George Selkirk
George Alexander Selkirk (Twinkletoes)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 182 lb.

Born: January 4, 1908 in Huntsville, ON, CAN (All Transactions)
Debut: August 12, 1934
Final Game: September 27, 1942
Died: January 19, 1987 in Ft.Lauderdale, FL
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Standard Batting

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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 .819 117 79 1 0 O
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 *O
1936 28 NYY AL 137 592 493 93 152 28 9 18 107 13 7 94 60 .308 .420 .511 .931 132 252 1 4 *O AS
1937 29 NYY AL 78 293 256 49 84 13 5 18 68 8 2 34 24 .328 .411 .629 1.040 157 161 2 1 O
1938 30 NYY AL 99 407 335 58 85 12 5 10 62 9 4 68 52 .254 .384 .409 .793 99 137 3 1 O
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 *O 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 *O
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 O
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 O
9 Seasons 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

Advanced Batting

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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 .279 .370 .352 .449 .402 .819 .754 117 .605 4.2 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 592 352 106 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 10.0 118 .308 .328 .291 .411 .367 .629 .434 1.040 .800 157 .763 21.6 1.9 1.167 .457 .301 11.1
1938 30 NYY AL 407 255 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 .762 135 .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 .429 -2.8 -0.3 .687 .317 .140 1.7
1942 34 NYY AL 95 65 6 2.5 93 .214 .192 .263 .330 .337 .231 .368 .561 .706 60 .283 -3.2 -0.3 .531 .244 .038
9 Seasons 3322 2045 534 6.9 112 .297 .290 .284 .400 .359 .483 .419 .883 .778 127 .636 124.8 11.4 .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

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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 Seasons (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

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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 Seasons (2 Appearances) 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 .500 .800 .500 1.300 1 0 0 0 0 1

Cumulative Batting

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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 .819 117 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 1325 1160 180 360 64 22 34 239 16 15 153 113 .310 .393 .491 .884 127 570 5 7
1937 29 389 1618 1416 229 444 77 27 52 307 24 17 187 137 .314 .396 .516 .913 133 731 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

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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 38 1 15 18 .302 .359 .434 .793 28 46
1935 27 136 555 509 62 151 29 12 11 91 2 43 38 .297 .355 .466 .821 83 128
1936 28 143 582 495 78 139 26 8 16 90 12 86 63 .281 .388 .463 .851 89 137
1937 29 81 291 257 42 78 12 5 17 59 7 32 25 .304 .385 .588 .972 57 78
1938 30 105 412 345 50 80 11 5 9 54 8 64 55 .232 .357 .371 .728 46 99
1939 31 135 535 428 93 123 16 4 20 91 12 99 52 .287 .430 .484 .914 87 128
1940 32 123 477 391 66 101 17 5 19 69 3 83 45 .258 .392 .473 .865 71 118
1941 33 73 201 170 30 37 5 0 6 25 1 29 31 .218 .338 .353 .691 20 70
1942 34 44 100 83 16 16 3 0 0 11 0 17 8 .193 .330 .229 .559 6 42
9 Seasons 888 3351 2860 460 780 126 40 103 528 46 468 335 .273 .379 .453 .832 487 846
162 Game Avg. 162 611 522 84 142 23 7 19 96 8 85 61 .273 .379 .453 .832 89 846

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1936 *
1939 (LF)

On-Base% s c a p y
1936 AL--.420--10th
1939 AL--.452--2nd
Career--.400--60th

Slugging % s c a p y
1939 AL--.517--9th
Career--.483--161st

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1936 AL--.931--10th
1939 AL--.969--7th
1940 AL--.896--9th
Career--.883--90th

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--210th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1936 AL--27--10th
1939 AL--37--6th
1940 AL--23--8th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1936 AL--2.4--10th
1939 AL--3.4--6th
1940 AL--2.2--8th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1939 AL--.716--7th
Career--.636--250th

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--27.389--9th
1939 AL--19.905--7th
1940 AL--19.947--6th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 15 (1024), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 32 (566), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 23 (492), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Hank Leiber (949)
  2. Monte Irvin (925) *
  3. Chet Laabs (920)
  4. Wally Westlake (919)
  5. Wally Judnich (918)
  6. Hideki Matsui (916)
  7. Bob Nieman (916)
  8. Milton Bradley (916)
  9. George Harper (914)
  10. Moose Solters (914)
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  1. Fred Nicholson (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Bing Miller (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Buck Freeman (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Moose Solters (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Moose Solters (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Brian Jordan (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Tommy Henrich (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Hideki Matsui (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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