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Clyde Vollmer

Clyde Frederick Vollmer

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 24, 1921 in Cincinnati, OH
High School: Western Hills HS (Cincinnati, OH)
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 31, 1942
Teams (by GP): Senators/RedSox/Reds 1942-1954

Final Game: September 1, 1954
Died: October 2, 2006 in Florence, KY
Buried: St. Joseph Old Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH
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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	Pos	Awards
1939	17	CIN-min	D	77	284	284		88	17	4	6						.310	.310	.461	.771		131						BSS · BIST
1940	18	LAD-min	D	119	473	473		173	45	3	21						.366	.366	.607	.973		287						BSS · BIST
1941	19	CIN-min	B	112	448	448		111	22	4	17						.248	.248	.429	.676		192						CLM · SALL
1942	20	CIN-min	A1,AA	115	439	431	11	122	25	9	6	9	2	1	8	14	.283	.296	.425	.721		183	4	0	0			BIR,SYR · SOUA,IL
1942	20	CIN	NL	12	44	43	2	4	0	0	1	4	0		1	5	.093	.114	.163	.276	-20	7	0	0	0		O7/8

1946	24	STL-min	AAA	103	371	338	38	93	20	3	9	58	7	2	30	37	.275	.334	.432	.766		146	14	0	3			ROC · IL
1946	24	CIN	NL	9	24	22	1	4	0	0	0	1	2		1	3	.182	.217	.182	.399	15	4	0	0	1		/O789
1947	25	CIN	NL	78	169	155	19	34	10	0	1	13	0		9	18	.219	.267	.303	.570	51	47	2	1	3		O8/7
1948	26	CIN-min	AAA	122	505	440	86	127	24	4	32	104	1		62	61	.289	.378	.580	.957		255		1	2			SYR · IL
1948	26	TOT	MLB	8	15	14	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.214	.267	.214	.481	32	3	1	0	0		/89
1948	26	CIN	NL	7	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.111	.200	.111	.311	-13	1	1	0	0		/O89
1948	26	WSH	AL	1	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	116	2	0	0	0		/8O
1949	27	WSH	AL	129	500	443	58	112	17	1	14	59	1	2	53	62	.253	.335	.391	.726	94	173	13	2	1		*O87
1950	28	TOT	AL	63	206	183	39	52	10	0	7	38	2	0	23	38	.284	.364	.454	.818	101	83	5	0	0		789
1950	28	WSH	AL	6	16	14	4	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	3	.286	.375	.286	.661	75	4	0	0	0		/7O
1950	28	BOS	AL	57	190	169	35	48	10	0	7	37	1	0	21	35	.284	.363	.467	.831	103	79	5	0	0		O789
1951	29	BOS	AL	115	445	386	66	97	9	2	22	85	0	0	55	66	.251	.346	.456	.802	107	176	20	1	3		*O9/87
1952	30	BOS	AL	90	293	250	35	66	12	4	11	50	2	2	39	47	.264	.370	.476	.846	128	119	14	3	1		O79/8
1953	31	TOT	AL	119	461	408	54	106	15	3	11	74	0	2	49	59	.260	.343	.392	.736	101	160	6	3	1		*7/9
1953	31	BOS	AL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000				0	0	0	0
1953	31	WSH	AL	118	460	408	54	106	15	3	11	74	0	2	48	59	.260	.342	.392	.734	100	160	6	3	1		*O7/9
1954	32	WSH	AL	62	131	117	8	30	4	0	2	15	0	0	12	28	.256	.331	.342	.673	89	40	3	1	0	0	9/7
1955	33	DET-min	AAA	142	539	468	57	127	20	8	11	60	0		65	78	.271	.359	.419	.778		196	9	1	2	3		CHL,BFL · AA,IL
1956	34	LRK,BFL	AA,AAA	73	242	240	4	63	10	0	13	4	0		1	10	.263	.269	.467	.735		112		1	0	0		LRK,BFL · SOUA,IL
10 Yrs				685	2288	2021	283	508	77	10	69	339	7	6	243	328	.251	.335	.402	.737	96	812	64	11	10	0
162 Game Avg.				162	541	478	67	120	18	2	16	80	2		57	78	.251	.335	.402	.737	96	192	15	3	2

WSH (5 yrs)				316	1112	987	125	254	36	4	27	149	2	4	115	153	.257	.338	.384	.722	96	379	22	6	2	0
BOS (4 yrs)				263	929	805	136	211	31	6	40	172	3	2	116	148	.262	.358	.465	.822	113	374	39	4	4
CIN (4 yrs)				106	247	229	22	43	10	0	2	18	2		12	27	.188	.231	.258	.489	33	59	3	1	4

AL (7 yrs)				579	2041	1792	261	465	67	10	67	321	5	6	231	301	.259	.347	.420	.767	104	753	61	10	6	0
NL (4 yrs)				106	247	229	22	43	10	0	2	18	2		12	27	.188	.231	.258	.489	33	59	3	1	4

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
1942	20	CIN	NL	12	44	-6	0	0	1	-0	-5	-0.7	1	-4	-0.5	.445	.496	-0.6	0.1	-5	$	O7/8

1946	24	CIN	NL	9	24	-2	0	0	0	-0	-2	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.468	.498	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$	/O789
1947	25	CIN	NL	78	169	-11	0	0	-4	-1	-16	-1.6	6	-10	-1.0	.480	.490	-0.6	-0.4	-6	$	O8/7
1948	26	CIN	NL	7	10	-1	0	-0	0	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.476	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	/O89
1948	26	WSH	AL	1	5	0	-0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.490	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/8O
1949	27	WSH	AL	129	500	-5	-0	-1	2	-1	-6	-0.6	13	7	0.7	.496	.496	0.5	0.1	5	$	*O87
1950	28	WSH	AL	6	16	-0	0	0	0	-0	0	0.0	0	0	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	$	/7O
1950	28	BOS	AL	57	190	-0	1	-1	-1	-1	-3	-0.2	5	2	0.3	.495	.498	0.3	-0.2	3	$	O789
1951	29	BOS	AL	115	445	2	1	-2	0	-5	-3	-0.3	12	9	0.9	.497	.498	0.8	-0.4	9	$	*O9/87
1952	30	BOS	AL	90	293	9	0	-3	2	-3	6	0.6	8	14	1.4	.507	.504	1.2	-0.1	12	$	O79/8
1953	31	BOS	AL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.531	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
1953	31	WSH	AL	118	460	-1	-2	-0	-5	-5	-12	-1.3	12	-0	-0.1	.489	.492	0.4	-1.0	5	$	*O7/9
1954	32	WSH	AL	62	131	-2	-1	-0	-3	-1	-8	-0.8	4	-4	-0.5	.487	.495	-0.1	-0.5	-1	$	9/7
10 Seasons				685	2288	-18	0	-7	-8	-18	-51	-5.3	62	12	1.0	.492	.497	1.7	-2.6	19	$

WSH (5 yrs)				316	1112	-8	-3	-1	-6	-8	-26	-2.7	29	3	0.2	.491	.497	0.9	-1.4	9	$
BOS (4 yrs)				263	929	11	2	-6	1	-9	-0	0.1	25	25	2.6	.500	.500	2.3	-0.7	24	$
CIN (4 yrs)				106	247	-21	0	-0	-3	-2	-25	-2.7	9	-17	-1.8	.474	.496	-1.5	-0.4	-14	$

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
1942	20	CIN	NL	44	39	1	0.7	87	.081	.093	.256	.114	.328	.163	.356	.276	.684	-20	.042	-6.8	-0.8	.205	.093	.070	.0

1946	24	CIN	NL	24	19	1	1.4	90	.211	.182	.259	.217	.334	.182	.363	.399	.697	15	.127	-2.5	-0.3	.389	.136	.000	.0
1947	25	CIN	NL	169	126	12	2.5	106	.243	.219	.274	.267	.349	.303	.406	.570	.756	51	.249	-11.1	-1.1	.463	.142	.084	.0
1948	26	TOT	MLB	15	12	1	2.2	101	.250	.214	.267	.267	.344	.214	.392	.481	.736	32	.214	-1.3	-0.1	.333	.071	.000
1948	26	CIN	NL	10	9	0	0.0	99	.125	.111	.265	.200	.339	.111	.393	.311	.732	-13	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.222	.111	.000
1948	26	WSH	AL	5	3	1	8.9	103	.500	.400	.269	.400	.354	.400	.389	.800	.743	116	.768	0.1	0.0	.667	.000	.000
1949	27	WSH	AL	500	347	57	4.4	104	.267	.253	.267	.335	.358	.391	.388	.726	.746	94	.478	-5.0	-0.5	.656	.255	.138	1.9
1950	28	TOT	AL	206	136	31	6.0	121	.326	.284	.289	.364	.378	.454	.433	.818	.811	101	.589	0.0	-0.0	.794	.306	.169	3.1
1950	28	WSH	AL	16	10	2	5.3	109	.364	.286	.272	.375	.358	.286	.408	.661	.766	75	.530	-0.4	-0.0	.700	.214	.000	.0
1950	28	BOS	AL	190	126	29	6.1	122	.323	.284	.290	.363	.379	.467	.435	.831	.814	103	.594	0.4	0.0	.802	.314	.183	1.8
1951	29	BOS	AL	445	312	61	5.2	110	.252	.251	.279	.346	.362	.456	.409	.802	.771	107	.569	2.2	0.2	.751	.347	.205	.0
1952	30	BOS	AL	293	201	43	5.8	102	.286	.264	.268	.370	.349	.476	.391	.846	.740	128	.647	9.7	1.0	.805	.368	.212	3.4
1953	31	TOT	AL	461	311	53	4.6	100	.281	.260	.266	.343	.342	.392	.392	.736	.733	101	.512	0.5	0.0	.677	.248	.132	.0
1953	31	BOS	AL	1	0	0						1.000	.351						.000	0.3	0.0
1953	31	WSH	AL	460	311	53	4.6	100	.281	.260	.266	.342	.342	.392	.392	.734	.733	100	.511	0.2	0.0	.674	.245	.132	.0
1954	32	WSH	AL	131	90	13	3.9	95	.322	.256	.259	.331	.334	.342	.379	.673	.713	89	.456	-1.6	-0.2	.589	.188	.085	.0
10 Yrs				2288	1593	273	4.6	105	.270	.251	.271	.335	.353	.402	.397	.737	.751	96	.510	-15.9	-1.6	.674	.271	.150	12.7
162 Game Avg.				541	377	65	4.6	105	.270	.251	.271	.335	.353	.402	.397	.737	.751	96	.510	-15.9	-1.6	.674	.271	.150	3

WSH (5 yrs)				1112	761	126	4.4	101	.281	.257	.266	.338	.349	.384	.389	.722	.737	96	.493	-6.8	-0.7	.656	.241	.127	3.7
BOS (4 yrs)				929	639	133	5.6	110	.277	.262	.278	.358	.361	.465	.409	.822	.771	113	.599	12.6	1.3	.780	.348	.202	5.6
CIN (4 yrs)				247	193	14	1.9	101	.205	.188	.269	.231	.344	.258	.392	.489	.736	33	.180	-21.8	-2.3	.392	.131	.070	2.0

AL (7 yrs)				2041	1400	259	5.0	105	.279	.259	.271	.347	.354	.420	.398	.767	.752	104	.545	5.8	0.6	.712	.289	.161	9.3
NL (4 yrs)				247	193	14	1.9	101	.205	.188	.269	.231	.344	.258	.392	.489	.736	33	.180	-21.8	-2.3	.392	.131	.070	2.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1942	20	CIN	NL	44	2.3%	11.4%	2.3%	2.3%	25%	5.00	8.6	43.0	10.8		84%

1946	24	CIN	NL	24	0.0%	12.5%	4.2%	0.0%	0%	3.00	7.3		22.0		79%
1947	25	CIN	NL	169	0.6%	10.7%	5.3%	6.5%	32%	2.00	8.6	155.0	11.9		80%
1948	26	TOT	MLB	15	0.0%	13.3%	6.7%	0.0%	0%	2.00	7.0			2.00	80%
1948	26	CIN	NL	10	0.0%	10.0%	10.0%	0.0%	0%	1.00	9.0			3.00	80%
1948	26	WSH	AL	5	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		5.0			1.00	80%
1949	27	WSH	AL	500	2.8%	12.4%	10.6%	6.4%	29%	1.17	7.1	31.6	7.5	1.02	73%
1950	28	TOT	AL	206	3.4%	18.5%	11.2%	8.3%	33%	1.65	4.8	26.1	4.8	0.91	67%
1950	28	WSH	AL	16	0.0%	18.8%	12.5%	0.0%	0%	1.50	4.7		14.0	0.75	69%
1950	28	BOS	AL	190	3.7%	18.4%	11.1%	9.0%	35%	1.67	4.8	24.1	4.6	0.92	67%
1951	29	BOS	AL	445	4.9%	14.8%	12.4%	7.4%	34%	1.20	5.8	17.5	4.5	1.14	67%
1952	30	BOS	AL	293	3.8%	16.0%	13.3%	9.2%	41%	1.21	5.3	22.7	5.0	0.95	66%
1953	31	TOT	AL	461	2.4%	12.8%	10.6%	6.3%	27%	1.20	6.9	37.1	5.5	1.15	73%
1953	31	BOS	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%		0.00					0%
1953	31	WSH	AL	460	2.4%	12.8%	10.4%	6.3%	27%	1.23	6.9	37.1	5.5	1.15	73%
1954	32	WSH	AL	131	1.5%	21.4%	9.2%	4.6%	20%	2.33	4.2	58.5	7.8	1.07	66%
10 Yrs				2288	3.0%	14.3%	10.6%	6.8%	31%	1.35	6.2	29.3	6.0	1.06	71%
MLB Averages					1.6%	9.6%	9.4%	6.1%	27%	1.03	9.2	55.8	8.4	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1942	20	CIN	NL	-6.8	-0.8	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1946	24	CIN	NL	-2.5	-0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	25	CIN	NL	-11.1	-1.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	26	TOT	MLB	-1.3	-0.1	8	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	.89	-0.1	-0.1	-1.2	-0.1	0.92	-1.1	0.70	3
1948	26	CIN	NL	-1.4	-0.1	3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.70	-0.1	-0.0	-1.2	-0.1	0.92	-1.1	0.70	3
1948	26	WSH	AL	0.1	0.0	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.00	-0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.92	0.0		0
1949	27	WSH	AL	-5.6	-0.6	470	0.6	9.3	-8.7	1.07	-0.1	0.6	-4.9	-0.5	0.96	-2.5	0.99	13
1950	28	TOT	AL	-0.2	-0.0	185	0.8	3.7	-2.9	.92	0.4	0.4	14.8	1.3	1.00	7.0	1.42	19
1950	28	WSH	AL	-0.4	-0.0	17	-0.3	0.2	-0.4	1.28	-0.0	-0.2	-2.3	-0.2	1.15	-0.5	2.21	2
1950	28	BOS	AL	0.2	0.0	168	1.1	3.6	-2.5	.88	0.5	0.8	17.1	1.5	0.98	7.5	1.32	17
1951	29	BOS	AL	2.2	0.2	448	0.8	9.8	-9.0	1.13	0.3	0.5	9.3	0.9	1.04	4.9	1.59	7
1952	30	BOS	AL	9.4	1.0	296	0.1	6.4	-6.3	1.18	1.4	-1.3	9.4	0.9	1.00	13.5	1.96	19
1953	31	TOT	AL	-0.0	-0.0	466	0.3	8.6	-8.2	1.05	0.4	-0.0	14.1	1.4	1.01	8.4	1.09	12
1953	31	BOS	AL	0.3	0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.32	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.46	0.2	1.32	0
1953	31	WSH	AL	-0.4	-0.0	465	0.3	8.6	-8.2	1.05	0.3	-0.0	13.8	1.4	1.01	8.2	1.09	12
1954	32	WSH	AL	-1.5	-0.2	131	-0.3	2.6	-2.9	1.29	-0.3	0.0	-3.2	-0.3	1.02	-2.9	1.73	31
10 Yrs				-17.4	-1.8	2004	2.2	40.5	-38.3	1.10	2.0	0.0	38.1	3.6	1.00	27.4	1.51	104

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	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	26	TOT	MLB	0	25%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1948	26	CIN	NL	0	0%	0	0			0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1948	26	WSH	AL	0	50%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1949	27	WSH	AL	5	29%	163	1	2	33%	1	2	0	7	2	39%	28	16	12	10	7	3	8	5	3
1950	28	TOT	AL	2	47%	61	2	0	100%	2	0	0	3	0	48%	13	8	5	4	3	1	10	3	7
1950	28	WSH	AL	0	67%	6	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	1
1950	28	BOS	AL	2	45%	55	1	0	100%	1	0	0	3	0	48%	11	7	4	4	3	1	8	2	6
1951	29	BOS	AL	2	34%	137	0	0		0	0	0	5	3	51%	22	13	9	5	3	2	18	6	12
1952	30	BOS	AL	5	25%	101	2	2	50%	2	2	1	2	2	52%	13	10	3	6	3	3	8	0	8
1953	31	TOT	AL	4	29%	182	0	2	0%	0	2	0	4	2	37%	32	23	9	7	5	2	15	5	9
1953	31	BOS	AL	0	0%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1953	31	WSH	AL	4	30%	182	0	2	0%	0	2	0	4	2	37%	32	23	9	7	5	2	15	5	9
1954	32	WSH	AL	0	15%	42	0	0		0	0	0	3	0	31%	12	9	2	1	0	1	3	1	2
10 Yrs				18	31%	692	7	6	64%	5	6	1	24	9	43%	122	81	40	33	21	12	62	20	41

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	26	TOT	MLB	15	38%	3			3	0	0	0	0.70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	2	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1948	26	CIN	NL	10	100%	1			3	0	0	0	0.70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1948	26	WSH	AL	5	0%	2			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
1949	27	WSH	AL	500	46%	112			13	5	0	2	0.99	14	0	8	9	4	3	11	0	1	1	100%	90	13	14%	45	10	22%	320	45	14%	36	13	36%	14	5	36%	0
1950	28	TOT	AL	206	40%	52			19	5	2	3	1.42	7	1	11	5	2	6	1	0	1	0	0%	41	5	12%	12	3	25%	147	32	22%	10	5	50%	11	5	45%	0
1950	28	WSH	AL	16	63%	4			2	0	0	0	2.21	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	0	0%	2	1	50%	16	1	6%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0
1950	28	BOS	AL	190	38%	48			17	5	2	3	1.32	7	1	8	5	2	6	1	0	1	0	0%	36	5	14%	10	2	20%	131	31	24%	9	4	44%	10	5	50%	0
1951	29	BOS	AL	445	23%	97			7	1	0	0	1.59	22	2	15	16	6	14	8	0	3	3	100%	133	20	15%	60	19	32%	349	67	19%	33	19	58%	19	11	58%	0
1952	30	BOS	AL	293	20%	66			19	5	1	2	1.96	11	0	6	9	2	10	1	0	1	1	100%	75	14	19%	25	5	20%	222	41	18%	24	11	46%	10	4	40%	0
1953	31	TOT	AL	461	37%	106			12	4	1	2	1.09	11	0	14	6	5	4	7	0	1	1	100%	83	6	7%	52	13	25%	333	65	20%	44	24	55%	17	6	35%	0
1953	31	BOS	AL	1	0%	0			0	0	0	0	1.32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	1	50%	0	0		0	0		0
1953	31	WSH	AL	460	37%	106			12	4	1	2	1.09	11	0	14	6	5	4	7	0	1	1	100%	83	6	7%	52	13	25%	331	64	19%	44	24	55%	17	6	35%	0
1954	32	WSH	AL	131	44%	30			31	6	0	4	1.73	2	0	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	0		27	3	11%	4	0	0%	103	13	13%	7	4	57%	4	1	25%	0
10 Yrs				2051	34%	508			104	26	4	13	1.51	69	3	60	47	19	37	30	0	7	10	143%	451	64	14%	200	50	25%	1478	263	18%	154	76	49%	75	32	43%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			196%			22%			33%			15%			51%			55%

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
1942	20	12	44	43	2	4	0	0	1	4	0		1	5	.093	.114	.163	.276	-20	7	0	0	0
1943	21	12	44	43	2	4	0	0	1	4	0		1	5	.093	.114	.163	.276	-20	7	0	0	0
1944	22	12	44	43	2	4	0	0	1	4	0		1	5	.093	.114	.163	.276	-20	7	0	0	0
1945	23	12	44	43	2	4	0	0	1	4	0		1	5	.093	.114	.163	.276	-20	7	0	0	0
1946	24	21	68	65	3	8	0	0	1	5	2		2	8	.123	.149	.169	.318	-7	11	0	0	1
1947	25	99	237	220	22	42	10	0	2	18	2		11	26	.191	.233	.264	.496	35	58	2	1	4
1948	26	107	252	234	23	45	10	0	2	18	2	0	12	28	.192	.235	.261	.496	35	61	3	1	4
1949	27	236	752	677	81	157	27	1	16	77	3	2	65	90	.232	.302	.346	.648	74	234	16	3	5
1950	28	299	958	860	120	209	37	1	23	115	5	2	88	128	.243	.315	.369	.684	80	317	21	3	5
1951	29	414	1403	1246	186	306	46	3	45	200	5	2	143	194	.246	.325	.396	.721	89	493	41	4	8
1952	30	504	1696	1496	221	372	58	7	56	250	7	4	182	241	.249	.333	.409	.742	95	612	55	7	9
1953	31	623	2157	1904	275	478	73	10	67	324	7	6	231	300	.251	.335	.405	.741	96	772	61	10	10
1954	32	685	2288	2021	283	508	77	10	69	339	7	6	243	328	.251	.335	.402	.737	96	812	64	11	10	0

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
1942	20	13	47	46	3	5	0	0	1	5	0	1	5	.109	.128	.174	.302	1	12

1946	24	9	26	24	1	5	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	.208	.240	.208	.448	1	9
1947	25	82	174	161	19	35	10	0	1	13	0	9	19	.217	.263	.298	.561	13	78
1948	26	8	16	15	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.267	.313	.267	.579	1	8
1949	27	135	518	461	59	115	17	1	14	60	1	54	65	.249	.331	.382	.713	59	129
1950	28	66	205	184	32	47	9	0	6	32	2	21	40	.255	.332	.402	.734	25	63
1951	29	121	455	398	61	94	9	2	21	78	0	53	69	.236	.327	.427	.755	56	115
1952	30	94	306	261	36	69	13	4	12	52	2	41	49	.264	.370	.483	.853	45	90
1953	31	124	484	428	57	112	16	3	12	79	0	52	62	.262	.346	.397	.743	57	119
1954	32	65	138	124	9	33	4	0	2	17	0	13	29	.266	.341	.347	.687	15	62
10 Yrs		717	2369	2102	278	519	78	10	69	337	7	246	343	.247	.329	.392	.721	273	685
162 Game Avg.		162	535	475	63	117	18	2	16	76	2	56	77	.247	.329	.392	.721	62	685

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Home Runs s c a p y 1951 AL 22 (8th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1949 AL 62 (9th) 1951 AL 66 (9th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1951 AL 20 (3rd)	AB per HR s c a p y 1951 AL 17.5 (4th)**
Youngest s c a p y 1942 NL born 1921-09-24 (6th)

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 4 (1866), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 8 (1801), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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