Bill Skowron
William Joseph Skowron Jr. (Moose)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 18, 1930 in Chicago, IL
High School: Weber (Chicago, IL)
School: Purdue University
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1954
Final Game: October 1, 1967
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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
1954 23 NYY AL 87 237 215 37 73 12 9 7 41 2 1 19 18 .340 .392 .577 .969 167 124 8 1 0 2 3/54
1955 24 NYY AL 108 314 288 46 92 17 3 12 61 1 1 21 32 .319 .369 .524 .894 140 151 11 3 0 2 4 3/5
1956 25 NYY AL 134 523 464 78 143 21 6 23 90 4 4 50 60 .308 .382 .528 .910 142 245 16 6 2 1 3 *3/5
1957 26 NYY AL 122 501 457 54 139 15 5 17 88 3 2 31 60 .304 .347 .470 .818 123 215 17 3 3 7 6 *3 AS,MVP-22
1958 27 NYY AL 126 503 465 61 127 22 3 14 73 1 1 28 69 .273 .317 .424 .740 106 197 16 4 1 5 1 *3/5 AS
1959 28 NYY AL 74 309 282 39 84 13 5 15 59 1 0 20 47 .298 .349 .539 .888 145 152 10 3 2 2 0 3 AS
1960 29 NYY AL 146 584 538 63 166 34 3 26 91 2 3 38 95 .309 .353 .528 .881 142 284 17 2 0 6 2 *3 AS,MVP-9
1961 30 NYY AL 150 607 561 76 150 23 4 28 89 0 0 35 108 .267 .318 .472 .790 113 265 21 8 0 3 9 *3 AS
1962 31 NYY AL 140 524 478 63 129 16 6 23 80 0 1 36 99 .270 .325 .473 .798 115 226 13 5 1 4 4 *3
1963 32 LAD NL 89 256 237 19 48 8 0 4 19 0 1 13 49 .203 .252 .287 .539 60 68 10 3 2 1 4 3/5
1964 33 TOT AL 146 575 535 47 151 21 3 17 79 0 0 30 92 .282 .322 .428 .750 108 229 14 4 0 6 6 *3
1964 33 WSA AL 73 278 262 28 71 10 0 13 41 0 0 11 56 .271 .306 .458 .764 110 120 7 3 0 2 2 3
1964 33 CHW AL 73 297 273 19 80 11 3 4 38 0 0 19 36 .293 .337 .399 .736 107 109 7 1 0 4 4 3
1965 34 CHW AL 146 605 559 63 153 24 3 18 78 1 3 32 77 .274 .316 .424 .740 116 237 22 5 4 5 4 *3 AS
1966 35 CHW AL 120 369 337 27 84 15 2 6 29 1 1 26 45 .249 .308 .359 .667 98 121 11 3 2 1 4 3
1967 36 TOT AL 70 139 131 8 27 2 1 1 11 0 0 4 19 .206 .252 .260 .511 55 34 6 4 0 0 1 3
1967 36 CHW AL 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0
1967 36 CAL AL 62 131 123 8 27 2 1 1 10 0 0 4 18 .220 .267 .276 .544 65 34 5 4 0 0 1 3
14 Seasons 1658 6046 5547 681 1566 243 53 211 888 16 18 383 870 .282 .332 .459 .792 120 2548 192 54 17 45 48
162 Game Avg. 162 591 542 67 153 24 5 21 87 2 2 37 85 .282 .332 .459 .792 120 249 19 5 2 4
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
NYY (9 yrs) 1087 4102 3748 517 1103 173 44 165 672 14 13 278 588 .294 .346 .496 .842 129 1859 129 35 9 32 29
CHW (4 yrs) 347 1279 1177 109 317 50 8 28 146 2 4 77 159 .269 .317 .397 .713 107 467 41 9 6 10 12
WSA (1 yr) 73 278 262 28 71 10 0 13 41 0 0 11 56 .271 .306 .458 .764 110 120 7 3 0 2 2
LAD (1 yr) 89 256 237 19 48 8 0 4 19 0 1 13 49 .203 .252 .287 .539 60 68 10 3 2 1 4
CAL (1 yr) 62 131 123 8 27 2 1 1 10 0 0 4 18 .220 .267 .276 .544 65 34 5 4 0 0 1
AL (13 yrs) 1569 5790 5310 662 1518 235 53 207 869 16 17 370 821 .286 .336 .467 .803 122 2480 182 51 15 44 44
NL (1 yr) 89 256 237 19 48 8 0 4 19 0 1 13 49 .203 .252 .287 .539 60 68 10 3 2 1 4

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
1954 23 NYY AL 237 153 49 8.6 96 .344 .340 .262 .392 .337 .577 .383 .969 .719 167 .783 18.3 1.8 .960 .330 .237 3.1
1955 24 NYY AL 314 210 52 6.6 102 .325 .319 .265 .369 .344 .524 .395 .894 .739 140 .663 14.9 1.5 .841 .278 .205 1.8
1956 25 NYY AL 523 344 90 7.0 104 .314 .308 .264 .382 .345 .528 .402 .910 .748 142 .665 26.4 2.5 .883 .328 .220 6.8
1957 26 NYY AL 501 347 70 5.5 98 .315 .304 .262 .347 .334 .470 .395 .818 .729 123 .598 13.1 1.3 .742 .236 .166 5.1
1958 27 NYY AL 503 361 59 4.4 95 .292 .273 .257 .317 .325 .424 .390 .740 .715 106 .507 3.0 0.3 .645 .211 .151 1.9
1959 28 NYY AL 309 212 50 6.3 95 .311 .298 .256 .349 .326 .539 .391 .888 .717 145 .661 15.6 1.6 .846 .316 .241 1.9
1960 29 NYY AL 584 398 95 6.4 96 .331 .309 .256 .353 .329 .528 .392 .881 .721 142 .659 29.6 2.9 .824 .288 .219 3.7
1961 30 NYY AL 607 435 78 4.8 100 .285 .267 .258 .318 .332 .472 .401 .790 .734 113 .513 7.9 0.8 .713 .267 .205 .0
1962 31 NYY AL 524 368 71 5.2 100 .294 .270 .260 .325 .331 .473 .404 .798 .735 115 .559 8.0 0.8 .733 .276 .203 .0
1963 32 LAD NL 256 203 15 2.0 84 .238 .203 .246 .252 .307 .287 .368 .539 .675 60 .225 -11.8 -1.3 .415 .135 .084 .0
1964 33 TOT AL 575 404 71 4.7 95 .310 .282 .254 .322 .322 .428 .394 .750 .716 108 .550 5.1 0.5 .661 .202 .146 .0
1964 33 WSA AL 278 200 35 4.7 96 .297 .271 .256 .306 .324 .458 .397 .764 .721 110 .548 2.4 0.2 .677 .229 .187 .0
1964 33 CHW AL 297 204 36 4.8 94 .321 .293 .252 .337 .320 .399 .392 .736 .712 107 .552 2.7 0.3 .645 .176 .106 .0
1965 34 CHW AL 605 440 68 4.2 86 .288 .274 .243 .316 .311 .424 .372 .740 .683 116 .514 10.0 1.0 .631 .204 .150 1.9
1966 35 CHW AL 369 268 35 3.5 84 .272 .249 .240 .308 .306 .359 .370 .667 .676 98 .452 -0.8 -0.1 .566 .187 .110 1.7
1967 36 TOT AL 139 110 8 2.0 80 .234 .206 .237 .252 .306 .260 .356 .511 .662 55 .236 -7.5 -0.8 .382 .084 .053 .0
1967 36 CHW AL 8 9 0 0.0 79 .000 .000 .235 .000 .303 .000 .353 .000 .656 -100 .000 -1.9 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1967 36 CAL AL 131 101 8 2.1 80 .250 .220 .238 .267 .306 .276 .356 .544 .662 65 .265 -5.6 -0.6 .416 .089 .057 .0
14 Seasons 6046 4253 811 5.1 95 .300 .282 .255 .332 .327 .459 .390 .792 .716 120 .573 131.6 12.8 .712 .246 .177 29.7
162 Game Avg. 591 416 79 5.1 95 .300 .282 .255 .332 .327 .459 .390 .792 .716 120 .573 13 1 .712 .246 .177 3
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
NYY (9 yrs) 4102 2828 614 5.8 99 .310 .294 .260 .346 .333 .496 .396 .842 .729 129 .615 136.7 13.5 .780 .276 .202 25.8
CHW (4 yrs) 1279 921 139 4.1 87 .289 .269 .244 .317 .312 .397 .376 .713 .688 107 .503 10.0 1.0 .609 .191 .127 3.7
WSA (1 yr) 278 200 35 4.7 96 .297 .271 .256 .306 .324 .458 .397 .764 .721 110 .548 2.4 0.2 .677 .229 .187 .0
LAD (1 yr) 256 203 15 2.0 84 .238 .203 .246 .252 .307 .287 .368 .539 .675 60 .225 -11.8 -1.3 .415 .135 .084 .0
CAL (1 yr) 131 101 8 2.1 80 .250 .220 .238 .267 .306 .276 .356 .544 .662 65 .265 -5.6 -0.6 .416 .089 .057 .0
AL (13 yrs) 5790 4050 796 5.3 95 .303 .286 .255 .336 .327 .467 .391 .803 .718 122 .585 143.5 14.1 .727 .251 .181 29.7
NL (1 yr) 256 203 15 2.0 84 .238 .203 .246 .252 .307 .287 .368 .539 .675 60 .225 -11.8 -1.3 .415 .135 .084 .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
1955 24 NYY AL WS BRO L 5 12 12 2 4 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .750 1.083 9 0 0 0 0 0
1956 25 NYY AL WS BRO W 3 10 10 1 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .400 .500 4 0 0 0 0 0
1957 26 NYY AL WS MLN L 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 27 NYY AL WS MLN W 7 28 27 3 7 0 0 2 7 0 0 1 4 .259 .286 .481 .767 13 0 0 0 0 0
1960 29 NYY AL WS PIT L 7 33 32 7 12 2 0 2 6 0 0 0 6 .375 .364 .625 .989 20 1 0 0 1 0
1961 30 NYY AL WS CIN W 5 20 17 3 6 0 0 1 5 0 0 3 4 .353 .450 .529 .979 9 1 0 0 0 0
1962 31 NYY AL WS SFG W 6 20 18 1 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 .222 .300 .333 .633 6 1 1 0 0 0
1963 32 LAD NL WS NYY W 4 14 13 2 5 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 3 .385 .429 .615 1.044 8 2 0 0 0 1
8 Seasons (8 Series) 39 141 133 19 39 4 1 8 29 0 0 6 26 .293 .326 .519 .845 69 5 1 0 1 1
8 WS 39 141 133 19 39 4 1 8 29 0 0 6 26 .293 .326 .519 .845 69 5 1 0 1 1

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
1957 NYY AL 26 3 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667 3 0 0 0 0 0
1958 NYY AL 27 as 1B 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0
1959 NYY AL 28 as 1B 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 2 0 0 0 0 0
1959 NYY AL 28 DNP
1960 NYY AL 29 as 1B 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
1960 NYY AL 29 as 1B 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1961 NYY AL 30 DNP
1965 CHW AL 34 DNP
6 Seasons (5 Appearances) 15 14 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .429 .467 .500 .967 7 1 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
1954 23 NYY AL 237 3.0% 7.6% 8.0% 11.8% 38% 0.95 11.9 30.7 5.2 0.85 81%
1955 24 NYY AL 314 3.8% 10.2% 6.7% 10.2% 35% 1.52 9.0 24.0 4.7 1.06 78%
1956 25 NYY AL 523 4.4% 11.5% 9.6% 9.6% 35% 1.20 7.7 20.2 5.2 1.46 73%
1957 26 NYY AL 501 3.4% 12.0% 6.2% 7.4% 27% 1.94 7.6 26.9 5.2 1.09 77%
1958 27 NYY AL 503 2.8% 13.7% 5.6% 7.8% 31% 2.46 6.7 33.2 6.4 1.17 77%
1959 28 NYY AL 309 4.9% 15.2% 6.5% 10.7% 39% 2.35 6.0 18.8 4.8 1.19 72%
1960 29 NYY AL 584 4.5% 16.3% 6.5% 10.8% 38% 2.50 5.7 20.7 5.9 0.92 72%
1961 30 NYY AL 607 4.6% 17.8% 5.8% 9.1% 37% 3.09 5.2 20.0 6.3 1.25 71%
1962 31 NYY AL 524 4.4% 18.9% 6.9% 8.6% 35% 2.75 4.8 20.8 6.0 1.36 69%
1963 32 LAD NL 256 1.6% 19.1% 5.1% 4.7% 25% 3.77 4.8 59.3 12.5 1.65 72%
1964 33 TOT AL 575 3.0% 16.0% 5.2% 7.1% 27% 3.07 5.8 31.5 6.8 1.62 75%
1964 33 WSA AL 278 4.7% 20.1% 4.0% 8.3% 32% 5.09 4.7 20.2 6.4 1.62 70%
1964 33 CHW AL 297 1.4% 12.1% 6.4% 6.1% 23% 1.89 7.6 68.3 7.2 1.63 80%
1965 34 CHW AL 605 3.0% 12.7% 5.3% 7.4% 29% 2.41 7.3 31.1 7.2 1.56 78%
1966 35 CHW AL 369 1.6% 12.2% 7.1% 6.2% 27% 1.73 7.5 56.2 11.6 1.92 78%
1967 36 TOT AL 139 0.7% 13.7% 2.9% 2.9% 15% 4.75 6.9 131.0 11.9 2.03 80%
1967 36 CHW AL 8 0.0% 12.5% 0.0% 0.0% 8.0 8.0 2.50 88%
1967 36 CAL AL 131 0.8% 13.7% 3.1% 3.1% 15% 4.50 6.8 123.0 12.3 2.00 79%
14 Seasons 6046 3.5% 14.4% 6.3% 8.4% 32% 2.27 6.4 26.3 6.2 1.31 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
1954 23 NYY AL 1 0 35% 92 2 1 67% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 50% 11 7 4 2 2 0 11 2 8
1955 24 NYY AL 3 0 33% 122 1 1 50% 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 7 39% 24 16 8 3 2 1 9 3 5
1956 25 NYY AL 13 0 31% 223 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 11 48% 32 20 10 5 4 1 19 3 16
1957 26 NYY AL 10 0 24% 166 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 12 50% 20 14 6 7 4 3 19 4 14
1958 27 NYY AL 7 0 32% 168 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 47% 26 17 9 5 4 1 14 2 11
1959 28 NYY AL 2 0 26% 102 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 7 58% 19 8 11 4 4 0 10 1 8
1960 29 NYY AL 10 0 21% 227 2 3 40% 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 11 35% 29 21 7 9 7 2 13 4 9
1961 30 NYY AL 12 0 29% 217 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 13 42% 27 21 6 7 3 4 18 6 12
1962 31 NYY AL 6 0 27% 201 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 32% 33 27 6 6 5 1 14 4 10
1963 32 LAD NL 6 0 25% 72 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 41% 13 9 4 1 0 1 3 1 2
1964 33 TOT AL 8 0 18% 187 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 16 26% 26 18 7 8 7 1 8 3 3
1964 33 WSA AL 1 0 21% 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 5 19% 8 6 1 4 3 1 4 2 1
1964 33 CHW AL 7 0 16% 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11 31% 18 12 6 4 4 0 4 1 2
1965 34 CHW AL 6 0 26% 193 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 14 50% 29 18 11 8 5 3 19 5 14
1966 35 CHW AL 11 0 20% 120 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 5 38% 22 13 8 4 3 1 8 4 4
1967 36 TOT AL 2 0 21% 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 29% 4 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 2
1967 36 CHW AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 36 CAL AL 1 0 21% 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 29% 4 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 2
14 Seasons 97 0 26% 2128 16 18 47% 14 19 1 1 0 1 14 0 61 121 42% 315 212 97 70 51 19 167 42 118
MLB Averages
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

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
1954 23 NYY AL 218 77% 73 20 7 1 5 1.48 7 1 5 2 5 3 4 0 0 0 42 8 19% 17 5 29% 143 31 22% 12 9 75% 10 3 30% 19
1955 24 NYY AL 314 36% 92 35 6 1 5 1.80 12 0 14 8 4 4 8 0 1 0 0% 70 11 16% 34 11 32% 245 50 20% 29 16 55% 20 9 45% 0
1956 25 NYY AL 523 38% 143 12 2 0 3 2.09 23 0 16 14 9 6 17 0 4 2 50% 134 16 12% 50 15 30% 432 82 19% 36 19 53% 28 11 39% 0
1957 26 NYY AL 501 30% 139 9 3 1 2 1.17 17 1 26 13 4 3 14 0 3 3 100% 113 17 15% 49 18 37% 421 76 18% 52 30 58% 27 9 33% 0
1958 27 NYY AL 502 23% 127 7 3 1 3 1.32 14 0 19 11 3 9 5 0 4 1 25% 95 16 17% 41 18 44% 366 66 18% 30 18 60% 22 9 41% 0
1959 28 NYY AL 309 28% 84 3 1 0 1 3.49 15 1 9 11 4 7 8 0 3 2 67% 58 10 17% 29 12 41% 225 46 20% 26 15 58% 24 7 29% 0
1960 29 NYY AL 584 29% 166 6 1 1 1 1.66 26 0 16 19 7 12 14 0 0 0 134 17 13% 52 15 29% 408 68 17% 30 16 53% 29 12 41% 0
1961 30 NYY AL 608 30% 150 1 0 0 0 4.27 28 1 19 22 6 7 21 0 0 0 139 21 15% 59 17 29% 424 66 16% 43 21 49% 36 8 22% 0
1962 31 NYY AL 524 36% 129 12 4 0 2 1.79 23 1 15 8 15 9 14 0 2 1 50% 99 13 13% 53 18 34% 334 58 17% 36 20 56% 32 14 44% 0
1963 32 LAD NL 256 49% 48 24 6 3 4 1.71 4 0 5 3 1 3 1 0 3 2 67% 58 10 17% 26 4 15% 163 18 11% 8 2 25% 7 1 14% 0
1964 33 TOT AL 575 34% 151 13 3 0 1 2.70 17 0 16 14 3 12 5 0 0 0 113 14 12% 64 23 36% 408 67 16% 47 25 53% 41 18 44% 0
1964 33 WSA AL 278 33% 71 10 3 0 1 2.58 13 0 9 10 3 9 4 0 0 0 56 7 13% 30 8 27% 186 30 16% 19 9 47% 17 7 41% 0
1964 33 CHW AL 297 36% 80 3 0 0 0 3.09 4 0 7 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 57 7 12% 34 15 44% 222 37 17% 28 16 57% 24 11 46% 0
1965 34 CHW AL 604 35% 153 1 1 0 1 0.56 18 0 21 15 3 8 10 0 5 4 80% 135 22 16% 63 23 37% 432 68 16% 45 20 44% 33 16 48% 1
1966 35 CHW AL 369 50% 84 23 3 1 2 2.26 6 0 3 4 2 3 3 0 2 2 100% 59 11 19% 30 9 30% 210 24 11% 17 10 59% 28 13 46% 0
1967 36 TOT AL 139 69% 27 38 7 0 3 1.90 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 29 6 21% 7 2 29% 96 11 11% 8 5 63% 5 2 40% 0
1967 36 CHW AL 8 63% 0 8 0 0 1 1.97 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 2 0 0% 11 1 9% 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 0
1967 36 CAL AL 131 69% 27 30 7 0 2 1.88 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 26 5 19% 5 2 40% 85 10 12% 6 4 67% 4 2 50% 0
14 Seasons 6026 36% 1566 204 47 9 33 1.88 211 5 188 144 67 86 125 0 27 17 63% 1278 192 15% 574 190 33% 4307 731 17% 419 226 54% 342 132 39% 20
MLB Averages
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

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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
1954 23 87 237 215 37 73 12 9 7 41 2 1 19 18 .340 .392 .577 .969 167 124 8 1 0 2
1955 24 195 551 503 83 165 29 12 19 102 3 2 40 50 .328 .379 .547 .926 151 275 19 4 0 4 4
1956 25 329 1074 967 161 308 50 18 42 192 7 6 90 110 .319 .381 .538 .918 147 520 35 10 2 5 7
1957 26 451 1575 1424 215 447 65 23 59 280 10 8 121 170 .314 .370 .516 .886 139 735 52 13 5 12 13
1958 27 577 2078 1889 276 574 87 26 73 353 11 9 149 239 .304 .357 .493 .851 131 932 68 17 6 17 14
1959 28 651 2387 2171 315 658 100 31 88 412 12 9 169 286 .303 .356 .499 .855 133 1084 78 20 8 19 14
1960 29 797 2971 2709 378 824 134 34 114 503 14 12 207 381 .304 .355 .505 .860 135 1368 95 22 8 25 16
1961 30 947 3578 3270 454 974 157 38 142 592 14 12 242 489 .298 .349 .499 .848 131 1633 116 30 8 28 25
1962 31 1087 4102 3748 517 1103 173 44 165 672 14 13 278 588 .294 .346 .496 .842 129 1859 129 35 9 32 29
1963 32 1176 4358 3985 536 1151 181 44 169 691 14 14 291 637 .289 .340 .484 .824 125 1927 139 38 11 33 33
1964 33 1322 4933 4520 583 1302 202 47 186 770 14 14 321 729 .288 .338 .477 .815 123 2156 153 42 11 39 39
1965 34 1468 5538 5079 646 1455 226 50 204 848 15 17 353 806 .286 .336 .471 .807 122 2393 175 47 15 44 43
1966 35 1588 5907 5416 673 1539 241 52 210 877 16 18 379 851 .284 .334 .464 .798 121 2514 186 50 17 45 47
1967 36 1658 6046 5547 681 1566 243 53 211 888 16 18 383 870 .282 .332 .459 .792 120 2548 192 54 17 45 48

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
1954 23 91 252 228 42 80 13 10 8 47 2 21 19 .351 .405 .601 1.006 55 87
1955 24 113 325 299 49 94 17 3 12 65 1 21 33 .314 .363 .512 .875 55 108
1956 25 140 538 480 80 145 21 6 23 92 4 51 63 .302 .375 .515 .890 92 134
1957 26 128 522 480 60 145 16 5 18 97 3 32 63 .302 .345 .469 .814 78 122
1958 27 132 529 490 70 137 24 3 15 84 1 30 72 .280 .323 .433 .756 68 126
1959 28 77 321 295 43 88 14 5 16 65 1 21 49 .298 .349 .542 .891 55 74
1960 29 154 615 567 71 176 36 3 28 103 2 40 100 .310 .354 .533 .887 107 146
1961 30 150 605 559 78 148 23 4 28 91 0 35 108 .265 .316 .470 .786 80 150
1962 31 140 523 478 65 129 16 6 23 82 0 36 99 .270 .325 .473 .798 73 140
1963 32 89 259 241 24 52 9 0 4 24 0 14 49 .216 .266 .303 .569 19 89
1964 33 145 579 538 51 156 22 3 18 86 0 31 91 .290 .330 .442 .772 78 146
1965 34 146 612 568 76 162 25 3 19 94 1 34 77 .285 .328 .440 .769 82 146
1966 35 121 381 348 33 93 17 2 7 35 1 29 45 .267 .328 .388 .716 43 120
1967 36 70 145 135 10 31 2 1 1 13 0 5 19 .230 .283 .281 .564 10 70
14 Seasons 1696 6206 5706 752 1636 255 54 220 978 16 400 887 .287 .337 .466 .803 895 1658
162 Game Avg. 162 593 545 72 156 24 5 21 93 2 38 85 .287 .337 .466 .803 85 1658

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1957 *
1958 (1B)
1959-1 (1B)
1959-2
1960-1 (1B)
1960-2 (1B)
1961-2
1965

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1957-AL-22-1%
1960-AL-9-17%
0.18 Career Shares (755th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1957 AL--.304--7th
1960 AL--.309--4th

Slugging % s c a p y
1956 AL--.528--6th
1957 AL--.470--10th
1960 AL--.528--5th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1956 AL--.910--10th
1960 AL--.881--5th

Hits s c a p y
1960 AL--166--7th

Total Bases s c a p y
1960 AL--284--3rd

Doubles s c a p y
1960 AL--34--2nd

Triples s c a p y
1954 AL--9--6th

Home Runs s c a p y
1960 AL--26--8th
1961 AL--28--8th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1956 AL--90--10th
1957 AL--88--8th
1960 AL--91--8th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1960 AL--95--4th
1961 AL--108--6th
1962 AL--99--9th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1956 AL--142--7th
1960 AL--142--5th

Runs Created s c a p y
1960 AL--95--6th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1956 AL--26--9th
1960 AL--30--5th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1956 AL--2.5--9th
1960 AL--2.9--5th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1960 AL--63--2nd

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1960 AL--.659--7th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1961 AL--8--5th
1965 AL--5--9th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1957 AL--7--5th
1960 AL--6--9th
1964 AL--6--10th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1957 AL--6--10th
1961 AL--9--4th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1957 AL--17--4th
1960 AL--17--8th
1961 AL--21--2nd
1965 AL--22--3rd
Career--192--102nd

AB per HR s c a p y
1956 AL--20.2--9th
1960 AL--20.7--8th
1962 AL--20.8--10th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 43 (571), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 38 (485), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 14 (1207), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Bill White (928)
  2. Richie Zisk (922)
  3. Rico Carty (919)
  4. Raul Ibanez (912)
  5. Rondell White (904)
  6. J.T. Snow (900)
  7. Ben Oglivie (899)
  8. Brian Jordan (898)
  9. Pedro Guerrero (897)
  10. Jose Guillen (892)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Dave Orr (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Joey Votto (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Joe Hauser (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Zeke Bonura (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Zeke Bonura (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Zeke Bonura (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Joe Adcock (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Joe Adcock (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Joe Adcock (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Andres Galarraga (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Andres Galarraga (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Bill White (920)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Ben Oglivie (916)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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