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Gil Hodges

Gilbert Raymond Hodges
born Gilbert Ray Hodge

Positions: First Baseman and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: April 4, 1924 in Princeton, IN
High School: Petersburg HS (Petersburg, IN)
School: Saint Joseph's College (Rensselaer, IN)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1943. (All Transactions)
Debut: October 3, 1943
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Mets 1943-1963

Final Game: May 5, 1963
Died: April 2, 1972 in West Palm Beach, FL
Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY
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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
1943 19 BRO NL 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 -0 0 0 0 0 /5
1944 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1947 23 BRO NL 28 91 77 9 12 3 1 1 7 0 14 19 .156 .286 .260 .545 44 20 3 0 0 2
1948 24 BRO NL 134 527 481 48 120 18 5 11 70 7 43 61 .249 .311 .376 .687 82 181 11 0 4 32 MVP-30
1949 25 BRO NL 156 675 596 94 170 23 4 23 115 10 66 64 .285 .360 .453 .813 113 270 13 4 10 *3 AS,MVP-11
1950 26 BRO NL 153 646 561 98 159 26 2 32 113 6 73 73 .283 .367 .508 .875 125 285 14 1 11 *3 AS,MVP-8
1951 27 BRO NL 158 681 582 118 156 25 3 40 103 9 7 93 99 .268 .374 .527 .901 138 307 13 5 1 *3 AS,MVP-16
1952 28 BRO NL 153 619 508 87 129 27 1 32 102 2 4 107 90 .254 .386 .500 .886 142 254 9 2 2 *3 AS,MVP-19
1953 29 BRO NL 141 598 520 101 157 22 7 31 122 1 4 75 84 .302 .393 .550 .943 139 286 4 3 0 *3O7/9 AS,MVP-14
1954 30 BRO NL 154 678 579 106 176 23 5 42 130 3 3 74 84 .304 .373 .579 .952 140 335 13 1 5 19 *3 AS,MVP-10
1955 31 BRO NL 150 642 546 75 158 24 5 27 102 2 1 80 91 .289 .377 .500 .877 127 273 16 3 3 10 3 *3/798 AS
1956 32 BRO NL 153 633 550 86 146 29 4 32 87 3 3 76 91 .265 .354 .507 .861 120 279 16 0 5 2 10 *37/92
1957 33 BRO NL 150 654 579 94 173 28 7 27 98 5 3 63 91 .299 .366 .511 .877 125 296 11 2 4 6 6 *3/54 AS,MVP-7,GG
1958 34 LAD NL 141 532 475 68 123 15 1 22 64 8 2 52 87 .259 .330 .434 .764 97 206 15 0 2 3 3 *35/972 GG
1959 35 LAD NL 124 480 413 57 114 19 2 25 80 3 2 58 92 .276 .367 .513 .880 125 212 13 3 3 3 6 *3/5 MVP-18,GG
1960 36 LAD NL 101 231 197 22 39 8 1 8 30 0 1 26 37 .198 .291 .371 .661 76 73 5 1 4 3 1 35
1961 37 LAD NL 109 245 215 25 52 4 0 8 31 3 1 24 43 .242 .313 .372 .685 76 80 5 0 2 4 1 3
1962 38 NYM NL 54 142 127 15 32 1 0 9 17 0 0 15 27 .252 .331 .472 .803 113 60 4 0 0 0 1 3
1963 39 NYM NL 11 25 22 2 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 2 .227 .320 .227 .547 61 5 0 0 0 0 0 3
18 Yrs 2071 8102 7030 1105 1921 295 48 370 1274 63 31 943 1137 .273 .359 .487 .846 120 3422 165 25 56 50 31
162 Game Avg. 162 634 550 86 150 23 4 29 100 5 74 89 .273 .359 .487 .846 120 268 13 2 4
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
LAD (16 yrs) 2006 7935 6881 1088 1884 294 48 361 1254 63 31 925 1108 .274 .360 .488 .847 120 3357 161 25 56 50 30
NYM (2 yrs) 65 167 149 17 37 1 0 9 20 0 0 18 29 .248 .329 .436 .766 105 65 4 0 0 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
1943 19 BRO NL 1 3 -0 0 0 -1 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .384 .499 0.0 -0.1 0 $ /5
1947 23 BRO NL 28 91 -6 0 0 0 1 -6 -0.6 3 -2 -0.2 .480 .496 -0.2 0.1 -2 $ 2
1948 24 BRO NL 134 527 -13 -2 0 -2 -3 -19 -2.1 18 -1 -0.2 .485 .488 0.0 -0.5 1 $ 32 MVP-30
1949 25 BRO NL 156 675 11 2 -1 1 -7 6 0.5 24 30 2.8 .504 .504 2.8 -0.6 29 $ *3 AS,MVP-11
1950 26 BRO NL 153 646 20 0 -0 -1 -7 12 1.0 22 33 3.1 .507 .507 3.3 -0.9 34 $ *3 AS,MVP-8
1951 27 BRO NL 158 681 30 3 -0 5 -7 30 3.0 23 53 5.3 .520 .519 4.9 -0.3 48 $ *3 AS,MVP-16
1952 28 BRO NL 153 619 30 -2 1 7 -7 29 3.1 21 50 5.2 .521 .520 4.5 -0.0 43 $ *3 AS,MVP-19
1953 29 BRO NL 141 598 28 -1 2 3 -7 25 2.3 20 45 4.2 .517 .515 4.2 -0.5 42 $ *3O7/9 AS,MVP-14
1954 30 BRO NL 154 678 30 2 -1 14 -8 38 3.7 23 60 5.9 .525 .524 4.6 0.6 46 $ *3 AS,MVP-10
1955 31 BRO NL 150 642 23 1 -0 7 -8 22 2.0 22 44 4.1 .515 .514 3.7 -0.2 37 $ *3/798 AS
1956 32 BRO NL 153 633 17 -2 -1 8 -9 13 1.0 22 34 3.1 .509 .509 2.6 -0.3 26 $35,000 *37/92
1957 33 BRO NL 150 654 24 -1 0 5 -8 20 1.9 22 42 4.0 .514 .513 3.7 -0.5 36 $ *3/54 AS,MVP-7,GG
1958 34 LAD NL 141 532 0 1 -2 1 -7 -6 -0.7 18 12 1.0 .495 .496 1.1 -0.7 11 $36,000 *35/972 GG
1959 35 LAD NL 124 480 17 -1 -2 1 -6 9 0.9 16 25 2.5 .507 .506 2.5 -0.6 24 $38,000 *3/5 MVP-18,GG
1960 36 LAD NL 101 231 -5 -1 0 2 -3 -6 -0.7 8 2 0.1 .493 .496 -0.2 -0.1 -1 $41,000 35
1961 37 LAD NL 109 245 -7 -1 -0 -3 -4 -15 -1.5 8 -6 -0.7 .486 .491 -0.4 -0.7 -3 $39,000 3
1962 38 NYM NL 54 142 2 -0 -0 1 -2 1 0.1 5 5 0.6 .501 .500 0.5 -0.1 5 $ 3
1963 39 NYM NL 11 25 -1 0 0 0 -0 -1 -0.1 1 -0 0.0 .489 .499 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ 3
18 Seasons 2071 8102 200 -1 -3 48 -93 150 13.8 274 424 40.7 .507 .505 37.5 -5.4 376 $189,000
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
LAD (16 yrs) 2006 7935 199 -1 -3 47 -91 150 13.9 268 419 40.1 .508 .506 37.1 -5.3 371 $189,000
NYM (2 yrs) 65 167 1 -0 -0 1 -2 -0 -0.0 6 5 0.6 .499 .500 0.4 -0.1 4 $

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
1943 19 BRO NL 3 2 0 0.0 90 .000 .266 .333 .335 .000 .361 .333 .696 -0 .000 -0.2 -0.0 1.000 1.000 .000 .0
1947 23 BRO NL 91 68 6 2.3 108 .193 .156 .278 .286 .353 .260 .412 .545 .765 44 .223 -6.3 -0.6 .500 .286 .104 .0
1948 24 BRO NL 527 376 56 4.0 105 .267 .249 .274 .311 .349 .376 .405 .687 .754 82 .446 -13.8 -1.4 .621 .231 .127 8.6
1949 25 BRO NL 675 449 96 5.7 107 .289 .285 .275 .360 .349 .453 .412 .813 .761 113 .600 10.6 1.0 .797 .295 .168 13.9
1950 26 BRO NL 646 427 104 6.5 111 .279 .283 .273 .367 .351 .508 .424 .875 .774 125 .642 19.7 1.9 .877 .365 .225 10.1
1951 27 BRO NL 681 447 112 6.7 105 .262 .268 .270 .374 .344 .527 .409 .901 .753 138 .675 31.5 3.1 .913 .423 .259 14.7
1952 28 BRO NL 619 394 96 6.5 99 .251 .254 .264 .386 .337 .500 .393 .886 .730 142 .696 32.7 3.3 .921 .453 .246 3.8
1953 29 BRO NL 598 371 110 7.8 113 .311 .302 .278 .393 .350 .550 .433 .943 .782 139 .708 31.0 2.9 .973 .387 .248 1.9
1954 30 BRO NL 678 443 127 7.7 113 .284 .304 .279 .373 .351 .579 .431 .952 .782 140 .703 35.1 3.4 .979 .402 .275 5.6
1955 31 BRO NL 642 418 105 6.7 109 .299 .289 .270 .377 .342 .500 .428 .877 .770 127 .660 23.7 2.3 .881 .359 .211 3.7
1956 32 BRO NL 633 430 97 6.0 111 .266 .265 .274 .354 .342 .507 .433 .861 .776 120 .634 16.2 1.6 .839 .380 .242 5.5
1957 33 BRO NL 654 430 109 6.9 110 .313 .299 .279 .366 .344 .511 .432 .877 .775 125 .673 21.0 2.1 .864 .325 .212 8.4
1958 34 LAD NL 532 374 67 4.8 110 .274 .259 .275 .330 .343 .434 .429 .764 .772 97 .514 -2.7 -0.3 .715 .297 .175 11.7
1959 35 LAD NL 480 320 77 6.4 111 .298 .276 .278 .367 .346 .513 .431 .880 .776 125 .647 15.6 1.5 .873 .380 .237 5.4
1960 36 LAD NL 231 171 22 3.5 104 .200 .198 .270 .291 .337 .371 .414 .661 .751 76 .396 -6.9 -0.7 .604 .299 .173 .0
1961 37 LAD NL 245 175 26 4.0 112 .262 .242 .278 .313 .346 .372 .433 .685 .779 76 .427 -7.6 -0.8 .627 .251 .130 4.4
1962 38 NYM NL 142 99 19 5.1 104 .253 .252 .271 .331 .339 .472 .412 .803 .750 113 .555 1.6 0.2 .758 .339 .220 .0
1963 39 NYM NL 25 17 2 3.2 89 .250 .227 .254 .320 .316 .227 .380 .547 .696 61 .405 -1.0 -0.1 .471 .136 .000
18 Yrs 8102 5411 1231 6.1 108 .278 .273 .274 .359 .345 .487 .421 .846 .766 120 .627 200.2 19.5 .834 .352 .214 107.7
162 Game Avg. 634 423 96 6.1 108 .278 .273 .274 .359 .345 .487 .421 .846 .766 120 .627 16 2 .834 .352 .214 8
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
LAD (16 yrs) 7935 5295 1210 6.1 108 .279 .274 .274 .360 .345 .488 .422 .847 .767 120 .628 199.6 19.4 .836 .353 .214 107.3
NYM (2 yrs) 167 116 21 4.9 102 .252 .248 .269 .329 .335 .436 .407 .766 .742 105 .538 0.6 0.1 .716 .309 .188 .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
1947 23 BRO NL WS NYY L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 25 BRO NL WS NYY L 5 19 17 2 4 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 4 .235 .278 .412 .690 7 2 0 1 0 0
1952 28 BRO NL WS NYY L 7 26 21 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 6 .000 .192 .000 .192 0 2 0 0 0 1
1953 29 BRO NL WS NYY L 6 25 22 3 8 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 3 .364 .440 .500 .940 11 0 0 0 0 0
1955 31 BRO NL WS NYY W 7 29 24 2 7 0 0 1 5 0 1 3 2 .292 .357 .417 .774 10 0 0 1 1 0
1956 32 BRO NL WS NYY L 7 27 23 5 7 2 0 1 8 0 0 4 4 .304 .407 .522 .929 12 0 0 0 0 0
1959 35 LAD NL WS CHW W 6 24 23 2 9 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 2 .391 .417 .609 1.025 14 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs (7 Series) 39 151 131 15 35 2 1 5 21 1 1 17 22 .267 .349 .412 .761 54 4 0 2 1 1
7 WS 39 151 131 15 35 2 1 5 21 1 1 17 22 .267 .349 .412 .761 54 4 0 2 1 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
1949 BRO NL 25 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
1950 BRO NL 26 DNP
1951 BRO NL 27 as 1B 5 5 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 1.000 1.400 5 0 0 0 0 0
1952 BRO NL 28 DNP
1953 BRO NL 29 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 BRO NL 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 BRO NL 31 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
1957 BRO NL 33 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs (6 GP) 12 12 3 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .583 .917 7 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
1943 19 BRO NL 3 0.0% 66.7% 33.3% 0.0% 2.00 1.0 0%
1947 23 BRO NL 91 1.1% 20.9% 15.4% 5.5% 42% 1.36 4.1 77.0 11.0 63%
1948 24 BRO NL 527 2.1% 11.6% 8.2% 6.5% 28% 1.42 7.9 43.7 6.9 1.01 78%
1949 25 BRO NL 675 3.4% 9.5% 9.8% 7.4% 29% 0.97 9.3 25.9 5.2 0.77 75%
1950 26 BRO NL 646 5.0% 11.3% 11.3% 9.3% 38% 1.00 7.7 17.5 5.0 0.78 71%
1951 27 BRO NL 681 5.9% 14.5% 13.7% 10.0% 44% 1.06 5.9 14.6 5.7 0.66 65%
1952 28 BRO NL 619 5.2% 14.5% 17.3% 9.7% 47% 0.84 5.6 15.9 5.0 0.72 62%
1953 29 BRO NL 598 5.2% 14.1% 12.5% 10.0% 38% 1.12 6.2 16.8 4.3 0.69 68%
1954 30 BRO NL 678 6.2% 12.4% 10.9% 10.3% 40% 1.14 6.9 13.8 4.5 0.79 70%
1955 31 BRO NL 642 4.2% 14.2% 12.5% 8.7% 35% 1.14 6.0 20.2 5.4 0.78 68%
1956 32 BRO NL 633 5.1% 14.4% 12.0% 10.3% 45% 1.20 6.0 17.2 6.3 0.71 68%
1957 33 BRO NL 654 4.1% 13.9% 9.6% 9.5% 36% 1.44 6.4 21.4 5.9 0.82 71%
1958 34 LAD NL 532 4.1% 16.4% 9.8% 7.1% 31% 1.67 5.5 21.6 7.4 0.84 69%
1959 35 LAD NL 480 5.2% 19.2% 12.1% 9.6% 40% 1.59 4.5 16.5 5.2 0.87 62%
1960 36 LAD NL 231 3.5% 16.0% 11.3% 7.4% 44% 1.42 5.3 24.6 6.6 1.17 67%
1961 37 LAD NL 245 3.3% 17.6% 9.8% 4.9% 23% 1.79 5.0 26.9 6.9 0.78 69%
1962 38 NYM NL 142 6.3% 19.0% 10.6% 7.0% 31% 1.80 4.7 14.1 7.5 0.94 64%
1963 39 NYM NL 25 0.0% 8.0% 12.0% 0.0% 0% 0.67 11.0 7.3 1.50 80%
18 Yrs 8102 4.6% 14.0% 11.6% 8.8% 37% 1.21 6.2 19.0 5.5 0.79 69%
MLB Averages 2.0% 11.3% 9.1% 6.3% 28% 1.24 7.8 45.5 8.4 1.00 76%
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
1943 19 BRO NL -0.2 -0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 23 BRO NL -6.4 -0.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 24 BRO NL -13.8 -1.4 542 -1.5 8.3 -9.8 1.01 -0.6 -0.9 -0.6 -0.1 0.98 -6.4 0.22 2
1949 25 BRO NL 9.8 1.0 698 3.3 14.7 -11.4 .99 2.2 1.2 30.6 2.9 1.04 21.7 0
1950 26 BRO NL 19.7 1.9 663 2.3 13.0 -10.7 1.02 2.1 0.1 27.3 2.6 0.99 23.8 0
1951 27 BRO NL 31.5 3.1 703 2.4 14.8 -12.4 1.09 4.1 -1.8 32.9 3.2 1.01 43.4 0
1952 28 BRO NL 32.7 3.3 628 3.7 13.3 -9.5 1.03 3.7 -0.1 45.1 4.6 1.01 43.5 0
1953 29 BRO NL 31.0 2.9 613 4.1 13.2 -9.1 .96 2.9 1.4 46.7 4.3 1.00 39.6 0.24 1
1954 30 BRO NL 35.1 3.4 685 3.2 15.0 -11.8 1.04 4.2 -1.2 35.6 3.3 1.01 46.5 0
1955 31 BRO NL 23.7 2.3 650 2.0 12.7 -10.7 1.01 3.0 -1.0 30.5 2.9 0.99 34.2 0
1956 32 BRO NL 16.2 1.6 645 1.6 12.3 -10.7 .99 2.6 -1.0 18.4 1.8 0.97 28.4 3.79 1
1957 33 BRO NL 21.0 2.1 667 4.0 14.9 -10.9 1.05 3.8 0.0 47.1 4.4 0.98 39.3 0
1958 34 LAD NL -2.7 -0.3 545 -1.2 9.0 -10.1 .99 0.2 -1.4 -2.8 -0.3 0.98 5.7 1.70 9
1959 35 LAD NL 15.6 1.5 489 3.3 11.6 -8.3 1.10 2.8 0.2 27.5 2.6 0.99 27.7 2.47 7
1960 36 LAD NL -6.9 -0.7 235 0.4 4.6 -4.3 1.14 -0.4 0.7 -6.5 -0.6 1.01 -4.5 1.03 16
1961 37 LAD NL -7.9 -0.8 250 0.5 4.9 -4.4 1.06 -0.2 0.6 1.0 0.1 0.95 -4.8 1.09 27
1962 38 NYM NL 1.8 0.2 144 -0.1 3.2 -3.3 1.24 0.5 -0.7 -2.4 -0.2 0.94 3.8 1.50 9
1963 39 NYM NL -1.0 -0.1 25 0.0 0.3 -0.3 .75 -0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 1.00 -0.8 0.79 1
18 Yrs 199.2 19.4 8182 28.0 165.9 -137.9 1.03 30.8 -3.6 330.4 31.4 0.99 341.1 1.33 73
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 24 BRO NL 9 0 24% 212 7 4 2 3 2 0 0 3 0 6 3 33% 29 25 3 4 2 2 16 4 11
1949 25 BRO NL 10 0 33% 247 10 8 2 2 1 0 0 3 0 7 15 48% 36 19 16 12 7 5 21 9 12
1950 26 BRO NL 13 0 33% 262 6 4 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 10 10 46% 27 22 4 7 2 5 21 4 16
1951 27 BRO NL 11 0 36% 222 9 7 56% 9 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 10 58% 45 24 21 7 3 4 22 4 18
1952 28 BRO NL 18 0 27% 242 2 4 33% 1 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 3 41% 38 26 10 6 4 2 20 4 14
1953 29 BRO NL 3 0 34% 201 1 4 20% 1 3 0 1 0 0 4 0 8 7 52% 42 23 18 11 4 6 18 4 13
1954 30 BRO NL 6 0 31% 264 3 3 50% 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 12 59% 29 17 12 8 4 4 29 4 23
1955 31 BRO NL 7 0 22% 254 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 12 43% 38 24 14 5 2 3 17 7 9
1956 32 BRO NL 8 0 28% 207 3 3 50% 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 8 44% 21 15 5 10 5 4 19 6 13
1957 33 BRO NL 12 0 32% 265 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 14 48% 35 23 12 8 2 5 26 5 16
1958 34 LAD NL 9 0 30% 187 8 2 80% 8 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 12 44% 25 18 6 2 1 1 21 6 14
1959 35 LAD NL 8 0 21% 181 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 32% 22 19 2 4 2 2 12 4 8
1960 36 LAD NL 5 0 24% 80 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 45% 10 6 3 3 3 0 7 1 6
1961 37 LAD NL 4 0 25% 92 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 42% 17 12 5 0 0 0 9 3 6
1962 38 NYM NL 2 0 16% 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 39% 8 6 1 1 1 0 4 0 4
1963 39 NYM NL 0 0 25% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Yrs 125 0 29% 2966 63 31 90% 52 36 9 6 1 0 19 1 91 122 46% 422 279 132 88 42 43 262 65 183

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 24 BRO NL 527 35% 120 2 0 0 0 0.22 11 0 16 6 5 9 2 0 6 4 67% 111 11 10% 46 13 28% 357 61 17% 38 24 63% 12 6 50% 0
1949 25 BRO NL 675 37% 170 0 0 0 0 23 2 27 15 8 15 8 0 14 10 71% 153 13 9% 79 25 32% 531 99 19% 56 26 46% 37 20 54% 0
1950 26 BRO NL 646 31% 159 0 0 0 0 32 2 19 24 8 19 13 0 16 11 69% 161 14 9% 76 22 29% 437 84 19% 57 28 49% 26 11 42% 0
1951 27 BRO NL 681 22% 156 0 0 0 0 40 2 18 33 7 16 24 0 1 1 100% 147 13 9% 75 19 25% 477 65 14% 51 21 41% 31 12 39% 0
1952 28 BRO NL 619 16% 129 0 0 0 0 32 2 24 27 5 18 14 0 6 2 33% 145 9 6% 62 19 31% 449 75 17% 44 28 64% 25 16 64% 0
1953 29 BRO NL 598 16% 157 1 1 0 0 0.24 31 1 21 28 3 18 13 0 0 0 120 4 3% 46 18 39% 428 95 22% 51 30 59% 26 18 69% 0
1954 30 BRO NL 678 13% 176 0 0 0 0 42 1 20 38 4 25 17 1 7 5 71% 141 13 9% 69 35 51% 509 91 18% 64 39 61% 25 14 56% 0
1955 31 BRO NL 642 8% 158 0 0 0 0 27 1 25 23 4 18 9 0 8 3 38% 137 16 12% 68 22 32% 449 79 18% 42 25 60% 29 13 45% 0
1956 32 BRO NL 633 11% 146 1 0 0 0 3.79 32 0 19 30 2 18 14 0 9 5 56% 131 16 12% 54 13 24% 415 59 14% 27 11 41% 22 12 55% 0
1957 33 BRO NL 654 6% 173 0 0 0 0 27 2 13 23 4 16 11 0 5 4 80% 128 11 9% 44 17 39% 433 75 17% 34 21 62% 21 11 52% 0
1958 34 LAD NL 532 17% 123 9 1 0 1 1.70 22 1 13 19 3 13 9 0 3 2 67% 109 15 14% 42 14 33% 372 50 13% 29 15 52% 14 8 57% 0
1959 35 LAD NL 480 22% 114 7 1 0 2 2.47 25 0 10 15 10 12 13 0 4 3 75% 108 13 12% 52 14 27% 344 59 17% 30 14 47% 22 17 77% 0
1960 36 LAD NL 231 46% 39 16 0 0 1 1.03 8 0 8 6 2 3 5 0 6 4 67% 54 5 9% 37 10 27% 174 24 14% 20 8 40% 8 2 25% 0
1961 37 LAD NL 245 51% 52 27 7 0 2 1.09 8 0 6 5 3 3 5 0 4 2 50% 49 5 10% 20 8 40% 160 24 15% 13 9 69% 12 7 58% 0
1962 38 NYM NL 142 46% 32 9 2 0 1 1.50 9 0 8 3 6 7 2 1 0 0 32 4 13% 15 4 27% 90 9 10% 11 6 55% 5 2 40% 0
1963 39 NYM NL 25 84% 5 1 0 0 1 0.79 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 1 0 0% 17 3 18% 2 1 50% 2 2 100% 0
18 Yrs 8008 22% 1921 73 12 0 8 1.33 370 14 249 295 74 210 159 2 89 56 63% 1730 165 10% 786 253 32% 5642 952 17% 569 306 54% 317 171 54% 0
MLB Averages 50% 118% 14% 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
1943 19 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 -0 0 0 0 0
1944 20 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 -0 0 0 0 0
1945 21 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 -0 0 0 0 0
1946 22 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 -0 0 0 0 0
1947 23 29 94 79 9 12 3 1 1 7 1 15 21 .152 .287 .253 .540 43 20 3 0 0
1948 24 163 621 560 57 132 21 6 12 77 8 58 82 .236 .307 .359 .666 76 201 14 0 4
1949 25 319 1296 1156 151 302 44 10 35 192 18 124 146 .261 .335 .407 .742 96 471 27 4 14
1950 26 472 1942 1717 249 461 70 12 67 305 24 197 219 .268 .345 .440 .786 105 756 41 5 25
1951 27 630 2623 2299 367 617 95 15 107 408 33 7 290 318 .268 .353 .462 .815 113 1063 54 10 26
1952 28 783 3242 2807 454 746 122 16 139 510 35 11 397 408 .266 .359 .469 .828 119 1317 63 12 28
1953 29 924 3840 3327 555 903 144 23 170 632 36 15 472 492 .271 .364 .482 .846 122 1603 67 15 28
1954 30 1078 4518 3906 661 1079 167 28 212 762 39 18 546 576 .276 .366 .496 .862 125 1938 80 16 33 19
1955 31 1228 5160 4452 736 1237 191 33 239 864 41 19 626 667 .278 .367 .497 .864 125 2211 96 19 36 29 3
1956 32 1381 5793 5002 822 1383 220 37 271 951 44 22 702 758 .276 .366 .498 .863 125 2490 112 19 41 31 13
1957 33 1531 6447 5581 916 1556 248 44 298 1049 49 25 765 849 .279 .366 .499 .865 125 2786 123 21 45 37 19
1958 34 1672 6979 6056 984 1679 263 45 320 1113 57 27 817 936 .277 .363 .494 .857 122 2992 138 21 47 40 22
1959 35 1796 7459 6469 1041 1793 282 47 345 1193 60 29 875 1028 .277 .363 .495 .859 123 3204 151 24 50 43 28
1960 36 1897 7690 6666 1063 1832 290 48 353 1223 60 30 901 1065 .275 .361 .492 .853 121 3277 156 25 54 46 29
1961 37 2006 7935 6881 1088 1884 294 48 361 1254 63 31 925 1108 .274 .360 .488 .847 120 3357 161 25 56 50 30
1962 38 2060 8077 7008 1103 1916 295 48 370 1271 63 31 940 1135 .273 .359 .488 .847 120 3417 165 25 56 50 31
1963 39 2071 8102 7030 1105 1921 295 48 370 1274 63 31 943 1137 .273 .359 .487 .846 120 3422 165 25 56 50 31

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1943 19 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 1
1947 23 29 94 80 8 12 3 1 1 6 0 14 20 .150 .277 .250 .527 5 28
1948 24 140 547 499 48 122 18 5 11 70 7 44 64 .244 .306 .367 .672 56 134
1949 25 162 691 611 91 169 23 4 23 112 10 66 66 .277 .351 .440 .791 93 156
1950 26 160 663 578 94 158 26 2 32 109 6 73 76 .273 .356 .491 .847 100 153
1951 27 164 702 601 119 159 25 3 41 104 9 95 103 .265 .369 .521 .890 114 158
1952 28 160 652 534 94 138 29 1 34 110 2 114 94 .258 .391 .507 .898 106 153
1953 29 146 606 530 95 153 21 7 30 115 1 73 87 .289 .378 .525 .902 105 141
1954 30 162 701 601 103 177 23 5 42 127 3 74 88 .295 .362 .559 .921 125 154
1955 31 158 665 567 74 159 24 5 27 100 2 81 96 .280 .367 .483 .850 102 150
1956 32 160 654 570 85 148 29 4 32 86 3 77 95 .260 .347 .493 .840 98 153
1957 33 157 672 597 91 173 28 7 27 95 5 63 95 .290 .356 .496 .852 106 150
1958 34 148 556 497 69 127 15 1 23 65 8 54 92 .256 .327 .429 .755 69 141
1959 35 130 496 428 56 115 19 2 25 79 3 59 96 .269 .359 .498 .857 76 124
1960 36 106 240 205 23 40 8 1 8 31 0 27 39 .195 .288 .361 .649 22 101
1961 37 114 251 221 24 51 4 0 8 29 3 24 45 .231 .301 .357 .659 24 109
1962 38 54 141 126 14 31 1 0 9 16 0 15 27 .246 .326 .468 .794 19 54
1963 39 11 27 23 2 6 0 0 0 4 0 4 2 .261 .370 .261 .631 2 11
18 Yrs 2162 8361 7270 1090 1938 296 48 373 1258 63 958 1187 .267 .352 .474 .826 1222 2071
162 Game Avg. 162 626 545 82 145 22 4 28 94 5 72 89 .267 .352 .474 .826 92 2071
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1969 BBWAA (24.1%)
1970 BBWAA (48.3%)
1971 BBWAA (50.0%)
1972 BBWAA (40.7%)
1973 BBWAA (57.4%)
1974 BBWAA (54.2%)
1975 BBWAA (51.9%)
1976 BBWAA (60.1%)
1977 BBWAA (58.5%)
1978 BBWAA (59.6%)
1979 BBWAA (56.0%)
1980 BBWAA (59.7%)
1981 BBWAA (60.1%)
1982 BBWAA (49.4%)
1983 BBWAA (63.4%)

All-Star Games
1949 *
1950
1951 (1B)
1952
1953 *
1954 *
1955 *
1957 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1959 ML Lou Gehrig Memorial Award

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1948 NL (30, 0%)
1949 NL (11, 9%)
1950 NL (8, 16%)
1951 NL (16, 3%)
1952 NL (19, 4%)
1953 NL (14, 4%)
1954 NL (10, 12%)
1957 NL (7, 16%)
1959 NL (18, 1%)
0.65 Career Shares (366th)

Gold Gloves
1957 ML (1B)
1958 NL (1B)
1959 NL (1B)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1954 NL  5.9 (10th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1951 NL  5.3 (8th)
1952 NL  5.2 (6th)
1954 NL  5.9 (8th)
Career  40.7 (250th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1951 NL  4.9 (9th)
1952 NL  4.5 (8th)
1954 NL  4.6 (8th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1957 NL  .299 (7th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1952 NL  .386 (4th)
1953 NL  .393 (10th)
1955 NL  .377 (8th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1951 NL  .527 (5th)
1952 NL  .500 (4th)
1953 NL  .550 (7th)
1954 NL  .579 (6th)
1957 NL  .511 (8th)
1959 NL  .513 (7th)
Career  .487 (153rd)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1951 NL  .901 (7th)
1952 NL  .886 (5th)
1953 NL  .943 (8th)
1954 NL  .952 (6th)
1957 NL  .877 (8th)
1959 NL  .880 (9th)
Career  .846 (188th)

Games Played s c a p y
1949 NL  156 (2nd)
1950 NL  153 (8th)
1951 NL  158 (1st)
1952 NL  153 (7th)
1954 NL  154 (1st)
1956 NL  153 (6th)
1957 NL  150 (9th)
Career  2,071 (193rd)

At Bats s c a p y
1949 NL  596 (9th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1949 NL  675 (9th)
1951 NL  681 (6th)
1954 NL  678 (9th)
Career  8,102 (248th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1949 NL  94 (10th)
1951 NL  118 (3rd)
1954 NL  106 (6th)
1957 NL  94 (7th)
Career  1,105 (237th)

Hits s c a p y
1957 NL  173 (8th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1949 NL  270 (9th)
1950 NL  285 (6th)
1951 NL  307 (3rd)
1952 NL  254 (9th)
1953 NL  286 (10th)
1954 NL  335 (5th)
1957 NL  296 (8th)
Career  3,422 (178th)

Doubles s c a p y
1956 NL  29 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
1957 NL  7 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1949 NL  23 (8th)
1950 NL  32 (3rd)
1951 NL  40 (2nd)
1952 NL  32 (3rd)
1953 NL  31 (6th)
1954 NL  42 (2nd)
1955 NL  27 (10th)
1956 NL  32 (8th)
1957 NL  27 (9th)
1959 NL  25 (9th)
Career  370 (71st)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1949 NL  115 (4th)
1950 NL  113 (3rd)
1951 NL  103 (6th)
1952 NL  102 (4th)
1953 NL  122 (5th)
1954 NL  130 (2nd)
1957 NL  98 (5th)
Career  1,274 (117th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1951 NL  93 (6th)
1952 NL  107 (2nd)
1953 NL  75 (10th)
1955 NL  80 (5th)
1956 NL  76 (7th)
Career  943 (144th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1949 NL  64 (9th)
1950 NL  73 (9th)
1951 NL  99 (1st)
1952 NL  90 (4th)
1953 NL  84 (7th)
1954 NL  84 (3rd)
1955 NL  91 (3rd)
1956 NL  91 (5th)
1957 NL  91 (3rd)
1958 NL  87 (5th)
1959 NL  92 (6th)
Career  1,137 (176th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1949 NL  10 (7th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1951 NL  138 (8th)
1952 NL  142 (6th)
1953 NL  139 (8th)
1954 NL  140 (6th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1950 NL  104 (9th)
1951 NL  112 (6th)
1952 NL  96 (6th)
1953 NL  110 (9th)
1954 NL  127 (5th)
1957 NL  109 (8th)
Career  1,231 (177th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1951 NL  32 (8th)
1952 NL  33 (4th)
1953 NL  31 (8th)
1954 NL  35 (6th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1951 NL  3.1 (8th)
1952 NL  3.3 (4th)
1953 NL  2.9 (8th)
1954 NL  3.4 (6th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1950 NL  60 (9th)
1951 NL  68 (3rd)
1952 NL  60 (4th)
1953 NL  60 (9th)
1954 NL  70 (5th)
1956 NL  65 (7th)
1957 NL  62 (8th)
Career  713 (166th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1951 NL  254 (9th)
1952 NL  238 (7th)
1954 NL  251 (9th)
1955 NL  241 (10th)
Career  2,889 (231st)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1951 NL  .675 (7th)
1952 NL  .696 (6th)
1953 NL  .708 (9th)
1954 NL  .703 (6th)
1957 NL  .673 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1951 NL  5 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1949 NL  10 (8th)
1950 NL  11 (3rd)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1954 NL  19 (1st)
1955 NL  10 (1st)
1957 NL  6 (8th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1955 NL  16 (5th)
1956 NL  16 (9th)
Career  165 (200th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1951 NL  7 (7th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1948 NL  8.6 (10th)
1949 NL  13.9 (5th)
1950 NL  10.1 (10th)
1951 NL  14.7 (7th)
1958 NL  11.7 (8th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1950 NL  17.5 (5th)
1951 NL  14.6 (2nd)
1952 NL  15.9 (3rd)
1953 NL  16.8 (8th)
1954 NL  13.8 (5th)
1956 NL  17.2 (9th)
1958 NL  21.6 (10th)
1959 NL  16.5 (5th)
Career  19.0 (95th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1949 NL  449 (6th)
Career  5,411 (250th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1949 NL  30.64 (7th)
1951 NL  32.86 (9th)
1952 NL  45.09 (2nd)
1953 NL  46.74 (5th)
1954 NL  35.64 (8th)
1957 NL  47.08 (4th)
Career  330.38 (93rd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1949 NL  3.3 (6th)
1952 NL  3.7 (3rd)
1953 NL  4.1 (4th)
1954 NL  3.2 (10th)
1957 NL  4.0 (5th)
1959 NL  3.3 (10th)
Career  28.0 (108th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1951 NL  4.1 (6th)
1952 NL  3.7 (4th)
1953 NL  2.9 (10th)
1954 NL  4.2 (6th)
1957 NL  3.8 (8th)
Career  30.8 (91st)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1949 NL  2.9 (7th)
1951 NL  3.2 (9th)
1952 NL  4.6 (2nd)
1953 NL  4.3 (5th)
1954 NL  3.3 (8th)
1957 NL  4.4 (5th)
Career  31.4 (98th)

Oldest s c a p y
1961 NL  born 1924-04-04 (7th)
1962 NL  born 1924-04-04 (7th)
1963 NL  born 1924-04-04 (5th)

Youngest s c a p y
1943 NL  born 1924-04-04 (6th)

                           

† 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 (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (608), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 128 (140), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 83 (220), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 32 (266), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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