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Gene Oliver

Eugene George Oliver

Positions: Catcher, First Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: March 22, 1935 in Moline, IL
High School: Alleman Catholic HS (Rock Island, IL)
School: Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 6, 1959 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Braves/Cardinals/Phillies/Cubs/RedSox 1959-1969

Final Game: August 24, 1969 (Age 34)
Died: March 3, 2007 in Rock Island, IL
Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Rock Island, 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
1956	21	STL-min	D	131	500	500		165	34	2	40						.330	.330	.646	.976		323							ARD,ABY · SOSL,GAFL
1957	22	STL-min	B	135	477	477		136	26	3	30						.285	.285	.541	.826		258							WSM · CARL
1958	23	STL-min	AAA	136	487	429	66	121	15	5	18	64	9		48	76	.282	.353	.466	.820		200		1	6	3	3		ROC · IL
1959	24	STL-min	AAA	46	202	171	31	45	13	2	12	40	2		28	30	.263	.373	.573	.946		98		2	1	0	5		ROC · IL
1959	24	STL	NL	68	181	172	14	42	9	0	6	28	3	2	7	41	.244	.271	.401	.672	72	69	4	0	0	2	0	7/239

1960	25	STL-min	AAA	118	418	360	62	102	17	2	15	57	0	1	54	63	.283	.378	.467	.845		168		2	0	2			ROC · IL
1961	26	STL-min	AAA	121	503	417	88	126	17	2	36	100	6	5	86	91	.302	.421	.612	1.033		255							POR · PCL
1961	26	STL	NL	22	61	52	8	14	2	0	4	9	0	0	6	10	.269	.367	.538	.905	129	28	2	2	1	0	1	2/7
1962	27	STL	NL	122	399	345	42	89	19	1	14	45	5	2	50	59	.258	.352	.441	.792	103	152	9	1	1	2	4	2/739
1963	28	TOT	NL	134	449	398	44	97	16	2	17	65	4	4	40	78	.244	.317	.422	.739	110	168	12	5	1	5	4	327
1963	28	STL	NL	39	118	102	10	23	4	0	6	18	0	0	13	19	.225	.308	.441	.749	105	45	4	0	1	2	3	2
1963	28	MLN	NL	95	331	296	34	74	12	2	11	47	4	4	27	59	.250	.320	.416	.736	112	123	8	5	0	3	1	37/2
1964	29	MLN	NL	93	298	279	45	77	15	1	13	49	3	7	17	41	.276	.319	.477	.795	120	133	9	1	0	1	0	3/2
1965	30	MLN	NL	122	432	392	56	106	20	0	21	58	5	4	36	61	.270	.336	.482	.818	128	189	13	3	0	1	5	23/7
1966	31	ATL	NL	76	209	191	19	37	9	1	8	24	2	0	16	43	.194	.255	.377	.632	71	72	3	0	1	1	3	2/37
1967	32	TOT	NL	102	355	314	37	69	18	0	10	40	2	2	35	64	.220	.297	.373	.669	90	117	8	1	1	4	3	2/3
1967	32	ATL	NL	17	57	51	8	10	2	0	3	6	0	0	6	8	.196	.281	.412	.692	97	21	3	0	0	0	0	2/3
1967	32	PHI	NL	85	298	263	29	59	16	0	7	34	2	2	29	56	.224	.300	.365	.665	89	96	5	1	1	4	3	2/3
1968	33	TOT	MLB	24	54	46	3	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	14	.196	.315	.196	.510	53	9	1	1	0	0	1	2/379
1968	33	BOS	AL	16	40	35	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	12	.143	.250	.143	.393	19	5	0	1	0	0	1	2/9
1968	33	CHC	NL	8	14	11	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	.364	.500	.364	.864	156	4	1	0	0	0	0	/327
1969	34	CHC-min	AA	12	31	27	4	7	0	0	3	8	0	0	4	4	.259	.355	.593	.947		16		0	0	0			SAN · TL
1969	34	CHC	NL	23	29	27	0	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.222	.276	.333	.609	62	9	1	1	0	0	1	/2
10 Yrs				786	2467	2216	268	546	111	5	93	320	24	21	215	420	.246	.315	.427	.742	103	946	62	15	5	16	22
162 Game Avg.				162	508	457	55	113	23	1	19	66	5	4	44	87	.246	.315	.427	.742	103	195	13	3	1	3	5

ATL (5 yrs)				403	1327	1209	162	304	58	4	56	184	14	15	102	212	.251	.313	.445	.758	112	538	36	9	1	6	9
STL (4 yrs)				251	759	671	74	168	34	1	30	100	8	4	76	129	.250	.327	.438	.765	98	294	19	3	3	6	8
CHC (2 yrs)				31	43	38	1	10	3	0	0	1	0	0	4	11	.263	.349	.342	.691	90	13	2	1	0	0	1
PHI (1 yr)				85	298	263	29	59	16	0	7	34	2	2	29	56	.224	.300	.365	.665	89	96	5	1	1	4	3
BOS (1 yr)				16	40	35	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	12	.143	.250	.143	.393	19	5	0	1	0	0	1

NL (10 yrs)				770	2427	2181	266	541	111	5	93	319	24	21	211	408	.248	.316	.431	.748	104	941	62	14	5	16	21
AL (1 yr)				16	40	35	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	12	.143	.250	.143	.393	19	5	0	1	0	0	1

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
1959	24	STL	NL	68	181	-6	-1	-0	-1	-2	-10	-1.0	7	-3	-0.3	.485	.494	-0.2	-0.2	-2		7/239

1961	26	STL	NL	22	61	2	0	0	-1	1	2	0.2	2	4	0.4	.510	.501	0.5	0.0	5		2/7
1962	27	STL	NL	122	399	6	-0	-1	0	5	9	1.0	15	24	2.5	.508	.506	2.4	0.5	24		2/739
1963	28	STL	NL	39	118	1	-0	-1	-3	2	-2	-0.2	4	3	0.3	.495	.499	0.6	-0.1	6		2
1963	28	MLN	NL	95	331	6	-0	-1	-12	-5	-13	-1.4	12	-0	-0.1	.485	.491	1.2	-1.9	12		37/2
1964	29	MLN	NL	93	298	8	-2	-1	-4	-4	-2	-0.2	11	9	1.0	.498	.499	1.4	-0.8	13		3/2
1965	30	MLN	NL	122	432	12	-0	-2	-2	1	9	0.9	16	25	2.6	.508	.506	2.8	-0.1	27		23/7
1966	31	ATL	NL	76	209	-7	-1	0	-3	2	-8	-0.9	7	-1	-0.1	.488	.494	0.1	0.0	2		2/37
1967	32	ATL	NL	17	57	-0	-0	-1	-2	1	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.1	.482	.498	0.2	-0.2	2		2/3
1967	32	PHI	NL	85	298	-2	-0	0	-6	4	-4	-0.4	11	6	0.7	.494	.497	1.4	-0.2	13		2/3
1968	33	BOS	AL	16	40	-4	1	0	-2	0	-4	-0.6	1	-3	-0.4	.464	.496	-0.2	-0.2	-1	$28,000	2/9
1968	33	CHC	NL	8	14	1	0	-0	-0	-0	0	0.1	0	1	0.1	.507	.500	0.2	-0.1	1		/327
1969	34	CHC	NL	23	29	-2	-0	-0	0	0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.491	.499	-0.1	0.1	-1		/2
10 Seasons				786	2467	14	-4	-6	-36	4	-27	-2.9	92	65	6.5	.496	.498	10.3	-3.3	100	$28,000

ATL (5 yrs)				403	1327	18	-3	-4	-23	-5	-17	-1.8	49	33	3.3	.495	.498	5.7	-3.0	55
STL (4 yrs)				251	759	2	-1	-2	-4	5	-0	0.0	29	29	2.9	.500	.500	3.3	0.2	33
CHC (2 yrs)				31	43	-1	0	-0	-0	0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.495	.500	0.1	-0.0	0
PHI (1 yr)				85	298	-2	-0	0	-6	4	-4	-0.4	11	6	0.7	.494	.497	1.4	-0.2	13
BOS (1 yr)				16	40	-4	1	0	-2	0	-4	-0.6	1	-3	-0.4	.464	.496	-0.2	-0.2	-1	$28,000

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
1959	24	STL	NL	181	138	17	3.3	110	.283	.244	.277	.271	.344	.401	.429	.672	.773	72	.350	-7.5	-0.7	.566	.203	.157	4.0

1961	26	STL	NL	61	41	10	6.5	113	.263	.269	.280	.367	.348	.538	.437	.905	.785	129	.649	2.1	0.2	.900	.385	.269	.0
1962	27	STL	NL	399	270	54	5.4	112	.274	.258	.283	.352	.352	.441	.429	.792	.780	103	.573	2.0	0.2	.772	.336	.183	7.4
1963	28	TOT	NL	449	323	51	4.2	91	.260	.244	.256	.317	.318	.422	.383	.739	.701	110	.538	5.4	0.6	.672	.279	.178	6.5
1963	28	STL	NL	118	86	13	4.1	97	.215	.225	.265	.308	.328	.441	.396	.749	.725	105	.518	0.8	0.1	.699	.343	.216	.0
1963	28	MLN	NL	331	237	38	4.3	89	.275	.250	.253	.320	.315	.416	.378	.736	.693	112	.546	4.6	0.5	.662	.257	.166	5.9
1964	29	MLN	NL	298	219	37	4.5	94	.283	.276	.265	.319	.322	.477	.393	.795	.715	120	.547	6.7	0.7	.674	.247	.201	4.9
1965	30	MLN	NL	432	304	60	5.3	94	.273	.270	.258	.336	.322	.482	.390	.818	.712	128	.614	14.0	1.4	.756	.306	.212	8.1
1966	31	ATL	NL	209	159	19	3.2	99	.206	.194	.268	.255	.327	.377	.404	.632	.731	71	.378	-8.1	-0.8	.573	.277	.183	3.2
1967	32	TOT	NL	355	260	34	3.5	91	.242	.220	.259	.297	.321	.373	.380	.669	.701	90	.446	-3.4	-0.4	.600	.264	.153	3.3
1967	32	ATL	NL	57	44	5	3.1	90	.175	.196	.257	.281	.319	.412	.377	.692	.696	97	.384	-0.4	-0.0	.614	.333	.216	.0
1967	32	PHI	NL	298	216	29	3.6	91	.255	.224	.259	.300	.322	.365	.381	.665	.702	89	.459	-3.0	-0.3	.597	.251	.141	3.1
1968	33	TOT	MLB	54	38	4	2.8	85	.281	.196	.249	.315	.317	.196	.364	.510	.680	53	.402	-2.4	-0.3	.447	.152	.000
1968	33	BOS	AL	40	30	2	1.8	85	.217	.143	.245	.250	.316	.143	.363	.393	.679	19	.226	-3.5	-0.4	.333	.114	.000
1968	33	CHC	NL	14	8	2	6.8	87	.444	.364	.260	.500	.319	.364	.366	.864	.685	156	.762	1.1	0.1	.875	.273	.000
1969	34	CHC	NL	29	22	2	2.4	105	.333	.222	.274	.276	.346	.333	.406	.609	.752	62	.273	-1.4	-0.1	.500	.148	.111
10 Yrs				2467	1774	288	4.4	98	.264	.246	.265	.315	.329	.427	.399	.742	.728	103	.520	7.6	0.8	.673	.279	.181	38.2
162 Game Avg.				508	366	59	4.4	98	.264	.246	.265	.315	.329	.427	.399	.742	.728	103	.520	2	0	.673	.279	.181	8

ATL (5 yrs)				1327	963	159	4.4	93	.262	.251	.260	.313	.321	.445	.390	.758	.710	112	.540	16.9	1.8	.678	.277	.194	22.4
STL (4 yrs)				759	535	94	4.7	109	.266	.250	.278	.327	.346	.438	.425	.765	.771	98	.522	-2.6	-0.2	.717	.307	.188	12.6
CHC (2 yrs)				43	30	4	3.6	99	.370	.263	.270	.349	.337	.342	.394	.691	.732	90	.453	-0.3	-0.0	.600	.184	.079
PHI (1 yr)				298	216	29	3.6	91	.255	.224	.259	.300	.322	.365	.381	.665	.702	89	.459	-3.0	-0.3	.597	.251	.141	3.1
BOS (1 yr)				40	30	2	1.8	85	.217	.143	.245	.250	.316	.143	.363	.393	.679	19	.226	-3.5	-0.4	.333	.114	.000

NL (10 yrs)				2427	1744	286	4.4	98	.264	.248	.266	.316	.329	.431	.399	.748	.728	104	.524	11.0	1.2	.678	.282	.183	38.2
AL (1 yr)				40	30	2	1.8	85	.217	.143	.245	.250	.316	.143	.363	.393	.679	19	.226	-3.5	-0.4	.333	.114	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1959	24	STL	NL	181	3.3%	22.7%	3.9%	8.3%	36%	5.86	4.2	28.7	6.1	0.64	70%

1961	26	STL	NL	61	6.6%	16.4%	9.8%	9.8%	43%	1.67	5.2	13.0	5.8	1.29	62%
1962	27	STL	NL	399	3.5%	14.8%	12.5%	8.5%	38%	1.18	5.8	24.6	7.7	1.01	69%
1963	28	TOT	NL	449	3.8%	17.4%	8.9%	7.8%	36%	1.95	5.1	23.4	6.1	0.92	69%
1963	28	STL	NL	118	5.1%	16.1%	11.0%	8.5%	44%	1.46	5.4	17.0	5.7	1.06	67%
1963	28	MLN	NL	331	3.3%	17.8%	8.2%	7.6%	34%	2.19	5.0	26.9	6.3	0.87	69%
1964	29	MLN	NL	298	4.4%	13.8%	5.7%	9.7%	38%	2.41	6.8	21.5	5.7	1.23	76%
1965	30	MLN	NL	432	4.9%	14.1%	8.3%	9.5%	39%	1.69	6.4	18.7	6.8	1.13	72%
1966	31	ATL	NL	209	3.8%	20.6%	7.7%	8.6%	49%	2.69	4.4	23.9	8.0	0.75	67%
1967	32	TOT	NL	355	2.8%	18.0%	9.9%	7.9%	41%	1.83	4.9	31.4	7.9	0.66	69%
1967	32	ATL	NL	57	5.3%	14.0%	10.5%	8.8%	50%	1.33	6.4	17.0	8.5	1.06	70%
1967	32	PHI	NL	298	2.4%	18.8%	9.7%	7.7%	39%	1.93	4.7	37.6	7.7	0.59	68%
1968	33	TOT	MLB	54	0.0%	25.9%	13.0%	0.0%	0%	2.00	3.3		23.0	2.00	59%
1968	33	BOS	AL	40	0.0%	30.0%	10.0%	0.0%	0%	3.00	2.9		35.0	2.00	58%
1968	33	CHC	NL	14	0.0%	14.3%	21.4%	0.0%	0%	0.67	5.5		11.0	2.00	64%
1969	34	CHC	NL	29	0.0%	31.0%	3.5%	10.3%	50%	9.00	3.0			0.63	62%
10 Yrs				2467	3.8%	17.0%	8.7%	8.5%	38%	1.95	5.3	23.8	6.9	0.93	70%
MLB Averages					2.2%	15.0%	8.3%	6.3%	28%	1.80	6.0	41.0	8.9	1.09	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1959	24	STL	NL	-7.5	-0.7	187	-0.7	3.0	-3.7	1.06	-0.5	-0.2	-5.3	-0.5	1.01	-6.6	1.89	18

1961	26	STL	NL	2.1	0.2	64	-0.2	1.2	-1.4	1.07	0.2	-0.4	-1.7	-0.2	1.04	1.2	1.58	5
1962	27	STL	NL	2.0	0.2	409	-0.0	7.5	-7.5	1.06	0.9	-1.0	5.3	0.5	0.97	11.7	1.37	19
1963	28	TOT	NL	5.4	0.6	457	0.4	9.2	-8.8	1.14	0.4	-0.1	11.3	1.2	1.04	8.9	1.85	15
1963	28	STL	NL	0.8	0.1	119	-0.2	1.9	-2.2	1.03	0.3	-0.5	3.1	0.3	0.99	3.8	1.89	9
1963	28	MLN	NL	4.6	0.5	338	0.6	7.2	-6.7	1.18	0.1	0.4	8.2	0.9	1.06	5.1	1.80	6
1964	29	MLN	NL	6.7	0.7	302	1.1	6.6	-5.5	1.02	1.1	-0.0	12.5	1.3	0.99	9.1	1.83	23
1965	30	MLN	NL	14.0	1.4	423	0.2	8.3	-8.2	1.07	1.7	-1.5	6.9	0.7	0.98	15.3	1.40	12
1966	31	ATL	NL	-8.1	-0.8	197	-1.1	2.9	-3.9	1.07	-0.2	-0.8	1.4	0.1	0.98	1.0	2.08	22
1967	32	TOT	NL	-3.4	-0.4	362	-1.1	5.9	-7.0	1.09	-0.1	-0.9	-4.9	-0.5	1.04	0.4	1.68	11
1967	32	ATL	NL	-0.4	-0.0	55	0.0	1.0	-1.0	1.12	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	1.07	-0.3	0.36	3
1967	32	PHI	NL	-3.0	-0.3	307	-1.1	4.9	-6.0	1.08	-0.1	-1.0	-4.7	-0.5	1.03	0.7	2.18	8
1968	33	TOT	MLB	-2.4	-0.3	58	-0.2	0.6	-0.8	.80	-0.1	-0.1	-0.6	-0.1	1.04	-0.4	1.40	10
1968	33	BOS	AL	-3.5	-0.4	43	-0.4	0.2	-0.5	.66	-0.3	-0.3	-1.5	-0.2	1.00	-2.1	1.37	8
1968	33	CHC	NL	1.1	0.1	15	0.2	0.5	-0.3	1.19	0.2	-0.0	0.9	0.1	1.17	1.7	1.50	2
1969	34	CHC	NL	-1.4	-0.1	29	-0.8	0.2	-1.0	1.60	-0.2	-0.3	-4.0	-0.4	0.99	-2.2	2.13	14
10 Yrs				7.6	0.8	2488	-2.4	45.4	-47.9	1.08	3.3	-5.6	20.9	2.2	1.00	38.6	1.76	149

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1959	24	STL	NL	3	0	19%	50	3	2	60%	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	46%	8	5	3	1	0	1	2	0	1

1961	26	STL	NL	0	0	22%	22	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	40%	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
1962	27	STL	NL	11	0	22%	138	5	2	71%	4	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	8	0	2	3	1	4	42%	31	18	10	1	1	0	13	4	9
1963	28	TOT	NL	9	0	22%	128	4	4	50%	4	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	4	1	6	55%	20	10	9	3	2	1	10	1	8
1963	28	STL	NL	3	0	13%	30	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	55%	7	1	5	1	1	0	3	1	1
1963	28	MLN	NL	6	0	24%	98	4	4	50%	4	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	1	5	55%	13	9	4	2	1	1	7	0	7
1964	29	MLN	NL	5	0	39%	92	3	7	30%	2	5	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	3	59%	12	7	5	3	2	1	7	0	7
1965	30	MLN	NL	3	0	28%	139	5	4	56%	4	1	1	3	0	0	1	0	11	0	1	1	7	7	43%	22	15	7	6	2	3	12	5	7
1966	31	ATL	NL	4	0	24%	47	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	1	33%	8	6	2	2	0	2	5	3	1
1967	32	TOT	NL	6	0	28%	120	2	2	50%	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	10	40%	19	13	6	4	3	0	12	4	8
1967	32	ATL	NL	0	0	39%	14	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	38%	3	3	0	1	1	0	4	1	3
1967	32	PHI	NL	6	0	27%	106	2	2	50%	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	8	41%	16	10	6	3	2	0	8	3	5
1968	33	TOT	MLB	0	0	18%	20	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	50%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
1968	33	BOS	AL	0	0	20%	17	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1968	33	CHC	NL	0	0	14%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	34	CHC	NL	0	0	0%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
10 Yrs				41	0	26%	762	24	21	53%	20	13	4	7	0	1	7	1	33	0	4	9	14	39	45%	126	77	45	21	11	8	63	19	41

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
1959	24	STL	NL	181	38%	42			18	4	0	2	1.89	6	0	5	3	3	2	4	0	0	0		39	4	10%	24	7	29%	145	25	17%	13	7	54%	9	4	44%	0

1961	26	STL	NL	61	41%	14			5	1	0	0	1.58	4	0	2	2	2	1	3	0	1	1	100%	19	2	11%	13	2	15%	49	5	10%	6	0	0%	3	1	33%	0
1962	27	STL	NL	399	48%	89			19	6	0	3	1.37	14	0	11	6	8	4	10	0	1	1	100%	81	9	11%	37	9	24%	268	34	13%	25	13	52%	13	6	46%	0
1963	28	TOT	NL	449	34%	97			15	1	0	1	1.85	17	1	18	9	8	7	10	1	1	1	100%	99	12	12%	38	8	21%	328	48	15%	22	9	41%	13	6	46%	0
1963	28	STL	NL	118	62%	23			9	1	0	0	1.89	6	0	3	3	3	2	4	1	1	1	100%	19	4	21%	7	3	43%	81	12	15%	4	2	50%	3	2	67%	0
1963	28	MLN	NL	331	24%	74			6	0	0	1	1.80	11	1	15	6	5	5	6	0	0	0		80	8	10%	31	5	16%	247	36	15%	18	7	39%	10	4	40%	0
1964	29	MLN	NL	298	39%	77			23	3	1	2	1.83	13	1	6	5	8	8	5	0	0	0		62	9	15%	27	4	15%	179	37	21%	17	9	53%	11	7	64%	0
1965	30	MLN	NL	432	28%	106			12	3	0	0	1.40	21	0	14	17	4	9	12	1	1	0	0%	82	13	16%	38	2	5%	253	34	13%	22	10	45%	10	4	40%	0
1966	31	ATL	NL	209	47%	37			22	4	0	2	2.08	8	0	7	5	3	8	0	0	1	1	100%	39	3	8%	20	3	15%	129	16	12%	10	3	30%	6	3	50%	0
1967	32	TOT	NL	355	46%	69			11	0	0	0	1.68	10	0	10	5	5	8	2	0	2	1	50%	89	8	9%	56	9	16%	257	33	13%	30	10	33%	18	6	33%	0
1967	32	ATL	NL	57	28%	10			3	0	0	0	0.36	3	0	2	1	2	3	0	0	0	0		17	3	18%	9	1	11%	39	3	8%	2	1	50%	2	1	50%	0
1967	32	PHI	NL	298	49%	59			8	0	0	0	2.18	7	0	8	4	3	5	2	0	2	1	50%	72	5	7%	47	8	17%	218	30	14%	28	9	32%	16	5	31%	0
1968	33	TOT	MLB	54	37%	9			10	3	0	1	1.40	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		16	1	6%	4	1	25%	37	2	5%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1968	33	BOS	AL	40	25%	5			8	2	0	1	1.37	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10	0	0%	0	0		25	1	4%	0	0		0	0		0
1968	33	CHC	NL	14	71%	4			2	1	0	0	1.50	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	1	17%	4	1	25%	12	1	8%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1969	34	CHC	NL	29	41%	6			14	4	0	0	2.13	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	1	14%	3	0	0%	23	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
10 Yrs				2467	39%	546			149	29	1	11	1.76	93	2	76	52	41	47	46	2	7	5	71%	533	62	12%	260	45	17%	1668	234	14%	149	61	41%	84	37	44%	0
MLB Averages					52%																			77%			10%			30%			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
1959	24	68	181	172	14	42	9	0	6	28	3	2	7	41	.244	.271	.401	.672	72	69	4	0	0	2	0
1960	25	68	181	172	14	42	9	0	6	28	3	2	7	41	.244	.271	.401	.672	72	69	4	0	0	2	0
1961	26	90	242	224	22	56	11	0	10	37	3	2	13	51	.250	.295	.433	.728	86	97	6	2	1	2	1
1962	27	212	641	569	64	145	30	1	24	82	8	4	63	110	.255	.330	.438	.768	96	249	15	3	2	4	5
1963	28	346	1090	967	108	242	46	3	41	147	12	8	103	188	.250	.325	.431	.756	102	417	27	8	3	9	9
1964	29	439	1388	1246	153	319	61	4	54	196	15	15	120	229	.256	.323	.441	.765	106	550	36	9	3	10	9
1965	30	561	1820	1638	209	425	81	4	75	254	20	19	156	290	.259	.326	.451	.778	111	739	49	12	3	11	14
1966	31	637	2029	1829	228	462	90	5	83	278	22	19	172	333	.253	.319	.443	.762	107	811	52	12	4	12	17
1967	32	739	2384	2143	265	531	108	5	93	318	24	21	207	397	.248	.316	.433	.749	104	928	60	13	5	16	20
1968	33	763	2438	2189	268	540	108	5	93	320	24	21	214	411	.247	.316	.428	.744	103	937	61	14	5	16	21
1969	34	786	2467	2216	268	546	111	5	93	320	24	21	215	420	.246	.315	.427	.742	103	946	62	15	5	16	22

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
1959	24	71	188	179	14	43	9	0	6	28	3	7	43	.240	.266	.391	.657	19	68

1961	26	23	63	54	8	14	2	0	4	9	0	6	10	.259	.355	.519	.873	9	22
1962	27	122	390	339	38	83	18	1	13	40	5	47	59	.245	.337	.419	.756	48	122
1963	28	134	460	406	50	105	17	2	18	74	4	43	78	.259	.333	.443	.777	60	134
1964	29	93	303	283	49	81	16	1	14	53	3	18	41	.286	.330	.498	.828	46	93
1965	30	121	438	396	61	112	21	0	22	63	5	38	61	.283	.349	.503	.852	69	122
1966	31	76	210	192	20	38	9	1	8	25	2	16	43	.198	.258	.380	.639	19	76
1967	32	102	364	320	42	75	20	0	11	46	2	38	64	.234	.314	.400	.714	40	102
1968	33	24	58	48	4	11	0	0	0	3	0	9	14	.229	.362	.229	.591	4	24
1969	34	23	29	27	0	6	3	0	0	0	0	1	9	.222	.276	.333	.609	2	23
10 Yrs		789	2503	2244	286	568	115	5	96	341	24	223	422	.253	.323	.437	.760	316	786
162 Game Avg.		162	514	461	59	117	24	1	20	70	5	46	87	.253	.323	.437	.760	65	786

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 7 (1947), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Catcher (225th), 6.5 career WAR/7.6 7yr-peak WAR/7.1 JAWS Average HOF C (out of 13) = 52.4 career WAR/33.7 7yr-peak WAR/43.0 JAWS

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