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Earl Torgeson

Clifford Earl Torgeson (The Earl Of Snohomish)

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 1, 1924 in Snohomish, WA
High School: Snohomish HS (Snohomish, WA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1947
Teams (by GP): Braves/WhiteSox/Phillies/Tigers/Yankees 1947-1961

Final Game: August 23, 1961
Died: November 8, 1990 in Everett, WA
Buried: Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery, Snohomish, WA
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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
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)
1947 23 BSN NL 128 487 399 73 112 20 6 16 78 11 82 59 .281 .403 .481 .885 136 192 6 0 3 *3
1948 24 BSN NL 134 533 438 70 111 23 5 10 67 19 81 54 .253 .372 .397 .770 109 174 7 2 10 *3
1949 25 BSN NL 25 113 100 17 26 5 1 4 19 4 13 4 .260 .345 .450 .795 116 45 3 0 0 3 MVP-27
1950 26 BSN NL 156 707 576 120 167 30 3 23 87 15 119 69 .290 .412 .472 .885 138 272 10 1 8 *3 MVP-27
1951 27 BSN NL 155 690 581 99 153 21 4 24 92 20 11 102 70 .263 .375 .437 .812 124 254 18 2 5 *3
1952 28 BSN NL 122 471 382 49 88 17 0 5 34 11 7 81 38 .230 .366 .314 .681 93 120 8 1 7 *3/O97
1953 29 PHI NL 111 438 379 58 104 25 8 11 64 7 1 53 57 .274 .366 .470 .836 116 178 7 2 3 *3
1954 30 PHI NL 135 582 490 63 133 22 6 5 54 7 1 75 52 .271 .364 .371 .736 93 182 13 0 11 6 *3
1955 31 TOT MLB 136 553 450 87 125 15 4 10 67 11 3 93 49 .278 .396 .396 .791 115 178 11 0 2 8 3 *3
1955 31 PHI NL 47 184 150 29 40 5 3 1 17 2 3 32 20 .267 .393 .360 .753 104 54 5 0 1 1 1 3
1955 31 DET AL 89 369 300 58 85 10 1 9 50 9 0 61 29 .283 .397 .413 .810 121 124 6 0 1 7 2 3
1956 32 DET AL 117 400 318 61 84 9 3 12 42 6 4 78 47 .264 .406 .425 .831 119 135 5 0 1 3 0 3
1957 33 TOT AL 116 369 301 58 86 13 3 8 51 7 3 61 54 .286 .403 .429 .831 127 129 9 0 4 3 0 3/9
1957 33 DET AL 30 62 50 5 12 2 1 1 5 0 0 12 10 .240 .387 .380 .767 109 19 1 0 0 0 0 3
1957 33 CHW AL 86 307 251 53 74 11 2 7 46 7 3 49 44 .295 .406 .438 .844 130 110 8 0 4 3 0 3/9
1958 34 CHW AL 96 236 188 37 50 8 0 10 30 7 2 48 29 .266 .415 .468 .883 144 88 7 0 0 0 1 3
1959 35 CHW AL 127 344 277 40 61 5 3 9 45 7 6 62 55 .220 .359 .357 .716 99 99 7 0 1 4 1 *3
1960 36 CHW AL 68 78 57 12 15 2 0 2 9 1 0 21 8 .263 .462 .404 .865 137 23 0 0 0 0 2 3
1961 37 TOT AL 42 45 33 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 11 8 .091 .311 .091 .402 16 3 2 0 0 1 0 /3
1961 37 CHW AL 20 19 15 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 .067 .211 .067 .277 -21 1 1 0 0 1 0 /3
1961 37 NYY AL 22 26 18 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 3 .111 .385 .111 .496 43 2 1 0 0 0 0 /3
15 Yrs 1668 6046 4969 848 1318 215 46 149 740 133 39 980 653 .265 .385 .417 .802 117 2072 113 8 55 25 7
162 Game Avg. 162 587 483 82 128 21 4 14 72 13 95 63 .265 .385 .417 .802 117 201 11 1 5
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
BSN (6 yrs) 720 3001 2476 428 657 116 19 82 377 80 18 478 294 .265 .385 .427 .812 122 1057 52 6 33
CHW (5 yrs) 397 984 788 143 201 26 5 28 131 22 11 183 141 .255 .392 .407 .800 120 321 23 0 5 8 4
PHI (3 yrs) 293 1204 1019 150 277 52 17 17 135 16 5 160 129 .272 .370 .406 .776 103 414 25 2 15 7 1
DET (3 yrs) 236 831 668 124 181 21 5 22 97 15 4 151 86 .271 .400 .416 .817 119 278 12 0 2 10 2
NYY (1 yr) 22 26 18 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 3 .111 .385 .111 .496 43 2 1 0 0 0 0
AL (7 yrs) 655 1841 1474 270 384 47 10 50 228 37 16 342 230 .261 .396 .408 .804 119 601 36 0 7 18 6
NL (9 yrs) 1013 4205 3495 578 934 168 36 99 512 96 23 638 423 .267 .381 .421 .802 116 1471 77 8 48 7 1

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
1947 23 BSN NL 128 487 22 -0 0 0 -6 16 1.7 17 33 3.3 .513 .510 3.3 -0.5 33 $ *3
1948 24 BSN NL 134 533 8 2 1 5 -6 10 1.0 19 29 2.8 .508 .506 2.4 -0.1 24 $ *3
1949 25 BSN NL 25 113 2 1 0 -3 -1 -1 -0.1 4 3 0.3 .498 .500 0.6 -0.4 6 $ 3 MVP-27
1950 26 BSN NL 156 707 37 2 -0 4 -7 35 3.3 24 58 5.6 .522 .521 5.4 -0.4 54 $ *3 MVP-27
1951 27 BSN NL 155 690 23 1 1 -2 -7 16 1.5 23 38 3.8 .510 .510 4.1 -1.0 40 $ *3
1952 28 BSN NL 122 471 0 -1 1 -1 -5 -6 -0.6 16 10 1.0 .495 .496 1.1 -0.7 11 $ *3/O97
1953 29 PHI NL 111 438 8 1 2 3 -5 9 0.8 15 23 2.2 .508 .505 2.1 -0.3 21 $ *3
1954 30 PHI NL 135 582 -2 2 0 3 -6 -3 -0.4 19 16 1.4 .497 .498 1.3 -0.4 13 $ *3
1955 31 PHI NL 47 184 6 0 -0 4 -2 8 0.7 6 14 1.3 .516 .505 1.0 0.1 10 $ 3
1955 31 DET AL 89 369 9 2 1 3 -4 12 1.3 10 22 2.2 .514 .507 1.9 -0.0 18 $ 3
1956 32 DET AL 117 400 12 1 1 -3 -4 6 0.7 11 17 1.7 .506 .504 1.9 -0.6 20 $ 3
1957 33 DET AL 30 62 1 0 0 -2 -1 -1 -0.2 2 0 0.0 .495 .499 0.2 -0.3 2 $ 3
1957 33 CHW AL 86 307 13 2 1 0 -4 13 1.3 8 21 2.1 .516 .508 2.2 -0.4 21 $ 3/9
1958 34 CHW AL 96 236 12 2 -1 -1 -3 10 1.0 6 16 1.7 .511 .507 1.8 -0.4 17 $ 3
1959 35 CHW AL 127 344 0 0 -0 -3 -5 -7 -0.9 9 2 0.1 .494 .495 0.4 -0.9 5 $ *3
1960 36 CHW AL 68 78 5 -0 0 1 -0 6 0.6 2 8 0.8 .509 .504 0.7 0.0 7 $ 3
1961 37 CHW AL 20 19 -2 -0 -0 0 0 -3 -0.3 0 -2 -0.2 .486 .498 -0.2 -0.0 -2 $ /3
1961 37 NYY AL 22 26 -1 -1 -0 -0 -0 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.2 .488 .498 -0.2 -0.1 -2 $ /3
15 Seasons 1668 6046 152 14 7 8 -66 115 11.0 192 307 29.9 .507 .504 30.0 -6.4 299 $
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
BSN (6 yrs) 720 3001 92 4 3 3 -32 70 6.8 102 172 16.8 .510 .507 16.9 -3.1 169 $
CHW (5 yrs) 397 984 28 4 -0 -3 -11 18 1.7 27 45 4.5 .505 .502 4.9 -1.7 48 $
PHI (3 yrs) 293 1204 11 3 2 9 -13 13 1.0 40 53 4.9 .504 .503 4.4 -0.6 44 $
DET (3 yrs) 236 831 21 3 2 -1 -9 17 1.8 22 39 3.9 .507 .503 4.0 -0.9 40 $
NYY (1 yr) 22 26 -1 -1 -0 -0 -0 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.2 .488 .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
1947 23 BSN NL 487 296 77 6.9 104 .296 .281 .272 .403 .347 .481 .403 .885 .749 136 .675 23.4 2.3 .973 .434 .201 13.0
1948 24 BSN NL 533 344 64 4.9 101 .270 .253 .268 .372 .342 .397 .396 .770 .738 109 .548 8.7 0.9 .826 .372 .144 13.1
1949 25 BSN NL 113 77 16 5.6 100 .239 .260 .264 .345 .337 .450 .396 .795 .733 116 .588 2.3 0.2 .805 .360 .190 4.0
1950 26 BSN NL 707 427 112 7.0 103 .298 .290 .262 .412 .338 .472 .407 .885 .745 138 .673 38.2 3.7 .971 .415 .182 18.2
1951 27 BSN NL 690 462 95 5.5 97 .265 .263 .259 .375 .332 .437 .393 .812 .724 124 .591 23.4 2.3 .803 .365 .174 21.8
1952 28 BSN NL 471 316 44 3.7 95 .245 .230 .258 .366 .330 .314 .384 .681 .714 93 .451 1.1 0.1 .667 .306 .084 6.9
1953 29 PHI NL 438 286 66 6.1 110 .299 .274 .274 .366 .345 .470 .427 .836 .773 116 .606 9.8 0.9 .845 .351 .195 8.6
1954 30 PHI NL 582 388 68 4.7 109 .292 .271 .274 .364 .345 .371 .424 .736 .769 93 .490 -2.4 -0.2 .709 .265 .100 5.8
1955 31 TOT MLB 553 349 78 6.0 102 .288 .278 .264 .396 .340 .396 .401 .791 .741 115 .616 14.9 1.4 .823 .342 .118 10.5
1955 31 PHI NL 184 120 22 4.9 104 .300 .267 .263 .393 .334 .360 .417 .753 .751 104 .521 2.6 0.2 .720 .300 .093 1.3
1955 31 DET AL 369 229 56 6.5 101 .283 .283 .264 .397 .343 .413 .393 .810 .737 121 .657 12.3 1.2 .878 .363 .130 9.0
1956 32 DET AL 400 247 61 6.6 107 .275 .264 .268 .406 .351 .425 .410 .831 .760 119 .642 12.4 1.2 .885 .412 .160 8.0
1957 33 TOT AL 369 234 55 6.4 101 .322 .286 .265 .403 .337 .429 .400 .831 .737 127 .663 14.2 1.4 .855 .359 .143 7.5
1957 33 DET AL 62 39 8 5.6 102 .282 .240 .267 .387 .339 .380 .402 .767 .742 109 .605 1.1 0.1 .795 .380 .140 .0
1957 33 CHW AL 307 195 47 6.5 100 .330 .295 .264 .406 .337 .438 .399 .844 .736 130 .673 13.2 1.3 .867 .355 .143 7.0
1958 34 CHW AL 236 147 39 7.1 97 .268 .266 .260 .415 .329 .468 .396 .883 .725 144 .715 14.1 1.4 .959 .484 .202 8.2
1959 35 CHW AL 344 234 39 4.5 98 .240 .220 .259 .359 .330 .357 .396 .716 .726 99 .508 1.9 0.2 .707 .365 .137 7.9
1960 36 CHW AL 78 42 13 8.3 101 .277 .263 .264 .462 .337 .404 .403 .865 .740 137 .756 4.8 0.5 1.071 .526 .140 1.3
1961 37 TOT AL 45 34 1 0.8 101 .115 .091 .260 .311 .334 .091 .404 .402 .738 16 .037 -3.3 -0.3 .394 .303 .000
1961 37 CHW AL 19 16 0 0.0 102 .091 .067 .262 .211 .336 .067 .407 .277 .743 -21 .000 -2.5 -0.2 .267 .200 .000
1961 37 NYY AL 26 18 1 1.5 100 .133 .111 .258 .385 .332 .111 .401 .496 .734 43 .110 -0.8 -0.1 .500 .389 .000
15 Yrs 6046 3883 828 5.7 102 .279 .265 .265 .385 .339 .417 .403 .802 .742 117 .600 163.6 16.0 .829 .368 .152 140.5
162 Game Avg. 587 377 80 5.7 102 .279 .265 .265 .385 .339 .417 .403 .802 .742 117 .600 16 2 .829 .368 .152 14
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
BSN (6 yrs) 3001 1922 408 5.7 100 .274 .265 .263 .385 .337 .427 .397 .812 .734 122 .602 97.2 9.4 .849 .380 .162 81.0
CHW (5 yrs) 984 634 138 5.9 99 .276 .255 .261 .392 .333 .407 .398 .800 .730 120 .629 31.4 3.2 .829 .398 .152 24.6
PHI (3 yrs) 1204 794 156 5.2 109 .295 .272 .273 .370 .344 .406 .424 .776 .768 103 .541 10.0 1.0 .760 .302 .134 16.5
DET (3 yrs) 831 515 125 6.5 104 .279 .271 .266 .400 .347 .416 .402 .817 .748 119 .646 25.8 2.5 .875 .388 .145 17.8
NYY (1 yr) 26 18 1 1.5 100 .133 .111 .258 .385 .332 .111 .401 .496 .734 43 .110 -0.8 -0.1 .500 .389 .000
AL (7 yrs) 1841 1167 264 6.1 101 .276 .261 .264 .396 .339 .408 .400 .804 .739 119 .632 56.4 5.6 .844 .393 .147 42.5
NL (9 yrs) 4205 2716 564 5.5 102 .280 .267 .266 .381 .339 .421 .405 .802 .744 116 .585 107.2 10.4 .823 .357 .154 97.5

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
1948 24 BSN NL WS CLE L 5 20 18 2 7 3 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 .389 .450 .556 1.006 10 0 0 0 0 0
1959 35 CHW AL WS LAD L 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 8 22 19 3 7 3 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 .368 .455 .526 .981 10 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 8 22 19 3 7 3 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 .368 .455 .526 .981 10 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
1947 23 BSN NL 487 3.3% 12.1% 16.8% 8.6% 38% 0.72 6.8 24.9 5.1 67%
1948 24 BSN NL 533 1.9% 10.1% 15.2% 7.1% 34% 0.67 8.1 43.8 6.5 1.20 70%
1949 25 BSN NL 113 3.5% 3.5% 11.5% 8.9% 39% 0.31 25.0 25.0 5.3 0.59 81%
1950 26 BSN NL 707 3.3% 9.8% 16.8% 7.9% 34% 0.58 8.3 25.0 6.6 0.94 68%
1951 27 BSN NL 690 3.5% 10.1% 14.8% 7.1% 32% 0.69 8.3 24.2 6.3 1.10 71%
1952 28 BSN NL 471 1.1% 8.1% 17.2% 4.7% 25% 0.47 10.1 76.4 11.2 1.16 72%
1953 29 PHI NL 438 2.5% 13.0% 12.1% 10.1% 42% 1.08 6.6 34.5 5.9 0.91 71%
1954 30 PHI NL 582 0.9% 8.9% 12.9% 5.7% 25% 0.69 9.4 98.0 9.1 0.93 75%
1955 31 TOT MLB 553 1.8% 8.9% 16.8% 5.2% 23% 0.53 9.2 45.0 6.7 0.97 72%
1955 31 PHI NL 184 0.5% 10.9% 17.4% 4.9% 23% 0.63 7.5 150.0 8.8 1.14 71%
1955 31 DET AL 369 2.4% 7.9% 16.5% 5.4% 24% 0.48 10.3 33.3 6.0 0.90 73%
1956 32 DET AL 400 3.0% 11.8% 19.5% 6.0% 29% 0.60 6.8 26.5 7.6 0.70 66%
1957 33 TOT AL 369 2.2% 14.6% 16.5% 6.5% 28% 0.89 5.6 37.6 5.9 0.97 66%
1957 33 DET AL 62 1.6% 16.1% 19.4% 6.5% 33% 0.83 5.0 50.0 10.0 1.55 63%
1957 33 CHW AL 307 2.3% 14.3% 16.0% 6.5% 27% 0.90 5.7 35.9 5.5 0.88 66%
1958 34 CHW AL 236 4.2% 12.3% 20.3% 7.6% 36% 0.60 6.5 18.8 6.3 1.15 63%
1959 35 CHW AL 344 2.6% 16.0% 18.0% 4.9% 28% 0.89 5.0 30.8 6.2 0.95 63%
1960 36 CHW AL 78 2.6% 10.3% 26.9% 5.1% 27% 0.38 7.1 28.5 6.3 0.55 60%
1961 37 TOT AL 45 0.0% 17.8% 24.4% 0.0% 0% 0.73 4.1 33.0 0.50 58%
1961 37 CHW AL 19 0.0% 26.3% 15.8% 0.0% 0% 1.67 3.0 15.0 0.43 58%
1961 37 NYY AL 26 0.0% 11.5% 30.8% 0.0% 0% 0.38 6.0 0.56 58%
15 Yrs 6046 2.5% 10.8% 16.2% 6.8% 31% 0.67 7.6 33.3 6.7 0.97 69%
MLB Averages 2.1% 11.3% 9.4% 6.5% 28% 1.21 7.8 41.8 8.2 0.99 75%
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
1947 23 BSN NL 23.4 2.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 24 BSN NL 8.7 0.9 371 1.6 7.6 -6.0 1.06 1.4 0.1 11.1 1.1 0.95 14.6 1.22 8
1949 25 BSN NL 2.3 0.2 100 0.4 1.8 -1.4 .88 0.6 -0.1 1.4 0.1 0.93 5.1 0
1950 26 BSN NL 38.2 3.7 588 3.5 11.6 -8.0 .93 3.0 0.8 40.8 4.0 0.92 34.0 0.23 0
1951 27 BSN NL 23.4 2.3 724 1.6 13.5 -11.9 1.04 2.3 -0.7 28.1 2.9 0.96 29.5 0
1952 28 BSN NL 1.1 0.1 474 -1.3 7.2 -8.5 1.09 0.3 -1.5 6.6 0.7 0.92 6.6 1.39 12
1953 29 PHI NL 10.4 1.0 393 -0.1 6.9 -7.0 1.03 0.8 -0.9 8.5 0.8 0.97 6.8 1.26 4
1954 30 PHI NL -2.4 -0.2 554 0.7 9.3 -8.7 1.04 0.5 0.1 3.8 0.4 0.98 3.6 0
1955 31 TOT MLB 14.9 1.4 570 1.9 10.8 -8.9 1.02 1.8 0.0 27.7 2.7 1.00 20.3 2.31 11
1955 31 PHI NL 2.6 0.2 190 0.6 3.7 -3.1 1.07 0.7 -0.1 7.9 0.8 0.96 6.2 2.85 3
1955 31 DET AL 12.3 1.2 380 1.2 7.1 -5.9 1.00 1.1 0.1 19.7 1.9 1.02 14.1 2.10 8
1956 32 DET AL 12.4 1.2 415 1.6 7.7 -6.2 .99 1.4 0.1 11.7 1.1 0.96 17.8 1.36 27
1957 33 TOT AL 14.2 1.4 387 2.0 8.1 -6.2 1.08 2.0 -0.2 26.3 2.6 1.02 21.4 2.39 28
1957 33 DET AL 1.1 0.1 63 -0.2 1.3 -1.5 1.40 0.1 -0.2 0.3 0.0 1.00 0.9 2.82 12
1957 33 CHW AL 13.2 1.3 324 2.2 6.8 -4.6 1.02 2.0 0.2 26.0 2.6 1.03 20.5 2.07 16
1958 34 CHW AL 14.1 1.4 247 0.6 4.7 -4.0 1.05 1.8 -1.2 13.0 1.3 0.98 18.5 1.50 24
1959 35 CHW AL 1.9 0.2 362 0.8 7.2 -6.4 1.06 1.1 -0.4 4.4 0.4 0.97 10.6 1.86 23
1960 36 CHW AL 4.8 0.5 81 0.5 2.1 -1.5 1.52 0.8 -0.4 8.7 0.9 1.04 8.6 1.56 41
1961 37 TOT AL -3.4 -0.3 46 -0.6 0.4 -1.0 .98 -0.3 -0.3 -5.2 -0.5 1.03 -3.1 1.19 23
1961 37 CHW AL -2.5 -0.2 19 -0.5 0.3 -0.7 1.64 -0.2 -0.1 -2.7 -0.3 1.15 -1.6 1.64 15
1961 37 NYY AL -0.8 -0.1 27 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 .52 -0.1 -0.1 -2.6 -0.3 0.94 -1.5 0.34 8
15 Yrs 164.1 16.0 5312 13.3 99.0 -85.7 1.04 17.6 -4.8 186.9 18.6 0.97 194.3 1.65 201
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 BSN NL 4 0 33% 152 19 7 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 61% 24 12 12 4 2 1 16 2 14
1949 25 BSN NL 1 0 37% 32 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 70% 3 2 1 1 0 1 6 1 5
1950 26 BSN NL 8 0 37% 244 15 11 8 3 0 1 0 2 1 12 8 54% 45 30 14 17 6 11 21 1 20
1951 27 BSN NL 6 0 32% 277 20 11 65% 15 11 4 1 0 0 2 0 7 5 45% 46 36 9 11 3 8 27 4 21
1952 28 BSN NL 6 0 27% 193 11 7 61% 9 7 2 0 0 0 2 0 7 5 38% 27 19 7 8 5 3 10 3 7
1953 29 PHI NL 4 0 32% 117 7 1 88% 3 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 9 4 48% 20 15 5 4 3 1 18 4 14
1954 30 PHI NL 8 0 29% 227 7 1 88% 7 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 12 43% 31 21 10 5 3 2 15 3 10
1955 31 TOT MLB 8 0 37% 230 11 3 79% 9 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 13 51% 46 29 16 15 4 11 20 3 14
1955 31 PHI NL 6 0 39% 73 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 58% 13 7 6 4 1 3 9 2 6
1955 31 DET AL 2 0 36% 157 9 0 100% 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 7 47% 33 22 10 11 3 8 11 1 8
1956 32 DET AL 4 0 33% 191 6 4 60% 6 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 11 48% 37 22 14 6 4 2 19 4 14
1957 33 TOT AL 4 0 36% 155 7 3 70% 7 3 0 1 0 0 3 1 2 15 49% 21 11 10 3 3 0 11 4 7
1957 33 DET AL 0 0 17% 23 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 4 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 0
1957 33 CHW AL 4 0 40% 132 7 3 70% 7 2 0 1 0 0 3 1 2 15 52% 17 9 8 2 2 0 10 3 7
1958 34 CHW AL 1 0 31% 131 7 2 78% 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 53% 22 12 10 5 1 3 7 0 5
1959 35 CHW AL 3 0 27% 148 7 6 54% 7 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 5 47% 22 14 8 5 3 2 5 0 5
1960 36 CHW AL 2 0 29% 39 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7% 11 11 0 1 1 0 2 1 1
1961 37 TOT AL 1 0 29% 23 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 50% 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2
1961 37 CHW AL 1 0 25% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 50% 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
1961 37 NYY AL 0 0 30% 14 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 50% 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
15 Yrs 60 0 32% 2159 133 39 108% 92 50 16 4 2 1 14 2 73 94 48% 358 236 117 86 38 45 179 30 139
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 BSN NL 533 76% 111 8 2 0 1 1.22 10 0 6 7 0 4 6 0 9 10 111% 75 7 9% 32 12 38% 242 40 17% 21 9 43% 17 8 47% 0
1949 25 BSN NL 113 47% 26 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 4 1 3 0 1 0 0% 23 3 13% 14 5 36% 64 9 14% 4 3 75% 10 4 40% 0
1950 26 BSN NL 707 64% 167 0 0 0 0 0.23 23 0 12 12 6 15 8 0 7 8 114% 115 10 9% 43 16 37% 345 52 15% 25 14 56% 31 20 65% 0
1951 27 BSN NL 690 68% 153 0 0 0 0 24 1 14 17 7 17 7 0 7 5 71% 154 18 12% 71 28 39% 447 70 16% 43 22 51% 44 29 66% 0
1952 28 BSN NL 471 64% 88 12 2 0 1 1.39 5 0 8 3 2 1 4 0 7 7 100% 97 8 8% 33 14 42% 251 31 12% 17 7 41% 16 11 69% 0
1953 29 PHI NL 438 61% 104 4 1 1 1 1.26 11 0 15 7 4 6 5 0 2 3 150% 86 7 8% 36 9 25% 270 46 17% 37 19 51% 18 13 72% 0
1954 30 PHI NL 582 65% 133 0 0 0 0 5 0 13 4 1 1 4 0 13 11 85% 162 13 8% 66 24 36% 389 46 12% 41 17 41% 21 11 52% 0
1955 31 TOT MLB 553 82% 125 11 4 1 4 2.31 10 0 7 9 1 8 2 0 2 2 100% 132 11 8% 50 16 32% 408 61 15% 42 21 50% 22 14 64% 0
1955 31 PHI NL 184 86% 40 3 1 0 1 2.85 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 100% 41 5 12% 12 3 25% 115 18 16% 12 5 42% 7 5 71% 0
1955 31 DET AL 369 80% 85 8 3 1 3 2.10 9 0 5 8 1 7 2 0 1 1 100% 91 6 7% 38 13 34% 293 43 15% 30 16 53% 15 9 60% 0
1956 32 DET AL 400 84% 84 27 10 1 2 1.36 12 0 12 11 1 8 4 0 1 1 100% 85 5 6% 43 15 35% 251 31 12% 22 13 59% 12 7 58% 0
1957 33 TOT AL 369 77% 86 28 8 0 6 2.39 8 0 16 4 4 7 1 0 6 4 67% 104 9 9% 41 17 41% 272 45 17% 32 17 53% 16 13 81% 0
1957 33 DET AL 62 90% 12 12 3 0 2 2.82 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 14 1 7% 10 3 30% 40 4 10% 6 2 33% 2 1 50% 0
1957 33 CHW AL 307 74% 74 16 5 0 4 2.07 7 0 13 3 4 6 1 0 6 4 67% 90 8 9% 31 14 45% 232 41 18% 26 15 58% 14 12 86% 0
1958 34 CHW AL 236 90% 50 24 9 2 5 1.50 10 0 6 10 0 3 7 0 0 0 44 7 16% 24 7 29% 156 21 13% 14 6 43% 9 3 33% 0
1959 35 CHW AL 344 88% 61 23 5 1 6 1.86 9 0 12 9 0 5 4 0 1 1 100% 61 7 11% 35 11 31% 221 37 17% 22 11 50% 12 5 42% 0
1960 36 CHW AL 78 99% 15 41 12 1 6 1.56 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 15 0 0% 8 1 13% 59 8 14% 7 2 29% 5 1 20% 0
1961 37 TOT AL 45 91% 3 23 2 0 1 1.19 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 2 17% 6 1 17% 29 2 7% 4 1 25% 1 0 0% 0
1961 37 CHW AL 19 100% 1 15 1 0 1 1.64 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 14% 4 1 25% 16 2 13% 3 1 33% 1 0 0% 0
1961 37 NYY AL 26 85% 2 8 1 0 0 0.34 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 2 0 0% 13 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
15 Yrs 5559 73% 1318 201 55 7 33 1.65 149 1 127 95 30 77 56 0 56 55 98% 1165 113 10% 502 176 35% 3404 499 15% 331 162 49% 234 139 59% 0
MLB Averages 50% 93% 12% 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
1947 23 128 487 399 73 112 20 6 16 78 11 82 59 .281 .403 .481 .885 136 192 6 0 3
1948 24 262 1020 837 143 223 43 11 26 145 30 163 113 .266 .387 .437 .825 122 366 13 2 13
1949 25 287 1133 937 160 249 48 12 30 164 34 176 117 .266 .383 .439 .822 121 411 16 2 13
1950 26 443 1840 1513 280 416 78 15 53 251 49 295 186 .275 .394 .451 .846 128 683 26 3 21
1951 27 598 2530 2094 379 569 99 19 77 343 69 11 397 256 .272 .389 .447 .836 127 937 44 5 26
1952 28 720 3001 2476 428 657 116 19 82 377 80 18 478 294 .265 .385 .427 .812 122 1057 52 6 33
1953 29 831 3439 2855 486 761 141 27 93 441 87 19 531 351 .267 .383 .433 .816 121 1235 59 8 36
1954 30 966 4021 3345 549 894 163 33 98 495 94 20 606 403 .267 .380 .424 .804 117 1417 72 8 47 6
1955 31 1102 4574 3795 636 1019 178 37 108 562 105 23 699 452 .269 .382 .420 .802 117 1595 83 8 49 14 3
1956 32 1219 4974 4113 697 1103 187 40 120 604 111 27 777 499 .268 .384 .421 .805 117 1730 88 8 50 17 3
1957 33 1335 5343 4414 755 1189 200 43 128 655 118 30 838 553 .269 .385 .421 .807 118 1859 97 8 54 20 3
1958 34 1431 5579 4602 792 1239 208 43 138 685 125 32 886 582 .269 .387 .423 .810 119 1947 104 8 54 20 4
1959 35 1558 5923 4879 832 1300 213 46 147 730 132 38 948 637 .266 .385 .419 .804 117 2046 111 8 55 24 5
1960 36 1626 6001 4936 844 1315 215 46 149 739 133 38 969 645 .266 .386 .419 .805 118 2069 111 8 55 24 7
1961 37 1668 6046 4969 848 1318 215 46 149 740 133 39 980 653 .265 .385 .417 .802 117 2072 113 8 55 25 7

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
1947 23 134 504 416 75 116 21 6 17 80 11 85 62 .279 .401 .481 .882 79 128
1948 24 140 556 459 74 117 24 5 11 71 20 85 56 .255 .374 .401 .774 68 134
1949 25 26 118 104 18 27 5 1 4 20 4 14 4 .260 .347 .442 .790 17 25
1950 26 163 737 603 127 176 32 3 24 92 16 125 72 .292 .414 .474 .889 118 156
1951 27 161 726 609 109 165 23 4 26 102 22 110 73 .271 .384 .450 .834 105 155
1952 28 128 501 404 56 97 19 0 6 39 12 89 40 .240 .379 .332 .710 50 122
1953 29 115 446 389 56 103 25 8 11 62 7 52 59 .265 .354 .455 .809 62 111
1954 30 142 608 513 64 137 23 6 5 55 7 77 55 .267 .359 .365 .724 68 135
1955 31 142 580 472 92 132 16 4 11 71 12 98 51 .280 .398 .400 .798 75 136
1956 32 122 413 330 60 85 9 3 12 41 6 79 49 .258 .398 .412 .810 54 117
1957 33 122 390 318 63 92 14 3 9 55 7 65 57 .289 .407 .437 .844 57 116
1958 34 100 250 198 41 54 9 0 11 33 8 52 30 .273 .424 .485 .909 41 96
1959 35 133 362 291 43 65 5 3 10 48 7 66 57 .223 .363 .364 .727 39 127
1960 36 72 82 60 13 16 2 0 2 10 1 22 8 .267 .463 .400 .863 12 68
1961 37 42 45 33 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 11 8 .091 .311 .091 .402 1 42
15 Yrs 1742 6318 5199 895 1385 227 46 159 780 140 1030 681 .266 .387 .420 .806 846 1668
162 Game Avg. 162 588 483 83 129 21 4 15 73 13 96 63 .266 .387 .420 .806 79 1668

* 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
1967 BBWAA ( 0.7%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1949 NL (27, 1%)
1950 NL (27, 2%)
0.03 Career Shares (1251st)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1950 NL  5.6 (8th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1950 NL  5.6 (6th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1950 NL  5.4 (8th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1950 NL  .412 (5th)
Career  .385 (135th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1950 NL  .885 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1950 NL  156 (3rd)
1951 NL  155 (4th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1950 NL  707 (1st)
1951 NL  690 (5th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1950 NL  120 (1st)
1951 NL  99 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1950 NL  167 (10th)

Triples s c a p y
1953 NL  8 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1951 NL  24 (10th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1951 NL  92 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1947 NL  82 (10th)
1948 NL  81 (4th)
1950 NL  119 (3rd)
1951 NL  102 (4th)
1952 NL  81 (7th)
1954 NL  75 (10th)
Career  980 (123rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1951 NL  70 (9th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1947 NL  11 (5th)
1948 NL  19 (5th)
1950 NL  15 (4th)
1951 NL  20 (4th)
1952 NL  11 (7th)
1955 AL  9 (6th)
1958 AL  7 (10th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1950 NL  138 (9th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1950 NL  112 (6th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1947 NL  23 (10th)
1950 NL  38 (5th)
1951 NL  23 (9th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1947 NL  2.3 (10th)
1950 NL  3.7 (5th)
1951 NL  2.3 (9th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1950 NL  287 (2nd)
1951 NL  257 (8th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1950 NL  .673 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1948 NL  10 (6th)
1954 NL  11 (10th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1955 AL  7 (5th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1951 NL  18 (8th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1951 NL  11 (2nd)
1952 NL  7 (7th)
1959 AL  6 (6th)

SB % s c a p y
1951 NL  64.52 (7th)
1952 NL  61.11 (5th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1947 NL  13.0 (2nd)
1948 NL  13.1 (4th)
1950 NL  18.2 (3rd)
1951 NL  21.8 (2nd)
1955 AL  9.0 (8th)
Career  140.5 (208th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1951 NL  462 (9th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1950 NL  40.83 (3rd)
1957 AL  26.26 (9th)
Career  186.88 (226th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1950 NL  3.5 (4th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1950 NL  3.0 (5th)
Career  17.6 (214th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1950 NL  4.0 (2nd)
1957 AL  2.6 (9th)
Career  18.6 (222nd)

                           

† 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 - 3 (529), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 46 (547), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1412), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 19 (783), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  4. George McQuinn (896)
  5. Jeffrey Leonard (891)
  6. Norm Siebern (890)
  7. J.T. Snow (890)
  8. Elbie Fletcher (889)
  9. Jason Thompson (886)
  10. Al Smith (885)
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  5. Willie Upshaw (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Willie Upshaw (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Willie Upshaw (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Pete O'Brien (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Pete O'Brien (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Norm Siebern (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Norm Siebern (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. J.T. Snow (922)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. J.T. Snow (904)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. George McQuinn (896)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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