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Gene Woodling

Eugene Richard Woodling

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 16, 1922 in Akron, OH
High School: Akron East HS (Akron, OH)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 23, 1943
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Orioles/Indians/Senators/Mets/... 1943-1962

Final Game: September 16, 1962
Died: June 2, 2001 in Barberton, OH
Buried: Granger Fairview Cemetery, Granger, OH
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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
1943 20 CLE AL 8 27 25 5 8 2 1 1 5 0 0 1 3 .320 .346 .600 .946 183 15 0 0 1 /O98
1944 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946 23 CLE AL 61 155 133 8 25 1 4 0 9 1 2 16 13 .188 .280 .256 .536 55 34 1 1 5 O8/79
1947 24 PIT NL 22 87 79 7 21 2 2 0 10 0 7 5 .266 .326 .342 .667 75 27 1 0 1 O8/7
1949 26 NYY AL 112 357 296 60 80 13 7 5 44 2 2 52 21 .270 .381 .412 .793 110 122 6 1 7 O78/9
1950 27 NYY AL 122 523 449 81 127 20 10 6 60 5 3 70 31 .283 .381 .412 .793 105 185 10 1 3 *O7/89
1951 28 NYY AL 120 485 420 65 118 15 8 15 71 0 4 62 37 .281 .373 .462 .835 129 194 8 0 3 *O78/9 MVP-26
1952 29 NYY AL 122 471 408 58 126 19 6 12 63 1 4 59 31 .309 .397 .473 .870 148 193 5 1 3 *O7/8 MVP-21
1953 30 NYY AL 125 483 395 64 121 26 4 10 58 2 7 82 29 .306 .429 .468 .898 146 185 14 3 2 *7O MVP-23
1954 31 NYY AL 97 360 304 33 76 12 5 3 40 3 4 53 35 .250 .358 .352 .710 98 107 3 0 0 3 7
1955 32 TOT AL 126 476 404 55 104 21 3 8 53 3 5 60 33 .257 .354 .384 .737 99 155 10 4 1 7 6 *79/8
1955 32 BAL AL 47 173 145 22 32 6 2 3 18 1 1 24 18 .221 .329 .352 .681 90 51 2 1 0 3 4 79/8
1955 32 CLE AL 79 303 259 33 72 15 1 5 35 2 4 36 15 .278 .368 .402 .769 104 104 8 3 1 4 2 79
1956 33 CLE AL 100 398 317 56 83 17 0 8 38 2 6 69 29 .262 .395 .391 .787 107 124 6 3 7 3 2 7/9
1957 34 CLE AL 133 505 430 74 138 25 2 19 78 0 5 64 35 .321 .408 .521 .929 153 224 6 3 4 5 2 *7 MVP-15
1958 35 BAL AL 133 487 413 57 114 16 1 15 65 4 2 66 49 .276 .378 .429 .806 128 177 14 2 3 1 3 *97
1959 36 BAL AL 140 523 440 63 132 22 2 14 77 1 1 78 35 .300 .402 .455 .856 138 200 5 0 1 5 4 *79 AS,MVP-16
1960 37 BAL AL 140 528 435 68 123 18 3 11 62 3 0 84 40 .283 .401 .414 .815 123 180 5 4 3 3 7 *7/9 MVP-24
1961 38 WSA AL 110 396 342 39 107 16 4 10 57 1 0 50 24 .313 .403 .471 .873 140 161 10 2 1 1 3 97
1962 39 TOT MLB 125 353 297 37 82 12 1 10 40 1 0 48 27 .276 .379 .424 .803 116 126 6 3 1 3 7 97
1962 39 WSA AL 44 135 107 19 30 4 0 5 16 1 0 24 5 .280 .421 .458 .879 137 49 1 2 1 0 4 9/7
1962 39 NYM NL 81 218 190 18 52 8 1 5 24 0 0 24 22 .274 .353 .405 .758 103 77 5 1 0 3 3 79
17 Yrs 1796 6614 5587 830 1585 257 63 147 830 29 45 921 477 .284 .386 .431 .817 123 2409 110 28 46 31 34
162 Game Avg. 162 597 504 75 143 23 6 13 75 3 83 43 .284 .386 .431 .817 123 217 10 3 4
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
NYY (6 yrs) 698 2679 2272 361 648 105 40 51 336 13 24 378 184 .285 .388 .434 .822 124 986 46 6 18 3
CLE (5 yrs) 381 1388 1164 176 326 60 8 33 165 5 17 186 95 .280 .380 .430 .811 119 501 21 10 18 12 6
BAL (4 yrs) 460 1711 1433 210 401 62 8 43 222 9 4 252 142 .280 .387 .424 .812 126 608 26 7 7 12 18
WSA (2 yrs) 154 531 449 58 137 20 4 15 73 2 0 74 29 .305 .407 .468 .875 139 210 11 4 2 1 7
NYM (1 yr) 81 218 190 18 52 8 1 5 24 0 0 24 22 .274 .353 .405 .758 103 77 5 1 0 3 3
PIT (1 yr) 22 87 79 7 21 2 2 0 10 0 7 5 .266 .326 .342 .667 75 27 1 0 1
AL (16 yrs) 1693 6309 5318 805 1512 247 60 142 796 29 45 890 450 .284 .388 .433 .821 125 2305 104 27 45 28 31
NL (2 yrs) 103 305 269 25 73 10 3 5 34 0 0 31 27 .271 .345 .387 .732 95 104 6 1 1 3 3

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
1943 20 CLE AL 8 27 2 0 0 0 -0 2 0.2 1 3 0.3 .529 .501 0.3 -0.0 3 $ /O98
1946 23 CLE AL 61 155 -7 -0 0 -1 -0 -9 -1.0 4 -5 -0.6 .483 .494 -0.5 -0.2 -4 $ O8/79
1947 24 PIT NL 22 87 -3 0 0 0 -0 -3 -0.3 3 0 0.0 .487 .498 0.0 -0.0 0 $ O8/7
1949 26 NYY AL 112 357 5 1 1 0 -4 3 0.3 9 12 1.2 .502 .502 1.2 -0.4 12 $ O78/9
1950 27 NYY AL 122 523 6 -3 2 9 -5 8 0.8 14 22 2.2 .506 .505 1.3 0.4 13 $ *O7/89
1951 28 NYY AL 120 485 17 0 1 6 -5 19 2.0 13 32 3.2 .516 .512 2.5 0.2 26 $ *O78/9 MVP-26
1952 29 NYY AL 122 471 26 -1 1 3 -5 24 2.6 13 37 3.9 .521 .516 3.5 -0.2 34 $ *O7/8 MVP-21
1953 30 NYY AL 125 483 29 -3 1 3 -5 25 2.6 13 38 3.9 .521 .516 3.6 -0.2 35 $ *7O MVP-23
1954 31 NYY AL 97 360 2 -0 1 -2 -4 -3 -0.4 10 7 0.6 .496 .498 0.8 -0.6 9 $ 7
1955 32 BAL AL 47 173 -3 0 1 -4 -2 -7 -0.7 5 -3 -0.3 .484 .495 0.1 -0.6 1 $ 79/8
1955 32 CLE AL 79 303 0 -2 -0 -3 -4 -8 -0.8 8 0 0.0 .489 .495 0.3 -0.6 3 $ 79
1956 33 CLE AL 100 398 8 -4 2 -3 -4 -2 -0.1 11 9 0.9 .498 .499 1.2 -0.7 13 $ 7/9
1957 34 CLE AL 133 505 33 -3 2 1 -5 28 2.9 14 42 4.3 .523 .519 4.2 -0.4 40 $ *7 MVP-15
1958 35 BAL AL 133 487 22 1 1 -7 -6 10 1.0 13 24 2.4 .508 .507 3.1 -1.5 31 $ *97
1959 36 BAL AL 140 523 24 -1 2 -3 -7 15 1.5 14 30 2.9 .512 .510 3.3 -1.1 32 $ *79 AS,MVP-16
1960 37 BAL AL 140 528 15 -2 3 4 -6 15 1.4 14 30 2.8 .512 .510 2.5 -0.2 25 $ *7/9 MVP-24
1961 38 WSA AL 110 396 18 -0 1 -8 -4 6 0.5 11 17 1.6 .506 .504 2.5 -1.4 25 $ 97
1962 39 WSA AL 44 135 6 0 1 -2 -1 4 0.4 4 8 0.8 .510 .503 0.9 -0.3 9 $36,000 9/7
1962 39 NYM NL 81 218 1 -0 0 -3 -2 -4 -0.4 7 3 0.3 .494 .497 0.6 -0.5 6 $ 79
17 Seasons 1796 6614 204 -17 17 -8 -71 125 12.4 180 305 30.4 .507 .504 31.4 -8.6 313 $36,000
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
NYY (6 yrs) 698 2679 86 -6 6 19 -28 76 7.9 71 147 15.0 .511 .508 12.9 -1.0 128 $
CLE (5 yrs) 381 1388 36 -9 3 -6 -13 12 1.2 37 49 4.9 .503 .502 5.5 -1.9 54 $
BAL (4 yrs) 460 1711 58 -1 7 -9 -21 34 3.2 47 81 7.8 .508 .506 9.0 -3.4 89 $
WSA (2 yrs) 154 531 24 -0 2 -10 -6 10 0.8 15 25 2.4 .507 .503 3.4 -1.7 34 $36,000
NYM (1 yr) 81 218 1 -0 0 -3 -2 -4 -0.4 7 3 0.3 .494 .497 0.6 -0.5 6 $
PIT (1 yr) 22 87 -3 0 0 0 -0 -3 -0.3 3 0 0.0 .487 .498 0.0 -0.0 0 $

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
1943 20 CLE AL 27 18 5 7.6 81 .333 .320 .248 .346 .321 .600 .342 .946 .663 183 .780 2.2 0.2 .941 .320 .280 .0
1946 23 CLE AL 155 116 9 2.1 90 .208 .188 .255 .280 .328 .256 .367 .536 .696 55 .218 -8.0 -0.8 .450 .180 .068 .0
1947 24 PIT NL 87 60 9 4.0 108 .284 .266 .278 .326 .354 .342 .412 .667 .765 75 .431 -3.1 -0.3 .576 .165 .076
1949 26 NYY AL 357 231 46 5.3 107 .278 .270 .271 .381 .363 .412 .393 .793 .756 110 .566 4.8 0.5 .781 .318 .142 2.9
1950 27 NYY AL 523 338 70 5.5 111 .294 .283 .275 .381 .361 .412 .412 .793 .773 105 .546 5.0 0.5 .770 .290 .129 5.5
1951 28 NYY AL 485 317 71 6.0 99 .280 .281 .263 .373 .343 .462 .385 .835 .728 129 .629 16.5 1.6 .803 .319 .181 .0
1952 29 NYY AL 471 294 75 6.9 91 .312 .309 .253 .397 .332 .473 .369 .870 .701 148 .717 27.2 2.8 .859 .301 .164 1.8
1953 30 NYY AL 483 297 76 6.9 99 .312 .306 .265 .429 .340 .468 .390 .898 .730 146 .688 30.9 3.1 .898 .357 .162 3.3
1954 31 NYY AL 360 238 38 4.3 96 .271 .250 .262 .358 .337 .352 .383 .710 .720 98 .502 1.2 0.1 .677 .273 .102 3.0
1955 32 TOT AL 476 323 56 4.6 102 .259 .257 .266 .354 .345 .384 .396 .737 .742 99 .506 1.8 0.2 .689 .270 .126 4.4
1955 32 BAL AL 173 119 18 4.0 96 .228 .221 .257 .329 .335 .352 .382 .681 .717 90 .444 -1.0 -0.1 .655 .297 .131 1.5
1955 32 CLE AL 303 204 38 5.0 106 .276 .278 .271 .368 .351 .402 .404 .769 .755 104 .539 2.8 0.3 .709 .255 .124 2.9
1956 33 CLE AL 398 256 53 5.5 108 .265 .262 .270 .395 .352 .391 .412 .787 .764 107 .564 7.2 0.7 .780 .334 .129 3.2
1957 34 CLE AL 505 312 94 8.2 99 .312 .321 .263 .408 .335 .521 .397 .929 .733 153 .756 34.1 3.4 .944 .337 .200 .0
1958 35 BAL AL 487 319 68 5.7 93 .283 .276 .254 .378 .322 .429 .387 .806 .709 128 .626 18.1 1.8 .784 .317 .153 6.3
1959 36 BAL AL 523 320 87 7.3 96 .298 .300 .257 .402 .328 .455 .393 .856 .720 138 .717 27.2 2.7 .885 .332 .155 1.9
1960 37 BAL AL 528 323 80 6.7 101 .289 .283 .262 .401 .336 .414 .401 .815 .737 123 .674 18.2 1.8 .855 .331 .131 4.7
1961 38 WSA AL 396 247 66 7.1 99 .314 .313 .257 .403 .331 .471 .400 .873 .730 140 .686 20.8 2.0 .873 .307 .158 1.8
1962 39 TOT MLB 353 225 51 6.1 103 .274 .276 .268 .379 .337 .424 .411 .803 .748 116 .629 8.6 0.8 .805 .313 .148 1.8
1962 39 WSA AL 135 79 23 7.8 103 .258 .280 .263 .421 .335 .458 .410 .879 .745 137 .729 7.0 0.7 .974 .411 .178 1.7
1962 39 NYM NL 218 146 28 5.1 104 .283 .274 .271 .353 .339 .405 .412 .758 .750 103 .554 1.5 0.2 .713 .258 .132 .0
17 Yrs 6614 4234 954 6.0 100 .288 .284 .263 .386 .340 .431 .394 .817 .734 123 .632 212.5 21.1 .804 .309 .147 48.4
162 Game Avg. 597 382 86 6.0 100 .288 .284 .263 .386 .340 .431 .394 .817 .734 123 .632 19 2 .804 .309 .147 4
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
NYY (6 yrs) 2679 1715 376 5.9 101 .293 .285 .265 .388 .346 .434 .389 .822 .735 124 .619 85.5 8.5 .802 .310 .149 20.7
CLE (5 yrs) 1388 906 199 5.9 102 .280 .280 .266 .380 .343 .430 .398 .811 .741 119 .620 38.2 3.8 .782 .300 .150 8.7
BAL (4 yrs) 1711 1081 253 6.3 96 .284 .280 .258 .387 .329 .424 .393 .812 .722 126 .656 62.5 6.3 .821 .324 .144 14.9
WSA (2 yrs) 531 326 89 7.3 100 .300 .305 .258 .407 .332 .468 .402 .875 .734 139 .697 27.8 2.7 .898 .332 .163 3.5
NYM (1 yr) 218 146 28 5.1 104 .283 .274 .271 .353 .339 .405 .412 .758 .750 103 .554 1.5 0.2 .713 .258 .132 .0
PIT (1 yr) 87 60 9 4.0 108 .284 .266 .278 .326 .354 .342 .412 .667 .765 75 .431 -3.1 -0.3 .576 .165 .076
AL (16 yrs) 6309 4028 917 6.1 100 .288 .284 .262 .388 .339 .433 .393 .821 .733 125 .637 214.1 21.3 .811 .313 .149 48.2
NL (2 yrs) 305 206 37 4.8 105 .283 .271 .273 .345 .343 .387 .412 .732 .755 95 .521 -1.6 -0.2 .673 .230 .115 .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
1949 26 NYY AL WS BRO W 3 13 10 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .400 .538 .700 1.238 7 0 0 0 0 0
1950 27 NYY AL WS PHI W 4 16 14 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 .429 .500 .429 .929 6 0 0 0 0 0
1951 28 NYY AL WS NYG W 6 23 18 6 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 5 3 .167 .348 .500 .848 9 0 0 0 0 0
1952 29 NYY AL WS BRO W 7 26 23 4 8 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 3 .348 .423 .609 1.032 14 0 0 0 0 1
1953 30 NYY AL WS BRO W 6 26 20 5 6 0 0 1 3 0 0 6 2 .300 .462 .450 .912 9 0 0 0 0 1
5 Yrs (5 Series) 26 104 85 21 27 5 2 3 6 0 1 19 8 .318 .442 .529 .972 45 0 0 0 0 2
5 WS 26 104 85 21 27 5 2 3 6 0 1 19 8 .318 .442 .529 .972 45 0 0 0 0 2

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 BAL AL 36 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 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
1943 20 CLE AL 27 3.7% 11.1% 3.7% 14.8% 50% 3.00 8.3 25.0 5.0 78%
1946 23 CLE AL 155 0.0% 8.4% 10.3% 3.2% 20% 0.81 10.2 14.8 77%
1947 24 PIT NL 87 0.0% 5.8% 8.1% 4.6% 19% 0.71 15.8 7.9 85%
1949 26 NYY AL 357 1.4% 5.9% 14.6% 7.0% 31% 0.40 14.1 59.2 6.7 1.04 76%
1950 27 NYY AL 523 1.2% 5.9% 13.4% 6.9% 28% 0.44 14.5 74.8 7.5 1.08 79%
1951 28 NYY AL 485 3.1% 7.6% 12.8% 7.8% 32% 0.60 11.4 28.0 5.9 1.00 76%
1952 29 NYY AL 471 2.6% 6.6% 12.5% 7.9% 29% 0.53 13.2 34.0 6.5 0.90 77%
1953 30 NYY AL 483 2.1% 6.0% 17.0% 8.3% 33% 0.35 13.6 39.5 6.8 1.11 74%
1954 31 NYY AL 360 0.8% 9.7% 14.7% 5.6% 26% 0.66 8.7 101.3 7.6 0.87 75%
1955 32 TOT AL 476 1.7% 6.9% 12.6% 6.7% 31% 0.55 12.2 50.5 7.6 0.75 78%
1955 32 BAL AL 173 1.7% 10.4% 13.9% 6.4% 34% 0.75 8.1 48.3 8.1 0.87 73%
1955 32 CLE AL 303 1.7% 5.0% 11.9% 6.9% 29% 0.42 17.3 51.8 7.4 0.70 80%
1956 33 CLE AL 398 2.0% 7.3% 17.3% 6.3% 30% 0.42 10.9 39.6 8.3 0.96 71%
1957 34 CLE AL 505 3.8% 6.9% 12.7% 9.1% 33% 0.55 12.3 22.6 5.5 0.91 75%
1958 35 BAL AL 487 3.1% 10.1% 13.6% 6.6% 28% 0.74 8.4 27.5 6.4 0.98 72%
1959 36 BAL AL 523 2.7% 6.7% 14.9% 7.3% 29% 0.45 12.6 31.4 5.7 1.13 76%
1960 37 BAL AL 528 2.1% 7.6% 15.9% 6.1% 26% 0.48 10.9 39.5 7.0 1.01 73%
1961 38 WSA AL 396 2.5% 6.1% 12.6% 7.6% 28% 0.48 14.3 34.2 6.0 1.16 78%
1962 39 TOT MLB 353 2.8% 7.7% 13.6% 6.5% 28% 0.56 11.0 29.7 7.4 1.61 75%
1962 39 WSA AL 135 3.7% 3.7% 17.8% 6.7% 30% 0.21 21.4 21.4 6.7 2.84 72%
1962 39 NYM NL 218 2.3% 10.1% 11.0% 6.4% 27% 0.92 8.6 38.0 7.9 1.20 76%
17 Yrs 6614 2.2% 7.2% 13.9% 7.1% 30% 0.52 11.7 38.0 6.7 1.01 76%
MLB Averages 1.9% 11.1% 9.2% 6.4% 28% 1.20 8.0 45.8 8.3 1.00 76%
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
1943 20 CLE AL 2.2 0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 23 CLE AL -8.0 -0.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 24 PIT NL -3.1 -0.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1949 26 NYY AL 4.8 0.5 298 1.0 5.4 -4.4 .98 0.6 0.5 14.7 1.4 1.00 8.5 1.69 13
1950 27 NYY AL 5.0 0.5 460 0.8 7.8 -7.0 .95 1.3 -0.4 8.7 0.8 0.99 13.0 1.39 5
1951 28 NYY AL 15.9 1.6 442 1.4 8.6 -7.2 1.00 2.5 -1.1 18.9 1.9 0.94 26.1 1.90 8
1952 29 NYY AL 26.6 2.7 430 2.4 8.4 -5.9 .96 2.4 0.2 31.4 3.3 0.99 30.9 2.30 6
1953 30 NYY AL 30.3 3.0 465 2.4 9.6 -7.2 1.01 2.1 0.2 16.8 1.7 0.99 24.2 1.92 10
1954 31 NYY AL 1.2 0.1 369 -0.1 5.7 -5.8 1.00 0.2 -0.2 9.5 1.0 0.98 5.9 1.79 10
1955 32 TOT AL 1.8 0.2 491 0.1 8.8 -8.7 1.06 0.4 -0.3 1.7 0.2 1.02 5.5 1.24 14
1955 32 BAL AL -1.0 -0.1 176 0.3 3.4 -3.1 1.14 -0.0 0.3 1.5 0.2 1.04 0.6 2.40 2
1955 32 CLE AL 2.8 0.3 315 -0.2 5.4 -5.6 1.02 0.4 -0.6 0.3 0.0 1.01 4.9 1.05 12
1956 33 CLE AL 6.7 0.6 406 1.3 7.8 -6.5 1.02 1.2 0.0 11.9 1.1 0.93 14.1 1.51 14
1957 34 CLE AL 34.1 3.4 507 2.9 10.6 -7.7 1.03 3.4 -0.6 41.4 4.1 0.98 39.9 1.73 22
1958 35 BAL AL 18.1 1.8 499 3.8 11.6 -7.8 1.08 2.4 1.1 26.4 2.7 0.98 25.8 2.22 19
1959 36 BAL AL 27.2 2.7 530 2.7 11.0 -8.2 1.10 2.8 -0.3 38.7 3.9 1.00 30.2 2.63 18
1960 37 BAL AL 18.2 1.8 538 3.7 11.6 -7.9 1.11 2.2 1.2 35.1 3.5 0.95 25.1 2.31 18
1961 38 WSA AL 20.2 2.0 399 2.3 8.9 -6.6 1.06 1.7 0.6 22.8 2.3 0.94 20.1 1.51 20
1962 39 TOT MLB 8.8 0.9 356 -0.2 6.8 -7.0 1.16 1.2 -1.4 6.7 0.7 0.96 15.0 1.71 39
1962 39 WSA AL 7.0 0.7 137 0.3 2.5 -2.2 1.07 0.8 -0.4 7.3 0.7 0.94 8.7 1.77 11
1962 39 NYM NL 1.8 0.2 219 -0.5 4.2 -4.8 1.22 0.5 -0.9 -0.6 -0.1 0.98 6.2 1.69 28
17 Yrs 210.0 20.9 6190 24.6 122.5 -97.9 1.04 24.4 -0.8 284.9 28.7 0.98 284.1 1.85 216
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
1949 26 NYY AL 10 0 43% 121 2 2 50% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 49% 17 8 9 4 3 0 16 7 9
1950 27 NYY AL 9 0 39% 238 5 3 63% 5 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 7 3 41% 34 29 4 10 8 2 32 5 25
1951 28 NYY AL 11 0 30% 203 0 4 0% 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 53% 30 18 12 5 2 3 12 2 10
1952 29 NYY AL 8 0 26% 193 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 8 5 49% 33 19 13 4 3 1 14 2 11
1953 30 NYY AL 6 0 28% 237 2 7 22% 2 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 2 43% 44 31 12 10 5 5 19 3 14
1954 31 NYY AL 6 0 24% 139 3 4 43% 3 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 6 36% 26 13 11 9 9 0 7 3 4
1955 32 TOT AL 4 0 29% 200 3 5 38% 3 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 8 6 46% 37 26 11 7 4 3 24 5 17
1955 32 BAL AL 2 0 35% 65 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 36% 15 12 3 2 1 1 8 2 5
1955 32 CLE AL 2 0 26% 135 2 4 33% 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 5 51% 22 14 8 5 3 2 16 3 12
1956 33 CLE AL 7 0 33% 198 2 6 25% 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 38% 28 21 7 9 6 3 13 2 9
1957 34 CLE AL 7 0 30% 214 0 5 0% 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 14 51% 34 22 12 5 3 2 20 2 16
1958 35 BAL AL 11 1 25% 204 4 2 67% 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 18 38% 25 21 4 4 2 2 21 8 13
1959 36 BAL AL 6 0 25% 241 1 1 50% 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 8 43% 36 24 12 4 4 0 18 4 13
1960 37 BAL AL 5 0 29% 215 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 14 35% 38 26 11 10 9 1 15 5 10
1961 38 WSA AL 3 0 20% 158 1 0 100% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 59% 16 8 8 3 2 1 8 1 7
1962 39 TOT MLB 5 1 22% 140 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 29% 22 19 3 4 3 1 12 5 7
1962 39 WSA AL 1 1 28% 60 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 25% 13 13 0 2 2 0 5 0 5
1962 39 NYM NL 4 0 18% 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 33% 9 6 3 2 1 1 7 5 2
17 Yrs 98 2 29% 2701 29 45 39% 27 41 0 5 0 2 14 0 79 91 43% 420 285 129 88 63 24 231 54 165
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

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
1949 26 NYY AL 357 85% 80 13 3 0 3 1.69 5 0 7 1 0 3 2 0 8 7 88% 72 6 8% 30 15 50% 217 36 17% 25 15 60% 19 13 68% 0
1950 27 NYY AL 523 70% 127 5 0 0 0 1.39 6 0 16 3 2 5 1 2 3 3 100% 86 10 12% 38 17 45% 308 51 17% 26 14 54% 15 9 60% 0
1951 28 NYY AL 485 78% 118 8 2 0 3 1.90 15 0 11 13 2 9 6 0 2 3 150% 87 8 9% 31 14 45% 259 50 19% 30 19 63% 10 8 80% 0
1952 29 NYY AL 471 73% 126 6 3 0 0 2.30 12 0 11 8 2 7 5 0 2 3 150% 85 5 6% 29 13 45% 293 53 18% 29 18 62% 4 4 100% 0
1953 30 NYY AL 483 70% 121 10 4 0 3 1.92 10 0 13 7 2 6 4 0 2 2 100% 104 14 13% 38 12 32% 302 44 15% 27 15 56% 13 8 62% 0
1954 31 NYY AL 360 78% 76 10 3 0 2 1.79 3 0 7 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 67 3 4% 36 6 17% 241 37 15% 21 11 52% 13 2 15% 0
1955 32 TOT AL 476 71% 104 14 3 0 4 1.24 8 0 18 8 0 3 5 0 1 1 100% 114 10 9% 41 18 44% 347 46 13% 33 18 55% 19 15 79% 0
1955 32 BAL AL 173 75% 32 2 0 0 1 2.40 3 0 7 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 36 2 6% 11 6 55% 133 16 12% 14 6 43% 5 4 80% 0
1955 32 CLE AL 303 69% 72 12 3 0 3 1.05 5 0 11 5 0 2 3 0 1 1 100% 78 8 10% 30 12 40% 214 30 14% 19 12 63% 14 11 79% 0
1956 33 CLE AL 398 74% 83 14 3 0 2 1.51 8 0 8 7 1 6 2 0 8 7 88% 86 6 7% 36 16 44% 237 30 13% 11 6 55% 10 8 80% 0
1957 34 CLE AL 505 81% 138 22 5 0 6 1.73 19 0 17 13 6 11 8 0 4 4 100% 109 6 6% 44 21 48% 343 61 18% 34 22 65% 21 14 67% 0
1958 35 BAL AL 487 89% 114 19 5 0 5 2.22 15 0 17 15 0 9 6 0 3 3 100% 125 14 11% 60 17 28% 329 53 16% 30 15 50% 32 20 63% 0
1959 36 BAL AL 523 77% 132 18 10 1 8 2.63 14 1 23 10 4 5 9 0 2 1 50% 116 5 4% 45 15 33% 359 64 18% 31 21 68% 19 10 53% 0
1960 37 BAL AL 528 70% 123 18 8 0 6 2.31 11 1 10 8 3 6 5 0 3 3 100% 128 5 4% 48 20 42% 334 51 15% 28 14 50% 22 16 73% 0
1961 38 WSA AL 396 81% 107 20 7 0 2 1.51 10 0 9 8 2 1 9 0 1 1 100% 83 10 12% 31 9 29% 248 48 19% 27 15 56% 10 5 50% 0
1962 39 TOT MLB 353 86% 82 39 8 2 6 1.71 10 1 11 7 3 4 6 0 1 1 100% 77 6 8% 32 15 47% 253 31 12% 28 9 32% 16 9 56% 0
1962 39 WSA AL 135 81% 30 11 4 1 2 1.77 5 1 4 4 1 2 3 0 1 1 100% 25 1 4% 13 7 54% 88 12 14% 10 3 30% 5 4 80% 0
1962 39 NYM NL 218 89% 52 28 4 1 4 1.69 5 0 7 3 2 2 3 0 0 0 52 5 10% 19 8 42% 165 19 12% 18 6 33% 11 5 45% 0
17 Yrs 6345 77% 1585 216 64 3 50 1.85 147 3 178 111 27 76 70 2 40 46 115% 1339 110 8% 539 208 39% 4070 655 16% 380 212 56% 223 141 63% 0
MLB Averages 50% 121% 15% 32% 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
1943 20 8 27 25 5 8 2 1 1 5 0 0 1 3 .320 .346 .600 .946 183 15 0 0 1
1944 21 8 27 25 5 8 2 1 1 5 0 0 1 3 .320 .346 .600 .946 183 15 0 0 1
1945 22 8 27 25 5 8 2 1 1 5 0 0 1 3 .320 .346 .600 .946 183 15 0 0 1
1946 23 69 182 158 13 33 3 5 1 14 1 2 17 16 .209 .290 .310 .600 74 49 1 1 6
1947 24 91 269 237 20 54 5 7 1 24 1 2 24 21 .228 .302 .321 .622 74 76 2 1 7
1948 25 91 269 237 20 54 5 7 1 24 1 2 24 21 .228 .302 .321 .622 74 76 2 1 7
1949 26 203 626 533 80 134 18 14 6 68 3 4 76 42 .251 .347 .371 .718 95 198 8 2 14
1950 27 325 1149 982 161 261 38 24 12 128 8 7 146 73 .266 .363 .390 .753 100 383 18 3 17
1951 28 445 1634 1402 226 379 53 32 27 199 8 11 208 110 .270 .366 .412 .777 108 577 26 3 20
1952 29 567 2105 1810 284 505 72 38 39 262 9 15 267 141 .279 .373 .425 .798 117 770 31 4 23
1953 30 692 2588 2205 348 626 98 42 49 320 11 22 349 170 .284 .383 .433 .817 122 955 45 7 25
1954 31 789 2948 2509 381 702 110 47 52 360 14 26 402 205 .280 .380 .423 .804 119 1062 48 7 25 3
1955 32 915 3424 2913 436 806 131 50 60 413 17 31 462 238 .277 .377 .418 .794 116 1217 58 11 26 10 6
1956 33 1015 3822 3230 492 889 148 50 68 451 19 37 531 267 .275 .379 .415 .794 116 1341 64 14 33 13 8
1957 34 1148 4327 3660 566 1027 173 52 87 529 19 42 595 302 .281 .382 .428 .810 120 1565 70 17 37 18 10
1958 35 1281 4814 4073 623 1141 189 53 102 594 23 44 661 351 .280 .382 .428 .809 121 1742 84 19 40 19 13
1959 36 1421 5337 4513 686 1273 211 55 116 671 24 45 739 386 .282 .384 .430 .814 122 1942 89 19 41 24 17
1960 37 1561 5865 4948 754 1396 229 58 127 733 27 45 823 426 .282 .385 .429 .814 122 2122 94 23 44 27 24
1961 38 1671 6261 5290 793 1503 245 62 137 790 28 45 873 450 .284 .386 .432 .818 123 2283 104 25 45 28 27
1962 39 1796 6614 5587 830 1585 257 63 147 830 29 45 921 477 .284 .386 .431 .817 123 2409 110 28 46 31 34

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
1943 20 8 29 27 6 9 2 1 1 6 0 1 3 .333 .357 .593 .950 6 8
1946 23 64 167 142 10 29 1 5 0 11 1 19 14 .204 .302 .282 .584 11 61
1947 24 23 90 82 7 21 2 2 0 10 0 7 5 .256 .315 .329 .644 8 22
1949 26 117 368 307 60 81 13 7 5 44 2 53 22 .264 .374 .401 .775 46 112
1950 27 128 533 461 76 124 20 10 6 56 5 68 32 .269 .364 .395 .759 66 122
1951 28 126 510 442 68 124 16 8 16 74 0 65 39 .281 .373 .462 .834 76 120
1952 29 128 507 437 68 142 21 7 14 74 1 66 32 .325 .415 .501 .916 90 122
1953 30 131 507 415 69 129 28 4 11 62 2 87 30 .311 .434 .477 .911 85 125
1954 31 101 384 322 37 84 13 6 3 45 3 59 37 .261 .372 .366 .739 44 97
1955 32 132 498 423 58 109 22 3 8 55 3 63 34 .258 .354 .381 .735 57 126
1956 33 105 408 327 54 82 17 0 8 37 2 68 30 .251 .382 .376 .758 47 100
1957 34 140 539 457 82 150 27 2 21 86 0 70 37 .328 .417 .534 .951 101 133
1958 35 139 521 441 67 128 18 1 17 77 4 74 51 .290 .394 .451 .845 78 133
1959 36 146 554 464 69 142 24 2 15 84 1 84 37 .306 .409 .463 .872 89 140
1960 37 147 558 459 73 131 19 3 12 66 3 89 42 .285 .404 .418 .822 77 140
1961 38 110 400 345 41 110 16 4 10 59 1 51 24 .319 .409 .475 .884 67 110
1962 39 125 350 296 37 81 12 1 10 40 1 47 27 .274 .375 .422 .798 47 125
17 Yrs 1870 6923 5847 882 1676 271 66 157 886 29 971 496 .287 .389 .436 .825 995 1796
162 Game Avg. 162 600 507 76 145 23 6 14 77 3 84 43 .287 .389 .436 .825 86 1796
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 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
1959-2 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1951 AL (26, 1%)
1952 AL (21, 3%)
1953 AL (23, 1%)
1957 AL (15, 4%)
1959 AL (16, 5%)
1960 AL (24, 1%)
0.15 Career Shares (809th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1952 AL  3.9 (9th)
1957 AL  4.3 (9th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1952 AL  3.5 (9th)
1953 AL  3.6 (9th)
1957 AL  4.2 (6th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1952 AL  .309 (5th)
1953 AL  .306 (10th)**
1957 AL  .321 (3rd)
1959 AL  .300 (8th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1952 AL  .397 (3rd)
1953 AL  .429 (1st)**
1957 AL  .408 (3rd)
1958 AL  .378 (8th)
1959 AL  .402 (5th)
1960 AL  .401 (2nd)
Career  .386 (127th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1952 AL  .473 (9th)
1957 AL  .521 (4th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1952 AL  .870 (5th)
1953 AL  .898 (6th)**
1957 AL  .929 (4th)
1959 AL  .856 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1949 AL  7 (9th)
1950 AL  10 (4th)
1951 AL  8 (5th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1953 AL  82 (6th)
1958 AL  66 (9th)
1959 AL  78 (8th)
1960 AL  84 (4th)
Career  921 (158th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1953 AL  145 (4th)
1957 AL  153 (4th)
1959 AL  138 (4th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1957 AL  94 (7th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1952 AL  27 (6th)
1953 AL  30 (4th)
1957 AL  34 (4th)
1959 AL  27 (8th)
Career  213 (247th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1952 AL  2.7 (6th)
1953 AL  3.0 (4th)
1957 AL  3.4 (4th)
1959 AL  2.7 (8th)
Career  21.1 (250th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1953 AL  .688 (6th)
1957 AL  .756 (4th)
1959 AL  .717 (5th)
1960 AL  .674 (5th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1955 AL  7 (5th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1955 AL  6 (10th)
1960 AL  7 (3rd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1953 AL  7 (6th)
1955 AL  5 (10th)
1956 AL  6 (4th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1955 AL  12.2 (9th)
1957 AL  12.3 (9th)
1959 AL  12.6 (6th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1957 AL  22.6 (9th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1952 AL  31.39 (6th)
1957 AL  41.44 (5th)
1959 AL  38.74 (8th)
1960 AL  35.06 (6th)
Career  284.87 (125th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1957 AL  2.9 (9th)
1958 AL  3.8 (9th)
1960 AL  3.7 (6th)
Career  24.6 (141st)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1951 AL  2.5 (7th)
1952 AL  2.4 (9th)
1957 AL  3.4 (5th)
Career  24.4 (143rd)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1952 AL  3.3 (5th)
1957 AL  4.1 (6th)
1959 AL  3.9 (7th)
1960 AL  3.5 (6th)
Career  28.7 (119th)

Oldest s c a p y
1960 AL  born 1922-08-16 (10th)
1961 AL  born 1922-08-16 (10th)
1962 AL  born 1922-08-16 (5th)
1962 NL  born 1922-08-16 (4th)

Youngest s c a p y
1943 AL  born 1922-08-16 (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 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

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Gray InkBatting - 33 (734), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 24 (723), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 21 (705), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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