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Les Moss

John Lester Moss

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: May 14, 1925 in Tulsa, OK
Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1946
Teams (by GP): Browns/WhiteSox/Orioles/RedSox 1946-1958

Final Game: September 1, 1958
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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
1946 21 SLB AL 12 39 35 4 13 3 0 0 5 1 0 3 5 .371 .436 .457 .893 143 16 0 1 0 2
1947 22 SLB AL 96 312 274 17 43 5 2 6 27 0 0 35 48 .157 .255 .255 .510 41 70 4 1 2 2
1948 23 SLB AL 107 381 335 35 86 12 1 14 46 0 0 39 50 .257 .334 .424 .758 98 142 16 0 7 *2
1949 24 SLB AL 97 330 278 28 81 11 0 10 39 0 1 49 32 .291 .399 .439 .838 117 122 10 1 2 2
1950 25 SLB AL 84 250 222 24 59 6 0 8 34 0 1 26 32 .266 .343 .401 .744 87 89 7 0 2 2
1951 26 TOT AL 87 285 249 23 48 8 0 4 33 0 0 31 42 .193 .285 .273 .558 46 68 12 1 4 2
1951 26 SLB AL 16 53 47 5 8 2 0 1 7 0 0 6 8 .170 .264 .277 .541 44 13 3 0 0 2
1951 26 BOS AL 71 232 202 18 40 6 0 3 26 0 0 25 34 .198 .289 .272 .562 47 55 9 1 4 2
1952 27 SLB AL 52 135 118 11 29 3 0 3 12 0 1 15 13 .246 .331 .347 .678 87 41 6 0 2 2
1953 28 SLB AL 78 259 239 21 66 14 1 2 28 0 1 18 31 .276 .329 .368 .698 86 88 10 1 1 2
1954 29 BAL AL 50 141 126 7 31 3 0 0 5 0 0 14 16 .246 .321 .270 .591 70 34 3 0 1 0 2
1955 30 TOT AL 61 131 115 10 34 3 0 4 13 0 1 13 14 .296 .372 .426 .798 117 49 1 1 2 0 2 2
1955 30 BAL AL 29 63 56 5 19 1 0 2 6 0 1 7 4 .339 .413 .464 .877 145 26 1 0 0 0 1 2
1955 30 CHW AL 32 68 59 5 15 2 0 2 7 0 0 6 10 .254 .333 .390 .723 92 23 0 1 2 0 1 2
1956 31 CHW AL 56 147 127 20 31 4 0 10 22 0 0 18 15 .244 .338 .512 .850 121 65 7 0 2 0 0 2
1957 32 CHW AL 42 137 115 10 31 3 0 2 12 0 0 20 18 .270 .375 .348 .723 99 40 4 0 1 1 1 2
1958 33 CHW AL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 52 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 824 2549 2234 210 552 75 4 63 276 1 5 282 316 .247 .333 .369 .702 86 824 80 6 26 1 3
162 Game Avg. 162 501 439 41 109 15 1 12 54 0 1 55 62 .247 .333 .369 .702 86 162 16 1 5
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
BAL (10 yrs) 621 1963 1730 157 435 60 4 46 209 1 5 212 239 .251 .335 .371 .705 88 641 60 4 17 0 1
CHW (4 yrs) 132 354 302 35 77 9 0 14 41 0 0 45 43 .255 .352 .424 .776 107 128 11 1 5 1 2
BOS (1 yr) 71 232 202 18 40 6 0 3 26 0 0 25 34 .198 .289 .272 .562 47 55 9 1 4

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
1946 21 SLB AL 39 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ 2
1947 22 SLB AL 312 -22 -1 0 0 -1 3 8 -13 -1.5 -12 -1.3 -0.2 $ 2
1948 23 SLB AL 381 -5 -2 0 0 1 3 10 7 0.7 6 0.6 0.1 $ *2
1949 24 SLB AL 330 7 -3 0 0 -1 3 9 15 1.5 16 1.6 -0.1 $ 2
1950 25 SLB AL 250 -4 -1 0 0 -2 2 7 2 0.2 4 0.4 -0.2 $ 2
1951 26 SLB AL 53 -4 0 0 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ 2
1951 26 BOS AL 232 -15 -1 0 0 -1 2 7 -8 -0.9 -7 -0.7 -0.2 $ 2
1952 27 SLB AL 135 -2 -1 0 0 -1 1 4 1 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $ 2
1953 28 SLB AL 260 -7 -1 0 0 0 2 7 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 2
1954 29 BAL AL 141 -6 -1 -1 0 -1 1 4 -4 -0.5 -3 -0.3 -0.2 $ 2
1955 30 BAL AL 63 4 -2 0 0 -2 1 2 3 0.3 5 0.5 -0.2 $ 2
1955 30 CHW AL 68 -1 0 1 0 -2 1 2 1 0.1 3 0.3 -0.2 $ 2
1956 31 CHW AL 147 3 0 0 -2 -3 2 4 4 0.4 7 0.7 -0.3 $ 2
1957 32 CHW AL 137 0 0 1 0 -3 2 4 4 0.4 7 0.7 -0.3 $ 2
1958 33 CHW AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
13 Seasons 2550 -50 -13 1 -2 -16 23 71 14 0.9 30 2.9 -2.0 $
BAL (10 yrs) 1964 -37 -12 -1 0 -7 16 54 13 0.9 20 1.9 -1.0 $
CHW (4 yrs) 354 2 0 2 -2 -8 5 10 9 0.9 17 1.7 -0.8 $
BOS (1 yr) 232 -15 -1 0 0 -1 2 7 -8 -0.9 -7 -0.7 -0.2 $

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
1946 21 SLB AL 39 22 7 8.5 101 .433 .371 .271 .436 .346 .457 .389 .893 .735 143 .787 2.4 0.2 .955 .200 .086 .0
1947 22 SLB AL 312 237 18 2.0 98 .168 .157 .265 .255 .345 .255 .381 .510 .726 41 .211 -23.1 -2.4 .451 .226 .099 .0
1948 23 SLB AL 381 272 47 4.6 108 .266 .257 .277 .334 .362 .424 .400 .758 .762 98 .499 -2.6 -0.3 .683 .284 .167 .0
1949 24 SLB AL 330 210 48 6.1 111 .301 .291 .277 .399 .370 .439 .402 .838 .772 117 .627 8.0 0.8 .822 .320 .147 .0
1950 25 SLB AL 250 173 30 4.6 117 .280 .266 .283 .343 .371 .401 .424 .744 .796 87 .466 -5.3 -0.5 .667 .248 .135 .0
1951 26 TOT AL 285 217 19 2.4 109 .217 .193 .277 .285 .360 .273 .407 .558 .767 46 .233 -19.9 -2.0 .469 .205 .080 .0
1951 26 SLB AL 53 42 3 1.9 105 .184 .170 .271 .264 .353 .277 .397 .541 .750 44 .173 -3.8 -0.4 .452 .234 .106 .0
1951 26 BOS AL 232 175 16 2.5 110 .224 .198 .279 .289 .362 .272 .409 .562 .771 47 .248 -16.0 -1.6 .474 .198 .074 .0
1952 27 SLB AL 135 98 13 3.6 99 .255 .246 .264 .331 .344 .347 .385 .678 .729 87 .433 -2.2 -0.2 .573 .220 .102 .0
1953 28 SLB AL 259 185 28 4.1 104 .311 .276 .272 .329 .349 .368 .400 .698 .749 86 .457 -4.6 -0.5 .576 .163 .092 .0
1954 29 BAL AL 141 99 11 3.0 92 .282 .246 .256 .321 .330 .270 .374 .591 .704 70 .342 -4.7 -0.5 .490 .135 .024
1955 30 TOT AL 131 85 18 5.7 100 .309 .296 .263 .372 .343 .426 .393 .798 .735 117 .596 2.7 0.3 .747 .235 .130 .0
1955 30 BAL AL 63 39 10 6.9 96 .340 .339 .257 .413 .335 .464 .382 .877 .717 145 .677 3.6 0.4 .821 .232 .125 .0
1955 30 CHW AL 68 46 8 4.6 105 .277 .254 .270 .333 .350 .390 .402 .723 .752 92 .507 -0.8 -0.1 .682 .237 .136 .0
1956 31 CHW AL 147 105 20 5.1 107 .206 .244 .269 .338 .351 .512 .410 .850 .761 121 .527 3.0 0.3 .806 .409 .268 .0
1957 32 CHW AL 137 90 16 4.8 100 .302 .270 .264 .375 .337 .348 .399 .723 .736 99 .542 0.7 0.1 .682 .252 .078 .0
1958 33 CHW AL 2 1 0 0.0 97 .000 .000 .260 .500 .329 .000 .396 .500 .725 52 .000 0.1 0.0 1.000 1.000 .000
13 Seasons 2549 1794 275 4.1 105 .263 .247 .272 .333 .354 .369 .399 .702 .753 86 .456 -45.5 -4.7 .627 .246 .122 2.0
162 Game Avg. 501 353 54 4.1 105 .263 .247 .272 .333 .354 .369 .399 .702 .753 86 .456 -45.5 -4.7 .627 .246 .122
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
BAL (10 yrs) 1963 1377 215 4.2 105 .269 .251 .272 .335 .355 .371 .397 .705 .752 88 .466 -32.4 -3.4 .627 .239 .119 2.0
CHW (4 yrs) 354 242 44 4.9 104 .256 .255 .267 .352 .345 .424 .404 .776 .749 107 .528 2.9 0.3 .737 .318 .169 .0
BOS (1 yr) 232 175 16 2.5 110 .224 .198 .279 .289 .362 .272 .409 .562 .771 47 .248 -16.0 -1.6 .474 .198 .074 .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 21 SLB AL 39 0.0% 12.8% 7.7% 7.7% 23% 1.67 7.0 7.0 77%
1947 22 SLB AL 312 1.9% 15.4% 11.2% 4.2% 30% 1.37 5.7 45.7 10.1 71%
1948 23 SLB AL 381 3.7% 13.1% 10.2% 7.1% 31% 1.28 6.7 23.9 7.3 71%
1949 24 SLB AL 330 3.0% 9.7% 14.9% 6.4% 26% 0.65 8.7 27.8 7.1 72%
1950 25 SLB AL 250 3.2% 12.8% 10.4% 5.6% 24% 1.23 6.9 27.8 6.5 1.16 73%
1951 26 TOT AL 285 1.4% 14.7% 10.9% 4.2% 25% 1.35 5.9 62.3 7.5 0.71 71%
1951 26 SLB AL 53 1.9% 15.1% 11.3% 5.7% 38% 1.33 5.9 47.0 6.7 0.93 72%
1951 26 BOS AL 232 1.3% 14.7% 10.8% 3.9% 23% 1.36 5.9 67.3 7.8 0.68 71%
1952 27 SLB AL 135 2.2% 9.6% 11.1% 4.4% 21% 0.87 9.1 39.3 9.8 1.61 76%
1953 28 SLB AL 259 0.8% 12.0% 7.0% 6.6% 26% 1.72 7.7 119.5 8.5 0.97 80%
1954 29 BAL AL 141 0.0% 11.4% 9.9% 2.1% 10% 1.14 7.9 25.2 0.79 78%
1955 30 TOT AL 131 3.1% 10.7% 9.9% 5.3% 21% 1.08 8.2 28.8 8.8 0.63 74%
1955 30 BAL AL 63 3.2% 6.4% 11.1% 4.8% 16% 0.57 14.0 28.0 9.3 0.38 79%
1955 30 CHW AL 68 2.9% 14.7% 8.8% 5.9% 27% 1.67 5.9 29.5 8.4 1.00 69%
1956 31 CHW AL 147 6.8% 10.2% 12.2% 9.5% 45% 0.83 8.5 12.7 5.8 0.96 69%
1957 32 CHW AL 137 1.5% 13.1% 14.6% 3.7% 16% 0.90 6.4 57.5 9.6 1.19 70%
1958 33 CHW AL 2 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.00 0.00 50%
13 Seasons 2549 2.5% 12.4% 11.1% 5.6% 26% 1.12 7.1 35.5 8.1 0.92 73%
MLB Averages 2.0% 10.7% 9.5% 6.4% 28% 1.13 8.2 44.5 8.2 0.96 76%
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
1946 21 SLB AL 2.4 0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 22 SLB AL -23.1 -2.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 23 SLB AL -2.6 -0.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1949 24 SLB AL 8.0 0.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1950 25 SLB AL -5.3 -0.5 153 0.2 2.9 -2.7 1.04 0.3 -0.2 -0.2 -0.0 0.95 4.7 1.20 9
1951 26 TOT AL -19.9 -2.0 278 -1.6 3.8 -5.4 1.00 -1.1 -0.4 -14.1 -1.4 1.01 -14.7 0.81 4
1951 26 SLB AL -3.8 -0.4 43 -0.3 0.5 -0.8 .99 -0.3 -0.1 -3.3 -0.3 1.03 -3.4 0.81 3
1951 26 BOS AL -16.0 -1.6 235 -1.2 3.3 -4.5 1.00 -0.9 -0.4 -10.8 -1.0 1.01 -11.3 0.81 1
1952 27 SLB AL -2.2 -0.2 96 -0.5 1.6 -2.0 1.07 -0.1 -0.3 -2.8 -0.3 0.96 -1.0 1.44 12
1953 28 SLB AL -4.6 -0.5 236 -0.0 4.4 -4.4 1.05 -0.4 0.4 -2.4 -0.2 0.96 -3.3 1.62 5
1954 29 BAL AL -4.7 -0.5 141 -1.4 1.5 -2.8 1.08 -0.7 -0.6 -11.7 -1.3 0.96 -8.8 1.05 12
1955 30 TOT AL 2.7 0.3 131 -0.2 1.8 -2.0 .95 -0.1 -0.1 1.4 0.1 0.93 3.0 1.55 12
1955 30 BAL AL 3.6 0.4 63 -0.2 0.9 -1.1 1.04 0.2 -0.3 1.2 0.1 0.96 2.9 1.67 11
1955 30 CHW AL -0.8 -0.1 68 -0.0 0.9 -0.9 .86 -0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.89 0.1 0.23 1
1956 31 CHW AL 3.0 0.3 147 0.2 2.9 -2.6 1.00 0.5 -0.3 0.0 0.0 0.99 2.3 2.17 8
1957 32 CHW AL 0.7 0.1 137 0.2 2.1 -2.0 .89 0.3 -0.1 3.2 0.3 1.00 4.8 1.68 4
1958 33 CHW AL 0.1 0.0 2 0.0 0.1 -0.0 .86 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 1.09 -0.0 0.86 1
13 Seasons -45.5 -4.7 1321 -3.0 21.0 -24.0 1.01 -1.3 -1.7 -26.2 -2.7 0.97 -13.0 1.43 67
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 25 SLB AL 0 0 21% 55 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17% 7 6 1 4 4 0 1 0 1
1951 26 TOT AL 6 0 25% 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 35% 16 14 2 4 3 1 9 2 7
1951 26 SLB AL 0 0 31% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
1951 26 BOS AL 6 0 24% 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 31% 15 13 2 3 3 0 8 2 6
1952 27 SLB AL 1 0 20% 27 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25% 5 5 0 0 0 0 3 1 2
1953 28 SLB AL 3 0 23% 86 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 32% 13 13 0 0 0 0 9 2 7
1954 29 BAL AL 0 0 16% 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 20% 8 6 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
1955 30 TOT AL 4 0 14% 47 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14% 10 7 1 1 1 0 3 1 1
1955 30 BAL AL 1 0 13% 25 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13% 5 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 1
1955 30 CHW AL 3 0 15% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17% 5 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
1956 31 CHW AL 1 0 26% 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43% 4 3 1 1 0 1 2 1 1
1957 32 CHW AL 4 0 16% 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 30% 7 5 2 3 2 1 0 0 0
1958 33 CHW AL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 19 0 19% 464 1 5 17% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 7 28% 70 59 8 13 10 3 29 8 20

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 25 SLB AL 151 28% 59 9 3 2 4 1.20 8 0 2 2 4 1 5 0 2 2 100% 32 7 22% 15 6 40% 96 13 14% 7 5 71% 8 2 25% 99
1951 26 TOT AL 274 26% 48 4 0 0 0 0.81 4 1 10 1 2 2 1 0 5 4 80% 65 12 18% 33 7 21% 216 29 13% 20 9 45% 16 7 44% 11
1951 26 SLB AL 43 21% 8 3 0 0 0 0.81 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 2 1 50% 34 6 18% 5 3 60% 2 2 100% 10
1951 26 BOS AL 231 27% 40 1 0 0 0 0.81 3 1 7 1 2 2 1 0 5 4 80% 60 9 15% 31 6 19% 182 23 13% 15 6 40% 14 5 36% 1
1952 27 SLB AL 93 69% 29 12 3 0 0 1.44 3 0 2 1 2 1 2 0 2 2 100% 21 6 29% 14 5 36% 58 7 12% 6 2 33% 2 0 0% 42
1953 28 SLB AL 235 57% 66 5 0 0 0 1.62 2 0 7 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 50% 55 10 18% 20 6 30% 163 27 17% 14 8 57% 13 6 46% 25
1954 29 BAL AL 141 72% 31 12 2 0 1 1.05 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 24 3 13% 9 1 11% 94 5 5% 4 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
1955 30 TOT AL 131 29% 34 12 2 0 0 1.55 4 0 3 4 0 1 3 0 2 2 100% 23 1 4% 10 2 20% 81 8 10% 7 1 14% 5 3 60% 0
1955 30 BAL AL 63 37% 19 11 2 0 0 1.67 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 1 7% 4 0 0% 43 3 7% 4 1 25% 3 1 33% 0
1955 30 CHW AL 68 22% 15 1 0 0 0 0.23 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 100% 9 0 0% 6 2 33% 38 5 13% 3 0 0% 2 2 100% 0
1956 31 CHW AL 147 46% 31 8 1 0 0 2.17 10 0 4 4 6 4 6 0 2 2 100% 35 7 20% 16 5 31% 101 13 13% 7 2 29% 6 3 50% 0
1957 32 CHW AL 137 33% 31 4 2 0 1 1.68 2 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 100% 32 4 13% 16 5 31% 92 11 12% 9 2 22% 4 3 75% 0
1958 33 CHW AL 2 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0.86 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
13 Seasons 1311 43% 552 67 13 2 6 1.43 63 1 34 14 16 11 19 0 17 26 153% 288 80 28% 133 37 28% 903 113 13% 75 29 39% 56 25 45% 177
MLB Averages 49% 131% 16% 32% 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
1946 21 12 39 35 4 13 3 0 0 5 1 0 3 5 .371 .436 .457 .893 143 16 0 1 0
1947 22 108 351 309 21 56 8 2 6 32 1 0 38 53 .181 .275 .278 .553 53 86 4 2 2
1948 23 215 732 644 56 142 20 3 20 78 1 0 77 103 .220 .306 .354 .660 77 228 20 2 9
1949 24 312 1062 922 84 223 31 3 30 117 1 1 126 135 .242 .335 .380 .715 90 350 30 3 11
1950 25 396 1312 1144 108 282 37 3 38 151 1 2 152 167 .247 .336 .384 .720 89 439 37 3 13
1951 26 483 1597 1393 131 330 45 3 42 184 1 2 183 209 .237 .327 .364 .691 81 507 49 4 17
1952 27 535 1732 1511 142 359 48 3 45 196 1 3 198 222 .238 .327 .363 .690 82 548 55 4 19
1953 28 613 1991 1750 163 425 62 4 47 224 1 4 216 253 .243 .328 .363 .691 82 636 65 5 20
1954 29 663 2132 1876 170 456 65 4 47 229 1 4 230 269 .243 .327 .357 .684 81 670 68 5 21 0
1955 30 724 2263 1991 180 490 68 4 51 242 1 5 243 283 .246 .330 .361 .691 83 719 69 6 23 0 2
1956 31 780 2410 2118 200 521 72 4 61 264 1 5 261 298 .246 .330 .370 .701 86 784 76 6 25 0 2
1957 32 822 2547 2233 210 552 75 4 63 276 1 5 281 316 .247 .333 .369 .702 86 824 80 6 26 1 3
1958 33 824 2549 2234 210 552 75 4 63 276 1 5 282 316 .247 .333 .369 .702 86 824 80 6 26 1 3

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1946 21 13 41 37 4 14 3 0 0 5 1 3 5 .378 .439 .459 .898 7 12
1947 22 100 323 285 18 45 5 2 6 29 0 37 50 .158 .257 .253 .510 19 96
1948 23 112 384 345 33 85 12 1 14 44 0 39 52 .246 .323 .409 .732 45 107
1949 24 101 335 286 27 80 11 0 10 37 0 48 33 .280 .385 .423 .808 46 97
1950 25 88 251 226 21 56 6 0 8 30 0 25 33 .248 .323 .381 .703 27 84
1951 26 92 289 258 21 47 8 0 4 31 0 30 44 .182 .270 .260 .530 18 87
1952 27 54 140 124 12 31 3 0 3 13 0 16 14 .250 .336 .347 .682 15 52
1953 28 82 269 249 21 68 14 1 2 28 0 19 32 .273 .327 .361 .689 29 78
1954 29 52 151 135 9 36 3 0 0 6 0 16 17 .267 .344 .289 .633 14 50
1955 30 64 136 121 10 36 3 0 4 13 0 14 15 .298 .375 .421 .796 19 61
1956 31 59 151 132 20 32 4 0 10 22 0 19 16 .242 .338 .500 .838 22 56
1957 32 44 145 122 11 34 3 0 2 13 0 22 19 .279 .386 .352 .739 17 42
1958 33 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 2
13 Seasons 863 2617 2321 207 564 75 4 63 271 1 289 330 .243 .328 .360 .688 278 824
162 Game Avg. 162 491 436 39 106 14 1 12 51 0 54 62 .243 .328 .360 .688 52 824

* 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

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Youngest s c a p y
1946 AL  born 1925-05-14 (6th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2058), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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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.
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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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