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Johnny Pesky

John Michael Pesky (The Needle)
born John Michael Paveskovich

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 168 lb.

Born: September 27, 1919 in Portland, OR
High School: Lincoln HS (Portland, OR)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1942
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Tigers/Senators 1942-1954

Final Game: September 24, 1954
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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
1942 22 BOS AL 147 686 620 105 205 29 9 2 51 12 7 42 36 .331 .375 .416 .791 119 258 8 2 22 *6 MVP-3
1943 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1944 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946 26 BOS AL 153 703 621 115 208 43 4 2 55 9 8 65 29 .335 .401 .427 .827 125 265 8 3 14 *6 AS,MVP-4
1947 27 BOS AL 155 719 638 106 207 27 8 0 39 12 9 72 22 .324 .393 .392 .785 112 250 10 0 9 *65 MVP-18
1948 28 BOS AL 143 677 565 124 159 26 6 3 55 3 5 99 32 .281 .394 .365 .759 98 206 10 6 7 *5
1949 29 BOS AL 148 712 604 111 185 27 7 2 69 8 4 100 19 .306 .408 .384 .792 104 232 12 4 5 *5
1950 30 BOS AL 127 605 490 112 153 22 6 1 49 2 1 104 31 .312 .437 .388 .825 104 190 13 5 6 *5/6
1951 31 BOS AL 131 573 480 93 150 20 6 3 41 2 2 84 15 .313 .417 .398 .815 112 191 10 2 7 *65/4 MVP-26
1952 32 TOT AL 94 307 244 36 55 6 0 1 11 1 5 56 16 .225 .372 .262 .634 77 64 3 1 6 645
1952 32 BOS AL 25 84 67 10 10 2 0 0 2 0 3 15 5 .149 .313 .179 .492 36 12 1 1 1 5/6
1952 32 DET AL 69 223 177 26 45 4 0 1 9 1 2 41 11 .254 .394 .294 .688 93 52 2 0 5 64/5
1953 33 DET AL 103 342 308 43 90 22 1 2 24 3 7 27 10 .292 .353 .390 .743 102 120 4 2 5 4
1954 34 TOT AL 69 191 175 22 43 4 3 1 10 1 1 13 8 .246 .296 .320 .616 73 56 4 0 2 1 4/6
1954 34 DET AL 20 20 17 5 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 .176 .300 .353 .653 80 6 2 0 0 0
1954 34 WSH AL 49 171 158 17 40 4 3 0 9 1 1 10 7 .253 .296 .316 .612 72 50 2 0 2 1 4/6
10 Yrs 1270 5515 4745 867 1455 226 50 17 404 53 49 662 218 .307 .394 .386 .780 107 1832 82 25 83 1
162 Game Avg. 162 703 605 111 186 29 6 2 52 7 6 84 28 .307 .394 .386 .780 107 234 10 3 11
BOS (8 yrs) 1029 4759 4085 776 1277 196 46 13 361 48 39 581 189 .313 .401 .393 .794 110 1604 72 23 71
DET (3 yrs) 192 585 502 74 138 26 1 4 34 4 9 71 22 .275 .367 .355 .722 99 178 8 2 10 0
WSH (1 yr) 49 171 158 17 40 4 3 0 9 1 1 10 7 .253 .296 .316 .612 72 50 2 0 2 1

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
1942 22 BOS AL 147 686 15 0 0 10 10 35 3.8 14 49 5.2 .525 .523 4.1 2.2 39 $ *6 MVP-3
1946 26 BOS AL 153 703 23 -0 0 9 10 42 4.6 18 60 6.4 .530 .528 5.4 2.2 51 $ *6 AS,MVP-4
1947 27 BOS AL 155 719 13 -0 0 -1 9 20 2.1 18 39 3.9 .514 .514 4.1 0.8 40 $ *65 MVP-18
1948 28 BOS AL 143 677 4 4 2 5 0 15 1.5 17 32 3.2 .510 .509 2.6 0.5 27 $ *5
1949 29 BOS AL 148 712 9 5 3 5 0 21 2.1 18 39 3.9 .514 .513 3.4 0.5 34 $ *5
1950 30 BOS AL 127 605 11 2 1 2 0 17 1.6 16 33 3.2 .512 .510 2.9 0.3 31 $ *5/6
1951 31 BOS AL 131 573 14 1 2 2 7 26 2.6 15 41 4.1 .520 .516 3.8 0.9 39 $ *65/4 MVP-26
1952 32 BOS AL 25 84 -5 -2 0 -1 0 -7 -0.8 2 -5 -0.6 .468 .495 -0.5 -0.1 -4 $ 5/6
1952 32 DET AL 69 223 1 1 0 -6 4 -0 -0.1 6 6 0.6 .499 .500 1.2 -0.3 12 $ 64/5
1953 33 DET AL 103 342 3 -2 1 -5 3 0 0.0 9 9 1.0 .500 .500 1.5 -0.2 14 $ 4
1954 34 DET AL 20 20 -1 -0 -0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .493 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $
1954 34 WSH AL 49 171 -8 0 1 -3 1 -8 -0.9 5 -4 -0.4 .482 .495 0.0 -0.2 -0 $ 4/6
10 Seasons 1270 5515 79 9 11 17 44 159 16.4 140 299 30.4 .513 .508 28.4 6.5 282 $
BOS (8 yrs) 1029 4759 83 10 9 31 36 169 17.4 119 288 29.3 .517 .513 25.8 7.2 257 $
DET (3 yrs) 192 585 3 -2 1 -11 6 -2 -0.2 16 14 1.5 .499 .500 2.6 -0.5 25 $
WSH (1 yr) 49 171 -8 0 1 -3 1 -8 -0.9 5 -4 -0.4 .482 .495 0.0 -0.2 -0 $

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
1942 22 BOS AL 686 452 96 5.7 98 .349 .331 .270 .375 .345 .416 .378 .791 .724 119 .644 14.3 1.5 .714 .161 .085 3.4
1946 26 BOS AL 703 443 104 6.3 101 .349 .335 .271 .401 .346 .427 .389 .827 .735 125 .679 24.4 2.5 .779 .198 .092 3.3
1947 27 BOS AL 719 459 98 5.7 102 .336 .324 .271 .393 .352 .392 .389 .785 .741 112 .638 12.7 1.3 .722 .185 .067 .0
1948 28 BOS AL 677 428 79 4.9 110 .294 .281 .279 .394 .365 .365 .403 .759 .768 98 .530 2.9 0.3 .734 .255 .083 3.0
1949 29 BOS AL 712 440 94 5.7 113 .314 .306 .280 .408 .374 .384 .407 .792 .781 104 .597 7.3 0.7 .782 .250 .078 3.2
1950 30 BOS AL 605 357 82 6.1 122 .332 .312 .290 .437 .379 .388 .435 .825 .814 104 .593 10.0 0.9 .855 .290 .076 1.3
1951 31 BOS AL 573 349 79 6.1 110 .318 .313 .279 .417 .362 .398 .409 .815 .771 112 .633 12.7 1.3 .810 .260 .085 2.4
1952 32 TOT AL 307 203 23 3.1 98 .238 .225 .262 .372 .342 .262 .383 .634 .725 77 .364 -4.2 -0.5 .594 .250 .037 1.0
1952 32 BOS AL 84 62 3 1.3 102 .161 .149 .268 .313 .349 .179 .391 .492 .740 36 .108 -5.4 -0.6 .410 .209 .030
1952 32 DET AL 223 141 20 3.8 96 .267 .254 .260 .394 .340 .294 .380 .688 .720 93 .463 1.2 0.1 .676 .266 .040 1.0
1953 33 DET AL 342 234 40 4.6 101 .297 .292 .267 .353 .343 .390 .393 .743 .737 102 .513 1.6 0.2 .633 .172 .097 2.4
1954 34 TOT AL 191 140 17 3.3 95 .251 .246 .260 .296 .335 .320 .380 .616 .715 73 .380 -7.1 -0.7 .504 .149 .074 1.0
1954 34 DET AL 20 16 2 3.4 98 .133 .176 .264 .300 .340 .353 .386 .653 .726 80 .392 -0.5 -0.1 .563 .353 .176 .0
1954 34 WSH AL 171 124 15 3.2 95 .263 .253 .259 .296 .334 .316 .379 .612 .713 72 .377 -6.5 -0.7 .496 .127 .063 .0
10 Yrs 5515 3505 712 5.4 106 .319 .307 .275 .394 .357 .386 .398 .780 .755 107 .594 74.6 7.5 .738 .220 .079 25.7
162 Game Avg. 703 447 91 5.4 106 .319 .307 .275 .394 .357 .386 .398 .780 .755 107 .594 10 1 .738 .220 .079 3
BOS (8 yrs) 4759 2990 635 5.7 107 .326 .313 .276 .401 .360 .393 .400 .794 .760 110 .611 78.9 7.9 .760 .224 .080 20.5
DET (3 yrs) 585 391 62 4.3 99 .282 .275 .265 .367 .342 .355 .388 .722 .730 99 .493 2.2 0.2 .646 .211 .080 4.0
WSH (1 yr) 171 124 15 3.2 95 .263 .253 .259 .296 .334 .316 .379 .612 .713 72 .378 -6.5 -0.7 .496 .127 .063 .0

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
1946 26 BOS AL WS STL L 7 31 30 2 7 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 .233 .258 .233 .491 7 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 7 31 30 2 7 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 .233 .258 .233 .491 7 0 0 0 0 0

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
1946 BOS AL 26 as SS 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 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
1942 22 BOS AL 686 0.3% 5.3% 6.1% 5.8% 20% 0.86 17.2 310.0 12.2 85%
1946 26 BOS AL 703 0.3% 4.1% 9.3% 7.0% 24% 0.45 21.4 310.5 11.3 84%
1947 27 BOS AL 719 0.0% 3.1% 10.0% 4.9% 17% 0.31 29.0 16.4 86%
1948 28 BOS AL 677 0.4% 4.7% 14.6% 5.2% 22% 0.32 17.7 188.3 10.3 0.95 78%
1949 29 BOS AL 712 0.3% 2.7% 14.0% 5.1% 20% 0.19 31.8 302.0 8.8 1.10 82%
1950 30 BOS AL 605 0.2% 5.1% 17.2% 4.8% 19% 0.30 15.8 490.0 10.0 1.07 76%
1951 31 BOS AL 573 0.5% 2.6% 14.7% 5.1% 19% 0.18 32.0 160.0 11.7 1.08 81%
1952 32 TOT AL 307 0.3% 5.2% 18.2% 2.3% 13% 0.29 15.3 244.0 22.2 0.98 74%
1952 32 BOS AL 84 0.0% 6.0% 17.9% 2.4% 20% 0.33 13.4 33.5 0.74 74%
1952 32 DET AL 223 0.5% 4.9% 18.4% 2.2% 11% 0.27 16.1 177.0 19.7 1.12 74%
1953 33 DET AL 342 0.6% 2.9% 7.9% 7.3% 28% 0.37 30.8 154.0 12.8 0.80 87%
1954 34 TOT AL 191 0.5% 4.2% 6.8% 4.2% 19% 0.62 21.9 175.0 17.5 1.24 87%
1954 34 DET AL 20 5.0% 5.0% 15.0% 5.0% 33% 0.33 17.0 17.0 17.0 6.50 75%
1954 34 WSH AL 171 0.0% 4.1% 5.9% 4.1% 18% 0.70 22.6 17.6 1.05 89%
10 Yrs 5515 0.3% 4.0% 12.0% 5.3% 20% 0.33 21.8 279.1 11.7 1.02 82%
MLB Averages 1.6% 9.6% 9.4% 6.1% 27% 1.03 9.2 55.8 8.4 0.97 77%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1942 22 BOS AL 14.3 1.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 26 BOS AL 24.4 2.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 27 BOS AL 12.7 1.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 28 BOS AL 2.9 0.3 527 1.6 8.4 -6.8 .91 1.2 0.5 12.7 1.2 0.98 12.7 6.07 1
1949 29 BOS AL 7.3 0.7 675 2.8 12.4 -9.7 .99 1.5 1.2 27.2 2.5 0.99 16.8 0
1950 30 BOS AL 9.3 0.9 533 2.1 9.7 -7.6 .97 1.9 0.2 26.1 2.3 1.00 22.3 0.89 2
1951 31 BOS AL 12.7 1.3 579 3.1 10.9 -7.8 .97 2.0 1.2 20.8 2.0 0.93 20.4 1.32 10
1952 32 TOT AL -4.3 -0.5 277 -0.9 3.7 -4.7 1.05 -0.4 -0.5 -4.0 -0.4 0.90 -5.2 1.84 14
1952 32 BOS AL -5.5 -0.6 88 -0.4 1.1 -1.6 1.04 -0.5 0.1 -4.4 -0.4 0.95 -4.6 1.64 4
1952 32 DET AL 1.2 0.1 189 -0.5 2.6 -3.1 1.06 0.1 -0.5 0.4 0.0 0.88 -0.6 1.91 10
1953 33 DET AL 1.6 0.2 352 0.3 6.0 -5.7 1.01 0.3 -0.0 -0.8 -0.1 0.90 -0.4 1.28 31
1954 34 TOT AL -6.9 -0.7 194 -0.7 3.3 -4.0 1.17 -0.6 0.0 -7.2 -0.8 0.98 -8.5 1.59 29
1954 34 DET AL -0.5 -0.1 20 0.1 0.7 -0.6 1.46 -0.0 0.1 -1.4 -0.1 0.92 -1.0 1.46 17
1954 34 WSH AL -6.3 -0.6 174 -0.8 2.6 -3.4 1.14 -0.6 -0.1 -5.8 -0.6 0.99 -7.5 1.77 12
10 Yrs 74.1 7.4 3137 8.2 54.5 -46.3 .99 5.9 2.4 74.6 6.8 0.96 58.1 1.52 87

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 28 BOS AL 7 0 46% 249 3 5 38% 2 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 12 69% 50 20 29 11 3 8 17 0 17
1949 29 BOS AL 7 0 38% 329 8 4 67% 7 2 0 2 1 0 3 0 6 15 59% 45 25 20 13 7 6 29 4 25
1950 30 BOS AL 6 0 43% 280 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 5 8 48% 49 33 15 14 5 9 23 5 17
1951 31 BOS AL 8 0 39% 308 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 7 54% 41 26 14 12 4 8 27 5 21
1952 32 TOT AL 1 0 32% 112 1 5 17% 1 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 46% 25 15 10 2 0 2 10 4 5
1952 32 BOS AL 1 0 39% 30 0 3 0% 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 64% 6 2 4 1 0 1 4 1 2
1952 32 DET AL 0 0 29% 82 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 39% 19 13 6 1 0 1 6 3 3
1953 33 DET AL 7 0 35% 171 3 7 30% 2 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 46% 20 16 4 5 3 2 16 2 13
1954 34 TOT AL 0 0 38% 73 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 45% 11 6 4 6 4 2 3 0 3
1954 34 DET AL 0 0 80% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 25% 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
1954 34 WSH AL 0 0 34% 67 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 9 5 4 5 3 2 2 0 2
10 Yrs 36 0 40% 1522 53 49 52% 16 20 2 4 1 0 10 1 35 48 55% 241 141 96 63 26 37 125 20 101

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 28 BOS AL 677 74% 159 1 0 0 0 6.07 3 0 14 2 0 0 3 0 2 7 350% 120 10 8% 66 27 41% 336 39 12% 22 12 55% 20 15 75% 0
1949 29 BOS AL 712 76% 185 0 0 0 0 2 0 18 0 1 0 2 0 6 5 83% 161 12 7% 82 27 33% 435 65 15% 32 21 66% 38 20 53% 0
1950 30 BOS AL 605 67% 153 2 0 0 0 0.89 1 0 12 1 0 1 0 0 6 6 100% 153 13 9% 70 23 33% 373 46 12% 35 19 54% 32 17 53% 0
1951 31 BOS AL 573 80% 150 10 3 0 1 1.32 3 0 14 2 1 2 1 0 8 7 88% 128 10 8% 68 34 50% 340 43 13% 19 14 74% 31 22 71% 0
1952 32 TOT AL 307 83% 55 14 3 0 1 1.84 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 5 6 120% 49 3 6% 21 11 52% 120 10 8% 4 2 50% 6 3 50% 0
1952 32 BOS AL 84 90% 10 4 0 0 0 1.64 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 17 1 6% 8 5 63% 39 2 5% 0 0 3 1 33% 0
1952 32 DET AL 223 79% 45 10 3 0 1 1.91 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 5 125% 32 2 6% 13 6 46% 81 8 10% 4 2 50% 3 2 67% 0
1953 33 DET AL 342 94% 90 31 12 0 2 1.28 2 0 5 2 0 2 0 0 6 5 83% 70 4 6% 41 15 37% 167 23 14% 15 9 60% 14 5 36% 0
1954 34 TOT AL 191 89% 43 29 4 1 1 1.59 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 100% 43 4 9% 26 10 38% 114 10 9% 9 2 22% 13 10 77% 0
1954 34 DET AL 20 100% 3 17 3 1 1 1.46 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 2 1 50% 6 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1954 34 WSH AL 171 88% 40 12 1 0 0 1.77 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 39 2 5% 24 9 38% 108 10 9% 9 2 22% 12 9 75% 0
10 Yrs 3407 78% 1455 87 22 1 5 1.52 17 0 69 9 2 7 6 0 35 83 237% 724 82 11% 374 147 39% 1885 236 13% 136 79 58% 154 92 60% 0
MLB Averages 50% 196% 22% 33% 15% 51% 55%

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
1942 22 147 686 620 105 205 29 9 2 51 12 7 42 36 .331 .375 .416 .791 119 258 8 2 22
1943 23 147 686 620 105 205 29 9 2 51 12 7 42 36 .331 .375 .416 .791 119 258 8 2 22
1944 24 147 686 620 105 205 29 9 2 51 12 7 42 36 .331 .375 .416 .791 119 258 8 2 22
1945 25 147 686 620 105 205 29 9 2 51 12 7 42 36 .331 .375 .416 .791 119 258 8 2 22
1946 26 300 1389 1241 220 413 72 13 4 106 21 15 107 65 .333 .388 .421 .809 122 523 16 5 36
1947 27 455 2108 1879 326 620 99 21 4 145 33 24 179 87 .330 .390 .411 .801 119 773 26 5 45
1948 28 598 2785 2444 450 779 125 27 7 200 36 29 278 119 .319 .391 .401 .791 114 979 36 11 52
1949 29 746 3497 3048 561 964 152 34 9 269 44 33 378 138 .316 .394 .397 .792 112 1211 48 15 57
1950 30 873 4102 3538 673 1117 174 40 10 318 46 34 482 169 .316 .401 .396 .797 111 1401 61 20 63
1951 31 1004 4675 4018 766 1267 194 46 13 359 48 36 566 184 .315 .403 .396 .799 111 1592 71 22 70
1952 32 1098 4982 4262 802 1322 200 46 14 370 49 41 622 200 .310 .401 .389 .789 109 1656 74 23 76
1953 33 1201 5324 4570 845 1412 222 47 16 394 52 48 649 210 .309 .398 .389 .786 109 1776 78 25 81
1954 34 1270 5515 4745 867 1455 226 50 17 404 53 49 662 218 .307 .394 .386 .780 107 1832 82 25 83 1

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
1942 22 156 725 656 111 217 31 10 2 54 13 44 38 .331 .375 .418 .792 102 147
1946 26 160 740 653 123 221 46 4 2 59 10 69 30 .338 .404 .430 .834 113 153
1947 27 161 747 663 110 215 28 8 0 40 12 75 23 .324 .393 .391 .784 102 155
1948 28 149 687 578 115 154 25 6 3 51 3 96 33 .266 .376 .346 .722 74 143
1949 29 155 721 616 101 178 26 7 2 63 8 96 20 .289 .388 .364 .752 86 148
1950 30 133 596 491 94 139 20 5 1 41 2 94 32 .283 .403 .350 .754 69 127
1951 31 138 582 492 85 145 19 6 3 38 2 81 16 .295 .397 .376 .773 73 131
1952 32 98 324 257 39 59 6 0 1 12 1 60 17 .230 .377 .265 .642 26 94
1953 33 108 357 322 45 94 23 1 2 25 3 28 10 .292 .352 .388 .740 44 103
1954 34 72 202 185 25 47 4 3 1 11 1 14 8 .254 .305 .324 .629 19 69
10 Yrs 1330 5681 4913 848 1469 228 50 17 394 55 657 227 .299 .384 .376 .761 708 1270
162 Game Avg. 162 692 598 103 179 28 6 2 48 7 80 28 .299 .384 .376 .761 86 1270

* 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
1960 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

All-Star Games
1946 (SS)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1942 AL (3, 43%)
1946 AL (4, 42%)
1947 AL (18, 3%)
1951 AL (26, 1%)
0.89 Career Shares (282nd)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1942 AL  5.2 (6th)
1946 AL  6.4 (5th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1942 AL  5.2 (5th)
1946 AL  6.4 (2nd)
1947 AL  3.9 (10th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1942 AL  4.1 (8th)
1946 AL  5.4 (4th)
1947 AL  4.1 (6th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1942 AL  2.2 (3rd)
1946 AL  2.2 (3rd)
1951 AL  0.9 (7th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1942 AL  .331 (2nd)
1946 AL  .335 (3rd)
1947 AL  .324 (3rd)
1949 AL  .306 (8th)
1951 AL  .313 (6th)
Career  .307 (138th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1946 AL  .401 (4th)
1947 AL  .393 (7th)
1948 AL  .394 (9th)
1949 AL  .408 (9th)
1950 AL  .437 (3rd)
1951 AL  .417 (6th)
Career  .394 (78th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1946 AL  .827 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1946 AL  153 (3rd)
1947 AL  155 (3rd)

At Bats s c a p y
1942 AL  620 (6th)
1946 AL  621 (1st)
1947 AL  638 (1st)
1948 AL  565 (10th)
1949 AL  604 (6th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1942 AL  686 (4th)
1946 AL  703 (1st)
1947 AL  719 (2nd)
1948 AL  677 (5th)
1949 AL  712 (2nd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1942 AL  105 (6th)
1946 AL  115 (2nd)
1947 AL  106 (3rd)
1948 AL  124 (3rd)
1949 AL  111 (5th)
1950 AL  112 (8th)
1951 AL  93 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1942 AL  205 (1st)
1946 AL  208 (1st)
1947 AL  207 (1st)
1949 AL  185 (4th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1942 AL  258 (8th)
1946 AL  265 (6th)
1947 AL  250 (5th)

Doubles s c a p y
1946 AL  43 (3rd)
1949 AL  27 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
1942 AL  9 (10th)
1947 AL  8 (10th)
1949 AL  7 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1948 AL  99 (5th)
1949 AL  100 (8th)
1950 AL  104 (3rd)
1951 AL  84 (6th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1946 AL  9 (9th)
1947 AL  12 (3rd)

Singles s c a p y
1942 AL  165 (1st)
1946 AL  159 (1st)
1947 AL  172 (1st)
1948 AL  124 (8th)
1949 AL  149 (2nd)
1950 AL  124 (8th)
1951 AL  121 (8th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1946 AL  125 (10th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1942 AL  96 (8th)
1946 AL  104 (5th)
1947 AL  98 (3rd)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1946 AL  24 (9th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1946 AL  2.5 (9th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1942 AL  249 (9th)
1946 AL  276 (2nd)
1947 AL  279 (2nd)
1948 AL  264 (6th)
1949 AL  289 (3rd)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1946 AL  .679 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1948 AL  6 (4th)
1949 AL  4 (7th)
1950 AL  5 (9th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1942 AL  22 (1st)
1946 AL  14 (3rd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1946 AL  8 (5th)
1947 AL  9 (6th)
1953 AL  7 (6th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1946 AL  21.4 (6th)
1947 AL  29.0 (4th)
1949 AL  31.8 (4th)
1951 AL  32.0 (3rd)
Career  21.8 (89th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1942 AL  452 (10th)
1946 AL  443 (4th)
1947 AL  459 (5th)
1949 AL  440 (9th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1949 AL  27.17 (7th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1949 AL  2.8 (7th)
1951 AL  3.1 (4th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1949 AL  2.6 (7th)

             

† 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 (·)

Black InkBatting - 11 (217), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 79 (306), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 71 (267), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 33 (246), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Woody English (933)
  2. Johnny Temple (912)
  3. Dave Cash (900)
  4. Sparky Adams (899)
  5. Bucky Harris (892) *
  6. Glenn Beckert (892)
  7. Bobby Avila (886)
  8. Ron Hunt (884)
  9. Fred Dunlap (884)
  10. Cecil Travis (883)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Charlie Hollocher (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Yunel Escobar (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Luke Appling (921) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Fresco Thompson (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Fresco Thompson (927)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Fred Dunlap (907)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Fred Dunlap (923)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Woody English (915)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Johnny Temple (910)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Johnny Temple (916)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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