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Sam Mele

Sabath Anthony Mele

Positions: Rightfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 183 lb.

Born: January 21, 1922 in Astoria, NY
High School: Bryant (Queens, NY)
School: New York University
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1947
Teams (by GP): Senators/WhiteSox/RedSox/Orioles/Indians/... 1947-1956

Final Game: September 16, 1956
Relatives: Nephew of Tony Cuccinello
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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
1947 25 BOS AL 123 497 453 71 137 14 8 12 73 0 3 37 35 .302 .356 .448 .805 116 203 11 1 6 *O98/73
1948 26 BOS AL 66 198 180 25 42 12 1 2 25 1 1 13 21 .233 .292 .344 .637 65 62 5 2 3 O9/7
1949 27 TOT AL 96 336 310 22 73 13 3 3 32 4 1 24 48 .235 .290 .326 .616 63 101 13 0 2 O983/7
1949 27 BOS AL 18 55 46 1 9 1 1 0 7 2 0 7 14 .196 .302 .261 .563 45 12 3 0 2 O9
1949 27 WSH AL 78 281 264 21 64 12 2 3 25 2 1 17 34 .242 .288 .337 .625 67 89 10 0 0 O983/7
1950 28 WSH AL 126 490 435 57 119 21 6 12 86 2 0 51 40 .274 .351 .432 .783 104 188 21 1 3 O983/7
1951 29 WSH AL 143 594 558 58 153 36 7 5 94 2 3 32 31 .274 .315 .391 .705 91 218 22 1 3 *O983/7
1952 30 TOT AL 132 503 451 48 117 21 2 16 69 1 2 49 42 .259 .335 .421 .756 109 190 18 2 1 *9/38
1952 30 WSH AL 9 29 28 2 12 3 0 2 10 0 0 1 2 .429 .448 .750 1.198 234 21 0 0 0 /O98
1952 30 CHW AL 123 474 423 46 105 18 2 14 59 1 2 48 40 .248 .328 .400 .727 101 169 18 2 1 *O9/3
1953 31 CHW AL 140 544 481 64 132 26 8 12 82 3 1 58 47 .274 .353 .437 .789 109 210 14 0 5 *O9/83
1954 32 TOT AL 114 406 362 39 97 15 4 12 55 1 1 30 38 .268 .323 .431 .753 107 156 16 2 6 6 793
1954 32 BAL AL 72 256 230 17 55 9 4 5 32 1 0 18 26 .239 .290 .378 .668 89 87 12 0 4 4 79
1954 32 BOS AL 42 150 132 22 42 6 0 7 23 0 1 12 12 .318 .378 .523 .901 135 69 4 2 2 2 39/7
1955 33 TOT MLB 49 100 93 5 17 3 0 2 8 1 1 5 20 .183 .230 .280 .510 32 26 6 1 0 1 0 7/93
1955 33 BOS AL 14 32 31 1 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 .129 .125 .194 .319 -18 6 1 0 0 1 0 /79
1955 33 CIN NL 35 68 62 4 13 1 0 2 7 0 1 5 13 .210 .279 .323 .602 56 20 5 1 0 0 0 7/39
1956 34 CLE AL 57 128 114 17 29 7 0 4 20 0 1 12 20 .254 .320 .421 .741 92 48 4 0 0 2 0 7/39
10 Seasons 1046 3796 3437 406 916 168 39 80 544 15 14 311 342 .267 .328 .408 .736 97 1402 130 10 29 9 0
162 Game Avg. 162 588 532 63 142 26 6 12 84 2 2 48 53 .267 .328 .408 .736 97 217 20 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
BOS (5 yrs) 263 932 842 120 234 35 10 21 129 4 5 69 89 .278 .335 .418 .753 99 352 24 5 13 3 0
WSH (4 yrs) 356 1394 1285 138 348 72 15 22 215 6 4 101 107 .271 .325 .402 .726 94 516 53 2 6
CHW (2 yrs) 263 1018 904 110 237 44 10 26 141 4 3 106 87 .262 .341 .419 .760 105 379 32 2 6
CLE (1 yr) 57 128 114 17 29 7 0 4 20 0 1 12 20 .254 .320 .421 .741 92 48 4 0 0 2 0
CIN (1 yr) 35 68 62 4 13 1 0 2 7 0 1 5 13 .210 .279 .323 .602 56 20 5 1 0 0 0
BAL (1 yr) 72 256 230 17 55 9 4 5 32 1 0 18 26 .239 .290 .378 .668 89 87 12 0 4 4
AL (10 yrs) 1011 3728 3375 402 903 167 39 78 537 15 13 306 329 .268 .329 .409 .739 98 1382 125 9 29 9 0
NL (1 yr) 35 68 62 4 13 1 0 2 7 0 1 5 13 .210 .279 .323 .602 56 20 5 1 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1947 25 BOS AL 497 9 1 0 0 -3 -4 13 16 1.7 19 2.1 -0.4 $ *O98/73
1948 26 BOS AL 198 -10 0 0 0 -2 -2 5 -9 -0.9 -7 -0.7 -0.2 $ O9/7
1949 27 BOS AL 55 -4 0 0 0 0 0 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ O9
1949 27 WSH AL 281 -16 -1 0 0 -4 -3 8 -16 -1.7 -12 -1.2 -0.5 $ O983/7
1950 28 WSH AL 490 2 0 0 0 -3 -4 14 9 0.9 12 1.2 -0.3 $ O983/7
1951 29 WSH AL 594 -7 -1 0 0 0 -6 16 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ *O983/7
1952 30 WSH AL 29 5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 0.5 6 0.7 -0.2 $ /O98
1952 30 CHW AL 474 -1 -1 0 0 -3 -5 14 4 0.3 7 0.7 -0.4 $ *O9/3
1953 31 CHW AL 544 9 1 0 0 0 -6 16 19 1.9 20 2.1 -0.2 $ *O9/83
1954 32 BAL AL 256 -6 0 -1 -3 -8 -3 7 -14 -1.5 -6 -0.6 -0.9 $ 79
1954 32 BOS AL 150 5 1 1 0 -4 -2 4 6 0.7 9 0.9 -0.2 $ 39/7
1955 33 BOS AL 33 -5 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0.0 -3 -0.3 0.3 $ /79
1955 33 CIN NL 68 -4 0 0 -1 1 -1 2 -3 -0.3 -4 -0.4 0.1 $ 7/39
1956 34 CLE AL 128 0 0 -1 0 1 -1 4 3 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $ 7/39
10 Seasons 3797 -23 0 0 -4 -23 -37 106 19 1.8 42 4.6 -2.8 $
BOS (5 yrs) 933 -5 2 2 0 -5 -8 24 10 1.2 15 1.7 -0.5 $
WSH (4 yrs) 1394 -16 -2 0 0 -8 -13 39 0 -0.1 8 0.9 -1.0 $
CHW (2 yrs) 1018 8 0 0 0 -3 -11 30 23 2.2 27 2.8 -0.6 $
CLE (1 yr) 128 0 0 -1 0 1 -1 4 3 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $
CIN (1 yr) 68 -4 0 0 -1 1 -1 2 -3 -0.3 -4 -0.4 0.1 $
BAL (1 yr) 256 -6 0 -1 -3 -8 -3 7 -14 -1.5 -6 -0.6 -0.9 $

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
1947 25 BOS AL 497 336 71 5.6 102 .308 .302 .271 .356 .352 .448 .389 .805 .741 116 .635 7.8 0.8 .721 .221 .146 .0
1948 26 BOS AL 198 147 18 3.3 110 .255 .233 .279 .292 .365 .344 .403 .637 .768 65 .347 -9.8 -1.0 .535 .183 .111 1.3
1949 27 TOT AL 336 253 30 3.2 106 .270 .235 .270 .290 .362 .326 .392 .616 .755 63 .336 -18.1 -1.8 .510 .177 .090 3.4
1949 27 BOS AL 55 42 4 2.5 113 .281 .196 .280 .302 .374 .261 .407 .563 .781 45 .253 -3.9 -0.4 .525 .261 .065 .0
1949 27 WSH AL 281 211 26 3.3 105 .269 .242 .268 .288 .360 .337 .390 .625 .750 67 .352 -14.2 -1.4 .507 .163 .095 2.4
1950 28 WSH AL 490 340 66 5.2 109 .279 .274 .272 .351 .358 .432 .408 .783 .766 104 .517 1.8 0.2 .718 .280 .159 3.4
1951 29 WSH AL 594 433 68 4.2 100 .284 .274 .265 .315 .346 .391 .389 .705 .735 91 .470 -8.7 -0.9 .581 .172 .116 2.9
1952 30 TOT AL 503 355 63 4.8 97 .257 .259 .261 .335 .341 .421 .381 .756 .722 109 .565 4.4 0.4 .678 .268 .162 1.9
1952 30 WSH AL 29 16 9 15.2 94 .417 .429 .257 .448 .336 .750 .375 1.198 .710 234 .915 4.7 0.5 1.375 .357 .321 .0
1952 30 CHW AL 474 339 54 4.3 97 .247 .248 .261 .328 .341 .400 .381 .727 .723 101 .516 -0.3 -0.0 .645 .262 .151 1.9
1953 31 CHW AL 544 369 74 5.4 105 .284 .274 .273 .353 .350 .437 .402 .789 .752 109 .585 5.8 0.6 .742 .287 .162 4.8
1954 32 TOT AL 406 294 51 4.6 98 .267 .268 .264 .323 .339 .431 .386 .753 .725 107 .540 2.3 0.2 .667 .246 .163 1.8
1954 32 BAL AL 256 195 26 3.6 92 .246 .239 .256 .290 .330 .378 .374 .668 .704 89 .421 -4.1 -0.4 .567 .222 .139 1.7
1954 32 BOS AL 150 99 25 6.8 108 .304 .318 .278 .378 .355 .523 .406 .901 .761 135 .700 6.4 0.6 .863 .288 .205 .0
1955 33 TOT MLB 100 84 5 1.6 110 .208 .183 .274 .230 .348 .280 .424 .510 .773 32 .123 -9.6 -1.0 .386 .151 .097 1.3
1955 33 BOS AL 32 29 1 0.9 111 .160 .129 .278 .125 .359 .194 .414 .319 .773 -18 .050 -5.4 -0.6 .250 .097 .065 .0
1955 33 CIN NL 68 55 4 2.0 110 .234 .210 .271 .279 .343 .323 .430 .602 .773 56 .168 -4.2 -0.4 .455 .177 .113 .0
1956 34 CLE AL 128 92 15 4.4 109 .272 .254 .271 .320 .353 .421 .413 .741 .767 92 .456 -1.4 -0.1 .656 .263 .167 .0
10 Seasons 3796 2703 461 4.6 103 .276 .267 .269 .328 .350 .408 .395 .736 .745 97 .509 -25.4 -2.5 .647 .232 .141 25.3
162 Game Avg. 588 419 71 4.6 103 .276 .267 .269 .328 .350 .408 .395 .736 .745 97 .509 -25.4 -2.5 .647 .232 .141 4
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
BOS (5 yrs) 932 653 119 4.9 106 .290 .278 .274 .335 .357 .418 .397 .753 .753 99 .554 -4.8 -0.4 .667 .221 .140 6.7
WSH (4 yrs) 1394 1000 169 4.5 104 .282 .271 .268 .325 .353 .402 .395 .726 .748 94 .484 -16.4 -1.6 .625 .211 .131 9.4
CHW (2 yrs) 1018 708 128 4.9 101 .267 .262 .268 .341 .346 .419 .392 .760 .738 105 .555 5.4 0.5 .695 .275 .157 6.9
CLE (1 yr) 128 92 15 4.4 109 .272 .254 .271 .320 .353 .421 .413 .741 .767 92 .456 -1.4 -0.1 .656 .263 .167 .0
CIN (1 yr) 68 55 4 1.9 110 .234 .210 .271 .279 .343 .323 .430 .602 .773 56 .167 -4.2 -0.4 .455 .177 .113 .0
BAL (1 yr) 256 195 26 3.6 92 .246 .239 .256 .290 .330 .378 .374 .668 .704 89 .421 -4.1 -0.4 .567 .222 .139 1.7
AL (10 yrs) 3728 2648 457 4.6 103 .277 .268 .269 .329 .350 .409 .394 .739 .744 98 .516 -21.2 -2.1 .651 .233 .142 25.2
NL (1 yr) 68 55 4 1.9 110 .234 .210 .271 .279 .343 .323 .430 .602 .773 56 .167 -4.2 -0.4 .455 .177 .113 .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
1947 25 BOS AL 497 2.4% 7.0% 7.4% 6.8% 25% 0.95 12.9 37.8 6.2 82%
1948 26 BOS AL 198 1.0% 10.6% 6.6% 7.6% 36% 1.62 8.6 90.0 7.2 79%
1949 27 TOT AL 336 0.9% 14.3% 7.1% 5.7% 26% 2.00 6.5 103.3 9.7 77%
1949 27 BOS AL 55 0.0% 25.5% 12.7% 3.6% 22% 2.00 3.3 6.6 58%
1949 27 WSH AL 281 1.1% 12.1% 6.1% 6.1% 27% 2.00 7.8 88.0 10.6 81%
1950 28 WSH AL 490 2.5% 8.2% 10.4% 8.0% 33% 0.78 10.9 36.3 5.1 0.97 78%
1951 29 WSH AL 594 0.8% 5.2% 5.4% 8.1% 31% 0.97 18.0 111.6 5.9 0.95 88%
1952 30 TOT AL 503 3.2% 8.4% 9.7% 7.8% 33% 0.86 10.7 28.2 6.5 0.88 78%
1952 30 WSH AL 29 6.9% 6.9% 3.5% 17.2% 42% 2.00 14.0 14.0 2.8 1.00 83%
1952 30 CHW AL 474 3.0% 8.4% 10.1% 7.2% 32% 0.83 10.6 30.2 7.2 0.88 78%
1953 31 CHW AL 544 2.2% 8.6% 10.7% 8.5% 35% 0.81 10.2 40.1 5.9 0.83 78%
1954 32 TOT AL 406 3.0% 9.4% 7.4% 7.6% 32% 1.27 9.5 30.2 6.6 0.98 78%
1954 32 BAL AL 256 2.0% 10.2% 7.0% 7.0% 33% 1.44 8.8 46.0 7.2 0.91 79%
1954 32 BOS AL 150 4.7% 8.0% 8.0% 8.7% 31% 1.00 11.0 18.9 5.7 1.17 77%
1955 33 TOT MLB 100 2.0% 20.0% 5.0% 5.0% 29% 4.00 4.7 46.5 11.6 0.85 72%
1955 33 BOS AL 32 0.0% 21.9% 0.0% 6.3% 50% 4.4 31.0 0.43 78%
1955 33 CIN NL 68 2.9% 19.1% 7.4% 4.4% 23% 2.60 4.8 31.0 8.9 1.16 69%
1956 34 CLE AL 128 3.1% 15.6% 9.4% 8.6% 38% 1.67 5.7 28.5 5.7 0.67 72%
10 Seasons 3796 2.1% 9.0% 8.2% 7.6% 31% 1.10 10.0 43.0 6.3 0.90 80%
MLB Averages 2.0% 10.4% 9.7% 6.5% 28% 1.07 8.5 44.4 8.1 0.95 76%
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
1947 25 BOS AL 7.8 0.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 26 BOS AL -9.8 -1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1949 27 TOT AL -18.1 -1.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1949 27 BOS AL -3.9 -0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1949 27 WSH AL -14.2 -1.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1950 28 WSH AL 1.8 0.2 485 1.1 10.4 -9.3 1.12 0.1 0.8 9.4 0.9 1.02 2.8 0.86 14
1951 29 WSH AL -8.7 -0.9 559 0.9 11.0 -10.1 1.04 -0.1 0.9 -0.9 -0.1 1.01 -4.7 1.95 7
1952 30 TOT AL 4.4 0.4 514 1.2 10.6 -9.3 1.14 0.9 0.2 14.2 1.5 1.04 9.4 2.42 13
1952 30 WSH AL 4.7 0.5 30 0.3 0.7 -0.4 1.30 0.3 -0.1 5.9 0.6 1.11 4.1 3.26 3
1952 30 CHW AL -0.3 -0.0 484 0.9 9.9 -8.9 1.13 0.6 0.2 8.3 0.9 1.03 5.3 2.17 10
1953 31 CHW AL 5.8 0.6 551 -0.4 10.0 -10.5 1.05 0.2 -0.7 2.4 0.2 0.99 4.0 0.96 8
1954 32 TOT AL 2.3 0.2 407 -0.4 7.5 -7.9 1.12 0.3 -0.7 -0.9 -0.2 1.01 4.7 1.87 19
1954 32 BAL AL -4.1 -0.4 259 -0.9 4.3 -5.2 1.12 -0.5 -0.3 -6.6 -0.7 0.99 -6.2 1.39 10
1954 32 BOS AL 6.4 0.6 148 0.5 3.2 -2.7 1.13 0.8 -0.4 5.8 0.6 1.05 10.9 2.41 9
1955 33 TOT MLB -9.6 -1.0 103 -1.6 1.2 -2.8 1.23 -1.0 -0.3 -13.5 -1.3 0.99 -11.0 1.76 25
1955 33 BOS AL -5.4 -0.6 33 -0.6 0.2 -0.8 1.10 -0.5 -0.1 -6.2 -0.6 0.95 -5.9 1.49 7
1955 33 CIN NL -4.2 -0.4 70 -1.0 1.0 -2.0 1.29 -0.5 -0.2 -7.2 -0.7 1.01 -5.1 1.86 18
1956 34 CLE AL -1.4 -0.1 129 -0.6 2.6 -3.2 1.24 -0.4 -0.1 -3.8 -0.4 1.04 -2.7 1.85 30
10 Seasons -25.4 -2.5 2748 0.1 53.2 -53.1 1.10 0.1 -0.0 7.0 0.7 1.02 2.5 1.72 116
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
1950 28 WSH AL 5 0 28% 168 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 55% 19 11 7 8 5 3 20 4 16
1951 29 WSH AL 8 0 29% 203 2 3 40% 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 7 5 45% 25 17 8 11 5 4 15 2 11
1952 30 TOT AL 6 0 21% 198 1 2 33% 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 3 4 32% 34 26 7 4 3 1 15 6 9
1952 30 WSH AL 0 0 0% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 30 CHW AL 6 0 23% 184 1 2 33% 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 3 3 33% 33 25 7 4 3 1 15 6 9
1953 31 CHW AL 8 0 29% 184 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 57% 24 11 13 8 5 3 17 2 12
1954 32 TOT AL 6 0 23% 149 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 7 39% 28 19 9 7 6 1 9 1 7
1954 32 BAL AL 2 0 18% 81 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 32% 17 12 5 4 4 0 4 0 3
1954 32 BOS AL 4 0 31% 68 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 47% 11 7 4 3 2 1 5 1 4
1955 33 TOT MLB 2 0 14% 23 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 33 BOS AL 1 0 25% 9 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 33 CIN NL 1 0 12% 14 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 34 CLE AL 0 0 35% 27 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55% 5 3 2 1 1 0 5 1 4
10 Seasons 35 0 28% 952 15 14 52% 7 5 2 2 0 2 5 0 26 28 45% 139 91 46 39 25 12 81 16 59

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 28 WSH AL 480 42% 119 14 6 0 3 0.86 12 0 15 5 5 0 10 0 3 3 100% 112 21 19% 55 20 36% 383 74 19% 44 22 50% 14 9 64% 10
1951 29 WSH AL 551 42% 153 7 1 0 2 1.95 5 1 20 3 2 1 4 0 3 3 100% 107 22 21% 58 25 43% 397 82 21% 46 32 70% 17 10 59% 43
1952 30 TOT AL 503 39% 117 13 3 1 2 2.42 16 0 13 11 5 9 7 0 1 1 100% 116 18 16% 50 14 28% 379 59 16% 29 14 48% 19 10 53% 0
1952 30 WSH AL 29 69% 12 3 2 0 1 3.26 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 7 0 0% 3 2 67% 27 8 30% 5 3 60% 2 1 50% 0
1952 30 CHW AL 474 37% 105 10 1 1 1 2.17 14 0 11 10 4 8 6 0 1 1 100% 109 18 17% 47 12 26% 352 51 14% 24 11 46% 17 9 53% 0
1953 31 CHW AL 544 40% 132 8 4 1 3 0.96 12 1 21 6 6 6 6 0 6 5 83% 119 14 12% 54 22 41% 405 71 18% 44 25 57% 30 17 57% 0
1954 32 TOT AL 402 45% 97 19 7 1 5 1.87 12 0 17 7 5 5 7 0 8 6 75% 92 16 17% 45 19 42% 293 44 15% 30 19 63% 20 13 65% 4
1954 32 BAL AL 256 41% 55 10 3 0 3 1.39 5 0 9 3 2 1 4 0 5 4 80% 53 12 23% 26 10 38% 174 28 16% 18 12 67% 6 3 50% 0
1954 32 BOS AL 146 52% 42 9 4 1 2 2.41 7 0 8 4 3 4 3 0 3 2 67% 39 4 10% 19 9 47% 119 16 13% 12 7 58% 14 10 71% 4
1955 33 TOT MLB 101 42% 17 25 1 1 1 1.76 2 0 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0% 22 6 27% 13 4 31% 76 7 9% 5 4 80% 8 3 38% 0
1955 33 BOS AL 33 58% 4 7 0 0 0 1.49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 7 1 14% 4 2 50% 24 1 4% 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 0
1955 33 CIN NL 68 34% 13 18 1 1 1 1.86 2 0 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 15 5 33% 9 2 22% 52 6 12% 4 3 75% 6 3 50% 0
1956 34 CLE AL 128 45% 29 30 9 1 5 1.85 4 0 5 1 3 1 3 0 0 0 36 4 11% 14 6 43% 102 16 16% 11 7 64% 5 3 60% 0
10 Seasons 2709 41% 916 116 31 5 21 1.72 80 2 95 34 27 23 38 0 22 29 132% 604 130 22% 289 110 38% 2035 353 17% 209 123 59% 113 65 58% 57
MLB Averages 50% 131% 16% 32% 14% 50% 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
1947 25 123 497 453 71 137 14 8 12 73 0 3 37 35 .302 .356 .448 .805 116 203 11 1 6
1948 26 189 695 633 96 179 26 9 14 98 1 4 50 56 .283 .338 .419 .757 102 265 16 3 9
1949 27 285 1031 943 118 252 39 12 17 130 5 5 74 104 .267 .323 .388 .711 89 366 29 3 11
1950 28 411 1521 1378 175 371 60 18 29 216 7 5 125 144 .269 .332 .402 .734 94 554 50 4 14
1951 29 554 2115 1936 233 524 96 25 34 310 9 8 157 175 .271 .327 .399 .726 93 772 72 5 17
1952 30 686 2618 2387 281 641 117 27 50 379 10 10 206 217 .269 .328 .403 .731 96 962 90 7 18
1953 31 826 3162 2868 345 773 143 35 62 461 13 11 264 264 .270 .333 .409 .741 98 1172 104 7 23
1954 32 940 3568 3230 384 870 158 39 74 516 14 12 294 302 .269 .331 .411 .743 99 1328 120 9 29 6
1955 33 989 3668 3323 389 887 161 39 76 524 15 13 299 322 .267 .329 .407 .736 97 1354 126 10 29 7 0
1956 34 1046 3796 3437 406 916 168 39 80 544 15 14 311 342 .267 .328 .408 .736 97 1402 130 10 29 9 0

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
1947 25 128 509 470 74 142 15 8 12 76 0 38 36 .302 .356 .445 .800 75 123
1948 26 69 200 185 24 41 12 1 2 24 1 13 22 .222 .280 .330 .610 17 66
1949 27 100 346 322 22 74 13 3 3 32 4 24 50 .230 .283 .317 .600 29 96
1950 28 132 501 449 55 119 21 6 12 83 2 51 42 .265 .341 .419 .760 64 126
1951 29 150 619 585 60 159 37 7 5 97 2 33 33 .272 .312 .385 .696 70 143
1952 30 138 531 476 52 127 23 2 17 75 1 53 44 .267 .343 .431 .773 70 132
1953 31 146 559 500 64 135 27 8 12 82 3 59 49 .270 .347 .428 .775 74 140
1954 32 119 425 384 44 107 17 4 13 61 1 33 40 .279 .334 .445 .779 57 114
1955 33 51 105 98 5 18 3 0 2 8 1 5 21 .184 .229 .276 .504 6 49
1956 34 60 131 117 16 28 7 0 4 19 0 12 21 .239 .305 .402 .707 15 57
10 Seasons 1093 3926 3586 416 950 175 39 82 557 15 321 358 .265 .326 .404 .730 477 1046
162 Game Avg. 162 582 532 62 141 26 6 12 83 2 48 53 .265 .326 .404 .730 71 1046

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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

Slugging % s c a p y
1947 AL  .448 (6th)

At Bats s c a p y
1951 AL  558 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
1951 AL  36 (1st)

Triples s c a p y
1947 AL  8 (10th)
1951 AL  7 (7th)
1953 AL  8 (5th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1951 AL  94 (6th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1950 AL  21 (6th)
1951 AL  22 (1st)
1952 AL  18 (4th)
1954 AL  16 (9th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1951 AL  18.0 (10th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1951 AL  433 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (598), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 13 (1252), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1653), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1560), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Irv Noren (954)
  2. Willie Crawford (950)
  3. Gene Moore (948)
  4. Elmer Smith (945)
  5. Floyd Robinson (943)
  6. Jim Russell (942)
  7. Terrence Long (941)
  8. Ollie Brown (940)
  9. Al Zarilla (940)
  10. Gabe Kapler (939)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Lee Maye (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Al Zarilla (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Reed Johnson (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Al Zarilla (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Al Zarilla (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Lee Maye (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Lee Maye (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Irv Noren (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Irv Noren (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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