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Ken Harrelson

Kenneth Smith Harrelson (Hawk)

Positions: First Baseman and Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: September 4, 1941 in Woodruff, SC
High School: Benedictine HS (Savannah, GA)
Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 9, 1963
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Indians/RedSox/Senators 1963-1971

Final Game: June 20, 1971
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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
1963 21 KCA AL 79 253 226 16 52 10 1 6 23 1 1 23 58 .230 .299 .363 .662 80 82 10 0 2 2 3 37
1964 22 KCA AL 49 152 139 15 27 5 0 7 12 0 1 13 34 .194 .263 .381 .644 74 53 6 0 0 0 0 73
1965 23 KCA AL 150 556 483 61 115 17 3 23 66 9 7 66 112 .238 .329 .429 .758 115 207 18 1 3 3 3 *3/79
1966 24 TOT AL 134 519 460 49 109 13 1 12 50 13 3 53 112 .237 .317 .348 .665 93 160 11 1 5 0 5 *3/7
1966 24 KCA AL 63 238 210 24 47 5 0 5 22 9 2 27 59 .224 .312 .319 .631 85 67 3 0 1 0 3 3/7
1966 24 WSA AL 71 281 250 25 62 8 1 7 28 4 1 26 53 .248 .321 .372 .693 100 93 8 1 4 0 2 3
1967 25 TOT AL 110 368 333 42 85 15 1 12 54 10 3 29 44 .255 .311 .414 .725 113 138 8 0 1 5 4 39
1967 25 WSA AL 26 89 79 10 16 0 0 3 10 1 0 7 15 .203 .261 .316 .578 73 25 3 0 1 2 1 3
1967 25 KCA AL 61 194 174 23 53 11 0 6 30 8 2 17 17 .305 .361 .471 .832 147 82 3 0 0 3 1 3
1967 25 BOS AL 23 85 80 9 16 4 1 3 14 1 1 5 12 .200 .247 .388 .635 79 31 2 0 0 0 2 9/3
1968 26 BOS AL 150 612 535 79 147 17 4 35 109 2 6 69 90 .275 .356 .518 .874 155 277 18 2 0 6 9 *93 AS,MVP-3
1969 27 TOT AL 159 672 565 89 125 14 4 30 92 17 9 99 102 .221 .336 .419 .756 108 237 19 2 0 6 6 *93/7
1969 27 BOS AL 10 51 46 6 10 1 0 3 8 0 1 4 6 .217 .275 .435 .709 91 20 1 0 0 1 0 3
1969 27 CLE AL 149 621 519 83 115 13 4 27 84 17 8 95 96 .222 .341 .418 .759 109 217 18 2 0 5 6 *93/7
1970 28 CLE AL 17 45 39 3 11 1 0 1 1 0 0 6 4 .282 .378 .385 .762 108 15 1 0 0 0 0 3
1971 29 CLE AL 52 187 161 20 32 2 0 5 14 1 0 24 21 .199 .301 .304 .605 66 49 4 0 1 1 3 3/79
9 Yrs 900 3364 2941 374 703 94 14 131 421 53 30 382 577 .239 .325 .414 .740 110 1218 95 6 12 23 33
162 Game Avg. 162 606 529 67 127 17 3 24 76 10 5 69 104 .239 .325 .414 .740 110 219 17 1 2 4 6
KCA (5 yrs) 402 1393 1232 139 294 48 4 47 153 27 13 146 280 .239 .318 .399 .716 103 491 40 1 6 8 10
BOS (3 yrs) 183 748 661 94 173 22 5 41 131 3 8 78 108 .262 .338 .496 .834 141 328 21 2 0 7 11
CLE (3 yrs) 218 853 719 106 158 16 4 33 99 18 8 125 121 .220 .335 .391 .725 100 281 23 2 1 6 9
WSA (2 yrs) 97 370 329 35 78 8 1 10 38 5 1 33 68 .237 .307 .359 .666 94 118 11 1 5 2 3

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
1963 21 KCA AL 79 253 -8 0 -1 -8 -4 -20 -2.3 7 -13 -1.6 .472 .486 -0.7 -1.3 -5 $ 37
1964 22 KCA AL 49 152 -5 -1 -1 2 -2 -7 -0.9 4 -3 -0.5 .484 .495 -0.6 -0.1 -5 $ 73
1965 23 KCA AL 150 556 9 0 -2 -2 -7 -2 -0.3 16 13 1.2 .498 .499 1.6 -1.2 16 $8,000 *3/79
1966 24 KCA AL 63 238 -4 1 -0 -0 -4 -7 -0.9 7 0 -0.2 .488 .495 -0.1 -0.5 0 $ 3/7
1966 24 WSA AL 71 281 1 1 -1 -1 -4 -4 -0.6 8 4 0.2 .493 .497 0.4 -0.6 5 $12,000 3
1967 25 WSA AL 26 89 -1 -0 -0 -0 -1 -3 -0.4 2 -0 -0.2 .486 .498 -0.1 -0.2 -0 $ 3
1967 25 KCA AL 61 194 10 1 0 -3 -2 6 0.6 6 12 1.2 .512 .504 1.6 -0.7 15 $12,000 3
1967 25 BOS AL 23 85 -1 -0 -0 -4 -1 -6 -0.8 2 -4 -0.5 .468 .495 -0.1 -0.6 -0 $ 9/3
1968 26 BOS AL 150 612 36 -2 -1 -0 -7 25 2.9 17 42 4.6 .521 .519 4.9 -1.1 43 $35,000 *93 AS,MVP-3
1969 27 BOS AL 10 51 0 -0 0 1 -1 0 0.0 1 2 0.2 .503 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ 3
1969 27 CLE AL 149 621 7 2 -2 -6 -8 -6 -0.8 17 11 0.9 .495 .496 1.7 -1.6 17 $50,000 *93/7
1970 28 CLE AL 17 45 0 -0 -0 0 -1 -1 -0.1 2 1 0.1 .496 .500 0.1 -0.1 1 $75,000 3
1971 29 CLE AL 52 187 -5 0 0 -2 -3 -9 -1.1 6 -3 -0.5 .479 .493 -0.3 -0.5 -2 $68,000 3/79
9 Seasons 900 3364 40 2 -9 -23 -44 -34 -4.6 95 62 4.9 .496 .498 8.5 -8.5 85 $260,000
KCA (5 yrs) 402 1393 3 2 -4 -12 -19 -30 -3.8 39 9 0.1 .492 .496 1.8 -3.8 21 $20,000
BOS (3 yrs) 183 748 35 -2 -2 -3 -9 19 2.1 21 40 4.3 .513 .505 4.9 -1.7 44 $35,000
CLE (3 yrs) 218 853 2 2 -2 -7 -11 -16 -2.0 25 9 0.5 .492 .496 1.5 -2.2 16 $193,000
WSA (2 yrs) 97 370 0 1 -2 -1 -5 -7 -1.0 10 4 0.0 .491 .497 0.3 -0.9 4 $12,000

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
1963 21 KCA AL 253 189 23 3.3 99 .280 .230 .262 .299 .329 .363 .405 .662 .734 80 .390 -6.1 -0.6 .568 .235 .133 1.7
1964 22 KCA AL 152 119 12 2.7 99 .204 .194 .260 .263 .329 .381 .404 .644 .734 74 .307 -5.5 -0.6 .546 .273 .187 .0
1965 23 KCA AL 556 399 65 4.4 91 .262 .238 .250 .329 .319 .429 .383 .758 .702 115 .539 9.7 1.0 .702 .331 .190 12.9
1966 24 TOT AL 519 370 53 3.9 88 .289 .237 .246 .317 .312 .348 .379 .665 .692 93 .494 -3.7 -0.4 .614 .248 .111 12.5
1966 24 KCA AL 238 169 23 3.7 87 .288 .224 .245 .312 .311 .319 .378 .631 .689 85 .471 -3.7 -0.4 .601 .257 .095 6.4
1966 24 WSA AL 281 201 30 4.0 89 .289 .248 .247 .321 .314 .372 .381 .693 .695 100 .514 0.0 0.0 .624 .240 .124 5.1
1967 25 TOT AL 368 265 44 4.5 85 .259 .255 .243 .311 .312 .414 .365 .725 .677 113 .583 5.3 0.6 .672 .267 .159 10.9
1967 25 WSA AL 89 69 6 2.4 81 .206 .203 .239 .261 .307 .316 .358 .578 .666 73 .299 -2.7 -0.3 .500 .215 .114 1.5
1967 25 KCA AL 194 129 31 6.5 83 .305 .305 .241 .361 .310 .471 .362 .832 .671 147 .733 10.6 1.2 .833 .299 .167 6.9
1967 25 BOS AL 85 67 7 2.8 91 .200 .200 .253 .247 .324 .388 .379 .635 .703 79 .375 -2.6 -0.3 .537 .250 .188 1.5
1968 26 BOS AL 612 418 94 6.0 85 .269 .275 .245 .356 .316 .518 .363 .874 .679 155 .730 36.5 4.1 .835 .364 .243 3.8
1969 27 TOT AL 672 474 81 4.6 97 .216 .221 .258 .336 .335 .419 .389 .756 .725 108 .540 6.6 0.7 .739 .388 .198 21.7
1969 27 BOS AL 51 39 5 3.5 100 .184 .217 .261 .275 .339 .435 .394 .709 .733 91 .410 -0.8 -0.1 .605 .283 .217 .0
1969 27 CLE AL 621 435 76 4.7 97 .219 .222 .258 .341 .335 .418 .389 .759 .724 109 .550 7.4 0.8 .751 .397 .197 20.9
1970 28 CLE AL 45 29 6 5.6 101 .294 .282 .263 .378 .337 .385 .401 .762 .738 108 .615 0.6 0.1 .724 .256 .103 .0
1971 29 CLE AL 187 135 16 3.2 99 .199 .199 .265 .301 .338 .304 .393 .605 .732 66 .394 -7.4 -0.8 .556 .261 .106 1.7
9 Yrs 3364 2398 394 4.4 92 .254 .239 .252 .325 .323 .414 .381 .740 .704 110 .552 35.9 4.0 .689 .313 .175 75.5
162 Game Avg. 606 432 71 4.4 92 .254 .239 .252 .325 .323 .414 .381 .740 .704 110 .552 6 1 .689 .313 .175 14
KCA (5 yrs) 1393 1005 154 4.1 92 .271 .239 .251 .318 .319 .399 .385 .716 .705 103 .512 5.0 0.6 .658 .290 .160 34.3
BOS (3 yrs) 748 524 106 5.4 87 .254 .262 .247 .338 .318 .496 .367 .834 .685 141 .682 33.1 3.7 .779 .345 .234 5.6
CLE (3 yrs) 853 599 98 4.4 98 .219 .220 .260 .335 .336 .391 .391 .725 .726 100 .524 0.6 0.0 .706 .359 .171 23.3
WSA (2 yrs) 370 270 36 3.6 87 .269 .237 .245 .307 .312 .359 .376 .666 .688 94 .467 -2.7 -0.3 .593 .234 .122 6.7

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
1967 25 BOS AL WS STL L 4 14 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .077 .143 .077 .220 1 1 0 0 0 0
1 WS 4 14 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .077 .143 .077 .220 1 1 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
1968 BOS AL 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 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
1963 21 KCA AL 253 2.4% 22.9% 9.1% 6.7% 33% 2.52 3.9 37.7 9.8 1.52 65%
1964 22 KCA AL 152 4.6% 22.4% 8.6% 7.9% 44% 2.62 4.1 19.9 11.6 1.33 64%
1965 23 KCA AL 556 4.1% 20.1% 11.9% 7.7% 37% 1.70 4.3 21.0 7.3 1.09 63%
1966 24 TOT AL 519 2.3% 21.6% 10.2% 5.0% 24% 2.11 4.1 38.3 9.2 1.17 65%
1966 24 KCA AL 238 2.1% 24.8% 11.3% 4.2% 21% 2.19 3.6 42.0 9.5 1.02 61%
1966 24 WSA AL 281 2.5% 18.9% 9.3% 5.7% 26% 2.04 4.7 35.7 8.9 1.29 68%
1967 25 TOT AL 368 3.3% 12.0% 7.9% 7.6% 33% 1.52 7.6 27.8 6.2 1.07 77%
1967 25 WSA AL 89 3.4% 16.9% 7.9% 3.4% 19% 2.14 5.3 26.3 7.9 1.00 71%
1967 25 KCA AL 194 3.1% 8.8% 8.8% 8.8% 32% 1.00 10.2 29.0 5.8 0.91 79%
1967 25 BOS AL 85 3.5% 14.1% 5.9% 9.4% 50% 2.40 6.7 26.7 5.7 1.63 76%
1968 26 BOS AL 612 5.7% 14.7% 11.3% 9.2% 38% 1.30 5.9 15.3 4.9 1.24 68%
1969 27 TOT AL 672 4.5% 15.2% 14.7% 7.1% 38% 1.03 5.5 18.8 6.1 0.84 65%
1969 27 BOS AL 51 5.9% 11.8% 7.8% 7.8% 40% 1.50 7.7 15.3 5.8 0.82 75%
1969 27 CLE AL 621 4.4% 15.5% 15.3% 7.1% 38% 1.01 5.4 19.2 6.2 0.84 65%
1970 28 CLE AL 45 2.2% 8.9% 13.3% 4.4% 18% 0.67 9.8 39.0 39.0 1.08 76%
1971 29 CLE AL 187 2.7% 11.2% 12.8% 3.7% 22% 0.88 7.7 32.2 11.5 1.73 73%
9 Yrs 3364 3.9% 17.2% 11.4% 7.1% 34% 1.51 5.1 22.5 7.0 1.13 67%
MLB Averages 2.1% 15.3% 8.3% 6.1% 28% 1.86 5.8 42.7 9.2 1.11 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1963 21 KCA AL -6.1 -0.6 258 -1.5 3.7 -5.2 1.07 -0.9 -0.5 -8.3 -0.8 0.97 -9.9 1.10 17
1964 22 KCA AL -5.5 -0.6 154 -0.5 3.0 -3.4 1.11 -0.4 -0.1 -9.8 -1.0 1.01 -4.6 0.75 12
1965 23 KCA AL 9.7 1.0 582 -0.2 10.3 -10.5 1.05 1.1 -1.2 3.8 0.4 0.97 12.5 1.67 21
1966 24 TOT AL -3.7 -0.4 547 -0.8 9.3 -10.1 1.08 0.0 -0.8 1.9 0.2 0.96 0.9 2.83 4
1966 24 KCA AL -3.7 -0.4 255 -0.5 4.1 -4.5 1.09 -0.2 -0.2 1.5 0.2 0.95 -2.1 2.79 3
1966 24 WSA AL 0.0 0.0 292 -0.4 5.2 -5.6 1.07 0.2 -0.6 0.4 0.0 0.97 3.0 2.94 1
1967 25 TOT AL 5.5 0.6 389 0.6 7.0 -6.4 1.07 1.4 -0.8 14.1 1.5 0.97 15.7 1.66 24
1967 25 WSA AL -2.7 -0.3 93 -0.1 1.7 -1.8 1.19 0.1 -0.2 -0.5 -0.1 0.97 1.0 1.74 5
1967 25 KCA AL 10.8 1.2 209 1.1 4.2 -3.1 1.03 1.4 -0.3 14.1 1.5 0.99 14.2 1.60 18
1967 25 BOS AL -2.6 -0.3 87 -0.3 1.1 -1.5 1.04 -0.0 -0.3 0.4 0.0 0.91 0.5 2.29 1
1968 26 BOS AL 36.0 4.0 627 5.6 16.5 -10.8 1.10 3.6 1.6 35.1 3.8 1.05 38.0 1.60 2
1969 27 TOT AL 6.5 0.7 713 1.3 14.4 -13.1 1.10 1.7 -0.5 12.5 1.3 0.98 17.7 3.12 2
1969 27 BOS AL -0.9 -0.1 54 0.0 1.3 -1.3 1.35 0.2 -0.2 0.4 0.0 1.01 3.2 0
1969 27 CLE AL 7.4 0.8 659 1.3 13.1 -11.8 1.08 1.5 -0.3 12.2 1.2 0.98 14.5 3.12 2
1970 28 CLE AL 0.6 0.1 46 -0.2 0.8 -1.0 1.13 0.1 -0.3 -0.6 -0.1 0.92 0.3 1.52 3
1971 29 CLE AL -7.4 -0.8 190 -0.1 3.3 -3.3 1.06 -0.4 0.4 -3.3 -0.3 0.96 -2.6 1.35 5
9 Yrs 35.6 3.9 3506 4.3 68.1 -63.8 1.08 6.2 -2.2 45.3 4.9 0.99 68.0 1.49 90

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
1963 21 KCA AL 1 0 15% 61 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 39% 11 8 3 2 0 2 5 3 2
1964 22 KCA AL 1 0 24% 39 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 38% 3 1 2 3 2 1 2 2 0
1965 23 KCA AL 5 0 24% 202 9 7 56% 7 5 1 2 0 0 1 0 4 15 38% 36 29 7 5 4 1 17 3 14
1966 24 TOT AL 7 0 25% 166 13 3 81% 11 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 7 15 52% 19 9 10 5 2 3 7 4 3
1966 24 KCA AL 3 0 28% 59 9 2 82% 7 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 6 58% 4 2 2 3 0 3 5 3 2
1966 24 WSA AL 4 0 22% 107 4 1 80% 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 9 47% 15 7 8 2 2 0 2 1 1
1967 25 TOT AL 11 0 29% 124 10 3 77% 6 3 4 0 0 1 0 0 8 8 55% 19 11 7 3 1 2 11 1 9
1967 25 WSA AL 4 0 35% 31 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 57% 4 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 1
1967 25 KCA AL 4 0 27% 75 8 2 80% 4 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 5 5 55% 13 7 5 1 1 0 8 1 7
1967 25 BOS AL 3 0 33% 18 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
1968 26 BOS AL 10 0 24% 193 2 6 25% 1 3 1 3 0 0 1 0 10 14 40% 36 23 13 5 4 0 12 3 8
1969 27 TOT AL 9 0 30% 205 17 9 65% 13 8 4 1 0 0 2 0 5 19 53% 39 18 21 11 10 1 14 2 12
1969 27 BOS AL 2 0 27% 14 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 27 CLE AL 7 0 30% 191 17 8 68% 13 7 4 1 0 0 2 0 5 16 55% 37 16 21 11 10 1 14 2 12
1970 28 CLE AL 0 0 13% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 29 CLE AL 5 0 29% 45 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 44% 8 6 2 2 1 1 8 3 5
9 Yrs 49 0 25% 1050 53 30 64% 40 22 12 7 0 2 6 0 42 81 45% 172 105 65 36 24 11 76 21 53

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
1963 21 KCA AL 253 39% 52 17 5 0 2 1.10 6 0 4 3 3 3 3 0 5 2 40% 64 10 16% 28 10 36% 155 17 11% 17 5 29% 7 2 29% 0
1964 22 KCA AL 152 42% 27 12 4 1 1 0.75 7 0 3 3 4 7 0 0 0 0 32 6 19% 17 3 18% 104 5 5% 4 1 25% 9 3 33% 0
1965 23 KCA AL 556 33% 115 21 5 0 2 1.67 23 0 6 15 8 8 15 0 4 3 75% 106 18 17% 59 16 27% 334 43 13% 31 12 39% 22 8 36% 0
1966 24 TOT AL 519 32% 109 4 1 1 1 2.83 12 0 11 9 3 8 4 0 5 5 100% 97 11 11% 37 13 35% 298 40 13% 28 12 43% 18 10 56% 0
1966 24 KCA AL 238 32% 47 3 0 0 0 2.79 5 0 5 4 1 3 2 0 1 1 100% 39 3 8% 13 2 15% 120 18 15% 11 5 45% 9 5 56% 0
1966 24 WSA AL 281 32% 62 1 1 1 1 2.94 7 0 6 5 2 5 2 0 4 4 100% 58 8 14% 24 11 46% 178 22 12% 17 7 41% 9 5 56% 0
1967 25 TOT AL 368 43% 85 24 5 0 5 1.66 12 0 8 5 7 4 8 0 1 1 100% 56 8 14% 35 15 43% 233 45 19% 28 19 68% 9 5 56% 0
1967 25 WSA AL 89 48% 16 5 2 0 2 1.74 3 0 4 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 100% 13 3 23% 5 4 80% 60 7 12% 5 3 60% 1 1 100% 0
1967 25 KCA AL 194 45% 53 18 3 0 3 1.60 6 0 3 3 3 1 5 0 0 0 32 3 9% 18 6 33% 122 27 22% 14 10 71% 5 4 80% 0
1967 25 BOS AL 85 32% 16 1 0 0 0 2.29 3 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 11 2 18% 12 5 42% 51 11 22% 9 6 67% 3 0 0% 0
1968 26 BOS AL 612 25% 147 2 1 0 0 1.60 35 1 21 29 6 19 16 0 0 0 126 18 14% 65 18 28% 476 82 17% 51 22 43% 30 14 47% 0
1969 27 TOT AL 672 29% 125 2 0 0 0 3.12 30 1 11 23 7 14 16 0 0 0 134 19 14% 64 22 34% 429 65 15% 43 23 53% 25 12 48% 0
1969 27 BOS AL 51 31% 10 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 10 1 10% 6 3 50% 34 6 18% 4 2 50% 3 1 33% 0
1969 27 CLE AL 621 29% 115 2 0 0 0 3.12 27 1 11 20 7 12 15 0 0 0 124 18 15% 58 19 33% 395 59 15% 39 21 54% 22 11 50% 0
1970 28 CLE AL 45 76% 11 3 0 0 0 1.52 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 1 10% 6 1 17% 22 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1971 29 CLE AL 187 44% 32 5 2 1 1 1.35 5 0 3 5 0 2 3 0 1 1 100% 34 4 12% 10 3 30% 118 10 8% 8 2 25% 3 1 33% 0
9 Yrs 3364 34% 703 90 23 3 12 1.49 131 2 67 92 39 65 66 0 16 12 75% 659 95 14% 321 101 31% 2169 307 14% 211 96 46% 123 55 45% 0
MLB Averages 53% 77% 11% 30% 13% 47% 52%

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
1963 21 79 253 226 16 52 10 1 6 23 1 1 23 58 .230 .299 .363 .662 80 82 10 0 2 2 3
1964 22 128 405 365 31 79 15 1 13 35 1 2 36 92 .216 .285 .370 .655 78 135 16 0 2 2 3
1965 23 278 961 848 92 194 32 4 36 101 10 9 102 204 .229 .311 .403 .714 99 342 34 1 5 5 6
1966 24 412 1480 1308 141 303 45 5 48 151 23 12 155 316 .232 .313 .384 .697 97 502 45 2 10 5 11
1967 25 522 1848 1641 183 388 60 6 60 205 33 15 184 360 .236 .312 .390 .702 100 640 53 2 11 10 15
1968 26 672 2460 2176 262 535 77 10 95 314 35 21 253 450 .246 .323 .421 .745 113 917 71 4 11 16 24
1969 27 831 3132 2741 351 660 91 14 125 406 52 30 352 552 .241 .326 .421 .747 112 1154 90 6 11 22 30
1970 28 848 3177 2780 354 671 92 14 126 407 52 30 358 556 .241 .327 .421 .747 112 1169 91 6 11 22 30
1971 29 900 3364 2941 374 703 94 14 131 421 53 30 382 577 .239 .325 .414 .740 110 1218 95 6 12 23 33

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
1963 21 79 253 226 16 52 10 1 6 23 1 23 58 .230 .299 .363 .662 25 79
1964 22 49 152 139 16 28 5 0 7 13 0 13 34 .201 .270 .388 .658 15 49
1965 23 150 570 492 69 124 18 3 25 74 10 71 112 .252 .346 .453 .799 77 150
1966 24 135 537 473 58 120 14 1 13 59 14 58 113 .254 .336 .370 .706 59 134
1967 25 110 383 344 50 96 17 1 14 64 11 33 44 .279 .338 .456 .794 53 110
1968 26 150 638 553 96 165 19 4 39 132 2 77 90 .298 .382 .559 .941 120 150
1969 27 159 679 569 94 129 14 4 31 97 18 102 102 .227 .343 .429 .772 84 159
1970 28 17 45 39 3 11 1 0 1 1 0 6 4 .282 .378 .385 .762 6 17
1971 29 52 192 164 22 34 2 0 5 15 1 26 21 .207 .314 .311 .625 16 52
9 Yrs 901 3449 2999 424 759 100 14 141 478 57 409 578 .253 .342 .437 .778 455 900
162 Game Avg. 162 620 539 76 136 18 3 25 86 10 74 104 .253 .342 .437 .778 82 900

* 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
1968 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1968 AL (3, 37%)
0.37 Career Shares (534th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1968 AL  4.6 (9th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1968 AL  4.9 (6th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1968 AL  .275 (9th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1968 AL  .356 (9th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1968 AL  .518 (3rd)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1968 AL  .874 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
1969 AL  159 (7th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1968 AL  79 (8th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1968 AL  277 (3rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1965 AL  23 (9th)
1968 AL  35 (3rd)
1969 AL  30 (9th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1968 AL  109 (1st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1969 AL  99 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1965 AL  112 (6th)
1966 AL  112 (6th)
1969 AL  102 (7th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1968 AL  154 (4th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1968 AL  94 (4th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1968 AL  36 (4th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1968 AL  4.0 (4th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1968 AL  56 (7th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1968 AL  218 (8th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1968 AL  .730 (6th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1968 AL  6 (5th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1968 AL  9 (10th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1965 AL  18 (6th)
1968 AL  18 (3rd)
1969 AL  19 (6th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1965 AL  7 (8th)

SB % s c a p y
1966 AL  81.25 (3rd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1965 AL  12.9 (10th)
1966 AL  12.5 (8th)
1967 AL  10.9 (9th)
1969 AL  21.7 (3rd)

AB per HR s c a p y
1965 AL  21.0 (6th)
1968 AL  15.3 (3rd)
Career  22.5 (200th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1969 AL  474 (7th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1968 AL  35.08 (6th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1968 AL  5.6 (2nd)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1968 AL  3.6 (6th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1968 AL  3.8 (8th)

                           

† 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 - 4 (422), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 29 (809), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 14 (996), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (1934), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Don Lock (956)
  2. Jim King (955)
  3. Mike Epstein (955)
  4. Carmelo Martinez (954)
  5. Curt Blefary (948)
  6. Dan Pasqua (944)
  7. Nick Esasky (938)
  8. Gary Roenicke (937)
  9. Jimmie Hall (935)
  10. Franklin Stubbs (934)
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  1. John Milner (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jim Spencer (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. John Milner (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. John Milner (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Pete Incaviglia (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. John Milner (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. John Milner (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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