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Jeff Heath

John Geoffrey Heath

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: April 1, 1915 in Fort William, Ontario, CAN
High School: Garfield HS (Seattle, WA) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1936
Teams (by GP): Indians/Browns/Braves/Senators 1936-1949

Final Game: September 8, 1949
Died: December 9, 1975 in Seattle, WA
Buried: Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, WA
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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
1936 21 CLE AL 12 44 41 6 14 3 3 1 8 1 0 3 4 .341 .386 .634 1.021 145 26 0 0 O7/8
1937 22 CLE AL 20 61 61 8 14 1 4 0 8 0 1 0 9 .230 .230 .377 .607 51 23 0 0 O9/7
1938 23 CLE AL 126 538 502 104 172 31 18 21 112 3 1 33 55 .343 .383 .602 .985 145 302 0 3 *O7/9 MVP-11
1939 24 CLE AL 121 472 431 64 126 31 7 14 69 8 4 41 64 .292 .354 .494 .848 117 213 7 0 0 *7O MVP-22
1940 25 CLE AL 100 396 356 55 78 16 3 14 50 5 3 40 62 .219 .298 .399 .697 80 142 2 0 0 7O
1941 26 CLE AL 151 643 585 89 199 32 20 24 123 18 12 50 69 .340 .396 .586 .982 162 343 5 4 4 *O97 AS,MVP-8
1942 27 CLE AL 147 634 568 82 158 37 13 10 76 9 9 62 66 .278 .350 .442 .792 128 251 10 1 3 *O7/9
1943 28 CLE AL 118 488 424 58 116 22 6 18 79 5 8 63 58 .274 .369 .481 .850 155 204 4 1 0 *O7/89 AS
1944 29 CLE AL 60 170 151 20 50 5 2 5 33 0 1 18 12 .331 .402 .490 .892 158 74 2 0 1 O7/89
1945 30 CLE AL 102 429 370 60 113 16 7 15 61 3 1 56 39 .305 .398 .508 .906 168 188 6 1 2 7O MVP-20
1946 31 TOT AL 134 558 482 69 134 32 7 16 84 0 6 73 73 .278 .374 .473 .847 134 228 3 1 2 *7O
1946 31 WSH AL 48 203 166 23 47 12 3 4 27 0 4 36 36 .283 .411 .464 .875 150 77 1 0 1 7O
1946 31 SLB AL 86 355 316 46 87 20 4 12 57 0 2 37 37 .275 .353 .478 .831 126 151 2 1 1 7O
1947 32 SLB AL 141 582 491 81 123 20 7 27 85 2 1 88 87 .251 .366 .485 .850 133 238 14 1 2 *7O MVP-31
1948 33 BSN NL 115 420 364 64 116 26 5 20 76 2 51 46 .319 .404 .582 .986 165 212 4 1 3 *O7/9
1949 34 BSN NL 36 126 111 17 34 7 0 9 23 0 15 26 .306 .389 .613 1.002 170 68 2 0 0 O7/9
14 Yrs 1383 5561 4937 777 1447 279 102 194 887 56 47 593 670 .293 .370 .509 .879 139 2512 59 10 20
162 Game Avg. 162 651 578 91 169 33 12 23 104 7 69 78 .293 .370 .509 .879 139 294 1 2
CLE (10 yrs) 957 3875 3489 546 1040 194 83 122 619 52 40 366 438 .298 .366 .506 .872 137 1766 36 7 13
BSN (2 yrs) 151 546 475 81 150 33 5 29 99 2 66 72 .316 .400 .589 .990 166 280 6 1 3
SLB (2 yrs) 227 937 807 127 210 40 11 39 142 2 3 125 124 .260 .361 .482 .843 130 389 16 2 3
WSH (1 yr) 48 203 166 23 47 12 3 4 27 0 4 36 36 .283 .411 .464 .875 150 77 1 0 1
AL (12 yrs) 1232 5015 4462 696 1297 246 97 165 788 54 47 527 598 .291 .367 .500 .867 136 2232 53 9 17
NL (2 yrs) 151 546 475 81 150 33 5 29 99 2 66 72 .316 .400 .589 .990 166 280 6 1 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
1936 21 CLE AL 12 44 2 0 0 -2 -0 0 0.0 1 1 0.2 .501 .500 0.3 -0.2 3 $ O7/8
1937 22 CLE AL 20 61 -5 -0 0 0 -1 -6 -0.6 2 -4 -0.4 .470 .496 -0.4 -0.1 -4 $ O9/7
1938 23 CLE AL 126 538 30 1 0 2 -6 27 2.5 17 44 4.2 .519 .515 3.9 -0.3 42 $ *O7/9 MVP-11
1939 24 CLE AL 121 472 8 0 0 6 -5 10 0.9 15 24 2.4 .507 .506 1.8 0.1 18 $ *7O MVP-22
1940 25 CLE AL 100 396 -12 0 0 3 -4 -13 -1.3 10 -3 -0.3 .487 .492 -0.6 -0.1 -6 $ 7O
1941 26 CLE AL 151 643 48 -1 0 -8 -7 32 3.1 16 48 4.7 .521 .519 5.6 -1.5 56 $ *O97 AS,MVP-8
1942 27 CLE AL 147 634 19 -1 0 5 -7 16 1.7 13 29 3.1 .511 .510 2.5 -0.2 24 $ *O7/9
1943 28 CLE AL 118 488 28 -2 0 2 -5 23 2.7 10 33 3.7 .523 .516 3.4 -0.4 31 $ *O7/89 AS
1944 29 CLE AL 60 170 11 -0 0 0 -2 9 1.0 4 13 1.4 .517 .506 1.4 -0.2 13 $ O7/89
1945 30 CLE AL 102 429 30 1 0 -2 -5 24 2.7 9 34 3.6 .527 .517 3.8 -0.8 36 $ 7O MVP-20
1946 31 WSH AL 48 203 11 -1 0 -2 -2 6 0.6 5 11 1.2 .513 .504 1.4 -0.5 13 $ 7O
1946 31 SLB AL 86 355 10 -0 0 -3 -4 3 0.3 9 12 1.2 .504 .502 1.6 -0.8 15 $ 7O
1947 32 SLB AL 141 582 21 1 0 2 -6 17 1.8 15 32 3.3 .513 .511 3.1 -0.6 30 $ *7O MVP-31
1948 33 BSN NL 115 420 32 -2 1 4 -5 30 3.1 15 45 4.5 .527 .519 4.2 -0.1 41 $ *O7/9
1949 34 BSN NL 36 126 10 -0 -0 0 -1 8 0.8 4 12 1.2 .522 .505 1.2 -0.1 12 $ O7/9
14 Seasons 1383 5561 245 -6 1 7 -60 186 19.3 145 331 34.0 .514 .508 33.2 -5.5 324 $
CLE (10 yrs) 957 3875 160 -2 0 6 -41 122 12.7 97 219 22.6 .513 .508 21.7 -3.5 213 $
BSN (2 yrs) 151 546 42 -3 1 4 -6 38 3.8 19 57 5.7 .526 .512 5.4 -0.2 53 $
SLB (2 yrs) 227 937 31 0 0 -1 -10 20 2.1 24 44 4.5 .510 .507 4.7 -1.3 45 $
WSH (1 yr) 48 203 11 -1 0 -2 -2 6 0.6 5 11 1.2 .513 .504 1.4 -0.5 13 $

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
1936 21 CLE AL 44 27 10 9.8 124 .361 .341 .302 .386 .378 .634 .444 1.021 .823 145 .741 2.4 0.2 1.111 .390 .293 1.0
1937 22 CLE AL 61 48 5 2.8 115 .269 .230 .287 .230 .362 .377 .428 .607 .790 51 .234 -5.4 -0.5 .458 .131 .148
1938 23 CLE AL 538 334 116 9.1 116 .354 .343 .288 .383 .366 .602 .429 .985 .795 145 .732 30.0 2.7 1.018 .329 .259 5.3
1939 24 CLE AL 472 316 75 6.3 111 .317 .292 .283 .354 .357 .494 .418 .848 .775 117 .598 9.9 0.9 .816 .306 .202 10.2
1940 25 CLE AL 396 283 42 3.9 109 .229 .219 .277 .298 .350 .399 .420 .697 .769 80 .396 -11.6 -1.1 .650 .298 .180 7.4
1941 26 CLE AL 643 407 132 8.7 102 .356 .340 .270 .396 .345 .586 .397 .982 .742 162 .752 48.2 4.6 1.000 .342 .246 20.6
1942 27 CLE AL 634 432 86 5.3 89 .301 .278 .258 .350 .332 .442 .362 .792 .693 128 .616 19.7 2.0 .732 .273 .164 9.5
1943 28 CLE AL 488 320 73 6.2 81 .282 .274 .248 .369 .321 .481 .342 .850 .663 155 .712 29.2 3.2 .828 .349 .208 7.8
1944 29 CLE AL 170 105 29 7.5 88 .336 .331 .263 .402 .329 .490 .359 .892 .689 158 .755 11.4 1.2 .875 .272 .159 .0
1945 30 CLE AL 429 266 75 7.6 84 .310 .305 .256 .398 .327 .508 .348 .906 .674 168 .773 32.0 3.4 .936 .359 .203 5.0
1946 31 TOT AL 558 359 82 6.1 97 .300 .278 .265 .374 .339 .473 .381 .847 .720 134 .668 23.6 2.4 .829 .334 .195 .0
1946 31 WSH AL 203 125 30 6.4 91 .341 .283 .257 .411 .330 .464 .369 .875 .699 150 .688 13.1 1.3 .879 .373 .181 .0
1946 31 SLB AL 355 234 52 5.9 100 .281 .275 .270 .353 .345 .478 .388 .831 .732 126 .657 10.5 1.1 .803 .313 .203 .0
1947 32 SLB AL 582 385 87 6.0 98 .255 .251 .265 .366 .345 .485 .381 .850 .726 133 .663 21.9 2.2 .856 .415 .234 3.7
1948 33 BSN NL 420 255 85 8.8 101 .322 .319 .268 .404 .342 .582 .396 .986 .738 165 .779 33.4 3.3 1.056 .409 .264 3.6
1949 34 BSN NL 126 79 26 8.8 100 .329 .306 .264 .389 .337 .613 .395 1.002 .733 170 .768 10.8 1.0 1.051 .441 .306 .0
14 Yrs 5561 3616 923 6.8 99 .308 .293 .268 .370 .342 .509 .388 .879 .730 139 .685 255.6 25.6 .869 .338 .216 86.9
162 Game Avg. 651 424 108 6.8 99 .308 .293 .268 .370 .342 .509 .388 .879 .730 139 .685 30 3 .869 .338 .216 10
CLE (10 yrs) 3875 2538 643 6.8 99 .313 .298 .269 .366 .343 .506 .388 .872 .731 137 .675 165.8 16.6 .852 .316 .208 72.9
BSN (2 yrs) 546 334 111 8.8 101 .324 .316 .267 .400 .341 .589 .396 .990 .737 166 .776 44.2 4.3 1.054 .417 .274 3.7
SLB (2 yrs) 937 619 139 6.0 99 .266 .260 .267 .361 .345 .482 .384 .843 .729 130 .660 32.4 3.3 .836 .375 .222 3.8
WSH (1 yr) 203 125 30 6.4 91 .341 .283 .257 .411 .330 .464 .369 .875 .699 150 .688 13.1 1.3 .879 .373 .181 .0
AL (12 yrs) 5015 3282 812 6.6 99 .306 .291 .268 .367 .343 .500 .387 .867 .729 136 .673 211.4 21.2 .850 .329 .210 81.4
NL (2 yrs) 546 334 111 8.8 101 .324 .316 .267 .400 .341 .589 .396 .990 .737 166 .776 44.2 4.3 1.054 .417 .274 3.7

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
1941 CLE AL 26 as RF 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 1 0 0 0 0
1943 CLE AL 28 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 GP) 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 1 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
1936 21 CLE AL 44 2.3% 9.1% 6.8% 15.9% 50% 1.33 10.3 41.0 5.1 82%
1937 22 CLE AL 61 0.0% 14.8% 0.0% 8.2% 36% 6.8 7.6 85%
1938 23 CLE AL 538 3.9% 10.2% 6.1% 13.0% 41% 1.67 9.1 23.9 4.5 79%
1939 24 CLE AL 472 3.0% 13.6% 8.7% 11.0% 41% 1.56 6.7 30.8 6.2 75%
1940 25 CLE AL 396 3.5% 15.7% 10.1% 8.3% 42% 1.55 5.7 25.4 7.1 71%
1941 26 CLE AL 643 3.7% 10.7% 7.8% 11.8% 38% 1.38 8.5 24.4 4.8 77%
1942 27 CLE AL 634 1.6% 10.4% 9.8% 9.5% 38% 1.06 8.6 56.8 7.5 78%
1943 28 CLE AL 488 3.7% 11.9% 12.9% 9.4% 40% 0.92 7.3 23.6 5.4 71%
1944 29 CLE AL 170 2.9% 7.1% 10.6% 7.1% 24% 0.67 12.6 30.2 4.6 79%
1945 30 CLE AL 429 3.5% 9.1% 13.1% 8.9% 34% 0.70 9.5 24.7 6.1 74%
1946 31 TOT AL 558 2.9% 13.1% 13.1% 9.9% 41% 1.00 6.6 30.1 5.7 70%
1946 31 WSH AL 203 2.0% 17.7% 17.7% 9.4% 40% 1.00 4.6 41.5 6.1 62%
1946 31 SLB AL 355 3.4% 10.4% 10.4% 10.1% 41% 1.00 8.5 26.3 5.5 75%
1947 32 SLB AL 582 4.6% 15.0% 15.1% 9.3% 44% 0.99 5.6 18.2 5.8 65%
1948 33 BSN NL 420 4.8% 11.0% 12.1% 12.1% 44% 0.90 7.9 18.2 4.8 0.75 71%
1949 34 BSN NL 126 7.1% 20.6% 11.9% 12.7% 47% 1.73 4.3 12.3 4.8 0.56 60%
14 Yrs 5561 3.5% 12.1% 10.7% 10.3% 40% 1.13 7.4 25.4 5.6 0.70 73%
MLB Averages 1.4% 9.1% 9.1% 6.3% 27% 1.00 9.8 63.8 8.3 0.97 78%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1936 21 CLE AL 2.4 0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1937 22 CLE AL -5.4 -0.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1938 23 CLE AL 30.0 2.7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1939 24 CLE AL 9.9 0.9 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1940 25 CLE AL -11.6 -1.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1941 26 CLE AL 48.2 4.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1942 27 CLE AL 19.7 2.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1943 28 CLE AL 29.2 3.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1944 29 CLE AL 11.4 1.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 30 CLE AL 32.0 3.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 31 TOT AL 23.3 2.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 31 WSH AL 13.1 1.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 31 SLB AL 10.2 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 32 SLB AL 21.9 2.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 33 BSN NL 33.4 3.3 295 1.4 6.6 -5.2 1.14 2.0 -0.8 22.4 2.2 1.04 28.7 1.49 11
1949 34 BSN NL 10.8 1.0 121 1.7 3.6 -1.9 .97 1.2 0.5 6.4 0.6 1.01 11.1 1.85 8
14 Yrs 255.2 25.5 416 3.1 10.2 -7.1 1.09 3.3 -0.4 28.8 2.9 1.03 39.8 1.65 19

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 33 BSN NL 2 0 30% 149 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 29% 23 19 4 0 0 0 15 5 7
1949 34 BSN NL 0 0 20% 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 30% 6 5 1 1 1 0 3 1 2
14 Yrs 2 0 31% 186 56 47 55% 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 29% 29 24 5 1 1 0 18 6 9

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 33 BSN NL 420 87% 116 11 4 1 3 1.49 20 0 8 13 0 6 14 1 3 3 100% 74 4 5% 35 12 34% 223 35 16% 21 13 62% 12 7 58% 0
1949 34 BSN NL 126 74% 34 8 3 1 1 1.85 9 0 6 8 0 4 5 0 0 0 26 2 8% 11 2 18% 89 13 15% 5 2 40% 3 1 33% 0
14 Yrs 546 83% 1447 19 7 2 4 1.65 194 0 14 21 0 10 19 1 3 20 667% 100 59 59% 46 14 30% 312 48 15% 26 15 58% 15 8 53% 0
MLB Averages 52% 923% 89% 34% 15% 51% 56%

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
1936 21 12 44 41 6 14 3 3 1 8 1 0 3 4 .341 .386 .634 1.021 145 26 0 0
1937 22 32 105 102 14 28 4 7 1 16 1 1 3 13 .275 .295 .480 .776 91 49 0 0
1938 23 158 643 604 118 200 35 25 22 128 4 2 36 68 .331 .369 .581 .950 136 351 0 3
1939 24 279 1115 1035 182 326 66 32 36 197 12 6 77 132 .315 .362 .545 .907 128 564 7 0 3
1940 25 379 1511 1391 237 404 82 35 50 247 17 9 117 194 .290 .345 .508 .853 116 706 9 0 3
1941 26 530 2154 1976 326 603 114 55 74 370 35 21 167 263 .305 .361 .531 .891 129 1049 14 4 7
1942 27 677 2788 2544 408 761 151 68 84 446 44 30 229 329 .299 .358 .511 .869 129 1300 24 5 10
1943 28 795 3276 2968 466 877 173 74 102 525 49 38 292 387 .295 .360 .507 .867 132 1504 28 6 10
1944 29 855 3446 3119 486 927 178 76 107 558 49 39 310 399 .297 .362 .506 .868 134 1578 30 6 11
1945 30 957 3875 3489 546 1040 194 83 122 619 52 40 366 438 .298 .366 .506 .872 137 1766 36 7 13
1946 31 1091 4433 3971 615 1174 226 90 138 703 52 46 439 511 .296 .367 .502 .869 137 1994 39 8 15
1947 32 1232 5015 4462 696 1297 246 97 165 788 54 47 527 598 .291 .367 .500 .867 136 2232 53 9 17
1948 33 1347 5435 4826 760 1413 272 102 185 864 56 47 578 644 .293 .370 .506 .876 139 2444 57 10 20
1949 34 1383 5561 4937 777 1447 279 102 194 887 56 47 593 670 .293 .370 .509 .879 139 2512 59 10 20

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
1936 21 13 44 41 5 13 3 3 1 7 1 3 4 .317 .364 .610 .973 8 12
1937 22 21 63 63 8 14 1 4 0 8 0 0 9 .222 .222 .365 .587 5 20
1938 23 133 546 512 92 163 29 17 20 99 3 31 58 .318 .357 .559 .916 103 126
1939 24 127 483 443 59 122 30 7 14 64 8 40 67 .275 .335 .470 .805 69 121
1940 25 105 407 368 52 77 16 3 14 47 5 39 65 .209 .285 .383 .668 40 100
1941 26 157 664 605 91 204 33 21 25 125 18 51 72 .337 .392 .585 .978 137 151
1942 27 156 686 612 96 178 42 15 11 89 10 70 70 .291 .365 .462 .827 103 147
1943 28 124 538 462 75 138 26 7 21 102 6 75 61 .299 .398 .522 .919 97 118
1944 29 63 185 163 24 57 6 2 6 39 0 21 13 .350 .424 .521 .945 36 60
1945 30 108 475 406 76 134 19 8 18 77 4 66 41 .330 .425 .549 .974 94 102
1946 31 140 593 510 77 146 35 8 17 94 0 80 76 .286 .384 .486 .870 95 134
1947 32 146 611 514 88 132 21 8 29 93 2 94 90 .257 .373 .498 .871 95 141
1948 33 120 439 381 67 122 27 5 21 80 2 54 48 .320 .406 .583 .989 90 115
1949 34 37 132 116 18 36 7 0 10 24 0 16 27 .310 .394 .629 1.023 28 36
14 Yrs 1450 5866 5196 828 1536 295 108 207 948 59 640 701 .296 .374 .513 .887 1000 1383
162 Game Avg. 162 655 581 93 172 33 12 23 106 7 72 78 .296 .374 .513 .887 112 1383

* 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
1941 (RF)
1943 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1938 AL (11, 7%)
1939 AL (22, 2%)
1941 AL (8, 11%)
1945 AL (20, 3%)
1947 AL (31, 0%)
0.23 Career Shares (693rd)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1941 AL  4.7 (8th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1941 AL  4.7 (5th)
1943 AL  3.7 (9th)
1945 AL  3.6 (8th)
1948 NL  4.5 (9th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1941 AL  5.6 (4th)
1943 AL  3.4 (10th)
1945 AL  3.8 (5th)
1948 NL  4.2 (10th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1938 AL  .343 (2nd)
1941 AL  .340 (4th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1943 AL  .369 (7th)
1946 AL  .374 (7th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1938 AL  .602 (3rd)
1941 AL  .586 (3rd)
1942 AL  .442 (9th)
1943 AL  .481 (4th)
1946 AL  .473 (8th)
1947 AL  .485 (5th)
Career  .509 (77th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1938 AL  .985 (4th)
1941 AL  .982 (4th)
1943 AL  .850 (3rd)
1946 AL  .847 (8th)
1947 AL  .850 (4th)
Career  .879 (99th)

Games Played s c a p y
1941 AL  151 (9th)

At Bats s c a p y
1941 AL  585 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1941 AL  199 (2nd)

Total Bases s c a p y
1938 AL  302 (5th)
1941 AL  343 (2nd)
1942 AL  251 (9th)
1947 AL  238 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
1942 AL  37 (3rd)
1946 AL  32 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1938 AL  18 (1st)
1941 AL  20 (1st)
1942 AL  13 (2nd)
1945 AL  7 (8th)
Career  102 (148th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1941 AL  24 (7th)
1943 AL  18 (4th)
1945 AL  15 (5th)
1946 AL  16 (10th)
1947 AL  27 (3rd)
1948 NL  20 (9th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1941 AL  123 (2nd)
1946 AL  84 (9th)
1947 AL  85 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1946 AL  73 (8th)
1947 AL  88 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1939 AL  64 (5th)
1941 AL  69 (7th)
1942 AL  66 (5th)
1946 AL  73 (5th)
1947 AL  87 (2nd)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1941 AL  18 (3rd)

Singles s c a p y
1941 AL  123 (7th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1938 AL  145 (3rd)
1941 AL  162 (3rd)
1943 AL  155 (2nd)
1946 AL  134 (8th)
1947 AL  133 (5th)
Career  139 (79th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1938 AL  116 (10th)
1941 AL  132 (3rd)
1947 AL  87 (9th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1941 AL  48 (3rd)
1943 AL  29 (5th)
1945 AL  32 (3rd)
1946 AL  23 (10th)
1947 AL  22 (9th)
1948 NL  33 (6th)
Career  256 (172nd)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1941 AL  4.6 (3rd)
1943 AL  3.2 (5th)
1945 AL  3.4 (3rd)
1946 AL  2.4 (10th)
1947 AL  2.2 (9th)
1948 NL  3.3 (6th)
Career  25.6 (166th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1938 AL  70 (5th)
1941 AL  76 (2nd)
1942 AL  60 (3rd)
1943 AL  46 (9th)
1946 AL  55 (8th)
1947 AL  54 (5th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1941 AL  253 (9th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1938 AL  .732 (3rd)
1941 AL  .752 (4th)
1943 AL  .712 (5th)
1946 AL  .668 (9th)
1947 AL  .663 (5th)
Career  .685 (103rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1941 AL  4 (7th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1941 AL  12 (1st)
1942 AL  9 (10th)
1943 AL  8 (9th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1941 AL  20.6 (1st)
1942 AL  9.5 (6th)
1943 AL  7.8 (8th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1941 AL  24.4 (7th)
1943 AL  23.6 (4th)
1946 AL  30.1 (8th)
1947 AL  18.2 (2nd)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1948 NL  22.39 (7th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1948 NL  2.0 (7th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1948 NL  2.2 (7th)

Youngest s c a p y
1936 AL  born 1915-04-01 (7th)


† 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 - 81 (296), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 29 (625), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 27 (418), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Ken Williams (926)
  2. Wally Berger (917)
  3. Mike Sweeney (916)
  4. Tommy Henrich (914)
  5. Pedro Guerrero (911)
  6. Jackie Jensen (909)
  7. Brian Jordan (904)
  8. Chick Hafey (902) *
  9. Sid Gordon (901)
  10. Rondell White (901)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Kal Daniels (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Bob Meusel (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Kal Daniels (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bob Meusel (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Enos Slaughter (946) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Larry Walker (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bill Nicholson (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Tony Oliva (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Wally Moon (928)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Mike Sweeney (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Mike Sweeney (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Mike Sweeney (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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