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Bob Kennedy

Robert Daniel Kennedy

Positions: Rightfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 193 lb.

Born: August 18, 1920 in Chicago, IL
High School: Morgan Park HS (Chicago, IL)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1937. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1939
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Indians/Orioles/Tigers/Dodgers 1939-1957

Final Game: September 29, 1957
Died: April 7, 2005 in Mesa, AZ
Buried: Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Mesa, AZ
Relatives: Father of Terry Kennedy
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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
1939 18 CHW AL 3 9 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 27 2 1 0 1 /5
1940 19 CHW AL 154 655 606 74 153 23 3 3 52 3 7 42 58 .252 .301 .315 .616 59 191 17 0 7 *5 MVP-23
1941 20 CHW AL 76 282 257 16 53 9 3 1 29 5 3 17 23 .206 .255 .276 .532 41 71 4 0 8 5
1942 21 CHW AL 113 442 412 37 95 18 5 0 38 11 7 22 41 .231 .270 .299 .568 62 123 13 0 8 5O7/9
1946 25 CHW AL 113 436 411 43 106 13 5 5 34 6 8 24 42 .258 .300 .350 .651 84 144 11 1 0 O758/9
1947 26 CHW AL 115 447 428 47 112 19 3 6 48 3 4 18 38 .262 .291 .362 .654 85 155 12 0 2 *O97/58
1948 27 TOT AL 96 198 186 14 50 11 3 0 19 0 2 8 23 .269 .299 .360 .659 77 67 6 0 4 97/43
1948 27 CHW AL 30 118 113 4 28 8 1 0 14 0 2 4 17 .248 .274 .336 .610 64 38 5 0 1 O7/9
1948 27 CLE AL 66 80 73 10 22 3 2 0 5 0 0 4 6 .301 .338 .397 .735 97 29 1 0 3 O9/473
1949 28 CLE AL 121 470 424 49 117 23 5 9 57 5 5 37 40 .276 .334 .417 .752 100 177 14 0 8 O95/7
1950 29 CLE AL 146 609 540 79 157 27 5 9 54 3 4 53 31 .291 .355 .409 .764 99 221 15 1 15 *O98/7
1951 30 CLE AL 108 359 321 30 79 15 4 7 29 4 2 34 33 .246 .320 .383 .703 94 123 13 1 3 *O9/7
1952 31 CLE AL 22 49 40 6 12 3 1 0 12 1 0 9 5 .300 .429 .425 .854 145 17 0 0 0 O/985
1953 32 CLE AL 100 180 161 22 38 5 0 3 22 0 2 19 11 .236 .320 .323 .643 76 52 7 1 0 O97/8
1954 33 TOT AL 107 359 323 37 81 13 2 6 45 2 1 28 43 .251 .306 .359 .665 89 116 16 0 3 5 57/9
1954 33 CLE AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /7
1954 33 BAL AL 106 359 323 37 81 13 2 6 45 2 1 28 43 .251 .306 .359 .665 89 116 16 0 3 5 57/9
1955 34 TOT AL 109 313 284 38 75 11 2 9 48 0 3 26 26 .264 .326 .412 .738 98 117 10 0 2 0 0 59/37
1955 34 BAL AL 26 80 70 10 10 1 0 0 5 0 1 10 10 .143 .250 .157 .407 16 11 3 0 0 0 0 9/35
1955 34 CHW AL 83 233 214 28 65 10 2 9 43 0 2 16 16 .304 .352 .495 .848 125 106 7 0 2 0 0 59/73
1956 35 TOT AL 78 222 190 17 42 5 0 4 22 2 2 26 23 .221 .320 .311 .630 67 59 10 2 3 1 2 57/9
1956 35 CHW AL 8 15 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .077 .200 .077 .277 -24 1 0 0 0 0 0 /5
1956 35 DET AL 70 207 177 17 41 5 0 4 22 2 2 24 19 .232 .328 .328 .656 74 58 10 2 3 1 2 57/9
1957 36 TOT MLB 23 35 33 5 4 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 6 .121 .147 .242 .389 -1 8 2 0 1 0 0 /759
1957 36 CHW AL 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0
1957 36 BRO NL 19 33 31 5 4 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 5 .129 .156 .258 .414 5 8 1 0 1 0 0 /759
16 Yrs 1484 5065 4624 514 1176 196 41 63 514 45 50 364 443 .254 .309 .355 .665 80 1643 151 6 65 6 2
162 Game Avg. 162 553 505 56 128 21 4 7 56 5 5 40 48 .254 .309 .355 .665 80 179 16 1 7
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
CHW (10 yrs) 699 2639 2464 249 615 100 22 24 259 28 33 145 240 .250 .292 .337 .629 71 831 71 1 29 0 0
CLE (7 yrs) 564 1747 1559 196 425 76 17 28 179 13 13 156 126 .273 .340 .397 .737 97 619 50 3 29 0
BAL (2 yrs) 132 439 393 47 91 14 2 6 50 2 2 38 53 .232 .296 .323 .619 76 127 19 0 3 5 0
BRO (1 yr) 19 33 31 5 4 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 5 .129 .156 .258 .414 5 8 1 0 1 0 0
DET (1 yr) 70 207 177 17 41 5 0 4 22 2 2 24 19 .232 .328 .328 .656 74 58 10 2 3 1 2
AL (16 yrs) 1465 5032 4593 509 1172 195 41 62 510 45 50 363 438 .255 .310 .356 .666 81 1635 150 6 64 6 2
NL (1 yr) 19 33 31 5 4 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 5 .129 .156 .258 .414 5 8 1 0 1 0 0

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 18 CHW AL 3 9 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .468 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /5
1940 19 CHW AL 154 655 -36 -2 0 5 2 -31 -3.0 16 -15 -1.4 .480 .481 -1.9 0.7 -20 $ *5 MVP-23
1941 20 CHW AL 76 282 -22 0 0 1 0 -20 -2.1 7 -14 -1.4 .472 .487 -1.5 0.2 -14 $ 5
1942 21 CHW AL 113 442 -21 -0 0 6 -0 -15 -1.7 9 -6 -0.7 .485 .490 -1.4 0.6 -12 $ 5O7/9
1946 25 CHW AL 113 436 -8 -1 0 2 -3 -10 -1.2 11 1 -0.1 .490 .493 -0.3 -0.1 -1 $ O758/9
1947 26 CHW AL 115 447 -9 -0 0 -3 -5 -17 -2.0 11 -6 -0.8 .483 .488 -0.5 -0.9 -3 $ *O97/58
1948 27 CHW AL 30 118 -6 -1 -1 0 -1 -9 -0.9 3 -6 -0.6 .468 .494 -0.7 -0.1 -6 $ O7/9
1948 27 CLE AL 66 80 -0 1 -0 -5 -1 -6 -0.6 2 -4 -0.4 .491 .496 0.1 -0.6 1 $ O9/473
1949 28 CLE AL 121 470 -2 -1 -1 10 -5 1 0.1 12 13 1.3 .501 .501 0.3 0.5 3 $ O95/7
1950 29 CLE AL 146 609 -0 -2 -0 8 -6 -1 -0.0 16 16 1.6 .500 .500 0.8 0.2 8 $ *O98/7
1951 30 CLE AL 108 359 -2 -2 -1 2 -4 -7 -0.7 10 2 0.3 .493 .496 0.0 -0.2 0 $ *O9/7
1952 31 CLE AL 22 49 3 1 0 1 -0 4 0.4 1 5 0.6 .520 .503 0.5 0.1 4 $ O/985
1953 32 CLE AL 100 180 -4 -1 -1 -3 -4 -12 -1.3 5 -8 -0.8 .487 .492 -0.5 -0.8 -5 $ O97/8
1954 33 CLE AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /7
1954 33 BAL AL 106 359 -7 2 -3 -4 -1 -13 -1.5 10 -4 -0.5 .486 .491 0.0 -0.6 1 $ 57/9
1955 34 BAL AL 26 80 -4 -0 -0 -1 -1 -7 -0.7 2 -5 -0.5 .472 .495 -0.4 -0.2 -3 $ 9/35
1955 34 CHW AL 83 233 6 -1 0 -4 -1 0 0.1 6 7 0.7 .501 .500 1.1 -0.5 11 $ 59/73
1956 35 CHW AL 8 15 -2 0 0 -1 0 -4 -0.4 0 -3 -0.3 .453 .498 -0.2 -0.1 -2 $ /5
1956 35 DET AL 70 207 -6 -2 -1 -2 -1 -12 -1.2 6 -6 -0.6 .483 .493 -0.4 -0.3 -4 $ 57/9
1957 36 CHW AL 4 2 -0 0 -0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .481 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $
1957 36 BRO NL 19 33 -4 0 0 -2 -0 -6 -0.7 1 -5 -0.6 .466 .496 -0.4 -0.2 -3 $ /759
16 Seasons 1484 5065 -127 -9 -8 9 -33 -168 -17.5 130 -38 -4.4 .488 .495 -5.6 -2.3 -47 $
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
CHW (10 yrs) 699 2639 -100 -6 -1 6 -9 -109 -11.4 65 -44 -4.8 .484 .493 -5.6 -0.2 -49 $
CLE (7 yrs) 564 1747 -6 -3 -4 13 -21 -21 -2.0 46 25 2.6 .496 .498 1.2 -0.7 12 $
BAL (2 yrs) 132 439 -11 1 -3 -6 -2 -20 -2.2 12 -8 -1.0 .483 .493 -0.4 -0.8 -2 $
BRO (1 yr) 19 33 -4 0 0 -2 -0 -6 -0.7 1 -5 -0.6 .466 .496 -0.4 -0.2 -3 $
DET (1 yr) 70 207 -6 -2 -1 -2 -1 -12 -1.2 6 -6 -0.6 .483 .493 -0.4 -0.3 -4 $

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 27 CLE AL WS BSN W 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1939 CHW AL 18 3B 2 2 1 4 0 3 1 0 .750 1.50 .942 3.15
1940 CHW AL 19 3B 154 154 153 533 178 322 33 25 .938 3.25 .937 3.21 MVP-23
1941 CHW AL 20 3B 71 68 67 258 88 153 17 12 .934 3.39 .947 3.28
1942 CHW AL 21 3B 96 94 91 320 99 207 14 17 .956 3.19 .939 3.16
1942 CHW AL 21 OF 16 13 13 34 31 2 1 0 .971 2.06 .976 2.38
1942 CHW AL 21 LF 13 13 13 34 31 2 1 0 .971 2.54 .974 2.27
1942 CHW AL 21 RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.07
1946 CHW AL 25 OF 75 73 73 173 157 10 6 1 .965 2.23 .977 2.36
1946 CHW AL 25 LF 57 57 57 135 120 9 6 1 .956 2.26 .974 2.24
1946 CHW AL 25 3B 29 27 27 106 19 77 10 6 .906 3.31 .948 3.06
1946 CHW AL 25 CF 14 14 14 34 33 1 0 0 1.000 2.43 .984 2.74
1946 CHW AL 25 RF 4 2 2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .972 2.10
1947 CHW AL 26 OF 106 103 102 219 204 8 7 3 .968 2.00 .979 2.47
1947 CHW AL 26 RF 90 88 87 185 174 6 5 2 .973 2.00 .977 2.11
1947 CHW AL 26 LF 15 15 15 34 30 2 2 1 .941 2.13 .976 2.36
1947 CHW AL 26 3B 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 .960 3.00
1947 CHW AL 26 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00
1948 TOT AL 27 OF 80 36 34 103 96 5 2 1 .981 1.26 .975 2.51
1948 TOT AL 27 RF 54 14 12 48 44 4 0 1 1.000 0.89 .971 2.14
1948 TOT AL 27 LF 26 22 22 56 52 2 2 0 .964 2.08 .975 2.34
1948 CHW AL 27 OF 30 28 28 66 61 3 2 0 .970 2.13 .975 2.51
1948 CHW AL 27 LF 24 22 22 55 51 2 2 0 .964 2.21 .975 2.34
1948 CHW AL 27 RF 6 6 6 12 10 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 .971 2.13
1948 CLE AL 27 OF 50 8 6 37 35 2 0 1 1.000 0.74 .975 2.51
1948 CLE AL 27 RF 48 8 6 36 34 2 0 1 1.000 0.75 .971 2.14
1948 CLE AL 27 2B 2 0 0 9 4 5 0 1 1.000 4.50 .976 5.60
1948 CLE AL 27 LF 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 .980 2.35
1948 CLE AL 27 1B 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 1 1.000 3.00 .990 9.70
1949 CLE AL 28 OF 98 89 83 204 190 12 2 4 .990 2.06 .980 2.44
1949 CLE AL 28 RF 98 89 83 199 185 13 1 4 .995 2.02 .978 2.09
1949 CLE AL 28 3B 21 21 20 58 13 44 1 4 .983 2.71 .960 3.15
1949 CLE AL 28 LF 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 .980 2.40
1950 CLE AL 29 OF 144 135 127 1213.2 311 294 13 4 3 .987 2.28 2.13 .979 2.51 2.47
1950 CLE AL 29 RF 135 124 119 1116.2 279 263 12 4 2 .986 2.22 2.04 .975 2.12 2.09
1950 CLE AL 29 CF 13 11 8 96.0 38 36 2 0 1 1.000 3.56 2.92 .981 2.95 2.89
1950 CLE AL 29 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40
1951 CLE AL 30 OF 106 84 76 795.1 189 174 9 6 2 .968 2.07 1.73 .977 2.45 2.44
1951 CLE AL 30 RF 105 84 76 793.1 197 182 9 6 2 .970 2.17 1.82 .978 2.06 2.05
1951 CLE AL 30 LF 2 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.40
1952 CLE AL 31 OF 13 8 6 79.1 24 24 0 0 0 1.000 2.72 1.85 .980 2.39 2.40
1952 CLE AL 31 RF 8 4 2 33.1 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 1.25 .976 1.92 1.91
1952 CLE AL 31 CF 6 4 4 46.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.74 2.33 .983 2.92 2.92
1952 CLE AL 31 3B 3 2 2 21.0 13 1 12 0 1 1.000 5.57 4.33 .953 3.30 3.30
1953 CLE AL 32 OF 89 37 29 419.0 93 91 2 0 0 1.000 -3 -9 2.00 1.04 .981 2.43 2.41
1953 CLE AL 32 RF 50 32 27 309.0 66 64 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.92 1.32 .984 2.09 2.08
1953 CLE AL 32 LF 44 5 2 104.0 21 21 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -23 1.82 0.48 .973 2.22 2.21
1953 CLE AL 32 CF 2 0 0 6.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 4.50 1.50 .983 3.00 2.95
1954 TOT AL 33 OF 22 17 16 164.1 41 40 0 1 0 .976 -2 -14 2.19 1.82 .979 2.39 2.37
1954 TOT AL 33 LF 13 12 11 103.2 24 23 0 1 0 .958 -2 -24 2.00 1.77 .977 2.27 2.24
1954 CLE AL 33 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20
1954 CLE AL 33 OF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40
1954 BAL AL 33 3B 71 59 58 552.1 226 81 131 14 10 .938 -3 -6 3.45 2.99 .959 3.48 3.46
1954 BAL AL 33 OF 21 17 16 163.1 41 40 0 1 0 .976 -2 -14 2.20 1.90 .979 2.39 2.37
1954 BAL AL 33 LF 12 12 11 102.2 24 23 0 1 0 .958 -2 -25 2.02 1.92 .977 2.26 2.24
1954 BAL AL 33 RF 9 5 5 60.2 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 0 4 2.37 1.78 .975 2.05 2.03
1955 TOT AL 34 3B 56 32 25 335.2 112 32 73 7 10 .938 -2 -6 2.82 1.88 .950 3.17 3.14
1955 TOT AL 34 OF 34 27 11 213.2 43 43 0 0 0 1.000 -3 -15 1.81 1.26 .982 2.40 2.38
1955 TOT AL 34 RF 30 27 11 199.2 45 44 1 0 0 1.000 -2 -14 2.03 1.50 .981 2.05 2.03
1955 TOT AL 34 1B 9 6 5 57.0 58 54 4 0 7 1.000 -1 -17 9.16 6.44 .991 9.63 9.53
1955 BAL AL 34 OF 14 12 7 90.2 27 27 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -9 2.68 1.93 .982 2.40 2.38
1955 BAL AL 34 RF 14 12 7 90.2 29 29 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -9 2.88 2.07 .981 2.05 2.03
1955 BAL AL 34 1B 6 5 5 52.0 51 47 4 0 6 1.000 -1 -14 8.83 8.50 .991 9.62 9.53
1955 BAL AL 34 3B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 3.60 3.10
1955 CHW AL 34 3B 55 32 25 334.2 112 32 73 7 10 .938 -2 -6 2.82 1.91 .950 3.17 3.14
1955 CHW AL 34 OF 20 15 4 123.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -20 1.17 0.80 .982 2.40 2.38
1955 CHW AL 34 RF 16 15 4 109.0 16 15 1 0 0 1.000 -2 -18 1.32 1.00 .981 2.05 2.03
1955 CHW AL 34 LF 4 0 0 14.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -34 0.64 0.25 .980 2.25 2.25
1955 CHW AL 34 1B 3 1 0 5.0 7 7 0 0 1 1.000 -0 -48 12.60 2.33 .991 9.72 9.53
1956 TOT AL 35 3B 33 25 22 241.0 88 39 41 8 5 .909 -6 -29 2.99 2.42 .949 3.22 3.19
1956 CHW AL 35 3B 6 4 2 32.0 7 4 3 0 2 1.000 -1 -49 1.97 1.17 .949 3.21 3.18
1956 DET AL 35 OF 30 20 16 191.1 58 52 2 4 0 .931 2 14 2.54 1.80 .979 2.34 2.32
1956 DET AL 35 3B 27 21 20 209.0 81 35 38 8 3 .901 -4 -26 3.14 2.70 .949 3.22 3.19
1956 DET AL 35 LF 21 15 12 133.1 44 41 1 2 0 .955 3 30 2.84 2.00 .977 2.10 2.09
1956 DET AL 35 RF 9 5 4 58.0 14 11 1 2 0 .857 -1 -21 1.86 1.33 .973 2.09 2.07
1957 BRO NL 36 OF 9 4 3 43.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -17 0.84 0.44 .980 2.28 2.31
1957 BRO NL 36 LF 8 4 3 42.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -17 1.07 0.63 .978 2.04 2.05
1957 BRO NL 36 3B 3 2 2 21.0 6 4 2 0 0 1.000 -1 -51 2.57 2.00 .952 2.96 2.97
1957 BRO NL 36 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
13 Seasons OF 822 646 589 3119.2 1496 1400 63 33 14 .978 -6 -2 2.16 1.78 .979 2.45 2.43
13 Seasons RF 596 474 428 2571.2 1063 997 48 18 11 .983 -3 -1 2.15 1.75 .977 2.09 2.08
12 Seasons 3B 540 486 468 1171.0 1727 555 1067 105 90 .939 -11 -11 3.20 3.00 .945 3.33 3.22
12 Seasons LF 205 143 135 400.0 355 324 16 15 2 .958 -2 -5 2.07 1.66 .975 2.18 2.24
5 Seasons CF 36 29 26 148.0 89 86 3 0 1 1.000 0 0 3.34 2.47 .983 2.94 2.84
2 Seasons 1B 10 6 5 57.0 61 57 4 0 8 1.000 -1 -17 9.16 6.10 .991 9.63 9.55
1 Season 2B 2 0 0 9 4 5 0 1 1.000 4.50 .976 5.60
16 Seasons TOT 1374 1138 1062 4347.2 3293 2016 1139 138 113 .958 -18 -5 2.53 2.30 .961 2.78 2.80
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1940 AL (23, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1521st)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1940 AL  0.7 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1940 AL  154 (6th)

At Bats s c a p y
1940 AL  606 (5th)

Singles s c a p y
1940 AL  124 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1950 AL  15 (4th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1940 AL  17 (7th)
1954 AL  16 (9th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1946 AL  8 (5th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1950 AL  17.4 (10th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1940 AL  484 (3rd)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1940 AL  154 (1st)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1940 AL  178 (1st)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1940 AL  322 (2nd)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1940 AL  33 (1st)
1954 AL  14 (5th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1946 AL  9 (1st)

Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1949 AL  98 (5th)
1950 AL  135 (2nd)
1951 AL  105 (3rd)

Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1947 AL  174 (5th)
1949 AL  185 (5th)
1950 AL  263 (2nd)
1951 AL  182 (4th)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1949 AL  13 (4th)
1950 AL  12 (2nd)
1951 AL  9 (2nd)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1947 AL  5 (3rd)
1950 AL  4 (5th)
1951 AL  6 (1st)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1950 AL  144 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1940 AL  3.25 (5th)
1942 AL  3.19 (2nd)
Career  3.00 (84th)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1940 AL  .938 (4th)
1942 AL  .956 (1st)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1956 AL  3 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1950 AL  2.22 (3rd)
1951 AL  2.17 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1947 AL  2.00 (5th)
1949 AL  2.02 (2nd)
1950 AL  2.04 (3rd)
1951 AL  1.82 (4th)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1947 AL  .973 (5th)
1949 AL  .995 (1st)
1950 AL  .986 (2nd)
Career  .983 (58th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1949 AL  .990 (4th)
1953 AL  1.000 (1st)

Youngest s c a p y
1939 AL  born 1920-08-18 (2nd)
1940 AL  born 1920-08-18 (4th)
1941 AL  born 1920-08-18 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2153), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (2073), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Third Base (570th), -4.4 career WAR/4.4 7yr-peak WAR/0.0 JAWS
Average HOF 3B (out of 12) = 64.9 career WAR/41.8 7yr-peak WAR/53.4 JAWS

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  1. Sibby Sisti (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Bob Bailey (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Eddie Yost (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Solly Hofman (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Joe Birmingham (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Del Unser (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Del Unser (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jim Busby (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jim Busby (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jim Busby (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Jim Busby (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Jim Busby (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Jim Busby (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Jim Busby (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Peanuts Lowrey (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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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.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
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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