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Jim Hickman

James Lucius Hickman (Gentleman Jim)

Positions: Outfielder, First Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 192 lb.

Born: May 10, 1937 in Henning, TN
High School: Ripley HS (Ripley, TN)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1962
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Mets/Dodgers/Cardinals 1962-1974

Final Game: July 14, 1974
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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
1962 25 NYM NL 140 453 392 54 96 18 2 13 46 4 4 47 96 .245 .328 .401 .729 94 157 9 3 7 3 2 *89/7
1963 26 NYM NL 146 546 494 53 113 21 6 17 51 0 5 44 120 .229 .291 .399 .690 97 197 8 1 3 4 1 5897
1964 27 NYM NL 139 448 409 48 105 14 1 11 57 0 1 36 90 .257 .319 .377 .696 99 154 11 2 0 1 4 *89/75
1965 28 NYM NL 141 400 369 32 87 18 0 15 40 3 1 27 76 .236 .291 .407 .697 99 150 9 2 1 1 3 87395
1966 29 NYM NL 58 174 160 15 38 7 0 4 16 2 1 13 34 .238 .299 .356 .655 84 57 4 1 0 0 0 937/8
1967 30 LAD NL 65 114 98 7 16 6 1 0 10 1 1 14 28 .163 .268 .245 .513 54 24 4 0 2 0 1 789/351
1968 31 CHC NL 75 213 188 22 42 6 3 5 23 1 1 18 38 .223 .290 .367 .657 91 69 6 1 3 3 2 98/7
1969 32 CHC NL 134 389 338 38 80 11 2 21 54 2 1 47 74 .237 .326 .467 .794 110 158 8 0 0 4 3 *9/87
1970 33 CHC NL 149 613 514 102 162 33 4 32 115 0 1 93 99 .315 .419 .582 1.001 155 299 10 1 2 3 8 389/7 AS,MVP-8
1971 34 CHC NL 117 444 383 50 98 13 2 19 60 0 1 50 61 .256 .342 .449 .791 112 172 12 3 3 5 7 93/87
1972 35 CHC NL 115 425 368 65 100 15 2 17 64 3 1 52 64 .272 .364 .462 .826 125 170 7 2 2 1 3 39/7
1973 36 CHC NL 92 249 201 27 49 1 2 3 20 1 1 42 42 .244 .368 .313 .682 86 63 8 0 2 4 2 39/7
1974 37 STL NL 50 68 60 5 16 0 0 2 4 0 0 8 10 .267 .353 .367 .720 102 22 3 0 0 0 0 3/5
13 Yrs 1421 4536 3974 518 1002 163 25 159 560 17 19 491 832 .252 .335 .426 .760 108 1692 99 16 25 29 36
162 Game Avg. 162 517 453 59 114 19 3 18 64 2 2 56 95 .252 .335 .426 .760 108 193 11 2 3 3 4
CHC (6 yrs) 682 2333 1992 304 531 79 15 97 336 7 6 302 378 .267 .362 .467 .829 121 931 51 7 12 20 25
NYM (5 yrs) 624 2021 1824 202 439 78 9 60 210 9 12 167 416 .241 .306 .392 .698 96 715 41 9 11 9 10
STL (1 yr) 50 68 60 5 16 0 0 2 4 0 0 8 10 .267 .353 .367 .720 102 22 3 0 0 0 0
LAD (1 yr) 65 114 98 7 16 6 1 0 10 1 1 14 28 .163 .268 .245 .513 54 24 4 0 2 0 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
1962 25 NYM NL 140 453 -4 -0 -1 4 -2 -4 -0.4 15 11 1.1 .497 .497 0.7 0.2 7 $ *89/7
1963 26 NYM NL 146 546 2 -2 -0 -16 -1 -18 -2.0 19 1 -0.1 .486 .487 1.6 -1.8 16 $ 5897
1964 27 NYM NL 139 448 4 -1 -1 -3 -2 -4 -0.3 15 12 1.2 .497 .497 1.4 -0.4 15 $ *89/75
1965 28 NYM NL 141 400 3 -1 -1 -5 -4 -8 -0.9 14 6 0.5 .494 .495 1.0 -1.0 10 $ 87395
1966 29 NYM NL 58 174 -3 -1 -0 2 -3 -6 -0.6 6 0 -0.1 .488 .496 -0.3 -0.1 -2 $18,000 937/8
1967 30 LAD NL 65 114 -4 -0 -1 3 -1 -3 -0.3 4 1 0.1 .494 .498 -0.3 0.2 -2 $18,000 789/351
1968 31 CHC NL 75 213 -2 0 0 2 -2 -3 -0.3 7 4 0.5 .495 .498 0.2 0.0 3 $ 98/7
1969 32 CHC NL 134 389 6 -2 0 -4 -5 -5 -0.4 13 8 0.9 .496 .497 1.2 -0.9 12 $ *9/87
1970 33 CHC NL 149 613 43 -0 -1 -8 -6 28 2.9 18 45 4.7 .519 .517 5.3 -1.3 53 $ 389/7 AS,MVP-8
1971 34 CHC NL 117 444 7 -2 -0 -8 -6 -8 -0.8 13 5 0.4 .492 .494 1.3 -1.5 13 $ 93/87
1972 35 CHC NL 115 425 15 2 1 -3 -6 9 1.1 12 21 2.3 .509 .506 2.5 -0.9 24 $ 39/7
1973 36 CHC NL 92 249 -2 0 -0 -4 -4 -11 -1.2 7 -4 -0.5 .487 .493 0.0 -0.9 1 $ 39/7
1974 37 STL NL 50 68 0 0 -0 3 -0 3 0.3 2 5 0.5 .506 .502 0.1 0.3 1 $ 3/5
13 Seasons 1421 4536 63 -8 -5 -37 -43 -30 -3.0 145 115 11.5 .497 .498 14.7 -8.1 152 $36,000
CHC (6 yrs) 682 2333 66 -1 -1 -25 -29 10 1.3 71 80 8.3 .501 .501 10.5 -5.5 105 $
NYM (5 yrs) 624 2021 1 -6 -4 -18 -13 -39 -4.2 69 29 2.6 .493 .494 4.4 -3.2 47 $18,000
STL (1 yr) 50 68 0 0 -0 3 -0 3 0.3 2 5 0.5 .506 .502 0.1 0.3 1 $
LAD (1 yr) 65 114 -4 -0 -1 3 -1 -3 -0.3 4 1 0.1 .494 .498 -0.3 0.2 -2 $18,000

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
1962 25 NYM NL 453 319 52 4.4 104 .290 .245 .271 .328 .339 .401 .412 .729 .750 94 .480 -2.9 -0.3 .670 .276 .156 6.1
1963 26 NYM NL 546 401 56 3.8 89 .266 .229 .254 .291 .316 .399 .380 .690 .696 97 .482 -2.7 -0.3 .602 .249 .170 .0
1964 27 NYM NL 448 317 48 4.1 90 .304 .257 .259 .319 .316 .377 .384 .696 .700 99 .497 -0.4 -0.0 .604 .205 .120 .0
1965 28 NYM NL 400 294 42 3.9 89 .258 .236 .252 .291 .315 .407 .382 .697 .697 99 .468 -1.2 -0.1 .620 .249 .171 5.0
1966 29 NYM NL 174 127 17 3.6 94 .279 .238 .261 .299 .320 .356 .394 .655 .713 84 .428 -3.4 -0.4 .567 .206 .119 2.7
1967 30 LAD NL 114 89 6 1.8 83 .229 .163 .248 .268 .308 .245 .364 .513 .672 54 .194 -5.1 -0.6 .437 .224 .082 .0
1968 31 CHC NL 213 159 20 3.4 87 .250 .223 .260 .290 .319 .367 .366 .657 .685 91 .478 -2.2 -0.2 .575 .239 .144 1.7
1969 32 CHC NL 389 271 52 5.1 105 .239 .237 .274 .326 .346 .467 .406 .794 .752 110 .594 3.8 0.4 .772 .373 .231 3.7
1970 33 CHC NL 613 368 129 9.4 112 .337 .315 .280 .419 .354 .582 .427 1.001 .781 155 .785 43.8 4.2 1.080 .446 .267 .0
1971 34 CHC NL 444 306 58 5.1 102 .256 .256 .274 .342 .342 .449 .401 .791 .744 112 .602 6.5 0.7 .752 .321 .193 .0
1972 35 CHC NL 425 279 64 6.2 100 .288 .272 .268 .364 .337 .462 .395 .826 .733 125 .684 12.8 1.3 .819 .337 .190 5.1
1973 36 CHC NL 249 167 25 4.0 102 .288 .244 .271 .368 .341 .313 .402 .682 .743 86 .473 -2.1 -0.2 .652 .279 .070 1.5
1974 37 STL NL 68 47 7 4.0 95 .292 .267 .262 .353 .334 .367 .379 .720 .714 102 .474 0.1 0.0 .638 .233 .100 .0
13 Yrs 4536 3144 576 4.9 98 .280 .252 .266 .335 .332 .426 .396 .760 .728 108 .574 47.1 4.6 .711 .297 .174 30.7
162 Game Avg. 517 358 66 4.9 98 .280 .252 .266 .335 .332 .426 .396 .760 .728 108 .574 5 1 .711 .297 .174 3
CHC (6 yrs) 2333 1550 348 6.1 103 .282 .267 .273 .362 .343 .467 .404 .829 .747 121 .659 62.5 6.2 .818 .353 .201 13.1
NYM (5 yrs) 2021 1458 215 4.0 93 .279 .241 .259 .306 .321 .392 .389 .698 .710 96 .477 -10.5 -1.1 .618 .241 .151 15.7
STL (1 yr) 68 47 7 4.0 95 .292 .267 .262 .353 .334 .367 .379 .720 .714 102 .474 0.1 0.0 .638 .233 .100 .0
LAD (1 yr) 114 89 6 1.8 83 .229 .163 .248 .268 .308 .245 .364 .513 .672 54 .194 -5.1 -0.6 .437 .224 .082 .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
1970 CHC NL 33 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 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
1962 25 NYM NL 453 2.9% 21.2% 10.4% 7.3% 34% 2.04 4.1 30.2 8.5 0.99 63%
1963 26 NYM NL 546 3.1% 22.0% 8.1% 8.1% 39% 2.73 4.1 29.1 9.7 0.78 66%
1964 27 NYM NL 448 2.5% 20.1% 8.0% 5.8% 25% 2.50 4.5 37.2 7.2 1.02 69%
1965 28 NYM NL 400 3.8% 19.0% 6.8% 8.3% 38% 2.81 4.9 24.6 9.2 1.00 70%
1966 29 NYM NL 174 2.3% 19.5% 7.5% 6.3% 29% 2.62 4.7 40.0 10.0 0.84 70%
1967 30 LAD NL 114 0.0% 24.6% 12.3% 6.1% 44% 2.00 3.5 9.8 1.80 61%
1968 31 CHC NL 213 2.4% 17.8% 8.5% 6.6% 33% 2.11 4.9 37.6 8.2 1.27 69%
1969 32 CHC NL 389 5.4% 19.0% 12.1% 8.7% 43% 1.57 4.6 16.1 6.3 0.98 64%
1970 33 CHC NL 613 5.2% 16.2% 15.2% 11.3% 43% 1.06 5.2 16.1 4.5 0.98 63%
1971 34 CHC NL 444 4.3% 13.7% 11.3% 7.7% 35% 1.22 6.3 20.2 6.4 0.85 69%
1972 35 CHC NL 425 4.0% 15.1% 12.2% 8.0% 34% 1.23 5.8 21.6 5.8 1.13 68%
1973 36 CHC NL 249 1.2% 16.9% 16.9% 2.4% 12% 1.00 4.8 67.0 10.1 1.10 64%
1974 37 STL NL 68 2.9% 14.7% 11.8% 2.9% 13% 1.25 6.0 30.0 15.0 1.31 71%
13 Yrs 4536 3.5% 18.3% 10.8% 7.7% 35% 1.69 4.8 25.0 7.1 0.99 66%
MLB Averages 2.1% 14.9% 8.4% 6.1% 27% 1.77 6.0 43.2 9.1 1.10 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1962 25 NYM NL -2.4 -0.2 467 -0.2 8.5 -8.7 1.12 0.4 -0.6 -3.3 -0.3 0.97 3.4 1.15 13
1963 26 NYM NL -2.7 -0.3 561 0.4 9.6 -9.2 1.00 0.6 -0.2 -0.7 -0.1 0.93 4.8 0.73 11
1964 27 NYM NL -0.9 -0.1 451 -0.0 8.5 -8.5 1.08 -0.2 0.2 1.3 0.1 0.97 -0.7 1.63 32
1965 28 NYM NL -1.6 -0.2 404 -0.8 7.3 -8.1 1.08 0.5 -1.3 -1.5 -0.2 0.93 6.0 2.05 29
1966 29 NYM NL -3.4 -0.4 182 0.4 3.3 -2.9 .97 -0.2 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.99 -1.1 1.31 11
1967 30 LAD NL -5.1 -0.6 117 0.2 2.7 -2.4 1.34 -0.5 0.7 -4.4 -0.5 1.06 -4.5 1.38 28
1968 31 CHC NL -2.2 -0.2 216 0.4 3.0 -2.6 .82 0.1 0.4 1.0 0.1 0.97 1.9 0.68 13
1969 32 CHC NL 3.8 0.4 395 2.9 9.7 -6.7 1.07 1.6 1.1 13.2 1.3 0.95 16.5 2.01 18
1970 33 CHC NL 43.8 4.2 620 4.7 14.3 -9.5 .98 4.7 0.1 57.3 5.2 0.99 58.8 1.93 3
1971 34 CHC NL 6.5 0.7 449 0.7 9.0 -8.3 1.07 1.0 -0.4 4.7 0.5 1.03 9.4 1.50 12
1972 35 CHC NL 12.8 1.3 433 1.6 9.0 -7.4 1.07 2.4 -0.9 20.9 2.1 0.98 25.8 1.91 13
1973 36 CHC NL -2.1 -0.2 255 -0.7 4.9 -5.5 1.35 -0.0 -0.5 -6.9 -0.7 1.05 0.1 2.34 34
1974 37 STL NL 0.1 0.0 68 -0.7 1.1 -1.8 1.27 -0.3 -0.2 -3.1 -0.3 0.96 -1.2 1.74 33
13 Yrs 46.6 4.5 4618 8.9 90.7 -81.8 1.07 10.2 -1.8 78.7 7.3 0.98 119.2 1.67 250

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
1962 25 NYM NL 4 1 31% 177 4 4 50% 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 10 48% 23 17 5 5 2 3 16 3 13
1963 26 NYM NL 12 0 26% 158 0 5 0% 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 12 43% 20 12 7 3 3 0 17 6 10
1964 27 NYM NL 11 0 28% 176 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 7 42% 23 17 6 3 1 2 17 4 10
1965 28 NYM NL 10 0 17% 145 3 1 75% 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 34% 18 13 5 4 3 0 10 4 6
1966 29 NYM NL 2 0 23% 59 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 2 27% 6 6 0 2 1 1 3 0 2
1967 30 LAD NL 3 0 23% 21 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 40% 6 4 2 0 0 0 4 2 2
1968 31 CHC NL 2 0 30% 62 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 50% 11 6 4 1 0 1 4 1 3
1969 32 CHC NL 7 0 16% 127 2 1 67% 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 4 29% 19 18 1 3 1 2 6 1 5
1970 33 CHC NL 8 0 31% 281 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 12 45% 38 27 10 8 2 6 19 6 13
1971 34 CHC NL 7 0 24% 150 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 6 9 42% 21 12 9 3 2 1 7 2 3
1972 35 CHC NL 7 0 35% 172 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 44% 24 18 6 7 4 3 12 1 10
1973 36 CHC NL 3 0 27% 93 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 9 41% 17 13 4 5 2 3 7 2 5
1974 37 STL NL 0 0 14% 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 20% 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
13 Yrs 76 1 27% 1647 17 19 47% 14 15 2 3 1 1 11 1 41 85 41% 230 166 60 44 21 22 123 33 82

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
1962 25 NYM NL 453 30% 96 13 3 1 2 1.15 13 0 9 10 3 8 5 0 11 7 64% 87 9 10% 35 17 49% 294 36 12% 15 10 67% 15 9 60% 0
1963 26 NYM NL 546 36% 113 11 1 0 0 0.73 17 2 13 13 4 13 4 0 3 3 100% 89 8 9% 40 12 30% 288 36 13% 22 12 55% 17 7 41% 0
1964 27 NYM NL 448 37% 105 32 8 0 4 1.63 11 1 12 6 5 6 5 0 0 0 78 11 14% 41 9 22% 291 47 16% 31 14 45% 16 8 50% 0
1965 28 NYM NL 400 36% 87 29 5 1 2 2.05 15 0 12 6 9 4 11 0 1 1 100% 67 9 13% 30 7 23% 226 27 12% 20 6 30% 11 5 45% 0
1966 29 NYM NL 174 59% 38 11 1 1 1 1.31 4 0 2 2 2 2 2 0 1 0 0% 40 4 10% 18 4 22% 110 15 14% 4 3 75% 8 5 63% 0
1967 30 LAD NL 114 60% 16 28 4 0 4 1.38 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 23 4 17% 9 2 22% 88 10 11% 6 2 33% 3 3 100% 0
1968 31 CHC NL 213 42% 42 13 2 0 0 0.68 5 0 9 2 3 4 1 0 3 3 100% 44 6 14% 22 10 45% 127 19 15% 17 9 53% 5 4 80% 0
1969 32 CHC NL 389 37% 80 18 5 1 4 2.01 21 1 11 14 7 12 9 0 1 0 0% 75 8 11% 35 9 26% 240 34 14% 18 6 33% 8 4 50% 0
1970 33 CHC NL 613 24% 162 3 0 0 0 1.93 32 0 13 24 8 19 13 0 3 2 67% 132 10 8% 52 14 27% 443 84 19% 53 23 43% 21 11 52% 0
1971 34 CHC NL 444 33% 98 12 2 0 0 1.50 19 0 14 9 10 10 9 0 3 3 100% 112 12 11% 42 13 31% 333 44 13% 37 14 38% 16 6 38% 0
1972 35 CHC NL 425 36% 100 13 3 0 2 1.91 17 1 9 13 4 12 5 0 3 2 67% 76 7 9% 31 8 26% 291 47 16% 28 11 39% 16 9 56% 0
1973 36 CHC NL 249 44% 49 34 6 0 2 2.34 3 0 11 2 1 1 2 0 2 2 100% 61 8 13% 34 11 32% 202 19 9% 25 7 28% 10 8 80% 0
1974 37 STL NL 68 47% 16 33 6 2 3 1.74 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 9 3 33% 5 1 20% 41 2 5% 3 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
13 Yrs 4536 36% 1002 250 46 6 24 1.67 159 5 123 102 57 92 67 0 33 25 76% 893 99 11% 394 117 30% 2974 420 14% 279 117 42% 148 79 53% 0
MLB Averages 53% 76% 11% 30% 14% 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
1962 25 140 453 392 54 96 18 2 13 46 4 4 47 96 .245 .328 .401 .729 94 157 9 3 7 3 2
1963 26 286 999 886 107 209 39 8 30 97 4 9 91 216 .236 .308 .400 .707 96 354 17 4 10 7 3
1964 27 425 1447 1295 155 314 53 9 41 154 4 10 127 306 .242 .311 .392 .704 97 508 28 6 10 8 7
1965 28 566 1847 1664 187 401 71 9 56 194 7 11 154 382 .241 .307 .395 .702 97 658 37 8 11 9 10
1966 29 624 2021 1824 202 439 78 9 60 210 9 12 167 416 .241 .306 .392 .698 96 715 41 9 11 9 10
1967 30 689 2135 1922 209 455 84 10 60 220 10 13 181 444 .237 .304 .384 .689 94 739 45 9 13 9 11
1968 31 764 2348 2110 231 497 90 13 65 243 11 14 199 482 .236 .303 .383 .686 94 808 51 10 16 12 13
1969 32 898 2737 2448 269 577 101 15 86 297 13 15 246 556 .236 .306 .395 .701 96 966 59 10 16 16 16
1970 33 1047 3350 2962 371 739 134 19 118 412 13 16 339 655 .249 .327 .427 .754 107 1265 69 11 18 19 24
1971 34 1164 3794 3345 421 837 147 21 137 472 13 17 389 716 .250 .329 .430 .758 108 1437 81 14 21 24 31
1972 35 1279 4219 3713 486 937 162 23 154 536 16 18 441 780 .252 .332 .433 .765 109 1607 88 16 23 25 34
1973 36 1371 4468 3914 513 986 163 25 157 556 17 19 483 822 .252 .334 .427 .761 108 1670 96 16 25 29 36
1974 37 1421 4536 3974 518 1002 163 25 159 560 17 19 491 832 .252 .335 .426 .760 108 1692 99 16 25 29 36

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
1962 25 140 451 391 53 95 18 2 13 45 4 47 96 .243 .327 .399 .726 50 140
1963 26 146 561 505 62 124 23 7 19 59 0 48 120 .246 .310 .432 .742 67 146
1964 27 139 460 418 55 114 15 1 12 65 0 39 90 .273 .337 .400 .736 56 139
1965 28 140 407 374 37 94 19 0 16 46 3 29 76 .251 .308 .430 .738 50 141
1966 29 58 178 163 17 41 8 0 4 18 2 14 34 .252 .315 .374 .689 19 58
1967 30 65 118 100 9 18 7 1 0 12 1 16 28 .180 .293 .270 .563 8 65
1968 31 75 218 191 26 46 7 3 5 27 1 20 38 .241 .312 .387 .699 24 75
1969 32 134 386 336 36 78 11 2 20 52 2 46 74 .232 .321 .455 .777 50 134
1970 33 149 594 502 90 150 31 4 30 102 0 86 99 .299 .400 .556 .956 111 149
1971 34 117 444 383 50 98 13 2 19 60 0 50 61 .256 .342 .449 .791 59 117
1972 35 120 446 386 70 106 16 2 18 68 3 55 67 .275 .367 .466 .833 66 115
1973 36 92 247 200 26 48 1 2 3 19 1 41 42 .240 .363 .310 .673 23 92
1974 37 50 68 60 5 16 0 0 2 4 0 8 10 .267 .353 .367 .720 8 50
13 Yrs 1425 4578 4009 536 1028 169 26 161 577 17 499 835 .256 .339 .432 .771 591 1421
162 Game Avg. 162 520 456 61 117 19 3 18 66 2 57 95 .256 .339 .432 .771 67 1421

* 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
1980 BBWAA ( 0.3%)

All-Star Games
1970 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1970 NL (8, 15%)
0.15 Career Shares (809th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1970 NL  5.3 (10th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1970 NL  .419 (5th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1970 NL  .582 (6th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1970 NL  1.001 (3rd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1970 NL  102 (10th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1970 NL  299 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1970 NL  32 (10th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1970 NL  115 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1970 NL  93 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1962 NL  96 (7th)
1963 NL  120 (4th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1970 NL  155 (4th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1970 NL  129 (5th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1970 NL  44 (4th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1970 NL  4.2 (4th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1970 NL  69 (7th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1970 NL  .785 (3rd)

AB per HR s c a p y
1970 NL  16.1 (10th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1970 NL  57.32 (3rd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1970 NL  4.7 (9th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1970 NL  4.7 (5th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1970 NL  5.2 (4th)

Oldest s c a p y
1974 NL  born 1937-05-10 (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 (·)

Gray InkBatting - 16 (1158), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 14 (1023), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1326), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  4. Darrin Jackson (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Damon Buford (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bill Robinson (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Leroy Stanton (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Gary Roenicke (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Chet Laabs (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Bill Robinson (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Bill Robinson (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Bill Robinson (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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