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Johnny Mostil

John Anthony Mostil (Bananas)

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 168 lb.

Born: June 1, 1896 in Chicago, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: June 20, 1918
Team: WhiteSox 1918-1929

Final Game: May 19, 1929
Died: December 10, 1970 in Midlothian, IL
Buried: Mount Mercy Cemetery, Gary, IN
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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
1918 22 CHW AL 10 35 33 4 9 2 2 0 4 1 1 6 .273 .294 .455 .749 125 15 0 1 /4
1921 25 CHW AL 100 378 326 43 98 21 7 3 42 10 12 28 35 .301 .379 .436 .814 109 142 13 9 8O/4
1922 26 CHW AL 132 523 458 74 139 28 14 7 70 14 10 38 39 .303 .375 .472 .846 120 216 14 13 *O87
1923 27 CHW AL 153 645 546 91 159 37 15 3 64 41 16 62 51 .291 .376 .430 .806 113 235 12 21 *O89/576
1924 28 CHW AL 118 456 385 75 125 22 5 4 49 7 11 45 41 .325 .401 .439 .840 119 169 4 21 O89/7
1925 29 CHW AL 153 715 605 135 181 36 16 2 50 43 20 90 52 .299 .400 .421 .822 113 255 12 9 *8O MVP-7
1926 30 CHW AL 148 701 600 120 197 41 15 4 42 35 14 79 55 .328 .415 .467 .882 133 280 10 13 *8O MVP-2
1927 31 CHW AL 13 17 16 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 .125 .176 .125 .301 -20 2 1 0 /8O
1928 32 CHW AL 133 589 503 69 136 19 8 0 51 23 20 66 54 .270 .360 .340 .699 86 171 4 16 *O89
1929 33 CHW AL 12 41 35 4 8 3 0 0 3 1 1 6 2 .229 .341 .314 .656 71 11 0 1 O8/9
10 Yrs 972 4100 3507 618 1054 209 82 23 376 176 104 415 336 .301 .386 .427 .812 113 1496 70 104
162 Game Avg. 162 683 585 103 176 35 14 4 63 29 69 56 .301 .386 .427 .812 113 249 12 17

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
1918 22 CHW AL 10 35 0 0 0 -1 0 -0 -0.1 1 1 0.1 .495 .500 0.2 -0.1 2 $ /4
1921 25 CHW AL 100 378 5 -2 0 -1 -2 -1 -0.1 12 11 1.1 .499 .499 1.2 -0.3 12 $ 8O/4
1922 26 CHW AL 132 523 13 -0 0 6 -4 15 1.4 16 32 3.1 .512 .509 2.5 0.2 26 $ *O87
1923 27 CHW AL 153 645 11 3 0 9 -4 19 1.9 20 40 3.9 .513 .512 3.0 0.5 31 $ *O89/576
1924 28 CHW AL 118 456 12 -2 0 5 -3 12 1.2 14 26 2.6 .509 .507 2.1 0.2 21 $ O89/7
1925 29 CHW AL 153 715 16 2 0 8 -4 21 2.0 22 44 4.2 .513 .512 3.4 0.4 35 $ *8O MVP-7
1926 30 CHW AL 148 701 31 2 0 10 -4 39 3.8 22 61 6.0 .526 .524 5.1 0.6 51 $ *8O MVP-2
1927 31 CHW AL 13 17 -3 0 0 -2 -0 -5 -0.4 0 -4 -0.4 .466 .497 -0.2 -0.2 -2 $ /8O
1928 32 CHW AL 133 589 -8 -3 0 10 -3 -4 -0.4 19 14 1.4 .497 .497 0.4 0.7 4 $ *O89
1929 33 CHW AL 12 41 -1 -0 0 0 -0 -2 -0.2 1 -0 0.0 .487 .499 0.0 -0.0 -0 $ O8/9
10 Seasons 972 4100 76 -1 0 44 -24 94 9.2 129 223 22.0 .509 .506 17.7 2.0 179 $

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
1918 22 CHW AL 35 25 4 4.4 83 .333 .273 .262 .294 .333 .455 .334 .749 .667 125 .599 0.5 0.1 .708 .242 .182 .0
1921 25 CHW AL 378 249 48 5.2 113 .330 .301 .297 .379 .363 .436 .417 .814 .780 109 .507 5.2 0.5 .754 .215 .135 4.6
1922 26 CHW AL 523 342 75 5.9 109 .320 .303 .292 .375 .357 .472 .410 .846 .766 120 .596 13.1 1.3 .827 .260 .168 9.3
1923 27 CHW AL 645 424 87 5.5 106 .317 .291 .288 .376 .357 .430 .398 .806 .755 113 .572 11.7 1.1 .829 .299 .139 5.6
1924 28 CHW AL 456 292 64 5.8 109 .356 .325 .294 .401 .363 .439 .404 .840 .767 119 .582 12.5 1.2 .790 .221 .114 5.1
1925 29 CHW AL 715 453 101 6.0 111 .325 .299 .293 .400 .363 .421 .411 .822 .774 113 .570 16.2 1.5 .856 .309 .122 3.8
1926 30 CHW AL 701 430 115 7.1 107 .357 .328 .286 .415 .357 .467 .401 .882 .758 133 .683 31.8 3.1 .935 .305 .138 7.2
1927 31 CHW AL 17 14 0 0.0 109 .133 .125 .290 .176 .358 .125 .408 .301 .766 -20 .000 -2.9 -0.3 .286 .063 .000 .0
1928 32 CHW AL 589 403 59 3.9 106 .303 .270 .286 .360 .351 .340 .406 .699 .757 86 .413 -7.8 -0.8 .630 .207 .070 .0
1929 33 CHW AL 41 29 4 3.7 111 .242 .229 .289 .341 .356 .314 .418 .656 .774 71 .368 -1.2 -0.1 .607 .257 .086 .0
10 Yrs 4100 2661 557 5.6 108 .328 .301 .290 .386 .358 .427 .405 .812 .764 113 .567 79.1 7.5 .803 .265 .126 40.7
162 Game Avg. 683 444 93 5.6 108 .328 .301 .290 .386 .358 .427 .405 .812 .764 113 .567 13 1 .803 .265 .126 7

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
1918 22 CHW AL 35 0.0% 17.1% 2.9% 11.4% 44% 6.00 5.5 8.3 77%
1921 25 CHW AL 378 0.8% 9.3% 7.4% 8.2% 32% 1.25 9.3 108.7 7.8 76%
1922 26 CHW AL 523 1.3% 7.5% 7.3% 9.4% 35% 1.03 11.7 65.4 6.5 79%
1923 27 CHW AL 645 0.5% 7.9% 9.6% 8.5% 35% 0.82 10.7 182.0 8.5 76%
1924 28 CHW AL 456 0.9% 9.0% 9.9% 6.8% 25% 0.91 9.4 96.3 7.9 75%
1925 29 CHW AL 715 0.3% 7.3% 12.6% 7.6% 30% 0.58 11.6 302.5 12.1 77%
1926 30 CHW AL 701 0.6% 7.9% 11.3% 8.6% 31% 0.70 10.9 150.0 14.3 77%
1927 31 CHW AL 17 0.0% 5.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 16.0 16.0 88%
1928 32 CHW AL 589 0.0% 9.2% 11.2% 4.6% 20% 0.82 9.3 9.9 76%
1929 33 CHW AL 41 0.0% 4.9% 14.6% 7.3% 38% 0.33 17.5 11.7 80%
10 Yrs 4100 0.6% 8.2% 10.1% 7.7% 30% 0.81 10.4 152.5 9.3 77%
MLB Averages 1.0% 7.3% 7.7% 6.3% 25% 0.95 12.1 93.6 8.2 80%

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
1918 22 10 35 33 4 9 2 2 0 4 1 1 6 .273 .294 .455 .749 125 15 0 1
1919 23 10 35 33 4 9 2 2 0 4 1 1 6 .273 .294 .455 .749 125 15 0 1
1920 24 10 35 33 4 9 2 2 0 4 1 1 6 .273 .294 .455 .749 125 15 0 1
1921 25 110 413 359 47 107 23 9 3 46 11 12 29 41 .298 .372 .437 .809 110 157 13 10
1922 26 242 936 817 121 246 51 23 10 116 25 22 67 80 .301 .373 .457 .830 116 373 27 23
1923 27 395 1581 1363 212 405 88 38 13 180 66 38 129 131 .297 .374 .446 .820 115 608 39 44
1924 28 513 2037 1748 287 530 110 43 17 229 73 49 174 172 .303 .380 .445 .825 116 777 43 65
1925 29 666 2752 2353 422 711 146 59 19 279 116 69 264 224 .302 .385 .439 .824 115 1032 55 74
1926 30 814 3453 2953 542 908 187 74 23 321 151 83 343 279 .307 .392 .444 .836 119 1312 65 87
1927 31 827 3470 2969 545 910 187 74 23 322 152 83 343 280 .307 .390 .443 .833 118 1314 66 87
1928 32 960 4059 3472 614 1046 206 82 23 373 175 103 409 334 .301 .386 .428 .814 113 1485 70 103
1929 33 972 4100 3507 618 1054 209 82 23 376 176 104 415 336 .301 .386 .427 .812 113 1496 70 104

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
1918 22 13 45 43 6 12 3 3 0 6 1 1 8 .279 .295 .488 .784 6 10
1921 25 105 385 336 40 96 21 7 3 39 10 27 37 .286 .362 .417 .778 47 100
1922 26 138 541 474 73 141 28 14 7 69 14 39 41 .297 .368 .460 .828 76 132
1923 27 161 666 569 91 162 38 15 3 64 42 63 54 .285 .368 .420 .788 85 153
1924 28 124 469 398 72 124 22 5 4 47 7 45 43 .312 .387 .422 .809 64 118
1925 29 161 734 624 127 178 35 16 2 47 42 89 55 .285 .385 .402 .787 94 153
1926 30 156 732 627 122 203 42 15 4 43 36 81 58 .324 .409 .458 .867 116 148
1927 31 14 18 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 .056 .000 .056 0 13
1928 32 140 612 524 68 138 19 8 0 50 23 67 57 .263 .351 .330 .681 60 133
1929 33 13 42 36 3 7 3 0 0 3 1 5 2 .194 .293 .278 .570 3 12
10 Yrs 1025 4244 3648 602 1061 211 83 23 368 177 417 356 .291 .374 .413 .787 551 972
162 Game Avg. 162 671 577 95 168 33 13 4 58 28 66 56 .291 .374 .413 .787 87 972

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1956 BBWAA ( 0.5%)
1958 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1925 AL (7, 16%)
1926 AL (2, 52%)
0.68 Career Shares (350th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1926 AL  6.0 (5th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1925 AL  4.2 (9th)
1926 AL  6.0 (4th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1926 AL  5.1 (6th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1926 AL  0.6 (10th)
1928 AL  0.7 (7th)

Batting Average s c a p y
Career  .301 (200th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1926 AL  .415 (10th)
Career  .386 (134th)

Games Played s c a p y
1923 AL  153 (5th)
1925 AL  153 (6th)

At Bats s c a p y
1925 AL  605 (6th)
1926 AL  600 (7th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1925 AL  715 (1st)
1926 AL  701 (2nd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1925 AL  135 (1st)
1926 AL  120 (3rd)

Hits s c a p y
1926 AL  197 (5th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1926 AL  280 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
1923 AL  37 (8th)
1925 AL  36 (10th)
1926 AL  41 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1922 AL  14 (5th)
1923 AL  15 (3rd)
1925 AL  16 (2nd)
1926 AL  15 (3rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1925 AL  90 (1st)
1926 AL  79 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1923 AL  51 (10th)
1925 AL  52 (8th)
1926 AL  55 (6th)
1928 AL  54 (6th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1923 AL  41 (2nd)
1925 AL  43 (1st)
1926 AL  35 (1st)
1928 AL  23 (2nd)

Singles s c a p y
1926 AL  137 (8th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1926 AL  115 (7th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1926 AL  32 (7th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1926 AL  3.1 (7th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1923 AL  55 (10th)
1925 AL  54 (9th)
1926 AL  60 (7th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1925 AL  283 (3rd)
1926 AL  286 (2nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1921 AL  13 (3rd)
1922 AL  14 (1st)
1923 AL  12 (3rd)
1925 AL  12 (1st)
1926 AL  10 (1st)
Career  70 (214th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1921 AL  12 (9th)
1923 AL  16 (5th)
1925 AL  20 (1st)
1926 AL  14 (3rd)
1928 AL  20 (1st)
Career  104 (105th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1922 AL  9.3 (10th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1925 AL  453 (3rd)
1926 AL  430 (9th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 9 (254), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 35 (699), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 34 (553), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 20 (728), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  6. Taylor Douthit (916)
  7. Steve Evans (916)
  8. Socks Seybold (914)
  9. Phil Bradley (914)
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  3. Roy Johnson (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Dixie Walker (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Barney McCosky (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Baby Doll Jacobson (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Barney McCosky (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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