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Bill Virdon

William Charles Virdon

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: June 9, 1931 in Hazel Park, MI
High School: West Plains HS (West Plains, MO)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1955
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Cardinals 1955-1968

Final Game: July 31, 1968
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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
1955 24 STL NL 144 585 534 58 150 18 6 17 68 2 4 36 64 .281 .322 .433 .755 100 231 10 1 6 9 3 *89/7 RoY-1
1956 25 TOT NL 157 627 580 77 185 23 10 10 46 6 7 38 71 .319 .361 .445 .806 118 258 12 2 4 3 9 *8 MVP-18
1956 25 STL NL 24 80 71 10 15 2 0 2 9 0 1 5 8 .211 .269 .324 .593 60 23 0 1 2 1 2 8
1956 25 PIT NL 133 547 509 67 170 21 10 8 37 6 6 33 63 .334 .374 .462 .836 127 235 12 1 2 2 7 *8
1957 26 PIT NL 144 605 561 59 141 28 11 8 50 3 3 33 69 .251 .291 .383 .675 82 215 8 0 8 3 5 *8
1958 27 PIT NL 144 662 604 75 161 24 11 9 46 5 3 52 70 .267 .324 .387 .712 90 234 5 1 2 3 5 *8
1959 28 PIT NL 144 583 519 67 132 24 2 8 41 7 4 55 65 .254 .327 .355 .682 84 184 7 2 5 2 11 *8
1960 29 PIT NL 120 454 409 60 108 16 9 8 40 8 2 40 44 .264 .326 .406 .732 99 166 4 0 0 5 2 *8
1961 30 PIT NL 146 660 599 81 156 22 8 9 58 5 8 49 45 .260 .313 .369 .682 81 221 4 0 5 7 1 *8
1962 31 PIT NL 156 705 663 82 164 27 10 6 47 5 13 36 65 .247 .286 .345 .631 68 229 10 1 2 3 0 *8 GG
1963 32 PIT NL 142 607 554 58 149 22 6 8 53 1 2 43 55 .269 .321 .374 .695 100 207 6 0 9 1 4 *8
1964 33 PIT NL 145 511 473 59 115 11 3 3 27 1 5 30 48 .243 .287 .298 .585 66 141 12 0 5 3 1 *8
1965 34 PIT NL 135 519 481 58 134 22 5 4 24 4 3 30 49 .279 .322 .370 .692 95 178 6 1 7 0 0 *8
1968 37 PIT NL 6 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 1.333 1.667 387 4 0 0 0 0 0 /97
12 Yrs 1583 6521 5980 735 1596 237 81 91 502 47 54 442 647 .267 .316 .379 .696 89 2268 84 8 53 39 41
162 Game Avg. 162 667 612 75 163 24 8 9 51 5 6 45 66 .267 .316 .379 .696 89 232 9 1 5 4 4
PIT (11 yrs) 1415 5856 5375 667 1431 217 75 72 425 45 49 401 575 .266 .316 .375 .691 89 2014 74 6 45 29 36
STL (2 yrs) 168 665 605 68 165 20 6 19 77 2 5 41 72 .273 .316 .420 .736 95 254 10 2 8 10 5

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
1955 24 STL NL 144 585 -3 -1 0 1 -2 -5 -0.8 20 14 1.1 .496 .497 1.3 -0.3 14 $ *89/7 RoY-1
1956 25 STL NL 24 80 -4 -1 0 2 -0 -2 -0.3 3 0 0.0 .490 .499 -0.2 0.1 -1 $ 8 MVP-18
1956 25 PIT NL 133 547 14 -0 -0 -4 -1 9 0.6 19 27 2.4 .507 .506 3.2 -0.8 32 $ *8 MVP-18
1957 26 PIT NL 144 605 -11 -3 1 13 -1 -1 -0.3 20 19 1.7 .499 .499 0.5 1.2 6 $ *8
1958 27 PIT NL 144 662 -7 -1 1 12 -1 5 0.4 22 27 2.6 .503 .503 1.4 1.2 15 $ *8
1959 28 PIT NL 144 583 -12 1 1 10 -1 -1 -0.0 20 19 1.9 .500 .500 0.8 1.0 9 $ *8
1960 29 PIT NL 120 454 1 4 0 9 -1 13 1.3 15 28 2.8 .512 .509 1.9 0.8 20 $ *8
1961 30 PIT NL 146 660 -12 -0 3 3 -1 -7 -0.8 22 15 1.4 .495 .495 1.1 0.2 12 $ *8
1962 31 PIT NL 156 705 -31 -2 0 2 -1 -32 -3.2 24 -8 -1.0 .479 .479 -1.3 0.2 -10 $ *8 GG
1963 32 PIT NL 142 607 1 1 3 2 -1 5 0.7 21 26 2.7 .504 .504 2.4 0.2 24 $ *8
1964 33 PIT NL 145 511 -20 1 0 -2 -1 -21 -2.3 18 -4 -0.6 .483 .485 -0.4 -0.2 -2 $ *8
1965 34 PIT NL 135 519 -4 -1 2 4 -1 -1 -0.1 18 17 1.6 .499 .499 1.2 0.3 13 $ *8
1968 37 PIT NL 6 3 1 0 0 -0 -0 0 0.1 0 1 0.1 .510 .500 0.1 -0.1 1 $ /97
12 Seasons 1583 6521 -86 -3 11 51 -11 -38 -4.8 220 182 16.7 .497 .498 12.0 4.0 132 $
PIT (11 yrs) 1415 5856 -79 -1 11 48 -9 -31 -3.7 198 167 15.6 .498 .498 10.9 4.2 119 $
STL (2 yrs) 168 665 -7 -1 0 2 -2 -8 -1.1 22 15 1.1 .495 .498 1.1 -0.2 12 $

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
1955 24 STL NL 585 413 73 4.7 105 .288 .281 .264 .322 .335 .433 .419 .755 .754 100 .505 -1.4 -0.1 .668 .215 .152 3.6
1956 25 TOT NL 627 421 90 5.7 101 .349 .319 .261 .361 .327 .445 .412 .806 .739 118 .610 14.2 1.4 .717 .190 .126 7.5
1956 25 STL NL 80 60 6 2.7 102 .210 .211 .263 .269 .330 .324 .415 .593 .745 60 .280 -4.1 -0.4 .491 .169 .113 .0
1956 25 PIT NL 547 361 84 6.2 100 .368 .334 .260 .374 .327 .462 .411 .836 .738 127 .647 18.3 1.8 .754 .193 .128 6.9
1957 26 PIT NL 605 442 62 3.8 100 .273 .251 .265 .291 .328 .383 .410 .675 .738 82 .411 -15.2 -1.5 .575 .191 .132 4.4
1958 27 PIT NL 662 456 78 4.6 104 .288 .267 .267 .324 .335 .387 .418 .712 .753 90 .493 -9.8 -1.0 .641 .210 .121 6.4
1959 28 PIT NL 583 405 62 4.1 103 .277 .254 .268 .327 .334 .355 .415 .682 .748 84 .444 -11.2 -1.1 .613 .212 .100 7.5
1960 29 PIT NL 454 312 57 4.9 100 .276 .264 .264 .326 .330 .406 .406 .732 .736 99 .554 -1.2 -0.1 .691 .254 .142 8.0
1961 30 PIT NL 660 467 71 4.1 105 .266 .260 .269 .313 .335 .369 .419 .682 .754 81 .437 -16.2 -1.6 .587 .185 .109 6.4
1962 31 PIT NL 705 527 62 3.2 104 .266 .247 .271 .286 .339 .345 .412 .631 .750 68 .337 -31.8 -3.2 .494 .140 .098 5.5
1963 32 PIT NL 607 423 68 4.3 89 .287 .269 .254 .321 .316 .374 .380 .695 .696 100 .546 -0.6 -0.1 .603 .181 .105 1.8
1964 33 PIT NL 511 383 38 2.7 93 .264 .243 .262 .287 .320 .298 .389 .585 .709 66 .313 -21.6 -2.3 .445 .110 .055 1.5
1965 34 PIT NL 519 363 58 4.3 94 .304 .279 .258 .322 .322 .370 .390 .692 .712 95 .520 -3.9 -0.4 .590 .156 .091 4.0
1968 37 PIT NL 3 2 1 13.5 80 .333 .250 .333 .308 1.333 .352 1.667 .660 387 .919 0.9 0.1 2.000 1.000 1.000 .0
12 Yrs 6521 4614 720 4.2 100 .285 .267 .264 .316 .330 .379 .407 .696 .736 89 .472 -97.8 -9.9 .600 .185 .112 62.0
162 Game Avg. 667 472 74 4.2 100 .285 .267 .264 .316 .330 .379 .407 .696 .736 89 .472 -97.8 -9.9 .600 .185 .112 6
PIT (11 yrs) 5856 4141 641 4.2 100 .286 .266 .264 .316 .329 .375 .406 .691 .735 89 .471 -92.4 -9.3 .594 .182 .108 55.4
STL (2 yrs) 665 473 79 4.5 104 .279 .273 .264 .316 .335 .420 .418 .736 .753 95 .481 -5.4 -0.5 .646 .210 .147 3.6

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
1960 29 PIT NL WS NYY W 7 30 29 2 7 3 0 0 5 1 0 1 3 .241 .267 .345 .611 10 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 7 30 29 2 7 3 0 0 5 1 0 1 3 .241 .267 .345 .611 10 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
1955 24 STL NL 585 2.9% 10.9% 6.2% 7.0% 27% 1.78 8.3 31.4 7.9 1.22 79%
1956 25 TOT NL 627 1.6% 11.3% 6.1% 6.9% 23% 1.87 8.2 58.0 12.6 1.29 80%
1956 25 STL NL 80 2.5% 10.0% 6.3% 5.0% 27% 1.60 8.9 35.5 7.9 1.04 78%
1956 25 PIT NL 547 1.5% 11.5% 6.0% 7.1% 23% 1.91 8.1 63.6 13.8 1.35 80%
1957 26 PIT NL 605 1.3% 11.4% 5.5% 7.8% 33% 2.09 8.1 70.1 11.2 1.11 81%
1958 27 PIT NL 662 1.4% 10.6% 7.9% 6.7% 27% 1.35 8.6 67.1 13.1 0.87 80%
1959 28 PIT NL 583 1.4% 11.2% 9.4% 5.8% 26% 1.18 8.0 64.9 12.7 1.11 77%
1960 29 PIT NL 454 1.8% 9.7% 8.8% 7.3% 31% 1.10 9.3 51.1 10.2 0.83 80%
1961 30 PIT NL 660 1.4% 6.8% 7.4% 5.9% 25% 0.92 13.3 66.6 10.3 1.18 84%
1962 31 PIT NL 705 0.9% 9.2% 5.1% 6.1% 26% 1.81 10.2 110.5 14.1 1.26 84%
1963 32 PIT NL 607 1.3% 9.1% 7.1% 5.9% 24% 1.28 10.1 69.3 10.5 1.21 81%
1964 33 PIT NL 511 0.6% 9.4% 5.9% 3.3% 15% 1.60 9.9 157.7 17.5 1.55 83%
1965 34 PIT NL 519 0.8% 9.4% 5.8% 6.0% 23% 1.63 9.8 120.3 20.0 1.06 82%
1968 37 PIT NL 3 33.3% 66.7% 0.0% 33.3% 100% 1.5 3.0 1.5 0%
12 Yrs 6521 1.4% 9.9% 6.8% 6.3% 26% 1.46 9.2 65.7 11.9 1.14 81%
MLB Averages 2.2% 14.3% 8.4% 6.4% 28% 1.70 6.3 40.0 8.8 1.06 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1955 24 STL NL -1.4 -0.1 492 1.0 9.3 -8.3 1.02 0.4 0.6 2.0 0.2 0.93 0.6 1.86 6
1956 25 TOT NL 14.1 1.4 504 0.4 8.9 -8.5 1.03 1.1 -0.7 9.9 1.0 0.94 12.1 1.47 5
1956 25 STL NL -4.2 -0.4 86 -0.8 0.8 -1.6 .97 -0.3 -0.5 -4.1 -0.4 1.00 -3.6 1.05 1
1956 25 PIT NL 18.3 1.8 418 1.2 8.1 -6.9 1.05 1.5 -0.3 14.0 1.4 0.93 15.7 1.57 4
1957 26 PIT NL -15.2 -1.5 554 -1.6 8.0 -9.7 .98 -1.4 -0.3 -10.3 -1.0 0.93 -15.8 1.53 5
1958 27 PIT NL -9.0 -0.9 674 0.4 11.0 -10.5 .93 0.5 0.0 5.7 0.6 0.90 4.8 4.92 1
1959 28 PIT NL -11.9 -1.2 592 -0.6 10.1 -10.7 1.10 -0.7 0.2 -6.7 -0.7 0.94 -7.6 0
1960 29 PIT NL -1.2 -0.1 470 0.1 7.7 -7.6 .97 0.2 -0.1 1.1 0.1 0.95 2.9 1.80 9
1961 30 PIT NL -17.9 -1.8 678 0.9 11.9 -11.1 .98 -0.3 1.2 -10.5 -1.0 0.94 -6.8 4.34 1
1962 31 PIT NL -31.8 -3.2 736 -2.6 10.5 -13.1 .98 -3.0 0.4 -36.0 -3.6 0.92 -35.3 0
1963 32 PIT NL -1.2 -0.1 611 1.3 12.3 -10.9 1.12 -0.0 1.2 6.7 0.7 0.97 3.8 0
1964 33 PIT NL -22.1 -2.3 518 -2.1 7.2 -9.3 1.00 -1.9 -0.3 -16.2 -1.7 0.94 -19.1 0.99 10
1965 34 PIT NL -4.5 -0.5 503 0.3 8.5 -8.2 1.02 -0.4 0.7 -0.9 -0.1 0.90 -3.8 1.27 12
1968 37 PIT NL 0.9 0.1 3 0.3 0.5 -0.2 2.96 0.2 -0.1 1.3 0.1 0.99 1.1 3.42 2
12 Yrs -101.2 -10.2 6335 -2.1 105.9 -108.0 1.01 -5.4 3.3 -53.9 -5.4 0.93 -63.0 1.64 51

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
1955 24 STL NL 4 0 24% 169 2 4 33% 1 3 0 1 0 1 2 0 7 5 43% 24 19 5 9 2 6 11 3 8
1956 25 TOT NL 3 0 31% 186 6 7 46% 3 3 0 1 1 1 3 0 9 14 51% 28 18 10 8 2 6 13 4 9
1956 25 STL NL 2 0 42% 26 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 5 40% 6 5 1 2 1 1 2 0 2
1956 25 PIT NL 1 0 30% 160 6 6 50% 3 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 9 9 54% 22 13 9 6 1 5 11 4 7
1957 26 PIT NL 12 0 31% 208 3 3 50% 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 31% 34 28 5 3 1 2 18 7 10
1958 27 PIT NL 11 0 32% 309 5 3 63% 4 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 11 15 39% 33 25 8 10 6 4 16 5 11
1959 28 PIT NL 9 0 33% 248 7 4 64% 6 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 8 11 59% 33 16 16 10 2 8 18 5 12
1960 29 PIT NL 8 0 37% 195 8 2 80% 7 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 9 58% 37 18 19 6 1 5 14 4 9
1961 30 PIT NL 13 0 37% 287 5 8 38% 5 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 11 53% 37 24 13 4 2 2 21 3 18
1962 31 PIT NL 7 0 39% 226 5 13 28% 5 13 0 0 0 0 5 1 5 21 66% 39 19 19 13 5 8 27 2 25
1963 32 PIT NL 10 0 27% 228 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 13 51% 20 10 9 10 7 3 17 4 12
1964 33 PIT NL 7 0 39% 199 1 5 17% 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16 46% 28 19 9 14 9 5 13 2 11
1965 34 PIT NL 3 0 34% 194 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 13 43% 31 19 11 8 6 2 17 5 11
1968 37 PIT NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Yrs 87 0 33% 2449 47 54 47% 39 48 2 3 2 2 21 2 68 128 50% 344 215 124 95 43 51 185 44 136

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
1955 24 STL NL 585 56% 150 6 1 0 1 1.86 17 0 9 8 6 13 4 0 5 6 120% 95 10 11% 50 16 32% 290 50 17% 32 19 59% 15 7 47% 0
1956 25 TOT NL 628 76% 185 5 1 0 0 1.47 10 0 5 8 2 2 8 0 5 4 80% 77 12 16% 39 10 26% 247 29 12% 18 8 44% 13 6 46% -1
1956 25 STL NL 80 59% 15 1 0 0 0 1.05 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 100% 16 0 0% 14 5 36% 53 7 13% 8 4 50% 5 2 40% 0
1956 25 PIT NL 548 79% 170 4 1 0 0 1.57 8 0 5 6 2 2 6 0 3 2 67% 61 12 20% 25 5 20% 194 22 11% 10 4 40% 8 4 50% -1
1957 26 PIT NL 606 75% 141 5 1 0 1 1.53 8 0 8 7 0 0 8 0 8 8 100% 107 8 7% 40 14 35% 293 41 14% 17 11 65% 12 7 58% -1
1958 27 PIT NL 662 71% 161 1 0 0 0 4.92 9 0 9 8 1 4 5 0 3 2 67% 67 5 7% 25 10 40% 270 39 14% 21 14 67% 8 5 63% 0
1959 28 PIT NL 583 80% 132 0 0 0 0 8 0 10 7 1 5 3 1 6 5 83% 77 7 9% 37 9 24% 309 33 11% 22 8 36% 12 7 58% 0
1960 29 PIT NL 454 86% 108 9 3 1 3 1.80 8 0 14 8 0 2 6 0 0 0 60 4 7% 28 7 25% 228 34 15% 19 10 53% 6 3 50% 0
1961 30 PIT NL 660 69% 156 1 0 0 0 4.34 9 0 13 7 2 3 6 0 6 5 83% 95 4 4% 59 24 41% 336 54 16% 31 16 52% 18 9 50% 0
1962 31 PIT NL 705 73% 164 0 0 0 0 6 0 12 6 0 4 2 0 3 2 67% 80 10 13% 46 16 35% 329 42 13% 26 11 42% 16 13 81% 0
1963 32 PIT NL 607 76% 149 0 0 0 0 8 1 19 6 2 5 3 0 10 9 90% 114 6 5% 65 23 35% 367 50 14% 25 9 36% 15 9 60% 0
1964 33 PIT NL 511 82% 115 10 2 0 0 0.99 3 0 8 1 2 1 2 0 5 5 100% 94 12 13% 57 18 32% 268 25 9% 15 6 40% 22 11 50% 0
1965 34 PIT NL 519 92% 134 12 1 0 1 1.27 4 0 6 4 0 1 3 0 7 7 100% 99 6 6% 56 21 38% 225 21 9% 17 4 24% 11 8 73% 0
1968 37 PIT NL 3 67% 1 2 1 1 1 3.42 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 3 1 33% 0 0 0 0 0
12 Yrs 6523 76% 1596 51 10 2 7 1.64 91 1 113 71 16 41 50 1 58 53 91% 966 84 9% 502 168 33% 3165 419 13% 243 116 48% 148 85 57% -2
MLB Averages 51% 77% 10% 31% 14% 48% 53%

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
1955 24 144 585 534 58 150 18 6 17 68 2 4 36 64 .281 .322 .433 .755 100 231 10 1 6 9 3
1956 25 301 1212 1114 135 335 41 16 27 114 8 11 74 135 .301 .342 .439 .781 109 489 22 3 10 12 12
1957 26 445 1817 1675 194 476 69 27 35 164 11 14 107 204 .284 .326 .420 .746 100 704 30 3 18 15 17
1958 27 589 2479 2279 269 637 93 38 44 210 16 17 159 274 .280 .325 .412 .737 97 938 35 4 20 18 22
1959 28 733 3062 2798 336 769 117 40 52 251 23 21 214 339 .275 .326 .401 .727 95 1122 42 6 25 20 33
1960 29 853 3516 3207 396 877 133 49 60 291 31 23 254 383 .273 .326 .402 .727 95 1288 46 6 25 25 35
1961 30 999 4176 3806 477 1033 155 57 69 349 36 31 303 428 .271 .324 .396 .720 93 1509 50 6 30 32 36
1962 31 1155 4881 4469 559 1197 182 67 75 396 41 44 339 493 .268 .318 .389 .707 89 1738 60 7 32 35 36
1963 32 1297 5488 5023 617 1346 204 73 83 449 42 46 382 548 .268 .318 .387 .706 91 1945 66 7 41 36 40
1964 33 1442 5999 5496 676 1461 215 76 86 476 43 51 412 596 .266 .316 .380 .695 89 2086 78 7 46 39 41
1965 34 1577 6518 5977 734 1595 237 81 90 500 47 54 442 645 .267 .316 .379 .695 89 2264 84 8 53 39 41
1966 35 1577 6518 5977 734 1595 237 81 90 500 47 54 442 645 .267 .316 .379 .695 89 2264 84 8 53 39 41
1967 36 1577 6518 5977 734 1595 237 81 90 500 47 54 442 645 .267 .316 .379 .695 89 2264 84 8 53 39 41
1968 37 1583 6521 5980 735 1596 237 81 91 502 47 54 442 647 .267 .316 .379 .696 89 2268 84 8 53 39 41

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
1955 24 151 613 560 60 156 19 6 18 70 2 37 67 .279 .320 .430 .750 78 144
1956 25 164 667 616 86 203 25 11 11 52 7 42 74 .330 .373 .459 .832 106 157
1957 26 151 635 589 64 150 30 12 9 54 3 35 72 .255 .295 .392 .687 68 144
1958 27 151 700 638 81 172 26 12 10 50 5 56 74 .270 .328 .395 .723 82 144
1959 28 151 610 543 71 139 25 2 8 44 7 58 68 .256 .329 .354 .683 64 144
1960 29 125 476 429 64 114 17 10 8 43 8 42 46 .266 .328 .408 .736 59 120
1961 30 153 688 625 84 162 23 8 9 60 5 51 47 .259 .312 .365 .677 72 146
1962 31 156 703 661 80 162 27 10 6 46 5 36 65 .245 .284 .343 .627 64 156
1963 32 142 625 568 67 163 24 7 9 61 1 47 55 .287 .341 .401 .742 77 142
1964 33 145 520 480 65 122 12 3 3 30 1 32 48 .254 .299 .310 .609 45 145
1965 34 134 526 486 64 141 23 5 4 26 4 32 49 .290 .335 .383 .718 63 135
1968 37 6 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 .333 .333 1.333 1.667 2 6
12 Yrs 1629 6766 6198 787 1685 251 86 96 539 48 468 667 .272 .322 .387 .708 780 1583
162 Game Avg. 162 673 616 78 168 25 9 10 54 5 47 66 .272 .322 .387 .708 78 1583

* 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
1974 BBWAA ( 0.8%)
1975 BBWAA ( 0.3%)

Awards (yr lg award)
1955 NL Rookie of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1956 NL (18, 4%)
0.04 Career Shares (1177th)

Gold Gloves
1962 NL (OF)

Batting Average s c a p y
1956 NL  .319 (2nd)

Games Played s c a p y
1956 NL  157 (1st)

At Bats s c a p y
1958 NL  604 (3rd)
1961 NL  599 (4th)
1962 NL  663 (4th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1958 NL  662 (5th)
1961 NL  660 (6th)
1962 NL  705 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1956 NL  185 (3rd)
1958 NL  161 (10th)

Triples s c a p y
1956 NL  10 (5th)
1957 NL  11 (2nd)
1958 NL  11 (2nd)
1960 NL  9 (8th)
1961 NL  8 (9th)
1962 NL  10 (1st)

Singles s c a p y
1956 NL  142 (3rd)
1958 NL  117 (10th)
1961 NL  117 (7th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1957 NL  8 (6th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1955 NL  9 (2nd)
1961 NL  7 (6th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1959 NL  11 (6th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1956 NL  7 (7th)
1961 NL  8 (6th)
1962 NL  13 (1st)

AB per SO s c a p y
1961 NL  13.3 (3rd)
1963 NL  10.1 (8th)
1965 NL  9.8 (10th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1957 NL  442 (7th)
1958 NL  456 (1st)
1961 NL  467 (4th)
1962 NL  527 (2nd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (608), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 20 (1028), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 10 (1147), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1784), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  4. Ken Landreaux (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Larry Herndon (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ken Landreaux (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Ken Landreaux (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Al Cowens (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Al Cowens (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jim Piersall (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Jim Piersall (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Bill Bruton (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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