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Don Lenhardt

Donald Eugene Lenhardt (Footsie)

Positions: Leftfielder, First Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 4, 1922 in Alton, IL
School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL)
Signed
by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1950
Teams (by GP): Browns/RedSox/WhiteSox/Tigers/Orioles 1950-1954

Final Game: September 25, 1954
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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
1950 27 SLB AL 139 579 480 75 131 22 6 22 81 3 2 90 94 .273 .390 .481 .871 118 231 7 2 7 37O5
1951 28 TOT AL 95 336 302 32 80 12 1 15 63 2 1 30 38 .265 .335 .460 .796 114 139 4 2 2 7/3
1951 28 SLB AL 31 109 103 9 27 3 0 5 18 1 0 6 13 .262 .303 .437 .740 96 45 1 0 0 7O/3
1951 28 CHW AL 64 227 199 23 53 9 1 10 45 1 1 24 25 .266 .351 .472 .823 123 94 3 2 2 7O/3
1952 29 TOT AL 93 348 297 41 71 10 2 11 42 0 2 47 44 .239 .343 .397 .740 103 118 9 0 4 7/38
1952 29 BOS AL 30 121 105 18 31 4 0 7 24 0 1 15 18 .295 .383 .533 .917 146 56 3 0 1 7O
1952 29 DET AL 45 174 144 18 27 2 1 3 13 0 1 28 18 .188 .320 .278 .598 67 40 5 0 2 7O
1952 29 SLB AL 18 53 48 5 13 4 1 1 5 0 0 4 8 .271 .327 .458 .785 115 22 1 0 1 O7/38
1953 30 SLB AL 97 347 303 37 96 15 0 10 35 1 2 41 41 .317 .400 .465 .865 131 141 8 1 2 O7/95
1954 31 TOT AL 57 110 99 7 23 5 0 3 18 0 0 6 18 .232 .280 .374 .654 75 37 4 1 3 1 7/35
1954 31 BAL AL 13 37 33 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 9 .152 .222 .182 .404 16 6 1 0 1 0 /73
1954 31 BOS AL 44 73 66 5 18 4 0 3 17 0 0 3 9 .273 .310 .470 .780 103 31 3 1 2 1 7/5
5 Yrs 481 1720 1481 192 401 64 9 61 239 6 7 214 235 .271 .365 .450 .815 114 666 32 6 18 1
162 Game Avg. 162 579 499 65 135 22 3 21 80 2 2 72 79 .271 .365 .450 .815 114 224 11 2 6
BAL (5 yrs) 298 1125 967 128 272 45 7 38 140 5 4 144 165 .281 .376 .460 .836 117 445 18 3 11 0
BOS (2 yrs) 74 194 171 23 49 8 0 10 41 0 1 18 27 .287 .356 .509 .865 129 87 6 1 3 1
DET (1 yr) 45 174 144 18 27 2 1 3 13 0 1 28 18 .188 .320 .278 .598 67 40 5 0 2
CHW (1 yr) 64 227 199 23 53 9 1 10 45 1 1 24 25 .266 .351 .472 .823 123 94 3 2 2

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 27 SLB AL 139 579 13 -0 -0 -8 -6 -2 -0.1 15 13 1.4 .499 .499 2.1 -1.3 21 $ 37O5
1951 28 SLB AL 31 109 -1 0 0 -1 -1 -3 -0.3 3 0 0.0 .491 .498 0.1 -0.2 1 $ 7O/3
1951 28 CHW AL 64 227 6 -1 -0 2 -3 4 0.4 6 10 1.0 .507 .503 0.8 -0.0 8 $ 7O/3
1952 29 BOS AL 30 121 6 -0 -0 0 -1 4 0.5 3 8 0.8 .516 .503 0.8 -0.1 8 $ 7O
1952 29 DET AL 45 174 -5 -1 -0 0 -2 -8 -0.9 5 -4 -0.5 .479 .494 -0.5 -0.2 -4 $ 7O
1952 29 SLB AL 18 53 1 -0 -0 0 -1 -0 -0.0 1 1 0.1 .499 .500 0.1 -0.1 1 $ O7/38
1953 30 SLB AL 97 347 12 1 -1 -8 -4 0 0.0 9 10 0.9 .500 .500 1.8 -1.2 18 $ O7/95
1954 31 BAL AL 13 37 -4 -0 0 0 -0 -4 -0.5 1 -3 -0.4 .464 .497 -0.4 -0.0 -3 $ /73
1954 31 BOS AL 44 73 -1 -1 0 -2 -0 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.2 .491 .498 0.0 -0.3 0 $ 7/5
5 Seasons 481 1720 26 -2 -1 -17 -18 -12 -1.3 46 34 3.1 .497 .499 4.8 -3.4 51 $
BAL (5 yrs) 298 1125 20 1 -1 -17 -12 -9 -0.9 30 21 2.0 .497 .499 3.7 -2.8 38 $
BOS (2 yrs) 74 194 6 -1 0 -2 -2 1 0.1 5 6 0.6 .501 .500 0.8 -0.4 8 $
DET (1 yr) 45 174 -5 -1 -0 0 -2 -8 -0.9 5 -4 -0.5 .479 .494 -0.5 -0.2 -4 $
CHW (1 yr) 64 227 6 -1 -0 2 -3 4 0.4 6 10 1.0 .507 .503 0.8 -0.0 8 $

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 27 SLB AL 579 365 89 6.5 117 .299 .273 .283 .390 .371 .481 .424 .871 .796 118 .619 14.0 1.3 .905 .398 .208 5.3
1951 28 TOT AL 336 229 46 5.4 102 .261 .265 .267 .335 .348 .460 .392 .796 .740 114 .582 4.3 0.4 .758 .298 .195 3.5
1951 28 SLB AL 109 77 14 4.9 105 .259 .262 .271 .303 .353 .437 .397 .740 .750 96 .537 -1.5 -0.2 .675 .243 .175 1.7
1951 28 CHW AL 227 152 32 5.7 100 .262 .266 .265 .351 .346 .472 .389 .823 .735 123 .602 5.8 0.6 .800 .327 .206 1.8
1952 29 TOT AL 348 241 41 4.6 99 .248 .239 .263 .343 .344 .397 .384 .740 .728 103 .546 1.5 0.1 .688 .310 .158 .0
1952 29 BOS AL 121 79 21 7.2 102 .300 .295 .268 .383 .349 .533 .391 .917 .740 146 .732 6.5 0.7 .897 .371 .238 .0
1952 29 DET AL 174 125 13 2.8 96 .195 .188 .260 .320 .340 .278 .380 .598 .720 67 .329 -5.8 -0.6 .545 .278 .090 .0
1952 29 SLB AL 53 37 7 5.1 98 .308 .271 .262 .327 .343 .458 .383 .785 .726 115 .594 0.8 0.1 .722 .271 .188 .0
1953 30 SLB AL 347 219 56 6.9 104 .341 .317 .272 .400 .349 .465 .400 .865 .749 131 .687 14.4 1.4 .839 .281 .149 1.8
1954 31 TOT AL 110 84 10 3.2 102 .253 .232 .270 .280 .347 .374 .395 .654 .742 75 .371 -3.8 -0.4 .550 .202 .141 .0
1954 31 BAL AL 37 30 1 0.9 92 .208 .152 .256 .222 .330 .182 .374 .404 .704 16 .054 -3.7 -0.4 .310 .121 .030
1954 31 BOS AL 73 54 9 4.5 108 .273 .273 .278 .310 .355 .470 .406 .780 .761 103 .522 -0.1 -0.0 .686 .242 .197 .0
5 Yrs 1720 1138 242 5.7 107 .287 .271 .273 .365 .355 .450 .403 .815 .758 114 .600 30.5 2.9 .791 .323 .179 10.9
162 Game Avg. 579 383 82 5.7 107 .287 .271 .273 .365 .355 .450 .403 .815 .758 114 .600 10 1 .791 .323 .179 4
BAL (5 yrs) 1125 728 167 6.1 110 .306 .281 .277 .376 .360 .460 .410 .836 .770 117 .619 24.0 2.3 .827 .329 .179 8.8
BOS (2 yrs) 194 133 30 6.1 104 .289 .287 .272 .356 .351 .509 .397 .865 .748 129 .664 6.5 0.7 .814 .322 .222 .0
DET (1 yr) 174 125 13 2.8 96 .195 .188 .260 .320 .340 .278 .380 .598 .720 67 .329 -5.8 -0.6 .545 .278 .090 .0
CHW (1 yr) 227 152 32 5.7 100 .262 .266 .265 .351 .346 .472 .389 .823 .735 123 .602 5.8 0.6 .800 .327 .206 1.8

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 27 SLB AL 579 3.8% 16.2% 15.5% 8.6% 38% 1.04 5.1 21.8 5.9 0.64 63%
1951 28 TOT AL 336 4.5% 11.3% 8.9% 8.3% 35% 1.27 7.9 20.1 4.8 0.55 74%
1951 28 SLB AL 109 4.6% 11.9% 5.5% 7.3% 30% 2.17 7.9 20.6 5.7 0.55 78%
1951 28 CHW AL 227 4.4% 11.0% 10.6% 8.8% 38% 1.04 8.0 19.9 4.4 0.55 72%
1952 29 TOT AL 348 3.2% 12.6% 13.5% 6.6% 32% 0.94 6.8 27.0 7.1 0.87 70%
1952 29 BOS AL 121 5.8% 14.9% 12.4% 9.1% 36% 1.20 5.8 15.0 4.4 0.81 66%
1952 29 DET AL 174 1.7% 10.3% 16.1% 3.5% 22% 0.64 8.0 48.0 11.1 0.98 71%
1952 29 SLB AL 53 1.9% 15.1% 7.6% 11.3% 46% 2.00 6.0 48.0 9.6 0.67 74%
1953 30 SLB AL 347 2.9% 11.8% 11.8% 7.2% 26% 1.00 7.4 30.3 8.7 0.96 73%
1954 31 TOT AL 110 2.7% 16.4% 5.5% 7.3% 35% 3.00 5.5 33.0 5.5 1.17 72%
1954 31 BAL AL 37 0.0% 24.3% 8.1% 2.7% 20% 3.00 3.7 33.0 1.33 65%
1954 31 BOS AL 73 4.1% 12.3% 4.1% 9.6% 39% 3.00 7.3 22.0 3.9 1.10 75%
5 Yrs 1720 3.6% 13.7% 12.4% 7.8% 33% 1.10 6.3 24.3 6.2 0.77 69%
MLB Averages 2.0% 10.4% 9.6% 6.5% 28% 1.09 8.5 43.8 8.1 0.97 76%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1950 27 SLB AL 14.0 1.3 360 1.4 6.9 -5.5 .95 1.8 -0.4 19.2 1.8 0.91 24.8 1.30 6
1951 28 TOT AL 4.3 0.4 287 -1.3 4.7 -5.9 1.09 -0.4 -0.8 6.1 0.6 0.99 -0.9 1.45 15
1951 28 SLB AL -1.5 -0.2 77 -0.7 0.9 -1.5 .97 -0.5 -0.2 -5.9 -0.6 0.91 -5.7 1.02 4
1951 28 CHW AL 5.8 0.6 210 -0.6 3.8 -4.4 1.14 0.1 -0.7 12.0 1.2 1.02 4.9 1.61 11
1952 29 TOT AL 1.3 0.1 294 0.1 5.1 -5.0 1.04 -0.0 0.1 8.5 0.8 0.95 3.7 1.11 8
1952 29 BOS AL 6.4 0.7 123 0.4 2.5 -2.1 1.11 0.5 -0.1 11.4 1.1 0.95 9.0 1.95 3
1952 29 DET AL -5.8 -0.6 139 -0.3 2.0 -2.3 1.00 -0.5 0.3 -1.6 -0.2 0.97 -5.5 0.36 3
1952 29 SLB AL 0.7 0.1 32 -0.0 0.6 -0.6 .93 0.0 -0.0 -1.3 -0.1 0.85 0.2 1.00 2
1953 30 SLB AL 14.4 1.4 325 1.2 7.1 -6.0 1.17 0.7 0.3 6.5 0.6 0.98 8.2 3.04 18
1954 31 TOT AL -3.8 -0.4 112 0.5 2.9 -2.4 1.23 -0.4 0.8 -2.3 -0.3 1.04 -3.2 1.43 34
1954 31 BAL AL -3.7 -0.4 39 -0.5 0.4 -0.9 1.01 -0.5 0.0 -6.0 -0.7 0.99 -5.1 1.09 5
1954 31 BOS AL -0.1 -0.0 73 0.9 2.5 -1.5 1.34 0.1 0.6 3.7 0.4 1.07 1.9 1.49 29
5 Yrs 30.3 2.9 1378 1.9 26.7 -24.8 1.07 1.8 -0.0 37.9 3.5 0.96 32.7 1.75 81

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 27 SLB AL 2 0 26% 165 3 2 60% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 44% 22 15 7 8 5 3 11 3 8
1951 28 TOT AL 2 0 18% 85 2 1 67% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 33% 8 6 2 4 4 0 6 1 4
1951 28 SLB AL 1 0 14% 19 1 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1951 28 CHW AL 1 0 19% 66 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 36% 5 3 2 4 4 0 5 1 3
1952 29 TOT AL 4 0 28% 101 0 2 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 30% 19 15 4 5 4 1 6 2 4
1952 29 BOS AL 3 0 28% 41 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 43% 8 5 3 2 1 1 4 2 2
1952 29 DET AL 1 0 29% 49 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23% 9 8 1 2 2 0 2 0 2
1952 29 SLB AL 0 0 25% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1953 30 SLB AL 1 0 21% 130 1 2 33% 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 42% 20 15 5 3 1 2 15 6 9
1954 31 TOT AL 0 0 15% 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 8% 7 7 0 2 2 0 3 1 1
1954 31 BAL AL 0 0 25% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0% 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
1954 31 BOS AL 0 0 11% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13% 5 5 0 0 0 0 3 1 1
5 Yrs 9 0 23% 527 6 7 46% 2 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 11 12 36% 76 58 18 22 16 6 41 13 26

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 27 SLB AL 579 34% 131 6 3 0 2 1.30 22 1 9 13 3 9 13 0 7 7 100% 61 7 11% 19 7 37% 205 27 13% 8 4 50% 7 2 29% 0
1951 28 TOT AL 336 55% 80 15 3 0 4 1.45 15 0 10 7 6 4 11 0 1 2 200% 54 4 7% 29 8 28% 205 40 20% 20 12 60% 9 1 11% 0
1951 28 SLB AL 109 47% 27 4 0 0 0 1.02 5 0 1 2 1 1 4 0 0 0 15 1 7% 11 2 18% 47 5 11% 2 1 50% 6 1 17% 0
1951 28 CHW AL 227 58% 53 11 3 0 4 1.61 10 0 9 5 5 3 7 0 1 2 200% 39 3 8% 18 6 33% 158 35 22% 18 11 61% 3 0 0% 0
1952 29 TOT AL 348 24% 71 8 2 0 1 1.11 11 3 4 8 2 7 4 1 4 4 100% 61 9 15% 23 6 26% 196 28 14% 18 6 33% 15 8 53% 0
1952 29 BOS AL 121 8% 31 3 1 0 1 1.95 7 2 2 6 1 6 1 0 1 1 100% 30 3 10% 11 3 27% 83 17 20% 10 4 40% 8 5 63% 0
1952 29 DET AL 174 38% 27 3 1 0 0 0.36 3 1 2 1 1 1 2 0 3 2 67% 27 5 19% 8 3 38% 98 9 9% 7 2 29% 6 3 50% 0
1952 29 SLB AL 53 22% 13 2 0 0 0 1.00 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 4 1 25% 4 0 0% 15 2 13% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1953 30 SLB AL 347 47% 96 18 5 0 2 3.04 10 0 5 3 6 3 7 0 2 2 100% 62 8 13% 18 5 28% 222 23 10% 12 4 33% 8 4 50% 0
1954 31 TOT AL 110 35% 23 34 6 1 6 1.43 3 0 4 2 1 2 1 0 3 3 100% 26 4 15% 13 6 46% 89 15 17% 5 3 60% 5 3 60% 0
1954 31 BAL AL 37 49% 5 5 0 0 0 1.09 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 5 1 20% 6 1 17% 21 1 5% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1954 31 BOS AL 73 29% 18 29 6 1 6 1.49 3 0 3 2 1 2 1 0 2 2 100% 21 3 14% 7 5 71% 68 14 21% 3 3 100% 3 3 100% 0
5 Yrs 1720 40% 401 81 19 1 15 1.75 61 4 32 33 18 25 36 1 17 18 106% 264 32 12% 102 32 31% 917 133 15% 63 29 46% 44 18 41% 0
MLB Averages 50% 88% 12% 32% 15% 51% 55%

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 27 139 579 480 75 131 22 6 22 81 3 2 90 94 .273 .390 .481 .871 118 231 7 2 7
1951 28 234 915 782 107 211 34 7 37 144 5 3 120 132 .270 .370 .473 .843 117 370 11 4 9
1952 29 327 1263 1079 148 282 44 9 48 186 5 5 167 176 .261 .362 .452 .815 113 488 20 4 13
1953 30 424 1610 1382 185 378 59 9 58 221 6 7 208 217 .274 .371 .455 .826 117 629 28 5 15
1954 31 481 1720 1481 192 401 64 9 61 239 6 7 214 235 .271 .365 .450 .815 114 666 32 6 18 1

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 27 145 582 488 66 123 21 6 21 71 3 85 98 .252 .365 .449 .814 78 139
1951 28 100 351 316 32 82 12 1 15 63 2 31 40 .259 .330 .446 .776 46 95
1952 29 97 368 313 44 77 11 2 12 46 0 51 46 .246 .352 .409 .761 45 93
1953 30 101 360 315 38 99 15 0 10 36 1 42 43 .314 .397 .457 .854 57 97
1954 31 60 116 104 7 25 5 0 3 19 0 7 19 .240 .292 .375 .667 11 57
5 Yrs 503 1777 1536 187 406 64 9 61 235 6 216 246 .264 .357 .437 .794 237 481
162 Game Avg. 162 572 495 60 131 21 3 20 76 2 70 79 .264 .357 .437 .794 76 481

* 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

Strikeouts s c a p y
1950 AL  94 (4th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1388), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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