Vic Wertz
Victor Woodrow Wertz
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 186 lb.

Born: February 9, 1925 in York, PA
High School: York (York, PA)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1947
Final Game: September 19, 1963
Died: July 7, 1983 in Detroit, MI
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Standard Batting

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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
1947 22 DET AL 102 382 333 60 96 22 4 6 44 2 0 47 66 .288 .376 .432 .809 122 144 11 0 2 O
1948 23 DET AL 119 448 391 49 97 19 9 7 67 0 0 48 70 .248 .335 .396 .731 92 155 5 3 6 O
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 *O AS,MVP-10
1950 25 DET AL 149 657 559 99 172 37 4 27 123 0 1 91 55 .308 .408 .533 .941 136 298 13 4 3 *O MVP-10
1951 26 DET AL 138 581 501 86 143 24 4 27 94 0 3 78 61 .285 .383 .511 .894 140 256 13 1 1 *O AS
1952 27 TOT AL 122 486 415 68 115 20 3 23 70 1 0 69 64 .277 .381 .506 .887 144 210 8 1 1 *O AS
1952 27 DET AL 85 332 285 46 70 15 3 17 51 1 0 46 44 .246 .352 .498 .851 134 142 6 1 0 O
1952 27 SLB AL 37 154 130 22 45 5 0 6 19 0 0 23 20 .346 .444 .523 .968 165 68 2 0 1 O
1953 28 SLB AL 128 518 440 61 118 18 6 19 70 1 4 72 44 .268 .376 .466 .842 124 205 13 4 2 *O
1954 29 TOT AL 123 441 389 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 94 335 295 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 136 568 481 65 127 22 0 32 106 0 0 75 87 .264 .364 .509 .874 126 245 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 131 487 443 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 .760 101 137 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 .768 103 136 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 .843 122 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 Seasons 1862 7021 6099 867 1692 289 42 266 1178 9 19 828 842 .277 .364 .469 .833 121 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 .833 121 249 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 3218 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 1852 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 1123 1007 116 276 51 2 37 212 0 2 97 129 .274 .337 .439 .776 106 442 29 5 1 13 12
BAL (3 yrs) 194 778 664 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

Advanced Batting

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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 382 250 55 5.9 99 .345 .288 .266 .376 .346 .432 .382 .809 .729 122 .652 10.8 1.1 .778 .291 .144 3.0
1948 23 DET AL 448 305 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 6.3 107 .313 .304 .271 .385 .363 .465 .393 .851 .756 125 .645 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 .793 136 .700 32.2 3.0 .978 .386 .225 .0
1951 26 DET AL 581 375 96 6.9 102 .281 .285 .267 .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 98 .280 .277 .262 .381 .342 .506 .382 .887 .724 144 .722 25.2 2.6 .912 .398 .229 1.9
1952 27 DET AL 332 221 50 6.1 97 .237 .246 .261 .352 .341 .498 .381 .851 .723 134 .670 12.6 1.3 .860 .418 .253 1.9
1952 27 SLB AL 154 88 30 9.2 99 .375 .346 .264 .444 .344 .523 .385 .968 .729 165 .811 12.6 1.3 1.046 .354 .177 .0
1953 28 SLB AL 518 341 75 5.9 104 .263 .268 .272 .376 .348 .466 .400 .842 .749 124 .625 15.9 1.6 .820 .355 .198 1.9
1954 29 TOT AL 441 303 55 4.9 98 .263 .257 .265 .330 .340 .422 .387 .751 .727 106 .561 2.6 0.3 .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 -5.9 -0.6 .447 .160 .043 .0
1954 29 CLE AL 335 226 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 3.6 0.4 .779 .346 .222 1.9
1956 31 CLE AL 568 369 93 6.8 109 .257 .264 .271 .364 .353 .509 .413 .874 .767 126 .650 18.5 1.8 .898 .401 .245 .0
1957 32 CLE AL 606 393 97 6.7 99 .285 .282 .263 .371 .335 .485 .397 .857 .732 133 .683 25.8 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 487 339 66 5.2 104 .283 .282 .267 .335 .341 .460 .408 .796 .749 111 .570 6.0 0.6 .721 .257 .178 .0
1961 36 TOT AL 369 256 46 4.8 106 .266 .260 .266 .336 .342 .424 .414 .760 .756 101 .514 0.7 0.1 .708 .282 .164 .0
1961 36 BOS AL 363 251 46 4.9 106 .268 .262 .266 .339 .342 .429 .414 .768 .756 103 .523 1.7 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 6.6 105 .330 .324 .266 .357 .339 .486 .415 .843 .755 122 .665 2.9 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 .325 .000 .399 .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 Seasons 7021 4636 1046 6.0 104 .283 .277 .269 .364 .349 .469 .401 .833 .750 121 .630 184.9 18.5 .812 .326 .192 17.4
162 Game Avg. 611 403 91 6.0 104 .283 .277 .269 .364 .349 .469 .401 .833 .750 121 .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) 3218 2090 498 6.4 106 .298 .286 .271 .376 .357 .476 .398 .852 .755 125 .648 98.3 9.7 .837 .331 .190 9.6
CLE (5 yrs) 1852 1225 286 6.3 103 .266 .270 .267 .358 .345 .490 .402 .848 .747 126 .645 58.3 5.9 .844 .359 .220 5.8
BOS (3 yrs) 1123 776 146 5.0 104 .280 .274 .266 .337 .340 .439 .409 .776 .750 106 .551 8.4 0.9 .711 .259 .165 .0
BAL (3 yrs) 778 506 112 5.9 101 .280 .274 .268 .377 .345 .446 .393 .823 .738 123 .637 22.5 2.3 .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

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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

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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 Seasons (3 Appearances) 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*

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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 382 1.6% 17.3% 12.3% 8.4% 33% 1.40 5.0 55.5 7.6 68%
1948 23 DET AL 448 1.6% 15.6% 10.7% 7.8% 36% 1.46 5.6 55.9 5.8 70%
1949 24 DET AL 695 2.9% 8.8% 11.5% 7.5% 28% 0.76 10.0 30.4 4.6 76%
1950 25 DET AL 657 4.1% 8.4% 13.9% 10.4% 40% 0.60 10.2 20.7 4.5 73%
1951 26 DET AL 581 4.7% 10.5% 13.4% 9.5% 39% 0.78 8.2 18.6 5.3 71%
1952 27 TOT AL 486 4.7% 13.2% 14.2% 9.5% 40% 0.93 6.5 18.0 5.9 67%
1952 27 DET AL 332 5.1% 13.3% 13.9% 10.5% 50% 0.96 6.5 16.8 5.6 67%
1952 27 SLB AL 154 3.9% 13.0% 14.9% 7.1% 24% 0.87 6.5 21.7 6.8 68%
1953 28 SLB AL 518 3.7% 8.5% 13.9% 8.3% 36% 0.61 10.0 23.2 6.3 73%
1954 29 TOT AL 441 3.4% 12.9% 10.2% 7.3% 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 335 4.2% 11.9% 10.2% 9.0% 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 568 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 0.72 77%
1960 35 BOS AL 487 3.9% 11.1% 7.6% 8.4% 33% 1.46 8.2 23.3 4.3 0.73 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 0.69 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 Seasons 7021 3.8% 12.0% 11.8% 8.5% 35% 1.02 7.2 22.9 5.2 0.70 72%
MLB Averages
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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
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 8 0 37% 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 47% 17 11 6 2 1 1 13 5 8
1960 35 BOS AL 5 0 18% 144 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 Seasons 34 0 26% 1031 9 19 32% 2 9 0 2 1 0 7 0 19 36 40% 141 103 36 33 22 10 84 26 57
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1954 29 TOT AL 442 74% 100 6 1 0 0 2.29 15 0 19 13 2 8 7 0 1 1 100% 84 5 6% 40 16 40% 307 49 16% 27 13 48% 25 7 28% 1
1954 29 BAL AL 105 93% 19 1 0 0 0 4.53 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 17 1 6% 6 2 33% 70 13 19% 6 3 50% 6 1 17% 1
1954 29 CLE AL 337 69% 81 5 1 0 0 1.84 14 0 14 12 2 8 6 0 1 1 100% 67 4 6% 34 14 41% 237 36 15% 21 10 48% 19 6 32% 0
1955 30 CLE AL 295 58% 65 5 2 0 3 2.24 14 1 13 7 7 6 8 0 0 0 75 6 8% 37 10 27% 223 41 18% 16 8 50% 20 5 25% 0
1956 31 CLE AL 567 73% 127 1 0 0 0 2.05 32 0 14 25 7 13 19 0 0 0 120 8 7% 48 14 29% 411 77 19% 41 20 49% 36 14 39% 0
1957 32 CLE AL 597 70% 145 4 0 0 2 2.41 28 1 12 22 4 9 17 0 0 0 130 9 7% 47 23 49% 398 77 19% 48 32 67% 42 17 40% 9
1958 33 CLE AL 47 85% 12 15 3 1 3 2.03 3 0 4 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 9 2 22% 7 3 43% 44 9 20% 5 2 40% 2 1 50% 1
1959 34 BOS AL 269 91% 68 32 7 1 5 2.09 7 1 11 6 1 3 4 0 0 0 62 5 8% 22 7 32% 219 44 20% 22 13 59% 22 11 50% 4
1960 35 BOS AL 483 84% 125 18 10 1 5 2.02 19 3 20 17 2 16 3 0 1 1 100% 120 13 11% 42 16 38% 389 87 22% 35 23 66% 21 7 33% 5
1961 36 TOT AL 367 70% 84 18 3 0 5 1.77 11 1 11 9 2 5 6 0 0 0 86 11 13% 40 14 35% 265 52 20% 24 13 54% 20 7 35% 2
1961 36 BOS AL 361 70% 83 12 2 0 4 1.83 11 1 11 9 2 5 6 0 0 0 84 11 13% 39 14 36% 259 51 20% 24 13 54% 19 7 37% 2
1961 36 DET AL 6 83% 1 6 1 0 1 1.66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 6 1 17% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1962 37 DET AL 112 96% 34 53 17 3 12 1.98 5 0 8 5 0 3 2 0 0 0 32 1 3% 9 2 22% 93 13 14% 8 5 63% 3 3 100% 0
1963 38 TOT AL 55 85% 6 30 4 2 3 1.80 3 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 12 1 8% 3 1 33% 44 4 9% 4 1 25% 2 1 50% 0
1963 38 DET AL 5 100% 0 5 0 0 0 2.14 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 1.73 3 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 11 1 9% 2 1 50% 41 4 10% 3 1 33% 2 1 50% 0
17 Seasons 3234 75% 1692 182 47 8 38 1.98 266 7 113 110 25 64 71 0 2 24 1200% 730 143 20% 295 106 36% 2393 453 19% 230 130 57% 193 73 38% 22
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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 22 102 382 333 60 96 22 4 6 44 2 0 47 66 .288 .376 .432 .809 122 144 11 0 2
1948 23 221 830 724 109 193 41 13 13 111 2 0 95 136 .267 .354 .413 .767 105 299 16 3 8
1949 24 376 1525 1332 205 378 67 19 33 244 4 3 175 197 .284 .368 .437 .805 114 582 35 3 15
1950 25 525 2182 1891 304 550 104 23 60 367 4 4 266 252 .291 .380 .465 .846 121 880 48 7 18
1951 26 663 2763 2392 390 693 128 27 87 461 4 7 344 313 .290 .381 .475 .856 125 1136 61 8 19
1952 27 785 3249 2807 458 808 148 30 110 531 5 7 413 377 .288 .381 .480 .860 128 1346 69 9 20
1953 28 913 3767 3247 519 926 166 36 129 601 6 11 485 421 .285 .380 .478 .858 127 1551 82 13 22
1954 29 1036 4208 3636 557 1026 181 38 144 662 6 13 530 478 .282 .375 .472 .847 125 1715 87 13 23 6
1955 30 1110 4503 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 5071 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 5677 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 5725 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 5998 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 6485 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 6854 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 6966 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 7021 6099 867 1692 289 42 266 1178 9 19 828 842 .277 .364 .469 .833 121 2863 143 27 24 43 33

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1947 22 106 399 349 65 103 24 4 6 48 2 50 69 .295 .383 .438 .822 59 102
1948 23 124 452 402 46 95 19 9 7 63 0 47 73 .236 .321 .381 .701 48 119
1949 24 162 708 628 95 186 26 6 20 131 2 80 64 .296 .376 .452 .828 107 155
1950 25 156 656 566 88 162 35 4 25 109 0 86 57 .286 .384 .495 .879 107 149
1951 26 145 602 522 86 145 24 4 27 94 0 79 64 .278 .374 .494 .868 97 138
1952 27 128 512 437 74 123 21 3 25 76 1 74 67 .281 .387 .515 .902 87 122
1953 28 134 534 457 62 120 18 6 19 72 1 73 46 .263 .369 .453 .822 76 128
1954 29 129 465 410 42 108 16 2 16 67 0 49 60 .263 .338 .429 .767 61 123
1955 30 77 305 267 30 66 11 2 14 55 1 32 34 .247 .325 .461 .785 41 74
1956 31 142 589 500 62 130 23 0 33 102 0 77 91 .260 .360 .504 .864 90 136
1957 32 151 648 548 92 159 23 0 31 115 2 86 93 .290 .381 .502 .883 106 144
1958 33 26 50 45 6 13 1 0 3 14 0 5 7 .289 .360 .511 .871 8 25
1959 34 98 285 258 39 71 14 0 7 51 0 23 33 .275 .337 .411 .748 36 94
1960 35 138 504 461 46 126 22 0 19 106 0 37 57 .273 .325 .445 .770 67 131
1961 36 107 365 320 32 81 15 2 11 58 0 37 44 .253 .329 .416 .744 44 107
1962 37 74 112 105 7 34 2 0 5 18 0 5 13 .324 .357 .486 .843 18 74
1963 38 41 57 50 3 7 0 0 4 8 0 7 6 .140 .246 .380 .626 4 41
17 Seasons 1938 7243 6325 875 1729 294 42 272 1187 9 847 878 .273 .359 .462 .822 1056 1862
162 Game Avg. 162 605 529 73 145 25 4 23 99 1 71 73 .273 .359 .462 .822 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 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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 (334th)

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--231st

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--223rd

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--168th

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--1178--147th

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--214th

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
1949 AL--125--10th
1950 AL--136--5th
1951 AL--140--5th
1952 AL--144--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--25--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--.645--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--20.704--7th
1951 AL--18.556--5th
1952 AL--18.043--4th
1953 AL--23.158--7th
1954 AL--25.933--9th**
1956 AL--15.031--2nd
1957 AL--18.393--5th
1960 AL--23.316--9th
Career--22.929--209th

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

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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (697), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 77 (223), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 35 (509), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 26 (413), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Roy Sievers (941)
  2. Rudy York (938)
  3. Greg Luzinski (928)
  4. George Bell (927)
  5. Bobby Thomson (918)
  6. Kent Hrbek (918)
  7. Ryan Klesko (915)
  8. Bobby Murcer (907)
  9. Willie Horton (899)
  10. Joe Adcock (897)
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  1. Frank Welch (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Johnny Groth (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Bruce Campbell (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Steve Kemp (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bobby Murcer (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bobby Bonilla (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bobby Bonilla (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bill Nicholson (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bobby Thomson (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jackie Jensen (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Roy Sievers (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Roy Sievers (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Roy Sievers (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Roy Sievers (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Roy Sievers (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Roy Sievers (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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