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Birdie Tebbetts

George Robert Tebbetts

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: November 10, 1912 in Burlington, VT
High School: Nashua HS (Nashua, NH)
School: Providence College (Providence, RI)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1934. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1936
Teams (by GP): Tigers/RedSox/Indians 1936-1952

Final Game: September 14, 1952
Died: March 24, 1999 in Manatee, FL
Buried: St. Bernard Catholic Church Cemetery, Holmes Beach, FL
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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
1936 23 DET AL 10 38 33 7 10 1 2 1 4 0 0 5 3 .303 .395 .545 .940 130 18 0 0 2
1937 24 DET AL 50 175 162 15 31 4 3 2 16 0 0 10 13 .191 .238 .290 .528 31 47 0 3 2
1938 25 DET AL 53 158 143 16 42 6 2 1 25 1 2 12 13 .294 .348 .385 .733 78 55 0 3 2
1939 26 DET AL 106 377 341 37 89 22 2 4 53 2 1 25 20 .261 .315 .372 .688 70 127 8 2 8 2
1940 27 DET AL 111 416 379 46 112 24 4 4 46 4 5 35 14 .296 .357 .412 .768 91 156 9 1 2 *2
1941 28 DET AL 110 400 359 28 102 19 4 2 47 1 2 38 29 .284 .354 .376 .730 86 135 7 1 2 2 AS
1942 29 DET AL 99 353 308 24 76 11 0 1 27 4 0 39 17 .247 .335 .292 .627 72 90 9 2 3 2 AS
1946 33 DET AL 87 312 280 20 68 11 2 1 34 1 3 28 23 .243 .312 .307 .619 68 86 10 0 4 2
1947 34 TOT AL 110 374 344 23 92 11 0 1 30 2 5 24 33 .267 .315 .308 .623 69 106 10 0 6 *2
1947 34 DET AL 20 58 53 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 3 .094 .143 .113 .256 -29 6 2 0 2 2
1947 34 BOS AL 90 316 291 22 87 10 0 1 28 2 4 21 30 .299 .346 .344 .690 87 100 8 0 4 2
1948 35 BOS AL 128 513 446 54 125 26 2 5 68 5 2 62 32 .280 .371 .381 .752 96 170 22 2 3 *2 AS,MVP-11
1949 36 BOS AL 122 473 403 42 109 14 0 5 48 8 1 62 22 .270 .369 .342 .712 83 138 14 1 6 *2 AS,MVP-18
1950 37 BOS AL 79 299 268 33 83 10 1 8 45 1 1 29 26 .310 .377 .444 .821 101 119 13 0 2 2
1951 38 CLE AL 55 147 137 8 36 6 0 2 18 0 0 8 7 .263 .308 .350 .659 82 48 4 1 0 2
1952 39 CLE AL 42 117 101 4 25 4 0 1 8 0 1 12 9 .248 .339 .317 .656 89 32 5 2 2 2
14 Yrs 1162 4152 3704 357 1000 169 22 38 469 29 23 389 261 .270 .341 .358 .700 81 1327 111 12 44
162 Game Avg. 162 579 516 50 139 24 3 5 65 4 3 54 36 .270 .341 .358 .700 81 185 2 6
DET (9 yrs) 646 2287 2058 194 535 99 19 16 254 13 14 195 135 .260 .326 .350 .676 73 720 45 6 27
BOS (4 yrs) 419 1601 1408 151 404 60 3 19 189 16 8 174 110 .287 .367 .374 .741 92 527 57 3 15
CLE (2 yrs) 97 264 238 12 61 10 0 3 26 0 1 20 16 .256 .322 .336 .658 85 80 9 3 2

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
1936 23 DET AL 10 38 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.2 1 3 0.3 .516 .501 0.3 0.0 3 $ 2
1937 24 DET AL 50 175 -18 0 0 -2 2 -18 -1.7 5 -13 -1.2 .465 .489 -1.0 -0.0 -11 $ 2
1938 25 DET AL 53 158 -5 -1 0 0 1 -4 -0.4 5 1 0.1 .493 .498 0.1 0.2 1 $ 2
1939 26 DET AL 106 377 -16 0 0 -1 3 -14 -1.3 12 -2 -0.1 .488 .492 0.0 0.2 -1 $ 2
1940 27 DET AL 111 416 -3 -1 0 -1 4 -2 -0.2 10 9 0.9 .498 .499 1.0 0.3 10 $ *2
1941 28 DET AL 110 400 -7 -0 0 0 3 -4 -0.4 10 6 0.6 .496 .498 0.6 0.4 6 $ 2 AS
1942 29 DET AL 99 353 -10 1 0 1 3 -5 -0.5 7 2 0.2 .494 .497 0.1 0.4 1 $ 2 AS
1946 33 DET AL 87 312 -11 -1 0 -2 3 -11 -1.2 8 -3 -0.4 .486 .492 -0.2 0.1 -1 $ 2
1947 34 DET AL 20 58 -9 -0 0 1 0 -8 -0.9 2 -6 -0.8 .455 .494 -0.9 0.2 -7 $ 2
1947 34 BOS AL 90 316 -5 -1 0 -1 3 -4 -0.5 8 4 0.3 .495 .497 0.4 0.1 5 $ 2
1948 35 BOS AL 128 513 -1 -1 -1 -1 4 0 0.1 13 13 1.3 .500 .500 1.4 0.3 14 $ *2 AS,MVP-11
1949 36 BOS AL 122 473 -8 -2 -2 1 4 -7 -0.7 12 5 0.5 .495 .496 0.4 0.5 4 $ *2 AS,MVP-18
1950 37 BOS AL 79 299 1 -1 -1 0 2 1 0.1 8 9 0.9 .501 .501 0.9 0.3 9 $ 2
1951 38 CLE AL 55 147 -3 -2 -0 -1 1 -5 -0.5 4 -1 -0.1 .491 .497 0.0 0.0 0 $ 2
1952 39 CLE AL 42 117 -1 -2 -1 0 1 -2 -0.3 3 1 0.0 .493 .498 0.0 0.1 1 $ 2
14 Seasons 1162 4152 -95 -9 -5 -6 34 -81 -8.3 109 27 2.5 .493 .497 3.1 3.0 34 $
DET (9 yrs) 646 2287 -78 -1 0 -4 19 -64 -6.5 61 -3 -0.4 .490 .496 0.0 1.7 1 $
BOS (4 yrs) 419 1601 -13 -4 -4 -1 13 -10 -1.0 41 31 3.0 .498 .498 3.1 1.2 32 $
CLE (2 yrs) 97 264 -4 -4 -1 -1 2 -7 -0.8 7 -0 -0.1 .492 .498 0.0 0.1 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
1936 23 DET AL 38 23 7 8.1 121 .310 .303 .299 .395 .374 .545 .439 .940 .813 130 .667 1.3 0.1 1.000 .394 .242 .0
1937 24 DET AL 175 134 11 2.2 119 .197 .191 .292 .238 .368 .290 .436 .528 .804 31 .166 -18.6 -1.7 .435 .160 .099 .0
1938 25 DET AL 158 106 19 4.7 124 .318 .294 .299 .348 .379 .385 .445 .733 .824 78 .449 -5.3 -0.5 .641 .168 .091 1.0
1939 26 DET AL 377 269 40 3.9 120 .268 .261 .295 .315 .371 .372 .436 .688 .807 70 .387 -16.5 -1.6 .594 .188 .111 2.7
1940 27 DET AL 416 283 54 5.1 119 .299 .296 .290 .357 .364 .412 .440 .768 .804 91 .510 -4.9 -0.5 .680 .206 .116 4.0
1941 28 DET AL 400 268 47 4.7 115 .305 .284 .287 .354 .366 .376 .423 .730 .789 86 .496 -7.5 -0.7 .650 .195 .092 1.3
1942 29 DET AL 353 244 31 3.4 101 .259 .247 .275 .335 .350 .292 .385 .627 .735 72 .414 -10.8 -1.1 .560 .185 .045 1.6
1946 33 DET AL 312 229 26 3.0 101 .262 .243 .272 .312 .347 .307 .391 .619 .738 68 .359 -12.2 -1.3 .498 .157 .064 1.0
1947 34 TOT AL 374 273 35 3.4 102 .294 .267 .270 .315 .351 .308 .388 .623 .740 69 .410 -15.1 -1.6 .476 .102 .041 1.3
1947 34 DET AL 58 53 1 0.5 100 .100 .094 .267 .143 .348 .113 .384 .256 .732 -29 .020 -9.6 -1.0 .157 .057 .019
1947 34 BOS AL 316 220 34 4.1 102 .331 .299 .271 .346 .352 .344 .389 .690 .741 87 .494 -5.5 -0.6 .551 .110 .045 1.3
1948 35 BOS AL 513 348 63 4.8 110 .293 .280 .279 .371 .365 .381 .403 .752 .768 96 .520 -1.2 -0.1 .687 .247 .101 5.0
1949 36 BOS AL 473 315 52 4.4 113 .277 .270 .280 .369 .374 .342 .407 .712 .781 83 .481 -8.9 -0.9 .673 .243 .072 6.2
1950 37 BOS AL 299 201 45 5.9 122 .321 .310 .290 .377 .379 .444 .435 .821 .814 101 .582 0.1 0.0 .744 .243 .134 1.8
1951 38 CLE AL 147 105 15 3.8 97 .266 .263 .260 .308 .340 .350 .382 .659 .722 82 .427 -3.6 -0.4 .543 .146 .088 .0
1952 39 CLE AL 117 84 10 3.2 90 .264 .248 .252 .339 .330 .317 .368 .656 .698 89 .385 -0.9 -0.1 .549 .178 .069 .0
14 Yrs 4152 2882 455 4.2 111 .283 .270 .282 .341 .363 .358 .412 .700 .775 81 .454 -104.2 -10.3 .611 .195 .088 32.9
162 Game Avg. 579 402 63 4.2 111 .283 .270 .282 .341 .363 .358 .412 .700 .775 81 .454 -104.2 -10.3 .611 .195 .088 5
DET (9 yrs) 2287 1609 236 3.9 113 .272 .260 .286 .326 .362 .350 .420 .676 .782 73 .413 -84.2 -8.3 .582 .184 .090 14.3
BOS (4 yrs) 1601 1084 194 4.8 112 .301 .287 .280 .367 .368 .374 .408 .741 .775 92 .518 -15.5 -1.6 .666 .217 .087 17.4
CLE (2 yrs) 264 189 25 3.6 94 .265 .256 .257 .322 .336 .336 .376 .658 .712 85 .410 -4.5 -0.5 .545 .160 .080 .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
1940 27 DET AL WS CIN L 4 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 4 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 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
1941 DET AL 28 DNP
1942 DET AL 29 as C 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 BOS AL 35 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .667 .000 .667 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 BOS AL 36 as C 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.500 2.500 3 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs (3 GP) 9 7 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 .286 .444 .429 .873 3 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
1936 23 DET AL 38 2.6% 7.9% 13.2% 10.5% 40% 0.60 11.0 33.0 8.3 76%
1937 24 DET AL 175 1.1% 7.4% 5.7% 5.1% 29% 1.30 12.5 81.0 10.1 84%
1938 25 DET AL 158 0.6% 8.2% 7.6% 5.7% 21% 1.08 11.0 143.0 5.7 82%
1939 26 DET AL 377 1.1% 5.3% 6.6% 7.4% 32% 0.80 17.1 85.3 6.4 84%
1940 27 DET AL 416 1.0% 3.4% 8.4% 7.7% 29% 0.40 27.1 94.8 8.2 87%
1941 28 DET AL 400 0.5% 7.3% 9.5% 6.3% 25% 0.76 12.4 179.5 7.6 82%
1942 29 DET AL 353 0.3% 4.8% 11.1% 3.4% 16% 0.44 18.1 308.0 11.4 82%
1946 33 DET AL 312 0.3% 7.4% 9.0% 4.5% 21% 0.82 12.2 280.0 8.2 82%
1947 34 TOT AL 374 0.3% 8.8% 6.4% 3.2% 13% 1.38 10.4 344.0 11.5 83%
1947 34 DET AL 58 0.0% 5.2% 5.2% 1.7% 20% 1.00 17.7 26.5 86%
1947 34 BOS AL 316 0.3% 9.5% 6.7% 3.5% 13% 1.43 9.7 291.0 10.4 82%
1948 35 BOS AL 513 1.0% 6.2% 12.1% 6.4% 26% 0.52 13.9 89.2 6.6 1.64 80%
1949 36 BOS AL 473 1.1% 4.7% 13.1% 4.0% 17% 0.35 18.3 80.6 8.4 1.38 79%
1950 37 BOS AL 299 2.7% 8.7% 9.7% 6.4% 23% 0.90 10.3 33.5 6.0 1.33 78%
1951 38 CLE AL 147 1.4% 4.8% 5.4% 5.4% 22% 0.88 19.6 68.5 7.6 0.82 87%
1952 39 CLE AL 117 0.9% 7.7% 10.3% 4.3% 20% 0.75 11.2 101.0 12.6 1.03 78%
14 Yrs 4152 0.9% 6.3% 9.4% 5.5% 23% 0.67 14.2 97.5 7.9 1.32 82%
MLB Averages 1.5% 9.3% 9.2% 6.3% 27% 1.01 9.6 59.5 8.2 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
1936 23 DET AL 1.3 0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1937 24 DET AL -18.6 -1.7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1938 25 DET AL -5.3 -0.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1939 26 DET AL -16.5 -1.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1940 27 DET AL -4.9 -0.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1941 28 DET AL -7.5 -0.7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1942 29 DET AL -10.8 -1.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 33 DET AL -12.2 -1.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 34 TOT AL -15.1 -1.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 34 DET AL -9.6 -1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 34 BOS AL -5.5 -0.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 35 BOS AL -1.2 -0.1 422 -0.1 6.4 -6.5 .91 -0.3 0.2 -1.5 -0.1 1.03 -4.2 1.40 1
1949 36 BOS AL -8.9 -0.9 460 -0.1 7.4 -7.5 .99 -0.3 0.3 -1.8 -0.2 1.00 -2.6 1.86 5
1950 37 BOS AL -0.2 -0.0 274 0.9 4.8 -3.9 .87 0.4 0.5 2.4 0.2 1.00 3.2 1.71 1
1951 38 CLE AL -3.8 -0.4 148 -0.4 2.9 -3.3 1.15 -0.0 -0.3 -0.2 -0.0 0.96 -0.2 1.55 11
1952 39 CLE AL -1.1 -0.1 120 -0.6 1.4 -2.0 .95 -0.3 -0.4 -2.2 -0.2 0.98 -1.5 1.27 5
14 Yrs -104.8 -10.4 1424 -0.3 22.9 -23.2 .96 -0.5 0.2 -3.4 -0.4 1.00 -5.2 1.56 23

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 35 BOS AL 8 0 27% 187 5 2 71% 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 3 4 41% 22 18 4 1 1 0 19 6 13
1949 36 BOS AL 10 1 22% 193 8 1 89% 6 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 9 23% 18 17 1 4 3 0 21 12 9
1950 37 BOS AL 4 0 24% 114 1 1 50% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 33% 15 12 3 1 1 0 17 9 8
1951 38 CLE AL 6 1 14% 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 25% 7 6 1 1 0 0 4 2 2
1952 39 CLE AL 3 0 8% 45 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 33% 1 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 2
14 Yrs 31 3 23% 581 29 23 56% 12 3 1 1 0 0 9 0 22 13 32% 63 54 9 8 6 0 65 30 34

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 35 BOS AL 513 26% 125 1 0 0 0 1.40 5 1 20 2 0 3 2 0 2 3 150% 97 22 23% 42 20 48% 328 50 15% 28 16 57% 24 15 63% 0
1949 36 BOS AL 473 24% 109 5 1 0 1 1.86 5 0 20 4 0 3 2 0 6 6 100% 96 14 15% 43 17 40% 321 44 14% 35 17 49% 17 8 47% 0
1950 37 BOS AL 299 37% 83 1 0 0 0 1.71 8 0 12 7 1 6 2 0 2 2 100% 65 13 20% 31 9 29% 199 36 18% 17 9 53% 9 4 44% 0
1951 38 CLE AL 147 57% 36 11 5 0 4 1.55 2 0 6 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0% 25 4 16% 17 4 24% 104 18 17% 11 4 36% 5 1 20% 0
1952 39 CLE AL 117 49% 25 5 2 0 0 1.27 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 100% 28 5 18% 11 4 36% 75 9 12% 3 2 67% 4 3 75% 0
14 Yrs 1549 33% 1000 23 8 0 5 1.56 38 1 60 14 3 13 8 0 13 44 338% 311 111 36% 144 54 38% 1027 157 15% 94 48 51% 59 31 53% 0
MLB Averages 51% 388% 39% 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 SF IBB
1936 23 10 38 33 7 10 1 2 1 4 0 0 5 3 .303 .395 .545 .940 130 18 0 0
1937 24 60 213 195 22 41 5 5 3 20 0 0 15 16 .210 .267 .333 .600 49 65 0 3
1938 25 113 371 338 38 83 11 7 4 45 1 2 27 29 .246 .301 .355 .656 61 120 0 6
1939 26 219 748 679 75 172 33 9 8 98 3 3 52 49 .253 .308 .364 .672 66 247 8 2 14
1940 27 330 1164 1058 121 284 57 13 12 144 7 8 87 63 .268 .326 .381 .707 75 403 17 3 16
1941 28 440 1564 1417 149 386 76 17 14 191 8 10 125 92 .272 .333 .380 .713 78 538 24 4 18
1942 29 539 1917 1725 173 462 87 17 15 218 12 10 164 109 .268 .334 .364 .698 77 628 33 6 21
1943 30 539 1917 1725 173 462 87 17 15 218 12 10 164 109 .268 .334 .364 .698 77 628 33 6 21
1944 31 539 1917 1725 173 462 87 17 15 218 12 10 164 109 .268 .334 .364 .698 77 628 33 6 21
1945 32 539 1917 1725 173 462 87 17 15 218 12 10 164 109 .268 .334 .364 .698 77 628 33 6 21
1946 33 626 2229 2005 193 530 98 19 16 252 13 13 192 132 .264 .330 .356 .687 76 714 43 6 25
1947 34 736 2603 2349 216 622 109 19 17 282 15 18 216 165 .265 .328 .349 .677 75 820 53 6 31
1948 35 864 3116 2795 270 747 135 21 22 350 20 20 278 197 .267 .335 .354 .689 78 990 75 8 34
1949 36 986 3589 3198 312 856 149 21 27 398 28 21 340 219 .268 .340 .353 .692 79 1128 89 9 40
1950 37 1065 3888 3466 345 939 159 22 35 443 29 22 369 245 .271 .343 .360 .702 81 1247 102 9 42
1951 38 1120 4035 3603 353 975 165 22 37 461 29 22 377 252 .271 .341 .359 .701 81 1295 106 10 42
1952 39 1162 4152 3704 357 1000 169 22 38 469 29 23 389 261 .270 .341 .358 .700 81 1327 111 12 44

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
1936 23 10 37 33 6 9 1 2 1 4 0 4 3 .273 .351 .515 .867 6 10
1937 24 52 176 164 13 28 4 3 2 13 0 9 14 .171 .214 .268 .482 9 50
1938 25 56 159 145 13 38 5 2 1 21 1 11 14 .262 .314 .345 .659 16 53
1939 26 112 379 346 31 81 20 2 4 44 2 23 21 .234 .286 .338 .624 33 106
1940 27 116 417 382 39 103 22 4 4 39 4 32 15 .270 .328 .380 .707 47 111
1941 28 114 400 362 24 95 18 4 2 41 1 35 30 .262 .329 .351 .680 42 110
1942 29 105 371 325 25 79 11 0 1 28 4 41 18 .243 .332 .286 .618 31 99
1946 33 91 326 293 21 71 11 2 1 36 1 29 24 .242 .311 .304 .614 28 87
1947 34 114 394 362 24 100 12 0 1 32 2 26 34 .276 .325 .318 .642 37 110
1948 35 134 523 457 51 122 25 2 5 64 5 61 33 .267 .356 .363 .719 59 128
1949 36 128 477 411 38 104 13 0 5 43 8 59 23 .253 .348 .321 .669 46 122
1950 37 83 298 269 28 76 9 1 7 38 1 27 27 .283 .348 .401 .749 38 79
1951 38 58 155 145 9 39 6 0 2 19 0 9 7 .269 .316 .352 .668 16 55
1952 39 44 124 107 5 28 4 0 1 10 0 13 9 .262 .352 .327 .680 13 42
14 Yrs 1217 4236 3801 327 973 161 22 37 432 29 379 272 .256 .325 .339 .665 421 1162
162 Game Avg. 162 564 506 44 130 21 3 5 58 4 50 36 .256 .325 .339 .665 56 1162

* 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

Hall of Fame
1958 BBWAA ( 3.0%)
1960 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

All-Star Games
1941
1942 (C)
1948 *
1949 (C)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1948 AL (11, 7%)
1949 AL (18, 2%)
0.09 Career Shares (940th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1948 AL  22 (4th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1940 AL  27.1 (4th)
1949 AL  18.3 (10th)

Oldest s c a p y
1950 AL  born 1912-11-10 (7th)
1951 AL  born 1912-11-10 (5th)
1952 AL  born 1912-11-10 (5th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 17 (903), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 25 (483), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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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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