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Al Smith

Alphonse Eugene Smith (Fuzzy)

Positions: Outfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 189 lb.

Born: February 7, 1928 in Kirkwood, MO
High School: Douglas HS (Webster Groves, MO)
Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 10, 1953
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Indians/Orioles/RedSox 1953-1964

Final Game: October 4, 1964
Died: January 3, 2002 in Hammond, IN
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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
1953 25 CLE AL 47 173 150 28 36 9 0 3 14 2 0 20 25 .240 .341 .360 .701 92 54 0 3 0 O9/75
1954 26 CLE AL 131 583 481 101 135 29 6 11 50 2 9 88 65 .281 .398 .435 .832 127 209 2 7 5 2 *759/6
1955 27 CLE AL 154 725 607 123 186 27 4 22 77 11 6 93 77 .306 .407 .473 .880 133 287 4 15 3 7 1 *95/8764 AS,MVP-3
1956 28 CLE AL 141 626 526 87 144 26 5 16 71 6 3 84 72 .274 .378 .433 .812 113 228 15 8 2 6 7 *9758/4
1957 29 CLE AL 135 605 507 78 125 23 5 11 49 12 6 79 70 .247 .348 .377 .725 99 191 7 4 8 7 3 587/9
1958 30 CHW AL 139 541 480 61 121 23 5 12 58 3 3 48 77 .252 .323 .396 .719 98 190 17 5 3 5 2 *79/85
1959 31 CHW AL 129 529 472 65 112 16 4 17 55 7 5 46 74 .237 .311 .396 .707 94 187 10 5 5 1 3 *79/85
1960 32 CHW AL 142 596 536 80 169 31 3 12 72 8 3 50 65 .315 .374 .451 .826 123 242 18 3 2 4 3 *9/87 AS,MVP-6
1961 33 CHW AL 147 602 532 88 148 29 4 28 93 4 4 56 67 .278 .348 .506 .854 128 269 17 5 2 7 2 597/8 MVP-21
1962 34 CHW AL 142 575 511 62 149 23 8 16 82 3 3 57 60 .292 .363 .462 .825 121 236 17 3 0 4 7 57/9 MVP-33
1963 35 BAL AL 120 406 368 45 100 17 1 10 39 9 0 32 74 .272 .335 .405 .740 110 149 14 3 3 0 1 9/7
1964 36 TOT AL 90 212 187 25 33 5 1 6 16 0 1 21 42 .176 .267 .310 .577 59 58 6 2 2 0 1 95/78
1964 36 CLE AL 61 147 136 15 22 1 1 4 9 0 1 8 32 .162 .214 .272 .486 34 37 5 1 2 0 1 9/587
1964 36 BOS AL 29 65 51 10 11 4 0 2 7 0 0 13 10 .216 .385 .412 .796 118 21 1 1 0 0 0 5/97
12 Yrs 1517 6173 5357 843 1458 258 46 164 676 67 43 674 768 .272 .358 .429 .787 113 2300 127 63 35 43 30
162 Game Avg. 162 659 572 90 156 28 5 18 72 7 5 72 82 .272 .358 .429 .787 113 246 14 7 4
CLE (6 yrs) 669 2859 2407 432 648 115 21 67 270 33 25 372 341 .269 .373 .418 .791 112 1006 33 38 20 22 12
CHW (5 yrs) 699 2843 2531 356 699 122 24 85 360 25 18 257 343 .276 .345 .444 .789 114 1124 79 21 12 21 17
BOS (1 yr) 29 65 51 10 11 4 0 2 7 0 0 13 10 .216 .385 .412 .796 118 21 1 1 0 0 0
BAL (1 yr) 120 406 368 45 100 17 1 10 39 9 0 32 74 .272 .335 .405 .740 110 149 14 3 3 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
1953 25 CLE AL 47 173 -3 1 1 -3 -2 -5 -0.6 5 -1 -0.1 .488 .497 0.2 -0.5 2 $ O9/75
1954 26 CLE AL 131 583 21 2 1 5 -5 24 2.5 16 39 4.1 .520 .516 3.6 -0.1 34 $ *759/6
1955 27 CLE AL 154 725 31 5 1 -7 -5 25 2.7 20 44 4.6 .517 .516 5.2 -1.2 51 $ *95/8764 AS,MVP-3
1956 28 CLE AL 141 626 10 4 -1 -8 -5 -0 0.0 17 16 1.6 .500 .500 2.3 -1.3 25 $ *9758/4
1957 29 CLE AL 135 605 0 5 0 -20 -1 -15 -1.7 16 1 -0.1 .488 .490 2.1 -2.3 21 $ 587/9
1958 30 CHW AL 139 541 -3 -1 -1 0 -7 -12 -1.4 15 3 0.1 .491 .492 0.1 -0.8 3 $ *79/85
1959 31 CHW AL 129 529 -2 0 0 15 -6 7 0.6 14 22 2.0 .506 .505 0.5 0.9 6 $ *79/85
1960 32 CHW AL 142 596 16 0 -2 -5 -7 3 0.1 16 19 1.7 .502 .502 2.4 -1.4 25 $ *9/87 AS,MVP-6
1961 33 CHW AL 147 602 20 -1 -0 -8 -2 8 0.6 16 25 2.3 .506 .505 3.3 -1.1 33 $ 597/8 MVP-21
1962 34 CHW AL 142 575 13 -1 -2 -4 0 6 0.4 16 22 2.0 .504 .504 2.6 -0.5 26 $ 57/9 MVP-33
1963 35 BAL AL 120 406 6 1 -2 -4 -4 -3 -0.5 11 8 0.7 .497 .498 1.3 -1.1 13 $ 9/7
1964 36 CLE AL 61 147 -11 0 0 1 -2 -11 -1.4 4 -7 -0.9 .479 .492 -1.0 -0.1 -8 $ 9/587
1964 36 BOS AL 29 65 4 -0 -0 -1 -0 2 0.2 2 4 0.4 .507 .501 0.5 -0.2 5 $ 5/97
12 Seasons 1517 6173 103 16 -5 -40 -45 28 1.7 168 196 18.4 .502 .501 23.1 -9.5 236 $
CLE (6 yrs) 669 2859 48 18 2 -32 -19 17 1.6 77 94 9.2 .502 .502 12.4 -5.4 126 $
CHW (5 yrs) 699 2843 45 -3 -6 -2 -21 13 0.4 78 91 8.1 .502 .502 8.9 -2.9 93 $
BOS (1 yr) 29 65 4 -0 -0 -1 -0 2 0.2 2 4 0.4 .507 .501 0.5 -0.2 5 $
BAL (1 yr) 120 406 6 1 -2 -4 -4 -3 -0.5 11 8 0.7 .497 .498 1.3 -1.1 13 $

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
1953 25 CLE AL 173 114 18 4.2 100 .270 .240 .266 .341 .342 .360 .392 .701 .733 92 .477 -1.0 -0.1 .693 .267 .120 2.4
1954 26 CLE AL 583 364 79 5.8 100 .305 .281 .268 .398 .344 .435 .391 .832 .735 127 .639 21.8 2.2 .832 .322 .154 3.4
1955 27 CLE AL 725 441 128 7.8 106 .318 .306 .271 .407 .351 .473 .404 .880 .755 133 .725 32.4 3.2 .928 .328 .166 14.7
1956 28 CLE AL 626 408 90 5.9 108 .288 .274 .270 .378 .352 .433 .412 .812 .764 113 .593 12.1 1.2 .808 .325 .160 8.7
1957 29 CLE AL 605 410 73 4.8 99 .263 .247 .263 .348 .335 .377 .397 .725 .733 99 .542 1.7 0.2 .709 .298 .130 11.5
1958 30 CHW AL 541 387 59 4.1 97 .275 .252 .260 .323 .329 .396 .396 .719 .725 98 .476 -0.9 -0.1 .641 .244 .144 4.8
1959 31 CHW AL 529 381 58 4.1 98 .249 .237 .259 .311 .330 .396 .396 .707 .726 94 .466 -5.1 -0.5 .640 .261 .159 9.9
1960 32 CHW AL 596 394 89 6.1 101 .339 .315 .264 .374 .337 .451 .403 .826 .740 123 .636 18.0 1.8 .773 .239 .136 9.6
1961 33 CHW AL 602 414 91 5.9 102 .270 .278 .262 .348 .336 .506 .407 .854 .743 128 .605 20.4 2.0 .815 .333 .227 7.0
1962 34 CHW AL 575 386 83 5.8 103 .303 .292 .263 .363 .335 .462 .410 .825 .745 121 .608 15.3 1.5 .775 .282 .170 5.1
1963 35 BAL AL 406 285 49 4.6 91 .317 .272 .251 .335 .316 .405 .387 .740 .704 110 .546 5.2 0.5 .684 .245 .133 9.5
1964 36 TOT AL 212 163 16 2.6 97 .194 .176 .257 .267 .326 .310 .400 .577 .726 59 .296 -10.8 -1.1 .497 .241 .134 .0
1964 36 CLE AL 147 122 7 1.6 96 .180 .162 .256 .214 .324 .272 .397 .486 .721 34 .137 -12.8 -1.3 .375 .162 .110 .0
1964 36 BOS AL 65 41 9 5.9 100 .231 .216 .261 .385 .330 .412 .406 .796 .736 118 .647 2.0 0.2 .854 .451 .196 .0
12 Yrs 6173 4147 833 5.4 101 .290 .272 .263 .358 .338 .429 .401 .787 .738 113 .585 109.3 10.7 .752 .287 .157 95.1
162 Game Avg. 659 443 89 5.4 101 .290 .272 .263 .358 .338 .429 .401 .787 .738 113 .585 12 1 .752 .287 .157 10
CLE (6 yrs) 2859 1859 395 5.7 103 .287 .269 .267 .373 .345 .418 .401 .791 .745 112 .607 54.2 5.3 .784 .307 .149 44.2
CHW (5 yrs) 2843 1962 380 5.2 100 .289 .276 .262 .345 .334 .444 .403 .789 .736 114 .567 47.8 4.7 .730 .272 .168 38.6
BOS (1 yr) 65 41 9 5.9 100 .231 .216 .261 .385 .330 .412 .406 .796 .736 118 .648 2.0 0.2 .854 .451 .196 .0
BAL (1 yr) 406 285 49 4.6 91 .317 .272 .251 .335 .316 .405 .387 .740 .704 110 .546 5.2 0.5 .684 .245 .133 9.5

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
1954 26 CLE AL WS NYG L 4 17 14 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 .214 .353 .429 .782 6 1 1 0 0 0
1959 31 CHW AL WS LAD L 6 24 20 1 5 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 4 .250 .375 .400 .775 8 2 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 10 41 34 3 8 3 0 1 3 0 0 6 6 .235 .366 .412 .778 14 3 1 0 0 0
2 WS 10 41 34 3 8 3 0 1 3 0 0 6 6 .235 .366 .412 .778 14 3 1 0 0 0

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
1955 CLE AL 27 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CHW AL 32 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CHW AL 32 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (3 GP) 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 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
1953 25 CLE AL 173 1.7% 14.5% 11.6% 6.9% 33% 1.25 6.0 50.0 10.7 0.58 71%
1954 26 CLE AL 583 1.9% 11.2% 15.1% 7.9% 34% 0.74 7.4 43.7 9.6 0.73 70%
1955 27 CLE AL 725 3.0% 10.6% 12.8% 7.3% 29% 0.83 7.9 27.6 7.9 0.43 71%
1956 28 CLE AL 626 2.6% 11.5% 13.4% 7.5% 33% 0.86 7.3 32.9 7.4 0.81 71%
1957 29 CLE AL 605 1.8% 11.6% 13.1% 6.5% 31% 0.89 7.2 46.1 10.3 0.76 72%
1958 30 CHW AL 541 2.2% 14.2% 8.9% 7.4% 33% 1.60 6.2 40.0 8.3 0.81 73%
1959 31 CHW AL 529 3.2% 14.0% 8.7% 7.0% 33% 1.61 6.4 27.8 8.6 0.87 72%
1960 32 CHW AL 596 2.0% 10.9% 8.4% 7.7% 27% 1.30 8.2 44.7 7.4 1.20 78%
1961 33 CHW AL 602 4.7% 11.1% 9.3% 10.1% 41% 1.20 7.9 19.0 5.7 0.88 74%
1962 34 CHW AL 575 2.8% 10.4% 9.9% 8.2% 32% 1.05 8.5 31.9 6.2 0.85 76%
1963 35 BAL AL 406 2.5% 18.2% 7.9% 6.9% 28% 2.31 5.0 36.8 9.4 1.49 70%
1964 36 TOT AL 212 2.8% 19.8% 9.9% 5.7% 36% 2.00 4.5 31.2 11.7 1.32 66%
1964 36 CLE AL 147 2.7% 21.8% 5.4% 4.1% 27% 4.00 4.3 34.0 15.1 1.32 68%
1964 36 BOS AL 65 3.1% 15.4% 20.0% 9.2% 55% 0.77 5.1 25.5 7.3 1.33 60%
12 Yrs 6173 2.7% 12.4% 10.9% 7.6% 32% 1.14 7.0 32.7 7.9 0.83 72%
MLB Averages 2.3% 13.1% 8.8% 6.6% 29% 1.50 6.8 38.6 8.4 1.02 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1953 25 CLE AL -1.2 -0.1 176 -0.0 2.7 -2.7 .95 0.2 -0.2 -2.3 -0.2 0.97 0.7 1.41 2
1954 26 CLE AL 21.8 2.2 604 2.7 11.6 -8.9 .98 2.7 0.0 28.5 2.9 0.94 29.2 0.72 2
1955 27 CLE AL 32.4 3.2 751 2.7 14.0 -11.2 1.00 3.2 -0.5 38.1 3.6 0.95 37.8 0
1956 28 CLE AL 11.4 1.1 641 -0.3 11.0 -11.3 1.03 0.8 -1.1 11.3 1.1 0.95 9.2 2.29 1
1957 29 CLE AL 1.7 0.2 636 1.7 11.0 -9.4 .99 1.2 0.5 9.7 1.0 0.94 13.8 1.22 2
1958 30 CHW AL -0.9 -0.1 551 -1.3 8.5 -9.8 1.00 -0.2 -1.1 -6.3 -0.6 0.96 -1.5 1.38 3
1959 31 CHW AL -5.1 -0.5 546 -0.0 10.4 -10.5 1.07 -0.4 0.4 -6.0 -0.6 0.96 -3.1 2.67 1
1960 32 CHW AL 18.0 1.8 615 0.9 11.4 -10.5 .99 2.0 -1.1 17.5 1.7 0.99 23.3 1.03 1
1961 33 CHW AL 19.7 1.9 616 0.5 11.7 -11.2 1.04 2.2 -1.8 13.0 1.3 1.03 22.1 2.18 5
1962 34 CHW AL 15.3 1.5 594 0.6 11.8 -11.2 1.10 1.5 -0.9 7.3 0.7 1.03 16.0 4.85 4
1963 35 BAL AL 5.2 0.5 419 0.5 7.7 -7.1 1.06 0.5 -0.0 6.2 0.6 0.97 3.5 1.97 21
1964 36 TOT AL -10.6 -1.1 215 -1.5 2.9 -4.4 1.06 -0.7 -0.7 -3.6 -0.4 0.94 -5.2 1.34 29
1964 36 CLE AL -12.6 -1.3 150 -1.9 1.4 -3.3 1.07 -1.1 -0.7 -9.0 -0.9 0.92 -9.6 1.23 17
1964 36 BOS AL 2.0 0.2 65 0.4 1.5 -1.1 1.02 0.4 -0.0 5.4 0.5 0.96 4.4 1.49 12
12 Yrs 107.7 10.6 6364 6.5 114.8 -108.3 1.02 13.0 -6.7 113.2 11.0 0.97 145.9 1.79 71

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
1953 25 CLE AL 0 0 45% 78 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 56% 12 8 4 3 2 1 10 0 9
1954 26 CLE AL 7 0 41% 272 2 9 18% 2 9 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 23 62% 45 19 26 6 4 2 23 3 18
1955 27 CLE AL 8 0 37% 349 11 6 65% 10 6 1 0 0 0 4 0 11 20 54% 52 29 20 13 6 7 27 3 23
1956 28 CLE AL 8 0 32% 235 6 3 67% 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 14 65% 34 16 18 10 3 7 21 4 17
1957 29 CLE AL 7 0 34% 219 12 6 67% 9 7 3 0 0 0 2 0 9 22 67% 42 14 28 6 1 5 18 7 11
1958 30 CHW AL 4 0 30% 207 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 8 51% 30 17 12 4 2 2 17 5 12
1959 31 CHW AL 10 0 33% 195 7 5 58% 7 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 6 57% 25 10 13 5 3 2 14 4 10
1960 32 CHW AL 6 0 32% 251 8 3 73% 8 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 8 15 48% 34 23 9 7 5 2 28 6 22
1961 33 CHW AL 9 0 33% 204 4 4 50% 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 8 16 49% 31 19 11 1 1 0 34 9 21
1962 34 CHW AL 6 0 24% 208 3 3 50% 2 4 1 0 0 0 4 0 7 13 46% 29 18 11 10 7 3 17 4 12
1963 35 BAL AL 5 0 28% 141 9 0 100% 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 11 55% 27 15 12 5 4 1 12 0 11
1964 36 TOT AL 5 0 38% 68 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 61% 16 7 8 1 0 1 11 3 8
1964 36 CLE AL 2 0 41% 47 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 64% 7 3 4 1 0 1 6 2 4
1964 36 BOS AL 3 0 35% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 57% 9 4 4 0 0 0 5 1 4
12 Yrs 75 0 33% 2427 67 43 61% 61 42 6 4 0 1 19 0 86 155 56% 377 195 172 71 38 33 232 48 174

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
1953 25 CLE AL 173 54% 36 2 1 0 0 1.41 3 0 7 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 25 0 0% 15 2 13% 106 11 10% 6 2 33% 5 1 20% 0
1954 26 CLE AL 583 35% 135 2 0 0 0 0.72 11 0 8 6 5 4 7 0 7 5 71% 97 2 2% 33 13 39% 291 40 14% 20 11 55% 12 7 58% 0
1955 27 CLE AL 725 42% 186 0 0 0 0 22 0 23 15 7 14 8 0 4 3 75% 116 4 3% 41 13 32% 390 56 14% 25 12 48% 20 7 35% 0
1956 28 CLE AL 626 29% 144 1 0 0 1 2.29 16 0 22 15 1 7 9 0 2 2 100% 133 15 11% 49 14 29% 401 56 14% 33 15 45% 29 14 48% 0
1957 29 CLE AL 605 30% 125 2 0 0 0 1.22 11 0 10 6 5 6 5 0 8 8 100% 93 7 8% 42 21 50% 306 40 13% 21 13 62% 18 10 56% 0
1958 30 CHW AL 541 35% 121 3 1 0 0 1.38 12 1 13 9 3 3 9 0 6 3 50% 115 17 15% 55 15 27% 335 46 14% 32 16 50% 19 10 53% 0
1959 31 CHW AL 529 28% 112 1 0 0 0 2.67 17 1 8 11 6 8 9 0 6 5 83% 106 10 9% 38 9 24% 327 39 12% 28 15 54% 17 7 41% 0
1960 32 CHW AL 596 17% 169 1 0 0 0 1.03 12 0 18 11 1 6 6 0 5 2 40% 131 18 14% 58 11 19% 400 62 16% 37 17 46% 24 8 33% 0
1961 33 CHW AL 602 21% 148 5 2 1 2 2.18 28 2 27 24 4 17 11 0 4 2 50% 142 17 12% 67 21 31% 463 70 15% 39 23 59% 36 21 58% 0
1962 34 CHW AL 575 25% 149 4 2 0 2 4.85 16 0 18 13 3 9 7 0 2 0 0% 126 17 13% 57 15 26% 442 67 15% 41 21 51% 30 22 73% 0
1963 35 BAL AL 406 30% 100 21 5 0 1 1.97 10 0 7 5 5 5 5 0 3 3 100% 83 14 17% 36 8 22% 246 31 13% 23 8 35% 20 10 50% 0
1964 36 TOT AL 212 57% 33 29 4 0 1 1.34 6 0 2 3 3 0 6 0 2 2 100% 43 6 14% 17 4 24% 120 11 9% 7 2 29% 4 2 50% 0
1964 36 CLE AL 147 67% 22 17 0 0 0 1.23 4 0 1 2 2 0 4 0 2 2 100% 28 5 18% 14 4 29% 72 6 8% 5 2 40% 4 2 50% 0
1964 36 BOS AL 65 34% 11 12 4 0 1 1.49 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 15 1 7% 3 0 0% 48 5 10% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
12 Yrs 6173 31% 1458 71 15 1 7 1.79 164 4 163 118 46 81 83 0 49 35 71% 1210 127 11% 508 146 29% 3827 529 14% 312 155 50% 234 119 51% 0
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
1953 25 47 173 150 28 36 9 0 3 14 2 0 20 25 .240 .341 .360 .701 92 54 0 3 0
1954 26 178 756 631 129 171 38 6 14 64 4 9 108 90 .271 .385 .417 .802 119 263 2 10 5 2
1955 27 332 1481 1238 252 357 65 10 36 141 15 15 201 167 .288 .396 .444 .840 126 550 6 25 8 9 1
1956 28 473 2107 1764 339 501 91 15 52 212 21 18 285 239 .284 .391 .441 .832 122 778 21 33 10 15 8
1957 29 608 2712 2271 417 626 114 20 63 261 33 24 364 309 .276 .381 .427 .808 117 969 28 37 18 22 11
1958 30 747 3253 2751 478 747 137 25 75 319 36 27 412 386 .272 .372 .421 .793 114 1159 45 42 21 27 13
1959 31 876 3782 3223 543 859 153 29 92 374 43 32 458 460 .267 .363 .418 .781 111 1346 55 47 26 28 16
1960 32 1018 4378 3759 623 1028 184 32 104 446 51 35 508 525 .273 .365 .422 .787 113 1588 73 50 28 32 19
1961 33 1165 4980 4291 711 1176 213 36 132 539 55 39 564 592 .274 .363 .433 .795 115 1857 90 55 30 39 21
1962 34 1307 5555 4802 773 1325 236 44 148 621 58 42 621 652 .276 .363 .436 .799 115 2093 107 58 30 43 28
1963 35 1427 5961 5170 818 1425 253 45 158 660 67 42 653 726 .276 .361 .434 .795 115 2242 121 61 33 43 29
1964 36 1517 6173 5357 843 1458 258 46 164 676 67 43 674 768 .272 .358 .429 .787 113 2300 127 63 35 43 30

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
1953 25 49 181 157 30 38 10 0 3 15 2 21 26 .242 .343 .363 .706 19 47
1954 26 137 614 506 110 144 31 6 12 54 2 94 68 .285 .402 .441 .843 89 131
1955 27 161 748 629 122 189 27 4 22 77 11 94 80 .300 .400 .461 .861 114 154
1956 28 147 643 543 84 144 26 5 16 69 6 84 75 .265 .368 .420 .788 83 141
1957 29 142 640 536 85 134 25 5 12 53 13 85 74 .250 .353 .382 .735 73 135
1958 30 145 572 507 68 132 25 5 13 65 3 52 80 .260 .332 .406 .738 68 139
1959 31 135 553 494 69 118 17 4 18 58 7 48 77 .239 .312 .399 .711 61 129
1960 32 149 626 564 85 178 33 3 13 76 8 53 68 .316 .375 .454 .829 96 142
1961 33 147 602 532 88 148 29 4 28 93 4 56 67 .278 .348 .506 .854 93 147
1962 34 142 574 510 62 148 23 8 16 81 3 57 60 .290 .362 .461 .823 85 142
1963 35 120 415 375 50 107 18 1 11 44 10 34 74 .285 .350 .427 .776 55 120
1964 36 89 214 188 27 35 5 1 6 17 0 22 42 .186 .278 .319 .597 17 90
12 Yrs 1563 6382 5541 880 1515 269 46 170 702 69 700 791 .273 .359 .431 .790 853 1517
162 Game Avg. 162 661 574 91 157 28 5 18 73 7 73 82 .273 .359 .431 .790 88 1517

* 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
1955 *
1960-1 *
1960-2 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1955 AL (3, 60%)
1960 AL (6, 22%)
1961 AL (21, 1%)
1962 AL (33, 0%)
0.83 Career Shares (298th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1954 AL  4.1 (10th)
1955 AL  4.6 (7th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1955 AL  5.2 (4th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1955 AL  .306 (6th)
1960 AL  .315 (2nd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1954 AL  .398 (8th)
1955 AL  .407 (3rd)
1960 AL  .374 (9th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1955 AL  .473 (9th)
1961 AL  .506 (10th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1955 AL  .880 (3rd)
1960 AL  .826 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1955 AL  154 (1st)

At Bats s c a p y
1955 AL  607 (3rd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1955 AL  725 (1st)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1954 AL  101 (6th)
1955 AL  123 (1st)

Hits s c a p y
1955 AL  186 (5th)
1960 AL  169 (4th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1955 AL  287 (4th)
1960 AL  242 (10th)
1961 AL  269 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1954 AL  29 (2nd)
1955 AL  27 (7th)
1960 AL  31 (5th)
1961 AL  29 (10th)

Triples s c a p y
1962 AL  8 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1955 AL  22 (10th)
1961 AL  28 (8th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1961 AL  93 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1954 AL  88 (4th)
1955 AL  93 (5th)
1956 AL  84 (10th)
1957 AL  79 (3rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1954 AL  65 (10th)
1955 AL  77 (5th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1955 AL  11 (5th)
1957 AL  12 (8th)

Singles s c a p y
1955 AL  133 (5th)
1960 AL  123 (8th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1955 AL  133 (3rd)
1960 AL  123 (10th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1955 AL  128 (3rd)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1955 AL  32 (4th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1955 AL  3.2 (4th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1954 AL  46 (9th)
1955 AL  53 (5th)
1961 AL  61 (8th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1955 AL  294 (1st)
1960 AL  222 (7th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1955 AL  .725 (3rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1954 AL  7 (3rd)
1955 AL  15 (2nd)
1956 AL  8 (6th)
1958 AL  5 (10th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1955 AL  7 (5th)
1956 AL  6 (8th)
1957 AL  7 (5th)
1961 AL  7 (10th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1956 AL  7 (8th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1958 AL  17 (8th)
1960 AL  18 (5th)
1961 AL  17 (10th)
1962 AL  17 (9th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1954 AL  9 (3rd)
1955 AL  6 (9th)
1957 AL  6 (10th)
1959 AL  5 (9th)

SB % s c a p y
1955 AL  64.71 (3rd)
1957 AL  66.67 (6th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1955 AL  14.7 (2nd)
1957 AL  11.5 (7th)
1959 AL  9.9 (8th)
1960 AL  9.6 (8th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1961 AL  19.0 (10th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1955 AL  441 (6th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1954 AL  28.48 (10th)
1955 AL  38.07 (4th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1955 AL  2.7 (7th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1955 AL  3.2 (4th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1954 AL  2.9 (10th)
1955 AL  3.6 (5th)

                           

† 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

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Black InkBatting - 4 (422), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 61 (415), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 25 (686), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 17 (897), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Hank Bauer (960)
  2. Von Hayes (935)
  3. Andy Van Slyke (931)
  4. Lloyd Moseby (929)
  5. Sam Chapman (925)
  6. Bobby Higginson (924)
  7. Melvin Mora (924)
  8. Wally Moon (915)
  9. Brian Jordan (913)
  10. Joe Rudi (913)
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  1. Mike Kingery (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Gene Moore (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Al Martin (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Gabe Kapler (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Gabe Kapler (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Mark Whiten (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jackie Brandt (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Dan Ford (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Matt Lawton (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Wally Moon (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Hank Bauer (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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