Charlie Lau

Charles Richard Lau

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 12, 1933 in Romulus, MI
High School: Romulus (Romulus, MI)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1956
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Athletics/Braves/Tigers 1956-1967

Final Game: September 29, 1967
Died: March 18, 1984 in Key Colony Beach, FL
Buried: Moreland Memorial Park, Parkville, MD
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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
1952	19	DET-min	D	92	295	295		98	27	5	7						.332	.332	.529	.861		156						JAM · PONY
1955	22	DET-min	B	127	396	396		116	18	5	18						.293	.293	.500	.793		198						DHM · CARL
1956	23	DET-min	AAA	110	383	322	32	83	11	4	12	53	1		49	48	.258	.361	.429	.790		138	6	6	1	5		CHL · AA
1956	23	DET	AL	3	9	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.222	.222	.222	.444	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	/2

1958	25	DET-min	AAA	39	130	115	10	33	5	0	3	14	0		14	9	.287	.369	.409	.778		47		1	0	0	6	CHL · AA
1958	25	DET	AL	30	82	68	8	10	1	2	0	6	0	0	12	15	.147	.293	.221	.513	40	15	2	2	0	0	2	2
1959	26	ATL-DET-min	AAA	121	438	390	55	114	29	2	20	79	1		40	53	.292	.357	.531	.888		207		2	1	5	7	LOU,CHL · AA
1959	26	DET	AL	2	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	-10	1	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1960	27	MLN	NL	21	61	53	4	10	2	0	0	2	0	0	6	10	.189	.271	.226	.498	43	12	0	0	2	0	1	2
1961	28	ATL-min	AAA	45	165	143	22	42	7	1	6	22	0	1	22	12	.294	.388	.483	.870		69						VAN · PCL
1961	28	TOT	MLB	45	151	129	6	25	5	0	1	9	1	1	15	14	.194	.279	.256	.535	47	33	2	1	4	2	4	2
1961	28	MLN	NL	28	102	82	3	17	5	0	0	5	1	1	14	11	.207	.323	.268	.592	64	22	1	1	3	2	3	2
1961	28	BAL	AL	17	49	47	3	8	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	3	.170	.188	.234	.422	14	11	1	0	1	0	1	2
1962	29	BAL	AL	81	208	197	21	58	11	2	6	37	1	0	7	11	.294	.319	.462	.781	113	91	3	1	1	2	1	2
1963	30	TOT	AL	91	257	235	19	64	13	0	3	32	1	0	15	22	.272	.313	.366	.679	87	86	9	0	5	2	3	2
1963	30	BAL	AL	29	50	48	4	9	2	0	0	6	0	0	1	5	.188	.204	.229	.433	24	11	2	0	1	0	0	/2
1963	30	KCA	AL	62	207	187	15	55	11	0	3	26	1	0	14	17	.294	.340	.401	.741	102	75	7	0	4	2	3	2
1964	31	TOT	AL	105	308	276	27	73	22	2	3	23	0	0	27	45	.264	.330	.391	.721	99	108	6	1	2	2	6	2
1964	31	KCA	AL	43	129	118	11	32	7	1	2	9	0	0	10	18	.271	.326	.398	.724	97	47	1	0	0	1	1	2
1964	31	BAL	AL	62	179	158	16	41	15	1	1	14	0	0	17	27	.259	.333	.386	.719	100	61	5	1	2	1	5	2
1965	32	BAL	AL	68	152	132	15	39	5	2	2	18	0	0	17	18	.295	.371	.409	.780	120	54	5	0	1	2	5	2
1966	33	BAL	AL	18	17	12	1	6	2	1	0	5	0	0	4	1	.500	.588	.833	1.422	306	10	0	0	0	1	0
1967	34	TOT	MLB	63	60	53	3	10	2	0	1	8	0	0	6	11	.189	.267	.283	.550	59	15	1	0	0	1	2
1967	34	BAL	AL	11	11	8	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	2	.125	.273	.250	.523	56	2	0	0	0	1	1
1967	34	ATL	NL	52	49	45	3	9	1	0	1	5	0	0	4	9	.200	.265	.289	.554	60	13	1	0	0	0	1
11 Seasons				527	1311	1170	105	298	63	9	16	140	3	1	109	150	.255	.318	.365	.683	89	427	28	5	15	12	24
162 Game Avg.				162	403	360	32	92	19	3	5	43	1	0	34	46	.255	.318	.365	.683	89	131	9	2	5	4	7
				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
BAL (7 yrs)				286	666	602	60	162	36	6	10	87	1	0	49	67	.269	.323	.399	.721	100	240	16	2	6	7	13
ATL (3 yrs)				101	212	180	10	36	8	0	1	12	1	1	24	30	.200	.295	.261	.556	57	47	2	1	5	2	5
DET (3 yrs)				35	97	83	9	13	1	2	0	6	0	0	12	18	.157	.278	.217	.495	35	18	2	2	0	0	2
KCA (2 yrs)				105	336	305	26	87	18	1	5	35	1	0	24	35	.285	.334	.400	.734	100	122	8	0	4	3	4

AL (10 yrs)				426	1099	990	95	262	55	9	15	128	2	0	85	120	.265	.322	.384	.706	95	380	26	4	10	10	19
NL (3 yrs)				101	212	180	10	36	8	0	1	12	1	1	24	30	.200	.295	.261	.556	57	47	2	1	5	2	5

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1956	23	DET	AL	9	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/2

1958	25	DET	AL	82	-6	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	-0.1	-2	-0.2	0.1	$	2
1959	26	DET	AL	6	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/2
1960	27	MLN	NL	61	-4	0	1	1	0	1	2	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	2
1961	28	MLN	NL	102	-5	-1	1	1	1	2	3	2	0.2	1	0.1	0.1	$	2
1961	28	BAL	AL	49	-6	0	-1	0	-1	1	1	-6	-0.6	-5	-0.5	-0.1	$	2
1962	29	BAL	AL	208	2	0	0	1	-6	3	6	6	0.6	12	1.3	-0.7	$	2
1963	30	BAL	AL	50	-5	0	0	0	0	0	1	-4	-0.4	-4	-0.4	0.0	$	/2
1963	30	KCA	AL	207	0	0	-1	-2	-3	3	6	3	0.2	6	0.6	-0.4	$	2
1964	31	KCA	AL	129	-1	0	0	0	-2	2	4	3	0.3	5	0.5	-0.2	$	2
1964	31	BAL	AL	179	0	0	0	0	-2	3	5	6	0.6	8	0.8	-0.2	$14,000	2
1965	32	BAL	AL	152	4	-1	1	-1	2	2	4	11	1.2	9	0.9	0.3	$15,000	2
1966	33	BAL	AL	17	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.5	4	0.4	0.1	$
1967	34	BAL	AL	11	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$
1967	34	ATL	NL	49	-3	0	0	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$15,500
11 Seasons				1311	-23	-1	1	0	-10	18	36	21	2.1	31	3.2	-1.1	$44,500

BAL (7 yrs)				666	-2	-1	0	0	-7	9	17	16	1.8	23	2.4	-0.6	$29,000
ATL (3 yrs)				212	-12	-1	2	2	1	3	7	2	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$15,500
DET (3 yrs)				97	-8	1	0	0	1	1	2	-3	-0.3	-4	-0.4	0.1	$
KCA (2 yrs)				336	-1	0	-1	-2	-5	5	10	6	0.5	11	1.1	-0.6	$

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
1956	23	DET	AL	9	7	0	0.0	107	.250	.222	.268	.222	.351	.222	.410	.444	.760	18	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.286	.000	.000

1958	25	DET	AL	82	60	5	2.2	104	.189	.147	.270	.293	.340	.221	.410	.513	.749	40	.232	-5.7	-0.6	.483	.250	.074
1959	26	DET	AL	6	5	0	0.0	103	.250	.167	.267	.167	.339	.167	.408	.333	.748	-10	.000	-1.0	-0.1	.200	.000	.000
1960	27	MLN	NL	61	45	4	2.4	93	.233	.189	.255	.271	.320	.226	.391	.498	.711	43	.250	-3.9	-0.4	.419	.151	.038
1961	28	TOT	MLB	151	113	10	2.4	100	.207	.194	.262	.279	.330	.256	.407	.535	.737	47	.224	-9.0	-0.9	.458	.178	.062	1.0
1961	28	MLN	NL	102	72	8	3.0	100	.233	.207	.263	.323	.328	.268	.409	.592	.738	64	.305	-3.1	-0.3	.552	.232	.061	.0
1961	28	BAL	AL	49	41	2	1.3	100	.163	.170	.259	.188	.334	.234	.403	.422	.737	14	.088	-5.9	-0.6	.300	.085	.064	.0
1962	29	BAL	AL	208	145	29	5.4	97	.286	.294	.256	.319	.327	.462	.399	.781	.726	113	.575	3.0	0.3	.704	.208	.168	1.7
1963	30	TOT	AL	257	187	26	3.8	98	.288	.272	.260	.313	.327	.366	.401	.679	.728	87	.450	-4.0	-0.4	.567	.162	.094	1.5
1963	30	BAL	AL	50	42	2	1.3	91	.209	.188	.251	.204	.316	.229	.387	.433	.704	24	.103	-4.9	-0.5	.293	.063	.042
1963	30	KCA	AL	207	145	24	4.5	99	.308	.294	.262	.340	.329	.401	.405	.741	.734	102	.528	0.9	0.1	.647	.187	.107	1.5
1964	31	TOT	AL	308	213	36	4.6	97	.304	.264	.258	.330	.326	.391	.400	.721	.727	99	.532	0.5	0.0	.651	.225	.127	.0
1964	31	KCA	AL	129	88	16	4.9	99	.303	.271	.260	.326	.329	.398	.404	.724	.734	97	.566	-0.4	-0.0	.655	.212	.127	.0
1964	31	BAL	AL	179	125	20	4.3	96	.305	.259	.256	.333	.324	.386	.397	.719	.721	100	.507	0.8	0.1	.648	.234	.127	.0
1965	32	BAL	AL	152	101	20	5.3	93	.325	.295	.253	.371	.323	.409	.388	.780	.711	120	.625	4.1	0.4	.724	.242	.114	.0
1966	33	BAL	AL	17	7	7	27.0	89	.500	.500	.247	.588	.314	.833	.381	1.422	.695	306	.972	3.9	0.4	2.333	.667	.333
1967	34	TOT	MLB	60	45	4	2.4	89	.214	.189	.255	.267	.318	.283	.375	.550	.693	59	.289	-2.7	-0.3	.477	.208	.094	.0
1967	34	BAL	AL	11	8	1	3.4	85	.143	.125	.243	.273	.313	.250	.365	.523	.677	56	.454	-0.2	-0.0	.571	.375	.125
1967	34	ATL	NL	49	37	3	2.2	90	.229	.200	.257	.265	.319	.289	.377	.554	.696	60	.252	-2.4	-0.3	.459	.178	.089	.0
11 Seasons				1311	928	141	4.1	97	.278	.255	.258	.318	.327	.365	.398	.683	.725	89	.477	-15.9	-1.6	.603	.205	.110	5.1
162 Game Avg.				403	285	43	4.1	97	.278	.255	.258	.318	.327	.365	.398	.683	.725	89	.477	-15.9	-1.6	.603	.205	.110	2
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
BAL (7 yrs)				666	469	81	4.6	96	.286	.269	.255	.323	.324	.399	.395	.721	.719	100	.535	0.8	0.1	.640	.213	.130	1.8
ATL (3 yrs)				212	154	15	2.6	96	.232	.200	.259	.295	.324	.261	.396	.556	.720	57	.277	-9.4	-1.0	.490	.194	.061	1.0
DET (3 yrs)				97	72	5	1.9	104	.200	.157	.269	.278	.341	.217	.409	.495	.750	35	.174	-7.8	-0.8	.444	.205	.060
KCA (2 yrs)				336	233	40	4.6	99	.306	.285	.261	.334	.329	.400	.404	.734	.734	100	.543	0.5	0.0	.650	.197	.115	1.7

AL (10 yrs)				1099	774	126	4.4	97	.286	.265	.258	.322	.327	.384	.399	.706	.726	95	.511	-6.5	-0.7	.625	.207	.119	3.5
NL (3 yrs)				212	154	15	2.6	96	.232	.200	.259	.295	.324	.261	.396	.556	.720	57	.277	-9.4	-1.0	.490	.194	.061	1.0

Ratio Batting*

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
1956	23	DET	AL	9	0.0%	11.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		9.0				0.20	89%

1958	25	DET	AL	82	0.0%	18.3%	14.6%	3.7%	30%	1.25	4.5		11.3		0.55	65%
1959	26	DET	AL	6	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.0				1.00	67%
1960	27	MLN	NL	61	0.0%	16.4%	9.8%	3.3%	20%	1.67	5.3		26.5		0.89	70%
1961	28	TOT	MLB	151	0.7%	9.3%	9.9%	4.0%	24%	0.93	9.2	129.0	14.3		0.79	77%
1961	28	MLN	NL	102	0.0%	10.8%	13.7%	4.9%	29%	0.79	7.5		16.4		0.90	72%
1961	28	BAL	AL	49	2.0%	6.1%	2.0%	2.0%	13%	3.00	15.7	47.0	11.8		0.65	88%
1962	29	BAL	AL	208	2.9%	5.3%	3.4%	9.1%	33%	1.57	17.9	32.8	5.3		0.76	88%
1963	30	TOT	AL	257	1.2%	8.6%	5.8%	6.2%	25%	1.47	10.7	78.3	7.3		1.01	82%
1963	30	BAL	AL	50	0.0%	10.0%	2.0%	4.0%	22%	5.00	9.6		8.0		0.89	86%
1963	30	KCA	AL	207	1.5%	8.2%	6.8%	6.8%	26%	1.21	11.0	62.3	7.2		1.05	82%
1964	31	TOT	AL	308	1.0%	14.6%	8.8%	8.8%	37%	1.67	6.1	92.0	12.0		0.71	75%
1964	31	KCA	AL	129	1.6%	14.0%	7.8%	7.8%	31%	1.80	6.6	59.0	13.1		0.64	77%
1964	31	BAL	AL	179	0.6%	15.1%	9.5%	9.5%	42%	1.59	5.9	158.0	11.3		0.76	73%
1965	32	BAL	AL	152	1.3%	11.8%	11.2%	5.9%	23%	1.06	7.3	66.0	7.3		0.91	75%
1966	33	BAL	AL	17	0.0%	5.9%	23.5%	17.7%	50%	0.25	12.0		2.4		0.00	71%
1967	34	TOT	MLB	60	1.7%	18.3%	10.0%	5.0%	30%	1.83	4.8	53.0	6.6		0.32	70%
1967	34	BAL	AL	11	0.0%	18.2%	18.2%	9.1%	100%	1.00	4.0		2.7		0.00	64%
1967	34	ATL	NL	49	2.0%	18.4%	8.2%	4.1%	22%	2.25	5.0	45.0	9.0		0.42	71%
11 Seasons				1311	1.2%	11.4%	8.3%	6.7%	30%	1.38	7.8	73.1	8.4		0.76	78%
MLB Averages					2.3%	14.3%	8.4%	6.4%	29%	1.70	6.2	39.2	8.7		1.05	73%
				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

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1956	23	DET	AL	-1.1	-0.1	9	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	1.30	-0.1	0.1	-1.7	-0.2	1.08	-1.4		0

1958	25	DET	AL	-5.7	-0.6	87	-0.7	1.3	-2.0	1.19	-0.3	-0.3	-1.6	-0.2	1.04	-1.9	0.72	4
1959	26	DET	AL	-1.0	-0.1	6	0.1	0.1	-0.0	.49	-0.0	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.88	-0.3	0.08	1
1960	27	MLN	NL	-3.9	-0.4	61	-0.2	0.6	-0.8	.88	-0.4	0.2	-3.7	-0.4	0.99	-3.6	0.67	7
1961	28	TOT	MLB	-9.0	-0.9	154	-0.6	1.9	-2.4	.97	-0.7	0.1	-5.3	-0.5	0.91	-7.5	0.85	2
1961	28	MLN	NL	-3.1	-0.3	105	-0.2	1.3	-1.5	1.04	-0.2	-0.0	-1.6	-0.2	0.92	-2.7	0.85	2
1961	28	BAL	AL	-5.9	-0.6	49	-0.3	0.6	-0.9	.83	-0.4	0.0	-3.7	-0.4	0.90	-4.8		0
1962	29	BAL	AL	3.0	0.3	210	0.4	5.0	-4.6	1.34	0.2	0.1	10.6	1.1	1.05	5.5	2.48	30
1963	30	TOT	AL	-4.0	-0.4	260	-0.7	4.9	-5.6	1.16	-0.5	-0.2	-5.4	-0.6	0.99	-4.8	1.93	30
1963	30	BAL	AL	-4.9	-0.5	50	-0.9	0.6	-1.5	1.38	-0.4	-0.2	-4.9	-0.5	1.06	-4.3	2.03	19
1963	30	KCA	AL	0.9	0.1	210	0.1	4.2	-4.1	1.11	-0.0	0.2	-0.6	-0.1	0.98	-0.5	1.76	11
1964	31	TOT	AL	0.5	0.0	315	0.9	6.2	-5.3	1.07	0.2	0.7	0.5	0.1	0.99	1.0	2.17	28
1964	31	KCA	AL	-0.4	-0.0	131	0.3	2.5	-2.3	1.04	-0.1	0.4	-3.2	-0.3	0.97	-1.3	1.75	10
1964	31	BAL	AL	0.8	0.1	184	0.6	3.7	-3.1	1.09	0.2	0.3	3.7	0.4	1.00	2.3	2.40	18
1965	32	BAL	AL	4.1	0.4	153	-0.7	2.8	-3.5	1.33	0.3	-0.8	-0.2	-0.0	1.06	3.5	2.31	29
1966	33	BAL	AL	3.9	0.4	17	1.1	1.3	-0.1	1.90	0.4	0.2	3.9	0.4	0.99	3.4	1.90	12
1967	34	TOT	MLB	-2.7	-0.3	59	-0.1	1.3	-1.4	1.52	-0.2	0.2	-1.6	-0.2	1.09	-2.2	1.49	52
1967	34	BAL	AL	-0.2	-0.0	11	0.1	0.5	-0.3	2.23	-0.1	0.1	0.2	0.0	1.39	-0.4	2.23	8
1967	34	ATL	NL	-2.4	-0.3	48	-0.2	0.8	-1.1	1.35	-0.1	-0.0	-1.7	-0.2	1.02	-1.7	1.35	44
11 Seasons				-15.9	-1.6	1331	-0.6	25.5	-26.1	1.18	-1.2	0.7	-4.2	-0.4	1.01	-8.3	1.89	195
				BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1956	23	DET	AL	0	0	50%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

1958	25	DET	AL	2	0	33%	26	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	38%	6	4	2	0	0	0	2	1	1
1959	26	DET	AL	1	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960	27	MLN	NL	2	0	25%	21	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	25%	5	5	0	0	0	0	3	1	2
1961	28	TOT	MLB	3	0	13%	54	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	30%	8	7	1	0	0	0	2	0	2
1961	28	MLN	NL	3	0	9%	42	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	25%	7	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1961	28	BAL	AL	0	0	25%	12	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1962	29	BAL	AL	3	0	25%	71	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	33%	5	4	1	1	1	0	9	5	4
1963	30	TOT	AL	4	0	21%	89	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	41%	10	7	3	3	1	2	4	2	2
1963	30	BAL	AL	1	0	40%	11	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1963	30	KCA	AL	3	0	18%	78	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	50%	8	5	3	3	1	2	3	1	2
1964	31	TOT	AL	3	0	25%	125	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	42%	15	9	5	5	4	1	6	1	5
1964	31	KCA	AL	1	0	23%	56	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	38%	6	5	1	0	0	0	2	0	2
1964	31	BAL	AL	2	0	26%	69	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	44%	9	4	4	5	4	1	4	1	3
1965	32	BAL	AL	3	0	24%	58	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	45%	11	8	2	3	1	2	6	1	5
1966	33	BAL	AL	0	0	10%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967	34	TOT	MLB	0	0	13%	12	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	67%	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1967	34	BAL	AL	0	0	0%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967	34	ATL	NL	0	0	17%	12	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67%	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
11 Seasons				21	0	23%	465	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	14	21	40%	62	45	15	12	7	5	34	11	23
				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*

						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
1956	23	DET	AL	9	100%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	8	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0

1958	25	DET	AL	82	82%	10			4	1	0	0	0.72	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		18	2	11%	10	2	20%	56	6	11%	6	2	33%	3	1	33%	0
1959	26	DET	AL	6	100%	1			1	0	0	0	0.08	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		3	1	33%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1960	27	MLN	NL	61	95%	10			7	0	0	0	0.67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	16	0	0%	8	4	50%	39	2	5%	3	1	33%	3	2	67%	0
1961	28	TOT	MLB	151	81%	25			2	0	0	0	0.85	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	4	100%	27	2	7%	14	7	50%	87	9	10%	9	5	56%	7	3	43%	0
1961	28	MLN	NL	102	76%	17			2	0	0	0	0.85	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	17	1	6%	9	6	67%	60	5	8%	7	4	57%	5	3	60%	0
1961	28	BAL	AL	49	90%	8			0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	100%	10	1	10%	5	1	20%	27	4	15%	2	1	50%	2	0	0%	0
1962	29	BAL	AL	208	89%	58			30	11	0	8	2.48	6	0	14	6	0	2	4	0	2	1	50%	49	3	6%	23	8	35%	155	34	22%	15	11	73%	10	5	50%	0
1963	30	TOT	AL	257	91%	64			30	4	0	4	1.93	3	0	6	3	0	1	2	0	5	5	100%	50	9	18%	31	12	39%	178	30	17%	23	12	52%	7	4	57%	0
1963	30	BAL	AL	50	96%	9			19	1	0	2	2.03	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	13	2	15%	11	5	45%	41	6	15%	8	4	50%	2	0	0%	0
1963	30	KCA	AL	207	90%	55			11	3	0	2	1.76	3	0	5	3	0	1	2	0	4	4	100%	37	7	19%	20	7	35%	137	24	18%	15	8	53%	5	4	80%	0
1964	31	TOT	AL	308	89%	73			28	7	1	3	2.17	3	0	6	3	0	2	1	0	2	2	100%	58	6	10%	28	6	21%	197	20	10%	9	3	33%	11	5	45%	0
1964	31	KCA	AL	129	85%	32			10	3	1	2	1.75	2	0	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		22	1	5%	11	1	9%	80	7	9%	2	2	100%	6	3	50%	0
1964	31	BAL	AL	179	92%	41			18	4	0	1	2.40	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	100%	36	5	14%	17	5	29%	117	13	11%	7	1	14%	5	2	40%	0
1965	32	BAL	AL	152	97%	39			29	8	1	3	2.31	2	0	6	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	100%	29	5	17%	16	7	44%	125	17	14%	9	6	67%	13	5	38%	0
1966	33	BAL	AL	17	100%	6			12	6	0	4	1.90	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	1	100%	12	5	42%	2	2	100%	1	1	100%	0
1967	34	TOT	MLB	59	95%	10			52	10	1	5	1.49	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		16	1	6%	7	2	29%	45	8	18%	6	3	50%	1	0	0%	1
1967	34	BAL	AL	11	100%	1			8	1	0	2	2.23	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	1	1	100%	14	3	21%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1967	34	ATL	NL	48	94%	9			44	9	1	3	1.35	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		12	1	8%	6	1	17%	31	5	16%	5	2	40%	1	0	0%	1
11 Seasons				1310	90%	298			195	47	3	27	1.89	16	0	40	16	0	8	8	0	16	15	94%	267	28	10%	139	49	35%	905	132	15%	83	46	55%	57	26	46%	1
MLB Averages					51%																			77%			10%			31%			14%			48%			53%
				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

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
1956	23	3	9	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.222	.222	.222	.444	18	2	0	0	0	0	0
1957	24	3	9	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.222	.222	.222	.444	18	2	0	0	0	0	0
1958	25	33	91	77	9	12	1	2	0	6	0	0	12	16	.156	.286	.221	.506	38	17	2	2	0	0	2
1959	26	35	97	83	9	13	1	2	0	6	0	0	12	18	.157	.278	.217	.495	35	18	2	2	0	0	2
1960	27	56	158	136	13	23	3	2	0	8	0	0	18	28	.169	.276	.221	.496	38	30	2	2	2	0	3
1961	28	101	309	265	19	48	8	2	1	17	1	1	33	42	.181	.277	.238	.515	42	63	4	3	6	2	7
1962	29	182	517	462	40	106	19	4	7	54	2	1	40	53	.229	.294	.333	.627	72	154	7	4	7	4	8
1963	30	273	774	697	59	170	32	4	10	86	3	1	55	75	.244	.301	.344	.645	77	240	16	4	12	6	11
1964	31	378	1082	973	86	243	54	6	13	109	3	1	82	120	.250	.309	.358	.667	83	348	22	5	14	8	17
1965	32	446	1234	1105	101	282	59	8	15	127	3	1	99	138	.255	.317	.364	.680	88	402	27	5	15	10	22
1966	33	464	1251	1117	102	288	61	9	15	132	3	1	103	139	.258	.320	.369	.689	90	412	27	5	15	11	22
1967	34	527	1311	1170	105	298	63	9	16	140	3	1	109	150	.255	.318	.365	.683	89	427	28	5	15	12	24

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1956	23	3	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3

1958	25	31	85	71	8	10	1	2	0	6	0	12	16	.141	.282	.211	.494	4	30
1959	26	2	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
1960	27	22	64	57	5	12	2	0	0	3	0	7	10	.211	.297	.246	.542	4	21
1961	28	46	150	132	6	25	5	0	1	9	1	15	14	.189	.273	.250	.523	9	45
1962	29	81	209	199	22	60	11	2	6	40	1	7	11	.302	.325	.467	.793	31	81
1963	30	91	256	238	20	67	14	0	3	33	1	16	22	.282	.324	.378	.702	29	91
1964	31	104	308	277	29	75	23	2	3	24	0	28	45	.271	.338	.401	.738	38	105
1965	32	68	154	134	16	41	5	2	2	20	0	18	18	.306	.383	.418	.801	22	68
1966	33	18	19	13	1	7	2	1	0	6	0	5	1	.538	.632	.846	1.478	7	18
1967	34	63	62	54	4	11	2	0	1	10	0	7	11	.204	.290	.296	.587	5	63
11 Seasons		529	1322	1190	111	308	65	9	16	151	3	115	151	.259	.324	.369	.693	149	527
162 Game Avg.		162	405	364	34	94	20	3	5	46	1	35	46	.259	.324	.369	.693	46	527

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Hall of Fame Standards

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