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Héctor López

Hector Headley (Swainson) Lopez

Positions: Leftfielder, Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 182 lb.

Born: July 8, 1929 in Colon, Colon, Panama (All Transactions)
Debut: May 12, 1955
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Athletics 1955-1966

Final Game: September 30, 1966
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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
1951	21	SHY	C	89	259	259		77	11	3	2						.297	.297	.386	.683		100							SHY · PROV
1952	22	OAK-min	C	128	498	498		164	26	7	8						.329	.329	.458	.787		228							SHY · PROV
1953	23	OAK-min	A	147	567	567		153	16	4	6						.270	.270	.344	.614		195							WPT · EL
1954	24	OAK-min	AAA	132	520	452	69	143	17	4	8	53	10		53	70	.316	.389	.425	.813		192		3	8	4			OTT · IL
1955	25	OAK-min	AAA	21	96	81	15	26	2	0	5	17	2		11	11	.321	.394	.531	.924		43		0	2	2			CLB · IL
1955	25	KCA	AL	128	527	483	50	140	15	2	15	68	1	4	33	58	.290	.337	.422	.759	104	204	15	3	4	4	1	54
1956	26	KCA	AL	151	639	561	91	153	27	3	18	69	4	5	63	73	.273	.347	.428	.775	104	240	13	3	8	4	3	*58/46
1957	27	KCA	AL	121	439	391	51	115	19	4	11	35	1	6	41	66	.294	.357	.448	.805	118	175	8	0	4	5	5	*5/479
1958	28	KCA	AL	151	631	564	84	147	28	4	17	73	2	2	49	61	.261	.317	.415	.732	99	234	23	2	7	9	2	45/76
1959	29	TOT	AL	147	594	541	82	153	26	5	22	93	4	1	36	77	.283	.333	.471	.804	121	255	10	7	4	5	1	574
1959	29	KCA	AL	35	147	135	22	38	10	3	6	24	1	0	8	23	.281	.324	.533	.857	130	72	1	1	1	1	0	4
1959	29	NYY	AL	112	447	406	60	115	16	2	16	69	3	1	28	54	.283	.336	.451	.786	118	183	9	6	3	4	1	57
1960	30	NYY	AL	131	469	408	66	116	14	6	9	42	1	1	46	64	.284	.361	.414	.775	114	169	7	4	9	2	0	*79/45
1961	31	NYY	AL	93	274	243	27	54	7	2	3	22	1	0	24	38	.222	.292	.305	.596	64	74	8	1	2	3	1	7/9
1962	32	NYY	AL	106	373	335	45	92	19	1	6	48	0	1	33	53	.275	.338	.391	.729	98	131	17	0	2	2	2	79/45
1963	33	NYY	AL	130	472	433	54	108	13	4	14	52	1	2	35	71	.249	.304	.395	.699	95	171	12	0	2	3	5	*79/4
1964	34	NYY	AL	127	313	285	34	74	9	3	10	34	1	1	24	54	.260	.317	.418	.735	101	119	8	1	1	2	2	79/58
1965	35	NYY	AL	111	317	283	25	74	12	2	7	39	0	0	26	61	.261	.322	.392	.714	103	111	11	1	3	4	2	97/3
1966	36	NYY	AL	54	130	117	14	25	4	1	4	16	0	0	8	20	.214	.268	.368	.635	85	43	4	1	2	1	0	97
1967	37	TEX-min	AAA	132	523	457	63	135	19	0	13	40	2	2	62	111	.295	.382	.422	.804		193		2	2	0			HAW · PCL
1968	38	TEX-min	AAA	117	390	353	44	91	11	1	13	53	1	0	32	73	.258	.319	.405	.724		143		1	1	3			BFL · IL
12 Yrs				1450	5178	4644	623	1251	193	37	136	591	16	23	418	696	.269	.330	.415	.745	103	1926	136	23	48	44	24
162 Game Avg.				162	579	519	70	140	22	4	15	66	2	3	47	78	.269	.330	.415	.745	103	215	15	3	5	5	3

NYY (8 yrs)				864	2795	2510	325	658	94	21	69	322	7	6	224	415	.262	.324	.399	.722	101	1001	76	14	24	21	13
KCA (5 yrs)				586	2383	2134	298	593	99	16	67	269	9	17	194	281	.278	.337	.433	.771	107	925	60	9	24	23	11

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
1955	25	KCA	AL	128	527	3	-3	-1	2	2	2	0.3	14	16	1.7	.502	.501	1.4	0.4	14	$	54
1956	26	KCA	AL	151	639	2	-1	-1	-3	1	-2	-0.1	17	15	1.6	.499	.499	1.8	-0.1	19	$	*58/46
1957	27	KCA	AL	121	439	9	-1	-1	4	1	12	1.3	12	24	2.5	.511	.508	2.1	0.5	20	$	*5/479
1958	28	KCA	AL	151	631	-1	2	-3	4	4	6	0.6	17	24	2.3	.505	.504	1.9	0.8	20	$	45/76
1959	29	KCA	AL	35	147	6	1	0	-6	1	2	0.1	4	6	0.5	.505	.501	1.2	-0.5	12	$	4
1959	29	NYY	AL	112	447	10	-1	-1	-0	-0	8	0.7	12	20	1.9	.507	.505	2.0	-0.2	21	$	57
1960	30	NYY	AL	131	469	10	0	2	-2	-6	5	0.3	13	18	1.6	.504	.503	1.9	-0.9	19	$	*79/45
1961	31	NYY	AL	93	274	-11	2	-0	4	-4	-10	-1.2	8	-3	-0.4	.488	.493	-0.7	-0.1	-6	$	7/9
1962	32	NYY	AL	106	373	0	-0	-2	4	-4	-3	-0.4	10	7	0.6	.497	.498	0.3	-0.1	3	$	79/45
1963	33	NYY	AL	130	472	-4	1	-2	-2	-6	-13	-1.6	13	-0	-0.4	.488	.491	0.0	-1.1	2	$	*79/4
1964	34	NYY	AL	127	313	0	-1	-1	4	-5	-4	-0.6	9	4	0.2	.496	.497	0.0	-0.3	1	$	79/58
1965	35	NYY	AL	111	317	4	-1	-2	-11	-4	-13	-1.5	9	-4	-0.6	.487	.491	0.6	-1.6	7	$	97/3
1966	36	NYY	AL	54	130	-1	0	-1	-4	-2	-7	-0.9	4	-4	-0.5	.484	.495	0.0	-0.8	1	$	97
12 Seasons				1450	5178	28	-3	-13	-7	-23	-17	-3.1	142	124	11.0	.499	.499	12.5	-3.9	131	$

NYY (8 yrs)				864	2795	8	-1	-7	-8	-31	-38	-5.3	77	39	2.4	.495	.497	4.1	-5.1	47	$
KCA (5 yrs)				586	2383	20	-2	-6	1	9	21	2.1	65	85	8.6	.504	.503	8.4	1.1	84	$

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
1955	25	KCA	AL	527	370	65	4.7	103	.302	.290	.266	.337	.346	.422	.397	.759	.743	104	.512	0.5	0.0	.655	.195	.133	1.9
1956	26	KCA	AL	639	438	83	5.1	106	.285	.273	.267	.347	.349	.428	.408	.775	.757	104	.524	2.8	0.3	.716	.266	.155	6.5
1957	27	KCA	AL	439	299	61	5.5	100	.326	.294	.264	.357	.337	.448	.399	.805	.736	118	.603	10.0	1.0	.728	.246	.153	1.8
1958	28	KCA	AL	631	458	70	4.1	100	.263	.261	.264	.317	.333	.415	.401	.732	.734	99	.477	-1.3	-0.1	.645	.241	.154	3.6
1959	29	TOT	AL	594	408	85	5.6	96	.293	.283	.257	.333	.328	.471	.393	.804	.722	121	.609	14.0	1.4	.754	.261	.189	6.8
1959	29	KCA	AL	147	100	24	6.4	100	.299	.281	.263	.324	.334	.533	.401	.857	.736	130	.668	4.8	0.5	.837	.319	.252	1.7
1959	29	NYY	AL	447	308	61	5.3	95	.291	.283	.256	.336	.326	.451	.391	.786	.717	118	.586	9.3	0.9	.728	.241	.167	5.1
1960	30	NYY	AL	469	311	63	5.5	97	.318	.284	.258	.361	.330	.414	.394	.775	.724	114	.588	8.6	0.9	.730	.243	.130	1.8
1961	31	NYY	AL	274	202	22	2.9	100	.249	.222	.258	.292	.332	.305	.401	.596	.734	64	.298	-12.2	-1.2	.508	.185	.082	1.5
1962	32	NYY	AL	373	265	41	4.2	101	.309	.275	.261	.338	.333	.391	.406	.729	.739	98	.458	-0.4	-0.0	.625	.212	.116	.0
1963	33	NYY	AL	472	344	50	3.9	94	.268	.249	.254	.304	.320	.395	.393	.699	.713	95	.470	-3.8	-0.4	.605	.224	.145	1.9
1964	34	NYY	AL	313	223	37	4.5	98	.287	.260	.258	.317	.327	.418	.401	.735	.727	101	.524	-0.2	-0.0	.655	.242	.158	1.8
1965	35	NYY	AL	317	227	34	4.0	91	.306	.261	.250	.322	.319	.392	.383	.714	.702	103	.500	1.4	0.1	.627	.223	.131	.0
1966	36	NYY	AL	130	99	11	3.0	86	.223	.214	.242	.268	.308	.368	.374	.635	.682	85	.381	-2.5	-0.3	.542	.222	.154	.0
12 Yrs				5178	3644	622	4.6	99	.289	.269	.260	.330	.333	.415	.398	.745	.730	103	.516	16.9	1.7	.664	.234	.145	28.6
162 Game Avg.				579	407	69	4.6	99	.289	.269	.260	.330	.333	.415	.398	.745	.730	103	.516	2	0	.664	.234	.145	3

NYY (8 yrs)				2795	1979	319	4.3	96	.288	.262	.256	.324	.326	.399	.394	.722	.720	101	.499	0.0	0.0	.641	.226	.137	12.7
KCA (5 yrs)				2383	1665	303	4.9	102	.291	.278	.265	.337	.341	.433	.402	.771	.743	107	.535	16.8	1.7	.692	.243	.156	15.9

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	SH
1960	30	NYY	AL	WS	PIT	L	3	7	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.429	.429	.857	3	2	0
1961	31	NYY	AL	WS	CIN	W	4	12	9	3	3	0	1	1	7	2	3	.333	.455	.889	1.343	8	0	1
1962	32	NYY	AL	WS	SFG	W	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
1963	33	NYY	AL	WS	LAD	L	3	8	8	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.500	.750	4	0	0
1964	34	NYY	AL	WS	STL	L	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
5 Yrs (5 Series)							15	31	28	4	8	2	1	1	7	2	6	.286	.333	.536	.869	15	2	1
5 WS							15	31	28	4	8	2	1	1	7	2	6	.286	.333	.536	.869	15	2	1

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1955	25	KCA	AL	527	2.9%	11.0%	6.3%	6.1%	23%	1.76	8.3	32.2	7.1	0.82	79%
1956	26	KCA	AL	639	2.8%	11.4%	9.9%	7.5%	31%	1.16	7.7	31.2	8.1	0.85	74%
1957	27	KCA	AL	439	2.5%	15.0%	9.3%	7.7%	30%	1.61	5.9	35.5	11.2	0.99	73%
1958	28	KCA	AL	631	2.7%	9.7%	7.8%	7.8%	33%	1.24	9.2	33.2	7.7	1.02	78%
1959	29	TOT	AL	594	3.7%	13.0%	6.1%	8.9%	35%	2.14	7.0	24.6	5.8	1.16	75%
1959	29	KCA	AL	147	4.1%	15.7%	5.4%	12.9%	50%	2.88	5.9	22.5	5.6	1.15	73%
1959	29	NYY	AL	447	3.6%	12.1%	6.3%	7.6%	30%	1.93	7.5	25.4	5.9	1.17	76%
1960	30	NYY	AL	469	1.9%	13.7%	9.8%	6.2%	25%	1.39	6.4	45.3	9.7	1.21	72%
1961	31	NYY	AL	274	1.1%	13.9%	8.8%	4.4%	22%	1.58	6.4	81.0	11.0	1.65	75%
1962	32	NYY	AL	373	1.6%	14.2%	8.9%	7.0%	28%	1.61	6.3	55.8	7.0	0.98	75%
1963	33	NYY	AL	472	3.0%	15.0%	7.4%	6.6%	29%	2.03	6.1	30.9	8.3	1.22	74%
1964	34	NYY	AL	313	3.2%	17.3%	7.7%	7.0%	30%	2.25	5.3	28.5	8.4	0.95	71%
1965	35	NYY	AL	317	2.2%	19.2%	8.2%	6.6%	28%	2.35	4.6	40.4	7.3	1.15	69%
1966	36	NYY	AL	130	3.1%	15.4%	6.2%	6.9%	36%	2.50	5.9	29.3	7.3	0.97	72%
12 Yrs				5178	2.6%	13.4%	8.1%	7.1%	29%	1.67	6.7	34.1	7.9	1.04	74%
MLB Averages					2.3%	14.0%	8.5%	6.5%	29%	1.64	6.4	38.4	8.6	1.05	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1955	25	KCA	AL	0.5	0.0	534	1.1	9.9	-8.8	1.00	-0.1	1.2	3.1	0.3	0.96	1.7	2.09	1
1956	26	KCA	AL	2.8	0.3	648	1.2	12.1	-10.9	1.01	0.6	0.6	10.8	1.0	0.93	5.2	1.48	5
1957	27	KCA	AL	10.0	1.0	427	-0.6	6.5	-7.0	.99	0.3	-0.9	1.4	0.1	0.89	6.0	1.90	7
1958	28	KCA	AL	-1.3	-0.1	621	1.8	12.2	-10.4	.97	0.7	1.2	5.5	0.6	0.92	8.8	1.44	4
1959	29	TOT	AL	14.0	1.4	607	3.0	12.3	-9.3	.96	1.7	1.4	31.0	3.1	0.95	22.3	2.15	5
1959	29	KCA	AL	4.8	0.5	149	1.7	3.7	-2.0	.89	0.9	1.0	10.5	1.0	0.90	9.7	1.53	2
1959	29	NYY	AL	9.3	0.9	458	1.3	8.7	-7.4	.99	0.8	0.5	20.5	2.1	0.97	12.6	2.57	3
1960	30	NYY	AL	9.2	0.9	485	1.4	9.5	-8.1	1.02	1.6	-0.2	4.9	0.5	0.92	16.1	1.76	26
1961	31	NYY	AL	-12.2	-1.2	279	-1.0	4.6	-5.5	1.10	-0.8	-0.1	-10.4	-1.0	0.93	-8.8	2.41	16
1962	32	NYY	AL	0.0	0.0	379	-0.1	7.5	-7.6	1.12	-0.1	0.0	3.5	0.4	1.00	-0.9	2.02	24
1963	33	NYY	AL	-4.3	-0.4	483	0.9	9.1	-8.2	1.01	-0.2	1.2	3.7	0.4	0.94	-1.7	2.32	9
1964	34	NYY	AL	0.1	0.0	321	-0.6	5.8	-6.3	1.08	0.6	-1.1	-1.5	-0.1	0.96	4.0	1.78	22
1965	35	NYY	AL	1.4	0.1	324	0.3	6.6	-6.4	1.16	0.6	-0.3	8.1	0.9	0.98	5.9	1.96	28
1966	36	NYY	AL	-2.5	-0.3	130	0.2	2.4	-2.3	1.08	-0.2	0.4	2.0	0.2	0.91	0.3	1.34	20
12 Yrs				17.8	1.8	5238	7.7	98.5	-90.8	1.03	4.6	2.9	62.1	6.3	0.94	59.0	1.88	167

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	CSH	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1955	25	KCA	AL	8	22%	210	1	4	20%	1	5	0	0	0	3	7	9	39%	32	21	8	5	5	0	14	2	12
1956	26	KCA	AL	8	36%	246	4	5	44%	3	5	1	0	0	5	11	17	47%	32	20	11	10	8	1	24	5	19
1957	27	KCA	AL	6	28%	175	1	6	14%	1	4	0	1	1	2	4	10	54%	28	13	15	5	4	1	13	3	9
1958	28	KCA	AL	9	37%	202	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	1	1	8	14	57%	31	16	15	11	5	5	14	1	12
1959	29	TOT	AL	10	35%	211	4	1	80%	3	1	1	0	0	2	7	10	53%	27	14	12	9	6	2	17	1	14
1959	29	KCA	AL	3	39%	61	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	50%	8	3	5	2	2	0	2	1	1
1959	29	NYY	AL	7	33%	150	3	1	75%	2	1	1	0	0	2	6	7	54%	19	11	7	7	4	2	15	0	13
1960	30	NYY	AL	6	36%	244	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	2	5	15	51%	36	19	17	7	5	2	22	6	14
1961	31	NYY	AL	5	32%	112	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	53%	13	8	5	0	0	0	6	1	5
1962	32	NYY	AL	6	33%	151	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	9	45%	19	11	8	2	1	1	10	4	5
1963	33	NYY	AL	5	31%	159	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	12	46%	19	13	6	5	2	3	9	2	6
1964	34	NYY	AL	3	27%	124	1	1	50%	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	4	36%	19	15	4	3	2	1	6	1	5
1965	35	NYY	AL	8	19%	97	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	5	7	24%	14	11	3	6	5	1	5	2	2
1966	36	NYY	AL	3	33%	48	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	46%	8	6	2	0	0	0	3	0	3
12 Yrs				77	31%	1979	16	23	41%	13	22	3	1	2	21	55	116	47%	278	167	106	63	43	17	143	28	106

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
1955	25	KCA	AL	527	29%	140			1	0	0	0	2.09	15	0	12	11	4	10	5	0	4	4	100%	110	15	14%	59	14	24%	334	55	16%	34	16	47%	23	10	43%	0
1956	26	KCA	AL	639	27%	153			5	2	0	1	1.48	18	0	12	11	6	8	10	0	8	8	100%	118	13	11%	56	17	30%	334	54	16%	23	13	57%	15	8	53%	0
1957	27	KCA	AL	439	12%	115			7	3	0	2	1.90	11	0	7	7	3	7	4	0	5	4	80%	59	8	14%	27	10	37%	195	23	12%	18	10	56%	7	3	43%	0
1958	28	KCA	AL	631	18%	147			4	1	0	0	1.44	17	0	9	15	2	14	3	0	11	7	64%	146	23	16%	59	24	41%	360	58	16%	37	23	62%	22	16	73%	0
1959	29	TOT	AL	594	25%	153			5	0	0	0	2.15	22	0	16	15	7	6	16	0	7	4	57%	94	10	11%	48	24	50%	380	75	20%	41	23	56%	24	15	63%	0
1959	29	KCA	AL	147	29%	38			2	0	0	0	1.53	6	0	2	4	2	5	1	0	1	1	100%	17	1	6%	10	5	50%	86	20	23%	7	5	71%	6	3	50%	0
1959	29	NYY	AL	447	24%	115			3	0	0	0	2.57	16	0	14	11	5	1	15	0	6	3	50%	77	9	12%	38	19	50%	294	55	19%	34	18	53%	18	12	67%	0
1960	30	NYY	AL	469	30%	116			26	2	0	3	1.76	9	0	9	6	3	4	5	0	11	9	82%	79	7	9%	45	18	40%	243	34	14%	21	10	48%	20	12	60%	0
1961	31	NYY	AL	274	43%	54			16	4	0	4	2.41	3	0	5	2	1	1	2	0	3	2	67%	44	8	18%	26	10	38%	162	21	13%	15	7	47%	5	4	80%	0
1962	32	NYY	AL	373	40%	92			24	5	0	2	2.02	6	0	13	3	3	3	3	0	4	2	50%	85	17	20%	41	9	22%	248	43	17%	24	10	42%	8	4	50%	0
1963	33	NYY	AL	472	43%	108			9	2	0	1	2.32	14	0	13	10	4	5	9	0	2	2	100%	73	12	16%	35	7	20%	272	41	15%	28	10	36%	12	5	42%	0
1964	34	NYY	AL	313	45%	74			22	7	0	1	1.78	10	0	8	6	4	1	9	0	2	1	50%	74	8	11%	37	11	30%	196	25	13%	25	11	44%	10	7	70%	0
1965	35	NYY	AL	317	53%	74			28	5	0	2	1.96	7	0	7	3	4	1	6	0	3	3	100%	66	11	17%	33	11	33%	188	33	18%	20	9	45%	6	4	67%	0
1966	36	NYY	AL	130	59%	25			20	7	0	3	1.34	4	0	4	2	2	1	3	0	2	2	100%	25	4	16%	13	7	54%	72	14	19%	4	3	75%	7	7	100%	0
12 Yrs				5178	32%	1251			167	38	0	19	1.88	136	0	115	91	43	61	75	0	62	48	77%	973	136	14%	479	162	34%	2984	476	16%	290	145	50%	159	95	60%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			76%			10%			31%			14%			49%			53%

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
1955	25	128	527	483	50	140	15	2	15	68	1	4	33	58	.290	.337	.422	.759	104	204	15	3	4	4	1
1956	26	279	1166	1044	141	293	42	5	33	137	5	9	96	131	.281	.342	.425	.768	104	444	28	6	12	8	4
1957	27	400	1605	1435	192	408	61	9	44	172	6	15	137	197	.284	.346	.431	.778	108	619	36	6	16	13	9
1958	28	551	2236	1999	276	555	89	13	61	245	8	17	186	258	.278	.338	.427	.765	105	853	59	8	23	22	11
1959	29	698	2830	2540	358	708	115	18	83	338	12	18	222	335	.279	.337	.436	.773	109	1108	69	15	27	27	12
1960	30	829	3299	2948	424	824	129	24	92	380	13	19	268	399	.280	.340	.433	.774	109	1277	76	19	36	29	12
1961	31	922	3573	3191	451	878	136	26	95	402	14	19	292	437	.275	.337	.423	.760	106	1351	84	20	38	32	13
1962	32	1028	3946	3526	496	970	155	27	101	450	14	20	325	490	.275	.337	.420	.757	105	1482	101	20	40	34	15
1963	33	1158	4418	3959	550	1078	168	31	115	502	15	22	360	561	.272	.333	.418	.751	104	1653	113	20	42	37	20
1964	34	1285	4731	4244	584	1152	177	34	125	536	16	23	384	615	.271	.332	.418	.750	104	1772	121	21	43	39	22
1965	35	1396	5048	4527	609	1226	189	36	132	575	16	23	410	676	.271	.331	.416	.747	104	1883	132	22	46	43	24
1966	36	1450	5178	4644	623	1251	193	37	136	591	16	23	418	696	.269	.330	.415	.745	103	1926	136	23	48	44	24

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1955	25	134	549	504	52	146	16	2	16	71	1	34	61	.290	.336	.425	.760	71	128
1956	26	158	660	581	90	155	27	3	18	69	4	64	76	.267	.340	.417	.757	83	151
1957	27	127	466	413	55	123	20	4	12	38	1	44	69	.298	.361	.453	.814	68	121
1958	28	158	663	593	92	157	30	4	18	80	2	52	64	.265	.322	.420	.742	82	151
1959	29	154	626	570	89	164	28	5	24	101	4	39	80	.288	.339	.481	.820	91	147
1960	30	138	499	434	74	127	15	7	10	47	1	50	67	.293	.369	.429	.798	67	131
1961	31	93	274	244	27	55	7	2	3	22	1	24	38	.225	.294	.307	.601	22	93
1962	32	106	373	336	46	93	19	1	6	49	0	33	53	.277	.340	.393	.732	45	106
1963	33	130	481	439	59	114	14	4	15	57	1	37	71	.260	.315	.412	.728	57	130
1964	34	126	315	286	36	76	9	3	10	36	1	25	54	.266	.325	.423	.748	40	127
1965	35	111	325	289	29	80	13	2	8	45	0	28	61	.277	.339	.419	.757	41	111
1966	36	54	134	121	17	28	4	1	4	20	0	9	20	.231	.288	.380	.668	14	54
12 Yrs		1489	5365	4810	666	1318	202	38	144	635	16	439	714	.274	.335	.422	.757	681	1450
162 Game Avg.		162	584	523	72	143	22	4	16	69	2	48	78	.274	.335	.422	.757	74	1450

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Slugging % s c a p y 1959 AL .471 (10th)	Games Played s c a p y 1956 AL 151 (7th) 1958 AL 151 (5th)	At Bats s c a p y 1956 AL 561 (7th) 1958 AL 564 (7th)	Plate Appearances s c a p y 1958 AL 631 (9th)
Runs Scored s c a p y 1958 AL 84 (9th)	Hits s c a p y 1959 AL 153 (10th)	Doubles s c a p y 1958 AL 28 (7th) 1959 AL 26 (10th)	Triples s c a p y 1960 AL 6 (8th)
Runs Batted In s c a p y 1959 AL 93 (7th)	Extra Base Hits s c a p y 1959 AL 53 (9th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1959 AL 7 (5th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1956 AL 8 (7th) 1960 AL 9 (9th)
Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1958 AL 9 (1st)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1958 AL 23 (1st) 1962 AL 17 (9th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1956 AL 5 (9th) 1957 AL 6 (10th)	Outs Made s c a p y 1956 AL 438 (4th) 1958 AL 458 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Batting - 22 (959), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (2147), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 12 (1381), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters

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Shea Hillenbrand (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ray Knight (962) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Randy Jackson (964) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Randy Jackson (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Randy Jackson (956) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Eric Soderholm (954) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Frank Malzone (943) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jackie Brandt (953) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Willard Marshall (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Kevin Bass (946) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Gary Ward (943) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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