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Vern Stephens

Vernon Decatur Stephens (Junior or Buster)

Positions: Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 23, 1920 in McAllister, NM
High School: Polytechnic HS (Long Beach, CA)
Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1941
Teams (by GP): Browns/RedSox/Orioles/WhiteSox 1941-1955

Final Game: June 30, 1955
Died: November 4, 1968 in Long Beach, CA
Buried: Sunnyside Memorial Park, Long Beach, CA
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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
1941 20 SLB AL 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 162 1 0 0 0 /6
1942 21 SLB AL 145 621 575 84 169 26 6 14 92 1 3 41 53 .294 .341 .433 .774 115 249 15 0 3 *6 MVP-4
1943 22 SLB AL 137 571 512 75 148 27 3 22 91 3 2 54 73 .289 .357 .482 .839 141 247 11 0 5 *6O/79 AS,MVP-9
1944 23 SLB AL 145 628 559 91 164 32 1 20 109 2 2 62 54 .293 .365 .462 .826 129 258 3 1 6 *6 AS,MVP-3
1945 24 SLB AL 149 632 571 90 165 27 3 24 89 2 1 55 70 .289 .352 .473 .825 133 270 11 1 5 *6/5 MVP-6
1946 25 SLB AL 115 488 450 67 138 19 4 14 64 0 1 35 49 .307 .357 .460 .817 122 207 12 0 3 *6 AS,MVP-19
1947 26 SLB AL 150 634 562 74 157 18 4 15 83 8 4 70 61 .279 .359 .406 .765 111 228 7 0 2 *6 MVP-31
1948 27 BOS AL 155 715 635 114 171 25 8 29 137 1 0 77 56 .269 .350 .471 .821 113 299 25 2 2 *6 AS,MVP-4
1949 28 BOS AL 155 712 610 113 177 31 2 39 159 2 2 101 73 .290 .391 .539 .930 137 329 19 0 0 *6 AS,MVP-7
1950 29 BOS AL 149 693 628 125 185 34 6 30 144 1 0 65 43 .295 .361 .511 .872 113 321 21 0 0 *6 AS,MVP-24
1951 30 BOS AL 109 415 377 62 113 21 2 17 78 1 2 38 33 .300 .364 .501 .865 123 189 22 0 0 5/6 AS
1952 31 BOS AL 92 337 295 35 75 13 2 7 44 2 2 39 31 .254 .343 .383 .726 96 113 8 1 2 65
1953 32 TOT AL 90 329 294 30 77 14 0 5 31 2 0 31 42 .262 .332 .361 .693 85 106 10 0 4 5/6
1953 32 CHW AL 44 143 129 14 24 6 0 1 14 2 0 13 18 .186 .261 .256 .516 38 33 3 0 1 5/6
1953 32 SLB AL 46 186 165 16 53 8 0 4 17 0 0 18 24 .321 .388 .442 .830 122 73 7 0 3 5
1954 33 BAL AL 101 393 365 31 104 17 1 8 46 0 3 17 36 .285 .311 .403 .714 102 147 4 0 4 7 5
1955 34 TOT AL 25 71 62 10 15 3 0 3 7 0 0 7 11 .242 .324 .435 .759 103 27 1 1 1 1 0 5
1955 34 BAL AL 3 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .286 .167 .452 29 1 0 1 0 0 0 /5
1955 34 CHW AL 22 64 56 10 14 3 0 3 7 0 0 7 11 .250 .328 .464 .792 110 26 1 0 1 1 0 5
15 Yrs 1720 7241 6497 1001 1859 307 42 247 1174 25 22 692 685 .286 .355 .460 .815 119 2991 169 6 37 8 0
162 Game Avg. 162 682 612 94 175 29 4 23 111 2 2 65 65 .286 .355 .460 .815 119 282 16 1 3
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
BAL (10 yrs) 994 4162 3767 528 1100 174 22 121 591 16 16 352 420 .292 .352 .446 .799 122 1681 70 3 31 7 0
BOS (5 yrs) 660 2872 2545 449 721 124 20 122 562 7 6 320 236 .283 .364 .492 .856 118 1251 95 3 4
CHW (2 yrs) 66 207 185 24 38 9 0 4 21 2 0 20 29 .205 .282 .319 .600 60 59 4 0 2 1 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
1941 20 SLB AL 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .507 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /6
1942 21 SLB AL 145 621 9 -0 0 -12 10 7 0.7 13 20 2.1 .505 .504 3.3 -0.2 32 $ *6 MVP-4
1943 22 SLB AL 137 571 24 0 0 -15 8 17 2.0 12 29 3.2 .514 .512 4.9 -0.8 44 $ *6O/79 AS,MVP-9
1944 23 SLB AL 145 628 20 -0 0 1 10 31 3.4 13 44 4.7 .523 .521 4.6 1.2 43 $ *6 AS,MVP-3
1945 24 SLB AL 149 632 22 1 0 0 10 32 3.5 13 45 4.8 .524 .522 4.8 1.0 45 $ *6/5 MVP-6
1946 25 SLB AL 115 488 12 0 0 -9 8 11 1.2 12 24 2.4 .511 .507 3.5 -0.1 33 $ *6 AS,MVP-19
1947 26 SLB AL 150 634 8 1 0 4 10 23 2.4 16 39 4.0 .516 .515 3.6 1.5 35 $ *6 MVP-31
1948 27 BOS AL 155 715 9 1 -4 9 10 26 2.6 18 44 4.3 .516 .516 3.4 1.9 35 $ *6 AS,MVP-4
1949 28 BOS AL 155 712 31 0 -2 10 10 50 4.9 18 68 6.7 .532 .530 5.7 2.0 58 $ *6 AS,MVP-7
1950 29 BOS AL 149 693 9 1 -3 0 10 18 1.7 18 36 3.5 .511 .510 3.4 1.0 36 $25,000 *6 AS,MVP-24
1951 30 BOS AL 109 415 11 0 -3 6 0 14 1.4 11 25 2.5 .513 .509 1.8 0.6 19 $ 5/6 AS
1952 31 BOS AL 92 337 -1 1 -0 3 3 6 0.6 9 15 1.5 .507 .504 1.2 0.7 12 $ 65
1953 32 CHW AL 44 143 -9 1 -0 2 0 -6 -0.6 4 -2 -0.2 .486 .496 -0.5 0.2 -4 $ 5/6
1953 32 SLB AL 46 186 4 -1 -1 0 0 2 0.3 5 8 0.8 .506 .502 0.8 0.0 8 $ 5
1954 33 BAL AL 101 393 -0 1 0 -1 0 -0 -0.1 11 10 1.0 .500 .500 1.2 -0.1 12 $ 5
1955 34 BAL AL 3 7 -0 -0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .479 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /5
1955 34 CHW AL 22 64 1 -0 0 2 0 3 0.3 2 4 0.5 .513 .502 0.3 0.2 3 $ 5
15 Seasons 1720 7241 151 5 -12 -1 88 232 24.1 176 407 41.8 .514 .509 42.0 9.1 408 $25,000
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
BAL (10 yrs) 994 4162 100 1 -1 -32 54 122 13.3 96 218 23.0 .514 .508 26.7 2.3 250 $
BOS (5 yrs) 660 2872 59 3 -11 28 34 113 11.2 74 187 18.5 .517 .514 15.5 6.3 159 $25,000
CHW (2 yrs) 66 207 -8 1 -0 4 0 -3 -0.3 6 2 0.3 .495 .499 -0.2 0.4 -1 $

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
1941 20 SLB AL 2 1 1 26.7 109 .500 .500 .279 .500 .356 .500 .412 1.000 .768 162 .960 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
1942 21 SLB AL 621 427 84 5.3 96 .305 .294 .268 .341 .343 .433 .375 .774 .718 115 .612 8.7 0.9 .679 .207 .139 1.9
1943 22 SLB AL 571 382 88 6.3 89 .302 .289 .260 .357 .334 .482 .358 .839 .693 141 .716 25.3 2.7 .801 .301 .193 5.3
1944 23 SLB AL 628 406 93 6.2 97 .297 .293 .276 .365 .344 .462 .377 .826 .721 129 .686 21.3 2.2 .803 .279 .168 3.6
1945 24 SLB AL 632 423 95 6.0 93 .296 .289 .268 .352 .342 .473 .365 .825 .706 133 .692 22.1 2.4 .782 .282 .184 3.7
1946 25 SLB AL 488 328 73 6.0 100 .320 .307 .270 .357 .345 .460 .388 .817 .732 122 .658 11.8 1.2 .742 .229 .153 .0
1947 26 SLB AL 634 418 82 5.2 98 .292 .279 .265 .359 .345 .406 .381 .765 .726 111 .602 7.8 0.8 .726 .258 .126 10.4
1948 27 BOS AL 715 491 104 5.6 110 .258 .269 .279 .350 .365 .471 .403 .821 .768 113 .591 7.7 0.8 .775 .324 .202 1.9
1949 28 BOS AL 712 454 128 7.5 113 .277 .290 .280 .391 .374 .539 .407 .930 .781 137 .712 31.6 3.1 .947 .415 .249 3.8
1950 29 BOS AL 693 464 116 6.6 122 .279 .295 .290 .361 .379 .511 .435 .872 .814 113 .630 8.4 0.8 .834 .322 .217 1.9
1951 30 BOS AL 415 288 68 6.3 110 .294 .300 .279 .364 .362 .501 .409 .865 .771 123 .652 11.1 1.1 .785 .300 .202 1.9
1952 31 BOS AL 337 232 38 4.4 102 .265 .254 .268 .343 .349 .383 .391 .726 .740 96 .529 -1.3 -0.1 .665 .261 .129 3.1
1953 32 TOT AL 329 231 37 4.3 105 .291 .262 .273 .332 .349 .361 .401 .693 .750 85 .483 -6.1 -0.6 .612 .211 .099 2.9
1953 32 CHW AL 143 109 9 2.2 105 .209 .186 .273 .261 .350 .256 .402 .516 .752 38 .218 -11.5 -1.2 .444 .186 .070 1.3
1953 32 SLB AL 186 122 28 6.2 104 .358 .321 .272 .388 .349 .442 .400 .830 .749 122 .644 5.4 0.5 .765 .230 .121 .0
1954 33 BAL AL 393 279 45 4.3 92 .293 .285 .256 .311 .330 .403 .374 .714 .704 102 .507 0.2 0.0 .601 .156 .118 .0
1955 34 TOT AL 71 50 9 4.8 103 .245 .242 .268 .324 .347 .435 .399 .759 .746 103 .523 0.1 0.0 .729 .306 .194 .0
1955 34 BAL AL 7 5 0 0.0 96 .167 .167 .257 .286 .335 .167 .382 .452 .717 29 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .400 .000 .000
1955 34 CHW AL 64 45 9 5.4 104 .256 .250 .269 .328 .349 .464 .400 .792 .749 110 .571 0.7 0.1 .767 .339 .214 .0
15 Yrs 7241 4874 1061 5.8 103 .289 .286 .272 .355 .352 .460 .390 .815 .742 119 .636 149.0 15.2 .765 .281 .174 45.4
162 Game Avg. 682 459 100 5.8 103 .289 .286 .272 .355 .352 .460 .390 .815 .742 119 .636 14 1 .765 .281 .174 4
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
BAL (10 yrs) 4162 2791 589 5.7 96 .303 .292 .267 .352 .341 .446 .375 .799 .716 122 .648 102.2 10.8 .740 .248 .154 28.3
BOS (5 yrs) 2872 1929 454 6.3 113 .274 .283 .281 .364 .368 .492 .412 .856 .780 118 .637 57.6 5.6 .818 .334 .208 13.2
CHW (2 yrs) 207 154 18 3.1 105 .222 .205 .272 .282 .350 .319 .402 .600 .751 60 .341 -10.8 -1.1 .536 .232 .114 2.7

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
1944 23 SLB AL WS STL L 6 25 22 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .227 .320 .273 .593 6 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 6 25 22 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .227 .320 .273 .593 6 0 0 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
1943 SLB AL 22 as SS 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 1 0 0
1944 SLB AL 23 as SS 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
1945 SLB AL 24 DNP
1946 SLB AL 25 3 3 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667 3 0 0 0 0 0
1948 BOS AL 27 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1949 BOS AL 28 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 BOS AL 29 DNP
1951 BOS AL 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs (6 GP) 16 15 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .333 .333 .400 .733 6 0 0 1 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
1941 20 SLB AL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 100%
1942 21 SLB AL 621 2.3% 8.5% 6.6% 7.4% 27% 1.29 10.8 41.1 6.3 82%
1943 22 SLB AL 571 3.9% 12.8% 9.5% 9.1% 35% 1.35 7.0 23.3 5.6 73%
1944 23 SLB AL 628 3.2% 8.6% 9.9% 8.4% 32% 0.87 10.4 28.0 5.1 77%
1945 24 SLB AL 632 3.8% 11.1% 8.7% 8.5% 33% 1.27 8.2 23.8 6.4 75%
1946 25 SLB AL 488 2.9% 10.0% 7.2% 7.6% 27% 1.40 9.2 32.1 7.0 79%
1947 26 SLB AL 634 2.4% 9.6% 11.0% 5.8% 24% 0.87 9.2 37.5 6.8 77%
1948 27 BOS AL 715 4.1% 7.8% 10.8% 8.7% 36% 0.73 11.3 21.9 4.6 0.94 77%
1949 28 BOS AL 712 5.5% 10.3% 14.2% 10.1% 41% 0.72 8.4 15.6 3.8 0.85 70%
1950 29 BOS AL 693 4.3% 6.2% 9.4% 10.1% 38% 0.66 14.6 20.9 4.4 0.73 80%
1951 30 BOS AL 415 4.1% 8.0% 9.2% 9.6% 35% 0.87 11.4 22.2 4.8 1.00 79%
1952 31 BOS AL 337 2.1% 9.2% 11.6% 6.5% 29% 0.79 9.5 42.1 6.7 0.87 76%
1953 32 TOT AL 329 1.5% 12.8% 9.4% 5.8% 25% 1.35 7.0 58.8 9.5 1.02 75%
1953 32 CHW AL 143 0.7% 12.6% 9.1% 4.9% 29% 1.38 7.2 129.0 9.2 0.95 77%
1953 32 SLB AL 186 2.2% 12.9% 9.7% 6.5% 23% 1.33 6.9 41.3 9.7 1.09 74%
1954 33 BAL AL 393 2.0% 9.2% 4.3% 6.6% 25% 2.12 10.1 45.6 7.9 0.79 83%
1955 34 TOT AL 71 4.2% 15.5% 9.9% 8.5% 40% 1.57 5.6 20.7 8.9 0.95 69%
1955 34 BAL AL 7 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.50 86%
1955 34 CHW AL 64 4.7% 17.2% 10.9% 9.4% 43% 1.57 5.1 18.7 8.0 0.89 67%
15 Yrs 7241 3.4% 9.5% 9.6% 8.2% 32% 0.99 9.5 26.3 5.5 0.87 77%
MLB Averages 1.6% 9.7% 9.4% 6.2% 27% 1.04 9.1 54.5 8.4 0.97 77%
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
1941 20 SLB AL 0.2 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1942 21 SLB AL 8.7 0.9 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1943 22 SLB AL 24.8 2.7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1944 23 SLB AL 21.3 2.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 24 SLB AL 22.1 2.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 25 SLB AL 11.3 1.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 26 SLB AL 7.8 0.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 27 BOS AL 7.7 0.8 546 4.4 13.4 -9.0 1.02 2.6 1.8 28.3 2.7 1.07 25.3 0
1949 28 BOS AL 31.6 3.1 652 3.9 15.7 -11.7 1.09 3.7 -0.0 39.0 3.6 1.08 39.6 0
1950 29 BOS AL 7.7 0.7 599 0.3 11.7 -11.4 1.02 0.8 -0.6 12.6 1.1 1.06 18.3 2.49 3
1951 30 BOS AL 11.1 1.1 418 1.0 9.4 -8.5 1.09 1.4 -0.5 12.4 1.2 1.04 15.3 1.92 17
1952 31 BOS AL -1.6 -0.2 338 0.4 6.2 -5.8 1.14 0.2 0.1 7.0 0.7 1.02 5.2 2.07 10
1953 32 TOT AL -6.1 -0.6 319 0.3 5.9 -5.7 1.07 -0.2 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.96 -1.8 0.26 4
1953 32 CHW AL -11.5 -1.2 147 -0.3 2.4 -2.7 1.05 -0.7 0.5 -4.1 -0.4 1.01 -7.6 0.26 4
1953 32 SLB AL 5.4 0.5 172 0.6 3.6 -3.0 1.08 0.5 0.0 4.4 0.4 0.92 5.8 0
1954 33 BAL AL 0.2 0.0 395 0.2 6.9 -6.8 1.04 -0.1 0.3 -3.3 -0.4 0.96 -3.1 0.43 5
1955 34 TOT AL 0.0 -0.0 71 -0.4 1.1 -1.5 1.17 0.1 -0.4 0.3 0.0 0.90 1.7 3.01 6
1955 34 BAL AL -0.6 -0.1 7 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .89 -0.0 0.0 -0.5 -0.1 0.80 -0.5 0.03 1
1955 34 CHW AL 0.6 0.1 64 -0.4 1.0 -1.4 1.21 0.1 -0.4 0.8 0.1 0.92 2.2 3.61 5
15 Yrs 146.8 15.0 3338 10.0 70.4 -60.3 1.06 8.4 1.0 96.4 9.0 1.03 100.7 1.82 45
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
1948 27 BOS AL 11 0 39% 170 1 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 3 49% 26 18 7 9 5 4 20 3 16
1949 28 BOS AL 7 0 31% 219 2 2 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 43% 39 31 8 14 8 5 23 3 20
1950 29 BOS AL 15 0 43% 210 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 6 39% 32 29 3 10 5 5 22 5 17
1951 30 BOS AL 4 0 34% 140 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 46% 20 16 4 9 3 5 12 2 10
1952 31 BOS AL 2 0 26% 86 2 2 50% 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 50% 11 8 3 3 3 0 8 0 8
1953 32 TOT AL 6 0 24% 119 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 42% 19 12 6 1 1 0 11 3 7
1953 32 CHW AL 5 0 36% 40 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 46% 8 4 4 1 1 0 4 2 2
1953 32 SLB AL 1 0 18% 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 39% 11 8 2 0 0 0 7 1 5
1954 33 BAL AL 5 0 20% 130 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 52% 15 11 4 6 1 5 6 1 5
1955 34 TOT AL 1 0 35% 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 27% 5 4 1 2 2 0 4 2 2
1955 34 BAL AL 0 0 0% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 34 CHW AL 1 0 39% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 30% 4 3 1 2 2 0 4 2 2
15 Yrs 51 0 33% 1103 25 22 53% 6 8 1 0 0 0 3 0 32 31 44% 167 129 36 54 28 24 106 19 85

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
1948 27 BOS AL 715 25% 171 0 0 0 0 29 1 25 22 3 16 13 0 3 2 67% 136 25 18% 70 22 31% 498 100 20% 64 33 52% 28 11 39% 0
1949 28 BOS AL 712 22% 177 0 0 0 0 39 2 41 26 9 21 18 0 1 0 0% 169 19 11% 65 18 28% 612 113 18% 64 37 58% 39 17 44% 0
1950 29 BOS AL 693 34% 185 3 0 0 0 2.49 30 2 45 18 9 17 13 0 1 0 0% 160 21 13% 71 17 24% 567 111 20% 77 34 44% 46 23 50% 0
1951 30 BOS AL 415 27% 113 17 4 0 4 1.92 17 0 14 10 7 12 5 0 0 0 113 22 19% 42 9 21% 362 63 17% 32 13 41% 13 6 46% 0
1952 31 BOS AL 337 17% 75 10 3 0 0 2.07 7 0 9 5 2 4 3 0 2 2 100% 82 8 10% 37 13 35% 265 39 15% 23 12 52% 25 14 56% 0
1953 32 TOT AL 329 33% 77 4 0 0 0 0.26 5 0 12 4 1 2 3 0 4 4 100% 56 10 18% 29 10 34% 201 29 14% 14 9 64% 11 6 55% 0
1953 32 CHW AL 143 36% 24 4 0 0 0 0.26 1 0 9 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 25 3 12% 13 5 38% 103 16 16% 9 6 67% 7 4 57% 0
1953 32 SLB AL 186 30% 53 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 3 1 2 2 0 3 3 100% 31 7 23% 16 5 31% 98 13 13% 5 3 60% 4 2 50% 0
1954 33 BAL AL 393 28% 104 5 0 0 0 0.43 8 0 10 4 3 5 3 1 5 4 80% 69 4 6% 39 13 33% 251 37 15% 22 10 45% 13 8 62% 0
1955 34 TOT AL 71 38% 15 6 1 1 1 3.01 3 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 1 1 100% 18 1 6% 8 3 38% 41 4 10% 4 1 25% 0 0 0
1955 34 BAL AL 7 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0.03 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1955 34 CHW AL 64 42% 14 5 1 1 1 3.61 3 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 1 1 100% 17 1 6% 7 3 43% 40 4 10% 4 1 25% 0 0 0
15 Yrs 3665 27% 1859 45 8 1 5 1.82 247 5 157 92 34 77 61 1 17 37 218% 803 169 21% 361 105 29% 2797 496 18% 300 149 50% 175 85 49% 0
MLB Averages 50% 195% 22% 32% 15% 51% 55%

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
1941 20 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 162 1 0 0 0
1942 21 148 623 577 84 170 26 6 14 92 1 3 41 53 .295 .341 .433 .775 115 250 15 0 3
1943 22 285 1194 1089 159 318 53 9 36 183 4 5 95 126 .292 .349 .456 .805 127 497 26 0 8
1944 23 430 1822 1648 250 482 85 10 56 292 6 7 157 180 .292 .354 .458 .813 128 755 29 1 14
1945 24 579 2454 2219 340 647 112 13 80 381 8 8 212 250 .292 .354 .462 .816 129 1025 40 2 19
1946 25 694 2942 2669 407 785 131 17 94 445 8 9 247 299 .294 .354 .462 .816 128 1232 52 2 22
1947 26 844 3576 3231 481 942 149 21 109 528 16 13 317 360 .292 .355 .452 .807 125 1460 59 2 24
1948 27 999 4291 3866 595 1113 174 29 138 665 17 13 394 416 .288 .354 .455 .809 123 1759 84 4 26
1949 28 1154 5003 4476 708 1290 205 31 177 824 19 15 495 489 .288 .360 .466 .826 125 2088 103 4 26
1950 29 1303 5696 5104 833 1475 239 37 207 968 20 15 560 532 .289 .360 .472 .832 123 2409 124 4 26
1951 30 1412 6111 5481 895 1588 260 39 224 1046 21 17 598 565 .290 .360 .474 .834 123 2598 146 4 26
1952 31 1504 6448 5776 930 1663 273 41 231 1090 23 19 637 596 .288 .359 .469 .829 122 2711 154 5 28
1953 32 1594 6777 6070 960 1740 287 41 236 1121 25 19 668 638 .287 .358 .464 .822 120 2817 164 5 32
1954 33 1695 7170 6435 991 1844 304 42 244 1167 25 22 685 674 .287 .355 .461 .816 119 2964 168 5 36 7
1955 34 1720 7241 6497 1001 1859 307 42 247 1174 25 22 692 685 .286 .355 .460 .815 119 2991 169 6 37 8 0

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
1941 20 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
1942 21 154 657 610 90 180 28 6 15 99 1 44 56 .295 .343 .434 .777 91 145
1943 22 144 613 548 87 165 30 3 25 105 3 60 77 .301 .370 .504 .874 102 137
1944 23 152 658 586 96 173 34 1 21 115 2 65 56 .295 .367 .464 .831 99 145
1945 24 158 677 611 101 181 30 3 26 100 2 60 74 .296 .360 .483 .843 107 149
1946 25 120 515 474 73 148 20 4 15 70 0 38 51 .312 .363 .466 .830 80 115
1947 26 156 666 589 81 168 19 4 16 91 9 75 63 .285 .366 .413 .779 89 150
1948 27 162 731 652 106 167 24 8 28 128 1 75 59 .256 .335 .446 .781 97 155
1949 28 162 722 624 104 171 30 2 38 146 2 98 76 .274 .373 .511 .884 118 155
1950 29 156 690 631 104 168 31 5 27 120 1 59 45 .266 .329 .460 .789 96 149
1951 30 115 424 387 57 109 20 2 16 72 1 37 35 .282 .344 .468 .812 63 109
1952 31 96 352 308 36 78 14 2 7 45 2 41 32 .253 .343 .380 .723 40 92
1953 32 94 346 309 31 82 15 0 5 32 2 33 44 .265 .336 .362 .699 38 90
1954 33 106 420 390 37 117 19 1 9 55 0 19 38 .300 .327 .423 .750 55 101
1955 34 26 75 65 11 16 3 0 3 7 0 7 11 .246 .324 .431 .755 9 25
15 Yrs 1804 7548 6786 1014 1923 317 41 251 1185 26 711 717 .283 .351 .453 .805 1084 1720
162 Game Avg. 162 678 609 91 173 28 4 23 106 2 64 64 .283 .351 .453 .805 97 1720

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1943 (SS)
1944 (SS)
1945--not played
1946 *
1948 *
1949 *
1950
1951 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1942 AL (4, 42%)
1943 AL (9, 15%)
1944 AL (3, 56%)
1945 AL (6, 28%)
1946 AL (19, 2%)
1947 AL (31, 0%)
1948 AL (4, 36%)
1949 AL (7, 30%)
1950 AL (24, 2%)
2.12 Career Shares (83rd)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1945 AL  4.8 (8th)
1949 AL  6.7 (5th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1944 AL  4.7 (9th)
1945 AL  4.8 (4th)
1947 AL  4.0 (8th)
1948 AL  4.3 (9th)
1949 AL  6.7 (3rd)
Career  41.8 (234th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1943 AL  4.9 (4th)
1944 AL  4.6 (6th)
1945 AL  4.8 (3rd)
1947 AL  3.6 (9th)
1948 AL  3.4 (9th)
1949 AL  5.7 (3rd)
Career  42.0 (218th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1944 AL  1.2 (6th)
1947 AL  1.5 (5th)
1948 AL  1.9 (3rd)
1949 AL  2.0 (2nd)
1950 AL  1.0 (6th)
1952 AL  0.7 (9th)
Career  9.1 (243rd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1942 AL  .294 (8th)
1943 AL  .289 (7th)
1946 AL  .307 (7th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1943 AL  .482 (3rd)
1944 AL  .462 (7th)
1945 AL  .473 (2nd)
1946 AL  .460 (10th)
1949 AL  .539 (2nd)
1950 AL  .511 (9th)
1951 AL  .501 (10th)**

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1943 AL  .839 (4th)
1944 AL  .826 (8th)
1945 AL  .825 (4th)
1949 AL  .930 (3rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1945 AL  149 (8th)
1948 AL  155 (1st)
1949 AL  155 (1st)

At Bats s c a p y
1945 AL  571 (5th)
1947 AL  562 (9th)
1948 AL  635 (3rd)
1949 AL  610 (3rd)
1950 AL  628 (2nd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1945 AL  632 (8th)
1948 AL  715 (3rd)
1949 AL  712 (2nd)
1950 AL  693 (6th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1944 AL  91 (6th)
1945 AL  90 (2nd)
1948 AL  114 (6th)
1949 AL  113 (4th)
1950 AL  125 (2nd)

Hits s c a p y
1942 AL  169 (9th)
1944 AL  164 (10th)
1945 AL  165 (3rd)
1947 AL  157 (10th)
1948 AL  171 (10th)
1949 AL  177 (7th)
1950 AL  185 (5th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1942 AL  249 (10th)
1943 AL  247 (5th)
1944 AL  258 (7th)
1945 AL  270 (2nd)
1948 AL  299 (4th)
1949 AL  329 (2nd)
1950 AL  321 (2nd)

Doubles s c a p y
1944 AL  32 (8th)
1949 AL  31 (5th)
1950 AL  34 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1942 AL  14 (9th)
1943 AL  22 (3rd)
1944 AL  20 (2nd)
1945 AL  24 (1st)
1948 AL  29 (4th)
1949 AL  39 (2nd)
1950 AL  30 (4th)
Career  247 (208th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1942 AL  92 (7th)
1943 AL  91 (4th)
1944 AL  109 (1st)
1945 AL  89 (3rd)
1948 AL  137 (2nd)
1949 AL  159 (1st)
1950 AL  144 (1st)
Career  1,174 (162nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1949 AL  101 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1943 AL  73 (6th)
1945 AL  70 (5th)
1949 AL  73 (7th)

Singles s c a p y
1942 AL  123 (9th)
1947 AL  120 (6th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1943 AL  140 (6th)
1945 AL  133 (8th)
1949 AL  137 (3rd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1943 AL  88 (5th)
1944 AL  93 (10th)
1945 AL  95 (2nd)
1948 AL  104 (6th)
1949 AL  128 (2nd)
1950 AL  116 (8th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1943 AL  25 (9th)
1949 AL  32 (4th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1943 AL  2.7 (8th)
1949 AL  3.1 (4th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1943 AL  52 (5th)
1944 AL  53 (8th)
1945 AL  54 (2nd)
1948 AL  62 (4th)
1949 AL  72 (2nd)
1950 AL  70 (2nd)

Times On Base s c a p y
1944 AL  227 (10th)
1945 AL  221 (8th)
1949 AL  278 (5th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1943 AL  .716 (4th)
1944 AL  .687 (9th)
1945 AL  .692 (3rd)
1949 AL  .712 (3rd)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1954 AL  7 (8th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1942 AL  15 (9th)
1948 AL  25 (1st)
1949 AL  19 (8th)
1950 AL  21 (6th)
1951 AL  22 (1st)
Career  169 (184th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1947 AL  10.4 (3rd)

AB per HR s c a p y
1943 AL  23.3 (3rd)
1944 AL  28.0 (3rd)
1945 AL  23.8 (1st)
1946 AL  32.1 (9th)
1948 AL  21.9 (7th)
1949 AL  15.6 (2nd)
1950 AL  20.9 (8th)
1951 AL  22.2 (9th)**

Outs Made s c a p y
1948 AL  491 (1st)
1949 AL  454 (3rd)
1950 AL  464 (6th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1948 AL  28.29 (8th)
1949 AL  38.98 (3rd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1948 AL  4.4 (4th)
1949 AL  3.9 (3rd)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1948 AL  2.6 (7th)
1949 AL  3.7 (2nd)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1948 AL  2.7 (8th)
1949 AL  3.6 (3rd)

Youngest s c a p y
1941 AL  born 1920-10-23 (8th)

                           
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.
† 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 (·)

Black InkBatting - 18 (126), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 141 (114), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 75 (251), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 38 (180), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Bobby Doerr (890) *
  2. Tony Lazzeri (888) *
  3. Bret Boone (887)
  4. Joe Gordon (870) *
  5. Travis Fryman (866)
  6. Joe Torre (859)
  7. Bobby Grich (845)
  8. Ken Caminiti (841)
  9. Michael Young (840)
  10. Travis Jackson (839) *
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  1. Jim Fregosi (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jim Fregosi (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Joe Torre (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Joe Torre (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Joe Torre (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Joe Torre (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Joe Torre (928)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Joe Torre (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Joe Torre (915)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Joe Torre (917)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Joe Torre (910)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Joe Torre (907)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Miguel Tejada (908)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Miguel Tejada (918)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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