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Andy Pafko

Andrew Pafko (Handy Andy or Pruschka)

Positions: Outfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: February 25, 1921 in Boyceville, WI
High School: Boyceville HS (Boyceville, WI)(All Transactions)
Debut: September 24, 1943
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Braves/Dodgers 1943-1959

Final Game: September 29, 1959
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All-Star

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
1943 22 CHC NL 13 61 58 7 22 3 0 0 10 1 2 5 .379 .400 .431 .831 142 25 2 0 0 8O
1944 23 CHC NL 128 512 469 47 126 16 2 6 62 2 28 23 .269 .315 .350 .665 88 164 14 4 11 *O8/9
1945 24 CHC NL 144 608 534 64 159 24 12 12 110 5 45 36 .298 .361 .455 .816 128 243 4 8 21 *8O MVP-4
1946 25 CHC NL 65 273 234 18 66 6 4 3 39 4 27 15 .282 .366 .380 .746 114 89 9 4 8 8O
1947 26 CHC NL 129 550 513 68 155 25 7 13 66 4 31 39 .302 .346 .454 .800 114 233 19 3 3 *8O AS,MVP-26
1948 27 CHC NL 142 606 548 82 171 30 2 26 101 3 50 50 .312 .375 .516 .891 144 283 13 5 3 *5 AS,MVP-16
1949 28 CHC NL 144 592 519 79 146 29 2 18 69 4 63 33 .281 .369 .449 .818 122 233 17 9 1 O859/7 AS
1950 29 CHC NL 146 595 514 95 156 24 8 36 92 4 69 32 .304 .397 .591 .989 157 304 9 11 1 *O89 AS,MVP-12
1951 30 TOT NL 133 519 455 68 116 16 3 30 93 2 5 52 37 .255 .347 .501 .848 123 228 14 12 0 *78
1951 30 CHC NL 49 199 178 26 47 5 3 12 35 1 1 17 10 .264 .342 .528 .870 128 94 6 4 0 8O
1951 30 BRO NL 84 320 277 42 69 11 0 18 58 1 4 35 27 .249 .350 .484 .834 120 134 8 8 0 O7/8
1952 31 BRO NL 150 624 551 76 158 17 5 19 85 4 3 64 48 .287 .366 .439 .805 120 242 14 5 4 *O7958
1953 32 MLN NL 140 568 516 70 153 23 4 17 72 2 1 37 33 .297 .347 .455 .803 112 235 14 3 12 *O9
1954 33 MLN NL 138 570 510 61 146 22 4 14 69 1 2 37 36 .286 .335 .427 .763 103 218 14 4 12 7 *9/8
1955 34 MLN NL 86 266 252 29 67 3 5 5 34 1 2 7 23 .266 .293 .377 .670 80 95 8 4 1 3 1 95/87
1956 35 MLN NL 45 105 93 15 24 5 0 2 9 0 0 10 13 .258 .330 .376 .706 95 35 0 0 1 0 0 7/9
1957 36 MLN NL 83 235 220 31 61 6 1 8 27 1 0 10 22 .277 .308 .423 .730 100 93 6 1 1 3 2 97/8
1958 37 MLN NL 95 185 164 17 39 7 1 3 23 0 0 15 17 .238 .306 .348 .654 79 57 3 2 2 2 3 79/8
1959 38 MLN NL 71 158 142 17 31 8 2 1 15 0 0 14 15 .218 .293 .324 .617 71 46 4 1 1 0 1 78/9
17 Yrs 1852 7027 6292 844 1796 264 62 213 976 38 13 561 477 .285 .350 .449 .799 117 2823 164 76 82 15 7
162 Game Avg. 162 615 550 74 157 23 5 19 85 3 49 42 .285 .350 .449 .799 117 247 14 7 7
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 (9 yrs) 960 3996 3567 486 1048 162 40 126 584 28 1 332 243 .294 .362 .468 .829 126 1668 93 48 48
MLN (7 yrs) 658 2087 1897 240 521 74 17 50 249 5 5 130 159 .275 .324 .411 .734 98 779 49 15 30 15 7
BRO (2 yrs) 234 944 828 118 227 28 5 37 143 5 7 99 75 .274 .361 .454 .815 120 376 22 13 4

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
1943 22 CHC NL 13 61 3 -0 0 -2 -0 0 0.1 2 2 0.2 .504 .500 0.5 -0.2 4 $ 8O
1944 23 CHC NL 128 512 -7 0 0 2 -1 -6 -0.6 15 10 0.9 .495 .496 0.7 0.1 8 $ *O8/9
1945 24 CHC NL 144 608 19 -0 0 4 -1 22 2.3 18 40 4.1 .516 .514 3.7 0.4 36 $ *8O MVP-4
1946 25 CHC NL 65 273 5 -0 0 -2 -0 2 0.2 10 12 1.2 .504 .502 1.4 -0.3 14 $ 8O
1947 26 CHC NL 129 550 9 -0 0 1 -1 9 1.0 19 28 2.9 .507 .506 2.8 0.1 28 $ *8O AS,MVP-26
1948 27 CHC NL 142 606 32 0 -1 5 0 37 3.7 21 58 5.8 .527 .523 5.4 0.5 53 $ *5 AS,MVP-16
1949 28 CHC NL 144 592 18 0 -1 -6 -1 10 1.0 21 31 3.0 .507 .506 3.6 -0.7 37 $ O859/7 AS
1950 29 CHC NL 146 595 43 -1 -0 4 -2 45 4.3 20 65 6.2 .530 .527 6.0 0.2 61 $ *O89 AS,MVP-12
1951 30 CHC NL 49 199 7 -0 -1 0 -0 6 0.6 7 13 1.2 .513 .504 1.3 -0.0 13 $ 8O
1951 30 BRO NL 84 320 8 -1 -0 2 -3 6 0.6 11 16 1.6 .507 .504 1.5 -0.2 14 $ O7/8
1952 31 BRO NL 150 624 16 0 -1 -1 -7 7 0.8 21 29 2.9 .505 .505 3.0 -0.9 30 $ *O7958
1953 32 MLN NL 140 568 9 -0 -2 -3 -6 -2 -0.3 19 17 1.5 .499 .499 2.0 -1.0 20 $ *O9
1954 33 MLN NL 138 570 1 -0 -2 -4 -6 -11 -1.2 19 8 0.6 .492 .493 1.1 -1.1 12 $ *9/8
1955 34 MLN NL 86 266 -5 -1 -0 1 -2 -7 -0.9 9 2 0.0 .491 .495 0.0 -0.3 1 $ 95/87
1956 35 MLN NL 45 105 1 1 0 0 -1 0 -0.0 4 4 0.3 .501 .500 0.4 -0.2 4 $ 7/9
1957 36 MLN NL 83 235 1 1 -0 3 -3 1 0.0 8 8 0.8 .501 .500 0.6 -0.1 6 $ 97/8
1958 37 MLN NL 95 185 -5 -2 1 5 -3 -5 -0.5 6 2 0.1 .495 .497 -0.4 0.1 -3 $ 79/8
1959 38 MLN NL 71 158 -4 0 0 3 -2 -3 -0.3 5 2 0.2 .495 .498 -0.1 0.1 -1 $ 78/9
17 Seasons 1852 7027 152 -3 -7 12 -42 112 10.5 234 346 33.5 .506 .504 33.5 -3.4 335 $
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
CHC (9 yrs) 960 3996 131 -1 -2 6 -6 127 12.6 133 259 25.5 .513 .509 25.4 0.0 253 $
MLN (7 yrs) 658 2087 -3 -1 -3 5 -25 -27 -3.3 70 42 3.5 .496 .497 3.6 -2.4 38 $
BRO (2 yrs) 234 944 25 -1 -1 1 -11 13 1.3 32 45 4.5 .506 .504 4.5 -1.1 44 $

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
1943 22 CHC NL 61 38 10 7.1 88 .415 .379 .262 .400 .331 .431 .356 .831 .687 142 .745 3.0 0.3 .737 .103 .052 .0
1944 23 CHC NL 512 368 51 3.7 93 .273 .269 .267 .315 .334 .350 .375 .665 .709 88 .445 -8.5 -0.9 .555 .145 .081 3.0
1945 24 CHC NL 608 400 86 5.8 95 .302 .298 .271 .361 .340 .455 .374 .816 .714 128 .633 18.3 1.8 .794 .251 .157 7.1
1946 25 CHC NL 273 185 32 4.6 91 .292 .282 .260 .366 .335 .380 .364 .746 .700 114 .562 4.5 0.5 .701 .231 .098 3.4
1947 26 CHC NL 550 380 80 5.6 102 .308 .302 .269 .346 .344 .454 .399 .800 .743 114 .585 8.5 0.8 .719 .220 .152 6.1
1948 27 CHC NL 606 393 105 7.1 98 .307 .312 .263 .375 .336 .516 .389 .891 .726 144 .701 32.6 3.2 .874 .301 .204 5.4
1949 28 CHC NL 592 391 84 5.8 100 .274 .281 .266 .369 .339 .449 .397 .818 .736 122 .603 17.7 1.7 .792 .297 .168 6.5
1950 29 CHC NL 595 368 117 8.5 107 .269 .304 .268 .397 .345 .591 .416 .989 .761 157 .745 42.5 4.1 1.057 .430 .288 7.2
1951 30 TOT NL 519 358 74 5.6 105 .222 .255 .270 .347 .344 .501 .409 .848 .753 123 .594 13.8 1.4 .807 .354 .246 3.8
1951 30 CHC NL 199 138 31 6.0 105 .224 .264 .270 .342 .344 .528 .409 .870 .753 128 .630 6.1 0.6 .833 .360 .264 1.8
1951 30 BRO NL 320 220 43 5.3 105 .220 .249 .270 .350 .344 .484 .409 .834 .753 120 .569 7.8 0.8 .791 .350 .235 1.9
1952 31 BRO NL 624 414 87 5.6 99 .287 .287 .264 .366 .337 .439 .393 .805 .730 120 .635 15.6 1.6 .761 .270 .152 6.6
1953 32 MLN NL 568 390 81 5.5 105 .292 .297 .267 .347 .337 .455 .416 .803 .753 112 .559 9.1 0.9 .730 .233 .159 3.6
1954 33 MLN NL 570 399 72 4.8 104 .283 .286 .267 .335 .337 .427 .412 .763 .750 103 .504 2.2 0.2 .679 .212 .141 1.9
1955 34 MLN NL 266 199 26 3.5 102 .273 .266 .261 .293 .331 .377 .413 .670 .744 80 .369 -8.3 -0.8 .538 .135 .111 1.7
1956 35 MLN NL 105 70 12 4.6 98 .282 .258 .257 .330 .323 .376 .406 .706 .729 95 .511 -0.4 -0.0 .652 .226 .118 .0
1957 36 MLN NL 235 169 28 4.5 97 .275 .277 .260 .308 .322 .423 .403 .730 .725 100 .486 -0.3 -0.0 .636 .195 .145 1.8
1958 37 MLN NL 185 132 18 3.7 99 .247 .238 .260 .306 .327 .348 .406 .654 .733 79 .391 -4.2 -0.4 .578 .201 .110 .0
1959 38 MLN NL 158 116 13 3.0 97 .238 .218 .259 .293 .324 .324 .401 .617 .725 71 .312 -5.4 -0.5 .530 .204 .106 .0
17 Yrs 7027 4770 976 5.5 100 .282 .285 .266 .350 .337 .449 .397 .799 .735 117 .587 140.8 13.8 .746 .256 .163 64.5
162 Game Avg. 615 417 85 5.5 100 .282 .285 .266 .350 .337 .449 .397 .799 .735 117 .587 12 1 .746 .256 .163 6
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
CHC (9 yrs) 3996 2661 596 6.0 99 .288 .294 .267 .362 .340 .468 .390 .829 .730 126 .633 124.6 12.2 .794 .274 .174 45.8
MLN (7 yrs) 2087 1475 250 4.5 102 .277 .275 .264 .324 .332 .411 .411 .734 .743 98 .480 -7.2 -0.8 .646 .205 .136 9.1
BRO (2 yrs) 944 634 130 5.5 101 .265 .274 .266 .361 .340 .454 .398 .815 .738 120 .613 23.3 2.4 .771 .297 .180 8.8

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
1945 24 CHC NL WS DET L 7 31 28 5 6 2 1 0 2 1 0 2 5 .214 .267 .357 .624 10 1 0 1 0 1
1952 31 BRO NL WS NYY L 7 21 21 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 .190 .190 .190 .381 4 0 0 0 0 0
1957 36 MLN NL WS NYY W 6 15 14 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .214 .267 .214 .481 3 0 1 0 0 0
1958 37 MLN NL WS NYY L 4 10 9 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .300 .444 .744 4 0 0 0 1 0
4 Yrs (4 Series) 24 77 72 6 16 3 1 0 5 1 1 2 10 .222 .250 .292 .542 21 1 1 1 1 1
4 WS 24 77 72 6 16 3 1 0 5 1 1 2 10 .222 .250 .292 .542 21 1 1 1 1 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
1945 CHC NL 24 DNP
1947 CHC NL 26 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1948 CHC NL 27 as 3B 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 CHC NL 28 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .667 .500 1.167 1 0 0 0 0 0
1950 CHC NL 29 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs (4 GP) 11 10 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .400 .455 .400 .855 4 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
1943 22 CHC NL 61 0.0% 8.2% 3.3% 4.9% 14% 2.50 11.6 5.8 87%
1944 23 CHC NL 512 1.2% 4.5% 5.5% 4.7% 19% 0.82 20.4 78.2 7.6 86%
1945 24 CHC NL 608 2.0% 5.9% 7.4% 7.9% 30% 0.80 14.8 44.5 4.9 80%
1946 25 CHC NL 273 1.1% 5.5% 9.9% 4.8% 20% 0.56 15.6 78.0 6.0 79%
1947 26 CHC NL 550 2.4% 7.1% 5.6% 8.2% 29% 1.26 13.2 39.5 7.8 84%
1948 27 CHC NL 606 4.3% 8.3% 8.3% 9.6% 34% 1.00 11.0 21.1 5.4 0.78 78%
1949 28 CHC NL 592 3.0% 5.6% 10.6% 8.3% 34% 0.52 15.7 28.8 7.5 0.77 79%
1950 29 CHC NL 595 6.1% 5.4% 11.6% 11.4% 44% 0.46 16.1 14.3 5.6 0.91 75%
1951 30 TOT NL 519 5.8% 7.1% 10.0% 9.4% 42% 0.71 12.3 15.2 4.9 0.77 75%
1951 30 CHC NL 199 6.0% 5.0% 8.5% 10.1% 43% 0.59 17.8 14.8 5.1 0.62 78%
1951 30 BRO NL 320 5.6% 8.4% 10.9% 9.1% 42% 0.77 10.3 15.4 4.8 0.88 73%
1952 31 BRO NL 624 3.0% 7.7% 10.3% 6.6% 26% 0.75 11.5 29.0 6.5 1.03 78%
1953 32 MLN NL 568 3.0% 5.8% 6.5% 7.8% 29% 0.89 15.6 30.4 7.2 1.01 82%
1954 33 MLN NL 570 2.5% 6.3% 6.5% 7.0% 27% 0.97 14.2 36.4 7.4 0.91 82%
1955 34 MLN NL 266 1.9% 8.7% 2.6% 4.9% 19% 3.29 11.0 50.4 7.4 1.00 85%
1956 35 MLN NL 105 1.9% 12.4% 9.5% 6.7% 29% 1.30 7.2 46.5 10.3 0.87 74%
1957 36 MLN NL 235 3.4% 9.4% 4.3% 6.4% 25% 2.20 10.0 27.5 8.1 1.03 82%
1958 37 MLN NL 185 1.6% 9.2% 8.1% 6.0% 28% 1.13 9.6 54.7 7.1 0.90 79%
1959 38 MLN NL 158 0.6% 9.5% 8.9% 7.0% 36% 1.07 9.5 142.0 9.5 0.85 80%
17 Yrs 7027 3.0% 6.8% 8.0% 7.7% 30% 0.85 13.2 29.5 6.4 0.91 80%
MLB Averages 1.8% 10.5% 9.3% 6.3% 27% 1.13 8.4 48.1 8.4 0.98 76%
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
1943 22 CHC NL 3.0 0.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1944 23 CHC NL -8.5 -0.9 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 24 CHC NL 18.3 1.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 25 CHC NL 4.5 0.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 26 CHC NL 8.5 0.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 27 CHC NL 32.6 3.2 214 1.9 5.2 -3.3 1.05 2.1 -0.3 16.2 1.6 0.99 21.3 1.83 1
1949 28 CHC NL 17.0 1.7 359 1.5 7.2 -5.6 .99 1.6 -0.1 18.1 1.8 0.93 18.4 0
1950 29 CHC NL 42.5 4.1 488 3.8 11.7 -8.0 1.05 3.8 -0.3 37.8 3.6 0.95 46.5 2.07 2
1951 30 TOT NL 13.8 1.4 513 2.0 10.8 -8.9 1.06 2.2 -0.3 19.9 1.9 0.98 22.2 2.68 6
1951 30 CHC NL 6.1 0.6 187 0.4 3.7 -3.3 1.04 0.7 -0.4 6.0 0.6 0.96 7.4 0
1951 30 BRO NL 7.8 0.8 326 1.6 7.1 -5.6 1.07 1.4 0.0 13.9 1.4 0.99 14.8 2.68 6
1952 31 BRO NL 15.6 1.6 637 2.0 12.3 -10.3 1.03 2.1 -0.2 18.7 1.9 1.02 21.7 2.40 4
1953 32 MLN NL 9.1 0.9 494 2.4 10.7 -8.3 1.00 1.7 0.8 16.3 1.6 0.96 14.4 2.62 1
1954 33 MLN NL 2.2 0.2 534 -0.4 9.6 -10.0 1.09 -0.1 -0.3 -2.8 -0.3 0.96 -0.2 0.88 1
1955 34 MLN NL -8.3 -0.8 234 -0.4 4.5 -4.9 1.18 -0.8 0.5 -3.7 -0.4 1.00 -8.0 1.73 21
1956 35 MLN NL -0.4 -0.0 107 -0.2 2.1 -2.3 1.25 0.3 -0.4 0.5 0.0 0.97 1.3 2.56 11
1957 36 MLN NL -0.3 -0.0 241 -0.3 4.2 -4.5 1.05 0.1 -0.5 -2.4 -0.2 1.01 1.4 1.28 25
1958 37 MLN NL -4.2 -0.4 185 -1.0 2.6 -3.6 1.07 -0.4 -0.5 1.5 0.2 0.99 -2.6 1.01 12
1959 38 MLN NL -5.6 -0.6 156 -1.1 1.8 -2.9 1.01 -0.5 -0.6 -3.3 -0.3 0.99 -3.8 1.32 14
17 Yrs 139.8 13.7 4162 10.1 82.7 -72.6 1.05 12.1 -2.5 116.9 11.5 0.98 132.6 1.66 98
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 27 CHC NL 3 0 28% 95 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 52% 9 6 3 3 2 1 11 2 8
1949 28 CHC NL 4 0 31% 163 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 7 41% 29 19 8 5 3 2 17 5 11
1950 29 CHC NL 3 0 30% 173 4 4 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 5 4 54% 26 17 9 5 2 2 19 3 16
1951 30 TOT NL 14 0 25% 172 2 5 29% 2 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 24% 21 20 1 5 5 0 11 3 8
1951 30 CHC NL 4 0 25% 56 1 1 50% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 20% 8 8 0 3 3 0 4 1 3
1951 30 BRO NL 10 0 26% 116 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 27% 13 12 1 2 2 0 7 2 5
1952 31 BRO NL 7 0 27% 227 4 3 57% 4 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 9 5 42% 31 20 10 8 3 4 16 4 9
1953 32 MLN NL 7 0 30% 170 2 1 67% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 3 44% 30 19 10 8 3 4 14 5 9
1954 33 MLN NL 6 0 27% 194 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 7 42% 25 17 8 5 5 0 15 3 11
1955 34 MLN NL 6 0 33% 71 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 68% 11 5 6 3 1 2 5 0 5
1956 35 MLN NL 2 0 41% 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 44% 5 4 1 2 1 1 2 0 2
1957 36 MLN NL 4 0 36% 92 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 48% 13 10 3 2 0 2 6 1 5
1958 37 MLN NL 2 0 26% 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 23% 14 13 1 1 1 0 7 3 4
1959 38 MLN NL 3 0 36% 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 33% 14 10 4 0 0 0 1 0 1
17 Yrs 61 0 28% 1538 38 13 158% 17 20 0 1 2 3 8 0 48 49 43% 228 160 64 47 26 18 124 29 89

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 27 CHC NL 606 27% 171 1 0 0 0 1.83 26 0 6 6 4 17 9 0 1 3 300% 45 13 29% 23 10 43% 133 27 20% 12 9 75% 6 3 50% 0
1949 28 CHC NL 592 40% 146 0 0 0 0 18 2 4 7 5 11 7 0 1 1 100% 72 17 24% 18 2 11% 208 28 13% 16 8 50% 7 2 29% 0
1950 29 CHC NL 595 37% 156 2 0 0 0 2.07 36 0 5 23 6 16 20 0 2 1 50% 86 9 10% 28 8 29% 292 47 16% 16 7 44% 11 5 45% 0
1951 30 TOT NL 519 20% 116 6 1 0 0 2.68 30 1 13 21 5 11 19 0 1 0 0% 86 14 16% 46 17 37% 344 64 19% 40 26 65% 21 11 52% 0
1951 30 CHC NL 199 13% 47 0 0 0 0 12 1 4 7 1 3 9 0 1 0 0% 22 6 27% 14 7 50% 119 21 18% 10 6 60% 8 6 75% 0
1951 30 BRO NL 320 24% 69 6 1 0 0 2.68 18 0 9 14 4 8 10 0 0 0 64 8 13% 32 10 31% 225 43 19% 30 20 67% 13 5 38% 0
1952 31 BRO NL 624 17% 158 4 1 0 0 2.40 19 1 27 13 6 12 7 0 7 4 57% 132 14 11% 55 15 27% 448 67 15% 50 18 36% 16 6 38% 0
1953 32 MLN NL 568 18% 153 1 0 0 0 2.62 17 0 16 13 2 7 10 0 13 12 92% 108 14 13% 47 20 43% 320 54 17% 34 20 59% 13 8 62% 0
1954 33 MLN NL 570 23% 146 1 0 0 0 0.88 14 0 7 9 4 3 11 0 15 12 80% 96 14 15% 52 23 44% 335 52 16% 25 13 52% 13 7 54% 0
1955 34 MLN NL 266 26% 67 21 3 1 2 1.73 5 0 12 3 0 2 3 0 3 1 33% 49 8 16% 17 4 24% 164 25 15% 16 7 44% 7 4 57% 0
1956 35 MLN NL 105 46% 24 11 3 1 1 2.56 2 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 3 1 33% 16 0 0% 8 2 25% 67 8 12% 5 3 60% 7 4 57% 0
1957 36 MLN NL 235 46% 61 25 6 2 4 1.28 8 0 7 3 5 5 3 0 1 1 100% 48 6 13% 24 8 33% 169 21 12% 14 10 71% 12 7 58% 0
1958 37 MLN NL 185 59% 39 12 3 0 1 1.01 3 0 6 2 1 0 3 0 3 2 67% 40 3 8% 21 6 29% 127 23 18% 9 6 67% 10 5 50% 0
1959 38 MLN NL 158 70% 31 14 2 0 2 1.32 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 100% 32 4 13% 15 6 40% 104 15 14% 7 6 86% 6 3 50% 0
17 Yrs 5023 30% 1796 98 19 4 10 1.66 213 4 111 100 41 85 94 0 51 82 161% 810 164 20% 354 121 34% 2711 431 16% 244 133 55% 129 65 50% 0
MLB Averages 49% 135% 16% 32% 14% 50% 54%

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
1943 22 13 61 58 7 22 3 0 0 10 1 2 5 .379 .400 .431 .831 142 25 2 0 0
1944 23 141 573 527 54 148 19 2 6 72 3 30 28 .281 .324 .359 .683 94 189 16 4 11
1945 24 285 1181 1061 118 307 43 14 18 182 8 75 64 .289 .343 .407 .750 111 432 20 12 32
1946 25 350 1454 1295 136 373 49 18 21 221 12 102 79 .288 .347 .402 .750 111 521 29 16 40
1947 26 479 2004 1808 204 528 74 25 34 287 16 133 118 .292 .347 .417 .764 112 754 48 19 43
1948 27 621 2610 2356 286 699 104 27 60 388 19 183 168 .297 .353 .440 .794 120 1037 61 24 46
1949 28 765 3202 2875 365 845 133 29 78 457 23 246 201 .294 .356 .442 .798 120 1270 78 33 47
1950 29 911 3797 3389 460 1001 157 37 114 549 27 315 233 .295 .363 .464 .827 126 1574 87 44 48
1951 30 1044 4316 3844 528 1117 173 40 144 642 29 5 367 270 .291 .361 .469 .830 126 1802 101 56 48
1952 31 1194 4940 4395 604 1275 190 45 163 727 33 8 431 318 .290 .362 .465 .827 125 2044 115 61 52
1953 32 1334 5508 4911 674 1428 213 49 180 799 35 9 468 351 .291 .360 .464 .824 124 2279 129 64 64
1954 33 1472 6078 5421 735 1574 235 53 194 868 36 11 505 387 .290 .358 .461 .818 122 2497 143 68 76 7
1955 34 1558 6344 5673 764 1641 238 58 199 902 37 13 512 410 .289 .355 .457 .812 120 2592 151 72 77 10 1
1956 35 1603 6449 5766 779 1665 243 58 201 911 37 13 522 423 .289 .355 .456 .810 120 2627 151 72 78 10 1
1957 36 1686 6684 5986 810 1726 249 59 209 938 38 13 532 445 .288 .353 .454 .807 119 2720 157 73 79 13 3
1958 37 1781 6869 6150 827 1765 256 60 212 961 38 13 547 462 .287 .352 .452 .803 118 2777 160 75 81 15 6
1959 38 1852 7027 6292 844 1796 264 62 213 976 38 13 561 477 .285 .350 .449 .799 117 2823 164 76 82 15 7

Neutralized Batting

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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
1943 22 14 64 62 8 24 3 0 0 11 1 2 5 .387 .406 .435 .842 11 13
1944 23 133 535 490 51 134 17 2 6 67 2 30 24 .273 .321 .353 .674 55 128
1945 24 151 638 560 68 168 25 13 13 117 5 48 38 .300 .364 .461 .824 91 144
1946 25 68 295 251 21 75 7 5 3 46 5 31 16 .299 .387 .402 .789 38 65
1947 26 135 574 536 71 162 26 7 14 69 4 32 41 .302 .345 .455 .800 84 129
1948 27 148 640 578 90 184 32 2 28 111 3 54 52 .318 .381 .526 .907 115 142
1949 28 150 616 540 83 153 30 2 19 73 4 66 34 .283 .371 .452 .823 88 144
1950 29 153 614 532 95 158 24 8 36 92 4 70 33 .297 .390 .575 .965 117 146
1951 30 138 535 470 68 118 16 3 31 93 2 53 38 .251 .342 .496 .838 76 133
1952 31 157 657 580 83 169 18 5 20 93 4 68 50 .291 .371 .443 .814 95 150
1953 32 145 588 535 72 158 24 4 18 74 2 38 34 .295 .345 .456 .802 83 140
1954 33 145 603 539 66 156 24 4 15 75 1 40 38 .289 .339 .432 .771 79 138
1955 34 90 283 267 31 72 3 5 5 37 1 8 24 .270 .298 .375 .672 29 86
1956 35 47 111 99 18 27 6 0 2 11 0 11 14 .273 .345 .394 .739 14 45
1957 36 87 249 233 35 67 7 1 9 30 1 11 23 .288 .319 .442 .761 32 83
1958 37 100 198 175 20 44 8 1 3 27 0 17 18 .251 .321 .360 .681 20 95
1959 38 74 169 151 20 35 9 2 1 18 0 16 16 .232 .310 .338 .647 16 71
17 Yrs 1935 7369 6598 900 1904 279 64 223 1044 39 595 498 .289 .354 .452 .805 1043 1852
162 Game Avg. 162 617 552 75 159 23 5 19 87 3 50 42 .289 .354 .452 .805 87 1852
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1966 BBWAA ( 0.7%)
1967 BBWAA ( 0.3%)

All-Star Games
1945--not played
1947 *
1948 (3B)
1949 *
1950 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1945 NL (4, 39%)
1947 NL (26, 0%)
1948 NL (16, 7%)
1950 NL (12, 11%)
0.57 Career Shares (403rd)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1948 NL  5.8 (6th)
1950 NL  6.2 (6th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1945 NL  4.1 (10th)
1948 NL  5.8 (4th)
1950 NL  6.2 (4th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1948 NL  5.4 (5th)
1950 NL  6.0 (5th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1948 NL  .312 (7th)
1950 NL  .304 (9th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1950 NL  .397 (8th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1945 NL  .455 (8th)
1948 NL  .516 (6th)
1950 NL  .591 (2nd)
1951 NL  .501 (8th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1945 NL  .816 (10th)
1948 NL  .891 (6th)
1950 NL  .989 (3rd)
1951 NL  .848 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1948 NL  171 (6th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1945 NL  243 (9th)
1948 NL  283 (5th)
1950 NL  304 (5th)

Doubles s c a p y
1948 NL  30 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1945 NL  12 (2nd)
1950 NL  8 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1948 NL  26 (7th)
1950 NL  36 (2nd)
1951 NL  30 (6th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1945 NL  110 (3rd)
1948 NL  101 (5th)
1951 NL  93 (9th)

Singles s c a p y
1948 NL  113 (10th)
1952 NL  117 (10th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1945 NL  128 (9th)
1948 NL  144 (5th)
1950 NL  157 (2nd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1948 NL  105 (7th)
1950 NL  117 (5th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1948 NL  33 (7th)
1950 NL  43 (3rd)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1948 NL  3.2 (7th)
1950 NL  4.1 (3rd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1945 NL  48 (9th)
1948 NL  58 (6th)
1950 NL  68 (5th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1950 NL  236 (10th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1948 NL  .701 (6th)
1950 NL  .745 (2nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1944 NL  4 (10th)
1945 NL  8 (1st)
1946 NL  4 (6th)
1948 NL  5 (2nd)
1949 NL  9 (1st)
1950 NL  11 (2nd)
1951 NL  12 (1st)
1952 NL  5 (8th)
1955 NL  4 (10th)
Career  76 (173rd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1945 NL  21 (2nd)
1953 NL  12 (4th)
1954 NL  12 (7th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1944 NL  14 (9th)
1947 NL  19 (1st)
1949 NL  17 (6th)
Career  164 (206th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1948 NL  21.1 (7th)
1950 NL  14.3 (3rd)
1951 NL  15.2 (3rd)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1950 NL  37.83 (5th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1948 NL  1.9 (7th)
1950 NL  3.8 (2nd)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1948 NL  2.1 (6th)
1950 NL  3.8 (3rd)
1952 NL  2.1 (9th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1950 NL  3.6 (5th)

Oldest s c a p y
1958 NL  born 1921-02-25 (10th)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 51 (498), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 34 (549), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 22 (633), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Gus Bell (958)
  2. Richie Hebner (934)
  3. Carl Furillo (927)
  4. Bobby Thomson (926)
  5. Bob Watson (920)
  6. Bill White (916)
  7. Ben Oglivie (915)
  8. Bobby Murcer (908)
  9. Tony Oliva (906)
  10. Johnny Callison (905)
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  1. Albie Pearson (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ping Bodie (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Luis Olmo (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Heinie Mueller (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Tony Gonzalez (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Tony Gonzalez (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Ellis Burks (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Richie Zisk (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jackie Jensen (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Bobby Thomson (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Ken Singleton (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Carl Furillo (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Carl Furillo (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Richie Hebner (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Richie Hebner (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Cy Williams (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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