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Ken Keltner

Kenneth Frederick Keltner (Butch)

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 31, 1916 in Milwaukee, WI
High School: Boy's Technical HS (Milwaukee, WI) (All Transactions)
Debut: October 2, 1937
Teams (by GP): Indians/RedSox 1937-1950

Final Game: May 25, 1950
Died: December 12, 1991 in New Berlin, WI
Buried: Wisconsin Memorial Park, Brookfield, WI
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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
1937 20 CLE AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /5
1938 21 CLE AL 149 619 576 86 159 31 9 26 113 4 3 33 75 .276 .319 .497 .815 103 286 3 7 *5 MVP-14
1939 22 CLE AL 154 646 587 84 191 35 11 13 97 6 6 51 41 .325 .379 .489 .868 123 287 15 0 10 *5 MVP-12
1940 23 CLE AL 149 609 543 67 138 24 10 15 77 10 5 51 56 .254 .322 .418 .740 92 227 11 3 11 *5 AS
1941 24 CLE AL 149 645 581 83 156 31 13 23 84 2 2 51 56 .269 .330 .485 .815 118 282 9 2 10 *5 AS
1942 25 CLE AL 152 663 624 72 179 34 4 6 78 4 3 20 36 .287 .312 .383 .695 100 239 16 3 16 *5 AS,MVP-14
1943 26 CLE AL 110 470 427 47 111 31 3 4 39 2 2 36 20 .260 .317 .375 .692 108 160 13 0 6 *5 AS,MVP-31
1944 27 CLE AL 149 632 573 74 169 41 9 13 91 4 3 53 29 .295 .355 .466 .821 137 267 23 0 6 *5 AS
1945 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946 29 CLE AL 116 435 398 47 96 17 1 13 45 0 3 30 38 .241 .294 .387 .681 95 154 14 0 7 *5 AS
1947 30 CLE AL 151 612 541 49 139 29 3 11 76 5 4 59 45 .257 .331 .383 .714 101 207 8 1 12 *5
1948 31 CLE AL 153 656 558 91 166 24 4 31 119 2 1 89 52 .297 .395 .522 .917 146 291 23 1 8 *5 AS,MVP-14
1949 32 CLE AL 80 292 246 35 57 9 2 8 30 0 1 38 26 .232 .335 .382 .717 91 94 10 0 8 5
1950 33 BOS AL 13 32 28 2 9 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 6 .321 .387 .393 .780 92 11 2 0 1 /53
13 Yrs 1526 6312 5683 737 1570 308 69 163 852 39 33 514 480 .276 .338 .441 .778 112 2505 144 13 102
162 Game Avg. 162 670 603 78 167 33 7 17 90 4 4 55 51 .276 .338 .441 .778 112 266 1 11
CLE (12 yrs) 1513 6280 5655 735 1561 306 69 163 850 39 33 511 474 .276 .337 .441 .778 112 2494 142 13 101
BOS (1 yr) 13 32 28 2 9 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 6 .321 .387 .393 .780 92 11 2 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
1937 20 CLE AL 1 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .472 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /5
1938 21 CLE AL 149 619 -4 0 0 -1 2 -3 -0.2 20 17 1.8 .498 .499 1.8 0.2 18 $ *5 MVP-14
1939 22 CLE AL 154 646 21 -1 0 5 2 26 2.4 20 46 4.4 .516 .515 3.9 0.6 41 $ *5 MVP-12
1940 23 CLE AL 149 609 -7 0 0 1 2 -4 -0.4 15 11 1.1 .497 .497 1.0 0.3 10 $ *5 AS
1941 24 CLE AL 149 645 12 0 0 10 1 23 2.3 16 39 3.9 .516 .514 3.0 1.1 29 $ *5 AS
1942 25 CLE AL 152 663 -1 0 0 9 0 9 1.0 14 23 2.4 .506 .506 1.4 1.1 14 $ *5 AS,MVP-14
1943 26 CLE AL 110 470 5 0 0 6 0 11 1.2 10 20 2.2 .511 .508 1.5 0.7 14 $ *5 AS,MVP-31
1944 27 CLE AL 149 632 26 -0 0 9 0 35 3.8 13 48 5.2 .526 .524 4.2 1.0 39 $ *5 AS
1946 29 CLE AL 116 435 -2 -1 0 0 0 -3 -0.3 11 8 0.8 .497 .498 0.8 0.0 8 $ *5 AS
1947 30 CLE AL 151 612 1 0 0 5 0 6 0.6 16 22 2.1 .504 .504 1.6 0.5 17 $ *5
1948 31 CLE AL 153 656 36 0 -5 12 0 43 4.3 16 60 5.9 .528 .526 4.7 1.2 48 $ *5 AS,MVP-14
1949 32 CLE AL 80 292 -3 -0 -2 4 0 -1 -0.1 7 6 0.6 .498 .499 0.2 0.4 2 $ 5
1950 33 BOS AL 13 32 -0 0 -0 0 0 -1 -0.1 1 -0 0.0 .493 .499 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /53
13 Seasons 1526 6312 82 -1 -7 60 6 140 14.4 159 299 30.4 .509 .507 24.1 7.2 240 $
CLE (12 yrs) 1513 6280 83 -1 -7 60 6 141 14.5 158 300 30.4 .510 .507 24.1 7.2 240 $
BOS (1 yr) 13 32 -0 0 -0 0 0 -1 -0.1 1 -0 0.0 .493 .499 0.0 0.0 -0 $

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
1937 20 CLE AL 1 1 0 0.0 115 .000 .000 .287 .000 .362 .000 .428 .000 .790 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1938 21 CLE AL 619 427 89 5.5 116 .280 .276 .288 .319 .366 .497 .429 .815 .795 103 .518 -2.7 -0.2 .769 .280 .220 6.9
1939 22 CLE AL 646 427 107 6.6 111 .334 .325 .283 .379 .357 .489 .418 .868 .775 123 .622 19.4 1.8 .811 .250 .164 8.2
1940 23 CLE AL 609 432 72 4.4 109 .261 .254 .277 .322 .350 .418 .420 .740 .769 92 .448 -8.5 -0.8 .679 .267 .164 12.0
1941 24 CLE AL 645 446 92 5.5 102 .265 .269 .270 .330 .345 .485 .397 .815 .742 118 .570 11.1 1.1 .768 .305 .217 3.7
1942 25 CLE AL 663 480 73 4.1 89 .297 .287 .258 .312 .332 .383 .362 .695 .693 100 .496 -2.6 -0.3 .567 .130 .096 4.8
1943 26 CLE AL 470 337 50 4.0 81 .266 .260 .248 .317 .321 .375 .342 .692 .663 108 .529 4.2 0.5 .592 .199 .115 2.7
1944 27 CLE AL 632 436 94 5.8 88 .294 .295 .263 .355 .329 .466 .359 .821 .689 137 .662 26.5 2.8 .747 .265 .171 6.1
1946 29 CLE AL 435 326 44 3.6 90 .239 .241 .255 .294 .328 .387 .367 .681 .696 95 .436 -4.0 -0.4 .567 .214 .146 .0
1947 30 CLE AL 612 426 68 4.3 94 .264 .257 .259 .331 .338 .383 .373 .714 .711 101 .510 0.3 0.0 .647 .237 .126 6.9
1948 31 CLE AL 656 424 115 7.2 103 .284 .297 .269 .395 .354 .522 .389 .917 .743 146 .695 35.8 3.5 .918 .385 .224 3.8
1949 32 CLE AL 292 208 31 4.0 105 .231 .232 .268 .335 .360 .382 .390 .717 .750 91 .435 -3.8 -0.4 .655 .301 .150 .0
1950 33 BOS AL 32 22 4 4.8 122 .409 .321 .290 .387 .379 .393 .435 .780 .814 92 .487 -0.2 -0.0 .667 .179 .071
13 Yrs 6312 4392 839 5.1 100 .279 .276 .268 .338 .344 .441 .388 .778 .732 112 .554 75.1 7.4 .708 .256 .165 62.9
162 Game Avg. 670 466 89 5.1 100 .279 .276 .268 .338 .344 .441 .388 .778 .732 112 .554 8 1 .708 .256 .165 7
CLE (12 yrs) 6280 4370 835 5.1 99 .279 .276 .268 .337 .344 .441 .387 .778 .731 112 .555 75.3 7.5 .708 .256 .165 62.9
BOS (1 yr) 32 22 4 4.8 122 .409 .321 .290 .387 .379 .393 .435 .780 .814 92 .487 -0.2 -0.0 .667 .179 .071

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
1948 31 CLE AL WS BSN W 6 23 21 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .095 .174 .095 .269 2 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 6 23 21 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .095 .174 .095 .269 2 0 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 CLE AL 23 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1941 CLE AL 24 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1942 CLE AL 25 as 3B 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1943 CLE AL 26 as 3B 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .500 .750 2 0 0 0 0 0
1944 CLE AL 27 as 3B 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 1 0 0 0 0
1946 CLE AL 29 as 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 CLE AL 31 as 3B 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 1 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs (7 GP) 19 17 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .235 .316 .294 .610 5 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
1937 20 CLE AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 100%
1938 21 CLE AL 619 4.2% 12.1% 5.3% 10.7% 42% 2.27 7.7 22.2 5.1 77%
1939 22 CLE AL 646 2.0% 6.4% 7.9% 9.1% 31% 0.80 14.3 45.2 6.1 83%
1940 23 CLE AL 609 2.5% 9.2% 8.4% 8.1% 36% 1.10 9.7 36.2 7.1 78%
1941 24 CLE AL 645 3.6% 8.7% 7.9% 10.4% 43% 1.10 10.4 25.3 6.9 78%
1942 25 CLE AL 663 0.9% 5.4% 3.0% 6.6% 25% 1.80 17.3 104.0 8.0 88%
1943 26 CLE AL 470 0.9% 4.3% 7.7% 8.1% 34% 0.56 21.4 106.8 10.9 86%
1944 27 CLE AL 632 2.1% 4.6% 8.4% 10.0% 37% 0.55 19.8 44.1 6.3 84%
1946 29 CLE AL 435 3.0% 8.7% 6.9% 7.1% 32% 1.27 10.5 30.6 8.8 80%
1947 30 CLE AL 612 1.8% 7.4% 9.6% 7.0% 31% 0.76 12.0 49.2 7.1 79%
1948 31 CLE AL 656 4.7% 7.9% 13.6% 9.0% 36% 0.58 10.7 18.0 4.7 0.83 72%
1949 32 CLE AL 292 2.7% 8.9% 13.0% 6.5% 33% 0.68 9.5 30.8 8.2 0.84 73%
1950 33 BOS AL 32 0.0% 18.8% 9.4% 6.3% 22% 2.00 4.7 14.0 1.00 69%
13 Yrs 6312 2.6% 7.6% 8.1% 8.6% 34% 0.93 11.8 34.9 6.7 0.84 80%
MLB Averages 1.5% 9.2% 9.2% 6.3% 27% 1.00 9.6 61.3 8.3 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
1937 20 CLE AL -0.3 -0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1938 21 CLE AL -2.7 -0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1939 22 CLE AL 19.4 1.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1940 23 CLE AL -8.5 -0.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1941 24 CLE AL 11.1 1.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1942 25 CLE AL -2.6 -0.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1943 26 CLE AL 4.2 0.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1944 27 CLE AL 26.5 2.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 29 CLE AL -4.0 -0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 30 CLE AL -0.5 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 31 CLE AL 35.8 3.5 663 3.8 13.8 -10.0 .95 4.6 -0.6 35.9 3.5 1.01 48.3 0
1949 32 CLE AL -3.8 -0.4 294 -1.0 5.3 -6.3 1.20 -0.4 -0.4 -5.4 -0.5 0.99 -5.7 2.01 10
1950 33 BOS AL -0.3 -0.0 32 -0.2 0.3 -0.5 .82 -0.1 -0.1 -0.8 -0.1 0.86 -1.3 0.83 4
13 Yrs 74.4 7.4 989 2.6 19.4 -16.8 1.02 4.1 -1.5 29.6 2.9 1.00 41.3 1.67 14

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 CLE AL 7 0 27% 281 2 1 67% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 5 47% 49 32 16 8 2 6 14 2 11
1949 32 CLE AL 2 0 31% 87 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 30% 14 11 2 5 4 1 11 5 6
1950 33 BOS AL 0 0 17% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Yrs 9 0 30% 382 39 33 54% 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 7 40% 66 46 18 13 6 7 25 7 17

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 CLE AL 656 30% 166 0 0 0 0 31 1 33 24 7 14 17 0 9 8 89% 142 23 16% 70 25 36% 495 91 18% 51 25 49% 25 11 44% 0
1949 32 CLE AL 292 46% 57 10 2 0 1 2.01 8 0 8 4 4 5 3 0 9 8 89% 69 10 14% 32 10 31% 209 23 11% 14 6 43% 17 12 71% 0
1950 33 BOS AL 32 34% 9 4 1 0 0 0.83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 10 2 20% 4 1 25% 18 2 11% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
13 Yrs 980 35% 1570 14 3 0 1 1.67 163 1 41 28 11 19 20 0 19 102 537% 221 144 65% 106 36 34% 722 116 16% 65 31 48% 43 23 53% 0
MLB Averages 51% 593% 57% 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
1937 20 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
1938 21 150 620 577 86 159 31 9 26 114 4 3 33 75 .276 .318 .496 .814 103 286 3 7
1939 22 304 1266 1164 170 350 66 20 39 211 10 9 84 116 .301 .349 .492 .842 113 573 15 3 17
1940 23 453 1875 1707 237 488 90 30 54 288 20 14 135 172 .286 .340 .469 .809 106 800 26 6 28
1941 24 602 2520 2288 320 644 121 43 77 372 22 16 186 228 .281 .338 .473 .811 109 1082 35 8 38
1942 25 754 3183 2912 392 823 155 47 83 450 26 19 206 264 .283 .332 .454 .786 107 1321 51 11 54
1943 26 864 3653 3339 439 934 186 50 87 489 28 21 242 284 .280 .330 .444 .774 107 1481 64 11 60
1944 27 1013 4285 3912 513 1103 227 59 100 580 32 24 295 313 .282 .334 .447 .781 112 1748 87 11 66
1945 28 1013 4285 3912 513 1103 227 59 100 580 32 24 295 313 .282 .334 .447 .781 112 1748 87 11 66
1946 29 1129 4720 4310 560 1199 244 60 113 625 32 27 325 351 .278 .330 .441 .772 110 1902 101 11 73
1947 30 1280 5332 4851 609 1338 273 63 124 701 37 31 384 396 .276 .330 .435 .765 109 2109 109 12 85
1948 31 1433 5988 5409 700 1504 297 67 155 820 39 32 473 448 .278 .338 .444 .781 113 2400 132 13 93
1949 32 1513 6280 5655 735 1561 306 69 163 850 39 33 511 474 .276 .337 .441 .778 112 2494 142 13 101
1950 33 1526 6312 5683 737 1570 308 69 163 852 39 33 514 480 .276 .338 .441 .778 112 2505 144 13 102

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
1937 20 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
1938 21 158 636 594 77 152 30 9 25 101 4 32 79 .256 .297 .463 .760 80 149
1939 22 162 662 602 77 185 34 11 13 89 6 49 43 .307 .359 .465 .825 100 154
1940 23 156 625 560 64 137 24 10 15 74 10 51 59 .245 .311 .404 .715 69 149
1941 24 155 667 602 85 161 32 13 24 86 2 53 58 .267 .329 .483 .812 95 149
1942 25 161 713 671 84 200 38 4 7 91 4 22 38 .298 .323 .398 .721 86 152
1943 26 116 513 464 60 132 37 4 5 50 2 43 21 .284 .345 .414 .759 65 110
1944 27 156 678 612 87 190 46 10 15 107 4 60 30 .310 .372 .492 .864 112 149
1946 29 121 467 426 57 110 19 1 15 55 0 34 40 .258 .313 .413 .726 55 116
1947 30 157 648 570 56 153 32 3 12 87 6 65 47 .268 .344 .398 .743 78 151
1948 31 160 680 580 92 170 25 4 32 120 2 91 54 .293 .390 .516 .905 116 153
1949 32 84 303 256 35 58 9 2 8 30 0 39 27 .227 .329 .371 .700 31 80
1950 33 14 32 28 1 8 2 0 0 1 0 3 6 .286 .355 .357 .712 3 13
13 Yrs 1601 6625 5966 775 1656 328 71 171 892 40 542 502 .278 .339 .442 .781 890 1526
162 Game Avg. 162 670 604 78 168 33 7 17 90 4 55 51 .278 .339 .442 .781 90 1526

* 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
1958 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1960 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

All-Star Games
1940 *
1941 *
1942 (3B)
1943 (3B)
1944 (3B)
1946 (3B)
1948 (3B)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1938 AL (14, 5%)
1939 AL (12, 8%)
1942 AL (14, 4%)
1943 AL (31, 1%)
1948 AL (14, 5%)
0.23 Career Shares (693rd)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1944 AL  5.2 (9th)
1948 AL  5.9 (7th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1944 AL  5.2 (6th)
1948 AL  5.9 (5th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1944 AL  4.2 (8th)
1948 AL  4.7 (5th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1939 AL  0.6 (10th)
1941 AL  1.1 (5th)
1942 AL  1.1 (8th)
1944 AL  1.0 (8th)
1948 AL  1.2 (6th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1939 AL  .325 (8th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1948 AL  .395 (8th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1941 AL  .485 (10th)
1944 AL  .466 (5th)
1948 AL  .522 (5th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1948 AL  .917 (5th)

Games Played s c a p y
1939 AL  154 (1st)
1941 AL  149 (10th)
1942 AL  152 (6th)
1944 AL  149 (10th)
1947 AL  151 (9th)
1948 AL  153 (4th)

At Bats s c a p y
1939 AL  587 (7th)
1942 AL  624 (3rd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1939 AL  646 (10th)
1942 AL  663 (10th)
1948 AL  656 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1939 AL  191 (3rd)
1942 AL  179 (5th)
1944 AL  169 (7th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1938 AL  286 (10th)
1939 AL  287 (8th)
1941 AL  282 (7th)
1944 AL  267 (5th)
1948 AL  291 (6th)

Doubles s c a p y
1939 AL  35 (5th)
1942 AL  34 (7th)
1943 AL  31 (9th)
1944 AL  41 (2nd)
1947 AL  29 (5th)

Triples s c a p y
1938 AL  9 (9th)
1939 AL  11 (5th)
1940 AL  10 (9th)
1941 AL  13 (3rd)
1944 AL  9 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1938 AL  26 (9th)
1941 AL  23 (9th)
1948 AL  31 (3rd)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1938 AL  113 (9th)
1944 AL  91 (6th)
1948 AL  119 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1948 AL  89 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1938 AL  75 (6th)

Singles s c a p y
1939 AL  132 (5th)
1942 AL  135 (4th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1944 AL  137 (9th)
1948 AL  146 (5th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1939 AL  107 (8th)
1944 AL  94 (9th)
1948 AL  115 (5th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1944 AL  26 (9th)
1948 AL  36 (5th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1944 AL  2.8 (9th)
1948 AL  3.5 (5th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1938 AL  66 (8th)
1939 AL  59 (10th)
1941 AL  67 (4th)
1944 AL  63 (3rd)
1948 AL  59 (5th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1948 AL  256 (9th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1948 AL  .695 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1940 AL  3 (8th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1940 AL  11 (5th)
1941 AL  10 (9th)
1942 AL  16 (3rd)
1947 AL  12 (7th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1939 AL  15 (9th)
1942 AL  16 (6th)
1944 AL  23 (2nd)
1948 AL  23 (2nd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1940 AL  12.0 (8th)
1947 AL  6.9 (10th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1943 AL  21.4 (7th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1941 AL  25.3 (10th)
1948 AL  18.0 (3rd)

Outs Made s c a p y
1938 AL  427 (8th)
1941 AL  446 (8th)
1942 AL  480 (3rd)
1944 AL  436 (9th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1948 AL  35.86 (4th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1948 AL  3.8 (6th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1948 AL  4.6 (3rd)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1948 AL  3.5 (4th)

Youngest s c a p y
1937 AL  born 1916-10-31 (6th)
1938 AL  born 1916-10-31 (8th)

                           

† 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 - 71 (347), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 36 (517), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 19 (783), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  1. Ryan Zimmerman (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. David Wright (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ryan Zimmerman (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ryan Zimmerman (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Gus Bell (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Gregg Jefferies (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Brooks Robinson (943) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Richie Hebner (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Larry Parrish (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Richie Hebner (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Richie Hebner (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Richie Hebner (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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