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Willie Jones

Willie Edward Jones (Puddin' Head)

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 188 lb.

Born: August 16, 1925 in Dillon, SC
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1947
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Reds/Redlegs/Indians 1947-1961

Final Game: May 7, 1961
Died: October 18, 1983 in Cincinnati, OH
Buried: Hillside Memorial Cemetery, Laurinburg, NC
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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
1947 21 PHI NL 18 69 62 5 14 0 1 0 10 2 7 0 .226 .304 .258 .562 54 16 3 0 0 5
1948 22 PHI NL 17 66 60 9 20 2 0 2 9 0 3 5 .333 .365 .467 .832 126 28 3 0 2 5
1949 23 PHI NL 149 604 532 71 130 35 1 19 77 3 65 66 .244 .328 .421 .749 102 224 20 1 6 *5 MVP-27
1950 24 PHI NL 157 678 610 100 163 28 6 25 88 5 61 40 .267 .337 .456 .793 108 278 15 3 4 *5 AS,MVP-36
1951 25 PHI NL 148 647 564 79 161 28 5 22 81 6 2 60 47 .285 .358 .470 .828 123 265 9 4 19 *5 AS
1952 26 PHI NL 147 611 541 60 135 12 3 18 72 5 3 53 36 .250 .323 .383 .706 96 207 14 6 11 *5
1953 27 PHI NL 149 573 481 61 108 16 2 19 70 1 1 85 45 .225 .342 .385 .727 89 185 10 1 4 *5
1954 28 PHI NL 142 610 535 64 145 28 3 12 56 4 1 61 54 .271 .342 .402 .744 94 215 10 0 8 6 *5
1955 29 PHI NL 146 612 516 65 133 20 3 16 81 6 2 77 51 .258 .352 .401 .753 102 207 13 3 6 9 5 *5
1956 30 PHI NL 149 621 520 88 144 20 4 17 78 5 4 92 49 .277 .383 .429 .812 121 223 15 1 3 5 6 *5
1957 31 PHI NL 133 512 440 58 96 19 2 9 47 1 0 61 41 .218 .310 .332 .641 75 146 14 0 5 6 3 *5
1958 32 PHI NL 118 456 398 52 108 15 1 14 60 1 2 49 45 .271 .351 .420 .771 104 167 8 2 3 4 4 *5/3
1959 33 TOT MLB 130 466 411 57 105 22 2 14 56 0 2 48 43 .255 .332 .421 .753 98 173 12 1 2 4 3 *5
1959 33 TOT NL 119 447 393 56 101 21 2 14 55 0 2 47 40 .257 .335 .427 .762 100 168 12 1 2 4 3 *5
1959 33 PHI NL 47 182 160 23 43 9 1 7 24 0 0 19 14 .269 .343 .469 .811 113 75 4 0 1 2 2 5
1959 33 CLE AL 11 19 18 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .222 .263 .278 .541 51 5 0 0 0 0 0 /5
1959 33 CIN NL 72 265 233 33 58 12 1 7 31 0 2 28 26 .249 .330 .399 .729 91 93 8 1 1 2 1 5
1960 34 CIN NL 79 183 149 16 40 7 0 3 27 1 0 31 16 .268 .388 .376 .764 109 56 2 0 1 3 3 5/4
1961 35 CIN NL 9 9 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .000 .222 .000 .222 -34 0 0 0 0 0 0 /5
15 Yrs 1691 6717 5826 786 1502 252 33 190 812 40 17 755 541 .258 .343 .410 .753 101 2390 148 22 74 37 24
162 Game Avg. 162 643 558 75 144 24 3 18 78 4 72 52 .258 .343 .410 .753 101 229 14 2 7
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
PHI (13 yrs) 1520 6241 5419 735 1400 232 32 180 753 39 15 693 493 .258 .343 .413 .756 102 2236 138 21 72 32 20
CIN (3 yrs) 160 457 389 50 98 19 1 10 58 1 2 61 45 .252 .351 .383 .734 96 149 10 1 2 5 4
CLE (1 yr) 11 19 18 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .222 .263 .278 .541 51 5 0 0 0 0 0
NL (15 yrs) 1680 6698 5808 785 1498 251 33 190 811 40 17 754 538 .258 .343 .411 .754 102 2385 148 22 74 37 24
AL (1 yr) 11 19 18 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .222 .263 .278 .541 51 5 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 Awards
1947 21 PHI NL 18 69 -4 0 0 -1 0 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.2 .474 .497 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $ 5
1948 22 PHI NL 17 66 2 0 -0 -1 0 1 0.1 2 4 0.4 .508 .501 0.5 -0.1 5 $ 5
1949 23 PHI NL 149 604 1 1 -2 -2 0 -1 -0.2 21 20 1.9 .499 .499 2.1 -0.2 22 $ *5 MVP-27
1950 24 PHI NL 157 678 8 1 0 3 0 12 1.0 22 34 3.2 .507 .507 3.1 0.2 31 $ *5 AS,MVP-36
1951 25 PHI NL 148 647 19 -2 0 0 0 17 1.7 22 38 3.8 .512 .511 4.0 -0.0 38 $ *5 AS
1952 26 PHI NL 147 611 -1 1 -1 -1 0 -3 -0.3 21 18 1.7 .498 .498 1.9 -0.1 19 $ *5
1953 27 PHI NL 149 573 -2 0 -0 7 0 6 0.4 19 25 2.3 .504 .503 1.8 0.7 17 $ *5
1954 28 PHI NL 142 610 -2 -1 -0 -1 0 -5 -0.6 20 15 1.4 .496 .497 1.6 -0.1 16 $ *5
1955 29 PHI NL 146 612 2 2 -1 -2 0 1 -0.2 21 22 1.8 .501 .501 2.4 -0.4 24 $ *5
1956 30 PHI NL 149 621 21 -1 -1 -7 1 13 1.0 21 34 3.1 .509 .509 4.2 -0.8 41 $ *5
1957 31 PHI NL 133 512 -12 -1 -1 -2 1 -15 -1.7 17 2 -0.1 .488 .490 0.3 -0.1 4 $ *5
1958 32 PHI NL 118 456 3 -1 -1 -8 1 -6 -0.6 15 10 0.9 .495 .496 1.8 -0.7 18 $ *5/3
1959 33 PHI NL 47 182 2 0 -0 1 1 3 0.3 6 9 0.9 .507 .502 0.9 0.2 8 $ 5
1959 33 CLE AL 11 19 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.2 0 3 0.3 .520 .501 0.2 0.1 1 $ /5
1959 33 CIN NL 72 265 -3 -0 -1 -5 1 -9 -0.9 9 0 0.0 .488 .494 0.5 -0.4 5 $ 5
1960 34 CIN NL 79 183 2 -0 0 -4 1 -2 -0.2 6 5 0.4 .498 .499 0.8 -0.3 8 $ 5/4
1961 35 CIN NL 9 9 -1 0 0 -0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .492 .500 0.0 -0.0 -0 $ /5
15 Seasons 1691 6717 35 -2 -8 -22 8 10 -0.5 226 236 21.8 .501 .500 26.0 -2.2 258 $
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
PHI (13 yrs) 1520 6241 36 -1 -7 -14 6 19 0.4 210 229 21.1 .501 .501 24.5 -1.6 243 $
CIN (3 yrs) 160 457 -2 -1 -1 -9 2 -11 -1.1 15 4 0.4 .493 .498 1.3 -0.7 13 $
CLE (1 yr) 11 19 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.2 0 3 0.3 .520 .501 0.2 0.1 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
1947 21 PHI NL 69 51 5 2.6 102 .226 .226 .268 .304 .342 .258 .397 .562 .740 54 .258 -4.0 -0.4 .490 .177 .032 .0
1948 22 PHI NL 66 45 10 5.9 99 .340 .333 .265 .365 .339 .467 .393 .832 .732 126 .626 2.0 0.2 .721 .183 .133 .0
1949 23 PHI NL 604 428 73 4.6 101 .248 .244 .267 .328 .340 .421 .399 .749 .739 102 .498 1.9 0.2 .694 .305 .177 5.2
1950 24 PHI NL 678 466 93 5.3 106 .253 .267 .267 .337 .344 .456 .414 .793 .758 108 .554 5.6 0.5 .751 .297 .189 8.3
1951 25 PHI NL 647 433 94 5.8 102 .281 .285 .265 .358 .339 .470 .402 .828 .740 123 .615 17.8 1.8 .804 .298 .184 9.4
1952 26 PHI NL 611 434 65 4.0 96 .240 .250 .260 .323 .333 .383 .388 .706 .721 96 .484 -4.0 -0.4 .634 .235 .133 7.8
1953 27 PHI NL 573 388 63 4.3 110 .213 .225 .274 .342 .345 .385 .427 .727 .773 89 .447 -6.3 -0.6 .706 .337 .160 1.9
1954 28 PHI NL 610 415 75 4.8 109 .280 .271 .274 .342 .345 .402 .424 .744 .769 94 .505 -4.0 -0.4 .696 .250 .131 6.0
1955 29 PHI NL 612 413 77 5.0 104 .255 .258 .263 .352 .334 .401 .417 .753 .751 102 .529 4.1 0.4 .731 .300 .143 8.7
1956 30 PHI NL 621 403 89 5.9 101 .277 .277 .262 .383 .328 .429 .413 .812 .742 121 .624 19.2 1.9 .803 .331 .152 7.7
1957 31 PHI NL 512 369 47 3.5 100 .220 .218 .265 .310 .328 .332 .410 .641 .738 75 .369 -13.4 -1.3 .581 .255 .114 1.8
1958 32 PHI NL 456 307 60 5.2 105 .274 .271 .269 .351 .336 .420 .420 .771 .756 104 .554 3.5 0.3 .723 .269 .148 1.9
1959 33 TOT MLB 466 326 57 4.7 106 .254 .255 .272 .332 .339 .421 .421 .753 .760 98 .506 -0.8 -0.1 .688 .277 .165 .0
1959 33 TOT NL 447 312 56 4.8 107 .254 .257 .273 .335 .339 .427 .422 .762 .761 100 .518 0.4 0.0 .699 .285 .170 .0
1959 33 PHI NL 182 124 26 5.6 106 .255 .269 .271 .343 .338 .469 .420 .811 .758 113 .587 3.1 0.3 .777 .319 .200 .0
1959 33 CLE AL 19 14 1 1.9 96 .267 .222 .257 .263 .328 .278 .393 .541 .720 51 .180 -1.2 -0.1 .429 .111 .056
1959 33 CIN NL 265 188 30 4.3 108 .252 .249 .274 .330 .340 .399 .424 .729 .764 91 .464 -2.8 -0.3 .649 .262 .150 .0
1960 34 CIN NL 183 115 25 5.9 101 .278 .268 .266 .388 .332 .376 .407 .764 .739 109 .631 4.0 0.4 .793 .322 .107 1.5
1961 35 CIN NL 9 7 0 0.0 107 .000 .000 .271 .222 .338 .000 .423 .222 .761 -34 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .286 .286 .000
15 Yrs 6717 4600 833 4.8 104 .256 .258 .267 .343 .337 .410 .411 .753 .749 101 .524 24.2 2.4 .711 .286 .152 66.1
162 Game Avg. 643 441 80 4.8 104 .256 .258 .267 .343 .337 .410 .411 .753 .749 101 .524 2 0 .711 .286 .152 6
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
PHI (13 yrs) 6241 4276 777 4.9 103 .255 .258 .267 .343 .338 .413 .411 .756 .748 102 .526 25.5 2.5 .713 .287 .154 64.1
CIN (3 yrs) 457 310 55 4.8 105 .260 .252 .271 .351 .337 .383 .417 .734 .754 96 .523 -0.2 -0.0 .693 .285 .131 1.8
CLE (1 yr) 19 14 1 1.9 96 .267 .222 .257 .263 .328 .278 .393 .541 .720 51 .180 -1.2 -0.1 .429 .111 .056
NL (15 yrs) 6698 4586 832 4.9 104 .256 .258 .267 .343 .337 .411 .411 .754 .749 102 .525 25.4 2.5 .712 .287 .153 66.1
AL (1 yr) 19 14 1 1.9 96 .267 .222 .257 .263 .328 .278 .393 .541 .720 51 .180 -1.2 -0.1 .429 .111 .056

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
1950 24 PHI NL WS NYY L 4 15 14 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .286 .286 .357 .643 5 0 0 1 0 0
1 WS 4 15 14 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .286 .286 .357 .643 5 0 0 1 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
1950 PHI NL 24 as 3B 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286 1 1 0 0 0 0
1951 PHI NL 25 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 GP) 10 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .111 .200 .111 .311 1 1 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 GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1947 21 PHI NL 69 0.0% 0.0% 10.1% 1.5% 7% 0.00 6.2 90%
1948 22 PHI NL 66 3.0% 7.6% 4.6% 6.1% 20% 1.67 12.0 30.0 6.7 1.75 80%
1949 23 PHI NL 604 3.2% 10.9% 10.8% 9.1% 42% 1.02 8.1 28.0 6.9 0.93 74%
1950 24 PHI NL 678 3.7% 5.9% 9.0% 8.7% 36% 0.66 15.3 24.4 6.9 0.73 80%
1951 25 PHI NL 647 3.4% 7.3% 9.3% 8.5% 34% 0.78 12.0 25.6 7.0 0.68 77%
1952 26 PHI NL 611 3.0% 5.9% 8.7% 5.4% 24% 0.68 15.0 30.1 7.5 0.68 80%
1953 27 PHI NL 573 3.3% 7.9% 14.8% 6.5% 34% 0.53 10.7 25.3 6.9 0.63 73%
1954 28 PHI NL 610 2.0% 8.9% 10.0% 7.1% 30% 0.89 9.9 44.6 9.6 0.66 78%
1955 29 PHI NL 612 2.6% 8.3% 12.6% 6.4% 29% 0.66 10.1 32.3 6.4 0.70 75%
1956 30 PHI NL 621 2.7% 7.9% 14.8% 6.6% 29% 0.53 10.6 30.6 6.7 0.79 74%
1957 31 PHI NL 512 1.8% 8.0% 11.9% 5.9% 31% 0.67 10.7 48.9 9.4 0.96 77%
1958 32 PHI NL 456 3.1% 9.9% 10.8% 6.6% 28% 0.92 8.8 28.4 6.6 0.73 75%
1959 33 TOT MLB 466 3.0% 9.2% 10.3% 8.2% 36% 0.90 9.6 29.4 7.3 0.65 77%
1959 33 TOT NL 447 3.1% 9.0% 10.5% 8.3% 37% 0.85 9.8 28.1 7.1 0.64 77%
1959 33 PHI NL 182 3.9% 7.7% 10.4% 9.3% 40% 0.74 11.4 22.9 6.7 0.68 77%
1959 33 CLE AL 19 0.0% 15.8% 5.3% 5.3% 25% 3.00 6.0 18.0 1.00 79%
1959 33 CIN NL 265 2.6% 9.8% 10.6% 7.6% 35% 0.93 9.0 33.3 7.5 0.61 76%
1960 34 CIN NL 183 1.6% 8.7% 16.9% 5.5% 25% 0.52 9.3 49.7 5.5 0.43 73%
1961 35 CIN NL 9 0.0% 33.3% 22.2% 0.0% 1.50 2.3 0.00 44%
15 Yrs 6717 2.8% 8.1% 11.2% 7.1% 32% 0.72 10.8 30.7 7.2 0.73 76%
MLB Averages 2.1% 11.3% 9.4% 6.5% 28% 1.21 7.8 41.8 8.2 0.99 75%
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
1947 21 PHI NL -4.1 -0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 22 PHI NL 1.9 0.2 51 -0.8 0.7 -1.6 1.33 -0.2 -0.5 -2.9 -0.3 1.07 -1.5 0
1949 23 PHI NL 1.9 0.2 435 1.4 9.2 -7.8 1.07 1.2 0.1 7.8 0.8 0.99 10.7 0.85 3
1950 24 PHI NL 5.6 0.5 653 2.0 14.0 -12.0 1.08 1.4 0.4 16.6 1.6 0.95 18.8 0
1951 25 PHI NL 17.0 1.7 559 0.4 10.8 -10.4 1.12 1.6 -1.3 10.3 1.0 0.98 11.5 3.17 0
1952 26 PHI NL -4.0 -0.4 532 -1.0 8.4 -9.3 1.01 0.4 -1.3 2.2 0.2 0.97 2.2 0
1953 27 PHI NL -5.6 -0.5 502 -0.2 7.9 -8.1 .94 0.0 -0.3 -0.6 -0.1 0.92 -0.5 2.34 1
1954 28 PHI NL -4.0 -0.4 565 -2.2 8.2 -10.4 1.01 0.8 -3.0 1.8 0.2 0.95 11.3 0
1955 29 PHI NL 4.1 0.4 598 2.2 12.2 -10.0 1.06 1.0 1.1 14.8 1.5 0.96 8.8 0
1956 30 PHI NL 19.2 1.9 627 5.4 14.4 -9.1 1.04 2.9 2.3 37.2 3.7 0.97 29.5 0
1957 31 PHI NL -13.4 -1.3 516 -0.2 8.1 -8.3 .97 -0.7 0.5 -6.0 -0.6 0.94 -8.5 2.10 7
1958 32 PHI NL 3.5 0.3 464 1.0 9.0 -8.0 1.09 0.8 0.1 13.6 1.3 0.96 13.1 0.92 5
1959 33 TOT MLB -1.1 -0.1 476 -0.2 8.8 -9.1 1.08 -0.1 -0.2 6.6 0.6 0.95 3.3 1.26 11
1959 33 TOT NL 0.1 0.0 457 -0.5 8.3 -8.8 1.08 -0.1 -0.3 3.9 0.4 0.95 2.3 1.23 4
1959 33 PHI NL 3.1 0.3 184 0.0 3.6 -3.6 1.12 0.3 -0.3 2.4 0.2 0.98 4.6 0.02 1
1959 33 CLE AL -1.2 -0.1 19 0.3 0.5 -0.3 1.17 0.1 0.1 2.6 0.3 0.92 0.9 1.28 7
1959 33 CIN NL -3.1 -0.3 273 -0.5 4.7 -5.2 1.05 -0.4 -0.1 1.6 0.2 0.94 -2.3 1.63 3
1960 34 CIN NL 4.0 0.4 186 1.2 4.5 -3.4 1.29 0.6 0.3 7.5 0.8 1.02 6.9 1.85 28
1961 35 CIN NL -1.4 -0.1 9 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 2.21 -0.0 -0.1 -1.6 -0.2 1.05 -0.9 1.63 6
15 Yrs 23.6 2.3 6173 8.6 116.5 -107.9 1.05 9.7 -1.5 107.2 10.6 0.96 104.9 1.63 61
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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1948 22 PHI NL 1 0 33% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75% 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 1
1949 23 PHI NL 6 0 29% 165 3 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 3 5 45% 20 13 7 4 3 0 16 4 11
1950 24 PHI NL 13 0 37% 240 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 10 11 33% 29 22 7 13 10 3 16 5 9
1951 25 PHI NL 7 0 28% 193 6 2 75% 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 5 33% 34 24 7 5 4 1 16 6 10
1952 26 PHI NL 7 0 24% 215 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 7 38% 31 21 10 6 5 1 16 6 9
1953 27 PHI NL 12 1 24% 199 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 36% 28 19 9 7 6 1 12 5 7
1954 28 PHI NL 10 0 27% 250 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 6 28% 38 30 8 5 3 2 21 11 8
1955 29 PHI NL 6 0 25% 216 6 2 75% 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 51% 19 14 5 10 1 8 8 2 6
1956 30 PHI NL 11 0 32% 249 5 4 56% 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 44% 37 26 11 11 6 5 22 6 15
1957 31 PHI NL 9 0 33% 186 1 0 100% 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 4 5 41% 23 16 7 10 5 5 16 8 8
1958 32 PHI NL 5 0 26% 187 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 36% 31 24 6 4 1 2 18 7 11
1959 33 TOT MLB 7 0 31% 168 0 2 0% 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 17 42% 31 19 11 7 6 1 17 4 11
1959 33 TOT NL 4 0 31% 163 0 2 0% 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 17 41% 31 19 11 7 6 1 16 4 10
1959 33 PHI NL 1 0 29% 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 50% 11 6 5 2 1 1 5 0 3
1959 33 CLE AL 3 0 20% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1959 33 CIN NL 3 0 33% 97 0 2 0% 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 12 36% 20 13 6 5 5 0 11 4 7
1960 34 CIN NL 1 0 19% 69 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 27% 8 6 2 1 1 0 6 3 2
1961 35 CIN NL 1 0 50% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Yrs 96 1 29% 2360 40 17 85% 32 16 4 3 0 2 12 0 55 81 38% 330 235 90 85 51 31 185 67 108
ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH

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 22 PHI NL 66 29% 20 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 100% 15 3 20% 10 2 20% 40 5 13% 6 2 33% 4 2 50% 0
1949 23 PHI NL 604 30% 130 3 0 0 0 0.85 19 0 13 10 5 9 10 0 5 6 120% 91 20 22% 42 12 29% 300 47 16% 28 14 50% 13 4 31% 0
1950 24 PHI NL 678 24% 163 0 0 0 0 25 2 20 19 5 12 13 0 5 4 80% 133 15 11% 53 14 26% 406 68 17% 39 18 46% 24 13 54% 0
1951 25 PHI NL 647 25% 161 0 0 0 0 3.17 22 2 17 11 9 5 17 1 20 19 95% 135 9 7% 67 31 46% 371 49 13% 37 20 54% 30 19 63% 0
1952 26 PHI NL 611 20% 135 0 0 0 0 18 0 10 11 5 8 10 0 11 11 100% 100 14 14% 57 21 37% 340 52 15% 38 18 47% 26 16 62% 0
1953 27 PHI NL 573 42% 108 1 1 0 1 2.34 19 0 9 9 7 11 8 0 4 4 100% 87 10 11% 50 15 30% 308 45 15% 31 13 42% 23 9 39% 0
1954 28 PHI NL 610 34% 145 0 0 0 0 12 0 13 9 3 3 9 0 11 8 73% 93 10 11% 48 14 29% 321 42 13% 28 11 39% 18 10 56% 0
1955 29 PHI NL 612 24% 133 0 0 0 0 16 1 16 13 3 10 6 0 8 6 75% 109 13 12% 52 24 46% 389 65 17% 34 20 59% 20 13 65% 0
1956 30 PHI NL 621 14% 144 0 0 0 0 17 1 20 12 5 12 5 0 4 3 75% 118 15 13% 51 22 43% 382 66 17% 32 18 56% 25 12 48% 0
1957 31 PHI NL 512 19% 96 7 2 0 2 2.10 9 0 13 5 4 6 3 0 5 5 100% 91 14 15% 54 25 46% 298 42 14% 33 18 55% 26 15 58% 0
1958 32 PHI NL 456 31% 108 5 2 0 0 0.92 14 0 14 11 3 9 5 0 5 3 60% 95 8 8% 35 14 40% 283 47 17% 34 20 59% 12 9 75% 0
1959 33 TOT MLB 466 31% 105 11 2 0 0 1.26 14 1 12 9 5 7 7 0 3 2 67% 91 12 13% 51 14 27% 286 43 15% 30 16 53% 16 9 56% 0
1959 33 TOT NL 447 32% 101 4 0 0 0 1.23 14 1 11 9 5 7 7 0 3 2 67% 84 12 14% 51 14 27% 272 41 15% 29 15 52% 16 9 56% 0
1959 33 PHI NL 182 32% 43 1 0 0 0 0.02 7 0 4 4 3 4 3 0 2 1 50% 38 4 11% 23 6 26% 120 18 15% 13 7 54% 7 3 43% 0
1959 33 CLE AL 19 5% 4 7 2 0 0 1.28 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0% 0 0 14 2 14% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1959 33 CIN NL 265 32% 58 3 0 0 0 1.63 7 1 7 5 2 3 4 0 1 1 100% 46 8 17% 28 8 29% 152 23 15% 16 8 50% 9 6 67% 0
1960 34 CIN NL 183 40% 40 28 11 0 8 1.85 3 0 10 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 100% 40 2 5% 21 5 24% 132 24 18% 17 8 47% 5 3 60% 0
1961 35 CIN NL 9 78% 0 6 0 0 0 1.63 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 8 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
15 Yrs 6648 27% 1502 61 18 0 11 1.63 190 7 169 122 55 95 95 1 84 74 88% 1200 148 12% 593 213 36% 3864 595 15% 388 196 51% 242 134 55% 0
MLB Averages 50% 93% 12% 32% 14% 50% 54%
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 SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1947 21 18 69 62 5 14 0 1 0 10 2 7 0 .226 .304 .258 .562 54 16 3 0 0
1948 22 35 135 122 14 34 2 1 2 19 2 10 5 .279 .333 .361 .694 89 44 6 0 2
1949 23 184 739 654 85 164 37 2 21 96 5 75 71 .251 .329 .410 .739 100 268 26 1 8
1950 24 341 1417 1264 185 327 65 8 46 184 10 136 111 .259 .333 .432 .765 104 546 41 4 12
1951 25 489 2064 1828 264 488 93 13 68 265 16 2 196 158 .267 .341 .444 .784 110 811 50 8 31
1952 26 636 2675 2369 324 623 105 16 86 337 21 5 249 194 .263 .337 .430 .766 106 1018 64 14 42
1953 27 785 3248 2850 385 731 121 18 105 407 22 6 334 239 .256 .338 .422 .760 103 1203 74 15 46
1954 28 927 3858 3385 449 876 149 21 117 463 26 7 395 293 .259 .338 .419 .757 102 1418 84 15 54 6
1955 29 1073 4470 3901 514 1009 169 24 133 544 32 9 472 344 .259 .340 .417 .757 102 1625 97 18 60 15 5
1956 30 1222 5091 4421 602 1153 189 28 150 622 37 13 564 393 .261 .346 .418 .764 104 1848 112 19 63 20 11
1957 31 1355 5603 4861 660 1249 208 30 159 669 38 13 625 434 .257 .342 .410 .752 101 1994 126 19 68 26 14
1958 32 1473 6059 5259 712 1357 223 31 173 729 39 15 674 479 .258 .343 .411 .754 102 2161 134 21 71 30 18
1959 33 1603 6525 5670 769 1462 245 33 187 785 39 17 722 522 .258 .342 .412 .754 101 2334 146 22 73 34 21
1960 34 1682 6708 5819 785 1502 252 33 190 812 40 17 753 538 .258 .343 .411 .754 102 2390 148 22 74 37 24
1961 35 1691 6717 5826 786 1502 252 33 190 812 40 17 755 541 .258 .343 .410 .753 101 2390 148 22 74 37 24

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
1947 21 19 73 65 5 15 0 1 0 11 2 8 0 .231 .315 .262 .577 5 18
1948 22 18 69 64 10 22 2 0 2 10 0 3 5 .344 .373 .469 .842 11 17
1949 23 155 627 552 74 135 36 1 20 80 3 68 69 .245 .329 .422 .751 76 149
1950 24 164 703 634 101 167 29 6 26 89 5 62 42 .263 .332 .451 .783 94 157
1951 25 154 673 586 83 168 29 5 23 85 6 63 49 .287 .360 .471 .831 99 148
1952 26 154 647 571 67 147 13 3 20 80 5 58 38 .257 .333 .396 .729 73 147
1953 27 155 585 495 59 108 16 2 19 68 1 85 47 .218 .334 .374 .708 61 149
1954 28 149 637 560 65 150 29 3 12 57 4 63 57 .268 .339 .395 .733 76 142
1955 29 154 642 543 68 140 21 3 17 85 6 81 54 .258 .352 .401 .754 77 146
1956 30 156 658 549 97 156 22 4 18 86 5 100 51 .284 .392 .437 .830 95 149
1957 31 139 539 463 64 103 20 2 10 52 1 65 43 .222 .315 .339 .654 50 133
1958 32 124 481 420 56 115 16 1 15 65 1 52 47 .274 .354 .424 .777 63 118
1959 33 136 486 429 59 109 23 2 15 58 0 50 45 .254 .331 .422 .752 60 130
1960 34 83 194 157 17 43 8 0 3 29 1 33 17 .274 .394 .382 .776 24 79
1961 35 9 9 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .000 .222 .000 .222 0 9
15 Yrs 1769 7023 6095 826 1578 264 33 200 855 40 793 567 .259 .345 .411 .756 864 1691
162 Game Avg. 162 643 558 76 145 24 3 18 78 4 73 52 .259 .345 .411 .756 79 1691

* 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
1950 (3B)
1951 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1949 NL (27, 1%)
1950 NL (36, 0%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1956 NL  .383 (6th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1951 NL  .828 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1950 NL  157 (1st)

At Bats s c a p y
1950 NL  610 (6th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1950 NL  678 (7th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1950 NL  100 (7th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1950 NL  278 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1949 NL  35 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1950 NL  25 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1953 NL  85 (6th)
1955 NL  77 (10th)
1956 NL  92 (3rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1949 NL  66 (6th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1949 NL  55 (8th)
1950 NL  59 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1952 NL  6 (6th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1951 NL  19 (1st)
1952 NL  11 (5th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1955 NL  9 (2nd)
1957 NL  6 (8th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1949 NL  20 (3rd)
1950 NL  15 (9th)
1957 NL  14 (9th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1950 NL  466 (4th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1956 NL  37.23 (7th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1956 NL  5.4 (1st)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1956 NL  3.7 (6th)

Oldest s c a p y
1961 NL  born 1925-08-16 (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 InkBatting - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 17 (1113), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 11 (1111), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 18 (840), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Sal Bando (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Sal Bando (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Sal Bando (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Sal Bando (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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