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Frank Thomas

Frank Joseph Thomas

Positions: Outfielder, Third Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: June 11, 1929 in Pittsburgh, PA
High School: Mount Carmel College (Niagara Falls, ON)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 17, 1951
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Mets/Cubs/Braves/Redlegs/... 1951-1966

Final Game: May 30, 1966
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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
1951 22 PIT NL 39 157 148 21 39 9 2 2 16 0 2 9 15 .264 .306 .392 .698 85 58 5 0 0 8O
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 /8O
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 *O89/7 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 142 580 510 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 149 621 562 89 158 26 4 35 109 0 1 42 79 .281 .334 .528 .863 126 297 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 135 508 479 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 .828 123 235 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 86 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 .841 128 214 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 .824 117 283 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 82 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 Yrs 1766 6915 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) 155 565 534 61 127 14 1 23 70 1 0 30 83 .238 .278 .397 .675 84 212 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 .821 123 224 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

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
1951 22 PIT NL 39 157 -3 -0 1 0 -0 -3 -0.3 5 2 0.2 .492 .498 0.2 -0.0 2 $ 8O
1952 23 PIT NL 6 22 -4 -0 -0 0 0 -4 -0.4 1 -3 -0.4 .425 .497 -0.4 0.0 -3 $ /8O
1953 24 PIT NL 128 510 11 -1 -1 0 -2 7 0.6 17 24 2.2 .505 .504 2.4 -0.2 24 $ *O89/7 MVP-18
1954 25 PIT NL 153 653 20 -1 -1 -3 -3 13 1.2 22 35 3.4 .509 .508 3.8 -0.6 38 $ *87 AS,MVP-13
1955 26 PIT NL 142 580 -0 1 -2 -10 -4 -16 -1.9 20 4 0.0 .488 .490 1.3 -1.7 14 $ *78 AS,MVP-23
1956 27 PIT NL 157 637 8 -2 -2 -3 -2 -2 -0.6 22 20 1.5 .499 .499 2.3 -0.7 23 $ *57/4
1957 28 PIT NL 151 658 11 1 -2 -1 -7 2 0.0 22 24 2.2 .501 .501 2.5 -1.0 25 $ 3759/8 MVP-19
1958 29 PIT NL 149 621 19 -1 -2 -11 1 6 0.6 21 27 2.6 .504 .504 3.9 -1.0 38 $ *5/793 AS,MVP-4
1959 30 CIN NL 108 412 -19 -2 -2 -6 -1 -31 -3.3 14 -17 -1.9 .469 .480 -1.2 -0.8 -11 $ 573
1960 31 CHC NL 135 508 -8 -0 -2 -8 -5 -22 -2.5 17 -5 -0.8 .482 .485 0.0 -1.4 3 $ 375/9
1961 32 CHC NL 15 52 -1 0 -0 1 -1 -1 -0.1 2 1 0.1 .493 .499 0.0 -0.0 0 $ 7/3
1961 32 MLN NL 124 464 17 -2 -3 4 -6 10 1.0 16 26 2.5 .508 .507 2.1 -0.2 21 $ *73/9
1962 33 NYM NL 156 633 18 -3 -3 -4 -7 0 0.1 21 22 2.2 .500 .500 2.5 -1.1 26 $ *735
1963 34 NYM NL 126 458 3 -1 -4 -1 -6 -9 -1.0 16 6 0.5 .491 .493 0.6 -0.7 8 $ 73/5
1964 35 NYM NL 60 210 -5 0 -1 2 -3 -6 -0.6 7 1 0.1 .488 .496 -0.2 -0.1 -1 $ 73/5
1964 35 PHI NL 39 154 5 0 -0 2 -2 5 0.6 5 10 1.1 .514 .503 0.9 0.0 8 $ 3
1965 36 PHI NL 35 83 -1 0 0 -0 -1 -3 -0.3 3 0 0.0 .491 .498 0.0 -0.2 0 $ 3/795
1965 36 HOU NL 23 62 -2 -0 0 -1 -1 -4 -0.5 2 -2 -0.3 .480 .497 -0.1 -0.2 -1 $ 3/57
1965 36 MLN NL 15 36 -2 0 0 0 -0 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.2 .479 .498 -0.2 -0.1 -2 $ /37
1966 37 CHC NL 5 5 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.2 0 -1 -0.1 .470 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $
16 Seasons 1766 6915 66 -12 -24 -40 -51 -61 -8.0 233 172 14.9 .496 .498 20.3 -10.1 212 $
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
PIT (8 yrs) 925 3838 62 -4 -10 -28 -17 4 -0.9 129 133 11.7 .500 .500 16.0 -5.4 161 $
NYM (3 yrs) 342 1301 16 -4 -7 -4 -16 -15 -1.6 44 29 2.8 .495 .496 2.9 -1.9 33 $
CHC (3 yrs) 155 565 -10 0 -2 -7 -6 -25 -2.8 19 -5 -0.8 .483 .495 -0.1 -1.4 2 $
PHI (2 yrs) 74 237 4 0 -0 1 -3 2 0.3 8 10 1.1 .503 .501 0.9 -0.2 9 $
MLN (2 yrs) 139 500 15 -2 -3 4 -7 8 0.7 17 24 2.3 .505 .502 1.9 -0.3 20 $
CIN (1 yr) 108 412 -19 -2 -2 -6 -1 -31 -3.3 14 -17 -1.9 .469 .480 -1.2 -0.8 -11 $
HOU (1 yr) 23 62 -2 -0 0 -1 -1 -4 -0.5 2 -2 -0.3 .480 .497 -0.1 -0.2 -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
1951 22 PIT NL 157 116 17 3.9 105 .282 .264 .270 .306 .344 .392 .409 .698 .753 85 .438 -3.6 -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 .426 .837 .770 115 .565 8.9 0.8 .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 19.8 1.9 .837 .289 .199 5.3
1955 26 PIT NL 580 407 72 4.7 104 .241 .245 .263 .324 .334 .431 .417 .755 .751 100 .505 0.1 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 8.7 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 621 433 95 5.9 104 .270 .281 .267 .334 .335 .528 .418 .863 .753 126 .606 19.7 1.9 .814 .320 .247 .0
1959 30 CIN NL 412 313 37 3.2 108 .231 .225 .274 .278 .340 .380 .424 .658 .764 71 .333 -16.3 -1.6 .557 .222 .155 .0
1960 31 CHC NL 508 379 51 3.6 98 .242 .238 .261 .280 .326 .399 .400 .678 .727 85 .416 -12.1 -1.2 .584 .221 .161 1.9
1961 32 TOT NL 516 369 71 5.1 99 .285 .281 .261 .331 .327 .497 .407 .828 .734 123 .545 14.2 1.4 .744 .277 .216 3.7
1961 32 CHC NL 52 40 5 3.3 106 .275 .260 .270 .288 .337 .420 .421 .708 .757 86 .352 -1.3 -0.1 .575 .200 .160 .0
1961 32 MLN NL 464 329 66 5.4 99 .286 .284 .260 .335 .326 .506 .405 .841 .731 128 .564 15.5 1.5 .765 .286 .222 3.7
1962 33 NYM NL 633 441 91 5.5 104 .263 .266 .271 .329 .339 .496 .412 .824 .750 117 .586 12.3 1.2 .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 .474 1.2 0.1 .602 .212 .133 .0
1964 35 TOT NL 364 264 41 4.2 91 .280 .271 .260 .302 .317 .415 .386 .717 .704 102 .509 0.7 0.1 .611 .185 .144 1.8
1964 35 NYM NL 210 153 19 3.3 90 .283 .254 .259 .295 .316 .340 .384 .635 .700 82 .407 -4.8 -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 5.5 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 -6.4 -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 -1.8 -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 .258 .250 .322 .303 .390 .553 .712 55 .357 -1.8 -0.2 .462 .152 .091
1966 37 CHC NL 5 5 0 0.0 97 .000 .000 .266 .000 .325 .000 .401 .000 .725 -100 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
16 Yrs 6915 4923 883 4.8 101 .268 .266 .265 .320 .332 .454 .409 .774 .741 107 .526 54.6 5.1 .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 .267 .333 .335 .474 .416 .807 .751 113 .560 62.4 6.0 .747 .283 .199 17.1
NYM (3 yrs) 1301 930 156 4.5 97 .266 .262 .263 .319 .327 .434 .396 .752 .723 107 .526 8.7 0.8 .673 .249 .172 5.7
CHC (3 yrs) 565 424 56 3.6 98 .242 .238 .262 .278 .327 .397 .402 .675 .730 84 .404 -14.7 -1.5 .576 .217 .159 1.9
PHI (2 yrs) 237 173 29 4.5 93 .277 .282 .260 .303 .320 .459 .388 .763 .708 113 .543 3.8 0.4 .661 .214 .177 .0
MLN (2 yrs) 500 356 69 5.2 98 .287 .279 .260 .329 .325 .491 .404 .821 .730 123 .552 13.7 1.3 .742 .276 .213 3.7
CIN (1 yr) 412 313 37 3.2 108 .231 .225 .274 .278 .340 .380 .424 .658 .764 71 .333 -16.3 -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

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 Yrs (3 GP) 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 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 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 1.03 83%
1952 23 PIT NL 22 0.0% 4.6% 4.6% 0.0% 0% 1.00 21.0 0.60 91%
1953 24 PIT NL 510 5.9% 18.2% 9.8% 10.4% 46% 1.86 4.9 15.2 4.5 1.01 65%
1954 25 PIT NL 653 3.5% 11.3% 7.8% 9.5% 36% 1.45 7.8 25.1 6.1 1.19 75%
1955 26 PIT NL 580 4.3% 13.1% 10.3% 7.4% 34% 1.27 6.7 20.4 7.1 1.11 72%
1956 27 PIT NL 637 3.9% 9.6% 5.7% 8.2% 31% 1.69 9.6 23.5 7.4 1.07 80%
1957 28 PIT NL 658 3.5% 10.0% 6.7% 8.2% 31% 1.50 9.0 25.8 6.7 0.87 79%
1958 29 PIT NL 621 5.6% 12.7% 6.8% 10.5% 41% 1.88 7.1 16.1 5.2 0.93 73%
1959 30 CIN NL 412 2.9% 13.6% 6.6% 7.8% 38% 2.07 6.7 31.2 8.0 0.82 76%
1960 31 CHC NL 508 4.1% 14.6% 5.5% 6.7% 30% 2.64 6.5 22.8 7.5 0.90 76%
1961 32 TOT NL 516 5.2% 15.1% 6.0% 8.7% 34% 2.52 6.1 17.5 6.5 0.96 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 0.90 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 Yrs 6915 4.1% 12.9% 7.0% 8.4% 35% 1.85 7.0 22.0 6.5 0.99 75%
MLB Averages 2.2% 13.2% 8.7% 6.5% 29% 1.51 6.8 39.7 8.5 1.03 74%
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

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1951 22 PIT NL -3.6 -0.4 110 0.3 2.4 -2.1 1.15 0.2 -0.0 2.9 0.3 0.90 2.7 0.99 3
1952 23 PIT NL -4.0 -0.4 9 -0.2 0.1 -0.2 1.18 -0.2 0.0 -1.9 -0.2 1.07 -1.9 0
1953 24 PIT NL 8.9 0.8 353 0.4 7.5 -7.1 1.11 1.4 -1.1 14.8 1.4 0.97 14.0 1.47 5
1954 25 PIT NL 19.8 1.9 498 1.0 9.6 -8.6 1.04 0.8 0.1 8.8 0.9 0.98 13.9 2.88 1
1955 26 PIT NL 0.1 0.0 453 -0.3 8.4 -8.7 1.06 0.4 -0.6 3.9 0.4 0.93 6.3 1.72 2
1956 27 PIT NL 8.7 0.9 491 -0.7 9.5 -10.2 1.10 0.6 -1.2 -3.9 -0.4 0.93 4.5 0.87 2
1957 28 PIT NL 12.8 1.3 589 0.7 11.5 -10.8 1.08 1.3 -0.7 5.7 0.6 0.98 11.1 0
1958 29 PIT NL 20.5 2.0 619 -0.6 11.3 -11.9 1.05 1.7 -2.3 13.0 1.3 1.00 21.1 0.22 1
1959 30 CIN NL -16.8 -1.7 415 -1.9 5.9 -7.8 .95 -1.4 -0.6 -22.8 -2.2 0.95 -16.7 1.70 9
1960 31 CHC NL -12.7 -1.3 515 -1.6 9.2 -10.8 1.05 -0.5 -1.0 -3.2 -0.3 0.96 -7.8 1.54 11
1961 32 TOT NL 12.8 1.2 527 0.4 10.5 -10.2 1.06 1.2 -0.9 -0.1 -0.0 0.96 11.6 2.71 11
1961 32 CHC NL -1.3 -0.1 52 -0.3 0.9 -1.2 1.10 0.0 -0.3 -5.4 -0.5 0.96 -0.5 2.42 2
1961 32 MLN NL 14.1 1.4 475 0.6 9.6 -9.0 1.06 1.2 -0.6 5.2 0.5 0.96 12.1 2.77 9
1962 33 NYM NL 13.0 1.3 638 0.7 13.6 -12.9 1.13 1.3 -0.7 8.0 0.8 0.97 17.4 2.05 11
1963 34 NYM NL 1.2 0.1 462 -0.6 7.7 -8.2 1.02 0.0 -0.6 6.2 0.7 0.98 4.1 1.19 15
1964 35 TOT NL 0.5 0.0 371 1.1 7.4 -6.2 .98 0.3 0.8 3.7 0.4 0.95 2.0 1.36 14
1964 35 NYM NL -5.1 -0.5 213 0.5 4.2 -3.8 1.02 -0.4 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.94 -3.5 1.41 11
1964 35 PHI NL 5.5 0.6 158 0.6 3.1 -2.5 .93 0.7 -0.0 3.7 0.4 0.96 5.6 1.19 3
1965 36 TOT NL -6.5 -0.7 183 -0.5 3.4 -3.9 1.17 -0.4 -0.0 -7.1 -0.8 1.00 -4.8 2.05 30
1965 36 PHI NL -1.8 -0.2 84 0.5 2.0 -1.5 1.07 0.1 0.3 -1.3 -0.1 1.03 0.1 1.69 17
1965 36 HOU NL -2.9 -0.3 63 -0.6 1.0 -1.6 1.26 -0.3 -0.2 -2.8 -0.3 1.02 -2.6 2.78 8
1965 36 MLN NL -1.8 -0.2 36 -0.4 0.4 -0.8 1.24 -0.2 -0.1 -3.0 -0.3 0.89 -2.3 2.12 5
1966 37 CHC NL -1.4 -0.1 4 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.04 -0.1 0.0 -0.9 -0.1 0.86 -1.0 1.04 4
16 Yrs 53.4 5.0 6237 -1.9 118.0 -119.9 1.06 6.9 -8.7 27.0 2.6 0.96 76.4 1.73 119
BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB

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
1951 22 PIT NL 2 0 41% 45 0 2 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 57% 2 2 0 0 0 0 5 1 4
1952 23 PIT NL 0 0 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1953 24 PIT NL 9 0 28% 125 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 42% 20 12 7 3 3 0 10 2 7
1954 25 PIT NL 11 0 28% 179 3 2 60% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 9 41% 32 21 9 3 2 1 16 4 11
1955 26 PIT NL 8 0 29% 140 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 47% 23 15 8 1 1 0 12 3 9
1956 27 PIT NL 5 0 24% 173 0 5 0% 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 3 35% 29 24 4 7 4 3 13 3 10
1957 28 PIT NL 10 0 25% 212 3 1 75% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 10 40% 29 20 9 3 1 2 16 7 8
1958 29 PIT NL 7 0 31% 205 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 10 44% 37 24 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% 168 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 Yrs 106 0 26% 2071 15 22 41% 9 20 3 2 0 0 10 1 76 79 41% 324 223 92 54 33 20 161 41 109
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*

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
1951 22 PIT NL 157 28% 39 3 1 0 1 0.99 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0% 22 5 23% 6 0 0% 55 11 20% 3 1 33% 3 0 0% 0
1952 23 PIT NL 22 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 2 0 0% 7 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1953 24 PIT NL 510 42% 116 5 1 0 1 1.47 30 1 8 14 6 18 12 0 2 3 150% 76 12 16% 28 8 29% 253 51 20% 22 14 64% 15 6 40% 0
1954 25 PIT NL 653 36% 172 1 1 0 0 2.88 23 0 18 11 5 7 16 0 4 4 100% 98 10 10% 40 16 40% 345 54 16% 33 19 58% 19 11 58% 0
1955 26 PIT NL 587 38% 125 2 0 0 0 1.72 25 0 7 11 11 8 17 0 3 3 100% 81 13 16% 41 11 27% 256 38 15% 21 10 48% 17 7 41% -7
1956 27 PIT NL 638 26% 166 2 0 0 0 0.87 25 0 6 17 3 10 15 0 2 2 100% 84 22 26% 45 10 22% 281 42 15% 37 14 38% 8 3 38% -1
1957 28 PIT NL 659 27% 172 0 0 0 0 23 0 10 12 5 8 15 0 6 5 83% 120 16 13% 60 25 42% 388 57 15% 34 16 47% 21 13 62% -1
1958 29 PIT NL 621 29% 158 1 0 0 0 0.22 35 1 18 22 13 9 26 0 1 1 100% 123 19 15% 66 15 23% 416 76 18% 53 27 51% 22 9 41% 0
1959 30 CIN NL 412 39% 84 9 1 1 1 1.70 12 0 13 5 7 6 6 0 2 2 100% 69 13 19% 43 13 30% 262 35 13% 30 14 47% 9 3 33% 0
1960 31 CHC NL 508 36% 114 11 4 0 1 1.54 21 0 13 13 8 11 10 1 1 1 100% 90 12 13% 38 4 11% 328 47 14% 22 9 41% 16 7 44% 0
1961 32 TOT NL 516 33% 133 11 1 0 1 2.71 27 1 15 19 8 14 13 0 2 2 100% 107 19 18% 59 9 15% 331 48 15% 34 16 47% 20 9 45% 0
1961 32 CHC NL 52 40% 13 2 0 0 0 2.42 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 464 32% 120 9 1 0 1 2.77 25 1 12 18 7 13 12 0 2 2 100% 98 16 16% 55 9 16% 296 44 15% 31 15 48% 19 8 42% 0
1962 33 NYM NL 633 26% 152 11 4 0 2 2.05 34 1 13 28 6 18 16 0 1 0 0% 117 15 13% 63 11 17% 427 61 14% 51 19 37% 25 9 36% 0
1963 34 NYM NL 458 35% 109 15 4 1 2 1.19 15 0 8 13 2 8 7 0 1 0 0% 88 23 26% 36 5 14% 295 46 16% 23 12 52% 11 5 45% 0
1964 35 TOT NL 364 30% 92 14 4 1 1 1.36 10 0 3 8 2 7 3 0 4 3 75% 70 7 10% 33 12 36% 225 38 17% 25 14 56% 9 7 78% 0
1964 35 NYM NL 210 28% 50 11 3 1 1 1.41 3 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 0% 41 4 10% 17 4 24% 129 18 14% 11 6 55% 7 5 71% 0
1964 35 PHI NL 154 33% 42 3 1 0 0 1.19 7 0 1 6 1 5 2 0 3 3 100% 29 3 10% 16 8 50% 96 20 21% 14 8 57% 2 2 100% 0
1965 36 TOT NL 181 60% 37 30 3 1 4 2.05 4 0 8 1 3 1 3 0 0 0 38 3 8% 14 8 57% 125 14 11% 11 6 55% 5 3 60% 0
1965 36 PHI NL 83 60% 20 17 3 1 4 1.69 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 23 3 13% 7 4 57% 59 7 12% 6 3 50% 1 1 100% 0
1965 36 HOU NL 62 77% 10 8 0 0 0 2.78 3 0 3 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 9 0 0% 6 3 50% 47 6 13% 4 2 50% 4 2 50% 0
1965 36 MLN NL 36 28% 7 5 0 0 0 2.12 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0% 1 1 100% 19 1 5% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1966 37 CHC NL 5 75% 0 4 0 0 0 1.04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
16 Yrs 6924 33% 1671 119 24 4 14 1.73 286 4 141 176 79 126 160 1 30 26 87% 1188 191 16% 574 147 26% 3995 618 15% 399 191 48% 200 92 46% -9
MLB Averages 50% 79% 11% 31% 14% 49% 53%
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

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 85 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 1922 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 2559 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 3217 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 4758 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 5274 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 5907 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 6365 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 6729 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 6910 6280 792 1671 262 31 286 962 15 22 484 893 .266 .320 .454 .775 108 2853 191 51 26 70 55
1966 37 1766 6915 6285 792 1671 262 31 286 962 15 22 484 894 .266 .320 .454 .774 107 2853 191 51 26 70 55

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
1951 22 40 162 153 21 40 9 2 2 16 0 9 16 .261 .302 .386 .688 18 39
1952 23 6 23 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .043 .000 .043 0 6
1953 24 133 523 468 66 116 22 1 30 99 1 50 97 .248 .323 .491 .815 74 128
1954 25 161 685 606 84 180 33 7 24 98 3 53 78 .297 .357 .493 .850 106 153
1955 26 149 610 536 75 131 17 2 26 75 2 63 80 .244 .323 .429 .752 75 142
1956 27 164 674 622 77 181 26 3 27 90 0 39 64 .291 .335 .473 .807 98 157
1957 28 158 693 625 78 184 32 1 25 97 3 47 69 .294 .340 .469 .809 100 151
1958 29 157 655 594 96 169 28 4 37 118 0 45 83 .285 .338 .532 .870 106 149
1959 30 113 428 389 41 86 18 2 12 47 0 28 59 .221 .275 .370 .645 40 108
1960 31 141 537 505 60 124 13 1 23 71 1 30 77 .246 .287 .412 .699 60 135
1961 32 145 545 499 72 144 16 3 29 81 2 34 82 .289 .339 .507 .846 85 139
1962 33 156 630 569 67 150 23 3 34 91 2 47 95 .264 .325 .494 .819 89 156
1963 34 126 471 430 39 119 10 1 16 70 0 36 48 .277 .335 .416 .752 60 126
1964 35 99 373 348 45 100 18 1 11 51 1 16 41 .287 .319 .440 .759 49 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 Yrs 1826 7196 6540 840 1763 274 31 300 1023 15 507 927 .270 .324 .459 .782 977 1766
162 Game Avg. 162 638 580 75 156 24 3 27 91 1 45 82 .270 .324 .459 .782 87 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 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
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 (423rd)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1958 NL  3.9 (10th)

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 (150th)

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)

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 (137th)

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 (113th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1953 NL  15.2 (5th)
1958 NL  16.1 (2nd)
1960 NL  22.8 (10th)
1961 NL  17.5 (6th)
1962 NL  16.8 (6th)
Career  22.0 (184th)

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 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 45 (564), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 21 (779), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 17 (918), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Bobby Thomson (939)
  2. Ben Oglivie (932)
  3. Eric Karros (923)
  4. George Bell (920)
  5. Tom Brunansky (919)
  6. Larry Parrish (912)
  7. Bill Nicholson (911)
  8. Andy Pafko (903)
  9. Jose Guillen (901)
  10. Vernon Wells (901)
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  1. Bob Allison (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Wally Post (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Austin Kearns (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Mike Marshall (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Kevin McReynolds (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Kevin McReynolds (958)  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 (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Bobby Thomson (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Willie Horton (947)  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 (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Ben Oglivie (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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