Woody Jensen

Forrest Docenus Jensen

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: August 11, 1907 in Bremerton, WA
High School: Chehalis HS (Chehalis, WA)
School: Western Washington University (Bellingham, WA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1931
Team: Pirates 1931-1939

Final Game: June 4, 1939
Died: October 5, 2001 in Wichita, KS
Buried: Resthaven Mortuary and Cemetery, Wichita, KS
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1927	19	PCT,LOS	C,AA	88	302	302		92	8	3	6					.305	.305	.411	.715		124					PCT,LOS · UTID,PCL
1928	20	PCT,LOS	C,AA	161	619	619		193	34	10	8					.312	.312	.438	.750		271					PCT,LOS · UTID,PCL
1929	21	WCH,TPK	A	89	380	380		115	17	8	7					.303	.303	.445	.747		169					WCH,TPK · WL
1930	22	PIT-min	A	139	585	585		207	41	19	14					.354	.354	.561	.915		328					WCH · WL
1931	23	NWK	AA	51	216	216		72	9	1	3					.333	.333	.426	.759		92					NWK · IL
1931	23	PIT	NL	73	295	267	43	65	5	4	3	17	4	10	18	.243	.276	.326	.602	62	87		2	16	O7/8
1932	24	NYY-min	AA	118	438	438		151	15	10	7					.345	.345	.473	.817		207					NWK · IL
1932	24	PIT	NL	7	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0	/7O
1933	25	PIT	NL	70	210	196	29	58	7	3	0	15	1	8	2	.296	.330	.362	.692	97	71	1	2	4	7O
1934	26	PIT	NL	88	294	283	34	82	13	4	0	27	2	4	13	.290	.304	.364	.668	76	103	8	2	5	O78/9
1935	27	PIT	NL	143	657	627	97	203	28	7	8	62	9	15	14	.324	.344	.429	.773	104	269	15	4	11	*O7/9
1936	28	PIT	NL	153	731	*696*	98	197	34	10	10	58	2	16	19	.283	.305	.404	.709	88	281	14	6	13	*O7/8
1937	29	PIT	NL	124	536	509	77	142	23	9	5	45	2	15	29	.279	.301	.389	.690	87	198	13	1	11	*O78
1938	30	PIT	NL	68	129	125	12	25	4	0	0	10	0	1	3	.200	.213	.232	.445	22	29	3	1	2	O87/9
1939	31	SFG-min	AA	90	334	334		100	16	1	6					.299	.299	.407	.707		136					JER · IL
1939	31	PIT	NL	12	12	12	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	-9	2	1	0	0	/O98
1940	32	SFG-min	AA	129	421	421		106	19	2	8					.252	.252	.363	.615		153					JER · IL
1941	33	LAD-min	AA	141	551	502	58	148	33	1	8	74	10	38	18	.295	.350	.412	.763		207		5	6		MTL · IL
9 Yrs				738	2869	2720	392	774	114	37	26	235	20	69	100	.285	.307	.382	.689	85	1040	55	18	62
162 Game Avg.				162	630	597	86	170	25	8	6	52	4	15	22	.285	.307	.382	.689	85	228		4	14

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	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1931	23	PIT	NL	73	295	-14	-0	5	-3	-12	-1.4	8	-4	-0.5	.482	.492	-1.0	0.2	-9	$	O7/8
1932	24	PIT	NL	7	5	-1	0	0	0	-1	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.479	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/7O
1933	25	PIT	NL	70	210	-0	0	1	-2	-1	-0.2	6	5	0.5	.498	.499	0.4	-0.1	4	$	7O
1934	26	PIT	NL	88	294	-10	-0	0	-3	-12	-1.2	8	-4	-0.4	.486	.492	-0.4	-0.2	-4	$	O78/9
1935	27	PIT	NL	143	657	4	-1	0	-6	-3	-0.3	19	16	1.6	.498	.498	1.5	-0.6	16	$	*O7/9
1936	28	PIT	NL	153	731	-12	0	3	-7	-16	-1.7	21	5	0.4	.489	.490	0.0	-0.4	2	$	*O7/8
1937	29	PIT	NL	124	536	-9	0	0	-5	-14	-1.5	16	2	0.0	.489	.491	0.0	-0.5	2	$	*O78
1938	30	PIT	NL	68	129	-12	0	-6	-1	-19	-2.1	4	-16	-1.7	.470	.487	-1.0	-0.8	-10	$	O87/9
1939	31	PIT	NL	12	12	-2	0	0	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.484	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$	/O98
9 Seasons				738	2869	-57	-0	3	-27	-81	-8.6	82	2	-0.4	.489	.494	-0.8	-2.5	-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
1931	23	PIT	NL	295	218	24	2.9	102	.252	.243	.283	.276	.341	.326	.399	.602	.740	62	.305	-15.2	-1.5	.510	.135	.082	3.4
1932	24	PIT	NL	5	5	0	0.0	101	.000	.000	.281	.000	.333	.000	.406	.000	.739	-100	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1933	25	PIT	NL	210	143	23	4.3	91	.299	.296	.274	.330	.327	.362	.375	.692	.702	97	.526	-1.0	-0.1	.590	.112	.066	.0
1934	26	PIT	NL	294	214	31	3.9	107	.304	.290	.291	.304	.346	.364	.413	.668	.760	76	.407	-10.6	-1.0	.531	.095	.074	.0
1935	27	PIT	NL	657	450	91	5.4	106	.322	.324	.289	.344	.345	.429	.412	.773	.757	104	.565	1.3	0.1	.677	.144	.105	8.5
1936	28	PIT	NL	731	*526*	84	4.3	105	.280	.283	.288	.305	.348	.404	.404	.709	.751	88	.459	-15.6	-1.5	.595	.147	.121	3.3
1937	29	PIT	NL	536	391	59	4.0	100	.288	.279	.279	.301	.340	.389	.395	.690	.736	87	.449	-11.6	-1.2	.568	.143	.110	2.9
1938	30	PIT	NL	129	105	6	1.5	99	.205	.200	.275	.213	.339	.232	.391	.445	.730	22	.126	-13.6	-1.4	.301	.040	.032
1939	31	PIT	NL	12	11	0	0.0	102	.167	.167	.278	.167	.343	.167	.397	.333	.740	-9	.000	-1.9	-0.2	.182	.000	.000
9 Yrs				2869	2063	318	4.1	103	.288	.285	.285	.307	.343	.382	.402	.689	.745	85	.451	-69.5	-6.9	.573	.131	.098	22.6
162 Game Avg.				630	453	70	4.1	103	.288	.285	.285	.307	.343	.382	.402	.689	.745	85	.451	-69.5	-6.9	.573	.131	.098	5

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1931	23	PIT	NL	295	1.0%	6.1%	3.4%	4.1%	19%	1.80	14.8	89.0	15.7	83%
1932	24	PIT	NL	5	0.0%	40.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.5			60%
1933	25	PIT	NL	210	0.0%	1.0%	3.8%	4.8%	17%	0.25	98.0		13.1	92%
1934	26	PIT	NL	294	0.0%	4.4%	1.4%	5.8%	21%	3.25	21.8		10.5	92%
1935	27	PIT	NL	657	1.2%	2.1%	2.3%	6.5%	21%	0.93	44.8	78.4	10.1	92%
1936	28	PIT	NL	731	1.4%	2.6%	2.2%	7.4%	27%	1.19	36.6	69.6	12.0	91%
1937	29	PIT	NL	536	0.9%	5.4%	2.8%	6.9%	26%	1.93	17.6	101.8	11.3	89%
1938	30	PIT	NL	129	0.0%	2.3%	0.8%	3.1%	16%	3.00	41.7		12.5	95%
1939	31	PIT	NL	12	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%				12.0	100%
9 Yrs				2869	0.9%	3.5%	2.4%	6.2%	23%	1.45	27.2	104.6	11.6	90%
MLB Averages					1.4%	8.5%	8.4%	6.8%	28%	1.02	10.5	65.2	7.7	80%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1931	23	73	295	267	43	65	5	4	3	17	4	10	18	.243	.276	.326	.602	62	87		2	16
1932	24	80	300	272	45	65	5	4	3	17	4	10	20	.239	.271	.320	.591	60	87		2	16
1933	25	150	510	468	74	123	12	7	3	32	5	18	22	.263	.296	.338	.634	75	158	1	4	20
1934	26	238	804	751	108	205	25	11	3	59	7	22	35	.273	.299	.348	.647	75	261	9	6	25
1935	27	381	1461	1378	205	408	53	18	11	121	16	37	49	.296	.319	.385	.704	88	530	24	10	36
1936	28	534	2192	2074	303	605	87	28	21	179	18	53	68	.292	.315	.391	.706	88	811	38	16	49
1937	29	658	2728	2583	380	747	110	37	26	224	20	68	97	.289	.312	.391	.702	88	1009	51	17	60
1938	30	726	2857	2708	392	772	114	37	26	234	20	69	100	.285	.307	.383	.691	85	1038	54	18	62
1939	31	738	2869	2720	392	774	114	37	26	235	20	69	100	.285	.307	.382	.689	85	1040	55	18	62

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
1931	23	76	310	280	46	69	5	4	3	18	4	11	19	.246	.280	.325	.605	25	73
1932	24	7	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	7
1933	25	73	224	209	34	65	8	3	0	18	1	9	2	.311	.345	.378	.723	27	70
1934	26	94	308	297	33	83	13	4	0	26	2	4	14	.279	.294	.350	.644	30	88
1935	27	150	679	648	93	202	28	7	8	59	9	15	15	.312	.331	.414	.745	87	143
1936	28	160	754	718	94	196	34	10	10	56	2	16	20	.273	.295	.390	.685	80	153
1937	29	130	564	535	81	149	24	9	5	47	2	16	31	.279	.301	.385	.686	62	124
1938	30	72	137	133	13	27	4	0	0	11	0	1	3	.203	.215	.233	.448	6	68
1939	31	13	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	12
9 Yrs		775	2994	2838	396	791	116	37	26	235	20	72	106	.279	.301	.373	.674	317	738
162 Game Avg.		162	626	593	83	165	24	8	5	49	4	15	22	.279	.301	.373	.674	66	738

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y 1935 NL .324 (9th)	Games Played s c a p y 1936 NL 153 (8th)	At Bats s c a p y 1935 NL 627 (6th) 1936 NL 696 (1st)	Plate Appearances s c a p y 1935 NL 657 (9th) 1936 NL 731 (1st)
Hits s c a p y 1935 NL 203 (3rd) 1936 NL 197 (6th)	Total Bases s c a p y 1936 NL 281 (9th)	Doubles s c a p y 1936 NL 34 (8th)	Stolen Bases s c a p y 1935 NL 9 (9th)
Singles s c a p y 1935 NL 160 (1st) 1936 NL 143 (6th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1936 NL 6 (6th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1931 NL 16 (7th) 1937 NL 11 (7th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1935 NL 15 (7th)
Power-Speed # s c a p y 1935 NL 8.5 (6th)	AB per SO s c a p y 1935 NL 44.8 (3rd) 1936 NL 36.6 (3rd)	Outs Made s c a p y 1935 NL 450 (7th) 1936 NL 526 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Batting - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 17 (1113), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 8 (1326), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 5 (2198), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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