George Strickland
George Bevan Strickland (Bo)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 10, 1926 in New Orleans, LA
High School: S.J. Peters (New Orleans, LA)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1943. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 7, 1950
Final Game: July 23, 1960
Relatives: Cousin of Hal Bevan
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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
1950 24 PIT NL 23 32 27 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 3 8 .111 .226 .111 .337 -9 3 0 1 1 6/5
1951 25 PIT NL 138 528 454 59 98 12 7 9 47 4 2 65 83 .216 .318 .333 .651 73 151 9 3 6 *64
1952 26 TOT MLB 107 359 320 25 60 10 2 6 30 4 2 35 60 .188 .270 .288 .557 55 92 5 1 3 64/35
1952 26 PIT NL 76 256 232 17 41 6 2 5 22 4 2 21 45 .177 .248 .284 .533 46 66 5 1 2 46/35
1952 26 CLE AL 31 103 88 8 19 4 0 1 8 0 0 14 15 .216 .324 .295 .619 78 26 0 0 1 6/4
1953 27 CLE AL 123 482 419 43 119 17 4 5 47 0 0 51 52 .284 .362 .379 .741 102 159 4 0 12 *6/3
1954 28 CLE AL 112 433 361 42 77 12 3 6 37 2 1 55 62 .213 .314 .313 .627 72 113 10 1 10 6 *6
1955 29 CLE AL 130 455 388 34 81 9 5 2 34 1 0 49 60 .209 .302 .273 .575 54 106 8 3 14 1 0 *6
1956 30 CLE AL 85 199 171 22 36 1 2 3 17 0 1 22 27 .211 .299 .292 .591 55 50 6 0 5 1 0 465
1957 31 CLE AL 89 230 201 21 47 8 2 1 19 0 3 26 29 .234 .323 .308 .632 74 62 5 1 1 1 1 465
1959 33 CLE AL 132 501 441 55 105 15 2 3 48 1 1 51 64 .238 .313 .302 .615 72 133 7 0 3 6 2 56/4
1960 34 CLE AL 32 47 42 4 7 0 0 1 3 0 0 4 8 .167 .255 .238 .493 37 10 1 1 0 0 1 65/4
10 Seasons 971 3266 2824 305 633 84 27 36 284 12 10 361 453 .224 .313 .311 .624 70 879 55 11 55 15 4
162 Game Avg. 162 545 471 51 106 14 5 6 47 2 60 76 .224 .313 .311 .624 70 147 9 2 9
CLE (8 yrs) 734 2450 2111 229 491 66 18 22 213 4 6 272 317 .233 .320 .312 .632 73 659 41 6 46 15 4
PIT (3 yrs) 237 816 713 76 142 18 9 14 71 8 4 89 136 .199 .292 .309 .601 61 220 14 5 9
AL (8 yrs) 734 2450 2111 229 491 66 18 22 213 4 6 272 317 .233 .320 .312 .632 73 659 41 6 46 15 4
NL (3 yrs) 237 816 713 76 142 18 9 14 71 8 4 89 136 .199 .292 .309 .601 61 220 14 5 9

Advanced Batting

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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
1950 24 PIT NL 32 25 1 1.1 110 .158 .111 .273 .226 .350 .111 .423 .337 .774 -9 .062 -4.4 -0.4 .292 .111 .000
1951 25 PIT NL 528 373 48 3.5 106 .246 .216 .271 .318 .345 .333 .410 .651 .756 73 .380 -17.6 -1.8 .602 .264 .117 5.5
1952 26 TOT MLB 359 270 24 2.4 97 .213 .188 .261 .270 .336 .288 .386 .557 .722 55 .266 -20.0 -2.1 .487 .216 .100 4.8
1952 26 PIT NL 256 200 16 2.1 99 .198 .177 .264 .248 .337 .284 .393 .533 .730 46 .229 -18.0 -1.9 .455 .207 .108 4.4
1952 26 CLE AL 103 70 8 3.1 91 .250 .216 .253 .324 .332 .295 .369 .619 .701 78 .368 -2.1 -0.2 .580 .239 .080 .0
1953 27 CLE AL 482 316 58 4.9 101 .315 .284 .267 .362 .343 .379 .393 .741 .736 102 .546 2.2 0.2 .691 .217 .095 .0
1954 28 CLE AL 433 311 36 3.1 100 .237 .213 .268 .314 .344 .313 .391 .627 .735 72 .358 -13.5 -1.4 .576 .255 .100 3.0
1955 29 CLE AL 455 330 35 2.8 106 .242 .209 .271 .302 .351 .273 .404 .575 .755 54 .294 -26.5 -2.6 .505 .193 .064 1.3
1956 30 CLE AL 199 148 15 2.7 109 .232 .211 .271 .299 .353 .292 .413 .591 .767 55 .259 -11.8 -1.2 .500 .205 .082 .0
1957 31 CLE AL 230 164 20 3.3 99 .267 .234 .263 .323 .335 .308 .397 .632 .732 74 .371 -6.7 -0.7 .531 .189 .075 .0
1959 33 CLE AL 501 353 45 3.4 96 .268 .238 .257 .313 .328 .302 .392 .615 .720 72 .388 -15.0 -1.5 .535 .179 .063 1.5
1960 34 CLE AL 47 36 3 2.2 99 .182 .167 .260 .255 .333 .238 .398 .493 .730 37 .219 -3.8 -0.4 .417 .167 .071 .0
10 Seasons 3266 2326 285 3.3 101 .254 .224 .266 .313 .341 .311 .398 .624 .739 70 .366 -117.2 -11.9 .555 .216 .087 18.0
162 Game Avg. 545 388 48 3.3 101 .254 .224 .266 .313 .341 .311 .398 .624 .739 70 .366 -117.2 -11.9 .555 .216 .087 3
CLE (8 yrs) 2450 1728 220 3.4 101 .262 .233 .265 .320 .341 .312 .396 .632 .737 73 .382 -77.2 -7.8 .561 .207 .080 6.8
PIT (3 yrs) 816 598 65 2.9 104 .227 .199 .269 .292 .343 .309 .405 .601 .748 61 .319 -40.0 -4.1 .540 .240 .109 10.2
AL (8 yrs) 2450 1728 220 3.4 101 .262 .233 .265 .320 .341 .312 .396 .632 .737 73 .382 -77.2 -7.8 .561 .207 .080 6.8
NL (3 yrs) 816 598 65 2.9 104 .227 .199 .269 .292 .343 .309 .405 .601 .748 61 .319 -40.0 -4.1 .540 .240 .109 10.2

Postseason Batting

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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 28 CLE AL WS NYG L 3 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1950 24 PIT NL 32 0.0% 25.0% 9.4% 0.0% 0% 2.67 3.4 13.5 59%
1951 25 PIT NL 528 1.7% 15.7% 12.3% 5.3% 29% 1.28 5.5 50.4 9.7 69%
1952 26 TOT MLB 359 1.7% 16.7% 9.8% 5.0% 30% 1.71 5.3 53.3 10.7 71%
1952 26 PIT NL 256 2.0% 17.6% 8.2% 5.1% 32% 2.14 5.2 46.4 10.5 71%
1952 26 CLE AL 103 1.0% 14.6% 13.6% 4.9% 26% 1.07 5.9 88.0 11.0 70%
1953 27 CLE AL 482 1.0% 10.8% 10.6% 5.4% 22% 1.02 8.1 83.8 8.9 75%
1954 28 CLE AL 433 1.4% 14.3% 12.7% 4.9% 27% 1.13 5.8 60.2 9.8 0.81 69%
1955 29 CLE AL 455 0.4% 13.2% 10.8% 3.5% 20% 1.22 6.5 194.0 11.4 0.68 72%
1956 30 CLE AL 199 1.5% 13.6% 11.1% 3.0% 17% 1.23 6.3 57.0 10.1 0.85 71%
1957 31 CLE AL 230 0.4% 12.6% 11.3% 4.8% 23% 1.12 6.9 201.0 10.6 0.74 75%
1959 33 CLE AL 501 0.6% 12.8% 10.2% 4.0% 19% 1.25 6.9 147.0 9.2 0.89 76%
1960 34 CLE AL 47 2.1% 17.0% 8.5% 2.1% 14% 2.00 5.3 42.0 14.0 0.93 70%
10 Seasons 3266 1.1% 13.9% 11.1% 4.5% 23% 1.25 6.2 78.4 9.9 0.79 72%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1954 28 CLE AL 6 0 28% 165 2 1 67% 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 7 53% 21 10 10 4 1 3 11 5 6
1955 29 CLE AL 7 0 24% 170 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 10 50% 16 9 6 6 4 2 16 4 11
1956 30 CLE AL 3 0 35% 99 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 43% 12 8 4 4 2 2 5 2 3
1957 31 CLE AL 3 0 27% 85 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 59% 9 4 5 4 2 2 4 1 3
1959 33 CLE AL 8 0 34% 214 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 49% 22 13 9 6 4 2 15 3 10
1960 34 CLE AL 1 0 27% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 28 0 28% 748 12 10 55% 2 6 2 1 0 1 2 0 15 38 51% 82 44 36 24 13 11 51 15 33
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1954 28 CLE AL 433 36% 77 0 0 0 0 6 1 15 2 4 2 4 0 13 10 77% 80 10 13% 35 16 46% 257 32 12% 24 13 54% 16 5 31% 0
1955 29 CLE AL 455 44% 81 1 0 0 0 0.44 2 0 8 1 1 1 1 0 17 14 82% 95 8 8% 37 18 49% 300 35 12% 21 9 43% 22 8 36% 0
1956 30 CLE AL 199 33% 36 2 0 0 0 0.38 3 0 6 3 0 1 2 0 5 5 100% 34 6 18% 19 4 21% 109 16 15% 7 3 43% 14 5 36% 0
1957 31 CLE AL 230 35% 47 2 0 0 0 0.70 1 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 50% 38 5 13% 24 8 33% 142 18 13% 12 4 33% 19 5 26% 0
1959 33 CLE AL 502 18% 105 1 0 0 0 4.71 3 0 16 3 0 1 2 0 6 3 50% 93 7 8% 53 20 38% 302 50 17% 28 17 61% 30 11 37% 0
1960 34 CLE AL 47 30% 7 3 1 0 1 1.10 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 33% 1 0 0% 22 2 9% 0 0 2 0 0% 0
10 Seasons 1866 32% 633 9 1 0 1 1.18 36 1 52 10 6 6 10 0 43 55 128% 343 55 16% 169 66 39% 1132 153 14% 92 46 50% 103 34 33% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1950 24 23 32 27 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 3 8 .111 .226 .111 .337 -9 3 0 1 1
1951 25 161 560 481 59 101 12 7 9 49 4 2 68 91 .210 .313 .320 .633 68 154 9 4 7
1952 26 268 919 801 84 161 22 9 15 79 8 4 103 151 .201 .296 .307 .603 63 246 14 5 10
1953 27 391 1401 1220 127 280 39 13 20 126 8 4 154 203 .230 .318 .332 .650 76 405 18 5 22
1954 28 503 1834 1581 169 357 51 16 26 163 10 5 209 265 .226 .317 .328 .645 75 518 28 6 32 6
1955 29 633 2289 1969 203 438 60 21 28 197 11 5 258 325 .222 .314 .317 .631 71 624 36 9 46 7 0
1956 30 718 2488 2140 225 474 61 23 31 214 11 6 280 352 .221 .313 .315 .628 70 674 42 9 51 8 0
1957 31 807 2718 2341 246 521 69 25 32 233 11 9 306 381 .223 .314 .314 .628 70 736 47 10 52 9 1
1958 32 807 2718 2341 246 521 69 25 32 233 11 9 306 381 .223 .314 .314 .628 70 736 47 10 52 9 1
1959 33 939 3219 2782 301 626 84 27 35 281 12 10 357 445 .225 .314 .312 .626 70 869 54 10 55 15 3
1960 34 971 3266 2824 305 633 84 27 36 284 12 10 361 453 .224 .313 .311 .624 70 879 55 11 55 15 4

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1950 24 24 34 29 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 4 8 .138 .265 .138 .403 1 23
1951 25 143 539 470 59 100 12 7 9 47 4 66 86 .213 .314 .326 .639 48 138
1952 26 112 376 337 28 65 11 2 6 33 4 38 63 .193 .277 .291 .567 27 107
1953 27 129 493 439 45 125 18 4 5 50 0 54 54 .285 .363 .378 .741 61 123
1954 28 117 445 379 45 82 13 3 6 40 2 59 65 .216 .319 .314 .633 39 112
1955 29 136 466 409 34 88 10 5 2 34 1 53 63 .215 .309 .279 .588 36 130
1956 30 89 200 177 21 36 1 2 3 16 0 22 28 .203 .290 .282 .572 15 85
1957 31 94 243 213 23 51 9 2 1 21 0 28 31 .239 .329 .315 .644 22 89
1959 33 138 531 468 61 117 17 2 3 53 1 57 67 .250 .328 .314 .642 49 132
1960 34 34 51 45 5 8 0 0 1 4 0 5 8 .178 .275 .244 .519 3 32
10 Seasons 1016 3378 2966 321 676 91 27 36 301 12 386 473 .228 .318 .313 .631 301 971
162 Game Avg. 162 539 473 51 108 15 4 6 48 2 62 75 .228 .318 .313 .631 48 971

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Triples s c a p y
1951 NL--7--10th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1951 NL--83--5th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1953 AL--12--10th
1954 AL--10--7th
1955 AL--14--2nd

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1959 AL--6--7th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 1 (2323), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1493), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3944), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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