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Cass Michaels

Casimir Eugene Michaels
Played In 1943 Under Real Name Of Casimir Eugene Kwietniewski

Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: March 4, 1926 in Detroit, MI
High School: Hamtramck HS (Hamtramck, MI)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1943. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 19, 1943 (Age 17)
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Senators/Athletics/Browns 1943-1954

Final Game: August 27, 1954 (Age 28)
Died: November 12, 1982 in Grosse Pointe, MI
Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, MI
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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
1943 17 CHW AL 2 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 /5
1944 18 CHW AL 27 70 68 4 12 4 1 0 5 0 0 2 5 .176 .200 .265 .465 33 18 1 0 0 6/5
1945 19 CHW AL 129 499 445 47 109 8 5 2 54 8 7 37 28 .245 .307 .299 .606 78 133 13 3 14 *6/4
1946 20 CHW AL 91 330 291 37 75 8 0 1 22 9 3 29 36 .258 .333 .296 .629 80 86 5 4 6 45/6
1947 21 CHW AL 110 403 355 31 97 15 4 3 34 10 5 39 28 .273 .350 .363 .714 103 129 14 3 7 45/6
1948 22 CHW AL 145 558 484 47 120 12 6 5 56 8 2 69 42 .248 .344 .329 .673 82 159 11 2 3 64/8O
1949 23 CHW AL 154 672 561 73 173 27 9 6 83 5 7 101 50 .308 .417 .421 .837 126 236 20 3 7 *4 AS
1950 24 TOT AL 142 609 526 69 140 14 7 8 66 2 3 68 47 .266 .352 .365 .717 87 192 16 2 10 *4 AS
1950 24 CHW AL 36 160 138 21 43 6 3 4 19 0 0 13 8 .312 .375 .486 .861 122 67 5 1 6 4
1950 24 WSH AL 106 449 388 48 97 8 4 4 47 2 3 55 39 .250 .345 .322 .667 75 125 11 1 4 *4
1951 25 WSH AL 138 548 485 59 125 20 4 4 45 1 1 61 41 .258 .342 .340 .682 86 165 15 1 2 *4
1952 26 TOT AL 132 511 452 53 114 16 8 5 50 4 0 53 42 .252 .332 .356 .688 89 161 13 1 5 45
1952 26 WSH AL 22 93 86 10 20 4 1 1 7 0 0 7 15 .233 .290 .337 .628 76 29 5 0 0 4
1952 26 SLB AL 55 190 166 21 44 8 2 3 25 1 0 23 16 .265 .354 .392 .746 106 65 3 0 1 5/4
1952 26 PHA AL 55 228 200 22 50 4 5 1 18 3 0 23 11 .250 .330 .335 .665 81 67 5 1 4 4
1953 27 PHA AL 117 469 411 53 103 10 0 12 42 7 0 51 56 .251 .335 .363 .697 86 149 6 1 6 *4
1954 28 CHW AL 101 345 282 35 74 13 2 7 44 10 4 56 31 .262 .392 .397 .789 114 112 2 4 2 0 5/4
12 Yrs 1288 5022 4367 508 1142 147 46 53 501 64 32 566 406 .262 .349 .353 .702 92 1540 116 24 63 0
162 Game Avg. 162 632 549 64 144 18 6 7 63 8 4 71 51 .262 .349 .353 .702 92 194 15 3 8
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
CHW (9 yrs) 795 3045 2631 295 703 93 30 28 317 50 28 346 228 .267 .357 .357 .714 98 940 71 20 46 0
WSH (3 yrs) 266 1090 959 117 242 32 9 9 99 3 4 123 95 .252 .339 .333 .671 81 319 31 2 6
PHA (2 yrs) 172 697 611 75 153 14 5 13 60 10 0 74 67 .250 .333 .354 .687 84 216 11 2 10
SLB (1 yr) 55 190 166 21 44 8 2 3 25 1 0 23 16 .265 .354 .392 .746 106 65 3 0 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1943 17 CHW AL 2 8 -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .388 .499 -0.2 0.0 -2 /5
1944 18 CHW AL 27 70 -6 0 0 -1 1 -5 -0.6 2 -3 -0.4 .477 .496 -0.3 0.0 -2 6/5
1945 19 CHW AL 129 499 -11 -0 0 -5 8 -8 -1.0 14 6 0.5 .493 .494 1.1 0.3 11 *6/4
1946 20 CHW AL 91 330 -6 1 0 -2 4 -4 -0.4 10 6 0.5 .495 .497 0.8 0.2 8 $4,800 45/6
1947 21 CHW AL 110 403 2 1 0 2 3 7 0.8 12 19 2.0 .507 .505 1.8 0.5 17 $10,000 45/6
1948 22 CHW AL 145 558 -10 -0 -0 0 8 -2 -0.2 16 14 1.4 .499 .499 1.4 0.8 14 $12,000 64/8O
1949 23 CHW AL 154 672 25 -3 -1 6 7 35 3.4 19 54 5.3 .522 .521 4.7 1.3 48 $12,000 *4 AS
1950 24 CHW AL 36 160 5 1 -1 -4 2 2 0.2 5 7 0.7 .506 .501 1.0 -0.2 11 $17,500 4 AS
1950 24 WSH AL 106 449 -12 1 1 -1 5 -7 -0.6 14 7 0.7 .494 .496 0.7 0.4 8 *4 AS
1951 25 WSH AL 138 548 -7 -1 -1 -5 6 -9 -0.9 17 8 0.8 .494 .495 1.2 0.1 13 $16,000 *4
1952 26 WSH AL 22 93 -3 1 0 1 1 1 0.1 3 4 0.4 .503 .500 0.2 0.2 2 $14,500 4
1952 26 SLB AL 55 190 1 -0 0 0 0 2 0.2 6 8 0.8 .503 .501 0.8 0.0 8 5/4
1952 26 PHA AL 55 228 -5 1 0 -5 2 -6 -0.7 7 1 0.0 .487 .496 0.5 -0.3 6 4
1953 27 PHA AL 117 469 -6 2 0 -6 5 -4 -0.4 14 10 1.1 .496 .497 1.7 -0.1 16 $16,000 *4
1954 28 CHW AL 101 345 7 1 1 5 0 15 1.6 11 25 2.7 .516 .510 2.1 0.6 21 $16,000 5/4
12 Seasons 1288 5022 -28 4 0 -15 53 14 1.2 150 164 16.2 .501 .501 17.6 3.8 179 $118,800
CHW (9 yrs) 795 3045 4 -0 -0 1 34 38 3.5 89 127 12.6 .505 .503 12.4 3.5 126 $72,300
WSH (3 yrs) 266 1090 -23 1 -0 -5 12 -15 -1.4 33 18 1.8 .494 .497 2.1 0.7 23 $30,500
PHA (2 yrs) 172 697 -10 3 0 -11 7 -11 -1.1 21 11 1.1 .493 .496 2.2 -0.4 22 $16,000
SLB (1 yr) 55 190 1 -0 0 0 0 2 0.2 6 8 0.8 .503 .501 0.8 0.0 8

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
1943 17 CHW AL 8 8 0 0.0 86 .000 .000 .255 .000 .329 .000 .352 .000 .681 -100 .000 -1.8 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1944 18 CHW AL 70 57 4 1.9 90 .190 .176 .266 .200 .332 .265 .363 .465 .695 33 .201 -6.2 -0.7 .351 .118 .088
1945 19 CHW AL 499 370 40 2.9 86 .258 .245 .258 .307 .330 .299 .351 .606 .680 78 .371 -12.8 -1.4 .489 .139 .054 3.2
1946 20 CHW AL 330 230 29 3.4 92 .291 .258 .259 .333 .333 .296 .373 .629 .705 80 .405 -6.8 -0.7 .558 .158 .038 1.8
1947 21 CHW AL 403 284 45 4.2 92 .290 .273 .257 .350 .336 .363 .369 .714 .705 103 .506 2.0 0.2 .635 .214 .090 4.6
1948 22 CHW AL 558 380 55 3.9 102 .263 .248 .268 .344 .353 .329 .388 .673 .740 82 .420 -11.2 -1.1 .626 .236 .081 6.2
1949 23 CHW AL 672 422 96 6.0 103 .331 .308 .266 .417 .357 .421 .386 .837 .743 126 .625 25.2 2.5 .814 .289 .112 5.5
1950 24 TOT AL 609 415 67 4.3 109 .280 .266 .273 .352 .359 .365 .409 .717 .768 87 .433 -9.4 -0.9 .644 .226 .099 3.2
1950 24 CHW AL 160 106 25 6.2 111 .310 .312 .275 .375 .361 .486 .412 .861 .773 122 .605 3.9 0.4 .810 .268 .174 .0
1950 24 WSH AL 449 309 42 3.6 109 .270 .250 .272 .345 .358 .322 .408 .667 .766 75 .359 -13.3 -1.3 .590 .211 .072 2.7
1951 25 WSH AL 548 378 56 4.0 100 .275 .258 .265 .342 .346 .340 .389 .682 .735 86 .443 -8.2 -0.8 .604 .208 .082 1.6
1952 26 TOT AL 511 356 53 4.0 99 .269 .252 .263 .332 .344 .356 .384 .688 .728 89 .485 -7.0 -0.7 .624 .230 .104 4.4
1952 26 WSH AL 93 71 8 3.0 94 .271 .233 .257 .290 .336 .337 .375 .628 .710 76 .361 -3.0 -0.3 .507 .186 .105 .0
1952 26 SLB AL 190 126 23 4.9 98 .279 .265 .262 .354 .343 .392 .383 .746 .726 106 .578 1.6 0.2 .712 .271 .127 1.5
1952 26 PHA AL 228 159 22 3.7 101 .261 .250 .267 .330 .348 .335 .390 .665 .737 81 .453 -5.6 -0.6 .606 .215 .085 1.5
1953 27 PHA AL 469 320 51 4.3 105 .265 .251 .273 .335 .350 .363 .402 .697 .752 86 .481 -8.4 -0.8 .662 .253 .112 8.8
1954 28 CHW AL 345 216 44 5.5 102 .275 .262 .270 .392 .346 .397 .395 .789 .741 114 .612 7.8 0.8 .832 .355 .135 8.2
12 Yrs 5022 3436 540 4.2 100 .279 .262 .266 .349 .346 .353 .385 .702 .731 92 .479 -36.8 -3.9 .641 .228 .091 58.0
162 Game Avg. 632 432 68 4.2 100 .279 .262 .266 .349 .346 .353 .385 .702 .731 92 .479 -36.8 -3.9 .641 .228 .091 7
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
CHW (9 yrs) 3045 2073 338 4.4 97 .284 .267 .264 .357 .345 .357 .378 .714 .723 98 .502 0.2 -0.2 .655 .230 .090 35.9
WSH (3 yrs) 1090 758 106 3.7 103 .273 .252 .267 .339 .350 .333 .395 .671 .745 81 .400 -24.5 -2.4 .589 .208 .080 4.5
PHA (2 yrs) 697 479 73 4.1 104 .264 .250 .271 .333 .349 .354 .398 .687 .747 84 .472 -14.1 -1.4 .644 .241 .103 11.3
SLB (1 yr) 190 126 23 4.9 98 .279 .265 .262 .354 .343 .392 .383 .746 .726 106 .578 1.6 0.2 .712 .271 .127 1.5

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
1949 CHW AL 23 as 2B 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 WSH AL 24 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 GP) 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .667 1.167 2 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 GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1943 17 CHW AL 8 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 88%
1944 18 CHW AL 70 0.0% 7.1% 2.9% 7.1% 42% 2.50 13.6 13.6 90%
1945 19 CHW AL 499 0.4% 5.6% 7.4% 3.0% 14% 0.76 15.9 222.5 8.2 1.09 83%
1946 20 CHW AL 330 0.3% 10.9% 8.8% 2.7% 12% 1.24 8.1 291.0 13.2 1.56 77%
1947 21 CHW AL 403 0.7% 7.0% 9.7% 5.5% 23% 0.72 12.7 118.3 10.4 1.41 80%
1948 22 CHW AL 558 0.9% 7.5% 12.4% 4.1% 19% 0.61 11.5 96.8 8.6 0.89 78%
1949 23 CHW AL 672 0.9% 7.4% 15.0% 6.3% 24% 0.50 11.2 93.5 6.8 1.11 75%
1950 24 TOT AL 609 1.3% 7.7% 11.2% 4.8% 21% 0.69 11.2 65.8 8.0 1.05 77%
1950 24 CHW AL 160 2.5% 5.0% 8.1% 8.1% 30% 0.62 17.3 34.5 7.3 0.80 79%
1950 24 WSH AL 449 0.9% 8.7% 12.3% 3.6% 17% 0.71 9.9 97.0 8.3 1.16 77%
1951 25 WSH AL 548 0.7% 7.5% 11.1% 5.1% 22% 0.67 11.8 121.3 10.8 1.18 80%
1952 26 TOT AL 511 1.0% 8.2% 10.4% 5.7% 25% 0.79 10.8 90.4 9.0 1.04 79%
1952 26 WSH AL 93 1.1% 16.1% 7.5% 6.5% 30% 2.14 5.7 86.0 12.3 0.83 75%
1952 26 SLB AL 190 1.6% 8.4% 12.1% 6.8% 30% 0.70 10.4 55.3 6.6 1.08 77%
1952 26 PHA AL 228 0.4% 4.8% 10.1% 4.4% 20% 0.48 18.2 200.0 11.1 1.12 82%
1953 27 PHA AL 469 2.6% 11.9% 10.9% 4.7% 21% 1.10 7.3 34.3 9.8 0.84 73%
1954 28 CHW AL 345 2.0% 9.0% 16.2% 6.4% 30% 0.55 9.1 40.3 6.4 0.80 71%
12 Yrs 5022 1.1% 8.1% 11.3% 4.9% 22% 0.72 10.8 82.4 8.7 1.03 78%
MLB Averages 1.6% 9.7% 9.4% 6.2% 27% 1.03 9.1 54.5 8.4 0.97 77%
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
1943 17 CHW AL -1.8 -0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1944 18 CHW AL -6.2 -0.7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 19 CHW AL -12.8 -1.4 107 0.4 1.8 -1.4 .92 0.3 0.2 5.2 0.6 1.01 1.8 0.14 1
1946 20 CHW AL -6.8 -0.7 33 -0.3 0.4 -0.8 1.04 -0.3 -0.1 -3.8 -0.4 1.02 -2.7 0
1947 21 CHW AL 2.0 0.2 218 -0.5 3.7 -4.2 1.06 0.1 -0.6 -2.6 -0.3 0.99 2.6 1.62 1
1948 22 CHW AL -11.2 -1.1 251 -0.8 3.9 -4.8 1.05 -0.7 -0.1 -6.1 -0.6 0.97 -8.6 0
1949 23 CHW AL 25.2 2.5 432 0.8 9.0 -8.3 1.18 1.2 -0.6 12.4 1.2 1.05 14.3 0
1950 24 TOT AL -9.4 -0.9 587 -0.6 9.8 -10.4 1.03 -1.2 0.6 -11.7 -1.1 0.95 -11.4 1.10 3
1950 24 CHW AL 3.9 0.4 150 -0.0 2.9 -2.9 1.12 -0.1 0.1 -3.4 -0.3 0.95 -1.5 2.14 1
1950 24 WSH AL -13.3 -1.3 437 -0.6 6.9 -7.5 1.00 -1.1 0.5 -8.3 -0.8 0.95 -9.9 0.58 2
1951 25 WSH AL -8.2 -0.8 518 -0.7 8.1 -8.7 1.00 -0.9 0.3 -7.0 -0.7 0.96 -11.6 1.69 7
1952 26 TOT AL -7.0 -0.7 467 -0.6 8.1 -8.7 1.14 -0.7 0.1 2.7 0.3 0.98 -5.3 1.63 8
1952 26 WSH AL -3.0 -0.3 95 -0.8 1.3 -2.1 1.13 -0.3 -0.3 -3.2 -0.3 0.98 -2.0 0
1952 26 SLB AL 1.6 0.2 144 -0.6 2.2 -2.8 1.14 -0.0 -0.5 5.3 0.5 0.95 0.7 1.63 8
1952 26 PHA AL -5.6 -0.6 228 0.8 4.6 -3.8 1.13 -0.3 1.0 0.6 0.1 1.00 -4.0 0
1953 27 PHA AL -8.4 -0.8 462 -0.1 7.5 -7.6 1.03 -0.7 0.6 -2.6 -0.3 0.92 -8.3 0.91 6
1954 28 CHW AL 7.8 0.8 361 1.6 6.6 -4.9 .97 1.1 0.6 20.4 2.0 1.03 14.7 2.50 8
12 Yrs -36.8 -3.9 3436 -0.9 59.0 -59.8 1.05 -1.7 0.8 6.9 0.7 0.98 -14.6 1.63 34
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 OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1945 19 CHW AL 1 0 31% 44 8 7 53% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 57% 3 2 1 1 1 0 3 0 3
1946 20 CHW AL 0 0 34% 11 9 3 75% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
1947 21 CHW AL 4 0 21% 82 10 5 67% 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 2 2 1 48% 15 7 7 1 0 1 5 2 2
1948 22 CHW AL 4 0 23% 99 8 2 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 50% 9 7 2 2 1 1 7 1 6
1949 23 CHW AL 5 0 25% 186 5 7 42% 4 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 4 1 3 38% 25 16 6 5 2 3 15 7 8
1950 24 TOT AL 7 0 30% 249 2 3 40% 2 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 8 0 5 0 2 3 57% 45 22 23 8 6 2 16 2 14
1950 24 CHW AL 3 0 32% 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 50% 10 6 4 3 2 1 3 0 3
1950 24 WSH AL 4 0 30% 184 2 3 40% 2 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 6 0 3 0 2 2 59% 35 16 19 5 4 1 13 2 11
1951 25 WSH AL 12 0 30% 200 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0 2 1 2 6 39% 31 21 9 8 6 2 18 6 11
1952 26 TOT AL 7 0 29% 172 4 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 1 2 5 45% 42 26 15 4 1 3 14 5 9
1952 26 WSH AL 0 0 35% 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 78% 6 2 4 2 0 2 1 0 1
1952 26 SLB AL 2 0 28% 50 1 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 39% 12 9 2 1 1 0 5 0 5
1952 26 PHA AL 5 0 29% 87 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 2 2 39% 24 15 9 1 0 1 8 5 3
1953 27 PHA AL 9 0 29% 193 7 0 100% 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 4 44% 32 22 9 3 1 2 15 4 11
1954 28 CHW AL 3 0 22% 114 10 4 71% 8 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 5 54% 23 14 8 3 0 3 9 1 8
12 Yrs 52 0 27% 1350 64 32 67% 34 18 3 2 0 2 8 0 49 0 10 10 11 28 47% 227 138 81 35 18 17 104 29 73

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 % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1945 19 CHW AL 499 14% 109 1 0 0 0 0.14 2 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 7 14 200% 27 13 48% 12 8 67% 67 12 18% 8 6 75% 3 3 100% 0
1946 20 CHW AL 330 19% 75 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 7 5 71% 5 1 20% 20 2 10% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
1947 21 CHW AL 403 10% 97 1 0 0 0 1.62 3 0 5 0 1 1 2 1 5 7 140% 44 14 32% 23 9 39% 146 18 12% 11 5 45% 7 2 29% 0
1948 22 CHW AL 558 16% 120 0 0 0 0 5 0 11 1 0 3 2 0 2 3 150% 36 11 31% 20 9 45% 152 27 18% 10 8 80% 8 2 25% 0
1949 23 CHW AL 672 28% 173 0 0 0 0 6 0 16 3 2 2 4 0 8 7 88% 103 20 19% 49 15 31% 341 52 15% 35 14 40% 19 12 63% 0
1950 24 TOT AL 609 28% 140 3 2 0 0 1.10 8 0 12 4 2 3 5 0 10 10 100% 118 16 14% 67 24 36% 367 61 17% 40 23 58% 27 14 52% 0
1950 24 CHW AL 160 22% 43 1 1 0 0 2.14 4 0 5 2 1 2 2 0 6 6 100% 32 5 16% 20 9 45% 97 16 16% 15 7 47% 8 4 50% 0
1950 24 WSH AL 449 30% 97 2 1 0 0 0.58 4 0 7 2 1 1 3 0 4 4 100% 86 11 13% 47 15 32% 270 45 17% 25 16 64% 19 10 53% 0
1951 25 WSH AL 548 38% 125 7 2 0 0 1.69 4 1 10 2 1 2 2 0 2 2 100% 118 15 13% 47 10 21% 329 37 11% 26 12 46% 17 8 47% 0
1952 26 TOT AL 511 34% 114 8 4 0 2 1.63 5 0 12 3 1 3 2 0 5 5 100% 112 13 12% 42 11 26% 307 38 12% 21 11 52% 20 8 40% 0
1952 26 WSH AL 93 44% 20 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 22 5 23% 10 3 30% 61 6 10% 6 2 33% 4 1 25% 0
1952 26 SLB AL 190 42% 44 8 4 0 2 1.63 3 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 100% 37 3 8% 9 2 22% 96 14 15% 6 4 67% 4 2 50% 0
1952 26 PHA AL 228 26% 50 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 1 0 1 0 0 4 4 100% 53 5 9% 23 6 26% 150 18 12% 9 5 56% 12 5 42% 0
1953 27 PHA AL 469 33% 103 6 2 0 0 0.91 12 0 11 6 4 3 9 0 6 6 100% 80 6 8% 29 11 38% 257 33 13% 24 14 58% 16 3 19% 0
1954 28 CHW AL 345 35% 74 8 0 0 1 2.50 7 1 18 3 4 2 5 0 2 2 100% 74 2 3% 25 6 24% 248 39 16% 23 10 43% 7 1 14% 0
12 Yrs 4944 29% 1142 34 10 0 3 1.63 53 2 98 22 15 20 33 1 47 63 134% 719 116 16% 319 104 33% 2234 319 14% 200 104 52% 124 53 43% 0
MLB Averages 50% 137% 16% 33% 15% 51% 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
1943 17 2 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1
1944 18 29 78 75 4 12 4 1 0 5 0 0 2 5 .160 .182 .240 .422 21 18 1 0 1
1945 19 158 577 520 51 121 12 6 2 59 8 7 39 33 .233 .290 .290 .580 70 151 14 3 15
1946 20 249 907 811 88 196 20 6 3 81 17 10 68 69 .242 .306 .292 .598 74 237 19 7 21
1947 21 359 1310 1166 119 293 35 10 6 115 27 15 107 97 .251 .320 .314 .633 83 366 33 10 28
1948 22 504 1868 1650 166 413 47 16 11 171 35 17 176 139 .250 .327 .318 .645 83 525 44 12 31
1949 23 658 2540 2211 239 586 74 25 17 254 40 24 277 189 .265 .351 .344 .695 94 761 64 15 38
1950 24 800 3149 2737 308 726 88 32 25 320 42 27 345 236 .265 .351 .348 .699 93 953 80 17 48
1951 25 938 3697 3222 367 851 108 36 29 365 43 28 406 277 .264 .350 .347 .697 92 1118 95 18 50
1952 26 1070 4208 3674 420 965 124 44 34 415 47 28 459 319 .263 .348 .348 .696 92 1279 108 19 55
1953 27 1187 4677 4085 473 1068 134 44 46 457 54 28 510 375 .261 .346 .350 .696 91 1428 114 20 61
1954 28 1288 5022 4367 508 1142 147 46 53 501 64 32 566 406 .262 .349 .353 .702 92 1540 116 24 63 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
1943 17 2 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1944 18 28 74 72 5 13 4 1 0 6 0 2 5 .181 .203 .264 .467 4 27
1945 19 137 543 482 58 126 9 6 2 67 9 43 30 .261 .326 .317 .643 50 129
1946 20 95 355 311 44 85 9 0 1 26 10 33 38 .273 .352 .312 .664 33 91
1947 21 114 429 376 36 108 17 4 3 40 11 43 29 .287 .365 .378 .743 52 110
1948 22 152 580 504 48 124 12 6 5 57 8 71 44 .246 .341 .323 .665 55 145
1949 23 161 700 585 75 179 28 9 6 85 5 105 52 .306 .414 .415 .830 100 154
1950 24 148 622 542 66 139 14 7 8 63 2 68 49 .256 .342 .352 .694 65 142
1951 25 145 575 509 61 130 21 4 4 46 1 63 43 .255 .339 .336 .675 58 138
1952 26 138 536 474 57 121 17 8 5 54 4 56 44 .255 .335 .357 .692 57 132
1953 27 122 486 427 54 105 10 0 12 42 7 52 59 .246 .329 .354 .683 50 117
1954 28 106 360 295 37 78 14 2 7 47 11 59 32 .264 .394 .397 .790 46 101
12 Yrs 1348 5268 4584 541 1208 155 47 53 533 68 595 425 .264 .351 .353 .704 570 1288
162 Game Avg. 162 633 551 65 145 19 6 6 64 8 72 51 .264 .351 .353 .704 69 1288

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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

All-Star Games
1949 (2B)
1950 *

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1949 AL  5.3 (9th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1949 AL  5.3 (5th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1949 AL  4.7 (5th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1948 AL  0.8 (9th)
1949 AL  1.3 (8th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1949 AL  .308 (6th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1949 AL  .417 (5th)

Games Played s c a p y
1949 AL  154 (4th)

Hits s c a p y
1949 AL  173 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1949 AL  27 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
1949 AL  9 (4th)
1952 AL  8 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1949 AL  101 (6th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1946 AL  9 (9th)
1947 AL  10 (9th)
1953 AL  7 (10th)
1954 AL  10 (7th)

Singles s c a p y
1949 AL  131 (9th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1949 AL  126 (8th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1949 AL  96 (10th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1949 AL  25 (8th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1949 AL  2.5 (8th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1949 AL  277 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1949 AL  .625 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1945 AL  3 (10th)
1946 AL  4 (4th)
1947 AL  3 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1945 AL  14 (8th)
1950 AL  10 (10th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1945 AL  13 (8th)
1949 AL  20 (5th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1945 AL  7 (9th)
1949 AL  7 (6th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1953 AL  8.8 (8th)
1954 AL  8.2 (10th)

Youngest s c a p y
1943 AL  born 1926-03-04 (2nd)
1944 AL  born 1926-03-04 (3rd)
1945 AL  born 1926-03-04 (5th)
1946 AL  born 1926-03-04 (4th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 22 (970), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1258), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 18 (876), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Second Base (132nd), 16.2 career WAR/14.0 7yr-peak WAR/15.1 JAWS
Average HOF 2B (out of 19) = 69.5 career WAR/44.5 7yr-peak WAR/57.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Frankie Gustine (942)
  2. Ron Oester (938)
  3. Connie Ryan (933)
  4. Jerry Lumpe (932)
  5. Rennie Stennett (932)
  6. Luis Alicea (930)
  7. Glenn Hubbard (930)
  8. Jerry Priddy (929)
  9. Tony Kubek (928)
  10. Charlie Moore (926)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Robin Yount (897) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Lou Bierbauer (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Lou Bierbauer (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Lou Bierbauer (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Lou Bierbauer (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bill Mazeroski (928) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Lou Bierbauer (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Frankie Gustine (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Frankie Gustine (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Frankie Gustine (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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