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Bob Porterfield

Erwin Cooledge Porterfield

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 10, 1923 in Newport, VA
High School: Newport HS (Newport, VA)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 8, 1948
Teams (by GP): Senators/Pirates/RedSox/Yankees/Cubs 1948-1959

Final Game: September 21, 1959
Died: April 28, 1980 in Charlotte, NC
Buried: Sharon Memorial Park, Charlotte, NC
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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
1946	22	NYY-min	D,B	26	63	63		20	4	3	1						.317	.317	.524	.841		33							RAD,NFK · BLRI,PIED
1947	23	NYY-min	B	37	95	95		21	6	0	0						.221	.221	.284	.505		27							NFK · PIED
1948	24	NYY-min	AAA	25	77	68	6	10	2	0	0	4	1		6	18	.147	.227	.176	.403		12		1	2				NWK · IL
1948	24	NYY	AL	16	32	24	4	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.250	.280	.250	.530	42	6	1	0	7			1
1949	25	NYY-min	AAA	5	4	4		1									.250	.250											NWK · IL
1949	25	NYY	AL	12	20	19	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.053	.100	.105	.205	-46	2	1	0	0			1
1950	26	NYY-min	AAA	3	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0							KCY · AA
1950	26	NYY	AL	11	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	119	1	0	1	0			1
1951	27	NYY-min	AAA	8	10	10		2									.200	.200											KCY · AA
1951	27	TOT	AL	21	49	46	3	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	12	.130	.184	.130	.314	-13	6	2	1	0			1
1951	27	NYY	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0			/1
1951	27	WSH	AL	19	49	46	3	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	12	.130	.184	.130	.314	-13	6	2	1	0			1
1952	28	WSH	AL	31	84	79	5	15	3	0	0	3	0	0	2	18	.190	.210	.228	.438	23	18	2	0	3			1	MVP-34
1953	29	WSH	AL	37	108	98	8	25	7	0	3	16	1	0	6	20	.255	.298	.418	.716	94	41	2	0	4			1	MVP-7
1954	30	WSH	AL	32	99	88	3	9	0	0	1	5	0	0	4	24	.102	.149	.136	.285	-19	12	0	1	5	1		1	AS
1955	31	WSH	AL	30	70	63	3	12	3	1	0	7	0	0	0	15	.190	.185	.270	.454	23	17	3	0	5	2	0	1
1956	32	BOS	AL	25	47	43	4	14	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	10	.326	.348	.395	.743	87	17	1	1	1	1	0	1
1957	33	BOS	AL	28	32	29	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	8	.172	.219	.207	.426	15	6	0	0	0	1	0	1
1958	34	TOT	MLB	39	20	20	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	7	.050	.095	.200	.295	-24	4	1	0	0	0	0	1
1958	34	BOS	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1958	34	PIT	NL	37	20	20	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	7	.050	.095	.200	.295	-24	4	1	0	0	0	0	1
1959	35	TOT	NL	40	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1959	35	PIT	NL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1959	35	CHC	NL	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1959	35	PIT	NL	30	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1960	36	MIN-min	AAA	25	46	43	4	10	0	0	0	3	0		3	13	.233	.283	.233	.515		10							CHL · AA
1961	37	MIN-min	AAA	14	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667		2							SYR · IL
12 Yrs				322	569	516	34	95	15	1	6	43	1	0	20	123	.184	.218	.252	.470	28	130	14	4	25	5	0
162 Game Avg.				162	286	260	17	48	8	1	3	22	1	0	10	62	.184	.218	.252	.470	28	65	7	2	13
				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
WSH (5 yrs)				149	410	374	22	67	13	1	4	33	1	0	14	89	.179	.211	.251	.463	28	94	9	2	17	3	0
NYY (4 yrs)				41	56	46	4	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	7	.174	.224	.196	.420	12	9	2	1	7
PIT (2 yrs)				73	23	23	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	9	.043	.083	.174	.257	-33	4	2	0	0	0	0
BOS (3 yrs)				55	79	72	6	19	1	0	1	7	0	0	3	18	.264	.295	.319	.614	59	23	1	1	1	2	0
CHC (1 yr)				4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (11 yrs)				245	545	492	32	94	15	1	5	41	1	0	19	114	.191	.225	.256	.481	31	126	12	4	25	5	0
NL (2 yrs)				77	24	24	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	9	.042	.080	.167	.247	-36	4	2	0	0	0	0

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
1948	24	NYY	AL	16	32	-2	0	0	0	3	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.506	.501	0.1	0.0	2	$	1
1949	25	NYY	AL	12	20	-4	0	-0	0	2	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.485	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	1
1950	26	NYY	AL	11	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.506	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	1
1951	27	NYY	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1951	27	WSH	AL	19	49	-7	-0	0	0	5	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.488	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	1
1952	28	WSH	AL	31	84	-8	-1	-0	0	9	-0	-0.0	2	2	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	2	$	1	MVP-34
1953	29	WSH	AL	37	108	-2	0	1	0	12	12	1.2	3	14	1.2	.532	.507	1.2	0.0	15	$	1	MVP-7
1954	30	WSH	AL	32	99	-15	-0	1	0	11	-4	-0.4	3	-1	-0.4	.487	.497	-0.4	0.0	-1	$	1	AS
1955	31	WSH	AL	30	70	-8	-0	0	0	7	-2	-0.2	2	0	-0.2	.494	.499	-0.2	0.0	0	$	1
1956	32	BOS	AL	25	47	-1	-1	-0	0	5	3	0.3	1	4	0.3	.511	.502	0.3	0.0	4	$	1
1957	33	BOS	AL	28	32	-3	0	0	0	3	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	-0.0	1	$	1
1958	34	BOS	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1958	34	PIT	NL	37	20	-3	0	0	0	2	-0	-0.0	1	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	1
1959	35	PIT	NL	36	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	/1
1959	35	CHC	NL	4	1	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
12 Seasons				322	569	-55	-2	1	0	61	6	0.5	15	21	0.6	.502	.500	0.6	0.0	21	$

WSH (5 yrs)				149	410	-40	-2	2	0	44	4	0.3	11	15	0.4	.502	.500	0.4	0.0	15	$
NYY (4 yrs)				41	56	-6	0	-0	0	6	-0	-0.0	1	1	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$
BOS (3 yrs)				55	79	-4	-1	-0	0	8	3	0.3	2	5	0.3	.506	.501	0.3	0.0	5	$
PIT (2 yrs)				73	23	-4	0	0	0	3	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$
CHC (1 yr)				4	1	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	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
1948	24	NYY	AL	32	26	2	2.0	105	.300	.250	.272	.280	.357	.250	.393	.530	.750	42	.185	-2.1	-0.2	.368	.042	.000
1949	25	NYY	AL	20	19	0	0.0	107	.063	.053	.271	.100	.363	.105	.393	.205	.756	-46	.000	-4.1	-0.4	.158	.105	.053
1950	26	NYY	AL	4	2	0	0.0	111	.333	.333	.275	.500	.361	.333	.412	.833	.773	119	.000	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000
1951	27	TOT	AL	49	42	1	0.6	100	.176	.130	.265	.184	.346	.130	.389	.314	.735	-13	.027	-7.4	-0.8	.214	.043	.000
1951	27	WSH	AL	49	42	1	0.6	100	.176	.130	.265	.184	.346	.130	.389	.314	.735	-13	.027	-7.4	-0.8	.214	.043	.000
1952	28	WSH	AL	84	69	4	1.6	94	.246	.190	.257	.210	.336	.228	.375	.438	.710	23	.144	-8.3	-0.9	.303	.063	.038
1953	29	WSH	AL	108	79	12	4.1	100	.293	.255	.266	.298	.342	.418	.392	.716	.733	94	.459	-1.1	-0.1	.640	.235	.163	1.5
1954	30	WSH	AL	99	85	2	0.6	95	.125	.102	.259	.149	.334	.136	.379	.285	.713	-19	.029	-14.6	-1.5	.215	.080	.034	.0
1955	31	WSH	AL	70	61	3	1.3	99	.240	.190	.262	.185	.340	.270	.390	.454	.730	23	.093	-6.9	-0.7	.315	.079	.079
1956	32	BOS	AL	47	32	6	5.0	116	.394	.326	.281	.348	.365	.395	.429	.743	.794	87	.520	-1.0	-0.1	.633	.093	.070	.0
1957	33	BOS	AL	32	25	2	2.2	104	.227	.172	.270	.219	.343	.207	.408	.426	.751	15	.215	-3.5	-0.4	.333	.103	.034
1958	34	TOT	MLB	20	20	0	0.0	104	.000	.050	.267	.095	.335	.200	.418	.295	.753	-24	.000	-3.7	-0.4	.250	.200	.150	.0
1958	34	PIT	NL	20	20	0	0.0	104	.000	.050	.267	.095	.335	.200	.418	.295	.753	-24	.000	-3.7	-0.4	.250	.200	.150	.0
1959	35	TOT	NL	4	5	0	0.0	103	.000	.000	.268	.000	.334	.000	.415	.000	.748	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1959	35	CHC	NL	1	1	0	0.0	103	.000	.000	.268	.000	.334	.000	.415	.000	.749	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1959	35	PIT	NL	3	4	0	0.0	103	.000	.000	.268	.000	.334	.000	.415	.000	.748	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
12 Yrs				569	465	32	1.8	100	.227	.184	.265	.218	.343	.252	.392	.470	.735	28	.167	-53.6	-5.5	.356	.109	.068	1.7
162 Game Avg.				286	234	16	1.8	100	.227	.184	.265	.218	.343	.252	.392	.470	.735	28	.167	-53.6	-5.5	.356	.109	.068	1

WSH (5 yrs)				410	336	22	1.8	97	.222	.179	.262	.211	.339	.251	.384	.463	.723	28	.159	-38.3	-4.0	.351	.112	.072	1.6
NYY (4 yrs)				56	47	2	1.1	106	.205	.174	.272	.224	.360	.196	.394	.420	.754	12	.071	-6.0	-0.6	.300	.065	.022
PIT (2 yrs)				23	24	0	0.0	104	.000	.043	.267	.083	.335	.174	.417	.257	.752	-33	.000	-4.6	-0.4	.208	.174	.130	.0
BOS (3 yrs)				79	57	8	3.8	111	.327	.264	.277	.295	.356	.319	.420	.614	.776	59	.406	-4.4	-0.4	.500	.097	.056	.0
CHC (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	103	.000	.000	.268	.000	.334	.000	.415	.000	.749	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

AL (11 yrs)				545	440	32	2.0	100	.235	.191	.265	.225	.343	.256	.391	.481	.734	31	.182	-48.8	-5.0	.366	.106	.065	1.7
NL (2 yrs)				24	25	0	0.0	104	.000	.042	.267	.080	.335	.167	.417	.247	.752	-36	.000	-4.9	-0.5	.200	.167	.125	.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
1954	WSH	AL	30		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	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	GO/AO	IP%
1948	24	NYY	AL	32	0.0%	12.5%	3.1%	0.0%	0%	4.00	6.0		24.0	1.33	63%
1949	25	NYY	AL	20	0.0%	15.0%	5.0%	5.0%	100%	3.00	6.3			1.20	80%
1950	26	NYY	AL	4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%						75%
1951	27	TOT	AL	49	0.0%	24.5%	4.1%	0.0%	0%	6.00	3.8		23.0	0.85	69%
1951	27	WSH	AL	49	0.0%	24.5%	4.1%	0.0%	0%	6.00	3.8		23.0	0.85	69%
1952	28	WSH	AL	84	0.0%	21.4%	2.4%	3.6%	20%	9.00	4.4		26.3	1.04	73%
1953	29	WSH	AL	108	2.8%	18.5%	5.6%	9.3%	40%	3.33	4.9	32.7	6.1	1.33	69%
1954	30	WSH	AL	99	1.0%	24.2%	4.0%	1.0%	11%	6.00	3.7	88.0	17.6	1.21	65%
1955	31	WSH	AL	70	0.0%	21.4%	0.0%	5.7%	33%		4.2		9.0	1.88	71%
1956	32	BOS	AL	47	2.1%	21.3%	2.1%	2.1%	7%	10.00	4.3	43.0	8.6	1.44	70%
1957	33	BOS	AL	32	0.0%	25.0%	6.3%	3.1%	20%	4.00	3.6		14.5	0.67	69%
1958	34	TOT	MLB	20	5.0%	35.0%	5.0%	5.0%	100%	7.00	2.9	20.0	10.0	1.75	60%
1958	34	PIT	NL	20	5.0%	35.0%	5.0%	5.0%	100%	7.00	2.9	20.0	10.0	1.75	60%
1959	35	TOT	NL	4	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0				50%
1959	35	PIT	NL	3	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%	0.0%			1.5				33%
1959	35	CHC	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
12 Yrs				569	1.1%	21.6%	3.5%	3.9%	23%	6.15	4.2	86.0	12.0	1.27	69%
MLB Averages					2.1%	11.1%	9.4%	6.5%	28%	1.18	8.0	42.0	8.1	0.98	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1948	24	NYY	AL	-2.1	-0.2	22	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	.94	-0.2	-0.0	-1.9	-0.2	0.97	-1.8		0
1949	25	NYY	AL	-4.1	-0.4	15	-0.4	0.0	-0.4	.92	-0.3	-0.1	-4.2	-0.4	0.98	-3.6		0
1950	26	NYY	AL	0.2	0.0	4	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.20	0.0	-0.1	0.4	0.0	0.71	0.3		0
1951	27	TOT	AL	-7.4	-0.8	39	-0.5	0.5	-0.9	1.19	-0.5	0.1	-5.0	-0.5	1.03	-5.2		0
1951	27	NYY	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1951	27	WSH	AL	-7.4	-0.8	39	-0.5	0.5	-0.9	1.19	-0.5	0.1	-5.0	-0.5	1.03	-5.2		0
1952	28	WSH	AL	-8.3	-0.9	86	-0.8	1.1	-1.9	1.05	-0.8	-0.0	-6.7	-0.7	0.89	-8.3		0
1953	29	WSH	AL	-1.3	-0.1	108	0.6	2.0	-1.4	.81	-0.1	0.9	1.0	0.1	1.05	-1.3	0.36	2
1954	30	WSH	AL	-14.4	-1.5	100	-1.5	0.7	-2.2	1.13	-1.4	0.0	-15.3	-1.7	1.05	-15.1		0
1955	31	WSH	AL	-7.0	-0.7	71	-1.0	0.6	-1.6	1.14	-0.7	-0.2	-9.5	-1.0	1.07	-8.7		0
1956	32	BOS	AL	-1.0	-0.1	47	-0.4	0.5	-0.9	.97	-0.1	-0.3	-2.6	-0.2	0.92	-1.7		0
1957	33	BOS	AL	-3.5	-0.4	28	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	.88	-0.3	0.1	-3.4	-0.3	0.99	-3.7		0
1958	34	TOT	MLB	-3.7	-0.4	20	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.96	-0.2	0.0	-2.6	-0.3	1.00	-2.8		0
1958	34	BOS	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1958	34	PIT	NL	-3.7	-0.4	20	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.96	-0.2	0.0	-2.6	-0.3	1.00	-2.8		0
1959	35	TOT	NL	-1.2	-0.1	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.51	-0.1	0.0	-0.9	-0.1	0.82	-1.1		0
1959	35	PIT	NL	-0.9	-0.1	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.42	-0.1	0.0	-0.5	-0.1	0.62	-0.8		0
1959	35	CHC	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.79	-0.0	-0.0	-0.4	-0.0	1.42	-0.3		0
12 Yrs				-53.7	-5.5	544	-4.6	6.0	-10.6	1.00	-4.7	0.1	-50.7	-5.2	1.00	-53.1	0.36	2
				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	RS%	SBO	SB	SB%	SB2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	24	NYY	AL	1	57%	7	0		0	0	1	0	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1949	25	NYY	AL	0	0%	3	0		0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1950	26	NYY	AL	0	0%	3	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1951	27	TOT	AL	1	33%	17	0		0	0	0	0	33%	5	3	2	0	0	0	1	1	0
1951	27	WSH	AL	1	33%	17	0		0	0	0	0	33%	5	3	2	0	0	0	1	1	0
1952	28	WSH	AL	1	29%	19	0		0	2	2	0	80%	2	0	2	2	1	1	1	0	1
1953	29	WSH	AL	1	18%	44	1	100%	1	0	3	1	30%	4	3	1	1	1	0	5	2	2
1954	30	WSH	AL	0	15%	15	0		0	1	0	0	0%	2	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
1955	31	WSH	AL	0	25%	16	0		0	0	1	1	29%	2	2	0	1	1	0	4	2	2
1956	32	BOS	AL	0	20%	26	0		0	0	2	0	33%	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1957	33	BOS	AL	1	29%	5	0		0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1958	34	TOT	MLB	1	0%	3	0		0	0	0	0	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	34	PIT	NL	1	0%	3	0		0	0	0	0	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	35	TOT	NL	0		3	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	35	PIT	NL	0		0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	35	CHC	NL	0		3	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12 Yrs				6	25%	161	1	100%	1	3	9	3	37%	22	14	7	5	4	1	14	6	7

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	24	NYY	AL	32	19%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	7	117%	7	1	14%	7	2	29%	12	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1949	25	NYY	AL	20	50%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	3	1	33%	5	0	0%	10	0	0%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	0
1950	26	NYY	AL	4	25%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1951	27	TOT	AL	49	44%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	11	2	18%	10	0	0%	30	3	10%	3	2	67%	0	0		0
1951	27	WSH	AL	49	44%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	11	2	18%	10	0	0%	30	3	10%	3	2	67%	0	0		0
1952	28	WSH	AL	84	48%	15			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	12	2	17%	16	3	19%	35	5	14%	2	1	50%	2	1	50%	0
1953	29	WSH	AL	108	33%	25			2	1	0	0	0.36	3	1	7	1	2	0	3	0	4	4	100%	25	2	8%	22	5	23%	80	15	19%	5	3	60%	6	4	67%	0
1954	30	WSH	AL	99	34%	9			0	0	0	0		1	0	5	0	1	0	1	0	5	5	100%	27	0	0%	25	7	28%	72	4	6%	4	2	50%	2	1	50%	0
1955	31	WSH	AL	70	29%	12			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	100%	20	3	15%	22	7	32%	54	7	13%	6	5	83%	1	1	100%	0
1956	32	BOS	AL	47	26%	14			0	0	0	0		1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	100%	7	1	14%	8	3	38%	28	4	14%	3	1	33%	2	2	100%	0
1957	33	BOS	AL	32	21%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	4	1	25%	18	1	6%	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	0
1958	34	TOT	MLB	20	40%	1			0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		7	1	14%	5	1	20%	16	2	13%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1958	34	PIT	NL	20	40%	1			0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		7	1	14%	5	1	20%	16	2	13%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1959	35	TOT	NL	4	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1959	35	PIT	NL	3	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1959	35	CHC	NL	1	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
12 Yrs				569	34%	95			2	1	0	0	0.36	6	1	23	3	3	0	6	0	28	25	89%	124	14	11%	125	29	23%	357	41	11%	28	16	57%	19	10	53%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			88%			12%			32%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1948	24	16	32	24	4	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	.250	.280	.250	.530	42	6	1	0	7
1949	25	28	52	43	4	7	1	0	0	1	0	2	7	.163	.200	.186	.386	3	8	2	0	7
1950	26	39	56	46	4	8	1	0	0	1	0	2	7	.174	.224	.196	.420	12	9	2	1	7
1951	27	60	105	92	7	14	1	0	0	3	0	4	19	.152	.204	.163	.367	-1	15	4	2	7
1952	28	91	189	171	12	29	4	0	0	6	0	6	37	.170	.207	.193	.400	10	33	6	2	10
1953	29	128	297	269	20	54	11	0	3	22	1	12	57	.201	.240	.275	.515	41	74	8	2	14
1954	30	160	396	357	23	63	11	0	4	27	1	16	81	.176	.218	.241	.458	26	86	8	3	19	1
1955	31	190	466	420	26	75	14	1	4	34	1	16	96	.179	.213	.245	.458	26	103	11	3	24	3	0
1956	32	215	513	463	30	89	14	1	5	39	1	17	106	.192	.225	.259	.485	32	120	12	4	25	4	0
1957	33	243	545	492	32	94	15	1	5	41	1	19	114	.191	.225	.256	.481	31	126	12	4	25	5	0
1958	34	282	565	512	33	95	15	1	6	43	1	20	121	.186	.220	.254	.474	29	130	13	4	25	5	0
1959	35	322	569	516	34	95	15	1	6	43	1	20	123	.184	.218	.252	.470	28	130	14	4	25	5	0

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1948	24	17	34	26	5	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	.269	.296	.269	.566	2	16
1949	25	13	21	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.048	.000	.048	0	12
1950	26	11	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	11
1951	27	22	51	48	3	6	0	0	0	2	0	2	13	.125	.176	.125	.301	1	21
1952	28	32	88	83	6	16	3	0	0	3	0	2	19	.193	.212	.229	.441	4	31
1953	29	39	112	102	8	26	7	0	3	16	1	6	21	.255	.296	.412	.708	13	37
1954	30	33	104	93	4	10	0	0	1	6	0	4	25	.108	.152	.140	.291	2	32
1955	31	31	72	65	3	12	3	1	0	7	0	0	16	.185	.179	.262	.441	3	30
1956	32	26	47	43	4	13	0	0	1	5	0	1	10	.302	.326	.372	.698	5	25
1957	33	29	32	29	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	2	8	.138	.188	.172	.360	1	28
1958	34	41	22	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.000	.045	.000	.045	0	39
1959	35	42	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	40
12 Yrs		336	591	537	36	94	14	1	5	42	1	20	128	.175	.208	.233	.441	31	322
162 Game Avg.		162	285	259	17	45	7	0	2	20	0	10	62	.175	.208	.233	.441	15	322

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Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

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Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1952 AL 5.1 (8th) 1953 AL 5.0 (6th)

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