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Al Spangler

Albert Donald Spangler (Spanky)

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: July 8, 1933 in Philadelphia, PA
High School: Olney HS (Philadelphia, PA)
School: Duke University (Durham, NC)
Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1959
Teams (by GP): Colt.45's/Cubs/Braves/Angels/Astros 1959-1971

Final Game: September 12, 1971
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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
1956 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1957 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1959 25 MLN NL 6 14 12 3 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 .417 .462 .583 1.045 188 7 0 0 1 0 0 /87
1960 26 MLN NL 101 122 105 26 28 5 2 0 6 6 2 14 17 .267 .355 .352 .708 102 37 1 1 1 1 1 7/89
1961 27 MLN NL 68 125 97 23 26 2 0 0 6 4 2 28 9 .268 .432 .289 .721 104 28 0 0 0 0 2 78/9
1962 28 HOU NL 129 500 418 51 119 10 9 5 35 7 6 70 46 .285 .389 .388 .777 116 162 1 3 6 2 6 *78
1963 29 HOU NL 120 490 430 52 121 25 4 4 27 5 8 50 38 .281 .355 .386 .741 120 166 5 1 5 4 5 *78/9
1964 30 HOU NL 135 505 449 51 110 18 5 4 38 7 8 41 43 .245 .311 .334 .645 87 150 6 4 6 5 1 *78
1965 31 TOT MLB 89 231 208 35 49 2 1 1 8 5 1 22 17 .236 .307 .269 .577 69 56 1 0 0 1 2 78/9
1965 31 HOU NL 38 127 112 18 24 1 1 1 7 1 1 14 8 .214 .299 .268 .567 67 30 1 0 0 1 2 7/89
1965 31 CAL AL 51 104 96 17 25 1 0 0 1 4 0 8 9 .260 .317 .271 .588 72 26 0 0 0 0 0 8/97
1966 32 CAL AL 6 11 9 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .667 .727 .667 1.394 310 6 0 0 0 0 0 /9
1967 33 CHC NL 62 155 130 18 33 7 0 0 13 2 2 23 17 .254 .361 .308 .669 90 40 1 0 0 2 4 9/8
1968 34 CHC NL 88 203 177 21 48 9 3 2 18 0 1 20 24 .271 .343 .390 .733 114 69 4 1 2 3 2 9/87
1969 35 CHC NL 82 238 213 23 45 8 1 4 23 0 2 21 16 .211 .284 .315 .598 60 67 1 1 2 1 0 9/8
1970 36 CHC NL 21 17 14 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 .143 .294 .429 .723 83 6 0 0 0 0 0 /79
1971 37 CHC NL 5 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 117 2 0 0 0 0 0
13 Yrs 912 2616 2267 307 594 87 26 21 175 37 32 295 234 .262 .347 .351 .698 100 796 20 11 23 19 23
162 Game Avg. 162 465 403 55 106 15 5 4 31 7 6 52 42 .262 .347 .351 .698 100 141 4 2 4 3 4
CHC (5 yrs) 258 618 539 64 130 25 4 7 55 2 5 67 61 .241 .324 .341 .665 85 184 6 2 4 6 6
HOU (4 yrs) 422 1622 1409 172 374 54 19 14 107 20 23 175 135 .265 .347 .361 .708 104 508 13 8 17 12 14
MLN (3 yrs) 175 261 214 52 59 7 3 0 12 11 4 43 27 .276 .398 .336 .734 108 72 1 1 2 1 3
CAL (2 yrs) 57 115 105 19 31 1 0 0 1 4 0 10 11 .295 .357 .305 .661 93 32 0 0 0 0 0
NL (12 yrs) 855 2501 2162 288 563 86 26 21 174 33 32 285 223 .260 .347 .353 .700 100 764 20 11 23 19 23
AL (2 yrs) 57 115 105 19 31 1 0 0 1 4 0 10 11 .295 .357 .305 .661 93 32 0 0 0 0 0

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
1959 25 MLN NL 6 14 1 0 0 0 -0 1 0.1 0 2 0.2 .522 .501 0.2 -0.0 2 $ /87
1960 26 MLN NL 101 122 0 1 1 7 -2 7 0.7 4 11 1.1 .507 .505 0.4 0.5 4 $ 7/89
1961 27 MLN NL 68 125 3 -0 1 -1 -1 2 0.2 4 6 0.6 .502 .501 0.7 -0.2 7 $ 78/9
1962 28 HOU NL 129 500 13 -3 2 -12 -5 -5 -0.4 17 12 1.2 .496 .497 2.3 -1.6 23 $ *78
1963 29 HOU NL 120 490 9 -1 1 -3 -5 1 0.2 17 18 1.8 .501 .501 2.1 -0.8 21 $ *78/9
1964 30 HOU NL 135 505 -6 -0 2 -16 -6 -26 -2.8 17 -9 -1.1 .478 .482 0.5 -2.3 7 $ *78
1965 31 HOU NL 38 127 -4 -0 -0 -2 -2 -8 -1.0 4 -4 -0.6 .475 .494 -0.3 -0.4 -2 $ 7/89
1965 31 CAL AL 51 104 -3 2 0 1 -1 0 -0.0 3 3 0.3 .500 .500 0.2 0.0 2 $18,000 8/97
1966 32 CAL AL 6 11 2 0 0 1 -0 3 0.3 0 4 0.4 .560 .502 0.3 0.1 3 $ /9
1967 33 CHC NL 62 155 -2 1 1 2 -2 -0 -0.0 5 5 0.5 .499 .500 0.3 0.1 3 $ 9/8
1968 34 CHC NL 88 203 3 -0 0 -8 -2 -7 -0.8 7 -0 -0.1 .490 .494 0.8 -1.1 8 $ 9/87
1969 35 CHC NL 82 238 -11 -1 2 -5 -2 -18 -2.0 8 -10 -1.2 .475 .487 -0.7 -0.8 -5 $ 9/8
1970 36 CHC NL 21 17 -0 0 0 1 -0 0 0.0 0 1 0.1 .501 .500 0.0 0.1 -0 $ /79
1971 37 CHC NL 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .502 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $
13 Seasons 912 2616 4 -2 10 -36 -28 -51 -5.5 88 37 3.2 .494 .497 6.8 -6.6 73 $18,000
CHC (5 yrs) 258 618 -11 -0 3 -11 -6 -26 -2.8 21 -5 -0.7 .488 .496 0.4 -1.8 6 $
HOU (4 yrs) 422 1622 11 -5 5 -33 -17 -39 -4.0 55 16 1.3 .490 .493 4.6 -5.2 49 $
MLN (3 yrs) 175 261 5 0 2 6 -3 10 1.0 9 18 1.9 .506 .502 1.3 0.3 13 $
CAL (2 yrs) 57 115 -1 3 0 2 -1 3 0.3 3 6 0.7 .506 .501 0.5 0.1 5 $18,000

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
1959 25 MLN NL 14 8 4 13.4 97 .455 .417 .259 .462 .324 .583 .401 1.045 .725 188 .875 1.4 0.1 1.286 .333 .167 .0
1960 26 MLN NL 122 82 15 4.9 92 .315 .267 .254 .355 .318 .352 .389 .708 .707 102 .555 1.1 0.1 .700 .257 .086 .0
1961 27 MLN NL 125 73 15 5.5 99 .295 .268 .260 .432 .326 .289 .406 .721 .731 104 .574 3.1 0.3 .795 .330 .021 .0
1962 28 HOU NL 500 314 69 5.9 97 .309 .285 .262 .389 .328 .388 .397 .777 .725 116 .614 13.1 1.3 .771 .273 .103 5.8
1963 29 HOU NL 490 331 60 4.9 84 .298 .281 .247 .355 .308 .386 .370 .741 .678 120 .600 13.1 1.4 .665 .214 .105 4.4
1964 30 HOU NL 505 364 48 3.5 89 .260 .245 .256 .311 .313 .334 .381 .645 .694 87 .434 -6.3 -0.7 .550 .178 .089 5.1
1965 31 TOT MLB 231 162 20 3.3 88 .251 .236 .248 .307 .314 .269 .377 .577 .691 69 .407 -7.9 -0.8 .509 .159 .034 1.7
1965 31 HOU NL 127 91 10 3.0 87 .221 .214 .249 .299 .311 .268 .376 .567 .687 67 .353 -4.3 -0.5 .489 .179 .054 1.0
1965 31 CAL AL 104 71 10 3.8 89 .287 .260 .247 .317 .317 .271 .379 .588 .696 72 .472 -3.5 -0.4 .535 .135 .010 .0
1966 32 CAL AL 11 3 5 45.0 87 .857 .667 .245 .727 .311 .667 .378 1.394 .689 310 .989 2.8 0.3 2.667 .222 .000
1967 33 CHC NL 155 102 16 4.2 94 .287 .254 .264 .361 .327 .308 .387 .669 .714 90 .530 -0.2 -0.0 .630 .231 .054 .0
1968 34 CHC NL 203 139 24 4.7 87 .299 .271 .260 .343 .319 .390 .366 .733 .685 114 .620 3.8 0.4 .664 .226 .119 .0
1969 35 CHC NL 238 174 20 3.1 105 .211 .211 .274 .284 .346 .315 .406 .598 .752 60 .365 -12.4 -1.3 .509 .192 .103 .0
1970 36 CHC NL 17 12 2 4.5 112 .100 .143 .280 .294 .354 .429 .427 .723 .781 83 .483 -0.4 -0.0 .750 .500 .286 .0
1971 37 CHC NL 5 3 1 9.0 102 .500 .400 .274 .400 .342 .400 .401 .800 .744 117 .809 0.1 0.0 .667 .000 .000
13 Yrs 2616 1767 299 4.6 92 .282 .262 .257 .347 .320 .351 .385 .698 .705 100 .542 11.3 1.1 .642 .221 .089 26.8
162 Game Avg. 465 314 53 4.6 92 .282 .262 .257 .347 .320 .351 .385 .698 .705 100 .542 2 0 .642 .221 .089 5
CHC (5 yrs) 618 430 63 3.9 96 .258 .241 .267 .324 .333 .341 .389 .665 .721 85 .501 -9.1 -0.9 .595 .219 .100 3.1
HOU (4 yrs) 1622 1100 187 4.6 90 .283 .265 .255 .347 .316 .361 .382 .708 .698 104 .540 15.6 1.6 .642 .217 .095 16.5
MLN (3 yrs) 261 163 34 5.6 95 .314 .276 .257 .398 .322 .336 .397 .734 .719 108 .596 5.6 0.5 .769 .294 .061 .0
CAL (2 yrs) 115 74 15 5.5 89 .330 .295 .247 .357 .316 .305 .379 .661 .695 93 .636 -0.8 -0.1 .622 .143 .010 .0
NL (12 yrs) 2501 1693 284 4.5 92 .280 .260 .258 .347 .321 .353 .385 .700 .706 100 .537 12.1 1.2 .643 .225 .093 25.7
AL (2 yrs) 115 74 15 5.5 89 .330 .295 .247 .357 .316 .305 .379 .661 .695 93 .636 -0.8 -0.1 .622 .143 .010 .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
1959 25 MLN NL 14 0.0% 7.1% 7.1% 7.1% 20% 1.00 12.0 2.50 79%
1960 26 MLN NL 122 0.0% 13.9% 11.5% 5.7% 25% 1.21 6.2 17.5 1.95 73%
1961 27 MLN NL 125 0.0% 7.2% 22.4% 1.6% 8% 0.32 10.8 16.2 1.07 70%
1962 28 HOU NL 500 1.0% 9.2% 14.0% 4.8% 20% 0.66 9.1 83.6 11.9 0.84 74%
1963 29 HOU NL 490 0.8% 7.8% 10.2% 6.7% 27% 0.76 11.3 107.5 15.9 0.92 80%
1964 30 HOU NL 505 0.8% 8.5% 8.1% 5.4% 25% 1.05 10.4 112.3 11.8 1.22 81%
1965 31 TOT MLB 231 0.4% 7.4% 9.5% 1.7% 8% 0.77 12.2 208.0 26.0 1.03 83%
1965 31 HOU NL 127 0.8% 6.3% 11.0% 2.4% 13% 0.57 14.0 112.0 16.0 1.48 82%
1965 31 CAL AL 104 0.0% 8.7% 7.7% 1.0% 4% 1.13 10.7 96.0 0.63 84%
1966 32 CAL AL 11 0.0% 18.2% 18.2% 0.0% 0% 1.00 4.5 0.00 64%
1967 33 CHC NL 155 0.0% 11.0% 14.8% 4.5% 21% 0.74 7.6 10.0 0.71 74%
1968 34 CHC NL 203 1.0% 11.8% 9.9% 6.9% 29% 1.20 7.4 88.5 9.8 0.95 76%
1969 35 CHC NL 238 1.7% 6.7% 8.8% 5.5% 29% 0.76 13.3 53.3 9.3 0.85 82%
1970 36 CHC NL 17 5.9% 17.7% 17.7% 11.8% 100% 1.00 4.7 14.0 14.0 0.80 59%
1971 37 CHC NL 5 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 5.0 1.00 80%
13 Yrs 2616 0.8% 8.9% 11.3% 5.1% 23% 0.79 9.7 108.0 13.0 0.99 78%
MLB Averages 2.2% 14.9% 8.4% 6.2% 28% 1.77 6.0 41.1 8.9 1.09 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1959 25 MLN NL 1.4 0.1 15 0.1 0.3 -0.2 1.19 0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.0 1.01 0.8 2.25 2
1960 26 MLN NL 0.9 0.1 138 1.2 2.9 -1.7 1.05 0.3 0.8 3.8 0.4 0.93 2.5 0.63 4
1961 27 MLN NL 2.8 0.3 133 0.2 2.8 -2.6 1.30 0.3 -0.2 5.0 0.5 0.92 4.2 1.67 16
1962 28 HOU NL 13.1 1.3 522 1.5 9.5 -8.0 1.06 1.3 0.1 12.8 1.3 0.94 15.0 2.27 10
1963 29 HOU NL 13.1 1.4 515 0.7 8.9 -8.2 1.07 0.6 0.1 3.6 0.4 0.93 5.2 1.25 7
1964 30 HOU NL -6.9 -0.7 534 -1.2 8.8 -10.0 1.14 -0.8 -0.2 -9.5 -1.0 0.93 -9.1 1.89 10
1965 31 TOT MLB -7.9 -0.8 238 -1.2 3.1 -4.3 1.06 -0.9 -0.3 -8.7 -0.9 0.91 -8.3 1.22 27
1965 31 HOU NL -4.3 -0.5 129 -0.9 1.6 -2.5 1.08 -0.7 -0.2 -6.2 -0.7 0.95 -6.2 1.10 6
1965 31 CAL AL -3.5 -0.4 109 -0.3 1.5 -1.8 1.03 -0.2 -0.1 -2.4 -0.3 0.85 -2.1 1.25 21
1966 32 CAL AL 2.8 0.3 11 0.2 0.3 -0.1 .75 0.2 0.0 1.5 0.2 0.72 2.3 0.87 3
1967 33 CHC NL -0.2 -0.0 165 0.4 2.8 -2.4 1.03 0.2 0.3 6.6 0.7 0.96 3.8 1.77 23
1968 34 CHC NL 3.8 0.4 206 0.8 4.2 -3.4 1.15 0.2 0.5 2.8 0.3 0.98 3.0 1.51 41
1969 35 CHC NL -12.4 -1.3 240 -0.3 4.3 -4.6 1.14 -0.7 0.4 2.9 0.3 0.97 -4.5 1.44 27
1970 36 CHC NL -0.4 -0.0 17 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 .46 -0.1 -0.1 -0.9 -0.1 0.78 -1.1 0.55 11
1971 37 CHC NL 0.1 0.0 5 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .73 -0.0 -0.1 -0.5 -0.0 1.09 -0.2 0.73 5
13 Yrs 10.2 1.0 2739 2.3 48.0 -45.8 1.10 0.7 1.4 19.4 1.9 0.94 13.6 1.45 186

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
1959 25 MLN NL 0 0 50% 7 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 26 MLN NL 1 0 61% 87 6 2 75% 5 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 9 59% 13 5 7 2 1 1 7 2 5
1961 27 MLN NL 2 0 43% 100 4 2 67% 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 4 63% 16 8 8 2 1 1 6 0 6
1962 28 HOU NL 7 0 25% 243 7 6 54% 7 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 16 43% 34 25 7 6 4 2 21 4 17
1963 29 HOU NL 5 0 29% 216 5 8 38% 5 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 16 52% 31 18 13 5 4 1 24 6 17
1964 30 HOU NL 7 0 31% 210 7 8 47% 6 9 1 0 0 0 2 0 7 12 60% 22 12 10 3 1 2 23 4 17
1965 31 TOT MLB 3 0 49% 107 5 1 83% 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 4 65% 17 9 8 6 1 5 8 1 7
1965 31 HOU NL 2 0 46% 55 1 1 50% 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 64% 5 4 1 5 1 4 4 0 4
1965 31 CAL AL 1 0 52% 52 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 65% 12 5 7 1 0 1 4 1 3
1966 32 CAL AL 0 0 25% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1967 33 CHC NL 1 0 32% 65 2 2 50% 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 6 67% 10 4 6 1 1 0 7 1 6
1968 34 CHC NL 2 0 28% 83 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 7 57% 15 6 9 2 1 1 6 2 3
1969 35 CHC NL 3 0 30% 76 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 53% 8 6 2 4 3 1 7 0 7
1970 36 CHC NL 0 0 25% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1971 37 CHC NL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Yrs 31 0 33% 1215 37 32 54% 33 29 2 2 2 2 10 1 34 78 55% 170 95 72 31 17 14 111 20 87

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
1959 25 MLN NL 14 93% 5 2 2 0 0 2.25 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 2 1 50% 9 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1960 26 MLN NL 122 94% 28 4 0 0 0 0.63 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 23 1 4% 7 3 43% 58 6 10% 4 2 50% 1 1 100% 0
1961 27 MLN NL 125 83% 26 16 3 0 1 1.67 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 21 0 0% 8 0 0% 57 6 11% 7 2 29% 3 2 67% 0
1962 28 HOU NL 500 97% 119 10 2 0 1 2.27 5 0 7 5 0 2 3 0 8 6 75% 104 1 1% 42 14 33% 266 32 12% 20 10 50% 13 6 46% 0
1963 29 HOU NL 490 82% 121 7 3 0 0 1.25 4 0 8 4 0 0 4 0 7 5 71% 89 5 6% 37 12 32% 254 26 10% 22 8 36% 10 7 70% 0
1964 30 HOU NL 505 77% 110 10 2 0 1 1.89 4 0 11 3 1 0 4 0 9 6 67% 81 6 7% 46 20 43% 253 35 14% 25 12 48% 21 11 52% 0
1965 31 TOT MLB 231 93% 49 27 4 0 0 1.22 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0% 32 1 3% 17 3 18% 104 7 7% 7 2 29% 7 1 14% 0
1965 31 HOU NL 127 96% 24 6 1 0 0 1.10 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 17 1 6% 13 2 15% 71 6 8% 5 1 20% 7 1 14% 0
1965 31 CAL AL 104 88% 25 21 3 0 0 1.25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 15 0 0% 4 1 25% 33 1 3% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
1966 32 CAL AL 11 91% 6 3 3 0 0 0.87 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1967 33 CHC NL 155 83% 33 23 4 0 2 1.77 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 1 3% 12 4 33% 93 15 16% 4 3 75% 4 3 75% 0
1968 34 CHC NL 203 97% 48 41 10 0 7 1.51 2 0 7 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 100% 35 4 11% 17 6 35% 117 16 14% 10 6 60% 3 3 100% 0
1969 35 CHC NL 238 97% 45 27 1 0 3 1.44 4 0 12 4 0 2 2 0 3 2 67% 48 1 2% 20 9 45% 159 21 13% 9 6 67% 10 7 70% 0
1970 36 CHC NL 17 100% 2 11 2 1 1 0.55 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 8 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1971 37 CHC NL 5 100% 2 5 2 0 0 0.73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
13 Yrs 2616 88% 594 186 38 1 16 1.45 21 0 57 20 1 6 15 0 34 23 68% 470 20 4% 211 72 34% 1385 164 12% 110 51 46% 73 41 56% 0
MLB Averages 52% 76% 10% 30% 14% 48% 52%

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
1959 25 6 14 12 3 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 .417 .462 .583 1.045 188 7 0 0 1 0 0
1960 26 107 136 117 29 33 5 3 0 6 7 2 15 18 .282 .366 .376 .742 111 44 1 1 2 1 1
1961 27 175 261 214 52 59 7 3 0 12 11 4 43 27 .276 .398 .336 .734 108 72 1 1 2 1 3
1962 28 304 761 632 103 178 17 12 5 47 18 10 113 73 .282 .392 .370 .763 114 234 2 4 8 3 9
1963 29 424 1251 1062 155 299 42 16 9 74 23 18 163 111 .282 .378 .377 .754 116 400 7 5 13 7 14
1964 30 559 1756 1511 206 409 60 21 13 112 30 26 204 154 .271 .358 .364 .722 108 550 13 9 19 12 15
1965 31 648 1987 1719 241 458 62 22 14 120 35 27 226 171 .266 .352 .353 .705 103 606 14 9 19 13 17
1966 32 654 1998 1728 243 464 62 22 14 120 35 27 228 173 .269 .354 .354 .709 104 612 14 9 19 13 17
1967 33 716 2153 1858 261 497 69 22 14 133 37 29 251 190 .267 .355 .351 .706 103 652 15 9 19 15 21
1968 34 804 2356 2035 282 545 78 25 16 151 37 30 271 214 .268 .354 .354 .708 104 721 19 10 21 18 23
1969 35 886 2594 2248 305 590 86 26 20 174 37 32 292 230 .262 .347 .351 .698 100 788 20 11 23 19 23
1970 36 907 2611 2262 307 592 87 26 21 175 37 32 295 233 .262 .347 .351 .698 100 794 20 11 23 19 23
1971 37 912 2616 2267 307 594 87 26 21 175 37 32 295 234 .262 .347 .351 .698 100 796 20 11 23 19 23

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
1959 25 6 15 13 4 6 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 .462 .500 .615 1.115 4 6
1960 26 106 131 112 31 32 6 2 0 7 7 16 18 .286 .377 .375 .752 16 101
1961 27 71 132 102 26 28 2 0 0 7 4 30 9 .275 .439 .294 .734 14 68
1962 28 129 507 423 54 124 10 9 5 37 7 73 46 .293 .399 .395 .794 67 129
1963 29 120 514 447 64 138 29 5 5 33 6 57 38 .309 .385 .430 .815 73 120
1964 30 135 520 460 60 121 20 6 4 44 8 45 43 .263 .331 .359 .689 54 135
1965 31 89 236 211 40 53 2 1 1 9 5 24 17 .251 .326 .284 .611 20 89
1966 32 6 12 10 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .700 .750 .700 1.450 5 6
1967 33 62 158 132 20 35 7 0 0 14 2 24 17 .265 .373 .318 .692 16 62
1968 34 87 210 182 25 54 10 3 2 22 0 22 24 .297 .370 .418 .788 29 88
1969 35 82 237 212 22 44 8 1 4 22 0 21 16 .208 .281 .311 .592 18 82
1970 36 21 17 14 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 .143 .294 .429 .723 2 21
1971 37 5 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 1 5
13 Yrs 919 2694 2323 350 646 95 28 22 196 40 318 235 .278 .365 .372 .737 319 912
162 Game Avg. 162 475 409 62 114 17 5 4 35 7 56 41 .278 .365 .372 .737 56 912

* 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

Triples s c a p y
1962 NL  9 (5th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1962 NL  70 (10th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1964 NL  8 (8th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1964 NL  10.4 (9th)

Oldest s c a p y
1971 NL  born 1933-07-08 (7th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 3 (2071), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2065), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  7. Dave Gallagher (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bert Haas (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bert Haas (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Bert Haas (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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