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Roger Maris

Roger Eugene Maris
born Roger Eugene Maras

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 197 lb.

Born: September 10, 1934 in Hibbing, MN
High School: Bishop Shanley HS (Fargo, ND)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1957
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Cardinals/Athletics/Indians 1957-1968

Final Game: September 29, 1968
Died: December 14, 1985 in Houston, TX
Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery, Fargo, ND
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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
1957 22 CLE AL 116 424 358 61 84 9 5 14 51 8 4 60 79 .235 .344 .405 .749 105 145 6 1 3 2 5 *87/9
1958 23 TOT AL 150 637 583 87 140 19 4 28 80 4 2 45 85 .240 .294 .431 .725 97 251 2 2 2 5 3 *98
1958 23 CLE AL 51 202 182 26 41 5 1 9 27 4 2 17 33 .225 .287 .412 .699 91 75 0 0 0 3 2 89
1958 23 KCA AL 99 435 401 61 99 14 3 19 53 0 0 28 52 .247 .298 .439 .737 99 176 2 2 2 2 1 98
1959 24 KCA AL 122 499 433 69 118 21 7 16 72 2 1 58 53 .273 .359 .464 .824 123 201 4 3 0 4 5 *9/8 AS
1960 25 NYY AL 136 578 499 98 141 18 7 39 112 2 2 70 65 .283 .371 .581 .952 160 290 6 3 1 5 4 *9/8 AS,MVP-1,GG
1961 26 NYY AL 161 698 590 132 159 16 4 61 141 0 0 94 67 .269 .372 .620 .993 167 366 16 7 0 7 0 *98 AS,MVP-1
1962 27 NYY AL 157 687 590 92 151 34 1 33 100 1 0 87 78 .256 .356 .485 .840 126 286 7 6 1 3 11 *98 AS
1963 28 NYY AL 90 351 312 53 84 14 1 23 53 1 0 35 40 .269 .346 .542 .887 146 169 2 2 1 1 3 9/8
1964 29 NYY AL 141 584 513 86 144 12 2 26 71 3 0 62 78 .281 .364 .464 .828 127 238 7 6 1 2 1 *98 MVP-25
1965 30 NYY AL 46 186 155 22 37 7 0 8 27 0 0 29 29 .239 .357 .439 .795 126 68 4 0 1 1 1 9
1966 31 NYY AL 119 391 348 37 81 9 2 13 43 0 0 36 60 .233 .307 .382 .689 102 133 8 3 0 4 3 9/8
1967 32 STL NL 125 472 410 64 107 18 7 9 55 0 0 52 61 .261 .346 .405 .751 116 166 10 4 1 5 3 *9/8
1968 33 STL NL 100 340 310 25 79 18 2 5 45 0 0 24 38 .255 .307 .374 .681 105 116 3 1 1 4 3 9
12 Yrs 1463 5847 5101 826 1325 195 42 275 850 21 9 652 733 .260 .345 .476 .822 127 2429 75 38 12 43 42
162 Game Avg. 162 647 565 91 147 22 5 30 94 2 1 72 81 .260 .345 .476 .822 127 269 8 4 1 5 5
NYY (7 yrs) 850 3475 3007 520 797 110 17 203 547 7 2 413 417 .265 .356 .515 .872 139 1550 50 27 5 23 23
STL (2 yrs) 225 812 720 89 186 36 9 14 100 0 0 76 99 .258 .330 .392 .721 111 282 13 5 2 9 6
KCA (2 yrs) 221 934 834 130 217 35 10 35 125 2 1 86 105 .260 .331 .452 .783 112 377 6 5 2 6 6
CLE (2 yrs) 167 626 540 87 125 14 6 23 78 12 6 77 112 .231 .326 .407 .733 100 220 6 1 3 5 7
AL (10 yrs) 1238 5035 4381 737 1139 159 33 261 750 21 9 576 634 .260 .348 .490 .838 129 2147 62 33 10 34 36
NL (2 yrs) 225 812 720 89 186 36 9 14 100 0 0 76 99 .258 .330 .392 .721 111 282 13 5 2 9 6

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
1957 22 CLE AL 116 424 1 1 1 -0 -2 1 0.0 12 12 1.2 .501 .500 1.2 -0.3 12 $ *87/9
1958 23 CLE AL 51 202 -3 0 0 2 -1 -1 -0.2 6 4 0.4 .497 .499 0.1 0.1 2 $ 89
1958 23 KCA AL 99 435 -3 2 2 1 -4 -3 -0.4 12 9 0.8 .497 .498 0.7 -0.4 8 $ 98
1959 24 KCA AL 122 499 15 3 1 4 -5 18 1.7 14 32 3.1 .516 .512 2.7 -0.2 28 $ *9/8 AS
1960 25 NYY AL 136 578 41 1 2 19 -6 57 5.7 16 72 7.3 .544 .537 5.4 1.3 53 $18,000 *9/8 AS,MVP-1,GG
1961 26 NYY AL 161 698 54 3 -1 1 -7 50 4.8 19 69 6.7 .531 .531 6.8 -0.7 68 $32,000 *98 AS,MVP-1
1962 27 NYY AL 157 687 19 4 1 -1 -5 18 1.6 19 36 3.4 .512 .511 3.8 -0.8 38 $70,000 *98 AS
1963 28 NYY AL 90 351 18 1 1 6 -4 23 2.5 10 33 3.4 .528 .516 2.8 0.2 27 $72,000 9/8
1964 29 NYY AL 141 584 17 2 1 6 -6 21 2.1 16 37 3.6 .516 .514 3.2 -0.1 31 $67,500 *98 MVP-25
1965 30 NYY AL 46 186 5 -1 0 -1 -2 2 0.2 5 7 0.7 .504 .501 0.8 -0.3 8 $72,000 9
1966 31 NYY AL 119 391 3 0 0 -8 -4 -8 -1.1 11 3 0.0 .492 .494 1.1 -1.5 11 $75,000 9/8
1967 32 STL NL 125 472 8 1 1 9 -5 14 1.9 16 31 3.4 .514 .510 2.2 0.6 21 $75,000 *9/8
1968 33 STL NL 100 340 5 0 0 5 -4 7 1.1 12 19 2.2 .509 .506 1.4 0.4 14 $75,000 9
12 Seasons 1463 5847 180 18 9 45 -55 198 19.7 166 364 36.2 .514 .510 32.2 -1.7 320 $556,500
NYY (7 yrs) 850 3475 157 11 4 23 -33 162 15.7 96 258 25.1 .520 .515 23.9 -1.9 235 $406,500
STL (2 yrs) 225 812 13 2 1 15 -8 22 2.9 28 50 5.6 .512 .508 3.6 1.0 35 $150,000
KCA (2 yrs) 221 934 12 4 3 5 -10 15 1.3 26 41 3.9 .507 .505 3.4 -0.6 36 $
CLE (2 yrs) 167 626 -2 2 1 2 -4 -1 -0.2 17 16 1.6 .500 .500 1.3 -0.2 14 $

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
1957 22 CLE AL 424 289 53 5.0 99 .262 .235 .263 .344 .335 .405 .397 .749 .733 105 .556 2.6 0.3 .739 .349 .170 10.2
1958 23 TOT AL 637 454 77 4.5 99 .236 .240 .263 .294 .332 .431 .399 .725 .731 97 .525 -5.5 -0.6 .671 .271 .190 7.0
1958 23 CLE AL 202 146 23 4.2 97 .224 .225 .260 .287 .329 .412 .396 .699 .725 91 .491 -2.8 -0.3 .657 .291 .187 5.5
1958 23 KCA AL 435 308 54 4.7 100 .241 .247 .264 .298 .333 .439 .401 .737 .734 99 .540 -2.8 -0.3 .678 .262 .192 .0
1959 24 KCA AL 499 324 76 6.3 100 .277 .273 .263 .359 .334 .464 .401 .824 .736 123 .659 14.3 1.4 .822 .328 .192 3.6
1960 25 NYY AL 578 372 111 8.0 97 .255 .283 .257 .371 .330 .581 .394 .952 .724 160 .744 40.0 3.9 .992 .439 .299 3.8
1961 26 NYY AL 698 454 138 8.1 100 .209 .269 .258 .372 .332 .620 .401 .993 .734 167 .735 54.1 5.2 1.045 .510 .351 .0
1962 27 NYY AL 687 450 107 6.4 101 .245 .256 .261 .356 .333 .485 .406 .840 .739 126 .650 23.1 2.3 .852 .378 .229 1.9
1963 28 NYY AL 351 232 61 7.1 94 .244 .269 .254 .346 .320 .542 .393 .887 .713 146 .723 18.5 1.9 .900 .388 .272 1.9
1964 29 NYY AL 584 379 91 6.5 98 .287 .281 .258 .364 .327 .464 .401 .828 .727 127 .684 19.1 2.0 .822 .310 .183 5.4
1965 30 NYY AL 186 124 25 5.4 91 .244 .239 .250 .357 .319 .439 .383 .795 .702 126 .633 6.3 0.7 .795 .387 .200 .0
1966 31 NYY AL 391 279 41 4.0 86 .244 .233 .242 .307 .308 .382 .374 .689 .682 102 .506 0.9 0.1 .625 .253 .149 .0
1967 32 STL NL 472 319 59 5.0 90 .284 .261 .257 .346 .319 .405 .377 .751 .696 116 .603 9.7 1.0 .709 .271 .144 .0
1968 33 STL NL 340 239 37 4.2 81 .273 .255 .251 .307 .309 .374 .354 .681 .663 105 .572 2.2 0.2 .603 .197 .119 .0
12 Yrs 5847 3915 876 6.0 96 .254 .260 .257 .345 .327 .476 .393 .822 .720 127 .650 185.3 18.4 .811 .347 .216 39.0
162 Game Avg. 647 434 97 6.0 96 .254 .260 .257 .345 .327 .476 .393 .822 .720 127 .650 21 2 .811 .347 .216 4
NYY (7 yrs) 3475 2290 574 6.7 96 .246 .265 .256 .356 .326 .515 .396 .872 .722 139 .688 161.9 16.0 .882 .389 .250 13.5
STL (2 yrs) 812 558 96 4.7 86 .279 .258 .254 .330 .315 .392 .367 .721 .682 111 .591 11.9 1.3 .664 .239 .133 .0
KCA (2 yrs) 934 632 130 5.5 100 .260 .260 .263 .331 .334 .452 .401 .783 .735 112 .607 11.5 1.2 .752 .296 .192 3.8
CLE (2 yrs) 626 435 76 4.7 99 .249 .231 .262 .326 .333 .407 .397 .733 .730 100 .535 -0.1 -0.0 .712 .330 .176 15.8
AL (10 yrs) 5035 3357 780 6.2 97 .249 .260 .258 .348 .329 .490 .397 .838 .726 129 .658 173.3 17.2 .835 .364 .230 38.9
NL (2 yrs) 812 558 96 4.7 86 .279 .258 .254 .330 .315 .392 .367 .721 .682 111 .591 11.9 1.3 .664 .239 .133 .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
1960 25 NYY AL WS PIT L 7 32 30 6 8 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 4 .267 .313 .500 .813 15 0 0 0 0 0
1961 26 NYY AL WS CIN W 5 23 19 4 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 6 .105 .261 .316 .577 6 0 0 0 0 1
1962 27 NYY AL WS SFG W 7 28 23 4 4 1 0 1 5 0 0 5 2 .174 .321 .348 .669 8 0 0 0 0 0
1963 28 NYY AL WS LAD L 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 29 NYY AL WS STL L 7 31 30 4 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 .200 .226 .300 .526 9 1 0 0 0 0
1967 32 STL NL WS BOS W 7 30 26 3 10 1 0 1 7 0 0 3 1 .385 .433 .538 .972 14 1 0 0 1 0
1968 33 STL NL WS DET L 6 22 19 5 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 .158 .273 .211 .483 4 1 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs (7 Series) 41 171 152 26 33 5 0 6 18 0 0 18 21 .217 .298 .368 .667 56 3 0 0 1 1
7 WS 41 171 152 26 33 5 0 6 18 0 0 18 21 .217 .298 .368 .667 56 3 0 0 1 1

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
1959 KCA AL 24 as RF 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 NYY AL 25 as RF 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 NYY AL 25 as RF 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 NYY AL 26 as RF 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .250 .400 .250 .650 1 0 0 0 0 0
1961 NYY AL 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 NYY AL 27 as CF 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0
1962 NYY AL 27 as CF 5 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .250 .400 .500 .900 2 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs (7 GP) 23 19 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 5 .105 .217 .158 .375 3 0 0 0 1 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
1957 22 CLE AL 424 3.3% 18.6% 14.2% 6.6% 33% 1.32 4.5 25.6 7.0 0.91 63%
1958 23 TOT AL 637 4.4% 13.3% 7.1% 8.0% 36% 1.89 6.9 20.8 7.3 0.46 75%
1958 23 CLE AL 202 4.5% 16.3% 8.4% 7.4% 37% 1.94 5.5 20.2 6.7 0.40 71%
1958 23 KCA AL 435 4.4% 12.0% 6.4% 8.3% 36% 1.86 7.7 21.1 7.6 0.49 76%
1959 24 KCA AL 499 3.2% 10.6% 11.6% 8.8% 37% 0.91 8.2 27.1 6.0 0.66 74%
1960 25 NYY AL 578 6.8% 11.3% 12.1% 11.1% 45% 0.93 7.7 12.8 4.5 0.62 69%
1961 26 NYY AL 698 8.7% 9.6% 13.5% 11.6% 51% 0.71 8.8 9.7 4.2 0.71 67%
1962 27 NYY AL 687 4.8% 11.4% 12.7% 9.9% 45% 0.90 7.6 17.9 5.9 0.61 70%
1963 28 NYY AL 351 6.6% 11.4% 10.0% 10.8% 45% 1.14 7.8 13.6 5.9 0.78 71%
1964 29 NYY AL 584 4.5% 13.4% 10.6% 6.9% 28% 1.26 6.6 19.7 7.2 0.69 70%
1965 30 NYY AL 186 4.3% 15.6% 15.6% 8.1% 41% 1.00 5.3 19.4 5.7 0.96 64%
1966 31 NYY AL 391 3.3% 15.4% 9.2% 6.1% 30% 1.67 5.8 26.8 8.1 0.93 71%
1967 32 STL NL 472 1.9% 12.9% 11.0% 7.2% 32% 1.17 6.7 45.6 7.5 0.87 73%
1968 33 STL NL 340 1.5% 11.2% 7.1% 7.4% 32% 1.58 8.2 62.0 6.9 0.72 80%
12 Yrs 5847 4.7% 12.5% 11.2% 8.8% 39% 1.12 7.0 18.5 6.0 0.70 71%
MLB Averages 2.2% 14.6% 8.3% 6.3% 28% 1.77 6.1 40.4 8.9 1.07 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1957 22 CLE AL 2.6 0.3 433 0.3 8.1 -7.7 1.09 0.9 -0.5 6.0 0.6 1.02 10.5 1.71 5
1958 23 TOT AL -5.5 -0.6 635 -0.5 10.5 -11.0 .97 0.0 -0.6 8.0 0.8 0.90 4.2 1.59 6
1958 23 CLE AL -2.8 -0.3 208 0.1 3.1 -3.0 .87 -0.2 0.3 1.0 0.1 0.91 -1.4 1.61 5
1958 23 KCA AL -2.8 -0.3 427 -0.6 7.4 -8.0 1.02 0.2 -0.8 7.0 0.7 0.90 5.6 1.44 1
1959 24 KCA AL 14.3 1.4 513 2.7 10.8 -8.0 1.03 2.7 -0.0 28.0 2.8 0.97 29.9 2.92 5
1960 25 NYY AL 40.7 4.0 586 5.8 14.6 -8.8 .98 5.1 0.8 54.6 5.5 0.97 56.7 1.80 4
1961 26 NYY AL 54.1 5.2 704 7.0 17.4 -10.4 .96 7.6 -0.4 71.3 7.0 0.89 81.1 0.19 1
1962 27 NYY AL 24.0 2.4 696 1.7 13.5 -11.8 1.04 1.9 -0.3 26.9 2.7 0.94 24.4 2.41 3
1963 28 NYY AL 18.1 1.8 356 2.4 7.5 -5.1 .96 2.4 0.1 26.2 2.7 0.95 27.1 1.22 5
1964 29 NYY AL 19.7 2.0 595 2.1 11.3 -9.2 1.00 2.3 -0.3 21.4 2.2 0.92 26.5 1.51 6
1965 30 NYY AL 6.3 0.7 187 0.4 3.5 -3.1 1.02 1.1 -0.7 8.7 0.9 0.96 13.1 2.34 4
1966 31 NYY AL 0.9 0.1 393 0.6 8.1 -7.5 1.18 0.5 0.0 2.2 0.2 0.95 7.7 2.13 20
1967 32 STL NL 9.7 1.0 477 1.3 9.0 -7.7 1.04 1.3 -0.1 6.3 0.7 0.95 12.3 1.43 19
1968 33 STL NL 2.2 0.2 342 2.1 7.6 -5.5 1.08 0.6 1.4 8.5 1.0 0.99 5.4 1.70 21
12 Yrs 187.1 18.6 5917 25.9 121.8 -95.9 1.02 26.5 -1.1 268.2 26.9 0.95 299.0 1.79 99

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
1957 22 CLE AL 3 0 36% 152 8 4 67% 8 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 10 56% 27 17 10 5 1 4 18 4 14
1958 23 TOT AL 5 0 37% 209 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 11 60% 27 12 15 5 2 2 15 4 11
1958 23 CLE AL 2 0 35% 60 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 67% 5 3 2 3 1 2 7 1 6
1958 23 KCA AL 3 0 38% 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 10 56% 22 9 13 2 1 0 8 3 5
1959 24 KCA AL 9 0 33% 204 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 17 55% 27 14 12 3 3 0 19 4 15
1960 25 NYY AL 8 0 34% 199 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 16 50% 31 15 16 6 4 2 13 6 7
1961 26 NYY AL 9 0 36% 253 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 17 55% 32 15 17 8 7 1 20 5 15
1962 27 NYY AL 6 0 28% 235 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 18 76% 33 8 24 5 3 2 15 1 14
1963 28 NYY AL 4 0 31% 111 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 55% 26 11 14 2 2 0 10 3 7
1964 29 NYY AL 2 0 32% 247 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 15 55% 31 15 15 9 4 5 11 2 8
1965 30 NYY AL 1 0 24% 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 24% 11 8 2 4 3 1 2 1 1
1966 31 NYY AL 8 0 22% 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 49% 23 12 10 4 2 2 10 4 6
1967 32 STL NL 4 0 36% 190 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 13 56% 29 12 15 11 6 4 12 1 10
1968 33 STL NL 9 0 20% 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 61% 18 8 10 4 1 3 9 2 6
12 Yrs 68 0 32% 2115 21 9 70% 20 9 1 0 0 0 9 0 53 134 56% 315 147 160 66 38 26 154 37 114

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
1957 22 CLE AL 424 77% 84 5 2 0 2 1.71 14 1 18 11 2 8 6 0 3 3 100% 103 6 6% 44 11 25% 304 37 12% 28 9 32% 24 14 58% 0
1958 23 TOT AL 637 78% 140 6 0 0 0 1.59 28 2 10 20 6 10 18 1 2 2 100% 107 2 2% 47 9 19% 311 51 16% 27 14 52% 10 4 40% 0
1958 23 CLE AL 202 72% 41 5 0 0 0 1.61 9 0 3 5 4 0 9 0 0 0 26 0 0% 15 4 27% 105 19 18% 11 6 55% 3 1 33% 0
1958 23 KCA AL 435 81% 99 1 0 0 0 1.44 19 2 7 15 2 10 9 1 2 2 100% 81 2 2% 32 5 16% 206 32 16% 16 8 50% 7 3 43% 0
1959 24 KCA AL 499 75% 118 5 2 0 1 2.92 16 1 14 12 4 6 10 0 0 0 89 4 4% 36 8 22% 329 57 17% 29 19 66% 19 8 42% 0
1960 25 NYY AL 578 73% 141 4 1 0 1 1.80 39 0 10 34 5 13 26 1 2 1 50% 129 6 5% 44 11 25% 393 77 20% 35 18 51% 21 10 48% 0
1961 26 NYY AL 698 69% 159 1 0 0 0 0.19 61 0 2 49 12 30 31 0 1 0 0% 165 16 10% 54 23 43% 407 85 21% 39 25 64% 26 20 77% 0
1962 27 NYY AL 687 70% 151 3 0 0 0 2.41 33 1 12 22 11 19 14 0 4 1 25% 148 7 5% 58 12 21% 453 67 15% 43 17 40% 24 13 54% 0
1963 28 NYY AL 351 65% 84 5 2 0 0 1.22 23 0 5 16 7 11 12 0 1 1 100% 78 2 3% 25 4 16% 224 32 14% 11 4 36% 9 2 22% 0
1964 29 NYY AL 584 70% 144 6 1 1 1 1.51 26 0 3 21 5 10 16 1 2 1 50% 129 7 5% 55 18 33% 348 47 14% 35 15 43% 29 17 59% 0
1965 30 NYY AL 186 62% 37 4 1 0 1 2.34 8 0 2 5 3 4 4 0 2 1 50% 50 4 8% 19 8 42% 125 20 16% 14 10 71% 7 4 57% 0
1966 31 NYY AL 391 75% 81 20 6 2 4 2.13 13 0 12 12 1 7 6 0 0 0 80 8 10% 34 13 38% 239 31 13% 27 15 56% 8 5 63% 0
1967 32 STL NL 472 82% 107 19 2 0 2 1.43 9 0 9 7 2 4 5 0 1 1 100% 96 10 10% 51 23 45% 306 50 16% 37 25 68% 23 10 43% 0
1968 33 STL NL 340 94% 79 21 6 0 5 1.70 5 0 4 5 0 0 5 0 1 1 100% 73 3 4% 33 9 27% 238 43 18% 29 16 55% 14 6 43% 0
12 Yrs 5847 74% 1325 99 23 3 17 1.79 275 5 101 214 58 122 153 3 19 12 63% 1247 75 6% 500 149 30% 3677 597 16% 354 187 53% 214 113 53% 0
MLB Averages 51% 77% 10% 31% 14% 48% 52%

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
1957 22 116 424 358 61 84 9 5 14 51 8 4 60 79 .235 .344 .405 .749 105 145 6 1 3 2 5
1958 23 266 1061 941 148 224 28 9 42 131 12 6 105 164 .238 .314 .421 .735 100 396 8 3 5 7 8
1959 24 388 1560 1374 217 342 49 16 58 203 14 7 163 217 .249 .329 .434 .763 107 597 12 6 5 11 13
1960 25 524 2138 1873 315 483 67 23 97 315 16 9 233 282 .258 .340 .474 .814 121 887 18 9 6 16 17
1961 26 685 2836 2463 447 642 83 27 158 456 16 9 327 349 .261 .348 .509 .857 132 1253 34 16 6 23 17
1962 27 842 3523 3053 539 793 117 28 191 556 17 9 414 427 .260 .350 .504 .854 131 1539 41 22 7 26 28
1963 28 932 3874 3365 592 877 131 29 214 609 18 9 449 467 .261 .349 .508 .857 132 1708 43 24 8 27 31
1964 29 1073 4458 3878 678 1021 143 31 240 680 21 9 511 545 .263 .351 .502 .853 132 1946 50 30 9 29 32
1965 30 1119 4644 4033 700 1058 150 31 248 707 21 9 540 574 .262 .351 .499 .851 132 2014 54 30 10 30 33
1966 31 1238 5035 4381 737 1139 159 33 261 750 21 9 576 634 .260 .348 .490 .838 129 2147 62 33 10 34 36
1967 32 1363 5507 4791 801 1246 177 40 270 805 21 9 628 695 .260 .348 .483 .831 128 2313 72 37 11 39 39
1968 33 1463 5847 5101 826 1325 195 42 275 850 21 9 652 733 .260 .345 .476 .822 127 2429 75 38 12 43 42

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
1957 22 122 450 379 67 91 10 5 15 56 9 65 83 .240 .351 .412 .763 55 116
1958 23 157 672 614 96 151 20 4 30 88 4 49 89 .246 .301 .438 .740 82 150
1959 24 128 519 452 72 123 22 7 17 75 2 60 55 .272 .358 .465 .823 75 122
1960 25 143 616 531 109 154 20 8 43 125 2 76 68 .290 .379 .601 .980 120 136
1961 26 161 703 593 136 162 16 4 62 145 0 96 67 .273 .377 .627 1.004 139 161
1962 27 157 689 591 93 152 34 1 33 101 1 88 78 .257 .358 .486 .843 102 157
1963 28 90 357 316 58 88 15 1 24 58 1 37 40 .278 .357 .560 .917 63 90
1964 29 140 589 516 91 149 12 2 27 75 3 64 78 .289 .372 .477 .849 90 141
1965 30 46 191 158 25 40 8 0 9 31 0 31 29 .253 .374 .475 .848 28 46
1966 31 120 406 359 44 90 10 2 14 51 0 40 60 .251 .328 .407 .734 48 119
1967 32 125 487 420 74 117 20 8 10 64 0 57 61 .279 .366 .436 .802 66 125
1968 33 99 356 322 33 92 21 2 6 59 0 28 38 .286 .341 .419 .760 47 100
12 Yrs 1488 6035 5251 898 1409 208 44 290 928 22 691 746 .268 .355 .490 .845 915 1463
162 Game Avg. 162 657 572 98 153 23 5 32 101 2 75 81 .268 .355 .490 .845 100 1463

* 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

Hall of Fame
1974 BBWAA (21.4%)
1975 BBWAA (19.3%)
1976 BBWAA (22.4%)
1977 BBWAA (21.4%)
1978 BBWAA (21.9%)
1979 BBWAA (29.4%)
1980 BBWAA (28.8%)
1981 BBWAA (23.4%)
1982 BBWAA (16.6%)
1983 BBWAA (18.4%)
1984 BBWAA (26.6%)
1985 BBWAA (32.4%)
1986 BBWAA (41.6%)
1987 BBWAA (42.6%)
1988 BBWAA (43.1%)

All-Star Games
1959-2 (RF)
1960-1 (RF)
1960-2 (RF)
1961-1 (RF)
1961-2 *
1962-1 (CF)
1962-2 (CF)

Awards (yr lg award)
1960 AL MVP
1961 ML Major League Player of the Year
1961 AL MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1960 AL (1, 67%)
1961 AL (1, 72%)
1964 AL (25, 1%)
2 MVPs
1.40 Career Shares (157th)

Gold Gloves
1960 AL (RF)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1960 AL  7.3 (1st)
1961 AL  6.7 (5th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1960 AL  7.3 (1st)
1961 AL  6.7 (5th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1960 AL  5.4 (2nd)
1961 AL  6.8 (3rd)
1962 AL  3.8 (9th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1960 AL  .581 (1st)
1961 AL  .620 (4th)
1962 AL  .485 (9th)
Career  .476 (209th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1960 AL  .952 (2nd)
1961 AL  .993 (5th)
1962 AL  .840 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1958 AL  150 (7th)
1961 AL  161 (5th)

At Bats s c a p y
1958 AL  583 (5th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1958 AL  637 (8th)
1961 AL  698 (7th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1958 AL  87 (7th)
1960 AL  98 (2nd)
1961 AL  132 (1st)

Total Bases s c a p y
1958 AL  251 (10th)
1960 AL  290 (2nd)
1961 AL  366 (1st)
1962 AL  286 (7th)

Doubles s c a p y
1962 AL  34 (5th)

Triples s c a p y
1959 AL  7 (3rd)
1960 AL  7 (3rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1958 AL  28 (7th)
1960 AL  39 (2nd)
1961 AL  61 (1st)
1962 AL  33 (5th)
Career  275 (165th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1960 AL  112 (1st)
1961 AL  141 (1st)
1962 AL  100 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1961 AL  94 (8th)
1962 AL  87 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1957 AL  79 (10th)
1958 AL  85 (6th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1960 AL  161 (2nd)
1961 AL  167 (4th)
1962 AL  127 (10th)
Career  127 (211th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1960 AL  111 (2nd)
1961 AL  138 (4th)
1962 AL  107 (7th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1960 AL  41 (3rd)
1961 AL  54 (4th)
1962 AL  24 (10th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1960 AL  4.0 (3rd)
1961 AL  5.2 (4th)
1962 AL  2.4 (10th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1958 AL  51 (8th)
1960 AL  64 (1st)
1961 AL  81 (1st)
1962 AL  68 (3rd)

Times On Base s c a p y
1961 AL  260 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1959 AL  .659 (9th)
1960 AL  .744 (2nd)
1961 AL  .735 (6th)
1962 AL  .650 (10th)
1964 AL  .684 (9th)
Career  .650 (205th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1961 AL  7 (7th)
1964 AL  6 (9th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1961 AL  7 (10th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1962 AL  11 (3rd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1957 AL  10.2 (9th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1958 AL  20.8 (9th)
1960 AL  12.8 (1st)
1961 AL  9.7 (2nd)
1962 AL  17.9 (7th)
1964 AL  19.7 (9th)
Career  18.5 (85th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1958 AL  454 (6th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1960 AL  54.65 (2nd)
1961 AL  71.28 (4th)
Career  268.16 (145th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1960 AL  5.8 (2nd)
1961 AL  7.0 (4th)
Career  25.9 (125th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1960 AL  5.1 (2nd)
1961 AL  7.6 (3rd)
Career  26.5 (120th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1960 AL  5.5 (2nd)
1961 AL  7.0 (4th)
Career  26.9 (134th)

                           

† 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 (·)

Black InkBatting - 18 (126), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 57 (443), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 89 (191), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 22 (641), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Bob Allison (945)
  2. Hank Sauer (933)
  3. Jay Buhner (923)
  4. Tony Armas (918)
  5. Jesse Barfield (918)
  6. Dean Palmer (916)
  7. Eric Davis (909)
  8. Danny Tartabull (908)
  9. Matt Stairs (907)
  10. Sid Gordon (900)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Larry Hisle (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Colby Rasmus (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Pete Incaviglia (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Rocky Colavito (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Reggie Jackson (961) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Reggie Jackson (937) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Reggie Jackson (927) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jesse Barfield (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jesse Barfield (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Darryl Strawberry (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Bob Allison (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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