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Sherm Lollar

John Sherman Lollar

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 23, 1924 in Durham, AR
School: Pittsburg State University (Pittsburg, KS)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1943. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1946
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Browns/Yankees/Indians 1946-1963

Final Game: September 7, 1963
Died: September 24, 1977 in Springfield, MO
Buried: Rivermonte Memorial Gardens, Springfield, MO
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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
1946 21 CLE AL 28 70 62 7 15 6 0 1 9 0 1 5 9 .242 .299 .387 .686 96 24 1 0 3 2
1947 22 NYY AL 11 33 32 4 7 0 1 1 6 0 1 1 5 .219 .242 .375 .617 71 12 3 0 0 /2
1948 23 NYY AL 22 39 38 0 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 6 .211 .231 .211 .441 18 8 4 0 0 2
1949 24 SLB AL 109 321 284 28 74 9 1 8 49 0 1 32 22 .261 .340 .384 .723 87 109 8 2 3 2
1950 25 SLB AL 126 474 396 55 111 22 3 13 65 2 0 64 25 .280 .391 .449 .841 111 178 12 8 6 *2 AS,MVP-27
1951 26 SLB AL 98 359 310 44 78 21 0 8 44 1 0 43 26 .252 .350 .397 .747 99 123 20 4 2 2/5
1952 27 CHW AL 132 447 375 35 90 15 0 13 50 1 0 54 34 .240 .354 .384 .738 104 144 15 12 6 *2
1953 28 CHW AL 113 397 334 46 96 19 0 8 54 1 0 47 29 .287 .388 .416 .804 114 139 7 8 7 *2/3
1954 29 CHW AL 107 365 316 31 77 13 0 7 34 0 1 37 28 .244 .334 .351 .686 85 111 5 7 3 2 2 AS
1955 30 CHW AL 138 511 426 67 111 13 1 16 61 2 2 68 34 .261 .374 .408 .782 109 174 10 10 4 2 12 *2 AS,MVP-11
1956 31 CHW AL 136 527 450 55 132 28 2 11 75 2 0 53 34 .293 .383 .438 .821 116 197 19 16 2 6 4 *2 AS,MVP-16
1957 32 CHW AL 101 403 351 33 90 11 2 11 70 2 0 35 24 .256 .342 .393 .736 100 138 7 13 0 4 2 2 MVP-22,GG
1958 33 CHW AL 127 491 421 53 115 16 0 20 84 2 1 57 37 .273 .367 .454 .821 126 191 12 8 1 4 3 *2 AS,MVP-9,GG
1959 34 CHW AL 140 576 505 63 134 22 3 22 84 4 3 55 49 .265 .345 .451 .796 118 228 27 9 2 5 6 *23 AS,MVP-9,GG
1960 35 CHW AL 129 484 421 43 106 23 0 7 46 2 0 42 39 .252 .326 .356 .682 85 150 22 8 5 8 3 *2 AS
1961 36 CHW AL 116 384 337 38 95 10 1 7 41 0 0 37 22 .282 .360 .380 .740 100 128 5 6 1 3 10 2
1962 37 CHW AL 84 256 220 17 59 12 0 2 26 1 0 32 23 .268 .369 .350 .719 95 77 5 3 1 0 9 2
1963 38 CHW AL 35 83 73 4 17 4 0 0 6 0 0 8 7 .233 .317 .288 .605 73 21 2 1 1 0 0 2/3
18 Yrs 1752 6220 5351 623 1415 244 14 155 808 20 10 671 453 .264 .357 .402 .759 104 2152 184 115 47 34 49
162 Game Avg. 162 575 495 58 131 23 1 14 75 2 1 62 42 .264 .357 .402 .759 104 199 17 11 4
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
CHW (12 yrs) 1358 4924 4229 485 1122 186 9 124 631 17 7 525 360 .265 .358 .402 .759 106 1698 136 101 33 34 49
SLB (3 yrs) 333 1154 990 127 263 52 4 29 158 3 1 139 73 .266 .364 .414 .778 101 410 40 14 11
NYY (2 yrs) 33 72 70 4 15 0 1 1 10 0 1 2 11 .214 .236 .286 .522 42 20 7 0 0
CLE (1 yr) 28 70 62 7 15 6 0 1 9 0 1 5 9 .242 .299 .387 .686 96 24 1 0 3

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
1946 21 CLE AL 28 70 -0 -0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 2 2 0.2 .500 .500 0.2 0.1 2 $ 2
1947 22 NYY AL 11 33 -1 -0 0 0 0 -1 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .486 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /2
1948 23 NYY AL 22 39 -4 0 -0 0 0 -4 -0.4 1 -3 -0.3 .480 .497 -0.3 0.0 -3 $ 2
1949 24 SLB AL 109 321 -5 -1 -0 0 3 -4 -0.4 8 4 0.4 .496 .498 0.4 0.3 4 $ 2
1950 25 SLB AL 126 474 9 2 0 1 4 16 1.5 12 29 2.8 .512 .509 2.7 0.5 28 $ *2 AS,MVP-27
1951 26 SLB AL 98 359 0 -1 -2 1 3 1 0.1 10 11 1.1 .501 .501 0.9 0.4 10 $ 2/5
1952 27 CHW AL 132 447 4 0 -2 1 4 8 0.8 12 20 2.0 .506 .505 1.9 0.5 19 $ *2
1953 28 CHW AL 113 397 8 -1 0 4 4 15 1.5 11 26 2.6 .514 .510 2.2 0.8 22 $ *2/3
1954 29 CHW AL 107 365 -6 -2 1 2 3 -2 -0.3 10 8 0.7 .498 .498 0.5 0.6 6 $ 2 AS
1955 30 CHW AL 138 511 7 -1 0 3 5 14 1.5 14 28 2.9 .511 .509 2.5 1.0 25 $ *2 AS,MVP-11
1956 31 CHW AL 136 527 14 1 -2 3 6 21 2.2 14 35 3.6 .516 .513 3.2 0.9 32 $ *2 AS,MVP-16
1957 32 CHW AL 101 403 0 -1 0 1 5 6 0.5 11 16 1.6 .506 .504 1.5 0.6 15 $ 2 MVP-22,GG
1958 33 CHW AL 127 491 15 1 -1 0 6 21 2.2 14 34 3.5 .518 .514 3.5 0.6 34 $ *2 AS,MVP-9,GG
1959 34 CHW AL 140 576 12 -2 -5 7 6 17 1.6 16 33 3.2 .513 .511 2.6 1.2 26 $ *23 AS,MVP-9,GG
1960 35 CHW AL 129 484 -9 -2 -3 10 6 2 0.1 13 16 1.4 .502 .502 0.5 1.6 6 $ *2 AS
1961 36 CHW AL 116 384 2 -2 1 7 5 12 1.1 11 23 2.2 .511 .508 1.6 1.2 16 $ 2
1962 37 CHW AL 84 256 -4 -0 -0 0 3 -1 -0.2 7 6 0.5 .498 .499 0.6 0.3 6 $ 2
1963 38 CHW AL 35 83 -1 -0 0 -0 1 -1 -0.2 2 1 0.1 .496 .499 0.1 0.1 1 $ 2/3
18 Seasons 1752 6220 40 -10 -14 39 64 119 11.6 167 286 28.4 .507 .504 24.5 10.5 247 $
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
CHW (12 yrs) 1358 4924 43 -10 -12 37 53 112 11.0 134 245 24.3 .509 .506 20.7 9.3 208 $
SLB (3 yrs) 333 1154 4 0 -2 2 9 13 1.3 30 43 4.3 .504 .503 4.0 1.1 41 $
NYY (2 yrs) 33 72 -6 -0 -0 0 1 -6 -0.6 2 -4 -0.4 .482 .498 -0.4 0.1 -4 $
CLE (1 yr) 28 70 -0 -0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 2 2 0.2 .500 .500 0.2 0.1 2 $

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
1946 21 CLE AL 70 52 7 3.6 90 .269 .242 .255 .299 .328 .387 .367 .686 .696 96 .434 -0.2 -0.0 .571 .210 .145 .0
1947 22 NYY AL 33 29 3 2.8 96 .231 .219 .262 .242 .341 .375 .376 .617 .717 71 .320 -1.7 -0.2 .414 .156 .156 .0
1948 23 NYY AL 39 34 2 1.6 105 .250 .211 .272 .231 .357 .211 .393 .441 .750 18 .122 -4.6 -0.5 .265 .026 .000
1949 24 SLB AL 321 222 36 4.3 111 .260 .261 .277 .340 .370 .384 .402 .723 .772 87 .473 -6.4 -0.6 .648 .232 .123 .0
1950 25 SLB AL 474 303 68 6.0 117 .274 .280 .283 .391 .371 .449 .424 .841 .796 111 .582 8.2 0.8 .848 .336 .169 3.5
1951 26 SLB AL 359 254 42 4.4 105 .254 .252 .271 .350 .353 .397 .398 .747 .750 99 .493 0.5 0.0 .679 .287 .145 1.8
1952 27 CHW AL 447 306 49 4.3 97 .235 .240 .261 .354 .341 .384 .381 .738 .723 104 .518 3.8 0.4 .703 .291 .144 1.9
1953 28 CHW AL 397 252 52 5.5 105 .296 .287 .273 .388 .350 .416 .402 .804 .752 114 .598 9.1 0.9 .796 .272 .129 1.8
1954 29 CHW AL 365 250 36 3.9 102 .247 .244 .270 .334 .346 .351 .395 .686 .741 85 .455 -5.9 -0.6 .629 .222 .108 .0
1955 30 CHW AL 511 333 68 5.5 104 .251 .261 .269 .374 .349 .408 .400 .782 .749 109 .580 7.1 0.7 .771 .308 .148 3.6
1956 31 CHW AL 527 345 76 5.9 107 .294 .293 .268 .383 .351 .438 .410 .821 .761 116 .592 13.0 1.2 .795 .267 .144 3.4
1957 32 CHW AL 403 272 50 5.0 100 .247 .256 .264 .342 .337 .393 .399 .736 .736 100 .556 0.6 0.1 .701 .242 .137 3.4
1958 33 CHW AL 491 324 72 5.9 97 .258 .273 .260 .367 .329 .454 .396 .821 .725 126 .645 16.8 1.7 .806 .318 .181 3.6
1959 34 CHW AL 576 408 73 4.8 98 .255 .265 .259 .345 .330 .451 .396 .796 .726 118 .541 13.0 1.3 .731 .297 .186 6.8
1960 35 CHW AL 484 350 47 3.6 101 .258 .252 .264 .326 .337 .356 .403 .682 .740 85 .403 -7.3 -0.7 .599 .209 .105 3.1
1961 36 CHW AL 384 251 48 5.1 102 .283 .282 .262 .360 .336 .380 .407 .740 .743 100 .542 1.3 0.1 .692 .208 .098 .0
1962 37 CHW AL 256 167 29 4.7 103 .292 .268 .263 .369 .335 .350 .410 .719 .745 95 .511 0.1 0.0 .681 .232 .082 1.3
1963 38 CHW AL 83 59 7 3.2 93 .258 .233 .253 .317 .319 .288 .391 .605 .710 73 .379 -2.3 -0.2 .517 .164 .055
18 Yrs 6220 4211 765 4.9 103 .264 .264 .267 .357 .344 .402 .401 .759 .745 104 .536 45.0 4.4 .714 .265 .138 35.4
162 Game Avg. 575 389 71 4.9 103 .264 .264 .267 .357 .344 .402 .401 .759 .745 104 .536 4 0 .714 .265 .138 3
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
CHW (12 yrs) 4924 3317 607 4.9 101 .264 .265 .265 .358 .340 .402 .399 .759 .739 106 .545 49.3 4.9 .718 .263 .136 29.9
SLB (3 yrs) 1154 779 146 5.0 111 .264 .266 .278 .364 .365 .414 .410 .778 .775 101 .527 2.3 0.2 .736 .291 .148 5.4
NYY (2 yrs) 72 63 5 2.1 101 .241 .214 .267 .236 .350 .286 .385 .522 .735 42 .207 -6.3 -0.6 .333 .086 .071 .0
CLE (1 yr) 70 52 7 3.6 90 .269 .242 .255 .299 .328 .387 .367 .686 .696 96 .434 -0.2 -0.0 .571 .210 .145 .0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1947 22 NYY AL WS BRO W 2 4 4 3 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 1.250 2.000 5 0 0 0 0 0
1959 34 CHW AL WS LAD L 6 24 22 3 5 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 3 .227 .250 .364 .614 8 2 0 0 1 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 8 28 26 6 8 2 0 1 6 0 0 1 3 .308 .321 .500 .821 13 2 0 0 1 0
2 WS 8 28 26 6 8 2 0 1 6 0 0 1 3 .308 .321 .500 .821 13 2 0 0 1 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
1950 SLB AL 25 DNP
1954 CHW AL 29 DNP
1955 CHW AL 30 DNP
1956 CHW AL 31 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1958 CHW AL 33 DNP
1959 CHW AL 34 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 CHW AL 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CHW AL 35 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CHW AL 35 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 2 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs (5 GP) 7 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .429 .500 .929 3 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
1946 21 CLE AL 70 1.4% 12.9% 7.1% 10.0% 47% 1.80 6.9 62.0 6.9 74%
1947 22 NYY AL 33 3.0% 15.2% 3.0% 6.1% 29% 5.00 6.4 32.0 5.3 79%
1948 23 NYY AL 39 0.0% 15.4% 2.6% 0.0% 0% 6.00 6.3 9.5 4.00 82%
1949 24 SLB AL 321 2.5% 6.9% 10.0% 5.6% 24% 0.69 12.9 35.5 5.8 0.71 79%
1950 25 SLB AL 474 2.7% 5.3% 13.5% 8.0% 34% 0.39 15.8 30.5 6.1 0.93 76%
1951 26 SLB AL 359 2.2% 7.2% 12.0% 8.1% 37% 0.60 11.9 38.8 7.0 0.99 77%
1952 27 CHW AL 447 2.9% 7.6% 12.1% 6.3% 31% 0.63 11.0 28.8 7.5 0.67 73%
1953 28 CHW AL 397 2.0% 7.3% 11.8% 6.8% 28% 0.62 11.5 41.8 6.2 0.67 75%
1954 29 CHW AL 365 1.9% 7.7% 10.1% 5.5% 26% 0.76 11.3 45.1 9.3 0.62 78%
1955 30 CHW AL 511 3.1% 6.7% 13.3% 5.9% 27% 0.50 12.5 26.6 7.0 0.91 74%
1956 31 CHW AL 527 2.1% 6.5% 10.1% 7.8% 31% 0.64 13.2 40.9 6.0 0.74 78%
1957 32 CHW AL 403 2.7% 6.0% 8.7% 6.0% 27% 0.69 14.6 31.9 5.0 0.61 79%
1958 33 CHW AL 491 4.1% 7.5% 11.6% 7.3% 31% 0.65 11.4 21.1 5.0 0.92 75%
1959 34 CHW AL 576 3.8% 8.5% 9.6% 8.2% 35% 0.89 10.3 23.0 6.0 1.14 76%
1960 35 CHW AL 484 1.5% 8.1% 8.7% 6.2% 28% 0.93 10.8 60.1 9.2 0.99 79%
1961 36 CHW AL 384 1.8% 5.7% 9.6% 4.7% 19% 0.59 15.3 48.1 8.2 0.85 81%
1962 37 CHW AL 256 0.8% 9.0% 12.5% 5.5% 24% 0.72 9.6 110.0 8.5 0.99 76%
1963 38 CHW AL 83 0.0% 8.4% 9.6% 4.8% 24% 0.88 10.4 12.2 0.61 80%
18 Yrs 6220 2.5% 7.3% 10.8% 6.6% 29% 0.68 11.8 34.5 6.6 0.83 77%
MLB Averages 2.1% 11.7% 9.2% 6.5% 28% 1.27 7.5 42.2 8.3 1.00 75%
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
1946 21 CLE AL -0.2 -0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 22 NYY AL -1.7 -0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 23 NYY AL -4.6 -0.5 9 -0.4 0.2 -0.6 2.11 0.0 -0.2 -0.4 -0.0 1.32 -0.1 2.70 4
1949 24 SLB AL -6.4 -0.6 184 -0.3 3.4 -3.7 1.17 -0.2 -0.0 2.0 0.2 1.04 -0.8 2.23 10
1950 25 SLB AL 8.2 0.8 284 0.7 5.5 -4.8 1.03 0.5 0.2 11.2 1.0 0.94 7.0 1.53 15
1951 26 SLB AL 0.5 0.0 256 -0.8 4.3 -5.1 1.09 -0.4 -0.3 -6.0 -0.6 0.96 -5.9 2.58 7
1952 27 CHW AL 3.8 0.4 449 -0.9 7.2 -8.1 1.08 0.2 -1.0 -6.6 -0.7 1.02 7.2 1.74 11
1953 28 CHW AL 9.1 0.9 398 1.9 8.3 -6.4 1.07 1.6 0.1 18.9 1.8 0.96 19.5 2.19 5
1954 29 CHW AL -5.5 -0.6 368 -0.5 5.5 -6.0 .99 -0.4 -0.0 -5.0 -0.5 1.00 -4.4 2.60 15
1955 30 CHW AL 6.5 0.6 519 -0.1 8.7 -8.8 .99 1.5 -1.6 5.6 0.5 0.96 17.5 1.34 5
1956 31 CHW AL 13.0 1.2 535 0.9 10.7 -9.8 1.07 1.5 -0.7 15.4 1.5 1.00 19.5 2.38 5
1957 32 CHW AL 0.6 0.1 404 1.0 8.4 -7.4 1.12 1.0 -0.1 9.5 0.9 1.02 8.8 2.98 9
1958 33 CHW AL 16.8 1.7 498 4.0 12.7 -8.8 1.13 2.1 1.4 21.9 2.2 1.02 22.2 2.17 13
1959 34 CHW AL 13.0 1.3 590 -0.4 12.2 -12.6 1.18 0.5 -0.9 -3.6 -0.4 1.01 7.6 2.63 5
1960 35 CHW AL -7.3 -0.7 489 -0.7 8.2 -9.0 1.03 -0.8 0.1 -5.8 -0.6 0.99 -7.0 2.71 7
1961 36 CHW AL 0.8 0.1 384 1.6 7.7 -6.1 1.02 0.4 1.2 9.4 0.9 0.98 5.6 3.08 10
1962 37 CHW AL 0.1 0.0 259 0.3 4.7 -4.5 1.04 -0.2 0.4 1.0 0.1 0.97 -2.2 1.64 19
1963 38 CHW AL -2.3 -0.2 83 -0.7 1.0 -1.7 1.12 -0.2 -0.4 -0.6 -0.1 0.98 -1.4 2.02 11
18 Yrs 44.4 4.3 5709 5.5 109.0 -103.4 1.07 7.1 -1.9 66.9 6.5 0.99 93.0 2.21 151
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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1948 23 NYY AL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 24 SLB AL 1 0 20% 61 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 33% 11 10 1 4 1 2 6 2 4
1950 25 SLB AL 2 0 25% 121 2 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 57% 18 10 8 3 1 2 9 2 7
1951 26 SLB AL 3 0 31% 101 1 0 100% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 41% 17 10 6 3 2 1 9 2 5
1952 27 CHW AL 4 0 15% 157 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 14% 20 19 1 2 2 0 7 3 3
1953 28 CHW AL 4 0 27% 184 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 22% 20 20 0 6 4 2 15 7 7
1954 29 CHW AL 4 0 21% 135 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 6 32% 25 19 6 5 3 0 11 3 7
1955 30 CHW AL 8 0 30% 199 2 2 50% 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 11 36% 30 25 4 6 3 3 23 9 14
1956 31 CHW AL 10 0 23% 215 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 14 45% 40 28 12 2 0 2 18 5 13
1957 32 CHW AL 4 0 17% 159 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 40% 25 15 8 1 1 0 9 2 6
1958 33 CHW AL 5 0 21% 167 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 10 65% 25 8 17 4 2 2 8 2 5
1959 34 CHW AL 8 0 23% 217 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 10 40% 32 19 11 8 5 2 12 4 8
1960 35 CHW AL 6 0 24% 183 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 23% 26 22 4 8 7 1 19 11 7
1961 36 CHW AL 9 0 24% 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 17% 25 23 2 4 4 0 12 6 5
1962 37 CHW AL 1 0 16% 95 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 28% 10 9 1 4 4 0 4 0 4
1963 38 CHW AL 2 0 15% 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13% 7 6 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
18 Yrs 71 0 23% 2181 20 10 67% 18 5 0 2 0 1 8 0 66 80 35% 331 243 82 60 39 17 163 59 95

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 23 NYY AL 39 33% 8 4 2 0 1 2.70 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 1 0 0% 10 1 10% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1949 24 SLB AL 321 38% 74 10 2 0 2 2.23 8 0 13 0 4 3 5 0 2 3 150% 43 8 19% 18 11 61% 157 27 17% 14 9 64% 10 8 80% 0
1950 25 SLB AL 474 31% 111 15 6 0 1 1.53 13 0 6 3 5 7 6 0 5 6 120% 71 12 17% 24 7 29% 189 31 16% 14 7 50% 9 5 56% 0
1951 26 SLB AL 359 34% 78 7 1 0 0 2.58 8 0 6 2 1 7 1 0 1 2 200% 61 20 33% 20 7 35% 170 22 13% 17 8 47% 9 5 56% 0
1952 27 CHW AL 447 36% 90 11 2 0 0 1.74 13 0 19 7 6 5 8 0 6 6 100% 107 15 14% 51 17 33% 322 37 11% 29 13 45% 26 11 42% 0
1953 28 CHW AL 397 31% 96 5 1 0 1 2.19 8 1 15 6 2 5 3 0 8 7 88% 76 7 9% 41 19 46% 249 47 19% 25 17 68% 22 8 36% 0
1954 29 CHW AL 365 33% 77 15 3 0 1 2.60 7 0 20 5 2 4 3 0 3 3 100% 76 5 7% 33 9 27% 261 29 11% 25 10 40% 19 9 47% 0
1955 30 CHW AL 511 29% 111 5 1 0 0 1.34 16 0 11 12 4 11 5 0 4 4 100% 98 10 10% 40 17 43% 350 48 14% 25 11 44% 22 9 41% 0
1956 31 CHW AL 527 37% 132 5 2 0 0 2.38 11 0 20 9 2 5 6 0 4 2 50% 114 19 17% 48 20 42% 404 68 17% 48 21 44% 22 12 55% 0
1957 32 CHW AL 403 36% 90 9 3 0 3 2.98 11 0 18 8 3 4 7 0 0 0 78 7 9% 39 13 33% 301 61 20% 40 23 58% 15 5 33% 0
1958 33 CHW AL 491 30% 115 13 5 0 3 2.17 20 2 15 15 5 12 8 0 2 1 50% 90 12 13% 37 11 30% 363 64 18% 41 21 51% 21 16 76% 0
1959 34 CHW AL 576 23% 134 5 3 0 0 2.63 22 0 18 14 8 11 11 0 2 2 100% 109 27 25% 69 22 32% 418 65 16% 54 23 43% 21 11 52% 0
1960 35 CHW AL 484 18% 106 7 2 0 0 2.71 7 0 12 6 1 2 5 0 5 5 100% 115 22 19% 59 19 32% 327 42 13% 31 16 52% 23 8 35% 0
1961 36 CHW AL 384 16% 95 10 4 1 2 3.08 7 1 8 6 1 4 3 0 2 1 50% 70 5 7% 32 12 38% 262 36 14% 19 8 42% 20 12 60% 0
1962 37 CHW AL 256 23% 59 19 2 0 2 1.64 2 0 10 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 100% 38 5 13% 18 3 17% 168 24 14% 15 7 47% 10 5 50% 0
1963 38 CHW AL 83 52% 17 11 2 0 1 2.02 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 17 2 12% 7 3 43% 56 6 11% 4 3 75% 5 4 80% 0
18 Yrs 6117 30% 1415 151 41 1 17 2.21 155 4 194 95 44 81 72 0 46 47 102% 1167 184 16% 537 190 35% 4007 608 15% 402 197 49% 255 129 51% 0
MLB Averages 50% 97% 13% 32% 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
1946 21 28 70 62 7 15 6 0 1 9 0 1 5 9 .242 .299 .387 .686 96 24 1 0 3
1947 22 39 103 94 11 22 6 1 2 15 0 2 6 14 .234 .280 .383 .663 88 36 4 0 3
1948 23 61 142 132 11 30 6 1 2 19 0 2 7 20 .227 .266 .333 .600 67 44 8 0 3
1949 24 170 463 416 39 104 15 2 10 68 0 3 39 42 .250 .317 .368 .685 81 153 16 2 6
1950 25 296 937 812 94 215 37 5 23 133 2 3 103 67 .265 .355 .408 .762 97 331 28 10 12
1951 26 394 1296 1122 138 293 58 5 31 177 3 3 146 93 .261 .353 .405 .758 97 454 48 14 14
1952 27 526 1743 1497 173 383 73 5 44 227 4 3 200 127 .256 .353 .399 .753 99 598 63 26 20
1953 28 639 2140 1831 219 479 92 5 52 281 5 3 247 156 .262 .360 .403 .762 102 737 70 34 27
1954 29 746 2505 2147 250 556 105 5 59 315 5 4 284 184 .259 .356 .395 .751 99 848 75 41 30 2
1955 30 884 3016 2573 317 667 118 6 75 376 7 6 352 218 .259 .359 .397 .756 101 1022 85 51 34 4 12
1956 31 1020 3543 3023 372 799 146 8 86 451 9 6 405 252 .264 .363 .403 .766 103 1219 104 67 36 10 16
1957 32 1121 3946 3374 405 889 157 10 97 521 11 6 440 276 .263 .361 .402 .763 103 1357 111 80 36 14 18
1958 33 1248 4437 3795 458 1004 173 10 117 605 13 7 497 313 .265 .361 .408 .769 106 1548 123 88 37 18 21
1959 34 1388 5013 4300 521 1138 195 13 139 689 17 10 552 362 .265 .359 .413 .772 107 1776 150 97 39 23 27
1960 35 1517 5497 4721 564 1244 218 13 146 735 19 10 594 401 .264 .356 .408 .764 105 1926 172 105 44 31 30
1961 36 1633 5881 5058 602 1339 228 14 153 776 19 10 631 423 .265 .357 .406 .763 105 2054 177 111 45 34 40
1962 37 1717 6137 5278 619 1398 240 14 155 802 20 10 663 446 .265 .357 .404 .761 104 2131 182 114 46 34 49
1963 38 1752 6220 5351 623 1415 244 14 155 808 20 10 671 453 .264 .357 .402 .759 104 2152 184 115 47 34 49

Neutralized Batting

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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
1946 21 29 75 66 8 17 7 0 1 11 0 6 9 .258 .319 .409 .729 8 28
1947 22 11 34 33 4 7 0 1 1 6 0 1 5 .212 .235 .364 .599 3 11
1948 23 23 41 40 0 9 0 0 0 5 0 1 6 .225 .244 .225 .469 2 22
1949 24 114 329 292 26 73 9 1 8 46 0 32 23 .250 .328 .370 .698 34 109
1950 25 132 475 402 48 104 21 3 12 57 2 60 26 .259 .365 .415 .780 60 126
1951 26 103 371 322 43 78 21 0 8 43 1 43 27 .242 .339 .382 .721 41 98
1952 27 138 472 395 39 97 16 0 14 55 1 58 36 .246 .361 .392 .753 53 132
1953 28 118 410 347 46 98 19 0 8 54 1 48 30 .282 .382 .406 .788 52 113
1954 29 112 382 331 33 81 14 0 7 36 0 39 29 .245 .335 .350 .686 38 107
1955 30 144 529 443 68 114 13 1 16 62 2 70 36 .257 .370 .400 .769 64 138
1956 31 142 542 465 54 133 28 2 11 74 2 53 36 .286 .374 .426 .800 71 136
1957 32 106 426 371 36 96 12 2 12 76 2 37 25 .259 .345 .399 .744 48 101
1958 33 133 522 446 60 126 18 0 22 95 2 62 39 .283 .378 .471 .849 77 127
1959 34 146 605 530 68 142 23 3 23 90 4 58 51 .268 .348 .453 .801 83 140
1960 35 136 508 443 45 112 24 0 7 48 2 44 41 .253 .326 .354 .680 50 129
1961 36 116 384 337 38 95 10 1 7 41 0 37 22 .282 .360 .380 .740 45 116
1962 37 84 256 220 17 59 12 0 2 26 1 32 23 .268 .369 .350 .719 28 84
1963 38 35 84 74 4 18 4 0 0 6 0 8 7 .243 .325 .297 .623 7 35
18 Yrs 1822 6445 5557 637 1459 251 14 159 831 20 689 471 .263 .354 .399 .753 764 1752
162 Game Avg. 162 573 494 57 130 22 1 14 74 2 61 42 .263 .354 .399 .753 68 1752
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

* 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
1950
1954
1955
1956 *
1958
1959-1 *
1959-2 *
1960-1 *
1960-2 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1950 AL (27, 1%)
1955 AL (11, 11%)
1956 AL (16, 8%)
1957 AL (22, 1%)
1958 AL (9, 17%)
1959 AL (9, 13%)
0.51 Career Shares (438th)

Gold Gloves
1957 ML (C)
1958 AL (C)
1959 AL (C)
All multiple winners

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1955 AL  1.0 (8th)
1956 AL  0.9 (10th)
1959 AL  1.2 (9th)
1960 AL  1.6 (7th)
Career  10.5 (184th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1955 AL  .374 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
1956 AL  28 (8th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1958 AL  84 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1950 AL  8 (3rd)
1952 AL  12 (2nd)
1953 AL  8 (3rd)
1954 AL  7 (3rd)
1955 AL  10 (4th)
1956 AL  16 (2nd)
1957 AL  13 (3rd)
1958 AL  8 (5th)
1959 AL  9 (3rd)
1960 AL  8 (4th)
1961 AL  6 (8th)
Career  115 (49th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1956 AL  6 (8th)
1960 AL  8 (3rd)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1955 AL  12 (2nd)
1959 AL  6 (7th)
1961 AL  10 (3rd)
1962 AL  9 (6th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1951 AL  20 (3rd)
1956 AL  19 (3rd)
1959 AL  27 (1st)
1960 AL  22 (2nd)
Career  184 (134th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1955 AL  12.5 (7th)
1956 AL  13.2 (7th)
1958 AL  11.4 (10th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1958 AL  21.1 (10th)
1959 AL  23.0 (10th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1958 AL  4.0 (8th)

Oldest s c a p y
1962 AL  born 1924-08-23 (7th)
1963 AL  born 1924-08-23 (4th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 6 (1702), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 68 (285), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 30 (323), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Ramon Hernandez (923)
  2. Terry Steinbach (919)
  3. Del Crandall (909)
  4. Bill Freehan (906)
  5. Jason Varitek (903)
  6. Darrell Porter (900)
  7. Bengie Molina (892)
  8. Terry Kennedy (887)
  9. Tim McCarver (886)
  10. A.J. Pierzynski (883)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Ken O'Dea (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ed Taubensee (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Joe Garagiola (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Dan Wilson (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Dan Wilson (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Dan Wilson (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Rich Gedman (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Earl Battey (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bengie Molina (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ramon Hernandez (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Ramon Hernandez (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Del Crandall (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Terry Steinbach (919)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Jason Varitek (902)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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