Dusty Rhodes
James Lamar Rhodes
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 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
Final Game: September 27, 1959
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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
1952 25 NYG NL 67 200 176 34 44 8 1 10 36 1 0 23 33 .250 .340 .477 .817 123 84 5 1 0 O
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 O
1954 27 NYG NL 82 186 164 31 56 7 3 15 50 1 0 18 25 .341 .410 .695 1.105 182 114 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 .838 122 84 0 0 1 2 2 7
1956 29 NYG NL 111 276 244 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 33 11 1 0 0 1 3
7 Seasons 576 1316 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. 162 370 330 41 83 12 3 15 58 1 1 37 55 .253 .328 .445 .773 104 147 8 1 1

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
1952 25 NYG NL 200 137 28 5.5 98 .256 .250 .263 .340 .336 .477 .391 .817 .727 123 .624 5.4 0.6 .796 .364 .227 1.8
1953 26 NYG NL 173 129 21 4.3 112 .218 .233 .278 .277 .349 .479 .433 .756 .782 90 .448 -3.5 -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 .772 182 .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 .760 122 .675 6.5 0.6 .847 .289 .144 1.7
1956 29 NYG NL 276 202 27 3.6 102 .228 .217 .263 .301 .330 .381 .415 .682 .745 83 .399 -5.9 -0.6 .615 .287 .164 .0
1957 30 NYG NL 210 159 15 2.6 103 .229 .205 .268 .276 .332 .305 .416 .581 .748 57 .252 -11.9 -1.2 .487 .195 .100 .0
1959 32 SFG NL 54 41 3 2.0 103 .225 .188 .268 .259 .333 .229 .414 .488 .748 33 .172 -4.4 -0.4 .400 .146 .042
7 Seasons 1316 915 176 5.2 105 .261 .253 .268 .328 .337 .445 .417 .773 .754 104 .554 4.7 0.4 .726 .305 .193 5.7
162 Game Avg. 370 257 50 5.2 105 .261 .253 .268 .328 .337 .445 .417 .773 .754 104 .554 1 0 .726 .305 .193 2

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
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*

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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
1952 25 NYG NL 200 5.0% 16.5% 11.5% 9.5% 43% 1.43 5.3 17.6 4.9 67%
1953 26 NYG NL 173 6.4% 16.2% 5.8% 10.4% 47% 2.80 5.8 14.8 5.4 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 0.72 72%
1956 29 NYG NL 276 2.9% 14.9% 10.9% 7.6% 40% 1.37 6.0 30.5 7.4 0.85 71%
1957 30 NYG NL 210 1.9% 16.2% 8.6% 4.8% 26% 1.89 5.6 47.5 10.0 0.96 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 Seasons 1316 4.1% 14.9% 10.0% 8.2% 37% 1.50 6.0 21.7 5.7 0.92 71%
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 27 NYG NL 4 0 27% 70 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 42% 13 8 5 1 1 0 5 1 3
1955 28 NYG NL 6 0 21% 67 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 14% 12 11 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
1956 29 NYG NL 2 0 16% 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 50% 9 7 2 1 1 0 6 0 6
1957 30 NYG NL 1 0 30% 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 39% 11 8 3 2 1 0 10 4 6
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 Seasons 15 0 25% 263 3 2 60% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 10 38% 45 34 11 4 3 0 23 6 16
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 27 NYG NL 178 89% 56 44 15 2 10 1.97 15 0 6 10 4 11 3 0 2 3 150% 38 2 5% 17 4 24% 146 34 23% 10 5 50% 11 3 27% 8
1955 28 NYG NL 140 91% 57 32 8 0 2 1.90 6 0 2 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 100% 42 0 0% 17 7 41% 109 19 17% 12 9 75% 4 1 25% 77
1956 29 NYG NL 185 85% 53 33 6 1 3 1.43 8 0 6 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 32 9 28% 11 5 45% 111 18 16% 9 6 67% 7 1 14% 92
1957 30 NYG NL 184 91% 39 38 5 0 3 1.72 4 0 1 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 48 7 15% 18 5 28% 125 17 14% 10 4 40% 12 5 42% 26
1959 32 SFG NL 54 100% 9 48 9 0 5 1.86 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 11% 7 3 43% 48 7 15% 4 1 25% 7 3 43% 0
7 Seasons 741 90% 296 195 43 3 23 1.79 54 0 18 17 7 19 5 0 3 4 133% 169 27 16% 70 24 34% 539 95 18% 45 25 56% 41 13 32% 203
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
1952 25 67 200 176 34 44 8 1 10 36 1 0 23 33 .250 .340 .477 .817 123 84 5 1 0
1953 26 143 373 339 52 82 15 1 21 66 1 1 33 61 .242 .311 .478 .789 107 162 8 1 0
1954 27 225 559 503 83 138 22 4 36 116 2 1 51 86 .274 .344 .549 .892 132 276 10 2 3 0
1955 28 319 776 690 105 195 27 6 42 148 3 2 78 112 .283 .356 .522 .878 129 360 10 2 4 2 2
1956 29 430 1052 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 1262 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 1262 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 1316 1172 146 296 44 10 54 207 3 2 131 196 .253 .328 .445 .773 104 522 27 3 4 6 10

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
1952 25 70 212 186 37 48 9 1 11 40 1 25 34 .258 .349 .495 .844 31 67
1953 26 79 177 167 17 37 7 0 11 28 0 10 29 .222 .266 .461 .727 20 76
1954 27 86 192 172 32 58 7 3 16 51 1 19 26 .337 .406 .692 1.098 47 82
1955 28 99 229 198 22 61 5 2 6 32 1 29 27 .308 .393 .444 .837 36 94
1956 29 116 290 256 22 56 11 3 8 37 0 32 43 .219 .303 .379 .682 30 111
1957 30 96 217 197 21 39 5 1 4 20 0 18 36 .198 .267 .294 .562 16 92
1959 32 56 58 51 1 10 2 0 0 8 0 6 9 .196 .276 .235 .511 3 54
7 Seasons 602 1375 1227 152 309 46 10 56 216 3 139 204 .252 .328 .443 .771 183 576
162 Game Avg. 162 370 330 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 1954 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.

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 (1667th)

                            

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1950), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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