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Bobby Knoop

Robert Frank Knoop

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: October 18, 1938 in Sioux City, IA
High School: Montebello HS (Montebello, CA)
Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1964
Teams (by GP): Angels/WhiteSox/Royals 1964-1972

Final Game: September 20, 1972
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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
1956	17	ATL-min	D	42	137	137		26	6	1	1						.190	.190	.270	.460		37							LEE · FLOR
1957	18	ATL-min	D	125	471	471		123	22	4	11						.261	.261	.395	.656		186							LWT · SOSL
1958	19	ATL-min	B	121	417	417		114	22	1	7						.273	.273	.381	.655		159							CDR · IIIL
1959	20	ATL-min	AA	146	591	549	44	145	23	7	3	72	1	0	37	93	.264	.310	.348	.658		191		0	4	1			AUS · TL
1960	21	ATL-min	AA,AAA	107	455	404	52	110	19	3	5	37	6	1	40	78	.272	.336	.371	.707		150		1	5	5			AUS,LOU · TL,AA
1961	22	ATL-CHW-min	AAA	114	316	290	27	58	14	2	4	23	1	1	26	63	.200	.266	.303	.569		88							VAN,SDG · PCL
1962	23	ANA-ATL-min	AAA	102	367	327	41	84	12	1	11	43	0	1	31	57	.257	.319	.401	.719		131		1	3	5			HAW,TTO · PCL,IL
1963	24	ANA-min	AAA	146	593	555	72	157	19	1	20	67	2	0	38	93	.283	.329	.429	.758		238							HAW · PCL
1964	25	LAA	AL	162	547	486	42	105	8	1	7	38	3	2	46	109	.216	.289	.280	.569	67	136	17	5	7	3	6	*4
1965	26	CAL	AL	142	504	465	47	125	24	4	7	43	3	2	31	101	.269	.313	.383	.696	100	178	6	0	6	2	5	*4	MVP-24
1966	27	CAL	AL	161	650	590	54	137	18	11	17	72	1	5	43	144	.232	.282	.386	.669	93	228	14	1	9	7	8	*4	AS,MVP-18,GG
1967	28	CAL	AL	159	564	511	51	125	18	5	9	38	2	2	44	136	.245	.305	.352	.657	98	180	10	1	6	2	13	*4	GG
1968	29	CAL	AL	152	536	494	48	123	20	4	3	39	3	2	35	128	.249	.301	.324	.625	94	160	13	3	2	2	6	*4	GG
1969	30	TOT	AL	131	473	416	39	93	15	1	7	47	3	3	48	84	.224	.304	.315	.619	71	131	13	2	3	4	4	*4
1969	30	CAL	AL	27	85	71	5	14	1	0	1	6	1	3	13	16	.197	.318	.254	.571	66	18	2	0	0	1	1	4
1969	30	CHW	AL	104	388	345	34	79	14	1	6	41	2	0	35	68	.229	.301	.328	.629	72	113	11	2	3	3	3	4
1970	31	CHW	AL	130	443	402	34	92	13	2	5	36	0	1	34	79	.229	.290	.308	.598	65	124	7	2	1	4	4	*4
1971	32	KCR	AL	72	180	161	14	33	8	1	1	11	1	0	15	36	.205	.270	.286	.555	59	46	6	0	2	2	1	4/5
1972	33	KCR	AL	44	107	97	8	23	5	0	0	7	0	0	9	16	.237	.299	.289	.588	77	28	5	0	0	1	1	4/5
9 Yrs				1153	4004	3622	337	856	129	29	56	331	16	17	305	833	.236	.296	.334	.630	83	1211	91	14	36	27	48
162 Game Avg.				162	563	509	47	120	18	4	8	47	2	2	43	117	.236	.296	.334	.630	83	170	13	2	5	4	7

CAL (6 yrs)				803	2886	2617	247	629	89	25	44	236	13	16	212	634	.240	.298	.344	.642	90	900	62	10	30	17	39
KCR (2 yrs)				116	287	258	22	56	13	1	1	18	1	0	24	52	.217	.281	.287	.568	66	74	11	0	2	3	2
CHW (2 yrs)				234	831	747	68	171	27	3	11	77	2	1	69	147	.229	.295	.317	.612	68	237	18	4	4	7	7

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
1964	25	LAA	AL	162	547	-21	1	-2	27	4	9	0.8	15	24	2.3	.506	.506	-0.5	3.3	-3	$	*4
1965	26	CAL	AL	142	504	-1	0	1	3	3	6	0.7	14	20	2.1	.505	.504	1.8	0.7	18	$	*4	MVP-24
1966	27	CAL	AL	161	650	-9	-1	0	16	4	9	0.8	18	28	2.6	.507	.507	1.1	2.1	12	$	*4	AS,MVP-18,GG
1967	28	CAL	AL	159	564	-1	-0	-0	1	4	3	0.1	16	19	1.7	.502	.502	1.8	0.5	18	$	*4	GG
1968	29	CAL	AL	152	536	-3	0	-1	13	4	13	1.5	15	29	3.0	.511	.511	1.5	2.0	15	$35,000	*4	GG
1969	30	CAL	AL	27	85	-3	-1	-0	2	1	-1	-0.2	2	1	0.1	.495	.499	-0.2	0.3	-1	$	4
1969	30	CHW	AL	104	388	-14	1	-2	9	3	-3	-0.4	11	8	0.6	.496	.498	-0.3	1.2	-1	$37,500	4
1970	31	CHW	AL	130	443	-20	-2	0	0	3	-18	-2.1	14	-4	-0.7	.484	.488	-0.6	0.3	-4	$35,000	*4
1971	32	KCR	AL	72	180	-8	0	-1	-2	1	-9	-1.1	6	-3	-0.5	.485	.493	-0.3	-0.1	-1	$	4/5
1972	33	KCR	AL	44	107	-4	-0	-0	-3	1	-7	-0.9	4	-3	-0.5	.481	.495	-0.1	-0.3	0	$26,000	4/5
9 Seasons				1153	4004	-84	-2	-4	66	28	3	-0.8	115	118	10.7	.500	.500	4.2	10.0	52	$133,500

CAL (6 yrs)				803	2886	-39	-1	-2	62	20	40	3.7	81	121	11.8	.506	.505	5.5	8.9	59	$35,000
KCR (2 yrs)				116	287	-12	0	-1	-5	2	-16	-2.0	9	-6	-1.0	.484	.494	-0.4	-0.4	-1	$26,000
CHW (2 yrs)				234	831	-34	-1	-1	9	6	-21	-2.5	25	4	-0.1	.490	.493	-0.9	1.5	-5	$72,500

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
1964	25	LAA	AL	547	410	39	2.6	87	.263	.216	.244	.289	.311	.280	.379	.569	.690	67	.284	-19.7	-2.0	.470	.160	.064	4.2
1965	26	CAL	AL	504	356	56	4.2	89	.329	.269	.247	.313	.317	.383	.379	.696	.696	100	.523	-0.8	-0.1	.603	.183	.114	4.2
1966	27	CAL	AL	650	488	61	3.4	87	.275	.232	.245	.282	.311	.386	.378	.669	.689	93	.432	-7.0	-0.8	.568	.220	.154	1.9
1967	28	CAL	AL	564	406	54	3.6	80	.315	.245	.238	.305	.306	.352	.357	.657	.663	98	.483	-1.5	-0.2	.565	.194	.108	3.3
1968	29	CAL	AL	536	390	47	3.2	76	.329	.249	.232	.301	.301	.324	.344	.625	.645	94	.463	-3.6	-0.4	.516	.148	.075	3.0
1969	30	TOT	AL	473	346	40	3.1	98	.261	.224	.259	.304	.336	.315	.390	.619	.726	71	.365	-15.9	-1.7	.534	.207	.091	4.2
1969	30	CAL	AL	85	63	6	2.6	90	.236	.197	.247	.318	.323	.254	.373	.571	.696	66	.288	-2.6	-0.3	.468	.211	.056	1.0
1969	30	CHW	AL	388	283	34	3.2	100	.266	.229	.261	.301	.339	.328	.394	.629	.733	72	.381	-13.4	-1.4	.549	.206	.099	3.0
1970	31	CHW	AL	443	323	37	3.1	98	.270	.229	.259	.290	.334	.308	.395	.598	.729	65	.352	-19.8	-2.0	.500	.162	.080	.0
1971	32	KCR	AL	180	138	12	2.3	91	.254	.205	.253	.270	.324	.286	.375	.555	.699	59	.269	-8.5	-0.9	.463	.180	.081	1.0
1972	33	KCR	AL	107	80	8	2.7	82	.280	.237	.246	.299	.314	.289	.354	.588	.669	77	.366	-2.5	-0.3	.468	.144	.052
9 Yrs				4004	2937	354	3.2	88	.290	.236	.246	.296	.316	.334	.373	.630	.689	83	.410	-79.3	-8.3	.532	.182	.098	24.9
162 Game Avg.				563	413	50	3.2	88	.290	.236	.246	.296	.316	.334	.373	.630	.689	83	.410	-79.3	-8.3	.532	.182	.098	3

CAL (6 yrs)				2886	2113	263	3.4	84	.299	.240	.241	.298	.309	.344	.368	.642	.677	90	.432	-35.2	-3.7	.542	.183	.104	20.1
KCR (2 yrs)				287	218	20	2.5	88	.264	.217	.250	.281	.321	.287	.367	.568	.688	66	.304	-11.0	-1.2	.465	.167	.070	1.0
CHW (2 yrs)				831	606	71	3.2	99	.268	.229	.260	.295	.336	.317	.395	.612	.731	68	.366	-33.1	-3.4	.523	.182	.088	3.4

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
1966	CAL	AL	27	as 2B	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	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	GO/AO	IP%
1964	25	LAA	AL	547	1.3%	19.9%	8.4%	2.9%	15%	2.37	4.5	69.4	12.8	1.17	68%
1965	26	CAL	AL	504	1.4%	20.0%	6.2%	6.9%	28%	3.26	4.6	66.4	10.8	1.32	71%
1966	27	CAL	AL	650	2.6%	22.2%	6.6%	7.1%	34%	3.35	4.1	34.7	8.2	1.33	67%
1967	28	CAL	AL	564	1.6%	24.1%	7.8%	5.7%	26%	3.09	3.8	56.8	13.4	1.05	65%
1968	29	CAL	AL	536	0.6%	23.9%	6.5%	5.0%	22%	3.66	3.9	164.7	12.7	1.25	68%
1969	30	TOT	AL	473	1.5%	17.8%	10.2%	4.9%	25%	1.75	5.0	59.4	8.9	1.21	70%
1969	30	CAL	AL	85	1.2%	18.8%	15.3%	2.4%	14%	1.23	4.4	71.0	11.8	1.05	65%
1969	30	CHW	AL	388	1.6%	17.5%	9.0%	5.4%	27%	1.94	5.1	57.5	8.4	1.25	71%
1970	31	CHW	AL	443	1.1%	17.8%	7.7%	4.5%	22%	2.32	5.1	80.4	11.2	0.88	73%
1971	32	KCR	AL	180	0.6%	20.0%	8.3%	5.6%	30%	2.40	4.5	161.0	14.6	1.08	70%
1972	33	KCR	AL	107	0.0%	15.0%	8.4%	4.7%	22%	1.78	6.1		13.9	1.71	77%
9 Yrs				4004	1.4%	20.8%	7.6%	5.3%	25%	2.73	4.3	64.7	10.9	1.18	69%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.3%	8.3%	6.0%	27%	1.84	5.8	43.6	9.3	1.12	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1964	25	LAA	AL	-19.7	-2.0	559	-1.6	8.3	-10.0	1.05	-2.3	0.8	-17.2	-1.9	0.95	-20.1	1.73	1
1965	26	CAL	AL	-0.8	-0.1	516	-0.6	8.5	-9.1	1.03	-0.0	-0.5	7.3	0.8	0.93	4.0		0
1966	27	CAL	AL	-7.0	-0.8	660	1.4	13.1	-11.7	1.09	-0.8	2.1	-1.9	-0.2	0.92	-5.0		0
1967	28	CAL	AL	-1.5	-0.2	576	-1.3	9.3	-10.5	1.05	-0.3	-0.9	-8.9	-1.0	0.98	-3.4	4.03	1
1968	29	CAL	AL	-3.6	-0.4	547	0.8	9.6	-8.7	1.02	-0.3	1.2	5.7	0.7	0.95	0.1	3.68	1
1969	30	TOT	AL	-15.9	-1.7	483	-1.1	7.5	-8.6	1.03	-1.1	-0.0	-10.6	-1.1	0.95	-12.7	0.46	1
1969	30	CAL	AL	-2.6	-0.3	90	-0.3	1.2	-1.5	.98	-0.2	-0.1	-2.7	-0.3	0.94	-2.2		0
1969	30	CHW	AL	-13.4	-1.4	393	-0.9	6.2	-7.1	1.04	-0.9	0.1	-7.9	-0.8	0.96	-10.5	0.46	1
1970	31	CHW	AL	-19.8	-2.0	445	-0.3	7.1	-7.4	1.03	-1.4	1.1	-8.3	-0.9	0.98	-13.5	1.30	3
1971	32	KCR	AL	-8.7	-0.9	183	-0.5	2.6	-3.1	1.03	-0.7	0.2	-4.5	-0.5	0.90	-6.3	1.67	16
1972	33	KCR	AL	-2.5	-0.3	110	-0.5	1.6	-2.1	1.07	-0.5	-0.0	-3.1	-0.3	1.04	-3.4	1.45	8
9 Yrs				-79.5	-8.3	4079	-3.7	67.6	-71.3	1.05	-7.4	3.9	-41.5	-4.4	0.95	-60.1	1.68	31

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CSH	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1964	25	LAA	AL	4	24%	202	3	2	60%	3	1	0	1	1	3	10	50%	20	16	4	2	1	1	20	4	16
1965	26	CAL	AL	6	27%	217	3	2	60%	2	1	1	1	0	5	14	53%	24	16	8	3	0	3	20	5	14
1966	27	CAL	AL	5	23%	231	1	5	17%	1	5	0	0	2	4	5	47%	23	15	8	5	1	4	10	3	6
1967	28	CAL	AL	10	26%	211	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	1	8	8	64%	20	10	9	3	1	2	21	2	17
1968	29	CAL	AL	9	29%	225	3	2	60%	2	1	1	1	1	6	10	57%	17	9	8	4	3	1	16	4	12
1969	30	TOT	AL	4	24%	158	3	3	50%	2	3	1	0	0	7	7	49%	21	12	8	4	2	2	14	4	9
1969	30	CAL	AL	1	15%	24	1	3	25%	1	3	0	0	0	2	1	25%	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1969	30	CHW	AL	3	26%	134	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	5	6	51%	18	10	8	4	2	2	13	4	8
1970	31	CHW	AL	5	24%	160	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	10	3	29%	23	19	3	6	4	2	16	6	8
1971	32	KCR	AL	2	28%	55	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	2	5	39%	9	4	5	2	2	0	7	4	2
1972	33	KCR	AL	0	25%	39	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	4	9%	7	7	0	1	1	0	3	2	1
9 Yrs				45	25%	1498	16	17	48%	13	14	3	3	5	45	66	48%	164	108	53	30	15	15	127	34	85

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
1964	25	LAA	AL	547	31%	105			1	0	0	0	1.73	7	1	7	4	3	1	6	0	7	7	100%	107	17	16%	45	14	31%	322	34	11%	22	16	73%	15	6	40%	0
1965	26	CAL	AL	504	32%	125			0	0	0	0		7	0	7	5	2	2	5	0	6	6	100%	90	6	7%	39	11	28%	284	37	13%	20	8	40%	16	11	69%	0
1966	27	CAL	AL	650	27%	137			0	0	0	0		17	0	15	12	5	9	8	0	9	9	100%	118	14	12%	68	24	35%	343	58	17%	34	19	56%	21	12	57%	0
1967	28	CAL	AL	564	33%	125			1	1	0	1	4.03	9	0	11	6	3	5	4	0	6	6	100%	100	10	10%	44	15	34%	351	34	10%	24	10	42%	20	11	55%	0
1968	29	CAL	AL	536	32%	123			1	1	0	1	3.68	3	0	8	2	1	1	2	0	2	2	100%	100	13	13%	30	10	33%	316	42	13%	18	12	67%	14	10	71%	0
1969	30	TOT	AL	473	28%	93			1	0	0	0	0.46	7	0	15	6	1	2	5	1	4	3	75%	92	13	14%	50	14	28%	290	41	14%	25	10	40%	14	7	50%	0
1969	30	CAL	AL	85	39%	14			0	0	0	0		1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		17	2	12%	7	3	43%	48	5	10%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0
1969	30	CHW	AL	388	25%	79			1	0	0	0	0.46	6	0	13	5	1	1	5	1	4	3	75%	75	11	15%	43	11	26%	242	36	15%	23	9	39%	13	6	46%	0
1970	31	CHW	AL	443	36%	92			3	1	0	0	1.30	5	0	11	4	1	4	1	0	2	1	50%	92	7	8%	38	13	34%	277	37	13%	24	11	46%	12	9	75%	0
1971	32	KCR	AL	180	35%	33			16	3	0	2	1.67	1	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	100%	29	6	21%	13	6	46%	95	10	11%	8	5	63%	3	2	67%	0
1972	33	KCR	AL	107	42%	23			8	1	0	0	1.45	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		23	5	22%	14	6	43%	75	7	9%	5	2	40%	7	6	86%	0
9 Yrs				4004	32%	856			31	7	0	4	1.68	56	1	79	39	17	24	32	1	38	36	95%	751	91	12%	341	113	33%	2353	300	13%	180	93	52%	122	74	61%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			77%			11%			30%			13%			47%			52%

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
1964	25	162	547	486	42	105	8	1	7	38	3	2	46	109	.216	.289	.280	.569	67	136	17	5	7	3	6
1965	26	304	1051	951	89	230	32	5	14	81	6	4	77	210	.242	.301	.330	.631	83	314	23	5	13	5	11
1966	27	465	1701	1541	143	367	50	16	31	153	7	9	120	354	.238	.294	.352	.645	87	542	37	6	22	12	19
1967	28	624	2265	2052	194	492	68	21	40	191	9	11	164	490	.240	.296	.352	.648	90	722	47	7	28	14	32
1968	29	776	2801	2546	242	615	88	25	43	230	12	13	199	618	.242	.297	.346	.644	91	882	60	10	30	16	38
1969	30	907	3274	2962	281	708	103	26	50	277	15	16	247	702	.239	.298	.342	.640	88	1013	73	12	33	20	42
1970	31	1037	3717	3364	315	800	116	28	55	313	15	17	281	781	.238	.297	.338	.635	85	1137	80	14	34	24	46
1971	32	1109	3897	3525	329	833	124	29	56	324	16	17	296	817	.236	.296	.336	.632	84	1183	86	14	36	26	47
1972	33	1153	4004	3622	337	856	129	29	56	331	16	17	305	833	.236	.296	.334	.630	83	1211	91	14	36	27	48

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1964	25	161	563	496	51	117	9	1	8	46	3	51	108	.236	.313	.306	.619	47	162
1965	26	142	519	477	55	137	26	4	8	50	3	34	101	.287	.333	.409	.742	65	142
1966	27	162	671	607	64	151	20	12	19	85	1	47	145	.249	.301	.415	.716	76	161
1967	28	159	588	529	64	143	21	6	10	48	2	50	136	.270	.333	.389	.723	69	159
1968	29	152	569	519	65	148	24	5	4	53	4	42	128	.285	.342	.374	.716	65	152
1969	30	131	476	418	40	95	15	1	7	49	3	49	84	.227	.309	.318	.627	41	131
1970	31	130	447	405	36	95	13	2	5	38	0	35	79	.235	.296	.314	.610	38	130
1971	32	72	187	166	17	37	9	1	1	13	1	17	36	.223	.292	.307	.599	15	72
1972	33	46	117	105	11	28	6	0	0	10	0	11	17	.267	.333	.324	.657	11	44
9 Yrs		1155	4137	3722	403	951	143	32	62	392	17	336	834	.256	.318	.361	.679	427	1153
162 Game Avg.		162	580	522	57	133	20	4	9	55	2	47	117	.256	.318	.361	.679	60	1153

* 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

All-Star Games 1966 (2B)	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1965 AL (24, 1%) 1966 AL (18, 2%) 0.03 Career Shares (1251st)	Gold Gloves 1966 AL (2B) 1967 AL (2B) 1968 AL (2B) All multiple winners	Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1964 AL 3.3 (2nd) 1966 AL 2.1 (3rd) 1968 AL 2.0 (7th) Career 10.0 (204th)
Games Played s c a p y 1964 AL 162 (3rd) 1966 AL 161 (5th) 1967 AL 159 (6th)	Triples s c a p y 1966 AL 11 (1st)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1965 AL 101 (10th) 1966 AL 144 (2nd) 1967 AL 136 (2nd) 1968 AL 128 (4th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1966 AL 9 (9th)
Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1966 AL 7 (1st)	Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y 1967 AL 13 (4th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1964 AL 17 (8th)	Outs Made s c a p y 1966 AL 488 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Batting - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 4 (1866), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 10 (1173), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 12 (1388), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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