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Elmer Valo

Elmer William Valo

Positions: Rightfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 5, 1921 in Rybnik, Czechoslovakia
High School: Palmerton (Palmerton, PA)
Signed
by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 1940
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Phillies/Dodgers/Senators/Indians/... 1940-1961

Final Game: October 1, 1961
Died: July 19, 1998 in Palmerton, PA
Buried: Sacred Heart New Cemetery, Palmerton, PA
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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
1940 19 PHA AL 6 26 23 6 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 .348 .423 .348 .771 105 8 0 0 0 /7O
1941 20 PHA AL 15 54 50 13 21 0 1 2 6 0 0 4 2 .420 .463 .580 1.043 177 29 1 0 0 7O
1942 21 PHA AL 133 542 459 64 115 13 10 2 40 13 8 70 21 .251 .355 .336 .690 95 154 14 4 9 *O9/87
1943 22 PHA AL 77 287 249 31 55 6 2 3 18 2 6 35 13 .221 .319 .297 .616 81 74 6 1 2 O9/7
1946 25 PHA AL 108 411 348 59 107 21 6 1 31 9 8 60 18 .307 .411 .411 .822 132 143 3 1 2 O9/7
1947 26 PHA AL 112 450 370 60 111 12 6 5 36 11 3 64 21 .300 .406 .405 .811 124 150 4 2 14 *O9
1948 27 PHA AL 113 475 383 72 117 17 4 3 46 10 6 81 13 .305 .432 .394 .826 119 151 11 4 7 *O9
1949 28 PHA AL 150 680 547 86 155 27 12 5 85 14 11 119 32 .283 .413 .404 .817 119 221 11 2 12 *O7/9
1950 29 PHA AL 129 542 446 62 125 16 5 10 46 12 7 82 22 .280 .400 .406 .806 108 181 7 7 7 *O97
1951 30 PHA AL 123 530 444 75 134 27 8 7 55 11 6 75 20 .302 .412 .446 .858 131 198 12 8 3 *O98/7
1952 31 PHA AL 129 495 388 69 109 26 4 5 47 12 11 101 16 .281 .432 .407 .839 129 158 10 2 4 *O98/7
1953 32 PHA AL 50 107 85 15 19 3 0 0 9 0 1 22 7 .224 .383 .259 .642 73 22 2 0 0 O97
1954 33 PHA AL 95 281 224 28 48 11 6 1 33 2 1 51 18 .214 .356 .330 .686 90 74 2 0 3 3 79
1955 34 KCA AL 112 338 283 50 103 17 4 3 37 5 3 52 18 .364 .460 .484 .944 155 137 5 0 1 2 2 79/8 MVP-22
1956 35 TOT MLB 107 356 300 41 86 13 3 5 39 7 6 49 22 .287 .389 .400 .789 115 120 7 3 1 3 6 9/7
1956 35 KCA AL 9 11 9 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .222 .273 .222 .495 33 2 0 0 0 1 0 /7
1956 35 PHI NL 98 345 291 40 84 13 3 5 37 7 6 48 21 .289 .392 .405 .798 118 118 7 3 1 2 6 9
1957 36 BRO NL 81 189 161 14 44 10 1 4 26 0 1 25 16 .273 .370 .422 .793 106 68 8 1 0 2 2 79
1958 37 LAD NL 65 115 101 9 25 2 1 1 14 0 1 12 11 .248 .322 .317 .639 68 32 2 0 0 2 0 79
1959 38 CLE AL 34 33 24 3 7 0 0 0 5 0 0 7 0 .292 .424 .292 .716 104 7 2 0 0 2 1 /9
1960 39 TOT AL 84 92 69 7 18 3 0 0 16 0 0 19 5 .261 .413 .304 .717 98 21 2 1 0 3 0 /97
1960 39 NYY AL 8 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .286 .000 .286 -13 0 0 0 0 0 0 /9
1960 39 WSH AL 76 85 64 6 18 3 0 0 16 0 0 17 4 .281 .424 .328 .752 106 21 2 1 0 3 0 /97
1961 40 TOT MLB 83 88 75 4 13 4 0 1 12 0 0 11 9 .173 .295 .267 .562 51 20 2 2 0 0 1 /79
1961 40 MIN AL 33 36 32 0 5 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 3 .156 .250 .219 .469 24 7 2 1 0 0 1 /7
1961 40 PHI NL 50 52 43 4 8 2 0 1 8 0 0 8 6 .186 .327 .302 .629 70 13 0 1 0 0 0 /9
20 Seasons 1806 6091 5029 768 1420 228 73 58 601 110 79 942 284 .282 .398 .391 .790 115 1968 111 38 65 17 12
162 Game Avg. 162 546 451 69 127 20 7 5 54 10 7 84 25 .282 .398 .391 .790 115 177 10 3 6
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
KCA (15 yrs) 1361 5229 4308 691 1229 196 68 47 491 103 71 820 222 .285 .403 .395 .798 117 1702 88 31 64 6 2
MIN (2 yrs) 109 121 96 6 23 5 0 0 20 0 0 20 7 .240 .372 .292 .664 80 28 4 2 0 3 1
PHI (2 yrs) 148 397 334 44 92 15 3 6 45 7 6 56 27 .275 .384 .392 .776 111 131 7 4 1 2 6
LAD (2 yrs) 146 304 262 23 69 12 2 5 40 0 2 37 27 .263 .352 .382 .734 91 100 10 1 0 4 2
CLE (1 yr) 34 33 24 3 7 0 0 0 5 0 0 7 0 .292 .424 .292 .716 104 7 2 0 0 2 1
NYY (1 yr) 8 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .286 .000 .286 -13 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (18 yrs) 1512 5390 4433 701 1259 201 68 47 516 103 71 849 230 .284 .402 .392 .794 116 1737 94 33 64 11 4
NL (4 yrs) 294 701 596 67 161 27 5 11 85 7 8 93 54 .270 .370 .388 .758 102 231 17 5 1 6 8

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1940 19 PHA AL 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ /7O
1941 20 PHA AL 54 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 0.9 8 0.8 0.1 $ 7O
1942 21 PHA AL 542 -1 1 0 0 2 -6 12 8 0.8 6 0.7 0.1 $ *O9/87
1943 22 PHA AL 287 -4 -1 0 0 -1 -3 6 -3 -0.3 -2 -0.3 0.0 $ O9/7
1946 25 PHA AL 411 14 0 0 0 0 -4 11 21 2.3 21 2.4 -0.1 $ O9/7
1947 26 PHA AL 450 14 3 0 0 2 -5 12 26 2.8 24 2.5 0.3 $ *O9
1948 27 PHA AL 475 20 1 0 0 0 -5 12 28 2.8 28 2.8 0.0 $8,500 *O9
1949 28 PHA AL 680 24 -1 0 0 9 -7 16 41 4.2 32 3.3 0.9 $ *O7/9
1950 29 PHA AL 542 4 -2 0 0 1 -5 15 13 1.3 12 1.2 0.1 $ *O97
1951 30 PHA AL 530 21 1 0 0 2 -5 14 33 3.4 31 3.2 0.2 $ *O98/7
1952 31 PHA AL 495 20 -1 0 0 -2 -5 14 26 2.8 28 3.1 -0.3 $ *O98/7
1953 32 PHA AL 107 -3 0 0 0 0 -1 3 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ O97
1954 33 PHA AL 281 -2 -2 -2 2 0 -3 8 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 79
1955 34 KCA AL 338 27 1 -1 0 -3 -3 10 31 3.2 34 3.6 -0.4 $ 79/8 MVP-22
1956 35 KCA AL 11 -1 0 0 0 -0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /7
1956 35 PHI NL 345 11 -3 1 1 -2 -4 12 16 1.7 18 1.9 -0.2 $ 9
1957 36 BRO NL 189 2 0 1 -1 1 -2 7 9 0.9 7 0.7 0.2 $ 79
1958 37 LAD NL 115 -3 0 1 2 -5 -1 4 -2 -0.2 3 0.3 -0.5 $ 79
1959 38 CLE AL 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ /9
1960 39 NYY AL 7 -1 0 0 0 -0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /9
1960 39 WSH AL 85 3 0 1 1 -1 0 2 6 0.7 7 0.7 0.0 $ /97
1961 40 MIN AL 36 -4 0 0 0 0 0 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ /7
1961 40 PHI NL 52 -2 0 0 1 -0 0 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /9
20 Seasons 6091 147 -1 1 6 3 -59 164 262 27.4 258 27.0 0.4 $8,500
Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
KCA (15 yrs) 5229 140 2 -3 2 10 -52 135 234 24.4 224 23.5 0.9 $8,500
MIN (2 yrs) 121 -1 0 1 1 -0 0 3 3 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $
PHI (2 yrs) 397 9 -3 1 2 -2 -4 14 17 1.8 19 2.0 -0.2 $
LAD (2 yrs) 304 -1 0 2 1 -4 -3 11 7 0.7 10 1.0 -0.3 $
CLE (1 yr) 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $
NYY (1 yr) 7 -1 0 0 0 -0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $

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
1940 19 PHA AL 26 15 4 7.1 108 .348 .348 .276 .423 .348 .348 .418 .771 .766 105 .657 0.4 0.0 .867 .217 .000 .0
1941 20 PHA AL 54 30 13 11.6 105 .413 .420 .273 .463 .349 .580 .402 1.043 .752 177 .838 5.3 0.5 1.100 .240 .160 .0
1942 21 PHA AL 542 375 54 3.9 94 .259 .251 .266 .355 .340 .336 .372 .690 .712 95 .471 -1.7 -0.2 .637 .248 .085 3.5
1943 22 PHA AL 287 208 22 2.9 86 .223 .221 .255 .319 .329 .297 .352 .616 .681 81 .377 -5.3 -0.6 .515 .201 .076 2.4
1946 25 PHA AL 411 254 58 6.1 94 .322 .307 .261 .411 .335 .411 .376 .822 .711 132 .668 18.3 1.9 .813 .279 .103 1.8
1947 26 PHA AL 450 280 62 5.9 98 .308 .300 .265 .406 .345 .405 .381 .811 .726 124 .654 14.7 1.5 .842 .300 .105 6.9
1948 27 PHA AL 475 290 65 6.0 106 .311 .305 .274 .432 .360 .394 .396 .826 .756 119 .616 16.3 1.6 .848 .311 .089 4.6
1949 28 PHA AL 680 426 90 5.6 104 .294 .283 .267 .413 .358 .404 .388 .817 .747 119 .593 21.1 2.1 .833 .344 .121 7.4
1950 29 PHA AL 542 342 71 5.5 112 .278 .280 .276 .400 .363 .406 .414 .806 .776 108 .548 9.1 0.8 .821 .321 .126 10.9
1951 30 PHA AL 530 331 80 6.5 103 .305 .302 .269 .412 .350 .446 .394 .858 .744 131 .661 22.9 2.2 .872 .324 .144 8.6
1952 31 PHA AL 495 304 67 6.0 101 .283 .281 .267 .432 .348 .407 .390 .839 .738 129 .659 22.9 2.4 .873 .389 .126 7.1
1953 32 PHA AL 107 69 8 3.1 106 .244 .224 .274 .383 .351 .259 .404 .642 .755 73 .341 -1.9 -0.2 .623 .282 .035
1954 33 PHA AL 281 185 27 3.9 99 .226 .214 .265 .356 .341 .330 .388 .686 .729 90 .461 -1.2 -0.1 .704 .348 .116 1.3
1955 34 KCA AL 338 191 67 9.4 103 .379 .364 .266 .460 .346 .484 .397 .944 .743 155 .788 25.6 2.5 1.016 .311 .120 3.8
1956 35 TOT MLB 356 231 49 5.7 101 .293 .287 .262 .389 .329 .400 .413 .789 .742 115 .606 9.1 0.9 .762 .280 .113 5.8
1956 35 KCA AL 11 8 1 3.4 106 .222 .222 .267 .273 .349 .222 .408 .495 .757 33 .340 -0.8 -0.1 .429 .111 .000
1956 35 PHI NL 345 223 48 5.8 101 .296 .289 .262 .392 .328 .405 .413 .798 .742 118 .613 9.9 1.0 .773 .285 .117 5.8
1957 36 BRO NL 189 128 24 5.1 110 .280 .273 .279 .370 .344 .422 .432 .793 .775 106 .543 2.4 0.2 .738 .298 .149 .0
1958 37 LAD NL 115 81 11 3.6 110 .264 .248 .275 .322 .343 .317 .429 .639 .772 68 .390 -4.6 -0.4 .544 .178 .069 .0
1959 38 CLE AL 33 21 3 3.8 96 .269 .292 .257 .424 .328 .292 .393 .716 .720 104 .438 1.0 0.1 .737 .292 .000
1960 39 TOT AL 92 56 11 5.3 102 .269 .261 .264 .413 .338 .304 .404 .717 .742 98 .574 1.8 0.2 .774 .319 .043
1960 39 NYY AL 7 5 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .256 .286 .329 .000 .392 .286 .721 -13 .000 -0.7 -0.1 .400 .400 .000
1960 39 WSH AL 85 51 11 5.8 102 .286 .281 .265 .424 .338 .328 .405 .752 .743 106 .616 2.5 0.2 .813 .313 .047
1961 40 TOT MLB 88 64 7 2.9 106 .185 .173 .269 .295 .339 .267 .419 .562 .758 51 .299 -5.1 -0.5 .516 .240 .093 .0
1961 40 MIN AL 36 29 2 1.8 109 .172 .156 .271 .250 .347 .219 .421 .469 .768 24 .155 -3.6 -0.4 .379 .156 .063
1961 40 PHI NL 52 35 5 3.8 104 .194 .186 .268 .327 .334 .302 .417 .629 .751 70 .410 -1.5 -0.2 .629 .302 .116 .0
20 Seasons 6091 3881 793 5.5 102 .290 .282 .268 .398 .347 .391 .392 .790 .739 115 .596 151.1 14.9 .784 .302 .109 76.0
162 Game Avg. 546 348 71 5.5 102 .290 .282 .268 .398 .347 .391 .392 .790 .739 115 .596 14 1 .784 .302 .109 7
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
KCA (15 yrs) 5229 3308 689 5.6 101 .292 .285 .267 .403 .349 .395 .388 .798 .737 117 .607 145.7 14.4 .798 .308 .110 64.5
MIN (2 yrs) 121 80 13 4.4 104 .250 .240 .267 .372 .341 .292 .410 .664 .751 80 .482 -1.1 -0.1 .649 .260 .052
PHI (2 yrs) 397 258 53 5.5 102 .284 .275 .262 .384 .329 .392 .414 .776 .743 111 .590 8.4 0.8 .753 .287 .117 6.5
LAD (2 yrs) 304 209 35 4.5 110 .274 .263 .277 .352 .343 .382 .431 .734 .774 91 .488 -2.2 -0.2 .663 .252 .118 .0
CLE (1 yr) 33 21 3 3.8 96 .269 .292 .257 .424 .328 .292 .393 .716 .720 104 .438 1.0 0.1 .737 .292 .000
NYY (1 yr) 7 5 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .256 .286 .329 .000 .392 .286 .721 -13 .000 -0.7 -0.1 .400 .400 .000
AL (18 yrs) 5390 3414 705 5.5 101 .291 .284 .267 .402 .348 .392 .389 .794 .737 116 .603 144.9 14.3 .794 .307 .108 64.5
NL (4 yrs) 701 467 88 5.1 105 .279 .270 .269 .370 .335 .388 .421 .758 .756 102 .548 6.1 0.6 .713 .272 .117 8.6

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
1940 19 PHA AL 26 0.0% 0.0% 11.5% 0.0% 0% 0.00 88%
1941 20 PHA AL 54 3.7% 3.7% 7.4% 5.6% 14% 0.50 25.0 25.0 8.3 85%
1942 21 PHA AL 542 0.4% 3.9% 12.9% 4.6% 22% 0.30 21.9 229.5 11.5 80%
1943 22 PHA AL 287 1.1% 4.5% 12.2% 3.8% 20% 0.37 19.2 83.0 13.8 81%
1946 25 PHA AL 411 0.2% 4.4% 14.6% 6.8% 26% 0.30 19.3 348.0 11.2 80%
1947 26 PHA AL 450 1.1% 4.7% 14.2% 5.1% 21% 0.33 17.6 74.0 10.3 76%
1948 27 PHA AL 475 0.6% 2.7% 17.1% 5.1% 21% 0.16 29.5 127.7 8.3 77%
1949 28 PHA AL 680 0.7% 4.7% 17.5% 6.5% 28% 0.27 17.1 109.4 6.4 75%
1950 29 PHA AL 542 1.9% 4.1% 15.1% 5.7% 25% 0.27 20.3 44.6 9.7 0.89 76%
1951 30 PHA AL 530 1.3% 3.8% 14.2% 7.9% 31% 0.27 22.2 63.4 8.1 0.89 79%
1952 31 PHA AL 495 1.0% 3.2% 20.4% 7.1% 32% 0.16 24.3 77.6 8.3 0.77 74%
1953 32 PHA AL 107 0.0% 6.5% 20.6% 2.8% 16% 0.32 12.1 9.4 0.76 73%
1954 33 PHA AL 281 0.4% 6.4% 18.2% 6.4% 38% 0.35 12.4 224.0 6.8 0.94 74%
1955 34 KCA AL 338 0.9% 5.3% 15.4% 7.1% 23% 0.35 15.7 94.3 7.6 0.98 78%
1956 35 TOT MLB 356 1.4% 6.2% 13.8% 5.9% 24% 0.45 13.6 60.0 7.7 0.99 78%
1956 35 KCA AL 11 0.0% 9.1% 9.1% 0.0% 0% 1.00 9.0 4.5 0.17 82%
1956 35 PHI NL 345 1.5% 6.1% 13.9% 6.1% 25% 0.44 13.9 58.2 7.9 1.04 77%
1957 36 BRO NL 189 2.1% 8.5% 13.2% 7.9% 34% 0.64 10.1 40.3 6.2 0.82 76%
1958 37 LAD NL 115 0.9% 9.6% 10.4% 3.5% 16% 0.92 9.2 101.0 7.2 0.81 79%
1959 38 CLE AL 33 0.0% 0.0% 21.2% 0.0% 0% 0.00 4.8 1.10 79%
1960 39 TOT AL 92 0.0% 5.4% 20.7% 3.3% 17% 0.26 13.8 4.3 1.23 73%
1960 39 NYY AL 7 0.0% 14.3% 28.6% 0.0% 0.50 5.0 0.33 57%
1960 39 WSH AL 85 0.0% 4.7% 20.0% 3.5% 17% 0.24 16.0 4.0 1.37 74%
1961 40 TOT MLB 88 1.1% 10.2% 12.5% 5.7% 39% 0.82 8.3 75.0 6.3 1.25 74%
1961 40 MIN AL 36 0.0% 8.3% 8.3% 5.6% 40% 1.00 10.7 8.0 1.17 81%
1961 40 PHI NL 52 1.9% 11.5% 15.4% 5.8% 38% 0.75 7.2 43.0 5.4 1.33 69%
20 Seasons 6091 1.0% 4.7% 15.5% 5.9% 25% 0.30 17.7 86.7 8.4 0.90 77%
MLB Averages 1.8% 10.6% 9.2% 6.3% 28% 1.15 8.3 48.4 8.4 0.98 76%
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
1940 19 PHA AL 0.4 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1941 20 PHA AL 5.3 0.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1942 21 PHA AL -1.7 -0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1943 22 PHA AL -5.3 -0.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 25 PHA AL 18.3 1.9 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 26 PHA AL 14.7 1.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 27 PHA AL 16.3 1.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1949 28 PHA AL 21.1 2.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1950 29 PHA AL 9.1 0.8 432 -0.1 7.2 -7.3 1.02 0.8 -0.9 5.2 0.5 0.95 8.3 1.01 3
1951 30 PHA AL 22.9 2.2 468 1.4 9.5 -8.1 1.08 1.7 -0.5 19.8 1.9 0.99 18.2 1.20 6
1952 31 PHA AL 22.9 2.4 462 2.9 9.2 -6.3 .99 2.8 0.1 32.1 3.2 0.99 29.2 1.20 9
1953 32 PHA AL -1.9 -0.2 107 -0.0 1.7 -1.7 1.08 -0.1 0.1 -1.4 -0.1 0.97 -1.3 1.41 18
1954 33 PHA AL -1.2 -0.1 279 1.0 5.4 -4.5 1.06 0.4 0.5 12.8 1.3 1.00 3.1 1.62 20
1955 34 KCA AL 25.6 2.5 351 4.1 8.4 -4.3 1.00 3.0 1.2 34.7 3.4 0.96 30.0 1.83 31
1956 35 TOT MLB 9.1 0.9 373 1.2 7.2 -6.0 1.02 1.2 -0.0 12.2 1.2 0.95 9.6 1.10 16
1956 35 KCA AL -0.8 -0.1 11 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 .99 -0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.86 -0.8 1.00 6
1956 35 PHI NL 9.9 1.0 362 1.3 7.0 -5.8 1.02 1.3 -0.0 12.1 1.2 0.95 10.3 1.17 10
1957 36 BRO NL 2.4 0.2 191 0.2 4.2 -3.9 1.18 0.6 -0.4 4.7 0.4 0.96 4.8 1.54 34
1958 37 LAD NL -4.6 -0.4 116 0.6 2.6 -2.0 1.12 0.2 0.4 -1.9 -0.2 1.02 -1.9 1.49 36
1959 38 CLE AL 1.0 0.1 33 0.8 1.6 -0.8 2.09 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 1.07 0.2 2.07 24
1960 39 TOT AL 1.8 0.2 94 0.9 2.8 -1.9 1.68 0.5 0.1 8.3 0.8 1.16 5.1 1.80 59
1960 39 NYY AL -0.7 -0.1 7 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .33 -0.1 0.0 -0.9 -0.1 0.92 -0.8 0.38 5
1960 39 WSH AL 2.5 0.2 87 0.9 2.8 -1.9 1.79 0.5 -0.0 9.2 0.9 1.18 5.9 1.93 54
1961 40 TOT MLB -5.1 -0.5 88 -0.6 1.4 -2.1 1.36 -0.5 -0.0 -4.2 -0.4 1.06 -4.1 1.43 71
1961 40 MIN AL -3.6 -0.4 36 -0.2 0.7 -0.9 1.54 -0.3 0.1 -4.2 -0.4 1.06 -3.4 1.67 30
1961 40 PHI NL -1.5 -0.2 52 -0.4 0.8 -1.2 1.24 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.0 1.06 -0.7 1.26 41
20 Seasons 151.1 14.9 2994 12.4 61.3 -48.9 1.09 10.6 0.8 122.2 12.1 0.98 101.2 1.58 327
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
1950 29 PHA AL 4 0 26% 177 12 7 63% 7 6 2 1 0 0 3 0 5 6 40% 28 19 7 6 3 3 11 2 8
1951 30 PHA AL 5 0 32% 196 11 6 65% 6 6 2 0 0 0 3 0 6 3 53% 43 21 21 7 4 3 8 0 7
1952 31 PHA AL 6 0 31% 201 12 11 52% 10 8 1 0 0 1 1 0 6 6 50% 23 16 6 6 3 3 23 5 17
1953 32 PHA AL 2 0 37% 38 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 41% 9 8 1 1 0 1 7 2 5
1954 33 PHA AL 2 0 28% 99 2 1 67% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 29% 11 9 1 5 5 0 8 2 6
1955 34 KCA AL 4 0 31% 178 5 3 63% 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 9 51% 34 23 9 6 2 4 19 1 17
1956 35 TOT MLB 6 0 27% 158 7 6 54% 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 7 29% 15 12 2 3 2 1 13 7 6
1956 35 KCA AL 0 0 33% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1956 35 PHI NL 6 0 27% 154 7 6 54% 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 7 27% 15 12 2 3 2 1 12 7 5
1957 36 BRO NL 3 0 15% 66 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 46% 10 6 4 0 0 0 3 1 2
1958 37 LAD NL 3 0 22% 55 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 25% 8 8 0 2 1 1 2 0 2
1959 38 CLE AL 0 0 21% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1960 39 TOT AL 2 0 18% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 14% 4 3 1 1 1 0 2 2 0
1960 39 NYY AL 0 0 50% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 39 WSH AL 2 0 17% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0% 3 3 0 1 1 0 2 2 0
1961 40 TOT MLB 2 0 12% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29% 4 4 0 1 0 1 2 1 1
1961 40 MIN AL 1 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 40 PHI NL 1 0 19% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29% 4 4 0 1 0 1 2 1 1
20 Seasons 39 0 30% 1219 110 79 58% 35 33 6 2 1 1 8 0 40 46 43% 191 131 52 38 21 17 99 23 72
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
1950 29 PHA AL 403 67% 125 3 0 0 0 1.01 10 0 7 5 1 2 4 0 5 7 140% 90 7 8% 44 12 27% 268 30 11% 19 6 32% 19 12 63% 139
1951 30 PHA AL 448 78% 134 6 2 0 1 1.20 7 0 12 4 1 3 2 0 2 3 150% 123 12 10% 47 10 21% 314 44 14% 18 9 50% 17 14 82% 82
1952 31 PHA AL 433 85% 109 9 2 0 0 1.20 5 0 9 4 1 3 2 0 6 4 67% 88 10 11% 36 18 50% 284 40 14% 19 12 63% 25 18 72% 62
1953 32 PHA AL 104 82% 19 18 4 0 3 1.41 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 2 7% 11 3 27% 76 9 12% 9 6 67% 5 1 20% 3
1954 33 PHA AL 274 84% 48 20 1 0 3 1.62 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 100% 49 2 4% 16 8 50% 186 34 18% 20 12 60% 5 3 60% 7
1955 34 KCA AL 337 89% 103 31 14 0 10 1.83 3 0 9 3 0 0 3 0 1 1 100% 81 5 6% 19 5 26% 211 34 16% 19 10 53% 14 11 79% 1
1956 35 TOT MLB 352 95% 86 16 5 1 3 1.10 5 0 9 5 0 3 2 0 2 1 50% 65 7 11% 32 11 34% 205 34 17% 26 12 46% 11 6 55% 4
1956 35 KCA AL 11 100% 2 6 2 0 2 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 1 1 100% 7 2 29% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0
1956 35 PHI NL 341 95% 84 10 3 1 1 1.17 5 0 9 5 0 3 2 0 2 1 50% 62 7 11% 31 10 32% 198 32 16% 25 11 44% 10 5 50% 4
1957 36 BRO NL 189 98% 44 34 8 1 4 1.54 4 0 6 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 45 8 18% 17 9 53% 139 24 17% 21 11 52% 8 4 50% 0
1958 37 LAD NL 115 97% 25 36 9 0 9 1.49 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 37 2 5% 13 6 46% 83 14 17% 10 5 50% 1 0 0% 0
1959 38 CLE AL 33 100% 7 24 7 0 4 2.07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 20% 7 3 43% 26 5 19% 3 3 100% 2 0 0% 0
1960 39 TOT AL 92 95% 18 59 14 0 10 1.80 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 2 7% 12 5 42% 88 16 18% 9 6 67% 8 4 50% 0
1960 39 NYY AL 7 100% 0 5 0 0 0 0.38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 5 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1960 39 WSH AL 85 94% 18 54 14 0 10 1.93 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 2 7% 11 5 45% 83 16 19% 9 6 67% 7 4 57% 0
1961 40 TOT MLB 88 95% 13 71 13 1 10 1.43 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 20 2 10% 9 5 56% 77 12 16% 9 6 67% 4 4 100% 0
1961 40 MIN AL 36 97% 5 30 5 0 4 1.67 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 20% 6 3 50% 31 5 16% 5 4 80% 2 2 100% 0
1961 40 PHI NL 52 94% 8 41 8 1 6 1.26 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 0 0% 3 2 67% 46 7 15% 4 2 50% 2 2 100% 0
20 Seasons 2868 85% 1420 327 79 3 57 1.58 58 0 72 28 3 12 19 0 19 65 342% 663 111 17% 263 95 36% 1957 296 15% 182 98 54% 119 77 65% 298
MLB Averages 49% 168% 20% 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
1940 19 6 26 23 6 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 .348 .423 .348 .771 105 8 0 0 0
1941 20 21 80 73 19 29 0 1 2 6 2 0 7 2 .397 .450 .507 .957 153 37 1 0 0
1942 21 154 622 532 83 144 13 11 4 46 15 8 77 23 .271 .367 .359 .726 103 191 15 4 9
1943 22 231 909 781 114 199 19 13 7 64 17 14 112 36 .255 .352 .339 .691 96 265 21 5 11
1944 23 231 909 781 114 199 19 13 7 64 17 14 112 36 .255 .352 .339 .691 96 265 21 5 11
1945 24 231 909 781 114 199 19 13 7 64 17 14 112 36 .255 .352 .339 .691 96 265 21 5 11
1946 25 339 1320 1129 173 306 40 19 8 95 26 22 172 54 .271 .370 .361 .732 107 408 24 6 13
1947 26 451 1770 1499 233 417 52 25 13 131 37 25 236 75 .278 .379 .372 .751 112 558 28 8 27
1948 27 564 2245 1882 305 534 69 29 16 177 47 31 317 88 .284 .390 .377 .767 113 709 39 12 34
1949 28 714 2925 2429 391 689 96 41 21 262 61 42 436 120 .284 .396 .383 .778 115 930 50 14 46
1950 29 843 3467 2875 453 814 112 46 31 308 73 49 518 142 .283 .396 .386 .783 114 1111 57 21 53
1951 30 966 3997 3319 528 948 139 54 38 363 84 55 593 162 .286 .398 .394 .793 116 1309 69 29 56
1952 31 1095 4492 3707 597 1057 165 58 43 410 96 66 694 178 .285 .402 .396 .798 117 1467 79 31 60
1953 32 1145 4599 3792 612 1076 168 58 43 419 96 67 716 185 .284 .402 .393 .794 116 1489 81 31 60
1954 33 1240 4880 4016 640 1124 179 64 44 452 98 68 767 203 .280 .399 .389 .788 115 1563 83 31 63 3
1955 34 1352 5218 4299 690 1227 196 68 47 489 103 71 819 221 .285 .403 .395 .798 118 1700 88 31 64 5 2
1956 35 1459 5574 4599 731 1313 209 71 52 528 110 77 868 243 .285 .402 .396 .798 117 1820 95 34 65 8 8
1957 36 1540 5763 4760 745 1357 219 72 56 554 110 78 893 259 .285 .401 .397 .798 117 1888 103 35 65 10 10
1958 37 1605 5878 4861 754 1382 221 73 57 568 110 79 905 270 .284 .399 .395 .794 116 1920 105 35 65 12 10
1959 38 1639 5911 4885 757 1389 221 73 57 573 110 79 912 270 .284 .400 .394 .794 116 1927 107 35 65 14 11
1960 39 1723 6003 4954 764 1407 224 73 57 589 110 79 931 275 .284 .400 .393 .793 116 1948 109 36 65 17 11
1961 40 1806 6091 5029 768 1420 228 73 58 601 110 79 942 284 .282 .398 .391 .790 115 1968 111 38 65 17 12

Neutralized Batting

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How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1940 19 6 27 24 6 8 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 .333 .407 .333 .741 3 6
1941 20 16 55 51 13 21 0 1 2 6 0 4 2 .412 .455 .569 1.023 14 15
1942 21 141 569 489 70 125 14 11 2 44 14 76 22 .256 .360 .342 .702 59 133
1943 22 81 308 267 38 63 7 2 3 22 2 40 14 .236 .338 .311 .649 28 77
1946 25 113 439 371 68 119 23 7 1 36 10 67 19 .321 .426 .429 .855 68 108
1947 26 116 457 387 65 118 13 6 5 39 12 68 22 .305 .411 .408 .820 65 112
1948 27 118 480 395 70 117 17 4 3 45 10 81 14 .296 .421 .382 .803 63 113
1949 28 157 695 570 88 160 28 12 5 87 14 123 33 .281 .410 .398 .808 93 150
1950 29 135 542 456 58 121 15 5 10 43 12 79 23 .265 .382 .386 .768 66 129
1951 30 129 546 462 74 136 27 8 7 54 11 76 21 .294 .403 .433 .836 79 123
1952 31 135 514 406 72 114 27 4 5 49 13 106 17 .281 .432 .404 .836 71 129
1953 32 52 110 88 15 19 3 0 0 9 0 22 7 .216 .373 .250 .623 8 50
1954 33 99 294 236 31 52 12 6 1 36 2 55 19 .220 .364 .335 .699 29 95
1955 34 117 351 295 52 107 18 4 3 38 5 54 19 .363 .459 .481 .940 66 112
1956 35 112 376 317 45 93 14 3 5 43 8 53 23 .293 .396 .404 .800 51 107
1957 36 85 192 165 13 43 10 1 4 25 0 24 17 .261 .354 .406 .760 24 81
1958 37 68 120 106 9 26 2 1 1 14 0 12 12 .245 .317 .311 .628 11 65
1959 38 36 34 25 3 7 0 0 0 5 0 7 0 .280 .412 .280 .692 3 34
1960 39 88 97 73 7 19 3 0 0 17 0 20 5 .260 .412 .301 .714 9 84
1961 40 85 90 77 4 13 4 0 1 11 0 11 9 .169 .289 .260 .549 5 83
20 Seasons 1889 6296 5260 801 1481 237 75 58 623 115 981 298 .282 .397 .388 .785 815 1806
162 Game Avg. 162 540 451 69 127 20 6 5 53 10 84 26 .282 .397 .388 .785 70 1806
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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))
1955 AL (22, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1498th)

WAR Position Playerss c a p y
1949 AL  4.2 (10th)

Offensive WARs c a p y
1955 AL  3.6 (7th)

Defensive WARs c a p y
1949 AL  0.9 (8th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1951 AL  .302 (10th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1949 AL  .413 (8th)
1951 AL  .412 (7th)
1952 AL  .432 (2nd)**
Career  .398 (64th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1951 AL  .858 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1949 AL  150 (10th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1949 AL  680 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1949 AL  27 (9th)
1952 AL  26 (10th)

Triples s c a p y
1942 AL  10 (7th)
1949 AL  12 (3rd)
1951 AL  8 (5th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1949 AL  85 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1949 AL  119 (5th)
1952 AL  101 (4th)
Career  942 (145th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1946 AL  9 (9th)
1947 AL  11 (5th)
1948 AL  10 (8th)
1949 AL  14 (3rd)
1950 AL  12 (2nd)
1951 AL  11 (7th)
1952 AL  12 (6th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1951 AL  131 (9th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1949 AL  21 (10th)
1951 AL  23 (10th)
1952 AL  23 (9th)
1955 AL  26 (5th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1949 AL  2.1 (10th)
1951 AL  2.3 (10th)
1952 AL  2.4 (9th)
1955 AL  2.5 (5th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1949 AL  276 (7th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1951 AL  .661 (7th)
1952 AL  .659 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1942 AL  4 (7th)
1948 AL  4 (10th)
1950 AL  7 (5th)
1951 AL  8 (5th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1947 AL  14 (2nd)
1949 AL  12 (6th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1946 AL  8 (5th)
1949 AL  11 (3rd)
1950 AL  7 (4th)
1952 AL  11 (2nd)
1956 NL  6 (9th)
Career  79 (227th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1947 AL  6.9 (10th)
1949 AL  7.4 (7th)
1950 AL  10.9 (3rd)
1951 AL  8.6 (9th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1942 AL  21.9 (9th)
1950 AL  20.3 (8th)
1951 AL  22.2 (6th)
Career  17.7 (171st)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)s c a p y
1952 AL  32.11 (5th)
1955 AL  34.66 (6th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)s c a p y
1952 AL  2.9 (9th)
1955 AL  4.1 (4th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)s c a p y
1952 AL  2.8 (6th)
1955 AL  3.0 (5th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)s c a p y
1952 AL  3.2 (6th)
1955 AL  3.4 (6th)

Oldest s c a p y
1959 AL  born 1921-03-05 (7th)
1960 AL  born 1921-03-05 (6th)
1961 NL  born 1921-03-05 (3rd)
1961 AL  born 1921-03-05 (5th)

Youngest s c a p y
1940 AL  born 1921-03-05 (3rd)
1941 AL  born 1921-03-05 (5th)

             
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.
Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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

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Gray InkBatting - 34 (715), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 15 (964), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 21 (697), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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