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Bob O'Farrell

Robert Arthur O'Farrell

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 19, 1896 in Waukegan, IL
High School: Waukegan HS (Waukegan, IL)(All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1915
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Giants/Cardinals/Reds 1915-1935

Final Game: September 23, 1935
Died: February 20, 1988 in Waukegan, IL
Buried: North Shore Garden of Memories, North Chicago, IL
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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
1915 18 CHC NL 2 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 101 1 0 0 /2
1916 19 CHC NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1917 20 CHC NL 3 9 8 1 3 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 .375 .444 .625 1.069 217 5 0 0 /2
1918 21 CHC NL 52 125 113 9 32 7 3 1 14 0 10 15 .283 .347 .425 .772 133 48 1 1 2
1919 22 CHC NL 49 135 125 11 27 4 2 0 9 2 7 10 .216 .258 .280 .538 62 35 0 3 2
1920 23 CHC NL 94 312 270 29 67 11 4 3 19 1 0 34 23 .248 .332 .352 .684 96 95 0 8 2
1921 24 CHC NL 96 281 260 32 65 12 7 4 32 2 0 18 14 .250 .299 .396 .695 82 103 0 3 2
1922 25 CHC NL 128 481 392 68 127 18 8 4 60 5 3 79 34 .324 .439 .441 .880 127 173 1 9 *2
1923 26 CHC NL 131 526 452 73 144 25 4 12 84 10 3 67 38 .319 .408 .471 .879 131 213 1 6 *2
1924 27 CHC NL 71 221 183 25 44 6 2 3 28 2 0 30 13 .240 .347 .344 .692 85 63 0 8 2
1925 28 TOT NL 111 391 339 39 92 13 3 3 35 0 1 48 31 .271 .365 .354 .719 83 120 2 2 2
1925 28 CHC NL 17 24 22 2 4 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 5 .182 .250 .273 .523 32 6 0 0 /2
1925 28 STL NL 94 367 317 37 88 13 2 3 32 0 1 46 26 .278 .373 .360 .732 86 114 2 2 2
1926 29 STL NL 147 567 492 63 144 30 9 7 68 1 61 44 .293 .371 .433 .804 112 213 0 14 *2 MVP-1
1927 30 STL NL 61 203 178 19 47 10 1 0 18 3 23 22 .264 .348 .331 .680 79 59 0 2 2
1928 31 TOT NL 91 240 185 29 37 7 0 2 24 4 47 25 .200 .362 .270 .632 67 50 0 8 2
1928 31 STL NL 16 65 52 6 11 1 0 0 4 2 13 9 .212 .369 .231 .600 58 12 0 0 2
1928 31 NYG NL 75 175 133 23 26 6 0 2 20 2 34 16 .195 .359 .286 .645 70 38 0 8 2
1929 32 NYG NL 91 283 248 35 76 14 3 4 42 3 28 30 .306 .384 .435 .819 102 108 3 3 2
1930 33 NYG NL 94 288 249 37 75 16 4 4 54 1 31 21 .301 .381 .446 .827 101 111 1 7 2
1931 34 NYG NL 85 197 174 11 39 8 3 1 19 0 21 23 .224 .311 .322 .633 72 56 1 1 2
1932 35 NYG NL 50 80 67 7 16 3 0 0 8 0 11 10 .239 .354 .284 .638 76 19 1 1 2
1933 36 STL NL 55 179 163 16 39 4 2 2 20 0 15 25 .239 .303 .325 .629 75 53 4 0 1 2
1934 37 TOT NL 66 210 190 13 45 11 3 1 14 0 14 30 .237 .289 .342 .631 71 65 6 0 6 2
1934 37 CIN NL 44 139 123 10 30 8 3 1 9 0 11 19 .244 .306 .382 .688 86 47 5 0 5 2
1934 37 CHC NL 22 71 67 3 15 3 0 0 5 0 3 11 .224 .257 .269 .526 42 18 1 0 1 2
1935 38 STL NL 14 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .167 .000 .167 -52 0 1 0 0 /2
21 Yrs 1492 4743 4101 517 1120 201 58 51 549 35 7 547 408 .273 .360 .388 .748 98 1590 11 11 83
162 Game Avg. 162 515 445 56 122 22 6 6 60 4 59 44 .273 .360 .388 .748 98 173 1 9
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
CHC (12 yrs) 666 2188 1895 253 529 88 31 27 255 23 6 251 163 .279 .364 .401 .765 106 760 1 3 39
STL (6 yrs) 387 1393 1212 141 329 58 14 12 142 6 1 160 126 .271 .357 .372 .729 92 451 5 2 19
NYG (5 yrs) 395 1023 871 113 232 47 10 11 143 6 125 100 .266 .362 .381 .743 89 332 6 20
CIN (1 yr) 44 139 123 10 30 8 3 1 9 0 11 19 .244 .306 .382 .688 86 47 5 0 5

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
1915 18 CHC NL 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /2
1916 19 CHC NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /2
1917 20 CHC NL 3 9 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.2 0 2 0.2 .551 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $ /2
1918 21 CHC NL 52 125 4 0 0 -1 2 5 0.6 4 8 0.9 .511 .504 1.1 0.1 9 $ 2
1919 22 CHC NL 49 135 -5 -0 0 0 2 -4 -0.5 4 -0 -0.1 .491 .497 -0.1 0.2 -0 $ 2
1920 23 CHC NL 94 312 -1 1 0 -2 4 2 0.2 9 11 1.1 .502 .501 1.3 0.1 13 $ 2
1921 24 CHC NL 96 281 -7 1 0 0 3 -2 -0.3 8 6 0.5 .497 .498 0.6 0.3 6 $ 2
1922 25 CHC NL 128 481 20 1 0 4 4 30 2.9 14 43 4.2 .522 .517 3.8 0.9 39 $ *2
1923 26 CHC NL 131 526 23 2 0 1 4 30 2.9 15 45 4.4 .522 .518 4.3 0.5 44 $ *2
1924 27 CHC NL 71 221 -3 1 0 1 2 1 0.1 6 7 0.7 .501 .501 0.6 0.2 6 $ 2
1925 28 CHC NL 17 24 -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 1 -2 -0.2 .486 .499 -0.2 0.0 -2 $ /2
1925 28 STL NL 94 367 -4 0 0 0 3 -1 -0.1 10 10 0.9 .499 .499 1.0 0.3 10 $ 2
1926 29 STL NL 147 567 9 0 0 4 5 18 1.7 16 34 3.4 .512 .511 3.0 0.9 30 $ *2 MVP-1
1927 30 STL NL 61 203 -5 -0 0 1 2 -2 -0.3 6 3 0.3 .496 .498 0.2 0.3 2 $ 2
1928 31 STL NL 16 65 -3 -0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 2 -0 -0.1 .485 .499 0.0 0.1 -0 $ 2
1928 31 NYG NL 75 175 -5 -0 0 0 2 -3 -0.4 5 2 0.1 .495 .498 0.2 0.1 2 $ 2
1929 32 NYG NL 91 283 1 -0 0 0 2 4 0.3 8 11 1.1 .503 .502 1.2 0.2 11 $ 2
1930 33 NYG NL 94 288 1 0 0 0 2 4 0.3 8 12 1.1 .504 .502 1.2 0.2 12 $ 2
1931 34 NYG NL 85 197 -6 0 0 -1 2 -6 -0.6 6 0 0.0 .493 .496 0.1 0.0 1 $ 2
1932 35 NYG NL 50 80 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 2 1 0.1 .498 .499 0.1 0.1 1 $ 2
1933 36 STL NL 55 179 -5 0 0 -2 2 -6 -0.7 5 -0 -0.1 .488 .496 0.1 -0.1 2 $ 2
1934 37 CIN NL 44 139 -3 0 0 -1 1 -2 -0.2 4 2 0.2 .495 .499 0.2 0.0 3 $ 2
1934 37 CHC NL 22 71 -6 0 0 1 1 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.2 .482 .498 -0.3 0.2 -3 $ 2
1935 38 STL NL 14 12 -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .486 .499 -0.2 0.0 -2 $ /2
21 Seasons 1492 4743 1 7 0 5 42 55 4.7 136 191 18.3 .503 .501 18.4 4.5 186 $
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
CHC (12 yrs) 666 2188 25 6 0 4 21 56 5.2 63 119 11.5 .508 .503 11.3 2.5 115 $
STL (6 yrs) 387 1393 -11 1 0 3 12 4 0.2 40 45 4.2 .501 .500 4.1 1.4 41 $
NYG (5 yrs) 395 1023 -10 -0 0 -1 9 -2 -0.5 29 26 2.4 .499 .500 2.8 0.6 27 $
CIN (1 yr) 44 139 -3 0 0 -1 1 -2 -0.2 4 2 0.2 .495 .499 0.2 0.0 3 $

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
1915 18 CHC NL 3 2 0 0.0 82 .333 .333 .257 .333 .320 .333 .344 .667 .664 101 .000 -0.0 0.0 .500 .000 .000
1917 20 CHC NL 9 5 2 10.8 83 .375 .375 .264 .444 .322 .625 .349 1.069 .671 217 .895 1.3 0.1 1.400 .500 .250 .0
1918 21 CHC NL 125 82 16 5.3 81 .320 .283 .263 .347 .321 .425 .340 .772 .662 133 .687 4.4 0.5 .728 .230 .142 .0
1919 22 CHC NL 135 101 9 2.4 82 .235 .216 .264 .258 .318 .280 .347 .538 .666 62 .329 -6.0 -0.7 .449 .136 .064 .0
1920 23 CHC NL 312 211 32 4.1 91 .262 .248 .278 .332 .332 .352 .369 .684 .701 96 .531 -0.7 -0.1 .640 .233 .104 1.5
1921 24 CHC NL 281 198 31 4.2 107 .252 .250 .298 .299 .348 .396 .410 .695 .759 82 .458 -7.6 -0.8 .631 .223 .146 2.7
1922 25 CHC NL 481 277 76 7.3 113 .347 .324 .302 .439 .360 .441 .421 .880 .781 127 .675 20.8 2.0 .951 .324 .117 4.4
1923 26 CHC NL 526 317 88 7.5 107 .328 .319 .293 .408 .352 .471 .408 .879 .760 131 .696 23.4 2.2 .926 .316 .153 10.9
1924 27 CHC NL 221 147 22 4.0 105 .246 .240 .291 .347 .347 .344 .406 .692 .752 85 .443 -3.0 -0.3 .683 .279 .104 2.4
1925 28 TOT NL 391 250 44 4.7 116 .292 .271 .303 .365 .361 .354 .432 .719 .793 83 .462 -7.2 -0.7 .681 .221 .083 .0
1925 28 CHC NL 24 18 2 3.0 116 .235 .182 .303 .250 .361 .273 .432 .523 .793 32 .270 -2.4 -0.2 .444 .182 .091
1925 28 STL NL 367 232 42 4.8 116 .295 .278 .303 .373 .361 .360 .432 .732 .793 86 .475 -4.7 -0.4 .700 .224 .082 .0
1926 29 STL NL 567 362 79 5.8 106 .311 .293 .292 .371 .352 .433 .405 .804 .757 112 .613 9.4 0.9 .790 .266 .140 1.8
1927 30 STL NL 203 133 21 4.2 108 .301 .264 .296 .348 .356 .331 .409 .680 .764 79 .464 -4.5 -0.4 .649 .213 .067 .0
1928 31 TOT NL 240 156 18 3.1 110 .222 .200 .291 .362 .356 .270 .414 .632 .770 67 .309 -6.6 -0.6 .682 .346 .070 2.7
1928 31 STL NL 65 41 4 2.6 112 .256 .212 .294 .369 .359 .231 .418 .600 .777 58 .247 -2.5 -0.2 .659 .308 .019 .0
1928 31 NYG NL 175 115 14 3.3 109 .209 .195 .290 .359 .355 .286 .413 .645 .768 70 .330 -4.1 -0.4 .692 .361 .090 2.0
1929 32 NYG NL 283 175 41 6.2 121 .336 .306 .304 .384 .368 .435 .443 .819 .812 102 .559 1.6 0.2 .826 .254 .129 3.4
1930 33 NYG NL 288 181 42 6.2 125 .317 .301 .309 .381 .367 .446 .460 .827 .827 101 .523 1.2 0.1 .828 .273 .145 1.6
1931 34 NYG NL 197 136 17 3.3 102 .253 .224 .283 .311 .341 .322 .399 .633 .741 72 .356 -6.6 -0.6 .578 .218 .098 .0
1932 35 NYG NL 80 52 7 3.6 102 .281 .239 .282 .354 .334 .284 .408 .638 .742 76 .383 -1.6 -0.2 .608 .209 .045
1933 36 STL NL 179 129 16 3.3 96 .272 .239 .281 .303 .335 .325 .385 .629 .720 75 .408 -5.6 -0.6 .531 .178 .086 .0
1934 37 TOT NL 210 157 19 3.2 101 .277 .237 .283 .289 .338 .342 .402 .631 .740 71 .331 -7.9 -0.8 .523 .179 .105 .0
1934 37 CIN NL 139 103 14 3.6 101 .282 .244 .282 .306 .337 .382 .401 .688 .738 86 .379 -2.4 -0.2 .592 .228 .138 .0
1934 37 CHC NL 71 54 5 2.5 103 .268 .224 .285 .257 .340 .269 .405 .526 .744 42 .233 -5.4 -0.5 .396 .090 .045
1935 38 STL NL 12 11 0 0.0 107 .000 .000 .290 .167 .346 .000 .414 .167 .760 -52 .000 -2.2 -0.2 .182 .200 .000
21 Yrs 4743 3082 580 5.0 107 .294 .273 .292 .360 .350 .388 .409 .748 .759 98 .532 2.6 0.1 .726 .255 .115 41.5
162 Game Avg. 515 335 63 5.0 107 .294 .273 .292 .360 .350 .388 .409 .748 .759 98 .532 0 0 .726 .255 .115 5
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
CHC (12 yrs) 2188 1412 283 5.4 102 .294 .279 .289 .364 .346 .401 .397 .765 .743 106 .585 24.6 2.3 .751 .263 .122 24.8
STL (6 yrs) 1393 908 162 4.8 108 .295 .271 .294 .357 .353 .372 .410 .729 .764 92 .512 -10.2 -1.0 .695 .237 .101 8.0
NYG (5 yrs) 1023 659 121 4.9 115 .291 .266 .297 .362 .358 .381 .432 .743 .790 89 .469 -9.4 -1.0 .734 .265 .115 7.8
CIN (1 yr) 139 103 14 3.6 101 .282 .244 .282 .306 .337 .382 .401 .688 .738 86 .380 -2.4 -0.2 .592 .228 .138 .0

Postseason Batting

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
1918 21 CHC NL WS BOS L 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0
1926 29 STL NL WS NYY W 7 26 23 2 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 .304 .346 .348 .694 8 0 0 0 1 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 10 29 26 2 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 .269 .310 .308 .618 8 1 0 0 1 0
2 WS 10 29 26 2 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 .269 .310 .308 .618 8 1 0 0 1 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
1918 21 CHC NL 125 0.8% 12.0% 8.0% 8.8% 34% 1.50 7.5 113.0 8.1 78%
1919 22 CHC NL 135 0.0% 7.4% 5.2% 4.4% 22% 1.43 12.5 13.9 85%
1920 23 CHC NL 312 1.0% 7.4% 10.9% 5.8% 27% 0.68 11.7 90.0 14.2 78%
1921 24 CHC NL 281 1.4% 5.0% 6.4% 8.2% 35% 0.78 18.6 65.0 8.1 86%
1922 25 CHC NL 481 0.8% 7.1% 16.4% 6.2% 24% 0.43 11.5 98.0 6.5 74%
1923 26 CHC NL 526 2.3% 7.2% 12.7% 7.8% 29% 0.57 11.9 37.7 5.4 76%
1924 27 CHC NL 221 1.4% 5.9% 13.6% 5.0% 25% 0.43 14.1 61.0 6.5 76%
1925 28 TOT NL 391 0.8% 7.9% 12.3% 4.9% 21% 0.65 10.9 113.0 9.7 78%
1925 28 CHC NL 24 0.0% 20.8% 8.3% 4.2% 25% 2.50 4.4 7.3 71%
1925 28 STL NL 367 0.8% 7.1% 12.5% 4.9% 21% 0.57 12.2 105.7 9.9 78%
1926 29 STL NL 567 1.2% 7.8% 10.8% 8.1% 32% 0.72 11.2 70.3 7.2 78%
1927 30 STL NL 203 0.0% 10.8% 11.3% 5.4% 23% 0.96 8.1 9.9 77%
1928 31 TOT NL 240 0.8% 10.4% 19.6% 3.8% 24% 0.53 7.4 92.5 7.7 66%
1928 31 STL NL 65 0.0% 13.9% 20.0% 1.5% 9% 0.69 5.8 13.0 66%
1928 31 NYG NL 175 1.1% 9.1% 19.4% 4.6% 31% 0.47 8.3 66.5 6.7 66%
1929 32 NYG NL 283 1.4% 10.6% 9.9% 7.4% 28% 1.07 8.3 62.0 5.9 76%
1930 33 NYG NL 288 1.4% 7.3% 10.8% 8.3% 32% 0.68 11.9 62.3 4.6 78%
1931 34 NYG NL 197 0.5% 11.7% 10.7% 6.1% 31% 1.10 7.6 174.0 9.2 76%
1932 35 NYG NL 80 0.0% 12.5% 13.8% 3.8% 19% 0.91 6.7 8.4 71%
1933 36 STL NL 179 1.1% 14.0% 8.4% 4.5% 21% 1.67 6.5 81.5 8.2 76%
1934 37 TOT NL 210 0.5% 14.3% 6.7% 7.1% 33% 2.14 6.3 190.0 13.6 76%
1934 37 CIN NL 139 0.7% 13.7% 7.9% 8.6% 40% 1.73 6.5 123.0 13.7 74%
1934 37 CHC NL 71 0.0% 15.5% 4.2% 4.2% 20% 3.67 6.1 13.4 79%
1935 38 STL NL 12 0.0% 0.0% 16.7% 0.0% 0.00 83%
21 Yrs 4731 1.1% 8.6% 11.6% 6.6% 28% 0.75 10.1 80.4 7.5 77%
MLB Averages 1.2% 9.6% 9.3% 7.5% 26% 1.03 11.1 91.2 8.3 95%
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

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
1915 18 2 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 101 1 0 0
1916 19 3 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 101 1 0 0
1917 20 6 12 11 1 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 .364 .417 .545 .962 186 6 0 0
1918 21 58 137 124 10 36 9 3 1 15 1 0 11 15 .290 .353 .435 .788 138 54 1 1
1919 22 107 272 249 21 63 13 5 1 24 3 0 18 25 .253 .306 .357 .663 100 89 1 4
1920 23 201 584 519 50 130 24 9 4 43 4 0 52 48 .250 .320 .355 .674 97 184 1 12
1921 24 297 865 779 82 195 36 16 8 75 6 0 70 62 .250 .313 .368 .681 92 287 1 15
1922 25 425 1346 1171 150 322 54 24 12 135 11 3 149 96 .275 .358 .393 .751 105 460 2 24
1923 26 556 1872 1623 223 466 79 28 24 219 21 6 216 134 .287 .372 .415 .787 113 673 3 30
1924 27 627 2093 1806 248 510 85 30 27 247 23 6 246 147 .282 .369 .408 .777 110 736 3 38
1925 28 738 2484 2145 287 602 98 33 30 282 23 7 294 178 .281 .369 .399 .768 105 856 5 40
1926 29 885 3051 2637 350 746 128 42 37 350 24 7 355 222 .283 .369 .405 .774 106 1069 5 54
1927 30 946 3254 2815 369 793 138 43 37 368 27 7 378 244 .282 .368 .401 .768 105 1128 5 56
1928 31 1037 3494 3000 398 830 145 43 39 392 31 7 425 269 .277 .367 .393 .760 102 1178 5 64
1929 32 1128 3777 3248 433 906 159 46 43 434 34 7 453 299 .279 .369 .396 .764 102 1286 8 67
1930 33 1222 4065 3497 470 981 175 50 47 488 35 7 484 320 .281 .369 .399 .769 102 1397 9 74
1931 34 1307 4262 3671 481 1020 183 53 48 507 35 7 505 343 .278 .367 .396 .763 101 1453 10 75
1932 35 1357 4342 3738 488 1036 186 53 48 515 35 7 516 353 .277 .366 .394 .760 100 1472 11 76
1933 36 1412 4521 3901 504 1075 190 55 50 535 35 7 531 378 .276 .364 .391 .755 99 1525 4 11 77
1934 37 1478 4731 4091 517 1120 201 58 51 549 35 7 545 408 .274 .361 .389 .749 98 1590 10 11 83
1935 38 1492 4743 4101 517 1120 201 58 51 549 35 7 547 408 .273 .360 .388 .748 98 1590 11 11 83

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
1915 18 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1917 20 3 10 9 1 4 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 .444 .500 .778 1.278 3 3
1918 21 66 165 149 14 46 10 4 1 22 0 14 19 .309 .372 .450 .822 26 52
1919 22 57 160 148 16 35 5 3 0 13 3 9 12 .236 .280 .311 .591 13 49
1920 23 99 335 289 34 75 12 4 3 22 1 38 24 .260 .346 .360 .705 37 94
1921 24 102 296 274 33 68 13 7 4 33 2 19 15 .248 .297 .391 .687 32 96
1922 25 134 485 399 62 122 17 8 4 55 5 76 36 .306 .418 .419 .837 69 128
1923 26 138 541 467 70 143 25 4 12 81 10 67 40 .306 .394 .454 .848 83 131
1924 27 75 230 191 25 45 6 2 3 28 2 31 14 .236 .342 .335 .677 22 71
1925 28 118 400 350 35 88 12 3 3 31 0 46 33 .251 .342 .329 .670 39 111
1926 29 154 585 509 62 145 30 9 7 67 1 61 46 .285 .361 .420 .782 77 147
1927 30 64 210 185 18 47 10 1 0 18 3 23 23 .254 .337 .319 .655 20 61
1928 31 96 248 193 29 37 7 0 2 24 4 47 26 .192 .350 .259 .609 18 91
1929 32 96 286 253 31 72 13 3 4 37 3 27 32 .285 .360 .407 .768 36 91
1930 33 98 286 250 30 68 15 4 4 44 1 28 22 .272 .348 .412 .760 34 94
1931 34 89 205 181 11 40 8 3 1 20 0 22 24 .221 .309 .315 .624 18 85
1932 35 52 82 69 7 16 3 0 0 8 0 11 10 .232 .346 .275 .621 6 50
1933 36 57 189 172 18 42 4 2 2 22 0 16 26 .244 .309 .326 .634 18 55
1934 37 70 224 203 14 48 12 3 1 15 0 15 32 .236 .289 .340 .629 20 66
1935 38 15 13 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .154 .000 .154 0 14
20 Yrs 1585 4953 4305 510 1141 205 60 51 541 36 553 434 .265 .350 .376 .726 571 1491
162 Game Avg. 162 506 440 52 117 21 6 5 55 4 57 44 .265 .350 .376 .726 58 1491
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1950 BBWAA ( 2.4%)
1958 BBWAA ( 1.1%)
1960 BBWAA ( 1.1%)

Awards (yr lg award)
1926 NL MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1926 NL (1, 99%)
1 MVP
0.99 Career Shares (244th)

Wins Above Replacements c a p y
1923 NL  4.4 (10th)

WAR Position Playerss c a p y
1922 NL  4.2 (7th)
1923 NL  4.4 (6th)

Offensive WARs c a p y
1922 NL  3.8 (6th)
1923 NL  4.3 (8th)

Defensive WARs c a p y
1922 NL  0.9 (10th)
1926 NL  0.9 (9th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1922 NL  .439 (3rd)
1923 NL  .408 (7th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1922 NL  .880 (10th)
1923 NL  .879 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1923 NL  12 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1922 NL  79 (2nd)
1923 NL  67 (6th)
1926 NL  61 (6th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1922 NL  126 (7th)
1923 NL  131 (8th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1922 NL  20 (10th)
1923 NL  23 (10th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1922 NL  1.9 (10th)
1923 NL  2.3 (10th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1922 NL  .675 (8th)
1923 NL  .696 (8th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1923 NL  10.9 (10th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1923 NL  37.7 (9th)

Oldest s c a p y
1935 NL  born 1896-10-19 (9th)

Youngest s c a p y
1915 NL  born 1896-10-19 (3rd)
1916 NL  born 1896-10-19 (3rd)
1917 NL  born 1896-10-19 (4th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 10 (1407), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 34 (553), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 29 (343), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
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 or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') 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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