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Billy Hoeft

William Frederick Hoeft (NUL)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 17, 1932 in Oshkosh, WI
High School: Oshkosh HS (Oshkosh, WI)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1952
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Orioles/Cubs/Braves/Giants/... 1952-1966

Final Game: September 25, 1966
Died: March 16, 2010 in Canadian Lakes, MI
Buried: Park View Cemetery, Livonia, MI
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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
1950	18	DET-min	D	12	34	34		6	1	0	0						.176	.176	.206	.382		7							RCH · OHIN
1951	19	DET-min	AAA	27	67	57	7	7	0	1	0	2	0		6	17	.123	.206	.158	.364		9	1	0	4				TOL · AA
1952	20	DET	AL	34	43	40	3	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	15	.150	.190	.175	.365	2	7	1	0	1			1
1953	21	DET	AL	30	76	64	8	11	1	0	0	4	0	0	9	17	.172	.274	.188	.461	28	12	1	0	3			1
1954	22	DET	AL	35	63	52	5	10	6	0	0	6	0	0	10	24	.192	.317	.308	.625	73	16	1	0	0	1		1
1955	23	DET	AL	36	96	82	9	17	2	0	0	4	0	0	10	25	.207	.293	.232	.525	44	19	1	0	4	0	0	1	AS,MVP-24
1956	24	DET	AL	42	97	80	16	20	3	1	0	9	0	0	12	22	.250	.348	.313	.660	75	25	1	0	5	0	0	1
1957	25	DET	AL	42	78	67	13	10	2	0	3	10	0	0	5	14	.149	.205	.313	.519	38	21	3	0	5	1	0	1
1958	26	DET	AL	43	50	44	10	12	0	2	0	5	0	0	4	11	.273	.327	.364	.690	85	16	1	0	1	1	0	1
1959	27	TOT	AL	26	19	18	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.222	.222	.278	.500	37	5	1	0	2	0	0	1
1959	27	DET	AL	3	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	80	1	0	0	2	0	0	/1
1959	27	BOS	AL	7	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1959	27	BAL	AL	16	11	12	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.250	.250	.333	.583	61	4	1	0	0	0	0	1
1960	28	BAL-min	AAA	9	19	19		1									.053	.053											MIA · IL
1960	28	BAL	AL	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1961	29	BAL	AL	35	46	39	1	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	13	.179	.250	.179	.429	19	7	0	0	2	1	0	1
1962	30	BAL	AL	57	27	19	5	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	7	7	.158	.385	.263	.648	84	5	1	0	1	0	0	1
1963	31	SFG	NL	23	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	483	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
1964	32	MLN	NL	42	15	9	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	3	.222	.417	.222	.639	86	2	0	0	3	0	0	1
1965	33	CHC-min	AAA	19	44	37	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	12	.135	.238	.135	.373		5		0	2	0			SLC · PCL
1965	33	CHC	NL	29	11	11	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.273	.273	.273	.545	53	3	1	0	0	0	0	1
1966	34	TOT	NL	40	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	39	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1966	34	CHC	NL	36	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	39	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1966	34	SFG	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
15 Yrs				533	629	531	73	107	18	3	3	47	0	0	67	162	.202	.289	.264	.553	51	140	12	0	28	4	0
162 Game Avg.				162	191	161	22	33	5	1	1	14	0	0	20	49	.202	.289	.264	.553	51	43	4	0	9
				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
DET (8 yrs)				265	508	432	64	87	15	3	3	39	0	0	52	128	.201	.285	.271	.556	51	117	9	0	21	3	0
BAL (4 yrs)				127	85	71	6	13	3	0	0	5	0	0	11	26	.183	.289	.225	.515	44	16	2	0	3	1	0
SFG (2 yrs)				27	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	483	1	0	0	1	0	0
CHC (2 yrs)				65	15	15	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.267	.267	.267	.533	50	4	1	0	0	0	0
MLN (1 yr)				42	15	9	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	3	.222	.417	.222	.639	86	2	0	0	3	0	0
BOS (1 yr)				7	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (11 yrs)				399	596	506	71	100	18	3	3	44	0	0	63	155	.198	.284	.263	.547	49	133	11	0	24	4	0
NL (4 yrs)				134	33	25	2	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	7	.280	.379	.280	.659	89	7	1	0	4	0	0

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
1952	20	DET	AL	34	43	-5	0	0	0	5	-0	-0.0	1	1	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	1
1953	21	DET	AL	30	76	-6	-0	-0	0	8	2	0.2	2	4	0.2	.508	.501	0.2	0.0	4	$	1
1954	22	DET	AL	35	63	-2	-1	0	0	7	4	0.5	2	6	0.5	.513	.503	0.5	0.0	6	$	1
1955	23	DET	AL	36	96	-6	-0	0	0	10	4	0.4	3	6	0.4	.510	.502	0.4	0.0	6	$	1	AS,MVP-24
1956	24	DET	AL	42	97	-3	-1	0	0	10	8	0.8	3	10	0.8	.518	.505	0.8	0.0	10	$	1
1957	25	DET	AL	42	78	-4	0	-0	0	8	4	0.4	2	6	0.4	.511	.503	0.4	-0.0	6	$	1
1958	26	DET	AL	43	50	-2	1	0	0	6	5	0.5	1	6	0.5	.512	.503	0.5	-0.0	6	$	1
1959	27	DET	AL	3	5	-0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.514	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	/1
1959	27	BOS	AL	7	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.497	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	/1
1959	27	BAL	AL	16	11	-1	0	-0	0	1	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	.503	.500	0.0	-0.0	1	$	1
1960	28	BAL	AL	19	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	1
1961	29	BAL	AL	35	46	-5	-0	0	0	5	0	0.0	1	2	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	-0.0	2	$	1
1962	30	BAL	AL	57	27	1	-0	0	0	3	4	0.4	1	4	0.4	.507	.502	0.4	-0.1	4	$19,000	1
1963	31	SFG	NL	23	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.2	0	2	0.2	.507	.501	0.2	0.0	1	$	1
1964	32	MLN	NL	42	15	-0	0	0	0	2	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.504	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$	1
1965	33	CHC	NL	29	11	-1	-0	-0	0	1	0	0.1	0	1	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	1
1966	34	CHC	NL	36	4	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1966	34	SFG	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
15 Seasons				533	629	-34	-1	1	0	69	34	3.6	17	52	3.7	.507	.501	3.7	0.0	52	$19,000
			Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
DET (8 yrs)				265	508	-28	-1	1	0	55	27	2.8	14	40	2.8	.511	.502	2.8	0.0	40	$
BAL (4 yrs)				127	85	-5	-1	0	0	10	4	0.4	2	7	0.4	.503	.501	0.4	-0.1	6	$19,000
SFG (2 yrs)				27	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.2	0	2	0.2	.506	.501	0.2	0.0	1	$
CHC (2 yrs)				65	15	-1	-0	0	0	2	1	0.1	1	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$
MLN (1 yr)				42	15	-0	0	0	0	2	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.504	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$
BOS (1 yr)				7	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.497	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$

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
1952	20	DET	AL	43	36	1	0.8	96	.240	.150	.260	.190	.340	.175	.380	.365	.720	2	.042	-5.4	-0.6	.257	.075	.025
1953	21	DET	AL	76	57	3	1.4	101	.234	.172	.267	.274	.343	.188	.393	.461	.737	28	.108	-6.3	-0.6	.389	.156	.016
1954	22	DET	AL	63	44	5	3.0	98	.345	.192	.264	.317	.340	.308	.386	.625	.726	73	.352	-1.3	-0.1	.605	.308	.115
1955	23	DET	AL	96	70	6	2.3	101	.298	.207	.264	.293	.343	.232	.393	.525	.737	44	.220	-6.3	-0.6	.439	.146	.024
1956	24	DET	AL	97	66	10	4.1	107	.345	.250	.268	.348	.351	.313	.410	.660	.760	75	.423	-2.6	-0.3	.607	.213	.063
1957	25	DET	AL	78	66	4	1.6	102	.137	.149	.267	.205	.339	.313	.403	.519	.742	38	.141	-6.2	-0.6	.433	.239	.164	.0
1958	26	DET	AL	50	35	5	3.8	104	.353	.273	.270	.327	.340	.364	.410	.690	.749	85	.447	-1.1	-0.1	.606	.182	.091
1959	27	TOT	AL	19	17	1	1.6	98	.364	.222	.260	.222	.331	.278	.397	.500	.728	37	.134	-1.6	-0.2	.333	.056	.056
1959	27	DET	AL	5	4	0	0.0	103	.333	.333	.267	.333	.339	.333	.408	.667	.748	80	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.000	.000
1959	27	BOS	AL	3	3	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.265	.000	.337	.000	.405	.000	.742	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1959	27	BAL	AL	11	10	1	2.7	96	.500	.250	.257	.250	.328	.333	.393	.583	.720	61	.288	-0.6	-0.1	.400	.083	.083
1960	28	BAL	AL	1	1	0	0.0	101	.000	.000	.262	.000	.336	.000	.401	.000	.737	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1961	29	BAL	AL	46	35	2	1.5	100	.259	.179	.259	.250	.334	.179	.403	.429	.737	19	.114	-4.3	-0.4	.344	.103	.000
1962	30	BAL	AL	27	18	2	3.0	97	.250	.158	.256	.385	.327	.263	.399	.648	.726	84	.316	0.2	0.0	.706	.474	.105
1963	31	SFG	NL	3	1	1	26.9	88	1.000	1.000	.253	1.000	.314	1.000	.378	2.000	.692	483	.972	0.8	0.1		1.000	.000
1964	32	MLN	NL	15	10	1	2.7	94	.333	.222	.264	.417	.322	.222	.393	.639	.715	86	.316	0.1	0.0	.714	.333	.000
1965	33	CHC	NL	11	9	1	3.0	95	.375	.273	.260	.273	.324	.273	.394	.545	.718	53	.357	-0.7	-0.1	.333	.000	.000
1966	34	TOT	NL	4	3	0	0.0	97	.333	.250	.266	.250	.325	.250	.401	.500	.726	39	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.333	.000	.000
1966	34	CHC	NL	4	3	0	0.0	97	.333	.250	.266	.250	.325	.250	.401	.500	.726	39	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.333	.000	.000
15 Yrs				629	468	42	2.4	101	.281	.202	.265	.289	.340	.264	.398	.553	.738	51	.244	-35.6	-3.6	.475	.188	.062	.0
162 Game Avg.				191	142	13	2.4	101	.281	.202	.265	.289	.340	.264	.398	.553	.738	51	.244	-35.6	-3.6	.475	.188	.062
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
DET (8 yrs)				508	378	34	2.4	102	.276	.201	.266	.285	.343	.271	.397	.556	.740	51	.245	-29.4	-3.0	.477	.190	.069	.0
BAL (4 yrs)				85	64	5	2.1	99	.283	.183	.258	.289	.331	.225	.400	.515	.731	44	.192	-5.1	-0.5	.450	.197	.042
CHC (2 yrs)				15	12	1	2.3	96	.364	.267	.262	.267	.324	.267	.396	.533	.720	50	.245	-1.1	-0.1	.333	.000	.000
SFG (2 yrs)				3	1	1	26.9	88	1.000	1.000	.253	1.000	.314	1.000	.378	2.000	.692	483	.972	0.8	0.1		1.000	.000
MLN (1 yr)				15	10	1	2.7	94	.333	.222	.264	.417	.322	.222	.393	.639	.715	86	.316	0.1	0.0	.714	.333	.000
BOS (1 yr)				3	3	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.265	.000	.337	.000	.405	.000	.742	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

AL (11 yrs)				596	445	39	2.4	101	.276	.198	.265	.284	.341	.263	.398	.547	.739	49	.235	-35.4	-3.6	.470	.190	.065	.0
NL (4 yrs)				33	23	3	3.5	95	.389	.280	.262	.379	.323	.280	.394	.659	.717	89	.429	-0.2	-0.0	.579	.160	.000

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
1955	DET	AL	23		DNP

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
1952	20	DET	AL	43	0.0%	34.9%	4.7%	2.3%	17%	7.50	2.7		40.0		17.00	58%
1953	21	DET	AL	76	0.0%	22.4%	11.8%	1.3%	9%	1.89	3.8		16.0		1.53	62%
1954	22	DET	AL	63	0.0%	38.1%	15.9%	9.5%	60%	2.40	2.2		8.7		1.38	46%
1955	23	DET	AL	96	0.0%	26.0%	10.4%	2.1%	12%	2.50	3.3		20.5		2.29	59%
1956	24	DET	AL	97	0.0%	22.7%	12.4%	4.1%	20%	1.83	3.6		8.9		2.07	60%
1957	25	DET	AL	78	3.9%	18.0%	6.4%	6.4%	50%	2.80	4.8	22.3	6.7		1.88	65%
1958	26	DET	AL	50	0.0%	22.0%	8.0%	4.0%	17%	2.75	4.0		8.8		0.92	68%
1959	27	TOT	AL	19	0.0%	36.8%	0.0%	5.3%	25%		2.6				2.33	58%
1959	27	DET	AL	5	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%						1.00	60%
1959	27	BOS	AL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0					67%
1959	27	BAL	AL	11	0.0%	54.6%	0.0%	9.1%	33%		2.0				3.00	55%
1960	28	BAL	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							0.00	100%
1961	29	BAL	AL	46	0.0%	28.3%	8.7%	0.0%	0%	3.25	3.0		9.8		1.44	59%
1962	30	BAL	AL	27	0.0%	25.9%	25.9%	7.4%	67%	1.00	2.7		19.0		1.50	44%
1963	31	SFG	NL	3	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0%	0.00			1.0			33%
1964	32	MLN	NL	15	0.0%	20.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0%	1.00	3.0		4.5		2.50	40%
1965	33	CHC	NL	11	0.0%	27.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.7				5.00	73%
1966	34	TOT	NL	4	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.0					75%
1966	34	CHC	NL	4	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.0					75%
15 Yrs				629	0.5%	25.8%	10.7%	3.8%	22%	2.42	3.3	177.0	11.3		1.92	59%
MLB Averages					2.3%	13.4%	8.7%	6.5%	29%	1.54	6.6	39.4	8.5		1.03	74%
				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
1952	20	DET	AL	-5.4	-0.6	40	-0.4	0.4	-0.8	1.01	-0.4	0.0	-4.7	-0.5	1.03	-3.8		0
1953	21	DET	AL	-6.3	-0.6	76	-0.4	1.0	-1.4	.97	-0.6	0.1	-5.5	-0.6	0.92	-6.2		0
1954	22	DET	AL	-1.3	-0.1	64	0.0	1.1	-1.1	1.07	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	-0.0	0.92	-0.5		0
1955	23	DET	AL	-6.3	-0.6	96	-0.7	0.8	-1.6	.79	-0.6	-0.3	-9.3	-0.9	1.00	-8.0		0
1956	24	DET	AL	-2.6	-0.3	100	-0.3	1.2	-1.5	.89	-0.2	-0.1	-0.2	-0.0	1.00	-0.9		0
1957	25	DET	AL	-6.2	-0.6	79	-0.2	1.5	-1.6	1.15	-0.3	0.2	-1.5	-0.1	1.01	-3.3		0
1958	26	DET	AL	-1.1	-0.1	52	-0.3	0.5	-0.8	.84	-0.1	-0.3	-0.6	-0.1	1.06	-0.5		0
1959	27	TOT	AL	-1.6	-0.2	19	-0.4	0.1	-0.4	.94	-0.2	-0.2	-3.6	-0.4	0.95	-2.6		0
1959	27	DET	AL	-0.1	-0.0	5	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	.93	-0.0	0.0	-0.5	-0.1	1.01	-0.4		0
1959	27	BOS	AL	-0.8	-0.1	3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.21	-0.1	-0.0	-0.9	-0.1	1.15	-0.7		0
1959	27	BAL	AL	-0.6	-0.1	11	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	.86	-0.1	-0.2	-2.2	-0.2	0.86	-1.4		0
1960	28	BAL	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.23	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.61	-0.3		0
1961	29	BAL	AL	-4.3	-0.4	46	-0.1	0.7	-0.7	.94	-0.4	0.3	-3.5	-0.4	0.87	-4.5		0
1962	30	BAL	AL	0.2	0.0	29	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	.94	0.1	-0.2	-0.7	-0.1	1.04	0.6		0
1963	31	SFG	NL	0.8	0.1	3	0.1	0.1	-0.0	.33	0.1	0.1	0.5	0.1	0.91	0.6		0
1964	32	MLN	NL	0.1	0.0	15	0.1	0.2	-0.1	.92	-0.0	0.1	-0.4	-0.0	1.38	-0.3		0
1965	33	CHC	NL	-0.7	-0.1	11	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.73	-0.1	-0.0	-1.0	-0.1	0.80	-1.2		0
1966	34	TOT	NL	-0.3	-0.0	4	0.0	0.1	-0.0	.62	-0.0	0.1	-1.0	-0.1	0.95	-0.6		0
1966	34	CHC	NL	-0.3	-0.0	4	0.0	0.1	-0.0	.62	-0.0	0.1	-1.0	-0.1	0.95	-0.6		0
1966	34	SFG	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
15 Yrs				-35.6	-3.6	635	-2.7	8.0	-10.7	.94	-2.8	-0.1	-31.9	-3.2	0.99	-31.6		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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1952	20	DET	AL	0	0	38%	11	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1953	21	DET	AL	2	0	40%	31	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14%	3	3	0	2	2	0	2	1	1
1954	22	DET	AL	0	0	25%	31	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	20%	4	4	0	2	1	0	4	2	2
1955	23	DET	AL	1	0	33%	40	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	25%	7	6	1	3	2	1	2	1	1
1956	24	DET	AL	1	0	50%	52	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	39%	6	5	1	2	1	1	5	1	3
1957	25	DET	AL	3	0	83%	28	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	55%	6	5	1	0	0	0	5	0	5
1958	26	DET	AL	0	0	63%	27	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	50%	3	3	0	1	0	1	2	0	2
1959	27	TOT	AL	0	0	25%	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1959	27	DET	AL	0	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	27	BOS	AL	0	0		3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1959	27	BAL	AL	0	0	0%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960	28	BAL	AL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1961	29	BAL	AL	0	0	9%	14	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1962	30	BAL	AL	1	0	50%	17	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	38%	4	4	0	0	0	0	4	1	3
1963	31	SFG	NL	0	0	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1964	32	MLN	NL	0	0	20%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1965	33	CHC	NL	0	0	33%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1966	34	TOT	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1966	34	CHC	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15 Yrs				8	0	41%	271	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	10	32%	36	33	3	10	6	3	28	9	18
				ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH

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
1952	20	DET	AL	43	55%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	12	1	8%	8	0	0%	32	1	3%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1953	21	DET	AL	76	79%	11			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	9	1	11%	10	3	30%	44	4	9%	3	1	33%	1	1	100%	0
1954	22	DET	AL	63	57%	10			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	1	13%	6	2	33%	33	6	18%	4	2	50%	0	0		0
1955	23	DET	AL	96	69%	17			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	80%	21	1	5%	20	3	15%	72	4	6%	7	1	14%	2	2	100%	0
1956	24	DET	AL	97	55%	20			0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	100%	17	1	6%	16	5	31%	69	9	13%	5	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1957	25	DET	AL	78	71%	10			0	0	0	0		3	0	4	3	0	3	0	0	7	5	71%	18	3	17%	16	6	38%	54	9	17%	2	2	100%	1	1	100%	0
1958	26	DET	AL	50	68%	12			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	33%	11	1	9%	11	4	36%	39	5	13%	6	4	67%	4	2	50%	0
1959	27	TOT	AL	19	84%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	5	1	20%	6	2	33%	11	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1959	27	DET	AL	5	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	2	0	0%	2	2	100%	3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1959	27	BOS	AL	3	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1959	27	BAL	AL	11	73%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	3	0	0%	5	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1960	28	BAL	AL	1	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1961	29	BAL	AL	46	65%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	8	0	0%	9	3	33%	29	4	14%	3	2	67%	2	1	50%	0
1962	30	BAL	AL	27	63%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	25%	7	1	14%	7	2	29%	16	1	6%	2	1	50%	1	0	0%	0
1963	31	SFG	NL	3	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	0	0		0	0		0
1964	32	MLN	NL	15	100%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	4	0	0%	4	3	75%	18	2	11%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1965	33	CHC	NL	11	91%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	4	1	25%	3	0	0%	7	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1966	34	TOT	NL	4	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	2	0	0%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1966	34	CHC	NL	4	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	2	0	0%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
15 Yrs				629	67%	107			0	0	0	0		3	0	22	3	0	3	0	0	40	28	70%	126	12	10%	119	33	28%	429	46	11%	36	13	36%	14	8	57%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			78%			11%			31%			14%			49%			53%
				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

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1952	20	34	43	40	3	6	1	0	0	1	2	15	.150	.190	.175	.365	2	7	1	1
1953	21	64	119	104	11	17	2	0	0	5	11	32	.163	.243	.183	.426	18	19	2	4
1954	22	99	182	156	16	27	8	0	0	11	21	56	.173	.270	.224	.494	37	35	3	4	1
1955	23	135	278	238	25	44	10	0	0	15	31	81	.185	.278	.227	.505	40	54	4	8	1	0
1956	24	177	375	318	41	64	13	1	0	24	43	103	.201	.296	.248	.544	49	79	5	13	1	0
1957	25	219	453	385	54	74	15	1	3	34	48	117	.192	.280	.260	.540	47	100	8	18	2	0
1958	26	262	503	429	64	86	15	3	3	39	52	128	.200	.285	.270	.556	51	116	9	19	3	0
1959	27	288	522	447	65	90	16	3	3	39	52	135	.201	.283	.271	.554	51	121	10	21	3	0
1960	28	307	523	448	65	90	16	3	3	39	52	135	.201	.282	.270	.552	50	121	10	21	3	0
1961	29	342	569	487	66	97	16	3	3	43	56	148	.199	.280	.263	.543	48	128	10	23	4	0
1962	30	399	596	506	71	100	18	3	3	44	63	155	.198	.284	.263	.547	49	133	11	24	4	0
1963	31	422	599	507	71	101	18	3	3	45	64	155	.199	.287	.264	.551	51	134	11	25	4	0
1964	32	464	614	516	72	103	18	3	3	47	67	158	.200	.290	.264	.553	51	136	11	28	4	0
1965	33	493	625	527	73	106	18	3	3	47	67	161	.201	.289	.264	.553	51	139	12	28	4	0
1966	34	533	629	531	73	107	18	3	3	47	67	162	.202	.289	.264	.553	51	140	12	28	4	0

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1952	20	36	44	41	2	5	1	0	0	1	2	16	.122	.163	.146	.309	1	34
1953	21	31	78	66	8	11	1	0	0	4	9	18	.167	.267	.182	.448	3	30
1954	22	37	67	55	6	11	7	0	0	7	11	25	.200	.328	.327	.656	6	35
1955	23	38	102	87	10	19	2	0	0	4	11	26	.218	.306	.241	.548	6	36
1956	24	44	100	83	15	20	3	1	0	9	12	23	.241	.337	.301	.638	8	42
1957	25	44	81	70	13	10	2	0	3	10	5	15	.143	.197	.300	.497	4	42
1958	26	45	51	45	10	12	0	2	0	5	4	11	.267	.320	.356	.676	5	43
1959	27	27	21	19	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	7	.211	.211	.263	.474	1	26
1960	28	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	19
1961	29	35	46	39	1	7	0	0	0	4	4	13	.179	.250	.179	.429	2	35
1962	30	57	27	19	5	3	2	0	0	1	7	7	.158	.385	.263	.648	2	57
1963	31	23	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	23
1964	32	42	15	9	1	2	0	0	0	2	3	3	.222	.417	.222	.639	1	42
1965	33	29	11	11	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	.273	.273	.273	.545	1	29
1966	34	40	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	40
15 Yrs		548	651	550	73	108	19	3	3	48	69	168	.196	.284	.258	.542	41	533
162 Game Avg.		162	192	163	22	32	6	1	1	14	20	50	.196	.284	.258	.542	12	533

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1955	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1955 AL (24, 0%) 0.00 Career Shares (1712th)	Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1955 AL 5.2 (6th)	Youngest s c a p y 1952 AL born 1932-05-17 (5th) 1953 AL born 1932-05-17 (6th)

All-Star Games
1955

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1955 AL (24, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1712th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1955 AL 5.2 (6th)

Youngest s c a p y
1952 AL born 1932-05-17 (5th)
1953 AL born 1932-05-17 (6th)

Similarity Scores

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Sad Sam Jones (986) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Perry (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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