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Billy Johnson

William Russell Johnson (Bull)

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 30, 1918 in Montclair, NJ
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1936. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1943
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Cardinals 1943-1953

Final Game: May 10, 1953
Died: June 20, 2006 in Augusta, GA
Buried: Westover Memorial Park, Augusta, GA
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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	Pos	Awards
1936	17	NYY-min	D	5	19	19		5	1	0	0						.263	.263	.316	.579		6					BUT · PASA
1937	18	NYY-min	D	92	351	351		125	19	16	11						.356	.356	.595	.952		209					BUT · PASA
1938	19	NYY-min	B	128	473	473		132	17	14	3						.279	.279	.393	.672		186					AUG,NFK · SALL,PIED
1939	20	NYY-min	B	142	543	543		178	31	8	8						.328	.328	.459	.786		249					AUG · SALL
1940	21	NYY-min	B	150	593	593		205	34	20	3						.346	.346	.486	.831		288					AUG · SALL
1941	22	NYY-min	A,AA	135	480	480	2	144	29	2	13	1	0				.300	.300	.450	.750		216					BNG,NWK · EL,IL
1942	23	NYY-min	AA	153	694	606	111	176	23	5	12	56	21	16	76	42	.290	.372	.404	.777		245	8	3	9		NWK · IL
1943	24	NYY	AL	155	655	592	70	166	24	6	5	94	3	5	53	30	.280	.344	.367	.710	107	217	27	4	6	*5	MVP-4

1946	27	NYY	AL	85	335	296	51	77	14	5	4	35	1	0	31	42	.260	.334	.382	.716	99	113	5	2	5	5
1947	28	NYY	AL	132	545	494	67	141	19	8	10	95	1	2	44	43	.285	.351	.417	.768	114	206	21	6	3	*5	AS,MVP-19
1948	29	NYY	AL	127	493	446	59	131	20	6	12	64	0	0	41	30	.294	.358	.446	.805	114	199	22	4	1	*5
1949	30	NYY	AL	113	383	329	48	82	11	3	8	56	1	0	48	44	.249	.348	.374	.722	91	123	15	2	4	53/4
1950	31	NYY	AL	108	372	327	44	85	16	2	6	40	1	0	42	30	.260	.346	.376	.722	87	123	12	1	2	5/3
1951	32	TOT	MLB	139	550	482	57	128	26	1	14	68	5	4	53	49	.266	.346	.411	.756	103	198	14	6	9	*5
1951	32	NYY	AL	15	48	40	5	12	3	0	0	4	0	1	7	0	.300	.404	.375	.779	115	15	2	0	1	5
1951	32	STL	NL	124	502	442	52	116	23	1	14	64	5	3	46	49	.262	.340	.414	.754	102	183	12	6	8	*5
1952	33	STL	NL	94	320	282	23	71	10	2	2	34	1	0	34	21	.252	.339	.323	.661	84	91	9	3	1	5
1953	34	STL-min	AAA	113	432	374	52	87	16	2	4	37	0		52	40	.233	.329	.318	.648		119	12	2	4		CLB · AA
1953	34	STL	NL	11	6	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.200	.333	.400	.733	90	2	0	0	0	5
9 Yrs				964	3659	3253	419	882	141	33	61	487	13	11	347	290	.271	.346	.391	.737	102	1272	125	28	31
162 Game Avg.				162	615	547	70	148	24	6	10	82	2	2	58	49	.271	.346	.391	.737	102	214	21	5	5

NYY (7 yrs)				735	2831	2524	344	694	107	30	45	388	7	8	266	219	.275	.349	.395	.743	104	996	104	19	22
STL (3 yrs)				229	828	729	75	188	34	3	16	99	6	3	81	71	.258	.339	.379	.718	95	276	21	9	9

AL (7 yrs)				735	2831	2524	344	694	107	30	45	388	7	8	266	219	.275	.349	.395	.743	104	996	104	19	22
NL (3 yrs)				229	828	729	75	188	34	3	16	99	6	3	81	71	.258	.339	.379	.718	95	276	21	9	9

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	24	NYY	AL	155	655	6	-1	0	11	0	16	1.8	14	30	3.2	.512	.511	1.9	1.3	19	$	*5	MVP-4

1946	27	NYY	AL	85	335	-1	0	0	5	0	5	0.5	9	14	1.4	.507	.503	0.8	0.6	9	$	5
1947	28	NYY	AL	132	545	9	0	0	-5	0	4	0.3	14	18	1.7	.503	.502	2.3	-0.6	23	$	*5	AS,MVP-19
1948	29	NYY	AL	127	493	8	0	-2	-2	0	4	0.4	12	17	1.7	.503	.503	1.9	-0.2	19	$	*5
1949	30	NYY	AL	113	383	-4	1	-2	0	-1	-6	-0.6	10	4	0.4	.495	.496	0.4	-0.1	4	$	53/4
1950	31	NYY	AL	108	372	-6	-0	-2	0	-0	-8	-0.7	10	2	0.3	.493	.495	0.2	0.0	2	$	5/3
1951	32	NYY	AL	15	48	1	-1	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.504	.500	0.2	0.0	2	$	5
1951	32	STL	NL	124	502	2	-1	-1	15	0	15	1.5	17	32	3.2	.513	.510	1.7	1.6	17	$	*5
1952	33	STL	NL	94	320	-4	-0	0	5	0	0	0.0	11	11	1.1	.500	.500	0.6	0.6	6	$	5
1953	34	STL	NL	11	6	-0	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.505	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$	5
9 Seasons				964	3659	10	-1	-6	30	-1	32	3.5	97	129	13.3	.504	.502	10.0	3.2	99	$

NYY (7 yrs)				735	2831	13	-0	-5	9	-1	16	1.9	69	85	8.9	.503	.502	7.7	1.0	76	$
STL (3 yrs)				229	828	-3	-1	-0	21	0	16	1.6	28	44	4.4	.507	.503	2.3	2.2	23	$

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	24	NYY	AL	655	464	73	4.3	88	.289	.280	.257	.344	.332	.367	.355	.710	.687	107	.555	4.7	0.5	.594	.172	.086	3.8

1946	27	NYY	AL	335	229	38	4.4	97	.292	.260	.265	.334	.339	.382	.381	.716	.720	99	.529	-0.8	-0.1	.656	.230	.122	1.6
1947	28	NYY	AL	545	379	70	4.9	96	.297	.285	.262	.351	.341	.417	.376	.768	.717	114	.576	7.8	0.8	.678	.219	.132	1.8
1948	29	NYY	AL	493	338	70	5.5	105	.295	.294	.272	.358	.357	.446	.393	.805	.750	114	.582	7.1	0.7	.724	.244	.152	.0
1949	30	NYY	AL	383	266	43	4.3	107	.267	.249	.271	.348	.363	.374	.393	.722	.756	91	.471	-4.6	-0.4	.664	.274	.125	1.8
1950	31	NYY	AL	372	256	43	4.4	111	.271	.260	.275	.346	.361	.376	.412	.722	.773	87	.452	-6.0	-0.6	.657	.248	.116	1.7
1951	32	TOT	MLB	550	381	67	4.7	103	.272	.266	.267	.346	.342	.411	.404	.756	.745	103	.521	2.8	0.3	.694	.257	.145	7.4
1951	32	NYY	AL	48	32	6	5.0	99	.300	.300	.263	.404	.343	.375	.385	.779	.728	115	.551	1.4	0.1	.677	.225	.075
1951	32	STL	NL	502	349	61	4.7	103	.269	.262	.268	.340	.342	.414	.405	.754	.747	102	.518	1.5	0.2	.695	.260	.152	7.4
1952	33	STL	NL	320	221	30	3.6	97	.266	.252	.262	.339	.335	.323	.389	.661	.724	84	.439	-5.1	-0.5	.586	.195	.071	1.3
1953	34	STL	NL	6	4	1	6.6	110	.250	.200	.274	.333	.345	.400	.427	.733	.773	90	.640	0.0	0.0	.750	.400	.200
9 Yrs				3659	2538	435	4.6	99	.283	.271	.266	.346	.345	.391	.386	.737	.731	102	.526	6.0	0.7	.658	.227	.120	21.4
162 Game Avg.				615	427	73	4.6	99	.283	.271	.266	.346	.345	.391	.386	.737	.731	102	.526	1	0	.658	.227	.120	4

NYY (7 yrs)				2831	1964	343	4.7	99	.287	.275	.266	.349	.347	.395	.382	.743	.729	104	.536	9.7	1.1	.659	.225	.120	12.1
STL (3 yrs)				828	574	92	4.3	101	.268	.258	.265	.339	.339	.379	.399	.718	.738	95	.492	-3.6	-0.4	.653	.236	.121	8.7

AL (7 yrs)				2831	1964	343	4.7	99	.287	.275	.266	.349	.347	.395	.382	.743	.729	104	.536	9.7	1.1	.659	.225	.120	12.1
NL (3 yrs)				828	574	92	4.3	101	.268	.258	.265	.339	.339	.379	.399	.718	.738	95	.492	-3.6	-0.4	.653	.236	.121	8.7

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
1943	24	NYY	AL	WS	STL	W	5	20	20	3	6	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	3	.300	.300	.450	.750	9	2	0	0	0	0

1947	28	NYY	AL	WS	BRO	W	7	30	26	8	7	0	3	0	2	0	0	3	4	.269	.367	.500	.867	13	1	1	0	0	0

1949	30	NYY	AL	WS	BRO	W	2	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	0	0	0
1950	31	NYY	AL	WS	PHI	W	4	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs (4 Series)							18	63	59	11	14	1	4	0	5	1	0	3	12	.237	.286	.390	.676	23	3	1	0	0	0
4 WS							18	63	59	11	14	1	4	0	5	1	0	3	12	.237	.286	.390	.676	23	3	1	0	0	0

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
1947	NYY	AL	28		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	GO/AO	IP%
1943	24	NYY	AL	655	0.8%	4.6%	8.1%	5.3%	21%	0.57	19.7	118.4	6.3		85%

1946	27	NYY	AL	335	1.2%	12.5%	9.3%	6.9%	30%	1.35	7.0	74.0	8.5		75%
1947	28	NYY	AL	545	1.8%	7.9%	8.1%	6.8%	26%	0.98	11.5	49.4	5.2		81%
1948	29	NYY	AL	493	2.4%	6.1%	8.3%	7.7%	29%	0.73	14.9	37.2	7.0	1.27	82%
1949	30	NYY	AL	383	2.1%	11.5%	12.5%	5.7%	27%	0.92	7.5	41.1	5.9	1.08	72%
1950	31	NYY	AL	372	1.6%	8.1%	11.3%	6.5%	28%	0.71	10.9	54.5	8.2	1.00	78%
1951	32	TOT	MLB	550	2.6%	8.9%	9.6%	7.5%	32%	0.92	9.8	34.4	7.1	0.86	76%
1951	32	NYY	AL	48	0.0%	0.0%	14.6%	6.3%	25%	0.00			10.0	1.07	83%
1951	32	STL	NL	502	2.8%	9.8%	9.2%	7.6%	33%	1.07	9.0	31.6	6.9	0.84	76%
1952	33	STL	NL	320	0.6%	6.6%	10.6%	4.4%	20%	0.62	13.4	141.0	8.3	0.80	81%
1953	34	STL	NL	6	0.0%	16.7%	16.7%	16.7%	100%	1.00	5.0		5.0	0.00	67%
9 Yrs				3659	1.7%	7.9%	9.5%	6.4%	27%	0.84	11.2	53.3	6.7	0.98	79%
MLB Averages					1.6%	9.6%	9.4%	6.1%	27%	1.02	9.2	55.8	8.4	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1943	24	NYY	AL	4.7	0.5	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1946	27	NYY	AL	-0.8	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	28	NYY	AL	7.8	0.8	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	29	NYY	AL	7.1	0.7	218	-1.0	3.0	-4.0	.89	-0.8	-0.3	-14.9	-1.5	0.96	-8.9	1.62	7
1949	30	NYY	AL	-4.6	-0.4	279	2.6	7.6	-5.0	1.16	0.8	1.4	12.5	1.2	0.99	7.3	1.94	16
1950	31	NYY	AL	-6.0	-0.6	328	0.6	5.7	-5.1	.92	0.2	0.5	2.8	0.3	0.95	3.4	1.60	10
1951	32	TOT	MLB	2.8	0.3	416	0.9	7.8	-6.9	1.01	0.6	0.3	4.2	0.4	1.00	6.1	2.19	2
1951	32	NYY	AL	1.3	0.1	49	0.5	1.0	-0.5	.82	0.1	0.5	3.4	0.3	0.98	1.9	2.19	2
1951	32	STL	NL	1.5	0.2	367	0.3	6.8	-6.5	1.03	0.4	-0.1	0.8	0.1	1.00	4.2		0
1952	33	STL	NL	-5.1	-0.5	198	0.5	3.4	-2.9	.92	-0.3	0.8	4.6	0.5	0.92	-2.6	0.42	4
1953	34	STL	NL	0.0	0.0	3	0.3	0.3	-0.0	1.33	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.0	0.91	0.3		0
9 Yrs				6.0	0.7	1442	3.9	27.8	-23.9	.99	0.5	3.4	9.7	1.0	0.97	5.5	1.65	39

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	29	NYY	AL	2	29%	75	0	0		0	1	1	2	0	44%	12	10	2	4	3	1	7	0	7
1949	30	NYY	AL	4	32%	114	1	0	100%	1	0	0	4	3	52%	17	12	5	3	1	2	11	1	9
1950	31	NYY	AL	8	31%	147	1	0	100%	0	0	0	5	3	47%	13	7	5	5	5	0	14	3	10
1951	32	TOT	MLB	7	25%	126	5	4	56%	3	4	1	10	3	37%	24	18	3	9	4	5	8	1	7
1951	32	NYY	AL	2	26%	21	0	1	0%	0	1	0	2	0	43%	4	3	0	2	0	2	1	0	1
1951	32	STL	NL	5	25%	105	5	3	63%	3	3	1	8	3	35%	20	15	3	7	4	3	7	1	6
1952	33	STL	NL	0	20%	85	1	0	100%	1	0	1	4	2	38%	12	8	3	1	0	1	3	1	2
1953	34	STL	NL	0	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9 Yrs				21	30%	549	13	11	54%	5	5	3	25	11	43%	78	55	18	22	13	9	43	6	35

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	29	NYY	AL	493	27%	131			7	1	1	1	1.62	12	0	6	1	2	6	6	0	1	1	100%	39	22	56%	23	5	22%	159	16	10%	13	5	38%	8	2	25%	0
1949	30	NYY	AL	383	62%	82			16	5	1	5	1.94	8	0	10	2	5	3	5	0	2	4	200%	58	15	26%	31	12	39%	199	42	21%	20	10	50%	20	12	60%	0
1950	31	NYY	AL	372	68%	85			10	4	0	2	1.60	6	0	7	1	4	4	2	0	2	2	100%	75	12	16%	26	12	46%	219	32	15%	16	8	50%	14	12	86%	0
1951	32	TOT	MLB	550	44%	128			2	0	0	0	2.19	14	0	8	4	6	6	8	0	7	9	129%	85	14	16%	30	10	33%	277	36	13%	15	6	40%	10	6	60%	0
1951	32	NYY	AL	48	58%	12			2	0	0	0	2.19	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	9	2	22%	3	2	67%	31	6	19%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1951	32	STL	NL	502	42%	116			0	0	0	0		14	0	7	4	6	6	8	0	6	8	133%	76	12	16%	27	8	30%	246	30	12%	13	6	46%	9	6	67%	0
1952	33	STL	NL	320	43%	71			4	0	0	0	0.42	2	1	4	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	100%	29	9	31%	18	7	39%	106	24	23%	13	7	54%	5	3	60%	0
1953	34	STL	NL	6	33%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	1	50%	0	0		0	0		0
9 Yrs				2124	50%	882			39	10	2	8	1.65	61	1	35	9	18	20	22	0	13	31	238%	286	125	44%	128	46	36%	962	151	16%	77	36	47%	57	35	61%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			201%			23%			33%			15%			51%			55%

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
1943	24	155	655	592	70	166	24	6	5	94	3	5	53	30	.280	.344	.367	.710	107	217	27	4	6
1944	25	155	655	592	70	166	24	6	5	94	3	5	53	30	.280	.344	.367	.710	107	217	27	4	6
1945	26	155	655	592	70	166	24	6	5	94	3	5	53	30	.280	.344	.367	.710	107	217	27	4	6
1946	27	240	990	888	121	243	38	11	9	129	4	5	84	72	.274	.340	.372	.712	104	330	32	6	11
1947	28	372	1535	1382	188	384	57	19	19	224	5	7	128	115	.278	.344	.388	.732	108	536	53	12	14
1948	29	499	2028	1828	247	515	77	25	31	288	5	7	169	145	.282	.348	.402	.750	109	735	75	16	15
1949	30	612	2411	2157	295	597	88	28	39	344	6	7	217	189	.277	.348	.398	.746	106	858	90	18	19
1950	31	720	2783	2484	339	682	104	30	45	384	7	7	259	219	.275	.348	.395	.743	104	981	102	19	21
1951	32	859	3333	2966	396	810	130	31	59	452	12	11	312	268	.273	.347	.398	.745	103	1179	116	25	30
1952	33	953	3653	3248	419	881	140	33	61	486	13	11	346	289	.271	.346	.391	.738	102	1270	125	28	31
1953	34	964	3659	3253	419	882	141	33	61	487	13	11	347	290	.271	.346	.391	.737	102	1272	125	28	31

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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	24	163	707	636	83	188	27	7	6	111	3	60	32	.296	.361	.388	.749	87	155

1946	27	89	354	313	57	84	15	5	4	39	1	34	44	.268	.344	.387	.730	42	85
1947	28	137	578	520	75	153	21	9	11	106	1	48	45	.294	.362	.433	.794	79	132
1948	29	133	507	461	58	132	20	6	12	63	0	41	31	.286	.350	.434	.784	69	127
1949	30	118	396	341	47	83	11	3	8	55	1	49	46	.243	.342	.364	.705	42	113
1950	31	113	380	336	41	83	16	2	6	38	1	41	31	.247	.331	.360	.691	40	108
1951	32	145	570	500	59	132	27	1	14	70	5	55	51	.264	.344	.406	.750	69	139
1952	33	98	339	298	25	77	11	2	2	38	1	37	22	.258	.346	.329	.675	33	94
1953	34	11	6	5	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	.200	.333	.400	.733	1	11
9 Yrs		1007	3837	3410	445	933	149	35	63	522	13	366	303	.274	.349	.393	.742	462	964
162 Game Avg.		162	617	549	72	150	24	6	10	84	2	59	49	.274	.349	.393	.742	74	964

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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

All-Star Games 1947 *	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1943 AL (4, 40%) 1947 AL (19, 3%) 0.43 Career Shares (489th)	Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1943 AL 1.3 (6th) 1951 NL 1.6 (2nd)	Games Played s c a p y 1943 AL 155 (1st)
At Bats s c a p y 1943 AL 592 (8th)	Hits s c a p y 1943 AL 166 (5th)	Triples s c a p y 1947 AL 8 (10th)	Runs Batted In s c a p y 1943 AL 94 (3rd) 1947 AL 95 (5th)
Singles s c a p y 1943 AL 131 (5th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1943 AL 4 (9th) 1947 AL 6 (2nd) 1948 AL 4 (10th) 1951 NL 6 (6th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1943 AL 27 (2nd) 1947 AL 21 (4th) 1948 AL 22 (4th)	AB per SO s c a p y 1943 AL 19.7 (9th)
Outs Made s c a p y 1943 AL 464 (6th)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1949 AL 2.6 (10th)

† 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 Ink	Batting - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 14 (1222), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 12 (1068), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 8 (1801), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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