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Harry Walker

Harry William Walker (Harry The Hat)

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 22, 1916 in Pascagoula, MS
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1937. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 25, 1940 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Phillies/Reds/Cubs 1940-1955

Final Game: August 19, 1955 (Age 38)
Died: August 8, 1999 in Birmingham, AL
Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Leeds, AL
Relatives: Brother of Dixie Walker, Son of Dixie Walker and Nephew of Ernie Walker
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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	20	DET-CLE-min	D,B	68	269	269		93	17	4	1						.346	.346	.450	.796		121							TIF,MTG · OHSL,SEAL
1938	21	PHI-min	C,B	110	426	426		115	11	11	1						.270	.270	.354	.624		151							MTG,TYL,GRV · SEAL,ETXL,SALL
1939	22	PHI-min	B	127	479	479		154	18	13	2						.322	.322	.426	.747		204							PSC · SEAL
1940	23	STL-min	AA	143	547	547		171	40	7	17						.313	.313	.505	.817		276							CLB,ROC · AA,IL
1940	23	STL	NL	7	28	27	2	5	2	0	0	6	0		0	2	.185	.185	.259	.444	19	7	0	0	1			/O879
1941	24	STL-min	AA	121	516	445	79	124	25	1	4	58	13		54	23	.279	.359	.366	.726		163		2	15				CLB · AA
1941	24	STL	NL	7	17	15	3	4	1	0	0	1	0		2	1	.267	.353	.333	.686	89	5	0	0	0			/7O
1942	25	STL	NL	74	209	191	38	60	12	2	0	16	2		11	14	.314	.355	.398	.753	113	76	1	1	6			O87/94
1943	26	STL	NL	148	640	564	76	166	28	6	2	53	5		40	24	.294	.341	.376	.717	102	212	5	0	36			*O8/49	AS
1944		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946	29	STL	NL	112	385	346	53	82	14	6	3	27	12		30	29	.237	.300	.338	.638	78	117	3	1	8			O87/3	MVP-22
1947	30	TOT	NL	140	597	513	81	186	29	16	1	41	13		63	39	*.363*	.436	.487	.924	150	250	10	4	18			*8/37	AS,MVP-9
1947	30	STL	NL	10	29	25	2	5	1	0	0	0	0		4	2	.200	.310	.240	.550	46	6	1	0	0			O/87
1947	30	PHI	NL	130	568	488	79	181	28	16	1	41	13		59	37	.371	.443	.500	.943	155	244	9	4	18			*8O/3
1948	31	PHI	NL	112	368	332	34	97	11	2	2	23	4		33	30	.292	.358	.355	.713	96	118	3	1	2			O87/395
1949	32	TOT	NL	128	525	473	73	142	21	5	2	37	6		45	23	.300	.361	.378	.739	99	179	8	0	7			*978/3
1949	32	CHC	NL	42	172	159	20	42	6	3	1	14	2		11	6	.264	.312	.358	.670	82	57	2	0	2			O97
1949	32	CIN	NL	86	353	314	53	100	15	2	1	23	4		34	17	.318	.385	.389	.774	107	122	6	0	5			O897/3
1950	33	STL-min	AAA	41	181	144	26	40	11	2	3	14	2		31	16	.278	.412	.444	.857		64	1	2	4				CLB · AA
1950	33	STL	NL	60	168	150	17	31	5	0	0	7	0		18	12	.207	.292	.240	.532	39	36	2	0	0			O8/793
1951	34	STL-min	AAA	110	358	298	63	117	24	1	6	39	10		55	18	.393	.490	.540	1.030		161	4	2	3				CLB · AA
1951	34	STL	NL	8	28	26	6	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	.308	.357	.346	.703	90	9	0	0	0			/O873

1952	35	STL-min	AAA	115	445	367	80	134	22	7	4	36	3		72	21	.365	.470	.496	.966		182		1	5				ROC · IL
1953	36	STL-min	AAA	112	373	304	59	92	11	1	7	37	7		64	15	.303	.425	.414	.840		126		1	4				ROC · IL
1954	37	STL-min	AAA	78	181	155	27	48	7	0	0	13	7		24	12	.310	.406	.355	.760		55		1	1	0			ROC · IL
1955	38	STL-min	AAA	9	7	7		3									.429	.429											ROC · IL
1955	38	STL	NL	11	15	14	2	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.357	.400	.500	.900	139	7	0	0	0	0	0	/7
1956	39	STL-min	AA	82	200	177	32	58	9	0	3	31	3	0	19	14	.328	.390	.429	.819		76		1	0	3			HSN · TL
1957	40	STL-min	AA	62	169	153	28	44	11	1	1	16	0	0	13	10	.288	.345	.392	.737		60		1	1	1			HSN · TL
1958	41	STL-min	AA	45	97	85	8	23	2	0	2	13	1	0	11	8	.271	.351	.365	.715		31		0	0	1			HSN · TL
11 Yrs				807	2980	2651	385	786	126	37	10	214	42	0	245	175	.296	.358	.383	.741	103	1016	32	7	78	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	598	532	77	158	25	7	2	43	8		49	35	.296	.358	.383	.741	103	204	6	1	16

STL (9 yrs)				437	1519	1358	199	366	66	14	5	113	19	0	108	85	.270	.324	.350	.674	87	475	12	2	51	0	0
PHI (2 yrs)				242	936	820	113	278	39	18	3	64	17		92	67	.339	.409	.441	.850	132	362	12	5	20
CIN (1 yr)				86	353	314	53	100	15	2	1	23	4		34	17	.318	.385	.389	.774	107	122	6	0	5
CHC (1 yr)				42	172	159	20	42	6	3	1	14	2		11	6	.264	.312	.358	.670	82	57	2	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	Pos	Awards
1940	23	STL	NL	7	28	-3	0	0	0	-0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.450	.498	-0.2	-0.0	-2	/O879
1941	24	STL	NL	7	17	-0	0	0	0	-0	-0	-0.0	1	0	0.0	.495	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	/7O
1942	25	STL	NL	74	209	3	-0	0	0	-1	2	0.2	7	8	0.9	.503	.501	0.9	-0.1	8	O87/94
1943	26	STL	NL	148	640	1	-0	0	-2	-1	-2	-0.3	20	18	1.8	.498	.499	2.1	-0.4	20	*O8/49	AS

1946	29	STL	NL	112	385	-10	1	0	2	-1	-9	-1.0	14	6	0.5	.491	.494	0.2	0.1	4	O87/3	MVP-22
1947	30	STL	NL	10	29	-2	0	0	-1	-0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.470	.498	-0.1	-0.1	-1	O/87	AS,MVP-9
1947	30	PHI	NL	130	568	40	-1	0	2	-1	40	4.0	22	62	6.2	.531	.525	6.0	0.2	60	*8O/3	AS,MVP-9
1948	31	PHI	NL	112	368	-1	-2	1	-2	-2	-6	-0.6	14	9	0.9	.495	.496	1.1	-0.4	11	O87/395
1949	32	CHC	NL	42	172	-4	1	0	-2	-2	-6	-0.7	7	0	0.0	.484	.496	0.2	-0.4	2	O97
1949	32	CIN	NL	86	353	5	-1	1	0	-3	2	0.2	14	16	1.6	.503	.501	1.6	-0.3	16	O897/3
1950	33	STL	NL	60	168	-13	-1	1	0	-1	-13	-1.4	6	-6	-0.7	.478	.492	-0.7	-0.1	-6	O8/793
1951	34	STL	NL	8	28	-0	0	0	0	-0	0	0.0	1	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	/O873

1955	38	STL	NL	11	15	1	0	1	-0	-0	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.511	.501	0.2	-0.0	2	/7
11 Seasons				807	2980	17	-3	4	-3	-12	3	-0.1	109	112	11.0	.500	.500	11.4	-1.6	115

STL (9 yrs)				437	1519	-23	-0	2	-1	-5	-27	-3.1	52	25	2.3	.493	.498	2.5	-0.8	26
PHI (2 yrs)				242	936	39	-3	1	0	-3	34	3.4	37	71	7.1	.514	.510	7.1	-0.2	71
CIN (1 yr)				86	353	5	-1	1	0	-3	2	0.2	14	16	1.6	.503	.501	1.6	-0.3	16
CHC (1 yr)				42	172	-4	1	0	-2	-2	-6	-0.7	7	0	0.0	.484	.496	0.2	-0.4	2

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
1940	23	STL	NL	28	23	1	1.2	102	.200	.185	.278	.185	.343	.259	.399	.444	.742	19	.082	-3.1	-0.3	.318	.074	.074
1941	24	STL	NL	17	11	2	4.9	100	.286	.267	.274	.353	.345	.333	.386	.686	.731	89	.573	-0.1	-0.0	.636	.200	.067
1942	25	STL	NL	209	138	27	5.3	93	.339	.314	.265	.355	.338	.398	.368	.753	.706	113	.644	3.0	0.3	.682	.152	.084	.0
1943	26	STL	NL	640	439	72	4.4	94	.305	.294	.272	.341	.341	.376	.368	.717	.710	102	.552	0.4	0.0	.638	.161	.082	2.9

1946	29	STL	NL	385	275	35	3.4	96	.252	.237	.267	.300	.343	.338	.374	.638	.717	78	.423	-11.5	-1.2	.599	.223	.101	4.8
1947	30	TOT	NL	597	355	109	8.2	102	.391	*.363*	.269	.436	.343	.487	.398	.924	.741	150	.738	39.0	3.7	.979	.273	.125	1.9
1947	30	STL	NL	29	21	2	2.5	109	.217	.200	.279	.310	.355	.240	.413	.550	.768	46	.249	-1.9	-0.2	.476	.200	.040
1947	30	PHI	NL	568	334	107	8.5	102	.400	.371	.268	.443	.342	.500	.397	.943	.740	155	.752	40.8	3.9	1.013	.277	.129	1.9
1948	31	PHI	NL	368	240	42	4.6	99	.317	.292	.265	.358	.339	.355	.393	.713	.732	96	.520	-1.0	-0.1	.655	.175	.063	2.7
1949	32	TOT	NL	525	346	65	5.0	103	.313	.300	.270	.361	.343	.378	.403	.739	.747	99	.543	0.1	0.0	.678	.186	.078	3.0
1949	32	CHC	NL	172	121	18	4.0	100	.270	.264	.266	.312	.338	.358	.397	.670	.736	82	.436	-4.3	-0.4	.588	.176	.094	1.3
1949	32	CIN	NL	353	225	47	5.6	105	.334	.318	.272	.385	.345	.389	.406	.774	.752	107	.590	4.4	0.4	.727	.191	.070	1.6
1950	33	STL	NL	168	121	11	2.4	111	.225	.207	.274	.292	.352	.240	.425	.532	.777	39	.228	-13.3	-1.3	.446	.153	.033
1951	34	STL	NL	28	18	3	4.5	103	.320	.308	.268	.357	.342	.346	.405	.703	.747	90	.496	-0.3	-0.0	.611	.115	.038

1955	38	STL	NL	15	9	3	8.9	105	.357	.357	.264	.400	.335	.500	.419	.900	.754	139	.765	0.9	0.1	.889	.214	.143
11 Yrs				2980	1975	370	5.0	99	.315	.296	.269	.358	.342	.383	.388	.741	.731	103	.567	14.0	1.2	.691	.195	.087	16.2
162 Game Avg.				598	396	74	5.0	99	.315	.296	.269	.358	.342	.383	.388	.741	.731	103	.567	3	0	.691	.195	.087	3

STL (9 yrs)				1519	1055	156	4.0	97	.285	.270	.270	.324	.343	.350	.379	.674	.722	87	.488	-26.0	-2.6	.602	.174	.080	7.9
PHI (2 yrs)				936	574	149	6.9	101	.367	.339	.267	.409	.341	.441	.395	.850	.737	132	.680	39.8	3.8	.859	.235	.102	5.1
CIN (1 yr)				353	225	47	5.6	105	.334	.318	.272	.385	.345	.389	.406	.774	.752	107	.590	4.4	0.4	.727	.191	.070	1.6
CHC (1 yr)				172	121	18	4.0	100	.270	.264	.266	.312	.338	.358	.397	.670	.736	82	.436	-4.3	-0.4	.588	.176	.094	1.3

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
1942	25	STL	NL	WS	NYY	W	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1943	26	STL	NL	WS	NYY	L	5	18	18	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.222	.389	4	0	0	0	0	0

1946	29	STL	NL	WS	BOS	W	7	22	17	3	7	2	0	0	6	0	1	4	2	.412	.524	.529	1.053	9	0	0	1	0	2
3 Yrs (3 Series)							13	41	36	3	10	3	0	0	6	0	1	4	5	.278	.350	.361	.711	13	0	0	1	0	2
3 WS							13	41	36	3	10	3	0	0	6	0	1	4	5	.278	.350	.361	.711	13	0	0	1	0	2

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
1943	STL	NL	26	as CF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

1947	PHI	NL	30	as CF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs (2 GP)					3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.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	GO/AO	IP%
1940	23	STL	NL	28	0.0%	7.1%	0.0%	7.1%	40%		13.5		4.5		89%
1941	24	STL	NL	17	0.0%	5.9%	11.8%	5.9%	25%	0.50	15.0		15.0		82%
1942	25	STL	NL	209	0.0%	6.7%	5.3%	6.7%	23%	1.27	13.6		11.9		85%
1943	26	STL	NL	640	0.3%	3.8%	6.3%	5.6%	22%	0.60	23.5	282.0	10.6		84%

1946	29	STL	NL	385	0.8%	7.5%	7.8%	6.0%	28%	0.97	11.9	115.3	12.8	0.91	82%
1947	30	TOT	NL	597	0.2%	6.5%	10.6%	7.7%	25%	0.62	13.2	513.0	12.5	1.45	79%
1947	30	STL	NL	29	0.0%	6.9%	13.8%	3.5%	20%	0.50	12.5			1.75	79%
1947	30	PHI	NL	568	0.2%	6.5%	10.4%	7.9%	25%	0.63	13.2	488.0	11.9	1.43	79%
1948	31	PHI	NL	368	0.5%	8.2%	9.0%	4.1%	16%	0.91	11.1	166.0	14.4	1.16	82%
1949	32	TOT	NL	525	0.4%	4.4%	8.6%	5.3%	20%	0.51	20.6	236.5	12.8	1.06	85%
1949	32	CHC	NL	172	0.6%	3.5%	6.4%	5.8%	24%	0.55	26.5	159.0	11.4	0.68	88%
1949	32	CIN	NL	353	0.3%	4.8%	9.6%	5.1%	18%	0.50	18.5	314.0	13.7	1.30	84%
1950	33	STL	NL	168	0.0%	7.1%	10.7%	3.0%	16%	0.67	12.5		21.4	1.23	82%
1951	34	STL	NL	28	0.0%	3.6%	7.1%	3.6%	13%	0.50	26.0		13.0	0.71	89%

1955	38	STL	NL	15	0.0%	0.0%	6.7%	13.3%	40%	0.00			14.0	1.25	93%
11 Yrs				2980	0.3%	5.9%	8.2%	5.8%	22%	0.71	15.1	265.1	12.4	1.13	83%
MLB Averages					1.6%	9.7%	9.3%	6.2%	27%	1.04	9.1	54.5	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
1940	23	STL	NL	-3.1	-0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1941	24	STL	NL	-0.1	-0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1942	25	STL	NL	3.0	0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1943	26	STL	NL	0.4	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1946	29	STL	NL	-11.5	-1.2	291	-0.2	3.9	-4.1	.96	-0.1	-0.2	0.7	0.1	0.96	-1.1	1.55	12
1947	30	TOT	NL	39.0	3.7	344	1.1	6.2	-5.1	1.00	2.1	-1.0	21.6	2.1	0.93	22.3	4.65	1
1947	30	STL	NL	-1.9	-0.2	16	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	1.08	-0.1	-0.2	-3.1	-0.3	0.87	-1.7		0
1947	30	PHI	NL	40.8	3.9	328	1.5	6.2	-4.7	.99	2.2	-0.7	24.7	2.4	0.93	24.0	4.65	1
1948	31	PHI	NL	-1.0	-0.1	219	-0.3	3.4	-3.8	1.04	-0.5	0.2	-2.0	-0.2	0.93	-4.0	1.32	18
1949	32	TOT	NL	0.1	0.0	368	0.6	7.0	-6.4	1.12	-0.3	0.8	1.4	0.1	0.95	-3.6	1.97	9
1949	32	CHC	NL	-4.3	-0.4	107	0.3	1.6	-1.3	.87	-0.2	0.5	2.3	0.2	0.89	-1.5	0.48	3
1949	32	CIN	NL	4.4	0.4	261	0.3	5.4	-5.1	1.23	-0.1	0.3	-0.9	-0.1	0.98	-2.1	2.72	6
1950	33	STL	NL	-13.3	-1.3	147	-1.4	1.5	-2.9	1.01	-1.1	-0.2	-12.7	-1.2	0.95	-13.8	0.82	5
1951	34	STL	NL	-0.3	-0.0	21	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	.81	0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.96	0.4		0

1955	38	STL	NL	0.9	0.1	14	0.1	0.4	-0.3	1.41	-0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.06	0.0	1.13	8
11 Yrs				14.0	1.2	1404	-0.2	22.6	-22.9	1.03	0.2	-0.4	9.0	0.9	0.94	0.4	1.47	53

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	OOB1	OOB2	OOB3	OOBHm	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1946	29	STL	NL	8	0	46%	105	12		9	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	2	1	5	50%	13	5	7	6	4	1	9	3	6
1947	30	TOT	NL	6	0	32%	179	13		7	3	1	1	0	0	2	1	5	1	1	0	1	5	55%	21	11	10	9	7	2	10	0	10
1947	30	STL	NL	0	0	22%	10	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1947	30	PHI	NL	6	0	32%	169	13		7	3	1	1	0	0	2	1	5	1	1	0	1	5	55%	21	11	10	9	7	2	10	0	10
1948	31	PHI	NL	5	0	25%	110	4		2	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	1	0	2	0	36%	10	8	2	2	0	2	10	5	4
1949	32	TOT	NL	1	0	38%	169	6		4	2	0	0	0	1	5	0	4	0	0	1	1	6	37%	26	23	3	5	2	3	15	3	11
1949	32	CHC	NL	0	0	37%	48	2		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	33%	6	5	1	1	0	1	2	1	1
1949	32	CIN	NL	1	0	39%	121	4		2	2	0	0	0	1	5	0	4	0	0	1	1	5	38%	20	18	2	4	2	2	13	2	10
1950	33	STL	NL	1	0	35%	59	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	1	1	0	1	0	38%	7	4	3	5	4	1	4	2	2
1951	34	STL	NL	0	0	60%	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	60%	2	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	2

1955	38	STL	NL	0	0	33%	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11 Yrs				21	0	37%	643	42	0	22	14	2	1	0	1	10	1	24	2	4	3	6	17	44%	80	53	26	27	17	9	51	14	35

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	%	DPopp	DPs	DP%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1946	29	STL	NL	385	82%	82			12	3	0	2	1.55	3	0	8	1	1	2	1	0	7	8	114%	56	3	5%	33	12	36%	160	21	13%	14	6	43%	12	6	50%	0
1947	30	TOT	NL	597	75%	186			1	0	0	0	4.65	1	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	11	18	164%	71	10	14%	24	10	42%	180	22	12%	11	8	73%	9	4	44%	0
1947	30	STL	NL	29	69%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	2	0	0%	9	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1947	30	PHI	NL	568	75%	181			1	0	0	0	4.65	1	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	11	18	164%	70	9	13%	22	10	45%	171	22	13%	10	8	80%	8	4	50%	0
1948	31	PHI	NL	368	81%	97			18	5	0	0	1.32	2	0	7	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	100%	34	3	9%	14	4	29%	98	12	12%	7	4	57%	4	2	50%	0
1949	32	TOT	NL	525	61%	142			9	2	0	1	1.97	2	0	4	1	0	1	1	0	8	7	88%	54	8	15%	29	10	34%	177	23	13%	12	6	50%	10	7	70%	0
1949	32	CHC	NL	172	84%	42			3	0	0	0	0.48	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	200%	8	2	25%	5	1	20%	38	6	16%	5	1	20%	3	3	100%	0
1949	32	CIN	NL	353	52%	100			6	2	0	1	2.72	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	7	5	71%	46	6	13%	24	9	38%	139	17	12%	7	5	71%	7	4	57%	0
1950	33	STL	NL	168	84%	31			5	0	0	0	0.82	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	27	2	7%	16	6	38%	87	6	7%	6	2	33%	5	1	20%	0
1951	34	STL	NL	28	65%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	2	0	0%	11	1	9%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0

1955	38	STL	NL	15	100%	5			8	3	0	0	1.13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	4	2	50%	9	1	11%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
11 Yrs				2086	75%	786			53	13	0	3	1.47	10	0	28	3	1	3	5	1	29	78	269%	250	32	13%	122	44	36%	722	86	12%	52	27	52%	42	21	50%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			162%			19%			33%			14%			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	IBB
1940	23	7	28	27	2	5	2	0	0	6	0		0	2	.185	.185	.259	.444	19	7	0	0	1
1941	24	14	45	42	5	9	3	0	0	7	0		2	3	.214	.250	.286	.536	45	12	0	0	1
1942	25	88	254	233	43	69	15	2	0	23	2		13	17	.296	.336	.378	.714	100	88	1	1	7
1943	26	236	894	797	119	235	43	8	2	76	7		53	41	.295	.340	.376	.716	102	300	6	1	43
1944	27	236	894	797	119	235	43	8	2	76	7		53	41	.295	.340	.376	.716	102	300	6	1	43
1945	28	236	894	797	119	235	43	8	2	76	7		53	41	.295	.340	.376	.716	102	300	6	1	43
1946	29	348	1279	1143	172	317	57	14	5	103	19		83	70	.277	.327	.365	.692	94	417	9	2	51
1947	30	488	1876	1656	253	503	86	30	6	144	32		146	109	.304	.362	.403	.765	112	667	19	6	69
1948	31	600	2244	1988	287	600	97	32	8	167	36		179	139	.302	.362	.395	.756	109	785	22	7	71
1949	32	728	2769	2461	360	742	118	37	10	204	42		224	162	.302	.361	.392	.753	107	964	30	7	78
1950	33	788	2937	2611	377	773	123	37	10	211	42		242	174	.296	.357	.383	.740	103	1000	32	7	78
1951	34	796	2965	2637	383	781	124	37	10	213	42	0	244	175	.296	.357	.383	.740	103	1009	32	7	78
1952	35	796	2965	2637	383	781	124	37	10	213	42	0	244	175	.296	.357	.383	.740	103	1009	32	7	78
1953	36	796	2965	2637	383	781	124	37	10	213	42	0	244	175	.296	.357	.383	.740	103	1009	32	7	78
1954	37	796	2965	2637	383	781	124	37	10	213	42	0	244	175	.296	.357	.383	.740	103	1009	32	7	78
1955	38	807	2980	2651	385	786	126	37	10	214	42	0	245	175	.296	.358	.383	.741	103	1016	32	7	78	0	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
1940	23	7	29	28	2	5	2	0	0	5	0	0	2	.179	.179	.250	.429	1	7
1941	24	7	17	15	4	4	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	.267	.353	.333	.686	2	7
1942	25	78	223	204	42	65	13	2	0	18	2	12	15	.319	.359	.402	.761	30	74
1943	26	155	676	595	83	179	30	6	2	58	5	43	25	.301	.348	.382	.729	79	148

1946	29	117	407	365	59	89	15	7	3	30	13	33	30	.244	.308	.348	.656	39	112
1947	30	146	629	539	85	197	31	17	1	43	14	67	41	.365	.439	.492	.931	115	140
1948	31	117	387	349	36	103	12	2	2	25	4	35	31	.295	.361	.358	.719	45	112
1949	32	133	542	489	74	145	21	5	2	37	6	46	24	.297	.357	.372	.729	65	128
1950	33	63	173	155	17	31	5	0	0	7	0	18	13	.200	.283	.232	.515	10	60
1951	34	8	29	27	6	8	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	.296	.345	.333	.678	3	8

1955	38	12	15	14	2	5	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	.357	.400	.500	.900	3	11
11 Yrs		843	3127	2780	410	831	133	39	10	227	44	259	183	.299	.360	.386	.746	392	807
162 Game Avg.		162	601	534	79	160	26	7	2	44	8	50	35	.299	.360	.386	.746	75	807

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1958 BBWAA ( 0.4%)	All-Star Games 1943 (CF) 1947 (CF)	Awards (yr lg award) 1947 NL batting_title	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1946 NL (22, 3%) 1947 NL (9, 13%) 0.16 Career Shares (811th)
Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1947 NL 6.0 (9th)	WAR Position Players† s c a p y 1947 NL 6.0 (5th)	Offensive WAR† s c a p y 1947 NL 5.9 (5th)	Batting Average s c a p y 1947 NL .363 (1st)
On-Base% s c a p y 1947 NL .436 (1st)	Slugging % s c a p y 1947 NL .487 (9th)	On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y 1947 NL .924 (6th)	Hits s c a p y 1943 NL 166 (9th) 1947 NL 186 (2nd)
Triples s c a p y 1947 NL 16 (1st)	Stolen Bases s c a p y 1946 NL 12 (6th) 1947 NL 13 (3rd)	Singles s c a p y 1943 NL 130 (7th) 1947 NL 140 (2nd)	Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y 1947 NL 150 (4th)
Runs Created s c a p y 1947 NL 109 (7th)	Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y 1947 NL 39 (5th)	Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y 1947 NL 3.7 (5th)	Times On Base s c a p y 1947 NL 253 (8th)
Offensive Win % s c a p y 1947 NL .738 (3rd)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1947 NL 4 (8th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1943 NL 36 (1st) 1947 NL 18 (2nd)	AB per SO s c a p y 1949 NL 20.6 (6th)
Outs Made s c a p y 1943 NL 439 (8th)	Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y 1947 NL 21.58 (10th)	Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1947 NL 2.1 (6th)	Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y 1947 NL 2.1 (9th)
Oldest s c a p y 1955 NL born 1916-10-22 (4th) 1955 NL born 1916-10-22 (4th)

† 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 Ink	Batting - 5 (387), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 18 (1096), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 22 (768), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 12 (1397), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Center Field (211th), 11.0 career WAR/12.0 7yr-peak WAR/11.5 JAWS Average HOF CF (out of 18) = 70.5 career WAR/44.1 7yr-peak WAR/57.3 JAWS

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