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Dick Williams

Richard Hirschfeld Williams

Positions: Outfielder, Third Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: May 7, 1929 in St. Louis, MO
High School: Pasadena HS (Pasadena, CA)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 10, 1951
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Athletics/RedSox/Dodgers/Indians 1951-1964

Final Game: October 1, 1964
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Manager in 2008.
View Dick Williams Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: July 7, 2011 in Las Vegas, NV
Cremated
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Hall of Fame

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
1947	18	LAD-min	C	79	313	313		77	20	2	4						.246	.246	.361	.607		113							SNB · CALL
1948	19	LAD-min	C,AA	138	525	525		158	30	2	20						.301	.301	.480	.781		252							SNB,FTW · CALL,TL
1949	20	LAD-min	AA	154	562	562		174	30	6	23						.310	.310	.507	.817		285							FTW · TL
1950	21	LAD-min	AA	144	510	510		153	30	1	11						.300	.300	.427	.727		218							FTW · TL
1951	22	BRO	NL	23	64	60	5	12	3	1	1	5	0	0	4	10	.200	.250	.333	.583	54	20	0	0	0			7O
1952	23	BRO	NL	36	71	68	13	21	4	1	0	11	0	0	2	10	.309	.329	.397	.726	99	27	4	0	1			O7/835
1953	24	LAD-min	AAA	66	248	230	28	64	12	1	2	33	1		13	31	.278	.322	.365	.688		84		2	3				MTL · IL
1953	24	BRO	NL	30	60	55	4	12	2	0	2	5	0	0	3	10	.218	.271	.364	.635	62	20	1	1	1			O7/98
1954	25	LAD-min	AAA	49	184	162	23	40	8	0	6	18	2		14	19	.247	.317	.407	.724		66	4	3	4	1			STP · AA
1954	25	BRO	NL	16	37	34	5	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	7	.147	.189	.235	.424	8	8	1	0	0	1		7/8

1955	26	LAD-min	AA	153	651	596	82	189	29	4	24	91	2	0	47	63	.317	.370	.500	.870		298		5	0	3			FTW · TL
1956	27	LAD-min	AAA	13	53	50	3	13	3	0	0	6	2		3	5	.260	.302	.320	.622		16		0	0	0			MTL · IL
1956	27	TOT	MLB	94	397	360	45	103	18	4	11	37	5	5	30	41	.286	.341	.450	.791	116	162	10	0	7	0	1	8934/75
1956	27	BRO	NL	7	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.286	.571	49	2	0	0	0	0	0
1956	27	BAL	AL	87	390	353	45	101	18	4	11	37	5	5	30	40	.286	.342	.453	.795	118	160	10	0	7	0	1	8934/75
1957	28	TOT	AL	114	404	372	49	97	17	2	7	34	3	5	26	40	.261	.310	.374	.684	89	139	13	1	4	1	3	8573/9
1957	28	BAL	AL	47	184	167	16	39	10	2	1	17	0	1	14	21	.234	.293	.335	.628	77	56	6	0	3	0	3	5783/9
1957	28	CLE	AL	67	220	205	33	58	7	0	6	17	3	4	12	19	.283	.324	.405	.729	99	83	7	1	1	1	0	857
1958	29	BAL	AL	128	462	409	36	113	17	0	4	32	0	6	37	47	.276	.336	.347	.683	94	142	17	2	10	4	4	58739/4
1959	30	KCA	AL	130	538	488	72	130	33	1	16	75	4	1	28	60	.266	.309	.436	.746	101	213	13	5	11	6	1	537/948
1960	31	KCA	AL	127	466	420	47	121	31	0	12	65	0	0	39	68	.288	.346	.448	.794	113	188	16	1	1	5	3	537
1961	32	BAL	AL	103	340	310	37	64	15	2	8	24	0	4	20	38	.206	.251	.345	.596	61	107	7	0	5	5	0	73/589
1962	33	BAL	AL	82	197	178	20	44	7	1	1	18	0	0	14	26	.247	.303	.315	.617	71	56	8	1	2	2	0	37/95
1963	34	BOS	AL	79	152	136	15	35	8	0	2	12	0	0	15	25	.257	.329	.360	.689	91	49	3	0	0	1	0	53/7
1964	35	BOS	AL	61	77	69	10	11	2	0	5	11	0	0	7	10	.159	.247	.406	.653	75	28	4	1	0	0	0	35/7
13 Yrs				1023	3265	2959	358	768	157	12	70	331	12	21	227	392	.260	.312	.392	.704	92	1159	97	12	42	25	12
162 Game Avg.				162	517	469	57	122	25	2	11	52	2	3	36	62	.260	.312	.392	.704	92	184	15	2	7
				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
BRO (5 yrs)				112	239	224	27	52	9	2	4	23	0	0	11	38	.232	.270	.344	.614	61	77	6	1	2	1	0
BAL (5 yrs)				447	1573	1417	154	361	67	9	25	128	5	16	115	172	.255	.310	.368	.678	88	521	48	3	27	11	8
BOS (2 yrs)				140	229	205	25	46	10	0	7	23	0	0	22	35	.224	.301	.376	.677	86	77	7	1	0	1	0
KCA (2 yrs)				257	1004	908	119	251	64	1	28	140	4	1	67	128	.276	.327	.442	.768	107	401	29	6	12	11	4
CLE (1 yr)				67	220	205	33	58	7	0	6	17	3	4	12	19	.283	.324	.405	.729	99	83	7	1	1	1	0

AL (9 yrs)				911	3026	2735	331	716	148	10	66	308	12	21	216	354	.262	.316	.396	.711	95	1082	91	11	40	24	12
NL (5 yrs)				112	239	224	27	52	9	2	4	23	0	0	11	38	.232	.270	.344	.614	61	77	6	1	2	1	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
1951	22	BRO	NL	23	64	-4	0	0	0	-1	-4	-0.5	2	-2	-0.2	.480	.497	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$	7O
1952	23	BRO	NL	36	71	-0	1	-0	0	-1	-1	-0.1	2	2	0.1	.497	.499	0.1	-0.1	2	$	O7/835
1953	24	BRO	NL	30	60	-4	0	0	-2	-1	-6	-0.6	2	-4	-0.4	.479	.496	-0.2	-0.3	-2	$	O7/98
1954	25	BRO	NL	16	37	-4	0	0	-0	-0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.475	.497	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$	7/8

1956	27	BRO	NL	7	7	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.492	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$
1956	27	BAL	AL	87	390	11	1	-1	-0	-2	9	0.9	10	19	1.9	.510	.505	1.9	-0.2	19	$	8934/75
1957	28	BAL	AL	47	184	-7	0	-1	-1	-1	-10	-1.2	5	-5	-0.7	.475	.493	-0.5	-0.3	-4	$	5783/9
1957	28	CLE	AL	67	220	-1	-1	-0	-3	-1	-6	-0.7	6	-0	-0.1	.490	.496	0.3	-0.5	3	$	857
1958	29	BAL	AL	128	462	-3	-2	-2	-1	-3	-11	-1.3	13	1	-0.1	.490	.492	0.1	-0.5	3	$	58739/4
1959	30	KCA	AL	130	538	2	2	-1	3	-2	4	0.3	15	19	1.8	.504	.503	1.5	0.1	16	$	537/948
1960	31	KCA	AL	127	466	5	-0	-3	11	-2	11	1.0	13	23	2.2	.509	.507	1.2	0.9	12	$	537
1961	32	BAL	AL	103	340	-15	-1	1	-3	-5	-23	-2.5	9	-14	-1.6	.477	.485	-1.2	-0.9	-11	$	73/589
1962	33	BAL	AL	82	197	-7	0	-0	2	-3	-8	-0.9	5	-2	-0.4	.490	.495	-0.5	-0.1	-4	$	37/95
1963	34	BOS	AL	79	152	-0	-0	-0	-1	-1	-3	-0.4	4	1	0.0	.495	.498	0.2	-0.3	2	$	53/7
1964	35	BOS	AL	61	77	-1	0	-1	2	-1	1	0.0	2	3	0.2	.501	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$	35/7
13 Seasons				1023	3265	-29	1	-9	6	-24	-54	-6.6	90	37	2.4	.494	.498	2.4	-2.3	30	$

BRO (5 yrs)				112	239	-12	1	0	-2	-3	-16	-1.7	8	-8	-0.8	.485	.498	-0.6	-0.5	-6	$
BAL (5 yrs)				447	1573	-21	-1	-4	-4	-14	-44	-5.1	43	-1	-0.9	.489	.494	-0.2	-2.1	3	$
BOS (2 yrs)				140	229	-1	0	-1	1	-2	-3	-0.4	6	4	0.2	.498	.499	0.2	-0.2	3	$
KCA (2 yrs)				257	1004	6	2	-4	14	-4	15	1.3	27	42	4.0	.506	.505	2.7	1.0	28	$
CLE (1 yr)				67	220	-1	-1	-0	-3	-1	-6	-0.7	6	-0	-0.1	.490	.496	0.3	-0.5	3	$

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	22	BRO	NL	64	48	5	2.8	105	.224	.200	.270	.250	.344	.333	.409	.583	.753	54	.294	-4.2	-0.4	.500	.200	.133	.0
1952	23	BRO	NL	71	52	9	4.6	99	.362	.309	.264	.329	.337	.397	.393	.726	.730	99	.550	-0.3	-0.0	.569	.118	.088
1953	24	BRO	NL	60	45	5	2.9	113	.233	.218	.278	.271	.349	.364	.433	.635	.782	62	.287	-3.4	-0.3	.545	.200	.145	.0
1954	25	BRO	NL	37	31	2	1.7	113	.148	.147	.279	.189	.351	.235	.431	.424	.782	8	.134	-4.8	-0.5	.333	.147	.088	.0

1956	27	TOT	MLB	397	279	53	5.1	98	.299	.286	.257	.341	.337	.450	.392	.791	.729	116	.526	7.1	0.7	.706	.247	.164	6.9
1956	27	BRO	NL	7	5	1	5.3	111	.333	.286	.274	.286	.343	.286	.433	.571	.776	49	.581	-0.5	-0.1	.400	.000	.000
1956	27	BAL	AL	390	274	52	5.1	98	.298	.286	.256	.342	.337	.453	.391	.795	.728	118	.525	7.6	0.7	.712	.252	.167	6.9
1957	28	TOT	AL	404	298	39	3.6	97	.276	.261	.259	.310	.331	.374	.392	.684	.723	89	.403	-6.3	-0.6	.560	.177	.113	4.2
1957	28	BAL	AL	184	138	15	2.9	93	.262	.234	.255	.293	.326	.335	.385	.628	.710	77	.325	-5.2	-0.5	.511	.180	.102	.0
1957	28	CLE	AL	220	160	24	4.1	99	.287	.283	.263	.324	.335	.405	.397	.729	.733	99	.463	-1.1	-0.1	.601	.176	.122	4.0
1958	29	BAL	AL	462	333	44	3.5	93	.301	.276	.254	.336	.322	.347	.387	.683	.709	94	.412	-1.7	-0.2	.549	.147	.071	.0
1959	30	KCA	AL	538	389	64	4.4	100	.273	.266	.263	.309	.334	.436	.401	.746	.736	101	.502	0.0	0.0	.669	.234	.170	6.4
1960	31	KCA	AL	466	321	62	5.2	102	.316	.288	.265	.346	.338	.448	.405	.794	.743	113	.567	8.1	0.8	.724	.252	.160	.0
1961	32	BAL	AL	340	267	25	2.5	100	.208	.206	.259	.251	.334	.345	.403	.596	.737	61	.243	-17.8	-1.8	.479	.190	.139	.0
1962	33	BAL	AL	197	146	16	3.0	97	.281	.247	.256	.303	.327	.315	.399	.617	.726	71	.311	-6.7	-0.7	.500	.146	.067	.0
1963	34	BOS	AL	152	105	17	4.4	97	.300	.257	.259	.329	.326	.360	.400	.689	.725	91	.518	-1.2	-0.1	.615	.213	.103	.0
1964	35	BOS	AL	77	62	6	2.6	100	.111	.159	.261	.247	.331	.406	.406	.653	.736	75	.292	-2.8	-0.3	.581	.348	.246	.0
13 Yrs				3265	2376	347	3.9	99	.277	.260	.260	.312	.333	.392	.398	.704	.731	92	.439	-33.9	-3.4	.602	.206	.132	20.5
162 Game Avg.				517	376	55	3.9	99	.277	.260	.260	.312	.333	.392	.398	.704	.731	92	.439	-33.9	-3.4	.602	.206	.132	3
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
BRO (5 yrs)				239	181	22	3.2	106	.262	.232	.271	.270	.344	.344	.414	.614	.758	61	.353	-13.3	-1.3	.500	.161	.112	.0
BAL (5 yrs)				1573	1158	152	3.5	96	.273	.255	.256	.310	.329	.368	.393	.678	.722	88	.385	-23.8	-2.4	.561	.186	.113	8.3
BOS (2 yrs)				229	167	23	3.7	98	.238	.224	.260	.301	.327	.376	.402	.677	.729	86	.443	-4.0	-0.4	.602	.259	.151	.0
KCA (2 yrs)				1004	710	126	4.8	101	.292	.276	.264	.327	.336	.442	.403	.768	.739	107	.533	8.2	0.8	.694	.242	.165	7.0
CLE (1 yr)				220	160	24	4.1	99	.287	.283	.263	.324	.335	.405	.397	.729	.733	99	.464	-1.1	-0.1	.601	.176	.122	4.0

AL (9 yrs)				3026	2195	325	4.0	98	.278	.262	.259	.316	.332	.396	.397	.711	.729	95	.446	-20.7	-2.1	.610	.210	.134	20.3
NL (5 yrs)				239	181	22	3.2	106	.262	.232	.271	.270	.344	.344	.414	.614	.758	61	.353	-13.3	-1.3	.500	.161	.112	.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
1953	24	BRO	NL	WS	NYY	L	3	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							3	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	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
1951	22	BRO	NL	64	1.6%	15.6%	6.3%	7.8%	42%	2.50	6.0	60.0	12.0		0.90	77%
1952	23	BRO	NL	71	0.0%	14.1%	2.8%	7.0%	24%	5.00	6.8		6.2		1.80	82%
1953	24	BRO	NL	60	3.3%	16.7%	5.0%	6.7%	33%	3.33	5.5	27.5	11.0		0.85	72%
1954	25	BRO	NL	37	2.7%	18.9%	5.4%	2.7%	20%	3.50	4.9	34.0	17.0		0.92	73%

1956	27	TOT	MLB	397	2.8%	10.3%	7.6%	8.3%	32%	1.37	8.8	32.7	9.7		1.04	78%
1956	27	BRO	NL	7	0.0%	14.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		7.0				3.00	86%
1956	27	BAL	AL	390	2.8%	10.3%	7.7%	8.5%	33%	1.33	8.8	32.1	9.5		1.02	77%
1957	28	TOT	AL	404	1.7%	9.9%	6.4%	6.4%	27%	1.54	9.3	53.1	10.9		0.89	81%
1957	28	BAL	AL	184	0.5%	11.4%	7.6%	7.1%	33%	1.50	8.0	167.0	9.8		0.71	79%
1957	28	CLE	AL	220	2.7%	8.6%	5.5%	5.9%	22%	1.58	10.8	34.2	12.1		1.09	82%
1958	29	BAL	AL	462	0.9%	10.2%	8.0%	4.6%	19%	1.27	8.7	102.3	12.8		0.98	78%
1959	30	KCA	AL	538	3.0%	11.2%	5.2%	9.3%	39%	2.14	8.1	30.5	6.5		1.00	78%
1960	31	KCA	AL	466	2.6%	14.6%	8.4%	9.2%	36%	1.74	6.2	35.0	6.5		0.71	74%
1961	32	BAL	AL	340	2.4%	11.2%	5.9%	7.4%	39%	1.90	8.2	38.8	12.9		0.75	79%
1962	33	BAL	AL	197	0.5%	13.2%	7.1%	4.6%	21%	1.86	6.8	178.0	9.9		1.11	78%
1963	34	BOS	AL	152	1.3%	16.5%	9.9%	6.6%	29%	1.67	5.4	68.0	11.3		0.76	72%
1964	35	BOS	AL	77	6.5%	13.0%	9.1%	9.1%	64%	1.43	6.9	13.8	6.3		1.63	70%
13 Yrs				3265	2.1%	12.0%	7.0%	7.3%	31%	1.73	7.5	42.3	8.9		0.93	77%
MLB Averages					2.2%	12.8%	8.9%	6.5%	29%	1.44	7.0	39.6	8.4		1.01	74%
				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
1951	22	BRO	NL	-4.2	-0.4	65	-0.3	0.9	-1.1	.90	-0.5	0.2	-3.3	-0.3	0.91	-3.8	1.02	8
1952	23	BRO	NL	-0.3	-0.0	71	-0.0	1.1	-1.1	.95	0.0	-0.1	1.4	0.1	1.05	-0.1	0.47	6
1953	24	BRO	NL	-3.4	-0.3	60	-0.4	0.8	-1.2	1.14	-0.2	-0.2	-3.7	-0.4	0.88	-3.7	2.05	5
1954	25	BRO	NL	-4.8	-0.5	37	-0.1	0.4	-0.5	.78	-0.1	-0.1	-3.2	-0.3	0.90	-1.6	0.55	3

1956	27	TOT	MLB	6.5	0.6	417	1.2	8.7	-7.5	1.09	1.1	-0.0	13.5	1.3	0.94	9.4	0.71	8
1956	27	BRO	NL	-0.5	-0.1	7	0.0	0.1	-0.1	.64	-0.0	0.1	-0.6	-0.1	0.75	-0.6	0.64	7
1956	27	BAL	AL	7.1	0.7	410	1.2	8.6	-7.4	1.10	1.2	-0.1	14.1	1.4	0.94	10.0	1.24	1
1957	28	TOT	AL	-6.3	-0.6	411	-1.3	6.6	-7.9	1.04	-1.2	-0.1	-11.1	-1.1	0.94	-12.2	1.75	11
1957	28	BAL	AL	-5.2	-0.5	189	0.1	3.9	-3.9	1.17	-0.8	0.9	-3.0	-0.3	0.95	-7.6	1.66	3
1957	28	CLE	AL	-1.1	-0.1	222	-1.4	2.7	-4.1	.94	-0.4	-1.1	-8.1	-0.8	0.93	-4.6	1.78	8
1958	29	BAL	AL	-1.7	-0.2	473	-0.6	7.5	-8.1	1.05	-1.0	0.4	-12.8	-1.4	0.95	-11.0	1.39	14
1959	30	KCA	AL	0.0	0.0	547	-0.3	9.2	-9.5	1.00	0.1	-0.4	-2.0	-0.2	0.99	-0.1	2.76	8
1960	31	KCA	AL	8.7	0.9	470	0.1	9.7	-9.6	1.14	0.7	-0.6	9.5	0.9	1.02	8.6	1.74	15
1961	32	BAL	AL	-17.8	-1.8	347	-1.1	4.8	-5.9	.92	-1.6	0.4	-18.9	-1.9	0.91	-17.4	1.60	16
1962	33	BAL	AL	-6.7	-0.7	197	-1.8	3.1	-4.9	1.30	-1.0	-0.5	-10.7	-1.1	1.02	-10.1	2.35	31
1963	34	BOS	AL	-1.2	-0.1	155	-0.3	3.2	-3.6	1.26	0.1	-0.4	-3.2	-0.3	1.01	-0.3	1.49	48
1964	35	BOS	AL	-2.8	-0.3	78	0.1	1.8	-1.8	1.18	-0.0	0.1	0.5	0.1	1.00	3.3	1.86	24
13 Yrs				-34.0	-3.4	3328	-5.1	57.8	-62.9	1.07	-3.5	-1.2	-44.0	-4.5	0.97	-39.1	1.68	197
				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
1951	22	BRO	NL	0	0	27%	14	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	67%	3	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	2
1952	23	BRO	NL	1	0	57%	39	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	70%	7	3	4	0	0	0	3	0	3
1953	24	BRO	NL	0	0	14%	20	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	67%	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
1954	25	BRO	NL	2	0	67%	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0

1956	27	TOT	MLB	8	0	28%	168	5	5	50%	5	5	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	10	67%	21	9	11	4	0	4	8	1	7
1956	27	BRO	NL	0	0	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	27	BAL	AL	8	0	28%	166	5	5	50%	5	5	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	10	67%	21	9	11	4	0	4	8	1	7
1957	28	TOT	AL	2	0	36%	129	3	5	38%	3	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	7	12	56%	21	10	10	9	3	5	11	2	8
1957	28	BAL	AL	0	0	29%	61	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	67%	9	4	5	3	1	2	3	0	3
1957	28	CLE	AL	2	0	42%	68	3	4	43%	3	5	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	3	50%	12	6	5	6	2	3	8	2	5
1958	29	BAL	AL	5	0	22%	203	0	6	0%	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	5	9	39%	35	25	10	3	2	1	14	3	9
1959	30	KCA	AL	10	0	38%	146	4	1	80%	4	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	8	58%	17	10	7	4	2	2	17	4	13
1960	31	KCA	AL	3	0	24%	171	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	8	38%	27	20	7	5	3	1	16	5	10
1961	32	BAL	AL	9	0	38%	109	0	4	0%	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	8	44%	20	12	8	3	3	0	13	5	8
1962	33	BAL	AL	2	0	33%	71	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	56%	13	6	7	4	3	0	8	0	7
1963	34	BOS	AL	3	0	27%	69	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	41%	10	8	2	2	0	1	5	1	4
1964	35	BOS	AL	3	0	36%	20	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	75%	1	0	1	1	0	1	2	1	1
13 Yrs				48	0	31%	1167	12	21	36%	12	20	0	1	0	4	8	0	40	65	50%	177	106	69	35	16	15	103	23	74
				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
1951	22	BRO	NL	64	86%	12			8	2	0	2	1.02	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0%	7	0	0%	5	0	0%	32	4	13%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1952	23	BRO	NL	71	62%	21			6	1	0	0	0.47	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	33%	19	4	21%	9	3	33%	56	13	23%	5	3	60%	6	2	33%	0
1953	24	BRO	NL	60	42%	12			5	0	0	1	2.05	2	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	2	1	50%	16	1	6%	5	3	60%	38	3	8%	4	2	50%	4	3	75%	0
1954	25	BRO	NL	37	35%	5			3	0	0	0	0.55	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		11	1	9%	2	1	50%	21	1	5%	1	1	100%	0	0		0

1956	27	TOT	MLB	397	33%	103			8	2	0	0	0.71	11	1	5	5	6	7	4	0	8	7	88%	61	10	16%	22	9	41%	188	29	15%	9	4	44%	5	2	40%	0
1956	27	BRO	NL	7	14%	2			7	2	0	0	0.64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1956	27	BAL	AL	390	33%	101			1	0	0	0	1.24	11	1	5	5	6	7	4	0	8	7	88%	61	10	16%	22	9	41%	187	29	16%	9	4	44%	5	2	40%	0
1957	28	TOT	AL	404	40%	97			11	2	0	1	1.75	7	0	6	0	6	4	3	0	5	4	80%	69	13	19%	28	10	36%	237	28	12%	9	4	44%	7	0	0%	0
1957	28	BAL	AL	184	30%	39			3	0	0	0	1.66	1	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	3	3	100%	33	6	18%	14	4	29%	111	16	14%	4	1	25%	4	0	0%	0
1957	28	CLE	AL	220	49%	58			8	2	0	1	1.78	6	0	2	0	5	3	3	0	2	1	50%	36	7	19%	14	6	43%	126	12	10%	5	3	60%	3	0	0%	0
1958	29	BAL	AL	462	25%	113			14	1	0	0	1.39	4	0	12	4	0	3	1	0	11	10	91%	78	17	22%	33	15	45%	257	28	11%	19	9	47%	13	6	46%	0
1959	30	KCA	AL	538	25%	130			8	1	0	1	2.76	16	0	11	13	3	11	5	0	11	11	100%	122	13	11%	61	29	48%	385	63	16%	31	18	58%	24	14	58%	0
1960	31	KCA	AL	466	35%	121			15	5	0	3	1.74	12	1	15	8	4	5	7	0	2	1	50%	110	16	15%	43	8	19%	346	53	15%	34	16	47%	12	6	50%	0
1961	32	BAL	AL	340	49%	64			16	6	1	6	1.60	8	0	8	4	4	4	4	0	6	5	83%	60	7	12%	36	17	47%	168	16	10%	12	9	75%	12	8	67%	0
1962	33	BAL	AL	197	62%	44			31	13	1	6	2.35	1	0	7	0	1	0	1	0	4	2	50%	49	8	16%	22	4	18%	149	17	11%	10	5	50%	8	4	50%	0
1963	34	BOS	AL	152	23%	35			48	16	1	4	1.49	2	0	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		33	3	9%	18	3	17%	107	12	11%	8	3	38%	3	0	0%	0
1964	35	BOS	AL	77	29%	11			24	3	0	4	1.86	5	0	4	3	2	2	3	0	0	0		14	4	29%	8	2	25%	49	7	14%	1	0	0%	4	1	25%	0
13 Yrs				3265	36%	768			197	52	3	28	1.68	70	2	76	38	31	38	32	0	53	42	79%	649	97	15%	292	104	36%	2033	274	13%	143	74	52%	99	46	46%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			79%			11%			31%			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
1951	22	23	64	60	5	12	3	1	1	5	0	0	4	10	.200	.250	.333	.583	54	20	0	0	0
1952	23	59	135	128	18	33	7	2	1	16	0	0	6	20	.258	.291	.367	.658	77	47	4	0	1
1953	24	89	195	183	22	45	9	2	3	21	0	0	9	30	.246	.285	.366	.651	72	67	5	1	2
1954	25	105	232	217	27	50	9	2	4	23	0	0	11	37	.230	.270	.346	.615	62	75	6	1	2	1
1955	26	105	232	217	27	50	9	2	4	23	0	0	11	37	.230	.270	.346	.615	62	75	6	1	2	1
1956	27	199	629	577	72	153	27	6	15	60	5	5	41	78	.265	.315	.411	.725	95	237	16	1	9	1	1
1957	28	313	1033	949	121	250	44	8	22	94	8	10	67	118	.263	.313	.396	.709	93	376	29	2	13	2	4
1958	29	441	1495	1358	157	363	61	8	26	126	8	16	104	165	.267	.320	.381	.701	93	518	46	4	23	6	8
1959	30	571	2033	1846	229	493	94	9	42	201	12	17	132	225	.267	.317	.396	.713	95	731	59	9	34	12	9
1960	31	698	2499	2266	276	614	125	9	54	266	12	17	171	293	.271	.323	.406	.728	99	919	75	10	35	17	12
1961	32	801	2839	2576	313	678	140	11	62	290	12	21	191	331	.263	.314	.398	.712	94	1026	82	10	40	22	12
1962	33	883	3036	2754	333	722	147	12	63	308	12	21	205	357	.262	.313	.393	.706	93	1082	90	11	42	24	12
1963	34	962	3188	2890	348	757	155	12	65	320	12	21	220	382	.262	.314	.391	.705	93	1131	93	11	42	25	12
1964	35	1023	3265	2959	358	768	157	12	70	331	12	21	227	392	.260	.312	.392	.704	92	1159	97	12	42	25	12

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
1951	22	24	66	62	5	12	3	1	1	5	0	4	10	.194	.242	.323	.565	5	23
1952	23	38	74	71	14	22	4	1	0	12	0	2	10	.310	.329	.394	.723	9	36
1953	24	31	62	57	4	12	2	0	2	5	0	3	10	.211	.262	.351	.613	5	30
1954	25	17	38	35	3	4	0	0	1	1	0	2	7	.114	.158	.200	.358	1	16

1956	27	98	419	380	49	111	19	4	12	41	5	32	43	.292	.347	.458	.805	61	94
1957	28	120	432	397	56	108	19	2	8	39	3	29	42	.272	.322	.390	.713	49	114
1958	29	134	494	436	43	127	19	0	4	38	0	42	49	.291	.353	.362	.716	56	128
1959	30	136	561	510	75	136	35	1	17	78	4	29	63	.267	.309	.439	.748	68	130
1960	31	134	490	442	49	127	33	0	13	68	0	41	72	.287	.346	.450	.796	68	127
1961	32	103	341	311	38	65	15	2	8	25	0	20	38	.209	.253	.347	.600	28	103
1962	33	82	200	180	21	46	7	1	1	19	0	15	26	.256	.313	.322	.635	18	82
1963	34	79	153	137	16	36	8	0	2	13	0	15	25	.263	.333	.365	.698	17	79
1964	35	61	77	69	10	11	2	0	5	12	0	7	10	.159	.247	.406	.653	7	61
13 Yrs		1057	3407	3087	383	817	166	12	74	356	12	241	405	.265	.318	.398	.716	392	1023
162 Game Avg.		162	522	473	59	125	25	2	11	55	2	37	62	.265	.318	.398	.716	60	1023

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 2008 Veterans (inducted) Selected to HOF in 2008 by Veteran's Committee	Doubles s c a p y 1959 AL 33 (4th) 1960 AL 31 (5th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1958 AL 10 (6th) 1959 AL 11 (5th)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1959 AL 6 (7th)
Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1958 AL 17 (8th) 1959 AL 13 (9th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1956 AL 5 (9th) 1958 AL 6 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 4 (1866), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 8 (1793), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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