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Hal Lanier

Harold Clifton Lanier

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 4, 1942 in Denton, NC
High School: Boca Ciega HS (St. Petersburg, FL)
Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 18, 1964
Teams (by GP): Giants/Yankees 1964-1973

Final Game: September 30, 1973
Relatives: Son of Max Lanier
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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
1961	18	SFG-min	D	73	295	295		93	7	5	1						.315	.315	.383	.698		113							QUI · MIDW
1962	19	SFG-min	C	133	602	555	89	173	20	4	5	49	17	11	32	62	.312	.351	.389	.741		216		3	10	2			FRE · CALL
1963	20	SFG-min	AA	138	610	577	77	163	27	9	6	49	6	5	33	57	.282	.321	.392	.713		226							SPF · EL
1964	21	SFG-min	AAA	61	270	254	33	83	17	1	4	28	4	6	6	21	.327	.340	.449	.788		114		1	5	4			TAC · PCL
1964	21	SFG	NL	98	401	383	40	105	16	3	2	28	2	1	5	44	.274	.283	.347	.630	75	133	12	0	12	1	0	4/6
1965	22	SFG	NL	159	556	522	41	118	15	9	0	39	2	1	21	67	.226	.256	.289	.545	52	151	21	0	12	1	4	*4/6
1966	23	SFG	NL	149	484	459	37	106	14	2	3	37	1	0	16	49	.231	.256	.290	.546	49	133	20	0	8	1	7	*46
1967	24	SFG	NL	151	557	525	37	112	16	3	0	42	2	2	16	61	.213	.239	.255	.494	42	134	17	2	13	1	2	*64
1968	25	SFG	NL	151	518	486	37	100	14	1	0	27	2	2	12	57	.206	.222	.239	.461	38	116	17	0	14	6	0	*6
1969	26	SFG	NL	150	537	495	37	113	9	1	0	35	0	1	25	68	.228	.263	.251	.514	46	124	16	0	13	4	5	*6
1970	27	SFG	NL	134	463	438	33	101	13	1	2	41	1	2	21	41	.231	.265	.279	.543	47	122	20	0	2	2	4	*6/43
1971	28	SFG	NL	109	227	206	21	48	8	0	1	13	0	0	15	26	.233	.283	.286	.569	63	59	6	0	4	2	3	54/63
1972	29	NYY	AL	60	107	103	5	22	3	0	0	6	1	2	2	13	.214	.234	.243	.476	44	25	3	1	0	1	0	5/64
1973	30	NYY	AL	35	90	86	9	18	3	0	0	5	0	0	3	10	.209	.244	.244	.489	41	21	3	1	0	0	0	6/45
1974	31	STL-min	AAA	103	383	357	45	96	15	0	1	32	2	0	16	35	.269	.304	.319	.623		114		4	1	5			TUL · AA
1975	32	STL-min	AAA	21	80	74	11	15	1	1	1	7	0	0	5	16	.203	.250	.284	.534		21		0	0	1			TUL · AA
1979	36	STL-min	AAA	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000		1		0	0	0			SPR · AA
10 Yrs				1196	3940	3703	297	843	111	20	8	273	11	11	136	436	.228	.255	.275	.529	50	1018	135	4	78	19	25
162 Game Avg.				162	534	502	40	114	15	3	1	37	1	1	18	59	.228	.255	.275	.529	50	138	18	1	11	3	3

SFG (8 yrs)				1101	3743	3514	283	803	105	20	8	262	10	9	131	413	.229	.255	.277	.532	50	972	129	2	78	18	25
NYY (2 yrs)				95	197	189	14	40	6	0	0	11	1	2	5	23	.212	.239	.243	.482	43	46	6	2	0	1	0

NL (8 yrs)				1101	3743	3514	283	803	105	20	8	262	10	9	131	413	.229	.255	.277	.532	50	972	129	2	78	18	25
AL (2 yrs)				95	197	189	14	40	6	0	0	11	1	2	5	23	.212	.239	.243	.482	43	46	6	2	0	1	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
1964	21	SFG	NL	98	401	-10	-0	-0	2	3	-6	-0.6	14	8	0.7	.493	.496	0.4	0.6	6	$7,000	4/6
1965	22	SFG	NL	159	556	-32	0	-2	4	4	-26	-3.0	19	-7	-1.1	.481	.482	-1.5	0.9	-11	$12,000	*4/6
1966	23	SFG	NL	149	484	-33	1	-2	6	6	-22	-2.4	16	-5	-0.7	.483	.485	-1.5	1.5	-12	$	*46
1967	24	SFG	NL	151	557	-33	-2	-0	22	9	-3	-0.2	19	16	1.7	.497	.498	-1.2	3.9	-7	$15,000	*64
1968	25	SFG	NL	151	518	-34	1	-0	8	9	-17	-2.0	18	1	-0.2	.485	.486	-1.5	2.3	-8	$15,000	*6
1969	26	SFG	NL	150	537	-35	1	-0	16	8	-11	-1.1	18	7	0.6	.492	.492	-1.2	2.8	-8	$	*6
1970	27	SFG	NL	134	463	-32	-2	-2	-6	7	-35	-3.6	13	-22	-2.2	.473	.477	-1.7	0.2	-15	$	*6/43
1971	28	SFG	NL	109	227	-9	-1	0	-2	2	-10	-1.1	7	-3	-0.4	.489	.493	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	54/63
1972	29	NYY	AL	60	107	-6	-1	-0	-1	1	-7	-1.0	4	-4	-0.6	.484	.494	-0.5	-0.0	-3	$32,000	5/64
1973	30	NYY	AL	35	90	-6	0	-0	0	2	-3	-0.3	3	-0	-0.1	.490	.498	-0.1	0.3	-1	$33,500	6/45
10 Seasons				1196	3940	-231	-2	-7	49	51	-141	-15.2	130	-10	-2.3	.487	.490	-9.0	12.4	-59	$114,500

SFG (8 yrs)				1101	3743	-219	-2	-7	49	48	-130	-13.9	124	-6	-1.6	.487	.489	-8.4	12.2	-55	$49,000
NYY (2 yrs)				95	197	-12	-0	-1	-1	3	-11	-1.3	6	-4	-0.7	.486	.496	-0.6	0.3	-4	$65,500

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	21	SFG	NL	401	304	34	3.0	95	.305	.274	.266	.283	.324	.347	.395	.630	.718	75	.362	-13.8	-1.5	.478	.089	.073	2.0
1965	22	SFG	NL	556	439	34	2.1	96	.259	.226	.262	.256	.326	.289	.395	.545	.721	52	.223	-35.8	-3.8	.406	.105	.063	.0
1966	23	SFG	NL	484	382	30	2.1	100	.252	.231	.269	.256	.329	.290	.406	.546	.734	49	.220	-32.8	-3.4	.402	.096	.059	1.5
1967	24	SFG	NL	557	446	29	1.8	90	.241	.213	.258	.239	.320	.255	.379	.494	.700	42	.184	-40.9	-4.4	.352	.072	.042	.0
1968	25	SFG	NL	518	425	23	1.5	82	.230	.206	.253	.222	.312	.239	.357	.461	.668	38	.164	-37.4	-4.3	.316	.058	.033	.0
1969	26	SFG	NL	537	416	31	2.0	94	.262	.228	.258	.263	.328	.251	.383	.514	.711	46	.207	-36.5	-3.8	.371	.071	.022
1970	27	SFG	NL	463	363	28	2.1	103	.249	.231	.266	.265	.339	.279	.406	.543	.745	47	.185	-33.9	-3.4	.396	.094	.048	1.3
1971	28	SFG	NL	227	170	16	2.5	92	.260	.233	.259	.283	.325	.286	.379	.569	.703	63	.296	-10.0	-1.0	.451	.126	.053	.0
1972	29	NYY	AL	107	87	5	1.6	81	.242	.214	.243	.234	.311	.243	.351	.476	.663	44	.174	-7.2	-0.8	.314	.039	.029	.0
1973	30	NYY	AL	90	71	5	1.9	90	.237	.209	.255	.244	.323	.244	.375	.489	.698	41	.179	-6.8	-0.7	.352	.070	.035
10 Yrs				3940	3103	235	2.0	93	.255	.228	.261	.255	.325	.275	.386	.529	.711	50	.218	-255.0	-27.1	.385	.084	.047	9.3
162 Game Avg.				534	420	32	2.0	93	.255	.228	.261	.255	.325	.275	.386	.529	.711	50	.218	-255.0	-27.1	.385	.084	.047	1

SFG (8 yrs)				3743	2945	225	2.1	94	.256	.229	.261	.255	.325	.277	.387	.532	.713	50	.220	-241.1	-25.6	.388	.086	.048	8.9
NYY (2 yrs)				197	158	10	1.7	85	.240	.212	.249	.239	.317	.243	.362	.482	.679	43	.176	-14.0	-1.5	.331	.053	.032	.0

NL (8 yrs)				3743	2945	225	2.1	94	.256	.229	.261	.255	.325	.277	.387	.532	.713	50	.220	-241.1	-25.6	.388	.086	.048	8.9
AL (2 yrs)				197	158	10	1.7	85	.240	.212	.249	.239	.317	.243	.362	.482	.679	43	.176	-14.0	-1.5	.331	.053	.032	.0

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
1971	28	SFG	NL	NLCS	PIT	L	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLCS							1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.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	21	SFG	NL	401	0.5%	11.0%	1.3%	5.2%	20%	8.80	8.7	191.5	13.7	1.50	84%
1965	22	SFG	NL	556	0.0%	12.1%	3.8%	4.3%	20%	3.19	7.8		13.4	1.29	82%
1966	23	SFG	NL	484	0.6%	10.1%	3.3%	3.9%	18%	3.06	9.4	153.0	12.4	1.51	84%
1967	24	SFG	NL	557	0.0%	11.0%	2.9%	3.4%	17%	3.81	8.6		12.5	1.27	83%
1968	25	SFG	NL	518	0.0%	11.0%	2.3%	2.9%	15%	4.75	8.5		18.0	1.47	84%
1969	26	SFG	NL	537	0.0%	12.7%	4.7%	1.9%	9%	2.72	7.3		14.1	1.29	80%
1970	27	SFG	NL	463	0.4%	8.9%	4.5%	3.5%	16%	1.95	10.7	219.0	10.7	0.98	86%
1971	28	SFG	NL	227	0.4%	11.5%	6.6%	4.0%	19%	1.73	7.9	206.0	15.8	1.12	80%
1972	29	NYY	AL	107	0.0%	12.2%	1.9%	2.8%	14%	6.50	7.9		17.2	0.87	85%
1973	30	NYY	AL	90	0.0%	11.1%	3.3%	3.3%	17%	3.33	8.6		17.2	1.68	84%
10 Yrs				3940	0.2%	11.1%	3.5%	3.5%	17%	3.21	8.5	462.9	13.6	1.30	83%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.1%	8.4%	6.0%	27%	1.80	5.9	43.5	9.2	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	21	SFG	NL	-13.8	-1.5	408	-1.6	5.4	-7.0	.96	-1.3	-0.4	-14.3	-1.5	0.95	-13.2	0.94	2
1965	22	SFG	NL	-36.4	-3.8	564	-2.8	6.4	-9.2	.89	-2.8	-0.3	-22.5	-2.3	0.97	-29.6	1.38	1
1966	23	SFG	NL	-32.8	-3.4	489	-2.7	6.2	-8.9	.95	-2.9	0.1	-27.1	-2.8	0.94	-26.9	3.39	1
1967	24	SFG	NL	-40.9	-4.4	569	-2.4	7.7	-10.1	1.02	-3.2	0.8	-29.3	-3.2	1.00	-32.2		0
1968	25	SFG	NL	-37.4	-4.3	527	-4.4	4.8	-9.1	.94	-4.2	-0.4	-45.9	-5.2	0.97	-42.6	0.53	1
1969	26	SFG	NL	-36.5	-3.8	548	-3.3	6.2	-9.5	.97	-4.0	0.5	-35.4	-3.7	0.99	-38.7		0
1970	27	SFG	NL	-34.5	-3.4	470	-2.8	5.6	-8.4	.91	-3.3	0.3	-38.0	-3.8	1.01	-37.6		0
1971	28	SFG	NL	-10.0	-1.0	229	-0.9	3.2	-4.1	1.02	-1.2	0.3	-11.6	-1.2	1.03	-9.9	1.77	3
1972	29	NYY	AL	-7.2	-0.8	110	-0.7	0.9	-1.7	.76	-0.7	-0.3	-6.7	-0.8	0.96	-6.5	0.81	3
1973	30	NYY	AL	-6.9	-0.7	91	-0.8	0.6	-1.4	.76	-0.9	-0.2	-9.1	-1.0	0.99	-9.4		0
10 Yrs				-256.3	-27.3	4005	-22.5	47.0	-69.5	.95	-24.4	0.6	-239.9	-25.5	0.98	-246.6	1.36	11

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1964	21	SFG	NL	8	35%	160	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	1	4	9	52%	15	7	7	3	1	1	9	3	6
1965	22	SFG	NL	9	30%	163	2	1	67%	0	1	2	0	2	5	6	61%	20	10	10	3	1	2	10	2	8
1966	23	SFG	NL	5	29%	179	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	5	8	58%	22	10	12	2	1	1	16	3	10
1967	24	SFG	NL	12	29%	183	2	2	50%	2	1	0	1	2	7	8	44%	28	17	9	5	3	1	22	8	14
1968	25	SFG	NL	5	33%	178	2	2	50%	2	1	0	1	0	3	8	56%	11	7	4	2	1	1	19	5	13
1969	26	SFG	NL	7	27%	179	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	6	13	50%	13	7	5	2	0	2	15	5	8
1970	27	SFG	NL	6	26%	173	1	2	33%	1	1	0	1	0	8	8	37%	15	12	3	5	3	1	15	3	9
1971	28	SFG	NL	4	32%	94	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	4	36%	10	9	1	1	1	0	11	3	7
1972	29	NYY	AL	1	20%	36	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	22%	9	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1973	30	NYY	AL	2	41%	16	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	2	2	0	2	1	1	2	0	2
10 Yrs				59	30%	1361	11	11	50%	9	8	2	3	5	40	66	48%	145	88	53	25	12	10	119	32	77

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	21	SFG	NL	401	28%	105			2	0	0	0	0.94	2	0	8	2	0	1	1	0	16	12	75%	83	12	14%	46	14	30%	243	26	11%	10	6	60%	14	10	71%	0
1965	22	SFG	NL	556	28%	118			1	0	0	0	1.38	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	13	12	92%	116	21	18%	49	17	35%	345	43	12%	20	10	50%	22	14	64%	0
1966	23	SFG	NL	484	28%	106			1	0	0	0	3.39	3	0	10	2	1	0	3	0	9	8	89%	88	20	23%	42	17	40%	270	38	14%	26	15	58%	11	5	45%	0
1967	24	SFG	NL	557	25%	112			0	0	0	0		0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	14	13	93%	135	17	13%	59	25	42%	364	45	12%	33	13	39%	14	10	71%	0
1968	25	SFG	NL	518	27%	100			1	0	0	0	0.53	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	17	14	82%	106	17	16%	55	25	45%	312	28	9%	32	14	44%	14	10	71%	0
1969	26	SFG	NL	537	19%	113			0	0	0	0		0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	14	13	93%	120	16	13%	60	25	42%	357	37	10%	27	16	59%	24	13	54%	0
1970	27	SFG	NL	463	22%	101			0	0	0	0		2	0	19	1	1	2	0	0	3	2	67%	109	20	18%	59	15	25%	329	43	13%	32	13	41%	19	9	47%	0
1971	28	SFG	NL	227	26%	48			3	0	0	0	1.77	1	0	8	1	0	0	1	0	5	4	80%	46	6	13%	22	7	32%	162	13	8%	10	5	50%	5	2	40%	0
1972	29	NYY	AL	107	67%	22			3	2	0	0	0.81	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	18	3	17%	10	2	20%	65	6	9%	3	1	33%	5	3	60%	0
1973	30	NYY	AL	90	42%	18			0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		16	3	19%	8	2	25%	67	5	7%	6	2	33%	3	2	67%	0
10 Yrs				3940	27%	843			11	2	0	0	1.36	8	0	111	6	2	3	5	0	92	78	85%	837	135	16%	410	149	36%	2514	284	11%	199	95	48%	131	78	60%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			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	21	98	401	383	40	105	16	3	2	28	2	1	5	44	.274	.283	.347	.630	75	133	12	0	12	1	0
1965	22	257	957	905	81	223	31	12	2	67	4	2	26	111	.246	.267	.314	.581	62	284	33	0	24	2	4
1966	23	406	1441	1364	118	329	45	14	5	104	5	2	42	160	.241	.263	.306	.569	57	417	53	0	32	3	11
1967	24	557	1998	1889	155	441	61	17	5	146	7	4	58	221	.233	.257	.292	.548	53	551	70	2	45	4	13
1968	25	708	2516	2375	192	541	75	18	5	173	9	6	70	278	.228	.249	.281	.530	50	667	87	2	59	10	13
1969	26	858	3053	2870	229	654	84	19	5	208	9	7	95	346	.228	.252	.276	.528	50	791	103	2	72	14	18
1970	27	992	3516	3308	262	755	97	20	7	249	10	9	116	387	.228	.254	.276	.530	49	913	123	2	74	16	22
1971	28	1101	3743	3514	283	803	105	20	8	262	10	9	131	413	.229	.255	.277	.532	50	972	129	2	78	18	25
1972	29	1161	3850	3617	288	825	108	20	8	268	11	11	133	426	.228	.255	.276	.530	50	997	132	3	78	19	25
1973	30	1196	3940	3703	297	843	111	20	8	273	11	11	136	436	.228	.255	.275	.529	50	1018	135	4	78	19	25

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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	21	98	406	388	43	110	17	3	2	30	2	5	44	.284	.292	.358	.650	41	98
1965	22	158	558	523	43	121	15	9	0	41	2	22	67	.231	.262	.294	.556	41	159
1966	23	149	485	460	38	107	14	2	3	38	1	16	49	.233	.258	.291	.549	35	149
1967	24	151	568	535	43	122	17	3	0	49	2	17	61	.228	.254	.271	.525	37	151
1968	25	150	532	498	47	114	16	1	0	34	2	14	57	.229	.247	.265	.512	33	151
1969	26	150	544	501	40	119	9	1	0	38	0	26	68	.238	.273	.259	.533	36	150
1970	27	134	462	437	33	100	13	1	2	40	1	21	41	.229	.263	.277	.540	32	134
1971	28	109	232	210	24	52	9	0	1	15	0	16	26	.248	.298	.305	.603	19	109
1972	29	63	118	113	7	28	4	0	0	9	1	3	14	.248	.271	.283	.554	8	60
1973	30	35	92	88	11	20	3	0	0	6	0	3	10	.227	.261	.261	.522	6	35
10 Yrs		1197	3997	3753	329	893	117	20	8	300	11	143	437	.238	.265	.286	.552	288	1196
162 Game Avg.		162	541	508	45	121	16	3	1	41	1	19	59	.238	.265	.286	.552	39	1196

* 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 1979 BBWAA ( 0.2%)	Awards (yr lg award) 1986 NL Mgr of the year	Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1966 NL 1.5 (6th) 1967 NL 3.9 (1st) 1968 NL 2.3 (4th) 1969 NL 2.8 (1st) Career 12.4 (141st)	Games Played s c a p y 1965 NL 159 (10th)
Triples s c a p y 1965 NL 9 (9th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1964 NL 12 (4th) 1965 NL 12 (7th) 1967 NL 13 (3rd) 1968 NL 14 (3rd) 1969 NL 13 (3rd)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1968 NL 6 (10th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1965 NL 21 (2nd) 1966 NL 20 (3rd) 1967 NL 17 (3rd) 1968 NL 17 (10th) 1969 NL 16 (10th) 1970 NL 20 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 2 (2156), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 1 (2224), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 12 (1381), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Most Similar by Ages

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Nellie Fox (974) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Derrel Thomas (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bill Wambsganss (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Everett Scott (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Everett Scott (947) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ed Brinkman (937) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ed Brinkman (924) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Sandy Alomar (921) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mark Belanger (925) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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