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Maury Wills

Maurice Morning Wills

Positions: Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: October 2, 1932 in Washington, DC
High School: Cardozo HS (Washington, DC)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 6, 1959
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Pirates/Expos 1959-1972
Agents: John Boggs [*]
Final Game: October 4, 1972
Relatives: Father of Bump Wills
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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
1959 26 LAD NL 83 258 242 27 63 5 2 0 7 7 3 13 27 .260 .298 .298 .596 55 72 3 0 3 0 5 6
1960 27 LAD NL 148 559 516 75 152 15 2 0 27 50 12 35 47 .295 .342 .331 .673 81 171 11 3 3 2 8 *6 MVP-17
1961 28 LAD NL 148 687 613 105 173 12 10 1 31 35 15 59 50 .282 .346 .339 .685 78 208 6 1 13 1 2 *6 AS,MVP-9,GG
1962 29 LAD NL 165 759 695 130 208 13 10 6 48 104 13 51 57 .299 .347 .373 .720 99 259 7 2 7 4 1 *6 AS,MVP-1,GG
1963 30 LAD NL 134 580 527 83 159 19 3 0 34 40 19 44 48 .302 .355 .349 .704 112 184 3 1 5 3 0 *65 AS,MVP-17
1964 31 LAD NL 158 685 630 81 173 15 5 2 34 53 17 41 73 .275 .318 .324 .641 87 204 6 0 11 3 0 *6/5
1965 32 LAD NL 158 711 650 92 186 14 7 0 33 94 31 40 64 .286 .330 .329 .660 93 214 6 4 14 2 2 *6 AS,MVP-3
1966 33 LAD NL 143 643 594 60 162 14 2 1 39 38 24 34 60 .273 .314 .308 .622 81 183 6 2 13 0 0 *6/5 AS,MVP-21
1967 34 PIT NL 149 665 616 92 186 12 9 3 45 29 10 31 44 .302 .334 .365 .700 101 225 6 1 12 4 1 *5/6
1968 35 PIT NL 153 685 627 76 174 12 6 0 31 52 21 45 57 .278 .326 .316 .642 96 198 10 1 11 1 1 *56
1969 36 TOT NL 151 690 623 80 171 10 8 4 47 40 21 59 61 .274 .337 .335 .673 94 209 7 1 5 2 2 *6/4 MVP-11
1969 36 MON NL 47 211 189 23 42 3 0 0 8 15 6 20 21 .222 .295 .238 .533 51 45 3 0 1 1 0 6/4
1969 36 LAD NL 104 479 434 57 129 7 8 4 39 25 15 39 40 .297 .356 .378 .734 113 164 4 1 4 1 2 6
1970 37 LAD NL 132 578 522 77 141 19 3 0 34 28 13 50 34 .270 .333 .318 .651 80 166 10 0 5 1 2 *6/5
1971 38 LAD NL 149 654 601 73 169 14 3 3 44 15 8 40 44 .281 .323 .329 .652 91 198 8 0 7 6 2 *6/5 MVP-6
1972 39 LAD NL 71 152 132 16 17 3 1 0 4 1 1 10 18 .129 .190 .167 .357 3 22 3 0 10 0 0 65
14 Yrs 1942 8306 7588 1067 2134 177 71 20 458 586 208 552 684 .281 .330 .331 .661 88 2513 92 16 119 29 26
162 Game Avg. 162 693 633 89 178 15 6 2 38 49 17 46 57 .281 .330 .331 .661 88 210 8 1 10 2 2
LAD (12 yrs) 1593 6745 6156 876 1732 150 56 17 374 490 171 456 562 .281 .331 .332 .663 87 2045 73 14 95 23 24
PIT (2 yrs) 302 1350 1243 168 360 24 15 3 76 81 31 76 101 .290 .330 .340 .671 98 423 16 2 23 5 2
MON (1 yr) 47 211 189 23 42 3 0 0 8 15 6 20 21 .222 .295 .238 .533 51 45 3 0 1 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 Awards
1959 26 LAD NL 83 258 -17 -1 2 1 4 -11 -1.2 9 -3 -0.3 .485 .493 -0.4 0.6 -4 $ 6
1960 27 LAD NL 148 559 -11 9 0 -2 8 4 0.4 19 23 2.2 .503 .503 2.4 0.7 25 $12,000 *6 MVP-17
1961 28 LAD NL 148 687 -13 3 2 -3 9 -2 -0.3 23 21 2.0 .499 .499 2.3 0.6 24 $ *6 AS,MVP-9,GG
1962 29 LAD NL 165 759 3 19 4 -2 10 32 3.4 26 58 5.8 .520 .520 6.0 0.8 60 $35,000 *6 AS,MVP-1,GG
1963 30 LAD NL 134 580 6 4 1 -6 7 12 1.4 20 32 3.4 .510 .508 4.0 0.2 38 $45,000 *65 AS,MVP-17
1964 31 LAD NL 158 685 -10 6 2 -4 9 2 0.4 23 26 2.7 .502 .502 3.0 0.7 30 $50,000 *6/5
1965 32 LAD NL 158 711 -5 6 2 11 9 24 2.6 24 48 4.9 .517 .516 3.8 2.3 37 $50,000 *6 AS,MVP-3
1966 33 LAD NL 143 643 -13 -2 2 4 8 -0 0.1 22 22 2.3 .500 .500 1.7 1.5 18 $85,000 *6/5 AS,MVP-21
1967 34 PIT NL 149 665 6 5 2 0 3 16 2.1 23 39 4.3 .513 .512 4.1 0.5 39 $75,000 *5/6
1968 35 PIT NL 153 685 3 3 1 -3 3 7 1.3 24 31 3.6 .506 .506 3.6 0.3 34 $ *56
1969 36 MON NL 47 211 -11 2 1 -3 3 -8 -0.8 7 -1 -0.1 .481 .495 0.1 0.0 2 $ 6/4 MVP-11
1969 36 LAD NL 104 479 8 1 1 6 6 22 2.5 16 38 4.1 .523 .515 3.4 1.4 33 $ 6 MVP-11
1970 37 LAD NL 132 578 -10 0 1 -0 7 -2 -0.1 17 15 1.5 .498 .499 1.4 0.9 15 $ *6/5
1971 38 LAD NL 149 654 -8 0 0 0 8 2 0.3 19 21 2.2 .501 .501 2.0 1.1 20 $92,000 *6/5 MVP-6
1972 39 LAD NL 71 152 -17 -0 -0 2 2 -13 -1.5 4 -9 -1.1 .478 .490 -1.3 0.5 -10 $100,000 65
14 Seasons 1942 8306 -90 55 21 0 98 84 10.7 276 360 37.5 .505 .504 36.1 12.1 360 $544,000
LAD (12 yrs) 1593 6745 -88 45 18 6 89 69 8.1 222 291 29.7 .505 .504 28.3 11.2 285 $469,000
PIT (2 yrs) 302 1350 9 8 3 -2 6 24 3.4 46 70 7.9 .509 .509 7.7 0.8 73 $75,000
MON (1 yr) 47 211 -11 2 1 -3 3 -8 -0.8 7 -1 -0.1 .481 .495 0.1 0.0 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
1959 26 LAD NL 258 188 22 3.1 111 .293 .260 .278 .298 .345 .298 .431 .596 .776 55 .329 -16.6 -1.6 .481 .107 .037 .0
1960 27 LAD NL 559 392 62 4.3 104 .323 .295 .270 .342 .337 .331 .414 .673 .751 81 .488 -13.4 -1.4 .638 .178 .037 .0
1961 28 LAD NL 687 475 77 4.3 112 .306 .282 .278 .346 .346 .339 .433 .685 .779 78 .466 -20.3 -2.0 .625 .186 .057 1.9
1962 29 LAD NL 759 518 106 5.5 98 .318 .299 .263 .347 .329 .373 .399 .720 .728 99 .583 -1.1 -0.1 .795 .278 .073 11.3
1963 30 LAD NL 580 398 69 4.7 83 .330 .302 .245 .355 .305 .349 .366 .704 .672 112 .581 9.3 1.0 .641 .171 .047 .0
1964 31 LAD NL 685 494 70 3.8 88 .306 .275 .255 .318 .312 .324 .379 .641 .691 87 .466 -10.1 -1.1 .585 .171 .049 3.9
1965 32 LAD NL 711 517 77 4.0 88 .316 .286 .250 .330 .312 .329 .378 .660 .690 93 .486 -5.9 -0.6 .641 .202 .043 .0
1966 33 LAD NL 643 475 57 3.2 89 .302 .273 .255 .314 .313 .308 .385 .622 .697 81 .380 -14.6 -1.5 .504 .116 .035 1.9
1967 34 PIT NL 665 462 78 4.6 90 .319 .302 .258 .334 .320 .365 .379 .700 .700 101 .563 -1.3 -0.1 .619 .144 .063 5.4
1968 35 PIT NL 685 496 67 3.7 80 .305 .278 .250 .326 .308 .316 .352 .642 .660 96 .510 -3.8 -0.4 .568 .159 .038 .0
1969 36 TOT NL 690 487 74 4.1 90 .298 .274 .254 .337 .323 .335 .376 .673 .699 94 .489 -5.1 -0.6 .600 .186 .061 7.3
1969 36 MON NL 211 158 15 2.5 95 .249 .222 .259 .295 .330 .238 .384 .533 .714 51 .288 -12.0 -1.3 .474 .169 .016 .0
1969 36 LAD NL 479 329 59 4.8 89 .320 .297 .251 .356 .320 .378 .372 .734 .693 113 .565 6.8 0.7 .660 .194 .081 6.9
1970 37 LAD NL 578 410 57 3.7 99 .288 .270 .261 .333 .333 .318 .399 .651 .732 80 .402 -13.4 -1.3 .572 .172 .048 .0
1971 38 LAD NL 654 461 66 3.9 87 .296 .281 .253 .323 .318 .329 .370 .652 .688 91 .475 -7.1 -0.7 .547 .126 .048 5.0
1972 39 LAD NL 152 129 5 1.0 90 .149 .129 .254 .190 .322 .167 .376 .357 .698 3 .077 -16.9 -1.8 .269 .114 .038 .0
14 Yrs 8306 5902 887 4.0 93 .306 .281 .258 .330 .322 .331 .387 .661 .709 88 .481 -120.3 -12.3 .601 .173 .050 38.7
162 Game Avg. 693 492 74 4.0 93 .306 .281 .258 .330 .322 .331 .387 .661 .709 88 .481 -120.3 -12.3 .601 .173 .050 3
LAD (12 yrs) 6745 4786 727 4.1 94 .306 .281 .259 .331 .323 .332 .391 .663 .715 87 .476 -103.2 -10.5 .607 .177 .051 32.9
PIT (2 yrs) 1350 958 145 4.1 85 .312 .290 .254 .330 .314 .340 .365 .671 .679 98 .537 -5.1 -0.6 .592 .152 .051 5.8
MON (1 yr) 211 158 15 2.5 95 .249 .222 .259 .295 .330 .238 .384 .533 .714 51 .288 -12.0 -1.3 .474 .169 .016 .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
1959 26 LAD NL WS CHW W 6 20 20 2 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 5 0 0 0 0 0
1963 30 LAD NL WS NYY W 4 16 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 .133 .188 .133 .321 2 0 0 0 0 0
1965 32 LAD NL WS MIN W 7 31 30 3 11 3 0 0 3 3 2 1 3 .367 .387 .467 .854 14 0 0 0 0 0
1966 33 LAD NL WS BAL L 4 17 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 .077 .250 .077 .327 1 0 0 1 0 0
4 Yrs (4 Series) 21 84 78 6 19 3 0 0 4 6 2 5 12 .244 .289 .282 .571 22 0 0 1 0 0
4 WS 21 84 78 6 19 3 0 0 4 6 2 5 12 .244 .289 .282 .571 22 0 0 1 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
1961 LAD NL 28 as SS 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 0 0 0
1961 LAD NL 28 as SS 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1962 LAD NL 29 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1962 LAD NL 29 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 LAD NL 30 DNP
1965 LAD NL 32 as SS 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
1966 LAD NL 33 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs (6 GP) 14 14 2 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .357 .357 .357 .714 5 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
1959 26 LAD NL 258 0.0% 10.5% 5.0% 2.7% 11% 2.08 9.0 34.6 1.50 83%
1960 27 LAD NL 559 0.0% 8.4% 6.3% 3.0% 11% 1.34 11.0 19.1 2.08 84%
1961 28 LAD NL 687 0.2% 7.3% 8.6% 3.4% 13% 0.85 12.3 613.0 19.8 1.84 82%
1962 29 LAD NL 759 0.8% 7.5% 6.7% 3.8% 14% 1.12 12.2 115.8 14.5 1.94 84%
1963 30 LAD NL 580 0.0% 8.3% 7.6% 3.8% 14% 1.09 11.0 15.5 1.92 83%
1964 31 LAD NL 685 0.3% 10.7% 6.0% 3.2% 13% 1.78 8.6 315.0 18.5 2.02 81%
1965 32 LAD NL 711 0.0% 9.0% 5.6% 3.0% 11% 1.60 10.2 19.7 2.04 83%
1966 33 LAD NL 643 0.2% 9.3% 5.3% 2.6% 11% 1.76 9.9 594.0 15.2 2.15 83%
1967 34 PIT NL 665 0.5% 6.6% 4.7% 3.6% 13% 1.42 14.0 205.3 13.7 1.68 86%
1968 35 PIT NL 685 0.0% 8.3% 6.6% 2.6% 10% 1.27 11.0 20.2 1.72 83%
1969 36 TOT NL 690 0.6% 8.8% 8.6% 3.2% 13% 1.03 10.2 155.8 13.3 2.36 81%
1969 36 MON NL 211 0.0% 10.0% 9.5% 1.4% 7% 1.05 9.0 23.6 1.95 80%
1969 36 LAD NL 479 0.8% 8.4% 8.1% 4.0% 15% 1.03 10.9 108.5 11.1 2.60 82%
1970 37 LAD NL 578 0.0% 5.9% 8.7% 3.8% 16% 0.68 15.4 15.4 1.90 85%
1971 38 LAD NL 654 0.5% 6.7% 6.1% 3.1% 12% 1.10 13.7 200.3 13.7 1.30 86%
1972 39 LAD NL 152 0.0% 11.8% 6.6% 2.6% 24% 1.80 7.3 33.0 1.66 75%
14 Yrs 8306 0.2% 8.2% 6.7% 3.2% 13% 1.24 11.1 379.4 16.6 1.87 83%
MLB Averages 2.1% 14.9% 8.4% 6.2% 28% 1.77 6.0 41.7 9.0 1.09 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1959 26 LAD NL -16.6 -1.6 274 -1.5 2.8 -4.3 .87 -1.7 0.0 -18.2 -1.8 0.89 -19.9 0
1960 27 LAD NL -13.4 -1.4 635 1.7 10.2 -8.5 .98 -0.2 2.0 -1.5 -0.1 0.93 -4.8 0
1961 28 LAD NL -21.0 -2.1 756 -0.9 10.5 -11.5 .97 -0.5 -0.4 -7.9 -0.7 0.90 -8.4 0.14 1
1962 29 LAD NL -0.1 -0.0 897 2.9 14.4 -11.6 .96 1.9 1.1 26.9 2.7 0.95 21.3 0
1963 30 LAD NL 8.6 0.9 653 1.2 11.2 -10.0 1.00 0.8 0.4 12.1 1.3 0.93 8.4 0
1964 31 LAD NL -10.1 -1.1 774 -2.1 10.4 -12.5 1.01 -1.3 -0.8 -10.1 -1.1 0.94 -11.5 1.06 4
1965 32 LAD NL -5.9 -0.6 850 -0.2 12.7 -12.9 1.04 -0.6 0.4 3.4 0.4 0.96 -4.6 1.61 2
1966 33 LAD NL -14.6 -1.5 722 -0.6 11.4 -12.0 1.05 -1.5 1.0 -14.9 -1.6 0.97 -17.9 1.18 2
1967 34 PIT NL -1.3 -0.1 688 1.2 11.7 -10.5 1.03 0.8 0.3 14.0 1.5 0.95 10.2 3.28 2
1968 35 PIT NL -3.8 -0.4 710 0.0 11.3 -11.3 1.06 -0.0 0.0 6.0 0.7 0.96 1.5 4.11 3
1969 36 TOT NL -5.1 -0.6 769 0.6 12.7 -12.1 1.05 0.1 0.4 11.0 1.2 0.95 3.9 0.46 2
1969 36 MON NL -12.0 -1.3 238 -0.4 3.5 -3.8 1.05 -0.6 0.3 -0.5 -0.1 0.93 -5.6 0.64 1
1969 36 LAD NL 6.8 0.7 531 0.9 9.2 -8.3 1.05 0.7 0.1 11.5 1.2 0.96 9.5 0.27 1
1970 37 LAD NL -13.4 -1.3 631 -1.1 9.4 -10.6 1.04 -0.9 -0.2 -10.2 -1.0 0.94 -10.8 2.92 5
1971 38 LAD NL -7.1 -0.7 688 -0.2 10.8 -11.0 1.02 -1.3 1.1 -4.0 -0.4 0.98 -11.4 3.09 6
1972 39 LAD NL -16.9 -1.8 156 -2.2 1.5 -3.7 1.27 -1.7 0.0 -17.1 -1.9 1.00 -16.9 3.32 5
14 Yrs -120.7 -12.4 9203 -1.2 141.0 -142.3 1.02 -6.1 4.9 -10.5 -0.9 0.95 -61.0 2.48 32

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
1959 26 LAD NL 2 0 36% 119 7 3 70% 7 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 4 47% 21 12 9 2 0 1 9 2 5
1960 27 LAD NL 10 0 40% 297 50 12 81% 48 11 2 1 0 0 7 0 4 20 72% 18 8 10 6 2 4 26 4 22
1961 28 LAD NL 14 0 45% 349 35 15 70% 33 15 2 0 0 0 8 1 12 21 59% 39 16 20 11 8 3 31 6 25
1962 29 LAD NL 12 0 49% 348 104 13 89% 86 11 16 1 2 1 8 0 9 24 62% 37 18 18 3 2 1 45 10 34
1963 30 LAD NL 4 0 41% 254 40 19 68% 30 17 10 0 0 2 3 2 8 27 54% 34 19 13 10 5 4 23 4 19
1964 31 LAD NL 6 0 37% 266 53 17 76% 42 15 11 2 0 0 8 3 9 20 56% 29 14 13 4 3 1 26 7 19
1965 32 LAD NL 8 1 40% 238 94 31 75% 78 27 16 3 0 1 14 4 7 14 69% 25 10 14 7 2 5 29 4 23
1966 33 LAD NL 7 0 30% 244 38 24 61% 33 22 5 2 0 0 9 3 9 22 42% 26 18 8 5 3 1 21 8 13
1967 34 PIT NL 15 1 41% 253 29 10 74% 25 10 2 0 0 0 9 3 8 27 55% 55 32 23 4 1 2 27 4 22
1968 35 PIT NL 15 0 35% 251 52 21 71% 40 16 9 3 0 0 8 3 8 16 48% 27 19 6 11 6 5 23 5 18
1969 36 TOT NL 9 0 34% 254 40 21 66% 35 21 5 0 0 0 6 1 6 24 45% 41 28 13 9 6 3 24 5 17
1969 36 MON NL 3 0 37% 80 15 6 71% 14 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 40% 8 5 3 5 3 2 7 4 3
1969 36 LAD NL 6 0 32% 174 25 15 63% 21 15 4 0 0 0 6 1 4 16 46% 33 23 10 4 3 1 17 1 14
1970 37 LAD NL 9 0 40% 252 28 13 68% 20 10 8 3 0 0 6 1 10 18 41% 44 28 15 4 4 0 21 8 13
1971 38 LAD NL 5 0 34% 279 15 8 65% 13 5 2 3 0 0 4 1 9 11 44% 50 36 14 6 3 3 25 5 19
1972 39 LAD NL 1 0 59% 55 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 56% 8 5 3 0 0 0 8 2 6
14 Yrs 117 2 39% 3459 586 208 74% 491 184 88 18 2 4 95 23 105 249 53% 454 263 179 82 45 33 338 74 255

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
1959 26 LAD NL 258 96% 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 43% 42 3 7% 21 5 24% 134 8 6% 11 5 45% 6 3 50% 0
1960 27 LAD NL 559 100% 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 70 11 16% 37 12 32% 250 30 12% 23 12 52% 12 5 42% 0
1961 28 LAD NL 687 100% 173 1 0 0 0 0.14 1 0 11 0 1 1 0 0 18 13 72% 86 6 7% 44 15 34% 273 35 13% 21 7 33% 10 6 60% 0
1962 29 LAD NL 759 100% 208 0 0 0 0 6 0 16 1 5 0 6 1 11 7 64% 94 7 7% 39 15 38% 319 50 16% 32 22 69% 11 6 55% 0
1963 30 LAD NL 580 100% 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 71% 58 3 5% 25 10 40% 228 34 15% 17 10 59% 8 4 50% 0
1964 31 LAD NL 685 100% 173 4 0 0 0 1.06 2 0 13 1 1 0 2 0 15 11 73% 82 6 7% 33 16 48% 287 34 12% 16 9 56% 6 3 50% 0
1965 32 LAD NL 711 100% 186 2 0 0 0 1.61 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 17 14 82% 92 6 7% 37 21 57% 300 37 12% 17 12 71% 13 10 77% 0
1966 33 LAD NL 643 100% 162 2 0 0 0 1.18 1 0 14 1 0 0 1 0 17 13 76% 86 6 7% 41 21 51% 307 40 13% 19 12 63% 17 11 65% 0
1967 34 PIT NL 665 100% 186 2 1 0 1 3.28 3 0 11 0 3 2 1 0 12 12 100% 108 6 6% 52 21 40% 294 42 14% 21 13 62% 12 8 67% 0
1968 35 PIT NL 685 100% 174 3 0 0 0 4.11 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 12 11 92% 73 10 14% 36 16 44% 255 33 13% 19 9 47% 18 12 67% 0
1969 36 TOT NL 690 100% 171 2 2 0 0 0.46 4 1 13 1 3 1 3 0 7 5 71% 78 7 9% 33 17 52% 317 48 15% 22 14 64% 14 10 71% 0
1969 36 MON NL 211 100% 42 1 1 0 0 0.64 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 32 3 9% 12 4 33% 92 11 12% 7 4 57% 5 4 80% 0
1969 36 LAD NL 479 100% 129 1 1 0 0 0.27 4 1 8 1 3 1 3 0 6 4 67% 46 4 9% 21 13 62% 225 37 16% 15 10 67% 9 6 67% 0
1970 37 LAD NL 578 100% 141 5 1 0 1 2.92 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 71% 82 10 12% 34 13 38% 270 34 13% 26 16 62% 9 4 44% 0
1971 38 LAD NL 654 100% 169 6 1 0 0 3.09 3 0 20 1 2 2 1 0 9 7 78% 88 8 9% 48 17 35% 335 47 14% 41 20 49% 14 7 50% 0
1972 39 LAD NL 152 100% 17 5 1 0 0 3.32 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 12 10 83% 31 3 10% 19 9 47% 86 4 5% 4 1 25% 4 3 75% 0
14 Yrs 8306 100% 2134 32 6 0 2 2.48 20 1 160 5 15 6 14 1 156 119 76% 1070 92 9% 499 208 42% 3655 476 13% 289 162 56% 154 92 60% 0
MLB Averages 52% 76% 10% 30% 14% 47% 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
1959 26 83 258 242 27 63 5 2 0 7 7 3 13 27 .260 .298 .298 .596 55 72 3 0 3 0 5
1960 27 231 817 758 102 215 20 4 0 34 57 15 48 74 .284 .328 .321 .649 73 243 14 3 6 2 13
1961 28 379 1504 1371 207 388 32 14 1 65 92 30 107 124 .283 .336 .329 .665 75 451 20 4 19 3 15
1962 29 544 2263 2066 337 596 45 24 7 113 196 43 158 181 .288 .340 .344 .683 83 710 27 6 26 7 16
1963 30 678 2843 2593 420 755 64 27 7 147 236 62 202 229 .291 .343 .345 .688 88 894 30 7 31 10 16
1964 31 836 3528 3223 501 928 79 32 9 181 289 79 243 302 .288 .338 .341 .679 88 1098 36 7 42 13 16
1965 32 994 4239 3873 593 1114 93 39 9 214 383 110 283 366 .288 .337 .339 .675 89 1312 42 11 56 15 18
1966 33 1137 4882 4467 653 1276 107 41 10 253 421 134 317 426 .286 .334 .335 .668 88 1495 48 13 69 15 18
1967 34 1286 5547 5083 745 1462 119 50 13 298 450 144 348 470 .288 .334 .338 .672 89 1720 54 14 81 19 19
1968 35 1439 6232 5710 821 1636 131 56 13 329 502 165 393 527 .287 .333 .336 .669 90 1918 64 15 92 20 20
1969 36 1590 6922 6333 901 1807 141 64 17 376 542 186 452 588 .285 .333 .336 .669 90 2127 71 16 97 22 22
1970 37 1722 7500 6855 978 1948 160 67 17 410 570 199 502 622 .284 .333 .335 .668 90 2293 81 16 102 23 24
1971 38 1871 8154 7456 1051 2117 174 70 20 454 585 207 542 666 .284 .333 .334 .667 90 2491 89 16 109 29 26
1972 39 1942 8306 7588 1067 2134 177 71 20 458 586 208 552 684 .281 .330 .331 .661 88 2513 92 16 119 29 26

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
1959 26 87 266 250 26 63 5 2 0 7 7 13 28 .252 .289 .288 .577 21 83
1960 27 155 581 537 77 157 15 2 0 28 52 36 49 .292 .339 .328 .667 60 148
1961 28 155 707 632 101 172 12 10 1 30 35 59 52 .272 .335 .328 .662 69 148
1962 29 165 766 701 136 214 13 10 6 50 107 52 57 .305 .353 .378 .731 94 165
1963 30 134 611 551 104 183 22 3 0 43 46 51 48 .332 .388 .383 .771 82 134
1964 31 158 707 648 96 191 17 6 2 40 59 45 73 .295 .339 .349 .688 77 158
1965 32 157 730 666 108 205 15 8 0 39 104 44 64 .308 .353 .354 .708 82 158
1966 33 143 662 610 70 178 15 2 1 46 42 37 60 .292 .334 .328 .662 67 143
1967 34 149 684 633 106 203 13 10 3 52 32 34 44 .321 .354 .387 .741 87 149
1968 35 152 720 654 99 204 14 7 0 41 61 53 57 .312 .364 .355 .719 84 153
1969 36 151 712 639 92 187 11 9 4 54 44 65 61 .293 .358 .357 .715 82 151
1970 37 132 581 524 79 143 19 3 0 35 28 51 34 .273 .337 .321 .657 57 132
1971 38 149 679 621 88 189 16 3 3 53 17 45 44 .304 .348 .354 .702 78 149
1972 39 74 162 140 20 20 4 1 0 5 1 12 19 .143 .211 .186 .396 5 71
14 Yrs 1961 8568 7806 1202 2309 191 76 20 523 635 597 690 .296 .346 .347 .693 945 1942
162 Game Avg. 162 708 645 99 191 16 6 2 43 52 49 57 .296 .346 .347 .693 78 1942

* 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

Hall of Fame
1978 BBWAA (30.3%)
1979 BBWAA (38.4%)
1980 BBWAA (37.9%)
1981 BBWAA (40.6%)
1982 BBWAA (21.9%)
1983 BBWAA (20.6%)
1984 BBWAA (25.8%)
1985 BBWAA (23.5%)
1986 BBWAA (29.2%)
1987 BBWAA (27.4%)
1988 BBWAA (29.7%)
1989 BBWAA (21.3%)
1990 BBWAA (21.4%)
1991 BBWAA (13.8%)
1992 BBWAA (25.6%)

All-Star Games
1961-1 (SS)
1961-2 (SS)
1962-1 *
1962-2 *
1963
1965 (SS)
1966 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1962 ML AS MVP
1962 ML Major League Player of the Year
1962 NL MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1960 NL (17, 2%)
1961 NL (9, 16%)
1962 NL (1, 75%)
1963 NL (17, 3%)
1965 NL (3, 59%)
1966 NL (21, 2%)
1969 NL (11, 5%)
1971 NL (6, 22%)
1 MVP
1.84 Career Shares (111th)

Gold Gloves
1961 NL (SS)
1962 NL (SS)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1962 NL  5.8 (7th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1962 NL  5.8 (4th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1962 NL  6.0 (4th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1965 NL  2.3 (3rd)
1966 NL  1.5 (6th)
Career  12.1 (150th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1960 NL  .295 (10th)
1967 NL  .302 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1962 NL  165 (1st)

At Bats s c a p y
1961 NL  613 (1st)
1962 NL  695 (1st)
1964 NL  630 (8th)
1965 NL  650 (3rd)
1967 NL  616 (5th)
1968 NL  627 (7th)
1969 NL  623 (9th)
Career  7,588 (185th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1961 NL  687 (1st)
1962 NL  759 (1st)
1964 NL  685 (10th)
1965 NL  711 (5th)
1967 NL  665 (8th)
1968 NL  685 (8th)
1969 NL  690 (10th)
Career  8,306 (208th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1961 NL  105 (5th)
1962 NL  130 (2nd)
1967 NL  92 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1961 NL  173 (9th)
1962 NL  208 (2nd)
1965 NL  186 (7th)
1967 NL  186 (4th)
1968 NL  174 (10th)
Career  2,134 (200th)

Triples s c a p y
1961 NL  10 (5th)
1962 NL  10 (1st)
1967 NL  9 (7th)
1968 NL  6 (8th)
1969 NL  8 (7th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1960 NL  50 (1st)
1961 NL  35 (1st)
1962 NL  104 (1st)
1963 NL  40 (1st)
1964 NL  53 (1st)
1965 NL  94 (1st)
1966 NL  38 (3rd)
1967 NL  29 (2nd)
1968 NL  52 (2nd)
1969 NL  40 (4th)
1970 NL  28 (7th)
Career  586 (19th)

Singles s c a p y
1960 NL  135 (3rd)
1961 NL  150 (1st)
1962 NL  179 (1st)
1963 NL  137 (7th)
1964 NL  151 (3rd)
1965 NL  165 (1st)
1966 NL  145 (6th)
1967 NL  162 (1st)
1968 NL  156 (3rd)
1969 NL  149 (3rd)
1971 NL  149 (5th)
Career  1,866 (69th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1962 NL  106 (10th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1962 NL  261 (5th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1961 NL  13 (1st)
1964 NL  11 (6th)
1965 NL  14 (4th)
1966 NL  13 (5th)
1967 NL  12 (4th)
1968 NL  11 (7th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1960 NL  12 (2nd)
1961 NL  15 (1st)
1962 NL  13 (1st)
1963 NL  19 (1st)
1964 NL  17 (2nd)
1965 NL  31 (1st)
1966 NL  24 (1st)
1967 NL  10 (5th)
1968 NL  21 (1st)
1969 NL  21 (1st)
1970 NL  13 (5th)
1971 NL  8 (7th)
Career  208 (5th)

SB % s c a p y
1960 NL  80.65 (3rd)
1961 NL  70.00 (4th)
1962 NL  88.89 (2nd)
1963 NL  67.80 (9th)
1964 NL  75.71 (6th)
1965 NL  75.20 (6th)
1967 NL  74.36 (6th)
1968 NL  71.23 (9th)
Career  73.80 (200th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1960 NL  11.0 (8th)
1961 NL  12.3 (6th)
1962 NL  12.2 (4th)
1963 NL  11.0 (5th)
1965 NL  10.2 (9th)
1967 NL  14.0 (3rd)
1968 NL  11.0 (10th)
1970 NL  15.4 (6th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1961 NL  475 (1st)
1962 NL  518 (3rd)
1964 NL  494 (2nd)
1965 NL  517 (1st)
1966 NL  475 (8th)
1967 NL  462 (7th)
1968 NL  496 (4th)
1969 NL  487 (3rd)
Career  5,902 (153rd)

Oldest s c a p y
1970 NL  born 1932-10-02 (8th)
1971 NL  born 1932-10-02 (6th)
1972 NL  born 1932-10-02 (4th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 16 (142), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 67 (375), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 104 (147), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 29 (355), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Luis Castillo (878)
  2. Larry Bowa (869)
  3. Dave Bancroft (867) *
  4. Steve Sax (857)
  5. Don Kessinger (852)
  6. Johnny Evers (848) *
  7. Donie Bush (846)
  8. Kid Gleason (843)
  9. Roger Peckinpaugh (840)
  10. Monte Ward (839) *
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Alvaro Espinoza (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Phil Rizzuto (953) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Phil Rizzuto (946) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ryan Theriot (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. David Eckstein (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. David Eckstein (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. David Eckstein (906)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Glenn Beckert (901)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Johnny Temple (882)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Johnny Evers (881) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Johnny Evers (876) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Larry Bowa (872)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Larry Bowa (869)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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