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Carl Sawatski

Carl Ernest Sawatski (Swats, Swisher or Swish)

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: November 4, 1927 in Shickshinny, PA
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 29, 1948
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Phillies/Cubs/Braves/WhiteSox 1948-1963

Final Game: September 29, 1963
Died: November 24, 1991 in Little Rock, AR
Buried: Pine Crest Memorial Park, Alexander, AR
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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
1945	17	PHI-min	D	121	461	461		136	27	10	13						.295	.295	.482	.777		222							BDF · PONY
1946	18	PHI-min	D,C	88	290	290		75	16	1	8						.259	.259	.403	.662		117							BLO,SDY · NATL,CAML
1947	19	ATL-min	D	127	457	457		161	31	6	34						.352	.352	.670	1.022		306							BLO · NATL
1948	20	CHC-min	A	109	338	338		94	10	5	29						.278	.278	.595	.873		201							DMO · WL
1948	20	CHC	NL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0

1949	21	CHC-min	AA	128	431	431		155	33	1	45						.360	.360	.754	1.114		325							NVL · SOUA
1950	22	CHC-min	AA	80	273	273		84	10	2	24						.308	.308	.623	.930		170							NVL · SOUA
1950	22	CHC	NL	38	114	103	4	18	1	0	1	7	0		11	19	.175	.254	.214	.468	25	22	2	0	0			2
1951		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1952		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1953	25	CHC	NL	43	66	59	5	13	3	0	1	5	0	0	7	7	.220	.303	.322	.625	62	19	2	0	0			2
1954	26	CHW	AL	43	127	109	6	20	3	3	1	12	0	0	15	20	.183	.276	.294	.569	54	32	3	0	0	3		2

1955	27	SFG-min	AAA	142	535	447	67	120	15	2	27	72	0		81	86	.268	.380	.492	.873		220	8	1	4	2			MNE · AA
1956	28	TTO	AAA	106	392	332	50	93	11	1	22	63	0		55	52	.280	.383	.518	.901		172		2	0	3			TTO · IL
1957	29	MLN	NL	58	118	105	13	25	4	0	6	17	0	0	10	15	.238	.316	.448	.764	109	47	2	2	1	0	2	2
1958	30	TOT	NL	70	216	193	13	43	4	1	5	13	0	0	18	47	.223	.296	.332	.628	67	64	4	3	0	2	4	2
1958	30	MLN	NL	10	13	10	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	.100	.231	.100	.331	-5	1	1	0	0	1	0	/2
1958	30	PHI	NL	60	203	183	12	42	4	1	5	12	0	0	16	42	.230	.300	.344	.645	71	63	3	3	0	1	4	2
1959	31	PHI	NL	74	233	198	15	58	10	0	9	43	0	0	32	36	.293	.392	.480	.872	130	95	5	1	1	1	11	2
1960	32	STL	NL	78	203	179	16	41	4	0	6	27	0	0	22	24	.229	.310	.352	.662	76	63	6	0	0	2	2	2
1961	33	STL	NL	86	200	174	23	52	8	0	10	33	0	0	25	17	.299	.385	.517	.902	129	90	4	0	0	1	7	2/8
1962	34	STL	NL	85	262	222	26	56	9	1	13	42	0	0	36	38	.252	.351	.477	.829	111	106	3	0	0	4	5	2
1963	35	STL	NL	56	120	105	12	25	0	0	6	14	2	0	15	28	.238	.333	.410	.743	105	43	0	0	0	0	7	2
11 Yrs				633	1661	1449	133	351	46	5	58	213	2	0	191	251	.242	.330	.401	.731	93	581	31	6	2	13	38
162 Game Avg.				162	425	371	34	90	12	1	15	55	1		49	64	.242	.330	.401	.731	93	149	8	2	1

STL (4 yrs)				305	785	680	77	174	21	1	35	116	2	0	98	107	.256	.346	.444	.791	106	302	13	0	0	7	21
CHC (3 yrs)				83	182	164	9	31	4	0	2	12	0	0	18	26	.189	.269	.250	.519	37	41	4	0	0
PHI (2 yrs)				134	436	381	27	100	14	1	14	55	0	0	48	78	.262	.349	.415	.764	102	158	8	4	1	2	15
MLN (2 yrs)				68	131	115	14	26	4	0	6	18	0	0	12	20	.226	.308	.417	.725	99	48	3	2	1	1	2
CHW (1 yr)				43	127	109	6	20	3	3	1	12	0	0	15	20	.183	.276	.294	.569	54	32	3	0	0	3

NL (10 yrs)				590	1534	1340	127	331	43	2	57	201	2	0	176	231	.247	.335	.410	.745	96	549	28	6	2	10	38
AL (1 yr)				43	127	109	6	20	3	3	1	12	0	0	15	20	.183	.276	.294	.569	54	32	3	0	0	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
1948	20	CHC	NL	2	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.473	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$

1950	22	CHC	NL	38	114	-11	0	-0	1	1	-9	-1.0	4	-5	-0.6	.476	.494	-0.6	0.2	-6	$	2

1953	25	CHC	NL	43	66	-2	0	-0	1	0	-1	-0.1	2	1	0.1	.498	.499	0.0	0.1	0	$	2
1954	26	CHW	AL	43	127	-8	0	-0	1	1	-6	-0.6	3	-2	-0.3	.486	.496	-0.4	0.2	-3	$	2

1957	29	MLN	NL	58	118	2	0	0	1	1	4	0.4	4	8	0.8	.507	.503	0.7	0.2	7	$	2
1958	30	MLN	NL	10	13	-2	0	-0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.482	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/2
1958	30	PHI	NL	60	203	-9	-2	1	-2	3	-9	-1.0	7	-3	-0.3	.483	.494	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	2
1959	31	PHI	NL	74	233	8	-3	-0	-5	3	3	0.3	8	11	1.1	.504	.502	1.6	-0.2	16	$	2
1960	32	STL	NL	78	203	-6	-1	-0	-1	2	-5	-0.6	7	2	0.1	.493	.497	0.2	0.1	3	$	2
1961	33	STL	NL	86	200	6	-1	0	-3	2	4	0.4	7	11	1.1	.505	.503	1.4	-0.1	14	$	2/8
1962	34	STL	NL	85	262	2	-1	0	-2	3	2	0.3	9	11	1.2	.503	.502	1.3	0.2	13	$	2
1963	35	STL	NL	56	120	-0	0	1	-1	1	1	0.1	4	5	0.5	.502	.501	0.6	0.1	6	$	2
11 Seasons				633	1661	-21	-5	0	-10	18	-18	-2.0	55	37	3.5	.497	.499	4.5	0.9	47	$

STL (4 yrs)				305	785	2	-2	1	-7	9	2	0.2	26	29	2.9	.501	.500	3.5	0.3	36	$
CHC (3 yrs)				83	182	-14	1	-1	2	1	-11	-1.1	6	-4	-0.6	.487	.498	-0.7	0.3	-6	$
PHI (2 yrs)				134	436	-1	-4	0	-7	6	-6	-0.7	15	8	0.8	.495	.498	1.5	-0.1	15	$
MLN (2 yrs)				68	131	0	0	-0	1	1	2	0.2	4	7	0.7	.503	.501	0.6	0.2	6	$
CHW (1 yr)				43	127	-8	0	-0	1	1	-6	-0.6	3	-2	-0.3	.486	.496	-0.4	0.2	-3	$

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
1948	20	CHC	NL	2	2	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.263	.000	.336	.000	.389	.000	.726	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

1950	22	CHC	NL	114	87	6	1.8	107	.205	.175	.268	.254	.345	.214	.416	.468	.761	25	.151	-11.4	-1.1	.379	.146	.039	.0

1953	25	CHC	NL	66	48	6	3.3	112	.235	.220	.277	.303	.348	.322	.431	.625	.779	62	.334	-3.3	-0.3	.542	.220	.102	.0
1954	26	CHW	AL	127	95	9	2.5	102	.209	.183	.270	.276	.346	.294	.395	.569	.741	54	.280	-7.2	-0.8	.511	.248	.110	.0

1957	29	MLN	NL	118	83	15	4.9	97	.226	.238	.260	.316	.322	.448	.403	.764	.725	109	.526	1.3	0.1	.720	.305	.210	.0
1958	30	TOT	NL	216	156	19	3.3	105	.266	.223	.268	.296	.336	.332	.419	.628	.755	67	.343	-9.2	-0.9	.552	.202	.109	.0
1958	30	MLN	NL	13	11	0	0.0	99	.167	.100	.260	.231	.327	.100	.406	.331	.733	-5	.000	-1.3	-0.1	.300	.200	.000
1958	30	PHI	NL	203	145	19	3.5	105	.270	.230	.269	.300	.336	.344	.419	.645	.756	71	.374	-7.8	-0.8	.569	.202	.115	.0
1959	31	PHI	NL	233	147	38	6.9	106	.318	.293	.271	.392	.338	.480	.420	.872	.758	130	.676	9.8	1.0	.883	.348	.187	.0
1960	32	STL	NL	203	146	19	3.5	106	.232	.229	.272	.310	.339	.352	.418	.662	.757	76	.401	-6.2	-0.6	.590	.246	.123	.0
1961	33	STL	NL	200	127	35	7.4	113	.284	.299	.280	.385	.348	.517	.437	.902	.785	129	.698	7.8	0.8	.913	.362	.218	.0
1962	34	STL	NL	262	173	39	6.0	112	.246	.252	.283	.351	.352	.477	.429	.829	.780	111	.625	4.0	0.4	.840	.387	.225	.0
1963	35	STL	NL	120	80	15	5.0	97	.268	.238	.265	.333	.328	.410	.396	.743	.725	105	.615	0.6	0.1	.750	.333	.171	3.0
11 Yrs				1661	1144	201	4.7	106	.254	.242	.272	.330	.341	.401	.418	.731	.759	93	.518	-14.2	-1.5	.691	.292	.159	3.9
162 Game Avg.				425	293	51	4.7	106	.254	.242	.272	.330	.341	.401	.418	.731	.759	93	.518	-14.2	-1.5	.691	.292	.159	1

STL (4 yrs)				785	526	108	5.5	108	.255	.256	.277	.346	.344	.444	.423	.791	.767	106	.598	6.2	0.6	.775	.335	.188	3.8
CHC (3 yrs)				182	137	12	2.3	109	.213	.189	.271	.269	.346	.250	.421	.519	.767	37	.213	-15.2	-1.5	.431	.171	.061	.0
PHI (2 yrs)				436	292	57	5.2	106	.296	.262	.270	.349	.337	.415	.420	.764	.757	102	.555	2.0	0.2	.727	.278	.152	.0
MLN (2 yrs)				131	94	15	4.3	97	.222	.226	.260	.308	.323	.417	.403	.725	.726	99	.468	-0.1	0.0	.674	.296	.191	.0
CHW (1 yr)				127	95	9	2.5	102	.209	.183	.270	.276	.346	.294	.395	.569	.741	54	.280	-7.2	-0.8	.511	.248	.110	.0

NL (10 yrs)				1534	1049	192	4.9	107	.258	.247	.273	.335	.340	.410	.420	.745	.761	96	.535	-7.0	-0.7	.707	.296	.163	3.9
AL (1 yr)				127	95	9	2.5	102	.209	.183	.270	.276	.346	.294	.395	.569	.741	54	.280	-7.2	-0.8	.511	.248	.110	.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
1957	29	MLN	NL	WS	NYY	W	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	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%
1948	20	CHC	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%

1950	22	CHC	NL	114	0.9%	16.7%	9.7%	1.8%	11%	1.73	5.4	103.0	14.7	0.96	73%

1953	25	CHC	NL	66	1.5%	10.6%	10.6%	6.1%	31%	1.00	8.4	59.0	11.8	1.20	77%
1954	26	CHW	AL	127	0.8%	15.8%	11.8%	5.5%	35%	1.33	5.5	109.0	9.1	0.53	72%

1957	29	MLN	NL	118	5.1%	12.7%	8.5%	8.5%	40%	1.50	7.0	17.5	6.2	0.62	71%
1958	30	TOT	NL	216	2.3%	21.8%	8.3%	4.6%	23%	2.61	4.1	38.6	14.8	0.82	66%
1958	30	MLN	NL	13	0.0%	38.5%	15.4%	0.0%	0%	2.50	2.0		10.0	2.00	46%
1958	30	PHI	NL	203	2.5%	20.7%	7.9%	4.9%	24%	2.63	4.4	36.6	15.3	0.78	67%
1959	31	PHI	NL	233	3.9%	15.5%	13.7%	8.2%	33%	1.13	5.5	22.0	4.6	0.70	66%
1960	32	STL	NL	203	3.0%	11.8%	10.8%	4.9%	24%	1.09	7.5	29.8	6.6	0.77	74%
1961	33	STL	NL	200	5.0%	8.5%	12.5%	9.0%	35%	0.68	10.2	17.4	5.3	0.65	74%
1962	34	STL	NL	262	5.0%	14.5%	13.7%	8.8%	41%	1.06	5.8	17.1	5.3	0.75	67%
1963	35	STL	NL	120	5.0%	23.3%	12.5%	5.0%	24%	1.87	3.8	17.5	7.5	0.92	59%
11 Yrs				1661	3.5%	15.1%	11.5%	6.6%	31%	1.31	5.8	25.0	6.8	0.74	69%
MLB Averages					2.2%	12.0%	9.2%	6.5%	29%	1.30	7.4	40.8	8.2	1.00	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1948	20	CHC	NL	-0.6	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1950	22	CHC	NL	-11.4	-1.1	77	-0.9	0.5	-1.4	.89	-1.0	0.0	-11.6	-1.1	0.93	-11.8	2.32	8

1953	25	CHC	NL	-3.3	-0.3	58	-0.0	1.0	-1.0	1.00	0.2	-0.2	0.9	0.1	0.86	1.5	1.03	25
1954	26	CHW	AL	-7.1	-0.7	129	-0.6	2.2	-2.8	1.10	-0.3	-0.2	-7.6	-0.8	1.05	-5.6	1.00	8

1957	29	MLN	NL	1.3	0.1	119	-0.3	2.3	-2.5	1.22	0.3	-0.5	-0.5	-0.1	0.98	3.1	2.04	31
1958	30	TOT	NL	-9.2	-0.9	216	-1.7	3.3	-5.0	1.22	-1.0	-0.4	-12.5	-1.3	0.97	-8.2	1.92	13
1958	30	MLN	NL	-1.3	-0.1	13	-0.3	0.1	-0.5	1.61	-0.2	-0.1	-2.8	-0.3	1.22	-1.6	2.15	6
1958	30	PHI	NL	-7.8	-0.8	203	-1.3	3.2	-4.5	1.19	-0.8	-0.3	-9.7	-1.0	0.96	-6.6	1.72	7
1959	31	PHI	NL	9.8	1.0	233	2.1	6.0	-3.9	1.09	1.2	0.8	18.9	1.8	0.98	15.4	2.19	7
1960	32	STL	NL	-6.2	-0.6	203	0.6	4.6	-3.9	1.22	-0.4	1.0	1.9	0.2	0.99	-2.2	2.03	27
1961	33	STL	NL	7.6	0.7	200	1.3	5.3	-3.9	1.22	1.1	0.0	10.2	0.9	0.94	12.8	1.80	39
1962	34	STL	NL	4.0	0.4	265	1.4	6.3	-4.9	1.14	0.9	0.2	8.9	0.8	1.00	10.8	2.79	16
1963	35	STL	NL	0.6	0.1	122	-0.6	1.8	-2.4	1.18	0.3	-0.8	1.9	0.2	0.93	3.8	1.84	31
11 Yrs				-14.3	-1.5	1622	1.5	33.2	-31.7	1.15	1.2	0.1	10.5	0.8	0.98	19.6	1.87	205

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
1948	20	CHC	NL		0		0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1950	22	CHC	NL	2	0	11%	17	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1953	25	CHC	NL	2	0	21%	24	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	2	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
1954	26	CHW	AL	1	0	15%	26	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	33%	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	1	2

1957	29	MLN	NL	2	0	23%	38	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	25%	5	5	0	1	1	0	2	0	2
1958	30	TOT	NL	1	0	14%	76	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	9%	16	15	1	3	2	0	4	3	1
1958	30	MLN	NL	0	0	33%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1958	30	PHI	NL	1	0	13%	75	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	5%	16	15	1	3	2	0	3	3	0
1959	31	PHI	NL	4	0	7%	89	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	11%	12	12	0	1	1	0	6	3	2
1960	32	STL	NL	3	0	18%	50	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	21%	13	10	2	2	2	0	4	2	2
1961	33	STL	NL	2	0	19%	55	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	20%	5	5	0	3	3	0	7	3	3
1962	34	STL	NL	3	0	17%	82	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	23%	15	11	4	1	1	0	6	5	1
1963	35	STL	NL	2	0	18%	33	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25%	3	3	0	1	1	0	4	2	2
11 Yrs				22	0	15%	490	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12	15	18%	74	66	7	13	12	0	37	20	15

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
1948	20	CHC	NL	2		0				0	0			0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0			0	0		0	0		0

1950	22	CHC	NL	114	94%	18			8	0	0	0	2.32	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		13	2	15%	7	1	14%	47	1	2%	4	1	25%	2	1	50%	0

1953	25	CHC	NL	66	89%	13			25	7	1	3	1.03	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		6	2	33%	2	1	50%	27	4	15%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
1954	26	CHW	AL	127	95%	20			8	1	0	3	1.00	1	0	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		22	3	14%	9	3	33%	105	12	11%	7	4	57%	5	1	20%	0

1957	29	MLN	NL	118	92%	25			31	6	1	3	2.04	6	0	3	6	0	2	4	0	1	1	100%	28	2	7%	14	4	29%	84	11	13%	9	4	44%	3	0	0%	0
1958	30	TOT	NL	216	80%	43			13	4	0	2	1.92	5	0	7	5	0	2	3	0	0	0		47	4	9%	24	6	25%	139	11	8%	15	5	33%	5	3	60%	0
1958	30	MLN	NL	13	85%	1			6	0	0	1	2.15	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	1	17%	3	1	33%	14	1	7%	2	1	50%	1	0	0%	0
1958	30	PHI	NL	203	79%	42			7	4	0	1	1.72	5	0	6	5	0	2	3	0	0	0		41	3	7%	21	5	24%	125	10	8%	13	4	31%	4	3	75%	0
1959	31	PHI	NL	233	93%	58			7	1	1	1	2.19	9	0	3	9	0	3	6	0	1	1	100%	57	5	9%	17	3	18%	165	35	21%	10	6	60%	6	1	17%	0
1960	32	STL	NL	203	96%	41			27	7	1	8	2.03	6	0	8	6	0	6	0	0	0	0		55	6	11%	25	8	32%	147	24	16%	23	12	52%	14	7	50%	0
1961	33	STL	NL	200	96%	52			39	11	4	8	1.80	10	0	4	10	0	6	4	0	0	0		42	4	10%	21	7	33%	137	23	17%	12	7	58%	4	2	50%	0
1962	34	STL	NL	262	92%	56			16	2	1	2	2.79	13	1	6	13	0	8	5	0	0	0		59	3	5%	31	7	23%	192	31	16%	20	9	45%	15	7	47%	0
1963	35	STL	NL	120	93%	25			31	4	0	2	1.84	6	0	2	6	0	5	1	0	0	0		15	0	0%	8	4	50%	77	8	10%	5	3	60%	5	3	60%	0
11 Yrs				1661	92%	351			205	43	9	32	1.87	58	1	46	57	0	35	23	0	2	2	100%	344	31	9%	158	44	28%	1120	160	14%	106	52	49%	60	26	43%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			84%			11%			32%			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
1948	20	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1949	21	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1950	22	40	116	105	4	18	1	0	1	7	0		11	19	.171	.250	.210	.460	23	22	2	0	0
1951	23	40	116	105	4	18	1	0	1	7	0		11	19	.171	.250	.210	.460	23	22	2	0	0
1952	24	40	116	105	4	18	1	0	1	7	0		11	19	.171	.250	.210	.460	23	22	2	0	0
1953	25	83	182	164	9	31	4	0	2	12	0	0	18	26	.189	.269	.250	.519	37	41	4	0	0
1954	26	126	309	273	15	51	7	3	3	24	0	0	33	46	.187	.272	.267	.539	44	73	7	0	0	3
1955	27	126	309	273	15	51	7	3	3	24	0	0	33	46	.187	.272	.267	.539	44	73	7	0	0	3
1956	28	126	309	273	15	51	7	3	3	24	0	0	33	46	.187	.272	.267	.539	44	73	7	0	0	3
1957	29	184	427	378	28	76	11	3	9	41	0	0	43	61	.201	.284	.317	.601	61	120	9	2	1	3	2
1958	30	254	643	571	41	119	15	4	14	54	0	0	61	108	.208	.288	.322	.610	63	184	13	5	1	5	6
1959	31	328	876	769	56	177	25	4	23	97	0	0	93	144	.230	.316	.363	.679	81	279	18	6	2	6	17
1960	32	406	1079	948	72	218	29	4	29	124	0	0	115	168	.230	.315	.361	.676	80	342	24	6	2	8	19
1961	33	492	1279	1122	95	270	37	4	39	157	0	0	140	185	.241	.326	.385	.711	88	432	28	6	2	9	26
1962	34	577	1541	1344	121	326	46	5	52	199	0	0	176	223	.243	.330	.400	.730	92	538	31	6	2	13	31
1963	35	633	1661	1449	133	351	46	5	58	213	2	0	191	251	.242	.330	.401	.731	93	581	31	6	2	13	38

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1948	20	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2

1950	22	40	118	107	4	18	1	0	1	7	0	11	20	.168	.246	.206	.451	5	38

1953	25	45	66	60	5	12	3	0	1	5	0	6	7	.200	.273	.300	.573	5	43
1954	26	45	133	114	6	21	3	3	1	12	0	16	21	.184	.278	.289	.568	9	43

1957	29	61	126	112	15	28	4	0	7	20	0	11	16	.250	.328	.473	.801	17	58
1958	30	74	228	204	14	46	4	1	5	14	0	19	49	.225	.298	.328	.627	20	70
1959	31	77	242	206	16	60	10	0	9	45	0	33	38	.291	.390	.471	.861	39	74
1960	32	82	211	186	16	42	4	0	6	27	0	23	25	.226	.308	.344	.652	20	78
1961	33	90	205	179	21	51	8	0	10	31	0	25	18	.285	.371	.497	.868	32	86
1962	34	85	257	219	23	53	9	1	12	38	0	34	38	.242	.339	.457	.795	34	85
1963	35	56	122	106	13	26	0	0	6	15	2	16	28	.245	.344	.415	.759	15	56
11 Yrs		657	1710	1495	133	357	46	5	58	214	2	194	260	.239	.326	.393	.719	196	633
162 Game Avg.		162	422	369	33	88	11	1	14	53	0	48	64	.239	.326	.393	.719	48	633

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Hall of Fame Standards

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