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Cecil Travis

Cecil Howell Travis

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 8, 1913 in Riverdale, GA
High School: Riverdale HS (Riverdale, GA) (All Transactions)
Debut: May 16, 1933
Team: Senators 1933-1947

Final Game: September 23, 1947
Died: December 16, 2006 in Riverdale, GA
Buried: Crest Lawn Memorial Park, Atlanta, GA
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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
1933 19 WSH AL 18 46 43 7 13 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 .302 .348 .326 .673 81 14 1 0 5
1934 20 WSH AL 109 428 392 48 125 22 4 1 53 1 5 24 37 .319 .361 .403 .764 100 158 2 10 5
1935 21 WSH AL 138 590 534 85 170 27 8 0 61 4 2 41 28 .318 .377 .399 .776 103 213 9 6 *57O
1936 22 WSH AL 138 561 517 77 164 34 10 2 92 4 4 39 21 .317 .366 .433 .800 102 224 1 4 6O9/457
1937 23 WSH AL 135 578 526 72 181 27 7 3 66 3 2 39 34 .344 .395 .439 .834 113 231 5 8 *6 MVP-11
1938 24 WSH AL 146 641 567 96 190 30 5 5 67 6 5 58 22 .335 .401 .432 .833 116 245 4 13 *6 AS,MVP-9
1939 25 WSH AL 130 523 476 55 139 20 9 5 63 0 3 34 25 .292 .342 .403 .745 96 192 9 2 10 *6
1940 26 WSH AL 136 586 528 60 170 37 11 2 76 0 1 48 23 .322 .381 .445 .826 120 235 5 2 6 *56 AS,MVP-23
1941 27 WSH AL 152 663 608 106 218 39 19 7 101 2 2 52 25 .359 .410 .520 .930 150 316 13 1 2 *65 AS,MVP-6
1945 31 WSH AL 15 60 54 4 13 2 1 0 10 0 1 4 5 .241 .293 .315 .608 84 17 3 0 2 5
1946 32 WSH AL 137 519 465 45 117 22 3 1 56 2 4 45 47 .252 .323 .318 .641 84 148 17 4 5 65
1947 33 WSH AL 74 221 204 10 44 4 1 1 10 1 3 16 19 .216 .273 .260 .533 50 53 4 0 1 56
12 Yrs 1328 5416 4914 665 1544 265 78 27 657 23 32 402 291 .314 .370 .416 .786 108 2046 51 31 67
162 Game Avg. 162 661 599 81 188 32 10 3 80 3 4 49 35 .314 .370 .416 .786 108 250 4 8

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
1933 19 WSH AL 18 46 -1 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 2 2 0.2 .502 .500 0.1 0.1 1 $ 5
1934 20 WSH AL 109 428 0 -2 0 4 2 5 0.4 13 18 1.8 .504 .503 1.4 0.6 14 $ 5
1935 21 WSH AL 138 590 5 0 0 6 2 13 1.1 18 32 3.0 .509 .508 2.5 0.7 26 $ *57O
1936 22 WSH AL 138 561 3 -1 0 -2 2 3 0.2 17 20 2.0 .502 .502 2.2 0.1 22 $ 6O9/457
1937 23 WSH AL 135 578 14 0 0 8 9 31 2.8 18 48 4.5 .521 .517 3.9 1.5 40 $ *6 MVP-11
1938 24 WSH AL 146 641 20 -1 0 4 10 32 3.0 20 53 5.0 .520 .518 4.6 1.3 49 $ *6 AS,MVP-9
1939 25 WSH AL 130 523 -1 -1 0 5 8 11 1.0 16 27 2.6 .508 .506 2.2 1.2 22 $ *6
1940 26 WSH AL 136 586 18 0 0 -1 3 20 1.9 15 35 3.4 .514 .512 3.5 0.2 36 $ *56 AS,MVP-23
1941 27 WSH AL 152 663 43 0 0 -8 9 44 4.3 16 61 5.9 .528 .526 6.7 0.2 69 $ *65 AS,MVP-6
1945 31 WSH AL 15 60 -1 -0 0 -1 0 -2 -0.3 1 -1 -0.2 .482 .498 0.0 -0.1 -0 $ 5
1946 32 WSH AL 137 519 -8 -1 0 -10 5 -13 -1.5 13 0 -0.2 .489 .491 1.0 -0.5 10 $ 65
1947 33 WSH AL 74 221 -13 -1 0 -1 1 -13 -1.5 6 -8 -0.9 .480 .491 -0.8 -0.0 -7 $ 56
12 Seasons 1328 5416 80 -5 0 5 50 130 11.5 156 286 27.1 .509 .506 27.3 5.1 281 $

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
1933 19 WSH AL 46 30 5 4.5 105 .342 .302 .278 .348 .349 .326 .401 .673 .750 81 .472 -1.1 -0.1 .567 .070 .023
1934 20 WSH AL 428 282 55 5.2 108 .350 .319 .283 .361 .356 .403 .408 .764 .764 100 .516 0.1 0.0 .662 .135 .084 1.0
1935 21 WSH AL 590 372 78 5.6 109 .336 .318 .284 .377 .356 .399 .410 .776 .766 103 .551 3.6 0.3 .724 .161 .081 .0
1936 22 WSH AL 561 361 81 6.0 116 .328 .317 .291 .366 .365 .433 .427 .800 .793 102 .533 1.5 0.1 .739 .191 .116 2.7
1937 23 WSH AL 578 355 90 6.7 113 .364 .344 .285 .395 .359 .439 .424 .834 .784 113 .610 11.7 1.1 .795 .171 .095 3.0
1938 24 WSH AL 641 395 97 6.5 111 .343 .335 .280 .401 .357 .432 .417 .833 .774 116 .592 16.9 1.5 .806 .201 .097 5.5
1939 25 WSH AL 523 359 64 4.7 107 .300 .292 .276 .342 .350 .403 .408 .745 .758 96 .468 -2.9 -0.3 .645 .176 .111 .0
1940 26 WSH AL 586 370 89 6.4 105 .334 .322 .271 .381 .342 .445 .410 .826 .753 120 .614 16.8 1.6 .780 .212 .123 .0
1941 27 WSH AL 663 407 129 8.5 102 .366 .359 .270 .410 .345 .520 .397 .930 .742 150 .744 42.0 4.0 .911 .247 .161 3.1
1945 31 WSH AL 60 47 5 2.8 81 .265 .241 .251 .293 .321 .315 .341 .608 .662 84 .364 -1.2 -0.1 .444 .130 .074
1946 32 WSH AL 519 374 46 3.3 91 .278 .252 .257 .323 .330 .318 .369 .641 .699 84 .394 -8.4 -0.9 .528 .159 .067 1.3
1947 33 WSH AL 221 168 14 2.2 94 .234 .216 .259 .273 .338 .260 .373 .533 .711 50 .240 -14.0 -1.5 .401 .113 .044 1.0
12 Yrs 5416 3520 753 5.7 106 .330 .314 .276 .370 .350 .416 .406 .786 .756 108 .562 64.9 5.8 .715 .182 .102 24.8
162 Game Avg. 661 429 92 5.7 106 .330 .314 .276 .370 .350 .416 .406 .786 .756 108 .562 8 1 .715 .182 .102 3

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
1938 WSH AL 24 DNP
1940 WSH AL 26 as 3B 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0
1941 WSH AL 27 as 3B 5 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .400 .500 .900 2 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (2 GP) 8 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .143 .250 .286 .536 2 1 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
1933 19 WSH AL 46 0.0% 10.9% 4.4% 2.2% 8% 2.50 8.6 21.5 83%
1934 20 WSH AL 428 0.2% 8.6% 5.6% 6.3% 22% 1.54 10.6 392.0 7.4 83%
1935 21 WSH AL 590 0.0% 4.8% 7.0% 5.9% 21% 0.68 19.1 8.8 86%
1936 22 WSH AL 561 0.4% 3.7% 7.0% 8.2% 28% 0.54 24.6 258.5 5.6 88%
1937 23 WSH AL 578 0.5% 5.9% 6.8% 6.4% 20% 0.87 15.5 175.3 8.0 85%
1938 24 WSH AL 641 0.8% 3.4% 9.1% 6.2% 21% 0.38 25.8 113.4 8.5 84%
1939 25 WSH AL 523 1.0% 4.8% 6.5% 6.5% 25% 0.74 19.0 95.2 7.6 85%
1940 26 WSH AL 586 0.3% 3.9% 8.2% 8.5% 29% 0.48 23.0 264.0 6.9 86%
1941 27 WSH AL 663 1.1% 3.8% 7.8% 9.8% 30% 0.48 24.3 86.9 6.0 87%
1945 31 WSH AL 60 0.0% 8.3% 6.7% 5.0% 23% 1.25 10.8 5.4 82%
1946 32 WSH AL 519 0.2% 9.1% 8.7% 5.0% 22% 1.04 9.9 465.0 8.3 80%
1947 33 WSH AL 221 0.5% 8.6% 7.2% 2.7% 14% 1.19 10.7 204.0 20.4 83%
12 Yrs 5416 0.5% 5.4% 7.4% 6.8% 24% 0.72 16.9 182.0 7.5 85%
MLB Averages 1.3% 8.9% 8.7% 6.3% 27% 1.02 10.0 66.9 8.2 79%

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
1933 19 18 46 43 7 13 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 .302 .348 .326 .673 81 14 1 0
1934 20 127 474 435 55 138 23 4 1 55 1 5 26 42 .317 .360 .395 .755 98 172 3 10
1935 21 265 1064 969 140 308 50 12 1 116 5 7 67 70 .318 .369 .397 .767 101 385 12 16
1936 22 403 1625 1486 217 472 84 22 3 208 9 11 106 91 .318 .368 .410 .778 101 609 13 20
1937 23 538 2203 2012 289 653 111 29 6 274 12 13 145 125 .325 .375 .417 .793 104 840 18 28
1938 24 684 2844 2579 385 843 141 34 11 341 18 18 203 147 .327 .381 .421 .802 107 1085 22 41
1939 25 814 3367 3055 440 982 161 43 16 404 18 21 237 172 .321 .375 .418 .793 105 1277 9 24 51
1940 26 950 3953 3583 500 1152 198 54 18 480 18 22 285 195 .322 .376 .422 .798 107 1512 14 26 57
1941 27 1102 4616 4191 606 1370 237 73 25 581 20 24 337 220 .327 .381 .436 .817 113 1828 27 27 59
1942 28 1102 4616 4191 606 1370 237 73 25 581 20 24 337 220 .327 .381 .436 .817 113 1828 27 27 59
1943 29 1102 4616 4191 606 1370 237 73 25 581 20 24 337 220 .327 .381 .436 .817 113 1828 27 27 59
1944 30 1102 4616 4191 606 1370 237 73 25 581 20 24 337 220 .327 .381 .436 .817 113 1828 27 27 59
1945 31 1117 4676 4245 610 1383 239 74 25 591 20 25 341 225 .326 .380 .435 .814 113 1845 30 27 61
1946 32 1254 5195 4710 655 1500 261 77 26 647 22 29 386 272 .318 .374 .423 .797 110 1993 47 31 66
1947 33 1328 5416 4914 665 1544 265 78 27 657 23 32 402 291 .314 .370 .416 .786 108 2046 51 31 67

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
1933 19 19 48 45 6 13 1 0 0 2 0 2 5 .289 .333 .311 .644 4 18
1934 20 115 441 404 46 123 22 4 1 50 1 24 39 .304 .347 .386 .733 54 109
1935 21 146 609 553 81 168 27 8 0 58 4 41 30 .304 .362 .382 .743 74 138
1936 22 144 563 522 67 153 32 9 2 80 4 36 22 .293 .340 .400 .740 71 138
1937 23 140 581 531 66 173 26 7 3 60 3 37 35 .326 .375 .418 .793 82 135
1938 24 155 662 587 91 188 30 5 5 63 6 57 23 .320 .384 .414 .798 92 146
1939 25 137 541 494 53 139 20 9 5 61 0 34 26 .281 .330 .389 .719 63 130
1940 26 142 604 547 60 173 38 11 2 76 0 49 24 .316 .375 .437 .812 89 136
1941 27 158 685 629 108 224 40 20 7 103 2 53 26 .356 .407 .517 .924 132 152
1945 31 16 65 58 5 15 2 1 0 13 0 5 5 .259 .317 .328 .645 6 15
1946 32 143 560 498 55 134 25 3 1 68 2 52 49 .269 .344 .337 .681 57 137
1947 33 77 232 214 11 48 4 1 1 11 1 17 20 .224 .281 .266 .548 17 74
12 Yrs 1392 5591 5082 649 1551 267 78 27 645 23 407 304 .305 .360 .404 .765 741 1328
162 Game Avg. 162 651 591 76 181 31 9 3 75 3 47 35 .305 .360 .404 .765 86 1328

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1938
1940 (3B)
1941 (3B)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1937 AL (11, 15%)
1938 AL (9, 10%)
1940 AL (23, 1%)
1941 AL (6, 30%)
0.56 Career Shares (409th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1938 AL  5.0 (9th)
1941 AL  5.9 (6th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1937 AL  4.5 (9th)
1938 AL  5.0 (7th)
1941 AL  5.9 (4th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1941 AL  6.7 (3rd)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1935 AL  0.7 (7th)
1937 AL  1.5 (3rd)
1938 AL  1.3 (3rd)
1939 AL  1.2 (3rd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1937 AL  .344 (5th)
1938 AL  .335 (5th)
1940 AL  .322 (8th)
1941 AL  .359 (2nd)
Career  .314 (75th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1941 AL  .410 (7th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1941 AL  .520 (6th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1941 AL  .930 (5th)

Games Played s c a p y
1941 AL  152 (8th)

At Bats s c a p y
1941 AL  608 (3rd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1941 AL  663 (10th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1941 AL  106 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
1938 AL  190 (9th)
1941 AL  218 (1st)

Total Bases s c a p y
1941 AL  316 (4th)

Doubles s c a p y
1941 AL  39 (4th)

Triples s c a p y
1940 AL  11 (7th)
1941 AL  19 (2nd)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1941 AL  101 (9th)

Singles s c a p y
1935 AL  135 (7th)
1937 AL  144 (6th)
1938 AL  150 (3rd)
1941 AL  153 (1st)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1941 AL  150 (5th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1941 AL  129 (4th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1941 AL  42 (5th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1941 AL  4.0 (5th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1941 AL  65 (6th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1941 AL  271 (4th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1941 AL  .744 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1935 AL  9 (1st)
1937 AL  5 (7th)
1938 AL  4 (7th)
1946 AL  4 (4th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1938 AL  13 (4th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1946 AL  17 (4th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1936 AL  24.6 (7th)
1938 AL  25.8 (6th)
1939 AL  19.0 (8th)
1940 AL  23.0 (6th)
1941 AL  24.3 (5th)
Career  16.9 (205th)

Youngest s c a p y
1933 AL  born 1913-08-08 (2nd)
1934 AL  born 1913-08-08 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 3 (529), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 38 (651), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 52 (378), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 30 (329), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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