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Johnny Mize

John Robert Mize (The Big Cat)

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: January 7, 1913 in Demorest, GA
School: Piedmont College
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1930. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1936
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Giants/Yankees 1936-1953

Final Game: September 26, 1953
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1981.
   View Johnny Mize Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: June 2, 1993 in Demorest, GA
Buried: Yonah View Memorial Gardens, Demorest, GA
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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
1936 23 STL NL 126 469 414 76 136 30 8 19 93 1 50 32 .329 .402 .577 .979 162 239 4 1 4 3/O9
1937 24 STL NL 145 621 560 103 204 40 7 25 113 2 56 57 .364 .427 .595 1.021 172 333 5 5 0 *3 AS,MVP-10
1938 25 STL NL 149 609 531 85 179 34 16 27 102 0 74 47 .337 .422 .614 1.036 176 326 14 4 0 *3 MVP-12
1939 26 STL NL 153 670 564 104 197 44 14 28 108 0 92 49 .349 .444 .626 1.070 178 353 9 4 10 *3 AS,MVP-2
1940 27 STL NL 155 666 579 111 182 31 13 43 137 7 82 49 .314 .404 .636 1.039 176 368 10 5 0 *3 AS,MVP-2
1941 28 STL NL 126 547 473 67 150 39 8 16 100 4 70 45 .317 .406 .535 .941 156 253 8 1 3 *3 AS,MVP-9
1942 29 NYG NL 142 607 541 97 165 25 7 26 110 3 60 39 .305 .380 .521 .901 161 282 8 5 1 *3 AS,MVP-5
1946 33 NYG NL 101 445 377 70 127 18 3 22 70 3 62 26 .337 .437 .576 1.013 186 217 5 5 1 3 AS,MVP-16
1947 34 NYG NL 154 664 586 137 177 26 2 51 138 2 74 42 .302 .384 .614 .998 160 360 6 4 0 *3 AS,MVP-3
1948 35 NYG NL 152 658 560 110 162 26 4 40 125 4 94 37 .289 .395 .564 .959 156 316 7 4 0 *3 AS,MVP-17
1949 36 TOT MLB 119 470 411 63 108 16 0 19 64 1 0 54 21 .263 .354 .440 .794 111 181 5 4 1 *3 AS
1949 36 NYG NL 106 442 388 59 102 15 0 18 62 1 50 19 .263 .351 .441 .792 110 171 5 3 1 3
1949 36 NYY AL 13 28 23 4 6 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 2 .261 .393 .435 .828 119 10 0 1 0 /3
1950 37 NYY AL 90 305 274 43 76 12 0 25 72 0 1 29 24 .277 .351 .595 .946 142 163 4 2 0 3 MVP-17
1951 38 NYY AL 113 372 332 37 86 14 1 10 49 1 0 36 24 .259 .339 .398 .736 101 132 7 4 0 3 MVP-30
1952 39 NYY AL 78 150 137 9 36 9 0 4 29 0 0 11 15 .263 .327 .416 .743 110 57 6 2 0 3
1953 40 NYY AL 81 118 104 6 26 3 0 4 27 0 0 12 17 .250 .339 .394 .733 100 41 1 2 0 3 AS
15 Seasons 1884 7371 6443 1118 2011 367 83 359 1337 28 1 856 524 .312 .397 .562 .959 158 3621 99 52 20
162 Game Avg. 162 634 554 96 173 32 7 31 115 2 74 45 .312 .397 .562 .959 158 311 9 4 2
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 (6 yrs) 854 3582 3121 546 1048 218 66 158 653 14 424 279 .336 .419 .600 1.018 171 1872 50 20 17
NYG (5 yrs) 655 2816 2452 473 733 110 16 157 505 13 340 163 .299 .389 .549 .938 155 1346 31 21 3
NYY (5 yrs) 375 973 870 99 230 39 1 44 179 1 1 92 82 .264 .342 .463 .805 116 403 18 11 0
NL (11 yrs) 1509 6398 5573 1019 1781 328 82 315 1158 27 764 442 .320 .405 .577 .983 164 3218 81 41 20
AL (5 yrs) 375 973 870 99 230 39 1 44 179 1 1 92 82 .264 .342 .463 .805 116 403 18 11 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
1936 23 STL NL 469 38 0 0 0 2 -5 14 49 4.9 47 4.7 0.2 $ 3/O9
1937 24 STL NL 621 61 -1 0 0 -4 -7 18 67 6.9 71 7.4 -0.5 $ *3 AS,MVP-10
1938 25 STL NL 609 50 -2 0 0 -1 -6 18 59 6.2 60 6.2 0.0 $ *3 MVP-12
1939 26 STL NL 670 60 -1 0 0 0 -7 19 71 7.4 71 7.3 0.1 $ *3 AS,MVP-2
1940 27 STL NL 666 53 0 0 0 -2 -7 23 67 7.0 69 7.1 -0.1 $15,000 *3 AS,MVP-2
1941 28 STL NL 547 36 -2 0 0 4 -6 19 51 5.4 47 4.9 0.5 $ *3 AS,MVP-9
1942 29 NYG NL 607 43 1 0 0 3 -6 18 59 6.6 56 5.9 0.7 $ *3 AS,MVP-5
1946 33 NYG NL 445 39 -1 0 0 5 -5 15 53 5.8 48 5.1 0.7 $ 3 AS,MVP-16
1947 34 NYG NL 664 51 2 0 0 3 -7 23 72 7.3 69 7.1 0.2 $ *3 AS,MVP-3
1948 35 NYG NL 658 49 0 0 0 2 -7 22 66 6.9 64 6.5 0.4 $ *3 AS,MVP-17
1949 36 NYG NL 442 7 -1 0 0 4 -5 16 21 2.1 17 1.8 0.3 $32,500 3 AS
1949 36 NYY AL 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ /3 AS
1950 37 NYY AL 305 16 -2 0 0 0 -3 9 20 1.9 20 2.0 -0.1 $27,000 3 MVP-17
1951 38 NYY AL 372 3 -1 0 0 1 -4 11 10 1.0 9 0.9 0.1 $ 3 MVP-30
1952 39 NYY AL 150 2 -1 0 0 1 -1 4 5 0.5 4 0.4 0.1 $ 3
1953 40 NYY AL 118 0 -1 0 0 0 -1 3 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 3 AS
15 Seasons 7371 509 -10 0 0 18 -77 233 673 70.2 655 67.6 2.6 $74,500
STL (6 yrs) 3582 298 -6 0 0 -1 -38 111 364 37.8 365 37.6 0.2 $15,000
NYG (5 yrs) 2816 189 1 0 0 17 -30 94 271 28.7 254 26.4 2.3 $32,500
NYY (5 yrs) 973 22 -5 0 0 2 -9 28 38 3.7 36 3.6 0.1 $27,000

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
1936 23 STL NL 469 286 96 9.0 102 .322 .329 .285 .402 .344 .577 .398 .979 .742 162 .768 36.0 3.5 1.032 .372 .249 1.9
1937 24 STL NL 621 361 141 10.4 103 .374 .364 .282 .427 .344 .595 .401 1.021 .745 172 .822 57.3 5.6 1.097 .334 .230 3.7
1938 25 STL NL 609 366 136 10.0 103 .333 .337 .281 .422 .345 .614 .399 1.036 .745 176 .817 56.5 5.6 1.104 .416 .277 .0
1939 26 STL NL 670 386 156 10.8 108 .347 .349 .288 .444 .354 .626 .411 1.070 .765 178 .828 65.6 6.3 1.194 .440 .277 .0
1940 27 STL NL 666 407 147 9.7 103 .285 .314 .279 .404 .344 .636 .401 1.039 .745 176 .813 60.1 6.0 1.135 .475 .321 12.0
1941 28 STL NL 547 334 103 8.3 100 .325 .317 .274 .406 .345 .535 .386 .941 .731 156 .779 37.8 3.8 .991 .374 .218 6.4
1942 29 NYG NL 607 385 106 7.4 88 .292 .305 .257 .380 .329 .521 .357 .901 .686 161 .772 40.4 4.3 .911 .333 .216 5.4
1946 33 NYG NL 445 256 93 9.7 93 .319 .337 .262 .437 .338 .576 .368 1.013 .706 186 .833 44.4 4.5 1.125 .411 .239 5.3
1947 34 NYG NL 664 415 137 8.8 107 .256 .302 .275 .384 .351 .614 .408 .998 .759 160 .763 47.9 4.6 1.060 .442 .312 3.8
1948 35 NYG NL 658 405 124 8.1 103 .253 .289 .270 .395 .345 .564 .400 .959 .744 156 .751 44.7 4.4 1.032 .450 .275 7.3
1949 36 TOT MLB 470 309 63 5.4 105 .240 .263 .272 .354 .346 .440 .406 .794 .752 111 .579 6.4 0.6 .779 .311 .178 1.9
1949 36 NYG NL 442 292 59 5.4 105 .239 .263 .272 .351 .345 .441 .406 .792 .752 110 .576 5.7 0.6 .773 .309 .178 1.9
1949 36 NYY AL 28 17 4 6.2 107 .250 .261 .271 .393 .363 .435 .393 .828 .756 119 .639 0.8 0.1 .882 .348 .174 .0
1950 37 NYY AL 305 203 56 7.3 111 .227 .277 .275 .351 .361 .595 .412 .946 .773 142 .671 14.2 1.3 .951 .420 .318 .0
1951 38 NYY AL 372 253 44 4.7 100 .255 .259 .264 .339 .345 .398 .387 .736 .732 101 .516 0.2 0.0 .684 .250 .139 1.8
1952 39 NYY AL 150 107 18 4.5 92 .271 .263 .254 .327 .333 .416 .371 .743 .704 110 .541 1.7 0.2 .654 .234 .153 .0
1953 40 NYY AL 118 79 13 4.4 100 .265 .250 .266 .339 .342 .394 .392 .733 .733 100 .496 0.0 0.0 .696 .260 .144 .0
15 Seasons 7371 4552 1433 8.4 102 .297 .312 .274 .397 .345 .562 .395 .959 .739 158 .766 513.3 50.8 1.005 .387 .250 51.9
162 Game Avg. 634 391 123 8.4 102 .297 .312 .274 .397 .345 .562 .395 .959 .739 158 .766 44 4 1.005 .387 .250 4
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
STL (6 yrs) 3582 2140 779 9.8 103 .332 .336 .281 .419 .346 .600 .400 1.018 .746 171 .808 313.3 30.8 1.098 .404 .264 25.7
NYG (5 yrs) 2816 1753 519 7.9 99 .270 .299 .268 .389 .342 .549 .389 .938 .730 155 .752 183.1 18.4 .983 .394 .250 24.0
NYY (5 yrs) 973 659 135 5.5 102 .250 .264 .266 .342 .348 .463 .393 .805 .741 116 .581 16.9 1.6 .768 .305 .199 2.0
NL (11 yrs) 6398 3893 1298 8.9 102 .304 .320 .275 .405 .344 .577 .395 .983 .739 164 .786 496.4 49.2 1.046 .400 .258 49.7
AL (5 yrs) 973 659 135 5.5 102 .250 .264 .266 .342 .348 .463 .393 .805 .741 116 .581 16.9 1.6 .768 .305 .199 2.0

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
1949 36 NYY AL WS BRO W 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
1950 37 NYY AL WS PHI W 4 15 15 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .133 .133 .133 .267 2 0 0 0 0 0
1951 38 NYY AL WS NYG W 4 9 7 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .286 .444 .429 .873 3 0 0 0 0 1
1952 39 NYY AL WS BRO W 5 18 15 3 6 1 0 3 6 0 0 3 1 .400 .500 1.067 1.567 16 0 0 0 0 0
1953 40 NYY AL WS BRO W 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons (5 Series) 18 47 42 5 12 2 0 3 9 0 0 5 3 .286 .362 .548 .909 23 0 0 0 0 1
5 WS 18 47 42 5 12 2 0 3 9 0 0 5 3 .286 .362 .548 .909 23 0 0 0 0 1

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
1937 STL NL 24 as 1B 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1939 STL NL 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1940 STL NL 27 as 1B 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1941 STL NL 28 as 1B 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750 2 0 0 0 0 0
1942 NYG NL 29 as 1B 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1946 NYG NL 33 as 1B 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1947 NYG NL 34 as 1B 4 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 .667 .750 1.667 2.417 5 0 0 0 0 0
1948 NYG NL 35 as 1B 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
1949 NYG NL 36 as 1B 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1953 NYY AL 40 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons (10 Appearances) 25 24 2 6 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 3 .250 .280 .417 .697 10 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
1936 23 STL NL 469 4.1% 6.8% 10.7% 12.2% 42% 0.64 12.9 21.8 4.5 77%
1937 24 STL NL 621 4.0% 9.2% 9.0% 11.6% 35% 1.02 9.8 22.4 5.0 77%
1938 25 STL NL 609 4.4% 7.7% 12.2% 12.6% 43% 0.64 11.3 19.7 5.2 75%
1939 26 STL NL 670 4.2% 7.3% 13.7% 12.8% 44% 0.53 11.5 20.1 5.2 73%
1940 27 STL NL 666 6.5% 7.4% 12.3% 13.1% 48% 0.60 11.8 13.5 4.2 73%
1941 28 STL NL 547 2.9% 8.2% 12.8% 11.5% 42% 0.64 10.5 29.6 4.7 75%
1942 29 NYG NL 607 4.3% 6.4% 9.9% 9.6% 35% 0.65 13.9 20.8 4.9 78%
1946 33 NYG NL 445 4.9% 5.8% 13.9% 9.7% 34% 0.42 14.5 17.1 5.4 74%
1947 34 NYG NL 664 7.7% 6.3% 11.1% 11.9% 45% 0.57 14.0 11.5 4.2 74%
1948 35 NYG NL 658 6.1% 5.6% 14.3% 10.6% 43% 0.39 15.1 14.0 4.5 73%
1949 36 TOT MLB 470 4.0% 4.5% 11.5% 7.5% 32% 0.39 19.6 21.6 6.4 79%
1949 36 NYG NL 442 4.1% 4.3% 11.3% 7.5% 32% 0.38 20.4 21.6 6.3 79%
1949 36 NYY AL 28 3.6% 7.1% 14.3% 7.1% 33% 0.50 11.5 23.0 11.5 71%
1950 37 NYY AL 305 8.2% 7.9% 9.5% 12.1% 49% 0.83 11.4 11.0 3.8 0.55 74%
1951 38 NYY AL 372 2.7% 6.5% 9.7% 6.7% 29% 0.67 13.8 33.2 6.8 0.46 80%
1952 39 NYY AL 150 2.7% 10.0% 7.3% 8.7% 36% 1.36 9.1 34.3 4.7 0.61 79%
1953 40 NYY AL 118 3.4% 14.4% 10.2% 5.9% 27% 1.42 6.1 26.0 3.9 0.62 70%
15 Seasons 7371 4.9% 7.1% 11.6% 11.0% 40% 0.61 12.3 17.9 4.8 0.53 75%
MLB Averages 1.5% 9.4% 9.2% 6.3% 27% 1.02 9.5 58.0 8.2 0.95 78%
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
1936 23 STL NL 36.0 3.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1937 24 STL NL 57.3 5.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1938 25 STL NL 56.5 5.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1939 26 STL NL 65.6 6.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1940 27 STL NL 60.1 6.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1941 28 STL NL 37.8 3.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1942 29 NYG NL 40.4 4.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 33 NYG NL 44.4 4.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 34 NYG NL 47.9 4.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 35 NYG NL 44.7 4.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1949 36 TOT MLB 6.4 0.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1949 36 NYG NL 5.7 0.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1949 36 NYY AL 0.8 0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1950 37 NYY AL 14.2 1.3 254 1.7 5.7 -4.1 .98 1.4 0.3 18.8 1.8 1.00 17.4 1.72 14
1951 38 NYY AL 0.2 0.0 334 1.2 7.4 -6.1 1.11 1.1 -0.0 3.1 0.3 0.98 10.7 2.00 18
1952 39 NYY AL 1.7 0.2 143 -0.1 2.9 -3.0 1.26 0.4 -0.4 5.8 0.6 1.09 5.1 1.93 41
1953 40 NYY AL 0.0 0.0 114 0.5 3.2 -2.7 1.53 -0.1 0.4 3.9 0.4 1.16 -0.2 1.88 57
15 Seasons 513.3 50.8 845 3.3 19.1 -15.8 1.16 2.8 0.1 31.6 3.1 1.03 33.0 1.89 130
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 37 NYY AL 3 0 22% 76 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 39% 14 12 2 2 1 1 10 3 7
1951 38 NYY AL 8 0 23% 92 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 36% 14 11 3 4 3 1 10 3 6
1952 39 NYY AL 3 0 11% 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 22% 3 2 0 3 3 0 3 0 2
1953 40 NYY AL 0 0 6% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 29% 3 2 1 2 0 1 2 1 0
15 Seasons 14 0 30% 214 28 1 1400% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 3 34% 34 27 6 11 7 3 25 7 15

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 37 NYY AL 252 62% 76 14 3 0 2 1.72 25 0 8 14 5 13 6 0 0 0 72 4 6% 23 6 26% 192 38 20% 17 11 65% 8 4 50% 53
1951 38 NYY AL 329 59% 86 18 7 0 4 2.00 10 0 8 6 3 7 2 0 0 0 90 7 8% 32 10 31% 232 34 15% 20 13 65% 12 7 58% 44
1952 39 NYY AL 138 50% 36 41 9 2 7 1.93 4 1 6 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 40 6 15% 11 3 27% 120 24 20% 12 9 75% 3 2 67% 12
1953 40 NYY AL 114 54% 26 57 17 3 15 1.88 4 0 9 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 38 1 3% 13 5 38% 122 21 17% 14 8 57% 6 3 50% 4
15 Seasons 833 58% 2011 130 36 5 28 1.89 359 1 31 27 9 24 12 0 0 20 240 99 41% 79 24 30% 666 117 18% 63 41 65% 29 16 55% 113
MLB Averages 50% 486% 47% 32% 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
1936 23 126 469 414 76 136 30 8 19 93 1 50 32 .329 .402 .577 .979 162 239 4 1 4
1937 24 271 1090 974 179 340 70 15 44 206 3 106 89 .349 .416 .587 1.003 168 572 9 6 4
1938 25 420 1699 1505 264 519 104 31 71 308 3 180 136 .345 .418 .597 1.015 171 898 23 10 4
1939 26 573 2369 2069 368 716 148 45 99 416 3 272 185 .346 .425 .605 1.030 173 1251 32 14 14
1940 27 728 3035 2648 479 898 179 58 142 553 10 354 234 .339 .421 .611 1.032 173 1619 42 19 14
1941 28 854 3582 3121 546 1048 218 66 158 653 14 424 279 .336 .419 .600 1.018 171 1872 50 20 17
1942 29 996 4189 3662 643 1213 243 73 184 763 17 484 318 .331 .413 .588 1.001 170 2154 58 25 18
1943 30 996 4189 3662 643 1213 243 73 184 763 17 484 318 .331 .413 .588 1.001 170 2154 58 25 18
1944 31 996 4189 3662 643 1213 243 73 184 763 17 484 318 .331 .413 .588 1.001 170 2154 58 25 18
1945 32 996 4189 3662 643 1213 243 73 184 763 17 484 318 .331 .413 .588 1.001 170 2154 58 25 18
1946 33 1097 4634 4039 713 1340 261 76 206 833 20 546 344 .332 .415 .587 1.002 171 2371 63 30 19
1947 34 1251 5298 4625 850 1517 287 78 257 971 22 620 386 .328 .411 .590 1.002 170 2731 69 34 19
1948 35 1403 5956 5185 960 1679 313 82 297 1096 26 714 423 .324 .409 .588 .997 168 3047 76 38 19
1949 36 1522 6426 5596 1023 1787 329 82 316 1160 27 0 768 444 .319 .405 .577 .982 164 3228 81 42 20
1950 37 1612 6731 5870 1066 1863 341 82 341 1232 27 1 797 468 .317 .403 .578 .981 163 3391 85 44 20
1951 38 1725 7103 6202 1103 1949 355 83 351 1281 28 1 833 492 .314 .400 .568 .968 159 3523 92 48 20
1952 39 1803 7253 6339 1112 1985 364 83 355 1310 28 1 844 507 .313 .398 .565 .963 159 3580 98 50 20
1953 40 1884 7371 6443 1118 2011 367 83 359 1337 28 1 856 524 .312 .397 .562 .959 158 3621 99 52 20

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
1936 23 132 481 429 75 138 30 8 19 92 1 51 33 .322 .395 .562 .957 95 126
1937 24 153 645 583 104 209 41 7 26 114 2 57 60 .358 .420 .587 1.007 142 145
1938 25 158 637 557 86 184 35 16 28 103 0 76 50 .330 .414 .601 1.016 138 149
1939 26 161 682 585 103 199 44 14 28 107 0 93 52 .340 .434 .607 1.041 154 153
1940 27 163 693 604 111 186 32 13 44 137 7 84 52 .308 .397 .623 1.019 147 155
1941 28 131 560 488 68 153 40 8 16 101 4 71 47 .314 .402 .527 .928 104 126
1942 29 150 659 585 115 187 28 8 29 130 3 68 41 .320 .396 .544 .940 125 142
1946 33 106 478 403 81 142 20 3 25 81 3 69 27 .352 .454 .603 1.057 109 101
1947 34 161 686 607 137 180 26 2 52 138 2 75 44 .297 .378 .603 .981 137 154
1948 35 159 685 584 113 168 27 4 41 129 4 97 39 .288 .393 .558 .951 128 152
1949 36 124 484 425 63 110 16 0 19 64 1 55 22 .259 .349 .431 .780 63 119
1950 37 94 313 282 41 75 12 0 25 68 0 29 25 .266 .339 .574 .913 53 90
1951 38 119 391 349 38 90 15 1 10 51 1 38 25 .258 .338 .393 .730 45 113
1952 39 82 160 146 10 40 10 0 4 33 0 12 16 .274 .338 .425 .762 21 78
1953 40 85 125 110 7 28 3 0 4 29 0 13 18 .255 .344 .391 .735 15 81
15 Seasons 1978 7679 6737 1152 2089 379 84 370 1377 28 888 551 .310 .395 .556 .951 1476 1884
162 Game Avg. 162 629 552 94 171 31 7 30 113 2 73 45 .310 .395 .556 .951 121 1884

* 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

Hall of Fame
1960 BBWAA (16.7%)
1962 BBWAA ( 8.8%)
1964 BBWAA (26.9%)
1964 Run Off ( 6.0%)
1966 BBWAA (26.8%)
1967 BBWAA (30.5%)
1967 Run Off ( 4.6%)
1968 BBWAA (36.4%)
1969 BBWAA (34.1%)
1970 BBWAA (42.0%)
1971 BBWAA (43.6%)
1972 BBWAA (39.6%)
1973 BBWAA (41.3%)
1981 Veterans (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1981
by Veteran's Committee

All-Star Games
1937 (1B)
1939 *
1940 (1B)
1941 (1B)
1942 (1B)
1946 (1B)
1947 (1B)
1948 (1B)
1949 (1B)
1953 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1952 AL Babe Ruth Award

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1937 NL (10, 22%)
1938 NL (12, 8%)
1939 NL (2, 53%)
1940 NL (2, 62%)
1941 NL (9, 14%)
1942 NL (5, 28%)
1946 NL (16, 4%)
1947 NL (3, 43%)
1948 NL (17, 7%)
1950 AL (17, 3%)
1951 AL (30, 1%)
2.46 Career Shares (57th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1937 NL  6.9 (2nd)
1938 NL  6.2 (4th)
1939 NL  7.4 (2nd)
1940 NL  7.0 (2nd)
1941 NL  5.4 (9th)
1942 NL  6.6 (3rd)
1946 NL  5.8 (5th)
1947 NL  7.3 (4th)
1948 NL  6.9 (4th)
Career  70.2 (82nd)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1936 NL  4.9 (9th)
1937 NL  6.9 (2nd)
1938 NL  6.2 (3rd)
1939 NL  7.4 (1st)
1940 NL  7.0 (2nd)
1941 NL  5.4 (6th)
1942 NL  6.6 (3rd)
1946 NL  5.8 (4th)
1947 NL  7.3 (2nd)
1948 NL  6.9 (2nd)
Career  70.2 (55th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1936 NL  4.7 (8th)
1937 NL  7.4 (2nd)
1938 NL  6.2 (3rd)
1939 NL  7.3 (1st)
1940 NL  7.1 (2nd)
1941 NL  4.9 (5th)
1942 NL  5.9 (3rd)
1946 NL  5.1 (4th)
1947 NL  7.1 (2nd)
1948 NL  6.5 (2nd)
Career  67.6 (61st)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1942 NL  0.7 (6th)
1946 NL  0.7 (6th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1936 NL  .329 (8th)
1937 NL  .364 (2nd)
1938 NL  .337 (2nd)
1939 NL  .349 (1st)
1940 NL  .314 (5th)
1941 NL  .317 (5th)
1942 NL  .305 (5th)
Career  .312 (87th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1936 NL  .402 (7th)
1937 NL  .427 (2nd)
1938 NL  .422 (4th)
1939 NL  .444 (2nd)
1940 NL  .404 (3rd)
1941 NL  .406 (5th)
1942 NL  .380 (8th)
1947 NL  .384 (10th)
1948 NL  .395 (5th)
Career  .397 (69th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1936 NL  .577 (3rd)
1937 NL  .595 (2nd)
1938 NL  .614 (1st)
1939 NL  .626 (1st)
1940 NL  .636 (1st)
1941 NL  .535 (3rd)
1942 NL  .521 (1st)
1947 NL  .614 (2nd)
1948 NL  .564 (2nd)
Career  .562 (16th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1936 NL  .979 (3rd)
1937 NL  1.021 (3rd)
1938 NL  1.036 (1st)
1939 NL  1.070 (1st)
1940 NL  1.039 (1st)
1941 NL  .941 (3rd)
1942 NL  .901 (3rd)
1947 NL  .998 (2nd)
1948 NL  .959 (2nd)
Career  .959 (18th)

Games Played s c a p y
1938 NL  149 (7th)
1939 NL  153 (5th)
1940 NL  155 (2nd)
1947 NL  154 (4th)
1948 NL  152 (4th)

At Bats s c a p y
1940 NL  579 (6th)
1947 NL  586 (8th)
1948 NL  560 (10th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1939 NL  670 (9th)
1940 NL  666 (4th)
1947 NL  664 (9th)
1948 NL  658 (6th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1937 NL  103 (6th)
1939 NL  104 (5th)
1940 NL  111 (2nd)
1942 NL  97 (3rd)
1947 NL  137 (1st)
1948 NL  110 (3rd)
Career  1,118 (229th)

Hits s c a p y
1937 NL  204 (3rd)
1938 NL  179 (5th)
1939 NL  197 (3rd)
1940 NL  182 (3rd)
1942 NL  165 (6th)
1947 NL  177 (6th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1937 NL  333 (2nd)
1938 NL  326 (1st)
1939 NL  353 (1st)
1940 NL  368 (1st)
1941 NL  253 (8th)
1942 NL  282 (2nd)
1946 NL  217 (8th)
1947 NL  360 (2nd)
1948 NL  316 (2nd)
Career  3,621 (134th)

Doubles s c a p y
1937 NL  40 (2nd)
1938 NL  34 (7th)
1939 NL  44 (3rd)
1941 NL  39 (1st)
Career  367 (228th)

Triples s c a p y
1938 NL  16 (1st)
1939 NL  14 (3rd)
1940 NL  13 (3rd)
1941 NL  8 (9th)
1942 NL  7 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1936 NL  19 (5th)
1937 NL  25 (4th)
1938 NL  27 (3rd)
1939 NL  28 (1st)
1940 NL  43 (1st)
1941 NL  16 (10th)
1942 NL  26 (2nd)
1946 NL  22 (2nd)
1947 NL  51 (1st)
1948 NL  40 (1st)
Career  359 (75th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1936 NL  93 (9th)
1937 NL  113 (3rd)
1938 NL  102 (5th)
1939 NL  108 (3rd)
1940 NL  137 (1st)
1941 NL  100 (3rd)
1942 NL  110 (1st)
1946 NL  70 (10th)
1947 NL  138 (1st)
1948 NL  125 (2nd)
Career  1,337 (83rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1938 NL  74 (6th)
1939 NL  92 (3rd)
1940 NL  82 (5th)
1941 NL  70 (10th)
1948 NL  94 (3rd)
Career  856 (194th)

Singles s c a p y
1937 NL  132 (9th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1936 NL  162 (2nd)
1937 NL  172 (2nd)
1938 NL  176 (2nd)
1939 NL  178 (1st)
1940 NL  176 (1st)
1941 NL  156 (3rd)
1942 NL  161 (3rd)
1947 NL  160 (2nd)
1948 NL  156 (2nd)
Career  158 (17th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1937 NL  141 (2nd)
1938 NL  136 (1st)
1939 NL  156 (1st)
1940 NL  147 (1st)
1941 NL  103 (5th)
1942 NL  106 (3rd)
1946 NL  93 (5th)
1947 NL  137 (2nd)
1948 NL  124 (2nd)
Career  1,433 (96th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1936 NL  36 (6th)
1937 NL  57 (2nd)
1938 NL  57 (2nd)
1939 NL  66 (1st)
1940 NL  60 (1st)
1941 NL  38 (6th)
1942 NL  40 (3rd)
1946 NL  44 (2nd)
1947 NL  48 (2nd)
1948 NL  45 (2nd)
Career  513 (40th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1936 NL  3.5 (6th)
1937 NL  5.6 (2nd)
1938 NL  5.6 (2nd)
1939 NL  6.3 (1st)
1940 NL  6.0 (1st)
1941 NL  3.9 (6th)
1942 NL  4.3 (4th)
1946 NL  4.5 (2nd)
1947 NL  4.6 (2nd)
1948 NL  4.4 (2nd)
Career  50.8 (41st)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1936 NL  57 (9th)
1937 NL  72 (2nd)
1938 NL  77 (1st)
1939 NL  86 (1st)
1940 NL  87 (1st)
1941 NL  63 (3rd)
1942 NL  58 (2nd)
1946 NL  43 (9th)
1947 NL  79 (1st)
1948 NL  70 (3rd)
Career  809 (98th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1937 NL  265 (3rd)
1938 NL  257 (4th)
1939 NL  293 (1st)
1940 NL  269 (1st)
1942 NL  230 (7th)
1947 NL  255 (7th)
1948 NL  260 (4th)
Career  2,919 (218th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1936 NL  .768 (4th)
1937 NL  .823 (2nd)
1938 NL  .817 (1st)
1939 NL  .828 (1st)
1940 NL  .813 (1st)
1941 NL  .779 (2nd)
1942 NL  .772 (3rd)
1947 NL  .763 (2nd)
1948 NL  .751 (2nd)
Career  .766 (15th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1937 NL  5 (4th)
1938 NL  4 (8th)
1940 NL  5 (8th)
1942 NL  5 (7th)
1946 NL  5 (2nd)
1947 NL  4 (8th)
1948 NL  4 (7th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1940 NL  12.0 (5th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1936 NL  21.8 (5th)
1937 NL  22.4 (4th)
1938 NL  19.7 (3rd)
1939 NL  20.1 (3rd)
1940 NL  13.5 (1st)
1941 NL  29.6 (7th)
1942 NL  20.8 (3rd)
1947 NL  11.5 (2nd)
1948 NL  14.0 (2nd)
Career  17.9 (69th)

Oldest s c a p y
1950 AL  born 1913-01-07 (8th)
1951 AL  born 1913-01-07 (6th)
1952 AL  born 1913-01-07 (7th)
1953 AL  born 1913-01-07 (4th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 50 (26), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 202 (39), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 175 (60), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 47 (99), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Dick Allen (862)
  6. Paul Konerko (861)
  7. Larry Walker (860)
  8. David Ortiz (858)
  9. Duke Snider (848) *
  10. Juan Gonzalez (846)
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  4. Todd Helton (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Todd Helton (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Todd Helton (922)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Hank Greenberg (887) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Hank Greenberg (916) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Hank Greenberg (913) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Hank Greenberg (907) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Chuck Klein (859) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Chuck Klein (870) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Andres Galarraga (871)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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