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Bill White

William DeKova White

Positions: First Baseman and Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 28, 1934 in Lakewood, FL
High School: Warren G. Harding HS (Warren, OH)
School: Hiram College (Hiram, OH)
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 7, 1956
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Phillies/Giants 1956-1969

Final Game: September 24, 1969
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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
1956 22 NYG NL 138 568 508 63 130 23 7 22 59 15 8 47 72 .256 .321 .459 .780 108 233 6 4 5 4 3 *3/79
1957 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1958 24 SFG NL 26 36 29 5 7 1 0 1 4 1 0 7 5 .241 .389 .379 .768 107 11 0 0 0 0 1 /379
1959 25 STL NL 138 560 517 77 156 33 9 12 72 15 10 34 61 .302 .344 .470 .814 110 243 5 2 3 5 1 73/8 AS
1960 26 STL NL 144 605 554 81 157 27 10 16 79 12 6 42 83 .283 .334 .455 .789 107 252 9 2 5 3 1 *38/7 AS,GG
1961 27 STL NL 153 663 591 89 169 28 11 20 90 8 11 64 84 .286 .354 .472 .826 110 279 13 1 2 5 4 *3 AS,GG
1962 28 STL NL 159 682 614 93 199 31 3 20 102 9 7 58 69 .324 .386 .482 .868 122 296 11 6 1 3 6 *39/7 MVP-13,GG
1963 29 STL NL 162 726 658 106 200 26 8 27 109 10 9 59 100 .304 .360 .491 .851 134 323 5 0 7 2 9 *3 AS,MVP-7,GG
1964 30 STL NL 160 693 631 92 191 37 4 21 102 7 6 52 103 .303 .355 .474 .829 123 299 6 1 5 4 7 *3 AS,MVP-3,GG
1965 31 STL NL 148 618 543 82 157 26 3 24 73 3 3 63 86 .289 .364 .481 .845 128 261 7 4 3 5 11 *3 GG
1966 32 PHI NL 159 659 577 85 159 23 6 22 103 16 6 68 109 .276 .352 .451 .803 122 260 6 3 6 5 12 *3 MVP-23,GG
1967 33 PHI NL 110 369 308 29 77 6 2 8 33 6 1 52 61 .250 .359 .360 .719 106 111 4 3 1 5 9 3
1968 34 PHI NL 127 431 385 34 92 16 2 9 40 0 1 39 79 .239 .309 .361 .670 101 139 7 2 1 4 6 *3
1969 35 STL NL 49 68 57 7 12 1 0 0 4 1 0 11 15 .211 .338 .228 .566 62 13 3 0 0 0 0 3
13 Yrs 1673 6678 5972 843 1706 278 65 202 870 103 68 596 927 .286 .351 .455 .806 116 2720 82 28 39 45 70
162 Game Avg. 162 647 578 82 165 27 6 20 84 10 7 58 90 .286 .351 .455 .806 116 263 8 3 4 4 7
STL (8 yrs) 1113 4615 4165 627 1241 209 48 140 631 65 52 383 601 .298 .357 .472 .829 119 1966 59 16 26 27 39
PHI (3 yrs) 396 1459 1270 148 328 45 10 39 176 22 8 159 249 .258 .341 .402 .743 112 510 17 8 8 14 27
SFG (2 yrs) 164 604 537 68 137 24 7 23 63 16 8 54 77 .255 .326 .454 .780 108 244 6 4 5 4 4

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
1956 22 NYG NL 138 568 7 -2 1 12 -7 11 0.9 19 30 2.7 .509 .507 1.7 0.3 18 $ *3/79
1958 24 SFG NL 26 36 0 0 1 0 -0 1 0.1 1 2 0.2 .504 .501 0.2 -0.0 2 $ /379
1959 25 STL NL 138 560 9 1 3 -5 -9 -0 0.0 19 18 1.9 .500 .500 2.4 -1.4 23 $ 73/8 AS
1960 26 STL NL 144 605 5 3 2 -3 -8 -1 -0.2 20 20 1.8 .500 .500 2.2 -1.2 22 $ *38/7 AS,GG
1961 27 STL NL 153 663 5 -2 2 6 -9 2 0.1 22 24 2.3 .501 .501 1.8 -0.4 18 $ *3 AS,GG
1962 28 STL NL 159 682 20 -5 2 9 -10 15 1.7 23 38 3.9 .510 .510 2.9 -0.0 29 $ *39/7 MVP-13,GG
1963 29 STL NL 162 726 30 -0 3 5 -10 28 3.3 25 53 5.7 .520 .520 5.1 -0.5 48 $ *3 AS,MVP-7,GG
1964 30 STL NL 160 693 22 -2 1 12 -9 24 2.8 24 48 5.1 .517 .516 3.7 0.4 36 $40,000 *3 AS,MVP-3,GG
1965 31 STL NL 148 618 20 1 2 12 -8 27 3.0 21 48 5.0 .520 .519 3.7 0.4 36 $ *3 GG
1966 32 PHI NL 159 659 20 2 1 10 -9 24 2.9 22 47 5.0 .517 .517 3.8 0.2 37 $ *3 MVP-23,GG
1967 33 PHI NL 110 369 2 2 0 -2 -5 -2 -0.2 13 10 1.1 .498 .498 1.2 -0.7 12 $ 3
1968 34 PHI NL 127 431 -2 0 -0 -0 -6 -8 -0.8 15 6 0.6 .492 .493 0.5 -0.6 7 $ *3
1969 35 STL NL 49 68 -2 0 -0 1 -0 -2 -0.2 2 1 0.0 .496 .499 -0.1 0.1 -0 $ 3
13 Seasons 1673 6678 136 -1 18 57 -91 118 13.4 227 345 35.3 .508 .506 29.1 -3.2 288 $40,000
STL (8 yrs) 1113 4615 108 -4 15 37 -63 93 10.6 156 249 25.7 .509 .508 21.7 -2.5 212 $40,000
PHI (3 yrs) 396 1459 20 4 1 8 -20 14 1.9 50 63 6.7 .503 .503 5.5 -1.1 55 $
SFG (2 yrs) 164 604 7 -1 2 13 -8 12 1.0 20 32 2.9 .508 .504 1.9 0.3 20 $

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
1956 22 NYG NL 568 401 76 5.1 102 .258 .256 .263 .321 .330 .459 .415 .780 .745 108 .556 4.8 0.5 .742 .309 .203 17.8
1958 24 SFG NL 36 22 5 6.1 104 .261 .241 .267 .389 .335 .379 .418 .768 .753 107 .621 0.6 0.1 .864 .414 .138 1.0
1959 25 STL NL 560 384 83 5.8 110 .321 .302 .277 .344 .344 .470 .429 .814 .773 110 .601 6.3 0.6 .755 .244 .168 13.3
1960 26 STL NL 605 420 84 5.4 106 .308 .283 .272 .334 .339 .455 .418 .789 .757 107 .595 4.1 0.4 .733 .258 .171 13.7
1961 27 STL NL 663 453 96 5.7 113 .303 .286 .281 .354 .348 .472 .437 .826 .785 110 .588 7.8 0.8 .765 .289 .186 11.4
1962 28 STL NL 682 437 114 7.0 112 .339 .324 .283 .386 .352 .482 .429 .868 .781 122 .686 20.8 2.0 .836 .256 .158 12.4
1963 29 STL NL 726 481 117 6.6 97 .325 .304 .265 .360 .328 .491 .396 .851 .725 134 .720 28.4 3.0 .811 .278 .187 14.6
1964 30 STL NL 693 461 107 6.2 101 .333 .303 .274 .355 .332 .474 .406 .829 .738 123 .684 20.4 2.1 .781 .255 .171 10.5
1965 31 STL NL 618 404 97 6.5 101 .304 .289 .268 .364 .333 .481 .405 .845 .738 128 .695 21.8 2.3 .828 .308 .192 5.3
1966 32 PHI NL 659 441 96 5.9 96 .304 .276 .265 .352 .324 .451 .399 .803 .722 122 .646 18.1 1.9 .793 .310 .175 18.5
1967 33 PHI NL 369 242 44 4.9 91 .283 .250 .259 .359 .322 .360 .381 .719 .702 106 .596 4.8 0.5 .725 .295 .110 6.9
1968 34 PHI NL 431 306 44 3.9 81 .276 .239 .252 .309 .310 .361 .355 .670 .666 101 .538 1.2 0.1 .595 .221 .122 .0
1969 35 STL NL 68 48 5 2.8 95 .286 .211 .259 .338 .330 .228 .384 .566 .714 62 .324 -2.4 -0.2 .521 .228 .018 .0
13 Yrs 6678 4500 968 5.8 102 .308 .286 .270 .351 .334 .455 .409 .806 .743 116 .636 136.7 14.0 .765 .275 .170 136.4
162 Game Avg. 647 436 94 5.8 102 .308 .286 .270 .351 .334 .455 .409 .806 .743 116 .636 13 1 .765 .275 .170 13
STL (8 yrs) 4615 3088 703 6.1 105 .319 .298 .274 .357 .339 .472 .416 .829 .756 119 .653 107.1 11.0 .784 .269 .174 88.8
PHI (3 yrs) 1459 989 184 5.0 91 .290 .258 .260 .341 .319 .402 .381 .743 .700 112 .606 24.1 2.5 .715 .280 .143 28.1
SFG (2 yrs) 604 423 81 5.1 102 .259 .255 .263 .326 .330 .454 .415 .780 .745 108 .560 5.5 0.5 .749 .315 .199 18.9

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
1964 30 STL NL WS NYY W 7 29 27 2 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 6 .111 .172 .148 .321 4 1 0 0 0 0
1 WS 7 29 27 2 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 6 .111 .172 .148 .321 4 1 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
1959 STL NL 25 DNP
1959 STL NL 25 DNP
1960 STL NL 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 STL NL 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 STL NL 27 as 1B 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .250 .333 .583 1 0 0 0 1 0
1961 STL NL 27 as 1B 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250 3 0 0 0 0 0
1963 STL NL 29 as 1B 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
1964 STL NL 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs (6 GP) 15 14 1 4 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 .286 .267 .357 .624 5 0 0 0 1 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
1956 22 NYG NL 568 3.9% 12.7% 8.3% 9.2% 40% 1.53 7.1 23.1 8.6 1.00 74%
1958 24 SFG NL 36 2.8% 13.9% 19.4% 5.6% 29% 0.71 5.8 29.0 7.3 1.43 64%
1959 25 STL NL 560 2.1% 10.9% 6.1% 9.6% 35% 1.79 8.5 43.1 7.2 0.87 80%
1960 26 STL NL 605 2.6% 13.7% 6.9% 8.8% 34% 1.98 6.7 34.6 7.0 1.00 76%
1961 27 STL NL 663 3.0% 12.7% 9.7% 8.9% 35% 1.31 7.0 29.6 6.6 0.96 74%
1962 28 STL NL 682 2.9% 10.1% 8.5% 7.9% 27% 1.19 8.9 30.7 6.0 1.16 77%
1963 29 STL NL 726 3.7% 13.8% 8.1% 8.4% 31% 1.69 6.6 24.4 6.0 0.95 73%
1964 30 STL NL 693 3.0% 14.9% 7.5% 9.0% 33% 1.98 6.1 30.0 6.2 1.00 74%
1965 31 STL NL 618 3.9% 13.9% 10.2% 8.6% 34% 1.37 6.3 22.6 7.4 1.07 71%
1966 32 PHI NL 659 3.3% 16.5% 10.3% 7.7% 32% 1.60 5.3 26.2 5.6 1.12 68%
1967 33 PHI NL 369 2.2% 16.5% 14.1% 4.3% 21% 1.17 5.0 38.5 9.3 0.78 66%
1968 34 PHI NL 431 2.1% 18.3% 9.1% 6.3% 29% 2.03 4.9 42.8 9.6 1.05 70%
1969 35 STL NL 68 0.0% 22.1% 16.2% 1.5% 8% 1.36 3.8 14.3 2.20 62%
13 Yrs 6678 3.0% 13.9% 8.9% 8.2% 32% 1.56 6.4 29.6 6.9 1.01 73%
MLB Averages 2.2% 14.5% 8.4% 6.3% 28% 1.73 6.1 40.3 8.8 1.07 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1956 22 NYG NL 4.8 0.5 524 -0.4 8.8 -9.2 .99 1.2 -1.6 0.3 0.0 0.93 10.2 0
1958 24 SFG NL 0.6 0.1 35 0.0 1.1 -1.1 1.88 0.1 -0.1 -0.2 -0.0 1.09 0.3 2.43 15
1959 25 STL NL 6.3 0.6 601 1.3 11.2 -9.8 1.04 1.7 -0.4 13.6 1.3 0.94 19.5 0.97 5
1960 26 STL NL 4.1 0.4 629 0.0 11.8 -11.8 1.07 0.8 -0.8 10.5 1.0 0.93 12.7 1.54 3
1961 27 STL NL 7.1 0.7 693 1.9 14.0 -12.1 1.04 1.6 0.2 16.2 1.5 0.96 17.7 2.03 3
1962 28 STL NL 20.8 2.0 713 2.4 14.4 -11.9 1.05 2.9 -0.6 27.8 2.6 0.95 33.4 2.61 1
1963 29 STL NL 28.4 3.0 759 6.4 17.1 -10.7 .96 5.0 1.7 54.1 5.4 0.97 48.0 0
1964 30 STL NL 20.4 2.1 713 3.6 15.5 -11.9 1.05 3.0 0.5 37.2 3.7 0.98 35.2 0
1965 31 STL NL 21.2 2.2 636 1.7 12.1 -10.4 1.02 2.6 -0.9 20.7 2.1 0.95 26.0 1.53 4
1966 32 PHI NL 18.1 1.9 692 4.2 14.6 -10.4 1.06 3.1 0.8 45.5 4.6 0.98 34.2 1.12 6
1967 33 PHI NL 4.8 0.5 381 0.1 6.4 -6.4 1.10 0.5 -0.5 9.0 0.9 1.02 6.8 1.68 14
1968 34 PHI NL 1.2 0.1 437 1.3 8.4 -7.1 1.04 0.8 0.5 1.1 0.1 0.96 7.0 1.62 20
1969 35 STL NL -2.4 -0.2 69 -1.0 0.9 -1.9 1.39 -0.2 -0.5 -3.1 -0.3 0.97 -2.5 1.64 30
13 Yrs 135.5 13.9 6882 21.7 136.3 -114.6 1.04 23.1 -2.3 232.7 22.9 0.96 248.5 1.71 101

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
1956 22 NYG NL 7 0 26% 162 15 8 65% 8 5 1 0 0 1 4 0 6 10 28% 14 11 3 4 3 1 7 4 3
1958 24 SFG NL 0 0 31% 19 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 25 STL NL 10 0 36% 212 15 10 60% 11 8 3 2 1 0 3 0 8 20 56% 34 19 14 2 0 2 19 4 15
1960 26 STL NL 6 0 35% 203 12 6 67% 11 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 12 59% 29 14 14 10 7 3 19 2 17
1961 27 STL NL 4 0 32% 240 8 11 42% 7 9 1 2 0 0 2 0 13 21 51% 32 19 12 6 3 3 17 3 13
1962 28 STL NL 8 0 30% 306 9 7 56% 7 6 1 0 1 0 4 0 12 16 42% 41 29 12 15 10 4 26 6 18
1963 29 STL NL 14 0 34% 271 10 9 53% 9 7 0 2 1 0 3 0 11 21 49% 43 29 13 5 2 3 30 8 22
1964 30 STL NL 14 0 32% 300 7 6 54% 6 3 1 2 0 1 1 0 13 14 47% 52 32 20 9 8 1 30 5 22
1965 31 STL NL 9 0 29% 242 3 3 50% 3 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 8 20 48% 36 21 15 9 6 3 15 4 11
1966 32 PHI NL 14 0 30% 252 16 6 73% 13 4 3 1 0 1 2 0 9 16 53% 36 21 15 10 4 6 24 7 16
1967 33 PHI NL 4 0 17% 128 6 1 86% 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 39% 11 9 2 5 4 1 7 1 6
1968 34 PHI NL 2 0 20% 151 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 8 43% 21 13 7 7 6 1 12 2 9
1969 35 STL NL 1 0 30% 39 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40% 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 2 1
13 Yrs 93 0 30% 2525 103 68 60% 83 52 11 10 3 3 23 1 93 168 48% 352 219 128 83 53 29 209 48 153

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
1956 22 NYG NL 568 70% 130 0 0 0 0 22 0 11 16 5 10 12 0 6 5 83% 88 6 7% 53 16 30% 287 35 12% 25 11 44% 14 7 50% 0
1958 24 SFG NL 36 100% 7 15 4 0 2 2.43 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 0% 4 0 0% 28 3 11% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
1959 25 STL NL 560 74% 156 5 1 0 0 0.97 12 1 12 9 3 9 3 0 3 3 100% 125 5 4% 60 23 38% 360 61 17% 38 24 63% 27 14 52% 0
1960 26 STL NL 605 67% 157 3 0 0 0 1.54 16 1 11 14 2 8 8 0 5 5 100% 133 9 7% 66 23 35% 379 65 17% 39 19 49% 22 15 68% 0
1961 27 STL NL 663 68% 169 3 0 0 0 2.03 20 2 18 17 3 14 6 0 6 2 33% 161 13 8% 65 18 28% 453 71 16% 35 20 57% 22 17 77% 0
1962 28 STL NL 682 67% 199 1 0 0 0 2.61 20 0 17 15 5 12 8 1 4 1 25% 136 11 8% 72 23 32% 466 84 18% 58 30 52% 31 14 45% 0
1963 29 STL NL 726 64% 200 0 0 0 0 27 2 12 18 9 16 11 0 8 7 88% 157 5 3% 75 21 28% 459 87 19% 50 22 44% 30 17 57% 0
1964 30 STL NL 693 70% 191 0 0 0 0 21 0 7 19 2 15 6 0 5 5 100% 135 6 4% 65 24 37% 453 84 19% 51 31 61% 40 21 53% 0
1965 31 STL NL 618 61% 157 4 1 0 0 1.53 24 0 10 16 8 15 9 0 3 3 100% 110 7 6% 55 17 31% 367 50 14% 38 16 42% 23 13 57% 0
1966 32 PHI NL 659 64% 159 6 0 0 0 1.12 22 1 23 16 6 11 11 2 9 6 67% 119 6 5% 61 24 39% 431 86 20% 47 28 60% 28 17 61% 0
1967 33 PHI NL 369 79% 77 14 0 0 0 1.68 8 0 9 7 1 5 3 0 2 1 50% 63 4 6% 33 11 33% 255 27 11% 29 10 34% 15 5 33% 0
1968 34 PHI NL 431 79% 92 20 5 0 2 1.62 9 0 9 8 1 5 4 0 1 1 100% 85 7 8% 39 12 31% 256 32 13% 22 11 50% 15 7 47% 0
1969 35 STL NL 68 91% 12 30 5 0 3 1.64 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 3 25% 7 1 14% 45 4 9% 2 2 100% 3 0 0% 0
13 Yrs 6678 69% 1706 101 16 0 7 1.71 202 7 142 156 45 120 82 3 52 39 75% 1330 82 6% 655 213 33% 4239 689 16% 436 224 51% 270 147 54% 0
MLB Averages 51% 77% 10% 30% 14% 48% 52%

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
1956 22 138 568 508 63 130 23 7 22 59 15 8 47 72 .256 .321 .459 .780 108 233 6 4 5 4 3
1957 23 138 568 508 63 130 23 7 22 59 15 8 47 72 .256 .321 .459 .780 108 233 6 4 5 4 3
1958 24 164 604 537 68 137 24 7 23 63 16 8 54 77 .255 .326 .454 .780 108 244 6 4 5 4 4
1959 25 302 1164 1054 145 293 57 16 35 135 31 18 88 138 .278 .334 .462 .797 109 487 11 6 8 9 5
1960 26 446 1769 1608 226 450 84 26 51 214 43 24 130 221 .280 .334 .460 .794 108 739 20 8 13 12 6
1961 27 599 2432 2199 315 619 112 37 71 304 51 35 194 305 .281 .340 .463 .803 109 1018 33 9 15 17 10
1962 28 758 3114 2813 408 818 143 40 91 406 60 42 252 374 .291 .350 .467 .817 112 1314 44 15 16 20 16
1963 29 920 3840 3471 514 1018 169 48 118 515 70 51 311 474 .293 .352 .472 .824 116 1637 49 15 23 22 25
1964 30 1080 4533 4102 606 1209 206 52 139 617 77 57 363 577 .295 .352 .472 .824 117 1936 55 16 28 26 32
1965 31 1228 5151 4645 688 1366 232 55 163 690 80 60 426 663 .294 .354 .473 .827 118 2197 62 20 31 31 43
1966 32 1387 5810 5222 773 1525 255 61 185 793 96 66 494 772 .292 .354 .471 .824 119 2457 68 23 37 36 55
1967 33 1497 6179 5530 802 1602 261 63 193 826 102 67 546 833 .290 .354 .464 .818 118 2568 72 26 38 41 64
1968 34 1624 6610 5915 836 1694 277 65 202 866 102 68 585 912 .286 .351 .458 .809 117 2707 79 28 39 45 70
1969 35 1673 6678 5972 843 1706 278 65 202 870 103 68 596 927 .286 .351 .455 .806 116 2720 82 28 39 45 70

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
1956 22 144 599 535 69 140 25 8 24 65 16 51 75 .262 .328 .473 .801 82 138
1958 24 27 37 30 5 7 1 0 1 4 1 7 5 .233 .378 .367 .745 4 26
1959 25 144 578 534 76 157 33 9 12 71 15 34 64 .294 .336 .457 .793 83 138
1960 26 151 628 575 81 160 28 10 16 79 12 43 87 .278 .329 .445 .774 85 144
1961 27 160 676 606 83 165 27 11 20 84 8 62 88 .272 .338 .452 .790 93 153
1962 28 159 665 601 83 186 29 3 19 91 8 54 69 .309 .370 .463 .833 101 159
1963 29 162 735 665 112 207 27 8 28 115 10 61 100 .311 .368 .502 .870 123 162
1964 30 160 694 632 93 192 37 4 21 103 7 52 103 .304 .356 .475 .830 107 160
1965 31 147 615 540 82 156 26 3 24 73 3 63 85 .289 .364 .481 .846 94 148
1966 32 159 670 585 92 167 24 6 23 111 17 71 109 .285 .363 .465 .828 99 159
1967 33 110 379 314 33 83 6 2 9 37 6 56 61 .264 .376 .382 .758 45 110
1968 34 126 449 397 43 106 18 2 10 51 0 45 79 .267 .342 .398 .740 55 127
1969 35 49 70 58 8 13 1 0 0 5 1 12 15 .224 .357 .241 .599 5 49
13 Yrs 1698 6795 6072 860 1739 282 66 207 889 104 611 940 .286 .352 .457 .809 976 1673
162 Game Avg. 162 648 579 82 166 27 6 20 85 10 58 90 .286 .352 .457 .809 93 1673

* 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

All-Star Games
1959-1
1959-2
1960-1 *
1960-2 *
1961-1 (1B)
1961-2 (1B)
1963 (1B)
1964 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1962 NL (13, 4%)
1963 NL (7, 20%)
1964 NL (3, 38%)
1966 NL (23, 1%)
0.63 Career Shares (374th)

Gold Gloves
1960 NL (1B)
1961 NL (1B)
1962 NL (1B)
1963 NL (1B)
1964 NL (1B)
1965 NL (1B)
1966 NL (1B)
All multiple winners

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1963 NL  5.7 (10th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1963 NL  5.1 (10th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1962 NL  .324 (4th)
1963 NL  .304 (9th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1962 NL  .386 (6th)
1963 NL  .360 (8th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1963 NL  .491 (8th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1963 NL  .851 (8th)
1965 NL  .845 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1961 NL  153 (6th)
1963 NL  162 (1st)
1964 NL  160 (10th)
1966 NL  159 (5th)

At Bats s c a p y
1961 NL  591 (6th)
1963 NL  658 (2nd)
1964 NL  631 (7th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1961 NL  663 (5th)
1963 NL  726 (1st)
1964 NL  693 (8th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1961 NL  89 (10th)
1963 NL  106 (4th)

Hits s c a p y
1961 NL  169 (10th)
1962 NL  199 (4th)
1963 NL  200 (4th)
1964 NL  191 (7th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1962 NL  296 (7th)
1963 NL  323 (5th)
1964 NL  299 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1959 NL  33 (7th)
1960 NL  27 (8th)
1961 NL  28 (7th)
1962 NL  31 (4th)
1964 NL  37 (6th)

Triples s c a p y
1959 NL  9 (3rd)
1960 NL  10 (5th)
1961 NL  11 (2nd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1963 NL  27 (6th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1961 NL  90 (10th)
1962 NL  102 (9th)
1963 NL  109 (3rd)
1964 NL  102 (6th)
1966 NL  103 (4th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1961 NL  64 (10th)
1963 NL  59 (10th)
1966 NL  68 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1961 NL  84 (10th)
1964 NL  103 (6th)
1966 NL  109 (7th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1956 NL  15 (3rd)
1959 NL  15 (8th)
1966 NL  16 (10th)

Singles s c a p y
1962 NL  145 (4th)
1963 NL  139 (6th)
1964 NL  129 (9th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1962 NL  114 (5th)
1963 NL  117 (3rd)
1964 NL  107 (9th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1963 NL  28 (9th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1963 NL  3.0 (9th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1960 NL  53 (10th)
1963 NL  61 (8th)
1964 NL  62 (8th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1961 NL  234 (10th)
1962 NL  263 (4th)
1963 NL  259 (4th)
1964 NL  244 (10th)
1966 NL  230 (10th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1962 NL  .686 (8th)
1963 NL  .720 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1956 NL  4 (10th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1963 NL  9 (10th)
1965 NL  11 (9th)
1966 NL  12 (9th)
Career  70 (221st)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1956 NL  8 (5th)
1959 NL  10 (3rd)
1961 NL  11 (2nd)
1963 NL  9 (10th)

SB % s c a p y
1956 NL  65.22 (6th)
1966 NL  72.73 (5th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1956 NL  17.8 (2nd)
1959 NL  13.3 (8th)
1960 NL  13.7 (8th)
1963 NL  14.6 (6th)
1966 NL  18.5 (5th)
Career  136.4 (225th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1963 NL  24.4 (10th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1961 NL  453 (5th)
1963 NL  481 (5th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1963 NL  54.12 (3rd)
1966 NL  45.45 (7th)
Career  232.74 (170th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1963 NL  6.4 (3rd)
1966 NL  4.2 (8th)
Career  21.7 (160th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1963 NL  5.0 (4th)
Career  23.1 (161st)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1963 NL  5.4 (4th)
1966 NL  4.6 (7th)
Career  22.9 (171st)


† 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 - 85 (275), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 63 (307), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 22 (624), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Bill Skowron (928)
  2. Rico Carty (925)
  3. Andy Pafko (916)
  4. Bob Watson (914)
  5. Ben Oglivie (913)
  6. Gus Bell (911)
  7. Aubrey Huff (909)
  8. Richie Hebner (903)
  9. J.T. Snow (903)
  10. High Pockets Kelly (901) *
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  1. Ed Stevens (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Brian Hunter (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Lee May (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Babe Young (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Willie Upshaw (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Norm Siebern (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Wally Joyner (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. High Pockets Kelly (942) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. High Pockets Kelly (934) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Andy Pafko (915)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Andy Pafko (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Bob Watson (922)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Bob Watson (928)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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