Bill Tuttle
William Robert Tuttle
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 4, 1929 in Elmwood, IL
School: Bradley University
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1952
Final Game: May 11, 1963
Died: July 27, 1998 in Anoka, MN
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Standard Batting

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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
1952 22 DET AL 7 25 25 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .240 .240 .240 .480 33 6 2 0 0 /O
1954 24 DET AL 147 602 530 64 141 20 11 7 58 5 8 62 60 .266 .343 .385 .728 102 204 15 2 5 3 *8/7
1955 25 DET AL 154 698 603 102 168 23 4 14 78 6 3 76 54 .279 .358 .400 .757 106 241 25 1 13 5 2 *8
1956 26 DET AL 140 592 546 61 138 22 4 9 65 5 4 38 48 .253 .301 .357 .658 73 195 18 1 4 3 1 *8
1957 27 DET AL 133 503 451 49 113 12 4 5 47 2 6 44 41 .251 .316 .328 .644 75 148 14 1 3 4 4 *8
1958 28 KCA AL 148 594 511 77 118 14 9 11 51 7 9 74 58 .231 .327 .358 .685 88 183 17 1 4 4 1 *89
1959 29 KCA AL 126 521 463 74 139 19 6 7 43 10 6 48 38 .300 .369 .413 .782 113 191 12 4 4 2 2 *8 MVP-23
1960 30 KCA AL 151 635 559 75 143 21 3 8 40 1 5 66 52 .256 .336 .347 .683 86 194 19 2 7 1 2 *8
1961 31 TOT AL 138 520 454 53 113 14 5 5 46 1 3 52 50 .249 .323 .335 .658 73 152 15 0 9 5 4 85/94
1961 31 KCA AL 25 95 84 15 22 2 2 0 8 0 0 9 9 .262 .333 .333 .667 79 28 2 0 2 0 0 8
1961 31 MIN AL 113 425 370 38 91 12 3 5 38 1 3 43 41 .246 .321 .335 .656 72 124 13 0 7 5 4 58/94
1962 32 MIN AL 110 148 123 21 26 4 1 1 13 1 0 19 14 .211 .317 .285 .602 61 35 4 1 3 2 1 89
1963 33 MIN AL 16 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 -23 0 2 0 0 0 1 8
11 Seasons 1270 4842 4268 578 1105 149 47 67 443 38 44 480 416 .259 .334 .363 .697 88 1549 143 13 52 29 18
162 Game Avg. 162 618 544 74 141 19 6 9 57 5 6 61 53 .259 .334 .363 .697 88 198 18 2 7
DET (5 yrs) 581 2420 2155 278 566 77 23 35 250 18 21 220 204 .263 .330 .368 .699 89 794 74 5 25 15 7
KCA (4 yrs) 450 1845 1617 241 422 56 20 26 142 18 20 197 157 .261 .342 .369 .711 94 596 50 7 17 7 5
MIN (3 yrs) 239 577 496 59 117 16 4 6 51 2 3 63 55 .236 .319 .321 .640 69 159 19 1 10 7 6

Advanced Batting

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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
1952 22 DET AL 25 21 1 1.3 97 .250 .240 .261 .240 .341 .240 .381 .480 .723 33 .105 -2.4 -0.3 .286 .000 .000
1954 24 DET AL 602 420 68 4.3 97 .288 .266 .263 .343 .338 .385 .384 .728 .723 102 .509 0.8 0.1 .643 .230 .119 5.8
1955 25 DET AL 698 481 85 4.7 101 .285 .279 .264 .358 .343 .400 .393 .757 .736 106 .515 5.9 0.6 .693 .252 .121 8.4
1956 26 DET AL 592 437 55 3.4 107 .262 .253 .268 .301 .351 .357 .410 .658 .760 73 .343 -23.5 -2.3 .547 .176 .104 6.4
1957 27 DET AL 503 365 45 3.3 102 .264 .251 .267 .316 .339 .328 .402 .644 .741 75 .377 -16.2 -1.7 .528 .166 .078 2.9
1958 28 KCA AL 594 427 59 3.7 100 .240 .231 .264 .327 .333 .358 .401 .685 .734 88 .432 -8.5 -0.9 .611 .268 .127 8.6
1959 29 KCA AL 521 348 71 5.5 100 .314 .300 .263 .369 .334 .413 .401 .782 .736 113 .599 9.0 0.9 .722 .225 .112 8.2
1960 30 KCA AL 635 448 64 3.8 101 .270 .256 .263 .336 .337 .347 .403 .683 .740 86 .430 -10.6 -1.1 .586 .202 .091 1.8
1961 31 TOT AL 520 373 49 3.5 108 .267 .249 .270 .323 .346 .335 .420 .658 .765 73 .373 -17.8 -1.8 .563 .196 .086 1.7
1961 31 KCA AL 95 66 10 4.0 105 .293 .262 .265 .333 .340 .333 .412 .667 .753 79 .436 -2.7 -0.3 .578 .179 .071
1961 31 MIN AL 425 307 39 3.4 109 .261 .246 .271 .321 .347 .335 .421 .656 .768 72 .359 -15.1 -1.5 .559 .200 .089 1.7
1962 32 MIN AL 148 106 12 3.0 106 .227 .211 .268 .317 .341 .285 .417 .602 .758 61 .324 -6.4 -0.6 .554 .236 .073 1.0
1963 33 MIN AL 4 5 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .258 .250 .324 .000 .398 .250 .722 -23 .000 -0.5 0.0 .200 .333 .000
11 Seasons 4842 3431 509 4.0 102 .272 .259 .265 .334 .340 .363 .402 .697 .742 88 .445 -70.1 -7.1 .608 .215 .104 48.5
162 Game Avg. 618 438 65 4.0 102 .272 .259 .265 .334 .340 .363 .402 .697 .742 88 .445 -70.1 -7.1 .608 .215 .104 6
DET (5 yrs) 2420 1724 254 4.0 102 .275 .263 .265 .330 .343 .368 .397 .699 .740 89 .440 -35.5 -3.6 .603 .206 .106 23.8
KCA (4 yrs) 1845 1289 204 4.2 101 .275 .261 .263 .342 .335 .369 .402 .711 .737 94 .483 -12.8 -1.4 .631 .228 .108 21.3
MIN (3 yrs) 577 418 51 3.3 108 .251 .236 .270 .319 .345 .321 .420 .640 .765 69 .346 -21.9 -2.1 .554 .210 .085 3.0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1952 22 DET AL 25 0.0% 4.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 25.0 12.5 96%
1954 24 DET AL 602 1.2% 10.0% 10.3% 6.3% 27% 0.97 8.8 75.7 9.1 1.19 77%
1955 25 DET AL 698 2.0% 7.7% 10.9% 5.9% 24% 0.71 11.2 43.1 7.7 1.26 77%
1956 26 DET AL 592 1.5% 8.1% 6.4% 5.9% 25% 1.26 11.4 60.7 8.4 1.42 83%
1957 27 DET AL 503 1.0% 8.2% 8.8% 4.2% 19% 0.93 11.0 90.2 9.6 1.57 81%
1958 28 KCA AL 594 1.9% 9.8% 12.5% 5.7% 29% 0.78 8.8 46.5 10.0 1.51 75%
1959 29 KCA AL 521 1.3% 7.3% 9.2% 6.1% 23% 0.79 12.2 66.1 10.8 1.40 81%
1960 30 KCA AL 635 1.3% 8.2% 10.4% 5.0% 22% 0.79 10.8 69.9 14.0 1.58 79%
1961 31 TOT AL 520 1.0% 9.6% 10.0% 4.6% 21% 0.96 9.1 90.8 9.9 1.68 78%
1961 31 KCA AL 95 0.0% 9.5% 9.5% 4.2% 18% 1.00 9.3 10.5 1.43 79%
1961 31 MIN AL 425 1.2% 9.7% 10.1% 4.7% 22% 0.95 9.0 74.0 9.7 1.74 77%
1962 32 MIN AL 148 0.7% 9.5% 12.8% 4.1% 23% 0.74 8.8 123.0 9.5 1.24 74%
1963 33 MIN AL 4 0.0% 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.00 75%
11 Seasons 4842 1.4% 8.6% 9.9% 5.4% 24% 0.87 10.3 63.7 9.6 1.43 79%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1954 24 DET AL 7 0 29% 230 5 8 38% 4 7 1 1 0 0 2 0 10 9 47% 37 22 12 7 5 2 22 5 17
1955 25 DET AL 11 0 38% 312 6 3 67% 4 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 10 26 57% 54 25 28 11 7 4 24 4 19
1956 26 DET AL 10 0 31% 207 5 4 56% 2 3 3 0 0 1 2 0 9 11 50% 39 23 14 6 4 2 21 4 17
1957 27 DET AL 3 0 29% 208 2 6 25% 2 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 9 8 53% 37 17 18 8 3 4 16 6 10
1958 28 KCA AL 7 0 36% 234 7 9 44% 5 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 12 11 54% 33 15 18 9 6 1 15 3 12
1959 29 KCA AL 6 0 36% 235 10 6 63% 10 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 16 60% 36 15 21 7 4 2 22 5 16
1960 30 KCA AL 13 0 33% 254 1 5 17% 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 28 52% 52 31 21 6 3 3 23 4 18
1961 31 TOT AL 10 0 30% 196 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 8 53% 25 16 9 11 5 6 13 2 11
1961 31 KCA AL 5 0 48% 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 58% 4 2 2 3 1 2 5 2 3
1961 31 MIN AL 5 0 26% 162 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 51% 21 14 7 8 4 4 8 0 8
1962 32 MIN AL 1 0 44% 57 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 47% 11 4 7 3 2 0 5 3 2
1963 33 MIN 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 0
11 Seasons 68 0 33% 1933 38 44 46% 30 38 7 5 1 2 7 0 82 126 53% 324 168 148 68 39 24 161 36 122
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1954 24 DET AL 602 19% 141 3 1 0 0 0.84 7 0 17 6 1 3 4 0 5 5 100% 129 15 12% 58 18 31% 380 53 14% 30 14 47% 36 12 33% 0
1955 25 DET AL 698 27% 168 1 0 0 0 0.01 14 0 16 8 6 9 5 0 16 13 81% 160 25 16% 96 34 35% 435 67 15% 36 18 50% 42 25 60% 0
1956 26 DET AL 592 35% 138 5 2 0 0 1.95 9 1 20 5 4 4 5 0 4 4 100% 135 18 13% 61 20 33% 428 60 14% 42 24 57% 27 9 33% 0
1957 27 DET AL 503 17% 113 3 1 0 0 2.19 5 0 11 2 3 3 2 0 5 3 60% 94 14 15% 51 14 27% 289 44 15% 28 11 39% 34 13 38% 0
1958 28 KCA AL 573 18% 118 11 1 0 0 0.87 11 0 14 8 2 7 3 0 5 4 80% 95 17 18% 41 17 41% 274 39 14% 19 14 74% 21 7 33% 21
1959 29 KCA AL 514 21% 139 4 2 0 0 0.23 7 0 7 5 2 3 4 0 4 4 100% 64 12 19% 31 9 29% 238 36 15% 17 6 35% 20 8 40% 6
1960 30 KCA AL 633 28% 143 5 2 0 0 0.97 8 0 8 5 3 5 3 0 8 7 88% 101 19 19% 42 16 38% 317 35 11% 24 9 38% 32 12 38% 2
1961 31 TOT AL 520 22% 113 3 0 0 0 1.37 5 1 14 2 3 3 2 0 9 9 100% 127 15 12% 56 26 46% 333 46 14% 34 20 59% 27 14 52% 0
1961 31 KCA AL 95 47% 22 2 0 0 0 1.92 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 28 2 7% 10 3 30% 71 10 14% 7 4 57% 2 0 0% 0
1961 31 MIN AL 425 16% 91 1 0 0 0 0.26 5 1 11 2 3 3 2 0 7 7 100% 99 13 13% 46 23 50% 262 36 14% 27 16 59% 25 14 56% 0
1962 32 MIN AL 148 14% 26 6 1 0 2 2.63 1 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 100% 29 4 14% 17 8 47% 96 12 13% 12 7 58% 7 1 14% 0
1963 33 MIN AL 4 75% 0 1 0 0 0 3.60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 1 1 100% 5 1 20% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
11 Seasons 4787 23% 1105 42 10 0 2 1.37 67 2 114 42 24 37 29 0 59 52 88% 937 143 15% 454 163 36% 2795 393 14% 244 124 51% 246 101 41% 29
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1952 22 7 25 25 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .240 .240 .240 .480 33 6 2 0 0
1953 23 7 25 25 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .240 .240 .240 .480 33 6 2 0 0
1954 24 154 627 555 66 147 20 11 7 60 5 8 62 61 .265 .339 .378 .718 99 210 17 2 5 3
1955 25 308 1325 1158 168 315 43 15 21 138 11 11 138 115 .272 .349 .389 .738 102 451 42 3 18 8 2
1956 26 448 1917 1704 229 453 65 19 30 203 16 15 176 163 .266 .334 .379 .713 93 646 60 4 22 11 3
1957 27 581 2420 2155 278 566 77 23 35 250 18 21 220 204 .263 .330 .368 .699 89 794 74 5 25 15 7
1958 28 729 3014 2666 355 684 91 32 46 301 25 30 294 262 .257 .330 .366 .696 89 977 91 6 29 19 8
1959 29 855 3535 3129 429 823 110 38 53 344 35 36 342 300 .263 .336 .373 .709 92 1168 103 10 33 21 10
1960 30 1006 4170 3688 504 966 131 41 61 384 36 41 408 352 .262 .336 .369 .705 91 1362 122 12 40 22 12
1961 31 1144 4690 4142 557 1079 145 46 66 430 37 44 460 402 .261 .334 .366 .700 89 1514 137 12 49 27 16
1962 32 1254 4838 4265 578 1105 149 47 67 443 38 44 479 416 .259 .334 .363 .697 88 1549 141 13 52 29 17
1963 33 1270 4842 4268 578 1105 149 47 67 443 38 44 480 416 .259 .334 .363 .697 88 1549 143 13 52 29 18

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
1952 22 7 26 26 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 7
1954 24 154 629 558 72 151 21 12 7 65 5 66 63 .271 .348 .389 .737 76 147
1955 25 161 715 630 108 175 24 4 15 83 6 79 56 .278 .357 .400 .757 90 154
1956 26 146 601 560 60 134 21 4 9 64 5 37 50 .239 .286 .339 .625 54 140
1957 27 140 522 472 52 116 12 4 5 50 2 45 43 .246 .310 .320 .630 47 133
1958 28 155 618 535 83 124 15 9 12 55 7 78 61 .232 .328 .361 .689 64 148
1959 29 132 540 484 77 145 20 6 7 45 10 50 40 .300 .369 .409 .778 73 126
1960 30 159 659 587 79 149 22 3 8 42 1 69 55 .254 .334 .342 .676 67 151
1961 31 138 502 448 49 107 13 5 5 43 1 49 50 .239 .311 .324 .634 45 138
1962 32 110 147 124 21 27 4 1 1 13 1 20 14 .218 .327 .290 .617 12 110
1963 33 16 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 16
11 Seasons 1318 4963 4427 604 1128 152 48 69 463 38 494 433 .255 .329 .358 .687 530 1270
162 Game Avg. 162 610 544 74 139 19 6 8 57 5 61 53 .255 .329 .358 .687 65 1270

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1959-AL-23-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1959 AL--.300--7th

Games Played s c a p y
1955 AL--154--1st
1958 AL--148--10th
1960 AL--151--8th

At Bats s c a p y
1955 AL--603--4th
1956 AL--546--9th
1960 AL--559--10th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1955 AL--698--4th
1960 AL--635--9th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1955 AL--102--4th

Hits s c a p y
1955 AL--168--7th

Triples s c a p y
1954 AL--11--5th
1958 AL--9--2nd
1959 AL--6--7th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1958 AL--74--8th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1958 AL--7--10th
1959 AL--10--6th

Singles s c a p y
1955 AL--127--6th
1959 AL--107--10th

Times On Base s c a p y
1955 AL--245--7th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1955 AL--13--4th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1955 AL--25--1st
1956 AL--18--7th
1958 AL--17--8th
1960 AL--19--4th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1954 AL--8--7th
1957 AL--6--10th
1958 AL--9--3rd
1959 AL--6--6th
1960 AL--5--9th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1955 AL--8.4--10th
1958 AL--8.6--9th

AB per SO s c a p y
1959 AL--12.184--10th

Outs Made s c a p y
1955 AL--481--1st
1956 AL--437--5th
1958 AL--427--10th
1960 AL--448--8th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (697), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 21 (843), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1443), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1818), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. Barry Bonnell (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Steve Evans (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Mickey Stanley (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Dave Martinez (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jim Busby (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Del Unser (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Del Unser (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jim Busby (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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