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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
Schools: 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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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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1942 NYG NL 21 OF 107 241 222 13 6 4 .975 2.20 .981 2.15 67-46-1 AS
1946 NYG NL 25 OF 125 273 253 14 6 2 .978 2.14 .977 2.16 51-59-15
1947 NYG NL 26 OF 155 363 334 19 10 6 .972 2.28 .977 2.19 0-0-155 AS,MVP-16
1948 NYG NL 27 OF 142 287 266 16 5 2 .983 1.99 .978 2.20 0-0-142
1949 NYG NL 28 OF 138 313 292 13 8 3 .974 2.21 .977 2.25 2-0-136 AS,MVP-27
1950 BSN NL 29 OF 85 168 150 11 7 2 .958 1.89 .979 2.14 14-9-64
1951 BSN NL 30 OF 136 231 220 11 0 3 1.000 1.70 .981 2.23 0-0-136
1952 TOT NL 31 OF 121 236 215 16 5 5 .979 1.91 .981 2.10 0-0-121
1952 BSN NL 31 OF 16 32 27 3 2 3 .938 1.88 .981 2.10 0-0-16
1952 CIN NL 31 OF 105 204 188 13 3 2 .985 1.91 .981 2.10 0-0-105
1953 CIN NL 32 OF 95 199 187 11 1 1 .995 2.08 .980 2.11 0-0-95
1954 CHW AL 33 OF 29 13 137.0 25 23 1 1 0 .960 -0.1 -0.9 -0.1 -0.3 0.2 0 1.58 0.83 .980 2.39 2.17
1954 CHW AL 33 RF 22 9 101.0 21 20 1 0 0 1.000 0.6 7.1 0.6 -0.2 0.8 0 1.87 0.95 .976 2.05 1.82
1954 CHW AL 33 LF 8 4 36.0 7 6 0 1 0 .857 -0.7 -23.3 -0.7 -0.1 -0.6 0 1.50 0.75 .986 2.25 1.92
1955 CHW AL 34 OF 12 10 90.0 23 22 0 1 0 .957 0.1 1.3 1.1 1.9 -0.7 -1 2.20 1.83 .983 2.40 2.08
1955 CHW AL 34 RF 8 6 54.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -6.7 0.7 1.0 -0.3 -1 2.33 1.75 .979 2.05 1.72
1955 CHW AL 34 LF 4 4 36.0 10 9 0 1 0 .900 0.4 13.3 0.4 0.9 -0.4 0 2.25 2.25 .980 2.25 1.78
11 Seasons OF 1145 23 227.0 2359 2184 125 50 28 .979 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.6 -0.5 -1 91.55 2.02 .979 2.39 2.17 146-114-895
2 Seasons (incomplete) RF 30 15 155.0 35 34 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 2.3 1.3 0.8 0.5 -1 2.03 1.17 .977 2.05 1.79
2 Seasons (incomplete) LF 12 8 72.0 17 15 0 2 0 .882 -0.3 -5.0 -0.3 0.8 -1.0 0 1.88 1.25 .982 2.25 1.88
11 Seasons TOT 1145 23 227.0 2359 2184 125 50 28 .979 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.6 -0.5 -1 91.55 2.02 .958 2.39 2.17 146-114-895
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

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 (993rd)

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
1949 NL--1.9--10th

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--19.567--9th
1948 NL--15.794--9th
1949 NL--24.950--2nd
1951 NL--26.056--3rd
1952 NL--18.520--7th
Career--19.330--115th

AB per HR s c a p y
1942 NL--36.455--10th
1947 NL--16.306--5th

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

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 39 (624), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 19 (794), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1191), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

February 23, 1942: Purchased by the New York Giants from Atlanta (Southern Association).

December 14, 1949: Traded by the New York Giants with Sid Gordon, Buddy Kerr and Red Webb to the Boston Braves for Alvin Dark and Eddie Stanky.

June 4, 1952: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Boston Braves.

December 10, 1953: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Chicago White Sox for Rocky Krsnich, Saul Rogovin and Connie Ryan.

June 24, 1955: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

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