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Pinky Higgins

Michael Franklin Higgins (Pinky)

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 27, 1909 in Red Oak, TX
High School: Adamson HS (Dallas, TX)
School: University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)(All Transactions)
Debut: June 25, 1930 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Athletics/RedSox 1930-1946

Final Game: September 29, 1946 (Age 37)
Died: March 21, 1969 in Dallas, TX
Buried: Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, TX
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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
1930 21 PHA AL 14 28 24 1 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 .250 .357 .333 .690 73 8 0 0 /546
1933 24 PHA AL 152 635 567 85 178 34 12 13 99 2 7 61 53 .314 .383 .485 .868 128 275 2 5 *5
1934 25 PHA AL 144 607 543 89 179 37 6 16 90 9 2 56 70 .330 .392 .508 .901 135 276 0 7 *5 AS,MVP-17
1935 26 PHA AL 133 573 524 69 155 32 4 23 94 6 2 42 62 .296 .350 .504 .854 119 264 2 5 *5 MVP-20
1936 27 PHA AL 146 620 550 89 159 32 2 12 80 7 4 67 61 .289 .366 .420 .786 96 231 0 3 *5 AS
1937 28 BOS AL 153 654 570 88 172 33 5 9 106 2 6 76 51 .302 .385 .425 .809 100 242 1 7 *5
1938 29 BOS AL 139 604 524 77 159 29 5 5 106 10 9 71 55 .303 .388 .406 .794 95 213 1 7 *5
1939 30 DET AL 132 561 489 57 135 23 2 8 76 7 4 56 41 .276 .353 .380 .733 82 186 14 2 14 *5
1940 31 DET AL 131 552 480 70 130 24 3 13 76 4 2 61 31 .271 .357 .415 .771 92 199 14 3 7 *5
1941 32 DET AL 147 619 540 79 161 28 3 11 73 5 4 67 45 .298 .378 .422 .800 103 228 20 2 10 *5 MVP-27
1942 33 DET AL 143 579 499 65 133 34 2 11 79 3 7 72 21 .267 .362 .409 .771 110 204 21 3 5 *5
1943 34 DET AL 138 592 523 62 145 20 1 10 84 2 5 57 31 .277 .349 .377 .726 106 197 17 1 11 *5 MVP-21
1944 35 DET AL 148 640 543 79 161 32 4 7 76 4 4 81 34 .297 .392 .409 .801 124 222 17 4 12 *5 AS,MVP-19
1945 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946 37 TOT AL 82 293 260 20 68 14 2 2 36 0 3 29 30 .262 .338 .354 .692 88 92 9 1 3 5
1946 37 DET AL 18 66 60 2 13 3 1 0 8 0 1 5 6 .217 .277 .300 .577 57 18 1 0 1 5
1946 37 BOS AL 64 227 200 18 55 11 1 2 28 0 2 24 24 .275 .356 .370 .726 98 74 8 1 2 5
14 Yrs 1802 7557 6636 930 1941 374 51 140 1075 61 59 800 590 .292 .370 .428 .798 107 2837 112 22 96
162 Game Avg. 162 679 597 84 174 34 5 13 97 5 5 72 53 .292 .370 .428 .798 107 255 2 9
DET (7 yrs) 857 3609 3134 414 878 164 16 60 472 25 27 399 209 .280 .364 .400 .764 102 1254 104 15 60
PHA (5 yrs) 589 2463 2208 333 677 137 24 64 363 24 15 230 251 .307 .373 .477 .850 119 1054 4 20
BOS (3 yrs) 356 1485 1294 183 386 73 11 16 240 12 17 171 130 .298 .381 .409 .790 98 529 8 3 16

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1930 21 PHA AL 14 28 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 1 0 0.1 .495 .500 0.1 0.0 0 $3,000 /546
1933 24 PHA AL 152 635 22 -2 0 -9 3 14 1.4 24 38 3.7 .509 .508 4.6 -0.5 47 $4,000 *5
1934 25 PHA AL 144 607 27 1 0 -8 3 23 2.1 23 46 4.3 .515 .513 5.1 -0.5 54 $6,000 *5 AS,MVP-17
1935 26 PHA AL 133 573 12 1 0 -6 3 9 0.8 21 31 2.9 .507 .505 3.5 -0.4 37 $10,000 *5 MVP-20
1936 27 PHA AL 146 620 -3 0 0 -1 3 -1 -0.1 22 21 2.0 .499 .499 2.1 0.2 22 $10,000 *5 AS
1937 28 BOS AL 153 654 3 -2 0 -11 3 -7 -0.7 23 16 1.5 .496 .496 2.5 -0.8 27 $10,000 *5
1938 29 BOS AL 139 604 -2 -2 0 -6 2 -8 -0.6 22 14 1.3 .495 .496 1.9 -0.3 20 $11,500 *5
1939 30 DET AL 132 561 -13 0 0 -5 1 -16 -1.5 20 4 0.4 .489 .491 0.8 -0.3 9 $12,500 *5
1940 31 DET AL 131 552 -4 1 0 -3 1 -5 -0.5 19 14 1.3 .496 .497 1.6 -0.1 17 $8,000 *5
1941 32 DET AL 147 619 4 -0 0 -1 1 4 0.4 21 25 2.4 .503 .502 2.5 0.0 26 $12,500 *5 MVP-27
1942 33 DET AL 143 579 8 -2 0 -8 0 -1 -0.1 17 16 1.6 .499 .499 2.4 -0.8 24 $10,800 *5
1943 34 DET AL 138 592 5 -1 0 -3 0 1 0.1 17 18 1.9 .501 .501 2.2 -0.3 21 $8,000 *5 MVP-21
1944 35 DET AL 148 640 20 -0 0 0 0 19 2.1 18 38 4.0 .514 .513 4.0 0.0 38 $9,500 *5 AS,MVP-19
1946 37 DET AL 18 66 -3 -0 0 0 0 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.2 .476 .497 -0.2 0.0 -2 $12,000 5
1946 37 BOS AL 64 227 -0 -1 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 7 6 0.6 .499 .500 0.6 0.0 6 5
14 Seasons 1802 7557 74 -7 0 -61 20 27 2.9 258 285 27.7 .502 .501 33.7 -3.7 346 $127,800
DET (7 yrs) 857 3609 17 -3 0 -20 4 -2 0.2 114 112 11.4 .500 .500 13.3 -1.4 132 $73,300
PHA (5 yrs) 589 2463 56 1 0 -24 12 45 4.2 91 136 12.9 .507 .505 15.3 -1.2 160 $33,000
BOS (3 yrs) 356 1485 1 -4 0 -17 4 -16 -1.4 52 36 3.5 .496 .497 5.0 -1.1 53 $21,500

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
1930 21 PHA AL 28 18 3 4.4 120 .316 .250 .301 .357 .366 .333 .443 .690 .809 73 .423 -0.8 -0.1 .667 .250 .083
1933 24 PHA AL 635 401 102 6.8 106 .329 .314 .281 .383 .352 .485 .405 .868 .757 128 .660 22.8 2.2 .841 .270 .171 3.5
1934 25 PHA AL 607 373 109 7.8 108 .357 .330 .283 .392 .356 .508 .408 .901 .764 135 .691 27.7 2.6 .926 .295 .179 11.5
1935 26 PHA AL 573 376 92 6.6 110 .301 .296 .286 .350 .359 .504 .414 .854 .772 119 .619 12.5 1.2 .841 .296 .208 9.5
1936 27 PHA AL 620 398 85 5.7 119 .308 .289 .295 .366 .370 .420 .433 .786 .803 96 .511 -2.5 -0.2 .762 .258 .131 8.8
1937 28 BOS AL 654 411 91 5.8 121 .320 .302 .296 .385 .372 .425 .441 .809 .813 100 .549 1.1 0.1 .780 .249 .123 3.3
1938 29 BOS AL 604 381 81 5.6 123 .332 .303 .296 .388 .376 .406 .442 .794 .818 95 .527 -2.4 -0.2 .765 .240 .103 6.7
1939 30 DET AL 561 386 65 4.5 120 .289 .276 .295 .353 .371 .380 .436 .733 .807 82 .443 -13.4 -1.3 .664 .225 .104 7.5
1940 31 DET AL 552 373 70 5.0 119 .268 .271 .290 .357 .364 .415 .440 .771 .804 92 .502 -5.6 -0.5 .724 .275 .144 6.1
1941 32 DET AL 619 413 85 5.5 115 .310 .298 .287 .378 .366 .422 .423 .800 .789 103 .569 3.3 0.3 .739 .250 .124 6.9
1942 33 DET AL 579 399 71 4.8 101 .261 .267 .275 .362 .350 .409 .385 .771 .735 110 .568 8.5 0.9 .698 .279 .142 4.7
1943 34 DET AL 592 411 67 4.4 92 .280 .277 .264 .349 .340 .377 .364 .726 .704 106 .572 4.5 0.5 .630 .203 .099 3.3
1944 35 DET AL 640 415 86 5.6 95 .307 .297 .274 .392 .341 .409 .374 .801 .715 124 .646 21.2 2.2 .762 .262 .112 5.1
1946 37 TOT AL 293 207 30 3.9 101 .289 .262 .271 .338 .346 .354 .389 .692 .736 88 .467 -3.7 -0.4 .583 .192 .092 .0
1946 37 DET AL 66 50 5 2.7 101 .241 .217 .272 .277 .347 .300 .391 .577 .738 57 .308 -3.8 -0.4 .449 .150 .083
1946 37 BOS AL 227 157 25 4.2 101 .305 .275 .271 .356 .346 .370 .389 .726 .735 98 .510 0.0 0.0 .626 .205 .095 .0
14 Yrs 7557 4962 1037 5.6 110 .305 .292 .285 .370 .359 .428 .413 .798 .772 107 .570 73.1 7.3 .752 .256 .135 85.0
162 Game Avg. 679 446 93 5.6 110 .305 .292 .285 .370 .359 .428 .413 .798 .772 107 .570 7 1 .752 .256 .135 8
DET (7 yrs) 3609 2447 449 4.9 107 .286 .280 .280 .364 .355 .400 .403 .764 .758 102 .548 14.7 1.7 .698 .247 .120 35.3
PHA (5 yrs) 2463 1566 391 6.7 111 .324 .307 .286 .373 .359 .477 .415 .850 .774 119 .622 59.7 5.6 .839 .279 .171 34.9
BOS (3 yrs) 1485 949 197 5.5 119 .322 .298 .292 .381 .370 .409 .433 .790 .803 98 .534 -1.3 -0.1 .748 .239 .111 13.7

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
1940 31 DET AL WS CIN L 7 27 24 2 8 3 1 1 6 0 0 3 3 .333 .407 .667 1.074 16 0 0 0 0 0
1946 37 BOS AL WS STL L 7 26 24 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 .208 .269 .250 .519 6 0 0 0 0 1
2 Yrs (2 Series) 14 53 48 3 13 4 1 1 8 0 0 5 3 .271 .340 .458 .798 22 0 0 0 0 1
2 WS 14 53 48 3 13 4 1 1 8 0 0 5 3 .271 .340 .458 .798 22 0 0 0 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
1934 PHA AL 25 DNP
1936 PHA AL 27 as 3B 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1944 DET AL 35 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (2 GP) 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .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
1930 21 PHA AL 28 0.0% 17.9% 14.3% 7.1% 33% 1.25 4.8 68%
1933 24 PHA AL 635 2.1% 8.4% 9.6% 9.3% 33% 0.87 10.7 43.6 5.7 79%
1934 25 PHA AL 607 2.6% 11.5% 9.2% 9.7% 33% 1.25 7.8 33.9 6.0 75%
1935 26 PHA AL 573 4.0% 10.8% 7.3% 10.3% 38% 1.48 8.5 22.8 5.6 77%
1936 27 PHA AL 620 1.9% 9.8% 10.8% 7.4% 29% 0.91 9.0 45.8 6.9 77%
1937 28 BOS AL 654 1.4% 7.8% 11.6% 7.2% 27% 0.67 11.2 63.3 5.4 78%
1938 29 BOS AL 604 0.8% 9.1% 11.8% 6.5% 25% 0.77 9.5 104.8 4.9 77%
1939 30 DET AL 561 1.4% 7.3% 10.0% 5.9% 24% 0.73 11.9 61.1 6.4 78%
1940 31 DET AL 552 2.4% 5.6% 11.1% 7.3% 31% 0.51 15.5 36.9 6.3 79%
1941 32 DET AL 619 1.8% 7.3% 10.8% 6.8% 26% 0.67 12.0 49.1 7.4 78%
1942 33 DET AL 579 1.9% 3.6% 12.4% 8.1% 35% 0.29 23.8 45.4 6.3 81%
1943 34 DET AL 592 1.7% 5.2% 9.6% 5.2% 21% 0.54 16.9 52.3 6.2 81%
1944 35 DET AL 640 1.1% 5.3% 12.7% 6.7% 27% 0.42 16.0 77.6 7.1 78%
1946 37 TOT AL 293 0.7% 10.2% 9.9% 6.1% 27% 1.03 8.7 130.0 7.2 1.19 78%
1946 37 DET AL 66 0.0% 9.1% 7.6% 6.1% 31% 1.20 10.0 7.5 0.67 82%
1946 37 BOS AL 227 0.9% 10.6% 10.6% 6.2% 26% 1.00 8.3 100.0 7.1 1.31 77%
14 Yrs 7557 1.9% 7.8% 10.6% 7.5% 29% 0.74 11.2 47.4 6.2 1.19 78%
MLB Averages 1.3% 8.7% 8.5% 6.5% 27% 1.03 10.2 67.5 8.1 0.95 79%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1930 21 PHA AL -0.8 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1933 24 PHA AL 22.8 2.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1934 25 PHA AL 27.7 2.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1935 26 PHA AL 12.5 1.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1936 27 PHA AL -2.5 -0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1937 28 BOS AL 1.1 0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1938 29 BOS AL -2.4 -0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1939 30 DET AL -13.4 -1.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1940 31 DET AL -5.6 -0.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1941 32 DET AL 3.3 0.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1942 33 DET AL 8.5 0.9 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1943 34 DET AL 4.5 0.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1944 35 DET AL 21.2 2.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 37 TOT AL -3.7 -0.4 53 -0.3 0.6 -0.9 1.03 -0.1 -0.2 -1.4 -0.1 1.05 -1.7 2.57 1
1946 37 DET AL -3.8 -0.4 8 0.0 0.1 -0.0 .78 0.1 -0.1 0.7 0.1 0.99 0.7 0
1946 37 BOS AL 0.0 0.0 45 -0.4 0.6 -0.9 1.08 -0.2 -0.1 -2.1 -0.2 1.06 -2.4 2.57 1
14 Yrs 73.1 7.3 53 -0.3 0.6 -0.9 1.03 -0.1 -0.2 -1.4 -0.1 1.05 -1.7 2.57 1

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1946 37 TOT AL 0 0 19% 16 0 3 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 75% 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1
1946 37 DET AL 0 0 11% 1 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1946 37 BOS AL 0 0 21% 15 0 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75% 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1
14 Yrs 0 0 30% 16 61 59 51% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 75% 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 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 % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1946 37 TOT AL 293 17% 68 1 0 0 0 2.57 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 300% 16 9 56% 10 5 50% 38 6 16% 3 3 100% 3 2 67% 0
1946 37 DET AL 66 29% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 100% 3 3 100% 5 2 40% 2 2 100% 1 1 100% 0
1946 37 BOS AL 227 16% 55 1 0 0 0 2.57 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 200% 15 8 53% 7 2 29% 33 4 12% 1 1 100% 2 1 50% 0
14 Yrs 293 17% 1941 1 0 0 0 2.57 140 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 96 9600% 16 112 700% 10 5 50% 38 6 16% 3 3 100% 3 2 67% 0
MLB Averages 49% 1545% 133% 37% 14% 52% 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
1930 21 14 28 24 1 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 .250 .357 .333 .690 73 8 0 0
1931 22 14 28 24 1 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 .250 .357 .333 .690 73 8 0 0
1932 23 14 28 24 1 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 .250 .357 .333 .690 73 8 0 0
1933 24 166 663 591 86 184 36 12 13 99 2 7 65 58 .311 .381 .479 .860 126 283 2 5
1934 25 310 1270 1134 175 363 73 18 29 189 11 9 121 128 .320 .387 .493 .880 130 559 2 12
1935 26 443 1843 1658 244 518 105 22 52 283 17 11 163 190 .312 .375 .496 .872 127 823 4 17
1936 27 589 2463 2208 333 677 137 24 64 363 24 15 230 251 .307 .373 .477 .850 119 1054 4 20
1937 28 742 3117 2778 421 849 170 29 73 469 26 21 306 302 .306 .376 .467 .842 115 1296 5 27
1938 29 881 3721 3302 498 1008 199 34 78 575 36 30 377 357 .305 .377 .457 .834 111 1509 6 34
1939 30 1013 4282 3791 555 1143 222 36 86 651 43 34 433 398 .302 .374 .447 .821 108 1695 14 8 48
1940 31 1144 4834 4271 625 1273 246 39 99 727 47 36 494 429 .298 .372 .443 .816 106 1894 28 11 55
1941 32 1291 5453 4811 704 1434 274 42 110 800 52 40 561 474 .298 .373 .441 .814 106 2122 48 13 65
1942 33 1434 6032 5310 769 1567 308 44 121 879 55 47 633 495 .295 .372 .438 .810 106 2326 69 16 70
1943 34 1572 6624 5833 831 1712 328 45 131 963 57 52 690 526 .294 .370 .433 .802 106 2523 86 17 81
1944 35 1720 7264 6376 910 1873 360 49 138 1039 61 56 771 560 .294 .372 .431 .802 107 2745 103 21 93
1945 36 1720 7264 6376 910 1873 360 49 138 1039 61 56 771 560 .294 .372 .431 .802 107 2745 103 21 93
1946 37 1802 7557 6636 930 1941 374 51 140 1075 61 59 800 590 .292 .370 .428 .798 107 2837 112 22 96

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
1930 21 15 27 24 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 3 5 .208 .296 .292 .588 2 14
1933 24 162 658 591 81 176 34 12 13 94 2 60 56 .298 .364 .462 .826 99 152
1934 25 151 621 559 84 176 36 6 16 85 9 55 74 .315 .376 .487 .863 102 144
1935 26 141 591 543 64 152 31 4 23 88 6 41 66 .280 .333 .479 .812 86 133
1936 27 153 620 555 75 146 29 2 11 67 6 62 64 .263 .337 .382 .719 71 146
1937 28 159 647 570 74 157 30 5 8 89 2 69 53 .275 .355 .388 .742 78 153
1938 29 147 605 532 64 146 27 5 5 89 9 65 58 .274 .355 .372 .727 69 139
1939 30 139 564 496 48 124 21 2 7 64 6 51 43 .250 .322 .343 .665 55 132
1940 31 137 552 486 59 120 22 3 12 64 4 56 32 .247 .328 .379 .707 60 131
1941 32 153 621 546 70 152 26 3 10 65 5 63 47 .278 .355 .392 .747 76 147
1942 33 151 607 525 66 137 35 2 11 80 3 74 22 .261 .355 .398 .754 74 143
1943 34 145 631 556 69 158 22 1 11 94 2 62 33 .284 .357 .387 .744 77 138
1944 35 155 675 571 85 172 34 4 7 82 4 87 36 .301 .397 .412 .809 93 148
1946 37 86 309 274 22 73 15 2 2 39 0 31 31 .266 .343 .358 .701 33 82
14 Yrs 1894 7728 6828 862 1894 364 51 136 1000 58 779 620 .277 .353 .405 .759 975 1802
162 Game Avg. 162 661 584 74 162 31 4 12 86 5 67 53 .277 .353 .405 .759 83 1802

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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
1950 BBWAA ( 1.2%)
1951 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1958 BBWAA ( 2.3%)
1960 BBWAA ( 1.1%)

All-Star Games
1934
1936 (3B)
1944 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1934 AL (17, 4%)
1935 AL (20, 4%)
1941 AL (27, 0%)
1943 AL (21, 2%)
1944 AL (19, 2%)
0.12 Career Shares (875th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1944 AL  4.0 (10th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1933 AL  4.6 (10th)
1934 AL  5.1 (7th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1933 AL  .314 (10th)
1934 AL  .330 (8th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1944 AL  .392 (6th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1933 AL  .485 (8th)
1935 AL  .504 (7th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1933 AL  .868 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1933 AL  152 (5th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1933 AL  275 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
1942 AL  34 (7th)
1944 AL  32 (8th)
Career  374 (222nd)

Triples s c a p y
1933 AL  12 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1935 AL  23 (6th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1933 AL  99 (10th)
1943 AL  84 (9th)
Career  1,075 (218th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1944 AL  81 (5th)
Career  800 (247th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1933 AL  53 (10th)
1934 AL  70 (4th)
1935 AL  62 (7th)
1936 AL  61 (9th)

Singles s c a p y
1941 AL  119 (9th)
1943 AL  114 (9th)
1944 AL  118 (10th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1933 AL  128 (9th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1933 AL  102 (10th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1933 AL  59 (8th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1944 AL  246 (7th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1933 AL  .660 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1940 AL  3 (8th)
1944 AL  4 (9th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1939 AL  14 (9th)
1941 AL  10 (9th)
1944 AL  12 (10th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1941 AL  20 (4th)
1942 AL  21 (2nd)
1943 AL  17 (7th)
1944 AL  17 (7th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1938 AL  9 (4th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1934 AL  11.5 (7th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1942 AL  23.8 (6th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1935 AL  22.8 (5th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 34 (723), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 27 (659), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 30 (311), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Third Base (79th), 27.7 career WAR/21.1 7yr-peak WAR/24.4 JAWS
Average HOF 3B (out of 13) = 67.4 career WAR/42.6 7yr-peak WAR/55.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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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.
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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.

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