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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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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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1951 PIT NL 22 OF 37 92 87 5 0 2 1.000 2.49 .980 2.23 0-37-0
1952 PIT NL 23 OF 5 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 .978 2.10 0-5-0
1953 PIT NL 24 OF 118 331 306 17 8 1 .976 2.74 .980 2.11 6-96-16 MVP-18
1954 PIT NL 25 OF 153 152 1328.0 437 418 14 5 2 .989 -2.9 -2.6 0.1 2.1 -2.1 -3 2.93 2.82 .975 2.36 2.18 AS,MVP-13
1954 PIT NL 25 CF 112 111 966.2 326 311 10 5 1 .985 -4.1 -5.1 -1.1 3.0 -4.2 -3 2.99 2.87 .983 2.83 2.67 AS,MVP-13
1954 PIT NL 25 LF 45 41 361.1 109 105 4 0 1 1.000 1.2 4.0 1.2 -0.9 2.1 0 2.71 2.42 .970 2.22 1.98 AS,MVP-13
1955 PIT NL 26 OF 139 136 1205.0 320 307 8 5 3 .984 -10.4 -10.4 -8.4 -8.6 0.3 -2 2.35 2.27 .977 2.30 2.10 AS,MVP-23
1955 PIT NL 26 LF 88 81 725.0 178 169 5 4 2 .978 -4.8 -7.9 -3.8 -5.7 1.9 -1 2.16 1.98 .973 2.12 1.82 AS,MVP-23
1955 PIT NL 26 CF 57 55 480.0 144 140 3 1 1 .993 -5.6 -14.0 -4.6 -2.9 -1.6 -1 2.68 2.51 .982 2.70 2.50 AS,MVP-23
1956 PIT NL 27 3B 111 105 903.1 312 118 176 18 21 .942 -5.9 -7.8 -5.9 0.3 -6.2 0 2.93 2.65 .957 3.05 2.64
1956 PIT NL 27 LF 57 50 418.1 95 91 3 1 1 .989 3.1 8.9 3.1 -0.3 3.4 0 2.02 1.65 .972 2.07 1.70
1956 PIT NL 27 OF 56 50 418.1 98 95 3 0 1 1.000 3.1 8.9 3.1 -0.3 3.4 0 2.11 1.75 .977 2.28 2.05
1956 PIT NL 27 2B 4 0 5.2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.76 0.75 .967 5.40 4.65
1957 PIT NL 28 1B 71 70 619.0 664 597 52 15 53 .977 -4.5 -8.7 -4.5 1.1 -5.6 0 9.44 9.14 .990 9.67 8.82 MVP-19
1957 PIT NL 28 OF 59 57 501.1 122 105 14 3 3 .975 2.5 6.0 -1.5 -2.0 0.5 4 2.14 2.02 .980 2.29 2.07 MVP-19
1957 PIT NL 28 LF 46 41 356.1 76 64 11 1 3 .987 3.0 10.1 -1.0 -2.0 1.0 4 1.89 1.63 .978 2.03 1.71 MVP-19
1957 PIT NL 28 3B 31 24 232.2 87 27 53 7 4 .920 0.8 4.1 0.8 0.2 0.7 0 3.09 2.58 .954 2.96 2.71 MVP-19
1957 PIT NL 28 RF 19 16 140.0 39 33 4 2 0 .949 -0.5 -4.3 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 2.38 1.95 .972 1.98 1.72 MVP-19
1957 PIT NL 28 CF 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.88 2.60 MVP-19
1958 PIT NL 29 3B 139 139 1222.2 391 122 240 29 21 .926 -13.1 -12.9 -13.1 -3.5 -9.5 0 2.66 2.60 .953 3.18 2.86 AS,MVP-4
1958 PIT NL 29 OF 8 7 61.0 19 18 0 1 0 .947 1.1 21.6 1.1 1.1 0.0 0 2.66 2.25 .979 2.26 1.95 AS,MVP-4
1958 PIT NL 29 LF 5 4 36.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 26.7 0.8 0.8 0.0 0 2.00 1.60 .975 2.00 1.54 AS,MVP-4
1958 PIT NL 29 RF 4 3 25.0 8 7 0 1 0 .875 0.3 14.4 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 2.52 1.75 .975 2.02 1.72 AS,MVP-4
1958 PIT NL 29 1B 2 2 18.0 23 20 3 0 1 1.000 1.0 66.7 1.0 0.0 1.0 0 11.50 11.50 .991 9.55 8.10 AS,MVP-4
1959 CIN NL 30 3B 64 63 512.0 179 55 111 13 8 .927 -3.1 -7.3 -3.1 -0.2 -2.9 0 2.92 2.59 .951 2.97 2.66
1959 CIN NL 30 LF 33 18 183.1 40 36 0 4 0 .900 -4.0 -26.2 -2.0 0.8 -2.8 -2 1.77 1.09 .972 2.04 1.59
1959 CIN NL 30 OF 33 18 183.1 44 40 0 4 0 .909 -4.0 -26.2 -2.0 0.8 -2.8 -2 1.96 1.21 .980 2.21 1.90
1959 CIN NL 30 1B 14 14 118.0 128 111 15 2 11 .984 0.7 7.1 0.7 1.4 -0.7 0 9.61 9.00 .988 9.58 8.04
1960 CHC NL 31 1B 50 48 414.0 468 426 34 8 36 .983 -3.4 -9.9 -3.4 -2.6 -0.9 0 10.00 9.20 .990 9.57 8.20
1960 CHC NL 31 OF 49 39 365.2 83 77 3 3 0 .964 -0.8 -2.6 0.2 -1.9 2.1 -1 1.97 1.63 .978 2.20 1.92
1960 CHC NL 31 LF 44 33 319.2 66 61 2 3 0 .955 -3.6 -13.5 -2.6 -3.5 0.9 -1 1.77 1.43 .974 1.98 1.54
1960 CHC NL 31 3B 33 33 261.0 86 25 55 6 4 .930 -3.3 -15.2 -2.3 -2.3 0.0 -1 2.76 2.42 .953 2.97 2.61
1960 CHC NL 31 RF 6 6 46.0 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 2.8 73.0 2.8 1.6 1.2 0 3.33 2.83 .976 2.00 1.77
1961 TOT NL 32 OF 119 117 1016.1 227 211 6 10 0 .956 5.6 6.6 6.6 2.0 4.6 -1 1.92 1.82 .978 2.16 1.86
1961 TOT NL 32 LF 118 116 1007.1 224 208 6 10 0 .955 6.1 7.3 7.1 2.0 5.1 -1 1.91 1.81 .974 1.88 1.50
1961 TOT NL 32 1B 17 8 81.1 95 89 6 0 8 1.000 -0.5 -7.4 -0.5 0.7 -1.2 0 10.51 5.59 .991 9.82 8.57
1961 CHC NL 32 LF 10 8 75.0 11 9 2 0 0 1.000 1.1 17.6 0.1 -0.3 0.4 1 1.32 1.10 .973 1.88 1.50
1961 CHC NL 32 OF 10 8 75.0 11 9 2 0 0 1.000 1.1 17.6 0.1 -0.3 0.4 1 1.32 1.10 .973 2.16 1.86
1961 CHC NL 32 1B 6 4 36.0 43 41 2 0 2 1.000 -0.5 -16.7 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 10.75 7.17 .991 9.82 8.57
1961 MLN NL 32 OF 109 109 941.1 216 202 4 10 0 .954 4.5 5.7 6.5 2.3 4.2 -2 1.97 1.89 .978 2.16 1.86
1961 MLN NL 32 LF 108 108 932.1 213 199 4 10 0 .953 5.0 6.4 7.0 2.3 4.7 -2 1.96 1.88 .974 1.88 1.50
1961 MLN NL 32 1B 11 4 45.1 52 48 4 0 6 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 -0.7 0 10.32 4.73 .990 9.81 8.57
1961 MLN NL 32 RF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 -66.7 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 0.00 0.00 1.90 1.60
1962 NYM NL 33 LF 126 126 1079.2 240 218 13 9 0 .963 -1.9 -2.1 -3.9 2.4 -6.2 2 1.93 1.83 .968 1.81 1.37
1962 NYM NL 33 OF 126 126 1079.2 239 216 14 9 0 .962 -1.9 -2.1 -3.9 2.4 -6.2 2 1.92 1.83 .974 2.07 1.79
1962 NYM NL 33 1B 11 9 78.1 92 88 3 1 7 .989 -1.8 -27.6 -1.8 -1.8 0.0 0 10.46 8.27 .990 9.79 8.04
1962 NYM NL 33 3B 10 10 86.1 30 7 19 4 1 .867 -0.7 -9.7 -0.7 -0.5 -0.3 0 2.71 2.60 .953 2.95 2.56
1963 NYM NL 34 LF 96 94 783.1 166 156 8 2 1 .988 1.0 1.5 2.0 -0.7 2.7 -1 1.88 1.71 .970 1.80 1.38
1963 NYM NL 34 OF 96 94 783.1 168 158 8 2 1 .988 1.0 1.5 2.0 -0.7 2.7 -1 1.91 1.73 .977 2.01 1.75
1963 NYM NL 34 1B 15 15 120.2 156 146 9 1 9 .994 -1.6 -15.9 -1.6 -1.4 -0.2 0 11.56 10.33 .989 9.82 8.36
1963 NYM NL 34 3B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -0.5 -300.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.000 3.15 2.50
1964 TOT NL 35 1B 55 53 458.2 490 439 42 9 48 .982 3.0 7.8 3.0 0.1 2.9 0 9.44 8.75 .990 10.02 8.83
1964 NYM NL 35 LF 31 31 269.2 61 59 2 0 1 1.000 1.2 5.3 3.2 2.1 1.1 -2 2.04 1.97 .964 1.71 1.34
1964 NYM NL 35 OF 31 31 269.2 60 58 2 0 1 1.000 1.2 5.3 3.2 2.1 1.1 -2 2.00 1.94 .972 1.99 1.72
1964 NYM NL 35 1B 19 17 140.0 157 142 14 1 11 .994 1.1 9.4 1.1 1.0 0.1 0 10.03 8.21 .990 10.02 8.83
1964 NYM NL 35 3B 2 0 4.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -150.0 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 6.75 1.50 .933 2.92 2.60
1964 PHI NL 35 1B 36 36 318.2 333 297 28 8 37 .976 1.9 7.2 1.9 -0.9 2.8 0 9.18 9.03 .990 10.02 8.83
1965 TOT NL 36 1B 33 28 239.0 267 250 13 4 24 .985 -0.2 -1.0 -0.2 -1.5 1.4 0 9.90 7.97 .990 10.02 8.60
1965 TOT NL 36 OF 16 8 76.0 13 12 1 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -12.6 -0.8 -0.5 -0.2 0 1.54 0.81 .969 1.99 1.75
1965 TOT NL 36 LF 13 5 49.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -2.4 -0.1 -0.5 0.5 0 1.47 0.62 .962 1.71 1.38
1965 TOT NL 36 3B 3 0 5.0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 -0.5 -120.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 1.80 0.33 .950 2.70 2.47
1965 PHI NL 36 OF 12 5 51.0 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -18.8 -0.8 -0.3 -0.5 0 1.94 0.92 .973 1.99 1.75
1965 PHI NL 36 1B 11 10 81.1 93 88 4 1 10 .989 0.7 10.3 0.7 -0.3 1.1 0 10.18 8.36 .990 10.01 8.60
1965 PHI NL 36 LF 9 2 24.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -5.0 -0.1 -0.3 0.2 0 1.88 0.56 .960 1.72 1.38
1965 PHI NL 36 RF 4 3 27.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -31.1 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 0 2.00 1.50 .983 1.97 1.72
1965 PHI NL 36 3B 1 0 2.0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 -0.4 -240.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 .950 2.70 2.50
1965 HOU NL 36 1B 16 12 107.2 126 118 6 2 11 .984 -0.7 -7.8 -0.7 -1.4 0.8 0 10.37 7.75 .990 10.02 8.60
1965 HOU NL 36 3B 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -40.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.45
1965 HOU NL 36 LF 1 1 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -40.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.65 1.40
1965 HOU NL 36 OF 1 1 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -40.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.95 1.80
1965 MLN NL 36 1B 6 6 50.0 48 44 3 1 3 .979 -0.2 -4.8 -0.2 0.2 -0.5 0 8.46 7.83 .990 10.03 8.60
1965 MLN NL 36 LF 3 2 19.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 12.6 0.2 0.0 0.3 0 1.42 1.00 .967 1.71 1.37
1965 MLN NL 36 OF 3 2 19.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 12.6 0.2 0.0 0.3 0 0.95 0.67 .950 1.99 1.73
15 Seasons OF 1045 835 7287.2 2262 2116 96 50 14 .978 -6.3 -1.0 -0.3 -3.5 3.4 -6 2.73 2.12 .977 2.20 1.98 708-308-50
12 Seasons (incomplete) LF 702 640 5589.0 1271 1183 54 34 9 .973 2.0 0.4 4.0 -5.5 9.7 -2 1.99 1.76 .971 1.93 1.56
9 Seasons 3B 394 374 3229.0 1091 355 657 79 59 .928 -26.8 -10.0 -25.8 -7.0 -18.7 -1 2.82 2.57 .954 3.07 2.72
9 Seasons 1B 268 247 2147.0 2383 2166 177 40 197 .983 -7.3 -4.1 -7.3 -4.0 -3.3 0 9.82 8.74 .990 9.78 8.56
3 Seasons (incomplete) CF 170 166 1451.2 470 451 13 6 2 .987 -9.7 -8.0 -5.7 0.1 -5.8 -4 2.88 2.73 .983 2.79 2.61
5 Seasons (incomplete) RF 34 29 247.0 70 61 6 3 0 .957 1.4 6.8 1.4 1.9 -0.5 0 2.44 1.97 .974 1.98 1.73
1 Season 2B 4 0 5.2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.76 0.75 .967 5.40 4.65
16 Seasons TOT 1711 1456 12669.1 5739 4640 930 169 270 .971 -40.4 -3.8 -33.4 -14.5 -18.6 -6 -1 3.96 3.26 .949 3.71 3.19 708-308-50
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

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 (409th)

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)

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  15.2 (5th)
1958 NL  16.1 (2nd)
1960 NL  22.8 (10th)
1961 NL  17.5 (6th)
1962 NL  16.8 (6th)
Career  22.0 (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 (725), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 45 (546), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 21 (752), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 17 (942), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

July 23, 1947: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.

January 30, 1959: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Whammy Douglas, Jim Pendleton and John Powers to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Smoky Burgess, Harvey Haddix and Don Hoak.

December 6, 1959: Traded by the Cincinnati Redlegs to the Chicago Cubs for Bill Henry, Lou Jackson and Lee Walls.

May 9, 1961: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Milwaukee Braves for Mel Roach.

November 28, 1961: Traded by the Milwaukee Braves with a player to be named later to the New York Mets for a player to be named later and cash. The New York Mets sent Gus Bell (May 21, 1962) to the Milwaukee Braves to complete the trade. The Milwaukee Braves sent Rick Herrscher (May 21, 1962) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

August 7, 1964: Traded by the New York Mets to the Philadelphia Phillies for Wayne Graham, Gary Kroll and cash.

July 10, 1965: Purchased by the Houston Astros from the Philadelphia Phillies.

September 1, 1965: Traded by the Houston Astros to the Milwaukee Braves for a player to be named later. The Milwaukee Braves sent Mickey Sinnerud (minors) (September 11, 1965) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

April 5, 1966: Released by the Atlanta Braves.

May 14, 1966: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

June 4, 1966: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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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 (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') 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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