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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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:15AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #716. Charley Jones… #717. Jack Rowe… #718. Billy Southworth… #719. JOHNNY MOSTIL… #720. Sean Casey… #721. Tom Haller… #722. Carlos Gonzalez… 

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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 .749 124 15 0 1 /4
1921 25 CHW AL 100 376 326 43 98 21 7 3 42 10 12 28 35 .301 .379 .436 .814 109 142 13 9 O/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 *O
1923 27 CHW AL 153 641 546 91 159 37 15 3 64 41 16 62 51 .291 .376 .430 .806 113 235 12 21 *O/56
1924 28 CHW AL 118 455 385 75 125 22 5 4 49 7 11 45 41 .325 .401 .439 .840 119 169 4 21 O
1925 29 CHW AL 153 716 605 135 181 36 16 2 50 43 20 90 52 .299 .400 .421 .822 113 255 12 9 *O MVP-7
1926 30 CHW AL 148 702 600 120 197 41 15 4 42 35 14 79 55 .328 .415 .467 .882 133 280 10 13 *O 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 /O
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 *O
1929 33 CHW AL 12 42 35 4 8 3 0 0 3 1 1 6 2 .229 .341 .314 .656 71 11 0 1 O
10 Seasons 972 4096 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: 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
1918 22 CHW AL 35 0 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ /4
1921 25 CHW AL 376 3 -3 0 0 -1 -2 12 9 0.9 10 1.0 -0.1 $ O/4
1922 26 CHW AL 523 15 1 0 0 6 -4 17 35 3.5 29 2.9 0.6 $ *O
1923 27 CHW AL 641 10 5 0 0 9 -4 21 41 4.1 32 3.2 0.9 $ *O/56
1924 28 CHW AL 455 14 -1 0 0 5 -3 15 30 2.9 25 2.5 0.4 $ O
1925 29 CHW AL 716 21 7 0 0 8 -4 21 53 5.1 45 4.4 0.7 $ *O MVP-7
1926 30 CHW AL 702 30 5 0 0 10 -4 20 61 6.1 51 5.1 1.0 $ *O MVP-2
1927 31 CHW AL 17 -3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 -4 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $ /O
1928 32 CHW AL 589 -8 -4 0 0 10 -4 18 12 1.2 2 0.2 1.0 $ *O
1929 33 CHW AL 42 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ O
10 Seasons 4096 81 10 0 0 44 -25 127 237 23.4 193 19.2 4.2 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1918 CHW AL 22 2B 9 39 15 21 3 5 .923 4.00 .958 5.48
1921 CHW AL 25 OF 91 240 215 12 13 2 .946 2.49 .960 2.33
1921 CHW AL 25 2B 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 .955 5.60
1921 CHW AL 25 CF 91 87 82 240 215 12 13 2 .946 2.49 .962 2.67
1922 CHW AL 26 OF 123 354 333 9 12 2 .966 2.78 .964 2.31
1922 CHW AL 26 CF 107 104 104 318 298 8 12 2 .962 2.86 .968 2.70
1922 CHW AL 26 LF 15 14 13 35 34 1 0 0 1.000 2.33 .969 2.40
1923 CHW AL 27 OF 143 455 422 21 12 7 .974 3.10 .965 2.38
1923 CHW AL 27 3B 5 23 10 11 2 1 .913 4.20 .945 3.44
1923 CHW AL 27 SS 1 5 2 2 1 1 .800 4.00 .946 5.00
1923 CHW AL 27 CF 131 128 124 418 392 16 10 4 .976 3.11 .968 2.69
1923 CHW AL 27 RF 13 13 12 36 29 5 2 1 .944 2.62 .960 2.12
1923 CHW AL 27 LF 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .970 2.40
1924 CHW AL 28 OF 102 302 281 13 8 2 .974 2.88 .970 2.39
1924 CHW AL 28 CF 91 81 73 289 269 13 7 2 .976 3.10 .975 2.80
1924 CHW AL 28 RF 13 9 8 18 17 0 1 0 .944 1.31 .968 2.02
1924 CHW AL 28 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30
1925 CHW AL 29 OF 153 464 446 11 7 5 .985 2.99 .965 2.43 MVP-7
1925 CHW AL 29 CF 153 152 139 466 448 11 7 5 .985 3.00 .971 2.89 MVP-7
1926 CHW AL 30 OF 147 470 440 15 15 4 .968 3.10 .966 2.34 MVP-2
1926 CHW AL 30 CF 147 146 145 470 440 15 15 4 .968 3.10 .969 2.72 MVP-2
1927 CHW AL 31 OF 6 7 5 1 1 0 .857 1.00 .964 2.35
1927 CHW AL 31 CF 6 2 2 7 5 1 1 0 .857 1.00 .966 2.72
1928 CHW AL 32 OF 131 422 394 18 10 3 .976 3.15 .973 2.36
1928 CHW AL 32 CF 120 118 113 400 378 12 10 3 .975 3.25 .972 2.79
1928 CHW AL 32 RF 11 11 10 21 17 4 0 0 1.000 1.91 .973 1.98
1929 CHW AL 33 OF 11 27 25 1 1 1 .963 2.36 .966 2.42
1929 CHW AL 33 CF 10 10 9 25 24 0 1 0 .960 2.40 .970 2.89
1929 CHW AL 33 RF 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.00 .965 2.00
9 Seasons OF 907 2741 2561 101 79 26 .971 2.93 .966 2.37
9 Seasons CF 856 828 791 2633 2469 88 76 22 .971 2.99 .970 2.76
4 Seasons RF 38 33 30 77 64 10 3 2 .961 1.95 .965 2.04
3 Seasons LF 17 14 13 36 35 1 0 0 1.000 2.12 .969 2.39
2 Seasons 2B 10 41 15 23 3 5 .927 3.80 .958 5.49
1 Season 3B 5 23 10 11 2 1 .913 4.20 .945 3.44
1 Season SS 1 5 2 2 1 1 .800 4.00 .946 5.00
10 Seasons TOT 923 2810 2588 137 85 33 .970 2.95 .966 2.41
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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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  6.1 (5th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1925 AL  5.1 (8th)
1926 AL  6.1 (4th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1925 AL  4.4 (8th)
1926 AL  5.1 (6th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1923 AL  0.9 (4th)
1925 AL  0.7 (5th)
1926 AL  1.0 (2nd)
1928 AL  1.0 (2nd)

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  716 (1st)
1926 AL  702 (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 (212th)

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)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  2,469 (83rd)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  88 (40th)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  76 (23rd)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1925 AL  153 (1st)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1922 AL  333 (5th)
1923 AL  422 (1st)
1925 AL  446 (2nd)
1926 AL  440 (1st)
1928 AL  394 (3rd)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1923 AL  21 (5th)
1928 AL  18 (5th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1923 AL  12 (4th)
1926 AL  15 (1st)
1928 AL  10 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1922 AL  2.86 (1st)
1923 AL  3.11 (1st)
1924 AL  3.10 (2nd)
1925 AL  3.00 (2nd)
1926 AL  3.10 (1st)
1928 AL  3.25 (1st)
Career  2.99 (3rd)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1923 AL  .976 (3rd)
1924 AL  .976 (5th)
1925 AL  .985 (1st)
1928 AL  .975 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1922 AL  2.78 (1st)
1923 AL  3.10 (1st)
1924 AL  2.88 (2nd)
1925 AL  2.99 (3rd)
1926 AL  3.10 (1st)
1928 AL  3.15 (1st)
Career  2.94 (3rd)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1925 AL  .985 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 9 (252), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 35 (695), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 34 (554), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 20 (724), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. Roy Johnson (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  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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