Dale Long
Richard Dale Long
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: February 6, 1926 in Springfield, MO
High School: Adams (Adams, MA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1951
Final Game: July 18, 1963
Died: January 27, 1991 in Palm Coast, FL
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Standard Batting

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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
1951 25 TOT MLB 44 128 117 12 27 5 1 3 12 0 0 10 25 .231 .297 .368 .664 77 43 1 1 0 3/O
1951 25 PIT NL 10 12 12 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .417 .583 50 5 0 0 0 /3
1951 25 SLB AL 34 116 105 11 25 5 1 2 11 0 0 10 22 .238 .310 .362 .672 79 38 1 1 0 3/O
1955 29 PIT NL 131 478 419 59 122 19 13 16 79 0 1 48 72 .291 .362 .513 .875 132 215 14 1 6 4 6 *3 MVP-19
1956 30 PIT NL 148 582 517 64 136 20 7 27 91 1 0 54 85 .263 .326 .485 .812 118 251 10 0 0 11 11 *3 AS,MVP-26
1957 31 TOT NL 130 482 419 55 125 20 0 21 67 1 1 56 73 .298 .378 .496 .875 134 208 10 1 1 5 4 *3
1957 31 PIT NL 7 27 22 0 4 1 0 0 5 0 0 4 10 .182 .296 .227 .524 46 5 1 0 0 1 0 /3
1957 31 CHC NL 123 455 397 55 121 19 0 21 62 1 1 52 63 .305 .383 .511 .895 139 203 9 1 1 4 4 *3
1958 32 CHC NL 142 554 480 68 130 26 4 20 75 2 0 66 64 .271 .357 .467 .824 119 224 15 2 0 6 9 *3/2
1959 33 CHC NL 110 330 296 34 70 10 3 14 37 0 0 31 53 .236 .306 .432 .738 95 128 6 0 0 3 2 3
1960 34 TOT MLB 63 107 95 10 24 3 1 6 16 0 0 12 13 .253 .336 .495 .831 129 47 5 0 0 0 2 3
1960 34 SFG NL 37 61 54 4 9 0 0 3 6 0 0 7 7 .167 .262 .333 .596 66 18 3 0 0 0 1 3
1960 34 NYY AL 26 46 41 6 15 3 1 3 10 0 0 5 6 .366 .435 .707 1.142 213 29 2 0 0 0 1 3
1961 35 WSA AL 123 423 377 52 94 20 4 17 49 0 0 39 41 .249 .317 .459 .776 110 173 7 1 0 6 5 3
1962 36 TOT AL 108 326 285 29 74 12 0 8 41 6 1 36 31 .260 .340 .386 .726 97 110 8 1 0 4 0 3
1962 36 WSA AL 67 212 191 17 46 8 0 4 24 5 1 18 22 .241 .307 .346 .652 76 66 6 1 0 2 0 3
1962 36 NYY AL 41 114 94 12 28 4 0 4 17 1 0 18 9 .298 .404 .468 .872 138 44 2 0 0 2 0 3
1963 37 NYY AL 14 16 15 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .200 .250 .200 .450 28 3 0 0 0 0 0 /3
10 Seasons 1013 3426 3020 384 805 135 33 132 467 10 3 353 460 .267 .341 .464 .805 115 1402 76 7 7 39 39
162 Game Avg. 162 548 483 61 129 22 5 21 75 2 0 56 74 .267 .341 .464 .805 115 224 12 1 1
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
PIT (4 yrs) 296 1099 970 124 264 40 20 44 176 1 1 106 170 .272 .339 .491 .830 122 476 25 1 6 16 17
CHC (3 yrs) 375 1339 1173 157 321 55 7 55 174 3 1 149 180 .274 .354 .473 .827 120 555 30 3 1 13 15
NYY (3 yrs) 81 176 150 19 46 7 1 7 27 1 0 24 18 .307 .398 .507 .904 147 76 4 0 0 2 1
WSA (2 yrs) 190 635 568 69 140 28 4 21 73 5 1 57 63 .246 .313 .421 .734 98 239 13 2 0 8 5
SFG (1 yr) 37 61 54 4 9 0 0 3 6 0 0 7 7 .167 .262 .333 .596 66 18 3 0 0 0 1
SLB (1 yr) 34 116 105 11 25 5 1 2 11 0 0 10 22 .238 .310 .362 .672 79 38 1 1 0
NL (7 yrs) 708 2499 2197 285 594 95 27 102 356 4 2 262 357 .270 .345 .477 .823 119 1049 58 4 7 29 33
AL (5 yrs) 305 927 823 99 211 40 6 30 111 6 1 91 103 .256 .329 .429 .758 105 353 18 3 0 10 6

Advanced Batting

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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
1951 25 TOT MLB 128 91 13 3.8 105 .270 .231 .271 .297 .352 .368 .399 .664 .751 77 .427 -4.4 -0.4 .593 .222 .137 .0
1951 25 PIT NL 12 10 1 2.7 106 .125 .167 .271 .167 .345 .417 .410 .583 .756 50 .279 -1.0 -0.1 .500 .250 .250 .0
1951 25 SLB AL 116 81 12 4.0 105 .284 .238 .271 .310 .353 .362 .397 .672 .750 79 .443 -3.4 -0.3 .605 .219 .124 .0
1955 29 PIT NL 478 322 76 6.3 104 .316 .291 .263 .362 .334 .513 .417 .875 .750 132 .633 18.4 1.8 .843 .334 .222 .0
1956 30 PIT NL 582 402 83 5.5 100 .262 .263 .260 .326 .327 .485 .411 .812 .738 118 .595 12.8 1.3 .783 .329 .222 1.9
1957 31 TOT NL 482 311 81 7.1 102 .315 .298 .267 .378 .330 .496 .414 .875 .744 134 .684 22.2 2.2 .869 .332 .198 1.9
1957 31 PIT NL 27 20 2 2.7 100 .308 .182 .265 .296 .328 .227 .410 .524 .738 46 .273 -1.4 -0.1 .474 .227 .045
1957 31 CHC NL 455 291 79 7.4 102 .315 .305 .267 .383 .331 .511 .414 .895 .744 139 .700 23.6 2.3 .895 .338 .207 1.9
1958 32 CHC NL 554 371 80 5.8 104 .274 .271 .267 .357 .335 .467 .417 .824 .752 119 .598 14.4 1.4 .805 .338 .196 3.6
1959 33 CHC NL 330 235 39 4.4 104 .241 .236 .269 .306 .335 .432 .416 .738 .751 95 .481 -2.8 -0.3 .685 .301 .196 .0
1960 34 TOT MLB 107 76 16 5.7 95 .237 .253 .257 .336 .325 .495 .394 .831 .719 129 .612 3.5 0.3 .776 .368 .242 .0
1960 34 SFG NL 61 48 4 2.2 95 .136 .167 .257 .262 .322 .333 .395 .596 .717 66 .229 -2.7 -0.3 .521 .296 .167 .0
1960 34 NYY AL 46 28 12 11.6 96 .375 .366 .256 .435 .329 .707 .392 1.142 .721 213 .849 6.2 0.6 1.214 .463 .341 .0
1961 35 WSA AL 423 296 56 5.0 100 .237 .249 .258 .317 .332 .459 .401 .776 .734 110 .538 4.7 0.5 .734 .313 .210 .0
1962 36 TOT AL 326 224 39 4.7 102 .264 .260 .262 .340 .334 .386 .408 .726 .742 97 .513 -0.4 -0.0 .691 .270 .126 6.9
1962 36 WSA AL 212 154 20 3.5 103 .251 .241 .263 .307 .335 .346 .410 .652 .745 76 .380 -6.4 -0.6 .586 .220 .105 4.4
1962 36 NYY AL 114 70 19 7.3 100 .289 .298 .260 .404 .331 .468 .404 .872 .735 138 .703 6.1 0.6 .926 .372 .170 1.6
1963 37 NYY AL 16 12 1 2.2 95 .250 .200 .255 .250 .322 .200 .394 .450 .716 28 .242 -1.5 -0.2 .333 .067 .000
10 Seasons 3426 2340 484 5.6 102 .273 .267 .264 .341 .333 .464 .411 .805 .744 115 .585 66.9 6.5 .771 .317 .198 18.6
162 Game Avg. 548 374 77 5.6 102 .273 .267 .264 .341 .333 .464 .411 .805 .744 115 .585 11 1 .771 .317 .198 3
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
PIT (4 yrs) 1099 754 162 5.7 102 .285 .272 .262 .339 .330 .491 .413 .830 .744 122 .604 28.8 2.8 .796 .328 .219 2.0
CHC (3 yrs) 1339 897 198 5.9 103 .280 .274 .268 .354 .333 .473 .416 .827 .749 120 .611 35.2 3.4 .803 .328 .199 5.7
NYY (3 yrs) 176 110 32 7.8 98 .307 .307 .258 .398 .330 .507 .400 .904 .730 147 .733 10.8 1.1 .935 .367 .200 1.8
WSA (2 yrs) 635 450 76 4.5 101 .242 .246 .260 .313 .333 .421 .404 .734 .737 98 .490 -1.8 -0.2 .683 .282 .174 8.1
SFG (1 yr) 61 48 4 2.2 95 .136 .167 .257 .262 .322 .333 .395 .596 .717 66 .228 -2.7 -0.3 .521 .296 .167 .0
SLB (1 yr) 116 81 12 4.0 105 .284 .238 .271 .310 .353 .362 .397 .672 .750 79 .443 -3.4 -0.3 .605 .219 .124 .0
NL (7 yrs) 2499 1699 364 5.8 103 .278 .270 .265 .345 .332 .477 .414 .823 .746 119 .601 61.3 6.0 .792 .327 .207 7.7
AL (5 yrs) 927 641 120 5.0 101 .259 .256 .261 .329 .335 .429 .403 .758 .738 105 .541 5.6 0.5 .716 .289 .173 10.0

Postseason Batting

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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
1960 34 NYY AL WS PIT L 3 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
1962 36 NYY AL WS SFG W 2 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 5 8 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 5 8 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 2 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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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
1956 PIT NL 30 as 1B 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1951 25 TOT MLB 128 2.3% 19.5% 7.8% 7.0% 33% 2.50 4.7 39.0 9.8 70%
1951 25 PIT NL 12 8.3% 25.0% 0.0% 8.3% 50% 4.0 12.0 12.0 67%
1951 25 SLB AL 116 1.7% 19.0% 8.6% 6.9% 32% 2.20 4.8 52.5 9.5 70%
1955 29 PIT NL 478 3.4% 15.1% 10.0% 10.0% 39% 1.50 5.8 26.2 5.3 0.95 70%
1956 30 PIT NL 582 4.6% 14.6% 9.3% 9.3% 40% 1.57 6.1 19.1 5.7 0.77 71%
1957 31 TOT NL 482 4.4% 15.2% 11.6% 8.5% 33% 1.30 5.7 20.0 6.3 0.84 68%
1957 31 PIT NL 27 0.0% 37.0% 14.8% 3.7% 25% 2.50 2.2 4.4 1.00 48%
1957 31 CHC NL 455 4.6% 13.9% 11.4% 8.8% 33% 1.21 6.3 18.9 6.4 0.83 70%
1958 32 CHC NL 554 3.6% 11.6% 11.9% 9.0% 39% 0.97 7.5 24.0 6.4 1.05 73%
1959 33 CHC NL 330 4.2% 16.1% 9.4% 8.2% 39% 1.71 5.6 21.1 8.0 1.05 70%
1960 34 TOT MLB 107 5.6% 12.2% 11.2% 9.4% 42% 1.08 7.3 15.8 5.9 0.71 71%
1960 34 SFG NL 61 4.9% 11.5% 11.5% 4.9% 33% 1.00 7.7 18.0 9.0 0.91 72%
1960 34 NYY AL 46 6.5% 13.0% 10.9% 15.2% 47% 1.20 6.8 13.7 4.1 0.44 70%
1961 35 WSA AL 423 4.0% 9.7% 9.2% 9.7% 44% 1.05 9.2 22.2 7.7 0.78 77%
1962 36 TOT AL 326 2.5% 9.5% 11.0% 6.1% 27% 0.86 9.2 35.6 7.0 0.90 77%
1962 36 WSA AL 212 1.9% 10.4% 8.5% 5.7% 26% 1.22 8.7 47.8 8.0 1.03 79%
1962 36 NYY AL 114 3.5% 7.9% 15.8% 7.0% 29% 0.50 10.4 23.5 5.5 0.67 73%
1963 37 NYY AL 16 0.0% 18.8% 6.3% 0.0% 0% 3.00 5.0 1.50 75%
10 Seasons 3426 3.9% 13.4% 10.3% 8.8% 37% 1.30 6.6 22.9 6.5 0.89 72%
MLB Averages
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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1955 29 PIT NL 0 0 28% 96 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 6 35% 14 12 2 5 3 1 10 3 7
1956 30 PIT NL 9 0 23% 126 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 7 42% 19 16 3 2 0 2 12 3 9
1957 31 TOT NL 3 0 21% 154 1 1 50% 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 6 51% 23 11 10 5 2 3 9 2 6
1957 31 PIT NL 0 0 0% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 31 CHC NL 3 0 22% 146 1 1 50% 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 6 51% 23 11 10 5 2 3 9 2 6
1958 32 CHC NL 2 1 27% 191 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 12 46% 23 14 8 12 7 4 13 3 10
1959 33 CHC NL 4 0 23% 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 6 57% 12 7 5 4 1 2 5 0 5
1960 34 TOT MLB 0 0 13% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 40% 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1960 34 SFG NL 0 0 8% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 34 NYY AL 0 0 18% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1961 35 WSA AL 4 0 30% 124 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 57% 17 7 10 5 3 1 13 3 9
1962 36 TOT AL 2 0 20% 121 6 1 86% 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 50% 21 10 9 0 0 0 7 1 5
1962 36 WSA AL 1 0 21% 78 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 53% 12 5 6 0 0 0 5 1 3
1962 36 NYY AL 1 0 19% 43 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 46% 9 5 3 0 0 0 2 0 2
1963 37 NYY AL 0 0 25% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 24 1 24% 943 10 3 77% 9 3 1 0 0 0 4 0 35 49 48% 133 80 48 33 16 13 70 15 52
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1955 29 PIT NL 258 66% 122 6 2 1 2 1.03 16 0 5 9 0 2 7 0 3 6 200% 57 14 25% 26 6 23% 152 26 17% 12 4 33% 10 4 40% 220
1956 30 PIT NL 367 73% 136 7 1 0 0 1.25 27 0 6 11 6 6 11 0 0 0 65 10 15% 34 12 35% 212 37 17% 24 14 58% 27 12 44% 215
1957 31 TOT NL 409 71% 125 15 5 0 3 2.32 21 0 7 15 2 9 8 1 2 1 50% 87 10 11% 34 6 18% 258 42 16% 21 8 38% 27 6 22% 74
1957 31 PIT NL 22 50% 4 1 1 0 1 0.46 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 14% 4 0 0% 20 3 15% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 5
1957 31 CHC NL 387 72% 121 14 4 0 2 2.45 21 0 5 15 2 9 8 1 2 1 50% 80 9 11% 30 6 20% 238 39 16% 19 8 42% 25 6 24% 69
1958 32 CHC NL 512 75% 130 5 2 2 2 1.17 20 0 10 15 4 9 10 0 0 0 104 15 14% 43 13 30% 321 50 16% 33 17 52% 27 9 33% 43
1959 33 CHC NL 315 83% 70 26 6 2 4 1.97 14 0 5 12 1 10 3 0 0 0 59 6 10% 24 8 33% 178 24 13% 18 6 33% 15 2 13% 15
1960 34 TOT MLB 107 96% 24 39 11 3 4 1.59 6 0 2 5 1 2 4 0 0 0 23 5 22% 4 1 25% 69 10 14% 2 2 100% 2 0 0% 0
1960 34 SFG NL 61 100% 9 25 7 3 3 1.65 3 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 14 3 21% 1 0 0% 40 3 8% 0 0 2 0 0% 0
1960 34 NYY AL 46 91% 15 14 4 0 1 1.48 3 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 9 2 22% 3 1 33% 29 7 24% 2 2 100% 0 0 0
1961 35 WSA AL 423 76% 94 24 3 0 2 1.89 17 0 7 15 2 4 13 0 0 0 76 7 9% 38 15 39% 264 32 12% 22 14 64% 21 9 43% 0
1962 36 TOT AL 326 86% 74 28 3 0 0 1.94 8 0 3 8 0 6 2 0 1 0 0% 64 8 13% 31 9 29% 200 33 17% 17 6 35% 14 7 50% 0
1962 36 WSA AL 213 84% 46 16 2 0 0 1.82 4 0 2 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 39 6 15% 21 5 24% 123 20 16% 8 4 50% 12 5 42% 0
1962 36 NYY AL 113 90% 28 12 1 0 0 2.10 4 0 1 4 0 3 1 0 1 0 0% 25 2 8% 10 4 40% 77 13 17% 9 2 22% 2 2 100% 0
1963 37 NYY AL 16 94% 3 11 2 0 0 1.21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 6 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
10 Seasons 2733 77% 805 161 35 8 17 1.75 132 0 45 90 16 48 58 1 6 7 117% 536 76 14% 234 70 30% 1660 254 15% 149 71 48% 144 49 34% 567
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1951 25 44 128 117 12 27 5 1 3 12 0 0 10 25 .231 .297 .368 .664 77 43 1 1 0
1952 26 44 128 117 12 27 5 1 3 12 0 0 10 25 .231 .297 .368 .664 77 43 1 1 0
1953 27 44 128 117 12 27 5 1 3 12 0 0 10 25 .231 .297 .368 .664 77 43 1 1 0
1954 28 44 128 117 12 27 5 1 3 12 0 0 10 25 .231 .297 .368 .664 77 43 1 1 0
1955 29 175 606 536 71 149 24 14 19 91 0 1 58 97 .278 .348 .481 .830 120 258 15 2 6 4 6
1956 30 323 1188 1053 135 285 44 21 46 182 1 1 112 182 .271 .338 .483 .821 119 509 25 2 6 15 17
1957 31 453 1670 1472 190 410 64 21 67 249 2 2 168 255 .279 .349 .487 .836 123 717 35 3 7 20 21
1958 32 595 2224 1952 258 540 90 25 87 324 4 2 234 319 .277 .351 .482 .833 122 941 50 5 7 26 30
1959 33 705 2554 2248 292 610 100 28 101 361 4 2 265 372 .271 .346 .476 .821 119 1069 56 5 7 29 32
1960 34 768 2661 2343 302 634 103 29 107 377 4 2 277 385 .271 .345 .476 .821 119 1116 61 5 7 29 34
1961 35 891 3084 2720 354 728 123 33 124 426 4 2 316 426 .268 .341 .474 .815 118 1289 68 6 7 35 39
1962 36 999 3410 3005 383 802 135 33 132 467 10 3 352 457 .267 .341 .466 .807 116 1399 76 7 7 39 39
1963 37 1013 3426 3020 384 805 135 33 132 467 10 3 353 460 .267 .341 .464 .805 115 1402 76 7 7 39 39

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
1951 25 46 134 123 12 28 5 1 3 12 0 10 26 .228 .291 .358 .649 13 44
1955 29 138 491 437 62 125 19 13 16 83 0 49 76 .286 .356 .499 .855 79 131
1956 30 155 616 546 72 148 22 8 29 102 1 59 89 .271 .336 .500 .836 93 148
1957 31 136 506 440 58 133 21 0 22 71 1 60 76 .302 .383 .500 .883 86 130
1958 32 149 584 506 73 138 28 4 21 80 2 70 67 .273 .360 .468 .828 86 142
1959 33 115 346 310 36 74 11 3 15 39 0 33 55 .239 .309 .439 .748 42 110
1960 34 66 113 100 11 26 3 1 6 18 0 13 14 .260 .345 .490 .835 18 63
1961 35 123 426 379 53 96 20 4 17 50 0 40 41 .253 .322 .462 .783 57 123
1962 36 108 330 288 29 77 12 0 8 41 6 37 31 .267 .348 .392 .741 40 108
1963 37 14 17 16 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .250 .294 .250 .544 1 14
10 Seasons 1050 3563 3145 407 849 141 34 137 496 10 372 478 .270 .345 .467 .812 515 1013
162 Game Avg. 162 550 485 63 131 22 5 21 77 2 57 74 .270 .345 .467 .812 79 1013

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1956 (1B)

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1955-NL-19-1%
1956-NL-26-1%
0.02 Career Shares (1327th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1957 NL--.298--8th

On-Base% s c a p y
1957 NL--.378--8th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1957 NL--.875--9th

Triples s c a p y
1955 NL--13--1st

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1956 NL--91--10th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1958 NL--66--9th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1955 NL--72--7th
1956 NL--85--9th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1957 NL--134--9th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1957 NL--22--10th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1957 NL--2.2--10th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1957 NL--.684--8th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1956 NL--11--1st

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1958 NL--9--9th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1955 NL--14--9th

AB per HR s c a p y
1956 NL--19.1--10th
1957 NL--20.0--8th
Career--22.9--208th

Oldest s c a p y
1963 AL--born 1926-02-06--9th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkBatting - 1 (725), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 11 (1315), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1625), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1438), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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