Mobile Site You Are Here > Home > Encyclopedia of Players > S Listing > Andy Seminick > Batting

Photo of Andy Seminick

Andy Seminick

Andrew Wasal Seminick

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 187 lb.

Born: September 12, 1920 in Pierce, WV
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1943
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Reds/Redlegs 1943-1957

Final Game: September 21, 1957
Died: February 22, 2004 in Melbourne, FL
Buried: Melbourne Cemetery, Melbourne, FL
View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject
About biographical information

View team uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit / Report an error

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
1940	19	PIT-min	D	19	45	45		7	1	0	1						.156	.156	.244	.400		11							LON · PONY
1941	20	LAD-min	D	112	399	399		105	20	10	16						.263	.263	.484	.747		193							ELZ · APPY
1942	21	ELZ	D	99	375	375		122	23	6	15						.325	.325	.539	.864		202							ELZ · APPY
1943	22	KNX	A1	133	429	429		130	15	7	16						.303	.303	.483	.786		207							KNX · SOUA
1943	22	PHI	NL	22	82	72	9	13	2	0	2	5	0		7	22	.181	.253	.292	.545	61	21	3	0	3			2/7O
1944	23	DET-min	AA	87	343	297	57	81	8	4	14	50	3	0	40	60	.273	.368	.468	.836		139	9	5	1				BFL · IL
1944	23	PHI	NL	22	70	63	9	14	2	1	0	4	2		6	17	.222	.300	.286	.586	68	18	2	1	0			2/7O
1945	24	PHI	NL	80	209	188	18	45	7	2	6	26	3		18	38	.239	.313	.394	.706	99	74	5	2	1			2/57O
1946	25	PHI	NL	124	449	406	55	107	15	5	12	52	2		39	86	.264	.334	.414	.748	115	168	19	4	0			*2
1947	26	PHI	NL	111	405	337	48	85	16	2	13	50	4		58	69	.252	.370	.427	.797	116	144	9	5	5			*2
1948	27	PHI	NL	125	459	391	49	88	11	3	13	44	4		58	68	.225	.328	.368	.696	91	144	10	2	6			*2
1949	28	PHI	NL	109	411	334	52	81	11	2	24	68	0		69	74	.243	.380	.503	.883	138	168	10	5	3			2	AS
1950	29	PHI	NL	130	468	393	55	113	15	3	24	68	0		68	50	.288	.400	.524	.925	143	206	12	6	0			*2	MVP-14
1951	30	PHI	NL	101	358	291	42	66	8	1	11	37	1	0	63	67	.227	.370	.375	.744	102	109	6	3	1			2
1952	31	CIN	NL	108	374	336	38	86	16	1	14	50	1	3	35	65	.256	.330	.435	.764	111	146	7	2	1			2
1953	32	CIN	NL	119	438	387	46	91	12	0	19	64	2	2	49	82	.235	.323	.413	.736	90	160	10	1	1			*2
1954	33	CIN	NL	86	299	247	25	58	9	4	7	30	0	0	48	39	.235	.362	.389	.751	95	96	8	2	1	1		2
1955	34	TOT	NL	99	345	304	33	73	12	1	12	35	1	2	32	62	.240	.325	.405	.729	94	123	8	6	3	0	2	2
1955	34	CIN	NL	6	15	15	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	.133	.133	.333	.467	16	5	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1955	34	PHI	NL	93	330	289	32	71	12	1	11	34	1	2	32	59	.246	.333	.408	.742	98	118	8	6	3	0	2	2
1956	35	PHI	NL	60	196	161	16	32	3	1	7	23	3	0	31	38	.199	.332	.360	.692	88	58	8	1	2	0	7	2
1957	36	PHI	NL	8	12	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.091	.167	.091	.258	-27	1	1	0	0	0	0	/2
15 Yrs				1304	4575	3921	495	953	139	26	164	556	23	7	582	780	.243	.347	.417	.764	107	1636	118	40	27	1	9
162 Game Avg.				162	568	487	61	118	17	3	20	69	3		72	97	.243	.347	.417	.764	107	203	15	5	3
				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
PHI (12 yrs)				985	3449	2936	385	716	102	21	123	411	20	2	450	591	.244	.351	.419	.770	110	1229	93	35	24	0	9
CIN (4 yrs)				319	1126	985	110	237	37	5	41	145	3	5	132	189	.241	.333	.413	.746	97	407	25	5	3	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
1943	22	PHI	NL	22	82	-4	0	0	-1	1	-4	-0.5	2	-2	-0.2	.478	.497	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	2/7O
1944	23	PHI	NL	22	70	-3	0	0	-1	0	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.2	.482	.498	-0.1	-0.1	-0	$	2/7O
1945	24	PHI	NL	80	209	-1	-0	0	-2	2	-2	-0.2	6	5	0.5	.498	.499	0.7	0.0	7	$	2/57O
1946	25	PHI	NL	124	449	6	-0	0	1	4	11	1.2	16	26	2.7	.510	.507	2.6	0.5	26	$	*2
1947	26	PHI	NL	111	405	8	-0	0	-3	3	8	0.9	14	22	2.2	.507	.505	2.6	0.1	25	$	*2
1948	27	PHI	NL	125	459	-5	-0	-0	-4	4	-5	-0.6	16	11	1.0	.495	.497	1.5	-0.0	15	$	*2
1949	28	PHI	NL	109	411	18	-0	0	-2	3	20	1.9	14	34	3.3	.518	.512	3.6	0.1	36	$	2	AS
1950	29	PHI	NL	130	468	26	-1	-1	-1	4	26	2.5	16	42	4.1	.520	.516	4.3	0.2	43	$	*2	MVP-14
1951	30	PHI	NL	101	358	2	-1	-0	0	3	4	0.4	12	16	1.6	.504	.503	1.6	0.3	16	$	2
1952	31	CIN	NL	108	374	4	-1	-0	-1	3	4	0.5	13	17	1.7	.504	.503	1.9	0.2	18	$	2
1953	32	CIN	NL	119	438	-6	0	0	1	4	-1	-0.2	15	14	1.3	.499	.499	1.3	0.4	13	$	*2
1954	33	CIN	NL	86	299	1	-0	-1	5	3	7	0.7	10	17	1.7	.509	.505	1.2	0.8	12	$	2
1955	34	CIN	NL	6	15	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.470	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/2
1955	34	PHI	NL	93	330	-0	-2	-2	2	4	2	0.0	11	13	1.1	.502	.501	1.0	0.4	11	$	2
1956	35	PHI	NL	60	196	-4	-1	-1	-1	2	-5	-0.6	7	2	0.0	.491	.497	0.2	0.0	3	$	2
1957	36	PHI	NL	8	12	-2	-0	-0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.473	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$	/2
15 Seasons				1304	4575	39	-8	-6	-7	39	58	5.1	155	212	20.5	.504	.502	22.0	3.0	219	$

PHI (12 yrs)				985	3449	42	-6	-5	-12	29	49	4.3	117	166	15.9	.505	.503	17.7	1.6	178	$
CIN (4 yrs)				319	1126	-3	-2	-1	5	10	9	0.8	38	47	4.6	.503	.501	4.3	1.4	42	$

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
1943	22	PHI	NL	82	65	5	2.1	85	.229	.181	.259	.253	.327	.292	.351	.545	.678	61	.236	-3.8	-0.4	.452	.208	.111	.0
1944	23	PHI	NL	70	51	5	2.6	91	.304	.222	.263	.300	.330	.286	.370	.586	.699	68	.298	-2.6	-0.3	.529	.190	.063	.0
1945	24	PHI	NL	209	149	23	4.1	93	.271	.239	.268	.313	.338	.394	.370	.706	.708	99	.485	-0.9	-0.1	.655	.266	.154	4.0
1946	25	PHI	NL	449	318	55	4.6	90	.308	.264	.258	.334	.333	.414	.361	.748	.694	115	.562	6.7	0.7	.670	.251	.150	3.4
1947	26	PHI	NL	405	266	52	5.2	102	.282	.252	.268	.370	.342	.427	.397	.797	.740	116	.552	9.5	0.9	.808	.359	.175	6.1
1948	27	PHI	NL	459	319	47	3.9	99	.242	.225	.265	.328	.339	.368	.393	.696	.732	91	.441	-4.8	-0.5	.665	.302	.143	6.1
1949	28	PHI	NL	411	266	63	6.3	101	.242	.243	.267	.380	.340	.503	.399	.883	.739	138	.644	19.4	1.9	.920	.467	.260	.0
1950	29	PHI	NL	468	292	81	7.4	106	.279	.288	.267	.400	.344	.524	.414	.925	.758	143	.695	26.3	2.5	.959	.410	.237	.0
1951	30	PHI	NL	358	232	40	4.6	102	.258	.227	.265	.370	.339	.375	.402	.744	.740	102	.512	3.6	0.4	.762	.368	.148	1.8
1952	31	CIN	NL	374	261	47	4.8	96	.280	.256	.260	.330	.333	.435	.388	.764	.721	111	.568	4.6	0.5	.696	.277	.179	1.9
1953	32	CIN	NL	438	309	51	4.4	110	.252	.235	.274	.323	.345	.413	.427	.736	.773	90	.454	-6.0	-0.6	.682	.305	.178	3.6
1954	33	CIN	NL	299	199	34	4.6	111	.252	.235	.277	.362	.348	.389	.428	.751	.776	95	.480	-1.0	-0.1	.741	.348	.154	.0
1955	34	TOT	NL	345	244	40	4.4	104	.265	.240	.264	.325	.334	.405	.417	.729	.752	94	.471	-2.8	-0.3	.664	.266	.164	1.8
1955	34	CIN	NL	15	13	1	2.1	110	.091	.133	.271	.133	.343	.333	.430	.467	.773	16	.182	-2.0	-0.2	.385	.200	.200	.0
1955	34	PHI	NL	330	231	39	4.5	104	.274	.246	.263	.333	.334	.408	.417	.742	.751	98	.484	-0.8	-0.1	.680	.270	.163	1.8
1956	35	PHI	NL	196	139	19	3.6	101	.216	.199	.262	.332	.328	.360	.413	.692	.742	88	.408	-2.2	-0.2	.679	.373	.161	4.2
1957	36	PHI	NL	12	11	0	0.0	100	.125	.091	.265	.167	.328	.091	.410	.258	.738	-27	.000	-2.0	-0.2	.182	.091	.000
15 Yrs				4575	3121	562	4.8	101	.265	.243	.266	.347	.339	.417	.399	.764	.738	107	.530	44.3	4.3	.735	.327	.174	40.3
162 Game Avg.				568	388	70	4.8	101	.265	.243	.266	.347	.339	.417	.399	.764	.738	107	.530	6	1	.735	.327	.174	5
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
PHI (12 yrs)				3449	2339	429	4.9	99	.267	.244	.265	.351	.338	.419	.394	.770	.732	110	.542	48.6	4.7	.748	.334	.175	34.4
CIN (4 yrs)				1126	782	133	4.5	106	.259	.241	.270	.333	.342	.413	.414	.746	.756	97	.494	-4.3	-0.4	.697	.305	.173	5.6

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
1950	29	PHI	NL	WS	NYY	L	4	14	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.182	.250	.182	.432	2	0	0	2	0	0
1 WS							4	14	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.182	.250	.182	.432	2	0	0	2	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
1949	PHI	NL	28	as C	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	1	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
1943	22	PHI	NL	82	2.4%	26.8%	8.5%	4.9%	31%	3.14	3.3	36.0	14.4			59%
1944	23	PHI	NL	70	0.0%	24.3%	8.6%	4.3%	21%	2.83	3.7		15.8			66%
1945	24	PHI	NL	209	2.9%	18.2%	8.6%	7.2%	33%	2.11	4.9	31.3	7.2			69%
1946	25	PHI	NL	449	2.7%	19.2%	8.7%	7.1%	30%	2.21	4.7	33.8	7.8			69%
1947	26	PHI	NL	405	3.2%	17.0%	14.3%	7.7%	37%	1.19	4.9	25.9	6.7			63%
1948	27	PHI	NL	459	2.8%	14.8%	12.6%	5.9%	31%	1.17	5.8	30.1	8.9		1.29	68%
1949	28	PHI	NL	411	5.8%	18.0%	16.8%	9.0%	46%	1.07	4.5	13.9	4.9		0.70	57%
1950	29	PHI	NL	468	5.1%	10.7%	14.5%	9.0%	37%	0.74	7.9	16.4	5.8		1.00	68%
1951	30	PHI	NL	358	3.1%	18.7%	17.6%	5.6%	30%	1.06	4.3	26.5	7.9		0.86	60%
1952	31	CIN	NL	374	3.7%	17.4%	9.4%	8.3%	36%	1.86	5.2	24.0	6.7		0.97	69%
1953	32	CIN	NL	438	4.3%	18.7%	11.2%	7.1%	34%	1.67	4.7	20.4	6.0		1.16	65%
1954	33	CIN	NL	299	2.3%	13.0%	16.1%	6.7%	35%	0.81	6.3	35.3	8.2		0.98	68%
1955	34	TOT	NL	345	3.5%	18.0%	9.3%	7.3%	34%	1.94	4.9	25.3	8.7		1.26	67%
1955	34	CIN	NL	15	6.7%	20.0%	0.0%	6.7%	50%		5.0	15.0	15.0		1.00	73%
1955	34	PHI	NL	330	3.3%	17.9%	9.7%	7.3%	34%	1.84	4.9	26.3	8.5		1.28	66%
1956	35	PHI	NL	196	3.6%	19.4%	15.8%	5.6%	34%	1.23	4.2	23.0	7.0		1.26	59%
1957	36	PHI	NL	12	0.0%	25.0%	8.3%	0.0%	0%	3.00	3.7				3.00	67%
15 Yrs				4575	3.6%	17.1%	12.7%	7.2%	35%	1.34	5.0	23.9	7.1		1.05	65%
MLB Averages					1.8%	10.2%	9.4%	6.2%	27%	1.09	8.7	50.0	8.4		0.97	77%
				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

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1943	22	PHI	NL	-3.8	-0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1944	23	PHI	NL	-2.6	-0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1945	24	PHI	NL	-0.9	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1946	25	PHI	NL	6.2	0.6	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	26	PHI	NL	9.0	0.9	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	27	PHI	NL	-5.3	-0.5	223	-1.5	2.8	-4.3	1.11	-1.0	-0.3	-12.1	-1.2	0.97	-11.3		0
1949	28	PHI	NL	19.4	1.9	292	2.5	7.3	-4.8	1.07	2.6	-0.3	26.2	2.6	0.98	29.5	2.27	6
1950	29	PHI	NL	26.3	2.5	446	2.0	9.6	-7.6	1.10	2.6	-0.8	26.2	2.5	0.94	30.2	2.65	6
1951	30	PHI	NL	3.2	0.3	315	-0.9	5.3	-6.3	1.08	0.4	-1.3	-0.1	-0.0	0.94	9.1	1.68	7
1952	31	CIN	NL	4.6	0.5	290	0.8	6.9	-6.0	1.20	0.8	-0.1	3.7	0.4	1.02	6.5	1.57	6
1953	32	CIN	NL	-6.0	-0.6	447	0.5	8.8	-8.3	1.07	0.3	0.2	4.6	0.4	0.95	2.3	2.09	10
1954	33	CIN	NL	-1.0	-0.1	302	-0.6	4.5	-5.1	.97	-0.0	-0.6	-2.1	-0.2	0.97	0.7	1.13	5
1955	34	TOT	NL	-2.8	-0.3	336	-1.7	5.2	-6.9	1.03	-0.8	-0.9	-11.1	-1.1	0.96	-9.2	1.81	6
1955	34	CIN	NL	-2.0	-0.2	15	-0.4	0.1	-0.4	1.21	-0.2	-0.1	-2.4	-0.2	0.88	-2.0	4.78	1
1955	34	PHI	NL	-0.8	-0.1	321	-1.3	5.1	-6.4	1.02	-0.6	-0.7	-8.7	-0.9	0.96	-7.1	1.21	5
1956	35	PHI	NL	-2.2	-0.2	194	0.4	4.0	-3.5	1.14	0.3	0.1	1.5	0.2	1.02	1.9	2.34	6
1957	36	PHI	NL	-2.0	-0.2	12	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	1.00	-0.2	-0.0	-2.7	-0.3	0.88	-2.3		0
15 Yrs				42.2	4.1	2857	1.3	54.4	-53.1	1.08	5.0	-3.8	34.0	3.3	0.97	57.5	1.97	52
				BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	27	PHI	NL	3	0	27%	88	4			1	0	1	0	1	1	2	48%	11	7	4	2	1	1	12	5	7
1949	28	PHI	NL	1	0	21%	115	0			0	0	0	0	2	7	2	33%	15	10	4	2	0	2	7	5	2
1950	29	PHI	NL	12	1	19%	166	0			0	0	0	0	2	4	2	41%	21	15	6	4	3	1	7	1	6
1951	30	PHI	NL	2	0	26%	135	1	0	100%	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	32%	18	14	3	2	2	0	14	6	8
1952	31	CIN	NL	7	0	22%	91	1	3	25%	1	1	0	1	0	5	2	9%	12	11	1	2	2	0	8	7	1
1953	32	CIN	NL	5	0	22%	154	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	2	6	3	30%	23	19	3	5	3	2	12	5	7
1954	33	CIN	NL	5	0	18%	108	0	0		0	0	0	0	2	3	5	44%	8	5	3	1	1	0	9	4	5
1955	34	TOT	NL	3	0	21%	90	1	2	33%	1	1	0	0	2	4	1	41%	14	9	5	5	2	2	10	4	5
1955	34	CIN	NL	0	0	0%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	34	PHI	NL	3	0	21%	90	1	2	33%	1	1	0	0	2	4	1	43%	13	8	5	5	2	2	10	4	5
1956	35	PHI	NL	1	1	16%	55	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	5	1	0%	9	7	0	2	1	0	1	1	0
1957	36	PHI	NL	0	0	0%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15 Yrs				39	2	24%	1007	23	7	153%	8	5	1	1	12	37	19	33%	132	98	29	25	15	8	80	38	41

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	27	PHI	NL	459	23%	88			0	0	0	0		13	0	5	1	0	6	7	0	3	6	200%	44	10	23%	22	10	45%	156	15	10%	15	6	40%	5	4	80%	0
1949	28	PHI	NL	411	35%	81			6	0	0	0	2.27	24	1	9	11	9	17	7	0	2	3	150%	63	10	16%	30	7	23%	199	37	19%	18	9	50%	11	4	36%	0
1950	29	PHI	NL	468	25%	113			6	2	0	1	2.65	24	2	9	17	5	10	14	1	0	0		83	12	14%	41	12	29%	283	44	16%	31	12	39%	20	9	45%	0
1951	30	PHI	NL	358	22%	66			7	0	0	0	1.68	11	0	9	6	4	3	8	0	2	1	50%	57	6	11%	29	7	24%	190	21	11%	25	5	20%	8	2	25%	0
1952	31	CIN	NL	374	29%	86			6	0	0	0	1.57	14	1	13	8	3	7	7	0	1	1	100%	61	7	11%	26	2	8%	207	30	14%	16	6	38%	12	5	42%	0
1953	32	CIN	NL	438	46%	91			10	2	0	0	2.09	19	1	14	5	14	12	7	0	1	1	100%	89	10	11%	31	7	23%	287	48	17%	25	14	56%	15	11	73%	0
1954	33	CIN	NL	299	52%	58			5	3	0	0	1.13	7	0	8	3	4	3	4	0	1	1	100%	54	8	15%	21	5	24%	198	23	12%	16	9	56%	8	4	50%	0
1955	34	TOT	NL	345	30%	73			6	0	0	0	1.81	12	1	8	8	3	8	4	0	3	3	100%	63	8	13%	29	5	17%	213	24	11%	19	9	47%	12	4	33%	0
1955	34	CIN	NL	15	80%	2			1	0	0	0	4.78	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	9	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1955	34	PHI	NL	330	28%	71			5	0	0	0	1.21	11	1	8	7	3	7	4	0	3	3	100%	61	8	13%	28	5	18%	204	24	12%	19	9	47%	11	4	36%	0
1956	35	PHI	NL	196	26%	32			6	0	0	0	2.34	7	0	4	4	3	4	3	0	4	2	50%	44	8	18%	16	4	25%	147	17	12%	9	3	33%	4	1	25%	0
1957	36	PHI	NL	12	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	3	0	0%	6	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
15 Yrs				3360	33%	953			52	7	0	1	1.97	164	6	79	63	45	70	61	1	17	27	159%	560	118	21%	248	59	24%	1886	259	14%	174	73	42%	96	44	46%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			149%			17%			32%			14%			50%			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
1943	22	22	82	72	9	13	2	0	2	5	0		7	22	.181	.253	.292	.545	61	21	3	0	3
1944	23	44	152	135	18	27	4	1	2	9	2		13	39	.200	.275	.289	.564	64	39	5	1	3
1945	24	124	361	323	36	72	11	3	8	35	5		31	77	.223	.297	.350	.647	85	113	10	3	4
1946	25	248	810	729	91	179	26	8	20	87	7		70	163	.246	.318	.385	.703	102	281	29	7	4
1947	26	359	1215	1066	139	264	42	10	33	137	11		128	232	.248	.335	.399	.734	106	425	38	12	9
1948	27	484	1674	1457	188	352	53	13	46	181	15		186	300	.242	.333	.391	.724	102	569	48	14	15
1949	28	593	2085	1791	240	433	64	15	70	249	15		255	374	.242	.342	.412	.754	109	737	58	19	18
1950	29	723	2553	2184	295	546	79	18	94	317	15		323	424	.250	.353	.432	.785	115	943	70	25	18
1951	30	824	2911	2475	337	612	87	19	105	354	16	0	386	491	.247	.355	.425	.780	114	1052	76	28	19
1952	31	932	3285	2811	375	698	103	20	119	404	17	3	421	556	.248	.352	.426	.778	114	1198	83	30	20
1953	32	1051	3723	3198	421	789	115	20	138	468	19	5	470	638	.247	.349	.425	.773	111	1358	93	31	21
1954	33	1137	4022	3445	446	847	124	24	145	498	19	5	518	677	.246	.350	.422	.772	109	1454	101	33	22	1
1955	34	1236	4367	3749	479	920	136	25	157	533	20	7	550	739	.245	.348	.421	.768	108	1577	109	39	25	1	2
1956	35	1296	4563	3910	495	952	139	26	164	556	23	7	581	777	.243	.347	.418	.765	107	1635	117	40	27	1	9
1957	36	1304	4575	3921	495	953	139	26	164	556	23	7	582	780	.243	.347	.417	.764	107	1636	118	40	27	1	9

Neutralized Batting

Change to: / / / 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
1943	22	23	88	77	11	15	2	0	2	6	0	8	23	.195	.271	.299	.569	6	22
1944	23	23	75	67	11	16	2	1	0	5	2	7	18	.239	.320	.299	.619	6	22
1945	24	84	218	196	19	47	7	2	6	28	3	19	40	.240	.313	.388	.701	24	80
1946	25	130	484	435	67	122	17	6	14	63	2	44	90	.280	.353	.444	.797	67	124
1947	26	116	424	353	51	90	17	2	14	53	4	61	72	.255	.372	.433	.806	55	111
1948	27	131	479	410	52	93	12	3	14	47	4	61	71	.227	.330	.373	.703	50	125
1949	28	113	428	348	54	85	12	2	25	71	0	72	77	.244	.381	.506	.887	65	109
1950	29	136	483	408	55	115	15	3	24	69	0	69	52	.282	.393	.510	.903	82	130
1951	30	105	373	303	44	69	8	1	12	39	1	66	70	.228	.371	.380	.751	42	101
1952	31	113	396	355	43	94	17	1	15	56	1	38	68	.265	.339	.445	.784	53	108
1953	32	124	449	398	45	91	12	0	19	62	2	49	85	.229	.315	.402	.717	50	119
1954	33	90	311	258	25	59	9	4	7	30	0	49	41	.229	.355	.376	.731	35	86
1955	34	104	361	319	34	76	12	1	12	36	1	33	65	.238	.321	.395	.716	40	99
1956	35	63	205	169	18	34	3	1	7	25	3	33	40	.201	.335	.355	.690	21	60
1957	36	8	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.083	.000	.083	0	8
15 Yrs		1363	4786	4107	529	1006	145	27	171	590	23	610	815	.245	.348	.418	.766	596	1304
162 Game Avg.		162	569	488	63	120	17	3	20	70	3	73	97	.245	.348	.418	.766	71	1304

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) 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

All-Star Games 1949 (C)	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1950 NL (14, 7%) 0.07 Career Shares (1016th)	Offensive WAR† s c a p y 1950 NL 4.3 (10th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1949 NL 24 (7th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 1946 NL 86 (2nd) 1947 NL 69 (6th) 1948 NL 68 (5th) 1949 NL 74 (3rd) 1953 NL 82 (10th)	Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y 1949 NL 19 (10th)	Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y 1949 NL 1.9 (10th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1946 NL 4 (6th) 1947 NL 5 (3rd) 1949 NL 5 (6th) 1950 NL 6 (4th) 1955 NL 6 (4th)
Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1946 NL 19 (1st)	AB per HR s c a p y 1946 NL 33.8 (5th)	Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y 1949 NL 26.16 (10th)	Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1949 NL 2.6 (7th) 1950 NL 2.6 (10th)
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y 1949 NL 2.6 (10th)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 4 (1866), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 23 (733), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 30 (323), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

Compare Stats to Similars

Most Similar by Ages

Hold mouse over #'s to see names

Ed Taubensee (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ed Taubensee (972) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Harry Chiti (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
John Buck (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ed Bailey (972) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tom Haller (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tom Haller (972) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ed Bailey (964) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ed Bailey (964) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ed Bailey (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ed Bailey (948) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ernie Whitt (898) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Other Resources & Links

Error? Compare Search SABR's Baseball Index Other Links@google.com Baseball Library Baseball-Almanac.com DeadBallEra Obituary Retrosheet SABR BioProject The Baseball Cube The Baseball Page WhatIfSports: Andy Seminick

Viewed 13,024 times through June 1, 2012.
Name and misspellings: Andrew andrew Andy Wasal Seminick

Player Page Tricks and Tips

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.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
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.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.

Automatic Player Linking / Statistical Sharing Tool / Basic Player Linking / Data Coverage

See Front Page for time of last update

Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.

Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball.

Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of 24-7 Baseball.

Player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Many thanks to him. We have only selected seasons (players who debuted before 1960) for which we believe the image has reverted into the public domain. We will quickly remove any images for which that can be shown to not be the case.Please let us know if you are aware of any such images on this site.

Play Index Loading Photos from the George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress.

A Sports Reference Site: About Baseball Reference | Found a bug or have a suggestion?
Privacy Statement | Conditions & Terms of Service | Use of Data

Part of the USA TODAY Sports Media Group.