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Joe Nuxhall

Joseph Henry Nuxhall

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 30, 1928 in Hamilton, OH
High School: Hamilton HS (Hamilton, OH)
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 10, 1944
Teams (by GP): Reds/Redlegs/Athletics/Angels 1944-1966

Final Game: October 2, 1966
Died: November 15, 2007 in Fairfield, OH
Buried: Rose Hill Burial Park, Fairfield, OH
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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
1944	15	CIN-min	A1	1	0	0																							BIR · SOUA
1944	15	CIN	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0	0	0	0			/1

1945	16	CIN-min	D,AA	30	61	55	10	12	2	0	1	3	5	0	4	7	.218	.271	.309	.580		17	0	0	2				LIM,SYR · OHSL,IL
1946		Did not play in major leagues (Voluntarily Retired)
1947	18	CIN-min	D	20	41	35	6	10	3	0	0	5	1		4	4	.286	.375	.371	.746		13		1	1				MUN · OHSL
1948	19	CIN-min	A,AA	25	33	33		4	1	0	0						.121	.121	.152	.273		5							CLM,TUL · SALL,TL
1949	20	CIN-min	A	44	78	78		21	4	1	1						.269	.269	.385	.654		30							CHL · CENL
1950	21	CIN-min	A	70	150	150		38	4	2	6						.253	.253	.427	.680		64							CHL · CENL
1951	22	CIN-min	AA	50	91	91		20	4	1	0						.220	.220	.286	.505		26							TUL · TL
1952	23	CIN	NL	37	23	23	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.087	.087	.087	.174	-51	2	1	0	0			1
1953	24	CIN	NL	30	55	49	6	16	2	0	3	8	0	0	4	13	.327	.377	.551	.928	138	27	1	0	2			1
1954	25	CIN	NL	36	66	52	13	9	0	0	3	7	0	0	8	12	.173	.274	.346	.620	60	18	2	0	4	2		1
1955	26	CIN	NL	53	101	86	10	17	4	0	3	14	0	0	8	24	.198	.268	.349	.617	59	30	0	1	4	2	0	1	AS
1956	27	CIN	NL	44	68	59	6	11	2	1	2	7	0	0	4	15	.186	.234	.356	.590	53	21	1	0	4	1	0	1	AS
1957	28	CIN	NL	42	70	59	6	14	1	1	0	7	0	0	5	15	.237	.292	.288	.580	54	17	1	0	5	1	0	1
1958	29	CIN	NL	36	66	62	4	13	1	0	0	5	1	2	1	13	.210	.219	.226	.445	16	14	0	0	2	1	0	1
1959	30	CIN	NL	28	48	44	5	11	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	.250	.283	.318	.601	58	14	2	1	2	0	0	1
1960	31	CIN	NL	39	28	26	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.077	.107	.115	.223	-39	3	0	0	0	1	0	1
1961	32	KCA	AL	56	76	65	5	19	2	1	2	13	0	0	6	18	.292	.352	.446	.798	112	29	2	0	5	0	0	1
1962	33	CIN-min	AAA	21	42	41	6	11	4	0	2	5	0	0	1	7	.268	.286	.512	.798		21		0	0	0			SDG · PCL
1962	33	TOT	MLB	17	30	26	3	7	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	3	.269	.296	.423	.719	88	11	0	1	3	0	0	1
1962	33	LAA	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1962	33	CIN	NL	12	30	26	3	7	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	3	.269	.296	.423	.719	88	11	0	1	3	0	0	1
1963	34	CIN	NL	35	81	76	6	12	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	25	.158	.169	.184	.353	1	14	0	1	4	0	0	1
1964	35	CIN	NL	34	55	54	2	7	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	20	.130	.130	.185	.315	-13	10	1	0	1	0	0	1
1965	36	CIN	NL	32	53	45	5	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	9	.178	.213	.200	.413	14	9	1	0	6	0	0	1
1966	37	CIN	NL	35	41	40	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	14	.100	.100	.125	.225	-40	5	1	0	1	0	0	1
16 Yrs				555	861	766	76	152	21	3	15	78	2	2	40	199	.198	.240	.292	.532	41	224	13	4	43	8	0
162 Game Avg.				162	251	224	22	44	6	1	4	23	1		12	58	.198	.240	.292	.532	41	65	4	1	13
				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
CIN (15 yrs)				494	785	701	71	133	19	2	13	65	2	2	34	181	.190	.229	.278	.507	35	195	11	4	38	8	0
KCA (1 yr)				56	76	65	5	19	2	1	2	13	0	0	6	18	.292	.352	.446	.798	112	29	2	0	5	0	0
LAA (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (15 yrs)				494	785	701	71	133	19	2	13	65	2	2	34	181	.190	.229	.278	.507	35	195	11	4	38	8	0
AL (2 yrs)				61	76	65	5	19	2	1	2	13	0	0	6	18	.292	.352	.446	.798	112	29	2	0	5	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
1944	15	CIN	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$1,350	/1

1952	23	CIN	NL	37	23	-4	0	-0	0	3	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.494	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	1
1953	24	CIN	NL	30	55	2	-0	-0	0	6	8	0.7	2	9	0.7	.524	.504	0.7	-0.0	9	$	1
1954	25	CIN	NL	36	66	-1	-0	0	0	8	7	0.7	2	9	0.7	.519	.504	0.7	-0.0	9	$	1
1955	26	CIN	NL	53	101	-6	0	1	0	10	5	0.5	3	8	0.5	.510	.503	0.5	-0.1	8	$	1	AS
1956	27	CIN	NL	44	68	-4	0	0	0	7	4	0.4	2	6	0.4	.509	.502	0.4	-0.1	6	$	1	AS
1957	28	CIN	NL	42	70	-3	0	-0	0	8	5	0.5	2	7	0.5	.512	.503	0.5	-0.0	7	$	1
1958	29	CIN	NL	36	66	-7	-1	0	0	7	-0	-0.0	2	2	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	-0.0	2	$	1
1959	30	CIN	NL	28	48	-3	-0	-0	0	6	2	0.2	2	4	0.2	.509	.501	0.2	0.0	4	$	1
1960	31	CIN	NL	39	28	-5	-0	0	0	3	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.494	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$	1
1961	32	KCA	AL	56	76	0	-0	-0	0	9	9	0.9	2	11	0.9	.516	.505	0.9	-0.0	11	$	1
1962	33	LAA	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1962	33	CIN	NL	12	30	0	0	0	0	4	4	0.4	1	5	0.4	.534	.502	0.4	0.0	5	$	1
1963	34	CIN	NL	35	81	-8	-1	0	0	9	0	0.1	3	3	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.0	3	$	1
1964	35	CIN	NL	34	55	-7	0	0	0	6	-0	-0.0	2	2	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	2	$	1
1965	36	CIN	NL	32	53	-4	0	-0	0	6	2	0.2	2	4	0.2	.507	.501	0.2	0.0	4	$	1
1966	37	CIN	NL	35	41	-8	-0	-0	0	4	-4	-0.4	1	-2	-0.4	.488	.497	-0.4	0.0	-2	$	1
16 Seasons				555	861	-58	-2	1	0	95	37	3.6	28	65	3.8	.507	.501	3.8	-0.2	65	$1,350
			Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
CIN (15 yrs)				494	785	-59	-2	2	0	86	28	2.7	26	54	2.9	.506	.501	2.9	-0.1	54	$1,350
KCA (1 yr)				56	76	0	-0	-0	0	9	9	0.9	2	11	0.9	.516	.505	0.9	-0.0	11	$
LAA (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

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
1952	23	CIN	NL	23	22	0	0.0	96	.133	.087	.260	.087	.333	.087	.387	.174	.721	-51	.000	-4.8	-0.5	.091	.000	.000
1953	24	CIN	NL	55	36	10	7.4	110	.394	.327	.274	.377	.345	.551	.427	.928	.773	138	.683	2.6	0.2	.912	.306	.224	.0
1954	25	CIN	NL	66	51	5	2.6	111	.154	.173	.277	.274	.348	.346	.428	.620	.776	60	.250	-3.3	-0.3	.578	.327	.173	.0
1955	26	CIN	NL	101	75	9	3.2	110	.230	.198	.271	.268	.343	.349	.430	.617	.773	59	.334	-5.2	-0.5	.565	.244	.151	.0
1956	27	CIN	NL	68	54	5	2.5	107	.209	.186	.270	.234	.338	.356	.426	.590	.764	53	.252	-4.3	-0.4	.510	.237	.169	.0
1957	28	CIN	NL	70	52	6	3.1	108	.311	.237	.275	.292	.340	.288	.427	.580	.766	54	.329	-4.0	-0.4	.478	.136	.051
1958	29	CIN	NL	66	54	3	1.5	111	.260	.210	.277	.219	.346	.226	.432	.445	.778	16	.110	-7.8	-0.8	.275	.016	.016	.0
1959	30	CIN	NL	48	37	4	2.9	108	.275	.250	.274	.283	.340	.318	.424	.601	.764	58	.298	-2.7	-0.3	.457	.091	.068
1960	31	CIN	NL	28	25	0	0.0	101	.095	.077	.266	.107	.332	.115	.408	.223	.739	-39	.000	-5.0	-0.5	.167	.077	.038
1961	32	KCA	AL	76	53	10	5.0	104	.378	.292	.264	.352	.339	.446	.411	.798	.750	112	.536	0.9	0.1	.729	.246	.154	.0
1962	33	TOT	MLB	30	22	3	3.6	107	.273	.269	.275	.296	.343	.423	.417	.719	.760	88	.400	-0.6	-0.1	.632	.154	.154	.0
1962	33	CIN	NL	30	22	3	3.6	107	.273	.269	.275	.296	.343	.423	.417	.719	.760	88	.400	-0.6	-0.1	.632	.154	.154	.0
1963	34	CIN	NL	81	68	3	1.2	92	.235	.158	.258	.169	.320	.184	.385	.353	.705	1	.102	-9.9	-1.1	.234	.026	.026
1964	35	CIN	NL	55	49	1	0.6	96	.182	.130	.267	.130	.325	.185	.396	.315	.721	-13	.025	-8.4	-0.9	.229	.074	.056	1.0
1965	36	CIN	NL	53	44	2	1.2	99	.222	.178	.266	.213	.331	.200	.402	.413	.733	14	.098	-5.4	-0.6	.289	.067	.022
1966	37	CIN	NL	41	38	0	0.0	104	.154	.100	.276	.100	.336	.125	.416	.225	.752	-40	.000	-7.8	-0.8	.135	.025	.025
16 Yrs				861	680	61	2.4	105	.245	.198	.270	.240	.337	.292	.416	.532	.753	41	.243	-65.7	-6.8	.426	.146	.094	3.5
162 Game Avg.				251	198	18	2.4	105	.245	.198	.270	.240	.337	.292	.416	.532	.753	41	.243	-65.7	-6.8	.426	.146	.094	1

CIN (15 yrs)				785	627	51	2.2	105	.233	.190	.270	.229	.337	.278	.416	.507	.753	35	.213	-66.6	-6.9	.401	.137	.088	3.5
KCA (1 yr)				76	53	10	5.0	104	.378	.292	.264	.352	.339	.446	.411	.798	.750	112	.536	0.9	0.1	.729	.246	.154	.0

NL (15 yrs)				785	627	51	2.2	105	.233	.190	.270	.229	.337	.278	.416	.507	.753	35	.213	-66.6	-6.9	.401	.137	.088	3.5
AL (2 yrs)				76	53	10	5.0	104	.378	.292	.264	.352	.339	.446	.411	.798	.750	112	.536	0.9	0.1	.729	.246	.154	.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
1955	CIN	NL	26		2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	CIN	NL	27		DNP

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1952	23	CIN	NL	23	0.0%	34.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.9			3.50	65%
1953	24	CIN	NL	55	5.5%	23.6%	7.3%	9.1%	31%	3.25	3.8	16.3	6.1	2.83	60%
1954	25	CIN	NL	66	4.6%	18.2%	12.1%	4.6%	33%	1.50	4.3	17.3	7.4	1.43	59%
1955	26	CIN	NL	101	3.0%	23.8%	7.9%	6.9%	41%	3.00	3.6	28.7	6.1	1.12	60%
1956	27	CIN	NL	68	2.9%	22.1%	5.9%	7.4%	46%	3.75	3.9	29.5	8.4	1.22	63%
1957	28	CIN	NL	70	0.0%	21.4%	7.1%	2.9%	14%	3.00	3.9		8.4	0.94	64%
1958	29	CIN	NL	66	0.0%	19.7%	1.5%	1.5%	8%	13.00	4.8		12.4	0.71	76%
1959	30	CIN	NL	48	0.0%	8.3%	2.1%	6.3%	27%	4.00	11.0		22.0	0.63	83%
1960	31	CIN	NL	28	0.0%	21.4%	3.6%	3.6%	50%	6.00	4.3		26.0	0.27	75%
1961	32	KCA	AL	76	2.6%	23.7%	7.9%	6.6%	26%	3.00	3.6	32.5	5.0	1.25	59%
1962	33	TOT	MLB	30	3.3%	10.0%	0.0%	6.7%	29%		8.7	26.0	5.2	1.57	73%
1962	33	CIN	NL	30	3.3%	10.0%	0.0%	6.7%	29%		8.7	26.0	5.2	1.57	73%
1963	34	CIN	NL	81	0.0%	30.9%	0.0%	2.5%	17%		3.0		25.3	1.35	63%
1964	35	CIN	NL	55	1.8%	36.4%	0.0%	1.8%	14%		2.7	54.0	54.0	1.70	60%
1965	36	CIN	NL	53	0.0%	17.0%	3.8%	1.9%	13%	4.50	5.0		15.0	2.67	68%
1966	37	CIN	NL	41	0.0%	34.2%	0.0%	2.4%	25%		2.9		20.0	0.77	63%
16 Yrs				861	1.7%	23.1%	4.7%	4.5%	26%	4.98	3.8	51.1	9.8	1.18	65%
MLB Averages					2.0%	12.1%	9.0%	6.4%	28%	1.35	7.4	43.7	8.4	1.02	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1944	15	CIN	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1952	23	CIN	NL	-4.8	-0.5	12	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.54	-0.2	-0.1	-2.5	-0.3	0.76	-2.7	0.12	1
1953	24	CIN	NL	2.6	0.2	55	0.1	1.0	-0.9	.98	0.2	-0.1	3.1	0.3	0.96	2.3		0
1954	25	CIN	NL	-3.3	-0.3	66	-0.4	0.6	-1.0	.86	-0.0	-0.5	-3.7	-0.4	1.04	-0.2		0
1955	26	CIN	NL	-5.2	-0.5	104	-0.4	1.4	-1.7	.92	-0.1	-0.3	-0.9	-0.1	1.04	-1.4	0.68	3
1956	27	CIN	NL	-4.4	-0.4	68	-0.5	1.0	-1.5	.94	-0.3	-0.2	-6.0	-0.6	1.01	-4.0		0
1957	28	CIN	NL	-4.0	-0.4	71	0.2	1.2	-1.0	.90	-0.1	0.4	-2.1	-0.2	1.03	-2.5	4.29	1
1958	29	CIN	NL	-7.8	-0.8	69	-1.0	0.5	-1.5	.98	-0.5	-0.5	-6.8	-0.7	0.94	-7.3		0
1959	30	CIN	NL	-2.7	-0.3	48	0.0	0.8	-0.7	.92	-0.3	0.3	-1.7	-0.2	0.93	-3.1		0
1960	31	CIN	NL	-5.0	-0.5	28	-0.5	0.1	-0.6	1.13	-0.4	-0.0	-3.8	-0.4	0.88	-4.3		0
1961	32	KCA	AL	0.8	0.1	76	0.4	2.1	-1.7	1.35	0.1	0.2	2.6	0.3	0.92	1.5	1.85	20
1962	33	TOT	MLB	-0.6	-0.1	30	0.0	0.4	-0.4	.78	0.1	-0.1	-0.3	-0.0	1.09	0.8		0
1962	33	LAA	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1962	33	CIN	NL	-0.6	-0.1	30	0.0	0.4	-0.4	.78	0.1	-0.1	-0.3	-0.0	1.09	0.8		0
1963	34	CIN	NL	-9.9	-1.1	81	-0.2	1.0	-1.3	.86	-0.7	0.4	-5.8	-0.6	0.96	-7.0		0
1964	35	CIN	NL	-8.4	-0.9	56	-0.8	0.4	-1.2	1.01	-0.7	-0.1	-9.0	-0.9	0.93	-7.6		0
1965	36	CIN	NL	-5.4	-0.6	57	-0.5	0.5	-1.0	.97	-0.5	-0.0	-4.1	-0.4	0.98	-4.9		0
1966	37	CIN	NL	-7.8	-0.8	41	-0.8	0.2	-1.0	.92	-0.7	-0.2	-6.6	-0.7	0.89	-7.4	2.26	1
16 Yrs				-66.0	-6.8	862	-4.5	11.2	-15.6	.96	-4.2	-0.4	-47.7	-4.8	0.97	-47.9	1.76	26
				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	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CS3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1952	23	CIN	NL	0	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1953	24	CIN	NL	0	18%	22	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14%	4	3	1	0	0	0	3	3	0
1954	25	CIN	NL	4	71%	24	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	4	3	1	0	0	0	4	1	3
1955	26	CIN	NL	0	30%	32	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	5	33%	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1956	27	CIN	NL	1	31%	19	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0%	4	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
1957	28	CIN	NL	2	32%	27	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	2	57%	4	2	2	1	0	1	2	1	1
1958	29	CIN	NL	2	29%	31	1	2	33%	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0%	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	30	CIN	NL	0	39%	17	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	60%	2	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	2
1960	31	CIN	NL	0	100%	11	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	33%	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
1961	32	KCA	AL	0	13%	21	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	60%	3	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	1
1962	33	TOT	MLB	1	29%	11	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	33	CIN	NL	1	29%	11	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963	34	CIN	NL	3	46%	25	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
1964	35	CIN	NL	1	17%	18	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1965	36	CIN	NL	2	50%	17	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	3	67%	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	1	4
1966	37	CIN	NL	0	50%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
16 Yrs				16	34%	283	2	2	50%	2	1	1	1	1	8	14	38%	32	24	8	5	3	2	23	10	13

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
1952	23	CIN	NL	23	42%	2			1	0	0	0	0.12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	3	1	33%	5	0	0%	0	0		2	1	50%	0
1953	24	CIN	NL	55	76%	16			0	0	0	0		3	0	1	3	0	0	3	0	2	2	100%	19	1	5%	11	3	27%	36	5	14%	2	2	100%	1	1	100%	0
1954	25	CIN	NL	66	73%	9			0	0	0	0		3	0	2	2	1	2	1	0	4	4	100%	21	2	10%	19	3	16%	56	5	9%	6	3	50%	3	0	0%	0
1955	26	CIN	NL	101	78%	17			3	0	0	0	0.68	3	0	4	3	0	0	3	0	4	4	100%	24	0	0%	19	5	26%	81	11	14%	4	3	75%	4	2	50%	0
1956	27	CIN	NL	68	68%	11			0	0	0	0		2	0	3	1	1	2	0	0	6	4	67%	12	1	8%	16	4	25%	50	5	10%	8	1	13%	1	1	100%	0
1957	28	CIN	NL	70	80%	14			1	1	0	1	4.29	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	100%	16	1	6%	15	3	20%	56	8	14%	3	1	33%	3	2	67%	0
1958	29	CIN	NL	66	64%	13			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	50%	10	0	0%	17	2	12%	43	5	12%	5	2	40%	2	1	50%	0
1959	30	CIN	NL	48	83%	11			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	8	2	25%	8	2	25%	27	2	7%	3	0	0%	2	2	100%	0
1960	31	CIN	NL	28	82%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	0	0%	7	1	14%	11	1	9%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1961	32	KCA	AL	76	83%	19			20	5	0	1	1.85	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	5	5	100%	12	2	17%	11	4	36%	48	11	23%	4	2	50%	2	1	50%	0
1962	33	TOT	MLB	30	80%	7			0	0	0	0		1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	3	100%	7	0	0%	6	3	50%	29	4	14%	3	1	33%	1	0	0%	0
1962	33	CIN	NL	30	80%	7			0	0	0	0		1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	3	100%	7	0	0%	6	3	50%	29	4	14%	3	1	33%	1	0	0%	0
1963	34	CIN	NL	81	68%	12			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	100%	13	0	0%	14	3	21%	42	4	10%	2	0	0%	5	3	60%	0
1964	35	CIN	NL	55	65%	7			0	0	0	0		1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	33%	7	1	14%	8	1	13%	29	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1965	36	CIN	NL	53	64%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	6	86%	13	1	8%	11	1	9%	32	4	13%	5	2	40%	1	1	100%	0
1966	37	CIN	NL	41	59%	4			1	0	0	0	2.26	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	6	1	17%	7	1	14%	21	2	10%	3	1	33%	1	0	0%	0
16 Yrs				861	73%	152			26	6	0	2	1.76	15	0	20	12	3	5	10	0	51	43	84%	177	13	7%	172	37	22%	566	67	12%	50	19	38%	29	15	52%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			104%			13%			31%			14%			49%			54%

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
1952	23	38	23	23	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.087	.087	.087	.174	-51	2	1	0	0
1953	24	68	78	72	6	18	2	0	3	8	0	0	4	21	.250	.289	.403	.692	82	29	2	0	2
1954	25	104	144	124	19	27	2	0	6	15	0	0	12	33	.218	.283	.379	.662	72	47	4	0	6	2
1955	26	157	245	210	29	44	6	0	9	29	0	0	20	57	.210	.277	.367	.643	67	77	4	1	10	4	0
1956	27	201	313	269	35	55	8	1	11	36	0	0	24	72	.204	.268	.364	.632	64	98	5	1	14	5	0
1957	28	243	383	328	41	69	9	2	11	43	0	0	29	87	.210	.272	.351	.623	62	115	6	1	19	6	0
1958	29	279	449	390	45	82	10	2	11	48	1	2	30	100	.210	.264	.331	.595	55	129	6	1	21	7	0
1959	30	307	497	434	50	93	13	2	11	50	1	2	31	104	.214	.266	.329	.595	55	143	8	2	23	7	0
1960	31	346	525	460	53	95	14	2	11	51	1	2	32	110	.207	.257	.317	.574	50	146	8	2	23	8	0
1961	32	402	601	525	58	114	16	3	13	64	1	2	38	128	.217	.269	.333	.602	58	175	10	2	28	8	0
1962	33	419	631	551	61	121	17	3	14	69	1	2	38	131	.220	.270	.338	.608	59	186	10	3	31	8	0
1963	34	454	712	627	67	133	19	3	14	72	1	2	38	156	.212	.258	.319	.577	53	200	10	4	35	8	0
1964	35	488	767	681	69	140	19	3	15	73	2	2	38	176	.206	.249	.308	.557	48	210	11	4	36	8	0
1965	36	520	820	726	74	148	20	3	15	76	2	2	40	185	.204	.247	.302	.548	46	219	12	4	42	8	0
1966	37	555	861	766	76	152	21	3	15	78	2	2	40	199	.198	.240	.292	.532	41	224	13	4	43	8	0

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
1952	23	39	24	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	37
1953	24	31	55	49	6	15	2	0	3	7	0	4	14	.306	.358	.531	.889	9	30
1954	25	38	68	54	13	9	0	0	3	7	0	8	13	.167	.266	.333	.599	5	36
1955	26	56	105	90	9	17	4	0	3	13	0	8	25	.189	.257	.333	.591	7	53
1956	27	46	70	61	6	11	2	1	2	7	0	4	16	.180	.227	.344	.572	5	44
1957	28	44	73	62	6	15	1	1	0	7	0	5	16	.242	.294	.290	.584	5	42
1958	29	38	69	65	4	13	1	0	0	5	1	1	14	.200	.209	.215	.424	3	36
1959	30	29	50	46	6	12	3	0	0	2	0	1	4	.261	.292	.326	.618	4	28
1960	31	41	29	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.034	.000	.034	0	39
1961	32	56	76	65	5	19	2	1	2	13	0	6	18	.292	.352	.446	.798	10	56
1962	33	17	30	26	3	7	1	0	1	5	0	0	3	.269	.296	.423	.719	3	17
1963	34	35	80	75	5	11	2	0	0	3	0	0	25	.147	.158	.173	.331	2	35
1964	35	34	54	53	2	6	0	0	1	1	1	0	20	.113	.113	.170	.283	1	34
1965	36	32	53	45	5	8	1	0	0	3	0	2	9	.178	.213	.200	.413	2	32
1966	37	35	41	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	35
15 Yrs		571	877	782	70	143	19	3	15	73	2	40	205	.183	.224	.272	.497	56	554
162 Game Avg.		162	249	222	20	41	5	1	4	21	1	11	58	.183	.224	.272	.497	16	554

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1955 * 1956	Oldest s c a p y 1965 NL born 1928-07-30 (10th) 1966 NL born 1928-07-30 (5th)	Youngest s c a p y 1944 NL born 1928-07-30 (1st)

All-Star Games
1955 *
1956

Oldest s c a p y
1965 NL born 1928-07-30 (10th)
1966 NL born 1928-07-30 (5th)

Youngest s c a p y
1944 NL born 1928-07-30 (1st)

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters

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Rick Wise (982) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Gary Peters (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Vern Law (984) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rick Wise (983) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rick Wise (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Claude Passeau (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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