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Russ Nixon

Russell Eugene Nixon

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: February 19, 1935 in Cleves, OH
High School: Western Hills HS (Cincinnati, OH)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1957 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Indians/Twins 1957-1968

Final Game: September 16, 1968 (Age 33)
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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
1957 22 CLE AL 62 199 185 15 52 7 1 2 18 0 1 12 12 .281 .323 .362 .685 88 67 6 0 1 1 7 2
1958 23 CLE AL 113 395 376 42 113 17 4 9 46 0 3 13 38 .301 .322 .439 .761 109 165 15 0 4 2 4 2
1959 24 CLE AL 82 280 258 23 62 10 3 1 29 0 0 15 28 .240 .277 .314 .591 65 81 9 0 2 5 1 2
1960 25 TOT AL 105 382 354 30 101 22 3 6 39 0 2 19 29 .285 .324 .415 .739 98 147 13 2 5 2 5 2
1960 25 CLE AL 25 92 82 6 20 5 0 1 6 0 1 6 6 .244 .308 .341 .649 78 28 3 2 1 1 2 2
1960 25 BOS AL 80 290 272 24 81 17 3 5 33 0 1 13 23 .298 .329 .438 .766 104 119 10 0 4 1 3 2
1961 26 BOS AL 87 263 242 24 70 12 2 1 19 0 1 13 19 .289 .327 .368 .695 85 89 5 2 2 3 1 2
1962 27 BOS AL 65 160 151 11 42 7 2 1 19 0 0 8 14 .278 .313 .371 .683 81 56 4 0 0 1 3 2
1963 28 BOS AL 98 316 287 27 77 18 1 5 30 0 0 22 32 .268 .327 .390 .717 98 112 8 4 1 2 5 2
1964 29 BOS AL 81 182 163 10 38 7 0 1 20 0 0 14 29 .233 .297 .294 .591 62 48 7 2 0 3 3 2
1965 30 BOS AL 59 147 137 11 37 5 1 0 11 0 0 6 23 .270 .295 .321 .616 71 44 8 0 1 3 2 2
1966 31 MIN AL 51 106 96 5 25 2 1 0 7 0 0 7 13 .260 .314 .302 .616 74 29 2 1 1 1 3 2
1967 32 MIN AL 74 193 170 16 40 6 1 1 22 0 0 18 29 .235 .304 .300 .604 73 51 4 0 2 3 3 2
1968 33 BOS AL 29 92 85 1 13 2 0 0 6 0 0 7 13 .153 .217 .176 .394 17 15 2 0 0 0 1 2
12 Yrs 906 2715 2504 215 670 115 19 27 266 0 7 154 279 .268 .310 .361 .671 84 904 83 11 19 26 38
162 Game Avg. 162 485 448 38 120 21 3 5 48 0 1 28 50 .268 .310 .361 .671 84 162 15 2 3 5 7
BOS (7 yrs) 499 1450 1337 108 358 68 9 13 138 0 2 83 153 .268 .312 .361 .673 83 483 44 8 8 13 18
CLE (4 yrs) 282 966 901 86 247 39 8 13 99 0 5 46 84 .274 .308 .378 .686 89 341 33 2 8 9 14
MIN (2 yrs) 125 299 266 21 65 8 2 1 29 0 0 25 42 .244 .307 .301 .608 73 80 6 1 3 4 6

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1957 22 CLE AL 62 199 -6 -1 -1 -4 2 -9 -1.0 6 -3 -0.4 .484 .494 0.0 -0.2 1 2
1958 23 CLE AL 113 395 3 -3 -1 -2 5 2 0.2 12 14 1.4 .502 .501 1.6 0.3 16 2
1959 24 CLE AL 82 280 -11 -1 -1 -6 4 -15 -1.7 9 -6 -0.8 .481 .490 -0.1 -0.3 -0 2
1960 25 CLE AL 25 92 -4 -0 -0 1 1 -2 -0.2 3 1 0.1 .492 .499 -0.0 0.2 0 2
1960 25 BOS AL 80 290 -1 -0 -0 -5 4 -3 -0.4 9 6 0.4 .496 .498 1.1 -0.2 11 2
1961 26 BOS AL 87 263 -6 -1 1 -6 3 -9 -1.0 8 -1 -0.2 .490 .494 0.5 -0.3 5 2
1962 27 BOS AL 65 160 -6 -0 0 -3 2 -7 -0.8 5 -2 -0.3 .488 .495 0.0 -0.2 1 2
1963 28 BOS AL 98 316 -4 -0 -0 -1 4 -1 -0.2 10 9 0.8 .499 .500 1.0 0.2 10 2
1964 29 BOS AL 81 182 -10 -1 -1 -2 2 -11 -1.4 6 -6 -0.8 .484 .492 -0.5 -0.1 -4 2
1965 30 BOS AL 59 147 -5 0 -2 -4 2 -9 -1.0 5 -4 -0.5 .483 .494 -0.1 -0.3 -0 2
1966 31 MIN AL 51 106 -4 -0 0 -1 1 -3 -0.5 3 0 -0.1 .492 .498 0.1 -0.0 1 2
1967 32 MIN AL 74 193 -6 -2 0 -3 3 -8 -1.1 6 -2 -0.4 .487 .494 0.0 -0.1 1 2
1968 33 BOS AL 29 92 -9 -1 -0 0 1 -8 -1.1 3 -5 -0.8 .462 .493 -0.8 0.1 -5 $20,000 2
12 Seasons 906 2715 -68 -10 -4 -36 35 -83 -10.2 84 1 -1.8 .490 .496 2.9 -0.8 37 $20,000
BOS (7 yrs) 499 1450 -40 -4 -2 -21 19 -48 -5.9 45 -3 -1.5 .489 .495 1.3 -0.7 18 $20,000
CLE (4 yrs) 282 966 -18 -4 -3 -11 12 -24 -2.8 30 6 0.2 .491 .496 1.5 0.0 17
MIN (2 yrs) 125 299 -10 -2 1 -4 4 -11 -1.5 10 -2 -0.5 .489 .496 0.1 -0.2 2

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
1957 22 CLE AL 199 142 20 3.8 99 .291 .281 .263 .323 .335 .362 .397 .685 .733 88 .436 -3.5 -0.4 .557 .141 .081 .0
1958 23 CLE AL 395 287 47 4.4 97 .314 .301 .260 .322 .329 .439 .396 .761 .725 109 .508 2.7 0.3 .623 .165 .138 .0
1959 24 CLE AL 280 212 21 2.7 96 .261 .240 .257 .277 .328 .314 .393 .591 .720 65 .286 -12.6 -1.3 .468 .132 .074 .0
1960 25 TOT AL 382 275 44 4.3 103 .296 .285 .265 .324 .339 .415 .406 .739 .745 98 .481 -2.0 -0.2 .619 .178 .130 .0
1960 25 CLE AL 92 68 8 3.2 99 .250 .244 .260 .308 .333 .341 .398 .649 .731 78 .346 -2.3 -0.2 .530 .159 .098 .0
1960 25 BOS AL 290 207 36 4.7 104 .310 .298 .267 .329 .341 .438 .408 .766 .749 104 .520 0.3 0.0 .649 .184 .140 .0
1961 26 BOS AL 263 183 29 4.2 105 .307 .289 .265 .327 .340 .368 .412 .695 .753 85 .457 -5.2 -0.5 .579 .128 .079 .0
1962 27 BOS AL 160 114 17 4.0 105 .299 .278 .267 .313 .339 .371 .415 .683 .755 81 .442 -4.4 -0.4 .566 .146 .093 .0
1963 28 BOS AL 316 221 36 4.4 97 .286 .268 .259 .327 .325 .390 .400 .717 .725 98 .521 -0.3 -0.0 .633 .199 .122 .0
1964 29 BOS AL 182 135 14 2.8 100 .272 .233 .261 .297 .330 .294 .406 .591 .736 62 .317 -8.0 -0.8 .485 .147 .061 .0
1965 30 BOS AL 147 112 11 2.6 97 .316 .270 .257 .295 .328 .321 .394 .616 .723 71 .316 -5.3 -0.6 .463 .095 .051
1966 31 MIN AL 106 75 9 3.2 95 .298 .260 .256 .314 .324 .302 .394 .616 .718 74 .415 -3.3 -0.4 .507 .115 .042
1967 32 MIN AL 193 139 16 3.1 91 .273 .235 .253 .304 .324 .300 .379 .604 .703 73 .416 -5.5 -0.6 .515 .171 .065 .0
1968 33 BOS AL 92 74 3 1.1 85 .181 .153 .245 .217 .316 .176 .363 .394 .679 17 .105 -8.7 -1.0 .297 .106 .024
12 Yrs 2715 1969 267 3.6 98 .289 .268 .260 .310 .331 .361 .398 .671 .730 84 .428 -56.0 -5.9 .552 .152 .093 .0
162 Game Avg. 485 352 48 3.6 98 .289 .268 .260 .310 .331 .361 .398 .671 .730 84 .428 -56.0 -5.9 .552 .152 .093
BOS (7 yrs) 1450 1046 146 3.8 100 .291 .268 .262 .312 .333 .361 .403 .673 .736 83 .436 -31.6 -3.4 .558 .154 .093 .0
CLE (4 yrs) 966 709 96 3.6 97 .288 .274 .260 .308 .330 .378 .395 .686 .726 89 .417 -15.6 -1.6 .555 .150 .104 .0
MIN (2 yrs) 299 214 25 3.2 93 .282 .244 .254 .307 .324 .301 .385 .608 .708 73 .416 -8.8 -1.0 .512 .150 .056 .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
1957 22 CLE AL 199 1.0% 6.0% 6.0% 5.0% 19% 1.00 15.4 92.5 10.3 1.30 86%
1958 23 CLE AL 395 2.3% 9.6% 3.3% 7.6% 27% 2.92 9.9 41.8 8.2 1.32 84%
1959 24 CLE AL 280 0.4% 10.0% 5.4% 5.0% 23% 1.87 9.2 258.0 8.9 1.13 84%
1960 25 TOT AL 382 1.6% 7.6% 5.0% 8.1% 31% 1.53 12.2 59.0 9.1 1.34 84%
1960 25 CLE AL 92 1.1% 6.5% 6.5% 6.5% 30% 1.00 13.7 82.0 13.7 1.42 83%
1960 25 BOS AL 290 1.7% 7.9% 4.5% 8.6% 31% 1.77 11.8 54.4 8.2 1.31 84%
1961 26 BOS AL 263 0.4% 7.2% 4.9% 5.7% 21% 1.46 12.7 242.0 12.7 1.04 86%
1962 27 BOS AL 160 0.6% 8.8% 5.0% 6.3% 24% 1.75 10.8 151.0 7.9 1.04 86%
1963 28 BOS AL 316 1.6% 10.1% 7.0% 7.6% 31% 1.45 9.0 57.4 9.6 1.16 80%
1964 29 BOS AL 182 0.6% 15.9% 7.7% 4.4% 21% 2.07 5.6 163.0 8.2 1.39 75%
1965 30 BOS AL 147 0.0% 15.7% 4.1% 4.1% 16% 3.83 6.0 12.5 1.81 80%
1966 31 MIN AL 106 0.0% 12.3% 6.6% 2.8% 12% 1.86 7.4 13.7 1.50 79%
1967 32 MIN AL 193 0.5% 15.0% 9.3% 4.2% 20% 1.61 5.9 170.0 7.7 1.12 74%
1968 33 BOS AL 92 0.0% 14.1% 7.6% 2.2% 15% 1.86 6.5 14.2 1.07 78%
12 Yrs 2715 1.0% 10.3% 5.7% 5.9% 24% 1.81 9.0 92.7 9.4 1.24 82%
MLB Averages 2.2% 14.6% 8.3% 6.3% 28% 1.77 6.1 40.4 8.9 1.07 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1957 22 CLE AL -3.5 -0.4 200 -0.9 3.0 -3.9 1.01 -0.5 -0.4 -5.2 -0.5 1.05 -5.9 2.17 8
1958 23 CLE AL 2.7 0.3 401 -1.2 6.4 -7.6 1.01 0.0 -1.2 -0.4 -0.0 1.01 2.1 1.53 17
1959 24 CLE AL -12.6 -1.3 283 -0.4 4.5 -4.8 1.00 -0.9 0.5 -11.6 -1.2 1.00 -11.5 1.39 10
1960 25 TOT AL -2.0 -0.2 389 -0.8 6.7 -7.4 1.10 -0.7 0.1 -9.8 -1.0 0.98 -6.9 2.05 11
1960 25 CLE AL -2.3 -0.2 94 -0.7 1.7 -2.4 1.25 -0.4 -0.2 -6.9 -0.7 0.99 -4.7 1.67 2
1960 25 BOS AL 0.3 0.0 295 -0.0 5.0 -5.0 1.05 -0.3 0.3 -2.9 -0.3 0.98 -2.2 2.14 9
1961 26 BOS AL -5.2 -0.5 266 -1.0 3.9 -4.9 1.03 -0.5 -0.5 -7.2 -0.7 0.94 -5.1 1.75 19
1962 27 BOS AL -4.4 -0.4 160 -1.0 2.2 -3.2 1.09 -0.5 -0.5 -5.8 -0.6 1.00 -3.8 1.28 27
1963 28 BOS AL -0.3 -0.0 318 0.4 6.3 -5.9 1.09 -0.0 0.4 3.8 0.4 0.98 2.4 1.99 25
1964 29 BOS AL -8.0 -0.8 183 0.8 4.1 -3.3 1.14 -0.4 1.0 -3.5 -0.4 0.97 -6.2 2.01 34
1965 30 BOS AL -5.3 -0.6 151 -1.3 1.9 -3.2 1.11 -0.5 -0.7 -9.0 -0.9 1.02 -4.8 1.28 24
1966 31 MIN AL -3.3 -0.4 107 -0.6 1.6 -2.2 1.17 -0.4 -0.1 -1.0 -0.1 0.99 -2.6 1.96 23
1967 32 MIN AL -5.5 -0.6 193 0.4 3.5 -3.1 1.03 -0.4 0.7 1.2 0.1 0.96 -2.1 1.15 19
1968 33 BOS AL -8.7 -1.0 94 -0.6 1.2 -1.7 .97 -0.9 0.3 -4.3 -0.5 0.95 -8.0 3.24 2
12 Yrs -56.0 -5.9 2745 -6.1 45.1 -51.2 1.06 -5.6 -0.3 -52.7 -5.4 0.99 -52.5 1.69 219

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1957 22 CLE AL 1 0 21% 64 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 32% 8 8 0 2 1 1 9 3 5
1958 23 CLE AL 5 0 28% 159 0 3 0% 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 5 0 0 1 1 9 30% 26 21 5 4 4 0 10 3 7
1959 24 CLE AL 7 0 29% 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 37% 12 11 1 1 0 1 6 1 5
1960 25 TOT AL 2 0 21% 163 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 8 38% 21 16 4 5 4 1 11 1 9
1960 25 CLE AL 0 0 19% 42 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 29% 4 4 0 1 0 1 2 1 1
1960 25 BOS AL 2 0 21% 121 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 7 40% 17 12 4 4 4 0 9 0 8
1961 26 BOS AL 3 0 27% 118 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 20% 21 19 2 3 3 0 6 2 4
1962 27 BOS AL 1 0 20% 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 29% 9 6 3 3 2 0 2 1 1
1963 28 BOS AL 1 0 22% 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 7 59% 11 8 3 3 0 3 8 1 7
1964 29 BOS AL 1 0 17% 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 42% 4 3 1 3 2 1 5 1 3
1965 30 BOS AL 3 0 26% 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 24% 8 7 1 3 3 0 6 3 3
1966 31 MIN AL 2 0 15% 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 25% 6 5 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
1967 32 MIN AL 2 0 26% 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 24% 11 11 0 3 2 1 7 2 4
1968 33 BOS AL 0 0 5% 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 20% 6 5 1 2 1 0 2 1 1
12 Yrs 28 0 23% 1081 0 7 0% 0 2 0 2 0 2 4 0 27 0 4 4 11 47 32% 143 120 22 32 22 8 74 20 50

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 % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1957 22 CLE AL 199 90% 52 8 1 0 0 2.17 2 0 9 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 100% 42 6 14% 20 6 30% 157 19 12% 12 5 42% 10 6 60% 0
1958 23 CLE AL 395 92% 113 17 4 0 2 1.53 9 0 13 8 0 7 2 0 4 4 100% 88 15 17% 41 15 37% 261 42 16% 27 13 48% 16 11 69% 0
1959 24 CLE AL 280 93% 62 10 2 0 0 1.39 1 0 14 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 67% 66 9 14% 31 12 39% 193 31 16% 24 16 67% 12 9 75% 0
1960 25 TOT AL 382 92% 101 11 2 0 0 2.05 6 0 14 6 0 1 5 0 5 5 100% 83 13 16% 39 17 44% 250 34 14% 25 15 60% 20 15 75% 0
1960 25 CLE AL 92 88% 20 2 0 0 0 1.67 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 17 3 18% 9 2 22% 62 6 10% 6 2 33% 5 2 40% 0
1960 25 BOS AL 290 94% 81 9 2 0 0 2.14 5 0 9 5 0 1 4 0 4 4 100% 66 10 15% 30 15 50% 188 28 15% 19 13 68% 15 13 87% 0
1961 26 BOS AL 263 89% 70 19 8 0 1 1.75 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 67% 57 5 9% 25 7 28% 174 19 11% 11 5 45% 6 4 67% 0
1962 27 BOS AL 160 94% 42 27 9 0 4 1.28 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 33 4 12% 17 9 53% 115 18 16% 12 8 67% 4 3 75% 0
1963 28 BOS AL 316 95% 77 25 6 0 1 1.99 5 0 9 5 0 3 2 0 2 1 50% 68 8 12% 27 11 41% 209 27 13% 10 4 40% 11 10 91% 0
1964 29 BOS AL 182 94% 38 34 9 1 2 2.01 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 40 7 18% 12 4 33% 128 20 16% 10 5 50% 6 4 67% 0
1965 30 BOS AL 147 92% 37 24 7 0 1 1.28 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 32 8 25% 20 7 35% 113 12 11% 9 5 56% 8 4 50% 0
1966 31 MIN AL 106 88% 25 23 5 0 1 1.96 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 18 2 11% 8 3 38% 74 10 14% 6 3 50% 3 1 33% 0
1967 32 MIN AL 193 96% 40 19 4 0 3 1.15 1 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 100% 38 4 11% 21 12 57% 118 22 19% 11 8 73% 3 2 67% 0
1968 33 BOS AL 92 90% 13 2 1 0 1 3.24 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 2 12% 6 0 0% 51 6 12% 4 2 50% 1 0 0% 0
12 Yrs 2715 92% 670 219 58 1 16 1.69 27 0 89 24 2 12 15 0 22 19 86% 582 83 14% 267 103 39% 1843 260 14% 161 89 55% 100 69 69% 0
MLB Averages 51% 77% 10% 31% 14% 48% 52%

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
1957 22 62 199 185 15 52 7 1 2 18 0 1 12 12 .281 .323 .362 .685 88 67 6 0 1 1 7
1958 23 175 594 561 57 165 24 5 11 64 0 4 25 50 .294 .323 .414 .736 102 232 21 0 5 3 11
1959 24 257 874 819 80 227 34 8 12 93 0 4 40 78 .277 .308 .382 .690 90 313 30 0 7 8 12
1960 25 362 1256 1173 110 328 56 11 18 132 0 6 59 107 .280 .313 .392 .705 92 460 43 2 12 10 17
1961 26 449 1519 1415 134 398 68 13 19 151 0 7 72 126 .281 .315 .388 .703 91 549 48 4 14 13 18
1962 27 514 1679 1566 145 440 75 15 20 170 0 7 80 140 .281 .315 .386 .701 90 605 52 4 14 14 21
1963 28 612 1995 1853 172 517 93 16 25 200 0 7 102 172 .279 .317 .387 .704 91 717 60 8 15 16 26
1964 29 693 2177 2016 182 555 100 16 26 220 0 7 116 201 .275 .315 .379 .695 89 765 67 10 15 19 29
1965 30 752 2324 2153 193 592 105 17 26 231 0 7 122 224 .275 .314 .376 .690 88 809 75 10 16 22 31
1966 31 803 2430 2249 198 617 107 18 26 238 0 7 129 237 .274 .314 .373 .686 87 838 77 11 17 23 34
1967 32 877 2623 2419 214 657 113 19 27 260 0 7 147 266 .272 .313 .368 .681 86 889 81 11 19 26 37
1968 33 906 2715 2504 215 670 115 19 27 266 0 7 154 279 .268 .310 .361 .671 84 904 83 11 19 26 38

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
1957 22 65 212 197 17 57 8 1 2 20 0 13 13 .289 .332 .371 .702 24 62
1958 23 118 418 398 47 123 19 4 10 51 0 14 40 .309 .331 .452 .783 60 113
1959 24 86 295 272 25 67 11 3 1 32 0 16 29 .246 .283 .320 .603 25 82
1960 25 110 401 372 31 106 23 3 6 41 0 20 31 .285 .323 .411 .735 49 105
1961 26 87 261 241 23 69 12 2 1 18 0 13 19 .286 .324 .365 .689 28 87
1962 27 65 159 150 11 41 7 2 1 18 0 8 14 .273 .308 .367 .675 17 65
1963 28 98 320 290 29 80 19 1 5 32 0 23 32 .276 .335 .400 .735 38 98
1964 29 81 182 163 11 39 7 0 1 21 0 14 29 .239 .302 .301 .603 15 81
1965 30 59 148 138 12 38 5 1 0 12 0 6 23 .275 .299 .326 .625 14 59
1966 31 51 109 98 6 27 2 1 0 8 0 8 13 .276 .333 .316 .650 10 51
1967 32 74 196 172 17 42 6 1 1 24 0 19 29 .244 .314 .308 .623 17 74
1968 33 29 95 87 1 15 2 0 0 7 0 8 13 .172 .242 .195 .438 4 29
12 Yrs 923 2796 2578 230 704 121 19 28 284 0 162 285 .273 .316 .367 .683 301 906
162 Game Avg. 162 491 452 40 124 21 3 5 50 0 28 50 .273 .316 .367 .683 53 906

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1957 AL  7 (6th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1936), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (2559), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Catcher (746th), -1.8 career WAR/2.0 7yr-peak WAR/0.1 JAWS
Average HOF C (out of 13) = 52.4 career WAR/33.7 7yr-peak WAR/43.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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