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Hal Newhouser

Harold Newhouser (Prince Hal)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 20, 1921 in Detroit, MI
High School: Wilbur Wright HS (Detroit, MI)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 29, 1939
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Indians 1939-1955

Final Game: May 3, 1955
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1992.
   View Hal Newhouser Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: November 10, 1998 in Southfield, MI
Buried: Oakland Hills Memorial Gardens, Novi, MI
Relatives: Cousin of Ken Macha
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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
1939 18 DET AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1940 19 DET AL 28 47 40 3 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 4 .200 .256 .200 .456 16 8 0 0 4 1
1941 20 DET AL 33 68 60 3 9 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 8 .150 .190 .150 .340 -12 9 2 0 5 1
1942 21 DET AL 39 58 52 1 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 8 .154 .200 .192 .392 7 10 2 0 3 1 AS
1943 22 DET AL 37 72 65 4 12 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 8 .185 .221 .215 .436 24 14 0 0 4 1 AS
1944 23 DET AL 47 132 120 10 29 4 0 0 5 1 0 6 12 .242 .278 .275 .553 55 33 5 0 6 1 AS,MVP-1
1945 24 DET AL 40 124 109 9 28 5 1 0 17 0 1 7 10 .257 .302 .321 .623 76 35 1 0 8 1 MVP-1
1946 25 DET AL 37 117 103 6 13 3 0 2 11 1 0 6 27 .126 .174 .214 .388 5 22 1 0 8 1 AS,MVP-2
1947 26 DET AL 40 114 96 5 19 0 0 0 9 0 0 15 20 .198 .306 .198 .504 40 19 3 0 3 1 AS
1948 27 DET AL 39 108 92 6 19 0 1 0 6 0 0 10 14 .207 .284 .228 .513 36 21 1 0 6 1 AS,MVP-9
1949 28 DET AL 38 117 91 8 18 3 0 0 6 0 2 12 19 .198 .291 .231 .522 39 21 3 0 14 1
1950 29 DET AL 35 84 74 6 13 2 0 0 8 0 0 5 8 .176 .228 .203 .431 10 15 2 0 5 1
1951 30 DET AL 17 37 29 4 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 3 .310 .412 .310 .722 97 9 2 0 4 1
1952 31 DET AL 26 57 46 5 10 1 0 0 4 0 0 10 9 .217 .357 .239 .596 68 11 2 0 1 1
1953 32 DET AL 7 9 8 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .500 .556 .500 1.056 189 4 0 0 0 /1
1954 33 CLE AL 26 14 13 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .154 .154 .154 .308 -16 2 0 0 1 0 1
1955 34 CLE AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
17 Yrs 492 1159 999 71 201 22 2 2 81 3 3 89 150 .201 .267 .233 .500 36 233 24 0 72 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 382 329 23 66 7 1 1 27 1 1 29 49 .201 .267 .233 .500 36 77 8 0 24
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
DET (15 yrs) 464 1145 986 71 199 22 2 2 80 3 3 89 150 .202 .268 .234 .502 36 231 24 0 71
CLE (2 yrs) 28 14 13 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .154 .154 .154 .308 -16 2 0 0 1 0 0

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
1939 18 DET AL 1 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .481 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
1940 19 DET AL 28 47 -6 0 0 0 5 -0 -0.0 1 1 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $50,000 1
1941 20 DET AL 33 68 -11 0 0 0 7 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.3 .491 .498 -0.3 0.0 -1 $ 1
1942 21 DET AL 39 58 -7 0 0 0 6 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 0 $ 1 AS
1943 22 DET AL 37 72 -6 0 0 0 6 -0 -0.0 2 1 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ 1 AS
1944 23 DET AL 47 132 -7 0 0 0 12 5 0.6 3 8 0.6 .512 .504 0.6 0.0 8 $ 1 AS,MVP-1
1945 24 DET AL 40 124 -4 -0 0 0 11 7 0.8 3 10 0.8 .520 .505 0.8 -0.0 10 $ 1 MVP-1
1946 25 DET AL 37 117 -14 0 0 0 12 -2 -0.2 3 1 -0.2 .493 .498 -0.2 0.0 1 $45,000 1 AS,MVP-2
1947 26 DET AL 40 114 -8 0 0 0 12 5 0.5 3 8 0.5 .513 .503 0.5 -0.0 8 $65,000 1 AS
1948 27 DET AL 39 108 -9 0 0 0 11 2 0.2 3 5 0.2 .506 .501 0.2 0.0 5 $50,000 1 AS,MVP-9
1949 28 DET AL 38 117 -9 -1 0 0 13 3 0.3 3 6 0.3 .508 .502 0.3 0.0 6 $60,000 1
1950 29 DET AL 35 84 -11 -0 0 0 10 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
1951 30 DET AL 17 37 0 -0 -0 0 4 4 0.4 1 5 0.4 .522 .502 0.4 0.0 5 $ 1
1952 31 DET AL 26 57 -2 0 -0 0 6 4 0.5 2 6 0.5 .519 .503 0.5 0.0 6 $ 1
1953 32 DET AL 7 9 1 -0 0 0 1 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .528 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $ /1
1954 33 CLE AL 26 14 -2 -0 0 0 2 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ 1
1955 34 CLE AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
17 Seasons 492 1159 -93 -0 0 0 118 25 2.6 28 52 2.8 .505 .501 2.8 0.0 53 $270,000
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
DET (15 yrs) 464 1145 -91 -0 -0 0 116 25 2.6 27 52 2.8 .506 .501 2.8 0.0 52 $270,000
CLE (2 yrs) 28 14 -2 -0 0 0 2 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $

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
1939 18 DET AL 1 1 0 0.0 120 .000 .000 .295 .000 .371 .000 .436 .000 .807 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1940 19 DET AL 47 36 2 1.5 119 .222 .200 .290 .256 .364 .200 .440 .456 .804 16 .099 -5.3 -0.5 .344 .075 .000
1941 20 DET AL 68 58 2 0.9 115 .173 .150 .287 .190 .365 .150 .423 .340 .789 -12 .048 -10.4 -1.0 .245 .067 .000 .0
1942 21 DET AL 58 49 2 1.1 101 .182 .154 .275 .200 .351 .192 .385 .392 .735 7 .082 -6.8 -0.7 .283 .096 .038
1943 22 DET AL 72 57 3 1.4 92 .211 .185 .264 .221 .340 .215 .364 .436 .704 24 .145 -6.6 -0.7 .321 .077 .031
1944 23 DET AL 132 102 9 2.4 95 .269 .242 .274 .278 .341 .275 .374 .553 .715 55 .277 -7.4 -0.8 .417 .092 .033 .0
1945 24 DET AL 124 91 10 3.0 94 .283 .257 .270 .302 .343 .321 .366 .623 .709 76 .378 -3.8 -0.4 .494 .119 .064
1946 25 DET AL 117 99 4 1.1 101 .149 .126 .272 .174 .347 .214 .391 .388 .738 5 .078 -14.1 -1.5 .319 .155 .087 1.3
1947 26 DET AL 114 83 6 1.9 100 .250 .198 .267 .306 .348 .198 .384 .504 .732 40 .196 -7.6 -0.8 .425 .156 .000
1948 27 DET AL 108 80 6 2.0 108 .244 .207 .277 .284 .362 .228 .400 .513 .762 36 .178 -8.9 -0.9 .419 .130 .022
1949 28 DET AL 117 92 6 1.7 107 .250 .198 .271 .291 .363 .231 .393 .522 .756 39 .145 -8.0 -0.8 .397 .143 .033
1950 29 DET AL 84 68 3 1.2 116 .197 .176 .282 .228 .370 .203 .423 .431 .793 10 .066 -10.5 -1.0 .317 .095 .027
1951 30 DET AL 37 26 4 4.1 102 .346 .310 .268 .412 .349 .310 .392 .722 .741 97 .460 0.2 0.0 .636 .172 .000
1952 31 DET AL 57 39 4 2.8 96 .270 .217 .260 .357 .340 .239 .380 .596 .720 68 .323 -1.4 -0.2 .553 .239 .022
1953 32 DET AL 9 4 2 13.4 101 .500 .500 .267 .556 .343 .500 .393 1.056 .736 189 .882 1.1 0.1 1.250 .125 .000
1954 33 CLE AL 14 12 0 0.0 100 .154 .154 .268 .154 .344 .154 .391 .308 .735 -16 .000 -2.2 -0.2 .182 .000 .000
17 Yrs 1159 897 63 1.9 103 .235 .201 .273 .267 .352 .233 .390 .500 .742 36 .180 -92.1 -9.5 .390 .121 .032 2.4
162 Game Avg. 382 295 21 1.9 103 .235 .201 .273 .267 .352 .233 .390 .500 .742 36 .180 -92.1 -9.5 .390 .121 .032 1
DET (15 yrs) 1145 885 63 1.9 103 .236 .202 .273 .268 .352 .234 .390 .502 .742 36 .183 -90.0 -9.2 .393 .123 .032 2.4
CLE (2 yrs) 14 12 0 0.0 100 .154 .154 .268 .154 .344 .154 .391 .308 .735 -16 .000 -2.2 -0.2 .182 .000 .000

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
1945 24 DET AL WS CHC W 3 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .000 .111 .000 .111 0 2 0 0 0 0
1954 33 CLE AL WS NYG L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 4 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .000 .111 .000 .111 0 2 0 0 0 0
2 WS 4 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .000 .111 .000 .111 0 2 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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
1942 DET AL 21 DNP
1943 DET AL 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0
1944 DET AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1945 DET AL 24 DNP
1946 DET AL 25 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1947 DET AL 26 as P 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 DET AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs (5 GP) 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 1 0 0 0 0

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
1939 18 DET AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
1940 19 DET AL 47 0.0% 8.5% 6.4% 0.0% 0% 1.33 10.0 20.0 77%
1941 20 DET AL 68 0.0% 11.8% 4.4% 0.0% 0% 2.67 7.5 30.0 76%
1942 21 DET AL 58 0.0% 13.8% 5.2% 3.5% 25% 2.67 6.5 52.0 76%
1943 22 DET AL 72 0.0% 11.1% 4.2% 2.8% 17% 2.67 8.1 13.0 79%
1944 23 DET AL 132 0.0% 9.1% 4.6% 3.0% 14% 2.00 10.0 24.0 82%
1945 24 DET AL 124 0.0% 8.1% 5.7% 4.8% 21% 1.43 10.9 6.4 80%
1946 25 DET AL 117 1.7% 23.1% 5.1% 4.3% 39% 4.50 3.8 51.5 9.4 63%
1947 26 DET AL 114 0.0% 17.5% 13.2% 0.0% 0% 1.33 4.8 10.7 67%
1948 27 DET AL 108 0.0% 13.0% 9.3% 0.9% 5% 1.40 6.6 15.3 1.44 72%
1949 28 DET AL 117 0.0% 16.2% 10.3% 2.6% 17% 1.58 4.8 15.2 2.30 62%
1950 29 DET AL 84 0.0% 9.5% 6.0% 2.4% 15% 1.60 9.3 9.3 1.42 79%
1951 30 DET AL 37 0.0% 8.1% 13.5% 0.0% 0% 0.60 9.7 9.7 1.67 70%
1952 31 DET AL 57 0.0% 15.8% 17.5% 1.8% 10% 0.90 5.1 11.5 2.43 65%
1953 32 DET AL 9 0.0% 0.0% 11.1% 0.0% 0% 0.00 8.0 89%
1954 33 CLE AL 14 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 13.0 2.67 93%
17 Yrs 1159 0.2% 12.9% 7.7% 2.2% 13% 1.69 6.7 499.5 12.3 1.89 73%
MLB Averages 1.6% 9.7% 9.3% 6.2% 27% 1.04 9.2 54.8 8.3 0.97 77%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1939 18 DET AL -0.3 -0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1940 19 DET AL -5.3 -0.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1941 20 DET AL -10.4 -1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1942 21 DET AL -6.8 -0.7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1943 22 DET AL -6.6 -0.7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1944 23 DET AL -7.4 -0.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 24 DET AL -3.8 -0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 25 DET AL -14.1 -1.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 26 DET AL -7.6 -0.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 27 DET AL -8.9 -0.9 36 -0.2 0.3 -0.5 .73 -0.5 0.2 -2.6 -0.3 0.94 -5.1 0
1949 28 DET AL -8.1 -0.8 70 -0.5 0.8 -1.3 .99 -0.3 -0.2 -4.6 -0.5 0.99 -3.7 0
1950 29 DET AL -10.5 -1.0 64 -0.9 0.6 -1.5 1.14 -0.9 0.1 -10.3 -1.0 0.99 -9.9 0
1951 30 DET AL 0.2 0.0 30 0.4 0.7 -0.4 1.12 0.2 0.2 1.3 0.1 1.08 1.4 0
1952 31 DET AL -1.4 -0.2 45 0.0 0.8 -0.8 1.02 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 -0.0 0.95 -0.9 0
1953 32 DET AL 1.1 0.1 9 0.0 0.1 -0.1 1.04 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.1 1.09 0.6 0
1954 33 CLE AL -2.2 -0.2 14 -0.1 0.3 -0.3 1.09 -0.1 0.1 -1.2 -0.1 0.98 -1.1 0
1955 34 CLE AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
17 Yrs -92.2 -9.5 268 -1.2 3.6 -4.8 1.02 -1.7 0.5 -16.9 -1.6 0.99 -18.6 0
BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1948 27 DET AL 1 0 21% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1949 28 DET AL 1 0 27% 30 0 2 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
1950 29 DET AL 2 0 33% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14% 4 4 0 3 2 1 0 0 0
1951 30 DET AL 0 0 29% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1952 31 DET AL 0 0 25% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 33% 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1953 32 DET AL 0 0 20% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1954 33 CLE AL 1 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Yrs 5 0 24% 106 3 3 50% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 28% 14 14 0 7 4 3 4 0 4

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 27 DET AL 108 97% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 600% 4 1 25% 3 0 0% 25 4 16% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1949 28 DET AL 117 57% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 14 200% 17 3 18% 20 6 30% 49 5 10% 5 2 40% 3 2 67% 0
1950 29 DET AL 84 75% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 83% 13 2 15% 14 5 36% 48 4 8% 7 4 57% 4 1 25% 0
1951 30 DET AL 37 80% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 10 2 20% 6 2 33% 27 3 11% 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 0
1952 31 DET AL 57 73% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 2 40% 5 0 0% 27 4 15% 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 0
1953 32 DET AL 9 67% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 7 1 14% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1954 33 CLE AL 14 64% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 3 2 67% 9 1 11% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
17 Yrs 426 73% 201 0 0 0 0 2 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 20 72 360% 54 24 44% 51 15 29% 192 22 11% 19 8 42% 12 5 42% 0
MLB Averages 50% 226% 25% 32% 15% 51% 55%

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
1939 18 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1940 19 29 48 41 3 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 4 .195 .250 .195 .445 13 8 0 0 4
1941 20 62 116 101 6 17 0 0 0 4 1 0 6 12 .168 .215 .168 .383 -2 17 2 0 9
1942 21 101 174 153 7 25 2 0 0 5 1 0 9 20 .163 .210 .176 .386 1 27 4 0 12
1943 22 138 246 218 11 37 4 0 0 10 1 0 12 28 .170 .213 .188 .401 7 41 4 0 16
1944 23 185 378 338 21 66 8 0 0 15 2 0 18 40 .195 .236 .219 .455 24 74 9 0 22
1945 24 225 502 447 30 94 13 1 0 32 2 1 25 50 .210 .252 .244 .496 36 109 10 0 30
1946 25 262 619 550 36 107 16 1 2 43 3 1 31 77 .195 .238 .238 .476 30 131 11 0 38
1947 26 302 733 646 41 126 16 1 2 52 3 1 46 97 .195 .249 .232 .481 32 150 14 0 41
1948 27 341 841 738 47 145 16 2 2 58 3 1 56 111 .196 .253 .232 .485 32 171 15 0 47
1949 28 379 958 829 55 163 19 2 2 64 3 3 68 130 .197 .258 .232 .489 33 192 18 0 61
1950 29 414 1042 903 61 176 21 2 2 72 3 3 73 138 .195 .255 .229 .484 31 207 20 0 66
1951 30 431 1079 932 65 185 21 2 2 75 3 3 78 141 .198 .260 .232 .492 33 216 22 0 70
1952 31 457 1136 978 70 195 22 2 2 79 3 3 88 150 .199 .265 .232 .498 35 227 24 0 71
1953 32 464 1145 986 71 199 22 2 2 80 3 3 89 150 .202 .268 .234 .502 36 231 24 0 71
1954 33 490 1159 999 71 201 22 2 2 81 3 3 89 150 .201 .267 .233 .500 36 233 24 0 72 0
1955 34 492 1159 999 71 201 22 2 2 81 3 3 89 150 .201 .267 .233 .500 36 233 24 0 72 0 0

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
1939 18 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
1940 19 29 48 41 3 8 0 0 0 2 0 3 4 .195 .250 .195 .445 2 28
1941 20 34 67 60 2 7 0 0 0 1 1 2 8 .117 .145 .117 .262 1 33
1942 21 41 61 55 1 8 2 0 0 1 0 3 8 .145 .190 .182 .371 2 39
1943 22 39 75 68 4 12 2 0 0 5 0 3 8 .176 .211 .206 .417 3 37
1944 23 49 137 125 10 30 4 0 0 5 1 6 13 .240 .275 .272 .547 9 47
1945 24 42 132 116 10 30 5 1 0 19 0 8 11 .259 .306 .319 .625 12 40
1946 25 39 122 108 7 14 3 0 2 12 1 6 28 .130 .175 .213 .388 4 37
1947 26 42 119 100 5 20 0 0 0 10 0 16 21 .200 .310 .200 .510 6 40
1948 27 41 109 94 5 18 0 1 0 5 0 9 15 .191 .262 .213 .475 5 39
1949 28 40 123 95 8 19 3 0 0 6 0 13 20 .200 .296 .232 .528 6 38
1950 29 37 87 77 6 13 2 0 0 7 0 5 8 .169 .220 .195 .414 3 35
1951 30 18 41 31 5 10 0 0 0 3 0 6 3 .323 .432 .323 .755 4 17
1952 31 27 61 49 5 11 1 0 0 4 0 11 9 .224 .367 .245 .612 4 26
1953 32 7 9 8 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .500 .556 .500 1.056 2 7
1954 33 27 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 26
16 Yrs 513 1207 1042 72 204 22 2 2 81 3 92 156 .196 .261 .226 .488 63 490
162 Game Avg. 162 381 329 23 64 7 1 1 26 1 29 49 .196 .261 .226 .488 20 490

* 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

Hall of Fame
1962 BBWAA ( 2.5%)
1964 BBWAA (12.9%)
1964 Run Off ( 1.5%)
1966 BBWAA (10.6%)
1967 BBWAA (21.2%)
1967 Run Off ( 4.2%)
1968 BBWAA (23.7%)
1969 BBWAA (24.1%)
1970 BBWAA (26.7%)
1971 BBWAA (26.1%)
1972 BBWAA (23.2%)
1973 BBWAA (20.8%)
1974 BBWAA (20.0%)
1975 BBWAA (42.8%)
1992 Veterans (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1992
by Veteran's Committee

All-Star Games
1942
1943 *
1944 *
1945--not played
1946 *
1947 (P)
1948 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1944 AL MVP
1944 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year
1945 ML Major League Player of the Year
1945 AL MVP
1945 AL Triple Crown
1945 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1944 AL (1, 70%)
1945 AL (1, 70%)
1946 AL (2, 59%)
1948 AL (9, 14%)
2 MVPs
2.13 Career Shares (81st)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1944 AL  8.0 (3rd)
1945 AL  11.3 (1st)
1946 AL  8.9 (3rd)
1947 AL  6.1 (4th)
1948 AL  6.3 (5th)
1949 AL  5.4 (7th)
Career  58.6 (159th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1949 AL  14 (5th)

Youngest s c a p y
1939 AL  born 1921-05-20 (1st)
1940 AL  born 1921-05-20 (1st)
1941 AL  born 1921-05-20 (2nd)
1942 AL  born 1921-05-20 (9th)

             

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  5. Bill Dinneen (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Johnny Podres (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Tom Glavine (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bump Hadley (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bump Hadley (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Bobo Newsom (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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