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Frank Malzone

Frank James Malzone

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: February 28, 1930 in Bronx, NY
High School: Samuel Gompers HS (Bronx, NY)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1955
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Angels 1955-1966

Final Game: October 1, 1966
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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
1952 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1953 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1955 25 BOS AL 6 21 20 2 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .350 .381 .400 .781 103 8 0 0 0 0 0 /5
1956 26 BOS AL 27 115 103 15 17 3 1 2 11 1 0 9 8 .165 .230 .272 .502 26 28 5 0 2 1 0 5
1957 27 BOS AL 153 672 634 82 185 31 5 15 103 2 1 31 41 .292 .323 .427 .751 99 271 15 1 1 5 1 *5 AS,MVP-7,RoY-2,GG
1958 28 BOS AL 155 673 627 76 185 30 2 15 87 1 3 33 53 .295 .333 .421 .754 102 264 21 4 5 3 3 *5 AS,MVP-25,GG
1959 29 BOS AL 154 660 604 90 169 34 2 19 92 6 0 42 58 .280 .323 .437 .760 104 264 15 1 3 10 6 *5 AS,MVP-14,GG
1960 30 BOS AL 152 647 595 60 161 30 2 14 79 2 3 36 42 .271 .313 .398 .711 89 237 20 4 4 8 4 *5 AS
1961 31 BOS AL 151 643 590 74 157 21 4 14 87 1 3 44 49 .266 .314 .386 .700 86 228 19 1 0 9 3 *5
1962 32 BOS AL 156 663 619 74 175 20 3 21 95 0 1 35 43 .283 .319 .426 .745 97 264 17 0 4 5 2 *5 MVP-31
1963 33 BOS AL 151 623 580 66 169 25 2 15 71 0 2 31 45 .291 .327 .419 .746 105 243 24 3 3 6 5 *5 AS
1964 34 BOS AL 148 585 537 62 142 19 0 13 56 0 0 37 43 .264 .312 .372 .685 86 200 7 2 5 4 1 *5 AS
1965 35 BOS AL 106 400 364 40 87 20 0 3 34 1 1 28 38 .239 .293 .319 .612 70 116 18 1 4 3 0 5
1966 36 CAL AL 82 166 155 6 32 5 0 2 12 0 0 10 11 .206 .253 .277 .530 55 43 4 0 0 1 1 5
12 Yrs 1441 5868 5428 647 1486 239 21 133 728 14 14 337 434 .274 .315 .399 .714 92 2166 165 17 31 55 26
162 Game Avg. 162 660 610 73 167 27 2 15 82 2 2 38 49 .274 .315 .399 .714 92 244 19 2 3 6 3
BOS (11 yrs) 1359 5702 5273 641 1454 234 21 131 716 14 14 327 423 .276 .317 .403 .720 93 2123 161 17 31 54 25
CAL (1 yr) 82 166 155 6 32 5 0 2 12 0 0 10 11 .206 .253 .277 .530 55 43 4 0 0 1 1

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
1955 25 BOS AL 6 21 1 -0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 1 0.1 .514 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $ /5
1956 26 BOS AL 27 115 -12 1 -0 -2 0 -14 -1.4 3 -10 -1.1 .448 .491 -0.9 -0.2 -9 $ 5
1957 27 BOS AL 153 672 1 2 -1 10 2 14 1.5 18 33 3.3 .510 .510 2.2 1.2 23 $ *5 AS,MVP-7,RoY-2,GG
1958 28 BOS AL 155 673 3 0 -1 10 2 14 1.3 18 32 3.2 .510 .509 2.2 1.2 22 $ *5 AS,MVP-25,GG
1959 29 BOS AL 154 660 -1 3 0 1 2 6 0.4 18 24 2.2 .504 .504 2.2 0.3 22 $ *5 AS,MVP-14,GG
1960 30 BOS AL 152 647 -8 -0 -0 -3 3 -8 -1.1 18 9 0.6 .494 .494 1.1 -0.1 12 $ *5 AS
1961 31 BOS AL 151 643 -14 1 0 3 3 -7 -0.9 18 11 0.8 .495 .496 0.7 0.5 8 $ *5
1962 32 BOS AL 156 663 -0 -0 -2 8 3 9 0.7 18 27 2.5 .506 .506 1.8 1.1 19 $ *5 MVP-31
1963 33 BOS AL 151 623 4 0 -3 6 3 10 0.9 17 27 2.6 .507 .507 2.2 0.9 21 $ *5 AS
1964 34 BOS AL 148 585 -9 0 2 0 3 -4 -0.7 16 12 0.9 .497 .497 1.1 0.2 12 $ *5 AS
1965 35 BOS AL 106 400 -11 -1 -2 1 2 -11 -1.4 11 -0 -0.3 .488 .492 -0.3 0.3 -1 $ 5
1966 36 CAL AL 82 166 -9 0 -1 -1 1 -10 -1.2 5 -5 -0.7 .486 .493 -0.5 -0.2 -4 $ 5
12 Seasons 1441 5868 -55 6 -8 34 23 -0 -1.8 161 161 14.1 .500 .500 11.9 5.2 127 $
BOS (11 yrs) 1359 5702 -46 6 -7 35 22 9 -0.6 156 166 14.8 .501 .501 12.4 5.4 131 $
CAL (1 yr) 82 166 -9 0 -1 -1 1 -10 -1.2 5 -5 -0.7 .486 .493 -0.5 -0.2 -4 $

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 BOS AL 21 13 3 6.2 110 .412 .350 .277 .381 .358 .400 .412 .781 .770 103 .634 0.1 0.0 .692 .100 .050
1956 26 BOS AL 115 94 6 1.7 116 .160 .165 .281 .230 .365 .272 .429 .502 .794 26 .131 -12.2 -1.2 .418 .204 .107 1.3
1957 27 BOS AL 672 471 85 4.9 104 .292 .292 .270 .323 .343 .427 .408 .751 .751 99 .548 -3.2 -0.3 .654 .186 .136 3.5
1958 28 BOS AL 673 474 82 4.6 103 .302 .295 .268 .333 .338 .421 .408 .754 .746 102 .534 -0.0 0.0 .642 .175 .126 1.9
1959 29 BOS AL 660 463 85 4.9 102 .279 .280 .265 .323 .337 .437 .405 .760 .742 104 .553 2.4 0.2 .696 .237 .157 9.1
1960 30 BOS AL 647 469 70 4.0 104 .269 .271 .267 .313 .341 .398 .408 .711 .749 89 .450 -10.2 -1.0 .604 .187 .128 3.5
1961 31 BOS AL 643 464 68 3.9 105 .267 .266 .265 .314 .340 .386 .412 .700 .753 86 .421 -13.0 -1.3 .596 .192 .120 1.9
1962 32 BOS AL 663 471 80 4.6 105 .275 .283 .267 .319 .339 .426 .415 .745 .755 97 .501 -5.5 -0.6 .645 .199 .144 .0
1963 33 BOS AL 623 446 73 4.4 97 .293 .291 .259 .327 .326 .419 .400 .746 .725 105 .523 3.4 0.4 .629 .178 .128 .0
1964 34 BOS AL 585 411 64 4.2 100 .266 .264 .261 .312 .330 .372 .406 .685 .736 86 .495 -10.8 -1.1 .595 .177 .108 .0
1965 35 BOS AL 400 303 31 2.8 97 .258 .239 .257 .293 .328 .319 .394 .612 .723 70 .332 -14.3 -1.5 .490 .157 .080 1.5
1966 36 CAL AL 166 128 10 2.1 87 .210 .206 .245 .253 .311 .277 .378 .530 .689 55 .244 -9.1 -1.0 .417 .135 .071 .0
12 Yrs 5868 4207 657 4.2 102 .275 .274 .265 .315 .336 .399 .406 .714 .743 92 .482 -72.5 -7.4 .612 .187 .125 25.3
162 Game Avg. 660 473 74 4.2 102 .275 .274 .265 .315 .336 .399 .406 .714 .743 92 .482 -72.5 -7.4 .612 .187 .125 3
BOS (11 yrs) 5702 4079 647 4.3 102 .277 .276 .265 .317 .337 .403 .407 .720 .744 93 .487 -63.4 -6.4 .618 .189 .127 25.3
CAL (1 yr) 166 128 10 2.1 87 .210 .206 .245 .253 .311 .277 .378 .530 .689 55 .244 -9.1 -1.0 .417 .135 .071 .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
1957 BOS AL 27 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 BOS AL 28 as 3B 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
1959 BOS AL 29 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 BOS AL 29 as 3B 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 1.000 1.250 4 0 0 0 0 0
1960 BOS AL 30 as 3B 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 BOS AL 30 as 3B 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 BOS AL 33 as 3B 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
1964 BOS AL 34 DNP
6 Yrs (7 GP) 21 20 3 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 .150 .190 .300 .490 6 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
1955 25 BOS AL 21 0.0% 14.3% 4.8% 4.8% 14% 3.00 6.7 20.0 0.80 81%
1956 26 BOS AL 115 1.7% 7.0% 7.8% 5.2% 35% 0.89 12.9 51.5 9.4 1.66 82%
1957 27 BOS AL 672 2.2% 6.1% 4.6% 7.6% 28% 1.32 15.5 42.3 6.2 0.83 87%
1958 28 BOS AL 673 2.2% 7.9% 4.9% 7.0% 25% 1.61 11.8 41.8 7.2 0.91 84%
1959 29 BOS AL 660 2.9% 8.8% 6.4% 8.3% 33% 1.38 10.4 31.8 6.6 0.80 81%
1960 30 BOS AL 647 2.2% 6.5% 5.6% 7.1% 29% 1.17 14.2 42.5 7.5 1.05 85%
1961 31 BOS AL 643 2.2% 7.6% 6.8% 6.1% 25% 1.11 12.0 42.1 6.8 1.07 83%
1962 32 BOS AL 663 3.2% 6.5% 5.3% 6.6% 25% 1.23 14.4 29.5 6.5 1.00 84%
1963 33 BOS AL 623 2.4% 7.2% 5.0% 6.7% 25% 1.45 12.9 38.7 8.2 1.17 84%
1964 34 BOS AL 585 2.2% 7.4% 6.3% 5.5% 23% 1.16 12.5 41.3 9.6 0.84 83%
1965 35 BOS AL 400 0.8% 9.5% 7.0% 5.8% 26% 1.36 9.6 121.3 10.7 1.26 82%
1966 36 CAL AL 166 1.2% 6.6% 6.0% 4.2% 22% 1.10 14.1 77.5 12.9 0.89 86%
12 Yrs 5868 2.3% 7.4% 5.7% 6.7% 26% 1.29 12.5 40.8 7.5 0.98 84%
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 BOS AL 0.1 0.0 22 0.1 0.5 -0.5 1.32 0.1 -0.0 0.2 0.0 0.96 0.7 2.78 1
1956 26 BOS AL -12.3 -1.2 117 -1.4 1.1 -2.5 .94 -1.0 -0.5 -9.5 -0.9 0.96 -11.1 0
1957 27 BOS AL -3.2 -0.3 656 -1.1 10.6 -11.7 1.00 0.6 -1.6 15.4 1.5 1.00 5.0 0
1958 28 BOS AL -0.0 0.0 668 -0.3 12.4 -12.7 1.10 0.3 -0.6 -0.8 -0.1 1.01 5.0 0
1959 29 BOS AL 2.4 0.2 673 2.2 13.8 -11.5 1.05 1.1 1.0 6.5 0.6 0.99 8.6 0
1960 30 BOS AL -10.2 -1.0 661 -1.2 11.2 -12.4 1.04 -0.9 -0.2 -12.3 -1.2 1.00 -10.5 0.04 1
1961 31 BOS AL -13.8 -1.4 656 -0.9 11.6 -12.5 1.10 -1.0 0.2 -2.3 -0.2 0.98 -8.3 6.05 2
1962 32 BOS AL -5.5 -0.6 673 -0.8 11.8 -12.6 1.04 -0.2 -0.6 2.5 0.2 0.97 -1.6 0
1963 33 BOS AL 3.4 0.4 634 -1.7 10.4 -12.1 1.07 -0.5 -1.0 -5.1 -0.5 0.97 -2.5 2.04 3
1964 34 BOS AL -10.8 -1.1 594 0.1 9.7 -9.6 1.00 -0.4 0.5 1.9 0.2 0.94 -4.6 1.07 5
1965 35 BOS AL -14.3 -1.5 409 -1.2 6.5 -7.7 1.04 -0.9 -0.2 -9.7 -1.0 0.99 -8.1 1.61 16
1966 36 CAL AL -9.1 -1.0 166 -1.8 2.0 -3.9 1.10 -1.2 -0.4 -10.2 -1.1 0.89 -12.4 1.33 42
12 Yrs -73.4 -7.5 5929 -7.9 101.7 -109.6 1.05 -4.1 -3.5 -23.4 -2.4 0.98 -39.5 1.55 70

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
1955 25 BOS AL 1 0 25% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 50% 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1956 26 BOS AL 1 0 54% 39 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 25% 5 4 1 2 2 0 1 0 1
1957 27 BOS AL 12 0 33% 252 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 15 51% 32 22 10 9 7 2 22 2 20
1958 28 BOS AL 11 0 30% 258 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 10 54% 35 20 13 12 5 7 18 3 15
1959 29 BOS AL 8 0 37% 246 6 0 100% 6 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 20 55% 37 23 14 8 3 5 28 7 21
1960 30 BOS AL 12 0 25% 243 2 3 40% 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 12 39% 36 21 14 6 3 3 7 5 2
1961 31 BOS AL 8 0 32% 281 1 3 25% 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 17 48% 39 28 11 7 2 5 17 3 14
1962 32 BOS AL 13 0 28% 251 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 13 50% 44 26 18 9 4 5 17 4 12
1963 33 BOS AL 9 0 27% 247 0 2 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 13 46% 30 18 12 7 4 2 15 5 10
1964 34 BOS AL 7 0 29% 236 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 14 45% 36 22 14 9 5 3 17 5 11
1965 35 BOS AL 8 0 33% 178 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 53% 16 8 7 8 6 2 12 2 10
1966 36 CAL AL 2 0 10% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 71% 5 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 2
12 Yrs 92 0 30% 2267 14 14 50% 13 15 1 0 0 0 15 0 43 126 49% 318 196 118 77 41 34 157 36 119

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 BOS AL 21 29% 7 1 0 0 0 2.78 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 1 0 0% 11 1 9% 0 0 0 0 0
1956 26 BOS AL 115 23% 17 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 100% 29 5 17% 21 5 24% 73 10 14% 7 2 29% 8 6 75% 0
1957 27 BOS AL 672 21% 185 0 0 0 0 15 1 29 11 2 8 7 0 1 1 100% 128 15 12% 55 18 33% 467 88 19% 35 22 63% 30 14 47% 0
1958 28 BOS AL 673 15% 185 0 0 0 0 15 1 20 14 1 10 5 0 5 5 100% 152 21 14% 73 21 29% 489 72 15% 50 25 50% 30 16 53% 0
1959 29 BOS AL 660 18% 169 0 0 0 0 19 0 27 18 1 5 14 0 3 3 100% 134 15 11% 70 24 34% 473 76 16% 44 24 55% 35 15 43% 0
1960 30 BOS AL 647 24% 161 1 0 0 0 0.04 14 0 19 10 4 7 7 0 4 4 100% 141 20 14% 84 26 31% 468 70 15% 40 19 48% 37 15 41% 0
1961 31 BOS AL 643 30% 157 2 0 0 0 6.05 14 0 14 11 3 6 8 0 2 0 0% 132 19 14% 64 24 38% 436 80 18% 40 27 68% 24 14 58% 0
1962 32 BOS AL 663 24% 175 0 0 0 0 21 0 15 17 4 10 11 0 4 4 100% 134 17 13% 73 22 30% 452 80 18% 49 30 61% 29 11 38% 0
1963 33 BOS AL 623 23% 169 3 0 0 0 2.04 15 0 11 10 5 11 4 0 4 3 75% 127 24 19% 59 19 32% 403 61 15% 35 17 49% 29 14 48% 0
1964 34 BOS AL 585 23% 142 5 1 0 0 1.07 13 0 17 12 1 9 4 0 5 5 100% 107 7 7% 49 18 37% 337 49 15% 27 15 56% 15 9 60% 0
1965 35 BOS AL 400 43% 87 16 3 0 3 1.61 3 0 10 0 3 1 2 0 5 4 80% 92 18 20% 55 16 29% 236 33 14% 20 11 55% 11 8 73% 0
1966 36 CAL AL 166 36% 32 42 10 0 1 1.33 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 22 4 18% 14 3 21% 92 11 12% 11 5 45% 3 1 33% 0
12 Yrs 5868 24% 1486 70 14 0 4 1.55 133 2 167 107 24 68 65 0 35 31 89% 1202 165 14% 618 196 32% 3937 631 16% 358 197 55% 251 123 49% 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 6 21 20 2 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .350 .381 .400 .781 103 8 0 0 0 0 0
1956 26 33 136 123 17 24 4 1 2 12 1 0 10 11 .195 .254 .293 .546 38 36 5 0 2 1 0
1957 27 186 808 757 99 209 35 6 17 115 3 1 41 52 .276 .312 .406 .717 89 307 20 1 3 6 1
1958 28 341 1481 1384 175 394 65 8 32 202 4 4 74 105 .285 .321 .413 .734 95 571 41 5 8 9 4
1959 29 495 2141 1988 265 563 99 10 51 294 10 4 116 163 .283 .322 .420 .742 97 835 56 6 11 19 10
1960 30 647 2788 2583 325 724 129 12 65 373 12 7 152 205 .280 .320 .415 .735 95 1072 76 10 15 27 14
1961 31 798 3431 3173 399 881 150 16 79 460 13 10 196 254 .278 .319 .410 .728 94 1300 95 11 15 36 17
1962 32 954 4094 3792 473 1056 170 19 100 555 13 11 231 297 .278 .319 .412 .731 94 1564 112 11 19 41 19
1963 33 1105 4717 4372 539 1225 195 21 115 626 13 13 262 342 .280 .320 .413 .733 96 1807 136 14 22 47 24
1964 34 1253 5302 4909 601 1367 214 21 128 682 13 13 299 385 .278 .319 .409 .728 95 2007 143 16 27 51 25
1965 35 1359 5702 5273 641 1454 234 21 131 716 14 14 327 423 .276 .317 .403 .720 93 2123 161 17 31 54 25
1966 36 1441 5868 5428 647 1486 239 21 133 728 14 14 337 434 .274 .315 .399 .714 92 2166 165 17 31 55 26

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
1955 25 6 22 21 2 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 .333 .364 .381 .745 3 6
1956 26 28 119 107 14 17 3 1 2 11 1 9 8 .159 .222 .262 .484 6 27
1957 27 161 704 665 85 193 32 5 16 107 2 32 43 .290 .321 .426 .747 92 153
1958 28 162 701 655 79 193 31 2 16 91 1 34 55 .295 .332 .421 .753 91 155
1959 29 161 686 629 92 174 35 2 20 94 6 43 61 .277 .319 .434 .753 88 154
1960 30 160 677 624 61 167 31 2 15 81 2 37 44 .268 .309 .396 .705 76 152
1961 31 151 640 587 72 154 21 4 14 84 1 43 49 .262 .309 .383 .693 70 151
1962 32 156 659 616 72 172 20 3 21 92 0 34 43 .279 .315 .424 .738 82 156
1963 33 151 630 586 70 175 26 2 16 75 0 32 45 .299 .335 .432 .767 84 151
1964 34 147 587 538 64 145 19 0 13 58 0 38 43 .270 .318 .377 .695 65 148
1965 35 106 404 367 42 90 21 0 3 36 1 29 38 .245 .300 .327 .627 36 106
1966 36 83 172 160 7 36 6 0 2 14 0 11 11 .225 .273 .300 .573 13 82
12 Yrs 1472 6001 5555 660 1523 246 21 138 744 14 343 443 .274 .315 .401 .716 706 1441
162 Game Avg. 162 660 611 73 168 27 2 15 82 2 38 49 .274 .315 .401 .716 78 1441

* 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
1957 *
1958 (3B)
1959-1 *
1959-2 (3B)
1960-1 (3B)
1960-2 (3B)
1963 (3B)
1964

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1957 AL (7, 17%)
1958 AL (25, 0%)
1959 AL (14, 7%)
1962 AL (31, 1%)
0.25 Career Shares (673rd)

Gold Gloves
1957 ML (3B)
1958 AL (3B)
1959 AL (3B)
All multiple winners

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1958 AL  1.2 (8th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1957 AL  .292 (10th)
1963 AL  .291 (6th)

Games Played s c a p y
1957 AL  153 (3rd)
1958 AL  155 (1st)
1959 AL  154 (2nd)
1960 AL  152 (5th)

At Bats s c a p y
1957 AL  634 (2nd)
1958 AL  627 (1st)
1959 AL  604 (3rd)
1960 AL  595 (3rd)
1962 AL  619 (10th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1957 AL  672 (6th)
1958 AL  673 (3rd)
1959 AL  660 (6th)
1960 AL  647 (6th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1957 AL  82 (10th)
1959 AL  90 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1957 AL  185 (2nd)
1958 AL  185 (2nd)
1959 AL  169 (6th)
1960 AL  161 (9th)
1963 AL  169 (6th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1957 AL  271 (5th)
1958 AL  264 (9th)
1959 AL  264 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1957 AL  31 (3rd)
1958 AL  30 (6th)
1959 AL  34 (2nd)
1960 AL  30 (8th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1957 AL  103 (3rd)
1958 AL  87 (7th)
1959 AL  92 (8th)
1962 AL  95 (10th)

Singles s c a p y
1957 AL  134 (2nd)
1958 AL  138 (2nd)
1959 AL  114 (9th)
1960 AL  115 (10th)
1962 AL  131 (6th)
1963 AL  127 (3rd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1957 AL  51 (7th)
1959 AL  55 (7th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1958 AL  222 (10th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1959 AL  10 (3rd)
1960 AL  8 (3rd)
1961 AL  9 (4th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1959 AL  6 (7th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1957 AL  15 (9th)
1958 AL  21 (3rd)
1959 AL  15 (6th)
1960 AL  20 (3rd)
1961 AL  19 (4th)
1962 AL  17 (9th)
1963 AL  24 (1st)
1965 AL  18 (6th)
Career  165 (200th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1957 AL  15.5 (6th)
1958 AL  11.8 (7th)
1960 AL  14.2 (6th)
1961 AL  12.0 (9th)
1962 AL  14.4 (8th)
1963 AL  12.9 (7th)
1964 AL  12.5 (4th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1957 AL  471 (4th)
1958 AL  474 (1st)
1959 AL  463 (2nd)
1960 AL  469 (3rd)
1961 AL  464 (10th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (608), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 62 (409), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 30 (607), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1388), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  2. Dave Stapleton (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ray Jablonski (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Joe Randa (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Joe Randa (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Joe Randa (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Joe Randa (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Charlie Hayes (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Charlie Hayes (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Charlie Hayes (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
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 or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') 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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