Jim Piersall
James Anthony Piersall
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 14, 1929 in Waterbury, CT
High School: Leavenworth (Waterbury, CT)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1950
Final Game: May 1, 1967
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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
1950 20 BOS AL 6 11 7 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 .286 .545 .286 .831 109 2 0 0 0 /O
1952 22 BOS AL 56 194 161 28 43 8 0 1 16 3 3 28 26 .267 .379 .335 .714 94 54 2 1 4 6O/5
1953 23 BOS AL 151 654 585 76 159 21 9 3 52 11 10 41 52 .272 .329 .354 .683 81 207 12 9 19 *O MVP-9
1954 24 BOS AL 133 520 474 77 135 24 2 8 38 5 1 36 42 .285 .338 .395 .732 92 187 13 3 5 2 *98 AS
1955 25 BOS AL 149 599 515 68 146 25 5 13 62 6 1 67 52 .283 .364 .427 .792 105 220 16 2 9 6 7 *8
1956 26 BOS AL 155 681 601 91 176 40 6 14 87 7 7 58 48 .293 .350 .449 .799 100 270 19 1 9 12 2 *8 AS,MVP-14
1957 27 BOS AL 151 687 609 103 159 27 5 19 63 14 6 62 54 .261 .331 .415 .746 98 253 17 4 7 5 1 *8 MVP-22
1958 28 BOS AL 130 469 417 55 99 13 5 8 48 12 2 42 43 .237 .303 .350 .653 76 146 11 0 4 6 2 *8 GG
1959 29 CLE AL 100 354 317 42 78 13 2 4 30 6 3 25 31 .246 .303 .338 .641 79 107 2 2 8 2 1 8/5
1960 30 CLE AL 138 522 486 70 137 12 4 18 66 18 5 24 38 .282 .313 .434 .747 103 211 17 0 8 4 3 *8/79 MVP-28
1961 31 CLE AL 121 536 484 81 156 26 7 6 40 8 2 43 46 .322 .378 .442 .820 122 214 18 2 4 3 1 *8 MVP-13,GG
1962 32 WSA AL 135 515 471 38 115 20 4 4 31 12 7 39 53 .244 .301 .329 .630 70 155 12 0 4 1 3 *8
1963 33 TOT MLB 89 304 270 26 63 6 1 2 19 5 3 21 30 .233 .285 .285 .570 64 77 6 0 9 4 1 8/97
1963 33 TOT AL 49 164 146 13 39 2 0 1 9 4 1 11 16 .267 .314 .301 .616 76 44 3 0 5 2 0 8/97
1963 33 WSA AL 29 104 94 9 23 1 0 1 5 4 0 6 11 .245 .284 .287 .572 61 27 2 0 2 2 0 8
1963 33 NYM NL 40 140 124 13 24 4 1 1 10 1 2 10 14 .194 .250 .266 .516 49 33 3 0 4 2 1 8
1963 33 LAA AL 20 60 52 4 16 1 0 0 4 0 1 5 5 .308 .368 .327 .695 103 17 1 0 3 0 0 8/97
1964 34 LAA AL 87 276 255 28 80 11 0 2 13 5 3 16 32 .314 .353 .380 .733 114 97 5 0 4 1 1 78
1965 35 CAL AL 53 121 112 10 30 5 2 2 12 2 2 5 15 .268 .305 .402 .707 102 45 3 1 3 0 1 78/9
1966 36 CAL AL 75 144 123 14 26 5 0 0 14 1 2 13 19 .211 .283 .252 .535 58 31 8 0 6 2 0 978
1967 37 CAL AL 5 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 /7
17 Seasons 1734 6591 5890 811 1604 256 52 104 591 115 57 524 583 .272 .332 .386 .718 92 2276 161 25 104 48 23
162 Game Avg. 162 616 550 76 150 24 5 10 55 11 5 49 54 .272 .332 .386 .718 92 213 15 2 10
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
BOS (8 yrs) 931 3815 3369 502 919 158 32 66 366 58 30 338 317 .273 .340 .397 .737 93 1339 90 20 57 31 12
CAL (5 yrs) 240 605 545 56 152 22 2 4 43 8 8 39 73 .279 .327 .349 .675 97 190 17 1 17 3 2
CLE (3 yrs) 359 1412 1287 193 371 51 13 28 136 32 10 92 115 .288 .335 .413 .749 104 532 37 4 20 9 5
WSA (2 yrs) 164 619 565 47 138 21 4 5 36 16 7 45 64 .244 .299 .322 .621 69 182 14 0 6 3 3
NYM (1 yr) 40 140 124 13 24 4 1 1 10 1 2 10 14 .194 .250 .266 .516 49 33 3 0 4 2 1
AL (17 yrs) 1694 6451 5766 798 1580 252 51 103 581 114 55 514 569 .274 .334 .389 .723 93 2243 158 25 100 46 22
NL (1 yr) 40 140 124 13 24 4 1 1 10 1 2 10 14 .194 .250 .266 .516 49 33 3 0 4 2 1

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
1950 20 BOS AL 11 5 1 5.3 122 .286 .286 .290 .545 .379 .286 .435 .831 .814 109 .530 0.6 0.1 1.200 .571 .000
1952 22 BOS AL 194 127 20 4.2 103 .313 .267 .269 .379 .350 .335 .393 .714 .743 94 .511 0.0 0.0 .675 .242 .068 1.5
1953 23 BOS AL 654 467 65 3.7 107 .294 .272 .276 .329 .352 .354 .405 .683 .758 81 .420 -17.5 -1.8 .576 .154 .082 4.7
1954 24 BOS AL 520 360 63 4.7 108 .298 .285 .279 .338 .357 .395 .408 .732 .764 92 .544 -6.6 -0.7 .652 .194 .110 6.2
1955 25 BOS AL 599 401 82 5.5 111 .292 .283 .278 .364 .359 .427 .414 .792 .773 105 .581 3.8 0.4 .762 .283 .144 8.2
1956 26 BOS AL 681 472 92 5.2 117 .294 .293 .282 .350 .366 .449 .430 .799 .797 100 .537 -0.6 -0.1 .729 .253 .156 9.3
1957 27 BOS AL 687 485 83 4.6 104 .259 .261 .270 .331 .343 .415 .407 .746 .750 98 .524 -2.4 -0.2 .691 .269 .154 16.1
1958 28 BOS AL 469 341 46 3.6 103 .245 .237 .268 .303 .338 .350 .408 .653 .746 76 .420 -14.8 -1.5 .598 .237 .113 9.6
1959 29 CLE AL 354 254 34 3.6 96 .261 .246 .257 .303 .328 .338 .392 .641 .720 79 .409 -9.3 -0.9 .561 .180 .091 4.8
1960 30 CLE AL 522 383 62 4.4 99 .274 .282 .260 .313 .333 .434 .398 .747 .731 103 .487 -0.6 -0.1 .668 .228 .152 18.0
1961 31 CLE AL 536 355 79 5.9 101 .345 .322 .260 .378 .335 .442 .405 .820 .740 122 .610 15.6 1.5 .761 .221 .120 6.9
1962 32 WSA AL 515 380 45 3.2 103 .267 .244 .263 .301 .335 .329 .410 .630 .745 70 .342 -20.4 -2.0 .531 .178 .085 6.0
1963 33 TOT MLB 304 229 22 2.6 91 .252 .233 .253 .285 .317 .285 .386 .570 .703 64 .305 -12.6 -1.4 .463 .137 .052 2.9
1963 33 TOT AL 164 118 14 3.2 93 .290 .267 .253 .314 .319 .301 .390 .616 .709 76 .378 -4.5 -0.5 .523 .130 .034 1.6
1963 33 WSA AL 104 77 8 2.8 95 .262 .245 .255 .284 .322 .287 .394 .572 .716 61 .324 -4.8 -0.5 .507 .149 .043 1.6
1963 33 NYM NL 140 111 8 1.9 89 .207 .194 .254 .250 .316 .266 .380 .516 .696 49 .217 -8.1 -0.9 .400 .145 .073 1.0
1963 33 LAA AL 60 41 6 4.0 89 .340 .308 .248 .368 .314 .327 .384 .695 .697 103 .472 0.4 0.0 .553 .096 .019
1964 34 LAA AL 276 188 34 4.9 87 .351 .314 .244 .353 .310 .380 .379 .733 .690 114 .563 5.2 0.5 .628 .137 .067 2.9
1965 35 CAL AL 121 90 13 3.9 89 .295 .268 .247 .305 .317 .402 .379 .707 .696 102 .484 -0.2 0.0 .586 .179 .134 2.0
1966 36 CAL AL 144 115 8 1.9 87 .245 .211 .245 .283 .311 .252 .378 .535 .689 58 .208 -6.1 -0.7 .402 .138 .041 .0
1967 37 CAL AL 4 4 0 0.0 80 .000 .000 .238 .000 .306 .000 .356 .000 .662 -100 .000 -0.7 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
17 Seasons 6591 4656 749 4.3 103 .286 .272 .267 .332 .342 .386 .405 .718 .747 92 .487 -66.6 -7.0 .640 .213 .114 109.2
162 Game Avg. 616 435 70 4.3 103 .286 .272 .267 .332 .342 .386 .405 .718 .747 92 .487 -66.6 -7.0 .640 .213 .114 10
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
BOS (8 yrs) 3815 2658 452 4.6 108 .283 .273 .275 .340 .353 .397 .412 .737 .765 93 .510 -37.5 -3.8 .671 .233 .125 61.7
CAL (5 yrs) 605 438 61 3.8 88 .314 .279 .245 .327 .312 .349 .379 .675 .691 97 .458 -1.4 -0.3 .550 .141 .070 5.3
CLE (3 yrs) 1412 992 175 4.7 99 .297 .288 .259 .335 .332 .413 .399 .749 .732 104 .520 5.7 0.5 .675 .214 .125 29.9
WSA (2 yrs) 619 457 53 3.1 101 .267 .244 .262 .299 .333 .322 .407 .621 .740 69 .339 -25.3 -2.5 .527 .173 .078 7.6
NYM (1 yr) 140 111 8 1.9 89 .207 .194 .254 .250 .316 .266 .380 .516 .696 49 .217 -8.1 -0.9 .400 .145 .073 1.0
AL (17 yrs) 6451 4545 741 4.4 104 .287 .274 .268 .334 .343 .389 .405 .723 .748 93 .493 -58.5 -6.1 .646 .214 .115 108.2
NL (1 yr) 140 111 8 1.9 89 .207 .194 .254 .250 .316 .266 .380 .516 .696 49 .217 -8.1 -0.9 .400 .145 .073 1.0

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
1954 BOS AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 BOS AL 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Appearances) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 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
1950 20 BOS AL 11 0.0% 0.0% 36.4% 0.0% 0% 0.00 64%
1952 22 BOS AL 194 0.5% 13.4% 14.4% 4.6% 21% 0.93 6.2 161.0 10.1 69%
1953 23 BOS AL 654 0.5% 8.0% 6.3% 5.1% 21% 1.27 11.3 195.0 11.3 81%
1954 24 BOS AL 520 1.5% 8.1% 6.9% 6.5% 25% 1.17 11.3 59.3 12.5 1.04 82%
1955 25 BOS AL 599 2.2% 8.7% 11.2% 7.2% 30% 0.78 9.9 39.6 8.3 0.81 76%
1956 26 BOS AL 681 2.1% 7.1% 8.5% 8.8% 34% 0.83 12.5 42.9 6.9 0.83 81%
1957 27 BOS AL 687 2.8% 7.9% 9.0% 7.4% 32% 0.87 11.3 32.1 9.7 0.71 79%
1958 28 BOS AL 469 1.7% 9.2% 9.0% 5.5% 26% 1.02 9.7 52.1 8.7 0.87 79%
1959 29 CLE AL 354 1.1% 8.8% 7.1% 5.4% 24% 1.24 10.2 79.3 10.6 0.95 80%
1960 30 CLE AL 522 3.5% 7.3% 4.6% 6.5% 25% 1.58 12.8 27.0 7.4 0.97 83%
1961 31 CLE AL 536 1.1% 8.6% 8.0% 7.3% 25% 1.07 10.5 80.7 12.1 1.04 81%
1962 32 WSA AL 515 0.8% 10.3% 7.6% 5.4% 24% 1.36 8.9 117.8 15.2 0.99 81%
1963 33 TOT MLB 304 0.7% 9.9% 6.9% 3.0% 14% 1.43 9.0 135.0 14.2 1.37 80%
1963 33 TOT AL 164 0.6% 9.8% 6.7% 1.8% 8% 1.45 9.1 146.0 16.2 1.35 80%
1963 33 WSA AL 104 1.0% 10.6% 5.8% 1.9% 9% 1.83 8.5 94.0 18.8 1.44 81%
1963 33 NYM NL 140 0.7% 10.0% 7.1% 4.3% 25% 1.40 8.9 124.0 12.4 1.38 79%
1963 33 LAA AL 60 0.0% 8.3% 8.3% 1.7% 6% 1.00 10.4 13.0 1.19 78%
1964 34 LAA AL 276 0.7% 11.6% 5.8% 4.7% 16% 2.00 8.0 127.5 19.6 1.35 80%
1965 35 CAL AL 121 1.7% 12.4% 4.1% 7.4% 30% 3.00 7.5 56.0 9.3 1.63 79%
1966 36 CAL AL 144 0.0% 13.2% 9.0% 3.5% 19% 1.46 6.5 8.8 1.65 74%
1967 37 CAL AL 4 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.5 1.00 25%
17 Seasons 6591 1.6% 8.9% 8.0% 6.3% 26% 1.11 10.1 56.6 10.0 0.96 80%
MLB Averages
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

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
1954 24 BOS AL 8 0 42% 241 5 1 83% 1 2 3 0 1 0 3 0 11 9 55% 31 18 11 7 3 4 22 3 18
1955 25 BOS AL 6 0 27% 247 6 1 86% 3 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 10 9 46% 30 21 9 8 5 3 17 4 13
1956 26 BOS AL 12 0 35% 264 7 7 50% 6 6 1 1 0 0 5 0 10 15 59% 32 20 11 11 4 7 27 4 23
1957 27 BOS AL 8 0 41% 243 14 6 70% 13 6 0 1 0 0 3 0 6 14 54% 31 19 10 10 5 5 24 4 20
1958 28 BOS AL 5 0 35% 171 12 2 86% 9 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 6 10 62% 16 9 7 4 1 2 17 2 14
1959 29 CLE AL 2 0 38% 129 6 3 67% 5 3 1 0 0 0 3 1 6 3 48% 26 15 11 8 4 4 6 2 4
1960 30 CLE AL 7 0 36% 168 18 5 78% 15 6 3 1 0 1 2 1 7 19 51% 23 15 8 5 3 2 17 4 13
1961 31 CLE AL 10 0 39% 252 8 2 80% 7 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 9 27 35% 37 27 9 9 8 1 20 6 13
1962 32 WSA AL 5 0 23% 175 12 7 63% 12 5 0 2 0 0 1 0 6 10 43% 26 14 11 6 2 3 10 6 4
1963 33 TOT MLB 5 0 29% 112 5 3 63% 5 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 6 6 55% 14 8 6 1 0 0 5 0 5
1963 33 TOT AL 2 0 25% 68 4 1 80% 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 3 50% 9 5 4 1 0 0 2 0 2
1963 33 WSA AL 1 0 29% 40 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 50% 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1
1963 33 NYM NL 3 0 36% 44 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 63% 5 3 2 0 0 0 3 0 3
1963 33 LAA AL 1 0 19% 28 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 50% 5 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
1964 34 LAA AL 7 0 28% 138 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 38% 21 16 5 3 2 1 13 3 8
1965 35 CAL AL 3 0 24% 47 2 2 50% 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 33% 6 6 0 1 0 1 2 0 2
1966 36 CAL AL 2 0 36% 54 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 56% 3 2 0 1 1 0 5 0 5
1967 37 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
17 Seasons 80 0 35% 2241 115 57 67% 84 39 14 11 1 1 27 4 80 137 49% 296 190 98 74 38 33 185 38 142
MLB Averages
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

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
1954 24 BOS AL 501 22% 135 6 0 0 0 0.89 8 0 8 4 3 4 3 0 9 5 56% 97 13 13% 49 12 24% 254 29 11% 13 7 54% 17 6 35% 19
1955 25 BOS AL 598 25% 146 4 2 0 0 2.06 13 0 15 6 7 10 3 0 11 9 82% 142 16 11% 60 22 37% 404 50 12% 27 15 56% 30 10 33% 1
1956 26 BOS AL 669 28% 176 0 0 0 0 14 0 29 10 4 7 7 0 10 9 90% 154 19 12% 71 29 41% 472 73 15% 49 29 59% 27 10 37% 13
1957 27 BOS AL 640 19% 159 0 0 0 0 19 0 11 12 4 9 7 0 7 7 100% 97 17 18% 48 17 35% 322 43 13% 29 14 48% 29 8 28% 46
1958 28 BOS AL 459 17% 99 5 1 0 0 1.88 8 0 19 7 1 6 2 0 5 4 80% 83 11 13% 42 15 36% 300 41 14% 25 13 52% 20 7 35% 8
1959 29 CLE AL 354 19% 78 6 1 0 1 1.91 4 0 6 2 2 1 3 0 8 8 100% 59 2 3% 21 8 38% 190 26 14% 8 4 50% 14 6 43% 0
1960 30 CLE AL 523 21% 137 8 1 0 2 2.12 18 0 13 11 7 7 11 0 9 8 89% 100 17 17% 51 17 33% 331 48 15% 26 11 42% 27 15 56% 0
1961 31 CLE AL 530 23% 156 1 1 0 0 0.71 6 0 6 6 0 4 2 0 12 4 33% 111 18 16% 56 17 30% 288 38 13% 19 10 53% 32 14 44% 6
1962 32 WSA AL 515 23% 115 5 1 0 1 1.83 4 0 10 2 2 2 2 0 10 4 40% 76 12 16% 39 5 13% 251 28 11% 20 9 45% 26 10 38% 0
1963 33 TOT MLB 304 34% 63 7 2 0 0 1.04 2 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 10 9 90% 43 6 14% 23 13 57% 141 19 13% 16 10 63% 13 6 46% 0
1963 33 TOT AL 164 34% 39 5 1 0 0 1.44 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 5 5 100% 23 3 13% 14 9 64% 82 9 11% 10 5 50% 10 5 50% 0
1963 33 WSA AL 104 26% 23 3 0 0 0 1.41 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 100% 13 2 15% 7 4 57% 51 5 10% 5 3 60% 4 1 25% 0
1963 33 NYM NL 140 34% 24 2 1 0 0 0.04 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 5 4 80% 20 3 15% 9 4 44% 59 10 17% 6 5 83% 3 1 33% 0
1963 33 LAA AL 60 48% 16 2 1 0 0 1.49 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 10 1 10% 7 5 71% 31 4 13% 5 2 40% 6 4 67% 0
1964 34 LAA AL 276 54% 80 15 3 0 0 1.55 2 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 5 4 80% 35 5 14% 16 7 44% 103 12 12% 4 3 75% 7 3 43% 0
1965 35 CAL AL 121 62% 30 14 3 0 2 1.78 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 5 3 60% 20 3 15% 9 3 33% 66 10 15% 4 2 50% 5 3 60% 0
1966 36 CAL AL 144 72% 26 15 4 0 0 1.64 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 100% 29 8 28% 13 6 46% 90 14 16% 8 5 63% 11 6 55% 0
1967 37 CAL AL 4 75% 0 3 0 0 0 1.62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
17 Seasons 5638 26% 1604 89 19 0 6 1.64 104 0 128 64 32 53 43 0 108 104 96% 1048 161 15% 499 172 34% 3215 431 13% 248 132 53% 258 104 40% 93
MLB Averages
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

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
1950 20 6 11 7 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 .286 .545 .286 .831 109 2 0 0 0
1951 21 6 11 7 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 .286 .545 .286 .831 109 2 0 0 0
1952 22 62 205 168 32 45 8 0 1 16 3 3 32 26 .268 .388 .333 .721 95 56 2 1 4
1953 23 213 859 753 108 204 29 9 4 68 14 13 73 78 .271 .343 .349 .693 84 263 14 10 23
1954 24 346 1379 1227 185 339 53 11 12 106 19 14 109 120 .276 .341 .367 .708 87 450 27 13 28 2
1955 25 495 1978 1742 253 485 78 16 25 168 25 15 176 172 .278 .348 .385 .733 92 670 43 15 37 8 7
1956 26 650 2659 2343 344 661 118 22 39 255 32 22 234 220 .282 .349 .401 .750 94 940 62 16 46 20 9
1957 27 801 3346 2952 447 820 145 27 58 318 46 28 296 274 .278 .345 .404 .749 95 1193 79 20 53 25 10
1958 28 931 3815 3369 502 919 158 32 66 366 58 30 338 317 .273 .340 .397 .737 93 1339 90 20 57 31 12
1959 29 1031 4169 3686 544 997 171 34 70 396 64 33 363 348 .270 .337 .392 .729 92 1446 92 22 65 33 13
1960 30 1169 4691 4172 614 1134 183 38 88 462 82 38 387 386 .272 .334 .397 .731 93 1657 109 22 73 37 16
1961 31 1290 5227 4656 695 1290 209 45 94 502 90 40 430 432 .277 .339 .402 .740 96 1871 127 24 77 40 17
1962 32 1425 5742 5127 733 1405 229 49 98 533 102 47 469 485 .274 .335 .395 .730 94 2026 139 24 81 41 20
1963 33 1514 6046 5397 759 1468 235 50 100 552 107 50 490 515 .272 .333 .390 .722 92 2103 145 24 90 45 21
1964 34 1601 6322 5652 787 1548 246 50 102 565 112 53 506 547 .274 .334 .389 .723 93 2200 150 24 94 46 22
1965 35 1654 6443 5764 797 1578 251 52 104 577 114 55 511 562 .274 .333 .389 .723 93 2245 153 25 97 46 23
1966 36 1729 6587 5887 811 1604 256 52 104 591 115 57 524 581 .272 .332 .387 .719 93 2276 161 25 103 48 23
1967 37 1734 6591 5890 811 1604 256 52 104 591 115 57 524 583 .272 .332 .386 .718 92 2276 161 25 104 48 23

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
1950 20 6 11 7 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 .286 .545 .286 .831 1 6
1952 22 59 198 168 29 45 8 0 1 17 3 29 27 .268 .379 .333 .712 21 56
1953 23 158 653 603 75 158 21 9 3 51 11 41 54 .262 .319 .342 .660 64 151
1954 24 139 533 491 76 137 24 2 8 38 5 37 44 .279 .332 .385 .717 63 133
1955 25 156 606 531 64 145 25 5 13 59 6 67 54 .273 .353 .412 .766 77 149
1956 26 162 672 605 80 161 37 5 13 76 6 53 50 .266 .320 .408 .728 80 155
1957 27 159 713 639 107 166 28 5 20 65 15 65 57 .260 .330 .413 .743 86 151
1958 28 136 488 437 58 105 14 5 8 50 13 45 45 .240 .307 .350 .657 48 130
1959 29 105 369 337 46 87 14 2 4 33 7 28 32 .258 .317 .347 .664 38 100
1960 30 145 537 508 76 141 12 4 19 72 19 25 40 .278 .309 .429 .738 67 138
1961 31 121 529 482 81 154 26 7 6 40 8 42 46 .320 .374 .440 .814 79 121
1962 32 135 507 468 38 112 19 4 4 31 12 38 53 .239 .296 .323 .619 45 135
1963 33 89 303 276 30 69 7 1 2 22 5 23 30 .250 .304 .304 .608 26 89
1964 34 86 282 263 34 89 12 0 2 16 6 18 32 .338 .379 .407 .786 41 87
1965 35 53 119 113 11 31 5 2 2 13 2 5 15 .274 .311 .407 .718 14 53
1966 36 75 139 124 16 26 5 0 0 16 1 13 19 .210 .281 .250 .531 9 75
1967 37 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
17 Seasons 1789 6662 6055 825 1628 257 51 105 599 119 533 600 .269 .328 .380 .708 759 1734
162 Game Avg. 162 603 548 75 147 23 5 10 54 11 48 54 .269 .328 .380 .708 69 1734
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 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1954 *
1956 *

Gold Gloves
1958-AL-CF
1961-AL-OF
All multiple winners

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1953-AL-9-17%
1956-AL-14-8%
1957-AL-22-1%
1960-AL-28-1%
1961-AL-13-4%
0.31 Career Shares (577th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1961 AL--.322--3rd

On-Base% s c a p y
1961 AL--.378--9th

Games Played s c a p y
1955 AL--149--9th
1956 AL--155--1st
1957 AL--151--6th

At Bats s c a p y
1953 AL--585--10th
1956 AL--601--3rd
1957 AL--609--5th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1953 AL--654--9th
1956 AL--681--4th
1957 AL--687--3rd

Runs Scored s c a p y
1957 AL--103--3rd

Hits s c a p y
1953 AL--159--10th
1956 AL--176--7th
1957 AL--159--10th

Total Bases s c a p y
1956 AL--270--7th
1957 AL--253--9th

Doubles s c a p y
1956 AL--40--1st
1957 AL--27--9th

Triples s c a p y
1953 AL--9--3rd
1961 AL--7--7th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1953 AL--11--6th
1957 AL--14--5th
1958 AL--12--6th
1960 AL--18--5th

Singles s c a p y
1953 AL--126--8th
1956 AL--116--8th
1957 AL--108--10th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1956 AL--60--5th
1957 AL--51--7th

Times On Base s c a p y
1957 AL--225--8th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1953 AL--9--2nd

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1953 AL--19--1st
1956 AL--9--4th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1956 AL--12--1st
1958 AL--6--8th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1955 AL--7--8th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1955 AL--16--10th
1956 AL--19--3rd
1957 AL--17--4th
1960 AL--17--8th
1961 AL--18--8th
Career--161--207th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1953 AL--10--3rd
1956 AL--7--3rd
1957 AL--6--10th
1960 AL--5--9th
1962 AL--7--8th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1956 AL--9.3--10th
1957 AL--16.1--2nd
1958 AL--9.6--7th
1960 AL--18.0--3rd

AB per SO s c a p y
1956 AL--12.521--8th
1957 AL--11.278--10th
1960 AL--12.789--9th

Outs Made s c a p y
1953 AL--467--6th
1956 AL--472--2nd
1957 AL--485--2nd

Youngest s c a p y
1950 AL--born 1929-11-14--6th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 3 (471), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 32 (606), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 16 (919), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1339), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Dave Martinez (953)
  2. Bill Virdon (940)
  3. Bill Bruton (939)
  4. Whitey Lockman (938)
  5. Enos Cabell (932)
  6. Curt Flood (925)
  7. Dave Philley (925)
  8. Al Cowens (924)
  9. Paul Blair (921)
  10. Mark Kotsay (921)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Billy Sullivan (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Roger Cedeno (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Lenny Dykstra (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Johnny Groth (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Mark Kotsay (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bobby Tolan (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bobby Tolan (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bobby Tolan (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Marquis Grissom (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Al Cowens (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Bill Virdon (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Bill Virdon (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Dave Martinez (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Dave Martinez (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Bill Virdon (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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