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Jackie Robinson

Jack Roosevelt Robinson

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: January 31, 1919 in Cairo, GA
High School: Muir Technical (Los Angeles, CA)
School: University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
Signed as a Free Agent with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1945. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1947
Team: Dodgers 1947-1956

Final Game: September 30, 1956
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1962 (124/160 ballots).
   View Jackie Robinson Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: October 24, 1972 in Stamford, CT
Buried: Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY
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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
1947 28 BRO NL 151 701 590 125 175 31 5 12 48 29 74 36 .297 .383 .427 .810 112 252 5 9 28 *3 MVP-5,RoY-1
1948 29 BRO NL 147 648 574 108 170 38 8 12 85 22 57 37 .296 .367 .453 .820 117 260 7 7 8 *43/5 MVP-15
1949 30 BRO NL 156 704 593 122 203 38 12 16 124 37 86 27 .342 .432 .528 .960 152 313 22 8 17 *4 AS,MVP-1
1950 31 BRO NL 144 613 518 99 170 39 4 14 81 12 80 24 .328 .423 .500 .923 139 259 11 5 10 *4 AS,MVP-15
1951 32 BRO NL 153 642 548 106 185 33 7 19 88 25 8 79 27 .338 .429 .527 .957 154 289 10 9 6 *4 AS,MVP-6
1952 33 BRO NL 149 636 510 104 157 17 3 19 75 24 7 106 40 .308 .440 .465 .904 149 237 16 14 6 *4 AS,MVP-7
1953 34 BRO NL 136 574 484 109 159 34 7 12 95 17 4 74 30 .329 .425 .502 .927 137 243 12 7 9 O75/436 AS,MVP-12
1954 35 BRO NL 124 465 386 62 120 22 4 15 59 7 3 63 20 .311 .413 .505 .918 135 195 13 7 5 4 75/49 AS
1955 36 BRO NL 105 390 317 51 81 6 2 8 36 12 3 61 18 .256 .378 .363 .740 95 115 8 3 6 3 5 57/34
1956 37 BRO NL 117 431 357 61 98 15 2 10 43 12 5 60 32 .275 .382 .412 .793 106 147 9 3 9 2 2 54/37 MVP-16
10 Yrs 1382 5804 4877 947 1518 273 54 137 734 197 30 740 291 .311 .409 .474 .883 132 2310 113 72 104 9 7
162 Game Avg. 162 680 572 111 178 32 6 16 86 23 87 34 .311 .409 .474 .883 132 271 13 8 12

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
1947 28 BRO NL 151 701 13 1 0 -2 -7 6 0.6 24 30 3.0 .504 .504 3.2 -0.9 32 $5,000 *3 MVP-5,RoY-1
1948 29 BRO NL 147 648 14 1 3 5 4 28 2.8 23 50 5.0 .520 .518 4.6 0.9 46 $12,000 *43/5 MVP-15
1949 30 BRO NL 156 704 48 6 -1 10 7 70 6.9 24 94 9.3 .545 .543 8.3 1.8 84 $17,500 *4 AS,MVP-1
1950 31 BRO NL 144 613 34 2 1 10 7 53 5.1 20 73 7.1 .536 .532 6.2 1.6 63 $35,000 *4 AS,MVP-15
1951 32 BRO NL 153 642 45 3 0 16 6 71 7.2 21 92 9.3 .547 .545 7.8 2.3 76 $39,750 *4 AS,MVP-6
1952 33 BRO NL 149 636 40 5 -0 6 6 57 6.0 22 78 8.1 .541 .537 7.6 1.3 73 $42,000 *4 AS,MVP-7
1953 34 BRO NL 136 574 35 6 1 12 -3 51 4.8 19 70 6.7 .537 .531 5.7 0.8 58 $38,000 O75/436 AS,MVP-12
1954 35 BRO NL 124 465 24 0 -2 -0 -3 20 1.9 16 35 3.5 .516 .512 3.6 -0.4 36 $ 75/49 AS
1955 36 BRO NL 105 390 1 5 2 5 -0 13 1.1 13 26 2.4 .512 .508 2.0 0.4 20 $ 57/34
1956 37 BRO NL 117 431 8 1 0 19 1 29 2.8 15 43 4.3 .527 .519 2.5 2.0 24 $ 54/37 MVP-16
10 Seasons 1382 5804 262 31 5 81 18 396 39.3 198 594 58.7 .529 .525 51.5 10.0 513 $189,250

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
1947 28 BRO NL 701 448 95 5.6 108 .301 .297 .278 .383 .354 .427 .412 .810 .765 112 .588 12.5 1.2 .867 .305 .131 17.0
1948 29 BRO NL 648 419 94 6.0 105 .301 .296 .274 .367 .349 .453 .405 .820 .754 117 .631 14.1 1.4 .842 .294 .157 15.5
1949 30 BRO NL 704 429 133 8.3 107 .340 .342 .275 .432 .349 .528 .412 .960 .761 152 .748 47.8 4.6 1.078 .393 .185 22.3
1950 31 BRO NL 613 369 108 7.8 111 .325 .328 .273 .423 .351 .500 .424 .923 .774 139 .715 33.8 3.2 .992 .349 .172 12.9
1951 32 BRO NL 642 387 124 8.6 105 .331 .338 .270 .429 .344 .527 .409 .957 .753 154 .765 45.5 4.5 1.034 .365 .190 21.6
1952 33 BRO NL 636 382 104 7.3 99 .306 .308 .264 .440 .337 .465 .393 .904 .730 149 .737 41.7 4.2 .995 .398 .157 21.2
1953 34 BRO NL 574 350 104 7.9 113 .333 .329 .278 .425 .350 .502 .433 .927 .783 137 .709 31.2 2.9 .988 .353 .174 14.1
1954 35 BRO NL 465 291 80 7.4 113 .296 .311 .279 .413 .351 .505 .431 .918 .782 135 .687 22.8 2.2 .954 .368 .194 9.5
1955 36 BRO NL 390 256 49 5.1 109 .248 .256 .270 .378 .342 .363 .428 .740 .770 95 .541 0.1 0.0 .761 .328 .107 9.6
1956 37 BRO NL 431 284 60 5.6 111 .278 .275 .274 .382 .342 .412 .433 .793 .776 106 .606 5.5 0.6 .795 .325 .137 10.9
10 Yrs 5804 3615 951 7.0 108 .310 .311 .273 .409 .347 .474 .416 .883 .763 132 .687 254.9 24.9 .939 .348 .162 161.6
162 Game Avg. 680 424 111 7.0 108 .310 .311 .273 .409 .347 .474 .416 .883 .763 132 .687 30 3 .939 .348 .162 19

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
1947 28 BRO NL WS NYY L 7 30 27 3 7 2 0 0 3 2 0 2 4 .259 .310 .333 .644 9 0 0 1 0 0
1949 30 BRO NL WS NYY L 5 21 16 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 2 .188 .350 .250 .600 4 0 0 1 0 0
1952 33 BRO NL WS NYY L 7 30 23 4 4 0 0 1 2 2 0 7 5 .174 .367 .304 .671 7 0 0 0 0 2
1953 34 BRO NL WS NYY L 6 26 25 3 8 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 .320 .346 .400 .746 10 1 0 0 0 0
1955 36 BRO NL WS NYY W 6 24 22 5 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 .182 .250 .318 .568 7 2 0 0 0 0
1956 37 BRO NL WS NYY L 7 29 24 5 6 1 0 1 2 0 0 5 2 .250 .379 .417 .796 10 2 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs (6 Series) 38 160 137 22 32 7 1 2 12 6 0 21 14 .234 .335 .343 .679 47 5 0 2 0 2
6 WS 38 160 137 22 32 7 1 2 12 6 0 21 14 .234 .335 .343 .679 47 5 0 2 0 2

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
1949 BRO NL 30 as 2B 5 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .400 .500 .900 2 0 0 0 0 0
1950 BRO NL 31 as 2B 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
1951 BRO NL 32 as 2B 5 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .500 .600 .500 1.100 2 0 0 0 0 0
1952 BRO NL 33 as 2B 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 1.333 1.667 4 0 0 0 0 0
1953 BRO NL 34 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 BRO NL 35 as LF 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 2 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs (6 GP) 20 18 7 6 2 0 1 4 0 0 2 1 .333 .400 .611 1.011 11 0 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
1947 28 BRO NL 701 1.7% 5.1% 10.6% 6.9% 27% 0.49 16.4 49.2 12.3 77%
1948 29 BRO NL 648 1.9% 5.7% 8.8% 9.0% 34% 0.65 15.5 47.8 6.8 0.96 81%
1949 30 BRO NL 704 2.3% 3.8% 12.2% 9.4% 33% 0.31 22.0 37.1 4.8 1.18 78%
1950 31 BRO NL 613 2.3% 3.9% 13.1% 9.3% 34% 0.30 21.6 37.0 6.4 1.04 78%
1951 32 BRO NL 642 3.0% 4.2% 12.3% 9.2% 32% 0.34 20.3 28.8 6.2 0.92 78%
1952 33 BRO NL 636 3.0% 6.3% 16.7% 6.1% 25% 0.38 12.8 26.8 6.8 1.08 71%
1953 34 BRO NL 574 2.1% 5.2% 12.9% 9.2% 33% 0.41 16.1 40.3 5.1 0.90 77%
1954 35 BRO NL 465 3.2% 4.3% 13.6% 8.8% 34% 0.32 19.3 25.7 6.5 0.94 76%
1955 36 BRO NL 390 2.1% 4.6% 15.6% 4.1% 20% 0.30 17.6 39.6 8.8 0.99 75%
1956 37 BRO NL 431 2.3% 7.4% 13.9% 6.3% 28% 0.53 11.2 35.7 8.3 1.06 74%
10 Yrs 5804 2.4% 5.0% 12.8% 8.0% 31% 0.39 16.8 35.6 6.6 1.01 77%
MLB Averages 2.0% 10.4% 9.7% 6.5% 28% 1.07 8.5 44.4 8.1 0.97 76%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1947 28 BRO NL 11.7 1.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 29 BRO NL 14.1 1.4 693 4.0 14.9 -10.9 1.04 3.1 0.8 47.0 4.5 0.97 33.2 2.06 4
1949 30 BRO NL 47.0 4.6 774 6.0 16.8 -10.8 1.00 5.8 0.2 62.1 5.9 1.02 64.1 0
1950 31 BRO NL 33.8 3.2 642 2.2 12.0 -9.8 .99 2.8 -0.5 29.9 2.8 0.99 33.1 0.86 2
1951 32 BRO NL 45.5 4.5 691 7.1 17.5 -10.4 1.10 6.0 0.4 50.8 4.9 0.99 60.9 3.58 4
1952 33 BRO NL 41.7 4.2 683 4.9 14.6 -9.7 1.00 5.0 -0.2 47.7 4.8 0.98 55.0 3.42 3
1953 34 BRO NL 31.2 2.9 602 3.4 12.3 -8.9 1.03 3.5 -0.2 43.7 4.1 1.03 40.6 2.04 5
1954 35 BRO NL 22.8 2.2 480 1.1 9.6 -8.5 1.04 2.2 -1.2 16.6 1.6 0.98 26.3 2.23 8
1955 36 BRO NL 0.1 0.0 413 0.1 6.7 -6.6 1.00 0.7 -0.6 0.8 0.1 0.97 5.6 1.70 9
1956 37 BRO NL 5.5 0.6 453 1.6 9.1 -7.5 1.07 1.6 -0.1 7.5 0.7 0.99 17.5 1.86 10
10 Yrs 253.3 24.7 5431 30.4 113.4 -83.0 1.03 30.7 -1.1 306.2 29.4 0.99 336.4 2.14 45

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 29 BRO NL 17 0 43% 256 22 14 9 3 2 5 3 6 0 18 6 57% 36 15 20 15 8 6 19 4 14
1949 30 BRO NL 10 0 38% 245 37 28 11 4 3 5 2 11 0 8 9 73% 36 11 24 10 5 5 29 3 26
1950 31 BRO NL 8 0 35% 241 12 10 3 1 1 1 1 6 0 11 8 60% 45 23 21 13 3 9 22 2 18
1951 32 BRO NL 13 0 34% 282 25 8 76% 21 5 3 2 1 1 6 0 18 9 49% 45 23 19 16 10 6 13 2 11
1952 33 BRO NL 12 0 33% 280 24 7 77% 21 6 2 1 1 0 11 1 5 7 60% 49 23 24 7 2 5 19 3 16
1953 34 BRO NL 12 0 43% 217 17 4 81% 12 3 5 0 0 1 2 1 8 13 66% 31 15 14 9 4 5 27 1 25
1954 35 BRO NL 8 0 27% 181 7 3 70% 4 2 2 0 1 1 2 0 3 7 54% 19 13 5 2 0 2 14 1 12
1955 36 BRO NL 6 0 31% 159 12 3 80% 8 2 3 0 1 1 4 0 3 11 55% 16 9 7 6 3 3 7 0 6
1956 37 BRO NL 7 0 34% 175 12 5 71% 9 4 2 1 1 1 5 1 4 7 62% 18 6 9 13 5 8 8 0 7
10 Yrs 93 0 37% 2036 197 30 155% 127 45 25 10 16 11 53 3 78 77 60% 295 138 143 91 40 49 158 16 135

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 29 BRO NL 648 34% 170 4 1 0 1 2.06 12 1 10 8 4 7 5 1 16 8 50% 151 7 5% 74 29 39% 398 81 20% 38 22 58% 30 21 70% 0
1949 30 BRO NL 704 38% 203 0 0 0 0 16 0 19 11 5 8 8 0 28 17 61% 152 22 14% 69 39 57% 552 114 21% 60 36 60% 27 20 74% 0
1950 31 BRO NL 613 34% 170 2 1 0 0 0.86 14 1 13 8 6 7 7 0 14 10 71% 114 11 10% 44 19 43% 431 68 16% 48 19 40% 17 12 71% 0
1951 32 BRO NL 642 23% 185 4 1 0 1 3.58 19 0 15 17 2 8 11 0 13 6 46% 131 10 8% 58 23 40% 433 73 17% 48 20 42% 26 19 73% 0
1952 33 BRO NL 636 14% 157 3 0 0 1 3.42 19 0 14 18 1 10 9 0 17 6 35% 150 16 11% 55 20 36% 418 61 15% 38 14 37% 26 14 54% 0
1953 34 BRO NL 574 16% 159 5 1 0 1 2.04 12 0 17 12 0 7 5 0 13 9 69% 137 12 9% 56 28 50% 450 90 20% 47 27 57% 26 16 62% 0
1954 35 BRO NL 465 14% 120 8 1 0 0 2.23 15 0 15 12 3 12 3 0 6 5 83% 86 13 15% 39 13 33% 333 46 14% 31 13 42% 14 5 36% 0
1955 36 BRO NL 390 6% 81 9 1 0 0 1.70 8 0 11 6 2 6 2 0 15 6 40% 88 8 9% 34 16 47% 254 29 11% 32 13 41% 17 14 82% 0
1956 37 BRO NL 431 14% 98 10 1 0 1 1.86 10 0 12 8 2 7 3 0 15 9 60% 86 9 10% 41 17 41% 282 35 12% 27 12 44% 12 5 42% 0
10 Yrs 5103 23% 1518 45 7 0 5 2.14 137 2 126 100 25 72 53 1 137 104 76% 1095 113 10% 470 204 43% 3551 597 17% 369 176 48% 195 126 65% 0
MLB Averages 50% 104% 13% 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
1947 28 151 701 590 125 175 31 5 12 48 29 74 36 .297 .383 .427 .810 112 252 5 9 28
1948 29 298 1349 1164 233 345 69 13 24 133 51 131 73 .296 .375 .440 .815 115 512 12 16 36
1949 30 454 2053 1757 355 548 107 25 40 257 88 217 100 .312 .395 .470 .864 127 825 34 24 53
1950 31 598 2666 2275 454 718 146 29 54 338 100 297 124 .316 .401 .476 .878 130 1084 45 29 63
1951 32 751 3308 2823 560 903 179 36 73 426 125 8 376 151 .320 .407 .486 .893 135 1373 55 38 69
1952 33 900 3944 3333 664 1060 196 39 92 501 149 15 482 191 .318 .412 .483 .895 137 1610 71 52 75
1953 34 1036 4518 3817 773 1219 230 46 104 596 166 19 556 221 .319 .414 .485 .899 137 1853 83 59 84
1954 35 1160 4983 4203 835 1339 252 50 119 655 173 22 619 241 .319 .414 .487 .901 137 2048 96 66 89 4
1955 36 1265 5373 4520 886 1420 258 52 127 691 185 25 680 259 .314 .411 .479 .890 134 2163 104 69 95 7 5
1956 37 1382 5804 4877 947 1518 273 54 137 734 197 30 740 291 .311 .409 .474 .883 132 2310 113 72 104 9 7

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
1947 28 158 722 610 123 176 31 5 12 47 29 74 38 .289 .374 .415 .788 93 151
1948 29 154 669 596 109 174 39 8 12 85 23 58 39 .292 .362 .445 .806 94 147
1949 30 162 719 607 119 202 38 12 16 121 37 86 28 .333 .422 .514 .936 130 156
1950 31 151 628 533 96 169 39 4 14 78 12 80 25 .317 .411 .484 .895 105 144
1951 32 159 660 565 107 188 34 7 19 89 25 80 28 .333 .424 .519 .942 123 153
1952 33 156 671 537 113 168 18 3 20 81 26 113 42 .313 .445 .469 .914 110 149
1953 34 141 580 492 103 155 33 7 12 89 17 72 31 .315 .410 .484 .894 96 136
1954 35 130 481 401 61 121 22 4 15 58 7 64 21 .302 .403 .489 .892 78 124
1955 36 110 406 331 51 83 6 2 8 36 12 63 19 .251 .373 .353 .726 43 105
1956 37 122 445 370 61 99 15 2 10 43 12 61 33 .268 .374 .400 .774 55 117
10 Yrs 1443 5981 5042 943 1535 275 54 138 727 200 751 304 .304 .402 .463 .864 927 1382
162 Game Avg. 162 671 566 106 172 31 6 15 82 22 84 34 .304 .402 .463 .864 104 1382

* 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
1962 BBWAA (77.5%)
Selected to HOF in 1962 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1949 (2B)
1950 (2B)
1951 (2B)
1952 (2B)
1953 *
1954 (LF)

Awards (yr lg award)
1947 ML Rookie of the Year
1949 NL MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1947 NL (5, 32%)
1948 NL (15, 9%)
1949 NL (1, 79%)
1950 NL (15, 7%)
1951 NL (6, 27%)
1952 NL (7, 9%)
1953 NL (12, 6%)
1956 NL (16, 5%)
1 MVP
1.74 Career Shares (118th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1948 NL  5.0 (10th)
1949 NL  9.3 (1st)
1950 NL  7.1 (2nd)
1951 NL  9.3 (1st)
1952 NL  8.1 (1st)
1953 NL  6.7 (8th)
Career  58.7 (154th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1948 NL  5.0 (7th)
1949 NL  9.3 (1st)
1950 NL  7.1 (2nd)
1951 NL  9.3 (1st)
1952 NL  8.1 (1st)
1953 NL  6.7 (5th)
Career  58.7 (105th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1948 NL  4.6 (7th)
1949 NL  8.3 (2nd)
1950 NL  6.2 (3rd)
1951 NL  7.8 (3rd)
1952 NL  7.6 (2nd)
1953 NL  5.7 (6th)
Career  51.5 (121st)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1948 NL  0.9 (6th)
1949 NL  1.8 (3rd)
1950 NL  1.6 (4th)
1951 NL  2.3 (1st)
1952 NL  1.3 (6th)
1956 NL  2.0 (3rd)
Career  10.0 (204th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1948 NL  .296 (10th)
1949 NL  .342 (1st)
1950 NL  .328 (2nd)
1951 NL  .338 (3rd)
1952 NL  .308 (4th)
1953 NL  .329 (8th)
Career  .311 (99th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1949 NL  .432 (2nd)
1950 NL  .423 (3rd)
1951 NL  .429 (3rd)
1952 NL  .440 (1st)
1953 NL  .425 (2nd)
1954 NL  .413 (8th)**
Career  .409 (37th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1949 NL  .528 (3rd)
1951 NL  .527 (6th)
1952 NL  .465 (10th)
Career  .474 (223rd)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1949 NL  .960 (3rd)
1950 NL  .923 (7th)
1951 NL  .957 (4th)
1952 NL  .904 (2nd)
1953 NL  .927 (10th)
1954 NL  .918 (8th)**
Career  .883 (87th)

Games Played s c a p y
1947 NL  151 (6th)
1948 NL  147 (9th)
1949 NL  156 (2nd)
1951 NL  153 (8th)

At Bats s c a p y
1947 NL  590 (5th)
1948 NL  574 (6th)
1949 NL  593 (10th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1947 NL  701 (3rd)
1948 NL  648 (8th)
1949 NL  704 (4th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1947 NL  125 (2nd)
1948 NL  108 (4th)
1949 NL  122 (3rd)
1950 NL  99 (9th)
1951 NL  106 (5th)
1952 NL  104 (3rd)
1953 NL  109 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1947 NL  175 (9th)
1948 NL  170 (8th)
1949 NL  203 (2nd)
1950 NL  170 (9th)
1951 NL  185 (5th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1947 NL  252 (10th)
1948 NL  260 (9th)
1949 NL  313 (5th)
1951 NL  289 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
1947 NL  31 (6th)
1948 NL  38 (4th)
1949 NL  38 (3rd)
1950 NL  39 (3rd)
1951 NL  33 (3rd)
1953 NL  34 (8th)

Triples s c a p y
1948 NL  8 (8th)
1949 NL  12 (3rd)
1951 NL  7 (10th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1949 NL  124 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1949 NL  86 (7th)
1950 NL  80 (9th)
1951 NL  79 (10th)
1952 NL  106 (3rd)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1947 NL  29 (1st)
1948 NL  22 (4th)
1949 NL  37 (1st)
1950 NL  12 (7th)
1951 NL  25 (3rd)
1952 NL  24 (3rd)
1953 NL  17 (4th)
1955 NL  12 (6th)
1956 NL  12 (6th)

Singles s c a p y
1947 NL  127 (7th)
1949 NL  137 (3rd)
1951 NL  126 (8th)
1952 NL  118 (9th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1949 NL  151 (3rd)
1950 NL  139 (8th)
1951 NL  154 (4th)
1952 NL  149 (2nd)
1953 NL  137 (9th)
Career  132 (153rd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1947 NL  95 (9th)
1949 NL  133 (3rd)
1950 NL  108 (7th)
1951 NL  124 (3rd)
1952 NL  104 (3rd)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1949 NL  47 (3rd)
1950 NL  34 (7th)
1951 NL  46 (3rd)
1952 NL  42 (2nd)
1953 NL  31 (7th)
1954 NL  23 (10th)
Career  255 (173rd)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1949 NL  4.6 (3rd)
1950 NL  3.2 (7th)
1951 NL  4.5 (3rd)
1952 NL  4.3 (2nd)
1953 NL  2.9 (7th)
1954 NL  2.2 (10th)
Career  24.9 (179th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1948 NL  58 (6th)
1949 NL  66 (5th)
1951 NL  59 (8th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1947 NL  258 (5th)
1948 NL  234 (9th)
1949 NL  297 (2nd)
1950 NL  255 (6th)
1951 NL  273 (3rd)
1952 NL  277 (2nd)
1953 NL  240 (9th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1949 NL  .748 (3rd)
1950 NL  .715 (6th)
1951 NL  .765 (3rd)
1952 NL  .737 (2nd)
1953 NL  .709 (8th)
Career  .687 (98th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1947 NL  9 (2nd)
1948 NL  7 (1st)
1949 NL  8 (2nd)
1950 NL  5 (7th)
1951 NL  9 (3rd)
1952 NL  14 (2nd)
1953 NL  7 (3rd)
1954 NL  7 (2nd)
Career  72 (199th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1947 NL  28 (1st)
1949 NL  17 (1st)
1950 NL  10 (6th)
1953 NL  9 (8th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1949 NL  22 (2nd)
1952 NL  16 (8th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1951 NL  8 (5th)
1952 NL  7 (7th)

SB % s c a p y
1951 NL  75.76 (4th)
1952 NL  77.42 (2nd)
1953 NL  80.95 (1st)
1956 NL  70.59 (4th)
Career  76.38 (117th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1947 NL  17.0 (1st)
1948 NL  15.5 (1st)
1949 NL  22.3 (1st)
1950 NL  12.9 (5th)
1951 NL  21.6 (3rd)
1952 NL  21.2 (1st)
1953 NL  14.1 (3rd)
1954 NL  9.5 (10th)
1956 NL  10.9 (7th)
Career  161.6 (142nd)

AB per SO s c a p y
1949 NL  22.0 (5th)
1950 NL  21.6 (2nd)
1951 NL  20.3 (5th)
Career  16.8 (211th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1947 NL  448 (5th)
1948 NL  419 (9th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1948 NL  47.02 (1st)
1949 NL  62.09 (1st)
1950 NL  29.94 (10th)
1951 NL  50.79 (3rd)
1952 NL  47.66 (1st)
1953 NL  43.74 (6th)
Career  306.19 (108th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1948 NL  4.0 (2nd)
1949 NL  6.0 (1st)
1951 NL  7.1 (1st)
1952 NL  4.9 (1st)
1953 NL  3.4 (8th)
Career  30.4 (91st)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1948 NL  3.1 (3rd)
1949 NL  5.8 (1st)
1950 NL  2.8 (8th)
1951 NL  6.0 (1st)
1952 NL  5.0 (1st)
1953 NL  3.5 (6th)
Career  30.7 (93rd)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1948 NL  4.5 (1st)
1949 NL  5.9 (1st)
1950 NL  2.8 (10th)
1951 NL  4.9 (3rd)
1952 NL  4.8 (1st)
1953 NL  4.1 (6th)
Career  29.4 (112th)

             
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† 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

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 8 (286), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 121 (158), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 98 (162), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 38 (190), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. George Grantham (934)
  2. Denny Lyons (884)
  3. Freddie Lindstrom (873) *
  4. Edgardo Alfonzo (873)
  5. Jose Vidro (871)
  6. Mike Greenwell (865)
  7. Jeff Cirillo (863)
  8. Irish Meusel (855)
  9. Joe Randa (853)
  10. Melvin Mora (853)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Earl Sheely (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Pepper Martin (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Edgar Martinez (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Edgar Martinez (918)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Edgar Martinez (900)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Edgar Martinez (874)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Edgar Martinez (865)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Carlos Guillen (863)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jeff Cirillo (864)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jeff Cirillo (863)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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