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Dick Sisler
Richard Allan Sisler
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: November 2, 1920 in St. Louis, MO
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1946
Final Game: August 1, 1953
Died: November 20, 1998 in Nashville, TN
Relatives: Brother of Dave Sisler and Son of George Sisler
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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
1946 25 STL NL 83 260 235 17 61 11 2 3 42 0 14 28 .260 .307 .362 .668 86 85 4 2 9 3O
1947 26 STL NL 46 77 74 4 15 2 1 0 9 0 3 8 .203 .234 .257 .491 28 19 0 0 0 3/O
1948 27 PHI NL 121 502 446 60 122 21 3 11 56 1 47 46 .274 .344 .408 .752 105 182 4 1 8 *3
1949 28 PHI NL 121 446 412 42 119 19 6 7 50 0 25 38 .289 .333 .415 .748 102 171 5 2 7 3 MVP-30
1950 29 PHI NL 141 593 523 79 155 29 4 13 83 1 64 50 .296 .373 .442 .815 115 231 11 0 6 *O AS,MVP-33
1951 30 PHI NL 125 478 428 46 123 20 5 8 52 1 0 40 39 .287 .351 .414 .765 106 177 11 2 8 *O
1952 31 TOT NL 130 480 445 51 114 15 6 13 64 3 3 32 40 .256 .309 .404 .713 96 180 8 2 1 *3/O
1952 31 CIN NL 11 30 27 3 5 1 1 0 4 0 0 3 5 .185 .267 .296 .563 56 8 0 0 0 /O
1952 31 STL NL 119 450 418 48 109 14 5 13 60 3 3 29 35 .261 .312 .411 .723 99 172 8 2 1 *3
1953 32 STL NL 32 44 43 3 11 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 4 .256 .273 .326 .598 55 14 1 0 0 3
8 Seasons 799 2880 2606 302 720 118 28 55 360 6 3 226 253 .276 .336 .406 .743 101 1059 44 9 39
162 Game Avg. 162 584 528 61 146 24 6 11 73 1 46 51 .276 .336 .406 .743 101 215 9 2 8
PHI (4 yrs) 508 2019 1809 227 519 89 18 39 241 3 0 176 173 .287 .352 .421 .772 107 761 31 5 29
STL (4 yrs) 280 831 770 72 196 28 9 16 115 3 3 47 75 .255 .301 .377 .677 85 290 13 4 10
CIN (1 yr) 11 30 27 3 5 1 1 0 4 0 0 3 5 .185 .267 .296 .563 56 8 0 0 0

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
1946 25 STL NL WS BOS W 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 29 PHI NL WS NYY L 4 17 17 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .059 .059 .059 .118 1 1 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 6 19 19 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .053 .053 .053 .105 1 1 0 0 0 0
2 WS 6 19 19 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .053 .053 .053 .105 1 1 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1946 STL NL 25 1B 37 324 292 28 4 31 .988 8.65 .991 9.28
1946 STL NL 25 OF 29 47 42 3 2 0 .957 1.55 .977 2.16 29-0-0
1947 STL NL 26 1B 10 84 76 6 2 3 .976 8.20 .992 9.24
1947 STL NL 26 OF 5 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.60 .975 2.20 5-0-0
1948 PHI NL 27 1B 120 1077 986 73 18 88 .983 8.83 .990 8.33
1949 PHI NL 28 1B 96 866 815 40 11 73 .987 8.91 .991 8.98 MVP-30
1950 PHI NL 29 OF 137 306 293 9 4 0 .987 2.20 .978 2.14 137-0-0 AS,MVP-33
1951 PHI NL 30 OF 111 249 233 8 8 3 .968 2.17 .981 2.23 111-0-0
1952 CIN NL 31 OF 7 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.57 .982 2.10 3-0-4
1952 STL NL 31 1B 114 1123 1022 84 17 116 .985 9.70 .990 8.77
1953 STL NL 32 1B 10 48 42 6 0 5 1.000 4.80 .990 9.17
6 Seasons 1B 387 3522 3233 237 52 316 .985 8.97 .990 8.76
5 Seasons OF 289 621 587 20 14 3 .977 2.10 .979 2.18 285-0-4
8 Seasons TOT 676 4143 3820 257 66 319 .984 6.03 .973 5.94 285-0-4

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1950 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1949-NL-30-0%
1950-NL-33-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

                            

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1618), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (2143), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Irv Noren (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Harry Simpson (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

February 17, 1939: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

April 7, 1948: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Philadelphia Phillies for Ralph LaPointe and $30,000.

December 10, 1951: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Niles Jordan, Eddie Pellagrini and Andy Seminick to the Cincinnati Reds for Smoky Burgess, Howie Fox and Connie Ryan.

May 13, 1952: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Virgil Stallcup to the St. Louis Cardinals for Eddie Kazak and Wally Westlake.

January 26, 1954: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Eddie Erautt and $100,000 to San Diego (PCL) for Tom Alston.

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