Charlie Neal
Charles Lenard Neal
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: January 30, 1931 in Longview, TX
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1956
Final Game: September 29, 1963
Died: November 18, 1996 in Dallas, TX
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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
1956 25 BRO NL 62 150 136 22 39 5 1 2 14 2 2 14 19 .287 .353 .382 .736 91 52 2 0 0 0 1 4/6
1957 26 BRO NL 128 514 448 62 121 13 7 12 62 11 4 53 83 .270 .356 .411 .767 99 184 7 8 3 2 0 65/4
1958 27 LAD NL 140 549 473 87 120 9 6 22 65 7 6 61 91 .254 .341 .438 .779 102 207 11 5 4 6 4 *4/6
1959 28 LAD NL 151 685 616 103 177 30 11 19 83 17 6 43 86 .287 .337 .464 .802 106 286 22 4 21 1 2 *4/6 AS,MVP-8,GG
1960 29 LAD NL 139 547 477 60 122 23 2 8 40 5 5 48 75 .256 .321 .363 .684 83 173 18 1 14 7 2 *4/6 AS
1961 30 LAD NL 108 377 341 40 80 6 1 10 48 3 2 30 49 .235 .297 .346 .643 65 118 7 1 3 2 6 *4
1962 31 NYM NL 136 579 508 59 132 14 9 11 58 2 8 56 90 .260 .330 .388 .718 92 197 17 0 9 6 1 465
1963 32 TOT NL 106 352 317 28 67 13 1 3 21 1 3 32 64 .211 .286 .287 .573 66 91 1 1 2 0 3 5/64
1963 32 NYM NL 72 282 253 26 57 12 1 3 18 1 2 27 49 .225 .302 .316 .619 79 80 1 1 1 0 3 5/6
1963 32 CIN NL 34 70 64 2 10 1 0 0 3 0 1 5 15 .156 .217 .172 .389 13 11 0 0 1 0 0 5/46
8 Seasons 970 3753 3316 461 858 113 38 87 391 48 36 337 557 .259 .329 .394 .723 91 1308 85 20 56 24 19
162 Game Avg. 162 627 554 77 143 19 6 15 65 8 6 56 93 .259 .329 .394 .723 91 218 14 3 9 4 3
LAD (6 yrs) 728 2822 2491 374 659 86 28 73 312 45 25 249 403 .265 .334 .409 .743 93 1020 67 19 45 18 15
NYM (2 yrs) 208 861 761 85 189 26 10 14 76 3 10 83 139 .248 .321 .364 .685 88 277 18 1 10 6 4
CIN (1 yr) 34 70 64 2 10 1 0 0 3 0 1 5 15 .156 .217 .172 .389 13 11 0 0 1 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1956 25 BRO NL 150 101 18 4.8 110 .322 .287 .274 .353 .342 .382 .433 .736 .775 91 .529 -1.6 -0.2 .653 .199 .096 2.0
1957 26 BRO NL 514 343 69 5.5 110 .307 .270 .279 .356 .343 .411 .432 .767 .775 99 .575 -0.7 -0.1 .746 .275 .141 11.5
1958 27 LAD NL 549 380 71 5.0 109 .268 .254 .274 .341 .343 .438 .428 .779 .771 102 .534 0.6 0.1 .741 .315 .184 10.6
1959 28 LAD NL 685 489 91 5.0 111 .309 .287 .278 .337 .345 .464 .430 .802 .776 106 .533 2.4 0.2 .737 .265 .177 17.9
1960 29 LAD NL 547 399 54 3.6 104 .284 .256 .270 .321 .337 .363 .414 .684 .751 83 .418 -10.8 -1.1 .587 .208 .107 6.2
1961 30 LAD NL 377 275 35 3.4 112 .246 .235 .279 .297 .347 .346 .435 .643 .782 65 .360 -18.7 -1.8 .556 .202 .111 4.6
1962 31 NYM NL 579 416 62 4.0 103 .293 .260 .270 .330 .337 .388 .410 .718 .747 92 .439 -5.6 -0.6 .616 .226 .128 3.4
1963 32 TOT NL 352 256 28 2.9 90 .256 .211 .255 .286 .317 .287 .381 .573 .698 66 .372 -13.7 -1.5 .480 .170 .076 1.5
1963 32 NYM NL 282 200 25 3.4 89 .269 .225 .254 .302 .316 .316 .380 .619 .696 79 .431 -6.4 -0.7 .538 .194 .091 1.5
1963 32 CIN NL 70 56 3 1.4 92 .204 .156 .258 .217 .320 .172 .385 .389 .705 13 .138 -7.4 -0.8 .273 .078 .016
8 Seasons 3753 2659 428 4.3 107 .286 .259 .273 .329 .340 .394 .421 .723 .760 91 .480 -48.3 -4.9 .650 .241 .136 61.9
162 Game Avg. 627 444 71 4.3 107 .286 .259 .273 .329 .340 .394 .421 .723 .760 91 .480 -48.3 -4.9 .650 .241 .136 10
LAD (6 yrs) 2822 1987 338 4.6 109 .288 .265 .276 .334 .343 .409 .428 .743 .771 93 .499 -29.0 -2.9 .680 .253 .145 55.7
NYM (2 yrs) 861 616 87 3.8 98 .285 .248 .265 .321 .330 .364 .400 .685 .730 88 .437 -12.0 -1.2 .590 .216 .116 4.9
CIN (1 yr) 70 56 3 1.4 92 .204 .156 .258 .217 .320 .172 .385 .389 .705 13 .139 -7.4 -0.8 .273 .078 .016

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
1956 25 BRO NL WS NYY L 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 28 LAD NL WS CHW W 6 27 27 4 10 2 0 2 6 1 0 0 1 .370 .370 .667 1.037 18 1 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 7 31 31 4 10 2 0 2 6 1 0 0 2 .323 .323 .581 .903 18 1 0 0 0 0
2 WS 7 31 31 4 10 2 0 2 6 1 0 0 2 .323 .323 .581 .903 18 1 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1959 LAD NL 28 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 LAD NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 LAD NL 29 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (3 Appearances) 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1956 25 BRO NL 150 1.3% 12.7% 9.3% 5.3% 21% 1.36 7.2 68.0 9.7 1.03 77%
1957 26 BRO NL 514 2.3% 16.2% 10.3% 6.2% 26% 1.57 5.4 37.3 7.2 1.18 69%
1958 27 LAD NL 549 4.0% 16.6% 11.1% 6.7% 31% 1.49 5.2 21.5 7.3 0.91 67%
1959 28 LAD NL 685 2.8% 12.6% 6.3% 8.8% 34% 2.00 7.2 32.4 7.4 1.15 75%
1960 29 LAD NL 547 1.5% 13.7% 8.8% 6.0% 27% 1.56 6.4 59.6 11.9 1.26 73%
1961 30 LAD NL 377 2.7% 13.0% 8.0% 4.5% 21% 1.63 7.0 34.1 7.1 0.77 75%
1962 31 NYM NL 579 1.9% 15.5% 9.7% 5.9% 26% 1.61 5.6 46.2 8.8 1.20 71%
1963 32 TOT NL 352 0.9% 18.2% 9.1% 4.8% 25% 2.00 5.0 105.7 15.1 0.92 71%
1963 32 NYM NL 282 1.1% 17.4% 9.6% 5.7% 28% 1.81 5.2 84.3 14.1 0.96 71%
1963 32 CIN NL 70 0.0% 21.4% 7.1% 1.4% 10% 3.00 4.3 21.3 0.78 70%
8 Seasons 3753 2.3% 14.8% 9.0% 6.3% 28% 1.65 6.0 38.1 8.5 1.07 72%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1956 25 BRO NL 2 0 39% 87 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 72% 8 5 3 3 0 3 7 0 7
1957 26 BRO NL 8 0 29% 201 11 4 73% 11 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 6 65% 27 12 15 8 0 8 19 6 12
1958 27 LAD NL 7 0 40% 199 7 6 54% 7 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 8 54% 37 22 14 5 0 5 21 6 15
1959 28 LAD NL 12 1 41% 257 17 6 74% 14 5 2 1 1 0 3 0 4 14 55% 40 25 15 6 4 2 29 5 24
1960 29 LAD NL 10 0 32% 181 5 5 50% 4 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 19 42% 29 18 10 8 5 3 18 5 10
1961 30 LAD NL 7 0 30% 128 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 7 58% 15 9 6 1 0 1 10 1 8
1962 31 NYM NL 8 0 27% 215 2 8 20% 2 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 11 51% 29 17 12 5 4 1 13 2 11
1963 32 TOT NL 9 0 26% 123 1 3 25% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 12 44% 16 9 7 3 2 1 8 3 4
1963 32 NYM NL 9 0 28% 107 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 11 52% 14 7 7 3 2 1 6 2 4
1963 32 CIN NL 0 0 13% 16 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
8 Seasons 63 1 33% 1391 48 36 57% 44 33 3 2 1 0 11 1 36 79 54% 201 117 82 39 15 24 125 28 91
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1956 25 BRO NL 150 19% 39 8 3 0 1 1.50 2 0 8 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0% 24 2 8% 17 3 18% 88 12 14% 9 3 33% 7 2 29% 0
1957 26 BRO NL 514 4% 121 1 1 0 1 3.87 12 0 10 12 0 6 6 0 4 3 75% 86 7 8% 39 15 38% 319 50 16% 26 16 62% 35 17 49% 0
1958 27 LAD NL 549 12% 120 2 1 0 1 6.56 22 0 8 20 2 14 8 0 6 4 67% 105 11 10% 45 15 33% 311 47 15% 26 16 62% 28 12 43% 0
1959 28 LAD NL 686 19% 177 0 0 0 0 19 0 20 18 1 13 6 0 31 21 68% 165 22 13% 103 41 40% 432 70 16% 27 14 52% 29 15 52% 0
1960 29 LAD NL 547 22% 122 2 0 0 0 0.79 8 0 8 7 1 5 3 0 20 14 70% 117 18 15% 62 25 40% 320 35 11% 22 13 59% 29 10 34% 0
1961 30 LAD NL 377 31% 80 5 1 0 0 1.50 10 0 11 7 3 6 4 0 6 3 50% 81 7 9% 41 12 29% 243 40 16% 21 10 48% 22 6 27% 0
1962 31 NYM NL 579 23% 132 0 0 0 0 11 0 18 9 2 7 4 0 11 9 82% 137 17 12% 68 25 37% 375 53 14% 33 16 48% 31 13 42% 0
1963 32 TOT NL 352 34% 67 15 3 0 2 2.11 3 0 9 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 100% 57 1 2% 33 5 15% 186 18 10% 15 6 40% 27 9 33% 0
1963 32 NYM NL 282 32% 57 1 1 0 0 0.22 3 0 7 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 100% 46 1 2% 27 4 15% 139 15 11% 13 4 31% 16 6 38% 0
1963 32 CIN NL 70 44% 10 14 2 0 2 2.24 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 11 0 0% 6 1 17% 47 3 6% 2 2 100% 11 3 27% 0
8 Seasons 3754 20% 858 33 9 0 5 2.11 87 0 92 76 11 53 34 1 81 56 69% 772 85 11% 408 141 35% 2274 325 14% 179 94 53% 208 84 40% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1956 25 62 150 136 22 39 5 1 2 14 2 2 14 19 .287 .353 .382 .736 91 52 2 0 0 0 1
1957 26 190 664 584 84 160 18 8 14 76 13 6 67 102 .274 .356 .404 .760 97 236 9 8 3 2 1
1958 27 330 1213 1057 171 280 27 14 36 141 20 12 128 193 .265 .349 .419 .768 99 443 20 13 7 8 5
1959 28 481 1898 1673 274 457 57 25 55 224 37 18 171 279 .273 .345 .436 .781 102 729 42 17 28 9 7
1960 29 620 2445 2150 334 579 80 27 63 264 42 23 219 354 .269 .340 .420 .759 97 902 60 18 42 16 9
1961 30 728 2822 2491 374 659 86 28 73 312 45 25 249 403 .265 .334 .409 .743 93 1020 67 19 45 18 15
1962 31 864 3401 2999 433 791 100 37 84 370 47 33 305 493 .264 .333 .406 .739 93 1217 84 19 54 24 16
1963 32 970 3753 3316 461 858 113 38 87 391 48 36 337 557 .259 .329 .394 .723 91 1308 85 20 56 24 19

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
1956 25 65 155 141 22 40 5 1 2 14 2 14 20 .284 .348 .376 .724 19 62
1957 26 134 535 469 60 127 14 7 13 60 12 56 87 .271 .357 .414 .771 67 128
1958 27 147 571 496 88 125 9 6 23 66 7 64 96 .252 .340 .433 .773 73 140
1959 28 158 679 632 101 173 29 11 19 81 17 42 90 .274 .323 .445 .767 89 151
1960 29 145 550 494 62 123 23 2 8 41 5 48 78 .249 .313 .352 .665 55 139
1961 30 113 383 351 37 78 6 1 10 45 3 29 51 .222 .282 .330 .612 32 108
1962 31 136 561 502 58 126 13 9 10 57 2 53 90 .251 .319 .373 .692 61 136
1963 32 106 363 326 32 76 15 1 3 24 1 36 64 .233 .311 .313 .624 32 106
8 Seasons 1004 3797 3411 460 868 114 38 88 388 49 342 576 .254 .324 .388 .712 428 970
162 Game Avg. 162 613 550 74 140 18 6 14 63 8 55 93 .254 .324 .388 .712 69 970

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1959-2 *
1960-1 *
1960-2 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1959 NL (8, 19%)
0.19 Career Shares (745th)

Gold Gloves
1959 NL (2B)

Games Played s c a p y
1959 NL  151 (8th)

At Bats s c a p y
1959 NL  616 (4th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1959 NL  685 (6th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1959 NL  103 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1959 NL  177 (9th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1959 NL  286 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
1959 NL  30 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
1957 NL  7 (10th)
1959 NL  11 (1st)
1962 NL  9 (5th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1958 NL  91 (4th)
1959 NL  86 (8th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1957 NL  11 (9th)
1959 NL  17 (7th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1959 NL  60 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1957 NL  8 (4th)
1958 NL  5 (9th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1959 NL  21 (1st)
1960 NL  14 (2nd)
1962 NL  9 (10th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1960 NL  7 (6th)
1962 NL  6 (10th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1959 NL  22 (2nd)
1960 NL  18 (3rd)
1962 NL  17 (9th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1958 NL  6 (8th)
1962 NL  8 (8th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1957 NL  11.5 (6th)
1958 NL  10.6 (9th)
1959 NL  17.9 (5th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1958 NL  21.5 (9th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1959 NL  489 (1st)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (725), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 17 (1087), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 20 (774), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2322), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Ray Boone (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Mark Ellis (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mark Ellis (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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