Harry Simpson
Harry Leon Simpson (Suitcase and Goody)
All-Star Player
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
Final Game: September 27, 1959
Died: April 3, 1979 in Akron, OH
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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
1951 25 CLE AL 122 381 332 51 76 7 0 7 24 6 4 45 48 .229 .325 .313 .638 77 104 7 2 2 O3
1952 26 CLE AL 146 607 545 66 145 21 10 10 65 5 3 56 82 .266 .337 .396 .733 109 216 10 2 4 *O3
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 O/3
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 .837 120 266 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 .853 130 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
8 Seasons 888 3137 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 1255 1120 143 276 31 11 24 111 11 7 121 157 .246 .323 .358 .681 90 401 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 90 105 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 3122 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

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
1951 25 CLE AL 381 269 33 3.3 98 .249 .229 .261 .325 .342 .313 .383 .638 .725 77 .361 -9.9 -1.0 .573 .226 .084 6.5
1952 26 CLE AL 607 417 72 4.7 91 .298 .266 .253 .337 .332 .396 .369 .733 .701 109 .553 5.4 0.6 .668 .237 .130 6.7
1953 27 CLE AL 264 196 23 3.2 101 .231 .227 .267 .284 .343 .335 .393 .618 .736 68 .346 -12.1 -1.2 .518 .182 .107 .0
1955 29 TOT AL 439 297 57 5.1 102 .341 .300 .266 .358 .346 .413 .397 .772 .743 108 .553 3.7 0.3 .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 5.2 102 .342 .301 .266 .356 .346 .414 .397 .770 .742 107 .553 3.3 0.3 .678 .194 .114 3.8
1956 30 KCA AL 597 412 87 5.6 106 .310 .293 .267 .347 .349 .490 .408 .837 .757 120 .573 12.1 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 3.0 0.3 .689 .258 .181 1.9
1957 31 KCA AL 193 137 28 5.5 100 .322 .296 .264 .339 .336 .514 .399 .853 .735 130 .604 6.0 0.6 .763 .279 .218 .0
1957 31 NYY AL 247 178 27 4.1 98 .269 .250 .262 .307 .334 .402 .395 .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 .332 .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 .726 60 .277 -4.5 -0.5 .500 .227 .173 .0
1959 33 PIT NL 15 11 2 4.9 104 .308 .267 .269 .267 .335 .400 .416 .667 .751 76 .523 -0.5 0.0 .545 .133 .133
8 Seasons 3137 2191 374 4.6 99 .290 .266 .262 .331 .340 .408 .392 .739 .732 102 .513 -2.6 -0.3 .663 .238 .142 27.6
162 Game Avg. 572 400 68 4.6 99 .290 .266 .262 .331 .340 .408 .392 .739 .732 102 .513 -2.6 -0.3 .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 23.6 2.3 .733 .252 .167 8.9
CLE (4 yrs) 1255 883 128 3.9 95 .268 .246 .259 .323 .337 .358 .379 .681 .716 90 .453 -16.3 -1.6 .608 .223 .112 15.1
NYY (2 yrs) 305 219 32 3.9 98 .271 .244 .261 .308 .332 .382 .394 .690 .726 90 .453 -4.9 -0.5 .614 .233 .138 1.8
PIT (1 yr) 15 11 2 4.9 104 .308 .267 .269 .267 .335 .400 .416 .667 .751 76 .523 -0.5 0.0 .545 .133 .133
CHW (1 yr) 79 62 6 2.6 98 .203 .187 .259 .228 .330 .360 .396 .588 .726 60 .277 -4.5 -0.5 .500 .227 .173 .0
AL (8 yrs) 3122 2180 372 4.6 99 .290 .266 .262 .331 .340 .408 .392 .739 .732 102 .512 -2.1 -0.3 .663 .238 .142 27.6
NL (1 yr) 15 11 2 4.9 104 .308 .267 .269 .267 .335 .400 .416 .667 .751 76 .523 -0.5 0.0 .545 .133 .133

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
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

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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
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*

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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 381 1.8% 12.6% 11.8% 3.7% 18% 1.07 6.9 47.4 13.8 73%
1952 26 CLE AL 607 1.7% 13.5% 9.2% 6.8% 28% 1.46 6.6 54.5 8.4 75%
1953 27 CLE AL 264 2.7% 10.2% 6.8% 4.2% 20% 1.50 9.0 34.6 11.0 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 1.56 75%
1957 31 KCA AL 193 3.1% 14.5% 6.2% 10.9% 40% 2.33 6.4 29.8 7.5 1.08 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 1.61 73%
1959 33 TOT AL 97 3.1% 18.6% 6.2% 9.3% 50% 3.00 4.9 29.7 5.9 1.48 71%
1959 33 KCA AL 18 5.6% 22.2% 11.1% 5.6% 25% 2.00 3.5 14.0 7.0 0.50 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 Seasons 3137 2.3% 13.7% 8.6% 6.9% 29% 1.58 6.6 38.8 7.4 1.36 75%
MLB Averages
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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1955 29 TOT AL 7 0 25% 180 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% 177 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 5 0 30% 145 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 5 55% 18 12 6 3 1 2 10 1 9
1957 31 KCA AL 1 0 31% 62 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 43% 6 6 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 Seasons 26 0 28% 706 17 18 49% 4 9 1 0 0 3 3 0 21 32 42% 115 79 34 20 14 6 57 14 40
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1955 29 TOT AL 435 81% 119 11 4 0 0 1.65 5 0 9 5 0 2 3 0 1 1 100% 102 10 10% 38 9 24% 318 53 17% 33 13 39% 18 8 44% 4
1955 29 CLE AL 3 100% 0 1 0 0 0 1.05 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 432 81% 119 10 4 0 0 1.71 5 0 9 5 0 2 3 0 1 1 100% 101 10 10% 38 9 24% 316 53 17% 32 13 41% 18 8 44% 4
1956 30 KCA AL 585 73% 159 3 0 0 0 1.80 21 1 10 15 5 14 6 0 2 1 50% 122 19 16% 50 21 42% 406 83 20% 37 24 65% 29 15 52% 12
1957 31 TOT AL 424 84% 109 20 4 0 3 2.08 13 1 8 11 2 6 7 0 5 4 80% 87 14 16% 40 12 30% 281 51 18% 22 10 45% 22 9 41% 16
1957 31 KCA AL 177 91% 53 2 0 0 0 1.75 6 0 1 6 0 4 2 0 1 1 100% 31 8 26% 12 5 42% 105 18 17% 6 3 50% 7 3 43% 16
1957 31 NYY AL 247 80% 56 18 4 0 3 2.12 7 1 7 5 2 2 5 0 4 3 75% 56 6 11% 28 7 25% 176 33 19% 16 7 44% 15 6 40% 0
1958 32 TOT AL 292 83% 67 29 5 0 3 1.25 7 0 4 6 0 1 5 0 1 1 100% 57 2 4% 20 7 35% 183 25 14% 15 6 40% 11 6 55% 5
1958 32 NYY AL 58 83% 11 9 2 0 1 1.38 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 8% 3 0 0% 38 6 16% 3 1 33% 1 1 100% 0
1958 32 KCA AL 234 83% 56 20 3 0 2 1.19 7 0 3 6 0 1 5 0 1 1 100% 44 1 2% 17 7 41% 145 19 13% 12 5 42% 10 5 50% 5
1959 33 TOT MLB 111 86% 22 34 6 1 6 2.10 3 1 6 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 30 1 3% 13 4 31% 81 14 17% 10 6 60% 3 1 33% 1
1959 33 TOT AL 96 85% 18 28 5 1 5 2.12 3 1 6 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 25 1 4% 11 3 27% 70 12 17% 10 6 60% 3 1 33% 1
1959 33 KCA AL 17 88% 4 4 1 1 1 1.48 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 1 100% 8 1 13% 1 1 100% 0 0 1
1959 33 CHW AL 79 85% 14 24 4 0 4 2.22 2 1 6 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 23 1 4% 10 2 20% 62 11 18% 9 5 56% 3 1 33% 0
1959 33 PIT NL 15 93% 4 6 1 0 1 2.02 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 Seasons 1847 80% 752 97 19 1 12 1.78 73 3 37 39 8 25 22 0 9 16 178% 398 69 17% 161 53 33% 1269 226 18% 117 59 50% 83 39 47% 38
MLB Averages

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
1951 25 122 381 332 51 76 7 0 7 24 6 4 45 48 .229 .325 .313 .638 77 104 7 2 2
1952 26 268 988 877 117 221 28 10 17 89 11 7 101 130 .252 .332 .365 .697 96 320 17 4 6
1953 27 350 1252 1119 142 276 31 11 24 111 11 7 119 157 .247 .322 .358 .680 90 401 23 5 9
1954 28 350 1252 1119 142 276 31 11 24 111 11 7 119 157 .247 .322 .358 .680 90 401 23 5 9
1955 29 465 1691 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 2288 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 2728 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 3025 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 3137 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 25 128 397 348 53 79 7 0 7 25 6 47 50 .227 .322 .307 .630 35 122
1952 26 153 645 580 78 162 23 11 11 76 6 63 86 .279 .352 .414 .766 85 146
1953 27 86 273 253 26 58 3 1 7 23 0 19 28 .229 .286 .332 .618 24 82
1955 29 120 455 413 45 122 16 7 5 54 3 37 64 .295 .354 .404 .758 60 115
1956 30 147 608 556 76 155 21 11 20 105 2 46 86 .279 .332 .464 .796 87 141
1957 31 131 457 423 57 114 17 9 14 70 1 32 67 .270 .319 .452 .771 61 125
1958 32 107 315 279 24 74 10 2 8 36 0 35 47 .265 .349 .401 .751 39 102
1959 33 57 119 110 10 24 8 1 3 18 0 7 21 .218 .269 .391 .660 11 55
8 Seasons 929 3269 2962 369 788 105 42 75 407 18 286 449 .266 .332 .406 .737 402 888
162 Game Avg. 162 570 517 64 137 18 7 13 71 3 50 78 .266 .332 .406 .737 70 888

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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 (864th)

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 InkBatting - 2 (556), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 8 (1395), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 10 (1113), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (2143), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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