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Bobby Richardson

Robert Clinton Richardson

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: August 19, 1935 in Sumter, SC
High School: Edmunds HS (Sumter, SC)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 5, 1955
Team: Yankees 1955-1966
Agents: John Boggs [*]
Final Game: October 2, 1966
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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
1955 19 NYY AL 11 29 26 2 4 0 0 0 3 1 1 2 0 .154 .214 .154 .368 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 /46
1956 20 NYY AL 5 7 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -23 1 0 0 0 0 0 /4
1957 21 NYY AL 97 320 305 36 78 11 1 0 19 1 3 9 26 .256 .274 .298 .573 58 91 9 0 3 3 3 4 AS
1958 22 NYY AL 73 195 182 18 45 6 2 0 14 1 3 8 5 .247 .276 .302 .578 62 55 1 0 3 2 0 45/6
1959 23 NYY AL 134 507 469 53 141 18 6 2 33 5 5 26 20 .301 .335 .377 .713 99 177 3 0 10 3 3 *465 AS,MVP-18
1960 24 NYY AL 150 507 460 45 116 12 3 1 26 6 6 35 19 .252 .303 .298 .601 67 137 7 0 9 3 6 *45
1961 25 NYY AL 162 704 662 80 173 17 5 3 49 9 7 30 23 .261 .295 .316 .610 67 209 15 2 10 2 1 *4 MVP-24,GG
1962 26 NYY AL 161 754 692 99 209 38 5 8 59 11 9 37 24 .302 .337 .406 .743 101 281 13 1 20 4 1 *4 AS,MVP-2,GG
1963 27 NYY AL 151 668 630 72 167 20 6 3 48 15 1 25 22 .265 .294 .330 .624 76 208 8 2 8 3 0 *4 AS,MVP-10,GG
1964 28 NYY AL 159 728 679 90 181 25 4 4 50 11 2 28 36 .267 .294 .333 .626 73 226 15 0 16 5 1 *4/6 AS,MVP-17,GG
1965 29 NYY AL 160 713 664 76 164 28 2 6 47 7 5 37 39 .247 .287 .322 .609 74 214 11 1 9 2 4 *4 AS,MVP-20,GG
1966 30 NYY AL 149 648 610 71 153 21 3 7 42 6 6 25 28 .251 .280 .330 .610 79 201 17 1 9 3 1 *4/5 AS
12 Yrs 1412 5780 5386 643 1432 196 37 34 390 73 48 262 243 .266 .299 .335 .634 77 1804 100 7 98 30 20
162 Game Avg. 162 663 618 74 164 22 4 4 45 8 6 30 28 .266 .299 .335 .634 77 207 11 1 11 3 2

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
1955 19 NYY AL 11 29 -4 -0 -0 -4 0 -7 -0.7 1 -6 -0.7 .433 .495 -0.3 -0.3 -3 $ /46
1956 20 NYY AL 5 7 -0 0 0 -1 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .476 .499 0.0 -0.1 0 $ /4
1957 21 NYY AL 97 320 -15 -0 -1 8 3 -6 -0.8 9 2 0.1 .493 .496 -0.7 1.1 -5 $ 4 AS
1958 22 NYY AL 73 195 -9 0 1 3 2 -3 -0.3 5 3 0.2 .496 .498 -0.1 0.6 -1 $ 45/6
1959 23 NYY AL 134 507 0 1 3 -1 4 8 0.7 14 22 2.0 .506 .505 2.2 0.2 22 $ *465 AS,MVP-18
1960 24 NYY AL 150 507 -16 1 2 2 4 -6 -0.9 14 7 0.5 .495 .496 0.4 0.6 5 $ *45
1961 25 NYY AL 162 704 -24 2 -0 -7 4 -24 -2.8 19 -5 -0.9 .484 .484 0.0 -0.4 2 $ *4 MVP-24,GG
1962 26 NYY AL 161 754 5 -0 1 3 4 13 1.1 21 34 3.1 .508 .508 3.0 0.6 31 $ *4 AS,MVP-2,GG
1963 27 NYY AL 151 668 -16 3 1 15 4 7 0.6 18 26 2.4 .505 .505 0.9 2.0 10 $ *4 AS,MVP-10,GG
1964 28 NYY AL 159 728 -21 4 1 0 4 -11 -1.6 20 9 0.3 .492 .492 0.6 0.3 8 $ *4/6 AS,MVP-17,GG
1965 29 NYY AL 160 713 -21 -1 0 -9 4 -26 -3.0 20 -6 -1.1 .482 .482 0.0 -0.5 3 $ *4 AS,MVP-20,GG
1966 30 NYY AL 149 648 -13 1 -1 3 4 -7 -1.1 18 12 0.7 .495 .495 0.7 0.6 9 $ *4/5 AS
12 Seasons 1412 5780 -134 11 6 14 38 -64 -9.0 159 96 6.5 .495 .496 6.7 4.8 81 $

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
1955 19 NYY AL 29 25 1 1.1 102 .154 .154 .265 .214 .345 .154 .395 .368 .740 1 .065 -3.7 -0.4 .250 .077 .000 .0
1956 20 NYY AL 7 6 0 0.0 104 .167 .143 .264 .143 .345 .143 .403 .286 .748 -23 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .167 .000 .000
1957 21 NYY AL 320 245 23 2.5 99 .277 .256 .262 .274 .334 .298 .396 .573 .729 58 .268 -18.4 -1.9 .410 .066 .043 .0
1958 22 NYY AL 195 146 15 2.7 95 .251 .247 .257 .276 .325 .302 .390 .578 .715 62 .306 -9.5 -1.0 .433 .088 .055 .0
1959 23 NYY AL 507 349 60 4.6 95 .309 .301 .256 .335 .326 .377 .391 .713 .717 99 .522 -1.1 -0.1 .604 .132 .077 2.9
1960 24 NYY AL 507 369 42 3.1 97 .260 .252 .258 .303 .330 .298 .394 .601 .724 67 .333 -20.6 -2.1 .482 .122 .046 1.7
1961 25 NYY AL 704 523 59 3.0 100 .266 .261 .258 .295 .332 .316 .401 .610 .734 67 .311 -31.7 -3.1 .476 .103 .054 4.5
1962 26 NYY AL 754 529 92 4.7 101 .303 .302 .261 .337 .333 .406 .406 .743 .739 101 .512 0.4 0.0 .636 .160 .104 9.3
1963 27 NYY AL 668 483 63 3.5 94 .270 .265 .254 .294 .320 .330 .393 .624 .713 76 .420 -21.8 -2.3 .528 .127 .065 5.0
1964 28 NYY AL 728 536 66 3.3 98 .275 .267 .258 .294 .327 .333 .401 .626 .727 73 .390 -26.3 -2.7 .511 .121 .066 5.9
1965 29 NYY AL 713 527 61 3.1 91 .254 .247 .250 .287 .319 .322 .382 .609 .702 74 .385 -23.5 -2.5 .492 .134 .075 6.5
1966 30 NYY AL 648 492 52 2.8 86 .253 .251 .242 .280 .308 .330 .374 .610 .682 79 .359 -17.6 -1.9 .473 .120 .079 6.5
12 Yrs 5780 4230 534 3.4 95 .272 .266 .255 .299 .325 .335 .393 .634 .718 77 .393 -175.0 -18.0 .511 .122 .069 46.4
162 Game Avg. 663 485 61 3.4 95 .272 .266 .255 .299 .325 .335 .393 .634 .718 77 .393 -175.0 -18.0 .511 .122 .069 5

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
1957 21 NYY AL WS MLN L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 22 NYY AL WS MLN W 4 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 24 NYY AL WS PIT L 7 31 30 8 11 2 2 1 12 0 0 1 1 .367 .387 .667 1.054 20 0 0 0 0 0
1961 25 NYY AL WS CIN W 5 23 23 2 9 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .391 .391 .435 .826 10 0 0 0 0 0
1962 26 NYY AL WS SFG W 7 30 27 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .148 .233 .148 .381 4 1 0 0 0 0
1963 27 NYY AL WS LAD L 4 16 14 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .214 .267 .286 .552 4 0 0 1 0 0
1964 28 NYY AL WS STL L 7 33 32 3 13 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 .406 .406 .469 .875 15 1 0 1 0 0
7 Yrs (7 Series) 36 138 131 16 40 6 2 1 15 2 1 5 7 .305 .331 .405 .735 53 2 0 2 0 0
7 WS 36 138 131 16 40 6 2 1 15 2 1 5 7 .305 .331 .405 .735 53 2 0 2 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
1957 NYY AL 21 DNP
1959 NYY AL 23 DNP
1962 NYY AL 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 NYY AL 26 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 NYY AL 27 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 0 0 0 0
1964 NYY AL 28 as 2B 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
1965 NYY AL 29 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 NYY AL 30 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs (6 GP) 11 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .091 .091 .091 .182 1 2 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
1955 19 NYY AL 29 0.0% 0.0% 6.9% 0.0% 0% 0.00 8.7 1.67 90%
1956 20 NYY AL 7 0.0% 14.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 7.0 3.00 86%
1957 21 NYY AL 320 0.0% 8.1% 2.8% 3.8% 15% 2.89 11.7 16.1 1.07 88%
1958 22 NYY AL 195 0.0% 2.6% 4.1% 4.1% 18% 0.63 36.4 13.0 1.36 92%
1959 23 NYY AL 507 0.4% 3.9% 5.1% 5.1% 18% 0.77 23.5 234.5 14.2 0.99 89%
1960 24 NYY AL 507 0.2% 3.8% 6.9% 3.2% 14% 0.54 24.2 460.0 17.7 0.96 87%
1961 25 NYY AL 704 0.4% 3.3% 4.3% 3.6% 15% 0.77 28.8 220.7 13.5 1.23 91%
1962 26 NYY AL 754 1.1% 3.2% 4.9% 6.8% 24% 0.65 28.8 86.5 11.7 1.00 88%
1963 27 NYY AL 668 0.5% 3.3% 3.7% 4.3% 17% 0.88 28.6 210.0 13.1 0.77 91%
1964 28 NYY AL 728 0.6% 5.0% 3.9% 4.5% 18% 1.29 18.9 169.8 13.6 1.03 88%
1965 29 NYY AL 713 0.8% 5.5% 5.2% 5.1% 22% 1.05 17.0 110.7 14.1 1.09 87%
1966 30 NYY AL 648 1.1% 4.3% 3.9% 4.8% 20% 1.12 21.8 87.1 14.5 0.92 89%
12 Yrs 5780 0.6% 4.2% 4.5% 4.6% 19% 0.93 22.2 158.4 13.8 1.02 89%
MLB Averages 2.3% 14.0% 8.5% 6.5% 29% 1.64 6.4 38.4 8.6 1.05 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1955 19 NYY AL -3.7 -0.4 31 -0.3 0.3 -0.6 1.09 -0.4 0.1 -4.3 -0.4 1.00 -4.4 5.40 0
1956 20 NYY AL -1.3 -0.1 7 -0.1 0.0 -0.2 1.14 -0.0 -0.1 -0.6 -0.1 0.85 -0.6 0
1957 21 NYY AL -18.4 -1.9 327 -1.2 4.2 -5.4 .90 -1.6 0.2 -15.3 -1.6 0.94 -17.1 0.00 1
1958 22 NYY AL -9.5 -1.0 206 -1.3 2.0 -3.3 .84 -1.1 -0.4 -14.0 -1.5 0.97 -13.9 0
1959 23 NYY AL -1.1 -0.1 533 -0.5 7.7 -8.2 .93 -0.2 -0.3 -3.4 -0.4 0.92 -5.3 0
1960 24 NYY AL -20.0 -2.0 527 -2.2 6.0 -8.2 .91 -1.9 -0.5 -17.7 -1.8 0.92 -20.1 0.05 1
1961 25 NYY AL -31.7 -3.1 730 -3.0 9.1 -12.1 .91 -2.6 -0.7 -21.9 -2.2 0.91 -30.2 2.16 2
1962 26 NYY AL 1.4 0.1 789 -1.2 12.4 -13.6 1.00 0.2 -1.5 -3.5 -0.3 0.93 -0.9 0
1963 27 NYY AL -22.5 -2.4 696 1.0 11.5 -10.5 .94 -0.9 1.9 6.3 0.7 0.90 -6.5 0.29 1
1964 28 NYY AL -25.5 -2.6 751 -0.5 12.1 -12.6 1.02 -1.5 1.0 -0.5 -0.1 0.93 -12.3 1.07 2
1965 29 NYY AL -23.5 -2.5 733 -1.5 11.7 -13.2 1.05 -1.6 0.1 -5.5 -0.6 0.91 -14.4 2.61 3
1966 30 NYY AL -17.6 -1.9 668 -1.4 10.6 -12.0 1.04 -1.6 0.3 -15.2 -1.7 0.93 -16.9 2.49 2
12 Yrs -173.3 -17.9 5998 -12.3 87.5 -99.9 .97 -13.2 0.5 -95.5 -9.9 0.92 -142.7 1.63 12

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
1955 19 NYY AL 0 0 33% 5 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 20 NYY AL 1 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 21 NYY AL 8 0 41% 128 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 11 57% 11 8 3 1 0 1 9 0 8
1958 22 NYY AL 2 0 34% 77 1 3 25% 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 3 6 58% 13 5 8 0 0 0 6 2 3
1959 23 NYY AL 9 0 31% 225 5 5 50% 4 7 1 0 0 0 5 0 11 15 59% 27 15 12 7 3 4 17 2 14
1960 24 NYY AL 13 0 29% 192 6 6 50% 6 7 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 12 58% 18 11 7 2 1 1 16 1 13
1961 25 NYY AL 17 0 38% 283 9 7 56% 8 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 19 54% 31 13 18 11 9 2 12 2 9
1962 26 NYY AL 14 0 38% 344 11 9 55% 9 9 2 0 0 0 3 0 4 17 57% 33 13 20 13 10 3 24 6 17
1963 27 NYY AL 12 0 36% 296 15 1 94% 13 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 5 15 40% 26 18 8 12 12 0 20 5 15
1964 28 NYY AL 13 0 42% 294 11 2 85% 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 20 59% 45 14 29 6 4 2 17 7 9
1965 29 NYY AL 10 0 36% 299 7 5 58% 7 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 14 48% 36 19 17 14 9 4 23 9 14
1966 30 NYY AL 11 0 37% 221 6 6 50% 6 6 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 13 60% 35 14 21 4 3 1 19 5 13
12 Yrs 110 0 37% 2367 73 48 60% 65 48 8 1 0 3 21 0 55 142 55% 279 131 146 70 51 18 163 39 115

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
1955 19 NYY AL 29 24% 4 0 0 0 0 5.40 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 6 1 17% 5 2 40% 18 3 17% 3 2 67% 0 0 0
1956 20 NYY AL 7 43% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1957 21 NYY AL 320 30% 78 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 43% 47 9 19% 24 10 42% 169 21 12% 15 8 53% 5 2 40% 0
1958 22 NYY AL 195 30% 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 33 1 3% 21 9 43% 124 14 11% 13 7 54% 9 5 56% 0
1959 23 NYY AL 507 24% 141 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 2 0 1 1 0 13 10 77% 74 3 4% 28 12 43% 252 33 13% 15 4 27% 10 5 50% 0
1960 24 NYY AL 507 29% 116 1 0 0 0 0.05 1 0 9 1 0 0 1 0 11 9 82% 83 7 8% 35 15 43% 263 28 11% 21 10 48% 20 10 50% 0
1961 25 NYY AL 704 30% 173 2 0 0 0 2.16 3 0 8 2 1 2 1 0 14 10 71% 102 15 15% 42 13 31% 325 49 15% 27 15 56% 13 8 62% 0
1962 26 NYY AL 754 28% 209 0 0 0 0 8 1 16 4 4 3 5 0 28 20 71% 137 13 9% 83 28 34% 387 50 13% 33 12 36% 22 13 59% 0
1963 27 NYY AL 668 37% 167 1 0 0 0 0.29 3 0 12 1 2 1 2 0 16 8 50% 121 8 7% 61 18 30% 309 48 16% 19 12 63% 17 10 59% 0
1964 28 NYY AL 728 33% 181 2 1 0 0 1.07 4 0 11 4 0 2 2 0 24 16 67% 143 15 10% 85 28 33% 359 48 13% 26 14 54% 26 16 62% 0
1965 29 NYY AL 713 35% 164 3 0 0 0 2.61 6 0 8 5 1 4 2 0 11 9 82% 95 11 12% 51 16 31% 305 44 14% 24 12 50% 13 9 69% 0
1966 30 NYY AL 648 35% 153 2 0 0 0 2.49 7 0 6 4 3 2 5 0 11 9 82% 129 17 13% 69 25 36% 327 41 13% 23 13 57% 16 11 69% 0
12 Yrs 5780 32% 1432 12 1 0 0 1.63 34 1 90 23 11 15 19 0 139 98 71% 971 100 10% 505 176 35% 2840 379 13% 219 109 50% 151 89 59% 0
MLB Averages 51% 76% 10% 31% 14% 49% 53%

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
1955 19 11 29 26 2 4 0 0 0 3 1 1 2 0 .154 .214 .154 .368 1 4 1 0 1 0 0
1956 20 16 36 33 3 5 0 0 0 3 1 1 2 1 .152 .200 .152 .352 -4 5 1 0 1 0 0
1957 21 113 356 338 39 83 11 1 0 22 2 4 11 27 .246 .267 .284 .551 52 96 10 0 4 3 3
1958 22 186 551 520 57 128 17 3 0 36 3 7 19 32 .246 .270 .290 .561 55 151 11 0 7 5 3
1959 23 320 1058 989 110 269 35 9 2 69 8 12 45 52 .272 .301 .332 .633 76 328 14 0 17 8 6
1960 24 470 1565 1449 155 385 47 12 3 95 14 18 80 71 .266 .302 .321 .623 73 465 21 0 26 11 12
1961 25 632 2269 2111 235 558 64 17 6 144 23 25 110 94 .264 .300 .319 .619 71 674 36 2 36 13 13
1962 26 793 3023 2803 334 767 102 22 14 203 34 34 147 118 .274 .309 .341 .649 79 955 49 3 56 17 14
1963 27 944 3691 3433 406 934 122 28 17 251 49 35 172 140 .272 .306 .339 .645 78 1163 57 5 64 20 14
1964 28 1103 4419 4112 496 1115 147 32 21 301 60 37 200 176 .271 .304 .338 .642 77 1389 72 5 80 25 15
1965 29 1263 5132 4776 572 1279 175 34 27 348 67 42 237 215 .268 .302 .336 .637 77 1603 83 6 89 27 19
1966 30 1412 5780 5386 643 1432 196 37 34 390 73 48 262 243 .266 .299 .335 .634 77 1804 100 7 98 30 20

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
1955 19 11 31 28 2 5 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 .179 .233 .179 .412 1 11
1956 20 5 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
1957 21 102 340 324 41 85 12 1 0 21 1 10 27 .262 .282 .306 .587 28 97
1958 22 76 207 193 21 50 7 2 0 16 1 9 5 .259 .289 .316 .605 18 73
1959 23 140 536 495 58 152 19 6 2 36 5 28 21 .307 .342 .382 .724 66 134
1960 24 158 538 488 50 126 13 3 1 29 7 38 20 .258 .310 .303 .613 46 150
1961 25 162 710 665 82 176 17 5 3 50 9 31 23 .265 .299 .319 .617 63 162
1962 26 161 756 694 100 211 38 5 8 60 11 37 24 .304 .338 .408 .746 96 161
1963 27 151 679 640 79 177 21 6 3 53 16 26 22 .277 .306 .342 .648 67 151
1964 28 158 731 681 95 186 26 4 4 53 11 29 36 .273 .301 .341 .641 71 159
1965 29 160 728 676 85 176 30 2 6 53 8 40 39 .260 .302 .337 .639 69 160
1966 30 150 671 630 85 170 23 3 8 50 7 28 28 .270 .301 .354 .655 67 149
12 Yrs 1434 5934 5521 698 1514 206 37 35 425 77 278 246 .274 .308 .344 .652 592 1412
162 Game Avg. 162 670 624 79 171 23 4 4 48 9 31 28 .274 .308 .344 .652 67 1412

* 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
1972 BBWAA ( 2.0%)
1973 BBWAA ( 0.5%)
1974 BBWAA ( 1.4%)

All-Star Games
1957
1959-2
1962-1 *
1962-2 *
1963 *
1964 (2B)
1965 *
1966 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1960 ML WS MVP
1963 ML Lou Gehrig Memorial Award

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1959 AL (18, 3%)
1961 AL (24, 0%)
1962 AL (2, 54%)
1963 AL (10, 15%)
1964 AL (17, 3%)
1965 AL (20, 2%)
0.77 Career Shares (312th)

Gold Gloves
1961 AL (2B)
1962 AL (2B)
1963 AL (2B)
1964 AL (2B)
1965 AL (2B)
All multiple winners

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1963 AL  2.0 (2nd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1959 AL  .301 (6th)
1962 AL  .302 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
1960 AL  150 (9th)
1961 AL  162 (3rd)
1962 AL  161 (3rd)
1964 AL  159 (10th)
1965 AL  160 (5th)

At Bats s c a p y
1961 AL  662 (3rd)
1962 AL  692 (1st)
1963 AL  630 (1st)
1964 AL  679 (1st)
1965 AL  664 (2nd)
1966 AL  610 (6th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1961 AL  704 (6th)
1962 AL  754 (1st)
1963 AL  668 (4th)
1964 AL  728 (2nd)
1965 AL  713 (2nd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1962 AL  99 (4th)
1964 AL  90 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1961 AL  173 (5th)
1962 AL  209 (1st)
1963 AL  167 (7th)
1964 AL  181 (3rd)
1965 AL  164 (8th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1962 AL  281 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1962 AL  38 (4th)
1965 AL  28 (5th)

Triples s c a p y
1959 AL  6 (7th)
1963 AL  6 (10th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1963 AL  15 (7th)

Singles s c a p y
1959 AL  115 (8th)
1961 AL  148 (1st)
1962 AL  158 (1st)
1963 AL  138 (2nd)
1964 AL  148 (1st)
1965 AL  128 (2nd)
1966 AL  122 (3rd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1959 AL  10 (7th)
1960 AL  9 (9th)
1961 AL  10 (7th)
1962 AL  20 (1st)
1964 AL  16 (1st)
1965 AL  9 (10th)
1966 AL  9 (9th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1960 AL  6 (8th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1966 AL  17 (6th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1959 AL  5 (9th)
1960 AL  6 (5th)
1961 AL  7 (9th)
1962 AL  9 (4th)

SB % s c a p y
1963 AL  93.75 (2nd)

AB per SO s c a p y
1959 AL  23.5 (3rd)
1960 AL  24.2 (3rd)
1961 AL  28.8 (3rd)
1962 AL  28.8 (2nd)
1963 AL  28.6 (2nd)
1964 AL  18.9 (1st)
1965 AL  17.0 (1st)
1966 AL  21.8 (1st)
Career  22.2 (84th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1961 AL  523 (1st)
1962 AL  529 (1st)
1963 AL  483 (2nd)
1964 AL  536 (1st)
1965 AL  527 (1st)
1966 AL  492 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 6 (344), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 48 (525), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 69 (278), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1441), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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