Bob Nieman
Robert Charles Nieman
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: January 26, 1927 in Cincinnati, OH
School: Kent State University
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1951
Final Game: October 3, 1962
Died: March 10, 1985 in Corona, CA
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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
1951 24 SLB AL 12 47 43 6 16 3 1 2 8 0 0 3 5 .372 .413 .628 1.041 175 27 1 0 1 O
1952 25 SLB AL 131 533 478 66 138 22 2 18 74 0 4 46 73 .289 .352 .456 .808 121 218 14 1 8 *O
1953 26 DET AL 142 568 508 72 143 32 5 15 69 0 3 57 57 .281 .354 .453 .807 117 230 13 0 3 *O
1954 27 DET AL 91 279 251 24 66 14 1 8 35 0 2 22 32 .263 .319 .422 .741 104 106 10 0 3 3 7
1955 28 CHW AL 99 317 272 36 77 11 2 11 53 1 0 36 37 .283 .366 .460 .826 119 125 9 2 3 4 1 97
1956 29 TOT AL 128 522 428 63 137 21 6 14 68 1 6 90 63 .320 .436 .495 .931 154 212 14 0 1 3 5 *79 MVP-7
1956 29 CHW AL 14 44 40 3 12 1 0 2 4 0 1 4 4 .300 .364 .475 .839 120 19 4 0 0 0 2 9
1956 29 BAL AL 114 478 388 60 125 20 6 12 64 1 5 86 59 .322 .442 .497 .940 157 193 10 0 1 3 3 *7
1957 30 BAL AL 129 521 445 61 123 17 6 13 70 4 4 63 86 .276 .363 .429 .792 123 191 14 2 3 8 3 *7/9
1958 31 BAL AL 105 414 366 56 119 20 2 16 60 2 8 44 57 .325 .395 .522 .917 157 191 12 0 1 3 5 7
1959 32 BAL AL 118 409 360 49 105 18 2 21 60 1 2 42 55 .292 .367 .528 .895 146 190 12 2 3 2 3 7
1960 33 STL NL 81 215 188 19 54 13 5 4 31 0 1 24 31 .287 .372 .473 .845 123 89 5 2 0 1 1 7/9
1961 34 TOT MLB 45 89 82 2 31 7 0 2 12 1 0 7 6 .378 .427 .537 .964 157 44 0 0 0 0 0 7/9
1961 34 STL NL 6 17 17 0 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .471 .471 .529 1.000 155 9 0 0 0 0 0 /7
1961 34 CLE AL 39 72 65 2 23 6 0 2 10 1 0 7 4 .354 .417 .538 .955 157 35 0 0 0 0 0 /79
1962 35 TOT MLB 32 33 31 1 9 2 0 1 4 0 0 1 10 .290 .303 .452 .755 101 14 0 0 0 1 0 /7
1962 35 CLE AL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 1 0
1962 35 SFG NL 30 31 30 1 9 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 9 .300 .323 .467 .789 110 14 0 0 0 0 0 /7
12 Seasons 1113 3947 3452 455 1018 180 32 125 544 10 30 435 512 .295 .373 .474 .847 132 1637 104 9 26 25 18
162 Game Avg. 162 574 502 66 148 26 5 18 79 1 4 63 75 .295 .373 .474 .847 132 238 15 1 4
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
BAL (6 yrs) 609 2402 2080 298 626 100 19 82 336 8 23 284 335 .301 .384 .486 .869 141 1010 63 5 17 16 14
STL (2 yrs) 87 232 205 19 62 14 5 4 33 0 1 24 33 .302 .379 .478 .857 126 98 5 2 0 1 1
CLE (2 yrs) 41 74 66 2 23 6 0 2 11 1 0 7 5 .348 .405 .530 .936 152 35 0 0 0 1 0
DET (2 yrs) 233 847 759 96 209 46 6 23 104 0 5 79 89 .275 .342 .443 .785 113 336 23 0 6 3
CHW (2 yrs) 113 361 312 39 89 12 2 13 57 1 1 40 41 .285 .366 .462 .827 119 144 13 2 3 4 3
SFG (1 yr) 30 31 30 1 9 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 9 .300 .323 .467 .789 110 14 0 0 0 0 0
AL (11 yrs) 996 3684 3217 435 947 164 27 120 508 10 29 410 470 .294 .373 .474 .847 132 1525 99 7 26 24 17
NL (3 yrs) 117 263 235 20 71 16 5 5 36 0 1 25 42 .302 .373 .477 .849 124 112 5 2 0 1 1

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
1951 24 SLB AL 47 29 11 10.2 105 .389 .372 .271 .413 .353 .628 .397 1.041 .750 175 .816 4.2 0.4 1.071 .326 .256 .0
1952 25 SLB AL 533 366 75 5.5 99 .310 .289 .264 .352 .344 .456 .385 .808 .729 121 .628 12.2 1.3 .729 .255 .167 .0
1953 26 DET AL 568 384 80 5.6 102 .294 .281 .268 .354 .344 .453 .395 .807 .740 117 .602 12.1 1.2 .745 .278 .171 .0
1954 27 DET AL 279 203 33 4.4 97 .271 .263 .263 .319 .338 .422 .385 .741 .723 104 .511 0.8 0.1 .640 .239 .159 .0
1955 28 CHW AL 317 211 46 5.8 105 .289 .283 .270 .366 .350 .460 .402 .826 .752 119 .609 7.5 0.7 .804 .313 .176 1.8
1956 29 TOT AL 522 315 94 8.0 100 .347 .320 .259 .436 .339 .495 .395 .931 .734 154 .717 38.4 3.6 .955 .374 .175 1.9
1956 29 CHW AL 44 33 5 4.1 107 .294 .300 .268 .364 .351 .475 .410 .839 .760 120 .423 0.9 0.1 .667 .250 .175 .0
1956 29 BAL AL 478 282 89 8.4 99 .353 .322 .258 .442 .338 .497 .393 .940 .731 157 .737 37.4 3.6 .989 .387 .175 1.8
1957 30 BAL AL 521 351 70 5.4 93 .311 .276 .255 .363 .326 .429 .384 .792 .710 123 .593 16.2 1.6 .753 .294 .153 6.1
1958 31 BAL AL 414 271 71 7.0 93 .348 .325 .254 .395 .322 .522 .387 .917 .709 157 .710 29.3 2.9 .858 .301 .197 3.6
1959 32 BAL AL 409 274 67 6.6 96 .294 .292 .257 .367 .328 .528 .392 .895 .720 146 .676 22.5 2.2 .866 .350 .236 1.9
1960 33 STL NL 215 141 33 6.3 106 .325 .287 .272 .372 .339 .473 .418 .845 .757 123 .662 6.5 0.7 .814 .309 .186 .0
1961 34 TOT MLB 89 51 20 10.5 104 .392 .378 .265 .427 .338 .537 .412 .964 .750 157 .815 6.9 0.7 1.020 .256 .159 1.3
1961 34 STL NL 17 9 4 11.9 114 .533 .471 .282 .471 .350 .529 .438 1.000 .788 155 .847 1.4 0.1 1.000 .059 .059
1961 34 CLE AL 72 42 16 10.2 101 .356 .354 .260 .417 .335 .538 .405 .955 .740 157 .807 5.5 0.5 1.024 .308 .185 1.3
1962 35 TOT MLB 33 23 5 5.8 102 .381 .290 .268 .303 .336 .452 .408 .755 .743 101 .610 0.1 -0.0 .682 .194 .161 .0
1962 35 CLE AL 2 2 0 0.0 100 .000 .000 .260 .000 .331 .000 .404 .000 .735 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1962 35 SFG NL 31 21 5 6.4 102 .400 .300 .269 .323 .336 .467 .408 .789 .744 110 .648 0.3 0.0 .714 .200 .167 .0
12 Seasons 3947 2619 605 6.2 99 .314 .295 .262 .373 .337 .474 .393 .847 .729 132 .649 156.8 15.5 .803 .300 .179 18.5
162 Game Avg. 574 381 88 6.2 99 .314 .295 .262 .373 .337 .474 .393 .847 .729 132 .649 23 2 .803 .300 .179 3
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
BAL (6 yrs) 2402 1573 383 6.5 96 .324 .301 .258 .384 .332 .486 .388 .869 .721 141 .674 122.0 12.0 .834 .314 .185 14.6
STL (2 yrs) 232 150 37 6.6 106 .343 .302 .273 .379 .340 .478 .419 .857 .759 126 .681 7.9 0.8 .826 .288 .176 .0
CLE (2 yrs) 74 44 16 9.7 101 .350 .348 .260 .405 .335 .530 .405 .936 .740 152 .794 5.2 0.5 1.000 .303 .182 1.3
DET (2 yrs) 847 587 113 5.2 100 .286 .275 .267 .342 .342 .443 .392 .785 .734 113 .573 12.9 1.3 .709 .265 .167 .0
CHW (2 yrs) 361 244 51 5.6 105 .290 .285 .270 .366 .350 .462 .403 .827 .753 119 .588 8.4 0.8 .785 .304 .176 1.9
SFG (1 yr) 31 21 5 6.4 102 .400 .300 .269 .323 .336 .467 .408 .789 .744 110 .648 0.3 0.0 .714 .200 .167 .0
AL (11 yrs) 3684 2448 563 6.2 98 .312 .294 .261 .373 .336 .474 .391 .847 .727 132 .648 148.5 14.6 .802 .301 .180 18.5
NL (3 yrs) 263 171 42 6.6 106 .349 .302 .272 .373 .339 .477 .418 .849 .757 124 .677 8.2 0.8 .812 .277 .174 .0

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
1962 35 SFG NL WS NYY L 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 1
1 WS 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 1

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
1951 24 SLB AL 47 4.3% 10.6% 6.4% 12.8% 38% 1.67 8.6 21.5 5.4 77%
1952 25 SLB AL 533 3.4% 13.7% 8.6% 7.9% 30% 1.59 6.5 26.6 6.5 73%
1953 26 DET AL 568 2.6% 10.0% 10.0% 9.2% 36% 1.00 8.9 33.9 7.4 77%
1954 27 DET AL 279 2.9% 11.5% 7.9% 8.2% 35% 1.45 7.8 31.4 7.2 0.97 77%
1955 28 CHW AL 317 3.5% 11.7% 11.4% 7.6% 31% 1.03 7.4 24.7 5.1 1.04 72%
1956 29 TOT AL 522 2.7% 12.1% 17.2% 7.9% 30% 0.70 6.8 30.6 6.3 1.14 68%
1956 29 CHW AL 44 4.6% 9.1% 9.1% 6.8% 25% 1.00 10.0 20.0 10.0 2.38 77%
1956 29 BAL AL 478 2.5% 12.3% 18.0% 8.0% 30% 0.69 6.6 32.3 6.1 1.05 67%
1957 30 BAL AL 521 2.5% 16.5% 12.1% 6.9% 29% 1.37 5.2 34.2 6.4 0.96 68%
1958 31 BAL AL 414 3.9% 13.8% 10.6% 9.2% 32% 1.30 6.4 22.9 6.1 1.07 72%
1959 32 BAL AL 409 5.1% 13.5% 10.3% 10.0% 39% 1.31 6.5 17.1 6.0 1.05 70%
1960 33 STL NL 215 1.9% 14.4% 11.2% 10.2% 41% 1.29 6.1 47.0 6.1 1.02 72%
1961 34 TOT MLB 89 2.3% 6.7% 7.9% 10.1% 29% 0.86 13.7 41.0 6.8 0.90 83%
1961 34 STL NL 17 0.0% 11.8% 0.0% 5.9% 13% 8.5 8.5 5.00 88%
1961 34 CLE AL 72 2.8% 5.6% 9.7% 11.1% 35% 0.57 16.3 32.5 6.5 0.70 82%
1962 35 TOT MLB 33 3.0% 30.3% 3.0% 9.1% 33% 10.00 3.1 31.0 7.8 0.30 64%
1962 35 CLE AL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 1.0 0.00 50%
1962 35 SFG NL 31 3.2% 29.0% 3.2% 9.7% 33% 9.00 3.3 30.0 10.0 0.33 65%
12 Seasons 3947 3.2% 13.0% 11.0% 8.5% 33% 1.18 6.7 27.6 6.3 1.02 72%
MLB Averages
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

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
1954 27 DET AL 0 0 20% 66 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 59% 13 7 6 3 1 2 6 1 5
1955 28 CHW AL 6 0 24% 133 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 27% 24 20 3 5 2 3 5 1 3
1956 29 TOT AL 4 0 23% 226 1 6 14% 1 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 12 48% 35 23 11 7 3 4 21 5 15
1956 29 CHW AL 1 0 7% 13 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1956 29 BAL AL 3 0 24% 213 1 5 17% 1 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 12 49% 34 22 11 6 2 4 21 5 15
1957 30 BAL AL 5 0 27% 165 4 4 50% 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 15 45% 27 18 7 11 5 5 11 1 10
1958 31 BAL AL 6 0 27% 138 2 8 20% 2 6 0 1 0 1 2 1 3 5 43% 23 16 7 1 1 0 13 4 9
1959 32 BAL AL 6 0 22% 121 1 2 33% 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 2 39% 21 16 5 2 2 0 13 3 9
1960 33 STL NL 4 0 20% 81 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 27% 5 4 1 1 1 0 5 3 2
1961 34 TOT MLB 2 0 0% 25 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0
1961 34 STL NL 1 0 0% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 34 CLE AL 1 0 0% 18 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0
1962 35 TOT MLB 0 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 35 CLE AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 35 SFG NL 0 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 33 0 25% 960 10 30 25% 9 21 1 1 0 3 7 1 29 45 42% 150 106 40 30 15 14 77 20 53
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
1954 27 DET AL 279 28% 66 26 8 1 2 1.67 8 1 9 7 1 5 3 0 4 3 75% 75 10 13% 35 12 34% 217 28 13% 20 8 40% 24 8 33% 0
1955 28 CHW AL 317 37% 77 24 7 0 4 1.97 11 1 15 6 5 6 5 0 4 3 75% 57 9 16% 28 9 32% 216 47 22% 18 13 72% 17 4 24% 0
1956 29 TOT AL 522 30% 137 1 1 0 0 1.91 14 0 13 9 5 7 7 0 1 1 100% 106 14 13% 39 10 26% 372 55 15% 30 14 47% 33 12 36% 0
1956 29 CHW AL 44 55% 12 1 1 0 0 1.91 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 16 4 25% 5 0 0% 32 2 6% 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 0
1956 29 BAL AL 478 28% 125 0 0 0 0 12 0 13 9 3 6 6 0 1 1 100% 90 10 11% 34 10 29% 340 53 16% 29 14 48% 30 12 40% 0
1957 30 BAL AL 517 28% 123 8 0 0 2 2.06 13 0 15 10 3 3 10 0 3 3 100% 100 14 14% 40 19 48% 368 59 16% 39 22 56% 27 7 26% 4
1958 31 BAL AL 414 20% 119 6 1 0 1 1.15 16 0 11 11 5 2 14 0 1 1 100% 117 12 10% 36 9 25% 292 47 16% 22 13 59% 22 7 32% 0
1959 32 BAL AL 409 37% 105 17 4 0 4 1.89 21 0 10 10 11 10 11 0 4 3 75% 91 12 13% 39 12 31% 271 41 15% 23 12 52% 22 9 41% 0
1960 33 STL NL 215 58% 54 26 4 1 4 2.37 4 0 8 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 48 5 10% 21 6 29% 160 30 19% 19 12 63% 15 5 33% 0
1961 34 TOT MLB 86 63% 31 27 9 1 6 1.70 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 12 0 0% 6 2 33% 57 11 19% 3 2 67% 4 1 25% 3
1961 34 STL NL 17 41% 8 2 1 0 1 3.80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 1 1 100% 12 3 25% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0
1961 34 CLE AL 69 68% 23 25 8 1 5 1.53 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 8 0 0% 5 1 20% 45 8 18% 2 1 50% 3 0 0% 3
1962 35 TOT MLB 33 88% 9 30 8 1 4 1.55 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0% 1 1 100% 34 3 9% 2 2 100% 3 1 33% 0
1962 35 CLE AL 2 100% 0 1 0 0 1 2.40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 3 1 33% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1962 35 SFG NL 31 87% 9 29 8 1 3 1.52 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 0 0 31 2 6% 1 1 100% 3 1 33% 0
12 Seasons 2792 34% 1018 165 42 4 27 1.83 125 2 84 54 36 38 52 0 17 26 153% 612 104 17% 245 80 33% 1987 321 16% 176 98 56% 167 54 32% 7
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
1951 24 12 47 43 6 16 3 1 2 8 0 0 3 5 .372 .413 .628 1.041 175 27 1 0 1
1952 25 143 580 521 72 154 25 3 20 82 0 4 49 78 .296 .357 .470 .828 126 245 15 1 9
1953 26 285 1148 1029 144 297 57 8 35 151 0 7 106 135 .289 .356 .462 .817 121 475 28 1 12
1954 27 376 1427 1280 168 363 71 9 43 186 0 9 128 167 .284 .348 .454 .802 118 581 38 1 15 3
1955 28 475 1744 1552 204 440 82 11 54 239 1 9 164 204 .284 .352 .455 .807 118 706 47 3 18 7 1
1956 29 603 2266 1980 267 577 103 17 68 307 2 15 254 267 .291 .371 .464 .835 126 918 61 3 19 10 6
1957 30 732 2787 2425 328 700 120 23 81 377 6 19 317 353 .289 .370 .457 .827 126 1109 75 5 22 18 9
1958 31 837 3201 2791 384 819 140 25 97 437 8 27 361 410 .293 .373 .466 .839 130 1300 87 5 23 21 14
1959 32 955 3610 3151 433 924 158 27 118 497 9 29 403 465 .293 .372 .473 .845 132 1490 99 7 26 23 17
1960 33 1036 3825 3339 452 978 171 32 122 528 9 30 427 496 .293 .372 .473 .845 131 1579 104 9 26 24 18
1961 34 1081 3914 3421 454 1009 178 32 124 540 10 30 434 502 .295 .373 .474 .848 132 1623 104 9 26 24 18
1962 35 1113 3947 3452 455 1018 180 32 125 544 10 30 435 512 .295 .373 .474 .847 132 1637 104 9 26 25 18

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
1951 24 13 47 44 6 16 3 1 2 8 0 3 5 .364 .404 .614 1.018 11 12
1952 25 137 549 500 71 145 23 2 19 80 0 48 76 .290 .353 .458 .811 80 131
1953 26 148 588 529 75 148 33 5 16 72 0 59 60 .280 .352 .452 .804 84 142
1954 27 95 291 264 27 71 15 1 9 39 0 24 33 .269 .326 .436 .762 38 91
1955 28 103 327 284 36 80 11 2 11 54 1 37 39 .282 .364 .451 .815 47 99
1956 29 134 549 450 67 146 22 6 15 73 1 96 66 .324 .441 .500 .941 100 128
1957 30 136 559 478 72 139 19 7 15 83 5 71 90 .291 .379 .454 .833 83 129
1958 31 110 436 386 66 128 22 2 17 71 2 47 60 .332 .401 .531 .932 84 105
1959 32 123 425 377 53 110 19 2 22 65 1 44 57 .292 .367 .528 .895 73 118
1960 33 85 224 196 19 56 13 5 4 31 0 25 32 .286 .371 .464 .835 33 81
1961 34 45 89 82 2 31 7 0 2 12 1 7 6 .378 .427 .537 .964 19 45
1962 35 32 34 32 1 10 2 0 1 4 0 1 10 .313 .324 .469 .792 5 32
12 Seasons 1161 4118 3622 495 1080 189 33 133 592 11 462 534 .298 .377 .479 .855 657 1113
162 Game Avg. 162 575 505 69 151 26 5 19 83 2 64 75 .298 .377 .479 .855 92 1113

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1956 AL (7, 16%)
0.16 Career Shares (790th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1956 AL  .320 (5th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1956 AL  .436 (3rd)
Career  .373 (227th)

Slugging % s c a p y
Career  .474 (207th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1956 AL  .931 (5th)
Career  .847 (176th)

Doubles s c a p y
1953 AL  32 (6th)

Triples s c a p y
1957 AL  6 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1956 AL  90 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1952 AL  73 (10th)
1957 AL  86 (3rd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1956 AL  154 (3rd)
Career  132 (152nd)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1956 AL  38 (4th)
1958 AL  29 (8th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1956 AL  3.6 (4th)
1958 AL  2.9 (8th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1953 AL  52 (8th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1956 AL  .717 (5th)
Career  .649 (208th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1957 AL  8 (4th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1958 AL  5 (9th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1956 AL  6 (4th)
1958 AL  8 (4th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 9 (1431), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1493), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 21 (717), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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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 (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') 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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