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Emil Verban

Emil Matthew Verban (Dutch or Antelope)

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: August 27, 1915 in Lincoln, IL
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1936. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1944
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Cardinals/Cubs/Braves 1944-1950

Final Game: October 1, 1950
Died: June 8, 1989 in Quincy, IL
Buried: St. Mary Cemetery, Lincoln, IL
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1936	20	DET-CIN-min	D	70	252	252		71	11	0	2					.282	.282	.349	.631		88					TIF,FMT,PAD · OHSL,KITL
1937	21	DET-min	D	77	297	297		98	26	1	4					.330	.330	.465	.795		138					TIF · OHSL
1938	22	STL-min	B,D	145	583	583		174	25	4	2					.298	.298	.365	.664		213					DEC,ALX · IIIL,EVAN
1939	23	STL-min	B	92	386	386		105	16	5	1					.272	.272	.347	.619		134					DEC · IIIL
1940	24	STL-min	B	131	524	524		148	19	0	2					.282	.282	.330	.613		173					AVL · PIED
1941	25	STL-min	B	138	562	562		149	20	1	0					.265	.265	.304	.569		171					AVL · PIED
1942	26	STL-min	A1	134	511	511		155	11	3	0					.303	.303	.337	.640		172					HSN · TL
1943	27	STL-min	AA	151	629	588	72	151	16	9	0	48	11	31	18	.257	.294	.315	.609		185	16	0	10		CLB · AA
1944	28	STL	NL	146	538	498	51	128	14	2	0	43	0	19	14	.257	.287	.293	.580	62	146	5	2	19	*4
1945	29	STL	NL	*155*	635	597	59	166	22	8	0	72	4	19	15	.278	.304	.342	.645	77	204	9	3	16	*4
1946	30	TOT	NL	139	507	474	44	130	17	5	0	34	5	21	18	.274	.305	.331	.636	83	157	7	0	13	*4	AS,MVP-20
1946	30	STL	NL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1946	30	PHI	NL	138	506	473	44	130	17	5	0	34	5	21	18	.275	.306	.332	.638	84	157	7	0	13	*4
1947	31	PHI	NL	155	573	540	50	154	14	8	0	42	5	23	8	.285	.316	.341	.656	78	184	13	1	9	*4	AS,MVP-22
1948	32	TOT	NL	111	445	417	51	112	20	2	1	27	4	15	12	.269	.297	.333	.631	73	139	7	2	11	*4
1948	32	PHI	NL	55	192	169	14	39	5	1	0	11	0	11	5	.231	.282	.272	.554	52	46	3	1	11	4
1948	32	CHC	NL	56	253	248	37	73	15	1	1	16	4	4	7	.294	.308	.375	.683	88	93	4	1	0	4
1949	33	CHC	NL	98	363	343	38	99	11	1	0	22	3	8	2	.289	.309	.327	.635	73	112	5	2	10	4
1950	34	TOT	NL	49	48	42	8	4	1	0	0	1	0	3	5	.095	.156	.119	.275	-26	5	0	0	3	4/658
1950	34	CHC	NL	45	43	37	7	4	1	0	0	1	0	3	5	.108	.175	.135	.310	-17	5	0	0	3	/4658O
1950	34	BSN	NL	4	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	/4
1951	35	CHC-min	AAA	156	672	635	68	167	30	4	0	33	0	17	31	.263	.288	.323	.611		205		5	15		SPF,SLE · IL,PCL
1952	36	CHC-min	AAA	138	566	531	45	127	20	7	1	36	2	8	20	.239	.252	.309	.561		164		1	26		SPF · IL
7 Yrs				853	3109	2911	301	793	99	26	1	241	21	108	74	.272	.301	.325	.626	73	947	46	10	81
162 Game Avg.				162	590	553	57	151	19	5	0	46	4	21	14	.272	.301	.325	.626	73	180	9	2	15

PHI (3 yrs)				348	1271	1182	108	323	36	14	0	87	10	55	31	.273	.307	.327	.634	76	387	23	2	33
STL (3 yrs)				302	1174	1096	110	294	36	10	0	115	4	38	29	.268	.296	.319	.615	70	350	14	5	35
CHC (3 yrs)				199	659	628	82	176	27	2	1	39	7	15	14	.280	.300	.334	.635	73	210	9	3	13
BSN (1 yr)				4	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	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
1944	28	STL	NL	146	538	-24	0	0	16	6	-2	-0.2	16	14	1.4	.499	.499	-0.3	2.4	-2	$	*4
1945	29	STL	NL	155	635	-19	-0	0	3	7	-9	-0.9	19	10	1.0	.494	.494	0.7	1.1	7	$	*4
1946	30	STL	NL	1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.477	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$		AS,MVP-20
1946	30	PHI	NL	138	506	-10	-0	0	-10	6	-14	-1.6	18	4	0.1	.488	.490	1.3	-0.5	14	$	*4	AS,MVP-20
1947	31	PHI	NL	155	573	-15	-0	0	2	7	-7	-0.6	20	13	1.4	.496	.496	1.2	0.9	11	$	*4	AS,MVP-22
1948	32	PHI	NL	55	192	-11	-0	0	-1	2	-9	-1.0	7	-2	-0.3	.482	.494	-0.2	0.1	-2	$	4
1948	32	CHC	NL	56	253	-4	-0	0	-1	3	-2	-0.3	9	7	0.6	.496	.499	0.7	0.2	8	$	4
1949	33	CHC	NL	98	363	-11	0	-1	-3	4	-10	-1.1	13	2	0.1	.489	.493	0.5	0.1	5	$	4
1950	34	CHC	NL	45	43	-7	-1	0	0	1	-7	-0.7	1	-5	-0.5	.485	.496	-0.5	0.0	-5	$	/4658O
1950	34	BSN	NL	4	5	-1	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.444	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/4
7 Seasons				853	3109	-101	-2	0	5	36	-62	-6.7	103	41	3.6	.492	.496	3.3	4.4	36	$

PHI (3 yrs)				348	1271	-35	-1	0	-9	15	-30	-3.2	44	15	1.2	.491	.493	2.3	0.6	24	$
STL (3 yrs)				302	1174	-43	0	0	19	14	-11	-1.1	35	24	2.4	.496	.498	0.4	3.5	5	$
CHC (3 yrs)				199	659	-22	-1	0	-4	7	-19	-2.1	23	4	0.2	.490	.496	0.7	0.3	8	$
BSN (1 yr)				4	5	-1	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.444	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$

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
1944	28	STL	NL	538	394	42	2.9	97	.264	.257	.272	.287	.339	.293	.381	.580	.720	62	.331	-27.0	-2.8	.445	.074	.036
1945	29	STL	NL	635	456	61	3.6	99	.285	.278	.277	.304	.347	.342	.382	.645	.729	77	.419	-21.5	-2.2	.523	.102	.064	.0
1946	30	TOT	NL	507	364	48	3.5	90	.285	.274	.258	.305	.333	.331	.361	.636	.694	83	.439	-11.9	-1.2	.521	.112	.057	.0
1946	30	STL	NL	1	1	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.267	.000	.343	.000	.374	.000	.717	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1946	30	PHI	NL	506	363	48	3.5	90	.286	.275	.258	.306	.332	.332	.361	.638	.694	84	.440	-11.6	-1.2	.523	.112	.057	.0
1947	31	PHI	NL	573	408	58	3.8	102	.289	.285	.268	.316	.342	.341	.397	.656	.740	78	.407	-18.2	-1.8	.534	.107	.056	.0
1948	32	TOT	NL	445	323	41	3.4	98	.275	.269	.264	.297	.338	.333	.391	.631	.728	73	.376	-15.9	-1.6	.513	.110	.065	1.6
1948	32	PHI	NL	192	144	13	2.4	99	.238	.231	.265	.282	.339	.272	.393	.554	.732	52	.244	-11.2	-1.1	.436	.107	.041
1948	32	CHC	NL	253	179	28	4.2	98	.300	.294	.263	.308	.336	.375	.389	.683	.726	88	.468	-4.7	-0.5	.570	.113	.081	1.6
1949	33	CHC	NL	363	259	34	3.5	100	.290	.289	.266	.309	.339	.327	.397	.635	.736	73	.381	-13.3	-1.3	.502	.070	.038	.0
1950	34	TOT	NL	48	41	1	0.6	107	.108	.095	.268	.156	.344	.119	.415	.275	.759	-26	.026	-7.8	-0.8	.211	.095	.024
1950	34	CHC	NL	43	36	1	0.7	107	.125	.108	.268	.175	.345	.135	.416	.310	.761	-17	.032	-6.4	-0.6	.242	.108	.027
1950	34	BSN	NL	5	5	0	0.0	103	.000	.000	.262	.000	.338	.000	.407	.000	.745	-100	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
7 Yrs				3109	2245	285	3.4	98	.279	.272	.268	.301	.340	.325	.385	.626	.725	73	.387	-115.7	-11.8	.502	.097	.053	1.9
162 Game Avg.				590	426	54	3.4	98	.279	.272	.268	.301	.340	.325	.385	.626	.725	73	.387	-115.7	-11.8	.502	.097	.053

PHI (3 yrs)				1271	915	119	3.5	96	.281	.273	.264	.307	.338	.327	.382	.634	.720	76	.395	-41.1	-4.1	.515	.109	.054	.0
STL (3 yrs)				1174	851	103	3.2	98	.276	.268	.274	.296	.343	.319	.382	.615	.725	70	.380	-48.8	-5.1	.487	.089	.051	.0
CHC (3 yrs)				659	474	63	3.5	100	.285	.280	.265	.300	.338	.334	.395	.635	.733	73	.389	-24.3	-2.4	.510	.089	.054	1.8
BSN (1 yr)				5	5	0	0.0	103	.000	.000	.262	.000	.338	.000	.407	.000	.745	-100	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.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
1944	28	STL	NL	WS	SLB	W	6	19	17	1	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	.412	.474	.412	.885	7	0	0	0	0	1
1 WS							6	19	17	1	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	.412	.474	.412	.885	7	0	0	0	0	1

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
1945	STL	NL	29		DNP
1946	PHI	NL	30		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1947	PHI	NL	31	as 2B	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs (2 GP)					3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1944	28	STL	NL	538	0.0%	2.6%	3.5%	3.0%	13%	0.74	35.6		11.6		90%
1945	29	STL	NL	635	0.0%	2.4%	3.0%	4.7%	18%	0.79	39.8		8.3		92%
1946	30	TOT	NL	507	0.0%	3.6%	4.1%	4.3%	17%	0.86	26.3		13.9		90%
1946	30	STL	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
1946	30	PHI	NL	506	0.0%	3.6%	4.2%	4.4%	17%	0.86	26.3		13.9		90%
1947	31	PHI	NL	573	0.0%	1.4%	4.0%	3.8%	14%	0.35	*67.5*		12.9		93%
1948	32	TOT	NL	445	0.2%	2.7%	3.4%	5.2%	21%	0.80	34.8	417.0	15.4	0.94	91%
1948	32	PHI	NL	192	0.0%	2.6%	5.7%	3.1%	15%	0.45	33.8		15.4	0.95	85%
1948	32	CHC	NL	253	0.4%	2.8%	1.6%	6.7%	23%	1.75	35.4	248.0	15.5	0.91	95%
1949	33	CHC	NL	363	0.0%	0.6%	2.2%	3.3%	12%	0.25	171.5		15.6	0.81	94%
1950	34	TOT	NL	48	0.0%	10.4%	6.3%	2.1%	25%	1.67	8.4		42.0	1.14	77%
1950	34	CHC	NL	43	0.0%	11.6%	7.0%	2.3%	25%	1.67	7.4		37.0	1.00	74%
1950	34	BSN	NL	5	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						3.00	100%
7 Yrs				3109	0.0%	2.4%	3.5%	4.1%	16%	0.69	39.3	2911.0	12.1	0.89	91%
MLB Averages					1.5%	9.4%	9.5%	6.1%	27%	0.98	9.5	58.4	8.4	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1944	28	STL	NL	-27.0	-2.8	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1945	29	STL	NL	-21.5	-2.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1946	30	TOT	NL	-12.4	-1.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1946	30	STL	NL	-0.3	-0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1946	30	PHI	NL	-12.2	-1.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	31	PHI	NL	-19.0	-1.9	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	32	TOT	NL	-16.2	-1.6	181	-0.3	2.5	-2.8	.94	-0.8	0.4	-7.0	-0.7	0.96	-9.4		0
1948	32	PHI	NL	-11.5	-1.2	107	-0.4	1.4	-1.8	.93	-0.7	0.3	-6.2	-0.6	0.98	-8.6		0
1948	32	CHC	NL	-4.7	-0.5	74	0.1	1.1	-1.1	.94	-0.1	0.1	-0.8	-0.1	0.93	-0.7		0
1949	33	CHC	NL	-13.8	-1.4	200	-0.9	2.4	-3.3	.91	-1.0	0.0	-7.7	-0.8	0.86	-11.0	1.34	6
1950	34	TOT	NL	-7.8	-0.8	43	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	.86	-0.5	-0.0	-6.2	-0.6	1.00	-6.0	0.64	13
1950	34	CHC	NL	-6.4	-0.6	39	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	.89	-0.4	-0.1	-5.3	-0.5	1.02	-4.9	0.64	13
1950	34	BSN	NL	-1.4	-0.1	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.54	-0.1	0.0	-0.9	-0.1	0.79	-1.1		0
7 Yrs				-117.7	-12.0	424	-1.7	5.2	-6.8	.91	-2.3	0.5	-20.9	-2.1	0.92	-26.3	0.86	19

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	SB2	CS2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	32	TOT	NL	4	39%	73	4	0	4	2	4	1	47%	11	8	3	2	1	1	6	0	5
1948	32	PHI	NL	1	28%	39	0	0	1	1	1	1	36%	7	5	2	2	1	1	2	0	1
1948	32	CHC	NL	3	47%	34	4	0	3	1	3	0	63%	4	3	1	0	0	0	4	0	4
1949	33	CHC	NL	1	35%	67	3	1	3	0	1	4	36%	7	6	1	0	0	0	4	1	3
1950	34	TOT	NL	1	114%	32	0	0	0	1	2	0	50%	4	1	3	1	1	0	3	1	1
1950	34	CHC	NL	1	100%	29	0	0	0	1	2	0	43%	4	1	3	1	1	0	2	1	0
1950	34	BSN	NL	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
7 Yrs				6	33%	172	21	1	7	3	7	5	45%	22	15	7	3	2	1	13	2	9

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
1948	32	TOT	NL	445	31%	112			0	0	0	0		1	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	7	11	157%	32	7	22%	14	8	57%	104	16	15%	4	3	75%	2	1	50%	0
1948	32	PHI	NL	192	29%	39			0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	7	11	157%	22	3	14%	10	7	70%	71	10	14%	3	2	67%	1	1	100%	0
1948	32	CHC	NL	253	34%	73			0	0	0	0		1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		10	4	40%	4	1	25%	33	6	18%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0
1949	33	CHC	NL	363	31%	99			6	1	0	0	1.34	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	10	167%	25	5	20%	15	7	47%	90	12	13%	6	3	50%	6	5	83%	0
1950	34	TOT	NL	48	31%	4			13	1	0	1	0.64	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	11	0	0%	4	2	50%	28	1	4%	1	1	100%	2	2	100%	0
1950	34	CHC	NL	43	34%	4			13	1	0	1	0.64	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	11	0	0%	4	2	50%	27	1	4%	1	1	100%	2	2	100%	0
1950	34	BSN	NL	5	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
7 Yrs				856	31%	793			19	2	0	1	0.86	1	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	16	81	506%	68	46	68%	33	17	52%	222	29	13%	11	7	64%	10	8	80%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			292%			31%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1944	28	146	538	498	51	128	14	2	0	43	0	19	14	.257	.287	.293	.580	62	146	5	2	19
1945	29	301	1173	1095	110	294	36	10	0	115	4	38	29	.268	.296	.320	.616	70	350	14	5	35
1946	30	440	1680	1569	154	424	53	15	0	149	9	59	47	.270	.299	.323	.622	74	507	21	5	48
1947	31	595	2253	2109	204	578	67	23	0	191	14	82	55	.274	.303	.328	.631	75	691	34	6	57
1948	32	706	2698	2526	255	690	87	25	1	218	18	97	67	.273	.302	.329	.631	75	830	41	8	68
1949	33	804	3061	2869	293	789	98	26	1	240	21	105	69	.275	.303	.328	.631	75	942	46	10	78
1950	34	853	3109	2911	301	793	99	26	1	241	21	108	74	.272	.301	.325	.626	73	947	46	10	81

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
1944	28	152	560	518	54	134	15	2	0	45	0	20	15	.259	.289	.295	.584	44	146
1945	29	162	659	620	59	170	23	8	0	72	4	19	16	.274	.299	.337	.636	62	155
1946	30	145	547	509	54	149	19	6	0	41	6	24	19	.293	.325	.354	.678	59	139
1947	31	162	600	566	53	163	15	8	0	45	5	24	8	.288	.318	.343	.661	62	155
1948	32	116	469	440	56	121	22	2	1	29	4	16	13	.275	.303	.341	.644	45	111
1949	33	102	377	357	40	104	12	1	0	23	3	8	2	.291	.311	.331	.641	36	98
1950	34	51	52	45	10	5	1	0	0	1	0	4	5	.111	.184	.133	.317	1	49
7 Yrs		890	3264	3055	326	846	107	27	1	256	22	115	78	.277	.305	.331	.636	309	853
162 Game Avg.		162	594	556	59	154	19	5	0	47	4	21	14	.277	.305	.331	.636	56	853

* 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

All-Star Games 1945--not played 1946 * 1947 (2B)	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1946 NL (20, 3%) 1947 NL (22, 3%) 0.06 Career Shares (1057th)	Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1944 NL 2.4 (4th) 1945 NL 1.1 (5th) 1947 NL 0.9 (6th)	Games Played s c a p y 1945 NL 155 (1st) 1947 NL 155 (2nd)
At Bats s c a p y 1945 NL 597 (7th)	Triples s c a p y 1945 NL 8 (8th) 1947 NL 8 (6th)	Singles s c a p y 1945 NL 136 (7th) 1947 NL 132 (5th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1944 NL 19 (2nd) 1945 NL 16 (7th) 1946 NL 13 (8th) 1948 NL 11 (3rd) 1949 NL 10 (8th)
AB per SO s c a p y 1944 NL 35.6 (2nd) 1945 NL 39.8 (3rd) 1946 NL 26.3 (5th) 1947 NL 67.5 (1st) 1948 NL 34.8 (1st) Career 39.3 (8th)	Outs Made s c a p y 1945 NL 456 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Batting - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 5 (1784), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 14 (996), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 1 (2899), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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