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Mickey Vernon

James Barton Vernon

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: April 22, 1918 in Marcus Hook, PA
High School: Eddystone HS (Eddystone, PA)
School: Villanova University (Villanova, PA)
Signed
by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1937. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 8, 1939
Teams (by GP): Senators/Indians/RedSox/Braves/Pirates 1939-1960

Final Game: September 27, 1960
Died: September 24, 2008 in Media, PA
Buried: Lawn Croft Cemetery, Linwood, 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
1939 21 WSH AL 76 310 276 23 71 15 4 1 30 1 1 24 28 .257 .317 .351 .668 77 97 5 0 9 3
1940 22 WSH AL 5 19 19 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .158 .158 .158 .316 -15 3 1 0 0 /3
1941 23 WSH AL 138 581 531 73 159 27 11 9 93 9 3 43 51 .299 .352 .443 .794 113 235 12 0 7 *3
1942 24 WSH AL 151 685 621 76 168 34 6 9 86 25 6 59 63 .271 .337 .388 .725 104 241 8 3 2 *3
1943 25 WSH AL 145 638 553 89 148 29 8 7 70 24 8 67 55 .268 .357 .387 .744 121 214 10 10 8 *3
1944 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946 28 WSH AL 148 637 587 88 207 51 8 8 85 14 10 49 64 .353 .403 .508 .910 160 298 12 0 2 *3 AS,MVP-5
1947 29 WSH AL 154 652 600 77 159 29 12 7 85 12 12 49 42 .265 .320 .388 .709 99 233 12 0 3 *3
1948 30 WSH AL 150 619 558 78 135 27 7 3 48 15 11 54 43 .242 .310 .332 .641 73 185 17 1 6 *3 AS
1949 31 CLE AL 153 659 584 72 170 27 4 18 83 9 7 58 51 .291 .357 .443 .801 113 259 8 2 15 *3
1950 32 TOT AL 118 489 417 55 117 17 3 9 75 8 1 62 39 .281 .379 .400 .779 104 167 3 4 6 *3
1950 32 CLE AL 28 105 90 8 17 0 0 0 10 2 0 12 10 .189 .284 .189 .473 25 17 0 0 3 3
1950 32 WSH AL 90 384 327 47 100 17 3 9 65 6 1 50 29 .306 .404 .459 .863 125 150 3 4 3 3
1951 33 WSH AL 141 604 546 69 160 30 7 9 87 7 6 53 45 .293 .358 .423 .781 112 231 11 2 1 *3
1952 34 WSH AL 154 664 569 71 143 33 9 10 80 7 7 89 66 .251 .353 .394 .746 110 224 11 0 5 *3
1953 35 WSH AL 152 679 608 101 205 43 11 15 115 4 6 63 57 .337 .403 .518 .921 150 315 15 4 4 *3 AS,MVP-3
1954 36 WSH AL 151 674 597 90 173 33 14 20 97 1 4 61 61 .290 .357 .492 .850 137 294 10 5 4 6 *3 AS,MVP-9
1955 37 WSH AL 150 627 538 74 162 23 8 14 85 0 4 74 50 .301 .384 .452 .835 129 243 17 3 4 8 9 *3 AS,MVP-23
1956 38 BOS AL 119 471 403 67 125 28 4 15 84 1 0 57 40 .310 .403 .511 .914 130 206 12 7 2 2 6 *3 AS,MVP-21
1957 39 BOS AL 102 318 270 36 65 18 1 7 38 0 0 41 35 .241 .350 .393 .743 98 106 9 5 1 1 2 3
1958 40 CLE AL 119 404 355 49 104 22 3 8 55 0 4 44 56 .293 .372 .439 .812 124 156 8 2 1 2 3 3 AS
1959 41 MLN NL 74 99 91 8 20 4 0 3 14 0 0 7 20 .220 .283 .363 .645 78 33 2 1 0 0 1 3/79
1960 42 PIT NL 9 9 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .125 .222 .125 .347 -2 1 0 0 0 0 1
20 Yrs 2409 9838 8731 1196 2495 490 120 172 1311 137 90 955 869 .286 .359 .428 .787 116 3741 183 49 80 19 22
162 Game Avg. 162 662 587 80 168 33 8 12 88 9 6 64 58 .286 .359 .428 .787 116 252 12 3 5
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
WSH (14 yrs) 1805 7773 6930 956 1993 391 108 121 1026 125 79 735 657 .288 .358 .428 .785 117 2963 144 32 58 14 9
CLE (3 yrs) 300 1168 1029 129 291 49 7 26 148 11 11 114 117 .283 .356 .420 .776 109 432 16 4 19 2 3
BOS (2 yrs) 221 789 673 103 190 46 5 22 122 1 0 98 75 .282 .382 .464 .845 117 312 21 12 3 3 8
PIT (1 yr) 9 9 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .125 .222 .125 .347 -2 1 0 0 0 0 1
MLN (1 yr) 74 99 91 8 20 4 0 3 14 0 0 7 20 .220 .283 .363 .645 78 33 2 1 0 0 1
AL (18 yrs) 2326 9730 8632 1188 2474 486 120 169 1296 137 90 947 849 .287 .360 .429 .789 116 3707 181 48 80 19 20
NL (2 yrs) 83 108 99 8 21 4 0 3 15 0 0 8 20 .212 .278 .343 .621 71 34 2 1 0 0 2

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
1939 21 WSH AL 76 310 -9 0 0 -3 -4 -16 -1.5 10 -6 -0.5 .481 .491 -0.2 -0.6 -3 $ 3
1940 22 WSH AL 5 19 -3 0 0 0 -0 -3 -0.3 0 -3 -0.3 .434 .498 -0.3 -0.0 -3 $ /3
1941 23 WSH AL 138 581 9 1 0 -7 -6 -3 -0.2 14 12 1.2 .498 .498 1.9 -1.3 19 $ *3
1942 24 WSH AL 151 685 3 3 0 -11 -7 -12 -1.2 14 3 0.2 .492 .492 1.4 -1.9 14 $ *3
1943 25 WSH AL 145 638 15 2 0 -6 -7 5 0.6 13 18 1.9 .504 .504 2.6 -1.5 24 $ *3
1946 28 WSH AL 148 637 42 -0 0 -2 -7 33 3.6 16 50 5.2 .525 .522 5.4 -1.0 52 $9,000 *3 AS,MVP-5
1947 29 WSH AL 154 652 -2 -2 0 -6 -7 -16 -1.9 17 0 -0.2 .488 .489 0.4 -1.5 6 $ *3
1948 30 WSH AL 150 619 -22 1 -0 3 -7 -25 -2.5 16 -10 -1.0 .483 .484 -1.3 -0.4 -12 $ *3 AS
1949 31 CLE AL 153 659 9 -3 1 18 -7 18 1.8 17 35 3.5 .512 .511 1.7 1.1 17 $ *3
1950 32 CLE AL 28 105 -10 1 1 2 -1 -7 -0.6 3 -4 -0.4 .476 .496 -0.6 0.1 -6 $ 3
1950 32 WSH AL 90 384 14 -0 2 0 -4 12 1.1 10 22 2.1 .512 .507 2.1 -0.3 22 $ 3
1951 33 WSH AL 141 604 9 -0 0 0 -6 2 0.2 16 18 1.8 .502 .501 1.7 -0.6 18 $ *3
1952 34 WSH AL 154 664 9 -2 1 0 -7 1 0.1 18 19 1.9 .501 .501 1.8 -0.8 19 $ *3
1953 35 WSH AL 152 679 40 -3 -0 3 -7 32 3.3 18 50 5.1 .522 .520 4.8 -0.4 48 $ *3 AS,MVP-3
1954 36 WSH AL 151 674 26 -3 2 -3 -7 15 1.6 18 33 3.4 .511 .510 3.7 -1.2 36 $ *3 AS,MVP-9
1955 37 WSH AL 150 627 20 -2 -1 -7 -7 4 0.5 17 21 2.1 .503 .502 2.8 -1.3 27 $ *3 AS,MVP-23
1956 38 BOS AL 119 471 18 0 -0 -3 -5 9 1.0 13 22 2.2 .508 .506 2.4 -0.8 25 $ *3 AS,MVP-21
1957 39 BOS AL 102 318 1 -1 0 3 -4 0 -0.0 9 9 0.8 .500 .500 0.5 -0.1 6 $ 3
1958 40 CLE AL 119 404 11 -3 1 -4 -5 0 -0.1 11 11 1.0 .500 .500 1.5 -1.0 15 $ 3 AS
1959 41 MLN NL 74 99 -3 -0 0 1 -1 -3 -0.3 3 1 0.1 .496 .498 0.0 0.1 -0 $ 3/79
1960 42 PIT NL 9 9 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .493 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $
20 Seasons 2409 9838 179 -10 6 -22 -106 47 5.0 254 301 30.1 .502 .501 32.3 -13.4 322 $9,000
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
WSH (14 yrs) 1805 7773 153 -5 3 -39 -83 29 3.3 199 228 22.9 .502 .501 26.8 -12.8 267 $9,000
CLE (3 yrs) 300 1168 11 -5 3 16 -13 12 1.1 31 42 4.1 .504 .502 2.6 0.2 26 $
BOS (2 yrs) 221 789 19 -1 -0 0 -9 9 0.9 21 31 3.0 .504 .503 2.9 -0.8 30 $
PIT (1 yr) 9 9 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .493 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $
MLN (1 yr) 74 99 -3 -0 0 1 -1 -3 -0.3 3 1 0.1 .496 .498 0.0 0.1 -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
1939 21 WSH AL 310 220 31 3.7 107 .283 .257 .276 .317 .350 .351 .408 .668 .758 77 .364 -9.2 -0.9 .573 .181 .094 1.0
1940 22 WSH AL 19 17 0 0.0 105 .188 .158 .271 .158 .342 .158 .410 .316 .753 -15 .000 -3.2 -0.3 .176 .000 .000
1941 23 WSH AL 581 394 83 5.6 102 .318 .299 .269 .352 .345 .443 .397 .794 .742 113 .579 8.6 0.8 .734 .235 .143 9.0
1942 24 WSH AL 685 469 83 4.8 94 .290 .271 .264 .337 .339 .388 .370 .725 .709 104 .565 3.0 0.3 .690 .243 .118 13.2
1943 25 WSH AL 638 431 76 4.8 84 .287 .268 .252 .357 .325 .387 .347 .744 .672 121 .606 16.3 1.8 .726 .269 .119 10.8
1946 28 WSH AL 637 404 118 7.8 91 .386 .353 .257 .403 .330 .508 .369 .910 .699 160 .760 46.3 4.7 .873 .245 .155 10.2
1947 29 WSH AL 652 468 72 4.1 94 .276 .265 .259 .320 .339 .388 .373 .709 .711 99 .492 -3.3 -0.3 .606 .205 .123 8.8
1948 30 WSH AL 619 457 56 3.3 103 .258 .242 .269 .310 .354 .332 .389 .641 .743 73 .347 -22.7 -2.2 .541 .194 .090 5.0
1949 31 CLE AL 659 444 91 5.4 105 .295 .291 .268 .357 .360 .443 .390 .801 .750 113 .579 8.3 0.8 .748 .255 .152 12.0
1950 32 TOT AL 489 310 66 5.6 109 .293 .281 .272 .379 .359 .400 .408 .779 .767 104 .559 4.3 0.4 .789 .285 .120 8.5
1950 32 CLE AL 105 76 5 1.7 110 .213 .189 .274 .284 .360 .189 .410 .473 .770 25 .128 -9.9 -1.0 .425 .156 .000 .0
1950 32 WSH AL 384 234 61 6.9 109 .315 .306 .272 .404 .358 .459 .408 .863 .766 125 .647 14.2 1.3 .905 .321 .153 7.2
1951 33 WSH AL 604 404 81 5.4 100 .307 .293 .265 .358 .346 .423 .389 .781 .735 112 .581 8.8 0.9 .712 .229 .130 7.9
1952 34 WSH AL 664 449 78 4.7 94 .270 .251 .257 .353 .336 .394 .375 .746 .710 110 .556 9.6 1.0 .705 .299 .142 8.2
1953 35 WSH AL 679 428 124 7.8 100 .354 .337 .266 .403 .342 .518 .392 .921 .733 150 .735 42.9 4.2 .896 .281 .181 6.3
1954 36 WSH AL 674 448 103 6.2 95 .293 .290 .259 .357 .334 .492 .379 .850 .713 137 .663 28.0 2.8 .815 .300 .203 1.9
1955 37 WSH AL 627 409 93 6.1 99 .307 .301 .262 .384 .341 .452 .390 .835 .730 129 .628 23.4 2.3 .796 .281 .151 .0
1956 38 BOS AL 471 294 84 7.6 116 .314 .310 .281 .403 .365 .511 .429 .914 .794 130 .700 18.9 1.8 .934 .345 .201 1.9
1957 39 BOS AL 318 216 38 4.8 104 .253 .241 .270 .350 .343 .393 .408 .743 .751 98 .537 0.6 0.1 .710 .304 .152 .0
1958 40 CLE AL 404 266 58 5.8 97 .328 .293 .260 .372 .329 .439 .396 .812 .725 124 .636 13.1 1.3 .753 .259 .146 .0
1959 41 MLN NL 99 73 9 3.3 97 .250 .220 .259 .283 .324 .363 .401 .645 .725 78 .351 -2.8 -0.3 .562 .220 .143 .0
1960 42 PIT NL 9 7 0 0.0 100 .125 .125 .264 .222 .330 .125 .406 .347 .736 -2 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .286 .125 .000
20 Yrs 9838 6608 1344 5.4 99 .301 .286 .264 .359 .342 .428 .386 .787 .729 116 .595 189.9 19.1 .736 .257 .143 152.5
162 Game Avg. 662 444 90 5.4 99 .301 .286 .264 .359 .342 .428 .386 .787 .729 116 .595 13 1 .736 .257 .143 10
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
WSH (14 yrs) 7773 5232 1059 5.4 97 .304 .288 .263 .358 .340 .428 .381 .785 .722 117 .597 162.8 16.4 .732 .253 .140 123.0
CLE (3 yrs) 1168 786 154 5.2 103 .298 .283 .266 .356 .349 .420 .394 .776 .743 109 .566 11.5 1.2 .719 .248 .137 15.5
BOS (2 yrs) 789 510 122 6.4 111 .290 .282 .277 .382 .356 .464 .420 .845 .777 117 .645 19.5 1.9 .839 .328 .181 1.9
PIT (1 yr) 9 7 0 0.0 100 .125 .125 .264 .222 .330 .125 .406 .347 .736 -2 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .286 .125 .000
MLN (1 yr) 99 73 9 3.3 97 .250 .220 .259 .283 .324 .363 .401 .645 .725 78 .350 -2.8 -0.3 .562 .220 .143 .0
AL (18 yrs) 9730 6528 1335 5.5 99 .302 .287 .264 .360 .343 .429 .386 .789 .729 116 .597 193.8 19.5 .739 .258 .143 151.3
NL (2 yrs) 108 80 9 3.0 97 .237 .212 .260 .278 .324 .343 .402 .621 .726 71 .315 -4.0 -0.4 .538 .212 .131 .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
1946 WSH AL 28 as 1B 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 WSH AL 30 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 WSH AL 35 as 1B 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 WSH AL 36 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 WSH AL 37 as 1B 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .200 .333 .200 .533 1 0 0 0 0 0
1956 BOS AL 38 as 1B 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 CLE AL 40 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs (7 GP) 16 14 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 5 .143 .250 .143 .393 2 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 GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1939 21 WSH AL 310 0.3% 9.0% 7.7% 6.5% 28% 1.17 9.9 276.0 9.2 80%
1940 22 WSH AL 19 0.0% 15.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 6.3 84%
1941 23 WSH AL 581 1.6% 8.8% 7.4% 8.1% 30% 1.19 10.4 59.0 5.7 81%
1942 24 WSH AL 685 1.3% 9.2% 8.6% 7.2% 29% 1.07 9.9 69.0 7.2 80%
1943 25 WSH AL 638 1.1% 8.6% 10.5% 6.9% 30% 0.82 10.1 79.0 7.9 77%
1946 28 WSH AL 637 1.3% 10.1% 7.7% 10.5% 32% 1.31 9.2 73.4 6.9 81%
1947 29 WSH AL 652 1.1% 6.4% 7.5% 7.4% 30% 0.86 14.3 85.7 7.1 85%
1948 30 WSH AL 619 0.5% 7.0% 8.7% 6.0% 27% 0.80 13.0 186.0 11.6 1.12 83%
1949 31 CLE AL 659 2.7% 7.7% 8.8% 7.4% 29% 0.88 11.5 32.4 7.0 0.91 78%
1950 32 TOT AL 489 1.8% 8.0% 12.7% 5.9% 25% 0.63 10.7 46.3 5.6 0.92 75%
1950 32 CLE AL 105 0.0% 9.5% 11.4% 0.0% 0% 0.83 9.0 9.0 1.18 76%
1950 32 WSH AL 384 2.3% 7.6% 13.0% 7.6% 29% 0.58 11.3 36.3 5.0 0.85 75%
1951 33 WSH AL 604 1.5% 7.5% 8.8% 7.6% 29% 0.85 12.1 60.7 6.3 0.91 81%
1952 34 WSH AL 664 1.5% 9.9% 13.4% 7.8% 36% 0.74 8.6 56.9 7.1 0.90 74%
1953 35 WSH AL 679 2.2% 8.4% 9.3% 10.2% 34% 0.90 10.7 40.5 5.3 0.86 79%
1954 36 WSH AL 674 3.0% 9.1% 9.1% 9.9% 39% 1.00 9.8 29.9 6.2 0.71 77%
1955 37 WSH AL 627 2.2% 8.0% 11.8% 7.2% 28% 0.68 10.8 38.4 6.3 1.03 77%
1956 38 BOS AL 471 3.2% 8.5% 12.1% 10.0% 38% 0.70 10.1 26.9 4.8 0.88 74%
1957 39 BOS AL 318 2.2% 11.0% 12.9% 8.2% 40% 0.85 7.7 38.6 7.1 0.80 72%
1958 40 CLE AL 404 2.0% 13.9% 10.9% 8.2% 32% 1.27 6.3 44.4 6.5 0.96 73%
1959 41 MLN NL 99 3.0% 20.2% 7.1% 7.1% 35% 2.86 4.6 30.3 6.5 1.04 69%
1960 42 PIT NL 9 0.0% 0.0% 11.1% 0.0% 0% 0.00 8.0 5.00 89%
20 Yrs 9838 1.8% 8.8% 9.7% 8.0% 31% 0.91 10.0 50.8 6.7 0.91 78%
MLB Averages 1.8% 10.4% 9.2% 6.3% 27% 1.13 8.5 49.8 8.3 0.98 77%
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
1939 21 WSH AL -9.2 -0.9 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1940 22 WSH AL -3.2 -0.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1941 23 WSH AL 8.6 0.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1942 24 WSH AL 3.0 0.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1943 25 WSH AL 16.3 1.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 28 WSH AL 46.3 4.7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 29 WSH AL -3.3 -0.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 30 WSH AL -22.7 -2.2 580 -3.2 8.3 -11.5 1.05 -1.9 -1.2 -26.2 -2.6 0.96 -22.3 3.49 1
1949 31 CLE AL 8.3 0.8 683 2.6 14.5 -11.8 1.07 1.6 0.8 22.4 2.2 0.94 19.4 0
1950 32 TOT AL 4.1 0.4 478 0.8 9.0 -8.2 1.10 0.7 -0.0 12.1 1.2 0.99 9.1 1.78 7
1950 32 CLE AL -10.0 -1.0 108 -0.4 1.4 -1.8 1.05 -0.4 0.0 -2.1 -0.2 0.93 -4.2 2.61 3
1950 32 WSH AL 14.2 1.3 370 1.2 7.6 -6.4 1.11 1.1 -0.1 14.2 1.4 1.01 13.4 1.16 4
1951 33 WSH AL 8.8 0.9 579 1.1 11.4 -10.3 1.07 1.1 -0.0 14.6 1.5 1.00 8.9 2.25 3
1952 34 WSH AL 9.6 1.0 681 1.5 13.9 -12.4 1.15 1.5 -0.2 22.1 2.3 1.02 17.4 1.13 0
1953 35 WSH AL 42.1 4.2 696 4.5 15.7 -11.2 1.01 3.8 0.7 54.5 5.4 0.99 40.5 0
1954 36 WSH AL 28.8 2.9 686 4.7 16.6 -12.0 1.12 3.7 0.5 42.8 4.4 0.98 41.5 1.61 3
1955 37 WSH AL 22.6 2.2 634 1.9 11.9 -10.1 1.00 1.9 -0.0 26.6 2.7 0.97 22.7 2.14 7
1956 38 BOS AL 18.5 1.8 466 2.8 11.1 -8.3 1.12 2.2 0.3 24.3 2.2 1.03 27.2 2.31 10
1957 39 BOS AL 0.6 0.1 320 1.1 6.9 -5.8 1.09 0.7 0.3 8.1 0.8 1.00 7.6 1.90 22
1958 40 CLE AL 13.1 1.3 412 2.3 8.9 -6.6 1.03 1.9 0.3 20.8 2.1 0.97 16.8 1.90 24
1959 41 MLN NL -3.0 -0.3 100 -0.1 2.4 -2.4 1.40 0.0 -0.0 0.4 0.0 1.03 -0.1 1.43 57
1960 42 PIT NL -1.1 -0.1 9 -0.1 0.2 -0.2 1.69 -0.0 -0.0 0.4 0.0 0.85 -0.1 1.69 8
20 Yrs 188.3 18.9 6324 19.9 130.8 -110.9 1.08 17.1 1.3 222.9 22.2 0.99 188.6 1.75 142
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
1948 30 WSH AL 7 0 40% 219 15 11 58% 10 10 1 0 2 2 2 0 5 7 53% 29 18 9 6 1 5 23 6 17
1949 31 CLE AL 11 0 26% 266 9 7 56% 7 7 2 0 0 0 5 0 12 7 43% 31 22 8 4 3 1 25 8 17
1950 32 TOT AL 5 0 26% 206 8 1 89% 8 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 6 54% 28 16 11 4 2 2 16 2 13
1950 32 CLE AL 4 0 28% 45 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 57% 6 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 1
1950 32 WSH AL 1 0 26% 161 6 1 86% 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 3 54% 22 13 8 4 2 2 15 2 12
1951 33 WSH AL 8 0 29% 213 7 6 54% 5 6 1 0 0 0 2 0 8 8 32% 32 21 10 12 8 3 10 4 4
1952 34 WSH AL 5 0 28% 262 7 7 50% 6 7 1 0 0 0 3 0 13 6 38% 54 36 16 10 5 4 25 11 14
1953 35 WSH AL 6 0 34% 292 4 6 40% 3 5 1 1 0 0 3 0 11 10 48% 48 34 14 7 3 4 33 8 24
1954 36 WSH AL 7 0 32% 284 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 14 39% 41 31 8 11 6 4 28 7 19
1955 37 WSH AL 7 0 27% 260 0 4 0% 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 9 46% 37 22 12 11 8 2 18 2 16
1956 38 BOS AL 6 0 30% 187 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 13 46% 36 26 9 5 2 3 20 3 16
1957 39 BOS AL 5 0 28% 117 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 26% 22 18 3 5 4 1 11 4 6
1958 40 CLE AL 4 0 29% 172 0 4 0% 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 6 23% 16 13 2 4 3 1 15 7 5
1959 41 MLN NL 1 0 20% 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 14% 5 4 1 0 0 0 2 2 0
1960 42 PIT NL 1 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Yrs 73 0 31% 2507 137 90 60% 41 50 6 1 2 3 18 0 97 96 42% 379 261 103 79 45 30 226 64 151

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 30 WSH AL 619 68% 135 1 0 0 0 3.49 3 0 7 3 0 0 3 0 3 6 200% 106 17 16% 68 23 34% 336 42 13% 34 18 53% 19 6 32% 0
1949 31 CLE AL 659 60% 170 0 0 0 0 18 0 14 12 6 11 7 0 17 15 88% 155 8 5% 59 24 41% 418 67 16% 40 22 55% 24 16 67% 0
1950 32 TOT AL 489 64% 117 7 0 0 1 1.78 9 0 12 5 4 1 8 0 6 6 100% 99 3 3% 52 23 44% 343 64 19% 42 30 71% 16 10 63% 0
1950 32 CLE AL 105 49% 17 3 0 0 1 2.61 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 21 0 0% 13 7 54% 65 12 18% 8 7 88% 1 1 100% 0
1950 32 WSH AL 384 69% 100 4 0 0 0 1.16 9 0 11 5 4 1 8 0 3 3 100% 78 3 4% 39 16 41% 278 52 19% 34 23 68% 15 9 60% 0
1951 33 WSH AL 604 63% 160 3 3 0 1 2.25 9 0 13 7 1 2 7 0 3 1 33% 107 11 10% 39 18 46% 419 74 18% 37 19 51% 16 11 69% 0
1952 34 WSH AL 664 60% 143 0 0 0 0 1.13 10 0 19 5 5 5 5 0 6 5 83% 141 11 8% 58 27 47% 457 73 16% 43 24 56% 25 19 76% 0
1953 35 WSH AL 679 69% 205 0 0 0 0 15 0 18 13 2 3 12 0 5 4 80% 180 15 8% 64 26 41% 521 106 20% 55 34 62% 33 24 73% 0
1954 36 WSH AL 674 71% 173 3 2 0 1 1.61 20 0 18 18 2 8 12 0 5 4 80% 180 10 6% 73 26 36% 448 81 18% 55 28 51% 30 21 70% 0
1955 37 WSH AL 627 74% 162 7 2 0 1 2.14 14 1 16 11 3 3 11 0 5 4 80% 151 17 11% 55 22 40% 433 73 17% 37 20 54% 23 12 52% 0
1956 38 BOS AL 471 86% 125 10 4 0 2 2.31 15 0 21 14 0 7 8 0 5 2 40% 118 12 10% 53 12 23% 380 70 18% 35 18 51% 26 11 42% 0
1957 39 BOS AL 318 91% 65 22 6 1 3 1.90 7 0 8 6 0 2 5 0 2 1 50% 69 9 13% 27 10 37% 232 34 15% 19 6 32% 15 11 73% 0
1958 40 CLE AL 404 85% 104 24 7 0 4 1.90 8 1 10 6 2 3 5 0 1 1 100% 93 8 9% 42 12 29% 249 47 19% 15 9 60% 15 6 40% 0
1959 41 MLN NL 99 98% 20 57 13 2 7 1.43 3 0 4 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 17 2 12% 10 1 10% 72 12 17% 5 3 60% 5 2 40% 0
1960 42 PIT NL 9 100% 1 8 1 0 1 1.69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 3 1 33% 0 0 0 0 0
20 Yrs 6316 71% 2495 142 38 3 21 1.75 172 2 160 103 25 47 84 0 58 80 138% 1417 183 13% 600 224 37% 4311 744 17% 417 231 55% 247 149 60% 0
MLB Averages 50% 164% 19% 32% 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
1939 21 76 310 276 23 71 15 4 1 30 1 1 24 28 .257 .317 .351 .668 77 97 5 0 9
1940 22 81 329 295 23 74 15 4 1 30 1 1 24 31 .251 .307 .339 .646 71 100 6 0 9
1941 23 219 910 826 96 233 42 15 10 123 10 4 67 82 .282 .336 .406 .742 98 335 18 0 16
1942 24 370 1595 1447 172 401 76 21 19 209 35 10 126 145 .277 .336 .398 .734 101 576 26 3 18
1943 25 515 2233 2000 261 549 105 29 26 279 59 18 193 200 .275 .342 .395 .737 106 790 36 13 26
1944 26 515 2233 2000 261 549 105 29 26 279 59 18 193 200 .275 .342 .395 .737 106 790 36 13 26
1945 27 515 2233 2000 261 549 105 29 26 279 59 18 193 200 .275 .342 .395 .737 106 790 36 13 26
1946 28 663 2870 2587 349 756 156 37 34 364 73 28 242 264 .292 .356 .421 .776 118 1088 48 13 28
1947 29 817 3522 3187 426 915 185 49 41 449 85 40 291 306 .287 .349 .414 .764 114 1321 60 13 31
1948 30 967 4141 3745 504 1050 212 56 44 497 100 51 345 349 .280 .343 .402 .745 108 1506 77 14 37
1949 31 1120 4800 4329 576 1220 239 60 62 580 109 58 403 400 .282 .345 .408 .753 109 1765 85 16 52
1950 32 1238 5289 4746 631 1337 256 63 71 655 117 59 465 439 .282 .348 .407 .755 108 1932 88 20 58
1951 33 1379 5893 5292 700 1497 286 70 80 742 124 65 518 484 .283 .349 .409 .758 109 2163 99 22 59
1952 34 1533 6557 5861 771 1640 319 79 90 822 131 72 607 550 .280 .350 .407 .757 109 2387 110 22 64
1953 35 1685 7236 6469 872 1845 362 90 105 937 135 78 670 607 .285 .355 .418 .772 113 2702 125 26 68
1954 36 1836 7910 7066 962 2018 395 104 125 1034 136 82 731 668 .286 .355 .424 .779 115 2996 135 31 72 6
1955 37 1986 8537 7604 1036 2180 418 112 139 1119 136 86 805 718 .287 .357 .426 .783 116 3239 152 34 76 14 9
1956 38 2105 9008 8007 1103 2305 446 116 154 1203 137 86 862 758 .288 .359 .430 .790 117 3445 164 41 78 16 15
1957 39 2207 9326 8277 1139 2370 464 117 161 1241 137 86 903 793 .286 .359 .429 .788 116 3551 173 46 79 17 17
1958 40 2326 9730 8632 1188 2474 486 120 169 1296 137 90 947 849 .287 .360 .429 .789 116 3707 181 48 80 19 20
1959 41 2400 9829 8723 1196 2494 490 120 172 1310 137 90 954 869 .286 .359 .429 .788 116 3740 183 49 80 19 21
1960 42 2409 9838 8731 1196 2495 490 120 172 1311 137 90 955 869 .286 .359 .428 .787 116 3741 183 49 80 19 22

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
1939 21 80 320 287 22 71 15 4 1 29 1 24 29 .247 .305 .338 .643 29 76
1940 22 5 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
1941 23 143 600 549 74 163 28 11 9 95 9 44 53 .297 .349 .437 .786 84 138
1942 24 160 732 663 84 183 37 7 10 95 27 64 67 .276 .342 .398 .741 89 151
1943 25 153 697 599 111 173 34 9 8 87 28 78 58 .289 .382 .416 .797 93 145
1946 28 155 692 634 107 237 58 9 9 103 16 56 67 .374 .425 .536 .961 145 148
1947 29 160 690 633 88 175 32 13 8 97 13 54 44 .276 .333 .406 .739 85 154
1948 30 157 642 580 78 138 28 7 3 48 15 55 45 .238 .305 .326 .631 57 150
1949 31 160 684 607 73 174 28 4 18 84 9 59 53 .287 .352 .435 .787 93 153
1950 32 123 505 432 53 118 17 3 9 72 8 63 41 .273 .371 .389 .760 62 118
1951 33 148 630 572 71 166 31 7 9 89 7 55 47 .290 .355 .416 .771 84 141
1952 34 161 705 602 81 157 36 10 11 91 8 98 69 .261 .364 .409 .773 90 154
1953 35 159 714 639 108 218 46 12 16 123 4 67 60 .341 .407 .526 .933 135 152
1954 36 158 720 636 104 193 37 16 22 112 1 68 64 .303 .373 .516 .889 121 151
1955 37 157 660 566 80 173 25 9 15 92 0 79 52 .306 .389 .461 .850 101 150
1956 38 124 474 409 59 118 26 4 14 74 1 54 42 .289 .379 .474 .854 72 119
1957 39 107 334 284 38 68 19 1 7 40 0 43 37 .239 .348 .387 .736 38 102
1958 40 124 428 375 55 113 24 3 9 62 0 48 59 .301 .382 .453 .835 65 119
1959 41 77 105 96 9 22 4 0 3 16 0 8 21 .229 .295 .365 .660 10 74
1960 42 9 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .111 .000 .111 0 9
20 Yrs 2520 10361 9191 1295 2660 525 129 181 1409 147 1018 911 .289 .363 .434 .797 1453 2409
162 Game Avg. 162 666 591 83 171 34 8 12 91 9 65 59 .289 .363 .434 .797 93 2409
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 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
1966 BBWAA ( 6.6%)
1967 BBWAA ( 4.8%)
1967 Run Off ( 0.7%)
1968 BBWAA ( 7.8%)
1969 BBWAA ( 6.2%)
1970 BBWAA ( 3.3%)
1971 BBWAA ( 3.3%)
1972 BBWAA ( 3.0%)
1973 BBWAA ( 6.1%)
1974 BBWAA ( 7.4%)
1975 BBWAA ( 6.1%)
1976 BBWAA (13.4%)
1977 BBWAA (13.6%)
1978 BBWAA (17.4%)
1979 BBWAA (20.4%)
1980 BBWAA (24.9%)

All-Star Games
1946 (1B)
1948 *
1953 (1B)
1954 *
1955 (1B)
1956 (1B)
1958 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1946 AL (5, 40%)
1953 AL (3, 48%)
1954 AL (9, 9%)
1955 AL (23, 1%)
1956 AL (21, 4%)
1.02 Career Shares (233rd)

Wins Above Replacements c a p y
1946 AL  5.2 (10th)
1953 AL  5.1 (5th)

WAR Position Playerss c a p y
1946 AL  5.2 (7th)
1953 AL  5.1 (3rd)

Offensive WARs c a p y
1946 AL  5.4 (4th)
1953 AL  4.8 (4th)
1954 AL  3.7 (10th)

Defensive WARs c a p y
1949 AL  1.1 (10th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1946 AL  .353 (1st)
1953 AL  .337 (1st)
1955 AL  .301 (8th)
1956 AL  .310 (10th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1946 AL  .403 (3rd)
1953 AL  .403 (6th)
1955 AL  .384 (7th)
1956 AL  .403 (9th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1946 AL  .508 (6th)
1953 AL  .518 (5th)
1954 AL  .492 (5th)
1956 AL  .511 (9th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1946 AL  .910 (4th)
1953 AL  .921 (2nd)
1954 AL  .850 (8th)
1955 AL  .835 (8th)
1956 AL  .914 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
1942 AL  151 (8th)
1947 AL  154 (5th)
1948 AL  150 (9th)
1949 AL  153 (6th)
1952 AL  154 (3rd)
1953 AL  152 (8th)
1954 AL  151 (9th)
1955 AL  150 (7th)
Career  2,409 (78th)

At Bats s c a p y
1942 AL  621 (5th)
1946 AL  587 (2nd)
1947 AL  600 (3rd)
1949 AL  584 (10th)
1952 AL  569 (10th)
1953 AL  608 (5th)
1954 AL  597 (5th)
Career  8,731 (84th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1942 AL  685 (5th)
1947 AL  652 (7th)
1952 AL  664 (9th)
1953 AL  679 (6th)
1954 AL  674 (7th)
Career  9,838 (86th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1943 AL  89 (5th)
1946 AL  88 (8th)
1953 AL  101 (5th)
Career  1,196 (172nd)

Hits s c a p y
1942 AL  168 (10th)
1946 AL  207 (2nd)
1947 AL  159 (8th)
1953 AL  205 (2nd)
1954 AL  173 (7th)
1955 AL  162 (8th)
Career  2,495 (95th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1946 AL  298 (3rd)
1947 AL  233 (9th)
1949 AL  259 (7th)
1953 AL  315 (2nd)
1954 AL  294 (2nd)
Career  3,741 (114th)

Doubles s c a p y
1942 AL  34 (7th)
1946 AL  51 (1st)
1947 AL  29 (5th)
1949 AL  27 (9th)
1951 AL  30 (9th)
1952 AL  33 (3rd)
1953 AL  43 (1st)
1954 AL  33 (1st)
1956 AL  28 (8th)
Career  490 (63rd)

Triples s c a p y
1941 AL  11 (4th)
1943 AL  8 (7th)
1946 AL  8 (8th)
1947 AL  12 (2nd)
1951 AL  7 (7th)
1952 AL  9 (5th)
1953 AL  11 (2nd)
1954 AL  14 (3rd)
1955 AL  8 (4th)
Career  120 (97th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1954 AL  20 (8th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1942 AL  86 (9th)
1946 AL  85 (8th)
1947 AL  85 (10th)
1951 AL  87 (9th)
1952 AL  80 (10th)
1953 AL  115 (2nd)
1954 AL  97 (8th)
1955 AL  85 (8th)
Career  1,311 (97th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1952 AL  89 (6th)
Career  955 (137th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1942 AL  63 (6th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1942 AL  25 (2nd)
1943 AL  24 (5th)
1946 AL  14 (4th)
1947 AL  12 (3rd)
1948 AL  15 (3rd)
1949 AL  9 (8th)
1950 AL  8 (6th)

Singles s c a p y
1946 AL  140 (3rd)
1953 AL  136 (4th)
Career  1,713 (110th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1946 AL  160 (3rd)
1953 AL  149 (2nd)
1954 AL  138 (6th)
1955 AL  128 (7th)
1956 AL  129 (10th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1946 AL  118 (2nd)
1953 AL  124 (2nd)
1954 AL  103 (6th)
1955 AL  93 (9th)
Career  1,344 (129th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1946 AL  46 (2nd)
1953 AL  42 (2nd)
1954 AL  29 (6th)
1955 AL  23 (6th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1946 AL  4.7 (2nd)
1953 AL  4.2 (2nd)
1954 AL  2.9 (6th)
1955 AL  2.2 (6th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1946 AL  67 (5th)
1947 AL  48 (10th)
1949 AL  49 (10th)
1952 AL  52 (7th)
1953 AL  69 (2nd)
1954 AL  67 (1st)
Career  782 (119th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1946 AL  256 (4th)
1953 AL  272 (3rd)
1954 AL  239 (10th)
1955 AL  239 (8th)
Career  3,499 (96th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1946 AL  .760 (3rd)
1953 AL  .735 (2nd)
1954 AL  .663 (10th)
1955 AL  .628 (9th)
1956 AL  .700 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1943 AL  10 (1st)
1954 AL  5 (7th)
1956 AL  7 (9th)
1957 AL  5 (8th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1949 AL  15 (4th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1955 AL  8 (2nd)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1955 AL  9 (4th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1953 AL  15 (9th)
1955 AL  17 (6th)
Career  183 (138th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1943 AL  8 (9th)
1946 AL  10 (2nd)
1947 AL  12 (3rd)
1948 AL  11 (2nd)
1949 AL  7 (6th)
Career  90 (166th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1942 AL  13.2 (4th)
1943 AL  10.8 (2nd)
1946 AL  10.2 (2nd)
1947 AL  8.8 (7th)
1949 AL  12.0 (2nd)
1950 AL  8.5 (8th)
1952 AL  8.2 (10th)
Career  152.5 (166th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1942 AL  469 (6th)
1947 AL  468 (3rd)
1948 AL  457 (6th)
1949 AL  444 (8th)
1952 AL  449 (10th)
1954 AL  448 (6th)
Career  6,608 (79th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)s c a p y
1953 AL  54.48 (3rd)
1954 AL  42.77 (8th)
1955 AL  26.58 (9th)
Career  222.86 (185th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)s c a p y
1949 AL  2.6 (9th)
1953 AL  4.5 (4th)
1954 AL  4.7 (7th)
Career  19.9 (177th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)s c a p y
1953 AL  3.8 (3rd)
1954 AL  3.7 (7th)
Career  17.1 (220th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)s c a p y
1953 AL  5.4 (3rd)
1954 AL  4.4 (6th)
1955 AL  2.6 (9th)
Career  22.2 (181st)

Oldest s c a p y
1956 AL  born 1918-04-22 (7th)
1957 AL  born 1918-04-22 (6th)
1958 AL  born 1918-04-22 (5th)
1959 NL  born 1918-04-22 (5th)
1960 NL  born 1918-04-22 (1st)

Youngest s c a p y
1939 AL  born 1918-04-22 (10th)

                           

Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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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Black InkBatting - 14 (170), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 149 (88), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 72 (264), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 33 (240), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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