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Buddy Rosar

Warren Vincent Rosar

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 3, 1914 in Buffalo, NY
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1934. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 29, 1939 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Yankees/Indians/RedSox 1939-1951

Final Game: September 19, 1951 (Age 37)
Died: March 13, 1994 in Rochester, NY
Buried: Mount Calvary Cemetery, Cheektowaga, NY
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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
1939 24 NYY AL 43 121 105 18 29 5 1 0 12 4 0 13 10 .276 .356 .343 .699 80 36 3 0 3 2
1940 25 NYY AL 73 254 228 34 68 11 3 4 37 7 1 19 11 .298 .357 .425 .783 105 97 6 2 5 2
1941 26 NYY AL 67 233 209 25 60 17 2 1 36 0 0 22 10 .287 .355 .402 .757 101 84 8 0 2 2
1942 27 NYY AL 69 226 209 18 48 10 0 2 34 1 2 17 20 .230 .288 .306 .594 68 64 9 0 0 2 AS
1943 28 CLE AL 115 419 382 53 108 17 1 1 41 0 4 33 12 .283 .340 .340 .680 105 130 10 0 4 *2 AS
1944 29 CLE AL 99 375 331 29 87 9 3 0 30 1 2 34 17 .263 .339 .308 .647 89 102 7 4 6 2
1945 30 PHA AL 92 325 300 23 63 12 1 1 25 2 1 20 16 .210 .262 .267 .528 55 80 11 1 4 2
1946 31 PHA AL 121 464 424 34 120 22 2 2 47 1 3 36 17 .283 .339 .358 .698 97 152 20 0 4 *2 AS,MVP-23
1947 32 PHA AL 102 409 359 40 93 20 2 1 33 1 3 40 13 .259 .335 .334 .669 86 120 11 1 9 2 AS,MVP-24
1948 33 PHA AL 90 349 302 30 77 13 0 4 41 0 2 39 12 .255 .344 .338 .682 81 102 3 2 6 2 AS
1949 34 PHA AL 32 113 95 7 19 2 0 0 6 0 0 16 5 .200 .315 .221 .536 45 21 3 0 3 2
1950 35 BOS AL 27 91 84 13 25 2 0 1 12 0 0 7 4 .298 .352 .357 .709 75 30 3 0 0 2
1951 36 BOS AL 58 191 170 11 39 7 0 1 13 0 0 19 14 .229 .307 .288 .595 55 49 3 0 2 2
13 Yrs 988 3570 3198 335 836 147 15 18 367 17 18 315 161 .261 .330 .334 .663 84 1067 97 10 48
162 Game Avg. 162 585 524 55 137 24 2 3 60 3 3 52 26 .261 .330 .334 .663 84 175 16 2 8
PHA (5 yrs) 437 1660 1480 134 372 69 5 8 152 4 9 151 63 .251 .322 .321 .643 79 475 48 4 26
NYY (4 yrs) 252 834 751 95 205 43 6 7 119 12 3 71 51 .273 .337 .374 .712 91 281 26 2 10
BOS (2 yrs) 85 282 254 24 64 9 0 2 25 0 0 26 18 .252 .321 .311 .632 62 79 6 0 2
CLE (2 yrs) 214 794 713 82 195 26 4 1 71 1 6 67 29 .273 .339 .325 .665 97 232 17 4 10

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1939 24 NYY AL 43 121 -3 1 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 4 4 0.3 .498 .500 0.3 0.1 4 $5,000 2
1940 25 NYY AL 73 254 3 1 0 2 2 8 0.8 9 17 1.6 .511 .505 1.4 0.4 15 $7,500 2
1941 26 NYY AL 67 233 1 0 0 2 2 5 0.5 8 13 1.3 .507 .503 1.1 0.4 11 $10,000 2
1942 27 NYY AL 69 226 -8 -0 0 2 2 -5 -0.5 7 2 0.1 .492 .497 -0.1 0.4 -0 $10,000 2 AS
1943 28 CLE AL 115 419 3 -1 0 2 4 8 0.9 12 20 2.1 .508 .506 1.9 0.6 18 $11,000 *2 AS
1944 29 CLE AL 99 375 -3 -0 0 4 3 4 0.4 11 15 1.5 .504 .503 1.1 0.8 11 $9,000 2
1945 30 PHA AL 92 325 -16 0 0 0 3 -13 -1.5 9 -4 -0.5 .484 .491 -0.5 0.3 -4 $11,000 2
1946 31 PHA AL 121 464 -1 -0 0 4 4 7 0.8 14 21 2.1 .506 .505 1.7 0.9 17 $11,000 *2 AS,MVP-23
1947 32 PHA AL 102 409 -6 -1 0 3 3 -0 -0.1 12 12 1.2 .500 .500 0.9 0.7 9 $11,500 2 AS,MVP-24
1948 33 PHA AL 90 349 -7 -1 -0 3 3 -2 -0.2 10 8 0.8 .498 .499 0.4 0.6 5 $11,500 2 AS
1949 34 PHA AL 32 113 -7 -0 -0 0 1 -6 -0.6 3 -3 -0.3 .480 .496 -0.3 0.1 -3 $12,000 2
1950 35 BOS AL 27 91 -3 -1 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 3 0 0.1 .491 .499 0.0 0.1 0 $12,000 2
1951 36 BOS AL 58 191 -11 -1 0 2 2 -8 -0.8 6 -2 -0.2 .486 .495 -0.4 0.4 -4 $12,000 2
13 Seasons 988 3570 -57 -3 0 24 30 -5 -0.7 108 102 10.1 .499 .500 7.4 5.8 78 $133,500
PHA (5 yrs) 437 1660 -36 -2 -0 10 14 -15 -1.7 49 34 3.2 .496 .498 2.2 2.5 24 $57,000
NYY (4 yrs) 252 834 -7 2 0 6 7 8 0.7 28 35 3.3 .503 .501 2.7 1.4 29 $32,500
BOS (2 yrs) 85 282 -14 -1 0 2 2 -10 -1.0 9 -1 -0.2 .488 .497 -0.4 0.5 -3 $24,000
CLE (2 yrs) 214 794 1 -2 0 6 7 12 1.3 23 34 3.7 .506 .504 3.0 1.4 28 $20,000

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
1939 24 NYY AL 121 82 14 4.5 113 .305 .276 .285 .356 .360 .343 .422 .699 .782 80 .449 -2.8 -0.3 .671 .229 .067 .0
1940 25 NYY AL 254 172 35 5.4 107 .300 .298 .274 .357 .347 .425 .416 .783 .763 105 .539 1.9 0.2 .743 .237 .127 5.1
1941 26 NYY AL 233 159 30 5.0 106 .298 .287 .274 .355 .351 .402 .404 .757 .755 101 .529 0.7 0.1 .675 .220 .115 .0
1942 27 NYY AL 226 172 18 2.8 93 .246 .230 .263 .288 .337 .306 .369 .594 .706 68 .332 -9.0 -0.9 .465 .153 .077 1.3
1943 28 CLE AL 419 292 43 4.0 81 .290 .283 .248 .340 .321 .340 .342 .680 .663 105 .526 2.9 0.3 .552 .134 .058 .0
1944 29 CLE AL 375 259 33 3.4 88 .277 .263 .263 .339 .329 .308 .359 .647 .689 89 .428 -3.8 -0.4 .549 .145 .045 .0
1945 30 PHA AL 325 253 21 2.2 87 .219 .210 .259 .262 .331 .267 .352 .528 .684 55 .267 -17.7 -1.9 .410 .127 .057 1.3
1946 31 PHA AL 464 331 51 4.1 94 .291 .283 .261 .339 .335 .358 .376 .698 .711 97 .496 -1.6 -0.2 .569 .156 .075 1.3
1947 32 PHA AL 409 289 39 3.6 98 .267 .259 .264 .335 .344 .334 .379 .669 .723 86 .433 -6.3 -0.6 .568 .181 .075 1.0
1948 33 PHA AL 349 236 34 3.8 106 .255 .255 .274 .344 .360 .338 .396 .682 .756 81 .417 -7.7 -0.8 .613 .205 .083 .0
1949 34 PHA AL 113 82 7 2.3 104 .211 .200 .267 .315 .358 .221 .388 .536 .747 45 .218 -7.0 -0.7 .468 .189 .021
1950 35 BOS AL 91 62 11 4.7 122 .304 .298 .290 .352 .379 .357 .435 .709 .814 75 .476 -3.4 -0.3 .597 .143 .060 .0
1951 36 BOS AL 191 136 15 3.0 110 .245 .229 .279 .307 .362 .288 .409 .595 .771 55 .316 -11.1 -1.1 .507 .171 .059 .0
13 Yrs 3570 2525 351 3.7 97 .271 .261 .266 .330 .342 .334 .380 .663 .722 84 .435 -64.9 -6.7 .562 .170 .072 17.5
162 Game Avg. 585 414 58 3.7 97 .271 .261 .266 .330 .342 .334 .380 .663 .722 84 .435 -64.9 -6.7 .562 .170 .072 3
PHA (5 yrs) 1660 1191 152 3.4 97 .258 .251 .265 .322 .343 .321 .377 .643 .720 79 .403 -40.4 -4.2 .536 .168 .070 5.3
NYY (4 yrs) 834 585 97 4.4 104 .286 .273 .273 .337 .347 .374 .400 .712 .747 91 .474 -9.1 -1.0 .631 .208 .101 8.8
BOS (2 yrs) 282 198 26 3.5 114 .265 .252 .283 .321 .368 .311 .418 .632 .785 62 .374 -14.5 -1.4 .536 .161 .059 .0
CLE (2 yrs) 794 551 76 3.7 85 .284 .273 .255 .339 .325 .325 .350 .665 .675 97 .480 -0.9 -0.1 .551 .139 .052 1.0

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 26 NYY AL WS BRO W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1942 27 NYY AL WS STL L 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 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
1942 NYY AL 27 DNP
1943 CLE AL 28 DNP
1946 PHA AL 31 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1947 PHA AL 32 as C 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 PHA AL 33 as C 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs (3 GP) 7 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 1 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
1939 24 NYY AL 121 0.0% 8.3% 10.7% 5.0% 21% 0.77 10.5 8.8 79%
1940 25 NYY AL 254 1.6% 4.3% 7.5% 7.1% 27% 0.58 20.7 57.0 6.2 84%
1941 26 NYY AL 233 0.4% 4.3% 9.4% 8.6% 33% 0.45 20.9 209.0 5.8 85%
1942 27 NYY AL 226 0.9% 8.9% 7.5% 5.3% 25% 1.18 10.5 104.5 6.1 83%
1943 28 CLE AL 419 0.2% 2.9% 7.9% 4.5% 18% 0.36 31.8 382.0 9.3 88%
1944 29 CLE AL 375 0.0% 4.5% 9.1% 3.2% 14% 0.50 19.5 11.0 84%
1945 30 PHA AL 325 0.3% 4.9% 6.2% 4.3% 22% 0.80 18.8 300.0 12.0 0.66 87%
1946 31 PHA AL 464 0.4% 3.7% 7.8% 5.6% 22% 0.47 24.9 212.0 9.0 0.93 87%
1947 32 PHA AL 409 0.2% 3.2% 9.8% 5.6% 25% 0.33 27.6 359.0 10.9 0.59 84%
1948 33 PHA AL 349 1.2% 3.4% 11.2% 4.9% 22% 0.31 25.2 75.5 7.4 0.67 82%
1949 34 PHA AL 113 0.0% 4.4% 14.2% 1.8% 11% 0.31 19.0 15.8 1.03 80%
1950 35 BOS AL 91 1.1% 4.4% 7.7% 3.3% 12% 0.57 21.0 84.0 7.0 0.91 87%
1951 36 BOS AL 191 0.5% 7.3% 10.0% 4.2% 21% 0.74 12.1 170.0 13.1 0.62 81%
13 Yrs 3570 0.5% 4.5% 8.8% 5.0% 22% 0.51 19.9 177.7 8.7 0.70 85%
MLB Averages 1.5% 9.3% 9.3% 6.2% 27% 1.00 9.6 60.1 8.4 0.96 78%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1939 24 NYY AL -2.8 -0.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1940 25 NYY AL 1.9 0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1941 26 NYY AL 0.7 0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1942 27 NYY AL -9.0 -0.9 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1943 28 CLE AL 2.9 0.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1944 29 CLE AL -3.8 -0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 30 PHA AL -17.7 -1.9 179 -3.0 1.8 -4.8 1.27 -1.7 -0.7 -19.9 -2.2 1.08 -16.0 1.86 2
1946 31 PHA AL -1.6 -0.2 136 -0.0 2.5 -2.5 1.20 0.0 -0.0 2.6 0.3 1.10 0.1 1.98 3
1947 32 PHA AL -6.3 -0.6 242 0.5 4.3 -3.8 .97 -0.2 0.7 -2.5 -0.3 0.95 -1.9 0.47 1
1948 33 PHA AL -7.7 -0.8 247 -0.5 4.3 -4.7 1.14 -0.9 0.5 -6.5 -0.6 0.97 -10.7 0
1949 34 PHA AL -7.0 -0.7 84 -0.8 0.6 -1.4 .86 -0.6 -0.4 -7.2 -0.7 0.94 -6.2 0.36 1
1950 35 BOS AL -3.4 -0.3 75 0.3 1.4 -1.1 .95 0.0 0.3 1.3 0.1 0.95 -0.1 1.49 2
1951 36 BOS AL -11.1 -1.1 192 -0.6 2.8 -3.4 .95 -0.6 0.0 -10.9 -1.0 0.95 -10.3 0.10 2
13 Yrs -64.9 -6.7 1155 -4.1 17.6 -21.7 1.07 -4.0 0.2 -43.1 -4.5 0.99 -45.0 1.24 11

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1945 30 PHA AL 2 0 27% 37 2 1 67% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 41% 8 5 3 1 1 0 8 4 4
1946 31 PHA AL 2 0 21% 34 1 3 25% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 64% 9 3 6 2 2 0 3 0 3
1947 32 PHA AL 4 0 29% 100 1 3 25% 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 1 25% 9 9 0 1 1 0 6 2 4
1948 33 PHA AL 1 0 23% 86 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 0 0 46% 10 8 2 1 0 1 13 5 8
1949 34 PHA AL 1 0 20% 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 44% 5 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 2
1950 35 BOS AL 1 0 39% 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 13% 5 5 0 0 0 0 3 2 1
1951 36 BOS AL 4 0 18% 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 31% 8 8 0 0 0 0 5 1 4
13 Yrs 15 0 28% 370 17 18 49% 2 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 14 0 2 5 2 6 40% 54 41 13 6 5 1 41 15 26

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 % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1945 30 PHA AL 325 19% 63 2 0 0 0 1.86 1 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 200% 40 11 28% 25 11 44% 152 16 11% 17 8 47% 5 3 60% 0
1946 31 PHA AL 464 8% 120 3 1 0 0 1.98 2 0 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 4 400% 31 20 65% 12 8 67% 118 18 15% 8 6 75% 4 2 50% 0
1947 32 PHA AL 409 13% 93 1 0 0 0 0.47 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 8 9 113% 53 11 21% 20 7 35% 138 15 11% 10 3 30% 4 4 100% 0
1948 33 PHA AL 349 25% 77 0 0 0 0 4 0 10 1 1 2 2 0 1 6 600% 44 3 7% 25 12 48% 163 29 18% 14 10 71% 11 6 55% 0
1949 34 PHA AL 113 31% 19 1 0 0 0 0.36 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 15 3 20% 12 7 58% 53 7 13% 7 2 29% 6 4 67% 0
1950 35 BOS AL 91 28% 25 2 1 0 0 1.49 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 17 3 18% 6 2 33% 53 8 15% 4 2 50% 4 4 100% 0
1951 36 BOS AL 191 29% 39 2 0 0 0 0.10 1 0 9 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 100% 43 3 7% 18 7 39% 131 14 11% 10 5 50% 8 4 50% 0
13 Yrs 1942 21% 836 11 2 0 0 1.24 18 0 41 3 3 7 3 0 18 48 267% 243 97 40% 118 54 46% 808 107 13% 70 36 51% 42 27 64% 0
MLB Averages 50% 247% 28% 34% 15% 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
1939 24 43 121 105 18 29 5 1 0 12 4 0 13 10 .276 .356 .343 .699 80 36 3 0 3
1940 25 116 375 333 52 97 16 4 4 49 11 1 32 21 .291 .357 .399 .756 97 133 9 2 8
1941 26 183 608 542 77 157 33 6 5 85 11 1 54 31 .290 .356 .400 .757 99 217 17 2 10
1942 27 252 834 751 95 205 43 6 7 119 12 3 71 51 .273 .337 .374 .712 91 281 26 2 10
1943 28 367 1253 1133 148 313 60 7 8 160 12 7 104 63 .276 .338 .363 .701 95 411 36 2 14
1944 29 466 1628 1464 177 400 69 10 8 190 13 9 138 80 .273 .338 .350 .689 94 513 43 6 20
1945 30 558 1953 1764 200 463 81 11 9 215 15 10 158 96 .262 .326 .336 .662 87 593 54 7 24
1946 31 679 2417 2188 234 583 103 13 11 262 16 13 194 113 .266 .328 .340 .669 89 745 74 7 28
1947 32 781 2826 2547 274 676 123 15 12 295 17 16 234 126 .265 .329 .340 .669 89 865 85 8 37
1948 33 871 3175 2849 304 753 136 15 16 336 17 18 273 138 .264 .331 .339 .670 88 967 88 10 43
1949 34 903 3288 2944 311 772 138 15 16 342 17 18 289 143 .262 .330 .336 .666 86 988 91 10 46
1950 35 930 3379 3028 324 797 140 15 17 354 17 18 296 147 .263 .331 .336 .667 86 1018 94 10 46
1951 36 988 3570 3198 335 836 147 15 18 367 17 18 315 161 .261 .330 .334 .663 84 1067 97 10 48

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
1939 24 45 124 108 16 28 5 1 0 11 4 13 11 .259 .339 .324 .663 12 43
1940 25 76 261 235 33 68 11 3 4 36 7 19 11 .289 .348 .413 .760 33 73
1941 26 70 239 215 24 60 17 2 1 35 0 22 10 .279 .346 .391 .737 29 67
1942 27 73 240 222 20 52 11 0 2 37 1 18 21 .234 .292 .311 .602 20 69
1943 28 121 459 416 68 128 20 1 1 53 0 39 13 .308 .367 .368 .735 57 115
1944 29 103 402 353 34 98 10 3 0 35 1 38 18 .278 .356 .323 .679 40 99
1945 30 97 352 324 28 73 14 1 1 31 2 23 17 .225 .279 .284 .563 25 92
1946 31 126 495 451 39 133 24 2 2 54 1 40 18 .295 .352 .370 .723 60 121
1947 32 106 428 375 44 99 21 2 1 36 1 43 14 .264 .341 .339 .680 44 102
1948 33 94 359 312 29 77 13 0 4 40 0 39 13 .247 .334 .327 .661 33 90
1949 34 33 117 98 7 19 2 0 0 6 0 16 5 .194 .307 .214 .521 6 32
1950 35 28 90 84 10 22 2 0 1 10 0 6 4 .262 .311 .321 .633 8 27
1951 36 61 197 176 10 38 7 0 1 12 0 19 15 .216 .292 .273 .565 14 58
13 Yrs 1033 3763 3369 362 895 157 15 18 396 17 335 170 .266 .334 .337 .671 381 988
162 Game Avg. 162 590 528 57 140 25 2 3 62 3 53 27 .266 .334 .337 .671 60 988

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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

All-Star Games
1942
1943
1946 *
1947 (C)
1948 (C)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1946 AL (23, 1%)
1947 AL (24, 2%)
0.03 Career Shares (1270th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1946 AL  0.9 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1944 AL  4 (9th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1946 AL  20 (2nd)

AB per SO s c a p y
1943 AL  31.8 (2nd)
1946 AL  24.9 (3rd)
Career  19.9 (122nd)

Oldest s c a p y
1951 AL  born 1914-07-03 (8th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 15 (974), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (2559), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Catcher (153rd), 10.1 career WAR/10.6 7yr-peak WAR/10.4 JAWS
Average HOF C (out of 13) = 52.4 career WAR/33.7 7yr-peak WAR/43.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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