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Wally Post

Walter Charles Post

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 9, 1929 in St. Wendelin, OH
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1949 (Age 20)
Teams (by GP): Redlegs/Reds/Phillies/Twins/Indians 1949-1964

Final Game: May 9, 1964 (Age 34)
Died: January 6, 1982 in St. Henry, OH
Buried: St. Henry Church Cemetery, St. Henry, OH
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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	16	CIN-min	D	2	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0							MTO · OHSL
1947	17	CIN-min	D	42	83	77	11	26	3	0	0	14	1		5	13	.338	.378	.377	.755		29		0	1				MUN · OHSL
1948	18	CIN-min	A	47	90	90		16	2	1	1						.178	.178	.256	.433		23							CLM · SALL
1949	19	CIN-min	A	129	468	468		120	19	6	14						.256	.256	.412	.669		193							CLM,CHL · SALL,CENL
1949	19	CIN	NL	6	8	8	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	34	2	1	0	0			/O879

1950	20	CIN-min	AA	136	514	514		151	36	4	12						.294	.294	.449	.743		231							TUL · TL
1951	21	BFL	AAA	111	468	422	78	129	17	5	21	65	11		40	61	.306	.371	.519	.890		219		4	2				BFL · IL
1951	21	CIN	NL	15	44	41	6	9	3	0	1	7	0	0	3	4	.220	.273	.366	.639	69	15	2	0	0			/8O
1952	22	ATL-min	AAA	51	165	149	25	36	10	2	5	24	1		14	36	.242	.307	.436	.743		65	3	0	2				MLW · AA
1952	22	CIN	NL	19	63	58	5	9	1	0	2	7	0	0	4	20	.155	.222	.276	.498	38	16	1	1	0			O7/8
1953	23	CLE-min	AAA	133	560	509	99	147	24	11	33	120	5		48	80	.289	.354	.574	.927		292	14	3	0				INA · AA
1953	23	CIN	NL	11	37	33	3	8	1	0	1	4	1	0	4	6	.242	.324	.364	.688	79	12	2	0	0			O/89
1954	24	CIN	NL	130	486	451	46	115	21	3	18	83	2	2	26	70	.255	.297	.435	.731	87	196	10	3	0	5		*9/8
1955	25	CIN	NL	*154*	668	601	116	186	33	3	40	109	7	4	60	102	.309	.372	.574	.946	142	345	15	2	2	3	5	*9	MVP-12
1956	26	CIN	NL	143	586	539	94	134	25	3	36	83	6	0	37	124	.249	.301	.506	.807	108	273	10	4	4	2	2	*9/7
1957	27	CIN	NL	134	507	467	68	114	26	2	20	74	2	2	33	84	.244	.291	.437	.727	88	204	12	0	1	6	5	*9
1958	28	PHI	NL	110	420	379	51	107	21	3	12	62	0	2	32	74	.282	.340	.449	.788	108	170	3	3	2	4	5	9/7
1959	29	PHI	NL	132	510	468	62	119	17	6	22	94	0	0	36	101	.254	.310	.457	.767	101	214	7	3	0	3	4	*9/7
1960	30	TOT	NL	111	374	333	47	94	20	1	19	50	0	2	37	75	.282	.350	.520	.870	134	173	12	0	0	4	4	79
1960	30	PHI	NL	34	94	84	11	24	6	1	2	12	0	0	9	24	.286	.351	.452	.803	120	38	1	0	0	1	1	7/9
1960	30	CIN	NL	77	280	249	36	70	14	0	17	38	0	2	28	51	.281	.350	.542	.892	139	135	11	0	0	3	3	79
1961	31	CIN	NL	99	306	282	44	83	16	3	20	57	0	1	22	61	.294	.346	.585	.932	141	165	7	1	0	1	1	79
1962	32	CIN	NL	109	321	285	43	75	10	3	17	62	1	0	32	67	.263	.341	.498	.839	119	142	8	2	1	1	2	7/9
1963	33	TOT	MLB	26	57	54	7	9	0	1	2	6	0	0	2	18	.167	.211	.315	.525	45	17	3	1	0	0	0	9/7
1963	33	CIN	NL	5	8	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.125	.000	.125	-61	0	2	1	0	0	0	/7
1963	33	MIN	AL	21	49	47	6	9	0	1	2	6	0	0	2	17	.191	.224	.362	.586	60	17	1	0	0	0	0	9/7
1964	34	DET-min	AAA	27	51	46	6	7	1	0	3	7	0	0	5	19	.152	.235	.370	.605		17		0	0	0			SYR · IL
1964	34	CLE	AL	5	11	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	.000	.273	.000	.273	-16	0	0	0	0	0	0	/9
15 Yrs				1204	4398	4007	594	1064	194	28	210	699	19	13	331	813	.266	.323	.485	.808	110	1944	93	20	10	29	28
162 Game Avg.				162	592	539	80	143	26	4	28	94	3		45	109	.266	.323	.485	.808	110	262	13	3	1
				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
CIN (12 yrs)				902	3314	3021	463	805	150	17	172	525	19	11	249	593	.266	.323	.498	.821	113	1505	81	14	8	21	18
PHI (3 yrs)				276	1024	931	124	250	44	10	36	168	0	2	77	199	.269	.326	.453	.779	105	422	11	6	2	8	10
MIN (1 yr)				21	49	47	6	9	0	1	2	6	0	0	2	17	.191	.224	.362	.586	60	17	1	0	0	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				5	11	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	.000	.273	.000	.273	-16	0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (14 yrs)				1178	4338	3952	587	1055	194	27	208	693	19	13	326	792	.267	.324	.488	.811	111	1927	92	20	10	29	28
AL (2 yrs)				26	60	55	7	9	0	1	2	6	0	0	5	21	.164	.233	.309	.542	50	17	1	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1949	19	CIN	NL	6	8	-1	0	-0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.481	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1		/O879

1951	21	CIN	NL	15	44	-2	-0	-0	0	-0	-2	-0.2	2	-0	-0.1	.486	.499	-0.0	0.0	-0		/8O
1952	22	CIN	NL	19	63	-5	0	-0	2	-1	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.2	.477	.497	-0.4	0.1	-4		O7/8
1953	23	CIN	NL	11	37	-1	-0	-0	-1	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.478	.499	-0.0	-0.1	-0		O/89
1954	24	CIN	NL	130	486	-10	-1	1	-5	-5	-20	-2.1	18	-1	-0.3	.484	.487	0.3	-1.1	3		*9/8
1955	25	CIN	NL	154	668	39	0	-2	1	-7	31	2.8	25	56	5.3	.521	.520	5.6	-0.9	55		*9	MVP-12
1956	26	CIN	NL	143	586	10	3	-1	8	-6	14	1.2	22	36	3.5	.511	.509	3.0	-0.1	28		*9/7
1957	27	CIN	NL	134	507	-4	1	-1	11	-5	2	0.0	19	21	1.9	.501	.501	1.0	0.5	10		*9
1958	28	PHI	NL	110	420	3	1	1	-5	-4	-4	-0.5	16	12	1.1	.496	.497	1.7	-1.0	17		9/7
1959	29	PHI	NL	132	510	1	-1	1	-6	-5	-10	-1.0	19	10	1.0	.492	.494	1.6	-1.2	16		*9/7
1960	30	PHI	NL	34	94	1	-0	-0	2	-1	2	0.2	4	5	0.6	.506	.501	0.3	0.1	3		7/9
1960	30	CIN	NL	77	280	13	-0	-2	2	-3	10	1.0	11	20	2.1	.513	.506	1.9	-0.2	18		79
1961	31	CIN	NL	99	306	16	-1	-1	5	-4	16	1.6	12	27	2.8	.516	.510	2.3	0.1	22		79
1962	32	CIN	NL	109	321	11	1	-0	-9	-4	-1	-0.1	12	11	1.1	.499	.499	2.0	-1.3	20		7/9
1963	33	CIN	NL	5	8	-1	-0	-0	0	-0	-1	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.467	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1		/7
1963	33	MIN	AL	21	49	-2	0	-0	1	-0	-1	-0.2	2	0	-0.0	.492	.499	-0.2	0.1	-1		9/7
1964	34	CLE	AL	5	11	-1	0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.474	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1		/9
15 Seasons				1204	4398	68	3	-5	7	-47	26	1.6	165	191	18.3	.502	.503	18.6	-4.8	184
			Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
CIN (12 yrs)				902	3314	66	3	-7	14	-36	40	3.2	125	165	15.8	.505	.505	15.2	-2.8	151
PHI (3 yrs)				276	1024	6	-1	2	-8	-11	-12	-1.3	39	27	2.6	.496	.496	3.6	-2.0	35
MIN (1 yr)				21	49	-2	0	-0	1	-0	-1	-0.2	2	0	-0.0	.492	.499	-0.2	0.1	-1
CLE (1 yr)				5	11	-1	0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.474	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1

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
1949	19	CIN	NL	8	7	1	3.8	105	.400	.250	.272	.250	.345	.250	.406	.500	.752	34	.418	-0.8	-0.1	.286	.000	.000

1951	21	CIN	NL	44	34	4	3.2	104	.222	.220	.269	.273	.343	.366	.407	.639	.750	69	.342	-1.8	-0.2	.529	.220	.146	.0
1952	22	CIN	NL	63	50	3	1.6	96	.194	.155	.260	.222	.333	.276	.388	.498	.721	38	.150	-5.2	-0.5	.420	.190	.121	.0
1953	23	CIN	NL	37	27	4	3.9	110	.269	.242	.274	.324	.345	.364	.427	.688	.773	79	.406	-1.0	-0.1	.630	.273	.121	1.0
1954	24	CIN	NL	486	353	57	4.3	111	.264	.255	.277	.297	.348	.435	.428	.731	.776	87	.453	-10.9	-1.1	.647	.237	.180	3.6
1955	25	CIN	NL	668	439	125	7.6	110	.316	.309	.271	.372	.343	.574	.430	.946	.773	142	.709	35.6	3.4	.945	.369	.265	11.9
1956	26	CIN	NL	586	421	81	5.1	107	.257	.249	.270	.301	.338	.506	.426	.807	.764	108	.564	3.4	0.3	.771	.338	.258	10.3
1957	27	CIN	NL	507	374	57	4.1	108	.255	.244	.275	.291	.340	.437	.427	.727	.766	88	.448	-9.3	-0.9	.646	.263	.193	3.6
1958	28	PHI	NL	420	283	59	5.6	105	.320	.282	.269	.340	.336	.449	.419	.788	.756	108	.583	4.4	0.4	.733	.245	.166	.0
1959	29	PHI	NL	510	359	67	5.0	106	.279	.254	.271	.310	.338	.457	.420	.767	.758	101	.535	-1.8	-0.2	.711	.280	.203	.0
1960	30	TOT	NL	374	257	57	6.0	100	.309	.282	.265	.350	.331	.520	.406	.870	.737	134	.640	15.7	1.6	.822	.342	.237	.0
1960	30	PHI	NL	94	62	14	6.1	98	.373	.286	.262	.351	.328	.452	.402	.803	.730	120	.647	2.5	0.2	.770	.274	.167	.0
1960	30	CIN	NL	280	195	43	5.9	101	.288	.281	.266	.350	.332	.542	.407	.892	.739	139	.637	13.2	1.3	.839	.365	.261	.0
1961	31	CIN	NL	306	208	55	7.1	107	.312	.294	.271	.346	.338	.585	.422	.932	.760	141	.682	15.2	1.5	.903	.365	.291	.0
1962	32	CIN	NL	321	220	48	5.8	107	.287	.263	.275	.341	.343	.498	.417	.839	.760	119	.611	6.6	0.6	.812	.351	.235	1.9
1963	33	TOT	MLB	57	48	4	2.2	96	.206	.167	.258	.211	.324	.315	.396	.525	.720	45	.245	-4.4	-0.5	.417	.185	.148	.0
1963	33	CIN	NL	8	9	0	0.0	92	.000	.000	.257	.125	.320	.000	.385	.125	.705	-61	.000	-1.5	-0.2	.111	.000	.000
1963	33	MIN	AL	49	39	4	2.8	96	.250	.191	.258	.224	.324	.362	.398	.586	.722	60	.318	-3.0	-0.3	.487	.213	.170	.0
1964	34	CLE	AL	11	8	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.256	.273	.324	.000	.397	.273	.721	-16	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.375	.375	.000
15 Yrs				4398	3088	622	5.4	107	.283	.266	.271	.323	.339	.485	.422	.808	.761	110	.573	44.6	4.2	.755	.304	.220	34.8
162 Game Avg.				592	415	84	5.4	107	.283	.266	.271	.323	.339	.485	.422	.808	.761	110	.573	6	1	.755	.304	.220	5
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
CIN (12 yrs)				3314	2337	478	5.5	107	.278	.266	.272	.323	.341	.498	.423	.821	.764	113	.580	43.6	4.2	.769	.317	.232	34.2
PHI (3 yrs)				1024	704	140	5.3	105	.304	.269	.269	.326	.336	.453	.418	.779	.754	105	.566	5.1	0.5	.725	.265	.185	.0
MIN (1 yr)				49	39	4	2.8	96	.250	.191	.258	.224	.324	.362	.398	.586	.722	60	.318	-3.0	-0.3	.487	.213	.170	.0
CLE (1 yr)				11	8	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.256	.273	.324	.000	.397	.273	.721	-16		-1.2	-0.1	.375	.375	.000

NL (14 yrs)				4338	3041	618	5.5	107	.284	.267	.271	.324	.340	.488	.422	.811	.762	111	.577	48.7	4.7	.759	.305	.221	34.8
AL (2 yrs)				60	47	4	2.3	96	.219	.164	.257	.233	.324	.309	.398	.542	.722	50	.248	-4.1	-0.4	.468	.236	.145	.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
1961	31	CIN	NL	WS	NYY	L	5	19	18	3	6	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	.333	.368	.556	.924	10	1	1	0	0	0
1 WS							5	19	18	3	6	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	.333	.368	.556	.924	10	1	1	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
1949	19	CIN	NL	8	0.0%	37.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.7		8.0			63%

1951	21	CIN	NL	44	2.3%	9.1%	6.8%	9.1%	44%	1.33	10.3	41.0	5.9		1.00	82%
1952	22	CIN	NL	63	3.2%	31.8%	6.4%	4.8%	33%	5.00	2.9	29.0	8.3		0.94	57%
1953	23	CIN	NL	37	2.7%	16.2%	10.8%	5.4%	25%	1.50	5.5	33.0	8.3		1.00	70%
1954	24	CIN	NL	486	3.7%	14.4%	5.4%	8.6%	37%	2.69	6.4	25.1	5.4		0.88	76%
1955	25	CIN	NL	668	6.0%	15.3%	9.0%	11.4%	41%	1.70	5.9	15.0	5.5		0.64	69%
1956	26	CIN	NL	586	6.1%	21.2%	6.3%	10.9%	48%	3.35	4.3	15.0	6.5		0.64	65%
1957	27	CIN	NL	507	3.9%	16.6%	6.5%	9.5%	42%	2.55	5.6	23.4	6.3		0.73	73%
1958	28	PHI	NL	420	2.9%	17.6%	7.6%	8.6%	34%	2.31	5.1	31.6	6.1		0.70	71%
1959	29	PHI	NL	510	4.3%	19.8%	7.1%	8.8%	38%	2.81	4.6	21.3	5.0		0.61	68%
1960	30	TOT	NL	374	5.1%	20.1%	9.9%	10.7%	43%	2.03	4.4	17.5	6.7		0.58	65%
1960	30	PHI	NL	94	2.1%	25.5%	9.6%	9.6%	38%	2.67	3.5	42.0	7.0		0.50	63%
1960	30	CIN	NL	280	6.1%	18.2%	10.0%	11.1%	44%	1.82	4.9	14.6	6.6		0.61	66%
1961	31	CIN	NL	306	6.5%	19.9%	7.2%	12.8%	47%	2.77	4.6	14.1	4.9		0.68	66%
1962	32	CIN	NL	321	5.3%	20.9%	10.0%	9.4%	40%	2.09	4.3	16.8	4.6		0.77	63%
1963	33	TOT	MLB	57	3.5%	31.6%	3.5%	5.3%	33%	9.00	3.0	27.0	9.0		1.42	60%
1963	33	CIN	NL	8	0.0%	12.5%	0.0%	0.0%			7.0				1.67	75%
1963	33	MIN	AL	49	4.1%	34.7%	4.1%	6.1%	33%	8.50	2.8	23.5	7.8		1.33	57%
1964	34	CLE	AL	11	0.0%	36.4%	27.3%	0.0%		1.33	2.0				0.33	36%
15 Yrs				4398	4.8%	18.5%	7.5%	9.8%	41%	2.46	4.9	19.1	5.7		0.70	69%
MLB Averages					2.2%	12.4%	9.0%	6.5%	29%	1.37	7.2	40.1	8.3		1.01	75%
				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

Win Probability*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1949	19	CIN	NL	-0.8	-0.1	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.42	-0.1	0.0	-1.5	-0.1	1.03	-1.3		0

1951	21	CIN	NL	-1.8	-0.2	16	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	1.22	-0.1	-0.1	-0.9	-0.1	1.18	-0.7	0.02	2
1952	22	CIN	NL	-5.2	-0.5	63	-0.8	1.0	-1.8	1.28	-0.3	-0.3	-6.6	-0.7	1.01	-4.3	1.78	3
1953	23	CIN	NL	-1.0	-0.1	38	0.0	0.7	-0.6	.97	0.2	-0.1	-1.6	-0.2	1.03	0.9		0
1954	24	CIN	NL	-10.9	-1.1	494	1.3	10.7	-9.3	1.08	0.2	1.0	1.7	0.2	1.01	-1.8	1.90	13
1955	25	CIN	NL	35.6	3.4	688	2.4	13.8	-11.4	.99	4.0	-1.6	41.4	3.9	0.96	51.3		0
1956	26	CIN	NL	3.4	0.3	600	3.1	13.8	-10.7	1.07	2.2	0.7	12.7	1.2	0.95	18.7	1.51	6
1957	27	CIN	NL	-9.3	-0.9	513	-0.6	9.2	-9.9	1.07	0.1	-0.7	-1.9	-0.2	0.99	1.4	0.74	10
1958	28	PHI	NL	4.4	0.4	426	1.3	9.2	-7.9	1.19	0.1	1.0	8.0	0.8	1.02	5.4	1.42	20
1959	29	PHI	NL	-1.8	-0.2	513	1.5	11.8	-10.3	1.12	1.2	0.1	13.8	1.3	0.99	13.3	2.84	12
1960	30	TOT	NL	15.7	1.6	384	-1.7	6.9	-8.6	1.17	0.9	-2.4	5.4	0.5	1.00	10.8	1.81	24
1960	30	PHI	NL	2.5	0.2	96	-0.3	2.0	-2.3	1.30	0.2	-0.4	0.6	0.1	1.06	2.0	1.82	14
1960	30	CIN	NL	13.2	1.3	288	-1.4	4.9	-6.3	1.13	0.8	-2.0	4.8	0.5	0.99	8.8	1.79	10
1961	31	CIN	NL	15.2	1.5	313	3.0	8.4	-5.4	.99	2.6	0.5	25.1	2.4	0.95	27.2	1.67	25
1962	32	CIN	NL	6.6	0.6	328	1.0	7.2	-6.1	1.10	1.7	-0.7	16.4	1.6	1.02	21.0	1.75	27
1963	33	TOT	MLB	-4.4	-0.5	58	-0.7	0.8	-1.5	1.22	-0.4	-0.2	-4.9	-0.5	1.02	-5.1	2.02	12
1963	33	CIN	NL	-1.5	-0.2	8	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.29	-0.2	0.0	-2.9	-0.3	1.43	-1.7	1.77	3
1963	33	MIN	AL	-3.0	-0.3	50	-0.6	0.8	-1.3	1.21	-0.3	-0.2	-2.1	-0.2	0.96	-3.4	2.10	9
1964	34	CLE	AL	-1.2	-0.1	11	-0.0	0.1	-0.2	.90	-0.1	0.1	-1.1	-0.1	0.94	-1.0	1.29	3
15 Yrs				44.6	4.3	4449	9.5	93.7	-84.2	1.08	12.1	-3.4	106.0	10.0	0.99	135.9	1.72	157
				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	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	OOB1	OOB2	OOB3	OOBHm	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1949	19	CIN	NL	0	0	50%	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1951	21	CIN	NL	1	0	46%	16	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14%	4	4	0	1	1	0	2	1	1
1952	22	CIN	NL	0	0	25%	12	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	17%	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	2	1
1953	23	CIN	NL	1	0	18%	12	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	50%	3	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
1954	24	CIN	NL	7	0	22%	141	2	2	50%	1	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	6	0	1	2	1	8	53%	20	10	9	2	2	0	12	2	9
1955	25	CIN	NL	11	0	37%	247	7	4	64%	5	3	0	0	1	0	4	0	8	0	1	0	6	12	53%	38	24	14	11	7	4	28	2	23
1956	26	CIN	NL	12	0	42%	172	6	0	100%	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	2	2	1	15	49%	27	15	11	2	2	0	20	7	13
1957	27	CIN	NL	13	0	38%	168	2	2	50%	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	7	55%	26	15	10	6	2	4	17	4	13
1958	28	PHI	NL	5	0	30%	132	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	3	1	1	5	53%	21	13	7	5	2	3	14	3	11
1959	29	PHI	NL	9	0	29%	150	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	3	1	12	45%	20	10	9	12	9	3	6	0	5
1960	30	TOT	NL	4	0	25%	134	0	2	0%	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	2	1	2	9	29%	20	15	4	4	2	2	11	5	4
1960	30	PHI	NL	0	0	29%	34	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	33%	4	3	1	1	1	0	4	1	2
1960	30	CIN	NL	4	0	24%	100	0	2	0%	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	1	1	8	27%	16	12	3	3	1	2	7	4	2
1961	31	CIN	NL	5	0	28%	110	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	1	8	22%	17	15	1	5	5	0	10	3	6
1962	32	CIN	NL	9	0	28%	123	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	9	53%	19	12	7	4	3	1	13	1	11
1963	33	TOT	MLB	1	0	50%	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1963	33	CIN	NL	0	0	100%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963	33	MIN	AL	1	0	44%	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1964	34	CLE	AL	0	0	33%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
15 Yrs				78	0	32%	1428	19	13	59%	13	12	4	1	1	0	11	0	47	0	12	10	17	87	46%	221	139	74	53	35	18	137	30	98
				ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	OOB1	OOB2	OOB3	OOBHm	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH

Situational Batting*

						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	%	DPopp	DPs	DP%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1949	19	CIN	NL	8	100%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0

1951	21	CIN	NL	44	63%	9			2	1	0	0	0.02	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		7	2	29%	1	1	100%	16	2	13%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
1952	22	CIN	NL	63	27%	9			3	0	0	0	1.78	2	0	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	0		8	1	13%	5	1	20%	51	5	10%	6	1	17%	1	0	0%	0
1953	23	CIN	NL	37	84%	8			0	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		12	2	17%	4	1	25%	28	3	11%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
1954	24	CIN	NL	486	35%	115			13	3	0	2	1.90	18	0	23	12	6	8	10	0	0	0		103	10	10%	54	19	35%	364	67	18%	40	22	55%	18	6	33%	0
1955	25	CIN	NL	668	35%	186			0	0	0	0		40	0	16	23	17	25	15	0	2	2	100%	138	15	11%	41	11	27%	441	74	17%	25	12	48%	24	12	50%	0
1956	26	CIN	NL	586	31%	134			6	0	0	0	1.51	36	1	14	25	11	23	13	0	5	4	80%	137	10	7%	68	16	24%	359	51	14%	35	15	43%	23	11	48%	0
1957	27	CIN	NL	507	37%	114			10	2	0	1	0.74	20	2	12	17	3	13	7	0	2	1	50%	118	12	10%	58	11	19%	362	56	15%	32	19	59%	19	5	26%	0
1958	28	PHI	NL	420	34%	107			20	6	3	5	1.42	12	1	19	7	5	5	7	1	2	2	100%	95	3	3%	42	13	31%	322	54	17%	31	17	55%	22	9	41%	0
1959	29	PHI	NL	510	41%	119			12	3	1	2	2.84	22	0	15	10	12	11	11	0	0	0		103	7	7%	54	17	31%	376	77	20%	52	32	62%	24	16	67%	0
1960	30	TOT	NL	374	50%	94			24	2	2	2	1.81	19	0	5	6	13	11	8	0	1	0	0%	78	12	15%	33	8	24%	250	32	13%	27	12	44%	13	6	46%	0
1960	30	PHI	NL	94	50%	24			14	0	0	0	1.82	2	0	2	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0%	18	1	6%	7	1	14%	76	10	13%	7	3	43%	3	3	100%	0
1960	30	CIN	NL	280	50%	70			10	2	2	2	1.79	17	0	3	5	12	11	6	0	0	0		60	11	18%	26	7	27%	174	22	13%	20	9	45%	10	3	30%	0
1961	31	CIN	NL	306	66%	83			25	7	1	5	1.67	20	0	2	4	16	9	11	0	0	0		57	7	12%	31	2	6%	181	38	21%	16	5	31%	8	2	25%	0
1962	32	CIN	NL	321	57%	75			27	9	3	6	1.75	17	0	14	4	13	10	7	0	1	1	100%	69	8	12%	40	8	20%	247	47	19%	28	14	50%	19	9	47%	0
1963	33	TOT	MLB	57	74%	9			12	0	0	0	2.02	2	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0		12	3	25%	3	0	0%	41	4	10%	5	2	40%	1	0	0%	0
1963	33	CIN	NL	8	100%	0			3	0	0	0	1.77	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	2	40%	1	0	0%	10	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1963	33	MIN	AL	49	69%	9			9	0	0	0	2.10	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0		7	1	14%	2	0	0%	31	4	13%	4	2	50%	1	0	0%	0
1964	34	CLE	AL	11	91%	0			3	0	0	0	1.29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		7	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
15 Yrs				4398	41%	1064			157	33	10	23	1.72	210	4	127	109	100	119	91	1	13	10	77%	939	93	10%	435	109	25%	3048	510	17%	300	153	51%	174	78	45%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			81%			11%			31%			14%			50%			54%
				PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	DPopp	DPs	DP%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu

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
1949	19	6	8	8	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	34	2	1	0	0
1950	20	6	8	8	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	34	2	1	0	0
1951	21	21	52	49	7	11	3	0	1	8	0	0	3	7	.224	.269	.347	.616	64	17	3	0	0
1952	22	40	115	107	12	20	4	0	3	15	0	0	7	27	.187	.243	.308	.552	50	33	4	1	0
1953	23	51	152	140	15	28	5	0	4	19	1	0	11	33	.200	.263	.321	.585	57	45	6	1	0
1954	24	181	638	591	61	143	26	3	22	102	3	2	37	103	.242	.289	.408	.697	80	241	16	4	0	5
1955	25	335	1306	1192	177	329	59	6	62	211	10	6	97	205	.276	.332	.492	.823	112	586	31	6	2	8	5
1956	26	478	1892	1731	271	463	84	9	98	294	16	6	134	329	.267	.322	.496	.818	111	859	41	10	6	10	7
1957	27	612	2399	2198	339	577	110	11	118	368	18	8	167	413	.263	.315	.484	.799	106	1063	53	10	7	16	12
1958	28	722	2819	2577	390	684	131	14	130	430	18	10	199	487	.265	.319	.478	.797	106	1233	56	13	9	20	17
1959	29	854	3329	3045	452	803	148	20	152	524	18	10	235	588	.264	.318	.475	.793	105	1447	63	16	9	23	21
1960	30	965	3703	3378	499	897	168	21	171	574	18	12	272	663	.266	.321	.480	.800	108	1620	75	16	9	27	25
1961	31	1064	4009	3660	543	980	184	24	191	631	18	13	294	724	.268	.323	.488	.811	111	1785	82	17	9	28	26
1962	32	1173	4330	3945	586	1055	194	27	208	693	19	13	326	791	.267	.324	.488	.813	111	1927	90	19	10	29	28
1963	33	1199	4387	3999	593	1064	194	28	210	699	19	13	328	809	.266	.323	.486	.809	110	1944	93	20	10	29	28
1964	34	1204	4398	4007	594	1064	194	28	210	699	19	13	331	813	.266	.323	.485	.808	110	1944	93	20	10	29	28

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
1949	19	6	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6

1951	21	16	45	42	6	9	3	0	1	7	0	3	4	.214	.267	.357	.624	4	15
1952	22	20	66	61	6	10	1	0	2	9	0	4	21	.164	.227	.279	.506	4	19
1953	23	11	38	34	3	8	1	0	1	4	1	4	6	.235	.316	.353	.669	4	11
1954	24	137	504	470	46	117	21	3	18	83	2	26	74	.249	.290	.421	.711	58	130
1955	25	162	691	624	113	187	33	3	40	106	7	60	107	.300	.361	.554	.916	125	154
1956	26	149	610	562	97	139	26	3	37	86	6	38	130	.247	.299	.502	.800	84	143
1957	27	140	526	485	68	116	26	2	20	74	2	34	88	.239	.286	.425	.710	60	134
1958	28	116	442	399	54	113	22	3	13	66	0	34	78	.283	.341	.451	.792	61	110
1959	29	138	531	488	64	123	18	6	23	97	0	37	106	.252	.307	.455	.762	68	132
1960	30	116	393	350	51	100	21	1	20	54	0	39	78	.286	.354	.523	.877	66	111
1961	31	103	318	293	44	85	16	3	20	57	0	23	64	.290	.343	.570	.913	57	99
1962	32	109	317	282	40	72	10	3	16	58	1	31	67	.255	.332	.482	.815	45	109
1963	33	26	58	55	7	10	0	1	2	6	0	2	18	.182	.224	.327	.551	4	26
1964	34	5	11	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	.000	.273	.000	.273	0	5
15 Yrs		1254	4558	4161	600	1089	198	28	213	707	19	338	848	.262	.318	.476	.794	640	1204
162 Game Avg.		162	589	538	78	141	26	4	28	91	2	44	110	.262	.318	.476	.794	83	1204

* - Disclaimer & Completeness Note

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1945 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1955 NL (12, 7%) 0.07 Career Shares (1028th)	WAR Position Players† s c a p y 1955 NL 5.3 (9th)	Offensive WAR† s c a p y 1955 NL 5.6 (8th)	Batting Average s c a p y 1955 NL .309 (8th)
On-Base% s c a p y 1955 NL .372 (9th)	Slugging % s c a p y 1955 NL .574 (7th) Career .485 (162nd)	On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y 1955 NL .946 (7th)	Games Played s c a p y 1955 NL 154 (1st)
At Bats s c a p y 1955 NL 601 (7th)	Plate Appearances s c a p y 1955 NL 668 (8th)	Runs Scored s c a p y 1955 NL 116 (3rd) 1956 NL 94 (8th)	Hits s c a p y 1955 NL 186 (4th)
Total Bases s c a p y 1955 NL 345 (4th)	Doubles s c a p y 1955 NL 33 (4th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1955 NL 40 (6th) 1956 NL 36 (5th)	Runs Batted In s c a p y 1955 NL 109 (6th) 1959 NL 94 (8th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 1955 NL 102 (1st) 1956 NL 124 (1st) 1957 NL 84 (10th) 1959 NL 101 (1st)	Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y 1955 NL 142 (8th)	Runs Created s c a p y 1955 NL 125 (6th)	Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y 1955 NL 36 (7th)
Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y 1955 NL 3.4 (7th)	Extra Base Hits s c a p y 1955 NL 76 (4th) 1956 NL 64 (8th)	Times On Base s c a p y 1955 NL 248 (7th)	Offensive Win % s c a p y 1955 NL .709 (8th)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1956 NL 4 (10th)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1957 NL 6 (8th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1955 NL 15 (7th)	Power-Speed # s c a p y 1955 NL 11.9 (7th) 1956 NL 10.3 (10th)
AB per HR s c a p y 1955 NL 15.0 (7th) 1956 NL 15.0 (5th) 1959 NL 21.3 (9th) Career 19.1 (98th)	Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y 1955 NL 41.40 (6th)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1956 NL 3.1 (10th)	Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1955 NL 4.0 (7th)
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y 1955 NL 3.9 (6th)	Youngest s c a p y 1949 NL born 1929-07-09 (3rd)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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

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Black Ink	Batting - 1 (751), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 36 (688), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 14 (995), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 16 (1033), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Right Field (120th), 18.3 career WAR/18.3 7yr-peak WAR/18.3 JAWS Average HOF RF (out of 23) = 70.9 career WAR/42.0 7yr-peak WAR/56.4 JAWS

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Danny Walton (984) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Frank Thomas (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Frank Howard (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Frank Howard (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Frank Thomas (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tony Conigliaro (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Preston Wilson (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Kevin Mitchell (952) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Preston Wilson (947) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jeromy Burnitz (944) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Gus Zernial (955) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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