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Bobby Thomson

Robert Brown Thomson (Flying Scot or The Staten Island Scot)

Positions: Outfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 25, 1923 in Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
High School: Curtis HS (Staten Island, NY)
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1946
Teams (by GP): Giants/Braves/Cubs/RedSox/Orioles 1946-1960

Final Game: July 17, 1960
Died: August 16, 2010 in Savannah, GA
Cremated
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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
1943 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1944 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946 22 NYG NL 18 58 54 8 17 4 1 2 9 0 4 5 .315 .362 .537 .899 153 29 1 0 0 5
1947 23 NYG NL 138 591 545 105 154 26 5 29 85 1 40 78 .283 .336 .508 .844 120 277 11 4 2 *O8/4
1948 24 NYG NL 138 507 471 75 117 20 2 16 63 2 30 77 .248 .296 .401 .697 86 189 15 2 3 *O78/9 AS
1949 25 NYG NL 156 689 641 99 198 35 9 27 109 10 44 45 .309 .355 .518 .873 131 332 15 2 2 *8O AS,MVP-14
1950 26 NYG NL 149 627 563 79 142 22 7 25 85 3 55 45 .252 .324 .449 .774 100 253 14 5 2 *8O
1951 27 NYG NL 148 603 518 89 152 27 8 32 101 5 5 73 57 .293 .385 .562 .947 150 291 14 4 7 O578/9 MVP-8
1952 28 NYG NL 153 666 608 89 164 29 14 24 108 5 2 52 74 .270 .331 .482 .813 122 293 16 4 2 58O AS,MVP-16
1953 29 NYG NL 154 656 608 80 175 22 6 26 106 4 2 43 57 .288 .338 .472 .810 106 287 18 3 2 *O8/9
1954 30 MLN NL 43 113 99 7 23 3 0 2 15 0 0 12 29 .232 .315 .323 .639 72 32 3 0 2 0 7/9
1955 31 MLN NL 101 383 343 40 88 12 3 12 56 2 1 34 52 .257 .319 .414 .733 97 142 10 0 1 5 4 7/8
1956 32 MLN NL 142 505 451 59 106 10 4 20 74 2 4 43 75 .235 .302 .408 .710 94 184 9 2 5 4 4 *78/5
1957 33 TOT NL 122 397 363 39 87 12 7 12 61 3 3 27 66 .240 .295 .410 .706 90 149 7 2 4 1 2 *79/85
1957 33 MLN NL 41 160 148 15 35 5 3 4 23 2 1 8 27 .236 .285 .392 .677 86 58 1 2 2 0 0 7/8
1957 33 NYG NL 81 237 215 24 52 7 4 8 38 1 2 19 39 .242 .302 .423 .725 93 91 6 0 2 1 2 79/85
1958 34 CHC NL 152 614 547 67 155 27 5 21 82 0 2 56 76 .283 .351 .466 .817 115 255 16 4 2 6 7 *8/759
1959 35 CHC NL 122 418 374 55 97 15 2 11 52 1 0 35 50 .259 .322 .398 .721 93 149 9 2 2 5 6 *789
1960 36 TOT AL 43 133 120 12 30 3 1 5 20 0 1 11 18 .250 .308 .417 .725 93 50 5 0 0 2 0 87/93
1960 36 BOS AL 40 127 114 12 30 3 1 5 20 0 1 11 15 .263 .323 .439 .761 102 50 4 0 0 2 0 87/93
1960 36 BAL AL 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0 /79
15 Yrs 1779 6960 6305 903 1705 267 74 264 1026 38 20 559 804 .270 .332 .462 .794 110 2912 163 34 36 23 23
162 Game Avg. 162 634 574 82 155 24 7 24 93 3 51 73 .270 .332 .462 .794 110 265 15 3 3
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
NYG (9 yrs) 1135 4634 4223 648 1171 192 56 189 704 31 11 360 477 .277 .337 .484 .821 116 2042 110 24 22 1 2
MLN (4 yrs) 327 1161 1041 121 252 30 10 38 168 6 6 97 183 .242 .307 .400 .706 92 416 23 4 10 9 8
CHC (2 yrs) 274 1032 921 122 252 42 7 32 134 1 2 91 126 .274 .339 .439 .778 106 404 25 6 4 11 13
BOS (1 yr) 40 127 114 12 30 3 1 5 20 0 1 11 15 .263 .323 .439 .761 102 50 4 0 0 2 0
BAL (1 yr) 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0
NL (14 yrs) 1736 6827 6185 891 1675 264 73 259 1006 38 19 548 786 .271 .332 .463 .795 111 2862 158 34 36 21 23
AL (1 yr) 43 133 120 12 30 3 1 5 20 0 1 11 18 .250 .308 .417 .725 93 50 5 0 0 2 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
1946 22 NYG NL 18 58 3 0 0 -1 0 2 0.3 2 4 0.5 .514 .502 0.6 -0.1 5 $ 5
1947 23 NYG NL 138 591 12 0 0 -3 -0 10 1.0 21 30 3.0 .507 .506 3.4 -0.3 33 $ *O8/4
1948 24 NYG NL 138 507 -11 0 -0 2 -4 -12 -1.4 18 5 0.4 .491 .492 0.2 -0.1 3 $ *O78/9 AS
1949 25 NYG NL 156 689 26 0 1 8 -1 34 3.4 24 58 5.7 .522 .521 4.9 0.7 50 $ *8O AS,MVP-14
1950 26 NYG NL 149 627 0 1 -0 8 -1 8 0.6 21 28 2.7 .505 .505 2.0 0.7 20 $30,000 *8O
1951 27 NYG NL 148 603 36 1 -0 -5 -2 30 3.0 20 50 5.0 .521 .519 5.6 -0.8 55 $ O578/9 MVP-8
1952 28 NYG NL 153 666 16 1 0 1 -0 17 1.8 23 40 4.1 .512 .512 4.0 0.1 39 $ 58O AS,MVP-16
1953 29 NYG NL 154 656 3 3 -1 -10 -1 -7 -0.8 22 15 1.4 .496 .496 2.5 -1.2 25 $ *O8/9
1954 30 MLN NL 43 113 -3 0 -0 -1 -1 -5 -0.5 4 -1 -0.1 .488 .497 -0.1 -0.2 -1 $ 7/9
1955 31 MLN NL 101 383 -2 -0 0 0 -4 -6 -0.8 13 7 0.5 .494 .496 0.6 -0.5 7 $ 7/8
1956 32 MLN NL 142 505 -5 -0 -1 12 -6 -1 -0.4 17 16 1.3 .500 .500 0.4 0.4 5 $ *78/5
1957 33 MLN NL 41 160 -2 -0 0 2 -2 -2 -0.2 5 4 0.3 .496 .499 0.2 -0.0 2 $ 7/8
1957 33 NYG NL 81 237 -1 -0 0 5 -3 1 0.0 8 9 0.8 .501 .501 0.3 0.2 3 $ 79/85
1958 34 CHC NL 152 614 8 0 -1 2 -1 8 0.7 21 28 2.8 .505 .505 2.6 0.1 26 $ *8/759
1959 35 CHC NL 122 418 -4 2 -0 4 -5 -2 -0.2 14 12 1.2 .498 .498 0.7 0.0 7 $ *789
1960 36 BOS AL 40 127 3 -0 -1 3 -1 4 0.3 3 7 0.7 .510 .502 0.4 0.2 4 $ 87/93
1960 36 BAL AL 3 6 -2 0 -0 -1 -0 -3 -0.3 0 -3 -0.3 .399 .498 -0.2 -0.1 -2 $ /79
15 Seasons 1779 6960 79 6 -4 27 -33 75 6.6 235 310 30.0 .504 .503 28.1 -1.1 283 $30,000
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
NYG (9 yrs) 1135 4634 85 6 -1 5 -13 82 7.9 158 240 23.6 .507 .506 23.5 -0.8 234 $30,000
MLN (4 yrs) 327 1161 -12 -1 -1 13 -13 -13 -1.9 39 26 2.0 .496 .498 1.1 -0.3 13 $
CHC (2 yrs) 274 1032 4 2 -1 7 -6 5 0.5 35 40 4.0 .502 .502 3.3 0.1 33 $
BOS (1 yr) 40 127 3 -0 -1 3 -1 4 0.3 3 7 0.7 .510 .502 0.4 0.2 4 $
BAL (1 yr) 3 6 -2 0 -0 -1 -0 -3 -0.3 0 -3 -0.3 .399 .498 -0.2 -0.1 -2 $

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
1946 22 NYG NL 58 38 11 7.8 93 .319 .315 .262 .362 .338 .537 .368 .899 .706 153 .767 3.4 0.4 .868 .296 .222 .0
1947 23 NYG NL 591 404 92 6.0 107 .285 .283 .275 .336 .351 .508 .408 .844 .759 120 .619 12.4 1.2 .801 .301 .226 1.9
1948 24 NYG NL 507 372 55 3.9 103 .267 .248 .270 .296 .345 .401 .400 .697 .744 86 .443 -11.4 -1.1 .604 .221 .153 3.6
1949 25 NYG NL 689 460 117 6.8 104 .301 .309 .270 .355 .344 .518 .405 .873 .749 131 .674 25.1 2.5 .847 .293 .209 14.6
1950 26 NYG NL 627 437 81 5.0 109 .237 .252 .271 .324 .348 .449 .420 .774 .768 100 .521 -2.2 -0.2 .726 .300 .197 5.4
1951 27 NYG NL 603 392 109 7.5 104 .280 .293 .269 .385 .343 .562 .407 .947 .750 150 .715 36.7 3.6 .956 .409 .268 8.6
1952 28 NYG NL 666 464 96 5.5 98 .275 .270 .263 .331 .336 .482 .391 .813 .727 122 .629 15.0 1.6 .762 .303 .212 8.3
1953 29 NYG NL 656 455 96 5.6 113 .284 .288 .278 .338 .350 .472 .433 .810 .782 106 .566 2.8 0.3 .740 .258 .184 6.9
1954 30 MLN NL 113 81 10 3.3 104 .309 .232 .267 .315 .337 .323 .413 .639 .750 72 .336 -3.9 -0.4 .557 .212 .091 .0
1955 31 MLN NL 383 272 45 4.4 102 .268 .257 .261 .319 .331 .414 .413 .733 .744 97 .475 -1.6 -0.2 .665 .259 .157 3.4
1956 32 MLN NL 505 367 55 4.0 98 .239 .235 .257 .302 .323 .408 .406 .710 .729 94 .449 -4.4 -0.4 .634 .264 .173 3.6
1957 33 TOT NL 397 291 43 4.0 101 .262 .240 .265 .295 .328 .410 .411 .706 .739 90 .435 -6.6 -0.7 .622 .245 .171 4.8
1957 33 MLN NL 160 117 17 4.0 97 .265 .236 .260 .285 .322 .392 .403 .677 .725 86 .427 -3.5 -0.4 .600 .216 .155 2.7
1957 33 NYG NL 237 174 26 4.1 103 .260 .242 .269 .302 .332 .423 .416 .725 .748 93 .439 -3.1 -0.3 .637 .265 .181 1.8
1958 34 CHC NL 614 418 87 5.6 105 .294 .283 .269 .351 .336 .466 .419 .817 .756 115 .582 12.5 1.2 .763 .282 .183 .0
1959 35 CHC NL 418 293 48 4.4 103 .270 .259 .268 .322 .334 .398 .415 .721 .748 93 .476 -3.7 -0.4 .654 .235 .139 1.8
1960 36 TOT AL 133 98 15 4.1 104 .253 .250 .267 .308 .341 .417 .408 .725 .749 93 .461 -1.7 -0.2 .625 .250 .167 .0
1960 36 BOS AL 127 91 15 4.4 104 .260 .263 .267 .323 .341 .439 .408 .761 .749 102 .495 -0.1 -0.0 .674 .263 .175 .0
1960 36 BAL AL 6 7 0 0.0 101 .000 .000 .262 .000 .336 .000 .401 .000 .737 -100 .000 -1.7 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
15 Yrs 6960 4842 960 5.3 104 .274 .270 .268 .332 .340 .462 .410 .794 .750 110 .567 72.5 7.1 .737 .283 .191 66.4
162 Game Avg. 634 441 87 5.3 104 .274 .270 .268 .332 .340 .462 .410 .794 .750 110 .567 7 1 .737 .283 .191 6
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
NYG (9 yrs) 4634 3196 683 5.7 105 .276 .277 .271 .337 .344 .484 .409 .821 .753 116 .602 78.8 7.8 .771 .296 .206 53.3
MLN (4 yrs) 1161 837 127 4.1 100 .258 .242 .260 .307 .327 .400 .408 .706 .735 92 .444 -13.4 -1.3 .632 .251 .158 10.4
CHC (2 yrs) 1032 711 135 5.1 104 .284 .274 .268 .339 .335 .439 .418 .778 .753 106 .542 8.8 0.9 .718 .263 .165 1.9
BOS (1 yr) 127 91 15 4.4 104 .260 .263 .267 .323 .341 .439 .408 .761 .749 102 .495 -0.1 -0.0 .674 .263 .175 .0
BAL (1 yr) 6 7 0 0.0 101 .000 .000 .262 .000 .336 .000 .401 .000 .737 -100 .000 -1.7 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
NL (14 yrs) 6827 4744 945 5.3 104 .274 .271 .268 .332 .340 .463 .410 .795 .750 111 .569 74.2 7.3 .739 .284 .192 66.3
AL (1 yr) 133 98 15 4.1 104 .253 .250 .267 .308 .341 .417 .408 .725 .749 93 .461 -1.7 -0.2 .625 .250 .167 .0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1951 27 NYG NL WS NYY L 6 26 21 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 .238 .385 .286 .670 6 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 6 26 21 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 .238 .385 .286 .670 6 0 0 0 0 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
1948 NYG NL 24 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 NYG NL 25 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 NYG NL 28 as 3B 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (3 GP) 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 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
1946 22 NYG NL 58 3.5% 8.6% 6.9% 12.1% 41% 1.25 10.8 27.0 6.0 81%
1947 23 NYG NL 591 4.9% 13.2% 6.8% 10.2% 39% 1.95 7.0 18.8 6.4 74%
1948 24 NYG NL 507 3.2% 15.2% 5.9% 7.5% 33% 2.57 6.1 29.4 7.5 0.83 75%
1949 25 NYG NL 689 3.9% 6.5% 6.4% 10.3% 36% 1.02 14.2 23.7 5.9 0.84 83%
1950 26 NYG NL 627 4.0% 7.2% 8.8% 8.6% 38% 0.82 12.5 22.5 6.6 0.96 79%
1951 27 NYG NL 603 5.3% 9.5% 12.1% 11.1% 44% 0.78 9.1 16.2 5.1 0.61 71%
1952 28 NYG NL 666 3.6% 11.1% 7.8% 10.1% 41% 1.42 8.2 25.3 5.6 0.68 77%
1953 29 NYG NL 656 4.0% 8.7% 6.6% 8.2% 31% 1.33 10.7 23.4 5.7 0.78 80%
1954 30 MLN NL 113 1.8% 25.7% 10.6% 4.4% 22% 2.42 3.4 49.5 6.6 1.44 60%
1955 31 MLN NL 383 3.1% 13.6% 8.9% 7.1% 31% 1.53 6.6 28.6 6.1 1.02 74%
1956 32 MLN NL 505 4.0% 14.9% 8.5% 6.7% 32% 1.74 6.0 22.6 6.1 0.72 71%
1957 33 TOT NL 397 3.0% 16.6% 6.8% 7.8% 36% 2.44 5.5 30.3 6.0 1.14 72%
1957 33 MLN NL 160 2.5% 16.9% 5.0% 7.5% 34% 3.38 5.5 37.0 6.4 0.93 73%
1957 33 NYG NL 237 3.4% 16.5% 8.0% 8.0% 37% 2.05 5.5 26.9 5.7 1.33 71%
1958 34 CHC NL 614 3.4% 12.4% 9.1% 8.6% 34% 1.36 7.2 26.0 6.7 1.18 74%
1959 35 CHC NL 418 2.6% 12.0% 8.4% 6.7% 29% 1.43 7.5 34.0 7.2 1.01 76%
1960 36 TOT AL 133 3.8% 13.5% 8.3% 6.8% 30% 1.64 6.7 24.0 6.0 0.90 74%
1960 36 BOS AL 127 3.9% 11.8% 8.7% 7.1% 30% 1.36 7.6 22.8 5.7 0.84 76%
1960 36 BAL AL 6 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 3.00 50%
15 Yrs 6960 3.8% 11.6% 8.0% 8.7% 36% 1.44 7.8 23.9 6.1 0.87 76%
MLB Averages 2.0% 11.1% 9.4% 6.5% 28% 1.18 8.0 43.6 8.2 0.98 76%
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
1946 22 NYG NL 3.4 0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 23 NYG NL 12.4 1.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 24 NYG NL -11.4 -1.1 186 -1.4 2.4 -3.8 1.06 -1.0 -0.3 -9.2 -0.9 0.97 -10.1 1.79 8
1949 25 NYG NL 24.3 2.4 410 0.7 7.9 -7.2 1.03 1.7 -1.0 24.4 2.4 0.96 24.7 0
1950 26 NYG NL -2.2 -0.2 486 -0.9 8.4 -9.3 1.02 0.0 -0.9 1.2 0.1 0.97 1.2 0
1951 27 NYG NL 36.7 3.6 555 5.8 15.1 -9.3 1.09 4.1 1.2 36.2 3.5 0.98 46.1 4.83 1
1952 28 NYG NL 15.0 1.6 588 4.3 13.3 -8.9 .94 2.5 2.2 28.7 2.9 0.96 23.1 0
1953 29 NYG NL 2.8 0.3 639 -2.2 9.7 -11.9 .94 0.6 -3.0 5.3 0.5 0.95 8.2 0
1954 30 MLN NL -3.9 -0.4 105 0.5 2.8 -2.3 1.26 -0.2 0.7 -0.8 -0.1 0.99 -2.3 2.03 14
1955 31 MLN NL -1.6 -0.2 366 -0.2 6.4 -6.6 1.05 0.1 -0.3 4.1 0.4 0.98 3.1 1.20 11
1956 32 MLN NL -4.4 -0.4 465 -0.3 7.5 -7.9 .95 0.0 -0.4 8.3 0.9 0.97 5.9 1.17 5
1957 33 TOT NL -6.6 -0.7 378 0.2 7.1 -6.9 1.04 0.4 -0.2 2.6 0.2 0.96 5.9 1.60 10
1957 33 MLN NL -3.5 -0.4 164 -0.1 3.1 -3.2 1.12 -0.1 -0.1 -3.3 -0.3 1.04 -1.0 2.46 4
1957 33 NYG NL -3.1 -0.3 214 0.3 4.0 -3.6 .98 0.4 -0.1 5.9 0.6 0.91 6.9 1.02 6
1958 34 CHC NL 13.3 1.3 617 1.1 12.5 -11.4 1.08 2.1 -1.1 20.3 2.0 0.97 26.1 0.67 1
1959 35 CHC NL -4.2 -0.4 425 0.4 7.7 -7.3 1.05 -0.0 0.4 1.2 0.1 0.96 -0.6 2.03 9
1960 36 TOT AL -1.7 -0.2 136 -0.1 2.4 -2.5 1.06 0.1 -0.2 -0.0 -0.0 1.02 1.8 0.91 13
1960 36 BOS AL -0.1 -0.0 130 0.1 2.4 -2.4 1.08 0.3 -0.2 1.8 0.2 1.03 3.6 0.99 12
1960 36 BAL AL -1.7 -0.2 6 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .71 -0.1 -0.1 -1.8 -0.2 0.93 -1.8 0.00 1
15 Yrs 71.9 7.1 5356 7.9 103.2 -95.4 1.02 10.4 -2.7 122.4 12.1 0.97 133.2 1.57 72
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
1948 24 NYG NL 3 0 44% 61 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 77% 6 2 4 3 2 1 8 0 8
1949 25 NYG NL 7 0 33% 173 10 5 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 6 4 56% 28 14 13 2 0 2 13 4 9
1950 26 NYG NL 6 0 31% 140 3 2 2 0 2 0 1 3 1 6 4 57% 22 10 11 4 3 1 11 2 9
1951 27 NYG NL 5 0 29% 223 5 5 50% 4 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 6 4 60% 29 14 15 5 3 2 14 1 12
1952 28 NYG NL 10 0 33% 201 5 2 71% 2 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 9 7 44% 29 20 9 5 2 2 14 4 10
1953 29 NYG NL 7 0 28% 218 4 2 67% 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 13 8 62% 38 14 24 4 2 2 11 3 7
1954 30 MLN NL 2 0 15% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1955 31 MLN NL 4 0 26% 112 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 3 45% 18 11 4 4 2 2 9 1 8
1956 32 MLN NL 3 0 30% 154 2 4 33% 1 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 5 49% 22 15 7 0 0 0 11 1 9
1957 33 TOT NL 8 0 26% 123 3 3 50% 3 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 5 4 48% 15 13 2 2 1 1 12 1 11
1957 33 MLN NL 3 0 27% 39 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 36% 7 6 1 0 0 0 4 1 3
1957 33 NYG NL 5 0 25% 84 1 2 33% 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 56% 8 7 1 2 1 1 8 0 8
1958 34 CHC NL 3 0 24% 255 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 7 15 54% 22 13 9 3 1 2 16 5 11
1959 35 CHC NL 7 0 36% 162 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 6 64% 25 13 11 6 0 6 19 4 15
1960 36 TOT AL 5 0 19% 49 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 82% 8 0 8 2 1 1 1 1 0
1960 36 BOS AL 5 0 19% 49 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 82% 8 0 8 2 1 1 1 1 0
1960 36 BAL AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Yrs 70 0 31% 1903 38 20 90% 24 15 1 5 4 5 26 2 73 64 56% 264 141 117 40 17 22 141 27 111
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
1948 24 NYG NL 507 25% 117 8 3 1 2 1.79 16 0 3 4 0 6 10 0 2 3 150% 45 15 33% 20 6 30% 127 14 11% 8 3 38% 8 4 50% 0
1949 25 NYG NL 689 29% 198 0 0 0 0 27 0 6 10 4 19 8 0 1 2 200% 86 15 17% 33 11 33% 276 52 19% 27 16 59% 18 12 67% 0
1950 26 NYG NL 627 41% 142 0 0 0 0 25 1 12 15 5 13 12 2 1 2 200% 97 14 14% 47 17 36% 316 51 16% 34 16 47% 16 8 50% 0
1951 27 NYG NL 603 36% 152 1 0 0 0 4.83 32 0 12 17 13 13 19 0 10 7 70% 128 14 11% 65 22 34% 369 66 18% 39 19 49% 32 18 56% 0
1952 28 NYG NL 666 26% 164 0 0 0 0 24 1 20 13 8 15 9 1 2 2 100% 129 16 12% 51 17 33% 373 75 20% 39 21 54% 16 9 56% 0
1953 29 NYG NL 656 30% 175 0 0 0 0 26 1 12 18 8 15 11 1 2 2 100% 143 18 13% 65 20 31% 418 78 19% 42 23 55% 28 16 57% 0
1954 30 MLN NL 113 10% 23 14 4 0 1 2.03 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 23 3 13% 11 2 18% 77 12 16% 8 2 25% 2 1 50% 0
1955 31 MLN NL 383 19% 88 11 2 0 0 1.20 12 1 10 10 2 3 9 0 2 1 50% 68 10 15% 29 9 31% 255 40 16% 20 11 55% 7 2 29% 0
1956 32 MLN NL 505 18% 106 5 0 0 0 1.17 20 2 12 14 4 7 13 0 8 5 63% 81 9 11% 40 11 28% 288 50 17% 22 13 59% 16 11 69% 0
1957 33 TOT NL 397 22% 87 10 2 1 2 1.60 12 1 10 9 2 6 6 0 4 4 100% 59 7 12% 36 10 28% 246 49 20% 29 14 48% 13 7 54% 0
1957 33 MLN NL 160 14% 35 4 0 0 0 2.46 4 1 9 3 1 1 3 0 3 2 67% 30 1 3% 15 3 20% 122 19 16% 11 6 55% 5 4 80% 0
1957 33 NYG NL 237 28% 52 6 2 1 2 1.02 8 0 1 6 1 5 3 0 1 2 200% 29 6 21% 21 7 33% 124 30 24% 18 8 44% 8 3 38% 0
1958 34 CHC NL 614 28% 155 1 1 0 1 0.67 21 0 18 14 7 11 10 0 2 2 100% 127 16 13% 57 19 33% 394 63 16% 34 17 50% 18 8 44% 0
1959 35 CHC NL 418 35% 97 9 4 1 2 2.03 11 0 14 3 8 3 8 0 2 2 100% 81 9 11% 39 16 41% 292 42 14% 26 17 65% 13 9 69% 0
1960 36 TOT AL 133 38% 30 13 3 0 1 0.91 5 0 7 2 3 1 4 0 0 0 36 5 14% 18 4 22% 92 17 18% 7 5 71% 2 2 100% 0
1960 36 BOS AL 127 35% 30 12 3 0 1 0.99 5 0 7 2 3 1 4 0 0 0 34 4 12% 16 4 25% 90 17 19% 7 5 71% 2 2 100% 0
1960 36 BAL AL 6 83% 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
15 Yrs 6311 28% 1705 72 19 3 9 1.57 264 7 138 131 64 113 120 4 36 36 100% 1103 163 15% 511 164 32% 3523 609 17% 335 177 53% 189 107 57% 0
MLB Averages 50% 103% 13% 32% 14% 50% 54%
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
1946 22 18 58 54 8 17 4 1 2 9 0 4 5 .315 .362 .537 .899 153 29 1 0 0
1947 23 156 649 599 113 171 30 6 31 94 1 44 83 .285 .338 .511 .849 123 306 12 4 2
1948 24 294 1156 1070 188 288 50 8 47 157 3 74 160 .269 .320 .463 .783 107 495 27 6 5
1949 25 450 1845 1711 287 486 85 17 74 266 13 118 205 .284 .333 .483 .816 116 827 42 8 7
1950 26 599 2472 2274 366 628 107 24 99 351 16 173 250 .276 .331 .475 .806 112 1080 56 13 9
1951 27 747 3075 2792 455 780 134 32 131 452 21 5 246 307 .279 .341 .491 .832 119 1371 70 17 16
1952 28 900 3741 3400 544 944 163 46 155 560 26 7 298 381 .278 .340 .489 .829 120 1664 86 21 18
1953 29 1054 4397 4008 624 1119 185 52 181 666 30 9 341 438 .279 .339 .487 .826 118 1951 104 24 20
1954 30 1097 4510 4107 631 1142 188 52 183 681 30 9 353 467 .278 .339 .483 .822 116 1983 107 24 22 0
1955 31 1198 4893 4450 671 1230 200 55 195 737 32 10 387 519 .276 .337 .478 .815 115 2125 117 24 23 5 4
1956 32 1340 5398 4901 730 1336 210 59 215 811 34 14 430 594 .273 .334 .471 .805 113 2309 126 26 28 9 8
1957 33 1462 5795 5264 769 1423 222 66 227 872 37 17 457 660 .270 .331 .467 .798 111 2458 133 28 32 10 10
1958 34 1614 6409 5811 836 1578 249 71 248 954 37 19 513 736 .272 .333 .467 .800 112 2713 149 32 34 16 17
1959 35 1736 6827 6185 891 1675 264 73 259 1006 38 19 548 786 .271 .332 .463 .795 111 2862 158 34 36 21 23
1960 36 1779 6960 6305 903 1705 267 74 264 1026 38 20 559 804 .270 .332 .462 .794 110 2912 163 34 36 23 23

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
1946 22 19 62 58 10 19 4 1 2 11 0 4 5 .328 .371 .534 .905 13 18
1947 23 144 613 566 105 157 27 5 30 85 1 41 82 .277 .331 .502 .832 92 138
1948 24 144 528 492 78 122 21 2 17 65 2 31 80 .248 .295 .402 .698 57 138
1949 25 162 711 662 100 202 36 9 28 110 10 45 47 .305 .351 .514 .865 118 156
1950 26 156 645 583 78 143 22 7 25 84 3 55 47 .245 .316 .436 .751 79 149
1951 27 154 622 536 91 156 28 8 33 103 5 75 59 .291 .382 .558 .940 113 148
1952 28 160 703 641 98 177 31 15 26 119 5 56 77 .276 .338 .493 .831 106 153
1953 29 160 668 621 75 171 21 6 25 100 4 42 59 .275 .324 .449 .774 90 154
1954 30 45 119 104 7 24 3 0 2 16 0 13 31 .231 .316 .317 .634 11 43
1955 31 106 404 362 43 94 13 3 13 60 2 36 55 .260 .323 .420 .742 49 101
1956 32 148 536 478 68 117 11 4 22 85 2 47 78 .245 .313 .423 .735 64 142
1957 33 128 417 381 42 93 13 7 13 66 3 29 69 .244 .300 .417 .718 47 122
1958 34 160 649 577 72 165 29 5 22 88 0 60 80 .286 .354 .468 .822 96 152
1959 35 128 439 393 59 103 16 2 12 55 1 37 52 .262 .325 .405 .730 51 122
1960 36 45 141 127 12 32 3 1 5 21 0 12 19 .252 .312 .409 .722 17 43
15 Yrs 1859 7257 6581 938 1775 278 75 275 1068 38 583 840 .270 .331 .460 .791 1003 1779
162 Game Avg. 162 632 573 82 155 24 7 24 93 3 51 73 .270 .331 .460 .791 87 1779

* 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

Hall of Fame
1966 BBWAA ( 4.0%)
1967 BBWAA ( 3.4%)
1967 Run Off ( 0.3%)
1968 BBWAA ( 4.6%)
1969 BBWAA ( 1.8%)
1970 BBWAA ( 1.3%)
1971 BBWAA ( 1.1%)
1972 BBWAA ( 2.5%)
1973 BBWAA ( 0.8%)
1974 BBWAA ( 1.6%)
1975 BBWAA ( 2.8%)
1976 BBWAA ( 2.3%)
1977 BBWAA ( 2.6%)
1978 BBWAA ( 1.3%)
1979 BBWAA ( 2.5%)

All-Star Games
1948 *
1949 *
1952 (3B)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1949 NL (14, 7%)
1951 NL (8, 18%)
1952 NL (16, 5%)
0.30 Career Shares (608th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1949 NL  5.7 (8th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1949 NL  5.7 (6th)
1951 NL  5.0 (10th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1949 NL  4.9 (6th)
1951 NL  5.6 (6th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1949 NL  0.7 (8th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1949 NL  .309 (6th)
1951 NL  .293 (10th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1951 NL  .385 (10th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1947 NL  .508 (7th)
1949 NL  .518 (5th)
1951 NL  .562 (4th)
1952 NL  .482 (8th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1947 NL  .844 (10th)
1949 NL  .873 (9th)
1951 NL  .947 (5th)

Games Played s c a p y
1949 NL  156 (2nd)
1952 NL  153 (7th)
1953 NL  154 (9th)
1958 NL  152 (3rd)

At Bats s c a p y
1949 NL  641 (3rd)
1952 NL  608 (4th)
1953 NL  608 (7th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1949 NL  689 (7th)
1952 NL  666 (8th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1947 NL  105 (6th)
1949 NL  99 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1949 NL  198 (3rd)
1952 NL  164 (9th)
1953 NL  175 (10th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1947 NL  277 (8th)
1949 NL  332 (3rd)
1951 NL  291 (7th)
1952 NL  293 (3rd)
1953 NL  287 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1949 NL  35 (5th)
1952 NL  29 (8th)
1958 NL  27 (10th)

Triples s c a p y
1949 NL  9 (8th)
1951 NL  8 (7th)
1952 NL  14 (1st)
1957 NL  7 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1947 NL  29 (5th)
1949 NL  27 (4th)
1950 NL  25 (10th)
1951 NL  32 (4th)
1952 NL  24 (6th)
Career  264 (181st)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1949 NL  109 (6th)
1951 NL  101 (7th)
1952 NL  108 (2nd)
1953 NL  106 (10th)
1958 NL  82 (10th)
Career  1,026 (248th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1947 NL  78 (3rd)
1948 NL  77 (2nd)
1952 NL  74 (9th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1949 NL  10 (7th)

Singles s c a p y
1949 NL  127 (8th)
1953 NL  121 (10th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1949 NL  130 (9th)
1951 NL  150 (5th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1949 NL  117 (5th)
1951 NL  109 (8th)
1952 NL  96 (6th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1949 NL  24 (8th)
1951 NL  37 (6th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1949 NL  2.4 (8th)
1951 NL  3.6 (6th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1947 NL  60 (8th)
1949 NL  71 (4th)
1951 NL  67 (4th)
1952 NL  67 (3rd)

Times On Base s c a p y
1949 NL  244 (10th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1949 NL  .674 (9th)
1951 NL  .715 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1947 NL  4 (8th)
1950 NL  5 (7th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1948 NL  15 (6th)
1952 NL  16 (8th)
1953 NL  18 (6th)
Career  163 (212th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1949 NL  14.6 (4th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1947 NL  18.8 (7th)
1949 NL  23.7 (8th)
1951 NL  16.2 (5th)
1952 NL  25.3 (8th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1949 NL  460 (4th)
1950 NL  437 (8th)
1952 NL  464 (6th)
1953 NL  455 (9th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1951 NL  36.16 (6th)
1952 NL  28.75 (7th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1951 NL  5.8 (3rd)
1952 NL  4.3 (2nd)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1951 NL  4.1 (5th)
1952 NL  2.5 (7th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1951 NL  3.5 (6th)
1952 NL  2.9 (7th)


† 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 - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 94 (244), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 30 (600), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 21 (674), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. Vic Wertz (922)
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  5. Rudy York (920)
  6. Bobby Murcer (919)
  7. Raul Ibanez (918)
  8. Bill Nicholson (918)
  9. Ben Oglivie (915)
  10. Torii Hunter (915)
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  1. Danny Tartabull (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Dan Ford (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Billy Williams (966) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bobby Murcer (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bobby Murcer (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Carlos Lee (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Vernon Wells (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Tony Perez (968) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Torii Hunter (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Torii Hunter (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Frank Thomas (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Frank Thomas (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Frank Thomas (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Frank Thomas (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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