Billy Martin Batting Statistics and History

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Billy Martin

Alfred Manuel Martin

Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: May 16, 1928 in Berkeley, CA
High School: Berkeley HS (Berkeley, CA)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1950 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Tigers/Twins/Reds/Indians/... 1950-1961
Agents: Eddie Sapir [*]
Final Game: October 1, 1961 (Age 33)
Died: December 25, 1989 in Johnson City, NY
Buried: Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, NY
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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
1946	18	IDF	C	32	114	114		29	7	0	0						.254	.254	.316	.570		36							IDF · PION
1947	19	PHX,OLD	C,AAA	145	640	639	3	242	51	12	9	5	0		1	7	.379	.380	.538	.918		344		0	0				PHX,OLD · AZTX,PCL
1948	20	OLD	AAA	132	427	401	60	111	28	2	3	42	7		18	30	.277	.310	.379	.689		152		1	7				OLD · PCL
1949	21	OLD	AAA	172	692	623	90	178	27	3	12	92	11		41	49	.286	.338	.396	.734		247		8	20				OLD · PCL
1950	22	NYY-min	AAA	29	127	118	15	33	6	2	4	10	2		6	11	.280	.320	.466	.786		55	3	1	2				KCY · AA
1950	22	NYY	AL	34	39	36	10	9	1	0	1	8	0	0	3	3	.250	.308	.361	.669	73	13	0	0	0			4/5
1951	23	NYY	AL	51	65	58	10	15	1	2	0	2	0	1	4	9	.259	.328	.345	.673	85	20	5	2	1			4/658O
1952	24	NYY	AL	109	401	363	32	97	13	3	3	33	3	6	22	31	.267	.323	.344	.668	91	125	8	8	8			*4
1953	25	NYY	AL	149	644	587	72	151	24	6	15	75	6	7	43	56	.257	.314	.395	.710	94	232	19	6	9			*46	MVP-25
1954		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1955	27	NYY	AL	20	80	70	8	21	2	0	1	9	1	2	7	9	.300	.354	.371	.726	97	26	2	0	1	2	1	4/6
1956	28	NYY	AL	121	504	458	76	121	24	5	9	49	7	3	30	56	.264	.310	.397	.708	89	182	8	3	8	5	0	*45	AS
1957	29	TOT	AL	116	439	410	45	103	14	5	10	39	9	2	15	34	.251	.282	.383	.665	80	157	13	4	4	4	0	45/6
1957	29	NYY	AL	43	154	145	12	35	5	2	1	12	2	1	3	14	.241	.257	.324	.581	59	47	6	1	2	3	0	45
1957	29	KCA	AL	73	285	265	33	68	9	3	9	27	7	1	12	20	.257	.295	.415	.710	92	110	7	3	2	1	0	45/6
1958	30	DET	AL	131	536	498	56	127	19	1	7	42	5	3	16	62	.255	.279	.339	.619	65	169	16	3	13	6	0	65
1959	31	CLE	AL	73	258	242	37	63	7	0	9	24	0	2	8	18	.260	.290	.401	.691	91	97	5	3	4	2	2	4/5
1960	32	CIN	NL	103	346	317	34	78	17	1	3	16	0	1	27	34	.246	.304	.334	.639	74	106	11	0	2	1	5	4
1961	33	TOT	MLB	114	404	380	45	92	15	5	6	36	3	2	13	43	.242	.271	.355	.626	63	135	9	3	5	3	0	*4/6
1961	33	MLN	NL	6	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1961	33	MIN	AL	108	398	374	44	92	15	5	6	36	3	2	13	42	.246	.275	.361	.636	66	135	9	3	5	3	0	4/6
11 Yrs				1021	3716	3419	425	877	137	28	64	333	34	29	188	355	.257	.300	.369	.669	81	1262	96	32	55	23	8
162 Game Avg.				162	590	542	67	139	22	4	10	53	5	5	30	56	.257	.300	.369	.669	81	200	15	5	9

NYY (7 yrs)				527	1887	1717	220	449	70	18	30	188	19	20	112	178	.262	.313	.376	.688	88	645	48	20	29	10	1
MIN (1 yr)				108	398	374	44	92	15	5	6	36	3	2	13	42	.246	.275	.361	.636	66	135	9	3	5	3	0
MLN (1 yr)				6	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
KCA (1 yr)				73	285	265	33	68	9	3	9	27	7	1	12	20	.257	.295	.415	.710	92	110	7	3	2	1	0
CIN (1 yr)				103	346	317	34	78	17	1	3	16	0	1	27	34	.246	.304	.334	.639	74	106	11	0	2	1	5
CLE (1 yr)				73	258	242	37	63	7	0	9	24	0	2	8	18	.260	.290	.401	.691	91	97	5	3	4	2	2
DET (1 yr)				131	536	498	56	127	19	1	7	42	5	3	16	62	.255	.279	.339	.619	65	169	16	3	13	6	0

AL (10 yrs)				912	3364	3096	390	799	120	27	61	317	34	28	161	320	.258	.300	.373	.673	82	1156	85	32	53	22	3
NL (2 yrs)				109	352	323	35	78	17	1	3	16	0	1	27	35	.241	.299	.328	.627	71	106	11	0	2	1	5

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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	Pos	Awards
1950	22	NYY	AL	34	39	-1	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.1	1	-0	-0.0	.496	.499	0.1	-0.0	1	4/5
1951	23	NYY	AL	51	65	-1	-0	-1	2	1	0	0.0	2	2	0.2	.501	.500	0.0	0.3	0	4/658O
1952	24	NYY	AL	109	401	-4	-2	-1	15	4	12	1.4	12	25	2.6	.513	.509	0.9	2.2	10	*4
1953	25	NYY	AL	149	644	-6	-2	-3	-2	7	-5	-0.4	20	15	1.6	.497	.497	1.8	0.6	17	*46	MVP-25

1955	27	NYY	AL	20	80	-1	0	-0	2	1	3	0.3	2	5	0.5	.514	.502	0.3	0.3	3	4/6
1956	28	NYY	AL	121	504	-7	4	1	-4	4	-2	-0.1	15	14	1.3	.499	.499	1.6	0.1	17	*45	AS
1957	29	NYY	AL	43	154	-7	-0	-1	-0	1	-7	-0.8	5	-2	-0.3	.483	.495	-0.3	0.1	-2	45
1957	29	KCA	AL	73	285	-3	1	-0	-10	2	-9	-1.1	9	-0	-0.2	.486	.494	0.9	-0.9	9	45/6
1958	30	DET	AL	131	536	-24	2	-1	-10	6	-26	-3.0	16	-10	-1.3	.478	.482	-0.2	-0.5	-0	65
1959	31	CLE	AL	73	258	-4	-1	0	4	2	1	0.0	8	9	0.8	.501	.501	0.4	0.6	5	4/5
1960	32	CIN	NL	103	346	-14	-1	-2	-11	3	-25	-2.7	13	-12	-1.4	.474	.483	-0.1	-0.9	-0	4
1961	33	MLN	NL	6	6	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.474	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1
1961	33	MIN	AL	108	398	-15	1	-1	-7	3	-19	-2.1	12	-7	-0.9	.482	.488	-0.1	-0.5	-0	4/6
11 Seasons				1021	3716	-88	3	-8	-21	35	-79	-8.8	116	37	2.9	.492	.496	5.2	1.3	58

NYY (7 yrs)				527	1887	-27	-0	-4	12	19	1	0.2	58	59	6.0	.500	.500	4.4	3.5	46
MIN (1 yr)				108	398	-15	1	-1	-7	3	-19	-2.1	12	-7	-0.9	.482	.488	-0.1	-0.5	-0
MLN (1 yr)				6	6	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.474	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1
KCA (1 yr)				73	285	-3	1	-0	-10	2	-9	-1.1	9	-0	-0.2	.486	.494	0.9	-0.9	9
CIN (1 yr)				103	346	-14	-1	-2	-11	3	-25	-2.7	13	-12	-1.4	.474	.483	-0.1	-0.9	-0
CLE (1 yr)				73	258	-4	-1	0	4	2	1	0.0	8	9	0.8	.501	.501	0.4	0.6	5
DET (1 yr)				131	536	-24	2	-1	-10	6	-26	-3.0	16	-10	-1.3	.478	.482	-0.2	-0.5	-0

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
1950	22	NYY	AL	39	27	4	3.9	111	.250	.250	.275	.308	.361	.361	.412	.669	.773	73	.395	-1.6	-0.2	.593	.194	.111	.0
1951	23	NYY	AL	65	50	6	3.2	99	.306	.259	.263	.328	.343	.345	.385	.673	.728	85	.351	-1.4	-0.1	.510	.138	.086
1952	24	NYY	AL	401	288	37	3.5	91	.286	.267	.253	.323	.332	.344	.369	.668	.701	91	.419	-4.8	-0.5	.543	.129	.077	3.0
1953	25	NYY	AL	644	471	70	4.0	99	.264	.257	.265	.314	.340	.395	.390	.710	.730	94	.449	-7.0	-0.7	.606	.210	.138	8.6

1955	27	NYY	AL	80	56	9	4.3	102	.323	.300	.265	.354	.345	.371	.395	.726	.740	97	.471	-0.0	0.0	.604	.157	.071	1.0
1956	28	NYY	AL	504	361	57	4.2	104	.281	.264	.264	.310	.345	.397	.402	.708	.748	89	.442	-8.8	-0.8	.629	.207	.133	7.9
1957	29	TOT	AL	439	330	43	3.5	100	.251	.251	.264	.282	.336	.383	.398	.665	.733	80	.401	-13.4	-1.4	.568	.185	.132	9.5
1957	29	NYY	AL	154	122	11	2.4	99	.256	.241	.262	.257	.334	.324	.396	.581	.729	59	.254	-8.7	-0.9	.444	.110	.083	1.3
1957	29	KCA	AL	285	208	32	4.2	100	.249	.257	.264	.295	.337	.415	.399	.710	.736	92	.476	-4.7	-0.5	.639	.226	.158	7.9
1958	30	DET	AL	536	409	44	2.9	104	.276	.255	.270	.279	.339	.339	.410	.619	.749	65	.324	-25.6	-2.6	.487	.120	.084	5.8
1959	31	CLE	AL	258	192	27	3.8	96	.249	.260	.257	.290	.328	.401	.393	.691	.720	91	.431	-4.2	-0.4	.570	.165	.140	.0
1960	32	CIN	NL	346	254	30	3.2	101	.267	.246	.266	.304	.332	.334	.407	.639	.739	74	.358	-11.4	-1.2	.526	.170	.088	.0
1961	33	TOT	MLB	404	307	35	3.0	108	.257	.242	.269	.271	.345	.355	.419	.626	.765	63	.315	-22.2	-2.2	.508	.150	.113	4.0
1961	33	MLN	NL	6	6	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.260	.000	.326	.000	.406	.000	.731	-100	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1961	33	MIN	AL	398	301	35	3.1	108	.261	.246	.270	.275	.346	.361	.420	.636	.765	66	.323	-20.6	-2.0	.519	.152	.115	4.0
11 Yrs				3716	2745	362	3.5	101	.269	.257	.264	.300	.339	.369	.399	.669	.737	81	.396	-100.4	-10.1	.558	.169	.113	44.4
162 Game Avg.				590	436	57	3.5	101	.269	.257	.264	.300	.339	.369	.399	.669	.737	81	.396	-100.4	-10.1	.558	.169	.113	7

NYY (7 yrs)				1887	1375	194	3.8	99	.276	.262	.262	.313	.340	.376	.390	.688	.730	88	.422	-32.3	-3.2	.581	.179	.114	23.3
MIN (1 yr)				398	301	35	3.1	108	.261	.246	.270	.275	.346	.361	.420	.636	.765	66	.323	-20.6	-2.0	.519	.152	.115	4.0
MLN (1 yr)				6	6	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.260	.000	.326	.000	.406	.000	.731	-100		-1.7	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
KCA (1 yr)				285	208	32	4.2	100	.249	.257	.264	.295	.337	.415	.399	.710	.736	92	.475	-4.7	-0.5	.639	.226	.158	7.9
CIN (1 yr)				346	254	30	3.2	101	.267	.246	.266	.304	.332	.334	.407	.639	.739	74	.359	-11.4	-1.2	.526	.170	.088	.0
CLE (1 yr)				258	192	27	3.8	96	.249	.260	.257	.290	.328	.401	.393	.691	.720	91	.431	-4.2	-0.4	.570	.165	.140	.0
DET (1 yr)				536	409	44	2.9	104	.276	.255	.270	.279	.339	.339	.410	.619	.749	65	.324	-25.6	-2.6	.487	.120	.084	5.8

AL (10 yrs)				3364	2485	332	3.6	101	.270	.258	.264	.300	.339	.373	.398	.673	.737	82	.401	-87.4	-8.8	.562	.169	.115	43.7
NL (2 yrs)				352	260	30	3.1	101	.262	.241	.265	.299	.332	.328	.407	.627	.739	71	.349	-13.1	-1.3	.514	.167	.087	.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
1951	23	NYY	AL	WS	NYG	W	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1952	24	NYY	AL	WS	BRO	W	7	26	23	2	5	0	0	1	4	0	1	2	2	.217	.308	.348	.656	8	0	1	0	0	1
1953	25	NYY	AL	WS	BRO	W	6	25	24	5	12	1	2	2	8	1	2	1	2	.500	.520	.958	1.478	23	1	0	0	0	0

1955	27	NYY	AL	WS	BRO	L	7	26	25	2	8	1	1	0	4	0	2	1	5	.320	.346	.440	.786	11	1	0	0	0	0
1956	28	NYY	AL	WS	BRO	W	7	28	27	5	8	0	0	2	3	0	0	1	6	.296	.321	.519	.840	14	2	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs (5 Series)							28	105	99	15	33	2	3	5	19	1	5	5	15	.333	.371	.566	.937	56	4	1	0	0	1
5 WS							28	105	99	15	33	2	3	5	19	1	5	5	15	.333	.371	.566	.937	56	4	1	0	0	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
1956	NYY	AL	28		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	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	GO/AO	IP%
1950	22	NYY	AL	39	2.6%	7.7%	7.7%	5.1%	22%	1.00	12.0	36.0	4.5	0.47	82%
1951	23	NYY	AL	65	0.0%	13.9%	6.2%	4.6%	20%	2.25	6.4		29.0	1.33	75%
1952	24	NYY	AL	401	0.8%	7.7%	5.5%	4.7%	20%	1.41	11.7	121.0	11.0	0.92	82%
1953	25	NYY	AL	644	2.3%	8.7%	6.7%	7.0%	30%	1.30	10.5	39.1	7.8	0.81	80%

1955	27	NYY	AL	80	1.3%	11.3%	8.8%	3.8%	14%	1.29	7.8	70.0	7.8	0.63	78%
1956	28	NYY	AL	504	1.8%	11.1%	6.0%	7.5%	31%	1.87	8.2	50.9	9.3	0.75	79%
1957	29	TOT	AL	439	2.3%	7.7%	3.4%	6.6%	28%	2.27	12.1	41.0	10.5	1.01	84%
1957	29	NYY	AL	154	0.7%	9.1%	2.0%	5.2%	23%	4.67	10.4	145.0	12.1	1.21	86%
1957	29	KCA	AL	285	3.2%	7.0%	4.2%	7.4%	31%	1.67	13.3	29.4	9.8	0.91	83%
1958	30	DET	AL	536	1.3%	11.6%	3.0%	5.0%	21%	3.88	8.0	71.1	11.9	0.99	81%
1959	31	CLE	AL	258	3.5%	7.0%	3.1%	6.2%	25%	2.25	13.4	26.9	10.1	0.66	84%
1960	32	CIN	NL	346	0.9%	9.8%	7.8%	6.1%	27%	1.26	9.3	105.7	19.8	0.83	81%
1961	33	TOT	MLB	404	1.5%	10.6%	3.2%	6.4%	28%	3.31	8.8	63.3	10.6	0.83	83%
1961	33	MLN	NL	6	0.0%	16.7%	0.0%	0.0%			6.0			0.67	83%
1961	33	MIN	AL	398	1.5%	10.6%	3.3%	6.5%	28%	3.23	8.9	62.3	10.4	0.83	83%
11 Yrs				3716	1.7%	9.6%	5.1%	6.2%	26%	1.89	9.6	53.4	10.3	0.85	81%
MLB Averages					2.2%	11.8%	9.2%	6.6%	29%	1.28	7.5	39.8	8.2	0.99	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1950	22	NYY	AL	-1.6	-0.2	39	0.0	0.7	-0.7	1.03	0.1	-0.0	4.9	0.5	0.98	0.9	1.34	9
1951	23	NYY	AL	-1.4	-0.1	60	-0.8	0.6	-1.3	.96	-0.3	-0.5	-8.0	-0.8	1.01	-5.0	1.24	9
1952	24	NYY	AL	-4.8	-0.5	369	-1.1	5.4	-6.5	1.01	-1.2	0.0	-17.2	-1.9	1.02	-11.9	4.50	1
1953	25	NYY	AL	-7.0	-0.7	621	-0.1	10.1	-10.1	.94	-0.5	0.4	-1.7	-0.2	0.98	-8.0	0.02	1

1955	27	NYY	AL	-0.0	0.0	84	-0.1	1.1	-1.2	.92	-0.0	-0.0	-1.5	-0.1	1.01	-1.6		0
1956	28	NYY	AL	-8.8	-0.8	520	-0.2	7.8	-8.0	.90	0.1	-0.3	-2.6	-0.3	0.97	-1.1	4.15	1
1957	29	TOT	AL	-13.4	-1.4	436	-1.0	6.9	-7.9	1.00	-1.0	0.0	-8.3	-0.9	0.92	-7.8	1.04	5
1957	29	NYY	AL	-8.7	-0.9	158	-1.1	2.0	-3.2	1.00	-0.9	-0.2	-9.4	-1.0	0.97	-9.3	1.29	4
1957	29	KCA	AL	-4.7	-0.5	278	0.1	4.9	-4.7	1.01	-0.1	0.2	1.1	0.1	0.90	1.5	0.07	1
1958	30	DET	AL	-25.6	-2.6	554	-2.5	7.2	-9.7	.95	-2.4	-0.2	-29.1	-2.9	0.92	-25.0	7.15	2
1959	31	CLE	AL	-4.2	-0.4	263	-1.0	3.5	-4.5	.97	-0.8	-0.3	-8.1	-0.8	0.91	-7.0		0
1960	32	CIN	NL	-11.4	-1.2	348	-2.7	3.9	-6.6	.97	-1.8	-1.0	-20.2	-2.1	0.94	-18.9	1.64	5
1961	33	TOT	MLB	-22.2	-2.2	414	-1.5	5.5	-7.0	.90	-1.6	-0.1	-14.1	-1.4	0.91	-17.6	1.72	9
1961	33	MLN	NL	-1.7	-0.2	6	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.95	-0.2	0.0	-1.2	-0.1	0.78	-1.6	0.95	6
1961	33	MIN	AL	-20.6	-2.0	408	-1.4	5.5	-6.9	.90	-1.4	-0.1	-12.8	-1.2	0.91	-16.0	3.24	3
11 Yrs				-100.4	-10.1	3708	-11.0	52.6	-63.6	.95	-9.5	-2.0	-105.8	-10.8	0.95	-102.9	1.79	42

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	OOB1	OOB2	OOB3	OOBHm	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1950	22	NYY	AL	2	0	82%	18	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	25%	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
1951	23	NYY	AL	1	0	48%	39	0	1	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	39%	6	5	1	0	0	0	7	1	4
1952	24	NYY	AL	9	0	23%	120	3	6	33%	3	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	2	2	2	46%	19	12	6	3	2	1	13	4	9
1953	25	NYY	AL	10	0	31%	206	6	7	46%	6	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	7	0	0	2	1	3	48%	27	20	5	7	1	5	14	1	13

1955	27	NYY	AL	1	0	26%	31	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	88%	4	1	3	2	0	2	2	0	2
1956	28	NYY	AL	9	0	46%	193	7	3	70%	3	3	1	0	3	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	2	18	53%	33	17	16	4	2	2	14	5	9
1957	29	TOT	AL	8	0	31%	154	9	2	82%	7	1	0	0	2	1	3	0	6	0	2	3	0	7	57%	16	9	5	6	3	3	13	1	12
1957	29	NYY	AL	4	0	29%	59	2	1	67%	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	57%	7	4	2	1	0	1	6	1	5
1957	29	KCA	AL	4	0	32%	95	7	1	88%	6	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	4	0	2	1	0	7	57%	9	5	3	5	3	2	7	0	7
1958	30	DET	AL	7	0	35%	194	5	3	63%	3	1	0	1	2	1	4	1	5	0	2	0	2	12	53%	42	22	20	10	3	7	10	4	6
1959	31	CLE	AL	3	0	43%	90	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	1	1	2	62%	10	6	4	3	1	2	13	3	10
1960	32	CIN	NL	2	0	30%	132	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	2	0	6	46%	14	7	5	2	1	1	10	4	6
1961	33	TOT	MLB	11	0	38%	125	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	2	1	0	11	50%	13	7	6	3	2	1	10	4	6
1961	33	MLN	NL	0	0		1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1961	33	MIN	AL	11	0	37%	124	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	2	1	0	11	50%	13	7	6	3	2	1	10	4	6
11 Yrs				63	0	35%	1302	34	29	54%	26	25	1	2	7	4	13	1	44	0	9	12	9	64	52%	187	108	72	41	16	24	106	27	77

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	%	DPopp	DPs	DP%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1950	22	NYY	AL	39	66%	9			9	1	0	0	1.34	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		8	0	0%	3	0	0%	27	7	26%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1951	23	NYY	AL	65	40%	15			9	0	0	1	1.24	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		14	5	36%	8	2	25%	44	2	5%	5	1	20%	1	1	100%	0
1952	24	NYY	AL	401	40%	97			1	0	0	0	4.50	3	0	14	2	1	1	2	0	11	8	73%	65	8	12%	36	15	42%	261	27	10%	25	10	40%	11	7	64%	0
1953	25	NYY	AL	644	40%	151			1	0	0	0	0.02	15	0	21	7	7	7	8	0	10	9	90%	116	19	16%	46	13	28%	403	62	15%	24	17	71%	17	8	47%	0

1955	27	NYY	AL	80	34%	21			0	0	0	0		1	0	3	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	100%	19	2	11%	5	3	60%	61	8	13%	5	3	60%	1	1	100%	0
1956	28	NYY	AL	504	30%	121			1	0	0	0	4.15	9	0	17	6	3	2	7	0	10	8	80%	102	8	8%	54	21	39%	316	46	15%	27	17	63%	16	10	63%	0
1957	29	TOT	AL	439	16%	103			5	0	0	0	1.04	10	0	5	6	3	5	5	0	5	4	80%	70	13	19%	40	11	28%	229	28	12%	15	6	40%	20	9	45%	0
1957	29	NYY	AL	154	23%	35			4	0	0	0	1.29	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	3	2	67%	31	6	19%	19	8	42%	106	12	11%	9	4	44%	9	5	56%	0
1957	29	KCA	AL	285	12%	68			1	0	0	0	0.07	9	0	2	5	3	5	4	0	2	2	100%	39	7	18%	21	3	14%	123	16	13%	6	2	33%	11	4	36%	0
1958	30	DET	AL	536	19%	127			2	0	0	0	7.15	7	0	10	7	0	3	4	0	17	13	76%	106	16	15%	67	24	36%	300	36	12%	24	12	50%	18	9	50%	0
1959	31	CLE	AL	258	19%	63			0	0	0	0		9	0	2	9	0	5	4	1	9	4	44%	51	5	10%	22	6	27%	139	15	11%	11	6	55%	7	4	57%	0
1960	32	CIN	NL	346	37%	78			5	0	0	0	1.64	3	0	6	2	1	0	3	0	2	2	100%	62	11	18%	31	5	16%	185	13	7%	13	3	23%	12	7	58%	0
1961	33	TOT	MLB	404	17%	92			9	1	0	1	1.72	6	0	6	5	1	4	2	0	6	5	83%	85	9	11%	46	14	30%	206	32	16%	24	13	54%	15	7	47%	0
1961	33	MLN	NL	6	17%	0			6	0	0	0	0.95	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1961	33	MIN	AL	398	17%	92			3	1	0	1	3.24	6	0	6	5	1	4	2	0	6	5	83%	84	9	11%	46	14	30%	205	32	16%	24	13	54%	15	7	47%	0
11 Yrs				3716	28%	877			42	2	0	2	1.79	64	0	88	45	17	27	37	2	71	55	77%	698	96	14%	358	114	32%	2171	276	13%	174	88	51%	119	63	53%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			81%			11%			32%			14%			50%			54%

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
1950	22	34	39	36	10	9	1	0	1	8	0	0	3	3	.250	.308	.361	.669	73	13	0	0	0
1951	23	85	104	94	20	24	2	2	1	10	0	1	7	12	.255	.320	.351	.671	80	33	5	2	1
1952	24	194	505	457	52	121	15	5	4	43	3	7	29	43	.265	.323	.346	.668	88	158	13	10	9
1953	25	343	1149	1044	124	272	39	11	19	118	9	14	72	99	.261	.318	.374	.692	92	390	32	16	18
1954	26	343	1149	1044	124	272	39	11	19	118	9	14	72	99	.261	.318	.374	.692	92	390	32	16	18
1955	27	363	1229	1114	132	293	41	11	20	127	10	16	79	108	.263	.320	.373	.694	92	416	34	16	19	2	1
1956	28	484	1733	1572	208	414	65	16	29	176	17	19	109	164	.263	.318	.380	.698	91	598	42	19	27	7	1
1957	29	600	2172	1982	253	517	79	21	39	215	26	21	124	198	.261	.310	.381	.691	89	755	55	23	31	11	1
1958	30	731	2708	2480	309	644	98	22	46	257	31	24	140	260	.260	.304	.373	.677	84	924	71	26	44	17	1
1959	31	804	2966	2722	346	707	105	22	55	281	31	26	148	278	.260	.303	.375	.678	85	1021	76	29	48	19	3
1960	32	907	3312	3039	380	785	122	23	58	297	31	27	175	312	.258	.303	.371	.674	83	1127	87	29	50	20	8
1961	33	1021	3716	3419	425	877	137	28	64	333	34	29	188	355	.257	.300	.369	.669	81	1262	96	32	55	23	8

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
1950	22	36	40	37	10	9	1	0	1	8	0	3	3	.243	.300	.351	.651	4	34
1951	23	54	68	61	10	16	1	2	0	2	0	4	9	.262	.328	.344	.673	6	51
1952	24	114	427	386	37	108	14	3	3	38	3	24	32	.280	.337	.355	.691	45	109
1953	25	156	678	617	78	161	26	6	16	81	6	46	59	.261	.318	.400	.719	77	149

1955	27	21	85	74	9	23	2	0	1	10	1	8	9	.311	.369	.378	.747	10	20
1956	28	126	524	477	78	125	25	5	9	50	7	31	59	.262	.308	.392	.700	57	121
1957	29	122	463	435	50	112	15	5	11	43	10	16	36	.257	.288	.391	.678	48	116
1958	30	137	561	521	59	133	20	1	7	44	5	17	65	.255	.280	.338	.618	49	131
1959	31	76	273	255	41	68	8	0	10	26	0	9	19	.267	.297	.416	.713	30	73
1960	32	108	363	332	36	82	18	1	3	17	0	28	36	.247	.305	.334	.639	34	103
1961	33	114	401	377	42	89	15	5	6	33	3	13	43	.236	.265	.350	.615	34	114
11 Yrs		1064	3883	3572	450	926	145	28	67	352	35	199	370	.259	.303	.372	.674	394	1021
162 Game Avg.		162	591	544	69	141	22	4	10	54	5	30	56	.259	.303	.372	.674	60	1021

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1967 BBWAA ( 0.3%)	All-Star Games 1956 *	Awards (yr lg award) 1953 AL Babe Ruth Award	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1953 AL (25, 1%) 0.01 Career Shares (1521st)
Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1952 AL 2.2 (2nd)	At Bats s c a p y 1953 AL 587 (8th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1952 AL 8 (4th) 1953 AL 6 (5th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1956 AL 8 (7th) 1958 AL 13 (1st)
Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1958 AL 6 (8th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1953 AL 19 (4th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1953 AL 7 (6th)	Power-Speed # s c a p y 1953 AL 8.6 (9th)
Outs Made s c a p y 1953 AL 471 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 1 (2431), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 18 (881), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 13 (1268), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Second Base (277th), 2.9 career WAR/7.1 7yr-peak WAR/5.0 JAWS Average HOF 2B (out of 19) = 69.5 career WAR/44.5 7yr-peak WAR/57.0 JAWS

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