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Herm Wehmeier

Herman Ralph Wehmeier

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: February 18, 1927 in Cincinnati, OH
High School: Western Hills HS (Cincinnati, OH)
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1945
Teams (by GP): Reds/Cardinals/Phillies/Redlegs/Tigers 1945-1958

Final Game: July 23, 1958
Died: May 21, 1973 in Dallas, TX
Buried: St. John 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	IBB	Pos	Awards
1945	18	CIN-min	AA	16	42	38	5	7	2	0	0	4	0	0	4	7	.184	.262	.237	.499		9	1	0	0				SYR · IL
1945	18	CIN	NL	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0			/1

1946	19	CIN-min	A	42	109	109		29	3	1	1						.266	.266	.339	.606		37							CLM · SALL
1947	20	CIN-min	AAA	29	74	70	6	12	1	0	1	9	0		2	17	.171	.194	.229	.423		16		0	2				SYR · IL
1947	20	CIN	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0	0	0	0			/1
1948	21	CIN	NL	36	59	55	4	5	1	0	0	2	0		1	13	.091	.107	.109	.216	-41	6	1	0	3			1
1949	22	CIN	NL	36	85	78	9	20	1	0	0	4	0		1	17	.256	.275	.269	.544	46	21	0	1	5			1
1950	23	CIN	NL	54	94	92	8	14	3	0	0	3	0		1	19	.152	.161	.185	.346	-9	17	3	0	1			1
1951	24	CIN	NL	46	61	59	8	17	2	0	0	6	0	0	1	8	.288	.300	.322	.622	67	19	2	0	2			1
1952	25	CIN	NL	41	70	64	10	12	1	0	1	5	0	0	4	16	.188	.235	.250	.485	35	16	0	0	2			1
1953	26	CIN	NL	29	21	20	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.200	.238	.200	.438	16	4	1	0	0			1
1954	27	TOT	NL	38	67	59	2	6	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	24	.102	.131	.136	.267	-30	8	1	0	6	0		1
1954	27	CIN	NL	13	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0		1
1954	27	PHI	NL	25	57	50	2	6	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	21	.120	.154	.160	.314	-18	8	1	0	5	0		1
1955	28	PHI	NL	34	80	72	10	20	1	1	0	7	0	0	2	26	.278	.299	.319	.618	66	23	1	1	3	2	0	1
1956	29	TOT	NL	45	69	66	6	13	3	0	2	8	0	0	2	20	.197	.221	.333	.554	47	22	0	0	1	0	0	1
1956	29	PHI	NL	3	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1956	29	STL	NL	42	61	58	6	13	3	0	2	8	0	0	2	17	.224	.250	.379	.629	67	22	0	0	1	0	0	1
1957	30	STL	NL	40	60	59	9	12	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	14	.203	.200	.237	.437	16	14	0	0	0	1	0	1
1958	31	TOT	MLB	10	9	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.125	.222	.250	.472	26	2	1	0	0	0	0	1
1958	31	STL	NL	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	277	2	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1958	31	DET	AL	7	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.143	.000	.143	-58	0	1	0	0	0	0	/1
13 Yrs				413	676	633	67	124	13	3	3	40	0	0	16	166	.196	.217	.240	.457	22	152	10	2	23	3	0
162 Game Avg.				162	265	248	26	49	5	1	1	16	0		6	65	.196	.217	.240	.457	22	60	4	1	9
				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 (9 yrs)				259	401	378	40	72	8	0	1	20	0	0	9	83	.190	.211	.220	.431	16	83	7	1	14	0
PHI (3 yrs)				62	145	130	12	26	1	2	0	9	0	0	4	50	.200	.226	.238	.465	24	31	2	1	8	2	0
STL (3 yrs)				85	123	119	15	26	4	1	2	11	0	0	2	31	.218	.230	.319	.549	46	38	0	0	1	1	0
DET (1 yr)				7	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.143	.000	.143	-58	0	1	0	0	0	0

NL (13 yrs)				406	669	627	67	124	13	3	3	40	0	0	15	164	.198	.218	.242	.460	23	152	9	2	23	3	0
AL (1 yr)				7	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.143	.000	.143	-58	0	1	0	0	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
1945	18	CIN	NL	3	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.493	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1

1947	20	CIN	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1948	21	CIN	NL	36	59	-11	0	-0	0	6	-5	-0.5	2	-3	-0.5	.486	.497	-0.5	0.0	-3	$	1
1949	22	CIN	NL	36	85	-6	0	0	0	9	4	0.4	3	7	0.4	.511	.502	0.4	0.0	7	$	1
1950	23	CIN	NL	54	94	-15	0	0	0	11	-3	-0.4	3	-0	-0.4	.494	.498	-0.3	-0.0	-0	$	1
1951	24	CIN	NL	46	61	-3	-0	-0	0	6	3	0.3	2	5	0.3	.506	.502	0.3	-0.0	5	$	1
1952	25	CIN	NL	41	70	-6	0	0	0	8	3	0.3	2	5	0.3	.508	.502	0.3	0.0	5	$	1
1953	26	CIN	NL	29	21	-3	0	-0	0	2	-0	-0.0	1	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	1
1954	27	CIN	NL	13	10	-3	0	0	0	1	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.485	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$	1
1954	27	PHI	NL	25	57	-10	-0	-0	0	6	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.4	.485	.498	-0.4	-0.0	-2	$	1
1955	28	PHI	NL	34	80	-4	1	0	0	8	4	0.4	3	7	0.4	.513	.503	0.5	-0.1	7	$	1
1956	29	PHI	NL	3	8	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.456	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/1
1956	29	STL	NL	42	61	-3	0	0	0	7	4	0.3	2	6	0.3	.509	.502	0.4	-0.1	6	$	1
1957	30	STL	NL	40	60	-7	0	0	0	6	-1	-0.1	2	1	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	-0.0	1	$	1
1958	31	STL	NL	3	2	0	-0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.507	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1958	31	DET	AL	7	7	-1	-0	-0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.487	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/1
13 Seasons				413	676	-74	1	0	0	73	1	-0.1	23	24	-0.1	.500	.500	0.2	-0.2	24	$

CIN (9 yrs)				259	401	-46	1	0	0	44	-1	-0.2	14	12	-0.1	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	12	$
PHI (3 yrs)				62	145	-16	1	-0	0	15	-0	-0.1	5	5	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.0	-0.1	5	$
STL (3 yrs)				85	123	-10	-0	0	0	13	3	0.3	4	7	0.2	.504	.501	0.3	-0.1	7	$
DET (1 yr)				7	7	-1	-0	-0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.487	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$

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
1945	18	CIN	NL	1	1	0	0.0	95		.000	.271	.000	.340	.000	.374	.000	.714	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

1948	21	CIN	NL	59	54	1	0.5	99	.119	.091	.265	.107	.339	.109	.393	.216	.732	-41	.017	-10.8	-1.1	.137	.036	.018
1949	22	CIN	NL	85	63	6	2.6	105	.328	.256	.272	.275	.345	.269	.406	.544	.752	46	.255	-6.2	-0.6	.397	.026	.013
1950	23	CIN	NL	94	82	3	1.0	108	.192	.152	.270	.161	.346	.185	.418	.346	.764	-9	.053	-14.8	-1.5	.222	.043	.033
1951	24	CIN	NL	61	46	6	3.5	104	.333	.288	.269	.300	.343	.322	.407	.622	.750	67	.386	-2.9	-0.3	.455	.051	.034
1952	25	CIN	NL	70	54	4	2.0	96	.234	.188	.260	.235	.333	.250	.388	.485	.721	35	.205	-5.8	-0.6	.385	.125	.063	.0
1953	26	CIN	NL	21	17	1	1.6	110	.286	.200	.274	.238	.345	.200	.427	.438	.773	16	.112	-2.5	-0.2	.294	.050	.000
1954	27	TOT	NL	67	60	1	0.4	109	.171	.102	.275	.131	.346	.136	.424	.267	.770	-30	.013	-11.7	-1.2	.185	.068	.034
1954	27	CIN	NL	10	10	0	0.0	111	.000	.000	.277	.000	.348	.000	.428	.000	.776	-100	.000	-2.7	-0.3	.000	.000	.000
1954	27	PHI	NL	57	50	1	0.5	109	.207	.120	.274	.154	.345	.160	.424	.314	.769	-18	.018	-9.0	-0.9	.222	.080	.040
1955	28	PHI	NL	80	58	7	3.2	104	.417	.278	.263	.299	.334	.319	.417	.618	.751	66	.337	-3.5	-0.3	.491	.069	.042
1956	29	TOT	NL	69	54	6	3.0	102	.250	.197	.263	.221	.329	.333	.415	.554	.744	47	.321	-5.1	-0.5	.453	.167	.136	.0
1956	29	PHI	NL	8	8	0	0.0	101	.000	.000	.262	.000	.328	.000	.413	.000	.742	-100	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1956	29	STL	NL	61	46	6	3.5	102	.282	.224	.263	.250	.330	.379	.415	.629	.745	67	.389	-2.9	-0.3	.533	.190	.155	.0
1957	30	STL	NL	60	48	3	1.7	105	.261	.203	.271	.200	.335	.237	.419	.437	.754	16	.137	-7.2	-0.7	.298	.034	.034
1958	31	TOT	MLB	9	8	1	3.3	105	.167	.125	.271	.222	.341	.250	.415	.472	.755	26	.379	-0.8	-0.1	.375	.250	.125
1958	31	STL	NL	2	1	1	26.8	110	.500	.500	.276	.500	.344	1.000	.430	1.500	.775	277	.961	0.6	0.0	2.000	.500	.500
1958	31	DET	AL	7	7	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.270	.143	.339	.000	.410	.143	.749	-58	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.143	.167	.000
13 Yrs				676	545	39	1.9	104	.259	.196	.268	.217	.339	.240	.411	.457	.750	22	.170	-71.8	-7.2	.328	.070	.044	.0
162 Game Avg.				265	214	15	1.9	104	.259	.196	.268	.217	.339	.240	.411	.457	.750	22	.170	-71.8	-7.2	.328	.070	.044
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
CIN (9 yrs)				401	327	21	1.7	104	.241	.190	.268	.211	.342	.220	.406	.431	.748	16	.145	-46.1	-4.6	.297	.053	.029	.0
PHI (3 yrs)				145	116	8	1.8	106	.317	.200	.267	.226	.338	.238	.419	.465	.757	24	.152	-14.8	-1.5	.340	.069	.038
STL (3 yrs)				123	95	10	2.8	104	.276	.218	.267	.230	.332	.319	.418	.549	.750	46	.296	-9.6	-1.0	.430	.118	.101	.0
DET (1 yr)				7	7	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.270	.143	.339	.000	.410	.143	.749	-58	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.143	.167	.000

NL (13 yrs)				669	538	39	1.9	104	.261	.198	.268	.218	.339	.242	.411	.460	.750	23	.172	-70.4	-7.0	.330	.069	.045	.0
AL (1 yr)				7	7	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.270	.143	.339	.000	.410	.143	.749	-58	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.143	.167	.000

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
1945	18	CIN	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%

1948	21	CIN	NL	59	0.0%	22.0%	1.7%	1.7%	20%	13.00	4.2		27.5		6.50	71%
1949	22	CIN	NL	85	0.0%	20.0%	1.2%	1.2%	5%	17.00	4.6		19.5		1.56	72%
1950	23	CIN	NL	94	0.0%	20.2%	1.1%	3.2%	21%	19.00	4.8		30.7		1.59	78%
1951	24	CIN	NL	61	0.0%	13.1%	1.6%	3.3%	12%	8.00	7.4		9.8		1.00	84%
1952	25	CIN	NL	70	1.4%	22.9%	5.7%	2.9%	17%	4.00	4.0	64.0	12.8		1.15	67%
1953	26	CIN	NL	21	0.0%	28.6%	4.8%	0.0%	0%	6.00	3.3				1.20	67%
1954	27	TOT	NL	67	0.0%	35.8%	3.0%	1.5%	17%	12.00	2.5		29.5		1.06	52%
1954	27	CIN	NL	10	0.0%	30.0%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0				1.33	60%
1954	27	PHI	NL	57	0.0%	36.8%	3.5%	1.8%	17%	10.50	2.4		25.0		1.00	51%
1955	28	PHI	NL	80	0.0%	32.5%	2.5%	2.5%	10%	13.00	2.8		10.3		2.09	60%
1956	29	TOT	NL	69	2.9%	29.0%	2.9%	7.3%	39%	10.00	3.3	33.0	8.3		0.74	64%
1956	29	PHI	NL	8	0.0%	37.5%	0.0%	0.0%			2.7				1.50	63%
1956	29	STL	NL	61	3.3%	27.9%	3.3%	8.2%	39%	8.50	3.4	29.0	7.3		0.65	64%
1957	30	STL	NL	60	0.0%	23.3%	0.0%	1.7%	8%		4.2		19.7		0.62	77%
1958	31	TOT	MLB	9	0.0%	22.2%	11.1%	11.1%	100%	2.00	4.0				1.00	67%
1958	31	STL	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	100%						0.00	100%
1958	31	DET	AL	7	0.0%	28.6%	14.3%	0.0%		2.00	3.0				1.50	57%
13 Yrs				676	0.4%	24.6%	2.4%	2.8%	15%	10.38	3.8	211.0	15.8		1.23	69%
MLB Averages					1.9%	10.6%	9.4%	6.4%	28%	1.12	8.4	46.0	8.3		0.98	76%
				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
1945	18	CIN	NL	-0.3	-0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1947	20	CIN	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	21	CIN	NL	-10.8	-1.1	19	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	1.16	-0.3	0.1	-2.4	-0.2	1.01	-2.9		0
1949	22	CIN	NL	-6.2	-0.6	48	-0.2	0.6	-0.9	1.15	-0.3	0.0	-2.5	-0.2	0.95	-2.7		0
1950	23	CIN	NL	-14.8	-1.5	75	-1.0	0.8	-1.8	1.14	-0.9	0.0	-10.6	-1.0	0.96	-10.0		0
1951	24	CIN	NL	-2.9	-0.3	36	0.2	0.9	-0.6	1.09	-0.1	0.4	0.7	0.1	0.95	-1.3		0
1952	25	CIN	NL	-5.8	-0.6	57	-0.8	0.5	-1.3	1.20	-0.5	-0.2	-8.0	-0.8	1.08	-5.5	2.18	1
1953	26	CIN	NL	-2.5	-0.2	21	-0.4	0.1	-0.6	1.03	-0.2	-0.2	-2.9	-0.3	0.92	-2.7		0
1954	27	TOT	NL	-11.7	-1.2	62	-1.2	0.2	-1.4	.87	-1.1	-0.3	-12.9	-1.3	0.99	-12.0		0
1954	27	CIN	NL	-2.7	-0.3	10	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.75	-0.3	0.0	-2.1	-0.2	0.75	-2.8		0
1954	27	PHI	NL	-9.0	-0.9	52	-1.0	0.2	-1.2	.89	-0.8	-0.3	-10.8	-1.1	1.03	-9.2		0
1955	28	PHI	NL	-3.5	-0.3	79	-0.4	0.8	-1.2	.86	-0.6	0.1	-6.5	-0.6	0.97	-5.7		0
1956	29	TOT	NL	-5.2	-0.5	69	-0.2	1.3	-1.5	1.10	-0.4	0.2	-1.7	-0.2	0.95	-4.2		0
1956	29	PHI	NL	-2.2	-0.2	8	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.09	-0.2	-0.0	-1.8	-0.2	0.82	-2.1		0
1956	29	STL	NL	-3.0	-0.3	61	0.0	1.3	-1.3	1.10	-0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.97	-2.1		0
1957	30	STL	NL	-7.2	-0.7	61	-0.5	0.7	-1.3	1.02	-0.5	-0.0	-5.5	-0.5	0.91	-6.5	0.00	1
1958	31	TOT	MLB	-0.8	-0.1	9	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.81	-0.1	-0.0	-1.0	-0.1	0.68	-1.0		0
1958	31	STL	NL	0.6	0.0	2	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.63	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.68	0.4		0
1958	31	DET	AL	-1.4	-0.1	7	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	.86	-0.1	-0.0	-1.2	-0.1	0.69	-1.4		0
13 Yrs				-71.8	-7.2	536	-4.9	6.4	-11.3	1.04	-5.0	0.3	-53.3	-5.3	0.96	-54.5	1.09	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%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	21	CIN	NL	1	0	67%	8	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1949	22	CIN	NL	2	0	41%	14	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	33%	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
1950	23	CIN	NL	1	0	53%	27	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	43%	4	2	2	0	0	0	3	1	1
1951	24	CIN	NL	1	0	44%	23	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22%	5	4	1	2	2	0	2	1	1
1952	25	CIN	NL	2	0	60%	29	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	50%	7	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	1
1953	26	CIN	NL	0	0	20%	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1954	27	TOT	NL	0	0	25%	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1954	27	CIN	NL	0	0		1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1954	27	PHI	NL	0	0	25%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1955	28	PHI	NL	0	0	44%	34	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	46%	5	3	2	0	0	0	6	3	3
1956	29	TOT	NL	0	0	31%	23	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	14%	3	3	0	0	0	0	4	3	1
1956	29	PHI	NL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	29	STL	NL	0	0	31%	23	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	14%	3	3	0	0	0	0	4	3	1
1957	30	STL	NL	0	0	75%	20	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	38%	5	4	1	0	0	0	3	1	2
1958	31	TOT	MLB	0	0	0%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	31	STL	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	31	DET	AL	0	0	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13 Yrs				7	0	46%	197	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	15	34%	33	24	9	3	3	0	23	11	11
				ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH

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	21	CIN	NL	59	37%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	300%	3	1	33%	3	0	0%	14	2	14%	0	0		0	0		0
1949	22	CIN	NL	85	41%	20			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	167%	12	0	0%	10	0	0%	35	3	9%	2	1	50%	1	0	0%	0
1950	23	CIN	NL	94	51%	14			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	9	3	33%	13	4	31%	48	2	4%	2	1	50%	4	3	75%	0
1951	24	CIN	NL	61	44%	17			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	5	2	40%	5	1	20%	26	6	23%	2	1	50%	3	1	33%	0
1952	25	CIN	NL	70	36%	12			1	0	0	0	2.18	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	100%	12	0	0%	12	4	33%	41	2	5%	4	1	25%	2	1	50%	0
1953	26	CIN	NL	21	81%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	3	0	0%	11	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1954	27	TOT	NL	67	34%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	100%	15	1	7%	16	1	6%	53	2	4%	4	1	25%	5	1	20%	0
1954	27	CIN	NL	10	40%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1954	27	PHI	NL	57	33%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	100%	14	1	7%	15	1	7%	48	2	4%	4	1	25%	5	1	20%	0
1955	28	PHI	NL	80	18%	20			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	60%	11	1	9%	14	5	36%	48	5	10%	6	4	67%	5	3	60%	0
1956	29	TOT	NL	69	23%	13			0	0	0	0		2	0	5	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	100%	11	0	0%	9	0	0%	41	6	15%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
1956	29	PHI	NL	8	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1956	29	STL	NL	61	26%	13			0	0	0	0		2	0	5	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	100%	11	0	0%	9	0	0%	37	6	16%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
1957	30	STL	NL	60	28%	12			1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	7	0	0%	6	1	17%	33	4	12%	3	1	33%	2	1	50%	0
1958	31	TOT	MLB	9	11%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1958	31	STL	NL	2	50%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1958	31	DET	AL	7	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
13 Yrs				675	35%	124			2	0	0	0	1.09	3	0	18	3	0	0	3	0	23	23	100%	88	10	11%	92	16	17%	352	32	9%	25	10	40%	22	10	45%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			120%			15%			32%			14%			50%			54%
				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

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1945	18	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1946	19	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1947	20	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1948	21	40	60	56	4	5	1	0	0	2		1	14	.089	.105	.107	.212	-42	6	1	0	3
1949	22	76	145	134	13	25	2	0	0	6		2	31	.187	.204	.201	.406	10	27	1	1	8
1950	23	130	239	226	21	39	5	0	0	9		3	50	.173	.187	.195	.382	2	44	4	1	9
1951	24	176	300	285	29	56	7	0	0	15	0	4	58	.196	.210	.221	.431	15	63	6	1	11
1952	25	217	370	349	39	68	8	0	1	20	0	8	74	.195	.215	.226	.441	19	79	6	1	13
1953	26	246	391	369	40	72	8	0	1	20	0	9	80	.195	.216	.225	.441	19	83	7	1	13
1954	27	284	458	428	42	78	8	1	1	22	0	11	104	.182	.205	.213	.417	12	91	8	1	19	0
1955	28	318	538	500	52	98	9	2	1	29	0	13	130	.196	.219	.228	.447	20	114	9	2	22	2	0
1956	29	363	607	566	58	111	12	2	3	37	0	15	150	.196	.219	.240	.459	23	136	9	2	23	2	0
1957	30	403	667	625	67	123	12	3	3	40	0	15	164	.197	.217	.240	.457	22	150	9	2	23	3	0
1958	31	413	676	633	67	124	13	3	3	40	0	16	166	.196	.217	.240	.457	22	152	10	2	23	3	0

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1945	18	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3

1948	21	38	63	59	7	7	1	0	0	3	0	1	14	.119	.133	.136	.269	1	36
1949	22	37	86	79	8	19	1	0	0	4	0	1	18	.241	.259	.253	.512	5	36
1950	23	56	99	97	9	15	3	0	0	3	0	1	20	.155	.163	.186	.349	3	54
1951	24	48	65	62	9	18	2	0	0	7	0	1	8	.290	.302	.323	.624	6	46
1952	25	43	73	67	11	13	1	0	1	6	0	4	17	.194	.239	.254	.493	4	41
1953	26	30	22	21	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.190	.227	.190	.418	1	29
1954	27	40	70	62	2	6	0	1	0	2	0	2	25	.097	.125	.129	.254	1	38
1955	28	36	84	76	11	21	1	1	0	8	0	2	27	.276	.296	.316	.612	7	34
1956	29	47	73	70	7	15	3	0	2	9	0	2	21	.214	.236	.343	.579	6	45
1957	30	42	63	62	10	13	0	1	0	3	0	0	15	.210	.206	.242	.448	3	40
1958	31	10	11	9	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	.222	.364	.444	.808	1	10
12 Yrs		430	710	665	75	133	14	3	3	45	0	17	174	.200	.221	.244	.465	38	412
162 Game Avg.		162	267	251	28	50	5	1	1	17	0	6	66	.200	.221	.244	.465	14	412

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