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Johnny Sain

John Franklin Sain

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 25, 1917 in Havana, AR
High School: Havana HS (Havana, AR)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1936. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1942 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Braves/Yankees/Athletics 1942-1955

Final Game: July 15, 1955 (Age 37)
Died: November 7, 2006 in Downers Grove, IL
Buried: Havana Cemetery, Havana, AR
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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
1942 24 BSN NL 40 30 27 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .074 .107 .074 .181 -46 2 1 0 2 1
1943 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1944 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946 28 BSN NL 40 104 94 6 28 2 1 0 17 0 0 0 .298 .298 .340 .638 80 32 2 0 10 1 MVP-5
1947 29 BSN NL 40 118 107 13 37 7 0 0 18 0 3 1 .346 .364 .411 .775 107 44 2 0 8 1 AS,MVP-16
1948 30 BSN NL 43 132 115 11 25 3 1 0 16 0 1 3 .217 .224 .261 .485 31 30 4 0 16 1 AS,MVP-2
1949 31 BSN NL 39 102 97 10 20 3 0 0 3 0 2 2 .206 .222 .237 .459 26 23 2 0 3 1
1950 32 BSN NL 37 115 102 9 21 2 0 1 15 0 6 3 .206 .257 .255 .512 39 26 2 1 7 1 MVP-21
1951 33 TOT MLB 33 73 66 7 15 3 0 1 4 0 0 1 3 .227 .250 .318 .568 56 21 7 1 4 1
1951 33 BSN NL 26 59 52 4 11 2 0 1 4 0 0 1 3 .212 .241 .308 .548 51 16 6 1 4 1
1951 33 NYY AL 7 14 14 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .357 .643 76 5 1 0 0 /1
1952 34 NYY AL 47 75 71 4 19 4 1 1 14 0 0 3 5 .268 .297 .394 .692 96 28 1 0 1 1 MVP-29
1953 35 NYY AL 41 77 68 8 17 3 1 0 8 0 0 5 1 .250 .301 .324 .625 72 22 4 0 4 1 AS
1954 36 NYY AL 45 20 17 1 6 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 1 .353 .421 .412 .833 133 7 0 0 1 0 1
1955 37 TOT AL 28 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1955 37 NYY AL 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1955 37 KCA AL 25 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Yrs 433 856 774 69 190 28 4 3 101 0 0 24 20 .245 .270 .304 .574 58 235 25 2 56 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 320 290 26 71 10 1 1 38 0 9 7 .245 .270 .304 .574 58 88 9 1 21
BSN (7 yrs) 265 660 594 53 144 19 2 2 74 0 0 14 13 .242 .262 .291 .554 52 173 19 2 50
NYY (5 yrs) 143 188 172 16 46 9 2 1 27 0 0 10 7 .267 .308 .360 .668 86 62 6 0 6 0 0
KCA (1 yr) 25 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (5 yrs) 168 196 180 16 46 9 2 1 27 0 0 10 7 .256 .295 .344 .639 78 62 6 0 6 0 0
NL (7 yrs) 265 660 594 53 144 19 2 2 74 0 0 14 13 .242 .262 .291 .554 52 173 19 2 50

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
1942 24 BSN NL 40 30 -5 0 0 0 3 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -1 1
1946 28 BSN NL 40 104 -3 0 0 0 10 8 0.9 4 12 0.9 .522 .505 0.9 0.0 12 1 MVP-5
1947 29 BSN NL 40 118 1 0 0 0 13 14 1.4 5 19 1.4 .535 .509 1.4 0.0 19 1 AS,MVP-16
1948 30 BSN NL 43 132 -12 -1 -0 0 14 1 0.1 5 6 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 0.0 6 1 AS,MVP-2
1949 31 BSN NL 39 102 -10 -1 -0 0 11 0 0.0 4 4 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 4 1
1950 32 BSN NL 37 115 -9 -0 1 0 13 6 0.5 4 10 0.5 .515 .503 0.6 -0.0 10 $25,000 1 MVP-21
1951 33 BSN NL 26 59 -4 -1 -1 0 6 0 0.0 2 3 0.0 .502 .500 0.1 -0.0 3 1
1951 33 NYY AL 7 14 -0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 2 0.1 .516 .501 0.1 0.0 2 /1
1952 34 NYY AL 47 75 -1 0 0 0 8 8 0.9 2 11 0.9 .520 .506 0.9 0.0 11 1 MVP-29
1953 35 NYY AL 41 77 -3 0 -0 0 8 6 0.6 2 8 0.6 .514 .504 0.6 0.0 8 1 AS
1954 36 NYY AL 45 20 1 -0 0 0 2 3 0.3 1 4 0.3 .507 .502 0.3 -0.0 4 1
1955 37 NYY AL 3 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .494 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 /1
1955 37 KCA AL 25 8 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .494 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 1
11 Seasons 433 856 -45 -2 -0 0 92 44 4.5 31 76 4.5 .511 .503 4.6 -0.0 76 $25,000
BSN (7 yrs) 265 660 -39 -2 -1 0 70 28 2.8 25 53 2.8 .511 .503 2.8 -0.0 53 $25,000
NYY (5 yrs) 143 188 -4 1 1 0 21 18 1.9 6 24 1.9 .513 .504 1.9 -0.0 24
KCA (1 yr) 25 8 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .494 .499 -0.2 0.0 -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
1942 24 BSN NL 30 28 0 0.0 84 .077 .074 .253 .107 .324 .074 .351 .181 .675 -46 .000 -5.0 -0.6 .115 .037 .000
1946 28 BSN NL 104 78 10 3.4 94 .298 .298 .264 .298 .339 .340 .369 .638 .709 80 .426 -3.2 -0.3 .471 .043 .043
1947 29 BSN NL 118 80 16 5.3 104 .349 .346 .272 .364 .347 .411 .403 .775 .749 107 .562 1.0 0.1 .653 .093 .065
1948 30 BSN NL 132 110 7 1.7 101 .223 .217 .268 .224 .342 .261 .396 .485 .738 31 .145 -11.5 -1.2 .330 .052 .043
1949 31 BSN NL 102 82 5 1.6 100 .211 .206 .264 .222 .337 .237 .396 .459 .733 26 .131 -10.1 -1.0 .316 .052 .031
1950 32 BSN NL 115 90 7 2.1 103 .204 .206 .262 .257 .338 .255 .407 .512 .745 39 .182 -9.0 -0.9 .398 .108 .049 .0
1951 33 TOT MLB 73 62 5 2.2 97 .226 .227 .260 .250 .334 .318 .391 .568 .725 56 .207 -4.1 -0.4 .397 .106 .091 .0
1951 33 BSN NL 59 51 4 2.1 97 .208 .212 .259 .241 .332 .308 .392 .548 .724 51 .199 -3.6 -0.4 .383 .115 .096 .0
1951 33 NYY AL 14 11 1 2.4 99 .286 .286 .263 .286 .343 .357 .385 .643 .728 76 .245 -0.5 -0.1 .455 .071 .071
1952 34 NYY AL 75 54 8 4.0 91 .277 .268 .253 .297 .332 .394 .369 .692 .701 96 .483 -0.7 -0.1 .585 .169 .127 .0
1953 35 NYY AL 77 59 7 3.2 99 .254 .250 .265 .301 .340 .324 .390 .625 .730 72 .351 -2.8 -0.3 .491 .147 .074
1954 36 NYY AL 20 12 3 6.7 96 .375 .353 .262 .421 .337 .412 .383 .833 .720 133 .697 0.9 0.1 .818 .176 .059
1955 37 TOT AL 10 10 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .266 .000 .346 .000 .396 .000 .742 -100 .000 -2.9 -0.3 .000 .000 .000
1955 37 NYY AL 2 2 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .265 .000 .344 .000 .395 .000 .740 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1955 37 KCA AL 8 8 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .266 .000 .346 .000 .397 .000 .743 -100 .000 -2.3 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
11 Yrs 856 665 68 2.7 99 .249 .245 .264 .270 .339 .304 .390 .574 .729 58 .292 -47.3 -4.8 .429 .089 .058 .0
162 Game Avg. 320 249 25 2.7 99 .249 .245 .264 .270 .339 .304 .390 .574 .729 58 .292 -47.3 -4.8 .429 .089 .058
BSN (7 yrs) 660 519 49 2.5 99 .245 .242 .265 .262 .339 .291 .392 .554 .732 52 .260 -41.3 -4.2 .403 .072 .049 .0
NYY (5 yrs) 188 138 19 3.7 96 .274 .267 .260 .308 .337 .360 .380 .668 .717 86 .430 -3.7 -0.4 .545 .151 .093 .0
KCA (1 yr) 8 8 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .266 .000 .346 .000 .397 .000 .743 -100 -2.3 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
AL (5 yrs) 196 146 19 3.5 96 .262 .256 .260 .295 .337 .344 .381 .639 .718 78 .404 -6.0 -0.6 .514 .144 .089 .0
NL (7 yrs) 660 519 49 2.5 99 .245 .242 .265 .262 .339 .291 .392 .554 .732 52 .260 -41.3 -4.2 .403 .072 .049 .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
1948 30 BSN NL WS CLE L 2 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 1 0 0
1951 33 NYY AL WS NYG W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 34 NYY AL WS BRO W 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 35 NYY AL WS BRO W 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 2 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs (4 Series) 7 12 11 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .182 .182 .273 .455 3 0 0 1 0 0
4 WS 7 12 11 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .182 .182 .273 .455 3 0 0 1 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
1947 BSN NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 BSN NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 NYY AL 35 DNP
3 Yrs (2 GP) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
1942 24 BSN NL 30 0.0% 3.3% 3.3% 0.0% 0% 1.00 27.0 27.0 87%
1946 28 BSN NL 104 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.9% 11% 5.5 3.30 90%
1947 29 BSN NL 118 0.0% 0.9% 2.5% 5.9% 19% 0.33 107.0 5.9 1.93 90%
1948 30 BSN NL 132 0.0% 2.3% 0.8% 3.0% 16% 3.00 38.3 7.2 1.48 85%
1949 31 BSN NL 102 0.0% 2.0% 2.0% 2.9% 15% 1.00 48.5 32.3 1.24 93%
1950 32 BSN NL 115 0.9% 2.6% 5.2% 2.6% 14% 0.50 34.0 102.0 6.8 1.25 85%
1951 33 TOT MLB 73 1.4% 4.1% 1.4% 5.5% 27% 3.00 22.0 66.0 16.5 2.05 85%
1951 33 BSN NL 59 1.7% 5.1% 1.7% 5.1% 27% 3.00 17.3 52.0 13.0 1.76 81%
1951 33 NYY AL 14 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 7.1% 25% 4.50 100%
1952 34 NYY AL 75 1.3% 6.7% 4.0% 8.0% 32% 1.67 14.2 71.0 5.1 2.08 87%
1953 35 NYY AL 77 0.0% 1.3% 6.5% 5.2% 24% 0.20 68.0 8.5 1.40 87%
1954 36 NYY AL 20 0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 5.0% 17% 0.50 17.0 3.4 1.75 80%
1955 37 TOT AL 10 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.00 100%
1955 37 NYY AL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.00 100%
1955 37 KCA AL 8 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.00 100%
11 Yrs 856 0.4% 2.3% 2.8% 4.1% 18% 0.83 38.7 258.0 7.7 1.63 88%
MLB Averages 1.6% 9.8% 9.4% 6.2% 27% 1.04 9.1 53.9 8.4 0.97 77%

Win Probability*

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1942 24 BSN NL -5.0 -0.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 28 BSN NL -3.2 -0.3 53 -0.7 0.4 -1.1 1.11 -0.6 -0.0 -5.9 -0.6 0.96 -6.0 0.24 2
1947 29 BSN NL 1.0 0.1 71 0.3 1.2 -0.9 .85 0.2 0.2 5.9 0.6 1.00 2.4 0
1948 30 BSN NL -11.5 -1.2 88 -0.6 0.8 -1.5 .90 -0.6 -0.1 -4.9 -0.5 1.04 -6.0 1.27 1
1949 31 BSN NL -10.1 -1.0 90 -0.5 1.2 -1.7 .95 -0.6 0.2 -7.1 -0.7 0.92 -7.6 0.80 2
1950 32 BSN NL -9.0 -0.9 95 -0.5 1.3 -1.8 1.11 -0.7 0.3 -7.1 -0.7 1.04 -7.5 0
1951 33 TOT MLB -4.1 -0.4 74 -0.4 1.1 -1.5 1.04 -0.4 0.0 -5.7 -0.6 0.97 -5.3 0
1951 33 BSN NL -3.6 -0.4 59 -0.3 0.9 -1.3 1.06 -0.3 0.0 -4.3 -0.4 0.99 -4.4 0
1951 33 NYY AL -0.5 -0.1 15 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 .95 -0.1 -0.0 -1.4 -0.1 0.90 -0.9 0
1952 34 NYY AL -0.7 -0.1 66 0.6 1.9 -1.3 1.29 0.1 0.4 4.0 0.4 1.06 1.4 1.77 10
1953 35 NYY AL -2.8 -0.3 66 0.1 1.3 -1.3 1.15 0.1 0.0 -0.5 -0.0 0.96 0.1 3.33 1
1954 36 NYY AL 0.9 0.1 19 0.2 0.6 -0.4 1.54 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.1 1.12 0.4 0
1955 37 TOT AL -2.9 -0.3 10 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 1.45 -0.2 -0.0 -2.2 -0.2 0.85 -2.6 0
1955 37 NYY AL -0.6 -0.1 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 1.05 -0.0 0.0 -0.4 -0.0 1.00 -0.4 0
1955 37 KCA AL -2.3 -0.2 8 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 1.55 -0.2 -0.0 -1.8 -0.2 0.81 -2.2 0
11 Yrs -47.3 -4.8 632 -1.9 9.9 -11.8 1.06 -2.9 1.1 -22.9 -2.4 1.00 -30.7 1.52 16

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
1946 28 BSN NL 1 0 21% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60% 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 2 2
1947 29 BSN NL 2 0 33% 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 3
1948 30 BSN NL 1 0 42% 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 18% 8 8 0 1 0 0 2 0 2
1949 31 BSN NL 5 0 46% 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 18% 6 6 0 0 0 0 5 2 2
1950 32 BSN NL 1 0 30% 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18% 9 7 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
1951 33 TOT MLB 1 1 38% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 13% 6 5 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
1951 33 BSN NL 1 1 25% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0% 4 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1951 33 NYY AL 0 0 75% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1952 34 NYY AL 3 0 14% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 75% 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1
1953 35 NYY AL 1 0 36% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60% 5 3 2 2 1 1 3 0 3
1954 36 NYY AL 0 0 13% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 37 TOT AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 37 NYY AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 37 KCA AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Yrs 15 1 31% 227 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 3 5 32% 41 34 6 7 4 2 21 6 14

Situational Batting*

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
1946 28 BSN NL 104 36% 28 2 1 0 0 0.24 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 250% 9 2 22% 13 6 46% 34 3 9% 3 2 67% 1 1 100% 0
1947 29 BSN NL 118 44% 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 100% 19 2 11% 14 4 29% 54 12 22% 4 4 100% 0 0 0
1948 30 BSN NL 132 34% 25 1 0 0 0 1.27 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 13 16 123% 23 4 17% 22 8 36% 69 12 17% 5 4 80% 2 2 100% 0
1949 31 BSN NL 102 49% 20 2 1 0 0 0.80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 150% 16 2 13% 15 2 13% 46 2 4% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1950 32 BSN NL 115 30% 21 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 9 7 78% 26 2 8% 26 9 35% 74 9 12% 9 6 67% 6 5 83% 0
1951 33 TOT MLB 73 36% 15 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4 4 100% 17 7 41% 17 3 18% 44 5 11% 1 1 100% 3 2 67% 0
1951 33 BSN NL 59 32% 11 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4 4 100% 14 6 43% 14 3 21% 41 5 12% 1 1 100% 3 2 67% 0
1951 33 NYY AL 14 50% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 3 0 0% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1952 34 NYY AL 75 51% 19 10 3 0 1 1.77 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 100% 13 1 8% 7 3 43% 54 12 22% 3 2 67% 2 2 100% 0
1953 35 NYY AL 77 52% 17 1 1 0 0 3.33 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 15 4 27% 13 4 31% 38 8 21% 2 2 100% 2 2 100% 0
1954 36 NYY AL 20 26% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 0 0% 5 2 40% 17 4 24% 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 0
1955 37 TOT AL 10 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1955 37 NYY AL 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1955 37 KCA AL 8 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
11 Yrs 826 41% 190 16 6 0 1 1.52 3 0 19 1 2 2 1 0 46 56 122% 143 25 17% 133 42 32% 432 67 16% 31 22 71% 18 15 83% 0
MLB Averages 50% 142% 17% 33% 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
1942 24 40 30 27 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .074 .107 .074 .181 -46 2 1 0 2
1943 25 40 30 27 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .074 .107 .074 .181 -46 2 1 0 2
1944 26 40 30 27 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .074 .107 .074 .181 -46 2 1 0 2
1945 27 40 30 27 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .074 .107 .074 .181 -46 2 1 0 2
1946 28 80 134 121 6 30 2 1 0 18 0 1 1 .248 .254 .281 .535 53 34 3 0 12
1947 29 120 252 228 19 67 9 1 0 36 0 4 2 .294 .306 .342 .648 79 78 5 0 20
1948 30 163 384 343 30 92 12 2 0 52 0 5 5 .268 .279 .315 .594 63 108 9 0 36
1949 31 202 486 440 40 112 15 2 0 55 0 7 7 .255 .266 .298 .564 55 131 11 0 39
1950 32 239 601 542 49 133 17 2 1 70 0 13 10 .245 .264 .290 .554 52 157 13 1 46
1951 33 272 674 608 56 148 20 2 2 74 0 0 14 13 .243 .263 .293 .556 52 178 20 2 50
1952 34 319 749 679 60 167 24 3 3 88 0 0 17 18 .246 .266 .303 .570 57 206 21 2 51
1953 35 360 826 747 68 184 27 4 3 96 0 0 22 19 .246 .270 .305 .575 58 228 25 2 55
1954 36 405 846 764 69 190 28 4 3 101 0 0 24 20 .249 .273 .308 .581 60 235 25 2 56 0
1955 37 433 856 774 69 190 28 4 3 101 0 0 24 20 .245 .270 .304 .574 58 235 25 2 56 0 0

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
1942 24 42 32 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .033 .000 .033 0 40
1946 28 42 111 101 7 32 2 1 0 21 0 0 0 .317 .317 .356 .673 11 40
1947 29 42 123 112 14 39 7 0 0 19 0 3 1 .348 .365 .411 .776 17 40
1948 30 45 139 121 12 27 3 1 0 17 0 1 3 .223 .230 .264 .494 7 43
1949 31 40 106 101 10 21 3 0 0 3 0 2 2 .208 .223 .238 .461 5 39
1950 32 39 123 108 10 23 2 0 1 17 0 7 3 .213 .267 .259 .527 7 37
1951 33 34 75 69 7 16 3 0 1 4 0 1 3 .232 .254 .319 .572 5 33
1952 34 49 79 75 5 21 4 1 1 16 0 3 5 .280 .308 .400 .708 9 47
1953 35 43 80 71 9 18 3 1 0 9 0 5 1 .254 .303 .324 .627 7 41
1954 36 47 20 17 1 6 1 0 0 5 0 2 1 .353 .421 .412 .833 3 45
1955 37 29 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 28
11 Yrs 452 898 814 75 203 28 4 3 111 0 25 20 .249 .273 .305 .578 71 433
162 Game Avg. 162 322 292 27 73 10 1 1 40 0 9 7 .249 .273 .305 .578 25 433



* - Disclaimer & Completeness Note

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1945 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) 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 ( 0.6%)
1964 BBWAA ( 1.5%)
1968 BBWAA ( 2.5%)
1969 BBWAA ( 2.4%)
1970 BBWAA ( 3.0%)
1971 BBWAA ( 3.1%)
1972 BBWAA ( 5.3%)
1973 BBWAA (12.4%)
1974 BBWAA (14.0%)
1975 BBWAA (34.0%)

All-Star Games
1947 *
1948 *
1953

Awards (yr lg award)
1948 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1946 NL (5, 28%)
1947 NL (16, 6%)
1948 NL (2, 66%)
1950 NL (21, 4%)
1952 AL (29, 1%)
1.05 Career Shares (234th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1946 NL  7.9 (2nd)
1948 NL  8.5 (3rd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1948 NL  16 (1st)

                           

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  3. Murry Dickson (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Murry Dickson (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Dolf Luque (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Vern Kennedy (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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