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Hal Smith

Harold Wayne Smith

Positions: Catcher and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 7, 1930 in West Frankfort, IL
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1955
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Orioles/Pirates/Colt.45's/Reds 1955-1964

Final Game: July 22, 1964
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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
1949	18	NYY-min	C	17	45	45		12	3	1	1						.267	.267	.444	.711		20							VNT,TWF · CALL,PION
1950	19	NYY-min	D	121	480	480		174	45	4	7						.363	.363	.517	.879		248							NWR · OHIN
1951	20	NYY-min	B	109	377	377		116	20	5	7						.308	.308	.443	.751		167							QUI · IIIL
1952	21	NYY-min	AA	129	424	424		110	18	4	4						.259	.259	.349	.608		148							BMT · TL
1953	22	NYY-min	AA	127	434	434		135	24	2	3						.311	.311	.396	.707		172							BIR · SOUA
1954	23	STL-min	AAA	110	413	386	51	135	29	3	7	50	3		17	28	.350	.375	.495	.870		191	15	1	5	4			CLB · AA
1955	24	BAL	AL	135	466	424	41	115	23	4	4	52	1	3	30	21	.271	.318	.373	.691	92	158	16	2	4	6	2	*2
1956	25	TOT	AL	114	398	371	31	99	23	2	5	42	2	1	20	34	.267	.303	.380	.683	84	141	18	1	2	4	3	*2
1956	25	BAL	AL	77	250	229	16	60	14	0	3	18	1	0	17	22	.262	.315	.362	.677	86	83	16	1	2	1	3	2
1956	25	KCA	AL	37	148	142	15	39	9	2	2	24	1	1	3	12	.275	.284	.408	.692	81	58	2	0	0	3	0	2
1957	26	KCA	AL	107	383	360	41	109	26	0	13	41	2	2	14	44	.303	.328	.483	.811	119	174	13	1	5	3	0	*2
1958	27	KCA	AL	99	352	315	32	86	19	2	5	46	0	0	25	47	.273	.323	.394	.717	95	124	6	2	1	8	2	523
1959	28	KCA	AL	108	332	292	36	84	12	0	5	31	0	3	34	39	.288	.367	.380	.747	104	111	4	3	2	1	0	52
1960	29	PIT	NL	77	286	258	37	76	18	2	11	45	1	1	22	48	.295	.351	.508	.859	131	131	6	2	1	3	0	2
1961	30	PIT	NL	67	208	193	12	43	10	0	3	26	0	0	11	38	.223	.267	.321	.588	56	62	6	1	2	1	1	2
1962	31	HOU	NL	109	376	345	32	81	14	0	12	35	0	0	24	55	.235	.286	.380	.666	83	131	13	2	2	3	1	2/53
1963	32	HOU-min	AAA	81	263	232	33	66	11	0	16	55	1	1	31	54	.284	.369	.539	.908		125							OKC · PCL
1963	32	HOU	NL	31	62	58	1	14	2	0	0	2	0	0	4	15	.241	.290	.276	.566	69	16	4	0	0	0	1	2
1964	33	CIN-min	AAA	11	30	23	3	4	0	0	2	3	1	1	7	8	.174	.367	.435	.801		10		0	0	0			SDG · PCL
1964	33	CIN	NL	32	78	66	6	8	1	0	0	3	1	0	12	20	.121	.256	.136	.393	13	9	6	0	1	0	2	2
10 Yrs				879	2941	2682	269	715	148	10	58	323	7	10	196	361	.267	.317	.394	.711	94	1057	92	14	20	29	12
162 Game Avg.				162	542	494	50	132	27	2	11	60	1	2	36	67	.267	.317	.394	.711	94	195	17	3	4	5	2

KCA (4 yrs)				351	1215	1109	124	318	66	4	25	142	3	6	76	142	.287	.332	.421	.753	103	467	25	6	8	15	2
PIT (2 yrs)				144	494	451	49	119	28	2	14	71	1	1	33	86	.264	.316	.428	.744	99	193	12	3	3	4	1
HOU (2 yrs)				140	438	403	33	95	16	0	12	37	0	0	28	70	.236	.287	.365	.651	81	147	17	2	2	3	2
BAL (2 yrs)				212	716	653	57	175	37	4	7	70	2	3	47	43	.268	.317	.369	.686	90	241	32	3	6	7	5
CIN (1 yr)				32	78	66	6	8	1	0	0	3	1	0	12	20	.121	.256	.136	.393	13	9	6	0	1	0	2

AL (5 yrs)				563	1931	1762	181	493	103	8	32	212	5	9	123	185	.280	.326	.402	.728	99	708	57	9	14	22	7
NL (5 yrs)				316	1010	920	88	222	45	2	26	111	2	1	73	176	.241	.299	.379	.678	85	349	35	5	6	7	5

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
1955	24	BAL	AL	135	466	-5	-2	-2	-3	5	-6	-0.6	13	6	0.7	.495	.496	0.9	0.3	9	$	*2
1956	25	BAL	AL	77	250	-5	-1	-4	-2	3	-9	-0.9	7	-2	-0.2	.488	.494	-0.1	0.1	-0	$	2
1956	25	KCA	AL	37	148	-4	-0	1	-1	2	-3	-0.3	4	1	0.1	.491	.498	0.2	0.1	2	$	2
1957	26	KCA	AL	107	383	9	-0	-1	-8	5	4	0.4	10	14	1.4	.504	.503	2.3	-0.4	22	$	*2
1958	27	KCA	AL	99	352	-5	1	0	-0	1	-2	-0.3	10	8	0.7	.498	.499	0.7	0.1	8	$	523
1959	28	KCA	AL	108	332	2	-3	-0	-14	2	-12	-1.4	9	-3	-0.5	.488	.492	1.0	-1.2	10	$	52
1960	29	PIT	NL	77	286	10	-1	-0	-2	4	10	1.0	10	20	2.0	.514	.507	2.2	0.2	22	$	2
1961	30	PIT	NL	67	208	-13	-0	-1	-1	3	-12	-1.3	7	-5	-0.6	.481	.492	-0.5	0.2	-4	$	2
1962	31	HOU	NL	109	376	-9	-2	-2	-3	5	-11	-1.1	13	1	0.1	.489	.493	0.4	0.3	4	$	2/53
1963	32	HOU	NL	31	62	-2	0	-1	-1	1	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.1	.489	.498	0.0	-0.0	0	$	2
1964	33	CIN	NL	32	78	-7	0	-1	0	1	-7	-0.8	3	-4	-0.5	.476	.495	-0.5	0.1	-4	$	2
10 Seasons				879	2941	-29	-8	-11	-35	31	-52	-5.6	87	35	3.1	.494	.497	6.6	-0.3	70	$

KCA (4 yrs)				351	1215	2	-3	-0	-23	10	-14	-1.6	33	20	1.7	.496	.498	4.2	-1.5	42	$
PIT (2 yrs)				144	494	-3	-2	-1	-3	7	-2	-0.2	17	15	1.4	.499	.499	1.7	0.4	18	$
HOU (2 yrs)				140	438	-11	-2	-3	-4	6	-14	-1.4	15	1	0.0	.489	.495	0.4	0.3	5	$
BAL (2 yrs)				212	716	-10	-3	-5	-5	7	-16	-1.5	19	4	0.5	.492	.495	0.8	0.4	9	$
CIN (1 yr)				32	78	-7	0	-1	0	1	-7	-0.8	3	-4	-0.5	.476	.495	-0.5	0.1	-4	$

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
1955	24	BAL	AL	466	338	47	3.7	96	.274	.271	.257	.318	.335	.373	.382	.691	.717	92	.406	-4.1	-0.4	.573	.167	.101	1.6
1956	25	TOT	AL	398	297	38	3.4	101	.280	.267	.261	.303	.341	.380	.398	.683	.739	84	.350	-8.6	-0.8	.560	.170	.113	2.9
1956	25	BAL	AL	250	188	22	3.1	98	.278	.262	.256	.315	.336	.362	.391	.677	.728	86	.313	-4.2	-0.4	.551	.179	.100	1.5
1956	25	KCA	AL	148	109	16	3.9	106	.282	.275	.267	.284	.349	.408	.408	.692	.757	81	.409	-4.5	-0.4	.575	.155	.134	1.3
1957	26	KCA	AL	383	274	52	5.1	100	.314	.303	.264	.328	.337	.483	.399	.811	.736	119	.571	7.9	0.8	.711	.219	.181	3.5
1958	27	KCA	AL	352	244	41	4.5	100	.299	.273	.264	.323	.333	.394	.401	.717	.734	95	.521	-1.3	-0.1	.643	.200	.121	.0
1959	28	KCA	AL	332	218	42	5.2	100	.317	.288	.263	.367	.334	.380	.401	.747	.736	104	.574	2.8	0.3	.674	.199	.092	.0
1960	29	PIT	NL	286	193	45	6.3	100	.322	.295	.264	.351	.330	.508	.406	.859	.736	131	.660	11.2	1.1	.820	.298	.213	1.8
1961	30	PIT	NL	208	159	16	2.7	105	.261	.223	.269	.267	.335	.321	.419	.588	.754	56	.268	-12.2	-1.2	.474	.155	.098	.0
1962	31	HOU	NL	376	282	35	3.3	97	.246	.235	.262	.286	.328	.380	.397	.666	.725	83	.359	-8.4	-0.8	.567	.214	.145	.0
1963	32	HOU	NL	62	48	4	2.2	84	.326	.241	.247	.290	.308	.276	.370	.566	.678	69	.265	-2.2	-0.2	.417	.103	.034
1964	33	CIN	NL	78	65	2	0.8	96	.174	.121	.267	.256	.325	.136	.396	.393	.721	13	.051	-7.5	-0.8	.344	.212	.015	.0
10 Yrs				2941	2118	322	4.1	99	.287	.267	.262	.317	.333	.394	.398	.711	.731	94	.456	-22.4	-2.2	.611	.199	.128	12.5
162 Game Avg.				542	390	59	4.1	99	.287	.267	.262	.317	.333	.394	.398	.711	.731	94	.456	-22.4	-2.2	.611	.199	.128	2

KCA (4 yrs)				1215	845	151	4.8	101	.306	.287	.264	.332	.336	.421	.401	.753	.738	103	.538	4.9	0.5	.664	.200	.134	5.4
PIT (2 yrs)				494	352	61	4.7	102	.296	.264	.266	.316	.332	.428	.411	.744	.744	99	.516	-1.0	-0.1	.664	.237	.164	1.9
HOU (2 yrs)				438	330	39	3.2	95	.256	.236	.260	.287	.325	.365	.393	.651	.718	81	.347	-10.6	-1.1	.545	.199	.129	.0
BAL (2 yrs)				716	526	69	3.5	96	.275	.268	.257	.317	.335	.369	.386	.686	.721	90	.373	-8.3	-0.8	.565	.172	.101	3.1
CIN (1 yr)				78	65	2	0.8	96	.174	.121	.267	.256	.325	.136	.396	.393	.721	13	.051	-7.5	-0.8	.344	.212	.015	.0

AL (5 yrs)				1931	1371	220	4.3	99	.294	.280	.261	.326	.336	.402	.395	.728	.732	99	.479	-3.4	-0.3	.626	.190	.122	8.6
NL (5 yrs)				1010	747	102	3.7	99	.270	.241	.263	.299	.329	.379	.402	.678	.731	85	.412	-19.1	-1.9	.583	.218	.138	3.7

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	29	PIT	NL	WS	NYY	W	3	8	8	1	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.750	1.125	6	2	0	0	0	0
1 WS							3	8	8	1	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.750	1.125	6	2	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	GO/AO	IP%
1955	24	BAL	AL	466	0.9%	4.5%	6.4%	6.7%	27%	0.70	20.2	106.0	8.2	0.83	87%
1956	25	TOT	AL	398	1.3%	8.5%	5.0%	7.5%	30%	1.70	10.9	74.2	8.8	1.04	84%
1956	25	BAL	AL	250	1.2%	8.8%	6.8%	6.8%	28%	1.29	10.4	76.3	12.7	1.14	82%
1956	25	KCA	AL	148	1.4%	8.1%	2.0%	8.8%	33%	4.00	11.8	71.0	5.9	0.87	89%
1957	26	KCA	AL	383	3.4%	11.5%	3.7%	10.2%	36%	3.14	8.2	27.7	8.8	0.87	80%
1958	27	KCA	AL	352	1.4%	13.4%	7.1%	7.4%	30%	1.88	6.7	63.0	6.8	0.88	77%
1959	28	KCA	AL	332	1.5%	11.8%	10.2%	5.1%	20%	1.15	7.5	58.4	9.4	0.99	75%
1960	29	PIT	NL	286	3.9%	16.8%	7.7%	10.8%	41%	2.18	5.4	23.5	5.7	0.91	71%
1961	30	PIT	NL	208	1.4%	18.3%	5.3%	6.3%	30%	3.45	5.1	64.3	7.4	1.14	74%
1962	31	HOU	NL	376	3.2%	14.6%	6.4%	6.9%	32%	2.29	6.3	28.8	9.9	0.99	75%
1963	32	HOU	NL	62	0.0%	24.2%	6.5%	3.2%	14%	3.75	3.9		29.0	1.36	69%
1964	33	CIN	NL	78	0.0%	25.6%	15.4%	1.3%	13%	1.67	3.3		22.0	1.15	59%
10 Yrs				2941	2.0%	12.3%	6.7%	7.3%	30%	1.84	7.4	46.2	8.3	0.95	78%
MLB Averages					2.3%	13.6%	8.7%	6.6%	29%	1.57	6.5	38.0	8.4	1.03	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1955	24	BAL	AL	-4.1	-0.4	472	-1.2	8.6	-9.8	1.15	-0.9	-0.2	-1.4	-0.1	1.01	-6.3	1.25	11
1956	25	TOT	AL	-9.0	-0.9	395	-1.9	6.2	-8.1	1.11	-1.1	-0.6	-18.5	-1.9	0.98	-14.5	1.22	8
1956	25	BAL	AL	-4.5	-0.4	253	-1.1	3.8	-4.9	1.06	-0.9	-0.2	-15.4	-1.6	0.98	-10.5	1.22	8
1956	25	KCA	AL	-4.5	-0.4	142	-0.9	2.3	-3.2	1.19	-0.3	-0.4	-3.1	-0.3	0.98	-3.9		0
1957	26	KCA	AL	7.9	0.8	375	0.6	7.2	-6.6	1.01	1.1	-0.5	2.8	0.3	0.93	11.9	1.28	8
1958	27	KCA	AL	-1.3	-0.1	346	-0.6	5.9	-6.5	1.11	0.2	-0.7	-3.0	-0.3	1.01	-0.2	1.92	10
1959	28	KCA	AL	2.8	0.3	334	0.7	5.5	-4.8	.97	0.3	0.5	6.0	0.6	0.91	2.0	1.96	11
1960	29	PIT	NL	11.2	1.1	292	1.8	6.9	-5.0	1.07	0.8	0.9	9.9	1.0	0.99	10.7	3.34	6
1961	30	PIT	NL	-12.7	-1.3	208	-0.7	2.9	-3.6	.93	-1.1	0.4	-10.8	-1.1	0.99	-12.4	1.35	2
1962	31	HOU	NL	-8.4	-0.8	378	-1.7	6.9	-8.7	1.19	-0.6	-0.9	-17.1	-1.8	0.95	-5.4	1.90	15
1963	32	HOU	NL	-2.2	-0.2	64	-1.0	1.1	-2.0	1.54	-0.4	-0.2	-6.1	-0.7	1.05	-4.4	1.78	20
1964	33	CIN	NL	-7.5	-0.8	81	-0.5	1.6	-2.1	1.40	-0.8	0.4	-9.8	-1.0	1.05	-8.5	2.91	12
10 Yrs				-23.3	-2.3	2945	-4.5	52.8	-57.3	1.10	-2.5	-1.6	-47.9	-5.0	0.98	-27.0	1.91	103

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1955	24	BAL	AL	6	26%	162	1	3	25%	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	6	4	46%	19	13	6	6	4	2	19	7	12
1956	25	TOT	AL	6	23%	150	2	1	67%	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	6	43%	15	11	4	6	4	2	9	1	7
1956	25	BAL	AL	3	17%	103	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	31%	9	8	1	1	1	0	6	1	4
1956	25	KCA	AL	3	33%	47	1	1	50%	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	57%	6	3	3	5	3	2	3	0	3
1957	26	KCA	AL	5	25%	141	2	2	50%	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	10	6	58%	12	8	3	1	0	1	13	2	11
1958	27	KCA	AL	2	25%	137	0	0		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	53%	19	11	8	5	3	2	12	3	9
1959	28	KCA	AL	3	27%	136	0	3	0%	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	8	5	37%	24	19	5	6	3	3	8	1	6
1960	29	PIT	NL	2	29%	91	1	1	50%	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	3	7	24%	16	13	2	3	2	1	10	5	4
1961	30	PIT	NL	1	17%	62	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	25%	9	8	1	3	3	0	4	1	3
1962	31	HOU	NL	4	21%	124	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	31%	13	12	1	6	2	4	10	5	4
1963	32	HOU	NL	1	6%	29	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0%	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1964	33	CIN	NL	2	30%	19	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	33%	4	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
10 Yrs				32	24%	1051	7	10	41%	5	10	1	1	2	2	1	41	44	40%	134	102	30	37	22	15	87	25	58

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
1955	24	BAL	AL	466	45%	115			11	4	0	1	1.25	4	0	15	1	3	0	4	0	4	4	100%	107	16	15%	48	18	38%	319	49	15%	29	18	62%	17	10	59%	0
1956	25	TOT	AL	398	40%	99			8	0	0	0	1.22	5	0	13	4	1	2	3	0	2	2	100%	81	18	22%	48	18	38%	266	39	15%	29	17	59%	18	12	67%	0
1956	25	BAL	AL	250	42%	60			8	0	0	0	1.22	3	0	7	2	1	1	2	0	2	2	100%	52	16	31%	30	9	30%	161	17	11%	14	5	36%	13	8	62%	0
1956	25	KCA	AL	148	36%	39			0	0	0	0		2	0	6	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		29	2	7%	18	9	50%	105	22	21%	15	12	80%	5	4	80%	0
1957	26	KCA	AL	383	14%	109			8	1	0	0	1.28	13	1	6	12	1	8	5	0	5	5	100%	67	13	19%	32	12	38%	187	30	16%	19	9	47%	11	7	64%	0
1958	27	KCA	AL	352	21%	86			10	5	0	1	1.92	5	0	13	3	2	3	2	0	1	1	100%	76	6	8%	47	16	34%	254	42	17%	32	16	50%	13	6	46%	0
1959	28	KCA	AL	332	27%	84			11	4	0	1	1.96	5	0	6	4	1	1	4	0	2	2	100%	66	4	6%	27	12	44%	184	28	15%	18	10	56%	13	7	54%	0
1960	29	PIT	NL	286	50%	76			6	2	1	2	3.34	11	0	13	4	7	3	8	0	1	1	100%	58	6	10%	28	13	46%	198	36	18%	18	9	50%	11	7	64%	0
1961	30	PIT	NL	208	58%	43			2	1	0	1	1.35	3	0	5	1	2	1	2	0	2	2	100%	48	6	13%	22	8	36%	147	25	17%	18	9	50%	9	7	78%	0
1962	31	HOU	NL	376	30%	81			15	4	1	2	1.90	12	0	12	9	3	5	7	0	2	2	100%	79	13	16%	41	8	20%	238	26	11%	20	6	30%	12	7	58%	0
1963	32	HOU	NL	62	40%	14			20	3	0	0	1.78	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		16	4	25%	8	1	13%	44	3	7%	5	1	20%	3	1	33%	0
1964	33	CIN	NL	78	41%	8			12	2	0	1	2.91	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	20	6	30%	11	0	0%	61	3	5%	6	0	0%	4	1	25%	0
10 Yrs				2941	35%	715			103	26	2	9	1.91	58	1	88	38	20	23	35	0	20	20	100%	618	92	15%	312	106	34%	1898	281	15%	194	95	49%	111	65	59%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			76%			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
1955	24	135	466	424	41	115	23	4	4	52	1	3	30	21	.271	.318	.373	.691	92	158	16	2	4	6	2
1956	25	249	864	795	72	214	46	6	9	94	3	4	50	55	.269	.311	.376	.687	89	299	34	3	6	10	5
1957	26	356	1247	1155	113	323	72	6	22	135	5	6	64	99	.280	.316	.410	.726	98	473	47	4	11	13	5
1958	27	455	1599	1470	145	409	91	8	27	181	5	6	89	146	.278	.318	.406	.724	97	597	53	6	12	21	7
1959	28	563	1931	1762	181	493	103	8	32	212	5	9	123	185	.280	.326	.402	.728	99	708	57	9	14	22	7
1960	29	640	2217	2020	218	569	121	10	43	257	6	10	145	233	.282	.329	.415	.745	103	839	63	11	15	25	7
1961	30	707	2425	2213	230	612	131	10	46	283	6	10	156	271	.277	.324	.407	.731	99	901	69	12	17	26	8
1962	31	816	2801	2558	262	693	145	10	58	318	6	10	180	326	.271	.319	.403	.722	97	1032	82	14	19	29	9
1963	32	847	2863	2616	263	707	147	10	58	320	6	10	184	341	.270	.318	.401	.719	96	1048	86	14	19	29	10
1964	33	879	2941	2682	269	715	148	10	58	323	7	10	196	361	.267	.317	.394	.711	94	1057	92	14	20	29	12

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1955	24	141	495	450	47	127	25	4	4	59	1	33	22	.282	.330	.382	.712	57	135
1956	25	119	416	388	33	104	24	2	5	44	2	21	36	.268	.304	.379	.683	45	114
1957	26	113	405	381	44	117	28	0	14	44	2	15	46	.307	.333	.491	.823	62	107
1958	27	103	369	331	35	92	20	2	5	50	0	27	49	.278	.329	.396	.725	44	99
1959	28	113	347	305	37	88	13	0	5	32	0	36	41	.289	.368	.380	.748	42	108
1960	29	80	300	271	40	81	19	2	12	48	1	23	50	.299	.355	.517	.871	49	77
1961	30	70	216	201	12	44	10	0	3	26	0	11	40	.219	.262	.313	.575	17	67
1962	31	109	380	348	34	84	15	0	12	38	0	25	55	.241	.294	.388	.682	40	109
1963	32	31	65	60	1	16	2	0	0	3	0	5	15	.267	.323	.300	.623	6	31
1964	33	32	76	65	5	7	1	0	0	3	1	10	20	.108	.227	.123	.350	2	32
10 Yrs		911	3069	2800	288	760	157	10	60	347	7	206	374	.271	.321	.399	.720	364	879
162 Game Avg.		162	546	498	51	135	28	2	11	62	1	37	67	.271	.321	.399	.720	65	879

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1958 AL 8 (3rd)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1955 AL 16 (10th) 1956 AL 18 (7th)	AB per SO s c a p y 1955 AL 20.2 (5th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1958 AL 8 (3rd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1955 AL 16 (10th)
1956 AL 18 (7th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1955 AL 20.2 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (1919), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 4 (2360), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters

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William Fischer (985) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Harry Danning (983) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Don Slaught (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Terry Steinbach (956) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Terry Steinbach (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Terry Steinbach (955) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Terry Steinbach (955) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Yorvit Torrealba (942) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Pat Borders (944) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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