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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
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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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 98 164 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

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
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1957 NYY AL 21 OF 50 36 358.2 96 88 2 6 0 .938 4.9 16.4 1.9 0.1 1.8 3 2.26 1.80 .981 2.24 1.97 MVP-26,RoY-1
1957 NYY AL 21 SS 41 32 297.1 188 74 108 6 26 .968 1.8 7.3 1.8 1.9 -0.1 0 5.51 4.44 .963 5.11 4.43 MVP-26,RoY-1
1957 NYY AL 21 3B 38 36 303.0 106 26 72 8 7 .925 0.5 2.0 0.5 -1.8 2.3 0 2.91 2.58 .953 3.23 2.77 MVP-26,RoY-1
1957 NYY AL 21 LF 31 24 228.0 55 50 2 3 0 .945 2.4 12.6 0.4 0.0 0.4 2 2.05 1.68 .980 2.10 1.70 MVP-26,RoY-1
1957 NYY AL 21 CF 22 12 130.2 41 38 0 3 0 .927 2.5 23.0 1.5 0.1 1.4 1 2.62 1.73 .983 2.72 2.40 MVP-26,RoY-1
1957 NYY AL 21 2B 1 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 40.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 6.00 2.00 1.000 5.40 4.80 MVP-26,RoY-1
1958 NYY AL 22 SS 134 133 1183.0 723 242 453 28 98 .961 13.4 13.6 11.4 4.0 7.4 2 5.29 5.19 .964 4.96 4.17 AS
1958 NYY AL 22 OF 3 3 27.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 17.8 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 1.67 1.67 .980 2.27 1.93 AS
1958 NYY AL 22 RF 2 2 18.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 26.7 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 2.00 2.00 .975 2.00 1.70 AS
1958 NYY AL 22 1B 1 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.00 2.00 1.000 9.90 8.50 AS
1958 NYY AL 22 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -240.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.70 AS
1958 NYY AL 22 CF 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.30 AS
1959 NYY AL 23 SS 67 64 582.1 349 121 217 11 42 .968 4.3 8.9 4.3 5.3 -0.9 0 5.22 5.04 .958 4.87 3.97 AS
1959 NYY AL 23 OF 53 47 422.1 83 78 3 2 2 .976 -1.3 -3.7 -3.3 -1.8 -1.5 2 1.73 1.53 .980 2.22 1.96 AS
1959 NYY AL 23 RF 26 24 195.0 35 32 2 1 1 .971 -0.2 -1.2 -1.2 -1.1 -0.1 1 1.57 1.31 .977 1.89 1.64 AS
1959 NYY AL 23 LF 24 13 124.0 20 19 0 1 0 .950 -2.0 -19.4 -2.0 -1.2 -0.8 0 1.38 0.79 .980 2.06 1.68 AS
1959 NYY AL 23 3B 17 15 123.1 58 20 36 2 5 .966 3.0 29.2 3.0 0.9 2.1 0 4.09 3.29 .952 3.21 2.72 AS
1959 NYY AL 23 CF 15 10 103.1 30 29 1 0 1 1.000 0.9 10.5 -0.1 0.5 -0.6 1 2.61 2.00 .983 2.72 2.44 AS
1959 NYY AL 23 2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.70 AS
1960 NYY AL 24 SS 136 133 1155.1 693 228 443 22 84 .968 14.3 14.9 15.3 7.7 7.6 -1 5.23 4.93 .960 5.11 4.37 MVP-11
1960 NYY AL 24 OF 29 3 82.0 24 23 1 0 0 1.000 0.5 7.3 0.5 1.0 -0.4 0 2.63 0.83 .983 2.25 1.95 MVP-11
1960 NYY AL 24 LF 22 2 54.0 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 0.6 13.3 0.6 0.8 -0.1 0 2.83 0.77 .982 2.13 1.67 MVP-11
1960 NYY AL 24 CF 6 1 27.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -4.4 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 0 2.67 1.33 .988 2.67 2.30 MVP-11
1960 NYY AL 24 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70 MVP-11
1961 NYY AL 25 SS 145 145 1259.2 740 261 449 30 107 .959 14.4 13.7 10.4 -2.0 12.3 4 5.07 4.90 .956 4.84 4.37 AS
1962 NYY AL 26 SS 35 35 306.2 197 71 117 9 27 .954 -3.1 -12.1 -3.1 -4.3 1.2 0 5.52 5.37 .962 4.84 4.47
1962 NYY AL 26 LF 6 6 54.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 8.9 0.4 -1.2 1.6 0 2.50 2.50 .973 2.02 1.62
1962 NYY AL 26 OF 6 6 54.0 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 8.9 0.4 -1.2 1.6 0 2.83 2.83 .982 2.18 1.92
1963 NYY AL 27 SS 132 132 1185.0 643 227 403 13 80 .980 10.5 10.6 9.5 9.5 0.0 1 4.78 4.77 .965 4.78 4.56 MVP-27
1963 NYY AL 27 CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -240.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20 MVP-27
1963 NYY AL 27 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -240.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.90 MVP-27
1964 NYY AL 28 SS 99 95 855.0 504 186 307 11 52 .978 16.3 22.9 15.3 11.0 4.3 1 5.19 4.98 .968 4.78 4.55
1965 NYY AL 29 SS 93 81 742.0 385 134 237 14 53 .964 -6.3 -10.2 -7.3 -4.0 -3.3 1 4.50 3.99 .962 4.74 4.38
1965 NYY AL 29 OF 3 0 16.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 7.5 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 1.12 0.67 1.000 2.02 1.77
1965 NYY AL 29 RF 2 0 12.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 20.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0 1.50 1.00 1.000 1.88 1.55
1965 NYY AL 29 1B 1 0 4.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 30.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 6.75 3.00 1.000 9.45 7.90
1965 NYY AL 29 LF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -30.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.50
9 Seasons SS 882 850 7566.1 4422 1544 2734 144 569 .967 65.6 10.4 57.6 29.1 28.5 8 5.09 4.85 .962 4.89 4.37
7 Seasons OF 145 95 961.0 227 213 6 8 2 .965 4.8 6.0 -0.2 -2.0 1.9 5 2.05 1.51 .981 2.23 1.96
5 Seasons LF 84 45 464.0 107 100 3 4 0 .963 1.3 3.4 -0.7 -1.6 1.0 2 2.00 1.23 .979 2.08 1.68
2 Seasons 3B 55 51 426.1 164 46 108 10 12 .939 3.5 9.9 3.5 -0.9 4.4 0 3.25 2.80 .952 3.22 2.75
5 Seasons CF 45 24 271.0 80 76 1 3 1 .963 3.1 13.7 1.1 0.6 0.5 2 2.56 1.71 .984 2.71 2.39
4 Seasons RF 31 26 226.0 41 38 2 1 1 .976 0.4 2.1 -0.6 -1.0 0.4 1 1.59 1.29 .978 1.90 1.64
3 Seasons 2B 3 0 6.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -60.0 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0 3.00 0.67 1.000 5.40 4.73
2 Seasons 1B 2 0 5.0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 24.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 9.00 2.50 1.000 9.54 8.20
9 Seasons TOT 1087 996 8964.2 4820 1808 2850 162 583 .966 73.7 9.9 60.7 26.0 34.8 5 8 4.68 4.29 .929 4.53 3.97
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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--13.524--8th

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 9 (1430), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 41 (445), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1408), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  4. Rennie Stennett (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Mark Koenig (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Rennie Stennett (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Cristian Guzman (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Rick Burleson (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1954 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

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