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Fritz Ostermueller

Frederick Raymond Ostermueller

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 15, 1907 in Quincy, IL
High School: Quincy HS (Quincy, IL)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1934
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Pirates/Browns/Dodgers 1934-1948

Final Game: September 30, 1948
Died: December 17, 1957 in Quincy, IL
Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Quincy, 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
1934 26 BOS AL 33 82 78 4 13 2 1 0 4 0 0 4 8 .167 .207 .218 .425 8 17 0 0 1
1935 27 BOS AL 22 54 49 3 14 1 0 0 7 0 0 2 5 .286 .327 .306 .633 61 15 1 2 1
1936 28 BOS AL 43 68 64 3 15 2 1 0 7 0 0 0 10 .234 .234 .297 .531 27 19 0 4 1
1937 29 BOS AL 25 37 33 5 11 3 0 0 6 0 0 1 0 .333 .353 .424 .777 91 14 0 3 1
1938 30 BOS AL 33 81 74 7 16 4 1 0 9 0 0 4 8 .216 .256 .297 .554 36 22 0 3 1
1939 31 BOS AL 34 64 56 4 9 0 1 0 4 0 0 3 5 .161 .203 .196 .400 1 11 4 0 5 1
1940 32 BOS AL 33 57 54 9 17 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 6 .315 .351 .370 .721 84 20 1 0 0 1
1941 33 SLB AL 16 17 14 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .214 .267 .214 .481 27 3 1 0 2 1
1942 34 SLB AL 10 16 16 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .188 .188 .188 .375 5 3 1 0 0 1
1943 35 TOT MLB 19 20 18 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .111 .158 .111 .269 -22 2 0 0 1 1
1943 35 SLB AL 11 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 65 2 0 0 0 1
1943 35 BRO NL 8 13 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .083 .000 .083 -75 0 0 0 1 /1
1944 36 TOT NL 40 98 93 7 22 2 0 0 6 1 3 8 .237 .260 .258 .518 44 24 1 0 2 1
1944 36 BRO NL 11 15 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .154 .214 .154 .368 6 2 0 0 1 1
1944 36 PIT NL 29 83 80 7 20 2 0 0 6 1 2 6 .250 .268 .275 .543 51 22 1 0 1 1
1945 37 PIT NL 14 32 28 2 9 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 .321 .387 .321 .709 95 9 2 0 1 1
1946 38 PIT NL 28 75 64 7 21 3 0 0 2 0 5 8 .328 .386 .375 .761 113 24 3 1 5 1
1947 39 PIT NL 26 74 64 6 12 1 0 0 5 0 4 12 .188 .235 .203 .438 16 13 2 0 6 1
1948 40 PIT NL 23 48 44 1 8 1 0 0 4 0 1 6 .182 .200 .205 .405 9 9 1 0 3 1
15 Yrs 399 823 749 60 175 22 4 0 62 1 0 35 80 .234 .270 .274 .543 41 205 16 2 37
162 Game Avg. 162 334 304 24 71 9 2 0 25 0 14 32 .234 .270 .274 .543 41 83 1 15
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
BOS (7 yrs) 223 443 408 35 95 15 4 0 38 0 0 17 42 .233 .265 .289 .554 38 118 5 1 17
PIT (5 yrs) 120 312 280 23 70 7 0 0 21 1 15 32 .250 .291 .275 .566 55 77 9 1 16
SLB (3 yrs) 37 40 37 2 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 .216 .237 .216 .453 24 8 2 0 2
BRO (2 yrs) 19 28 24 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .083 .154 .083 .237 -31 2 0 0 2
AL (10 yrs) 260 483 445 37 103 15 4 0 41 0 0 18 45 .231 .263 .283 .546 37 126 7 1 19
NL (6 yrs) 139 340 304 23 72 7 0 0 21 1 17 35 .237 .280 .260 .539 48 79 9 1 18

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
1934 26 BOS AL 33 82 -11 0 0 0 9 -2 -0.2 3 1 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 0.0 1 $ 1
1935 27 BOS AL 22 54 -3 0 0 0 6 3 0.2 2 4 0.2 .512 .502 0.3 -0.0 4 $ 1
1936 28 BOS AL 43 68 -9 0 0 0 8 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
1937 29 BOS AL 25 37 -0 0 0 0 4 4 0.3 1 5 0.3 .513 .502 0.3 0.0 5 $ 1
1938 30 BOS AL 33 81 -8 0 0 0 9 1 0.1 2 4 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 0.0 4 $ 1
1939 31 BOS AL 34 64 -9 0 0 0 7 -2 -0.2 2 -0 -0.2 .494 .499 -0.2 0.0 -0 $ 1
1940 32 BOS AL 33 57 -1 0 0 0 6 5 0.5 1 7 0.5 .515 .503 0.5 0.0 7 $ 1
1941 33 SLB AL 16 17 -2 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 .502 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ 1
1942 34 SLB AL 10 16 -2 0 0 0 2 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .497 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1943 35 SLB AL 11 7 -0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .503 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1943 35 BRO NL 8 13 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .480 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ /1
1944 36 BRO NL 11 15 -2 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1944 36 PIT NL 29 83 -5 -0 0 0 8 2 0.2 2 5 0.2 .509 .502 0.3 0.0 5 $ 1
1945 37 PIT NL 14 32 0 0 0 0 3 3 0.3 1 4 0.3 .521 .502 0.3 0.0 4 $ 1
1946 38 PIT NL 28 75 1 0 0 0 7 9 1.0 3 11 1.0 .534 .506 1.0 0.0 11 $ 1
1947 39 PIT NL 26 74 -8 0 0 0 8 -0 -0.0 3 2 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 2 $ 1
1948 40 PIT NL 23 48 -6 0 -0 0 5 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
15 Seasons 399 823 -68 1 -0 0 87 19 2.0 25 45 1.8 .505 .501 2.0 0.0 45 $
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
BOS (7 yrs) 223 443 -42 1 0 0 49 8 0.7 13 21 0.6 .503 .501 0.7 0.0 21 $
PIT (5 yrs) 120 312 -18 0 -0 0 31 13 1.4 10 23 1.4 .512 .502 1.5 0.0 23 $
SLB (3 yrs) 37 40 -4 0 0 0 4 0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $
BRO (2 yrs) 19 28 -4 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .490 .499 -0.2 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
1934 26 BOS AL 82 65 4 1.6 115 .186 .167 .293 .207 .368 .218 .422 .425 .790 8 .115 -11.4 -1.1 .323 .103 .051
1935 27 BOS AL 54 37 5 3.6 116 .318 .286 .295 .327 .368 .306 .426 .633 .794 61 .354 -3.0 -0.3 .514 .061 .020
1936 28 BOS AL 68 53 4 2.0 127 .278 .234 .306 .234 .383 .297 .450 .531 .832 27 .135 -8.0 -0.7 .388 .063 .063
1937 29 BOS AL 37 25 5 5.3 121 .333 .333 .296 .353 .372 .424 .441 .777 .813 91 .503 -0.5 -0.0 .682 .121 .091
1938 30 BOS AL 81 61 6 2.6 123 .242 .216 .296 .256 .376 .297 .442 .554 .818 36 .214 -8.0 -0.7 .448 .135 .081
1939 31 BOS AL 64 56 2 1.0 117 .176 .161 .291 .203 .367 .196 .431 .400 .798 1 .045 -9.0 -0.8 .275 .089 .036
1940 32 BOS AL 57 38 7 4.9 114 .354 .315 .284 .351 .358 .370 .431 .721 .789 84 .494 -1.2 -0.1 .605 .111 .056
1941 33 SLB AL 17 14 1 1.9 109 .214 .214 .279 .267 .356 .214 .411 .481 .768 27 .160 -1.5 -0.2 .333 .071 .000
1942 34 SLB AL 16 14 1 1.9 96 .214 .188 .268 .188 .343 .188 .375 .375 .718 5 .198 -2.1 -0.2 .214 .000 .000
1943 35 TOT MLB 20 17 1 1.6 90 .125 .111 .263 .158 .335 .111 .360 .269 .694 -22 .162 -2.9 -0.3 .188 .056 .000
1943 35 SLB AL 7 5 1 5.5 89 .333 .286 .260 .286 .334 .286 .358 .571 .693 65 .660 -0.4 -0.0 .400 .000 .000
1943 35 BRO NL 13 12 0 0.0 90 .000 .000 .266 .083 .335 .000 .361 .083 .695 -75 .000 -2.5 -0.3 .091 .091 .000
1944 36 TOT NL 98 74 6 2.2 97 .259 .237 .272 .260 .339 .258 .382 .518 .721 44 .232 -7.2 -0.8 .389 .065 .022 .0
1944 36 BRO NL 15 12 0 0.0 93 .182 .154 .266 .214 .332 .154 .373 .368 .706 6 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .273 .077 .000
1944 36 PIT NL 83 62 6 2.6 97 .270 .250 .273 .268 .340 .275 .383 .543 .723 51 .294 -5.6 -0.6 .410 .063 .025 .0
1945 37 PIT NL 32 22 3 3.6 100 .321 .321 .278 .387 .348 .321 .384 .709 .732 95 .428 -0.1 -0.0 .571 .107 .000
1946 38 PIT NL 75 51 9 4.7 95 .375 .328 .266 .386 .342 .375 .372 .761 .714 113 .571 1.3 0.1 .652 .125 .047
1947 39 PIT NL 74 60 3 1.3 108 .231 .188 .278 .235 .354 .203 .412 .438 .765 16 .093 -8.0 -0.8 .315 .078 .016
1948 40 PIT NL 48 40 2 1.3 104 .211 .182 .271 .200 .346 .205 .402 .405 .748 9 .099 -5.8 -0.6 .270 .045 .023
15 Yrs 823 627 59 2.5 110 .262 .234 .284 .270 .359 .274 .413 .543 .772 41 .235 -67.3 -6.5 .412 .088 .040 .0
162 Game Avg. 334 255 24 2.5 110 .262 .234 .284 .270 .359 .274 .413 .543 .772 41 .235 -67.3 -6.5 .412 .088 .040
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
BOS (7 yrs) 443 335 33 2.6 119 .260 .233 .295 .265 .370 .289 .434 .554 .805 38 .223 -41.0 -3.8 .428 .098 .056
PIT (5 yrs) 312 235 23 2.6 101 .282 .250 .273 .291 .345 .275 .390 .566 .736 55 .286 -18.1 -1.8 .429 .082 .025 .0
SLB (3 yrs) 40 33 3 2.4 100 .235 .216 .271 .237 .347 .216 .386 .453 .732 24 .260 -4.0 -0.4 .290 .027 .000
BRO (2 yrs) 28 24 0 0.0 91 .095 .083 .266 .154 .333 .083 .368 .237 .701 -31 .000 -4.2 -0.4 .182 .083 .000
AL (10 yrs) 483 368 36 2.6 118 .258 .231 .293 .263 .368 .283 .430 .546 .799 37 .226 -45.0 -4.2 .415 .092 .052
NL (6 yrs) 340 259 23 2.4 100 .268 .237 .272 .280 .344 .260 .388 .539 .733 48 .253 -22.3 -2.3 .407 .082 .023 .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
1934 26 BOS AL 82 0.0% 9.8% 4.9% 3.7% 23% 2.00 9.8 19.5 85%
1935 27 BOS AL 54 0.0% 9.3% 3.7% 1.9% 7% 2.50 9.8 7.0 81%
1936 28 BOS AL 68 0.0% 14.7% 0.0% 4.4% 20% 6.4 9.1 79%
1937 29 BOS AL 37 0.0% 0.0% 2.7% 8.1% 27% 0.00 5.5 89%
1938 30 BOS AL 81 0.0% 9.9% 4.9% 6.2% 31% 2.00 9.3 8.2 81%
1939 31 BOS AL 64 0.0% 7.8% 4.7% 1.6% 11% 1.67 11.2 14.0 80%
1940 32 BOS AL 57 0.0% 10.5% 5.3% 5.3% 18% 2.00 9.0 54.0 84%
1941 33 SLB AL 17 0.0% 0.0% 5.9% 0.0% 0% 0.00 82%
1942 34 SLB AL 16 0.0% 12.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 8.0 8.0 88%
1943 35 TOT MLB 20 0.0% 10.0% 5.0% 0.0% 0% 2.00 9.0 18.0 80%
1943 35 SLB AL 7 0.0% 14.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 7.0 7.0 86%
1943 35 BRO NL 13 0.0% 7.7% 7.7% 0.0% 1.00 11.0 77%
1944 36 TOT NL 98 0.0% 8.2% 3.1% 2.0% 9% 2.67 11.6 15.5 87%
1944 36 BRO NL 15 0.0% 13.3% 6.7% 0.0% 0% 2.00 6.5 73%
1944 36 PIT NL 83 0.0% 7.2% 2.4% 2.4% 10% 3.00 13.3 13.3 89%
1945 37 PIT NL 32 0.0% 0.0% 9.4% 0.0% 0% 0.00 7.0 88%
1946 38 PIT NL 75 0.0% 10.7% 6.7% 4.0% 14% 1.60 8.0 32.0 75%
1947 39 PIT NL 74 0.0% 16.2% 5.4% 1.4% 8% 3.00 5.3 12.8 70%
1948 40 PIT NL 48 0.0% 12.5% 2.1% 2.1% 13% 6.00 7.3 11.0 3.00 79%
15 Yrs 823 0.0% 9.7% 4.3% 3.2% 15% 2.29 9.4 12.1 3.00 81%
MLB Averages 1.4% 9.0% 8.9% 6.3% 27% 1.02 9.9 65.2 8.2 0.97 79%
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
1934 26 BOS AL -11.5 -1.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1935 27 BOS AL -3.1 -0.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1936 28 BOS AL -8.0 -0.7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1937 29 BOS AL -0.4 -0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1938 30 BOS AL -8.0 -0.7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1939 31 BOS AL -9.0 -0.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1940 32 BOS AL -1.2 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1941 33 SLB AL -1.6 -0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1942 34 SLB AL -2.1 -0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1943 35 TOT MLB -2.9 -0.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1943 35 SLB AL -0.4 -0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1943 35 BRO NL -2.5 -0.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1944 36 TOT NL -7.3 -0.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1944 36 BRO NL -1.6 -0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1944 36 PIT NL -5.6 -0.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 37 PIT NL -0.1 -0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 38 PIT NL 1.3 0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 39 PIT NL -8.0 -0.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 40 PIT NL -5.8 -0.6 14 -0.0 0.2 -0.2 .85 -0.2 0.1 -1.2 -0.1 0.95 -2.0 0
15 Yrs -67.5 -6.5 14 -0.0 0.2 -0.2 .85 -0.2 0.1 -1.2 -0.1 0.95 -2.0 0
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 BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1948 40 PIT NL 0 0 11% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Yrs 0 0 28% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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 40 PIT NL 48 71% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 1 20% 3 0 0% 9 2 22% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
15 Yrs 48 71% 175 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 5 16 320% 3 0 0% 9 2 22% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 51% 2317% 202% 35% 15% 52% 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
1934 26 33 82 78 4 13 2 1 0 4 0 0 4 8 .167 .207 .218 .425 8 17 0 0
1935 27 55 136 127 7 27 3 1 0 11 0 0 6 13 .213 .254 .252 .506 28 32 1 2
1936 28 98 204 191 10 42 5 2 0 18 0 0 6 23 .220 .247 .267 .514 28 51 1 6
1937 29 123 241 224 15 53 8 2 0 24 0 0 7 23 .237 .263 .290 .553 37 65 1 9
1938 30 156 322 298 22 69 12 3 0 33 0 0 11 31 .232 .261 .292 .553 37 87 1 12
1939 31 190 386 354 26 78 12 4 0 37 0 0 14 36 .220 .252 .277 .529 31 98 4 1 17
1940 32 223 443 408 35 95 15 4 0 38 0 0 17 42 .233 .265 .289 .554 38 118 5 1 17
1941 33 239 460 422 36 98 15 4 0 38 0 0 18 42 .232 .265 .287 .552 38 121 6 1 19
1942 34 249 476 438 37 101 15 4 0 40 0 0 18 44 .231 .263 .283 .546 37 124 7 1 19
1943 35 268 496 456 37 103 15 4 0 41 0 0 19 46 .226 .258 .276 .535 35 126 7 1 20
1944 36 308 594 549 44 125 17 4 0 47 1 0 22 54 .228 .259 .273 .532 36 150 8 1 22
1945 37 322 626 577 46 134 17 4 0 51 1 0 25 54 .232 .265 .276 .541 39 159 10 1 23
1946 38 350 701 641 53 155 20 4 0 53 1 0 30 62 .242 .278 .285 .563 46 183 13 2 28
1947 39 376 775 705 59 167 21 4 0 58 1 0 34 74 .237 .274 .278 .552 43 196 15 2 34
1948 40 399 823 749 60 175 22 4 0 62 1 0 35 80 .234 .270 .274 .543 41 205 16 2 37

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
1934 26 35 85 81 4 13 2 1 0 4 0 4 8 .160 .200 .210 .410 3 33
1935 27 23 55 50 3 13 1 0 0 6 0 2 5 .260 .302 .280 .582 4 22
1936 28 45 68 64 2 13 2 1 0 5 0 0 10 .203 .203 .266 .469 3 43
1937 29 26 37 33 4 10 3 0 0 5 0 1 0 .303 .324 .394 .717 4 25
1938 30 35 82 75 5 14 4 1 0 7 0 4 8 .187 .228 .267 .495 4 33
1939 31 36 66 58 4 9 0 1 0 4 0 3 5 .155 .197 .190 .386 2 34
1940 32 34 58 55 8 16 3 0 0 1 0 3 6 .291 .328 .345 .673 6 33
1941 33 17 18 15 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .267 .313 .267 .579 1 16
1942 34 11 18 18 2 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 .222 .222 .222 .444 1 10
1943 35 20 24 21 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 .190 .261 .190 .451 1 19
1944 36 42 101 96 7 22 2 0 0 6 1 3 8 .229 .253 .250 .503 6 40
1945 37 15 33 29 2 9 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 .310 .375 .310 .685 3 14
1946 38 29 79 68 8 23 3 0 0 2 0 5 8 .338 .392 .382 .774 10 28
1947 39 27 76 66 6 12 1 0 0 5 0 4 13 .182 .229 .197 .426 3 26
1948 40 24 51 47 1 9 1 0 0 5 0 1 6 .191 .208 .213 .421 2 23
15 Yrs 419 851 776 57 175 22 4 0 60 1 36 81 .226 .262 .264 .526 53 399
162 Game Avg. 162 329 300 22 68 9 2 0 23 0 14 31 .226 .262 .264 .526 20 399

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1944 NL  5.6 (8th)
1946 NL  6.4 (3rd)

Oldest s c a p y
1946 NL  born 1907-09-15 (10th)
1947 NL  born 1907-09-15 (5th)
1948 NL  born 1907-09-15 (5th)

                           

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