Tony Kubek
Anthony Christopher Kubek
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 191 lb.

Born: October 12, 1935 in Milwaukee, WI
High School: Bay View (Milwaukee, WI)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1957
Final Game: October 3, 1965
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Standard Batting

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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
1957 21 NYY AL 127 475 431 56 128 21 3 3 39 6 6 24 48 .297 .335 .381 .716 97 164 4 3 13 4 3 6578/4 MVP-26,RoY-1
1958 22 NYY AL 138 597 559 66 148 21 1 2 48 5 4 25 57 .265 .295 .317 .612 72 177 7 1 8 4 3 *6/9348 AS
1959 23 NYY AL 132 553 512 67 143 25 7 6 51 3 3 24 46 .279 .313 .391 .704 96 200 11 2 13 2 3 69758/4 AS
1960 24 NYY AL 147 618 568 77 155 25 3 14 62 3 0 31 42 .273 .312 .401 .713 97 228 13 3 12 4 5 *67/89 MVP-11
1961 25 NYY AL 153 658 617 84 170 38 6 8 46 1 3 27 60 .276 .306 .395 .701 90 244 7 1 10 3 1 *6 AS
1962 26 NYY AL 45 184 169 28 53 6 1 4 17 2 1 12 17 .314 .357 .432 .789 115 73 3 0 2 1 0 6/7
1963 27 NYY AL 135 592 557 72 143 21 3 7 44 4 2 28 68 .257 .294 .343 .637 78 191 4 2 3 2 6 *6/8 MVP-27
1964 28 NYY AL 106 447 415 46 95 16 3 8 31 4 1 26 55 .229 .275 .340 .615 70 141 6 1 4 1 3 6
1965 29 NYY AL 109 370 339 26 74 5 3 5 35 1 3 20 48 .218 .258 .295 .553 58 100 7 0 6 5 0 6/937
9 Seasons 1092 4494 4167 522 1109 178 30 57 373 29 23 217 441 .266 .303 .364 .667 85 1518 62 13 71 26 24
162 Game Avg. 162 667 618 77 165 26 4 8 55 4 3 32 65 .266 .303 .364 .667 85 225 9 2 11 4 4

Advanced Batting

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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
1957 21 NYY AL 475 330 56 4.6 98 .326 .297 .262 .335 .334 .381 .395 .716 .729 97 .520 -2.1 -0.2 .610 .139 .084 4.0
1958 22 NYY AL 597 434 52 3.2 95 .290 .265 .257 .295 .325 .317 .390 .612 .715 72 .369 -21.4 -2.2 .483 .098 .052 2.9
1959 23 NYY AL 553 398 60 4.0 95 .297 .279 .256 .313 .326 .391 .391 .704 .717 96 .462 -4.3 -0.4 .590 .158 .111 4.0
1960 24 NYY AL 618 442 70 4.3 96 .273 .273 .256 .312 .329 .401 .392 .713 .721 97 .477 -3.4 -0.4 .622 .188 .129 4.9
1961 25 NYY AL 658 470 74 4.2 100 .293 .276 .258 .306 .332 .395 .401 .701 .734 90 .454 -9.5 -0.9 .591 .160 .120 1.8
1962 26 NYY AL 184 123 26 5.7 100 .329 .314 .260 .357 .331 .432 .404 .789 .735 115 .600 3.2 0.3 .717 .195 .118 2.7
1963 27 NYY AL 592 425 57 3.6 95 .281 .257 .255 .294 .322 .343 .394 .637 .716 78 .432 -17.2 -1.8 .531 .140 .086 5.1
1964 28 NYY AL 447 332 39 3.2 97 .246 .229 .257 .275 .325 .340 .399 .615 .724 70 .369 -18.1 -1.9 .523 .181 .111 5.3
1965 29 NYY AL 370 286 25 2.4 91 .237 .218 .250 .258 .319 .295 .382 .553 .702 58 .272 -19.6 -2.1 .429 .130 .077 1.7
9 Seasons 4494 3240 459 3.8 96 .285 .266 .257 .303 .327 .364 .394 .667 .721 85 .438 -92.4 -9.6 .558 .152 .098 38.4
162 Game Avg. 667 481 68 3.8 96 .285 .266 .257 .303 .327 .364 .394 .667 .721 85 .438 -92.4 -9.6 .558 .152 .098 6

Postseason Batting

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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
1957 21 NYY AL WS MLN L 7 29 28 4 8 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 4 .286 .286 .500 .786 14 1 0 1 0 0
1958 22 NYY AL WS MLN W 7 23 21 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .048 .087 .048 .135 1 0 0 0 1 1
1960 24 NYY AL WS PIT L 7 33 30 6 10 1 0 0 3 0 1 2 2 .333 .394 .367 .761 11 0 1 0 0 1
1961 25 NYY AL WS CIN W 5 23 22 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .227 .261 .227 .488 5 0 0 0 0 0
1962 26 NYY AL WS SFG W 7 30 29 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 .276 .300 .310 .610 9 1 0 0 0 0
1963 27 NYY AL WS LAD L 4 16 16 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .188 .188 .188 .375 3 1 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons (6 Series) 37 154 146 16 35 2 0 2 10 0 2 5 23 .240 .268 .295 .562 43 3 1 1 1 2
6 WS 37 154 146 16 35 2 0 2 10 0 2 5 23 .240 .268 .295 .562 43 3 1 1 1 2

All-Star Batting

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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
1958 NYY AL 22 DNP
1959 NYY AL 23 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 NYY AL 25 as SS 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 NYY AL 25 DNP
3 Seasons (2 Appearances) 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1957 21 NYY AL 475 0.6% 10.1% 5.1% 5.7% 21% 2.00 9.0 143.7 11.1 1.02 81%
1958 22 NYY AL 597 0.3% 9.6% 4.2% 4.0% 16% 2.28 9.8 279.5 11.6 1.27 84%
1959 23 NYY AL 553 1.1% 8.3% 4.3% 6.9% 27% 1.92 11.1 85.3 10.0 1.24 84%
1960 24 NYY AL 618 2.3% 6.8% 5.0% 6.8% 27% 1.35 13.5 40.6 9.2 0.88 84%
1961 25 NYY AL 658 1.2% 9.1% 4.1% 7.9% 31% 2.22 10.3 77.1 13.4 0.78 84%
1962 26 NYY AL 184 2.2% 9.2% 6.5% 6.0% 21% 1.42 9.9 42.3 9.9 0.91 81%
1963 27 NYY AL 592 1.2% 11.5% 4.7% 5.2% 22% 2.43 8.2 79.6 12.7 1.05 82%
1964 28 NYY AL 447 1.8% 12.3% 5.8% 6.0% 28% 2.12 7.5 51.9 13.4 1.23 79%
1965 29 NYY AL 370 1.4% 13.0% 5.4% 3.5% 18% 2.40 7.1 67.8 9.7 1.04 79%
9 Seasons 4494 1.3% 9.8% 4.8% 5.9% 24% 2.03 9.4 73.1 11.2 1.03 82%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1957 21 NYY AL 8 0 35% 216 6 6 50% 6 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 4 8 53% 27 18 9 6 3 3 20 4 16
1958 22 NYY AL 12 0 37% 230 5 4 56% 5 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 7 13 64% 30 13 16 8 4 4 21 3 18
1959 23 NYY AL 11 0 37% 248 3 3 50% 3 3 0 1 0 0 3 0 4 10 53% 34 16 17 6 4 2 15 5 10
1960 24 NYY AL 8 0 36% 281 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 8 16 60% 31 16 15 4 2 2 18 3 15
1961 25 NYY AL 7 0 40% 254 1 3 25% 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 17 63% 40 20 20 5 2 3 20 2 18
1962 26 NYY AL 3 0 39% 81 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 43% 12 7 4 7 6 1 9 1 7
1963 27 NYY AL 10 0 39% 221 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 10 61% 42 18 24 10 5 4 12 1 11
1964 28 NYY AL 6 0 33% 170 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 10 51% 26 11 15 5 4 1 10 5 5
1965 29 NYY AL 3 0 24% 116 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 6 52% 16 6 10 5 3 2 4 2 1
9 Seasons 68 0 36% 1817 29 23 56% 28 19 1 4 0 2 14 0 46 93 57% 258 125 130 56 33 22 129 26 101
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1957 21 NYY AL 475 79% 128 8 1 0 0 2.29 3 0 14 2 1 1 2 0 17 13 76% 79 4 5% 41 19 46% 256 39 15% 25 16 64% 19 12 63% 0
1958 22 NYY AL 597 76% 148 1 0 0 0 3.96 2 0 17 2 0 2 0 1 13 8 62% 110 7 6% 65 23 35% 371 49 13% 26 16 62% 36 14 39% 0
1959 23 NYY AL 553 77% 143 4 1 0 0 0.90 6 0 8 6 0 3 3 0 17 13 76% 109 11 10% 57 19 33% 299 48 16% 18 11 61% 33 15 45% 0
1960 24 NYY AL 618 80% 155 6 2 0 0 0.62 14 0 20 12 2 9 5 0 13 12 92% 92 13 14% 50 26 52% 312 53 17% 31 21 68% 34 18 53% 0
1961 25 NYY AL 657 70% 170 8 2 1 1 1.78 8 0 7 7 1 4 4 0 13 10 77% 126 7 6% 61 18 30% 342 40 12% 18 10 56% 33 13 39% 0
1962 26 NYY AL 184 76% 53 2 1 0 0 0.70 4 0 3 4 0 2 2 0 3 2 67% 34 3 9% 14 5 36% 95 13 14% 9 4 44% 11 4 36% 0
1963 27 NYY AL 592 69% 143 1 1 0 0 1.58 7 0 6 6 1 5 2 0 3 3 100% 60 4 7% 20 5 25% 250 40 16% 16 9 56% 31 13 42% 0
1964 28 NYY AL 447 66% 95 2 0 0 1 3.04 8 0 6 7 1 3 5 0 6 4 67% 48 6 13% 19 9 47% 178 24 13% 9 6 67% 21 15 71% 0
1965 29 NYY AL 370 72% 74 12 4 0 1 1.70 5 0 10 4 1 4 1 1 6 6 100% 74 7 9% 43 21 49% 210 31 15% 17 12 71% 16 9 56% 0
9 Seasons 4493 74% 1109 44 12 1 3 1.67 57 0 91 50 7 33 24 2 91 71 78% 732 62 8% 370 145 39% 2313 337 15% 169 105 62% 234 113 48% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1957 21 127 475 431 56 128 21 3 3 39 6 6 24 48 .297 .335 .381 .716 97 164 4 3 13 4 3
1958 22 265 1072 990 122 276 42 4 5 87 11 10 49 105 .279 .313 .344 .657 83 341 11 4 21 8 6
1959 23 397 1625 1502 189 419 67 11 11 138 14 13 73 151 .279 .313 .360 .673 87 541 22 6 34 10 9
1960 24 544 2243 2070 266 574 92 14 25 200 17 13 104 193 .277 .313 .371 .684 90 769 35 9 46 14 14
1961 25 697 2901 2687 350 744 130 20 33 246 18 16 131 253 .277 .311 .377 .688 90 1013 42 10 56 17 15
1962 26 742 3085 2856 378 797 136 21 37 263 20 17 143 270 .279 .314 .380 .694 92 1086 45 10 58 18 15
1963 27 877 3677 3413 450 940 157 24 44 307 24 19 171 338 .275 .311 .374 .685 90 1277 49 12 61 20 21
1964 28 983 4124 3828 496 1035 173 27 52 338 28 20 197 393 .270 .307 .370 .677 87 1418 55 13 65 21 24
1965 29 1092 4494 4167 522 1109 178 30 57 373 29 23 217 441 .266 .303 .364 .667 85 1518 62 13 71 26 24

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1957 21 134 493 460 62 141 23 3 3 44 7 26 50 .307 .345 .389 .734 62 127
1958 22 144 627 594 76 164 23 1 2 56 6 28 60 .276 .308 .328 .636 61 138
1959 23 138 568 538 74 152 27 7 6 57 3 26 48 .283 .317 .392 .709 67 132
1960 24 155 644 603 87 169 27 3 15 70 3 34 44 .280 .320 .410 .729 79 147
1961 25 153 650 619 87 172 38 6 8 47 1 27 60 .278 .308 .397 .705 76 153
1962 26 45 183 170 29 54 6 1 4 18 2 12 17 .318 .361 .435 .796 27 45
1963 27 135 600 566 78 152 22 3 7 48 4 30 68 .269 .307 .355 .662 62 135
1964 28 105 446 417 49 99 17 3 8 33 4 27 55 .237 .285 .350 .635 42 106
1965 29 109 369 343 30 78 5 3 5 40 1 21 48 .227 .268 .303 .571 29 109
9 Seasons 1118 4580 4310 572 1181 188 30 58 413 31 231 450 .274 .311 .372 .683 505 1092
162 Game Avg. 162 664 625 83 171 27 4 8 60 4 33 65 .274 .311 .372 .683 73 1092

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1958
1959-2 *
1961-1 (SS)
1961-2

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1957-AL-Rookie of the Year

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1957-AL-26-0%
1960-AL-11-9%
1963-AL-27-0%
0.09 Career Shares (918th)

At Bats s c a p y
1958 AL--559--10th
1960 AL--568--9th
1961 AL--617--6th

Hits s c a p y
1961 AL--170--9th

Doubles s c a p y
1961 AL--38--2nd

Triples s c a p y
1959 AL--7--3rd

Singles s c a p y
1958 AL--124--5th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1957 AL--13--3rd
1958 AL--8--10th
1959 AL--13--1st
1960 AL--12--7th
1961 AL--10--7th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1957 AL--6--10th

AB per SO s c a p y
1960 AL--13.5--8th

Outs Made s c a p y
1958 AL--434--7th
1960 AL--442--10th
1961 AL--470--7th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 9 (1431), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 41 (449), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1294), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Ron Oester (955)
  2. Jerry Adair (941)
  3. Tony Bernazard (940)
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  5. Danny O'Connell (936)
  6. Connie Ryan (935)
  7. Jackie Hayes (935)
  8. Damaso Garcia (934)
  9. Bill Cissell (934)
  10. Jack Wilson (930)
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  1. Rennie Stennett (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Rennie Stennett (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Rennie Stennett (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Rennie Stennett (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Joe Dugan (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Rennie Stennett (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Rennie Stennett (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bill Russell (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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