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Joe Pepitone

Joseph Anthony Pepitone (Pepi)

Positions: First Baseman and Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 9, 1940 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: Jay HS (Brooklyn, NY)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1962
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Cubs/Astros/Braves 1962-1973

Final Game: May 25, 1973
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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
1958	17	NYY-min	D	16	53	53		17	4	1	1						.321	.321	.491	.811		26							AUB · NYPL
1959	18	NYY-min	C	123	508	508		144	35	12	14						.283	.283	.482	.766		245							FMH · NORL
1960	19	NYY-min	A	132	544	507	73	132	20	4	13	75	6		37	83	.260	.311	.393	.703		199							BNG · EL
1961	20	NYY-min	AA	123	531	484	86	153	24	7	21	87	1	2	33	40	.316	.364	.525	.888		254		6	3	5			AMA · TL
1962	21	NYY-min	AAA	46	188	178	28	56	6	5	8	27	0	2	8	10	.315	.346	.539	.885		96		1	0	1			RMD · IL
1962	21	NYY	AL	63	141	138	14	33	3	2	7	17	1	1	3	21	.239	.255	.442	.697	86	61	5	0	0	0	0	379/8
1963	22	NYY	AL	157	615	580	79	157	16	3	27	89	3	5	23	63	.271	.304	.448	.752	109	260	10	7	0	5	2	*39/8	AS,MVP-17
1964	23	NYY	AL	160	647	613	71	154	12	3	28	100	2	1	24	63	.251	.281	.418	.698	90	256	17	3	2	5	7	*38/9	AS
1965	24	NYY	AL	143	580	531	51	131	18	3	18	62	4	2	43	59	.247	.305	.394	.699	98	209	12	2	3	1	11	*39/87	AS,GG
1966	25	NYY	AL	152	621	585	85	149	21	4	31	83	4	3	29	58	.255	.290	.463	.753	118	271	14	2	0	5	6	*38/9	MVP-27,GG
1967	26	NYY	AL	133	544	501	45	126	18	3	13	64	1	3	34	62	.251	.301	.377	.678	104	189	16	3	3	4	4	*8/3
1968	27	NYY	AL	108	421	380	41	93	9	3	15	56	8	2	37	45	.245	.311	.403	.714	120	153	7	1	0	3	9	83/7
1969	28	NYY	AL	135	546	513	49	124	16	3	27	70	8	6	30	42	.242	.284	.442	.726	105	227	13	1	0	2	11	*3	GG
1970	29	TOT	NL	131	533	492	82	127	18	7	26	79	5	4	33	43	.258	.304	.482	.786	106	237	9	1	4	3	11	3879
1970	29	HOU	NL	75	299	279	44	70	9	5	14	35	5	2	18	28	.251	.298	.470	.767	106	131	7	1	0	1	9	379/8
1970	29	CHC	NL	56	234	213	38	57	9	2	12	44	0	2	15	15	.268	.313	.498	.811	105	106	2	0	4	2	2	83
1971	30	CHC	NL	115	460	427	50	131	19	4	16	61	1	2	24	41	.307	.347	.482	.830	122	206	14	4	2	3	8	38/7
1972	31	CHC	NL	66	233	214	23	56	5	0	8	21	1	2	13	22	.262	.309	.397	.706	92	85	4	3	0	3	4	3
1973	32	YKU	Fgn																										YKU · JPCL
1973	32	TOT	NL	34	134	123	16	34	3	0	3	19	3	1	9	7	.276	.328	.374	.702	89	46	3	1	0	1	0	3
1973	32	CHC	NL	31	122	112	16	30	3	0	3	18	3	1	8	6	.268	.320	.375	.695	87	42	1	1	0	1	0	3
1973	32	ATL	NL	3	12	11	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.364	.417	.364	.780	112	4	2	0	0	0	0	/3
1976	35	SDP-min	AAA	13	57	54	5	12	0	0	1	3	1	0	2	9	.222	.263	.278	.541		15		1	0	0			HAW · PCL
12 Yrs				1397	5475	5097	606	1315	158	35	219	721	41	32	302	526	.258	.301	.432	.733	105	2200	124	28	14	35	73
162 Game Avg.				162	635	591	70	152	18	4	25	84	5	4	35	61	.258	.301	.432	.733	105	255	14	3	2	4	8

NYY (8 yrs)				1051	4115	3841	435	967	113	24	166	541	31	23	223	413	.252	.294	.423	.718	105	1626	94	19	8	25	50
CHC (4 yrs)				268	1049	966	127	274	36	6	39	144	5	7	60	84	.284	.328	.454	.782	107	439	21	8	6	9	14
ATL (1 yr)				3	12	11	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.364	.417	.364	.780	112	4	2	0	0	0	0
HOU (1 yr)				75	299	279	44	70	9	5	14	35	5	2	18	28	.251	.298	.470	.767	106	131	7	1	0	1	9

NL (4 yrs)				346	1360	1256	171	348	45	11	53	180	10	9	79	113	.277	.322	.457	.779	107	574	30	9	6	10	23
AL (8 yrs)				1051	4115	3841	435	967	113	24	166	541	31	23	223	413	.252	.294	.423	.718	105	1626	94	19	8	25	50

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
1962	21	NYY	AL	63	141	-3	1	0	-2	-2	-6	-0.7	4	-2	-0.3	.490	.496	0.0	-0.5	-0	$	379/8
1963	22	NYY	AL	157	615	11	-1	1	9	-9	11	1.0	17	28	2.7	.508	.507	1.9	-0.2	19	$	*39/8	AS,MVP-17
1964	23	NYY	AL	160	647	-8	-3	-0	1	-10	-21	-2.7	18	-3	-0.9	.485	.485	-0.7	-1.2	-4	$	*38/9	AS
1965	24	NYY	AL	143	580	-2	0	-1	6	-9	-6	-0.8	16	10	0.8	.495	.496	0.3	-0.4	5	$	*39/87	AS,GG
1966	25	NYY	AL	152	621	11	-0	-0	6	-8	8	0.6	18	26	2.4	.506	.506	2.0	-0.4	20	$	*38/9	MVP-27,GG
1967	26	NYY	AL	133	544	1	-1	-2	-9	-1	-12	-1.7	15	3	-0.2	.489	.491	1.1	-1.4	12	$	*8/3
1968	27	NYY	AL	108	421	7	-0	1	-10	-2	-4	-0.6	12	8	0.5	.496	.497	1.9	-1.5	18	$	83/7
1969	28	NYY	AL	135	546	-2	-2	-1	4	-8	-9	-1.1	15	6	0.3	.492	.493	0.0	-0.5	2	$35,000	*3	GG
1970	29	HOU	NL	75	299	-1	1	0	-5	-4	-10	-0.9	9	-1	-0.1	.487	.494	0.4	-0.9	4	$	379/8
1970	29	CHC	NL	56	234	1	0	1	3	-1	4	0.5	7	11	1.1	.507	.503	0.7	0.3	7	$	83
1971	30	CHC	NL	115	460	8	-2	0	-6	-6	-5	-0.5	14	8	0.8	.495	.496	1.4	-1.3	14	$	38/7
1972	31	CHC	NL	66	233	-3	-1	0	-0	-3	-7	-0.8	7	-1	-0.1	.487	.495	-0.2	-0.3	-0	$	3
1973	32	CHC	NL	31	122	0	-0	0	-1	-2	-3	-0.3	4	1	0.0	.491	.498	0.1	-0.3	2	$	3
1973	32	ATL	NL	3	12	0	0	-0	-1	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.443	.499	0.0	-0.2	-0	$	/3
12 Seasons				1397	5475	19	-9	0	-6	-65	-61	-8.1	154	93	6.9	.495	.497	8.9	-8.8	99	$35,000

NYY (8 yrs)				1051	4115	14	-7	-2	4	-48	-39	-5.9	115	76	5.3	.496	.497	6.5	-6.1	72	$35,000
CHC (4 yrs)				268	1049	6	-4	2	-4	-12	-11	-1.1	30	19	1.8	.495	.498	2.0	-1.6	23	$
ATL (1 yr)				3	12	0	0	-0	-1	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.443	.499	0.0	-0.2	-0	$
HOU (1 yr)				75	299	-1	1	0	-5	-4	-10	-0.9	9	-1	-0.1	.487	.494	0.4	-0.9	4	$

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
1962	21	NYY	AL	141	111	13	3.2	101	.236	.239	.261	.255	.333	.442	.406	.697	.739	86	.337	-4.2	-0.4	.577	.225	.203	1.8
1963	22	NYY	AL	615	443	76	4.6	94	.263	.271	.254	.304	.320	.448	.393	.752	.713	109	.544	4.3	0.4	.658	.214	.178	5.4
1964	23	NYY	AL	647	484	67	3.7	98	.239	.251	.258	.281	.327	.418	.401	.698	.728	90	.442	-11.8	-1.2	.595	.207	.166	3.7
1965	24	NYY	AL	580	418	62	4.0	91	.248	.247	.250	.305	.319	.394	.383	.699	.702	98	.495	-2.7	-0.3	.618	.232	.147	6.5
1966	25	NYY	AL	621	458	74	4.4	86	.236	.255	.242	.290	.308	.463	.374	.753	.682	118	.550	10.4	1.1	.669	.260	.209	7.1
1967	26	NYY	AL	544	401	53	3.6	80	.263	.251	.238	.301	.306	.377	.357	.678	.663	104	.479	1.6	0.2	.569	.190	.126	1.9
1968	27	NYY	AL	421	299	48	4.3	76	.241	.245	.232	.311	.301	.403	.344	.714	.645	120	.594	8.4	0.9	.666	.271	.158	10.4
1969	28	NYY	AL	546	410	59	3.9	91	.217	.242	.250	.284	.326	.442	.377	.726	.703	105	.462	-1.0	-0.1	.637	.263	.201	12.3
1970	29	TOT	NL	533	385	70	4.9	105	.237	.258	.270	.304	.343	.482	.412	.786	.755	106	.523	0.3	0.0	.720	.293	.224	8.4
1970	29	HOU	NL	299	219	37	4.5	100	.235	.251	.262	.298	.334	.470	.401	.767	.735	106	.489	0.2	0.0	.702	.294	.219	7.4
1970	29	CHC	NL	234	166	33	5.4	112	.239	.268	.280	.313	.354	.498	.427	.811	.781	105	.564	0.1	0.0	.744	.291	.230	.0
1971	30	CHC	NL	460	317	67	5.7	102	.308	.307	.274	.347	.342	.482	.401	.830	.744	122	.648	11.2	1.2	.747	.230	.176	1.9
1972	31	CHC	NL	233	167	26	4.2	100	.257	.262	.268	.309	.337	.397	.395	.706	.733	92	.517	-2.9	-0.3	.610	.192	.136	1.8
1973	32	TOT	NL	134	94	15	4.3	102	.272	.276	.271	.328	.341	.374	.402	.702	.743	89	.502	-2.0	-0.2	.624	.187	.098	3.0
1973	32	CHC	NL	122	85	14	4.4	102	.260	.268	.270	.320	.341	.375	.402	.695	.743	87	.517	-2.2	-0.2	.631	.196	.107	3.0
1973	32	ATL	NL	12	9	1	3.0	103	.400	.364	.272	.417	.342	.364	.404	.780	.746	112	.342	0.2	0.0	.556	.091	.000
12 Yrs				5475	3987	630	4.3	93	.250	.258	.253	.301	.323	.432	.385	.733	.708	105	.518	11.5	1.3	.645	.235	.174	69.1
162 Game Avg.				635	462	73	4.3	93	.250	.258	.253	.301	.323	.432	.385	.733	.708	105	.518	1	0	.645	.235	.174	8

NYY (8 yrs)				4115	3024	452	4.0	89	.244	.252	.248	.294	.317	.423	.379	.718	.695	105	.501	5.0	0.6	.627	.232	.172	52.2
CHC (4 yrs)				1049	735	140	5.1	104	.276	.284	.273	.328	.344	.454	.406	.782	.749	107	.588	6.2	0.6	.701	.231	.171	8.9
ATL (1 yr)				12	9	1	3.0	103	.400	.364	.272	.417	.342	.364	.404	.780	.746	112	.342	0.2	0.0	.556	.091	.000
HOU (1 yr)				299	219	37	4.5	100	.235	.251	.262	.298	.334	.470	.401	.767	.735	106	.490	0.2	0.0	.702	.294	.219	7.4

NL (4 yrs)				1360	963	178	5.0	103	.268	.277	.271	.322	.342	.457	.405	.779	.746	107	.565	6.6	0.7	.700	.244	.180	16.8
AL (8 yrs)				4115	3024	452	4.0	89	.244	.252	.248	.294	.317	.423	.379	.718	.695	105	.501	5.0	0.6	.627	.232	.172	52.2

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP
1963	22	NYY	AL	WS	LAD	L	4	15	13	0	2	0	0	0	1	3	.154	.267	.154	.421	2	1
1964	23	NYY	AL	WS	STL	L	7	29	26	1	4	1	1	5	2	3	.154	.241	.308	.549	8	1
2 Yrs (2 Series)							11	44	39	1	6	1	1	5	3	6	.154	.250	.256	.506	10	2
2 WS							11	44	39	1	6	1	1	5	3	6	.154	.250	.256	.506	10	2

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	IBB
1963	NYY	AL	22	as 1B	4	4	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1964	NYY	AL	23		0	0	0
1965	NYY	AL	24		1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
3 Yrs (3 GP)					5	5	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1962	21	NYY	AL	141	5.0%	14.9%	2.1%	8.5%	36%	7.00	6.6	19.7	8.1	0.89	78%
1963	22	NYY	AL	615	4.4%	10.2%	3.7%	7.5%	29%	2.74	9.2	21.5	6.5	0.81	80%
1964	23	NYY	AL	647	4.3%	9.7%	3.7%	6.7%	28%	2.63	9.7	21.9	6.1	1.01	81%
1965	24	NYY	AL	580	3.1%	10.2%	7.4%	6.7%	30%	1.37	9.0	29.5	8.6	0.79	78%
1966	25	NYY	AL	621	5.0%	9.3%	4.7%	9.0%	38%	2.00	10.1	18.9	7.0	0.81	81%
1967	26	NYY	AL	544	2.4%	11.4%	6.3%	6.3%	27%	1.82	8.1	38.5	7.8	0.87	79%
1968	27	NYY	AL	421	3.6%	10.7%	8.8%	6.4%	29%	1.22	8.4	25.3	6.8	0.96	77%
1969	28	NYY	AL	546	5.0%	7.7%	5.5%	8.4%	37%	1.40	12.2	19.0	7.3	0.76	82%
1970	29	TOT	NL	533	4.9%	8.1%	6.2%	9.6%	40%	1.30	11.4	18.9	6.2	0.87	80%
1970	29	HOU	NL	299	4.7%	9.4%	6.0%	9.4%	40%	1.56	10.0	19.9	8.0	0.84	80%
1970	29	CHC	NL	234	5.1%	6.4%	6.4%	9.8%	40%	1.00	14.2	17.8	4.8	0.91	80%
1971	30	CHC	NL	460	3.5%	8.9%	5.2%	8.5%	30%	1.71	10.4	26.7	7.0	0.92	81%
1972	31	CHC	NL	233	3.4%	9.4%	5.6%	5.6%	23%	1.69	9.7	26.8	10.2	0.52	80%
1973	32	TOT	NL	134	2.2%	5.2%	6.7%	4.5%	18%	0.78	17.6	41.0	6.5	0.98	85%
1973	32	CHC	NL	122	2.5%	4.9%	6.6%	4.9%	20%	0.75	18.7	37.3	6.2	0.97	85%
1973	32	ATL	NL	12	0.0%	8.3%	8.3%	0.0%	0%	1.00	11.0		11.0	1.00	83%
12 Yrs				5475	4.0%	9.6%	5.5%	7.5%	31%	1.74	9.7	23.3	7.1	0.85	80%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.0%	8.4%	6.1%	27%	1.80	5.9	42.7	9.1	1.11	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1962	21	NYY	AL	-4.0	-0.4	144	0.2	3.0	-2.7	1.05	-0.2	0.4	-3.0	-0.3	0.92	-3.5	0.85	19
1963	22	NYY	AL	3.6	0.4	627	1.6	12.1	-10.6	1.03	1.1	0.5	9.1	0.9	1.00	13.5	0.79	9
1964	23	NYY	AL	-11.1	-1.1	653	-0.6	11.9	-12.6	1.07	0.1	-0.7	-0.5	-0.0	1.00	0.1	1.23	3
1965	24	NYY	AL	-2.7	-0.3	593	-0.3	10.1	-10.4	1.06	-0.4	0.2	3.0	0.3	0.95	-1.6	2.68	2
1966	25	NYY	AL	10.4	1.1	634	-0.3	12.9	-13.2	1.15	1.1	-1.4	3.8	0.4	0.98	11.9	1.65	1
1967	26	NYY	AL	1.6	0.2	555	-0.3	10.2	-10.5	1.09	0.2	-0.5	-1.9	-0.2	1.01	1.8	1.68	4
1968	27	NYY	AL	7.9	0.9	439	1.8	9.2	-7.4	1.08	1.7	-0.0	17.5	2.0	0.98	17.5	1.14	5
1969	28	NYY	AL	-1.0	-0.1	563	0.3	11.6	-11.3	1.12	-0.0	0.3	-10.4	-1.1	0.97	1.1	3.00	4
1970	29	TOT	NL	0.3	0.0	550	-1.0	9.1	-10.1	1.03	0.6	-1.5	6.0	0.5	1.01	13.6	1.08	2
1970	29	HOU	NL	0.2	0.0	311	-1.5	4.5	-6.1	1.06	0.2	-1.6	-2.7	-0.3	1.01	5.8	1.08	2
1970	29	CHC	NL	0.1	0.0	239	0.6	4.6	-4.0	1.00	0.4	0.2	8.7	0.8	1.02	7.8		0
1971	30	CHC	NL	11.2	1.2	468	0.9	9.5	-8.5	1.04	1.4	-0.5	6.6	0.7	0.99	18.0	2.37	2
1972	31	CHC	NL	-2.9	-0.3	237	-1.1	3.6	-4.6	1.09	-0.2	-0.8	-6.4	-0.6	0.98	-1.6	2.09	5
1973	32	TOT	NL	-2.0	-0.2	140	1.2	3.2	-2.0	1.06	0.3	0.9	4.7	0.5	1.00	2.7	2.20	3
1973	32	CHC	NL	-2.2	-0.2	128	1.2	3.1	-1.9	1.09	0.3	0.8	4.1	0.4	1.01	2.7	2.20	3
1973	32	ATL	NL	0.2	0.0	12	0.0	0.2	-0.1	.72	-0.0	0.0	0.6	0.1	0.82	-0.0		0
12 Yrs				11.3	1.3	5603	2.5	106.4	-103.9	1.07	5.6	-3.2	28.6	3.0	0.99	73.6	1.40	59

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CS3	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1962	21	NYY	AL	2	24%	44	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	50%	3	1	2	1	1	0	2	1	1
1963	22	NYY	AL	14	33%	221	3	5	38%	3	4	1	0	0	0	9	11	50%	35	19	15	7	5	2	10	1	9
1964	23	NYY	AL	9	28%	212	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	7	7	34%	36	25	9	10	7	2	13	3	9
1965	24	NYY	AL	8	21%	177	4	2	67%	4	1	0	1	1	0	5	11	46%	28	18	10	4	2	2	7	1	6
1966	25	NYY	AL	7	36%	182	4	3	57%	4	3	0	0	1	0	7	13	60%	27	14	13	5	1	4	15	3	11
1967	26	NYY	AL	5	21%	169	1	3	25%	1	3	0	0	0	0	7	13	52%	28	13	14	1	0	1	13	5	7
1968	27	NYY	AL	5	22%	145	8	2	80%	8	2	0	0	1	0	7	12	37%	19	12	7	4	4	0	7	2	4
1969	28	NYY	AL	4	17%	169	8	6	57%	8	5	1	0	2	2	4	4	42%	26	20	6	3	3	0	12	0	11
1970	29	TOT	NL	6	42%	171	5	4	56%	5	4	0	0	0	0	3	15	44%	24	15	9	5	3	2	10	4	6
1970	29	HOU	NL	3	40%	92	5	2	71%	5	2	0	0	0	0	2	9	36%	12	9	3	2	1	1	8	4	4
1970	29	CHC	NL	3	43%	79	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	6	53%	12	6	6	3	2	1	2	0	2
1971	30	CHC	NL	2	24%	180	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	5	9	31%	18	12	5	6	5	1	11	4	5
1972	31	CHC	NL	2	23%	83	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	36%	12	11	1	0	0	0	10	2	7
1973	32	TOT	NL	4	32%	43	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	3	39%	6	5	1	1	1	0	6	1	4
1973	32	CHC	NL	4	36%	40	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	3	39%	6	5	1	1	1	0	6	1	4
1973	32	ATL	NL	0	0%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12 Yrs				68	27%	1796	41	32	56%	41	29	2	1	7	2	58	105	44%	262	165	92	47	32	14	116	27	80

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
1962	21	NYY	AL	141	89%	33			19	5	2	2	0.85	7	0	1	6	1	5	2	0	0	0		31	5	16%	19	4	21%	81	10	12%	6	1	17%	9	4	44%	0
1963	22	NYY	AL	615	69%	157			9	1	0	1	0.79	27	1	19	21	6	17	10	1	1	0	0%	133	10	8%	63	21	33%	427	63	15%	46	21	46%	21	12	57%	0
1964	23	NYY	AL	647	65%	154			3	1	0	1	1.23	28	1	19	21	7	14	14	0	2	2	100%	141	17	12%	71	18	25%	474	75	16%	39	19	49%	26	14	54%	0
1965	24	NYY	AL	580	66%	131			2	0	0	0	2.68	18	1	11	16	2	14	4	0	3	3	100%	119	12	10%	44	10	23%	367	47	13%	26	13	50%	14	8	57%	0
1966	25	NYY	AL	621	66%	149			1	0	0	0	1.65	31	0	12	19	12	16	15	0	0	0		116	14	12%	55	14	25%	403	56	14%	41	21	51%	10	4	40%	0
1967	26	NYY	AL	544	62%	126			4	1	1	1	1.68	13	0	19	10	3	9	4	0	3	3	100%	106	16	15%	57	15	26%	379	53	14%	29	13	45%	29	13	45%	0
1968	27	NYY	AL	421	78%	93			5	0	0	0	1.14	15	1	9	14	1	6	9	0	0	0		83	7	8%	36	9	25%	259	45	17%	30	13	43%	17	8	47%	0
1969	28	NYY	AL	546	60%	124			4	2	1	1	3.00	27	1	11	19	8	15	12	0	0	0		96	13	14%	55	12	22%	352	43	12%	30	9	30%	18	10	56%	0
1970	29	TOT	NL	533	76%	127			2	0	0	0	1.08	26	2	17	21	5	10	16	1	5	4	80%	127	9	7%	58	14	24%	383	56	15%	28	15	54%	24	12	50%	0
1970	29	HOU	NL	299	76%	70			2	0	0	0	1.08	14	1	8	12	2	6	8	0	0	0		68	7	10%	31	6	19%	202	23	11%	15	7	47%	13	6	46%	0
1970	29	CHC	NL	234	76%	57			0	0	0	0		12	1	9	9	3	4	8	1	5	4	80%	59	2	3%	27	8	30%	181	33	18%	13	8	62%	11	6	55%	0
1971	30	CHC	NL	460	74%	131			2	1	0	1	2.37	16	0	9	13	3	7	9	0	4	2	50%	109	14	13%	46	14	30%	316	47	15%	38	16	42%	14	9	64%	0
1972	31	CHC	NL	233	79%	56			5	1	0	0	2.09	8	0	6	7	1	3	5	0	1	0	0%	50	4	8%	18	6	33%	164	15	9%	11	6	55%	5	5	100%	0
1973	32	TOT	NL	134	78%	34			3	1	0	1	2.20	3	0	2	3	0	0	3	0	0	0		32	3	9%	12	4	33%	96	16	17%	14	7	50%	5	3	60%	0
1973	32	CHC	NL	122	79%	30			3	1	0	1	2.20	3	0	2	3	0	0	3	0	0	0		29	1	3%	12	4	33%	89	15	17%	14	7	50%	5	3	60%	0
1973	32	ATL	NL	12	75%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	2	67%	0	0		7	1	14%	0	0		0	0		0
12 Yrs				5475	69%	1315			59	13	4	8	1.40	219	7	135	170	49	116	103	2	19	14	74%	1143	124	11%	534	141	26%	3701	526	14%	338	154	46%	192	102	53%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			76%			11%			30%			14%			47%			52%

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
1962	21	63	141	138	14	33	3	2	7	17	1	1	3	21	.239	.255	.442	.697	86	61	5	0	0	0	0
1963	22	220	756	718	93	190	19	5	34	106	4	6	26	84	.265	.295	.447	.742	105	321	15	7	0	5	2
1964	23	380	1403	1331	164	344	31	8	62	206	6	7	50	147	.258	.288	.434	.722	98	577	32	10	2	10	9
1965	24	523	1983	1862	215	475	49	11	80	268	10	9	93	206	.255	.293	.422	.715	98	786	44	12	5	11	20
1966	25	675	2604	2447	300	624	70	15	111	351	14	12	122	264	.255	.292	.432	.724	103	1057	58	14	5	16	26
1967	26	808	3148	2948	345	750	88	18	124	415	15	15	156	326	.254	.294	.423	.717	103	1246	74	17	8	20	30
1968	27	916	3569	3328	386	843	97	21	139	471	23	17	193	371	.253	.296	.420	.716	105	1399	81	18	8	23	39
1969	28	1051	4115	3841	435	967	113	24	166	541	31	23	223	413	.252	.294	.423	.718	105	1626	94	19	8	25	50
1970	29	1182	4648	4333	517	1094	131	31	192	620	36	27	256	456	.252	.295	.430	.725	105	1863	103	20	12	28	61
1971	30	1297	5108	4760	567	1225	150	35	208	681	37	29	280	497	.257	.300	.435	.735	106	2069	117	24	14	31	69
1972	31	1363	5341	4974	590	1281	155	35	216	702	38	31	293	519	.258	.300	.433	.734	106	2154	121	27	14	34	73
1973	32	1397	5475	5097	606	1315	158	35	219	721	41	32	302	526	.258	.301	.432	.733	105	2200	124	28	14	35	73

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
1962	21	63	142	139	14	34	3	2	7	17	1	3	21	.245	.261	.446	.707	16	63
1963	22	157	625	589	87	166	17	3	29	97	3	24	63	.282	.315	.469	.784	85	157
1964	23	159	650	615	75	159	12	3	29	106	2	25	63	.259	.289	.429	.718	76	160
1965	24	143	593	541	58	141	19	3	19	70	4	46	59	.261	.320	.412	.733	72	143
1966	25	153	646	606	102	167	24	4	35	100	4	33	58	.276	.313	.502	.814	95	152
1967	26	133	568	519	57	144	21	3	15	80	1	39	62	.277	.329	.416	.745	71	133
1968	27	108	448	399	56	112	11	4	18	76	10	45	45	.281	.353	.464	.816	65	108
1969	28	135	556	521	55	132	17	3	29	78	9	32	42	.253	.297	.464	.761	72	135
1970	29	131	529	489	78	124	18	7	25	75	5	32	43	.254	.299	.472	.771	69	131
1971	30	115	460	427	50	131	19	4	16	61	1	24	41	.307	.347	.482	.830	71	115
1972	31	69	245	225	25	60	5	0	9	23	1	14	23	.267	.314	.409	.723	28	66
1973	32	34	134	123	16	34	3	0	3	19	3	9	7	.276	.328	.374	.702	15	34
12 Yrs		1400	5596	5193	673	1404	169	36	234	802	44	326	527	.270	.315	.452	.767	735	1397
162 Game Avg.		162	648	601	78	162	20	4	27	93	5	38	61	.270	.315	.452	.767	85	1397

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1979 BBWAA ()	All-Star Games 1963 (1B) 1964 * 1965 *	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1963 AL (17, 4%) 1966 AL (27, 1%) 0.05 Career Shares (1113th)	Gold Gloves 1965 AL (1B) 1966 AL (1B) 1969 AL (1B) All multiple winners
Games Played s c a p y 1963 AL 157 (6th) 1964 AL 160 (7th)	At Bats s c a p y 1964 AL 613 (7th)	Runs Scored s c a p y 1966 AL 85 (9th)	Total Bases s c a p y 1963 AL 260 (9th) 1966 AL 271 (8th)
Home Runs s c a p y 1963 AL 27 (6th) 1964 AL 28 (10th) 1966 AL 31 (5th)	Runs Batted In s c a p y 1963 AL 89 (7th) 1964 AL 100 (6th)	Extra Base Hits s c a p y 1966 AL 56 (9th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1963 AL 7 (9th)
Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y 1965 AL 11 (5th) 1968 AL 9 (10th) Career 73 (212th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1964 AL 17 (8th) 1967 AL 16 (3rd)	AB per SO s c a p y 1966 AL 10.1 (7th) 1969 AL 12.2 (8th) 1970 NL 11.4 (8th)	AB per HR s c a p y 1966 AL 18.9 (10th) Career 23.3 (237th)
Outs Made s c a p y 1964 AL 484 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 26 (879), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 20 (820), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 11 (1568), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Willie Horton (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Curt Blefary (943) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tony Horton (951) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jeff Burroughs (944) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Sammy Sosa (936) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
George Scott (936) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
George Scott (934) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
George Scott (927) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jeff Burroughs (931) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jeff Burroughs (918) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Don Baylor (921) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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