Elmer Valo
Elmer William Valo
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 5, 1921 in Ribnik, Czechoslovakia
High School: Palmerton (Palmerton, PA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 1940
Final Game: October 1, 1961
Died: July 19, 1998 in Palmerton, PA
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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
1940 19 PHA AL 6 26 23 6 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 .348 .423 .348 .771 104 8 0 0 0 /O
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 O
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 *O
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 O
1946 25 PHA AL 108 411 348 59 107 21 6 1 31 9 8 60 18 .307 .411 .411 .822 131 143 3 1 2 O
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 *O
1948 27 PHA AL 113 475 383 72 117 17 4 3 46 10 6 81 13 .305 .432 .394 .826 120 151 11 4 7 *O
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 *O
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 *O
1951 30 PHA AL 123 530 444 75 134 27 8 7 55 11 6 75 20 .302 .412 .446 .858 130 198 12 8 3 *O
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 *O
1953 32 PHA AL 50 107 85 15 19 3 0 0 9 0 1 22 7 .224 .383 .259 .642 74 22 2 0 0 O
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 .776 112 131 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

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
1940 19 PHA AL 26 15 4 7.1 109 .348 .348 .277 .423 .350 .348 .419 .771 .769 104 .657 0.3 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 .837 5.3 0.5 1.100 .240 .160 .0
1942 21 PHA AL 542 375 54 3.9 94 .259 .251 .265 .355 .339 .336 .370 .690 .709 95 .470 -1.1 -0.1 .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 -5.2 -0.6 .515 .201 .076 2.4
1946 25 PHA AL 411 254 58 6.1 95 .322 .307 .262 .411 .337 .411 .378 .822 .714 131 .668 17.9 1.8 .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 14.8 1.5 .842 .300 .105 6.9
1948 27 PHA AL 475 290 65 6.0 105 .311 .305 .273 .432 .358 .394 .394 .826 .752 120 .616 16.9 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 .547 9.1 0.9 .821 .321 .126 10.9
1951 30 PHA AL 530 331 80 6.5 104 .305 .302 .270 .412 .351 .446 .396 .858 .747 130 .661 22.3 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 3.1 105 .244 .224 .273 .383 .350 .259 .402 .642 .752 74 .341 -1.8 -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 -1.1 -0.1 .704 .348 .116 1.3
1955 34 KCA AL 338 191 67 9.4 102 .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 .261 .392 .328 .405 .413 .798 .741 118 .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 2.3 0.2 .738 .298 .149 .0
1958 37 LAD NL 115 81 11 3.6 109 .264 .248 .274 .322 .343 .317 .428 .639 .771 68 .390 -4.6 -0.5 .544 .178 .069 .0
1959 38 CLE AL 33 21 3 3.8 96 .269 .292 .257 .424 .328 .292 .392 .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 .741 98 .574 1.8 0.1 .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 -0.1 .629 .302 .116 .0
20 Seasons 6091 3881 793 5.5 102 .290 .282 .267 .398 .347 .391 .392 .790 .739 115 .596 151.5 14.8 .784 .302 .109 76.0
162 Game Avg. 546 348 71 5.5 102 .290 .282 .267 .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 .736 117 .607 146.2 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 -0.2 .649 .260 .052
PHI (2 yrs) 397 258 53 5.5 102 .284 .275 .262 .384 .329 .392 .414 .776 .743 112 .590 8.4 0.9 .753 .287 .117 6.5
LAD (2 yrs) 304 209 35 4.5 110 .274 .263 .277 .352 .343 .382 .430 .734 .774 91 .488 -2.3 -0.3 .663 .252 .118 .0
CLE (1 yr) 33 21 3 3.8 96 .269 .292 .257 .424 .328 .292 .392 .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 .388 .794 .737 116 .603 145.4 14.2 .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*

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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
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 76%
1951 30 PHA AL 530 1.3% 3.8% 14.2% 7.9% 31% 0.27 22.2 63.4 8.1 79%
1952 31 PHA AL 495 1.0% 3.2% 20.4% 7.1% 32% 0.16 24.3 77.6 8.3 74%
1953 32 PHA AL 107 0.0% 6.5% 20.6% 2.8% 16% 0.32 12.1 9.4 73%
1954 33 PHA AL 281 0.4% 6.4% 18.2% 6.4% 38% 0.35 12.4 224.0 6.8 0.91 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 0.98 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 1.03 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 0.96 77%
MLB Averages
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

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 33 PHA AL 2 0 28% 97 2 1 67% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 24% 10 8 1 5 5 0 6 2 4
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% 157 7 6 54% 6 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 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% 153 7 6 54% 6 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 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 22 0 30% 604 110 79 58% 12 12 1 1 1 0 2 0 21 29 37% 87 66 17 18 11 7 48 14 33
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 33 PHA AL 262 83% 48 20 1 0 3 1.66 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 100% 47 2 4% 13 8 62% 174 33 19% 17 11 65% 12 4 33% 19
1955 34 KCA AL 337 89% 103 31 14 0 10 1.85 3 0 9 3 0 0 3 0 1 1 100% 81 5 6% 19 5 26% 211 34 16% 19 10 53% 11 6 55% 1
1956 35 TOT MLB 349 95% 86 16 5 1 3 1.14 5 0 9 5 0 3 2 0 1 1 100% 64 7 11% 31 10 32% 203 34 17% 26 12 46% 11 5 45% 7
1956 35 KCA AL 11 100% 2 6 2 0 2 1.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 1 1 100% 7 2 29% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1956 35 PHI NL 338 95% 84 10 3 1 1 1.22 5 0 9 5 0 3 2 0 1 1 100% 61 7 11% 30 9 30% 196 32 16% 25 11 44% 11 5 45% 7
1957 36 BRO NL 189 98% 44 34 8 1 4 1.56 4 0 6 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 45 8 18% 17 9 53% 139 24 17% 21 11 52% 12 4 33% 0
1958 37 LAD NL 115 97% 25 36 9 0 9 1.51 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 37 2 5% 13 6 46% 83 14 17% 10 5 50% 3 2 67% 0
1959 38 CLE AL 33 100% 7 24 7 0 4 2.09 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 1.81 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 2 7% 12 5 42% 88 16 18% 9 6 67% 7 1 14% 0
1960 39 NYY AL 7 100% 0 5 0 0 0 0.43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 5 0 0% 0 0 2 0 0% 0
1960 39 WSH AL 85 94% 18 54 14 0 10 1.94 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 2 7% 11 5 45% 83 16 19% 9 6 67% 5 1 20% 0
1961 40 TOT MLB 88 95% 13 71 13 1 10 1.47 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 20 2 10% 9 5 56% 77 12 16% 9 6 67% 1 0 0% 0
1961 40 MIN AL 36 97% 5 30 5 0 4 1.68 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 20% 6 3 50% 31 5 16% 5 4 80% 0 0 0
1961 40 PHI NL 52 94% 8 41 8 1 6 1.31 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 0 0% 3 2 67% 46 7 15% 4 2 50% 1 0 0% 0
20 Seasons 1465 92% 1420 291 71 3 53 1.64 58 0 42 15 0 4 11 0 5 65 1300% 332 111 33% 121 51 42% 1001 172 17% 114 64 56% 59 22 37% 27
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
1940 19 6 26 23 6 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 .348 .423 .348 .771 104 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 .726 104 191 15 4 9
1943 22 231 909 781 114 199 19 13 7 64 17 14 112 36 .255 .352 .339 .691 97 265 21 5 11
1944 23 231 909 781 114 199 19 13 7 64 17 14 112 36 .255 .352 .339 .691 97 265 21 5 11
1945 24 231 909 781 114 199 19 13 7 64 17 14 112 36 .255 .352 .339 .691 97 265 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 .767 114 709 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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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 5 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 81 306 266 38 62 7 2 3 22 2 39 14 .233 .333 .308 .642 27 77
1946 25 113 436 369 67 117 23 7 1 35 10 66 19 .317 .422 .425 .847 66 108
1947 26 116 462 390 65 121 13 7 5 39 12 70 22 .310 .418 .418 .836 68 112
1948 27 118 482 396 71 118 17 4 3 45 10 82 14 .298 .423 .384 .807 64 113
1949 28 157 693 569 88 159 28 12 5 87 14 122 33 .279 .408 .397 .806 92 150
1950 29 135 546 458 58 123 16 5 10 43 12 81 23 .269 .386 .391 .777 67 129
1951 30 129 546 462 74 136 27 8 7 54 11 76 21 .294 .403 .433 .836 79 123
1952 31 135 512 405 72 113 27 4 5 49 12 105 17 .279 .430 .402 .832 70 129
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 34 117 359 300 52 112 18 4 3 39 5 57 19 .373 .471 .490 .961 70 112
1956 35 112 379 319 45 95 14 3 6 43 8 54 23 .298 .401 .417 .818 53 107
1957 36 85 191 164 13 42 10 1 4 25 0 24 17 .256 .351 .402 .753 23 81
1958 37 68 120 106 9 26 2 1 1 14 0 12 12 .245 .317 .311 .628 11 65
1959 38 36 38 27 4 9 0 0 0 6 0 9 0 .333 .474 .333 .807 4 34
1960 39 88 103 76 7 22 4 0 0 17 0 23 5 .289 .447 .342 .789 12 84
1961 40 85 92 78 4 14 4 0 1 11 0 12 9 .179 .304 .269 .574 6 83
20 Seasons 1889 6320 5273 801 1494 239 76 59 624 114 992 298 .283 .399 .391 .790 825 1806
162 Game Avg. 162 542 452 69 128 20 7 5 54 10 85 26 .283 .399 .391 .790 71 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 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1955-AL-22-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

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--140th

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--130--9th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1949 AL--21--10th
1951 AL--22--10th
1952 AL--23--9th
1955 AL--26--5th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1949 AL--2.1--10th
1951 AL--2.2--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--215th

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--21.857--9th
1950 AL--20.273--8th
1951 AL--22.200--6th
Career--17.710--149th

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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 30 (647), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 15 (936), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 21 (601), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters 
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  1. John Titus (935)
  2. Jerry Mumphrey (923)
  3. Stan Javier (919)
  4. Terry Puhl (918)
  5. Dave Martinez (917)
  6. Al Bumbry (915)
  7. Tommy Griffith (914)
  8. Mike Kreevich (912)
  9. Amos Strunk (911)
  10. Les Mann (903)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Harry Blake (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Carlos Gomez (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jerry Mumphrey (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Fred Brickell (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Alex Metzler (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Mike Menosky (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jerry Mumphrey (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jerry Mumphrey (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jerry Mumphrey (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Tilly Walker (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Tommy Griffith (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Les Mann (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Les Mann (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. John Titus (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. John Titus (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Al Bumbry (920)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Dave Philley (902)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Dave Philley (901)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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