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Hal Jeffcoat

Harold Bentley Jeffcoat

Positions: Centerfielder and Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 6, 1924 in West Columbia, SC
High School: West Columbia HS (West Columbia, SC)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1948
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Redlegs/Cardinals 1948-1959

Final Game: August 6, 1959
Died: August 30, 2007 in Tampa, FL
Buried: Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, FL
Relatives: Brother of George Jeffcoat
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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
1946	21	CHC-min	B,AA	136	526	526		153	20	6	15						.291	.291	.437	.728		230							SHL,NVL · TRIS,SOUA
1947	22	CHC-min	AA	153	630	630		218	36	13	4						.346	.346	.463	.810		292							NVL · SOUA
1948	23	CHC	NL	134	512	473	53	132	16	4	4	42	8		24	68	.279	.315	.355	.670	85	168	6	1	14			*8O
1949	24	CHC	NL	108	388	363	43	89	18	6	2	26	12		20	48	.245	.286	.344	.631	71	125	5	1	4			O89/7
1950	25	CHC	NL	66	187	179	21	42	13	1	2	18	7		6	23	.235	.259	.352	.611	60	63	11	0	2			O97/8
1951	26	CHC	NL	113	299	278	44	76	20	2	4	27	8	4	16	23	.273	.315	.403	.718	90	112	5	1	4			O897
1952	27	CHC	NL	102	320	297	29	65	17	2	4	30	7	2	15	40	.219	.259	.330	.589	61	98	17	1	7			8O
1953	28	CHC	NL	106	206	183	22	43	3	1	4	22	5	0	21	26	.235	.314	.328	.642	66	60	5	0	3			O8/7
1954	29	CHC	NL	56	34	31	13	8	2	1	1	6	2	0	1	7	.258	.265	.484	.749	90	15	1	0	0	2		1/8
1955	30	CHC	NL	52	27	23	3	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	9	.174	.240	.304	.544	44	7	2	0	2	0	0	1
1956	31	CIN	NL	49	60	54	5	8	2	0	0	5	0	1	3	20	.148	.193	.185	.378	1	10	1	0	3	0	0	1
1957	32	CIN	NL	53	83	69	13	14	3	1	4	11	0	0	5	20	.203	.267	.449	.716	84	31	2	1	8	0	0	1
1958	33	CIN	NL	50	10	9	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.556	.600	.556	1.156	202	5	0	0	0	0	0	1/8
1959	34	TOT	NL	29	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.500	.750	90	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1959	34	CIN	NL	17	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	666	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1959	34	STL	NL	12	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1960	35	CIN-min	AAA	17	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0							SLE · PCL
12 Yrs				918	2131	1963	249	487	95	18	26	188	49	7	114	289	.248	.291	.355	.645	73	696	55	5	47	2	0
162 Game Avg.				162	376	346	44	86	17	3	5	33	9		20	51	.248	.291	.355	.645	73	123	10	1	8

CHC (8 yrs)				737	1973	1827	228	459	89	17	22	172	49	6	105	244	.251	.293	.355	.648	74	648	52	4	36	2	0
CIN (4 yrs)				169	155	133	21	28	6	1	4	16	0	1	9	42	.211	.266	.361	.627	63	48	3	1	11	0	0
STL (1 yr)				12	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	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
1948	23	CHC	NL	134	512	-10	1	1	2	-1	-8	-0.8	18	10	0.9	.494	.495	0.8	0.1	8	$	*8O
1949	24	CHC	NL	108	388	-15	-0	1	1	-2	-16	-1.7	14	-2	-0.3	.485	.490	-0.4	-0.1	-3	$	O89/7
1950	25	CHC	NL	66	187	-11	1	-2	-4	-2	-18	-1.9	6	-12	-1.2	.472	.489	-0.8	-0.7	-8	$	O97/8
1951	26	CHC	NL	113	299	-4	0	0	-3	-3	-10	-1.0	10	0	0.0	.491	.494	0.4	-0.6	3	$	O897
1952	27	CHC	NL	102	320	-16	0	-1	2	-0	-15	-1.7	11	-4	-0.6	.484	.490	-0.8	0.2	-6	$	8O
1953	28	CHC	NL	106	206	-8	2	1	1	-0	-5	-0.6	7	2	0.1	.495	.497	0.1	-0.0	1	$	O8/7
1954	29	CHC	NL	56	34	0	1	-0	0	4	5	0.5	1	6	0.5	.509	.503	0.5	-0.0	6	$	1/8
1955	30	CHC	NL	52	27	-1	-0	-0	0	3	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.502	.501	0.1	-0.1	2	$	1
1956	31	CIN	NL	49	60	-8	-1	0	0	6	-2	-0.3	2	-0	-0.3	.495	.498	-0.3	-0.1	-0	$	1
1957	32	CIN	NL	53	83	-2	-0	-0	0	9	6	0.6	3	9	0.6	.512	.504	0.6	-0.0	9	$	1
1958	33	CIN	NL	50	10	2	0	0	0	1	4	0.4	0	4	0.4	.507	.502	0.3	0.0	4	$	1/8
1959	34	CIN	NL	17	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.510	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$	1
1959	34	STL	NL	12	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.495	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	1
12 Seasons				918	2131	-73	3	-1	-1	15	-56	-6.3	73	16	0.3	.494	.497	0.6	-1.3	17	$

CHC (8 yrs)				737	1973	-65	4	-1	-1	-2	-65	-7.1	67	3	-0.5	.491	.495	-0.1	-1.2	4	$
CIN (4 yrs)				169	155	-7	-1	-0	0	17	9	0.9	5	14	0.9	.505	.501	0.8	-0.1	14	$
STL (1 yr)				12	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.495	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$

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
1948	23	CHC	NL	512	361	53	3.9	98	.319	.279	.263	.315	.336	.355	.389	.670	.725	85	.440	-10.8	-1.1	.579	.144	.076	5.3
1949	24	CHC	NL	388	283	36	3.4	100	.278	.245	.266	.286	.338	.344	.397	.631	.736	71	.367	-15.5	-1.5	.566	.187	.099	3.4
1950	25	CHC	NL	187	150	16	2.8	107	.260	.235	.268	.259	.345	.352	.416	.611	.761	60	.284	-10.9	-1.1	.514	.190	.117	3.1
1951	26	CHC	NL	299	215	35	4.4	105	.287	.273	.270	.315	.344	.403	.409	.718	.753	90	.486	-4.3	-0.4	.630	.201	.129	5.3
1952	27	CHC	NL	320	258	25	2.6	98	.241	.219	.263	.259	.336	.330	.391	.589	.727	61	.297	-16.4	-1.7	.474	.178	.111	5.1
1953	28	CHC	NL	206	148	20	3.6	112	.255	.235	.277	.314	.348	.328	.431	.642	.779	66	.366	-9.4	-0.9	.593	.235	.093	4.4
1954	29	CHC	NL	34	26	5	5.2	110	.280	.258	.275	.265	.347	.484	.426	.749	.773	90	.533	-0.5	-0.1	.750	.323	.226	1.3
1955	30	CHC	NL	27	23	1	1.2	106	.231	.174	.266	.240	.337	.304	.421	.544	.757	44	.072	-2.0	-0.2	.429	.217	.130	.0
1956	31	CIN	NL	60	51	2	1.0	107	.235	.148	.270	.193	.338	.185	.426	.378	.764	1	.066	-7.8	-0.8	.250	.074	.037
1957	32	CIN	NL	83	65	8	3.4	108	.222	.203	.276	.267	.340	.449	.427	.716	.766	84	.355	-2.2	-0.2	.649	.319	.246	.0
1958	33	CIN	NL	10	4	3	20.1	111	.714	.556	.277	.600	.346	.556	.432	1.156	.778	202	.936	1.4	0.1	1.500	.111	.000
1959	34	TOT	NL	5	3	2	17.8	109	1.000	.250	.276	.250	.343	.500	.428	.750	.771	90	.922	-0.0	-0.0	.667	.250	.250
1959	34	CIN	NL	2	0	2		107	1.000	1.000	.274	1.000	.340	2.000	.424	3.000	.764	666	.000	0.8	0.1		1.000	1.000
1959	34	STL	NL	3	3	0	0.0	110		.000	.277	.000	.344	.000	.429	.000	.773	-100	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
12 Yrs				2131	1587	206	3.5	102	.279	.248	.267	.291	.340	.355	.404	.645	.744	73	.381	-78.3	-7.8	.557	.186	.106	34.0
162 Game Avg.				376	280	36	3.5	102	.279	.248	.267	.291	.340	.355	.404	.645	.744	73	.381	-78.3	-7.8	.557	.186	.106	6

CHC (8 yrs)				1973	1464	191	3.5	102	.280	.251	.267	.293	.340	.355	.402	.648	.742	74	.384	-69.8	-7.0	.561	.184	.103	30.4
CIN (4 yrs)				155	120	15	3.4	108	.276	.211	.273	.266	.339	.361	.427	.627	.766	63	.364	-7.7	-0.8	.523	.211	.150	.0
STL (1 yr)				3	3	0	0.0	110		.000	.277	.000	.344	.000	.429	.000	.773	-100	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1948	23	CHC	NL	512	0.8%	13.3%	4.7%	4.7%	18%	2.83	7.0	118.3	11.3	1.20	78%
1949	24	CHC	NL	388	0.5%	12.4%	5.2%	6.7%	29%	2.40	7.6	181.5	14.0	1.17	81%
1950	25	CHC	NL	187	1.1%	12.3%	3.2%	8.6%	38%	3.83	7.8	89.5	9.9	1.53	82%
1951	26	CHC	NL	299	1.3%	7.7%	5.4%	8.7%	34%	1.44	12.1	69.5	10.3	1.24	84%
1952	27	CHC	NL	320	1.3%	12.5%	4.7%	7.2%	35%	2.67	7.4	74.3	9.9	1.34	79%
1953	28	CHC	NL	206	1.9%	12.6%	10.2%	3.9%	19%	1.24	7.0	45.8	8.3	1.00	74%
1954	29	CHC	NL	34	2.9%	20.6%	2.9%	11.8%	50%	7.00	4.4	31.0	5.2	0.67	74%
1955	30	CHC	NL	27	3.7%	33.3%	7.4%	3.7%	25%	4.50	2.6	23.0	23.0	4.50	48%
1956	31	CIN	NL	60	0.0%	33.3%	5.0%	3.3%	25%	6.67	2.7		10.8	1.90	57%
1957	32	CIN	NL	83	4.8%	24.1%	6.0%	9.6%	57%	4.00	3.5	17.3	6.3	1.56	54%
1958	33	CIN	NL	10	0.0%	20.0%	10.0%	0.0%	0%	2.00	4.5			0.00	70%
1959	34	TOT	NL	5	0.0%	60.0%	0.0%	20.0%	100%		1.3				20%
1959	34	CIN	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	100%						50%
1959	34	STL	NL	3	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
12 Yrs				2131	1.2%	13.6%	5.4%	6.5%	29%	2.54	6.8	75.5	10.4	1.28	77%
MLB Averages					2.1%	11.1%	9.4%	6.5%	28%	1.18	8.0	42.0	8.1	0.98	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1948	23	CHC	NL	-10.8	-1.1	171	-1.0	1.9	-3.0	.93	-1.2	0.1	-11.5	-1.2	0.92	-13.1	0.69	4
1949	24	CHC	NL	-16.0	-1.6	225	-1.0	2.8	-3.8	.95	-1.0	-0.1	-10.1	-1.0	0.92	-10.8	1.15	5
1950	25	CHC	NL	-10.9	-1.1	165	-0.8	3.0	-3.8	1.18	-0.9	0.3	-9.4	-0.9	0.97	-8.9	1.58	9
1951	26	CHC	NL	-4.3	-0.4	248	0.6	5.0	-4.4	1.07	0.5	0.1	6.0	0.6	0.93	3.2	1.10	9
1952	27	CHC	NL	-16.4	-1.7	264	-1.4	3.5	-4.9	.98	-1.2	-0.2	-17.0	-1.8	1.00	-12.1	0.62	2
1953	28	CHC	NL	-9.4	-0.9	171	-0.3	2.3	-2.6	.92	-0.1	-0.3	-2.1	-0.2	1.00	-1.2	0.50	1
1954	29	CHC	NL	-0.5	-0.1	34	0.0	0.7	-0.7	1.21	-0.0	0.0	-0.5	-0.0	1.03	-0.1		0
1955	30	CHC	NL	-2.0	-0.2	24	0.0	0.6	-0.5	1.18	-0.0	0.0	-3.2	-0.3	0.95	-0.8		0
1956	31	CIN	NL	-7.9	-0.8	61	-0.2	0.7	-1.0	.88	-0.6	0.3	-2.7	-0.3	0.90	-6.2		0
1957	32	CIN	NL	-2.2	-0.2	84	-0.2	1.3	-1.6	.94	-0.3	0.1	-5.3	-0.5	1.03	-3.4		0
1958	33	CIN	NL	1.4	0.1	10	0.3	0.3	-0.0	.93	0.2	0.1	1.5	0.1	0.87	2.1		0
1959	34	TOT	NL	-0.0	-0.0	5	0.0	0.1	-0.1	.84	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.81	0.4		0
1959	34	CIN	NL	0.8	0.1	2	0.1	0.1	0.0	.98	0.1	0.0	1.0	0.1	0.86	1.2		0
1959	34	STL	NL	-0.9	-0.1	3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.74	-0.1	-0.0	-0.6	-0.1	0.77	-0.8		0
12 Yrs				-78.9	-7.9	1462	-4.0	22.4	-26.3	1.00	-4.5	0.6	-53.8	-5.5	0.96	-51.0	1.15	30

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	SBH	CSH	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	23	CHC	NL	3	32%	62	8			0	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	67%	10	6	4	4	0	4	4	0	4
1949	24	CHC	NL	6	38%	63	12			5	5	0	0	0	2	1	2	63%	9	5	4	1	0	1	6	1	5
1950	25	CHC	NL	3	41%	61	7			5	1	0	0	1	0	5	2	53%	7	4	3	1	0	1	7	3	4
1951	26	CHC	NL	3	45%	108	8	4	67%	5	1	1	3	1	1	10	3	68%	18	5	11	2	1	1	5	0	5
1952	27	CHC	NL	4	33%	90	7	2	78%	7	1	0	0	1	3	5	0	27%	15	10	3	0	0	0	7	3	3
1953	28	CHC	NL	4	30%	73	5	0	100%	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	40%	14	8	6	0	0	0	6	4	2
1954	29	CHC	NL	2	150%	22	2	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	100%	3	0	3	0	0	0	4	0	4
1955	30	CHC	NL	1	40%	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	31	CIN	NL	0	46%	29	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	25%	8	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	32	CIN	NL	0	56%	54	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	36%	4	3	1	0	0	0	7	4	3
1958	33	CIN	NL	1	33%	18	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25%	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	0
1959	34	TOT	NL	0	100%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	34	CIN	NL	0	100%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	34	STL	NL	0		1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12 Yrs				27	38%	601	49	7	169%	27	9	2	3	3	8	28	12	51%	91	50	37	9	1	8	47	16	30

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	23	CHC	NL	512	30%	132			4	0	0	0	0.69	4	0	4	1	0	3	1	0	7	14	200%	32	6	19%	18	6	33%	109	12	11%	16	8	50%	8	4	50%	0
1949	24	CHC	NL	388	49%	89			5	1	0	0	1.15	2	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	5	4	80%	34	5	15%	21	10	48%	109	13	12%	5	3	60%	8	2	25%	0
1950	25	CHC	NL	187	64%	42			9	1	0	0	1.58	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	3	2	67%	32	11	34%	15	6	40%	87	16	18%	9	6	67%	5	3	60%	0
1951	26	CHC	NL	299	36%	76			9	3	1	2	1.10	4	0	2	4	0	2	2	0	3	4	133%	34	5	15%	19	5	26%	116	19	16%	3	2	67%	7	5	71%	0
1952	27	CHC	NL	320	41%	65			2	0	0	0	0.62	4	0	5	3	1	2	2	0	8	7	88%	60	17	28%	38	14	37%	161	20	12%	8	5	63%	13	5	38%	0
1953	28	CHC	NL	206	38%	43			1	0	0	0	0.50	4	0	4	4	0	1	3	0	3	3	100%	40	5	13%	14	7	50%	114	17	15%	11	7	64%	7	3	43%	0
1954	29	CHC	NL	34	16%	8			0	0	0	0		1	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		5	1	20%	4	2	50%	27	5	19%	2	2	100%	2	1	50%	0
1955	30	CHC	NL	27	21%	4			0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	2	67%	8	2	25%	9	2	22%	13	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1956	31	CIN	NL	60	30%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	60%	12	1	8%	9	4	44%	31	5	16%	3	2	67%	3	3	100%	0
1957	32	CIN	NL	83	27%	14			0	0	0	0		4	0	1	3	1	4	0	0	9	8	89%	23	2	9%	24	7	29%	63	7	11%	5	0	0%	3	1	33%	0
1958	33	CIN	NL	10	10%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1959	34	TOT	NL	5	20%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1959	34	CIN	NL	2	0%	1			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
1959	34	STL	NL	3	33%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
12 Yrs				2131	40%	487			30	5	1	2	1.15	26	0	25	17	3	15	11	0	46	47	102%	281	55	20%	171	63	37%	835	114	14%	62	35	56%	57	27	47%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			88%			12%			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
1948	23	134	512	473	53	132	16	4	4	42	8		24	68	.279	.315	.355	.670	85	168	6	1	14
1949	24	242	900	836	96	221	34	10	6	68	20		44	116	.264	.303	.350	.653	79	293	11	2	18
1950	25	308	1087	1015	117	263	47	11	8	86	27		50	139	.259	.295	.351	.646	76	356	22	2	20
1951	26	421	1386	1293	161	339	67	13	12	113	35	4	66	162	.262	.300	.362	.662	79	468	27	3	24
1952	27	523	1706	1590	190	404	84	15	16	143	42	6	81	202	.254	.292	.356	.648	76	566	44	4	31
1953	28	629	1912	1773	212	447	87	16	20	165	47	6	102	228	.252	.294	.353	.647	75	626	49	4	34
1954	29	685	1946	1804	225	455	89	17	21	171	49	6	103	235	.252	.294	.355	.649	75	641	50	4	34	2
1955	30	737	1973	1827	228	459	89	17	22	172	49	6	105	244	.251	.293	.355	.648	74	648	52	4	36	2	0
1956	31	786	2033	1881	233	467	91	17	22	177	49	7	108	264	.248	.290	.350	.640	72	658	53	4	39	2	0
1957	32	839	2116	1950	246	481	94	18	26	188	49	7	113	284	.247	.289	.353	.643	73	689	55	5	47	2	0
1958	33	889	2126	1959	248	486	94	18	26	188	49	7	114	286	.248	.291	.354	.645	73	694	55	5	47	2	0
1959	34	918	2131	1963	249	487	95	18	26	188	49	7	114	289	.248	.291	.355	.645	73	696	55	5	47	2	0

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1948	23	140	539	497	58	141	17	4	4	46	9	26	71	.284	.321	.358	.679	57	134
1949	24	112	404	378	45	93	19	6	2	27	13	21	50	.246	.288	.344	.631	37	108
1950	25	69	194	186	21	43	13	1	2	18	7	6	24	.231	.255	.344	.599	17	66
1951	26	117	309	288	44	78	21	2	4	27	8	16	24	.271	.311	.399	.711	35	113
1952	27	107	335	311	31	69	18	2	4	32	7	16	42	.222	.262	.331	.593	27	102
1953	28	110	211	187	21	42	3	1	4	21	5	21	27	.225	.303	.316	.618	18	106
1954	29	59	35	32	13	8	2	1	1	6	2	1	7	.250	.257	.469	.726	4	56
1955	30	55	29	25	4	5	0	0	1	1	0	2	9	.200	.259	.320	.579	2	52
1956	31	51	63	57	5	9	2	0	0	5	0	3	21	.158	.200	.193	.393	2	49
1957	32	55	86	72	14	15	3	1	4	12	0	5	21	.208	.269	.444	.714	8	53
1958	33	53	10	9	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.556	.600	.556	1.156	3	50
1959	34	30	5	5	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	.400	.400	.800	1.200	2	29
12 Yrs		958	2220	2047	259	510	100	18	26	195	51	118	301	.249	.291	.354	.645	212	918
162 Game Avg.		162	375	346	44	86	17	3	4	33	9	20	51	.249	.291	.354	.645	36	918

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Strikeouts s c a p y 1948 NL 68 (5th)	Stolen Bases s c a p y 1948 NL 8 (10th) 1949 NL 12 (3rd)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1948 NL 14 (2nd) 1957 NL 8 (6th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1952 NL 17 (4th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1948 NL 68 (5th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1948 NL 8 (10th)
1949 NL 12 (3rd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1948 NL 14 (2nd)
1957 NL 8 (6th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1952 NL 17 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 4 (1866), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 2 (2725), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters

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Most Similar by Ages

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Michael Brantley (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bill Sharp (984) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Endy Chavez (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Steve Brye (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Hosken Powell (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ted Uhlaender (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rick Miller (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Steve Lyons (956) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Danny Heep (962) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Danny Heep (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Dwyer (945) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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