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Charlie Maxwell

Charles Richard Maxwell (Smokey or Paw Paw)

Positions: Leftfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: April 8, 1927 in Lawton, MI
High School: Lawton HS (Lawton, MI)
School: Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, MI)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1950
Teams (by GP): Tigers/WhiteSox/RedSox/Orioles 1950-1964

Final Game: April 26, 1964
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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
1947	20	BOS-min	D,B	94	303	303		107	20	4	17						.353	.353	.614	.967		186							WVL,ROA · PONY,PIED
1948	21	BOS-min	B	120	422	422		124	22	9	12						.294	.294	.474	.768		200							ROA · PIED
1949	22	BOS-min	B,A	133	491	491		168	27	10	29						.342	.342	.615	.957		302							ROA,SCR · PIED,EL
1950	23	BOS-min	AA	102	369	369		118	16	7	25						.320	.320	.604	.924		223							BIR · SOUA
1950	23	BOS	AL	3	9	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.111	.000	.111	-71	0	0	0	0			/O9
1951	24	BOS-min	AAA	40	182	153	21	39	7	3	4	17	1		26	24	.255	.374	.418	.792		64	3	3	0				LOU · AA
1951	24	BOS	AL	49	89	80	8	15	1	0	3	12	0	1	9	18	.188	.270	.313	.582	51	25	1	0	0			O/97
1952	25	BOS-min	AAA	135	611	500	104	141	25	13	21	85	3		102	101	.282	.410	.510	.920		255	13	6	3				LOU · AA
1952	25	BOS	AL	8	18	15	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	.067	.222	.133	.356	-2	2	0	0	0			/3O89

1953	26	BOS-min	AAA	145	631	538	106	164	20	6	23	107	1		90	93	.305	.405	.493	.898		265	5	1	2				LOU · AA
1954	27	BOS	AL	74	117	104	9	26	4	1	0	5	3	0	12	21	.250	.328	.308	.635	68	32	4	0	1	0		7/98
1955	28	TOT	AL	59	126	113	19	29	7	1	7	18	0	0	8	21	.257	.315	.522	.837	125	59	2	2	2	1	0	7/93
1955	28	BAL	AL	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	28	DET	AL	55	122	109	19	29	7	1	7	18	0	0	8	20	.266	.325	.541	.866	132	59	2	2	2	1	0	7/93
1956	29	DET	AL	141	592	500	96	163	14	3	28	87	1	1	79	74	.326	.414	.534	.948	148	267	5	2	3	8	1	*7/9	AS,MVP-23
1957	30	DET	AL	138	580	492	75	136	23	3	24	82	3	2	76	84	.276	.377	.482	.858	131	237	6	5	4	3	7	*7/9	AS,MVP-18
1958	31	DET	AL	131	466	397	56	108	14	4	13	65	6	1	64	54	.272	.369	.426	.795	113	169	5	0	0	5	4	*73/9
1959	32	DET	AL	145	611	518	81	130	12	2	31	95	0	2	81	91	.251	.357	.461	.819	118	239	9	6	4	2	5	*7
1960	33	DET	AL	134	549	482	70	114	16	5	24	81	5	0	58	75	.237	.325	.440	.765	102	212	4	6	1	2	6	*7	MVP-28
1961	34	DET	AL	79	153	131	11	30	4	2	5	18	0	0	20	24	.229	.333	.405	.738	94	53	1	1	0	1	2	7/9
1962	35	TOT	AL	99	319	273	35	74	10	3	10	52	0	0	42	42	.271	.365	.440	.804	115	120	5	0	1	3	4	79/3
1962	35	DET	AL	30	77	67	5	13	2	0	1	9	0	0	8	10	.194	.273	.269	.541	44	18	1	0	0	2	1	9/3
1962	35	CHW	AL	69	242	206	30	61	8	3	9	43	0	0	34	32	.296	.394	.495	.889	138	102	4	0	1	1	3	7/93
1963	36	CHW	AL	71	165	130	17	30	4	2	3	17	0	0	31	27	.231	.370	.362	.731	108	47	3	0	0	4	2	73
1964	37	CHW	AL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
14 Yrs				1133	3796	3245	478	856	110	26	148	532	18	7	484	545	.264	.360	.451	.811	116	1462	45	22	16	29	31
162 Game Avg.				162	543	464	68	122	16	4	21	76	3	1	69	78	.264	.360	.451	.811	116	209	6	3	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
DET (8 yrs)				853	3150	2696	413	723	92	20	133	455	15	6	394	432	.268	.363	.465	.828	120	1254	33	22	14	24	26
BOS (4 yrs)				134	233	207	18	42	6	1	3	17	3	1	25	53	.203	.289	.285	.574	51	59	5	0	1	0
CHW (3 yrs)				142	409	338	47	91	12	5	12	60	0	0	65	59	.269	.382	.441	.823	126	149	7	0	1	5	5
BAL (1 yr)				4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1950	23	BOS	AL	3	9	-2	-0	0	0	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.417	.498	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$	/O9
1951	24	BOS	AL	49	89	-6	-0	0	0	-1	-7	-0.7	2	-4	-0.4	.486	.496	-0.4	-0.1	-4	$	O/97
1952	25	BOS	AL	8	18	-2	0	0	0	-0	-2	-0.3	0	-2	-0.2	.465	.498	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$	/3O89

1954	27	BOS	AL	74	117	-5	1	-0	-1	-1	-7	-0.8	3	-4	-0.4	.490	.495	-0.3	-0.3	-2	$	7/98
1955	28	BAL	AL	4	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.471	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
1955	28	DET	AL	55	122	4	1	-0	4	-1	8	0.8	3	11	1.2	.514	.505	0.7	0.3	7	$	7/93
1956	29	DET	AL	141	592	34	3	4	6	-6	41	4.1	16	57	5.7	.529	.525	5.0	0.1	51	$	*7/9	AS,MVP-23
1957	30	DET	AL	138	580	22	0	2	14	-6	32	3.4	16	48	4.9	.525	.521	3.5	0.8	34	$	*7/9	AS,MVP-18
1958	31	DET	AL	131	466	8	2	2	2	-6	7	0.7	13	20	2.0	.506	.505	1.8	-0.5	18	$	*73/9
1959	32	DET	AL	145	611	11	1	1	4	-7	11	0.9	17	27	2.6	.508	.507	2.2	-0.4	23	$	*7
1960	33	DET	AL	134	549	1	2	2	6	-6	4	0.2	15	19	1.7	.503	.502	1.3	-0.2	13	$26,000	*7	MVP-28
1961	34	DET	AL	79	153	-1	-0	1	3	-1	1	0.0	4	5	0.5	.501	.501	0.2	0.1	2	$	7/9
1962	35	DET	AL	30	77	-6	-0	0	2	-1	-5	-0.6	2	-3	-0.4	.481	.496	-0.5	0.1	-5	$	9/3
1962	35	CHW	AL	69	242	11	0	0	-0	-3	7	0.7	7	14	1.3	.511	.505	1.5	-0.4	14	$	7/93
1963	36	CHW	AL	71	165	2	-0	-0	-1	-2	-1	-0.2	5	3	0.3	.498	.499	0.4	-0.4	4	$	73
1964	37	CHW	AL	2	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.471	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$
14 Seasons				1133	3796	68	8	11	38	-43	84	7.9	103	187	18.4	.508	.503	14.8	-0.9	149	$26,000

DET (8 yrs)				853	3150	74	8	12	40	-35	98	9.6	86	183	18.2	.512	.508	14.2	0.3	143	$26,000
BOS (4 yrs)				134	233	-16	1	-0	-1	-2	-19	-2.0	6	-12	-1.2	.485	.497	-1.1	-0.4	-11	$
CHW (3 yrs)				142	409	12	-0	0	-1	-6	6	0.4	11	17	1.5	.504	.501	1.8	-0.8	18	$
BAL (1 yr)				4	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.471	.499	-0.1	0.0	-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
1950	23	BOS	AL	9	8	0	0.0	122	.000	.000	.290	.111	.379	.000	.435	.111	.814	-71	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.125	.125	.000
1951	24	BOS	AL	89	67	6	2.4	110	.203	.188	.279	.270	.362	.313	.409	.582	.771	51	.241	-6.2	-0.6	.493	.225	.125	.0
1952	25	BOS	AL	18	14	0	0.0	102	.250	.067	.268	.222	.349	.133	.391	.356	.740	-2	.000	-2.1	-0.2	.357	.267	.067

1954	27	BOS	AL	117	83	11	3.6	108	.313	.250	.278	.328	.355	.308	.406	.635	.762	68	.417	-4.7	-0.5	.573	.202	.058	.0
1955	28	TOT	AL	126	89	19	5.7	101	.256	.257	.264	.315	.343	.522	.393	.837	.736	125	.600	3.0	0.3	.802	.336	.265	.0
1955	28	BAL	AL	4	4	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.257	.000	.335	.000	.382	.000	.717	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1955	28	DET	AL	122	85	19	6.0	101	.265	.266	.264	.325	.343	.541	.393	.866	.737	132	.620	4.1	0.4	.841	.349	.275	.0
1956	29	DET	AL	592	354	118	8.9	107	.333	.326	.268	.414	.351	.534	.410	.948	.760	148	.756	36.9	3.5	1.015	.366	.208	1.9
1957	30	DET	AL	580	371	94	6.9	102	.289	.276	.267	.377	.339	.482	.402	.858	.742	131	.693	22.4	2.2	.876	.362	.205	5.3
1958	31	DET	AL	466	300	68	6.0	104	.284	.272	.270	.369	.340	.426	.410	.795	.749	113	.653	8.7	0.9	.807	.327	.154	8.2
1959	32	DET	AL	611	405	89	5.9	103	.249	.251	.267	.357	.339	.461	.408	.819	.748	118	.632	13.3	1.3	.812	.363	.210	.0
1960	33	DET	AL	549	375	73	5.2	105	.234	.237	.268	.325	.342	.440	.410	.765	.752	102	.571	-0.4	-0.0	.755	.334	.203	8.3
1961	34	DET	AL	153	103	19	4.9	106	.243	.229	.267	.333	.343	.405	.416	.738	.759	94	.526	-1.2	-0.1	.725	.328	.176	.0
1962	35	TOT	AL	319	208	47	6.1	103	.286	.271	.264	.365	.337	.440	.412	.804	.748	115	.629	6.7	0.6	.794	.322	.168	.0
1962	35	DET	AL	77	57	5	2.4	106	.207	.194	.268	.273	.341	.269	.417	.541	.758	44	.230	-5.2	-0.5	.473	.194	.075	.0
1962	35	CHW	AL	242	151	42	7.5	103	.313	.296	.263	.394	.335	.495	.410	.889	.745	138	.713	11.9	1.2	.913	.364	.199	.0
1963	36	CHW	AL	165	107	20	5.0	93	.260	.231	.253	.370	.319	.362	.391	.731	.710	108	.584	3.4	0.4	.757	.369	.131	.0
1964	37	CHW	AL	2	2	0	0.0	94	.000	.000	.252	.000	.320	.000	.392	.000	.712	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
14 Yrs				3796	2486	564	6.1	104	.274	.264	.267	.360	.342	.451	.407	.811	.749	116	.638	77.0	7.5	.811	.339	.187	32.1
162 Game Avg.				543	355	81	6.1	104	.274	.264	.267	.360	.342	.451	.407	.811	.749	116	.638	11	1	.811	.339	.187	5
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
DET (8 yrs)				3150	2050	485	6.4	104	.274	.268	.268	.363	.342	.465	.408	.828	.750	120	.653	78.6	7.7	.834	.346	.197	27.0
BOS (4 yrs)				233	172	17	2.7	109	.258	.203	.278	.289	.358	.285	.407	.574	.766	51	.286	-15.3	-1.6	.503	.213	.082	3.0
CHW (3 yrs)				409	260	62	6.4	99	.290	.269	.259	.382	.329	.441	.402	.823	.731	126	.665	14.8	1.5	.843	.364	.172	.0
BAL (1 yr)				4	4	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.257	.000	.335	.000	.382	.000	.717	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

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	DET	AL	29		DNP
1957	DET	AL	30		1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	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
1950	23	BOS	AL	9	0.0%	33.3%	11.1%	0.0%		3.00	2.7				0.67	56%
1951	24	BOS	AL	89	3.4%	20.2%	10.1%	4.5%	27%	2.00	4.4	26.7	6.7		0.72	66%
1952	25	BOS	AL	18	0.0%	61.1%	16.7%	5.6%	100%	3.67	1.4				0.50	22%

1954	27	BOS	AL	117	0.0%	18.0%	10.3%	4.3%	19%	1.75	5.0		20.8		1.31	71%
1955	28	TOT	AL	126	5.6%	16.7%	6.4%	11.9%	52%	2.63	5.4	16.1	6.3		1.03	68%
1955	28	BAL	AL	4	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%			4.0				0.50	75%
1955	28	DET	AL	122	5.7%	16.4%	6.6%	12.3%	52%	2.50	5.5	15.6	6.1		1.06	68%
1956	29	DET	AL	592	4.7%	12.5%	13.3%	7.6%	28%	0.94	6.8	17.9	5.7		0.76	69%
1957	30	DET	AL	580	4.1%	14.5%	13.1%	8.6%	37%	1.11	5.9	20.5	6.0		0.66	67%
1958	31	DET	AL	466	2.8%	11.6%	13.7%	6.7%	29%	0.84	7.4	30.5	6.1		0.79	72%
1959	32	DET	AL	611	5.1%	14.9%	13.3%	7.4%	35%	1.12	5.7	16.7	5.5		0.82	65%
1960	33	DET	AL	549	4.4%	13.7%	10.6%	8.2%	40%	1.29	6.4	20.1	6.0		0.71	70%
1961	34	DET	AL	153	3.3%	15.7%	13.1%	7.2%	37%	1.20	5.5	26.2	7.3		0.54	67%
1962	35	TOT	AL	319	3.1%	13.2%	13.2%	7.2%	31%	1.00	6.5	27.3	5.3		0.83	70%
1962	35	DET	AL	77	1.3%	13.0%	10.4%	3.9%	23%	1.25	6.7	67.0	7.4		1.09	75%
1962	35	CHW	AL	242	3.7%	13.2%	14.1%	8.3%	33%	0.94	6.4	22.9	4.8		0.75	69%
1963	36	CHW	AL	165	1.8%	16.4%	18.8%	5.5%	30%	0.87	4.8	43.3	7.6		0.90	63%
1964	37	CHW	AL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							0.50	100%
14 Yrs				3796	3.9%	14.4%	12.8%	7.5%	33%	1.13	6.0	21.9	6.1		0.77	68%
MLB Averages					2.2%	12.6%	9.0%	6.5%	29%	1.41	7.1	39.7	8.3		1.01	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
1950	23	BOS	AL	-2.2	-0.2	9	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.57	-0.2	0.1	-2.1	-0.2	0.93	-2.4	0.16	1
1951	24	BOS	AL	-6.2	-0.6	90	-0.8	1.7	-2.5	1.34	-0.6	-0.0	-5.4	-0.5	1.01	-6.4	1.63	31
1952	25	BOS	AL	-2.1	-0.2	18	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.81	-0.3	0.0	-2.0	-0.2	0.82	-2.5	0.79	3

1954	27	BOS	AL	-4.7	-0.5	121	-1.1	1.8	-2.9	1.23	-0.5	-0.4	-5.4	-0.5	1.01	-5.3	1.50	44
1955	28	TOT	AL	3.0	0.3	128	-0.6	1.9	-2.5	1.09	0.1	-0.6	0.1	0.0	0.97	1.9	1.22	30
1955	28	BAL	AL	-1.1	-0.1	4	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.28	-0.1	-0.1	-0.7	-0.1	0.59	-1.1	0.28	4
1955	28	DET	AL	4.1	0.4	124	-0.5	1.9	-2.5	1.12	0.1	-0.6	0.8	0.1	0.98	3.0	1.36	26
1956	29	DET	AL	36.9	3.5	598	3.6	11.9	-8.2	.93	3.9	-0.0	47.3	4.5	0.94	50.0	2.74	7
1957	30	DET	AL	22.4	2.2	589	3.8	13.9	-10.1	1.10	3.3	0.2	33.8	3.3	0.94	34.4	1.71	3
1958	31	DET	AL	8.7	0.9	478	1.3	9.1	-7.8	1.05	1.5	-0.3	23.3	2.3	1.00	18.3	2.64	8
1959	32	DET	AL	13.3	1.3	623	1.9	11.8	-9.9	.99	1.7	0.3	26.1	2.5	1.01	16.5	1.97	8
1960	33	DET	AL	0.2	0.0	557	3.9	13.8	-9.9	1.13	1.4	2.1	20.3	2.0	0.95	16.2	2.26	14
1961	34	DET	AL	-1.2	-0.1	156	0.9	3.7	-2.9	1.26	0.2	0.5	2.7	0.3	0.98	3.6	1.85	45
1962	35	TOT	AL	6.7	0.7	321	-0.2	6.0	-6.3	1.15	1.2	-1.4	11.3	1.1	1.02	14.2	2.01	20
1962	35	DET	AL	-5.1	-0.5	77	-1.0	0.8	-1.7	1.19	-0.3	-0.5	-5.4	-0.5	0.95	-3.8	2.17	11
1962	35	CHW	AL	11.9	1.2	244	0.7	5.3	-4.5	1.14	1.5	-0.9	16.7	1.6	1.04	18.1	1.81	9
1963	36	CHW	AL	3.4	0.4	166	-0.5	3.0	-3.5	1.28	0.4	-0.8	1.8	0.2	1.02	3.0	2.31	21
1964	37	CHW	AL	-0.5	-0.1	2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.04	-0.1	-0.0	-1.4	-0.2	1.45	-0.9	1.04	2
14 Yrs				77.6	7.6	3856	11.9	78.8	-67.0	1.08	12.0	-1.0	150.5	14.5	0.98	140.7	1.78	237
				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	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1950	23	BOS	AL	0	0	100%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1951	24	BOS	AL	0	0	24%	31	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67%	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
1952	25	BOS	AL	0	0	0%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1954	27	BOS	AL	0	0	24%	39	3	0	100%	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	38%	4	2	2	3	3	0	1	0	1
1955	28	TOT	AL	1	0	38%	42	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	44%	6	3	3	1	0	1	2	2	0
1955	28	BAL	AL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	28	DET	AL	1	0	38%	42	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	44%	6	3	3	1	0	1	2	2	0
1956	29	DET	AL	5	0	32%	243	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	14	52%	49	25	23	8	5	3	16	3	12
1957	30	DET	AL	8	0	26%	251	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	10	53%	35	19	15	15	5	8	11	2	9
1958	31	DET	AL	7	0	27%	170	6	1	86%	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	11	54%	28	13	13	8	2	6	10	4	6
1959	32	DET	AL	4	0	27%	211	0	2	0%	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	21	29%	39	32	6	7	3	4	10	4	6
1960	33	DET	AL	7	0	30%	193	5	0	100%	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	14	42%	30	20	10	3	2	1	8	1	6
1961	34	DET	AL	3	0	13%	47	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	20%	7	6	0	1	1	0	2	0	2
1962	35	TOT	AL	2	0	24%	115	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	40%	16	8	7	4	2	2	5	4	1
1962	35	DET	AL	0	0	20%	27	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50%	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	35	CHW	AL	2	0	24%	88	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	38%	12	7	5	4	2	2	5	4	1
1963	36	CHW	AL	2	0	24%	52	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	32%	10	9	1	4	3	1	5	1	4
1964	37	CHW	AL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14 Yrs				39	0	27%	1398	18	7	72%	17	6	1	0	0	1	4	0	34	83	44%	225	138	80	55	27	26	72	21	49
				ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH

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
1950	23	BOS	AL	9	78%	0			1	0	0	0	0.16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1951	24	BOS	AL	89	88%	15			31	7	3	5	1.63	3	1	7	3	0	2	1	0	0	0		20	1	5%	9	1	11%	71	9	13%	6	1	17%	5	3	60%	0
1952	25	BOS	AL	18	100%	1			3	0	0	0	0.79	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	2	0	0%	10	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		0

1954	27	BOS	AL	117	96%	26			44	11	0	2	1.50	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	29	4	14%	12	4	33%	88	7	8%	12	4	33%	7	5	71%	0
1955	28	TOT	AL	126	93%	29			30	7	1	3	1.22	7	0	2	7	0	4	3	0	2	2	100%	27	2	7%	12	7	58%	85	11	13%	6	3	50%	8	4	50%	0
1955	28	BAL	AL	4	100%	0			4	0	0	0	0.28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1955	28	DET	AL	122	93%	29			26	7	1	3	1.36	7	0	2	7	0	4	3	0	2	2	100%	27	2	7%	12	7	58%	84	11	13%	6	3	50%	8	4	50%	0
1956	29	DET	AL	592	70%	163			7	4	0	3	2.74	28	1	9	25	3	14	14	0	3	3	100%	153	5	3%	46	15	33%	394	62	16%	35	18	51%	20	13	65%	0
1957	30	DET	AL	580	84%	136			3	3	0	0	1.71	24	0	9	22	2	15	9	0	5	4	80%	101	6	6%	49	11	22%	357	63	18%	30	14	47%	15	7	47%	0
1958	31	DET	AL	466	89%	108			8	1	0	0	2.64	13	1	11	13	0	9	4	0	2	0	0%	80	5	6%	41	12	29%	328	53	16%	29	11	38%	18	9	50%	0
1959	32	DET	AL	611	79%	130			8	3	1	2	1.97	31	1	15	26	5	21	10	0	4	4	100%	146	9	6%	56	12	21%	463	68	15%	25	11	44%	33	14	42%	0
1960	33	DET	AL	549	83%	114			14	1	0	4	2.26	24	0	16	21	3	16	8	0	2	1	50%	116	4	3%	36	9	25%	360	58	16%	27	14	52%	25	14	56%	0
1961	34	DET	AL	153	95%	30			45	12	3	7	1.85	5	0	8	5	0	3	2	0	0	0		31	1	3%	9	2	22%	113	14	12%	8	5	63%	3	1	33%	0
1962	35	TOT	AL	319	91%	74			20	3	0	1	2.01	10	1	14	10	0	4	6	0	3	1	33%	63	5	8%	32	11	34%	250	45	18%	26	16	62%	13	8	62%	0
1962	35	DET	AL	77	92%	13			11	2	0	0	2.17	1	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0%	11	1	9%	7	4	57%	53	9	17%	7	6	86%	2	1	50%	0
1962	35	CHW	AL	242	91%	61			9	1	0	1	1.81	9	1	9	9	0	3	6	0	2	1	50%	52	4	8%	25	7	28%	197	36	18%	19	10	53%	11	7	64%	0
1963	36	CHW	AL	165	95%	30			21	3	0	4	2.31	3	0	3	3	0	1	2	0	0	0		31	3	10%	16	9	56%	124	15	12%	16	5	31%	8	2	25%	0
1964	37	CHW	AL	2	100%	0			2	0	0	0	1.04	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
14 Yrs				3796	84%	856			237	55	8	31	1.78	148	5	99	135	13	89	59	0	22	16	73%	802	45	6%	323	93	29%	2650	405	15%	224	102	46%	155	80	52%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			80%			11%			31%			14%			50%			54%
				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

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	23	3	9	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.111	.000	.111	-71	0	0	0	0
1951	24	52	98	88	9	15	1	0	3	12	0	1	10	21	.170	.255	.284	.539	39	25	1	0	0
1952	25	60	116	103	9	16	2	0	3	12	0	1	13	32	.155	.250	.262	.512	33	27	1	0	0
1953	26	60	116	103	9	16	2	0	3	12	0	1	13	32	.155	.250	.262	.512	33	27	1	0	0
1954	27	134	233	207	18	42	6	1	3	17	3	1	25	53	.203	.289	.285	.574	51	59	5	0	1	0
1955	28	193	359	320	37	71	13	2	10	35	3	1	33	74	.222	.298	.369	.667	76	118	7	2	3	1	0
1956	29	334	951	820	133	234	27	5	38	122	4	2	112	148	.285	.370	.470	.840	121	385	12	4	6	9	1
1957	30	472	1531	1312	208	370	50	8	62	204	7	4	188	232	.282	.373	.474	.847	124	622	18	9	10	12	8
1958	31	603	1997	1709	264	478	64	12	75	269	13	5	252	286	.280	.372	.463	.835	122	791	23	9	10	17	12
1959	32	748	2608	2227	345	608	76	14	106	364	13	7	333	377	.273	.369	.463	.831	121	1030	32	15	14	19	17
1960	33	882	3157	2709	415	722	92	19	130	445	18	7	391	452	.267	.361	.458	.819	118	1242	36	21	15	21	23
1961	34	961	3310	2840	426	752	96	21	135	463	18	7	411	476	.265	.360	.456	.816	117	1295	37	22	15	22	25
1962	35	1060	3629	3113	461	826	106	24	145	515	18	7	453	518	.265	.360	.455	.815	116	1415	42	22	16	25	29
1963	36	1131	3794	3243	478	856	110	26	148	532	18	7	484	545	.264	.361	.451	.811	116	1462	45	22	16	29	31
1964	37	1133	3796	3245	478	856	110	26	148	532	18	7	484	545	.264	.360	.451	.811	116	1462	45	22	16	29	31

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	23	3	9	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	3
1951	24	52	92	83	7	15	1	0	3	11	0	9	19	.181	.261	.301	.562	6	49
1952	25	8	19	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	.000	.158	.000	.158	0	8

1954	27	77	121	108	9	26	4	1	0	5	3	12	22	.241	.317	.296	.613	10	74
1955	28	62	133	119	20	31	7	1	7	19	0	9	22	.261	.321	.513	.833	20	59
1956	29	147	608	516	94	164	14	3	28	86	1	79	77	.318	.405	.519	.924	110	141
1957	30	145	612	519	80	145	25	3	26	88	3	81	88	.279	.380	.489	.869	95	138
1958	31	137	487	415	58	113	15	4	14	68	6	67	56	.272	.370	.429	.799	66	131
1959	32	152	632	538	80	132	12	2	31	94	0	82	95	.245	.350	.448	.798	84	145
1960	33	141	573	504	71	117	16	5	25	82	5	60	79	.232	.320	.433	.752	68	134
1961	34	79	151	130	11	29	4	2	5	17	0	19	24	.223	.325	.400	.725	17	79
1962	35	99	321	274	35	75	10	3	10	52	0	43	42	.274	.369	.442	.810	45	99
1963	36	71	169	132	19	32	4	2	3	19	0	33	27	.242	.385	.371	.756	20	71
1964	37	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
14 Yrs		1175	3929	3364	485	879	112	26	152	541	18	498	565	.261	.358	.446	.803	541	1133
162 Game Avg.		162	542	464	67	121	15	4	21	75	2	69	78	.261	.358	.446	.803	75	1133

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1956 1957 *	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1956 AL (23, 2%) 1957 AL (18, 1%) 1960 AL (28, 1%) 0.04 Career Shares (1177th)	Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1956 AL 5.7 (9th) 1957 AL 4.9 (9th)	WAR Position Players† s c a p y 1956 AL 5.7 (6th) 1957 AL 4.9 (7th)
Offensive WAR† s c a p y 1956 AL 5.0 (6th) 1957 AL 3.5 (8th)	Batting Average s c a p y 1956 AL .326 (4th)	On-Base% s c a p y 1956 AL .414 (5th) 1957 AL .377 (8th)	Slugging % s c a p y 1956 AL .534 (3rd) 1957 AL .482 (6th)
On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y 1956 AL .948 (4th) 1957 AL .858 (6th)	Runs Scored s c a p y 1956 AL 96 (4th)	Hits s c a p y 1956 AL 163 (10th)	Total Bases s c a p y 1956 AL 267 (9th)
Home Runs s c a p y 1956 AL 28 (5th) 1957 AL 24 (7th) 1959 AL 31 (4th) 1960 AL 24 (9th)	Runs Batted In s c a p y 1959 AL 95 (5th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1957 AL 76 (6th) 1959 AL 81 (7th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1956 AL 74 (10th) 1957 AL 84 (4th) 1959 AL 91 (7th)
Singles s c a p y 1956 AL 118 (7th)	Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y 1956 AL 148 (5th) 1957 AL 131 (7th)	Runs Created s c a p y 1956 AL 118 (5th) 1957 AL 94 (7th)	Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y 1956 AL 37 (5th) 1957 AL 22 (8th)
Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y 1956 AL 3.5 (5th) 1957 AL 2.3 (8th)	Extra Base Hits s c a p y 1957 AL 50 (10th)	Times On Base s c a p y 1956 AL 244 (8th)	Offensive Win % s c a p y 1956 AL .756 (3rd) 1957 AL .693 (5th) Career .638 (249th)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1957 AL 5 (8th) 1959 AL 6 (9th)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1956 AL 8 (2nd)	Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y 1957 AL 7 (6th) 1960 AL 6 (8th)	Power-Speed # s c a p y 1960 AL 8.3 (10th)
AB per HR s c a p y 1956 AL 17.9 (5th) 1957 AL 20.5 (8th) 1959 AL 16.7 (4th) 1960 AL 20.1 (7th) Career 21.9 (181st)	Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y 1956 AL 47.31 (4th) 1957 AL 33.78 (8th)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1956 AL 3.6 (8th) 1957 AL 3.8 (7th) 1960 AL 3.9 (5th)	Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1956 AL 3.9 (6th) 1957 AL 3.3 (7th)
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y 1956 AL 4.5 (4th) 1957 AL 3.3 (8th)	Oldest s c a p y 1964 AL born 1927-04-08 (10th)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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 (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 40 (622), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 10 (1147), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 16 (1061), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters

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Geronimo Berroa (955) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Chet Laabs (948) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Chet Laabs (946) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Lemon (955) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Cliff Johnson (938) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ron Northey (925) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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