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Marty Marion

Martin Whiteford Marion (Slats or The Octopus)

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: December 1, 1917 in Richburg, SC
High School: Tech HS (Atlanta, GA)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1936. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1940
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Browns 1940-1953

Final Game: July 6, 1953
Died: March 15, 2011 in Ladue, MO
Buried: Valhalla Cemetery, St. Louis, MO
Relatives: Brother of Red Marion
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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	Pos	Awards
1936	18	STL-min	C	130	511	511		137	26	3	9						.268	.268	.384	.652		196					HUN · MATL
1937	19	STL-min	AA	142	479	479		118	21	3	4						.246	.246	.328	.574		157					ROC · IL
1938	20	STL-min	AA	109	337	337		84	15	2	2						.249	.249	.323	.573		109					ROC · IL
1939	21	STL-min	AA	128	437	437		119	12	5	5						.272	.272	.357	.629		156					ROC · IL
1940	22	STL	NL	125	468	435	44	121	18	1	3	46	9		21	34	.278	.311	.345	.656	77	150	12	0	12	*6
1941	23	STL	NL	155	619	547	50	138	22	3	3	58	8		42	48	.252	.308	.320	.628	72	175	10	2	28	*6	MVP-24
1942	24	STL	NL	147	555	485	66	134	38	5	0	54	8		48	50	.276	.343	.375	.718	103	182	9	1	20	*6	MVP-7
1943	25	STL	NL	129	463	418	38	117	15	3	1	52	1		32	37	.280	.334	.337	.671	89	141	4	2	11	*6	AS,MVP-13
1944	26	STL	NL	144	565	506	50	135	26	2	6	63	1		43	50	.267	.324	.362	.686	90	183	9	0	16	*6	AS,MVP-1
1945	27	STL	NL	123	477	430	63	119	27	5	1	59	2		39	39	.277	.340	.370	.709	95	159	5	2	6	*6	MVP-8
1946	28	STL	NL	146	575	498	51	116	29	4	3	46	1		59	53	.233	.318	.325	.643	80	162	9	3	15	*6	AS,MVP-28
1947	29	STL	NL	149	599	540	57	147	19	6	4	74	3		49	58	.272	.334	.352	.686	79	190	16	1	9	*6	AS
1948	30	STL	NL	144	613	567	70	143	26	4	4	43	1		37	54	.252	.298	.333	.631	66	189	13	0	9	*6	AS
1949	31	STL	NL	134	571	515	61	140	31	2	5	70	0		37	42	.272	.323	.369	.692	82	190	17	2	17	*6	AS,MVP-25
1950	32	STL	NL	106	421	372	36	92	10	2	4	40	1		44	55	.247	.327	.317	.644	67	118	10	0	4	6	AS

1952	34	SLB	AL	67	210	186	16	46	11	0	2	19	0	2	19	17	.247	.320	.339	.659	82	63	6	1	4	6
1953	35	SLB	AL	3	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	/5
13 Yrs				1572	6143	5506	602	1448	272	37	36	624	35	2	470	537	.263	.323	.345	.668	81	1902	120	14	151
162 Game Avg.				162	633	567	62	149	28	4	4	64	4		48	55	.263	.323	.345	.668	81	196	12	1	16

STL (11 yrs)				1502	5926	5313	586	1402	261	37	34	605	35		451	520	.264	.323	.346	.669	82	1839	114	13	147
SLB (2 yrs)				70	217	193	16	46	11	0	2	19	0	2	19	17	.238	.310	.326	.636	75	63	6	1	4

NL (11 yrs)				1502	5926	5313	586	1402	261	37	34	605	35		451	520	.264	.323	.346	.669	82	1839	114	13	147
AL (2 yrs)				70	217	193	16	46	11	0	2	19	0	2	19	17	.238	.310	.326	.636	75	63	6	1	4

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	22	STL	NL	125	468	-14	-0	0	-2	8	-8	-0.9	16	8	0.7	.493	.495	0.9	0.6	10	$	*6
1941	23	STL	NL	155	619	-21	-1	0	17	10	6	0.6	22	28	2.7	.504	.504	0.9	2.9	11	$	*6	MVP-24
1942	24	STL	NL	147	555	1	-0	0	15	9	25	2.8	17	42	4.5	.520	.518	2.8	2.8	27	$	*6	MVP-7
1943	25	STL	NL	129	463	-6	0	0	22	8	24	2.8	14	38	4.2	.522	.518	1.7	3.4	16	$	*6	AS,MVP-13
1944	26	STL	NL	144	565	-6	0	0	24	9	27	2.9	17	44	4.6	.521	.518	2.0	3.6	20	$	*6	AS,MVP-1
1945	27	STL	NL	123	477	-3	-0	0	9	8	14	1.4	14	28	2.9	.512	.509	1.9	1.8	19	$15,000	*6	MVP-8
1946	28	STL	NL	146	575	-13	0	0	18	10	15	1.7	20	35	3.7	.512	.511	1.6	3.2	17	$	*6	AS,MVP-28
1947	29	STL	NL	149	599	-16	-0	0	9	10	3	0.3	21	24	2.4	.502	.502	1.5	2.0	15	$	*6	AS
1948	30	STL	NL	144	613	-27	0	-0	5	10	-12	-1.3	22	9	0.8	.491	.492	0.3	1.5	4	$	*6	AS
1949	31	STL	NL	134	571	-13	1	-0	9	9	6	0.5	20	26	2.5	.505	.504	1.6	1.9	17	$	*6	AS,MVP-25
1950	32	STL	NL	106	421	-17	-2	-1	6	7	-7	-0.8	14	7	0.6	.493	.496	0.1	1.2	1	$	6	AS

1952	34	SLB	AL	67	210	-4	-0	-0	-2	3	-4	-0.4	6	2	0.2	.494	.498	0.4	0.2	4	$	6
1953	35	SLB	AL	3	7	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.434	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$	/5
13 Seasons				1572	6143	-140	-1	-1	130	100	88	9.5	203	290	29.6	.506	.505	15.5	25.0	160	$15,000

STL (11 yrs)				1502	5926	-134	-1	-1	132	97	93	10.0	197	290	29.6	.507	.506	15.3	24.8	158	$15,000
SLB (2 yrs)				70	217	-6	-0	-0	-2	3	-5	-0.6	6	1	0.0	.492	.498	0.2	0.2	3	$

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	22	STL	NL	468	338	47	3.8	102	.296	.278	.278	.311	.343	.345	.399	.656	.742	77	.430	-14.6	-1.5	.552	.136	.067	4.5
1941	23	STL	NL	619	447	53	3.2	100	.272	.252	.274	.308	.345	.320	.386	.628	.731	72	.381	-21.6	-2.3	.542	.159	.068	4.4
1942	24	STL	NL	555	380	62	4.4	93	.308	.276	.265	.343	.338	.375	.368	.718	.706	103	.566	3.0	0.3	.664	.214	.099	.0
1943	25	STL	NL	463	316	47	4.0	94	.305	.280	.272	.334	.341	.337	.368	.671	.710	89	.507	-6.0	-0.6	.577	.136	.057	1.0
1944	26	STL	NL	565	396	59	4.0	97	.287	.267	.272	.324	.339	.362	.381	.686	.720	90	.478	-6.7	-0.7	.597	.182	.095	1.7
1945	27	STL	NL	477	322	54	4.5	99	.303	.277	.277	.340	.347	.370	.382	.709	.729	95	.522	-2.9	-0.3	.639	.188	.093	1.3
1946	28	STL	NL	575	406	51	3.4	96	.256	.233	.267	.318	.343	.325	.374	.643	.717	80	.416	-12.8	-1.4	.575	.213	.092	1.5
1947	29	STL	NL	599	418	63	4.0	109	.299	.272	.279	.334	.355	.352	.413	.686	.768	79	.434	-17.0	-1.7	.594	.176	.080	3.4
1948	30	STL	NL	613	446	56	3.3	107	.273	.252	.276	.298	.351	.333	.408	.631	.760	66	.370	-28.5	-2.9	.519	.148	.081	1.6
1949	31	STL	NL	571	409	61	4.0	107	.288	.272	.275	.323	.349	.369	.412	.692	.761	82	.437	-13.5	-1.3	.584	.169	.097	.0
1950	32	STL	NL	421	294	39	3.5	111	.281	.247	.274	.327	.352	.317	.425	.644	.777	67	.370	-17.7	-1.7	.562	.191	.070	1.6

1952	34	SLB	AL	210	152	19	3.4	98	.263	.247	.262	.320	.343	.339	.383	.659	.726	82	.407	-4.3	-0.4	.547	.183	.091	.0
1953	35	SLB	AL	7	7	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.272	.000	.349	.000	.400	.000	.749	-100	.000	-2.0	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
13 Yrs				6143	4331	611	3.8	101	.286	.263	.273	.323	.346	.345	.392	.668	.738	81	.443	-144.6	-14.7	.579	.174	.082	35.5
162 Game Avg.				633	446	63	3.8	101	.286	.263	.273	.323	.346	.345	.392	.668	.738	81	.443	-144.6	-14.7	.579	.174	.082	4

STL (11 yrs)				5926	4172	592	3.8	101	.287	.264	.273	.323	.346	.346	.393	.669	.739	82	.445	-138.3	-14.0	.581	.174	.082	34.5
SLB (2 yrs)				217	159	19	3.2	98	.253	.238	.263	.310	.343	.326	.384	.636	.727	75	.386	-6.3	-0.7	.523	.176	.088	.0

NL (11 yrs)				5926	4172	592	3.8	101	.287	.264	.273	.323	.346	.346	.393	.669	.739	82	.445	-138.3	-14.0	.581	.174	.082	34.5
AL (2 yrs)				217	159	19	3.2	98	.253	.238	.263	.310	.343	.326	.384	.636	.727	75	.386	-6.3	-0.7	.523	.176	.088	.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
1942	24	STL	NL	WS	NYY	W	5	19	18	2	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	2	.111	.158	.222	.380	4	0	0	0	0	0
1943	25	STL	NL	WS	NYY	L	5	18	14	1	5	2	0	1	2	1	0	3	1	.357	.471	.714	1.185	10	1	0	1	0	2
1944	26	STL	NL	WS	SLB	W	6	25	22	1	5	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	.227	.292	.364	.655	8	0	0	1	0	2

1946	28	STL	NL	WS	BOS	W	7	28	24	1	6	2	0	0	4	0	0	1	1	.250	.280	.333	.613	8	1	0	3	0	1
4 Yrs (4 Series)							23	90	78	5	18	7	1	1	11	1	0	7	7	.231	.294	.385	.679	30	2	0	5	0	5
4 WS							23	90	78	5	18	7	1	1	11	1	0	7	7	.231	.294	.385	.679	30	2	0	5	0	5

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
1943	STL	NL	25	as SS	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1944	STL	NL	26	as SS	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
1945	STL	NL	27		DNP
1946	STL	NL	28	as SS	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1947	STL	NL	29	as SS	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
1948	STL	NL	30		DNP
1949	STL	NL	31		DNP
1950	STL	NL	32	as SS	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
8 Yrs (5 GP)					13	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.083	.083	.083	.167	1	0	0	1	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1940	22	STL	NL	468	0.6%	7.3%	4.5%	4.7%	18%	1.62	12.8	145.0	9.5		85%
1941	23	STL	NL	619	0.5%	7.8%	6.8%	4.5%	20%	1.14	11.4	182.3	9.4		80%
1942	24	STL	NL	555	0.0%	9.0%	8.7%	7.8%	32%	1.04	9.7		9.0		78%
1943	25	STL	NL	463	0.2%	8.0%	6.9%	4.1%	16%	1.16	11.3	418.0	8.0		82%
1944	26	STL	NL	565	1.1%	8.9%	7.6%	6.0%	25%	1.16	10.1	84.3	8.0		80%
1945	27	STL	NL	477	0.2%	8.2%	8.2%	6.9%	28%	1.00	11.0	430.0	7.3		82%
1946	28	STL	NL	575	0.5%	9.2%	10.3%	6.3%	31%	0.90	9.4	166.0	10.8		77%
1947	29	STL	NL	599	0.7%	9.7%	8.2%	4.8%	20%	1.18	9.3	135.0	7.3		80%
1948	30	STL	NL	613	0.7%	8.8%	6.0%	5.6%	24%	1.46	10.5	141.8	13.2	0.78	83%
1949	31	STL	NL	571	0.9%	7.4%	6.5%	6.7%	27%	1.14	12.3	103.0	7.4	0.83	82%
1950	32	STL	NL	421	1.0%	13.1%	10.5%	3.8%	17%	1.25	6.8	93.0	9.3	1.36	74%

1952	34	SLB	AL	210	1.0%	8.1%	9.1%	6.2%	28%	0.89	10.9	93.0	9.8	1.00	80%
1953	35	SLB	AL	7	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						0.75	100%
13 Yrs				6143	0.6%	8.7%	7.7%	5.6%	24%	1.14	10.3	152.9	8.8	0.96	80%
MLB Averages					1.6%	9.5%	9.3%	6.2%	27%	1.02	9.3	57.4	8.4	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1940	22	STL	NL	-15.1	-1.5	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1941	23	STL	NL	-21.6	-2.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1942	24	STL	NL	3.0	0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1943	25	STL	NL	-6.0	-0.6	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1944	26	STL	NL	-6.7	-0.7	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1945	27	STL	NL	-2.9	-0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1946	28	STL	NL	-12.8	-1.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	29	STL	NL	-17.0	-1.7	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	30	STL	NL	-28.5	-2.9	224	-1.1	2.8	-3.9	.94	-0.6	-0.5	-15.6	-1.5	0.96	-10.7	4.16	2
1949	31	STL	NL	-13.5	-1.3	360	1.0	7.3	-6.3	1.10	0.2	0.6	8.2	0.8	0.99	2.1		0
1950	32	STL	NL	-17.7	-1.7	303	0.6	5.9	-5.3	1.05	-0.3	0.8	-0.8	-0.1	1.00	-3.6	2.64	4

1952	34	SLB	AL	-4.6	-0.5	179	0.0	3.2	-3.1	1.05	-0.5	0.5	-5.7	-0.6	0.93	-5.9	2.81	4
1953	35	SLB	AL	-2.0	-0.2	7	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	1.62	-0.2	-0.0	-2.1	-0.2	1.05	-1.9	0.69	1
13 Yrs				-145.3	-14.8	1073	0.2	19.1	-18.9	1.04	-1.3	1.5	-16.0	-1.6	0.98	-20.1	2.80	11

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	30	STL	NL	4	0	38%	87	1			0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	43%	14	10	4	6	4	2	8	1	6
1949	31	STL	NL	5	0	32%	160	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	41%	23	17	6	4	2	2	10	3	7
1950	32	STL	NL	3	0	24%	155	1			1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	4	14%	22	21	1	7	6	1	6	3	3

1952	34	SLB	AL	2	0	22%	68	0	2	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	39%	7	6	1	0	0	0	6	2	4
1953	35	SLB	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
13 Yrs				14	0	30%	470	35	2	1750%	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	11	9	33%	66	54	12	17	12	5	30	9	20

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	30	STL	NL	613	39%	143			2	0	0	0	4.16	4	0	9	2	0	0	4	0	5	9	180%	41	13	32%	26	9	35%	137	15	11%	14	9	64%	3	1	33%	0
1949	31	STL	NL	571	49%	140			0	0	0	0		5	0	10	3	2	1	4	0	11	17	155%	82	17	21%	45	24	53%	246	49	20%	19	14	74%	20	11	55%	0
1950	32	STL	NL	421	39%	92			4	0	0	0	2.64	4	1	13	1	3	3	1	0	3	4	133%	58	10	17%	25	7	28%	221	33	15%	16	4	25%	8	3	38%	0

1952	34	SLB	AL	210	30%	46			4	2	0	1	2.81	2	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	5	4	80%	32	6	19%	18	5	28%	110	15	14%	9	4	44%	8	4	50%	0
1953	35	SLB	AL	7	57%	0			1	0	0	0	0.69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	5	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
13 Yrs				1822	41%	1448			11	2	0	1	2.80	36	1	34	7	5	4	11	0	25	151	604%	215	120	56%	116	46	40%	719	112	16%	58	31	53%	40	19	48%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			254%			28%			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	22	125	468	435	44	121	18	1	3	46	9		21	34	.278	.311	.345	.656	77	150	12	0	12
1941	23	280	1087	982	94	259	40	4	6	104	17		63	82	.264	.309	.331	.640	74	325	22	2	40
1942	24	427	1642	1467	160	393	78	9	6	158	25		111	132	.268	.321	.346	.666	84	507	31	3	60
1943	25	556	2105	1885	198	510	93	12	7	210	26		143	169	.271	.324	.344	.667	85	648	35	5	71
1944	26	700	2670	2391	248	645	119	14	13	273	27		186	219	.270	.324	.348	.671	86	831	44	5	87
1945	27	823	3147	2821	311	764	146	19	14	332	29		225	258	.271	.326	.351	.677	87	990	49	7	93
1946	28	969	3722	3319	362	880	175	23	17	378	30		284	311	.265	.325	.347	.672	86	1152	58	10	108
1947	29	1118	4321	3859	419	1027	194	29	21	452	33		333	369	.266	.326	.348	.674	85	1342	74	11	117
1948	30	1262	4934	4426	489	1170	220	33	25	495	34		370	423	.264	.323	.346	.669	83	1531	87	11	126
1949	31	1396	5505	4941	550	1310	251	35	30	565	34		407	465	.265	.323	.348	.671	83	1721	104	13	143
1950	32	1502	5926	5313	586	1402	261	37	34	605	35		451	520	.264	.323	.346	.669	82	1839	114	13	147
1951	33	1502	5926	5313	586	1402	261	37	34	605	35		451	520	.264	.323	.346	.669	82	1839	114	13	147
1952	34	1569	6136	5499	602	1448	272	37	36	624	35	2	470	537	.263	.323	.346	.669	82	1902	120	14	151
1953	35	1572	6143	5506	602	1448	272	37	36	624	35	2	470	537	.263	.323	.345	.668	81	1902	120	14	151

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	22	131	490	455	45	125	19	1	3	47	9	22	36	.275	.308	.341	.649	47	125
1941	23	161	640	566	50	141	22	3	3	59	8	43	50	.249	.304	.314	.619	54	155
1942	24	156	592	518	73	146	41	5	0	60	9	52	53	.282	.349	.380	.729	69	147
1943	25	135	488	441	42	126	16	3	1	57	1	34	39	.286	.340	.342	.682	51	129
1944	26	150	588	526	53	141	27	2	6	66	1	45	52	.268	.326	.361	.687	62	144
1945	27	129	495	447	64	122	28	5	1	60	2	40	41	.273	.335	.365	.700	54	123
1946	28	153	610	526	58	127	32	4	3	52	1	65	55	.241	.328	.335	.663	57	146
1947	29	156	617	558	56	147	19	6	4	72	3	49	61	.263	.324	.341	.665	62	149
1948	30	151	633	587	69	144	26	4	4	42	1	37	56	.245	.290	.324	.614	55	144
1949	31	139	586	529	59	140	31	2	5	68	0	37	44	.265	.315	.359	.674	59	134
1950	32	111	432	384	34	91	10	2	4	38	1	44	57	.237	.315	.305	.620	37	106

1952	34	70	222	196	18	50	12	0	2	21	0	21	18	.255	.330	.347	.677	22	67
1953	35	3	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
13 Yrs		1645	6400	5740	621	1500	283	37	36	642	36	489	562	.261	.321	.342	.663	629	1572
162 Game Avg.		162	630	565	61	148	28	4	4	63	4	48	55	.261	.321	.342	.663	62	1572

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1956 BBWAA ( 0.5%) 1960 BBWAA (13.8%) 1962 BBWAA (10.0%) 1964 BBWAA (24.9%) 1964 Run Off ( 8.5%) 1966 BBWAA (28.5%) 1967 BBWAA (30.8%) 1967 Run Off ( 7.2%) 1968 BBWAA (31.4%) 1969 BBWAA (32.9%) 1970 BBWAA (40.0%) 1971 BBWAA (34.2%) 1972 BBWAA (30.3%) 1973 BBWAA (33.4%)	All-Star Games 1943 (SS) 1944 (SS) 1945--not played 1946 (SS) 1947 (SS) 1948 1949 1950 (SS)	Awards (yr lg award) 1944 ML Major League Player of the Year 1944 NL MVP	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1941 NL (24, 2%) 1942 NL (7, 24%) 1943 NL (13, 6%) 1944 NL (1, 56%) 1945 NL (8, 21%) 1946 NL (28, 1%) 1949 NL (25, 1%) 1 MVP 1.12 Career Shares (214th)
WAR Position Players† s c a p y 1943 NL 4.2 (9th) 1944 NL 4.6 (10th)	Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1941 NL 2.9 (1st) 1942 NL 2.8 (2nd) 1943 NL 3.4 (2nd) 1944 NL 3.6 (1st) 1945 NL 1.8 (2nd) 1946 NL 3.2 (1st) 1947 NL 2.0 (2nd) 1948 NL 1.5 (3rd) 1949 NL 1.9 (2nd) 1950 NL 1.2 (6th) Career 25.0 (16th)	Games Played s c a p y 1941 NL 155 (1st) 1942 NL 147 (10th) 1946 NL 146 (7th)	At Bats s c a p y 1948 NL 567 (7th)
Doubles s c a p y 1942 NL 38 (1st) 1946 NL 29 (8th) 1949 NL 31 (10th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1946 NL 3 (10th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1940 NL 12 (9th) 1941 NL 28 (1st) 1942 NL 20 (3rd) 1944 NL 16 (5th) 1946 NL 15 (5th) 1948 NL 9 (8th) 1949 NL 17 (1st) Career 151 (170th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1947 NL 16 (6th) 1949 NL 17 (6th)
Outs Made s c a p y 1941 NL 447 (6th) 1946 NL 406 (9th) 1947 NL 418 (10th) 1948 NL 446 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Batting - 3 (529), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 10 (1407), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 57 (342), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 17 (918), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters

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Most Similar by Ages

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Luis Aparicio (979) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Luis Aparicio (966) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Terry Turner (956) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rafael Ramirez (962) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rick Burleson (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rick Burleson (950) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rick Burleson (936) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Leo Cardenas (936) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ozzie Guillen (933) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dave Concepcion (934) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Billy Jurges (950) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Billy Jurges (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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