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Nels Potter

Nelson Thomas Potter (Nellie)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 23, 1911 in Mount Morris, IL
School: Manchester College (North Manchester, IN)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1936
Teams (by GP): Browns/Athletics/Braves/RedSox/Cardinals 1936-1949

Final Game: September 18, 1949
Died: September 30, 1990 in Mount Morris, IL
Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Mount Morris, IL
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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
1932	20	CHW-min	D	31	89	89		19	6	1	0						.213	.213	.303	.517		27							WLO · MSVL
1933	21	LIN	D	23	52	52		13	0	2	0						.250	.250	.327	.577		17							LIN · NESL
1934	22	LIN	D	64	149	149		40	3	3	3						.268	.268	.389	.658		58							LIN · NESL
1935	23	STL-min	A	43	95	95		25	4	0	0						.263	.263	.305	.568		29							HSN · TL
1936	24	STL-CIN-min	AA	53	55	55		17	2	1	1						.309	.309	.436	.745		24							CLB,TTO · AA,IL
1936	24	STL	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0	0	0	0			/1

1937	25	STL-min	AA	71	96	96		26	7	1	0						.271	.271	.365	.635		35							CLB · AA
1938	26	PHA	AL	38	41	39	1	10	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	3	.256	.275	.282	.557	42	11		0	1			1
1939	27	PHA	AL	41	76	67	6	12	2	0	0	4	0	0	5	6	.179	.236	.209	.445	16	14	1	0	4			1
1940	28	PHA	AL	31	80	71	4	18	2	0	0	4	0	0	3	7	.254	.284	.282	.565	49	20	2	0	6			1
1941	29	TOT	AL	20	12	9	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	5	.111	.273	.111	.384	5	1	0	0	1			1
1941	29	PHA	AL	10	8	6	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.167	.286	.167	.452	24	1	0	0	1			1
1941	29	BOS	AL	10	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.250	.000	.250	-30	0	0	0	0			1

1942	30	BOS-min	AA	58	103	93	7	28	6	0	2	14	0		6	9	.301	.350	.430	.780		40	1	1	3				LOU · AA
1943	31	SLB	AL	33	62	55	0	8	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	2	.145	.203	.164	.367	7	9	2	0	4			1
1944	32	SLB	AL	32	92	82	4	13	1	0	0	5	0	0	4	4	.159	.207	.171	.378	5	14	2	1	5			1	MVP-9
1945	33	SLB	AL	32	99	92	3	28	2	0	0	5	0	0	2	7	.304	.319	.326	.645	83	30	3	0	5			1
1946	34	SLB	AL	23	56	52	2	12	3	0	0	1	0	0	4	4	.231	.286	.288	.574	57	15	1	0	0			1
1947	35	SLB	AL	32	42	35	3	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	7	2	.257	.381	.286	.667	85	10	0	0	0			1
1948	36	TOT	MLB	28	40	37	1	14	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	3	.378	.395	.405	.800	116	15	2	0	2			1
1948	36	TOT	AL	10	9	8	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.375	.444	.375	.819	118	3	1	0	0			1
1948	36	SLB	AL	2	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	164	2	0	0	0			/1
1948	36	PHA	AL	8	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	74	1	1	0	0			/1
1948	36	BSN	NL	18	31	29	0	11	1	0	0	3	0		0	3	.379	.379	.414	.793	115	12	1	0	2			1
1949	37	BSN	NL	41	27	23	0	3	1	0	0	0	0		2	7	.130	.200	.174	.374	3	4	1	0	0			1
12 Yrs				352	627	562	25	128	15	0	0	37	0	0	35	50	.228	.274	.254	.529	44	143	14	1	28
162 Game Avg.				162	289	259	12	59	7	0	0	17	0		16	23	.228	.274	.254	.529	44	66		0	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
SLB (6 yrs)				154	355	320	13	72	8	0	0	18	0	0	21	19	.225	.275	.250	.525	47	80	8	1	14
PHA (5 yrs)				128	210	187	12	42	5	0	0	16	0	0	11	18	.225	.268	.251	.519	36	47	4	0	12
BSN (2 yrs)				59	58	52	0	14	2	0	0	3	0		2	10	.269	.296	.308	.604	65	16	2	0	2
STL (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0	0	0	0
BOS (1 yr)				10	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.250	.000	.250	-30	0	0	0	0

AL (10 yrs)				292	569	510	25	114	13	0	0	34	0	0	33	40	.224	.272	.249	.521	42	127	12	1	26
NL (3 yrs)				60	58	52	0	14	2	0	0	3	0		2	10	.269	.296	.308	.604	65	16	2	0	2

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
1936	24	STL	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1

1938	26	PHA	AL	38	41	-4	0	0	0	5	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.503	.501	0.1	0.0	2	$	1
1939	27	PHA	AL	41	76	-9	0	0	0	8	-0	-0.0	2	2	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	2	$	1
1940	28	PHA	AL	31	80	-6	0	0	0	9	3	0.3	2	5	0.3	.510	.502	0.3	0.0	5	$	1
1941	29	PHA	AL	10	8	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1941	29	BOS	AL	10	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	1

1943	31	SLB	AL	33	62	-6	0	0	0	5	-1	-0.1	1	0	-0.1	.496	.499	-0.1	0.0	0	$	1
1944	32	SLB	AL	32	92	-10	0	0	0	8	-2	-0.2	2	0	-0.2	.494	.499	-0.2	0.0	0	$	1	MVP-9
1945	33	SLB	AL	32	99	-2	0	0	0	9	7	0.8	2	9	0.8	.524	.505	0.7	-0.0	9	$	1
1946	34	SLB	AL	23	56	-3	0	0	0	6	3	0.3	1	4	0.3	.514	.502	0.3	0.0	4	$	1
1947	35	SLB	AL	32	42	-0	0	0	0	4	4	0.4	1	5	0.4	.514	.503	0.4	-0.0	5	$	1
1948	36	SLB	AL	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.539	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	/1
1948	36	PHA	AL	8	5	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.505	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	/1
1948	36	BSN	NL	18	31	1	-1	-0	0	3	3	0.3	1	4	0.3	.518	.502	0.3	0.0	4	$	1
1949	37	BSN	NL	41	27	-3	0	-0	0	3	-1	-0.1	1	0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	0	$	1
12 Seasons				352	627	-43	-0	-0	0	63	19	2.0	16	35	1.9	.506	.501	1.8	0.0	35	$

SLB (6 yrs)				154	355	-21	0	0	0	33	12	1.3	8	20	1.3	.509	.501	1.2	-0.0	20	$
PHA (5 yrs)				128	210	-18	0	0	0	23	5	0.5	6	11	0.4	.504	.501	0.4	0.0	11	$
BSN (2 yrs)				59	58	-3	-1	-0	0	6	3	0.3	2	5	0.2	.505	.501	0.2	0.0	5	$
STL (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
BOS (1 yr)				10	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.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
1938	26	PHA	AL	41	30	3	2.6	115	.278	.256	.285	.275	.363	.282	.425	.557	.788	42	.219	-3.5	-0.3	.414	.051	.026
1939	27	PHA	AL	76	60	3	1.3	111	.197	.179	.283	.236	.357	.209	.418	.445	.775	16	.080	-8.5	-0.8	.339	.104	.030
1940	28	PHA	AL	80	61	6	2.6	108	.281	.254	.276	.284	.348	.282	.418	.565	.766	49	.236	-5.4	-0.5	.418	.070	.028
1941	29	TOT	AL	12	9	0	0.0	106	.250	.111	.274	.273	.351	.111	.404	.384	.754	5	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.375	.222	.000
1941	29	PHA	AL	8	6	0	0.0	104	.250	.167	.272	.286	.348	.167	.401	.452	.749	24	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.400	.167	.000
1941	29	BOS	AL	4	3	0	0.0	108		.000	.278	.250	.355	.000	.410	.250	.765	-30	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.333	.333	.000

1943	31	SLB	AL	62	53	2	1.0	89	.151	.145	.260	.203	.334	.164	.358	.367	.693	7	.084	-6.7	-0.7	.265	.091	.018
1944	32	SLB	AL	92	76	3	1.1	97	.167	.159	.276	.207	.344	.171	.377	.378	.721	5	.081	-10.6	-1.1	.268	.061	.012
1945	33	SLB	AL	99	72	10	3.7	93	.329	.304	.268	.319	.342	.326	.365	.645	.706	83	.483	-2.5	-0.3	.478	.043	.022
1946	34	SLB	AL	56	41	4	2.6	100	.250	.231	.270	.286	.345	.288	.388	.574	.732	57	.299	-3.0	-0.3	.463	.135	.058
1947	35	SLB	AL	42	26	4	4.1	98	.273	.257	.265	.381	.345	.286	.381	.667	.726	85	.492	-0.3	-0.0	.654	.229	.029
1948	36	TOT	MLB	40	27	6	5.9	102	.412	.378	.269	.395	.346	.405	.397	.800	.743	116	.623	0.8	0.1	.640	.054	.027
1948	36	TOT	AL	9	6	1	4.4	107	.375	.375	.275	.444	.360	.375	.397	.819	.758	118	.483	0.3	0.0	.667	.125	.000
1948	36	SLB	AL	4	2	1	13.3	107	.500	.500	.276	.500	.361	.500	.398	1.000	.759	164	.874	0.4	0.0	1.000	.000	.000
1948	36	PHA	AL	5	4	0	0.0	107	.250	.250	.274	.400	.360	.250	.396	.650	.756	74	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.250	.000
1948	36	BSN	NL	31	21	5	6.3	101	.423	.379	.268	.379	.342	.414	.396	.793	.738	115	.655	0.5	0.0	.632	.034	.034
1949	37	BSN	NL	27	21	1	1.3	100	.188	.130	.264	.200	.337	.174	.395	.374	.733	3	.087	-3.1	-0.3	.286	.130	.043
12 Yrs				627	476	42	2.4	101	.250	.228	.272	.274	.346	.254	.390	.529	.736	44	.242	-43.9	-4.5	.400	.089	.027
162 Game Avg.				289	219	19	2.4	101	.250	.228	.272	.274	.346	.254	.390	.529	.736	44	.242	-43.9	-4.5	.400	.089	.027
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
SLB (6 yrs)				355	270	24	2.4	95	.239	.225	.269	.275	.342	.250	.373	.525	.715	47	.282	-22.7	-2.5	.398	.091	.025
PHA (5 yrs)				210	161	12	2.0	110	.249	.225	.280	.268	.355	.251	.418	.519	.773	36	.152	-18.1	-1.7	.389	.086	.027
BSN (2 yrs)				58	42	6	3.8	100	.333	.269	.266	.296	.340	.308	.396	.604	.736	65	.423	-2.6	-0.3	.450	.077	.038
BOS (1 yr)				4	3	0	0.0	108		.000	.278	.250	.355	.000	.410	.250	.765	-30	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.333	.333	.000

AL (10 yrs)				569	434	36	2.2	101	.243	.224	.273	.272	.347	.249	.390	.521	.736	42	.224	-41.4	-4.2	.395	.090	.025
NL (3 yrs)				58	42	6	3.8	100	.333	.269	.266	.296	.340	.308	.396	.604	.736	65	.423	-2.6	-0.3	.450	.077	.038

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
1944	32	SLB	AL	WS	STL	L	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

1948	36	BSN	NL	WS	CLE	L	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs (2 Series)							4	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0	0	0
2 WS							4	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	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	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1938	26	PHA	AL	41	0.0%	7.3%	2.4%	2.4%	10%	3.00	13.0		6.5			88%
1939	27	PHA	AL	76	0.0%	7.9%	6.6%	2.6%	17%	1.20	11.2		16.8			80%
1940	28	PHA	AL	80	0.0%	8.8%	3.8%	2.5%	11%	2.33	10.1		17.8			80%
1941	29	TOT	AL	12	0.0%	41.7%	16.7%	0.0%	0%	2.50	1.8		4.5			33%
1941	29	PHA	AL	8	0.0%	25.0%	12.5%	0.0%	0%	2.00	3.0		3.0			50%
1941	29	BOS	AL	4	0.0%	75.0%	25.0%	0.0%		3.00	1.0					0%

1943	31	SLB	AL	62	0.0%	3.2%	6.5%	1.6%	13%	0.50	27.5		13.8			85%
1944	32	SLB	AL	92	0.0%	4.4%	4.4%	1.1%	8%	1.00	20.5		16.4			85%
1945	33	SLB	AL	99	0.0%	7.1%	2.0%	2.0%	7%	3.50	13.1		18.4			86%
1946	34	SLB	AL	56	0.0%	7.1%	7.1%	5.4%	25%	1.00	13.0		52.0			86%
1947	35	SLB	AL	42	0.0%	4.8%	16.7%	2.4%	11%	0.29	17.5		17.5			79%
1948	36	TOT	MLB	40	0.0%	7.5%	2.5%	2.5%	7%	3.00	12.3		9.3		1.00	85%
1948	36	TOT	AL	9	0.0%	0.0%	11.1%	0.0%	0%	0.00			8.0			89%
1948	36	SLB	AL	4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%				4.0			100%
1948	36	PHA	AL	5	0.0%	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0%	0.00						80%
1948	36	BSN	NL	31	0.0%	9.7%	0.0%	3.2%	9%		9.7		9.7		0.88	84%
1949	37	BSN	NL	27	0.0%	25.9%	7.4%	3.7%	33%	3.50	3.3				1.60	59%
12 Yrs				627	0.0%	8.0%	5.6%	2.4%	12%	1.43	11.2		15.2		1.23	82%
MLB Averages					1.4%	9.1%	9.1%	6.3%	27%	1.00	9.8	63.8	8.3		0.97	78%
				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
1936	24	STL	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1938	26	PHA	AL	-3.5	-0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1939	27	PHA	AL	-8.5	-0.8	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1940	28	PHA	AL	-5.4	-0.5	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1941	29	TOT	AL	-1.2	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1941	29	PHA	AL	-0.6	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1941	29	BOS	AL	-0.6	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1943	31	SLB	AL	-6.8	-0.8	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1944	32	SLB	AL	-10.6	-1.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1945	33	SLB	AL	-2.5	-0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1946	34	SLB	AL	-3.1	-0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	35	SLB	AL	-0.3	-0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	36	TOT	MLB	0.8	0.1	27	-0.4	0.5	-0.9	1.55	-0.2	-0.0	-3.7	-0.4	1.02	-2.5		0
1948	36	TOT	AL	0.3	0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.15	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.61	-0.3		0
1948	36	SLB	AL	0.4	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	36	PHA	AL	-0.1	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.15	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.61	-0.3		0
1948	36	BSN	NL	0.5	0.0	26	-0.4	0.5	-0.9	1.60	-0.2	-0.1	-3.6	-0.4	1.04	-2.3		0
1949	37	BSN	NL	-3.1	-0.3	20	-0.8	0.0	-0.8	1.46	-0.5	-0.1	-6.0	-0.6	0.95	-5.1		0
12 Yrs				-44.1	-4.5	47	-1.2	0.5	-1.7	1.51	-0.7	-0.1	-9.7	-1.0	0.99	-7.6		0
				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	CS	PO	XBT%	2^ndS	2^ndS3
1948	36	TOT	MLB	0	7%	6	0	1	0%	1	1
1948	36	TOT	AL	0	25%	0	0	0		0	0
1948	36	SLB	AL		50%	0	0	0		0	0
1948	36	PHA	AL	0	0%	0	0	0		0	0
1948	36	BSN	NL	0	0%	6		1	0%	1	1
1949	37	BSN	NL	0	0%	4		0	0%	1	1
12 Yrs				0	15%	10	0	1	0%	2	2

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	36	TOT	MLB	40	50%	14			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		4	2	50%	4	0	0%	17	1	6%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1948	36	TOT	AL	9	100%	3			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
1948	36	SLB	AL	4		2				0	0			0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0			0	0		0	0		0
1948	36	PHA	AL	5	100%	1			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
1948	36	BSN	NL	31	48%	11			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		4	1	25%	4	0	0%	17	1	6%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1949	37	BSN	NL	27	70%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	5	1	20%	6	0	0%	14	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
12 Yrs				67	59%	128			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	28	1400%	9	14	156%	10	0	0%	31	1	3%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					52%																			923%			89%			34%			15%			51%			56%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1938	26	39	41	39	1	10	1	6	1	3	.256	.275	.282	.557	42	11	0	0	1
1939	27	80	117	106	7	22	3	10	6	9	.208	.250	.236	.486	26	25	1	0	5
1940	28	111	197	177	11	40	5	14	9	16	.226	.263	.254	.518	35	45	3	0	11
1941	29	131	209	186	12	41	5	16	11	21	.220	.264	.247	.511	34	46	3	0	12
1942	30	131	209	186	12	41	5	16	11	21	.220	.264	.247	.511	34	46	3	0	12
1943	31	164	271	241	12	49	6	20	15	23	.203	.250	.228	.478	28	55	5	0	16
1944	32	196	363	323	16	62	7	25	19	27	.192	.239	.214	.453	22	69	7	1	21
1945	33	228	462	415	19	90	9	30	21	34	.217	.256	.239	.495	35	99	10	1	26
1946	34	251	518	467	21	102	12	31	25	38	.218	.260	.244	.504	37	114	11	1	26
1947	35	283	560	502	24	111	13	33	32	40	.221	.269	.247	.516	41	124	11	1	26
1948	36	311	600	539	25	125	14	37	33	43	.232	.277	.258	.535	46	139	13	1	28
1949	37	352	627	562	25	128	15	37	35	50	.228	.274	.254	.529	44	143	14	1	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
1938	26	40	44	42	1	11	1	0	0	6	0	1	3	.262	.279	.286	.565	3	38
1939	27	43	79	70	6	12	2	0	0	4	0	5	6	.171	.227	.200	.427	3	41
1940	28	32	81	72	4	17	2	0	0	4	0	3	7	.236	.267	.264	.531	5	31
1941	29	21	12	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.000	.182	.000	.182	0	20

1943	31	35	66	58	0	9	1	0	0	5	0	4	2	.155	.210	.172	.382	2	33
1944	32	33	96	86	5	14	1	0	0	6	0	4	4	.163	.209	.174	.383	3	32
1945	33	34	105	98	3	30	2	0	0	6	0	2	7	.306	.320	.327	.647	11	32
1946	34	24	58	54	2	12	3	0	0	1	0	4	4	.222	.276	.278	.554	4	23
1947	35	33	45	37	3	10	1	0	0	2	0	8	2	.270	.400	.297	.697	4	32
1948	36	29	42	39	1	15	1	0	0	4	0	1	3	.385	.400	.410	.810	6	28
1949	37	43	28	25	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	3	7	.160	.250	.200	.450	1	41
11 Yrs		367	656	590	25	134	15	0	0	38	0	37	50	.227	.274	.253	.526	42	351
162 Game Avg.		162	290	260	11	59	7	0	0	17	0	16	22	.227	.274	.253	.526	19	351

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1944 AL (9, 15%) 0.15 Career Shares (809th)	Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1944 AL 4.9 (10th) 1945 AL 7.3 (3rd)	Oldest s c a p y 1949 NL born 1911-08-23 (7th)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1944 AL (9, 15%)
0.15 Career Shares (809th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1944 AL 4.9 (10th)
1945 AL 7.3 (3rd)

Oldest s c a p y
1949 NL born 1911-08-23 (7th)

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