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Don Larsen
Don James Larsen

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 227 lb.

Born: August 7, 1929 in Michigan City, IN
High School: Point Loma (San Diego, CA)
Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1953
Final Game: July 7, 1967
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Don Larsen
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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
1953	23	SLB	AL	50	85	81	11	23	3	1	3	10	0	0	4	14	.284	.318	.457	.774	105	37	1	0	0			1/O
1954	24	BAL	AL	44	95	88	6	22	5	3	1	4	0	0	5	15	.250	.290	.409	.699	97	36	2	0	2	0		1
1955	25	NYY	AL	21	45	41	4	6	1	0	2	7	0	0	4	13	.146	.222	.317	.539	45	13	1	0	0	0	0	1
1956	26	NYY	AL	45	86	79	10	19	5	0	2	12	0	0	6	17	.241	.294	.380	.674	80	30	2	0	1	0	0	1
1957	27	NYY	AL	31	63	56	6	14	5	0	0	5	0	1	6	11	.250	.317	.339	.657	81	19	3	0	0	1	0	1
1958	28	NYY	AL	28	57	49	9	15	1	0	4	13	0	2	5	9	.306	.364	.571	.935	158	28	2	0	2	1	0	1
1959	29	NYY	AL	29	56	47	8	12	2	0	0	8	0	0	7	15	.255	.345	.298	.643	82	14	2	0	1	1	0	1
1960	30	KCA	AL	23	29	29	3	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	11	.207	.207	.241	.448	21	7	2	0	0	0	0	1
1961	31	TOT	AL	43	48	45	4	14	0	0	2	8	0	0	1	10	.311	.326	.444	.771	105	20	0	0	2	0	0	1/7
1961	31	KCA	AL	18	22	20	2	6	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	5	.300	.333	.450	.783	107	9	0	0	1	0	0	/17
1961	31	CHW	AL	25	26	25	2	8	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	5	.320	.320	.440	.760	102	11	0	0	1	0	0	1
1962	32	SFG	NL	52	26	25	3	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	.200	.200	.280	.480	28	7	0	0	1	0	0	1
1963	33	SFG	NL	46	13	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.182	.250	.182	.432	28	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
1964	34	TOT	NL	37	37	32	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	10	.094	.194	.125	.319	-6	4	0	0	1	0	0	1
1964	34	SFG	NL	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1964	34	HOU	NL	31	36	31	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	10	.097	.200	.129	.329	-3	4	0	0	1	0	0	1
1965	35	TOT	MLB	28	13	13	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.231	.231	.308	.538	52	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
1965	35	HOU	NL	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1965	35	BAL	AL	27	11	11	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.273	.273	.364	.636	78	4	0	0	0	0	0	1

1967	37	CHC	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
14 Seasons				480	653	596	65	144	25	5	14	72	0	3	43	138	.242	.291	.371	.662	81	221	15	0	11	3	0
162 Game Avg.				162	220	201	22	49	8	2	5	24	0	1	15	47	.242	.291	.371	.662	81	75	5	0	4
				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
NYY (5 yrs)				154	307	272	37	66	14	0	8	45	0	3	28	65	.243	.310	.382	.693	89	104	10	0	4	3	0
SFG (3 yrs)				104	40	37	4	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	8	.189	.211	.243	.454	25	9	0	0	2	0	0
BAL (3 yrs)				121	191	180	17	48	9	4	4	15	0	0	9	33	.267	.302	.428	.729	100	77	3	0	2	0	0
KCA (2 yrs)				41	51	49	5	12	1	0	1	7	0	0	1	16	.245	.260	.327	.587	57	16	2	0	1	0	0
HOU (2 yrs)				32	38	33	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	11	.091	.189	.121	.310	-8	4	0	0	1	0	0
CHC (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CHW (1 yr)				25	26	25	2	8	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	5	.320	.320	.440	.760	102	11	0	0	1	0	0

AL (10 yrs)				341	575	526	61	134	24	4	14	71	0	3	38	119	.255	.303	.395	.699	90	208	15	0	8	3	0
NL (5 yrs)				139	78	70	4	10	1	1	0	1	0	0	5	19	.143	.200	.186	.386	10	13	0	0	3	0	0

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
1953	23	SLB	AL	85	59	12	5.5	104	.313	.284	.272	.318	.348	.457	.400	.774	.749	105	.592	-0.0	0.0	.695	.222	.173	.0
1954	24	BAL	AL	95	70	10	3.8	92	.292	.250	.256	.290	.330	.409	.374	.699	.704	97	.452	-0.9	-0.1	.603	.216	.159	.0
1955	25	NYY	AL	45	36	3	2.2	102	.154	.146	.265	.222	.344	.317	.395	.539	.739	45	.211	-3.6	-0.4	.472	.268	.171	.0
1956	26	NYY	AL	86	63	9	3.8	104	.283	.241	.264	.294	.345	.380	.402	.674	.748	80	.396	-2.6	-0.2	.581	.215	.139	.0
1957	27	NYY	AL	63	47	5	2.9	98	.304	.250	.262	.317	.334	.339	.395	.657	.729	81	.315	-1.1	-0.1	.522	.179	.089
1958	28	NYY	AL	57	41	9	5.9	95	.297	.306	.257	.364	.325	.571	.390	.935	.715	158	.639	3.8	0.4	.816	.327	.265	.0
1959	29	NYY	AL	56	39	5	3.4	95	.364	.255	.256	.345	.326	.298	.391	.643	.717	82	.390	-0.7	-0.1	.568	.191	.043
1960	30	KCA	AL	29	25	1	1.1	101	.333	.207	.263	.207	.337	.241	.403	.448	.740	21	.069	-3.3	-0.3	.280	.034	.034
1961	31	TOT	AL	48	33	7	5.7	104	.364	.311	.264	.326	.339	.444	.410	.771	.749	105	.589	-0.1	-0.0	.677	.156	.133	.0
1961	31	KCA	AL	22	15	3	5.3	105	.357	.300	.265	.333	.340	.450	.412	.783	.753	107	.563	0.0	0.0	.714	.200	.150	.0
1961	31	CHW	AL	26	18	4	5.9	103	.368	.320	.263	.320	.338	.440	.409	.760	.746	102	.609	-0.2	-0.0	.647	.120	.120	.0
1962	32	SFG	NL	26	21	1	1.3	102	.278	.200	.269	.200	.336	.280	.408	.480	.744	28	.088	-2.7	-0.3	.350	.080	.080
1963	33	SFG	NL	13	10	1	2.7	88	.200	.182	.253	.250	.315	.182	.378	.432	.693	28	.335	-1.0	-0.1	.333	.091	.000
1964	34	TOT	NL	37	30	1	0.9	90	.136	.094	.258	.194	.315	.125	.383	.319	.697	-6	.058	-4.3	-0.5	.276	.156	.031
1964	34	SFG	NL	1	1	0	0.0	95	.000	.000	.266	.000	.324	.000	.394	.000	.718	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1964	34	HOU	NL	36	29	1	0.9	89	.143	.097	.257	.200	.315	.129	.382	.329	.697	-3	.061	-4.1	-0.4	.286	.161	.032
1965	35	TOT	MLB	13	10	1	2.7	92	.375	.231	.252	.231	.321	.308	.386	.538	.707	52	.321	-0.8	-0.1	.400	.077	.077
1965	35	HOU	NL	2	2	0	0.0	87	.000	.000	.248	.000	.311	.000	.376	.000	.687	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1965	35	BAL	AL	11	8	1	3.4	93	.429	.273	.253	.273	.323	.364	.388	.636	.711	78	.418	-0.3	-0.0	.500	.091	.091
14 Seasons				653	484	65	3.6	98	.291	.242	.262	.291	.335	.371	.394	.662	.729	81	.405	-17.5	-1.8	.555	.196	.129	.0
162 Game Avg.				220	163	22	3.6	98	.291	.242	.262	.291	.335	.371	.394	.662	.729	81	.405	-17.5	-1.8	.555	.196	.129
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
NYY (5 yrs)				307	226	31	3.7	99	.287	.243	.261	.310	.336	.382	.396	.693	.731	89	.407	-4.2	-0.4	.589	.232	.140	.0
SFG (3 yrs)				40	32	2	1.7	98	.241	.189	.264	.211	.329	.243	.399	.454	.727	25	.149	-4.0	-0.4	.333	.081	.054
BAL (3 yrs)				191	137	23	4.5	97	.308	.267	.263	.302	.338	.428	.387	.729	.724	100	.518	-1.3	-0.1	.637	.211	.161	.0
KCA (2 yrs)				51	40	4	2.7	103	.344	.245	.264	.260	.338	.327	.407	.587	.745	57	.275	-3.2	-0.3	.436	.102	.082	.0
HOU (2 yrs)				38	31	1	0.9	89	.136	.091	.257	.189	.314	.121	.382	.310	.696	-8	.055	-4.6	-0.5	.267	.152	.030
CHW (1 yr)				26	18	4	5.9	103	.368	.320	.263	.320	.338	.440	.409	.760	.746	102	.609	-0.2	-0.0	.647	.120	.120	.0

AL (10 yrs)				575	421	62	4.0	99	.303	.255	.262	.303	.337	.395	.394	.699	.731	90	.444	-8.9	-0.9	.593	.207	.141	.0
NL (5 yrs)				78	63	3	1.3	94	.196	.143	.261	.200	.322	.186	.391	.386	.712	10	.101	-8.6	-0.9	.300	.114	.043

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
1955	25	NYY	AL	WS	BRO	L	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	26	NYY	AL	WS	BRO	W	2	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	1	0	0
1957	27	NYY	AL	WS	MLN	L	2	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	28	NYY	AL	WS	MLN	W	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0

1962	32	SFG	NL	WS	NYY	L	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Seasons (5 Series)							10	13	9	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	.111	.333	.111	.444	1	0	0	1	0	0
5 WS							10	13	9	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	.111	.333	.111	.444	1	0	0	1	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
1953	23	SLB	AL	85	3.5%	16.5%	4.7%	8.2%	30%	3.50	5.8	27.0	8.1			75%
1954	24	BAL	AL	95	1.1%	15.8%	5.3%	9.5%	41%	3.00	5.9	88.0	22.0		1.13	76%
1955	25	NYY	AL	45	4.4%	28.9%	8.9%	6.7%	50%	3.25	3.2	20.5	5.9		1.63	58%
1956	26	NYY	AL	86	2.3%	19.8%	7.0%	8.1%	37%	2.83	4.6	39.5	6.6		1.15	70%
1957	27	NYY	AL	63	0.0%	17.5%	9.5%	7.9%	36%	1.83	5.1		11.2		1.50	73%
1958	28	NYY	AL	57	7.0%	15.8%	8.8%	8.8%	33%	1.80	5.4	12.3	3.8		1.42	65%
1959	29	NYY	AL	56	0.0%	26.8%	12.5%	3.6%	17%	2.14	3.1		5.9		1.30	59%
1960	30	KCA	AL	29	0.0%	37.9%	0.0%	3.5%	17%		2.6		9.7		1.80	62%
1961	31	TOT	AL	48	4.2%	20.8%	2.1%	4.2%	14%	10.00	4.5	22.5	5.6		0.90	69%
1961	31	KCA	AL	22	4.6%	22.7%	4.6%	4.6%	17%	5.00	4.0	20.0	5.0		0.60	64%
1961	31	CHW	AL	26	3.9%	19.2%	0.0%	3.9%	13%		5.0	25.0	6.3		1.20	73%
1962	32	SFG	NL	26	0.0%	26.9%	0.0%	3.9%	20%		3.6		25.0		5.50	69%
1963	33	SFG	NL	13	0.0%	7.7%	7.7%	0.0%	0%	1.00	11.0				3.50	77%
1964	34	TOT	NL	37	0.0%	27.0%	10.8%	2.7%	33%	2.50	3.2				2.40	59%
1964	34	SFG	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%								100%
1964	34	HOU	NL	36	0.0%	27.8%	11.1%	2.8%	33%	2.50	3.1				2.40	58%
1965	35	TOT	MLB	13	0.0%	38.5%	0.0%	7.7%	33%		2.6		13.0			62%
1965	35	HOU	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0					50%
1965	35	BAL	AL	11	0.0%	36.4%	0.0%	9.1%	33%		2.8		11.0			64%
14 Seasons				653	2.1%	21.1%	6.6%	6.7%	31%	3.21	4.3	42.6	8.3		1.50	68%
MLB Averages
				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

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1954	24	BAL	AL	2	0	19%	32	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1955	25	NYY	AL	1	0	25%	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	26	NYY	AL	2	0	35%	29	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	46%	4	4	0	0	0	0	7	1	5
1957	27	NYY	AL	0	0	30%	27	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	80%	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	2
1958	28	NYY	AL	1	0	31%	21	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	43%	3	2	1	2	2	0	2	0	2
1959	29	NYY	AL	1	0	42%	25	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	38%	3	3	0	2	1	1	3	0	2
1960	30	KCA	AL	0	0	50%	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	33%	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
1961	31	TOT	AL	2	0	15%	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	20%	2	1	1	0	0	0	3	2	0
1961	31	KCA	AL	0	0	17%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
1961	31	CHW	AL	2	0	14%	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
1962	32	SFG	NL	1	0	60%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20%	2	2	0	1	1	0	2	1	1
1963	33	SFG	NL	0	0	33%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1964	34	TOT	NL	3	0	0%	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1964	34	SFG	NL	1	0		1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1964	34	HOU	NL	2	0	0%	14	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1965	35	TOT	MLB	0	0	0%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1965	35	HOU	NL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1965	35	BAL	AL	0	0	0%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14 Seasons				13	0	30%	204	0	3	0%	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	8	40%	24	18	5	5	4	1	24	6	15
MLB Averages
				ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH

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
1954	24	BAL	AL	87	41%	22			15	0	0	0	1.88	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	100%	15	2	13%	11	3	27%	55	3	5%	2	1	50%	5	0	0%	8
1955	25	NYY	AL	45	20%	6			3	1	0	0	1.32	2	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0		4	1	25%	2	0	0%	28	5	18%	0	0		2	2	100%	0
1956	26	NYY	AL	85	27%	19			7	2	0	1	1.93	2	1	3	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	50%	22	2	9%	17	2	12%	60	12	20%	9	5	56%	2	1	50%	0
1957	27	NYY	AL	63	29%	14			1	0	0	1	1.96	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	13	3	23%	12	3	25%	43	5	12%	2	2	100%	4	1	25%	0
1958	28	NYY	AL	57	25%	15			7	2	1	1	1.36	4	0	4	3	1	2	2	0	2	2	100%	13	2	15%	12	4	33%	44	9	20%	5	3	60%	4	1	25%	0
1959	29	NYY	AL	56	30%	12			3	1	0	1	1.96	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	9	2	22%	6	1	17%	42	8	19%	4	3	75%	3	1	33%	0
1960	30	KCA	AL	29	34%	6			1	0	0	0	1.03	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9	2	22%	8	3	38%	21	4	19%	3	2	67%	0	0		0
1961	31	TOT	AL	48	27%	14			12	5	1	3	1.33	2	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	2	2	100%	10	0	0%	9	2	22%	39	8	21%	4	3	75%	7	4	57%	0
1961	31	KCA	AL	22	41%	6			12	5	1	3	1.33	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	4	0	0%	19	3	16%	2	1	50%	5	3	60%	0
1961	31	CHW	AL	26	15%	8			0	0	0	0		1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	100%	7	0	0%	5	2	40%	20	5	25%	2	2	100%	2	1	50%	0
1962	32	SFG	NL	26	31%	5			4	0	0	0	2.05	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	16	2	13%	1	0	0%	2	2	100%	0
1963	33	SFG	NL	13	38%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	4	0	0%	3	1	33%	8	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1964	34	TOT	NL	37	43%	3			3	0	0	0	1.74	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	5	0	0%	4	0	0%	14	1	7%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1964	34	SFG	NL	1	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1964	34	HOU	NL	36	44%	3			3	0	0	0	1.74	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	5	0	0%	4	0	0%	14	1	7%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1965	35	TOT	MLB	13	38%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	0	0%	7	1	14%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1965	35	HOU	NL	2	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1965	35	BAL	AL	11	45%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	4	1	25%	0	0		0	0		0
14 Seasons				559	31%	144			56	11	2	7	1.67	14	1	17	8	3	5	6	0	14	11	79%	108	15	14%	88	20	23%	377	58	15%	32	19	59%	30	12	40%	8
MLB Averages
				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

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1953	23	50	85	81	11	23	3	1	3	10	0	4	14	.284	.318	.457	.774	105	37	1	0
1954	24	94	180	169	17	45	8	4	4	14	0	9	29	.266	.303	.432	.735	101	73	3	2	0
1955	25	115	225	210	21	51	9	4	6	21	0	13	42	.243	.287	.410	.697	90	86	4	2	0	0
1956	26	160	311	289	31	70	14	4	8	33	0	19	59	.242	.289	.401	.690	87	116	6	3	0	0
1957	27	191	374	345	37	84	19	4	8	38	1	25	70	.243	.294	.391	.685	86	135	9	3	1	0
1958	28	219	431	394	46	99	20	4	12	51	3	30	79	.251	.303	.414	.717	95	163	11	5	2	0
1959	29	248	487	441	54	111	22	4	12	59	3	37	94	.252	.308	.401	.709	94	177	13	6	3	0
1960	30	271	516	470	57	117	23	4	12	62	3	37	105	.249	.302	.391	.693	89	184	15	6	3	0
1961	31	314	564	515	61	131	23	4	14	70	3	38	115	.254	.304	.396	.700	91	204	15	8	3	0
1962	32	366	590	540	64	136	23	5	14	71	3	38	122	.252	.299	.391	.690	88	211	15	9	3	0
1963	33	412	603	551	65	138	23	5	14	71	3	39	123	.250	.298	.387	.685	87	213	15	10	3	0
1964	34	449	640	583	65	141	24	5	14	71	3	43	133	.242	.293	.372	.665	82	217	15	11	3	0
1965	35	477	653	596	65	144	25	5	14	72	3	43	138	.242	.291	.371	.662	81	221	15	11	3	0
1966	36	477	653	596	65	144	25	5	14	72	3	43	138	.242	.291	.371	.662	81	221	15	11	3	0
1967	37	480	653	596	65	144	25	5	14	72	3	43	138	.242	.291	.371	.662	81	221	15	11	3	0

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1953	23	52	88	84	11	23	3	1	3	10	4	15	.274	.307	.440	.747	11	50
1954	24	46	100	94	7	25	6	3	1	5	6	16	.266	.310	.426	.736	13	44
1955	25	22	47	43	4	6	1	0	2	8	4	14	.140	.213	.302	.515	3	21
1956	26	47	88	82	10	19	5	0	2	12	6	18	.232	.284	.366	.650	8	45
1957	27	33	66	59	7	15	5	0	0	6	6	12	.254	.318	.339	.657	6	31
1958	28	29	57	51	11	15	1	0	4	16	5	9	.294	.351	.549	.900	10	28
1959	29	30	59	50	8	13	2	0	0	8	8	16	.260	.356	.300	.656	5	29
1960	30	24	31	31	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	12	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	23
1961	31	43	47	46	4	15	0	0	2	8	1	10	.326	.340	.457	.797	7	43
1962	32	52	25	25	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	52
1963	33	46	14	12	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	.250	.357	.250	.607	1	46
1964	34	37	36	32	0	3	1	0	0	0	4	10	.094	.194	.125	.319	1	37
1965	35	28	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	28
13 Seasons		489	671	622	69	137	24	4	14	78	46	145	.220	.273	.339	.612	68	477
162 Game Avg.		162	222	206	23	45	8	1	5	26	15	48	.220	.273	.339	.612	23	477

* 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

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1956-AL-Babe Ruth Award
1956-ML-WS MVP

Oldest s c a p y
1967 NL--born 1929-08-07--6th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 2 (3529), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Most Similar by Ages

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Don Newcombe (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mickey McDermott (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike Hampton (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike Hampton (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike Hampton (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tommy Byrne (982) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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