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Vic Wertz

Victor Woodrow Wertz

Positions: Rightfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 186 lb.

Born: February 9, 1925 in York, PA
High School: Reading HS (Reading, PA)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1947
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Indians/RedSox/Browns/Twins/... 1947-1963

Final Game: September 19, 1963
Died: July 7, 1983 in Detroit, MI
Buried: Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, MI
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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
1944 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1947 22 DET AL 102 383 333 60 96 22 4 6 44 2 0 47 66 .288 .376 .432 .809 121 144 11 0 2 O97/8
1948 23 DET AL 119 449 391 49 97 19 9 7 67 0 0 48 70 .248 .335 .396 .731 92 155 5 3 6 O79/8
1949 24 DET AL 155 695 608 96 185 26 6 20 133 2 3 80 61 .304 .385 .465 .851 125 283 19 0 7 *O9 AS,MVP-10
1950 25 DET AL 149 657 559 99 172 37 4 27 123 0 1 91 55 .308 .408 .533 .941 137 298 13 4 3 *O9 MVP-10
1951 26 DET AL 138 582 501 86 143 24 4 27 94 0 3 78 61 .285 .383 .511 .894 140 256 13 1 1 *O9 AS
1952 27 TOT AL 122 486 415 68 115 20 3 23 70 1 0 69 64 .277 .381 .506 .887 145 210 8 1 1 *9 AS
1952 27 DET AL 85 332 285 46 70 15 3 17 51 1 0 46 44 .246 .352 .498 .851 135 142 6 1 0 O9
1952 27 SLB AL 37 154 130 22 45 5 0 6 19 0 0 23 20 .346 .444 .523 .968 166 68 2 0 1 O9
1953 28 SLB AL 128 519 440 61 118 18 6 19 70 1 4 72 44 .268 .376 .466 .842 124 205 13 4 2 *O9
1954 29 TOT AL 123 443 389 38 100 15 2 15 61 0 2 45 57 .257 .330 .422 .751 106 164 5 0 1 6 39/7
1954 29 BAL AL 29 106 94 5 19 1 0 1 13 0 0 11 17 .202 .283 .245 .528 51 23 1 0 0 1 9
1954 29 CLE AL 94 337 295 33 81 14 2 14 48 0 2 34 40 .275 .344 .478 .822 122 141 4 0 1 5 3/97
1955 30 CLE AL 74 295 257 30 65 11 2 14 55 1 1 32 33 .253 .332 .475 .807 112 122 6 1 0 5 3 3/97
1956 31 CLE AL 136 567 481 65 127 22 0 32 106 0 0 75 87 .264 .364 .509 .874 127 245 8 5 0 7 10 *3 MVP-9
1957 32 CLE AL 144 606 515 84 145 21 0 28 105 2 3 78 88 .282 .371 .485 .857 133 250 9 2 0 11 6 *3 AS,MVP-6
1958 33 CLE AL 25 48 43 5 12 1 0 3 12 0 0 5 7 .279 .354 .512 .866 137 22 2 0 0 0 0 /3
1959 34 BOS AL 94 273 247 38 68 13 0 7 49 0 0 22 32 .275 .337 .413 .750 102 102 5 2 0 2 5 3
1960 35 BOS AL 131 488 443 45 125 22 0 19 103 0 2 37 54 .282 .335 .460 .796 111 204 13 1 1 5 4 *3 MVP-14
1961 36 TOT AL 107 369 323 33 84 16 2 11 61 0 0 38 44 .260 .336 .424 .760 102 137 11 2 0 6 3 3
1961 36 BOS AL 99 363 317 33 83 16 2 11 60 0 0 38 43 .262 .339 .429 .768 104 136 11 2 0 6 3 3
1961 36 DET AL 8 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 -11 1 0 0 0 0 0
1962 37 DET AL 74 112 105 7 34 2 0 5 18 0 0 5 13 .324 .357 .486 .843 121 51 1 1 0 1 0 3
1963 38 TOT AL 41 55 49 3 6 0 0 3 7 0 0 6 6 .122 .218 .306 .524 44 15 1 0 0 0 2 /3
1963 38 DET AL 6 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 38 MIN AL 35 50 44 3 6 0 0 3 7 0 0 6 5 .136 .240 .341 .581 60 15 1 0 0 0 2 /3
17 Yrs 1862 7027 6099 867 1692 289 42 266 1178 9 19 828 842 .277 .364 .469 .833 122 2863 143 27 24 43 33
162 Game Avg. 162 611 531 75 147 25 4 23 102 1 2 72 73 .277 .364 .469 .833 122 249 12 2 2
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
DET (9 yrs) 836 3221 2793 443 798 145 30 109 531 5 7 395 372 .286 .376 .476 .852 125 1330 68 10 19 1 0
CLE (5 yrs) 473 1853 1591 217 430 69 4 91 326 3 6 224 255 .270 .358 .490 .848 126 780 29 8 1 28 19
BOS (3 yrs) 324 1124 1007 116 276 51 2 37 212 0 2 97 129 .274 .337 .439 .776 107 442 29 5 1 13 12
BAL (3 yrs) 194 779 664 88 182 24 6 26 102 1 4 106 81 .274 .377 .446 .823 123 296 16 4 3 1
MIN (1 yr) 35 50 44 3 6 0 0 3 7 0 0 6 5 .136 .240 .341 .581 60 15 1 0 0 0 2

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
1947 22 DET AL 102 383 9 1 0 -2 -4 4 0.3 10 13 1.3 .504 .502 1.6 -0.7 15 $ O97/8
1948 23 DET AL 119 449 -7 -0 1 -2 -5 -13 -1.3 11 -2 -0.2 .489 .492 0.0 -0.7 0 $ O79/8
1949 24 DET AL 155 695 21 -0 -1 2 -7 14 1.4 18 32 3.1 .509 .509 2.9 -0.5 30 $ *O9 AS,MVP-10
1950 25 DET AL 149 657 32 -1 -1 2 -7 25 2.4 17 42 4.1 .516 .514 3.8 -0.4 40 $ *O9 MVP-10
1951 26 DET AL 138 582 28 -1 -1 6 -6 26 2.6 16 42 4.2 .519 .516 3.5 0.0 36 $ *O9 AS
1952 27 DET AL 85 332 13 -1 0 2 -4 10 1.1 9 19 2.0 .513 .507 1.8 -0.2 17 $ O9 AS
1952 27 SLB AL 37 154 12 -1 0 -2 -2 8 0.8 4 12 1.2 .522 .505 1.4 -0.4 14 $ O9 AS
1953 28 SLB AL 128 519 14 -0 -2 -6 -5 -0 -0.0 14 14 1.4 .500 .500 2.0 -1.2 20 $ *O9
1954 29 BAL AL 29 106 -5 0 1 -1 -1 -6 -0.6 3 -3 -0.4 .478 .496 -0.3 -0.2 -2 $ 9
1954 29 CLE AL 94 337 8 -0 1 1 -4 6 0.6 9 15 1.5 .507 .504 1.4 -0.3 14 $ 3/97
1955 30 CLE AL 74 295 1 -0 -0 -6 -3 -9 -0.9 8 -1 -0.1 .487 .494 0.4 -0.9 4 $ 3/97
1956 31 CLE AL 136 567 12 0 0 -1 -6 5 0.6 15 21 2.1 .504 .503 2.0 -0.6 21 $ *3 MVP-9
1957 32 CLE AL 144 606 20 -0 1 -4 -7 8 0.8 16 25 2.4 .506 .506 3.0 -1.3 29 $ *3 AS,MVP-6
1958 33 CLE AL 25 48 2 -0 -0 0 -0 1 0.1 1 2 0.2 .505 .501 0.2 -0.0 2 $ /3
1959 34 BOS AL 94 273 2 -0 0 3 -3 2 0.1 7 9 0.8 .502 .501 0.6 -0.1 6 $ 3
1960 35 BOS AL 131 488 5 -1 -1 -3 -6 -6 -0.8 13 7 0.5 .495 .496 0.9 -1.0 10 $ *3 MVP-14
1961 36 BOS AL 99 363 -0 -1 -1 4 -4 -4 -0.5 10 6 0.5 .496 .498 0.2 -0.2 3 $ 3
1961 36 DET AL 8 6 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .487 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $
1962 37 DET AL 74 112 4 -0 0 -2 -1 2 0.2 3 5 0.5 .503 .501 0.7 -0.3 7 $ 3
1963 38 DET AL 6 5 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.2 0 -1 -0.1 .475 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $
1963 38 MIN AL 35 50 -2 -0 -0 1 -0 -2 -0.3 1 -1 -0.1 .492 .498 -0.2 0.0 -2 $ /3
17 Seasons 1862 7027 164 -8 -4 -8 -76 68 6.3 187 255 24.8 .504 .502 25.7 -9.1 263 $
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
DET (9 yrs) 836 3221 96 -3 -1 6 -33 66 6.5 84 150 14.8 .508 .504 14.1 -2.8 143 $
CLE (5 yrs) 473 1853 42 -1 1 -9 -21 11 1.2 50 61 6.1 .503 .502 7.0 -3.2 71 $
BOS (3 yrs) 324 1124 7 -3 -2 3 -13 -8 -1.2 31 22 1.8 .497 .498 1.7 -1.3 19 $
BAL (3 yrs) 194 779 21 -1 -1 -9 -8 2 0.1 21 23 2.2 .501 .500 3.1 -1.8 31 $
MIN (1 yr) 35 50 -2 -0 -0 1 -0 -2 -0.3 1 -1 -0.1 .492 .498 -0.2 0.0 -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
1947 22 DET AL 383 250 55 5.9 100 .345 .288 .267 .376 .348 .432 .384 .809 .732 121 .652 10.4 1.1 .778 .291 .144 3.0
1948 23 DET AL 449 305 51 4.4 108 .287 .248 .277 .335 .362 .396 .400 .731 .762 92 .484 -6.3 -0.6 .689 .271 .148 .0
1949 24 DET AL 695 452 108 6.4 107 .313 .304 .271 .385 .363 .465 .393 .851 .756 125 .646 20.3 2.0 .813 .291 .161 3.6
1950 25 DET AL 657 404 120 7.9 116 .304 .308 .282 .408 .370 .533 .423 .941 .792 137 .700 32.3 3.0 .978 .386 .225 .0
1951 26 DET AL 582 375 96 6.9 102 .281 .285 .268 .383 .349 .511 .392 .894 .741 140 .684 28.0 2.8 .888 .375 .226 .0
1952 27 TOT AL 486 309 80 7.0 97 .280 .277 .261 .381 .341 .506 .381 .887 .722 145 .722 25.7 2.6 .912 .398 .229 1.9
1952 27 DET AL 332 221 50 6.1 96 .237 .246 .260 .352 .340 .498 .380 .851 .720 135 .670 13.0 1.3 .860 .418 .253 1.9
1952 27 SLB AL 154 88 30 9.2 98 .375 .346 .262 .444 .343 .523 .383 .968 .726 166 .811 12.7 1.3 1.046 .354 .177 .0
1953 28 SLB AL 519 341 75 5.9 104 .263 .268 .272 .376 .349 .466 .400 .842 .749 124 .625 15.8 1.6 .820 .355 .198 1.9
1954 29 TOT AL 443 303 55 4.9 98 .263 .257 .265 .330 .340 .422 .387 .751 .727 106 .561 2.5 0.2 .699 .275 .165 .0
1954 29 BAL AL 106 77 7 2.4 92 .234 .202 .256 .283 .330 .245 .374 .528 .704 51 .265 -6.0 -0.6 .447 .160 .043 .0
1954 29 CLE AL 337 226 48 5.7 100 .272 .275 .268 .344 .344 .478 .391 .822 .735 122 .630 8.5 0.9 .786 .312 .203 .0
1955 30 CLE AL 295 204 41 5.4 106 .237 .253 .271 .332 .351 .475 .404 .807 .755 112 .573 3.5 0.4 .779 .346 .222 1.9
1956 31 CLE AL 567 369 93 6.8 108 .257 .264 .270 .364 .352 .509 .412 .874 .764 127 .650 19.1 1.8 .898 .401 .245 .0
1957 32 CLE AL 606 393 97 6.7 99 .285 .282 .263 .371 .335 .485 .397 .857 .733 133 .683 25.7 2.6 .861 .353 .204 3.7
1958 33 CLE AL 48 33 7 5.7 97 .273 .279 .260 .354 .329 .512 .396 .866 .725 137 .625 2.0 0.2 .818 .349 .233 .0
1959 34 BOS AL 273 186 34 4.9 102 .290 .275 .265 .337 .337 .413 .405 .750 .742 102 .550 0.8 0.1 .685 .227 .138 .0
1960 35 BOS AL 488 339 66 5.2 104 .283 .282 .267 .335 .341 .460 .408 .796 .749 111 .571 6.0 0.6 .721 .257 .178 .0
1961 36 TOT AL 369 256 46 4.8 105 .266 .260 .265 .336 .340 .424 .413 .760 .753 102 .514 1.2 0.1 .708 .282 .164 .0
1961 36 BOS AL 363 251 46 4.9 105 .268 .262 .265 .339 .340 .429 .412 .768 .753 104 .523 2.1 0.2 .718 .287 .167 .0
1961 36 DET AL 6 5 0 0.0 106 .200 .167 .267 .167 .343 .167 .416 .333 .759 -11 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .200 .000 .000
1962 37 DET AL 112 73 18 6.6 106 .330 .324 .268 .357 .341 .486 .417 .843 .758 121 .666 2.7 0.3 .792 .210 .162 .0
1963 38 TOT AL 55 44 4 2.5 96 .075 .122 .258 .218 .324 .306 .398 .524 .722 44 .273 -4.0 -0.4 .477 .306 .184 .0
1963 38 DET AL 5 5 0 0.0 97 .000 .000 .259 .000 .326 .000 .400 .000 .725 -100 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1963 38 MIN AL 50 39 4 2.8 96 .083 .136 .258 .240 .324 .341 .398 .581 .722 60 .318 -2.7 -0.3 .538 .341 .205 .0
17 Yrs 7027 4636 1046 6.0 104 .283 .277 .269 .364 .349 .469 .400 .833 .750 122 .630 185.7 18.2 .812 .326 .192 17.4
162 Game Avg. 611 403 91 6.0 104 .283 .277 .269 .364 .349 .469 .400 .833 .750 122 .630 16 2 .812 .326 .192 2
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
DET (9 yrs) 3221 2090 498 6.4 106 .298 .286 .272 .376 .357 .476 .398 .852 .755 125 .648 98.0 9.6 .837 .331 .190 9.6
CLE (5 yrs) 1853 1225 286 6.3 103 .266 .270 .267 .358 .344 .490 .402 .848 .746 126 .645 58.9 5.8 .844 .359 .220 5.8
BOS (3 yrs) 1124 776 146 5.0 104 .280 .274 .266 .337 .340 .439 .409 .776 .749 107 .551 8.9 0.9 .711 .259 .165 .0
BAL (3 yrs) 779 506 112 5.9 101 .280 .274 .268 .377 .345 .446 .393 .823 .738 123 .637 22.6 2.2 .803 .327 .172 1.9
MIN (1 yr) 50 39 4 2.8 96 .083 .136 .258 .240 .324 .341 .398 .581 .722 60 .318 -2.7 -0.3 .538 .341 .205 .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
1954 29 CLE AL WS NYG L 4 18 16 2 8 2 1 1 3 0 0 2 2 .500 .556 .938 1.493 15 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 4 18 16 2 8 2 1 1 3 0 0 2 2 .500 .556 .938 1.493 15 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
1949 DET AL 24 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 DET AL 26 as RF 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 1.333 1.667 4 0 0 0 0 0
1952 DET AL 27 DNP
1957 CLE AL 32 as 1B 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs (3 GP) 7 7 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .714 1.000 5 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
1947 22 DET AL 383 1.6% 17.2% 12.3% 8.4% 33% 1.40 5.0 55.5 7.6 68%
1948 23 DET AL 449 1.6% 15.6% 10.7% 7.8% 36% 1.46 5.6 55.9 5.8 0.60 70%
1949 24 DET AL 695 2.9% 8.8% 11.5% 7.5% 28% 0.76 10.0 30.4 4.6 0.83 76%
1950 25 DET AL 657 4.1% 8.4% 13.9% 10.4% 40% 0.60 10.2 20.7 4.5 0.59 73%
1951 26 DET AL 582 4.6% 10.5% 13.4% 9.5% 39% 0.78 8.2 18.6 5.3 0.63 71%
1952 27 TOT AL 486 4.7% 13.2% 14.2% 9.5% 40% 0.93 6.5 18.0 5.9 0.59 67%
1952 27 DET AL 332 5.1% 13.3% 13.9% 10.5% 50% 0.96 6.5 16.8 5.6 0.62 67%
1952 27 SLB AL 154 3.9% 13.0% 14.9% 7.1% 24% 0.87 6.5 21.7 6.8 0.47 68%
1953 28 SLB AL 519 3.7% 8.5% 13.9% 8.3% 36% 0.61 10.0 23.2 6.3 0.87 73%
1954 29 TOT AL 443 3.4% 12.9% 10.2% 7.2% 32% 1.27 6.8 25.9 6.4 0.59 73%
1954 29 BAL AL 106 0.9% 16.0% 10.4% 1.9% 11% 1.55 5.5 94.0 7.2 0.74 73%
1954 29 CLE AL 337 4.2% 11.9% 10.1% 8.9% 37% 1.18 7.4 21.1 6.1 0.55 73%
1955 30 CLE AL 295 4.8% 11.2% 10.9% 9.2% 42% 1.03 7.8 18.4 4.7 0.52 73%
1956 31 CLE AL 567 5.6% 15.3% 13.2% 9.5% 43% 1.16 5.5 15.0 4.5 0.81 65%
1957 32 CLE AL 606 4.6% 14.5% 12.9% 8.1% 34% 1.13 5.9 18.4 4.9 0.66 68%
1958 33 CLE AL 48 6.3% 14.6% 10.4% 8.3% 33% 1.40 6.1 14.3 3.6 2.25 69%
1959 34 BOS AL 273 2.6% 11.7% 8.1% 7.3% 29% 1.45 7.7 35.3 5.0 0.71 77%
1960 35 BOS AL 488 3.9% 11.1% 7.6% 8.4% 33% 1.46 8.2 23.3 4.3 0.77 77%
1961 36 TOT AL 369 3.0% 11.9% 10.3% 7.9% 35% 1.16 7.3 29.4 5.3 0.67 74%
1961 36 BOS AL 363 3.0% 11.9% 10.5% 8.0% 35% 1.13 7.4 28.8 5.3 0.70 74%
1961 36 DET AL 6 0.0% 16.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 6.0 6.0 0.00 83%
1962 37 DET AL 112 4.5% 11.6% 4.5% 6.3% 21% 2.60 8.1 21.0 5.8 1.38 79%
1963 38 TOT AL 55 5.5% 10.9% 10.9% 5.5% 50% 1.00 8.2 16.3 7.0 0.58 73%
1963 38 DET AL 5 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 5.0 0.33 80%
1963 38 MIN AL 50 6.0% 10.0% 12.0% 6.0% 50% 0.83 8.8 14.7 6.3 0.62 72%
17 Yrs 7027 3.8% 12.0% 11.8% 8.5% 35% 1.02 7.2 22.9 5.2 0.70 72%
MLB Averages 2.1% 11.8% 9.2% 6.5% 28% 1.28 7.5 41.3 8.2 1.00 75%
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
1947 22 DET AL 10.4 1.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 23 DET AL -6.3 -0.6 189 1.0 4.2 -3.2 1.12 0.5 0.4 17.1 1.6 1.01 7.2 1.99 10
1949 24 DET AL 19.5 1.9 435 2.7 9.9 -7.2 1.09 1.5 1.0 21.0 2.1 1.01 20.5 0
1950 25 DET AL 32.3 3.0 520 2.6 12.0 -9.5 1.10 2.6 -0.3 33.6 3.1 0.99 31.1 1.99 1
1951 26 DET AL 28.0 2.8 449 1.0 9.8 -8.8 1.15 1.6 -0.7 20.6 2.0 1.00 19.3 2.06 6
1952 27 TOT AL 25.6 2.6 403 3.2 10.1 -6.9 1.06 2.6 0.3 19.3 2.0 0.97 26.0 2.68 7
1952 27 DET AL 13.0 1.3 302 2.8 8.2 -5.3 1.05 1.8 0.9 13.5 1.4 0.98 17.0 2.62 6
1952 27 SLB AL 12.6 1.3 101 0.3 2.0 -1.6 1.08 0.9 -0.5 5.8 0.6 0.97 8.9 3.03 1
1953 28 SLB AL 15.8 1.6 480 1.6 10.6 -9.0 1.13 1.4 0.0 14.8 1.5 0.94 17.7 2.20 8
1954 29 TOT AL 2.5 0.2 449 1.0 8.4 -7.4 1.01 1.1 -0.1 7.3 0.7 1.01 9.9 2.00 7
1954 29 BAL AL -6.0 -0.6 107 -0.3 1.7 -1.9 1.06 -0.4 0.2 -0.1 -0.0 1.00 -3.5 2.49 2
1954 29 CLE AL 8.5 0.9 342 1.3 6.7 -5.5 1.00 1.5 -0.2 7.4 0.7 1.01 13.4 1.80 5
1955 30 CLE AL 3.5 0.4 298 0.9 6.4 -5.5 1.04 0.3 0.6 10.6 1.0 1.00 4.6 2.23 5
1956 31 CLE AL 18.5 1.8 576 2.5 12.3 -9.8 1.05 2.5 -0.1 27.3 2.6 0.98 29.1 2.02 1
1957 32 CLE AL 25.7 2.6 606 4.3 13.6 -9.3 1.03 2.8 1.4 41.4 4.1 0.97 31.2 2.37 4
1958 33 CLE AL 2.0 0.2 47 0.4 1.8 -1.5 1.64 0.3 -0.1 2.4 0.2 1.09 3.4 2.04 15
1959 34 BOS AL 0.8 0.1 272 2.4 6.9 -4.5 1.19 1.0 1.0 16.6 1.6 1.05 11.3 2.08 32
1960 35 BOS AL 6.0 0.6 492 3.1 11.8 -8.7 1.10 0.2 2.6 34.4 3.3 1.03 9.3 2.01 18
1961 36 TOT AL 0.7 0.1 373 2.0 9.1 -7.1 1.12 0.7 1.2 13.5 1.3 1.00 7.4 1.77 18
1961 36 BOS AL 1.7 0.2 367 2.0 8.9 -6.9 1.11 0.7 1.1 14.4 1.4 1.00 8.1 1.84 12
1961 36 DET AL -1.0 -0.1 6 0.1 0.2 -0.2 1.64 -0.1 0.1 -0.9 -0.1 1.19 -0.7 1.64 6
1962 37 DET AL 2.9 0.3 112 1.4 3.8 -2.5 1.50 0.7 0.2 6.9 0.7 1.07 6.7 1.97 53
1963 38 TOT AL -4.0 -0.4 55 -1.0 0.7 -1.7 1.43 -0.2 -0.5 -4.6 -0.5 1.02 -2.3 1.74 30
1963 38 DET AL -1.4 -0.1 5 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 2.08 -0.1 -0.0 -1.5 -0.2 1.04 -1.4 2.08 5
1963 38 MIN AL -2.7 -0.3 50 -0.7 0.7 -1.4 1.36 -0.1 -0.4 -3.1 -0.3 1.02 -0.8 1.67 25
17 Yrs 183.7 18.0 5756 29.0 131.5 -102.4 1.10 19.5 6.8 282.2 27.4 1.00 232.3 2.00 215
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 23 DET AL 2 0 30% 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 27% 8 6 2 1 0 1 6 4 1
1949 24 DET AL 5 0 31% 184 2 3 40% 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 6 41% 39 27 12 6 3 2 13 3 10
1950 25 DET AL 6 0 30% 195 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 6 37% 30 21 9 10 6 2 17 5 10
1951 26 DET AL 6 0 30% 177 0 3 0% 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 4 32% 27 20 7 6 4 2 11 6 5
1952 27 TOT AL 0 0 28% 141 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 34% 31 23 7 7 5 2 12 4 8
1952 27 DET AL 0 0 29% 94 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 36% 21 17 4 1 0 1 9 3 6
1952 27 SLB AL 0 0 26% 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 32% 10 6 3 6 5 1 3 1 2
1953 28 SLB AL 4 0 24% 171 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 46% 26 16 10 3 1 2 10 3 6
1954 29 TOT AL 6 0 18% 147 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 56% 21 11 10 2 2 0 11 2 9
1954 29 BAL AL 2 0 14% 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 80% 3 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 1
1954 29 CLE AL 4 0 19% 109 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 52% 18 11 7 2 2 0 9 1 8
1955 30 CLE AL 1 0 19% 84 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 48% 12 8 4 1 0 1 8 3 5
1956 31 CLE AL 3 0 19% 166 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 5 35% 19 14 5 7 6 1 8 2 6
1957 32 CLE AL 3 0 28% 223 2 3 40% 1 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 8 7 44% 26 21 4 6 2 4 20 5 15
1958 33 CLE AL 0 0 14% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17% 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1959 34 BOS AL 7 0 37% 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 47% 17 11 6 2 1 1 13 5 8
1960 35 BOS AL 5 0 18% 145 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 11 23% 21 18 3 10 8 1 8 3 5
1961 36 TOT AL 4 0 20% 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 36% 19 14 4 5 3 2 12 4 7
1961 36 BOS AL 4 0 20% 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 36% 19 14 4 5 3 2 12 4 7
1961 36 DET AL 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
1962 37 DET AL 3 0 6% 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 33% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1963 38 TOT AL 1 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 38 DET AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 38 MIN AL 1 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Yrs 56 0 26% 1966 9 19 32% 4 17 1 5 1 1 10 0 50 58 39% 302 216 83 66 41 21 153 51 97
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

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 23 DET AL 449 76% 97 10 2 0 2 1.99 7 0 4 2 0 5 2 0 3 6 200% 46 5 11% 16 8 50% 150 36 24% 17 9 53% 9 7 78% 0
1949 24 DET AL 695 60% 185 0 0 0 0 20 0 14 7 3 12 8 0 4 7 175% 86 19 22% 41 17 41% 337 67 20% 36 19 53% 23 16 70% 0
1950 25 DET AL 657 64% 172 1 1 0 1 1.99 27 0 14 14 7 16 11 0 3 3 100% 106 13 12% 46 19 41% 406 80 20% 31 17 55% 28 18 64% 0
1951 26 DET AL 582 73% 143 6 0 0 0 2.06 27 0 9 16 3 13 14 0 1 1 100% 103 13 13% 50 14 28% 322 53 16% 32 14 44% 27 17 63% 0
1952 27 TOT AL 486 77% 115 7 1 1 1 2.68 23 0 8 17 3 11 12 0 2 1 50% 86 8 9% 28 9 32% 253 38 15% 21 10 48% 8 5 63% 0
1952 27 DET AL 332 77% 70 6 1 1 1 2.62 17 0 6 14 2 9 8 0 0 0 59 6 10% 19 7 37% 191 30 16% 18 8 44% 5 3 60% 0
1952 27 SLB AL 154 76% 45 1 0 0 0 3.03 6 0 2 3 1 2 4 0 2 1 50% 27 2 7% 9 2 22% 62 8 13% 3 2 67% 3 2 67% 0
1953 28 SLB AL 519 69% 118 8 2 0 2 2.20 19 1 7 13 5 10 9 0 2 2 100% 86 13 15% 26 8 31% 294 44 15% 16 9 56% 10 6 60% 0
1954 29 TOT AL 443 74% 100 7 1 0 0 2.00 15 0 20 13 2 8 7 0 1 1 100% 84 5 6% 40 16 40% 310 49 16% 27 13 48% 15 11 73% 0
1954 29 BAL AL 106 93% 19 2 0 0 0 2.49 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 17 1 6% 6 2 33% 73 13 18% 6 3 50% 5 3 60% 0
1954 29 CLE AL 337 69% 81 5 1 0 0 1.80 14 0 14 12 2 8 6 0 1 1 100% 67 4 6% 34 14 41% 237 36 15% 21 10 48% 10 8 80% 0
1955 30 CLE AL 295 58% 65 5 2 0 3 2.23 14 1 13 7 7 6 8 0 0 0 75 6 8% 37 10 27% 223 41 18% 16 8 50% 15 9 60% 0
1956 31 CLE AL 567 73% 127 1 0 0 0 2.02 32 0 14 25 7 13 19 0 0 0 120 8 7% 48 14 29% 411 77 19% 41 20 49% 23 15 65% 0
1957 32 CLE AL 606 70% 145 4 0 0 2 2.37 28 1 12 22 4 9 19 0 0 0 130 9 7% 47 23 49% 398 77 19% 48 32 67% 24 17 71% 0
1958 33 CLE AL 48 85% 12 15 3 1 3 2.04 3 0 4 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 9 2 22% 7 3 43% 44 9 20% 5 2 40% 3 1 33% 0
1959 34 BOS AL 273 91% 68 32 7 1 5 2.08 7 1 11 6 1 3 4 0 0 0 62 5 8% 22 7 32% 219 44 20% 22 13 59% 14 11 79% 0
1960 35 BOS AL 488 85% 125 18 10 1 5 2.01 19 3 20 17 2 16 3 0 1 1 100% 121 13 11% 42 16 38% 391 87 22% 35 23 66% 17 12 71% 0
1961 36 TOT AL 369 70% 84 18 3 0 5 1.77 11 1 12 9 2 5 6 0 0 0 87 11 13% 41 14 34% 269 52 19% 25 13 52% 16 5 31% 0
1961 36 BOS AL 363 70% 83 12 2 0 4 1.84 11 1 12 9 2 5 6 0 0 0 85 11 13% 40 14 35% 263 51 19% 25 13 52% 16 5 31% 0
1961 36 DET AL 6 83% 1 6 1 0 1 1.64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 6 1 17% 0 0 0 0 0
1962 37 DET AL 112 96% 34 53 17 3 12 1.97 5 0 8 5 0 3 2 0 0 0 32 1 3% 9 2 22% 93 13 14% 8 5 63% 4 3 75% 0
1963 38 TOT AL 55 85% 6 30 4 2 3 1.74 3 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 12 1 8% 3 1 33% 44 4 9% 4 1 25% 2 2 100% 0
1963 38 DET AL 5 100% 0 5 0 0 0 2.08 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1963 38 MIN AL 50 84% 6 25 4 2 3 1.67 3 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 11 1 9% 2 1 50% 41 4 10% 3 1 33% 2 2 100% 0
17 Yrs 6644 73% 1692 215 53 9 44 2.00 266 8 171 179 46 131 129 0 17 24 141% 1245 143 11% 503 181 36% 4164 771 19% 384 208 54% 238 155 65% 0
MLB Averages 50% 90% 12% 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 SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1947 22 102 383 333 60 96 22 4 6 44 2 0 47 66 .288 .376 .432 .809 121 144 11 0 2
1948 23 221 832 724 109 193 41 13 13 111 2 0 95 136 .267 .354 .413 .767 105 299 16 3 8
1949 24 376 1527 1332 205 378 67 19 33 244 4 3 175 197 .284 .368 .437 .805 114 582 35 3 15
1950 25 525 2184 1891 304 550 104 23 60 367 4 4 266 252 .291 .380 .465 .846 121 880 48 7 18
1951 26 663 2766 2392 390 693 128 27 87 461 4 7 344 313 .290 .381 .475 .856 125 1136 61 8 19
1952 27 785 3252 2807 458 808 148 30 110 531 5 7 413 377 .288 .381 .480 .860 128 1346 69 9 20
1953 28 913 3771 3247 519 926 166 36 129 601 6 11 485 421 .285 .380 .478 .858 127 1551 82 13 22
1954 29 1036 4214 3636 557 1026 181 38 144 662 6 13 530 478 .282 .375 .472 .847 125 1715 87 13 23 6
1955 30 1110 4509 3893 587 1091 192 40 158 717 7 14 562 511 .280 .372 .472 .844 124 1837 93 14 23 11 3
1956 31 1246 5076 4374 652 1218 214 40 190 823 7 14 637 598 .278 .371 .476 .847 124 2082 101 19 23 18 13
1957 32 1390 5682 4889 736 1363 235 40 218 928 9 17 715 686 .279 .371 .477 .848 125 2332 110 21 23 29 19
1958 33 1415 5730 4932 741 1375 236 40 221 940 9 17 720 693 .279 .371 .477 .848 125 2354 112 21 23 29 19
1959 34 1509 6003 5179 779 1443 249 40 228 989 9 17 742 725 .279 .370 .474 .844 124 2456 117 23 23 31 24
1960 35 1640 6491 5622 824 1568 271 40 247 1092 9 19 779 779 .279 .367 .473 .840 123 2660 130 24 24 36 28
1961 36 1747 6860 5945 857 1652 287 42 258 1153 9 19 817 823 .278 .365 .470 .836 122 2797 141 26 24 42 31
1962 37 1821 6972 6050 864 1686 289 42 263 1171 9 19 822 836 .279 .365 .471 .836 122 2848 142 27 24 43 31
1963 38 1862 7027 6099 867 1692 289 42 266 1178 9 19 828 842 .277 .364 .469 .833 122 2863 143 27 24 43 33

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
1947 22 106 400 348 64 102 23 4 6 47 2 50 69 .293 .382 .434 .816 58 102
1948 23 124 458 402 46 95 19 9 7 63 0 47 73 .236 .321 .381 .701 48 119
1949 24 162 717 629 95 187 26 6 20 131 2 81 64 .297 .377 .453 .831 108 155
1950 25 156 660 567 88 163 35 4 26 110 0 86 57 .287 .385 .501 .886 108 149
1951 26 145 605 523 86 146 25 4 28 94 0 80 64 .279 .376 .503 .879 98 138
1952 27 128 514 438 75 124 22 3 25 77 1 74 67 .283 .388 .518 .906 88 122
1953 28 134 538 458 62 121 18 6 19 71 1 74 46 .264 .371 .454 .825 77 128
1954 29 129 467 411 42 109 16 2 16 67 0 49 60 .265 .339 .431 .770 62 123
1955 30 77 305 267 30 66 11 2 14 55 1 32 34 .247 .325 .461 .785 41 74
1956 31 142 584 497 63 127 22 0 32 103 0 75 91 .256 .354 .493 .847 87 136
1957 32 151 643 545 92 156 23 0 30 115 2 84 93 .286 .376 .494 .870 103 144
1958 33 26 50 45 5 13 1 0 3 13 0 5 7 .289 .360 .511 .871 8 25
1959 34 98 284 257 38 70 13 0 7 50 0 23 33 .272 .335 .405 .739 34 94
1960 35 138 509 464 46 129 23 0 20 105 0 38 57 .278 .331 .457 .788 70 131
1961 36 107 368 322 32 83 16 2 11 59 0 38 44 .258 .334 .422 .757 45 107
1962 37 74 111 104 7 33 2 0 5 17 0 5 13 .317 .351 .481 .832 17 74
1963 38 41 57 50 3 7 0 0 4 8 0 7 6 .140 .246 .380 .626 4 41
17 Yrs 1938 7270 6327 874 1731 295 42 273 1185 9 848 878 .274 .360 .463 .823 1056 1862
162 Game Avg. 162 608 529 73 145 25 4 23 99 1 71 73 .274 .360 .463 .823 88 1862
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 1918 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
1970 BBWAA ( 0.7%)
1971 BBWAA ( 0.6%)
1972 BBWAA ( 1.0%)
1973 BBWAA ( 0.5%)
1974 BBWAA ( 0.5%)
1975 BBWAA ( 1.4%)
1976 BBWAA ( 1.3%)
1977 BBWAA ( 1.0%)
1978 BBWAA ( 1.1%)

All-Star Games
1949 *
1951 (RF)
1952
1957 (1B)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1949 AL (10, 15%)
1950 AL (10, 15%)
1956 AL (9, 13%)
1957 AL (6, 18%)
1960 AL (14, 7%)
0.68 Career Shares (350th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1950 AL  4.1 (9th)
1951 AL  4.2 (10th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1950 AL  3.8 (10th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1949 AL  .304 (10th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1950 AL  .408 (9th)
1952 AL  .381 (10th)
1957 AL  .371 (10th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1949 AL  .465 (9th)
1950 AL  .533 (6th)
1951 AL  .511 (4th)
1952 AL  .506 (5th)
1953 AL  .466 (9th)
1956 AL  .509 (10th)
1957 AL  .485 (5th)
Career  .469 (246th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1949 AL  .851 (9th)
1950 AL  .941 (6th)
1951 AL  .894 (5th)
1952 AL  .887 (4th)
1957 AL  .857 (7th)
Career  .833 (232nd)

Games Played s c a p y
1949 AL  155 (1st)

At Bats s c a p y
1949 AL  608 (4th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1949 AL  695 (6th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1949 AL  96 (9th)
1957 AL  84 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1949 AL  185 (4th)
1950 AL  172 (9th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1949 AL  283 (3rd)
1950 AL  298 (8th)
1951 AL  256 (8th)
1957 AL  250 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
1950 AL  37 (2nd)

Triples s c a p y
1948 AL  9 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1949 AL  20 (9th)
1950 AL  27 (9th)
1951 AL  27 (4th)
1952 AL  23 (7th)
1953 AL  19 (9th)
1956 AL  32 (2nd)
1957 AL  28 (4th)
Career  266 (178th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1949 AL  133 (3rd)
1950 AL  123 (4th)
1951 AL  94 (6th)
1956 AL  106 (3rd)
1957 AL  105 (2nd)
1960 AL  103 (3rd)
Career  1,178 (158th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1950 AL  91 (10th)
1951 AL  78 (9th)
1953 AL  72 (10th)
1957 AL  78 (5th)
Career  828 (224th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1947 AL  66 (8th)
1948 AL  70 (7th)
1956 AL  87 (5th)
1957 AL  88 (2nd)

Singles s c a p y
1949 AL  133 (7th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1950 AL  137 (5th)
1951 AL  140 (5th)
1952 AL  145 (4th)
1957 AL  133 (6th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1949 AL  108 (3rd)
1950 AL  120 (4th)
1951 AL  96 (8th)
1957 AL  97 (6th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1950 AL  32 (5th)
1951 AL  28 (7th)
1952 AL  26 (7th)
1957 AL  26 (6th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1950 AL  3.0 (5th)
1951 AL  2.8 (7th)
1952 AL  2.6 (7th)
1957 AL  2.6 (6th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1949 AL  52 (4th)
1950 AL  68 (5th)
1951 AL  55 (5th)
1956 AL  54 (8th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1949 AL  265 (10th)
1950 AL  267 (10th)
1957 AL  225 (8th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1949 AL  .646 (8th)
1950 AL  .700 (4th)
1951 AL  .684 (5th)
1952 AL  .722 (4th)
1957 AL  .683 (6th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1956 AL  7 (4th)
1957 AL  11 (1st)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1956 AL  10 (2nd)
1957 AL  6 (10th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1949 AL  19 (8th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1950 AL  20.7 (7th)
1951 AL  18.6 (5th)
1952 AL  18.0 (4th)
1953 AL  23.2 (7th)
1954 AL  25.9 (9th)**
1956 AL  15.0 (2nd)
1957 AL  18.4 (5th)
1960 AL  23.3 (9th)
Career  22.9 (223rd)

Outs Made s c a p y
1949 AL  452 (5th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1950 AL  33.58 (7th)
1957 AL  41.40 (6th)
1960 AL  34.43 (7th)
Career  282.18 (126th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1949 AL  2.7 (8th)
1950 AL  2.6 (9th)
1952 AL  3.2 (7th)
1957 AL  4.3 (5th)
1960 AL  3.1 (9th)
Career  29.0 (103rd)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1950 AL  2.6 (8th)
1952 AL  2.6 (7th)
1957 AL  2.8 (8th)
Career  19.5 (192nd)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1950 AL  3.1 (7th)
1957 AL  4.1 (5th)
1960 AL  3.3 (7th)
Career  27.4 (131st)

Oldest s c a p y
1962 AL  born 1925-02-09 (9th)
1963 AL  born 1925-02-09 (5th)

             
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.
† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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 InkBatting - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 102 (219), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 35 (532), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 26 (430), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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