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Denis Menke

Denis John Menke

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 21, 1940 in Bancroft, IA
High School: St. John's HS (Bancroft, IA)
Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1962
Teams (by GP): Braves/Astros/Reds 1962-1974

Final Game: July 10, 1974
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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
1962 21 MLN NL 50 166 146 12 28 3 1 2 16 0 1 16 38 .192 .277 .267 .544 49 39 3 2 0 2 0 45/637
1963 22 MLN NL 146 572 518 58 121 16 4 11 50 6 7 37 106 .234 .289 .344 .632 83 178 8 6 4 7 4 654/37
1964 23 MLN NL 151 589 505 79 143 29 5 20 65 4 2 68 77 .283 .368 .479 .847 136 242 11 4 4 7 13 *64/5
1965 24 MLN NL 71 202 181 16 44 13 1 4 18 1 3 18 28 .243 .313 .392 .706 98 71 3 1 1 1 3 6/35
1966 25 ATL NL 138 545 454 55 114 20 4 15 60 0 7 71 87 .251 .355 .412 .767 110 187 9 6 7 7 8 65/3
1967 26 ATL NL 129 491 418 37 95 14 3 7 39 5 7 65 62 .227 .333 .325 .659 91 136 7 3 2 3 5 *6/5
1968 27 HOU NL 150 621 542 56 135 23 6 6 56 5 8 64 81 .249 .334 .347 .681 108 188 6 6 7 2 6 *46/35
1969 28 HOU NL 154 658 553 72 149 25 5 10 90 2 7 87 87 .269 .369 .387 .756 114 214 13 4 7 6 12 *64/35 AS,MVP-15
1970 29 HOU NL 154 665 562 82 171 26 6 13 92 6 5 82 80 .304 .392 .441 .833 127 248 8 5 7 9 10 *64/3597 AS
1971 30 HOU NL 146 547 475 57 117 26 3 1 43 4 5 59 68 .246 .328 .320 .648 87 152 14 2 5 6 4 356/4
1972 31 CIN NL 140 524 447 41 104 19 2 9 50 0 1 58 76 .233 .322 .345 .667 95 154 8 5 6 8 2 *53
1973 32 CIN NL 139 322 241 38 46 10 0 3 26 1 1 69 53 .191 .368 .270 .638 84 65 8 2 4 6 6 *5/643
1974 33 HOU NL 30 34 29 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 10 .103 .206 .138 .344 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 3/546
13 Yrs 1598 5936 5071 605 1270 225 40 101 606 34 54 698 853 .250 .343 .370 .713 103 1878 99 46 54 65 73
162 Game Avg. 162 602 514 61 129 23 4 10 61 3 5 71 86 .250 .343 .370 .713 103 190 10 5 5 7 7
ATL (6 yrs) 685 2565 2222 257 545 95 18 59 248 16 27 275 398 .245 .331 .384 .715 101 853 41 22 18 27 33
HOU (5 yrs) 634 2525 2161 269 575 101 20 30 282 17 25 296 326 .266 .355 .373 .728 109 806 42 17 26 24 32
CIN (2 yrs) 279 846 688 79 150 29 2 12 76 1 2 127 129 .218 .340 .318 .658 92 219 16 7 10 14 8

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
1962 21 MLN NL 50 166 -9 -0 -0 1 1 -8 -0.9 6 -3 -0.3 .483 .495 -0.4 0.2 -3 $ 45/637
1963 22 MLN NL 146 572 -10 2 0 10 6 8 1.0 20 27 2.9 .506 .506 1.6 2.0 17 $ 654/37
1964 23 MLN NL 151 589 22 4 -0 4 9 38 4.3 20 58 6.3 .528 .526 5.7 1.5 54 $ *64/5
1965 24 MLN NL 71 202 -0 -1 -0 3 2 4 0.4 7 10 1.1 .506 .502 0.7 0.6 7 $ 6/35
1966 25 ATL NL 138 545 6 -4 -1 -10 7 -3 -0.2 18 15 1.6 .497 .498 2.6 -0.3 26 $ 65/3
1967 26 ATL NL 129 491 -4 -2 -0 1 7 2 0.5 17 19 2.1 .502 .502 1.9 1.0 19 $ *6/5
1968 27 HOU NL 150 621 5 -2 1 -9 5 -0 0.3 21 21 2.4 .500 .500 3.2 -0.3 30 $ *46/35
1969 28 HOU NL 154 658 12 -1 -1 -17 8 1 0.3 22 24 2.5 .501 .501 4.2 -0.9 40 $ *64/35 AS,MVP-15
1970 29 HOU NL 154 665 26 -1 -0 -18 8 15 1.7 19 34 3.5 .510 .510 5.2 -0.8 52 $ *64/3597 AS
1971 30 HOU NL 146 547 -5 1 -2 -6 -4 -16 -1.8 16 -0 -0.2 .487 .489 0.4 -1.1 6 $ 356/4
1972 31 CIN NL 140 524 -1 -2 -0 4 2 4 0.5 15 19 2.0 .503 .503 1.4 0.9 14 $ *53
1973 32 CIN NL 139 322 0 1 -0 5 2 8 0.9 9 18 1.8 .506 .505 1.3 0.7 13 $ *5/643
1974 33 HOU NL 30 34 -3 0 -0 2 -0 -1 -0.1 1 -0 0.0 .496 .499 -0.3 0.2 -2 $ 3/546
13 Seasons 1598 5936 38 -6 -5 -30 54 51 6.9 192 243 25.7 .503 .503 27.5 4.0 273 $
ATL (6 yrs) 685 2565 4 -2 -2 8 33 40 5.1 87 127 13.7 .507 .505 12.1 5.2 120 $
HOU (5 yrs) 634 2525 35 -3 -2 -47 17 -1 0.4 80 79 8.2 .500 .500 12.7 -2.8 126 $
CIN (2 yrs) 279 846 -1 -0 -1 9 4 12 1.4 25 36 3.8 .505 .504 2.7 1.6 27 $

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
1962 21 MLN NL 166 124 11 2.4 101 .241 .192 .266 .277 .333 .267 .404 .544 .738 49 .232 -10.2 -1.0 .459 .178 .075 .0
1963 22 MLN NL 572 423 51 3.2 89 .270 .234 .253 .289 .315 .344 .378 .632 .693 83 .416 -11.7 -1.3 .534 .180 .110 7.8
1964 23 MLN NL 589 386 91 6.3 94 .296 .283 .265 .368 .322 .479 .393 .847 .715 136 .689 27.0 2.8 .843 .335 .196 6.7
1965 24 MLN NL 202 145 22 4.1 94 .267 .243 .258 .313 .322 .392 .390 .706 .712 98 .496 -0.2 -0.0 .615 .238 .149 1.6
1966 25 ATL NL 545 370 68 5.0 99 .276 .251 .268 .355 .327 .412 .404 .767 .731 110 .572 9.4 1.0 .722 .302 .161 .0
1967 26 ATL NL 491 342 48 3.8 90 .250 .227 .257 .333 .319 .325 .377 .659 .696 91 .479 -2.7 -0.3 .599 .249 .098 5.8
1968 27 HOU NL 621 430 65 4.1 79 .282 .249 .249 .334 .306 .347 .351 .681 .657 108 .561 7.2 0.8 .606 .210 .098 5.5
1969 28 HOU NL 658 437 81 5.0 93 .301 .269 .257 .369 .327 .387 .381 .756 .708 114 .580 14.8 1.5 .708 .266 .118 3.3
1970 29 HOU NL 665 420 103 6.6 100 .331 .304 .262 .392 .334 .441 .401 .833 .735 127 .655 26.1 2.5 .832 .285 .137 8.2
1971 30 HOU NL 547 388 51 3.6 90 .282 .246 .256 .328 .322 .320 .375 .648 .697 87 .435 -5.1 -0.5 .562 .196 .074 1.6
1972 31 CIN NL 524 366 53 3.9 87 .257 .233 .250 .322 .317 .345 .369 .667 .685 95 .483 -0.2 -0.0 .614 .239 .112 .0
1973 32 CIN NL 322 214 29 3.7 92 .225 .191 .257 .368 .325 .270 .382 .638 .706 84 .428 0.5 0.0 .667 .365 .079 1.5
1974 33 HOU NL 34 28 1 1.0 90 .150 .103 .256 .206 .328 .138 .371 .344 .698 0 .061 -3.7 -0.4 .296 .172 .034
13 Yrs 5936 4073 674 4.5 92 .280 .250 .258 .343 .322 .370 .382 .713 .704 103 .536 51.1 5.2 .658 .254 .120 50.9
162 Game Avg. 602 413 68 4.5 92 .280 .250 .258 .343 .322 .370 .382 .713 .704 103 .536 5 1 .658 .254 .120 5
ATL (6 yrs) 2565 1790 291 4.4 93 .271 .245 .261 .331 .322 .384 .389 .715 .711 101 .531 11.6 1.2 .653 .257 .139 25.2
HOU (5 yrs) 2525 1703 301 4.8 91 .298 .266 .256 .355 .323 .373 .377 .728 .700 109 .564 39.3 4.0 .672 .240 .107 21.7
CIN (2 yrs) 846 580 82 3.8 89 .246 .218 .252 .340 .320 .318 .373 .658 .693 92 .462 0.3 0.0 .633 .283 .100 1.8

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
1972 31 CIN NL NLCS PIT W 5 20 16 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 .250 .400 .313 .713 5 1 0 0 0 0
1972 31 CIN NL WS OAK L 7 28 24 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 6 .083 .154 .208 .362 5 2 0 2 0 0
1973 32 CIN NL NLCS NYM L 3 10 9 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 .222 .300 .556 .856 5 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (3 Series) 15 58 49 3 8 1 0 2 3 0 0 7 11 .163 .268 .306 .574 15 3 0 2 0 0
2 NLCS 8 30 25 2 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 5 5 .240 .367 .400 .767 10 1 0 0 0 0
1 WS 7 28 24 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 6 .083 .154 .208 .362 5 2 0 2 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
1969 HOU NL 28 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 HOU NL 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 GP) 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .667 .000 .667 0 0 1 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
1962 21 MLN NL 166 1.2% 22.9% 9.6% 3.6% 21% 2.38 3.8 73.0 9.1 0.95 65%
1963 22 MLN NL 572 1.9% 18.5% 6.5% 5.4% 26% 2.86 4.9 47.1 10.4 0.84 71%
1964 23 MLN NL 589 3.4% 13.1% 11.5% 9.2% 38% 1.13 6.6 25.3 7.8 0.88 70%
1965 24 MLN NL 202 2.0% 13.9% 8.9% 8.9% 41% 1.56 6.5 45.3 10.1 0.84 74%
1966 25 ATL NL 545 2.8% 16.0% 13.0% 7.2% 34% 1.23 5.2 30.3 7.6 0.61 66%
1967 26 ATL NL 491 1.4% 12.6% 13.2% 4.9% 25% 0.95 6.7 59.7 10.7 0.77 72%
1968 27 HOU NL 621 1.0% 13.0% 10.3% 5.6% 26% 1.27 6.7 90.3 9.7 0.78 74%
1969 28 HOU NL 658 1.5% 13.2% 13.2% 6.1% 27% 1.00 6.4 55.3 6.1 1.14 70%
1970 29 HOU NL 665 2.0% 12.0% 12.3% 6.8% 26% 0.98 7.0 43.2 6.1 1.10 72%
1971 30 HOU NL 547 0.2% 12.4% 10.8% 5.5% 26% 1.15 7.0 475.0 11.0 0.95 75%
1972 31 CIN NL 524 1.7% 14.5% 11.1% 5.7% 29% 1.31 5.9 49.7 8.9 0.84 71%
1973 32 CIN NL 322 0.9% 16.5% 21.4% 4.0% 28% 0.77 4.5 80.3 9.3 0.89 59%
1974 33 HOU NL 34 0.0% 29.4% 11.8% 2.9% 33% 2.50 2.9 29.0 0.70 59%
13 Yrs 5936 1.7% 14.4% 11.8% 6.2% 29% 1.22 5.9 50.2 8.4 0.88 70%
MLB Averages 2.1% 14.9% 8.4% 6.1% 27% 1.77 6.0 43.2 9.1 1.10 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1962 21 MLN NL -10.2 -1.0 167 -0.6 2.4 -3.0 .94 -0.8 0.2 -5.8 -0.6 0.91 -8.6 1.93 2
1963 22 MLN NL -11.7 -1.3 588 -1.3 8.7 -10.0 1.01 -0.3 -0.9 -10.3 -1.1 0.96 -2.5 3.58 2
1964 23 MLN NL 27.0 2.8 595 1.9 10.3 -8.5 .90 1.9 0.2 23.0 2.4 0.97 22.9 2.96 2
1965 24 MLN NL -0.4 -0.0 198 -0.3 2.9 -3.2 .97 0.1 -0.4 -4.4 -0.5 0.93 0.4 1.69 12
1966 25 ATL NL 9.4 1.0 533 -0.6 8.3 -9.0 1.03 0.3 -0.9 7.3 0.7 0.97 6.7 0.94 2
1967 26 ATL NL -2.7 -0.3 494 0.1 7.2 -7.2 .92 -0.1 0.2 2.1 0.2 0.92 0.0 1.08 0
1968 27 HOU NL 7.2 0.8 578 2.3 11.7 -9.4 1.09 1.1 0.9 17.4 2.0 0.99 12.1 0.00 1
1969 28 HOU NL 14.8 1.5 681 1.3 13.1 -11.8 1.09 1.4 -0.2 22.2 2.3 1.03 17.4 0
1970 29 HOU NL 26.1 2.5 682 5.4 15.4 -9.9 1.04 2.9 2.3 40.4 4.0 0.97 31.5 0.56 1
1971 30 HOU NL -5.7 -0.6 551 0.6 10.2 -9.6 1.11 -0.1 0.6 8.6 0.9 0.96 0.2 2.37 9
1972 31 CIN NL -0.2 -0.0 527 -0.4 8.3 -8.7 .99 0.2 -0.7 -2.3 -0.2 0.98 1.2 1.16 3
1973 32 CIN NL 0.5 0.0 329 0.2 4.6 -4.4 .94 0.1 0.1 4.6 0.5 0.96 4.0 1.28 9
1974 33 HOU NL -3.8 -0.4 34 -0.4 0.2 -0.6 1.06 -0.4 -0.1 -5.3 -0.6 0.92 -4.7 1.77 8
13 Yrs 50.2 5.1 5957 8.0 103.3 -95.3 1.01 6.5 1.4 97.6 10.0 0.97 80.7 1.77 51

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
1962 21 MLN NL 3 0 23% 63 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 46% 10 7 3 1 0 1 2 0 2
1963 22 MLN NL 10 0 31% 195 6 7 46% 6 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 20 55% 27 15 12 3 2 1 21 5 15
1964 23 MLN NL 7 1 30% 217 4 2 67% 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 24 54% 41 24 17 6 3 3 22 4 17
1965 24 MLN NL 3 0 20% 64 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 2 39% 3 2 1 3 2 1 7 3 3
1966 25 ATL NL 5 0 23% 188 0 7 0% 0 6 0 0 0 1 1 1 9 12 47% 28 16 10 4 4 0 13 2 11
1967 26 ATL NL 5 0 19% 188 5 7 42% 5 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 7 44% 27 18 9 3 2 1 13 3 9
1968 27 HOU NL 6 0 25% 226 5 8 38% 5 7 0 0 0 0 4 2 10 20 42% 34 20 13 9 6 2 22 9 12
1969 28 HOU NL 10 1 27% 268 2 7 22% 2 7 0 0 0 0 3 2 4 23 50% 36 22 14 10 5 5 22 6 15
1970 29 HOU NL 12 0 28% 301 6 5 55% 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 7 14 42% 45 31 14 12 11 1 20 3 17
1971 30 HOU NL 8 0 32% 206 4 5 44% 2 1 2 2 0 2 2 0 5 18 52% 32 20 11 8 3 5 20 5 15
1972 31 CIN NL 6 0 20% 180 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 41% 25 13 11 9 8 1 10 4 6
1973 32 CIN NL 8 0 31% 138 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 48% 17 12 5 3 2 1 11 1 9
1974 33 HOU NL 1 0 29% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
13 Yrs 84 2 26% 2241 34 54 39% 30 46 3 4 1 3 14 6 62 154 47% 327 201 121 71 48 22 184 45 132

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
1962 21 MLN NL 166 30% 28 2 0 0 0 1.93 2 1 5 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 28 3 11% 10 2 20% 98 18 18% 7 4 57% 6 2 33% 0
1963 22 MLN NL 573 23% 121 2 0 0 0 3.58 11 0 15 7 4 7 4 0 5 4 80% 95 8 8% 46 13 28% 319 40 13% 27 12 44% 9 5 56% -1
1964 23 MLN NL 589 21% 143 2 1 0 1 2.96 20 0 12 16 4 12 8 0 5 4 80% 121 11 9% 59 17 29% 361 46 13% 35 16 46% 19 6 32% 0
1965 24 MLN NL 202 24% 44 12 2 0 1 1.69 4 0 4 3 1 2 2 0 1 1 100% 30 3 10% 15 6 40% 105 13 12% 7 4 57% 6 2 33% 0
1966 25 ATL NL 545 30% 114 2 0 0 0 0.94 15 0 12 11 4 10 5 0 7 7 100% 101 9 9% 48 15 31% 344 46 13% 31 15 48% 18 6 33% 0
1967 26 ATL NL 491 24% 95 0 0 0 0 1.08 7 0 11 4 3 4 3 0 3 2 67% 72 7 10% 23 7 30% 241 34 14% 19 12 63% 10 5 50% 0
1968 27 HOU NL 622 32% 135 1 0 0 0 0.00 6 0 13 5 1 1 5 0 9 7 78% 93 6 6% 56 13 23% 333 48 14% 33 10 30% 24 11 46% -1
1969 28 HOU NL 658 30% 149 0 0 0 0 10 1 34 6 4 5 5 0 7 7 100% 121 13 11% 59 18 31% 490 82 17% 55 27 49% 25 14 56% 0
1970 29 HOU NL 665 26% 171 1 0 0 0 0.56 13 1 10 10 3 7 6 0 7 7 100% 114 8 7% 57 23 40% 411 79 19% 43 21 49% 23 11 48% 0
1971 30 HOU NL 547 23% 117 9 2 0 2 2.37 1 0 13 1 0 1 0 0 5 5 100% 101 14 14% 42 17 40% 318 46 14% 28 17 61% 13 8 62% 0
1972 31 CIN NL 524 26% 104 3 1 0 1 1.16 9 0 16 6 3 7 2 0 7 6 86% 103 8 8% 47 18 38% 344 43 13% 25 17 68% 23 13 57% 0
1973 32 CIN NL 322 43% 46 9 1 0 2 1.28 3 0 6 1 2 2 1 0 4 4 100% 53 8 15% 25 11 44% 188 23 12% 17 10 59% 8 5 63% 0
1974 33 HOU NL 34 38% 3 8 2 0 0 1.77 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 3 1 33% 20 1 5% 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 0
13 Yrs 5938 27% 1270 51 9 0 7 1.77 101 3 152 71 30 59 42 0 60 54 90% 1038 99 10% 490 161 33% 3572 519 15% 329 166 50% 185 88 48% -2
MLB Averages 53% 76% 11% 30% 14% 47% 52%

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
1962 21 50 166 146 12 28 3 1 2 16 0 1 16 38 .192 .277 .267 .544 49 39 3 2 0 2 0
1963 22 196 738 664 70 149 19 5 13 66 6 8 53 144 .224 .286 .327 .613 75 217 11 8 4 9 4
1964 23 347 1327 1169 149 292 48 10 33 131 10 10 121 221 .250 .322 .393 .715 102 459 22 12 8 16 17
1965 24 418 1529 1350 165 336 61 11 37 149 11 13 139 249 .249 .321 .393 .714 101 530 25 13 9 17 20
1966 25 556 2074 1804 220 450 81 15 52 209 11 20 210 336 .249 .330 .397 .728 104 717 34 19 16 24 28
1967 26 685 2565 2222 257 545 95 18 59 248 16 27 275 398 .245 .331 .384 .715 101 853 41 22 18 27 33
1968 27 835 3186 2764 313 680 118 24 65 304 21 35 339 479 .246 .331 .377 .708 103 1041 47 28 25 29 39
1969 28 989 3844 3317 385 829 143 29 75 394 23 42 426 566 .250 .338 .378 .716 105 1255 60 32 32 35 51
1970 29 1143 4509 3879 467 1000 169 35 88 486 29 47 508 646 .258 .346 .387 .733 108 1503 68 37 39 44 61
1971 30 1289 5056 4354 524 1117 195 38 89 529 33 52 567 714 .257 .344 .380 .724 106 1655 82 39 44 50 65
1972 31 1429 5580 4801 565 1221 214 40 98 579 33 53 625 790 .254 .342 .377 .719 105 1809 90 44 50 58 67
1973 32 1568 5902 5042 603 1267 224 40 101 605 34 54 694 843 .251 .343 .372 .715 104 1874 98 46 54 64 73
1974 33 1598 5936 5071 605 1270 225 40 101 606 34 54 698 853 .250 .343 .370 .713 103 1878 99 46 54 65 73

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
1962 21 50 168 147 12 29 3 1 2 17 0 17 38 .197 .286 .272 .558 11 50
1963 22 146 587 529 68 132 17 4 12 58 7 40 106 .250 .307 .365 .672 59 146
1964 23 151 600 513 86 151 31 5 21 71 4 72 77 .294 .381 .497 .878 97 151
1965 24 71 204 182 17 46 14 1 4 19 1 19 28 .253 .325 .407 .732 24 71
1966 25 138 550 457 58 117 21 4 15 63 0 73 87 .256 .361 .418 .779 69 138
1967 26 129 506 427 43 104 15 3 8 45 5 71 62 .244 .353 .349 .702 52 129
1968 27 149 655 564 74 159 27 7 7 74 6 75 81 .282 .372 .392 .764 81 150
1969 28 154 673 563 80 159 27 5 11 100 2 93 87 .282 .384 .407 .791 88 154
1970 29 154 668 564 83 173 26 6 13 93 6 83 80 .307 .395 .443 .838 99 154
1971 30 146 564 486 66 128 28 3 1 50 4 65 68 .263 .349 .340 .688 58 146
1972 31 146 566 479 51 121 22 2 10 62 0 67 79 .253 .346 .370 .716 62 140
1973 32 139 330 244 43 49 11 0 3 29 1 74 53 .201 .383 .283 .666 27 139
1974 33 30 34 29 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 4 10 .103 .206 .138 .344 1 30
13 Yrs 1603 6105 5184 683 1371 243 41 107 682 36 753 856 .264 .359 .389 .748 728 1598
162 Game Avg. 162 617 524 69 139 25 4 11 69 4 76 87 .264 .359 .389 .748 74 1598

* 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

Hall of Fame
1980 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1969 *
1970 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1969 NL (15, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1361st)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1964 NL  6.3 (10th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1964 NL  6.3 (8th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1964 NL  5.7 (8th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1963 NL  2.0 (6th)
1964 NL  1.5 (6th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1964 NL  .368 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
1968 NL  6 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1964 NL  68 (6th)
1966 NL  71 (5th)
1967 NL  65 (10th)
1968 NL  64 (8th)
1969 NL  87 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1963 NL  106 (9th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1964 NL  .689 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1966 NL  6 (7th)
1968 NL  6 (7th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1963 NL  7 (4th)
1964 NL  7 (2nd)
1966 NL  7 (5th)
1970 NL  9 (2nd)
1972 NL  8 (5th)
Career  65 (167th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1964 NL  13 (5th)
Career  73 (212th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1968 NL  8 (10th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1970 NL  5.4 (5th)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 11 (1346), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 10 (1147), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 18 (889), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  1. Alex Kampouris (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Omar Infante (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Dale Sveum (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bobby Grich (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Alex Gonzalez (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Toby Harrah (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Roy Smalley (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Toby Harrah (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Glenn Hubbard (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Frank Bolling (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Frank Bolling (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Frank Bolling (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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