Albie Pearson
Albert Gregory Pearson
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 5" , Weight: 141 lb.

Born: September 12, 1934 in Alhambra, CA
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1958
Final Game: July 16, 1966
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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
1958 23 WSH AL 146 610 530 63 146 25 5 3 33 7 8 64 31 .275 .354 .358 .712 99 190 11 2 11 3 1 *8/9 RoY-1
1959 24 TOT AL 105 249 218 31 47 5 2 0 8 5 1 27 8 .216 .301 .257 .558 57 56 4 0 3 1 0 897
1959 24 WSH AL 25 97 80 9 15 1 0 0 2 1 1 14 3 .188 .309 .200 .509 43 16 0 0 3 0 0 89
1959 24 BAL AL 80 152 138 22 32 4 2 0 6 4 0 13 5 .232 .296 .290 .586 64 40 4 0 0 1 0 789
1960 25 BAL AL 48 101 82 17 20 2 0 1 6 4 0 17 3 .244 .370 .305 .675 86 25 3 0 1 1 0 97/8
1961 26 LAA AL 144 535 427 92 123 21 3 7 41 11 3 96 40 .288 .420 .400 .821 112 171 3 3 7 2 1 *98/7
1962 27 LAA AL 160 718 614 115 160 29 6 5 42 15 6 95 36 .261 .360 .352 .712 96 216 7 1 7 1 3 *89
1963 28 LAA AL 154 684 578 92 176 26 5 6 47 17 10 92 37 .304 .402 .398 .800 132 230 5 3 10 1 5 *89/7 AS,MVP-14
1964 29 LAA AL 107 305 265 34 59 5 1 2 16 6 4 35 22 .223 .316 .272 .587 73 72 4 1 4 0 2 87/9
1965 30 CAL AL 122 421 360 41 100 17 2 4 21 12 1 51 17 .278 .370 .369 .740 114 133 6 2 8 0 0 98/7
1966 31 CAL AL 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /7
9 Seasons 988 3626 3077 485 831 130 24 28 214 77 33 477 195 .270 .369 .355 .724 103 1093 43 12 51 9 12
162 Game Avg. 162 595 505 80 136 21 4 5 35 13 5 78 32 .270 .369 .355 .724 103 179 7 2 8 1 2
CAL (6 yrs) 689 2666 2247 374 618 98 17 24 167 61 24 369 153 .275 .379 .366 .745 108 822 25 10 36 4 11
WSH (2 yrs) 171 707 610 72 161 26 5 3 35 8 9 78 34 .264 .348 .338 .685 92 206 11 2 14 3 1
BAL (2 yrs) 128 253 220 39 52 6 2 1 12 8 0 30 8 .236 .325 .295 .621 73 65 7 0 1 2 0

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
1958 23 WSH AL 610 417 69 4.4 96 .287 .275 .259 .354 .328 .358 .394 .712 .722 99 .514 1.5 0.2 .633 .202 .083 4.2
1959 24 TOT AL 249 180 18 2.7 97 .223 .216 .258 .301 .329 .257 .394 .558 .724 57 .288 -12.6 -1.3 .494 .183 .041 .0
1959 24 WSH AL 97 69 6 2.3 98 .195 .188 .260 .309 .332 .200 .398 .509 .729 43 .239 -5.9 -0.6 .455 .188 .013 .0
1959 24 BAL AL 152 111 12 2.9 96 .239 .232 .257 .296 .328 .290 .392 .586 .720 64 .319 -6.7 -0.7 .518 .181 .058 .0
1960 25 BAL AL 101 67 11 4.4 100 .241 .244 .262 .370 .336 .305 .401 .675 .737 86 .493 -0.7 -0.1 .708 .317 .061 1.6
1961 26 LAA AL 535 319 84 7.0 113 .304 .288 .276 .420 .353 .400 .430 .821 .783 112 .680 13.0 1.3 .897 .356 .112 8.6
1962 27 LAA AL 718 475 85 4.8 100 .270 .261 .260 .360 .331 .352 .404 .712 .735 96 .524 -0.1 0.0 .687 .261 .091 7.5
1963 28 LAA AL 684 428 100 6.3 89 .317 .304 .248 .402 .314 .398 .384 .800 .697 132 .678 29.9 3.1 .796 .265 .093 8.9
1964 29 LAA AL 305 218 25 3.1 87 .237 .223 .244 .316 .310 .272 .379 .587 .689 73 .359 -7.8 -0.8 .514 .189 .049 3.0
1965 30 CAL AL 421 275 55 5.4 89 .283 .278 .247 .370 .317 .369 .379 .740 .696 114 .629 8.9 0.9 .738 .264 .092 6.0
1966 31 CAL AL 3 3 0 0.0 87 .000 .000 .245 .000 .311 .000 .378 .000 .689 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
9 Seasons 3626 2382 447 5.0 97 .280 .270 .257 .369 .327 .355 .396 .724 .723 103 .566 31.4 3.2 .700 .254 .085 41.1
162 Game Avg. 595 391 73 5.0 97 .280 .270 .257 .369 .327 .355 .396 .724 .723 103 .566 5 1 .700 .254 .085 7
CAL (6 yrs) 2666 1718 349 5.5 97 .286 .275 .256 .379 .326 .366 .397 .745 .723 108 .601 43.2 4.4 .738 .271 .091 34.4
WSH (2 yrs) 707 486 75 4.1 97 .274 .264 .259 .348 .328 .338 .394 .685 .723 92 .481 -4.4 -0.4 .608 .200 .074 4.4
BAL (2 yrs) 253 178 23 3.5 98 .239 .236 .259 .325 .331 .295 .396 .621 .727 73 .390 -7.4 -0.8 .589 .232 .059 1.8

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
1963 LAA AL 28 as CF 4 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .750 1.250 3 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1958 23 WSH AL 610 0.5% 5.1% 10.5% 5.4% 23% 0.48 17.1 176.7 16.1 1.10 82%
1959 24 TOT AL 249 0.0% 3.2% 10.8% 2.8% 15% 0.30 27.3 27.3 1.47 85%
1959 24 WSH AL 97 0.0% 3.1% 14.4% 1.0% 7% 0.21 26.7 40.0 1.37 79%
1959 24 BAL AL 152 0.0% 3.3% 8.6% 4.0% 19% 0.38 27.6 23.0 1.54 88%
1960 25 BAL AL 101 1.0% 3.0% 16.8% 3.0% 15% 0.18 27.3 82.0 13.7 1.42 78%
1961 26 LAA AL 535 1.3% 7.5% 17.9% 5.8% 25% 0.42 10.7 61.0 10.4 1.12 71%
1962 27 LAA AL 718 0.7% 5.0% 13.2% 5.6% 25% 0.38 17.1 122.8 14.6 1.04 80%
1963 28 LAA AL 684 0.9% 5.4% 13.5% 5.4% 21% 0.40 15.6 96.3 12.3 1.24 78%
1964 29 LAA AL 305 0.7% 7.2% 11.5% 2.6% 14% 0.63 12.0 132.5 16.6 0.98 79%
1965 30 CAL AL 421 1.0% 4.0% 12.1% 5.5% 23% 0.33 21.2 90.0 17.1 1.18 81%
1966 31 CAL AL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0 67%
9 Seasons 3626 0.8% 5.4% 13.2% 5.0% 22% 0.41 15.8 109.9 14.4 1.15 79%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1958 23 WSH AL 14 0 29% 276 7 8 47% 7 8 0 1 0 1 1 0 7 14 52% 48 24 23 9 7 2 18 3 14
1959 24 TOT AL 3 0 42% 120 5 1 83% 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 47% 15 9 5 6 2 4 11 4 6
1959 24 WSH AL 2 0 31% 41 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 50% 6 3 2 3 1 2 1 0 1
1959 24 BAL AL 1 0 49% 79 4 0 100% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 46% 9 6 3 3 1 2 10 4 5
1960 25 BAL AL 2 0 44% 58 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 46% 7 4 3 3 3 0 3 0 3
1961 26 LAA AL 9 0 40% 298 11 3 79% 11 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 14 64% 41 19 22 6 2 4 20 2 17
1962 27 LAA AL 10 0 44% 344 15 6 71% 15 7 0 0 0 1 4 0 8 27 59% 43 25 18 9 4 5 40 8 31
1963 28 LAA AL 13 0 33% 346 17 10 63% 15 8 1 2 1 0 3 0 12 18 46% 53 32 21 12 7 5 28 10 17
1964 29 LAA AL 7 0 34% 139 6 4 60% 6 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 7 50% 23 12 11 1 1 0 10 4 6
1965 30 CAL AL 7 0 25% 207 12 1 92% 11 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 9 10 50% 28 16 11 4 1 3 14 4 9
1966 31 CAL AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 65 0 35% 1788 77 33 70% 74 33 2 3 1 2 15 0 52 101 53% 258 141 114 50 27 23 144 35 103
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1958 23 WSH AL 610 75% 146 4 2 0 0 3.32 3 0 7 3 0 1 2 0 15 11 73% 117 11 9% 60 22 37% 309 33 11% 17 5 29% 21 15 71% 0
1959 24 TOT AL 249 87% 47 29 6 0 2 1.67 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 41 4 10% 24 11 46% 130 8 6% 7 3 43% 13 9 69% 0
1959 24 WSH AL 97 78% 15 4 1 0 0 1.40 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 17 0 0% 12 5 42% 57 2 4% 4 1 25% 7 4 57% 0
1959 24 BAL AL 152 92% 32 25 5 0 2 1.71 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 4 17% 12 6 50% 73 6 8% 3 2 67% 6 5 83% 0
1960 25 BAL AL 101 84% 20 13 4 0 0 1.20 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 50% 24 3 13% 9 2 22% 62 6 10% 2 1 50% 4 2 50% 0
1961 26 LAA AL 523 71% 123 23 9 1 1 1.50 7 0 11 6 1 5 2 0 10 7 70% 88 3 3% 31 11 35% 285 39 14% 20 7 35% 23 13 57% 14
1962 27 LAA AL 695 69% 160 0 0 0 0 5 0 13 3 2 1 4 0 7 7 100% 76 7 9% 26 7 27% 310 40 13% 16 7 44% 29 9 31% 23
1963 28 LAA AL 680 63% 176 4 0 0 1 2.26 6 0 12 5 1 2 4 0 11 10 91% 85 5 6% 35 15 43% 296 43 15% 23 11 48% 30 13 43% 4
1964 29 LAA AL 305 76% 59 31 7 0 0 1.63 2 0 8 2 0 1 1 0 5 4 80% 50 4 8% 23 7 30% 147 14 10% 13 8 62% 18 6 33% 0
1965 30 CAL AL 421 86% 100 27 6 0 3 1.61 4 0 3 4 0 3 1 0 10 8 80% 68 6 9% 35 15 43% 193 18 9% 11 4 36% 19 10 53% 0
1966 31 CAL AL 3 100% 0 2 0 0 0 0.31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 3587 73% 831 133 34 1 7 1.62 28 1 65 24 4 13 15 0 63 51 81% 549 43 8% 243 90 37% 1733 201 12% 109 46 42% 157 77 49% 41
MLB Averages

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
1958 23 146 610 530 63 146 25 5 3 33 7 8 64 31 .275 .354 .358 .712 99 190 11 2 11 3 1
1959 24 251 859 748 94 193 30 7 3 41 12 9 91 39 .258 .338 .329 .667 87 246 15 2 14 4 1
1960 25 299 960 830 111 213 32 7 4 47 16 9 108 42 .257 .342 .327 .668 87 271 18 2 15 5 1
1961 26 443 1495 1257 203 336 53 10 11 88 27 12 204 82 .267 .370 .352 .722 96 442 21 5 22 7 2
1962 27 603 2213 1871 318 496 82 16 16 130 42 18 299 118 .265 .367 .352 .718 96 658 28 6 29 8 5
1963 28 757 2897 2449 410 672 108 21 22 177 59 28 391 155 .274 .375 .363 .738 104 888 33 9 39 9 10
1964 29 864 3202 2714 444 731 113 22 24 193 65 32 426 177 .269 .369 .354 .723 101 960 37 10 43 9 12
1965 30 986 3623 3074 485 831 130 24 28 214 77 33 477 194 .270 .370 .356 .725 103 1093 43 12 51 9 12
1966 31 988 3626 3077 485 831 130 24 28 214 77 33 477 195 .270 .369 .355 .724 103 1093 43 12 51 9 12

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
1958 23 153 640 564 72 163 28 6 3 38 8 71 32 .289 .369 .376 .745 78 146
1959 24 110 263 232 33 53 6 2 0 9 6 30 8 .228 .316 .272 .587 20 105
1960 25 50 109 88 18 23 2 0 1 6 5 20 3 .261 .394 .318 .713 12 48
1961 26 144 532 429 80 125 21 3 7 36 11 98 40 .291 .425 .403 .828 73 144
1962 27 160 732 627 119 173 31 6 5 43 16 103 36 .276 .378 .368 .747 88 160
1963 28 154 715 605 105 203 30 6 7 54 20 106 37 .336 .436 .440 .876 115 154
1964 29 106 318 275 41 70 6 1 2 19 7 42 22 .255 .355 .305 .661 30 107
1965 30 122 439 377 47 117 20 2 5 24 14 60 17 .310 .408 .414 .822 63 122
1966 31 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
9 Seasons 1001 3751 3200 515 927 144 26 30 229 87 530 196 .290 .392 .379 .771 479 988
162 Game Avg. 162 607 518 83 150 23 4 5 37 14 86 32 .290 .392 .379 .771 78 988

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1963 (CF)

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1958-AL-Rookie of the Year

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1963-AL-14-8%
0.08 Career Shares (949th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1963 AL--.305--4th

On-Base% s c a p y
1961 AL--.420--4th
1963 AL--.402--2nd

Games Played s c a p y
1962 AL--160--5th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1962 AL--718--7th
1963 AL--684--2nd

Runs Scored s c a p y
1962 AL--115--1st
1963 AL--92--2nd

Hits s c a p y
1963 AL--176--3rd

Doubles s c a p y
1958 AL--25--10th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1961 AL--96--6th
1962 AL--95--7th
1963 AL--92--2nd

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1958 AL--7--10th
1962 AL--15--9th
1963 AL--17--5th

Singles s c a p y
1958 AL--113--10th
1963 AL--139--1st

Runs Created s c a p y
1963 AL--100--5th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1963 AL--30--5th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1963 AL--3.1--5th

Times On Base s c a p y
1962 AL--256--9th
1963 AL--271--2nd

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1961 AL--.680--10th
1963 AL--.678--7th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1958 AL--11--4th
1963 AL--10--3rd

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1958 AL--8--4th
1963 AL--10--1st

AB per SO s c a p y
1958 AL--17.097--4th
1962 AL--17.056--5th
1963 AL--15.622--5th
Career--15.780--221st

Outs Made s c a p y
1962 AL--475--8th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 3 (471), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 24 (771), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 12 (1023), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1980), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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