Cal McLish

Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma McLish (Bus or Buster)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 179 lb.

Born: December 1, 1925 in Anadarko, OK
High School: Central HS (Oklahoma City, OK)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 13, 1944
Teams (by GP): Indians/Phillies/Cubs/Reds/Dodgers/... 1944-1964

Final Game: July 14, 1964
Died: August 26, 2010 in Edmond, OK
Buried: Memorial Park Cemetery, Oklahoma City, OK
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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
1944	18	BRO	NL	31	33	32	6	7	1	0	0	1	0		0	12	.219	.219	.250	.469	33	8	1	0	1			1
1945		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946	20	BRO	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0	0	0	0			/1
1947	21	NYY-min	AAA	16	33	30	3	5	0	0	0	3	0		2	10	.167	.219	.167	.385		5	0	0	1				KCY · AA
1947	21	PIT	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0	0	0	0			/1
1948	22	PIT-min	AAA	51	87	77	22	22	0	1	0	2	3		6	17	.286	.337	.312	.649		24		0	4				INA · AA
1948	22	PIT	NL	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0			/1
1949	23	CHC-min	AAA	30	59	53	3	9	0	1	1	6	0		5	18	.170	.241	.264	.506		14		0	1				LOS · PCL
1949	23	CHC	NL	9	9	9	4	3	0	0	1	1	0		0	3	.333	.333	.667	1.000	166	6	0	0	0			/1

1950	24	CHC-min	AAA	45	110	82	11	26	2	0	2	10	0		22	27	.317	.467	.415	.881		34		1	5				LOS · PCL
1951	25	CHC	NL	31	45	42	2	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	20	.119	.178	.167	.344	-8	7	1	0	0			1

1952	26	CHC-min	Opn	44	81	78	9	24	7	0	1	9	0		2	13	.308	.325	.436	.761		34		0	1				LOS · PCL
1953	27	CHC-min	Opn	51	98	91	18	22	3	0	4	15	0		2	17	.242	.258	.407	.665		37	1	0	5				LOS · PCL
1954	28	CHC-min	Opn	39	92	81	8	18	1	0	3	10	0		5	30	.222	.267	.346	.612		28	3	1	2	3			LOS · PCL
1955	29	CHC-min	Opn	37	95	86	6	11	4	0	1	4	0		4	25	.128	.167	.209	.376		18	1	0	5	0			SDG,LOS · PCL
1956	30	CLE	AL	39	15	9	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	6	4	.111	.467	.222	.689	87	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1957	31	CLE	AL	44	54	43	7	8	0	0	2	7	0	0	7	17	.186	.300	.326	.626	71	14	0	0	4	0	0	1
1958	32	CLE	AL	39	82	64	6	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	13	25	.094	.244	.094	.337	-2	6	1	0	4	1	0	1	MVP-14
1959	33	CLE	AL	35	87	74	8	14	2	1	0	8	1	0	4	25	.189	.231	.243	.474	32	18	1	0	9	0	0	1	AS,MVP-11
1960	34	CIN	NL	37	45	41	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	14	.049	.070	.049	.119	-67	2	1	0	1	1	0	1
1961	35	CHW	AL	31	58	54	2	9	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	24	.167	.182	.185	.367	-0	10	1	0	3	0	0	1
1962	36	PHI	NL	32	57	51	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	24	.078	.161	.098	.259	-28	5	2	0	1	0	0	1
1963	37	PHI	NL	33	78	69	7	14	3	0	0	3	0	0	5	28	.203	.257	.246	.503	47	17	0	0	4	0	0	1
1964	38	PHI	NL	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
15 Yrs				368	565	490	47	73	9	2	3	30	1	0	45	196	.149	.220	.194	.414	15	95	8	0	27	2	0
162 Game Avg.				162	249	216	21	32	4	1	1	13	0		20	86	.149	.220	.194	.414	15	42	4	0	12

CLE (4 yrs)				157	238	190	23	29	3	1	2	18	1	0	30	71	.153	.267	.211	.477	34	40	2	0	17	1	0
PHI (3 yrs)				67	136	121	9	18	4	0	0	3	0	0	10	52	.149	.214	.182	.396	13	22	2	0	5	0	0
PIT (2 yrs)				4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
BRO (2 yrs)				32	33	32	6	7	1	0	0	1	0		0	12	.219	.219	.250	.469	33	8	1	0	1
CHC (2 yrs)				40	54	51	6	8	0	1	1	2	0	0	3	23	.157	.204	.255	.459	22	13	1	0	0
CIN (1 yr)				37	45	41	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	14	.049	.070	.049	.119	-67	2	1	0	1	1	0
CHW (1 yr)				31	58	54	2	9	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	24	.167	.182	.185	.367	-0	10	1	0	3	0	0

NL (10 yrs)				180	269	246	22	35	5	1	1	7	0	0	14	101	.142	.188	.183	.371	3	45	5	0	7	1	0
AL (5 yrs)				188	296	244	25	38	4	1	2	23	1	0	31	95	.156	.250	.205	.455	27	50	3	0	20	1	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
1944	18	BRO	NL	31	33	-3	0	0	0	3	-0	-0.0	1	1	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	1

1946	20	BRO	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1947	21	PIT	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1948	22	PIT	NL	3	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.493	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1949	23	CHC	NL	9	9	1	0	0	0	1	2	0.2	0	3	0.2	.526	.501	0.2	0.0	3	$	/1

1951	25	CHC	NL	31	45	-7	0	-0	0	4	-2	-0.3	2	-1	-0.3	.491	.498	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$	1

1956	30	CLE	AL	39	15	0	-0	0	0	2	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.504	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$	1
1957	31	CLE	AL	44	54	-0	-1	0	0	6	5	0.5	2	6	0.5	.511	.503	0.5	-0.0	6	$	1
1958	32	CLE	AL	39	82	-9	0	0	0	9	0	0.0	2	3	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	-0.0	3	$	1	MVP-14
1959	33	CLE	AL	35	87	-6	-0	0	0	10	3	0.3	2	6	0.3	.510	.502	0.3	-0.0	6	$	1	AS,MVP-11
1960	34	CIN	NL	37	45	-10	-0	0	0	5	-5	-0.5	2	-3	-0.5	.486	.497	-0.5	0.0	-3	$	1
1961	35	CHW	AL	31	58	-8	-0	-0	0	7	-1	-0.1	2	0	-0.1	.496	.499	-0.1	-0.0	0	$	1
1962	36	PHI	NL	32	57	-10	-1	-0	0	7	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.4	.487	.497	-0.4	0.0	-2	$	1
1963	37	PHI	NL	33	78	-4	-1	0	0	9	4	0.4	3	6	0.4	.513	.503	0.4	0.0	6	$	1
1964	38	PHI	NL	2	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.489	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
15 Seasons				368	565	-57	-2	0	0	62	3	0.3	17	21	0.3	.501	.500	0.4	-0.0	21	$

CLE (4 yrs)				157	238	-16	-1	0	0	26	10	1.0	7	17	1.0	.507	.502	1.0	-0.0	17	$
PHI (3 yrs)				67	136	-14	-1	-0	0	16	-0	0.0	5	4	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	4	$
PIT (2 yrs)				4	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.495	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
BRO (2 yrs)				32	33	-3	0	0	0	3	-0	-0.0	1	1	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$
CHC (2 yrs)				40	54	-6	0	0	0	5	-0	-0.0	2	2	-0.1	.499	.500	0.0	-0.0	2	$
CIN (1 yr)				37	45	-10	-0	0	0	5	-5	-0.5	2	-3	-0.5	.486	.497	-0.5	0.0	-3	$
CHW (1 yr)				31	58	-8	-0	-0	0	7	-1	-0.1	2	0	-0.1	.496	.499	-0.1	-0.0	0	$

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
1944	18	BRO	NL	33	27	2	2.0	93	.350	.219	.266	.219	.332	.250	.373	.469	.706	33	.203	-2.9	-0.3	.308	.031	.031

1948	22	PIT	NL	1	1	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.271	.000	.346	.000	.402	.000	.748	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1949	23	CHC	NL	9	6	2	8.9	100	.400	.333	.266	.333	.338	.667	.397	1.000	.736	166	.772	0.7	0.1	1.000	.333	.333	.0

1951	25	CHC	NL	45	38	1	0.7	105	.227	.119	.270	.178	.344	.167	.409	.344	.753	-8	.033	-6.7	-0.7	.263	.119	.048

1956	30	CLE	AL	15	8	2	6.7	108	.200	.111	.270	.467	.352	.222	.412	.689	.764	87	.646	0.4	0.0	1.000	.778	.111
1957	31	CLE	AL	54	39	5	3.5	99	.250	.186	.263	.300	.335	.326	.397	.626	.733	71	.393	-1.8	-0.2	.600	.302	.140	.0
1958	32	CLE	AL	82	64	3	1.2	97	.150	.094	.260	.244	.329	.094	.396	.337	.725	-2	.095	-8.7	-0.9	.322	.203	.000
1959	33	CLE	AL	87	70	5	1.9	96	.286	.189	.257	.231	.328	.243	.393	.474	.720	32	.180	-7.0	-0.7	.377	.122	.054	.0
1960	34	CIN	NL	45	42	0	0.0	101	.071	.049	.266	.070	.332	.049	.408	.119	.739	-67	.000	-9.6	-1.0	.075	.024	.000
1961	35	CHW	AL	58	49	2	1.1	102	.300	.167	.262	.182	.336	.185	.407	.367	.743	-0	.066	-7.8	-0.8	.239	.037	.019
1962	36	PHI	NL	57	50	1	0.5	101	.148	.078	.267	.161	.333	.098	.405	.259	.738	-28	.020	-9.2	-0.9	.204	.118	.020
1963	37	PHI	NL	78	59	5	2.3	89	.341	.203	.253	.257	.315	.246	.378	.503	.693	47	.272	-4.7	-0.5	.400	.116	.043
1964	38	PHI	NL	1	1	0	0.0	93	.000	.000	.262	.000	.320	.000	.389	.000	.709	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
15 Yrs				565	454	28	1.7	98	.239	.149	.262	.220	.331	.194	.396	.414	.727	15	.145	-57.9	-5.9	.332	.139	.045	1.5
162 Game Avg.				249	200	12	1.7	98	.239	.149	.262	.220	.331	.194	.396	.414	.727	15	.145	-57.9	-5.9	.332	.139	.045	1

CLE (4 yrs)				238	181	15	2.2	98	.229	.153	.260	.267	.332	.211	.396	.477	.727	34	.224	-17.1	-1.8	.436	.221	.058	1.3
PHI (3 yrs)				136	110	6	1.5	94	.261	.149	.259	.214	.323	.182	.389	.396	.712	13	.128	-14.1	-1.5	.305	.116	.033
CHC (2 yrs)				54	44	3	1.8	104	.259	.157	.269	.204	.343	.255	.407	.459	.750	22	.160	-6.0	-0.6	.364	.157	.098	.0
PIT (2 yrs)				1	1	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.271	.000	.346	.000	.402	.000	.748	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
BRO (2 yrs)				33	27	2	2.0	93	.350	.219	.266	.219	.332	.250	.373	.469	.706	33	.203	-2.9	-0.3	.308	.031	.031
CIN (1 yr)				45	42	0	0.0	101	.071	.049	.266	.070	.332	.049	.408	.119	.739	-67	.000	-9.6	-1.0	.075	.024	.000
CHW (1 yr)				58	49	2	1.1	102	.300	.167	.262	.182	.336	.185	.407	.367	.743	-0	.066	-7.8	-0.8	.239	.037	.019

NL (10 yrs)				269	224	11	1.3	97	.234	.142	.263	.188	.330	.183	.394	.371	.724	3	.104	-33.0	-3.4	.273	.098	.041	.0
AL (5 yrs)				296	230	17	2.0	99	.243	.156	.260	.250	.333	.205	.398	.455	.731	27	.186	-24.9	-2.5	.392	.180	.049	1.3

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
1959	CLE	AL	33		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					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	GO/AO	IP%
1944	18	BRO	NL	33	0.0%	36.4%	0.0%	3.0%	14%		2.7		32.0		61%

1948	22	PIT	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
1949	23	CHC	NL	9	11.1%	33.3%	0.0%	11.1%	33%		3.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	56%

1951	25	CHC	NL	45	0.0%	44.4%	6.7%	2.2%	20%	6.67	2.1		42.0	2.00	49%

1956	30	CLE	AL	15	0.0%	26.7%	40.0%	6.7%	100%	0.67	2.3		4.5	0.33	33%
1957	31	CLE	AL	54	3.7%	31.5%	13.0%	3.7%	25%	2.43	2.5	21.5	6.1	3.00	44%
1958	32	CLE	AL	82	0.0%	30.5%	15.9%	0.0%	0%	1.92	2.6		64.0	0.95	49%
1959	33	CLE	AL	87	0.0%	28.7%	4.6%	3.5%	21%	6.25	3.0		9.3	1.93	56%
1960	34	CIN	NL	45	0.0%	31.1%	2.2%	0.0%	0%	14.00	2.9		41.0	1.00	62%
1961	35	CHW	AL	58	0.0%	41.4%	1.7%	1.7%	11%	24.00	2.3		10.8	1.00	52%
1962	36	PHI	NL	57	0.0%	42.1%	8.8%	1.8%	25%	4.80	2.1			0.87	47%
1963	37	PHI	NL	78	0.0%	35.9%	6.4%	3.9%	21%	5.60	2.5		23.0	2.33	53%
1964	38	PHI	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						0.00	100%
15 Yrs				565	0.5%	34.7%	8.0%	2.5%	19%	4.36	2.5	163.3	16.3	1.35	52%
MLB Averages					2.0%	11.7%	9.1%	6.4%	28%	1.29	7.6	44.1	8.4	1.01	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1944	18	BRO	NL	-2.9	-0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1946	20	BRO	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	21	PIT	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	22	PIT	NL	-0.3	-0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1949	23	CHC	NL	0.7	0.1	7	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.45	0.0	-0.0	0.3	0.0	0.80	1.1		0

1951	25	CHC	NL	-6.7	-0.7	39	-0.6	0.2	-0.8	.99	-0.6	-0.1	-5.5	-0.6	0.88	-5.9		0

1956	30	CLE	AL	0.4	0.0	15	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.84	0.1	-0.2	1.2	0.1	1.17	0.8	1.96	1
1957	31	CLE	AL	-1.8	-0.2	55	-0.3	0.9	-1.1	1.22	-0.2	-0.1	0.6	0.1	1.00	0.7	1.65	3
1958	32	CLE	AL	-8.7	-0.9	82	-0.6	0.4	-1.0	.71	-0.7	-0.0	-8.1	-0.8	0.86	-8.1		0
1959	33	CLE	AL	-7.0	-0.7	88	-0.7	0.6	-1.3	.75	-0.6	-0.4	-4.5	-0.5	0.92	-6.9		0
1960	34	CIN	NL	-9.6	-1.0	45	-0.9	0.1	-1.0	.98	-0.9	-0.0	-9.1	-0.9	0.91	-9.3		0
1961	35	CHW	AL	-7.9	-0.8	58	-0.9	0.6	-1.5	1.20	-0.7	-0.1	-8.5	-0.9	1.03	-7.9		0
1962	36	PHI	NL	-9.2	-0.9	57	-1.1	0.2	-1.3	.93	-1.1	-0.2	-12.2	-1.2	0.93	-11.3		0
1963	37	PHI	NL	-4.7	-0.5	78	-0.1	0.9	-1.0	.75	-0.5	0.4	-2.0	-0.2	0.87	-4.9	0.21	1
1964	38	PHI	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.58	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.86	-0.2		0
15 Yrs				-58.0	-6.0	525	-5.3	4.1	-9.4	.90	-5.2	-0.8	-48.0	-4.9	0.93	-51.9	1.42	5

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
1948	22	PIT	NL	0	0		0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1949	23	CHC	NL	0	0	150%	2	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1

1951	25	CHC	NL	1	0	25%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0

1956	30	CLE	AL	0	0	29%	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25%	2	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	1
1957	31	CLE	AL	2	0	39%	19	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0%	7	7	0	1	1	0	1	0	0
1958	32	CLE	AL	1	0	32%	28	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	33%	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1
1959	33	CLE	AL	2	0	44%	27	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25%	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1960	34	CIN	NL	0	0	33%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1961	35	CHW	AL	1	0	20%	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1962	36	PHI	NL	0	0	22%	14	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0%	5	5	0	1	1	0	2	2	0
1963	37	PHI	NL	1	0	37%	27	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	25%	3	3	0	2	2	0	3	0	2
1964	38	PHI	NL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15 Yrs				8	0	38%	152	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	7	20%	28	27	1	7	6	1	11	2	7

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	22	PIT	NL	1		0				0	0			0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0			0	0		0	0		0
1949	23	CHC	NL	9	100%	3			0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1951	25	CHC	NL	45	100%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	1	25%	4	0	0%	23	1	4%	1	1	100%	0	0		0

1956	30	CLE	AL	15	100%	1			1	0	0	1	1.96	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	0	0%	3	0	0%	13	2	15%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
1957	31	CLE	AL	54	100%	8			3	0	0	0	1.65	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	5	4	80%	12	0	0%	11	5	45%	38	5	13%	3	1	33%	4	3	75%	0
1958	32	CLE	AL	82	100%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	67%	13	1	8%	18	2	11%	32	1	3%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1959	33	CLE	AL	87	100%	14			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	13	9	69%	19	1	5%	20	7	35%	52	8	15%	3	1	33%	2	1	50%	0
1960	34	CIN	NL	45	100%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	7	1	14%	9	2	22%	23	1	4%	3	1	33%	0	0		0
1961	35	CHW	AL	58	100%	9			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	15	1	7%	17	2	12%	47	6	13%	6	2	33%	5	1	20%	0
1962	36	PHI	NL	57	100%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	5	2	40%	10	1	10%	38	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0
1963	37	PHI	NL	78	100%	14			1	0	0	0	0.21	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	80%	14	0	0%	12	2	17%	37	3	8%	3	1	33%	1	1	100%	0
1964	38	PHI	NL	1	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
15 Yrs				532	100%	73			5	0	0	1	1.42	3	0	16	2	1	2	1	0	35	27	77%	95	8	8%	105	22	21%	306	27	9%	23	9	39%	14	6	43%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			108%			14%			31%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1944	18	31	33	32	6	7	1	0	0	1	0		0	12	.219	.219	.250	.469	33	8	1	1
1945	19	31	33	32	6	7	1	0	0	1	0		0	12	.219	.219	.250	.469	33	8	1	1
1946	20	32	33	32	6	7	1	0	0	1	0		0	12	.219	.219	.250	.469	33	8	1	1
1947	21	33	33	32	6	7	1	0	0	1	0		0	12	.219	.219	.250	.469	33	8	1	1
1948	22	36	34	33	6	7	1	0	0	1	0		0	12	.212	.212	.242	.455	29	8	1	1
1949	23	45	43	42	10	10	1	0	1	2	0		0	15	.238	.238	.333	.571	59	14	1	1
1950	24	45	43	42	10	10	1	0	1	2	0		0	15	.238	.238	.333	.571	59	14	1	1
1951	25	76	88	84	12	15	1	1	1	3	0	0	3	35	.179	.207	.250	.457	24	21	2	1
1952	26	76	88	84	12	15	1	1	1	3	0	0	3	35	.179	.207	.250	.457	24	21	2	1
1953	27	76	88	84	12	15	1	1	1	3	0	0	3	35	.179	.207	.250	.457	24	21	2	1
1954	28	76	88	84	12	15	1	1	1	3	0	0	3	35	.179	.207	.250	.457	24	21	2	1
1955	29	76	88	84	12	15	1	1	1	3	0	0	3	35	.179	.207	.250	.457	24	21	2	1
1956	30	115	103	93	14	16	2	1	1	5	0	0	9	39	.172	.245	.247	.492	34	23	2	1	0	0
1957	31	159	157	136	21	24	2	1	3	12	0	0	16	56	.176	.263	.272	.535	46	37	2	5	0	0
1958	32	198	239	200	27	30	2	1	3	13	0	0	29	81	.150	.257	.215	.472	31	43	3	9	1	0
1959	33	233	326	274	35	44	4	2	3	21	1	0	33	106	.161	.250	.223	.473	31	61	4	18	1	0
1960	34	270	371	315	36	46	4	2	3	22	1	0	34	120	.146	.228	.200	.428	19	63	5	19	2	0
1961	35	301	429	369	38	55	5	2	3	27	1	0	35	144	.149	.222	.198	.420	16	73	6	22	2	0
1962	36	333	486	420	40	59	6	2	3	27	1	0	40	168	.140	.214	.186	.400	11	78	8	23	2	0
1963	37	366	564	489	47	73	9	2	3	30	1	0	45	196	.149	.220	.194	.414	16	95	8	27	2	0
1964	38	368	565	490	47	73	9	2	3	30	1	0	45	196	.149	.220	.194	.414	15	95	8	27	2	0

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1944	18	32	35	34	7	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	12	.235	.235	.265	.500	2	31

1948	22	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
1949	23	9	9	9	4	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2	9

1951	25	32	46	43	2	5	0	1	0	1	0	3	21	.116	.174	.163	.337	1	31

1956	30	41	15	9	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	6	4	.111	.467	.222	.689	1	39
1957	31	46	56	45	7	8	0	0	2	7	0	7	18	.178	.288	.311	.600	4	44
1958	32	41	88	68	8	7	0	0	0	1	0	15	26	.103	.262	.103	.365	2	39
1959	33	37	90	77	8	14	2	1	0	8	1	4	26	.182	.222	.234	.456	4	35
1960	34	39	46	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	.000	.022	.000	.022	0	37
1961	35	31	58	54	2	9	1	0	0	5	0	1	24	.167	.182	.185	.367	2	31
1962	36	32	59	52	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	6	24	.096	.190	.115	.305	1	32
1963	37	33	79	70	8	15	3	0	0	3	0	5	28	.214	.267	.257	.524	5	33
1964	38	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
13 Yrs		378	583	506	50	75	9	2	3	29	1	48	201	.148	.221	.192	.413	24	366
162 Game Avg.		162	250	217	21	32	4	1	1	12	0	21	86	.148	.221	.192	.413	10	366

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Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

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