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Jim Lemon

James Robert Lemon

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: March 23, 1928 in Covington, VA
High School: Covington HS (Covington, VA)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 20, 1950
Teams (by GP): Senators/Twins/WhiteSox/Phillies/Indians 1950-1963

Final Game: September 29, 1963
Died: May 14, 2006 in Brandon, MS
Buried: Emory United Methodist Church Cemetery, Alleghany County, VA
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All-Star

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
1950 22 CLE AL 12 37 34 4 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 12 .176 .243 .294 .537 39 10 2 0 0 7O
1951 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1952 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1953 25 CLE AL 16 49 46 5 8 1 0 1 5 0 0 3 15 .174 .224 .261 .485 32 12 0 0 0 7O/3
1954 26 WSH AL 37 139 128 12 30 2 3 2 13 0 0 9 34 .234 .283 .344 .626 75 44 4 0 1 1 9/7
1955 27 WSH AL 10 28 25 3 5 2 0 1 3 0 0 3 4 .200 .286 .400 .686 87 10 0 0 0 0 0 /97
1956 28 WSH AL 146 613 538 77 146 21 11 27 96 2 4 65 138 .271 .349 .502 .850 127 270 12 2 2 6 2 *97
1957 29 WSH AL 137 576 518 58 147 23 6 17 64 1 7 49 94 .284 .345 .450 .795 118 233 13 3 0 6 3 *9/3
1958 30 WSH AL 142 555 501 65 123 15 9 26 75 2 4 50 120 .246 .314 .467 .781 114 234 11 1 1 2 3 *9/7
1959 31 WSH AL 147 585 531 73 148 18 3 33 100 5 2 46 99 .279 .334 .510 .844 129 271 9 1 0 6 0 *79 MVP-25
1960 32 WSH AL 148 612 528 81 142 10 1 38 100 2 0 67 114 .269 .354 .508 .861 129 268 9 7 0 9 8 *7 AS,MVP-10
1961 33 MIN AL 129 480 423 57 109 26 1 14 52 1 1 44 98 .258 .329 .423 .752 96 179 11 4 2 6 2 *7/9
1962 34 MIN AL 12 21 17 1 3 0 0 1 5 0 0 3 4 .176 .286 .353 .639 69 6 1 0 0 1 0 /7
1963 35 TOT MLB 74 178 156 10 34 2 1 3 15 0 0 21 55 .218 .309 .301 .610 75 47 1 0 0 1 1 37/9
1963 35 TOT AL 43 110 97 4 18 0 1 1 9 0 0 13 37 .186 .282 .237 .519 49 23 0 0 0 0 0 3/7
1963 35 MIN AL 7 18 17 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .118 .167 .118 .284 -19 2 0 0 0 0 0 /7
1963 35 PHI NL 31 68 59 6 16 2 0 2 6 0 0 8 18 .271 .353 .407 .760 120 24 1 0 0 1 1 7/9
1963 35 CHW AL 36 92 80 4 16 0 1 1 8 0 0 12 32 .200 .304 .263 .567 63 21 0 0 0 0 0 3
12 Yrs 1010 3873 3445 446 901 121 35 164 529 13 18 363 787 .262 .332 .460 .792 114 1584 73 18 6 38 19
162 Game Avg. 162 621 553 72 145 19 6 26 85 2 3 58 126 .262 .332 .460 .792 114 254 12 3 1
MIN (10 yrs) 915 3627 3226 427 855 117 34 159 509 13 18 337 710 .265 .334 .470 .805 117 1517 70 18 6 37 18
CLE (2 yrs) 28 86 80 9 14 2 0 2 6 0 0 6 27 .175 .233 .275 .508 35 22 2 0 0
PHI (1 yr) 31 68 59 6 16 2 0 2 6 0 0 8 18 .271 .353 .407 .760 120 24 1 0 0 1 1
CHW (1 yr) 36 92 80 4 16 0 1 1 8 0 0 12 32 .200 .304 .263 .567 63 21 0 0 0 0 0
AL (12 yrs) 979 3805 3386 440 885 119 35 162 523 13 18 355 769 .261 .331 .461 .792 114 1560 72 18 6 37 18
NL (1 yr) 31 68 59 6 16 2 0 2 6 0 0 8 18 .271 .353 .407 .760 120 24 1 0 0 1 1

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 Awards
1950 22 CLE AL 12 37 -4 -0 -0 -2 -0 -6 -0.6 1 -5 -0.5 .450 .496 -0.3 -0.2 -3 $ 7O
1953 25 CLE AL 16 49 -3 0 0 -2 -1 -6 -0.6 1 -4 -0.4 .464 .496 -0.2 -0.3 -2 $ 7O/3
1954 26 WSH AL 37 139 -6 0 -1 -2 -2 -10 -1.1 4 -6 -0.7 .470 .493 -0.5 -0.4 -4 $ 9/7
1955 27 WSH AL 10 28 -1 0 0 1 -0 -0 -0.0 1 0 0.0 .496 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /97
1956 28 WSH AL 146 613 21 -4 -0 -11 -7 -1 -0.1 16 15 1.5 .499 .499 2.5 -1.7 26 $ *97
1957 29 WSH AL 137 576 10 -2 -1 -13 -6 -11 -1.3 16 4 0.2 .491 .492 1.7 -2.2 17 $ *9/3
1958 30 WSH AL 142 555 7 -1 -1 -4 -6 -5 -0.6 15 10 0.9 .496 .497 1.3 -1.1 14 $ *9/7
1959 31 WSH AL 147 585 22 1 1 -2 -7 14 1.4 16 30 2.9 .510 .509 3.2 -1.0 32 $ *79 MVP-25
1960 32 WSH AL 148 612 18 0 0 -7 -7 5 0.3 17 21 1.9 .503 .503 2.9 -1.6 28 $ *7 AS,MVP-10
1961 33 MIN AL 129 480 -4 0 0 -2 -5 -11 -1.3 13 3 0.0 .491 .493 0.4 -0.9 5 $ *7/9
1962 34 MIN AL 12 21 -1 0 -0 -1 -0 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.2 .477 .498 -0.1 -0.2 -1 $ /7
1963 35 MIN AL 7 18 -3 0 0 1 -0 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .468 .499 -0.3 0.1 -2 $ /7
1963 35 PHI NL 31 68 2 -0 -0 2 -1 2 0.3 2 5 0.5 .509 .502 0.3 0.1 3 $ 7/9
1963 35 CHW AL 36 92 -4 -1 0 -2 -1 -7 -0.8 3 -5 -0.6 .477 .495 -0.4 -0.3 -3 $ 3
12 Seasons 1010 3873 57 -6 -1 -45 -44 -40 -5.1 106 66 5.3 .496 .498 10.5 -9.8 111 $
MIN (10 yrs) 915 3627 66 -5 -2 -41 -41 -24 -3.4 99 75 6.3 .497 .498 11.1 -9.0 116 $
CLE (2 yrs) 28 86 -7 -0 0 -4 -1 -12 -1.2 2 -10 -0.9 .458 .496 -0.5 -0.5 -6 $
PHI (1 yr) 31 68 2 -0 -0 2 -1 2 0.3 2 5 0.5 .509 .502 0.3 0.1 3 $
CHW (1 yr) 36 92 -4 -1 0 -2 -1 -7 -0.8 3 -5 -0.6 .477 .495 -0.4 -0.3 -3 $

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
1950 22 CLE AL 37 30 2 1.8 110 .238 .176 .274 .243 .360 .294 .410 .537 .770 39 .132 -3.3 -0.3 .433 .206 .118 .0
1953 25 CLE AL 49 38 3 2.1 100 .233 .174 .266 .224 .342 .261 .392 .485 .733 32 .204 -4.5 -0.5 .395 .152 .087 .0
1954 26 WSH AL 139 104 13 3.4 95 .301 .234 .259 .283 .334 .344 .379 .626 .713 75 .392 -5.1 -0.5 .520 .180 .109 .0
1955 27 WSH AL 28 20 3 4.0 99 .200 .200 .262 .286 .340 .400 .390 .686 .730 87 .440 -0.5 -0.1 .650 .320 .200 .0
1956 28 WSH AL 613 416 94 6.0 103 .314 .271 .262 .349 .344 .502 .401 .850 .744 127 .603 18.2 1.8 .821 .348 .230 3.7
1957 29 WSH AL 576 397 77 5.2 98 .315 .284 .261 .345 .333 .450 .394 .795 .726 118 .581 12.3 1.2 .714 .249 .166 1.9
1958 30 WSH AL 555 396 71 4.8 96 .272 .246 .259 .314 .328 .467 .394 .781 .722 114 .550 7.0 0.7 .720 .317 .222 3.7
1959 31 WSH AL 585 400 91 6.1 98 .284 .279 .260 .334 .332 .510 .398 .844 .729 129 .646 18.7 1.9 .815 .324 .232 8.7
1960 32 WSH AL 612 404 99 6.6 103 .270 .269 .266 .354 .340 .508 .407 .861 .746 129 .669 20.6 2.0 .871 .369 .239 3.8
1961 33 MIN AL 480 334 59 4.7 108 .300 .258 .270 .329 .346 .423 .420 .752 .765 96 .506 -2.2 -0.2 .696 .270 .165 1.9
1962 34 MIN AL 21 16 2 3.4 106 .154 .176 .268 .286 .341 .353 .417 .639 .758 69 .364 -0.7 -0.1 .600 .353 .176 .0
1963 35 TOT MLB 178 124 16 3.5 92 .313 .218 .254 .309 .318 .301 .387 .610 .705 75 .427 -4.9 -0.5 .553 .218 .083 .0
1963 35 TOT AL 110 79 7 2.4 93 .288 .186 .254 .282 .320 .237 .392 .519 .712 49 .263 -6.7 -0.7 .456 .186 .052 .0
1963 35 MIN AL 18 15 0 0.0 96 .167 .118 .258 .167 .324 .118 .398 .284 .722 -19 .000 -2.8 -0.3 .200 .059 .000
1963 35 PHI NL 68 45 9 5.4 89 .350 .271 .253 .353 .315 .407 .378 .760 .693 120 .642 1.8 0.2 .727 .271 .136 .0
1963 35 CHW AL 92 64 7 3.0 93 .319 .200 .253 .304 .319 .263 .391 .567 .710 63 .344 -3.9 -0.4 .516 .213 .063 .0
12 Yrs 3873 2679 530 5.3 100 .291 .262 .263 .332 .336 .460 .400 .792 .736 114 .577 55.6 5.5 .744 .302 .198 24.1
162 Game Avg. 621 430 85 5.3 100 .291 .262 .263 .332 .336 .460 .400 .792 .736 114 .577 9 1 .744 .302 .198 4
MIN (10 yrs) 3627 2502 509 5.5 101 .291 .265 .263 .334 .337 .470 .401 .805 .737 117 .588 65.5 6.5 .759 .308 .205 24.0
CLE (2 yrs) 86 68 5 2.0 104 .235 .175 .269 .233 .349 .275 .399 .508 .749 35 .170 -7.8 -0.8 .412 .175 .100 .0
PHI (1 yr) 68 45 9 5.4 89 .350 .271 .253 .353 .315 .407 .378 .760 .693 120 .642 1.8 0.2 .727 .271 .136 .0
CHW (1 yr) 92 64 7 3.0 93 .319 .200 .253 .304 .319 .263 .391 .567 .710 63 .344 -3.9 -0.4 .516 .213 .063 .0
AL (12 yrs) 3805 2634 521 5.3 101 .290 .261 .263 .331 .336 .461 .400 .792 .737 114 .576 53.7 5.3 .744 .303 .199 24.1
NL (1 yr) 68 45 9 5.4 89 .350 .271 .253 .353 .315 .407 .378 .760 .693 120 .642 1.8 0.2 .727 .271 .136 .0

All-Star Batting

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 WSH AL 32 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 WSH AL 32 DNP

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
1950 22 CLE AL 37 2.7% 32.4% 8.1% 5.4% 33% 4.00 2.8 34.0 34.0 2.60 57%
1953 25 CLE AL 49 2.0% 30.6% 6.1% 4.1% 25% 5.00 3.1 46.0 9.2 0.75 61%
1954 26 WSH AL 139 1.4% 24.5% 6.5% 5.0% 23% 3.78 3.8 64.0 9.8 0.78 67%
1955 27 WSH AL 28 3.6% 14.3% 10.7% 10.7% 60% 1.33 6.3 25.0 8.3 0.78 71%
1956 28 WSH AL 613 4.4% 22.5% 10.6% 9.6% 40% 2.12 3.9 19.9 5.6 0.86 62%
1957 29 WSH AL 576 3.0% 16.3% 8.5% 8.0% 31% 1.92 5.5 30.5 8.1 1.00 72%
1958 30 WSH AL 555 4.7% 21.6% 9.0% 9.0% 41% 2.40 4.2 19.3 6.7 0.90 64%
1959 31 WSH AL 585 5.6% 16.9% 7.9% 9.2% 37% 2.15 5.4 16.1 5.3 0.90 69%
1960 32 WSH AL 612 6.2% 18.6% 11.0% 8.0% 35% 1.70 4.6 13.9 5.3 0.66 63%
1961 33 MIN AL 480 2.9% 20.4% 9.2% 8.5% 38% 2.23 4.3 30.2 8.1 0.76 66%
1962 34 MIN AL 21 4.8% 19.1% 14.3% 4.8% 33% 1.33 4.3 17.0 3.4 0.71 62%
1963 35 TOT MLB 178 1.7% 30.9% 11.8% 3.4% 18% 2.62 2.8 52.0 10.4 0.94 56%
1963 35 TOT AL 110 0.9% 33.6% 11.8% 1.8% 11% 2.85 2.6 97.0 10.8 0.95 54%
1963 35 MIN AL 18 0.0% 27.8% 5.6% 0.0% 0% 5.00 3.4 17.0 2.00 67%
1963 35 PHI NL 68 2.9% 26.5% 11.8% 5.9% 25% 2.25 3.3 29.5 9.8 0.92 59%
1963 35 CHW AL 92 1.1% 34.8% 13.0% 2.2% 13% 2.67 2.5 80.0 10.0 0.78 51%
12 Yrs 3873 4.2% 20.3% 9.4% 8.3% 36% 2.17 4.4 21.0 6.5 0.85 65%
MLB Averages 2.2% 12.3% 9.1% 6.6% 29% 1.36 7.2 39.6 8.3 1.00 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1950 22 CLE AL -3.3 -0.3 37 -0.7 0.4 -1.2 1.42 -0.3 -0.2 -5.6 -0.6 0.99 -4.3 0.96 4
1953 25 CLE AL -4.6 -0.5 51 -0.4 0.7 -1.0 .99 -0.3 -0.1 -3.0 -0.3 1.04 -2.4 0.45 3
1954 26 WSH AL -4.9 -0.5 141 -1.1 2.3 -3.4 1.16 -0.4 -0.5 -9.6 -1.0 1.03 -4.6 2.53 4
1955 27 WSH AL -0.6 -0.1 28 -0.3 0.4 -0.7 1.20 -0.0 -0.3 -0.4 -0.0 1.04 -0.3 1.10 3
1956 28 WSH AL 18.2 1.8 623 4.0 15.1 -11.0 1.06 2.7 1.0 21.0 2.1 1.02 29.6 0.97 4
1957 29 WSH AL 12.3 1.2 580 1.8 13.0 -11.1 1.14 2.2 -0.6 5.9 0.6 0.98 19.5 1.50 4
1958 30 WSH AL 7.0 0.7 568 0.9 11.2 -10.3 1.07 1.3 -0.4 8.9 0.9 0.98 14.3 1.54 8
1959 31 WSH AL 18.7 1.9 602 3.8 12.6 -8.8 .95 2.9 1.0 42.4 4.2 0.93 33.0 1.26 5
1960 32 WSH AL 21.3 2.1 622 1.9 14.0 -12.1 1.13 2.6 -0.9 23.6 2.3 0.99 31.6 2.44 6
1961 33 MIN AL -2.8 -0.3 484 -0.1 8.9 -9.0 1.08 -0.4 0.3 -0.9 -0.1 0.96 -2.6 1.29 10
1962 34 MIN AL -0.7 -0.1 21 0.0 0.6 -0.5 1.26 -0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 1.03 -0.4 1.74 8
1963 35 TOT MLB -4.9 -0.5 179 0.1 3.4 -3.2 1.12 -0.1 0.2 -2.9 -0.3 0.93 -1.7 1.61 26
1963 35 TOT AL -6.7 -0.7 111 -0.3 1.6 -1.9 .99 -0.6 0.3 -6.1 -0.6 0.94 -6.8 1.43 11
1963 35 MIN AL -2.8 -0.3 18 0.1 0.3 -0.3 1.00 -0.3 0.3 -1.7 -0.2 0.79 -2.5 2.28 2
1963 35 PHI NL 1.8 0.2 68 0.4 1.7 -1.3 1.32 0.4 -0.1 3.3 0.3 0.92 5.1 1.74 15
1963 35 CHW AL -3.9 -0.4 93 -0.4 1.3 -1.6 .99 -0.3 -0.1 -4.5 -0.5 0.97 -4.3 1.25 9
12 Yrs 55.8 5.5 3936 10.1 82.4 -72.3 1.08 10.2 -0.8 79.4 7.8 0.98 111.7 1.54 85

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1950 22 CLE AL 0 0 38% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1953 25 CLE AL 2 0 40% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2
1954 26 WSH AL 0 0 27% 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 46% 9 7 2 0 0 0 4 0 4
1955 27 WSH AL 0 0 29% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 28 WSH AL 12 0 27% 228 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 7 35% 38 27 9 6 5 1 22 9 13
1957 29 WSH AL 5 0 23% 229 1 7 13% 1 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 8 33% 33 28 5 8 2 5 11 4 7
1958 30 WSH AL 5 0 26% 174 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 12 45% 30 21 9 3 1 1 18 5 13
1959 31 WSH AL 11 0 25% 224 5 2 71% 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 14 43% 34 22 12 3 2 0 14 3 10
1960 32 WSH AL 6 0 24% 188 2 0 100% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 14 42% 27 17 9 10 5 4 13 5 8
1961 33 MIN AL 6 0 30% 172 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 43% 24 16 8 8 2 5 8 4 4
1962 34 MIN AL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 35 TOT MLB 2 0 14% 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 46% 9 6 3 1 0 1 3 1 2
1963 35 TOT AL 0 0 10% 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 25% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1963 35 MIN AL 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 35 PHI NL 2 0 18% 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 56% 6 3 3 1 0 1 2 1 1
1963 35 CHW AL 0 0 11% 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 25% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
12 Yrs 49 0 25% 1368 13 18 42% 13 16 0 1 0 2 7 0 37 65 41% 210 147 60 39 17 17 97 31 65

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
1950 22 CLE AL 37 62% 6 4 1 0 0 0.96 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 2 29% 3 0 0% 24 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1953 25 CLE AL 49 67% 8 3 0 0 0 0.45 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 0 0% 9 2 22% 37 4 11% 5 2 40% 4 2 50% 0
1954 26 WSH AL 139 32% 30 4 1 0 1 2.53 2 0 5 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 100% 26 4 15% 18 6 33% 103 13 13% 10 5 50% 5 3 60% 0
1955 27 WSH AL 28 36% 5 3 2 1 1 1.10 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 0% 2 0 0% 21 3 14% 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 0
1956 28 WSH AL 613 25% 146 4 1 0 1 0.97 27 0 21 17 10 21 6 0 2 2 100% 148 12 8% 68 15 22% 446 74 17% 35 16 46% 27 13 48% 0
1957 29 WSH AL 576 21% 147 4 1 0 0 1.50 17 0 15 14 3 12 5 0 0 0 116 13 11% 50 16 32% 383 51 13% 29 14 48% 23 12 52% 0
1958 30 WSH AL 555 27% 123 8 3 0 1 1.54 26 0 14 19 7 11 15 0 1 1 100% 112 11 10% 56 10 18% 338 50 15% 30 12 40% 21 8 38% 0
1959 31 WSH AL 585 12% 148 5 1 0 0 1.26 33 2 12 27 6 21 12 0 0 0 105 9 9% 30 11 37% 329 67 20% 22 13 59% 18 8 44% 0
1960 32 WSH AL 612 16% 142 6 2 0 1 2.44 38 0 17 31 7 22 16 0 0 0 126 9 7% 50 15 30% 424 64 15% 46 20 43% 29 15 52% 0
1961 33 MIN AL 480 17% 109 10 2 0 2 1.29 14 0 11 13 1 9 5 0 2 2 100% 106 11 10% 52 16 31% 310 41 13% 26 17 65% 25 12 48% 0
1962 34 MIN AL 21 24% 3 8 3 1 2 1.74 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 20% 3 1 33% 17 4 24% 3 2 67% 0 0 0
1963 35 TOT MLB 178 84% 34 26 6 1 3 1.61 3 0 2 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 28 1 4% 14 2 14% 108 14 13% 9 3 33% 5 2 40% 0
1963 35 TOT AL 110 88% 18 11 2 0 1 1.43 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 17 0 0% 7 0 0% 73 8 11% 7 2 29% 4 1 25% 0
1963 35 MIN AL 18 72% 2 2 1 0 1 2.28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 8 1 13% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1963 35 PHI NL 68 76% 16 15 4 1 2 1.74 2 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 11 1 9% 7 2 29% 35 6 17% 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 0
1963 35 CHW AL 92 91% 16 9 1 0 0 1.25 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 16 0 0% 7 0 0% 65 7 11% 6 1 17% 4 1 25% 0
12 Yrs 3873 24% 901 85 23 3 12 1.54 164 2 104 126 38 100 64 0 6 6 100% 798 73 9% 355 94 26% 2540 385 15% 218 105 48% 159 75 47% 0
MLB Averages 50% 80% 11% 31% 14% 50% 54%

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
1950 22 12 37 34 4 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 12 .176 .243 .294 .537 39 10 2 0 0
1951 23 12 37 34 4 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 12 .176 .243 .294 .537 39 10 2 0 0
1952 24 12 37 34 4 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 12 .176 .243 .294 .537 39 10 2 0 0
1953 25 28 86 80 9 14 2 0 2 6 0 0 6 27 .175 .233 .275 .508 35 22 2 0 0
1954 26 65 225 208 21 44 4 3 4 19 0 0 15 61 .212 .263 .317 .581 59 66 6 0 1 1
1955 27 75 253 233 24 49 6 3 5 22 0 0 18 65 .210 .266 .326 .592 62 76 6 0 1 1 0
1956 28 221 866 771 101 195 27 14 32 118 2 4 83 203 .253 .324 .449 .773 108 346 18 2 3 7 2
1957 29 358 1442 1289 159 342 50 20 49 182 3 11 132 297 .265 .333 .449 .782 112 579 31 5 3 13 5
1958 30 500 1997 1790 224 465 65 29 75 257 5 15 182 417 .260 .328 .454 .782 113 813 42 6 4 15 8
1959 31 647 2582 2321 297 613 83 32 108 357 10 17 228 516 .264 .329 .467 .796 116 1084 51 7 4 21 8
1960 32 795 3194 2849 378 755 93 33 146 457 12 17 295 630 .265 .334 .475 .808 119 1352 60 14 4 30 16
1961 33 924 3674 3272 435 864 119 34 160 509 13 18 339 728 .264 .333 .468 .801 116 1531 71 18 6 36 18
1962 34 936 3695 3289 436 867 119 34 161 514 13 18 342 732 .264 .333 .467 .800 115 1537 72 18 6 37 18
1963 35 1010 3873 3445 446 901 121 35 164 529 13 18 363 787 .262 .332 .460 .792 114 1584 73 18 6 38 19

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1950 22 13 38 35 3 6 1 0 1 1 0 3 13 .171 .237 .286 .523 2 12
1953 25 17 52 49 6 9 1 0 1 6 0 3 16 .184 .231 .265 .496 3 16
1954 26 39 147 135 14 33 2 3 2 15 0 10 36 .244 .295 .348 .643 15 37
1955 27 10 29 26 3 5 2 0 1 3 0 3 4 .192 .276 .385 .660 3 10
1956 28 153 638 561 79 151 22 11 28 99 2 67 144 .269 .346 .497 .843 97 146
1957 29 144 614 551 65 161 25 7 19 72 1 54 99 .292 .355 .466 .821 90 137
1958 30 148 589 530 74 135 16 10 29 85 2 55 125 .255 .325 .487 .812 84 142
1959 31 154 611 556 77 156 19 3 35 106 5 48 103 .281 .336 .514 .850 96 147
1960 32 156 640 554 84 148 10 1 40 104 2 70 120 .267 .352 .505 .857 98 148
1961 33 129 473 419 53 105 25 1 13 49 1 42 98 .251 .321 .408 .729 55 129
1962 34 12 21 17 1 3 0 0 1 6 0 3 4 .176 .286 .353 .639 2 12
1963 35 74 183 159 11 37 2 1 3 17 0 23 55 .233 .328 .314 .642 17 74
12 Yrs 1049 4035 3592 470 949 125 37 173 563 13 381 817 .264 .335 .464 .799 562 1010
162 Game Avg. 162 623 555 73 147 19 6 27 87 2 59 126 .264 .335 .464 .799 87 1010

* 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

All-Star Games
1960-1 *
1960-2

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1959 AL (25, 1%)
1960 AL (10, 11%)
0.12 Career Shares (859th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1959 AL  .510 (5th)
1960 AL  .508 (6th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1959 AL  .844 (10th)
1960 AL  .861 (6th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1960 AL  81 (10th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1956 AL  270 (7th)
1959 AL  271 (6th)
1960 AL  268 (5th)

Triples s c a p y
1956 AL  11 (1st)
1957 AL  6 (6th)
1958 AL  9 (2nd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1956 AL  27 (6th)
1958 AL  26 (8th)
1959 AL  33 (3rd)
1960 AL  38 (3rd)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1956 AL  96 (8th)
1959 AL  100 (4th)
1960 AL  100 (4th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1956 AL  138 (1st)
1957 AL  94 (1st)
1958 AL  120 (1st)
1959 AL  99 (4th)
1960 AL  114 (2nd)
1961 AL  98 (9th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1959 AL  129 (10th)
1960 AL  130 (7th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1960 AL  99 (4th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1956 AL  59 (6th)
1959 AL  54 (8th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1960 AL  .669 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1960 AL  7 (9th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1956 AL  6 (8th)
1957 AL  6 (9th)
1959 AL  6 (7th)
1960 AL  9 (1st)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1960 AL  8 (1st)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1957 AL  7 (7th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1956 AL  19.9 (8th)
1958 AL  19.3 (8th)
1959 AL  16.1 (3rd)
1960 AL  13.9 (3rd)
Career  21.0 (145th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1959 AL  42.38 (2nd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1956 AL  4.0 (5th)
1959 AL  3.8 (6th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1959 AL  2.9 (10th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1959 AL  4.2 (2nd)

             

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 40 (622), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 17 (903), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 15 (1139), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Tony Conigliaro (959)
  2. Don Demeter (959)
  3. Charlie Maxwell (956)
  4. Mike Marshall (943)
  5. Chet Laabs (939)
  6. Wally Westlake (938)
  7. Henry Rodriguez (937)
  8. Paul Sorrento (931)
  9. Jayson Werth (931)
  10. Richard Hidalgo (930)
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  1. Ryan Ludwick (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Sandy Amoros (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Bubba Trammell (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Glenallen Hill (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Josh Willingham (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Glenallen Hill (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Glenallen Hill (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Charlie Maxwell (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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