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Hal Wagner

Harold Edward Wagner

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: July 2, 1915 in East Riverton, NJ
High School: Riverside HS (Riverside, NJ)
School: Duke University (Durham, NC)(All Transactions)
Debut: October 3, 1937
Teams (by GP): Athletics/RedSox/Tigers/Phillies 1937-1949

Final Game: April 19, 1949
Died: August 4, 1979 in Riverside, NJ
Buried: Lakeview Memorial Park, Cinnaminson, NJ
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All-Star

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
1937	21	CHC-min	B	28	42	42		12	3	0	1						.286	.286	.429	.714		18							PTH · PIED
1937	21	PHA	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0			/2
1938	22	CLE-min	B	63	215	215		70	9	5	1						.326	.326	.428	.753		92							SPB · SALL
1938	22	PHA	AL	33	100	88	10	20	2	1	0	8	0	0	8	9	.227	.299	.273	.572	47	24		1	3			2
1939	23	NYY-min	AA	62	201	201		55	8	5	2						.274	.274	.393	.667		79							NWK · IL
1939	23	PHA	AL	5	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.125	.125	.125	.250	-35	1	0	0	0			/2
1940	24	PHA	AL	34	89	75	9	19	5	1	0	10	0	0	11	6	.253	.356	.347	.703	85	26	2	1	2			2
1941	25	PHA	AL	46	150	131	18	29	8	2	1	15	1	0	19	9	.221	.320	.336	.656	76	44	1	0	0			2
1942	26	PHA	AL	104	320	288	26	68	17	1	1	30	1	0	24	29	.236	.304	.313	.616	74	90	7	4	4			2	AS
1943	27	PHA	AL	111	330	289	22	69	17	1	1	26	3	3	36	17	.239	.327	.315	.642	89	91	9	2	3			2	MVP-33
1944	28	TOT	AL	71	262	227	21	75	13	4	1	38	1	1	29	14	.330	.415	.436	.852	144	99	2	4	2			2
1944	28	PHA	AL	5	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	45	1	0	0	0			/2
1944	28	BOS	AL	66	258	223	21	74	13	4	1	38	1	1	29	14	.332	.418	.439	.857	146	98	2	4	2			2

1946	30	BOS	AL	117	445	370	39	85	12	2	6	52	3	1	69	32	.230	.354	.322	.675	85	119	7	2	4			*2	AS,MVP-26
1947	31	TOT	AL	92	297	256	24	70	13	0	5	39	0	1	37	21	.273	.367	.383	.750	105	98	3	1	3			2
1947	31	BOS	AL	21	75	65	5	15	3	0	0	6	0	0	9	5	.231	.324	.277	.601	63	18	1	0	1			2
1947	31	DET	AL	71	222	191	19	55	10	0	5	33	0	1	28	16	.288	.382	.419	.801	119	80	2	1	2			2
1948	32	TOT	MLB	57	136	113	10	22	3	0	0	10	1	0	20	11	.195	.316	.221	.537	43	25	3	0	3			2
1948	32	DET	AL	54	132	109	10	22	3	0	0	10	1	0	20	11	.202	.326	.229	.555	47	25	2	0	3			2
1948	32	PHI	NL	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0			/2
1949	33	PHI-min	AAA	95	305	262	31	68	16	0	4	26	1		42	28	.260	.362	.366	.728		96		0	1				TTO · IL
1949	33	PHI	NL	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0			/2
1950	34	DAL	AA	89	193	193		41	7	1	0						.212	.212	.259	.472		50							DAL · TL
12 Yrs				672	2140	1849	179	458	90	12	15	228	10	6	253	152	.248	.343	.334	.677	87	617	34	15	24
162 Game Avg.				162	516	446	43	110	22	3	4	55	2		61	37	.248	.343	.334	.677	87	149		4	6
				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
PHA (8 yrs)				339	1001	883	85	207	49	6	3	89	5	3	98	73	.234	.316	.314	.630	76	277	19	8	12
BOS (3 yrs)				204	778	658	65	174	28	6	7	96	4	2	107	51	.264	.372	.357	.729	103	235	10	6	7
PHI (2 yrs)				4	7	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0
DET (2 yrs)				125	354	300	29	77	13	0	5	43	1	1	48	27	.257	.361	.350	.711	92	105	4	1	5

AL (11 yrs)				668	2133	1841	179	458	90	12	15	228	10	6	253	151	.249	.344	.335	.679	88	617	33	15	24
NL (2 yrs)				4	7	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	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
1937	21	PHA	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/2
1938	22	PHA	AL	33	100	-7	0	0	0	1	-6	-0.6	3	-3	-0.2	.483	.496	-0.2	0.1	-3	$	2
1939	23	PHA	AL	5	8	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.470	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/2
1940	24	PHA	AL	34	89	-1	0	0	1	1	1	0.1	2	3	0.3	.502	.500	0.2	0.2	2	$	2
1941	25	PHA	AL	46	150	-4	0	0	0	1	-2	-0.2	4	1	0.1	.495	.498	0.1	0.1	1	$	2
1942	26	PHA	AL	104	320	-9	0	0	-1	3	-7	-0.8	7	-0	-0.1	.493	.495	0.0	0.2	0	$	2	AS
1943	27	PHA	AL	111	330	-3	-0	0	-3	3	-3	-0.4	7	4	0.3	.497	.498	0.7	-0.0	7	$	2	MVP-33
1944	28	PHA	AL	5	4	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.493	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/2
1944	28	BOS	AL	66	258	14	-0	0	-1	2	15	1.6	5	20	2.2	.525	.510	2.3	0.1	21	$	2

1946	30	BOS	AL	117	445	-5	1	0	1	4	1	0.1	11	12	1.2	.501	.501	1.1	0.6	11	$	*2	AS,MVP-26
1947	31	BOS	AL	21	75	-3	0	0	-1	1	-3	-0.4	2	-1	-0.2	.483	.498	0.0	-0.1	-0	$	2
1947	31	DET	AL	71	222	6	-0	0	0	2	7	0.7	6	13	1.3	.511	.505	1.3	0.2	13	$	2
1948	32	DET	AL	54	132	-8	0	-0	1	1	-6	-0.6	3	-2	-0.2	.489	.496	-0.3	0.2	-4	$	2
1948	32	PHI	NL	3	4	-1	-0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.461	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/2
1949	33	PHI	NL	1	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.413	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/2
12 Seasons				672	2140	-24	1	-0	-3	18	-8	-0.8	51	42	4.4	.499	.500	4.9	1.6	45	$

PHA (8 yrs)				339	1001	-26	1	0	-3	8	-20	-2.1	23	3	0.3	.494	.498	0.7	0.6	6	$
BOS (3 yrs)				204	778	6	1	0	-1	6	12	1.3	19	31	3.2	.507	.503	3.4	0.6	32	$
PHI (2 yrs)				4	7	-2	-0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.449	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$
DET (2 yrs)				125	354	-2	-0	-0	1	3	1	0.2	9	10	1.1	.502	.501	1.0	0.4	9	$

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
1938	22	PHA	AL	100	71	7	2.6	115	.253	.227	.285	.299	.363	.273	.425	.572	.788	47	.214	-7.3	-0.7	.485	.136	.045
1939	23	PHA	AL	8	7	0	0.0	111	.200	.125	.283	.125	.357	.125	.418	.250	.775	-35	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.143	.000	.000
1940	24	PHA	AL	89	60	9	4.0	108	.275	.253	.276	.356	.348	.347	.418	.703	.766	85	.401	-1.1	-0.1	.655	.240	.093
1941	25	PHA	AL	150	103	14	3.6	104	.231	.221	.272	.320	.348	.336	.401	.656	.749	76	.381	-4.3	-0.4	.621	.267	.115	1.0
1942	26	PHA	AL	320	231	27	3.1	94	.260	.236	.264	.304	.339	.313	.370	.616	.709	74	.378	-9.6	-1.0	.524	.163	.076	1.0
1943	27	PHA	AL	330	235	29	3.4	86	.251	.239	.255	.327	.329	.315	.352	.642	.681	89	.445	-2.8	-0.3	.556	.201	.076	1.5
1944	28	TOT	AL	262	157	40	6.9	91	.349	.330	.267	.415	.333	.436	.364	.852	.698	144	.727	14.7	1.5	.852	.233	.106	1.0
1944	28	PHA	AL	4	3	0	0.0	89	.250	.250	.264	.250	.331	.250	.361	.500	.692	45	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.333	.000	.000
1944	28	BOS	AL	258	154	40	7.0	91	.351	.332	.267	.418	.334	.439	.364	.857	.698	146	.734	15.0	1.6	.862	.238	.108	1.0

1946	30	BOS	AL	445	297	42	3.8	101	.238	.230	.271	.354	.346	.322	.389	.675	.735	85	.456	-5.3	-0.6	.655	.284	.092	4.0
1947	31	TOT	AL	297	193	36	5.0	101	.283	.273	.268	.367	.349	.383	.386	.750	.735	105	.580	2.7	0.3	.711	.250	.109	.0
1947	31	BOS	AL	75	52	6	3.1	102	.250	.231	.271	.324	.352	.277	.389	.601	.741	63	.365	-3.0	-0.3	.529	.185	.046
1947	31	DET	AL	222	141	30	5.7	100	.294	.288	.267	.382	.348	.419	.384	.801	.732	119	.637	5.8	0.6	.777	.272	.131	.0
1948	32	TOT	MLB	136	97	8	2.2	108	.216	.195	.276	.316	.362	.221	.400	.537	.761	43	.206	-8.9	-0.9	.489	.212	.027	.0
1948	32	DET	AL	132	92	8	2.3	108	.224	.202	.277	.326	.362	.229	.400	.555	.762	47	.222	-7.8	-0.8	.517	.220	.028	.0
1948	32	PHI	NL	4	5	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.266	.000	.339	.000	.393	.000	.732	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1949	33	PHI	NL	3	4	0	0.0	101	.000	.000	.267	.000	.340	.000	.399	.000	.739	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
12 Yrs				2140	1455	212	3.9	98	.263	.248	.268	.343	.343	.334	.381	.677	.724	87	.463	-24.7	-2.4	.621	.225	.086	12.0
162 Game Avg.				516	351	51	3.9	98	.263	.248	.268	.343	.343	.334	.381	.677	.724	87	.463	-24.7	-2.4	.621	.225	.086	3
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
PHA (8 yrs)				1001	710	86	3.3	96	.253	.234	.266	.316	.340	.314	.379	.630	.719	76	.375	-27.0	-2.7	.552	.193	.079	3.8
BOS (3 yrs)				778	503	88	4.7	97	.278	.264	.269	.372	.342	.357	.381	.729	.723	103	.559	6.6	0.7	.706	.258	.093	5.1
PHI (2 yrs)				7	9	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.266	.000	.340	.000	.396	.000	.736	-100	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
DET (2 yrs)				354	233	38	4.3	103	.269	.257	.271	.361	.353	.350	.390	.711	.743	92	.501	-2.0	-0.2	.675	.253	.093	1.7

AL (11 yrs)				2133	1446	212	3.9	98	.264	.249	.268	.344	.343	.335	.381	.679	.724	88	.466	-22.5	-2.2	.625	.226	.086	12.0
NL (2 yrs)				7	9	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.266	.000	.340	.000	.396	.000	.736	-100	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.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
1946	30	BOS	AL	WS	STL	L	5	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
1 WS							5	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1942	PHA	AL	26	DNP

1946	BOS	AL	30	1	1	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	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1938	22	PHA	AL	100	0.0%	9.0%	8.0%	3.0%	15%	1.13	9.8		11.0			79%
1939	23	PHA	AL	8	0.0%	37.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.7					63%
1940	24	PHA	AL	89	0.0%	6.7%	12.4%	6.7%	32%	0.55	12.5		7.5			78%
1941	25	PHA	AL	150	0.7%	6.0%	12.7%	7.3%	38%	0.47	14.6	131.0	8.7			81%
1942	26	PHA	AL	320	0.3%	9.1%	7.5%	5.9%	28%	1.21	9.9	288.0	9.6			81%
1943	27	PHA	AL	330	0.3%	5.2%	10.9%	5.8%	28%	0.47	17.0	289.0	11.1			82%
1944	28	TOT	AL	262	0.4%	5.3%	11.1%	6.9%	24%	0.48	16.2	227.0	6.0			81%
1944	28	PHA	AL	4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%							100%
1944	28	BOS	AL	258	0.4%	5.4%	11.2%	7.0%	24%	0.48	15.9	223.0	5.9			81%

1946	30	BOS	AL	445	1.4%	7.2%	15.5%	4.5%	24%	0.46	11.6	61.7	7.1			75%
1947	31	TOT	AL	297	1.7%	7.1%	12.5%	6.1%	26%	0.57	12.2	51.2	6.6			77%
1947	31	BOS	AL	75	0.0%	6.7%	12.0%	4.0%	20%	0.56	13.0		10.8			80%
1947	31	DET	AL	222	2.3%	7.2%	12.6%	6.8%	27%	0.57	11.9	38.2	5.8			77%
1948	32	TOT	MLB	136	0.0%	8.1%	14.7%	2.2%	14%	0.55	10.3		11.3		1.09	75%
1948	32	DET	AL	132	0.0%	8.3%	15.2%	2.3%	14%	0.55	9.9		10.9		1.14	74%
1948	32	PHI	NL	4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							0.00	100%
1949	33	PHI	NL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			4.0					100%
12 Yrs				2140	0.7%	7.1%	11.8%	5.5%	26%	0.60	12.2	123.3	8.1		1.09	79%
MLB Averages					1.4%	9.2%	9.1%	6.2%	27%	1.00	9.7	63.8	8.3		0.97	78%
				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
1937	21	PHA	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1938	22	PHA	AL	-7.3	-0.7	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1939	23	PHA	AL	-1.6	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1940	24	PHA	AL	-1.1	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1941	25	PHA	AL	-4.4	-0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1942	26	PHA	AL	-10.0	-1.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1943	27	PHA	AL	-2.8	-0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1944	28	TOT	AL	14.7	1.5	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1944	28	PHA	AL	-0.3	-0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1944	28	BOS	AL	15.0	1.6	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1946	30	BOS	AL	-5.3	-0.6	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	31	TOT	AL	2.7	0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	31	BOS	AL	-3.0	-0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	31	DET	AL	5.8	0.6	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	32	TOT	MLB	-8.9	-0.9	74	-0.8	0.6	-1.4	.90	-0.4	-0.5	-3.7	-0.4	0.90	-4.6	0.87	2
1948	32	DET	AL	-7.8	-0.8	73	-0.8	0.6	-1.4	.89	-0.3	-0.5	-3.5	-0.3	0.90	-4.3	0.61	1
1948	32	PHI	NL	-1.1	-0.1	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	1.13	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.61	-0.3	1.13	1
1949	33	PHI	NL	-1.1	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
12 Yrs				-25.2	-2.5	74	-0.8	0.6	-1.4	.90	-0.4	-0.5	-3.7	-0.4	0.90	-4.6	0.87	2
				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%	SBH	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	32	TOT	MLB	2	0	24%	24	1	0	100%	1	14%	3	3	2	2	2	1	1
1948	32	DET	AL	2	0	24%	21	1	0	100%	1	17%	2	2	2	2	2	1	1
1948	32	PHI	NL	0	0		3	0			0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1949	33	PHI	NL				0	0			0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12 Yrs				2	0	23%	24	10	6	63%	1	14%	3	3	2	2	2	1	1

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	MLB	136	88%	22			2	0	0	0	0.87	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	150%	11	3	27%	8	3	38%	45	6	13%	3	1	33%	3	1	33%	0
1948	32	DET	AL	132	88%	22			1	0	0	0	0.61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	150%	11	2	18%	8	3	38%	45	6	13%	3	1	33%	3	1	33%	0
1948	32	PHI	NL	4	100%	0			1	0	0	0	1.13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1949	33	PHI	NL	3		0				0	0			0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0			0	0		0	0		0
12 Yrs				139	88%	458			2	0	0	0	0.87	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	24	1200%	11	34	309%	8	3	38%	45	6	13%	3	1	33%	3	1	33%	0
MLB Averages					52%																			863%			85%			34%			15%			51%			56%

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
1938	22	34	100	88	10	20	2	1	0	8	0	0	8	9	.227	.299	.273	.572	47	24		1	3
1939	23	39	108	96	10	21	2	1	0	8	0	0	8	12	.219	.286	.260	.546	40	25	0	1	3
1940	24	73	197	171	19	40	7	2	0	18	0	0	19	18	.234	.318	.298	.616	60	51	2	2	5
1941	25	119	347	302	37	69	15	4	1	33	1	0	38	27	.228	.319	.315	.633	67	95	3	2	5
1942	26	223	667	590	63	137	32	5	2	63	2	0	62	56	.232	.312	.314	.625	70	185	10	6	9
1943	27	334	997	879	85	206	49	6	3	89	5	3	98	73	.234	.317	.314	.631	76	276	19	8	12
1944	28	405	1259	1106	106	281	62	10	4	127	6	4	127	87	.254	.337	.339	.676	90	375	21	12	14
1945	29	405	1259	1106	106	281	62	10	4	127	6	4	127	87	.254	.337	.339	.676	90	375	21	12	14
1946	30	522	1704	1476	145	366	74	12	10	179	9	5	196	119	.248	.342	.335	.676	89	494	28	14	18
1947	31	614	2001	1732	169	436	87	12	15	218	9	6	233	140	.252	.345	.342	.687	91	592	31	15	21
1948	32	671	2137	1845	179	458	90	12	15	228	10	6	253	151	.248	.344	.334	.678	88	617	34	15	24
1949	33	672	2140	1849	179	458	90	12	15	228	10	6	253	152	.248	.343	.334	.677	87	617	34	15	24

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
1938	22	35	103	91	9	19	2	1	0	7	0	8	10	.209	.280	.253	.533	6	33
1939	23	5	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5
1940	24	36	90	77	8	18	5	1	0	9	0	10	6	.234	.330	.325	.654	8	34
1941	25	48	156	136	19	30	8	2	1	15	1	20	9	.221	.321	.331	.651	15	46
1942	26	110	341	307	29	74	18	1	1	34	1	26	31	.241	.309	.316	.625	30	104
1943	27	117	356	310	27	79	19	1	1	32	3	41	18	.255	.346	.332	.678	36	111
1944	28	74	280	242	24	83	14	4	1	43	1	32	15	.343	.428	.446	.874	46	71

1946	30	122	467	388	42	90	13	2	6	56	3	73	33	.232	.356	.322	.679	45	117
1947	31	96	310	267	26	74	14	0	5	41	0	39	22	.277	.371	.386	.757	38	92
1948	32	60	138	116	9	21	3	0	0	9	1	19	11	.181	.296	.207	.503	7	57
1949	33	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
11 Yrs		704	2253	1946	193	488	96	12	15	246	10	268	159	.251	.346	.336	.681	231	671
162 Game Avg.		162	518	448	44	112	22	3	3	57	2	62	37	.251	.346	.336	.681	53	671

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1942 1946 *	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1943 AL (33, 0%) 1946 AL (26, 0%) 0.00 Career Shares (1712th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1946 AL 69 (10th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1942 AL 4 (7th) 1944 AL 4 (9th)

All-Star Games
1942
1946 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1943 AL (33, 0%)
1946 AL (26, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1712th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1946 AL 69 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1942 AL 4 (7th)
1944 AL 4 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 2 (2156), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 11 (1111), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 4 (2360), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Clyde McCullough (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Al Evans (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Al Evans (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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