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Willie Kamm

William Edward Kamm

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: February 2, 1900 in San Francisco, CA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1923
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Indians 1923-1935

Final Game: May 21, 1935
Died: December 21, 1988 in Belmont, CA
Buried: Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, CA
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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
1923 23 CHW AL 149 626 544 57 159 39 9 6 87 18 13 62 82 .292 .366 .430 .796 110 234 1 19 *5
1924 24 CHW AL 147 626 528 58 134 28 6 6 93 10 9 64 59 .254 .337 .364 .700 83 192 2 32 *5
1925 25 CHW AL 152 640 509 82 142 32 4 6 83 11 13 90 36 .279 .391 .393 .784 104 200 4 37 *5 MVP-12
1926 26 CHW AL 143 578 480 63 141 24 10 0 62 12 4 77 24 .294 .396 .385 .781 107 185 4 17 *5
1927 27 CHW AL 148 635 540 85 146 32 13 0 59 8 9 70 18 .270 .354 .378 .732 91 204 0 25 *5
1928 28 CHW AL 155 655 552 70 170 30 12 1 84 17 9 73 22 .308 .391 .411 .802 112 227 2 28 *5 MVP-5
1929 29 CHW AL 147 619 523 72 140 33 6 3 63 12 5 75 23 .268 .363 .371 .734 91 194 3 18 *5
1930 30 CHW AL 112 396 331 49 89 21 6 3 47 5 4 51 20 .269 .368 .396 .764 97 131 1 13 *5
1931 31 TOT AL 132 553 469 77 136 35 5 0 75 14 10 71 19 .290 .384 .386 .770 100 181 1 12 *5
1931 31 CHW AL 18 67 59 9 15 4 1 0 9 1 1 7 6 .254 .333 .356 .689 86 21 0 1 5
1931 31 CLE AL 114 486 410 68 121 31 4 0 66 13 9 64 13 .295 .392 .390 .782 102 160 1 11 *5
1932 32 CLE AL 148 615 524 76 150 34 9 3 83 6 3 75 36 .286 .379 .403 .781 95 211 3 13 *5
1933 33 CLE AL 133 517 447 59 126 17 2 1 47 6 3 54 27 .282 .359 .336 .695 81 150 0 16 *5 MVP-21
1934 34 CLE AL 121 457 386 52 104 23 3 0 42 7 1 62 38 .269 .372 .345 .716 85 133 1 8 *5
1935 35 CLE AL 6 18 18 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 71 6 0 0 /5
13 Seasons 1693 6935 5851 802 1643 348 85 29 826 126 84 824 405 .281 .372 .384 .756 97 2248 22 238
162 Game Avg. 162 664 560 77 157 33 8 3 79 12 8 79 39 .281 .372 .384 .756 97 215 2 23
CHW (9 yrs) 1171 4842 4066 545 1136 243 67 25 587 94 67 569 290 .279 .370 .391 .761 99 1588 17 190
CLE (5 yrs) 522 2093 1785 257 507 105 18 4 239 32 17 255 115 .284 .375 .370 .745 91 660 5 48

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1923 23 CHW AL 626 5 -3 0 0 11 5 20 38 3.8 27 2.7 1.1 $ *5
1924 24 CHW AL 626 -14 -3 0 0 4 5 20 12 1.2 8 0.8 0.4 $ *5
1925 25 CHW AL 640 10 -3 0 0 5 5 20 37 3.7 32 3.1 0.6 $ *5 MVP-12
1926 26 CHW AL 578 8 1 0 0 14 5 19 47 4.7 33 3.3 1.4 $ *5
1927 27 CHW AL 635 -8 0 0 0 3 5 20 20 2.0 17 1.7 0.3 $ *5
1928 28 CHW AL 655 14 -1 0 0 -3 5 21 36 3.6 39 4.0 -0.4 $ *5 MVP-5
1929 29 CHW AL 619 -7 0 0 0 3 5 20 21 2.1 18 1.8 0.3 $ *5
1930 30 CHW AL 396 -1 -1 0 0 1 2 13 14 1.4 13 1.2 0.2 $11,000 *5
1931 31 CHW AL 67 -1 0 0 0 -2 0 2 -1 -0.1 1 0.1 -0.2 $ 5
1931 31 CLE AL 486 6 -1 0 0 -3 2 15 19 1.9 22 2.1 -0.2 $ *5
1932 32 CLE AL 615 1 0 0 0 7 3 20 31 3.1 24 2.4 0.7 $ *5
1933 33 CLE AL 517 -9 0 0 0 1 3 17 12 1.2 11 1.1 0.1 $ *5 MVP-21
1934 34 CLE AL 457 -6 0 0 0 9 2 15 20 2.0 11 1.1 0.9 $ *5
1935 35 CLE AL 18 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /5
13 Seasons 6935 -3 -11 0 0 50 47 223 306 30.6 256 25.4 5.2 $11,000
CHW (9 yrs) 4842 6 -10 0 0 36 37 155 224 22.4 188 18.7 3.7 $11,000
CLE (5 yrs) 2093 -9 -1 0 0 14 10 68 82 8.2 68 6.7 1.5 $

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
1923 23 CHW AL 626 417 84 5.4 107 .336 .292 .289 .366 .359 .430 .399 .796 .758 110 .564 8.1 0.8 .759 .261 .138 9.0
1924 24 CHW AL 626 435 63 3.8 109 .276 .254 .294 .337 .363 .364 .404 .700 .767 83 .394 -13.1 -1.2 .643 .233 .110 7.5
1925 25 CHW AL 640 417 75 4.8 111 .291 .279 .293 .391 .363 .393 .411 .784 .774 104 .472 8.0 0.8 .768 .287 .114 7.8
1926 26 CHW AL 578 360 74 5.5 107 .309 .294 .286 .396 .357 .385 .401 .781 .758 107 .571 8.6 0.8 .799 .269 .092 .0
1927 27 CHW AL 635 428 71 4.4 109 .280 .270 .290 .354 .358 .378 .408 .732 .766 91 .458 -5.6 -0.5 .677 .235 .107 .0
1928 28 CHW AL 655 419 88 5.6 106 .319 .308 .286 .391 .351 .411 .406 .802 .758 112 .576 12.9 1.2 .793 .250 .103 1.9
1929 29 CHW AL 619 406 70 4.6 111 .276 .268 .289 .363 .356 .371 .418 .734 .774 91 .468 -4.2 -0.4 .719 .260 .103 4.8
1930 30 CHW AL 396 259 48 4.9 112 .279 .269 .290 .368 .354 .396 .426 .764 .780 97 .470 0.6 0.0 .748 .284 .127 3.8
1931 31 TOT AL 553 355 69 5.2 111 .302 .290 .291 .384 .359 .386 .416 .770 .774 100 .525 3.3 0.3 .749 .256 .096 .0
1931 31 CHW AL 67 46 7 4.1 103 .283 .254 .279 .333 .345 .356 .399 .689 .744 86 .414 -1.0 -0.1 .622 .220 .102 .0
1931 31 CLE AL 486 309 62 5.4 112 .305 .295 .293 .392 .360 .390 .418 .782 .779 102 .540 4.3 0.4 .768 .261 .095 .0
1932 32 CLE AL 615 390 79 5.4 119 .303 .286 .296 .379 .368 .403 .435 .781 .803 95 .537 -2.0 -0.2 .775 .265 .116 4.0
1933 33 CLE AL 517 340 54 4.3 111 .298 .282 .288 .359 .360 .336 .415 .695 .775 81 .450 -11.5 -1.1 .639 .181 .054 1.7
1934 34 CLE AL 457 291 50 4.6 113 .299 .269 .289 .372 .363 .345 .417 .716 .780 85 .458 -6.0 -0.6 .714 .251 .075 .0
1935 35 CLE AL 18 13 2 4.1 113 .353 .333 .290 .333 .363 .333 .419 .667 .782 71 .410 -0.8 -0.1 .385 -.056 .000
13 Seasons 6935 4530 827 4.9 110 .298 .281 .290 .372 .359 .384 .412 .756 .772 97 .499 -1.8 -0.2 .731 .251 .103 47.1
162 Game Avg. 664 433 79 4.9 110 .298 .281 .290 .372 .359 .384 .412 .756 .772 97 .499 -1.8 -0.2 .731 .251 .103 5
CHW (9 yrs) 4842 3187 580 4.9 109 .296 .279 .290 .370 .358 .391 .408 .761 .766 99 .498 14.2 1.4 .734 .258 .111 39.5
CLE (5 yrs) 2093 1343 247 4.9 114 .302 .284 .292 .375 .363 .370 .422 .745 .785 91 .500 -16.1 -1.6 .722 .237 .086 7.1

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
1923 23 CHW AL 626 1.0% 13.1% 9.9% 8.6% 34% 1.32 6.6 90.7 6.3 73%
1924 24 CHW AL 626 1.0% 9.4% 10.2% 6.4% 30% 0.92 8.9 88.0 5.7 74%
1925 25 CHW AL 640 0.9% 5.6% 14.1% 6.6% 30% 0.40 14.1 84.8 6.1 73%
1926 26 CHW AL 578 0.0% 4.2% 13.3% 5.9% 24% 0.31 20.0 7.7 79%
1927 27 CHW AL 635 0.0% 2.8% 11.0% 7.1% 31% 0.26 30.0 9.2 82%
1928 28 CHW AL 655 0.2% 3.4% 11.2% 6.6% 25% 0.30 25.1 552.0 6.6 81%
1929 29 CHW AL 619 0.5% 3.7% 12.1% 6.8% 30% 0.31 22.7 174.3 8.3 80%
1930 30 CHW AL 396 0.8% 5.1% 12.9% 7.6% 34% 0.39 16.6 110.3 7.0 78%
1931 31 TOT AL 553 0.0% 3.4% 12.8% 7.2% 29% 0.27 24.7 6.3 81%
1931 31 CHW AL 67 0.0% 9.0% 10.5% 7.5% 33% 0.86 9.8 6.6 79%
1931 31 CLE AL 486 0.0% 2.7% 13.2% 7.2% 29% 0.20 31.5 6.2 82%
1932 32 CLE AL 615 0.5% 5.9% 12.2% 7.5% 31% 0.48 14.6 174.7 6.3 79%
1933 33 CLE AL 517 0.2% 5.2% 10.4% 3.9% 16% 0.50 16.6 447.0 9.5 81%
1934 34 CLE AL 457 0.0% 8.3% 13.6% 5.7% 25% 0.61 10.2 9.2 76%
1935 35 CLE AL 18 0.0% 5.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 18.0 18.0 94%
13 Seasons 6935 0.4% 5.8% 11.9% 6.7% 28% 0.49 14.4 201.8 7.1 78%
MLB Averages 1.2% 7.7% 8.0% 6.8% 27% 0.96 11.6 74.1 7.7 80%

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
1923 23 149 626 544 57 159 39 9 6 87 18 13 62 82 .292 .366 .430 .796 110 234 1 19
1924 24 296 1252 1072 115 293 67 15 12 180 28 22 126 141 .273 .351 .397 .749 96 426 3 51
1925 25 448 1892 1581 197 435 99 19 18 263 39 35 216 177 .275 .365 .396 .761 99 626 7 88
1926 26 591 2470 2061 260 576 123 29 18 325 51 39 293 201 .279 .372 .393 .766 101 811 11 105
1927 27 739 3105 2601 345 722 155 42 18 384 59 48 363 219 .278 .368 .390 .759 99 1015 11 130
1928 28 894 3760 3153 415 892 185 54 19 468 76 57 436 241 .283 .372 .394 .766 101 1242 13 158
1929 29 1041 4379 3676 487 1032 218 60 22 531 88 62 511 264 .281 .371 .391 .762 100 1436 16 176
1930 30 1153 4775 4007 536 1121 239 66 25 578 93 66 562 284 .280 .371 .391 .762 99 1567 17 189
1931 31 1285 5328 4476 613 1257 274 71 25 653 107 76 633 303 .281 .372 .391 .763 99 1748 18 201
1932 32 1433 5943 5000 689 1407 308 80 28 736 113 79 708 339 .281 .373 .392 .765 99 1959 21 214
1933 33 1566 6460 5447 748 1533 325 82 29 783 119 82 762 366 .281 .372 .387 .759 98 2109 21 230
1934 34 1687 6917 5833 800 1637 348 85 29 825 126 83 824 404 .281 .372 .384 .756 97 2242 22 238
1935 35 1693 6935 5851 802 1643 348 85 29 826 126 84 824 405 .281 .372 .384 .756 97 2248 22 238

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1923 23 157 630 566 56 161 39 9 6 86 18 63 86 .284 .357 .417 .774 84 149
1924 24 155 614 548 56 134 28 6 6 90 10 64 62 .245 .326 .350 .676 62 147
1925 25 160 617 525 77 139 31 4 6 78 11 88 38 .265 .374 .373 .748 73 152
1926 26 150 585 502 64 145 25 10 0 63 12 79 25 .289 .390 .378 .768 74 143
1927 27 155 625 556 81 144 32 13 0 56 8 69 19 .259 .341 .363 .704 69 148
1928 28 163 651 575 70 173 31 12 1 84 17 74 23 .301 .382 .402 .784 88 155
1929 29 156 622 545 69 139 33 6 3 60 12 74 24 .255 .347 .354 .701 67 147
1930 30 118 390 340 44 85 20 6 3 42 5 49 21 .250 .346 .371 .717 43 112
1931 31 138 542 475 67 127 33 5 0 65 13 66 20 .267 .358 .358 .716 61 132
1932 32 156 599 528 62 135 31 8 3 67 5 68 38 .256 .344 .362 .706 64 148
1933 33 142 513 462 53 120 16 2 1 42 6 51 29 .260 .333 .310 .643 48 133
1934 34 127 456 396 47 99 22 3 0 38 7 59 40 .250 .349 .321 .669 44 121
1935 35 6 19 19 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .316 .316 .316 .632 2 6
13 Seasons 1783 6863 6037 748 1607 341 84 29 772 124 804 426 .266 .355 .365 .719 779 1693
162 Game Avg. 162 624 549 68 146 31 8 3 70 11 73 39 .266 .355 .365 .719 71 1693

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1958 BBWAA ( 1.1%)
1960 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1925 AL (12, 11%)
1928 AL (5, 23%)
1933 AL (21, 1%)
0.35 Career Shares (556th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1926 AL  4.7 (10th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1923 AL  1.1 (3rd)
1925 AL  0.6 (10th)
1926 AL  1.4 (1st)
1932 AL  0.7 (7th)
1934 AL  0.9 (5th)

On-Base% s c a p y
Career  .372 (241st)

Games Played s c a p y
1925 AL  152 (9th)
1927 AL  148 (8th)
1928 AL  155 (1st)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1928 AL  655 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
1923 AL  39 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1927 AL  13 (6th)
1928 AL  12 (10th)
Career  85 (244th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1925 AL  90 (1st)
1926 AL  77 (8th)
1927 AL  70 (6th)
1928 AL  73 (9th)
1929 AL  75 (7th)
Career  824 (226th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1923 AL  82 (2nd)
1924 AL  59 (4th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1923 AL  18 (5th)
1928 AL  17 (6th)
1931 AL  14 (9th)

Singles s c a p y
1928 AL  127 (9th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1924 AL  32 (3rd)
1925 AL  37 (3rd)
1927 AL  25 (5th)
1928 AL  28 (3rd)
1931 AL  12 (3rd)
1932 AL  13 (7th)
1933 AL  16 (4th)
Career  238 (47th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1925 AL  13 (8th)
1928 AL  9 (9th)
1931 AL  10 (10th)
Career  84 (193rd)

AB per SO s c a p y
1931 AL  24.7 (8th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1927 AL  428 (9th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 3 (523), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 23 (932), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1653), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 20 (724), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  7. Red Smith (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  9. Ossie Bluege (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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