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George Selkirk

George Alexander Selkirk (Twinkletoes)

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 182 lb.

Born: January 4, 1908 in Huntsville, Ontario, CAN (All Transactions)
Debut: August 12, 1934
Team: Yankees 1934-1942

Final Game: September 27, 1942
Died: January 19, 1987 in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Buried: Siloam United Methodist Church Cemetery, Harrisonville, PA
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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
1934 26 NYY AL 46 192 176 23 55 7 1 5 38 1 1 15 17 .313 .370 .449 .819 116 79 1 0 O7/9
1935 27 NYY AL 128 541 491 64 153 29 12 11 94 2 7 44 36 .312 .372 .487 .859 125 239 3 3 *O9
1936 28 NYY AL 137 593 493 93 152 28 9 18 107 13 7 94 60 .308 .420 .511 .931 132 252 1 4 *O97 AS
1937 29 NYY AL 78 293 256 49 84 13 5 18 68 8 2 34 24 .328 .411 .629 1.040 156 161 2 1 O9
1938 30 NYY AL 99 406 335 58 85 12 5 10 62 9 4 68 52 .254 .384 .409 .793 99 137 3 1 O7/9
1939 31 NYY AL 128 537 418 103 128 17 4 21 101 12 5 103 49 .306 .452 .517 .969 148 216 3 8 8 *O79 AS
1940 32 NYY AL 118 470 379 68 102 17 5 19 71 3 6 84 43 .269 .406 .491 .896 135 186 3 3 4 *O79/8
1941 33 NYY AL 70 195 164 30 36 5 0 6 25 1 0 28 30 .220 .340 .360 .700 86 59 3 2 1 O97
1942 34 NYY AL 42 95 78 15 15 3 0 0 10 0 0 16 8 .192 .330 .231 .561 60 18 1 0 1 O9
9 Yrs 846 3322 2790 503 810 131 41 108 576 49 32 486 319 .290 .400 .483 .883 127 1347 10 23 23
162 Game Avg. 162 636 534 96 155 25 8 21 110 9 6 93 61 .290 .400 .483 .883 127 258 4 4

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
1934 26 NYY AL 46 192 4 -0 0 3 -2 5 0.4 6 11 1.0 .510 .503 0.8 0.1 8 $ O7/9
1935 27 NYY AL 128 541 18 -2 0 12 -6 21 1.9 17 38 3.6 .516 .513 2.5 0.5 26 $ *O9
1936 28 NYY AL 137 593 28 -0 0 6 -6 27 2.3 18 45 4.1 .517 .514 3.7 -0.0 39 $ *O97 AS
1937 29 NYY AL 78 293 22 1 0 5 -3 24 2.2 9 33 3.1 .528 .514 2.7 0.2 28 $ O9
1938 30 NYY AL 99 406 1 0 0 0 -4 -3 -0.3 13 9 1.0 .497 .498 1.0 -0.3 9 $ O7/9
1939 31 NYY AL 128 537 38 1 0 7 -6 39 3.6 17 56 5.3 .528 .522 4.6 0.2 49 $ *O79 AS
1940 32 NYY AL 118 470 23 -2 0 0 -5 16 1.6 12 28 2.8 .513 .510 2.7 -0.5 28 $ *O79/8
1941 33 NYY AL 70 195 -3 0 0 0 -2 -5 -0.5 5 0 0.0 .493 .497 0.0 -0.2 0 $ O97
1942 34 NYY AL 42 95 -3 0 0 0 -1 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.2 .489 .497 -0.2 -0.1 -2 $ O9
9 Seasons 846 3322 126 -2 0 33 -36 121 10.9 98 219 20.7 .513 .507 17.8 -0.2 186 $

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
1934 26 NYY AL 192 122 29 6.3 106 .325 .313 .280 .370 .353 .449 .404 .819 .757 116 .605 3.9 0.4 .779 .222 .136 1.7
1935 27 NYY AL 541 348 85 6.5 107 .320 .312 .281 .372 .353 .487 .406 .859 .759 125 .618 16.9 1.6 .814 .255 .175 3.4
1936 28 NYY AL 593 352 106 8.0 119 .323 .308 .295 .420 .370 .511 .433 .931 .803 132 .662 27.4 2.4 1.014 .406 .203 15.1
1937 29 NYY AL 293 175 66 10.0 119 .308 .328 .292 .411 .368 .629 .436 1.040 .804 156 .764 21.2 1.9 1.167 .457 .301 11.1
1938 30 NYY AL 406 255 52 5.4 118 .275 .254 .290 .384 .369 .409 .432 .793 .801 99 .508 0.9 0.1 .839 .373 .155 9.5
1939 31 NYY AL 537 306 97 8.4 113 .307 .306 .285 .452 .360 .517 .422 .969 .782 148 .716 36.8 3.4 1.121 .474 .211 15.3
1940 32 NYY AL 470 290 73 6.7 107 .262 .269 .274 .406 .347 .491 .416 .896 .763 135 .633 23.1 2.2 .944 .435 .222 5.2
1941 33 NYY AL 195 132 20 4.0 106 .234 .220 .274 .340 .351 .360 .404 .700 .755 86 .430 -2.9 -0.3 .687 .317 .140 1.7
1942 34 NYY AL 95 65 6 2.5 93 .214 .192 .263 .330 .337 .231 .369 .561 .706 60 .283 -3.2 -0.3 .531 .244 .038
9 Yrs 3322 2045 534 6.9 112 .297 .290 .284 .400 .359 .483 .419 .883 .778 127 .636 124.1 11.3 .926 .373 .192 67.4
162 Game Avg. 636 392 102 6.9 112 .297 .290 .284 .400 .359 .483 .419 .883 .778 127 .636 24 2 .926 .373 .192 13

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
1936 28 NYY AL WS NYG W 6 28 24 6 8 0 1 2 3 0 1 4 4 .333 .429 .667 1.095 16 0 0 0 0 1
1937 29 NYY AL WS NYG W 5 21 19 5 5 1 0 0 6 0 0 2 0 .263 .333 .316 .649 6 0 0 0 0 0
1938 30 NYY AL WS CHC W 3 12 10 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 2 0 0 0 0 0
1939 31 NYY AL WS CIN W 4 15 12 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .167 .333 .250 .583 3 0 0 0 0 0
1941 33 NYY AL WS BRO W 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1942 34 NYY AL WS STL L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs (6 Series) 21 79 68 11 18 2 1 2 10 0 1 11 7 .265 .367 .412 .779 28 0 0 0 0 1
6 WS 21 79 68 11 18 2 1 2 10 0 1 11 7 .265 .367 .412 .779 28 0 0 0 0 1

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
1936 NYY AL 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1939 NYY AL 31 as LF 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .500 .750 .500 1.250 1 0 0 0 0 1
2 Yrs (2 GP) 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 .500 .800 .500 1.300 1 0 0 0 0 1

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
1934 26 NYY AL 192 2.6% 8.9% 7.8% 6.8% 24% 1.13 10.4 35.2 4.6 80%
1935 27 NYY AL 541 2.0% 6.7% 8.1% 9.6% 34% 0.82 13.6 44.6 5.2 82%
1936 28 NYY AL 593 3.0% 10.1% 15.9% 9.3% 36% 0.64 8.2 27.4 4.6 70%
1937 29 NYY AL 293 6.1% 8.2% 11.6% 12.3% 43% 0.71 10.7 14.2 3.8 73%
1938 30 NYY AL 406 2.5% 12.8% 16.8% 6.7% 32% 0.76 6.4 33.5 5.4 67%
1939 31 NYY AL 537 3.9% 9.1% 19.2% 7.8% 33% 0.48 8.5 19.9 4.1 65%
1940 32 NYY AL 470 4.0% 9.2% 17.9% 8.7% 40% 0.51 8.8 19.9 5.3 67%
1941 33 NYY AL 195 3.1% 15.4% 14.4% 5.6% 31% 1.07 5.5 27.3 6.6 66%
1942 34 NYY AL 95 0.0% 8.4% 16.8% 3.2% 20% 0.50 9.8 7.8 74%
9 Yrs 3322 3.3% 9.6% 14.6% 8.4% 35% 0.66 8.7 25.8 4.8 71%
MLB Averages 1.4% 8.9% 8.7% 6.7% 27% 1.02 10.1 62.4 7.9 79%

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
1934 26 46 192 176 23 55 7 1 5 38 1 1 15 17 .313 .370 .449 .819 116 79 1 0
1935 27 174 733 667 87 208 36 13 16 132 3 8 59 53 .312 .371 .477 .848 123 318 4 3
1936 28 311 1326 1160 180 360 64 22 34 239 16 15 153 113 .310 .393 .491 .884 127 570 5 7
1937 29 389 1619 1416 229 444 77 27 52 307 24 17 187 137 .314 .396 .516 .913 132 731 7 8
1938 30 488 2025 1751 287 529 89 32 62 369 33 21 255 189 .302 .394 .496 .890 126 868 10 9
1939 31 616 2562 2169 390 657 106 36 83 470 45 26 358 238 .303 .406 .500 .906 130 1084 3 18 17
1940 32 734 3032 2548 458 759 123 41 102 541 48 32 442 281 .298 .406 .498 .904 131 1270 6 21 21
1941 33 804 3227 2712 488 795 128 41 108 566 49 32 470 311 .293 .402 .490 .892 128 1329 9 23 22
1942 34 846 3322 2790 503 810 131 41 108 576 49 32 486 319 .290 .400 .483 .883 127 1347 10 23 23

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
1934 26 48 198 182 23 55 7 1 5 37 1 15 18 .302 .359 .434 .793 28 46
1935 27 136 561 511 62 153 29 12 11 90 2 44 38 .299 .358 .468 .826 85 128
1936 28 143 586 495 78 139 26 8 16 90 12 86 63 .281 .388 .463 .851 89 137
1937 29 81 290 256 42 77 12 5 16 58 7 31 25 .301 .381 .574 .955 56 78
1938 30 105 413 345 51 80 11 5 9 54 8 64 55 .232 .357 .371 .728 46 99
1939 31 135 541 427 93 122 16 4 20 91 11 98 52 .286 .428 .482 .910 86 128
1940 32 123 481 391 66 101 17 5 19 69 3 83 45 .258 .392 .473 .865 72 118
1941 33 73 202 170 30 37 5 0 6 25 1 29 31 .218 .338 .353 .691 20 70
1942 34 44 101 83 16 16 3 0 0 11 0 17 8 .193 .330 .229 .559 6 42
9 Yrs 888 3373 2860 461 780 126 40 102 525 45 467 335 .273 .379 .452 .831 488 846
162 Game Avg. 162 615 522 84 142 23 7 19 96 8 85 61 .273 .379 .452 .831 89 846

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1948 BBWAA ( 0.8%)
1949 BBWAA ( 0.7%)
1950 BBWAA ( 0.6%)
1951 BBWAA ( 0.9%)
1952 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1953 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

All-Star Games
1936 *
1939 (LF)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1935 AL  3.6 (10th)
1939 AL  5.3 (8th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1939 AL  4.6 (9th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1936 AL  .420 (10th)
1939 AL  .452 (2nd)
Career  .400 (59th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1939 AL  .517 (9th)
Career  .483 (171st)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1936 AL  .931 (10th)
1939 AL  .969 (7th)
1940 AL  .896 (9th)
Career  .883 (86th)

Triples s c a p y
1935 AL  12 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1936 AL  18 (10th)
1939 AL  21 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1936 AL  94 (6th)
1939 AL  103 (4th)
1940 AL  84 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1936 AL  60 (10th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1935 AL  125 (10th)
1936 AL  132 (9th)
1939 AL  148 (7th)
Career  127 (216th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1936 AL  27 (10th)
1939 AL  37 (6th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1936 AL  2.4 (10th)
1939 AL  3.4 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1939 AL  .716 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1939 AL  8 (2nd)
1940 AL  3 (8th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1935 AL  7 (9th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1936 AL  15.1 (5th)
1939 AL  15.3 (4th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1936 AL  27.4 (9th)
1939 AL  19.9 (7th)
1940 AL  19.9 (6th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 18 (1085), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 32 (589), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 23 (578), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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