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Walt Moryn

Walter Joseph Moryn (Moose)

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: April 12, 1926 in St. Paul, MN
High School: Hardy HS (St. Paul, MN)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 29, 1954
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Cardinals/Dodgers/Pirates 1954-1961

Final Game: September 28, 1961
Died: July 21, 1996 in Winfield, IL
Buried: Assumption Cemetery, Wheaton, IL
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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 28 BRO NL 48 102 91 16 25 4 2 2 14 0 0 7 11 .275 .330 .429 .759 93 39 3 1 2 1 7/9
1955 29 BRO NL 11 24 19 3 5 1 0 1 3 0 0 5 4 .263 .417 .474 .890 133 9 0 0 0 0 1 /97
1956 30 CHC NL 147 589 529 69 151 27 3 23 67 4 2 50 67 .285 .348 .478 .826 121 253 9 3 1 5 2 *9
1957 31 CHC NL 149 623 568 76 164 33 0 19 88 0 2 50 90 .289 .348 .447 .795 113 254 11 3 1 2 6 *9
1958 32 CHC NL 143 587 512 77 135 26 7 26 77 1 2 62 83 .264 .350 .494 .845 122 253 7 8 2 3 7 *7 AS
1959 33 CHC NL 117 432 381 41 89 14 1 14 48 0 0 44 66 .234 .316 .386 .702 88 147 13 3 2 2 2 *79/8
1960 34 TOT NL 113 344 309 36 81 8 3 13 46 2 1 30 57 .262 .323 .434 .756 102 134 8 0 0 5 4 79
1960 34 CHC NL 38 123 109 12 32 4 0 2 11 2 1 13 19 .294 .366 .385 .751 108 42 2 0 0 1 0 7/9
1960 34 STL NL 75 221 200 24 49 4 3 11 35 0 0 17 38 .245 .299 .460 .759 98 92 6 0 0 4 4 97
1961 35 TOT NL 57 101 97 6 17 3 0 3 11 0 0 3 15 .175 .208 .299 .507 32 29 6 1 0 0 0 9/7
1961 35 STL NL 17 33 32 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .125 .152 .188 .339 -14 6 1 0 0 0 0 /97
1961 35 PIT NL 40 68 65 6 13 1 0 3 9 0 0 2 10 .200 .235 .354 .589 55 23 5 1 0 0 0 /97
8 Yrs 785 2802 2506 324 667 116 16 101 354 7 7 251 393 .266 .335 .446 .781 108 1118 57 19 8 18 22
162 Game Avg. 162 578 517 67 138 24 3 21 73 1 1 52 81 .266 .335 .446 .781 108 231 12 4 2 4
CHC (5 yrs) 594 2354 2099 275 571 104 11 84 291 7 7 219 325 .272 .344 .452 .796 112 949 42 17 6 13 17
STL (2 yrs) 92 254 232 24 53 6 3 11 37 0 0 18 43 .228 .280 .422 .702 83 98 7 0 0 4 4
BRO (2 yrs) 59 126 110 19 30 5 2 3 17 0 0 12 15 .273 .347 .436 .783 101 48 3 1 2 1 1
PIT (1 yr) 40 68 65 6 13 1 0 3 9 0 0 2 10 .200 .235 .354 .589 55 23 5 1 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
1954 28 BRO NL 48 102 -1 -0 0 -1 -1 -4 -0.4 3 -0 -0.1 .492 .498 0.1 -0.2 1 $ 7/9
1955 29 BRO NL 11 24 1 0 0 -2 -0 -1 -0.1 1 -0 0.0 .492 .499 0.1 -0.2 1 $ /97
1956 30 CHC NL 147 589 14 -1 0 8 -6 16 1.3 20 36 3.3 .511 .510 2.7 0.0 27 $ *9
1957 31 CHC NL 149 623 14 -2 0 -6 -7 0 -0.2 21 21 1.8 .500 .500 2.6 -1.4 26 $ *9
1958 32 CHC NL 143 587 17 1 1 2 -7 14 1.4 20 34 3.3 .510 .509 3.2 -0.5 32 $ *7 AS
1959 33 CHC NL 117 432 -7 0 -2 4 -5 -10 -1.0 14 5 0.4 .491 .494 0.0 -0.1 0 $ *79/8
1960 34 CHC NL 38 123 1 0 -0 2 -2 0 0.0 4 4 0.4 .501 .500 0.3 -0.0 3 $ 7/9
1960 34 STL NL 75 221 -4 -1 -1 4 -3 -5 -0.6 8 2 0.2 .493 .497 -0.3 0.1 -2 $ 97
1961 35 STL NL 17 33 -6 -0 -0 -1 -0 -7 -0.7 1 -6 -0.6 .458 .496 -0.5 -0.1 -5 $ /97
1961 35 PIT NL 40 68 -3 -0 -1 -1 -0 -5 -0.6 2 -3 -0.3 .486 .497 -0.2 -0.1 -2 $ /97
8 Seasons 785 2802 26 -3 -3 10 -32 -2 -0.9 94 93 8.4 .500 .500 8.0 -2.6 82 $
CHC (5 yrs) 594 2354 39 -2 -1 10 -27 20 1.5 79 99 9.2 .504 .503 8.8 -2.0 89 $
STL (2 yrs) 92 254 -10 -1 -1 3 -4 -12 -1.3 9 -3 -0.4 .486 .496 -0.8 -0.1 -7 $
BRO (2 yrs) 59 126 -1 -0 0 -3 -1 -5 -0.5 4 -0 -0.1 .492 .499 0.2 -0.4 2 $
PIT (1 yr) 40 68 -3 -0 -1 -1 -0 -5 -0.6 2 -3 -0.3 .486 .497 -0.2 -0.1 -2 $

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 28 BRO NL 102 72 13 4.8 113 .291 .275 .279 .330 .351 .429 .431 .759 .782 93 .505 -1.2 -0.1 .681 .231 .154 .0
1955 29 BRO NL 24 14 4 7.6 109 .286 .263 .270 .417 .342 .474 .428 .890 .770 133 .710 1.2 0.1 1.000 .474 .211 .0
1956 30 CHC NL 589 395 89 6.0 102 .288 .285 .263 .348 .330 .478 .415 .826 .745 121 .633 15.6 1.6 .792 .291 .193 6.8
1957 31 CHC NL 623 420 88 5.7 102 .315 .289 .267 .348 .331 .447 .414 .795 .745 113 .593 11.3 1.1 .731 .243 .158 .0
1958 32 CHC NL 587 391 91 6.2 105 .268 .264 .269 .350 .336 .494 .420 .845 .756 122 .631 16.1 1.6 .834 .350 .230 1.9
1959 33 CHC NL 432 309 46 4.0 103 .248 .234 .268 .316 .334 .386 .415 .702 .748 88 .432 -6.6 -0.6 .636 .268 .152 .0
1960 34 TOT NL 344 242 42 4.7 103 .279 .262 .268 .323 .335 .434 .412 .756 .746 102 .531 0.2 0.0 .696 .272 .172 3.5
1960 34 CHC NL 123 81 16 5.3 98 .337 .294 .261 .366 .326 .385 .400 .751 .727 108 .589 1.7 0.2 .700 .220 .092 2.0
1960 34 STL NL 221 161 26 4.4 106 .245 .245 .272 .299 .339 .460 .418 .759 .757 98 .498 -1.6 -0.2 .694 .300 .215 .0
1961 35 TOT NL 101 86 5 1.6 108 .177 .175 .273 .208 .340 .299 .425 .507 .764 32 .118 -10.1 -1.0 .384 .155 .124 .0
1961 35 STL NL 33 29 1 0.9 113 .148 .125 .280 .152 .348 .188 .437 .339 .785 -14 .049 -5.4 -0.5 .241 .094 .063
1961 35 PIT NL 68 57 4 1.9 105 .192 .200 .269 .235 .335 .354 .419 .589 .754 55 .160 -4.6 -0.5 .456 .185 .154 .0
8 Yrs 2802 1929 378 5.3 104 .279 .266 .267 .335 .334 .446 .416 .781 .750 108 .564 26.5 2.6 .729 .280 .180 13.1
162 Game Avg. 578 398 78 5.3 104 .279 .266 .267 .335 .334 .446 .416 .781 .750 108 .564 5 1 .729 .280 .180 3
CHC (5 yrs) 2354 1596 330 5.6 103 .286 .272 .266 .344 .332 .452 .415 .796 .747 112 .587 38.2 3.8 .751 .284 .180 12.9
STL (2 yrs) 254 190 27 3.8 107 .231 .228 .273 .280 .341 .422 .420 .702 .761 83 .436 -7.0 -0.7 .624 .272 .194 .0
BRO (2 yrs) 126 86 17 5.3 112 .290 .273 .277 .347 .349 .436 .431 .783 .780 101 .548 -0.1 -0.0 .735 .273 .164 .0
PIT (1 yr) 68 57 4 1.9 105 .192 .200 .269 .235 .335 .354 .419 .589 .754 55 .159 -4.6 -0.5 .456 .185 .154 .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
1958 CHC NL 32 DNP

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 28 BRO NL 102 2.0% 10.8% 6.9% 7.8% 32% 1.57 8.3 45.5 6.5 1.14 77%
1955 29 BRO NL 24 4.2% 16.7% 20.8% 8.3% 40% 0.80 4.8 19.0 6.3 0.25 58%
1956 30 CHC NL 589 3.9% 11.4% 8.5% 9.0% 35% 1.34 7.9 23.0 7.9 0.55 75%
1957 31 CHC NL 623 3.1% 14.5% 8.0% 8.4% 32% 1.80 6.3 29.9 6.5 0.63 74%
1958 32 CHC NL 587 4.4% 14.1% 10.6% 10.1% 44% 1.34 6.2 19.7 6.6 0.53 69%
1959 33 CHC NL 432 3.2% 15.3% 10.2% 6.7% 33% 1.50 5.8 27.2 7.9 0.82 70%
1960 34 TOT NL 344 3.8% 16.6% 8.7% 7.0% 30% 1.90 5.4 23.8 6.7 0.65 71%
1960 34 CHC NL 123 1.6% 15.5% 10.6% 4.9% 19% 1.46 5.7 54.5 9.9 0.65 72%
1960 34 STL NL 221 5.0% 17.2% 7.7% 8.1% 37% 2.24 5.3 18.2 5.7 0.65 70%
1961 35 TOT NL 101 3.0% 14.9% 3.0% 5.9% 35% 5.00 6.5 32.3 8.8 0.92 78%
1961 35 STL NL 33 0.0% 15.2% 3.0% 6.1% 50% 5.00 6.4 16.0 0.63 82%
1961 35 PIT NL 68 4.4% 14.7% 2.9% 5.9% 31% 5.00 6.5 21.7 7.2 1.14 76%
8 Yrs 2802 3.6% 14.0% 9.0% 8.3% 35% 1.57 6.4 24.8 7.1 0.65 72%
MLB Averages 2.3% 12.5% 9.0% 6.6% 29% 1.39 7.1 38.1 8.3 1.00 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 28 BRO NL -1.2 -0.1 103 0.2 2.2 -2.0 1.21 0.0 0.1 -0.2 -0.0 1.02 -0.8 2.03 24
1955 29 BRO NL 1.2 0.1 24 0.2 0.5 -0.3 .90 0.1 0.1 3.3 0.3 0.93 1.2 0.66 4
1956 30 CHC NL 15.6 1.6 516 1.0 10.1 -9.1 1.04 1.7 -0.7 12.6 1.3 0.95 18.2 1.42 6
1957 31 CHC NL 11.3 1.1 577 2.2 12.5 -10.3 1.08 1.8 0.3 22.4 2.2 0.94 22.4 2.49 4
1958 32 CHC NL 16.8 1.6 587 3.1 13.7 -10.5 1.09 3.4 -0.5 29.3 2.9 0.96 37.2 2.60 6
1959 33 CHC NL -7.1 -0.7 435 0.1 8.8 -8.6 1.10 -0.7 0.8 -9.7 -1.0 0.97 -7.0 1.67 12
1960 34 TOT NL 0.0 -0.0 349 1.0 7.2 -6.2 1.05 0.3 0.6 2.6 0.3 0.97 4.8 1.73 22
1960 34 CHC NL 1.6 0.2 127 0.6 2.4 -1.8 .95 0.2 0.5 1.8 0.2 0.96 2.8 1.71 8
1960 34 STL NL -1.6 -0.2 222 0.4 4.8 -4.4 1.10 0.2 0.2 0.8 0.1 0.97 2.0 1.75 14
1961 35 TOT NL -10.3 -1.0 101 -1.4 1.5 -2.9 1.32 -0.8 -0.3 -9.4 -0.9 1.00 -9.2 1.71 36
1961 35 STL NL -5.5 -0.5 33 -0.7 0.5 -1.2 1.56 -0.5 0.1 -6.9 -0.7 1.10 -6.1 1.94 10
1961 35 PIT NL -4.8 -0.5 68 -0.7 1.0 -1.7 1.20 -0.3 -0.3 -2.5 -0.2 0.95 -3.1 1.62 26
8 Yrs 26.4 2.6 2692 6.6 56.5 -49.9 1.08 5.9 0.2 50.8 5.0 0.96 66.8 1.80 114

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 28 BRO NL 1 0 45% 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 39% 9 7 2 1 0 1 3 1 2
1955 29 BRO NL 0 0 22% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1956 30 CHC NL 4 0 25% 187 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 29% 22 16 5 7 4 2 9 5 4
1957 31 CHC NL 12 0 29% 244 0 2 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 9 11 43% 33 23 8 13 7 6 17 4 13
1958 32 CHC NL 9 0 29% 198 1 2 33% 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 13 47% 35 20 15 6 5 1 12 3 9
1959 33 CHC NL 3 0 22% 161 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 32% 26 19 7 7 6 1 11 4 6
1960 34 TOT NL 0 0 24% 100 2 1 67% 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 5 48% 17 11 5 3 0 3 9 2 6
1960 34 CHC NL 0 0 23% 45 2 1 67% 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 55% 7 4 2 3 0 3 1 0 1
1960 34 STL NL 0 0 24% 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 44% 10 7 3 0 0 0 8 2 5
1961 35 TOT NL 2 0 17% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
1961 35 STL NL 0 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 35 PIT NL 2 0 23% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
8 Yrs 31 0 27% 964 7 7 50% 7 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 35 46 40% 143 97 42 38 23 14 63 20 41

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 28 BRO NL 102 99% 25 24 5 1 2 2.03 2 0 6 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 100% 27 3 11% 12 6 50% 79 12 15% 8 5 63% 2 2 100% 0
1955 29 BRO NL 24 92% 5 4 0 0 0 0.66 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 13 2 15% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1956 30 CHC NL 589 78% 151 6 0 0 0 1.42 23 0 10 18 3 7 16 1 0 1 104 9 9% 43 12 28% 303 40 13% 30 16 53% 16 9 56% 0
1957 31 CHC NL 626 73% 164 4 2 0 2 2.49 19 1 11 13 5 12 7 0 3 1 33% 103 11 11% 32 11 34% 344 60 17% 27 19 70% 19 13 68% -3
1958 32 CHC NL 588 77% 135 6 4 1 4 2.60 26 0 10 18 7 15 11 0 2 2 100% 114 7 6% 42 11 26% 363 56 15% 27 10 37% 22 14 64% -1
1959 33 CHC NL 432 79% 89 12 5 0 4 1.67 14 0 12 11 3 7 7 1 3 2 67% 101 13 13% 45 10 22% 286 36 13% 23 14 61% 16 4 25% 0
1960 34 TOT NL 344 88% 81 22 3 1 3 1.73 13 0 7 12 1 6 7 0 0 0 74 8 11% 33 10 30% 226 33 15% 22 10 45% 11 3 27% 0
1960 34 CHC NL 123 91% 32 8 2 1 2 1.71 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 26 2 8% 8 1 13% 76 9 12% 7 2 29% 2 0 0% 0
1960 34 STL NL 221 86% 49 14 1 0 1 1.75 11 0 6 10 1 6 5 0 0 0 48 6 13% 25 9 36% 150 24 16% 15 8 53% 9 3 33% 0
1961 35 TOT NL 101 99% 17 36 6 0 2 1.71 3 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 31 6 19% 14 2 14% 71 8 11% 2 1 50% 3 0 0% 0
1961 35 STL NL 33 100% 4 10 1 0 1 1.94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 8% 7 1 14% 31 2 6% 0 0 2 0 0% 0
1961 35 PIT NL 68 99% 13 26 5 0 1 1.62 3 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 18 5 28% 7 1 14% 40 6 15% 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 0
8 Yrs 2806 80% 667 114 25 3 17 1.80 101 1 56 78 19 48 53 2 10 8 80% 557 57 10% 221 62 28% 1685 247 15% 140 75 54% 90 46 51% -4
MLB Averages 49% 77% 11% 31% 14% 50% 54%

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 28 48 102 91 16 25 4 2 2 14 0 0 7 11 .275 .330 .429 .759 93 39 3 1 2 1
1955 29 59 126 110 19 30 5 2 3 17 0 0 12 15 .273 .347 .436 .783 101 48 3 1 2 1 1
1956 30 206 715 639 88 181 32 5 26 84 4 2 62 82 .283 .347 .471 .818 117 301 12 4 3 6 3
1957 31 355 1338 1207 164 345 65 5 45 172 4 4 112 172 .286 .348 .460 .808 115 555 23 7 4 8 9
1958 32 498 1925 1719 241 480 91 12 71 249 5 6 174 255 .279 .349 .470 .819 117 808 30 15 6 11 16
1959 33 615 2357 2100 282 569 105 13 85 297 5 6 218 321 .271 .343 .455 .797 112 955 43 18 8 13 18
1960 34 728 2701 2409 318 650 113 16 98 343 7 7 248 378 .270 .340 .452 .792 111 1089 51 18 8 18 22
1961 35 785 2802 2506 324 667 116 16 101 354 7 7 251 393 .266 .335 .446 .781 108 1118 57 19 8 18 22

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 28 50 105 94 16 25 4 2 2 14 0 7 12 .266 .320 .415 .735 13 48
1955 29 12 25 20 3 5 1 0 1 3 0 5 4 .250 .400 .450 .850 4 11
1956 30 154 620 557 76 162 29 3 25 73 4 54 70 .291 .354 .488 .842 96 147
1957 31 156 655 596 81 174 35 0 20 94 0 53 94 .292 .352 .451 .803 94 149
1958 32 150 619 540 82 143 28 7 28 82 1 66 87 .265 .352 .498 .850 93 143
1959 33 122 452 399 44 94 15 1 15 51 0 46 69 .236 .318 .391 .709 49 117
1960 34 118 358 322 37 84 8 3 13 48 2 31 60 .261 .321 .425 .747 45 113
1961 35 60 106 102 6 18 3 0 3 11 0 3 16 .176 .208 .294 .502 6 57
8 Yrs 822 2940 2630 345 705 123 16 107 376 7 265 412 .268 .337 .449 .786 400 785
162 Game Avg. 162 579 518 68 139 24 3 21 74 1 52 81 .268 .337 .449 .786 79 785

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1958

Slugging % s c a p y
1958 NL  .494 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
1956 NL  27 (10th)
1957 NL  33 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1958 NL  26 (7th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1958 NL  62 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1957 NL  90 (5th)
1958 NL  83 (9th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1958 NL  59 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1958 NL  8 (1st)

AB per HR s c a p y
1958 NL  19.7 (5th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1958 NL  29.27 (9th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1958 NL  3.1 (8th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1958 NL  3.4 (6th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1958 NL  2.9 (9th)

                                         

† 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 - 13 (1261), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1776), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1691), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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