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Ken Raffensberger

Kenneth David Raffensberger

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 8, 1917 in York, PA
High School: William Penn HS (York, PA)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1937. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1939
Teams (by GP): Reds/Phillies/Cubs/Redlegs/Cardinals 1939-1954

Final Game: June 2, 1954
Died: November 10, 2002 in York, PA
Buried: Mount Rose Cemetery, York, PA
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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
1939 21 STL NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1940 22 CHC NL 43 32 30 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 .167 .167 .167 .333 -7 5 0 0 2 1
1941 23 CHC NL 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 1
1943 25 PHI NL 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1944 26 PHI NL 38 96 80 1 11 0 0 0 3 0 3 38 .138 .169 .138 .306 -12 11 1 0 13 1 AS
1945 27 PHI NL 5 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1946 28 PHI NL 39 71 60 5 10 3 0 0 1 0 2 23 .167 .194 .217 .410 18 13 2 0 9 1
1947 29 TOT NL 29 55 52 3 10 0 0 0 5 0 1 29 .192 .208 .192 .400 7 10 0 0 2 1
1947 29 PHI NL 10 15 15 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .267 .267 .267 .533 45 4 0 0 0 1
1947 29 CIN NL 19 40 37 1 6 0 0 0 5 0 1 22 .162 .184 .162 .346 -7 6 0 0 2 1
1948 30 CIN NL 40 67 62 2 7 1 0 0 0 0 2 27 .113 .141 .129 .270 -26 8 2 0 3 1
1949 31 CIN NL 41 105 90 7 16 4 0 1 3 0 2 31 .178 .204 .256 .460 22 23 1 1 12 1 MVP-19
1950 32 CIN NL 38 89 82 7 11 2 0 1 9 0 4 21 .134 .174 .195 .370 -3 16 2 0 3 1
1951 33 CIN NL 42 92 82 4 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 31 .122 .163 .146 .309 -17 12 2 0 6 1 MVP-18
1952 34 CIN NL 38 88 75 5 8 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 32 .107 .130 .160 .290 -20 12 0 0 11 1 MVP-23
1953 35 CIN NL 26 65 57 2 8 3 0 1 8 0 1 0 22 .140 .140 .246 .386 -2 14 3 0 8 1
1954 36 CIN NL 6 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 161 1 0 0 0 0 /1
15 Yrs 397 778 688 38 97 16 0 4 31 0 1 20 280 .141 .166 .182 .348 -5 125 13 1 70 0
162 Game Avg. 162 317 281 16 40 7 0 2 13 0 8 114 .141 .166 .182 .348 -5 51 5 0 29
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 (8 yrs) 250 548 487 28 67 13 0 4 27 0 1 15 187 .138 .165 .189 .354 -5 92 10 1 45 0
PHI (5 yrs) 93 193 166 8 25 3 0 0 4 0 5 73 .151 .175 .169 .344 -1 28 3 0 22
CHC (2 yrs) 53 37 35 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 .143 .143 .143 .286 -20 5 0 0 3
STL (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
1939 21 STL NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1940 22 CHC NL 43 32 -5 0 0 0 4 -1 -0.2 1 -0 -0.2 .496 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -0 $ 1
1941 23 CHC NL 10 5 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .491 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ 1
1943 25 PHI NL 1 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .452 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ /1
1944 26 PHI NL 38 96 -14 0 0 0 9 -5 -0.6 3 -2 -0.6 .486 .497 -0.6 0.0 -2 $ 1 AS
1945 27 PHI NL 5 8 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .470 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ /1
1946 28 PHI NL 39 71 -7 0 0 0 7 -0 -0.1 2 2 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 0.0 2 $ 1
1947 29 PHI NL 10 15 -1 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 .503 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ 1
1947 29 CIN NL 19 40 -6 0 0 0 4 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .489 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
1948 30 CIN NL 40 67 -12 -0 -0 0 7 -5 -0.5 2 -2 -0.5 .487 .497 -0.5 0.0 -2 $ 1
1949 31 CIN NL 41 105 -12 0 0 0 12 0 0.0 4 4 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 4 $ 1 MVP-19
1950 32 CIN NL 38 89 -13 0 -0 0 10 -3 -0.3 3 0 -0.3 .493 .498 -0.3 -0.0 0 $ 1
1951 33 CIN NL 42 92 -15 0 -0 0 9 -5 -0.6 3 -2 -0.6 .487 .497 -0.6 -0.0 -2 $ 1 MVP-18
1952 34 CIN NL 38 88 -14 0 0 0 10 -4 -0.4 3 -1 -0.4 .489 .497 -0.4 0.0 -1 $ 1 MVP-23
1953 35 CIN NL 26 65 -8 -1 -0 0 7 -2 -0.2 2 0 -0.2 .493 .499 -0.2 -0.0 0 $ 1
1954 36 CIN NL 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .507 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ /1
15 Seasons 397 778 -110 -0 -1 0 82 -29 -3.2 26 -3 -3.5 .492 .499 -3.5 -0.0 -3 $
CIN (8 yrs) 250 548 -79 -0 -1 0 59 -20 -2.2 19 -1 -2.2 .492 .498 -2.2 -0.0 -1 $
PHI (5 yrs) 93 193 -25 0 0 0 18 -7 -0.8 6 -1 -1.0 .492 .499 -1.0 0.0 -1 $
CHC (2 yrs) 53 37 -6 0 0 0 4 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.3 .496 .499 -0.3 -0.0 -1 $
STL (1 yr) 1 0 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
1940 22 CHC NL 32 27 1 1.0 96 .417 .167 .268 .167 .332 .167 .386 .333 .718 -7 .063 -4.4 -0.4 .200 .000 .000
1941 23 CHC NL 5 6 0 0.0 91 .000 .000 .261 .000 .331 .000 .368 .000 .699 -100 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1943 25 PHI NL 3 3 0 0.0 85 .000 .000 .259 .000 .327 .000 .351 .000 .678 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1944 26 PHI NL 96 83 2 0.6 91 .262 .138 .263 .169 .330 .138 .370 .306 .699 -12 .032 -11.8 -1.2 .200 .038 .000
1945 27 PHI NL 8 8 0 0.0 93 .000 .000 .268 .000 .338 .000 .370 .000 .708 -100 .000 -2.1 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1946 28 PHI NL 71 61 3 1.3 90 .270 .167 .258 .194 .332 .217 .361 .410 .694 18 .114 -6.5 -0.7 .288 .083 .050
1947 29 TOT NL 55 44 2 1.2 105 .435 .192 .272 .208 .347 .192 .404 .400 .751 7 .079 -7.0 -0.7 .262 .019 .000
1947 29 PHI NL 15 11 1 2.4 102 .500 .267 .268 .267 .342 .267 .397 .533 .740 45 .232 -1.2 -0.1 .364 .000 .000
1947 29 CIN NL 40 33 1 0.8 106 .400 .162 .274 .184 .349 .162 .406 .346 .756 -7 .039 -5.8 -0.6 .226 .027 .000
1948 30 CIN NL 67 60 1 0.4 99 .200 .113 .265 .141 .339 .129 .393 .270 .732 -26 .014 -11.0 -1.1 .175 .048 .016
1949 31 CIN NL 105 87 5 1.5 105 .259 .178 .272 .204 .345 .256 .406 .460 .752 22 .120 -10.3 -1.0 .347 .100 .078 .0
1950 32 CIN NL 89 76 3 1.0 108 .167 .134 .270 .174 .346 .195 .418 .370 .764 -3 .060 -12.6 -1.2 .274 .110 .061 .0
1951 33 CIN NL 92 80 2 0.7 104 .196 .122 .269 .163 .343 .146 .407 .309 .750 -17 .030 -13.8 -1.4 .216 .073 .024
1952 34 CIN NL 88 78 2 0.7 96 .167 .107 .260 .130 .333 .160 .387 .290 .721 -20 .036 -12.4 -1.3 .209 .080 .053 .0
1953 35 CIN NL 65 61 2 0.9 110 .206 .140 .274 .140 .345 .246 .427 .386 .773 -2 .042 -8.7 -0.8 .245 .088 .105 .0
1954 36 CIN NL 2 1 1 26.8 111 1.000 .500 .276 .500 .348 .500 .428 1.000 .776 161 .959 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
15 Yrs 778 675 24 1.0 100 .230 .141 .267 .166 .340 .182 .396 .348 .736 -5 .056 -102.5 -10.4 .240 .068 .041 .0
162 Game Avg. 317 275 10 1.0 100 .230 .141 .267 .166 .340 .182 .396 .348 .736 -5 .056 -102.5 -10.4 .240 .068 .041
CIN (8 yrs) 548 476 17 1.0 104 .213 .138 .269 .165 .343 .189 .406 .354 .749 -5 .054 -74.4 -7.5 .248 .080 .051 .0
PHI (5 yrs) 193 166 6 1.0 91 .269 .151 .262 .175 .332 .169 .369 .344 .701 -1 .065 -22.4 -2.3 .229 .048 .018
CHC (2 yrs) 37 33 1 0.8 95 .333 .143 .267 .143 .332 .143 .383 .286 .716 -20 .045 -5.7 -0.6 .167 .000 .000

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
1944 PHI NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1940 22 CHC NL 32 0.0% 56.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.7 38%
1941 23 CHC NL 5 0.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.5 60%
1943 25 PHI NL 3 0.0% 66.7% 0.0% 0.0% 1.5 33%
1944 26 PHI NL 96 0.0% 39.6% 3.1% 0.0% 0% 12.67 2.1 26.7 44%
1945 27 PHI NL 8 0.0% 37.5% 0.0% 0.0% 2.7 63%
1946 28 PHI NL 71 0.0% 32.4% 2.8% 4.2% 30% 11.50 2.6 60.0 52%
1947 29 TOT NL 55 0.0% 52.7% 1.8% 0.0% 0% 29.00 1.8 10.4 42%
1947 29 PHI NL 15 0.0% 46.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.1 53%
1947 29 CIN NL 40 0.0% 55.0% 2.5% 0.0% 0% 22.00 1.7 7.4 38%
1948 30 CIN NL 67 0.0% 40.3% 3.0% 1.5% 14% 13.50 2.3 1.00 52%
1949 31 CIN NL 105 1.0% 29.5% 1.9% 4.8% 31% 15.50 2.9 90.0 30.0 1.50 55%
1950 32 CIN NL 89 1.1% 23.6% 4.5% 3.4% 27% 5.25 3.9 82.0 9.1 1.39 67%
1951 33 CIN NL 92 0.0% 33.7% 4.4% 2.2% 20% 7.75 2.6 1.13 55%
1952 34 CIN NL 88 1.1% 36.4% 2.3% 2.3% 25% 16.00 2.3 75.0 75.0 1.43 48%
1953 35 CIN NL 65 1.5% 33.9% 0.0% 6.2% 50% 2.6 57.0 7.1 2.89 52%
1954 36 CIN NL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.0 2.0 50%
15 Yrs 778 0.5% 36.0% 2.6% 2.6% 21% 14.00 2.5 172.0 22.2 1.51 52%
MLB Averages 1.6% 9.6% 9.3% 6.2% 27% 1.03 9.3 56.4 8.4 0.97 78%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1939 21 STL NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1940 22 CHC NL -4.4 -0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1941 23 CHC NL -1.3 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1943 25 PHI NL -0.8 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1944 26 PHI NL -11.8 -1.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 27 PHI NL -2.1 -0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 28 PHI NL -6.5 -0.7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 29 TOT NL -7.1 -0.7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 29 PHI NL -1.2 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 29 CIN NL -5.8 -0.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 30 CIN NL -11.0 -1.1 24 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 .71 -0.5 -0.1 -6.3 -0.6 0.91 -5.6 0
1949 31 CIN NL -10.3 -1.0 75 -0.7 0.6 -1.3 .87 -0.8 -0.0 -10.1 -1.0 0.92 -9.6 0
1950 32 CIN NL -12.6 -1.2 72 -0.6 0.8 -1.4 .83 -0.8 0.0 -9.8 -1.0 0.92 -9.5 0
1951 33 CIN NL -13.8 -1.4 71 -1.3 0.5 -1.8 1.08 -0.9 -0.3 -11.3 -1.1 0.93 -10.3 0
1952 34 CIN NL -12.4 -1.3 65 -0.7 0.5 -1.2 .94 -0.9 0.1 -9.9 -1.1 0.98 -9.8 0
1953 35 CIN NL -8.7 -0.8 66 -0.7 0.6 -1.3 .87 -0.7 -0.0 -4.6 -0.4 0.94 -7.8 0
1954 36 CIN NL 0.2 0.0 2 0.1 0.1 -0.0 1.29 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.1 1.21 0.3 0
15 Yrs -102.6 -10.4 375 -4.4 3.1 -7.5 .90 -4.7 -0.2 -51.4 -5.2 0.93 -52.4 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 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 30 CIN NL 0 0 22% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1949 31 CIN NL 1 0 33% 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60% 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 2
1950 32 CIN NL 1 0 43% 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14% 4 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 1
1951 33 CIN NL 2 0 29% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 33% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
1952 34 CIN NL 1 0 44% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25% 2 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0
1953 35 CIN NL 3 0 14% 16 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 20% 3 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
1954 36 CIN NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Yrs 8 0 30% 100 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 26% 15 12 3 5 4 0 7 3 4

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 30 CIN NL 67 42% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 2 29% 7 1 14% 15 0 0% 2 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1949 31 CIN NL 105 41% 16 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 12 120% 12 1 8% 19 6 32% 41 1 2% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
1950 32 CIN NL 89 31% 11 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 6 3 50% 11 2 18% 13 2 15% 45 5 11% 4 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
1951 33 CIN NL 92 43% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 150% 15 2 13% 16 1 6% 36 0 0% 2 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1952 34 CIN NL 88 40% 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 9 11 122% 10 0 0% 11 4 36% 44 1 2% 2 0 0% 3 2 67% 0
1953 35 CIN NL 65 38% 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 8 100% 16 3 19% 16 5 31% 46 10 22% 2 1 50% 5 2 40% 0
1954 36 CIN NL 2 50% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 0 0 0 0 0
15 Yrs 508 39% 97 0 0 0 0 4 0 8 3 0 2 2 0 37 70 189% 71 13 18% 82 19 23% 229 18 8% 14 1 7% 15 8 53% 0
MLB Averages 50% 247% 27% 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
1940 22 44 32 30 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 .167 .167 .167 .333 -7 5 0 0 2
1941 23 54 37 35 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 .143 .143 .143 .286 -20 5 0 0 3
1942 24 54 37 35 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 .143 .143 .143 .286 -20 5 0 0 3
1943 25 55 40 38 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 .132 .132 .132 .263 -26 5 0 0 3
1944 26 93 136 118 3 16 0 0 0 3 0 3 60 .136 .157 .136 .293 -16 16 1 0 16
1945 27 98 144 126 3 16 0 0 0 3 0 3 63 .127 .147 .127 .274 -21 16 1 0 16
1946 28 137 215 186 8 26 3 0 0 4 0 5 86 .140 .162 .156 .318 -9 29 3 0 25
1947 29 166 270 238 11 36 3 0 0 9 0 6 115 .151 .172 .164 .336 -5 39 3 0 27
1948 30 206 337 300 13 43 4 0 0 9 0 8 142 .143 .166 .157 .322 -9 47 5 0 30
1949 31 247 442 390 20 59 8 0 1 12 0 10 173 .151 .175 .179 .354 -2 70 6 1 42
1950 32 285 531 472 27 70 10 0 2 21 0 14 194 .148 .175 .182 .357 -2 86 8 1 45
1951 33 327 623 554 31 80 12 0 2 21 0 0 18 225 .144 .173 .177 .350 -4 98 10 1 51
1952 34 365 711 629 36 88 13 0 3 22 0 0 20 257 .140 .168 .175 .343 -6 110 10 1 62
1953 35 391 776 686 38 96 16 0 4 30 0 1 20 279 .140 .165 .181 .346 -6 124 13 1 70
1954 36 397 778 688 38 97 16 0 4 31 0 1 20 280 .141 .166 .182 .348 -5 125 13 1 70 0

Neutralized Batting

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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
1940 22 45 34 32 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 .188 .188 .188 .375 1 43
1941 23 10 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 10
1943 25 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
1944 26 39 101 84 1 12 0 0 0 3 0 3 39 .143 .172 .143 .315 2 38
1945 27 5 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
1946 28 41 75 64 6 12 4 0 0 1 0 2 24 .188 .212 .250 .462 3 39
1947 29 30 57 54 3 10 0 0 0 5 0 1 30 .185 .200 .185 .385 2 29
1948 30 42 69 64 2 7 1 0 0 0 0 2 28 .109 .136 .125 .261 1 40
1949 31 43 108 93 6 16 4 0 1 3 0 2 32 .172 .198 .247 .445 4 41
1950 32 40 93 86 8 12 2 0 1 10 0 4 22 .140 .178 .198 .375 3 38
1951 33 44 96 86 4 11 2 0 0 0 0 4 32 .128 .167 .151 .318 2 42
1952 34 40 93 80 7 10 1 0 1 1 0 2 33 .125 .146 .175 .321 2 38
1953 35 27 67 59 2 8 3 0 1 8 0 0 23 .136 .136 .237 .373 2 26
1954 36 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6
14 Yrs 413 812 720 42 104 17 0 4 31 0 20 290 .144 .169 .185 .353 22 396
162 Game Avg. 162 319 282 16 41 7 0 2 12 0 8 114 .144 .169 .185 .353 9 396

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1944 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1949 NL (19, 2%)
1951 NL (18, 2%)
1952 NL (23, 2%)
0.06 Career Shares (1057th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1952 NL  5.4 (8th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1944 NL  13 (8th)
1949 NL  12 (6th)
1952 NL  11 (5th)

Similarity Scores

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