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Barney McCosky

William Barney McCosky

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 184 lb.

Born: April 11, 1917 in Coal Run, PA
High School: Southwestern HS (Detroit, MI)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1936. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1939
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Athletics/Indians/Reds 1939-1953

Final Game: July 8, 1953
Died: September 6, 1996 in Venice, FL
Buried: Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, MI
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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
1939 22 DET AL 147 692 611 120 190 33 14 4 58 20 4 70 45 .311 .384 .430 .814 102 263 7 2 9 *8O MVP-27
1940 23 DET AL 143 660 589 123 200 39 19 4 57 13 9 67 41 .340 .408 .491 .899 124 289 8 1 3 *8O MVP-16
1941 24 DET AL 127 565 494 80 160 25 8 3 55 8 3 61 33 .324 .401 .425 .827 110 210 5 3 7 *O87 MVP-15
1942 25 DET AL 154 680 600 75 176 28 11 7 50 11 5 68 37 .293 .365 .412 .777 111 247 12 0 12 *O7/89 MVP-29
1946 29 TOT AL 117 471 399 44 127 22 4 2 45 2 2 60 22 .318 .407 .409 .816 128 163 7 0 12 *O8/7
1946 29 DET AL 25 109 91 11 18 5 0 1 11 0 0 17 9 .198 .324 .286 .610 66 26 2 0 1 8O
1946 29 PHA AL 92 362 308 33 109 17 4 1 34 2 2 43 13 .354 .433 .445 .878 147 137 5 0 11 O8/7
1947 30 PHA AL 137 616 546 77 179 22 7 1 52 1 4 57 29 .328 .395 .399 .795 120 218 5 4 9 *O78 MVP-11
1948 31 PHA AL 135 605 515 95 168 21 5 0 46 1 3 68 22 .326 .405 .386 .791 110 199 10 0 22 *7O MVP-27
1950 33 PHA AL 66 207 179 19 43 10 1 0 11 0 0 22 12 .240 .323 .307 .631 63 55 4 0 6 7O
1951 34 TOT MLB 68 154 138 14 37 7 1 2 14 1 0 15 11 .268 .340 .377 .717 95 52 2 0 1 97/8
1951 34 TOT AL 43 99 88 12 21 5 0 1 3 1 0 11 9 .239 .323 .330 .653 80 29 2 0 0 9/78
1951 34 PHA AL 12 30 27 4 8 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 4 .296 .367 .481 .848 127 13 0 0 0 /O79
1951 34 CIN NL 25 55 50 2 16 2 1 1 11 0 0 4 2 .320 .370 .460 .830 121 23 0 0 1 O/78
1951 34 CLE AL 31 69 61 8 13 3 0 0 2 1 0 8 5 .213 .304 .262 .567 58 16 2 0 0 O9/87
1952 35 CLE AL 54 88 80 14 17 4 1 1 6 1 1 8 5 .213 .284 .325 .609 74 26 2 0 0 O7/9
1953 36 CLE AL 22 22 21 3 4 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 4 .190 .227 .333 .561 52 7 0 0 0
11 Yrs 1170 4760 4172 664 1301 214 71 24 397 58 31 497 261 .312 .386 .414 .801 111 1729 62 10 81
162 Game Avg. 162 659 578 92 180 30 10 3 55 8 4 69 36 .312 .386 .414 .801 111 239 9 1 11
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
PHA (5 yrs) 442 1820 1575 228 507 72 17 3 144 4 9 193 80 .322 .397 .395 .792 115 622 24 4 48
DET (5 yrs) 596 2706 2385 409 744 130 52 19 231 52 21 283 165 .312 .386 .434 .820 110 1035 34 6 32
CLE (3 yrs) 107 179 162 25 34 10 1 1 11 2 1 17 14 .210 .285 .302 .587 65 49 4 0 0
CIN (1 yr) 25 55 50 2 16 2 1 1 11 0 0 4 2 .320 .370 .460 .830 121 23 0 0 1
AL (11 yrs) 1145 4705 4122 662 1285 212 70 23 386 58 31 493 259 .312 .387 .414 .800 110 1706 62 10 80
NL (1 yr) 25 55 50 2 16 2 1 1 11 0 0 4 2 .320 .370 .460 .830 121 23 0 0 1

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
1939 22 DET AL 147 692 4 3 0 7 -1 12 1.2 22 34 3.3 .508 .507 2.6 0.6 27 $ *8O MVP-27
1940 23 DET AL 143 660 23 -1 0 0 -1 21 2.0 17 38 3.7 .514 .512 3.6 -0.1 38 $ *8O MVP-16
1941 24 DET AL 127 565 10 1 0 5 -2 14 1.4 14 28 2.8 .511 .508 2.3 0.3 23 $ *O87 MVP-15
1942 25 DET AL 154 680 9 1 0 3 -7 6 0.7 14 21 2.2 .504 .504 1.8 -0.4 18 $ *O7/89 MVP-29
1946 29 DET AL 25 109 -4 0 0 0 -0 -4 -0.4 3 -1 -0.1 .484 .497 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $ 8O
1946 29 PHA AL 92 362 21 0 0 -5 -1 15 1.7 9 25 2.6 .518 .510 3.2 -0.6 30 $ O8/7
1947 30 PHA AL 137 616 16 -1 0 6 -6 16 1.7 16 32 3.2 .513 .511 2.6 0.0 26 $ *O78 MVP-11
1948 31 PHA AL 135 605 12 -1 0 0 -6 5 0.5 15 20 2.0 .503 .503 1.9 -0.6 20 $ *7O MVP-27
1950 33 PHA AL 66 207 -9 1 1 -3 -2 -12 -1.1 6 -6 -0.5 .483 .493 -0.3 -0.5 -3 $ 7O
1951 34 PHA AL 12 30 1 0 0 0 -0 1 0.1 1 2 0.2 .507 .500 0.1 -0.0 2 $ /O79
1951 34 CIN NL 25 55 2 0 0 -1 -0 0 0.0 2 2 0.2 .502 .500 0.4 -0.1 3 $ O/78
1951 34 CLE AL 31 69 -3 0 1 0 -1 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.1 .489 .498 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $ O9/87
1952 35 CLE AL 54 88 -2 -0 0 -3 -1 -6 -0.7 2 -4 -0.4 .487 .496 -0.1 -0.4 -1 $ O7/9
1953 36 CLE AL 22 22 -2 -0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .492 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $
11 Seasons 1170 4760 78 4 3 9 -29 64 6.5 123 187 19.0 .506 .503 17.8 -2.0 178 $
PHA (5 yrs) 442 1820 41 -0 2 -2 -15 25 2.8 46 72 7.5 .506 .504 7.5 -1.8 74 $
DET (5 yrs) 596 2706 43 4 0 15 -12 50 4.9 69 119 11.9 .508 .506 10.2 0.4 104 $
CLE (3 yrs) 107 179 -7 -0 1 -3 -2 -11 -1.2 5 -6 -0.6 .489 .498 -0.3 -0.5 -3 $
CIN (1 yr) 25 55 2 0 0 -1 -0 0 0.0 2 2 0.2 .502 .500 0.4 -0.1 3 $

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
1939 22 DET AL 692 441 103 6.2 120 .331 .311 .295 .384 .371 .430 .436 .814 .807 102 .591 2.1 0.2 .813 .260 .119 6.7
1940 23 DET AL 660 409 116 7.5 119 .360 .340 .290 .408 .364 .491 .440 .899 .804 124 .682 21.9 2.0 .889 .272 .151 6.1
1941 24 DET AL 565 349 84 6.4 115 .343 .324 .287 .401 .366 .425 .423 .827 .789 110 .638 9.1 0.9 .816 .235 .101 4.4
1942 25 DET AL 680 453 91 5.4 101 .304 .293 .275 .365 .350 .412 .385 .777 .735 111 .620 8.9 0.9 .728 .242 .118 8.6
1946 29 TOT AL 471 293 67 6.1 96 .333 .318 .264 .407 .338 .409 .379 .816 .717 128 .669 18.3 1.9 .794 .241 .090 2.0
1946 29 DET AL 109 76 8 2.8 101 .210 .198 .272 .324 .347 .286 .391 .610 .738 66 .328 -3.6 -0.4 .573 .275 .088 .0
1946 29 PHA AL 362 217 59 7.3 94 .367 .354 .261 .433 .335 .445 .376 .878 .711 147 .735 22.0 2.2 .874 .231 .091 1.3
1947 30 PHA AL 616 385 84 5.8 98 .345 .328 .264 .395 .344 .399 .379 .795 .723 120 .648 16.4 1.7 .734 .170 .071 1.0
1948 31 PHA AL 605 382 80 5.6 106 .341 .326 .274 .405 .360 .386 .396 .791 .756 110 .586 10.1 1.0 .736 .188 .060 .0
1950 33 PHA AL 207 146 18 3.3 112 .257 .240 .276 .323 .363 .307 .414 .631 .776 63 .318 -9.4 -0.9 .550 .190 .067
1951 34 TOT MLB 154 104 19 4.9 101 .280 .268 .265 .340 .343 .377 .393 .717 .736 95 .538 -0.8 -0.1 .660 .225 .109 1.3
1951 34 TOT AL 99 69 10 3.9 99 .256 .239 .263 .323 .343 .330 .386 .653 .729 80 .433 -2.2 -0.2 .594 .227 .091 1.0
1951 34 PHA AL 30 19 5 7.1 103 .318 .296 .269 .367 .350 .481 .394 .848 .744 127 .695 1.0 0.1 .842 .296 .185 .0
1951 34 CIN NL 55 35 9 6.9 104 .319 .320 .269 .370 .343 .460 .407 .830 .750 121 .686 1.4 0.1 .794 .220 .140 .0
1951 34 CLE AL 69 50 5 2.7 97 .232 .213 .260 .304 .340 .262 .382 .567 .722 58 .280 -3.2 -0.3 .500 .197 .049 .0
1952 35 CLE AL 88 66 7 2.9 90 .216 .213 .252 .284 .330 .325 .368 .609 .698 74 .336 -2.8 -0.3 .515 .213 .113 1.0
1953 36 CLE AL 22 17 2 3.2 100 .235 .190 .266 .227 .342 .333 .392 .561 .733 52 .347 -1.4 -0.1 .471 .190 .143
11 Yrs 4760 3045 671 5.9 108 .329 .312 .278 .386 .356 .414 .406 .801 .762 111 .613 72.3 7.2 .763 .228 .103 34.0
162 Game Avg. 659 422 93 5.9 108 .329 .312 .278 .386 .356 .414 .406 .801 .762 111 .613 10 1 .763 .228 .103 5
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
PHA (5 yrs) 1820 1149 246 5.7 101 .338 .322 .268 .397 .350 .395 .388 .792 .738 115 .616 40.1 4.1 .739 .192 .073 3.4
DET (5 yrs) 2706 1728 402 6.2 113 .329 .312 .286 .386 .362 .434 .420 .820 .782 110 .625 38.3 3.7 .799 .254 .122 27.8
CLE (3 yrs) 179 133 14 2.8 94 .224 .210 .257 .285 .336 .302 .376 .587 .712 65 .316 -7.4 -0.8 .504 .204 .093 1.3
CIN (1 yr) 55 35 9 6.9 104 .319 .320 .269 .370 .343 .460 .407 .830 .750 121 .685 1.4 0.1 .794 .220 .140 .0
AL (11 yrs) 4705 3010 662 5.9 108 .329 .312 .278 .387 .356 .414 .406 .800 .762 110 .612 71.0 7.0 .763 .228 .102 32.9
NL (1 yr) 55 35 9 6.9 104 .319 .320 .269 .370 .343 .460 .407 .830 .750 121 .685 1.4 0.1 .794 .220 .140 .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
1940 23 DET AL WS CIN L 7 30 23 5 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 .304 .467 .348 .814 8 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 7 30 23 5 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 .304 .467 .348 .814 8 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
1939 22 DET AL 692 0.6% 6.5% 10.1% 7.4% 27% 0.64 13.6 152.8 10.5 81%
1940 23 DET AL 660 0.6% 6.2% 10.2% 9.4% 31% 0.61 14.4 147.3 10.3 82%
1941 24 DET AL 565 0.5% 5.8% 10.8% 6.4% 23% 0.54 15.0 164.7 9.0 81%
1942 25 DET AL 680 1.0% 5.4% 10.0% 6.8% 26% 0.54 16.2 85.7 12.0 82%
1946 29 TOT AL 471 0.4% 4.7% 12.7% 5.9% 22% 0.37 18.1 199.5 8.9 80%
1946 29 DET AL 109 0.9% 8.3% 15.6% 5.5% 33% 0.53 10.1 91.0 8.3 74%
1946 29 PHA AL 362 0.3% 3.6% 11.9% 6.1% 20% 0.30 23.7 308.0 9.1 81%
1947 30 PHA AL 616 0.2% 4.7% 9.3% 4.9% 17% 0.51 18.8 546.0 10.5 84%
1948 31 PHA AL 605 0.0% 3.6% 11.2% 4.3% 16% 0.32 23.4 11.2 0.93 81%
1950 33 PHA AL 207 0.0% 5.8% 10.6% 5.3% 26% 0.55 14.9 16.3 0.83 81%
1951 34 TOT MLB 154 1.3% 7.1% 9.7% 6.5% 27% 0.73 12.5 69.0 9.9 0.60 81%
1951 34 TOT AL 99 1.0% 9.1% 11.1% 6.1% 29% 0.82 9.8 88.0 29.3 0.74 79%
1951 34 PHA AL 30 3.3% 13.3% 10.0% 10.0% 38% 1.33 6.8 27.0 27.0 0.25 73%
1951 34 CIN NL 55 1.8% 3.6% 7.3% 7.3% 25% 0.50 25.0 50.0 4.5 0.33 85%
1951 34 CLE AL 69 0.0% 7.3% 11.6% 4.4% 23% 0.63 12.2 30.5 1.00 81%
1952 35 CLE AL 88 1.1% 5.7% 9.1% 6.8% 35% 0.63 16.0 80.0 13.3 0.97 84%
1953 36 CLE AL 22 0.0% 18.2% 4.6% 13.6% 75% 4.00 5.3 7.0 0.44 77%
11 Yrs 4760 0.5% 5.5% 10.4% 6.5% 24% 0.53 16.0 173.8 10.5 0.83 82%
MLB Averages 1.5% 9.5% 9.3% 6.2% 27% 1.02 9.4 57.5 8.4 0.97 78%
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
1939 22 DET AL 2.1 0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1940 23 DET AL 21.9 2.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1941 24 DET AL 9.1 0.9 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1942 25 DET AL 8.9 0.9 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 29 TOT AL 18.3 1.9 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 29 DET AL -3.6 -0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 29 PHA AL 22.0 2.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 30 PHA AL 15.8 1.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 31 PHA AL 10.1 1.0 385 0.4 6.4 -6.0 .99 -0.5 1.0 -0.3 -0.0 0.96 -3.8 0.24 1
1950 33 PHA AL -9.4 -0.9 157 -0.5 2.7 -3.2 1.13 -0.5 0.1 -8.1 -0.8 0.96 -7.2 1.64 19
1951 34 TOT MLB -0.9 -0.1 140 -0.1 2.7 -2.8 1.25 -0.3 0.2 -0.2 -0.0 0.92 -3.4 1.69 27
1951 34 TOT AL -2.3 -0.2 102 -0.8 1.4 -2.1 1.21 -0.3 -0.4 -3.4 -0.4 0.91 -3.4 1.62 18
1951 34 PHA AL 1.0 0.1 30 0.1 0.6 -0.5 1.11 0.1 0.0 1.1 0.1 0.83 0.9 0.68 5
1951 34 CIN NL 1.4 0.1 38 0.7 1.3 -0.6 1.33 -0.0 0.6 3.2 0.3 0.95 -0.0 1.83 9
1951 34 CLE AL -3.3 -0.3 72 -0.9 0.8 -1.7 1.26 -0.3 -0.4 -4.5 -0.5 0.95 -4.2 1.98 13
1952 35 CLE AL -2.9 -0.3 92 0.2 2.1 -1.8 1.17 0.0 0.2 -1.4 -0.2 1.04 -0.5 1.76 30
1953 36 CLE AL -1.4 -0.1 22 0.5 1.0 -0.5 1.57 -0.1 0.4 0.5 0.0 1.03 -0.9 1.57 21
11 Yrs 71.5 7.1 796 0.5 14.9 -14.3 1.10 -1.4 1.9 -9.6 -1.0 0.96 -15.9 1.66 98
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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1948 31 PHA AL 6 0 40% 173 1 3 25% 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 48% 27 19 7 6 1 5 13 2 10
1950 33 PHA AL 1 0 29% 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 50% 9 5 4 0 0 0 3 1 2
1951 34 TOT MLB 2 0 24% 61 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 47% 9 7 2 1 0 1 5 1 4
1951 34 TOT AL 1 0 36% 47 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 54% 7 5 2 1 0 1 5 1 4
1951 34 PHA AL 0 0 30% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1951 34 CIN NL 1 0 5% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 34 CLE AL 1 0 38% 35 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 46% 7 5 2 1 0 1 3 1 2
1952 35 CLE AL 2 0 54% 46 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 33% 9 7 1 0 0 0 6 2 4
1953 36 CLE AL 0 0 60% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Yrs 11 0 36% 352 58 31 65% 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 9 7 44% 56 40 14 7 1 6 27 6 20

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
1948 31 PHA AL 605 77% 168 1 1 0 0 0.24 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 17 22 129% 94 10 11% 43 21 49% 245 26 11% 15 8 53% 13 8 62% 0
1950 33 PHA AL 207 69% 43 19 5 0 2 1.64 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 300% 37 4 11% 21 5 24% 103 9 9% 8 4 50% 3 0 0% 0
1951 34 TOT MLB 154 83% 37 27 6 0 3 1.69 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 50% 26 2 8% 11 5 45% 72 9 13% 6 3 50% 5 2 40% 0
1951 34 TOT AL 99 80% 21 18 3 0 0 1.62 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0% 21 2 10% 7 2 29% 49 2 4% 4 1 25% 3 1 33% 0
1951 34 PHA AL 30 63% 8 5 1 0 0 0.68 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0% 5 0 0% 2 1 50% 11 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
1951 34 CIN NL 55 92% 16 9 3 0 3 1.83 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 100% 5 0 0% 4 3 75% 23 7 30% 2 2 100% 2 1 50% 0
1951 34 CLE AL 69 87% 13 13 2 0 0 1.98 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 2 13% 5 1 20% 38 2 5% 3 1 33% 1 0 0% 0
1952 35 CLE AL 88 94% 17 30 9 1 4 1.76 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0% 16 2 13% 8 2 25% 48 5 10% 5 2 40% 3 2 67% 0
1953 36 CLE AL 22 100% 4 21 4 0 2 1.57 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 1 1 100% 17 3 18% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
11 Yrs 1076 79% 1301 98 25 1 11 1.66 24 0 20 2 0 1 2 0 22 81 368% 178 62 35% 84 34 40% 485 52 11% 34 17 50% 25 13 52% 0
MLB Averages 51% 281% 30% 33% 15% 51% 55%

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
1939 22 147 692 611 120 190 33 14 4 58 20 4 70 45 .311 .384 .430 .814 102 263 7 2 9
1940 23 290 1352 1200 243 390 72 33 8 115 33 13 137 86 .325 .396 .460 .856 113 552 15 3 12
1941 24 417 1917 1694 323 550 97 41 11 170 41 16 198 119 .325 .397 .450 .847 112 762 20 6 19
1942 25 571 2597 2294 398 726 125 52 18 220 52 21 266 156 .316 .389 .440 .829 112 1009 32 6 31
1943 26 571 2597 2294 398 726 125 52 18 220 52 21 266 156 .316 .389 .440 .829 112 1009 32 6 31
1944 27 571 2597 2294 398 726 125 52 18 220 52 21 266 156 .316 .389 .440 .829 112 1009 32 6 31
1945 28 571 2597 2294 398 726 125 52 18 220 52 21 266 156 .316 .389 .440 .829 112 1009 32 6 31
1946 29 688 3068 2693 442 853 147 56 20 265 54 23 326 178 .317 .392 .435 .827 114 1172 39 6 43
1947 30 825 3684 3239 519 1032 169 63 21 317 55 27 383 207 .319 .392 .429 .821 115 1390 44 10 52
1948 31 960 4289 3754 614 1200 190 68 21 363 56 30 451 229 .320 .394 .423 .817 114 1589 54 10 74
1949 32 960 4289 3754 614 1200 190 68 21 363 56 30 451 229 .320 .394 .423 .817 114 1589 54 10 74
1950 33 1026 4496 3933 633 1243 200 69 21 374 56 30 473 241 .316 .391 .418 .809 112 1644 58 10 80
1951 34 1094 4650 4071 647 1280 207 70 23 388 57 30 488 252 .314 .389 .417 .806 111 1696 60 10 81
1952 35 1148 4738 4151 661 1297 211 71 24 394 58 31 496 257 .312 .387 .415 .802 111 1722 62 10 81
1953 36 1170 4760 4172 664 1301 214 71 24 397 58 31 497 261 .312 .386 .414 .801 111 1729 62 10 81

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1939 22 155 692 617 101 174 30 13 4 49 18 64 47 .282 .351 .392 .744 84 147
1940 23 149 657 591 105 184 36 17 4 49 12 62 43 .311 .378 .450 .828 100 143
1941 24 132 564 497 71 150 23 8 3 48 8 57 34 .302 .377 .398 .775 74 127
1942 25 163 714 631 77 182 29 11 7 51 11 70 39 .288 .359 .403 .762 92 154
1946 29 122 506 426 50 142 25 4 2 51 2 67 23 .333 .424 .425 .849 77 117
1947 30 142 647 573 84 192 24 8 1 57 1 61 30 .335 .403 .410 .813 93 137
1948 31 141 622 531 92 168 21 5 0 45 1 68 23 .316 .394 .375 .769 78 135
1950 33 69 211 184 18 42 10 1 0 10 0 21 13 .228 .307 .293 .601 17 66
1951 34 71 162 145 15 39 7 1 2 15 1 16 12 .269 .342 .372 .714 19 68
1952 35 56 94 85 16 19 4 1 1 7 1 9 5 .224 .298 .329 .627 8 54
1953 36 23 24 23 4 5 4 0 0 4 0 1 4 .217 .250 .391 .641 2 22
11 Yrs 1223 4893 4303 633 1297 213 69 24 386 55 496 273 .301 .375 .400 .775 644 1170
162 Game Avg. 162 648 570 84 172 28 9 3 51 7 66 36 .301 .375 .400 .775 85 1170

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1939 AL (27, 2%)
1940 AL (16, 3%)
1941 AL (15, 4%)
1942 AL (29, 0%)
1947 AL (11, 10%)
1948 AL (27, 1%)
0.20 Career Shares (738th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1939 AL  0.6 (10th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1940 AL  .340 (6th)
1941 AL  .324 (6th)
1942 AL  .293 (9th)
1947 AL  .328 (2nd)
1948 AL  .326 (5th)
Career  .312 (93rd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1940 AL  .408 (10th)
1941 AL  .401 (9th)
1947 AL  .395 (5th)
1948 AL  .405 (6th)
Career  .386 (121st)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1940 AL  .899 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1942 AL  154 (2nd)

At Bats s c a p y
1939 AL  611 (4th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1939 AL  692 (4th)
1940 AL  660 (10th)
1942 AL  680 (7th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1939 AL  120 (4th)
1940 AL  123 (3rd)

Hits s c a p y
1939 AL  190 (4th)
1940 AL  200 (1st)
1942 AL  176 (7th)
1947 AL  179 (4th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1940 AL  289 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1939 AL  33 (6th)
1940 AL  39 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1939 AL  14 (2nd)
1940 AL  19 (1st)
1942 AL  11 (5th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1939 AL  20 (4th)
1940 AL  13 (8th)

Singles s c a p y
1939 AL  139 (4th)
1940 AL  138 (6th)
1941 AL  124 (6th)
1942 AL  130 (6th)
1947 AL  149 (2nd)
1948 AL  142 (3rd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1939 AL  103 (10th)
1940 AL  116 (6th)
1947 AL  84 (10th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1939 AL  262 (5th)
1940 AL  268 (4th)
1942 AL  244 (10th)
1947 AL  240 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1940 AL  .682 (6th)
1947 AL  .648 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1941 AL  3 (10th)
1947 AL  4 (5th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1942 AL  12 (6th)
1946 AL  12 (5th)
1948 AL  22 (1st)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1940 AL  9 (5th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1942 AL  8.6 (9th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1947 AL  18.8 (7th)
1948 AL  23.4 (4th)
Career  16.0 (244th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1939 AL  441 (7th)
1942 AL  453 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (422), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 51 (498), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 39 (488), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 25 (483), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Dale Mitchell (946)
  2. Rip Radcliff (938)
  3. Johnny Hopp (934)
  4. Taylor Douthit (930)
  5. Billy Southworth (927) *
  6. Ira Flagstead (926)
  7. Mule Haas (922)
  8. Johnny Mostil (920)
  9. Ethan Allen (919)
  10. Fred Schulte (918)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Al Simmons (977) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Pete Reiser (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ross Youngs (954) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jesse Burkett (950) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Dale Mitchell (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Dale Mitchell (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Dale Mitchell (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Sam Rice (954) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Dale Mitchell (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Johnny Hopp (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Rip Radcliff (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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