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Ron Hansen
Ronald Lavern Hansen
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: April 5, 1938 in Oxford, NE
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1958
Final Game: June 20, 1972
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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 153 604 530 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 162 662 587 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 96 160 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 84 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 83 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 Seasons 1384 4961 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 2874 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 1467 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 84 87 14 2 2 1 5
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1958 BAL AL 20 SS 12 5 65.0 35 10 23 2 4 .943 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.3 0.3 0 4.57 2.75 .966 4.96 4.17
1959 BAL AL 21 SS 2 2 13.0 9 2 6 1 1 .889 -0.4 -36.9 -0.4 0.3 -0.7 0 5.54 4.00 .967 4.85 3.95
1960 BAL AL 22 SS 153 149 1328.2 810 325 456 29 110 .964 5.6 5.1 3.6 5.6 -2.0 2 5.29 5.10 .960 5.11 4.37 AS,MVP-5,RoY-1
1961 BAL AL 23 SS 149 145 1289.0 723 256 437 30 110 .959 15.7 14.6 11.7 1.0 10.7 4 4.84 4.65 .956 4.84 4.37
1961 BAL AL 23 2B 7 5 55.2 40 16 23 1 8 .975 2.6 56.0 1.6 1.6 0.0 1 6.31 5.57 .978 5.24 4.71
1962 BAL AL 24 SS 64 59 524.2 283 114 159 10 37 .965 -0.8 -1.8 0.2 1.8 -1.7 -1 4.68 4.27 .962 4.84 4.47
1963 CHW AL 25 SS 144 140 1268.2 743 247 483 13 95 .983 25.0 23.6 23.0 13.7 9.3 2 5.18 5.07 .964 4.78 4.56
1964 CHW AL 26 SS 158 158 1411.2 827 292 514 21 105 .975 27.2 23.1 24.2 15.5 8.7 3 5.14 5.10 .968 4.78 4.55 MVP-16
1965 CHW AL 27 SS 161 161 1463.2 840 287 527 26 97 .969 10.0 8.2 10.0 7.1 3.0 0 5.01 5.06 .962 4.74 4.38 MVP-17
1965 CHW AL 27 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -360.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.40 MVP-17
1966 CHW AL 28 SS 23 23 220.1 129 49 73 7 17 .946 -0.5 -2.7 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 4.98 5.30 .960 4.79 4.41
1967 CHW AL 29 SS 157 151 1357.0 752 243 482 27 91 .964 2.6 2.3 2.6 -0.1 2.7 0 4.81 4.62 .963 4.62 4.09 MVP-14
1968 TOT AL 30 SS 88 81 710.4 429 140 273 16 47 .963 2.8 4.7 1.8 0.3 1.5 1 5.23 4.69 .962 4.79 4.07
1968 TOT AL 30 3B 34 23 213.0 95 28 62 5 7 .947 1.8 10.1 1.8 -0.6 2.4 0 3.80 2.65 .951 3.05 2.67
1968 WSA AL 30 SS 81 77 670.2 408 137 256 15 45 .963 1.5 2.7 0.5 -1.2 1.7 1 5.27 4.85 .962 4.79 4.07
1968 WSA AL 30 3B 5 5 41.0 21 8 11 2 3 .905 -0.5 -14.6 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 4.17 3.80 .952 3.05 2.68
1968 CHW AL 30 3B 29 18 172.0 74 20 51 3 4 .959 2.3 16.0 2.3 -0.6 2.9 0 3.72 2.45 .950 3.05 2.67
1968 CHW AL 30 SS 7 4 39.2 21 3 17 1 2 .952 1.3 39.3 1.3 1.5 -0.2 0 4.54 2.86 .962 4.79 4.07
1968 CHW AL 30 2B 2 1 9.2 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -74.5 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 2.79 1.50 .967 5.12 4.35
1969 CHW AL 31 2B 26 16 147.1 91 44 44 3 12 .967 -4.8 -39.1 -4.8 -3.3 -1.5 0 5.38 3.38 .976 5.21 4.58
1969 CHW AL 31 1B 21 17 131.0 164 151 11 2 14 .988 1.8 16.5 1.8 0.2 1.6 0 11.13 7.71 .992 9.63 8.33
1969 CHW AL 31 SS 8 5 52.0 29 14 14 1 1 .966 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.4 0.4 0 4.85 3.50 .966 4.97 4.42
1969 CHW AL 31 3B 7 4 41.0 23 7 14 2 1 .913 0.8 23.4 0.8 0.4 0.4 0 4.61 3.00 .957 3.16 2.74
1970 NYY AL 32 SS 15 11 106.0 60 20 39 1 6 .983 1.5 17.0 1.5 1.7 -0.2 0 5.01 3.93 .967 4.94 4.39
1970 NYY AL 32 3B 11 8 50.0 21 5 16 0 1 1.000 1.9 45.6 1.9 2.6 -0.8 0 3.78 1.91 .948 3.08 2.67
1970 NYY AL 32 2B 1 1 9.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -40.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 2.00 2.00 1.000 5.40 4.60
1971 NYY AL 33 3B 30 24 216.1 73 16 51 6 9 .918 -3.2 -17.8 -4.2 -4.4 0.1 1 2.79 2.23 .958 3.04 2.74
1971 NYY AL 33 2B 9 8 62.0 47 28 17 2 7 .957 -3.6 -69.7 -3.6 -1.2 -2.4 0 6.53 5.00 .981 5.31 4.76
1971 NYY AL 33 SS 3 2 21.0 12 8 4 0 0 1.000 -1.6 -91.4 -1.6 -1.5 -0.1 0 5.14 4.00 .967 4.89 4.33
1972 KCR AL 34 SS 6 3 27.0 18 4 13 1 1 .944 -0.3 -13.3 -0.3 0.0 -0.2 0 5.67 2.83 .967 5.00 4.52
1972 KCR AL 34 3B 4 4 31.0 16 1 15 0 2 1.000 2.1 81.3 2.1 2.1 0.0 0 4.65 4.00 .950 2.99 2.70
1972 KCR AL 34 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.40
15 Seasons SS 1143 1095 9858.0 5699 2011 3503 185 722 .968 86.8 10.6 75.8 44.2 31.7 11 5.03 4.82 .962 4.81 4.36
5 Seasons 3B 86 63 551.1 228 57 158 13 20 .943 3.4 7.4 2.4 0.1 2.1 1 3.51 2.50 .953 3.05 2.70
7 Seasons 2B 47 31 285.2 183 90 87 6 27 .967 -7.0 -29.4 -8.0 -3.8 -4.2 1 5.58 3.77 .978 5.24 4.62
1 Season 1B 21 17 131.0 164 151 11 2 14 .988 1.8 16.5 1.8 0.2 1.6 0 11.13 7.71 .992 9.63 8.33
15 Seasons TOT 1297 1206 10826.0 6274 2309 3759 206 783 .967 85.0 9.4 72.0 40.7 31.2 13 5.04 4.68 .930 4.79 4.33
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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 (466th)

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--662--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--9.765--6th

AB per HR s c a p y
1960 AL--24.091--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 (980), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 9 (1430), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 7 (1303), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 15 (936), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  9. Dick Green (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1956 Season: Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent.

January 14, 1963: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Dave Nicholson, Pete Ward and Hoyt Wilhelm to the Chicago White Sox for Luis Aparicio and Al Smith.

February 13, 1968: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Dennis Higgins and Steve Jones to the Washington Senators for Tim Cullen, Buster Narum and Bob Priddy.

August 2, 1968: Traded by the Washington Senators to the Chicago White Sox for Tim Cullen.

February 28, 1970: Purchased by the New York Yankees from the Chicago White Sox.

February 14, 1972: Released by the New York Yankees.

April 5, 1972: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

June 27, 1972: Released by the Kansas City Royals.

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