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Ron Northey

Ronald James Northey

Positions: Rightfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: April 26, 1920 in Mahanoy City, PA
High School: Frackville HS (Frackville, PA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1942
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Cardinals/WhiteSox/Cubs/Reds 1942-1957

Final Game: September 28, 1957
Died: April 16, 1971 in Pittsburgh, PA
Buried: Fairfield Memorial Park, Stamford, CT
Relatives: Father of Scott Northey
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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	19	OAK-min	D,A	120	474	474		151	29	6	31						.319	.319	.601	.920		285							FED,WPT · ESHL,EL
1940	20	OAK-min	A	97	337	337		105	20	4	10						.312	.312	.484	.795		163							WPT · EL
1941	21	OAK-min	A	136	528	528		143	29	12	11						.271	.271	.434	.705		229							WPT · EL
1942	22	PHI	NL	127	433	402	31	101	13	2	5	31	2		28	33	.251	.300	.331	.631	89	133	5	0	3			*O9
1943	23	PHI	NL	147	644	586	72	163	31	5	16	68	2		51	52	.278	.339	.430	.769	126	252	6	3	4			*O9	MVP-29
1944	24	PHI	NL	152	644	570	72	164	35	9	22	104	1		67	51	.288	.367	.496	.863	145	283	7	4	4			*O9	MVP-18

1946	26	PHI	NL	128	480	438	55	109	24	6	16	62	1		39	59	.249	.313	.441	.754	116	193	6	2	1			*O9
1947	27	TOT	NL	123	414	358	59	103	22	3	15	66	1		54	32	.288	.384	.492	.876	128	176	7	2	0			*O97/5
1947	27	PHI	NL	13	53	47	7	12	3	0	0	3	1		6	3	.255	.340	.319	.659	80	15	0	0	0			O9
1947	27	STL	NL	110	361	311	52	91	19	3	15	63	0		48	29	.293	.391	.518	.908	135	161	7	2	0			O97/5
1948	28	STL	NL	96	288	246	40	79	10	1	13	64	0		38	25	.321	.420	.528	.949	149	130	8	4	0			O9
1949	29	STL	NL	90	297	265	28	69	18	2	7	50	0		31	15	.260	.338	.423	.760	99	112	9	0	1			O9
1950	30	TOT	NL	80	217	191	22	52	14	0	9	29	0		25	15	.272	.356	.487	.843	120	93	5	0	1			9
1950	30	CIN	NL	27	92	77	11	20	5	0	5	9	0		15	6	.260	.380	.519	.900	134	40	2	0	0			O9
1950	30	CHC	NL	53	125	114	11	32	9	0	4	20	0		10	9	.281	.339	.465	.804	110	53	3	0	1			O9

1952	32	CHC-min	Opn	92	260	235	22	60	4	0	11	38	1		24	21	.255	.324	.413	.737		97		0	1				LOS · PCL
1952	32	CHC	NL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0

1953	33	CHC-min	AAA	149	581	489	59	146	22	1	20	82	0		82	33	.299	.406	.470	.876		230		6	4				SPF · IL
1954	34	DET-min	AAA	148	583	504	83	155	23	2	25	85	1		70	46	.308	.392	.510	.902		257		1	6	2			BFL · IL
1955	35	SFG-min	AAA	98	311	259	50	89	19	1	16	53	0		45	30	.344	.437	.610	1.047		158	6	1	2	4			MNE,CHL · AA
1955	35	CHW	AL	14	17	14	1	5	2	0	1	4	0	0	3	3	.357	.471	.714	1.185	213	10	1	0	0	0	0	/9
1956	36	CLE-min	AAA	11	14	11	3	4	1	0	1	2	0		3	1	.364	.500	.727	1.227		8	0	0	0	0			INA · AA
1956	36	CHW	AL	53	60	48	4	17	2	0	3	23	0	0	8	1	.354	.417	.583	1.000	161	28	2	0	0	4	2	/79
1957	37	TOT	MLB	73	71	53	1	12	1	0	1	12	0	0	17	11	.226	.408	.302	.710	97	16	1	0	0	1	2
1957	37	CHW	AL	40	39	27	0	5	1	0	0	7	0	0	11	5	.185	.410	.222	.632	78	6	1	0	0	1	1
1957	37	PHI	NL	33	32	26	1	7	0	0	1	5	0	0	6	6	.269	.406	.385	.791	118	10	0	0	0	0	1
12 Yrs				1084	3566	3172	385	874	172	28	108	513	7	0	361	297	.276	.352	.450	.801	124	1426	57	15	14	5	4
162 Game Avg.				162	533	474	58	131	26	4	16	77	1		54	44	.276	.352	.450	.801	124	213	9	2	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
PHI (6 yrs)				600	2286	2069	238	556	106	22	60	273	7	0	197	204	.269	.335	.428	.763	121	886	24	9	12	0	1
STL (3 yrs)				296	946	822	120	239	47	6	35	177	0		117	69	.291	.383	.490	.873	128	403	24	6	1
CHW (3 yrs)				107	116	89	5	27	5	0	4	34	0	0	22	9	.303	.422	.494	.917	144	44	4	0	0	5	3
CHC (2 yrs)				54	126	115	11	32	9	0	4	20	0	0	10	9	.278	.336	.461	.797	108	53	3	0	1
CIN (1 yr)				27	92	77	11	20	5	0	5	9	0		15	6	.260	.380	.519	.900	134	40	2	0	0

NL (10 yrs)				977	3450	3083	380	847	167	28	104	479	7	0	339	288	.275	.349	.448	.798	123	1382	53	15	14	0	1
AL (3 yrs)				107	116	89	5	27	5	0	4	34	0	0	22	9	.303	.422	.494	.917	144	44	4	0	0	5	3

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
1942	22	PHI	NL	127	433	-5	0	0	1	-5	-9	-1.1	13	4	0.2	.492	.494	0.2	-0.5	4	$	*O9
1943	23	PHI	NL	147	644	18	0	0	-6	-7	5	0.6	20	25	2.5	.504	.504	3.2	-1.5	31	$	*O9	MVP-29
1944	24	PHI	NL	152	644	33	0	0	-3	-7	23	2.4	19	42	4.3	.516	.515	4.7	-1.1	45	$	*O9	MVP-18

1946	26	PHI	NL	128	480	7	0	0	-8	-5	-6	-0.7	17	11	1.0	.495	.496	1.9	-1.5	19	$	*O9
1947	27	PHI	NL	13	53	-1	-0	0	-1	-1	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.1	.479	.498	0.0	-0.2	0	$	O9
1947	27	STL	NL	110	361	16	0	0	-4	-4	8	0.9	13	21	2.1	.507	.505	2.5	-0.8	25	$	O97/5
1948	28	STL	NL	96	288	18	2	0	-5	-3	12	1.2	10	22	2.2	.513	.508	2.8	-0.8	27	$	O9
1949	29	STL	NL	90	297	0	1	0	-6	-3	-8	-0.9	10	2	0.2	.491	.495	0.8	-1.0	8	$	O9
1950	30	CIN	NL	27	92	4	-1	-0	-4	-1	-2	-0.2	3	1	0.1	.494	.499	0.5	-0.5	5	$	O9
1950	30	CHC	NL	53	125	2	-1	1	-2	-1	-2	-0.2	4	3	0.2	.497	.499	0.5	-0.3	5	$	O9

1952	32	CHC	NL	1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.478	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$

1955	35	CHW	AL	14	17	3	0	-0	-0	0	3	0.3	0	3	0.3	.519	.502	0.3	0.0	3	$	/9
1956	36	CHW	AL	53	60	3	-0	-0	0	-0	2	0.2	2	4	0.4	.504	.501	0.4	0.0	4	$	/79
1957	37	CHW	AL	40	39	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$
1957	37	PHI	NL	33	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.503	.501	0.2	-0.0	2	$
12 Seasons				1084	3566	98	2	2	-38	-38	25	2.2	115	140	13.6	.502	.501	18.0	-8.2	178	$

PHI (6 yrs)				600	2286	53	0	0	-17	-25	12	1.0	72	84	8.1	.502	.501	10.2	-4.8	101	$
STL (3 yrs)				296	946	34	3	1	-15	-11	12	1.2	33	45	4.5	.504	.503	6.1	-2.6	60	$
CHW (3 yrs)				107	116	5	-0	-0	-0	-0	4	0.4	3	7	0.7	.504	.501	0.7	-0.0	8	$
CHC (2 yrs)				54	126	1	-1	1	-2	-1	-2	-0.2	4	3	0.2	.497	.499	0.5	-0.3	4	$
CIN (1 yr)				27	92	4	-1	-0	-4	-1	-2	-0.2	3	1	0.1	.494	.499	0.5	-0.5	5	$

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
1942	22	PHI	NL	433	309	40	3.5	82	.264	.251	.249	.300	.320	.331	.346	.631	.666	89	.460	-6.2	-0.7	.533	.154	.080	2.9
1943	23	PHI	NL	644	433	85	5.3	85	.284	.278	.259	.339	.326	.430	.351	.769	.678	126	.631	18.1	1.9	.718	.242	.152	3.6
1944	24	PHI	NL	644	417	103	6.6	91	.286	.288	.263	.367	.330	.496	.370	.863	.700	145	.698	33.8	3.4	.860	.328	.209	1.9

1946	26	PHI	NL	480	336	60	4.8	90	.256	.249	.258	.313	.333	.441	.361	.754	.694	116	.576	6.8	0.7	.701	.283	.192	1.9
1947	27	TOT	NL	414	262	67	6.8	108	.283	.288	.277	.384	.353	.492	.411	.876	.764	128	.668	15.6	1.5	.889	.358	.204	1.9
1947	27	PHI	NL	53	35	5	3.8	102	.273	.255	.268	.340	.342	.319	.397	.659	.740	80	.409	-1.0	-0.1	.629	.213	.064	.0
1947	27	STL	NL	361	227	62	7.2	109	.285	.293	.279	.391	.355	.518	.413	.908	.768	135	.694	16.6	1.6	.930	.379	.225	.0
1948	28	STL	NL	288	175	54	8.2	107	.317	.321	.276	.420	.351	.528	.408	.949	.760	149	.753	18.4	1.8	.983	.362	.207	.0
1949	29	STL	NL	297	206	38	4.9	107	.255	.260	.275	.338	.349	.423	.412	.760	.761	99	.535	-0.2	-0.0	.698	.279	.162	.0
1950	30	TOT	NL	217	145	33	6.1	107	.257	.272	.269	.356	.346	.487	.417	.843	.763	120	.613	5.8	0.6	.819	.346	.215	.0
1950	30	CIN	NL	92	59	15	6.8	108	.227	.260	.270	.380	.346	.519	.418	.900	.764	134	.660	4.2	0.4	.932	.455	.260	.0
1950	30	CHC	NL	125	86	18	5.6	107	.277	.281	.268	.339	.345	.465	.416	.804	.761	110	.576	1.6	0.2	.741	.272	.184	.0

1952	32	CHC	NL	1	1	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.263	.000	.336	.000	.391	.000	.727	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

1955	35	CHW	AL	17	10	4	10.7	104	.400	.357	.269	.471	.349	.714	.400	1.185	.749	213	.826	2.4	0.2	1.300	.571	.357	.0
1956	36	CHW	AL	60	37	12	8.7	107	.292	.354	.268	.417	.351	.583	.410	1.000	.760	161	.746	5.0	0.5	1.091	.396	.229	.0
1957	37	TOT	MLB	71	43	9	5.7	100	.262	.226	.265	.408	.333	.302	.405	.710	.737	97	.604	1.2	0.1	.786	.396	.075	.0
1957	37	CHW	AL	39	24	4	4.5	100	.217	.185	.264	.410	.337	.222	.399	.632	.736	78	.512	0.2	0.0	.739	.444	.037
1957	37	PHI	NL	32	19	5	7.2	100	.316	.269	.265	.406	.328	.385	.410	.791	.738	118	.688	1.0	0.1	.842	.346	.115	.0
12 Yrs				3566	2374	505	5.7	95	.276	.276	.264	.352	.336	.450	.377	.801	.713	124	.632	100.4	10.1	.768	.290	.174	13.1
162 Game Avg.				533	355	75	5.7	95	.276	.276	.264	.352	.336	.450	.377	.801	.713	124	.632	15	2	.768	.290	.174	2
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
PHI (6 yrs)				2286	1549	298	5.2	88	.275	.269	.258	.335	.328	.428	.359	.763	.687	121	.611	52.5	5.4	.715	.258	.159	12.5
STL (3 yrs)				946	608	154	6.7	108	.284	.291	.277	.383	.352	.490	.411	.873	.763	128	.672	34.8	3.4	.867	.342	.200	.0
CHW (3 yrs)				116	71	20	7.6	104	.284	.303	.267	.422	.346	.494	.405	.917	.751	144	.710	7.6	0.7	1.000	.438	.191	.0
CHC (2 yrs)				126	87	18	5.5	107	.275	.278	.268	.336	.345	.461	.416	.797	.761	108	.571	1.3	0.1	.733	.270	.183	.0
CIN (1 yr)				92	59	15	6.8	108	.227	.260	.270	.380	.346	.519	.418	.900	.764	134	.660	4.2	0.4	.932	.455	.260	.0

NL (10 yrs)				3450	2303	485	5.6	94	.276	.275	.264	.349	.336	.448	.377	.798	.712	123	.630	92.7	9.3	.761	.286	.174	13.1
AL (3 yrs)				116	71	20	7.6	104	.284	.303	.267	.422	.346	.494	.405	.917	.751	144	.710	7.6	0.7	1.000	.438	.191	.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
1942	22	PHI	NL	433	1.2%	7.6%	6.5%	4.6%	20%	1.18	12.2	80.4	13.0			84%
1943	23	PHI	NL	644	2.5%	8.1%	7.9%	8.1%	32%	1.02	11.3	36.6	8.6			80%
1944	24	PHI	NL	644	3.4%	7.9%	10.4%	10.3%	40%	0.76	11.2	25.9	5.5			77%

1946	26	PHI	NL	480	3.3%	12.3%	8.1%	9.6%	42%	1.51	7.4	27.4	7.1			76%
1947	27	TOT	NL	414	3.6%	7.7%	13.0%	9.7%	39%	0.59	11.2	23.9	5.4			75%
1947	27	PHI	NL	53	0.0%	5.7%	11.3%	5.7%	25%	0.50	15.7		15.7			83%
1947	27	STL	NL	361	4.2%	8.0%	13.3%	10.3%	41%	0.60	10.7	20.7	4.9			74%
1948	28	STL	NL	288	4.5%	8.7%	13.2%	8.3%	30%	0.66	9.8	18.9	3.8		0.75	72%
1949	29	STL	NL	297	2.4%	5.1%	10.4%	9.1%	39%	0.48	17.7	37.9	5.3		0.51	82%
1950	30	TOT	NL	217	4.2%	6.9%	11.5%	10.6%	44%	0.60	12.7	21.2	6.6		0.87	77%
1950	30	CIN	NL	92	5.4%	6.5%	16.3%	10.9%	50%	0.40	12.8	15.4	8.6		1.47	72%
1950	30	CHC	NL	125	3.2%	7.2%	8.0%	10.4%	41%	0.90	12.7	28.5	5.7		0.63	81%

1952	32	CHC	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%								100%

1955	35	CHW	AL	17	5.9%	17.7%	17.7%	17.7%	60%	1.00	4.7	14.0	3.5		0.50	59%
1956	36	CHW	AL	60	5.0%	1.7%	13.3%	8.3%	29%	0.13	48.0	16.0	2.1		0.61	80%
1957	37	TOT	MLB	71	1.4%	15.5%	23.9%	2.8%	17%	0.65	4.8	53.0	4.4		0.88	59%
1957	37	CHW	AL	39	0.0%	12.8%	28.2%	2.6%	20%	0.45	5.4		3.9		0.90	59%
1957	37	PHI	NL	32	3.1%	18.8%	18.8%	3.1%	14%	1.00	4.3	26.0	5.2		0.86	59%
12 Yrs				3566	3.0%	8.3%	10.1%	8.6%	35%	0.82	10.7	29.4	6.2		0.69	78%
MLB Averages					1.7%	10.1%	9.3%	6.2%	27%	1.08	8.8	51.1	8.4		0.97	77%
				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
1942	22	PHI	NL	-6.2	-0.7	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1943	23	PHI	NL	18.1	1.9	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1944	24	PHI	NL	33.8	3.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1946	26	PHI	NL	6.3	0.7	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	27	TOT	NL	15.5	1.5	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	27	PHI	NL	-1.1	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	27	STL	NL	16.6	1.6	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	28	STL	NL	18.4	1.8	97	1.6	2.8	-1.2	1.16	1.3	0.1	22.1	2.1	1.12	18.2	1.84	12
1949	29	STL	NL	-0.2	-0.0	169	-0.5	3.0	-3.6	1.18	-0.8	0.3	-2.6	-0.3	1.07	-8.3	2.03	8
1950	30	TOT	NL	5.8	0.6	193	0.6	3.8	-3.2	1.08	0.5	0.1	6.6	0.6	0.97	9.8	1.81	24
1950	30	CIN	NL	4.2	0.4	79	0.4	1.6	-1.2	.99	0.5	-0.1	4.0	0.4	0.97	8.2	1.40	3
1950	30	CHC	NL	1.6	0.2	114	0.3	2.2	-2.0	1.15	0.0	0.2	2.6	0.3	0.96	1.7	1.87	21

1952	32	CHC	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	3.99	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	1.44	-0.1	3.99	1

1955	35	CHW	AL	2.4	0.2	17	0.0	0.5	-0.4	1.39	0.2	-0.2	2.2	0.2	1.27	2.3	1.54	11
1956	36	CHW	AL	5.0	0.5	60	1.1	3.2	-2.2	2.31	0.4	0.0	6.8	0.6	1.30	4.1	2.45	39
1957	37	TOT	MLB	1.2	0.1	71	0.4	2.4	-2.1	1.85	0.0	0.2	1.5	0.1	1.21	0.3	1.88	53
1957	37	CHW	AL	0.2	0.0	39	0.2	1.2	-1.0	1.59	-0.1	0.2	1.6	0.2	1.23	-0.7	1.59	27
1957	37	PHI	NL	1.0	0.1	32	0.2	1.2	-1.1	2.17	0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.0	1.18	1.0	2.17	26
12 Yrs				99.7	10.0	608	3.1	15.8	-12.6	1.34	1.7	0.6	36.4	3.5	1.09	26.3	2.01	148
				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	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	28	STL	NL	4	0	25%	40	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	54%	9	5	4	0	0	0	4	1	3
1949	29	STL	NL	0	0	23%	50	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	36%	7	5	2	0	0	0	4	2	2
1950	30	TOT	NL	2	0	19%	70	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	40%	9	7	2	4	3	1	7	2	5
1950	30	CIN	NL	2	0	20%	28	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	43%	2	2	0	3	2	1	2	0	2
1950	30	CHC	NL	0	0	18%	42	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	39%	7	5	2	1	1	0	5	2	3

1952	32	CHC	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1955	35	CHW	AL	1	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	36	CHW	AL	0	0	5%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	37	TOT	MLB	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
1957	37	CHW	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	0
1957	37	PHI	NL	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
12 Yrs				7	0	24%	163	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	9	44%	27	18	9	4	3	1	15	5	10

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	28	STL	NL	288	93%	79			12	8	0	4	1.84	13	1	7	5	0	6	7	0	1	0	0%	25	8	32%	11	3	27%	92	25	27%	12	9	75%	8	5	63%	0
1949	29	STL	NL	297	90%	69			8	0	0	0	2.03	7	2	7	3	0	4	3	0	1	1	100%	46	9	20%	15	3	20%	150	25	17%	16	9	56%	4	3	75%	0
1950	30	TOT	NL	217	78%	52			24	3	1	4	1.81	9	1	1	5	4	6	3	0	1	1	100%	52	5	10%	18	8	44%	138	20	14%	12	8	67%	12	7	58%	0
1950	30	CIN	NL	92	62%	20			3	0	0	0	1.40	5	0	0	3	2	4	1	0	0	0		18	2	11%	4	3	75%	56	5	9%	3	2	67%	3	3	100%	0
1950	30	CHC	NL	125	89%	32			21	3	1	4	1.87	4	1	1	2	2	2	2	0	1	1	100%	34	3	9%	14	5	36%	82	15	18%	9	6	67%	9	4	44%	0

1952	32	CHC	NL	1	100%	0			1	0	0	0	3.99	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1955	35	CHW	AL	17	94%	5			11	4	1	3	1.54	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		7	1	14%	2	1	50%	22	3	14%	3	2	67%	3	3	100%	0
1956	36	CHW	AL	60	90%	17			39	15	3	15	2.45	3	0	5	3	0	1	2	0	0	0		26	2	8%	13	5	38%	83	20	24%	13	8	62%	6	1	17%	0
1957	37	TOT	MLB	71	97%	12			53	12	1	10	1.88	1	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		24	1	4%	8	3	38%	82	11	13%	14	4	29%	3	2	67%	0
1957	37	CHW	AL	39	97%	5			27	5	0	6	1.59	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13	1	8%	6	2	33%	43	7	16%	10	1	10%	2	1	50%	0
1957	37	PHI	NL	32	97%	7			26	7	1	4	2.17	1	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		11	0	0%	2	1	50%	39	4	10%	4	3	75%	1	1	100%	0
12 Yrs				951	88%	874			148	42	6	36	2.01	108	4	27	18	4	17	17	0	3	14	467%	181	57	31%	68	24	35%	568	104	18%	70	40	57%	36	21	58%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			159%			18%			32%			14%			50%			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
1942	22	127	433	402	31	101	13	2	5	31	2		28	33	.251	.300	.331	.631	89	133	5	0	3
1943	23	274	1077	988	103	264	44	7	21	99	4		79	85	.267	.323	.390	.713	111	385	11	3	7
1944	24	426	1721	1558	175	428	79	16	43	203	5		146	136	.275	.340	.429	.768	124	668	18	7	11
1945	25	426	1721	1558	175	428	79	16	43	203	5		146	136	.275	.340	.429	.768	124	668	18	7	11
1946	26	554	2201	1996	230	537	103	22	59	265	6		185	195	.269	.334	.431	.765	123	861	24	9	12
1947	27	677	2615	2354	289	640	125	25	74	331	7		239	227	.272	.342	.441	.782	124	1037	31	11	12
1948	28	773	2903	2600	329	719	135	26	87	395	7		277	252	.277	.350	.449	.798	126	1167	39	15	12
1949	29	863	3200	2865	357	788	153	28	94	445	7		308	267	.275	.348	.446	.795	123	1279	48	15	13
1950	30	943	3417	3056	379	840	167	28	103	474	7		333	282	.275	.349	.449	.798	123	1372	53	15	14
1951	31	943	3417	3056	379	840	167	28	103	474	7		333	282	.275	.349	.449	.798	123	1372	53	15	14
1952	32	944	3418	3057	379	840	167	28	103	474	7	0	333	282	.275	.349	.449	.798	123	1372	53	15	14
1953	33	944	3418	3057	379	840	167	28	103	474	7	0	333	282	.275	.349	.449	.798	123	1372	53	15	14
1954	34	944	3418	3057	379	840	167	28	103	474	7	0	333	282	.275	.349	.449	.798	123	1372	53	15	14
1955	35	958	3435	3071	380	845	169	28	104	478	7	0	336	285	.275	.350	.450	.800	124	1382	54	15	14	0	0
1956	36	1011	3495	3119	384	862	171	28	107	501	7	0	344	286	.276	.351	.452	.803	124	1410	56	15	14	4	2
1957	37	1084	3566	3172	385	874	172	28	108	513	7	0	361	297	.276	.352	.450	.801	124	1426	57	15	14	5	4

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
1942	22	134	474	438	39	119	15	2	6	39	2	33	35	.272	.323	.356	.679	51	127
1943	23	154	696	630	89	188	36	6	18	84	2	59	54	.298	.361	.460	.822	105	147
1944	24	158	682	601	81	179	38	10	24	117	1	73	53	.298	.378	.514	.892	115	152

1946	26	134	517	469	67	125	28	7	18	76	1	45	62	.267	.333	.471	.805	73	128
1947	27	129	428	371	58	104	22	3	15	64	1	55	33	.280	.376	.477	.853	66	123
1948	28	100	296	254	39	79	10	1	13	62	0	38	26	.311	.409	.512	.921	52	96
1949	29	93	304	272	27	68	18	2	7	48	0	31	16	.250	.327	.408	.735	36	90
1950	30	84	224	198	22	53	14	0	9	29	0	25	16	.268	.350	.475	.825	33	80

1952	32	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1

1955	35	15	17	14	1	5	2	0	1	4	0	3	3	.357	.471	.714	1.185	5	14
1956	36	55	61	49	4	17	2	0	3	23	0	8	1	.347	.410	.571	.981	13	53
1957	37	77	75	56	1	13	1	0	1	13	0	18	12	.232	.413	.304	.717	7	73
12 Yrs		1134	3775	3353	428	950	186	31	115	559	7	388	311	.283	.360	.460	.820	556	1084
162 Game Avg.		162	539	479	61	136	27	4	16	80	1	55	44	.283	.360	.460	.820	79	1084

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1964 BBWAA ( 0.5%)	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1943 NL (29, 1%) 1944 NL (18, 3%) 0.04 Career Shares (1177th)	Offensive WAR† s c a p y 1944 NL 4.7 (7th)	Slugging % s c a p y 1943 NL .430 (8th) 1944 NL .496 (8th) 1946 NL .441 (6th)
On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y 1944 NL .863 (8th)	At Bats s c a p y 1943 NL 586 (8th)	Hits s c a p y 1943 NL 163 (10th)	Total Bases s c a p y 1943 NL 252 (5th) 1944 NL 283 (4th)
Doubles s c a p y 1943 NL 31 (7th) 1944 NL 35 (7th)	Triples s c a p y 1944 NL 9 (6th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1943 NL 16 (3rd) 1944 NL 22 (3rd) 1946 NL 16 (5th)	Runs Batted In s c a p y 1944 NL 104 (3rd)
Strikeouts s c a p y 1946 NL 59 (7th)	Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y 1943 NL 126 (10th) 1944 NL 145 (8th)	Runs Created s c a p y 1943 NL 85 (7th) 1944 NL 103 (9th)	Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y 1944 NL 34 (7th)
Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y 1944 NL 3.4 (7th)	Extra Base Hits s c a p y 1943 NL 52 (4th) 1944 NL 66 (3rd) 1946 NL 46 (7th)	Offensive Win % s c a p y 1944 NL .698 (9th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1943 NL 3 (7th) 1944 NL 4 (10th) 1948 NL 4 (7th)
AB per HR s c a p y 1943 NL 36.6 (6th) 1944 NL 25.9 (3rd) 1946 NL 27.4 (2nd)	Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y 1948 NL 22.14 (8th)	Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y 1948 NL 2.1 (8th)	Oldest s c a p y 1957 NL born 1920-04-26 (10th)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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

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Gray Ink	Batting - 34 (719), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 4 (1669), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 14 (1170), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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George Metkovich (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Al Oliver (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dan Ford (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Luis Gonzalez (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rip Repulski (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rip Repulski (963) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Paul O'Neill (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jeffrey Hammonds (964) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Chet Laabs (951) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ron Coomer (934) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Charlie Maxwell (925) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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