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Jack Sanford

John Stanley Sanford

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: May 18, 1929 in Wellesley Hills, MA
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1956
Teams (by GP): Giants/Phillies/Angels/Athletics 1956-1967

Final Game: August 6, 1967
Died: March 7, 2000 in Beckley, WV
Cremated
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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
1948	19	PHI-min	D	55	91	91		19	3	1	3						.209	.209	.363	.571		33							DOV,BDF · ESHL,PONY
1949	20	PHI-min	D	35	84	84		26	6	1	1						.310	.310	.440	.750		37							AMR · GAFL
1950	21	PHI-min	B	27	58	58		8	4	0	0						.138	.138	.207	.345		12							WMT · ISLG
1951	22	PHI-min	A	33	78	78		20	5	0	1						.256	.256	.359	.615		28							SDY · EL
1952	23	PHI-min	A	45	96	96		20	3	1	0						.208	.208	.260	.469		25							SDY · EL
1953	24	PHI-min	AAA	33	77	68	9	20	4	1	0	5	0		4	15	.294	.351	.382	.734		26		2	3				BLT · IL
1954	25	PHI-min	AAA	29	60	54	5	13	1	0	0	1	0		4	9	.241	.293	.259	.552		14		0	2	0			SYR · IL
1955		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1956	27	PHI	NL	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	82	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1957	28	PHI	NL	33	93	89	3	15	4	0	0	6	0	0	0	30	.169	.169	.213	.382	3	19	2	0	4	0	0	1	AS,MVP-10,RoY-1
1958	29	PHI	NL	38	67	59	3	10	4	0	0	2	0	0	5	17	.169	.234	.237	.472	26	14	1	0	3	0	0	1
1959	30	SFG	NL	36	85	72	6	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	6	31	.111	.200	.111	.311	-13	8	1	2	5	0	0	1
1960	31	SFG	NL	37	85	74	8	13	1	0	0	5	0	0	5	26	.176	.228	.189	.417	19	14	0	0	5	0	0	1
1961	32	SFG	NL	39	85	74	13	16	2	0	3	6	0	0	5	22	.216	.263	.365	.627	68	27	2	0	5	1	0	1
1962	33	SFG	NL	39	108	98	5	15	3	0	0	4	0	0	4	34	.153	.183	.184	.366	-1	18	4	0	4	2	0	1	CYA-2,MVP-7
1963	34	SFG	NL	45	114	94	9	13	2	1	0	5	0	1	11	35	.138	.226	.181	.407	20	17	3	0	7	1	0	1
1964	35	SFG	NL	19	36	30	3	4	1	0	0	4	0	0	3	12	.133	.212	.167	.379	8	5	0	0	3	0	0	1
1965	36	TOT	MLB	32	36	32	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.125	.176	.125	.301	-14	4	0	0	2	0	0	1
1965	36	SFG	NL	23	28	25	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.120	.185	.120	.305	-13	3	0	0	1	0	0	1
1965	36	CAL	AL	9	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	-17	1	0	0	1	0	0	/1
1966	37	CAL	AL	50	26	22	1	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	12	.136	.200	.227	.427	24	5	0	0	1	1	0	1	MVP-21
1967	38	TOT	AL	22	22	18	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	11	.167	.250	.278	.528	59	5	0	0	2	0	0	1
1967	38	CAL	AL	12	18	15	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	9	.200	.250	.333	.583	75	5	0	0	2	0	0	1
1967	38	KCA	AL	10	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	-19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
12 Yrs				393	760	665	51	105	19	2	3	37	0	1	45	240	.158	.212	.206	.418	16	137	13	2	41	5	0
162 Game Avg.				162	313	274	21	43	8	1	1	15	0	0	19	99	.158	.212	.206	.418	16	56	5	1	17	2	0

SFG (7 yrs)				238	541	467	44	72	9	1	3	27	0	1	36	167	.154	.216	.197	.413	15	92	10	2	30	4	0
PHI (3 yrs)				74	163	151	6	26	8	0	0	8	0	0	5	48	.172	.199	.225	.424	14	34	3	0	7	0	0
CAL (3 yrs)				71	52	44	1	7	2	1	0	2	0	0	3	23	.159	.208	.250	.458	35	11	0	0	4	1	0
KCA (1 yr)				10	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	-19	0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (10 yrs)				312	704	618	50	98	17	1	3	35	0	1	41	215	.159	.212	.204	.416	15	126	13	2	37	4	0
AL (3 yrs)				81	56	47	1	7	2	1	0	2	0	0	4	25	.149	.212	.234	.446	31	11	0	0	4	1	0

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
1956	27	PHI	NL	3	3	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.507	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1957	28	PHI	NL	33	93	-11	-0	-0	0	10	-2	-0.2	3	2	-0.2	.495	.499	-0.2	-0.0	1	$	1	AS,MVP-10,RoY-1
1958	29	PHI	NL	38	67	-7	0	-0	0	7	0	0.0	2	3	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	-0.0	3	$	1
1959	30	SFG	NL	36	85	-11	-1	0	0	10	-2	-0.2	3	1	-0.2	.493	.499	-0.2	0.0	1	$	1
1960	31	SFG	NL	37	85	-9	0	0	0	9	2	0.2	3	5	0.2	.505	.501	0.2	0.0	5	$	1
1961	32	SFG	NL	39	85	-2	-1	-0	0	10	7	0.7	3	10	0.7	.518	.504	0.7	0.0	10	$	1
1962	33	SFG	NL	39	108	-14	-0	-1	0	13	-3	-0.3	4	1	-0.3	.493	.498	-0.3	0.0	1	$	1	CYA-2,MVP-7
1963	34	SFG	NL	45	114	-9	-1	-0	0	13	3	0.4	4	7	0.4	.508	.502	0.4	0.0	7	$	1
1964	35	SFG	NL	19	36	-4	0	0	0	4	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.505	.501	0.1	0.0	2	$38,000	1
1965	36	SFG	NL	23	28	-4	-0	0	0	3	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.495	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0	$30,000	1
1965	36	CAL	AL	9	8	-0	-0	0	0	1	0	0.1	0	1	0.1	.505	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	/1
1966	37	CAL	AL	50	26	-2	-0	0	0	3	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	-0.1	1	$25,000	1	MVP-21
1967	38	CAL	AL	12	18	-1	0	0	0	2	1	0.2	0	2	0.2	.514	.501	0.2	-0.0	2	$30,000	1
1967	38	KCA	AL	10	4	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	1
12 Seasons				393	760	-75	-3	-1	0	86	8	0.8	25	33	0.9	.502	.500	0.9	-0.0	33	$123,000

SFG (7 yrs)				238	541	-53	-2	-1	0	62	7	0.7	18	25	0.8	.503	.501	0.8	0.1	25	$68,000
PHI (3 yrs)				74	163	-18	-0	-1	0	18	-1	-0.2	5	4	-0.2	.498	.500	-0.2	-0.0	4	$
CAL (3 yrs)				71	52	-3	-0	0	0	6	2	0.2	1	4	0.3	.503	.501	0.3	-0.1	3	$55,000
KCA (1 yr)				10	4	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$

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
1956	27	PHI	NL	3	2	0	0.0	101	.500	.333	.262	.333	.328	.333	.413	.667	.742	82	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.000	.000
1957	28	PHI	NL	93	80	3	1.0	100	.254	.169	.265	.169	.328	.213	.410	.382	.738	3	.059	-12.0	-1.2	.250	.045	.045
1958	29	PHI	NL	67	53	4	2.0	105	.238	.169	.269	.234	.336	.237	.419	.472	.756	26	.179	-6.2	-0.6	.380	.153	.068
1959	30	SFG	NL	85	70	2	0.8	102	.195	.111	.267	.200	.332	.111	.413	.311	.745	-13	.036	-11.7	-1.2	.246	.083	.000
1960	31	SFG	NL	85	66	4	1.6	94	.271	.176	.256	.228	.321	.189	.393	.417	.714	19	.141	-8.1	-0.8	.311	.081	.014
1961	32	SFG	NL	85	66	7	2.8	102	.260	.216	.265	.263	.331	.365	.413	.627	.744	68	.286	-3.6	-0.4	.533	.216	.149	.0
1962	33	SFG	NL	108	93	3	0.9	102	.227	.153	.269	.183	.336	.184	.408	.366	.744	-1	.045	-13.9	-1.4	.253	.071	.031
1963	34	SFG	NL	114	93	4	1.2	89	.217	.138	.253	.226	.315	.181	.378	.407	.693	20	.098	-9.6	-1.0	.318	.149	.043
1964	35	SFG	NL	36	29	1	0.9	95	.222	.133	.266	.212	.324	.167	.394	.379	.718	8	.062	-3.7	-0.4	.308	.133	.033
1965	36	TOT	MLB	36	30	1	0.9	95	.174	.125	.258	.176	.324	.125	.392	.301	.715	-14	.058	-4.9	-0.5	.214	.063	.000
1965	36	SFG	NL	28	23	1	1.2	96	.167	.120	.262	.185	.326	.120	.395	.305	.721	-13	.090	-3.8	-0.4	.227	.080	.000
1965	36	CAL	AL	8	7	0	0.0	89	.200	.143	.247	.143	.317	.143	.379	.286	.696	-17	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.167	.000	.000
1966	37	CAL	AL	26	21	1	1.3	87	.273	.136	.245	.200	.311	.227	.378	.427	.689	24	.115	-2.0	-0.2	.368	.182	.091
1967	38	TOT	AL	22	17	1	1.6	81	.429	.167	.238	.250	.307	.278	.357	.528	.664	59	.173	-1.0	-0.1	.467	.222	.111
1967	38	CAL	AL	18	14	1	1.9	80	.500	.200	.238	.250	.306	.333	.357	.583	.663	75	.230	-0.6	-0.1	.500	.200	.133
1967	38	KCA	AL	4	3	0	0.0	83	.000	.000	.241	.250	.310	.000	.362	.250	.672	-19	.000	-0.4	-0.1	.333	.333	.000
12 Yrs				760	620	31	1.3	98	.239	.158	.262	.212	.326	.206	.401	.418	.727	16	.102	-76.8	-7.9	.319	.114	.048	.0
162 Game Avg.				313	256	13	1.3	98	.239	.158	.262	.212	.326	.206	.401	.418	.727	16	.102	-76.8	-7.9	.319	.114	.048

SFG (7 yrs)				541	440	22	1.3	97	.229	.154	.262	.216	.327	.197	.400	.413	.726	15	.103	-54.4	-5.6	.318	.118	.043	.0
PHI (3 yrs)				163	135	7	1.4	102	.252	.172	.266	.199	.331	.225	.414	.424	.745	14	.100	-18.3	-1.8	.305	.086	.053
CAL (3 yrs)				52	42	2	1.3	85	.318	.159	.243	.208	.310	.250	.371	.458	.681	35	.117	-3.7	-0.4	.378	.159	.091
KCA (1 yr)				4	3	0	0.0	83	.000	.000	.241	.250	.310	.000	.362	.250	.672	-19	.000	-0.4	-0.1	.333	.333	.000

NL (10 yrs)				704	575	29	1.4	99	.235	.159	.263	.212	.328	.204	.403	.416	.731	15	.103	-72.7	-7.4	.315	.110	.045	.0
AL (3 yrs)				56	45	2	1.2	85	.304	.149	.243	.212	.310	.234	.370	.446	.680	31	.105	-4.1	-0.4	.375	.170	.085

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
1962	33	SFG	NL	WS	NYY	L	3	8	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.429	.429	.429	.857	3	0	0	1	0	0
1 WS							3	8	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.429	.429	.429	.857	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
1957	PHI	NL	28		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	GO/AO	IP%
1956	27	PHI	NL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.0				67%
1957	28	PHI	NL	93	0.0%	32.3%	0.0%	4.3%	27%		3.0		14.8	1.29	63%
1958	29	PHI	NL	67	0.0%	25.4%	7.5%	6.0%	40%	3.40	3.5		29.5	1.57	63%
1959	30	SFG	NL	85	0.0%	36.5%	7.1%	0.0%	0%	5.17	2.3		24.0	1.41	48%
1960	31	SFG	NL	85	0.0%	30.6%	5.9%	1.2%	8%	5.20	2.8		14.8	3.10	56%
1961	32	SFG	NL	85	3.5%	25.9%	5.9%	5.9%	31%	4.40	3.4	24.7	12.3	1.93	59%
1962	33	SFG	NL	108	0.0%	31.5%	3.7%	2.8%	20%	8.50	2.9		24.5	1.52	61%
1963	34	SFG	NL	114	0.0%	30.7%	9.7%	2.6%	23%	3.18	2.7		18.8	2.29	53%
1964	35	SFG	NL	36	0.0%	33.3%	8.3%	2.8%	25%	4.00	2.5		7.5	4.67	50%
1965	36	TOT	MLB	36	0.0%	25.0%	5.6%	0.0%	0%	4.50	3.6			1.86	64%
1965	36	SFG	NL	28	0.0%	25.0%	7.1%	0.0%	0%	3.50	3.6			2.20	64%
1965	36	CAL	AL	8	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.5			1.00	63%
1966	37	CAL	AL	26	0.0%	46.2%	7.7%	7.7%	67%	6.00	1.8		22.0	1.25	42%
1967	38	TOT	AL	22	0.0%	50.0%	9.1%	4.6%	33%	5.50	1.6		18.0	2.00	32%
1967	38	CAL	AL	18	0.0%	50.0%	5.6%	5.6%	33%	9.00	1.7		15.0	4.00	33%
1967	38	KCA	AL	4	0.0%	50.0%	25.0%	0.0%		2.00	1.5			0.00	25%
12 Yrs				760	0.4%	31.6%	5.9%	3.2%	23%	5.33	2.8	221.7	18.0	1.83	56%
MLB Averages					2.3%	14.3%	8.4%	6.4%	29%	1.70	6.2	39.2	8.7	1.06	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1956	27	PHI	NL	-0.1	-0.0	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.36	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.61	-0.2		0
1957	28	PHI	NL	-12.0	-1.2	97	-1.1	0.8	-1.9	.82	-1.1	-0.3	-14.0	-1.4	1.00	-12.5		0
1958	29	PHI	NL	-6.2	-0.6	67	-0.9	0.4	-1.3	.89	-0.7	-0.2	-9.0	-0.9	0.91	-7.6		0
1959	30	SFG	NL	-11.8	-1.2	85	-1.2	0.4	-1.6	.91	-1.1	-0.2	-10.6	-1.1	0.98	-11.4		0
1960	31	SFG	NL	-8.2	-0.8	88	-0.5	0.7	-1.2	.77	-0.7	0.1	-6.3	-0.7	0.90	-8.1		0
1961	32	SFG	NL	-3.7	-0.4	86	-0.7	0.9	-1.6	.93	-0.3	-0.4	-5.1	-0.5	0.97	-3.6		0
1962	33	SFG	NL	-13.9	-1.4	109	-1.0	0.7	-1.7	.71	-1.2	-0.1	-15.4	-1.6	0.94	-13.8		0
1963	34	SFG	NL	-9.6	-1.0	117	-0.9	1.0	-1.9	.83	-0.9	-0.2	-10.7	-1.2	0.96	-8.9	0.47	2
1964	35	SFG	NL	-3.7	-0.4	39	-0.4	0.3	-0.8	1.09	-0.2	-0.2	-1.2	-0.1	1.08	-1.8		0
1965	36	TOT	MLB	-5.0	-0.5	37	-0.4	0.2	-0.6	.84	-0.4	-0.1	-5.0	-0.5	0.83	-4.4		0
1965	36	SFG	NL	-3.9	-0.4	29	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	.77	-0.3	-0.0	-3.7	-0.4	0.78	-3.8		0
1965	36	CAL	AL	-1.1	-0.1	8	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	1.09	-0.1	-0.1	-1.3	-0.1	1.02	-0.6		0
1966	37	CAL	AL	-2.0	-0.2	26	-0.5	0.1	-0.6	1.14	-0.2	-0.2	-3.9	-0.4	0.92	-2.8		0
1967	38	TOT	AL	-1.0	-0.1	22	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	1.09	-0.2	-0.1	-3.5	-0.4	1.14	-1.6		0
1967	38	CAL	AL	-0.6	-0.1	18	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	.85	-0.1	-0.1	-1.9	-0.2	0.96	-1.0		0
1967	38	KCA	AL	-0.4	-0.1	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	2.17	-0.1	-0.0	-1.6	-0.2	1.99	-0.7		0
12 Yrs				-77.2	-7.9	776	-7.8	5.7	-13.6	.86	-7.0	-2.1	-85.0	-8.8	0.96	-76.8	0.47	2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	CS	SB%	CS2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1956	27	PHI	NL	0	0%	1	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	28	PHI	NL	2	20%	24	0		0	1	0	3	0%	3	3	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
1958	29	PHI	NL	0	20%	20	0		0	0	0	0	67%	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1
1959	30	SFG	NL	1	38%	28	0		0	0	0	1	33%	6	4	2	0	0	0	3	2	1
1960	31	SFG	NL	0	44%	25	0		0	0	1	3	43%	5	3	2	1	1	0	1	0	1
1961	32	SFG	NL	3	56%	32	0		0	0	0	2	33%	6	4	2	2	2	0	4	2	2
1962	33	SFG	NL	1	26%	41	0		0	0	1	1	50%	4	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	1
1963	34	SFG	NL	3	38%	37	1	0%	1	0	0	2	25%	5	4	1	0	0	0	7	4	2
1964	35	SFG	NL	0	43%	12	0		0	0	0	3	67%	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
1965	36	TOT	MLB	1	0%	10	0		0	1	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1965	36	SFG	NL	0	0%	5	0		0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1965	36	CAL	AL	1	0%	5	0		0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1966	37	CAL	AL	0	20%	8	0		0	0	0	0	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967	38	TOT	AL	0	0%	2	0		0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967	38	CAL	AL	0	0%	2	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967	38	KCA	AL	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12 Yrs				11	32%	240	1	0%	1	2	2	15	34%	36	26	10	6	5	1	20	9	10

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
1956	27	PHI	NL	3	0%	1			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
1957	28	PHI	NL	93	20%	15			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	67%	8	2	25%	12	1	8%	66	7	11%	4	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1958	29	PHI	NL	67	27%	10			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	11	1	9%	13	2	15%	37	2	5%	3	1	33%	1	0	0%	0
1959	30	SFG	NL	85	25%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	5	50%	21	1	5%	18	4	22%	57	3	5%	2	1	50%	4	2	50%	0
1960	31	SFG	NL	85	36%	13			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	71%	15	0	0%	15	4	27%	51	5	10%	3	3	100%	3	1	33%	0
1961	32	SFG	NL	85	26%	16			0	0	0	0		3	0	2	3	0	2	1	0	5	5	100%	14	2	14%	11	3	27%	54	3	6%	6	2	33%	3	2	67%	0
1962	33	SFG	NL	108	19%	15			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	4	44%	16	4	25%	24	5	21%	71	6	8%	9	4	44%	6	4	67%	0
1963	34	SFG	NL	114	26%	13			2	0	0	0	0.47	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	11	7	64%	23	3	13%	29	4	14%	69	5	7%	10	2	20%	3	1	33%	0
1964	35	SFG	NL	36	39%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	9	0	0%	9	3	33%	29	5	17%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1965	36	TOT	MLB	36	36%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	2	0	0%	4	2	50%	14	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1965	36	SFG	NL	28	43%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	3	1	33%	9	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1965	36	CAL	AL	8	13%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1966	37	CAL	AL	26	15%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	5	2	40%	14	1	7%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1967	38	TOT	AL	22	23%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	3	0	0%	6	2	33%	25	1	4%	3	0	0%	3	1	33%	0
1967	38	CAL	AL	18	28%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	2	0	0%	5	2	40%	15	1	7%	2	0	0%	3	1	33%	0
1967	38	KCA	AL	4	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	10	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
12 Yrs				760	26%	105			2	0	0	0	0.47	3	0	21	3	0	2	1	0	60	41	68%	125	13	10%	146	32	22%	487	38	8%	43	15	35%	24	12	50%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			77%			10%			31%			14%			48%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1956	27	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	82	1	0	0	0	0
1957	28	36	96	92	3	16	4	0	0	6	0	0	31	.174	.174	.217	.391	6	20	2	0	4	0
1958	29	74	163	151	6	26	8	0	0	8	0	5	48	.172	.199	.225	.424	14	34	3	0	7	0
1959	30	110	248	223	12	34	8	0	0	11	0	11	79	.152	.199	.188	.387	6	42	4	2	12	0
1960	31	147	333	297	20	47	9	0	0	16	0	16	105	.158	.206	.189	.395	9	56	4	2	17	0
1961	32	186	418	371	33	63	11	0	3	22	0	21	127	.170	.218	.224	.441	21	83	6	2	22	1
1962	33	225	526	469	38	78	14	0	3	26	0	25	161	.166	.210	.215	.426	16	101	10	2	26	3
1963	34	270	640	563	47	91	16	1	3	31	1	36	196	.162	.213	.210	.423	17	118	13	2	33	4
1964	35	289	676	593	50	95	17	1	3	35	1	39	208	.160	.213	.207	.421	16	123	13	2	36	4
1965	36	321	712	625	50	99	17	1	3	35	1	41	217	.158	.211	.203	.415	15	127	13	2	38	4
1966	37	371	738	647	51	102	19	1	3	36	1	43	229	.158	.211	.204	.415	15	132	13	2	39	5
1967	38	393	760	665	51	105	19	2	3	37	1	45	240	.158	.212	.206	.418	16	137	13	2	41	5

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1956	27	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
1957	28	34	96	92	3	15	4	0	0	6	0	31	.163	.163	.207	.370	3	33
1958	29	40	70	62	3	10	4	0	0	2	5	18	.161	.224	.226	.450	3	38
1959	30	38	86	74	4	7	0	0	0	2	5	32	.095	.173	.095	.267	1	36
1960	31	39	90	79	10	15	1	0	0	7	6	27	.190	.247	.203	.450	4	37
1961	32	41	88	77	13	16	2	0	3	6	5	23	.208	.253	.351	.604	7	39
1962	33	39	107	97	4	14	3	0	0	4	4	34	.144	.175	.175	.350	3	39
1963	34	45	117	96	12	15	2	1	0	6	13	35	.156	.255	.198	.452	5	45
1964	35	19	36	30	3	4	1	0	0	4	3	12	.133	.212	.167	.379	1	19
1965	36	32	37	33	0	5	0	0	0	0	2	9	.152	.200	.152	.352	1	32
1966	37	50	26	22	1	3	2	0	0	1	2	12	.136	.200	.227	.427	1	50
1967	38	22	24	19	0	4	0	1	0	2	3	11	.211	.318	.316	.634	2	22
12 Yrs		402	780	684	53	108	19	2	3	40	48	245	.158	.214	.205	.418	31	393
162 Game Avg.		162	314	276	21	44	8	1	1	16	19	99	.158	.214	.205	.418	12	393

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1957 *	Awards (yr lg award) 1957 NL Rookie of the Year	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1957 NL (10, 12%) 1962 NL (7, 22%) 1966 AL (21, 1%) 0.35 Career Shares (557th)	Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1962 ML (2, 20%) 0.20 Career Shares (155th)
Oldest s c a p y 1966 AL born 1929-05-18 (10th) 1967 AL born 1929-05-18 (9th)

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Bill Hallahan (990) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Steve Trachsel (987) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Steve Trachsel (988) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bill Dietrich (983) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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