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Bob Skinner

Robert Ralph Skinner

Positions: Leftfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 3, 1931 in La Jolla, CA
High School: La Jolla HS (La Jolla, CA)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1954
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Cardinals/Reds 1954-1966

Final Game: September 24, 1966
Relatives: Father of Joel Skinner
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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
1952 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1953 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1954 22 PIT NL 132 530 470 67 117 15 9 8 46 4 0 47 59 .249 .316 .370 .686 80 174 11 0 11 2 *3/9
1956 24 PIT NL 113 262 233 29 47 8 3 5 29 1 1 26 50 .202 .282 .326 .609 66 76 6 1 0 2 1 739/5
1957 25 PIT NL 126 431 387 58 118 12 6 13 45 10 4 38 50 .305 .370 .468 .838 127 181 2 2 4 0 6 7/35
1958 26 PIT NL 144 596 529 93 170 33 9 13 70 12 4 58 55 .321 .387 .491 .879 133 260 11 2 2 5 7 *7 AS,MVP-15
1959 27 PIT NL 143 617 547 78 153 18 4 13 61 10 7 67 65 .280 .357 .399 .756 103 218 6 0 1 2 8 *7/3
1960 28 PIT NL 145 640 571 83 156 33 6 15 86 11 8 59 86 .273 .340 .431 .771 109 246 13 1 5 4 11 *7 AS
1961 29 PIT NL 119 442 381 61 102 20 3 3 42 3 5 51 49 .268 .358 .360 .718 93 137 6 4 4 2 9 7
1962 30 PIT NL 144 597 510 87 154 29 7 20 75 10 4 76 89 .302 .395 .504 .899 139 257 9 4 4 3 5 *7 MVP-22
1963 31 TOT NL 106 354 316 43 82 15 7 3 25 5 3 34 64 .259 .335 .380 .715 104 120 11 2 2 0 2 7
1963 31 PIT NL 34 137 122 18 33 5 5 0 8 4 1 13 22 .270 .341 .393 .734 111 48 5 0 2 0 1 7
1963 31 CIN NL 72 217 194 25 49 10 2 3 17 1 2 21 42 .253 .332 .371 .703 100 72 6 2 0 0 1 7
1964 32 TOT NL 80 192 177 16 45 8 0 4 21 0 0 15 32 .254 .313 .367 .680 86 65 1 0 0 0 2 97
1964 32 CIN NL 25 63 59 6 13 3 0 3 5 0 0 4 12 .220 .270 .424 .694 90 25 1 0 0 0 0 7
1964 32 STL NL 55 129 118 10 32 5 0 1 16 0 0 11 20 .271 .333 .339 .672 84 40 0 0 0 0 2 9/7
1965 33 STL NL 80 164 152 25 47 5 4 5 26 1 0 12 30 .309 .360 .493 .853 130 75 5 0 0 0 2 97
1966 34 STL NL 49 48 45 2 7 1 0 1 5 0 0 2 17 .156 .208 .244 .453 26 11 0 1 0 0 0
12 Yrs 1381 4873 4318 642 1198 197 58 103 531 67 36 485 646 .277 .351 .421 .773 108 1820 81 17 33 20 53
162 Game Avg. 162 572 507 75 141 23 7 12 62 8 4 57 76 .277 .351 .421 .773 108 213 10 2 4 2
PIT (9 yrs) 1100 4252 3750 574 1050 173 52 90 462 65 34 435 525 .280 .355 .426 .781 110 1597 69 14 33 20 48
STL (3 yrs) 184 341 315 37 86 11 4 7 47 1 0 25 67 .273 .328 .400 .728 98 126 5 1 0 0 4
CIN (2 yrs) 97 280 253 31 62 13 2 6 22 1 2 25 54 .245 .318 .383 .701 98 97 7 2 0 0 1

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
1954 22 PIT NL 132 530 -11 -0 0 -7 -6 -24 -2.6 18 -6 -0.8 .481 .485 0.0 -1.3 0 $ *3/9
1956 24 PIT NL 113 262 -12 -0 0 -4 -3 -20 -2.3 9 -11 -1.4 .481 .487 -0.8 -1.0 -6 $ 739/5
1957 25 PIT NL 126 431 17 1 2 4 -5 19 1.9 14 34 3.3 .516 .513 3.0 -0.1 29 $ 7/35
1958 26 PIT NL 144 596 26 2 1 -2 -7 21 2.1 20 41 4.1 .515 .513 4.3 -0.9 42 $ *7 AS,MVP-15
1959 27 PIT NL 143 617 5 -1 2 3 -7 2 0.2 21 22 2.2 .501 .501 2.0 -0.4 20 $ *7/3
1960 28 PIT NL 145 640 7 -2 1 -4 -7 -6 -0.7 22 16 1.4 .496 .496 1.9 -1.2 20 $ *7 AS
1961 29 PIT NL 119 442 -4 -3 1 -2 -5 -12 -1.3 15 2 0.1 .489 .492 0.3 -0.7 4 $ 7
1962 30 PIT NL 144 597 27 2 2 -11 -7 13 1.4 20 33 3.4 .509 .508 4.5 -1.8 44 $ *7 MVP-22
1963 31 PIT NL 34 137 4 2 -0 1 -2 5 0.6 5 10 1.0 .516 .503 0.9 -0.0 8 $ 7
1963 31 CIN NL 72 217 0 -0 -1 -2 -2 -5 -0.6 8 2 0.2 .492 .496 0.4 -0.4 4 $ 7
1964 32 CIN NL 25 63 0 -0 -0 -0 -1 -1 -0.1 2 1 0.1 .495 .499 0.1 -0.1 2 $ 7
1964 32 STL NL 55 129 -2 -0 1 -3 -1 -6 -0.6 4 -1 -0.2 .488 .496 0.1 -0.4 1 $ 9/7
1965 33 STL NL 80 164 6 1 -0 -3 -2 2 0.2 6 8 0.8 .503 .501 1.1 -0.6 11 $ 97
1966 34 STL NL 49 48 -4 0 0 0 0 -3 -0.4 2 -2 -0.2 .492 .498 -0.2 0.1 -2 $
12 Seasons 1381 4873 59 0 9 -29 -54 -15 -2.1 164 149 14.0 .499 .499 17.6 -8.9 178 $
PIT (9 yrs) 1100 4252 59 0 8 -21 -48 -2 -0.7 143 141 13.3 .500 .500 16.1 -7.5 162 $
STL (3 yrs) 184 341 0 0 1 -6 -3 -7 -0.8 12 5 0.4 .496 .498 1.0 -0.9 10 $
CIN (2 yrs) 97 280 1 -1 -1 -2 -3 -6 -0.7 10 4 0.3 .493 .498 0.5 -0.5 6 $

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
1954 22 PIT NL 530 377 56 4.0 107 .269 .249 .272 .316 .343 .370 .420 .686 .763 80 .416 -14.8 -1.4 .618 .230 .121 5.3
1956 24 PIT NL 262 195 22 3.0 100 .233 .202 .260 .282 .327 .326 .411 .609 .738 66 .327 -11.2 -1.1 .534 .236 .124 1.7
1957 25 PIT NL 431 279 70 6.8 100 .324 .305 .265 .370 .328 .468 .410 .838 .738 127 .669 14.2 1.4 .825 .276 .163 11.3
1958 26 PIT NL 596 381 102 7.2 104 .337 .321 .267 .387 .335 .491 .418 .879 .753 133 .689 26.9 2.6 .877 .295 .170 12.5
1959 27 PIT NL 617 410 81 5.3 103 .297 .280 .268 .357 .334 .399 .415 .756 .748 103 .561 3.5 0.4 .708 .247 .119 11.3
1960 28 PIT NL 640 445 82 5.0 100 .297 .273 .264 .340 .330 .431 .406 .771 .736 109 .559 7.6 0.8 .709 .266 .158 12.7
1961 29 PIT NL 442 296 51 4.6 105 .299 .268 .269 .358 .335 .360 .419 .718 .754 93 .494 -1.7 -0.2 .655 .220 .092 3.0
1962 30 PIT NL 597 376 106 7.6 104 .332 .302 .271 .395 .339 .504 .412 .899 .750 139 .716 30.5 3.0 .930 .363 .202 13.3
1963 31 TOT NL 354 250 39 4.2 91 .317 .259 .256 .335 .318 .380 .383 .715 .701 104 .533 2.0 0.2 .637 .234 .120 3.8
1963 31 PIT NL 137 97 16 4.4 89 .330 .270 .254 .341 .316 .393 .380 .734 .696 111 .558 1.6 0.2 .674 .254 .123 .0
1963 31 CIN NL 217 153 23 4.0 92 .309 .253 .258 .332 .320 .371 .385 .703 .705 100 .516 0.4 0.0 .614 .222 .119 1.5
1964 32 TOT NL 192 133 21 4.2 99 .291 .254 .271 .313 .330 .367 .403 .680 .733 86 .516 -3.4 -0.4 .602 .198 .113 .0
1964 32 CIN NL 63 47 7 4.0 96 .227 .220 .267 .270 .325 .424 .396 .694 .721 90 .490 -1.0 -0.1 .617 .271 .203 .0
1964 32 STL NL 129 86 14 4.4 101 .320 .271 .274 .333 .332 .339 .406 .672 .739 84 .530 -2.4 -0.2 .593 .161 .068 .0
1965 33 STL NL 164 110 26 6.4 101 .359 .309 .268 .360 .333 .493 .405 .853 .738 130 .689 5.5 0.6 .800 .270 .184 1.7
1966 34 STL NL 48 38 2 1.4 96 .222 .156 .265 .208 .324 .244 .399 .453 .722 26 .120 -4.6 -0.5 .368 .133 .089 .0
12 Yrs 4873 3290 658 5.4 102 .305 .277 .267 .351 .333 .421 .411 .773 .743 108 .579 54.3 5.3 .727 .264 .144 81.2
162 Game Avg. 572 386 77 5.4 102 .305 .277 .267 .351 .333 .421 .411 .773 .743 108 .579 6 1 .727 .264 .144 10
PIT (9 yrs) 4252 2856 586 5.5 103 .304 .280 .267 .355 .334 .426 .413 .781 .746 110 .584 56.5 5.5 .741 .270 .146 75.5
STL (3 yrs) 341 234 42 4.8 100 .328 .273 .270 .328 .331 .400 .405 .728 .736 98 .571 -1.6 -0.2 .654 .210 .127 1.8
CIN (2 yrs) 280 200 30 4.0 93 .290 .245 .260 .318 .321 .383 .388 .701 .709 98 .510 -0.6 -0.1 .615 .233 .138 1.7

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
1960 28 PIT NL WS NYY W 2 8 5 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 .200 .429 .200 .629 1 0 1 1 0 0
1964 32 STL NL WS NYY W 4 4 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .667 .750 1.000 1.750 3 0 0 0 0 1
2 Yrs (2 Series) 6 12 8 2 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 .375 .545 .500 1.045 4 0 1 1 0 1
2 WS 6 12 8 2 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 .375 .545 .500 1.045 4 0 1 1 0 1

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
1958 PIT NL 26 as LF 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
1960 PIT NL 28 as LF 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
1960 PIT NL 28 as LF 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (3 GP) 10 10 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 .300 .300 .300 .600 3 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
1954 22 PIT NL 530 1.5% 11.1% 8.9% 6.0% 27% 1.26 8.0 58.8 10.2 1.25 76%
1956 24 PIT NL 262 1.9% 19.1% 9.9% 6.1% 34% 1.92 4.7 46.6 8.0 0.88 69%
1957 25 PIT NL 431 3.0% 11.6% 8.8% 7.2% 26% 1.32 7.7 29.8 8.6 0.83 75%
1958 26 PIT NL 596 2.2% 9.2% 9.7% 9.2% 32% 0.95 9.6 40.7 7.6 0.91 78%
1959 27 PIT NL 617 2.1% 10.5% 10.9% 5.7% 23% 0.97 8.4 42.1 9.0 0.85 76%
1960 28 PIT NL 640 2.3% 13.4% 9.2% 8.4% 35% 1.46 6.6 38.1 6.6 0.96 74%
1961 29 PIT NL 442 0.7% 11.1% 11.5% 5.9% 26% 0.96 7.8 127.0 9.1 0.95 75%
1962 30 PIT NL 597 3.4% 14.9% 12.7% 9.4% 36% 1.17 5.7 25.5 6.8 1.19 68%
1963 31 TOT NL 354 0.9% 18.1% 9.6% 7.1% 31% 1.88 4.9 105.3 12.6 1.21 70%
1963 31 PIT NL 137 0.0% 16.1% 9.5% 7.3% 30% 1.69 5.5 15.3 1.50 73%
1963 31 CIN NL 217 1.4% 19.4% 9.7% 6.9% 31% 2.00 4.6 64.7 11.4 1.06 69%
1964 32 TOT NL 192 2.1% 16.7% 7.8% 6.3% 27% 2.13 5.5 44.3 8.4 0.94 73%
1964 32 CIN NL 63 4.8% 19.1% 6.4% 9.5% 46% 3.00 4.9 19.7 11.8 1.75 70%
1964 32 STL NL 129 0.8% 15.5% 8.5% 4.7% 19% 1.82 5.9 118.0 7.4 0.68 75%
1965 33 STL NL 164 3.1% 18.3% 7.3% 8.5% 30% 2.50 5.1 30.4 5.8 1.52 71%
1966 34 STL NL 48 2.1% 35.4% 4.2% 4.2% 29% 8.50 2.6 45.0 9.0 1.50 56%
12 Yrs 4873 2.1% 13.3% 10.0% 7.4% 30% 1.33 6.7 41.9 8.1 1.00 74%
MLB Averages 2.3% 13.7% 8.6% 6.5% 29% 1.60 6.5 38.7 8.5 1.04 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1954 22 PIT NL -14.8 -1.4 404 -1.5 5.8 -7.3 .99 -0.5 -1.1 -5.8 -0.6 0.94 -5.3 1.53 11
1956 24 PIT NL -11.2 -1.1 207 -0.8 4.2 -4.9 1.26 -0.9 0.3 -10.1 -1.0 1.00 -10.4 2.10 43
1957 25 PIT NL 14.2 1.4 403 2.2 8.9 -6.8 1.11 2.6 -0.7 20.7 2.1 0.97 26.4 2.12 22
1958 26 PIT NL 27.6 2.7 613 2.1 11.6 -9.5 .99 2.5 -0.4 29.8 2.9 0.93 31.3 1.43 3
1959 27 PIT NL 2.8 0.3 622 0.8 12.0 -11.2 1.12 1.3 -0.6 17.4 1.7 0.93 15.7 1.23 1
1960 28 PIT NL 7.6 0.8 665 2.7 13.3 -10.6 1.00 1.1 1.7 22.0 2.2 0.97 15.7 1.96 5
1961 29 PIT NL -2.8 -0.3 455 0.8 7.7 -6.9 .97 -0.2 1.0 9.8 1.0 0.93 0.9 1.47 18
1962 30 PIT NL 30.5 3.0 621 4.5 12.9 -8.4 .93 3.7 1.1 43.8 4.2 0.89 42.3 2.56 4
1963 31 TOT NL 1.9 0.2 372 0.8 6.1 -5.3 .90 0.5 0.4 6.3 0.7 0.93 5.3 1.36 22
1963 31 PIT NL 1.5 0.2 147 0.6 2.6 -2.0 .92 0.4 0.2 4.2 0.4 0.93 3.9 0.92 3
1963 31 CIN NL 0.4 0.0 225 0.3 3.6 -3.3 .89 0.1 0.2 2.0 0.2 0.92 1.4 1.43 19
1964 32 TOT NL -3.4 -0.4 193 0.9 4.5 -3.5 1.13 -0.0 0.9 1.5 0.2 0.98 0.4 1.78 37
1964 32 CIN NL -1.0 -0.1 64 -0.1 0.9 -1.0 .89 0.0 -0.1 -0.5 -0.1 0.95 0.8 1.16 13
1964 32 STL NL -2.4 -0.2 129 1.0 3.6 -2.5 1.25 -0.1 0.9 2.0 0.2 0.99 -0.4 2.11 24
1965 33 STL NL 5.3 0.6 169 1.4 4.1 -2.7 1.05 1.6 -0.2 13.2 1.3 1.00 15.2 1.54 47
1966 34 STL NL -4.6 -0.5 48 -0.8 0.8 -1.6 1.66 -0.2 -0.3 -4.4 -0.5 1.06 -2.6 1.66 45
12 Yrs 52.9 5.2 4772 13.3 92.0 -78.7 1.03 11.4 1.5 144.3 14.2 0.94 134.9 1.74 258

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
1954 22 PIT NL 9 0 38% 156 4 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 4 42% 14 10 3 12 5 7 12 6 6
1956 24 PIT NL 0 0 35% 62 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 77% 4 1 2 2 0 1 7 0 7
1957 25 PIT NL 9 0 31% 173 10 4 71% 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 51% 17 11 6 6 4 2 12 1 10
1958 26 PIT NL 9 0 37% 256 12 4 75% 12 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 7 14 52% 50 31 17 7 2 5 28 5 22
1959 27 PIT NL 10 0 31% 264 10 7 59% 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 45% 42 29 12 10 7 2 28 6 22
1960 28 PIT NL 10 0 34% 236 11 8 58% 11 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 13 45% 29 19 7 9 6 3 31 7 21
1961 29 PIT NL 6 0 38% 183 3 5 38% 3 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 5 45% 31 19 11 15 9 6 18 6 12
1962 30 PIT NL 5 0 31% 256 10 4 71% 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 20 41% 24 17 6 7 4 3 20 6 12
1963 31 TOT NL 8 0 35% 148 5 3 63% 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 14 44% 23 16 7 4 2 2 12 4 8
1963 31 PIT NL 5 0 39% 52 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 50% 8 5 3 1 0 1 5 2 3
1963 31 CIN NL 3 0 32% 96 1 2 33% 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 40% 15 11 4 3 2 1 7 2 5
1964 32 TOT NL 4 0 21% 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 33% 15 11 4 2 1 1 4 2 2
1964 32 CIN NL 2 0 21% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 60% 4 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0
1964 32 STL NL 2 0 21% 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25% 11 10 1 1 0 1 4 2 2
1965 33 STL NL 3 0 37% 66 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 28% 11 9 2 3 2 1 4 2 2
1966 34 STL NL 1 0 11% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Yrs 74 0 34% 1869 67 36 65% 62 35 1 0 0 0 12 0 50 99 46% 260 173 77 77 42 33 176 45 124

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
1954 22 PIT NL 530 65% 117 11 6 0 3 1.53 8 1 9 5 2 1 7 0 8 11 138% 94 11 12% 41 12 29% 245 31 13% 15 9 60% 17 9 53% 0
1956 24 PIT NL 263 95% 47 43 6 2 4 2.10 5 0 9 4 0 2 3 0 0 0 48 6 13% 24 6 25% 142 16 11% 13 5 38% 6 3 50% -1
1957 25 PIT NL 431 81% 118 22 7 0 4 2.12 13 0 6 9 3 3 10 2 6 4 67% 69 2 3% 34 14 41% 242 36 15% 19 7 37% 19 15 79% 0
1958 26 PIT NL 596 70% 170 3 1 0 0 1.43 13 0 10 11 1 6 7 0 3 2 67% 121 11 9% 54 13 24% 350 58 17% 30 18 60% 18 8 44% 0
1959 27 PIT NL 617 77% 153 1 0 0 0 1.23 13 1 7 10 3 4 9 0 1 1 100% 109 6 6% 44 15 34% 327 52 16% 22 11 50% 16 10 63% 0
1960 28 PIT NL 640 73% 156 5 2 0 1 1.96 15 2 7 13 2 8 7 2 6 5 83% 152 13 9% 65 21 32% 398 71 18% 34 18 53% 14 8 57% 0
1961 29 PIT NL 442 79% 102 18 4 0 1 1.47 3 0 3 3 0 1 2 1 4 4 100% 88 6 7% 32 11 34% 275 43 16% 27 15 56% 19 13 68% 0
1962 30 PIT NL 597 81% 154 4 3 0 2 2.56 20 0 3 18 2 7 13 0 4 4 100% 131 9 7% 48 19 40% 340 56 16% 31 15 48% 27 14 52% 0
1963 31 TOT NL 354 87% 82 22 6 0 0 1.36 3 0 5 3 0 3 0 0 3 2 67% 60 11 18% 34 6 18% 191 23 12% 11 4 36% 15 5 33% 0
1963 31 PIT NL 137 81% 33 3 1 0 0 0.92 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 29 5 17% 11 4 36% 75 8 11% 3 2 67% 5 2 40% 0
1963 31 CIN NL 217 91% 49 19 5 0 0 1.43 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 31 6 19% 23 2 9% 116 15 13% 8 2 25% 10 3 30% 0
1964 32 TOT NL 192 94% 45 37 8 1 4 1.78 4 0 2 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 37 1 3% 17 2 12% 133 21 16% 7 3 43% 7 4 57% 0
1964 32 CIN NL 63 87% 13 13 2 0 0 1.16 3 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 12 1 8% 5 0 0% 37 3 8% 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
1964 32 STL NL 129 98% 32 24 6 1 4 2.11 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 25 0 0% 12 2 17% 96 18 19% 6 3 50% 5 3 60% 0
1965 33 STL NL 164 91% 47 47 15 2 11 1.54 5 0 4 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 36 5 14% 16 5 31% 112 22 20% 9 7 78% 4 3 75% 0
1966 34 STL NL 48 94% 7 45 7 1 3 1.66 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 12 0 0% 6 1 17% 41 4 10% 5 2 40% 3 2 67% 0
12 Yrs 4874 79% 1198 258 65 6 33 1.74 103 4 68 86 13 40 63 5 35 33 94% 957 81 8% 415 125 30% 2796 433 15% 223 114 51% 165 94 57% -1
MLB Averages 50% 77% 10% 31% 14% 49% 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
1954 22 132 530 470 67 117 15 9 8 46 4 0 47 59 .249 .316 .370 .686 80 174 11 0 11 2
1955 23 132 530 470 67 117 15 9 8 46 4 0 47 59 .249 .316 .370 .686 80 174 11 0 11 2
1956 24 245 792 703 96 164 23 12 13 75 5 1 73 109 .233 .305 .356 .660 76 250 17 1 11 4 1
1957 25 371 1223 1090 154 282 35 18 26 120 15 5 111 159 .259 .328 .395 .723 93 431 19 3 15 4 7
1958 26 515 1819 1619 247 452 68 27 39 190 27 9 169 214 .279 .347 .427 .774 107 691 30 5 17 9 14
1959 27 658 2436 2166 325 605 86 31 52 251 37 16 236 279 .279 .350 .420 .770 106 909 36 5 18 11 22
1960 28 803 3076 2737 408 761 119 37 67 337 48 24 295 365 .278 .348 .422 .770 106 1155 49 6 23 15 33
1961 29 922 3518 3118 469 863 139 40 70 379 51 29 346 414 .277 .349 .414 .764 105 1292 55 10 27 17 42
1962 30 1066 4115 3628 556 1017 168 47 90 454 61 33 422 503 .280 .356 .427 .783 110 1549 64 14 31 20 47
1963 31 1172 4469 3944 599 1099 183 54 93 479 66 36 456 567 .279 .354 .423 .777 109 1669 75 16 33 20 49
1964 32 1252 4661 4121 615 1144 191 54 97 500 66 36 471 599 .278 .352 .421 .773 108 1734 76 16 33 20 51
1965 33 1332 4825 4273 640 1191 196 58 102 526 67 36 483 629 .279 .353 .423 .776 109 1809 81 16 33 20 53
1966 34 1381 4873 4318 642 1198 197 58 103 531 67 36 485 646 .277 .351 .421 .773 108 1820 81 17 33 20 53

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
1954 22 139 557 494 70 123 16 9 8 48 4 49 62 .249 .316 .366 .682 58 132
1956 24 118 276 245 33 51 9 3 5 33 1 28 52 .208 .290 .331 .620 24 113
1957 25 132 454 407 63 126 13 6 14 49 11 41 52 .310 .376 .474 .850 72 126
1958 26 151 631 560 101 182 35 10 14 76 13 62 58 .325 .391 .498 .889 109 144
1959 27 149 648 574 83 162 19 4 14 65 11 71 68 .282 .360 .402 .763 84 143
1960 28 152 674 601 90 167 35 6 16 93 12 63 90 .278 .345 .436 .781 91 145
1961 29 124 461 398 63 106 21 3 3 43 3 53 51 .266 .357 .357 .713 50 119
1962 30 144 594 508 85 152 29 7 20 74 10 75 89 .299 .392 .502 .893 99 144
1963 31 106 362 322 49 88 16 8 3 28 5 36 64 .273 .350 .401 .751 45 106
1964 32 80 193 178 17 46 8 0 4 22 0 15 32 .258 .316 .371 .687 21 80
1965 33 80 163 151 25 47 5 4 5 26 1 12 30 .311 .362 .497 .859 27 80
1966 34 49 48 45 2 7 1 0 1 5 0 2 17 .156 .208 .244 .453 2 49
12 Yrs 1424 5061 4483 681 1257 207 60 107 562 71 507 665 .280 .354 .425 .779 682 1381
162 Game Avg. 162 576 510 77 143 24 7 12 64 8 58 76 .280 .354 .425 .779 78 1381

* 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
1958 (LF)
1960-1 (LF)
1960-2 (LF)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1958 NL (15, 5%)
1962 NL (22, 1%)
0.06 Career Shares (1057th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1958 NL  4.1 (9th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1958 NL  4.3 (6th)
1962 NL  4.5 (7th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1958 NL  .321 (5th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1958 NL  .387 (5th)
1962 NL  .395 (3rd)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1958 NL  .879 (7th)
1962 NL  .899 (8th)

At Bats s c a p y
1960 NL  571 (8th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1960 NL  640 (9th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1958 NL  93 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1958 NL  170 (8th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1958 NL  260 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
1958 NL  33 (6th)
1960 NL  33 (3rd)
1962 NL  29 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
1954 NL  9 (4th)
1958 NL  9 (7th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1960 NL  86 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1959 NL  67 (10th)
1962 NL  76 (5th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1960 NL  86 (9th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1958 NL  12 (9th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1958 NL  134 (7th)
1962 NL  139 (6th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1958 NL  102 (5th)
1962 NL  106 (10th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1958 NL  28 (8th)
1962 NL  31 (6th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1958 NL  2.7 (7th)
1962 NL  3.0 (6th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1958 NL  55 (9th)
1960 NL  54 (9th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1958 NL  230 (7th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1958 NL  .689 (6th)
1962 NL  .716 (6th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1954 NL  11 (10th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1960 NL  11 (7th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1959 NL  7 (9th)
1960 NL  8 (9th)
1961 NL  5 (10th)

SB % s c a p y
1958 NL  75.00 (5th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1957 NL  11.3 (7th)
1958 NL  12.5 (6th)
1960 NL  12.7 (10th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1960 NL  445 (6th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1958 NL  29.81 (8th)
1962 NL  43.82 (6th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1960 NL  2.7 (10th)
1962 NL  4.5 (5th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1957 NL  2.6 (10th)
1962 NL  3.7 (6th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1958 NL  2.9 (8th)
1962 NL  4.2 (7th)

             

† 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 InkBatting - 29 (809), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 18 (860), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1361), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Orlando Merced (957)
  2. Johnny Grubb (951)
  3. Gary Ward (948)
  4. Cleon Jones (945)
  5. Jay Payton (941)
  6. Larry Herndon (938)
  7. Bernard Gilkey (938)
  8. Al Martin (935)
  9. Tom Paciorek (935)
  10. Hoot Evers (934)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Lee Stevens (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Leron Lee (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Norm Siebern (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jim Russell (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Ken Landreaux (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Willie Crawford (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Tito Francona (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Tito Francona (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Tito Francona (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Cleon Jones (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Cy Williams (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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