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Ted Williams

Theodore Samuel Williams (The Kid, Teddy Ballgame, Splendid Splinter or Thumper)
birth certificate reads Teddy Samuel

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: August 30, 1918 in San Diego, CA
High School: Herbert Hoover (San Diego, CA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1936. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1939
Team: RedSox 1939-1960

Final Game: September 28, 1960
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1966 (282/302 ballots).
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Died: July 5, 2002 in Inverness, FL
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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
1939 20 BOS AL 149 677 565 131 185 44 11 31 145 2 1 107 64 .327 .436 .609 1.045 160 344 10 2 3 *O9 MVP-4
1940 21 BOS AL 144 661 561 134 193 43 14 23 113 4 4 96 54 .344 .442 .594 1.036 161 333 13 3 1 *O79/1 AS,MVP-14
1941 22 BOS AL 143 606 456 135 185 33 3 37 120 2 4 147 27 .406 .553 .735 1.287 234 335 10 3 0 *O7/9 AS,MVP-2
1942 23 BOS AL 150 671 522 141 186 34 5 36 137 3 2 145 51 .356 .499 .648 1.147 216 338 12 4 0 *O7/9 AS,MVP-2
1946 27 BOS AL 150 672 514 142 176 37 8 38 123 0 0 156 44 .342 .497 .667 1.164 215 343 12 2 0 *7O AS,MVP-1
1947 28 BOS AL 156 693 528 125 181 40 9 32 114 0 1 162 47 .343 .499 .634 1.133 205 335 10 2 1 *7O AS,MVP-2
1948 29 BOS AL 137 638 509 124 188 44 3 25 127 4 0 126 41 .369 .497 .615 1.112 189 313 10 3 0 *7O AS,MVP-3
1949 30 BOS AL 155 730 566 150 194 39 3 43 159 1 1 162 48 .343 .490 .650 1.141 191 368 22 2 0 *7O AS,MVP-1
1950 31 BOS AL 89 416 334 82 106 24 1 28 97 3 0 82 21 .317 .452 .647 1.099 167 216 12 0 0 7O AS,MVP-21
1951 32 BOS AL 148 675 531 109 169 28 4 30 126 1 1 144 45 .318 .464 .556 1.019 164 295 10 0 0 *7O AS,MVP-13
1952 33 BOS AL 6 12 10 2 4 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 2 .400 .500 .900 1.400 272 9 0 0 0 /7O
1953 34 BOS AL 37 110 91 17 37 6 0 13 34 0 1 19 10 .407 .509 .901 1.410 267 82 1 0 0 7O AS,MVP-26
1954 35 BOS AL 117 526 386 93 133 23 1 29 89 0 0 136 32 .345 .513 .635 1.148 201 245 10 1 0 3 *7 AS,MVP-7
1955 36 BOS AL 98 417 320 77 114 21 3 28 83 2 0 91 24 .356 .496 .703 1.200 208 225 8 2 0 4 17 7 AS,MVP-4
1956 37 BOS AL 136 503 400 71 138 28 2 24 82 0 0 102 39 .345 .479 .605 1.084 171 242 13 1 0 0 11 *7 AS,MVP-6
1957 38 BOS AL 132 546 420 96 163 28 1 38 87 0 1 119 43 .388 .526 .731 1.257 233 307 11 5 0 2 33 *7 AS,MVP-2
1958 39 BOS AL 129 517 411 81 135 23 2 26 85 1 0 98 49 .328 .458 .584 1.042 179 240 19 4 0 4 12 *7 AS,MVP-7
1959 40 BOS AL 103 331 272 32 69 15 0 10 43 0 0 52 27 .254 .372 .419 .791 114 114 7 2 0 5 6 7 AS,MVP-26
1960 41 BOS AL 113 390 310 56 98 15 0 29 72 1 1 75 41 .316 .451 .645 1.096 190 200 7 3 0 2 7 7 AS,MVP-13
19 Seasons 2292 9791 7706 1798 2654 525 71 521 1839 24 17 2021 709 .344 *.482* .634 1.116 190 4884 197 39 5 20 86
162 Game Avg. 162 692 545 127 188 37 5 37 130 2 1 143 50 .344 .482 .634 1.116 190 345 14 3 0
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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1939 20 BOS AL 677 55 1 0 0 2 -7 20 71 6.8 69 6.6 0.2 $6,500 *O9 MVP-4
1940 21 BOS AL 661 52 3 0 0 -2 -7 16 62 6.0 64 6.3 -0.3 $12,000 *O79/1 AS,MVP-14
1941 22 BOS AL 606 107 -1 0 0 -3 -6 16 113 11.3 116 11.6 -0.3 $20,000 *O7/9 AS,MVP-2
1942 23 BOS AL 671 89 2 0 0 5 -7 13 102 11.0 97 10.3 0.7 $35,000 *O7/9 AS,MVP-2
1946 27 BOS AL 672 90 3 0 0 4 -7 16 106 11.8 102 11.2 0.6 $50,000 *7O AS,MVP-1
1947 28 BOS AL 693 83 1 0 0 0 -7 17 94 10.3 94 10.3 0.0 $75,000 *7O AS,MVP-2
1948 29 BOS AL 638 79 1 0 0 0 -6 15 89 8.9 89 8.9 0.0 $90,000 *7O AS,MVP-3
1949 30 BOS AL 730 84 1 0 0 -1 -7 17 94 9.5 95 9.7 -0.2 $100,000 *7O AS,MVP-1
1950 31 BOS AL 416 39 1 0 0 -4 -4 10 42 4.1 46 4.5 -0.4 $100,000 7O AS,MVP-21
1951 32 BOS AL 675 55 -1 0 0 0 -7 17 64 6.5 64 6.5 0.0 $100,000 *7O AS,MVP-13
1952 33 BOS AL 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $25,000 /7O
1953 34 BOS AL 110 21 -1 0 0 0 -1 3 21 2.2 22 2.3 -0.1 $100,000 7O AS,MVP-26
1954 35 BOS AL 526 57 -1 -2 0 4 -5 13 66 7.2 62 6.5 0.7 $100,000 *7 AS,MVP-7
1955 36 BOS AL 416 50 0 0 0 7 -4 11 64 6.7 57 5.9 0.8 $100,000 7 AS,MVP-4
1956 37 BOS AL 503 43 0 3 0 1 -5 14 56 5.7 55 5.6 0.1 $100,000 *7 AS,MVP-6
1957 38 BOS AL 547 80 0 2 -1 2 -6 15 92 9.9 90 9.5 0.4 $100,000 *7 AS,MVP-2
1958 39 BOS AL 517 46 -1 0 -2 -17 -5 15 36 4.0 53 5.7 -1.7 $125,000 *7 AS,MVP-7
1959 40 BOS AL 331 8 0 -2 0 -11 -3 9 1 0.2 12 1.2 -1.0 $125,000 7 AS,MVP-26
1960 41 BOS AL 390 37 0 -2 2 -16 -5 11 27 2.9 43 4.5 -1.6 $95,000 7 AS,MVP-13
19 Seasons 9791 1077 8 -1 -1 -29 -99 248 1202 125.3 1232 127.3 -2.0 $1,458,500
Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards

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
1939 20 BOS AL 677 394 149 10.0 117 .328 .327 .291 .436 .367 .609 .431 1.045 .798 160 .777 54.7 5.0 1.161 .473 .281 3.8
1940 21 BOS AL 661 386 145 10.0 114 .351 .344 .284 .442 .358 .594 .431 1.036 .789 161 .782 55.3 5.1 1.122 .421 .250 6.8
1941 22 BOS AL 606 285 183 17.2 109 .378 .406 .279 .553 .356 .735 .411 1.287 .768 234 .914 103.7 9.7 1.695 .647 .329 3.8
1942 23 BOS AL 671 350 168 12.9 98 .345 .356 .270 .499 .345 .648 .378 1.147 .724 216 .890 92.6 9.3 1.394 .571 .291 5.5
1946 27 BOS AL 672 350 170 13.0 101 .319 .342 .271 .497 .346 .667 .389 1.164 .735 215 .889 93.0 9.3 1.431 .628 .325 .0
1947 28 BOS AL 693 359 166 12.3 102 .332 .343 .271 .499 .352 .634 .389 1.133 .741 205 .879 89.2 8.9 1.391 .597 .292 .0
1948 29 BOS AL 638 331 156 12.6 110 .368 .369 .279 .497 .365 .615 .403 1.112 .768 189 .862 75.2 7.2 1.347 .501 .246 6.9
1949 30 BOS AL 730 395 180 12.1 113 .318 .343 .280 .490 .374 .650 .407 1.141 .781 191 .856 85.6 8.2 1.347 .594 .307 2.0
1950 31 BOS AL 416 240 98 10.8 123 .274 .317 .292 .452 .381 .647 .437 1.099 .817 167 .807 37.3 3.4 1.254 .584 .329 5.4
1951 32 BOS AL 675 373 137 9.9 110 .305 .318 .279 .464 .362 .556 .409 1.019 .771 164 .807 57.7 5.6 1.177 .508 .237 1.9
1952 33 BOS AL 12 6 5 22.5 103 .429 .400 .269 .500 .350 .900 .393 1.400 .743 272 .957 2.3 0.2 1.833 .700 .500 .0
1953 34 BOS AL 110 56 41 19.7 107 .353 .407 .276 .509 .353 .901 .405 1.410 .758 267 .938 22.1 2.1 1.786 .692 .495 .0
1954 35 BOS AL 526 266 126 12.7 108 .317 .345 .278 .513 .355 .635 .406 1.148 .761 201 .881 67.8 6.7 1.452 .642 .290 .0
1955 36 BOS AL 417 218 118 14.5 111 .316 .356 .278 .496 .359 .703 .414 1.200 .773 208 .892 56.6 5.4 1.495 .638 .347 3.7
1956 37 BOS AL 503 275 121 11.8 117 .338 .345 .282 .479 .366 .605 .431 1.084 .797 171 .837 49.0 4.6 1.255 .515 .260 .0
1957 38 BOS AL 546 271 167 16.7 104 .367 .388 .270 .526 .343 .731 .408 1.257 .751 233 .920 89.0 8.7 1.599 .624 .343 .0
1958 39 BOS AL 517 299 112 10.0 103 .321 .328 .268 .458 .338 .584 .408 1.042 .746 179 .825 52.0 5.2 1.163 .496 .255 1.9
1959 40 BOS AL 331 215 45 5.6 102 .246 .254 .265 .372 .337 .419 .405 .791 .742 114 .611 7.8 0.8 .800 .357 .165 .0
1960 41 BOS AL 390 222 95 11.5 104 .285 .316 .267 .451 .341 .645 .408 1.096 .749 190 .849 43.4 4.2 1.264 .571 .329 1.9
19 Seasons 9791 5291 2382 12.0 109 .328 .344 .277 *.482* .356 .634 .409 1.116 .765 190 .857 1134.1 109.8 1.320 .553 .289 45.9
162 Game Avg. 692 374 168 12.0 109 .328 .344 .277 .482 .356 .634 .409 1.116 .765 190 .857 80 8 1.320 .553 .289 3
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd

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
1946 27 BOS AL WS STL L 7 30 25 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 5 .200 .333 .200 .533 5 0 0 0 0 1
1 WS 7 30 25 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 5 .200 .333 .200 .533 5 0 0 0 0 1

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
1940 BOS AL 21 as LF 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
1941 BOS AL 22 as LF 5 4 1 2 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 1 .500 .600 1.500 2.100 6 0 0 0 0 0
1942 BOS AL 23 as LF 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
1946 BOS AL 27 as LF 5 4 4 4 0 0 2 5 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 2.500 3.500 10 0 0 0 0 0
1947 BOS AL 28 as LF 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .750 1.250 3 0 0 0 0 0
1948 BOS AL 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 BOS AL 30 as LF 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 BOS AL 31 as LF 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
1951 BOS AL 32 as LF 4 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 .500 1.000 1.500 3 0 0 0 0 0
1953 BOS AL 34 DNP
1954 BOS AL 35 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 BOS AL 36 as LF 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 1 0 0 0 0 0
1956 BOS AL 37 as LF 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 1.000 1.250 4 0 0 0 0 0
1957 BOS AL 38 as LF 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 BOS AL 39 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 BOS AL 40 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 BOS AL 40 as LF 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 BOS AL 41 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 BOS AL 41 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
17 Seasons (18 Appearances) 57 46 10 14 2 1 4 12 0 0 11 10 .304 .439 .652 1.091 30 0 0 0 0 0
GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

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
1939 20 BOS AL 677 4.6% 9.5% 15.8% 12.7% 47% 0.60 8.8 18.2 3.9 69%
1940 21 BOS AL 661 3.5% 8.2% 14.5% 12.1% 42% 0.56 10.4 24.4 5.0 73%
1941 22 BOS AL 606 6.1% 4.5% 24.3% 12.1% 40% 0.18 16.9 12.3 3.8 65%
1942 23 BOS AL 671 5.4% 7.6% 21.6% 11.2% 40% 0.35 10.2 14.5 3.8 65%
1946 27 BOS AL 672 5.7% 6.6% 23.2% 12.4% 47% 0.28 11.7 13.5 4.2 64%
1947 28 BOS AL 693 4.6% 6.8% 23.4% 11.7% 45% 0.29 11.2 16.5 4.6 65%
1948 29 BOS AL 638 3.9% 6.4% 19.8% 11.3% 38% 0.33 12.4 20.4 4.0 69%
1949 30 BOS AL 730 5.9% 6.6% 22.2% 11.6% 44% 0.30 11.8 13.2 3.6 65%
1950 31 BOS AL 416 6.7% 5.1% 19.7% 12.7% 50% 0.26 15.9 11.9 3.4 0.85 69%
1951 32 BOS AL 675 4.4% 6.7% 21.3% 9.2% 37% 0.31 11.8 17.7 4.2 0.90 68%
1952 33 BOS AL 12 8.3% 16.7% 16.7% 16.7% 50% 1.00 5.0 10.0 3.3 0.50 58%
1953 34 BOS AL 110 11.8% 9.1% 17.3% 17.3% 51% 0.53 9.1 7.0 2.7 0.59 62%
1954 35 BOS AL 526 5.5% 6.1% 25.9% 10.1% 40% 0.24 12.1 13.3 4.3 1.10 62%
1955 36 BOS AL 417 6.7% 5.8% 21.8% 12.5% 46% 0.26 13.3 11.4 3.9 0.87 65%
1956 37 BOS AL 503 4.8% 7.8% 20.3% 10.7% 39% 0.38 10.3 16.7 4.9 1.10 67%
1957 38 BOS AL 546 7.0% 7.9% 21.8% 12.3% 41% 0.36 9.8 11.1 4.8 1.42 62%
1958 39 BOS AL 517 5.0% 9.5% 19.0% 9.9% 38% 0.50 8.4 15.8 4.8 1.35 66%
1959 40 BOS AL 331 3.0% 8.2% 15.7% 7.6% 36% 0.52 10.1 27.2 6.3 0.83 73%
1960 41 BOS AL 390 7.4% 10.5% 19.2% 11.3% 45% 0.55 7.6 10.7 4.3 0.87 62%
19 Seasons 9791 5.3% 7.2% 20.6% 11.4% 42% 0.35 10.9 14.8 4.2 1.01 66%
MLB Averages 1.8% 10.4% 9.2% 6.3% 27% 1.13 8.5 49.8 8.3 0.97 77%
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
1939 20 BOS AL 54.7 5.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1940 21 BOS AL 55.3 5.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1941 22 BOS AL 103.7 9.7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1942 23 BOS AL 92.6 9.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 27 BOS AL 93.0 9.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 28 BOS AL 89.2 8.9 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 29 BOS AL 75.2 7.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1949 30 BOS AL 85.6 8.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1950 31 BOS AL 37.3 3.4 365 3.0 7.8 -4.7 .90 4.0 -0.6 50.2 4.4 1.00 49.9 2.00 1
1951 32 BOS AL 57.7 5.6 691 6.3 15.9 -9.6 1.05 6.3 -0.3 84.8 7.8 1.00 80.4 3.78 0
1952 33 BOS AL 2.3 0.2 12 0.5 0.7 -0.2 1.70 0.3 -0.0 3.6 0.3 1.04 3.3 3.16 4
1953 34 BOS AL 22.1 2.1 111 2.7 4.7 -1.9 1.25 2.6 -0.4 24.6 2.3 0.96 28.3 1.89 10
1954 35 BOS AL 67.8 6.7 526 6.6 13.0 -6.4 1.01 6.5 0.0 79.1 7.4 0.97 76.1 2.38 4
1955 36 BOS AL 56.6 5.4 426 6.4 11.8 -5.5 1.02 6.0 0.3 65.6 6.0 1.00 69.4 1.71 2
1956 37 BOS AL 49.0 4.6 494 4.6 12.5 -7.8 1.13 5.1 -1.0 58.1 5.2 0.97 60.8 2.19 20
1957 38 BOS AL 89.0 8.7 524 8.3 14.4 -6.1 .98 9.2 -0.7 85.4 8.1 0.92 97.7 1.79 5
1958 39 BOS AL 52.0 5.2 508 6.4 13.5 -7.1 1.04 5.1 1.1 56.7 5.5 0.97 58.6 1.67 11
1959 40 BOS AL 7.8 0.8 331 0.7 6.8 -6.1 1.11 1.1 -0.4 8.7 0.9 1.02 11.7 1.71 24
1960 41 BOS AL 43.4 4.2 394 3.7 9.9 -6.3 1.12 4.4 -1.1 44.6 4.3 0.97 54.5 2.36 19
19 Seasons 1134.1 109.8 4382 49.4 111.1 -61.7 1.05 50.5 -3.4 561.4 52.2 0.98 590.6 2.03 100
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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1950 31 BOS AL 1 0 34% 139 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 30% 24 21 2 5 4 1 18 7 11
1951 32 BOS AL 7 0 28% 302 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 7 14 38% 44 37 7 13 9 3 29 5 23
1952 33 BOS AL 1 0 20% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1953 34 BOS AL 0 0 9% 42 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27% 8 7 1 0 0 0 3 1 2
1954 35 BOS AL 3 0 27% 262 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 27% 49 40 9 4 4 0 20 8 11
1955 36 BOS AL 4 0 27% 168 2 0 100% 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 9 35% 24 19 5 7 6 1 20 7 12
1956 37 BOS AL 10 0 22% 177 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 9 40% 32 23 9 7 6 1 18 4 13
1957 38 BOS AL 9 0 23% 237 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 11 33% 35 28 6 9 7 2 20 7 13
1958 39 BOS AL 6 0 26% 210 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 23% 30 27 3 10 10 0 17 5 10
1959 40 BOS AL 2 0 20% 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 37% 18 13 5 3 3 0 9 3 6
1960 41 BOS AL 0 0 18% 125 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 36% 21 15 5 2 1 1 5 0 4
19 Seasons 43 0 31% 1768 24 17 59% 8 5 0 1 0 0 7 0 30 77 33% 286 231 52 61 50 10 159 47 105

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
1950 31 BOS AL 357 66% 106 1 1 0 1 2.00 28 1 13 22 4 15 11 0 0 0 116 12 10% 50 17 34% 310 60 19% 36 17 47% 35 24 69% 59
1951 32 BOS AL 675 74% 169 0 0 0 0 3.78 30 1 20 25 5 18 12 0 0 0 189 10 5% 59 29 49% 525 101 19% 50 32 64% 34 23 68% 0
1952 33 BOS AL 12 100% 4 4 1 0 1 3.16 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 0 0 9 2 22% 0 0 0 0 0
1953 34 BOS AL 110 81% 37 10 2 2 3 1.89 13 0 1 13 0 8 5 0 0 0 27 1 4% 8 3 38% 79 21 27% 9 6 67% 6 4 67% 0
1954 35 BOS AL 521 73% 133 4 2 1 2 2.38 29 0 11 27 2 16 13 0 1 0 0% 143 10 7% 40 13 33% 336 59 18% 22 11 50% 17 11 65% 5
1955 36 BOS AL 416 73% 114 2 1 0 2 1.71 28 3 10 20 8 15 13 0 0 0 122 8 7% 27 9 33% 311 57 18% 29 13 45% 24 13 54% 0
1956 37 BOS AL 490 69% 138 20 5 0 3 2.19 24 0 15 17 6 10 13 0 0 0 142 13 9% 37 8 22% 373 60 16% 26 15 58% 31 16 52% 13
1957 38 BOS AL 515 77% 163 5 3 3 3 1.79 38 1 9 32 4 12 24 0 0 0 111 11 10% 27 9 33% 315 49 16% 19 13 68% 22 16 73% 32
1958 39 BOS AL 503 84% 135 11 3 0 1 1.67 26 1 8 24 1 10 15 0 0 0 155 19 12% 51 18 35% 356 56 16% 28 14 50% 25 14 56% 14
1959 40 BOS AL 326 80% 69 24 11 0 4 1.71 10 0 4 9 1 3 7 0 0 0 92 7 8% 37 15 41% 248 33 13% 21 8 38% 20 13 65% 5
1960 41 BOS AL 388 77% 98 19 1 0 2 2.36 29 0 8 26 3 15 14 0 0 0 114 7 6% 31 9 29% 285 44 15% 23 10 43% 15 7 47% 2
19 Seasons 4313 75% 2654 100 30 6 22 2.03 521 7 99 216 34 123 127 0 1 5 500% 1215 197 16% 367 130 35% 3147 542 17% 263 139 53% 229 141 62% 130
MLB Averages 49% 191% 22% 32% 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
1939 20 149 677 565 131 185 44 11 31 145 2 1 107 64 .327 .436 .609 1.045 160 344 10 2 3
1940 21 293 1338 1126 265 378 87 25 54 258 6 5 203 118 .336 .439 .601 1.041 161 677 23 5 4
1941 22 436 1944 1582 400 563 120 28 91 378 8 9 350 145 .356 .475 .640 1.114 182 1012 33 8 4
1942 23 586 2615 2104 541 749 154 33 127 515 11 11 495 196 .356 .481 .642 1.123 190 1350 45 12 4
1943 24 586 2615 2104 541 749 154 33 127 515 11 11 495 196 .356 .481 .642 1.123 190 1350 45 12 4
1944 25 586 2615 2104 541 749 154 33 127 515 11 11 495 196 .356 .481 .642 1.123 190 1350 45 12 4
1945 26 586 2615 2104 541 749 154 33 127 515 11 11 495 196 .356 .481 .642 1.123 190 1350 45 12 4
1946 27 736 3287 2618 683 925 191 41 165 638 11 11 651 240 .353 .484 .647 1.131 195 1693 57 14 4
1947 28 892 3980 3146 808 1106 231 50 197 752 11 12 813 287 .352 .487 .645 1.131 197 2028 67 16 5
1948 29 1029 4618 3655 932 1294 275 53 222 879 15 12 939 328 .354 .488 .640 1.129 195 2341 77 19 5
1949 30 1184 5348 4221 1082 1488 314 56 265 1038 16 13 1101 376 .353 .488 .642 1.130 195 2709 99 21 5
1950 31 1273 5764 4555 1164 1594 338 57 293 1135 19 13 1183 397 .350 .486 .642 1.128 193 2925 111 21 5
1951 32 1421 6439 5086 1273 1763 366 61 323 1261 20 14 1327 442 .347 .484 .633 1.117 190 3220 121 21 5
1952 33 1427 6451 5096 1275 1767 366 62 324 1264 20 14 1329 444 .347 .484 .634 1.117 190 3229 121 21 5
1953 34 1464 6561 5187 1292 1804 372 62 337 1298 20 15 1348 454 .348 .484 .638 1.122 191 3311 122 21 5
1954 35 1581 7087 5573 1385 1937 395 63 366 1387 20 15 1484 486 .348 .486 .638 1.124 192 3556 132 22 5 3
1955 36 1679 7504 5893 1462 2051 416 66 394 1470 22 15 1575 510 .348 .487 .642 1.128 193 3781 140 24 5 7 17
1956 37 1815 8007 6293 1533 2189 444 68 418 1552 22 15 1677 549 .348 .486 .639 1.126 191 4023 153 25 5 7 28
1957 38 1947 8553 6713 1629 2352 472 69 456 1639 22 16 1796 592 .350 .489 .645 1.134 194 4330 164 30 5 9 61
1958 39 2076 9070 7124 1710 2487 495 71 482 1724 23 16 1894 641 .349 .487 .641 1.129 193 4570 183 34 5 13 73
1959 40 2179 9401 7396 1742 2556 510 71 492 1767 23 16 1946 668 .346 .483 .633 1.116 190 4684 190 36 5 18 79
1960 41 2292 9791 7706 1798 2654 525 71 521 1839 24 17 2021 709 .344 .482 .634 1.116 190 4884 197 39 5 20 86

Neutralized Batting

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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
1939 20 157 672 571 112 171 41 10 29 124 2 99 67 .299 .405 .559 .963 128 149
1940 21 151 661 567 120 182 41 13 22 101 4 91 56 .321 .418 .556 .973 131 144
1941 22 148 605 460 127 179 32 3 36 113 2 142 28 .389 .536 .707 1.242 173 143
1942 23 159 709 552 149 196 36 5 38 144 3 153 54 .355 .498 .645 1.143 177 150
1946 27 157 710 541 153 188 40 9 41 132 0 167 46 .348 .503 .682 1.185 183 150
1947 28 162 718 548 129 188 42 9 33 118 0 168 49 .343 .499 .633 1.132 172 156
1948 29 143 642 517 116 182 43 3 24 118 4 122 43 .352 .478 .586 1.064 144 137
1949 30 162 732 575 138 186 37 3 41 146 1 155 50 .323 .469 .612 1.081 165 155
1950 31 93 406 333 68 95 22 1 25 80 3 73 22 .285 .414 .583 .996 80 89
1951 32 156 681 543 100 162 27 4 29 115 1 138 47 .298 .441 .523 .964 125 148
1952 33 6 12 10 2 4 0 1 1 3 0 2 2 .400 .500 .900 1.400 4 6
1953 34 39 112 93 17 37 6 0 13 33 0 19 10 .398 .500 .882 1.382 41 37
1954 35 122 539 398 92 134 23 1 29 88 0 137 33 .337 .505 .618 1.123 125 117
1955 36 102 422 327 73 112 21 3 28 79 2 89 25 .343 .481 .682 1.163 107 98
1956 37 142 499 403 62 129 26 2 22 72 0 95 41 .320 .451 .558 1.009 101 136
1957 38 139 571 440 99 170 29 1 40 90 0 124 45 .386 .524 .730 1.253 166 132
1958 39 135 539 429 85 141 24 2 27 89 1 102 51 .329 .458 .583 1.041 115 129
1959 40 108 342 282 32 70 15 0 10 43 0 53 28 .248 .365 .408 .773 43 103
1960 41 119 408 325 58 102 16 0 30 74 1 78 43 .314 .449 .640 1.089 93 113
19 Seasons 2400 9980 7914 1732 2628 521 70 518 1762 24 2007 740 .332 *.468* .612 1.080 2273 2292
162 Game Avg. 162 674 534 117 177 35 5 35 119 2 135 50 .332 .468 .612 1.080 153 2292
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 1919 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

Hall of Fame
1966 BBWAA (93.4%)
Selected to HOF in 1966 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1940 (LF)
1941 (LF)
1942 (LF)
1946 (LF)
1947 (LF)
1948 *
1949 (LF)
1950 (LF)
1951 (LF)
1953
1954 *
1955 (LF)
1956 (LF)
1957 (LF)
1958 *
1959-1 *
1959-2 (LF)
1960-1 *
1960-2 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1941 ML Major League Player of the Year
1942 ML Major League Player of the Year
1942 AL Triple Crown
1946 AL MVP
1947 ML Major League Player of the Year
1947 AL Triple Crown
1949 ML Major League Player of the Year
1949 AL MVP
1957 ML Major League Player of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1939 AL (4, 38%)
1940 AL (14, 5%)
1941 AL (2, 76%)
1942 AL (2, 74%)
1946 AL (1, 67%)
1947 AL (2, 60%)
1948 AL (3, 51%)
1949 AL (1, 81%)
1950 AL (21, 2%)
1951 AL (13, 10%)
1953 AL (26, 0%)
1954 AL (7, 19%)
1955 AL (4, 43%)
1956 AL (6, 21%)
1957 AL (2, 62%)
1958 AL (7, 26%)
1959 AL (26, 1%)
1960 AL (13, 7%)
2 MVPs
6.43 Career Shares (4th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1939 AL  6.8 (6th)
1940 AL  6.0 (6th)
1941 AL  11.3 (1st)
1942 AL  11.0 (1st)
1946 AL  11.8 (1st)
1947 AL  10.3 (1st)
1948 AL  8.9 (2nd)
1949 AL  9.5 (1st)
1951 AL  6.5 (1st)
1954 AL  7.2 (3rd)
1955 AL  6.7 (3rd)
1957 AL  9.9 (2nd)
Career  125.3 (14th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1939 AL  6.8 (4th)
1940 AL  6.0 (3rd)
1941 AL  11.3 (1st)
1942 AL  11.0 (1st)
1946 AL  11.8 (1st)
1947 AL  10.3 (1st)
1948 AL  8.9 (2nd)
1949 AL  9.5 (1st)
1950 AL  4.1 (9th)
1951 AL  6.5 (1st)
1954 AL  7.2 (3rd)
1955 AL  6.7 (3rd)
1956 AL  5.7 (6th)
1957 AL  9.9 (2nd)
1958 AL  4.0 (10th)
Career  125.3 (11th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1939 AL  6.6 (3rd)
1940 AL  6.3 (3rd)
1941 AL  11.6 (1st)
1942 AL  10.3 (1st)
1946 AL  11.2 (1st)
1947 AL  10.3 (1st)
1948 AL  8.9 (1st)
1949 AL  9.7 (1st)
1950 AL  4.5 (6th)
1951 AL  6.5 (1st)
1954 AL  6.5 (4th)
1955 AL  5.9 (3rd)
1956 AL  5.6 (4th)
1957 AL  9.5 (2nd)
1958 AL  5.7 (3rd)
1960 AL  4.5 (4th)
Career  127.3 (6th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1942 AL  0.7 (8th)
1946 AL  0.6 (7th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1939 AL  .327 (7th)
1940 AL  .344 (3rd)
1941 AL  .406 (1st)
1942 AL  .356 (1st)
1946 AL  .342 (2nd)
1947 AL  .343 (1st)
1948 AL  .369 (1st)
1949 AL  .343 (2nd)
1951 AL  .318 (4th)
1954 AL  .345 (2nd)**
1956 AL  .345 (2nd)
1957 AL  .388 (1st)
1958 AL  .328 (1st)
Career  .344 (8th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1939 AL  .436 (6th)
1940 AL  .442 (1st)
1941 AL  .553 (1st)
1942 AL  .499 (1st)
1946 AL  .497 (1st)
1947 AL  .499 (1st)
1948 AL  .497 (1st)
1949 AL  .490 (1st)
1951 AL  .464 (1st)
1954 AL  .513 (1st)**
1956 AL  .479 (1st)
1957 AL  .526 (1st)
1958 AL  .458 (1st)
Career  .482 (1st)

Slugging % s c a p y
1939 AL  .609 (4th)
1940 AL  .594 (3rd)
1941 AL  .735 (1st)
1942 AL  .648 (1st)
1946 AL  .667 (1st)
1947 AL  .634 (1st)
1948 AL  .615 (1st)
1949 AL  .650 (1st)
1951 AL  .556 (1st)
1954 AL  .635 (1st)**
1956 AL  .605 (2nd)
1957 AL  .731 (1st)
1958 AL  .584 (4th)
Career  .634 (2nd)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1939 AL  1.045 (3rd)
1940 AL  1.036 (3rd)
1941 AL  1.287 (1st)
1942 AL  1.147 (1st)
1946 AL  1.164 (1st)
1947 AL  1.133 (1st)
1948 AL  1.112 (1st)
1949 AL  1.141 (1st)
1951 AL  1.019 (1st)
1954 AL  1.148 (1st)**
1956 AL  1.084 (2nd)
1957 AL  1.257 (1st)
1958 AL  1.042 (1st)
Career  1.116 (2nd)

Games Played s c a p y
1939 AL  149 (8th)
1946 AL  150 (6th)
1947 AL  156 (2nd)
1949 AL  155 (1st)
1951 AL  148 (6th)
Career  2,292 (109th)

At Bats s c a p y
1939 AL  565 (10th)
Career  7,706 (165th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1939 AL  677 (5th)
1940 AL  661 (9th)
1942 AL  671 (9th)
1946 AL  672 (3rd)
1947 AL  693 (3rd)
1949 AL  730 (1st)
1951 AL  675 (4th)
Career  9,791 (92nd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1939 AL  131 (2nd)
1940 AL  134 (1st)
1941 AL  135 (1st)
1942 AL  141 (1st)
1946 AL  142 (1st)
1947 AL  125 (1st)
1948 AL  124 (3rd)
1949 AL  150 (1st)
1951 AL  109 (3rd)
1954 AL  93 (9th)
1957 AL  96 (5th)
Career  1,798 (18th)

Hits s c a p y
1939 AL  185 (5th)
1940 AL  193 (7th)
1941 AL  185 (5th)
1942 AL  186 (3rd)
1946 AL  176 (4th)
1947 AL  181 (3rd)
1948 AL  188 (5th)
1949 AL  194 (2nd)
1951 AL  169 (5th)
1957 AL  163 (9th)
Career  2,654 (71st)

Total Bases s c a p y
1939 AL  344 (1st)
1940 AL  333 (3rd)
1941 AL  335 (3rd)
1942 AL  338 (1st)
1946 AL  343 (1st)
1947 AL  335 (1st)
1948 AL  313 (3rd)
1949 AL  368 (1st)
1951 AL  295 (1st)
1957 AL  307 (3rd)
Career  4,884 (21st)

Doubles s c a p y
1939 AL  44 (2nd)
1940 AL  43 (4th)
1941 AL  33 (9th)
1942 AL  34 (7th)
1946 AL  37 (4th)
1947 AL  40 (2nd)
1948 AL  44 (1st)
1949 AL  39 (1st)
1956 AL  28 (8th)
1957 AL  28 (7th)
Career  525 (38th)

Triples s c a p y
1939 AL  11 (5th)
1940 AL  14 (4th)
1946 AL  8 (8th)
1947 AL  9 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1939 AL  31 (3rd)
1941 AL  37 (1st)
1942 AL  36 (1st)
1946 AL  38 (2nd)
1947 AL  32 (1st)
1948 AL  25 (6th)
1949 AL  43 (1st)
1950 AL  28 (6th)
1951 AL  30 (2nd)
1954 AL  29 (2nd)
1955 AL  28 (3rd)
1956 AL  24 (10th)
1957 AL  38 (2nd)
1958 AL  26 (8th)
1960 AL  29 (6th)
Career  521 (18th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1939 AL  145 (1st)
1940 AL  113 (5th)
1941 AL  120 (4th)
1942 AL  137 (1st)
1946 AL  123 (2nd)
1947 AL  114 (1st)
1948 AL  127 (3rd)
1949 AL  159 (1st)
1951 AL  126 (2nd)
1954 AL  89 (9th)
1955 AL  83 (10th)
1957 AL  87 (9th)
1958 AL  85 (8th)
Career  1,839 (14th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1939 AL  107 (2nd)
1940 AL  96 (5th)
1941 AL  147 (1st)
1942 AL  145 (1st)
1946 AL  156 (1st)
1947 AL  162 (1st)
1948 AL  126 (1st)
1949 AL  162 (1st)
1951 AL  144 (1st)
1954 AL  136 (1st)
1955 AL  91 (7th)
1956 AL  102 (3rd)
1957 AL  119 (2nd)
1958 AL  98 (3rd)
1960 AL  75 (6th)
Career  2,021 (4th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1939 AL  64 (5th)

Singles s c a p y
Career  1,537 (179th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1939 AL  160 (3rd)
1940 AL  161 (3rd)
1941 AL  234 (1st)
1942 AL  216 (1st)
1946 AL  215 (1st)
1947 AL  205 (1st)
1948 AL  189 (1st)
1949 AL  191 (1st)
1951 AL  164 (1st)
1954 AL  201 (1st)
1956 AL  171 (2nd)
1957 AL  233 (1st)
1958 AL  179 (3rd)
Career  190 (2nd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1939 AL  149 (1st)
1940 AL  145 (2nd)
1941 AL  183 (1st)
1942 AL  168 (1st)
1946 AL  170 (1st)
1947 AL  166 (1st)
1948 AL  156 (1st)
1949 AL  180 (1st)
1951 AL  137 (1st)
1954 AL  126 (1st)
1955 AL  118 (4th)
1956 AL  121 (4th)
1957 AL  167 (2nd)
1958 AL  112 (4th)
1960 AL  95 (6th)
Career  2,382 (6th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1939 AL  55 (3rd)
1940 AL  55 (2nd)
1941 AL  104 (1st)
1942 AL  93 (1st)
1946 AL  93 (1st)
1947 AL  89 (1st)
1948 AL  75 (1st)
1949 AL  86 (1st)
1950 AL  37 (4th)
1951 AL  58 (1st)
1953 AL  22 (10th)
1954 AL  68 (1st)
1955 AL  57 (2nd)
1956 AL  49 (2nd)
1957 AL  89 (2nd)
1958 AL  52 (3rd)
1960 AL  43 (2nd)
Career  1,134 (3rd)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1939 AL  5.0 (3rd)
1940 AL  5.1 (2nd)
1941 AL  9.7 (1st)
1942 AL  9.3 (1st)
1946 AL  9.3 (1st)
1947 AL  8.9 (1st)
1948 AL  7.2 (1st)
1949 AL  8.2 (1st)
1950 AL  3.5 (4th)
1951 AL  5.6 (1st)
1954 AL  6.7 (1st)
1955 AL  5.4 (2nd)
1956 AL  4.6 (2nd)
1957 AL  8.7 (2nd)
1958 AL  5.2 (3rd)
1960 AL  4.3 (2nd)
Career  109.8 (4th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1939 AL  86 (1st)
1940 AL  80 (3rd)
1941 AL  73 (3rd)
1942 AL  75 (1st)
1946 AL  83 (1st)
1947 AL  81 (1st)
1948 AL  72 (3rd)
1949 AL  85 (1st)
1951 AL  62 (2nd)
1954 AL  53 (8th)
1955 AL  52 (7th)
1956 AL  54 (8th)
1957 AL  67 (3rd)
1958 AL  51 (8th)
Career  1,117 (16th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1939 AL  294 (2nd)
1940 AL  292 (1st)
1941 AL  335 (1st)
1942 AL  335 (1st)
1946 AL  334 (1st)
1947 AL  345 (1st)
1948 AL  317 (1st)
1949 AL  358 (1st)
1951 AL  313 (1st)
1954 AL  270 (3rd)
1956 AL  241 (10th)
1957 AL  287 (2nd)
1958 AL  237 (6th)
Career  4,714 (12th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1939 AL  .777 (3rd)
1940 AL  .782 (3rd)
1941 AL  .914 (1st)
1942 AL  .890 (1st)
1946 AL  .889 (1st)
1947 AL  .879 (1st)
1948 AL  .862 (1st)
1949 AL  .856 (1st)
1951 AL  .807 (1st)
1954 AL  .881 (1st)
1956 AL  .837 (2nd)
1957 AL  .920 (1st)
1958 AL  .825 (2nd)
Career  .857 (2nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1940 AL  3 (8th)
1941 AL  3 (10th)
1942 AL  4 (7th)
1957 AL  5 (8th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1955 AL  17 (1st)
1956 AL  11 (1st)
1957 AL  33 (1st)
1958 AL  12 (2nd)
1959 AL  6 (7th)
1960 AL  7 (3rd)
Career  86 (153rd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1949 AL  22 (4th)
1958 AL  19 (4th)
Career  197 (93rd)

AB per HR s c a p y
1939 AL  18.2 (6th)
1941 AL  12.3 (1st)
1942 AL  14.5 (1st)
1946 AL  13.5 (2nd)
1947 AL  16.5 (1st)
1948 AL  20.4 (5th)
1949 AL  13.2 (1st)
1951 AL  17.7 (2nd)
1954 AL  13.3 (1st)**
1956 AL  16.7 (3rd)
1957 AL  11.1 (1st)
1958 AL  15.8 (7th)
Career  14.8 (12th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1950 AL  50.17 (2nd)
1951 AL  84.77 (1st)
1953 AL  24.62 (10th)
1954 AL  79.11 (1st)
1955 AL  65.62 (1st)
1956 AL  58.12 (2nd)
1957 AL  85.35 (2nd)
1958 AL  56.72 (2nd)
1960 AL  44.64 (4th)
Career  561.40 (28th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1950 AL  3.0 (5th)
1951 AL  6.3 (1st)
1953 AL  2.7 (10th)
1954 AL  6.6 (1st)
1955 AL  6.4 (1st)
1956 AL  4.6 (3rd)
1957 AL  8.3 (2nd)
1958 AL  6.4 (2nd)
1960 AL  3.7 (8th)
Career  49.4 (34th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1950 AL  4.0 (2nd)
1951 AL  6.3 (1st)
1953 AL  2.6 (10th)
1954 AL  6.5 (1st)
1955 AL  6.0 (2nd)
1956 AL  5.1 (2nd)
1957 AL  9.2 (2nd)
1958 AL  5.1 (2nd)
1960 AL  4.4 (3rd)
Career  50.5 (30th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1950 AL  4.4 (2nd)
1951 AL  7.8 (1st)
1954 AL  7.4 (1st)
1955 AL  6.0 (2nd)
1956 AL  5.2 (2nd)
1957 AL  8.1 (2nd)
1958 AL  5.5 (3rd)
1960 AL  4.3 (4th)
Career  52.2 (29th)

Oldest s c a p y
1956 AL  born 1918-08-30 (8th)
1957 AL  born 1918-08-30 (7th)
1958 AL  born 1918-08-30 (6th)
1959 AL  born 1918-08-30 (3rd)
1960 AL  born 1918-08-30 (1st)

Youngest s c a p y
1939 AL  born 1918-08-30 (9th)

                           
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.
† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 - 122 (4), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 326 (11), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 354 (7), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 72 (11), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Lou Gehrig (861) *
  3. Manny Ramirez (833)
  4. Mel Ott (803) *
  5. Frank Thomas (775)
  6. Mickey Mantle (766) *
  7. Frank Robinson (746) *
  8. Gary Sheffield (746)
  9. Chipper Jones (732)
  10. Babe Ruth (731) *
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  1. Frank Robinson (912) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jimmie Foxx (953) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jimmie Foxx (936) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jimmie Foxx (901) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Chuck Klein (945) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Chuck Klein (925) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Chuck Klein (919) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Babe Ruth (884) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Babe Ruth (896) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Babe Ruth (878) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Joe DiMaggio (860) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Joe DiMaggio (855) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Joe DiMaggio (845) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Joe DiMaggio (823) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Frank Thomas (795)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Frank Thomas (780)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Manny Ramirez (783)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Frank Thomas (775)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  19. Stan Musial (691) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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