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Lee Thomas

James Leroy Thomas

Positions: Rightfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: February 5, 1936 in Peoria, IL
High School: Beaumont HS (St. Louis, MO)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1961
Teams (by GP): Angels/RedSox/Cubs/Astros/Braves/... 1961-1968

Final Game: September 27, 1968
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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
1954	18	NYY-min	D	68	280	280		85	14	3	4						.304	.304	.418	.721		117							OWN · KITL
1955	19	NYY-min	B	106	408	408		108	22	0	12						.265	.265	.407	.672		166							QUI · IIIL
1956	20	NYY-min	B,A	118	445	445		123	22	4	8						.276	.276	.398	.674		177							WSM,BNG · CARL,EL
1957	21	NYY-min	A	109	321	321		84	12	5	8						.262	.262	.405	.667		130							BNG · EL
1958	22	NYY-min	A	133	481	481		135	20	5	17						.281	.281	.449	.730		216							BNG · EL
1959	23	NYY-min	A	138	602	546	79	166	22	5	25	122	2		47	45	.304	.354	.500	.854		273		0	0	9	9		BNG · EL
1960	24	NYY-min	AA,AAA	116	471	413	72	137	27	10	28	112	6	1	48	56	.332	.404	.649	1.053		268		4	3	3			AMA,RMD · TL,IL
1961	25	TOT	AL	132	507	452	77	129	11	5	24	70	0	5	47	74	.285	.353	.491	.844	115	222	12	2	2	3	2	937	MVP-24,RoY-3
1961	25	NYY	AL	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	175	1	0	0	0	0	0
1961	25	LAA	AL	130	505	450	77	128	11	5	24	70	0	5	47	74	.284	.353	.491	.844	115	221	12	2	2	3	2	937
1962	26	LAA	AL	160	652	583	88	169	21	2	26	104	6	1	55	74	.290	.355	.467	.821	123	272	16	6	4	4	3	3987	AS,MVP-11
1963	27	LAA	AL	149	594	528	52	116	12	6	9	55	6	0	53	82	.220	.301	.316	.617	78	167	13	9	2	2	6	39/78
1964	28	TOT	AL	154	636	573	58	150	27	3	15	66	3	1	52	51	.262	.325	.398	.723	100	228	16	4	3	4	5	*9/37
1964	28	LAA	AL	47	194	172	14	47	8	1	2	24	1	0	18	22	.273	.340	.366	.707	106	63	2	0	3	1	1	9/73
1964	28	BOS	AL	107	442	401	44	103	19	2	13	42	2	1	34	29	.257	.319	.411	.730	98	165	14	4	0	3	4	9/3
1965	29	BOS	AL	151	603	521	74	141	27	4	22	75	6	2	72	42	.271	.361	.464	.826	128	242	16	3	5	2	8	*37/9
1966	30	TOT	NL	114	306	275	26	61	5	1	7	24	1	1	24	30	.222	.293	.324	.616	70	89	3	4	2	1	2	37/8
1966	30	ATL	NL	39	139	126	11	25	1	1	6	15	1	1	10	15	.198	.261	.365	.626	70	46	0	1	1	1	1	3
1966	30	CHC	NL	75	167	149	15	36	4	0	1	9	0	0	14	15	.242	.319	.289	.608	70	43	3	3	1	0	1	37/8
1967	31	CHC	NL	77	212	191	16	42	4	1	2	23	1	0	15	22	.220	.284	.283	.567	60	54	3	3	1	2	5	93/8
1968	32	HOU	NL	90	221	201	14	39	4	0	1	11	2	1	14	22	.194	.249	.229	.478	46	46	6	1	4	1	4	9/73
1969	33	NAK	Fgn																										NAK · JPPL
1970	34	STL-min	AAA	135	544	477	67	128	23	0	8	66	2	1	55	48	.268	.347	.367	.714		175		5	2	5			TUL · AA
8 Yrs				1027	3731	3324	405	847	111	22	106	428	25	11	332	397	.255	.327	.397	.724	100	1320	85	32	23	19	35
162 Game Avg.				162	589	524	64	134	18	3	17	68	4	2	52	63	.255	.327	.397	.724	100	208	13	5	4	3	6

LAA (4 yrs)				486	1945	1733	231	460	52	14	61	253	13	6	173	252	.265	.336	.417	.753	106	723	43	17	11	10	12
BOS (2 yrs)				258	1045	922	118	244	46	6	35	117	8	3	106	71	.265	.343	.441	.785	115	407	30	7	5	5	12
CHC (2 yrs)				152	379	340	31	78	8	1	3	32	1	0	29	37	.229	.300	.285	.585	65	97	6	6	2	2	6
ATL (1 yr)				39	139	126	11	25	1	1	6	15	1	1	10	15	.198	.261	.365	.626	70	46	0	1	1	1	1
NYY (1 yr)				2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	175	1	0	0	0	0	0
HOU (1 yr)				90	221	201	14	39	4	0	1	11	2	1	14	22	.194	.249	.229	.478	46	46	6	1	4	1	4

AL (5 yrs)				746	2992	2657	349	705	98	20	96	370	21	9	279	323	.265	.339	.426	.764	109	1131	73	24	16	15	24
NL (3 yrs)				281	739	667	56	142	13	2	10	58	4	2	53	74	.213	.277	.283	.561	61	189	12	8	7	4	11

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
1961	25	NYY	AL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.510	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$		MVP-24,RoY-3
1961	25	LAA	AL	130	505	10	-2	-0	5	-6	7	0.5	14	21	1.9	.506	.504	1.5	-0.2	15	$	937	MVP-24,RoY-3
1962	26	LAA	AL	160	652	15	-0	-0	-2	-8	4	0.1	18	21	1.9	.502	.502	2.4	-1.3	24	$	3987	AS,MVP-11
1963	27	LAA	AL	149	594	-15	-2	0	11	-8	-14	-1.8	16	2	-0.1	.489	.490	-1.1	0.1	-8	$	39/78
1964	28	LAA	AL	47	194	0	-1	0	-0	-2	-2	-0.4	5	3	0.2	.494	.498	0.2	-0.3	3	$	9/73
1964	28	BOS	AL	107	442	-1	-1	-1	-7	-5	-15	-1.9	12	-3	-0.7	.484	.489	0.3	-1.5	4	$	9/3
1965	29	BOS	AL	151	603	17	1	-1	-1	-9	8	0.8	17	25	2.5	.506	.505	2.6	-1.1	26	$	*37/9
1966	30	ATL	NL	39	139	-6	-1	0	0	-2	-8	-0.8	5	-3	-0.3	.478	.495	-0.4	-0.2	-3	$	3
1966	30	CHC	NL	75	167	-6	-0	0	-2	-2	-9	-1.0	6	-4	-0.4	.486	.494	-0.3	-0.3	-2	$	37/8
1967	31	CHC	NL	77	212	-11	-0	0	-3	-3	-16	-1.9	7	-9	-1.2	.475	.488	-0.9	-0.6	-6	$	93/8
1968	32	HOU	NL	90	221	-14	0	-0	-5	-2	-21	-2.6	8	-14	-1.9	.470	.483	-1.3	-0.8	-9	$	9/73
8 Seasons				1027	3731	-9	-6	-1	-4	-48	-68	-8.9	108	40	1.9	.492	.495	3.0	-6.2	44	$

LAA (4 yrs)				486	1945	10	-5	0	13	-25	-6	-1.5	54	47	3.9	.498	.499	3.0	-1.7	34	$
BOS (2 yrs)				258	1045	17	-0	-2	-9	-14	-8	-1.1	29	22	1.8	.497	.497	2.9	-2.6	30	$
CHC (2 yrs)				152	379	-17	-0	0	-4	-5	-26	-2.9	13	-13	-1.6	.480	.491	-1.2	-0.9	-8	$
ATL (1 yr)				39	139	-6	-1	0	0	-2	-8	-0.8	5	-3	-0.3	.478	.495	-0.4	-0.2	-3	$
NYY (1 yr)				2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.510	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
HOU (1 yr)				90	221	-14	0	-0	-5	-2	-21	-2.6	8	-14	-1.9	.470	.483	-1.3	-0.8	-9	$

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
1961	25	TOT	AL	507	345	76	5.9	112	.294	.285	.275	.353	.352	.491	.428	.844	.780	115	.606	7.9	0.8	.782	.299	.206	.0
1961	25	NYY	AL	2	1	1	26.7	99	.500	.500	.258	.500	.332	.500	.402	1.000	.734	175	.961	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000
1961	25	LAA	AL	505	344	75	5.8	112	.293	.284	.275	.353	.352	.491	.428	.844	.780	115	.601	7.7	0.8	.782	.300	.207	.0
1962	26	LAA	AL	652	439	96	5.9	100	.294	.290	.259	.355	.331	.467	.404	.821	.736	123	.615	17.9	1.8	.784	.280	.177	9.8
1963	27	LAA	AL	594	429	52	3.3	90	.244	.220	.248	.301	.314	.316	.384	.617	.697	78	.388	-14.6	-1.5	.553	.208	.097	7.2
1964	28	TOT	AL	636	447	73	4.4	96	.264	.262	.256	.325	.324	.398	.398	.723	.722	100	.517	0.7	0.1	.650	.230	.136	5.0
1964	28	LAA	AL	194	131	23	4.7	87	.302	.273	.244	.340	.311	.366	.379	.707	.690	106	.550	2.2	0.2	.646	.203	.093	1.3
1964	28	BOS	AL	442	316	50	4.3	100	.249	.257	.261	.319	.330	.411	.406	.730	.736	98	.502	-1.4	-0.2	.652	.242	.155	3.5
1965	29	BOS	AL	603	405	87	5.8	97	.259	.271	.257	.361	.328	.464	.394	.826	.723	128	.659	20.5	2.2	.807	.340	.194	9.4
1966	30	TOT	NL	306	221	27	3.3	98	.226	.222	.267	.293	.326	.324	.402	.616	.728	70	.388	-11.4	-1.2	.537	.189	.102	1.8
1966	30	ATL	NL	139	104	13	3.4	99	.179	.198	.268	.261	.327	.365	.404	.626	.731	70	.398	-5.8	-0.6	.559	.246	.167	1.7
1966	30	CHC	NL	167	117	14	3.2	97	.263	.242	.266	.319	.325	.289	.401	.608	.725	70	.379	-5.6	-0.6	.517	.141	.047	.0
1967	31	CHC	NL	212	155	16	2.8	94	.237	.220	.264	.284	.327	.283	.387	.567	.714	60	.344	-10.1	-1.1	.480	.147	.063	1.3
1968	32	HOU	NL	221	174	11	1.7	79	.212	.194	.249	.249	.306	.229	.351	.478	.657	46	.206	-12.9	-1.5	.367	.109	.035	1.3
8 Yrs				3731	2615	438	4.5	97	.261	.255	.259	.327	.327	.397	.397	.724	.725	100	.526	-1.9	-0.5	.660	.246	.142	40.5
162 Game Avg.				589	412	69	4.5	97	.261	.255	.259	.327	.327	.397	.397	.724	.725	100	.526	-1.9	-0.5	.660	.246	.142	6

LAA (4 yrs)				1945	1343	246	4.9	99	.279	.265	.259	.336	.329	.417	.402	.753	.731	106	.547	13.3	1.2	.696	.256	.152	21.4
BOS (2 yrs)				1045	721	137	5.1	98	.255	.265	.259	.343	.329	.441	.399	.785	.729	115	.598	19.1	2.0	.738	.297	.177	13.0
CHC (2 yrs)				379	272	30	3.0	96	.248	.229	.265	.300	.326	.285	.393	.585	.719	65	.359	-15.8	-1.7	.496	.144	.056	1.5
ATL (1 yr)				139	104	13	3.4	99	.179	.198	.268	.261	.327	.365	.404	.626	.731	70	.398	-5.8	-0.6	.559	.246	.167	1.7
NYY (1 yr)				2	1	1	26.7	99	.500	.500	.258	.500	.332	.500	.402	1.000	.734	175	.961	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000
HOU (1 yr)				221	174	11	1.7	79	.212	.194	.249	.249	.306	.229	.351	.478	.657	46	.206	-12.9	-1.5	.367	.109	.035	1.3

AL (5 yrs)				2992	2065	384	5.0	99	.270	.265	.259	.339	.329	.426	.401	.764	.730	109	.566	32.5	3.2	.711	.270	.160	34.5
NL (3 yrs)				739	550	54	2.7	91	.225	.213	.261	.277	.320	.283	.382	.561	.703	61	.324	-34.5	-3.7	.468	.153	.070	5.7

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	AB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	IBB
1962	LAA	AL	26	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1962	LAA	AL	26	0	0
1 Yr (2 GP)				1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1961	25	TOT	AL	507	4.7%	14.6%	9.3%	7.9%	31%	1.57	6.1	18.8	6.5	0.77	70%
1961	25	NYY	AL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%						100%
1961	25	LAA	AL	505	4.8%	14.7%	9.3%	7.9%	31%	1.57	6.1	18.8	6.4	0.76	70%
1962	26	LAA	AL	652	4.0%	11.4%	8.4%	7.5%	29%	1.35	7.9	22.4	5.6	0.99	75%
1963	27	LAA	AL	594	1.5%	13.8%	8.9%	4.6%	23%	1.55	6.4	58.7	9.6	0.80	74%
1964	28	TOT	AL	636	2.4%	8.0%	8.2%	7.1%	30%	0.98	11.2	38.2	8.7	0.83	80%
1964	28	LAA	AL	194	1.0%	11.3%	9.3%	5.7%	23%	1.22	7.8	86.0	7.2	1.02	77%
1964	28	BOS	AL	442	2.9%	6.6%	7.7%	7.7%	33%	0.85	13.8	30.8	9.5	0.77	82%
1965	29	BOS	AL	603	3.7%	7.0%	11.9%	8.8%	38%	0.58	12.4	23.7	6.9	1.02	76%
1966	30	TOT	NL	306	2.3%	9.8%	7.8%	4.3%	21%	1.25	9.2	39.3	11.5	1.01	78%
1966	30	ATL	NL	139	4.3%	10.8%	7.2%	5.8%	32%	1.50	8.4	21.0	8.4	0.75	76%
1966	30	CHC	NL	167	0.6%	9.0%	8.4%	3.0%	14%	1.07	9.9	149.0	16.6	1.30	80%
1967	31	CHC	NL	212	0.9%	10.4%	7.1%	3.3%	17%	1.47	8.7	95.5	8.3	0.78	80%
1968	32	HOU	NL	221	0.5%	10.0%	6.3%	2.3%	13%	1.57	9.1	201.0	18.3	1.25	81%
8 Yrs				3731	2.8%	10.6%	8.9%	6.4%	28%	1.20	8.4	31.4	7.8	0.91	76%
MLB Averages					2.2%	15.2%	8.1%	6.2%	28%	1.88	5.9	41.3	9.1	1.09	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1961	25	TOT	AL	7.4	0.7	519	1.6	10.5	-8.9	1.03	1.8	-0.3	17.3	1.6	0.94	15.4	1.60	18
1961	25	NYY	AL	0.2	0.0	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.85	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.62	0.1	0.85	2
1961	25	LAA	AL	7.2	0.7	517	1.6	10.5	-8.9	1.03	1.8	-0.2	17.4	1.6	0.94	15.3	1.70	16
1962	26	LAA	AL	17.9	1.8	654	2.7	13.9	-11.2	1.04	2.6	0.0	32.4	3.2	0.97	33.3	0.84	3
1963	27	LAA	AL	-14.6	-1.5	603	-1.3	9.5	-10.8	1.03	-1.6	0.3	-11.6	-1.2	0.95	-13.9	2.16	6
1964	28	TOT	AL	0.7	0.1	646	-0.7	10.1	-10.7	.95	0.4	-1.0	-2.1	-0.2	0.95	6.5	1.09	1
1964	28	LAA	AL	2.2	0.2	197	-0.0	3.5	-3.5	1.15	0.2	-0.2	3.7	0.4	0.99	3.2	1.09	1
1964	28	BOS	AL	-1.4	-0.2	449	-0.6	6.6	-7.2	.87	0.1	-0.9	-5.8	-0.6	0.93	3.4		0
1965	29	BOS	AL	20.5	2.2	616	1.3	12.2	-11.0	1.09	2.3	-1.1	16.2	1.7	1.00	23.7	1.78	8
1966	30	TOT	NL	-11.4	-1.2	302	-0.3	5.6	-5.8	1.14	-0.7	0.4	-9.9	-1.0	0.99	-9.6	1.52	32
1966	30	ATL	NL	-5.8	-0.6	134	-0.1	2.5	-2.6	1.06	-0.2	0.2	-2.6	-0.3	0.92	-3.6	1.90	1
1966	30	CHC	NL	-5.6	-0.6	168	-0.2	3.0	-3.2	1.20	-0.4	0.3	-7.3	-0.8	1.04	-6.0	1.51	31
1967	31	CHC	NL	-10.1	-1.1	218	-0.5	3.8	-4.3	1.17	-0.8	0.4	-2.0	-0.2	0.99	-5.7	1.84	22
1968	32	HOU	NL	-12.9	-1.5	199	-2.7	1.9	-4.6	1.20	-1.5	-0.8	-13.5	-1.6	0.96	-13.6	1.86	33
8 Yrs				-2.4	-0.5	3757	0.2	67.5	-67.3	1.05	2.5	-2.3	26.8	2.3	0.97	36.1	1.71	123

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1961	25	TOT	AL	8	34%	201	0	5	0%	0	5	0	0	11	15	46%	32	18	12	9	7	2	14	2	11
1961	25	NYY	AL	0	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1961	25	LAA	AL	8	35%	199	0	5	0%	0	5	0	0	11	15	46%	32	18	12	9	7	2	14	2	11
1962	26	LAA	AL	3	30%	265	6	1	86%	5	1	0	1	7	20	40%	37	26	11	12	8	4	19	6	12
1963	27	LAA	AL	6	25%	210	6	0	100%	6	0	0	1	10	4	47%	38	22	14	8	6	2	14	1	12
1964	28	TOT	AL	6	23%	268	3	1	75%	2	1	1	0	10	14	37%	32	21	9	3	3	0	14	3	9
1964	28	LAA	AL	0	19%	70	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	6	5	39%	11	6	3	0	0	0	2	0	2
1964	28	BOS	AL	6	24%	198	2	1	67%	1	1	1	0	4	9	36%	21	15	6	3	3	0	12	3	7
1965	29	BOS	AL	5	27%	236	6	2	75%	5	2	1	0	5	12	36%	33	25	8	4	4	0	18	6	12
1966	30	TOT	NL	2	23%	78	1	1	50%	1	0	0	1	4	4	44%	12	6	5	3	2	0	8	2	5
1966	30	ATL	NL	1	17%	23	1	1	50%	1	0	0	1	1	2	20%	2	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	1
1966	30	CHC	NL	1	27%	55	0	0		0	0	0	0	3	2	50%	10	4	5	2	1	0	6	2	4
1967	31	CHC	NL	2	24%	61	1	0	100%	1	0	0	1	2	4	50%	12	7	5	2	2	0	4	0	4
1968	32	HOU	NL	1	25%	56	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	1	0	36%	8	6	2	2	1	1	1	0	1
8 Yrs				33	27%	1375	25	11	69%	22	10	2	4	50	73	42%	204	131	66	43	33	9	92	20	66

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
1961	25	TOT	AL	507	84%	129			18	5	1	1	1.60	24	2	12	23	1	12	12	0	3	2	67%	123	12	10%	48	16	33%	308	47	15%	24	14	58%	17	12	71%	0
1961	25	NYY	AL	2	100%	1			2	1	0	0	0.85	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1961	25	LAA	AL	505	84%	128			16	4	1	1	1.70	24	2	12	23	1	12	12	0	3	2	67%	123	12	10%	48	16	33%	308	47	15%	24	14	58%	17	12	71%	0
1962	26	LAA	AL	652	70%	169			3	0	0	0	0.84	26	0	17	20	5	12	14	0	5	4	80%	134	16	12%	55	18	33%	437	82	19%	41	24	59%	22	12	55%	0
1963	27	LAA	AL	594	68%	116			6	2	0	1	2.16	9	0	10	8	1	2	7	0	3	2	67%	142	13	9%	58	14	24%	375	51	14%	33	17	52%	23	10	43%	0
1964	28	TOT	AL	636	76%	150			1	0	0	0	1.09	15	1	12	13	2	4	11	0	4	3	75%	124	16	13%	54	18	33%	376	53	14%	30	18	60%	19	9	47%	0
1964	28	LAA	AL	194	65%	47			1	0	0	0	1.09	2	0	6	2	0	1	1	0	3	3	100%	42	2	5%	22	10	45%	133	22	17%	14	8	57%	9	5	56%	0
1964	28	BOS	AL	442	80%	103			0	0	0	0		13	1	6	11	2	3	10	0	1	0	0%	82	14	17%	32	8	25%	243	31	13%	16	10	63%	10	4	40%	0
1965	29	BOS	AL	603	80%	141			8	1	0	2	1.78	22	0	16	22	0	9	13	0	5	5	100%	120	16	13%	56	16	29%	423	54	13%	38	9	24%	18	9	50%	0
1966	30	TOT	NL	307	81%	61			32	8	0	3	1.52	7	0	11	7	0	4	3	0	3	2	67%	51	3	6%	29	8	28%	199	18	9%	14	6	43%	13	7	54%	-1
1966	30	ATL	NL	140	72%	25			1	0	0	0	1.90	6	0	2	6	0	3	3	0	1	1	100%	18	0	0%	11	3	27%	71	9	13%	4	2	50%	5	2	40%	-1
1966	30	CHC	NL	167	89%	36			31	8	0	3	1.51	1	0	9	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	50%	33	3	9%	18	5	28%	128	9	7%	10	4	40%	8	5	63%	0
1967	31	CHC	NL	212	89%	42			22	4	0	3	1.84	2	0	4	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	100%	45	3	7%	24	9	38%	136	21	15%	17	8	47%	9	4	44%	0
1968	32	HOU	NL	222	92%	39			33	7	0	1	1.86	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	5	4	80%	37	6	16%	18	9	50%	121	10	8%	7	4	57%	7	6	86%	-1
8 Yrs				3733	77%	847			123	27	1	11	1.71	106	3	85	95	10	43	63	0	29	23	79%	776	85	11%	342	108	32%	2375	336	14%	204	100	49%	128	69	54%	-2
MLB Averages					52%																			78%			10%			30%			14%			48%			52%

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
1961	25	132	507	452	77	129	11	5	24	70	0	5	47	74	.285	.353	.491	.844	115	222	12	2	2	3	2
1962	26	292	1159	1035	165	298	32	7	50	174	6	6	102	148	.288	.354	.477	.831	119	494	28	8	6	7	5
1963	27	441	1753	1563	217	414	44	13	59	229	12	6	155	230	.265	.336	.423	.759	106	661	41	17	8	9	11
1964	28	595	2389	2136	275	564	71	16	74	295	15	7	207	281	.264	.333	.416	.749	105	889	57	21	11	13	16
1965	29	746	2992	2657	349	705	98	20	96	370	21	9	279	323	.265	.339	.426	.764	109	1131	73	24	16	15	24
1966	30	860	3298	2932	375	766	103	21	103	394	22	10	303	353	.261	.335	.416	.751	105	1220	76	28	18	16	26
1967	31	937	3510	3123	391	808	107	22	105	417	23	10	318	375	.259	.332	.408	.739	103	1274	79	31	19	18	31
1968	32	1027	3731	3324	405	847	111	22	106	428	25	11	332	397	.255	.327	.397	.724	100	1320	85	32	23	19	35

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
1961	25	132	495	444	69	121	10	5	23	63	0	44	74	.273	.339	.473	.812	70	132
1962	26	160	656	586	90	172	21	2	26	107	6	56	74	.294	.359	.469	.828	98	160
1963	27	149	610	538	60	126	13	7	10	63	7	58	82	.234	.319	.340	.659	56	149
1964	28	153	642	577	63	157	28	3	16	71	3	54	51	.272	.336	.414	.751	80	154
1965	29	151	611	526	78	146	28	4	23	79	6	75	42	.278	.370	.477	.847	92	151
1966	30	114	309	277	28	63	5	1	7	26	1	25	30	.227	.300	.329	.628	27	114
1967	31	77	215	193	17	44	4	1	2	25	1	16	22	.228	.294	.290	.585	16	77
1968	32	89	230	207	18	46	5	0	1	14	2	17	22	.222	.283	.261	.544	15	90
8 Yrs		1025	3768	3348	423	875	114	23	108	448	26	345	397	.261	.335	.406	.740	454	1027
162 Game Avg.		162	596	529	67	138	18	4	17	71	4	55	63	.261	.335	.406	.740	72	1027

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1962-1 * 1962-2 *	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1961 AL (24, 0%) 1962 AL (11, 11%) 0.11 Career Shares (885th)	On-Base% s c a p y 1965 AL .361 (8th)	On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y 1965 AL .826 (10th)
Games Played s c a p y 1962 AL 160 (5th)	Doubles s c a p y 1964 AL 27 (10th) 1965 AL 27 (6th)	Triples s c a p y 1963 AL 6 (10th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1962 AL 26 (10th)
Runs Batted In s c a p y 1962 AL 104 (6th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1965 AL 72 (9th)	Runs Created s c a p y 1965 AL 87 (10th)	Extra Base Hits s c a p y 1965 AL 53 (7th)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1963 AL 9 (2nd)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1965 AL 16 (9th)	AB per SO s c a p y 1964 AL 11.2 (7th) 1965 AL 12.4 (3rd)	AB per HR s c a p y 1961 AL 18.8 (9th) 1965 AL 23.7 (10th)
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y 1962 AL 32.36 (10th)	Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y 1962 AL 3.2 (9th)

† 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

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Gray Ink	Batting - 16 (1158), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 9 (1221), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 9 (1691), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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