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Eddie Mathews

Edwin Lee Mathews

Positions: Third Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 13, 1931 in Texarkana, TX
High School: Santa Barbara HS (Santa Barbara, CA)
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1952 (Age 20)
Teams (by GP): Braves/Astros/Tigers 1952-1968

Final Game: September 27, 1968 (Age 36)
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1978 (301/379 ballots).
   View Eddie Mathews Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: February 18, 2001 in La Jolla, CA
Buried: Santa Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, CA
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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
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 138 600 476 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 .983 168 352 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 .948 166 302 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 .937 156 306 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 .852 146 248 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 .810 126 256 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 Yrs 2391 10100 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 9532 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 9915 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

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 Salary Pos Awards
1952 20 BSN NL 145 593 7 -0 0 -7 0 0 0.0 22 23 2.3 .500 .500 3.1 -0.8 30 $6,000 *5 MVP-21,RoY-3
1953 21 MLN NL 157 681 56 -0 2 3 1 62 5.8 25 88 8.3 .538 .537 8.2 0.3 85 $10,000 *5 AS,MVP-2
1954 22 MLN NL 138 600 53 1 0 3 0 58 5.6 22 80 7.8 .542 .535 7.7 0.2 77 $35,000 *57 MVP-19
1955 23 MLN NL 141 616 49 -1 1 4 1 53 5.0 23 76 7.3 .538 .533 7.2 0.2 72 $50,000 *5 AS,MVP-18
1956 24 MLN NL 151 651 32 2 2 -2 1 34 3.2 24 58 5.7 .524 .522 6.4 -0.4 61 $50,000 *5 AS
1957 25 MLN NL 148 666 42 0 3 3 2 50 5.0 24 74 7.4 .535 .532 7.3 0.4 71 $50,000 *5 AS,MVP-8
1958 26 MLN NL 149 649 17 3 1 16 2 40 4.0 24 63 6.4 .528 .526 4.8 1.9 47 $55,000 *5 AS
1959 27 MLN NL 148 682 56 -2 1 -2 3 56 5.7 24 80 8.1 .538 .535 8.4 0.1 82 $50,000 *5 AS,MVP-2
1960 28 MLN NL 153 671 47 1 0 -5 3 46 4.8 25 71 7.3 .532 .530 7.9 -0.3 76 $65,000 *5 AS,MVP-10
1961 29 MLN NL 152 672 45 -2 2 -1 3 46 4.7 25 71 7.2 .531 .529 7.3 0.2 73 $67,500 *5 AS,MVP-17
1962 30 MLN NL 152 643 27 -2 1 1 3 30 3.2 24 55 5.6 .521 .519 5.4 0.5 53 $65,000 *5/3 AS,MVP-29
1963 31 MLN NL 158 675 33 -2 0 14 0 45 5.3 25 70 8.0 .533 .532 6.2 1.8 56 $62,500 *57
1964 32 MLN NL 141 590 8 2 1 5 2 19 2.3 22 41 4.6 .515 .513 3.9 1.0 36 $57,500 *5/3
1965 33 MLN NL 156 626 19 1 -0 3 3 27 2.9 24 50 5.4 .519 .518 5.0 0.7 47 $55,000 *5 MVP-20
1966 34 ATL NL 134 517 3 -0 1 1 2 6 0.8 19 25 2.7 .505 .504 2.5 0.4 24 $57,500 *5
1967 35 HOU NL 101 383 2 0 1 -4 -4 -5 -0.5 14 9 0.9 .494 .496 1.3 -0.8 13 $57,500 35
1967 35 DET AL 36 128 3 0 0 0 -0 4 0.4 4 8 0.9 .514 .503 0.9 -0.0 8 53
1968 36 DET AL 31 57 -1 -0 0 1 -0 0 0.0 2 2 0.2 .501 .500 0.1 0.1 1 $75,000 /35
17 Seasons 2391 10100 501 0 18 33 21 573 58.4 371 945 96.2 .525 .520 93.7 5.5 912 $868,500
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
ATL (15 yrs) 2223 9532 497 -0 16 35 26 574 58.4 352 925 94.2 .527 .524 91.4 6.3 890 $736,000
DET (2 yrs) 67 185 3 0 0 2 -1 5 0.5 6 11 1.1 .508 .502 0.9 0.1 9 $75,000
HOU (1 yr) 101 383 2 0 1 -4 -4 -5 -0.5 14 9 0.9 .494 .496 1.3 -0.8 13 $57,500

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
1952 20 BSN NL 593 418 75 4.8 95 .265 .242 .258 .320 .330 .447 .384 .767 .714 113 .566 7.8 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 600 360 123 9.2 104 .257 .290 .267 .423 .337 .603 .412 1.026 .750 172 .766 54.7 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 54.4 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 .729 143 .714 35.7 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 .740 45.1 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 17.9 1.7 .818 .372 .207 8.6
1959 27 MLN NL 682 424 143 9.0 97 .284 .306 .259 .390 .324 .593 .401 .983 .725 168 .772 56.1 5.4 1.041 .423 .286 3.8
1960 28 MLN NL 671 417 128 8.3 92 .281 .277 .254 .397 .318 .551 .389 .948 .707 166 .763 53.5 5.3 1.029 .484 .274 11.9
1961 29 MLN NL 672 419 128 8.2 99 .318 .306 .260 .402 .326 .535 .406 .937 .731 156 .736 48.2 4.6 .981 .400 .229 17.5
1962 30 MLN NL 643 411 106 6.9 101 .268 .265 .266 .381 .333 .496 .404 .877 .738 137 .681 31.1 3.0 .912 .424 .231 7.0
1963 31 MLN NL 675 419 106 6.8 89 .297 .263 .253 .399 .315 .453 .378 .852 .693 146 .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 1.0 .742 .349 .179 3.7
1965 33 MLN NL 626 424 89 5.7 94 .258 .251 .258 .341 .322 .469 .390 .810 .712 126 .640 19.6 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 .316 .392 .372 .725 .687 111 .574 8.0 0.9 .685 .296 .156 3.6
1967 35 HOU NL 383 265 43 4.4 87 .265 .238 .254 .333 .315 .381 .372 .714 .688 108 .545 5.0 0.5 .664 .284 .143 3.3
1967 35 DET AL 128 87 17 5.3 87 .235 .231 .247 .331 .316 .426 .370 .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 -0.1 .610 .269 .173 .0
17 Yrs 10100 6478 1716 7.1 97 .273 .271 .260 .376 .326 .509 .399 .885 .724 143 .704 549.4 53.7 .916 .411 .238 120.1
162 Game Avg. 684 439 116 7.1 97 .273 .271 .260 .376 .326 .509 .399 .885 .724 143 .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) 9532 6085 1650 7.3 97 .275 .273 .261 .379 .326 .517 .400 .896 .727 145 .710 541.8 52.9 .931 .418 .243 116.4
DET (2 yrs) 185 128 23 4.8 85 .229 .225 .245 .315 .315 .413 .366 .728 .680 113 .625 2.6 0.3 .704 .313 .188 .0
HOU (1 yr) 383 265 43 4.4 87 .265 .238 .254 .333 .315 .381 .372 .714 .688 108 .545 5.0 0.5 .664 .284 .143 3.3
NL (16 yrs) 9915 6350 1693 7.2 97 .274 .272 .260 .377 .326 .511 .399 .888 .725 144 .705 546.8 53.4 .920 .413 .239 119.8
AL (2 yrs) 185 128 23 4.8 85 .229 .225 .245 .315 .315 .413 .366 .728 .680 113 .625 2.6 0.3 .704 .313 .188 .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
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 Yrs (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

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 Yrs (10 GP) 27 25 4 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 5 .080 .148 .320 .468 8 1 1 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
1952 20 BSN NL 593 4.2% 19.4% 10.0% 8.9% 41% 1.95 4.6 21.1 9.1 0.94 65%
1953 21 MLN NL 681 6.9% 12.2% 14.5% 12.6% 49% 0.84 7.0 12.3 4.3 0.71 66%
1954 22 MLN NL 600 6.7% 10.2% 18.8% 10.8% 47% 0.54 7.8 11.9 4.6 0.79 64%
1955 23 MLN NL 616 6.7% 15.9% 17.7% 11.2% 48% 0.90 5.1 12.2 4.9 0.86 59%
1956 24 MLN NL 651 5.7% 13.2% 14.0% 9.2% 40% 0.95 6.4 14.9 5.8 0.86 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 0.91 67%
1959 27 MLN NL 682 6.7% 10.4% 11.7% 10.3% 39% 0.89 8.4 12.9 5.2 0.79 70%
1960 28 MLN NL 671 5.8% 16.8% 16.5% 9.7% 43% 1.02 4.8 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 0.81 67%
1962 30 MLN NL 643 4.5% 14.0% 15.7% 9.3% 42% 0.89 6.0 18.5 6.0 0.76 65%
1963 31 MLN NL 675 3.4% 17.6% 18.4% 8.0% 38% 0.96 4.6 23.8 6.5 0.96 60%
1964 32 MLN NL 590 3.9% 17.0% 14.4% 7.3% 37% 1.18 5.0 21.8 6.8 1.06 65%
1965 33 MLN NL 626 5.1% 17.6% 11.7% 8.8% 40% 1.51 5.0 17.1 5.7 0.97 65%
1966 34 ATL NL 517 3.1% 15.9% 12.2% 7.9% 36% 1.30 5.5 28.3 8.5 0.81 69%
1967 35 TOT MLB 511 3.1% 17.2% 12.3% 6.7% 33% 1.40 5.0 27.3 7.6 0.88 66%
1967 35 HOU NL 383 2.6% 17.0% 12.5% 6.5% 32% 1.35 5.0 32.8 8.6 0.94 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 Yrs 10100 5.1% 14.7% 14.3% 9.3% 41% 1.03 5.7 16.7 5.9 0.86 65%
MLB Averages 2.2% 13.7% 8.5% 6.4% 28% 1.61 6.5 40.6 8.7 1.04 74%
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

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1952 20 BSN NL 7.8 0.8 586 1.4 11.8 -10.4 1.06 2.0 -0.7 7.7 0.8 0.91 17.1 3.81 1
1953 21 MLN NL 61.6 5.8 565 3.6 11.4 -7.8 .93 4.4 -0.6 57.9 5.6 0.89 53.8 0
1954 22 MLN NL 54.7 5.2 563 4.5 13.0 -8.5 1.03 5.6 -1.2 49.0 4.8 0.93 62.2 1.90 2
1955 23 MLN NL 54.4 5.2 564 4.5 12.4 -7.9 .97 5.0 -0.4 43.6 4.3 0.91 54.9 1.07 2
1956 24 MLN NL 35.7 3.5 590 4.1 12.0 -7.9 .94 3.6 0.7 42.0 4.3 0.93 39.9 1.99 2
1957 25 MLN NL 45.1 4.4 679 5.5 15.3 -9.8 .98 4.3 1.4 46.1 4.6 0.90 49.5 0
1958 26 MLN NL 17.9 1.7 654 2.7 12.6 -9.9 .97 2.8 0.1 17.0 1.7 0.93 26.3 0
1959 27 MLN NL 56.1 5.4 679 4.7 15.0 -10.3 .96 6.6 -1.7 64.9 6.5 0.93 70.9 0
1960 28 MLN NL 53.5 5.3 691 6.1 14.8 -8.7 .91 5.7 1.0 67.7 7.0 0.92 66.4 0
1961 29 MLN NL 48.2 4.6 702 3.7 14.5 -10.7 .97 5.1 -1.2 47.9 4.8 0.90 57.6 3.16 1
1962 30 MLN NL 31.1 3.0 655 3.0 13.4 -10.4 1.02 3.6 -0.7 38.3 3.8 0.94 40.3 2.87 3
1963 31 MLN NL 40.1 4.2 676 4.5 14.8 -10.2 1.06 4.9 -0.6 49.8 5.3 0.98 50.1 2.41 1
1964 32 MLN NL 10.1 1.0 588 3.2 11.8 -8.6 .97 2.1 1.2 24.0 2.5 0.96 22.6 1.25 7
1965 33 MLN NL 19.6 2.0 592 3.6 12.6 -9.0 .96 3.2 0.6 38.0 3.9 0.94 34.8 2.02 8
1966 34 ATL NL 6.0 0.6 509 2.1 9.1 -7.0 .90 1.5 0.8 16.3 1.6 0.90 16.6 1.53 12
1967 35 TOT MLB 8.0 0.9 518 1.2 10.1 -8.9 1.12 1.2 -0.1 10.6 1.1 1.03 9.9 2.27 15
1967 35 HOU NL 5.0 0.5 388 0.3 7.3 -7.0 1.13 0.3 -0.0 1.3 0.1 1.02 2.1 2.13 10
1967 35 DET AL 3.0 0.3 130 0.9 2.8 -2.0 1.07 0.9 -0.1 9.3 1.0 1.06 7.8 2.55 5
1968 36 DET AL -0.4 -0.1 57 0.0 1.1 -1.1 1.22 -0.1 0.2 2.0 0.2 0.94 -0.2 1.66 16
17 Yrs 549.4 53.7 9868 58.3 205.6 -147.3 .98 61.3 -2.0 622.7 62.8 0.93 672.7 1.88 70
BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1952 20 BSN NL 8 0 34% 193 6 4 60% 6 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 4 0 1 1 2 4 52% 18 13 5 8 3 4 20 3 15
1953 21 MLN NL 3 0 28% 211 1 3 25% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 1 1 6 44% 32 23 9 6 1 4 14 4 10
1954 22 MLN NL 8 0 26% 198 10 3 77% 7 3 2 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 6 45% 35 24 10 3 1 2 18 5 13
1955 23 MLN NL 6 0 32% 219 3 4 43% 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 1 10 40% 37 30 7 11 6 5 22 6 16
1956 24 MLN NL 7 0 32% 210 6 0 100% 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 2 10 44% 34 26 8 4 2 2 24 6 17
1957 25 MLN NL 5 0 34% 258 3 1 75% 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 4 2 18 51% 43 25 18 13 6 6 18 4 14
1958 26 MLN NL 9 0 34% 202 5 0 100% 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 15 41% 39 27 12 8 5 3 12 3 9
1959 27 MLN NL 8 0 33% 300 2 1 67% 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 5 1 14 32% 51 40 8 21 14 7 18 4 14
1960 28 MLN NL 2 0 31% 232 7 3 70% 7 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 1 15 46% 45 31 13 11 5 6 20 3 16
1961 29 MLN NL 7 0 30% 290 12 7 63% 13 6 0 1 0 0 5 0 4 1 1 0 2 14 40% 47 33 14 11 6 4 19 6 13
1962 30 MLN NL 6 0 36% 262 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 1 1 15 38% 38 31 6 9 6 3 22 4 17
1963 31 MLN NL 8 0 24% 289 3 4 43% 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 11 0 2 0 5 15 31% 38 32 5 16 10 4 16 3 13
1964 32 MLN NL 6 0 33% 251 2 2 50% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 2 15 43% 44 34 10 8 3 5 23 5 17
1965 33 MLN NL 9 0 25% 247 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 9 44% 31 22 9 7 4 3 16 4 12
1966 34 ATL NL 3 0 35% 196 1 1 50% 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 6 0 2 0 2 19 42% 19 15 3 7 3 4 17 5 11
1967 35 TOT MLB 6 0 24% 200 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 14 51% 27 17 10 7 2 5 9 2 7
1967 35 HOU NL 4 0 25% 145 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 10 53% 17 11 6 7 2 5 8 2 6
1967 35 DET AL 2 0 22% 55 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Yrs 101 0 31% 3771 68 39 64% 59 34 8 3 1 1 23 1 72 1 15 18 23 199 42% 580 425 147 150 77 67 288 67 214
ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH

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
1952 20 BSN NL 593 64% 128 1 0 0 0 3.81 25 0 9 18 6 11 14 0 9 5 56% 113 9 8% 47 17 36% 321 33 10% 24 10 42% 16 8 50% 0
1953 21 MLN NL 681 83% 175 0 0 0 0 47 1 7 28 9 17 30 0 1 1 100% 134 6 4% 42 12 29% 326 67 21% 38 16 42% 30 16 53% 0
1954 22 MLN NL 600 77% 138 2 0 0 0 1.90 40 2 12 29 9 16 24 0 3 3 100% 120 9 8% 49 17 35% 349 61 17% 36 18 50% 19 11 58% 0
1955 23 MLN NL 616 83% 144 2 1 1 1 1.07 41 0 6 33 2 20 21 0 1 1 100% 126 5 4% 50 15 30% 326 55 17% 36 17 47% 19 5 26% 0
1956 24 MLN NL 654 84% 150 2 0 0 0 1.99 37 0 8 26 3 15 22 0 5 3 60% 102 4 4% 38 10 26% 353 57 16% 25 11 44% 25 16 64% -3
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% 29 16 55% 0
1958 26 MLN NL 649 73% 137 0 0 0 0 31 0 10 23 7 17 14 0 10 8 80% 152 9 6% 69 26 38% 396 47 12% 37 19 51% 26 12 46% 0
1959 27 MLN NL 682 77% 182 0 0 0 0 46 1 11 37 9 20 26 0 4 3 75% 129 6 5% 72 16 22% 371 69 19% 32 16 50% 21 9 43% 0
1960 28 MLN NL 671 70% 152 0 0 0 0 39 0 11 34 5 23 16 0 5 4 80% 165 8 5% 64 21 33% 424 88 21% 47 23 49% 28 17 61% 0
1961 29 MLN NL 672 69% 175 1 0 0 0 3.16 32 0 5 17 15 14 18 0 1 1 100% 171 10 6% 54 14 26% 401 62 15% 32 15 47% 28 13 46% 0
1962 30 MLN NL 643 72% 142 3 0 0 1 2.87 29 1 12 20 9 18 11 0 0 0 158 11 7% 71 18 25% 407 65 16% 35 20 57% 29 18 62% 0
1963 31 MLN NL 675 79% 144 1 0 0 0 2.41 23 0 6 19 4 11 12 0 0 0 122 9 7% 57 17 30% 419 60 14% 35 17 49% 35 18 51% 0
1964 32 MLN NL 590 81% 117 7 1 0 0 1.25 23 0 10 22 1 10 13 0 0 0 105 8 8% 45 19 42% 327 49 15% 25 12 48% 22 17 77% 0
1965 33 MLN NL 627 81% 137 8 1 0 0 2.02 32 1 8 26 4 17 15 0 1 1 100% 101 11 11% 46 14 30% 336 63 19% 34 15 44% 19 10 53% -1
1966 34 ATL NL 518 79% 113 12 4 0 2 1.53 16 0 6 12 1 9 7 1 1 1 100% 96 6 6% 41 10 24% 248 34 14% 20 8 40% 16 7 44% -1
1967 35 TOT MLB 511 76% 103 15 2 1 1 2.27 16 0 15 13 3 6 10 0 3 3 100% 101 6 6% 51 17 33% 360 45 13% 38 15 39% 24 11 46% 0
1967 35 HOU NL 383 80% 78 10 2 1 1 2.13 10 0 8 8 2 3 7 0 2 2 100% 73 5 7% 42 14 33% 274 31 11% 29 10 34% 17 8 47% 0
1967 35 DET AL 128 66% 25 5 0 0 0 2.55 6 0 7 5 1 3 3 0 1 1 100% 28 1 4% 9 3 33% 86 14 16% 9 5 56% 7 3 43% 0
1968 36 DET AL 57 93% 11 16 3 0 0 1.66 3 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 11 0 0% 3 0 0% 28 6 21% 2 2 100% 0 0 0
17 Yrs 10105 77% 2315 70 12 2 5 1.88 512 6 144 391 88 238 274 1 48 36 75% 2049 123 6% 855 260 30% 5784 925 16% 529 251 47% 386 204 53% -5
MLB Averages 51% 79% 11% 31% 14% 49% 53%
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

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
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 1874 1583 286 441 75 17 112 296 17 10 271 259 .279 .384 .560 .944 153 886 24 5 9 7
1955 23 581 2490 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 3141 2634 497 735 119 24 190 492 26 14 471 443 .279 .388 .559 .947 154 1472 33 7 13 17 37
1957 25 880 3807 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 4456 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 5138 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 5809 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 6481 5466 1032 1548 223 55 370 992 55 26 930 886 .283 .387 .547 .934 154 2991 72 16 31 39 55
1962 30 1634 7124 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 7799 6549 1220 1834 275 65 422 1166 62 32 1155 1095 .280 .387 .535 .922 152 3505 92 19 31 46 76
1964 32 1933 8389 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 9015 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 9532 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 10043 8485 1505 2304 354 72 509 1445 68 39 1439 1475 .272 .377 .510 .887 144 4329 123 26 36 58 106
1968 36 2391 10100 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 20 152 630 559 91 141 25 6 28 66 7 65 120 .252 .331 .469 .800 86 145
1953 21 163 705 600 113 180 32 8 48 139 1 102 86 .300 .403 .620 1.023 151 157
1954 22 145 637 504 104 148 23 4 43 112 11 121 64 .294 .427 .611 1.039 133 138
1955 23 148 650 526 116 153 24 5 44 108 3 116 103 .291 .416 .606 1.022 134 141
1956 24 158 696 587 120 167 23 2 41 110 7 101 90 .284 .388 .540 .928 124 151
1957 25 155 710 607 123 184 31 10 35 106 3 99 83 .303 .400 .560 .960 136 148
1958 26 157 694 582 111 152 20 1 34 88 6 94 89 .261 .362 .474 .836 101 149
1959 27 155 730 633 136 202 18 9 51 131 2 89 74 .319 .404 .618 1.022 158 148
1960 28 160 724 586 128 172 22 8 44 147 8 126 118 .294 .417 .584 1.000 143 153
1961 29 159 713 605 114 190 25 7 35 101 13 101 99 .314 .412 .552 .964 137 152
1962 30 152 645 537 108 143 25 6 29 91 4 102 90 .266 .383 .497 .880 103 152
1963 31 158 703 562 96 159 30 4 25 98 3 137 119 .283 .422 .484 .906 116 158
1964 32 141 602 509 91 124 20 1 24 81 2 90 100 .244 .357 .428 .785 78 141
1965 33 155 634 550 84 144 24 0 34 103 1 77 109 .262 .354 .491 .845 94 156
1966 34 134 522 455 75 116 22 4 16 56 1 65 82 .255 .347 .426 .774 68 134
1967 35 137 530 448 63 115 18 2 18 68 2 70 88 .257 .357 .426 .783 68 137
1968 36 31 60 54 5 13 0 0 4 10 0 6 12 .241 .317 .463 .780 7 31
17 Yrs 2460 10585 8904 1678 2503 382 77 553 1615 74 1561 1526 .281 .388 .528 .915 1837 2391
162 Game Avg. 162 697 586 111 165 25 5 36 106 5 103 100 .281 .388 .528 .915 121 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 1916 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

Hall of Fame
1974 BBWAA (32.3%)
1975 BBWAA (40.9%)
1976 BBWAA (48.7%)
1977 BBWAA (62.4%)
1978 BBWAA (79.4%)
Selected to HOF in 1978 by BBWAA

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 (132nd)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1953 NL  8.3 (4th)
1954 NL  7.8 (5th)
1955 NL  7.3 (4th)
1956 NL  5.7 (9th)
1957 NL  7.4 (3rd)
1958 NL  6.4 (6th)
1959 NL  8.1 (3rd)
1960 NL  7.3 (5th)
1961 NL  7.2 (6th)
1963 NL  8.0 (7th)
Career  96.2 (34th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1953 NL  8.3 (2nd)
1954 NL  7.8 (4th)
1955 NL  7.3 (4th)
1956 NL  5.7 (7th)
1957 NL  7.4 (3rd)
1958 NL  6.4 (5th)
1959 NL  8.1 (3rd)
1960 NL  7.3 (4th)
1961 NL  7.2 (6th)
1962 NL  5.6 (8th)
1963 NL  8.0 (4th)
Career  96.2 (22nd)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1953 NL  8.2 (2nd)
1954 NL  7.7 (3rd)
1955 NL  7.2 (3rd)
1956 NL  6.4 (3rd)
1957 NL  7.3 (4th)
1958 NL  4.9 (5th)
1959 NL  8.4 (2nd)
1960 NL  7.9 (2nd)
1961 NL  7.3 (1st)
1962 NL  5.4 (6th)
1963 NL  6.2 (5th)
Career  93.7 (22nd)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1958 NL  1.9 (7th)
1963 NL  1.8 (7th)

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 (201st)

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 (75th)

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 (81st)

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  2,391 (83rd)

At Bats s c a p y
1959 NL  594 (8th)
Career  8,537 (97th)

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  10,100 (73rd)

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  1,509 (66th)

Hits s c a p y
1953 NL  175 (10th)
1959 NL  182 (5th)
1961 NL  175 (8th)
Career  2,315 (139th)

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  4,349 (54th)

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  1,453 (57th)

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  1,444 (24th)

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  1,487 (57th)

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  168 (2nd)
1960 NL  166 (2nd)
1961 NL  156 (5th)
1962 NL  137 (8th)
1963 NL  146 (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  1,716 (46th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1953 NL  62 (2nd)
1954 NL  55 (5th)
1955 NL  54 (3rd)
1956 NL  36 (6th)
1957 NL  45 (4th)
1959 NL  56 (2nd)
1960 NL  53 (1st)
1961 NL  48 (4th)
1962 NL  31 (5th)
1963 NL  40 (5th)
Career  549 (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 (6th)
1957 NL  4.4 (4th)
1959 NL  5.4 (2nd)
1960 NL  5.3 (1st)
1961 NL  4.6 (4th)
1962 NL  3.0 (5th)
1963 NL  4.2 (5th)
Career  53.7 (33rd)

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 (53rd)

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  3,785 (65th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1953 NL  .767 (3rd)
1954 NL  .766 (5th)
1955 NL  .783 (3rd)
1956 NL  .715 (3rd)
1957 NL  .741 (4th)
1959 NL  .773 (2nd)
1960 NL  .763 (2nd)
1961 NL  .736 (4th)
1962 NL  .681 (9th)
1963 NL  .734 (5th)
Career  .704 (69th)

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

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1958 NL  8 (2nd)
Career  58 (228th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1955 NL  20 (2nd)
1956 NL  17 (5th)
1963 NL  14 (5th)
Career  107 (102nd)

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

SB % s c a p y
1961 NL  63.16 (9th)

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  21.1 (5th)
1953 NL  12.3 (1st)
1954 NL  11.9 (2nd)
1955 NL  12.2 (2nd)
1956 NL  14.9 (4th)
1957 NL  17.9 (7th)
1958 NL  17.6 (3rd)
1959 NL  12.9 (1st)
1960 NL  14.1 (1st)
1961 NL  17.9 (9th)
1962 NL  18.5 (9th)
1963 NL  23.8 (8th)
1964 NL  21.8 (10th)
1965 NL  17.1 (4th)
Career  16.7 (42nd)

Outs Made s c a p y
1958 NL  434 (8th)
Career  6,478 (93rd)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1953 NL  57.89 (3rd)
1954 NL  48.99 (5th)
1955 NL  43.59 (3rd)
1956 NL  42.00 (2nd)
1957 NL  46.09 (5th)
1959 NL  64.94 (2nd)
1960 NL  67.70 (1st)
1961 NL  47.91 (5th)
1962 NL  38.31 (9th)
1963 NL  49.76 (5th)
Career  622.75 (22nd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1953 NL  3.6 (7th)
1954 NL  4.5 (5th)
1955 NL  4.5 (4th)
1956 NL  4.1 (6th)
1957 NL  5.5 (3rd)
1959 NL  4.7 (6th)
1960 NL  6.1 (1st)
1961 NL  3.7 (6th)
1963 NL  4.5 (5th)
1965 NL  3.6 (10th)
Career  58.3 (20th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1952 NL  2.0 (10th)
1953 NL  4.4 (5th)
1954 NL  5.6 (4th)
1955 NL  5.0 (3rd)
1956 NL  3.6 (7th)
1957 NL  4.3 (5th)
1958 NL  2.8 (10th)
1959 NL  6.6 (2nd)
1960 NL  5.7 (1st)
1961 NL  5.1 (3rd)
1962 NL  3.6 (7th)
1963 NL  4.9 (5th)
Career  61.3 (21st)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1953 NL  5.6 (3rd)
1954 NL  4.8 (5th)
1955 NL  4.3 (3rd)
1956 NL  4.3 (1st)
1957 NL  4.6 (4th)
1959 NL  6.5 (2nd)
1960 NL  7.0 (1st)
1961 NL  4.8 (5th)
1962 NL  3.8 (8th)
1963 NL  5.3 (5th)
Career  62.8 (18th)

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)
1953 NL  born 1931-10-13 (10th)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 16 (143), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 183 (53), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 162 (73), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 54 (68), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Third Base (2nd), 96.2 career WAR/54.2 7yr-peak WAR/75.2 JAWS
Average HOF 3B (out of 13) = 67.4 career WAR/42.6 7yr-peak WAR/55.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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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.
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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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