Rip Repulski
Eldon John Repulski
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 4, 1928 in Sauk Rapids, MN
High School: Sauk Rapids-Rice (Sauk Rapids, MN)
School: St. Cloud State University
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1953
Final Game: June 18, 1961
Died: February 10, 1993 in Waite Park, MN
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Standard Batting

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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
1953 24 STL NL 153 614 567 75 156 25 4 15 66 3 6 33 71 .275 .325 .413 .738 91 234 14 9 5 *O RoY-4
1954 25 STL NL 152 678 619 99 175 39 5 19 79 8 10 43 75 .283 .329 .454 .783 103 281 16 4 4 8 *78/9
1955 26 STL NL 147 576 512 64 138 28 2 23 73 5 7 49 66 .270 .333 .467 .800 111 239 17 4 3 8 3 *79/8
1956 27 STL NL 112 410 376 44 104 18 3 11 55 2 2 24 46 .277 .330 .428 .758 102 161 14 7 1 2 3 7/89 AS
1957 28 PHI NL 134 548 516 65 134 23 4 20 68 7 1 19 74 .260 .290 .436 .726 95 225 10 5 3 5 0 *97
1958 29 PHI NL 85 262 238 33 58 9 4 13 40 0 0 15 47 .244 .296 .479 .775 102 114 9 4 2 3 1 79
1959 30 LAD NL 53 109 94 11 24 4 0 2 14 0 1 13 23 .255 .343 .362 .704 83 34 3 0 1 1 2 79/8
1960 31 TOT MLB 77 155 141 14 34 6 1 3 20 0 0 10 26 .241 .286 .362 .647 72 51 7 0 1 3 0 7/9
1960 31 LAD NL 4 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 /9
1960 31 BOS AL 73 150 136 14 33 6 1 3 20 0 0 10 25 .243 .289 .368 .656 75 50 6 0 1 3 0 7
1961 32 BOS AL 15 26 25 2 7 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 5 .280 .308 .320 .628 67 8 0 0 0 0 0 /7
9 Seasons 928 3378 3088 407 830 153 23 106 416 25 29 207 433 .269 .319 .436 .755 98 1347 90 33 20 30 9
162 Game Avg. 162 590 539 71 145 27 4 19 73 4 5 36 76 .269 .319 .436 .755 98 235 16 6 3
STL (4 yrs) 564 2278 2074 282 573 110 14 68 273 18 25 149 258 .276 .329 .441 .771 101 915 61 24 13 18 6
PHI (2 yrs) 219 810 754 98 192 32 8 33 108 7 1 34 121 .255 .292 .450 .742 97 339 19 9 5 8 1
BOS (2 yrs) 88 176 161 16 40 7 1 3 21 0 2 11 30 .248 .291 .360 .652 73 58 6 0 1 3 0
LAD (2 yrs) 57 114 99 11 25 4 0 2 14 0 1 13 24 .253 .336 .354 .690 80 35 4 0 1 1 2
NL (8 yrs) 840 3202 2927 391 790 146 22 103 395 25 27 196 403 .270 .320 .440 .761 100 1289 84 33 19 27 9
AL (2 yrs) 88 176 161 16 40 7 1 3 21 0 2 11 30 .248 .291 .360 .652 73 58 6 0 1 3 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1953 24 STL NL 614 436 72 4.4 110 .293 .275 .274 .325 .345 .413 .427 .738 .773 91 .454 -8.7 -0.8 .633 .190 .138 5.0
1954 25 STL NL 678 482 90 5.0 109 .293 .283 .274 .329 .345 .454 .424 .783 .769 103 .520 1.3 0.1 .694 .237 .171 11.3
1955 26 STL NL 576 409 75 4.9 105 .267 .270 .264 .333 .335 .467 .418 .800 .753 111 .521 8.4 0.8 .729 .289 .197 8.2
1956 27 STL NL 410 291 50 4.6 103 .290 .277 .264 .330 .331 .428 .417 .758 .748 102 .512 1.0 0.1 .667 .215 .152 3.4
1957 28 PHI NL 548 401 64 4.3 100 .267 .260 .265 .290 .328 .436 .410 .726 .738 95 .470 -5.5 -0.6 .649 .225 .176 10.4
1958 29 PHI NL 262 194 31 4.3 105 .249 .244 .268 .296 .336 .479 .419 .775 .755 102 .462 -0.5 -0.1 .704 .298 .235 .0
1959 30 LAD NL 109 76 11 3.9 111 .314 .255 .278 .343 .345 .362 .430 .704 .776 83 .420 -2.0 -0.2 .622 .234 .106 .0
1960 31 TOT MLB 155 118 13 3.0 104 .270 .241 .267 .286 .341 .362 .409 .647 .749 72 .320 -5.8 -0.6 .535 .191 .121 .0
1960 31 LAD NL 5 5 0 0.0 104 .250 .200 .270 .200 .337 .200 .414 .400 .751 8 .000 -0.7 -0.1 .200 .000 .000
1960 31 BOS AL 150 113 13 3.1 104 .270 .243 .267 .289 .341 .368 .408 .656 .749 75 .337 -5.1 -0.5 .550 .199 .125 .0
1961 32 BOS AL 26 20 2 2.7 106 .350 .280 .266 .308 .342 .320 .414 .628 .756 67 .266 -1.2 -0.1 .350 .000 .040
9 Seasons 3378 2427 408 4.5 106 .281 .269 .269 .319 .338 .436 .419 .755 .758 98 .481 -13.0 -1.3 .666 .233 .167 40.5
162 Game Avg. 590 424 71 4.5 106 .281 .269 .269 .319 .338 .436 .419 .755 .758 98 .481 -13.0 -1.3 .666 .233 .167 7
STL (4 yrs) 2278 1618 287 4.7 107 .286 .276 .270 .329 .340 .441 .422 .771 .762 101 .501 2.0 0.2 .681 .233 .165 28.5
PHI (2 yrs) 810 595 95 4.3 102 .262 .255 .266 .292 .331 .450 .413 .742 .744 97 .467 -6.0 -0.6 .667 .248 .195 11.6
BOS (2 yrs) 176 133 15 3.0 104 .282 .248 .267 .291 .341 .360 .409 .652 .750 73 .326 -6.4 -0.6 .519 .168 .112 .0
LAD (2 yrs) 114 81 11 3.6 110 .311 .253 .278 .336 .345 .354 .430 .690 .775 80 .392 -2.7 -0.3 .595 .222 .101 .0
NL (8 yrs) 3202 2294 393 4.6 106 .281 .270 .269 .320 .338 .440 .420 .761 .758 100 .489 -6.7 -0.7 .674 .237 .170 40.2
AL (2 yrs) 176 133 15 3.0 104 .282 .248 .267 .291 .341 .360 .409 .652 .750 73 .326 -6.4 -0.6 .519 .168 .112 .0

Postseason Batting

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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
1959 30 LAD NL WS CHW W 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 1
1 WS 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 1

All-Star Batting

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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
1956 STL NL 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1953 24 STL NL 614 2.4% 11.6% 5.4% 7.2% 28% 2.15 8.0 37.8 8.6 78%
1954 25 STL NL 678 2.8% 11.1% 6.3% 9.3% 36% 1.74 8.3 32.6 7.8 0.88 79%
1955 26 STL NL 576 4.0% 11.5% 8.5% 9.2% 38% 1.35 7.8 22.3 7.0 0.86 75%
1956 27 STL NL 410 2.7% 11.2% 5.9% 7.8% 31% 1.92 8.2 34.2 6.8 0.88 78%
1957 28 PHI NL 548 3.7% 13.5% 3.5% 8.6% 35% 3.89 7.0 25.8 7.6 0.75 78%
1958 29 PHI NL 262 5.0% 17.9% 5.7% 9.9% 45% 3.13 5.1 18.3 6.0 0.97 69%
1959 30 LAD NL 109 1.8% 21.1% 11.9% 5.5% 25% 1.77 4.1 47.0 6.7 0.89 64%
1960 31 TOT MLB 155 1.9% 16.8% 6.5% 6.5% 29% 2.60 5.4 47.0 7.1 1.10 74%
1960 31 LAD NL 5 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 5.0 3.00 80%
1960 31 BOS AL 150 2.0% 16.7% 6.7% 6.7% 30% 2.50 5.4 45.3 6.8 1.05 74%
1961 32 BOS AL 26 0.0% 19.2% 3.9% 3.9% 14% 5.00 5.0 25.0 0.71 77%
9 Seasons 3378 3.1% 12.8% 6.1% 8.4% 34% 2.09 7.1 29.1 7.4 0.86 76%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1954 25 STL NL 7 0 39% 161 8 10 44% 5 7 1 1 0 0 5 0 6 11 47% 22 16 6 9 4 4 22 7 15
1955 26 STL NL 3 0 24% 106 5 7 42% 4 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 7 50% 19 11 6 4 2 2 11 2 9
1956 27 STL NL 6 0 27% 151 2 2 50% 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 7 41% 32 21 11 6 3 3 16 7 8
1957 28 PHI NL 5 0 33% 160 7 1 88% 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 58% 22 9 13 4 2 1 10 3 7
1958 29 PHI NL 1 0 31% 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 33% 7 7 0 3 2 1 8 2 5
1959 30 LAD NL 3 0 26% 38 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 3 1 56% 6 2 3 1 1 0 2 0 2
1960 31 TOT MLB 2 1 27% 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 27% 7 7 0 2 1 1 2 0 2
1960 31 LAD NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 31 BOS AL 2 1 28% 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 27% 7 7 0 2 1 1 2 0 2
1961 32 BOS AL 1 0 25% 7 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 28 1 31% 759 25 29 46% 16 19 3 2 0 1 8 1 26 41 46% 115 73 39 29 15 12 71 21 48
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1954 25 STL NL 519 40% 175 0 0 0 0 19 0 19 11 6 3 14 1 3 4 133% 102 16 16% 54 14 26% 325 47 14% 34 19 56% 34 15 44% 159
1955 26 STL NL 358 44% 138 3 2 0 3 1.96 23 0 8 9 10 6 13 0 4 3 75% 64 17 27% 33 10 30% 239 38 16% 23 11 48% 19 5 26% 218
1956 27 STL NL 410 42% 104 18 7 1 4 1.86 11 0 10 8 3 5 6 0 1 1 100% 78 14 18% 41 11 27% 282 47 17% 26 15 58% 32 8 25% 0
1957 28 PHI NL 548 22% 134 3 0 0 0 1.47 20 0 13 15 5 11 9 0 6 3 50% 116 10 9% 55 14 25% 357 54 15% 32 18 56% 24 9 38% 0
1958 29 PHI NL 262 34% 58 31 8 4 5 2.12 13 1 13 9 4 6 7 0 3 2 67% 56 9 16% 27 7 26% 192 30 16% 15 9 60% 14 5 36% 0
1959 30 LAD NL 109 67% 24 26 8 0 3 2.08 2 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 50% 20 3 15% 14 3 21% 83 14 17% 17 7 41% 11 4 36% 0
1960 31 TOT MLB 153 41% 34 39 9 2 5 1.91 3 1 5 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 100% 45 7 16% 13 5 38% 123 19 15% 9 8 89% 3 1 33% 3
1960 31 LAD NL 5 100% 1 2 0 0 0 1.69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1960 31 BOS AL 148 39% 33 37 9 2 5 1.92 3 1 5 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 100% 43 6 14% 13 5 38% 121 19 16% 9 8 89% 3 1 33% 3
1961 32 BOS AL 26 88% 7 10 4 0 1 2.05 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0% 5 2 40% 23 1 4% 3 0 0% 2 2 100% 0
9 Seasons 2385 38% 830 130 38 7 21 1.99 106 2 75 53 32 32 53 1 20 20 100% 488 90 18% 242 66 27% 1624 250 15% 159 87 55% 139 49 35% 380
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1953 24 153 614 567 75 156 25 4 15 66 3 6 33 71 .275 .325 .413 .738 91 234 14 9 5
1954 25 305 1292 1186 174 331 64 9 34 145 11 16 76 146 .279 .327 .434 .762 97 515 30 13 9 8
1955 26 452 1868 1698 238 469 92 11 57 218 16 23 125 212 .276 .329 .444 .773 101 754 47 17 12 16 3
1956 27 564 2278 2074 282 573 110 14 68 273 18 25 149 258 .276 .329 .441 .771 101 915 61 24 13 18 6
1957 28 698 2826 2590 347 707 133 18 88 341 25 26 168 332 .273 .322 .440 .762 100 1140 71 29 16 23 6
1958 29 783 3088 2828 380 765 142 22 101 381 25 26 183 379 .271 .320 .443 .763 100 1254 80 33 18 26 7
1959 30 836 3197 2922 391 789 146 22 103 395 25 27 196 402 .270 .320 .441 .761 100 1288 83 33 19 27 9
1960 31 913 3352 3063 405 823 152 23 106 415 25 27 206 428 .269 .319 .437 .756 98 1339 90 33 20 30 9
1961 32 928 3378 3088 407 830 153 23 106 416 25 29 207 433 .269 .319 .436 .755 98 1347 90 33 20 30 9

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
1953 24 159 621 580 73 153 25 4 15 64 3 32 74 .264 .312 .398 .711 70 153
1954 25 160 699 644 101 177 39 5 19 81 8 43 79 .275 .320 .439 .760 92 152
1955 26 155 593 532 66 139 28 2 23 75 5 49 69 .261 .324 .451 .775 78 147
1956 27 117 427 393 48 109 19 3 12 60 2 25 48 .277 .330 .433 .763 54 112
1957 28 140 572 542 71 143 25 4 21 74 7 20 77 .264 .294 .441 .735 70 134
1958 29 89 272 249 35 60 9 4 13 43 0 16 49 .241 .294 .466 .760 34 85
1959 30 55 111 97 11 24 4 0 2 14 0 13 24 .247 .333 .351 .684 11 53
1960 31 81 159 146 14 33 6 1 3 20 0 10 27 .226 .270 .342 .613 14 77
1961 32 15 25 24 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 5 .250 .280 .292 .572 2 15
9 Seasons 971 3479 3207 421 844 156 23 108 432 25 209 452 .263 .312 .427 .739 425 928
162 Game Avg. 162 580 535 70 141 26 4 18 72 4 35 75 .263 .312 .427 .739 71 928

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1956 *

At Bats s c a p y
1954 NL  619 (3rd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1954 NL  678 (9th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1954 NL  99 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
1954 NL  39 (2nd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1954 NL  75 (8th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1954 NL  8 (8th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1954 NL  63 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1953 NL  9 (2nd)
1955 NL  4 (10th)
1956 NL  7 (3rd)
1957 NL  5 (9th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1954 NL  8 (9th)
1955 NL  8 (6th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1955 NL  17 (4th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1953 NL  6 (6th)
1954 NL  10 (2nd)
1955 NL  7 (8th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1954 NL  11.3 (5th)
1957 NL  10.4 (9th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1954 NL  482 (3rd)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 8 (1497), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1625), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (2117), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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