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Bob Veale

Robert Andrew Veale

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 212 lb.

Born: October 28, 1935 in Birmingham, AL
High School: Holy Family HS (Emsley, AL)
School: Benedictine College (Atchison, KS)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1962
Teams (by GP): Pirates/RedSox 1962-1974

Final Game: September 8, 1974
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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
1958	22	PIT-min	C	19	20	20		3	2	0	0						.150	.150	.250	.400		5							SJO · CALL
1959	23	PIT-min	B	23	52	52		9	3	0	0						.173	.173	.231	.404		12							WLS · CARL
1960	24	PIT-min	AAA	32	64	59	2	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	34	.085	.129	.119	.248		7		0	2	0			CLB · IL
1961	25	PIT-min	AAA	30	76	68	4	12	2	1	0	2	1		8	3	.176	.263	.235	.498		16							CLB · IL
1962	26	PIT-min	AAA	25	55	50	3	12	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	25	.240	.269	.280	.549		14		0	3	0			CLB · IL
1962	26	PIT	NL	11	16	16	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.250	.250	.313	.563	50	5	0	0	0	0	0	1
1963	27	PIT	NL	35	25	23	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	17	.087	.160	.130	.290	-15	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
1964	28	PIT	NL	41	104	96	4	15	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	52	.156	.173	.156	.330	-6	15	0	0	6	0	0	1
1965	29	PIT	NL	39	104	93	3	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	50	.086	.115	.086	.201	-42	8	1	0	8	0	0	1	AS
1966	30	PIT	NL	38	98	94	5	13	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	39	.138	.147	.160	.307	-14	15	1	0	3	0	0	1	AS
1967	31	PIT	NL	33	73	69	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	36	.043	.057	.043	.101	-71	3	2	0	3	0	0	1
1968	32	PIT	NL	36	86	82	2	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	53	.110	.131	.122	.253	-23	10	2	0	2	0	0	1
1969	33	PIT	NL	34	86	79	3	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	44	.051	.085	.051	.136	-61	4	0	0	4	0	0	1
1970	34	PIT	NL	34	72	67	5	11	4	0	0	6	0	0	4	34	.164	.211	.224	.435	19	15	2	0	1	0	0	1
1971	35	PIT	NL	37	10	9	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.333	.333	.333	.667	88	3	0	0	1	0	0	1
1972	36	PIT-min	AAA	17	30	28	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	11	.107	.167	.107	.274		3		0	0	0			CHL · IL
1972	36	TOT	MLB	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1972	36	PIT	NL	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1972	36	BOS	AL	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1973	37	BOS	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1974	38	BOS-min	AAA	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0			PAW · IL
1974	38	BOS	AL	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
13 Yrs				399	676	630	26	72	7	1	0	18	0	0	18	337	.114	.139	.129	.267	-24	81	8	0	28	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	274	256	11	29	3	0	0	7	0	0	7	137	.114	.139	.129	.267	-24	33	3	0	11	0	0

PIT (11 yrs)				343	675	629	26	72	7	1	0	18	0	0	18	336	.114	.139	.129	.268	-23	81	8	0	28	0	0
BOS (3 yrs)				56	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (11 yrs)				343	675	629	26	72	7	1	0	18	0	0	18	336	.114	.139	.129	.268	-23	81	8	0	28	0	0
AL (3 yrs)				56	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1962	26	PIT	NL	11	16	-1	0	0	0	2	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.507	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	1
1963	27	PIT	NL	35	25	-3	-0	0	0	3	-1	-0.1	1	0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	0	$	1
1964	28	PIT	NL	41	104	-12	-0	0	0	12	-0	-0.0	4	3	0.0	.499	.500	-0.1	0.0	3	$	1
1965	29	PIT	NL	39	104	-18	-1	1	0	12	-6	-0.7	4	-3	-0.7	.481	.496	-0.7	0.0	-3	$	1	AS
1966	30	PIT	NL	38	98	-14	-0	0	0	11	-3	-0.3	3	-0	-0.3	.490	.498	-0.4	0.0	-0	$	1	AS
1967	31	PIT	NL	33	73	-15	-0	0	0	8	-7	-0.8	2	-5	-0.8	.474	.495	-0.8	0.0	-5	$	1
1968	32	PIT	NL	36	86	-12	0	-0	0	9	-3	-0.4	3	-0	-0.4	.489	.498	-0.4	0.1	-0	$	1
1969	33	PIT	NL	34	86	-16	-0	0	0	10	-6	-0.6	3	-3	-0.6	.481	.496	-0.6	0.0	-3	$	1
1970	34	PIT	NL	34	72	-8	-1	-0	0	9	-0	-0.0	2	2	0.0	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	2	$	1
1971	35	PIT	NL	37	10	1	0	0	0	1	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.506	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$	1
1972	36	PIT	NL	5	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1972	36	BOS	AL	6	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$35,000	/1
1973	37	BOS	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1974	38	BOS	AL	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
13 Seasons				399	676	-99	-3	1	0	76	-24	-2.7	23	-2	-2.6	.493	.499	-2.9	0.3	-2	$35,000

PIT (11 yrs)				343	675	-99	-3	1	0	76	-24	-2.7	23	-2	-2.6	.492	.498	-2.9	0.3	-2	$
BOS (3 yrs)				56	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	-0	$35,000

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
1962	26	PIT	NL	16	12	1	2.2	104	.444	.250	.271	.250	.339	.313	.412	.563	.750	50	.213	-1.2	-0.1	.417	.063	.063
1963	27	PIT	NL	25	21	1	1.3	89	.333	.087	.254	.160	.316	.130	.380	.290	.696	-15	.115	-3.4	-0.4	.238	.130	.043
1964	28	PIT	NL	104	87	3	0.9	93	.341	.156	.262	.173	.320	.156	.389	.330	.709	-6	.062	-13.6	-1.4	.210	.021	.000
1965	29	PIT	NL	104	94	1	0.3	94	.186	.086	.258	.115	.322	.086	.390	.201	.712	-42	.008	-17.8	-1.9	.128	.032	.000
1966	30	PIT	NL	98	85	2	0.6	96	.236	.138	.265	.147	.323	.160	.399	.307	.722	-14	.030	-14.8	-1.6	.195	.032	.021
1967	31	PIT	NL	73	71	0	0.0	90	.091	.043	.258	.057	.320	.043	.379	.101	.700	-71	.000	-15.4	-1.7	.059	.014	.000
1968	32	PIT	NL	86	77	1	0.4	80	.310	.110	.250	.131	.308	.122	.352	.253	.660	-23	.014	-12.3	-1.4	.160	.037	.012
1969	33	PIT	NL	86	79	1	0.3	93	.114	.051	.257	.085	.327	.051	.381	.136	.708	-61	.010	-17.0	-1.8	.093	.038	.000
1970	34	PIT	NL	72	59	3	1.4	101	.333	.164	.263	.211	.336	.224	.402	.435	.738	19	.096	-7.7	-0.8	.328	.119	.060
1971	35	PIT	NL	10	7	1	3.8	94	.600	.333	.262	.333	.328	.333	.384	.667	.712	88	.474	-0.2	-0.0	.500	.000	.000
1972	36	TOT	MLB	2	2	0	0.0	89	.000	.000	.254	.000	.322	.000	.370	.000	.693	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1972	36	PIT	NL	1	1	0	0.0	90	.000	.000	.254	.000	.322	.000	.376	.000	.698	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1972	36	BOS	AL	1	1	0	0.0	88		.000	.253	.000	.323	.000	.365	.000	.688	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
13 Yrs				676	594	14	0.6	93	.246	.114	.259	.139	.322	.129	.385	.267	.708	-24	.031	-103.9	-11.2	.175	.043	.014
162 Game Avg.				274	241	6	0.6	93	.246	.114	.259	.139	.322	.129	.385	.267	.708	-24	.031	-103.9	-11.2	.175	.043	.014

PIT (11 yrs)				675	593	14	0.6	93	.246	.114	.259	.139	.322	.129	.385	.268	.708	-23	.032	-103.6	-11.1	.175	.043	.014
BOS (3 yrs)				1	1	0	0.0	88		.000	.253	.000	.323	.000	.365	.000	.688	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

NL (11 yrs)				675	593	14	0.6	93	.246	.114	.259	.139	.322	.129	.385	.268	.708	-23	.032	-103.6	-11.1	.175	.043	.014
AL (3 yrs)				1	1	0	0.0	88		.000	.253	.000	.323	.000	.365	.000	.688	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1971	35	PIT	NL	WS	BAL	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

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
1965	PIT	NL	29		DNP
1966	PIT	NL	30		DNP

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1962	26	PIT	NL	16	0.0%	43.8%	0.0%	6.3%	25%		2.3			1.50	56%
1963	27	PIT	NL	25	0.0%	68.0%	8.0%	4.0%	50%	8.50	1.4				24%
1964	28	PIT	NL	104	0.0%	50.0%	1.9%	0.0%	0%	26.00	1.8		48.0	5.60	42%
1965	29	PIT	NL	104	0.0%	48.1%	2.9%	0.0%	0%	16.67	1.9		31.0	3.44	41%
1966	30	PIT	NL	98	0.0%	39.8%	1.0%	1.0%	8%	39.00	2.4		47.0	6.00	56%
1967	31	PIT	NL	73	0.0%	49.3%	1.4%	0.0%	0%	36.00	1.9		69.0	3.43	45%
1968	32	PIT	NL	86	0.0%	61.6%	2.3%	1.2%	11%	26.50	1.5		82.0	4.00	34%
1969	33	PIT	NL	86	0.0%	51.2%	3.5%	0.0%	0%	14.67	1.8		39.5	3.25	41%
1970	34	PIT	NL	72	0.0%	47.2%	5.6%	5.6%	36%	8.50	2.0		11.2	7.67	46%
1971	35	PIT	NL	10	0.0%	40.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.3		9.0		50%
1972	36	TOT	MLB	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0			0.00	50%
1972	36	PIT	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						0.00	100%
1972	36	BOS	AL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
13 Yrs				676	0.0%	49.9%	2.7%	1.2%	11%	18.72	1.9		35.0	4.28	43%
MLB Averages					2.1%	14.9%	8.4%	6.1%	27%	1.77	6.0	43.2	9.1	1.10	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1962	26	PIT	NL	-1.2	-0.1	16	-0.3	0.1	-0.3	.96	-0.1	-0.2	-2.2	-0.2	0.89	-0.9	0
1963	27	PIT	NL	-3.4	-0.4	25	-0.2	0.2	-0.3	.71	-0.4	0.2	-3.1	-0.3	0.92	-3.4	0
1964	28	PIT	NL	-13.7	-1.5	102	-1.0	0.7	-1.7	.83	-1.3	0.1	-11.8	-1.3	0.98	-12.3	0
1965	29	PIT	NL	-17.9	-1.9	96	-1.3	0.4	-1.7	.86	-1.7	0.2	-16.1	-1.7	0.96	-17.3	0
1966	30	PIT	NL	-14.8	-1.6	88	-1.2	0.5	-1.7	.84	-1.3	-0.1	-13.9	-1.5	0.92	-14.4	0
1967	31	PIT	NL	-15.4	-1.7	68	-1.5	0.0	-1.6	.95	-1.4	-0.2	-14.7	-1.6	0.96	-14.1	0
1968	32	PIT	NL	-12.3	-1.4	79	-1.3	0.3	-1.6	.96	-1.3	0.0	-12.8	-1.5	1.01	-12.1	0
1969	33	PIT	NL	-17.0	-1.8	86	-1.8	0.4	-2.1	1.00	-1.5	-0.3	-18.8	-2.0	1.00	-17.7	0
1970	34	PIT	NL	-7.7	-0.8	72	-0.6	0.8	-1.4	.96	-0.7	0.1	-4.5	-0.5	0.95	-8.2	0
1971	35	PIT	NL	-0.2	-0.0	10	0.2	0.3	-0.1	.85	0.1	0.2	1.4	0.1	1.05	0.4	0
1972	36	TOT	MLB	-0.5	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.10	-0.1	-0.0	-0.7	-0.1	1.50	-0.4	0
1972	36	PIT	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.14	-0.0	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	1.12	-0.2	0
1972	36	BOS	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.06	-0.0	-0.0	-0.4	-0.0	1.89	-0.2	0
1973	37	BOS	AL	0.0	0.0
1974	38	BOS	AL	0.0	0.0
13 Yrs				-104.2	-11.2	644	-8.9	3.8	-12.7	.90	-9.8	-0.1	-97.0	-10.5	0.97	-100.5	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1962	26	PIT	NL	0	25%	3	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1963	27	PIT	NL	0	0%	5	0	0	1	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1964	28	PIT	NL	2	24%	19	0	1	1	40%	6	3	3	0	0	0	4	2	1
1965	29	PIT	NL	0	27%	17	0	1	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1966	30	PIT	NL	1	36%	17	2	1	1	40%	3	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
1967	31	PIT	NL	0	25%	9	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1968	32	PIT	NL	0	18%	7	0	0	0	67%	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1969	33	PIT	NL	2	43%	12	0	0	0	33%	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1
1970	34	PIT	NL	0	33%	17	0	1	1	17%	2	2	0	1	1	0	3	2	1
1971	35	PIT	NL	1	67%	2	0	0	0	67%	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1972	36	TOT	MLB	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1972	36	PIT	NL	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1972	36	BOS	AL	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13 Yrs				6	29%	108	2	4	4	31%	22	16	6	3	2	1	14	7	5

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
1962	26	PIT	NL	16	100%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	7	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1963	27	PIT	NL	25	100%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	1	0	0%	17	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1964	28	PIT	NL	104	100%	15			0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	8	6	75%	23	0	0%	20	3	15%	75	3	4%	5	0	0%	4	0	0%	0
1965	29	PIT	NL	104	100%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	12	8	67%	19	1	5%	20	5	25%	62	3	5%	5	0	0%	0	0		0
1966	30	PIT	NL	98	100%	13			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	12	1	8%	16	2	13%	46	2	4%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1967	31	PIT	NL	73	100%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	12	2	17%	14	2	14%	37	1	3%	3	1	33%	0	0		0
1968	32	PIT	NL	86	100%	9			0	0	0	0		0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	16	2	13%	15	1	7%	57	1	2%	4	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1969	33	PIT	NL	86	100%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	100%	13	0	0%	21	1	5%	64	2	3%	8	1	13%	2	0	0%	0
1970	34	PIT	NL	72	100%	11			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	7	2	29%	5	2	40%	47	7	15%	3	1	33%	4	3	75%	0
1971	35	PIT	NL	10	100%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	4	1	25%	9	2	22%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1972	36	TOT	MLB	2	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1972	36	PIT	NL	1	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1972	36	BOS	AL	1	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
13 Yrs				676	100%	72			0	0	0	0		0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	38	28	74%	111	8	7%	119	17	14%	424	21	5%	31	3	10%	14	5	36%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			76%			11%			30%			14%			47%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1962	26	11	16	16	1	4	1	0	0	0	7	.250	.250	.313	.563	50	5	0	0
1963	27	46	41	39	1	6	2	0	0	2	24	.154	.195	.205	.400	12	8	0	0
1964	28	87	145	135	5	21	2	0	2	4	76	.156	.180	.170	.350	-0	23	0	6
1965	29	126	249	228	8	29	2	0	5	7	126	.127	.153	.136	.289	-18	31	1	14
1966	30	164	347	322	13	42	2	1	7	8	165	.130	.152	.143	.294	-17	46	2	17
1967	31	197	420	391	14	45	2	1	8	9	201	.115	.135	.125	.260	-26	49	4	20
1968	32	233	506	473	16	54	3	1	9	11	254	.114	.134	.125	.259	-25	59	6	22
1969	33	267	592	552	19	58	3	1	11	14	298	.105	.127	.114	.241	-31	63	6	26
1970	34	301	664	619	24	69	7	1	17	18	332	.111	.137	.126	.263	-25	78	8	27
1971	35	338	674	628	26	72	7	1	18	18	336	.115	.139	.129	.268	-23	81	8	28
1972	36	349	676	630	26	72	7	1	18	18	337	.114	.139	.129	.267	-24	81	8	28
1973	37	381	676	630	26	72	7	1	18	18	337	.114	.139	.129	.267	-24	81	8	28
1974	38	399	676	630	26	72	7	1	18	18	337	.114	.139	.129	.267	-24	81	8	28

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1962	26	11	16	16	1	4	1	0	0	0	7	.250	.250	.313	.563	1	11
1963	27	35	27	24	0	3	2	0	0	3	17	.125	.222	.208	.431	1	35
1964	28	41	105	97	5	16	0	0	2	2	52	.165	.182	.165	.347	3	41
1965	29	39	103	92	3	8	0	0	3	3	50	.087	.116	.087	.203	1	39
1966	30	38	97	93	5	12	0	1	2	1	39	.129	.138	.151	.289	2	38
1967	31	33	73	69	0	0	0	0	0	1	36	.000	.014	.000	.014	0	33
1968	32	36	88	84	3	11	1	0	2	2	53	.131	.151	.143	.294	2	36
1969	33	34	86	79	0	0	0	0	0	3	44	.000	.037	.000	.037	0	34
1970	34	34	72	67	5	11	4	0	6	4	34	.164	.211	.224	.435	3	34
1971	35	37	10	9	2	3	0	0	1	0	4	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	37
1972	36	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	11
11 Yrs		349	679	632	24	68	8	1	16	19	337	.108	.134	.123	.257	14	349
162 Game Avg.		162	315	293	11	32	4	0	7	9	156	.108	.134	.123	.257	6	349

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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 1980 BBWAA ()	All-Star Games 1965 1966	Oldest s c a p y 1972 AL born 1935-10-28 (7th) 1973 AL born 1935-10-28 (7th) 1974 AL born 1935-10-28 (6th)

Hall of Fame
1980 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1965
1966

Oldest s c a p y
1972 AL  born 1935-10-28 (7th)
1973 AL  born 1935-10-28 (7th)
1974 AL  born 1935-10-28 (6th)

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters

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Jack Billingham (988) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jack Billingham (990) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jack Billingham (985) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Preacher Roe (985) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jack Billingham (985) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Si Johnson (982) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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