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Willard Marshall

Willard Warren Marshall

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: February 8, 1921 in Richmond, VA
High School: Manchester HS (Midlothian, VA)
School: Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, NC) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1942
Teams (by GP): Giants/Braves/Reds/WhiteSox 1942-1955

Final Game: June 15, 1955
Died: November 5, 2000 in Norwood, NJ
Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Fairview, NJ
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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
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 *O78/9 AS
1946 25 NYG NL 131 551 510 63 144 18 3 13 48 3 33 29 .282 .327 .406 .733 107 207 15 1 6 *O879
1947 26 NYG NL 155 655 587 102 171 19 6 36 107 3 67 30 .291 .366 .528 .894 134 310 14 2 0 *O9 AS,MVP-16
1948 27 NYG NL 143 605 537 72 146 21 8 14 86 2 64 34 .272 .350 .419 .769 107 225 11 1 2 *O9
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 *O9/7 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 O97/8
1951 30 BSN NL 136 522 469 65 132 24 7 11 62 0 3 48 18 .281 .351 .433 .784 116 203 18 2 4 *O9
1952 31 TOT NL 128 513 463 57 121 27 2 10 57 0 1 41 25 .261 .324 .393 .717 99 182 12 2 7 *9
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 O9
1952 31 CIN NL 107 443 397 52 106 23 1 8 46 0 1 37 21 .267 .333 .390 .723 101 155 9 2 7 *O9
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 9O
1954 33 CHW AL 47 83 71 7 18 2 0 1 7 0 0 11 9 .254 .349 .324 .673 83 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 47 7 0 0 0 1 1 /97
11 Yrs 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 2826 2534 359 717 86 22 86 370 13 268 133 .283 .353 .436 .789 115 1105 57 8 15
BSN (3 yrs) 262 928 833 108 217 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

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
1942 21 NYG NL 116 434 -1 0 0 2 -4 -2 -0.3 13 11 1.0 .498 .498 0.8 -0.2 9 $ *O78/9 AS
1946 25 NYG NL 131 551 4 -0 0 0 -4 0 0.0 19 20 1.9 .500 .500 1.9 -0.4 20 $ *O879
1947 26 NYG NL 155 655 28 0 0 7 -7 27 2.8 23 50 5.1 .518 .517 4.4 0.0 43 $ *O9 AS,MVP-16
1948 27 NYG NL 143 605 6 -0 0 -2 -7 -3 -0.3 21 18 1.7 .498 .498 2.0 -0.9 21 $ *O9
1949 28 NYG NL 141 581 20 1 1 6 -6 22 2.2 20 42 4.2 .516 .514 3.6 -0.0 36 $ *O9/7 AS,MVP-27
1950 29 BSN NL 105 336 -8 1 -2 0 -4 -12 -1.4 11 -1 -0.2 .488 .492 -0.2 -0.4 -1 $ O97/8
1951 30 BSN NL 136 522 12 -2 -1 -6 -6 -3 -0.4 17 14 1.4 .498 .498 2.1 -1.3 20 $ *O9
1952 31 BSN NL 21 70 -1 -0 -0 0 -1 -2 -0.2 2 0 0.0 .488 .498 0.0 -0.1 0 $ O9
1952 31 CIN NL 107 443 1 2 1 -2 -5 -3 -0.3 15 12 1.1 .497 .498 1.4 -0.8 14 $ *O9
1953 32 CIN NL 122 400 4 -2 0 2 -4 1 -0.0 13 14 1.3 .501 .500 1.2 -0.2 12 $ 9O
1954 33 CHW AL 47 83 -2 0 0 -0 -1 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.1 .493 .498 -0.1 -0.1 -0 $ 9/7
1955 34 CHW AL 22 55 -2 0 1 0 -1 -2 -0.2 2 -0 0.0 .490 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $ /97
11 Seasons 1246 4735 60 1 -0 7 -48 20 1.5 160 180 17.4 .502 .501 17.0 -4.5 173 $
NYG (5 yrs) 686 2826 57 1 1 13 -27 45 4.3 97 142 13.9 .507 .506 12.7 -1.5 129 $
BSN (3 yrs) 262 928 3 -1 -3 -6 -10 -18 -2.0 31 13 1.2 .493 .496 1.9 -1.8 19 $
CIN (2 yrs) 229 843 5 0 1 0 -9 -2 -0.4 28 26 2.4 .499 .499 2.6 -1.0 26 $
CHW (2 yrs) 69 138 -4 1 1 0 -2 -5 -0.5 4 -1 -0.1 .493 .498 -0.2 -0.2 -1 $

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
1942 21 NYG NL 434 309 45 3.9 88 .249 .257 .257 .307 .329 .372 .357 .679 .686 97 .514 -3.4 -0.4 .587 .182 .115 1.8
1946 25 NYG NL 551 387 67 4.6 93 .280 .282 .262 .327 .338 .406 .368 .733 .706 107 .563 2.3 0.2 .640 .194 .124 4.9
1947 26 NYG NL 655 430 113 7.0 107 .259 .291 .275 .366 .351 .528 .408 .894 .759 134 .679 25.7 2.5 .888 .356 .237 5.5
1948 27 NYG NL 605 404 79 5.2 103 .270 .272 .270 .350 .345 .419 .400 .769 .744 107 .570 4.4 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 522 362 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 96 .259 .261 .260 .324 .333 .393 .387 .717 .720 99 .515 -0.6 -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 96 .266 .267 .260 .333 .333 .390 .388 .723 .721 101 .530 0.7 0.1 .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 5.1 0.5 .783 .331 .216 .0
1954 33 CHW AL 83 56 8 3.8 102 .274 .254 .270 .349 .346 .324 .395 .673 .741 83 .452 -1.3 -0.1 .618 .225 .070 .0
1955 34 CHW AL 55 35 4 3.1 104 .171 .171 .269 .364 .349 .171 .400 .534 .749 47 .323 -2.3 -0.2 .588 .317 .000
11 Yrs 4735 3217 619 5.1 100 .265 .274 .266 .347 .340 .423 .394 .770 .734 109 .570 50.4 4.9 .713 .260 .149 25.3
162 Game Avg. 616 418 80 5.1 100 .265 .274 .266 .347 .340 .423 .394 .770 .734 109 .570 7 1 .713 .260 .149 3
NYG (5 yrs) 2826 1889 390 5.5 100 .273 .283 .268 .353 .342 .436 .389 .789 .732 115 .608 48.3 4.7 .744 .264 .153 22.6
BSN (3 yrs) 928 655 107 4.4 99 .253 .261 .260 .333 .334 .395 .397 .728 .731 99 .481 -0.1 0.0 .643 .238 .134 1.9
CIN (2 yrs) 843 582 110 5.0 103 .259 .267 .267 .337 .339 .434 .406 .771 .745 106 .554 5.8 0.6 .709 .269 .167 .0
CHW (2 yrs) 138 91 12 3.5 103 .233 .223 .270 .355 .347 .268 .397 .623 .744 70 .402 -3.6 -0.4 .607 .259 .045 .0
NL (9 yrs) 4597 3126 607 5.2 100 .266 .275 .266 .346 .340 .427 .394 .774 .734 110 .574 54.0 5.2 .716 .260 .152 25.3
AL (2 yrs) 138 91 12 3.5 103 .233 .223 .270 .355 .347 .268 .397 .623 .744 70 .402 -3.6 -0.4 .607 .259 .045 .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
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 Yrs (3 GP) 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 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
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 551 2.4% 5.3% 6.0% 6.2% 24% 0.88 17.6 39.2 10.6 85%
1947 26 NYG NL 655 5.5% 4.6% 10.2% 9.3% 36% 0.45 19.6 16.3 5.5 80%
1948 27 NYG NL 605 2.3% 5.6% 10.6% 7.1% 30% 0.53 15.8 38.4 6.2 0.99 81%
1949 28 NYG NL 581 2.1% 3.4% 13.4% 5.9% 22% 0.26 25.0 41.6 7.1 0.71 80%
1950 29 BSN NL 336 1.5% 1.5% 10.7% 5.1% 24% 0.14 59.6 59.6 7.5 0.91 86%
1951 30 BSN NL 522 2.1% 3.5% 9.2% 8.1% 32% 0.38 26.1 42.6 7.6 0.83 84%
1952 31 TOT NL 513 2.0% 4.9% 8.0% 7.6% 32% 0.61 18.5 46.3 8.1 0.88 83%
1952 31 BSN NL 70 2.9% 5.7% 5.7% 10.0% 47% 1.00 16.5 33.0 6.0 1.08 86%
1952 31 CIN NL 443 1.8% 4.7% 8.4% 7.2% 30% 0.57 18.9 49.6 8.6 0.83 83%
1953 32 CIN NL 400 4.3% 7.0% 10.3% 9.3% 39% 0.68 12.8 21.0 5.8 0.71 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 Yrs 4735 2.8% 4.6% 9.7% 7.0% 29% 0.48 19.3 32.6 7.0 0.82 82%
MLB Averages 1.6% 9.8% 9.4% 6.2% 27% 1.04 9.1 53.9 8.4 0.97 77%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1942 21 NYG NL -3.4 -0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 25 NYG NL 2.3 0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 26 NYG NL 25.7 2.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 27 NYG NL 4.4 0.4 276 1.1 5.7 -4.6 1.08 0.8 0.2 12.6 1.2 1.01 10.6 0
1949 28 NYG NL 18.5 1.8 343 0.8 6.3 -5.4 1.06 0.9 -0.1 7.2 0.7 1.01 10.5 2.70 4
1950 29 BSN NL -9.5 -0.9 284 -1.9 3.6 -5.5 .97 -0.9 -1.0 -5.4 -0.5 0.99 -10.0 1.79 17
1951 30 BSN NL 10.8 1.1 529 -0.1 9.0 -9.1 1.00 0.6 -0.7 8.8 0.9 0.98 9.2 1.12 8
1952 31 TOT NL -0.6 -0.1 376 2.4 8.8 -6.3 1.12 0.7 1.5 13.2 1.4 0.95 5.1 2.19 7
1952 31 BSN NL -1.3 -0.1 70 -0.2 1.4 -1.6 1.18 -0.2 0.0 -2.3 -0.2 1.03 -2.1 1.68 5
1952 31 CIN NL 0.7 0.1 306 2.6 7.3 -4.7 1.10 0.9 1.5 15.5 1.6 0.93 7.2 3.47 2
1953 32 CIN NL 5.1 0.5 403 -0.8 7.3 -8.2 1.08 0.4 -1.1 6.6 0.6 0.98 5.7 1.79 33
1954 33 CHW AL -1.2 -0.1 85 -0.2 1.3 -1.5 1.04 -0.3 0.1 0.8 0.1 1.00 -0.9 1.25 19
1955 34 CHW AL -2.3 -0.2 56 -0.2 0.6 -0.9 1.08 0.0 -0.2 -0.8 -0.1 1.03 0.8 2.14 7
11 Yrs 49.8 4.8 2352 1.2 42.6 -41.4 1.05 2.3 -1.1 43.0 4.3 0.99 30.9 1.72 95

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
1948 27 NYG NL 3 0 29% 128 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 2 45% 23 13 8 2 2 0 6 0 6
1949 28 NYG NL 2 0 31% 159 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 3 40% 26 18 7 3 3 0 9 1 8
1950 29 BSN NL 3 0 32% 83 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 48% 17 11 6 2 0 2 6 1 4
1951 30 BSN NL 5 0 32% 215 0 3 0% 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 10 4 47% 36 20 14 7 7 0 15 0 13
1952 31 TOT NL 6 0 31% 122 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 8 56% 17 9 8 4 3 1 11 2 9
1952 31 BSN NL 0 0 18% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 31 CIN NL 6 0 32% 105 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 58% 16 8 8 4 3 1 11 2 9
1953 32 CIN NL 3 0 29% 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33% 24 19 5 4 4 0 11 2 8
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 Yrs 23 0 30% 887 14 4 350% 2 5 0 0 0 3 4 0 35 25 44% 151 96 50 24 20 4 62 7 51

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 27 NYG NL 605 75% 146 0 0 0 0 14 0 12 3 1 9 5 0 4 2 50% 60 11 18% 27 10 37% 198 37 19% 25 14 56% 9 5 56% 0
1949 28 NYG NL 581 77% 153 4 1 0 1 2.70 12 0 11 3 1 10 2 0 4 3 75% 70 10 14% 36 19 53% 238 38 16% 24 14 58% 19 12 63% 0
1950 29 BSN NL 336 78% 70 17 4 0 2 1.79 5 0 13 4 1 3 2 0 2 1 50% 61 10 16% 31 12 39% 206 30 15% 16 10 63% 13 10 77% 0
1951 30 BSN NL 522 73% 132 8 2 0 0 1.12 11 0 11 8 3 4 7 0 9 4 44% 125 18 14% 46 17 37% 353 53 15% 22 15 68% 17 11 65% 0
1952 31 TOT NL 513 72% 121 7 0 0 2 2.19 10 0 6 8 0 7 3 0 6 7 117% 92 12 13% 34 9 26% 234 39 17% 20 9 45% 13 8 62% 0
1952 31 BSN NL 70 61% 15 5 0 0 1 1.68 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 18 3 17% 8 1 13% 55 10 18% 6 3 50% 4 3 75% 0
1952 31 CIN NL 443 75% 106 2 0 0 1 3.47 8 0 4 6 0 6 2 0 6 7 117% 74 9 12% 26 8 31% 179 29 16% 14 6 43% 9 5 56% 0
1953 32 CIN NL 400 76% 95 33 4 0 2 1.79 17 0 11 14 3 9 8 0 2 2 100% 86 10 12% 33 11 33% 294 46 16% 16 6 38% 19 10 53% 0
1954 33 CHW AL 83 100% 18 19 4 1 1 1.25 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 19 2 11% 11 3 27% 63 6 10% 6 2 33% 6 3 50% 0
1955 34 CHW AL 55 93% 7 7 1 0 0 2.14 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0% 7 5 71% 39 7 18% 6 4 67% 2 2 100% 0
11 Yrs 3095 76% 1160 95 16 1 8 1.72 130 0 70 41 9 43 27 0 27 29 107% 525 109 21% 225 86 38% 1625 256 16% 135 74 55% 98 61 62% 0
MLB Averages 50% 182% 21% 32% 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 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 25 247 985 911 104 247 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 2245 2035 278 564 67 19 74 300 9 190 113 .277 .341 .438 .779 113 891 47 7 12
1949 28 686 2826 2534 359 717 86 22 86 370 13 268 133 .283 .353 .436 .789 115 1105 57 8 15
1950 29 791 3162 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

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
1942 21 123 468 432 48 116 10 2 12 69 1 29 21 .269 .319 .384 .703 53 116
1946 25 137 587 543 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 27 149 631 561 75 152 22 8 15 89 2 67 36 .271 .350 .419 .769 82 143
1949 28 146 599 515 81 156 19 3 12 70 4 80 21 .303 .398 .421 .819 86 141
1950 29 110 352 312 40 74 11 2 5 43 1 38 5 .237 .322 .333 .655 33 105
1951 30 141 550 492 72 142 26 8 12 68 0 52 19 .289 .359 .447 .806 78 136
1952 31 134 543 489 64 132 29 2 11 64 0 45 26 .270 .334 .405 .739 66 128
1953 32 127 410 367 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 60 44 7 8 0 0 0 7 0 15 1 .182 .383 .182 .565 3 22
11 Yrs 1301 4966 4438 619 1228 172 40 136 640 14 484 228 .277 .349 .425 .775 657 1246
162 Game Avg. 162 618 553 77 153 21 5 17 80 2 60 28 .277 .349 .425 .775 82 1246

* 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
1942 *
1947 *
1949 (RF)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1947 NL (16, 6%)
1949 NL (27, 1%)
0.07 Career Shares (1016th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1947 NL  5.1 (7th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1947 NL  4.4 (9th)

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  655 (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 (130th)

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 (637), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 20 (820), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1263), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  5. Jackie Brandt (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jackie Brandt (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jackie Brandt (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Steve Kemp (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Steve Kemp (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Hector Lopez (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Name and misspellings: Willard Warren Willard Marshall

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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