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Bill Skowron

William Joseph Skowron (Moose)

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 18, 1930 in Chicago, IL
High School: Weber HS (Chicago, IL)
School: Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1954
Teams (by GP): Yankees/WhiteSox/Dodgers/Senators/Angels 1954-1967

Final Game: October 1, 1967
Died: April 27, 2012 in Arlington Heights, IL
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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
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 126 502 465 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 .881 141 284 17 2 0 6 2 *3 AS,MVP-9
1961 30 NYY AL 150 608 561 77 150 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 .798 114 226 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 61 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 Yrs 1658 6046 5547 682 1566 243 53 211 888 16 18 383 870 .282 .332 .459 .792 119 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 .792 119 249 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 518 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 61 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 663 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 61 68 10 3 2 1 4

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 23 NYY AL 87 237 16 0 -0 -3 -2 11 1.2 6 18 1.8 .514 .507 2.1 -0.5 20 $ 3/54
1955 24 NYY AL 108 314 14 0 -1 -2 -3 7 0.8 8 16 1.6 .507 .504 1.8 -0.5 18 $ 3/5
1956 25 NYY AL 134 523 32 -1 0 2 -6 27 2.7 14 41 4.1 .520 .517 3.8 -0.3 39 $ *3/5
1957 26 NYY AL 122 501 15 -0 -2 8 -6 15 1.5 14 28 2.9 .513 .510 2.0 0.2 20 $21,500 *3 AS,MVP-22
1958 27 NYY AL 126 502 4 1 -1 6 -6 3 0.2 14 17 1.6 .502 .502 1.0 -0.1 11 $22,000 *3/5 AS
1959 28 NYY AL 74 309 15 -2 -2 2 -4 10 0.9 8 18 1.8 .514 .506 1.6 -0.2 16 $23,000 3 AS
1960 29 NYY AL 146 584 30 -2 -1 10 -8 29 2.8 16 45 4.4 .521 .519 3.6 0.1 35 $23,000 *3 AS,MVP-9
1961 30 NYY AL 150 608 10 0 -2 8 -9 7 0.6 17 24 2.2 .505 .505 1.6 -0.2 16 $ *3 AS
1962 31 NYY AL 140 524 8 -2 -1 7 -7 5 0.3 14 19 1.7 .503 .503 1.2 -0.2 12 $ *3
1963 32 LAD NL 89 256 -10 -1 -1 -4 -3 -18 -2.2 9 -10 -1.3 .475 .486 -0.9 -0.8 -6 $ 3/5
1964 33 WSA AL 73 278 1 -2 0 3 -4 -1 -0.3 8 6 0.5 .498 .499 0.3 -0.2 4 $45,000 3
1964 33 CHW AL 73 297 4 1 0 3 -4 4 0.3 8 12 1.1 .506 .503 0.9 -0.2 10 $ 3
1965 34 CHW AL 146 605 9 -1 0 4 -8 4 0.4 17 21 2.1 .503 .503 1.6 -0.4 17 $47,000 *3 AS
1966 35 CHW AL 120 369 3 -0 0 3 -5 2 0.1 10 12 1.1 .502 .501 0.9 -0.3 9 $ 3
1967 36 CHW AL 8 8 -1 0 -0 0 0 -1 -0.2 0 -1 -0.1 .480 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $
1967 36 CAL AL 62 131 -5 -1 -0 -2 -2 -10 -1.3 4 -7 -0.9 .480 .492 -0.6 -0.5 -4 $36,000 3
14 Seasons 1658 6046 144 -10 -9 45 -78 93 7.9 167 260 24.6 .506 .504 20.8 -4.3 215 $217,500
NYY (9 yrs) 1087 4102 142 -6 -9 38 -52 114 11.0 112 225 22.1 .511 .508 18.7 -1.9 187 $89,500
CHW (4 yrs) 347 1279 15 -0 0 10 -17 9 0.6 36 45 4.2 .503 .502 3.3 -1.0 34 $47,000
WSA (1 yr) 73 278 1 -2 0 3 -4 -1 -0.3 8 6 0.5 .498 .499 0.3 -0.2 4 $45,000
LAD (1 yr) 89 256 -10 -1 -1 -4 -3 -18 -2.2 9 -10 -1.3 .475 .486 -0.9 -0.8 -6 $
CAL (1 yr) 62 131 -5 -1 -0 -2 -2 -10 -1.3 4 -7 -0.9 .480 .492 -0.6 -0.5 -4 $36,000

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 23 NYY AL 237 153 49 8.6 96 .344 .340 .262 .392 .337 .577 .383 .969 .720 167 .783 18.3 1.8 .960 .330 .237 3.1
1955 24 NYY AL 314 210 52 6.6 102 .325 .319 .265 .369 .345 .524 .395 .894 .740 140 .663 14.8 1.4 .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 .666 26.4 2.5 .883 .328 .220 6.8
1957 26 NYY AL 501 347 70 5.5 99 .315 .304 .262 .347 .334 .470 .396 .818 .729 123 .598 13.0 1.3 .742 .236 .166 5.1
1958 27 NYY AL 502 361 59 4.4 95 .292 .273 .257 .317 .325 .424 .390 .740 .715 106 .508 2.9 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 97 .331 .309 .258 .353 .330 .528 .394 .881 .724 141 .659 28.7 2.8 .824 .288 .219 3.7
1961 30 NYY AL 608 435 78 4.8 100 .285 .267 .258 .318 .332 .472 .401 .790 .734 113 .513 7.8 0.8 .713 .267 .205 .0
1962 31 NYY AL 524 368 71 5.2 101 .294 .270 .261 .325 .333 .473 .406 .798 .739 114 .559 7.3 0.7 .733 .276 .203 .0
1963 32 LAD NL 256 203 15 2.0 83 .238 .203 .245 .252 .305 .287 .366 .539 .672 61 .225 -11.6 -1.2 .415 .135 .084 .0
1964 33 TOT AL 575 404 71 4.7 95 .310 .282 .254 .322 .322 .428 .395 .750 .717 108 .550 5.0 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 2.3 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 .238 .252 .306 .260 .356 .511 .662 55 .236 -7.6 -0.8 .382 .084 .053 .0
1967 36 CHW AL 8 9 0 0.0 80 .000 .000 .237 .000 .305 .000 .355 .000 .660 -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 .357 .544 .663 65 .265 -5.6 -0.6 .416 .089 .057 .0
14 Yrs 6046 4253 811 5.1 95 .300 .282 .255 .332 .327 .459 .390 .792 .717 119 .573 129.9 12.7 .712 .246 .177 29.7
162 Game Avg. 591 416 79 5.1 95 .300 .282 .255 .332 .327 .459 .390 .792 .717 119 .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 .334 .496 .397 .842 .730 129 .615 134.9 13.3 .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 9.9 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 2.3 0.2 .677 .229 .187 .0
LAD (1 yr) 256 203 15 2.0 83 .238 .203 .245 .252 .305 .287 .366 .539 .672 61 .225 -11.6 -1.2 .415 .135 .084 .0
CAL (1 yr) 131 101 8 2.1 80 .250 .220 .238 .267 .306 .276 .357 .544 .663 65 .265 -5.6 -0.6 .416 .089 .057 .0
AL (13 yrs) 5790 4050 796 5.3 96 .303 .286 .256 .336 .328 .467 .391 .803 .719 122 .585 141.5 14.0 .727 .251 .181 29.7
NL (1 yr) 256 203 15 2.0 83 .238 .203 .245 .252 .305 .287 .366 .539 .672 61 .225 -11.6 -1.2 .415 .135 .084 .0

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
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 Yrs (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

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 Yrs (5 GP) 15 14 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .429 .467 .500 .967 7 1 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 23 NYY AL 237 3.0% 7.6% 8.0% 11.8% 38% 0.95 11.9 30.7 5.2 0.87 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 502 2.8% 13.8% 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 608 4.6% 17.8% 5.8% 9.1% 37% 3.09 5.2 20.0 6.3 1.25 70%
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 1.57 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 Yrs 6046 3.5% 14.4% 6.3% 8.4% 32% 2.27 6.4 26.3 6.2 1.31 75%
MLB Averages 2.3% 13.9% 8.5% 6.4% 29% 1.63 6.4 39.3 8.6 1.04 74%
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
1954 23 NYY AL 18.3 1.8 233 2.1 5.9 -3.8 1.08 2.0 -0.0 20.5 2.1 0.98 20.1 1.42 22
1955 24 NYY AL 14.8 1.4 322 -0.7 5.8 -6.6 1.07 1.1 -1.8 14.5 1.4 1.04 13.7 1.77 35
1956 25 NYY AL 26.4 2.5 535 2.8 10.9 -8.1 .94 3.8 -0.8 40.6 3.9 1.03 41.9 2.08 12
1957 26 NYY AL 13.0 1.3 510 2.9 12.5 -9.6 1.19 1.5 0.9 16.4 1.7 1.07 18.4 1.10 9
1958 27 NYY AL 2.9 0.3 507 0.1 8.6 -8.5 .97 0.9 -0.8 21.5 2.2 1.01 9.4 1.30 7
1959 28 NYY AL 15.6 1.6 311 2.2 7.5 -5.3 1.05 1.7 0.4 14.1 1.4 1.00 15.0 3.50 3
1960 29 NYY AL 29.5 2.9 598 3.0 12.9 -9.9 1.03 2.6 0.3 29.5 3.0 1.00 32.3 1.64 6
1961 30 NYY AL 7.8 0.8 616 1.5 11.9 -10.4 .99 0.7 0.8 2.9 0.3 0.98 6.2 4.31 1
1962 31 NYY AL 8.0 0.8 530 0.6 9.9 -9.3 1.01 0.8 -0.3 9.2 0.9 0.96 9.7 1.74 12
1963 32 LAD NL -11.9 -1.3 257 -1.3 3.6 -5.0 1.11 -1.3 0.1 -7.7 -0.9 0.97 -8.0 1.57 24
1964 33 TOT AL 5.0 0.5 585 0.8 12.2 -11.4 1.14 1.0 -0.3 11.2 1.2 1.00 9.9 2.59 13
1964 33 WSA AL 2.3 0.2 282 0.3 6.1 -5.8 1.16 0.2 0.1 1.5 0.2 0.99 2.2 2.48 10
1964 33 CHW AL 2.7 0.3 303 0.5 6.0 -5.6 1.12 0.8 -0.4 9.7 1.0 1.01 7.6 2.96 3
1965 34 CHW AL 10.0 1.0 618 0.1 12.0 -11.9 1.12 1.2 -1.1 7.7 0.8 1.04 11.9 0.47 1
1966 35 CHW AL -0.8 -0.1 377 -0.2 7.2 -7.4 1.19 0.2 -0.4 -0.8 -0.1 0.96 3.6 2.14 23
1967 36 TOT AL -7.6 -0.8 139 -0.7 2.3 -3.0 1.23 -0.6 0.0 -6.0 -0.7 1.00 -6.4 1.79 38
1967 36 CHW AL -1.9 -0.2 8 -0.0 0.2 -0.2 1.86 -0.1 0.1 -2.0 -0.2 1.37 -1.6 1.86 8
1967 36 CAL AL -5.6 -0.6 131 -0.7 2.1 -2.8 1.19 -0.4 -0.1 -4.0 -0.5 0.97 -4.8 1.78 30
14 Yrs 131.0 12.8 6138 13.1 123.3 -110.2 1.07 15.7 -3.4 173.6 17.3 1.01 177.5 1.81 206
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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 23 NYY AL 1 0 35% 97 2 1 67% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 52% 12 8 4 2 2 0 13 2 10
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 30% 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 Yrs 97 0 26% 2133 16 18 47% 14 19 1 1 0 1 14 0 61 121 43% 316 213 97 70 51 19 169 42 120
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*

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 237 76% 73 22 7 1 5 1.42 7 1 6 2 5 3 4 0 0 0 44 8 18% 18 6 33% 155 33 21% 13 10 77% 5 1 20% 0
1955 24 NYY AL 314 36% 92 35 6 1 5 1.77 12 0 14 8 4 4 8 0 1 0 0% 70 11 16% 34 11 32% 245 50 20% 29 16 55% 15 7 47% 0
1956 25 NYY AL 523 38% 143 12 2 0 3 2.08 23 0 16 14 9 6 17 0 4 2 50% 134 16 12% 50 15 30% 432 82 19% 36 19 53% 25 19 76% 0
1957 26 NYY AL 501 30% 139 9 3 1 2 1.10 17 1 26 13 4 3 14 0 3 3 100% 113 17 15% 49 18 37% 421 76 18% 52 30 58% 19 9 47% 0
1958 27 NYY AL 502 23% 127 7 3 1 3 1.30 14 0 19 11 3 9 5 0 4 1 25% 95 16 17% 41 18 44% 366 66 18% 30 18 60% 20 15 75% 0
1959 28 NYY AL 309 28% 84 3 1 0 1 3.50 15 1 9 11 4 7 8 0 3 2 67% 58 10 17% 29 12 41% 225 46 20% 26 15 58% 16 9 56% 0
1960 29 NYY AL 584 29% 166 6 1 1 1 1.64 26 0 16 19 7 12 14 0 0 0 134 17 13% 52 15 29% 408 68 17% 30 16 53% 15 8 53% 0
1961 30 NYY AL 608 30% 150 1 0 0 0 4.31 28 1 19 22 6 7 21 0 0 0 139 21 15% 59 17 29% 424 66 16% 43 21 49% 24 14 58% 0
1962 31 NYY AL 524 36% 129 12 4 0 2 1.74 23 1 15 8 15 9 14 0 2 1 50% 99 13 13% 53 18 34% 334 58 17% 36 20 56% 21 13 62% 0
1963 32 LAD NL 256 49% 48 24 6 3 4 1.57 4 0 5 3 1 3 1 0 3 2 67% 58 10 17% 26 4 15% 163 18 11% 8 2 25% 7 4 57% 0
1964 33 TOT AL 575 34% 151 13 3 0 1 2.59 17 0 16 14 3 12 5 0 0 0 113 14 12% 64 23 36% 408 67 16% 47 25 53% 25 17 68% 0
1964 33 WSA AL 278 33% 71 10 3 0 1 2.48 13 0 9 10 3 9 4 0 0 0 56 7 13% 30 8 27% 186 30 16% 19 9 47% 12 7 58% 0
1964 33 CHW AL 297 36% 80 3 0 0 0 2.96 4 0 7 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 57 7 12% 34 15 44% 222 37 17% 28 16 57% 13 10 77% 0
1965 34 CHW AL 605 36% 153 1 1 0 1 0.47 18 0 21 15 3 8 10 0 5 4 80% 135 22 16% 63 23 37% 432 68 16% 45 20 44% 22 14 64% 0
1966 35 CHW AL 369 50% 84 23 3 1 2 2.14 6 0 3 4 2 3 3 0 2 2 100% 59 11 19% 30 9 30% 210 24 11% 17 10 59% 9 5 56% 0
1967 36 TOT AL 139 69% 27 38 7 0 3 1.79 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 29 6 21% 7 2 29% 96 11 11% 8 5 63% 3 2 67% 0
1967 36 CHW AL 8 63% 0 8 0 0 1 1.86 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 1.78 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 26 5 19% 5 2 40% 85 10 12% 6 4 67% 2 2 100% 0
14 Yrs 6046 36% 1566 206 47 9 33 1.81 211 5 189 144 67 86 125 0 27 17 63% 1280 192 15% 575 191 33% 4319 733 17% 420 227 54% 226 137 61% 0
MLB Averages 51% 77% 10% 31% 14% 49% 53%
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
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 2077 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 2386 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 2970 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 455 974 157 38 142 592 14 12 242 489 .298 .349 .499 .848 131 1633 116 30 8 28 25
1962 31 1087 4102 3748 518 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 537 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 584 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 647 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 674 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 682 1566 243 53 211 888 16 18 383 870 .282 .332 .459 .792 119 2548 192 54 17 45 48

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 23 91 252 228 42 80 13 10 8 47 2 21 19 .351 .405 .601 1.006 55 87
1955 24 113 328 301 48 96 18 3 13 64 1 22 33 .319 .369 .528 .897 57 108
1956 25 140 542 482 80 147 22 6 24 92 4 51 63 .305 .378 .525 .903 94 134
1957 26 128 533 486 60 151 16 5 18 98 3 34 63 .311 .355 .475 .830 83 122
1958 27 132 534 493 70 140 24 3 15 84 1 31 72 .284 .328 .436 .764 71 126
1959 28 77 325 297 43 90 14 5 16 65 1 21 49 .303 .353 .545 .898 57 74
1960 29 154 621 572 71 181 37 3 28 102 2 41 100 .316 .361 .538 .899 113 146
1961 30 150 611 564 80 153 23 4 29 92 0 36 108 .271 .322 .480 .803 85 150
1962 31 140 527 480 64 131 16 6 23 82 0 37 99 .273 .329 .475 .804 74 140
1963 32 89 265 244 24 55 9 0 5 24 0 15 49 .225 .278 .324 .601 21 89
1964 33 145 583 541 52 159 22 3 18 87 0 32 91 .294 .334 .445 .780 81 146
1965 34 146 628 577 76 171 27 3 20 94 1 36 77 .296 .341 .458 .799 89 146
1966 35 121 385 350 33 95 17 2 7 36 1 29 45 .271 .332 .391 .723 45 120
1967 36 70 145 135 10 31 2 1 1 13 0 5 19 .230 .283 .281 .564 10 70
14 Yrs 1696 6279 5750 753 1680 260 54 225 980 16 411 887 .292 .343 .474 .816 935 1658
162 Game Avg. 162 600 549 72 160 25 5 21 94 2 39 85 .292 .343 .474 .816 89 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 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
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 (775th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1960 AL  4.4 (6th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1960 AL  4.4 (4th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1960 AL  3.6 (6th)

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  29 (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 (110th)

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

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1956 AL  40.65 (8th)
1960 AL  29.54 (10th)
Career  173.63 (242nd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1957 AL  2.9 (8th)
1960 AL  3.0 (10th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1956 AL  3.8 (7th)
1960 AL  2.6 (9th)
Career  15.7 (242nd)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1956 AL  3.9 (7th)
1960 AL  3.0 (10th)
Career  17.3 (241st)

                           

† 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 - 43 (589), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 38 (502), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 14 (1164), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Bill White (928)
  2. Richie Zisk (922)
  3. Rico Carty (919)
  4. Jose Guillen (907)
  5. Rondell White (904)
  6. J.T. Snow (900)
  7. Ben Oglivie (898)
  8. Brian Jordan (898)
  9. Pedro Guerrero (897)
  10. Kevin McReynolds (890)
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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 (959)  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 (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Joe Adcock (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Dmitri Young (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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