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Snuffy Stirnweiss

George Henry Stirnweiss

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 26, 1918 in New York, NY
High School: Fordham Prep (Bronx, NY)
School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1943 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Browns/Indians 1943-1952

Final Game: May 3, 1952 (Age 33)
Died: September 15, 1958 in Newark Bay, NJ
Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Middletown, NJ
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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
1943 24 NYY AL 83 325 274 34 60 8 4 1 25 11 9 47 37 .219 .333 .288 .622 82 79 9 0 4 6/4
1944 25 NYY AL 154 723 643 125 205 35 16 8 43 55 11 73 87 .319 .389 .460 .849 139 296 6 1 6 *4 MVP-4
1945 26 NYY AL 152 718 632 107 195 32 22 10 64 33 17 78 62 .309 .385 .476 .862 145 301 9 1 6 *4 MVP-3
1946 27 NYY AL 129 560 487 75 122 19 7 0 37 18 6 66 58 .251 .340 .318 .658 84 155 12 0 7 54/6 AS
1947 28 NYY AL 148 673 571 102 146 18 8 5 41 5 3 89 47 .256 .358 .342 .700 96 195 13 2 11 *4
1948 29 NYY AL 141 609 515 90 130 20 7 3 32 5 4 86 62 .252 .360 .336 .696 86 173 13 1 8 *4
1949 30 NYY AL 70 190 157 29 41 8 2 0 11 3 2 29 20 .261 .380 .338 .717 90 53 2 1 3 4/5
1950 31 TOT AL 100 383 328 32 71 16 2 1 24 3 3 51 49 .216 .322 .287 .608 54 94 7 0 4 45/6
1950 31 NYY AL 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /4
1950 31 SLB AL 93 381 326 32 71 16 2 1 24 3 3 51 49 .218 .324 .288 .612 55 94 7 0 4 45/6
1951 32 CLE AL 50 111 88 10 19 1 0 1 4 1 0 22 25 .216 .373 .261 .634 78 23 2 0 1 4/5
1952 33 CLE AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /5
10 Yrs 1028 4292 3695 604 989 157 68 29 281 134 55 541 447 .268 .362 .371 .733 103 1369 73 6 50
162 Game Avg. 162 676 582 95 156 25 11 5 44 21 9 85 70 .268 .362 .371 .733 103 216 12 1 8
NYY (8 yrs) 884 3800 3281 562 899 140 66 27 253 130 52 468 373 .274 .366 .382 .747 108 1252 64 6 45
CLE (2 yrs) 51 111 88 10 19 1 0 1 4 1 0 22 25 .216 .373 .261 .634 78 23 2 0 1
SLB (1 yr) 93 381 326 32 71 16 2 1 24 3 3 51 49 .218 .324 .288 .612 55 94 7 0 4

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1943 24 NYY AL 83 325 -5 -1 0 4 5 3 0.3 9 12 1.3 .504 .502 0.8 1.0 8 $5,500 6/4
1944 25 NYY AL 154 723 30 7 0 15 7 59 6.5 19 78 8.4 .542 .540 6.7 2.5 63 *4 MVP-4
1945 26 NYY AL 152 718 33 1 0 18 7 60 6.6 19 78 8.6 .544 .542 6.6 2.8 60 *4 MVP-3
1946 27 NYY AL 129 560 -9 2 0 14 3 10 1.0 17 26 2.7 .508 .507 1.2 1.9 12 54/6 AS
1947 28 NYY AL 148 673 -0 1 0 7 7 14 1.5 18 33 3.4 .511 .510 2.7 1.5 26 $16,000 *4
1948 29 NYY AL 141 609 -8 1 -0 8 7 8 0.8 18 25 2.5 .505 .505 1.6 1.5 17 $16,000 *4
1949 30 NYY AL 70 190 -1 -2 0 1 2 1 0.1 6 6 0.6 .501 .501 0.5 0.3 6 $17,500 4/5
1950 31 NYY AL 7 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.0 .492 .500 -0.0 0.0 -1 $17,500 /4
1950 31 SLB AL 93 381 -22 -0 -0 -12 3 -32 -3.0 12 -20 -1.9 .467 .481 -0.8 -0.8 -8 45/6
1951 32 CLE AL 50 111 -2 0 0 3 1 2 0.3 3 6 0.6 .505 .502 0.3 0.4 3 $15,500 4/5
1952 33 CLE AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $13,000 /5
10 Seasons 1028 4292 15 9 -0 58 42 124 14.1 121 245 26.3 .514 .508 19.5 11.1 187 $101,000
NYY (8 yrs) 884 3800 39 9 0 67 37 153 16.8 106 259 27.5 .519 .513 20.0 11.5 192 $72,500
CLE (2 yrs) 51 111 -2 0 0 3 1 2 0.3 3 6 0.6 .505 .501 0.3 0.4 3 $28,500
SLB (1 yr) 93 381 -22 -0 -0 -12 3 -32 -3.0 12 -20 -1.9 .467 .481 -0.8 -0.8 -8

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
1943 24 NYY AL 325 236 26 3.0 88 .250 .219 .257 .333 .332 .288 .355 .622 .687 82 .395 -5.0 -0.6 .552 .248 .069 1.8
1944 25 NYY AL 723 461 122 7.2 94 .359 .319 .271 .389 .339 .460 .371 .849 .710 139 .740 33.3 3.5 .910 .323 .142 14.0
1945 26 NYY AL 718 469 115 6.6 92 .330 .309 .266 .385 .339 .476 .362 .862 .701 145 .725 36.0 3.8 .855 .316 .168 15.3
1946 27 NYY AL 560 390 54 3.7 97 .284 .251 .265 .340 .339 .318 .381 .658 .720 84 .447 -9.2 -1.0 .608 .228 .068 .0
1947 28 NYY AL 673 452 70 4.1 96 .272 .256 .262 .358 .341 .342 .376 .700 .717 96 .496 -0.9 -0.1 .653 .245 .086 5.0
1948 29 NYY AL 609 410 62 4.0 105 .282 .252 .272 .360 .357 .336 .393 .696 .750 86 .439 -7.6 -0.8 .649 .252 .083 3.8
1949 30 NYY AL 190 123 20 4.3 107 .299 .261 .271 .380 .363 .338 .393 .717 .756 90 .474 -0.9 -0.1 .700 .268 .076 .0
1950 31 TOT AL 383 271 30 2.9 117 .252 .216 .283 .322 .371 .287 .424 .608 .796 54 .278 -22.5 -2.2 .543 .226 .070 1.5
1950 31 NYY AL 2 2 0 0.0 111 .000 .000 .274 .000 .362 .000 .412 .000 .773 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1950 31 SLB AL 381 269 30 3.0 117 .254 .218 .283 .324 .371 .288 .424 .612 .796 55 .280 -21.9 -2.1 .547 .227 .071 1.5
1951 32 CLE AL 111 72 9 3.4 97 .290 .216 .260 .373 .340 .261 .382 .634 .722 78 .368 -1.3 -0.1 .648 .307 .045 1.0
10 Yrs 4292 2884 508 4.7 98 .298 .268 .268 .362 .345 .371 .379 .733 .725 103 .550 21.9 2.6 .704 .271 .103 47.7
162 Game Avg. 676 454 80 4.7 98 .298 .268 .268 .362 .345 .371 .379 .733 .725 103 .550 3 0 .704 .271 .103 8
NYY (8 yrs) 3800 2543 469 4.9 96 .303 .274 .267 .366 .343 .382 .375 .747 .718 108 .580 45.0 4.8 .722 .274 .108 44.7
CLE (2 yrs) 111 72 9 3.4 97 .290 .216 .260 .373 .340 .261 .382 .634 .722 78 .368 -1.3 -0.1 .648 .307 .045 1.0
SLB (1 yr) 381 269 30 3.0 117 .254 .218 .283 .324 .371 .288 .424 .612 .796 55 .280 -21.9 -2.1 .547 .227 .071 1.5

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
1943 24 NYY AL WS STL W 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1947 28 NYY AL WS BRO W 7 35 27 3 7 0 1 0 3 0 0 8 8 .259 .429 .333 .762 9 0 0 0 0 0
1949 30 NYY AL WS BRO W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (3 Series) 9 36 28 4 7 0 1 0 3 0 0 8 8 .250 .417 .321 .738 9 0 0 0 0 0
3 WS 9 36 28 4 7 0 1 0 3 0 0 8 8 .250 .417 .321 .738 9 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
1945 NYY AL 26 DNP
1946 NYY AL 27 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 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
1943 24 NYY AL 325 0.3% 11.4% 14.5% 4.0% 22% 0.79 7.4 274.0 11.0 73%
1944 25 NYY AL 723 1.1% 12.0% 10.1% 8.2% 29% 1.19 7.4 80.4 15.0 76%
1945 26 NYY AL 718 1.4% 8.6% 10.9% 8.9% 33% 0.79 10.2 63.2 9.9 0.70 78%
1946 27 NYY AL 560 0.0% 10.4% 11.8% 4.6% 21% 0.88 8.4 13.2 0.90 77%
1947 28 NYY AL 673 0.7% 7.0% 13.2% 4.6% 21% 0.53 12.1 114.2 13.9 1.05 77%
1948 29 NYY AL 609 0.5% 10.2% 14.1% 4.9% 23% 0.72 8.3 171.7 16.1 1.06 74%
1949 30 NYY AL 190 0.0% 10.5% 15.3% 5.3% 24% 0.69 7.9 14.3 0.63 72%
1950 31 TOT AL 383 0.3% 12.8% 13.3% 5.0% 27% 0.96 6.7 328.0 13.7 0.74 73%
1950 31 NYY AL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
1950 31 SLB AL 381 0.3% 12.9% 13.4% 5.0% 27% 0.96 6.7 326.0 13.6 0.73 72%
1951 32 CLE AL 111 0.9% 22.5% 19.8% 1.8% 11% 1.14 3.5 88.0 22.0 0.84 56%
10 Yrs 4292 0.7% 10.4% 12.6% 5.9% 26% 0.83 8.3 127.4 13.1 0.90 75%
MLB Averages 1.5% 9.5% 9.4% 6.1% 26% 1.01 9.3 57.9 8.5 0.97 78%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1943 24 NYY AL -5.0 -0.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1944 25 NYY AL 33.3 3.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 26 NYY AL 36.0 3.8 181 0.7 3.4 -2.7 .99 1.4 -0.6 9.7 1.0 0.93 12.8 0
1946 27 NYY AL -9.2 -1.0 150 -0.3 2.2 -2.4 .92 0.0 -0.3 0.9 0.1 0.88 -0.7 0
1947 28 NYY AL -0.9 -0.1 486 0.3 7.7 -7.4 .98 0.1 0.2 -1.5 -0.2 0.96 -1.0 0
1948 29 NYY AL -7.6 -0.8 324 -0.9 4.3 -5.2 .90 -0.3 -0.7 -10.6 -1.1 0.95 -5.4 0
1949 30 NYY AL -0.9 -0.1 162 0.1 2.9 -2.8 1.11 0.4 -0.3 4.6 0.5 0.98 4.7 1.47 4
1950 31 TOT AL -22.5 -2.2 231 -1.6 3.0 -4.6 1.01 -1.4 -0.2 -14.7 -1.4 0.90 -17.9 0.67 2
1950 31 NYY AL -0.6 -0.1 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .17 -0.0 0.0 -0.3 -0.0 0.86 -0.3 0.17 1
1950 31 SLB AL -21.9 -2.1 230 -1.6 3.0 -4.6 1.02 -1.4 -0.2 -14.4 -1.3 0.90 -17.6 1.16 1
1951 32 CLE AL -1.3 -0.1 115 -0.1 1.5 -1.6 .82 0.2 -0.3 -0.5 -0.1 0.87 1.3 0.90 9
1952 33 CLE AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Yrs 21.9 2.6 1649 -1.7 25.0 -26.7 .97 0.3 -2.1 -12.2 -1.1 0.94 -6.1 1.02 15

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1945 26 NYY AL 4 1 37% 77 33 17 66% 8 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 2 3 43% 10 6 4 0 0 0 4 2 2
1946 27 NYY AL 2 0 40% 59 18 6 75% 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 57% 9 4 5 1 1 0 4 1 3
1947 28 NYY AL 6 0 42% 203 5 3 63% 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 2 2 3 3 52% 29 15 13 17 10 7 12 1 10
1948 29 NYY AL 5 0 41% 147 5 4 56% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 0 2 52% 12 9 3 6 4 2 15 3 12
1949 30 NYY AL 4 0 41% 92 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 0 0 4 1 1 38% 16 12 3 6 2 3 7 2 5
1950 31 TOT AL 2 0 26% 88 3 3 50% 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 46% 16 11 5 1 0 1 7 2 5
1950 31 NYY AL 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 0 0 0
1950 31 SLB AL 2 0 26% 88 3 3 50% 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 46% 16 11 5 1 0 1 7 2 5
1951 32 CLE AL 1 0 23% 75 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 20% 10 8 2 2 2 0 3 2 1
10 Yrs 24 1 38% 741 134 55 71% 21 14 5 1 0 0 6 0 29 0 4 10 7 15 46% 102 65 35 33 19 13 52 13 38

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 % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1945 26 NYY AL 718 19% 195 0 0 0 0 10 0 1 1 1 7 3 0 2 6 300% 23 9 39% 9 3 33% 81 9 11% 6 2 33% 2 1 50% 0
1946 27 NYY AL 560 21% 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 350% 11 12 109% 7 1 14% 53 9 17% 5 1 20% 4 3 75% 0
1947 28 NYY AL 673 17% 146 0 0 0 0 5 0 7 3 0 3 2 0 11 11 100% 75 13 17% 42 17 40% 248 26 10% 19 7 37% 12 7 58% 0
1948 29 NYY AL 609 23% 130 0 0 0 0 3 0 8 1 1 2 1 0 6 8 133% 60 13 22% 31 8 26% 171 15 9% 14 5 36% 14 7 50% 0
1949 30 NYY AL 190 42% 41 4 1 0 0 1.47 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 150% 31 2 6% 11 6 55% 91 14 15% 6 4 67% 4 4 100% 0
1950 31 TOT AL 383 30% 71 2 1 0 0 0.67 1 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 200% 40 7 18% 26 8 31% 122 16 13% 12 8 67% 7 1 14% 0
1950 31 NYY AL 2 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0.17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 31 SLB AL 381 30% 71 1 1 0 0 1.16 1 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 200% 40 7 18% 26 8 31% 122 16 13% 12 8 67% 7 1 14% 0
1951 32 CLE AL 111 50% 19 9 1 0 1 0.90 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 100% 20 2 10% 13 3 23% 44 5 11% 4 1 25% 4 2 50% 0
10 Yrs 3244 26% 989 15 3 0 1 1.02 29 0 28 5 3 13 7 0 26 50 192% 260 73 28% 139 46 33% 810 94 12% 66 28 42% 47 25 53% 0
MLB Averages 50% 154% 18% 34% 15% 51% 56%

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
1943 24 83 325 274 34 60 8 4 1 25 11 9 47 37 .219 .333 .288 .622 82 79 9 0 4
1944 25 237 1048 917 159 265 43 20 9 68 66 20 120 124 .289 .372 .409 .781 122 375 15 1 10
1945 26 389 1766 1549 266 460 75 42 19 132 99 37 198 186 .297 .377 .436 .814 132 676 24 2 16
1946 27 518 2326 2036 341 582 94 49 19 169 117 43 264 244 .286 .368 .408 .777 120 831 36 2 23
1947 28 666 2999 2607 443 728 112 57 24 210 122 46 353 291 .279 .366 .394 .760 114 1026 49 4 34
1948 29 807 3608 3122 533 858 132 64 27 242 127 50 439 353 .275 .365 .384 .749 110 1199 62 5 42
1949 30 877 3798 3279 562 899 140 66 27 253 130 52 468 373 .274 .366 .382 .748 109 1252 64 6 45
1950 31 977 4181 3607 594 970 156 68 28 277 133 55 519 422 .269 .362 .373 .735 103 1346 71 6 49
1951 32 1027 4292 3695 604 989 157 68 29 281 134 55 541 447 .268 .362 .371 .733 103 1369 73 6 50
1952 33 1028 4292 3695 604 989 157 68 29 281 134 55 541 447 .268 .362 .371 .733 103 1369 73 6 50

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
1943 24 87 350 293 41 68 9 5 1 30 12 53 39 .232 .350 .307 .657 32 83
1944 25 161 765 679 138 221 38 17 9 47 59 79 91 .325 .397 .471 .868 126 154
1945 26 161 775 681 123 218 36 25 11 74 37 87 66 .320 .398 .495 .893 133 152
1946 27 135 594 515 85 134 21 8 0 42 20 72 61 .260 .351 .332 .683 60 129
1947 28 154 710 600 114 159 20 9 5 46 5 97 49 .265 .369 .353 .722 78 148
1948 29 147 630 534 89 132 20 7 3 32 5 87 65 .247 .354 .328 .681 62 141
1949 30 73 197 163 29 42 8 2 0 11 3 30 21 .258 .376 .331 .708 20 70
1950 31 105 390 337 29 68 15 2 1 21 3 49 51 .202 .303 .267 .570 27 100
1951 32 53 119 94 11 21 1 0 1 4 1 24 26 .223 .381 .266 .647 9 50
9 Yrs 1076 4530 3896 659 1063 168 75 31 307 145 578 469 .273 .368 .378 .746 547 1027
162 Game Avg. 162 682 587 99 160 25 11 5 46 22 87 71 .273 .368 .378 .746 82 1027

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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
1945--not played
1946 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1945 AL batting_title

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1944 AL (4, 38%)
1945 AL (3, 48%)
0.86 Career Shares (292nd)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1944 AL  8.4 (3rd)
1945 AL  8.6 (2nd)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1944 AL  8.4 (1st)
1945 AL  8.6 (1st)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1944 AL  6.7 (2nd)
1945 AL  6.6 (1st)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1943 AL  1.0 (8th)
1944 AL  2.5 (1st)
1945 AL  2.8 (1st)
1946 AL  1.9 (5th)
1947 AL  1.5 (6th)
1948 AL  1.5 (4th)
Career  11.1 (172nd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1944 AL  .319 (4th)
1945 AL  .309 (1st)

On-Base% s c a p y
1944 AL  .389 (8th)
1945 AL  .385 (6th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1944 AL  .460 (8th)
1945 AL  .476 (1st)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1944 AL  .849 (6th)
1945 AL  .862 (1st)

Games Played s c a p y
1944 AL  154 (3rd)
1945 AL  152 (3rd)

At Bats s c a p y
1944 AL  643 (2nd)
1945 AL  632 (1st)
1947 AL  571 (7th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1944 AL  723 (1st)
1945 AL  718 (1st)
1947 AL  673 (5th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1944 AL  125 (1st)
1945 AL  107 (1st)
1947 AL  102 (4th)

Hits s c a p y
1944 AL  205 (1st)
1945 AL  195 (1st)

Total Bases s c a p y
1944 AL  296 (2nd)
1945 AL  301 (1st)

Doubles s c a p y
1944 AL  35 (5th)
1945 AL  32 (2nd)

Triples s c a p y
1944 AL  16 (1st)
1945 AL  22 (1st)
1947 AL  8 (10th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1945 AL  64 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1944 AL  73 (6th)
1945 AL  78 (6th)
1947 AL  89 (6th)
1948 AL  86 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1944 AL  87 (2nd)
1945 AL  62 (9th)
1948 AL  62 (9th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1944 AL  55 (1st)
1945 AL  33 (1st)
1946 AL  18 (2nd)

Singles s c a p y
1944 AL  146 (1st)
1945 AL  131 (2nd)
1947 AL  115 (9th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1944 AL  139 (7th)
1945 AL  145 (1st)

Runs Created s c a p y
1944 AL  122 (1st)
1945 AL  115 (1st)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1944 AL  33 (7th)
1945 AL  36 (1st)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1944 AL  3.5 (7th)
1945 AL  3.8 (1st)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1944 AL  59 (4th)
1945 AL  64 (1st)

Times On Base s c a p y
1944 AL  279 (1st)
1945 AL  274 (1st)
1947 AL  237 (7th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1944 AL  .740 (3rd)
1945 AL  .725 (1st)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1947 AL  11 (10th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1943 AL  9 (6th)
1944 AL  11 (4th)
1945 AL  17 (1st)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1944 AL  14.0 (1st)
1945 AL  15.3 (1st)

Outs Made s c a p y
1944 AL  461 (6th)
1945 AL  469 (2nd)
1947 AL  452 (7th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1945 AL  1.4 (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 - 26 (72), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 59 (429), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 53 (374), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 22 (657), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Second Base (64th), 26.3 career WAR/27.6 7yr-peak WAR/26.9 JAWS
Average HOF 2B (out of 19) = 69.5 career WAR/44.5 7yr-peak WAR/57.0 JAWS

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  4. Brian Roberts (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bill Doran (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bill Doran (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bill Doran (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mickey Morandini (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Joey Cora (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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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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