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John Roseboro

John Junior Roseboro

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: May 13, 1933 in Ashland, OH
High School: Ashland HS (Ashland, OH)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 14, 1957
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Twins/Senators 1957-1970

Final Game: August 11, 1970
Died: August 16, 2002 in Los Angeles, CA
Buried: Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, CA
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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
1952	19	LAD-min	D	68	260	260		95	15	5	1						.365	.365	.473	.838		123							SHB · WISL
1953	20	LAD-min	C	82	303	303		94	12	7	8						.310	.310	.475	.785		144							GRF · PION
1954		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1955	22	LAD-min	B,A	87	255	255		63	11	4	6						.247	.247	.392	.639		100							CDR,PBO · IIIL,WL
1956	23	LAD-min	AAA	125	471	381	76	104	22	2	25	78	13		74	83	.273	.400	.538	.938		205		9	4	3			MTL · IL
1957	24	LAD-min	AAA	48	191	161	30	44	8	1	7	17	3		24	22	.273	.370	.466	.836		75		2	2	2			MTL · IL
1957	24	BRO	NL	35	79	69	6	10	2	0	2	6	0	0	10	20	.145	.253	.261	.514	34	18	0	0	0	0	2	2/3
1958	25	LAD	NL	114	431	384	52	104	11	9	14	43	11	8	36	56	.271	.333	.456	.788	103	175	5	2	4	5	2	*2/78	AS
1959	26	LAD	NL	118	461	397	39	92	14	7	10	38	7	5	52	69	.232	.322	.378	.700	81	150	7	3	5	4	11	*2
1960	27	LAD	NL	103	340	287	22	61	15	3	8	42	7	6	44	53	.213	.323	.369	.693	85	106	1	4	3	2	6	2/35
1961	28	LAD	NL	128	462	394	59	99	16	6	18	59	6	4	56	62	.251	.346	.459	.805	106	181	1	4	2	6	8	*2	AS,MVP-19,GG
1962	29	LAD	NL	128	457	389	45	97	16	7	7	55	12	3	50	60	.249	.341	.380	.722	99	148	8	7	5	5	11	*2	AS
1963	30	LAD	NL	135	518	470	50	111	13	7	9	49	7	6	36	50	.236	.291	.351	.642	91	165	9	3	2	7	3	*2
1964	31	LAD	NL	134	475	414	42	119	24	1	3	45	3	3	44	61	.287	.357	.372	.729	113	154	7	4	7	6	9	*2
1965	32	LAD	NL	136	480	437	42	102	10	0	8	57	1	6	34	51	.233	.289	.311	.601	75	136	5	2	3	4	7	*2/5	MVP-26
1966	33	LAD	NL	142	501	445	47	123	23	2	9	53	3	2	44	51	.276	.343	.398	.740	113	177	11	3	4	4	13	*2	MVP-13,GG
1967	34	LAD	NL	116	380	334	37	91	18	2	4	24	2	4	38	33	.272	.348	.374	.723	116	125	8	2	4	2	12	2
1968	35	MIN	AL	135	435	380	31	82	12	0	8	39	2	3	46	57	.216	.300	.311	.611	81	118	7	2	2	5	9	*2
1969	36	MIN	AL	115	406	361	33	95	12	0	3	32	5	5	39	44	.263	.333	.321	.654	81	116	6	0	3	3	12	*2	AS
1970	37	WSA	AL	46	104	86	7	20	4	0	1	6	1	1	18	10	.233	.365	.314	.679	94	27	1	0	0	0	5	2
14 Yrs				1585	5529	4847	512	1206	190	44	104	548	67	56	547	677	.249	.326	.371	.697	95	1796	76	36	44	53	110
162 Game Avg.				162	565	495	52	123	19	4	11	56	7	6	56	69	.249	.326	.371	.697	95	184	8	4	4	5	11

LAD (11 yrs)				1289	4584	4020	441	1009	162	44	92	471	59	47	444	566	.251	.327	.382	.709	97	1535	62	34	39	45	84
MIN (2 yrs)				250	841	741	64	177	24	0	11	71	7	8	85	101	.239	.316	.316	.632	81	234	13	2	5	8	21
WSA (1 yr)				46	104	86	7	20	4	0	1	6	1	1	18	10	.233	.365	.314	.679	94	27	1	0	0	0	5

NL (11 yrs)				1289	4584	4020	441	1009	162	44	92	471	59	47	444	566	.251	.327	.382	.709	97	1535	62	34	39	45	84
AL (3 yrs)				296	945	827	71	197	28	0	12	77	8	9	103	111	.238	.321	.316	.637	83	261	14	2	5	8	26

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
1957	24	BRO	NL	35	79	-7	0	0	-1	1	-7	-0.8	3	-4	-0.5	.479	.495	-0.4	-0.1	-3	$	2/3
1958	25	LAD	NL	114	431	1	-2	1	-3	5	2	0.2	14	17	1.6	.502	.501	2.1	0.2	20	$	*2/78	AS
1959	26	LAD	NL	118	461	-16	-2	1	2	6	-8	-0.8	16	8	0.7	.493	.495	0.5	0.9	6	$10,000	*2
1960	27	LAD	NL	103	340	-8	-1	1	-2	4	-6	-0.7	12	6	0.4	.494	.496	0.7	0.3	8	$16,000	2/35
1961	28	LAD	NL	128	462	4	-1	2	-2	6	10	0.9	16	25	2.5	.508	.506	2.7	0.4	27	$	*2	AS,MVP-19,GG
1962	29	LAD	NL	128	457	-0	0	-1	5	6	11	1.2	15	26	2.7	.509	.507	2.1	1.3	21	$	*2	AS
1963	30	LAD	NL	135	518	-6	-2	0	-1	7	-2	-0.2	18	16	1.6	.498	.499	1.6	0.8	17	$28,000	*2
1964	31	LAD	NL	134	475	5	-2	-0	6	6	15	1.8	16	32	3.4	.513	.511	2.6	1.5	26	$40,000	*2
1965	32	LAD	NL	136	480	-14	-2	2	2	7	-5	-0.6	16	12	1.1	.496	.497	0.9	1.0	10	$45,000	*2/5	MVP-26
1966	33	LAD	NL	142	501	7	-1	0	2	7	16	1.9	17	33	3.6	.512	.511	3.2	1.1	31	$46,000	*2	MVP-13,GG
1967	34	LAD	NL	116	380	3	0	-0	2	5	10	1.3	13	23	2.5	.510	.507	2.2	0.9	21	$48,000	2
1968	35	MIN	AL	135	435	-10	-2	0	-2	6	-8	-1.2	12	5	0.1	.493	.494	0.5	0.3	7	$60,000	*2
1969	36	MIN	AL	115	406	-10	-2	1	-3	6	-8	-1.0	11	3	0.1	.492	.494	0.5	0.2	6	$60,000	*2	AS
1970	37	WSA	AL	46	104	-2	-1	0	-3	1	-5	-0.6	3	-2	-0.2	.488	.497	0.1	-0.2	1	$	2
14 Seasons				1585	5529	-53	-16	8	1	75	15	1.6	182	198	19.6	.501	.501	19.3	8.7	196	$353,000

LAD (11 yrs)				1289	4584	-31	-11	7	9	62	36	4.3	155	192	19.6	.503	.502	18.2	8.4	182	$233,000
MIN (2 yrs)				250	841	-20	-4	1	-5	12	-16	-2.2	24	8	0.2	.492	.494	1.0	0.6	13	$120,000
WSA (1 yr)				46	104	-2	-1	0	-3	1	-5	-0.6	3	-2	-0.2	.488	.497	0.1	-0.2	1	$

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
1957	24	BRO	NL	79	59	5	2.3	110	.170	.145	.279	.253	.343	.261	.432	.514	.775	34	.217	-6.9	-0.7	.475	.261	.116	.0
1958	25	LAD	NL	431	302	58	5.2	110	.282	.271	.274	.333	.343	.456	.429	.788	.772	103	.546	0.5	0.0	.737	.286	.185	12.3
1959	26	LAD	NL	461	326	50	4.1	111	.255	.232	.278	.322	.346	.378	.431	.700	.776	81	.446	-11.4	-1.1	.653	.282	.146	8.2
1960	27	LAD	NL	340	238	37	4.2	104	.232	.213	.270	.323	.337	.369	.414	.693	.751	85	.481	-5.3	-0.5	.665	.314	.157	7.5
1961	28	LAD	NL	462	308	67	5.8	112	.253	.251	.278	.346	.346	.459	.433	.805	.779	106	.600	3.7	0.4	.810	.355	.208	9.0
1962	29	LAD	NL	457	313	54	4.6	98	.275	.249	.263	.341	.329	.380	.399	.722	.728	99	.506	1.5	0.2	.706	.283	.131	8.8
1963	30	LAD	NL	518	383	48	3.4	83	.244	.236	.245	.291	.305	.351	.366	.642	.672	91	.432	-5.2	-0.6	.548	.194	.115	7.9
1964	31	LAD	NL	475	318	57	4.8	88	.326	.287	.255	.357	.312	.372	.379	.729	.691	113	.574	10.1	1.0	.662	.191	.085	3.0
1965	32	LAD	NL	480	353	39	3.0	88	.246	.233	.250	.289	.312	.311	.378	.601	.690	75	.354	-13.7	-1.4	.483	.144	.078	1.8
1966	33	LAD	NL	501	343	60	4.7	89	.293	.276	.255	.343	.313	.398	.385	.740	.697	113	.550	9.8	1.0	.672	.222	.121	4.5
1967	34	LAD	NL	380	261	43	4.4	83	.291	.272	.248	.348	.308	.374	.364	.723	.672	116	.552	8.6	0.9	.639	.210	.102	2.7
1968	35	MIN	AL	435	315	37	3.2	84	.231	.216	.244	.300	.314	.311	.362	.611	.676	81	.452	-7.7	-0.9	.536	.213	.095	3.2
1969	36	MIN	AL	406	283	39	3.7	98	.290	.263	.259	.333	.336	.321	.391	.654	.727	81	.443	-8.6	-0.9	.560	.166	.058	3.8
1970	37	WSA	AL	104	68	11	4.4	93	.253	.233	.252	.365	.325	.314	.385	.679	.710	94	.505	0.3	0.0	.662	.291	.081	1.0
14 Yrs				5529	3870	605	4.2	95	.268	.249	.260	.326	.325	.371	.394	.697	.719	95	.495	-24.3	-2.6	.633	.237	.122	81.5
162 Game Avg.				565	396	62	4.2	95	.268	.249	.260	.326	.325	.371	.394	.697	.719	95	.495	-24.3	-2.6	.633	.237	.122	8

LAD (11 yrs)				4584	3204	518	4.3	96	.269	.251	.261	.327	.325	.382	.397	.709	.722	97	.503	-8.4	-0.8	.649	.244	.131	71.9
MIN (2 yrs)				841	598	76	3.4	91	.261	.239	.251	.316	.325	.316	.376	.632	.701	81	.446	-16.2	-1.8	.547	.190	.077	8.6
WSA (1 yr)				104	68	11	4.4	93	.253	.233	.252	.365	.325	.314	.385	.679	.710	94	.505	0.3	0.0	.662	.291	.081	1.0

NL (11 yrs)				4584	3204	518	4.3	96	.269	.251	.261	.327	.325	.382	.397	.709	.722	97	.503	-8.4	-0.8	.649	.244	.131	71.9
AL (3 yrs)				945	666	87	3.5	91	.260	.238	.251	.321	.325	.316	.377	.637	.702	83	.453	-15.9	-1.7	.559	.201	.077	9.6

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
1959	26	LAD	NL	WS	CHW	W	6	23	21	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.095	.095	.095	.190	2	0	0	2	0	0

1963	30	LAD	NL	WS	NYY	W	4	14	14	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	4	.143	.143	.357	.500	5	1	0	0	0	0

1965	32	LAD	NL	WS	MIN	W	7	26	21	1	6	1	0	0	3	1	2	5	3	.286	.423	.333	.756	7	0	0	0	0	2
1966	33	LAD	NL	WS	BAL	L	4	14	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.071	.071	.071	.143	1	0	0	0	0	0

1969	36	MIN	AL	ALCS	BAL	L	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs (5 Series)							23	82	75	2	12	1	0	1	7	1	2	5	12	.160	.213	.213	.426	16	1	0	2	0	2
1 ALCS							2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0
4 WS							21	77	70	2	11	1	0	1	7	1	2	5	12	.157	.213	.214	.428	15	1	0	2	0	2

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1958	LAD	NL	25	DNP

1961	LAD	NL	28	DNP
1961	LAD	NL	28	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	LAD	NL	29	DNP
1962	LAD	NL	29	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	1.333	1.667	4	1	0	0	0	0

1969	MIN	AL	36	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs (3 GP)				7	7	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	.143	.143	.571	.714	4	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	GO/AO	IP%
1957	24	BRO	NL	79	2.5%	25.3%	12.7%	5.1%	40%	2.00	3.5	34.5	11.5	1.05	59%
1958	25	LAD	NL	431	3.3%	13.0%	8.4%	7.9%	33%	1.56	6.9	27.4	8.9	0.46	74%
1959	26	LAD	NL	461	2.2%	15.0%	11.3%	6.7%	34%	1.33	5.8	39.7	10.4	0.63	70%
1960	27	LAD	NL	340	2.4%	15.6%	12.9%	7.7%	43%	1.20	5.4	35.9	6.8	0.36	67%
1961	28	LAD	NL	462	3.9%	13.4%	12.1%	8.7%	40%	1.11	6.4	21.9	6.7	0.62	69%
1962	29	LAD	NL	457	1.5%	13.1%	10.9%	6.6%	31%	1.20	6.5	55.6	7.1	0.71	72%
1963	30	LAD	NL	518	1.7%	9.7%	7.0%	5.6%	26%	1.39	9.4	52.2	9.6	0.58	81%
1964	31	LAD	NL	475	0.6%	12.8%	9.3%	5.9%	24%	1.39	6.8	138.0	9.2	0.98	75%
1965	32	LAD	NL	480	1.7%	10.6%	7.1%	3.8%	18%	1.50	8.6	54.6	7.7	0.84	80%
1966	33	LAD	NL	501	1.8%	10.2%	8.8%	6.8%	28%	1.16	8.7	49.4	8.4	1.04	78%
1967	34	LAD	NL	380	1.1%	8.7%	10.0%	6.3%	26%	0.87	10.1	83.5	13.9	0.88	79%
1968	35	MIN	AL	435	1.8%	13.1%	10.6%	4.6%	24%	1.24	6.7	47.5	9.7	0.72	74%
1969	36	MIN	AL	406	0.7%	10.8%	9.6%	3.7%	16%	1.13	8.2	120.3	11.3	0.62	78%
1970	37	WSA	AL	104	1.0%	9.6%	17.3%	4.8%	25%	0.56	8.6	86.0	14.3	0.68	72%
14 Yrs				5529	1.9%	12.2%	9.9%	6.1%	28%	1.24	7.2	46.6	8.8	0.69	75%
MLB Averages					2.2%	14.7%	8.4%	6.3%	28%	1.75	6.1	40.4	8.8	1.08	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1957	24	BRO	NL	-6.9	-0.7	80	-0.4	1.2	-1.6	1.08	-0.5	0.2	-3.8	-0.4	0.92	-5.6	0.69	3
1958	25	LAD	NL	0.5	0.0	449	-0.2	7.0	-7.2	.91	0.6	-0.8	-2.1	-0.2	0.93	4.1	2.10	7
1959	26	LAD	NL	-11.4	-1.1	479	-2.4	6.6	-9.0	1.04	-1.1	-1.3	-20.6	-2.0	0.98	-12.4	1.19	2
1960	27	LAD	NL	-5.3	-0.5	354	-0.2	6.3	-6.6	1.10	-0.0	-0.2	4.3	0.4	0.95	4.5	1.65	15
1961	28	LAD	NL	3.2	0.3	480	3.3	10.7	-7.3	1.04	1.2	2.1	8.8	0.8	0.95	12.5	1.80	7
1962	29	LAD	NL	2.1	0.2	479	0.7	7.7	-7.0	.94	0.3	0.5	13.1	1.3	0.98	3.4	1.00	4
1963	30	LAD	NL	-5.8	-0.6	536	-1.6	7.7	-9.3	.97	-0.3	-1.4	-5.6	-0.6	0.97	-4.2	1.11	3
1964	31	LAD	NL	10.1	1.0	487	0.9	8.0	-7.1	.98	0.6	0.3	10.9	1.2	0.93	5.2	1.29	13
1965	32	LAD	NL	-13.7	-1.4	492	-1.4	8.4	-9.9	1.13	-1.1	-0.2	-3.3	-0.4	1.00	-11.0	1.38	9
1966	33	LAD	NL	9.8	1.0	512	1.8	10.7	-8.9	1.11	0.4	1.2	13.1	1.4	0.98	6.6	1.85	10
1967	34	LAD	NL	8.6	0.9	390	-0.7	6.0	-6.7	1.07	0.3	-0.9	-2.5	-0.3	0.99	3.7	1.46	17
1968	35	MIN	AL	-8.0	-0.9	446	-1.5	6.2	-7.7	1.05	-0.7	-0.8	0.8	0.1	1.01	-2.5	1.66	23
1969	36	MIN	AL	-8.6	-0.9	421	-1.0	6.1	-7.2	1.02	-0.7	-0.3	-11.9	-1.2	1.03	-7.6	2.47	3
1970	37	WSA	AL	0.3	0.0	110	-0.1	1.7	-1.8	1.11	-0.2	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.95	-0.4	1.62	17
14 Yrs				-25.2	-2.7	5715	-2.9	94.3	-97.2	1.03	-1.1	-1.7	1.4	0.3	0.97	-3.7	1.58	133

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1957	24	BRO	NL	1	0	22%	35	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	67%	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1958	25	LAD	NL	5	0	30%	172	11	8	58%	10	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	2	55%	19	11	7	1	0	1	9	1	8
1959	26	LAD	NL	3	0	21%	157	7	5	58%	5	5	2	0	0	0	2	0	10	7	55%	21	9	10	1	1	0	11	2	8
1960	27	LAD	NL	2	0	14%	117	7	6	54%	5	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	9	7	46%	13	6	5	2	2	0	7	1	5
1961	28	LAD	NL	9	0	29%	161	6	4	60%	6	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	8	9	63%	16	6	9	2	1	1	14	3	10
1962	29	LAD	NL	8	1	26%	159	12	3	80%	9	0	1	1	2	2	3	0	11	8	42%	21	14	6	2	0	2	13	6	7
1963	30	LAD	NL	6	0	29%	159	7	6	54%	4	4	2	1	1	1	3	1	8	18	37%	23	15	7	5	5	0	13	3	8
1964	31	LAD	NL	5	0	24%	196	3	3	50%	2	2	1	1	0	0	6	0	7	9	45%	34	23	9	4	1	3	20	4	14
1965	32	LAD	NL	6	0	26%	172	1	6	14%	1	6	0	0	0	0	2	2	6	7	50%	22	14	8	5	3	2	13	3	10
1966	33	LAD	NL	8	1	24%	189	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	9	40%	22	18	4	3	2	1	18	4	12
1967	34	LAD	NL	1	0	26%	139	2	4	33%	2	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	11	48%	15	10	4	5	3	2	7	0	7
1968	35	MIN	AL	5	0	19%	130	2	3	40%	1	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	6	40%	17	13	4	6	5	1	7	0	7
1969	36	MIN	AL	7	0	23%	157	5	5	50%	3	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	11	12	48%	19	13	5	4	1	2	17	3	12
1970	37	WSA	AL	0	0	16%	44	1	1	50%	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	3	33%	6	4	1	0	0	0	3	1	2
14 Yrs				66	2	24%	1987	67	56	54%	52	46	10	6	5	4	28	5	87	108	47%	250	156	80	40	24	15	153	31	111

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
1957	24	BRO	NL	79	100%	10			3	0	0	0	0.69	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0		17	0	0%	5	1	20%	46	4	9%	2	1	50%	1	0	0%	0
1958	25	LAD	NL	431	98%	104			7	2	0	1	2.10	14	0	9	14	0	2	12	0	6	4	67%	95	5	5%	55	16	29%	239	31	13%	24	9	38%	10	3	30%	0
1959	26	LAD	NL	461	91%	92			2	0	0	0	1.19	10	0	18	9	1	3	7	0	9	5	56%	98	7	7%	51	14	27%	296	29	10%	25	9	36%	17	5	29%	0
1960	27	LAD	NL	340	94%	61			15	5	1	3	1.65	8	1	10	8	0	3	5	0	4	3	75%	56	1	2%	27	9	33%	209	36	17%	18	10	56%	9	4	44%	0
1961	28	LAD	NL	462	84%	99			7	3	1	3	1.80	18	0	12	17	1	12	6	0	3	2	67%	88	1	1%	36	15	42%	283	44	16%	25	14	56%	12	8	67%	0
1962	29	LAD	NL	457	75%	97			4	0	0	0	1.00	7	0	8	7	0	4	3	0	8	5	63%	105	8	8%	39	15	38%	303	50	17%	29	13	45%	16	14	88%	0
1963	30	LAD	NL	518	77%	111			3	1	0	1	1.11	9	1	10	9	0	4	5	0	3	2	67%	98	9	9%	51	15	29%	309	43	14%	29	13	45%	15	9	60%	0
1964	31	LAD	NL	475	79%	119			13	4	0	3	1.29	3	0	6	3	0	0	3	0	14	7	50%	80	7	9%	39	15	38%	271	44	16%	24	15	63%	11	8	73%	0
1965	32	LAD	NL	480	74%	102			9	4	0	2	1.38	8	0	20	6	2	2	6	0	5	3	60%	94	5	5%	56	20	36%	325	52	16%	40	20	50%	19	10	53%	0
1966	33	LAD	NL	501	70%	123			10	1	0	1	1.85	9	0	11	8	1	2	7	0	6	4	67%	102	11	11%	40	14	35%	332	48	14%	30	11	37%	9	7	78%	0
1967	34	LAD	NL	380	89%	91			17	5	0	1	1.46	4	0	6	3	1	1	3	0	5	4	80%	88	8	9%	37	16	43%	225	21	9%	17	6	35%	14	8	57%	0
1968	35	MIN	AL	435	85%	82			23	3	0	2	1.66	8	0	12	6	2	4	4	0	2	2	100%	87	7	8%	41	10	24%	295	32	11%	21	9	43%	15	7	47%	0
1969	36	MIN	AL	406	82%	95			3	0	0	0	2.47	3	0	12	3	0	3	0	0	4	3	75%	86	6	7%	42	16	38%	291	31	11%	29	17	59%	16	9	56%	0
1970	37	WSA	AL	104	91%	20			17	3	1	1	1.62	1	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		21	1	5%	9	1	11%	62	5	8%	4	2	50%	3	2	67%	0
14 Yrs				5529	83%	1206			133	31	3	18	1.58	104	2	138	96	8	42	62	0	69	44	64%	1115	76	7%	528	177	34%	3486	470	13%	317	149	47%	167	94	56%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			76%			10%			30%			14%			48%			52%

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
1957	24	35	79	69	6	10	2	0	2	6	0	0	10	20	.145	.253	.261	.514	34	18	0	0	0	0	2
1958	25	149	510	453	58	114	13	9	16	49	11	8	46	76	.252	.320	.426	.746	93	193	5	2	4	5	4
1959	26	267	971	850	97	206	27	16	26	87	18	13	98	145	.242	.321	.404	.725	87	343	12	5	9	9	15
1960	27	370	1311	1137	119	267	42	19	34	129	25	19	142	198	.235	.322	.395	.717	87	449	13	9	12	11	21
1961	28	498	1773	1531	178	366	58	25	52	188	31	23	198	260	.239	.328	.411	.740	92	630	14	13	14	17	29
1962	29	626	2230	1920	223	463	74	32	59	243	43	26	248	320	.241	.331	.405	.736	93	778	22	20	19	22	40
1963	30	761	2748	2390	273	574	87	39	68	292	50	32	284	370	.240	.323	.395	.718	93	943	31	23	21	29	43
1964	31	895	3223	2804	315	693	111	40	71	337	53	35	328	431	.247	.328	.391	.719	96	1097	38	27	28	35	52
1965	32	1031	3703	3241	357	795	121	40	79	394	54	41	362	482	.245	.323	.380	.704	93	1233	43	29	31	39	59
1966	33	1173	4204	3686	404	918	144	42	88	447	57	43	406	533	.249	.325	.383	.708	95	1410	54	32	35	43	72
1967	34	1289	4584	4020	441	1009	162	44	92	471	59	47	444	566	.251	.327	.382	.709	97	1535	62	34	39	45	84
1968	35	1424	5019	4400	472	1091	174	44	100	510	61	50	490	623	.248	.325	.376	.701	96	1653	69	36	41	50	93
1969	36	1539	5425	4761	505	1186	186	44	103	542	66	55	529	667	.249	.326	.372	.697	95	1769	75	36	44	53	105
1970	37	1585	5529	4847	512	1206	190	44	104	548	67	56	547	677	.249	.326	.371	.697	95	1796	76	36	44	53	110

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
1957	24	37	82	72	6	10	2	0	2	6	0	10	21	.139	.244	.250	.494	4	35
1958	25	120	450	402	53	107	11	9	14	43	11	37	59	.266	.327	.443	.770	59	114
1959	26	123	475	411	38	92	14	7	10	37	7	52	72	.224	.313	.365	.678	47	118
1960	27	108	353	299	23	63	15	3	8	43	7	45	55	.211	.320	.361	.681	34	103
1961	28	134	473	406	56	98	16	6	18	56	6	55	65	.241	.333	.443	.777	60	128
1962	29	128	461	392	47	100	16	7	7	58	12	52	60	.255	.349	.385	.734	52	128
1963	30	135	539	486	63	127	15	8	10	61	8	41	50	.261	.318	.387	.705	60	135
1964	31	134	493	427	50	132	27	1	3	53	3	49	61	.309	.381	.398	.779	65	134
1965	32	135	490	444	49	111	11	0	9	66	1	37	51	.250	.308	.336	.644	46	136
1966	33	142	518	458	55	136	25	2	10	62	3	49	51	.297	.366	.426	.792	71	142
1967	34	116	400	348	47	105	21	2	5	30	2	44	33	.302	.381	.417	.798	55	116
1968	35	135	451	390	38	92	13	0	9	47	2	52	57	.236	.325	.338	.664	43	135
1969	36	115	409	363	34	97	12	0	3	33	5	40	44	.267	.337	.325	.663	40	115
1970	37	46	106	87	8	21	4	0	1	7	1	19	10	.241	.377	.322	.699	11	46
14 Yrs		1608	5700	4985	567	1291	202	45	109	602	68	582	689	.259	.338	.383	.721	647	1585
162 Game Avg.		162	574	502	57	130	20	5	11	61	7	59	69	.259	.338	.383	.721	65	1585

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1958 1961-1 1961-2 * 1962-1 1962-2 * 1969 *	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1961 NL (19, 2%) 1965 NL (26, 2%) 1966 NL (13, 8%) 0.12 Career Shares (859th)	Gold Gloves 1961 NL (C) 1966 NL (C) All multiple winners	Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1964 NL 1.5 (6th)
Triples s c a p y 1958 NL 9 (7th) 1959 NL 7 (8th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1960 NL 4 (9th) 1962 NL 7 (8th)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1963 NL 7 (4th) 1964 NL 6 (7th) 1968 AL 5 (10th)	Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y 1959 NL 11 (6th) 1962 NL 11 (5th) 1966 NL 13 (5th) 1968 AL 9 (10th) 1969 AL 12 (6th) Career 110 (97th)
Caught Stealing s c a p y 1958 NL 8 (5th)	Power-Speed # s c a p y 1958 NL 12.3 (7th)	AB per SO s c a p y 1963 NL 9.4 (10th)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1961 NL 3.3 (8th)
Oldest s c a p y 1969 AL born 1933-05-13 (9th) 1970 AL born 1933-05-13 (3rd)

† 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 (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 2 (2156), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 77 (243), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 25 (511), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Most Similar by Ages

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Nick Hundley (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mickey Tettleton (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mickey Tettleton (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Steve Yeager (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Steve Yeager (958) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dan Wilson (951) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Randy Hundley (947) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Boone (943) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dan Wilson (944) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Johnny Edwards (952) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Boone (938) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Hegan (931) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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