Frank Lary
Frank Strong Lary (Mule, Taters or The Yankee Killer)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: April 10, 1930 in Northport, AL
School: University of Alabama
Signed
by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1954
Final Game: September 21, 1965
Relatives: Brother of Al Lary
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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
1954 24 DET AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1955 25 DET AL 36 91 82 4 16 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 29 .195 .233 .220 .452 24 18 1 0 5 0 0 1
1956 26 DET AL 41 119 103 14 19 2 0 1 12 0 0 8 25 .184 .239 .233 .472 25 24 5 0 6 2 0 1 MVP-17
1957 27 DET AL 40 84 73 4 9 0 1 0 4 0 0 2 22 .123 .147 .151 .297 -19 11 2 0 9 0 0 1
1958 28 DET AL 39 100 88 6 15 1 1 1 6 0 2 3 20 .170 .198 .239 .436 17 21 2 0 9 0 0 1 MVP-23
1959 29 DET AL 32 92 80 7 10 1 1 1 2 0 0 4 26 .125 .167 .200 .367 -2 16 1 0 8 0 0 1
1960 30 DET AL 39 108 93 11 17 4 1 2 13 0 0 7 32 .183 .240 .312 .552 47 29 1 0 8 0 0 1 AS
1961 31 DET AL 42 115 108 13 25 2 0 1 5 0 0 3 27 .231 .259 .278 .537 42 30 2 1 3 0 0 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-7,GG
1962 32 DET AL 22 26 24 3 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 9 .167 .231 .250 .481 28 6 0 0 0 0 0 1
1963 33 DET AL 16 38 35 2 8 0 1 0 6 0 0 1 10 .229 .250 .286 .536 48 10 1 0 2 0 0 1
1964 34 TOT MLB 24 33 27 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 7 .074 .219 .074 .293 -13 2 1 0 1 0 0 1
1964 34 TOT NL 18 25 20 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 6 .100 .250 .100 .350 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 1
1964 34 DET AL 6 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .125 .000 .125 -62 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1964 34 NYM NL 13 22 17 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 5 .118 .286 .118 .403 21 2 1 0 1 0 0 1
1964 34 MLN NL 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1965 35 TOT MLB 28 22 21 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .238 .238 .238 .476 38 5 0 0 1 0 0 1
1965 35 NYM NL 14 19 19 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .211 .211 .211 .421 21 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
1965 35 CHW AL 14 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 195 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
12 Seasons 362 828 734 68 130 12 6 6 54 0 2 39 211 .177 .219 .234 .453 22 172 16 1 52 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 371 328 30 58 5 3 3 24 0 1 17 94 .177 .219 .234 .453 22 77 7 0 23 1 0
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
DET (11 yrs) 316 781 693 64 123 12 6 6 51 0 2 35 201 .177 .218 .238 .456 22 165 15 1 50 2 0
NYM (2 yrs) 27 41 36 4 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 9 .167 .250 .167 .417 22 6 1 0 1 0 0
MLN (1 yr) 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHW (1 yr) 14 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 195 1 0 0 1 0 0
AL (12 yrs) 330 784 695 64 124 12 6 6 53 0 2 35 201 .178 .218 .239 .457 23 166 15 1 51 2 0
NL (2 yrs) 32 44 39 4 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 10 .154 .233 .154 .386 13 6 1 0 1 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
1955 25 DET AL 91 72 5 1.9 101 .302 .195 .264 .233 .343 .220 .393 .452 .736 24 .161 -9.0 -0.9 .328 .073 .024
1956 26 DET AL 119 97 6 1.7 107 .228 .184 .269 .239 .351 .233 .410 .472 .760 25 .125 -11.5 -1.1 .360 .126 .049 .0
1957 27 DET AL 84 75 2 0.7 102 .176 .123 .266 .147 .339 .151 .402 .297 .741 -19 .035 -12.6 -1.3 .197 .055 .027
1958 28 DET AL 100 86 4 1.2 104 .209 .170 .270 .198 .339 .239 .410 .436 .749 17 .094 -10.9 -1.1 .286 .080 .068 .0
1959 29 DET AL 92 79 3 1.0 103 .170 .125 .267 .167 .339 .200 .408 .367 .748 -2 .065 -12.0 -1.2 .282 .125 .075 .0
1960 30 DET AL 108 85 7 2.2 104 .254 .183 .267 .240 .341 .312 .408 .552 .749 47 .216 -7.6 -0.8 .468 .204 .129 .0
1961 31 DET AL 115 88 8 2.4 106 .300 .231 .267 .259 .343 .278 .416 .537 .759 42 .234 -9.4 -0.9 .400 .074 .046 .0
1962 32 DET AL 26 20 2 2.7 105 .267 .167 .266 .231 .339 .250 .415 .481 .755 28 .276 -2.7 -0.3 .400 .167 .083
1963 33 DET AL 38 30 2 1.8 97 .320 .229 .259 .250 .325 .286 .399 .536 .725 48 .175 -2.7 -0.3 .393 .086 .057
1964 34 TOT MLB 33 27 1 1.0 93 .100 .074 .260 .219 .320 .074 .390 .293 .710 -13 .068 -4.0 -0.4 .269 .185 .000
1964 34 TOT NL 25 20 1 1.3 92 .143 .100 .261 .250 .318 .100 .387 .350 .705 5 .115 -2.4 -0.2 .316 .200 .000
1964 34 DET AL 8 7 0 0.0 98 .000 .000 .258 .125 .327 .000 .401 .125 .727 -62 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .143 .143 .000
1964 34 NYM NL 22 17 1 1.6 91 .167 .118 .260 .286 .317 .118 .386 .403 .703 21 .149 -1.6 -0.2 .375 .235 .000
1964 34 MLN NL 3 3 0 0.0 94 .000 .000 .265 .000 .322 .000 .393 .000 .715 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1965 35 TOT MLB 22 17 2 3.2 90 .294 .238 .252 .238 .316 .238 .382 .476 .698 38 .383 -1.8 -0.2 .313 .000 .000
1965 35 NYM NL 19 15 1 1.8 90 .267 .211 .253 .211 .316 .211 .383 .421 .700 21 .179 -2.0 -0.2 .267 .000 .000
1965 35 CHW AL 3 2 1 13.5 86 .500 .500 .242 .500 .312 .500 .372 1.000 .684 195 .901 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
12 Seasons 828 676 42 1.7 103 .239 .177 .266 .219 .340 .234 .406 .453 .746 22 .141 -84.2 -8.6 .338 .108 .057 .0
162 Game Avg. 371 303 19 1.7 103 .239 .177 .266 .219 .340 .234 .406 .453 .746 22 .141 -84.2 -8.6 .338 .108 .057
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
DET (11 yrs) 781 639 39 1.6 104 .240 .177 .267 .218 .342 .238 .407 .456 .749 22 .135 -80.0 -8.1 .339 .108 .061 .0
NYM (2 yrs) 41 32 2 1.7 91 .222 .167 .256 .250 .317 .167 .384 .417 .701 22 .163 -3.6 -0.4 .323 .111 .000
MLN (1 yr) 3 3 0 0.0 94 .000 .000 .265 .000 .322 .000 .393 .000 .715 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
CHW (1 yr) 3 2 1 13.5 86 .500 .500 .242 .500 .312 .500 .372 1.000 .684 195 .901 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
AL (12 yrs) 784 641 40 1.7 104 .241 .178 .267 .218 .341 .239 .407 .457 .748 23 .140 -79.8 -8.1 .340 .108 .060 .0
NL (2 yrs) 44 35 2 1.5 91 .207 .154 .257 .233 .317 .154 .385 .386 .702 13 .142 -4.4 -0.5 .294 .103 .000

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
1960 DET AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 DET AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 DET AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (3 Appearances) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
1955 25 DET AL 91 0.0% 31.9% 4.4% 2.2% 13% 7.25 2.8 41.0 1.69 58%
1956 26 DET AL 119 0.8% 21.0% 6.7% 2.5% 16% 3.13 4.1 103.0 8.6 2.00 66%
1957 27 DET AL 84 0.0% 26.2% 2.4% 1.2% 11% 11.00 3.3 18.3 1.41 61%
1958 28 DET AL 100 1.0% 20.0% 3.0% 3.0% 20% 6.67 4.4 88.0 14.7 1.26 67%
1959 29 DET AL 92 1.1% 28.3% 4.4% 3.3% 30% 6.50 3.1 80.0 40.0 1.33 58%
1960 30 DET AL 108 1.9% 29.6% 6.5% 6.5% 41% 4.57 2.9 46.5 7.2 1.74 55%
1961 31 DET AL 115 0.9% 23.5% 2.6% 2.6% 12% 9.00 4.0 108.0 21.6 0.76 70%
1962 32 DET AL 26 0.0% 34.6% 7.7% 3.9% 25% 4.50 2.7 24.0 1.40 58%
1963 33 DET AL 38 0.0% 26.3% 2.6% 2.6% 13% 10.00 3.5 5.8 1.22 66%
1964 34 TOT MLB 33 0.0% 21.2% 15.2% 0.0% 0% 1.40 3.9 27.0 1.86 61%
1964 34 TOT NL 25 0.0% 24.0% 16.0% 0.0% 0% 1.50 3.3 20.0 1.80 56%
1964 34 DET AL 8 0.0% 12.5% 12.5% 0.0% 1.00 7.0 2.00 75%
1964 34 NYM NL 22 0.0% 22.7% 18.2% 0.0% 0% 1.25 3.4 17.0 3.00 55%
1964 34 MLN NL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0 0.00 67%
1965 35 TOT MLB 22 0.0% 18.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 5.3 10.5 1.17 77%
1965 35 NYM NL 19 0.0% 21.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.8 1.20 79%
1965 35 CHW AL 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.0 1.00 67%
12 Seasons 828 0.7% 25.5% 4.7% 2.9% 19% 5.41 3.5 122.3 13.6 1.39 63%
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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1955 25 DET AL 1 0 20% 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 29% 4 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 2
1956 26 DET AL 5 0 50% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 46% 6 5 1 2 0 2 3 1 2
1957 27 DET AL 1 1 36% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 28 DET AL 3 0 29% 22 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 50% 5 3 2 0 0 0 3 1 2
1959 29 DET AL 4 0 46% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29% 6 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1960 30 DET AL 1 0 41% 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 56% 4 4 0 1 0 1 4 0 4
1961 31 DET AL 2 0 43% 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 40% 9 7 2 1 1 0 5 1 4
1962 32 DET AL 0 0 50% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60% 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 2
1963 33 DET AL 0 0 22% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 50% 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
1964 34 TOT MLB 0 0 14% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 34 TOT NL 0 0 17% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 34 DET AL 0 0 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 NYM NL 0 0 17% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 34 MLN 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 TOT MLB 0 0 60% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1965 35 NYM NL 0 0 75% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1965 35 CHW AL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 17 1 38% 257 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 11 7 43% 42 33 8 5 1 3 23 3 19
MLB Averages
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

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
1955 25 DET AL 91 36% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 71% 18 1 6% 20 4 20% 65 2 3% 1 0 0% 5 1 20% 0
1956 26 DET AL 119 34% 19 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 1 0 1 8 6 75% 26 5 19% 23 8 35% 104 13 13% 11 7 64% 7 0 0% 0
1957 27 DET AL 86 16% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 9 90% 20 2 10% 24 5 21% 54 6 11% 2 0 0% 6 2 33% 0
1958 28 DET AL 100 17% 15 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 11 9 82% 23 2 9% 23 4 17% 68 6 9% 5 1 20% 5 2 40% 0
1959 29 DET AL 92 13% 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 10 8 80% 19 1 5% 21 4 19% 63 1 2% 2 0 0% 8 1 13% 0
1960 30 DET AL 108 17% 17 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 2 0 0 2 0 8 8 100% 18 1 6% 20 6 30% 74 11 15% 8 2 25% 9 6 67% 0
1961 31 DET AL 115 17% 25 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 100% 22 2 9% 21 4 19% 67 5 7% 7 1 14% 5 2 40% 0
1962 32 DET AL 26 23% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 5 0 0% 10 1 10% 0 0 4 0 0% 0
1963 33 DET AL 38 37% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 7 1 14% 8 2 25% 26 6 23% 5 3 60% 3 2 67% 0
1964 34 TOT MLB 33 18% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 1 25% 4 0 0% 23 1 4% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1964 34 TOT NL 25 24% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 1 25% 4 0 0% 19 1 5% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1964 34 DET AL 8 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1964 34 NYM NL 22 27% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 1 25% 4 0 0% 17 1 6% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1964 34 MLN NL 3 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1965 35 TOT MLB 22 9% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 5 0 0% 4 1 25% 14 2 14% 0 0 0 0 0
1965 35 NYM NL 19 11% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 0 0% 3 0 0% 11 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1965 35 CHW AL 3 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 3 2 67% 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 830 22% 130 0 0 0 0 6 0 27 5 1 2 4 1 64 52 81% 165 16 10% 173 38 22% 568 54 10% 43 14 33% 54 16 30% 0
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 SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1955 25 39 91 82 4 16 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 29 .195 .233 .220 .452 24 18 1 0 5 0 0
1956 26 80 210 185 18 35 4 0 1 14 0 0 12 54 .189 .236 .227 .463 24 42 6 0 11 2 0
1957 27 120 294 258 22 44 4 1 1 18 0 0 14 76 .171 .212 .205 .417 12 53 8 0 20 2 0
1958 28 159 394 346 28 59 5 2 2 24 0 2 17 96 .171 .208 .214 .422 13 74 10 0 29 2 0
1959 29 191 486 426 35 69 6 3 3 26 0 2 21 122 .162 .200 .211 .412 11 90 11 0 37 2 0
1960 30 230 594 519 46 86 10 4 5 39 0 2 28 154 .166 .208 .229 .437 17 119 12 0 45 2 0
1961 31 272 709 627 59 111 12 4 6 44 0 2 31 181 .177 .216 .238 .454 21 149 14 1 48 2 0
1962 32 294 735 651 62 115 12 5 6 45 0 2 33 190 .177 .217 .238 .455 22 155 14 1 48 2 0
1963 33 310 773 686 64 123 12 6 6 51 0 2 34 200 .179 .219 .241 .459 23 165 15 1 50 2 0
1964 34 334 806 713 65 125 12 6 6 52 0 2 39 207 .175 .219 .234 .453 22 167 16 1 51 2 0
1965 35 362 828 734 68 130 12 6 6 54 0 2 39 211 .177 .219 .234 .453 22 172 16 1 52 2 0

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
1955 25 38 93 88 5 19 2 0 0 2 0 5 30 .216 .258 .239 .497 5 36
1956 26 43 116 106 13 18 2 0 1 11 0 8 26 .170 .224 .217 .441 5 41
1957 27 42 80 78 5 11 0 1 0 5 0 2 23 .141 .163 .167 .329 2 40
1958 28 41 94 91 7 15 1 1 1 7 0 3 21 .165 .191 .231 .422 4 39
1959 29 33 88 84 7 11 1 1 1 2 0 4 27 .131 .170 .202 .373 3 32
1960 30 41 105 98 11 18 4 1 2 13 0 7 34 .184 .238 .306 .544 7 39
1961 31 42 111 107 12 24 2 0 1 5 0 3 27 .224 .252 .271 .523 7 42
1962 32 22 25 23 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 9 .130 .200 .217 .417 1 22
1963 33 16 35 34 2 7 0 1 0 5 0 1 10 .206 .229 .265 .493 2 16
1964 34 24 36 28 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 8 7 .107 .306 .107 .413 1 24
1965 35 28 21 21 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 28
11 Seasons 370 804 758 69 129 12 6 6 55 0 43 218 .170 .215 .226 .441 39 359
162 Game Avg. 162 352 332 30 56 5 3 3 24 0 19 95 .170 .215 .226 .441 17 359

* 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
1960-1 *
1960-2 *
1961-1 *

Gold Gloves
1961-AL-P

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1956-AL-17-7%
1958-AL-23-1%
1961-AL-7-19%
0.27 Career Shares (624th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1961-ML--3--11%
0.11 Career Shares (171st)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1957 AL--9--8th
1958 AL--9--7th

                                         
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