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Bill Tuttle

William Robert Tuttle

Positions: Centerfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 4, 1929 in Elmwood, IL
School: Bradley University (Peoria, IL)
Signed
by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1952
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Athletics/Twins 1952-1963

Final Game: May 11, 1963
Died: July 27, 1998 in Anoka, MN
Cremated
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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
1952 22 DET AL 7 25 25 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .240 .240 .240 .480 34 6 2 0 0 /O87
1954 24 DET AL 147 602 530 64 141 20 11 7 58 5 8 62 60 .266 .343 .385 .728 101 204 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 126 520 463 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 85 194 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 74 152 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 73 124 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 Yrs 1270 4841 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 1844 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

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
1952 22 DET AL 7 25 -2 0 -0 0 -0 -2 -0.3 1 -2 -0.2 .461 .498 -0.2 -0.0 -2 $ /O87
1954 24 DET AL 147 602 0 -2 -1 -5 -1 -8 -1.0 16 8 0.6 .494 .494 1.2 -0.7 13 $ *8/7
1955 25 DET AL 154 698 8 5 -1 -6 -1 6 0.7 19 25 2.6 .504 .504 3.0 -0.6 30 $ *8
1956 26 DET AL 140 592 -20 0 -0 -9 -1 -30 -3.0 16 -14 -1.5 .478 .481 -0.7 -0.9 -6 $ *8
1957 27 DET AL 133 503 -18 -1 -1 -2 -1 -23 -2.6 14 -9 -1.2 .481 .484 -1.0 -0.4 -7 $ *8
1958 28 KCA AL 148 594 -8 -2 -1 -7 -3 -19 -2.2 16 -2 -0.6 .486 .487 0.2 -1.0 4 $ *89
1959 29 KCA AL 126 520 9 2 -1 13 -1 23 2.2 14 37 3.6 .519 .515 2.4 1.2 24 $ *8 MVP-23
1960 30 KCA AL 151 635 -6 1 -2 5 -1 -3 -0.5 17 14 1.2 .498 .498 0.9 0.3 10 $ *8
1961 31 KCA AL 25 95 1 -0 0 -2 -0 -2 -0.2 3 1 0.0 .492 .499 0.3 -0.3 3 $ 8
1961 31 MIN AL 113 425 -16 -1 1 4 1 -12 -1.4 12 -0 -0.2 .489 .492 -0.4 0.4 -4 $ 58/94
1962 32 MIN AL 110 148 -7 0 -0 -3 -1 -11 -1.2 4 -7 -0.7 .490 .493 -0.4 -0.5 -4 $ 89
1963 33 MIN AL 16 4 -1 0 -0 1 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .496 .500 -0.1 0.1 -1 $ 8
11 Seasons 1270 4841 -60 3 -6 -11 -8 -81 -9.4 131 50 3.5 .493 .496 5.2 -2.4 61 $
DET (5 yrs) 581 2420 -32 1 -2 -21 -4 -58 -6.1 65 7 0.3 .489 .492 2.3 -2.5 29 $
KCA (4 yrs) 450 1844 -3 2 -4 8 -4 -1 -0.7 50 50 4.2 .500 .500 3.8 0.2 41 $
MIN (3 yrs) 239 577 -25 -0 0 2 0 -23 -2.6 16 -7 -1.0 .490 .495 -0.9 -0.0 -9 $

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
1952 22 DET AL 25 21 1 1.3 96 .250 .240 .260 .240 .340 .240 .380 .480 .720 34 .105 -2.4 -0.2 .286 .000 .000
1954 24 DET AL 602 420 68 4.3 98 .288 .266 .264 .343 .340 .385 .386 .728 .726 101 .508 0.0 0.0 .643 .230 .119 5.8
1955 25 DET AL 698 481 85 4.7 101 .285 .279 .264 .358 .343 .400 .393 .757 .737 106 .515 5.8 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 .761 73 .343 -23.6 -2.3 .547 .176 .104 6.4
1957 27 DET AL 503 365 45 3.3 102 .264 .251 .267 .316 .339 .328 .403 .644 .742 75 .376 -16.3 -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 520 348 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 3.8 102 .270 .256 .265 .336 .338 .347 .405 .683 .743 85 .430 -11.3 -1.1 .586 .202 .091 1.8
1961 31 TOT AL 520 373 49 3.5 107 .267 .249 .269 .323 .344 .335 .418 .658 .762 74 .373 -17.2 -1.7 .563 .196 .086 1.7
1961 31 KCA AL 95 66 10 4.0 104 .293 .262 .264 .333 .339 .333 .411 .667 .750 79 .436 -2.6 -0.2 .578 .179 .071
1961 31 MIN AL 425 307 39 3.4 108 .261 .246 .270 .321 .346 .335 .420 .656 .765 73 .359 -14.6 -1.4 .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 -6.3 -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 -0.1 .200 .333 .000
11 Yrs 4841 3431 509 4.0 102 .272 .259 .265 .334 .340 .363 .402 .697 .743 88 .445 -71.2 -7.1 .608 .215 .104 48.5
162 Game Avg. 618 438 65 4.0 102 .272 .259 .265 .334 .340 .363 .402 .697 .743 88 .445 -71.2 -7.1 .608 .215 .104 6
DET (5 yrs) 2420 1724 254 4.0 102 .275 .263 .266 .330 .343 .368 .398 .699 .741 89 .440 -36.4 -3.6 .603 .206 .106 23.8
KCA (4 yrs) 1844 1289 204 4.2 101 .275 .261 .264 .342 .336 .369 .403 .711 .738 94 .483 -13.4 -1.4 .631 .228 .108 21.3
MIN (3 yrs) 577 418 51 3.3 107 .251 .236 .269 .319 .344 .321 .419 .640 .763 69 .346 -21.4 -2.1 .554 .210 .085 3.0

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
1952 22 DET AL 25 0.0% 4.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 25.0 12.5 9.00 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 520 1.4% 7.3% 9.2% 6.2% 23% 0.79 12.2 66.1 10.8 1.41 81%
1960 30 KCA AL 635 1.3% 8.2% 10.4% 5.0% 22% 0.79 10.8 69.9 14.0 1.59 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 Yrs 4841 1.4% 8.6% 9.9% 5.4% 24% 0.87 10.3 63.7 9.6 1.44 79%
MLB Averages 2.3% 12.7% 8.9% 6.5% 29% 1.43 7.0 39.1 8.3 1.01 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1952 22 DET AL -2.4 -0.2 12 0.1 0.3 -0.2 1.02 -0.1 0.2 -0.5 -0.0 1.19 -0.8 0.07 1
1954 24 DET AL 0.0 0.0 616 -0.4 10.7 -11.1 1.07 0.1 -0.5 1.5 0.2 0.97 2.7 0.77 3
1955 25 DET AL 5.8 0.6 717 0.8 12.0 -11.2 .97 1.4 -0.6 14.7 1.5 0.97 18.1 0.01 1
1956 26 DET AL -23.6 -2.3 607 -1.8 9.6 -11.4 1.00 -2.4 0.6 -25.4 -2.5 1.00 -25.9 1.91 5
1957 27 DET AL -16.3 -1.7 517 -0.5 9.6 -10.0 1.16 -1.1 0.7 -8.4 -0.8 0.95 -11.9 2.10 3
1958 28 KCA AL -8.5 -0.9 590 -0.1 10.1 -10.2 1.01 -0.4 0.3 -0.6 -0.1 0.91 -4.0 0.80 11
1959 29 KCA AL 9.0 0.9 539 -0.2 8.5 -8.7 .96 1.1 -1.3 6.2 0.6 0.93 12.4 0.20 4
1960 30 KCA AL -10.6 -1.1 654 -0.3 11.3 -11.7 1.04 -0.3 -0.1 -6.3 -0.6 0.94 -3.8 0.89 5
1961 31 TOT AL -17.8 -1.8 529 -0.6 8.0 -8.6 1.00 -0.9 0.3 -7.6 -0.7 0.95 -11.4 1.35 3
1961 31 KCA AL -2.7 -0.3 95 -0.1 1.4 -1.6 1.03 0.0 -0.1 1.6 0.2 1.00 0.5 1.92 2
1961 31 MIN AL -15.1 -1.5 434 -0.5 6.6 -7.0 .99 -0.9 0.4 -9.2 -0.9 0.94 -11.9 0.22 1
1962 32 MIN AL -6.3 -0.6 153 -1.6 1.6 -3.2 1.11 -0.7 -0.8 -7.0 -0.7 1.01 -6.5 2.65 6
1963 33 MIN AL -0.5 -0.1 4 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 2.12 -0.1 0.1 -0.9 -0.1 1.21 -0.9 3.68 1
11 Yrs -71.0 -7.1 4938 -4.6 81.7 -86.3 1.03 -3.2 -1.3 -34.3 -3.3 0.96 -32.1 1.30 43

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
1952 22 DET AL 0 0 33% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 7 0 36% 239 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 Yrs 69 0 33% 1941 38 44 46% 30 38 7 5 1 2 7 0 82 126 53% 324 168 148 68 39 24 161 36 122

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
1952 22 DET AL 25 100% 6 1 0 0 0 0.07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 29% 3 2 67% 11 2 18% 3 2 67% 0 0 0
1954 24 DET AL 602 19% 141 3 1 0 0 0.77 7 0 17 6 1 3 4 0 5 5 100% 129 15 12% 58 18 31% 380 53 14% 30 14 47% 31 15 48% 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% 31 23 74% 0
1956 26 DET AL 592 35% 138 5 2 0 0 1.91 9 1 20 5 4 4 5 0 4 4 100% 135 18 13% 61 20 33% 428 60 14% 42 24 57% 21 13 62% 0
1957 27 DET AL 503 17% 113 3 1 0 0 2.10 5 0 11 2 3 3 2 0 5 3 60% 94 14 15% 51 14 27% 289 44 15% 28 11 39% 14 6 43% 0
1958 28 KCA AL 594 18% 118 11 1 0 0 0.80 11 0 14 8 2 8 3 0 5 4 80% 95 17 18% 41 17 41% 274 39 14% 19 14 74% 10 7 70% 0
1959 29 KCA AL 520 21% 139 4 2 0 0 0.20 7 0 7 5 2 3 4 0 4 4 100% 64 12 19% 31 9 29% 238 36 15% 17 6 35% 6 4 67% 0
1960 30 KCA AL 635 28% 143 5 2 0 0 0.89 8 0 8 5 3 5 3 0 8 7 88% 102 19 19% 43 16 37% 318 35 11% 24 9 38% 12 8 67% 0
1961 31 TOT AL 520 22% 113 3 0 0 0 1.35 5 1 14 2 3 3 2 0 9 9 100% 127 15 12% 56 26 46% 333 46 14% 34 20 59% 13 8 62% 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 1 50% 0
1961 31 MIN AL 425 16% 91 1 0 0 0 0.22 5 1 11 2 3 3 2 0 7 7 100% 99 13 13% 46 23 50% 262 36 14% 27 16 59% 11 7 64% 0
1962 32 MIN AL 148 14% 26 6 1 0 2 2.65 1 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 100% 29 4 14% 17 8 47% 96 12 13% 12 7 58% 7 5 71% 0
1963 33 MIN AL 4 75% 0 1 0 0 0 3.68 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 Yrs 4841 24% 1105 43 10 0 2 1.30 67 2 114 42 24 38 29 0 59 52 88% 945 143 15% 458 165 36% 2807 395 14% 247 126 51% 145 89 61% 0
MLB Averages 50% 78% 11% 31% 14% 50% 54%

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
1952 22 7 25 25 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .240 .240 .240 .480 34 6 2 0 0
1953 23 7 25 25 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .240 .240 .240 .480 34 6 2 0 0
1954 24 154 627 555 66 147 20 11 7 60 5 8 62 61 .265 .339 .378 .718 98 210 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 3534 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 4169 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 4689 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 4837 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 4841 4268 578 1105 149 47 67 443 38 44 480 416 .259 .334 .363 .697 88 1549 143 13 52 29 18

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
1952 22 7 28 28 3 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 2 7
1954 24 154 639 561 72 154 22 12 8 65 5 68 63 .275 .353 .399 .753 78 147
1955 25 161 732 632 108 177 24 4 15 83 6 80 56 .280 .359 .402 .761 92 154
1956 26 146 611 565 60 139 22 4 9 64 5 38 50 .246 .293 .347 .640 57 140
1957 27 140 531 476 53 120 13 4 5 51 2 47 43 .252 .318 .328 .646 50 133
1958 28 155 625 537 83 126 15 10 12 55 7 79 61 .235 .332 .367 .699 65 148
1959 29 132 543 483 76 144 20 6 7 44 10 50 40 .298 .367 .408 .775 72 126
1960 30 159 669 589 79 151 22 3 8 42 1 70 55 .256 .337 .345 .682 68 151
1961 31 138 513 449 49 108 13 5 5 43 1 50 50 .241 .313 .325 .639 46 138
1962 32 110 148 123 21 26 4 1 1 13 1 19 14 .211 .317 .285 .602 11 110
1963 33 16 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 16
11 Yrs 1318 5043 4446 604 1153 155 49 70 463 38 502 433 .259 .334 .363 .698 541 1270
162 Game Avg. 162 620 546 74 142 19 6 9 57 5 62 53 .259 .334 .363 .698 66 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 (1497th)

Defensive WARs c a p y
1959 AL  1.2 (9th)

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)

SB % s c a p y
1958 AL  43.75 (6th)
1959 AL  62.50 (5th)

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  12.2 (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 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 25 (903), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1494), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1666), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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