1960 22 161 639 560 77 144 23 5 23 92 3 74 99 .257 .345 .439 .784 85 153
1961 23 155 608 534 52 133 13 2 12 52 1 66 96 .249 .331 .348 .679 62 155
1962 24 71 231 197 13 35 7 0 3 18 0 31 36 .178 .296 .259 .555 15 71
1963 25 144 581 488 60 115 18 2 14 74 1 82 74 .236 .342 .367 .709 62 144
1964 26 157 677 582 95 160 27 3 21 76 1 78 73 .275 .363 .440 .803 92 158
1965 27 162 686 604 74 155 26 4 12 80 1 67 73 .257 .329 .373 .701 75 162
1966 28 23 97 75 3 14 1 0 0 5 0 16 10 .187 .337 .200 .537 5 23
1967 29 157 603 516 44 134 23 0 9 65 0 74 51 .260 .349 .357 .706 65 157
1968 30 126 435 375 47 84 18 0 11 43 0 54 61 .224 .324 .360 .684 43 126
1969 31 85 208 186 16 49 6 1 2 23 2 18 25 .263 .330 .339 .669 21 85
1970 32 59 116 93 14 29 4 0 4 16 0 20 9 .312 .435 .484 .919 20 59
1971 33 61 165 150 7 34 3 0 2 24 0 10 27 .227 .267 .287 .553 12 61
1972 34 17 36 32 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 4 6 .156 .250 .156 .406 1 16
15 Yrs 1393 5110 4416 505 1091 169 17 113 571 9 595 648 .247 .336 .370 .706 558 1384
162 Game Avg. 162 594 514 59 127 20 2 13 66 1 69 75 .247 .336 .370 .706 65 1384

* 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
1960-1 (SS)
1960-2 (SS)

Awards (yr lg award)
1960 AL Rookie of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1960 AL (5, 33%)
1964 AL (16, 4%)
1965 AL (17, 2%)
1967 AL (14, 5%)
0.44 Career Shares (484th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1964 AL  7.4 (4th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1960 AL  3.7 (8th)
1963 AL  4.4 (7th)
1964 AL  7.4 (3rd)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1960 AL  3.3 (10th)
1964 AL  4.6 (10th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1961 AL  2.7 (2nd)
1963 AL  3.6 (1st)
1964 AL  4.0 (1st)
1965 AL  2.2 (5th)
Career  16.2 (78th)

Games Played s c a p y
1960 AL  153 (2nd)
1965 AL  162 (1st)

At Bats s c a p y
1965 AL  587 (8th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1965 AL  663 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1960 AL  22 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1963 AL  78 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1960 AL  94 (5th)
1961 AL  96 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1964 AL  6 (9th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1964 AL  6 (10th)
1965 AL  8 (2nd)
1967 AL  6 (6th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1967 AL  11 (6th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1960 AL  18 (5th)
1961 AL  19 (4th)
1963 AL  19 (5th)
1965 AL  21 (4th)
1968 AL  18 (3rd)

AB per SO s c a p y
1967 AL  9.8 (6th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1960 AL  24.1 (10th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1965 AL  484 (3rd)

Youngest s c a p y
1958 AL  born 1938-04-05 (8th)
1959 AL  born 1938-04-05 (10th)

                                         

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 - 7 (1350), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 19 (772), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Dick Green (914)
  2. Mike Heath (914)
  3. Daryl Spencer (910)
  4. Glenn Hubbard (905)
  5. Dick Schofield (903)
  6. Bucky Dent (895)
  7. Gene Alley (894)
  8. Chico Carrasquel (894)
  9. Eddie Bressoud (892)
  10. Eddie Miller (886)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Alex Gonzalez (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Andujar Cedeno (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Roy Smalley (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Roy Smalley (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Alex Gonzalez (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Alex Gonzalez (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Alex Gonzalez (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Alex Gonzalez (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Eddie Miller (911)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Dick Schofield (906)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Gene Alley (908)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Dick Green (916)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Eddie Joost (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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