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Sammy White

Sammy Charles White

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 7, 1927 in Wenatchee, WA
High School: Lincoln HS (Seattle, WA)
School: University of Washington (Seattle, WA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 26, 1951
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Phillies/Braves 1951-1962

Final Game: August 23, 1962
Died: August 4, 1991 in Princeville, HI
Cremated
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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
1951 23 BOS AL 4 11 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .182 .182 .182 .364 -5 2 0 0 0 /2
1952 24 BOS AL 115 399 381 35 107 20 2 10 49 2 3 16 43 .281 .310 .423 .732 97 161 13 0 2 *2 MVP-27,RoY-3
1953 25 BOS AL 136 515 476 59 130 34 2 13 64 3 2 29 48 .273 .318 .435 .752 98 207 15 2 8 *2 AS
1954 26 BOS AL 137 530 493 46 139 25 2 14 75 1 3 21 50 .282 .307 .426 .732 91 210 15 0 8 8 *2
1955 27 BOS AL 143 604 544 65 142 30 4 11 64 1 2 44 58 .261 .323 .392 .714 85 213 23 7 5 3 4 *2 MVP-24
1956 28 BOS AL 114 433 392 28 96 15 2 5 44 2 1 35 40 .245 .304 .332 .636 61 130 18 0 2 4 7 *2
1957 29 BOS AL 111 370 340 24 73 10 1 3 31 0 1 25 38 .215 .267 .276 .544 46 94 17 0 3 2 6 *2
1958 30 BOS AL 102 352 328 25 85 15 3 6 35 1 1 21 37 .259 .305 .378 .683 83 124 7 1 0 1 4 2
1959 31 BOS AL 119 407 377 34 107 13 4 1 42 4 2 23 39 .284 .324 .347 .672 82 131 14 1 1 3 6 *2
1961 33 MLN NL 21 68 63 1 14 1 0 1 5 0 0 2 9 .222 .242 .286 .528 45 18 1 0 2 1 0 2
1962 34 PHI NL 41 103 97 7 21 4 0 2 12 0 0 2 16 .216 .238 .320 .557 50 31 6 1 2 1 0 2
11 Yrs 1043 3792 3502 324 916 167 20 66 421 14 15 218 381 .262 .305 .377 .682 80 1321 129 12 33 23 27
162 Game Avg. 162 589 544 50 142 26 3 10 65 2 2 34 59 .262 .305 .377 .682 80 205 20 2 5
BOS (9 yrs) 981 3621 3342 316 881 162 20 63 404 14 15 214 356 .264 .308 .381 .689 81 1272 122 11 29 21 27
PHI (1 yr) 41 103 97 7 21 4 0 2 12 0 0 2 16 .216 .238 .320 .557 50 31 6 1 2 1 0
MLN (1 yr) 21 68 63 1 14 1 0 1 5 0 0 2 9 .222 .242 .286 .528 45 18 1 0 2 1 0
AL (9 yrs) 981 3621 3342 316 881 162 20 63 404 14 15 214 356 .264 .308 .381 .689 81 1272 122 11 29 21 27
NL (2 yrs) 62 171 160 8 35 5 0 3 17 0 0 4 25 .219 .240 .306 .546 48 49 7 1 4 2 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1951 23 BOS AL 4 11 -2 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .484 .500 -0.1 0.1 -1 $ /2
1952 24 BOS AL 115 399 -3 -0 -2 0 3 -2 -0.2 11 9 0.9 .499 .499 0.9 0.4 9 $ *2 MVP-27,RoY-3
1953 25 BOS AL 136 515 -4 -0 -1 -1 4 -1 -0.1 14 13 1.3 .499 .499 1.3 0.3 14 $ *2 AS
1954 26 BOS AL 137 530 -4 -4 -1 -6 5 -10 -1.2 14 4 0.3 .492 .493 0.9 -0.1 10 $ *2
1955 27 BOS AL 143 604 -12 -1 -4 1 6 -10 -1.0 16 6 0.7 .493 .494 0.5 0.8 5 $ *2 MVP-24
1956 28 BOS AL 114 433 -30 -1 -2 2 5 -26 -2.7 12 -15 -1.6 .476 .483 -1.8 0.8 -17 $ *2
1957 29 BOS AL 111 370 -29 -1 -2 -1 5 -28 -3.1 10 -18 -2.1 .472 .481 -2.0 0.4 -17 $ *2
1958 30 BOS AL 102 352 -10 -0 -1 4 5 -2 -0.3 10 7 0.6 .497 .498 0.2 0.9 3 $ 2
1959 31 BOS AL 119 407 -13 1 -2 -1 6 -8 -1.0 11 3 0.1 .493 .494 0.3 0.4 4 $ *2
1961 33 MLN NL 21 68 -5 -0 -0 1 1 -4 -0.4 2 -1 -0.2 .481 .498 -0.3 0.2 -2 $ 2
1962 34 PHI NL 41 103 -6 -1 -1 2 2 -4 -0.4 4 -0 -0.1 .490 .497 -0.3 0.4 -2 $ 2
11 Seasons 1043 3792 -117 -9 -14 2 42 -96 -10.5 104 8 -0.1 .490 .494 -0.4 4.6 6 $
BOS (9 yrs) 981 3621 -106 -7 -13 -1 39 -88 -9.7 98 9 0.2 .490 .493 0.2 4.0 10 $
PHI (1 yr) 41 103 -6 -1 -1 2 2 -4 -0.4 4 -0 -0.1 .490 .497 -0.3 0.4 -2 $
MLN (1 yr) 21 68 -5 -0 -0 1 1 -4 -0.4 2 -1 -0.2 .481 .498 -0.3 0.2 -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
1951 23 BOS AL 11 9 0 0.0 110 .250 .182 .279 .182 .362 .182 .409 .364 .771 -5 .000 -1.7 -0.2 .222 .000 .000
1952 24 BOS AL 399 292 49 4.5 102 .296 .281 .268 .310 .349 .423 .391 .732 .740 97 .540 -3.9 -0.4 .607 .181 .142 3.3
1953 25 BOS AL 515 371 65 4.7 106 .282 .273 .274 .318 .351 .435 .404 .752 .755 98 .524 -3.0 -0.3 .658 .225 .162 4.9
1954 26 BOS AL 530 388 64 4.4 108 .286 .282 .278 .307 .355 .426 .406 .732 .762 91 .517 -8.5 -0.9 .616 .183 .144 1.9
1955 27 BOS AL 604 435 64 3.9 110 .274 .261 .277 .323 .358 .392 .412 .714 .770 85 .432 -13.4 -1.3 .616 .210 .131 1.8
1956 28 BOS AL 433 321 37 3.1 116 .259 .245 .281 .304 .365 .332 .429 .636 .794 61 .308 -24.4 -2.4 .527 .179 .087 2.9
1957 29 BOS AL 370 290 22 2.1 104 .233 .215 .270 .267 .343 .276 .408 .544 .751 46 .200 -27.0 -2.8 .414 .132 .062 .0
1958 30 BOS AL 352 252 37 3.9 103 .276 .259 .268 .305 .338 .378 .408 .683 .746 83 .459 -8.8 -0.9 .582 .183 .119 1.7
1959 31 BOS AL 407 290 40 3.7 102 .312 .284 .265 .324 .337 .347 .405 .672 .742 82 .422 -10.0 -1.0 .549 .130 .064 1.6
1961 33 MLN NL 68 53 4 2.0 99 .241 .222 .260 .242 .326 .286 .405 .528 .731 45 .178 -4.8 -0.5 .400 .095 .063 .0
1962 34 PHI NL 103 85 6 1.9 101 .238 .216 .266 .238 .333 .320 .404 .557 .738 50 .166 -7.0 -0.7 .415 .124 .103 .0
11 Yrs 3792 2786 388 3.7 106 .276 .262 .273 .305 .350 .377 .408 .682 .758 80 .422 -112.4 -11.3 .568 .178 .116 23.1
162 Game Avg. 589 433 60 3.7 106 .276 .262 .273 .305 .350 .377 .408 .682 .758 80 .422 -112.4 -11.3 .568 .178 .116 4
BOS (9 yrs) 3621 2648 378 3.8 107 .278 .264 .273 .308 .351 .381 .408 .689 .759 81 .434 -100.6 -10.1 .576 .181 .117 22.9
PHI (1 yr) 103 85 6 1.9 101 .238 .216 .266 .238 .333 .320 .404 .557 .738 50 .166 -7.0 -0.7 .415 .124 .103 .0
MLN (1 yr) 68 53 4 2.0 99 .241 .222 .260 .242 .326 .286 .405 .528 .731 45 .178 -4.8 -0.5 .400 .095 .063 .0
AL (9 yrs) 3621 2648 378 3.8 107 .278 .264 .273 .308 .351 .381 .408 .689 .759 81 .434 -100.6 -10.1 .576 .181 .117 22.9
NL (2 yrs) 171 138 10 1.9 100 .239 .219 .264 .240 .330 .306 .405 .546 .735 48 .171 -11.8 -1.2 .409 .113 .088 .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
1953 BOS AL 25 DNP

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
1951 23 BOS AL 11 0.0% 27.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.7 0.20 73%
1952 24 BOS AL 399 2.5% 10.8% 4.0% 8.0% 30% 2.69 8.9 38.1 7.8 0.82 82%
1953 25 BOS AL 515 2.5% 9.3% 5.6% 9.5% 38% 1.66 9.9 36.6 7.4 0.83 81%
1954 26 BOS AL 530 2.6% 9.4% 4.0% 7.7% 30% 2.38 9.9 35.2 6.6 0.88 82%
1955 27 BOS AL 604 1.8% 9.6% 7.3% 7.5% 32% 1.32 9.4 49.5 8.5 0.81 79%
1956 28 BOS AL 433 1.2% 9.2% 8.1% 5.1% 23% 1.14 9.8 78.4 8.9 1.04 81%
1957 29 BOS AL 370 0.8% 10.3% 6.8% 3.8% 19% 1.52 8.9 113.3 11.0 1.03 81%
1958 30 BOS AL 352 1.7% 10.5% 6.0% 6.8% 28% 1.76 8.9 54.7 9.4 0.78 81%
1959 31 BOS AL 407 0.3% 9.6% 5.7% 4.4% 17% 1.70 9.7 377.0 9.0 0.97 84%
1961 33 MLN NL 68 1.5% 13.2% 2.9% 2.9% 14% 4.50 7.0 63.0 12.6 0.63 79%
1962 34 PHI NL 103 1.9% 15.5% 1.9% 5.8% 29% 8.00 6.1 48.5 8.1 1.44 78%
11 Yrs 3792 1.7% 10.1% 5.8% 6.7% 28% 1.75 9.2 53.1 8.3 0.89 81%
MLB Averages 2.3% 12.2% 9.1% 6.6% 29% 1.35 7.3 39.4 8.2 1.00 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1951 23 BOS AL -1.7 -0.2 11 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 1.08 -0.2 0.0 -1.9 -0.2 1.03 -1.9 0
1952 24 BOS AL -4.3 -0.4 400 -0.1 6.8 -6.9 .98 -0.6 0.5 -3.7 -0.4 0.94 -5.3 1.86 5
1953 25 BOS AL -3.6 -0.4 527 -0.5 10.3 -10.8 1.13 -0.4 -0.1 -7.9 -0.8 1.00 -5.9 1.65 8
1954 26 BOS AL -8.5 -0.9 540 -1.1 10.1 -11.2 1.13 -0.1 -0.8 -7.1 -0.7 1.03 -3.3 2.02 4
1955 27 BOS AL -14.0 -1.4 608 -1.5 10.1 -11.5 1.04 -0.7 -0.7 -16.7 -1.6 0.99 -11.4 0
1956 28 BOS AL -24.8 -2.4 426 -2.0 5.6 -7.6 .96 -2.0 -0.1 -23.5 -2.2 0.97 -24.3 0
1957 29 BOS AL -27.0 -2.8 362 -1.7 5.0 -6.7 .98 -2.2 0.5 -20.9 -2.1 0.98 -24.2 0
1958 30 BOS AL -8.8 -0.9 354 -0.6 5.9 -6.5 1.01 -0.5 -0.2 -8.2 -0.8 0.97 -5.3 0
1959 31 BOS AL -10.0 -1.0 415 -0.9 6.0 -6.9 .94 -0.5 -0.5 -3.7 -0.4 0.95 -6.5 3.68 1
1961 33 MLN NL -5.0 -0.5 68 -0.1 1.1 -1.1 1.00 -0.4 0.4 -5.0 -0.5 0.93 -5.1 2.93 0
1962 34 PHI NL -7.0 -0.7 105 -0.1 1.6 -1.7 .83 -0.4 0.3 -6.7 -0.7 0.92 -5.7 1.30 2
11 Yrs -114.6 -11.5 3816 -8.7 62.5 -71.2 1.02 -8.0 -0.5 -105.3 -10.2 0.98 -99.0 1.84 20

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
1951 23 BOS 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
1952 24 BOS AL 5 0 22% 148 2 3 40% 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 2 47% 15 10 5 3 1 2 12 4 7
1953 25 BOS AL 6 0 31% 180 3 2 60% 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 9 44% 32 26 6 6 3 3 21 3 17
1954 26 BOS AL 12 0 22% 171 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 9 2 36% 17 11 6 10 6 2 12 4 6
1955 27 BOS AL 9 1 30% 243 1 2 33% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 7 46% 41 26 12 8 5 3 17 2 15
1956 28 BOS AL 0 0 18% 149 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 28% 17 13 3 6 4 2 6 3 3
1957 29 BOS AL 2 0 22% 114 0 1 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 30% 11 9 2 5 5 0 11 5 6
1958 30 BOS AL 2 0 19% 106 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 26% 11 11 0 5 3 2 7 3 4
1959 31 BOS AL 3 0 25% 174 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 53% 19 13 6 4 2 2 11 0 10
1961 33 MLN NL 0 0 0% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 34 PHI NL 3 0 23% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 13% 3 3 0 0 0 0 5 3 1
11 Yrs 42 1 24% 1340 14 15 48% 14 12 0 3 0 1 6 0 42 47 39% 168 124 40 47 29 16 102 27 69

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
1951 23 BOS AL 11 55% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 8 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1952 24 BOS AL 399 18% 107 5 0 0 0 1.86 10 1 7 7 3 6 4 0 3 2 67% 87 13 15% 39 11 28% 246 41 17% 24 11 46% 24 12 50% 0
1953 25 BOS AL 515 17% 130 8 3 0 1 1.65 13 0 14 10 3 5 8 0 9 8 89% 117 15 13% 53 21 40% 373 53 14% 32 16 50% 17 10 59% 0
1954 26 BOS AL 530 23% 139 4 0 0 0 2.02 14 0 14 7 7 9 5 0 8 8 100% 121 15 12% 60 21 35% 399 66 17% 38 18 47% 21 11 52% 0
1955 27 BOS AL 604 24% 142 0 0 0 0 11 0 31 8 3 6 5 0 5 5 100% 105 23 22% 51 14 27% 420 61 15% 25 13 52% 27 15 56% 0
1956 28 BOS AL 433 27% 96 0 0 0 0 5 0 16 1 4 1 4 0 3 2 67% 98 18 18% 46 16 35% 291 42 14% 26 13 50% 21 13 62% 0
1957 29 BOS AL 370 21% 73 0 0 0 0 3 0 10 3 0 3 0 0 3 3 100% 75 17 23% 32 8 25% 238 28 12% 17 8 47% 13 9 69% 0
1958 30 BOS AL 352 18% 85 0 0 0 0 6 0 7 5 1 2 4 0 0 0 75 7 9% 35 9 26% 225 28 12% 15 4 27% 15 7 47% 0
1959 31 BOS AL 407 20% 107 1 0 0 0 3.68 1 0 9 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 100% 88 14 16% 38 13 34% 252 46 18% 24 13 54% 13 8 62% 0
1961 33 MLN NL 68 35% 14 0 0 0 0 2.93 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 100% 12 1 8% 6 5 83% 41 4 10% 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 0
1962 34 PHI NL 103 77% 21 2 0 0 0 1.30 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 100% 24 6 25% 11 4 36% 67 10 15% 7 4 57% 3 0 0% 0
11 Yrs 3792 23% 916 20 3 0 1 1.84 66 1 111 41 25 36 30 0 36 33 92% 805 129 16% 372 122 33% 2560 379 15% 211 101 48% 155 86 55% 0
MLB Averages 49% 79% 11% 31% 14% 50% 54%

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
1951 23 4 11 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .182 .182 .182 .364 -5 2 0 0 0
1952 24 119 410 392 35 109 20 2 10 49 2 3 16 46 .278 .306 .416 .722 94 163 13 0 2
1953 25 255 925 868 94 239 54 4 23 113 5 5 45 94 .275 .313 .426 .739 96 370 28 2 10
1954 26 392 1455 1361 140 378 79 6 37 188 6 8 66 144 .278 .310 .426 .737 94 580 43 2 18 8
1955 27 535 2059 1905 205 520 109 10 48 252 7 10 110 202 .273 .314 .416 .730 92 793 66 9 23 11 4
1956 28 649 2492 2297 233 616 124 12 53 296 9 11 145 242 .268 .312 .402 .714 86 923 84 9 25 15 11
1957 29 760 2862 2637 257 689 134 13 56 327 9 12 170 280 .261 .306 .386 .692 81 1017 101 9 28 17 17
1958 30 862 3214 2965 282 774 149 16 62 362 10 13 191 317 .261 .306 .385 .691 81 1141 108 10 28 18 21
1959 31 981 3621 3342 316 881 162 20 63 404 14 15 214 356 .264 .308 .381 .689 81 1272 122 11 29 21 27
1960 32 981 3621 3342 316 881 162 20 63 404 14 15 214 356 .264 .308 .381 .689 81 1272 122 11 29 21 27
1961 33 1002 3689 3405 317 895 163 20 64 409 14 15 216 365 .263 .307 .379 .686 81 1290 123 11 31 22 27
1962 34 1043 3792 3502 324 916 167 20 66 421 14 15 218 381 .262 .305 .377 .682 80 1321 129 12 33 23 27

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
1951 23 4 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
1952 24 120 416 397 36 111 21 2 10 50 2 17 45 .280 .309 .418 .727 51 115
1953 25 142 533 494 59 132 35 2 13 64 3 29 50 .267 .310 .425 .736 65 136
1954 26 143 548 511 46 141 25 2 14 74 1 21 52 .276 .300 .415 .715 65 137
1955 27 149 618 560 62 140 30 4 11 61 1 43 61 .250 .310 .377 .687 64 143
1956 28 119 439 400 25 91 14 2 5 39 2 33 42 .228 .284 .310 .594 36 114
1957 29 117 388 357 25 76 10 1 3 32 0 26 40 .213 .265 .272 .537 26 111
1958 30 107 367 343 26 89 16 3 6 37 1 22 39 .259 .305 .376 .681 40 102
1959 31 124 419 391 34 109 13 4 1 42 4 23 41 .279 .318 .340 .658 43 119
1961 33 22 72 67 1 16 1 0 1 6 0 2 9 .239 .257 .299 .556 5 21
1962 34 41 103 97 7 21 4 0 2 12 0 2 16 .216 .238 .320 .557 7 41
11 Yrs 1088 3915 3629 321 926 169 20 66 417 14 218 398 .255 .298 .367 .665 402 1043
162 Game Avg. 162 583 540 48 138 25 3 10 62 2 32 59 .255 .298 .367 .665 60 1043

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1953

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1952 AL (27, 1%)
1955 AL (24, 0%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

At Bats s c a p y
1955 AL  544 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
1953 AL  34 (3rd)
1954 AL  25 (10th)
1955 AL  30 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1955 AL  7 (7th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1954 AL  8 (6th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1956 AL  7 (8th)
1957 AL  6 (10th)
1959 AL  6 (7th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1953 AL  15 (9th)
1955 AL  23 (2nd)
1956 AL  18 (7th)
1957 AL  17 (4th)
1959 AL  14 (7th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1955 AL  435 (7th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 7 (1627), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1776), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 23 (578), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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