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Dale Mitchell

Loren Dale Mitchell

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 23, 1921 in Colony, OK
High School: Cloud Chief HS (Cloud Chief, OK)
School: University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1946
Teams (by GP): Indians/Dodgers 1946-1956

Final Game: September 26, 1956
Died: January 5, 1987 in Tulsa, OK
Buried: Cloud Chief Cemetery, Cloud Chief, 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
1946 24 CLE AL 11 45 44 7 19 3 0 0 5 1 0 1 2 .432 .444 .500 .944 172 22 1 0 0 8O
1947 25 CLE AL 123 518 493 69 156 16 10 1 34 2 5 23 14 .316 .347 .396 .742 109 195 2 0 2 *O78/9 MVP-26
1948 26 CLE AL 141 656 608 82 204 30 8 4 56 13 18 45 17 .336 .383 .431 .814 119 262 9 2 1 *7O/8
1949 27 CLE AL 149 685 640 81 203 16 23 3 56 10 3 43 11 .317 .360 .428 .788 110 274 8 0 2 *7O AS,MVP-26
1950 28 CLE AL 130 577 506 81 156 27 5 3 49 3 7 67 21 .308 .390 .399 .789 106 202 7 1 3 *7O/9
1951 29 CLE AL 134 570 510 83 148 21 7 11 62 7 7 53 16 .290 .358 .424 .782 116 216 8 1 6 *7O MVP-28
1952 30 CLE AL 134 571 511 61 165 26 3 5 58 6 6 52 9 .323 .387 .415 .801 130 212 14 1 7 *7O AS,MVP-20
1953 31 CLE AL 134 542 500 76 150 26 4 13 60 3 1 42 20 .300 .354 .446 .800 118 223 11 0 0 *7O
1954 32 CLE AL 53 69 60 6 17 1 0 1 6 0 0 9 1 .283 .377 .350 .727 99 21 1 0 0 0 /73
1955 33 CLE AL 61 64 58 4 15 2 1 0 10 0 0 4 3 .259 .302 .328 .629 67 19 2 0 0 1 2 /37
1956 34 TOT MLB 57 61 54 5 11 1 0 0 7 0 0 7 5 .204 .295 .222 .517 37 12 2 0 0 0 1 /7
1956 34 CLE AL 38 37 30 2 4 0 0 0 6 0 0 7 2 .133 .297 .133 .431 17 4 0 0 0 0 1 /7
1956 34 BRO NL 19 24 24 3 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .292 .292 .333 .625 62 8 2 0 0 0 0 /7
11 Yrs 1127 4358 3984 555 1244 169 61 41 403 45 47 346 119 .312 .368 .416 .784 114 1658 65 5 21 1 3
162 Game Avg. 162 626 573 80 179 24 9 6 58 6 7 50 17 .312 .368 .416 .784 114 238 9 1 3
CLE (11 yrs) 1108 4334 3960 552 1237 168 61 41 402 45 47 346 116 .312 .368 .417 .785 114 1650 63 5 21 1 3
BRO (1 yr) 19 24 24 3 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .292 .292 .333 .625 62 8 2 0 0 0 0
AL (11 yrs) 1108 4334 3960 552 1237 168 61 41 402 45 47 346 116 .312 .368 .417 .785 114 1650 63 5 21 1 3
NL (1 yr) 19 24 24 3 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .292 .292 .333 .625 62 8 2 0 0 0 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
1946 24 CLE AL 11 45 4 0 0 0 -0 4 0.4 1 5 0.5 .538 .503 0.5 -0.0 5 $ 8O
1947 25 CLE AL 123 518 5 -1 0 1 -4 1 0.1 13 14 1.4 .501 .501 1.3 -0.4 13 $ *O78/9 MVP-26
1948 26 CLE AL 141 656 17 -6 1 7 -6 13 1.2 16 29 2.9 .509 .508 2.1 0.1 22 $ *7O/8
1949 27 CLE AL 149 685 8 0 2 4 -7 7 0.7 17 24 2.4 .504 .504 2.0 -0.3 20 $ *7O AS,MVP-26
1950 28 CLE AL 130 577 8 -1 2 0 -6 4 0.4 15 19 1.9 .503 .502 1.9 -0.5 19 $ *7O/9
1951 29 CLE AL 134 570 13 2 1 2 -6 12 1.2 15 28 2.8 .509 .508 2.5 -0.4 26 $ *7O MVP-28
1952 30 CLE AL 134 571 22 0 0 4 -6 20 2.2 15 35 3.7 .516 .513 3.2 -0.2 31 $ *7O AS,MVP-20
1953 31 CLE AL 134 542 12 2 2 -3 -5 9 0.9 15 23 2.4 .507 .506 2.6 -0.8 26 $ *7O
1954 32 CLE AL 53 69 0 -0 0 -1 -0 -1 -0.1 2 1 0.1 .498 .499 0.2 -0.2 2 $ /73
1955 33 CLE AL 61 64 -3 -0 1 -0 -0 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.1 .495 .498 0.0 -0.1 -1 $ /37
1956 34 CLE AL 38 37 -3 1 1 -0 0 -2 -0.2 1 -0 -0.1 .496 .499 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /7
1956 34 BRO NL 19 24 -1 0 -0 0 -0 -0 -0.1 1 0 0.0 .497 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 $ /7
11 Seasons 1127 4358 82 -2 11 13 -41 63 6.5 114 177 17.9 .506 .503 16.3 -2.8 164 $
CLE (11 yrs) 1108 4334 83 -2 11 13 -41 64 6.5 113 177 17.9 .506 .504 16.3 -2.8 164 $
BRO (1 yr) 19 24 -1 0 -0 0 -0 -0 -0.1 1 0 0.0 .497 .500 0.0 -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
1946 24 CLE AL 45 26 10 10.3 90 .452 .432 .255 .444 .328 .500 .367 .944 .696 172 .840 4.0 0.4 .923 .114 .068 .0
1947 25 CLE AL 518 346 66 5.1 94 .324 .316 .259 .347 .338 .396 .373 .742 .711 109 .590 3.1 0.3 .625 .120 .079 1.3
1948 26 CLE AL 656 432 95 5.9 103 .341 .336 .269 .383 .354 .431 .389 .814 .743 119 .608 15.4 1.5 .705 .161 .095 6.1
1949 27 CLE AL 685 450 99 5.8 105 .319 .317 .268 .360 .360 .428 .390 .788 .750 110 .610 3.8 0.4 .723 .189 .111 4.6
1950 28 CLE AL 577 367 77 5.6 110 .317 .308 .274 .390 .360 .399 .410 .789 .770 106 .552 7.2 0.7 .731 .215 .091 3.0
1951 29 CLE AL 570 383 76 5.3 97 .284 .290 .260 .358 .340 .424 .382 .782 .722 116 .576 10.9 1.1 .716 .237 .133 8.6
1952 30 CLE AL 571 373 81 5.9 90 .322 .323 .252 .387 .330 .415 .368 .801 .698 130 .653 21.7 2.2 .724 .194 .092 5.5
1953 31 CLE AL 542 362 79 5.9 100 .293 .300 .266 .354 .342 .446 .392 .800 .733 118 .622 11.2 1.1 .738 .234 .146 4.9
1954 32 CLE AL 69 44 8 4.9 100 .276 .283 .268 .377 .344 .350 .391 .727 .735 99 .562 0.2 0.0 .682 .217 .067 .0
1955 33 CLE AL 64 46 5 2.9 106 .268 .259 .271 .302 .351 .328 .404 .629 .755 67 .304 -2.9 -0.3 .511 .138 .069
1956 34 TOT MLB 61 45 4 2.4 109 .224 .204 .272 .295 .348 .222 .421 .517 .769 37 .225 -4.9 -0.5 .422 .148 .019
1956 34 CLE AL 37 26 2 2.1 108 .143 .133 .270 .297 .352 .133 .412 .431 .764 17 .175 -3.5 -0.3 .423 .233 .000
1956 34 BRO NL 24 19 2 2.8 111 .333 .292 .274 .292 .342 .333 .433 .625 .776 62 .300 -1.4 -0.1 .421 .042 .042
11 Yrs 4358 2874 600 5.6 100 .315 .312 .265 .368 .347 .416 .387 .784 .734 114 .597 69.5 7.0 .704 .190 .104 42.9
162 Game Avg. 626 413 86 5.6 100 .315 .312 .265 .368 .347 .416 .387 .784 .734 114 .597 10 1 .704 .190 .104 6
CLE (11 yrs) 4334 2855 598 5.6 100 .314 .312 .264 .368 .347 .417 .387 .785 .734 114 .599 70.9 7.1 .706 .191 .104 42.9
BRO (1 yr) 24 19 2 2.8 111 .333 .292 .274 .292 .342 .333 .433 .625 .776 62 .300 -1.4 -0.1 .421 .042 .042
AL (11 yrs) 4334 2855 598 5.6 100 .314 .312 .264 .368 .347 .417 .387 .785 .734 114 .599 70.9 7.1 .706 .191 .104 42.9
NL (1 yr) 24 19 2 2.8 111 .333 .292 .274 .292 .342 .333 .433 .625 .776 62 .300 -1.4 -0.1 .421 .042 .042

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
1948 26 CLE AL WS BSN W 6 25 23 4 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 .174 .240 .348 .588 8 0 0 0 0 0
1954 32 CLE AL WS NYG L 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 34 BRO NL WS NYY L 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (3 Series) 13 32 29 4 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 .138 .219 .276 .495 8 0 0 0 0 0
3 WS 13 32 29 4 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 .138 .219 .276 .495 8 0 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
1949 CLE AL 27 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
1952 CLE AL 30 as LF 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 GP) 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 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
1946 24 CLE AL 45 0.0% 4.4% 2.2% 6.7% 16% 2.00 22.0 8.8 93%
1947 25 CLE AL 518 0.2% 2.7% 4.4% 5.2% 17% 0.61 35.2 493.0 14.5 92%
1948 26 CLE AL 656 0.6% 2.6% 6.9% 6.4% 21% 0.38 35.8 152.0 10.9 1.26 89%
1949 27 CLE AL 685 0.4% 1.6% 6.3% 6.1% 21% 0.26 58.2 213.3 11.4 1.08 91%
1950 28 CLE AL 577 0.5% 3.6% 11.6% 6.1% 22% 0.31 24.1 168.7 10.3 1.31 84%
1951 29 CLE AL 570 1.9% 2.8% 9.3% 6.8% 26% 0.30 31.9 46.4 8.2 0.86 85%
1952 30 CLE AL 571 0.9% 1.6% 9.1% 6.0% 21% 0.17 56.8 102.2 8.8 1.15 87%
1953 31 CLE AL 542 2.4% 3.7% 7.8% 7.9% 29% 0.48 25.0 38.5 8.3 1.25 86%
1954 32 CLE AL 69 1.5% 1.5% 13.0% 2.9% 12% 0.11 60.0 60.0 10.0 0.62 84%
1955 33 CLE AL 64 0.0% 4.7% 6.3% 4.7% 20% 0.75 19.3 5.8 1.21 88%
1956 34 TOT MLB 61 0.0% 8.2% 11.5% 1.6% 9% 0.71 10.8 7.7 1.71 80%
1956 34 CLE AL 37 0.0% 5.4% 18.9% 0.0% 0% 0.29 15.0 5.0 1.88 76%
1956 34 BRO NL 24 0.0% 12.5% 0.0% 4.2% 14% 8.0 24.0 1.50 88%
11 Yrs 4358 0.9% 2.7% 7.9% 6.2% 22% 0.34 33.5 97.2 9.9 1.13 88%
MLB Averages 1.9% 10.4% 9.7% 6.4% 28% 1.07 8.5 45.9 8.2 0.97 76%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1946 24 CLE AL 4.0 0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 25 CLE AL 2.5 0.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 26 CLE AL 15.4 1.5 699 0.0 10.5 -10.4 .89 1.1 -1.1 12.0 1.2 0.92 13.0 1.28 3
1949 27 CLE AL 3.8 0.4 706 1.7 13.7 -12.0 1.05 1.2 0.5 13.9 1.4 0.92 10.6 0
1950 28 CLE AL 6.4 0.6 597 0.4 9.2 -8.8 .94 0.7 -0.2 9.2 0.9 0.93 14.3 1.46 5
1951 29 CLE AL 10.1 1.0 598 2.0 11.1 -9.1 .97 1.4 0.6 18.2 1.9 0.93 13.1 1.72 10
1952 30 CLE AL 21.0 2.2 591 1.4 10.4 -9.0 1.00 1.6 -0.2 24.0 2.6 0.98 17.3 2.19 7
1953 31 CLE AL 10.5 1.0 551 1.1 10.0 -8.9 .98 1.5 -0.3 11.6 1.2 0.95 16.9 1.85 13
1954 32 CLE AL 0.2 0.0 69 0.3 2.0 -1.7 1.51 0.1 0.1 1.7 0.2 1.09 1.0 1.73 42
1955 33 CLE AL -2.9 -0.3 64 0.0 1.9 -1.8 1.68 -0.1 0.1 -0.8 -0.1 1.19 -1.5 1.94 44
1956 34 TOT MLB -4.9 -0.5 63 -0.1 1.3 -1.4 1.60 -0.2 0.2 -1.9 -0.2 1.10 -3.0 1.68 46
1956 34 CLE AL -3.6 -0.3 39 0.1 0.7 -0.7 1.65 -0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 1.13 -1.7 1.67 29
1956 34 BRO NL -1.4 -0.1 24 -0.1 0.6 -0.7 1.52 -0.1 -0.0 -2.1 -0.2 1.06 -1.3 1.69 17
11 Yrs 66.0 6.6 3938 7.0 70.2 -63.2 1.00 7.3 -0.3 88.0 9.0 0.95 81.7 1.78 170

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 26 CLE AL 13 0 32% 340 13 18 42% 10 15 3 3 0 1 4 0 10 6 44% 43 32 11 12 7 5 24 5 19
1949 27 CLE AL 10 0 32% 327 10 3 77% 9 3 1 0 0 0 3 1 15 7 49% 48 30 16 5 4 1 26 4 22
1950 28 CLE AL 12 0 35% 328 3 7 30% 2 7 1 0 0 1 3 0 11 6 47% 47 31 16 8 2 6 21 6 14
1951 29 CLE AL 8 0 38% 298 7 7 50% 7 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 11 11 55% 49 24 21 8 4 4 18 1 16
1952 30 CLE AL 7 0 26% 265 6 6 50% 6 6 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 5 42% 38 24 13 6 5 1 16 4 11
1953 31 CLE AL 8 0 35% 236 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 3 52% 30 21 9 6 3 3 18 2 16
1954 32 CLE AL 1 0 20% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 50% 6 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 2
1955 33 CLE AL 2 0 21% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14% 5 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
1956 34 TOT MLB 2 0 28% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 71% 5 2 3 1 0 1 1 0 1
1956 34 CLE AL 1 0 18% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 75% 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 34 BRO NL 1 0 43% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Yrs 63 0 33% 1849 45 47 49% 37 39 5 4 0 2 15 1 69 41 48% 271 170 91 47 25 22 127 23 101

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 26 CLE AL 656 74% 204 3 2 0 0 1.28 4 0 11 3 1 3 1 0 1 1 100% 85 9 11% 32 11 34% 319 54 17% 30 17 57% 5 3 60% 0
1949 27 CLE AL 685 60% 203 0 0 0 0 3 0 15 3 0 2 1 0 2 2 100% 89 8 9% 37 12 32% 327 53 16% 28 18 64% 14 13 93% 0
1950 28 CLE AL 577 58% 156 5 1 0 1 1.46 3 0 16 3 0 1 2 0 4 3 75% 82 7 9% 35 14 40% 292 49 17% 28 17 61% 10 6 60% 0
1951 29 CLE AL 570 58% 148 10 2 0 1 1.72 11 1 10 5 6 4 7 0 7 6 86% 86 8 9% 46 16 35% 262 51 19% 26 12 46% 17 12 71% 0
1952 30 CLE AL 571 63% 165 7 2 0 4 2.19 5 0 16 3 2 4 1 0 7 7 100% 108 14 13% 42 15 36% 342 54 16% 31 14 45% 14 9 64% 0
1953 31 CLE AL 542 62% 150 13 2 0 1 1.85 13 0 15 10 3 7 6 0 0 0 106 11 10% 42 14 33% 320 49 15% 21 10 48% 16 11 69% 0
1954 32 CLE AL 69 86% 17 42 14 1 4 1.73 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 21 1 5% 8 2 25% 58 5 9% 5 1 20% 4 0 0% 0
1955 33 CLE AL 64 91% 15 44 13 0 8 1.94 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 2 11% 14 6 43% 67 12 18% 7 3 43% 7 5 71% 0
1956 34 TOT MLB 61 97% 11 46 10 0 7 1.68 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 2 10% 8 3 38% 49 7 14% 9 5 56% 1 1 100% 0
1956 34 CLE AL 37 95% 4 29 4 0 6 1.67 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0% 5 3 60% 33 6 18% 8 5 63% 1 1 100% 0
1956 34 BRO NL 24 100% 7 17 6 0 1 1.69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33% 3 0 0% 16 1 6% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
11 Yrs 3795 64% 1244 170 46 1 26 1.78 41 1 99 28 12 21 19 0 21 21 100% 617 65 11% 264 93 35% 2036 334 16% 185 97 52% 88 60 68% 0
MLB Averages 50% 117% 15% 32% 14% 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
1946 24 11 45 44 7 19 3 0 0 5 1 0 1 2 .432 .444 .500 .944 172 22 1 0 0
1947 25 134 563 537 76 175 19 10 1 39 3 5 24 16 .326 .355 .404 .759 114 217 3 0 2
1948 26 275 1219 1145 158 379 49 18 5 95 16 23 69 33 .331 .370 .418 .788 117 479 12 2 3
1949 27 424 1904 1785 239 582 65 41 8 151 26 26 112 44 .326 .367 .422 .788 114 753 20 2 5
1950 28 554 2481 2291 320 738 92 46 11 200 29 33 179 65 .322 .372 .417 .789 112 955 27 3 8
1951 29 688 3051 2801 403 886 113 53 22 262 36 40 232 81 .316 .369 .418 .788 113 1171 35 4 14
1952 30 822 3622 3312 464 1051 139 56 27 320 42 46 284 90 .317 .372 .418 .790 115 1383 49 5 21
1953 31 956 4164 3812 540 1201 165 60 40 380 45 47 326 110 .315 .370 .421 .791 116 1606 60 5 21
1954 32 1009 4233 3872 546 1218 166 60 41 386 45 47 335 111 .315 .370 .420 .790 115 1627 61 5 21 0
1955 33 1070 4297 3930 550 1233 168 61 41 396 45 47 339 114 .314 .369 .419 .788 115 1646 63 5 21 1 2
1956 34 1127 4358 3984 555 1244 169 61 41 403 45 47 346 119 .312 .368 .416 .784 114 1658 65 5 21 1 3

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
1946 24 11 48 47 8 21 3 0 0 6 1 1 2 .447 .458 .511 .969 11 11
1947 25 128 548 521 78 171 18 11 1 39 2 25 15 .328 .359 .411 .770 77 123
1948 26 147 679 630 82 208 31 8 4 56 13 46 18 .330 .378 .424 .801 100 141
1949 27 156 710 664 81 207 16 23 3 56 10 44 11 .312 .355 .419 .773 99 149
1950 28 136 590 520 78 154 27 5 3 47 3 66 22 .296 .376 .385 .761 75 130
1951 29 141 601 538 88 157 22 7 12 66 7 56 17 .292 .360 .426 .785 82 134
1952 30 140 616 549 73 187 29 3 6 69 7 59 9 .341 .406 .437 .843 97 134
1953 31 140 570 525 81 159 28 4 14 64 3 45 21 .303 .358 .451 .809 85 134
1954 32 55 73 63 6 18 1 0 1 6 0 10 1 .286 .384 .349 .733 8 53
1955 33 64 66 61 4 16 2 1 0 11 0 4 3 .262 .303 .328 .631 6 61
1956 34 60 61 55 4 10 1 0 0 6 0 6 5 .182 .262 .200 .462 3 57
11 Yrs 1178 4562 4173 583 1308 178 62 44 426 46 362 124 .313 .369 .417 .786 643 1127
162 Game Avg. 162 627 574 80 180 24 9 6 59 6 50 17 .313 .369 .417 .786 88 1127

* 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

All-Star Games
1949 *
1952 (LF)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1947 AL (26, 1%)
1949 AL (26, 1%)
1951 AL (28, 1%)
1952 AL (20, 3%)
0.06 Career Shares (1057th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1947 AL  .316 (6th)
1948 AL  .336 (3rd)
1949 AL  .317 (4th)
1952 AL  .323 (2nd)
Career  .312 (86th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1952 AL  .387 (7th)

At Bats s c a p y
1948 AL  608 (5th)
1949 AL  640 (1st)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1948 AL  656 (10th)
1949 AL  685 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1948 AL  204 (2nd)
1949 AL  203 (1st)
1952 AL  165 (7th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1949 AL  274 (4th)

Doubles s c a p y
1952 AL  26 (10th)

Triples s c a p y
1947 AL  10 (4th)
1949 AL  23 (1st)
1951 AL  7 (7th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1948 AL  13 (4th)
1949 AL  10 (5th)

Singles s c a p y
1947 AL  129 (5th)
1948 AL  162 (1st)
1949 AL  161 (1st)
1952 AL  131 (4th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1949 AL  99 (8th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1948 AL  18 (1st)
1950 AL  7 (4th)
1951 AL  7 (7th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1951 AL  8.6 (9th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1947 AL  35.2 (3rd)
1948 AL  35.8 (2nd)
1949 AL  58.2 (1st)
1950 AL  24.1 (5th)
1951 AL  31.9 (4th)
1952 AL  56.8 (1st)
1953 AL  25.0 (3rd)
Career  33.5 (14th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1948 AL  432 (8th)
1949 AL  450 (6th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 5 (382), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 36 (683), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 44 (440), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 22 (664), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Name and misspellings: Loren Dale Mitchell

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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