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Al Kaline
Albert William Kaline
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: December 19, 1934 in Baltimore, MD
High School: Southern (Baltimore, MD)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 25, 1953
Final Game: October 2, 1974
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1980 (340/385 ballots).
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Standard Batting

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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 DET AL 30 30 28 9 7 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 5 .250 .300 .357 .657 77 10 1 1 0 O
1954 19 DET AL 138 535 504 42 139 18 3 4 43 9 5 22 45 .276 .305 .347 .652 80 175 21 0 7 2 *9 MVP-23,RoY-3
1955 20 DET AL 152 681 588 121 200 24 8 27 102 6 8 82 57 .340 .421 .546 .967 162 321 13 5 0 6 12 *9 AS,MVP-2
1956 21 DET AL 153 693 617 96 194 32 10 27 128 7 1 70 55 .314 .383 .530 .913 139 327 10 1 1 4 4 *98/7 AS,MVP-3
1957 22 DET AL 149 636 577 83 170 29 4 23 90 11 9 43 38 .295 .343 .478 .821 120 276 10 3 6 7 7 *98/7 AS,MVP-10,GG
1958 23 DET AL 146 607 543 84 170 34 7 16 85 7 4 54 47 .313 .374 .490 .864 130 266 18 2 3 5 6 *9/8 AS,MVP-20,GG
1959 24 DET AL 136 595 511 86 167 19 2 27 94 10 4 72 42 .327 .410 .530 .940 151 271 11 4 2 6 12 *89 AS,MVP-6,GG
1960 25 DET AL 147 629 551 77 153 29 4 15 68 19 4 65 47 .278 .354 .426 .781 108 235 18 3 5 5 3 *8 AS
1961 26 DET AL 153 665 586 116 190 41 7 19 82 14 1 66 42 .324 .393 .515 .909 139 302 16 4 4 5 2 *98/57 AS,MVP-9,GG
1962 27 DET AL 100 452 398 78 121 16 6 29 94 4 0 47 39 .304 .376 .593 .969 153 236 17 1 2 4 3 9 AS,MVP-6,GG
1963 28 DET AL 145 616 551 89 172 24 3 27 101 6 4 54 48 .312 .375 .514 .889 144 283 12 4 3 4 12 *9/8 AS,MVP-2,GG
1964 29 DET AL 146 608 525 77 154 31 5 17 68 4 1 75 51 .293 .383 .469 .851 134 246 12 3 2 3 6 *9 AS,MVP-14,GG
1965 30 DET AL 125 474 399 72 112 18 2 18 72 6 0 72 49 .281 .388 .471 .859 142 188 9 0 0 3 11 *89/5 AS,MVP-16,GG
1966 31 DET AL 142 572 479 85 138 29 1 29 88 5 5 81 66 .288 .392 .534 .927 161 256 7 5 1 6 7 *89 AS,MVP-7,GG
1967 32 DET AL 131 550 458 94 141 28 2 25 78 8 2 83 47 .308 .411 .541 .952 176 248 16 1 2 6 10 *9/8 AS,MVP-5,GG
1968 33 DET AL 102 389 327 49 94 14 1 10 53 6 4 55 39 .287 .392 .428 .820 146 140 4 3 1 3 7 93/7
1969 34 DET AL 131 518 456 74 124 17 0 21 69 1 2 54 61 .272 .346 .447 .793 116 204 11 1 0 7 4 *9/3
1970 35 DET AL 131 555 467 64 130 24 4 16 71 2 2 77 49 .278 .377 .450 .826 127 210 20 1 3 7 5 93
1971 36 DET AL 133 501 405 69 119 19 2 15 54 4 6 82 57 .294 .416 .462 .878 144 187 12 7 1 6 9 *9/38 AS
1972 37 DET AL 106 314 278 46 87 11 2 10 32 1 0 28 33 .313 .374 .475 .849 149 132 11 2 1 5 5 93 MVP-24
1973 38 DET AL 91 347 310 40 79 13 0 10 45 4 1 29 28 .255 .320 .394 .713 96 122 10 3 0 5 4 93
1974 39 DET AL 147 630 558 71 146 28 2 13 64 2 2 65 75 .262 .337 .389 .726 107 217 12 1 1 5 2 *D AS
22 Seasons 2834 11597 10116 1622 3007 498 75 399 1583 137 65 1277 1020 .297 .376 .480 .855 134 4852 271 55 45 104 131
162 Game Avg. 162 663 578 93 172 28 4 23 90 8 4 73 58 .297 .376 .480 .855 134 277 15 3 3
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

Advanced Batting

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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
1953 18 DET AL 30 22 3 3.7 102 .273 .250 .268 .300 .344 .357 .395 .657 .740 77 .411 -1.0 -0.1 .591 .179 .107 1.0
1954 19 DET AL 535 400 53 3.6 97 .295 .276 .263 .305 .338 .347 .384 .652 .723 80 .417 -15.4 -1.6 .514 .123 .071 5.5
1955 20 DET AL 681 415 135 8.7 101 .339 .340 .264 .421 .343 .546 .393 .967 .736 162 .764 52.3 5.1 .993 .342 .206 9.8
1956 21 DET AL 693 439 129 7.9 107 .310 .314 .268 .383 .351 .530 .410 .913 .760 139 .711 32.7 3.1 .931 .339 .216 11.1
1957 22 DET AL 636 439 92 5.7 102 .281 .295 .266 .343 .339 .478 .402 .821 .741 120 .615 14.5 1.5 .761 .262 .184 14.9
1958 23 DET AL 607 403 96 6.4 104 .318 .313 .269 .374 .339 .490 .409 .864 .749 130 .673 23.1 2.3 .823 .282 .177 9.7
1959 24 DET AL 595 367 114 8.3 103 .313 .327 .267 .410 .339 .530 .408 .940 .748 151 .764 38.2 3.8 .983 .356 .204 14.6
1960 25 DET AL 629 430 84 5.3 104 .279 .278 .267 .354 .341 .426 .408 .781 .749 108 .572 7.1 0.7 .757 .294 .149 16.8
1961 26 DET AL 665 422 121 7.6 106 .323 .324 .267 .393 .343 .515 .416 .909 .759 139 .713 33.6 3.3 .932 .326 .191 16.1
1962 27 DET AL 452 300 85 7.6 105 .275 .304 .266 .376 .339 .593 .415 .969 .755 153 .719 29.0 2.8 .980 .417 .289 7.0
1963 28 DET AL 616 402 105 7.0 97 .302 .312 .259 .375 .325 .514 .399 .889 .725 144 .721 32.7 3.3 .868 .303 .201 9.8
1964 29 DET AL 608 389 97 6.7 98 .298 .293 .258 .383 .327 .469 .401 .851 .727 134 .698 27.0 2.7 .852 .324 .175 6.5
1965 30 DET AL 474 299 77 6.9 93 .281 .281 .253 .388 .323 .471 .388 .859 .711 142 .729 24.7 2.6 .899 .386 .190 9.0
1966 31 DET AL 572 360 105 7.9 92 .279 .288 .251 .392 .319 .534 .388 .927 .707 161 .782 42.1 4.4 .969 .415 .246 8.5
1967 32 DET AL 550 343 104 8.2 87 .296 .308 .246 .411 .316 .541 .369 .952 .685 176 .808 48.5 5.2 1.009 .428 .234 12.1
1968 33 DET AL 389 245 59 6.5 82 .299 .287 .241 .392 .311 .428 .357 .820 .668 146 .754 21.3 2.4 .830 .315 .141 7.5
1969 34 DET AL 518 352 71 5.4 99 .270 .272 .260 .346 .338 .447 .392 .793 .730 116 .614 10.2 1.0 .748 .292 .175 1.9
1970 35 DET AL 555 369 79 5.8 98 .279 .278 .259 .377 .334 .450 .395 .826 .729 127 .631 20.0 2.0 .802 .336 .171 3.6
1971 36 DET AL 501 311 81 7.0 96 .307 .294 .260 .416 .334 .462 .387 .878 .720 144 .733 29.3 3.1 .901 .365 .168 6.3
1972 37 DET AL 314 208 48 6.2 85 .321 .313 .250 .374 .319 .475 .361 .849 .680 149 .727 17.3 1.9 .807 .266 .162 1.8
1973 38 DET AL 347 247 39 4.2 98 .249 .255 .266 .320 .336 .394 .391 .713 .727 96 .489 -1.8 -0.2 .649 .242 .139 5.7
1974 39 DET AL 630 432 75 4.7 91 .280 .262 .261 .337 .325 .389 .375 .726 .700 107 .556 6.5 0.7 .664 .244 .127 3.5
22 Seasons 11597 7594 1852 6.6 98 .296 .297 .261 .376 .333 .480 .395 .855 .728 134 .688 491.7 50.0 .840 .316 .182 204.0
162 Game Avg. 663 434 106 6.6 98 .296 .297 .261 .376 .333 .480 .395 .855 .728 134 .688 28 3 .840 .316 .182 12
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd

Postseason Batting

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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
1968 33 DET AL WS STL W 7 30 29 6 11 2 0 2 8 0 0 0 7 .379 .400 .655 1.055 19 0 1 0 0 0
1972 37 DET AL ALCS OAK L 5 22 19 3 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 .263 .333 .421 .754 8 0 0 1 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 12 52 48 9 16 2 0 3 9 0 0 2 9 .333 .373 .563 .935 27 0 1 1 0 0
1 ALCS 5 22 19 3 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 .263 .333 .421 .754 8 0 0 1 0 0
1 WS 7 30 29 6 11 2 0 2 8 0 0 0 7 .379 .400 .655 1.055 19 0 1 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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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
1955 DET AL 20 as RF 6 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .250 .500 .500 1.000 2 0 1 0 0 0
1956 DET AL 21 as RF 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
1957 DET AL 22 as RF 5 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 2 0 0 0 0 0
1958 DET AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 DET AL 24 as CF 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 1.333 1.667 4 0 0 0 0 0
1959 DET AL 24 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 DET AL 25 2 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 2.000 2.500 4 0 0 0 0 0
1960 DET AL 25 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1961 DET AL 26 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1961 DET AL 26 as RF 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
1962 DET AL 27 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 DET AL 28 as RF 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 DET AL 29 DNP
1965 DET AL 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 DET AL 31 as CF 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
1967 DET AL 32 DNP
1971 DET AL 36 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1974 DET AL 39 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons (16 Appearances) 40 37 7 12 1 0 2 6 1 0 2 6 .324 .375 .514 .889 19 0 1 0 0 0
GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

Ratio Batting*

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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
1953 18 DET AL 30 3.3% 16.7% 3.3% 3.3% 14% 5.00 5.6 28.0 14.0 73%
1954 19 DET AL 535 0.8% 8.4% 4.1% 4.7% 18% 2.05 11.2 126.0 11.7 1.55 85%
1955 20 DET AL 681 4.0% 8.4% 12.0% 8.7% 30% 0.70 10.3 21.8 5.8 0.82 75%
1956 21 DET AL 693 3.9% 7.9% 10.1% 10.0% 36% 0.79 11.2 22.9 4.8 0.87 78%
1957 22 DET AL 636 3.6% 6.0% 6.8% 8.8% 33% 0.88 15.2 25.1 6.4 0.95 82%
1958 23 DET AL 607 2.6% 7.7% 8.9% 9.4% 34% 0.87 11.6 33.9 6.4 0.85 80%
1959 24 DET AL 595 4.5% 7.1% 12.1% 8.1% 29% 0.58 12.2 18.9 5.4 0.95 75%
1960 25 DET AL 629 2.4% 7.5% 10.3% 7.6% 31% 0.72 11.7 36.7 8.1 0.81 79%
1961 26 DET AL 665 2.9% 6.3% 9.9% 10.1% 35% 0.64 14.0 30.8 7.1 1.08 80%
1962 27 DET AL 452 6.4% 8.6% 10.4% 11.3% 42% 0.83 10.2 13.7 4.2 0.76 74%
1963 28 DET AL 616 4.4% 7.8% 8.8% 8.8% 31% 0.89 11.5 20.4 5.5 0.68 78%
1964 29 DET AL 608 2.8% 8.4% 12.3% 8.7% 34% 0.68 10.3 30.9 7.7 0.90 76%
1965 30 DET AL 474 3.8% 10.3% 15.2% 8.0% 34% 0.68 8.1 22.2 5.5 0.59 71%
1966 31 DET AL 572 5.1% 11.5% 14.2% 10.3% 43% 0.81 7.3 16.5 5.4 0.60 68%
1967 32 DET AL 550 4.6% 8.6% 15.1% 10.0% 39% 0.57 9.7 18.3 5.9 0.89 71%
1968 33 DET AL 389 2.6% 10.0% 14.1% 6.4% 27% 0.71 8.4 32.7 6.2 0.60 72%
1969 34 DET AL 518 4.1% 11.8% 10.4% 7.3% 31% 1.13 7.5 21.7 6.6 0.64 74%
1970 35 DET AL 555 2.9% 8.8% 13.9% 7.9% 34% 0.64 9.5 29.2 6.6 0.92 74%
1971 36 DET AL 501 3.0% 11.4% 16.4% 7.2% 30% 0.70 7.1 27.0 7.5 0.70 68%
1972 37 DET AL 314 3.2% 10.5% 8.9% 7.3% 26% 1.18 8.4 27.8 8.7 0.82 76%
1973 38 DET AL 347 2.9% 8.1% 8.4% 6.6% 29% 0.97 11.1 31.0 6.9 0.79 80%
1974 39 DET AL 630 2.1% 11.9% 10.3% 6.8% 30% 1.15 7.4 42.9 8.7 0.70 75%
22 Seasons 11597 3.4% 8.8% 11.0% 8.4% 32% 0.80 9.9 25.4 6.4 0.83 76%
MLB Averages
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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1954 19 DET AL 4 0 24% 204 9 5 64% 9 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 6 50% 29 17 12 8 3 5 11 2 7
1955 20 DET AL 13 0 36% 269 6 8 43% 6 7 0 1 0 0 3 1 4 28 65% 48 21 25 12 5 7 23 1 22
1956 21 DET AL 13 0 29% 248 7 1 88% 6 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 9 17 52% 42 21 20 7 4 3 18 4 12
1957 22 DET AL 14 0 31% 220 11 9 55% 9 9 2 0 0 1 1 0 5 10 71% 32 13 19 4 0 4 19 3 16
1958 23 DET AL 6 0 32% 211 7 4 64% 6 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 18 73% 35 12 22 5 2 3 23 2 21
1959 24 DET AL 6 0 27% 235 10 4 71% 8 5 2 1 0 0 2 0 5 21 65% 40 17 22 2 1 1 15 1 14
1960 25 DET AL 10 0 30% 224 19 4 83% 14 4 5 0 0 0 1 0 9 9 67% 26 9 15 8 3 4 17 2 15
1961 26 DET AL 18 0 40% 296 14 1 93% 12 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 5 16 64% 29 15 14 12 5 6 29 2 25
1962 27 DET AL 6 0 35% 168 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 54% 16 7 9 6 4 1 13 3 9
1963 28 DET AL 14 0 31% 242 6 4 60% 6 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 22 66% 36 15 21 9 2 6 16 3 13
1964 29 DET AL 4 0 28% 226 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 20 51% 30 15 15 11 8 3 22 5 14
1965 30 DET AL 5 0 33% 164 6 0 100% 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 15 51% 28 15 13 8 4 4 17 7 10
1966 31 DET AL 8 0 29% 206 5 5 50% 5 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 15 48% 27 13 13 8 5 2 17 7 10
1967 32 DET AL 7 0 35% 220 8 2 80% 8 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 21 70% 32 12 20 6 2 4 15 1 13
1968 33 DET AL 5 0 28% 199 6 4 60% 6 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 5 10 58% 25 15 9 8 4 4 19 2 17
1969 34 DET AL 11 0 34% 182 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 17 66% 30 11 19 3 2 1 14 2 11
1970 35 DET AL 8 0 25% 216 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11 49% 31 20 11 7 2 5 13 4 9
1971 36 DET AL 7 0 28% 234 4 6 40% 4 4 0 1 0 1 2 1 5 9 40% 32 22 9 8 4 4 18 8 10
1972 37 DET AL 4 0 34% 135 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 9 43% 22 15 7 5 3 2 10 2 7
1973 38 DET AL 4 0 30% 113 4 1 80% 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 5 55% 25 12 13 3 2 1 10 2 7
1974 39 DET AL 5 0 29% 244 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 42% 37 27 10 11 6 5 16 3 12
22 Seasons 172 0 31% 4456 137 65 68% 121 57 14 6 1 5 23 2 111 299 58% 652 324 318 151 71 75 355 66 274
MLB Averages
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*

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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
1954 19 DET AL 535 20% 139 3 1 0 1 1.86 4 1 13 2 2 1 3 0 10 7 70% 137 21 15% 65 23 35% 353 40 11% 26 11 42% 28 13 46% 0
1955 20 DET AL 681 26% 200 0 0 0 0 27 0 16 21 6 16 11 0 2 0 0% 179 13 7% 51 19 37% 446 79 18% 54 32 59% 47 16 34% 0
1956 21 DET AL 693 34% 194 0 0 0 0 27 0 24 23 4 13 14 0 2 1 50% 164 10 6% 58 26 45% 517 104 20% 58 36 62% 26 4 15% 0
1957 22 DET AL 636 17% 170 5 1 0 0 1.73 23 0 9 22 1 10 13 0 6 6 100% 136 10 7% 57 18 32% 418 70 17% 36 21 58% 22 4 18% 0
1958 23 DET AL 607 18% 170 2 0 0 0 0.72 16 0 12 14 2 11 5 0 6 3 50% 140 18 13% 56 20 36% 409 73 18% 31 16 52% 41 18 44% 0
1959 24 DET AL 594 20% 167 0 0 0 0 27 0 17 18 9 16 11 1 3 2 67% 112 11 10% 51 19 37% 440 72 16% 40 20 50% 41 14 34% 0
1960 25 DET AL 629 18% 153 4 2 0 1 3.11 15 1 17 11 4 7 8 0 7 5 71% 132 18 14% 59 19 32% 424 56 13% 35 22 63% 28 10 36% 0
1961 26 DET AL 665 25% 190 5 3 0 4 2.80 19 0 10 15 4 8 11 0 6 4 67% 162 16 10% 49 20 41% 403 67 17% 33 22 67% 37 14 38% 0
1962 27 DET AL 452 22% 121 0 0 0 0 29 0 5 23 6 16 13 0 3 2 67% 113 17 15% 39 14 36% 320 65 20% 31 14 45% 40 16 40% 0
1963 28 DET AL 616 29% 172 5 3 0 2 1.89 27 0 7 17 10 22 5 0 5 3 60% 140 12 9% 49 13 27% 368 78 21% 32 19 59% 44 13 30% 0
1964 29 DET AL 608 33% 154 9 2 0 0 2.11 17 0 5 12 5 9 8 1 4 2 50% 140 12 9% 42 13 31% 368 51 14% 30 11 37% 52 14 27% 0
1965 30 DET AL 474 38% 112 11 4 0 1 2.54 18 0 11 11 7 8 10 0 0 0 98 9 9% 33 5 15% 328 54 16% 35 13 37% 25 3 12% 0
1966 31 DET AL 572 33% 138 5 1 0 0 1.42 29 0 10 22 7 18 11 0 1 1 100% 106 7 7% 40 19 48% 371 60 16% 36 24 67% 23 9 39% 0
1967 32 DET AL 550 38% 141 1 0 0 0 2.37 25 0 11 11 14 15 10 0 2 2 100% 112 16 14% 38 13 34% 335 56 17% 37 21 57% 19 7 37% 0
1968 33 DET AL 389 34% 94 10 5 1 3 2.10 10 0 5 8 2 4 6 0 1 1 100% 72 4 6% 26 7 27% 213 42 20% 23 15 65% 33 14 42% 0
1969 34 DET AL 518 40% 124 7 2 0 1 1.85 21 0 6 6 15 13 8 0 0 0 110 11 10% 51 16 31% 300 52 17% 29 15 52% 39 10 26% 0
1970 35 DET AL 555 35% 130 3 0 0 0 3.22 16 0 13 9 7 9 7 0 4 3 75% 127 20 16% 49 22 45% 369 61 17% 37 21 57% 40 19 48% 0
1971 36 DET AL 501 42% 119 12 3 1 3 1.53 15 0 8 8 7 11 4 0 4 1 25% 91 12 13% 48 18 38% 280 47 17% 33 18 55% 35 10 29% 0
1972 37 DET AL 314 47% 87 24 10 0 1 1.79 10 0 7 4 6 6 4 0 1 1 100% 61 11 18% 23 9 39% 184 23 13% 19 8 42% 21 7 33% 0
1973 38 DET AL 347 53% 79 9 0 0 1 1.29 10 1 6 3 7 6 4 0 1 0 0% 74 10 14% 33 12 36% 229 40 17% 19 13 68% 26 9 35% 0
1974 39 DET AL 630 36% 146 1 0 0 0 1.35 13 0 5 9 4 7 6 0 1 1 100% 121 12 10% 42 13 31% 354 53 15% 30 16 53% 43 17 40% 0
22 Seasons 11566 30% 3007 116 37 2 18 1.95 399 3 217 269 129 226 172 2 69 45 65% 2527 271 11% 959 338 35% 7429 1243 17% 704 388 55% 710 241 34% 0
MLB Averages
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

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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
1953 18 30 30 28 9 7 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 5 .250 .300 .357 .657 77 10 1 1 0
1954 19 168 565 532 51 146 18 3 5 45 10 5 23 50 .274 .305 .348 .652 80 185 22 1 7 2
1955 20 320 1246 1120 172 346 42 11 32 147 16 13 105 107 .309 .369 .452 .821 124 506 35 6 7 8 12
1956 21 473 1939 1737 268 540 74 21 59 275 23 14 175 162 .311 .374 .480 .853 129 833 45 7 8 12 16
1957 22 622 2575 2314 351 710 103 25 82 365 34 23 218 200 .307 .366 .479 .846 127 1109 55 10 14 19 23
1958 23 768 3182 2857 435 880 137 32 98 450 41 27 272 247 .308 .368 .481 .849 128 1375 73 12 17 24 29
1959 24 904 3777 3368 521 1047 156 34 125 544 51 31 344 289 .311 .374 .489 .863 131 1646 84 16 19 30 41
1960 25 1051 4406 3919 598 1200 185 38 140 612 70 35 409 336 .306 .372 .480 .851 128 1881 102 19 24 35 44
1961 26 1204 5071 4505 714 1390 226 45 159 694 84 36 475 378 .309 .374 .485 .859 129 2183 118 23 28 40 46
1962 27 1304 5523 4903 792 1511 242 51 188 788 88 36 522 417 .308 .374 .493 .868 131 2419 135 24 30 44 49
1963 28 1449 6139 5454 881 1683 266 54 215 889 94 40 576 465 .309 .375 .495 .870 133 2702 147 28 33 48 61
1964 29 1595 6747 5979 958 1837 297 59 232 957 98 41 651 516 .307 .375 .493 .868 133 2948 159 31 35 51 67
1965 30 1720 7221 6378 1030 1949 315 61 250 1029 104 41 723 565 .306 .376 .492 .868 133 3136 168 31 35 54 78
1966 31 1862 7793 6857 1115 2087 344 62 279 1117 109 46 804 631 .304 .377 .495 .872 135 3392 175 36 36 60 85
1967 32 1993 8343 7315 1209 2228 372 64 304 1195 117 48 887 678 .305 .380 .498 .877 138 3640 191 37 38 66 95
1968 33 2095 8732 7642 1258 2322 386 65 314 1248 123 52 942 717 .304 .380 .495 .875 138 3780 195 40 39 69 102
1969 34 2226 9250 8098 1332 2446 403 65 335 1317 124 54 996 778 .302 .378 .492 .870 137 3984 206 41 39 76 106
1970 35 2357 9805 8565 1396 2576 427 69 351 1388 126 56 1073 827 .301 .378 .490 .868 136 4194 226 42 42 83 111
1971 36 2490 10306 8970 1465 2695 446 71 366 1442 130 62 1155 884 .300 .380 .488 .868 137 4381 238 49 43 89 120
1972 37 2596 10620 9248 1511 2782 457 73 376 1474 131 62 1183 917 .301 .380 .488 .868 137 4513 249 51 44 94 125
1973 38 2687 10967 9558 1551 2861 470 73 386 1519 135 63 1212 945 .299 .378 .485 .863 136 4635 259 54 44 99 129
1974 39 2834 11597 10116 1622 3007 498 75 399 1583 137 65 1277 1020 .297 .376 .480 .855 134 4852 271 55 45 104 131

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
1953 18 31 32 30 10 8 0 0 1 2 1 1 5 .267 .313 .367 .679 3 30
1954 19 144 558 532 47 151 20 3 4 48 10 24 47 .284 .314 .355 .669 60 138
1955 20 159 715 617 128 211 25 8 28 108 6 87 60 .342 .424 .545 .968 143 152
1956 21 160 716 640 94 198 33 10 28 126 7 71 57 .309 .377 .523 .901 126 153
1957 22 157 661 606 89 178 30 4 24 96 12 45 40 .294 .342 .475 .817 99 149
1958 23 153 625 563 87 173 35 7 16 88 7 55 49 .307 .368 .480 .848 100 146
1959 24 142 616 532 86 172 20 2 28 94 10 74 44 .323 .406 .526 .932 114 136
1960 25 155 656 580 80 161 31 4 16 70 20 68 49 .278 .354 .428 .781 87 147
1961 26 153 656 582 110 186 40 7 19 78 14 65 42 .320 .389 .510 .899 115 153
1962 27 100 442 392 75 115 15 6 28 91 4 45 39 .293 .364 .577 .941 82 100
1963 28 145 618 555 93 176 25 3 28 106 6 55 48 .317 .380 .524 .905 110 145
1964 29 145 617 532 82 163 33 5 18 72 4 79 51 .306 .397 .489 .886 103 146
1965 30 125 492 410 79 123 20 2 20 79 7 79 49 .300 .411 .505 .915 85 125
1966 31 143 596 495 95 152 32 1 32 98 6 89 66 .307 .414 .570 .984 117 142
1967 32 131 572 473 109 156 31 2 28 90 9 92 47 .330 .435 .581 1.017 120 131
1968 33 102 421 347 62 114 17 1 12 67 7 67 39 .329 .439 .487 .926 74 102
1969 34 131 521 458 76 126 17 0 21 71 1 55 61 .275 .349 .450 .799 73 131
1970 35 131 557 470 67 133 25 4 16 75 2 79 49 .283 .382 .455 .838 83 131
1971 36 134 522 418 75 130 21 2 16 59 4 90 57 .311 .437 .486 .922 89 133
1972 37 111 341 301 59 101 13 2 12 41 1 33 34 .336 .399 .512 .910 62 106
1973 38 91 348 311 41 80 13 0 10 47 4 29 28 .257 .322 .395 .717 40 91
1974 39 147 646 570 80 158 30 2 14 72 2 70 75 .277 .354 .411 .765 84 147
22 Seasons 2890 11928 10414 1724 3165 526 75 419 1678 144 1352 1036 .304 .384 .490 .873 1969 2834
162 Game Avg. 162 669 584 97 177 29 4 23 94 8 76 58 .304 .384 .490 .873 110 2834
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1955 (RF)
1956 (RF)
1957 (RF)
1958 *
1959-1 (CF)
1959-2 *
1960-1 *
1960-2 *
1961-1 *
1961-2 (RF)
1962-2 *
1963 (RF)
1964
1965 *
1966 (CF)
1967
1971 *
1974 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1968-ML-Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
1969-ML-Hutch Award
1973-ML-Roberto Clemente Award

Gold Gloves
1957-ML-RF
1958-AL-RF
1959-AL-CF
1961-AL-OF
1962-AL-OF
1963-AL-OF
1964-AL-OF
1965-AL-OF
1966-AL-OF
1967-AL-OF
All multiple winners

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1954-AL-23-1%
1955-AL-2-60%
1956-AL-3-42%
1957-AL-10-12%
1958-AL-20-1%
1959-AL-6-25%
1961-AL-9-12%
1962-AL-6-21%
1963-AL-2-53%
1964-AL-14-6%
1965-AL-16-3%
1966-AL-7-24%
1967-AL-5-31%
1972-AL-24-1%
2.92 Career Shares (33rd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1955 AL--.340--1st
1956 AL--.314--8th
1957 AL--.295--9th
1958 AL--.313--4th
1959 AL--.327--2nd
1961 AL--.324--2nd
1963 AL--.312--2nd
1964 AL--.293--7th
1966 AL--.288--3rd
1967 AL--.308--3rd
1971 AL--.294--8th**
Career--.297--246th

On-Base% s c a p y
1955 AL--.421--2nd
1958 AL--.374--9th
1959 AL--.410--3rd
1961 AL--.393--7th
1963 AL--.375--5th
1964 AL--.383--5th
1966 AL--.392--2nd
1967 AL--.411--2nd
1971 AL--.416--3rd**
Career--.376--206th

Slugging % s c a p y
1955 AL--.546--2nd
1956 AL--.530--5th
1957 AL--.478--7th
1958 AL--.490--7th
1959 AL--.530--1st
1961 AL--.515--9th
1963 AL--.514--6th
1966 AL--.534--3rd
1967 AL--.541--4th
Career--.480--179th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1955 AL--.967--2nd
1956 AL--.913--8th
1957 AL--.821--10th
1958 AL--.864--8th
1959 AL--.940--1st
1961 AL--.909--8th
1963 AL--.889--4th
1964 AL--.851--8th
1966 AL--.927--3rd
1967 AL--.952--4th
1971 AL--.878--6th**
Career--.855--143rd

Games Played s c a p y
1955 AL--152--5th
1956 AL--153--3rd
1957 AL--149--8th
Career--2834--16th

At Bats s c a p y
1955 AL--588--7th
1956 AL--617--2nd
1957 AL--577--6th
Career--10116--22nd

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1955 AL--681--5th
1956 AL--693--2nd
1957 AL--636--10th
Career--11597--22nd

Runs Scored s c a p y
1955 AL--121--2nd
1956 AL--96--4th
1957 AL--83--9th
1958 AL--84--9th
1961 AL--116--5th
1963 AL--89--6th
1966 AL--85--9th
1967 AL--94--4th
Career--1622--40th

Hits s c a p y
1955 AL--200--1st
1956 AL--194--2nd
1957 AL--170--7th
1958 AL--170--6th
1959 AL--167--7th
1961 AL--190--3rd
1963 AL--172--4th
Career--3007--26th

Total Bases s c a p y
1955 AL--321--1st
1956 AL--327--2nd
1957 AL--276--4th
1958 AL--266--8th
1959 AL--271--6th
1961 AL--302--7th
1963 AL--283--4th
1967 AL--248--9th
Career--4852--23rd

Doubles s c a p y
1956 AL--32--2nd
1957 AL--29--5th
1958 AL--34--3rd
1960 AL--29--10th
1961 AL--41--1st
1964 AL--31--5th
1966 AL--29--7th
1967 AL--28--6th
Career--498--52nd

Triples s c a p y
1955 AL--8--4th
1956 AL--10--5th
1958 AL--7--6th
1961 AL--7--7th

Home Runs s c a p y
1955 AL--27--4th
1956 AL--27--6th
1957 AL--23--9th
1959 AL--27--9th
1962 AL--29--8th
1963 AL--27--6th
1966 AL--29--7th
1967 AL--25--5th
Career--399--46th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1955 AL--102--5th
1956 AL--128--2nd
1957 AL--90--7th
1958 AL--85--8th
1959 AL--94--6th
1963 AL--101--2nd
1966 AL--88--9th
1967 AL--78--8th
Career--1583--37th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1955 AL--82--10th
1959 AL--72--10th
1965 AL--72--9th
1966 AL--81--6th
1967 AL--83--5th
1971 AL--82--10th
Career--1277--42nd

Strikeouts s c a p y
Career--1020--213th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1954 AL--9--8th
1957 AL--11--9th
1958 AL--7--10th
1959 AL--10--6th
1960 AL--19--4th

Singles s c a p y
1954 AL--114--10th
1955 AL--141--3rd
1956 AL--125--5th
1957 AL--114--8th
1958 AL--113--10th
1959 AL--119--6th
Career--2035--38th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1955 AL--162--2nd
1956 AL--139--9th
1958 AL--130--10th
1959 AL--151--2nd
1961 AL--139--8th
1963 AL--144--4th
1964 AL--134--9th
1966 AL--161--2nd
1967 AL--176--3rd
Career--134--115th

Runs Created s c a p y
1955 AL--135--2nd
1956 AL--129--3rd
1957 AL--92--9th
1958 AL--96--9th
1959 AL--114--4th
1961 AL--121--7th
1963 AL--105--3rd
1964 AL--97--9th
1966 AL--105--4th
1967 AL--104--4th
Career--1852--28th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1955 AL--52--3rd
1956 AL--33--6th
1959 AL--38--3rd
1961 AL--34--7th
1962 AL--29--5th
1963 AL--33--3rd
1964 AL--27--9th
1965 AL--25--10th
1966 AL--42--3rd
1967 AL--48--4th
1971 AL--29--10th
Career--492--48th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1955 AL--5.1--3rd
1956 AL--3.1--6th
1959 AL--3.8--2nd
1961 AL--3.3--7th
1962 AL--2.8--5th
1963 AL--3.3--3rd
1964 AL--2.7--9th
1965 AL--2.6--9th
1966 AL--4.4--3rd
1967 AL--5.2--4th
1971 AL--3.1--10th
Career--50.0--42nd

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1955 AL--59--3rd
1956 AL--69--2nd
1957 AL--56--4th
1958 AL--57--7th
1961 AL--67--7th
1963 AL--54--10th
1966 AL--59--6th
1967 AL--55--6th
Career--972--38th

Times On Base s c a p y
1955 AL--287--2nd
1956 AL--265--5th
1958 AL--226--9th
1959 AL--243--6th
1960 AL--221--8th
1961 AL--260--6th
1963 AL--230--6th
1966 AL--224--8th
1967 AL--225--8th
Career--4339--25th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1955 AL--.764--2nd
1956 AL--.711--6th
1958 AL--.673--10th
1959 AL--.764--1st
1961 AL--.713--7th
1963 AL--.721--3rd
1964 AL--.698--7th
1966 AL--.782--2nd
1967 AL--.808--4th
Career--.688--93rd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1966 AL--5--10th
1971 AL--7--7th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1957 AL--7--5th
1959 AL--6--7th
1966 AL--6--8th
1967 AL--6--6th
1969 AL--7--9th
1970 AL--7--7th
Career--104--19th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1955 AL--12--2nd
1957 AL--7--6th
1958 AL--6--6th
1959 AL--12--1st
1963 AL--12--1st
1965 AL--11--5th
1967 AL--10--10th
Career--131--60th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1954 AL--21--2nd
1958 AL--18--7th
1960 AL--18--5th
1962 AL--17--9th
1967 AL--16--3rd
1970 AL--20--5th
Career--271--16th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1955 AL--8--4th
1957 AL--9--3rd

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1955 AL--9.8--7th
1956 AL--11.1--6th
1957 AL--14.9--4th
1958 AL--9.7--6th
1959 AL--14.6--4th
1960 AL--16.8--4th
1961 AL--16.1--6th
1967 AL--12.1--8th
Career--204.0--78th

AB per SO s c a p y
1957 AL--15.184--7th
1958 AL--11.553--9th
1961 AL--13.952--8th
1963 AL--11.479--10th
1964 AL--10.294--9th
1967 AL--9.745--7th

AB per HR s c a p y
1955 AL--21.778--7th
1959 AL--18.926--7th
1966 AL--16.517--4th
1967 AL--18.320--5th

Outs Made s c a p y
1956 AL--439--3rd
1957 AL--439--8th
Career--7594--23rd

Oldest s c a p y
1971 AL--born 1934-12-19--9th
1972 AL--born 1934-12-19--4th
1973 AL--born 1934-12-19--4th
1974 AL--born 1934-12-19--3rd

Youngest s c a p y
1953 AL--born 1934-12-19--3rd
1954 AL--born 1934-12-19--6th

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 5 (329), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 157 (33), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 154 (72), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 58 (37), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Dave Winfield (868) *
  3. Billy Williams (858) *
  4. Andre Dawson (858)
  5. Tony Perez (855) *
  6. George Brett (854) *
  7. Dwight Evans (846)
  8. Luis Gonzalez (841)
  9. Dave Parker (827)
  10. Gary Sheffield (825)
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  1. Ty Cobb (964) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ken Griffey (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ken Griffey (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ken Griffey (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Vada Pinson (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Vada Pinson (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Vada Pinson (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Vada Pinson (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Vada Pinson (919)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Vada Pinson (899)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Vada Pinson (888)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Carl Yastrzemski (896) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Carl Yastrzemski (884) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Orlando Cepeda (872) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Carl Yastrzemski (887) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Carl Yastrzemski (890) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Carl Yastrzemski (889) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Dave Winfield (903) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  19. Carl Yastrzemski (922) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  20. Carl Yastrzemski (925) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  21. Carl Yastrzemski (928) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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