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Wally Moon

Wallace Wade Moon

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 169 lb.

Born: April 3, 1930 in Bay, AR
School: Texas A&M University
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1954
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Cardinals 1954-1965

Final Game: September 12, 1965
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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
1954 24 STL NL 151 716 635 106 193 29 9 12 76 18 10 71 73 .304 .371 .435 .806 110 276 10 1 2 7 *8/7 RoY-1
1955 25 STL NL 152 645 593 86 175 24 8 19 76 11 11 47 65 .295 .349 .459 .808 114 272 11 3 1 1 4 3897
1956 26 STL NL 149 622 540 86 161 22 11 16 68 12 9 80 50 .298 .390 .469 .858 130 253 13 1 1 0 7 93/8 MVP-27
1957 27 STL NL 142 586 516 86 152 28 5 24 73 5 6 62 57 .295 .367 .508 .875 131 262 14 1 0 7 12 *798 AS
1958 28 STL NL 108 340 290 36 69 10 3 7 38 2 3 47 30 .238 .342 .366 .708 85 106 9 0 1 2 5 97/8
1959 29 LAD NL 145 637 543 93 164 26 11 19 74 15 6 81 64 .302 .394 .495 .890 129 269 9 3 8 2 1 *79/83 AS,MVP-4
1960 30 LAD NL 138 547 469 74 140 21 6 13 69 6 10 67 53 .299 .383 .452 .835 123 212 21 1 4 6 4 *79 GG
1961 31 LAD NL 134 561 463 79 152 25 3 17 88 7 5 89 79 .328 .434 .505 .940 141 234 9 1 4 4 9 *79 MVP-13
1962 32 LAD NL 95 278 244 36 59 9 1 4 31 5 2 30 33 .242 .326 .336 .662 84 82 6 1 2 1 3 379
1963 33 LAD NL 122 398 343 41 90 13 2 8 48 5 5 45 43 .262 .345 .382 .727 116 131 12 1 4 5 5 97/8
1964 34 LAD NL 68 132 118 8 26 2 1 2 9 1 1 12 22 .220 .292 .305 .597 74 36 4 0 2 0 3 9/7
1965 35 LAD NL 53 104 89 6 18 3 0 1 11 2 0 13 22 .202 .304 .270 .574 69 24 3 0 2 0 3 97
12 Seasons 1457 5566 4843 737 1399 212 60 142 661 89 68 644 591 .289 .371 .445 .817 118 2157 121 13 31 35 56
162 Game Avg. 162 619 538 82 156 24 7 16 73 10 8 72 66 .289 .371 .445 .817 118 240 13 1 3 4
LAD (7 yrs) 755 2657 2269 337 649 99 24 64 330 41 29 337 316 .286 .377 .435 .813 119 988 64 7 26 18 28
STL (5 yrs) 702 2909 2574 400 750 113 36 78 331 48 39 307 275 .291 .366 .454 .820 116 1169 57 6 5 17 28

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
1954 24 STL NL 716 14 -1 -1 1 -5 -1 21 28 2.9 33 3.4 -0.5 $ *8/7 RoY-1
1955 25 STL NL 646 10 0 -1 2 -1 -5 21 27 2.8 27 2.7 0.1 $ 3897
1956 26 STL NL 621 24 -3 -2 0 0 -8 21 31 3.3 32 3.3 0.0 $ 93/8 MVP-27
1957 27 STL NL 586 24 -2 1 -1 3 -7 20 39 4.0 35 3.6 0.4 $ *798 AS
1958 28 STL NL 340 -7 -1 -1 1 -10 -4 12 -9 -1.0 0 0.0 -1.0 $ 97/8
1959 29 LAD NL 637 26 3 -2 3 7 -7 20 50 5.2 43 4.5 0.7 $20,000 *79/83 AS,MVP-4
1960 30 LAD NL 547 16 -2 -2 -1 11 -7 19 34 3.5 23 2.4 1.1 $30,000 *79 GG
1961 31 LAD NL 561 34 -1 -2 1 -11 -7 19 33 3.4 44 4.5 -1.1 $ *79 MVP-13
1962 32 LAD NL 278 -4 1 2 2 -3 -4 10 3 0.3 7 0.7 -0.4 $42,000 379
1963 33 LAD NL 398 10 1 -3 0 -8 -5 14 9 1.0 17 1.9 -0.9 $36,000 97/8
1964 34 LAD NL 132 -5 -1 -1 -1 -2 -1 5 -6 -0.7 -4 -0.4 -0.3 $ 9/7
1965 35 LAD NL 104 -3 0 -1 0 -3 -1 4 -4 -0.5 -1 -0.1 -0.4 $ 97
12 Seasons 5566 139 -6 -13 7 -22 -57 186 235 24.2 256 26.5 -2.3 $128,000
LAD (7 yrs) 2657 74 1 -9 4 -9 -32 91 119 12.2 129 13.5 -1.3 $128,000
STL (5 yrs) 2909 65 -7 -4 3 -12 -25 95 116 12.0 127 13.0 -1.0 $

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
1954 24 STL NL 716 471 103 5.9 109 .325 .304 .274 .371 .345 .435 .424 .806 .769 110 .591 10.4 1.0 .771 .255 .131 14.4
1955 25 STL NL 645 442 91 5.5 105 .306 .295 .264 .349 .335 .459 .419 .808 .754 114 .574 10.2 1.0 .732 .243 .164 13.9
1956 26 STL NL 622 402 99 6.6 103 .306 .298 .264 .390 .331 .469 .417 .858 .748 130 .670 24.6 2.4 .840 .324 .170 13.7
1957 27 STL NL 586 391 94 6.5 105 .290 .295 .271 .367 .335 .508 .420 .875 .754 131 .652 23.6 2.3 .844 .331 .213 8.3
1958 28 STL NL 340 236 37 4.2 110 .243 .238 .274 .342 .343 .366 .429 .708 .772 85 .454 -5.7 -0.6 .652 .286 .128 3.1
1959 29 LAD NL 637 404 111 7.3 111 .314 .302 .278 .394 .345 .495 .431 .890 .776 129 .700 24.4 2.4 .919 .359 .193 16.8
1960 30 LAD NL 547 370 77 5.6 104 .311 .299 .270 .383 .337 .452 .414 .835 .751 123 .612 17.2 1.7 .767 .288 .154 8.2
1961 31 LAD NL 561 333 107 8.6 112 .364 .328 .279 .434 .347 .505 .435 .940 .782 141 .754 33.3 3.2 1.003 .374 .177 9.9
1962 32 LAD NL 278 196 28 3.8 97 .264 .242 .262 .326 .328 .336 .397 .662 .725 84 .420 -4.3 -0.4 .601 .230 .094 4.4
1963 33 LAD NL 398 279 45 4.3 84 .276 .262 .246 .345 .307 .382 .368 .727 .675 116 .548 9.2 1.0 .656 .251 .120 6.2
1964 34 LAD NL 132 99 10 2.7 88 .255 .220 .255 .292 .312 .305 .379 .597 .691 74 .320 -3.9 -0.4 .495 .186 .085 1.3
1965 35 LAD NL 104 76 8 2.8 88 .258 .202 .250 .304 .312 .270 .378 .574 .690 69 .334 -3.1 -0.3 .527 .236 .067 1.3
12 Seasons 5566 3699 810 5.9 104 .303 .289 .269 .371 .336 .445 .416 .817 .752 118 .616 135.9 13.3 .780 .294 .157 109.4
162 Game Avg. 619 411 90 5.9 104 .303 .289 .269 .371 .336 .445 .416 .817 .752 118 .616 15 1 .780 .294 .157 12
LAD (7 yrs) 2657 1757 386 5.9 102 .307 .286 .268 .377 .333 .435 .410 .813 .744 119 .629 72.8 7.1 .785 .303 .149 50.0
STL (5 yrs) 2909 1942 424 5.9 106 .300 .291 .269 .366 .338 .454 .421 .820 .759 116 .604 63.1 6.2 .777 .286 .163 59.4

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
1959 29 LAD NL WS CHW W 6 25 23 3 6 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 2 .261 .320 .391 .711 9 0 0 0 0 0
1965 35 LAD NL WS MIN W 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 8 27 25 3 6 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 2 .240 .296 .360 .656 9 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 8 27 25 3 6 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 2 .240 .296 .360 .656 9 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
1957 STL NL 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 LAD NL 29 as LF 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 LAD NL 29 as LF 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (3 Appearances) 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .000 .375 .000 .375 0 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
1954 24 STL NL 716 1.7% 10.2% 9.9% 7.0% 26% 1.03 8.7 52.9 8.4 1.12 78%
1955 25 STL NL 645 3.0% 10.1% 7.3% 7.9% 29% 1.38 9.1 31.2 7.8 1.33 79%
1956 26 STL NL 622 2.6% 8.0% 12.9% 7.9% 30% 0.63 10.8 33.8 7.9 1.64 76%
1957 27 STL NL 586 4.1% 9.7% 10.6% 9.7% 38% 0.92 9.1 21.5 7.1 0.96 75%
1958 28 STL NL 340 2.1% 8.8% 13.8% 5.9% 29% 0.64 9.7 41.4 7.6 1.30 75%
1959 29 LAD NL 637 3.0% 10.1% 12.7% 8.8% 34% 0.79 8.5 28.6 7.3 1.41 73%
1960 30 LAD NL 547 2.4% 9.7% 12.3% 7.3% 29% 0.79 8.8 36.1 6.8 1.44 75%
1961 31 LAD NL 561 3.0% 14.1% 15.9% 8.0% 30% 0.89 5.9 27.2 5.3 1.60 66%
1962 32 LAD NL 278 1.4% 11.9% 10.8% 5.0% 24% 1.10 7.4 61.0 7.9 1.20 75%
1963 33 LAD NL 398 2.0% 10.8% 11.3% 5.8% 26% 0.96 8.0 42.9 7.1 1.35 75%
1964 34 LAD NL 132 1.5% 16.7% 9.1% 3.8% 19% 1.83 5.4 59.0 13.1 1.23 71%
1965 35 LAD NL 104 1.0% 21.2% 12.5% 3.9% 22% 1.69 4.0 89.0 8.1 2.25 63%
12 Seasons 5566 2.6% 10.6% 11.6% 7.4% 30% 0.92 8.2 34.1 7.3 1.33 74%
MLB Averages 2.3% 13.6% 8.7% 6.5% 29% 1.56 6.6 38.6 8.5 1.03 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1954 24 STL NL 10.4 1.0 618 2.2 12.2 -10.0 1.03 1.7 0.5 25.6 2.4 0.95 23.3 2.07 2
1955 25 STL NL 10.2 1.0 543 0.6 9.9 -9.3 1.04 0.4 0.1 6.6 0.6 0.93 3.9 1.21 6
1956 26 STL NL 24.6 2.4 647 3.4 13.8 -10.4 1.05 3.1 0.1 25.5 2.5 0.98 30.2 0.22 0
1957 27 STL NL 23.6 2.3 601 1.2 11.3 -10.1 1.04 2.4 -1.3 21.4 2.1 0.96 30.2 1.46 9
1958 28 STL NL -5.7 -0.6 352 -1.1 6.1 -7.2 1.19 -0.2 -0.7 -6.9 -0.7 1.02 -2.5 1.99 23
1959 29 LAD NL 24.4 2.4 670 4.3 15.0 -10.6 1.07 3.3 0.7 28.0 2.6 0.93 35.0 1.40 3
1960 30 LAD NL 17.2 1.7 571 0.6 11.6 -10.9 1.09 1.7 -1.2 13.6 1.3 0.98 17.3 1.91 11
1961 31 LAD NL 33.3 3.2 581 2.9 12.0 -9.1 1.05 3.6 -0.8 35.9 3.3 0.97 38.8 2.21 3
1962 32 LAD NL -4.3 -0.4 288 -0.2 5.3 -5.6 1.16 0.0 -0.2 1.2 0.1 1.00 3.6 2.16 32
1963 33 LAD NL 9.2 1.0 418 1.1 7.5 -6.4 1.03 1.1 -0.0 11.6 1.3 1.01 11.4 1.60 25
1964 34 LAD NL -3.9 -0.4 135 -1.4 2.2 -3.5 1.30 -0.5 -0.5 -7.2 -0.8 0.98 -6.1 1.95 42
1965 35 LAD NL -3.1 -0.3 105 -0.7 1.8 -2.6 1.36 -0.5 -0.1 -4.3 -0.5 1.01 -4.1 2.08 25
12 Seasons 135.9 13.3 5529 13.0 108.6 -95.7 1.08 16.3 -4.2 150.9 14.5 0.97 181.1 1.91 181

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
1954 24 STL NL 7 0 37% 264 18 10 64% 7 6 2 0 0 2 4 0 9 14 56% 45 27 17 12 4 8 24 4 20
1955 25 STL NL 4 0 33% 188 11 11 50% 7 5 1 1 0 1 3 0 4 17 54% 16 9 7 6 3 3 15 5 10
1956 26 STL NL 8 0 31% 260 12 9 57% 8 9 4 1 0 0 3 1 16 5 50% 45 31 13 12 2 10 17 2 14
1957 27 STL NL 9 0 33% 213 5 6 45% 4 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 11 13 39% 42 30 11 9 5 4 18 6 12
1958 28 STL NL 4 0 27% 113 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 7 36% 20 13 7 3 2 1 8 3 3
1959 29 LAD NL 7 0 32% 257 15 6 71% 15 5 0 0 0 1 4 0 10 20 55% 39 23 16 4 1 3 33 10 23
1960 30 LAD NL 6 0 31% 217 6 10 38% 5 9 1 1 0 0 1 0 7 14 53% 30 18 12 12 6 6 17 4 13
1961 31 LAD NL 5 0 28% 233 7 5 58% 6 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 14 48% 33 20 13 10 6 3 16 3 12
1962 32 LAD NL 7 0 37% 117 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 10 67% 14 8 6 6 1 5 13 2 11
1963 33 LAD NL 2 0 26% 129 5 5 50% 5 3 0 0 0 2 4 1 5 12 67% 31 12 18 2 2 0 12 0 12
1964 34 LAD NL 0 0 17% 38 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 33% 4 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
1965 35 LAD NL 1 0 17% 30 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 33% 3 3 0 2 2 0 4 0 3
12 Seasons 60 0 31% 2059 89 68 57% 67 53 8 4 2 6 21 2 83 130 52% 322 196 121 78 34 43 179 40 134

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
1954 24 STL NL 584 58% 193 2 0 0 0 2.07 12 1 12 8 4 8 4 0 5 2 40% 106 10 9% 42 18 43% 330 58 18% 26 18 69% 17 11 65% 132
1955 25 STL NL 496 56% 175 6 2 0 0 1.21 19 1 11 10 1 8 3 0 3 1 33% 89 11 12% 34 15 44% 279 45 16% 19 12 63% 20 14 70% 150
1956 26 STL NL 621 67% 161 0 0 0 0 0.22 16 1 11 14 2 8 8 0 2 1 50% 114 13 11% 49 15 31% 411 57 14% 39 13 33% 18 9 50% 0
1957 27 STL NL 586 70% 152 9 2 0 1 1.46 24 0 15 15 9 13 11 0 1 0 0% 114 14 12% 54 17 31% 380 55 14% 40 20 50% 19 10 53% 0
1958 28 STL NL 340 80% 69 23 2 0 0 1.99 7 0 14 7 0 6 1 0 1 1 100% 81 9 11% 48 11 23% 253 32 13% 32 13 41% 12 7 58% 0
1959 29 LAD NL 637 87% 164 3 2 0 0 1.40 19 0 14 16 3 14 5 0 16 8 50% 141 9 6% 51 21 41% 395 55 14% 39 19 49% 22 13 59% 0
1960 30 LAD NL 547 88% 140 11 2 0 1 1.91 13 1 14 11 2 9 4 2 10 4 40% 131 21 16% 64 21 33% 370 59 16% 40 19 48% 28 18 64% 0
1961 31 LAD NL 561 78% 152 3 0 0 0 2.21 17 0 14 15 2 14 3 1 5 4 80% 109 9 8% 44 18 41% 396 76 19% 47 28 60% 24 14 58% 0
1962 32 LAD NL 278 79% 59 32 6 0 4 2.16 4 0 5 3 1 2 2 0 3 2 67% 73 6 8% 35 10 29% 199 31 16% 24 13 54% 14 5 36% 0
1963 33 LAD NL 398 91% 90 25 6 0 4 1.60 8 0 8 8 0 1 7 0 5 4 80% 100 12 12% 50 21 42% 275 42 15% 28 12 43% 22 12 55% 0
1964 34 LAD NL 132 95% 26 42 8 0 3 1.95 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 100% 26 4 15% 10 2 20% 84 7 8% 5 1 20% 3 1 33% 0
1965 35 LAD NL 104 91% 18 25 5 0 3 2.08 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 67% 14 3 21% 9 4 44% 77 11 14% 7 2 29% 7 4 57% 0
12 Seasons 5284 76% 1399 181 35 0 16 1.91 142 4 124 110 24 84 50 3 56 31 55% 1098 121 11% 490 173 35% 3449 528 15% 346 170 49% 206 118 57% 282
MLB Averages 50% 77% 10% 31% 14% 49% 53%

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
1954 24 151 716 635 106 193 29 9 12 76 18 10 71 73 .304 .371 .435 .806 110 276 10 1 2 7
1955 25 303 1361 1228 192 368 53 17 31 152 29 21 118 138 .300 .361 .446 .807 112 548 21 4 3 8 4
1956 26 452 1983 1768 278 529 75 28 47 220 41 30 198 188 .299 .370 .453 .823 117 801 34 5 4 8 11
1957 27 594 2569 2284 364 681 103 33 71 293 46 36 260 245 .298 .369 .465 .835 120 1063 48 6 4 15 23
1958 28 702 2909 2574 400 750 113 36 78 331 48 39 307 275 .291 .366 .454 .820 116 1169 57 6 5 17 28
1959 29 847 3546 3117 493 914 139 47 97 405 63 45 388 339 .293 .371 .461 .832 119 1438 66 9 13 19 29
1960 30 985 4093 3586 567 1054 160 53 110 474 69 55 455 392 .294 .373 .460 .833 119 1650 87 10 17 25 33
1961 31 1119 4654 4049 646 1206 185 56 127 562 76 60 544 471 .298 .380 .465 .845 122 1884 96 11 21 29 42
1962 32 1214 4932 4293 682 1265 194 57 131 593 81 62 574 504 .295 .377 .458 .835 120 1966 102 12 23 30 45
1963 33 1336 5330 4636 723 1355 207 59 139 641 86 67 619 547 .292 .375 .452 .827 120 2097 114 13 27 35 50
1964 34 1404 5462 4754 731 1381 209 60 141 650 87 68 631 569 .290 .373 .449 .821 119 2133 118 13 29 35 53
1965 35 1457 5566 4843 737 1399 212 60 142 661 89 68 644 591 .289 .371 .445 .817 118 2157 121 13 31 35 56

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
1954 24 159 745 664 108 199 30 9 12 77 19 73 77 .300 .366 .426 .793 105 151
1955 25 160 675 622 89 182 25 8 20 79 11 49 68 .293 .347 .455 .802 98 152
1956 26 156 654 568 93 172 24 12 17 74 13 85 52 .303 .394 .477 .872 107 149
1957 27 148 610 538 89 158 29 5 25 76 5 64 60 .294 .366 .506 .871 100 142
1958 28 114 353 303 36 71 10 3 7 38 2 48 32 .234 .337 .356 .694 37 108
1959 29 152 647 561 91 165 26 11 19 72 15 81 67 .294 .385 .481 .866 103 145
1960 30 144 565 489 77 145 22 6 13 71 6 69 55 .297 .381 .446 .826 85 138
1961 31 140 566 474 74 149 25 3 17 83 7 87 83 .314 .419 .487 .906 96 134
1962 32 95 279 246 38 61 9 1 4 33 5 31 33 .248 .333 .341 .675 28 95
1963 33 122 414 356 51 103 15 2 9 60 6 52 43 .289 .377 .419 .795 57 122
1964 34 68 133 120 9 28 2 1 2 10 1 13 22 .233 .308 .317 .625 12 68
1965 35 53 105 91 7 20 3 0 1 13 2 14 22 .220 .324 .286 .610 9 53
12 Seasons 1511 5746 5032 762 1453 220 61 146 686 92 666 614 .289 .371 .444 .815 837 1457
162 Game Avg. 162 616 539 82 156 24 7 16 74 10 71 66 .289 .371 .444 .815 90 1457

* 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
1971 BBWAA ( 0.6%)

All-Star Games
1957 *
1959-1 (LF)
1959-2 (LF)

Awards (yr lg award)
1954 NL Rookie of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1956 NL (27, 1%)
1959 NL (4, 48%)
1961 NL (13, 10%)
0.59 Career Shares (391st)

Gold Gloves
1960 NL (LF)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1959 NL  5.2 (8th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1959 NL  4.5 (8th)
1961 NL  4.5 (9th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1959 NL  0.7 (10th)
1960 NL  1.1 (5th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1956 NL  .298 (10th)
1957 NL  .295 (10th)
1960 NL  .299 (6th)
1961 NL  .328 (4th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1956 NL  .390 (3rd)
1959 NL  .394 (3rd)
1960 NL  .383 (4th)
1961 NL  .434 (1st)
Career  .371 (243rd)

Slugging % s c a p y
1957 NL  .508 (9th)
1959 NL  .495 (10th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1957 NL  .875 (10th)
1959 NL  .890 (8th)
1960 NL  .835 (9th)
1961 NL  .940 (6th)

Games Played s c a p y
1955 NL  152 (9th)

At Bats s c a p y
1954 NL  635 (2nd)
1955 NL  593 (10th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1954 NL  716 (1st)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1954 NL  106 (6th)
1959 NL  93 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1954 NL  193 (5th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1959 NL  269 (10th)

Triples s c a p y
1954 NL  9 (4th)
1955 NL  8 (8th)
1956 NL  11 (3rd)
1959 NL  11 (1st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1956 NL  80 (5th)
1959 NL  81 (3rd)
1960 NL  67 (8th)
1961 NL  89 (2nd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1954 NL  73 (10th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1954 NL  18 (4th)
1955 NL  11 (8th)
1956 NL  12 (6th)
1959 NL  15 (8th)

Singles s c a p y
1954 NL  143 (3rd)
1955 NL  124 (5th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1957 NL  131 (10th)
1959 NL  129 (9th)
1960 NL  123 (9th)
1961 NL  141 (7th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1954 NL  103 (8th)
1959 NL  111 (8th)
1961 NL  107 (9th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1956 NL  25 (10th)
1957 NL  24 (9th)
1959 NL  24 (9th)
1960 NL  17 (9th)
1961 NL  33 (7th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1956 NL  2.4 (10th)
1957 NL  2.3 (9th)
1959 NL  2.4 (9th)
1960 NL  1.7 (9th)
1961 NL  3.2 (7th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1959 NL  56 (9th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1954 NL  265 (5th)
1956 NL  242 (6th)
1959 NL  248 (8th)
1961 NL  242 (7th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1956 NL  .670 (10th)
1959 NL  .700 (8th)
1961 NL  .754 (2nd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1959 NL  8 (10th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1957 NL  7 (5th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1957 NL  12 (4th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1957 NL  14 (9th)
1960 NL  21 (1st)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1954 NL  10 (2nd)
1955 NL  11 (3rd)
1956 NL  9 (2nd)
1957 NL  6 (8th)
1960 NL  10 (5th)
1961 NL  5 (10th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1954 NL  14.4 (2nd)
1955 NL  13.9 (5th)
1956 NL  13.7 (3rd)
1959 NL  16.8 (7th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1954 NL  471 (4th)
1955 NL  442 (9th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1961 NL  35.94 (8th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1956 NL  3.4 (8th)
1959 NL  4.3 (7th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1956 NL  3.1 (10th)
1959 NL  3.3 (9th)
1961 NL  3.6 (8th)
Career  16.3 (234th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1961 NL  3.3 (9th)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (733), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 54 (468), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 24 (700), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 21 (705), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Tillie Walker (936)
  2. Hank Bauer (935)
  3. Bruce Campbell (923)
  4. David Segui (921)
  5. Bobby Higginson (921)
  6. Roberto Kelly (921)
  7. Tony Gonzalez (916)
  8. Von Hayes (915)
  9. Sid Gordon (915)
  10. Al Smith (915)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Alex Metzler (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Gee Walker (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Dick Wakefield (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Richie Zisk (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Tony Gonzalez (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jackie Jensen (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jackie Jensen (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Felipe Alou (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Felipe Alou (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Carl Furillo (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Al Smith (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Cy Williams (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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