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Norm Siebern

Norman Leroy Siebern

Positions: First Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: July 26, 1933 in St. Louis, MO
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 15, 1956
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Yankees/Orioles/Angels/RedSox/... 1956-1968

Final Game: July 30, 1968
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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
1954 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1955 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1956 22 NYY AL 54 184 162 27 33 1 4 4 21 1 1 19 38 .204 .286 .333 .619 66 54 3 0 2 1 0 7
1958 24 NYY AL 134 532 460 79 138 19 5 14 55 5 8 66 87 .300 .388 .454 .842 136 209 7 1 4 2 3 *78 GG
1959 25 NYY AL 120 431 380 52 103 17 0 11 53 3 1 41 71 .271 .341 .403 .744 108 153 3 2 3 5 2 7/983
1960 26 KCA AL 144 604 520 69 145 31 6 19 69 0 0 72 68 .279 .366 .471 .837 125 245 9 2 4 4 6 73
1961 27 KCA AL 153 648 560 68 166 36 5 18 98 2 4 82 91 .296 .384 .475 .859 129 266 4 1 0 6 3 *37 MVP-14
1962 28 KCA AL 162 719 600 114 185 25 6 25 117 3 1 110 88 .308 .412 .495 .907 140 297 13 1 1 7 9 *3 AS,MVP-7
1963 29 KCA AL 152 644 556 80 151 25 2 16 83 1 4 79 82 .272 .358 .410 .768 110 228 10 0 1 8 6 *37/9 AS,MVP-27
1964 30 BAL AL 150 596 478 92 117 24 2 12 56 2 3 106 87 .245 .379 .379 .758 112 181 5 2 3 7 3 *3 AS
1965 31 BAL AL 106 353 297 44 76 13 4 8 32 1 2 50 49 .256 .362 .407 .769 117 121 2 1 2 3 7 3
1966 32 CAL AL 125 404 336 29 83 14 1 5 41 0 1 63 61 .247 .361 .339 .701 106 114 6 0 0 5 7 3
1967 33 TOT MLB 79 122 102 8 18 1 3 0 11 0 0 20 21 .176 .311 .245 .557 61 25 1 0 0 0 1 3/7
1967 33 SFG NL 46 72 58 6 9 1 1 0 4 0 0 14 13 .155 .319 .207 .526 54 12 0 0 0 0 0 3/7
1967 33 BOS AL 33 50 44 2 9 0 2 0 7 0 0 6 8 .205 .300 .295 .595 71 13 1 0 0 0 1 3/7
1968 34 BOS AL 27 30 30 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .067 .067 .067 .133 -61 2 1 0 0 0 0 /379
12 Yrs 1406 5267 4481 662 1217 206 38 132 636 18 25 708 748 .272 .369 .423 .792 117 1895 64 10 20 48 47
162 Game Avg. 162 607 516 76 140 24 4 15 73 2 3 82 86 .272 .369 .423 .792 117 218 7 1 2 6 5
KCA (4 yrs) 611 2615 2236 331 647 117 19 78 367 6 9 343 329 .289 .381 .463 .844 126 1036 36 4 6 25 24
NYY (3 yrs) 308 1147 1002 158 274 37 9 29 129 9 10 126 196 .273 .354 .415 .769 113 416 13 3 9 8 5
BOS (2 yrs) 60 80 74 2 11 0 2 0 7 0 0 6 13 .149 .213 .203 .415 21 15 2 0 0 0 1
BAL (2 yrs) 256 949 775 136 193 37 6 20 88 3 5 156 136 .249 .373 .390 .763 114 302 7 3 5 10 10
SFG (1 yr) 46 72 58 6 9 1 1 0 4 0 0 14 13 .155 .319 .207 .526 54 12 0 0 0 0 0
CAL (1 yr) 125 404 336 29 83 14 1 5 41 0 1 63 61 .247 .361 .339 .701 106 114 6 0 0 5 7
AL (12 yrs) 1360 5195 4423 656 1208 205 37 132 632 18 25 694 735 .273 .369 .426 .795 118 1883 64 10 20 48 47
NL (1 yr) 46 72 58 6 9 1 1 0 4 0 0 14 13 .155 .319 .207 .526 54 12 0 0 0 0 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 22 NYY AL 54 184 -9 -0 1 6 -2 -5 -0.5 5 0 0.0 .491 .497 -0.6 0.4 -6 $ 7
1958 24 NYY AL 134 532 22 -0 2 12 -6 30 3.1 15 44 4.6 .524 .520 3.3 0.6 32 $ *78 GG
1959 25 NYY AL 120 431 4 0 2 -5 -5 -4 -0.6 12 8 0.6 .496 .497 1.2 -1.1 13 $ 7/983
1960 26 KCA AL 144 604 18 -0 2 -5 -8 6 0.5 16 23 2.1 .505 .504 2.8 -1.5 28 $ 73
1961 27 KCA AL 153 648 22 -2 3 -6 -9 7 0.5 18 25 2.2 .505 .504 3.0 -1.6 31 $ *37 MVP-14
1962 28 KCA AL 162 719 38 1 1 4 -10 34 3.3 20 54 5.2 .522 .522 5.0 -0.7 49 $ *3 AS,MVP-7
1963 29 KCA AL 152 644 4 -2 3 -4 -9 -7 -1.0 18 11 0.7 .495 .495 1.4 -1.5 14 $ *37/9 AS,MVP-27
1964 30 BAL AL 150 596 13 -0 3 8 -8 15 1.4 16 32 3.1 .511 .511 2.4 -0.2 24 $31,500 *3 AS
1965 31 BAL AL 106 353 5 -1 1 1 -4 2 0.2 10 12 1.2 .502 .501 1.1 -0.4 11 $30,000 3
1966 32 CAL AL 125 404 2 -0 0 -2 -5 -6 -0.9 11 6 0.3 .495 .496 0.8 -1.0 8 $30,000 3
1967 33 SFG NL 46 72 -2 0 1 -0 -1 -2 -0.3 2 0 0.0 .494 .498 0.0 -0.1 0 $30,000 3/7
1967 33 BOS AL 33 50 -2 0 0 -1 -0 -2 -0.3 1 -1 -0.2 .491 .498 0.0 -0.2 -0 $ 3/7
1968 34 BOS AL 27 30 -6 0 -0 -1 -0 -6 -0.9 1 -6 -0.8 .469 .495 -0.7 -0.1 -5 $30,000 /379
12 Seasons 1406 5267 109 -5 17 7 -67 61 4.6 146 207 19.0 .504 .503 19.7 -7.5 199 $151,500
KCA (4 yrs) 611 2615 81 -4 8 -10 -35 41 3.2 72 112 10.2 .507 .506 12.2 -5.3 122 $
NYY (3 yrs) 308 1147 16 -0 4 13 -13 21 2.0 31 52 5.2 .507 .505 3.9 -0.1 39 $
BOS (2 yrs) 60 80 -7 0 0 -2 -1 -9 -1.2 2 -7 -1.0 .481 .496 -0.7 -0.3 -5 $30,000
BAL (2 yrs) 256 949 19 -1 4 9 -13 17 1.6 26 44 4.3 .508 .506 3.5 -0.6 35 $61,500
SFG (1 yr) 46 72 -2 0 1 -0 -1 -2 -0.3 2 0 0.0 .494 .498 0.0 -0.1 0 $30,000
CAL (1 yr) 125 404 2 -0 0 -2 -5 -6 -0.9 11 6 0.3 .495 .496 0.8 -1.0 8 $30,000

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 22 NYY AL 184 136 16 3.2 104 .240 .204 .264 .286 .345 .333 .402 .619 .748 66 .316 -9.0 -0.9 .549 .247 .130 1.6
1958 24 NYY AL 532 343 82 6.4 95 .343 .300 .257 .388 .325 .454 .390 .842 .715 136 .675 24.2 2.4 .810 .291 .154 7.4
1959 25 NYY AL 431 289 56 5.2 95 .304 .271 .256 .341 .326 .403 .391 .744 .717 108 .577 5.0 0.5 .705 .245 .132 4.7
1960 26 KCA AL 604 392 93 6.4 102 .288 .279 .265 .366 .338 .471 .405 .837 .743 125 .656 18.9 1.9 .831 .331 .192 .0
1961 27 KCA AL 648 408 108 7.1 104 .324 .296 .264 .384 .339 .475 .411 .859 .750 129 .682 25.7 2.5 .863 .321 .179 3.6
1962 28 KCA AL 719 437 129 7.9 106 .324 .308 .268 .412 .341 .495 .417 .907 .758 140 .734 38.8 3.8 .956 .373 .187 5.4
1963 29 KCA AL 644 428 85 5.4 99 .290 .272 .262 .358 .329 .410 .405 .768 .734 110 .610 10.3 1.1 .726 .275 .138 1.9
1964 30 BAL AL 596 379 78 5.5 96 .272 .245 .256 .379 .324 .379 .397 .758 .721 112 .620 14.6 1.5 .780 .354 .134 3.4
1965 31 BAL AL 353 230 47 5.5 93 .280 .256 .253 .362 .323 .407 .388 .769 .711 117 .639 8.4 0.9 .760 .316 .152 1.8
1966 32 CAL AL 404 265 45 4.6 87 .284 .247 .245 .361 .311 .339 .378 .701 .689 106 .572 6.4 0.7 .677 .277 .092 .0
1967 33 TOT MLB 122 85 9 2.9 91 .222 .176 .256 .311 .322 .245 .379 .557 .701 61 .364 -4.8 -0.5 .529 .265 .069
1967 33 SFG NL 72 49 5 2.8 90 .200 .155 .258 .319 .320 .207 .379 .526 .700 54 .340 -2.9 -0.3 .531 .293 .052
1967 33 BOS AL 50 36 4 3.0 91 .250 .205 .253 .300 .324 .295 .379 .595 .703 71 .400 -1.8 -0.2 .528 .227 .091
1968 34 BOS AL 30 29 0 0.0 85 .080 .067 .245 .067 .316 .067 .363 .133 .679 -61 .000 -6.0 -0.7 .069 .000 .000
12 Yrs 5267 3421 748 5.9 98 .297 .272 .259 .369 .330 .423 .400 .792 .730 117 .636 132.4 13.1 .777 .308 .151 31.7
162 Game Avg. 607 394 86 5.9 98 .297 .272 .259 .369 .330 .423 .400 .792 .730 117 .636 15 2 .777 .308 .151 4
KCA (4 yrs) 2615 1665 415 6.7 103 .307 .289 .265 .381 .337 .463 .410 .844 .746 126 .677 93.6 9.2 .845 .326 .174 11.1
NYY (3 yrs) 1147 768 154 5.4 96 .312 .273 .258 .354 .329 .415 .393 .769 .721 113 .589 20.2 2.1 .724 .266 .142 13.7
BOS (2 yrs) 80 65 4 1.7 89 .180 .149 .250 .213 .321 .203 .373 .415 .693 21 .191 -7.8 -0.9 .323 .135 .054
BAL (2 yrs) 949 609 125 5.5 95 .275 .249 .255 .373 .324 .390 .394 .763 .717 114 .627 23.0 2.4 .773 .339 .141 5.2
SFG (1 yr) 72 49 5 2.8 90 .200 .155 .258 .319 .320 .207 .379 .526 .700 54 .339 -2.9 -0.3 .531 .293 .052
CAL (1 yr) 404 265 45 4.6 87 .284 .247 .245 .361 .311 .339 .378 .701 .689 106 .572 6.4 0.7 .677 .277 .092 .0
AL (12 yrs) 5195 3372 743 5.9 99 .299 .273 .259 .369 .330 .426 .400 .795 .730 118 .638 135.4 13.4 .781 .308 .153 31.7
NL (1 yr) 72 49 5 2.8 90 .200 .155 .258 .319 .320 .207 .379 .526 .700 54 .339 -2.9 -0.3 .531 .293 .052

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
1956 22 NYY AL WS BRO W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 24 NYY AL WS MLN W 3 11 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .125 .364 .125 .489 1 0 0 0 0 0
1967 33 BOS AL WS STL L 3 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (3 Series) 7 15 12 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 .167 .333 .167 .500 2 0 0 0 0 0
3 WS 7 15 12 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 .167 .333 .167 .500 2 0 0 0 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
1962 KCA AL 28 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 KCA AL 28 DNP
1963 KCA AL 29 DNP
1964 BAL AL 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (2 GP) 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .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 GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1956 22 NYY AL 184 2.2% 20.7% 10.3% 4.9% 27% 2.00 4.3 40.5 7.7 1.09 66%
1958 24 NYY AL 532 2.6% 16.4% 12.4% 7.1% 28% 1.32 5.3 32.9 8.4 1.19 68%
1959 25 NYY AL 431 2.6% 16.5% 9.5% 6.5% 27% 1.73 5.4 34.5 7.2 0.95 70%
1960 26 KCA AL 604 3.2% 11.3% 11.9% 9.3% 39% 0.94 7.6 27.4 7.5 1.01 72%
1961 27 KCA AL 648 2.8% 14.0% 12.7% 9.1% 36% 1.11 6.2 31.1 5.7 1.23 71%
1962 28 KCA AL 719 3.5% 12.2% 15.3% 7.8% 30% 0.80 6.8 24.0 5.1 1.23 69%
1963 29 KCA AL 644 2.5% 12.7% 12.3% 6.7% 29% 1.04 6.8 34.8 6.7 1.34 72%
1964 30 BAL AL 596 2.0% 14.6% 17.8% 6.4% 33% 0.82 5.5 39.8 8.5 1.14 65%
1965 31 BAL AL 353 2.3% 13.9% 14.2% 7.1% 33% 0.98 6.1 37.1 9.3 0.89 69%
1966 32 CAL AL 404 1.2% 15.1% 15.6% 5.0% 24% 0.97 5.5 67.2 8.2 0.95 68%
1967 33 TOT MLB 122 0.0% 17.2% 16.4% 3.3% 22% 1.05 4.9 9.3 0.91 66%
1967 33 SFG NL 72 0.0% 18.1% 19.4% 2.8% 22% 0.93 4.5 14.5 0.89 63%
1967 33 BOS AL 50 0.0% 16.0% 12.0% 4.0% 22% 1.33 5.5 6.3 0.93 72%
1968 34 BOS AL 30 0.0% 16.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 6.0 1.18 83%
12 Yrs 5267 2.5% 14.2% 13.4% 7.1% 31% 1.06 6.0 33.9 7.0 1.11 69%
MLB Averages 2.2% 14.5% 8.3% 6.4% 28% 1.73 6.2 40.1 8.8 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 22 NYY AL -9.0 -0.9 186 -0.4 3.0 -3.4 1.05 -0.4 -0.0 -3.4 -0.3 0.99 -5.1 1.42 6
1958 24 NYY AL 24.2 2.4 551 0.5 8.4 -7.9 .90 1.9 -1.3 19.6 2.0 0.98 22.9 1.10 2
1959 25 NYY AL 5.0 0.5 440 0.9 8.2 -7.3 1.05 0.7 0.1 14.2 1.5 0.94 10.7 2.19 20
1960 26 KCA AL 19.6 1.9 611 1.7 11.3 -9.6 1.05 2.0 -0.4 25.3 2.5 0.95 27.7 1.70 4
1961 27 KCA AL 24.9 2.4 659 4.4 14.4 -10.0 1.04 2.9 1.3 43.4 4.2 0.97 32.2 1.84 2
1962 28 KCA AL 38.8 3.8 714 5.0 15.4 -10.4 1.04 5.3 -0.5 69.0 6.6 0.99 66.1 0
1963 29 KCA AL 10.3 1.1 652 1.0 11.9 -10.9 1.12 1.6 -0.7 13.6 1.4 0.99 17.9 2.26 5
1964 30 BAL AL 14.6 1.5 609 2.2 11.1 -8.9 1.00 2.2 0.0 17.9 1.8 0.95 22.8 1.55 6
1965 31 BAL AL 8.4 0.9 361 1.3 7.4 -6.1 1.14 1.1 0.0 10.6 1.1 0.93 14.1 1.94 28
1966 32 CAL AL 6.4 0.7 409 1.6 8.8 -7.2 1.21 0.5 0.8 12.0 1.3 0.97 9.8 1.99 24
1967 33 TOT MLB -4.8 -0.5 124 0.7 3.2 -2.5 1.34 -0.1 0.6 1.9 0.2 1.03 -1.2 1.88 45
1967 33 SFG NL -2.9 -0.3 74 -0.1 1.5 -1.5 1.28 -0.1 0.0 -0.4 -0.0 1.02 -1.3 1.91 24
1967 33 BOS AL -1.8 -0.2 50 0.7 1.7 -1.0 1.43 -0.0 0.5 2.4 0.2 1.04 0.1 1.85 21
1968 34 BOS AL -6.0 -0.7 30 -0.8 0.1 -0.9 1.01 -0.6 -0.2 -6.5 -0.7 0.93 -6.2 1.07 24
12 Yrs 132.3 13.1 5346 17.9 103.1 -85.3 1.06 17.0 -0.1 217.8 21.5 0.97 211.5 1.79 166

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1956 22 NYY AL 1 0 48% 75 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 58% 11 6 5 1 1 0 7 0 6
1958 24 NYY AL 5 0 34% 221 5 8 38% 5 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 16 60% 36 18 18 7 2 5 20 4 15
1959 25 NYY AL 5 0 30% 187 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11 47% 30 18 12 8 4 4 9 2 6
1960 26 KCA AL 8 0 25% 270 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 10 41% 42 29 12 13 6 7 15 5 10
1961 27 KCA AL 6 0 22% 282 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 13 40% 40 26 13 5 3 2 12 3 8
1962 28 KCA AL 11 0 33% 316 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 16 47% 55 38 16 16 5 10 27 7 20
1963 29 KCA AL 3 0 30% 262 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 12 51% 33 23 10 14 7 7 24 4 19
1964 30 BAL AL 9 0 38% 332 2 3 40% 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 17 48% 47 32 15 13 7 6 20 3 17
1965 31 BAL AL 3 0 30% 159 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 40% 22 16 6 4 3 1 14 4 9
1966 32 CAL AL 3 0 17% 132 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 8 41% 18 13 5 3 3 0 8 1 7
1967 33 TOT MLB 2 0 21% 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 44% 5 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 2
1967 33 SFG NL 1 0 26% 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 57% 4 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 2
1967 33 BOS AL 1 0 13% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1968 34 BOS AL 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
12 Yrs 56 0 29% 2282 18 25 42% 17 26 1 1 0 0 5 0 45 117 47% 339 222 114 85 42 42 159 34 119

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 22 NYY AL 184 85% 33 6 0 0 0 1.42 4 0 5 3 1 1 3 0 2 2 100% 43 3 7% 22 8 36% 123 18 15% 6 5 83% 7 2 29% 0
1958 24 NYY AL 532 77% 138 2 1 0 0 1.10 14 0 13 10 4 7 7 1 5 4 80% 108 7 6% 47 17 36% 332 43 13% 31 14 45% 19 11 58% 0
1959 25 NYY AL 431 80% 103 20 9 1 6 2.19 11 0 9 10 1 4 7 0 4 3 75% 75 3 4% 30 11 37% 259 42 16% 23 16 70% 13 7 54% 0
1960 26 KCA AL 604 73% 145 4 1 0 0 1.70 19 0 10 17 2 6 13 0 5 4 80% 115 9 8% 44 18 41% 381 54 14% 30 20 67% 19 14 74% 0
1961 27 KCA AL 648 69% 166 2 0 0 0 1.84 18 0 16 16 2 5 13 1 0 0 130 4 3% 47 20 43% 446 82 18% 40 25 63% 17 11 65% 0
1962 28 KCA AL 719 64% 185 0 0 0 0 25 0 7 19 6 14 11 0 2 1 50% 144 13 9% 56 25 45% 483 96 20% 49 29 59% 20 12 60% 0
1963 29 KCA AL 644 67% 151 5 2 0 1 2.26 16 0 13 8 8 10 6 0 3 1 33% 138 10 7% 58 26 45% 450 70 16% 54 34 63% 12 6 50% 0
1964 30 BAL AL 596 70% 117 6 0 0 1 1.55 12 0 8 9 3 8 4 0 4 3 75% 101 5 5% 57 24 42% 347 46 13% 41 21 51% 24 11 46% 0
1965 31 BAL AL 353 82% 76 28 2 0 0 1.94 8 0 6 7 1 3 5 0 3 2 67% 59 2 3% 27 10 37% 187 25 13% 14 8 57% 13 7 54% 0
1966 32 CAL AL 404 84% 83 24 7 0 3 1.99 5 0 9 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 63 6 10% 27 12 44% 257 38 15% 32 17 53% 13 8 62% 0
1967 33 TOT MLB 122 95% 18 45 7 0 5 1.88 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 1 4% 8 0 0% 92 13 14% 10 1 10% 0 0 0
1967 33 SFG NL 72 96% 9 24 3 0 2 1.91 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0% 7 0 0% 52 5 10% 7 0 0% 0 0 0
1967 33 BOS AL 50 94% 9 21 4 0 3 1.85 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 13% 1 0 0% 40 8 20% 3 1 33% 0 0 0
1968 34 BOS AL 30 97% 2 24 1 0 0 1.07 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 15 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
12 Yrs 5267 74% 1217 166 30 1 16 1.79 132 0 102 104 28 60 72 2 28 20 71% 1001 64 6% 425 171 40% 3372 527 16% 331 190 57% 157 89 57% 0
MLB Averages 51% 77% 10% 31% 14% 48% 53%

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
1956 22 54 184 162 27 33 1 4 4 21 1 1 19 38 .204 .286 .333 .619 66 54 3 0 2 1 0
1957 23 54 184 162 27 33 1 4 4 21 1 1 19 38 .204 .286 .333 .619 66 54 3 0 2 1 0
1958 24 188 716 622 106 171 20 9 18 76 6 9 85 125 .275 .361 .423 .784 117 263 10 1 6 3 3
1959 25 308 1147 1002 158 274 37 9 29 129 9 10 126 196 .273 .354 .415 .769 113 416 13 3 9 8 5
1960 26 452 1751 1522 227 419 68 15 48 198 9 10 198 264 .275 .358 .434 .792 117 661 22 5 13 12 11
1961 27 605 2399 2082 295 585 104 20 66 296 11 14 280 355 .281 .365 .445 .810 120 927 26 6 13 18 14
1962 28 767 3118 2682 409 770 129 26 91 413 14 15 390 443 .287 .376 .456 .832 125 1224 39 7 14 25 23
1963 29 919 3762 3238 489 921 154 28 107 496 15 19 469 525 .284 .373 .448 .821 122 1452 49 7 15 33 29
1964 30 1069 4358 3716 581 1038 178 30 119 552 17 22 575 612 .279 .374 .439 .813 121 1633 54 9 18 40 32
1965 31 1175 4711 4013 625 1114 191 34 127 584 18 24 625 661 .278 .373 .437 .810 121 1754 56 10 20 43 39
1966 32 1300 5115 4349 654 1197 205 35 132 625 18 25 688 722 .275 .372 .430 .801 120 1868 62 10 20 48 46
1967 33 1379 5237 4451 662 1215 206 38 132 636 18 25 708 743 .273 .371 .425 .796 119 1893 63 10 20 48 47
1968 34 1406 5267 4481 662 1217 206 38 132 636 18 25 708 748 .272 .369 .423 .792 117 1895 64 10 20 48 47

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
1956 22 56 192 169 27 34 1 4 4 21 1 20 40 .201 .284 .325 .610 16 54
1958 24 140 572 491 92 154 21 6 16 64 6 74 91 .314 .403 .479 .882 94 134
1959 25 125 455 401 57 111 18 0 12 58 3 44 74 .277 .347 .411 .759 57 120
1960 26 151 633 547 73 153 33 6 20 73 0 76 72 .280 .367 .472 .839 95 144
1961 27 153 645 557 66 163 35 5 18 95 2 81 91 .293 .380 .470 .850 100 153
1962 28 162 711 595 109 180 24 6 24 112 3 107 88 .303 .406 .484 .890 118 162
1963 29 152 647 558 81 153 25 2 16 84 1 80 82 .274 .361 .412 .773 84 152
1964 30 149 604 481 99 122 25 2 13 60 2 111 86 .254 .391 .395 .786 75 150
1965 31 106 360 301 48 80 14 4 8 35 1 53 49 .266 .374 .419 .793 48 106
1966 32 126 422 347 34 92 16 1 6 48 0 70 61 .265 .384 .369 .753 49 125
1967 33 79 126 104 9 20 1 3 0 13 0 22 21 .192 .333 .260 .593 9 79
1968 34 27 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 27
12 Yrs 1426 5397 4581 695 1262 213 39 137 663 19 738 760 .275 .374 .429 .803 745 1406
162 Game Avg. 162 613 520 79 143 24 4 16 75 2 84 86 .275 .374 .429 .803 85 1406

* 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
1962-1 *
1962-2
1963
1964 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1961 AL (14, 2%)
1962 AL (7, 19%)
1963 AL (27, 0%)
0.21 Career Shares (727th)

Gold Gloves
1958 AL (LF)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1958 AL  4.6 (10th)
1962 AL  5.2 (7th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1958 AL  4.6 (7th)
1962 AL  5.2 (4th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1962 AL  5.0 (2nd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1961 AL  .296 (10th)
1962 AL  .308 (5th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1958 AL  .388 (6th)
1961 AL  .384 (8th)
1962 AL  .412 (2nd)
1964 AL  .379 (6th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1960 AL  .471 (10th)
1962 AL  .495 (7th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1958 AL  .842 (10th)
1960 AL  .837 (8th)
1962 AL  .907 (3rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1962 AL  162 (1st)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1962 AL  719 (5th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1962 AL  114 (2nd)
1964 AL  92 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1962 AL  185 (8th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1960 AL  245 (9th)
1961 AL  266 (10th)
1962 AL  297 (6th)

Doubles s c a p y
1960 AL  31 (5th)
1961 AL  36 (4th)

Triples s c a p y
1960 AL  6 (8th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1961 AL  98 (8th)
1962 AL  117 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1958 AL  66 (9th)
1960 AL  72 (8th)
1962 AL  110 (2nd)
1963 AL  79 (7th)
1964 AL  106 (1st)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1958 AL  87 (5th)

Singles s c a p y
1962 AL  129 (10th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1958 AL  136 (8th)
1960 AL  126 (9th)
1961 AL  128 (10th)
1962 AL  140 (2nd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1960 AL  93 (9th)
1961 AL  108 (8th)
1962 AL  129 (1st)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1958 AL  24 (10th)
1961 AL  25 (10th)
1962 AL  39 (2nd)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1958 AL  2.4 (10th)
1961 AL  2.4 (10th)
1962 AL  3.8 (2nd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1960 AL  56 (4th)
1961 AL  59 (9th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1960 AL  219 (10th)
1961 AL  249 (10th)
1962 AL  296 (1st)
1963 AL  230 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1958 AL  .675 (8th)
1960 AL  .656 (8th)
1961 AL  .682 (9th)
1962 AL  .734 (2nd)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1962 AL  7 (10th)
1963 AL  8 (2nd)
1964 AL  7 (3rd)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1960 AL  6 (8th)
1962 AL  9 (6th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1958 AL  8 (4th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1961 AL  43.37 (8th)
1962 AL  68.99 (2nd)
Career  217.76 (189th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1961 AL  4.4 (6th)
1962 AL  5.0 (5th)
Career  17.9 (208th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1961 AL  2.9 (10th)
1962 AL  5.3 (2nd)
Career  17.0 (221st)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1961 AL  4.2 (9th)
1962 AL  6.6 (2nd)
Career  21.5 (185th)

             

† 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 (·)

Black InkBatting - 3 (529), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 47 (538), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 27 (657), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 16 (978), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Gary Ward (940)
  2. Jim Northrup (931)
  3. Bob Skinner (930)
  4. Hector Lopez (928)
  5. Steve Kemp (927)
  6. Willard Marshall (927)
  7. Matt Lawton (924)
  8. Tito Francona (922)
  9. Mel Hall (921)
  10. Sixto Lezcano (921)
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  1. Chet Ross (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Todd Hollandsworth (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ken Singleton (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Rip Repulski (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bill White (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jackie Jensen (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Steve Kemp (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Steve Kemp (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Steve Kemp (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Earl Torgeson (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Earl Torgeson (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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