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Dusty Rhodes

James Lamar Rhodes

Positions: Leftfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: May 13, 1927 in Mathews, AL
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 15, 1952
Team: Giants 1952-1959

Final Game: September 27, 1959
Died: June 17, 2009 in Las Vegas, NV
Buried: Davis Memorial Park, Las Vegas, NV
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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
1952 25 NYG NL 67 201 176 34 44 8 1 10 36 1 0 23 33 .250 .340 .477 .817 123 84 5 1 0 O7/8
1953 26 NYG NL 76 173 163 18 38 7 0 11 30 0 1 10 28 .233 .277 .479 .756 90 78 3 0 0 O79
1954 27 NYG NL 82 186 164 31 56 7 3 15 50 1 0 18 25 .341 .410 .695 1.105 181 114 2 1 3 0 7/89 MVP-26
1955 28 NYG NL 94 217 187 22 57 5 2 6 32 1 1 27 26 .305 .389 .449 .838 121 84 0 0 1 2 2 7
1956 29 NYG NL 111 277 244 20 53 10 3 8 33 0 0 30 41 .217 .301 .381 .682 83 93 9 0 0 2 2 7/9
1957 30 NYG NL 92 210 190 20 39 5 1 4 19 0 0 18 34 .205 .276 .305 .581 57 58 7 1 0 1 3 97
1959 32 SFG NL 54 54 48 1 9 2 0 0 7 0 0 5 9 .188 .259 .229 .488 34 11 1 0 0 1 3
7 Yrs 576 1318 1172 146 296 44 10 54 207 3 2 131 196 .253 .328 .445 .773 104 522 27 3 4 6 10
162 Game Avg. 162 371 330 41 83 12 3 15 58 1 1 37 55 .253 .328 .445 .773 104 147 8 1 1

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
1952 25 NYG NL 67 201 5 0 0 0 -2 3 0.4 7 10 1.1 .506 .502 1.1 -0.3 10 $ O7/8
1953 26 NYG NL 76 173 -3 -1 1 0 -2 -5 -0.5 6 1 0.1 .494 .497 0.1 -0.2 1 $ O79
1954 27 NYG NL 82 186 21 0 1 -1 -2 19 1.9 6 25 2.5 .523 .512 2.6 -0.3 26 $ 7/89 MVP-26
1955 28 NYG NL 94 217 10 -0 1 0 -2 10 0.9 7 17 1.6 .510 .506 1.7 -0.3 17 $ 7
1956 29 NYG NL 111 277 -6 0 -1 -3 -3 -13 -1.6 9 -3 -0.6 .488 .491 -0.1 -0.8 0 $ 7/9
1957 30 NYG NL 92 210 -13 -1 0 -5 -2 -20 -2.2 7 -13 -1.5 .477 .487 -0.9 -0.8 -8 $ 97
1959 32 SFG NL 54 54 -4 0 0 0 0 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.2 .492 .497 -0.2 0.0 -2 $
7 Seasons 576 1318 10 -1 3 -8 -13 -9 -1.6 44 35 3.0 .498 .499 4.3 -2.6 43 $

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
1952 25 NYG NL 201 137 28 5.5 98 .256 .250 .263 .340 .336 .477 .391 .817 .727 123 .624 5.3 0.6 .796 .364 .227 1.8
1953 26 NYG NL 173 129 21 4.3 113 .218 .233 .278 .277 .349 .479 .433 .756 .782 90 .448 -3.6 -0.3 .674 .301 .245 .0
1954 27 NYG NL 186 113 47 11.2 110 .331 .341 .275 .410 .347 .695 .426 1.105 .772 181 .824 18.6 1.8 1.218 .470 .354 1.9
1955 28 NYG NL 217 134 35 7.0 106 .325 .305 .267 .389 .338 .449 .422 .838 .760 121 .676 6.5 0.6 .847 .289 .144 1.7
1956 29 NYG NL 277 202 27 3.6 102 .228 .217 .263 .301 .330 .381 .415 .682 .745 83 .399 -6.0 -0.6 .615 .287 .164 .0
1957 30 NYG NL 210 159 15 2.6 103 .229 .205 .269 .276 .332 .305 .416 .581 .748 57 .252 -11.9 -1.2 .487 .195 .100 .0
1959 32 SFG NL 54 41 3 2.0 102 .225 .188 .267 .259 .332 .229 .413 .488 .745 34 .172 -4.4 -0.4 .400 .146 .042
7 Yrs 1318 915 176 5.2 105 .261 .253 .268 .328 .337 .445 .417 .773 .754 104 .554 4.6 0.4 .726 .305 .193 5.7
162 Game Avg. 371 257 50 5.2 105 .261 .253 .268 .328 .337 .445 .417 .773 .754 104 .554 1 0 .726 .305 .193 2

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
1954 27 NYG NL WS CLE W 3 7 6 2 4 0 0 2 7 0 0 1 2 .667 .714 1.667 2.381 10 0 0 0 0 1
1 WS 3 7 6 2 4 0 0 2 7 0 0 1 2 .667 .714 1.667 2.381 10 0 0 0 0 1

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
1952 25 NYG NL 201 5.0% 16.4% 11.4% 9.5% 43% 1.43 5.3 17.6 4.9 1.02 66%
1953 26 NYG NL 173 6.4% 16.2% 5.8% 10.4% 47% 2.80 5.8 14.8 5.4 1.23 72%
1954 27 NYG NL 186 8.1% 13.4% 9.7% 13.4% 45% 1.39 6.6 10.9 3.3 0.90 67%
1955 28 NYG NL 217 2.8% 12.0% 12.4% 6.0% 23% 0.96 7.2 31.2 5.8 0.75 72%
1956 29 NYG NL 277 2.9% 14.8% 10.8% 7.6% 40% 1.37 6.0 30.5 7.4 0.88 71%
1957 30 NYG NL 210 1.9% 16.2% 8.6% 4.8% 26% 1.89 5.6 47.5 10.0 0.92 73%
1959 32 SFG NL 54 0.0% 16.7% 9.3% 3.7% 22% 1.80 5.3 6.9 2.00 74%
7 Yrs 1318 4.1% 14.9% 9.9% 8.2% 37% 1.50 6.0 21.7 5.7 0.97 70%
MLB Averages 2.2% 11.8% 9.1% 6.6% 29% 1.30 7.5 39.8 8.3 0.99 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1952 25 NYG NL 5.3 0.6 168 0.6 3.6 -3.0 1.04 1.1 -0.5 12.9 1.3 1.02 14.1 1.46 9
1953 26 NYG NL -3.6 -0.3 159 -0.2 3.1 -3.3 1.15 0.3 -0.5 2.6 0.2 0.97 3.1 1.54 28
1954 27 NYG NL 18.6 1.8 180 3.3 6.5 -3.2 1.30 1.9 0.6 26.5 2.5 1.04 23.0 1.93 44
1955 28 NYG NL 6.5 0.6 181 1.0 4.2 -3.2 1.23 0.9 -0.1 11.1 1.1 1.00 11.1 2.06 35
1956 29 NYG NL -6.0 -0.6 235 -0.6 4.1 -4.7 1.12 -0.0 -0.5 -2.1 -0.2 0.94 -0.6 1.42 38
1957 30 NYG NL -11.9 -1.2 191 -0.6 3.6 -4.1 1.31 -0.7 0.3 -10.7 -1.1 1.00 -9.0 1.64 43
1959 32 SFG NL -4.4 -0.4 54 -0.5 1.3 -1.7 1.83 -0.3 0.1 -2.3 -0.2 1.09 -3.3 1.83 48
7 Yrs 4.6 0.4 1168 3.0 26.3 -23.3 1.22 3.3 -0.8 37.9 3.6 1.00 38.3 1.74 245

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
1952 25 NYG NL 3 0 41% 68 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 27% 8 8 0 2 1 1 5 2 3
1953 26 NYG NL 3 0 19% 57 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17% 4 3 1 0 0 0 2 2 0
1954 27 NYG NL 4 0 27% 72 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 40% 14 9 5 1 1 0 5 1 3
1955 28 NYG NL 7 0 21% 100 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 19% 19 16 3 0 0 0 2 1 1
1956 29 NYG NL 3 0 16% 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 47% 12 9 3 1 1 0 6 0 6
1957 30 NYG NL 1 0 30% 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 42% 11 8 3 2 1 0 11 4 7
1959 32 SFG NL 2 0 7% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 23 0 25% 446 3 2 60% 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 17 15 34% 68 53 15 6 4 1 31 10 20

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
1952 25 NYG NL 201 83% 44 9 1 0 1 1.46 10 1 8 9 1 9 1 0 1 0 0% 41 5 12% 19 3 16% 128 27 21% 15 7 47% 3 2 67% 0
1953 26 NYG NL 173 85% 38 28 4 0 3 1.54 11 0 5 9 2 9 2 0 0 0 33 3 9% 17 5 29% 105 19 18% 14 6 43% 8 6 75% 0
1954 27 NYG NL 186 89% 56 44 15 2 10 1.93 15 0 6 10 4 11 4 0 2 3 150% 38 2 5% 17 4 24% 146 34 23% 10 5 50% 6 3 50% 0
1955 28 NYG NL 217 88% 57 35 8 0 2 2.06 6 0 4 1 2 3 3 0 1 1 100% 54 0 0% 22 8 36% 139 24 17% 17 11 65% 10 6 60% 0
1956 29 NYG NL 277 84% 53 38 7 1 3 1.42 8 0 9 6 1 5 3 0 0 0 43 9 21% 16 6 38% 145 24 17% 14 7 50% 5 3 60% 0
1957 30 NYG NL 210 91% 39 43 6 0 3 1.64 4 0 1 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 51 7 14% 21 6 29% 131 17 13% 10 4 40% 6 3 50% 0
1959 32 SFG NL 54 100% 9 48 9 0 5 1.83 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 11% 7 3 43% 48 7 15% 4 1 25% 1 1 100% 0
7 Yrs 1318 87% 296 245 50 3 27 1.74 54 1 36 38 11 40 14 0 4 4 100% 269 27 10% 119 35 29% 842 152 18% 84 41 49% 39 24 62% 0
MLB Averages 49% 80% 11% 31% 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
1952 25 67 201 176 34 44 8 1 10 36 1 0 23 33 .250 .340 .477 .817 123 84 5 1 0
1953 26 143 374 339 52 82 15 1 21 66 1 1 33 61 .242 .311 .478 .789 107 162 8 1 0
1954 27 225 560 503 83 138 22 4 36 116 2 1 51 86 .274 .344 .549 .892 132 276 10 2 3 0
1955 28 319 777 690 105 195 27 6 42 148 3 2 78 112 .283 .356 .522 .878 129 360 10 2 4 2 2
1956 29 430 1054 934 125 248 37 9 50 181 3 2 108 153 .266 .342 .485 .827 117 453 19 2 4 4 4
1957 30 522 1264 1124 145 287 42 10 54 200 3 2 126 187 .255 .331 .455 .785 107 511 26 3 4 5 7
1958 31 522 1264 1124 145 287 42 10 54 200 3 2 126 187 .255 .331 .455 .785 107 511 26 3 4 5 7
1959 32 576 1318 1172 146 296 44 10 54 207 3 2 131 196 .253 .328 .445 .773 104 522 27 3 4 6 10

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
1952 25 70 212 186 38 48 9 1 11 40 1 25 34 .258 .349 .495 .844 31 67
1953 26 79 178 168 17 38 7 0 11 29 0 10 29 .226 .270 .464 .734 21 76
1954 27 86 193 171 31 57 7 3 15 50 1 18 26 .333 .400 .673 1.073 46 82
1955 28 99 227 196 22 59 5 2 6 33 1 28 27 .301 .385 .439 .824 34 94
1956 29 116 291 257 22 57 11 3 9 37 0 32 43 .222 .306 .393 .699 31 111
1957 30 96 220 199 21 41 5 1 4 20 0 19 36 .206 .277 .302 .579 17 92
1959 32 56 58 51 1 10 2 0 0 8 0 6 9 .196 .276 .235 .511 3 54
7 Yrs 602 1379 1228 152 310 46 10 56 217 3 138 204 .252 .328 .443 .771 183 576
162 Game Avg. 162 371 330 41 83 12 3 15 58 1 37 55 .252 .328 .443 .771 49 576

* 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

Awards (yr lg award)
1954 NL Babe Ruth Award

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1954 NL (26, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1712th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1954 NL  3.3 (8th)

             

† 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

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1801), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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