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Pee Wee Reese

Harold Henry Reese

Positions: Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: July 23, 1918 in Ekron, KY
High School: DuPont Manual HS (Louisville, KY)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1940
Team: Dodgers 1940-1958

Final Game: September 26, 1958
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1984.
   View Pee Wee Reese Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: August 14, 1999 in Louisville, KY
Buried: Resthaven Memorial Park, Louisville, KY
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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
1940 21 BRO NL 84 361 312 58 85 8 4 5 28 15 45 42 .272 .366 .372 .738 98 116 1 1 3 6 MVP-26
1941 22 BRO NL 152 674 595 76 136 23 5 2 46 10 68 56 .229 .311 .294 .605 68 175 6 3 8 *6
1942 23 BRO NL 151 656 564 87 144 24 5 3 53 15 82 55 .255 .350 .332 .681 98 187 8 0 9 *6 AS,MVP-25
1943 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1944 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946 27 BRO NL 152 644 542 79 154 16 10 5 60 10 87 71 .284 .384 .378 .762 116 205 10 1 14 *6 AS,MVP-6
1947 28 BRO NL 142 589 476 81 135 24 4 12 73 7 104 67 .284 .414 .426 .841 121 203 7 2 8 *6 AS,MVP-8
1948 29 BRO NL 151 655 566 96 155 31 4 9 75 25 79 63 .274 .363 .390 .753 100 221 16 0 9 *6 AS,MVP-6
1949 30 BRO NL 155 742 617 132 172 27 3 16 73 26 116 59 .279 .396 .410 .806 113 253 5 4 6 *6 AS,MVP-5
1950 31 BRO NL 141 633 531 97 138 21 5 11 52 17 91 62 .260 .369 .380 .750 95 202 7 1 10 *6/5 AS,MVP-24
1951 32 BRO NL 154 711 616 94 176 20 8 10 84 20 14 81 57 .286 .371 .393 .763 104 242 19 2 12 *6 AS,MVP-15
1952 33 BRO NL 149 660 559 94 152 18 8 6 58 30 5 86 59 .272 .369 .365 .734 102 204 16 0 15 *6 AS,MVP-8
1953 34 BRO NL 140 625 524 108 142 25 7 13 61 22 6 82 61 .271 .374 .420 .794 104 220 15 4 15 *6 AS,MVP-11
1954 35 BRO NL 141 661 554 98 171 35 8 10 69 8 5 90 62 .309 .404 .455 .859 121 252 20 3 8 6 *6 AS,MVP-9
1955 36 BRO NL 145 652 553 99 156 29 4 10 61 8 7 78 60 .282 .371 .403 .774 103 223 22 3 13 5 1 *6 MVP-9
1956 37 BRO NL 147 648 572 85 147 19 2 9 46 13 4 56 69 .257 .322 .344 .667 74 197 14 1 15 4 1 *65 MVP-8
1957 38 BRO NL 103 378 330 33 74 3 1 1 29 5 2 39 32 .224 .306 .248 .555 47 82 7 1 6 2 1 56
1958 39 LAD NL 59 181 147 21 33 7 2 4 17 1 2 26 15 .224 .337 .381 .718 87 56 3 0 6 2 0 65
16 Yrs 2166 9470 8058 1338 2170 330 80 126 885 232 45 1210 890 .269 .366 .377 .743 99 3038 176 26 157 19 3
162 Game Avg. 162 708 603 100 162 25 6 9 66 17 90 67 .269 .366 .377 .743 99 227 13 2 12

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
1940 21 BRO NL 84 361 -0 1 0 1 6 7 0.7 13 20 1.9 .509 .505 1.8 0.7 19 $ 6 MVP-26
1941 22 BRO NL 152 674 -24 -1 0 13 10 -2 -0.3 24 22 2.0 .499 .499 0.6 2.5 9 $ *6
1942 23 BRO NL 151 656 0 -0 0 21 10 31 3.5 20 51 5.5 .524 .522 3.1 3.6 30 $ *6 AS,MVP-25
1946 27 BRO NL 152 644 13 -1 0 9 10 31 3.5 23 54 5.7 .523 .522 4.6 2.2 45 $ *6 AS,MVP-6
1947 28 BRO NL 142 589 18 -1 0 11 10 38 3.9 21 59 5.9 .527 .524 4.8 2.2 48 $ *6 AS,MVP-8
1948 29 BRO NL 151 655 2 6 -2 6 10 22 2.2 23 45 4.5 .515 .514 3.9 1.7 39 $ *6 AS,MVP-6
1949 30 BRO NL 155 742 16 4 1 12 10 43 4.3 26 69 6.8 .528 .527 5.6 2.3 57 $ *6 AS,MVP-5
1950 31 BRO NL 141 633 -1 3 2 5 9 18 1.6 21 39 3.7 .513 .511 3.3 1.3 34 $35,000 *6/5 AS,MVP-24
1951 32 BRO NL 154 711 6 4 0 5 10 24 2.4 24 48 4.7 .516 .515 4.4 1.5 43 $ *6 AS,MVP-15
1952 33 BRO NL 149 660 4 9 -1 3 9 24 2.6 22 46 4.8 .517 .516 4.5 1.3 44 $ *6 AS,MVP-8
1953 34 BRO NL 140 625 7 8 0 7 8 31 2.9 21 52 4.9 .521 .519 4.4 1.4 45 $33,500 *6 AS,MVP-11
1954 35 BRO NL 141 661 20 5 -1 6 8 39 3.8 22 61 6.0 .528 .524 5.5 1.4 55 $ *6 AS,MVP-9
1955 36 BRO NL 145 652 5 4 -3 7 8 21 1.9 22 43 4.0 .515 .513 3.6 1.4 36 $ *6 MVP-9
1956 37 BRO NL 147 648 -12 4 1 5 8 5 0.2 22 27 2.3 .504 .503 2.2 1.2 23 $ *65 MVP-8
1957 38 BRO NL 103 378 -22 0 0 11 2 -8 -0.9 13 5 0.3 .492 .495 -0.8 1.4 -6 $35,000 56
1958 39 LAD NL 59 181 0 -1 -0 -5 2 -4 -0.5 6 2 0.1 .492 .497 0.7 -0.4 7 $30,000 65
16 Seasons 2166 9470 31 43 -1 117 130 320 31.7 321 641 63.1 .515 .513 52.2 25.5 524 $133,500

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 21 BRO NL 361 231 42 4.9 104 .302 .272 .280 .366 .346 .372 .403 .738 .748 98 .552 0.1 0.0 .776 .292 .099 7.5
1941 22 BRO NL 674 473 54 3.1 98 .250 .229 .272 .311 .343 .294 .383 .605 .725 68 .364 -25.5 -2.7 .551 .197 .066 3.3
1942 23 BRO NL 656 437 65 4.0 88 .279 .255 .258 .350 .331 .332 .359 .681 .689 98 .523 1.5 0.2 .664 .248 .076 5.0
1946 27 BRO NL 644 412 79 5.1 94 .320 .284 .264 .384 .339 .378 .369 .762 .709 116 .608 13.9 1.4 .761 .273 .094 6.7
1947 28 BRO NL 589 356 84 6.3 108 .310 .284 .278 .414 .354 .426 .412 .841 .765 121 .635 19.9 1.9 .908 .376 .143 8.8
1948 29 BRO NL 655 436 80 4.9 105 .296 .274 .274 .363 .349 .390 .405 .753 .754 100 .541 2.3 0.2 .761 .300 .117 13.2
1949 30 BRO NL 742 456 99 5.8 107 .288 .279 .275 .396 .349 .410 .412 .806 .761 113 .607 16.7 1.6 .887 .361 .131 19.8
1950 31 BRO NL 633 410 74 4.8 111 .277 .260 .273 .369 .351 .380 .423 .750 .774 95 .509 -1.3 -0.1 .778 .324 .121 13.4
1951 32 BRO NL 711 485 88 4.9 105 .302 .286 .270 .371 .344 .393 .409 .763 .753 104 .535 4.9 0.5 .700 .248 .107 13.3
1952 33 BRO NL 660 443 80 4.8 99 .296 .272 .264 .369 .337 .365 .393 .734 .730 102 .569 4.4 0.5 .736 .292 .093 10.0
1953 34 BRO NL 625 418 83 5.2 113 .287 .271 .278 .374 .350 .420 .433 .794 .782 104 .538 5.3 0.5 .799 .336 .149 16.3
1954 35 BRO NL 661 422 102 6.5 113 .330 .309 .279 .404 .351 .455 .431 .859 .782 121 .635 21.2 2.0 .853 .314 .146 8.9
1955 36 BRO NL 652 444 82 4.9 109 .299 .282 .270 .371 .342 .403 .428 .774 .770 103 .525 5.0 0.5 .716 .264 .121 8.9
1956 37 BRO NL 648 462 66 3.8 111 .277 .257 .274 .322 .342 .344 .433 .667 .776 74 .429 -21.9 -2.2 .594 .201 .087 10.6
1957 38 BRO NL 378 273 27 2.7 110 .244 .224 .279 .306 .344 .248 .432 .555 .775 47 .269 -25.6 -2.6 .472 .152 .024 1.7
1958 39 LAD NL 181 127 20 4.2 110 .223 .224 .275 .337 .343 .381 .429 .718 .772 87 .456 -2.3 -0.2 .681 .327 .156 1.6
16 Yrs 9470 6285 1125 4.8 105 .289 .269 .272 .366 .345 .377 .408 .743 .752 99 .533 18.6 1.6 .730 .281 .108 163.3
162 Game Avg. 708 470 84 4.8 105 .289 .269 .272 .366 .345 .377 .408 .743 .752 99 .533 1 0 .730 .281 .108 12

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
1941 22 BRO NL WS NYY L 5 20 20 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 4 0 0 0 0 0
1947 28 BRO NL WS NYY L 7 29 23 5 7 1 0 0 4 3 2 6 3 .304 .448 .348 .796 8 0 0 0 0 0
1949 30 BRO NL WS NYY L 5 21 19 2 6 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 .316 .381 .526 .907 10 1 1 0 0 0
1952 33 BRO NL WS NYY L 7 32 29 4 10 0 0 1 4 1 1 2 2 .345 .387 .448 .835 13 0 0 1 0 0
1953 34 BRO NL WS NYY L 6 28 24 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 .208 .321 .292 .613 7 0 0 0 0 0
1955 36 BRO NL WS NYY W 7 31 27 5 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 5 .296 .367 .333 .700 9 1 0 1 0 0
1956 37 BRO NL WS NYY L 7 30 27 3 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 6 .222 .276 .296 .572 8 0 0 1 0 0
7 Yrs (7 Series) 44 191 169 20 46 3 2 2 16 5 3 18 17 .272 .346 .349 .695 59 2 1 3 0 0
7 WS 44 191 169 20 46 3 2 2 16 5 3 18 17 .272 .346 .349 .695 59 2 1 3 0 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
1942 BRO NL 23 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1946 BRO NL 27 DNP
1947 BRO NL 28 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 BRO NL 29 as SS 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 BRO NL 30 as SS 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 1 0 0 0 0
1950 BRO NL 31 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 BRO NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 BRO NL 33 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 BRO NL 34 as SS 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250 3 0 0 0 0 0
1954 BRO NL 35 DNP
10 Yrs (8 GP) 20 17 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 3 .118 .250 .176 .426 3 1 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 21 BRO NL 361 1.4% 11.6% 12.5% 4.7% 20% 0.93 7.4 62.4 11.1 73%
1941 22 BRO NL 674 0.3% 8.3% 10.1% 4.5% 22% 0.82 10.6 297.5 12.9 80%
1942 23 BRO NL 656 0.5% 8.4% 12.5% 4.9% 22% 0.67 10.3 188.0 10.6 77%
1946 27 BRO NL 644 0.8% 11.0% 13.5% 4.8% 20% 0.82 7.6 108.4 9.0 72%
1947 28 BRO NL 589 2.0% 11.4% 17.7% 6.8% 30% 0.64 7.1 39.7 6.5 67%
1948 29 BRO NL 655 1.4% 9.6% 12.1% 6.7% 28% 0.80 9.0 62.9 7.5 0.79 75%
1949 30 BRO NL 742 2.2% 8.0% 15.6% 6.2% 27% 0.51 10.5 38.6 8.5 0.75 73%
1950 31 BRO NL 633 1.7% 9.8% 14.4% 5.9% 27% 0.68 8.6 48.3 10.2 0.95 72%
1951 32 BRO NL 711 1.4% 8.0% 11.4% 5.3% 22% 0.70 10.8 61.6 7.3 1.06 77%
1952 33 BRO NL 660 0.9% 8.9% 13.0% 4.9% 21% 0.69 9.5 93.2 9.6 0.91 75%
1953 34 BRO NL 625 2.1% 9.8% 13.1% 7.2% 32% 0.74 8.6 40.3 8.6 0.91 72%
1954 35 BRO NL 661 1.5% 9.4% 13.6% 8.0% 31% 0.69 8.9 55.4 8.0 0.92 74%
1955 36 BRO NL 652 1.5% 9.2% 12.0% 6.6% 28% 0.77 9.2 55.3 9.1 0.85 75%
1956 37 BRO NL 648 1.4% 10.7% 8.6% 4.6% 20% 1.23 8.3 63.6 12.4 0.98 77%
1957 38 BRO NL 378 0.3% 8.5% 10.3% 1.3% 7% 0.82 10.3 330.0 11.4 0.91 79%
1958 39 LAD NL 181 2.2% 8.3% 14.4% 7.2% 39% 0.58 9.8 36.8 8.6 0.84 72%
16 Yrs 9470 1.3% 9.4% 12.8% 5.7% 25% 0.74 9.1 64.0 9.1 0.90 75%
MLB Averages 1.7% 10.2% 9.3% 6.3% 27% 1.10 8.7 50.9 8.4 0.98 77%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1940 21 BRO NL -0.2 -0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1941 22 BRO NL -26.2 -2.7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1942 23 BRO NL 0.8 0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 27 BRO NL 13.9 1.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 28 BRO NL 19.3 1.9 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 29 BRO NL 2.3 0.2 693 0.8 12.4 -11.6 1.06 1.2 -0.4 19.3 1.9 0.96 14.4 3.21 2
1949 30 BRO NL 15.9 1.6 787 4.2 14.1 -9.9 .93 3.0 1.5 46.7 4.4 0.94 36.9 0
1950 31 BRO NL -1.3 -0.1 663 2.4 11.7 -9.2 .96 2.0 0.6 23.8 2.3 0.96 18.9 0
1951 32 BRO NL 4.9 0.5 763 2.8 15.0 -12.2 1.03 2.0 0.7 32.3 3.2 0.96 21.2 0
1952 33 BRO NL 4.4 0.5 701 1.8 11.7 -9.9 .96 1.9 0.0 21.3 2.2 0.93 20.5 4.18 4
1953 34 BRO NL 5.3 0.5 670 2.2 11.4 -9.2 .90 1.6 0.9 14.5 1.4 0.94 14.2 0.86 3
1954 35 BRO NL 21.2 2.0 682 3.6 13.7 -10.1 .97 3.1 0.7 35.7 3.3 0.95 35.7 1.91 1
1955 36 BRO NL 5.0 0.5 679 0.4 11.3 -10.9 .98 1.4 -1.0 13.2 1.3 0.96 15.4 2.94 3
1956 37 BRO NL -21.9 -2.2 670 0.1 11.2 -11.1 1.01 -0.3 0.4 -4.8 -0.5 0.97 -2.8 0.09 1
1957 38 BRO NL -25.6 -2.6 387 -0.9 5.6 -6.5 1.02 -1.7 0.8 -8.3 -0.8 0.93 -16.7 1.76 4
1958 39 LAD NL -2.3 -0.2 184 0.9 3.8 -2.9 1.01 0.3 0.6 1.3 0.1 0.90 3.6 1.30 15
16 Yrs 15.5 1.3 6879 18.3 121.8 -103.6 .98 14.3 4.3 194.9 18.7 0.95 161.3 1.91 33

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 29 BRO NL 12 0 39% 266 25 20 3 3 0 2 0 2 0 7 11 52% 41 20 21 14 8 4 27 9 18
1949 30 BRO NL 14 0 42% 367 26 24 2 3 1 0 1 4 0 13 11 49% 53 32 21 9 5 4 48 17 29
1950 31 BRO NL 13 0 39% 268 17 17 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 9 9 44% 37 21 14 10 5 5 16 6 9
1951 32 BRO NL 16 0 34% 279 20 14 59% 15 14 4 0 1 0 5 0 9 13 69% 53 16 36 10 5 5 21 4 17
1952 33 BRO NL 11 0 38% 290 30 5 86% 28 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 6 10 56% 51 28 23 10 4 6 20 4 16
1953 34 BRO NL 10 0 44% 275 22 6 79% 18 4 4 2 0 0 3 0 5 18 56% 33 17 16 13 9 4 20 3 17
1954 35 BRO NL 8 0 35% 319 8 5 62% 6 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 6 26 59% 52 22 30 10 6 4 20 5 14
1955 36 BRO NL 6 0 39% 286 8 7 53% 6 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 8 24 58% 40 20 20 13 9 4 27 4 22
1956 37 BRO NL 17 0 39% 259 13 4 76% 10 3 3 0 0 1 3 0 6 11 68% 35 11 22 15 6 9 16 1 14
1957 38 BRO NL 7 0 28% 160 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 55% 21 9 12 5 4 0 7 1 6
1958 39 LAD NL 5 0 31% 75 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 43% 11 5 6 1 1 0 2 1 0
16 Yrs 119 0 37% 2844 232 45 153% 150 46 23 7 3 3 22 1 76 145 56% 427 201 221 110 62 45 224 55 162

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 29 BRO NL 655 34% 155 2 0 0 0 3.21 9 1 17 5 4 4 5 0 14 9 64% 128 16 13% 53 22 42% 407 71 17% 41 23 56% 23 15 65% 0
1949 30 BRO NL 742 39% 172 0 0 0 0 16 0 17 11 5 8 8 0 11 6 55% 103 5 5% 35 13 37% 347 60 17% 31 20 65% 13 8 62% 0
1950 31 BRO NL 633 32% 138 0 0 0 0 11 0 13 8 3 6 5 1 14 10 71% 120 7 6% 49 17 35% 352 47 13% 19 12 63% 22 7 32% 0
1951 32 BRO NL 711 24% 176 0 0 0 0 10 1 20 9 1 6 4 0 18 12 67% 158 19 12% 78 32 41% 431 79 18% 26 16 62% 31 24 77% 0
1952 33 BRO NL 660 15% 152 4 1 0 1 4.18 6 1 20 5 1 3 3 0 17 15 88% 125 16 13% 69 27 39% 344 54 16% 19 13 68% 23 15 65% 0
1953 34 BRO NL 625 17% 142 3 0 0 0 0.86 13 1 17 12 1 8 5 0 18 15 83% 146 15 10% 78 27 35% 351 50 14% 29 15 52% 31 18 58% 0
1954 35 BRO NL 661 12% 171 1 1 0 0 1.91 10 0 13 8 2 3 7 0 13 8 62% 143 20 14% 72 25 35% 381 63 17% 24 14 58% 22 10 45% 0
1955 36 BRO NL 652 7% 156 3 0 0 0 2.94 10 0 16 6 4 7 3 0 17 13 76% 147 22 15% 89 30 34% 377 56 15% 29 14 48% 22 11 50% 0
1956 37 BRO NL 648 10% 147 1 0 0 0 0.09 9 0 9 8 1 5 4 0 19 15 79% 167 14 8% 86 26 30% 401 42 10% 30 16 53% 19 12 63% 0
1957 38 BRO NL 378 5% 74 4 1 0 0 1.76 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 10 6 60% 72 7 10% 38 12 32% 210 31 15% 23 13 57% 8 7 88% 0
1958 39 LAD NL 181 22% 33 15 1 0 0 1.30 4 0 5 4 0 3 1 0 7 6 86% 29 3 10% 20 9 45% 98 14 14% 7 5 71% 11 5 45% 0
16 Yrs 6546 21% 2170 33 4 0 1 1.91 126 4 153 77 22 53 46 1 158 157 99% 1338 176 13% 667 240 36% 3699 567 15% 278 161 58% 225 132 59% 0
MLB Averages 50% 169% 20% 32% 14% 50% 54%

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 21 84 361 312 58 85 8 4 5 28 15 45 42 .272 .366 .372 .738 98 116 1 1 3
1941 22 236 1035 907 134 221 31 9 7 74 25 113 98 .244 .330 .321 .651 78 291 7 4 11
1942 23 387 1691 1471 221 365 55 14 10 127 40 195 153 .248 .338 .325 .663 86 478 15 4 20
1943 24 387 1691 1471 221 365 55 14 10 127 40 195 153 .248 .338 .325 .663 86 478 15 4 20
1944 25 387 1691 1471 221 365 55 14 10 127 40 195 153 .248 .338 .325 .663 86 478 15 4 20
1945 26 387 1691 1471 221 365 55 14 10 127 40 195 153 .248 .338 .325 .663 86 478 15 4 20
1946 27 539 2335 2013 300 519 71 24 15 187 50 282 224 .258 .350 .339 .690 94 683 25 5 34
1947 28 681 2924 2489 381 654 95 28 27 260 57 386 291 .263 .363 .356 .719 99 886 32 7 42
1948 29 832 3579 3055 477 809 126 32 36 335 82 465 354 .265 .363 .362 .726 100 1107 48 7 51
1949 30 987 4321 3672 609 981 153 35 52 408 108 581 413 .267 .369 .370 .739 102 1360 53 11 57
1950 31 1128 4954 4203 706 1119 174 40 63 460 125 672 475 .266 .369 .372 .741 101 1562 60 12 67
1951 32 1282 5665 4819 800 1295 194 48 73 544 145 14 753 532 .269 .369 .374 .743 101 1804 79 14 79
1952 33 1431 6325 5378 894 1447 212 56 79 602 175 19 839 591 .269 .369 .373 .742 102 2008 95 14 94
1953 34 1571 6950 5902 1002 1589 237 63 92 663 197 25 921 652 .269 .370 .377 .747 102 2228 110 18 109
1954 35 1712 7611 6456 1100 1760 272 71 102 732 205 30 1011 714 .273 .373 .384 .757 103 2480 130 21 117 6
1955 36 1857 8263 7009 1199 1916 301 75 112 793 213 37 1089 774 .273 .372 .386 .758 103 2703 152 24 130 11 1
1956 37 2004 8911 7581 1284 2063 320 77 121 839 226 41 1145 843 .272 .369 .383 .751 101 2900 166 25 145 15 2
1957 38 2107 9289 7911 1317 2137 323 78 122 868 231 43 1184 875 .270 .366 .377 .743 99 2982 173 26 151 17 3
1958 39 2166 9470 8058 1338 2170 330 80 126 885 232 45 1210 890 .269 .366 .377 .743 99 3038 176 26 157 19 3

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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 21 88 375 325 58 86 8 4 5 28 15 46 44 .265 .358 .360 .718 42 84
1941 22 158 699 618 79 141 24 5 2 48 10 70 58 .228 .310 .293 .603 56 152
1942 23 160 711 608 103 163 27 6 3 63 17 93 58 .268 .365 .347 .712 77 151
1946 27 159 691 578 91 172 18 11 6 69 11 97 74 .298 .399 .398 .797 91 152
1947 28 148 607 492 80 136 24 4 12 72 7 105 70 .276 .406 .415 .820 83 142
1948 29 158 678 588 96 158 32 4 9 75 25 81 66 .269 .357 .383 .740 80 151
1949 30 161 758 633 128 171 27 3 16 71 26 115 61 .270 .386 .398 .784 97 155
1950 31 147 649 548 93 137 21 5 11 50 17 90 65 .250 .357 .367 .724 71 141
1951 32 160 734 637 95 180 20 8 10 85 20 83 59 .283 .367 .386 .753 90 154
1952 33 156 695 587 102 162 19 9 6 63 32 92 62 .276 .374 .370 .744 82 149
1953 34 145 635 535 101 138 24 7 13 57 21 80 63 .258 .359 .402 .761 76 140
1954 35 148 683 575 96 172 35 8 10 68 8 91 65 .299 .394 .440 .834 100 141
1955 36 153 677 576 98 158 29 4 10 61 8 79 63 .274 .362 .391 .753 82 145
1956 37 154 672 594 85 150 19 2 9 46 13 57 72 .253 .317 .337 .654 64 147
1957 38 108 388 341 32 73 3 1 1 28 5 38 33 .214 .293 .238 .531 24 103
1958 39 62 187 153 21 33 7 2 4 17 1 26 16 .216 .326 .366 .692 19 59
16 Yrs 2265 9839 8388 1358 2230 337 83 127 901 236 1243 929 .266 .362 .371 .733 1134 2166
162 Game Avg. 162 704 600 97 159 24 6 9 64 17 89 66 .266 .362 .371 .733 81 2166

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. 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

Hall of Fame
1964 BBWAA (36.3%)
1964 Run Off (23.4%)
1966 BBWAA (31.5%)
1967 BBWAA (30.5%)
1967 Run Off ( 5.2%)
1968 BBWAA (28.6%)
1969 BBWAA (26.2%)
1970 BBWAA (32.3%)
1971 BBWAA (35.3%)
1972 BBWAA (32.6%)
1973 BBWAA (33.2%)
1974 BBWAA (38.6%)
1975 BBWAA (42.5%)
1976 BBWAA (47.9%)
1977 BBWAA (42.6%)
1978 BBWAA (44.6%)
1984 Veterans (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1984
by Veteran's Committee

All-Star Games
1942 *
1946
1947 *
1948 (SS)
1949 (SS)
1950 *
1951 *
1952 *
1953 (SS)
1954

Awards (yr lg award)
1956 ML Lou Gehrig Memorial Award

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1940 NL (26, 2%)
1942 NL (25, 2%)
1946 NL (6, 24%)
1947 NL (8, 24%)
1948 NL (6, 18%)
1949 NL (5, 35%)
1950 NL (24, 2%)
1951 NL (15, 4%)
1952 NL (8, 9%)
1953 NL (11, 8%)
1954 NL (9, 16%)
1955 NL (9, 11%)
1956 NL (8, 21%)
1.76 Career Shares (117th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1942 NL  5.5 (6th)
1946 NL  5.7 (6th)
1947 NL  5.9 (7th)
1949 NL  6.8 (4th)
1954 NL  6.0 (9th)
Career  63.1 (118th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1942 NL  5.5 (5th)
1946 NL  5.7 (3rd)
1947 NL  5.9 (4th)
1948 NL  4.5 (9th)
1949 NL  6.8 (4th)
1952 NL  4.8 (8th)
1953 NL  4.9 (9th)
1954 NL  6.0 (7th)
Career  63.1 (80th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1946 NL  4.6 (5th)
1947 NL  4.8 (7th)
1949 NL  5.6 (4th)
1952 NL  4.5 (8th)
1953 NL  4.4 (10th)
1954 NL  5.5 (6th)
Career  52.2 (114th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1941 NL  2.5 (2nd)
1942 NL  3.6 (1st)
1946 NL  2.2 (2nd)
1947 NL  2.2 (1st)
1948 NL  1.7 (1st)
1949 NL  2.3 (1st)
1950 NL  1.3 (5th)
1951 NL  1.5 (6th)
1952 NL  1.3 (6th)
1953 NL  1.4 (5th)
1954 NL  1.4 (7th)
1955 NL  1.4 (6th)
1956 NL  1.2 (9th)
1957 NL  1.4 (7th)
Career  25.5 (13th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1954 NL  .309 (9th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1946 NL  .384 (9th)
1947 NL  .414 (5th)
1949 NL  .396 (8th)
1954 NL  .404 (7th)
1955 NL  .371 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1941 NL  152 (5th)
1942 NL  151 (6th)
1946 NL  152 (3rd)
1948 NL  151 (6th)
1949 NL  155 (5th)
1951 NL  154 (5th)
Career  2,166 (143rd)

At Bats s c a p y
1941 NL  595 (3rd)
1942 NL  564 (8th)
1946 NL  542 (7th)
1948 NL  566 (8th)
1949 NL  617 (5th)
1951 NL  616 (4th)
Career  8,058 (134th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1941 NL  674 (2nd)
1942 NL  656 (5th)
1946 NL  644 (6th)
1948 NL  655 (7th)
1949 NL  742 (1st)
1951 NL  711 (3rd)
1952 NL  660 (9th)
Career  9,470 (112th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1942 NL  87 (7th)
1946 NL  79 (8th)
1948 NL  96 (8th)
1949 NL  132 (1st)
1951 NL  94 (10th)
1952 NL  94 (5th)
1953 NL  108 (9th)
1955 NL  99 (9th)
Career  1,338 (106th)

Hits s c a p y
1946 NL  154 (8th)
1951 NL  176 (6th)
Career  2,170 (183rd)

Doubles s c a p y
1948 NL  31 (6th)
1954 NL  35 (8th)
1955 NL  29 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
1946 NL  10 (2nd)
1951 NL  8 (7th)
1952 NL  8 (7th)
1954 NL  8 (7th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1942 NL  82 (7th)
1946 NL  87 (4th)
1947 NL  104 (1st)
1948 NL  79 (7th)
1949 NL  116 (2nd)
1950 NL  91 (5th)
1951 NL  81 (8th)
1952 NL  86 (6th)
1953 NL  82 (7th)
1954 NL  90 (4th)
1955 NL  78 (9th)
Career  1,210 (54th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1946 NL  71 (3rd)
1947 NL  67 (7th)
1948 NL  63 (7th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1940 NL  15 (5th)
1941 NL  10 (8th)
1942 NL  15 (2nd)
1947 NL  7 (10th)
1948 NL  25 (2nd)
1949 NL  26 (2nd)
1950 NL  17 (2nd)
1951 NL  20 (4th)
1952 NL  30 (1st)
1953 NL  22 (2nd)
1954 NL  8 (8th)
1956 NL  13 (5th)

Singles s c a p y
1946 NL  123 (6th)
1949 NL  126 (9th)
1951 NL  138 (3rd)
1952 NL  120 (8th)
Career  1,634 (135th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1946 NL  79 (9th)
1949 NL  99 (8th)
1954 NL  102 (9th)
Career  1,125 (244th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1942 NL  226 (9th)
1946 NL  242 (6th)
1948 NL  234 (9th)
1949 NL  292 (3rd)
1951 NL  259 (7th)
1952 NL  238 (7th)
1954 NL  264 (6th)
Career  3,406 (113th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1954 NL  .635 (9th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1946 NL  14 (6th)
1948 NL  9 (8th)
1950 NL  10 (6th)
1951 NL  12 (7th)
1952 NL  15 (2nd)
1953 NL  15 (1st)
1955 NL  13 (4th)
1956 NL  15 (6th)
Career  157 (154th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1948 NL  16 (5th)
1951 NL  19 (6th)
1952 NL  16 (8th)
1954 NL  20 (2nd)
1955 NL  22 (1st)
Career  176 (158th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1951 NL  14 (1st)
1953 NL  6 (6th)
1955 NL  7 (8th)

SB % s c a p y
1951 NL  58.82 (9th)
1952 NL  85.71 (1st)
1953 NL  78.57 (2nd)
1956 NL  76.47 (3rd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1946 NL  6.7 (10th)
1947 NL  8.8 (6th)
1948 NL  13.2 (3rd)
1949 NL  19.8 (2nd)
1950 NL  13.4 (4th)
1951 NL  13.3 (8th)
1952 NL  10.0 (8th)
1953 NL  16.3 (2nd)
1956 NL  10.6 (8th)
Career  163.3 (136th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1941 NL  473 (1st)
1942 NL  437 (8th)
1946 NL  412 (6th)
1948 NL  436 (4th)
1949 NL  456 (5th)
1951 NL  485 (2nd)
1952 NL  443 (10th)
1955 NL  444 (8th)
1956 NL  462 (4th)
Career  6,285 (109th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1948 NL  19.25 (10th)
1949 NL  46.66 (3rd)
1951 NL  32.32 (10th)
1954 NL  35.71 (7th)
Career  194.93 (215th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1949 NL  4.2 (3rd)
1951 NL  2.8 (9th)
1954 NL  3.6 (6th)
Career  18.3 (201st)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1949 NL  3.0 (5th)
1954 NL  3.1 (8th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1948 NL  1.9 (10th)
1949 NL  4.4 (3rd)
1951 NL  3.2 (10th)
1954 NL  3.3 (7th)
Career  18.7 (217th)

Oldest s c a p y
1957 NL  born 1918-07-23 (8th)
1958 NL  born 1918-07-23 (6th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 7 (320), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 102 (219), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 100 (156), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 39 (178), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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