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Jim Hegan

James Edward Hegan

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 3, 1920 in Lynn, MA
High School: Lynn English HS (Lynn, MA)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1941
Teams (by GP): Indians/Phillies/Tigers/Cubs/Giants 1941-1960

Final Game: July 4, 1960
Died: June 17, 1984 in Lynn, MA
Buried: Swampscott Cemetery, Swampscott, MA
Relatives: Father of Mike Hegan
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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
1941 20 CLE AL 16 53 47 4 15 2 0 1 5 0 0 4 7 .319 .373 .426 .798 115 20 1 0 2 2
1942 21 CLE AL 68 184 170 10 33 5 0 0 11 1 3 11 31 .194 .243 .224 .467 35 38 3 0 3 2
1943 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1944 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946 25 CLE AL 88 292 271 29 64 11 5 0 17 1 4 17 44 .236 .284 .314 .597 72 85 8 1 3 2
1947 26 CLE AL 135 426 378 38 94 14 5 4 42 3 1 41 49 .249 .324 .344 .668 88 130 8 1 6 *2 AS
1948 27 CLE AL 144 524 472 60 117 21 6 14 61 6 3 48 74 .248 .317 .407 .724 94 192 10 0 4 *2 MVP-19
1949 28 CLE AL 152 529 468 54 105 19 5 8 55 1 0 49 89 .224 .298 .338 .635 69 158 12 0 12 *2 AS
1950 29 CLE AL 131 469 415 53 91 16 5 14 58 1 0 42 52 .219 .291 .383 .674 74 159 11 0 12 *2 AS
1951 30 CLE AL 133 457 416 60 99 17 5 6 43 0 3 38 72 .238 .302 .346 .648 79 144 6 0 3 *2 AS
1952 31 CLE AL 112 364 333 39 75 17 2 4 41 0 2 29 47 .225 .287 .324 .612 75 108 4 0 2 *2 AS
1953 32 CLE AL 112 329 299 37 65 10 1 9 37 1 2 25 41 .217 .280 .348 .628 71 104 8 1 4 *2
1954 33 CLE AL 139 470 423 56 99 12 7 11 40 0 1 34 48 .234 .289 .374 .662 79 158 15 0 7 4 *2 MVP-22
1955 34 CLE AL 116 351 304 30 67 5 2 9 40 0 1 34 33 .220 .293 .339 .632 67 103 7 0 7 7 5 *2
1956 35 CLE AL 122 369 315 42 70 15 2 6 34 1 1 49 54 .222 .327 .340 .667 75 107 8 0 4 0 6 *2
1957 36 CLE AL 58 167 148 14 32 7 0 4 15 0 1 16 23 .216 .291 .345 .636 73 51 4 0 2 1 1 2
1958 37 TOT MLB 70 203 189 19 38 12 0 1 13 0 0 14 48 .201 .256 .280 .537 44 53 5 0 0 0 1 2
1958 37 DET AL 45 140 130 14 25 6 0 1 7 0 0 10 32 .192 .250 .262 .512 38 34 5 0 0 0 1 2
1958 37 PHI NL 25 63 59 5 13 6 0 0 6 0 0 4 16 .220 .270 .322 .592 57 19 0 0 0 0 0 2
1959 38 TOT NL 46 88 81 1 14 2 0 0 8 0 2 4 20 .173 .207 .198 .404 9 16 1 0 1 2 1 2
1959 38 PHI NL 25 57 51 1 10 1 0 0 8 0 1 3 10 .196 .232 .216 .448 20 11 0 0 1 2 1 2
1959 38 SFG NL 21 31 30 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 .133 .161 .167 .328 -11 5 1 0 0 0 0 2
1960 39 CHC NL 24 45 43 4 9 2 1 1 5 0 0 1 10 .209 .244 .372 .617 68 16 2 1 0 0 0 2
17 Yrs 1666 5320 4772 550 1087 187 46 92 525 15 24 456 742 .228 .295 .344 .639 74 1642 113 4 72 14 14
162 Game Avg. 162 517 464 53 106 18 4 9 51 1 2 44 72 .228 .295 .344 .639 74 160 11 0 7
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
CLE (14 yrs) 1526 4984 4459 526 1026 171 45 90 499 15 22 437 664 .230 .299 .349 .648 76 1557 105 3 71 12 12
PHI (2 yrs) 50 120 110 6 23 7 0 0 14 0 1 7 26 .209 .252 .273 .525 40 30 0 0 1 2 1
SFG (1 yr) 21 31 30 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 .133 .161 .167 .328 -11 5 1 0 0 0 0
CHC (1 yr) 24 45 43 4 9 2 1 1 5 0 0 1 10 .209 .244 .372 .617 68 16 2 1 0 0 0
DET (1 yr) 45 140 130 14 25 6 0 1 7 0 0 10 32 .192 .250 .262 .512 38 34 5 0 0 0 1
AL (15 yrs) 1571 5124 4589 540 1051 177 45 91 506 15 22 447 696 .229 .297 .347 .644 75 1591 110 3 71 12 13
NL (3 yrs) 95 196 183 10 36 10 1 1 19 0 2 9 46 .197 .236 .279 .515 38 51 3 1 1 2 1

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
1941 20 CLE AL 16 53 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 3 0.3 .509 .501 0.3 0.0 3 $ 2
1942 21 CLE AL 68 184 -14 -1 0 1 2 -12 -1.4 4 -8 -0.9 .480 .492 -1.1 0.3 -9 $ 2
1946 25 CLE AL 88 292 -10 -1 0 2 2 -7 -0.8 8 1 0.0 .492 .495 -0.2 0.5 -1 $ 2
1947 26 CLE AL 135 426 -6 1 0 1 4 -1 -0.1 11 10 1.0 .499 .499 0.9 0.4 9 $ *2 AS
1948 27 CLE AL 144 524 -7 -0 0 2 4 -0 -0.0 13 13 1.3 .500 .500 1.1 0.6 11 $ *2 MVP-19
1949 28 CLE AL 152 529 -23 1 -2 2 4 -18 -1.8 13 -4 -0.4 .488 .489 -0.6 0.6 -6 $ *2 AS
1950 29 CLE AL 131 469 -19 0 1 3 4 -11 -1.0 12 2 0.3 .492 .494 -0.1 0.7 -1 $ *2 AS
1951 30 CLE AL 133 457 -13 3 0 1 4 -5 -0.6 12 7 0.7 .496 .497 0.5 0.5 6 $ *2 AS
1952 31 CLE AL 112 364 -11 1 0 1 3 -5 -0.6 10 5 0.4 .495 .496 0.3 0.5 4 $ *2 AS
1953 32 CLE AL 112 329 -10 -0 -1 0 3 -8 -0.9 9 0 0.0 .492 .495 0.0 0.3 0 $ *2
1954 33 CLE AL 139 470 -13 1 -1 3 5 -6 -0.6 13 7 0.6 .496 .496 0.3 0.8 4 $ *2 MVP-22
1955 34 CLE AL 116 351 -14 -1 0 -2 4 -13 -1.3 10 -3 -0.3 .488 .492 -0.2 0.3 -1 $ *2
1956 35 CLE AL 122 369 -7 -0 -1 -5 4 -9 -0.9 10 1 0.1 .492 .494 0.5 0.0 6 $ *2
1957 36 CLE AL 58 167 -5 0 0 -1 2 -4 -0.5 4 1 0.0 .493 .497 0.1 0.1 2 $ 2
1958 37 DET AL 45 140 -9 -1 -0 0 2 -9 -1.0 4 -5 -0.6 .477 .494 -0.6 0.2 -5 $ 2
1958 37 PHI NL 25 63 -3 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.2 2 1 0.0 .494 .499 0.1 0.1 1 $ 2
1959 38 PHI NL 25 57 -7 -0 0 2 1 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.2 .483 .497 -0.4 0.3 -4 $ 2
1959 38 SFG NL 21 31 -4 -0 -0 0 1 -4 -0.4 1 -3 -0.3 .480 .497 -0.3 0.1 -3 $ 2
1960 39 CHC NL 24 45 -2 -0 -0 0 1 -2 -0.2 2 -1 -0.1 .490 .499 -0.1 0.1 -1 $ 2
17 Seasons 1666 5320 -177 1 -3 10 52 -118 -12.5 140 23 1.9 .493 .496 0.5 6.6 13 $
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
CLE (14 yrs) 1526 4984 -151 3 -3 8 46 -97 -10.2 130 33 3.1 .493 .496 1.8 5.8 25 $
PHI (2 yrs) 50 120 -10 0 1 2 2 -5 -0.6 4 -1 -0.2 .489 .498 -0.3 0.4 -3 $
SFG (1 yr) 21 31 -4 -0 -0 0 1 -4 -0.4 1 -3 -0.3 .480 .497 -0.3 0.1 -3 $
CHC (1 yr) 24 45 -2 -0 -0 0 1 -2 -0.2 2 -1 -0.1 .490 .499 -0.1 0.1 -1 $
DET (1 yr) 45 140 -9 -1 -0 0 2 -9 -1.0 4 -5 -0.6 .477 .494 -0.6 0.2 -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
1941 20 CLE AL 53 35 7 5.4 102 .359 .319 .270 .373 .345 .426 .397 .798 .742 115 .556 1.0 0.1 .727 .191 .106 .0
1942 21 CLE AL 184 146 9 1.6 89 .237 .194 .258 .243 .332 .224 .362 .467 .694 35 .158 -14.5 -1.5 .329 .082 .029 .0
1946 25 CLE AL 292 222 23 2.8 90 .282 .236 .255 .284 .328 .314 .367 .597 .696 72 .322 -10.6 -1.1 .457 .129 .077 .0
1947 26 CLE AL 426 299 42 3.8 94 .277 .249 .259 .324 .338 .344 .373 .668 .711 88 .452 -6.3 -0.7 .594 .209 .095 3.4
1948 27 CLE AL 524 372 61 4.4 103 .268 .248 .269 .317 .354 .407 .389 .724 .743 94 .476 -6.6 -0.6 .660 .267 .159 8.4
1949 28 CLE AL 529 387 47 3.2 105 .261 .224 .268 .298 .360 .338 .390 .635 .750 69 .346 -22.9 -2.3 .555 .220 .113 1.8
1950 29 CLE AL 469 347 46 3.5 110 .221 .219 .274 .291 .360 .383 .410 .674 .770 74 .348 -18.5 -1.8 .603 .267 .164 1.9
1951 30 CLE AL 457 329 43 3.5 97 .275 .238 .260 .302 .340 .346 .382 .648 .722 79 .387 -12.8 -1.3 .549 .192 .108 .0
1952 31 CLE AL 364 266 30 3.0 90 .252 .225 .252 .287 .330 .324 .368 .612 .698 75 .363 -11.2 -1.2 .511 .180 .099 .0
1953 32 CLE AL 329 248 28 3.0 100 .225 .217 .266 .280 .342 .348 .392 .628 .733 71 .330 -13.4 -1.4 .529 .211 .130 1.8
1954 33 CLE AL 470 351 46 3.5 100 .239 .234 .268 .289 .344 .374 .391 .662 .735 79 .414 -14.7 -1.5 .562 .217 .139 .0
1955 34 CLE AL 351 259 31 3.2 106 .216 .220 .271 .293 .351 .339 .404 .632 .755 67 .342 -15.2 -1.5 .555 .227 .118 .0
1956 35 CLE AL 369 258 36 3.7 108 .251 .222 .270 .327 .352 .340 .412 .667 .764 75 .387 -11.2 -1.1 .614 .273 .117 1.7
1957 36 CLE AL 167 124 15 3.3 99 .230 .216 .263 .291 .335 .345 .397 .636 .733 73 .369 -5.6 -0.6 .545 .230 .128 .0
1958 37 TOT MLB 203 156 13 2.2 104 .264 .201 .269 .256 .339 .280 .413 .537 .751 44 .223 -15.1 -1.5 .429 .153 .079 .0
1958 37 DET AL 140 110 8 1.9 104 .247 .192 .270 .250 .340 .262 .410 .512 .749 38 .190 -11.6 -1.2 .400 .146 .069 .0
1958 37 PHI NL 63 46 5 2.9 105 .302 .220 .269 .270 .336 .322 .419 .592 .756 57 .298 -3.5 -0.4 .500 .169 .102
1959 38 TOT NL 88 73 4 1.5 105 .222 .173 .270 .207 .336 .198 .417 .404 .753 9 .108 -10.5 -1.0 .257 .049 .025
1959 38 PHI NL 57 45 3 1.8 106 .233 .196 .271 .232 .338 .216 .420 .448 .758 20 .149 -5.8 -0.6 .310 .059 .020
1959 38 SFG NL 31 28 1 1.0 102 .200 .133 .267 .161 .332 .167 .413 .328 .745 -11 .052 -4.8 -0.5 .179 .033 .033
1960 39 CHC NL 45 36 3 2.2 98 .250 .209 .261 .244 .326 .372 .400 .617 .727 68 .229 -2.2 -0.2 .500 .186 .163 .0
17 Yrs 5320 3908 484 3.3 100 .252 .228 .265 .295 .345 .344 .390 .639 .735 74 .365 -190.3 -19.2 .548 .210 .116 25.8
162 Game Avg. 517 380 47 3.3 100 .252 .228 .265 .295 .345 .344 .390 .639 .735 74 .365 -190.3 -19.2 .548 .210 .116 3
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
CLE (14 yrs) 4984 3643 464 3.4 100 .252 .230 .265 .299 .346 .349 .388 .648 .734 76 .377 -162.5 -16.4 .559 .216 .119 25.7
PHI (2 yrs) 120 91 8 2.4 106 .267 .209 .270 .252 .337 .273 .420 .525 .757 40 .224 -9.3 -0.9 .409 .118 .064
SFG (1 yr) 31 28 1 1.0 102 .200 .133 .267 .161 .332 .167 .413 .328 .745 -11 .053 -4.8 -0.5 .179 .033 .033
CHC (1 yr) 45 36 3 2.2 98 .250 .209 .261 .244 .326 .372 .400 .617 .727 68 .228 -2.2 -0.2 .500 .186 .163 .0
DET (1 yr) 140 110 8 1.9 104 .247 .192 .270 .250 .340 .262 .410 .512 .749 38 .190 -11.6 -1.2 .400 .146 .069 .0
AL (15 yrs) 5124 3753 472 3.4 100 .252 .229 .265 .297 .345 .347 .389 .644 .734 75 .373 -174.1 -17.6 .554 .214 .118 25.8
NL (3 yrs) 196 155 12 2.1 103 .254 .197 .267 .236 .334 .279 .414 .515 .748 38 .191 -16.2 -1.6 .388 .120 .082 .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
1948 27 CLE AL WS BSN W 6 21 19 2 4 0 0 1 5 1 0 1 4 .211 .250 .368 .618 7 0 0 1 0 1
1954 33 CLE AL WS NYG L 4 14 13 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .154 .214 .231 .445 3 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 10 35 32 3 6 1 0 1 5 1 0 2 5 .188 .235 .313 .548 10 0 0 1 0 1
2 WS 10 35 32 3 6 1 0 1 5 1 0 2 5 .188 .235 .313 .548 10 0 0 1 0 1

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
1947 CLE AL 26 DNP
1949 CLE AL 28 DNP
1950 CLE AL 29 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 CLE AL 30 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
1952 CLE AL 31 DNP
5 Yrs (2 GP) 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .500 .750 2 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
1941 20 CLE AL 53 1.9% 13.2% 7.6% 5.7% 20% 1.75 6.7 47.0 9.4 74%
1942 21 CLE AL 184 0.0% 16.9% 6.0% 2.7% 15% 2.82 5.5 15.5 76%
1946 25 CLE AL 292 0.0% 15.1% 5.8% 5.5% 25% 2.59 6.2 15.9 78%
1947 26 CLE AL 426 0.9% 11.5% 9.6% 5.4% 25% 1.20 7.7 94.5 9.0 76%
1948 27 CLE AL 524 2.7% 14.1% 9.2% 7.8% 35% 1.54 6.4 33.7 7.7 0.79 73%
1949 28 CLE AL 529 1.5% 16.8% 9.3% 6.1% 31% 1.82 5.3 58.5 8.5 1.00 70%
1950 29 CLE AL 469 3.0% 11.1% 9.0% 7.5% 39% 1.24 8.0 29.6 7.2 0.72 74%
1951 30 CLE AL 457 1.3% 15.8% 8.3% 6.1% 28% 1.89 5.8 69.3 9.7 0.85 74%
1952 31 CLE AL 364 1.1% 12.9% 8.0% 6.3% 31% 1.62 7.1 83.3 8.1 0.54 77%
1953 32 CLE AL 329 2.7% 12.5% 7.6% 6.1% 31% 1.64 7.3 33.2 8.1 0.86 76%
1954 33 CLE AL 470 2.3% 10.2% 7.2% 6.4% 30% 1.41 8.8 38.5 10.6 0.81 78%
1955 34 CLE AL 351 2.6% 9.4% 9.7% 4.6% 24% 0.97 9.2 33.8 7.6 0.59 77%
1956 35 CLE AL 369 1.6% 14.6% 13.3% 6.2% 33% 1.10 5.8 52.5 9.3 0.99 69%
1957 36 CLE AL 167 2.4% 13.8% 9.6% 6.6% 34% 1.44 6.4 37.0 9.9 0.82 73%
1958 37 TOT MLB 203 0.5% 23.7% 6.9% 6.4% 34% 3.43 3.9 189.0 14.5 0.81 69%
1958 37 DET AL 140 0.7% 22.9% 7.1% 5.0% 28% 3.20 4.1 130.0 18.6 0.85 69%
1958 37 PHI NL 63 0.0% 25.4% 6.4% 9.5% 46% 4.00 3.7 9.8 0.71 68%
1959 38 TOT NL 88 0.0% 22.7% 4.6% 2.3% 14% 5.00 4.1 10.1 0.89 72%
1959 38 PHI NL 57 0.0% 17.5% 5.3% 1.8% 10% 3.33 5.1 6.4 1.13 75%
1959 38 SFG NL 31 0.0% 32.3% 3.2% 3.2% 25% 10.00 3.0 0.55 65%
1960 39 CHC NL 45 2.2% 22.2% 2.2% 8.9% 44% 10.00 4.3 43.0 8.6 0.86 71%
17 Yrs 5320 1.7% 14.0% 8.6% 6.1% 30% 1.63 6.4 51.9 9.1 0.79 74%
MLB Averages 1.8% 10.5% 9.2% 6.3% 27% 1.14 8.4 49.1 8.4 0.98 77%
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
1941 20 CLE AL 1.0 0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1942 21 CLE AL -14.5 -1.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 25 CLE AL -10.6 -1.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 26 CLE AL -6.8 -0.7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 27 CLE AL -6.6 -0.6 535 -0.6 7.4 -8.0 .86 -1.3 0.6 -19.0 -1.9 0.99 -15.5 0.73 2
1949 28 CLE AL -22.9 -2.3 533 -0.7 8.7 -9.4 1.04 -1.7 1.0 -14.6 -1.5 0.97 -20.1 0
1950 29 CLE AL -19.2 -1.8 474 -2.0 6.3 -8.3 .95 -1.0 -1.1 -15.3 -1.5 0.97 -16.0 0
1951 30 CLE AL -13.4 -1.3 462 -0.3 7.0 -7.3 .89 -1.1 0.8 -10.4 -1.1 0.93 -13.4 2.30 2
1952 31 CLE AL -11.6 -1.2 368 -0.4 5.5 -5.9 .91 -0.5 0.1 4.2 0.5 0.95 -2.3 1.04 3
1953 32 CLE AL -13.8 -1.4 338 -1.4 4.8 -6.1 .95 -0.7 -0.7 -15.8 -1.6 1.03 -9.8 0
1954 33 CLE AL -14.7 -1.5 471 -1.6 6.0 -7.6 .84 -0.5 -1.4 -18.1 -1.9 0.92 -10.6 1.07 2
1955 34 CLE AL -15.2 -1.5 355 -1.0 4.5 -5.5 .91 -1.0 -0.1 -14.1 -1.4 0.97 -12.3 2.60 2
1956 35 CLE AL -11.6 -1.1 374 -0.5 5.6 -6.1 .92 -0.5 -0.1 -1.3 -0.1 0.95 -1.4 0.31 3
1957 36 CLE AL -5.6 -0.6 171 -0.7 2.6 -3.4 1.06 -0.4 -0.3 -5.4 -0.6 0.98 -5.3 0
1958 37 TOT MLB -15.1 -1.5 204 -2.0 2.1 -4.1 .92 -1.2 -1.0 -16.0 -1.6 0.92 -13.4 0
1958 37 DET AL -11.6 -1.2 141 -1.7 1.1 -2.9 .87 -1.0 -1.0 -13.9 -1.4 0.91 -10.9 0
1958 37 PHI NL -3.5 -0.4 63 -0.2 1.0 -1.2 1.01 -0.2 -0.0 -2.1 -0.2 0.94 -2.5 0
1959 38 TOT NL -10.6 -1.0 90 -0.7 0.7 -1.4 .85 -1.1 0.2 -6.6 -0.7 0.88 -11.1 0
1959 38 PHI NL -5.8 -0.6 58 -0.4 0.5 -0.9 .91 -0.6 0.1 -2.2 -0.2 0.93 -5.9 0
1959 38 SFG NL -4.8 -0.5 32 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 .73 -0.5 0.1 -4.4 -0.4 0.79 -5.3 0
1960 39 CHC NL -2.2 -0.2 45 -0.4 0.7 -1.1 1.15 -0.2 -0.2 -2.0 -0.2 0.91 -2.3 1.98 2
17 Yrs -193.5 -19.5 4420 -12.3 61.8 -74.1 .93 -11.3 -2.0 -134.4 -13.4 0.96 -133.6 1.34 16
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 27 CLE AL 5 0 31% 167 6 3 67% 6 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 2 47% 15 13 2 7 3 4 29 8 18
1949 28 CLE AL 6 0 32% 145 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 56% 20 8 12 2 1 1 19 7 10
1950 29 CLE AL 8 0 33% 162 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 5 49% 16 11 4 4 2 2 19 6 13
1951 30 CLE AL 14 0 41% 179 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 63% 21 11 10 7 3 4 12 1 11
1952 31 CLE AL 8 0 35% 128 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 56% 20 13 7 3 0 3 11 2 9
1953 32 CLE AL 7 0 34% 105 1 2 33% 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 4 52% 18 11 7 1 1 0 8 1 7
1954 33 CLE AL 6 0 37% 176 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 48% 21 15 5 2 1 1 21 3 15
1955 34 CLE AL 8 0 23% 138 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 27% 20 16 3 2 2 0 4 0 4
1956 35 CLE AL 11 0 32% 151 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 8 44% 14 8 4 3 2 1 17 7 10
1957 36 CLE AL 2 0 23% 64 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 64% 5 4 1 0 0 0 6 0 6
1958 37 TOT MLB 5 0 35% 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 52% 7 6 1 1 0 1 13 4 9
1958 37 DET AL 4 0 38% 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 44% 6 5 1 0 0 0 10 4 6
1958 37 PHI NL 1 0 29% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 80% 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 3
1959 38 TOT NL 1 0 6% 22 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
1959 38 PHI NL 0 0 8% 16 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
1959 38 SFG NL 1 0 0% 6 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 39 CHC NL 0 0 30% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
17 Yrs 81 0 32% 1532 15 24 38% 10 16 0 1 0 0 5 0 54 48 50% 179 118 56 33 15 18 161 41 112
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
1948 27 CLE AL 524 31% 117 2 0 0 0 0.73 14 1 22 9 5 9 5 0 5 4 80% 109 10 9% 49 18 37% 371 48 13% 37 18 49% 17 5 29% 0
1949 28 CLE AL 529 41% 105 0 0 0 0 8 0 15 3 5 6 2 0 12 12 100% 114 12 11% 54 22 41% 358 50 14% 34 17 50% 23 13 57% 0
1950 29 CLE AL 469 45% 91 0 0 0 0 14 1 19 10 4 8 6 0 13 12 92% 114 11 10% 60 30 50% 338 47 14% 37 17 46% 17 12 71% 0
1951 30 CLE AL 457 39% 99 2 0 0 0 2.30 6 0 8 4 2 3 3 0 4 3 75% 76 6 8% 36 12 33% 281 39 14% 22 12 55% 17 8 47% 0
1952 31 CLE AL 364 38% 75 3 0 0 0 1.04 4 0 11 4 0 4 0 0 3 2 67% 73 4 5% 29 7 24% 232 39 17% 24 13 54% 6 3 50% 0
1953 32 CLE AL 329 49% 65 0 0 0 0 9 0 13 4 5 7 2 0 4 4 100% 70 8 11% 28 5 18% 243 28 12% 21 9 43% 9 5 56% 0
1954 33 CLE AL 470 37% 99 2 0 0 0 1.07 11 0 8 7 4 7 4 0 9 7 78% 102 15 15% 44 9 20% 277 29 10% 22 9 41% 17 6 35% 0
1955 34 CLE AL 351 52% 67 2 0 0 0 2.60 9 1 12 2 7 3 6 0 9 7 78% 70 7 10% 31 17 55% 245 34 14% 24 13 54% 10 9 90% 0
1956 35 CLE AL 369 40% 70 3 0 0 0 0.31 6 1 9 4 2 4 2 0 4 4 100% 69 8 12% 29 8 28% 237 30 13% 11 7 64% 13 10 77% 0
1957 36 CLE AL 167 50% 32 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 4 4 0 0 3 2 67% 35 4 11% 21 4 19% 111 11 10% 12 2 17% 6 3 50% 0
1958 37 TOT MLB 203 31% 38 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0% 33 5 15% 14 2 14% 114 11 10% 10 2 20% 6 2 33% 0
1958 37 DET AL 140 26% 25 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0% 21 5 24% 9 0 0% 77 6 8% 7 1 14% 3 1 33% 0
1958 37 PHI NL 63 41% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0% 5 2 40% 37 5 14% 3 1 33% 3 1 33% 0
1959 38 TOT NL 88 56% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 15 1 7% 5 3 60% 45 8 18% 4 4 100% 3 1 33% 0
1959 38 PHI NL 57 54% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 12 0 0% 4 3 75% 33 8 24% 4 4 100% 1 0 0% 0
1959 38 SFG NL 31 58% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 1 33% 1 0 0% 12 0 0% 0 0 2 1 50% 0
1960 39 CHC NL 45 31% 9 2 0 0 0 1.98 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 2 25% 4 0 0% 23 4 17% 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 0
17 Yrs 4365 41% 1087 16 0 0 0 1.34 92 4 127 49 38 55 32 0 69 72 104% 888 113 13% 404 137 34% 2875 378 13% 260 124 48% 145 77 53% 0
MLB Averages 50% 146% 17% 32% 14% 50% 54%
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
1941 20 16 53 47 4 15 2 0 1 5 0 0 4 7 .319 .373 .426 .798 115 20 1 0 2
1942 21 84 237 217 14 48 7 0 1 16 1 3 15 38 .221 .272 .267 .539 53 58 4 0 5
1943 22 84 237 217 14 48 7 0 1 16 1 3 15 38 .221 .272 .267 .539 53 58 4 0 5
1944 23 84 237 217 14 48 7 0 1 16 1 3 15 38 .221 .272 .267 .539 53 58 4 0 5
1945 24 84 237 217 14 48 7 0 1 16 1 3 15 38 .221 .272 .267 .539 53 58 4 0 5
1946 25 172 529 488 43 112 18 5 1 33 2 7 32 82 .230 .278 .293 .571 64 143 12 1 8
1947 26 307 955 866 81 206 32 10 5 75 5 8 73 131 .238 .299 .315 .614 74 273 20 2 14
1948 27 451 1479 1338 141 323 53 16 19 136 11 11 121 205 .241 .305 .348 .653 82 465 30 2 18
1949 28 603 2008 1806 195 428 72 21 27 191 12 11 170 294 .237 .303 .345 .648 78 623 42 2 30
1950 29 734 2477 2221 248 519 88 26 41 249 13 11 212 346 .234 .301 .352 .653 78 782 53 2 42
1951 30 867 2934 2637 308 618 105 31 47 292 13 14 250 418 .234 .301 .351 .652 78 926 59 2 45
1952 31 979 3298 2970 347 693 122 33 51 333 13 16 279 465 .233 .300 .348 .648 78 1034 63 2 47
1953 32 1091 3627 3269 384 758 132 34 60 370 14 18 304 506 .232 .298 .348 .646 77 1138 71 3 51
1954 33 1230 4097 3692 440 857 144 41 71 410 14 19 338 554 .232 .297 .351 .648 77 1296 86 3 58 4
1955 34 1346 4448 3996 470 924 149 43 80 450 14 20 372 587 .231 .296 .350 .647 76 1399 93 3 65 11 5
1956 35 1468 4817 4311 512 994 164 45 86 484 15 21 421 641 .231 .299 .349 .648 76 1506 101 3 69 11 11
1957 36 1526 4984 4459 526 1026 171 45 90 499 15 22 437 664 .230 .299 .349 .648 76 1557 105 3 71 12 12
1958 37 1596 5187 4648 545 1064 183 45 91 512 15 22 451 712 .229 .297 .346 .643 75 1610 110 3 71 12 13
1959 38 1642 5275 4729 546 1078 185 45 91 520 15 24 455 732 .228 .295 .344 .639 74 1626 111 3 72 14 14
1960 39 1666 5320 4772 550 1087 187 46 92 525 15 24 456 742 .228 .295 .344 .639 74 1642 113 4 72 14 14

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
1941 20 17 54 48 4 15 2 0 1 5 0 4 7 .313 .365 .417 .782 7 16
1942 21 72 197 182 11 37 6 0 0 13 1 12 33 .203 .253 .236 .489 11 68
1946 25 92 312 289 35 73 13 6 0 21 1 19 46 .253 .301 .339 .640 29 88
1947 26 140 450 398 43 103 15 5 4 48 3 45 51 .259 .336 .352 .687 48 135
1948 27 151 544 491 61 120 22 6 14 62 6 49 77 .244 .313 .399 .712 62 144
1949 28 159 549 486 54 107 19 5 8 55 1 50 93 .220 .293 .329 .622 47 152
1950 29 137 484 429 50 90 16 5 14 55 1 42 54 .210 .280 .368 .649 44 131
1951 30 140 481 438 64 105 18 5 6 46 0 40 76 .240 .303 .345 .648 46 133
1952 31 117 388 354 46 84 19 2 4 48 0 32 49 .237 .301 .336 .637 37 112
1953 32 117 346 314 40 69 11 1 10 40 1 27 43 .220 .284 .357 .640 31 112
1954 33 145 492 445 61 106 13 7 12 44 0 36 50 .238 .293 .380 .673 50 139
1955 34 121 365 316 30 68 5 2 9 39 0 35 34 .215 .288 .329 .617 30 116
1956 35 128 381 327 41 71 15 2 6 34 1 50 56 .217 .321 .330 .651 34 122
1957 36 61 178 157 16 35 8 0 4 17 0 18 24 .223 .301 .350 .651 17 58
1958 37 73 214 199 20 41 13 0 1 14 0 15 50 .206 .262 .286 .548 15 70
1959 38 48 91 84 1 14 2 0 0 7 0 4 21 .167 .200 .190 .390 3 46
1960 39 25 48 46 5 10 2 1 1 6 0 1 10 .217 .250 .370 .620 4 24
17 Yrs 1743 5574 5003 582 1148 199 47 94 554 15 479 774 .229 .297 .344 .641 515 1666
162 Game Avg. 162 518 465 54 107 18 4 9 51 1 45 72 .229 .297 .344 .641 48 1666
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

* 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

Hall of Fame
1966 BBWAA ( 1.7%)
1967 BBWAA ( 0.7%)

All-Star Games
1947
1949
1950 *
1951 *
1952

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1948 AL (19, 3%)
1954 AL (22, 1%)
0.04 Career Shares (1177th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1950 AL  0.7 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1949 AL  152 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
1954 AL  7 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1948 AL  74 (5th)
1949 AL  89 (3rd)
1951 AL  72 (5th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1949 AL  12 (6th)
1950 AL  12 (7th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1955 AL  7 (5th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1948 AL  8.4 (6th)

Oldest s c a p y
1958 AL  born 1920-08-03 (10th)
1958 NL  born 1920-08-03 (8th)
1959 NL  born 1920-08-03 (8th)
1960 NL  born 1920-08-03 (4th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2156), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 71 (267), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 21 (683), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Rick Dempsey (947)
  2. Johnny Edwards (942)
  3. John Roseboro (930)
  4. Alan Ashby (916)
  5. Butch Wynegar (902)
  6. Del Rice (892)
  7. Rick Cerone (890)
  8. Mike Scioscia (889)
  9. Mike Matheny (886)
  10. Gus Mancuso (886)
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  1. Bill Atwood (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Mike Fitzgerald (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Rick Cerone (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Rick Cerone (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Clay Dalrymple (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Alan Ashby (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Del Rice (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Johnny Edwards (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Johnny Edwards (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Johnny Edwards (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Johnny Edwards (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. John Roseboro (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Rick Dempsey (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Rick Dempsey (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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