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Irv Noren

Irving Arnold Noren

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 29, 1924 in Jamestown, NY
High School: Pasadena HS (Pasadena, CA)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1950 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Senators/Cardinals/Athletics/Cubs/... 1950-1960

Final Game: October 1, 1960 (Age 35)
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All-Star

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
1950 25 WSH AL 138 615 542 80 160 27 10 14 98 5 2 67 77 .295 .375 .459 .834 117 249 10 2 4 *8O3 MVP-15
1951 26 WSH AL 129 562 509 82 142 33 5 8 86 10 7 51 35 .279 .345 .411 .755 105 209 14 0 4 *8O MVP-28
1952 27 TOT AL 105 362 321 40 76 16 3 5 23 5 2 32 37 .237 .318 .352 .670 91 113 2 6 3 8739
1952 27 WSH AL 12 56 49 4 12 3 1 0 2 1 0 6 3 .245 .327 .347 .674 90 17 1 0 1 8O
1952 27 NYY AL 93 306 272 36 64 13 2 5 21 4 2 26 34 .235 .316 .353 .669 91 96 1 6 2 O7389
1953 28 NYY AL 109 392 345 55 92 12 6 6 46 3 3 42 39 .267 .350 .388 .738 102 134 5 2 2 O897
1954 29 NYY AL 125 480 426 70 136 21 6 12 66 4 6 43 38 .319 .377 .481 .859 138 205 4 1 3 7 *798/3 AS,MVP-15
1955 30 NYY AL 132 422 371 49 94 19 1 8 59 5 2 43 33 .253 .331 .375 .706 91 139 6 3 0 6 5 *78/9
1956 31 NYY AL 29 49 37 4 8 1 0 0 6 0 0 12 7 .216 .408 .243 .651 79 9 1 0 0 0 2 /973
1957 32 TOT MLB 98 207 190 11 45 12 1 3 26 0 1 15 25 .237 .295 .358 .653 77 68 7 1 0 1 4 39/7
1957 32 KCA AL 81 172 160 8 34 8 0 2 16 0 0 11 19 .213 .267 .300 .567 55 48 6 1 0 0 2 3/9
1957 32 STL NL 17 35 30 3 11 4 1 1 10 0 1 4 6 .367 .429 .667 1.095 187 20 1 0 0 1 2 /97
1958 33 STL NL 117 196 178 24 47 9 1 4 22 0 1 13 21 .264 .327 .393 .720 86 70 3 4 0 1 2 789
1959 34 TOT NL 73 180 164 27 51 7 2 4 19 2 0 13 26 .311 .372 .451 .823 120 74 2 3 0 0 1 79/83
1959 34 STL NL 8 8 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .250 .375 -5 2 1 0 0 0 0 /73
1959 34 CHC NL 65 172 156 27 50 6 2 4 19 2 0 13 24 .321 .384 .462 .845 126 72 1 3 0 0 1 79/83
1960 35 TOT NL 38 40 36 1 6 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 12 .167 .250 .250 .500 36 9 2 0 0 0 0 /39
1960 35 CHC NL 12 14 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 .091 .286 .091 .377 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 /39
1960 35 LAD NL 26 26 25 1 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 8 .200 .231 .320 .551 46 8 1 0 0 0 0
11 Yrs 1093 3505 3119 443 857 157 35 65 453 34 24 335 350 .275 .348 .410 .758 105 1279 56 22 16 15 14
162 Game Avg. 162 519 462 66 127 23 5 10 67 5 4 50 52 .275 .348 .410 .758 105 190 8 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
NYY (5 yrs) 488 1649 1451 214 394 66 15 31 198 16 13 166 151 .272 .348 .402 .750 107 583 17 12 7 13 7
WSH (3 yrs) 279 1233 1100 166 314 63 16 22 186 16 9 124 115 .285 .359 .432 .791 111 475 25 2 9
STL (3 yrs) 142 239 216 27 59 14 2 5 32 0 2 17 29 .273 .335 .426 .761 97 92 5 4 0 2 4
CHC (2 yrs) 77 186 167 27 51 6 2 4 20 2 0 16 28 .305 .376 .437 .813 119 73 2 3 0 0 1
KCA (1 yr) 81 172 160 8 34 8 0 2 16 0 0 11 19 .213 .267 .300 .567 55 48 6 1 0 0 2
LAD (1 yr) 26 26 25 1 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 8 .200 .231 .320 .551 46 8 1 0 0 0 0
AL (8 yrs) 848 3054 2711 388 742 137 31 55 400 32 22 301 285 .274 .348 .408 .756 105 1106 48 15 16 13 9
NL (4 yrs) 245 451 408 55 115 20 4 10 53 2 2 34 65 .282 .346 .424 .770 103 173 8 7 0 2 5

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
1950 25 WSH AL 138 615 13 1 2 1 -2 15 1.5 19 34 3.3 .510 .509 3.1 -0.0 33 *8O3 MVP-15
1951 26 WSH AL 129 562 4 2 0 4 -1 9 0.9 17 26 2.6 .507 .506 2.1 0.4 22 *8O MVP-28
1952 27 WSH AL 12 56 -1 -1 0 1 -0 -0 -0.0 2 2 0.1 .499 .500 0.0 0.1 0 8O
1952 27 NYY AL 93 306 -3 1 1 -3 -3 -7 -0.8 9 2 0.1 .491 .495 0.5 -0.6 5 O7389
1953 28 NYY AL 109 392 -0 -0 2 6 -3 5 0.5 12 17 1.7 .504 .503 1.1 0.3 11 O897
1954 29 NYY AL 125 480 21 -3 1 7 -5 22 2.4 15 37 3.9 .520 .515 3.1 0.3 30 *798/3 AS,MVP-15
1955 30 NYY AL 132 422 -9 2 0 12 -5 0 0.1 13 13 1.4 .500 .500 0.1 0.8 1 *78/9
1956 31 NYY AL 29 49 -1 0 0 -1 -0 -2 -0.2 2 -1 -0.1 .492 .499 -0.0 -0.1 0 /973
1957 32 KCA AL 81 172 -9 1 -1 -2 -2 -13 -1.4 5 -8 -0.9 .483 .491 -0.6 -0.5 -5 3/9
1957 32 STL NL 17 35 3 -1 -0 -1 -0 0 0.0 1 2 0.2 .503 .500 0.3 -0.2 3 /97
1958 33 STL NL 117 196 -4 -1 1 0 -2 -6 -0.7 7 1 0.0 .494 .496 0.0 -0.2 0 789
1959 34 STL NL 8 8 -1 -0 -0 -0 -0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .475 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -1 /73
1959 34 CHC NL 65 172 5 2 1 7 -2 13 1.4 6 20 2.1 .521 .509 1.3 0.6 12 79/83
1960 35 CHC NL 12 14 -1 -0 -0 -0 -0 -2 -0.2 1 -2 -0.2 .481 .499 -0.1 -0.1 -1 /39
1960 35 LAD NL 26 26 -2 0 -0 0 0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .491 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1
11 Seasons 1093 3505 14 2 7 31 -24 30 2.9 110 140 14.0 .503 .501 10.6 0.7 110
NYY (5 yrs) 488 1649 7 -0 5 21 -16 18 1.9 51 68 7.1 .504 .502 4.7 0.6 47
WSH (3 yrs) 279 1233 16 2 2 6 -2 24 2.4 37 62 6.0 .508 .505 5.3 0.4 56
STL (3 yrs) 142 239 -2 -2 0 -1 -3 -8 -0.9 9 1 0.0 .494 .498 0.2 -0.5 2
CHC (2 yrs) 77 186 4 2 0 7 -2 11 1.2 7 18 1.9 .515 .504 1.2 0.6 11
KCA (1 yr) 81 172 -9 1 -1 -2 -2 -13 -1.4 5 -8 -0.9 .483 .491 -0.6 -0.5 -5
LAD (1 yr) 26 26 -2 0 -0 0 0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .491 .499 -0.1 -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
1950 25 WSH AL 615 398 93 6.2 109 .324 .295 .272 .375 .358 .459 .408 .834 .766 117 .601 13.6 1.3 .815 .293 .164 7.4
1951 26 WSH AL 562 392 71 4.9 100 .288 .279 .265 .345 .346 .411 .389 .755 .735 105 .535 3.4 0.3 .678 .238 .132 8.9
1952 27 TOT AL 362 252 35 3.8 92 .254 .237 .254 .318 .332 .352 .370 .670 .702 91 .454 -3.8 -0.4 .618 .224 .115 5.0
1952 27 WSH AL 56 39 6 4.2 94 .261 .245 .257 .327 .336 .347 .375 .674 .710 90 .500 -0.6 -0.1 .632 .245 .102 .0
1952 27 NYY AL 306 213 29 3.7 91 .253 .235 .253 .316 .332 .353 .369 .669 .701 91 .445 -3.2 -0.3 .616 .221 .118 4.4
1953 28 NYY AL 392 263 46 4.7 99 .287 .267 .265 .350 .340 .388 .390 .738 .730 102 .524 1.3 0.1 .682 .243 .122 4.0
1954 29 NYY AL 480 310 76 6.6 96 .324 .319 .262 .377 .337 .481 .383 .859 .720 138 .689 21.9 2.2 .823 .258 .162 6.0
1955 30 NYY AL 422 291 48 4.4 102 .256 .253 .265 .331 .345 .375 .395 .706 .740 91 .483 -4.0 -0.4 .660 .245 .121 6.2
1956 31 NYY AL 49 30 4 3.6 104 .267 .216 .264 .408 .345 .243 .402 .651 .748 79 .367 -0.2 -0.0 .700 .351 .027
1957 32 TOT MLB 207 154 20 3.5 101 .258 .237 .265 .295 .336 .358 .402 .653 .738 77 .395 -6.4 -0.7 .542 .195 .121 .0
1957 32 KCA AL 172 132 12 2.5 100 .230 .213 .264 .267 .337 .300 .399 .567 .736 55 .256 -10.4 -1.1 .455 .156 .088 .0
1957 32 STL NL 35 22 8 9.9 105 .417 .367 .271 .429 .335 .667 .420 1.095 .754 187 .800 4.0 0.4 1.095 .400 .300 .0
1958 33 STL NL 196 136 23 4.5 110 .279 .264 .276 .327 .344 .393 .430 .720 .775 86 .488 -3.7 -0.4 .637 .197 .129 .0
1959 34 TOT NL 180 115 29 6.7 104 .351 .311 .268 .372 .334 .451 .415 .823 .749 120 .666 4.6 0.4 .800 .232 .140 2.7
1959 34 STL NL 8 8 0 0.0 110 .167 .125 .277 .125 .344 .250 .429 .375 .773 -5 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .250 .125 .125
1959 34 CHC NL 172 107 29 7.2 103 .359 .321 .268 .384 .334 .462 .415 .845 .748 126 .695 5.9 0.6 .841 .237 .141 2.7
1960 35 TOT NL 40 32 2 1.7 102 .217 .167 .267 .250 .333 .250 .410 .500 .743 36 .148 -3.4 -0.3 .406 .194 .083 .0
1960 35 CHC NL 14 11 0 0.0 98 .143 .091 .261 .286 .326 .091 .400 .377 .727 10 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .364 .273 .000
1960 35 LAD NL 26 21 2 2.6 104 .250 .200 .270 .231 .337 .320 .414 .551 .751 46 .275 -2.1 -0.2 .429 .160 .120 .0
11 Yrs 3505 2373 447 5.0 101 .291 .275 .265 .348 .343 .410 .395 .758 .739 105 .550 23.5 2.2 .703 .246 .135 44.6
162 Game Avg. 519 352 66 5.0 101 .291 .275 .265 .348 .343 .410 .395 .758 .739 105 .550 3 0 .703 .246 .135 7
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
NYY (5 yrs) 1649 1107 203 4.9 98 .283 .272 .262 .348 .339 .402 .386 .750 .725 107 .553 15.8 1.6 .703 .247 .130 21.1
WSH (3 yrs) 1233 829 170 5.5 104 .303 .285 .268 .359 .352 .432 .398 .791 .749 111 .568 16.4 1.6 .741 .265 .146 18.5
STL (3 yrs) 239 166 31 5.0 110 .293 .273 .275 .335 .343 .426 .429 .761 .772 97 .535 -0.8 -0.1 .677 .222 .153 .0
CHC (2 yrs) 186 118 29 6.6 103 .348 .305 .267 .376 .333 .437 .414 .813 .747 119 .658 4.6 0.4 .797 .240 .132 2.7
KCA (1 yr) 172 132 12 2.5 100 .230 .213 .264 .267 .337 .300 .399 .567 .736 55 .257 -10.4 -1.1 .455 .156 .088 .0
LAD (1 yr) 26 21 2 2.6 104 .250 .200 .270 .231 .337 .320 .414 .551 .751 46 .274 -2.1 -0.2 .429 .160 .120 .0
AL (8 yrs) 3054 2068 385 5.0 100 .288 .274 .265 .348 .344 .408 .391 .756 .735 105 .545 21.8 2.1 .702 .249 .134 40.5
NL (4 yrs) 451 305 62 5.5 106 .313 .282 .272 .346 .338 .424 .422 .770 .760 103 .576 1.7 0.1 .706 .225 .142 3.3

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
1952 27 NYY AL WS BRO W 4 11 10 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .300 .364 .300 .664 3 0 0 0 0 0
1953 28 NYY AL WS BRO W 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 30 NYY AL WS BRO L 5 17 16 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .063 .118 .063 .180 1 5 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (3 Series) 11 30 27 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 4 .148 .233 .148 .381 4 5 0 0 0 0
3 WS 11 30 27 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 4 .148 .233 .148 .381 4 5 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
1954 NYY AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
1950 25 WSH AL 615 2.3% 12.5% 10.9% 8.3% 32% 1.15 7.0 38.7 5.5 0.61 73%
1951 26 WSH AL 562 1.4% 6.2% 9.1% 8.2% 32% 0.69 14.5 63.6 5.9 0.58 83%
1952 27 TOT AL 362 1.4% 10.2% 8.8% 6.6% 32% 1.16 8.7 64.2 14.0 0.84 77%
1952 27 WSH AL 56 0.0% 5.4% 10.7% 7.1% 33% 0.50 16.3 24.5 1.31 82%
1952 27 NYY AL 306 1.6% 11.1% 8.5% 6.5% 31% 1.31 8.0 54.4 13.0 0.75 76%
1953 28 NYY AL 392 1.5% 10.0% 10.7% 6.1% 26% 0.93 8.8 57.5 7.5 1.10 77%
1954 29 NYY AL 480 2.5% 7.9% 9.0% 8.1% 29% 0.88 11.2 35.5 6.5 0.68 80%
1955 30 NYY AL 422 1.9% 7.8% 10.2% 6.6% 30% 0.77 11.2 46.4 6.3 0.62 80%
1956 31 NYY AL 49 0.0% 14.3% 24.5% 2.0% 13% 0.58 5.3 6.2 1.30 61%
1957 32 TOT MLB 207 1.5% 12.1% 7.3% 7.7% 36% 1.67 7.6 63.3 7.3 0.95 79%
1957 32 KCA AL 172 1.2% 11.1% 6.4% 5.8% 29% 1.73 8.4 80.0 10.0 0.96 81%
1957 32 STL NL 35 2.9% 17.1% 11.4% 17.1% 55% 1.50 5.0 30.0 3.0 0.88 69%
1958 33 STL NL 196 2.0% 10.7% 6.6% 7.1% 30% 1.62 8.5 44.5 8.1 0.70 79%
1959 34 TOT NL 180 2.2% 14.4% 7.2% 7.2% 26% 2.00 6.3 41.0 8.6 0.78 74%
1959 34 STL NL 8 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 12.5% 100% 4.0 5.00 75%
1959 34 CHC NL 172 2.3% 14.0% 7.6% 7.0% 24% 1.85 6.5 39.0 8.2 0.69 74%
1960 35 TOT NL 40 2.5% 30.0% 10.0% 2.5% 17% 3.00 3.0 36.0 18.0 0.91 58%
1960 35 CHC NL 14 0.0% 28.6% 21.4% 0.0% 0% 1.33 2.8 11.0 0.75 50%
1960 35 LAD NL 26 3.9% 30.8% 3.9% 3.9% 20% 8.00 3.1 25.0 25.0 1.00 62%
11 Yrs 3505 1.9% 10.0% 9.6% 7.3% 30% 1.04 8.9 48.0 6.9 0.72 78%
MLB Averages 2.2% 11.6% 9.2% 6.6% 29% 1.26 7.6 40.3 8.2 0.99 75%
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

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1950 25 WSH AL 13.6 1.3 597 1.4 12.4 -11.0 1.09 1.8 -0.5 32.0 3.1 0.97 22.2 0
1951 26 WSH AL 3.4 0.3 565 0.7 10.7 -10.0 1.05 0.8 -0.1 17.6 1.8 1.00 11.5 1.13 3
1952 27 TOT AL -3.8 -0.4 338 0.1 5.5 -5.5 1.01 -0.1 0.2 -2.9 -0.3 0.97 -0.3 1.44 15
1952 27 WSH AL -0.6 -0.1 57 -0.4 0.8 -1.2 1.16 -0.1 -0.2 -2.1 -0.2 0.96 0.0 0
1952 27 NYY AL -3.2 -0.3 281 0.5 4.7 -4.3 .99 0.0 0.5 -0.8 -0.1 0.97 -0.4 1.44 15
1953 28 NYY AL 1.3 0.1 389 0.1 6.6 -6.4 .95 0.3 -0.1 8.9 0.9 1.00 6.3 1.30 15
1954 29 NYY AL 21.9 2.2 494 3.2 10.5 -7.2 1.00 3.5 -0.2 32.0 3.3 1.00 32.6 1.59 12
1955 30 NYY AL -4.0 -0.4 436 0.4 7.7 -7.3 1.00 -0.4 0.7 13.5 1.3 0.98 0.0 1.88 12
1956 31 NYY AL -0.2 -0.0 49 -0.3 1.0 -1.3 1.69 -0.0 -0.1 1.7 0.2 1.05 0.1 2.15 13
1957 32 TOT MLB -6.4 -0.7 199 -0.7 4.0 -4.8 1.28 -0.2 -0.4 -3.0 -0.3 1.01 -0.3 1.57 52
1957 32 KCA AL -10.4 -1.1 161 -0.9 3.1 -4.0 1.26 -0.3 -0.4 -7.6 -0.8 0.99 -4.4 1.47 43
1957 32 STL NL 4.0 0.4 38 0.1 0.9 -0.8 1.39 0.1 -0.0 4.6 0.4 1.09 4.0 2.02 9
1958 33 STL NL -3.7 -0.4 198 0.2 4.4 -4.2 1.24 0.4 -0.2 0.9 0.1 1.02 1.9 1.63 43
1959 34 TOT NL 4.6 0.4 182 0.3 3.6 -3.3 1.12 0.3 -0.0 4.9 0.5 0.91 5.6 1.47 28
1959 34 STL NL -1.2 -0.1 8 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 2.13 -0.1 0.0 -2.5 -0.2 1.28 -1.6 1.24 5
1959 34 CHC NL 5.9 0.6 174 0.5 3.4 -2.9 1.07 0.4 0.1 7.4 0.7 0.89 7.2 1.51 23
1960 35 TOT NL -3.4 -0.3 40 -0.9 0.4 -1.2 1.33 -0.3 -0.4 -5.3 -0.5 0.99 -2.7 1.42 32
1960 35 CHC NL -1.3 -0.1 14 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 .90 -0.1 -0.0 -0.7 -0.1 0.83 -0.8 0.94 7
1960 35 LAD NL -2.1 -0.2 26 -0.8 0.2 -1.0 1.56 -0.2 -0.3 -4.6 -0.5 1.07 -1.9 1.56 25
11 Yrs 23.5 2.2 3487 4.5 66.7 -62.2 1.07 6.0 -1.8 100.2 9.9 0.99 76.8 1.57 225
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 OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1950 25 WSH AL 5 0 31% 240 5 2 71% 3 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 10 0 1 3 3 6 55% 39 18 21 8 5 3 18 4 12
1951 26 WSH AL 15 0 40% 178 10 7 59% 9 5 1 0 0 1 5 0 5 0 0 2 1 4 64% 29 15 14 8 3 5 30 5 24
1952 27 TOT AL 6 0 32% 129 5 2 71% 5 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 1 1 0 2 1 46% 23 16 7 2 0 2 14 5 9
1952 27 WSH AL 0 0 22% 15 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 50% 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0
1952 27 NYY AL 6 0 34% 114 4 2 67% 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 1 46% 21 15 6 1 0 1 13 4 9
1953 28 NYY AL 3 0 38% 150 3 3 50% 3 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 5 0 1 2 1 5 53% 21 12 7 5 3 2 12 1 11
1954 29 NYY AL 7 0 35% 225 4 6 40% 4 6 0 2 0 1 1 0 9 0 2 2 1 6 44% 26 17 8 9 7 2 20 6 14
1955 30 NYY AL 1 0 31% 149 5 2 71% 3 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 1 3 1 9 41% 19 11 7 5 4 1 13 4 7
1956 31 NYY AL 0 0 20% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 57% 2 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 2
1957 32 TOT MLB 3 0 14% 58 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 7 36% 9 5 4 0 0 0 2 2 0
1957 32 KCA AL 3 0 14% 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 50% 5 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 0
1957 32 STL NL 0 0 14% 11 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 20% 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
1958 33 STL NL 2 0 33% 63 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 2 48% 9 5 4 4 3 0 8 1 6
1959 34 TOT NL 1 0 37% 72 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 5 68% 10 4 6 3 2 1 6 0 6
1959 34 STL NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 34 CHC NL 1 0 37% 71 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 68% 10 4 6 3 2 1 6 0 6
1960 35 TOT NL 0 0 0% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 35 CHC NL 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 35 LAD NL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Yrs 43 0 33% 1287 34 24 59% 29 20 5 3 0 3 13 0 50 1 7 14 12 45 52% 187 103 80 46 29 16 126 28 91
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

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
1950 25 WSH AL 615 69% 160 0 0 0 0 14 0 16 8 4 6 8 0 4 4 100% 163 10 6% 48 16 33% 445 76 17% 31 15 48% 29 22 76% 0
1951 26 WSH AL 562 63% 142 3 0 0 1 1.13 8 0 25 7 1 4 4 1 6 4 67% 162 14 9% 61 22 36% 422 78 18% 45 30 67% 33 16 48% 0
1952 27 TOT AL 362 71% 76 15 2 0 1 1.44 5 0 12 3 0 2 3 0 3 3 100% 62 2 3% 19 4 21% 201 17 8% 12 4 33% 8 6 75% 0
1952 27 WSH AL 56 55% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 12 1 8% 5 1 20% 39 3 8% 3 1 33% 3 2 67% 0
1952 27 NYY AL 306 75% 64 15 2 0 1 1.44 5 0 8 3 0 2 3 0 2 2 100% 50 1 2% 14 3 21% 162 14 9% 9 3 33% 5 4 80% 0
1953 28 NYY AL 392 80% 92 15 3 1 2 1.30 6 0 12 5 1 2 4 0 3 2 67% 95 5 5% 39 15 38% 274 40 15% 22 14 64% 16 10 63% 0
1954 29 NYY AL 480 77% 136 12 3 1 2 1.59 12 0 8 12 0 8 4 0 4 3 75% 102 4 4% 35 14 40% 310 61 20% 20 18 90% 12 8 67% 0
1955 30 NYY AL 422 91% 94 12 2 0 2 1.88 8 1 12 8 0 5 3 1 0 0 78 6 8% 35 13 37% 271 54 20% 28 17 61% 13 6 46% 0
1956 31 NYY AL 49 96% 8 13 4 0 3 2.15 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 14% 2 0 0% 41 6 15% 4 3 75% 0 0 0
1957 32 TOT MLB 207 95% 45 52 14 0 8 1.57 3 0 6 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 45 7 16% 15 4 27% 139 23 17% 17 8 47% 4 2 50% 0
1957 32 KCA AL 172 96% 34 43 11 0 6 1.47 2 0 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 36 6 17% 13 3 23% 106 14 13% 11 5 45% 4 2 50% 0
1957 32 STL NL 35 94% 11 9 3 0 2 2.02 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 1 11% 2 1 50% 33 9 27% 6 3 50% 0 0 0
1958 33 STL NL 196 91% 47 43 8 1 2 1.63 4 0 7 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 46 3 7% 19 6 32% 141 21 15% 13 8 62% 11 7 64% 0
1959 34 TOT NL 180 97% 51 28 11 0 2 1.47 4 0 3 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 36 2 6% 11 1 9% 101 14 14% 8 3 38% 2 2 100% 0
1959 34 STL NL 8 100% 1 5 0 0 0 1.24 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 2 0 0% 9 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1959 34 CHC NL 172 96% 50 23 11 0 2 1.51 4 0 2 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 33 1 3% 9 1 11% 92 14 15% 7 3 43% 2 2 100% 0
1960 35 TOT NL 40 100% 6 32 5 1 1 1.42 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 2 0 0% 28 1 4% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1960 35 CHC NL 14 100% 1 7 0 0 0 0.94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 0 0 6 1 17% 0 0 0 0 0
1960 35 LAD NL 26 100% 5 25 5 1 1 1.56 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 2 0 0% 22 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
11 Yrs 3505 78% 857 225 52 4 24 1.57 65 1 108 55 6 33 32 2 20 16 80% 800 56 7% 286 95 33% 2373 391 16% 201 120 60% 129 79 61% 0
MLB Averages 49% 82% 11% 32% 14% 50% 54%
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

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
1950 25 138 615 542 80 160 27 10 14 98 5 2 67 77 .295 .375 .459 .834 117 249 10 2 4
1951 26 267 1177 1051 162 302 60 15 22 184 15 9 118 112 .287 .360 .436 .796 112 458 24 2 8
1952 27 372 1539 1372 202 378 76 18 27 207 20 11 150 149 .276 .350 .416 .767 107 571 26 8 11
1953 28 481 1931 1717 257 470 88 24 33 253 23 14 192 188 .274 .350 .411 .761 106 705 31 10 13
1954 29 606 2411 2143 327 606 109 30 45 319 27 20 235 226 .283 .356 .425 .780 112 910 35 11 16 7
1955 30 738 2833 2514 376 700 128 31 53 378 32 22 278 259 .278 .352 .417 .769 109 1049 41 14 16 13 5
1956 31 767 2882 2551 380 708 129 31 53 384 32 22 290 266 .278 .353 .415 .768 109 1058 42 14 16 13 7
1957 32 865 3089 2741 391 753 141 32 56 410 32 23 305 291 .275 .349 .411 .760 106 1126 49 15 16 14 11
1958 33 982 3285 2919 415 800 150 33 60 432 32 24 318 312 .274 .348 .410 .757 105 1196 52 19 16 15 13
1959 34 1055 3465 3083 442 851 157 35 64 451 34 24 331 338 .276 .349 .412 .761 106 1270 54 22 16 15 14
1960 35 1093 3505 3119 443 857 157 35 65 453 34 24 335 350 .275 .348 .410 .758 105 1279 56 22 16 15 14

Neutralized Batting

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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
1950 25 144 632 559 77 160 27 10 14 95 5 67 80 .286 .365 .445 .810 90 138
1951 26 136 590 533 84 147 34 5 8 88 10 53 37 .276 .341 .403 .745 74 129
1952 27 110 387 341 47 85 18 3 6 27 6 36 39 .249 .333 .372 .706 41 105
1953 28 114 411 362 59 98 13 6 6 50 3 45 41 .271 .355 .390 .744 50 109
1954 29 131 511 453 79 150 23 7 13 75 4 47 40 .331 .390 .499 .889 89 125
1955 30 138 442 388 51 98 20 1 8 62 5 45 34 .253 .330 .371 .701 48 132
1956 31 30 53 39 5 9 1 0 0 7 0 14 7 .231 .434 .256 .690 4 29
1957 32 103 221 202 12 50 13 1 3 28 0 17 26 .248 .308 .366 .674 23 98
1958 33 123 204 186 24 48 9 1 4 22 0 13 22 .258 .319 .382 .700 22 117
1959 34 76 190 173 29 55 8 2 4 21 2 14 27 .318 .379 .457 .836 29 73
1960 35 40 41 37 1 6 0 0 1 2 0 4 13 .162 .244 .243 .487 2 38
11 Yrs 1145 3682 3273 468 906 166 36 67 477 35 355 366 .277 .350 .411 .761 472 1093
162 Game Avg. 162 521 463 66 128 23 5 9 67 5 50 52 .277 .350 .411 .761 67 1093

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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

All-Star Games
1954 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1950 AL (15, 5%)
1951 AL (28, 1%)
1954 AL (15, 5%)
0.11 Career Shares (897th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1954 AL  .319 (4th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1954 AL  .377 (10th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1954 AL  .481 (8th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1954 AL  .859 (6th)

Doubles s c a p y
1951 AL  33 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1950 AL  10 (4th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1951 AL  86 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1950 AL  77 (6th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1951 AL  10 (8th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1954 AL  138 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1954 AL  .689 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1952 AL  6 (7th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1954 AL  7 (8th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1951 AL  7 (7th)

SB % s c a p y
1951 AL  58.82 (8th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1951 AL  8.9 (8th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1950 AL  31.99 (10th)
1954 AL  31.98 (9th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1954 AL  3.2 (10th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1954 AL  3.5 (8th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1950 AL  3.1 (10th)
1954 AL  3.3 (9th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 16 (1171), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1401), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1451), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Center Field (182nd), 14.0 career WAR/15.2 7yr-peak WAR/14.6 JAWS
Average HOF CF (out of 18) = 70.5 career WAR/44.1 7yr-peak WAR/57.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  1. Floyd Robinson (967)
  2. Al Zarilla (960)
  3. Steve Henderson (957)
  4. Sam Mele (954)
  5. Terrence Long (954)
  6. Gene Moore (953)
  7. Elmer Smith (950)
  8. Gabe Kapler (950)
  9. Willie Crawford (948)
  10. Reed Johnson (947)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Bob Nieman (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Dixie Walker (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Clint Hurdle (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Roy Cullenbine (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Stan Spence (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Roy Cullenbine (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Gene Moore (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Cy Williams (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Gene Moore (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Gene Moore (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Steve Henderson (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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