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Charlie Keller

Charles Ernest Keller (King Kong)

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 12, 1916 in Middletown, MD
High School: Frederick HS (Frederick, MD)
School: University of Maryland (College Park, MD)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1937. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1939
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Tigers 1939-1952

Final Game: September 14, 1952
Died: May 23, 1990 in Frederick, MD
Buried: Christ Church Reformed Cemetery, Middletown, MD
Relatives: Brother of Hal Keller
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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
1939 22 NYY AL 111 490 398 87 133 21 6 11 83 6 3 81 49 .334 .447 .500 .947 143 199 4 0 11 *O97 MVP-22
1940 23 NYY AL 138 609 500 102 143 18 15 21 93 8 2 106 65 .286 .411 .508 .919 141 254 11 0 3 *O97 AS
1941 24 NYY AL 140 610 507 102 151 24 10 33 122 6 4 102 65 .298 .416 .580 .996 162 294 3 1 0 *7O AS,MVP-5
1942 25 NYY AL 152 661 544 106 159 24 9 26 108 14 2 114 61 .292 .417 .513 .930 163 279 5 2 1 *7O MVP-14
1943 26 NYY AL 141 620 512 97 139 15 11 31 86 7 5 106 60 .271 .396 .525 .922 167 269 7 0 2 *7O AS,MVP-13
1945 28 NYY AL 44 194 163 26 49 7 4 10 34 0 2 31 21 .301 .412 .577 .989 181 94 2 0 0 7O
1946 29 NYY AL 150 655 538 98 148 29 10 30 101 1 4 113 101 .275 .405 .533 .938 159 287 5 4 0 *O7/9 AS,MVP-15
1947 30 NYY AL 45 193 151 36 36 6 1 13 36 0 0 41 18 .238 .404 .550 .954 165 83 3 1 0 7O AS
1948 31 NYY AL 83 289 247 41 66 15 2 6 44 1 1 41 25 .267 .372 .417 .789 110 103 7 0 1 7O
1949 32 NYY AL 60 144 116 17 29 4 1 3 16 2 0 25 15 .250 .392 .379 .771 104 44 3 2 1 O7/9
1950 33 DET AL 50 64 51 7 16 1 3 2 16 0 0 13 6 .314 .453 .569 1.022 157 29 0 0 0 /O97
1951 34 DET AL 54 74 62 6 16 2 0 3 21 0 0 11 12 .258 .370 .435 .805 117 27 0 0 1 /O79
1952 35 NYY AL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /7O
13 Yrs 1170 4604 3790 725 1085 166 72 189 760 45 23 784 499 .286 .410 .518 .928 152 1962 50 10 20
162 Game Avg. 162 637 525 100 150 23 10 26 105 6 3 109 69 .286 .410 .518 .928 152 272 7 1 3
NYY (11 yrs) 1066 4466 3677 712 1053 163 69 184 723 45 23 760 481 .286 .410 .518 .928 152 1906 50 10 19
DET (2 yrs) 104 138 113 13 32 3 3 5 37 0 0 24 18 .283 .409 .496 .904 136 56 0 0 1

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
1939 22 NYY AL 111 490 31 0 0 6 -5 32 2.9 15 47 4.5 .526 .518 3.9 0.1 41 $ *O97 MVP-22
1940 23 NYY AL 138 609 33 1 0 8 -6 36 3.5 15 52 5.0 .525 .521 4.2 0.2 44 $ *O97 AS
1941 24 NYY AL 140 610 46 0 0 8 -6 47 4.6 15 63 6.2 .533 .529 5.4 0.2 55 $ *7O AS,MVP-5
1942 25 NYY AL 152 661 47 3 0 3 -7 45 4.8 14 59 6.2 .531 .530 5.9 -0.4 56 $ *7O MVP-14
1943 26 NYY AL 141 620 44 0 0 6 -7 43 4.9 13 56 6.2 .535 .530 5.5 -0.1 50 $ *7O AS,MVP-13
1945 28 NYY AL 44 194 16 -0 0 4 -2 18 2.0 4 22 2.4 .545 .512 1.9 0.2 18 $ 7O
1946 29 NYY AL 150 655 43 -1 0 3 -7 38 4.2 17 55 5.8 .528 .526 5.5 -0.4 52 $ *O7/9 AS,MVP-15
1947 30 NYY AL 45 193 14 0 0 0 -2 12 1.3 5 17 1.8 .529 .508 1.8 -0.2 17 $ 7O AS
1948 31 NYY AL 83 289 4 1 -0 0 -3 1 0.1 7 8 0.9 .502 .501 0.9 -0.3 8 $ 7O
1949 32 NYY AL 60 144 2 0 0 -1 -1 0 0.0 4 4 0.4 .500 .500 0.5 -0.2 5 $ O7/9
1950 33 DET AL 50 64 5 0 0 0 -0 5 0.5 2 7 0.7 .509 .503 0.7 -0.0 7 $ /O97
1951 34 DET AL 54 74 2 0 0 1 -0 2 0.2 2 4 0.5 .505 .502 0.4 0.1 4 $ /O79
1952 35 NYY AL 2 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .483 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /7O
13 Seasons 1170 4604 286 5 0 38 -48 281 29.0 113 394 40.6 .525 .514 36.6 -0.9 356 $
NYY (11 yrs) 1066 4466 279 5 -0 37 -47 274 28.3 109 383 39.4 .527 .516 35.5 -0.9 346 $
DET (2 yrs) 104 138 6 1 0 1 -1 8 0.7 4 11 1.2 .507 .502 1.1 0.1 10 $

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
1939 22 NYY AL 490 283 89 8.3 113 .361 .334 .285 .447 .360 .500 .422 .947 .782 143 .713 30.2 2.8 1.040 .377 .166 7.8
1940 23 NYY AL 609 373 105 7.5 107 .295 .286 .274 .411 .347 .508 .416 .919 .763 141 .680 33.1 3.1 .989 .446 .222 11.6
1941 24 NYY AL 610 363 122 9.0 106 .289 .298 .274 .416 .351 .580 .404 .996 .755 162 .764 47.0 4.5 1.099 .487 .282 10.2
1942 25 NYY AL 661 393 118 8.1 93 .291 .292 .263 .417 .337 .513 .369 .930 .706 163 .774 49.2 5.0 1.038 .452 .221 18.2
1943 26 NYY AL 620 387 106 7.5 88 .257 .271 .257 .396 .332 .525 .355 .922 .687 167 .775 45.2 4.8 .979 .465 .254 11.4
1945 28 NYY AL 194 118 38 8.6 92 .295 .301 .266 .412 .339 .577 .362 .989 .701 181 .813 17.3 1.8 1.042 .454 .276 .0
1946 29 NYY AL 655 399 114 7.6 97 .290 .275 .265 .405 .339 .533 .381 .938 .720 159 .752 46.3 4.7 1.005 .463 .258 1.9
1947 30 NYY AL 193 118 33 7.5 96 .192 .238 .261 .404 .341 .550 .376 .954 .717 165 .744 14.5 1.5 1.059 .583 .311 .0
1948 31 NYY AL 289 190 38 5.3 105 .278 .267 .272 .372 .357 .417 .393 .789 .750 110 .566 4.4 0.4 .762 .316 .150 1.7
1949 32 NYY AL 144 91 17 5.0 107 .265 .250 .271 .392 .363 .379 .393 .771 .756 104 .537 1.7 0.2 .811 .362 .129 2.4
1950 33 DET AL 64 35 13 9.8 116 .326 .314 .282 .453 .370 .569 .423 1.022 .793 157 .778 4.7 0.4 1.200 .510 .255 .0
1951 34 DET AL 74 47 10 5.7 102 .277 .258 .268 .370 .349 .435 .392 .805 .741 117 .607 1.6 0.2 .826 .355 .177 .0
1952 35 NYY AL 1 1 0 0.0 91 .000 .253 .000 .332 .000 .369 .000 .701 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
13 Yrs 4604 2798 803 7.7 100 .289 .286 .269 .410 .345 .518 .389 .928 .734 152 .732 295.1 29.4 1.000 .444 .231 72.7
162 Game Avg. 637 387 111 7.7 100 .289 .286 .269 .410 .345 .518 .389 .928 .734 152 .732 41 4 1.000 .444 .231 10
NYY (11 yrs) 4466 2716 780 7.7 100 .289 .286 .269 .410 .345 .518 .388 .928 .733 152 .733 288.8 28.8 1.000 .445 .232 72.3
DET (2 yrs) 138 82 23 7.5 109 .300 .283 .274 .409 .359 .496 .406 .904 .765 136 .700 6.3 0.6 .988 .425 .212 .0

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
1939 22 NYY AL WS CIN W 4 17 16 8 7 1 1 3 6 0 0 1 2 .438 .471 1.188 1.658 19 0 0 0 0 0
1941 24 NYY AL WS BRO W 5 21 18 5 7 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 1 .389 .476 .500 .976 9 1 0 0 0 0
1942 25 NYY AL WS STL L 5 21 20 2 4 0 0 2 5 0 0 1 3 .200 .238 .500 .738 10 0 0 0 0 0
1943 26 NYY AL WS STL W 5 20 18 3 4 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 5 .222 .300 .333 .633 6 1 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs (4 Series) 19 79 72 18 22 3 2 5 18 1 0 7 11 .306 .367 .611 .978 44 2 0 0 0 0
4 WS 19 79 72 18 22 3 2 5 18 1 0 7 11 .306 .367 .611 .978 44 2 0 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
1940 NYY AL 23 as RF 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1941 NYY AL 24 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1943 NYY AL 26 DNP
1946 NYY AL 29 as RF 5 4 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 .250 .400 1.000 1.400 4 0 0 0 0 0
1947 NYY AL 30 DNP
5 Yrs (3 GP) 8 7 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 3 .143 .250 .571 .821 4 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 GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1939 22 NYY AL 490 2.2% 10.0% 16.5% 7.8% 29% 0.60 8.1 36.2 4.8 69%
1940 23 NYY AL 609 3.5% 10.7% 17.4% 8.9% 38% 0.61 7.7 23.8 5.4 68%
1941 24 NYY AL 610 5.4% 10.7% 16.7% 11.0% 44% 0.64 7.8 15.4 4.2 67%
1942 25 NYY AL 661 3.9% 9.2% 17.3% 8.9% 37% 0.54 8.9 20.9 5.0 69%
1943 26 NYY AL 620 5.0% 9.7% 17.1% 9.2% 41% 0.57 8.5 16.5 6.0 68%
1945 28 NYY AL 194 5.2% 10.8% 16.0% 10.8% 43% 0.68 7.8 16.3 4.8 68%
1946 29 NYY AL 655 4.6% 15.4% 17.3% 10.5% 47% 0.89 5.3 17.9 5.3 62%
1947 30 NYY AL 193 6.7% 9.3% 21.2% 10.4% 56% 0.44 8.4 11.6 4.2 62%
1948 31 NYY AL 289 2.1% 8.7% 14.2% 8.0% 35% 0.61 9.9 41.2 5.6 0.96 75%
1949 32 NYY AL 144 2.1% 10.4% 17.4% 5.6% 28% 0.60 7.7 38.7 7.3 0.64 68%
1950 33 DET AL 64 3.1% 9.4% 20.3% 9.4% 38% 0.46 8.5 25.5 3.2 0.46 67%
1951 34 DET AL 74 4.1% 16.2% 14.9% 6.8% 31% 1.09 5.2 20.7 3.0 0.58 64%
1952 35 NYY AL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
13 Yrs 4604 4.1% 10.8% 17.0% 9.3% 39% 0.64 7.6 20.1 5.0 0.76 67%
MLB Averages 1.5% 9.4% 9.3% 6.2% 27% 1.01 9.5 59.2 8.4 0.97 78%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1939 22 NYY AL 30.2 2.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1940 23 NYY AL 33.1 3.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1941 24 NYY AL 47.0 4.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1942 25 NYY AL 49.2 5.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1943 26 NYY AL 45.2 4.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 28 NYY AL 17.1 1.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 29 NYY AL 46.3 4.7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 30 NYY AL 14.5 1.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 31 NYY AL 4.4 0.4 174 0.8 3.4 -2.6 .99 0.0 0.8 1.0 0.1 1.00 -1.8 2.10 9
1949 32 NYY AL 1.7 0.2 115 0.9 2.7 -1.8 1.12 0.4 0.4 3.7 0.4 1.10 5.0 2.01 25
1950 33 DET AL 4.7 0.4 50 1.4 2.3 -1.0 1.96 0.4 0.3 10.2 0.9 1.23 7.4 2.27 25
1951 34 DET AL 1.6 0.2 51 0.3 1.7 -1.3 1.94 0.4 -0.2 5.4 0.5 1.30 4.4 2.22 30
1952 35 NYY AL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 1.34 -0.0 0.0 -0.3 -0.0 1.06 -0.3 1.34 1
13 Yrs 294.9 29.4 391 3.4 10.1 -6.7 1.28 1.2 1.5 20.1 1.9 1.10 14.7 2.15 90

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 31 NYY AL 1 0 35% 61 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 30% 10 8 2 3 3 0 7 3 4
1949 32 NYY AL 4 0 26% 43 2 0 100% 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 35% 10 6 3 5 4 1 2 0 2
1950 33 DET AL 1 0 19% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1951 34 DET AL 1 0 13% 13 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 40% 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
1952 35 NYY AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Yrs 7 0 32% 127 45 23 66% 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 3 35% 26 18 7 8 7 1 12 4 8

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 31 NYY AL 289 94% 66 9 2 2 3 2.10 6 0 2 3 0 3 3 0 0 1 43 7 16% 16 7 44% 134 23 17% 12 10 83% 13 7 54% 0
1949 32 NYY AL 144 77% 29 25 3 0 2 2.01 3 0 6 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 100% 41 3 7% 16 6 38% 103 12 12% 11 6 55% 6 3 50% 0
1950 33 DET AL 64 84% 16 25 7 0 8 2.27 2 0 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 13 0 0% 4 1 25% 62 13 21% 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 0
1951 34 DET AL 74 92% 16 30 7 0 9 2.22 3 0 6 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 15 0 0% 4 3 75% 66 15 23% 7 7 100% 2 1 50% 0
1952 35 NYY AL 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 1.34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
13 Yrs 572 87% 1085 90 19 2 22 2.15 189 0 19 9 0 10 4 0 1 20 2000% 112 50 45% 40 17 43% 366 63 17% 32 24 75% 23 12 52% 0
MLB Averages 51% 323% 35% 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 SF IBB
1939 22 111 490 398 87 133 21 6 11 83 6 3 81 49 .334 .447 .500 .947 143 199 4 0 11
1940 23 249 1099 898 189 276 39 21 32 176 14 5 187 114 .307 .427 .504 .931 142 453 15 0 14
1941 24 389 1709 1405 291 427 63 31 65 298 20 9 289 179 .304 .423 .532 .955 149 747 18 1 14
1942 25 541 2370 1949 397 586 87 40 91 406 34 11 403 240 .301 .421 .526 .948 152 1026 23 3 15
1943 26 682 2990 2461 494 725 102 51 122 492 41 16 509 300 .295 .416 .526 .942 155 1295 30 3 17
1944 27 682 2990 2461 494 725 102 51 122 492 41 16 509 300 .295 .416 .526 .942 155 1295 30 3 17
1945 28 726 3184 2624 520 774 109 55 132 526 41 18 540 321 .295 .416 .529 .945 157 1389 32 3 17
1946 29 876 3839 3162 618 922 138 65 162 627 42 22 653 422 .292 .414 .530 .944 157 1676 37 7 17
1947 30 921 4032 3313 654 958 144 66 175 663 42 22 694 440 .289 .413 .531 .944 157 1759 40 8 17
1948 31 1004 4321 3560 695 1024 159 68 181 707 43 23 735 465 .288 .411 .523 .934 154 1862 47 8 18
1949 32 1064 4465 3676 712 1053 163 69 184 723 45 23 760 480 .286 .410 .518 .929 153 1906 50 10 19
1950 33 1114 4529 3727 719 1069 164 72 186 739 45 23 773 486 .287 .411 .519 .930 153 1935 50 10 19
1951 34 1168 4603 3789 725 1085 166 72 189 760 45 23 784 498 .286 .410 .518 .928 152 1962 50 10 20
1952 35 1170 4604 3790 725 1085 166 72 189 760 45 23 784 499 .286 .410 .518 .928 152 1962 50 10 20

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
1939 22 117 495 406 78 127 20 6 11 75 6 77 52 .313 .422 .473 .895 80 111
1940 23 144 625 516 99 143 18 15 21 90 8 106 68 .277 .400 .492 .893 101 138
1941 24 145 624 521 100 151 24 10 33 119 6 102 68 .290 .407 .564 .971 119 140
1942 25 161 710 582 118 174 26 10 28 121 15 125 65 .299 .425 .522 .947 129 152
1943 26 148 671 549 115 157 17 12 35 102 8 120 63 .286 .414 .552 .966 126 141
1945 28 47 211 176 30 55 8 4 11 39 0 35 22 .313 .427 .591 1.017 44 44
1946 29 157 698 570 110 162 32 11 33 114 1 124 106 .284 .415 .553 .968 130 150
1947 30 47 203 158 40 39 6 1 14 40 0 44 19 .247 .414 .563 .977 37 45
1948 31 87 297 255 40 66 15 2 6 43 1 41 26 .259 .361 .404 .765 38 83
1949 32 63 148 120 17 29 4 1 3 16 2 25 16 .242 .381 .367 .748 17 60
1950 33 52 64 52 6 15 1 3 2 14 0 12 6 .288 .422 .538 .960 11 50
1951 34 57 78 65 6 17 2 0 3 22 0 12 13 .262 .377 .431 .807 11 54
1952 35 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
13 Yrs 1227 4825 3971 759 1135 173 75 200 795 47 823 525 .286 .410 .518 .928 843 1170
162 Game Avg. 162 637 524 100 150 23 10 26 105 6 109 69 .286 .410 .518 .928 111 1170

* 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

Hall of Fame
1953 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1956 BBWAA ( 1.0%)
1958 BBWAA ( 3.4%)
1960 BBWAA ( 2.6%)
1962 BBWAA ( 0.6%)
1964 BBWAA ( 6.0%)
1968 BBWAA ( 3.9%)
1969 BBWAA ( 4.1%)
1970 BBWAA ( 2.3%)
1971 BBWAA ( 3.9%)
1972 BBWAA ( 6.1%)

All-Star Games
1940 (RF)
1941 *
1943
1946 (RF)
1947

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1939 AL (22, 2%)
1941 AL (5, 38%)
1942 AL (14, 4%)
1943 AL (13, 9%)
1946 AL (15, 5%)
0.58 Career Shares (398th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1940 AL  5.0 (10th)
1941 AL  6.2 (5th)
1942 AL  6.2 (3rd)
1943 AL  6.2 (4th)
1946 AL  5.8 (7th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1940 AL  5.0 (6th)
1941 AL  6.2 (3rd)
1942 AL  6.2 (3rd)
1943 AL  6.2 (3rd)
1946 AL  5.8 (4th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1940 AL  4.2 (9th)
1941 AL  5.4 (5th)
1942 AL  5.9 (3rd)
1943 AL  5.5 (2nd)
1946 AL  5.5 (2nd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1939 AL  .334 (5th)
1942 AL  .292 (10th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1939 AL  .447 (4th)
1940 AL  .411 (8th)
1941 AL  .416 (4th)
1942 AL  .417 (2nd)
1943 AL  .396 (3rd)
1946 AL  .405 (2nd)
Career  .410 (33rd)

Slugging % s c a p y
1941 AL  .580 (4th)
1942 AL  .513 (2nd)
1943 AL  .525 (2nd)
1946 AL  .533 (3rd)
Career  .518 (63rd)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1939 AL  .947 (9th)
1940 AL  .919 (7th)
1941 AL  .996 (3rd)
1942 AL  .930 (2nd)
1943 AL  .922 (1st)
1946 AL  .938 (3rd)
Career  .928 (43rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1942 AL  152 (6th)
1946 AL  150 (6th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1946 AL  655 (9th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1941 AL  102 (9th)
1942 AL  106 (5th)
1943 AL  97 (2nd)
1946 AL  98 (4th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1941 AL  294 (6th)
1942 AL  279 (3rd)
1943 AL  269 (3rd)
1946 AL  287 (4th)

Doubles s c a p y
1946 AL  29 (10th)

Triples s c a p y
1940 AL  15 (2nd)
1941 AL  10 (8th)
1942 AL  9 (10th)
1943 AL  11 (3rd)
1946 AL  10 (3rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1941 AL  33 (2nd)
1942 AL  26 (3rd)
1943 AL  31 (2nd)
1946 AL  30 (3rd)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1941 AL  122 (3rd)
1942 AL  108 (3rd)
1943 AL  86 (6th)
1946 AL  101 (5th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1939 AL  81 (10th)
1940 AL  106 (1st)
1941 AL  102 (4th)
1942 AL  114 (2nd)
1943 AL  106 (1st)
1946 AL  113 (2nd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1940 AL  65 (9th)
1941 AL  65 (10th)
1942 AL  61 (8th)
1943 AL  60 (10th)
1946 AL  101 (1st)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1940 AL  141 (6th)
1941 AL  162 (4th)
1942 AL  163 (2nd)
1943 AL  167 (1st)
1946 AL  159 (4th)
Career  152 (29th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1941 AL  122 (5th)
1942 AL  118 (2nd)
1943 AL  106 (2nd)
1946 AL  114 (4th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1939 AL  30 (9th)
1940 AL  33 (6th)
1941 AL  47 (4th)
1942 AL  49 (2nd)
1943 AL  45 (1st)
1946 AL  46 (3rd)
Career  295 (127th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1939 AL  2.8 (9th)
1940 AL  3.1 (6th)
1941 AL  4.5 (4th)
1942 AL  5.0 (2nd)
1943 AL  4.8 (1st)
1946 AL  4.7 (2nd)
Career  29.4 (124th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1941 AL  67 (4th)
1942 AL  59 (4th)
1943 AL  57 (2nd)
1946 AL  69 (4th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1941 AL  254 (8th)
1942 AL  275 (2nd)
1943 AL  245 (3rd)
1946 AL  265 (3rd)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1940 AL  .680 (7th)
1941 AL  .764 (3rd)
1942 AL  .774 (2nd)
1943 AL  .775 (1st)
1946 AL  .752 (4th)
Career  .732 (40th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1946 AL  4 (4th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1940 AL  11.6 (10th)
1941 AL  10.2 (5th)
1942 AL  18.2 (1st)
1943 AL  11.4 (1st)

AB per HR s c a p y
1941 AL  15.4 (2nd)
1942 AL  20.9 (3rd)
1943 AL  16.5 (1st)
1946 AL  17.9 (4th)
Career  20.1 (118th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (422), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 85 (275), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 52 (381), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 30 (327), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Jason Bay (913)
  2. Kevin Mitchell (909)
  3. Al Rosen (904)
  4. Tommy Henrich (900)
  5. Wally Post (885)
  6. Gavvy Cravath (885)
  7. Hideki Matsui (883)
  8. Bob Horner (881)
  9. Glenallen Hill (878)
  10. Gus Zernial (878)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Johnny Groth (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Manny Ramirez (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Manny Ramirez (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Billy Williams (925) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Tim Salmon (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Tim Salmon (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Larry Doby (939) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. J.D. Drew (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. David Justice (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Bob Johnson (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Dolph Camilli (921)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Kevin Mitchell (912)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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