Mel Ott
Melvin Thomas Ott (Master Melvin)
Hall of Famer
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
Final Game: July 11, 1947
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1951 (197/226 ballots).
Died: November 21, 1958 in New Orleans, LA
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Standard Batting

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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 O
1927 18 NYG NL 82 180 163 23 46 7 3 1 19 2 13 9 .282 .335 .380 .716 91 62 0 4 O
1928 19 NYG NL 124 499 435 69 140 26 4 18 77 3 52 36 .322 .397 .524 .921 138 228 2 10 *O/45
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 *O/4 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 *O
1931 22 NYG NL 138 580 497 104 145 23 8 29 115 10 80 44 .292 .392 .545 .937 151 271 2 1 *O
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 *O 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 *O
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 *O AS,MVP-5
1935 26 NYG NL 152 683 593 113 191 33 6 31 114 7 82 58 .322 .407 .555 .962 158 329 4 3 5 *O5 AS,MVP-20
1936 27 NYG NL 150 660 534 120 175 28 6 33 135 6 111 41 .328 .448 .588 1.036 178 314 8 5 10 *O AS,MVP-6
1937 28 NYG NL 151 654 545 99 160 28 2 31 95 7 102 69 .294 .408 .523 .931 150 285 4 3 4 O5 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 *5O 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 O5 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 *O5 AS
1941 32 NYG NL 148 634 525 89 150 29 0 27 90 5 100 68 .286 .403 .495 .898 150 260 2 3 6 *O 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 *O AS,MVP-3
1943 34 NYG NL 125 482 380 65 89 12 2 18 47 7 95 48 .234 .391 .418 .810 133 159 4 3 4 *O/5 AS,MVP-20
1944 35 NYG NL 120 494 399 91 115 16 4 26 82 2 90 47 .288 .423 .544 .967 171 217 3 3 2 *O/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 *O MVP-13
1946 37 NYG NL 31 78 68 2 5 1 0 1 4 0 8 15 .074 .171 .132 .303 -14 9 1 0 2 O
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

Advanced Batting

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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 0.1 .730 .067 .033 .0
1927 18 NYG NL 180 121 21 4.6 104 .294 .282 .290 .335 .349 .380 .400 .716 .749 91 .506 -2.2 -0.2 .658 .190 .098 1.3
1928 19 NYG NL 499 305 90 8.0 110 .320 .322 .291 .397 .356 .524 .414 .921 .771 138 .713 24.5 2.3 .966 .329 .202 5.1
1929 20 NYG NL 674 376 154 10.9 121 .295 .328 .304 .449 .368 .635 .443 1.084 .811 165 .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 8.0 102 .274 .292 .283 .392 .341 .545 .399 .937 .740 151 .733 36.9 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 62.7 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 .777 57.5 5.5 1.075 .411 .265 .0
1935 26 NYG NL 683 411 133 8.6 102 .317 .322 .283 .407 .338 .555 .403 .962 .741 158 .755 50.4 4.8 1.037 .383 .233 11.4
1936 27 NYG NL 660 377 139 9.9 102 .309 .328 .285 .448 .344 .588 .398 1.036 .742 178 .797 64.3 6.1 1.188 .479 .260 10.2
1937 28 NYG NL 654 393 115 7.8 102 .290 .294 .281 .408 .343 .523 .399 .931 .742 150 .732 42.0 4.1 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 .749 174 .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 .730 137 .686 32.4 3.2 .915 .366 .168 9.1
1941 32 NYG NL 634 383 104 7.3 96 .286 .286 .268 .403 .339 .495 .378 .898 .717 150 .736 39.0 4.0 .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 50.1 5.3 .990 .412 .202 10.0
1943 34 NYG NL 482 299 62 5.6 90 .226 .234 .266 .391 .335 .418 .361 .810 .696 133 .654 20.9 2.2 .895 .453 .184 10.1
1944 35 NYG NL 494 289 91 8.4 94 .273 .288 .268 .423 .335 .544 .376 .967 .712 171 .782 41.4 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 .264 .171 .339 .132 .369 .303 .708 -14 .050 -10.5 -1.1 .266 .176 .059 .0
1947 38 NYG NL 4 4 0 0.0 107 .000 .000 .275 .000 .350 .000 .408 .000 .758 -100 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
22 Seasons 11337 6771 2086 8.2 102 .294 .304 .280 .414 .342 .533 .397 .947 .740 155 .747 793.8 76.9 1.036 .419 .229 151.6
162 Game Avg. 673 402 124 8.2 102 .294 .304 .280 .414 .342 .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

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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

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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

Cumulative Batting

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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 98 87 0 4
1928 19 241 740 658 99 209 35 7 19 100 6 66 54 .318 .382 .479 .860 125 315 2 14
1929 20 391 1414 1203 237 388 72 9 61 251 12 179 92 .323 .414 .549 .963 144 661 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 .975 147 1233 12 45
1932 23 831 3313 2787 582 895 159 30 153 608 37 462 210 .321 .421 .564 .985 152 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 .954 157 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

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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 19 130 505 451 68 141 26 4 18 76 3 52 38 .313 .386 .508 .894 88 124
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 22 144 606 520 109 152 24 8 30 121 10 84 46 .292 .393 .542 .935 111 138
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 26 160 706 619 114 196 34 6 32 115 7 84 61 .317 .401 .546 .947 135 152
1936 27 157 669 552 119 177 28 6 33 134 6 112 43 .321 .439 .572 1.012 138 150
1937 28 159 678 570 101 165 29 2 32 97 7 105 73 .289 .403 .516 .918 118 151
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 32 154 655 547 94 158 31 0 28 95 5 105 71 .289 .406 .499 .905 110 148
1942 33 161 721 594 140 184 24 0 34 110 7 124 65 .310 .431 .522 .953 133 152
1943 34 131 512 403 75 99 13 2 20 54 8 106 50 .246 .406 .437 .843 71 125
1944 35 125 517 418 99 123 17 4 28 89 2 96 49 .294 .429 .555 .984 99 120
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 11720 9883 1911 2978 503 72 528 1904 90 1773 943 .301 .411 .527 .938 2135 2730
162 Game Avg. 162 662 559 108 168 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

All-Star Games
1934 *
1935 (RF)
1936 *
1937 *
1938 (CF)
1939 (CF)
1940 *
1941 *
1942 (RF)
1943 *
1944 *
1945

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)

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--156th

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--24th

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--2730--25th

At Bats s c a p y
Career--9456--39th

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--11337--24th

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--1859--12th

Hits s c a p y
1934 NL--190--7th
1942 NL--162--7th
Career--2876--38th

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--5041--18th

Doubles s c a p y
1933 NL--36--6th
Career--488--58th

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--1860--11th

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--1708--8th

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--1805--79th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1928 NL--138--8th
1929 NL--165--2nd
1930 NL--150--5th
1931 NL--151--4th
1932 NL--174--1st
1933 NL--138--6th
1934 NL--168--1st
1935 NL--158--2nd
1936 NL--178--1st
1937 NL--150--5th
1938 NL--178--1st
1939 NL--174--2nd
1940 NL--137--9th
1941 NL--150--4th
1942 NL--165--1st
1943 NL--133--7th
1944 NL--171--3rd
1945 NL--151--3rd
Career--155--24th

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--2086--15th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1929 NL--61--3rd
1930 NL--49--5th
1931 NL--37--3rd
1932 NL--63--1st
1933 NL--31--4th
1934 NL--57--1st
1935 NL--50--2nd
1936 NL--64--1st
1937 NL--42--4th
1938 NL--63--1st
1939 NL--47--2nd
1940 NL--32--4th
1941 NL--39--4th
1942 NL--50--1st
1943 NL--21--10th
1944 NL--41--5th
1945 NL--34--4th
Career--794--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--4.1--4th
1938 NL--6.2--1st
1939 NL--4.5--2nd
1940 NL--3.2--4th
1941 NL--4.0--3rd
1942 NL--5.3--1st
1943 NL--2.2--10th
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--1071--21st

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--4648--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--9th
1934 NL--.777--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--.736--4th
1942 NL--.779--2nd
1944 NL--.782--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--227th

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--159th

AB per HR s c a p y
1928 NL--24.167--8th
1929 NL--12.976--1st
1930 NL--20.840--7th
1931 NL--17.138--1st
1932 NL--14.895--1st
1933 NL--25.217--3rd
1934 NL--16.629--1st
1935 NL--19.129--2nd
1936 NL--16.182--1st
1937 NL--17.581--1st
1938 NL--14.639--1st
1939 NL--14.667--1st
1940 NL--28.211--9th
1941 NL--19.444--2nd
1942 NL--18.300--1st
1943 NL--21.111--2nd
1944 NL--15.346--1st
1945 NL--21.476--2nd
Career--18.505--79th

Outs Made s c a p y
Career--6771--61st

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--8th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 47 (14), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 209 (15), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 217 (30), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 69 (16), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Frank Robinson (886) *
  2. Gary Sheffield (870)
  3. Ken Griffey (830)
  4. Rafael Palmeiro (812)
  5. Mickey Mantle (811) *
  6. Al Kaline (808) *
  7. Ted Williams (804) *
  8. Jimmie Foxx (802) *
  9. Dave Winfield (801) *
  10. Frank Thomas (793)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Paul Hines (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 (891) * 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 (903) * 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 (896) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Hank Aaron (902) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Hank Aaron (909) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Hank Aaron (901) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Hank Aaron (896) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Hank Aaron (882) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Frank Robinson (874) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Frank Robinson (875) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Frank Robinson (860) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  19. Frank Robinson (888) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  20. Frank Robinson (897) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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