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Joe Medwick

Joseph Michael Medwick (Ducky or Muscles)

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 187 lb.

Born: November 24, 1911 in Carteret, NJ
High School: Carteret HS (Carteret, NJ)(All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1932
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Dodgers/Giants/Braves 1932-1948

Final Game: July 25, 1948
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1968 (240/283 ballots).
   View Joe Medwick Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: March 21, 1975 in St. Petersburg, FL
Buried: St. Lucas Cemetery, Sunset Hills, MO
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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
1932 20 STL NL 26 109 106 13 37 12 1 2 12 3 2 10 .349 .367 .538 .905 136 57 1 0 O8/7
1933 21 STL NL 148 627 595 92 182 40 10 18 98 5 26 56 .306 .337 .497 .835 130 296 15 2 3 *7O MVP-18
1934 22 STL NL 149 646 620 110 198 40 18 18 106 3 21 83 .319 .343 .529 .872 123 328 15 1 4 *O7/9 AS
1935 23 STL NL 154 670 634 132 224 46 13 23 126 4 30 59 .353 .386 .576 .962 151 365 15 4 2 *7O AS,MVP-5
1936 24 STL NL 155 677 636 115 223 64 13 18 138 3 34 33 .351 .387 .577 .964 157 367 14 4 3 *7O AS,MVP-4
1937 25 STL NL 156 677 633 111 237 56 10 31 154 4 41 50 .374 .414 .641 1.056 182 406 11 2 1 *7O AS,MVP-1
1938 26 STL NL 146 634 590 100 190 47 8 21 122 0 42 41 .322 .369 .536 .905 141 316 21 2 0 *7O AS,MVP-11
1939 27 STL NL 150 667 606 98 201 48 8 14 117 6 45 44 .332 .380 .507 .886 131 307 15 2 14 *7O AS,MVP-7
1940 28 TOT NL 143 616 581 83 175 30 12 17 86 2 32 36 .301 .341 .482 .823 119 280 19 3 0 *7O AS
1940 28 STL NL 37 164 158 21 48 12 0 3 20 0 6 8 .304 .329 .437 .766 105 69 8 0 0 7O
1940 28 BRO NL 106 452 423 62 127 18 12 14 66 2 26 28 .300 .345 .499 .844 124 211 11 3 0 *7O
1941 29 BRO NL 133 579 538 100 171 33 10 18 88 2 38 35 .318 .364 .517 .881 141 278 20 1 2 *7O AS
1942 30 BRO NL 142 587 553 69 166 37 4 4 96 2 32 25 .300 .338 .403 .742 115 223 15 0 2 *7O AS,MVP-17
1943 31 TOT NL 126 520 497 54 138 30 3 5 70 1 19 22 .278 .306 .380 .686 97 189 17 1 3 *7O/3
1943 31 BRO NL 48 184 173 13 47 10 0 0 25 1 10 8 .272 .315 .329 .645 86 57 4 1 0 7O
1943 31 NYG NL 78 336 324 41 91 20 3 5 45 0 9 14 .281 .300 .407 .708 104 132 13 0 3 7O/3
1944 32 NYG NL 128 535 490 64 165 24 3 7 85 2 38 24 .337 .386 .441 .826 133 216 12 1 6 *7O AS,MVP-20
1945 33 TOT NL 92 328 310 31 90 17 0 3 37 5 14 14 .290 .323 .374 .697 93 116 9 1 3 7O3
1945 33 NYG NL 26 97 92 14 28 4 0 3 11 2 2 2 .304 .319 .446 .765 110 41 3 0 3 7O
1945 33 BSN NL 66 231 218 17 62 13 0 0 26 3 12 12 .284 .325 .344 .669 86 75 6 1 0 7O3
1946 34 BRO NL 41 85 77 7 24 4 0 2 18 0 6 5 .312 .369 .442 .811 128 34 1 1 1 7O/3
1947 35 STL NL 75 166 150 19 46 12 0 4 28 0 16 12 .307 .373 .467 .840 118 70 3 0 0 O9/7
1948 36 STL NL 20 20 19 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 .211 .250 .211 .461 23 4 1 0 0 /O
17 Yrs 1984 8143 7635 1198 2471 540 113 205 1383 42 437 551 .324 .362 .505 .867 134 3852 203 26 44
162 Game Avg. 162 665 623 98 202 44 9 17 113 3 36 45 .324 .362 .505 .867 134 315 2 4
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
STL (11 yrs) 1216 5057 4747 811 1590 377 81 152 923 28 264 398 .335 .372 .545 .917 142 2585 118 18 27
BRO (5 yrs) 470 1887 1764 251 535 102 26 38 293 7 112 101 .303 .347 .455 .802 123 803 51 6 5
NYG (3 yrs) 232 968 906 119 284 48 6 15 141 4 49 40 .313 .349 .429 .779 121 389 28 1 12
BSN (1 yr) 66 231 218 17 62 13 0 0 26 3 12 12 .284 .325 .344 .669 86 75 6 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
1932 20 STL NL 26 109 5 0 0 -1 -1 3 0.3 3 6 0.6 .513 .502 0.7 -0.2 8 $ O8/7
1933 21 STL NL 148 627 21 -0 0 2 -7 15 1.6 18 34 3.4 .512 .511 3.3 -0.6 32 $ *7O MVP-18
1934 22 STL NL 149 646 16 0 0 2 -7 11 1.1 19 30 3.0 .507 .507 2.7 -0.5 28 $5,000 *O7/9 AS
1935 23 STL NL 154 670 42 -0 0 5 -7 40 4.0 19 59 5.9 .526 .524 5.3 -0.2 54 $ *7O AS,MVP-5
1936 24 STL NL 155 677 48 0 0 8 -7 49 4.8 19 68 6.7 .531 .530 5.8 0.1 60 $ *7O AS,MVP-4
1937 25 STL NL 156 677 67 0 0 3 -7 63 6.2 20 83 8.1 .540 .539 7.9 -0.5 80 $ *7O AS,MVP-1
1938 26 STL NL 146 634 31 1 0 2 -7 27 2.6 18 45 4.5 .519 .517 4.3 -0.6 43 $20,000 *7O AS,MVP-11
1939 27 STL NL 150 667 25 -0 0 6 -7 24 2.3 19 43 4.2 .516 .515 3.7 -0.2 37 $18,000 *7O AS,MVP-7
1940 28 STL NL 37 164 1 0 0 0 -2 -0 -0.1 6 5 0.5 .499 .500 0.5 -0.2 5 $ 7O AS
1940 28 BRO NL 106 452 12 0 0 8 -5 16 1.6 16 32 3.1 .516 .510 2.3 0.3 24 $ *7O AS
1941 29 BRO NL 133 579 27 0 0 4 -6 25 2.6 20 45 4.5 .520 .516 4.1 -0.3 41 $ *7O AS
1942 30 BRO NL 142 587 9 0 0 4 -6 6 0.6 18 24 2.4 .505 .505 2.0 -0.3 20 $ *7O AS,MVP-17
1943 31 BRO NL 48 184 -3 0 0 -2 -2 -7 -0.8 6 -1 -0.3 .483 .495 0.0 -0.5 1 $ 7O
1943 31 NYG NL 78 336 0 0 0 0 -4 -3 -0.3 10 7 0.7 .496 .498 0.7 -0.4 7 $ 7O/3
1944 32 NYG NL 128 535 21 0 0 6 -6 22 2.3 16 38 3.9 .518 .514 3.3 0.0 32 $ *7O AS,MVP-20
1945 33 NYG NL 26 97 1 0 0 0 -1 -0 -0.0 3 3 0.3 .500 .500 0.3 -0.1 3 $ 7O
1945 33 BSN NL 66 231 -4 -0 0 0 -2 -7 -0.7 7 0 0.0 .489 .496 0.0 -0.2 0 $ 7O3
1946 34 BRO NL 41 85 3 0 0 -1 -1 1 0.1 3 4 0.4 .503 .501 0.5 -0.2 5 $ 7O/3
1947 35 STL NL 75 166 4 0 0 -1 -2 1 0.1 6 7 0.7 .502 .501 0.8 -0.3 8 $ O9/7
1948 36 STL NL 20 20 -2 0 -0 0 0 -2 -0.2 1 -2 -0.2 .488 .499 -0.2 0.0 -2 $ /O
17 Seasons 1984 8143 326 1 -0 45 -87 285 28.1 246 531 52.4 .515 .509 48.0 -4.8 486 $43,000
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
STL (11 yrs) 1216 5057 259 0 -0 26 -54 231 22.7 148 379 37.4 .519 .513 34.8 -3.1 353 $43,000
BRO (5 yrs) 470 1887 48 0 0 13 -20 41 4.1 63 104 10.1 .509 .505 8.9 -1.0 91 $
NYG (3 yrs) 232 968 23 0 0 6 -10 19 1.9 29 48 4.9 .509 .504 4.3 -0.5 42 $
BSN (1 yr) 66 231 -4 -0 0 0 -2 -7 -0.7 7 0 0.0 .489 .496 0.0 -0.2 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
1932 20 STL NL 109 69 21 8.2 107 .372 .349 .289 .367 .342 .538 .418 .905 .761 136 .735 5.3 0.5 .913 .236 .189 2.4
1933 21 STL NL 627 431 99 6.1 96 .315 .306 .281 .337 .335 .497 .385 .835 .720 130 .681 21.0 2.2 .769 .244 .192 7.8
1934 22 STL NL 646 441 112 6.8 110 .347 .319 .296 .343 .352 .529 .420 .872 .772 123 .658 16.7 1.6 .808 .248 .210 5.1
1935 23 STL NL 670 427 140 8.7 107 .364 .353 .290 .386 .346 .576 .414 .962 .760 151 .759 43.3 4.2 .948 .276 .222 6.8
1936 24 STL NL 677 430 141 8.8 102 .350 .351 .285 .387 .344 .577 .398 .964 .742 157 .760 49.4 4.8 .956 .285 .226 5.1
1937 25 STL NL 677 408 167 10.9 102 .373 .374 .281 .414 .343 .641 .399 1.056 .742 182 .835 69.7 6.8 1.113 .338 .267 7.1
1938 26 STL NL 634 421 116 7.4 103 .320 .322 .281 .369 .345 .536 .399 .905 .745 141 .721 32.1 3.2 .855 .285 .214 .0
1939 27 STL NL 667 434 116 7.1 108 .341 .332 .288 .380 .354 .507 .411 .886 .765 131 .694 25.7 2.5 .857 .259 .175 8.4
1940 28 TOT NL 616 425 95 6.0 103 .299 .301 .279 .341 .345 .482 .402 .823 .747 119 .643 12.1 1.2 .746 .239 .181 3.6
1940 28 STL NL 164 118 23 5.3 102 .306 .304 .278 .329 .343 .437 .399 .766 .742 105 .584 0.9 0.1 .636 .171 .133 .0
1940 28 BRO NL 452 307 72 6.3 104 .297 .300 .280 .345 .346 .499 .403 .844 .748 124 .663 11.3 1.1 .788 .265 .199 3.5
1941 29 BRO NL 579 389 101 7.0 98 .315 .318 .272 .364 .343 .517 .383 .881 .726 141 .720 26.9 2.8 .824 .273 .199 3.6
1942 30 BRO NL 587 404 75 5.0 88 .309 .300 .258 .338 .331 .403 .359 .742 .689 115 .622 9.1 1.0 .639 .165 .103 2.7
1943 31 TOT NL 520 379 58 4.1 90 .283 .278 .265 .306 .334 .380 .360 .686 .694 97 .520 -3.8 -0.4 .559 .143 .103 1.7
1943 31 BRO NL 184 130 18 3.7 90 .285 .272 .266 .315 .335 .329 .361 .645 .695 86 .475 -3.2 -0.4 .531 .121 .058 .0
1943 31 NYG NL 336 249 40 4.3 89 .282 .281 .265 .300 .333 .407 .359 .708 .693 104 .543 -0.5 -0.1 .573 .154 .127 .0
1944 32 NYG NL 535 343 83 6.5 93 .344 .337 .267 .386 .334 .441 .375 .826 .709 133 .690 21.5 2.2 .763 .186 .104 3.1
1945 33 TOT NL 328 232 37 4.3 97 .297 .290 .274 .323 .343 .374 .378 .697 .721 93 .499 -3.6 -0.4 .594 .145 .084 3.8
1945 33 NYG NL 97 70 13 5.0 97 .287 .304 .274 .319 .344 .446 .379 .765 .723 110 .569 0.6 0.1 .672 .185 .141 2.4
1945 33 BSN NL 231 162 24 4.0 97 .301 .284 .273 .325 .343 .344 .377 .669 .720 86 .466 -4.2 -0.4 .562 .128 .060 .0
1946 34 BRO NL 85 55 12 5.8 94 .314 .312 .264 .369 .339 .442 .369 .811 .709 128 .662 2.8 0.3 .759 .208 .130 .0
1947 35 STL NL 166 107 26 6.4 109 .313 .307 .279 .373 .355 .467 .413 .840 .768 118 .647 4.2 0.4 .804 .267 .160 .0
1948 36 STL NL 20 16 1 1.7 107 .235 .211 .276 .250 .351 .211 .408 .461 .760 23 .141 -2.2 -0.2 .313 .053 .000
17 Yrs 8143 5411 1400 6.9 101 .329 .324 .279 .362 .343 .505 .393 .867 .736 134 .700 330.5 32.6 .812 .244 .181 69.7
162 Game Avg. 665 442 114 6.9 101 .329 .324 .279 .362 .343 .505 .393 .867 .736 134 .700 27 3 .812 .244 .181 6
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
STL (11 yrs) 5057 3302 962 7.8 104 .343 .335 .285 .372 .346 .545 .404 .917 .750 142 .730 266.2 26.0 .884 .271 .210 47.3
BRO (5 yrs) 1887 1285 278 5.8 95 .306 .303 .269 .347 .339 .455 .377 .802 .716 123 .658 46.9 4.8 .725 .219 .152 11.8
NYG (3 yrs) 968 662 136 5.5 92 .316 .313 .267 .349 .335 .429 .370 .779 .704 121 .631 21.6 2.2 .682 .174 .116 6.3
BSN (1 yr) 231 162 24 4.0 97 .301 .284 .273 .325 .343 .344 .377 .669 .720 86 .466 -4.2 -0.4 .562 .128 .060 .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
1934 22 STL NL WS DET W 7 30 29 4 11 0 1 1 5 0 0 1 7 .379 .400 .552 .952 16 1 0 0 0 0
1941 29 BRO NL WS NYY L 5 18 17 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .235 .278 .294 .572 5 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 12 48 46 5 15 1 1 1 5 0 0 2 9 .326 .354 .457 .811 21 1 0 0 0 0
2 WS 12 48 46 5 15 1 1 1 5 0 0 2 9 .326 .354 .457 .811 21 1 0 0 0 0

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
1934 STL NL 22 as LF 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 2.000 2.500 4 0 0 0 0 0
1935 STL NL 23 as LF 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0
1936 STL NL 24 as LF 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
1937 STL NL 25 as LF 5 5 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .800 .800 1.200 2.000 6 0 0 0 0 0
1938 STL NL 26 as LF 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
1939 STL NL 27 as LF 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1940 BRO NL 28 as LF 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1941 BRO NL 29 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1942 BRO NL 30 as LF 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1944 NYG NL 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
10 Yrs (10 GP) 29 27 2 7 2 0 1 6 0 0 1 3 .259 .286 .444 .730 12 0 0 1 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
1932 20 STL NL 109 1.8% 9.2% 1.8% 13.8% 41% 5.00 10.6 53.0 8.8 86%
1933 21 STL NL 627 2.9% 8.9% 4.2% 10.9% 37% 2.15 10.6 33.1 6.1 83%
1934 22 STL NL 646 2.8% 12.9% 3.3% 11.8% 38% 3.95 7.5 34.4 5.8 80%
1935 23 STL NL 670 3.4% 8.8% 4.5% 12.2% 37% 1.97 10.7 27.6 5.0 82%
1936 24 STL NL 677 2.7% 4.9% 5.0% 14.0% 43% 0.97 19.3 35.3 4.6 86%
1937 25 STL NL 677 4.6% 7.4% 6.1% 14.3% 41% 1.22 12.7 20.4 4.1 82%
1938 26 STL NL 634 3.3% 6.5% 6.6% 12.0% 40% 0.98 14.4 28.1 4.8 83%
1939 27 STL NL 667 2.1% 6.6% 6.8% 10.5% 35% 0.98 13.8 43.3 5.2 82%
1940 28 TOT NL 616 2.8% 5.8% 5.2% 9.6% 34% 1.13 16.1 34.2 6.8 86%
1940 28 STL NL 164 1.8% 4.9% 3.7% 9.2% 31% 1.33 19.8 52.7 7.9 90%
1940 28 BRO NL 452 3.1% 6.2% 5.8% 9.7% 35% 1.08 15.1 30.2 6.4 84%
1941 29 BRO NL 579 3.1% 6.0% 6.6% 10.5% 36% 0.92 15.4 29.9 6.1 84%
1942 30 BRO NL 587 0.7% 4.3% 5.5% 7.7% 27% 0.78 22.1 138.3 5.8 89%
1943 31 TOT NL 520 1.0% 4.2% 3.7% 7.3% 28% 1.16 22.6 99.4 7.1 90%
1943 31 BRO NL 184 0.0% 4.4% 5.4% 5.4% 21% 0.80 21.6 6.9 90%
1943 31 NYG NL 336 1.5% 4.2% 2.7% 8.3% 31% 1.56 23.1 64.8 7.2 91%
1944 32 NYG NL 535 1.3% 4.5% 7.1% 6.4% 21% 0.63 20.4 70.0 5.8 86%
1945 33 TOT NL 328 0.9% 4.3% 4.3% 6.1% 22% 1.00 22.1 103.3 8.4 89%
1945 33 NYG NL 97 3.1% 2.1% 2.1% 7.2% 25% 1.00 46.0 30.7 8.4 90%
1945 33 BSN NL 231 0.0% 5.2% 5.2% 5.6% 21% 1.00 18.2 8.4 89%
1946 34 BRO NL 85 2.4% 5.9% 7.1% 7.1% 25% 0.83 15.4 38.5 4.3 82%
1947 35 STL NL 166 2.4% 7.2% 9.6% 9.6% 35% 0.75 12.5 37.5 5.4 81%
1948 36 STL NL 20 0.0% 10.0% 5.0% 0.0% 0% 2.00 9.5 9.5 3.00 85%
17 Yrs 8143 2.5% 6.8% 5.4% 10.5% 35% 1.26 13.9 37.2 5.5 3.00 84%
MLB Averages 1.4% 8.9% 8.8% 6.4% 27% 1.02 10.0 65.8 8.2 0.97 79%
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
1932 20 STL NL 5.3 0.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1933 21 STL NL 21.0 2.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1934 22 STL NL 16.7 1.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1935 23 STL NL 43.3 4.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1936 24 STL NL 49.4 4.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1937 25 STL NL 68.9 6.7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1938 26 STL NL 32.1 3.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1939 27 STL NL 25.7 2.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1940 28 TOT NL 11.5 1.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1940 28 STL NL 0.7 0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1940 28 BRO NL 10.8 1.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1941 29 BRO NL 26.3 2.7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1942 30 BRO NL 8.6 0.9 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1943 31 TOT NL -3.8 -0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1943 31 BRO NL -3.2 -0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1943 31 NYG NL -0.5 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1944 32 NYG NL 21.5 2.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 33 TOT NL -3.6 -0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 33 NYG NL 0.6 0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 33 BSN NL -4.2 -0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 34 BRO NL 2.8 0.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 35 STL NL 4.2 0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 36 STL NL -2.2 -0.2 4 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 2.37 -0.1 0.0 -1.3 -0.1 1.15 -0.8 2.37 4
17 Yrs 327.9 32.3 4 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 2.37 -0.1 0.0 -1.3 -0.1 1.15 -0.8 2.37 4
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 36 STL 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
17 Yrs 0 0 36% 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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 36 STL NL 20 75% 4 4 1 0 0 2.37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 0 0 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
17 Yrs 20 75% 2471 4 1 0 0 2.37 205 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 1 203 20300% 0 0 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 51% 2637% 212% 35% 15% 52% 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
1932 20 26 109 106 13 37 12 1 2 12 3 2 10 .349 .367 .538 .905 136 57 1 0
1933 21 174 736 701 105 219 52 11 20 110 8 28 66 .312 .342 .504 .845 131 353 15 3 3
1934 22 323 1382 1321 215 417 92 29 38 216 11 49 149 .316 .342 .516 .858 127 681 30 4 7
1935 23 477 2052 1955 347 641 138 42 61 342 15 79 208 .328 .357 .535 .892 135 1046 45 8 9
1936 24 632 2729 2591 462 864 202 55 79 480 18 113 241 .333 .364 .545 .909 140 1413 59 12 12
1937 25 788 3406 3224 573 1101 258 65 110 634 22 154 291 .342 .374 .564 .938 148 1819 70 14 13
1938 26 934 4040 3814 673 1291 305 73 131 756 22 196 332 .338 .373 .560 .933 147 2135 91 16 13
1939 27 1084 4707 4420 771 1492 353 81 145 873 28 241 376 .338 .374 .552 .927 145 2442 106 18 27
1940 28 1227 5323 5001 854 1667 383 93 162 959 30 273 412 .333 .370 .544 .915 142 2722 125 21 27
1941 29 1360 5902 5539 954 1838 416 103 180 1047 32 311 447 .332 .370 .542 .911 142 3000 145 22 29
1942 30 1502 6489 6092 1023 2004 453 107 184 1143 34 343 472 .329 .367 .529 .896 140 3223 160 22 31
1943 31 1628 7009 6589 1077 2142 483 110 189 1213 35 362 494 .325 .362 .518 .880 137 3412 177 23 34
1944 32 1756 7544 7079 1141 2307 507 113 196 1298 37 400 518 .326 .364 .513 .876 136 3628 189 24 40
1945 33 1848 7872 7389 1172 2397 524 113 199 1335 42 414 532 .324 .362 .507 .869 135 3744 198 25 43
1946 34 1889 7957 7466 1179 2421 528 113 201 1353 42 420 537 .324 .362 .506 .868 135 3778 199 26 44
1947 35 1964 8123 7616 1198 2467 540 113 205 1381 42 436 549 .324 .363 .505 .868 134 3848 202 26 44
1948 36 1984 8143 7635 1198 2471 540 113 205 1383 42 437 551 .324 .362 .505 .867 134 3852 203 26 44

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
1932 20 27 112 109 13 37 12 1 2 12 3 2 10 .339 .357 .523 .880 20 26
1933 21 155 661 628 101 196 43 11 19 107 5 28 59 .312 .343 .506 .850 109 148
1934 22 159 672 646 104 196 40 18 18 100 3 21 88 .303 .326 .505 .831 106 149
1935 23 162 688 652 125 221 45 13 23 120 4 30 62 .339 .372 .554 .925 133 154
1936 24 162 699 658 114 226 65 13 18 137 3 34 34 .343 .379 .564 .943 140 155
1937 25 164 706 661 113 244 58 10 32 157 4 42 53 .369 .409 .632 1.041 170 156
1938 26 155 665 620 101 196 48 8 22 124 0 43 43 .316 .362 .526 .888 118 146
1939 27 158 691 629 97 203 48 8 14 116 6 45 46 .323 .370 .491 .861 115 150
1940 28 150 641 605 82 178 31 12 17 85 2 33 38 .294 .334 .469 .803 94 143
1941 29 138 600 558 103 177 34 10 19 91 2 39 36 .317 .363 .516 .879 104 133
1942 30 150 636 598 81 188 42 5 5 113 2 36 26 .314 .353 .426 .780 89 142
1943 31 132 554 529 63 154 33 3 6 82 1 21 23 .291 .319 .399 .718 67 126
1944 32 133 562 514 70 176 26 3 7 92 2 41 25 .342 .392 .446 .838 90 128
1945 33 96 343 324 32 94 18 0 3 38 5 15 15 .290 .324 .373 .697 39 92
1946 34 43 91 82 8 27 4 0 2 21 0 7 5 .329 .389 .451 .840 15 41
1947 35 78 171 155 18 46 12 0 4 27 0 16 13 .297 .363 .452 .814 25 75
1948 36 21 21 20 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 .200 .238 .200 .438 1 20
17 Yrs 2083 8513 7988 1225 2563 559 115 211 1424 42 454 578 .321 .359 .499 .858 1435 1984
162 Game Avg. 162 662 621 95 199 43 9 16 111 3 35 45 .321 .359 .499 .858 112 1984
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1948 BBWAA ( 0.8%)
1956 BBWAA (16.1%)
1958 BBWAA (18.8%)
1960 BBWAA (14.1%)
1962 BBWAA (21.2%)
1964 BBWAA (53.7%)
1964 Run Off (64.7%)
1966 BBWAA (61.9%)
1967 BBWAA (72.6%)
1967 Run Off (81.0%)
1968 BBWAA (84.8%)
Selected to HOF in 1968 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1934 (LF)
1935 (LF)
1936 (LF)
1937 (LF)
1938 (LF)
1939 (LF)
1940 (LF)
1941 *
1942 (LF)
1944 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1937 NL MVP
1937 NL Triple Crown

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1933 NL (18, 6%)
1935 NL (5, 46%)
1936 NL (4, 38%)
1937 NL (1, 88%)
1938 NL (11, 16%)
1939 NL (7, 24%)
1942 NL (17, 6%)
1944 NL (20, 3%)
1 MVP
2.27 Career Shares (73rd)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1935 NL  5.9 (7th)
1936 NL  6.7 (5th)
1937 NL  8.1 (1st)
1938 NL  4.5 (10th)
Career  52.4 (216th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1935 NL  5.9 (4th)
1936 NL  6.7 (3rd)
1937 NL  8.1 (1st)
1938 NL  4.5 (7th)
1939 NL  4.2 (10th)
1941 NL  4.5 (8th)
Career  52.4 (137th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1935 NL  5.3 (4th)
1936 NL  5.8 (4th)
1937 NL  7.9 (1st)
1938 NL  4.3 (7th)
1939 NL  3.7 (10th)
1941 NL  4.1 (9th)
Career  48.0 (151st)

Batting Average s c a p y
1935 NL  .353 (2nd)
1936 NL  .351 (3rd)
1937 NL  .374 (1st)
1938 NL  .322 (4th)
1939 NL  .332 (3rd)
1941 NL  .318 (3rd)
1942 NL  .300 (7th)
1944 NL  .337 (3rd)
Career  .324 (45th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1935 NL  .386 (8th)
1937 NL  .414 (4th)
1938 NL  .369 (10th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1933 NL  .497 (4th)
1934 NL  .529 (5th)
1935 NL  .576 (2nd)
1936 NL  .577 (4th)
1937 NL  .641 (1st)
1938 NL  .536 (3rd)
1939 NL  .507 (6th)
1940 NL  .482 (10th)
1941 NL  .517 (4th)
Career  .505 (88th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1933 NL  .835 (8th)
1934 NL  .872 (10th)
1935 NL  .962 (2nd)
1936 NL  .964 (5th)
1937 NL  1.056 (1st)
1938 NL  .905 (4th)
1939 NL  .886 (6th)
1941 NL  .881 (6th)
Career  .867 (121st)

Games Played s c a p y
1934 NL  149 (8th)
1935 NL  154 (4th)
1936 NL  155 (4th)
1937 NL  156 (1st)
1939 NL  150 (9th)
Career  1,984 (248th)

At Bats s c a p y
1933 NL  595 (7th)
1934 NL  620 (3rd)
1935 NL  634 (5th)
1936 NL  636 (4th)
1937 NL  633 (1st)
1938 NL  590 (7th)
1939 NL  606 (5th)
1940 NL  581 (5th)
Career  7,635 (176th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1935 NL  670 (8th)
1936 NL  677 (9th)
1937 NL  677 (5th)
1938 NL  634 (10th)
1939 NL  667 (10th)
Career  8,143 (242nd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1933 NL  92 (5th)
1934 NL  110 (5th)
1935 NL  132 (2nd)
1936 NL  115 (4th)
1937 NL  111 (1st)
1938 NL  100 (5th)
1939 NL  98 (8th)
1941 NL  100 (3rd)
Career  1,198 (170th)

Hits s c a p y
1933 NL  182 (6th)
1934 NL  198 (4th)
1935 NL  224 (2nd)
1936 NL  223 (1st)
1937 NL  237 (1st)
1938 NL  190 (4th)
1939 NL  201 (2nd)
1940 NL  175 (5th)
1941 NL  171 (5th)
1942 NL  166 (3rd)
Career  2,471 (99th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1933 NL  296 (3rd)
1934 NL  328 (4th)
1935 NL  365 (1st)
1936 NL  367 (1st)
1937 NL  406 (1st)
1938 NL  316 (2nd)
1939 NL  307 (3rd)
1940 NL  280 (3rd)
1941 NL  278 (3rd)
1942 NL  223 (10th)
Career  3,852 (100th)

Doubles s c a p y
1933 NL  40 (2nd)
1934 NL  40 (4th)
1935 NL  46 (2nd)
1936 NL  64 (1st)
1937 NL  56 (1st)
1938 NL  47 (1st)
1939 NL  48 (2nd)
1941 NL  33 (5th)
1942 NL  37 (2nd)
1943 NL  30 (8th)
Career  540 (30th)

Triples s c a p y
1933 NL  10 (7th)
1934 NL  18 (1st)
1935 NL  13 (3rd)
1936 NL  13 (2nd)
1937 NL  10 (6th)
1939 NL  8 (9th)
1940 NL  12 (6th)
1941 NL  10 (4th)
Career  113 (115th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1933 NL  18 (4th)
1934 NL  18 (6th)
1935 NL  23 (4th)
1936 NL  18 (6th)
1937 NL  31 (1st)
1938 NL  21 (6th)
1939 NL  14 (10th)
1940 NL  17 (8th)
1941 NL  18 (7th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1933 NL  98 (4th)
1934 NL  106 (4th)
1935 NL  126 (2nd)
1936 NL  138 (1st)
1937 NL  154 (1st)
1938 NL  122 (1st)
1939 NL  117 (2nd)
1941 NL  88 (9th)
1942 NL  96 (4th)
Career  1,383 (74th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1933 NL  56 (6th)
1934 NL  83 (2nd)
1935 NL  59 (10th)

Singles s c a p y
1935 NL  142 (6th)
1937 NL  140 (3rd)
1938 NL  114 (9th)
1939 NL  131 (8th)
1940 NL  116 (8th)
1942 NL  121 (5th)
1944 NL  131 (5th)
Career  1,613 (145th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1935 NL  151 (4th)
1936 NL  157 (4th)
1937 NL  180 (1st)
1938 NL  141 (6th)
1939 NL  131 (7th)
1941 NL  140 (9th)
Career  134 (122nd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1933 NL  99 (6th)
1934 NL  112 (7th)
1935 NL  140 (2nd)
1936 NL  141 (1st)
1937 NL  167 (1st)
1938 NL  116 (3rd)
1939 NL  116 (3rd)
1940 NL  95 (8th)
1941 NL  101 (6th)
Career  1,400 (104th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1933 NL  21 (9th)
1935 NL  43 (3rd)
1936 NL  49 (4th)
1937 NL  69 (1st)
1938 NL  32 (6th)
1939 NL  26 (6th)
1941 NL  26 (8th)
Career  330 (108th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1933 NL  2.2 (9th)
1935 NL  4.2 (3rd)
1936 NL  4.8 (4th)
1937 NL  6.7 (1st)
1938 NL  3.2 (6th)
1939 NL  2.5 (6th)
1941 NL  2.7 (8th)
Career  32.6 (106th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1933 NL  68 (3rd)
1934 NL  76 (3rd)
1935 NL  82 (1st)
1936 NL  95 (1st)
1937 NL  97 (1st)
1938 NL  76 (2nd)
1939 NL  70 (2nd)
1940 NL  59 (5th)
1941 NL  61 (4th)
1942 NL  45 (9th)
Career  858 (73rd)

Times On Base s c a p y
1935 NL  258 (7th)
1936 NL  261 (8th)
1937 NL  280 (2nd)
1938 NL  234 (7th)
1939 NL  248 (9th)
Career  2,934 (215th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1935 NL  .759 (2nd)
1936 NL  .760 (5th)
1937 NL  .835 (1st)
1938 NL  .721 (4th)
1939 NL  .694 (6th)
1941 NL  .720 (7th)
Career  .700 (71st)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1934 NL  15 (8th)
1935 NL  15 (7th)
1938 NL  21 (5th)
1939 NL  15 (9th)
1940 NL  19 (2nd)
1941 NL  20 (2nd)
1942 NL  15 (9th)
1943 NL  17 (7th)
Career  203 (86th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1933 NL  7.8 (9th)
1939 NL  8.4 (5th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1942 NL  22.1 (10th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1933 NL  33.1 (8th)
1935 NL  27.6 (7th)
1937 NL  20.4 (3rd)
1938 NL  28.1 (8th)
1941 NL  29.9 (8th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1934 NL  441 (7th)
1939 NL  434 (9th)
1940 NL  425 (8th)
Career  5,411 (250th)

Youngest s c a p y
1932 NL  born 1911-11-24 (4th)
1933 NL  born 1911-11-24 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 41 (37), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 226 (29), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 201 (44), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 46 (103), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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