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Don Mueller

Donald Frederick Mueller (Mandrake The Magician)

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: April 14, 1927 in St. Louis, MO
High School: Christian Brothers HS (Richmond Heights, MO)
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 2, 1948
Teams (by GP): Giants/WhiteSox 1948-1959

Final Game: May 2, 1959
Died: December 28, 2011 in Chesterfield, MO
Buried: St. Mary Cemetery, Hazelwood, MO
Relatives: Son of Walter Mueller
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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
1944	17	SFG-min	AA	3	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0			.143	.143	.143	.286		1	0						JER · IL
1945	18	SFG-min	AA	8	8	8	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0			.250	.250	.250	.500		2	0						JER · IL
1946	19	SFG-min	AAA	28	81	78	12	28	7	0	1	9	0	0	3	3	.359	.383	.487	.870		38	2	0	0				JER · IL
1947	20	SFG-min	A,AAA	130	476	476	2	165	35	9	4	0	0				.347	.347	.483	.830		230							JCK,JER · SALL,IL
1948	21	SFG-min	AAA	99	438	400	67	131	17	4	10	52	3		31	14	.328	.377	.465	.842		186		1	6				JER · IL
1948	21	NYG	NL	36	82	81	12	29	4	1	1	9	0		0	3	.358	.358	.469	.827	121	38	3	0	1			O7/98
1949	22	SFG-min	AAA	28	123	119	21	37	7	2	2	12	1		3	7	.311	.328	.454	.782		54	2	0	1				MNE · AA
1949	22	NYG	NL	51	61	56	5	13	4	0	0	1	0		5	6	.232	.295	.304	.599	61	17	7	0	0			/O97
1950	23	NYG	NL	132	539	525	60	153	15	6	7	84	1		10	26	.291	.309	.383	.691	80	201	9	3	1			*O9/7
1951	24	NYG	NL	122	493	469	58	130	10	7	16	69	1	1	19	13	.277	.307	.431	.737	95	202	4	1	4			*O9
1952	25	NYG	NL	126	496	456	61	128	14	7	12	49	2	1	34	24	.281	.333	.421	.754	107	192	8	2	4			*O9
1953	26	NYG	NL	131	502	480	56	160	12	2	6	60	2	0	19	13	.333	.360	.404	.764	96	194	7	1	2			*O97
1954	27	NYG	NL	153	657	619	90	*212*	35	8	4	71	2	3	22	17	.342	.363	.444	.807	109	275	19	2	7	8		*9	AS,MVP-12
1955	28	NYG	NL	147	640	605	67	185	21	4	8	83	1	2	19	12	.306	.326	.393	.720	90	238	13	3	5	7	4	*9	AS
1956	29	NYG	NL	138	473	453	38	122	12	1	5	41	0	1	15	7	.269	.290	.333	.624	68	151	18	0	2	4	2	*9
1957	30	NYG	NL	135	466	450	45	116	7	1	6	37	2	0	13	16	.258	.280	.318	.597	61	143	7	1	1	1	3	*9
1958	31	CHW	AL	70	180	166	7	42	5	0	0	16	0	0	11	9	.253	.298	.283	.581	62	47	2	0	2	1	3	9
1959	32	CHW	AL	4	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	178	2	0	0	0	0	0
12 Yrs				1245	4593	4364	499	1292	139	37	65	520	11	8	167	146	.296	.322	.390	.712	88	1700	97	13	29	21	12
162 Game Avg.				162	598	568	65	168	18	5	8	68	1		22	19	.296	.322	.390	.712	88	221	13	2	4

NYG (10 yrs)				1171	4409	4194	492	1248	134	37	65	504	11	8	156	137	.298	.323	.394	.717	89	1651	95	13	27	20	9
CHW (2 yrs)				74	184	170	7	44	5	0	0	16	0	0	11	9	.259	.302	.288	.590	65	49	2	0	2	1	3

NL (10 yrs)				1171	4409	4194	492	1248	134	37	65	504	11	8	156	137	.298	.323	.394	.717	89	1651	95	13	27	20	9
AL (2 yrs)				74	184	170	7	44	5	0	0	16	0	0	11	9	.259	.302	.288	.590	65	49	2	0	2	1	3

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
1948	21	NYG	NL	36	82	2	0	0	-1	-1	0	0.0	3	3	0.3	.500	.500	0.4	-0.2	4	$	O7/98
1949	22	NYG	NL	51	61	-3	0	-1	0	-0	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.2	.492	.498	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$	/O97
1950	23	NYG	NL	132	539	-15	0	3	3	-6	-14	-1.6	18	4	0.2	.489	.491	0.0	-0.3	1	$	*O9/7
1951	24	NYG	NL	122	493	-3	-1	3	8	-5	1	0.1	16	18	1.7	.501	.501	1.0	0.3	9	$	*O9
1952	25	NYG	NL	126	496	4	-0	2	4	-6	4	0.5	17	21	2.1	.504	.503	1.8	-0.2	17	$	*O9
1953	26	NYG	NL	131	502	-3	2	2	-2	-6	-7	-0.8	17	10	0.9	.495	.496	1.2	-0.8	12	$	*O97
1954	27	NYG	NL	153	657	6	1	1	1	-7	3	0.2	22	25	2.3	.502	.502	2.3	-0.6	23	$	*9	AS,MVP-12
1955	28	NYG	NL	147	640	-7	-1	1	-10	-7	-24	-2.8	22	-3	-0.7	.483	.484	0.6	-2.0	8	$20,000	*9	AS
1956	29	NYG	NL	138	473	-18	0	-3	-5	-5	-30	-3.6	16	-14	-2.0	.476	.479	-1.2	-1.2	-10	$	*9
1957	30	NYG	NL	135	466	-24	0	1	-8	-5	-35	-3.9	16	-20	-2.4	.472	.477	-1.4	-1.5	-11	$	*9
1958	31	CHW	AL	70	180	-7	-0	1	-5	-2	-13	-1.5	5	-8	-1.0	.480	.491	-0.4	-0.7	-3	$	9
1959	32	CHW	AL	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.511	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$
12 Seasons				1245	4593	-67	1	11	-15	-49	-119	-13.8	153	34	1.2	.490	.494	4.1	-7.4	49	$20,000

NYG (10 yrs)				1171	4409	-60	1	10	-10	-47	-106	-12.4	148	42	2.2	.490	.493	4.5	-6.6	52	$20,000
CHW (2 yrs)				74	184	-7	-0	1	-5	-2	-13	-1.4	5	-8	-1.0	.481	.496	-0.4	-0.7	-3	$

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
1948	21	NYG	NL	82	56	14	6.6	103	.364	.358	.270	.358	.345	.469	.400	.827	.744	121	.675	1.9	0.2	.691	.111	.111	.0
1949	22	NYG	NL	61	50	5	2.7	104	.260	.232	.270	.295	.344	.304	.405	.599	.749	61	.273	-3.0	-0.3	.440	.161	.071
1950	23	NYG	NL	539	382	61	4.3	109	.297	.291	.271	.309	.348	.383	.420	.691	.768	80	.453	-18.0	-1.8	.564	.112	.091	1.8
1951	24	NYG	NL	493	348	61	4.7	104	.259	.277	.269	.307	.343	.431	.407	.737	.750	95	.520	-6.6	-0.7	.645	.194	.154	1.9
1952	25	NYG	NL	496	341	63	5.0	98	.276	.281	.263	.333	.336	.421	.391	.754	.727	107	.580	2.6	0.3	.680	.217	.140	3.4
1953	26	NYG	NL	502	329	70	5.6	113	.334	.333	.278	.360	.350	.404	.433	.764	.782	96	.570	-3.4	-0.3	.661	.115	.071	3.0
1954	27	NYG	NL	657	444	99	6.0	110	.343	.342	.275	.363	.347	.444	.426	.807	.772	109	.599	7.4	0.7	.695	.136	.102	2.7
1955	28	NYG	NL	640	447	75	4.5	106	.299	.306	.267	.326	.338	.393	.422	.720	.760	90	.481	-10.1	-1.0	.595	.117	.088	1.8
1956	29	NYG	NL	473	356	39	2.9	102	.263	.269	.263	.290	.330	.333	.415	.624	.745	68	.316	-20.9	-2.1	.471	.095	.064	.0
1957	30	NYG	NL	466	343	39	3.1	103	.256	.258	.269	.280	.332	.318	.416	.597	.748	61	.322	-26.5	-2.6	.466	.093	.060	3.0
1958	31	CHW	AL	180	129	14	2.9	97	.266	.253	.260	.298	.329	.283	.396	.581	.725	62	.328	-8.6	-0.9	.460	.096	.030
1959	32	CHW	AL	4	2	1	13.4	98	.500	.500	.259	.500	.330	.500	.396	1.000	.726	178	.885	0.4	0.0	1.000	.000	.000
12 Yrs				4593	3227	541	4.5	106	.294	.296	.269	.322	.340	.390	.416	.712	.756	88	.489	-84.9	-8.5	.593	.132	.093	18.8
162 Game Avg.				598	420	70	4.5	106	.294	.296	.269	.322	.340	.390	.416	.712	.756	88	.489	-84.9	-8.5	.593	.132	.093	2

NYG (10 yrs)				4409	3096	526	4.6	106	.295	.298	.269	.323	.341	.394	.416	.717	.757	89	.494	-76.8	-7.6	.598	.134	.096	18.8
CHW (2 yrs)				184	131	15	3.1	97	.272	.259	.260	.302	.329	.288	.396	.590	.725	65	.350	-8.2	-0.8	.469	.094	.029

NL (10 yrs)				4409	3096	526	4.6	106	.295	.298	.269	.323	.341	.394	.416	.717	.757	89	.494	-76.8	-7.6	.598	.134	.096	18.8
AL (2 yrs)				184	131	15	3.1	97	.272	.259	.260	.302	.329	.288	.396	.590	.725	65	.350	-8.2	-0.8	.469	.094	.029

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
1954	27	NYG	NL	WS	CLE	W	4	19	18	4	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.389	.389	.389	.778	7	0	0	1	0	0
1 WS							4	19	18	4	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.389	.389	.389	.778	7	0	0	1	0	0

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	H	2B	RBI	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
1954	NYG	NL	27		1	1	1	1	1	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	2
1955	NYG	NL	28	as RF	2	2	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
2 Yrs (2 GP)					3	3	2	1	1	.667	.667	1.000	1.667	3

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1948	21	NYG	NL	82	1.2%	3.7%	0.0%	7.3%	21%		27.0	81.0	9.0	0.92	94%
1949	22	NYG	NL	61	0.0%	9.8%	8.2%	6.6%	31%	1.20	9.3		56.0	2.00	82%
1950	23	NYG	NL	539	1.3%	4.8%	1.9%	5.2%	18%	2.60	20.2	75.0	6.3	1.08	91%
1951	24	NYG	NL	493	3.3%	2.6%	3.9%	6.7%	25%	0.68	36.1	29.3	6.8	0.78	89%
1952	25	NYG	NL	496	2.4%	4.8%	6.9%	6.7%	26%	0.71	19.0	38.0	9.3	1.15	85%
1953	26	NYG	NL	502	1.2%	2.6%	3.8%	4.0%	13%	0.68	36.9	80.0	8.0	1.24	92%
1954	27	NYG	NL	657	0.6%	2.6%	3.4%	7.2%	22%	0.77	36.4	154.8	8.7	1.29	92%
1955	28	NYG	NL	640	1.3%	1.9%	3.0%	5.2%	18%	0.63	*50.4*	75.6	7.3	0.98	93%
1956	29	NYG	NL	473	1.1%	1.5%	3.2%	3.8%	15%	0.47	*64.7*	90.6	11.0	1.18	94%
1957	30	NYG	NL	466	1.3%	3.4%	2.8%	3.0%	12%	1.23	28.1	75.0	12.2	1.09	92%
1958	31	CHW	AL	180	0.0%	5.0%	6.1%	2.8%	12%	0.82	18.4		10.4	0.93	88%
1959	32	CHW	AL	4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					1.00	100%
12 Yrs				4593	1.4%	3.2%	3.6%	5.3%	19%	0.87	29.9	67.1	8.4	1.09	91%
MLB Averages					2.1%	11.1%	9.4%	6.5%	28%	1.18	8.0	42.0	8.1	0.98	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1948	21	NYG	NL	1.9	0.2	43	-0.0	0.6	-0.7	1.00	-0.0	0.0	-1.8	-0.2	0.93	-0.8	2.67	3
1949	22	NYG	NL	-3.1	-0.3	29	-0.7	0.5	-1.3	2.01	-0.3	-0.1	-5.4	-0.5	1.07	-3.9	2.08	26
1950	23	NYG	NL	-18.0	-1.8	409	-0.2	7.4	-7.6	1.01	-0.6	0.4	2.3	0.2	1.00	-5.5	1.85	8
1951	24	NYG	NL	-6.6	-0.7	461	0.4	8.1	-7.7	.99	0.9	-0.5	6.4	0.6	0.95	9.6	1.43	9
1952	25	NYG	NL	2.6	0.3	444	1.3	8.5	-7.3	.99	0.9	0.3	0.5	0.1	0.98	8.4	1.41	4
1953	26	NYG	NL	-3.4	-0.3	484	-0.4	7.4	-7.8	.93	-0.1	-0.3	6.0	0.6	0.94	-0.9	1.99	7
1954	27	NYG	NL	7.4	0.7	643	-0.0	11.4	-11.4	1.05	0.9	-1.0	8.0	0.8	0.94	10.2	0.92	1
1955	28	NYG	NL	-10.1	-1.0	555	-0.3	9.7	-10.1	1.05	-0.1	-0.2	2.2	0.2	0.94	-0.7	1.55	1
1956	29	NYG	NL	-20.9	-2.1	444	-3.2	5.7	-8.9	1.03	-1.8	-1.3	-17.5	-1.8	0.93	-19.1	1.06	17
1957	30	NYG	NL	-26.5	-2.6	411	-1.1	6.7	-7.7	1.08	-1.4	0.4	-3.8	-0.4	0.90	-13.5	2.11	23
1958	31	CHW	AL	-8.6	-0.9	181	-0.7	2.5	-3.2	1.05	-0.7	0.0	-5.8	-0.6	0.99	-5.7	1.83	26
1959	32	CHW	AL	0.4	0.0	4	0.0	0.1	-0.0	.76	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.83	0.3	0.76	4
12 Yrs				-85.0	-8.5	4108	-4.9	68.8	-73.8	1.03	-2.2	-2.6	-8.3	-0.9	0.95	-21.4	1.77	129

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CS3	SBH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	21	NYG	NL	0	39%	24	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20%	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
1949	22	NYG	NL	0	28%	9	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
1950	23	NYG	NL	11	33%	162	1			1	1	0	0	1	0	3	3	50%	26	12	13	2	1	1	10	5	5
1951	24	NYG	NL	10	31%	178	1	1	50%	1	2	0	0	2	1	5	3	47%	26	14	10	8	5	3	9	2	7
1952	25	NYG	NL	5	32%	180	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	2	0	4	3	30%	30	21	7	3	2	1	10	5	5
1953	26	NYG	NL	5	29%	219	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	2	0	5	4	44%	31	22	8	6	3	3	18	5	13
1954	27	NYG	NL	7	37%	305	2	3	40%	1	2	1	1	1	0	7	14	61%	28	12	15	14	7	6	24	5	19
1955	28	NYG	NL	10	30%	221	1	2	33%	1	1	0	0	2	0	13	14	43%	36	19	12	6	5	1	12	2	10
1956	29	NYG	NL	6	25%	181	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	9	36%	24	18	6	3	2	1	6	1	5
1957	30	NYG	NL	6	32%	177	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	41%	31	23	8	3	2	1	10	1	9
1958	31	CHW	AL	5	13%	67	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	35%	13	9	4	1	1	0	6	3	3
1959	32	CHW	AL	0	0%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12 Yrs				65	31%	1726	11	8	61%	10	8	1	1	12	1	47	63	44%	249	154	83	47	28	18	108	30	78

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
1948	21	NYG	NL	82	98%	29			3	1	0	0	2.67	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	100%	9	3	33%	4	1	25%	21	4	19%	3	3	100%	1	1	100%	0
1949	22	NYG	NL	61	93%	13			26	4	0	1	2.08	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		12	7	58%	2	0	0%	27	1	4%	2	1	50%	1	0	0%	0
1950	23	NYG	NL	539	69%	153			8	5	0	3	1.85	7	1	16	7	0	4	3	0	2	1	50%	104	9	9%	45	23	51%	303	65	21%	31	17	55%	26	16	62%	0
1951	24	NYG	NL	493	80%	130			9	2	0	1	1.43	16	0	15	16	0	12	4	1	3	4	133%	99	4	4%	50	20	40%	306	52	17%	42	19	45%	18	11	61%	0
1952	25	NYG	NL	496	81%	128			4	0	0	0	1.41	12	0	12	12	0	8	4	0	6	4	67%	84	8	10%	35	15	43%	269	31	12%	22	10	45%	12	7	58%	0
1953	26	NYG	NL	502	77%	160			7	4	0	2	1.99	6	0	6	5	1	5	1	0	3	2	67%	100	7	7%	36	15	42%	308	50	16%	28	20	71%	12	10	83%	0
1954	27	NYG	NL	657	69%	212			1	1	0	0	0.92	4	1	16	1	3	4	0	0	7	7	100%	127	19	15%	68	30	44%	379	68	18%	43	28	65%	19	10	53%	0
1955	28	NYG	NL	640	66%	185			1	1	0	1	1.55	8	0	11	4	4	7	1	0	4	5	125%	126	13	10%	53	17	32%	341	56	16%	31	13	42%	19	9	47%	0
1956	29	NYG	NL	473	70%	122			17	4	1	2	1.06	5	0	4	3	2	4	1	0	3	2	67%	80	18	23%	35	10	29%	219	36	16%	20	13	65%	18	12	67%	0
1957	30	NYG	NL	467	85%	116			23	6	1	2	2.11	6	0	5	5	0	6	0	0	0	1		64	7	11%	35	13	37%	206	30	15%	11	7	64%	18	12	67%	-1
1958	31	CHW	AL	180	78%	42			26	9	0	4	1.83	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	40	2	5%	21	10	48%	122	16	13%	12	6	50%	7	4	57%	0
1959	32	CHW	AL	4	100%	2			4	2	0	0	0.76	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
12 Yrs				4594	75%	1292			129	39	2	16	1.77	65	2	90	53	10	50	15	1	31	29	94%	845	97	11%	384	154	40%	2502	409	16%	245	137	56%	151	92	61%	-1
MLB Averages					49%																			88%			12%			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
1948	21	36	82	81	12	29	4	1	1	9	0		0	3	.358	.358	.469	.827	121	38	3	0	1
1949	22	87	143	137	17	42	8	1	1	10	0		5	9	.307	.331	.401	.732	96	55	10	0	1
1950	23	219	682	662	77	195	23	7	8	94	1		15	35	.295	.313	.387	.700	83	256	19	3	2
1951	24	341	1175	1131	135	325	33	14	24	163	2	1	34	48	.287	.311	.405	.715	88	458	23	4	6
1952	25	467	1671	1587	196	453	47	21	36	212	4	2	68	72	.285	.317	.410	.727	93	650	31	6	10
1953	26	598	2173	2067	252	613	59	23	42	272	6	2	87	85	.297	.327	.408	.735	94	844	38	7	12
1954	27	751	2830	2686	342	825	94	31	46	343	8	5	109	102	.307	.335	.417	.752	98	1119	57	9	19	8
1955	28	898	3470	3291	409	1010	115	35	54	426	9	7	128	114	.307	.334	.412	.746	96	1357	70	12	24	15	4
1956	29	1036	3943	3744	447	1132	127	36	59	467	9	8	143	121	.302	.328	.403	.731	93	1508	88	12	26	19	6
1957	30	1171	4409	4194	492	1248	134	37	65	504	11	8	156	137	.298	.323	.394	.717	89	1651	95	13	27	20	9
1958	31	1241	4589	4360	499	1290	139	37	65	520	11	8	167	146	.296	.322	.389	.712	88	1698	97	13	29	21	12
1959	32	1245	4593	4364	499	1292	139	37	65	520	11	8	167	146	.296	.322	.390	.712	88	1700	97	13	29	21	12

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
1948	21	38	84	83	12	29	4	1	1	9	0	0	3	.349	.349	.458	.807	14	36
1949	22	53	63	58	5	13	4	0	0	1	0	5	6	.224	.286	.293	.579	5	51
1950	23	138	558	544	59	155	15	6	7	83	1	10	27	.285	.302	.373	.675	61	132
1951	24	127	509	485	59	133	10	7	16	70	1	19	14	.274	.303	.423	.726	62	122
1952	25	132	524	481	67	138	15	8	13	54	2	37	25	.287	.340	.432	.773	70	126
1953	26	136	510	488	53	156	12	2	6	56	2	19	14	.320	.346	.389	.736	65	131
1954	27	161	685	645	91	217	36	8	4	71	2	23	18	.336	.357	.436	.793	101	153
1955	28	155	667	632	68	190	22	4	8	84	1	20	13	.301	.322	.386	.708	79	147
1956	29	144	499	477	41	131	13	1	5	45	0	16	7	.275	.296	.338	.633	48	138
1957	30	141	488	471	47	122	7	1	6	39	2	14	17	.259	.281	.316	.598	42	135
1958	31	73	191	176	8	46	5	0	0	18	0	12	9	.261	.307	.290	.597	16	70
1959	32	4	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	4
12 Yrs		1302	4782	4544	510	1332	143	38	66	530	11	175	153	.293	.320	.385	.705	564	1245
162 Game Avg.		162	595	565	63	166	18	5	8	66	1	22	19	.293	.320	.385	.705	70	1245

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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

All-Star Games 1954 * 1955 (RF)	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1954 NL (12, 9%) 0.09 Career Shares (940th)	Batting Average s c a p y 1953 NL .333 (5th) 1954 NL .342 (2nd)	Games Played s c a p y 1954 NL 153 (6th)
At Bats s c a p y 1954 NL 619 (3rd) 1955 NL 605 (5th)	Hits s c a p y 1954 NL 212 (1st) 1955 NL 185 (5th)	Doubles s c a p y 1954 NL 35 (8th)	Triples s c a p y 1951 NL 7 (10th) 1952 NL 7 (9th) 1954 NL 8 (7th)
Singles s c a p y 1950 NL 125 (6th) 1953 NL 140 (3rd) 1954 NL 165 (1st) 1955 NL 152 (1st)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1954 NL 8 (9th) 1955 NL 7 (8th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1954 NL 19 (5th) 1956 NL 18 (6th)	AB per SO s c a p y 1950 NL 20.2 (3rd) 1951 NL 36.1 (1st) 1952 NL 19.0 (6th) 1953 NL 36.9 (1st) 1954 NL 36.4 (1st) 1955 NL 50.4 (1st) 1956 NL 64.7 (1st) Career 29.9 (25th)
Outs Made s c a p y 1955 NL 447 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Batting - 3 (529), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 22 (959), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 24 (698), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 13 (1263), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Most Similar by Ages

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Earl Clark (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Andy Pafko (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tito Francona (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Cleon Jones (958) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Alex Johnson (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jo-Jo Moore (941) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Frank Demaree (934) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Alex Johnson (926) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Alex Johnson (943) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Alex Johnson (946) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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