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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 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Senators/Indians/RedSox/Braves/Pirates 1939-1960

Final Game: September 27, 1960 (Age 42)
Died: September 24, 2008 in Media, PA
Buried: Lawn Croft Cemetery, Linwood, PA
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 15, 2013 2:17AM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #154. Sherry Magee… #155. Barry Larkin… #156. Bill Dahlen… #157. MICKEY VERNON… #158. Ozzie Smith… #159. Jeff Kent… #160. Kiki Cuyler… 

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
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 (v2.2): 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 11 -5 -0.4 .481 .491 -0.2 -0.6 -2 3
1940 22 WSH AL 5 19 -3 0 0 0 -0 -3 -0.3 1 -3 -0.3 .435 .498 -0.3 -0.0 -3 /3
1941 23 WSH AL 138 581 9 1 0 -7 -6 -3 -0.2 20 17 1.7 .498 .498 2.4 -1.3 24 *3
1942 24 WSH AL 151 685 3 3 0 -11 -7 -12 -1.2 19 7 0.6 .492 .492 1.8 -1.9 18 *3
1943 25 WSH AL 145 638 15 2 0 -6 -7 5 0.6 18 23 2.4 .504 .504 3.1 -1.5 29 *3
1946 28 WSH AL 148 637 42 -0 0 -2 -7 33 3.6 19 53 5.5 .525 .522 5.8 -1.0 55 $9,000 *3 AS,MVP-5
1947 29 WSH AL 154 652 -2 -2 0 -6 -7 -16 -1.9 19 3 0.1 .488 .489 0.8 -1.5 9 *3
1948 30 WSH AL 150 619 -22 1 -0 3 -7 -25 -2.5 18 -7 -0.8 .483 .484 -1.1 -0.4 -10 *3 AS
1949 31 CLE AL 153 659 9 -3 1 18 -7 18 1.9 19 37 3.7 .512 .511 1.9 1.1 19 *3
1950 32 CLE AL 28 105 -10 1 1 2 -1 -7 -0.6 3 -4 -0.3 .476 .496 -0.5 0.1 -6 3
1950 32 WSH AL 90 384 14 -0 2 0 -4 12 1.2 12 24 2.3 .512 .507 2.2 -0.3 24 3
1951 33 WSH AL 141 604 9 -0 0 0 -6 2 0.2 19 21 2.1 .502 .502 2.0 -0.6 21 *3
1952 34 WSH AL 154 664 9 -2 1 0 -7 1 0.1 20 21 2.1 .501 .501 2.1 -0.8 21 *3
1953 35 WSH AL 152 679 39 -3 -0 3 -7 31 3.3 20 51 5.3 .521 .520 5.0 -0.4 48 *3 AS,MVP-3
1954 36 WSH AL 151 674 27 -3 2 -3 -7 16 1.6 20 36 3.7 .511 .510 4.1 -1.2 39 *3 AS,MVP-9
1955 37 WSH AL 150 627 19 -2 -1 -7 -7 3 0.4 19 22 2.4 .502 .502 3.0 -1.3 29 *3 AS,MVP-23
1956 38 BOS AL 119 471 17 -0 -0 -3 -5 9 0.9 14 23 2.3 .507 .506 2.5 -0.8 26 *3 AS,MVP-21
1957 39 BOS AL 102 318 1 -1 0 3 -4 0 -0.0 10 10 0.9 .500 .500 0.6 -0.1 7 3
1958 40 CLE AL 119 404 11 -3 1 -4 -5 0 -0.1 12 13 1.2 .500 .500 1.7 -1.0 17 3 AS
1959 41 MLN NL 74 99 -3 -0 0 1 -1 -3 -0.3 4 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 177 -11 6 -22 -105 46 5.0 298 344 34.6 .502 .501 36.6 -13.3 366 $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 152 -5 3 -39 -82 29 3.3 235 264 26.7 .502 .501 30.5 -12.7 302 $9,000
CLE (3 yrs) 300 1168 11 -5 3 16 -13 12 1.1 35 46 4.6 .504 .502 3.0 0.2 30
BOS (2 yrs) 221 789 18 -1 -0 0 -9 9 0.9 24 33 3.3 .504 .503 3.2 -0.8 33
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 4 1 0.1 .496 .498 0.0 0.1 0

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1939 WSH AL 21 1B 75 75 73 741 690 40 11 75 .985 9.73 .990 9.64
1940 WSH AL 22 1B 4 4 4 43 41 2 0 5 1.000 10.75 .989 9.80
1941 WSH AL 23 1B 132 132 132 1276 1186 80 10 122 .992 9.59 .990 9.92
1942 WSH AL 24 1B 151 151 151 1481 1360 95 26 109 .982 9.64 .989 10.08
1943 WSH AL 25 1B 143 143 139 1440 1351 75 14 125 .990 9.97 .991 10.05
1946 WSH AL 28 1B 147 146 145 1436 1320 101 15 133 .990 9.67 .989 9.58 AS,MVP-5
1947 WSH AL 29 1B 154 154 154 1423 1299 105 19 123 .987 9.12 .990 9.64
1948 WSH AL 30 1B 150 149 148 1425 1297 113 15 128 .989 9.40 .991 9.69 AS
1949 CLE AL 31 1B 153 148 147 1607 1438 155 14 168 .991 10.41 .989 9.77
1950 TOT AL 32 1B 110 108 107 941.2 1046 959 78 9 121 .991 9.91 9.43 .989 9.54 9.37
1950 CLE AL 32 1B 25 23 23 200.0 234 216 17 1 28 .996 10.48 9.32 .989 9.54 9.37
1950 WSH AL 32 1B 85 85 84 741.2 812 743 61 8 93 .990 9.76 9.46 .989 9.54 9.37
1951 WSH AL 33 1B 137 136 135 1207.1 1252 1157 87 8 121 .994 9.27 9.08 .990 9.70 9.66
1952 WSH AL 34 1B 153 153 152 1391.1 1416 1291 115 10 139 .993 9.09 9.19 .988 9.63 9.62
1953 WSH AL 35 1B 152 152 152 1344.1 1482 1376 94 12 158 .992 3 3 9.84 9.67 .989 9.72 9.66 AS,MVP-3
1954 WSH AL 36 1B 148 148 146 1318.1 1452 1365 76 11 144 .992 -3 -3 9.84 9.74 .990 9.60 9.53 AS,MVP-9
1955 WSH AL 37 1B 144 141 135 1228.1 1335 1258 69 8 137 .994 -7 -6 9.72 9.22 .991 9.63 9.54 AS,MVP-23
1956 BOS AL 38 1B 108 102 89 898.2 999 930 58 11 96 .989 -3 -4 9.89 9.15 .990 9.43 9.35 AS,MVP-21
1957 BOS AL 39 1B 70 68 51 575.2 719 662 51 6 47 .992 3 6 11.15 10.19 .992 9.67 9.70
1958 CLE AL 40 1B 96 87 75 781.0 835 774 50 11 90 .987 -4 -6 9.50 8.58 .991 9.60 9.50 AS
1959 MLN NL 41 1B 10 4 4 56.2 59 54 4 1 3 .983 0 6 9.21 5.80 .988 9.59 9.48
1959 MLN NL 41 OF 4 3 0 22.1 12 11 0 1 0 .917 1 38 4.43 2.75 .977 2.22 2.20
1959 MLN NL 41 LF 2 2 0 11.1 8 7 0 1 0 .875 1 106 5.56 3.50 .971 2.06 2.00
1959 MLN NL 41 RF 2 1 0 11.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -33 3.27 2.00 .978 1.96 1.95
19 Seasons 1B 2237 2201 2139 9743.1 21467 19808 1448 211 2044 .990 -10 -1 9.71 9.50 .990 9.62 9.68
1 Season OF 4 3 0 22.1 12 11 0 1 0 .917 1 38 4.43 2.75 .977 2.22 2.20
1 Season LF 2 2 0 11.1 8 7 0 1 0 .875 1 106 5.56 3.50 .971 2.06 2.00
1 Season RF 2 1 0 11.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -33 3.27 2.00 .978 1.96 1.95
20 Seasons TOT 2241 2204 2139 9765.2 21479 19819 1448 212 2044 .990 -10 -1 9.69 9.49 .990 9.60 9.66
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1946 AL batting_title
1953 AL batting_title

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 (237th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1953 AL  5.4 (5th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1946 AL  5.5 (7th)
1953 AL  5.4 (3rd)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1946 AL  5.8 (4th)
1953 AL  5.0 (4th)
1954 AL  4.1 (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 (85th)

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 (87th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1943 AL  89 (5th)
1946 AL  88 (8th)
1953 AL  101 (5th)
Career  1,196 (176th)

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 (96th)

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 (117th)

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 (65th)

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 (100th)

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  150 (2nd)
1954 AL  137 (7th)
1955 AL  129 (7th)
1956 AL  130 (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 (132nd)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1946 AL  46 (2nd)
1953 AL  43 (2nd)
1954 AL  28 (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  2.8 (6th)
1955 AL  2.3 (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 (121st)

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 (142nd)

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 (174th)

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 (80th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1953 AL  55.02 (3rd)
1954 AL  42.38 (8th)
1955 AL  27.03 (9th)
Career  232.82 (177th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1946 AL  1.1 (7th)
1949 AL  2.6 (8th)
1953 AL  4.6 (4th)
1954 AL  4.6 (7th)
Career  20.1 (180th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1953 AL  3.8 (3rd)
1954 AL  3.6 (7th)
Career  17.7 (216th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1953 AL  5.5 (3rd)
1954 AL  4.4 (6th)
1955 AL  2.7 (9th)
Career  23.2 (174th)

Putouts† s c a p y
1941 AL  1,186 (3rd)
1942 AL  1,360 (4th)
1943 AL  1,351 (4th)
1946 AL  1,320 (2nd)
1947 AL  1,299 (3rd)
1948 AL  1,297 (2nd)
1949 AL  1,438 (1st)
1951 AL  1,157 (2nd)
1952 AL  1,291 (3rd)
1953 AL  1,376 (1st)
1954 AL  1,365 (1st)
1955 AL  1,258 (2nd)
1956 AL  930 (3rd)
1958 AL  774 (5th)
Career  19,819 (7th)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1941 AL  132 (3rd)
1942 AL  151 (4th)
1946 AL  147 (2nd)
1947 AL  154 (1st)
1948 AL  150 (2nd)
1949 AL  153 (1st)
1951 AL  137 (2nd)
1952 AL  153 (2nd)
1953 AL  152 (2nd)
1954 AL  148 (1st)
1955 AL  144 (1st)
1956 AL  108 (4th)
1958 AL  96 (5th)
Career  2,237 (4th)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1941 AL  1,186 (3rd)
1942 AL  1,360 (4th)
1943 AL  1,351 (4th)
1946 AL  1,320 (2nd)
1947 AL  1,299 (3rd)
1948 AL  1,297 (2nd)
1949 AL  1,438 (1st)
1951 AL  1,157 (2nd)
1952 AL  1,291 (3rd)
1953 AL  1,376 (1st)
1954 AL  1,365 (1st)
1955 AL  1,258 (2nd)
1956 AL  930 (3rd)
1958 AL  774 (4th)
Career  19,808 (7th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1942 AL  95 (5th)
1946 AL  101 (2nd)
1947 AL  105 (3rd)
1948 AL  113 (2nd)
1949 AL  155 (1st)
1950 AL  78 (5th)
1951 AL  87 (3rd)
1952 AL  115 (2nd)
1953 AL  94 (3rd)
1954 AL  76 (2nd)
1955 AL  69 (3rd)
1956 AL  58 (4th)
1957 AL  51 (5th)
Career  1,448 (9th)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1939 AL  11 (2nd)
1941 AL  10 (4th)
1942 AL  26 (1st)
1943 AL  14 (4th)
1946 AL  15 (1st)
1947 AL  19 (1st)
1948 AL  15 (2nd)
1949 AL  14 (4th)
1953 AL  12 (5th)
1954 AL  11 (3rd)
1955 AL  8 (4th)
1956 AL  11 (1st)
1958 AL  11 (2nd)
Career  211 (26th)

Double Plays Turned as 1B s c a p y
1941 AL  122 (1st)
1942 AL  109 (5th)
1943 AL  125 (4th)
1946 AL  133 (2nd)
1947 AL  123 (3rd)
1948 AL  128 (3rd)
1949 AL  168 (2nd)
1950 AL  121 (5th)
1951 AL  121 (3rd)
1952 AL  139 (2nd)
1953 AL  158 (1st)
1954 AL  144 (1st)
1955 AL  137 (2nd)
1956 AL  96 (3rd)
1958 AL  90 (4th)
Career  2,044 (1st)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1953 AL  3 (4th)
1957 AL  3 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
1950 AL  9.91 (3rd)
1953 AL  9.84 (3rd)
1954 AL  9.84 (3rd)
1955 AL  9.72 (4th)
1956 AL  9.89 (1st)
1958 AL  9.50 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1942 AL  9.64 (5th)
1943 AL  9.97 (3rd)
1946 AL  9.67 (2nd)
1948 AL  9.40 (5th)
1949 AL  10.41 (1st)
1950 AL  9.43 (2nd)
1952 AL  9.19 (5th)
1953 AL  9.67 (1st)
1954 AL  9.74 (1st)
1955 AL  9.22 (3rd)
1956 AL  9.15 (2nd)
1958 AL  8.58 (4th)
Career  9.50 (98th)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1941 AL  .992 (4th)
1943 AL  .990 (5th)
1946 AL  .990 (3rd)
1948 AL  .989 (4th)
1949 AL  .991 (2nd)
1950 AL  .991 (1st)
1951 AL  .994 (1st)
1952 AL  .993 (1st)
1953 AL  .992 (2nd)
1954 AL  .992 (1st)
1955 AL  .994 (3rd)
1956 AL  .989 (4th)

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

Youngest s c a p y
1939 AL  born 1918-04-22 (10th)
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 1945-1973, 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

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 14 (171), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 149 (88), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 72 (267), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 33 (248), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS First Base (62nd), 34.6 career WAR/25.4 7yr-peak WAR/30.0 JAWS
Average HOF 1B (out of 19) = 68.2 career WAR/43.2 7yr-peak WAR/55.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters 
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  1. Mark Grace (904)
  2. Enos Slaughter (881) *
  3. Bill Buckner (876)
  4. Joe Kuhel (862)
  5. Keith Hernandez (859)
  6. Steve Garvey (857)
  7. Al Oliver (856)
  8. Jose Cruz (850)
  9. Joe Judge (843)
  10. Willie Davis (840)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Chris Chambliss (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Chris Chambliss (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Wally Pipp (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Mark Grace (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. George Burns (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Gus Suhr (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Gus Suhr (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Gus Suhr (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Gus Suhr (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Gus Suhr (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Joe Kuhel (923)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Joe Kuhel (907)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Joe Judge (899)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Mark Grace (900)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Mark Grace (908)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Joe Kuhel (870)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Joe Kuhel (862)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Enos Slaughter (867) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
194628Washington Senators$9,000W. Marshall, Baseball's Pivotal Era 299
Career to date (may be incomplete)$9,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
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Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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