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Kirby Higbe

Walter Kirby Higbe

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 8, 1915 in Columbia, SC(All Transactions)
Debut: October 3, 1937
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Pirates/Phillies/Giants/Cubs 1937-1950

Final Game: July 7, 1950
Died: May 6, 1985 in Columbia, SC
Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Columbia, SC
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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
1937 22 CHC NL 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1938 23 CHC NL 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1939 24 TOT NL 43 80 73 5 13 2 0 0 6 0 0 18 .178 .178 .205 .384 5 15 2 0 7 1
1939 24 CHC NL 9 8 7 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 .286 .286 .429 .714 88 3 0 0 1 /1
1939 24 PHI NL 34 72 66 5 11 1 0 0 5 0 0 15 .167 .167 .182 .348 -4 12 2 0 6 1
1940 25 PHI NL 41 109 103 5 17 1 1 0 3 0 3 26 .165 .189 .194 .383 8 20 4 0 3 1 AS,MVP-21
1941 26 BRO NL 48 122 112 6 21 3 1 0 14 0 4 23 .188 .216 .232 .448 24 26 6 0 6 1 MVP-7
1942 27 BRO NL 38 84 77 2 8 2 0 0 8 0 0 16 .104 .104 .130 .234 -32 10 2 0 7 1
1943 28 BRO NL 35 72 65 2 9 0 0 1 1 0 3 12 .138 .176 .185 .361 4 12 1 0 4 1
1946 31 BRO NL 42 83 77 5 10 2 0 0 7 0 0 11 .130 .130 .156 .286 -20 12 0 0 6 1 AS,MVP-15
1947 32 TOT NL 50 85 77 6 11 3 0 1 4 0 2 12 .143 .165 .221 .385 0 17 2 0 6 1
1947 32 BRO NL 4 5 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .400 .600 54 2 0 0 0 /1
1947 32 PIT NL 46 80 72 6 10 2 0 1 4 0 2 11 .139 .162 .208 .370 -4 15 2 0 6 1
1948 33 PIT NL 56 48 48 4 10 1 0 1 3 0 0 11 .208 .208 .292 .500 33 14 2 0 0 1
1949 34 TOT NL 44 21 18 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 .056 .190 .056 .246 -31 1 0 0 0 1
1949 34 PIT NL 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1949 34 NYG NL 37 18 15 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 .067 .222 .067 .289 -19 1 0 0 0 1
1950 35 NYG NL 18 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 31 1 0 0 0 1
12 Yrs 418 714 660 35 101 14 2 3 47 0 15 135 .153 .172 .194 .366 1 128 19 0 39
162 Game Avg. 162 277 256 14 39 5 1 1 18 0 6 52 .153 .172 .194 .366 1 50 7 0 15
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
BRO (5 yrs) 167 366 336 15 49 8 1 1 30 0 7 63 .146 .163 .185 .348 -2 62 9 0 23
PIT (3 yrs) 109 131 123 10 20 3 0 2 7 0 2 22 .163 .176 .236 .412 8 29 4 0 6
CHC (3 yrs) 12 14 13 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 .154 .154 .231 .385 2 3 0 0 1
NYG (2 yrs) 55 22 19 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 .105 .227 .105 .333 -8 2 0 0 0
PHI (2 yrs) 75 181 169 10 28 2 1 0 8 0 3 41 .166 .180 .189 .370 3 32 6 0 9

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
1937 22 CHC NL 1 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .447 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ /1
1938 23 CHC NL 2 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .473 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ /1
1939 24 CHC NL 9 8 -0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .507 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ /1
1939 24 PHI NL 34 72 -10 0 0 0 8 -2 -0.2 2 0 -0.2 .493 .499 -0.2 -0.0 0 $ 1
1940 25 PHI NL 41 109 -13 0 0 0 12 -1 -0.1 4 3 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 -0.0 3 $ 1 AS,MVP-21
1941 26 BRO NL 48 122 -12 0 0 0 13 1 0.1 4 6 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 -0.0 6 $ 1 MVP-7
1942 27 BRO NL 38 84 -13 0 0 0 8 -5 -0.6 3 -2 -0.6 .485 .497 -0.6 -0.0 -2 $ 1
1943 28 BRO NL 35 72 -8 0 0 0 6 -2 -0.2 2 0 -0.2 .494 .499 -0.2 0.0 0 $ 1
1946 31 BRO NL 42 83 -12 0 0 0 8 -4 -0.4 3 -1 -0.4 .489 .497 -0.4 0.0 -1 $15,000 1 AS,MVP-15
1947 32 BRO NL 4 5 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .502 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $17,500 /1
1947 32 PIT NL 46 80 -12 0 0 0 9 -3 -0.3 3 0 -0.3 .494 .498 -0.3 0.0 0 $ 1
1948 33 PIT NL 56 48 -5 0 0 0 5 1 0.1 2 2 0.1 .501 .500 0.1 0.0 2 $ 1
1949 34 PIT NL 7 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .493 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ /1
1949 34 NYG NL 37 18 -2 -0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 0 $ 1
1950 35 NYG NL 18 4 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 $ 1
12 Seasons 418 714 -91 1 0 0 74 -16 -1.8 24 8 -1.9 .496 .499 -1.9 -0.0 8 $32,500
BRO (5 yrs) 167 366 -46 0 0 0 36 -9 -1.1 12 3 -1.1 .494 .499 -1.1 -0.0 3 $32,500
PIT (3 yrs) 109 131 -17 0 0 0 14 -3 -0.3 5 2 -0.3 .498 .499 -0.3 0.0 2 $
CHC (3 yrs) 12 14 -2 0 0 0 2 -0 -0.0 0 0 -0.1 .496 .500 -0.1 0.0 0 $
NYG (2 yrs) 55 22 -3 -0 0 0 2 -1 -0.0 1 0 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 -0.0 0 $
PHI (2 yrs) 75 181 -23 0 0 0 20 -3 -0.3 6 3 -0.3 .496 .499 -0.3 -0.0 3 $

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
1937 22 CHC NL 3 3 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .285 .000 .347 .000 .404 .000 .751 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1938 23 CHC NL 3 3 0 0.0 101 .000 .000 .278 .000 .343 .000 .396 .000 .739 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1939 24 TOT NL 80 69 3 1.2 99 .236 .178 .274 .178 .339 .205 .391 .384 .730 5 .076 -9.7 -1.0 .242 .027 .027
1939 24 CHC NL 8 6 1 4.4 105 .500 .286 .283 .286 .349 .429 .404 .714 .753 88 .488 -0.1 -0.0 .600 .143 .143
1939 24 PHI NL 72 63 2 0.8 98 .216 .167 .273 .167 .338 .182 .390 .348 .728 -4 .044 -9.6 -1.0 .211 .015 .015
1940 25 PHI NL 109 93 4 1.2 94 .221 .165 .266 .189 .330 .194 .382 .383 .712 8 .081 -13.0 -1.3 .256 .058 .029
1941 26 BRO NL 122 103 6 1.6 98 .236 .188 .272 .216 .343 .232 .383 .448 .725 24 .143 -12.1 -1.3 .309 .080 .045
1942 27 BRO NL 84 78 1 0.4 88 .131 .104 .258 .104 .331 .130 .359 .234 .689 -32 .012 -13.2 -1.5 .141 .026 .026
1943 28 BRO NL 72 61 2 0.9 90 .154 .138 .266 .176 .335 .185 .361 .361 .695 4 .061 -8.4 -0.9 .263 .092 .046 .0
1946 31 BRO NL 83 73 2 0.7 94 .152 .130 .264 .130 .339 .156 .369 .286 .709 -20 .042 -12.4 -1.3 .179 .026 .026
1947 32 TOT NL 85 74 2 0.7 108 .156 .143 .278 .165 .353 .221 .412 .385 .765 0 .032 -11.5 -1.1 .279 .104 .078 .0
1947 32 BRO NL 5 4 0 0.0 108 .250 .200 .278 .200 .353 .400 .412 .600 .765 54 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .500 .200 .200
1947 32 PIT NL 80 70 2 0.8 108 .150 .139 .278 .162 .354 .208 .412 .370 .765 -4 .035 -11.2 -1.1 .266 .097 .069 .0
1948 33 PIT NL 48 40 3 2.0 104 .250 .208 .271 .208 .346 .292 .402 .500 .748 33 .186 -4.8 -0.5 .350 .083 .083 .0
1949 34 TOT NL 21 17 0 0.0 104 .071 .056 .271 .190 .344 .056 .405 .246 .750 -31 .000 -3.4 -0.3 .235 .167 .000
1949 34 PIT NL 3 3 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .273 .000 .347 .000 .408 .000 .755 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1949 34 NYG NL 18 14 0 0.0 104 .091 .067 .270 .222 .344 .067 .405 .289 .749 -19 .000 -2.5 -0.2 .286 .200 .000
1950 35 NYG NL 4 3 0 0.0 109 .250 .250 .271 .250 .348 .250 .420 .500 .768 31 .000 -0.4 -0.0 .333 .000 .000
12 Yrs 714 617 23 1.0 97 .188 .153 .269 .172 .339 .194 .383 .366 .722 1 .066 -90.6 -9.5 .247 .064 .041 .0
162 Game Avg. 277 239 9 1.0 97 .188 .153 .269 .172 .339 .194 .383 .366 .722 1 .066 -90.6 -9.5 .247 .064 .041
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
BRO (5 yrs) 366 319 11 0.9 93 .176 .146 .266 .163 .338 .185 .370 .348 .708 -2 .064 -46.4 -5.0 .233 .060 .039 .0
PIT (3 yrs) 131 113 5 1.2 107 .182 .163 .275 .176 .350 .236 .408 .412 .758 8 .077 -16.9 -1.7 .290 .089 .073 .0
CHC (3 yrs) 14 12 1 2.2 104 .250 .154 .282 .154 .347 .231 .402 .385 .749 2 .215 -1.8 -0.2 .273 .077 .077
NYG (2 yrs) 22 17 0 0.0 105 .133 .105 .270 .227 .345 .105 .408 .333 .753 -8 .000 -3.0 -0.3 .294 .158 .000
PHI (2 yrs) 181 156 6 1.0 96 .219 .166 .269 .180 .333 .189 .385 .370 .718 3 .065 -22.5 -2.3 .238 .041 .024

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
1941 26 BRO NL WS NYY L 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 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
1940 PHI NL 25 DNP
1946 BRO NL 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .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
1937 22 CHC NL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0 67%
1938 23 CHC NL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0 67%
1939 24 TOT NL 80 0.0% 22.5% 0.0% 2.5% 15% 4.1 12.2 69%
1939 24 CHC NL 8 0.0% 37.5% 0.0% 12.5% 50% 2.3 7.0 50%
1939 24 PHI NL 72 0.0% 20.8% 0.0% 1.4% 9% 4.4 13.2 71%
1940 25 PHI NL 109 0.0% 23.9% 2.8% 1.8% 12% 8.67 4.0 34.3 71%
1941 26 BRO NL 122 0.0% 18.9% 3.3% 3.3% 19% 5.75 4.9 8.0 73%
1942 27 BRO NL 84 0.0% 19.1% 0.0% 2.4% 25% 4.8 9.6 73%
1943 28 BRO NL 72 1.4% 16.7% 4.2% 1.4% 11% 4.00 5.4 65.0 65.0 72%
1946 31 BRO NL 83 0.0% 13.3% 0.0% 2.4% 20% 7.0 11.0 80%
1947 32 TOT NL 85 1.2% 14.1% 2.4% 4.7% 36% 6.00 6.4 77.0 19.3 75%
1947 32 BRO NL 5 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 20.0% 100% 5.0 80%
1947 32 PIT NL 80 1.3% 13.8% 2.5% 3.8% 30% 5.50 6.5 72.0 18.0 75%
1948 33 PIT NL 48 2.1% 22.9% 0.0% 4.2% 20% 4.4 48.0 16.0 4.50 75%
1949 34 TOT NL 21 0.0% 19.1% 14.3% 0.0% 0% 1.33 4.5 18.0 67%
1949 34 PIT NL 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
1949 34 NYG NL 18 0.0% 22.2% 16.7% 0.0% 0% 1.33 3.8 15.0 61%
1950 35 NYG NL 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.00 100%
12 Yrs 714 0.4% 18.9% 2.1% 2.7% 19% 9.00 4.9 220.0 14.0 4.67 73%
MLB Averages 1.5% 9.2% 9.2% 6.3% 27% 1.00 9.6 61.3 8.3 0.97 78%
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
1937 22 CHC NL -0.8 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1938 23 CHC NL -0.8 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1939 24 TOT NL -9.7 -1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1939 24 CHC NL -0.1 -0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1939 24 PHI NL -9.6 -1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1940 25 PHI NL -13.0 -1.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1941 26 BRO NL -12.2 -1.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1942 27 BRO NL -13.2 -1.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1943 28 BRO NL -8.4 -0.9 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 31 BRO NL -12.4 -1.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 32 TOT NL -11.5 -1.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 32 BRO NL -0.3 -0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 32 PIT NL -11.2 -1.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 33 PIT NL -4.8 -0.5 23 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 .75 -0.2 -0.1 -3.3 -0.3 0.99 -2.0 0
1949 34 TOT NL -3.4 -0.3 7 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 1.19 -0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 1.14 -0.7 0
1949 34 PIT NL -0.9 -0.1 3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.03 -0.1 0.0 -0.6 -0.1 0.75 -0.9 0
1949 34 NYG NL -2.6 -0.2 4 0.1 0.1 -0.0 1.31 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.1 1.43 0.2 0
1950 35 NYG NL -0.4 -0.0 4 0.0 0.1 -0.1 1.43 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 -0.0 0.69 -0.5 0
12 Yrs -90.8 -9.5 34 -0.2 0.4 -0.6 .92 -0.3 0.1 -3.2 -0.3 0.99 -3.1 0
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 33 PIT NL 0 0 33% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1949 34 TOT NL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 34 PIT NL 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 34 NYG NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 35 NYG NL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Yrs 0 0 28% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

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 PIT NL 48 4% 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0% 4 2 50% 5 0 0% 17 1 6% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
1949 34 TOT NL 21 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 2 0 0% 8 1 13% 0 0 0 0 0
1949 34 PIT NL 3 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1949 34 NYG NL 18 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 6 1 17% 0 0 0 0 0
1950 35 NYG NL 4 75% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
12 Yrs 73 12% 101 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 39 3900% 8 19 238% 7 0 0% 26 2 8% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 51% 593% 57% 33% 15% 51% 55%

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
1937 22 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1938 23 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1939 24 46 86 79 5 13 2 0 0 6 0 0 20 .165 .165 .190 .354 -3 15 2 0 7
1940 25 87 195 182 10 30 3 1 0 9 0 3 46 .165 .178 .192 .371 3 35 6 0 10
1941 26 135 317 294 16 51 6 2 0 23 0 7 69 .173 .193 .207 .400 11 61 12 0 16
1942 27 173 401 371 18 59 8 2 0 31 0 7 85 .159 .175 .191 .366 2 71 14 0 23
1943 28 208 473 436 20 68 8 2 1 32 0 10 97 .156 .175 .190 .365 3 83 15 0 27
1944 29 208 473 436 20 68 8 2 1 32 0 10 97 .156 .175 .190 .365 3 83 15 0 27
1945 30 208 473 436 20 68 8 2 1 32 0 10 97 .156 .175 .190 .365 3 83 15 0 27
1946 31 250 556 513 25 78 10 2 1 39 0 10 108 .152 .168 .185 .353 -1 95 15 0 33
1947 32 300 641 590 31 89 13 2 2 43 0 12 120 .151 .168 .190 .358 -1 112 17 0 39
1948 33 356 689 638 35 99 14 2 3 46 0 12 131 .155 .171 .197 .368 2 126 19 0 39
1949 34 400 710 656 35 100 14 2 3 47 0 15 135 .152 .171 .194 .365 1 127 19 0 39
1950 35 418 714 660 35 101 14 2 3 47 0 15 135 .153 .172 .194 .366 1 128 19 0 39

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
1937 22 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
1938 23 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1939 24 45 85 78 6 15 2 0 0 7 0 0 19 .192 .192 .218 .410 3 43
1940 25 43 114 108 6 18 1 1 0 3 0 3 27 .167 .189 .194 .384 4 41
1941 26 50 128 118 7 23 3 1 0 16 0 4 24 .195 .221 .237 .459 6 48
1942 27 40 88 81 2 8 2 0 0 8 0 0 17 .099 .099 .123 .222 1 38
1943 28 37 75 68 2 9 0 0 1 1 0 3 13 .132 .169 .176 .345 2 35
1946 31 44 88 82 7 12 2 0 0 9 0 0 11 .146 .146 .171 .317 2 42
1947 32 52 89 81 7 12 3 0 1 4 0 2 13 .148 .169 .222 .391 3 50
1948 33 59 51 51 4 11 1 0 1 3 0 0 11 .216 .216 .294 .510 3 56
1949 34 46 22 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .000 .136 .000 .136 0 44
1950 35 19 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 18
12 Yrs 438 750 696 41 108 14 2 3 51 0 15 141 .155 .173 .194 .367 24 418
162 Game Avg. 162 277 257 15 40 5 1 1 19 0 6 52 .155 .173 .194 .367 9 418

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1940
1946 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1940 NL (21, 3%)
1941 NL (7, 19%)
1946 NL (15, 5%)
0.27 Career Shares (641st)

                            

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