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Solly Hemus

Solomon Joseph Hemus

Positions: Shortstop, Pinch Hitter and Second Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: April 17, 1923 in Phoenix, AZ
High School: St. Augustine HS (San Diego, CA)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 27, 1949
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Phillies 1949-1959

Final Game: June 14, 1959
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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
1946	23	STL-min	C	120	449	449		163	24	4	3						.363	.363	.454	.817		204							PCT · PION
1947	24	STL-min	AA	141	546	546		151	20	11	0						.277	.277	.353	.630		193							HSN · TL
1948	25	STL-min	AA	156	570	570		164	27	11	1						.288	.288	.379	.667		216							HSN · TL
1949	26	STL-min	AA	109	384	384		126	26	9	6						.328	.328	.490	.818		188							HSN · TL
1949	26	STL	NL	20	40	33	8	11	1	0	0	2	0		7	3	.333	.450	.364	.814	117	12	1	0	0			4
1950	27	STL-min	AAA	84	354	296	51	88	23	4	6	49	11		48	26	.297	.407	.463	.870		137	9	7	3				CLB · AA
1950	27	STL	NL	11	17	15	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	4	.133	.235	.200	.435	14	3	0	0	0			/5
1951	28	STL	NL	120	507	420	68	118	18	9	2	32	7	7	75	31	.281	.395	.381	.776	110	160	6	4	8			*64
1952	29	STL	NL	151	690	570	*105*	153	28	8	15	52	1	5	96	55	.268	.392	.425	.817	126	242	11	20	4			*6/5	MVP-31
1953	30	STL	NL	154	691	585	110	163	32	11	14	61	2	1	86	40	.279	.382	.443	.825	114	259	10	12	7			*6/4
1954	31	STL	NL	124	276	214	43	65	15	3	2	27	5	1	55	27	.304	.453	.430	.883	133	92	1	5	0	2		654
1955	32	STL	NL	96	240	206	36	50	10	2	5	21	1	1	27	22	.243	.335	.383	.718	91	79	2	2	4	1	0	54/6
1956	33	TOT	NL	86	233	192	25	55	10	4	5	26	1	1	29	21	.286	.398	.458	.857	132	88	6	8	2	2	2	4/5
1956	33	STL	NL	8	8	5	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	.200	.429	.200	.629	78	1	0	1	1	0	0
1956	33	PHI	NL	78	225	187	24	54	10	4	5	24	1	1	28	21	.289	.397	.465	.863	134	87	6	7	1	2	2	4/5
1957	34	PHI	NL	70	130	108	8	20	6	1	0	5	1	1	20	8	.185	.323	.259	.582	62	28	8	2	0	0	4	4
1958	35	PHI	NL	105	401	334	53	95	14	3	8	36	3	1	51	34	.284	.390	.416	.806	115	139	4	8	6	2	6	4/5
1959	36	STL	NL	24	26	17	2	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	8	2	.235	.500	.353	.853	128	6	0	1	0	0	0	/45
11 Yrs				961	3251	2694	459	736	137	41	51	263	21	18	456	247	.273	.390	.411	.801	115	1108	49	62	31	7	12
162 Game Avg.				162	548	454	77	124	23	7	9	44	4		77	42	.273	.390	.411	.801	115	187	8	10	5

STL (9 yrs)				708	2495	2065	374	567	107	33	38	198	16	15	357	184	.275	.392	.414	.806	116	854	31	45	24	3	0
PHI (3 yrs)				253	756	629	85	169	30	8	13	65	5	3	99	63	.269	.381	.404	.784	112	254	18	17	7	4	12

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
1949	26	STL	NL	20	40	1	0	0	0	0	2	0.2	1	4	0.4	.511	.501	0.4	0.1	3	$	4
1950	27	STL	NL	11	17	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.481	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	/5
1951	28	STL	NL	120	507	9	-2	0	8	7	23	2.3	17	39	3.9	.520	.515	3.2	1.6	31	$	*64
1952	29	STL	NL	151	690	24	0	-1	7	9	40	4.3	23	63	6.6	.528	.526	5.9	1.8	56	$	*6/5	MVP-31
1953	30	STL	NL	154	691	17	-0	1	6	9	33	3.0	23	56	5.3	.521	.520	4.9	1.4	50	$	*6/4
1954	31	STL	NL	124	276	15	3	2	3	4	26	2.6	9	36	3.6	.522	.517	3.3	0.6	32	$	654
1955	32	STL	NL	96	240	-3	2	0	1	1	1	0.0	8	9	0.8	.501	.501	0.8	0.1	8	$	54/6
1956	33	STL	NL	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$
1956	33	PHI	NL	78	225	10	1	0	-2	2	11	1.0	8	19	1.8	.515	.507	2.1	-0.1	21	$	4/5
1957	34	PHI	NL	70	130	-7	-0	-1	-0	1	-8	-0.9	4	-4	-0.5	.488	.495	-0.4	-0.0	-4	$	4
1958	35	PHI	NL	105	401	8	-2	2	-2	3	9	0.9	14	22	2.2	.509	.506	2.6	0.0	25	$	4/5
1959	36	STL	NL	24	26	1	-0	0	1	0	2	0.3	1	3	0.3	.511	.502	0.2	0.1	2	$	/45
11 Seasons				961	3251	74	2	4	22	35	137	13.5	109	247	24.2	.515	.507	22.8	5.5	225	$

STL (9 yrs)				708	2495	64	3	2	26	30	125	12.5	84	209	20.7	.518	.509	18.5	5.6	183	$
PHI (3 yrs)				253	756	11	-1	2	-4	5	12	1.0	25	37	3.5	.505	.503	4.3	-0.1	42	$

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
1949	26	STL	NL	40	23	5	5.8	107	.367	.333	.275	.450	.349	.364	.412	.814	.761	117	.608	1.4	0.1	.826	.242	.030
1950	27	STL	NL	17	13	1	2.1	111	.182	.133	.274	.235	.352	.200	.425	.435	.777	14	.179	-1.9	-0.2	.385	.200	.067
1951	28	STL	NL	507	323	62	5.2	103	.300	.281	.268	.395	.341	.381	.405	.776	.747	110	.560	9.5	0.9	.759	.279	.100	3.1
1952	29	STL	NL	690	437	89	5.4	97	.276	.268	.262	.392	.334	.425	.389	.817	.724	126	.622	25.7	2.6	.818	.318	.156	1.9
1953	30	STL	NL	691	440	96	5.8	110	.281	.279	.274	.382	.345	.443	.427	.825	.773	114	.581	15.4	1.5	.827	.313	.164	3.5
1954	31	STL	NL	276	153	42	7.4	109	.337	.304	.274	.453	.345	.430	.424	.883	.769	133	.687	15.3	1.5	1.033	.402	.126	2.9
1955	32	STL	NL	240	164	28	4.6	105	.250	.243	.264	.335	.335	.383	.419	.718	.754	91	.489	-2.1	-0.2	.679	.272	.141	1.7
1956	33	TOT	NL	233	148	37	6.7	101	.298	.286	.262	.398	.328	.458	.413	.857	.742	132	.676	10.5	1.0	.868	.323	.172	1.7
1956	33	STL	NL	8	5	1	5.3	102	.200	.200	.263	.429	.330	.200	.415	.629	.745	78	.581	0.0	0.0	.750	.200	.000
1956	33	PHI	NL	225	143	36	6.7	101	.301	.289	.262	.397	.328	.465	.413	.863	.742	134	.679	10.5	1.0	.871	.326	.176	1.7
1957	34	PHI	NL	130	97	8	2.2	100	.200	.185	.265	.323	.328	.259	.410	.582	.738	62	.209	-4.9	-0.5	.515	.259	.074	.0
1958	35	PHI	NL	401	252	59	6.3	105	.296	.284	.269	.390	.336	.416	.420	.806	.756	115	.634	9.9	1.0	.820	.290	.132	4.4
1959	36	STL	NL	26	13	4	8.2	110	.267	.235	.277	.500	.344	.353	.429	.853	.773	128	.742	1.7	0.2	1.154	.588	.118
11 Yrs				3251	2063	431	5.6	104	.285	.273	.268	.390	.339	.411	.412	.801	.751	115	.592	80.5	7.9	.804	.308	.138	29.8
162 Game Avg.				548	348	73	5.6	104	.285	.273	.268	.390	.339	.411	.412	.801	.751	115	.592	14	1	.804	.308	.138	5

STL (9 yrs)				2495	1571	328	5.6	104	.287	.275	.268	.392	.341	.414	.411	.806	.751	116	.592	65.0	6.4	.814	.312	.139	22.5
PHI (3 yrs)				756	492	103	5.6	103	.280	.269	.266	.381	.332	.404	.416	.784	.749	112	.591	15.5	1.5	.773	.296	.135	7.2

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1949	26	STL	NL	40	0.0%	7.5%	17.5%	2.5%	9%	0.43	11.0		16.5	0.33	75%
1950	27	STL	NL	17	0.0%	23.5%	11.8%	5.9%	50%	2.00	3.8			0.75	65%
1951	28	STL	NL	507	0.4%	6.1%	14.8%	5.7%	25%	0.41	13.5	210.0	13.1	1.41	76%
1952	29	STL	NL	690	2.2%	8.0%	13.9%	7.4%	33%	0.57	10.4	38.0	11.0	0.95	72%
1953	30	STL	NL	691	2.0%	5.8%	12.5%	8.3%	35%	0.47	14.6	41.8	9.6	0.95	77%
1954	31	STL	NL	276	0.7%	9.8%	19.9%	7.3%	31%	0.49	7.9	107.0	7.9	1.02	68%
1955	32	STL	NL	240	2.1%	9.2%	11.3%	7.1%	34%	0.81	9.4	41.2	9.8	0.89	75%
1956	33	TOT	NL	233	2.2%	9.0%	12.5%	8.2%	35%	0.72	9.1	38.4	7.4	0.98	72%
1956	33	STL	NL	8	0.0%	0.0%	12.5%	0.0%	0%	0.00			2.5	0.50	63%
1956	33	PHI	NL	225	2.2%	9.3%	12.4%	8.4%	35%	0.75	8.9	37.4	7.8	1.00	72%
1957	34	PHI	NL	130	0.0%	6.2%	15.4%	5.4%	35%	0.40	13.5		21.6	1.00	77%
1958	35	PHI	NL	401	2.0%	8.5%	12.7%	6.2%	26%	0.67	9.8	41.8	9.3	0.92	73%
1959	36	STL	NL	26	0.0%	7.7%	30.8%	7.7%	50%	0.25	8.5		17.0	2.67	58%
11 Yrs				3251	1.6%	7.6%	14.0%	7.0%	31%	0.54	10.9	52.8	10.2	1.00	74%
MLB Averages					2.2%	11.2%	9.4%	6.5%	29%	1.20	7.9	41.1	8.1	0.98	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1949	26	STL	NL	1.4	0.1	24	-0.0	0.2	-0.2	.74	-0.0	-0.0	0.7	0.1	0.95	0.5	1.17	1
1950	27	STL	NL	-1.9	-0.2	14	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.95	-0.1	-0.1	-2.0	-0.2	0.98	-2.1	0.45	4
1951	28	STL	NL	9.5	0.9	364	1.2	6.4	-5.2	.96	0.8	0.4	6.8	0.7	0.93	8.2	0.84	3
1952	29	STL	NL	25.7	2.6	472	1.3	7.8	-6.5	.88	1.2	0.3	8.1	0.8	0.92	9.6	0.37	1
1953	30	STL	NL	15.4	1.5	531	0.6	8.5	-7.9	.90	1.2	-0.6	9.6	0.9	0.93	14.4	1.50	4
1954	31	STL	NL	15.3	1.5	249	1.0	5.2	-4.2	1.18	1.5	-0.6	14.1	1.4	0.96	15.3	1.60	36
1955	32	STL	NL	-2.1	-0.2	196	-0.7	2.8	-3.5	1.01	-0.5	-0.2	-3.2	-0.3	0.92	-6.8	1.07	31
1956	33	TOT	NL	10.5	1.0	238	0.9	4.2	-3.3	.95	0.8	0.2	9.9	1.0	0.98	8.0	1.29	32
1956	33	STL	NL	0.0	0.0	9	0.3	0.4	-0.1	1.88	0.1	0.1	2.8	0.3	1.14	1.4	1.84	5
1956	33	PHI	NL	10.5	1.0	229	0.6	3.8	-3.2	.91	0.7	-0.0	7.1	0.7	0.98	6.6	1.19	27
1957	34	PHI	NL	-4.9	-0.5	131	-0.8	1.9	-2.7	1.14	-0.7	-0.0	-7.7	-0.8	0.98	-7.1	1.17	33
1958	35	PHI	NL	9.9	1.0	407	1.2	8.7	-7.5	1.21	1.5	-0.5	16.4	1.6	1.00	18.9	1.84	20
1959	36	STL	NL	1.7	0.2	27	0.0	0.6	-0.6	1.38	0.3	-0.3	2.0	0.2	0.89	2.5	1.50	14
11 Yrs				80.5	7.9	2653	4.4	46.4	-42.0	1.01	6.0	-1.6	54.6	5.3	0.95	61.4	1.34	179

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1949	26	STL	NL	0	44%	9	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1
1950	27	STL	NL	0	25%	3	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1951	28	STL	NL	2	34%	173	7	7	50%	1	6	1	0	0	1	11	4	40%	23	18	5	2	1	1	18	6	11
1952	29	STL	NL	5	35%	196	1	5	17%	1	4	0	1	0	1	7	5	43%	28	14	12	10	8	2	16	6	9
1953	30	STL	NL	11	39%	252	2	1	67%	0	1	0	0	1	2	13	6	52%	30	15	14	13	9	3	20	4	16
1954	31	STL	NL	4	33%	122	5	1	83%	4	1	0	0	0	2	2	6	38%	19	15	4	8	7	1	10	1	9
1955	32	STL	NL	1	42%	65	1	1	50%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	50%	11	7	4	2	2	0	7	1	6
1956	33	TOT	NL	2	23%	72	1	1	50%	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	11	42%	12	7	4	3	2	1	4	1	3
1956	33	STL	NL	0	33%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1956	33	PHI	NL	2	23%	72	1	1	50%	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	10	47%	11	6	4	3	2	1	3	0	3
1957	34	PHI	NL	0	19%	48	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	50%	7	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	1
1958	35	PHI	NL	4	31%	188	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	7	7	27%	20	16	1	7	3	4	7	2	4
1959	36	STL	NL	0	15%	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11 Yrs				29	34%	1136	21	18	54%	11	14	2	1	1	6	52	46	43%	153	98	48	46	32	13	85	21	61

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
1949	26	STL	NL	40	91%	11			1	0	0	0	1.17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	1	17%	4	0	0%	15	1	7%	0	0		0	0		0
1950	27	STL	NL	17	100%	2			4	0	0	0	0.45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	2	0	0%	9	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	0
1951	28	STL	NL	507	67%	118			3	0	0	0	0.84	2	0	5	2	0	1	1	0	8	8	100%	62	6	10%	20	11	55%	176	18	10%	8	4	50%	4	4	100%	0
1952	29	STL	NL	690	58%	153			1	0	0	1	0.37	15	1	8	3	6	7	8	0	7	4	57%	74	11	15%	34	15	44%	208	28	13%	13	8	62%	12	9	75%	0
1953	30	STL	NL	691	64%	163			4	1	0	0	1.50	14	0	10	9	0	7	7	0	6	7	117%	82	10	12%	32	11	34%	262	33	13%	19	9	47%	9	4	44%	0
1954	31	STL	NL	276	71%	65			36	11	0	5	1.60	2	0	10	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		61	1	2%	22	6	27%	148	20	14%	17	8	47%	10	7	70%	0
1955	32	STL	NL	240	76%	50			31	3	0	0	1.07	5	0	3	2	0	4	1	0	2	4	200%	30	2	7%	14	3	21%	90	14	16%	7	3	43%	5	1	20%	0
1956	33	TOT	NL	233	90%	55			32	9	0	3	1.29	5	1	10	5	0	2	3	0	3	2	67%	53	6	11%	26	8	31%	155	24	15%	17	8	47%	12	4	33%	0
1956	33	STL	NL	8	100%	1			5	1	0	2	1.84	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	0	0		6	2	33%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
1956	33	PHI	NL	225	89%	54			27	8	0	1	1.19	5	1	9	5	0	2	3	0	2	1	50%	51	6	12%	26	8	31%	149	22	15%	16	7	44%	11	3	27%	0
1957	34	PHI	NL	130	96%	20			33	2	0	0	1.17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		28	8	29%	12	5	42%	73	7	10%	4	3	75%	5	3	60%	0
1958	35	PHI	NL	401	81%	95			20	3	0	0	1.84	8	0	5	6	2	2	6	0	7	6	86%	103	4	4%	51	20	39%	268	29	11%	20	10	50%	19	12	63%	0
1959	36	STL	NL	26	100%	4			14	2	0	0	1.50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	0	0%	8	1	13%	0	0		0	0		0
11 Yrs				3251	72%	736			179	31	0	9	1.34	51	2	51	29	8	24	27	0	33	31	94%	503	49	10%	219	79	36%	1412	175	12%	105	53	50%	78	44	56%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			84%			11%			32%			14%			50%			54%

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
1949	26	20	40	33	8	11	1	0	0	2	0		7	3	.333	.450	.364	.814	117	12	1	0	0
1950	27	31	57	48	9	13	2	0	0	2	0		9	7	.271	.386	.313	.698	85	15	1	0	0
1951	28	151	564	468	77	131	20	9	2	34	7	7	84	38	.280	.394	.374	.768	107	175	7	4	8
1952	29	302	1254	1038	182	284	48	17	17	86	8	12	180	93	.274	.393	.402	.795	117	417	18	24	12
1953	30	456	1945	1623	292	447	80	28	31	147	10	13	266	133	.275	.389	.417	.806	116	676	28	36	19
1954	31	580	2221	1837	335	512	95	31	33	174	15	14	321	160	.279	.397	.418	.815	118	768	29	41	19	2
1955	32	676	2461	2043	371	562	105	33	38	195	16	15	348	182	.275	.391	.415	.806	116	847	31	43	23	3	0
1956	33	762	2694	2235	396	617	115	37	43	221	17	16	377	203	.276	.392	.418	.810	117	935	37	51	25	5	2
1957	34	832	2824	2343	404	637	121	38	43	226	18	17	397	211	.272	.388	.411	.800	115	963	45	53	25	5	6
1958	35	937	3225	2677	457	732	135	41	51	262	21	18	448	245	.273	.389	.412	.800	115	1102	49	61	31	7	12
1959	36	961	3251	2694	459	736	137	41	51	263	21	18	456	247	.273	.390	.411	.801	115	1108	49	62	31	7	12

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1949	26	21	41	34	8	11	1	0	0	2	0	7	3	.324	.439	.353	.792	5	20
1950	27	11	20	17	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	3	4	.176	.300	.294	.594	1	11
1951	28	125	526	436	70	122	19	9	2	33	7	78	32	.280	.394	.378	.772	64	120
1952	29	158	732	602	116	166	30	9	16	58	1	104	57	.276	.401	.435	.836	100	151
1953	30	160	703	599	106	161	32	11	14	59	2	85	42	.269	.371	.429	.800	92	154
1954	31	130	288	224	44	67	15	3	2	28	5	57	28	.299	.448	.420	.868	42	124
1955	32	101	251	216	38	52	10	2	5	22	1	28	23	.241	.332	.375	.707	27	96
1956	33	90	248	203	28	60	11	4	5	29	1	32	22	.296	.411	.463	.874	38	86
1957	34	73	136	113	9	21	6	1	0	5	1	21	8	.186	.324	.257	.580	9	70
1958	35	110	423	352	57	101	15	3	9	39	3	54	36	.287	.393	.423	.817	57	105
1959	36	25	27	18	2	4	2	0	0	1	0	8	2	.222	.481	.333	.815	3	24
11 Yrs		1004	3395	2814	479	768	143	42	53	276	21	477	257	.273	.390	.410	.800	438	961
162 Game Avg.		162	548	454	77	124	23	7	9	45	3	77	41	.273	.390	.410	.800	71	961

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1966 BBWAA ( 0.3%)	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1952 NL (31, 1%) 0.01 Career Shares (1497th)	Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1952 NL 6.6 (4th)	WAR Position Players† s c a p y 1952 NL 6.6 (3rd) 1953 NL 5.3 (8th)
Offensive WAR† s c a p y 1952 NL 5.9 (3rd) 1953 NL 4.9 (8th)	Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1951 NL 1.6 (2nd) 1952 NL 1.8 (1st) 1953 NL 1.4 (5th)	On-Base% s c a p y 1951 NL .395 (6th) 1952 NL .392 (3rd) Career .390 (102nd)	On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y 1952 NL .817 (10th)
Games Played s c a p y 1952 NL 151 (10th) 1953 NL 154 (9th)	Plate Appearances s c a p y 1952 NL 690 (3rd) 1953 NL 691 (5th)	Runs Scored s c a p y 1952 NL 105 (1st) 1953 NL 110 (5th)	Triples s c a p y 1951 NL 9 (6th) 1952 NL 8 (7th) 1953 NL 11 (3rd)
Bases on Balls s c a p y 1952 NL 96 (4th) 1953 NL 86 (5th)	Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y 1952 NL 126 (10th)	Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y 1952 NL 26 (8th)	Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y 1952 NL 2.6 (8th)
Times On Base s c a p y 1952 NL 269 (3rd) 1953 NL 261 (6th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1952 NL 20 (1st) 1953 NL 12 (1st) 1954 NL 5 (6th) 1956 NL 8 (2nd) 1958 NL 8 (1st)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1951 NL 7 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Batting - 3 (529), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 15 (1187), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 12 (1094), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 11 (1505), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Similar Batters

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Scott Hatteberg (929) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Kazuo Matsui (924) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tony Graffanino (925) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tony Graffanino (925) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tony Graffanino (927) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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