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Danny Litwhiler

Daniel Webster Litwhiler

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 198 lb.

Born: August 31, 1916 in Ringtown, PA
School: Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania (Bloomsburg, PA)
Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1940. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1940
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Reds/Cardinals/Braves 1940-1951

Final Game: September 25, 1951
Died: September 23, 2011 in Clearwater, FL
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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
1936	19	DET-min	D	66	233	233		73	14	5	5						.313	.313	.481	.794		112							CHO · PASA
1937	20	DET-min	C	48	174	174		50	10	5	1						.287	.287	.420	.707		73							CHL · MATL
1938	21	ALX	D	76	295	295		109	17	4	10						.369	.369	.556	.925		164							ALX · EVAN
1939		Did not play in major leagues (Injured - Knee)
1940	23	CLE-PHI-min	A,AA	113	405	405		121	29	9	14						.299	.299	.519	.817		210							WKB,BLT · EL,IL
1940	23	PHI	NL	36	146	142	10	49	2	2	5	17	1		3	13	.345	.363	.493	.856	139	70	1	1	0			O9/78
1941	24	PHI	NL	151	637	590	72	180	29	6	18	66	1		39	43	.305	.350	.466	.816	134	275	15	2	4			*O7/9	MVP-34
1942	25	PHI	NL	151	626	591	59	160	25	9	9	56	2		27	42	.271	.310	.389	.700	110	230	16	7	2			*O79	AS
1943	26	TOT	NL	116	434	397	63	108	20	3	12	48	2		30	45	.272	.326	.428	.755	115	170	6	2	4			*7O
1943	26	PHI	NL	36	150	139	23	36	6	0	5	17	1		11	14	.259	.313	.410	.723	113	57	3	0	0			7O
1943	26	STL	NL	80	284	258	40	72	14	3	7	31	1		19	31	.279	.333	.438	.771	117	113	3	2	4			7O
1944	27	STL	NL	140	552	492	53	130	25	5	15	82	2		37	56	.264	.328	.427	.755	109	210	11	10	12			*7O
1945		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946	29	TOT	NL	85	281	252	29	72	12	2	8	38	1		20	24	.286	.343	.444	.788	121	112	4	2	7			7O/5
1946	29	STL	NL	6	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	-51	0	0	0	0
1946	29	BSN	NL	79	275	247	29	72	12	2	8	38	1		19	23	.291	.347	.453	.800	125	112	4	2	7			7O/5
1947	30	BSN	NL	91	254	226	38	59	5	2	7	31	1		25	43	.261	.337	.394	.731	95	89	6	1	2			7O
1948	31	TOT	NL	119	430	371	51	102	21	2	14	50	1		52	43	.275	.367	.456	.823	124	169	15	2	6			975/8
1948	31	BSN	NL	13	39	33	0	9	2	0	0	6	0		4	2	.273	.385	.333	.718	97	11	0	2	1			/7O
1948	31	CIN	NL	106	391	338	51	93	19	2	14	44	1		48	41	.275	.365	.467	.833	127	158	15	0	5			O957/8
1949	32	CIN	NL	102	336	292	35	85	18	1	11	48	0		44	42	.291	.384	.473	.857	127	138	4	0	0			O97/5
1950	33	CIN	NL	54	133	112	15	29	4	0	6	12	0		20	21	.259	.371	.455	.827	116	51	5	0	1			O9/7
1951	34	CIN	NL	12	31	29	3	8	1	0	2	3	0	0	2	5	.276	.323	.517	.840	121	15	0	0	0			/O9
1952	35	FMH,SAC,OLD	C,Opn	106	358	342	6	96	25	1	22	8	0		15	18	.281	.311	.553	.864		189		0	1				FMH,SAC,OLD · NORL,PCL
1953	36	WKB	A	133	418	418		113	16	2	26						.270	.270	.505	.775		211							WKB · EL
1954	37	CIN-DET-min	C,D	117	365	365		115	19	2	26						.315	.315	.592	.907		216							DUL,JAM · NORL,PONY
11 Yrs				1057	3860	3494	428	982	162	32	107	451	11	0	299	377	.281	.342	.438	.780	119	1529	83	27	38
162 Game Avg.				162	592	536	66	151	25	5	16	69	2		46	58	.281	.342	.438	.780	119	234	13	4	6
				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
PHI (4 yrs)				374	1559	1462	164	425	62	17	37	156	5		80	112	.291	.332	.432	.764	123	632	35	10	6
CIN (4 yrs)				274	891	771	104	215	42	3	33	107	1	0	114	109	.279	.372	.470	.841	125	362	24	0	6
BSN (3 yrs)				183	568	506	67	140	19	4	15	75	2		48	68	.277	.345	.419	.764	109	212	10	5	10
STL (3 yrs)				226	842	755	93	202	39	8	22	113	3		57	88	.268	.329	.428	.757	110	323	14	12	16

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
1940	23	PHI	NL	36	146	7	-0	0	1	-2	6	0.6	5	11	1.1	.517	.504	1.0	-0.1	10	$	O9/78
1941	24	PHI	NL	151	637	24	0	0	2	-7	20	2.0	22	42	4.2	.514	.513	4.0	-0.6	40	$	*O7/9	MVP-34
1942	25	PHI	NL	151	626	6	0	0	-1	-7	-2	-0.4	19	17	1.5	.498	.498	1.7	-1.0	18	$	*O79	AS
1943	26	PHI	NL	36	150	2	0	0	2	-2	2	0.3	4	7	0.7	.508	.502	0.5	0.1	5	$	7O
1943	26	STL	NL	80	284	5	0	0	4	-3	5	0.6	9	14	1.4	.508	.504	1.0	0.1	10	$	7O
1944	27	STL	NL	140	552	5	0	0	6	-6	5	0.4	17	21	2.1	.504	.503	1.5	-0.0	15	$	*7O

1946	29	STL	NL	6	6	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.481	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
1946	29	BSN	NL	79	275	8	0	0	2	-3	6	0.7	10	16	1.7	.509	.505	1.5	-0.1	14	$	7O/5
1947	30	BSN	NL	91	254	-2	0	0	0	-3	-5	-0.5	9	4	0.4	.494	.497	0.4	-0.3	4	$	7O
1948	31	BSN	NL	13	39	0	-0	-0	2	-0	2	0.2	1	3	0.3	.512	.501	0.1	0.2	1	$	/7O
1948	31	CIN	NL	106	391	13	-0	-1	2	-4	10	1.0	14	24	2.4	.510	.506	2.2	-0.2	22	$	O957/8
1949	32	CIN	NL	102	336	12	-0	1	-2	-4	6	0.6	12	18	1.8	.506	.504	2.0	-0.6	20	$	O97/5
1950	33	CIN	NL	54	133	3	-0	-1	-1	-1	-0	-0.1	4	4	0.4	.499	.500	0.5	-0.3	5	$	O9/7
1951	34	CIN	NL	12	31	1	0	0	0	-0	0	0.0	1	1	0.1	.503	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	$	/O9
11 Seasons				1057	3860	81	-0	-1	17	-43	54	5.4	127	181	18.0	.505	.503	16.4	-2.9	164	$

PHI (4 yrs)				374	1559	39	0	0	4	-17	26	2.5	51	77	7.5	.507	.504	7.2	-1.6	73	$
CIN (4 yrs)				274	891	28	-1	-1	-1	-9	16	1.6	31	47	4.7	.506	.503	4.8	-1.1	48	$
BSN (3 yrs)				183	568	6	-0	-0	4	-6	3	0.4	20	23	2.4	.502	.501	2.0	-0.2	19	$
STL (3 yrs)				226	842	8	0	0	10	-10	9	0.9	25	34	3.4	.504	.502	2.4	0.0	24	$

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
1940	23	PHI	NL	146	94	25	7.2	94	.355	.345	.266	.363	.330	.493	.382	.856	.712	139	.712	6.3	0.6	.798	.176	.148	1.7
1941	24	PHI	NL	637	429	96	6.0	90	.306	.305	.260	.350	.329	.466	.366	.816	.696	134	.662	23.3	2.4	.746	.229	.161	1.9
1942	25	PHI	NL	626	449	70	4.2	82	.280	.271	.249	.310	.320	.389	.346	.700	.666	110	.544	3.9	0.4	.595	.168	.118	3.3
1943	26	TOT	NL	434	299	55	5.0	91	.282	.272	.267	.326	.336	.428	.362	.755	.698	115	.603	6.2	0.7	.692	.237	.156	3.4
1943	26	PHI	NL	150	106	18	4.6	85	.258	.259	.259	.313	.326	.410	.351	.723	.678	113	.567	1.7	0.2	.651	.237	.151	1.7
1943	26	STL	NL	284	193	37	5.2	94	.295	.279	.272	.333	.341	.438	.368	.771	.710	117	.622	4.5	0.5	.714	.236	.159	1.8
1944	27	STL	NL	552	385	66	4.6	97	.273	.264	.272	.328	.339	.427	.381	.755	.721	109	.542	4.4	0.4	.694	.242	.163	3.5

1946	29	TOT	NL	281	191	38	5.3	94	.291	.286	.264	.343	.339	.444	.369	.788	.709	121	.624	6.1	0.6	.734	.242	.159	1.8
1946	29	STL	NL	6	5	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.267	.167	.343	.000	.374	.167	.717	-51	.000	-1.0	-0.1	.200	.200	.000
1946	29	BSN	NL	275	186	38	5.5	94	.296	.291	.264	.347	.339	.453	.369	.800	.709	125	.635	7.1	0.7	.749	.243	.162	1.8
1947	30	BSN	NL	254	175	30	4.6	104	.295	.261	.272	.337	.347	.394	.403	.731	.749	95	.492	-2.0	-0.2	.671	.248	.133	1.8
1948	31	TOT	NL	430	290	62	5.7	100	.280	.275	.266	.367	.339	.456	.393	.823	.732	124	.610	13.4	1.3	.789	.323	.181	1.9
1948	31	BSN	NL	39	25	4	4.2	101	.290	.273	.268	.385	.342	.333	.396	.718	.738	97	.479	0.2	0.0	.708	.182	.061
1948	31	CIN	NL	391	265	58	5.8	99	.279	.275	.265	.365	.339	.467	.393	.833	.732	127	.620	13.2	1.3	.796	.337	.192	1.9
1949	32	CIN	NL	336	211	53	6.7	105	.310	.291	.272	.384	.345	.473	.406	.857	.752	127	.668	12.6	1.2	.863	.332	.182	.0
1950	33	CIN	NL	133	89	19	5.7	108	.271	.259	.270	.371	.346	.455	.418	.827	.764	116	.584	3.0	0.3	.807	.375	.196	.0
1951	34	CIN	NL	31	21	5	6.4	104	.273	.276	.269	.323	.343	.517	.407	.840	.750	121	.654	0.7	0.1	.810	.310	.241	.0
11 Yrs				3860	2633	519	5.3	94	.291	.281	.264	.342	.335	.438	.376	.780	.711	119	.602	77.8	7.9	.719	.245	.157	19.9
162 Game Avg.				592	404	80	5.3	94	.291	.281	.264	.342	.335	.438	.376	.780	.711	119	.602	12	1	.719	.245	.157	3
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
PHI (4 yrs)				1559	1078	209	5.2	87	.296	.291	.256	.332	.325	.432	.358	.764	.683	123	.617	35.1	3.6	.678	.200	.142	8.8
CIN (4 yrs)				891	586	135	6.1	103	.289	.279	.268	.372	.343	.470	.402	.841	.745	125	.635	29.4	2.9	.822	.340	.191	1.9
BSN (3 yrs)				568	386	72	5.0	99	.296	.277	.267	.345	.343	.419	.386	.764	.729	109	.563	5.4	0.6	.710	.241	.142	3.5
STL (3 yrs)				842	583	103	4.8	96	.279	.268	.272	.329	.340	.428	.377	.757	.717	110	.566	7.9	0.8	.697	.240	.160	5.3

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
1943	26	STL	NL	WS	NYY	L	5	17	15	0	4	1	0	2	2	4	.267	.353	.333	.686	5
1944	27	STL	NL	WS	SLB	W	5	22	20	2	4	1	1	1	2	7	.200	.273	.400	.673	8
2 Yrs (2 Series)							10	39	35	2	8	2	1	3	4	11	.229	.308	.371	.679	13
2 WS							10	39	35	2	8	2	1	3	4	11	.229	.308	.371	.679	13

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
1942	PHI	NL	25		1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	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
1940	23	PHI	NL	146	3.4%	8.9%	2.1%	6.2%	18%	4.33	10.9	28.4	8.4			85%
1941	24	PHI	NL	637	2.8%	6.8%	6.1%	8.3%	29%	1.10	13.7	32.8	8.9			83%
1942	25	PHI	NL	626	1.4%	6.7%	4.3%	6.9%	27%	1.56	14.1	65.7	10.6			86%
1943	26	TOT	NL	434	2.8%	10.4%	6.9%	8.1%	32%	1.50	8.8	33.1	8.3			78%
1943	26	PHI	NL	150	3.3%	9.3%	7.3%	7.3%	31%	1.27	9.9	27.8	8.2			80%
1943	26	STL	NL	284	2.5%	10.9%	6.7%	8.5%	33%	1.63	8.3	36.9	8.3			77%
1944	27	STL	NL	552	2.7%	10.1%	6.7%	8.2%	35%	1.51	8.8	32.8	6.0			76%

1946	29	TOT	NL	281	2.9%	8.5%	7.1%	7.8%	31%	1.20	10.5	31.5	6.6			78%
1946	29	STL	NL	6	0.0%	16.7%	16.7%	0.0%		1.00	5.0					67%
1946	29	BSN	NL	275	2.9%	8.4%	6.9%	8.0%	31%	1.21	10.7	30.9	6.5			79%
1947	30	BSN	NL	254	2.8%	16.9%	9.8%	5.5%	24%	1.72	5.3	32.3	7.3			69%
1948	31	TOT	NL	430	3.3%	10.0%	12.1%	8.6%	36%	0.83	8.6	26.5	7.4		0.84	73%
1948	31	BSN	NL	39	0.0%	5.1%	10.3%	5.1%	22%	0.50	16.5		5.5		1.14	79%
1948	31	CIN	NL	391	3.6%	10.5%	12.3%	9.0%	38%	0.85	8.2	24.1	7.7		0.80	72%
1949	32	CIN	NL	336	3.3%	12.5%	13.1%	8.9%	35%	0.95	7.0	26.5	6.1		0.61	71%
1950	33	CIN	NL	133	4.5%	15.8%	15.0%	7.5%	35%	1.05	5.3	18.7	9.3		0.79	64%
1951	34	CIN	NL	31	6.5%	16.1%	6.5%	9.7%	38%	2.50	5.8	14.5	9.7		1.75	71%
11 Yrs				3860	2.8%	9.8%	7.8%	7.8%	31%	1.26	9.3	32.7	7.7		0.75	78%
MLB Averages					1.5%	9.3%	9.3%	6.1%	27%	1.00	9.5	60.2	8.4		0.97	78%
				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
1940	23	PHI	NL	6.3	0.6	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1941	24	PHI	NL	23.3	2.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1942	25	PHI	NL	3.9	0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1943	26	TOT	NL	6.2	0.7	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1943	26	PHI	NL	1.7	0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1943	26	STL	NL	4.5	0.5	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1944	27	STL	NL	4.4	0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1946	29	TOT	NL	6.1	0.6	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1946	29	STL	NL	-1.0	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1946	29	BSN	NL	7.1	0.7	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	30	BSN	NL	-2.0	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	31	TOT	NL	13.4	1.3	168	0.3	3.2	-2.9	1.00	1.1	-0.8	3.1	0.3	0.94	10.0	1.57	6
1948	31	BSN	NL	0.2	0.0	24	0.0	0.4	-0.4	1.22	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.97	0.1	2.01	3
1948	31	CIN	NL	13.2	1.3	144	0.2	2.7	-2.5	.97	1.0	-0.8	3.0	0.3	0.94	9.9	1.12	3
1949	32	CIN	NL	12.6	1.2	228	1.0	4.6	-3.6	1.05	0.5	0.4	12.0	1.2	0.94	8.0	1.48	10
1950	33	CIN	NL	3.0	0.3	104	-0.3	2.0	-2.3	1.17	0.3	-0.6	-2.8	-0.3	0.93	2.2	1.93	13
1951	34	CIN	NL	0.7	0.1	20	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	1.07	-0.2	0.1	-2.1	-0.2	0.83	-2.3	1.30	4
11 Yrs				77.8	7.9	520	0.7	10.0	-9.2	1.06	1.6	-0.9	10.3	1.0	0.93	18.0	1.65	33
				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	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	CS2	CSH	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	31	TOT	NL	3	26%	45	1		0	1	0	4	0	60%	9	5	3	3	1	2	8	1	7
1948	31	BSN	NL	1	0%	2	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1948	31	CIN	NL	2	29%	43	1		0	1	0	4	0	60%	9	5	3	3	1	2	8	1	7
1949	32	CIN	NL	1	20%	92	0		1	0	1	4	3	35%	16	12	4	1	1	0	9	4	5
1950	33	CIN	NL	1	21%	33	0		0	1	0	0	0	50%	11	7	4	2	1	1	3	0	3
1951	34	CIN	NL	0	13%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11 Yrs				5	27%	173	11	0	1	2	1	8	3	47%	36	24	11	6	3	3	20	5	15

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
1948	31	TOT	NL	430	54%	102			6	1	0	0	1.57	14	0	6	5	2	6	8	0	0	6		29	15	52%	14	6	43%	101	16	16%	11	9	82%	4	1	25%	0
1948	31	BSN	NL	39	13%	9			3	1	0	0	2.01	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		3	0	0%	1	1	100%	15	2	13%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1948	31	CIN	NL	391	61%	93			3	0	0	0	1.12	14	0	5	5	2	6	8	0	0	5		26	15	58%	13	5	38%	86	14	16%	10	8	80%	4	1	25%	0
1949	32	CIN	NL	336	70%	85			10	3	1	3	1.48	11	0	3	3	2	5	6	0	0	0		47	4	9%	16	3	19%	139	28	20%	10	5	50%	6	4	67%	0
1950	33	CIN	NL	133	69%	29			13	5	1	2	1.93	6	0	1	0	6	3	3	0	1	1	100%	21	5	24%	9	1	11%	68	5	7%	4	1	25%	4	3	75%	0
1951	34	CIN	NL	31	95%	8			4	1	0	1	1.30	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	1	0	0%	10	1	10%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0
11 Yrs				930	66%	982			33	10	2	6	1.65	107	0	10	8	10	16	17	0	1	38	3800%	101	83	82%	40	10	25%	318	50	16%	26	16	62%	15	8	53%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			353%			38%			33%			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
1940	23	36	146	142	10	49	2	2	5	17	1		3	13	.345	.363	.493	.856	139	70	1	1	0
1941	24	187	783	732	82	229	31	8	23	83	2		42	56	.313	.353	.471	.824	135	345	16	3	4
1942	25	338	1409	1323	141	389	56	17	32	139	4		69	98	.294	.334	.435	.768	124	575	32	10	6
1943	26	454	1843	1720	204	497	76	20	44	187	6		99	143	.289	.332	.433	.765	122	745	38	12	10
1944	27	594	2395	2212	257	627	101	25	59	269	8		136	199	.283	.331	.432	.763	119	955	49	22	22
1945	28	594	2395	2212	257	627	101	25	59	269	8		136	199	.283	.331	.432	.763	119	955	49	22	22
1946	29	679	2676	2464	286	699	113	27	67	307	9		156	223	.284	.332	.433	.765	119	1067	53	24	29
1947	30	770	2930	2690	324	758	118	29	74	338	10		181	266	.282	.333	.430	.763	117	1156	59	25	31
1948	31	889	3360	3061	375	860	139	31	88	388	11		233	309	.281	.337	.433	.770	118	1325	74	27	37
1949	32	991	3696	3353	410	945	157	32	99	436	11		277	351	.282	.342	.436	.778	119	1463	78	27	37
1950	33	1045	3829	3465	425	974	161	32	105	448	11		297	372	.281	.343	.437	.780	119	1514	83	27	38
1951	34	1057	3860	3494	428	982	162	32	107	451	11	0	299	377	.281	.342	.438	.780	119	1529	83	27	38

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
1940	23	38	156	152	11	54	2	2	6	19	1	3	14	.355	.372	.513	.885	28	36
1941	24	157	673	624	82	198	32	7	20	75	1	43	45	.317	.363	.487	.850	109	151
1942	25	160	687	645	75	189	30	11	11	72	2	32	44	.293	.334	.425	.759	89	151
1943	26	121	460	421	72	119	22	3	13	55	2	33	47	.283	.338	.442	.780	63	116
1944	27	145	573	512	56	136	26	5	16	86	2	39	58	.266	.330	.430	.759	70	140

1946	29	89	299	268	33	80	13	2	9	44	1	22	25	.299	.356	.463	.819	44	85
1947	30	95	265	236	39	61	5	2	7	32	1	26	45	.258	.335	.386	.720	30	91
1948	31	124	452	389	55	108	22	2	15	53	1	55	45	.278	.370	.460	.830	66	119
1949	32	106	346	301	35	86	18	1	11	48	0	45	44	.286	.379	.462	.840	53	102
1950	33	56	137	116	15	29	4	0	6	12	0	20	22	.250	.360	.440	.800	19	54
1951	34	12	32	30	3	8	1	0	2	3	0	2	5	.267	.313	.500	.813	5	12
11 Yrs		1103	4080	3694	476	1068	175	35	116	499	11	320	394	.289	.350	.450	.800	576	1057
162 Game Avg.		162	599	543	70	157	26	5	17	73	2	47	58	.289	.350	.450	.800	85	1057

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1942 *	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1941 NL (34, 1%) 0.01 Career Shares (1497th)	WAR Position Players† s c a p y 1941 NL 4.2 (10th)	Offensive WAR† s c a p y 1941 NL 4.0 (10th)
Slugging % s c a p y 1941 NL .466 (7th) 1943 NL .428 (9th)	Games Played s c a p y 1941 NL 151 (8th) 1942 NL 151 (6th)	At Bats s c a p y 1941 NL 590 (4th) 1942 NL 591 (2nd)	Plate Appearances s c a p y 1941 NL 637 (9th)
Hits s c a p y 1941 NL 180 (3rd) 1942 NL 160 (8th)	Total Bases s c a p y 1941 NL 275 (4th) 1942 NL 230 (7th)	Triples s c a p y 1942 NL 9 (4th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1941 NL 18 (7th) 1943 NL 12 (8th) 1944 NL 15 (8th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 1944 NL 56 (8th)	Singles s c a p y 1941 NL 127 (4th) 1942 NL 117 (9th)	Runs Created s c a p y 1941 NL 96 (9th)	Extra Base Hits s c a p y 1941 NL 53 (7th)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1942 NL 7 (3rd) 1944 NL 10 (1st)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1944 NL 12 (10th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1941 NL 15 (8th) 1942 NL 16 (5th) 1948 NL 15 (6th)	AB per HR s c a p y 1941 NL 32.8 (10th) 1943 NL 33.1 (5th) 1944 NL 32.8 (9th)
Outs Made s c a p y 1941 NL 429 (9th) 1942 NL 449 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 29 (809), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 8 (1246), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 14 (1216), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

Compare Stats to Similars

Most Similar by Ages

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Matt Murton (972) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Wally Moon (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Watson (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rip Repulski (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ben Oglivie (958) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Vic Power (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rip Repulski (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Hoot Evers (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jay Payton (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jay Payton (956) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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