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Paul Waner

Paul Glee Waner (Big Poison)

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 153 lb.

Born: April 16, 1903 in Harrah, OK
High School: Central HS (Oklahoma City, OK)
School: East Central University (Ada, OK) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1926 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Braves/Dodgers/Yankees 1926-1945

Final Game: April 26, 1945 (Age 42)
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1952 (195/234 ballots).
   View Paul Waner Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: August 29, 1965 in Sarasota, FL
Buried: Manasota Memorial Park, Bradenton, FL
Relatives: Brother of Lloyd Waner
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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
1926 23 PIT NL 144 618 536 101 180 35 22 8 79 11 66 19 .336 .413 .528 .941 148 283 4 12 *O9/7 MVP-12
1927 24 PIT NL 155 709 623 114 237 42 18 9 131 5 60 14 .380 .437 .549 .986 154 342 3 23 *O93 MVP-1
1928 25 PIT NL 152 698 602 142 223 50 19 6 86 6 77 16 .370 .446 .547 .992 154 329 5 13 *O93 MVP-15
1929 26 PIT NL 151 704 596 131 200 43 15 15 100 15 89 24 .336 .424 .534 .958 133 318 3 15 *O9/3
1930 27 PIT NL 145 666 589 117 217 32 18 8 77 18 57 18 .368 .428 .525 .952 129 309 4 15 *O9/87
1931 28 PIT NL 150 647 559 88 180 35 10 6 70 6 73 21 .322 .404 .453 .857 132 253 4 10 *O93/7
1932 29 PIT NL 154 697 630 107 215 62 10 8 82 13 56 24 .341 .397 .510 .906 145 321 2 9 *O98 MVP-4
1933 30 PIT NL 154 694 618 101 191 38 16 7 70 3 60 20 .309 .372 .456 .828 135 282 10 2 14 *O9 AS
1934 31 PIT NL 146 677 599 122 217 32 16 14 90 8 68 24 .362 .429 .539 .968 154 323 15 2 8 *O9 AS,MVP-2
1935 32 PIT NL 139 623 549 98 176 29 12 11 78 2 61 22 .321 .392 .477 .869 129 262 15 3 10 *O9 AS,MVP-24
1936 33 PIT NL 148 665 585 107 218 53 9 5 94 7 74 29 .373 .446 .520 .965 157 304 15 3 4 *O9 MVP-5
1937 34 PIT NL 154 690 619 94 219 30 9 2 74 4 63 34 .354 .413 .441 .855 133 273 11 0 8 *O9/3 AS,MVP-8
1938 35 PIT NL 148 680 625 77 175 31 6 6 69 2 47 28 .280 .331 .378 .709 94 236 16 1 7 *O9/8
1939 36 PIT NL 125 507 461 62 151 30 6 3 45 0 35 18 .328 .375 .438 .813 120 202 12 0 10 *O9
1940 37 PIT NL 89 261 238 32 69 16 1 1 32 0 23 14 .290 .352 .378 .731 102 90 4 0 0 O9/3
1941 38 TOT NL 106 385 329 45 88 10 2 2 50 1 55 14 .267 .372 .328 .701 103 108 10 0 1 O97/38
1941 38 BRO NL 11 44 35 5 6 0 0 0 4 0 8 0 .171 .326 .171 .497 40 6 2 0 1 /O9
1941 38 BSN NL 95 341 294 40 82 10 2 2 46 1 47 14 .279 .378 .347 .725 111 102 8 0 0 O97/38
1942 39 BSN NL 114 404 333 43 86 17 1 1 39 2 62 20 .258 .376 .324 .701 109 108 7 1 8 O9
1943 40 BRO NL 82 267 225 29 70 16 0 1 26 0 35 9 .311 .406 .396 .802 131 89 9 1 6 O9/7
1944 41 TOT MLB 92 173 143 17 40 4 1 0 17 1 0 29 8 .280 .401 .322 .723 107 46 3 0 1 O9/7
1944 41 BRO NL 83 164 136 16 39 4 1 0 16 0 27 7 .287 .405 .331 .736 110 45 3 0 1 O9/7
1944 41 NYY AL 9 9 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 .143 .333 .143 .476 37 1 0 0 0
1945 42 NYY AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0
20 Yrs 2549 10766 9459 1627 3152 605 191 113 1309 104 0 1091 376 .333 .404 .473 .878 134 4478 127 38 174
162 Game Avg. 162 684 601 103 200 38 12 7 83 7 69 24 .333 .404 .473 .878 134 285 2 11
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
PIT (15 yrs) 2154 9536 8429 1493 2868 558 187 109 1177 100 909 325 .340 .407 .490 .896 136 4127 98 36 158
BRO (3 yrs) 176 475 396 50 115 20 1 1 46 0 70 16 .290 .398 .354 .752 115 140 14 1 8
BSN (2 yrs) 209 745 627 83 168 27 3 3 85 3 109 34 .268 .377 .335 .712 110 210 15 1 8
NYY (2 yrs) 10 10 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 .143 .400 .143 .543 57 1 0 0 0
NL (19 yrs) 2539 10756 9452 1626 3151 605 191 113 1308 103 1088 375 .333 .404 .474 .878 134 4477 127 38 174
AL (2 yrs) 10 10 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 .143 .400 .143 .543 57 1 0 0 0

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 Salary Pos Awards
1926 23 PIT NL 144 618 36 -1 0 4 -6 33 3.3 19 52 5.3 .523 .521 4.9 -0.3 48 *O9/7 MVP-12
1927 24 PIT NL 155 709 52 -1 0 5 -7 49 4.8 21 70 6.9 .532 .530 6.5 -0.2 65 *O93 MVP-1
1928 25 PIT NL 152 698 51 -1 0 5 -7 48 4.7 20 69 6.8 .531 .530 6.4 -0.3 64 *O93 MVP-15
1929 26 PIT NL 151 704 35 -1 0 4 -7 31 2.8 21 52 4.8 .519 .517 4.5 -0.3 48 *O9/3
1930 27 PIT NL 145 666 33 -1 0 1 -7 26 2.2 20 46 4.2 .516 .514 4.2 -0.5 45 *O9/87
1931 28 PIT NL 150 647 29 -1 0 8 -7 29 2.9 20 49 5.0 .520 .518 4.2 0.1 41 *O93/7
1932 29 PIT NL 154 697 41 -1 0 1 -7 34 3.3 20 54 5.5 .522 .521 5.4 -0.6 53 $13,750 *O98 MVP-4
1933 30 PIT NL 154 694 28 -0 0 0 -7 21 2.2 20 41 4.4 .515 .515 4.5 -0.9 41 $15,000 *O9 AS
1934 31 PIT NL 146 677 49 -1 0 -2 -7 39 3.8 19 58 5.8 .526 .524 6.0 -0.9 60 $13,500 *O9 AS,MVP-2
1935 32 PIT NL 139 623 25 0 0 3 -6 22 2.2 19 41 4.2 .516 .514 3.8 -0.3 38 *O9 AS,MVP-24
1936 33 PIT NL 148 665 50 -1 0 6 -7 48 4.7 21 69 6.9 .532 .529 6.3 -0.1 63 $14,000 *O9 MVP-5
1937 34 PIT NL 154 690 30 -0 0 0 -7 23 2.3 21 45 4.6 .515 .515 4.6 -0.8 45 *O9/3 AS,MVP-8
1938 35 PIT NL 148 680 -3 0 0 2 -7 -8 -1.1 21 13 1.2 .494 .495 1.0 -0.6 11 $16,500 *O9/8
1939 36 PIT NL 125 507 13 1 0 -3 -5 6 0.5 16 22 2.3 .505 .504 2.7 -0.9 25 *O9
1940 37 PIT NL 89 261 1 0 0 -4 -2 -5 -0.5 9 4 0.4 .494 .497 0.9 -0.7 8 O9/3
1941 38 BRO NL 11 44 -2 0 0 0 -0 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.2 .473 .498 -0.2 -0.1 -1 /O9
1941 38 BSN NL 95 341 7 0 0 -2 -4 1 0.1 12 13 1.3 .501 .501 1.5 -0.6 15 O97/38
1942 39 BSN NL 114 404 6 -0 0 -3 -4 -1 -0.2 13 12 1.2 .499 .499 1.6 -0.9 15 O9
1943 40 BRO NL 82 267 10 0 0 0 -3 8 0.9 8 16 1.7 .511 .506 1.8 -0.3 16 O9/7
1944 41 BRO NL 83 164 4 0 0 -2 -1 0 0.0 5 5 0.5 .500 .500 0.8 -0.4 7 O9/7
1944 41 NYY AL 9 9 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .497 .500 0.0 0.0 -0
1945 42 NYY AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .530 .500 0.0 0.0 0
20 Seasons 2549 10766 495 -5 0 23 -109 403 38.7 327 731 72.8 .516 .511 71.2 -9.6 708 $72,750
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
PIT (15 yrs) 2154 9536 471 -6 0 30 -97 398 38.3 287 686 68.3 .518 .516 65.8 -7.3 656 $72,750
BRO (3 yrs) 176 475 11 0 0 -2 -5 5 0.6 15 20 2.1 .504 .501 2.3 -0.7 23
BSN (2 yrs) 209 745 13 0 0 -5 -8 0 -0.1 25 24 2.5 .500 .500 3.1 -1.5 30
NYY (2 yrs) 10 10 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0

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
1926 23 PIT NL 618 368 116 8.4 106 .338 .336 .292 .413 .352 .528 .405 .941 .757 148 .756 36.8 3.6 1.022 .336 .192 9.3
1927 24 PIT NL 709 409 149 9.8 111 .380 .380 .300 .437 .359 .549 .413 .986 .773 154 .799 49.8 4.8 1.062 .273 .169 6.4
1928 25 PIT NL 698 392 145 10.0 113 .374 .370 .295 .446 .361 .547 .420 .992 .780 154 .790 51.3 4.9 1.100 .314 .176 6.0
1929 26 PIT NL 704 411 134 8.7 123 .332 .336 .308 .424 .373 .534 .449 .958 .821 133 .699 33.3 3.0 1.073 .372 .198 15.0
1930 27 PIT NL 666 387 131 9.0 126 .371 .368 .312 .428 .370 .525 .464 .952 .834 129 .686 28.8 2.5 1.043 .284 .156 11.1
1931 28 PIT NL 647 389 101 6.9 102 .327 .322 .283 .404 .341 .453 .399 .857 .741 132 .678 28.4 2.8 .887 .272 .131 6.0
1932 29 PIT NL 697 424 127 8.1 101 .346 .341 .281 .397 .333 .510 .406 .906 .739 145 .729 42.0 4.0 .945 .278 .168 9.9
1933 30 PIT NL 694 451 104 6.2 91 .311 .309 .274 .372 .327 .456 .375 .828 .702 135 .682 29.0 3.0 .794 .249 .147 4.2
1934 31 PIT NL 677 405 138 9.1 107 .362 .362 .291 .429 .346 .539 .413 .968 .760 154 .767 47.8 4.6 1.010 .304 .177 10.2
1935 32 PIT NL 623 398 102 6.8 106 .320 .321 .289 .392 .345 .477 .412 .869 .757 129 .667 23.9 2.3 .845 .271 .157 3.4
1936 33 PIT NL 665 386 135 9.4 105 .387 .373 .288 .446 .348 .520 .404 .965 .751 157 .781 52.0 5.0 1.016 .285 .147 5.8
1937 34 PIT NL 690 419 113 7.2 100 .372 .354 .279 .413 .340 .441 .395 .855 .736 133 .702 30.9 3.0 .827 .195 .087 2.7
1938 35 PIT NL 680 473 78 4.4 99 .286 .280 .275 .331 .339 .378 .391 .709 .730 94 .503 -5.0 -0.5 .614 .176 .098 3.0
1939 36 PIT NL 507 332 76 6.1 102 .336 .328 .278 .375 .343 .438 .397 .813 .740 120 .630 13.0 1.3 .736 .187 .111 .0
1940 37 PIT NL 261 173 32 5.0 97 .305 .290 .271 .352 .335 .378 .389 .731 .724 102 .560 1.6 0.2 .653 .185 .088 .0
1941 38 TOT NL 385 252 41 4.4 90 .275 .267 .260 .372 .330 .328 .366 .701 .696 103 .523 4.0 0.4 .653 .231 .061 1.3
1941 38 BRO NL 44 32 2 1.7 98 .171 .171 .272 .326 .343 .171 .383 .497 .725 40 .159 -2.5 -0.3 .452 .229 .000
1941 38 BSN NL 341 220 39 4.8 89 .288 .279 .259 .378 .328 .347 .364 .725 .692 111 .562 6.5 0.7 .682 .231 .068 1.3
1942 39 BSN NL 404 262 40 4.1 84 .272 .258 .253 .376 .324 .324 .351 .701 .675 109 .536 7.7 0.8 .681 .258 .066 1.3
1943 40 BRO NL 267 170 36 5.7 90 .321 .311 .266 .406 .335 .396 .361 .802 .695 131 .663 11.5 1.2 .762 .240 .084 .0
1944 41 TOT MLB 173 107 19 4.8 93 .296 .280 .266 .401 .333 .322 .373 .723 .706 107 .559 3.3 0.3 .717 .252 .042 .0
1944 41 BRO NL 164 101 18 4.8 93 .302 .287 .266 .405 .333 .331 .373 .736 .706 110 .560 3.8 0.4 .720 .243 .044
1944 41 NYY AL 9 6 1 4.5 94 .167 .143 .271 .333 .339 .143 .371 .476 .710 37 .550 -0.5 -0.1 .667 .429 .000 .0
1945 42 NYY AL 1 0 0 1.000 .339 .000 0.3 0.0
20 Yrs 10766 6608 1817 7.4 104 .339 .333 .285 .404 .346 .473 .404 .878 .750 134 .699 490.6 47.2 .888 .267 .140 108.3
162 Game Avg. 684 420 115 7.4 104 .339 .333 .285 .404 .346 .473 .404 .878 .750 134 .699 31 3 .888 .267 .140 7
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
PIT (15 yrs) 9536 5817 1681 7.7 106 .345 .340 .288 .407 .348 .490 .410 .896 .758 136 .711 463.8 44.4 .914 .269 .149 104.3
BRO (3 yrs) 475 303 56 5.0 92 .301 .290 .266 .398 .335 .354 .367 .752 .702 115 .593 12.7 1.3 .715 .240 .063 .0
BSN (2 yrs) 745 482 79 4.4 87 .280 .268 .256 .377 .326 .335 .357 .712 .683 110 .548 14.2 1.5 .681 .246 .067 3.0
NYY (2 yrs) 10 6 1 4.5 94 .167 .143 .271 .400 .339 .143 .371 .543 .710 57 .552 -0.1 -0.0 .833 .571 .000 .0
NL (19 yrs) 10756 6602 1816 7.4 104 .339 .333 .285 .404 .346 .474 .404 .878 .750 134 .699 490.7 47.2 .888 .266 .140 107.8
AL (2 yrs) 10 6 1 4.5 94 .167 .143 .271 .400 .339 .143 .371 .543 .710 57 .552 -0.1 -0.0 .833 .571 .000 .0

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
1927 24 PIT NL WS NYY L 4 17 15 0 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .333 .294 .400 .694 6 0 0 0 2 0
1 WS 4 17 15 0 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .333 .294 .400 .694 6 0 0 0 2 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
1933 PIT NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1934 PIT NL 31 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1935 PIT NL 32 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1937 PIT NL 34 as RF 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs (4 GP) 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1926 23 PIT NL 618 1.3% 3.1% 10.7% 10.5% 36% 0.29 28.2 67.0 6.8 82%
1927 24 PIT NL 709 1.3% 2.0% 8.5% 9.7% 29% 0.23 44.5 69.2 4.8 85%
1928 25 PIT NL 698 0.9% 2.3% 11.0% 10.7% 34% 0.21 37.6 100.3 7.0 83%
1929 26 PIT NL 704 2.1% 3.4% 12.6% 10.4% 37% 0.27 24.8 39.7 6.0 79%
1930 27 PIT NL 666 1.2% 2.7% 8.6% 8.7% 27% 0.32 32.7 73.6 7.6 85%
1931 28 PIT NL 647 0.9% 3.3% 11.3% 7.9% 28% 0.29 26.6 93.2 8.0 82%
1932 29 PIT NL 697 1.2% 3.4% 8.0% 11.5% 37% 0.43 26.3 78.8 7.7 86%
1933 30 PIT NL 694 1.0% 2.9% 8.7% 8.8% 32% 0.33 30.9 88.3 8.8 85%
1934 31 PIT NL 677 2.1% 3.6% 10.0% 9.2% 29% 0.35 25.0 42.8 6.7 83%
1935 32 PIT NL 623 1.8% 3.5% 9.8% 8.4% 30% 0.36 25.0 49.9 7.0 83%
1936 33 PIT NL 665 0.8% 4.4% 11.1% 10.1% 31% 0.39 20.2 117.0 6.2 83%
1937 34 PIT NL 690 0.3% 4.9% 9.1% 5.9% 19% 0.54 18.2 309.5 8.4 84%
1938 35 PIT NL 680 0.9% 4.1% 6.9% 6.3% 25% 0.60 22.3 104.2 9.1 87%
1939 36 PIT NL 507 0.6% 3.6% 6.9% 7.7% 26% 0.51 25.6 153.7 10.2 87%
1940 37 PIT NL 261 0.4% 5.4% 8.8% 6.9% 26% 0.61 17.0 238.0 7.4 85%
1941 38 TOT NL 385 0.5% 3.6% 14.3% 3.6% 16% 0.25 23.5 164.5 6.6 81%
1941 38 BRO NL 44 0.0% 0.0% 18.2% 0.0% 0% 0.00 8.8 80%
1941 38 BSN NL 341 0.6% 4.1% 13.8% 4.1% 17% 0.30 21.0 147.0 6.4 82%
1942 39 BSN NL 404 0.3% 5.0% 15.4% 4.7% 22% 0.32 16.7 333.0 8.5 77%
1943 40 BRO NL 267 0.4% 3.4% 13.1% 6.4% 24% 0.26 25.0 225.0 8.7 81%
1944 41 TOT MLB 173 0.0% 4.6% 16.8% 2.9% 13% 0.28 17.9 8.4 78%
1944 41 BRO NL 164 0.0% 4.3% 16.5% 3.1% 13% 0.26 19.4 8.5 79%
1944 41 NYY AL 9 0.0% 11.1% 22.2% 0.0% 0% 0.50 7.0 7.0 67%
1945 42 NYY AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.00 0%
20 Yrs 10766 1.1% 3.5% 10.1% 8.4% 29% 0.34 25.2 83.7 7.2 83%
MLB Averages 1.3% 8.4% 8.4% 6.6% 27% 1.00 10.7 69.5 8.0 0.93 80%
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
1926 23 PIT NL 36.8 3.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1927 24 PIT NL 49.8 4.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1928 25 PIT NL 51.3 4.9 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1929 26 PIT NL 33.3 3.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1930 27 PIT NL 28.8 2.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1931 28 PIT NL 28.4 2.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1932 29 PIT NL 42.0 4.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1933 30 PIT NL 29.0 3.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1934 31 PIT NL 47.8 4.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1935 32 PIT NL 23.9 2.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1936 33 PIT NL 52.0 5.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1937 34 PIT NL 30.9 3.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1938 35 PIT NL -5.0 -0.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1939 36 PIT NL 13.0 1.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1940 37 PIT NL 1.6 0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1941 38 TOT NL 4.0 0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1941 38 BRO NL -2.5 -0.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1941 38 BSN NL 6.5 0.7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1942 39 BSN NL 7.7 0.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1943 40 BRO NL 11.5 1.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1944 41 TOT MLB 3.3 0.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1944 41 BRO NL 3.8 0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1944 41 NYY AL -0.5 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 42 NYY AL 0.3 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0
20 Yrs 490.6 47.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1945 42 NYY AL 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Yrs 0 0 36% 0 104 0 10400% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
1945 42 NYY AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Yrs 1 3152 0 0 0 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 174 0 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 46% 3929% 214% 38% 15% 53% 57%

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
1926 23 144 618 536 101 180 35 22 8 79 11 66 19 .336 .413 .528 .941 148 283 4 12
1927 24 299 1327 1159 215 417 77 40 17 210 16 126 33 .360 .426 .539 .965 151 625 7 35
1928 25 451 2025 1761 357 640 127 59 23 296 22 203 49 .363 .433 .542 .974 152 954 12 48
1929 26 602 2729 2357 488 840 170 74 38 396 37 292 73 .356 .431 .540 .970 147 1272 15 63
1930 27 747 3395 2946 605 1057 202 92 46 473 55 349 91 .359 .430 .537 .967 143 1581 19 78
1931 28 897 4042 3505 693 1237 237 102 52 543 61 422 112 .353 .426 .523 .949 141 1834 23 88
1932 29 1051 4739 4135 800 1452 299 112 60 625 74 478 136 .351 .422 .521 .943 142 2155 25 97
1933 30 1205 5433 4753 901 1643 337 128 67 695 77 538 156 .346 .415 .513 .928 141 2437 10 27 111
1934 31 1351 6110 5352 1023 1860 369 144 81 785 85 606 180 .348 .417 .516 .932 143 2760 25 29 119
1935 32 1490 6733 5901 1121 2036 398 156 92 863 87 667 202 .345 .414 .512 .927 141 3022 40 32 129
1936 33 1638 7398 6486 1228 2254 451 165 97 957 94 741 231 .348 .417 .513 .930 143 3326 55 35 133
1937 34 1792 8088 7105 1322 2473 481 174 99 1031 98 804 265 .348 .417 .507 .923 142 3599 66 35 141
1938 35 1940 8768 7730 1399 2648 512 180 105 1100 100 851 293 .343 .410 .496 .906 138 3835 82 36 148
1939 36 2065 9275 8191 1461 2799 542 186 108 1145 100 886 311 .342 .408 .493 .901 137 4037 94 36 158
1940 37 2154 9536 8429 1493 2868 558 187 109 1177 100 909 325 .340 .407 .490 .896 136 4127 98 36 158
1941 38 2260 9921 8758 1538 2956 568 189 111 1227 101 964 339 .338 .405 .484 .889 135 4235 108 36 159
1942 39 2374 10325 9091 1581 3042 585 190 112 1266 103 1026 359 .335 .404 .478 .882 134 4343 115 37 167
1943 40 2456 10592 9316 1610 3112 601 190 113 1292 103 1061 368 .334 .404 .476 .880 134 4432 124 38 173
1944 41 2548 10765 9459 1627 3152 605 191 113 1309 104 0 1090 376 .333 .404 .473 .878 134 4478 127 38 174
1945 42 2549 10766 9459 1627 3152 605 191 113 1309 104 0 1091 376 .333 .404 .473 .878 134 4478 127 38 174

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
1926 23 151 635 552 99 180 35 22 8 77 11 66 20 .326 .402 .513 .915 113 144
1927 24 163 724 638 107 232 41 18 9 123 5 59 15 .364 .420 .527 .947 140 155
1928 25 160 715 620 136 221 50 19 6 82 6 76 17 .356 .431 .527 .958 139 152
1929 26 159 700 600 110 183 39 14 14 84 14 81 25 .305 .390 .487 .877 113 151
1930 27 152 654 583 95 194 29 16 7 63 16 51 19 .333 .390 .473 .864 107 145
1931 28 157 676 585 93 189 37 10 6 74 6 77 22 .323 .405 .451 .857 107 150
1932 29 161 727 658 111 224 65 10 8 85 14 58 25 .340 .396 .506 .902 132 154
1933 30 161 743 659 117 213 42 18 8 81 3 67 21 .323 .387 .478 .865 121 154
1934 31 156 704 625 119 218 32 16 14 88 8 68 26 .349 .414 .518 .933 134 146
1935 32 146 642 567 94 175 29 12 11 75 2 61 23 .309 .379 .460 .839 98 139
1936 33 155 680 600 103 216 53 9 5 90 7 73 30 .360 .432 .503 .935 130 148
1937 34 162 724 650 98 229 31 9 2 77 4 66 36 .352 .412 .437 .849 118 154
1938 35 157 719 661 82 185 33 6 6 73 2 50 30 .280 .331 .375 .707 83 148
1939 36 131 534 486 66 160 32 6 3 48 0 37 19 .329 .377 .438 .815 81 125
1940 37 94 275 251 34 73 17 1 1 34 0 24 15 .291 .353 .378 .731 34 89
1941 38 110 409 347 51 97 11 2 2 56 1 61 15 .280 .387 .340 .727 46 106
1942 39 121 443 362 53 100 20 1 1 48 2 72 21 .276 .398 .345 .743 50 114
1943 40 86 286 240 34 78 18 0 1 30 0 39 9 .325 .421 .413 .834 42 82
1944 41 96 184 151 19 44 4 1 0 19 1 32 8 .291 .415 .331 .746 21 92
1945 42 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1
20 Yrs 2679 11175 9835 1621 3211 618 190 112 1307 102 1119 396 .326 .397 .462 .860 1809 2549
162 Game Avg. 162 676 595 98 194 37 11 7 79 6 68 24 .326 .397 .462 .860 109 2549
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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
1946 Nominating Vote ( 2.0%)
1948 BBWAA (42.1%)
1949 BBWAA (47.7%)
1949 Run Off (33.7%)
1950 BBWAA (56.5%)
1951 BBWAA (71.7%)
1952 BBWAA (83.3%)
Selected to HOF in 1952 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1933 *
1934 *
1935 *
1937 (RF)

Awards (yr lg award)
1927 NL batting_title
1927 NL MVP
1934 NL batting_title
1936 NL batting_title

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1926 NL (12, 19%)
1927 NL (1, 90%)
1928 NL (15, 6%)
1932 NL (4, 46%)
1934 NL (2, 63%)
1935 NL (24, 1%)
1936 NL (5, 36%)
1937 NL (8, 26%)
1 MVP
2.87 Career Shares (37th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1926 NL  5.3 (3rd)
1927 NL  6.9 (4th)
1928 NL  6.8 (3rd)
1931 NL  5.0 (10th)
1932 NL  5.5 (10th)
1934 NL  5.8 (8th)
1936 NL  7.0 (6th)
Career  72.8 (83rd)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1926 NL  5.3 (1st)
1927 NL  6.9 (3rd)
1928 NL  6.8 (2nd)
1929 NL  4.8 (8th)
1931 NL  5.0 (7th)
1932 NL  5.5 (6th)
1933 NL  4.4 (7th)
1934 NL  5.8 (5th)
1936 NL  7.0 (4th)
Career  72.8 (53rd)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1926 NL  4.9 (3rd)
1927 NL  6.5 (2nd)
1928 NL  6.4 (2nd)
1929 NL  4.5 (9th)
1932 NL  5.4 (5th)
1933 NL  4.5 (7th)
1934 NL  6.0 (4th)
1935 NL  3.8 (10th)
1936 NL  6.3 (3rd)
1937 NL  4.6 (8th)
Career  71.2 (53rd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1926 NL  .336 (5th)
1927 NL  .380 (1st)
1928 NL  .370 (2nd)
1930 NL  .368 (7th)
1932 NL  .341 (4th)
1934 NL  .362 (1st)
1936 NL  .373 (1st)
1937 NL  .354 (4th)
1939 NL  .328 (4th)
Career  .333 (26th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1926 NL  .413 (3rd)
1927 NL  .437 (2nd)
1928 NL  .446 (2nd)
1929 NL  .424 (9th)
1930 NL  .428 (9th)
1931 NL  .404 (4th)
1932 NL  .397 (6th)
1933 NL  .372 (7th)
1934 NL  .429 (2nd)
1935 NL  .392 (6th)
1936 NL  .446 (3rd)
1937 NL  .413 (5th)
1942 NL  .376 (9th)
Career  .404 (47th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1926 NL  .528 (3rd)
1927 NL  .549 (4th)
1928 NL  .547 (5th)
1932 NL  .510 (9th)
1933 NL  .456 (9th)
1934 NL  .539 (4th)
1936 NL  .520 (5th)
Career  .473 (227th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1926 NL  .941 (3rd)
1927 NL  .986 (3rd)
1928 NL  .992 (4th)
1932 NL  .906 (8th)
1934 NL  .968 (3rd)
1935 NL  .869 (9th)
1936 NL  .965 (4th)
1937 NL  .855 (10th)
Career  .878 (100th)

Games Played s c a p y
1927 NL  155 (1st)
1928 NL  152 (6th)
1929 NL  151 (6th)
1932 NL  154 (1st)
1933 NL  154 (1st)
1934 NL  146 (10th)
1937 NL  154 (2nd)
1938 NL  148 (9th)
Career  2,549 (44th)

At Bats s c a p y
1927 NL  623 (3rd)
1928 NL  602 (7th)
1932 NL  630 (5th)
1933 NL  618 (4th)
1934 NL  599 (10th)
1937 NL  619 (2nd)
1938 NL  625 (2nd)
Career  9,459 (42nd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1927 NL  709 (1st)
1928 NL  698 (4th)
1929 NL  704 (6th)
1932 NL  697 (5th)
1933 NL  694 (2nd)
1934 NL  677 (4th)
1937 NL  690 (2nd)
1938 NL  680 (3rd)
Career  10,766 (42nd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1926 NL  101 (2nd)
1927 NL  114 (4th)
1928 NL  142 (1st)
1929 NL  131 (6th)
1932 NL  107 (7th)
1933 NL  101 (2nd)
1934 NL  122 (1st)
1935 NL  98 (10th)
1936 NL  107 (7th)
1937 NL  94 (10th)
Career  1,627 (40th)

Hits s c a p y
1926 NL  180 (7th)
1927 NL  237 (1st)
1928 NL  223 (2nd)
1930 NL  217 (6th)
1931 NL  180 (10th)
1932 NL  215 (4th)
1933 NL  191 (3rd)
1934 NL  217 (1st)
1936 NL  218 (2nd)
1937 NL  219 (2nd)
1938 NL  175 (6th)
Career  3,152 (17th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1926 NL  283 (4th)
1927 NL  342 (1st)
1928 NL  329 (3rd)
1929 NL  318 (9th)
1932 NL  321 (5th)
1933 NL  282 (4th)
1934 NL  323 (5th)
1936 NL  304 (5th)
1937 NL  273 (6th)
Career  4,478 (47th)

Doubles s c a p y
1926 NL  35 (4th)
1927 NL  42 (2nd)
1928 NL  50 (1st)
1929 NL  43 (6th)
1932 NL  62 (1st)
1933 NL  38 (4th)
1936 NL  53 (3rd)
Career  605 (11th)

Triples s c a p y
1926 NL  22 (1st)
1927 NL  18 (1st)
1928 NL  19 (2nd)
1929 NL  15 (2nd)
1930 NL  18 (2nd)
1932 NL  10 (7th)
1933 NL  16 (2nd)
1934 NL  16 (2nd)
1935 NL  12 (4th)
Career  191 (10th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1927 NL  131 (1st)
1936 NL  94 (8th)
Career  1,309 (102nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1926 NL  66 (2nd)
1927 NL  60 (10th)
1928 NL  77 (4th)
1929 NL  89 (3rd)
1931 NL  73 (2nd)
1932 NL  56 (7th)
1933 NL  60 (5th)
1934 NL  68 (5th)
1935 NL  61 (9th)
1936 NL  74 (6th)
1937 NL  63 (9th)
Career  1,091 (80th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1929 NL  15 (9th)
1930 NL  18 (2nd)
1932 NL  13 (9th)

Singles s c a p y
1927 NL  168 (2nd)
1928 NL  148 (6th)
1930 NL  159 (3rd)
1931 NL  129 (6th)
1932 NL  135 (6th)
1933 NL  130 (10th)
1934 NL  155 (2nd)
1936 NL  151 (4th)
1937 NL  178 (1st)
1938 NL  132 (4th)
Career  2,243 (21st)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1926 NL  148 (4th)
1927 NL  154 (4th)
1928 NL  154 (4th)
1932 NL  145 (6th)
1933 NL  135 (7th)
1934 NL  154 (3rd)
1936 NL  157 (5th)
1937 NL  133 (6th)
Career  134 (126th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1926 NL  116 (1st)
1927 NL  149 (1st)
1928 NL  145 (2nd)
1929 NL  134 (7th)
1930 NL  131 (10th)
1931 NL  101 (8th)
1932 NL  127 (6th)
1933 NL  104 (5th)
1934 NL  138 (3rd)
1936 NL  135 (3rd)
1937 NL  113 (6th)
Career  1,817 (33rd)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1926 NL  37 (2nd)
1927 NL  50 (2nd)
1928 NL  51 (2nd)
1929 NL  33 (10th)
1931 NL  28 (9th)
1932 NL  42 (5th)
1933 NL  29 (5th)
1934 NL  48 (3rd)
1935 NL  24 (10th)
1936 NL  52 (2nd)
1937 NL  31 (5th)
Career  491 (49th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1926 NL  3.6 (2nd)
1927 NL  4.8 (2nd)
1928 NL  4.9 (2nd)
1929 NL  3.0 (10th)
1931 NL  2.8 (9th)
1932 NL  4.1 (5th)
1933 NL  3.0 (5th)
1934 NL  4.6 (3rd)
1935 NL  2.3 (10th)
1936 NL  5.0 (2nd)
1937 NL  3.0 (5th)
Career  47.2 (51st)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1926 NL  65 (2nd)
1927 NL  69 (2nd)
1928 NL  75 (3rd)
1929 NL  73 (8th)
1932 NL  80 (3rd)
1933 NL  61 (5th)
1934 NL  62 (6th)
1936 NL  67 (4th)
Career  909 (61st)

Times On Base s c a p y
1926 NL  250 (2nd)
1927 NL  300 (1st)
1928 NL  305 (1st)
1929 NL  292 (4th)
1930 NL  278 (9th)
1931 NL  257 (5th)
1932 NL  273 (4th)
1933 NL  253 (3rd)
1934 NL  287 (1st)
1936 NL  295 (2nd)
1937 NL  282 (1st)
Career  4,281 (30th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1926 NL  .756 (2nd)
1927 NL  .799 (2nd)
1928 NL  .790 (2nd)
1932 NL  .729 (8th)
1933 NL  .682 (8th)
1934 NL  .767 (3rd)
1936 NL  .781 (3rd)
1937 NL  .702 (8th)
Career  .699 (76th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1928 NL  5 (7th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
Career  174 (114th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1934 NL  15 (8th)
1935 NL  15 (7th)
1938 NL  16 (10th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1926 NL  9.3 (8th)
1929 NL  15.0 (4th)
1930 NL  11.1 (10th)
1932 NL  9.9 (8th)
1934 NL  10.2 (3rd)

AB per SO s c a p y
1927 NL  44.5 (3rd)
1928 NL  37.6 (4th)
1930 NL  32.7 (2nd)
1931 NL  26.6 (7th)
1932 NL  26.3 (6th)
1933 NL  30.9 (6th)
1934 NL  25.0 (8th)
1939 NL  25.6 (9th)
Career  25.2 (55th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1932 NL  424 (10th)
1933 NL  451 (7th)
1938 NL  473 (2nd)
Career  6,608 (80th)

Oldest s c a p y
1940 NL  born 1903-04-16 (8th)
1940 NL  born 1903-04-16 (8th)
1941 NL  born 1903-04-16 (7th)
1941 NL  born 1903-04-16 (7th)
1942 NL  born 1903-04-16 (3rd)
1942 NL  born 1903-04-16 (3rd)
1943 NL  born 1903-04-16 (4th)
1943 NL  born 1903-04-16 (4th)
1944 AL  born 1903-04-16 (4th)
1944 AL  born 1903-04-16 (4th)
1944 NL  born 1903-04-16 (4th)
1944 NL  born 1903-04-16 (4th)
1945 AL  born 1903-04-16 (3rd)
1945 AL  born 1903-04-16 (3rd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 37 (41), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 194 (46), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 252 (22), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 61 (29), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Right Field (11th), 72.8 career WAR/42.2 7yr-peak WAR/57.5 JAWS
Average HOF RF (out of 23) = 70.9 career WAR/42.0 7yr-peak WAR/56.4 JAWS

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