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Goody Rosen

Goodwin George Rosen

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: August 28, 1912 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
High School: Parkdale Collegiate Institute (Toronto, ON)(All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1937 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Giants 1937-1946

Final Game: September 26, 1946 (Age 34)
Died: April 6, 1994 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Buried: Beth Tzedec Memorial Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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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
1937 24 BRO NL 22 83 77 10 24 5 1 0 6 2 6 6 .312 .361 .403 .764 106 31 0 0 0 O8/7
1938 25 BRO NL 138 541 473 75 133 17 11 4 51 0 65 43 .281 .368 .389 .757 106 184 5 0 3 *O987
1939 26 BRO NL 54 208 183 22 46 6 4 1 12 4 23 21 .251 .335 .344 .679 79 63 1 0 2 O8/97
1944 31 BRO NL 89 293 264 38 69 8 3 0 23 0 26 27 .261 .330 .314 .644 83 83 2 1 2 O8/97
1945 32 BRO NL 145 673 606 126 197 24 11 12 75 6 50 36 .325 .379 .460 .840 134 279 4 3 14 *8O MVP-10
1946 33 TOT NL 103 364 313 39 88 11 4 5 30 2 48 33 .281 .377 .390 .767 117 122 10 0 4 98/7
1946 33 BRO NL 3 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 88 1 0 0 0 /8O
1946 33 NYG NL 100 361 310 39 87 11 4 5 30 2 48 32 .281 .377 .390 .767 118 121 10 0 4 O98/7
6 Yrs 551 2162 1916 310 557 71 34 22 197 14 218 166 .291 .364 .398 .762 111 762 22 4 25
162 Game Avg. 162 636 563 91 164 21 10 6 58 4 64 49 .291 .364 .398 .762 111 224 6 1 7
BRO (6 yrs) 451 1801 1606 271 470 60 30 17 167 12 170 134 .293 .362 .399 .761 109 641 12 4 21
NYG (1 yr) 100 361 310 39 87 11 4 5 30 2 48 32 .281 .377 .390 .767 118 121 10 0 4

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
1937 24 BRO NL 22 83 1 -0 0 0 -0 0 0.0 3 3 0.3 .501 .500 0.3 -0.1 3 O8/7
1938 25 BRO NL 138 541 5 1 0 4 -4 6 0.4 18 23 2.3 .504 .504 2.0 -0.1 19 *O987
1939 26 BRO NL 54 208 -5 -0 0 0 -1 -6 -0.7 7 0 0.0 .488 .496 0.1 -0.1 0 O8/97
1944 31 BRO NL 89 293 -5 0 0 2 -1 -3 -0.4 9 6 0.5 .496 .498 0.3 0.1 4 O8/97
1945 32 BRO NL 145 673 27 -0 0 2 -1 27 2.9 20 47 4.8 .519 .517 4.6 0.2 45 *8O MVP-10
1946 33 BRO NL 3 3 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .497 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /8O
1946 33 NYG NL 100 361 8 -0 0 6 -3 11 1.2 14 24 2.6 .512 .508 1.9 0.3 19 O98/7
6 Seasons 551 2162 30 -0 0 14 -9 34 3.4 70 104 10.6 .507 .503 9.2 0.4 91
BRO (6 yrs) 451 1801 22 0 0 8 -7 23 2.2 57 80 7.9 .505 .502 7.3 0.1 72
NYG (1 yr) 100 361 8 -0 0 6 -3 11 1.2 14 24 2.6 .512 .508 1.9 0.3 19

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
1937 24 BRO NL 83 53 11 5.5 102 .338 .312 .281 .361 .343 .403 .399 .764 .742 106 .593 0.8 0.1 .736 .195 .091 .0
1938 25 BRO NL 541 348 68 5.2 101 .303 .281 .278 .368 .343 .389 .396 .757 .739 106 .579 4.8 0.5 .722 .245 .108 .0
1939 26 BRO NL 208 140 21 4.0 108 .280 .251 .286 .335 .353 .344 .409 .679 .762 79 .440 -5.6 -0.6 .652 .240 .093 1.6
1944 31 BRO NL 293 199 27 3.6 93 .291 .261 .266 .330 .333 .314 .373 .644 .706 83 .435 -5.4 -0.6 .558 .152 .053
1945 32 BRO NL 673 427 105 6.6 96 .332 .325 .272 .379 .342 .460 .375 .840 .717 134 .688 25.7 2.6 .818 .228 .135 8.0
1946 33 TOT NL 364 239 46 5.2 93 .302 .281 .263 .377 .338 .390 .368 .767 .706 117 .609 8.5 0.9 .732 .268 .109 2.9
1946 33 BRO NL 3 2 0 0.0 94 .500 .333 .264 .333 .339 .333 .369 .667 .709 88 .000 -0.1 -0.0 .500 .000 .000
1946 33 NYG NL 361 237 46 5.2 93 .300 .281 .262 .377 .338 .390 .368 .767 .706 118 .614 8.5 0.9 .734 .271 .110 2.9
6 Yrs 2162 1406 278 5.3 98 .310 .291 .273 .364 .341 .398 .383 .762 .724 111 .596 28.8 2.9 .723 .228 .107 17.1
162 Game Avg. 636 413 82 5.3 98 .310 .291 .273 .364 .341 .398 .383 .762 .724 111 .596 8 1 .723 .228 .107 5
BRO (6 yrs) 1801 1169 232 5.3 99 .311 .293 .275 .362 .342 .399 .386 .761 .728 109 .591 20.3 2.0 .720 .220 .106 14.1
NYG (1 yr) 361 237 46 5.2 93 .300 .281 .262 .377 .338 .390 .368 .767 .706 118 .613 8.5 0.9 .734 .271 .110 2.9

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
1945 BRO NL 32 DNP

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
1937 24 BRO NL 83 0.0% 7.2% 7.2% 7.2% 25% 1.00 12.8 12.8 86%
1938 25 BRO NL 541 0.7% 8.0% 12.0% 5.9% 24% 0.66 11.0 118.3 9.3 79%
1939 26 BRO NL 208 0.5% 10.1% 11.1% 5.3% 24% 0.91 8.7 183.0 15.3 77%
1944 31 BRO NL 293 0.0% 9.2% 8.9% 3.8% 16% 1.04 9.8 11.5 81%
1945 32 BRO NL 673 1.8% 5.4% 7.4% 7.0% 24% 0.72 16.8 50.5 8.1 0.79 83%
1946 33 TOT NL 364 1.4% 9.1% 13.2% 5.5% 23% 0.69 9.5 62.6 10.4 0.77 76%
1946 33 BRO NL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.0 0.00 67%
1946 33 NYG NL 361 1.4% 8.9% 13.3% 5.5% 23% 0.67 9.7 62.0 10.3 0.80 76%
6 Yrs 2162 1.0% 7.7% 10.1% 5.9% 23% 0.76 11.5 87.1 9.7 0.78 80%
MLB Averages 1.3% 9.1% 8.9% 6.2% 26% 1.02 9.8 68.1 8.4 0.95 79%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1937 24 BRO NL 0.8 0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1938 25 BRO NL 4.8 0.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1939 26 BRO NL -5.6 -0.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1944 31 BRO NL -5.4 -0.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 32 BRO NL 25.7 2.6 668 4.4 15.2 -10.9 1.11 2.9 1.0 38.1 3.8 1.01 33.4 1.33 3
1946 33 TOT NL 8.5 0.9 98 1.2 2.4 -1.2 1.07 0.7 0.4 12.0 1.2 0.94 9.4 2.43 8
1946 33 BRO NL -0.1 -0.0 3 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 2.64 -0.0 -0.0 -0.4 -0.0 1.14 -0.1 2.87 2
1946 33 NYG NL 8.5 0.9 95 1.3 2.3 -1.0 1.02 0.8 0.5 12.4 1.3 0.93 9.5 2.28 6
6 Yrs 28.8 2.9 766 5.6 17.6 -12.0 1.10 3.7 1.4 50.1 5.1 1.00 42.8 2.13 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 32 BRO NL 10 0 48% 305 6 6 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 0 4 2 1 11 46% 53 34 19 18 14 4 31 7 24
1946 33 TOT NL 0 0 26% 53 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 67% 10 5 5 1 1 0 7 0 7
1946 33 BRO NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1946 33 NYG NL 0 0 26% 52 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 71% 9 4 5 1 1 0 7 0 7
6 Yrs 10 0 38% 358 14 7 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 0 5 2 2 11 49% 63 39 24 19 15 4 38 7 31

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 32 BRO NL 673 79% 197 3 0 0 0 1.33 12 0 10 10 2 8 4 0 11 14 127% 190 4 2% 94 26 28% 422 64 15% 30 20 67% 21 11 52% 0
1946 33 TOT NL 364 64% 88 8 2 0 1 2.43 5 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 4 400% 22 10 45% 6 2 33% 56 10 18% 3 3 100% 4 2 50% 0
1946 33 BRO NL 3 100% 1 2 0 0 0 2.87 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1946 33 NYG NL 361 63% 87 6 2 0 1 2.28 5 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 4 400% 21 10 48% 6 2 33% 53 10 19% 3 3 100% 4 2 50% 0
6 Yrs 1037 77% 557 11 2 0 1 2.13 22 0 10 11 2 11 6 0 12 25 208% 212 22 10% 100 28 28% 478 74 15% 33 23 70% 25 13 52% 0
MLB Averages 49% 890% 108% 37% 14% 52% 56%

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
1937 24 22 83 77 10 24 5 1 0 6 2 6 6 .312 .361 .403 .764 106 31 0 0 0
1938 25 160 624 550 85 157 22 12 4 57 2 71 49 .285 .367 .391 .758 106 215 5 0 3
1939 26 214 832 733 107 203 28 16 5 69 6 94 70 .277 .359 .379 .738 99 278 6 0 5
1940 27 214 832 733 107 203 28 16 5 69 6 94 70 .277 .359 .379 .738 99 278 6 0 5
1941 28 214 832 733 107 203 28 16 5 69 6 94 70 .277 .359 .379 .738 99 278 6 0 5
1942 29 214 832 733 107 203 28 16 5 69 6 94 70 .277 .359 .379 .738 99 278 6 0 5
1943 30 214 832 733 107 203 28 16 5 69 6 94 70 .277 .359 .379 .738 99 278 6 0 5
1944 31 303 1125 997 145 272 36 19 5 92 6 120 97 .273 .352 .362 .714 95 361 8 1 7
1945 32 448 1798 1603 271 469 60 30 17 167 12 170 133 .293 .362 .399 .761 109 640 12 4 21
1946 33 551 2162 1916 310 557 71 34 22 197 14 218 166 .291 .364 .398 .762 111 762 22 4 25

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
1937 24 23 87 81 10 25 5 1 0 6 2 6 6 .309 .356 .395 .751 12 22
1938 25 146 570 499 77 139 18 11 4 53 0 68 46 .279 .365 .383 .748 70 138
1939 26 57 217 191 22 47 6 4 1 12 4 24 22 .246 .330 .335 .665 21 54
1944 31 92 307 276 42 74 9 3 0 25 0 28 28 .268 .338 .322 .660 30 89
1945 32 152 703 633 132 206 25 12 13 78 6 52 38 .325 .379 .464 .844 110 145
1946 33 108 390 333 45 98 12 4 6 35 2 53 34 .294 .391 .408 .800 53 103
6 Yrs 578 2274 2013 328 589 75 35 24 209 14 231 174 .293 .367 .400 .767 296 551
162 Game Avg. 162 637 564 92 165 21 10 7 59 4 65 49 .293 .367 .400 .767 83 551

* 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
1945--not played

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1945 NL (10, 17%)
0.17 Career Shares (801st)

Wins Above Replacements c a p y
1945 NL  4.8 (9th)

WAR Position Playerss c a p y
1945 NL  4.8 (7th)

Offensive WARs c a p y
1945 NL  4.6 (7th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1945 NL  .325 (3rd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1945 NL  .379 (10th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1945 NL  .460 (6th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1945 NL  .840 (6th)

At Bats s c a p y
1945 NL  606 (6th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1945 NL  673 (9th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1945 NL  126 (2nd)

Hits s c a p y
1945 NL  197 (2nd)

Total Bases s c a p y
1945 NL  279 (2nd)

Triples s c a p y
1938 NL  11 (6th)
1945 NL  11 (3rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1938 NL  65 (8th)

Singles s c a p y
1945 NL  150 (3rd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1945 NL  134 (6th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1945 NL  105 (4th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1945 NL  26 (7th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1945 NL  2.6 (7th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1945 NL  250 (7th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1945 NL  .688 (7th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1945 NL  14 (10th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)s c a p y
1945 NL  38.08 (4th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)s c a p y
1945 NL  4.4 (1st)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)s c a p y
1945 NL  2.9 (3rd)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)s c a p y
1945 NL  3.9 (4th)


Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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 InkBatting - 18 (1098), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1258), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1268), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Center Field (220th), 10.6 career WAR/10.6 7yr-peak WAR/10.6 JAWS
Average HOF CF (out of 18) = 70.5 career WAR/44.1 7yr-peak WAR/57.3 JAWS

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