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Lou Johnson

Louis Brown Johnson (Sweet Lou or Slick)

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: September 22, 1934 in Lexington, KY
School: Kentucky State University (Frankfort, KY)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1960
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Cubs/Angels/Indians/Braves 1960-1969

Final Game: September 6, 1969
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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
1953	18	NYY-min	D	45	165	165		32	6	1	3						.194	.194	.297	.491		49							OLE · PONY
1954	19	LEX,PAM	C	82	321	321		92	17	2	3						.287	.287	.380	.667		122							LEX,PAM · MTSS,WTNM
1955	20	PIT-min	D,C	28	90	90		22	3	6	1						.244	.244	.444	.689		40							CLI,SJE · MSOH,PROV
1956	21	CHC-min	D	110	423	423		125	14	11	11						.296	.296	.459	.754		194							PCY · SOSL
1957	22	CHC-min	B	87	274	274		67	17	2	6						.245	.245	.387	.631		106							BUR · IIIL
1958	23	CHC-min	D,B	123	455	455		151	23	7	18						.332	.332	.532	.864		242							PRS,BUR · MIDW,IIIL
1959	24	CHC-min	A,AA	127	525	474	71	151	23	14	13	88	5	1	40	52	.319	.378	.508	.887		241		6	4	1	2		LNC,SAN · EL,TL
1960	25	CHC-min	AAA	103	432	409	54	118	23	6	12	58	13		23	67	.289	.326	.462	.788		189							HSN · AA
1960	25	CHC	NL	34	75	68	6	14	2	1	0	1	3	1	5	19	.206	.270	.265	.535	49	18	2	1	1	0	1	9/78
1961	26	TTO	AAA	146	550	510	93	146	22	18	13	64	21		40	60	.286	.338	.476	.815		243							TTO · IL
1961	26	LAA	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/7
1962	27	ATL-min	AAA	90	385	341	56	108	15	10	8	40	6	2	30	44	.317	.381	.490	.871		167		6	7	1			TTO · IL
1962	27	MLN	NL	61	129	117	22	33	4	5	2	13	6	1	11	27	.282	.349	.453	.802	117	53	1	1	0	0	0	78/9

1963	28	TEX-DET-ATL-min	AAA	135	550	519	100	146	25	9	15	74	15	5	31	82	.281	.322	.451	.773		234							TTO,SYR,DEN · IL,PCL
1964	29	LAD-min	AAA	153	637	589	93	193	29	5	18	70	23	12	25	84	.328	.369	.486	.855		286		16	3	4			SPO · PCL
1965	30	LAD-min	AAA	15	66	61	10	19	4	1	4	11	4	1	3	8	.311	.338	.607	.945		37		0	1	1			SPO · PCL
1965	30	LAD	NL	131	518	468	57	121	24	1	12	58	15	6	24	81	.259	.315	.391	.706	104	183	7	16	7	3	8	*78/9	MVP-24
1966	31	LAD	NL	152	572	526	71	143	20	2	17	73	8	10	21	75	.272	.316	.414	.731	109	218	16	14	9	2	4	*79/8
1967	32	LAD	NL	104	371	330	39	89	14	1	11	41	4	3	24	52	.270	.330	.418	.748	122	138	9	7	7	3	5	79/8
1968	33	TOT	MLB	127	438	407	39	102	25	4	6	37	9	2	15	47	.251	.294	.376	.669	99	153	10	11	2	3	4	*97
1968	33	CHC	NL	62	220	205	14	50	14	3	1	14	3	1	6	23	.244	.289	.356	.645	88	73	6	7	2	0	2	9/7
1968	33	CLE	AL	65	218	202	25	52	11	1	5	23	6	1	9	24	.257	.298	.396	.694	110	80	4	4	0	3	2	79
1969	34	CAL	AL	67	148	133	10	27	8	0	0	9	5	1	10	19	.203	.272	.263	.535	55	35	2	3	1	1	1	79
8 Yrs				677	2251	2049	244	529	97	14	48	232	50	24	110	320	.258	.311	.389	.701	103	798	47	53	27	12	23
162 Game Avg.				162	539	490	58	127	23	3	11	56	12	6	26	77	.258	.311	.389	.701	103	191	11	13	6	3	6

LAD (3 yrs)				387	1461	1324	167	353	58	4	40	172	27	19	69	208	.267	.319	.407	.726	110	539	32	37	23	8	17
CAL (2 yrs)				68	148	133	10	27	8	0	0	9	5	1	10	19	.203	.272	.263	.535	55	35	2	3	1	1	1
CHC (2 yrs)				96	295	273	20	64	16	4	1	15	6	2	11	42	.234	.284	.333	.618	78	91	8	8	3	0	3
MLN (1 yr)				61	129	117	22	33	4	5	2	13	6	1	11	27	.282	.349	.453	.802	117	53	1	1	0	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				65	218	202	25	52	11	1	5	23	6	1	9	24	.257	.298	.396	.694	110	80	4	4	0	3	2

NL (6 yrs)				544	1885	1714	209	450	78	13	43	200	39	22	91	277	.263	.316	.398	.714	106	683	41	46	26	8	20
AL (3 yrs)				133	366	335	35	79	19	1	5	32	11	2	19	43	.236	.288	.343	.631	87	115	6	7	1	4	3

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
1960	25	CHC	NL	34	75	-5	0	0	2	-1	-3	-0.3	2	-0	-0.1	.490	.498	-0.4	0.1	-3	$	9/78
1961	26	LAA	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.532	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/7
1962	27	MLN	NL	61	129	3	1	0	-0	-2	3	0.3	4	7	0.7	.504	.502	0.7	-0.2	7	$	78/9

1965	30	LAD	NL	131	518	5	1	1	4	-7	3	0.3	18	21	2.1	.503	.502	1.7	-0.4	17	$	*78/9	MVP-24
1966	31	LAD	NL	152	572	8	-1	-0	3	-9	1	0.3	20	20	2.2	.501	.501	1.7	-0.5	17	$	*79/8
1967	32	LAD	NL	104	371	9	1	-1	-1	-5	4	0.6	13	16	1.8	.504	.503	1.8	-0.5	17	$	79/8
1968	33	CHC	NL	62	220	-1	-0	-1	-1	-3	-7	-0.8	8	1	0.0	.486	.495	0.1	-0.4	2	$26,000	9/7
1968	33	CLE	AL	65	218	3	2	0	2	-3	4	0.4	6	10	1.0	.508	.503	0.9	-0.2	8	$	79
1969	34	CAL	AL	67	148	-7	2	-0	-1	-2	-9	-1.0	4	-5	-0.6	.485	.494	-0.5	-0.3	-4	$26,000	79
8 Seasons				677	2251	15	5	-1	9	-31	-4	-0.2	74	71	7.1	.499	.500	6.0	-2.3	62	$52,000

LAD (3 yrs)				387	1461	22	1	-0	6	-20	8	1.2	50	58	6.1	.502	.502	5.2	-1.4	52	$
CAL (2 yrs)				68	148	-7	2	-0	-0	-2	-9	-1.0	4	-5	-0.6	.486	.497	-0.5	-0.3	-4	$26,000
CHC (2 yrs)				96	295	-6	-0	-1	1	-4	-10	-1.1	10	0	-0.1	.488	.496	-0.3	-0.3	-1	$26,000
MLN (1 yr)				61	129	3	1	0	-0	-2	3	0.3	4	7	0.7	.504	.502	0.7	-0.2	7	$
CLE (1 yr)				65	218	3	2	0	2	-3	4	0.4	6	10	1.0	.508	.503	0.9	-0.2	8	$

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
1960	25	CHC	NL	75	58	5	2.3	98	.286	.206	.261	.270	.326	.265	.400	.535	.727	49	.239	-4.9	-0.5	.456	.162	.059	.0

1962	27	MLN	NL	129	86	20	6.2	101	.352	.282	.267	.349	.333	.453	.404	.802	.738	117	.638	2.2	0.2	.814	.308	.171	3.0

1965	30	LAD	NL	518	370	58	4.2	88	.288	.259	.250	.315	.312	.391	.378	.706	.690	104	.511	3.3	0.3	.644	.203	.132	13.3
1966	31	LAD	NL	572	420	63	4.0	89	.289	.272	.255	.316	.313	.414	.385	.731	.697	109	.480	5.8	0.6	.614	.179	.143	10.9
1967	32	LAD	NL	371	263	44	4.5	83	.289	.270	.248	.330	.308	.418	.364	.748	.672	122	.559	9.5	1.0	.672	.224	.148	5.9
1968	33	TOT	MLB	438	322	44	3.7	83	.269	.251	.248	.294	.312	.376	.358	.669	.671	99	.518	-1.1	-0.1	.587	.179	.125	7.2
1968	33	CHC	NL	220	164	20	3.3	87	.271	.244	.260	.289	.319	.356	.366	.645	.685	88	.463	-3.3	-0.4	.543	.151	.112	1.5
1968	33	CLE	AL	218	158	24	4.1	79	.267	.257	.237	.298	.306	.396	.351	.694	.656	110	.568	2.2	0.2	.632	.208	.139	5.5
1969	34	CAL	AL	148	111	10	2.4	90	.235	.203	.247	.272	.323	.263	.373	.535	.696	55	.267	-7.5	-0.8	.477	.165	.060	.0
8 Yrs				2251	1630	244	4.0	88	.284	.258	.252	.311	.314	.389	.375	.701	.690	103	.498	7.4	0.8	.620	.198	.131	49.0
162 Game Avg.				539	390	58	4.0	88	.284	.258	.252	.311	.314	.389	.375	.701	.690	103	.498	2	0	.620	.198	.131	12

LAD (3 yrs)				1461	1053	165	4.2	87	.289	.267	.252	.319	.312	.407	.377	.726	.689	110	.511	18.6	2.0	.639	.199	.140	32.2
CHC (2 yrs)				295	222	25	3.0	89	.274	.234	.260	.284	.321	.333	.375	.618	.695	78	.402	-8.2	-0.9	.521	.154	.099	1.7
MLN (1 yr)				129	86	20	6.2	101	.352	.282	.267	.349	.333	.453	.404	.802	.738	117	.639	2.2	0.2	.814	.308	.171	3.0
CAL (2 yrs)				148	111	10	2.4	90	.235	.203	.247	.272	.323	.263	.373	.535	.696	55	.267	-7.5	-0.8	.477	.165	.060	.0
CLE (1 yr)				218	158	24	4.1	79	.267	.257	.237	.298	.306	.396	.351	.694	.656	110	.569	2.2	0.2	.632	.208	.139	5.5

NL (6 yrs)				1885	1361	210	4.2	88	.290	.263	.254	.316	.314	.398	.378	.714	.693	106	.506	12.6	1.3	.631	.199	.136	40.9
AL (3 yrs)				366	269	34	3.4	83	.254	.236	.241	.288	.313	.343	.360	.631	.672	87	.450	-5.3	-0.5	.568	.191	.107	6.9

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	SH
1965	30	LAD	NL	WS	MIN	W	7	29	27	3	8	2	2	4	1	1	3	.296	.321	.593	.914	16	0	1
1966	31	LAD	NL	WS	BAL	L	4	16	15	1	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	.267	.313	.333	.646	5	1	0
2 Yrs (2 Series)							11	45	42	4	12	3	2	4	1	2	4	.286	.318	.500	.818	21	1	1
2 WS							11	45	42	4	12	3	2	4	1	2	4	.286	.318	.500	.818	21	1	1

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1960	25	CHC	NL	75	0.0%	25.3%	6.7%	4.0%	21%	3.80	3.6		68.0	1.47	65%

1962	27	MLN	NL	129	1.6%	20.9%	8.5%	8.5%	33%	2.45	4.3	58.5	9.0	0.63	68%

1965	30	LAD	NL	518	2.3%	15.6%	4.6%	7.1%	31%	3.38	5.8	39.0	8.1	0.83	73%
1966	31	LAD	NL	572	3.0%	13.1%	3.7%	6.8%	27%	3.57	7.0	30.9	7.2	1.08	76%
1967	32	LAD	NL	371	3.0%	14.0%	6.5%	7.0%	29%	2.17	6.3	30.0	8.0	1.11	73%
1968	33	TOT	MLB	438	1.4%	10.7%	3.4%	8.0%	34%	3.13	8.7	67.8	11.0	1.10	82%
1968	33	CHC	NL	220	0.5%	10.5%	2.7%	8.2%	36%	3.83	8.9	205.0	14.6	1.41	82%
1968	33	CLE	AL	218	2.3%	11.0%	4.1%	7.8%	33%	2.67	8.4	40.4	8.8	0.84	81%
1969	34	CAL	AL	148	0.0%	12.8%	6.8%	5.4%	30%	1.90	7.0		14.8	0.88	78%
8 Yrs				2251	2.1%	14.2%	4.9%	7.1%	30%	2.91	6.4	42.7	8.8	1.00	75%
MLB Averages					2.2%	15.1%	8.3%	6.2%	28%	1.82	5.9	41.3	9.0	1.09	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1960	25	CHC	NL	-5.0	-0.5	79	-0.4	1.0	-1.4	1.07	-0.5	0.1	-4.9	-0.5	0.95	-5.5	1.04	6
1961	26	LAA	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1962	27	MLN	NL	2.2	0.2	142	0.5	2.5	-2.1	.97	0.3	0.2	6.9	0.7	0.98	5.4	0.73	10

1965	30	LAD	NL	3.3	0.3	545	2.0	11.7	-9.8	1.15	0.7	1.0	8.4	0.9	0.99	7.9	1.76	3
1966	31	LAD	NL	5.8	0.6	599	0.4	11.0	-10.6	1.03	0.5	-0.1	11.8	1.3	0.96	5.7	1.56	3
1967	32	LAD	NL	9.5	1.0	384	1.2	7.9	-6.7	1.12	1.2	-0.1	7.6	0.8	0.96	12.9	1.58	16
1968	33	TOT	MLB	-1.1	-0.1	458	-0.1	7.5	-7.6	1.00	0.7	-0.8	4.4	0.5	0.91	7.2	1.33	15
1968	33	CHC	NL	-3.3	-0.4	231	-0.9	3.1	-3.9	.94	-0.1	-0.9	1.8	0.2	0.87	1.0	0.76	4
1968	33	CLE	AL	2.2	0.2	227	0.8	4.4	-3.7	1.07	0.8	-0.1	2.6	0.3	0.95	6.2	1.53	11
1969	34	CAL	AL	-7.5	-0.8	160	-0.4	2.6	-3.0	1.10	-0.6	0.2	-4.9	-0.5	0.91	-5.3	1.39	23
8 Yrs				7.3	0.7	2367	3.2	44.3	-41.1	1.07	2.4	0.6	29.3	3.2	0.96	28.3	1.32	76

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
1960	25	CHC	NL	1	0	30%	29	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	6	3	3	0	0	0	2	1	1

1962	27	MLN	NL	2	0	47%	57	6	1	86%	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	44%	3	1	2	4	2	2	2	2	0

1965	30	LAD	NL	10	0	30%	166	15	6	71%	12	5	3	1	0	0	2	0	5	8	63%	21	10	10	8	2	6	14	1	11
1966	31	LAD	NL	9	0	34%	210	8	10	44%	8	10	0	0	0	0	4	2	9	11	66%	29	11	17	4	2	2	17	3	14
1967	32	LAD	NL	4	0	26%	104	4	3	57%	3	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	5	6	78%	17	3	14	2	1	1	8	1	6
1968	33	TOT	MLB	10	0	27%	157	9	2	82%	8	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	7	12	56%	17	10	6	6	1	5	16	4	11
1968	33	CHC	NL	5	0	21%	83	3	1	75%	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	6	7	44%	7	5	1	4	0	4	7	3	3
1968	33	CLE	AL	5	0	33%	74	6	1	86%	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	67%	10	5	5	2	1	1	9	1	8
1969	34	CAL	AL	2	0	25%	50	5	1	83%	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	6	89%	6	0	5	1	0	1	2	0	2
8 Yrs				38	0	30%	773	50	24	68%	44	22	5	1	1	1	9	2	30	48	64%	99	38	57	25	8	17	61	12	45

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
1960	25	CHC	NL	75	57%	14			6	0	0	0	1.04	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	19	2	11%	6	1	17%	43	1	2%	0	0		4	1	25%	0

1962	27	MLN	NL	129	49%	33			10	1	0	1	0.73	2	0	5	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0%	27	1	4%	9	1	11%	75	11	15%	5	2	40%	4	2	50%	0

1965	30	LAD	NL	518	41%	121			3	1	0	1	1.76	12	0	10	11	1	6	6	0	10	7	70%	105	7	7%	42	13	31%	337	48	14%	36	14	39%	11	6	55%	0
1966	31	LAD	NL	572	42%	143			3	1	0	1	1.56	17	0	12	13	4	8	9	0	13	9	69%	110	16	15%	53	13	25%	349	62	18%	37	19	51%	20	11	55%	0
1967	32	LAD	NL	371	47%	89			16	5	1	3	1.58	11	0	7	3	8	7	4	0	8	7	88%	76	9	12%	41	16	39%	230	32	14%	23	12	52%	12	4	33%	0
1968	33	TOT	MLB	438	30%	102			15	7	1	4	1.33	6	0	7	3	3	3	3	0	3	2	67%	66	10	15%	31	7	23%	230	33	14%	24	11	46%	14	7	50%	0
1968	33	CHC	NL	220	20%	50			4	1	0	1	0.76	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	100%	29	6	21%	15	4	27%	95	15	16%	10	4	40%	8	5	63%	0
1968	33	CLE	AL	218	40%	52			11	6	1	3	1.53	5	0	5	3	2	3	2	0	1	0	0%	37	4	11%	16	3	19%	135	18	13%	14	7	50%	6	2	33%	0
1969	34	CAL	AL	148	46%	27			23	3	0	2	1.39	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	20	2	10%	13	4	31%	68	9	13%	8	3	38%	5	3	60%	0
8 Yrs				2251	41%	529			76	18	2	12	1.32	48	0	44	31	17	25	23	0	38	27	71%	423	47	11%	195	55	28%	1332	196	15%	133	61	46%	70	34	49%	0
MLB Averages					52%																			77%			10%			30%			14%			47%			52%

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
1960	25	34	75	68	6	14	2	1	0	1	3	1	5	19	.206	.270	.265	.535	49	18	2	1	1	0	1
1961	26	35	75	68	6	14	2	1	0	1	3	1	5	19	.206	.270	.265	.535	49	18	2	1	1	0	1
1962	27	96	204	185	28	47	6	6	2	14	9	2	16	46	.254	.320	.384	.704	92	71	3	2	1	0	1
1963	28	96	204	185	28	47	6	6	2	14	9	2	16	46	.254	.320	.384	.704	92	71	3	2	1	0	1
1964	29	96	204	185	28	47	6	6	2	14	9	2	16	46	.254	.320	.384	.704	92	71	3	2	1	0	1
1965	30	227	722	653	85	168	30	7	14	72	24	8	40	127	.257	.317	.389	.706	101	254	10	18	8	3	9
1966	31	379	1294	1179	156	311	50	9	31	145	32	18	61	202	.264	.316	.400	.717	104	472	26	32	17	5	13
1967	32	483	1665	1509	195	400	64	10	42	186	36	21	85	254	.265	.319	.404	.724	108	610	35	39	24	8	18
1968	33	610	2103	1916	234	502	89	14	48	223	45	23	100	301	.262	.314	.398	.712	106	763	45	50	26	11	22
1969	34	677	2251	2049	244	529	97	14	48	232	50	24	110	320	.258	.311	.389	.701	103	798	47	53	27	12	23

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1960	25	36	78	71	7	15	2	1	0	1	3	5	20	.211	.273	.268	.540	5	34

1962	27	61	130	118	23	34	4	5	2	14	6	11	27	.288	.354	.458	.811	19	61

1965	30	130	532	478	67	133	26	1	13	68	16	26	81	.278	.337	.418	.756	64	131
1966	31	152	590	541	84	158	22	2	19	86	9	23	75	.292	.337	.445	.783	77	152
1967	32	104	390	344	50	103	16	1	13	52	5	28	52	.299	.363	.465	.828	56	104
1968	33	127	455	420	48	116	28	5	7	46	10	17	47	.276	.322	.417	.739	53	127
1969	34	67	151	135	11	29	9	0	0	10	5	11	19	.215	.287	.281	.568	10	67
7 Yrs		677	2326	2107	290	588	107	15	54	277	54	121	321	.279	.334	.421	.755	284	676
162 Game Avg.		162	557	504	69	141	26	4	13	66	13	29	77	.279	.334	.421	.755	68	676

* 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1965 NL (24, 2%) 0.02 Career Shares (1361st)	Stolen Bases s c a p y 1965 NL 15 (9th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1965 NL 16 (2nd) 1966 NL 14 (1st) 1967 NL 7 (5th) 1968 NL 7 (3rd)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1966 NL 16 (8th)
Caught Stealing s c a p y 1966 NL 10 (6th)	SB % s c a p y 1965 NL 71.43 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 2 (2156), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 3 (1776), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 3 (2531), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Roman Mejias (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Tom Paciorek (964) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Emil Brown (958) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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