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Stan Musial

Stanley Frank Musial (Stan the Man)

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 21, 1920 in Donora, PA
High School: Donora (Donora, PA)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1941
Team: Cardinals 1941-1963

Final Game: September 29, 1963
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1969 (317/340 ballots).
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Standard Batting

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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
1941 20 STL NL 12 49 47 8 20 4 0 1 7 1 2 1 .426 .449 .574 1.023 179 27 0 0 0 O
1942 21 STL NL 140 536 467 87 147 32 10 10 72 6 62 25 .315 .397 .490 .888 151 229 3 2 5 *O MVP-12
1943 22 STL NL 157 701 617 108 220 48 20 13 81 9 72 18 .357 .425 .562 .988 178 347 17 2 10 *O AS,MVP-1
1944 23 STL NL 146 667 568 112 197 51 14 12 94 7 90 28 .347 .440 .549 .990 175 312 7 5 4 *O AS,MVP-4
1946 25 STL NL 156 702 624 124 228 50 20 16 103 7 73 31 .365 .434 .587 1.021 183 366 7 3 2 *3O AS,MVP-1
1947 26 STL NL 149 677 587 113 183 30 13 19 95 4 80 24 .312 .398 .504 .902 134 296 18 4 6 *3 AS,MVP-20
1948 27 STL NL 155 694 611 135 230 46 18 39 131 7 79 34 .376 .450 .702 1.152 200 429 18 3 1 *O/3 AS,MVP-1
1949 28 STL NL 157 721 612 128 207 41 13 36 123 3 107 38 .338 .438 .624 1.062 176 382 12 2 0 *O/3 AS,MVP-2
1950 29 STL NL 146 645 555 105 192 41 7 28 109 5 87 36 .346 .437 .596 1.034 163 331 11 3 0 3 AS,MVP-2
1951 30 STL NL 152 678 578 124 205 30 12 32 108 4 5 98 40 .355 .449 .614 1.063 182 355 6 1 1 3 AS,MVP-2
1952 31 STL NL 154 676 578 105 194 42 6 21 91 7 7 96 29 .336 .432 .538 .970 167 311 11 2 0 *3/1 AS,MVP-5
1953 32 STL NL 157 698 593 127 200 53 9 30 113 3 4 105 32 .337 .437 .609 1.046 169 361 10 0 0 * AS,MVP-8
1954 33 STL NL 153 705 591 120 195 41 9 35 126 1 7 103 39 .330 .428 .607 1.036 167 359 20 4 0 7 *937 AS,MVP-6
1955 34 STL NL 154 656 562 97 179 30 5 33 108 5 4 80 39 .319 .408 .566 .974 157 318 12 8 2 4 19 *39/7 AS,MVP-8
1956 35 STL NL 156 682 594 87 184 33 6 27 109 2 0 75 39 .310 .386 .522 .908 142 310 19 3 3 7 15 *39/7 AS,MVP-9
1957 36 STL NL 134 579 502 82 176 38 3 29 102 1 1 66 34 .351 .422 .612 1.034 172 307 13 2 1 8 19 *3 AS,MVP-2
1958 37 STL NL 135 549 472 64 159 35 2 17 62 0 0 72 26 .337 .423 .528 .950 146 249 19 1 0 4 26 *3 AS,MVP-12
1959 38 STL NL 115 404 341 37 87 13 2 14 44 0 2 60 25 .255 .364 .428 .792 105 146 12 0 0 3 11 3/7 AS
1960 39 STL NL 116 378 331 49 91 17 1 17 63 1 1 41 34 .275 .354 .486 .841 121 161 5 2 0 4 7 73/9 AS,MVP-16
1961 40 STL NL 123 431 372 46 107 22 4 15 70 0 0 52 35 .288 .371 .489 .860 118 182 7 1 0 6 17 *7 AS
1962 41 STL NL 135 505 433 57 143 18 1 19 82 3 0 64 46 .330 .416 .508 .924 137 220 13 3 0 5 4 *79 AS,MVP-10
1963 42 STL NL 124 379 337 34 86 10 2 12 58 2 0 35 43 .255 .325 .404 .728 101 136 3 2 0 5 9 7 AS
22 Seasons 3026 12712 10972 1949 3630 725 177 475 1951 78 31 1599 696 .331 .417 .559 .976 159 6134 243 53 35 53 127
162 Game Avg. 162 681 587 104 194 39 9 25 104 4 86 37 .331 .417 .559 .976 159 328 13 3 2
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

Player Value--Batters

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR Salary Pos Awards
1941 20 STL NL 49 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0.7 $2,400 O
1942 21 STL NL 536 32 2 0 0 8 -6 17 53 5.8 $4,500 *O MVP-12
1943 22 STL NL 701 53 2 0 0 13 -7 20 81 8.9 $6,500 *O AS,MVP-1
1944 23 STL NL 667 58 1 0 0 14 -6 19 86 9.1 $10,000 *O AS,MVP-4
1946 25 STL NL 702 71 3 0 0 -2 -7 23 88 9.8 $18,500 *3O AS,MVP-1
1947 26 STL NL 677 33 2 0 0 -3 -7 22 47 4.8 $32,000 *3 AS,MVP-20
1948 27 STL NL 694 87 2 0 0 5 -6 23 111 11.5 $37,500 *O/3 AS,MVP-1
1949 28 STL NL 721 65 0 0 0 3 -6 23 85 8.7 $50,000 *O/3 AS,MVP-2
1950 29 STL NL 645 51 -1 0 0 -2 -6 21 63 6.3 $65,000 3 AS,MVP-2
1951 30 STL NL 678 66 1 0 0 3 -7 21 84 8.7 $80,000 3 AS,MVP-2
1952 31 STL NL 676 52 -1 0 0 2 -3 22 72 7.7 $80,000 *3/1 AS,MVP-5
1953 32 STL NL 698 60 1 -1 2 0 -8 22 76 7.6 $80,000 * AS,MVP-8
1954 33 STL NL 705 65 -3 -1 0 0 -8 22 75 7.6 $80,000 *937 AS,MVP-6
1955 34 STL NL 656 43 -2 -1 2 3 -7 22 60 6.1 $80,000 *39/7 AS,MVP-8
1956 35 STL NL 682 34 4 -1 0 3 -9 22 53 5.6 $80,000 *39/7 AS,MVP-9
1957 36 STL NL 579 53 -1 -2 1 1 -8 19 63 6.6 $80,000 *3 AS,MVP-2
1958 37 STL NL 549 26 -1 -2 -1 0 -8 19 33 3.4 $100,000 *3 AS,MVP-12
1959 38 STL NL 404 -2 -1 0 -1 -7 -5 14 -2 -0.2 $100,000 3/7 AS
1960 39 STL NL 378 7 0 1 1 -1 -5 13 16 1.7 $80,000 73/9 AS,MVP-16
1961 40 STL NL 431 9 -1 3 0 6 -5 15 27 2.7 $65,000 *7 AS
1962 41 STL NL 505 24 0 -2 -1 1 -6 18 34 3.5 $65,000 *79 AS,MVP-10
1963 42 STL NL 379 -1 1 -2 2 3 -4 13 12 1.2 $65,000 7 AS
22 Seasons 12712 891 8 -8 5 50 -134 412 1224 127.8 $1,261,400
PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR Salary Pos Awards

Postseason Batting

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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
1942 21 STL NL WS NYY W 5 22 18 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 1 4 0 .222 .364 .278 .641 5 0 0 0 0 2
1943 22 STL NL WS NYY L 5 20 18 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .278 .350 .278 .628 5 0 0 0 0 0
1944 23 STL NL WS SLB W 6 26 23 2 7 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 .304 .360 .522 .882 12 1 0 1 0 0
1946 25 STL NL WS BOS W 7 31 27 3 6 4 1 0 4 1 0 4 2 .222 .323 .444 .767 12 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (4 Series) 23 99 86 9 22 7 1 1 8 1 1 12 4 .256 .347 .395 .742 34 1 0 1 0 2
4 WS 23 99 86 9 22 7 1 1 8 1 1 12 4 .256 .347 .395 .742 34 1 0 1 0 2

Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1952 31 STL NL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,MVP-5
1 Season 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
162 Game Avg. 0 0 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 68

Player Value--Pitchers

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Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1952 31 STL NL 0.0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0.0 $80,000 AS,MVP-5
1 Season 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $80,000

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1941 STL NL 20 OF 11 21 20 1 0 0 1.000 1.91 .976 2.31 3-0-8
1942 STL NL 21 OF 135 307 296 6 5 0 .984 2.24 .981 2.34 133-2-2 MVP-12
1943 STL NL 22 OF 155 398 376 15 7 4 .982 2.52 .977 2.41 34-10-117 AS,MVP-1
1944 STL NL 23 OF 146 374 353 16 5 2 .987 2.53 .980 2.47 1-38-124 AS,MVP-4
1946 STL NL 25 1B 114 1134 1056 65 13 119 .989 9.83 .991 8.77 AS,MVP-1
1946 STL NL 25 OF 42 116 110 4 2 0 .983 2.71 .977 2.38 42-0-0 AS,MVP-1
1947 STL NL 26 1B 149 1445 1360 77 8 138 .994 9.64 .991 6.71 AS,MVP-20
1948 STL NL 27 OF 155 364 347 10 7 3 .981 2.30 .978 2.39 41-64-76 AS,MVP-1
1948 STL NL 27 1B 2 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 4.00 .988 9.60 AS,MVP-1
1949 STL NL 28 OF 156 339 326 10 3 5 .991 2.15 .977 2.48 3-72-117 AS,MVP-2
1949 STL NL 28 1B 1 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 12.00 .992 9.60 AS,MVP-2
1950 STL NL 29 OF 77 139 132 2 5 1 .964 1.74 .978 2.31 56-14-10 AS,MVP-2
1950 STL NL 29 1B 69 668 628 37 3 66 .996 9.64 .990 9.61 AS,MVP-2
1951 STL NL 30 OF 91 235 216 13 6 4 .974 2.52 .981 2.41 84-10-1 AS,MVP-2
1951 STL NL 30 1B 60 636 600 32 4 60 .994 10.53 .989 9.72 AS,MVP-2
1952 STL NL 31 OF 129 308 298 6 4 2 .987 2.36 .981 2.29 21-106-9 AS,MVP-5
1952 STL NL 31 1B 25 217 204 12 1 13 .995 8.64 .990 9.81 AS,MVP-5
1952 STL NL 31 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 AS,MVP-5
1953 STL NL 32 OF 157 308 294 9 5 1 .984 0 1.93 .980 2.32 141-9-26 AS,MVP-8
1954 STL NL 33 OF 152 151 1352.2 287 271 13 3 4 .990 0 0 1.89 1.87 .975 2.36 2.34 AS,MVP-6
1954 STL NL 33 RF 146 142 1284.1 273 257 13 3 5 .989 -0 -0 1.89 1.85 .969 1.99 1.98 AS,MVP-6
1954 STL NL 33 1B 10 2 30.2 40 36 2 2 4 .950 -1 -43 11.15 3.80 .992 9.83 9.75 AS,MVP-6
1954 STL NL 33 LF 10 9 68.1 18 17 0 1 0 .944 1 14 2.24 1.70 .972 2.21 2.20 AS,MVP-6
1955 STL NL 34 1B 110 106 946.2 1025 925 92 8 93 .992 2 2 9.67 9.25 .991 9.51 9.09 AS,MVP-8
1955 STL NL 34 OF 51 48 377.2 78 75 2 1 0 .987 2 8 1.83 1.51 .977 2.30 2.28 AS,MVP-8
1955 STL NL 34 RF 49 44 349.2 76 73 2 1 0 .987 2 9 1.93 1.53 .976 2.07 2.05 AS,MVP-8
1955 STL NL 34 LF 5 4 28.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -4 3.21 2.00 .970 2.12 2.10 AS,MVP-8
1956 STL NL 35 1B 103 103 873.2 967 870 90 7 96 .993 2 3 9.89 9.32 .989 9.82 9.71 AS,MVP-9
1956 STL NL 35 OF 53 53 466.2 90 84 5 1 0 .989 0 1 1.72 1.68 .977 2.28 2.25 AS,MVP-9
1956 STL NL 35 RF 51 50 441.2 83 78 4 1 0 .988 1 2 1.67 1.61 .973 2.00 1.98 AS,MVP-9
1956 STL NL 35 LF 3 3 25.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -10 1.80 1.67 .980 2.05 2.03 AS,MVP-9
1957 STL NL 36 1B 130 129 1110.1 1276 1167 99 10 131 .992 1 1 10.26 9.74 .990 8.10 7.69 AS,MVP-2
1958 STL NL 37 1B 124 123 1038.0 1132 1019 100 13 127 .989 0 0 9.70 9.02 .990 8.67 8.06 AS,MVP-12
1959 STL NL 38 1B 90 88 686.0 693 623 63 7 72 .990 -6 -11 9.00 7.62 .988 9.58 9.48 AS
1959 STL NL 38 LF 3 2 22.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -49 0.41 0.33 1.000 2.05 2.03 AS
1959 STL NL 38 OF 3 2 22.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -49 0.41 0.33 1.000 2.21 2.20 AS
1960 STL NL 39 OF 59 58 477.0 100 97 2 1 0 .990 0 1 1.87 1.68 .978 2.20 2.20 AS,MVP-16
1960 STL NL 39 LF 58 54 449.0 99 97 1 1 0 .990 1 3 1.96 1.69 .974 1.98 1.98 AS,MVP-16
1960 STL NL 39 1B 29 26 203.0 222 203 17 2 16 .991 -1 -4 9.75 7.59 .990 9.57 9.55 AS,MVP-16
1960 STL NL 39 RF 6 4 28.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -30 0.64 0.33 1.000 1.99 1.98 AS,MVP-16
1961 STL NL 40 OF 103 99 767.2 159 149 9 1 0 .994 6 9 1.85 1.53 .977 2.16 2.14 AS
1961 STL NL 40 LF 102 99 767.2 160 150 9 1 0 .994 6 9 1.86 1.56 .972 1.88 1.86 AS
1962 STL NL 41 OF 119 116 901.0 174 164 6 4 1 .977 1 1 1.70 1.43 .974 2.07 2.05 AS,MVP-10
1962 STL NL 41 LF 98 94 738.0 132 125 5 2 1 .985 -3 -6 1.59 1.33 .967 1.81 1.80 AS,MVP-10
1962 STL NL 41 RF 22 22 163.0 39 36 1 2 0 .949 4 32 2.04 1.68 .977 1.90 1.88 AS,MVP-10
1963 STL NL 42 LF 96 94 628.0 123 118 1 4 0 .967 2 5 1.71 1.24 .971 1.80 1.79 AS
1963 STL NL 42 OF 96 94 628.0 126 121 1 4 0 .968 2 5 1.75 1.27 .977 2.01 2.00 AS
19 Seasons OF 1890 621 4992.2 3924 3730 130 64 27 .984 13 3 1.80 2.04 .978 2.20 2.31 934-325-764
14 Seasons 1B 1016 577 4888.1 9475 8709 688 78 935 .992 -4 -1 9.77 9.25 .990 9.08 8.61
8 Seasons (incomplete) LF 375 359 2726.0 548 523 16 9 1 .984 6 2 1.78 1.44 .971 1.87 1.86
5 Seasons (incomplete) RF 274 262 2266.2 473 445 21 7 5 .985 7 3 1.85 1.70 .972 2.00 1.98
1 Season P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20
22 Seasons TOT 2907 1198 9881.0 13399 12439 818 142 962 .989 9 1 5.74 4.56 .987 5.61 4.51 934-325-764
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1969 BBWAA (93.2%)
Selected to HOF in 1969 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1943 (LF)
1944 (CF)
1946 (LF)
1947 *
1948 (LF)
1949 (CF)
1950 (1B)
1951 (LF)
1952 (CF)
1953 (LF)
1954 (RF)
1955 *
1956 (RF)
1957 (1B)
1958 (1B)
1959-1 *
1959-2 (1B)
1960-1 *
1960-2 *
1961-1 *
1961-2 *
1962-1 *
1962-2 *
1963 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1943 NL MVP
1946 ML Major League Player of the Year
1946 NL MVP
1948 NL MVP
1951 ML Major League Player of the Year
1957 ML Lou Gehrig Memorial Award

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1942 NL (12, 8%)
1943 NL (1, 79%)
1944 NL (4, 40%)
1946 NL (1, 95%)
1947 NL (20, 4%)
1948 NL (1, 90%)
1949 NL (2, 67%)
1950 NL (2, 47%)
1951 NL (2, 56%)
1952 NL (5, 38%)
1953 NL (8, 18%)
1954 NL (6, 28%)
1955 NL (8, 14%)
1956 NL (9, 18%)
1957 NL (2, 68%)
1958 NL (12, 12%)
1960 NL (16, 5%)
1962 NL (10, 7%)
3 MVPs
6.96 Career Shares (2nd)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1942 NL  5.8 (7th)
1943 NL  8.9 (1st)
1944 NL  9.1 (1st)
1946 NL  9.8 (1st)
1948 NL  11.5 (1st)
1949 NL  8.7 (2nd)
1950 NL  6.3 (5th)
1951 NL  8.7 (2nd)
1952 NL  7.7 (3rd)
1953 NL  7.6 (6th)
1954 NL  7.6 (6th)
1955 NL  6.1 (8th)
1957 NL  6.6 (5th)
Career  127.8 (11th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1942 NL  5.8 (6th)
1943 NL  8.9 (1st)
1944 NL  9.1 (1st)
1946 NL  9.8 (1st)
1947 NL  4.8 (9th)
1948 NL  11.5 (1st)
1949 NL  8.7 (2nd)
1950 NL  6.3 (4th)
1951 NL  8.7 (2nd)
1952 NL  7.7 (2nd)
1953 NL  7.6 (3rd)
1954 NL  7.6 (5th)
1955 NL  6.1 (8th)
1956 NL  5.6 (10th)
1957 NL  6.6 (5th)
Career  127.8 (8th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1942 NL  .315 (3rd)
1943 NL  .357 (1st)
1944 NL  .347 (2nd)
1946 NL  .365 (1st)
1947 NL  .312 (5th)
1948 NL  .376 (1st)
1949 NL  .338 (2nd)
1950 NL  .346 (1st)
1951 NL  .355 (1st)
1952 NL  .336 (1st)
1953 NL  .337 (3rd)
1954 NL  .330 (4th)
1955 NL  .319 (3rd)
1956 NL  .310 (4th)
1957 NL  .351 (1st)
1958 NL  .337 (3rd)
1962 NL  .330 (3rd)
Career  .331 (32nd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1942 NL  .397 (6th)
1943 NL  .425 (1st)
1944 NL  .440 (1st)
1946 NL  .434 (2nd)
1947 NL  .398 (8th)
1948 NL  .450 (1st)
1949 NL  .438 (1st)
1950 NL  .437 (2nd)
1951 NL  .449 (2nd)
1952 NL  .432 (2nd)
1953 NL  .437 (1st)
1954 NL  .428 (2nd)
1955 NL  .408 (4th)
1956 NL  .386 (4th)
1957 NL  .422 (1st)
1958 NL  .423 (2nd)
1962 NL  .416 (2nd)
Career  .417 (23rd)

Slugging % s c a p y
1942 NL  .490 (4th)
1943 NL  .562 (1st)
1944 NL  .549 (1st)
1946 NL  .587 (1st)
1947 NL  .504 (8th)
1948 NL  .702 (1st)
1949 NL  .624 (2nd)
1950 NL  .596 (1st)
1951 NL  .614 (2nd)
1952 NL  .538 (1st)
1953 NL  .609 (4th)
1954 NL  .607 (4th)
1955 NL  .566 (8th)
1956 NL  .522 (9th)
1957 NL  .612 (2nd)
1958 NL  .528 (5th)
1962 NL  .508 (10th)
Career  .559 (19th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1942 NL  .888 (4th)
1943 NL  .988 (1st)
1944 NL  .990 (1st)
1946 NL  1.021 (1st)
1947 NL  .902 (7th)
1948 NL  1.152 (1st)
1949 NL  1.062 (2nd)
1950 NL  1.034 (1st)
1951 NL  1.063 (2nd)
1952 NL  .970 (1st)
1953 NL  1.046 (2nd)
1954 NL  1.036 (4th)
1955 NL  .974 (5th)
1956 NL  .908 (6th)
1957 NL  1.034 (1st)
1958 NL  .950 (3rd)
1962 NL  .924 (4th)
Career  .976 (14th)

Games Played s c a p y
1943 NL  157 (1st)
1946 NL  156 (1st)
1948 NL  155 (3rd)
1949 NL  157 (1st)
1951 NL  152 (10th)
1952 NL  154 (1st)
1953 NL  157 (2nd)
1954 NL  153 (6th)
1955 NL  154 (1st)
1956 NL  156 (3rd)
Career  3026 (6th)

At Bats s c a p y
1943 NL  617 (4th)
1946 NL  624 (1st)
1947 NL  587 (6th)
1948 NL  611 (2nd)
1949 NL  612 (7th)
1952 NL  578 (10th)
1956 NL  594 (8th)
Career  10972 (9th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1943 NL  701 (1st)
1944 NL  667 (7th)
1946 NL  702 (1st)
1947 NL  677 (6th)
1948 NL  694 (2nd)
1949 NL  721 (3rd)
1951 NL  678 (7th)
1952 NL  676 (6th)
1953 NL  698 (3rd)
1954 NL  705 (2nd)
1955 NL  656 (10th)
1956 NL  682 (4th)
Career  12712 (8th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1942 NL  87 (7th)
1943 NL  108 (2nd)
1944 NL  112 (2nd)
1946 NL  124 (1st)
1947 NL  113 (4th)
1948 NL  135 (1st)
1949 NL  128 (2nd)
1950 NL  105 (5th)
1951 NL  124 (1st)
1952 NL  105 (1st)
1953 NL  127 (2nd)
1954 NL  120 (1st)
Career  1949 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1943 NL  220 (1st)
1944 NL  197 (1st)
1946 NL  228 (1st)
1947 NL  183 (3rd)
1948 NL  230 (1st)
1949 NL  207 (1st)
1950 NL  192 (2nd)
1951 NL  205 (2nd)
1952 NL  194 (1st)
1953 NL  200 (2nd)
1954 NL  195 (3rd)
1955 NL  179 (8th)
1956 NL  184 (4th)
1957 NL  176 (6th)
Career  3630 (4th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1942 NL  229 (8th)
1943 NL  347 (1st)
1944 NL  312 (2nd)
1946 NL  366 (1st)
1947 NL  296 (5th)
1948 NL  429 (1st)
1949 NL  382 (1st)
1950 NL  331 (2nd)
1951 NL  355 (1st)
1952 NL  311 (1st)
1953 NL  361 (3rd)
1954 NL  359 (4th)
1955 NL  318 (7th)
1956 NL  310 (5th)
1957 NL  307 (6th)
Career  6134 (2nd)

Doubles s c a p y
1942 NL  32 (6th)
1943 NL  48 (1st)
1944 NL  51 (1st)
1946 NL  50 (1st)
1947 NL  30 (9th)
1948 NL  46 (1st)
1949 NL  41 (1st)
1950 NL  41 (2nd)
1951 NL  30 (10th)
1952 NL  42 (1st)
1953 NL  53 (1st)
1954 NL  41 (1st)
1955 NL  30 (6th)
1956 NL  33 (2nd)
1957 NL  38 (2nd)
1958 NL  35 (3rd)
Career  725 (3rd)

Triples s c a p y
1942 NL  10 (3rd)
1943 NL  20 (1st)
1944 NL  14 (4th)
1946 NL  20 (1st)
1947 NL  13 (2nd)
1948 NL  18 (1st)
1949 NL  13 (1st)
1951 NL  12 (1st)
1953 NL  9 (5th)
1954 NL  9 (4th)
Career  177 (19th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1943 NL  13 (6th)
1946 NL  16 (5th)
1947 NL  19 (10th)
1948 NL  39 (3rd)
1949 NL  36 (2nd)
1950 NL  28 (8th)
1951 NL  32 (4th)
1952 NL  21 (8th)
1953 NL  30 (7th)
1954 NL  35 (7th)
1955 NL  33 (7th)
1957 NL  29 (7th)
Career  475 (28th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1942 NL  72 (10th)
1943 NL  81 (5th)
1944 NL  94 (7th)
1946 NL  103 (3rd)
1947 NL  95 (7th)
1948 NL  131 (1st)
1949 NL  123 (3rd)
1950 NL  109 (5th)
1951 NL  108 (4th)
1952 NL  91 (8th)
1953 NL  113 (7th)
1954 NL  126 (4th)
1955 NL  108 (7th)
1956 NL  109 (1st)
1957 NL  102 (3rd)
Career  1951 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1944 NL  90 (3rd)
1946 NL  73 (7th)
1948 NL  79 (7th)
1949 NL  107 (4th)
1950 NL  87 (7th)
1951 NL  98 (5th)
1952 NL  96 (4th)
1953 NL  105 (1st)
1954 NL  103 (3rd)
1955 NL  80 (5th)
1956 NL  75 (10th)
1958 NL  72 (8th)
Career  1599 (13th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1943 NL  9 (7th)

Singles s c a p y
1943 NL  139 (3rd)
1946 NL  142 (1st)
1947 NL  121 (9th)
1948 NL  127 (4th)
1951 NL  131 (5th)
1952 NL  125 (7th)
Career  2253 (16th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1942 NL  151 (6th)
1943 NL  178 (1st)
1944 NL  175 (1st)
1946 NL  183 (1st)
1947 NL  134 (7th)
1948 NL  200 (1st)
1949 NL  176 (2nd)
1950 NL  163 (1st)
1951 NL  182 (2nd)
1952 NL  167 (1st)
1953 NL  169 (2nd)
1954 NL  167 (4th)
1955 NL  157 (4th)
1956 NL  142 (7th)
1957 NL  172 (2nd)
1958 NL  146 (4th)
1962 NL  137 (9th)
Career  159 (15th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1942 NL  90 (7th)
1943 NL  147 (1st)
1944 NL  136 (1st)
1946 NL  158 (1st)
1947 NL  117 (4th)
1948 NL  192 (1st)
1949 NL  167 (1st)
1950 NL  144 (1st)
1951 NL  157 (1st)
1952 NL  132 (1st)
1953 NL  156 (1st)
1954 NL  151 (3rd)
1955 NL  131 (4th)
1956 NL  119 (3rd)
1957 NL  129 (3rd)
1958 NL  102 (5th)
Career  2562 (3rd)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1942 NL  32 (6th)
1943 NL  63 (1st)
1944 NL  62 (1st)
1946 NL  69 (1st)
1947 NL  30 (6th)
1948 NL  87 (1st)
1949 NL  70 (1st)
1950 NL  55 (1st)
1951 NL  70 (2nd)
1952 NL  58 (1st)
1953 NL  65 (1st)
1954 NL  63 (2nd)
1955 NL  48 (4th)
1956 NL  37 (3rd)
1957 NL  55 (2nd)
1958 NL  36 (5th)
1962 NL  26 (10th)
Career  956 (6th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1942 NL  3.4 (6th)
1943 NL  6.6 (1st)
1944 NL  6.2 (1st)
1946 NL  7.1 (1st)
1947 NL  2.9 (6th)
1948 NL  8.4 (1st)
1949 NL  6.7 (1st)
1950 NL  5.3 (1st)
1951 NL  6.8 (2nd)
1952 NL  5.9 (1st)
1953 NL  6.1 (1st)
1954 NL  5.9 (1st)
1955 NL  4.6 (4th)
1956 NL  3.7 (3rd)
1957 NL  5.3 (3rd)
1958 NL  3.5 (5th)
1962 NL  2.6 (10th)
Career  93.9 (5th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1942 NL  52 (5th)
1943 NL  81 (1st)
1944 NL  77 (1st)
1946 NL  86 (1st)
1947 NL  62 (4th)
1948 NL  103 (1st)
1949 NL  90 (1st)
1950 NL  76 (1st)
1951 NL  74 (2nd)
1952 NL  69 (2nd)
1953 NL  92 (1st)
1954 NL  85 (3rd)
1955 NL  68 (8th)
1956 NL  66 (6th)
1957 NL  70 (5th)
1958 NL  54 (10th)
Career  1377 (3rd)

Times On Base s c a p y
1943 NL  294 (1st)
1944 NL  292 (1st)
1946 NL  304 (1st)
1947 NL  267 (2nd)
1948 NL  312 (1st)
1949 NL  316 (1st)
1950 NL  282 (3rd)
1951 NL  304 (1st)
1952 NL  292 (1st)
1953 NL  305 (1st)
1954 NL  302 (2nd)
1955 NL  267 (4th)
1956 NL  262 (3rd)
1957 NL  244 (9th)
1958 NL  232 (6th)
Career  5282 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1942 NL  .771 (4th)
1943 NL  .829 (1st)
1944 NL  .818 (1st)
1946 NL  .851 (1st)
1947 NL  .694 (6th)
1948 NL  .873 (1st)
1949 NL  .826 (2nd)
1950 NL  .806 (1st)
1951 NL  .835 (1st)
1952 NL  .798 (1st)
1953 NL  .795 (1st)
1954 NL  .774 (4th)
1955 NL  .755 (4th)
1956 NL  .707 (4th)
1957 NL  .804 (1st)
1958 NL  .736 (2nd)
1962 NL  .744 (4th)
Career  .781 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1944 NL  5 (5th)
1946 NL  3 (10th)
1947 NL  4 (8th)
1955 NL  8 (1st)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1956 NL  7 (6th)
1957 NL  8 (2nd)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1955 NL  19 (3rd)
1956 NL  15 (6th)
1957 NL  19 (1st)
1958 NL  26 (1st)
1959 NL  11 (6th)
1961 NL  17 (4th)
1963 NL  9 (10th)
Career  127 (68th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1943 NL  17 (7th)
1947 NL  18 (3rd)
1948 NL  18 (2nd)
1954 NL  20 (2nd)
1956 NL  19 (5th)
1958 NL  19 (4th)
Career  243 (32nd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1952 NL  7 (7th)
1954 NL  7 (6th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1942 NL  7.5 (10th)
1943 NL  10.6 (3rd)
1944 NL  8.8 (7th)
1946 NL  9.7 (5th)
1948 NL  11.9 (6th)
1952 NL  10.5 (6th)
Career  134.0 (227th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1943 NL  34.3 (2nd)
1947 NL  24.5 (4th)
1948 NL  18.0 (8th)
1952 NL  19.9 (5th)
1953 NL  18.5 (5th)
1955 NL  14.4 (10th)
1956 NL  15.2 (6th)
1957 NL  14.8 (6th)
1958 NL  18.2 (4th)
Career  15.8 (225th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1946 NL  39.0 (10th)
1948 NL  15.7 (4th)
1949 NL  17.0 (3rd)
1950 NL  19.8 (9th)
1951 NL  18.1 (7th)
1953 NL  19.8 (9th)
1954 NL  16.9 (7th)
1955 NL  17.0 (9th)
1957 NL  17.3 (6th)
Career  23.1 (220th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1946 NL  405 (10th)
1947 NL  428 (8th)
Career  7704 (19th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1950 NL  33.34 (7th)
1952 NL  35.88 (3rd)
1953 NL  46.16 (4th)
1954 NL  53.30 (4th)
1955 NL  38.74 (8th)
1956 NL  40.07 (2nd)
1957 NL  52.13 (3rd)
1958 NL  39.35 (4th)
1962 NL  37.46 (9th)
Career  449.17 (46th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1950 NL  3.3 (5th)
1952 NL  3.2 (7th)
1953 NL  4.3 (3rd)
1954 NL  4.4 (4th)
1955 NL  4.7 (3rd)
1957 NL  5.4 (4th)
1962 NL  3.7 (9th)
Career  41.3 (51st)

Situational Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1950 NL  3.6 (3rd)
1951 NL  3.5 (7th)
1952 NL  4.1 (2nd)
1953 NL  4.2 (4th)
1954 NL  4.9 (5th)
1955 NL  4.1 (5th)
1956 NL  3.2 (8th)
1957 NL  5.6 (3rd)
1958 NL  3.4 (5th)
1962 NL  3.3 (10th)
Career  44.5 (40th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1950 NL  3.1 (7th)
1952 NL  3.7 (3rd)
1953 NL  4.3 (4th)
1954 NL  5.1 (4th)
1955 NL  3.8 (7th)
1956 NL  3.9 (2nd)
1957 NL  5.0 (3rd)
1958 NL  3.7 (4th)
1962 NL  3.5 (10th)
Career  43.0 (49th)

Putouts† s c a p y
1946 NL  1166 (4th)
1947 NL  1360 (2nd)
1955 NL  1000 (4th)
1957 NL  1167 (3rd)
1958 NL  1019 (3rd)
Career  12439 (92nd)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1946 NL  114 (4th)
1947 NL  149 (3rd)
1955 NL  110 (5th)
1957 NL  130 (3rd)
1958 NL  124 (3rd)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1946 NL  1056 (4th)
1947 NL  1360 (2nd)
1955 NL  925 (5th)
1957 NL  1167 (3rd)
1958 NL  1019 (3rd)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1947 NL  77 (5th)
1955 NL  92 (4th)
1956 NL  90 (5th)
1957 NL  99 (3rd)
1958 NL  100 (1st)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1946 NL  13 (1st)
1947 NL  8 (4th)
1955 NL  8 (5th)
1958 NL  13 (3rd)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1943 NL  155 (2nd)
1948 NL  155 (1st)
1949 NL  156 (1st)
1953 NL  157 (1st)
1954 NL  152 (5th)
Career  1890 (62nd)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1942 NL  296 (5th)
1943 NL  376 (3rd)
1944 NL  353 (4th)
1948 NL  347 (3rd)
1952 NL  298 (5th)
Career  3730 (94th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1954 NL  13 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
1955 NL  9.67 (4th)
1956 NL  9.89 (5th)
1957 NL  10.26 (3rd)
1958 NL  9.70 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1946 NL  9.83 (5th)
1947 NL  9.64 (3rd)
1956 NL  9.32 (5th)
1957 NL  9.74 (3rd)
1958 NL  9.02 (3rd)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1947 NL  .995 (2nd)
1955 NL  .992 (2nd)
1956 NL  .993 (3rd)
1957 NL  .992 (3rd)
1959 NL  .990 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1961 NL  1.86 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1961 NL  1.56 (5th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1961 NL  .994 (1st)
1962 NL  .985 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1954 NL  1.89 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1954 NL  1.85 (4th)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1954 NL  .989 (1st)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1949 NL  .991 (2nd)
1954 NL  .989 (1st)
1961 NL  .994 (1st)

Oldest s c a p y
1958 NL  born 1920-11-21 (9th)
1959 NL  born 1920-11-21 (10th)
1960 NL  born 1920-11-21 (6th)
1961 NL  born 1920-11-21 (2nd)
1962 NL  born 1920-11-21 (2nd)
1963 NL  born 1920-11-21 (2nd)

Youngest s c a p y
1941 NL  born 1920-11-21 (5th)

             

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 116 (5), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 390 (3), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 454 (1), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 76 (5), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Carl Yastrzemski (764) *
  2. Willie Mays (745) *
  3. Mel Ott (743) *
  4. Dave Winfield (731) *
  5. Eddie Murray (722) *
  6. Lou Gehrig (720) *
  7. Frank Robinson (711) *
  8. Jimmie Foxx (693) *
  9. Rafael Palmeiro (691)
  10. Hank Aaron (663) *
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  1. Del Ennis (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Joe Medwick (939) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Joe Medwick (941) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Al Simmons (940) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Al Simmons (914) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Al Simmons (916) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Al Simmons (902) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Al Simmons (893) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Al Simmons (899) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Al Simmons (895) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Al Simmons (876) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Al Simmons (853) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Al Simmons (840) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Al Simmons (816) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Al Simmons (804) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Al Simmons (781) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Al Simmons (762) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Frank Robinson (753) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  19. Frank Robinson (756) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  20. Willie Mays (748) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  21. Carl Yastrzemski (753) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

Before 1938 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
194120St. Louis Cardinals$2,400Bill James Historical AbstractDescribed as $400/month
194221St. Louis Cardinals$4,500Bill James Historical Abstract
194322St. Louis Cardinals$6,5001/14/53 TSNBJHA says $6,250
194423St. Louis Cardinals$10,000Bill James Historical Abstract
194625St. Louis Cardinals$18,5001/14/53 TSNBJHA and F. Turner, When the Boys... say $13,500
194726St. Louis Cardinals$32,0001/14/53 TSN2/12/47 TSN says $28,000; BJHA says $31,000
194827St. Louis Cardinals$37,5001/14/53 TSNBJHA says $31,000 raised to $36,000
194928St. Louis Cardinals$50,0001/14/53 TSNBJHA says $55,000
195029St. Louis Cardinals$65,0001/14/53 TSN2/8/50 NYT says $50,000
195130St. Louis Cardinals$80,000Bill James Historical Abstract
195231St. Louis Cardinals$80,000Bill James Historical Abstract
195332St. Louis Cardinals$80,0001/14/53 TSN
195433St. Louis Cardinals$80,0001/27/54 TSN
195534St. Louis Cardinals$80,0001/26/55 TSN
195635St. Louis Cardinals$80,0001/18/56 TSN
195736St. Louis Cardinals$80,0002/6/57 TSN
195837St. Louis Cardinals$100,000III Voigt at 221, 2/10/59 APBill James says $91K
195938St. Louis Cardinals$100,0002/4/59 TSN and 2/10/59 AP
196039St. Louis Cardinals$80,0001/27/60 TSN
196140St. Louis Cardinals$65,0002/1/61 TSNBaseball Timeline, p. 616: $75,000
196241St. Louis Cardinals$65,0001/19/63 TSN2/7/62 TSN says $70,000
196342St. Louis Cardinals$65,0001/19/63 TSN
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,261,400
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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