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Phil Rizzuto

Philip Francis Rizzuto (Scooter)
born Fiero

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 6", Weight: 150 lb.

Born: September 25, 1917 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: Richmond Hill HS (Queens, NY)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1937. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1941
Team: Yankees 1941-1956

Final Game: August 16, 1956
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1994.
   View Phil Rizzuto Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: August 13, 2007 in West Orange, NJ
Cremated
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Hall of Fame

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
1941 23 NYY AL 133 547 515 65 158 20 9 3 46 14 5 27 36 .307 .343 .398 .741 96 205 13 1 5 *6 MVP-20
1942 24 NYY AL 144 613 553 79 157 24 7 4 68 22 6 44 40 .284 .343 .374 .718 103 207 13 6 10 *6 AS,MVP-19
1946 28 NYY AL 126 520 471 53 121 17 1 2 38 14 7 34 39 .257 .315 .310 .625 74 146 10 6 7 *6
1947 29 NYY AL 153 623 549 78 150 26 9 2 60 11 6 57 31 .273 .350 .364 .714 99 200 6 8 9 *6
1948 30 NYY AL 128 539 464 65 117 13 2 6 50 6 5 60 24 .252 .340 .328 .668 79 152 6 2 13 *6 MVP-33
1949 31 NYY AL 153 712 614 110 169 22 7 5 65 18 6 72 34 .275 .352 .358 .711 88 220 18 1 25 *6 MVP-2
1950 32 NYY AL 155 735 617 125 200 36 7 7 66 12 8 92 39 .324 .418 .439 .857 122 271 6 7 19 *6 AS,MVP-1
1951 33 NYY AL 144 630 540 87 148 21 6 2 43 18 3 58 27 .274 .350 .346 .696 92 187 10 5 26 *6 AS,MVP-11
1952 34 NYY AL 152 673 578 89 147 24 10 2 43 17 6 67 42 .254 .337 .341 .678 94 197 9 5 23 *6 AS,MVP-14
1953 35 NYY AL 134 506 413 54 112 21 3 2 54 4 3 71 39 .271 .383 .351 .734 103 145 6 4 18 *6 AS,MVP-6
1954 36 NYY AL 127 373 307 47 60 11 0 2 15 3 2 41 23 .195 .291 .251 .541 52 77 7 1 18 2 *6/4
1955 37 NYY AL 81 181 143 19 37 4 1 1 9 7 1 22 18 .259 .369 .322 .691 88 46 2 3 13 0 1 6/4
1956 38 NYY AL 31 66 52 6 12 0 0 0 6 3 0 6 6 .231 .310 .231 .541 47 12 1 0 7 0 0 6
13 Yrs 1661 6718 5816 877 1588 239 62 38 563 149 58 651 398 .273 .351 .355 .706 93 2065 107 49 193 2 1
162 Game Avg. 162 655 567 86 155 23 6 4 55 15 6 63 39 .273 .351 .355 .706 93 201 10 5 19

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
1941 23 NYY AL 133 547 -3 1 0 20 8 27 2.7 14 40 4.1 .520 .517 2.1 2.9 20 $ *6 MVP-20
1942 24 NYY AL 144 613 3 3 0 21 10 36 3.9 13 49 5.2 .527 .524 2.9 3.4 28 $ *6 AS,MVP-19
1946 28 NYY AL 126 520 -15 1 0 8 8 2 0.2 13 16 1.6 .502 .502 0.7 1.8 8 $ *6
1947 29 NYY AL 153 623 1 1 0 9 10 21 2.2 16 37 3.8 .515 .514 2.8 2.0 28 $ *6
1948 30 NYY AL 128 539 -12 2 0 1 8 -0 -0.0 14 13 1.3 .500 .500 1.2 0.9 12 $ *6 MVP-33
1949 31 NYY AL 153 712 -9 1 -1 9 10 10 1.0 18 28 2.8 .506 .506 1.9 1.9 19 $ *6 MVP-2
1950 32 NYY AL 155 735 27 0 1 11 10 50 4.7 19 69 6.6 .530 .529 5.5 2.1 58 $32,000 *6 AS,MVP-1
1951 33 NYY AL 144 630 -3 1 0 10 9 17 1.7 17 34 3.4 .512 .511 2.2 2.0 24 $65,000 *6 AS,MVP-11
1952 34 NYY AL 152 673 -3 3 1 19 10 30 3.3 18 48 5.1 .522 .520 2.9 3.2 29 $ *6 AS,MVP-14
1953 35 NYY AL 134 506 8 -2 -0 9 8 22 2.3 14 36 3.7 .517 .514 2.7 1.7 27 $ *6 AS,MVP-6
1954 36 NYY AL 127 373 -19 1 -1 3 6 -10 -1.2 10 -0 -0.1 .491 .493 -0.4 0.9 -3 $40,000 *6/4
1955 37 NYY AL 81 181 -1 3 -0 -3 3 1 0.2 5 6 0.7 .502 .501 1.0 0.0 9 $38,000 6/4
1956 38 NYY AL 31 66 -3 0 -0 -1 1 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.1 .491 .498 0.0 0.0 -0 $30,000 6
13 Seasons 1661 6718 -30 15 1 115 101 202 20.7 172 374 38.1 .513 .510 25.5 22.9 259 $205,000

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
1941 23 NYY AL 547 380 71 5.0 106 .326 .307 .274 .343 .351 .398 .404 .741 .755 96 .525 -4.8 -0.5 .645 .161 .091 4.9
1942 24 NYY AL 613 425 72 4.6 93 .301 .284 .263 .343 .337 .374 .369 .718 .706 103 .545 1.9 0.2 .658 .199 .090 6.8
1946 28 NYY AL 520 374 45 3.2 97 .277 .257 .265 .315 .339 .310 .381 .625 .720 74 .384 -16.4 -1.7 .526 .140 .053 3.5
1947 29 NYY AL 623 420 68 4.3 96 .287 .273 .262 .350 .341 .364 .376 .714 .717 99 .516 0.3 0.0 .657 .204 .091 3.4
1948 30 NYY AL 539 371 51 3.7 105 .256 .252 .272 .340 .357 .328 .393 .668 .750 79 .396 -13.6 -1.3 .601 .207 .075 6.0
1949 31 NYY AL 712 494 79 4.2 107 .285 .275 .271 .352 .363 .358 .393 .711 .756 88 .467 -10.9 -1.1 .650 .220 .083 7.8
1950 32 NYY AL 735 450 111 6.5 111 .338 .324 .275 .418 .361 .439 .412 .857 .773 122 .624 25.6 2.4 .868 .271 .115 8.8
1951 33 NYY AL 630 431 67 4.2 99 .286 .274 .263 .350 .343 .346 .385 .696 .729 92 .465 -4.8 -0.5 .654 .207 .072 3.6
1952 34 NYY AL 673 469 67 3.9 91 .272 .254 .253 .337 .332 .341 .369 .678 .701 94 .467 -3.4 -0.4 .628 .221 .087 3.6
1953 35 NYY AL 506 328 55 4.5 99 .296 .271 .265 .383 .340 .351 .390 .734 .730 103 .504 6.0 0.6 .713 .254 .080 2.7
1954 36 NYY AL 373 276 22 2.1 96 .204 .195 .262 .291 .337 .251 .383 .541 .720 52 .221 -19.3 -2.0 .469 .192 .055 2.4
1955 37 NYY AL 181 122 20 4.4 102 .290 .259 .265 .369 .345 .322 .395 .691 .740 88 .481 -1.4 -0.1 .706 .259 .063 1.8
1956 38 NYY AL 66 48 5 2.8 104 .261 .231 .264 .310 .345 .231 .402 .541 .748 47 .270 -3.8 -0.4 .512 .173 .000 .0
13 Yrs 6718 4588 733 4.3 100 .288 .273 .266 .351 .346 .355 .387 .706 .734 93 .481 -44.8 -4.7 .650 .210 .082 60.6
162 Game Avg. 655 447 71 4.3 100 .288 .273 .266 .351 .346 .355 .387 .706 .734 93 .481 -44.8 -4.7 .650 .210 .082 6

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 23 NYY AL WS BRO W 5 21 18 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 .111 .238 .111 .349 2 0 0 0 0 1
1942 24 NYY AL WS STL L 5 23 21 2 8 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 .381 .435 .524 .959 11 0 0 0 0 0
1947 29 NYY AL WS BRO W 7 30 26 3 8 1 0 0 2 2 1 4 0 .308 .400 .346 .746 9 0 0 0 0 0
1949 31 NYY AL WS BRO W 5 23 18 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 .167 .286 .167 .452 3 0 0 2 0 0
1950 32 NYY AL WS PHI W 4 18 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 .143 .294 .143 .437 2 0 0 1 0 0
1951 33 NYY AL WS NYG W 6 28 25 5 8 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 3 .320 .393 .440 .833 11 1 1 0 0 0
1952 34 NYY AL WS BRO W 7 33 27 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 2 .148 .281 .185 .466 5 0 0 1 0 0
1953 35 NYY AL WS BRO W 6 23 19 4 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 .316 .409 .368 .778 7 0 0 1 0 0
1955 37 NYY AL WS BRO L 7 20 15 2 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 5 1 .267 .450 .267 .717 4 1 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs (9 Series) 52 219 183 21 45 3 0 2 8 10 3 30 11 .246 .355 .295 .650 54 2 1 5 0 1
9 WS 52 219 183 21 45 3 0 2 8 10 3 30 11 .246 .355 .295 .650 54 2 1 5 0 1

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 NYY AL 24 DNP
1950 NYY AL 32 as SS 6 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 2 0 0 0 0 0
1951 NYY AL 33 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 NYY AL 34 as SS 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0
1953 NYY AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs (4 GP) 9 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .222 .222 .222 .444 2 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
1941 23 NYY AL 547 0.6% 6.6% 4.9% 5.9% 20% 1.33 14.3 171.7 11.2 87%
1942 24 NYY AL 613 0.7% 6.5% 7.2% 5.7% 22% 0.91 13.8 138.3 8.1 83%
1946 28 NYY AL 520 0.4% 7.5% 6.5% 3.9% 17% 1.15 12.1 235.5 12.4 83%
1947 29 NYY AL 623 0.3% 5.0% 9.2% 5.9% 25% 0.54 17.7 274.5 9.2 83%
1948 30 NYY AL 539 1.1% 4.5% 11.1% 3.9% 18% 0.40 19.3 77.3 9.3 0.76 81%
1949 31 NYY AL 712 0.7% 4.8% 10.1% 4.8% 20% 0.47 18.1 122.8 9.4 0.69 81%
1950 32 NYY AL 735 1.0% 5.3% 12.5% 6.8% 25% 0.42 15.8 88.1 9.3 0.86 78%
1951 33 NYY AL 630 0.3% 4.3% 9.2% 4.6% 20% 0.47 20.0 270.0 12.6 0.79 81%
1952 34 NYY AL 673 0.3% 6.2% 10.0% 5.4% 25% 0.63 13.8 289.0 13.4 1.04 79%
1953 35 NYY AL 506 0.4% 7.7% 14.0% 5.1% 23% 0.55 10.6 206.5 7.6 0.68 74%
1954 36 NYY AL 373 0.5% 6.2% 11.0% 3.5% 22% 0.56 13.3 153.5 20.5 0.77 76%
1955 37 NYY AL 181 0.6% 9.9% 12.2% 3.3% 16% 0.82 7.9 143.0 15.9 0.91 69%
1956 38 NYY AL 66 0.0% 9.1% 9.1% 0.0% 0% 1.00 8.7 8.7 0.82 70%
13 Yrs 6718 0.6% 5.9% 9.7% 5.1% 21% 0.61 14.6 153.1 10.3 0.81 80%
MLB Averages 1.7% 9.9% 9.4% 6.2% 27% 1.05 9.0 52.9 8.4 0.97 77%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1941 23 NYY AL -4.8 -0.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1942 24 NYY AL 1.9 0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 28 NYY AL -16.4 -1.7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 29 NYY AL 0.3 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 30 NYY AL -13.6 -1.3 319 -0.8 4.0 -4.7 .88 -0.6 -0.3 -6.2 -0.6 0.96 -5.4 0
1949 31 NYY AL -10.9 -1.1 572 -0.9 8.7 -9.6 1.00 -0.2 -0.6 6.3 0.6 0.98 -2.6 0
1950 32 NYY AL 25.6 2.4 661 1.3 11.1 -9.8 .92 2.4 -0.9 22.9 2.2 0.95 26.3 0
1951 33 NYY AL -5.6 -0.6 602 -0.6 9.1 -9.7 .98 -1.0 0.3 -9.7 -1.0 0.96 -11.0 0
1952 34 NYY AL -4.2 -0.4 634 -1.6 8.7 -10.3 .98 -1.3 -0.4 -8.7 -0.9 0.96 -13.6 0
1953 35 NYY AL 5.3 0.5 485 -0.6 6.5 -7.1 .91 -0.2 -0.4 4.6 0.5 0.94 -1.2 0
1954 36 NYY AL -19.3 -2.0 380 -1.4 4.2 -5.6 .88 -1.6 0.1 -19.1 -2.0 0.95 -18.6 0.87 1
1955 37 NYY AL -1.4 -0.1 195 0.0 2.6 -2.6 .88 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 -0.0 0.96 0.1 2.34 0
1956 38 NYY AL -3.8 -0.4 72 -0.1 0.7 -0.8 .74 -0.2 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.99 -2.6 0
13 Yrs -47.0 -5.0 3920 -4.6 55.7 -60.2 .94 -2.8 -2.1 -9.8 -1.3 0.96 -28.7 0.87 1

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 30 NYY AL 4 0 34% 92 6 5 55% 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 8 9 63% 17 6 10 5 4 1 10 0 9
1949 31 NYY AL 10 0 44% 230 18 6 75% 12 4 3 0 1 0 6 0 13 4 55% 34 17 15 6 6 0 26 5 21
1950 32 NYY AL 6 0 40% 282 12 8 60% 8 8 1 0 0 0 4 0 10 1 56% 51 29 22 7 5 2 29 2 25
1951 33 NYY AL 8 0 41% 231 18 3 86% 16 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 6 59% 30 14 15 11 6 5 20 4 16
1952 34 NYY AL 7 0 40% 216 17 6 74% 14 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 8 4 47% 25 14 11 11 6 4 15 5 9
1953 35 NYY AL 9 0 28% 177 4 3 57% 2 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 8 1 57% 20 14 6 4 2 2 20 3 17
1954 36 NYY AL 5 0 45% 126 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 6 61% 19 10 9 7 3 4 10 1 9
1955 37 NYY AL 2 0 30% 86 7 1 88% 6 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 11 53% 8 5 3 1 1 0 8 2 6
1956 38 NYY AL 2 0 33% 28 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 33% 4 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
13 Yrs 53 1 37% 1468 149 58 72% 64 23 9 5 1 1 23 0 69 43 56% 208 112 91 52 33 18 140 22 114

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 30 NYY AL 539 22% 117 0 0 0 0 6 0 10 2 2 4 2 0 9 13 144% 52 6 12% 24 11 46% 196 27 14% 19 9 47% 10 6 60% 0
1949 31 NYY AL 712 35% 169 0 0 0 0 5 0 13 0 0 3 2 0 35 25 71% 103 18 17% 48 17 35% 332 49 15% 17 11 65% 18 11 61% 0
1950 32 NYY AL 735 41% 200 0 0 0 0 7 0 12 5 1 4 3 1 22 19 86% 125 6 5% 57 28 49% 372 55 15% 33 18 55% 18 12 67% 0
1951 33 NYY AL 630 39% 148 0 0 0 0 2 0 16 0 2 2 0 0 31 26 84% 119 10 8% 57 24 42% 349 43 12% 27 14 52% 26 11 42% 0
1952 34 NYY AL 673 38% 147 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 1 0 0 2 0 25 23 92% 102 9 9% 56 30 54% 318 38 12% 27 14 52% 15 10 67% 0
1953 35 NYY AL 506 41% 112 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 0 1 0 2 0 18 18 100% 65 6 9% 36 18 50% 295 50 17% 29 18 62% 9 1 11% 0
1954 36 NYY AL 373 33% 60 1 1 0 0 0.87 2 0 9 1 1 1 1 0 20 18 90% 66 7 11% 34 16 47% 210 14 7% 10 5 50% 16 11 69% 0
1955 37 NYY AL 181 29% 37 0 0 0 0 2.34 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 13 13 100% 42 2 5% 24 10 42% 106 9 8% 9 3 33% 7 3 43% 0
1956 38 NYY AL 66 29% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 78% 11 1 9% 5 4 80% 37 6 16% 3 3 100% 3 2 67% 0
13 Yrs 4415 36% 1588 1 1 0 0 0.87 38 0 85 10 7 14 13 1 182 193 106% 685 107 16% 341 158 46% 2215 291 13% 174 95 55% 122 67 55% 0
MLB Averages 50% 181% 21% 32% 14% 51% 55%

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
1941 23 133 547 515 65 158 20 9 3 46 14 5 27 36 .307 .343 .398 .741 96 205 13 1 5
1942 24 277 1160 1068 144 315 44 16 7 114 36 11 71 76 .295 .343 .386 .729 100 412 26 7 15
1943 25 277 1160 1068 144 315 44 16 7 114 36 11 71 76 .295 .343 .386 .729 100 412 26 7 15
1944 26 277 1160 1068 144 315 44 16 7 114 36 11 71 76 .295 .343 .386 .729 100 412 26 7 15
1945 27 277 1160 1068 144 315 44 16 7 114 36 11 71 76 .295 .343 .386 .729 100 412 26 7 15
1946 28 403 1680 1539 197 436 61 17 9 152 50 18 105 115 .283 .334 .363 .697 92 558 36 13 22
1947 29 556 2303 2088 275 586 87 26 11 212 61 24 162 146 .281 .339 .363 .702 94 758 42 21 31
1948 30 684 2842 2552 340 703 100 28 17 262 67 29 222 170 .275 .339 .357 .696 91 910 48 23 44
1949 31 837 3554 3166 450 872 122 35 22 327 85 35 294 204 .275 .342 .357 .698 91 1130 66 24 69
1950 32 992 4289 3783 575 1072 158 42 29 393 97 43 386 243 .283 .355 .370 .725 96 1401 72 31 88
1951 33 1136 4919 4323 662 1220 179 48 31 436 115 46 444 270 .282 .354 .367 .721 96 1588 82 36 114
1952 34 1288 5592 4901 751 1367 203 58 33 479 132 52 511 312 .279 .352 .364 .716 95 1785 91 41 137
1953 35 1422 6098 5314 805 1479 224 61 35 533 136 55 582 351 .278 .354 .363 .718 96 1930 97 45 155
1954 36 1549 6471 5621 852 1539 235 61 37 548 139 57 623 374 .274 .351 .357 .708 94 2007 104 46 173 2
1955 37 1630 6652 5764 871 1576 239 62 38 557 146 58 645 392 .273 .351 .356 .708 93 2053 106 49 186 2 1
1956 38 1661 6718 5816 877 1588 239 62 38 563 149 58 651 398 .273 .351 .355 .706 93 2065 107 49 193 2 1

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
1941 23 138 562 529 64 158 20 9 3 45 14 27 37 .299 .334 .388 .721 69 133
1942 24 152 657 591 89 172 26 8 4 76 24 48 42 .291 .351 .382 .734 78 144
1946 28 132 549 498 59 132 19 1 2 43 15 37 41 .265 .325 .319 .644 50 126
1947 29 159 657 577 88 163 28 10 2 67 12 62 32 .282 .361 .376 .737 77 153
1948 30 134 559 482 65 119 13 2 6 50 6 61 25 .247 .334 .320 .653 51 128
1949 31 160 736 636 109 171 22 7 5 64 18 73 36 .269 .345 .349 .694 76 153
1950 32 162 749 632 118 196 35 7 7 62 12 90 41 .310 .402 .421 .823 106 155
1951 33 151 660 567 91 155 22 6 2 45 19 61 28 .273 .349 .344 .693 67 144
1952 34 159 722 616 105 166 27 11 2 51 19 76 44 .269 .355 .359 .714 77 152
1953 35 140 534 435 59 120 22 3 2 59 4 76 41 .276 .388 .354 .742 60 134
1954 36 133 389 323 53 65 12 0 2 17 3 44 24 .201 .297 .257 .554 25 127
1955 37 85 190 150 21 39 4 1 1 10 7 23 19 .260 .369 .320 .689 18 81
1956 38 32 68 55 7 13 0 0 0 7 3 6 6 .236 .311 .236 .548 4 31
13 Yrs 1737 7032 6091 928 1669 250 65 38 596 156 684 416 .274 .352 .355 .707 758 1661
162 Game Avg. 162 656 568 87 156 23 6 4 56 15 64 39 .274 .352 .355 .707 71 1661

* 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
1956 BBWAA ( 0.5%)
1962 BBWAA (27.5%)
1964 BBWAA (22.4%)
1964 Run Off ( 5.5%)
1966 BBWAA (17.9%)
1967 BBWAA (24.3%)
1967 Run Off ( 4.6%)
1968 BBWAA (26.1%)
1969 BBWAA (22.9%)
1970 BBWAA (26.3%)
1971 BBWAA (25.6%)
1972 BBWAA (26.0%)
1973 BBWAA (29.2%)
1974 BBWAA (30.4%)
1975 BBWAA (32.3%)
1976 BBWAA (38.4%)
1994 Veterans (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1994
by Veteran's Committee

All-Star Games
1942
1950 (SS)
1951 *
1952 (SS)
1953 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1950 ML Major League Player of the Year
1950 AL MVP
1951 AL Babe Ruth Award

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1941 AL (20, 2%)
1942 AL (19, 3%)
1948 AL (33, 0%)
1949 AL (2, 52%)
1950 AL (1, 85%)
1951 AL (11, 14%)
1952 AL (14, 10%)
1953 AL (6, 23%)
1 MVP
1.89 Career Shares (106th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1942 AL  5.2 (6th)
1950 AL  6.6 (2nd)
1952 AL  5.1 (8th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1942 AL  5.2 (5th)
1950 AL  6.6 (1st)
1952 AL  5.1 (5th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1950 AL  5.5 (2nd)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1941 AL  2.9 (1st)
1942 AL  3.4 (1st)
1946 AL  1.8 (6th)
1947 AL  2.0 (3rd)
1948 AL  0.9 (8th)
1949 AL  1.9 (3rd)
1950 AL  2.1 (2nd)
1951 AL  2.0 (2nd)
1952 AL  3.2 (1st)
1953 AL  1.7 (7th)
Career  22.9 (26th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1950 AL  .324 (6th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1950 AL  .418 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
1947 AL  153 (7th)
1949 AL  153 (6th)
1950 AL  155 (5th)
1952 AL  152 (4th)

At Bats s c a p y
1949 AL  614 (2nd)
1950 AL  617 (5th)
1952 AL  578 (8th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1949 AL  712 (2nd)
1950 AL  735 (1st)
1952 AL  673 (5th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1949 AL  110 (6th)
1950 AL  125 (2nd)
1952 AL  89 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1950 AL  200 (2nd)

Doubles s c a p y
1950 AL  36 (3rd)

Triples s c a p y
1947 AL  9 (7th)
1949 AL  7 (9th)
1952 AL  10 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1950 AL  92 (9th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1941 AL  14 (6th)
1942 AL  22 (3rd)
1946 AL  14 (4th)
1947 AL  11 (5th)
1949 AL  18 (2nd)
1950 AL  12 (2nd)
1951 AL  18 (3rd)
1952 AL  17 (4th)

Singles s c a p y
1941 AL  126 (5th)
1947 AL  113 (10th)
1949 AL  135 (6th)
1950 AL  150 (1st)
1951 AL  119 (9th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1950 AL  122 (10th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1950 AL  111 (10th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1950 AL  26 (9th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1950 AL  2.4 (9th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1950 AL  299 (2nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1942 AL  6 (2nd)
1946 AL  6 (2nd)
1947 AL  8 (1st)
1950 AL  7 (5th)
1951 AL  5 (10th)
1952 AL  5 (9th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1948 AL  13 (7th)
1949 AL  25 (1st)
1950 AL  19 (1st)
1951 AL  26 (1st)
1952 AL  23 (1st)
1953 AL  18 (2nd)
1954 AL  18 (2nd)
1955 AL  13 (4th)
Career  193 (90th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1946 AL  7 (8th)
1950 AL  8 (2nd)

SB % s c a p y
1951 AL  85.71 (1st)
1952 AL  73.91 (2nd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1949 AL  7.8 (6th)
1950 AL  8.8 (6th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1947 AL  17.7 (10th)
1948 AL  19.3 (10th)
1951 AL  20.0 (8th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1949 AL  494 (1st)
1950 AL  450 (7th)
1951 AL  431 (10th)
1952 AL  469 (4th)

Oldest s c a p y
1956 AL  born 1917-09-25 (6th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 46 (547), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 87 (200), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 23 (578), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Art Fletcher (919)
  2. Billy Rogell (915)
  3. Billy Jurges (910)
  4. Claude Ritchey (908)
  5. Lonny Frey (907)
  6. Marty Marion (905)
  7. Jose Offerman (905)
  8. Doggie Miller (905)
  9. Lyn Lary (904)
  10. Hughie Critz (904)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Jack O'Brien (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Joe Sullivan (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jason Bartlett (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Kid Elberfeld (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Kid Elberfeld (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jason Bartlett (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. David Eckstein (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. David Eckstein (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Dave Bancroft (934) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Art Fletcher (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Dave Bancroft (918) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Art Fletcher (923)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Billy Jurges (911)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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