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Johnny Temple

John Ellis Temple

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 8, 1927 in Lexington, NC
School: Catawba College (Salisbury, NC)
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1952
Teams (by GP): Redlegs/Indians/Colt.45's/Reds/Orioles 1952-1964

Final Game: July 14, 1964
Died: January 9, 1994 in White Rock, SC
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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
1952 24 CIN NL 30 102 97 8 19 3 0 1 5 2 1 5 1 .196 .235 .258 .493 37 25 3 0 0 4
1953 25 CIN NL 63 119 110 14 29 4 0 1 9 1 0 7 12 .264 .314 .327 .641 67 36 0 1 2 4
1954 26 CIN NL 146 576 505 60 155 14 8 0 44 21 7 62 24 .307 .384 .366 .751 96 185 7 2 6 1 *4
1955 27 CIN NL 150 684 588 94 165 20 3 0 50 19 4 80 32 .281 .365 .325 .690 82 191 6 1 10 5 0 *4/6
1956 28 CIN NL 154 710 632 88 180 18 3 2 41 14 4 58 40 .285 .344 .332 .676 80 210 12 1 17 4 0 *4/9 AS
1957 29 CIN NL 145 678 557 85 158 24 4 0 37 19 5 94 34 .284 .387 .341 .728 94 190 4 4 16 6 0 *4 AS
1958 30 CIN NL 141 653 542 82 166 31 6 3 47 15 8 91 41 .306 .405 .402 .807 110 218 8 0 17 2 0 *4/3 MVP-14
1959 31 CIN NL 149 696 598 102 186 35 6 8 67 14 3 72 40 .311 .380 .430 .809 113 257 11 2 11 13 2 *4 AS,MVP-16
1960 32 CLE AL 98 425 381 50 102 13 1 2 19 11 5 32 20 .268 .326 .323 .649 79 123 8 1 11 0 0 45
1961 33 CLE AL 129 588 518 73 143 22 3 3 30 9 5 61 36 .276 .351 .347 .699 91 180 12 0 7 2 1 *4 AS
1962 34 TOT MLB 109 423 365 42 96 12 1 1 29 8 4 43 33 .263 .341 .310 .651 82 113 5 1 12 1 0 4/5
1962 34 BAL AL 78 316 270 28 71 8 1 1 17 7 4 36 22 .263 .352 .311 .663 86 84 3 1 8 0 0 4
1962 34 HOU NL 31 107 95 14 25 4 0 0 12 1 0 7 11 .263 .311 .305 .616 72 29 2 0 4 1 0 4/5
1963 35 HOU NL 100 377 322 22 85 12 1 1 17 7 2 41 24 .264 .347 .317 .664 98 102 3 0 13 0 1 45
1964 36 CIN NL 6 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .400 .000 .400 23 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Yrs 1420 6036 5218 720 1484 208 36 22 395 140 48 648 338 .284 .363 .351 .713 92 1830 79 13 122 34 5
162 Game Avg. 162 689 595 82 169 24 4 3 45 16 5 74 39 .284 .363 .351 .713 92 209 9 1 14
CIN (9 yrs) 984 4223 3632 533 1058 149 30 15 300 105 32 471 225 .291 .372 .361 .733 93 1312 51 11 79 31 3
CLE (2 yrs) 227 1013 899 123 245 35 4 5 49 20 10 93 56 .273 .341 .337 .678 86 303 20 1 18 2 1
HOU (2 yrs) 131 484 417 36 110 16 1 1 29 8 2 48 35 .264 .339 .314 .653 92 131 5 0 17 1 1
BAL (1 yr) 78 316 270 28 71 8 1 1 17 7 4 36 22 .263 .352 .311 .663 86 84 3 1 8 0 0
NL (11 yrs) 1115 4707 4049 569 1168 165 31 16 329 113 34 519 260 .288 .368 .356 .725 93 1443 56 11 96 32 4
AL (3 yrs) 305 1329 1169 151 316 43 5 6 66 27 14 129 78 .270 .343 .331 .674 86 387 23 2 26 2 1

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
1952 24 CIN NL 30 102 -8 0 -0 -1 1 -8 -0.8 4 -4 -0.5 .472 .495 -0.4 0.0 -3 $ 4
1953 25 CIN NL 63 119 -2 0 1 4 1 4 0.4 4 8 0.8 .507 .503 0.4 0.5 4 $ 4
1954 26 CIN NL 146 576 2 1 1 -4 6 6 0.5 19 25 2.4 .504 .504 3.0 0.1 29 $ *4
1955 27 CIN NL 150 684 -10 4 1 6 5 6 0.3 23 29 2.5 .504 .504 2.3 0.9 23 $ *4/6
1956 28 CIN NL 154 710 -13 1 0 4 5 -3 -0.7 24 22 1.6 .498 .498 1.7 0.7 18 $ *4/9 AS
1957 29 CIN NL 145 678 -2 0 1 -12 5 -8 -1.0 23 15 1.1 .494 .495 2.6 -0.8 26 $ *4 AS
1958 30 CIN NL 141 653 18 -4 -1 -5 4 12 1.2 22 34 3.3 .509 .508 4.0 -0.1 39 $ *4/3 MVP-14
1959 31 CIN NL 149 696 12 -0 -1 -10 4 5 0.5 23 28 2.8 .503 .503 3.9 -0.5 38 $ *4 AS,MVP-16
1960 32 CLE AL 98 425 -7 0 -0 -4 3 -9 -1.1 12 2 0.0 .490 .494 0.6 -0.3 7 $ 45
1961 33 CLE AL 129 588 -8 -1 -2 -7 3 -14 -1.7 16 2 -0.2 .488 .491 0.8 -0.5 9 $ *4 AS
1962 34 BAL AL 78 316 -2 1 -0 -0 2 -0 -0.1 9 8 0.7 .500 .500 0.9 0.1 9 $29,000 4
1962 34 HOU NL 31 107 -1 0 0 -0 1 -0 -0.0 4 3 0.3 .499 .500 0.3 0.1 3 $ 4/5
1963 35 HOU NL 100 377 2 -1 1 -13 2 -8 -0.9 13 5 0.4 .491 .494 1.8 -1.1 17 $ 45
1964 36 CIN NL 6 5 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .489 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $
13 Seasons 1420 6036 -19 2 0 -43 42 -18 -3.6 195 177 15.1 .499 .499 21.8 -0.9 220 $29,000
CIN (9 yrs) 984 4223 -4 2 2 -18 32 14 0.2 142 156 13.9 .501 .501 17.4 0.8 174 $
CLE (2 yrs) 227 1013 -14 -1 -2 -12 6 -24 -2.8 28 4 -0.2 .489 .492 1.4 -0.8 16 $
HOU (2 yrs) 131 484 1 -0 1 -13 3 -8 -0.9 16 8 0.7 .493 .497 2.1 -1.1 21 $
BAL (1 yr) 78 316 -2 1 -0 -0 2 -0 -0.1 9 8 0.7 .500 .500 0.9 0.1 9 $29,000

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
1952 24 CIN NL 102 82 6 2.0 96 .189 .196 .260 .235 .333 .258 .388 .493 .721 37 .202 -8.5 -0.9 .378 .124 .062 1.3
1953 25 CIN NL 119 83 11 3.5 110 .289 .264 .274 .314 .345 .327 .427 .641 .773 67 .358 -5.2 -0.5 .556 .136 .064 1.0
1954 26 CIN NL 576 371 73 5.3 111 .322 .307 .277 .384 .348 .366 .428 .751 .776 96 .544 -1.6 -0.2 .723 .210 .059 .0
1955 27 CIN NL 684 448 79 4.7 110 .294 .281 .271 .365 .343 .325 .430 .690 .773 82 .504 -12.5 -1.2 .663 .206 .044 .0
1956 28 CIN NL 710 489 76 4.2 107 .300 .285 .270 .344 .338 .332 .426 .676 .764 80 .466 -17.4 -1.8 .596 .155 .047 3.5
1957 29 CIN NL 678 430 86 5.4 108 .299 .284 .276 .387 .340 .341 .427 .728 .766 94 .572 0.4 0.0 .740 .251 .057 .0
1958 30 CIN NL 653 411 96 6.3 111 .326 .306 .277 .405 .346 .402 .432 .807 .778 110 .632 12.6 1.2 .806 .277 .096 5.0
1959 31 CIN NL 696 450 104 6.2 108 .316 .311 .274 .380 .340 .430 .424 .809 .764 113 .630 15.1 1.5 .803 .258 .119 10.2
1960 32 CLE AL 425 303 41 3.6 99 .279 .268 .260 .326 .333 .323 .398 .649 .731 79 .406 -11.0 -1.1 .555 .155 .055 3.4
1961 33 CLE AL 588 401 65 4.3 101 .291 .276 .260 .351 .335 .347 .405 .699 .740 91 .467 -5.1 -0.5 .625 .197 .071 4.5
1962 34 TOT MLB 423 291 43 4.0 97 .286 .263 .257 .341 .327 .310 .398 .651 .726 82 .437 -7.2 -0.7 .579 .175 .047 1.8
1962 34 BAL AL 316 214 33 4.2 97 .283 .263 .256 .352 .327 .311 .399 .663 .726 86 .457 -3.9 -0.4 .602 .193 .048 1.8
1962 34 HOU NL 107 77 10 3.5 97 .294 .263 .262 .311 .328 .305 .397 .616 .725 72 .379 -3.3 -0.3 .514 .126 .042 .0
1963 35 HOU NL 377 255 40 4.2 84 .283 .264 .247 .347 .308 .317 .370 .664 .678 98 .535 1.2 0.1 .612 .196 .053 1.8
1964 36 CIN NL 5 3 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .267 .400 .325 .000 .396 .400 .721 23 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .667 .667 .000
13 Yrs 6036 4017 720 4.8 105 .299 .284 .268 .363 .338 .351 .417 .713 .754 92 .523 -39.2 -4.0 .669 .208 .066 38.0
162 Game Avg. 689 458 82 4.8 105 .299 .284 .268 .363 .338 .351 .417 .713 .754 92 .523 -39.2 -4.0 .669 .208 .066 4
CIN (9 yrs) 4223 2767 531 5.1 109 .305 .291 .273 .372 .342 .361 .426 .733 .769 93 .548 -17.2 -1.8 .703 .220 .070 26.3
CLE (2 yrs) 1013 704 106 4.0 100 .286 .273 .260 .341 .334 .337 .402 .678 .736 86 .442 -16.0 -1.6 .595 .179 .065 8.0
HOU (2 yrs) 484 332 50 4.0 87 .285 .264 .251 .339 .312 .314 .376 .653 .688 92 .499 -2.1 -0.2 .589 .180 .050 1.8
BAL (1 yr) 316 214 33 4.1 97 .283 .263 .256 .352 .327 .311 .399 .663 .726 86 .457 -3.9 -0.4 .602 .193 .048 1.8
NL (11 yrs) 4707 3099 581 5.0 107 .303 .288 .271 .368 .339 .356 .421 .725 .760 93 .544 -19.3 -2.0 .691 .216 .068 28.0
AL (3 yrs) 1329 918 139 4.1 100 .285 .270 .259 .343 .333 .331 .401 .674 .734 86 .445 -19.9 -2.0 .597 .182 .061 9.8

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
1956 CIN NL 28 as 2B 5 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 .500 .600 .500 1.100 2 0 0 0 0 0
1957 CIN NL 29 as 2B 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 CIN NL 31 as 2B 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 CIN NL 31 as 2B 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 2 0 0 0 0 0
1961 CLE AL 33 as 2B 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 CLE AL 33 as 2B 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 1 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs (6 GP) 17 15 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 4 .200 .294 .267 .561 4 1 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
1952 24 CIN NL 102 1.0% 1.0% 4.9% 3.9% 21% 0.20 97.0 97.0 19.4 0.83 93%
1953 25 CIN NL 119 0.8% 10.1% 5.9% 4.2% 17% 1.71 9.2 110.0 12.2 1.06 82%
1954 26 CIN NL 576 0.0% 4.2% 10.8% 3.8% 14% 0.39 21.0 11.5 0.81 84%
1955 27 CIN NL 684 0.0% 4.7% 11.7% 3.4% 14% 0.40 18.4 11.8 0.89 82%
1956 28 CIN NL 710 0.3% 5.6% 8.2% 3.2% 13% 0.69 15.8 316.0 15.4 0.96 84%
1957 29 CIN NL 678 0.0% 5.0% 13.9% 4.1% 18% 0.36 16.4 15.1 0.94 78%
1958 30 CIN NL 653 0.5% 6.3% 13.9% 6.1% 24% 0.45 13.2 180.7 11.5 0.86 77%
1959 31 CIN NL 696 1.2% 5.8% 10.3% 7.0% 26% 0.56 15.0 74.8 8.9 0.73 81%
1960 32 CLE AL 425 0.5% 4.7% 7.5% 3.8% 16% 0.63 19.1 190.5 20.1 1.06 84%
1961 33 CLE AL 588 0.5% 6.1% 10.4% 4.8% 20% 0.59 14.4 172.7 17.3 0.77 82%
1962 34 TOT MLB 423 0.2% 7.8% 10.2% 3.3% 15% 0.77 11.1 365.0 12.6 1.02 78%
1962 34 BAL AL 316 0.3% 7.0% 11.4% 3.2% 14% 0.61 12.3 270.0 15.9 0.98 78%
1962 34 HOU NL 107 0.0% 10.3% 6.5% 3.7% 16% 1.57 8.6 7.9 1.17 79%
1963 35 HOU NL 377 0.3% 6.4% 10.9% 3.7% 17% 0.59 13.4 322.0 18.9 0.93 79%
1964 36 CIN NL 5 0.0% 20.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0.50 3.0 0.00 40%
13 Yrs 6036 0.4% 5.6% 10.7% 4.4% 18% 0.52 15.4 237.2 13.2 0.88 81%
MLB Averages 2.3% 13.0% 8.8% 6.5% 29% 1.47 6.8 39.2 8.4 1.02 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1952 24 CIN NL -8.5 -0.9 66 -0.7 0.8 -1.5 .97 -0.8 0.0 -6.7 -0.7 0.90 -8.6 0.78 6
1953 25 CIN NL -5.2 -0.5 121 -0.3 1.7 -1.9 .91 -0.4 0.1 -2.5 -0.2 0.90 -4.3 1.23 7
1954 26 CIN NL -1.6 -0.2 618 -0.5 10.0 -10.4 1.02 -0.0 -0.4 -2.6 -0.2 0.95 0.3 3.38 1
1955 27 CIN NL -12.5 -1.2 713 -0.6 10.6 -11.2 .99 -0.6 -0.1 2.5 0.2 0.94 -1.8 0.34 1
1956 28 CIN NL -18.1 -1.8 739 -1.2 11.0 -12.1 .99 -0.8 -0.3 -14.2 -1.4 0.93 -12.5 0
1957 29 CIN NL 0.4 0.0 710 0.7 10.9 -10.2 .98 0.7 0.0 2.6 0.2 0.94 8.0 0
1958 30 CIN NL 12.6 1.2 690 3.1 14.6 -11.5 1.11 2.4 0.3 26.5 2.5 0.96 26.8 0
1959 31 CIN NL 14.3 1.4 721 1.7 13.2 -11.5 1.03 1.9 -0.2 15.7 1.5 0.94 21.0 0.11 1
1960 32 CLE AL -11.0 -1.1 444 0.1 7.7 -7.6 1.02 -0.5 0.6 -9.9 -1.0 0.92 -8.3 1.95 4
1961 33 CLE AL -5.1 -0.5 610 -0.3 8.9 -9.2 .93 -0.6 0.3 -10.8 -1.1 0.89 -9.3 0
1962 34 TOT MLB -7.2 -0.7 437 0.7 8.1 -7.4 1.10 -0.3 0.9 4.4 0.4 0.94 -2.8 1.65 12
1962 34 BAL AL -3.9 -0.4 329 -0.0 5.4 -5.4 1.02 -0.1 0.1 4.2 0.4 0.91 -0.7 1.54 6
1962 34 HOU NL -3.3 -0.3 108 0.7 2.7 -2.0 1.34 -0.2 0.7 0.1 0.0 1.02 -2.1 1.75 6
1963 35 HOU NL 1.2 0.1 392 0.8 6.7 -5.9 1.08 0.2 0.6 5.9 0.6 0.91 2.8 1.73 9
1964 36 CIN NL -0.2 -0.0 5 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .83 -0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.06 -0.3 0.83 3
13 Yrs -40.8 -4.1 6266 3.5 104.2 -100.7 1.02 1.1 2.4 10.8 0.9 0.93 10.9 1.43 44

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
1952 24 CIN NL 2 0 30% 18 2 1 67% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 4 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 2
1953 25 CIN NL 5 0 36% 82 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 28% 12 11 0 1 0 1 5 1 4
1954 26 CIN NL 10 0 27% 300 21 7 75% 17 9 3 0 1 0 2 0 7 15 35% 33 27 5 13 6 6 14 2 10
1955 27 CIN NL 9 0 38% 343 19 4 83% 12 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 19 39% 51 45 5 13 6 7 33 6 26
1956 28 CIN NL 10 0 36% 377 14 4 78% 11 5 3 0 0 0 3 0 6 14 37% 43 35 8 9 6 3 27 9 18
1957 29 CIN NL 4 1 33% 341 19 5 79% 17 5 2 0 0 0 4 0 4 10 35% 43 30 11 15 14 1 21 4 16
1958 30 CIN NL 14 1 31% 362 15 8 65% 10 7 5 0 0 1 5 2 9 18 36% 50 34 15 13 6 5 28 13 13
1959 31 CIN NL 7 0 37% 338 14 3 82% 10 2 3 0 1 1 2 0 8 17 38% 49 35 13 15 9 5 25 8 16
1960 32 CLE AL 8 0 36% 190 11 5 69% 10 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 8 51% 25 12 13 7 6 1 15 5 10
1961 33 CLE AL 4 0 35% 270 9 5 64% 7 5 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 13 39% 38 25 13 15 10 5 22 11 11
1962 34 TOT MLB 9 1 30% 178 8 4 67% 7 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 10 48% 23 14 9 5 4 1 12 1 9
1962 34 BAL AL 5 1 25% 138 7 4 64% 6 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 8 48% 15 9 6 5 4 1 5 0 5
1962 34 HOU NL 4 0 44% 40 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 47% 8 5 3 0 0 0 7 1 4
1963 35 HOU NL 7 1 17% 169 7 2 78% 6 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 8 30% 22 19 3 2 1 1 9 1 6
1964 36 CIN NL 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
13 Yrs 89 4 33% 2968 140 48 74% 108 48 21 2 3 2 20 2 69 134 38% 393 290 96 108 68 36 213 61 141

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
1952 24 CIN NL 102 28% 19 6 2 0 0 0.78 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 3 33% 4 0 0% 30 3 10% 4 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1953 25 CIN NL 119 57% 29 7 4 0 1 1.23 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 100% 23 0 0% 6 1 17% 61 8 13% 5 1 20% 1 0 0% 0
1954 26 CIN NL 576 32% 155 1 1 0 1 3.38 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 60% 96 7 7% 36 9 25% 363 47 13% 30 14 47% 20 10 50% 0
1955 27 CIN NL 684 33% 165 1 0 0 0 0.34 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 14 10 71% 97 6 6% 34 18 53% 354 54 15% 24 16 67% 15 10 67% 0
1956 28 CIN NL 710 30% 180 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 0 2 0 2 0 22 17 77% 95 12 13% 38 17 45% 321 41 13% 24 8 33% 10 6 60% 0
1957 29 CIN NL 678 28% 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 22 16 73% 91 4 4% 46 21 46% 331 41 12% 29 16 55% 12 4 33% 0
1958 30 CIN NL 653 31% 166 0 0 0 0 3 1 13 1 2 1 2 0 28 17 61% 101 8 8% 40 16 40% 323 48 15% 28 13 46% 10 5 50% 0
1959 31 CIN NL 696 28% 186 1 0 0 0 0.11 8 0 19 3 5 5 3 0 14 11 79% 102 11 11% 50 25 50% 359 61 17% 27 20 74% 20 11 55% 0
1960 32 CLE AL 425 22% 102 4 3 0 0 1.95 2 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 18 11 61% 60 8 13% 33 11 33% 191 20 10% 10 2 20% 10 7 70% 0
1961 33 CLE AL 588 22% 143 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 1 2 2 1 0 11 7 64% 68 12 18% 24 10 42% 239 32 13% 16 9 56% 13 9 69% 0
1962 34 TOT MLB 423 35% 96 12 1 0 1 1.65 1 0 9 0 1 0 1 0 16 12 75% 74 5 7% 30 14 47% 207 32 15% 13 9 69% 12 6 50% 0
1962 34 BAL AL 316 35% 71 6 1 0 0 1.54 1 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 12 8 67% 43 3 7% 16 6 38% 127 20 16% 9 5 56% 5 3 60% 0
1962 34 HOU NL 107 34% 25 6 0 0 1 1.75 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 31 2 6% 14 8 57% 80 12 15% 4 4 100% 7 3 43% 0
1963 35 HOU NL 377 31% 85 9 2 0 1 1.73 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 16 13 81% 63 3 5% 26 12 46% 180 19 11% 9 4 44% 8 2 25% 0
1964 36 CIN NL 5 100% 0 3 0 0 0 0.83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
13 Yrs 6036 30% 1484 44 13 0 4 1.43 22 2 116 8 14 8 14 0 173 122 71% 879 79 9% 367 154 42% 2963 406 14% 220 112 51% 133 70 53% 0
MLB Averages 50% 78% 11% 31% 14% 49% 54%

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
1952 24 30 102 97 8 19 3 0 1 5 2 1 5 1 .196 .235 .258 .493 37 25 3 0 0
1953 25 93 221 207 22 48 7 0 2 14 3 1 12 13 .232 .277 .295 .572 54 61 3 1 2
1954 26 239 797 712 82 203 21 8 2 58 24 8 74 37 .285 .354 .346 .700 84 246 10 3 8 1
1955 27 389 1481 1300 176 368 41 11 2 108 43 12 154 69 .283 .359 .336 .695 83 437 16 4 18 6 0
1956 28 543 2191 1932 264 548 59 14 4 149 57 16 212 109 .284 .354 .335 .689 82 647 28 5 35 10 0
1957 29 688 2869 2489 349 706 83 18 4 186 76 21 306 143 .284 .362 .336 .698 85 837 32 9 51 16 0
1958 30 829 3522 3031 431 872 114 24 7 233 91 29 397 184 .288 .370 .348 .718 90 1055 40 9 68 18 0
1959 31 978 4218 3629 533 1058 149 30 15 300 105 32 469 224 .292 .371 .362 .733 93 1312 51 11 79 31 2
1960 32 1076 4643 4010 583 1160 162 31 17 319 116 37 501 244 .289 .367 .358 .725 92 1435 59 12 90 31 2
1961 33 1205 5231 4528 656 1303 184 34 20 349 125 42 562 280 .288 .366 .357 .722 92 1615 71 12 97 33 3
1962 34 1314 5654 4893 698 1399 196 35 21 378 133 46 605 313 .286 .364 .353 .717 91 1728 76 13 109 34 3
1963 35 1414 6031 5215 720 1484 208 36 22 395 140 48 646 337 .285 .363 .351 .714 92 1830 79 13 122 34 4
1964 36 1420 6036 5218 720 1484 208 36 22 395 140 48 648 338 .284 .363 .351 .713 92 1830 79 13 122 34 5

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
1952 24 31 107 102 9 20 3 0 1 5 2 5 1 .196 .234 .255 .489 6 30
1953 25 65 122 112 13 28 4 0 1 8 1 7 12 .250 .300 .313 .613 10 63
1954 26 154 598 526 60 158 14 8 0 44 21 63 25 .300 .377 .357 .734 70 146
1955 27 158 708 611 92 166 20 3 0 49 19 80 34 .272 .354 .314 .669 68 150
1956 28 161 742 659 91 187 19 3 2 43 15 60 42 .284 .343 .331 .673 75 154
1957 29 152 699 577 85 160 24 4 0 37 19 95 36 .277 .380 .333 .713 73 145
1958 30 148 678 565 82 169 32 6 3 47 15 93 43 .299 .397 .393 .790 88 141
1959 31 156 723 622 103 191 36 6 8 68 14 74 42 .307 .375 .423 .798 100 149
1960 32 103 449 402 54 109 14 1 2 21 12 34 21 .271 .330 .326 .655 43 98
1961 33 129 589 519 74 144 22 3 3 30 9 61 36 .277 .352 .349 .701 64 129
1962 34 109 428 369 45 100 12 1 1 31 8 45 33 .271 .351 .317 .668 41 109
1963 35 100 394 334 27 97 14 1 1 21 8 47 24 .290 .378 .347 .725 44 100
1964 36 6 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .400 .000 .400 0 6
13 Yrs 1472 6242 5401 735 1529 214 36 22 404 143 666 350 .283 .361 .348 .709 682 1420
162 Game Avg. 162 687 594 81 168 24 4 2 44 16 73 39 .283 .361 .348 .709 75 1420

* 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

All-Star Games
1956 (2B)
1957 (2B)
1959-1 (2B)
1959-2 (2B)
1961-1 (2B)
1961-2 (2B)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1958 NL (14, 8%)
1959 NL (16, 2%)
0.10 Career Shares (916th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1958 NL  4.0 (8th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1958 NL  .306 (9th)
1959 NL  .311 (7th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1954 NL  .384 (10th)
1957 NL  .387 (5th)
1958 NL  .405 (4th)
1959 NL  .380 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1956 NL  154 (4th)

At Bats s c a p y
1956 NL  632 (1st)
1959 NL  598 (7th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1955 NL  684 (3rd)
1956 NL  710 (2nd)
1957 NL  678 (5th)
1958 NL  653 (6th)
1959 NL  696 (2nd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1959 NL  102 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1956 NL  180 (6th)
1958 NL  166 (9th)
1959 NL  186 (4th)

Doubles s c a p y
1958 NL  31 (8th)
1959 NL  35 (5th)

Triples s c a p y
1954 NL  8 (7th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1955 NL  80 (5th)
1957 NL  94 (1st)
1958 NL  91 (2nd)
1959 NL  72 (6th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1954 NL  21 (2nd)
1955 NL  19 (4th)
1956 NL  14 (4th)
1957 NL  19 (4th)
1958 NL  15 (6th)
1960 AL  11 (9th)

Singles s c a p y
1954 NL  133 (6th)
1955 NL  142 (2nd)
1956 NL  157 (1st)
1957 NL  130 (6th)
1958 NL  126 (6th)
1959 NL  137 (2nd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1959 NL  104 (10th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1955 NL  246 (8th)
1956 NL  239 (9th)
1957 NL  256 (5th)
1958 NL  257 (3rd)
1959 NL  260 (4th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1955 NL  10 (7th)
1956 NL  17 (3rd)
1957 NL  16 (1st)
1958 NL  17 (1st)
1959 NL  11 (3rd)
1960 AL  11 (8th)
1963 NL  13 (2nd)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1957 NL  6 (8th)
1959 NL  13 (1st)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1954 NL  7 (6th)
1957 NL  5 (10th)
1958 NL  8 (5th)
1960 AL  5 (9th)

SB % s c a p y
1954 NL  75.00 (2nd)
1955 NL  82.61 (2nd)
1956 NL  77.78 (2nd)
1957 NL  79.17 (1st)
1958 NL  65.22 (8th)
1959 NL  82.35 (2nd)
1960 AL  68.75 (8th)
Career  74.47 (176th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1954 NL  21.0 (3rd)
1955 NL  18.4 (4th)
1956 NL  15.8 (5th)
1957 NL  16.4 (5th)
1958 NL  13.2 (5th)
1959 NL  15.0 (3rd)
1961 AL  14.4 (7th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1955 NL  448 (4th)
1956 NL  489 (2nd)
1959 NL  450 (6th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1958 NL  3.1 (10th)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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 - 3 (529), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 48 (525), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 30 (616), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 23 (608), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Dave Cash (956)
  2. Glenn Beckert (956)
  3. Ron Hunt (949)
  4. Felix Millan (944)
  5. Sparky Adams (938)
  6. Tom Herr (934)
  7. Bobby Richardson (930)
  8. David Eckstein (925)
  9. Bucky Harris (922) *
  10. Tito Fuentes (919)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Juan Bonilla (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Duane Kuiper (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Duane Kuiper (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Wally Backman (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Wally Backman (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Tom Herr (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Tom Herr (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Tom Herr (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Glenn Beckert (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Tom Herr (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Sparky Adams (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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