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Wally Westlake

Waldon Thomas Westlake

Positions: Outfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 186 lb.

Born: November 8, 1920 in Gridley, CA
High School: Christian Brothers HS (Sacramento, CA)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1947
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Indians/Cardinals/Reds/Orioles/... 1947-1956

Final Game: May 12, 1956
Relatives: Brother of Jim Westlake
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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
1940	19	LAD-min	C,A	31	131	131		23	6	0	2						.176	.176	.267	.443		35							DAY,ELM · MATL,EL
1941	20	MER	C	136	536	536		142	22	8	18						.265	.265	.437	.701		234							MER · CALL
1942	21	OLD	AA	169	652	593	57	159	26	6	7	74	10		47	108	.268	.325	.368	.693		218		3	9				OLD · PCL
1946	25	OLD	AAA	136	474	429	60	135	19	5	7	57	5		30	66	.315	.374	.431	.806		185		11	4				OLD · PCL
1947	26	PIT	NL	112	443	407	59	111	17	4	17	69	5		27	63	.273	.324	.459	.784	103	187	16	4	5			*O98/7
1948	27	PIT	NL	132	479	428	78	122	10	6	17	65	2		46	40	.285	.360	.456	.815	117	195	10	4	1			*O89/7
1949	28	PIT	NL	147	577	525	77	148	24	8	23	104	6		45	69	.282	.345	.490	.835	120	257	15	6	1			*O98
1950	29	PIT	NL	139	532	477	69	136	15	6	24	95	1		48	78	.285	.359	.493	.852	119	235	15	7	2			*O89/7
1951	30	TOT	NL	123	491	448	64	119	12	5	22	84	1	3	33	68	.266	.324	.462	.786	108	207	11	6	4			8579	AS
1951	30	PIT	NL	50	192	181	28	51	4	0	16	45	0	1	9	26	.282	.323	.569	.892	133	103	4	2	0			5O7/8
1951	30	STL	NL	73	299	267	36	68	8	5	6	39	1	2	24	42	.255	.325	.390	.715	91	104	7	4	4			O897
1952	31	TOT	MLB	109	381	326	47	69	11	1	4	33	2	3	47	56	.212	.315	.288	.603	70	94	15	2	5			897
1952	31	TOT	NL	80	301	257	36	53	7	0	3	24	1	3	39	40	.206	.315	.268	.584	64	69	13	2	2			89/7
1952	31	STL	NL	21	84	74	7	16	3	0	0	10	1	1	8	11	.216	.293	.257	.549	53	19	3	0	1			8O
1952	31	CIN	NL	59	217	183	29	37	4	0	3	14	0	2	31	29	.202	.324	.273	.597	68	50	10	2	1			O89/7
1952	31	CLE	AL	29	80	69	11	16	4	1	1	9	1	0	8	16	.232	.312	.362	.674	93	25	2	0	3			O97/8
1953	32	CLE	AL	82	259	218	42	72	7	1	9	46	2	0	35	29	.330	.427	.495	.923	152	108	6	2	4			O978
1954	33	CLE	AL	85	274	240	36	63	9	2	11	42	0	1	26	37	.263	.337	.454	.791	114	109	8	2	4	2		798
1955	34	POR,OLD	Opn	73	280	236	32	61	7	2	6	32	2		35	45	.258	.356	.381	.738		90	9	2	5	2			POR,OLD · PCL
1955	34	TOT	AL	24	53	44	2	8	2	0	0	1	0	0	9	10	.182	.321	.227	.548	52	10	2	0	0	0	1	/798
1955	34	CLE	AL	16	23	20	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	5	.250	.348	.300	.648	73	6	1	0	0	0	1	/78
1955	34	BAL	AL	8	30	24	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	.125	.300	.167	.467	33	4	1	0	0	0	0	/97
1956	35	SAC	Opn	90	330	293	38	80	14	0	12	50	1		33	73	.273	.350	.444	.793		130	15	2	1	1			SAC · PCL
1956	35	PHI	NL	5	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.200	.000	.200	-39	0	0	0	0	0	0
10 Yrs				958	3494	3117	474	848	107	33	127	539	19	7	317	453	.272	.345	.450	.795	111	1402	98	33	26	2	1
162 Game Avg.				162	591	527	80	143	18	6	21	91	3		54	77	.272	.345	.450	.795	111	237	17	6	4
				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 (5 yrs)				580	2223	2018	311	568	70	24	97	378	14	1	175	276	.281	.346	.484	.830	117	977	60	23	9
CLE (4 yrs)				212	636	547	91	156	21	4	21	98	3	1	72	87	.285	.371	.453	.825	125	248	17	4	11	2	1
STL (2 yrs)				94	383	341	43	84	11	5	6	49	2	3	32	53	.246	.318	.361	.679	83	123	10	4	5
PHI (1 yr)				5	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.200	.000	.200	-39	0	0	0	0	0	0
CIN (1 yr)				59	217	183	29	37	4	0	3	14	0	2	31	29	.202	.324	.273	.597	68	50	10	2	1
BAL (1 yr)				8	30	24	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	.125	.300	.167	.467	33	4	1	0	0	0	0

NL (7 yrs)				738	2828	2546	383	689	85	29	106	441	16	6	239	361	.271	.340	.452	.792	109	1150	80	29	15	0	0
AL (4 yrs)				220	666	571	91	159	22	4	21	98	3	1	78	92	.278	.368	.441	.809	121	252	18	4	11	2	1

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	26	PIT	NL	112	443	-0	-0	0	0	-5	-5	-0.5	16	10	1.0	.495	.497	1.0	-0.4	10	$	*O98/7
1948	27	PIT	NL	132	479	11	1	0	1	-3	10	1.0	17	27	2.7	.508	.507	2.6	-0.2	26	$	*O89/7
1949	28	PIT	NL	147	577	13	-1	-0	2	-5	9	0.8	20	29	2.8	.506	.506	2.6	-0.3	27	$	*O98
1950	29	PIT	NL	139	532	12	-0	-1	2	-2	11	0.9	18	28	2.7	.508	.507	2.6	-0.1	26	$	*O89/7
1951	30	PIT	NL	50	192	7	-1	-0	1	-0	6	0.6	6	12	1.2	.513	.504	1.2	0.0	12	$	5O7/8	AS
1951	30	STL	NL	73	299	-4	-0	-0	1	-2	-5	-0.6	10	5	0.4	.493	.497	0.4	-0.1	4	$	O897	AS
1952	31	STL	NL	21	84	-4	0	0	4	-0	-0	-0.0	3	3	0.3	.498	.500	-0.2	0.4	-1	$	8O
1952	31	CIN	NL	59	217	-7	0	-1	-2	-1	-10	-1.1	7	-3	-0.4	.481	.493	-0.1	-0.3	-1	$	O89/7
1952	31	CLE	AL	29	80	-1	1	-0	0	-2	-2	-0.2	2	0	0.0	.493	.499	0.0	-0.2	0	$	O97/8
1953	32	CLE	AL	82	259	19	-0	0	1	-3	17	1.7	7	24	2.4	.521	.511	2.3	-0.2	23	$	O978
1954	33	CLE	AL	85	274	2	0	-1	-1	-3	-3	-0.3	7	5	0.4	.496	.498	0.6	-0.5	6	$	798
1955	34	CLE	AL	16	23	-1	0	-0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	1	-0	0.0	.495	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/78
1955	34	BAL	AL	8	30	-2	0	-0	-3	-0	-5	-0.6	1	-4	-0.5	.431	.497	-0.2	-0.3	-2	$	/97
1956	35	PHI	NL	5	5	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.482	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$
10 Seasons				958	3494	44	0	-3	6	-27	21	1.7	115	136	12.9	.502	.501	12.6	-2.1	129	$

PIT (5 yrs)				580	2223	42	-1	-1	6	-15	31	2.9	77	107	10.4	.505	.504	10.0	-0.9	101	$
CLE (4 yrs)				212	636	20	1	-1	0	-8	11	1.1	17	29	2.8	.505	.502	2.8	-0.8	28	$
STL (2 yrs)				94	383	-8	0	-0	5	-2	-5	-0.6	13	8	0.7	.494	.498	0.2	0.3	2	$
PHI (1 yr)				5	5	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.482	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$
CIN (1 yr)				59	217	-7	0	-1	-2	-1	-10	-1.1	7	-3	-0.4	.481	.493	-0.1	-0.3	-1	$
BAL (1 yr)				8	30	-2	0	-0	-3	-0	-5	-0.6	1	-4	-0.5	.431	.497	-0.2	-0.3	-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	26	PIT	NL	443	317	59	4.9	108	.287	.273	.278	.324	.354	.459	.412	.784	.765	103	.530	-0.5	-0.1	.715	.265	.187	7.7
1948	27	PIT	NL	479	317	69	5.8	104	.283	.285	.271	.360	.346	.456	.402	.815	.748	117	.617	9.3	0.9	.782	.283	.171	3.6
1949	28	PIT	NL	577	393	87	5.9	106	.289	.282	.273	.345	.347	.490	.408	.835	.755	120	.615	12.3	1.2	.801	.305	.208	9.5
1950	29	PIT	NL	532	358	82	6.1	111	.299	.285	.273	.359	.351	.493	.424	.852	.774	119	.616	11.5	1.1	.817	.310	.208	1.9
1951	30	TOT	NL	491	347	64	5.0	104	.271	.266	.268	.324	.343	.462	.407	.786	.749	108	.542	2.8	0.3	.711	.266	.196	1.9
1951	30	PIT	NL	192	135	32	6.4	105	.252	.282	.270	.323	.344	.569	.409	.892	.753	133	.653	6.7	0.7	.837	.331	.287	.0
1951	30	STL	NL	299	212	32	4.1	103	.283	.255	.267	.325	.341	.390	.405	.715	.747	91	.451	-3.9	-0.4	.630	.221	.135	1.7
1952	31	TOT	MLB	381	280	28	2.7	95	.244	.212	.259	.315	.333	.288	.384	.603	.716	70	.310	-12.0	-1.2	.516	.218	.077	2.7
1952	31	TOT	NL	301	222	20	2.4	97	.234	.206	.261	.315	.333	.268	.388	.584	.721	64	.270	-11.4	-1.2	.491	.206	.062	1.5
1952	31	STL	NL	84	63	5	2.1	97	.254	.216	.262	.293	.334	.257	.389	.549	.724	53	.226	-4.5	-0.5	.435	.149	.041	.0
1952	31	CIN	NL	217	159	15	2.5	96	.225	.202	.260	.324	.333	.273	.388	.597	.721	68	.288	-6.9	-0.7	.513	.230	.071	.0
1952	31	CLE	AL	80	58	8	3.7	90	.288	.232	.252	.312	.330	.362	.368	.674	.698	93	.450	-0.6	-0.1	.618	.261	.130	1.0
1953	32	CLE	AL	259	156	46	7.9	100	.350	.330	.266	.427	.342	.495	.392	.923	.733	152	.741	17.2	1.7	.967	.335	.165	3.3
1954	33	CLE	AL	274	192	36	5.0	100	.268	.263	.268	.337	.344	.454	.391	.791	.735	114	.575	3.8	0.4	.731	.296	.192	.0
1955	34	TOT	AL	53	38	3	2.1	100	.235	.182	.263	.321	.342	.227	.392	.548	.734	52	.195	-2.6	-0.3	.500	.250	.045
1955	34	CLE	AL	23	16	2	3.4	106	.333	.250	.271	.348	.351	.300	.404	.648	.755	73	.361	-0.7	-0.1	.563	.200	.050
1955	34	BAL	AL	30	22	1	1.2	96	.158	.125	.257	.300	.335	.167	.382	.467	.717	33	.082	-1.9	-0.2	.455	.292	.042
1956	35	PHI	NL	5	4	0	0.0	101	.000	.000	.262	.200	.328	.000	.413	.200	.742	-39	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.250	.250	.000
10 Yrs				3494	2402	474	5.3	104	.284	.272	.270	.345	.345	.450	.405	.795	.750	111	.572	40.8	4.0	.743	.283	.178	33.1
162 Game Avg.				591	406	80	5.3	104	.284	.272	.270	.345	.345	.450	.405	.795	.750	111	.572	7	1	.743	.283	.178	6
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
PIT (5 yrs)				2223	1520	329	5.8	107	.286	.281	.273	.346	.349	.484	.411	.830	.760	117	.603	39.2	3.9	.786	.296	.203	24.5
CLE (4 yrs)				636	422	92	5.9	99	.306	.285	.265	.371	.341	.453	.389	.825	.730	125	.634	19.6	2.0	.797	.303	.168	5.3
STL (2 yrs)				383	275	37	3.6	102	.277	.246	.266	.318	.340	.361	.402	.679	.742	83	.407	-8.4	-0.9	.585	.205	.114	3.0
PHI (1 yr)				5	4	0	0.0	101	.000	.000	.262	.200	.328	.000	.413	.200	.742	-39	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.250	.250	.000
CIN (1 yr)				217	159	15	2.5	96	.225	.202	.260	.324	.333	.273	.388	.597	.721	68	.287	-6.9	-0.7	.513	.230	.071	.0
BAL (1 yr)				30	22	1	1.2	96	.158	.125	.257	.300	.335	.167	.382	.467	.717	33	.081	-1.9	-0.2	.455	.292	.042

NL (7 yrs)				2828	1958	381	5.2	105	.280	.271	.271	.340	.346	.452	.408	.792	.754	109	.562	23.1	2.2	.735	.279	.181	27.8
AL (4 yrs)				666	444	93	5.6	99	.300	.278	.265	.368	.341	.441	.389	.809	.730	121	.615	17.7	1.8	.780	.303	.163	5.3

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	33	CLE	AL	WS	NYG	L	2	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.143	.250	.143	.393	1	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							2	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.143	.250	.143	.393	1	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
1951	STL	NL	30		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
1947	26	PIT	NL	443	3.8%	14.2%	6.1%	8.6%	34%	2.33	6.5	23.9	5.9			74%
1948	27	PIT	NL	479	3.6%	8.4%	9.6%	6.9%	27%	0.87	10.7	25.2	6.6		0.78	77%
1949	28	PIT	NL	577	4.0%	12.0%	7.8%	9.5%	37%	1.53	7.6	22.8	5.0		0.97	75%
1950	29	PIT	NL	532	4.5%	14.7%	9.0%	8.5%	33%	1.63	6.1	19.9	5.0		1.50	70%
1951	30	TOT	NL	491	4.5%	13.9%	6.7%	7.9%	33%	2.06	6.6	20.4	5.3		0.72	73%
1951	30	PIT	NL	192	8.3%	13.5%	4.7%	10.4%	39%	2.89	7.0	11.3	4.0		0.66	72%
1951	30	STL	NL	299	2.0%	14.1%	8.0%	6.4%	28%	1.75	6.4	44.5	6.8		0.77	73%
1952	31	TOT	MLB	381	1.1%	14.7%	12.3%	4.2%	23%	1.19	5.8	81.5	9.9		1.06	70%
1952	31	TOT	NL	301	1.0%	13.3%	13.0%	3.3%	19%	1.03	6.4	85.7	10.7		1.01	71%
1952	31	STL	NL	84	0.0%	13.1%	9.5%	3.6%	19%	1.38	6.7		7.4		1.57	75%
1952	31	CIN	NL	217	1.4%	13.4%	14.3%	3.2%	19%	0.94	6.3	61.0	13.1		0.89	70%
1952	31	CLE	AL	80	1.3%	20.0%	10.0%	7.5%	38%	2.00	4.3	69.0	7.7		1.28	65%
1953	32	CLE	AL	259	3.5%	11.2%	13.5%	6.6%	24%	0.83	7.5	24.2	4.7		1.30	70%
1954	33	CLE	AL	274	4.0%	13.5%	9.5%	8.0%	35%	1.42	6.5	21.8	5.7		0.84	71%
1955	34	TOT	AL	53	0.0%	18.9%	17.0%	3.8%	25%	1.11	4.4		44.0		0.65	64%
1955	34	CLE	AL	23	0.0%	21.7%	13.0%	4.4%	20%	1.67	4.0		20.0		0.83	65%
1955	34	BAL	AL	30	0.0%	16.7%	20.0%	3.3%	33%	0.83	4.8				0.55	63%
1956	35	PHI	NL	5	0.0%	60.0%	20.0%	0.0%		3.00	1.3				0.00	20%
10 Yrs				3494	3.6%	13.0%	9.1%	7.6%	32%	1.43	6.9	24.5	5.8		0.99	73%
MLB Averages					2.0%	10.4%	9.7%	6.5%	28%	1.07	8.5	44.4	8.1		0.97	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
1947	26	PIT	NL	-0.5	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	27	PIT	NL	9.3	0.9	180	0.4	3.7	-3.3	1.09	0.1	0.2	6.1	0.6	1.00	3.2	1.30	4
1949	28	PIT	NL	12.3	1.2	368	1.1	8.1	-7.0	1.13	0.8	0.2	13.0	1.3	1.03	8.5	0.38	2
1950	29	PIT	NL	11.5	1.1	402	-1.0	7.9	-9.0	1.17	-0.0	-0.9	5.4	0.5	1.01	0.8	2.03	11
1951	30	TOT	NL	2.8	0.3	348	0.9	7.4	-6.5	1.06	0.5	0.4	13.2	1.3	1.04	9.1	2.30	8
1951	30	PIT	NL	6.7	0.7	149	0.6	3.3	-2.6	.96	1.1	-0.4	13.0	1.3	1.06	11.8	2.99	4
1951	30	STL	NL	-3.9	-0.4	199	0.2	4.1	-3.9	1.14	-0.6	0.8	0.2	0.0	1.03	-2.7	1.62	4
1952	31	TOT	MLB	-12.1	-1.3	349	-0.6	5.4	-6.1	1.03	-1.1	0.5	-9.7	-1.0	0.97	-13.8	0.51	4
1952	31	TOT	NL	-11.4	-1.2	269	-0.9	4.0	-4.8	1.06	-1.0	0.2	-11.3	-1.2	0.96	-11.7	0.60	2
1952	31	STL	NL	-4.5	-0.5	63	0.2	1.1	-0.9	.91	-0.2	0.4	-0.6	-0.1	1.06	-2.1	0.57	1
1952	31	CIN	NL	-6.9	-0.7	206	-1.1	2.9	-3.9	1.10	-0.9	-0.1	-10.6	-1.1	0.94	-9.7	0.63	1
1952	31	CLE	AL	-0.7	-0.1	80	0.3	1.5	-1.2	.95	-0.1	0.4	1.6	0.2	0.97	-2.0	0.43	2
1953	32	CLE	AL	16.8	1.7	263	1.8	5.7	-3.9	1.02	1.6	0.2	17.3	1.7	1.04	16.6	1.90	7
1954	33	CLE	AL	3.8	0.4	277	1.3	5.8	-4.5	1.00	0.6	0.7	8.4	0.8	1.05	6.1	1.16	11
1955	34	TOT	AL	-2.6	-0.3	55	-0.5	0.5	-1.0	1.05	-0.3	-0.2	-4.5	-0.5	0.91	-3.3	1.73	5
1955	34	CLE	AL	-0.7	-0.1	24	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	1.10	-0.1	0.0	-1.4	-0.1	1.01	-1.3	2.10	4
1955	34	BAL	AL	-1.9	-0.2	31	-0.4	0.3	-0.6	1.02	-0.2	-0.2	-3.1	-0.3	0.84	-2.1	0.27	1
1956	35	PHI	NL	-0.8	-0.1	5	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	.56	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	-0.0	1.00	-0.7	0.56	4
10 Yrs				40.4	3.9	2247	3.3	44.5	-41.2	1.08	2.1	1.0	48.6	4.7	1.02	26.4	1.53	56
				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	27	PIT	NL	1	0	39%	51	2			0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	63%	11	6	5	3	1	2	5	0	5
1949	28	PIT	NL	2	0	31%	126	6			4	4	0	0	0	1	2	1	7	4	51%	18	14	4	4	0	4	13	2	10
1950	29	PIT	NL	3	0	27%	122	1			0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	7	39%	20	14	5	13	8	5	11	4	7
1951	30	TOT	NL	6	0	31%	116	1	3	25%	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	31%	22	20	2	4	2	2	13	4	8
1951	30	PIT	NL	2	0	26%	49	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	25%	8	8	0	0	0	0	4	1	3
1951	30	STL	NL	4	0	33%	67	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	33%	14	12	2	4	2	2	9	3	5
1952	31	TOT	MLB	3	1	38%	131	2	3	40%	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	7	48%	23	20	3	5	2	3	16	1	15
1952	31	TOT	NL	3	1	36%	97	1	3	25%	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	44%	18	16	2	4	2	2	12	1	11
1952	31	STL	NL	0	1	29%	18	1	1	50%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	43%	4	3	1	0	0	0	3	1	2
1952	31	CIN	NL	3	0	39%	79	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	44%	14	13	1	4	2	2	9	0	9
1952	31	CLE	AL	0	0	44%	34	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	60%	5	4	1	1	0	1	4	0	4
1953	32	CLE	AL	6	0	33%	123	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	3	48%	26	16	9	2	1	1	12	3	9
1954	33	CLE	AL	1	0	31%	91	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	42%	13	7	6	6	3	2	7	4	3
1955	34	TOT	AL	0	0	12%	29	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	67%	4	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	2
1955	34	CLE	AL	0	0	25%	16	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	80%	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	2
1955	34	BAL	AL	0	0	0%	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	35	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	0
10 Yrs				22	1	32%	789	19	7	158%	8	19	0	0	1	3	5	1	27	30	45%	137	99	36	37	17	19	79	18	59
				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	27	PIT	NL	479	15%	122			4	1	0	1	1.30	17	2	7	6	2	12	5	1	2	1	50%	35	10	29%	14	4	29%	137	24	18%	9	5	56%	10	4	40%	0
1949	28	PIT	NL	577	12%	148			2	0	0	0	0.38	23	0	15	12	2	14	9	0	1	1	100%	79	15	19%	31	7	23%	283	52	18%	29	16	55%	15	8	53%	0
1950	29	PIT	NL	533	15%	136			11	2	0	3	2.03	24	1	14	16	1	13	11	0	2	2	100%	83	15	18%	41	5	12%	273	48	18%	26	10	38%	17	9	53%	-1
1951	30	TOT	NL	491	31%	119			8	1	1	2	2.30	22	0	12	15	3	14	8	0	3	4	133%	83	11	13%	34	9	26%	268	53	20%	18	12	67%	15	8	53%	0
1951	30	PIT	NL	192	11%	51			4	1	1	2	2.99	16	0	5	12	2	11	5	0	0	0		36	4	11%	17	3	18%	123	27	22%	10	7	70%	7	4	57%	0
1951	30	STL	NL	299	46%	68			4	0	0	0	1.62	6	0	7	3	1	3	3	0	3	4	133%	47	7	15%	17	6	35%	145	26	18%	8	5	63%	8	4	50%	0
1952	31	TOT	MLB	381	46%	69			4	0	0	0	0.51	4	0	5	1	1	2	2	0	5	5	100%	73	15	21%	27	11	41%	220	25	11%	19	7	37%	17	6	35%	0
1952	31	TOT	NL	301	35%	53			2	0	0	0	0.60	3	0	3	1	0	2	1	0	2	2	100%	53	13	25%	18	7	39%	169	17	10%	14	6	43%	14	5	36%	0
1952	31	STL	NL	84	39%	16			1	0	0	0	0.57	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		15	3	20%	3	3	100%	46	7	15%	6	4	67%	3	3	100%	0
1952	31	CIN	NL	217	34%	37			1	0	0	0	0.63	3	0	2	1	0	2	1	0	2	1	50%	38	10	26%	15	4	27%	123	10	8%	8	2	25%	11	2	18%	0
1952	31	CLE	AL	80	80%	16			2	0	0	0	0.43	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	3	3	100%	20	2	10%	9	4	44%	51	8	16%	5	1	20%	3	1	33%	0
1953	32	CLE	AL	259	56%	72			7	0	0	0	1.90	9	0	16	4	5	6	3	0	4	4	100%	56	6	11%	22	13	59%	214	39	18%	19	11	58%	11	10	91%	0
1954	33	CLE	AL	274	46%	63			11	2	0	1	1.16	11	0	12	7	4	3	8	0	4	4	100%	68	8	12%	24	11	46%	215	30	14%	20	8	40%	13	11	85%	0
1955	34	TOT	AL	53	42%	8			5	1	0	0	1.73	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10	2	20%	4	1	25%	29	1	3%	4	1	25%	0	0		0
1955	34	CLE	AL	23	70%	5			4	0	0	0	2.10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	1	20%	2	1	50%	18	1	6%	4	1	25%	0	0		0
1955	34	BAL	AL	30	20%	3			1	1	0	0	0.27	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	1	20%	2	0	0%	11	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1956	35	PHI	NL	5	20%	0			4	0	0	0	0.56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
10 Yrs				3052	31%	848			56	7	1	7	1.53	127	3	82	61	18	64	46	1	21	26	124%	489	98	20%	199	61	31%	1642	272	17%	144	70	49%	99	56	57%	-1
MLB Averages					50%																			104%			13%			32%			14%			51%			55%
				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	26	112	443	407	59	111	17	4	17	69	5		27	63	.273	.324	.459	.784	103	187	16	4	5
1948	27	244	922	835	137	233	27	10	34	134	7		73	103	.279	.343	.457	.800	111	382	26	8	6
1949	28	391	1499	1360	214	381	51	18	57	238	13		118	172	.280	.344	.470	.814	114	639	41	14	7
1950	29	530	2031	1837	283	517	66	24	81	333	14		166	250	.281	.348	.476	.824	115	874	56	21	9
1951	30	653	2522	2285	347	636	78	29	103	417	15	3	199	318	.278	.343	.473	.816	114	1081	67	27	13
1952	31	762	2903	2611	394	705	89	30	107	450	17	6	246	374	.270	.340	.450	.790	109	1175	82	29	18
1953	32	844	3162	2829	436	777	96	31	116	496	19	6	281	403	.275	.347	.454	.800	112	1283	88	31	22
1954	33	929	3436	3069	472	840	105	33	127	538	19	7	307	440	.274	.346	.454	.800	112	1392	96	33	26	2
1955	34	953	3489	3113	474	848	107	33	127	539	19	7	316	450	.272	.346	.450	.796	111	1402	98	33	26	2	1
1956	35	958	3494	3117	474	848	107	33	127	539	19	7	317	453	.272	.345	.450	.795	111	1402	98	33	26	2	1

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	26	117	457	421	58	112	17	4	17	68	5	27	66	.266	.316	.447	.763	59	112
1948	27	138	499	446	80	126	10	6	18	67	2	48	42	.283	.357	.453	.810	71	132
1949	28	153	592	540	76	149	24	8	23	103	6	45	72	.276	.338	.478	.816	86	147
1950	29	145	548	491	67	135	15	6	24	92	1	48	82	.275	.348	.477	.825	79	139
1951	30	128	508	464	65	122	12	5	23	85	1	34	71	.263	.321	.459	.780	66	123
1952	31	114	404	345	54	76	12	1	4	38	2	52	59	.220	.326	.296	.621	33	109
1953	32	86	273	230	45	77	7	1	10	49	2	37	30	.335	.431	.504	.936	49	82
1954	33	89	288	252	39	67	10	2	12	46	0	28	39	.266	.342	.464	.806	40	85
1955	34	25	55	46	2	8	2	0	0	1	0	9	10	.174	.309	.217	.526	3	24
1956	35	5	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	5
10 Yrs		1000	3629	3239	486	872	109	33	131	549	19	329	474	.269	.342	.445	.787	486	958
162 Game Avg.		162	588	525	79	141	18	5	21	89	3	53	77	.269	.342	.445	.787	79	958

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1951 *	Triples s c a p y 1949 NL 8 (9th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1949 NL 23 (8th)	Runs Batted In s c a p y 1949 NL 104 (8th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 1947 NL 63 (9th) 1949 NL 69 (4th) 1950 NL 78 (5th) 1951 NL 68 (10th)	Extra Base Hits s c a p y 1949 NL 55 (8th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1947 NL 4 (8th) 1948 NL 4 (7th) 1949 NL 6 (4th) 1950 NL 7 (3rd) 1951 NL 6 (6th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1947 NL 16 (6th) 1950 NL 15 (9th)
Power-Speed # s c a p y 1947 NL 7.7 (9th) 1949 NL 9.5 (9th)	AB per HR s c a p y 1947 NL 23.9 (9th) 1948 NL 25.2 (9th) 1949 NL 22.8 (7th) 1950 NL 19.9 (10th) 1951 NL 20.4 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 9 (1472), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 6 (1412), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 10 (1592), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Sam Chapman (962) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Chet Laabs (958) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jeffrey Hammonds (956) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jeffrey Hammonds (950) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Chet Laabs (956) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Chet Laabs (958) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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