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Bob Swift

Robert Virgil Swift

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 6, 1915 in Salina, KS(All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1940
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Browns/Athletics 1940-1953

Final Game: September 27, 1953
Died: October 17, 1966 in Detroit, MI
Buried: Roselawn Memorial Park, Salina, KS
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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	Pos	Awards
1934	19	MSK	C	69	250	250		75	11	1	9						.300	.300	.460	.760		115						MSK · WA
1935	20	DET-min	C	111	364	364		80	16	2	7						.220	.220	.332	.552		121						HEN · WDXL
1936	21	DET-min	C,D,B	88	287	287		68	18	1	2						.237	.237	.328	.564		94						CHL,PKA,AUG · MATL,FLOR,SALL
1937	22	NYY-min	B,D	131	503	503		142	32	9	9						.282	.282	.435	.718		219						AUG,PKA · SALL,FLOR
1938	23	BAL-min	A1	128	426	426		105	14	2	2						.246	.246	.303	.549		129						SAN · TL
1939	24	BAL-min	A1	129	430	430		113	21	0	5						.263	.263	.347	.609		149						SAN · TL
1940	25	SLB	AL	130	433	398	37	97	20	1	0	39	1	0	28	39	.244	.295	.299	.594	53	119	8	1	6		*2
1941	26	SLB	AL	63	195	170	13	44	7	0	0	21	2	0	22	11	.259	.344	.300	.644	69	51	5	0	3		2
1942	27	TOT	AL	89	287	268	12	59	7	0	1	23	1	4	16	22	.220	.264	.257	.522	47	69	5	0	3		2
1942	27	SLB	AL	29	81	76	3	15	4	0	1	8	0	2	3	5	.197	.228	.289	.517	44	22	1	0	2		2
1942	27	PHA	AL	60	206	192	9	44	3	0	0	15	1	2	13	17	.229	.278	.245	.523	48	47	4	0	1		2
1943	28	PHA	AL	77	262	224	16	43	5	1	1	11	0	0	35	16	.192	.301	.237	.538	59	53	10	0	3		2
1944	29	DET	AL	80	283	247	15	63	11	1	1	19	2	0	27	27	.255	.331	.320	.651	82	79	9	1	8		2
1945	30	DET	AL	95	310	279	19	65	5	0	0	24	1	0	26	22	.233	.298	.251	.549	56	70	7	0	5		2
1946	31	DET	AL	42	124	107	13	25	2	0	2	10	0	0	14	7	.234	.322	.308	.631	72	33	4	0	3		2
1947	32	DET	AL	97	323	279	23	70	11	0	1	21	2	2	33	16	.251	.330	.301	.631	73	84	8	0	11		2
1948	33	DET	AL	113	356	292	23	65	6	0	4	33	1	0	51	29	.223	.338	.284	.622	64	83	9	0	13		*2
1949	34	DET	AL	74	215	189	16	45	6	0	2	18	0	0	26	20	.238	.330	.302	.632	68	57	2	0	0		2
1950	35	DET	AL	67	159	132	14	30	4	0	2	9	0	0	25	6	.227	.350	.303	.653	66	40	7	0	2		2
1951	36	DET	AL	44	118	104	8	20	0	0	0	5	0	0	12	10	.192	.276	.192	.468	28	20	0	0	2		2
1952	37	DET	AL	28	66	58	3	8	1	0	0	4	0	0	7	7	.138	.242	.155	.398	12	9	5	1	0		2
1953	38	DET	AL	2	5	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.333	.600	.667	1.267	244	2	0	0	0		/2
1955	40	SLE,OLD	Opn	53	156	141	6	35	2	0	1	12	0		10	16	.248	.292	.284	.576		40	3	0	2	3		SLE,OLD · PCL
1956	41	SFG-min	A	32	57	57		15	3	0	0						.263	.263	.316	.579		18						ABQ · WL
14 Yrs				1001	3136	2750	212	635	86	3	14	238	10	6	324	233	.231	.313	.280	.592	61	769	79	3	59
162 Game Avg.				162	508	445	34	103	14	0	2	39	2	1	52	38	.231	.313	.280	.592	61	124	13	0	10

DET (10 yrs)				642	1959	1690	134	392	47	1	12	144	6	2	223	145	.232	.322	.282	.604	64	477	51	2	44
SLB (3 yrs)				222	709	644	53	156	31	1	1	68	3	2	53	55	.242	.301	.298	.599	57	192	14	1	11
PHA (2 yrs)				137	468	416	25	87	8	1	1	26	1	2	48	33	.209	.291	.240	.531	54	100	14	0	4

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
1940	25	SLB	AL	130	433	-27	1	0	0	4	-23	-2.2	11	-12	-1.1	.483	.486	-1.1	0.4	-12	$	*2
1941	26	SLB	AL	63	195	-6	1	0	0	2	-4	-0.4	5	1	0.1	.493	.497	0.1	0.2	1	$	2
1942	27	SLB	AL	29	81	-6	-1	0	1	1	-5	-0.5	2	-3	-0.3	.482	.497	-0.4	0.2	-4	$	2
1942	27	PHA	AL	60	206	-12	-0	0	-1	2	-12	-1.3	4	-8	-0.8	.478	.492	-0.8	0.1	-7	$	2
1943	28	PHA	AL	77	262	-10	0	0	1	2	-6	-0.8	5	-1	-0.2	.490	.495	-0.3	0.4	-2	$	2
1944	29	DET	AL	80	283	-5	0	0	0	2	-2	-0.3	6	4	0.3	.497	.498	0.3	0.3	4	$	2
1945	30	DET	AL	95	310	-15	0	0	1	3	-11	-1.3	6	-4	-0.6	.487	.492	-0.8	0.4	-5	$	2
1946	31	DET	AL	42	124	-4	0	0	0	1	-2	-0.3	3	1	0.1	.494	.498	0.1	0.1	1	$	2
1947	32	DET	AL	97	323	-9	-0	0	0	3	-6	-0.8	8	2	0.1	.493	.496	0.1	0.2	2	$	2
1948	33	DET	AL	113	356	-14	-1	0	0	3	-11	-1.1	9	-2	-0.2	.490	.493	-0.2	0.3	-2	$	*2
1949	34	DET	AL	74	215	-8	1	1	0	2	-5	-0.5	5	1	0.1	.493	.497	0.1	0.2	1	$	2
1950	35	DET	AL	67	159	-6	1	-1	0	1	-5	-0.4	4	-1	0.0	.493	.497	0.0	0.1	-1	$	2
1951	36	DET	AL	44	118	-10	-0	1	0	1	-8	-0.8	3	-5	-0.5	.482	.495	-0.5	0.1	-5	$	2
1952	37	DET	AL	28	66	-6	-0	-0	0	1	-6	-0.7	2	-5	-0.6	.474	.496	-0.6	0.1	-5	$	2
1953	38	DET	AL	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.545	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	/2
14 Seasons				1001	3136	-137	2	1	2	26	-107	-11.3	75	-32	-3.5	.489	.495	-3.9	3.0	-34	$

DET (10 yrs)				642	1959	-76	1	1	1	16	-56	-6.1	47	-9	-1.2	.491	.496	-1.4	1.8	-10	$
SLB (3 yrs)				222	709	-39	1	0	1	6	-32	-3.2	17	-14	-1.3	.486	.493	-1.4	0.8	-15	$
PHA (2 yrs)				137	468	-22	-0	0	0	4	-18	-2.0	10	-9	-1.0	.485	.494	-1.1	0.5	-9	$

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
1940	25	SLB	AL	433	315	35	3.0	113	.270	.244	.282	.295	.355	.299	.427	.594	.782	53	.279	-28.0	-2.7	.482	.128	.055	.0
1941	26	SLB	AL	195	134	18	3.6	109	.277	.259	.279	.344	.356	.300	.411	.644	.768	69	.376	-6.9	-0.7	.573	.182	.041	.0
1942	27	TOT	AL	287	221	17	2.1	94	.237	.220	.266	.264	.340	.257	.372	.522	.711	47	.220	-19.5	-2.1	.376	.086	.037	1.0
1942	27	SLB	AL	81	66	4	1.6	96	.200	.197	.268	.228	.343	.289	.375	.517	.718	44	.155	-6.1	-0.6	.359	.105	.092	.0
1942	27	PHA	AL	206	155	13	2.2	94	.251	.229	.264	.278	.339	.245	.370	.523	.709	48	.248	-13.4	-1.4	.383	.078	.016	.0
1943	28	PHA	AL	262	194	16	2.2	86	.203	.192	.255	.301	.329	.237	.352	.538	.681	59	.277	-10.7	-1.2	.461	.201	.045	.0
1944	29	DET	AL	283	201	26	3.5	95	.283	.255	.274	.331	.341	.320	.374	.651	.715	82	.435	-5.2	-0.6	.565	.182	.065	1.3
1945	30	DET	AL	310	226	21	2.5	94	.253	.233	.270	.298	.343	.251	.366	.549	.709	56	.308	-16.1	-1.8	.439	.115	.018	.0
1946	31	DET	AL	124	89	11	3.3	101	.235	.234	.272	.322	.347	.308	.391	.631	.738	72	.396	-4.1	-0.4	.547	.206	.075	.0
1947	32	DET	AL	323	230	28	3.2	100	.263	.251	.267	.330	.348	.301	.384	.631	.732	73	.388	-9.6	-1.0	.534	.168	.050	1.3
1948	33	DET	AL	356	249	28	3.0	108	.236	.223	.277	.338	.362	.284	.400	.622	.762	64	.313	-14.1	-1.4	.572	.240	.062	1.6
1949	34	DET	AL	215	146	19	3.5	107	.257	.238	.271	.330	.363	.302	.393	.632	.756	68	.375	-8.6	-0.8	.568	.201	.063	.0
1950	35	DET	AL	159	111	14	3.3	116	.226	.227	.282	.350	.370	.303	.423	.653	.792	66	.328	-6.2	-0.6	.596	.265	.076	.0
1951	36	DET	AL	118	86	6	1.9	102	.213	.192	.268	.276	.349	.192	.392	.468	.741	28	.166	-10.5	-1.1	.381	.115	.000
1952	37	DET	AL	66	55	2	1.0	96	.157	.138	.260	.242	.340	.155	.380	.398	.720	12	.066	-6.8	-0.7	.309	.138	.017
1953	38	DET	AL	5	2	1	13.4	101	.500	.333	.267	.600	.343	.667	.393	1.267	.737	244	.882	1.0	0.1	2.000	1.000	.333
14 Yrs				3136	2259	242	2.9	102	.248	.231	.272	.313	.350	.280	.390	.592	.740	61	.317	-145.4	-14.8	.500	.168	.049	11.7
162 Game Avg.				508	366	39	2.9	102	.248	.231	.272	.313	.350	.280	.390	.592	.740	61	.317	-145.4	-14.8	.500	.168	.049	2

DET (10 yrs)				1959	1395	156	3.0	102	.248	.232	.272	.322	.352	.282	.387	.604	.739	64	.339	-80.3	-8.3	.523	.185	.050	8.0
SLB (3 yrs)				709	515	57	2.9	110	.264	.242	.279	.301	.354	.298	.417	.599	.771	57	.291	-41.0	-4.0	.490	.140	.056	1.5
PHA (2 yrs)				468	349	29	2.3	90	.225	.209	.259	.291	.333	.240	.360	.531	.694	54	.264	-24.2	-2.6	.426	.144	.031	1.0

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
1945	30	DET	AL	WS	CHC	W	3	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.250	.500	.250	.750	1	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							3	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.250	.500	.250	.750	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	GO/AO	IP%
1940	25	SLB	AL	433	0.0%	9.0%	6.5%	4.9%	22%	1.39	10.2		10.2		83%
1941	26	SLB	AL	195	0.0%	5.6%	11.3%	3.6%	16%	0.50	15.5		8.1		82%
1942	27	TOT	AL	287	0.4%	7.7%	5.6%	2.8%	14%	1.38	12.2	268.0	11.7		85%
1942	27	SLB	AL	81	1.2%	6.2%	3.7%	6.2%	33%	1.67	15.2	76.0	9.5		86%
1942	27	PHA	AL	206	0.0%	8.3%	6.3%	1.5%	7%	1.31	11.3		12.8		85%
1943	28	PHA	AL	262	0.4%	6.1%	13.4%	2.7%	16%	0.46	14.0	224.0	20.4		79%
1944	29	DET	AL	283	0.4%	9.5%	9.5%	4.6%	21%	1.00	9.1	247.0	13.0		77%
1945	30	DET	AL	310	0.0%	7.1%	8.4%	1.6%	8%	0.85	12.7		11.6		83%
1946	31	DET	AL	124	1.6%	5.7%	11.3%	3.2%	16%	0.50	15.3	53.5	10.7		79%
1947	32	DET	AL	323	0.3%	5.0%	10.2%	3.7%	17%	0.48	17.4	279.0	13.3		81%
1948	33	DET	AL	356	1.1%	8.2%	14.3%	2.8%	15%	0.57	10.1	73.0	8.8	1.56	73%
1949	34	DET	AL	215	0.9%	9.3%	12.1%	3.7%	18%	0.77	9.5	94.5	10.5	0.87	78%
1950	35	DET	AL	159	1.3%	3.8%	15.7%	3.8%	20%	0.24	22.0	66.0	14.7	1.30	78%
1951	36	DET	AL	118	0.0%	8.5%	10.2%	0.0%	0%	0.83	10.4		20.8	1.05	80%
1952	37	DET	AL	66	0.0%	10.6%	10.6%	1.5%	13%	1.00	8.3		14.5	0.59	77%
1953	38	DET	AL	5	0.0%	20.0%	40.0%	20.0%	100%	0.50	3.0		3.0		40%
14 Yrs				3136	0.5%	7.4%	10.3%	3.3%	16%	0.72	11.8	196.4	11.6	1.14	80%
MLB Averages					1.6%	9.5%	9.3%	6.2%	27%	1.02	9.3	57.4	8.4	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
1940	25	SLB	AL	-28.0	-2.7	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1941	26	SLB	AL	-7.1	-0.7	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1942	27	TOT	AL	-19.8	-2.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1942	27	SLB	AL	-6.1	-0.6	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1942	27	PHA	AL	-13.7	-1.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1943	28	PHA	AL	-10.7	-1.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1944	29	DET	AL	-5.2	-0.6	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1945	30	DET	AL	-16.1	-1.8	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1946	31	DET	AL	-4.1	-0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	32	DET	AL	-9.6	-1.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	33	DET	AL	-14.1	-1.4	176	-1.3	1.5	-2.8	.81	-1.0	-0.6	-14.8	-1.4	0.93	-12.7	3.79	1
1949	34	DET	AL	-8.9	-0.9	138	-0.3	2.5	-2.8	1.20	-0.7	0.4	-9.1	-0.9	1.03	-8.1	1.41	7
1950	35	DET	AL	-6.2	-0.6	123	-0.8	1.6	-2.4	.97	-0.5	-0.3	-6.7	-0.6	0.91	-5.1	0.33	1
1951	36	DET	AL	-10.5	-1.1	76	0.1	1.1	-1.0	1.00	-0.2	0.2	0.6	0.1	0.90	-2.0	0.58	1
1952	37	DET	AL	-6.8	-0.7	39	-0.5	0.4	-0.9	1.17	-0.5	0.0	-4.7	-0.5	1.00	-4.8		0
1953	38	DET	AL	1.0	0.1	5	0.1	0.2	-0.0	.70	0.1	0.0	1.4	0.1	0.85	1.3		0
14 Yrs				-146.2	-14.9	557	-2.7	7.3	-9.9	.99	-2.6	-0.1	-33.3	-3.3	0.95	-31.5	1.45	10

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	33	DET	AL	3	17%	85	1	0	100%	1	1	2	1	11%	12	11	1	2	2	0	4	3	1
1949	34	DET	AL	2	20%	50	0	0		0	1	1	3	50%	5	3	2	1	0	1	2	1	1
1950	35	DET	AL	1	23%	47	0	0		0	0	0	0	67%	2	1	1	2	2	0	5	0	5
1951	36	DET	AL	3	25%	25	0	0		0	0	1	0	63%	2	2	0	3	1	2	3	0	3
1952	37	DET	AL	1	19%	11	0	0		0	0	1	0	0%	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1953	38	DET	AL	0	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14 Yrs				10	21%	220	10	6	63%	1	2	5	4	37%	23	18	4	9	6	3	14	4	10

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	33	DET	AL	356	33%	65			1	0	0	0	3.79	4	0	5	0	0	2	2	0	5	13	260%	34	9	26%	23	9	39%	112	9	8%	14	6	43%	6	4	67%	0
1949	34	DET	AL	215	81%	45			7	1	0	0	1.41	2	0	6	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0%	26	2	8%	10	3	30%	106	9	8%	5	1	20%	5	1	20%	0
1950	35	DET	AL	159	72%	30			1	0	0	0	0.33	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	2	100%	23	7	30%	11	3	27%	68	4	6%	4	1	25%	5	4	80%	0
1951	36	DET	AL	118	68%	20			1	0	0	0	0.58	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	17	0	0%	5	3	60%	40	7	18%	4	4	100%	2	2	100%	0
1952	37	DET	AL	66	38%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	5	100%	0	0		26	1	4%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1953	38	DET	AL	5	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	1	100%	0	0		0	0		0
14 Yrs				919	59%	635			10	1	0	0	1.45	14	0	13	0	2	3	5	0	10	59	590%	105	79	75%	49	18	37%	353	31	9%	28	13	46%	18	11	61%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			254%			28%			33%			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
1940	25	130	433	398	37	97	20	1	0	39	1	0	28	39	.244	.295	.299	.594	53	119	8	1	6
1941	26	193	628	568	50	141	27	1	0	60	3	0	50	50	.248	.310	.299	.609	58	170	13	1	9
1942	27	282	915	836	62	200	34	1	1	83	4	4	66	72	.239	.296	.286	.582	55	239	18	1	12
1943	28	359	1177	1060	78	243	39	2	2	94	4	4	101	88	.229	.297	.275	.572	56	292	28	1	15
1944	29	439	1460	1307	93	306	50	3	3	113	6	4	128	115	.234	.303	.284	.587	61	371	37	2	23
1945	30	534	1770	1586	112	371	55	3	3	137	7	4	154	137	.234	.303	.278	.581	60	441	44	2	28
1946	31	576	1894	1693	125	396	57	3	5	147	7	4	168	144	.234	.304	.280	.584	61	474	48	2	31
1947	32	673	2217	1972	148	466	68	3	6	168	9	6	201	160	.236	.308	.283	.591	62	558	56	2	42
1948	33	786	2573	2264	171	531	74	3	10	201	10	6	252	189	.235	.312	.283	.595	63	641	65	2	55
1949	34	860	2788	2453	187	576	80	3	12	219	10	6	278	209	.235	.313	.285	.598	63	698	67	2	55
1950	35	927	2947	2585	201	606	84	3	14	228	10	6	303	215	.234	.315	.285	.601	63	738	74	2	57
1951	36	971	3065	2689	209	626	84	3	14	233	10	6	315	225	.233	.314	.282	.596	62	758	74	2	59
1952	37	999	3131	2747	212	634	85	3	14	237	10	6	322	232	.231	.312	.279	.591	61	767	79	3	59
1953	38	1001	3136	2750	212	635	86	3	14	238	10	6	324	233	.231	.313	.280	.592	61	769	79	3	59

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
1940	25	136	442	408	33	93	19	1	0	35	1	27	41	.228	.278	.279	.557	31	130
1941	26	65	199	174	12	43	7	0	0	20	2	22	11	.247	.332	.287	.619	17	63
1942	27	94	305	285	13	64	8	0	1	26	1	17	23	.225	.268	.263	.531	20	89
1943	28	81	282	239	19	49	6	1	1	13	0	40	17	.205	.319	.251	.570	19	77
1944	29	84	297	259	16	67	12	1	1	21	2	29	28	.259	.336	.324	.660	28	80
1945	30	101	331	298	21	71	5	0	0	27	1	28	23	.238	.304	.255	.559	23	95
1946	31	44	131	113	14	27	2	0	2	11	0	15	7	.239	.328	.310	.638	11	42
1947	32	101	335	290	24	73	11	0	1	22	2	34	17	.252	.330	.300	.630	29	97
1948	33	118	363	300	21	63	6	0	4	31	1	49	30	.210	.321	.270	.591	26	113
1949	34	77	224	197	16	46	6	0	2	18	0	27	21	.234	.326	.294	.620	19	74
1950	35	70	162	136	13	29	4	0	2	8	0	24	6	.213	.331	.287	.618	13	67
1951	36	46	122	108	8	20	0	0	0	5	0	12	11	.185	.267	.185	.452	5	44
1952	37	29	68	60	3	8	1	0	0	4	0	7	7	.133	.235	.150	.385	2	28
1953	38	2	5	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	.333	.600	.667	1.267	1	2
14 Yrs		1048	3266	2870	213	654	88	3	14	242	10	333	243	.228	.309	.275	.584	244	1001
162 Game Avg.		162	505	444	33	101	14	0	2	37	2	51	38	.228	.309	.275	.584	38	1001

* 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

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1947 AL 11 (10th) 1948 AL 13 (7th)	Oldest s c a p y 1953 AL born 1915-03-06 (8th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1947 AL 11 (10th)
1948 AL 13 (7th)

Oldest s c a p y
1953 AL born 1915-03-06 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 6 (1412), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 21 (683), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters

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Lew McCarty (985) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Chris Cannizzaro (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bill Atwood (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tim Donahue (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jeff Sweeney (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tim Donahue (962) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Oscar Stanage (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Oscar Stanage (955) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Oscar Stanage (948) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Oscar Stanage (946) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Oscar Stanage (941) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Lou Criger (933) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Lou Criger (932) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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