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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 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Indians/Orioles/RedSox 1953-1964

Final Game: October 4, 1964 (Age 36)
Died: January 3, 2002 in Hammond, IN
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All-Time Rank (among batters): #654. Coco Crisp… #655. Darren Daulton… #656. Henry Larkin… #657. AL SMITH… #658. Danny Tartabull… #659. Vic Power… #660. Sixto Lezcano… 

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
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

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

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1953 CLE AL 25 OF 39 37 32 316.0 75 67 2 6 0 .920 -2 -8 1.97 1.77 .981 2.43 2.41
1953 CLE AL 25 RF 33 32 28 271.0 67 60 2 5 0 .925 -2 -9 2.06 1.88 .984 2.09 2.08
1953 CLE AL 25 LF 6 5 4 45.0 9 7 0 2 0 .778 -2 -53 1.40 1.17 .973 2.22 2.22
1953 CLE AL 25 3B 2 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -400 0.00 0.00 3.30 3.35
1954 CLE AL 26 OF 109 105 94 956.1 253 241 8 4 1 .984 8 10 2.34 2.28 .979 2.39 2.37
1954 CLE AL 26 LF 98 89 84 817.1 220 209 7 4 0 .982 6 9 2.38 2.20 .977 2.26 2.24
1954 CLE AL 26 3B 21 18 17 173.2 54 23 25 6 3 .889 -2 -15 2.49 2.29 .959 3.48 3.46
1954 CLE AL 26 RF 17 16 10 139.0 32 31 1 0 1 1.000 1 11 2.07 1.88 .975 2.05 2.03
1954 CLE AL 26 SS 4 0 0 8.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -90 2.25 0.50 .960 4.95 4.97
1955 CLE AL 27 OF 120 111 93 994.0 216 206 5 5 1 .977 -3 -4 1.91 1.76 .982 2.40 2.38 AS,MVP-3
1955 CLE AL 27 RF 108 101 86 890.0 192 183 5 4 1 .979 -3 -4 1.90 1.74 .981 2.05 2.03 AS,MVP-3
1955 CLE AL 27 3B 45 41 33 356.1 99 33 59 7 4 .929 -4 -13 2.32 2.04 .950 3.17 3.14 AS,MVP-3
1955 CLE AL 27 CF 9 7 5 65.0 19 19 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -9 2.63 2.11 .985 2.87 2.84 AS,MVP-3
1955 CLE AL 27 LF 7 3 2 39.0 9 8 0 1 0 .889 0 0 1.85 1.14 .980 2.26 2.26 AS,MVP-3
1955 CLE AL 27 SS 5 0 0 7.0 5 2 3 0 1 1.000 0 0 6.43 1.00 .960 4.89 4.88 AS,MVP-3
1955 CLE AL 27 2B 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 4.50 1.00 .980 5.40 5.30 AS,MVP-3
1956 CLE AL 28 OF 122 114 99 1010.0 259 248 6 5 1 .981 -5 -6 2.26 2.08 .979 2.34 2.32
1956 CLE AL 28 RF 59 56 49 483.0 105 102 0 3 0 .971 -6 -16 1.90 1.73 .973 2.09 2.07
1956 CLE AL 28 LF 52 37 34 354.2 85 80 3 2 1 .976 -0 -1 2.11 1.60 .977 2.10 2.09
1956 CLE AL 28 3B 28 23 13 207.1 65 22 38 5 2 .923 -3 -19 2.60 2.14 .949 3.22 3.19
1956 CLE AL 28 CF 21 21 16 172.1 69 67 2 0 0 1.000 2 13 3.60 3.29 .984 2.79 2.77
1956 CLE AL 28 2B 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.40
1957 CLE AL 29 3B 84 82 76 724.1 275 95 156 24 16 .913 -10 -16 3.12 2.99 .951 3.23 3.24
1957 CLE AL 29 OF 58 49 41 462.1 105 100 3 2 1 .981 -11 -28 2.01 1.78 .980 2.24 2.25
1957 CLE AL 29 CF 41 39 31 348.1 79 76 1 2 1 .975 -10 -33 1.99 1.88 .983 2.71 2.72
1957 CLE AL 29 LF 19 6 6 74.0 18 17 1 0 0 1.000 0 5 2.19 0.95 .980 2.10 2.10
1957 CLE AL 29 RF 5 4 4 40.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -36 1.35 1.20 .977 1.93 1.92
1958 CHW AL 30 OF 138 128 106 1123.2 266 249 9 8 2 .970 0 0 2.07 1.87 .982 2.27 2.25
1958 CHW AL 30 LF 78 72 56 625.2 147 136 6 5 1 .966 -2 -3 2.04 1.82 .979 2.09 2.07
1958 CHW AL 30 RF 62 56 50 493.0 118 112 3 3 1 .975 2 6 2.10 1.85 .980 1.99 1.97
1958 CHW AL 30 CF 2 0 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -96 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.65
1958 CHW AL 30 3B 1 0 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 3.15 3.10
1959 CHW AL 31 OF 128 126 115 1145.2 297 283 8 6 2 .980 16 16 2.29 2.27 .980 2.22 2.21
1959 CHW AL 31 LF 84 83 75 736.2 200 189 8 3 2 .985 14 22 2.41 2.35 .980 2.06 2.05
1959 CHW AL 31 RF 45 42 40 391.0 95 92 0 3 0 .968 0 1 2.12 2.04 .977 1.89 1.88
1959 CHW AL 31 CF 3 1 0 18.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 2 100 3.50 2.33 .983 2.70 2.70
1959 CHW AL 31 3B 1 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -80 0.00 0.00 3.30 3.20
1960 CHW AL 32 OF 141 141 130 1248.1 266 252 5 9 2 .966 -5 -5 1.85 1.82 .982 2.25 2.25 AS,MVP-6
1960 CHW AL 32 RF 139 137 128 1210.0 256 241 6 9 2 .965 -5 -5 1.84 1.78 .974 1.95 1.95 AS,MVP-6
1960 CHW AL 32 CF 6 4 2 36.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0 3 2.25 1.50 .987 2.65 2.65 AS,MVP-6
1960 CHW AL 32 LF 2 0 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -154 0.00 0.00 1.93 2.15 AS,MVP-6
1961 CHW AL 33 3B 80 79 49 634.1 231 58 161 12 12 .948 -2 -5 3.11 2.74 .950 3.18 3.15 MVP-21
1961 CHW AL 33 OF 71 61 57 562.1 129 123 3 3 0 .977 -6 -12 2.02 1.77 .977 2.25 2.22 MVP-21
1961 CHW AL 33 RF 59 55 52 490.1 112 108 2 2 0 .982 -5 -11 2.02 1.86 .976 2.06 2.04 MVP-21
1961 CHW AL 33 LF 10 3 3 47.0 9 7 1 1 0 .889 -2 -41 1.53 0.80 .969 2.01 1.98 MVP-21
1961 CHW AL 33 CF 3 3 2 25.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0 19 3.60 3.33 .982 2.59 2.57 MVP-21
1962 CHW AL 34 3B 105 104 61 849.1 279 76 185 18 8 .935 -2 -4 2.77 2.49 .952 3.08 3.07 MVP-33
1962 CHW AL 34 OF 39 32 26 287.2 55 47 6 2 0 .964 -2 -6 1.66 1.36 .980 2.19 2.18 MVP-33
1962 CHW AL 34 LF 37 32 26 283.2 50 44 5 1 0 .980 -2 -7 1.55 1.32 .976 2.01 2.00 MVP-33
1962 CHW AL 34 RF 2 0 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 60 2.25 0.50 .980 2.02 2.00 MVP-33
1963 BAL AL 35 OF 97 93 60 766.1 171 160 6 5 0 .971 -4 -7 1.95 1.71 .981 2.16 2.16
1963 BAL AL 35 RF 92 88 56 723.1 160 153 3 4 0 .975 -3 -5 1.94 1.70 .980 2.01 2.01
1963 BAL AL 35 LF 6 5 4 43.0 12 8 3 1 0 .917 -1 -36 2.30 1.83 .976 1.90 1.90
1964 TOT AL 36 OF 56 33 27 342.1 77 74 2 1 0 .987 2 6 2.00 1.36 .980 2.04 2.03
1964 TOT AL 36 RF 52 30 24 313.1 68 65 2 1 0 .985 2 7 1.92 1.29 .984 1.88 1.87
1964 TOT AL 36 3B 11 6 5 63.0 24 8 14 2 1 .917 -1 -27 3.14 2.00 .955 3.03 3.02
1964 TOT AL 36 LF 3 2 2 21.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -17 1.29 1.00 .973 1.80 1.80
1964 CLE AL 36 OF 48 28 22 292.1 66 64 2 0 0 1.000 1 5 2.03 1.38 .980 2.04 2.03
1964 CLE AL 36 RF 46 27 21 281.1 60 58 2 0 0 1.000 1 6 1.92 1.30 .984 1.88 1.87
1964 CLE AL 36 3B 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -60 0.00 0.00 3.15 3.00
1964 CLE AL 36 CF 1 1 1 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 3.38 3.00 .980 2.48 2.40
1964 CLE AL 36 LF 1 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -40 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1964 BOS AL 36 3B 10 6 5 61.0 24 8 14 2 1 .917 -1 -26 3.25 2.20 .955 3.02 3.02
1964 BOS AL 36 OF 8 5 5 50.0 11 10 0 1 0 .909 0 7 1.80 1.25 .980 2.03 2.02
1964 BOS AL 36 RF 6 3 3 32.0 8 7 0 1 0 .875 0 19 1.97 1.17 .984 1.88 1.87
1964 BOS AL 36 LF 2 2 2 18.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -13 1.50 1.50 .973 1.80 1.80
12 Seasons OF 1118 1030 880 9215.0 2169 2050 63 56 10 .974 -13 -2 2.06 1.89 .980 2.28 2.26
12 Seasons RF 673 617 527 5448.0 1212 1153 25 34 5 .972 -19 -4 1.95 1.75 .978 2.00 1.99
12 Seasons LF 402 337 296 3089.1 762 708 34 20 4 .974 11 4 2.16 1.85 .978 2.12 2.10
10 Seasons 3B 378 353 254 3020.1 1027 315 638 74 46 .928 -27 -11 2.84 2.52 .951 3.18 3.16
8 Seasons CF 86 76 57 677.2 196 191 3 2 1 .990 -7 -12 2.58 2.26 .984 2.73 2.73
2 Seasons SS 9 0 0 15.0 7 3 4 0 1 1.000 -1 -48 4.20 0.78 .960 4.92 4.92
2 Seasons 2B 2 0 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.25 0.50 .980 5.40 5.35
12 Seasons TOT 1507 1383 1134 12254.1 3204 2369 705 130 57 .959 -40 -4 2.26 2.04 .971 2.50 2.51
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
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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 (300th)

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  28.36 (10th)
1955 AL  38.24 (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  3.3 (4th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1954 AL  2.8 (10th)
1955 AL  3.7 (5th)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1957 AL  26 (2nd)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1957 AL  84 (5th)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1957 AL  95 (4th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1957 AL  156 (5th)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1957 AL  24 (2nd)
1962 AL  18 (5th)

Double Plays Turned as 3B s c a p y
1957 AL  16 (5th)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1954 AL  98 (4th)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1954 AL  209 (4th)
1959 AL  189 (5th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1954 AL  7 (3rd)
1958 AL  6 (4th)
1959 AL  8 (2nd)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1954 AL  4 (4th)
1958 AL  5 (4th)

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1956 AL  1 (4th)
1958 AL  1 (4th)
1959 AL  2 (1st)

Double Plays Turned as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1957 AL  1 (5th)

Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1955 AL  108 (5th)
1960 AL  139 (2nd)

Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1955 AL  183 (4th)
1960 AL  241 (4th)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1960 AL  6 (3rd)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1953 AL  5 (2nd)
1955 AL  4 (5th)
1960 AL  9 (2nd)
1963 AL  4 (3rd)

Double Plays Turned as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1954 AL  1 (5th)
1960 AL  2 (3rd)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1958 AL  8 (2nd)
1959 AL  6 (5th)
1960 AL  9 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
1957 AL  3.12 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1957 AL  2.99 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1954 AL  6 (2nd)
1959 AL  14 (2nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1954 AL  2.38 (3rd)
1959 AL  2.41 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1954 AL  2.20 (3rd)
1958 AL  1.82 (5th)
1959 AL  2.35 (1st)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1954 AL  .982 (4th)
1959 AL  .985 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1958 AL  2 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1955 AL  1.74 (5th)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1960 AL  .965 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
1959 AL  16 (4th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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 (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (423), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 61 (416), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 25 (691), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 17 (904), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Right Field (105th), 18.4 career WAR/18.3 7yr-peak WAR/18.3 JAWS
Average HOF RF (out of 24) = 69.5 career WAR/41.3 7yr-peak WAR/55.4 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  1. Hank Bauer (960)
  2. Von Hayes (935)
  3. Andy Van Slyke (931)
  4. Lloyd Moseby (930)
  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 (979)  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. Al Martin (947)  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 (951)  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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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
195325Cleveland Indians$4,500Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
195426Cleveland Indians$6,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
195527Cleveland Indians$10,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
195628Cleveland Indians$15,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
195729Cleveland Indians$15,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
195830Chicago White Sox$18,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
195931Chicago White Sox$16,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
196032Chicago White Sox$21,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
196133Chicago White Sox$30,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
196234Chicago White Sox$36,500Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
196335Baltimore Orioles$36,500Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
196436Cleveland Indians$33,250Michael Haupert research of HOF contractsCLE/BOS
Career to date (may be incomplete)$241,750
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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