Willie Tasby
Willie Tasby Jr.
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: January 8, 1933 in Shreveport, LA
High School: McClymonds (Oakland, CA)
Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1958
Final Game: September 2, 1963
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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
1958 25 BAL AL 18 58 50 6 10 3 0 1 1 1 1 7 15 .200 .310 .320 .630 79 16 0 1 0 0 0 8/79
1959 26 BAL AL 142 552 505 69 126 16 5 13 48 3 5 34 80 .250 .303 .378 .682 89 191 8 6 5 2 0 *8/7
1960 27 TOT AL 144 545 470 77 126 19 2 7 40 4 1 60 66 .268 .358 .362 .719 94 170 11 6 8 1 1 *897
1960 27 BAL AL 39 96 85 9 18 2 1 0 3 1 0 9 12 .212 .295 .259 .554 52 22 2 1 1 0 1 97/8
1960 27 BOS AL 105 449 385 68 108 17 1 7 37 3 1 51 54 .281 .371 .384 .755 103 148 9 5 7 1 0 8
1961 28 WSA AL 141 561 494 54 124 13 2 17 63 4 10 58 94 .251 .330 .389 .718 96 192 15 2 3 4 2 *8/9
1962 29 TOT AL 86 261 233 29 55 7 0 4 17 0 2 27 47 .236 .315 .318 .633 73 74 6 0 1 0 0 879/5
1962 29 WSA AL 11 36 34 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .206 .250 .206 .456 25 7 1 0 0 0 0 /78
1962 29 CLE AL 75 225 199 25 48 7 0 4 17 0 2 25 41 .241 .326 .337 .663 82 67 5 0 1 0 0 879/5
1963 30 CLE AL 52 134 116 11 26 3 1 4 5 0 1 15 25 .224 .318 .371 .689 93 43 5 1 2 0 4 79/84
6 Seasons 583 2111 1868 246 467 61 10 46 174 12 20 201 327 .250 .327 .367 .694 90 686 45 16 19 7 7
162 Game Avg. 162 587 519 68 130 17 3 13 48 3 6 56 91 .250 .327 .367 .694 90 191 13 4 5 2 2
BAL (3 yrs) 199 706 640 84 154 21 6 14 52 5 6 50 107 .241 .303 .358 .661 83 229 10 8 6 2 1
WSA (2 yrs) 152 597 528 58 131 13 2 17 63 4 10 60 100 .248 .325 .377 .702 92 199 16 2 3 4 2
CLE (2 yrs) 127 359 315 36 74 10 1 8 22 0 3 40 66 .235 .323 .349 .672 86 110 10 1 3 0 4
BOS (1 yr) 105 449 385 68 108 17 1 7 37 3 1 51 54 .281 .371 .384 .755 103 148 9 5 7 1 0

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
1958 25 BAL AL 58 41 5 3.3 93 .265 .200 .254 .310 .322 .320 .387 .630 .709 79 .377 -1.1 -0.1 .585 .260 .120 1.0
1959 26 BAL AL 552 399 57 3.8 96 .273 .250 .257 .303 .328 .378 .392 .682 .720 89 .438 -9.1 -0.9 .584 .192 .129 4.9
1960 27 TOT AL 545 365 65 4.8 103 .299 .268 .266 .358 .340 .362 .407 .719 .747 94 .531 -2.6 -0.3 .671 .228 .094 5.1
1960 27 BAL AL 96 70 7 2.7 100 .247 .212 .262 .295 .336 .259 .401 .554 .737 52 .281 -5.7 -0.6 .478 .165 .047 .0
1960 27 BOS AL 449 295 58 5.3 104 .311 .281 .267 .371 .341 .384 .408 .755 .749 103 .575 3.1 0.3 .718 .242 .104 4.2
1961 28 WSA AL 561 402 60 4.0 100 .276 .251 .258 .330 .332 .389 .401 .718 .734 96 .429 -2.4 -0.2 .623 .243 .138 6.5
1962 29 TOT AL 261 187 24 3.4 100 .280 .236 .260 .315 .332 .318 .405 .633 .737 73 .375 -8.4 -0.9 .532 .189 .082 .0
1962 29 WSA AL 36 28 2 1.9 103 .250 .206 .263 .250 .335 .206 .410 .456 .745 25 .170 -3.7 -0.4 .321 .059 .000
1962 29 CLE AL 225 159 22 3.7 100 .286 .241 .259 .326 .331 .337 .404 .663 .736 82 .408 -4.8 -0.5 .570 .211 .095 .0
1963 30 CLE AL 134 98 13 3.6 95 .253 .224 .255 .318 .322 .371 .394 .689 .716 93 .427 -1.1 -0.1 .604 .267 .147 .0
6 Seasons 2111 1492 224 4.0 99 .280 .250 .260 .327 .332 .367 .400 .694 .732 90 .451 -24.9 -2.5 .611 .221 .117 19.0
162 Game Avg. 587 415 62 4.0 99 .280 .250 .260 .327 .332 .367 .400 .694 .732 90 .451 -24.9 -2.5 .611 .221 .117 5
BAL (3 yrs) 706 510 69 3.6 96 .269 .241 .257 .303 .328 .358 .393 .661 .721 83 .413 -16.0 -1.6 .570 .194 .117 7.4
WSA (2 yrs) 597 430 62 3.8 100 .275 .248 .258 .325 .332 .377 .402 .702 .734 92 .415 -6.1 -0.6 .603 .231 .129 6.5
CLE (2 yrs) 359 257 35 3.7 98 .274 .235 .258 .323 .328 .349 .401 .672 .728 86 .415 -5.9 -0.6 .583 .232 .114 .0
BOS (1 yr) 449 295 58 5.3 104 .311 .281 .267 .371 .341 .384 .408 .755 .749 103 .575 3.1 0.3 .718 .242 .104 4.2

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
1958 25 BAL AL 58 1.7% 25.9% 12.1% 6.9% 40% 2.14 3.3 50.0 50.0 1.78 59%
1959 26 BAL AL 552 2.4% 14.5% 6.2% 6.2% 27% 2.35 6.3 38.8 10.5 1.03 75%
1960 27 TOT AL 545 1.3% 12.1% 11.0% 5.1% 22% 1.10 7.1 67.1 11.8 1.28 73%
1960 27 BAL AL 96 0.0% 12.5% 9.4% 3.1% 17% 1.33 7.1 28.3 1.28 76%
1960 27 BOS AL 449 1.6% 12.0% 11.4% 5.6% 23% 1.06 7.1 55.0 10.4 1.28 72%
1961 28 WSA AL 561 3.0% 16.8% 10.3% 5.7% 26% 1.62 5.3 29.1 7.8 1.07 69%
1962 29 TOT AL 261 1.5% 18.0% 10.3% 4.2% 20% 1.74 5.0 58.3 13.7 1.13 70%
1962 29 WSA AL 36 0.0% 16.7% 5.6% 0.0% 0% 3.00 5.7 1.13 78%
1962 29 CLE AL 225 1.8% 18.2% 11.1% 4.9% 23% 1.64 4.9 49.8 11.7 1.13 68%
1963 30 CLE AL 134 3.0% 18.7% 11.2% 6.0% 31% 1.67 4.6 29.0 23.2 1.84 65%
6 Seasons 2111 2.2% 15.5% 9.5% 5.5% 25% 1.63 5.7 40.6 10.7 1.17 71%
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
1958 25 BAL AL 0 0 29% 21 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 33% 4 4 0 0 0 0 5 2 3
1959 26 BAL AL 13 0 37% 236 3 5 38% 3 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 14 47% 33 22 11 6 5 1 23 6 17
1960 27 TOT AL 4 0 38% 253 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 10 53% 33 21 11 8 2 6 18 4 14
1960 27 BAL AL 0 0 32% 44 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 43% 5 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 2
1960 27 BOS AL 4 0 39% 209 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 8 54% 28 17 10 8 2 6 16 4 12
1961 28 WSA AL 8 0 22% 196 4 10 29% 3 9 1 2 0 0 1 0 5 8 55% 35 16 19 10 4 4 11 2 8
1962 29 TOT AL 9 0 32% 119 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 8 45% 7 3 3 4 3 1 9 4 5
1962 29 WSA AL 4 0 44% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 67% 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
1962 29 CLE AL 5 0 30% 103 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 7 41% 6 3 2 4 3 1 7 3 4
1963 30 CLE AL 1 0 18% 44 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 30% 4 4 0 3 0 2 3 2 1
6 Seasons 35 0 31% 869 12 20 38% 10 17 2 4 0 0 7 0 21 45 49% 116 70 44 31 14 14 69 20 48
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
1958 25 BAL AL 58 17% 10 1 0 0 0 0.45 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 0% 1 0 0% 14 0 0% 0 0 2 0 0% 0
1959 26 BAL AL 552 31% 126 4 1 0 1 4.17 13 0 13 8 5 8 5 0 12 5 42% 110 8 7% 43 10 23% 297 40 13% 22 10 45% 22 7 32% 0
1960 27 TOT AL 543 32% 126 7 3 0 0 1.47 7 1 17 5 2 6 1 0 9 8 89% 94 11 12% 45 14 31% 304 34 11% 15 6 40% 38 16 42% 2
1960 27 BAL AL 97 64% 18 3 0 0 0 2.61 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 17 2 12% 8 3 38% 60 3 5% 3 0 0% 10 6 60% 0
1960 27 BOS AL 446 25% 108 4 3 0 0 0.61 7 1 14 5 2 6 1 0 8 7 88% 77 9 12% 37 11 30% 244 31 13% 12 6 50% 28 10 36% 2
1961 28 WSA AL 561 32% 124 0 0 0 0 3.10 17 1 10 12 5 5 12 0 5 3 60% 120 15 13% 56 21 38% 345 50 14% 29 18 62% 33 14 42% 0
1962 29 TOT AL 261 69% 55 15 2 0 1 1.69 4 0 4 0 4 1 3 0 2 1 50% 33 6 18% 14 2 14% 108 14 13% 10 6 60% 10 3 30% 0
1962 29 WSA AL 36 81% 7 2 0 0 0 1.85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 3 0 0% 14 0 0% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1962 29 CLE AL 225 67% 48 13 2 0 1 1.66 4 0 4 0 4 1 3 0 2 1 50% 27 5 19% 11 2 18% 94 14 15% 8 6 75% 8 3 38% 0
1963 30 CLE AL 134 54% 26 14 0 0 0 1.42 4 0 1 0 4 3 1 0 2 2 100% 27 5 19% 15 3 20% 69 1 1% 5 0 0% 7 1 14% 0
6 Seasons 2109 37% 467 41 6 0 2 1.77 46 2 45 26 20 23 23 0 30 19 63% 391 45 12% 174 50 29% 1137 139 12% 81 40 49% 112 41 37% 2
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
1958 25 18 58 50 6 10 3 0 1 1 1 1 7 15 .200 .310 .320 .630 79 16 0 1 0 0 0
1959 26 160 610 555 75 136 19 5 14 49 4 6 41 95 .245 .304 .373 .677 88 207 8 7 5 2 0
1960 27 304 1155 1025 152 262 38 7 21 89 8 7 101 161 .256 .329 .368 .697 91 377 19 13 13 3 1
1961 28 445 1716 1519 206 386 51 9 38 152 12 17 159 255 .254 .329 .375 .704 93 569 34 15 16 7 3
1962 29 531 1977 1752 235 441 58 9 42 169 12 19 186 302 .252 .328 .367 .695 90 643 40 15 17 7 3
1963 30 583 2111 1868 246 467 61 10 46 174 12 20 201 327 .250 .327 .367 .694 90 686 45 16 19 7 7

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
1958 25 19 63 54 7 12 4 0 1 1 1 8 16 .222 .333 .352 .685 6 18
1959 26 148 577 532 76 136 17 5 14 53 3 37 84 .256 .310 .385 .696 63 142
1960 27 151 574 500 80 138 21 2 8 42 4 66 69 .276 .368 .374 .742 67 144
1961 28 141 555 492 56 122 13 2 17 65 4 57 94 .248 .326 .386 .712 62 141
1962 29 86 261 234 30 56 7 0 4 17 0 27 47 .239 .318 .321 .639 24 86
1963 30 52 134 117 12 27 3 1 4 6 0 16 25 .231 .328 .376 .704 14 52
6 Seasons 597 2164 1929 261 491 65 10 48 184 12 211 335 .255 .332 .373 .706 236 583
162 Game Avg. 162 587 523 71 133 18 3 13 50 3 57 91 .255 .332 .373 .706 64 583

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Strikeouts s c a p y
1959 AL--80--10th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1959 AL--6--9th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1959 AL--5--9th
1961 AL--10--3rd

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2826), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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