Willard Marshall
Willard Warren Marshall
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: February 8, 1921 in Richmond, VA
High School: Manchester (Midlothian, VA)
School: Wake Forest University (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1942
Final Game: June 15, 1955
Died: November 5, 2000 in Norwood, NJ
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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
1942 21 NYG NL 116 434 401 41 103 9 2 11 59 1 26 20 .257 .307 .372 .679 97 149 7 3 4 *O AS
1946 25 NYG NL 131 550 510 63 144 18 3 13 48 3 33 29 .282 .327 .406 .733 106 207 15 1 6 *O
1947 26 NYG NL 155 656 587 102 171 19 6 36 107 3 67 30 .291 .366 .528 .894 134 310 14 2 0 *O AS,MVP-16
1948 27 NYG NL 143 604 537 72 146 21 8 14 86 2 64 34 .272 .350 .419 .769 107 225 11 1 2 *O
1949 28 NYG NL 141 581 499 81 153 19 3 12 70 4 78 20 .307 .401 .429 .830 123 214 10 1 3 *O AS,MVP-27
1950 29 BSN NL 105 336 298 38 70 10 2 5 40 1 36 5 .235 .319 .332 .652 76 99 10 1 1 O
1951 30 BSN NL 136 523 469 65 132 24 7 11 62 0 3 48 18 .281 .351 .433 .784 116 203 18 2 4 *O
1952 31 TOT NL 128 513 463 57 121 27 2 10 57 0 1 41 25 .261 .324 .393 .717 98 182 12 2 7 *O
1952 31 BSN NL 21 70 66 5 15 4 1 2 11 0 0 4 4 .227 .271 .409 .681 89 27 3 0 0 O
1952 31 CIN NL 107 443 397 52 106 23 1 8 46 0 1 37 21 .267 .333 .390 .723 100 155 9 2 7 *O
1953 32 CIN NL 122 400 357 51 95 14 6 17 62 0 0 41 28 .266 .342 .482 .824 112 172 10 0 2 O
1954 33 CHW AL 47 83 71 7 18 2 0 1 7 0 0 11 9 .254 .349 .324 .673 84 23 2 0 0 1 9/7
1955 34 CHW AL 22 55 41 6 7 0 0 0 6 0 0 13 1 .171 .364 .171 .534 46 7 0 0 0 1 1 /97
11 Seasons 1246 4735 4233 583 1160 163 39 130 604 14 4 458 219 .274 .347 .423 .770 109 1791 109 13 29 2 1
162 Game Avg. 162 616 550 76 151 21 5 17 79 2 60 28 .274 .347 .423 .770 109 233 14 2 4
NYG (5 yrs) 686 2825 2534 359 717 86 22 86 370 13 268 133 .283 .353 .436 .789 115 1105 57 8 15
BSN (3 yrs) 262 929 833 108 217 38 10 18 113 1 3 88 27 .261 .333 .395 .728 99 329 31 3 5
CIN (2 yrs) 229 843 754 103 201 37 7 25 108 0 1 78 49 .267 .337 .434 .771 106 327 19 2 9
CHW (2 yrs) 69 138 112 13 25 2 0 1 13 0 0 24 10 .223 .355 .268 .623 70 30 2 0 0 2 1
NL (9 yrs) 1177 4597 4121 570 1135 161 39 129 591 14 4 434 209 .275 .346 .427 .774 110 1761 107 13 29
AL (2 yrs) 69 138 112 13 25 2 0 1 13 0 0 24 10 .223 .355 .268 .623 70 30 2 0 0 2 1

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
1942 21 NYG NL 434 309 45 3.9 88 .249 .257 .257 .307 .329 .372 .357 .679 .686 97 .514 -3.3 -0.4 .587 .182 .115 1.8
1946 25 NYG NL 550 387 67 4.6 93 .280 .282 .264 .327 .339 .406 .369 .733 .708 106 .563 1.8 0.2 .640 .194 .124 4.9
1947 26 NYG NL 656 430 113 7.0 107 .259 .291 .275 .366 .351 .528 .408 .894 .759 134 .679 25.8 2.5 .888 .356 .237 5.5
1948 27 NYG NL 604 404 79 5.2 103 .270 .272 .270 .350 .345 .419 .400 .769 .744 107 .570 4.5 0.4 .726 .270 .147 3.5
1949 28 NYG NL 581 359 86 6.4 104 .302 .307 .270 .401 .344 .429 .405 .830 .749 123 .649 19.2 1.9 .834 .287 .122 6.0
1950 29 BSN NL 336 239 31 3.5 103 .226 .235 .262 .319 .338 .332 .407 .652 .745 76 .362 -9.5 -0.9 .576 .221 .097 1.7
1951 30 BSN NL 523 362 69 5.1 97 .275 .281 .259 .351 .332 .433 .392 .784 .724 116 .558 10.8 1.1 .698 .247 .151 .0
1952 31 TOT NL 513 362 58 4.3 97 .259 .261 .261 .324 .334 .393 .388 .717 .722 98 .515 -1.1 -0.1 .631 .218 .132 .0
1952 31 BSN NL 70 54 7 3.5 95 .217 .227 .258 .271 .330 .409 .384 .681 .714 89 .419 -1.3 -0.1 .574 .242 .182 .0
1952 31 CIN NL 443 308 51 4.4 97 .266 .267 .262 .333 .334 .390 .389 .723 .724 100 .530 0.2 0.0 .641 .214 .123 .0
1953 32 CIN NL 400 274 59 5.7 110 .250 .266 .274 .342 .345 .482 .427 .824 .773 112 .575 5.2 0.5 .783 .331 .216 .0
1954 33 CHW AL 83 56 8 3.8 101 .274 .254 .269 .349 .345 .324 .393 .673 .738 84 .452 -1.2 -0.1 .618 .225 .070 .0
1955 34 CHW AL 55 35 4 3.1 105 .171 .171 .270 .364 .350 .171 .402 .534 .752 46 .323 -2.3 -0.2 .588 .317 .000
11 Seasons 4735 3217 619 5.1 100 .265 .274 .266 .347 .340 .423 .394 .770 .735 109 .570 49.7 4.8 .713 .260 .149 25.3
162 Game Avg. 616 418 80 5.1 100 .265 .274 .266 .347 .340 .423 .394 .770 .735 109 .570 6 1 .713 .260 .149 3
NYG (5 yrs) 2825 1889 390 5.5 100 .273 .283 .268 .353 .342 .436 .390 .789 .732 115 .607 47.9 4.6 .744 .264 .153 22.6
BSN (3 yrs) 929 655 107 4.4 99 .253 .261 .260 .333 .334 .395 .397 .728 .731 99 .481 -0.0 0.0 .643 .238 .134 1.9
CIN (2 yrs) 843 582 110 5.0 103 .259 .267 .267 .337 .340 .434 .407 .771 .747 106 .554 5.4 0.5 .709 .269 .167 .0
CHW (2 yrs) 138 91 12 3.5 103 .233 .223 .269 .355 .347 .268 .396 .623 .743 70 .402 -3.5 -0.4 .607 .259 .045 .0
NL (9 yrs) 4597 3126 607 5.2 100 .266 .275 .266 .346 .340 .427 .394 .774 .735 110 .573 53.3 5.2 .716 .260 .152 25.3
AL (2 yrs) 138 91 12 3.5 103 .233 .223 .269 .355 .347 .268 .396 .623 .743 70 .402 -3.5 -0.4 .607 .259 .045 .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
1942 NYG NL 21 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1947 NYG NL 26 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 NYG NL 28 as RF 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .667 .000 .667 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Appearances) 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 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
1942 21 NYG NL 434 2.5% 4.6% 6.0% 5.1% 21% 0.77 20.1 36.5 6.8 85%
1946 25 NYG NL 550 2.4% 5.3% 6.0% 6.2% 24% 0.88 17.6 39.2 10.6 85%
1947 26 NYG NL 656 5.5% 4.6% 10.2% 9.3% 36% 0.45 19.6 16.3 5.5 79%
1948 27 NYG NL 604 2.3% 5.6% 10.6% 7.1% 30% 0.53 15.8 38.4 6.2 81%
1949 28 NYG NL 581 2.1% 3.4% 13.4% 5.9% 22% 0.26 25.0 41.6 7.1 80%
1950 29 BSN NL 336 1.5% 1.5% 10.7% 5.1% 24% 0.14 59.6 59.6 7.5 86%
1951 30 BSN NL 523 2.1% 3.4% 9.2% 8.0% 32% 0.38 26.1 42.6 7.6 84%
1952 31 TOT NL 513 2.0% 4.9% 8.0% 7.6% 32% 0.61 18.5 46.3 8.1 83%
1952 31 BSN NL 70 2.9% 5.7% 5.7% 10.0% 47% 1.00 16.5 33.0 6.0 86%
1952 31 CIN NL 443 1.8% 4.7% 8.4% 7.2% 30% 0.57 18.9 49.6 8.6 83%
1953 32 CIN NL 400 4.3% 7.0% 10.3% 9.3% 39% 0.68 12.8 21.0 5.8 78%
1954 33 CHW AL 83 1.2% 10.8% 13.3% 3.6% 17% 0.82 7.9 71.0 10.1 0.92 75%
1955 34 CHW AL 55 0.0% 1.8% 23.6% 0.0% 0% 0.08 41.0 6.8 0.50 75%
11 Seasons 4735 2.8% 4.6% 9.7% 7.0% 29% 0.48 19.3 32.6 7.0 0.72 82%
MLB Averages

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
1954 33 CHW AL 0 0 21% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 25% 4 4 0 1 1 0 3 1 2
1955 34 CHW AL 1 0 30% 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 67% 4 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Seasons 1 0 30% 46 14 4 350% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 43% 8 6 2 2 1 1 4 1 3
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
1954 33 CHW AL 83 100% 18 19 4 1 1 1.31 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 19 2 11% 11 3 27% 63 6 10% 6 2 33% 7 2 29% 0
1955 34 CHW AL 55 93% 7 7 1 0 0 2.19 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0% 7 5 71% 39 7 18% 6 4 67% 1 0 0% 0
11 Seasons 138 97% 1160 26 5 1 1 1.55 130 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 29 31 109 352% 18 8 44% 102 13 13% 12 6 50% 8 2 25% 0
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
1942 21 116 434 401 41 103 9 2 11 59 1 26 20 .257 .307 .372 .679 97 149 7 3 4
1943 22 116 434 401 41 103 9 2 11 59 1 26 20 .257 .307 .372 .679 97 149 7 3 4
1944 23 116 434 401 41 103 9 2 11 59 1 26 20 .257 .307 .372 .679 97 149 7 3 4
1945 24 116 434 401 41 103 9 2 11 59 1 26 20 .257 .307 .372 .679 97 149 7 3 4
1946 25 247 984 911 104 247 27 5 24 107 4 59 49 .271 .318 .391 .709 103 356 22 4 10
1947 26 402 1640 1498 206 418 46 11 60 214 7 126 79 .279 .337 .445 .782 116 666 36 6 10
1948 27 545 2244 2035 278 564 67 19 74 300 9 190 113 .277 .341 .438 .779 113 891 47 7 12
1949 28 686 2825 2534 359 717 86 22 86 370 13 268 133 .283 .353 .436 .789 115 1105 57 8 15
1950 29 791 3161 2832 397 787 96 24 91 410 14 304 138 .278 .350 .425 .775 111 1204 67 9 16
1951 30 927 3684 3301 462 919 120 31 102 472 14 3 352 156 .278 .350 .426 .776 112 1407 85 11 20
1952 31 1055 4197 3764 519 1040 147 33 112 529 14 4 393 181 .276 .347 .422 .769 110 1589 97 13 27
1953 32 1177 4597 4121 570 1135 161 39 129 591 14 4 434 209 .275 .346 .427 .774 110 1761 107 13 29
1954 33 1224 4680 4192 577 1153 163 39 130 598 14 4 445 218 .275 .346 .426 .772 110 1784 109 13 29 1
1955 34 1246 4735 4233 583 1160 163 39 130 604 14 4 458 219 .274 .347 .423 .770 109 1791 109 13 29 2 1

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
1942 21 123 464 432 48 116 10 2 12 69 1 29 21 .269 .319 .384 .703 53 116
1946 25 137 581 543 73 160 20 3 14 56 3 37 30 .295 .341 .420 .761 78 131
1947 26 162 679 609 102 174 19 6 37 107 3 68 31 .286 .359 .519 .878 113 155
1948 27 149 629 561 75 152 22 8 15 89 2 67 36 .271 .350 .419 .769 82 143
1949 28 146 596 515 81 156 19 3 12 70 4 80 21 .303 .398 .421 .819 86 141
1950 29 110 351 312 40 74 11 2 5 43 1 38 5 .237 .322 .333 .655 33 105
1951 30 141 544 491 72 141 26 7 12 69 0 51 19 .287 .357 .442 .799 77 136
1952 31 134 534 488 64 131 29 2 11 64 0 44 26 .268 .331 .404 .735 65 128
1953 32 127 408 367 50 95 14 6 17 60 0 41 29 .259 .333 .469 .802 57 122
1954 33 49 87 74 7 19 2 0 1 7 0 12 9 .257 .356 .324 .681 8 47
1955 34 23 66 46 6 10 0 0 0 6 0 19 1 .217 .439 .217 .657 4 22
11 Seasons 1301 4939 4438 618 1228 172 39 136 640 14 486 228 .277 .350 .425 .775 656 1246
162 Game Avg. 162 615 553 77 153 21 5 17 80 2 61 28 .277 .350 .425 .775 82 1246

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1942 *
1947 *
1949 (RF)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1947 NL (16, 6%)
1949 NL (27, 1%)
0.07 Career Shares (1001st)

Batting Average s c a p y
1949 NL  .307 (8th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1949 NL  .401 (7th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1947 NL  .528 (5th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1947 NL  .894 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1947 NL  155 (2nd)

At Bats s c a p y
1947 NL  587 (6th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1947 NL  656 (10th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1947 NL  102 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1947 NL  171 (10th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1947 NL  310 (3rd)

Triples s c a p y
1948 NL  8 (8th)
1951 NL  7 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1942 NL  11 (10th)
1946 NL  13 (10th)
1947 NL  36 (3rd)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1947 NL  107 (5th)
1948 NL  86 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1949 NL  78 (10th)

Singles s c a p y
1946 NL  110 (10th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1947 NL  134 (8th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1947 NL  113 (6th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1947 NL  26 (7th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1947 NL  2.5 (7th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1947 NL  61 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1947 NL  .679 (8th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1946 NL  15 (4th)
1951 NL  18 (8th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1947 NL  19.6 (9th)
1948 NL  15.8 (9th)
1949 NL  25.0 (2nd)
1951 NL  26.1 (3rd)
1952 NL  18.5 (7th)
Career  19.3 (115th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1942 NL  36.5 (10th)
1947 NL  16.3 (5th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1947 NL  430 (7th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 39 (621), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 20 (793), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1307), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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