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Specs Toporcer

George Toporcer
played as Toporcer

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: February 9, 1899 in New York, NY(All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1921
Team: Cardinals 1921-1928

Final Game: June 2, 1928
Died: May 17, 1989 in Huntington Station, NY
Buried: Melville Cemetery, Melville, NY
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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
1921 22 STL NL 22 57 53 4 14 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 4 .264 .304 .283 .587 58 15 0 1 4/6
1922 23 STL NL 116 391 352 56 114 25 6 3 36 2 1 24 18 .324 .370 .455 .825 116 160 2 13 6/54O9
1923 24 STL NL 97 354 303 45 77 11 3 3 35 4 3 41 14 .254 .349 .340 .689 85 103 3 7 46/35
1924 25 STL NL 70 216 198 30 62 10 3 1 24 2 3 11 14 .313 .362 .409 .771 108 81 4 3 56/4
1925 26 STL NL 83 313 268 38 76 13 4 2 26 7 2 36 15 .284 .373 .384 .757 92 103 2 6 6/4
1926 27 STL NL 64 104 88 13 22 3 2 0 9 1 8 9 .250 .327 .330 .656 74 29 2 6 4/65
1927 28 STL NL 86 329 290 37 72 13 4 0 19 5 27 16 .248 .314 .321 .635 67 93 1 11 56/43
1928 29 STL NL 8 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /34
8 Yrs 546 1778 1566 223 437 76 22 9 151 22 9 150 93 .279 .347 .373 .720 90 584 14 47
162 Game Avg. 162 528 465 66 130 23 7 3 45 7 45 28 .279 .347 .373 .720 90 173 4 14

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
1921 22 STL NL 22 57 -3 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 2 -0 -0.1 .490 .499 0.0 0.0 -0 $ 4/6
1922 23 STL NL 116 391 9 1 0 -6 6 10 1.0 11 21 2.1 .508 .506 2.7 0.1 27 $ 6/54O9
1923 24 STL NL 97 354 -4 0 0 -4 4 -4 -0.4 10 6 0.6 .496 .498 1.0 0.0 10 $ 46/35
1924 25 STL NL 70 216 2 -0 0 1 3 6 0.6 6 12 1.2 .509 .504 1.1 0.4 11 $ 56/4
1925 26 STL NL 83 313 -2 1 0 5 5 9 0.8 9 18 1.7 .511 .505 1.3 0.9 13 $ 6/4
1926 27 STL NL 64 104 -3 -0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 3 1 0.1 .497 .499 0.1 0.1 1 $ 4/65
1927 28 STL NL 86 329 -13 -0 0 1 3 -9 -1.0 9 0 0.0 .489 .494 -0.1 0.4 -1 $ 56/43
1928 29 STL NL 8 14 -4 0 0 1 0 -3 -0.3 0 -3 -0.3 .460 .498 -0.4 0.1 -4 $ /34
8 Seasons 546 1778 -18 2 0 -2 23 5 0.2 51 56 5.3 .501 .500 5.7 2.0 58 $

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
1921 22 STL NL 57 40 5 3.4 104 .286 .264 .294 .304 .344 .283 .405 .587 .749 58 .358 -3.1 -0.3 .487 .094 .019 .0
1922 23 STL NL 391 252 59 6.2 108 .335 .324 .295 .370 .352 .455 .410 .825 .762 116 .608 8.9 0.8 .782 .202 .131 2.4
1923 24 STL NL 354 236 35 4.0 105 .259 .254 .289 .349 .348 .340 .403 .689 .751 85 .420 -5.1 -0.5 .646 .224 .086 3.4
1924 25 STL NL 216 142 27 5.1 102 .333 .313 .287 .362 .342 .409 .400 .771 .743 108 .552 2.4 0.2 .683 .146 .096 1.3
1925 26 STL NL 313 200 39 5.2 116 .295 .284 .303 .373 .361 .384 .432 .757 .793 92 .509 -2.1 -0.2 .753 .254 .101 3.1
1926 27 STL NL 104 72 9 3.3 106 .278 .250 .292 .327 .352 .330 .405 .656 .757 74 .364 -3.3 -0.3 .606 .182 .080 .0
1927 28 STL NL 329 229 29 3.4 108 .263 .248 .296 .314 .356 .321 .409 .635 .764 67 .366 -13.9 -1.4 .578 .183 .072 .0
1928 29 STL NL 14 14 0 0.0 112 .000 .000 .294 .000 .359 .000 .418 .000 .777 -100 .000 -4.2 -0.4 .000 .000 .000
8 Yrs 1778 1185 203 4.6 108 .292 .279 .294 .347 .352 .373 .411 .720 .763 90 .480 -20.3 -2.0 .669 .198 .094 12.8
162 Game Avg. 528 352 60 4.6 108 .292 .279 .294 .347 .352 .373 .411 .720 .763 90 .480 -20.3 -2.0 .669 .198 .094 4

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
1926 27 STL NL WS NYY W 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0
1 WS 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 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
1921 22 STL NL 57 0.0% 7.0% 5.3% 1.8% 7% 1.33 13.3 26.5 86%
1922 23 STL NL 391 0.8% 4.6% 6.1% 8.7% 30% 0.75 19.6 117.3 9.8 85%
1923 24 STL NL 354 0.9% 4.0% 11.6% 4.8% 22% 0.34 21.6 101.0 8.7 81%
1924 25 STL NL 216 0.5% 6.5% 5.1% 6.5% 23% 1.27 14.1 198.0 8.3 85%
1925 26 STL NL 313 0.6% 4.8% 11.5% 6.1% 25% 0.42 17.9 134.0 10.3 80%
1926 27 STL NL 104 0.0% 8.7% 7.7% 4.8% 23% 1.13 9.8 9.8 76%
1927 28 STL NL 329 0.0% 4.9% 8.2% 5.2% 24% 0.59 18.1 15.3 83%
1928 29 STL NL 14 0.0% 21.4% 0.0% 0.0% 4.7 79%
8 Yrs 1778 0.5% 5.2% 8.4% 6.0% 25% 0.62 16.8 174.0 10.4 82%
MLB Averages 1.0% 7.2% 7.8% 6.6% 26% 0.92 12.3 85.7 7.9 80%

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
1921 22 22 57 53 4 14 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 4 .264 .304 .283 .587 58 15 0 1
1922 23 138 448 405 60 128 26 6 3 38 3 1 27 22 .316 .362 .432 .794 109 175 2 14
1923 24 235 802 708 105 205 37 9 6 73 7 4 68 36 .290 .356 .393 .749 98 278 5 21
1924 25 305 1018 906 135 267 47 12 7 97 9 7 79 50 .295 .357 .396 .753 100 359 9 24
1925 26 388 1331 1174 173 343 60 16 9 123 16 9 115 65 .292 .361 .394 .754 98 462 11 30
1926 27 452 1435 1262 186 365 63 18 9 132 17 9 123 74 .289 .358 .389 .747 97 491 13 36
1927 28 538 1764 1552 223 437 76 22 9 151 22 9 150 90 .282 .350 .376 .727 91 584 14 47
1928 29 546 1778 1566 223 437 76 22 9 151 22 9 150 93 .279 .347 .373 .720 90 584 14 47

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
1921 22 23 61 57 5 16 1 0 0 2 1 3 4 .281 .317 .298 .615 5 22
1922 23 121 403 363 55 114 25 6 3 35 2 24 19 .314 .360 .441 .801 57 116
1923 24 102 368 316 44 78 11 3 3 34 4 42 15 .247 .341 .329 .670 35 97
1924 25 74 227 208 31 65 10 3 1 25 2 12 15 .313 .362 .404 .765 29 70
1925 26 88 319 276 34 73 12 4 2 23 7 35 16 .264 .351 .359 .710 34 83
1926 27 67 106 90 12 21 3 2 0 8 1 8 9 .233 .310 .311 .621 8 64
1927 28 90 342 302 36 73 13 4 0 19 5 27 17 .242 .306 .311 .617 28 86
1928 29 8 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 8
8 Yrs 573 1841 1627 217 440 75 22 9 146 22 151 98 .270 .338 .360 .698 196 546
162 Game Avg. 162 520 460 61 124 21 6 3 41 6 43 28 .270 .338 .360 .698 55 546

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1925 NL  0.9 (8th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1919), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2065), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  4. Johnny Burnett (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Marty Barrett (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Johnny Burnett (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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