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Pete Runnels

James Edward Runnels
born James Edward Runnells

Positions: First Baseman, Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 28, 1928 in Lufkin, TX
High School: Lufkin HS (Lufkin, TX) (All Transactions)
Debut: July 1, 1951
Teams (by GP): Senators/RedSox/Colt.45's 1951-1964

Final Game: May 14, 1964
Died: May 20, 1991 in Pasadena, TX
Buried: Forest Park East Cemetery, Webster, TX
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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
1951 23 WSH AL 78 307 273 31 76 12 2 0 25 0 3 31 24 .278 .354 .337 .691 89 92 5 1 2 6
1952 24 WSH AL 152 632 555 70 158 18 3 1 64 0 10 72 55 .285 .368 .333 .701 99 185 14 1 4 *6/4 MVP-23
1953 25 WSH AL 137 559 486 64 125 15 5 2 50 3 4 64 36 .257 .347 .321 .668 84 156 18 3 6 *64
1954 26 WSH AL 139 570 488 75 131 17 15 3 56 2 3 78 60 .268 .368 .383 .751 111 187 10 0 2 2 *64/7
1955 27 WSH AL 134 567 503 66 143 16 4 2 49 3 9 55 51 .284 .353 .344 .697 92 173 14 1 4 4 2 *4/6
1956 28 WSH AL 147 646 578 72 179 29 9 8 76 5 5 58 64 .310 .372 .433 .805 116 250 18 2 4 4 2 34/6 MVP-17
1957 29 WSH AL 134 536 473 53 109 18 4 2 35 2 3 55 51 .230 .310 .298 .608 69 141 7 2 1 5 5 354
1958 30 BOS AL 147 666 568 103 183 32 5 8 59 1 2 87 49 .322 .416 .438 .854 130 249 15 6 2 3 0 *43 MVP-10
1959 31 BOS AL 147 661 560 95 176 33 6 6 57 6 5 95 48 .314 .415 .427 .841 128 239 17 1 5 0 1 43/6 AS,MVP-26
1960 32 BOS AL 143 613 528 80 169 29 2 2 35 5 2 71 51 .320 .401 .394 .795 114 208 16 2 9 3 2 *43/5 AS,MVP-17
1961 33 BOS AL 143 414 360 49 114 20 3 3 38 5 1 46 32 .317 .396 .414 .810 117 149 12 3 2 3 2 *35/46
1962 34 BOS AL 152 650 562 80 183 33 5 10 60 3 4 79 57 .326 .408 .456 .863 130 256 5 3 0 6 11 *3 AS,MVP-18
1963 35 HOU NL 124 448 388 35 98 9 1 2 23 2 0 45 42 .253 .332 .296 .628 88 115 20 3 7 4 2 34/5
1964 36 HOU NL 22 60 51 3 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 8 7 .196 .305 .216 .521 54 11 3 0 1 0 1 3
14 Yrs 1799 7329 6373 876 1854 282 64 49 630 37 51 844 627 .291 .375 .378 .753 107 2411 174 28 49 34 28
162 Game Avg. 162 660 574 79 167 25 6 4 57 3 5 76 56 .291 .375 .378 .753 107 217 16 3 4
WSH (7 yrs) 921 3817 3356 431 921 125 42 18 355 15 37 413 341 .274 .354 .353 .707 95 1184 86 10 23 15 9
BOS (5 yrs) 732 3004 2578 407 825 147 21 29 249 20 14 378 237 .320 .408 .427 .835 125 1101 65 15 18 15 16
HOU (2 yrs) 146 508 439 38 108 10 1 2 26 2 0 53 49 .246 .329 .287 .616 84 126 23 3 8 4 3
AL (12 yrs) 1653 6821 5934 838 1746 272 63 47 604 35 51 791 578 .294 .378 .385 .763 108 2285 151 25 41 30 25
NL (2 yrs) 146 508 439 38 108 10 1 2 26 2 0 53 49 .246 .329 .287 .616 84 126 23 3 8 4 3

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
1951 23 WSH AL 78 307 -3 0 0 -9 5 -7 -0.7 8 1 0.1 .491 .496 1.0 -0.4 10 $ 6
1952 24 WSH AL 152 632 2 -0 0 -10 9 1 0.1 17 18 1.8 .500 .500 2.8 -0.0 28 $ *6/4 MVP-23
1953 25 WSH AL 137 559 -13 3 0 -1 8 -2 -0.2 15 13 1.3 .498 .499 1.3 0.7 14 $ *64
1954 26 WSH AL 139 570 10 1 0 -10 8 9 0.9 15 24 2.5 .507 .506 3.6 -0.3 35 $ *64/7
1955 27 WSH AL 134 567 -3 0 1 -9 5 -6 -0.6 15 9 0.9 .495 .496 1.8 -0.4 18 $ *4/6
1956 28 WSH AL 147 646 15 -1 -1 -3 -2 8 0.9 17 26 2.6 .506 .505 2.8 -0.4 29 $ 34/6 MVP-17
1957 29 WSH AL 134 536 -18 -1 2 -5 -3 -25 -2.8 14 -10 -1.4 .479 .483 -0.8 -0.9 -6 $ 354
1958 30 BOS AL 147 666 26 4 -1 4 1 34 3.5 18 52 5.3 .525 .523 4.9 0.6 48 $ *43 MVP-10
1959 31 BOS AL 147 661 26 2 1 5 1 34 3.3 18 52 5.1 .524 .522 4.7 0.5 47 $ 43/6 AS,MVP-26
1960 32 BOS AL 143 613 17 2 0 10 0 29 2.8 17 45 4.4 .521 .519 3.6 1.0 36 $ *43/5 AS,MVP-17
1961 33 BOS AL 143 414 8 2 -2 -0 -5 3 0.2 11 14 1.3 .502 .502 1.5 -0.7 15 $ *35/46
1962 34 BOS AL 152 650 24 -2 1 1 -9 15 1.4 18 33 3.1 .510 .510 3.2 -1.0 32 $ *3 AS,MVP-18
1963 35 HOU NL 124 448 -5 0 -1 -0 -3 -10 -1.1 15 5 0.4 .491 .493 0.4 -0.3 6 $ 34/5
1964 36 HOU NL 22 60 -2 0 -0 -1 -1 -4 -0.5 2 -2 -0.3 .478 .497 -0.2 -0.2 -1 $ 3
14 Seasons 1799 7329 83 9 1 -29 14 78 7.1 202 281 27.1 .504 .504 30.6 -1.8 310 $
WSH (7 yrs) 921 3817 -10 3 3 -47 30 -22 -2.5 103 80 7.8 .497 .498 12.5 -1.7 128 $
BOS (5 yrs) 732 3004 101 6 0 19 -12 115 11.2 82 197 19.2 .517 .515 17.9 0.4 178 $
HOU (2 yrs) 146 508 -7 0 -2 -1 -4 -14 -1.6 17 3 0.1 .489 .495 0.2 -0.5 4 $

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
1951 23 WSH AL 307 207 31 4.0 100 .305 .278 .265 .354 .346 .337 .389 .691 .735 89 .448 -3.3 -0.3 .590 .161 .059
1952 24 WSH AL 632 425 65 4.1 94 .315 .285 .257 .368 .336 .333 .375 .701 .710 99 .498 1.8 0.2 .589 .160 .049 .0
1953 25 WSH AL 559 389 53 3.7 100 .275 .257 .266 .347 .342 .321 .392 .668 .733 84 .410 -9.2 -0.9 .580 .193 .064 2.4
1954 26 WSH AL 570 374 68 4.9 95 .300 .268 .259 .368 .334 .383 .379 .751 .713 111 .562 8.9 0.9 .714 .273 .115 2.4
1955 27 WSH AL 567 391 60 4.1 99 .311 .284 .262 .353 .341 .344 .390 .697 .730 92 .451 -4.2 -0.4 .582 .157 .060 2.4
1956 28 WSH AL 646 430 91 5.7 103 .335 .310 .262 .372 .344 .433 .401 .805 .744 116 .575 13.8 1.3 .735 .223 .123 6.2
1957 29 WSH AL 536 380 46 3.3 98 .252 .230 .261 .310 .333 .298 .394 .608 .726 69 .369 -19.0 -1.9 .527 .182 .068 2.0
1958 30 BOS AL 666 407 107 7.0 103 .340 .322 .268 .416 .338 .438 .408 .854 .746 130 .711 29.1 2.9 .848 .268 .116 1.8
1959 31 BOS AL 661 411 102 6.7 102 .336 .314 .265 .415 .337 .427 .405 .841 .742 128 .682 27.0 2.7 .828 .284 .113 6.0
1960 32 BOS AL 613 389 86 6.0 104 .349 .320 .267 .401 .341 .394 .408 .795 .749 114 .627 14.2 1.4 .753 .214 .074 2.9
1961 33 BOS AL 414 264 60 6.1 105 .338 .317 .265 .396 .340 .414 .412 .810 .753 117 .619 10.8 1.0 .780 .236 .097 3.8
1962 34 BOS AL 650 394 110 7.5 105 .345 .326 .266 .408 .339 .456 .415 .863 .755 130 .714 28.0 2.8 .869 .269 .130 4.6
1963 35 HOU NL 448 321 38 3.2 84 .276 .253 .247 .332 .308 .296 .370 .628 .678 88 .408 -3.7 -0.4 .532 .165 .044 2.0
1964 36 HOU NL 60 45 3 1.8 89 .227 .196 .256 .305 .313 .216 .381 .521 .694 54 .181 -2.7 -0.3 .432 .176 .020
14 Yrs 7329 4827 920 5.1 99 .315 .291 .263 .375 .337 .378 .396 .753 .733 107 .567 91.5 9.0 .689 .218 .087 42.2
162 Game Avg. 660 435 83 5.1 99 .315 .291 .263 .375 .337 .378 .396 .753 .733 107 .567 8 1 .689 .218 .087 4
WSH (7 yrs) 3817 2596 414 4.3 98 .300 .274 .261 .354 .339 .353 .388 .707 .727 95 .483 -11.2 -1.2 .620 .195 .078 16.4
BOS (5 yrs) 3004 1865 465 6.7 104 .342 .320 .266 .408 .339 .427 .410 .835 .749 125 .677 109.1 10.8 .819 .256 .107 23.7
HOU (2 yrs) 508 366 41 3.0 85 .270 .246 .248 .329 .309 .287 .371 .616 .680 84 .381 -6.4 -0.7 .520 .166 .041 2.0
AL (12 yrs) 6821 4461 879 5.3 101 .318 .294 .264 .378 .339 .385 .398 .763 .736 108 .578 97.9 9.6 .703 .221 .091 40.1
NL (2 yrs) 508 366 41 3.0 85 .270 .246 .248 .329 .309 .287 .371 .616 .680 84 .381 -6.4 -0.7 .520 .166 .041 2.0

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
1959 BOS AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 BOS AL 31 as 1B 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 BOS AL 32 as 2B 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 BOS AL 32 as 2B 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 BOS AL 34 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000 4 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (5 GP) 10 7 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 .143 .400 .571 .971 4 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
1951 23 WSH AL 307 0.0% 7.8% 10.1% 4.6% 18% 0.77 11.4 10.9 0.77 81%
1952 24 WSH AL 632 0.2% 8.7% 11.4% 3.5% 14% 0.76 10.1 555.0 8.7 1.25 79%
1953 25 WSH AL 559 0.4% 6.4% 11.5% 3.9% 18% 0.56 13.5 243.0 9.7 0.99 80%
1954 26 WSH AL 570 0.5% 10.5% 13.7% 6.1% 27% 0.77 8.1 162.7 8.7 0.88 75%
1955 27 WSH AL 567 0.4% 9.0% 9.7% 3.9% 15% 0.93 9.9 251.5 10.3 1.14 80%
1956 28 WSH AL 646 1.2% 9.9% 9.0% 7.1% 26% 1.10 9.0 72.3 7.6 1.10 79%
1957 29 WSH AL 536 0.4% 9.5% 10.3% 4.5% 22% 0.93 9.3 236.5 13.5 0.89 79%
1958 30 BOS AL 666 1.2% 7.4% 13.1% 6.8% 25% 0.56 11.6 71.0 9.6 1.16 77%
1959 31 BOS AL 661 0.9% 7.3% 14.4% 6.8% 26% 0.51 11.7 93.3 9.8 1.56 77%
1960 32 BOS AL 613 0.3% 8.3% 11.6% 5.4% 20% 0.72 10.4 264.0 15.1 1.47 78%
1961 33 BOS AL 414 0.7% 7.7% 11.1% 6.3% 23% 0.70 11.3 120.0 9.5 1.29 79%
1962 34 BOS AL 650 1.5% 8.8% 12.2% 7.4% 26% 0.72 9.9 56.2 9.4 1.12 77%
1963 35 HOU NL 448 0.5% 9.4% 10.0% 2.7% 12% 0.93 9.2 194.0 16.9 1.43 78%
1964 36 HOU NL 60 0.0% 11.7% 13.3% 1.7% 10% 0.88 7.3 17.0 1.40 73%
14 Yrs 7329 0.7% 8.6% 11.5% 5.4% 21% 0.74 10.2 130.1 10.1 1.15 78%
MLB Averages 2.2% 12.8% 8.9% 6.5% 29% 1.44 7.0 39.6 8.4 1.01 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1951 23 WSH AL -3.3 -0.3 276 -0.5 4.5 -5.1 1.07 -0.9 0.4 -11.0 -1.1 0.94 -9.6 0.73 5
1952 24 WSH AL 1.8 0.2 644 0.2 11.9 -11.7 1.11 -0.0 0.2 2.8 0.3 1.00 2.0 0.84 3
1953 25 WSH AL -9.9 -1.0 574 -2.0 8.9 -10.9 1.07 -0.6 -1.3 -10.6 -1.1 1.03 -9.5 1.83 9
1954 26 WSH AL 9.6 1.0 577 2.1 12.5 -10.3 1.15 1.5 0.3 18.7 2.0 1.02 16.7 1.76 5
1955 27 WSH AL -4.9 -0.5 581 -2.3 8.3 -10.6 .98 -0.3 -2.0 -6.6 -0.7 0.94 -6.6 1.38 4
1956 28 WSH AL 13.8 1.3 662 1.6 12.4 -10.7 1.00 1.6 0.1 14.3 1.4 0.95 16.3 0.60 2
1957 29 WSH AL -19.0 -1.9 543 -0.3 8.4 -8.7 1.03 -1.1 0.8 -9.0 -0.9 0.92 -10.5 2.17 12
1958 30 BOS AL 29.1 2.9 670 2.5 12.5 -10.0 .97 3.3 -0.7 43.9 4.3 0.91 39.3 2.93 0
1959 31 BOS AL 27.0 2.7 680 2.7 12.7 -10.0 .98 3.3 -0.5 29.2 2.9 0.95 34.5 3.29 2
1960 32 BOS AL 14.2 1.4 628 1.6 11.1 -9.5 .97 2.0 -0.3 14.4 1.4 0.92 20.4 1.19 2
1961 33 BOS AL 10.3 1.0 427 -0.3 7.3 -7.6 1.03 0.4 -0.7 5.2 0.5 0.93 5.3 1.26 24
1962 34 BOS AL 28.0 2.8 665 3.5 13.0 -9.5 .98 3.2 0.4 43.0 4.1 0.92 34.2 1.67 1
1963 35 HOU NL -3.7 -0.4 454 -1.9 6.0 -7.9 1.05 -0.7 -1.1 -7.5 -0.8 0.95 -6.3 2.01 16
1964 36 HOU NL -2.8 -0.3 60 -0.2 0.9 -1.1 1.13 -0.3 0.1 -1.7 -0.2 0.97 -2.6 1.66 6
14 Yrs 90.3 8.9 7441 6.7 130.4 -123.7 1.03 11.3 -4.7 125.3 12.0 0.95 123.5 1.62 91

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
1951 23 WSH AL 2 0 29% 121 0 3 0% 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 52% 19 10 9 3 1 2 11 5 6
1952 24 WSH AL 11 0 30% 254 0 10 0% 0 8 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 4 58% 37 19 17 14 5 8 25 5 19
1953 25 WSH AL 2 0 33% 214 3 4 43% 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 7 51% 37 24 13 15 8 7 21 4 17
1954 26 WSH AL 9 0 35% 252 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 10 51% 45 28 17 7 4 3 22 4 18
1955 27 WSH AL 8 0 33% 227 3 9 25% 3 8 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 13 58% 51 25 26 6 0 5 17 4 12
1956 28 WSH AL 10 0 28% 290 5 5 50% 5 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 9 44% 35 18 15 11 6 4 9 4 5
1957 29 WSH AL 8 0 31% 236 2 3 40% 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 7 52% 32 20 12 10 5 5 18 1 14
1958 30 BOS AL 5 0 35% 337 1 2 33% 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 18 64% 50 20 29 12 5 7 24 5 19
1959 31 BOS AL 8 0 34% 373 6 5 55% 4 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 21 49% 48 26 21 12 7 5 28 11 17
1960 32 BOS AL 12 0 33% 339 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 19 41% 43 27 16 14 10 3 19 5 12
1961 33 BOS AL 3 0 29% 203 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 10 47% 30 20 10 9 5 4 14 3 11
1962 34 BOS AL 8 1 28% 354 3 4 43% 3 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 14 37% 51 35 15 8 5 3 12 4 8
1963 35 HOU NL 5 1 23% 176 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 33% 24 18 6 4 3 1 8 3 5
1964 36 HOU NL 2 0 17% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Yrs 93 2 31% 3397 37 51 42% 34 49 3 2 0 3 8 0 78 142 50% 504 291 207 125 64 57 228 58 163

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
1951 23 WSH AL 307 73% 76 5 0 0 0 0.73 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 50 5 10% 30 5 17% 181 25 14% 20 10 50% 11 2 18% 0
1952 24 WSH AL 632 62% 158 3 0 0 0 0.84 1 0 23 1 0 0 1 0 4 4 100% 133 14 11% 69 26 38% 444 68 15% 50 26 52% 28 16 57% 0
1953 25 WSH AL 559 77% 125 9 3 0 0 1.83 2 0 27 2 0 0 2 0 7 6 86% 157 18 11% 71 25 35% 436 48 11% 36 21 58% 31 15 48% 0
1954 26 WSH AL 570 72% 131 5 2 0 1 1.76 3 0 20 3 0 2 1 0 2 2 100% 134 10 7% 50 10 20% 404 53 13% 26 15 58% 14 8 57% 0
1955 27 WSH AL 567 75% 143 4 0 0 0 1.38 2 0 10 2 0 0 2 0 4 4 100% 131 14 11% 43 14 33% 363 47 13% 27 13 48% 15 8 53% 0
1956 28 WSH AL 646 73% 179 2 1 0 1 0.60 8 0 13 6 2 2 6 0 5 4 80% 171 18 11% 57 21 37% 425 70 16% 53 30 57% 28 15 54% 0
1957 29 WSH AL 536 83% 109 12 2 0 2 2.17 2 0 10 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 33% 105 7 7% 48 15 31% 291 34 12% 24 12 50% 12 8 67% 0
1958 30 BOS AL 666 84% 183 0 0 0 0 2.93 8 0 4 8 0 1 7 0 5 2 40% 133 15 11% 68 16 24% 322 52 16% 15 8 53% 24 15 63% 0
1959 31 BOS AL 661 82% 176 2 1 0 0 3.29 6 0 12 2 4 2 4 0 6 5 83% 142 17 12% 74 27 36% 386 51 13% 25 16 64% 25 14 56% 0
1960 32 BOS AL 613 80% 169 2 1 0 0 1.19 2 0 7 2 0 1 1 0 12 9 75% 131 16 12% 66 20 30% 326 35 11% 21 11 52% 19 13 68% 0
1961 33 BOS AL 414 78% 114 24 6 0 0 1.26 3 0 10 2 1 1 2 0 2 2 100% 83 12 14% 41 13 32% 243 38 16% 19 11 58% 22 13 59% 0
1962 34 BOS AL 650 76% 183 1 0 0 0 1.67 10 0 9 9 1 3 7 0 1 0 0% 102 5 5% 44 11 25% 346 54 16% 28 11 39% 15 10 67% 0
1963 35 HOU NL 448 83% 98 16 4 0 2 2.01 2 0 7 2 0 0 2 0 7 7 100% 105 20 19% 44 16 36% 275 23 8% 16 9 56% 25 15 60% 0
1964 36 HOU NL 60 75% 10 6 0 0 0 1.66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 16 3 19% 8 1 13% 38 4 11% 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 0
14 Yrs 7329 77% 1854 91 20 0 6 1.62 49 0 158 41 8 12 37 0 62 49 79% 1593 174 11% 713 220 31% 4480 602 13% 362 194 54% 271 153 56% 0
MLB Averages 50% 79% 11% 31% 14% 50% 54%

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
1951 23 78 307 273 31 76 12 2 0 25 0 3 31 24 .278 .354 .337 .691 89 92 5 1 2
1952 24 230 939 828 101 234 30 5 1 89 0 13 103 79 .283 .363 .335 .698 95 277 19 2 6
1953 25 367 1498 1314 165 359 45 10 3 139 3 17 167 115 .273 .357 .330 .687 91 433 37 5 12
1954 26 506 2068 1802 240 490 62 25 6 195 5 20 245 175 .272 .360 .344 .704 96 620 47 5 14 2
1955 27 640 2635 2305 306 633 78 29 8 244 8 29 300 226 .275 .359 .344 .703 95 793 61 6 18 6 2
1956 28 787 3281 2883 378 812 107 38 16 320 13 34 358 290 .282 .361 .362 .723 100 1043 79 8 22 10 4
1957 29 921 3817 3356 431 921 125 42 18 355 15 37 413 341 .274 .354 .353 .707 95 1184 86 10 23 15 9
1958 30 1068 4483 3924 534 1104 157 47 26 414 16 39 500 390 .281 .363 .365 .729 101 1433 101 16 25 18 9
1959 31 1215 5144 4484 629 1280 190 53 32 471 22 44 595 438 .285 .370 .373 .743 104 1672 118 17 30 18 10
1960 32 1358 5757 5012 709 1449 219 55 34 506 27 46 666 489 .289 .373 .375 .748 105 1880 134 19 39 21 12
1961 33 1501 6171 5372 758 1563 239 58 37 544 32 47 712 521 .291 .375 .378 .752 106 2029 146 22 41 24 14
1962 34 1653 6821 5934 838 1746 272 63 47 604 35 51 791 578 .294 .378 .385 .763 108 2285 151 25 41 30 25
1963 35 1777 7269 6322 873 1844 281 64 49 627 37 51 836 620 .292 .375 .380 .755 107 2400 171 28 48 34 27
1964 36 1799 7329 6373 876 1854 282 64 49 630 37 51 844 627 .291 .375 .378 .753 107 2411 174 28 49 34 28

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
1951 23 82 321 286 32 79 12 2 0 26 0 32 25 .276 .351 .332 .683 34 78
1952 24 159 673 589 80 174 20 3 1 73 0 79 57 .295 .380 .345 .724 77 152
1953 25 143 587 510 69 133 16 5 2 54 3 68 38 .261 .351 .324 .675 57 137
1954 26 145 610 519 87 146 19 17 3 65 2 87 63 .281 .383 .401 .784 80 139
1955 27 140 597 529 72 153 17 4 2 53 3 59 53 .289 .359 .348 .707 67 134
1956 28 154 673 603 74 186 30 9 8 78 5 60 67 .308 .371 .428 .799 96 147
1957 29 141 572 503 60 120 20 4 2 40 2 61 54 .239 .320 .306 .627 49 134
1958 30 154 696 594 108 192 34 5 8 62 1 91 51 .323 .416 .438 .854 108 147
1959 31 154 686 582 96 181 34 6 6 58 6 98 50 .311 .411 .421 .832 100 147
1960 32 150 642 554 83 176 30 2 2 36 5 74 54 .318 .398 .390 .788 86 143
1961 33 143 411 358 48 112 20 3 3 37 5 45 32 .313 .391 .411 .802 57 143
1962 34 152 644 558 77 179 32 5 10 58 3 77 57 .321 .402 .450 .852 101 152
1963 35 124 466 401 43 111 10 1 2 28 2 51 42 .277 .359 .322 .681 47 124
1964 36 22 62 52 4 11 1 0 0 4 0 9 7 .212 .328 .231 .559 4 22
14 Yrs 1863 7640 6638 933 1953 295 66 49 672 37 891 650 .294 .378 .381 .759 963 1799
162 Game Avg. 162 664 577 81 170 26 6 4 58 3 77 57 .294 .378 .381 .759 84 1799

* 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

All-Star Games
1959-1 *
1959-2 (1B)
1960-1 (2B)
1960-2 (2B)
1962-2 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1952 AL (23, 2%)
1956 AL (17, 7%)
1958 AL (10, 9%)
1959 AL (26, 1%)
1960 AL (17, 5%)
1962 AL (18, 3%)
0.27 Career Shares (641st)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1958 AL  5.3 (6th)
1959 AL  5.1 (9th)
1960 AL  4.4 (6th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1958 AL  5.3 (5th)
1959 AL  5.1 (7th)
1960 AL  4.4 (4th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1958 AL  4.9 (4th)
1959 AL  4.7 (7th)
1960 AL  3.6 (6th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1958 AL  .322 (2nd)
1959 AL  .314 (3rd)
1960 AL  .320 (1st)
1962 AL  .326 (1st)

On-Base% s c a p y
1958 AL  .416 (3rd)
1959 AL  .415 (2nd)
1960 AL  .401 (3rd)
1962 AL  .408 (4th)
Career  .375 (215th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1958 AL  .854 (9th)
1962 AL  .863 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
1952 AL  152 (4th)

At Bats s c a p y
1956 AL  578 (5th)
1958 AL  568 (6th)
1959 AL  560 (9th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1956 AL  646 (10th)
1958 AL  666 (4th)
1959 AL  661 (5th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1958 AL  103 (2nd)
1959 AL  95 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1956 AL  179 (6th)
1958 AL  183 (4th)
1959 AL  176 (3rd)
1960 AL  169 (4th)
1962 AL  183 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1956 AL  29 (4th)
1958 AL  32 (4th)
1959 AL  33 (4th)
1960 AL  29 (10th)
1962 AL  33 (8th)

Triples s c a p y
1954 AL  15 (2nd)
1956 AL  9 (7th)
1959 AL  6 (7th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1952 AL  72 (9th)
1954 AL  78 (10th)
1958 AL  87 (4th)
1959 AL  95 (2nd)
1960 AL  71 (9th)
Career  844 (210th)

Singles s c a p y
1952 AL  136 (2nd)
1955 AL  121 (8th)
1956 AL  133 (3rd)
1958 AL  138 (2nd)
1959 AL  131 (3rd)
1960 AL  136 (3rd)
1962 AL  135 (5th)
Career  1,459 (225th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1958 AL  130 (9th)
1962 AL  130 (8th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1958 AL  107 (5th)
1959 AL  102 (6th)
1962 AL  110 (6th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1958 AL  29 (9th)
1959 AL  27 (9th)
1962 AL  28 (8th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1958 AL  2.9 (9th)
1959 AL  2.7 (9th)
1962 AL  2.8 (8th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1958 AL  276 (2nd)
1959 AL  272 (2nd)
1960 AL  242 (4th)
1962 AL  265 (3rd)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1958 AL  .711 (6th)
1959 AL  .682 (6th)
1962 AL  .714 (3rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1958 AL  6 (7th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1960 AL  9 (9th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1962 AL  11 (3rd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1953 AL  18 (7th)
1956 AL  18 (7th)
1959 AL  17 (5th)
1963 NL  20 (3rd)
Career  174 (168th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1952 AL  10 (3rd)
1955 AL  9 (2nd)
1956 AL  5 (9th)
1959 AL  5 (9th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1958 AL  11.6 (8th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1956 AL  430 (7th)
1959 AL  411 (10th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1958 AL  43.89 (7th)
1962 AL  43.01 (4th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1962 AL  3.5 (10th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1958 AL  3.3 (7th)
1959 AL  3.3 (8th)
1962 AL  3.2 (7th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1958 AL  4.3 (7th)
1962 AL  4.1 (4th)

                           

† 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 - 64 (392), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 45 (428), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 25 (478), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Heinie Groh (930)
  2. Milt Stock (921)
  3. Ossie Bluege (917)
  4. Billy Goodman (900)
  5. Curt Flood (899)
  6. Mark Loretta (894)
  7. Larry Gardner (892)
  8. Mark McLemore (891)
  9. Jose Offerman (885)
  10. Willie Kamm (885)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Dick Groat (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Dick Groat (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Chick Galloway (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Chick Galloway (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Claude Ritchey (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Claude Ritchey (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Claude Ritchey (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jose Offerman (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jose Offerman (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Heinie Groh (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Heinie Groh (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Heinie Groh (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Heinie Groh (927)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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