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Eddie Mathews
Edwin Lee Mathews Jr.
Hall of Famer
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 13, 1931 in Texarkana, TX
High School: Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, CA)
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1952
Final Game: September 27, 1968
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1978 (301/379 ballots).
Died: February 18, 2001 in La Jolla, CA
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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
1952 20 BSN NL 145 593 528 80 128 23 5 25 58 6 4 59 115 .242 .320 .447 .767 113 236 9 1 5 *5 MVP-21,RoY-3
1953 21 MLN NL 157 681 579 110 175 31 8 47 135 1 3 99 83 .302 .406 .627 1.033 171 363 6 2 1 *5 AS,MVP-2
1954 22 MLN NL 138 601 476 96 138 21 4 40 103 10 3 113 61 .290 .423 .603 1.026 172 287 9 2 3 7 *57 MVP-19
1955 23 MLN NL 141 616 499 108 144 23 5 41 101 3 4 109 98 .289 .413 .601 1.014 170 300 5 1 1 6 20 *5 AS,MVP-18
1956 24 MLN NL 151 651 552 103 150 21 2 37 95 6 0 91 86 .272 .373 .518 .892 143 286 4 1 3 4 17 *5 AS
1957 25 MLN NL 148 666 572 109 167 28 9 32 94 3 1 90 79 .292 .387 .540 .927 154 309 6 0 2 2 5 *5 AS,MVP-8
1958 26 MLN NL 149 649 546 97 137 18 1 31 77 5 0 85 85 .251 .349 .458 .807 120 250 9 2 8 8 5 *5 AS
1959 27 MLN NL 148 682 594 118 182 16 8 46 114 2 1 80 71 .306 .390 .593 .983 167 352 6 3 3 2 2 *5 AS,MVP-2
1960 28 MLN NL 153 671 548 108 152 19 7 39 124 7 3 111 113 .277 .397 .551 .948 165 302 8 2 4 6 3 *5 AS,MVP-10
1961 29 MLN NL 152 672 572 103 175 23 6 32 91 12 7 93 95 .306 .402 .535 .937 153 306 10 2 1 4 3 *5 AS,MVP-17
1962 30 MLN NL 152 643 536 106 142 25 6 29 90 4 2 101 90 .265 .381 .496 .877 137 266 11 2 0 4 7 *5/3 AS,MVP-29
1963 31 MLN NL 158 675 547 82 144 27 4 23 84 3 4 124 119 .263 .399 .453 .852 147 248 9 1 0 3 14 *57
1964 32 MLN NL 141 590 502 83 117 19 1 23 74 2 2 85 100 .233 .344 .412 .756 112 207 8 1 0 2 5 *5/3
1965 33 MLN NL 156 626 546 77 137 23 0 32 95 1 0 73 110 .251 .341 .469 .810 125 256 11 3 1 3 7 *5 MVP-20
1966 34 ATL NL 134 517 452 72 113 21 4 16 53 1 1 63 82 .250 .341 .420 .761 108 190 6 0 1 1 6 *5
1967 35 TOT MLB 137 511 436 53 103 16 2 16 57 2 4 63 88 .236 .333 .392 .725 111 171 6 3 3 6 12 35
1967 35 HOU NL 101 383 328 39 78 13 2 10 38 2 4 48 65 .238 .333 .381 .714 108 125 5 1 2 4 12 35
1967 35 DET AL 36 128 108 14 25 3 0 6 19 0 0 15 23 .231 .331 .426 .757 120 46 1 2 1 2 0 53
1968 36 DET AL 31 57 52 4 11 0 0 3 8 0 0 5 12 .212 .281 .385 .665 98 20 0 0 0 0 1 /35
17 Seasons 2391 10101 8537 1509 2315 354 72 512 1453 68 39 1444 1487 .271 .376 .509 .885 143 4349 123 26 36 58 107
162 Game Avg. 162 684 578 102 157 24 5 35 98 5 3 98 101 .271 .376 .509 .885 143 295 8 2 2
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
ATL (15 yrs) 2223 9533 8049 1452 2201 338 70 493 1388 66 35 1376 1387 .273 .379 .517 .896 145 4158 117 23 33 52 94
DET (2 yrs) 67 185 160 18 36 3 0 9 27 0 0 20 35 .225 .315 .413 .728 113 66 1 2 1 2 1
HOU (1 yr) 101 383 328 39 78 13 2 10 38 2 4 48 65 .238 .333 .381 .714 108 125 5 1 2 4 12
NL (16 yrs) 2324 9916 8377 1491 2279 351 72 503 1426 68 39 1424 1452 .272 .377 .511 .888 144 4283 122 24 35 56 106
AL (2 yrs) 67 185 160 18 36 3 0 9 27 0 0 20 35 .225 .315 .413 .728 113 66 1 2 1 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
1952 20 BSN NL 593 418 75 4.8 95 .265 .242 .258 .320 .330 .447 .384 .767 .714 113 .566 7.9 0.8 .722 .320 .205 9.7
1953 21 MLN NL 681 414 145 9.3 105 .285 .302 .267 .406 .337 .627 .416 1.033 .753 171 .767 61.6 5.8 1.119 .492 .325 2.0
1954 22 MLN NL 601 360 123 9.2 104 .257 .290 .267 .423 .337 .603 .412 1.026 .749 172 .766 54.8 5.2 1.169 .565 .313 16.0
1955 23 MLN NL 616 371 131 9.4 102 .281 .289 .261 .413 .331 .601 .413 1.014 .744 170 .783 54.5 5.2 1.124 .529 .313 5.6
1956 24 MLN NL 651 413 114 7.4 98 .261 .272 .257 .373 .323 .518 .406 .892 .728 143 .714 35.8 3.5 .946 .422 .246 10.3
1957 25 MLN NL 666 416 126 8.2 97 .292 .292 .260 .387 .322 .540 .403 .927 .725 154 .741 45.2 4.4 .973 .409 .248 5.5
1958 26 MLN NL 649 434 94 5.8 99 .242 .251 .260 .349 .327 .458 .406 .807 .733 120 .600 18.0 1.8 .818 .372 .207 8.6
1959 27 MLN NL 682 424 143 9.0 98 .284 .306 .260 .390 .325 .593 .403 .983 .728 167 .772 55.4 5.3 1.041 .423 .286 3.8
1960 28 MLN NL 671 417 128 8.3 93 .281 .277 .255 .397 .319 .551 .391 .948 .710 165 .763 52.7 5.2 1.029 .484 .274 11.9
1961 29 MLN NL 672 419 128 8.2 100 .318 .306 .263 .402 .328 .535 .409 .937 .737 153 .736 46.4 4.5 .981 .400 .229 17.5
1962 30 MLN NL 643 411 106 6.9 100 .268 .265 .266 .381 .333 .496 .404 .877 .737 137 .681 31.2 3.0 .912 .424 .231 7.0
1963 31 MLN NL 675 419 106 6.8 88 .297 .263 .253 .399 .315 .453 .378 .852 .693 147 .734 40.1 4.2 .894 .415 .190 5.3
1964 32 MLN NL 590 397 75 5.1 94 .247 .233 .264 .344 .322 .412 .393 .756 .715 112 .597 10.1 1.1 .742 .349 .179 3.7
1965 33 MLN NL 626 424 89 5.7 94 .258 .251 .259 .341 .323 .469 .392 .810 .715 125 .640 18.9 2.0 .793 .353 .218 1.9
1966 34 ATL NL 517 348 67 5.2 99 .273 .250 .268 .341 .327 .420 .404 .761 .731 108 .592 6.0 0.6 .731 .310 .170 1.9
1967 35 TOT MLB 511 352 60 4.6 87 .257 .236 .252 .333 .315 .392 .371 .725 .687 111 .574 8.1 0.8 .685 .296 .156 3.6
1967 35 HOU NL 383 265 43 4.4 87 .265 .238 .253 .333 .315 .381 .372 .714 .687 108 .545 5.1 0.5 .664 .284 .143 3.3
1967 35 DET AL 128 87 17 5.3 87 .235 .231 .246 .331 .316 .426 .369 .757 .686 120 .653 3.0 0.3 .750 .333 .194 .0
1968 36 DET AL 57 41 6 3.9 82 .216 .212 .241 .281 .311 .385 .357 .665 .668 98 .552 -0.4 0.0 .610 .269 .173 .0
17 Seasons 10101 6478 1716 7.1 97 .273 .271 .260 .376 .326 .509 .399 .885 .725 143 .704 546.3 53.4 .916 .411 .238 120.1
162 Game Avg. 684 439 116 7.1 97 .273 .271 .260 .376 .326 .509 .399 .885 .725 143 .704 37 4 .916 .411 .238 8
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
ATL (15 yrs) 9533 6085 1650 7.3 98 .275 .273 .261 .379 .327 .517 .401 .896 .727 145 .710 538.6 52.6 .931 .418 .243 116.4
DET (2 yrs) 185 128 23 4.8 85 .229 .225 .245 .315 .314 .413 .365 .728 .680 113 .625 2.6 0.3 .704 .313 .188 .0
HOU (1 yr) 383 265 43 4.4 87 .265 .238 .253 .333 .315 .381 .372 .714 .687 108 .545 5.1 0.5 .664 .284 .143 3.3
NL (16 yrs) 9916 6350 1693 7.2 97 .274 .272 .261 .377 .326 .511 .400 .888 .726 144 .705 543.7 53.1 .920 .413 .239 119.8
AL (2 yrs) 185 128 23 4.8 85 .229 .225 .245 .315 .314 .413 .365 .728 .680 113 .625 2.6 0.3 .704 .313 .188 .0

Postseason Batting

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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
1957 25 MLN NL WS NYY W 7 31 22 4 5 3 0 1 4 0 0 8 5 .227 .433 .500 .933 11 1 0 1 0 0
1958 26 MLN NL WS NYY L 7 31 25 3 4 2 0 0 3 1 0 6 11 .160 .323 .240 .563 6 0 0 0 0 2
1968 36 DET AL WS STL W 2 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 .500 .333 .833 1 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 16 66 50 7 10 5 0 1 7 1 0 15 17 .200 .385 .360 .745 18 1 0 1 0 2
3 WS 16 66 50 7 10 5 0 1 7 1 0 15 17 .200 .385 .360 .745 18 1 0 1 0 2

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
1953 MLN NL 21 as 3B 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 1 1 0 0 0
1955 MLN NL 23 as 3B 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 MLN NL 24 DNP
1957 MLN NL 25 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 MLN NL 26 DNP
1959 MLN NL 27 as 3B 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 1.333 1.667 4 0 0 0 0 0
1959 MLN NL 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 MLN NL 28 as 3B 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 MLN NL 28 as 3B 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 1.333 1.667 4 0 0 0 0 0
1961 MLN NL 29 as 3B 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 MLN NL 29 as 3B 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 MLN NL 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons (10 Appearances) 27 25 4 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 5 .080 .148 .320 .468 8 1 1 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
1952 20 BSN NL 593 4.2% 19.4% 10.0% 8.9% 41% 1.95 4.6 21.1 9.1 65%
1953 21 MLN NL 681 6.9% 12.2% 14.5% 12.6% 49% 0.84 7.0 12.3 4.3 66%
1954 22 MLN NL 601 6.7% 10.2% 18.8% 10.8% 47% 0.54 7.8 11.9 4.6 0.76 64%
1955 23 MLN NL 616 6.7% 15.9% 17.7% 11.2% 48% 0.90 5.1 12.2 4.9 0.70 59%
1956 24 MLN NL 651 5.7% 13.2% 14.0% 9.2% 40% 0.95 6.4 14.9 5.8 0.85 67%
1957 25 MLN NL 666 4.8% 11.9% 13.5% 10.4% 41% 0.88 7.2 17.9 6.1 0.79 70%
1958 26 MLN NL 649 4.8% 13.1% 13.1% 7.7% 37% 1.00 6.4 17.6 7.1 0.89 67%
1959 27 MLN NL 682 6.7% 10.4% 11.7% 10.3% 39% 0.89 8.4 12.9 5.2 0.76 70%
1960 28 MLN NL 671 5.8% 16.8% 16.5% 9.7% 43% 1.02 4.9 14.1 4.4 0.95 60%
1961 29 MLN NL 672 4.8% 14.1% 13.8% 9.1% 35% 1.02 6.0 17.9 6.3 0.79 67%
1962 30 MLN NL 643 4.5% 14.0% 15.7% 9.3% 42% 0.89 6.0 18.5 6.0 0.71 65%
1963 31 MLN NL 675 3.4% 17.6% 18.4% 8.0% 38% 0.96 4.6 23.8 6.5 0.97 60%
1964 32 MLN NL 590 3.9% 17.0% 14.4% 7.3% 37% 1.18 5.0 21.8 6.8 1.00 65%
1965 33 MLN NL 626 5.1% 17.6% 11.7% 8.8% 40% 1.51 5.0 17.1 5.7 0.91 65%
1966 34 ATL NL 517 3.1% 15.9% 12.2% 7.9% 36% 1.30 5.5 28.3 8.5 0.80 69%
1967 35 TOT MLB 511 3.1% 17.2% 12.3% 6.7% 33% 1.40 5.0 27.3 7.6 0.86 66%
1967 35 HOU NL 383 2.6% 17.0% 12.5% 6.5% 32% 1.35 5.0 32.8 8.6 0.92 67%
1967 35 DET AL 128 4.7% 18.0% 11.7% 7.0% 36% 1.53 4.7 18.0 5.7 0.72 63%
1968 36 DET AL 57 5.3% 21.1% 8.8% 5.3% 27% 2.40 4.3 17.3 6.5 1.07 65%
17 Seasons 10101 5.1% 14.7% 14.3% 9.3% 41% 1.03 5.7 16.7 5.9 0.84 65%
MLB Averages
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

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 22 MLN NL 7 0 26% 179 10 3 77% 6 3 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 6 45% 29 19 9 2 1 1 16 5 11
1955 23 MLN NL 4 0 32% 153 3 4 43% 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 7 37% 29 25 4 7 3 4 16 5 11
1956 24 MLN NL 6 0 32% 151 6 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 42% 26 19 7 4 2 2 15 4 10
1957 25 MLN NL 5 0 34% 258 3 1 75% 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 18 51% 43 25 18 13 6 6 18 4 14
1958 26 MLN NL 9 0 34% 189 5 0 100% 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 16 38% 37 27 10 8 5 3 11 3 8
1959 27 MLN NL 8 0 33% 296 2 1 67% 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 14 33% 49 39 8 21 14 7 18 4 14
1960 28 MLN NL 2 0 31% 229 7 3 70% 7 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 15 47% 44 30 13 10 4 6 19 3 15
1961 29 MLN NL 7 0 30% 289 12 7 63% 13 6 0 1 0 0 5 0 4 14 40% 47 33 14 11 6 4 19 6 13
1962 30 MLN NL 6 0 36% 246 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 14 37% 37 30 6 9 6 3 21 4 16
1963 31 MLN NL 8 0 24% 289 3 4 43% 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 11 15 31% 38 32 5 16 10 4 16 3 13
1964 32 MLN NL 6 0 33% 242 2 2 50% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 15 43% 41 32 9 8 3 5 21 4 16
1965 33 MLN NL 8 0 25% 240 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 44% 30 21 9 7 4 3 15 4 11
1966 34 ATL NL 3 0 35% 193 1 1 50% 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 19 42% 19 15 3 7 3 4 17 5 11
1967 35 TOT MLB 6 0 24% 198 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14 50% 27 17 10 6 2 4 9 2 7
1967 35 HOU NL 4 0 25% 143 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 52% 17 11 6 6 2 4 8 2 6
1967 35 DET AL 2 0 22% 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 46% 10 6 4 0 0 0 1 0 1
1968 36 DET AL 0 0 8% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Seasons 85 0 31% 3165 68 39 64% 49 29 4 2 1 1 20 1 58 183 41% 498 366 125 129 69 56 231 56 170
MLB Averages
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

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 22 MLN NL 487 77% 138 2 0 0 0 1.99 40 2 11 25 8 15 18 0 3 3 100% 104 9 9% 42 16 38% 308 56 18% 31 16 52% 34 12 35% 113
1955 23 MLN NL 414 85% 144 2 1 1 1 1.10 41 0 4 25 2 15 12 0 1 1 100% 105 5 5% 38 13 34% 251 43 17% 24 13 54% 35 12 34% 202
1956 24 MLN NL 438 84% 150 2 0 0 0 2.05 37 0 7 23 2 10 15 0 3 3 100% 75 4 5% 33 8 24% 271 40 15% 17 9 53% 32 14 44% 213
1957 25 MLN NL 666 78% 167 0 0 0 0 32 0 8 31 1 13 19 0 4 2 50% 143 6 4% 56 17 30% 392 64 16% 33 17 52% 39 16 41% 0
1958 26 MLN NL 616 73% 137 0 0 0 0 31 0 10 23 7 16 14 0 9 8 89% 144 9 6% 65 23 35% 381 45 12% 34 17 50% 46 14 30% 33
1959 27 MLN NL 652 77% 182 0 0 0 0 46 1 11 36 9 20 25 0 4 3 75% 127 6 5% 70 16 23% 366 69 19% 31 16 52% 32 12 38% 30
1960 28 MLN NL 657 71% 152 0 0 0 0 39 0 10 34 5 23 16 0 4 4 100% 161 8 5% 61 20 33% 412 84 20% 46 22 48% 50 19 38% 14
1961 29 MLN NL 668 69% 175 1 0 0 0 2.97 32 0 5 17 15 14 18 0 1 1 100% 169 10 6% 54 14 26% 399 62 16% 32 15 47% 43 14 33% 4
1962 30 MLN NL 609 71% 142 2 0 0 1 3.45 29 1 12 20 9 18 11 0 0 0 149 11 7% 68 16 24% 394 65 17% 34 20 59% 34 18 53% 34
1963 31 MLN NL 659 79% 144 1 0 0 0 2.51 23 0 6 19 4 11 12 0 0 0 121 9 7% 56 17 30% 418 60 14% 35 17 49% 51 18 35% 16
1964 32 MLN NL 559 82% 117 7 1 0 0 1.38 23 0 10 20 1 10 11 0 0 0 102 8 8% 43 17 40% 315 47 15% 23 11 48% 25 14 56% 31
1965 33 MLN NL 573 82% 137 8 1 0 0 2.01 32 1 8 25 4 16 13 0 1 1 100% 98 11 11% 44 14 32% 324 60 19% 33 14 42% 33 12 36% 53
1966 34 ATL NL 475 78% 113 10 3 0 2 1.64 16 0 6 12 1 9 4 1 1 1 100% 95 6 6% 39 10 26% 241 32 13% 20 8 40% 25 8 32% 42
1967 35 TOT MLB 502 76% 103 14 1 0 0 2.44 16 0 15 12 3 6 9 0 3 3 100% 99 6 6% 50 17 34% 356 43 12% 38 15 39% 44 18 41% 9
1967 35 HOU NL 374 80% 78 9 1 0 0 2.29 10 0 8 7 2 3 6 0 2 2 100% 71 5 7% 41 14 34% 270 29 11% 29 10 34% 40 16 40% 9
1967 35 DET AL 128 66% 25 5 0 0 0 2.72 6 0 7 5 1 3 3 0 1 1 100% 28 1 4% 9 3 33% 86 14 16% 9 5 56% 4 2 50% 0
1968 36 DET AL 57 93% 11 16 3 0 0 1.71 3 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 11 0 0% 3 0 0% 28 6 21% 2 2 100% 2 1 50% 0
17 Seasons 8032 77% 2315 65 10 1 4 1.94 512 5 123 325 71 197 199 1 34 36 106% 1703 123 7% 722 218 30% 4856 776 16% 433 212 49% 525 202 38% 794
MLB Averages
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

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
1952 20 145 593 528 80 128 23 5 25 58 6 4 59 115 .242 .320 .447 .767 113 236 9 1 5
1953 21 302 1274 1107 190 303 54 13 72 193 7 7 158 198 .274 .366 .541 .907 145 599 15 3 6
1954 22 440 1875 1583 286 441 75 17 112 296 17 10 271 259 .279 .384 .560 .944 153 886 24 5 9 7
1955 23 581 2491 2082 394 585 98 22 153 397 20 14 380 357 .281 .391 .570 .961 157 1186 29 6 10 13 20
1956 24 732 3142 2634 497 735 119 24 190 492 26 14 471 443 .279 .388 .559 .947 155 1472 33 7 13 17 37
1957 25 880 3808 3206 606 902 147 33 222 586 29 15 561 522 .281 .388 .556 .943 154 1781 39 7 15 19 42
1958 26 1029 4457 3752 703 1039 165 34 253 663 34 15 646 607 .277 .382 .541 .923 149 2031 48 9 23 27 47
1959 27 1177 5139 4346 821 1221 181 42 299 777 36 16 726 678 .281 .383 .548 .931 152 2383 54 12 26 29 49
1960 28 1330 5810 4894 929 1373 200 49 338 901 43 19 837 791 .281 .385 .549 .933 153 2685 62 14 30 35 52
1961 29 1482 6482 5466 1032 1548 223 55 370 992 55 26 930 886 .283 .387 .547 .934 153 2991 72 16 31 39 55
1962 30 1634 7125 6002 1138 1690 248 61 399 1082 59 28 1031 976 .282 .386 .543 .929 152 3257 83 18 31 43 62
1963 31 1792 7800 6549 1220 1834 275 65 422 1166 62 32 1155 1095 .280 .387 .535 .922 151 3505 92 19 31 46 76
1964 32 1933 8390 7051 1303 1951 294 66 445 1240 64 34 1240 1195 .277 .384 .526 .911 149 3712 100 20 31 48 81
1965 33 2089 9016 7597 1380 2088 317 66 477 1335 65 34 1313 1305 .275 .381 .522 .903 147 3968 111 23 32 51 88
1966 34 2223 9533 8049 1452 2201 338 70 493 1388 66 35 1376 1387 .273 .379 .517 .896 145 4158 117 23 33 52 94
1967 35 2360 10044 8485 1505 2304 354 72 509 1445 68 39 1439 1475 .272 .377 .510 .887 143 4329 123 26 36 58 106
1968 36 2391 10101 8537 1509 2315 354 72 512 1453 68 39 1444 1487 .271 .376 .509 .885 143 4349 123 26 36 58 107

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
1952 20 152 624 558 91 140 25 5 27 66 7 65 120 .251 .330 .459 .789 85 145
1953 21 163 704 600 113 180 32 8 48 139 1 102 86 .300 .403 .620 1.023 150 157
1954 22 145 636 505 104 149 23 4 43 112 11 122 64 .295 .429 .612 1.041 134 138
1955 23 148 658 531 116 158 25 5 45 108 3 120 103 .298 .424 .618 1.042 140 141
1956 24 158 703 593 119 173 24 2 43 110 7 105 90 .292 .397 .556 .953 132 151
1957 25 155 716 612 123 189 32 10 36 106 3 102 83 .309 .406 .570 .977 142 148
1958 26 157 696 588 111 158 21 1 36 88 6 98 89 .269 .371 .491 .862 107 149
1959 27 155 733 637 134 206 18 9 52 130 2 91 74 .323 .409 .625 1.034 162 148
1960 28 160 730 592 127 178 22 8 46 145 8 130 118 .301 .425 .598 1.023 151 153
1961 29 159 715 607 112 192 25 7 35 99 13 102 99 .316 .414 .554 .968 139 152
1962 30 152 653 542 108 148 26 6 30 91 4 105 90 .273 .391 .509 .900 108 152
1963 31 158 716 569 96 166 31 5 27 98 3 143 119 .292 .433 .506 .939 124 158
1964 32 141 607 512 90 127 21 1 25 81 2 92 100 .248 .362 .439 .802 82 141
1965 33 155 636 552 83 146 25 0 34 103 1 78 109 .264 .357 .495 .851 96 156
1966 34 134 525 458 76 119 22 4 17 56 1 66 82 .260 .352 .437 .789 71 134
1967 35 137 532 451 63 118 18 2 18 68 2 72 88 .262 .363 .430 .793 71 137
1968 36 31 60 54 5 13 0 0 4 9 0 6 12 .241 .317 .463 .780 7 31
17 Seasons 2460 10644 8961 1671 2560 390 77 566 1609 74 1599 1526 .286 .393 .536 .929 1901 2391
162 Game Avg. 162 701 590 110 169 26 5 37 106 5 105 100 .286 .393 .536 .929 125 2391
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1953 (3B)
1955 (3B)
1956
1957 *
1958
1959-1 (3B)
1959-2 *
1960-1 (3B)
1960-2 (3B)
1961-1 (3B)
1961-2 (3B)
1962-2 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1952-NL-21-4%
1953-NL-2-64%
1954-NL-19-1%
1955-NL-18-2%
1957-NL-8-13%
1959-NL-2-56%
1960-NL-10-15%
1961-NL-17-3%
1962-NL-29-0%
1965-NL-20-3%
1.61 Career Shares (127th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1959 NL--.306--9th
1961 NL--.306--9th

On-Base% s c a p y
1953 NL--.406--5th
1954 NL--.423--4th
1955 NL--.413--3rd
1956 NL--.373--8th
1957 NL--.387--6th
1959 NL--.390--5th
1960 NL--.397--3rd
1961 NL--.402--3rd
1962 NL--.381--8th
1963 NL--.399--1st
Career--.376--202nd

Slugging % s c a p y
1953 NL--.627--2nd
1954 NL--.603--5th
1955 NL--.601--3rd
1956 NL--.518--10th
1957 NL--.540--6th
1959 NL--.593--3rd
1960 NL--.551--6th
1961 NL--.535--8th
Career--.509--78th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1953 NL--1.033--3rd
1954 NL--1.026--5th
1955 NL--1.014--3rd
1956 NL--.892--8th
1957 NL--.927--6th
1959 NL--.983--2nd
1960 NL--.948--2nd
1961 NL--.937--7th
1962 NL--.877--10th
1963 NL--.852--7th
Career--.885--82nd

Games Played s c a p y
1953 NL--157--2nd
1958 NL--149--9th
1960 NL--153--4th
1961 NL--152--9th
1963 NL--158--8th
Career--2391--77th

At Bats s c a p y
1959 NL--594--8th
Career--8537--93rd

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1953 NL--681--6th
1958 NL--649--7th
1959 NL--682--7th
1960 NL--671--5th
1961 NL--672--2nd
Career--10101--67th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1953 NL--110--5th
1955 NL--108--6th
1956 NL--103--4th
1957 NL--109--4th
1958 NL--97--6th
1959 NL--118--3rd
1960 NL--108--2nd
1961 NL--103--7th
1962 NL--106--8th
Career--1509--62nd

Hits s c a p y
1953 NL--175--10th
1959 NL--182--5th
1961 NL--175--8th
Career--2315--132nd

Total Bases s c a p y
1953 NL--363--2nd
1954 NL--287--8th
1955 NL--300--9th
1956 NL--286--8th
1957 NL--309--5th
1959 NL--352--2nd
1960 NL--302--6th
1961 NL--306--8th
Career--4349--49th

Doubles s c a p y
Career--354--247th

Triples s c a p y
1953 NL--8--8th
1957 NL--9--3rd
1959 NL--8--6th

Home Runs s c a p y
1952 NL--25--4th
1953 NL--47--1st
1954 NL--40--5th
1955 NL--41--5th
1956 NL--37--4th
1957 NL--32--5th
1958 NL--31--3rd
1959 NL--46--1st
1960 NL--39--3rd
1961 NL--32--7th
1962 NL--29--8th
1965 NL--32--6th
Career--512--21st

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1953 NL--135--2nd
1954 NL--103--8th
1956 NL--95--6th
1957 NL--94--7th
1959 NL--114--5th
1960 NL--124--2nd
1961 NL--91--9th
Career--1453--55th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1953 NL--99--4th
1954 NL--113--2nd
1955 NL--109--1st
1956 NL--91--4th
1957 NL--90--3rd
1958 NL--85--3rd
1959 NL--80--4th
1960 NL--111--2nd
1961 NL--93--1st
1962 NL--101--1st
1963 NL--124--1st
1964 NL--85--2nd
1965 NL--73--10th
Career--1444--22nd

Strikeouts s c a p y
1952 NL--115--1st
1953 NL--83--8th
1955 NL--98--2nd
1956 NL--86--6th
1958 NL--85--7th
1960 NL--113--2nd
1961 NL--95--3rd
1963 NL--119--5th
1964 NL--100--8th
Career--1487--50th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1954 NL--10--6th
1961 NL--12--7th

Singles s c a p y
1961 NL--114--8th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1953 NL--171--1st
1954 NL--172--2nd
1955 NL--170--2nd
1956 NL--143--5th
1957 NL--154--4th
1959 NL--167--2nd
1960 NL--165--2nd
1961 NL--153--5th
1962 NL--137--8th
1963 NL--147--5th
Career--143--58th

Runs Created s c a p y
1953 NL--145--3rd
1954 NL--123--6th
1955 NL--131--4th
1956 NL--114--6th
1957 NL--126--4th
1959 NL--143--2nd
1960 NL--128--1st
1961 NL--128--4th
1962 NL--106--10th
1963 NL--106--9th
Career--1716--43rd

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1953 NL--62--2nd
1954 NL--55--5th
1955 NL--55--3rd
1956 NL--36--5th
1957 NL--45--4th
1959 NL--55--2nd
1960 NL--53--1st
1961 NL--46--4th
1962 NL--31--5th
1963 NL--40--5th
Career--546--34th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1953 NL--5.8--2nd
1954 NL--5.2--5th
1955 NL--5.2--3rd
1956 NL--3.5--5th
1957 NL--4.4--4th
1959 NL--5.3--2nd
1960 NL--5.2--1st
1961 NL--4.5--4th
1962 NL--3.0--5th
1963 NL--4.2--5th
Career--53.4--29th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1952 NL--53--8th
1953 NL--86--2nd
1954 NL--65--6th
1955 NL--69--7th
1957 NL--69--6th
1959 NL--70--6th
1960 NL--65--7th
1961 NL--61--8th
1962 NL--60--9th
Career--938--49th

Times On Base s c a p y
1953 NL--276--3rd
1954 NL--253--8th
1955 NL--254--6th
1956 NL--242--6th
1957 NL--257--4th
1958 NL--224--9th
1959 NL--265--2nd
1960 NL--265--2nd
1961 NL--270--1st
1962 NL--245--10th
1963 NL--269--2nd
Career--3785--58th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1953 NL--.767--3rd
1954 NL--.766--5th
1955 NL--.783--3rd
1956 NL--.714--3rd
1957 NL--.741--4th
1959 NL--.772--2nd
1960 NL--.763--2nd
1961 NL--.736--4th
1962 NL--.681--9th
1963 NL--.734--5th
Career--.704--67th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1958 NL--8--10th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1958 NL--8--2nd
Career--58--216th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1955 NL--20--2nd
1956 NL--17--5th
1963 NL--14--5th
Career--107--95th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1961 NL--7--8th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1952 NL--9.7--10th
1954 NL--16.0--1st
1956 NL--10.3--9th
1961 NL--17.5--6th

AB per HR s c a p y
1952 NL--21.120--5th
1953 NL--12.319--1st
1954 NL--11.900--2nd
1955 NL--12.171--2nd
1956 NL--14.919--4th
1957 NL--17.875--7th
1958 NL--17.613--3rd
1959 NL--12.913--1st
1960 NL--14.051--1st
1961 NL--17.875--9th
1962 NL--18.483--9th
1963 NL--23.783--8th
1964 NL--21.826--10th
1965 NL--17.063--4th
Career--16.674--42nd

Outs Made s c a p y
1958 NL--434--8th
Career--6478--89th

Oldest s c a p y
1968 AL--born 1931-10-13--7th

Youngest s c a p y
1952 NL--born 1931-10-13--10th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 16 (107), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 151 (40), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 162 (68), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 54 (60), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Mike Schmidt (920) *
  2. Ernie Banks (865) *
  3. Willie McCovey (857) *
  4. Mickey Mantle (854) *
  5. Fred McGriff (827)
  6. Gary Sheffield (826)
  7. Harmon Killebrew (825) *
  8. Sammy Sosa (822)
  9. Willie Stargell (817) *
  10. Chipper Jones (816)
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  1. Adrian Beltre (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Bob Horner (917)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Bob Horner (919)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Frank Robinson (892) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Frank Robinson (894) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Frank Robinson (898) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Ken Griffey (885)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Ken Griffey (882)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Mickey Mantle (869) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Mickey Mantle (865) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Mickey Mantle (865) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Mickey Mantle (875) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Sammy Sosa (861)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Mickey Mantle (867) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Mickey Mantle (865) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Mickey Mantle (863) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Mike Schmidt (882) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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