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Mel Ott

Melvin Thomas Ott (Master Melvin)

Positions: Rightfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: March 2, 1909 in Gretna, LA
High School: Gretna (Gretna, LA)
Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Giants in 1926. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 27, 1926
Team: Giants 1926-1947

Final Game: July 11, 1947
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1951 (197/226 ballots).
   View Mel Ott Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: November 21, 1958 in New Orleans, LA
Buried: Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, LA
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Hall of Fame

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
1926 17 NYG NL 35 61 60 7 23 2 0 0 4 1 1 9 .383 .393 .417 .810 119 25 0 0 7O
1927 18 NYG NL 82 180 163 23 46 7 3 1 19 2 13 9 .282 .335 .380 .716 92 62 0 4 O87
1928 19 NYG NL 124 499 435 69 140 26 4 18 77 3 52 36 .322 .397 .524 .921 139 228 2 10 *O9/4758
1929 20 NYG NL 150 674 545 138 179 37 2 42 151 6 113 38 .328 .449 .635 1.084 165 346 6 10 *O9/48 MVP-11
1930 21 NYG NL 148 646 521 122 182 34 5 25 119 9 103 35 .349 .458 .578 1.036 150 301 2 20 *O9
1931 22 NYG NL 138 580 497 104 145 23 8 29 115 10 80 44 .292 .392 .545 .937 153 271 2 1 *O89
1932 23 NYG NL 154 673 566 119 180 30 8 38 123 6 100 39 .318 .424 .601 1.025 174 340 4 3 *O9 MVP-10
1933 24 NYG NL 152 661 580 98 164 36 1 23 103 1 75 48 .283 .367 .467 .834 138 271 10 2 4 *O98
1934 25 NYG NL 153 671 582 119 190 29 10 35 135 0 85 43 .326 .415 .591 1.006 168 344 10 3 1 *O98 AS,MVP-5
1935 26 NYG NL 152 683 593 113 191 33 6 31 114 7 82 58 .322 .407 .555 .962 157 329 4 3 5 *O95 AS,MVP-20
1936 27 NYG NL 150 660 534 120 175 28 6 33 135 6 111 41 .328 .448 .588 1.036 177 314 8 5 10 *O9 AS,MVP-6
1937 28 NYG NL 151 654 545 99 160 28 2 31 95 7 102 69 .294 .408 .523 .931 149 285 4 3 4 O95 AS,MVP-7
1938 29 NYG NL 150 652 527 116 164 23 6 36 116 2 118 47 .311 .442 .583 1.024 178 307 8 5 2 *5O9 AS,MVP-4
1939 30 NYG NL 125 508 396 85 122 23 2 27 80 2 100 50 .308 .449 .581 1.030 174 230 5 1 11 O95 AS,MVP-11
1940 31 NYG NL 151 647 536 89 155 27 3 19 79 6 100 50 .289 .407 .457 .864 137 245 9 6 5 *O95 AS
1941 32 NYG NL 148 634 525 89 150 29 0 27 90 5 100 68 .286 .403 .495 .898 149 260 2 3 6 *O9/7 AS,MVP-19
1942 33 NYG NL 152 664 549 118 162 21 0 30 93 6 109 61 .295 .415 .497 .912 165 273 8 3 3 *O9 AS,MVP-3
1943 34 NYG NL 125 482 380 65 89 12 2 18 47 7 95 48 .234 .391 .418 .810 134 159 4 3 4 *O9/5 AS,MVP-20
1944 35 NYG NL 120 494 399 91 115 16 4 26 82 2 90 47 .288 .423 .544 .967 172 217 3 3 2 *O9/5 AS,MVP-16
1945 36 NYG NL 135 532 451 73 139 23 0 21 79 1 71 41 .308 .411 .499 .910 151 225 6 8 2 *O9 MVP-13
1946 37 NYG NL 31 78 68 2 5 1 0 1 4 0 8 15 .074 .171 .132 .303 -13 9 1 0 2 O9
1947 38 NYG NL 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
22 Seasons 2730 11337 9456 1859 2876 488 72 511 1860 89 1708 896 .304 .414 .533 .947 155 5041 82 64 109
162 Game Avg. 162 673 561 110 171 29 4 30 110 5 101 53 .304 .414 .533 .947 155 299 4 6
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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1926 17 NYG NL 61 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ 7O
1927 18 NYG NL 180 -2 0 0 0 -3 -1 5 -1 -0.1 2 0.2 -0.3 $ O87
1928 19 NYG NL 499 23 -2 0 0 4 -5 15 35 3.5 31 3.1 0.4 $ *O9/4758
1929 20 NYG NL 674 68 -1 0 0 7 -7 18 85 8.0 78 7.5 0.5 $ *O9/48 MVP-11
1930 21 NYG NL 646 53 0 0 0 8 -7 18 72 6.6 64 5.9 0.7 $ *O9
1931 22 NYG NL 580 38 2 0 0 6 -4 17 59 6.1 53 5.4 0.7 $ *O89
1932 23 NYG NL 673 67 0 0 0 4 -7 19 83 8.4 79 8.0 0.4 $ *O9 MVP-10
1933 24 NYG NL 661 32 0 0 0 8 -7 18 51 5.6 43 4.4 1.2 $ *O98
1934 25 NYG NL 671 64 0 0 0 2 -6 19 79 7.9 77 7.7 0.2 $ *O98 AS,MVP-5
1935 26 NYG NL 683 47 0 0 0 9 -6 18 68 6.9 59 5.9 1.0 $ *O95 AS,MVP-20
1936 27 NYG NL 660 64 0 0 0 2 -7 18 77 7.8 75 7.6 0.2 $ *O9 AS,MVP-6
1937 28 NYG NL 654 41 -2 0 0 6 -3 18 60 6.2 54 5.5 0.7 $17,500 O95 AS,MVP-7
1938 29 NYG NL 652 60 -1 0 0 6 1 18 84 8.7 78 8.0 0.7 $ *5O9 AS,MVP-4
1939 30 NYG NL 508 47 -1 0 0 -1 -4 15 56 5.8 57 5.8 0.0 $17,500 O95 AS,MVP-11
1940 31 NYG NL 647 30 -1 0 0 3 -5 22 49 5.1 46 4.7 0.4 $ *O95 AS
1941 32 NYG NL 634 35 -2 0 0 -6 -7 22 42 4.5 48 4.9 -0.4 $ *O9/7 AS,MVP-19
1942 33 NYG NL 664 51 1 0 0 -2 -7 19 62 7.0 64 6.8 0.2 $ *O9 AS,MVP-3
1943 34 NYG NL 482 17 0 0 0 -3 -5 15 24 2.7 27 3.0 -0.3 $ *O9/5 AS,MVP-20
1944 35 NYG NL 494 40 0 0 0 0 -5 15 50 5.4 50 5.3 0.1 $ *O9/5 AS,MVP-16
1945 36 NYG NL 532 29 -2 0 0 0 -5 17 39 4.0 39 4.0 0.0 $ *O9 MVP-13
1946 37 NYG NL 78 -10 0 0 0 0 -1 3 -8 -1.0 -8 -0.9 -0.1 $35,000 O9
1947 38 NYG NL 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $
22 Seasons 11337 794 -9 0 0 50 -98 331 1068 109.3 1018 103.0 6.3 $70,000
Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards

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
1926 17 NYG NL 61 37 10 7.2 102 .451 .383 .286 .393 .346 .417 .396 .810 .742 119 .700 1.5 0.2 .730 .067 .033 .0
1927 18 NYG NL 180 121 21 4.6 103 .294 .282 .289 .335 .347 .380 .398 .716 .746 92 .506 -2.0 -0.2 .658 .190 .098 1.3
1928 19 NYG NL 499 305 90 7.9 109 .320 .322 .290 .397 .355 .524 .413 .921 .768 139 .713 25.1 2.4 .966 .329 .202 5.1
1929 20 NYG NL 674 376 154 10.9 121 .295 .328 .304 .449 .368 .635 .443 1.084 .812 165 .779 60.6 5.4 1.287 .525 .306 10.5
1930 21 NYG NL 646 359 137 10.1 125 .341 .349 .309 .458 .367 .578 .460 1.036 .827 150 .731 49.2 4.2 1.224 .443 .228 13.2
1931 22 NYG NL 580 353 106 8.0 101 .274 .292 .282 .392 .340 .545 .398 .937 .737 153 .733 37.6 3.6 1.031 .435 .254 14.9
1932 23 NYG NL 673 389 143 9.9 102 .290 .318 .282 .424 .334 .601 .408 1.025 .742 174 .796 62.6 6.0 1.166 .470 .283 10.4
1933 24 NYG NL 661 430 99 6.2 91 .277 .283 .273 .367 .326 .467 .374 .834 .699 138 .681 30.8 3.2 .819 .316 .184 1.9
1934 25 NYG NL 671 403 142 9.4 103 .308 .326 .285 .415 .340 .591 .405 1.006 .744 168 .778 57.5 5.5 1.075 .411 .265 .0
1935 26 NYG NL 683 411 133 8.6 103 .317 .322 .284 .407 .340 .555 .405 .962 .745 157 .755 49.6 4.8 1.037 .383 .233 11.4
1936 27 NYG NL 660 377 139 9.9 103 .309 .328 .286 .448 .345 .588 .400 1.036 .745 177 .797 63.5 6.1 1.188 .479 .260 10.2
1937 28 NYG NL 654 393 115 7.8 103 .290 .294 .282 .408 .344 .523 .401 .931 .745 149 .732 41.2 4.0 1.021 .429 .229 11.4
1938 29 NYG NL 652 373 134 9.6 100 .288 .311 .276 .442 .340 .583 .393 1.024 .733 178 .808 62.6 6.2 1.164 .499 .271 3.8
1939 30 NYG NL 508 290 103 9.5 104 .298 .308 .282 .449 .347 .581 .402 1.030 .750 174 .792 47.0 4.5 1.194 .530 .273 3.7
1940 31 NYG NL 647 395 98 6.7 99 .291 .289 .273 .407 .338 .457 .393 .864 .731 137 .686 32.3 3.2 .915 .366 .168 9.1
1941 32 NYG NL 634 383 104 7.3 96 .286 .286 .269 .403 .340 .495 .380 .898 .720 149 .737 38.4 3.9 .976 .410 .210 8.4
1942 33 NYG NL 664 398 112 7.6 88 .288 .295 .257 .415 .329 .497 .357 .912 .686 165 .779 50.0 5.3 .990 .412 .202 10.0
1943 34 NYG NL 482 299 62 5.6 89 .226 .234 .265 .391 .333 .418 .359 .810 .692 134 .654 21.4 2.3 .895 .453 .184 10.1
1944 35 NYG NL 494 289 91 8.5 93 .273 .288 .267 .423 .334 .544 .375 .967 .709 172 .783 41.9 4.2 1.087 .486 .256 3.7
1945 36 NYG NL 532 320 91 7.6 97 .303 .308 .275 .411 .344 .499 .379 .910 .723 151 .742 34.0 3.4 .959 .350 .191 1.9
1946 37 NYG NL 78 66 2 0.8 93 .077 .074 .262 .171 .338 .132 .368 .303 .706 -13 .050 -10.4 -1.1 .266 .176 .059 .0
1947 38 NYG NL 4 4 0 0.0 107 .000 .000 .275 .000 .351 .000 .408 .000 .759 -100 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
22 Seasons 11337 6771 2086 8.2 102 .294 .304 .280 .414 .343 .533 .397 .947 .740 155 .747 793.1 76.9 1.036 .419 .229 151.6
162 Game Avg. 673 402 124 8.2 102 .294 .304 .280 .414 .343 .533 .397 .947 .740 155 .747 47 5 1.036 .419 .229 9
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1933 24 NYG NL WS WSH W 5 22 18 3 7 0 0 2 4 0 1 4 4 .389 .500 .722 1.222 13 0 0 0 0 1
1936 27 NYG NL WS NYY L 6 26 23 4 7 2 0 1 3 0 0 3 1 .304 .385 .522 .906 12 1 0 0 0 0
1937 28 NYG NL WS NYY L 5 21 20 1 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 4 .200 .238 .350 .588 7 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 16 69 61 8 18 2 0 4 10 0 1 8 9 .295 .377 .525 .901 32 1 0 0 0 1
3 WS 16 69 61 8 18 2 0 4 10 0 1 8 9 .295 .377 .525 .901 32 1 0 0 0 1

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
1934 NYG NL 25 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1935 NYG NL 26 as RF 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1936 NYG NL 27 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1937 NYG NL 28 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
1938 NYG NL 29 as CF 4 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .750 1.000 3 0 0 0 0 0
1939 NYG NL 30 as CF 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
1940 NYG NL 31 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1941 NYG NL 32 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1942 NYG NL 33 as RF 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1943 NYG NL 34 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1944 NYG NL 35 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1945 NYG NL 36 DNP
12 Seasons (11 Appearances) 24 23 2 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 6 .217 .250 .348 .598 8 0 0 0 0 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
1926 17 NYG NL 61 0.0% 14.8% 1.6% 3.3% 9% 9.00 6.7 15.0 84%
1927 18 NYG NL 180 0.6% 5.0% 7.2% 6.1% 24% 0.69 18.1 163.0 8.6 85%
1928 19 NYG NL 499 3.6% 7.2% 10.4% 9.6% 34% 0.69 12.1 24.2 5.6 76%
1929 20 NYG NL 674 6.2% 5.6% 16.8% 12.0% 45% 0.34 14.3 13.0 3.6 69%
1930 21 NYG NL 646 3.9% 5.4% 15.9% 9.9% 35% 0.34 14.9 20.8 4.4 71%
1931 22 NYG NL 580 5.0% 7.6% 13.8% 10.3% 41% 0.55 11.3 17.1 4.3 73%
1932 23 NYG NL 673 5.7% 5.8% 14.9% 11.3% 42% 0.39 14.5 14.9 4.6 73%
1933 24 NYG NL 661 3.5% 7.3% 11.4% 9.1% 37% 0.64 12.1 25.2 5.6 77%
1934 25 NYG NL 671 5.2% 6.4% 12.7% 11.0% 39% 0.51 13.5 16.6 4.3 75%
1935 26 NYG NL 683 4.5% 8.5% 12.0% 10.3% 37% 0.71 10.2 19.1 5.2 74%
1936 27 NYG NL 660 5.0% 6.2% 16.8% 10.2% 38% 0.37 13.0 16.2 4.0 70%
1937 28 NYG NL 654 4.7% 10.6% 15.6% 9.3% 38% 0.68 7.9 17.6 5.7 68%
1938 29 NYG NL 652 5.5% 7.2% 18.1% 10.0% 40% 0.40 11.2 14.6 4.5 68%
1939 30 NYG NL 508 5.3% 9.8% 19.7% 10.2% 43% 0.50 7.9 14.7 5.0 63%
1940 31 NYG NL 647 2.9% 7.7% 15.5% 7.6% 32% 0.50 10.7 28.2 6.8 72%
1941 32 NYG NL 634 4.3% 10.7% 15.8% 8.8% 37% 0.68 7.7 19.4 5.8 68%
1942 33 NYG NL 664 4.5% 9.2% 16.4% 7.7% 32% 0.56 9.0 18.3 5.9 69%
1943 34 NYG NL 482 3.7% 10.0% 19.7% 6.6% 36% 0.51 7.9 21.1 8.1 65%
1944 35 NYG NL 494 5.3% 9.5% 18.2% 9.3% 40% 0.52 8.5 15.3 4.9 66%
1945 36 NYG NL 532 4.0% 7.7% 13.4% 8.3% 32% 0.58 11.0 21.5 5.7 73%
1946 37 NYG NL 78 1.3% 19.2% 10.3% 2.6% 40% 1.88 4.5 68.0 17.0 67%
1947 38 NYG NL 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
22 Seasons 11337 4.5% 7.9% 15.1% 9.5% 37% 0.52 10.6 18.5 5.1 71%
MLB Averages 1.3% 8.5% 8.5% 6.6% 27% 1.00 10.5 68.6 8.0 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

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
1926 17 35 61 60 7 23 2 0 0 4 1 1 9 .383 .393 .417 .810 119 25 0 0
1927 18 117 241 223 30 69 9 3 1 23 3 14 18 .309 .350 .390 .740 99 87 0 4
1928 19 241 740 658 99 209 35 7 19 100 6 66 54 .318 .382 .479 .860 126 315 2 14
1929 20 391 1414 1203 237 388 72 9 61 251 12 179 92 .323 .414 .549 .963 145 661 8 24
1930 21 539 2060 1724 359 570 106 14 86 370 21 282 127 .331 .428 .558 .986 146 962 10 44
1931 22 677 2640 2221 463 715 129 22 115 485 31 362 171 .322 .420 .555 .975 148 1233 12 45
1932 23 831 3313 2787 582 895 159 30 153 608 37 462 210 .321 .421 .564 .985 153 1573 16 48
1933 24 983 3974 3367 680 1059 195 31 176 711 38 537 258 .315 .412 .548 .959 150 1844 10 18 52
1934 25 1136 4645 3949 799 1249 224 41 211 846 38 622 301 .316 .412 .554 .966 153 2188 20 21 53
1935 26 1288 5328 4542 912 1440 257 47 242 960 45 704 359 .317 .411 .554 .966 153 2517 24 24 58
1936 27 1438 5988 5076 1032 1615 285 53 275 1095 51 815 400 .318 .415 .558 .973 156 2831 32 29 68
1937 28 1589 6642 5621 1131 1775 313 55 306 1190 58 917 469 .316 .415 .554 .969 155 3116 36 32 72
1938 29 1739 7294 6148 1247 1939 336 61 342 1306 60 1035 516 .315 .417 .557 .974 157 3423 44 37 74
1939 30 1864 7802 6544 1332 2061 359 63 369 1386 62 1135 566 .315 .419 .558 .977 158 3653 49 38 85
1940 31 2015 8449 7080 1421 2216 386 66 388 1465 68 1235 616 .313 .418 .551 .969 157 3898 58 44 90
1941 32 2163 9083 7605 1510 2366 415 66 415 1555 73 1335 684 .311 .417 .547 .964 156 4158 60 47 96
1942 33 2315 9747 8154 1628 2528 436 66 445 1648 79 1444 745 .310 .417 .543 .960 157 4431 68 50 99
1943 34 2440 10229 8534 1693 2617 448 68 463 1695 86 1539 793 .307 .416 .538 .954 156 4590 72 53 103
1944 35 2560 10723 8933 1784 2732 464 72 489 1777 88 1629 840 .306 .416 .538 .954 156 4807 75 56 105
1945 36 2695 11255 9384 1857 2871 487 72 510 1856 89 1700 881 .306 .416 .536 .952 156 5032 81 64 107
1946 37 2726 11333 9452 1859 2876 488 72 511 1860 89 1708 896 .304 .414 .533 .947 155 5041 82 64 109
1947 38 2730 11337 9456 1859 2876 488 72 511 1860 89 1708 896 .304 .414 .533 .947 155 5041 82 64 109

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
1926 17 37 64 63 7 24 2 0 0 4 1 1 9 .381 .391 .413 .803 10 35
1927 18 86 183 170 23 47 7 3 1 19 2 13 9 .276 .328 .371 .698 21 82
1928 19 130 507 452 69 142 26 4 18 77 3 53 38 .314 .389 .509 .897 89 124
1929 20 158 663 552 120 167 35 2 39 131 6 105 40 .303 .419 .585 1.004 134 150
1930 21 155 613 518 101 164 31 5 23 99 8 93 37 .317 .423 .529 .951 114 148
1931 22 144 607 521 110 153 24 8 31 122 11 84 46 .294 .394 .549 .943 112 138
1932 23 161 696 589 122 186 31 8 39 126 6 103 41 .316 .421 .594 1.015 146 154
1933 24 159 705 619 115 184 40 1 26 121 1 84 50 .297 .383 .491 .874 116 152
1934 25 163 708 616 123 198 30 10 36 139 0 89 46 .321 .410 .578 .988 146 153
1935 26 160 703 617 113 194 34 6 31 114 7 83 61 .314 .398 .540 .938 133 152
1936 27 157 668 551 118 176 28 6 33 133 6 112 43 .319 .439 .572 1.010 137 150
1937 28 159 677 569 100 164 29 2 32 96 7 105 73 .288 .402 .515 .917 117 151
1938 29 159 686 557 122 173 24 6 38 122 2 124 50 .311 .440 .580 1.020 141 150
1939 30 131 520 415 88 127 24 2 28 83 2 104 53 .306 .446 .576 1.022 106 125
1940 31 159 675 564 93 163 28 3 20 83 6 105 53 .289 .406 .456 .862 103 151
1941 32 154 654 546 93 157 30 0 28 94 5 105 71 .288 .405 .496 .902 109 148
1942 33 161 721 594 140 184 24 0 34 110 7 124 65 .310 .431 .522 .953 133 152
1943 34 131 514 404 76 100 13 2 20 55 8 107 50 .248 .409 .438 .847 72 125
1944 35 125 519 419 100 124 17 4 28 90 2 97 49 .296 .432 .556 .988 100 120
1945 36 141 552 470 75 144 24 0 22 81 1 74 43 .306 .409 .498 .907 93 135
1946 37 32 82 72 3 6 1 0 1 5 0 10 16 .083 .195 .139 .334 2 31
1947 38 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
22 Seasons 2866 11721 9882 1911 2977 502 72 528 1904 91 1775 943 .301 .411 .527 .938 2134 2730
162 Game Avg. 162 663 559 108 168 28 4 30 108 5 100 53 .301 .411 .527 .938 121 2730
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
1949 BBWAA (61.4%)
1949 Run Off (68.4%)
1950 BBWAA (68.5%)
1951 BBWAA (87.2%)
Selected to HOF in 1951 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1934 *
1935 (RF)
1936 *
1937 *
1938 (CF)
1939 (CF)
1940 *
1941 *
1942 (RF)
1943 *
1944 *
1945--not played

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1929 NL (11, 19%)
1932 NL (10, 19%)
1934 NL (5, 46%)
1935 NL (20, 4%)
1936 NL (6, 35%)
1937 NL (7, 30%)
1938 NL (4, 39%)
1939 NL (11, 6%)
1941 NL (19, 4%)
1942 NL (3, 56%)
1943 NL (20, 3%)
1944 NL (16, 6%)
1945 NL (13, 7%)
2.75 Career Shares (43rd)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1929 NL  8.0 (2nd)
1930 NL  6.6 (5th)
1931 NL  6.1 (2nd)
1932 NL  8.4 (1st)
1933 NL  5.6 (8th)
1934 NL  7.9 (2nd)
1935 NL  6.9 (4th)
1936 NL  7.8 (3rd)
1937 NL  6.2 (4th)
1938 NL  8.7 (1st)
1939 NL  5.8 (5th)
1940 NL  5.1 (9th)
1942 NL  7.0 (2nd)
1944 NL  5.4 (7th)
Career  109.3 (18th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1929 NL  8.0 (2nd)
1930 NL  6.6 (5th)
1931 NL  6.1 (2nd)
1932 NL  8.4 (1st)
1933 NL  5.6 (5th)
1934 NL  7.9 (1st)
1935 NL  6.9 (3rd)
1936 NL  7.8 (2nd)
1937 NL  6.2 (4th)
1938 NL  8.7 (1st)
1939 NL  5.8 (4th)
1940 NL  5.1 (7th)
1941 NL  4.5 (9th)
1942 NL  7.0 (2nd)
1944 NL  5.4 (7th)
1945 NL  4.0 (10th)
Career  109.3 (15th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1929 NL  7.5 (2nd)
1930 NL  5.9 (6th)
1931 NL  5.4 (2nd)
1932 NL  8.0 (1st)
1933 NL  4.4 (5th)
1934 NL  7.7 (1st)
1935 NL  5.9 (3rd)
1936 NL  7.6 (2nd)
1937 NL  5.5 (4th)
1938 NL  8.0 (1st)
1939 NL  5.8 (2nd)
1940 NL  4.7 (6th)
1941 NL  4.9 (5th)
1942 NL  6.8 (1st)
1944 NL  5.3 (7th)
1945 NL  4.0 (9th)
Career  103.0 (17th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1931 NL  0.7 (9th)
1933 NL  1.2 (4th)
1935 NL  1.0 (3rd)
1937 NL  0.7 (8th)
Career  6.3 (186th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1934 NL  .326 (10th)
1936 NL  .328 (10th)
1938 NL  .311 (9th)
1942 NL  .295 (10th)
1945 NL  .308 (7th)
Career  .304 (158th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1929 NL  .449 (4th)
1930 NL  .458 (1st)
1932 NL  .424 (1st)
1933 NL  .367 (10th)
1934 NL  .415 (3rd)
1935 NL  .407 (2nd)
1936 NL  .448 (2nd)
1937 NL  .408 (6th)
1938 NL  .442 (1st)
1939 NL  .449 (1st)
1940 NL  .407 (2nd)
1941 NL  .403 (7th)
1942 NL  .415 (2nd)
1943 NL  .391 (6th)
1944 NL  .423 (4th)
1945 NL  .411 (6th)
Career  .414 (27th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1928 NL  .524 (7th)
1929 NL  .635 (3rd)
1930 NL  .578 (10th)
1931 NL  .545 (4th)
1932 NL  .601 (2nd)
1933 NL  .467 (8th)
1934 NL  .591 (2nd)
1935 NL  .555 (3rd)
1936 NL  .588 (1st)
1937 NL  .523 (5th)
1938 NL  .583 (2nd)
1939 NL  .581 (2nd)
1941 NL  .495 (6th)
1942 NL  .497 (2nd)
1944 NL  .544 (3rd)
1945 NL  .499 (4th)
Career  .533 (45th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1928 NL  .921 (8th)
1929 NL  1.084 (3rd)
1930 NL  1.036 (8th)
1931 NL  .937 (4th)
1932 NL  1.025 (2nd)
1933 NL  .834 (9th)
1934 NL  1.006 (2nd)
1935 NL  .962 (3rd)
1936 NL  1.036 (1st)
1937 NL  .931 (5th)
1938 NL  1.024 (2nd)
1939 NL  1.030 (2nd)
1940 NL  .864 (8th)
1941 NL  .898 (4th)
1942 NL  .912 (1st)
1943 NL  .810 (8th)
1944 NL  .967 (2nd)
1945 NL  .910 (3rd)
Career  .947 (23rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1929 NL  150 (8th)
1932 NL  154 (1st)
1933 NL  152 (5th)
1934 NL  153 (3rd)
1935 NL  152 (10th)
1937 NL  151 (7th)
1938 NL  150 (5th)
1940 NL  151 (4th)
1942 NL  152 (3rd)
Career  2,730 (26th)

At Bats s c a p y
Career  9,456 (42nd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1932 NL  673 (8th)
1933 NL  661 (8th)
1934 NL  671 (6th)
1935 NL  683 (5th)
1937 NL  654 (7th)
1938 NL  652 (6th)
1940 NL  647 (7th)
1942 NL  664 (4th)
Career  11,337 (25th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1929 NL  138 (3rd)
1930 NL  122 (8th)
1931 NL  104 (5th)
1932 NL  119 (4th)
1933 NL  98 (4th)
1934 NL  119 (2nd)
1935 NL  113 (4th)
1936 NL  120 (3rd)
1937 NL  99 (9th)
1938 NL  116 (1st)
1941 NL  89 (8th)
1942 NL  118 (1st)
1944 NL  91 (10th)
Career  1,859 (12th)

Hits s c a p y
1934 NL  190 (7th)
1942 NL  162 (7th)
Career  2,876 (39th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1929 NL  346 (6th)
1931 NL  271 (7th)
1932 NL  340 (3rd)
1933 NL  271 (7th)
1934 NL  344 (2nd)
1935 NL  329 (2nd)
1936 NL  314 (2nd)
1937 NL  285 (4th)
1938 NL  307 (3rd)
1941 NL  260 (6th)
1942 NL  273 (4th)
Career  5,041 (19th)

Doubles s c a p y
1933 NL  36 (6th)
Career  488 (64th)

Triples s c a p y
1934 NL  10 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1928 NL  18 (8th)
1929 NL  42 (2nd)
1930 NL  25 (7th)
1931 NL  29 (2nd)
1932 NL  38 (1st)
1933 NL  23 (3rd)
1934 NL  35 (1st)
1935 NL  31 (2nd)
1936 NL  33 (1st)
1937 NL  31 (1st)
1938 NL  36 (1st)
1939 NL  27 (2nd)
1940 NL  19 (5th)
1941 NL  27 (2nd)
1942 NL  30 (1st)
1943 NL  18 (2nd)
1944 NL  26 (2nd)
1945 NL  21 (4th)
Career  511 (23rd)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1929 NL  151 (2nd)
1930 NL  119 (8th)
1931 NL  115 (2nd)
1932 NL  123 (4th)
1933 NL  103 (3rd)
1934 NL  135 (1st)
1935 NL  114 (4th)
1936 NL  135 (2nd)
1937 NL  95 (5th)
1938 NL  116 (2nd)
1941 NL  90 (7th)
1942 NL  93 (5th)
Career  1,860 (12th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1929 NL  113 (1st)
1930 NL  103 (2nd)
1931 NL  80 (1st)
1932 NL  100 (1st)
1933 NL  75 (1st)
1934 NL  85 (2nd)
1935 NL  82 (3rd)
1936 NL  111 (3rd)
1937 NL  102 (1st)
1938 NL  118 (2nd)
1939 NL  100 (2nd)
1940 NL  100 (2nd)
1941 NL  100 (3rd)
1942 NL  109 (1st)
1943 NL  95 (2nd)
1944 NL  90 (3rd)
Career  1,708 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1937 NL  69 (5th)
1941 NL  68 (9th)
1942 NL  61 (4th)

Singles s c a p y
Career  1,805 (81st)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1928 NL  139 (8th)
1929 NL  165 (2nd)
1930 NL  150 (5th)
1931 NL  153 (3rd)
1932 NL  174 (1st)
1933 NL  138 (6th)
1934 NL  168 (1st)
1935 NL  157 (2nd)
1936 NL  177 (1st)
1937 NL  149 (5th)
1938 NL  178 (1st)
1939 NL  174 (2nd)
1940 NL  137 (8th)
1941 NL  149 (4th)
1942 NL  165 (1st)
1943 NL  134 (6th)
1944 NL  172 (3rd)
1945 NL  151 (3rd)
Career  155 (23rd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1929 NL  154 (4th)
1930 NL  137 (9th)
1931 NL  106 (6th)
1932 NL  143 (2nd)
1933 NL  99 (6th)
1934 NL  142 (2nd)
1935 NL  133 (3rd)
1936 NL  139 (2nd)
1937 NL  115 (4th)
1938 NL  134 (2nd)
1939 NL  103 (7th)
1940 NL  98 (6th)
1941 NL  104 (3rd)
1942 NL  112 (2nd)
1945 NL  91 (9th)
Career  2,086 (15th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1929 NL  61 (3rd)
1930 NL  49 (5th)
1931 NL  38 (3rd)
1932 NL  63 (1st)
1933 NL  31 (4th)
1934 NL  57 (1st)
1935 NL  50 (2nd)
1936 NL  63 (1st)
1937 NL  41 (4th)
1938 NL  63 (1st)
1939 NL  47 (2nd)
1940 NL  32 (4th)
1941 NL  38 (5th)
1942 NL  50 (1st)
1943 NL  21 (9th)
1944 NL  42 (5th)
1945 NL  34 (4th)
Career  793 (12th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1929 NL  5.4 (3rd)
1930 NL  4.2 (5th)
1931 NL  3.6 (3rd)
1932 NL  6.0 (1st)
1933 NL  3.2 (4th)
1934 NL  5.5 (1st)
1935 NL  4.8 (2nd)
1936 NL  6.1 (1st)
1937 NL  4.0 (4th)
1938 NL  6.2 (1st)
1939 NL  4.5 (2nd)
1940 NL  3.2 (4th)
1941 NL  3.9 (5th)
1942 NL  5.3 (1st)
1943 NL  2.3 (9th)
1944 NL  4.2 (5th)
1945 NL  3.4 (4th)
Career  76.9 (13th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1929 NL  81 (5th)
1931 NL  60 (5th)
1932 NL  76 (4th)
1933 NL  60 (6th)
1934 NL  74 (4th)
1935 NL  70 (3rd)
1936 NL  67 (4th)
1937 NL  61 (3rd)
1938 NL  65 (4th)
1939 NL  52 (8th)
1941 NL  56 (6th)
1942 NL  51 (6th)
Career  1,071 (23rd)

Times On Base s c a p y
1929 NL  298 (3rd)
1930 NL  287 (7th)
1932 NL  284 (2nd)
1933 NL  241 (5th)
1934 NL  278 (3rd)
1935 NL  276 (3rd)
1936 NL  291 (3rd)
1937 NL  265 (3rd)
1938 NL  287 (2nd)
1940 NL  261 (5th)
1941 NL  253 (4th)
1942 NL  274 (2nd)
Career  4,648 (13th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1928 NL  .713 (7th)
1929 NL  .779 (4th)
1930 NL  .731 (7th)
1931 NL  .733 (6th)
1932 NL  .796 (2nd)
1933 NL  .681 (10th)
1934 NL  .778 (1st)
1935 NL  .755 (3rd)
1936 NL  .797 (1st)
1937 NL  .732 (5th)
1938 NL  .808 (2nd)
1939 NL  .792 (2nd)
1940 NL  .686 (7th)
1941 NL  .737 (4th)
1942 NL  .779 (2nd)
1944 NL  .783 (3rd)
1945 NL  .742 (3rd)
Career  .747 (26th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1929 NL  6 (5th)
1932 NL  4 (9th)
1936 NL  5 (10th)
1938 NL  5 (3rd)
1940 NL  6 (5th)
1943 NL  3 (7th)
1945 NL  8 (1st)
Career  64 (243rd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1930 NL  20 (7th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1930 NL  13.2 (6th)
1931 NL  14.9 (3rd)
1932 NL  10.4 (6th)
1935 NL  11.4 (5th)
1936 NL  10.2 (3rd)
1937 NL  11.4 (3rd)
1941 NL  8.4 (5th)
1942 NL  10.0 (6th)
1943 NL  10.1 (4th)
Career  151.6 (167th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1928 NL  24.2 (8th)
1929 NL  13.0 (1st)
1930 NL  20.8 (7th)
1931 NL  17.1 (1st)
1932 NL  14.9 (1st)
1933 NL  25.2 (3rd)
1934 NL  16.6 (1st)
1935 NL  19.1 (2nd)
1936 NL  16.2 (1st)
1937 NL  17.6 (1st)
1938 NL  14.6 (1st)
1939 NL  14.7 (1st)
1940 NL  28.2 (9th)
1941 NL  19.4 (2nd)
1942 NL  18.3 (1st)
1943 NL  21.1 (2nd)
1944 NL  15.3 (1st)
1945 NL  21.5 (2nd)
Career  18.5 (82nd)

Outs Made s c a p y
Career  6,771 (64th)

Oldest s c a p y
1947 NL  born 1909-03-02 (9th)

Youngest s c a p y
1926 NL  born 1909-03-02 (1st)
1927 NL  born 1909-03-02 (1st)
1928 NL  born 1909-03-02 (1st)
1929 NL  born 1909-03-02 (2nd)
1930 NL  born 1909-03-02 (7th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 50 (26), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 277 (16), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 219 (36), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 69 (17), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Frank Robinson (887) *
  2. Gary Sheffield (877)
  3. Ken Griffey (838)
  4. Rafael Palmeiro (814)
  5. Mickey Mantle (812) *
  6. Chipper Jones (810)
  7. Al Kaline (809) *
  8. Jimmie Foxx (804) *
  9. Dave Winfield (804) *
  10. Ted Williams (803) *
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  1. Ty Cobb (884) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Al Kaline (887) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ted Williams (890) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Al Kaline (889) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Ken Griffey (889)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Mickey Mantle (921) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mickey Mantle (914) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mickey Mantle (902) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Mickey Mantle (893) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Hank Aaron (897) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Hank Aaron (905) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Hank Aaron (912) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Hank Aaron (902) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Hank Aaron (898) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Hank Aaron (885) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Frank Robinson (876) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Frank Robinson (876) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Frank Robinson (862) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  19. Frank Robinson (889) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  20. Frank Robinson (898) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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