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George Kell

George Clyde Kell

Positions: Third Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 23, 1922 in Swifton, AR
School: Arkansas State University
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 28, 1943
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Athletics/RedSox/WhiteSox/Orioles 1943-1957

Final Game: September 14, 1957
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1983.
   View George Kell Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: March 24, 2009 in Swifton, AR
Buried: Swifton Cemetery, Swifton, AR
Relatives: Brother of Skeeter Kell
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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
1943 20 PHA AL 1 5 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .600 .800 131 3 0 0 0 /5
1944 21 PHA AL 139 556 514 51 138 15 3 0 44 5 2 22 23 .268 .300 .309 .609 76 159 28 1 19 *5 MVP-22
1945 22 PHA AL 147 602 567 50 154 30 3 4 56 2 0 27 15 .272 .306 .356 .662 93 202 13 1 7 *5
1946 23 TOT AL 131 577 521 70 168 25 10 4 52 3 2 40 20 .322 .372 .432 .804 119 225 12 1 15 *5/3 MVP-16
1946 23 PHA AL 26 100 87 3 26 6 1 0 11 0 0 10 6 .299 .378 .391 .768 117 34 1 1 2 5
1946 23 DET AL 105 477 434 67 142 19 9 4 41 3 2 30 14 .327 .371 .440 .811 119 191 11 0 13 *5/3
1947 24 DET AL 152 662 588 75 188 29 5 5 93 9 11 61 16 .320 .387 .412 .798 118 242 13 3 10 *5 AS,MVP-5
1948 25 DET AL 92 414 368 47 112 24 3 2 44 2 2 33 15 .304 .369 .402 .772 103 148 10 5 8 5 AS,MVP-16
1949 26 DET AL 134 612 522 97 179 38 9 3 59 7 5 71 13 .343 .424 .467 .892 135 244 17 3 16 *5 AS,MVP-8
1950 27 DET AL 157 724 641 114 218 56 6 8 101 3 3 66 18 .340 .403 .484 .886 123 310 23 1 16 *5 AS,MVP-4
1951 28 DET AL 147 674 598 92 191 36 3 2 59 10 3 61 18 .319 .386 .400 .786 113 239 13 4 11 *5 AS,MVP-15
1952 29 TOT AL 114 483 428 52 133 23 2 7 57 0 2 46 23 .311 .379 .423 .802 118 181 13 1 8 *5 AS
1952 29 DET AL 39 171 152 11 45 8 0 1 17 0 1 15 13 .296 .359 .368 .728 103 56 2 0 4 5
1952 29 BOS AL 75 312 276 41 88 15 2 6 40 0 1 31 10 .319 .390 .453 .843 126 125 11 1 4 5
1953 30 BOS AL 134 520 460 68 141 41 2 12 73 5 2 52 22 .307 .383 .483 .866 128 222 10 5 3 *5/7O AS,MVP-26
1954 31 TOT AL 97 370 326 40 90 13 0 5 58 1 1 33 15 .276 .334 .362 .696 87 118 7 0 2 9 53/79 AS
1954 31 BOS AL 26 109 93 15 24 3 0 0 10 0 0 15 3 .258 .361 .290 .651 73 27 2 0 1 0 5
1954 31 CHW AL 71 261 233 25 66 10 0 5 48 1 1 18 12 .283 .323 .391 .714 93 91 5 0 1 9 35/79
1955 32 CHW AL 128 504 429 44 134 24 1 8 81 2 2 51 36 .312 .389 .429 .818 118 184 7 6 13 5 2 *53/7
1956 33 TOT AL 123 480 425 52 115 22 2 9 48 0 1 33 37 .271 .324 .395 .719 95 168 11 3 14 5 3 *5/34 AS
1956 33 CHW AL 21 91 80 7 25 5 0 1 11 0 0 8 6 .313 .371 .413 .783 106 33 3 0 2 1 0 5/3
1956 33 BAL AL 102 389 345 45 90 17 2 8 37 0 1 25 31 .261 .313 .391 .704 92 135 8 3 12 4 3 5/34
1957 34 BAL AL 99 345 310 28 92 9 0 9 44 2 0 25 16 .297 .352 .413 .765 115 128 11 2 7 1 2 53 AS
15 Seasons 1795 7528 6702 881 2054 385 50 78 870 51 36 621 287 .306 .367 .414 .781 111 2773 188 36 149 20 7
162 Game Avg. 162 679 605 80 185 35 5 7 79 5 3 56 26 .306 .367 .414 .781 111 250 17 3 13
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
DET (7 yrs) 826 3734 3303 503 1075 210 35 25 414 34 27 337 107 .325 .391 .433 .824 119 1430 89 16 78
PHA (4 yrs) 313 1263 1173 105 319 51 8 4 112 7 2 59 44 .272 .309 .339 .648 88 398 42 3 28
BOS (3 yrs) 235 941 829 124 253 59 4 18 123 5 3 98 35 .305 .383 .451 .834 121 374 23 6 8 0
CHW (3 yrs) 220 856 742 76 225 39 1 14 140 3 3 77 54 .303 .367 .415 .782 109 308 15 6 16 15 2
BAL (2 yrs) 201 734 655 73 182 26 2 17 81 2 1 50 47 .278 .331 .402 .733 103 263 19 5 19 5 5

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
1943 20 PHA AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /5
1944 21 PHA AL 556 -18 1 0 0 0 0 12 -5 -0.7 -5 -0.5 -0.2 $ *5 MVP-22
1945 22 PHA AL 602 -9 0 0 0 10 0 13 14 1.3 4 0.5 0.8 $ *5
1946 23 PHA AL 100 2 -1 0 0 1 0 3 5 0.5 4 0.5 0.0 $ 5 MVP-16
1946 23 DET AL 477 14 3 0 0 5 0 11 33 3.6 28 3.1 0.5 $ *5/3 MVP-16
1947 24 DET AL 662 20 -3 0 0 7 0 17 41 4.2 34 3.6 0.6 $ *5 AS,MVP-5
1948 25 DET AL 414 1 -1 0 0 -4 0 10 6 0.6 10 1.0 -0.4 $ 5 AS,MVP-16
1949 26 DET AL 612 31 2 0 0 2 0 15 50 5.0 48 4.8 0.2 $ *5 AS,MVP-8
1950 27 DET AL 724 24 1 0 0 2 0 18 45 4.4 43 4.2 0.2 $ *5 AS,MVP-4
1951 28 DET AL 674 11 2 0 0 1 0 17 31 3.1 30 3.1 0.0 $ *5 AS,MVP-15
1952 29 DET AL 171 -1 -1 0 0 1 0 4 3 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $ 5 AS
1952 29 BOS AL 312 11 0 0 0 0 0 9 20 2.1 20 2.1 0.0 $ 5 AS
1953 30 BOS AL 520 18 0 0 0 0 0 15 34 3.5 33 3.4 0.1 $ *5/7O AS,MVP-26
1954 31 BOS AL 109 -3 0 2 -1 -2 0 3 -1 -0.1 1 0.1 -0.2 $ 5 AS
1954 31 CHW AL 261 -1 -1 4 0 -3 -2 7 4 0.4 7 0.7 -0.3 $ 35/79 AS
1955 32 CHW AL 504 15 -1 0 1 -2 -1 14 27 2.8 28 2.9 -0.1 $ *53/7
1956 33 CHW AL 91 1 -1 1 0 -0 0 2 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ 5/3 AS
1956 33 BAL AL 389 -5 0 1 1 1 1 11 10 1.0 9 0.9 0.1 $ 5/34 AS
1957 34 BAL AL 345 6 -1 -1 -1 -0 0 10 13 1.3 13 1.4 -0.1 $37,000 53 AS
15 Seasons 7528 117 -1 7 0 20 -2 191 333 33.6 312 32.3 1.3 $37,000
Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
DET (7 yrs) 3734 100 3 0 0 14 0 92 209 21.2 195 20.0 1.2 $
PHA (4 yrs) 1263 -25 0 0 0 11 0 28 14 1.1 3 0.5 0.6 $
BOS (3 yrs) 941 26 0 2 -1 -2 0 27 53 5.5 54 5.6 -0.1 $
CHW (3 yrs) 856 15 -3 5 1 -4 -3 23 34 3.5 38 3.9 -0.4 $
BAL (2 yrs) 734 1 -1 0 0 1 1 21 23 2.3 22 2.3 0.0 $37,000

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
1943 20 PHA AL 5 4 1 6.8 86 .200 .200 .255 .200 .329 .600 .352 .800 .681 131 .745 0.0 0.0 .750 .400 .400
1944 21 PHA AL 556 425 48 3.1 89 .281 .268 .264 .300 .331 .309 .361 .609 .692 76 .376 -16.9 -1.8 .456 .089 .041 .0
1945 22 PHA AL 602 433 62 3.8 87 .274 .272 .259 .306 .331 .356 .352 .662 .683 93 .496 -6.6 -0.7 .545 .136 .085 2.7
1946 23 TOT AL 577 382 84 5.9 100 .330 .322 .270 .372 .345 .432 .388 .804 .733 119 .653 12.4 1.3 .728 .188 .109 3.4
1946 23 PHA AL 100 64 13 5.4 94 .321 .299 .261 .378 .335 .391 .376 .768 .711 117 .620 2.4 0.2 .726 .207 .092
1946 23 DET AL 477 318 71 6.0 101 .332 .327 .272 .371 .347 .440 .391 .811 .738 119 .660 10.0 1.0 .728 .184 .113 3.4
1947 24 DET AL 662 434 91 5.6 100 .323 .320 .267 .387 .348 .412 .384 .798 .732 118 .631 15.8 1.6 .717 .192 .092 6.4
1948 25 DET AL 414 276 53 5.1 108 .313 .304 .277 .369 .362 .402 .400 .772 .762 103 .548 1.6 0.2 .694 .188 .098 2.0
1949 26 DET AL 612 381 102 7.1 107 .348 .343 .272 .424 .364 .467 .395 .892 .759 135 .692 28.8 2.8 .877 .264 .125 4.2
1950 27 DET AL 724 465 124 7.1 116 .341 .340 .282 .403 .370 .484 .423 .886 .792 123 .657 24.0 2.2 .840 .246 .144 4.4
1951 28 DET AL 674 434 92 5.7 102 .327 .319 .268 .386 .349 .400 .392 .786 .741 113 .606 12.8 1.3 .735 .194 .080 3.3
1952 29 TOT AL 483 318 68 5.8 101 .317 .311 .266 .379 .347 .423 .388 .802 .735 118 .646 11.5 1.2 .729 .215 .112 .0
1952 29 DET AL 171 114 20 4.7 96 .319 .296 .260 .359 .340 .368 .380 .728 .720 103 .560 0.9 0.1 .636 .164 .072 .0
1952 29 BOS AL 312 204 48 6.4 103 .315 .319 .269 .390 .350 .453 .393 .843 .743 126 .685 10.6 1.1 .780 .243 .134 .0
1953 30 BOS AL 520 334 84 6.8 107 .303 .307 .276 .383 .353 .483 .406 .866 .758 128 .681 19.5 1.9 .852 .296 .176 7.1
1954 31 TOT AL 370 255 40 4.2 103 .270 .276 .271 .334 .348 .362 .397 .696 .745 87 .495 -4.9 -0.5 .619 .187 .086 1.7
1954 31 BOS AL 109 72 10 3.7 108 .267 .258 .278 .361 .355 .290 .406 .651 .762 73 .440 -3.0 -0.3 .592 .194 .032
1954 31 CHW AL 261 183 30 4.4 101 .271 .283 .269 .323 .345 .391 .393 .714 .738 93 .515 -1.9 -0.2 .630 .185 .107 1.7
1955 32 CHW AL 504 322 75 6.2 105 .323 .312 .270 .389 .350 .429 .402 .818 .752 118 .637 12.9 1.3 .793 .235 .117 3.2
1956 33 TOT AL 480 341 54 4.2 101 .276 .271 .260 .324 .340 .395 .396 .719 .737 95 .442 -2.9 -0.3 .630 .200 .125 .0
1956 33 CHW AL 91 61 12 5.3 107 .324 .313 .268 .371 .351 .413 .410 .783 .760 106 .542 1.0 0.1 .707 .200 .100 .0
1956 33 BAL AL 389 280 42 4.0 99 .265 .261 .258 .313 .338 .391 .393 .704 .731 92 .419 -3.9 -0.4 .614 .200 .130 .0
1957 34 BAL AL 345 237 44 5.0 93 .290 .297 .255 .352 .326 .413 .385 .765 .710 115 .561 6.3 0.6 .686 .203 .116 3.3
15 Seasons 7528 5041 1022 5.4 102 .311 .306 .269 .367 .348 .414 .390 .781 .739 111 .595 114.3 11.1 .707 .202 .107 61.7
162 Game Avg. 679 455 92 5.4 102 .311 .306 .269 .367 .348 .414 .390 .781 .739 111 .595 10 1 .707 .202 .107 6
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
DET (7 yrs) 3734 2422 553 6.1 106 .331 .325 .272 .391 .356 .433 .397 .824 .753 119 .635 93.9 9.2 .764 .212 .107 28.8
PHA (4 yrs) 1263 926 124 3.6 88 .280 .272 .262 .309 .331 .339 .358 .648 .689 88 .456 -21.1 -2.3 .518 .122 .067 5.1
BOS (3 yrs) 941 610 142 6.3 105 .303 .305 .274 .383 .352 .451 .401 .834 .754 121 .662 27.1 2.7 .797 .267 .146 7.8
CHW (3 yrs) 856 566 117 5.5 104 .306 .303 .269 .367 .349 .415 .400 .782 .749 109 .593 12.0 1.2 .731 .216 .112 4.9
BAL (2 yrs) 734 517 86 4.5 96 .277 .278 .256 .331 .332 .402 .389 .733 .721 103 .486 2.4 0.3 .647 .202 .124 3.6

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
1947 DET AL 24 as 3B 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 DET AL 25 DNP
1949 DET AL 26 as 3B 4 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .667 .750 .667 1.417 2 0 0 0 0 0
1950 DET AL 27 as 3B 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 DET AL 28 as 3B 5 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .333 .500 1.333 1.833 4 0 0 1 0 0
1952 BOS AL 29 DNP
1953 BOS AL 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 CHW AL 31 DNP
1956 BAL AL 33 as 3B 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 1 0 0 0 0
1957 BAL AL 34 as 3B 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons (7 Appearances) 26 23 3 4 0 0 1 3 1 0 2 4 .174 .240 .304 .544 7 1 0 1 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
1943 20 PHA AL 5 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 20.0% 100% 5.0 100%
1944 21 PHA AL 556 0.0% 4.1% 4.0% 3.2% 13% 1.05 22.3 11.7 88%
1945 22 PHA AL 602 0.7% 2.5% 4.5% 6.2% 24% 0.56 37.8 141.8 10.1 91%
1946 23 TOT AL 577 0.7% 3.5% 6.9% 6.8% 23% 0.50 26.1 130.3 10.0 86%
1946 23 PHA AL 100 0.0% 6.0% 10.0% 7.0% 27% 0.60 14.5 7.9 81%
1946 23 DET AL 477 0.8% 2.9% 6.3% 6.7% 23% 0.47 31.0 108.5 10.6 87%
1947 24 DET AL 662 0.8% 2.4% 9.2% 5.9% 21% 0.26 36.8 117.6 6.3 86%
1948 25 DET AL 414 0.5% 3.6% 8.0% 7.0% 26% 0.45 24.5 184.0 8.4 85%
1949 26 DET AL 612 0.5% 2.1% 11.6% 8.2% 28% 0.18 40.2 174.0 8.8 83%
1950 27 DET AL 724 1.1% 2.5% 9.1% 9.7% 32% 0.27 35.6 80.1 6.3 0.91 85%
1951 28 DET AL 674 0.3% 2.7% 9.1% 6.1% 22% 0.30 33.2 299.0 10.1 0.79 86%
1952 29 TOT AL 483 1.5% 4.8% 9.5% 6.6% 24% 0.50 18.6 61.1 7.5 0.78 82%
1952 29 DET AL 171 0.6% 7.6% 8.8% 5.3% 20% 0.87 11.7 152.0 8.9 0.92 81%
1952 29 BOS AL 312 1.9% 3.2% 9.9% 7.4% 26% 0.32 27.6 46.0 6.9 0.71 83%
1953 30 BOS AL 520 2.3% 4.2% 10.0% 10.6% 39% 0.42 20.9 38.3 6.3 0.81 82%
1954 31 TOT AL 370 1.4% 4.1% 8.9% 4.9% 20% 0.45 21.7 65.2 5.6 0.85 85%
1954 31 BOS AL 109 0.0% 2.8% 13.8% 2.8% 13% 0.20 31.0 9.3 0.86 83%
1954 31 CHW AL 261 1.9% 4.6% 6.9% 5.8% 23% 0.67 19.4 46.6 4.9 0.84 86%
1955 32 CHW AL 504 1.6% 7.1% 10.1% 6.6% 25% 0.71 11.9 53.6 5.3 0.97 77%
1956 33 TOT AL 480 1.9% 7.7% 6.9% 6.9% 29% 1.12 11.5 47.2 8.9 0.94 80%
1956 33 CHW AL 91 1.1% 6.6% 8.8% 6.6% 24% 0.75 13.3 80.0 7.3 0.93 81%
1956 33 BAL AL 389 2.1% 8.0% 6.4% 6.9% 30% 1.24 11.1 43.1 9.3 0.94 80%
1957 34 BAL AL 345 2.6% 4.6% 7.3% 5.2% 20% 0.64 19.4 34.4 7.0 1.07 83%
15 Seasons 7528 1.0% 3.8% 8.3% 6.8% 25% 0.46 23.4 85.9 7.7 0.88 84%
MLB Averages 1.8% 10.2% 9.4% 6.3% 27% 1.09 8.7 50.0 8.4 0.96 77%
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
1943 20 PHA AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1944 21 PHA AL -16.9 -1.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 22 PHA AL -6.6 -0.7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 23 TOT AL 12.4 1.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 23 PHA AL 2.4 0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 23 DET AL 10.0 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 24 DET AL 15.8 1.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 25 DET AL 1.6 0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1949 26 DET AL 28.8 2.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1950 27 DET AL 24.0 2.2 571 -0.0 9.9 -9.9 1.01 1.9 -1.9 15.6 1.4 0.96 21.3 0
1951 28 DET AL 12.8 1.3 516 2.8 11.3 -8.5 1.12 1.2 1.3 15.2 1.5 0.95 10.9 0
1952 29 TOT AL 11.5 1.2 484 0.7 9.1 -8.4 1.07 1.5 -0.9 17.0 1.7 0.98 17.7 2.71 1
1952 29 DET AL 0.9 0.1 172 -1.0 2.6 -3.5 1.11 -0.3 -0.6 -2.1 -0.2 0.95 -1.3 0
1952 29 BOS AL 10.6 1.1 312 1.7 6.6 -4.8 1.04 1.8 -0.2 19.1 1.9 1.00 19.0 2.71 1
1953 30 BOS AL 19.5 1.9 534 4.1 13.5 -9.4 1.15 2.7 0.9 25.1 2.4 1.00 28.3 2.13 8
1954 31 TOT AL -4.9 -0.5 373 0.8 8.1 -7.3 1.18 0.7 0.0 10.1 1.0 1.05 6.4 2.34 9
1954 31 BOS AL -3.0 -0.3 109 -0.1 1.9 -2.0 1.10 -0.0 -0.1 0.7 0.1 0.95 -0.4 3.29 1
1954 31 CHW AL -1.9 -0.2 264 0.9 6.2 -5.3 1.22 0.7 0.1 9.4 0.9 1.09 6.8 2.22 8
1955 32 CHW AL 12.9 1.3 512 2.5 11.3 -8.8 1.10 1.8 0.4 22.6 2.2 1.02 18.4 2.44 8
1956 33 TOT AL -2.9 -0.3 487 -1.0 8.3 -9.3 1.09 -0.1 -0.8 -6.6 -0.7 0.95 -1.1 0.83 6
1956 33 CHW AL 1.0 0.1 91 0.4 2.1 -1.7 1.15 0.4 -0.1 2.0 0.2 1.01 4.1 0
1956 33 BAL AL -3.9 -0.4 396 -1.4 6.2 -7.6 1.08 -0.5 -0.8 -8.5 -0.9 0.94 -5.2 0.83 6
1957 34 BAL AL 6.3 0.6 351 -0.2 6.9 -7.1 1.20 0.3 -0.4 2.0 0.2 1.01 3.9 1.85 11
15 Seasons 114.3 11.1 3828 9.8 78.3 -68.6 1.11 10.0 -1.2 101.0 9.8 0.99 105.9 1.99 43
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
1950 27 DET AL 8 0 38% 253 3 3 50% 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 6 7 58% 34 21 13 10 4 6 28 4 23
1951 28 DET AL 4 0 35% 228 10 3 77% 7 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 6 4 58% 40 20 20 5 3 2 22 4 17
1952 29 TOT AL 10 0 26% 222 0 2 0% 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 10 41% 30 17 12 7 4 3 17 8 7
1952 29 DET AL 1 0 17% 70 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 36% 10 6 4 2 2 0 2 1 1
1952 29 BOS AL 9 0 31% 152 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 7 43% 20 11 8 5 2 3 15 7 6
1953 30 BOS AL 6 0 30% 211 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 8 40% 32 28 4 11 5 4 29 6 21
1954 31 TOT AL 14 0 30% 151 1 1 50% 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 4 31% 24 19 5 1 1 0 17 9 8
1954 31 BOS AL 5 0 39% 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 50% 9 6 3 0 0 0 5 1 4
1954 31 CHW AL 9 0 25% 98 1 1 50% 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 21% 15 13 2 1 1 0 12 8 4
1955 32 CHW AL 6 0 20% 210 2 2 50% 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 6 30% 34 29 5 3 1 1 13 4 9
1956 33 TOT AL 12 0 30% 170 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 14 43% 26 22 4 7 5 2 18 2 16
1956 33 CHW AL 3 0 19% 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 39% 6 6 0 1 1 0 6 1 5
1956 33 BAL AL 9 0 34% 127 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 13 45% 20 16 4 6 4 2 12 1 11
1957 34 BAL AL 3 0 17% 142 2 0 100% 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 9 19% 19 18 1 6 4 2 12 6 4
15 Seasons 63 0 31% 1587 51 36 59% 19 8 1 3 1 4 7 0 46 62 43% 239 174 64 50 27 20 156 43 105

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
1950 27 DET AL 553 35% 218 0 0 0 0 8 0 14 3 4 3 4 0 19 16 84% 143 23 16% 56 30 54% 391 70 18% 28 17 61% 28 19 68% 171
1951 28 DET AL 497 33% 191 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 2 0 1 1 0 12 11 92% 115 13 11% 43 23 53% 325 51 16% 23 17 74% 18 13 72% 177
1952 29 TOT AL 467 26% 133 1 0 0 0 2.71 7 0 8 6 1 5 2 0 10 8 80% 107 13 12% 47 22 47% 317 52 16% 29 16 55% 28 18 64% 16
1952 29 DET AL 167 31% 45 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 5 4 80% 41 2 5% 17 10 59% 106 16 15% 10 8 80% 10 6 60% 4
1952 29 BOS AL 300 23% 88 1 0 0 0 2.71 6 0 5 6 0 4 2 0 5 4 80% 66 11 17% 30 12 40% 211 36 17% 19 8 42% 18 12 67% 12
1953 30 BOS AL 520 20% 141 8 4 0 3 2.13 12 0 15 11 1 9 3 0 4 3 75% 116 10 9% 44 16 36% 378 64 17% 32 16 50% 18 11 61% 0
1954 31 TOT AL 370 34% 90 9 1 0 0 2.34 5 0 13 2 3 4 1 0 4 2 50% 78 7 9% 35 17 49% 305 61 20% 40 28 70% 18 8 44% 0
1954 31 BOS AL 109 26% 24 1 0 0 0 3.29 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 15 2 13% 7 2 29% 77 12 16% 8 4 50% 9 3 33% 0
1954 31 CHW AL 261 38% 66 8 1 0 0 2.22 5 0 11 2 3 4 1 0 3 1 33% 63 5 8% 28 15 54% 228 49 21% 32 24 75% 9 5 56% 0
1955 32 CHW AL 504 30% 134 8 2 0 2 2.44 8 1 20 6 2 2 6 0 16 13 81% 105 7 7% 44 21 48% 383 74 19% 41 27 66% 24 17 71% 0
1956 33 TOT AL 480 34% 115 6 0 0 0 0.83 9 0 9 5 4 2 7 0 14 14 100% 120 11 9% 45 22 49% 329 42 13% 31 16 52% 23 18 78% 0
1956 33 CHW AL 91 40% 25 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 100% 24 3 13% 8 5 63% 71 10 14% 7 5 71% 8 7 88% 0
1956 33 BAL AL 389 32% 90 6 0 0 0 0.83 8 0 6 5 3 2 6 0 12 12 100% 96 8 8% 37 17 46% 258 32 12% 24 11 46% 15 11 73% 0
1957 34 BAL AL 345 31% 92 11 4 0 2 1.85 9 0 13 5 4 3 6 0 7 7 100% 80 11 14% 42 13 31% 229 35 15% 18 10 56% 17 7 41% 0
15 Seasons 3736 30% 2054 43 11 0 7 1.99 78 1 101 40 19 29 30 0 86 149 173% 864 188 22% 356 164 46% 2657 449 17% 242 147 61% 174 111 64% 364
MLB Averages 49% 182% 21% 32% 14% 50% 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
1943 20 1 5 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .600 .800 131 3 0 0 0
1944 21 140 561 519 52 139 15 4 0 45 5 2 22 23 .268 .299 .312 .611 77 162 28 1 19
1945 22 287 1163 1086 102 293 45 7 4 101 7 2 49 38 .270 .303 .335 .638 85 364 41 2 26
1946 23 418 1740 1607 172 461 70 17 8 153 10 4 89 58 .287 .325 .367 .692 97 589 53 3 41
1947 24 570 2402 2195 247 649 99 22 13 246 19 15 150 74 .296 .342 .379 .721 103 831 66 6 51
1948 25 662 2816 2563 294 761 123 25 15 290 21 17 183 89 .297 .346 .382 .728 103 979 76 11 59
1949 26 796 3428 3085 391 940 161 34 18 349 28 22 254 102 .305 .360 .396 .757 109 1223 93 14 75
1950 27 953 4152 3726 505 1158 217 40 26 450 31 25 320 120 .311 .368 .411 .779 111 1533 116 15 91
1951 28 1100 4826 4324 597 1349 253 43 28 509 41 28 381 138 .312 .370 .410 .780 112 1772 129 19 102
1952 29 1214 5309 4752 649 1482 276 45 35 566 41 30 427 161 .312 .371 .411 .782 112 1953 142 20 110
1953 30 1348 5829 5212 717 1623 317 47 47 639 46 32 479 183 .311 .372 .417 .789 114 2175 152 25 113
1954 31 1445 6199 5538 757 1713 330 47 52 697 47 33 512 198 .309 .370 .414 .784 112 2293 159 25 115 9
1955 32 1573 6703 5967 801 1847 354 48 60 778 49 35 563 234 .310 .371 .415 .786 112 2477 166 31 128 14 2
1956 33 1696 7183 6392 853 1962 376 50 69 826 49 36 596 271 .307 .368 .414 .782 111 2645 177 34 142 19 5
1957 34 1795 7528 6702 881 2054 385 50 78 870 51 36 621 287 .306 .367 .414 .781 111 2773 188 36 149 20 7

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
1943 20 1 5 5 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 .200 .200 .600 .800 1 1
1944 21 145 573 547 60 154 17 3 0 51 6 25 24 .282 .314 .324 .638 55 139
1945 22 156 646 614 61 177 34 3 5 68 2 31 16 .288 .324 .378 .701 75 147
1946 23 137 592 548 75 179 27 11 4 56 3 43 21 .327 .377 .438 .815 90 131
1947 24 158 680 613 80 198 31 5 5 99 9 64 17 .323 .390 .414 .804 99 152
1948 25 96 417 379 45 111 24 3 2 42 2 33 16 .293 .357 .388 .745 51 92
1949 26 140 611 537 95 179 38 9 3 58 7 71 14 .333 .414 .454 .868 100 134
1950 27 164 711 648 101 206 53 6 8 90 3 62 19 .318 .378 .455 .834 111 157
1951 28 155 689 623 92 195 37 3 2 59 10 62 19 .313 .379 .392 .770 92 147
1952 29 119 497 448 55 140 24 2 7 60 0 48 24 .313 .380 .422 .802 72 114
1953 30 140 532 475 67 142 41 2 12 72 5 52 23 .299 .374 .469 .844 83 134
1954 31 101 383 340 42 93 13 0 5 60 1 34 16 .274 .332 .356 .687 42 97
1955 32 134 510 446 45 138 25 1 8 82 2 53 38 .309 .386 .424 .810 72 128
1956 33 129 488 445 55 121 23 2 9 51 0 35 39 .272 .326 .393 .719 57 123
1957 34 104 364 333 33 104 10 0 10 52 2 28 17 .312 .368 .432 .801 53 99
15 Seasons 1879 7698 7001 908 2138 397 51 80 902 52 641 303 .305 .366 .411 .777 1053 1795
162 Game Avg. 162 664 604 78 184 34 4 7 78 4 55 26 .305 .366 .411 .777 91 1795

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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
1964 BBWAA (16.4%)
1964 Run Off ( 4.0%)
1966 BBWAA ( 9.6%)
1967 BBWAA (13.7%)
1967 Run Off ( 3.6%)
1968 BBWAA (16.6%)
1969 BBWAA (17.6%)
1970 BBWAA (30.0%)
1971 BBWAA (29.2%)
1972 BBWAA (29.0%)
1973 BBWAA (30.0%)
1974 BBWAA (25.8%)
1975 BBWAA (31.5%)
1976 BBWAA (33.2%)
1977 BBWAA (36.8%)
1983 Veterans (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1983
by Veteran's Committee

All-Star Games
1947 (3B)
1948
1949 (3B)
1950 (3B)
1951 (3B)
1952
1953 *
1954
1956 (3B)
1957 (3B)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1944 AL (22, 2%)
1946 AL (16, 4%)
1947 AL (5, 39%)
1948 AL (16, 4%)
1949 AL (8, 24%)
1950 AL (4, 38%)
1951 AL (15, 9%)
1953 AL (26, 0%)
1.20 Career Shares (197th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1949 AL  5.0 (10th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1947 AL  4.2 (8th)
1949 AL  5.0 (5th)
1950 AL  4.4 (7th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1947 AL  3.6 (10th)
1949 AL  4.8 (4th)
1950 AL  4.2 (8th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1945 AL  0.8 (6th)
1946 AL  0.5 (9th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1946 AL  .322 (4th)
1947 AL  .320 (5th)
1949 AL  .343 (1st)
1950 AL  .340 (2nd)
1951 AL  .319 (3rd)
1952 AL  .311 (4th)
1953 AL  .307 (7th)
1955 AL  .312 (3rd)
Career  .306 (139th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1946 AL  .372 (9th)
1947 AL  .387 (10th)
1949 AL  .424 (4th)
1955 AL  .389 (5th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1949 AL  .467 (8th)
1953 AL  .483 (8th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1949 AL  .892 (4th)
1950 AL  .886 (9th)
1953 AL  .866 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1945 AL  147 (9th)
1947 AL  152 (8th)
1950 AL  157 (1st)
1951 AL  147 (7th)

At Bats s c a p y
1945 AL  567 (7th)
1947 AL  588 (4th)
1950 AL  641 (1st)
1951 AL  598 (4th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1947 AL  662 (6th)
1950 AL  724 (4th)
1951 AL  674 (5th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1949 AL  97 (8th)
1950 AL  114 (5th)
1951 AL  92 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1945 AL  154 (7th)
1946 AL  168 (8th)
1947 AL  188 (2nd)
1949 AL  179 (6th)
1950 AL  218 (1st)
1951 AL  191 (1st)
Career  2,054 (239th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1947 AL  242 (6th)
1949 AL  244 (10th)
1950 AL  310 (4th)

Doubles s c a p y
1945 AL  30 (5th)
1947 AL  29 (5th)
1949 AL  38 (2nd)
1950 AL  56 (1st)
1951 AL  36 (1st)
1953 AL  41 (2nd)
Career  385 (202nd)

Triples s c a p y
1946 AL  10 (3rd)
1949 AL  9 (4th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1947 AL  93 (7th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1951 AL  10 (8th)

Singles s c a p y
1944 AL  120 (9th)
1945 AL  117 (5th)
1946 AL  129 (5th)
1947 AL  149 (2nd)
1949 AL  129 (10th)
1950 AL  148 (2nd)
1951 AL  150 (1st)
Career  1,541 (177th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1949 AL  135 (5th)
1950 AL  123 (9th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1947 AL  91 (6th)
1949 AL  102 (5th)
1950 AL  124 (1st)
1951 AL  92 (10th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1949 AL  29 (6th)
1950 AL  24 (10th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1949 AL  2.8 (6th)
1950 AL  2.3 (10th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1949 AL  50 (9th)
1950 AL  70 (2nd)
1953 AL  55 (4th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1947 AL  252 (3rd)
1950 AL  285 (3rd)
1951 AL  256 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1949 AL  .692 (4th)
1950 AL  .657 (10th)
1953 AL  .681 (8th)
1955 AL  .637 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1947 AL  3 (10th)
1948 AL  5 (6th)
1953 AL  5 (10th)
1955 AL  6 (9th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1944 AL  19 (5th)
1946 AL  15 (1st)
1949 AL  16 (3rd)
1950 AL  16 (3rd)
1951 AL  11 (7th)
1955 AL  13 (4th)
1956 AL  14 (1st)
Career  149 (176th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1954 AL  9 (4th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1944 AL  28 (1st)
1945 AL  13 (8th)
1950 AL  23 (4th)
Career  188 (122nd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1947 AL  11 (4th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1944 AL  22.3 (8th)
1945 AL  37.8 (2nd)
1946 AL  26.1 (2nd)
1947 AL  36.8 (2nd)
1949 AL  40.2 (3rd)
1950 AL  35.6 (2nd)
1951 AL  33.2 (2nd)
1952 AL  18.6 (6th)
1953 AL  20.9 (5th)
1956 AL  11.5 (10th)
Career  23.4 (73rd)

Outs Made s c a p y
1945 AL  433 (8th)
1950 AL  465 (5th)
1951 AL  434 (8th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1953 AL  25.07 (9th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1951 AL  2.8 (7th)
1953 AL  4.1 (5th)
1955 AL  2.5 (8th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1953 AL  2.7 (8th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1953 AL  2.4 (9th)

Youngest s c a p y
1943 AL  born 1922-08-23 (8th)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 - 16 (141), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 93 (250), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 90 (187), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 29 (354), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Harvey Kuenn (942)
  2. Bill Madlock (908)
  3. Sam West (900)
  4. Jimmy Collins (899) *
  5. Pinky Higgins (898)
  6. Carney Lansford (890)
  7. Dixie Walker (882)
  8. Home Run Baker (882) *
  9. Placido Polanco (874)
  10. Pinky Whitney (872)
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  1. Milt Stock (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  3. Sean Burroughs (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Brooks Robinson (951) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Red Smith (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Red Smith (927)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Pete Rose (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Pete Rose (927)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Harvey Kuenn (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Harvey Kuenn (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Harvey Kuenn (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Harvey Kuenn (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Harvey Kuenn (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Harvey Kuenn (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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