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Bucky Walters

William Henry Walters

Positions: Pitcher and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: April 19, 1909 in Philadelphia, PA
High School: Germantown HS (Germantown, PA)
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1929. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1931
Teams (by GP): Reds/Phillies/RedSox/Braves 1931-1950

Final Game: July 23, 1950
Died: April 20, 1991 in Abington, PA
Buried: Whitemarsh Memorial Park, Ambler, PA
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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
1931 22 BSN NL 9 38 38 2 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 .211 .211 .263 .474 28 10 0 0 /54
1932 23 BSN NL 22 83 75 8 14 3 1 0 4 0 2 18 .187 .208 .253 .461 25 19 0 6 5
1933 24 BOS AL 52 225 195 27 50 8 3 4 28 1 1 19 24 .256 .326 .390 .715 87 76 1 10 5/4
1934 25 TOT MLB 106 415 388 46 97 24 7 8 56 1 0 22 66 .250 .294 .410 .703 77 159 11 2 3 *5/41
1934 25 BOS AL 23 91 88 10 19 4 4 4 18 0 0 3 12 .216 .242 .489 .730 82 43 0 0 5
1934 25 PHI NL 83 324 300 36 78 20 3 4 38 1 19 54 .260 .308 .387 .695 76 116 11 2 3 5/41
1935 26 PHI NL 49 107 96 14 24 2 1 0 6 0 9 12 .250 .314 .292 .606 58 28 2 0 2 1/7O45
1936 27 PHI NL 64 131 121 12 29 10 1 1 16 0 7 15 .240 .281 .364 .645 66 44 3 0 3 1/45
1937 28 PHI NL 56 144 137 15 38 6 0 1 16 1 5 16 .277 .303 .343 .646 70 47 3 0 2 1/5 AS
1938 29 TOT NL 51 109 99 16 19 3 0 1 8 1 8 23 .192 .259 .253 .512 42 25 2 1 2 1
1938 29 PHI NL 15 35 35 6 10 2 0 1 3 1 1 5 .286 .306 .429 .734 100 15 1 0 0 1
1938 29 CIN NL 36 74 64 10 9 1 0 0 5 0 7 18 .141 .236 .156 .392 11 10 1 1 2 1
1939 30 CIN NL 40 131 120 16 39 8 1 1 16 1 5 12 .325 .357 .433 .790 110 52 2 1 5 1 AS,MVP-1
1940 31 CIN NL 37 127 117 11 24 3 0 1 18 2 4 14 .205 .231 .256 .488 34 30 1 0 6 1 AS,MVP-3
1941 32 CIN NL 39 117 106 6 20 6 0 0 9 0 7 13 .189 .239 .245 .484 37 26 3 0 4 1 AS,MVP-28
1942 33 CIN NL 40 104 99 13 24 6 1 2 13 0 3 13 .242 .265 .384 .649 89 38 2 0 2 1/8O AS
1943 34 CIN NL 37 101 90 11 24 7 1 1 12 1 6 15 .267 .313 .400 .713 106 36 1 0 5 1 MVP-32
1944 35 CIN NL 37 120 107 9 30 4 0 0 13 0 8 18 .280 .330 .318 .648 86 34 0 0 5 1 AS,MVP-5
1945 36 CIN NL 24 68 61 11 14 3 0 3 8 2 3 14 .230 .266 .426 .692 92 26 2 0 3 1
1946 37 CIN NL 24 63 55 6 7 2 0 0 5 2 4 12 .127 .186 .164 .350 1 9 1 0 4 1
1947 38 CIN NL 20 49 45 3 12 2 0 0 4 0 2 13 .267 .298 .311 .609 62 14 0 0 2 1
1948 39 CIN NL 7 15 15 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 .267 .267 .267 .533 47 4 1 0 0 /1
1950 41 BSN NL 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
19 Yrs 715 2149 1966 227 477 99 16 23 234 12 1 114 303 .243 .286 .344 .630 69 677 34 5 64
162 Game Avg. 162 487 445 51 108 22 4 5 53 3 26 69 .243 .286 .344 .630 69 153 1 15
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
CIN (11 yrs) 341 969 879 97 207 42 3 8 105 8 49 144 .235 .277 .317 .595 66 279 14 2 38
PHI (5 yrs) 267 741 689 83 179 40 5 7 79 3 41 102 .260 .303 .363 .666 71 250 20 2 10
BSN (3 yrs) 32 123 115 10 22 5 1 0 4 0 2 21 .191 .205 .252 .457 24 29 0 0 6
BOS (2 yrs) 75 316 283 37 69 12 7 8 46 1 1 22 36 .244 .301 .420 .721 86 119 1 10
NL (18 yrs) 640 1833 1683 190 408 87 9 15 188 11 92 267 .242 .283 .332 .615 66 558 34 4 54
AL (2 yrs) 75 316 283 37 69 12 7 8 46 1 1 22 36 .244 .301 .420 .721 86 119 1 10

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
1931 22 BSN NL 9 38 -4 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.3 1 -1 -0.2 .471 .498 -0.3 0.1 -2 $ /54
1932 23 BSN NL 22 83 -8 0 0 0 0 -8 -0.9 2 -6 -0.6 .462 .495 -0.6 0.0 -6 $ 5
1933 24 BOS AL 52 225 -4 0 0 0 1 -3 -0.3 7 4 0.4 .494 .498 0.4 0.1 4 $ 5/4
1934 25 BOS AL 23 91 -4 0 0 -1 0 -4 -0.4 3 -2 -0.1 .482 .497 0.0 -0.1 -1 $ 5
1934 25 PHI NL 83 324 -12 0 0 -5 3 -14 -1.5 9 -5 -0.5 .483 .491 0.0 -0.3 0 $ 5/41
1935 26 PHI NL 49 107 -6 0 0 0 10 4 0.4 3 7 0.4 .508 .502 0.4 0.0 7 $ 1/7O45
1936 27 PHI NL 64 131 -6 0 0 0 15 9 0.9 4 13 0.9 .514 .505 0.9 0.0 13 $ 1/45
1937 28 PHI NL 56 144 -6 0 0 0 16 10 1.0 4 14 1.0 .518 .506 1.0 0.0 14 $ 1/5 AS
1938 29 PHI NL 15 35 -0 0 0 0 4 4 0.4 1 5 0.4 .526 .502 0.4 -0.0 5 $ 1
1938 29 CIN NL 36 74 -8 0 0 0 8 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 -0.0 3 $ 1
1939 30 CIN NL 40 131 1 -0 0 0 14 16 1.6 4 20 1.6 .540 .510 1.6 -0.0 19 $ 1 AS,MVP-1
1940 31 CIN NL 37 127 -11 0 0 0 14 3 0.3 4 8 0.3 .509 .502 0.3 -0.0 8 $ 1 AS,MVP-3
1941 32 CIN NL 39 117 -9 0 0 0 13 4 0.4 4 8 0.4 .511 .503 0.4 -0.0 8 $ 1 AS,MVP-28
1942 33 CIN NL 40 104 -2 0 0 0 10 9 1.0 3 12 1.0 .524 .506 1.0 -0.0 12 $ 1/8O AS
1943 34 CIN NL 37 101 0 0 0 0 8 9 1.0 3 12 1.0 .526 .506 1.0 0.0 12 $ 1 MVP-32
1944 35 CIN NL 37 120 -2 0 0 0 11 9 0.9 4 13 0.9 .526 .506 0.9 0.0 13 $ 1 AS,MVP-5
1945 36 CIN NL 24 68 -1 0 0 0 6 5 0.5 2 7 0.5 .521 .503 0.5 0.0 7 $ 1
1946 37 CIN NL 24 63 -7 0 0 0 6 -1 -0.1 2 2 -0.1 .497 .500 -0.1 0.0 2 $ 1
1947 38 CIN NL 20 49 -3 0 0 0 5 3 0.3 2 4 0.3 .513 .502 0.3 0.0 4 $ 1
1948 39 CIN NL 7 15 -1 0 -0 0 2 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 .506 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ /1
1950 41 BSN NL 1 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .469 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
19 Seasons 715 2149 -93 2 -0 -5 148 51 5.2 66 117 7.7 .508 .502 8.2 -0.1 122 $
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
CIN (11 yrs) 341 969 -42 1 -0 0 98 57 5.9 31 88 6.0 .518 .503 6.0 -0.1 88 $
PHI (5 yrs) 267 741 -31 0 0 -5 47 12 1.2 21 34 2.2 .505 .502 2.7 -0.3 39 $
BSN (3 yrs) 32 123 -13 0 0 1 1 -11 -1.2 4 -7 -0.8 .465 .498 -0.9 0.2 -8 $
BOS (2 yrs) 75 316 -8 0 0 -1 2 -8 -0.7 10 2 0.3 .490 .498 0.4 0.1 3 $

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
1931 22 BSN NL 38 30 2 1.8 101 .229 .211 .282 .211 .340 .263 .398 .474 .737 28 .148 -3.8 -0.4 .333 .053 .053
1932 23 BSN NL 83 67 4 1.6 100 .246 .187 .279 .208 .332 .253 .404 .461 .736 25 .123 -7.9 -0.8 .344 .093 .067
1933 24 BOS AL 225 156 24 4.1 108 .275 .256 .283 .326 .355 .390 .408 .715 .763 87 .436 -4.2 -0.4 .658 .231 .133 1.6
1934 25 TOT MLB 415 305 45 3.9 115 .283 .250 .300 .294 .361 .410 .428 .703 .789 77 .410 -15.3 -1.5 .609 .219 .160 1.8
1934 25 BOS AL 91 69 10 3.9 115 .208 .216 .293 .242 .367 .489 .422 .730 .790 82 .382 -4.0 -0.4 .667 .307 .273 .0
1934 25 PHI NL 324 236 35 4.0 115 .306 .260 .302 .308 .359 .387 .430 .695 .789 76 .417 -11.3 -1.1 .592 .193 .127 1.6
1935 26 PHI NL 107 76 9 3.2 112 .286 .250 .297 .314 .354 .292 .424 .606 .778 58 .328 -6.0 -0.6 .500 .135 .042
1936 27 PHI NL 131 98 12 3.3 111 .267 .240 .298 .281 .358 .364 .417 .645 .775 66 .343 -6.3 -0.6 .537 .182 .124 .0
1937 28 PHI NL 144 104 14 3.6 108 .308 .277 .289 .303 .352 .343 .411 .646 .763 70 .398 -6.2 -0.6 .520 .109 .066 1.0
1938 29 TOT NL 109 84 7 2.2 98 .240 .192 .273 .259 .337 .253 .389 .512 .726 42 .225 -7.9 -0.8 .427 .152 .061 1.0
1938 29 PHI NL 35 26 5 5.2 99 .310 .286 .275 .306 .339 .429 .391 .734 .730 100 .572 -0.2 -0.0 .654 .200 .143 1.0
1938 29 CIN NL 74 58 2 0.9 97 .196 .141 .272 .236 .336 .156 .388 .392 .723 11 .055 -7.7 -0.8 .321 .125 .016
1939 30 CIN NL 131 88 18 5.4 105 .355 .325 .283 .357 .349 .433 .404 .790 .753 110 .581 1.4 0.1 .711 .158 .108 1.0
1940 31 CIN NL 127 100 7 1.9 99 .225 .205 .273 .231 .338 .256 .393 .488 .731 34 .177 -10.9 -1.1 .383 .103 .051 1.3
1941 32 CIN NL 117 93 6 1.7 94 .215 .189 .266 .239 .336 .245 .375 .484 .711 37 .168 -9.0 -1.0 .371 .123 .057
1942 33 CIN NL 104 79 10 3.4 87 .262 .242 .256 .265 .328 .384 .356 .649 .683 89 .449 -2.1 -0.2 .532 .172 .141 .0
1943 34 CIN NL 101 72 11 4.1 89 .311 .267 .264 .313 .332 .400 .358 .713 .690 106 .519 0.5 0.0 .642 .211 .133 1.0
1944 35 CIN NL 120 82 11 3.6 91 .337 .280 .263 .330 .330 .318 .370 .648 .700 86 .430 -1.8 -0.2 .545 .112 .037
1945 36 CIN NL 68 52 7 3.6 95 .250 .230 .271 .266 .340 .426 .374 .692 .714 92 .423 -1.2 -0.1 .633 .279 .197 2.4
1946 37 CIN NL 63 53 2 1.0 90 .163 .127 .259 .186 .334 .164 .363 .350 .697 1 .073 -7.2 -0.8 .306 .145 .036 .0
1947 38 CIN NL 49 35 4 3.0 106 .375 .267 .274 .298 .349 .311 .406 .609 .756 62 .315 -2.5 -0.2 .485 .089 .044
1948 39 CIN NL 15 12 1 2.2 99 .308 .267 .265 .267 .339 .267 .393 .533 .732 47 .217 -1.2 -0.1 .333 .000 .000
1950 41 BSN NL 2 2 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .262 .000 .338 .000 .407 .000 .745 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
19 Yrs 2149 1588 194 3.3 103 .277 .243 .282 .286 .347 .344 .400 .630 .746 69 .359 -92.1 -9.3 .530 .165 .102 15.8
162 Game Avg. 487 360 44 3.3 103 .277 .243 .282 .286 .347 .344 .400 .630 .746 69 .359 -92.1 -9.3 .530 .165 .102 4
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
CIN (11 yrs) 969 724 79 2.9 95 .274 .235 .268 .277 .337 .317 .379 .595 .715 66 .337 -41.6 -4.4 .493 .147 .082 8.0
PHI (5 yrs) 741 540 75 3.7 111 .297 .260 .297 .303 .356 .363 .421 .666 .777 71 .397 -30.0 -3.0 .558 .167 .103 4.2
BSN (3 yrs) 123 99 6 1.6 100 .234 .191 .280 .205 .334 .252 .402 .457 .736 24 .127 -12.3 -1.2 .333 .078 .061
BOS (2 yrs) 316 225 34 4.0 110 .255 .244 .286 .301 .359 .420 .413 .721 .771 86 .420 -8.3 -0.8 .660 .254 .177 1.8
NL (18 yrs) 1833 1363 160 3.1 102 .281 .242 .281 .283 .344 .332 .398 .615 .742 66 .348 -83.9 -8.5 .508 .150 .089 12.7
AL (2 yrs) 316 225 34 4.0 110 .255 .244 .286 .301 .359 .420 .413 .721 .771 86 .420 -8.3 -0.8 .660 .254 .177 1.8

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
1939 30 CIN NL WS NYY L 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1940 31 CIN NL WS DET W 2 7 7 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .857 1.143 6 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 4 10 10 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .600 .800 6 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 4 10 10 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .600 .800 6 0 0 0 0 0

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
1937 PHI NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1939 CIN NL 30 DNP
1940 CIN NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1941 CIN NL 32 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
1942 CIN NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1944 CIN NL 35 as P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs (5 GP) 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 2 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
1931 22 BSN NL 38 0.0% 7.9% 0.0% 5.3% 25% 12.7 92%
1932 23 BSN NL 83 0.0% 21.7% 2.4% 4.8% 29% 9.00 4.2 18.8 69%
1933 24 BOS AL 225 1.8% 10.7% 8.4% 6.7% 30% 1.26 8.1 48.8 7.0 74%
1934 25 TOT MLB 415 1.9% 15.9% 5.3% 9.4% 40% 3.00 5.9 48.5 6.9 76%
1934 25 BOS AL 91 4.4% 13.2% 3.3% 13.2% 63% 4.00 7.3 22.0 4.9 79%
1934 25 PHI NL 324 1.2% 16.7% 5.9% 8.3% 35% 2.84 5.6 75.0 7.9 75%
1935 26 PHI NL 107 0.0% 11.2% 8.4% 2.8% 13% 1.33 8.0 16.0 79%
1936 27 PHI NL 131 0.8% 11.5% 5.3% 9.2% 41% 2.14 8.1 121.0 7.6 80%
1937 28 PHI NL 144 0.7% 11.1% 3.5% 4.9% 18% 3.20 8.6 137.0 8.6 83%
1938 29 TOT NL 109 0.9% 21.1% 7.3% 3.7% 21% 2.88 4.3 99.0 12.4 69%
1938 29 PHI NL 35 2.9% 14.3% 2.9% 8.6% 30% 5.00 7.0 35.0 11.7 83%
1938 29 CIN NL 74 0.0% 24.3% 9.5% 1.4% 11% 2.57 3.6 12.8 62%
1939 30 CIN NL 131 0.8% 9.2% 3.8% 7.6% 26% 2.40 10.0 120.0 7.5 82%
1940 31 CIN NL 127 0.8% 11.0% 3.2% 3.2% 17% 3.50 8.4 117.0 6.5 80%
1941 32 CIN NL 117 0.0% 11.1% 6.0% 5.1% 30% 1.86 8.2 11.8 79%
1942 33 CIN NL 104 1.9% 12.5% 2.9% 8.7% 38% 4.33 7.6 49.5 7.6 81%
1943 34 CIN NL 101 1.0% 14.9% 5.9% 8.9% 38% 2.50 6.0 90.0 7.5 73%
1944 35 CIN NL 120 0.0% 15.0% 6.7% 3.3% 13% 2.25 5.9 8.2 74%
1945 36 CIN NL 68 4.4% 20.6% 4.4% 8.8% 43% 4.67 4.4 20.3 7.6 65%
1946 37 CIN NL 63 0.0% 19.1% 6.4% 3.2% 29% 3.00 4.6 11.0 68%
1947 38 CIN NL 49 0.0% 26.5% 4.1% 4.1% 17% 6.50 3.5 11.3 65%
1948 39 CIN NL 15 0.0% 13.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 7.5 7.5 3.00 87%
1950 41 BSN NL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
19 Yrs 2149 1.1% 14.1% 5.3% 6.4% 29% 2.66 6.5 85.5 8.4 4.00 76%
MLB Averages 1.4% 8.9% 8.9% 6.4% 27% 1.01 10.0 63.5 8.1 0.97 79%
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
1931 22 BSN NL -3.8 -0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1932 23 BSN NL -7.9 -0.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1933 24 BOS AL -4.5 -0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1934 25 TOT MLB -15.4 -1.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1934 25 BOS AL -4.1 -0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1934 25 PHI NL -11.3 -1.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1935 26 PHI NL -6.0 -0.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1936 27 PHI NL -6.4 -0.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1937 28 PHI NL -6.4 -0.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1938 29 TOT NL -7.8 -0.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1938 29 PHI NL -0.1 -0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1938 29 CIN NL -7.7 -0.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1939 30 CIN NL 1.4 0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1940 31 CIN NL -11.1 -1.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1941 32 CIN NL -9.1 -1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1942 33 CIN NL -2.1 -0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1943 34 CIN NL 0.5 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1944 35 CIN NL -1.8 -0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 36 CIN NL -1.2 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 37 CIN NL -7.2 -0.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 38 CIN NL -2.5 -0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 39 CIN NL -1.2 -0.1 13 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 .74 -0.1 -0.0 0.5 0.1 1.04 -0.7 0
1950 41 BSN NL -0.6 -0.1 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .37 -0.1 0.0 -0.5 -0.1 0.86 -0.6 0
19 Yrs -93.0 -9.4 15 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 .69 -0.1 -0.0 0.0 0.0 1.02 -1.3 0
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% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1948 39 CIN NL 0 0 25% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20% 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1950 41 BSN NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Yrs 0 0 36% 3 12 1 600% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20% 3 3 0 0 0 0 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 39 CIN NL 15 46% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 4 0 0% 11 2 18% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1950 41 BSN NL 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Yrs 17 53% 477 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 5 34 680% 4 0 0% 11 2 18% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 51% 844% 66% 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 IBB
1931 22 9 38 38 2 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 .211 .211 .263 .474 28 10 0 0
1932 23 31 121 113 10 22 5 1 0 4 0 2 21 .195 .209 .257 .465 26 29 0 6
1933 24 83 346 308 37 72 13 4 4 32 1 1 21 45 .234 .285 .341 .626 66 105 1 16
1934 25 189 761 696 83 169 37 11 12 88 2 1 43 111 .243 .290 .379 .669 72 264 11 3 19
1935 26 238 868 792 97 193 39 12 12 94 2 1 52 123 .244 .293 .369 .661 70 292 13 3 21
1936 27 302 999 913 109 222 49 13 13 110 2 1 59 138 .243 .291 .368 .659 70 336 16 3 24
1937 28 358 1143 1050 124 260 55 13 14 126 3 1 64 154 .248 .293 .365 .658 70 383 19 3 26
1938 29 409 1252 1149 140 279 58 13 15 134 4 1 72 177 .243 .290 .355 .645 68 408 21 4 28
1939 30 449 1383 1269 156 318 66 14 16 150 5 1 77 189 .251 .296 .362 .659 71 460 23 5 33
1940 31 486 1510 1386 167 342 69 14 17 168 7 1 81 203 .247 .291 .354 .644 68 490 24 5 39
1941 32 525 1627 1492 173 362 75 14 17 177 7 1 88 216 .243 .287 .346 .633 66 516 27 5 43
1942 33 565 1731 1591 186 386 81 15 19 190 7 1 91 229 .243 .286 .348 .634 68 554 29 5 45
1943 34 602 1832 1681 197 410 88 16 20 202 8 1 97 244 .244 .287 .351 .638 69 590 30 5 50
1944 35 639 1952 1788 206 440 92 16 20 215 8 1 105 262 .246 .290 .349 .639 70 624 30 5 55
1945 36 663 2020 1849 217 454 95 16 23 223 10 1 108 276 .246 .289 .352 .641 71 650 32 5 58
1946 37 687 2083 1904 223 461 97 16 23 228 12 1 112 288 .242 .286 .346 .632 69 659 33 5 62
1947 38 707 2132 1949 226 473 99 16 23 232 12 1 114 301 .243 .286 .345 .632 69 673 33 5 64
1948 39 714 2147 1964 227 477 99 16 23 234 12 1 114 303 .243 .286 .345 .631 69 677 34 5 64
1949 40 714 2147 1964 227 477 99 16 23 234 12 1 114 303 .243 .286 .345 .631 69 677 34 5 64
1950 41 715 2149 1966 227 477 99 16 23 234 12 1 114 303 .243 .286 .344 .630 69 677 34 5 64

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
1931 22 9 39 39 2 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 .205 .205 .256 .462 2 9
1932 23 23 87 79 8 15 3 1 0 4 0 2 19 .190 .210 .253 .463 4 22
1933 24 55 235 204 25 49 8 3 4 26 1 19 26 .240 .308 .368 .676 22 52
1934 25 113 427 401 41 92 23 7 8 50 1 21 70 .229 .271 .382 .653 40 106
1935 26 52 111 100 13 24 2 1 0 6 0 9 13 .240 .303 .280 .583 8 49
1936 27 67 134 124 11 28 10 1 1 15 0 7 16 .226 .267 .347 .614 11 64
1937 28 59 149 142 14 38 6 0 1 15 1 5 17 .268 .293 .331 .624 14 56
1938 29 54 118 106 17 21 3 0 1 9 1 9 24 .198 .267 .255 .522 7 51
1939 30 42 137 126 17 41 8 1 1 17 1 5 13 .325 .356 .429 .785 19 40
1940 31 39 133 123 12 25 3 0 1 19 2 4 15 .203 .228 .252 .480 7 37
1941 32 40 120 109 6 20 6 0 0 9 0 7 14 .183 .233 .239 .471 6 39
1942 33 42 111 106 15 27 7 1 2 15 0 3 14 .255 .275 .396 .671 12 40
1943 34 39 108 96 13 27 8 1 1 14 1 7 16 .281 .330 .417 .747 14 37
1944 35 38 126 112 10 32 4 0 0 14 0 9 19 .286 .339 .321 .660 12 37
1945 36 25 70 64 12 15 3 0 3 8 2 3 15 .234 .269 .422 .691 7 24
1946 37 25 67 58 7 8 2 0 0 6 2 5 13 .138 .206 .172 .379 2 24
1947 38 21 50 46 3 12 2 0 0 4 0 2 14 .261 .292 .304 .596 4 20
1948 39 7 15 15 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 .267 .267 .267 .533 1 7
1950 41 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
19 Yrs 751 2239 2052 227 486 100 16 23 233 12 117 323 .237 .280 .335 .614 192 715
162 Game Avg. 162 483 443 49 105 22 3 5 50 3 25 70 .237 .280 .335 .614 41 715
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1950 BBWAA ( 2.4%)
1952 BBWAA ( 1.3%)
1953 BBWAA ( 3.8%)
1956 BBWAA ( 2.6%)
1958 BBWAA (12.4%)
1960 BBWAA ( 7.1%)
1962 BBWAA ( 3.1%)
1964 BBWAA (17.4%)
1964 Run Off ( 4.0%)
1966 BBWAA (18.5%)
1967 BBWAA (22.3%)
1967 Run Off ( 7.8%)
1968 BBWAA (23.7%)
1969 BBWAA ( 5.9%)
1970 BBWAA ( 9.7%)

All-Star Games
1937 *
1939
1940 *
1941 *
1942 *
1944 (P)

Awards (yr lg award)
1939 NL MVP
1939 NL Triple Crown

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1939 NL (1, 90%)
1940 NL (3, 43%)
1941 NL (28, 2%)
1943 NL (32, 0%)
1944 NL (5, 32%)
1 MVP
1.67 Career Shares (121st)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1939 NL  9.5 (1st)
1940 NL  6.7 (3rd)
1941 NL  7.0 (3rd)
1944 NL  5.9 (5th)
Career  52.0 (221st)

Oldest s c a p y
1948 NL  born 1909-04-19 (8th)
1950 NL  born 1909-04-19 (2nd)

Youngest s c a p y
1931 NL  born 1909-04-19 (9th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (2899), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Fred Beck (952)
  2. Hal Jeffcoat (952)
  3. Pete LaCock (951)
  4. Danny Heep (943)
  5. Tom Hutton (943)
  6. Dan Stearns (941)
  7. Dave McCarty (941)
  8. George Wright (940)
  9. Preston Ward (939)
  10. Howie Schultz (939)
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  1. Kevin Orie (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Oscar Grimes (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Lloyd Merriman (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Lee King (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Lloyd Merriman (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jeremy Reed (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jim Dwyer (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Rip Russell (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Dave McCarty (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Dave McCarty (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Dave McCarty (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Jerry Hairston (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Walter Johnson (934) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Walter Johnson (930) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Walter Johnson (931) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Bob Smith (907)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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