Gil McDougald
Gilbert James McDougald
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 19, 1928 in San Francisco, CA
School: University of San Francisco
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1951
Final Game: October 2, 1960
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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
1951 23 NYY AL 131 473 402 72 123 23 4 14 63 14 5 56 54 .306 .396 .488 .884 142 196 12 4 11 54 MVP-9,RoY-1
1952 24 NYY AL 152 632 555 65 146 16 5 11 78 6 5 57 73 .263 .336 .369 .705 101 205 14 4 16 *54 AS
1953 25 NYY AL 141 614 541 82 154 27 7 10 83 3 4 60 65 .285 .361 .416 .777 112 225 9 5 8 *54
1954 26 NYY AL 126 473 394 66 102 22 2 12 48 3 4 62 64 .259 .364 .416 .780 117 164 5 5 9 3 45
1955 27 NYY AL 141 615 533 79 152 10 8 13 53 6 4 65 77 .285 .361 .407 .768 108 217 6 2 8 7 2 *45 MVP-12
1956 28 NYY AL 120 518 438 79 136 13 3 13 56 3 8 68 59 .311 .405 .443 .848 127 194 5 3 7 2 1 64/5 AS,MVP-7
1957 29 NYY AL 141 624 539 87 156 25 9 13 62 2 5 59 71 .289 .362 .442 .804 120 238 12 4 19 3 1 *64/5 AS,MVP-5
1958 30 NYY AL 138 578 503 69 126 19 1 14 65 6 2 59 75 .250 .329 .376 .705 98 189 15 3 7 6 1 *46 AS,MVP-20
1959 31 NYY AL 127 481 434 44 109 16 8 4 34 0 3 35 40 .251 .309 .353 .661 85 153 11 3 5 4 3 465 AS
1960 32 NYY AL 119 387 337 54 87 16 4 8 34 2 4 38 45 .258 .337 .401 .737 105 135 4 3 7 2 0 54
10 Seasons 1336 5395 4676 697 1291 187 51 112 576 45 44 559 623 .276 .356 .410 .766 111 1916 93 36 97 27 8
162 Game Avg. 162 654 567 85 157 23 6 14 70 5 5 68 76 .276 .356 .410 .766 111 232 11 4 12

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
1951 23 NYY AL 473 307 77 6.7 99 .326 .306 .263 .396 .343 .488 .385 .884 .728 142 .676 24.6 2.4 .895 .343 .182 14.0
1952 24 NYY AL 632 444 67 4.1 91 .287 .263 .253 .336 .332 .369 .369 .705 .701 101 .491 0.8 0.1 .624 .211 .106 7.8
1953 25 NYY AL 614 408 79 5.2 100 .309 .285 .266 .361 .342 .416 .392 .777 .733 112 .570 9.8 1.0 .723 .240 .131 4.6
1954 26 NYY AL 473 313 58 5.0 96 .280 .259 .262 .364 .337 .416 .383 .780 .720 117 .570 11.2 1.1 .764 .312 .157 4.8
1955 27 NYY AL 615 406 83 5.5 102 .309 .285 .265 .361 .344 .407 .395 .768 .739 108 .581 5.8 0.6 .731 .248 .122 8.2
1956 28 NYY AL 518 324 82 6.8 104 .334 .311 .264 .405 .345 .443 .402 .848 .747 127 .652 19.6 1.9 .825 .276 .132 4.9
1957 29 NYY AL 624 422 86 5.5 98 .312 .289 .262 .362 .334 .442 .395 .804 .729 120 .602 15.0 1.5 .745 .256 .152 3.5
1958 30 NYY AL 578 407 64 4.2 95 .267 .250 .257 .329 .325 .376 .390 .705 .715 98 .490 -0.2 0.0 .647 .250 .125 8.4
1959 31 NYY AL 481 348 46 3.6 95 .266 .251 .256 .309 .326 .353 .391 .661 .717 85 .404 -9.3 -0.9 .555 .175 .101 .0
1960 32 NYY AL 387 267 47 4.7 96 .276 .258 .256 .337 .329 .401 .392 .737 .721 105 .525 2.6 0.3 .674 .249 .142 3.2
10 Seasons 5395 3646 689 5.1 98 .297 .276 .260 .356 .336 .410 .389 .766 .725 111 .562 80.0 8.0 .713 .253 .134 64.2
162 Game Avg. 654 442 84 5.1 98 .297 .276 .260 .356 .336 .410 .389 .766 .725 111 .562 10 1 .713 .253 .134 8

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
1951 23 NYY AL WS NYG W 6 25 23 2 6 1 0 1 7 0 1 2 2 .261 .320 .435 .755 10 0 0 0 0 0
1952 24 NYY AL WS BRO W 7 30 25 5 5 0 0 1 3 1 0 5 2 .200 .333 .320 .653 8 1 0 0 0 0
1953 25 NYY AL WS BRO W 6 26 24 2 4 0 1 2 4 0 0 1 3 .167 .231 .500 .731 12 1 1 0 0 0
1955 27 NYY AL WS BRO L 7 29 27 2 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 6 .259 .310 .370 .681 10 0 0 0 0 0
1956 28 NYY AL WS BRO W 7 26 21 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 6 .143 .240 .143 .383 3 0 0 1 1 0
1957 29 NYY AL WS MLN L 7 29 24 3 6 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 3 .250 .321 .250 .571 6 0 0 1 1 0
1958 30 NYY AL WS MLN W 7 30 28 5 9 2 0 2 4 0 0 2 4 .321 .367 .607 .974 17 0 0 0 0 1
1960 32 NYY AL WS PIT L 6 20 18 4 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .278 .350 .333 .683 6 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons (8 Series) 53 215 190 23 45 4 1 7 24 2 1 20 29 .237 .310 .379 .689 72 2 1 2 2 1
8 WS 53 215 190 23 45 4 1 7 24 2 1 20 29 .237 .310 .379 .689 72 2 1 2 2 1

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
1952 NYY AL 24 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 NYY AL 28 DNP
1957 NYY AL 29 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 NYY AL 30 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1959 NYY AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 NYY AL 31 DNP
5 Seasons (4 Appearances) 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 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
1951 23 NYY AL 473 3.0% 11.4% 11.8% 8.7% 33% 0.96 7.4 28.7 6.4 71%
1952 24 NYY AL 632 1.7% 11.6% 9.0% 5.1% 22% 1.28 7.6 50.5 7.1 75%
1953 25 NYY AL 614 1.6% 10.6% 9.8% 7.2% 29% 1.08 8.3 54.1 6.5 76%
1954 26 NYY AL 473 2.5% 13.5% 13.1% 7.6% 35% 1.03 6.2 32.8 8.2 0.66 68%
1955 27 NYY AL 615 2.1% 12.5% 10.6% 5.0% 20% 1.18 6.9 41.0 10.1 0.96 73%
1956 28 NYY AL 518 2.5% 11.4% 13.1% 5.6% 21% 0.87 7.4 33.7 7.8 0.79 71%
1957 29 NYY AL 624 2.1% 11.4% 9.5% 7.5% 30% 1.20 7.6 41.5 8.7 1.01 73%
1958 30 NYY AL 578 2.4% 13.0% 10.2% 5.9% 27% 1.27 6.7 35.9 7.7 1.03 73%
1959 31 NYY AL 481 0.8% 8.3% 7.3% 5.8% 26% 1.14 10.9 108.5 12.8 1.16 82%
1960 32 NYY AL 387 2.1% 11.6% 9.8% 7.2% 32% 1.18 7.5 42.1 9.9 0.87 74%
10 Seasons 5395 2.1% 11.6% 10.4% 6.5% 27% 1.11 7.5 41.8 8.1 0.93 74%
MLB Averages

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 26 NYY AL 3 0 34% 204 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 9 42% 36 27 9 5 3 2 16 2 13
1955 27 NYY AL 9 0 32% 281 6 4 60% 6 5 0 0 0 0 4 0 6 21 48% 40 25 15 3 2 1 19 5 14
1956 28 NYY AL 11 0 34% 230 3 8 27% 2 9 1 0 0 0 3 0 6 11 47% 38 24 12 16 7 9 12 2 10
1957 29 NYY AL 6 0 36% 259 2 5 29% 1 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 7 15 51% 42 24 18 10 5 5 23 8 15
1958 30 NYY AL 7 0 32% 227 6 2 75% 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 16 49% 31 19 11 8 4 4 16 4 12
1959 31 NYY AL 14 0 28% 196 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 9 51% 26 14 11 2 1 1 11 3 8
1960 32 NYY AL 4 0 38% 155 2 4 33% 2 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 10 56% 26 17 9 4 0 4 18 4 14
10 Seasons 54 0 33% 1552 45 44 51% 19 29 3 2 0 2 11 1 42 91 49% 239 150 85 48 22 26 115 28 86
MLB Averages

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 26 NYY AL 452 37% 102 6 2 0 1 2.45 12 1 11 7 5 2 10 0 12 9 75% 62 5 8% 36 14 39% 251 34 14% 20 11 55% 27 8 30% 22
1955 27 NYY AL 615 30% 152 0 0 0 0 13 0 18 10 3 4 9 0 10 8 80% 105 6 6% 52 21 40% 341 44 13% 33 20 61% 31 5 16% 0
1956 28 NYY AL 518 32% 136 2 0 0 0 0.40 13 0 6 8 5 2 11 0 11 7 64% 84 5 6% 29 11 38% 274 44 16% 21 11 52% 24 11 46% 0
1957 29 NYY AL 625 28% 156 1 0 0 0 0.92 13 0 12 12 1 6 7 0 21 19 90% 126 12 10% 68 28 41% 355 53 15% 24 13 54% 41 17 41% 0
1958 30 NYY AL 578 22% 126 6 1 0 0 1.26 14 0 8 11 3 4 10 0 10 7 70% 116 15 13% 65 17 26% 366 54 15% 38 15 39% 33 12 36% 0
1959 31 NYY AL 481 27% 109 2 0 0 0 3.10 4 0 8 3 1 0 4 0 9 5 56% 86 11 13% 45 16 36% 270 33 12% 24 11 46% 26 8 31% 0
1960 32 NYY AL 387 28% 87 21 9 0 1 1.86 8 0 10 7 1 0 8 0 7 7 100% 66 4 6% 31 11 35% 205 27 13% 12 6 50% 14 0 0% 0
10 Seasons 3656 29% 1291 38 12 0 2 1.82 112 1 73 58 19 18 59 0 80 97 121% 645 93 14% 326 118 36% 2062 289 14% 172 87 51% 196 61 31% 22
MLB Averages

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
1951 23 131 473 402 72 123 23 4 14 63 14 5 56 54 .306 .396 .488 .884 142 196 12 4 11
1952 24 283 1105 957 137 269 39 9 25 141 20 10 113 127 .281 .362 .419 .781 119 401 26 8 27
1953 25 424 1719 1498 219 423 66 16 35 224 23 14 173 192 .282 .362 .418 .780 116 626 35 13 35
1954 26 550 2192 1892 285 525 88 18 47 272 26 18 235 256 .277 .362 .418 .780 117 790 40 18 44 3
1955 27 691 2807 2425 364 677 98 26 60 325 32 22 300 333 .279 .362 .415 .777 115 1007 46 20 52 10 2
1956 28 811 3325 2863 443 813 111 29 73 381 35 30 368 392 .284 .369 .419 .788 117 1201 51 23 59 12 3
1957 29 952 3949 3402 530 969 136 38 86 443 37 35 427 463 .285 .368 .423 .791 117 1439 63 27 78 15 4
1958 30 1090 4527 3905 599 1095 155 39 100 508 43 37 486 538 .280 .363 .417 .780 115 1628 78 30 85 21 5
1959 31 1217 5008 4339 643 1204 171 47 104 542 43 40 521 578 .277 .357 .410 .768 112 1781 89 33 90 25 8
1960 32 1336 5395 4676 697 1291 187 51 112 576 45 44 559 623 .276 .356 .410 .766 111 1916 93 36 97 27 8

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1951 23 138 486 423 75 130 24 4 15 66 15 59 57 .307 .397 .489 .886 81 131
1952 24 159 658 590 77 163 18 6 12 92 7 64 76 .276 .351 .388 .739 79 152
1953 25 147 634 566 88 162 28 7 11 89 3 63 68 .286 .363 .419 .782 85 141
1954 26 132 491 416 75 111 24 2 13 54 3 67 67 .267 .373 .428 .801 66 126
1955 27 147 643 563 83 165 11 9 14 56 7 71 80 .293 .370 .419 .789 88 141
1956 28 125 537 460 81 144 14 3 14 57 3 72 62 .313 .408 .448 .856 84 120
1957 29 148 644 573 97 170 27 10 14 69 2 64 75 .297 .370 .452 .822 96 141
1958 30 144 610 535 79 141 21 1 16 75 7 66 78 .264 .344 .396 .741 73 138
1959 31 133 502 457 49 117 17 9 4 38 0 38 42 .256 .315 .359 .674 51 127
1960 32 125 409 361 61 98 18 5 9 38 2 43 47 .271 .352 .424 .776 53 119
10 Seasons 1398 5614 4944 765 1401 202 56 122 634 49 607 652 .283 .364 .421 .785 756 1336
162 Game Avg. 162 651 573 89 162 23 6 14 73 6 70 76 .283 .364 .421 .785 88 1336

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1952 *
1956
1957 *
1958 *
1959-1 *
1959-2

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1951-AL-Rookie of the Year
1958-ML-Lou Gehrig Memorial Award

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1951-AL-9-19%
1955-AL-12-10%
1956-AL-7-16%
1957-AL-5-49%
1958-AL-20-1%
0.95 Career Shares (249th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1951 AL--.306--7th
1956 AL--.311--9th

On-Base% s c a p y
1951 AL--.396--9th
1956 AL--.405--7th

Slugging % s c a p y
1951 AL--.488--8th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1951 AL--.884--6th

Games Played s c a p y
1952 AL--152--4th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1957 AL--87--7th

Triples s c a p y
1953 AL--7--10th
1955 AL--8--4th
1957 AL--9--1st
1959 AL--8--2nd

Strikeouts s c a p y
1952 AL--73--10th
1953 AL--65--8th
1955 AL--77--5th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1951 AL--14--4th

Singles s c a p y
1955 AL--121--8th
1957 AL--109--9th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1951 AL--25--9th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1951 AL--2.4--9th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1953 AL--5--10th
1954 AL--5--7th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1951 AL--11--7th
1952 AL--16--4th
1954 AL--9--10th
1957 AL--19--1st

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1955 AL--7--5th
1958 AL--6--8th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1956 AL--8--2nd

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1951 AL--14.0--2nd
1958 AL--8.4--10th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (697), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 10 (1256), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 54 (343), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 21 (601), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Thurman Munson (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Thurman Munson (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bobby Grich (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bobby Grich (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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