Frank Thomas
Frank Joseph Thomas
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: June 11, 1929 in Pittsburgh, PA
High School: Mt. Carmel College (Niagara Falls, ON)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 17, 1951
Final Game: May 30, 1966
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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
1951 22 PIT NL 39 157 148 21 39 9 2 2 16 0 2 9 15 .264 .306 .392 .698 84 58 5 0 0 O
1952 23 PIT NL 6 22 21 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .095 .136 .095 .232 -35 2 2 0 0 /O
1953 24 PIT NL 128 510 455 68 116 22 1 30 102 1 2 50 93 .255 .331 .505 .837 115 230 12 2 3 *O MVP-18
1954 25 PIT NL 153 653 577 81 172 32 7 23 94 3 2 51 74 .298 .359 .497 .856 123 287 10 10 4 11 *87 AS,MVP-13
1955 26 PIT NL 142 581 510 72 125 16 2 25 72 2 0 60 76 .245 .324 .431 .755 100 220 13 2 3 6 10 *78 AS,MVP-23
1956 27 PIT NL 157 637 588 69 166 24 3 25 80 0 5 36 61 .282 .326 .461 .787 112 271 22 5 2 6 5 *57/4
1957 28 PIT NL 151 658 594 72 172 30 1 23 89 3 1 44 66 .290 .335 .460 .795 114 273 16 3 5 12 9 3759/8 MVP-19
1958 29 PIT NL 149 620 562 89 158 26 4 35 109 0 1 42 79 .281 .334 .528 .863 127 297 19 7 1 8 2 *5/793 AS,MVP-4
1959 30 CIN NL 108 412 374 41 84 18 2 12 47 0 2 27 56 .225 .278 .380 .658 71 142 13 3 2 6 6 573
1960 31 CHC NL 135 509 479 54 114 12 1 21 64 1 0 28 74 .238 .280 .399 .678 85 191 12 0 1 1 4 375/9
1961 32 TOT NL 139 516 473 65 133 15 3 27 73 2 4 31 78 .281 .331 .497 .828 121 235 19 6 2 4 7 *73/9
1961 32 CHC NL 15 52 50 7 13 2 0 2 6 0 0 2 8 .260 .288 .420 .708 85 21 3 0 0 0 0 7/3
1961 32 MLN NL 124 464 423 58 120 13 3 25 67 2 4 29 70 .284 .335 .506 .841 126 214 16 6 2 4 7 *73/9
1962 33 NYM NL 156 633 571 69 152 23 3 34 94 2 1 48 95 .266 .329 .496 .824 118 283 15 8 0 6 4 *735
1963 34 NYM NL 126 458 420 34 109 9 1 15 60 0 0 33 48 .260 .317 .393 .709 104 165 23 3 0 2 5 73/5
1964 35 TOT NL 99 364 340 39 92 17 1 10 45 1 2 15 41 .271 .302 .415 .717 102 141 7 2 3 4 3 37/5
1964 35 NYM NL 60 210 197 19 50 6 1 3 19 1 1 10 29 .254 .295 .340 .635 81 67 4 2 0 1 1 73/5
1964 35 PHI NL 39 154 143 20 42 11 0 7 26 0 1 5 12 .294 .311 .517 .829 130 74 3 0 3 3 2 3
1965 36 TOT NL 73 181 168 17 37 9 0 4 17 0 0 9 36 .220 .254 .345 .599 70 58 3 0 0 4 0 37/95
1965 36 PHI NL 35 83 77 7 20 4 0 1 7 0 0 4 10 .260 .289 .351 .640 81 27 3 0 0 2 0 3/795
1965 36 HOU NL 23 62 58 7 10 2 0 3 9 0 0 3 15 .172 .210 .362 .572 64 21 0 0 0 1 0 3/57
1965 36 MLN NL 15 36 33 3 7 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 11 .212 .250 .303 .553 55 10 0 0 0 1 0 /37
1966 37 CHC NL 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Seasons 1766 6916 6285 792 1671 262 31 286 962 15 22 484 894 .266 .320 .454 .774 107 2853 191 51 26 70 55
162 Game Avg. 162 634 577 73 153 24 3 26 88 1 2 44 82 .266 .320 .454 .774 107 262 18 5 2
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
PIT (8 yrs) 925 3838 3455 473 950 159 20 163 562 9 13 293 465 .275 .333 .474 .807 113 1638 99 29 18 43 26
NYM (3 yrs) 342 1301 1188 122 311 38 5 52 173 3 2 91 172 .262 .319 .434 .752 107 515 42 13 0 9 10
CHC (3 yrs) 155 566 534 61 127 14 1 23 70 1 0 30 83 .238 .278 .397 .675 83 212 15 0 1 1 4
PHI (2 yrs) 74 237 220 27 62 15 0 8 33 0 1 9 22 .282 .303 .459 .763 113 101 6 0 3 5 2
MLN (2 yrs) 139 500 456 61 127 16 3 25 68 2 4 31 81 .279 .329 .491 .821 121 224 16 6 2 5 7
CIN (1 yr) 108 412 374 41 84 18 2 12 47 0 2 27 56 .225 .278 .380 .658 71 142 13 3 2 6 6
HOU (1 yr) 23 62 58 7 10 2 0 3 9 0 0 3 15 .172 .210 .362 .572 64 21 0 0 0 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
1951 22 PIT NL 157 116 17 3.9 106 .282 .264 .271 .306 .345 .392 .410 .698 .756 84 .437 -3.8 -0.4 .560 .176 .128 .0
1952 23 PIT NL 22 21 0 0.0 99 .100 .095 .264 .136 .337 .095 .393 .232 .730 -35 .000 -4.0 -0.4 .143 .048 .000
1953 24 PIT NL 510 356 75 5.6 109 .259 .255 .273 .331 .344 .505 .425 .837 .769 115 .565 8.9 0.9 .796 .358 .251 1.9
1954 25 PIT NL 653 432 102 6.3 107 .303 .298 .272 .359 .343 .497 .420 .856 .763 123 .625 19.9 1.9 .837 .289 .199 5.3
1955 26 PIT NL 581 407 72 4.7 104 .241 .245 .263 .324 .334 .431 .417 .755 .750 100 .505 0.2 0.0 .714 .308 .186 3.7
1956 27 PIT NL 637 457 80 4.7 100 .278 .282 .260 .326 .327 .461 .411 .787 .738 112 .521 8.8 0.9 .684 .231 .179 .0
1957 28 PIT NL 658 456 90 5.4 100 .288 .290 .265 .335 .328 .460 .410 .795 .738 114 .566 12.8 1.3 .733 .247 .170 5.3
1958 29 PIT NL 620 433 95 5.9 103 .270 .281 .266 .334 .334 .528 .416 .863 .749 127 .606 20.6 2.0 .814 .320 .247 .0
1959 30 CIN NL 412 313 37 3.2 108 .231 .225 .275 .278 .341 .380 .425 .658 .766 71 .333 -16.6 -1.6 .557 .222 .155 .0
1960 31 CHC NL 509 379 51 3.6 98 .242 .238 .262 .280 .328 .399 .402 .678 .730 85 .416 -12.7 -1.3 .584 .221 .161 1.9
1961 32 TOT NL 516 369 71 5.1 101 .285 .281 .264 .331 .329 .497 .411 .828 .740 121 .545 12.9 1.3 .744 .277 .216 3.7
1961 32 CHC NL 52 40 5 3.3 106 .275 .260 .271 .288 .338 .420 .422 .708 .760 85 .352 -1.3 -0.1 .575 .200 .160 .0
1961 32 MLN NL 464 329 66 5.4 100 .286 .284 .263 .335 .328 .506 .409 .841 .738 126 .564 14.2 1.4 .765 .286 .222 3.7
1962 33 NYM NL 633 441 91 5.5 103 .263 .266 .270 .329 .337 .496 .410 .824 .747 118 .587 13.1 1.3 .782 .315 .229 3.8
1963 34 NYM NL 458 336 46 3.7 89 .262 .260 .254 .317 .316 .393 .380 .709 .696 104 .472 1.2 0.1 .602 .212 .133 .0
1964 35 TOT NL 364 264 41 4.2 92 .280 .271 .261 .302 .318 .415 .387 .717 .706 102 .509 0.5 0.1 .611 .185 .144 1.8
1964 35 NYM NL 210 153 19 3.3 91 .283 .254 .260 .295 .317 .340 .386 .635 .703 81 .407 -5.1 -0.5 .520 .137 .086 1.5
1964 35 PHI NL 154 111 22 5.3 93 .276 .294 .262 .311 .320 .517 .389 .829 .709 130 .618 5.6 0.6 .743 .252 .224 .0
1965 36 TOT NL 181 138 15 2.9 91 .250 .220 .254 .254 .317 .345 .384 .599 .701 70 .348 -6.5 -0.7 .500 .179 .125 .0
1965 36 PHI NL 83 62 7 3.0 92 .279 .260 .256 .289 .319 .351 .387 .640 .706 81 .364 -1.7 -0.2 .517 .143 .091 .0
1965 36 HOU NL 62 49 5 2.8 87 .171 .172 .249 .210 .311 .362 .376 .572 .687 64 .323 -2.9 -0.3 .500 .241 .190 .0
1965 36 MLN NL 36 27 3 3.0 94 .304 .212 .259 .250 .323 .303 .392 .553 .715 55 .357 -1.8 -0.2 .462 .152 .091
1966 37 CHC NL 5 5 0 0.0 97 .000 .000 .266 .000 .324 .000 .400 .000 .725 -100 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
16 Seasons 6916 4923 883 4.8 101 .268 .266 .265 .320 .332 .454 .409 .774 .741 107 .526 54.0 5.3 .700 .264 .188 28.5
162 Game Avg. 634 452 81 4.8 101 .268 .266 .265 .320 .332 .454 .409 .774 .741 107 .526 5 0 .700 .264 .188 3
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
PIT (8 yrs) 3838 2678 531 5.3 104 .274 .275 .266 .333 .335 .474 .416 .807 .751 113 .559 63.4 6.2 .747 .283 .199 17.1
NYM (3 yrs) 1301 930 156 4.5 96 .266 .262 .263 .319 .326 .434 .395 .752 .722 107 .525 9.3 0.9 .673 .249 .172 5.7
CHC (3 yrs) 566 424 56 3.6 99 .242 .238 .263 .278 .329 .397 .404 .675 .732 83 .404 -15.4 -1.5 .576 .217 .159 1.9
PHI (2 yrs) 237 173 29 4.5 92 .277 .282 .260 .303 .320 .459 .388 .763 .708 113 .542 3.8 0.4 .661 .214 .177 .0
MLN (2 yrs) 500 356 69 5.2 100 .287 .279 .263 .329 .328 .491 .408 .821 .736 121 .552 12.4 1.2 .742 .276 .213 3.7
CIN (1 yr) 412 313 37 3.2 108 .231 .225 .275 .278 .341 .380 .425 .658 .766 71 .333 -16.6 -1.6 .557 .222 .155 .0
HOU (1 yr) 62 49 5 2.8 87 .171 .172 .249 .210 .311 .362 .376 .572 .687 64 .322 -2.9 -0.3 .500 .241 .190 .0

All-Star Batting

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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
1954 PIT NL 25 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 PIT NL 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 PIT NL 29 as 3B 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 1 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Appearances) 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 1 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
1951 22 PIT NL 157 1.3% 9.6% 5.7% 8.3% 33% 1.67 9.9 74.0 9.3 83%
1952 23 PIT NL 22 0.0% 4.6% 4.6% 0.0% 0% 1.00 21.0 91%
1953 24 PIT NL 510 5.9% 18.2% 9.8% 10.4% 46% 1.86 4.9 15.2 4.5 65%
1954 25 PIT NL 653 3.5% 11.3% 7.8% 9.5% 36% 1.45 7.8 25.1 6.1 1.06 75%
1955 26 PIT NL 581 4.3% 13.1% 10.3% 7.4% 34% 1.27 6.7 20.4 7.1 0.92 71%
1956 27 PIT NL 637 3.9% 9.6% 5.7% 8.2% 31% 1.69 9.6 23.5 7.4 1.17 80%
1957 28 PIT NL 658 3.5% 10.0% 6.7% 8.2% 31% 1.50 9.0 25.8 6.7 0.88 79%
1958 29 PIT NL 620 5.7% 12.7% 6.8% 10.5% 41% 1.88 7.1 16.1 5.2 0.87 74%
1959 30 CIN NL 412 2.9% 13.6% 6.6% 7.8% 38% 2.07 6.7 31.2 8.0 0.81 76%
1960 31 CHC NL 509 4.1% 14.5% 5.5% 6.7% 30% 2.64 6.5 22.8 7.5 0.92 76%
1961 32 TOT NL 516 5.2% 15.1% 6.0% 8.7% 34% 2.52 6.1 17.5 6.5 0.94 72%
1961 32 CHC NL 52 3.9% 15.4% 3.9% 7.7% 31% 4.00 6.3 25.0 8.3 1.58 77%
1961 32 MLN NL 464 5.4% 15.1% 6.3% 8.8% 34% 2.41 6.0 16.9 6.3 0.88 72%
1962 33 NYM NL 633 5.4% 15.0% 7.6% 9.5% 40% 1.98 6.0 16.8 6.1 1.09 71%
1963 34 NYM NL 458 3.3% 10.5% 7.2% 5.5% 23% 1.45 8.8 28.0 7.0 1.07 78%
1964 35 TOT NL 364 2.8% 11.3% 4.1% 7.7% 30% 2.73 8.3 34.0 7.6 1.03 80%
1964 35 NYM NL 210 1.4% 13.8% 4.8% 4.8% 20% 2.90 6.8 65.7 10.4 0.88 79%
1964 35 PHI NL 154 4.6% 7.8% 3.3% 11.7% 43% 2.40 11.9 20.4 5.5 1.26 82%
1965 36 TOT NL 181 2.2% 19.9% 5.0% 7.2% 35% 4.00 4.7 42.0 9.9 0.77 73%
1965 36 PHI NL 83 1.2% 12.1% 4.8% 6.0% 25% 2.50 7.7 77.0 11.0 1.08 82%
1965 36 HOU NL 62 4.8% 24.2% 4.8% 8.1% 50% 5.00 3.9 19.3 6.4 0.50 66%
1965 36 MLN NL 36 0.0% 30.6% 5.6% 8.3% 43% 5.50 3.0 33.0 0.60 64%
1966 37 CHC NL 5 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 5.0 0.50 80%
16 Seasons 6916 4.1% 12.9% 7.0% 8.4% 35% 1.85 7.0 22.0 6.5 0.96 75%
MLB Averages
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

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 25 PIT NL 10 0 28% 159 3 2 60% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 9 38% 29 19 8 3 2 1 13 4 8
1955 26 PIT NL 7 0 29% 94 2 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 46% 17 12 5 1 1 0 10 2 8
1956 27 PIT NL 5 0 24% 147 0 5 0% 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 2 36% 25 20 4 7 4 3 12 3 9
1957 28 PIT NL 10 0 25% 204 3 1 75% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 8 40% 28 19 9 3 1 2 14 6 7
1958 29 PIT NL 7 0 31% 192 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 8 44% 36 23 12 7 5 1 20 4 15
1959 30 CIN NL 3 0 28% 128 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 49% 20 15 4 4 1 3 13 2 11
1960 31 CHC NL 9 0 27% 166 1 0 100% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 7 34% 32 27 5 4 1 3 11 2 8
1961 32 TOT NL 10 0 27% 175 2 4 33% 2 3 0 1 0 0 3 1 4 10 55% 23 12 10 7 3 4 8 1 7
1961 32 CHC NL 1 0 39% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 80% 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
1961 32 MLN NL 9 0 25% 161 2 4 33% 2 3 0 1 0 0 3 1 3 9 52% 20 11 8 6 3 3 7 1 6
1962 33 NYM NL 16 0 20% 209 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 8 34% 25 16 9 6 5 1 16 6 6
1963 34 NYM NL 8 0 15% 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 3 34% 25 17 7 6 5 1 4 0 4
1964 35 TOT NL 5 0 29% 112 1 2 33% 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 47% 20 13 7 2 1 1 12 3 8
1964 35 NYM NL 2 0 27% 60 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 53% 12 8 4 1 0 1 6 1 5
1964 35 PHI NL 3 0 33% 52 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 40% 8 5 3 1 1 0 6 2 3
1965 36 TOT NL 3 0 31% 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 17% 7 5 1 1 1 0 4 2 1
1965 36 PHI NL 2 0 26% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 29% 5 4 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
1965 36 HOU NL 1 0 40% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0% 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0
1965 36 MLN NL 0 0 33% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 37 CHC 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
16 Seasons 93 0 26% 1786 15 22 41% 7 14 2 2 0 0 9 1 66 71 41% 287 198 81 51 30 20 137 35 92
MLB Averages
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

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 25 PIT NL 416 36% 172 1 1 0 0 2.72 23 0 16 11 4 3 12 0 4 4 100% 89 10 11% 34 13 38% 298 44 15% 24 15 63% 18 7 39% 237
1955 26 PIT NL 326 37% 125 1 0 0 0 2.17 25 0 5 9 8 4 13 0 2 3 150% 60 13 22% 29 6 21% 179 27 15% 15 7 47% 14 4 29% 255
1956 27 PIT NL 395 24% 166 2 0 0 0 0.88 25 0 5 14 2 8 8 0 1 2 200% 69 22 32% 32 7 22% 217 37 17% 29 13 45% 18 4 22% 242
1957 28 PIT NL 558 27% 172 0 0 0 0 23 0 9 12 4 6 10 0 6 5 83% 115 16 14% 58 25 43% 370 55 15% 32 16 50% 30 9 30% 100
1958 29 PIT NL 570 29% 158 1 0 0 0 0.26 35 1 14 22 12 8 26 0 1 1 100% 114 19 17% 62 15 24% 376 74 20% 49 26 53% 24 8 33% 50
1959 30 CIN NL 411 39% 84 9 1 1 1 1.71 12 0 13 5 7 6 6 0 2 2 100% 69 13 19% 43 13 30% 262 35 13% 30 14 47% 21 3 14% 1
1960 31 CHC NL 506 36% 114 11 4 0 1 1.62 21 0 13 13 8 11 10 1 1 1 100% 90 12 13% 38 4 11% 327 47 14% 22 9 41% 24 5 21% 2
1961 32 TOT NL 513 32% 133 11 1 0 1 2.78 27 1 15 19 8 14 13 0 2 2 100% 107 19 18% 59 9 15% 329 48 15% 34 16 47% 25 7 28% 3
1961 32 CHC NL 52 40% 13 2 0 0 0 2.38 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 9 3 33% 4 0 0% 35 4 11% 3 1 33% 1 1 100% 0
1961 32 MLN NL 461 31% 120 9 1 0 1 2.87 25 1 12 18 7 13 12 0 2 2 100% 98 16 16% 55 9 16% 294 44 15% 31 15 48% 24 6 25% 3
1962 33 NYM NL 633 26% 152 11 4 0 2 2.04 34 1 13 28 6 18 16 0 1 0 0% 117 15 13% 63 11 17% 427 61 14% 51 19 37% 34 12 35% 0
1963 34 NYM NL 458 35% 109 15 4 1 2 1.28 15 0 8 13 2 8 7 0 1 0 0% 88 23 26% 36 5 14% 295 46 16% 23 12 52% 25 5 20% 0
1964 35 TOT NL 364 30% 92 14 4 1 1 1.45 10 0 3 8 2 7 3 0 4 3 75% 70 7 10% 33 12 36% 225 38 17% 25 14 56% 20 10 50% 0
1964 35 NYM NL 210 28% 50 11 3 1 1 1.51 3 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 0% 41 4 10% 17 4 24% 129 18 14% 11 6 55% 10 4 40% 0
1964 35 PHI NL 154 33% 42 3 1 0 0 1.22 7 0 1 6 1 5 2 0 3 3 100% 29 3 10% 16 8 50% 96 20 21% 14 8 57% 10 6 60% 0
1965 36 TOT NL 181 60% 37 30 3 1 4 2.07 4 0 8 1 3 1 3 0 0 0 38 3 8% 14 8 57% 125 14 11% 11 6 55% 10 0 0% 0
1965 36 PHI NL 83 60% 20 17 3 1 4 1.71 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 23 3 13% 7 4 57% 59 7 12% 6 3 50% 0 0 0
1965 36 HOU NL 62 77% 10 8 0 0 0 2.77 3 0 3 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 9 0 0% 6 3 50% 47 6 13% 4 2 50% 7 0 0% 0
1965 36 MLN NL 36 28% 7 5 0 0 0 2.16 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0% 1 1 100% 19 1 5% 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 0
1966 37 CHC NL 4 75% 0 4 0 0 0 1.14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 1
16 Seasons 5335 32% 1671 110 22 4 12 1.81 286 3 122 155 66 94 127 1 25 26 104% 1027 191 19% 501 128 26% 3431 526 15% 345 167 48% 263 74 28% 891
MLB Averages
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

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
1951 22 39 157 148 21 39 9 2 2 16 0 2 9 15 .264 .306 .392 .698 84 58 5 0 0
1952 23 45 179 169 22 41 9 2 2 16 0 2 10 16 .243 .285 .355 .640 70 60 7 0 0
1953 24 173 689 624 90 157 31 3 32 118 1 4 60 109 .252 .319 .465 .784 103 290 19 2 3
1954 25 326 1342 1201 171 329 63 10 55 212 4 6 111 183 .274 .339 .480 .819 113 577 29 12 7 11
1955 26 468 1923 1711 243 454 79 12 80 284 6 6 171 259 .265 .334 .466 .800 109 797 42 14 10 17 10
1956 27 625 2560 2299 312 620 103 15 105 364 6 11 207 320 .270 .332 .465 .797 110 1068 64 19 12 23 15
1957 28 776 3218 2893 384 792 133 16 128 453 9 12 251 386 .274 .333 .464 .796 111 1341 80 22 17 35 24
1958 29 925 3838 3455 473 950 159 20 163 562 9 13 293 465 .275 .333 .474 .807 113 1638 99 29 18 43 26
1959 30 1033 4250 3829 514 1034 177 22 175 609 9 15 320 521 .270 .328 .465 .793 109 1780 112 32 20 49 32
1960 31 1168 4759 4308 568 1148 189 23 196 673 10 15 348 595 .266 .322 .458 .780 107 1971 124 32 21 50 36
1961 32 1307 5275 4781 633 1281 204 26 223 746 12 19 379 673 .268 .323 .461 .785 108 2206 143 38 23 54 43
1962 33 1463 5908 5352 702 1433 227 29 257 840 14 20 427 768 .268 .324 .465 .789 109 2489 158 46 23 60 47
1963 34 1589 6366 5772 736 1542 236 30 272 900 14 20 460 816 .267 .323 .460 .783 109 2654 181 49 23 62 52
1964 35 1688 6730 6112 775 1634 253 31 282 945 15 22 475 857 .267 .322 .457 .779 108 2795 188 51 26 66 55
1965 36 1761 6911 6280 792 1671 262 31 286 962 15 22 484 893 .266 .320 .454 .775 107 2853 191 51 26 70 55
1966 37 1766 6916 6285 792 1671 262 31 286 962 15 22 484 894 .266 .320 .454 .774 107 2853 191 51 26 70 55

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
1951 22 40 160 151 21 38 9 2 2 16 0 9 16 .252 .294 .377 .671 17 39
1952 23 6 23 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .043 .000 .043 0 6
1953 24 133 519 467 66 115 22 1 30 99 1 50 97 .246 .322 .490 .812 73 128
1954 25 161 680 605 84 179 33 7 24 97 3 53 78 .296 .356 .493 .848 105 153
1955 26 149 607 536 75 131 17 2 26 75 2 63 80 .244 .323 .429 .752 75 142
1956 27 164 660 612 77 171 25 3 26 89 0 37 64 .279 .323 .458 .780 90 157
1957 28 158 686 623 79 182 32 1 24 97 3 47 69 .292 .338 .462 .800 98 151
1958 29 157 650 591 97 166 27 4 37 119 0 44 83 .281 .334 .528 .862 103 149
1959 30 113 420 385 41 82 18 2 12 47 0 26 59 .213 .264 .364 .628 37 108
1960 31 141 530 500 59 119 13 1 22 70 1 29 77 .238 .279 .400 .679 55 135
1961 32 145 531 490 70 135 15 3 27 79 2 31 82 .276 .324 .484 .808 76 139
1962 33 156 632 570 68 151 23 3 34 93 2 48 95 .265 .328 .495 .822 90 156
1963 34 126 462 423 40 112 9 1 15 70 0 34 48 .265 .323 .397 .720 54 126
1964 35 99 366 344 44 96 18 1 10 50 1 16 41 .279 .311 .424 .736 46 99
1965 36 73 182 169 19 39 9 0 4 19 0 9 36 .231 .264 .355 .619 17 73
1966 37 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
16 Seasons 1826 7113 6493 840 1716 270 31 293 1020 15 497 927 .264 .318 .451 .769 936 1766
162 Game Avg. 162 631 576 75 152 24 3 26 90 1 44 82 .264 .318 .451 .769 83 1766

* 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

All-Star Games
1954 *
1955 *
1958 (3B)

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1953-NL-18-2%
1954-NL-13-7%
1955-NL-23-0%
1957-NL-19-2%
1958-NL-4-43%
0.54 Career Shares (405th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1954 NL--.497--9th
1958 NL--.528--4th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1958 NL--.863--9th

Games Played s c a p y
1954 NL--153--6th
1956 NL--157--1st
1957 NL--151--6th
1958 NL--149--9th

At Bats s c a p y
1956 NL--588--10th
1957 NL--594--7th
1958 NL--562--10th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1958 NL--89--9th

Hits s c a p y
1957 NL--172--9th

Total Bases s c a p y
1954 NL--287--8th
1957 NL--273--10th
1958 NL--297--5th

Doubles s c a p y
1957 NL--30--8th

Home Runs s c a p y
1953 NL--30--7th
1958 NL--35--2nd
1961 NL--27--9th
1962 NL--34--6th
Career--286--141st

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1957 NL--89--10th
1958 NL--109--2nd

Strikeouts s c a p y
1953 NL--93--4th
1954 NL--74--9th
1955 NL--76--6th
1962 NL--95--10th

Singles s c a p y
1957 NL--118--10th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1954 NL--123--10th
1958 NL--127--9th

Runs Created s c a p y
1954 NL--102--9th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1958 NL--2.0--10th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1954 NL--62--10th
1958 NL--65--5th
1962 NL--60--9th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1954 NL--10--1st
1956 NL--5--6th
1958 NL--7--4th
1961 NL--6--4th
1962 NL--8--5th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1954 NL--11--2nd
1956 NL--6--8th
1957 NL--12--1st
1958 NL--8--2nd
1959 NL--6--8th
1962 NL--6--10th
Career--70--134th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1955 NL--10--8th
1957 NL--9--7th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1956 NL--22--2nd
1957 NL--16--5th
1958 NL--19--4th
1961 NL--19--7th
1963 NL--23--2nd
Career--191--105th

AB per HR s c a p y
1953 NL--15.167--5th
1958 NL--16.057--2nd
1960 NL--22.810--10th
1961 NL--17.519--6th
1962 NL--16.794--6th
Career--21.976--173rd

Outs Made s c a p y
1956 NL--457--5th
1957 NL--456--5th
1958 NL--433--9th

Oldest s c a p y
1966 NL--born 1929-06-11--10th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (697), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 39 (508), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 21 (746), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 17 (830), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Bobby Thomson (940)
  2. Ben Oglivie (931)
  3. Eric Karros (923)
  4. George Bell (920)
  5. Tom Brunansky (919)
  6. Larry Parrish (912)
  7. Bill Nicholson (911)
  8. Andy Pafko (904)
  9. Rudy York (901)
  10. Adrian Beltre (895)
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  1. Jose Cruz (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Wally Post (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Austin Kearns (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Mike Marshall (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Kevin McReynolds (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Kevin McReynolds (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jermaine Dye (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Preston Wilson (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bobby Thomson (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Bobby Thomson (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Willie Horton (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Willie Horton (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Bobby Thomson (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Ben Oglivie (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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