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Harry Simpson

Harry Leon Simpson (Suitcase or Goody)

Positions: Rightfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: December 3, 1925 in Atlanta, GA
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1951
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Indians/Yankees/WhiteSox/Pirates 1951-1959

Final Game: September 27, 1959
Died: April 3, 1979 in Akron, OH
Buried: West Hill Cemetery, Dalton, GA
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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
1949	23	CLE-min	A	139	522	522		159	27	16	31						.305	.305	.596	.900		311							WKB · EL
1950	24	CLE-min	AAA	178	751	697	121	225	41	19	33	156	2		42	84	.323	.367	.578	.945		403		7	5				SDG · PCL
1951	25	CLE	AL	122	382	332	51	76	7	0	7	24	6	4	45	48	.229	.325	.313	.638	77	104	7	2	2			O93/87
1952	26	CLE	AL	146	607	545	66	145	21	10	10	65	5	3	56	82	.266	.337	.396	.733	110	216	10	2	4			*O938
1953	27	CLE	AL	82	264	242	25	55	3	1	7	22	0	0	18	27	.227	.284	.335	.618	68	81	6	1	3			O9/837

1954	28	CLE-min	AAA	100	371	330	50	93	19	5	12	58	1		30	52	.282	.345	.479	.824		158	9	4	3	4			INA · AA
1955	29	TOT	AL	115	439	397	43	119	16	7	5	52	3	5	36	61	.300	.358	.413	.772	108	164	10	2	1	3	4	89/73
1955	29	CLE	AL	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.667	.000	.667	90	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	29	KCA	AL	112	436	396	42	119	16	7	5	52	3	5	34	61	.301	.356	.414	.770	107	164	10	2	1	3	4	89/73
1956	30	KCA	AL	141	597	543	76	159	22	11	21	105	2	3	47	82	.293	.347	.490	.837	119	266	19	1	1	5	8	*938	AS,MVP-11
1957	31	TOT	AL	125	440	403	51	109	16	9	13	63	1	1	31	64	.270	.321	.452	.773	110	182	14	0	4	2	2	397
1957	31	KCA	AL	50	193	179	24	53	9	6	6	24	0	1	12	28	.296	.339	.514	.853	129	92	8	0	1	1	2	39
1957	31	NYY	AL	75	247	224	27	56	7	3	7	39	1	0	19	36	.250	.307	.402	.709	94	90	6	0	3	1	0	937
1958	32	TOT	AL	102	297	263	22	67	9	2	7	33	0	2	32	45	.255	.338	.384	.722	98	101	2	1	1	0	3	379
1958	32	NYY	AL	24	58	51	1	11	2	1	0	6	0	0	6	12	.216	.310	.294	.604	71	15	1	1	0	0	0	/97
1958	32	KCA	AL	78	239	212	21	56	7	1	7	27	0	2	26	33	.264	.345	.406	.750	105	86	1	0	1	0	3	3/79
1959	33	TOT	MLB	55	112	104	9	22	7	1	3	17	0	0	6	20	.212	.259	.385	.644	74	40	1	1	0	1	0	9/37
1959	33	TOT	AL	46	97	89	6	18	5	1	3	15	0	0	6	18	.202	.258	.382	.640	74	34	1	1	0	1	0	9/3
1959	33	KCA	AL	8	18	14	1	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	4	.286	.389	.500	.889	141	7	0	1	0	1	0	/3
1959	33	CHW	AL	38	79	75	5	14	5	1	2	13	0	0	4	14	.187	.228	.360	.588	60	27	1	0	0	0	0	9/3
1959	33	PIT	NL	9	15	15	3	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.267	.267	.400	.667	76	6	0	0	0	0	0	/97
1960	34	CHW-min	AAA	95	326	284	38	63	11	5	8	40	3	0	42	47	.222	.322	.380	.702		108							SDG · PCL
1961	35	CHW-min	AAA	146	588	515	82	156	23	6	24	105	3	3	73	75	.303	.389	.511	.900		263							SDG · PCL
1962	36	CHW-min	AAA	132	535	444	74	124	17	2	19	79	1		77	97	.279	.382	.455	.837		202		2	3	9	13		INA · AA
1963	37	CHW-min	AAA,AA	103	35	34	5	13	2	1	0	7	0	0	1	6	.382	.400	.500	.900		17							INA,MXD · IL,MEX
1964	38	MXD	AA	137																									MXD · MEX
8 Yrs				888	3138	2829	343	752	101	41	73	381	17	18	271	429	.266	.331	.408	.739	102	1154	69	10	16	11	17
162 Game Avg.				162	572	516	63	137	18	7	13	70	3	3	49	78	.266	.331	.408	.739	102	211	13	2	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
KCA (5 yrs)				389	1483	1344	164	391	54	25	40	210	5	11	121	208	.291	.349	.458	.806	115	615	38	4	4	10	17
CLE (4 yrs)				353	1256	1120	143	276	31	11	24	111	11	7	121	157	.246	.323	.358	.681	91	401	23	5	9	0	0
NYY (2 yrs)				99	305	275	28	67	9	4	7	45	1	0	25	48	.244	.308	.382	.690	89	105	7	1	3	1	0
PIT (1 yr)				9	15	15	3	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.267	.267	.400	.667	76	6	0	0	0	0	0
CHW (1 yr)				38	79	75	5	14	5	1	2	13	0	0	4	14	.187	.228	.360	.588	60	27	1	0	0	0	0

AL (8 yrs)				879	3123	2814	340	748	99	41	73	379	17	18	271	427	.266	.331	.408	.739	102	1148	69	10	16	11	17
NL (1 yr)				9	15	15	3	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.267	.267	.400	.667	76	6	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
1951	25	CLE	AL	122	382	-9	-1	1	2	-5	-12	-1.3	10	-2	-0.2	.490	.492	-0.5	-0.3	-4	$	O93/87
1952	26	CLE	AL	146	607	6	2	1	2	-7	4	0.5	16	21	2.1	.503	.503	1.8	-0.5	19	$	*O938
1953	27	CLE	AL	82	264	-12	-1	0	3	-3	-12	-1.3	7	-5	-0.6	.484	.492	-0.9	-0.0	-8	$	O9/837

1955	29	CLE	AL	3	3	0	-0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.507	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
1955	29	KCA	AL	112	436	4	-4	-1	-9	-1	-10	-1.0	12	2	0.2	.491	.493	1.0	-1.0	10	$	89/73
1956	30	KCA	AL	141	597	9	-1	-0	-13	-6	-11	-1.0	16	5	0.5	.492	.493	1.7	-1.8	18	$	*938	AS,MVP-11
1957	31	KCA	AL	50	193	6	-0	-2	2	-2	4	0.4	5	9	0.9	.508	.502	0.7	-0.1	7	$	39
1957	31	NYY	AL	75	247	-1	0	-0	-1	-3	-5	-0.6	7	2	0.1	.493	.497	0.2	-0.5	2	$	937
1958	32	NYY	AL	24	58	-2	-0	0	1	-1	-1	-0.1	2	0	0.0	.495	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/97
1958	32	KCA	AL	78	239	2	0	2	1	-3	2	0.2	7	9	0.9	.503	.502	0.7	-0.2	7	$	3/79
1959	33	KCA	AL	8	18	1	0	0	-0	-0	0	0.0	0	1	0.1	.503	.500	0.1	-0.1	1	$	/3
1959	33	CHW	AL	38	79	-4	0	0	0	-1	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.1	.491	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-1	$	9/3
1959	33	PIT	NL	9	15	0	-0	0	0	-0	0	0.0	0	1	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	/97
8 Seasons				888	3138	2	-4	2	-11	-33	-44	-4.6	85	41	4.0	.495	.498	4.6	-4.5	51	$

KCA (5 yrs)				389	1483	22	-5	-1	-18	-13	-15	-1.5	40	25	2.6	.496	.498	4.2	-3.1	43	$
CLE (4 yrs)				353	1256	-14	-0	2	7	-15	-20	-2.1	34	14	1.3	.494	.497	0.4	-0.8	7	$
NYY (2 yrs)				99	305	-2	0	-0	0	-4	-6	-0.7	8	2	0.1	.493	.498	0.1	-0.4	2	$
PIT (1 yr)				9	15	0	-0	0	0	-0	0	0.0	0	1	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$
CHW (1 yr)				38	79	-4	0	0	0	-1	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.1	.491	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-1	$

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
1951	25	CLE	AL	382	269	33	3.3	97	.249	.229	.260	.325	.340	.313	.382	.638	.722	77	.361	-9.5	-1.0	.573	.226	.084	6.5
1952	26	CLE	AL	607	417	72	4.7	90	.298	.266	.252	.337	.330	.396	.368	.733	.698	110	.553	6.1	0.6	.668	.237	.130	6.7
1953	27	CLE	AL	264	196	23	3.2	100	.231	.227	.266	.284	.342	.335	.392	.618	.733	68	.346	-11.8	-1.2	.518	.182	.107	.0

1955	29	TOT	AL	439	297	57	5.1	103	.341	.300	.266	.358	.346	.413	.397	.772	.743	108	.553	3.6	0.4	.683	.199	.113	3.8
1955	29	CLE	AL	3	1	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.271	.667	.351	.000	.404	.667	.755	90	.000	0.4	0.0	2.000	2.000	.000
1955	29	KCA	AL	436	296	57	5.2	103	.342	.301	.266	.356	.346	.414	.397	.770	.743	107	.554	3.3	0.3	.678	.194	.114	3.8
1956	30	KCA	AL	597	412	87	5.7	106	.310	.293	.267	.347	.349	.490	.408	.837	.757	119	.573	12.0	1.2	.771	.282	.197	3.7
1957	31	TOT	AL	440	315	55	4.7	99	.293	.270	.263	.321	.335	.452	.397	.773	.732	110	.533	2.9	0.3	.689	.258	.181	1.9
1957	31	KCA	AL	193	137	28	5.5	100	.322	.296	.264	.339	.337	.514	.399	.853	.736	129	.604	5.9	0.6	.763	.279	.218	.0
1957	31	NYY	AL	247	178	27	4.1	99	.269	.250	.262	.307	.334	.402	.396	.709	.729	94	.469	-3.0	-0.3	.632	.241	.152	1.8
1958	32	TOT	AL	297	201	36	4.8	99	.284	.255	.263	.338	.331	.384	.399	.722	.730	98	.549	-0.6	-0.1	.660	.243	.129	.0
1958	32	NYY	AL	58	41	5	3.3	95	.282	.216	.257	.310	.325	.294	.390	.604	.715	71	.377	-1.9	-0.2	.537	.196	.078
1958	32	KCA	AL	239	160	31	5.2	100	.285	.264	.264	.345	.333	.406	.401	.750	.734	105	.585	1.3	0.1	.692	.255	.142	.0
1959	33	TOT	MLB	112	84	11	3.5	99	.232	.212	.261	.259	.331	.385	.400	.644	.731	74	.396	-4.0	-0.4	.566	.231	.173	.0
1959	33	TOT	AL	97	73	9	3.3	98	.217	.202	.260	.258	.331	.382	.397	.640	.728	74	.374	-3.5	-0.4	.569	.247	.180	.0
1959	33	KCA	AL	18	11	3	7.3	100	.300	.286	.263	.389	.334	.500	.401	.889	.736	141	.718	1.0	0.1	1.000	.357	.214	.0
1959	33	CHW	AL	79	62	6	2.6	98	.203	.187	.259	.228	.330	.360	.396	.588	.727	60	.277	-4.5	-0.5	.500	.227	.173	.0
1959	33	PIT	NL	15	11	2	4.9	103	.308	.267	.268	.267	.334	.400	.415	.667	.748	76	.523	-0.5	-0.1	.545	.133	.133
8 Yrs				3138	2191	374	4.6	99	.290	.266	.262	.331	.339	.408	.391	.739	.731	102	.513	-1.2	-0.2	.663	.238	.142	27.6
162 Game Avg.				572	400	68	4.6	99	.290	.266	.262	.331	.339	.408	.391	.739	.731	102	.513	-1.2	-0.2	.663	.238	.142	5
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
KCA (5 yrs)				1483	1016	206	5.4	103	.317	.291	.266	.349	.344	.458	.402	.806	.746	115	.576	23.5	2.3	.733	.252	.167	8.9
CLE (4 yrs)				1256	883	128	3.9	94	.268	.246	.257	.323	.336	.358	.377	.681	.713	91	.453	-14.8	-1.5	.608	.223	.112	15.1
NYY (2 yrs)				305	219	32	3.9	98	.271	.244	.261	.308	.332	.382	.395	.690	.727	89	.453	-4.9	-0.5	.614	.233	.138	1.8
PIT (1 yr)				15	11	2	4.9	103	.308	.267	.268	.267	.334	.400	.415	.667	.748	76	.523	-0.5	-0.1	.545	.133	.133
CHW (1 yr)				79	62	6	2.6	98	.203	.187	.259	.228	.330	.360	.396	.588	.727	60	.277	-4.5	-0.5	.500	.227	.173	.0

AL (8 yrs)				3123	2180	372	4.6	99	.290	.266	.262	.331	.339	.408	.391	.739	.730	102	.512	-0.7	-0.1	.663	.238	.142	27.6
NL (1 yr)				15	11	2	4.9	103	.308	.267	.268	.267	.334	.400	.415	.667	.748	76	.523	-0.5	-0.1	.545	.133	.133

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	31	NYY	AL	WS	MLN	L	5	12	12	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.083	.083	.083	.167	1	2	0	0	0	0
1 WS							5	12	12	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.083	.083	.083	.167	1	2	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
1956	KCA	AL	30		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.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
1951	25	CLE	AL	382	1.8%	12.6%	11.8%	3.7%	18%	1.07	6.9	47.4	13.8		1.29	73%
1952	26	CLE	AL	607	1.7%	13.5%	9.2%	6.8%	28%	1.46	6.6	54.5	8.4		1.61	75%
1953	27	CLE	AL	264	2.7%	10.2%	6.8%	4.2%	20%	1.50	9.0	34.6	11.0		1.46	79%

1955	29	TOT	AL	439	1.1%	13.9%	8.2%	6.4%	24%	1.69	6.5	79.4	7.6		1.05	76%
1955	29	CLE	AL	3	0.0%	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%		0.00					0.00	33%
1955	29	KCA	AL	436	1.2%	14.0%	7.8%	6.4%	24%	1.79	6.5	79.2	7.6		1.06	76%
1956	30	KCA	AL	597	3.5%	13.7%	7.9%	9.1%	34%	1.74	6.6	25.9	5.2		1.52	75%
1957	31	TOT	AL	440	3.0%	14.6%	7.1%	8.6%	35%	2.06	6.3	31.0	6.4		1.57	75%
1957	31	KCA	AL	193	3.1%	14.5%	6.2%	10.9%	40%	2.33	6.4	29.8	7.5		1.12	76%
1957	31	NYY	AL	247	2.8%	14.6%	7.7%	6.9%	30%	1.89	6.2	32.0	5.7		2.07	74%
1958	32	TOT	AL	297	2.4%	15.2%	10.8%	6.1%	27%	1.41	5.8	37.6	8.0		1.22	71%
1958	32	NYY	AL	58	0.0%	20.7%	10.3%	5.2%	27%	2.00	4.3		8.5		1.80	67%
1958	32	KCA	AL	239	2.9%	13.8%	10.9%	6.3%	27%	1.27	6.4	30.3	7.9		1.12	72%
1959	33	TOT	MLB	112	2.7%	17.9%	5.4%	9.8%	50%	3.33	5.2	34.7	6.1		1.65	73%
1959	33	TOT	AL	97	3.1%	18.6%	6.2%	9.3%	50%	3.00	4.9	29.7	5.9		1.52	71%
1959	33	KCA	AL	18	5.6%	22.2%	11.1%	5.6%	25%	2.00	3.5	14.0	7.0		0.75	56%
1959	33	CHW	AL	79	2.5%	17.7%	5.1%	10.1%	57%	3.50	5.4	37.5	5.8		1.71	75%
1959	33	PIT	NL	15	0.0%	13.3%	0.0%	13.3%	50%		7.5		7.5		3.00	87%
8 Yrs				3138	2.3%	13.7%	8.6%	6.9%	29%	1.58	6.6	38.8	7.4		1.41	75%
MLB Averages					2.2%	11.6%	9.1%	6.5%	29%	1.27	7.6	40.4	8.3		0.98	75%
				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
1951	25	CLE	AL	-10.0	-1.0	397	-2.0	5.1	-7.1	.96	-1.2	-0.9	-22.8	-2.4	0.94	-15.9	1.18	9
1952	26	CLE	AL	5.3	0.6	627	0.5	10.1	-9.6	.93	-0.5	1.0	11.4	1.2	0.94	2.1	1.66	1
1953	27	CLE	AL	-12.1	-1.2	265	-0.9	3.8	-4.7	.97	-0.6	-0.4	-9.8	-1.0	0.97	-8.9	1.42	10

1955	29	TOT	AL	3.6	0.4	448	1.2	9.0	-7.8	1.03	1.2	-0.0	16.1	1.6	1.00	11.5	1.61	11
1955	29	CLE	AL	0.4	0.0	3	0.1	0.1	-0.0	1.07	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.98	0.4	1.07	1
1955	29	KCA	AL	3.3	0.3	445	1.1	8.9	-7.8	1.03	1.1	-0.0	15.6	1.5	1.00	11.1	1.67	10
1956	30	KCA	AL	12.0	1.2	597	2.4	13.1	-10.7	1.08	1.7	0.5	24.0	2.3	0.99	18.0	1.80	3
1957	31	TOT	AL	2.9	0.3	440	1.9	10.2	-8.3	1.08	1.2	0.5	13.3	1.3	0.99	12.6	2.06	20
1957	31	KCA	AL	5.9	0.6	192	0.6	4.0	-3.4	.98	1.1	-0.5	6.4	0.6	0.94	11.8	1.75	2
1957	31	NYY	AL	-3.0	-0.3	248	1.3	6.2	-4.9	1.16	0.1	1.0	6.9	0.7	1.03	0.8	2.09	18
1958	32	TOT	AL	-0.6	-0.1	297	0.6	5.0	-4.4	.95	0.1	0.5	5.9	0.6	0.95	2.1	1.20	29
1958	32	NYY	AL	-1.9	-0.2	58	0.1	1.0	-0.9	.96	-0.1	0.1	1.3	0.1	0.95	-0.8	1.31	9
1958	32	KCA	AL	1.3	0.1	239	0.5	4.0	-3.5	.95	0.1	0.4	4.5	0.5	0.95	2.9	1.15	20
1959	33	TOT	MLB	-4.0	-0.4	113	0.6	3.1	-2.6	1.40	-0.2	0.6	0.6	0.1	1.02	-1.8	2.08	34
1959	33	TOT	AL	-3.5	-0.4	98	0.5	2.7	-2.2	1.40	-0.3	0.6	0.5	0.1	1.02	-2.5	2.10	28
1959	33	KCA	AL	1.0	0.1	18	0.4	0.6	-0.2	1.14	0.1	0.2	1.4	0.1	0.80	0.6	1.43	4
1959	33	CHW	AL	-4.5	-0.5	80	0.1	2.1	-2.0	1.46	-0.4	0.5	-0.8	-0.1	1.07	-3.1	2.21	24
1959	33	PIT	NL	-0.5	-0.1	15	0.1	0.4	-0.3	1.40	0.1	-0.0	0.1	0.0	1.03	0.8	1.99	6
8 Yrs				-2.8	-0.3	3184	4.1	59.3	-55.1	1.02	1.8	2.3	38.8	3.7	0.97	19.8	1.68	117
				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	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
1951	25	CLE	AL	3	0	38%	169	6	4	60%	6	3	0	1	0	0	4	0	4	1	53%	24	15	9	6	5	1	15	1	14
1952	26	CLE	AL	2	0	29%	249	5	3	63%	5	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	11	9	57%	30	17	11	6	0	6	17	3	13
1953	27	CLE	AL	2	0	27%	103	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	44%	14	11	3	2	2	0	9	1	8

1955	29	TOT	AL	7	0	25%	181	3	5	38%	1	3	1	0	0	2	2	0	8	5	39%	34	22	10	7	6	1	21	6	13
1955	29	CLE	AL	0	0	50%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1955	29	KCA	AL	7	0	25%	178	3	5	38%	1	3	1	0	0	2	2	0	8	5	40%	33	21	10	7	6	1	20	5	13
1956	30	KCA	AL	6	0	30%	222	2	3	40%	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	18	39%	37	27	10	6	4	2	21	7	13
1957	31	TOT	AL	6	0	30%	152	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	5	52%	20	14	6	3	1	2	10	1	9
1957	31	KCA	AL	2	0	31%	69	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	38%	8	8	0	2	1	1	6	1	5
1957	31	NYY	AL	4	0	29%	83	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	65%	12	6	6	1	0	1	4	0	4
1958	32	TOT	AL	5	0	16%	120	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	43%	20	13	7	4	3	1	4	0	4
1958	32	NYY	AL	1	0	6%	27	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14%	5	5	0	1	1	0	1	0	1
1958	32	KCA	AL	4	0	19%	93	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	52%	15	8	7	3	2	1	3	0	3
1959	33	TOT	MLB	3	0	23%	39	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	29%	6	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1959	33	TOT	AL	2	0	14%	27	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	25%	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	33	KCA	AL	0	0	0%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	33	CHW	AL	2	0	19%	20	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	33	PIT	NL	1	0	75%	12	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
8 Yrs				34	0	28%	1235	17	18	49%	15	14	1	1	0	4	10	0	37	42	46%	185	124	57	34	21	13	98	19	75
				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

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
1951	25	CLE	AL	382	73%	76			9	1	0	1	1.18	7	0	9	7	0	6	1	0	4	2	50%	80	7	9%	46	12	26%	231	17	7%	24	8	33%	17	9	53%	0
1952	26	CLE	AL	607	66%	145			1	1	0	1	1.66	10	1	15	6	4	5	5	2	6	4	67%	95	10	11%	42	14	33%	331	56	17%	31	16	52%	16	12	75%	0
1953	27	CLE	AL	264	72%	55			10	1	0	0	1.42	7	0	9	4	3	5	2	0	3	3	100%	54	6	11%	24	13	54%	163	16	10%	11	6	55%	9	6	67%	0

1955	29	TOT	AL	439	81%	119			11	4	0	0	1.61	5	0	9	5	0	2	3	0	1	1	100%	102	10	10%	38	9	24%	318	53	17%	33	13	39%	15	11	73%	0
1955	29	CLE	AL	3	100%	0			1	0	0	0	1.07	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1955	29	KCA	AL	436	81%	119			10	4	0	0	1.67	5	0	9	5	0	2	3	0	1	1	100%	101	10	10%	38	9	24%	316	53	17%	32	13	41%	15	11	73%	0
1956	30	KCA	AL	597	73%	159			3	0	0	0	1.80	21	1	10	15	5	15	6	0	2	1	50%	122	19	16%	50	21	42%	406	83	20%	37	24	65%	17	12	71%	0
1957	31	TOT	AL	440	85%	109			20	4	0	3	2.06	13	1	8	11	2	6	7	0	5	4	80%	90	14	16%	42	12	29%	291	51	18%	22	10	45%	14	9	64%	0
1957	31	KCA	AL	193	92%	53			2	0	0	0	1.75	6	0	1	6	0	4	2	0	1	1	100%	34	8	24%	14	5	36%	115	18	16%	6	3	50%	6	3	50%	0
1957	31	NYY	AL	247	80%	56			18	4	0	3	2.09	7	1	7	5	2	2	5	0	4	3	75%	56	6	11%	28	7	25%	176	33	19%	16	7	44%	8	6	75%	0
1958	32	TOT	AL	297	83%	67			29	5	0	3	1.20	7	0	4	6	0	2	5	0	1	1	100%	57	2	4%	20	7	35%	183	25	14%	15	6	40%	5	3	60%	0
1958	32	NYY	AL	58	83%	11			9	2	0	1	1.31	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13	1	8%	3	0	0%	38	6	16%	3	1	33%	0	0		0
1958	32	KCA	AL	239	83%	56			20	3	0	2	1.15	7	0	3	6	0	2	5	0	1	1	100%	44	1	2%	17	7	41%	145	19	13%	12	5	42%	5	3	60%	0
1959	33	TOT	MLB	112	86%	22			34	6	1	6	2.08	3	1	6	2	1	2	1	0	0	0		30	1	3%	13	4	31%	81	14	17%	10	6	60%	2	2	100%	0
1959	33	TOT	AL	97	85%	18			28	5	1	5	2.10	3	1	6	2	1	2	1	0	0	0		25	1	4%	11	3	27%	70	12	17%	10	6	60%	2	2	100%	0
1959	33	KCA	AL	18	83%	4			4	1	1	1	1.43	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	1	100%	8	1	13%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
1959	33	CHW	AL	79	85%	14			24	4	0	4	2.21	2	1	6	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		23	1	4%	10	2	20%	62	11	18%	9	5	56%	1	1	100%	0
1959	33	PIT	NL	15	93%	4			6	1	0	1	1.99	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	0	0%	2	1	50%	11	2	18%	0	0		0	0		0
8 Yrs				3138	76%	752			117	22	1	14	1.68	73	4	70	56	15	43	30	2	22	16	73%	630	69	11%	275	92	33%	2004	315	16%	183	89	49%	95	64	67%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			81%			11%			32%			14%			50%			54%
				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

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
1951	25	122	382	332	51	76	7	0	7	24	6	4	45	48	.229	.325	.313	.638	77	104	7	2	2
1952	26	268	989	877	117	221	28	10	17	89	11	7	101	130	.252	.332	.365	.697	97	320	17	4	6
1953	27	350	1253	1119	142	276	31	11	24	111	11	7	119	157	.247	.322	.358	.680	91	401	23	5	9
1954	28	350	1253	1119	142	276	31	11	24	111	11	7	119	157	.247	.322	.358	.680	91	401	23	5	9
1955	29	465	1692	1516	185	395	47	18	29	163	14	12	155	218	.261	.331	.373	.704	95	565	33	7	10	3	4
1956	30	606	2289	2059	261	554	69	29	50	268	16	15	202	300	.269	.336	.404	.739	102	831	52	8	11	8	12
1957	31	731	2729	2462	312	663	85	38	63	331	17	16	233	364	.269	.333	.411	.745	103	1013	66	8	15	10	14
1958	32	833	3026	2725	334	730	94	40	70	364	17	18	265	409	.268	.334	.409	.742	103	1114	68	9	16	10	17
1959	33	888	3138	2829	343	752	101	41	73	381	17	18	271	429	.266	.331	.408	.739	102	1154	69	10	16	11	17

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
1951	25	128	402	350	55	81	7	0	7	26	6	48	50	.231	.328	.311	.639	36	122
1952	26	153	651	582	78	164	24	11	11	77	6	63	86	.282	.354	.418	.771	86	146
1953	27	86	276	253	26	58	3	1	7	23	0	19	28	.229	.286	.332	.618	24	82

1955	29	120	457	414	45	123	17	7	5	54	3	37	64	.297	.355	.408	.763	61	115
1956	30	147	617	562	75	161	22	11	21	104	2	48	86	.286	.341	.477	.818	92	141
1957	31	131	467	427	56	118	17	10	14	70	1	34	67	.276	.328	.461	.790	65	125
1958	32	107	315	278	24	73	10	2	8	36	0	35	47	.263	.347	.399	.746	38	102
1959	33	57	119	110	10	24	8	1	3	19	0	7	21	.218	.269	.391	.660	11	55
8 Yrs		929	3304	2976	369	802	108	43	76	409	18	291	449	.269	.335	.411	.747	413	888
162 Game Avg.		162	576	519	64	140	19	7	13	71	3	51	78	.269	.335	.411	.747	72	888

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1956 *	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1956 AL (11, 11%) 0.11 Career Shares (885th)	Total Bases s c a p y 1956 AL 266 (10th)	Triples s c a p y 1952 AL 10 (2nd) 1955 AL 7 (8th) 1956 AL 11 (1st) 1957 AL 9 (1st)
Runs Batted In s c a p y 1956 AL 105 (4th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1952 AL 82 (9th) 1956 AL 82 (6th)	Extra Base Hits s c a p y 1956 AL 54 (8th)	Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y 1956 AL 8 (6th)
Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1956 AL 19 (3rd)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1955 AL 5 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Batting - 2 (608), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 8 (1540), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 10 (1147), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 7 (1934), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Leon Roberts (970)
Johnny Lindell (961)
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Bob Oliver (947)
Mark Teahen (946)
Mike Lamb (943)

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Len Gabrielson (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Johnny Lindell (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Leon Roberts (972) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Leon Roberts (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Leon Roberts (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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