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Johnny Wyrostek

John Barney Wyrostek

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 12, 1919 in Fairmont City, IL
High School: Central HS (East St. Louis, IL)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1937. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1942
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Reds/Pirates 1942-1954

Final Game: September 26, 1954
Died: December 12, 1986 in St. Louis, MO
Buried: Lake View Memorial Gardens, Belleville, IL
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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
1942 22 PIT NL 9 38 35 0 4 0 1 0 3 0 3 2 .114 .184 .171 .356 3 6 0 0 0 /7O
1943 23 PIT NL 51 83 79 7 12 3 0 0 1 0 3 15 .152 .183 .190 .373 6 15 1 0 1 O/987534
1946 26 PHI NL 145 628 545 73 153 30 4 6 45 7 70 42 .281 .366 .383 .749 116 209 6 3 10 *O8/7
1947 27 PHI NL 128 524 454 68 124 24 7 5 51 7 61 45 .273 .364 .390 .754 104 177 9 4 4 *O98
1948 28 CIN NL 136 567 512 74 140 24 9 17 76 7 52 63 .273 .344 .455 .799 117 233 5 3 0 *8O MVP-20
1949 29 CIN NL 134 535 474 54 118 20 4 9 46 7 58 63 .249 .333 .365 .698 86 173 7 2 0 *O98/7
1950 30 CIN NL 131 569 509 70 145 34 5 8 76 1 52 38 .285 .357 .418 .775 103 213 14 5 3 *O97/83 AS
1951 31 CIN NL 142 598 537 52 167 31 3 2 61 2 1 54 54 .311 .376 .391 .767 106 210 10 2 5 *O9/7 AS,MVP-19
1952 32 TOT NL 128 495 427 57 113 17 6 2 47 2 9 62 33 .265 .359 .347 .706 97 148 12 1 6 *98/73
1952 32 CIN NL 30 125 106 12 25 1 3 1 10 1 2 18 7 .236 .347 .330 .677 89 35 6 0 1 O8/93
1952 32 PHI NL 98 370 321 45 88 16 3 1 37 1 7 44 26 .274 .363 .352 .715 100 113 6 1 5 O9/78
1953 33 PHI NL 125 452 409 42 111 14 2 6 47 0 3 38 43 .271 .339 .359 .699 82 147 9 4 1 *O9/7
1954 34 PHI NL 92 296 259 28 62 12 4 3 28 0 0 29 39 .239 .314 .351 .665 74 91 7 1 3 4 93/7
11 Yrs 1221 4785 4240 525 1149 209 45 58 481 33 13 482 437 .271 .349 .383 .731 98 1622 80 25 33 4
162 Game Avg. 162 635 563 70 152 28 6 8 64 4 64 58 .271 .349 .383 .731 98 215 11 3 4
PHI (5 yrs) 588 2270 1988 256 538 96 20 21 208 15 10 242 195 .271 .353 .371 .724 98 737 37 13 23 4
CIN (5 yrs) 573 2394 2138 262 595 110 24 37 269 18 3 234 225 .278 .353 .404 .757 103 864 42 12 9
PIT (2 yrs) 60 121 114 7 16 3 1 0 4 0 6 17 .140 .183 .184 .368 5 21 1 0 1

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
1942 22 PIT NL 9 38 -4 0 0 0 -0 -4 -0.5 1 -3 -0.4 .441 .497 -0.4 -0.1 -3 $ /7O
1943 23 PIT NL 51 83 -9 0 0 -1 -1 -11 -1.3 2 -8 -1.0 .475 .492 -0.9 -0.2 -7 $ O/987534
1946 26 PHI NL 145 628 13 -0 0 -4 -1 7 0.8 22 29 2.9 .506 .505 3.4 -0.6 33 $ *O8/7
1947 27 PHI NL 128 524 5 -1 0 0 -5 -1 -0.0 18 18 1.8 .499 .500 1.8 -0.4 18 $ *O98
1948 28 CIN NL 136 567 11 -1 1 -7 -1 3 0.2 20 23 2.2 .502 .502 3.0 -0.8 30 $ *8O MVP-20
1949 29 CIN NL 134 535 -9 -1 1 -1 -4 -14 -1.6 19 4 0.3 .489 .491 0.4 -0.5 5 $ *O98/7
1950 30 CIN NL 131 569 4 1 0 2 -6 1 -0.1 19 20 1.8 .501 .500 1.7 -0.5 18 $ *O97/83 AS
1951 31 CIN NL 142 598 6 -1 1 -6 -6 -7 -0.8 20 13 1.2 .495 .496 2.0 -1.3 19 $ *O9/7 AS,MVP-19
1952 32 CIN NL 30 125 -1 -0 -0 0 -1 -2 -0.3 4 2 0.1 .491 .498 0.2 -0.1 2 $ O8/93
1952 32 PHI NL 98 370 2 -2 1 6 -4 2 0.2 13 15 1.5 .503 .502 0.9 0.2 9 $ O9/78
1953 33 PHI NL 125 452 -13 -2 3 -2 -5 -20 -2.1 15 -5 -0.6 .484 .488 -0.2 -0.8 -3 $ *O9/7
1954 34 PHI NL 92 296 -12 1 -0 4 -4 -12 -1.3 10 -2 -0.3 .486 .492 -0.6 -0.0 -6 $ 93/7
11 Seasons 1221 4785 -9 -7 6 -10 -39 -58 -6.6 163 105 9.5 .495 .497 11.3 -5.1 114 $
PHI (5 yrs) 588 2270 -6 -5 3 4 -19 -23 -2.4 78 55 5.3 .496 .497 5.3 -1.7 51 $
CIN (5 yrs) 573 2394 11 -3 2 -12 -18 -20 -2.4 81 62 5.6 .496 .497 7.3 -3.2 74 $
PIT (2 yrs) 60 121 -13 0 0 -1 -1 -15 -1.8 4 -12 -1.4 .470 .494 -1.3 -0.3 -11 $

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
1942 22 PIT NL 38 31 1 0.9 89 .121 .114 .259 .184 .332 .171 .360 .356 .692 3 .063 -4.6 -0.5 .290 .143 .057
1943 23 PIT NL 83 69 3 1.2 92 .188 .152 .269 .183 .339 .190 .365 .373 .704 6 .097 -9.9 -1.1 .265 .076 .038
1946 26 PHI NL 628 408 76 5.0 90 .296 .281 .258 .366 .332 .383 .361 .749 .694 116 .595 13.9 1.4 .726 .244 .103 6.5
1947 27 PHI NL 524 343 64 5.0 102 .295 .273 .268 .364 .342 .390 .397 .754 .740 104 .530 5.0 0.5 .735 .267 .117 5.8
1948 28 CIN NL 567 377 79 5.6 99 .285 .273 .265 .344 .339 .455 .393 .799 .732 117 .600 10.9 1.1 .782 .297 .182 9.9
1949 29 CIN NL 535 363 57 4.2 105 .271 .249 .272 .333 .345 .365 .406 .698 .752 86 .460 -8.8 -0.9 .661 .253 .116 7.9
1950 30 CIN NL 569 381 75 5.3 108 .296 .285 .270 .357 .346 .418 .418 .775 .764 103 .548 3.4 0.3 .717 .238 .134 1.8
1951 31 CIN NL 598 386 79 5.5 104 .343 .311 .269 .376 .343 .391 .407 .767 .750 106 .590 6.6 0.6 .701 .182 .080 2.0
1952 32 TOT NL 495 341 51 4.0 96 .283 .265 .260 .359 .333 .347 .388 .706 .721 97 .483 0.6 0.1 .609 .211 .082 2.0
1952 32 CIN NL 125 90 12 3.6 96 .245 .236 .260 .347 .333 .330 .388 .677 .721 89 .432 -1.3 -0.1 .584 .255 .094 1.0
1952 32 PHI NL 370 251 39 4.2 96 .296 .274 .260 .363 .333 .352 .388 .715 .721 100 .501 1.9 0.2 .618 .196 .078 1.0
1953 33 PHI NL 452 311 48 4.1 110 .292 .271 .274 .339 .345 .359 .427 .699 .773 82 .423 -10.1 -1.0 .600 .174 .088 .0
1954 34 PHI NL 296 211 29 3.7 109 .267 .239 .274 .314 .345 .351 .424 .665 .769 74 .382 -9.9 -1.0 .593 .224 .112 .0
11 Yrs 4785 3221 562 4.7 102 .291 .271 .267 .349 .341 .383 .399 .731 .740 98 .517 -3.0 -0.3 .675 .230 .112 42.1
162 Game Avg. 635 427 75 4.7 102 .291 .271 .267 .349 .341 .383 .399 .731 .740 98 .517 -3.0 -0.3 .675 .230 .112 6
PHI (5 yrs) 2270 1524 256 4.5 100 .291 .271 .266 .353 .339 .371 .395 .724 .735 98 .503 0.8 0.2 .666 .224 .100 17.5
CIN (5 yrs) 2394 1597 302 5.1 104 .297 .278 .268 .353 .343 .404 .405 .757 .748 103 .548 10.7 1.0 .708 .242 .126 24.2
PIT (2 yrs) 121 100 4 1.1 91 .165 .140 .266 .183 .336 .184 .364 .368 .700 5 .087 -14.4 -1.6 .273 .096 .044

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
1950 CIN NL 30 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 CIN NL 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 GP) 3 3 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
1942 22 PIT NL 38 0.0% 5.3% 7.9% 2.6% 25% 0.67 17.5 11.7 87%
1943 23 PIT NL 83 0.0% 18.1% 3.6% 3.6% 25% 5.00 5.3 79.0 77%
1946 26 PHI NL 628 1.0% 6.7% 11.2% 6.4% 26% 0.60 13.0 90.8 12.1 79%
1947 27 PHI NL 524 1.0% 8.6% 11.6% 6.9% 29% 0.74 10.1 90.8 8.9 77%
1948 28 CIN NL 567 3.0% 11.1% 9.2% 8.8% 36% 1.21 8.1 30.1 6.7 0.89 76%
1949 29 CIN NL 535 1.7% 11.8% 10.8% 6.2% 28% 1.09 7.5 52.7 10.3 0.77 75%
1950 30 CIN NL 569 1.4% 6.7% 9.1% 8.3% 32% 0.73 13.4 63.6 6.7 0.97 81%
1951 31 CIN NL 598 0.3% 9.0% 9.0% 6.0% 22% 1.00 9.9 268.5 8.8 0.81 80%
1952 32 TOT NL 495 0.4% 6.7% 12.5% 5.1% 22% 0.53 12.9 213.5 9.1 1.25 79%
1952 32 CIN NL 125 0.8% 5.6% 14.4% 4.0% 20% 0.39 15.1 106.0 10.6 2.08 78%
1952 32 PHI NL 370 0.3% 7.0% 11.9% 5.4% 23% 0.59 12.3 321.0 8.7 1.03 79%
1953 33 PHI NL 452 1.3% 9.5% 8.4% 4.9% 20% 1.13 9.5 68.2 8.7 0.92 80%
1954 34 PHI NL 296 1.0% 13.2% 9.8% 6.4% 31% 1.34 6.6 86.3 9.3 0.81 75%
11 Yrs 4785 1.2% 9.1% 10.1% 6.5% 27% 0.91 9.7 73.1 8.8 0.92 78%
MLB Averages 1.6% 9.6% 9.4% 6.1% 27% 1.03 9.2 55.8 8.4 0.97 77%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1942 22 PIT NL -4.6 -0.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1943 23 PIT NL -9.9 -1.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 26 PHI NL 13.1 1.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 27 PHI NL 4.3 0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 28 CIN NL 10.9 1.1 245 1.8 5.9 -4.0 1.07 0.7 1.0 10.0 1.0 0.93 6.4 2.86 1
1949 29 CIN NL -8.8 -0.9 370 -0.5 5.6 -6.1 .95 -0.1 -0.4 0.4 0.0 0.93 -0.4 1.75 2
1950 30 CIN NL 3.4 0.3 436 1.4 8.5 -7.1 1.00 1.6 -0.2 24.7 2.4 0.97 15.1 0.96 2
1951 31 CIN NL 6.6 0.6 467 1.1 8.4 -7.2 1.03 0.2 0.9 10.4 1.0 0.90 4.4 2.19 3
1952 32 TOT NL 0.6 0.1 451 0.8 8.3 -7.5 1.07 0.3 0.5 2.7 0.3 0.97 2.9 2.27 10
1952 32 CIN NL -1.3 -0.1 124 -0.2 1.7 -1.9 1.00 -0.1 -0.2 -1.1 -0.1 0.95 -0.8 0
1952 32 PHI NL 1.9 0.2 327 1.1 6.7 -5.6 1.10 0.4 0.6 3.8 0.4 0.98 3.7 2.27 10
1953 33 PHI NL -9.5 -0.9 383 -2.1 5.2 -7.2 1.02 -1.3 -0.8 -13.1 -1.3 0.94 -14.6 2.24 14
1954 34 PHI NL -9.9 -1.0 263 -1.4 4.1 -5.5 1.15 -1.0 -0.3 -2.0 -0.2 0.97 -9.2 1.82 16
11 Yrs -3.8 -0.4 2615 1.2 45.9 -44.7 1.04 0.5 0.6 33.0 3.3 0.94 4.5 2.04 48

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
1948 28 CIN NL 5 0 32% 94 7 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 0 50% 7 5 2 1 0 1 2 0 2
1949 29 CIN NL 3 0 27% 144 7 5 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 5 44% 20 16 4 2 1 1 17 5 12
1950 30 CIN NL 9 0 32% 164 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 8 38% 23 16 6 12 7 4 10 2 7
1951 31 CIN NL 1 0 23% 204 2 1 67% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 3 44% 34 24 10 8 4 3 15 3 12
1952 32 TOT NL 6 0 32% 166 2 9 18% 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 54% 24 12 11 8 3 5 11 3 7
1952 32 CIN NL 2 0 26% 44 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 50% 5 3 2 1 1 0 2 0 2
1952 32 PHI NL 4 0 33% 122 1 7 13% 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 54% 19 9 9 7 2 5 9 3 5
1953 33 PHI NL 1 0 25% 141 0 3 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 46% 19 12 7 8 5 3 6 1 5
1954 34 PHI NL 1 0 28% 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 36% 14 9 5 1 1 0 7 4 3
11 Yrs 26 0 29% 990 33 13 194% 11 19 1 2 0 0 3 0 34 21 44% 141 94 45 40 21 17 68 18 48

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
1948 28 CIN NL 567 61% 140 1 0 0 0 2.86 17 0 5 3 3 13 4 0 0 0 37 5 14% 17 5 29% 143 29 20% 11 5 45% 7 3 43% 0
1949 29 CIN NL 535 62% 118 2 0 0 0 1.75 9 0 8 5 1 5 4 0 0 0 62 7 11% 37 9 24% 204 32 16% 19 10 53% 16 5 31% 0
1950 30 CIN NL 569 61% 145 2 0 0 0 0.96 8 0 9 4 4 3 5 0 3 3 100% 114 14 12% 42 16 38% 302 60 20% 23 13 57% 18 10 56% 0
1951 31 CIN NL 598 53% 167 3 3 0 2 2.19 2 0 17 0 2 0 2 0 4 5 125% 105 10 10% 39 17 44% 280 50 18% 29 20 69% 17 7 41% 0
1952 32 TOT NL 495 77% 113 10 3 0 2 2.27 2 0 10 2 0 1 1 0 7 6 86% 98 12 12% 34 16 47% 296 40 14% 26 14 54% 17 9 53% 0
1952 32 CIN NL 125 67% 25 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 32 6 19% 10 4 40% 77 9 12% 3 3 100% 4 1 25% 0
1952 32 PHI NL 370 81% 88 10 3 0 2 2.27 1 0 7 1 0 1 0 0 6 5 83% 66 6 9% 24 12 50% 219 31 14% 23 11 48% 13 8 62% 0
1953 33 PHI NL 452 72% 111 14 2 0 0 2.24 6 0 9 3 1 1 5 0 0 1 92 9 10% 37 16 43% 260 34 13% 26 13 50% 20 14 70% 0
1954 34 PHI NL 296 86% 62 16 4 0 2 1.82 3 0 10 3 0 1 2 0 3 3 100% 59 7 12% 27 12 44% 184 26 14% 21 11 52% 11 11 100% 0
11 Yrs 3512 67% 1149 48 12 0 6 2.04 58 0 68 20 11 24 23 0 17 33 194% 567 80 14% 233 91 39% 1669 271 16% 155 86 55% 106 59 56% 0
MLB Averages 50% 196% 22% 33% 15% 51% 55%

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
1942 22 9 38 35 0 4 0 1 0 3 0 3 2 .114 .184 .171 .356 3 6 0 0 0
1943 23 60 121 114 7 16 3 1 0 4 0 6 17 .140 .183 .184 .368 5 21 1 0 1
1944 24 60 121 114 7 16 3 1 0 4 0 6 17 .140 .183 .184 .368 5 21 1 0 1
1945 25 60 121 114 7 16 3 1 0 4 0 6 17 .140 .183 .184 .368 5 21 1 0 1
1946 26 205 749 659 80 169 33 5 6 49 7 76 59 .256 .336 .349 .685 97 230 7 3 11
1947 27 333 1273 1113 148 293 57 12 11 100 14 137 104 .263 .348 .366 .713 100 407 16 7 15
1948 28 469 1840 1625 222 433 81 21 28 176 21 189 167 .266 .346 .394 .740 106 640 21 10 15
1949 29 603 2375 2099 276 551 101 25 37 222 28 247 230 .263 .344 .387 .731 101 813 28 12 15
1950 30 734 2944 2608 346 696 135 30 45 298 29 299 268 .267 .346 .393 .740 102 1026 42 17 18
1951 31 876 3542 3145 398 863 166 33 47 359 31 1 353 322 .274 .351 .393 .744 102 1236 52 19 23
1952 32 1004 4037 3572 455 976 183 39 49 406 33 10 415 355 .273 .352 .387 .740 102 1384 64 20 29
1953 33 1129 4489 3981 497 1087 197 41 55 453 33 13 453 398 .273 .351 .385 .735 100 1531 73 24 30
1954 34 1221 4785 4240 525 1149 209 45 58 481 33 13 482 437 .271 .349 .383 .731 98 1622 80 25 33 4

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
1942 22 10 40 37 0 4 0 1 0 3 0 3 2 .108 .175 .162 .337 1 9
1943 23 53 87 83 8 13 3 0 0 1 0 3 16 .157 .186 .193 .379 3 51
1946 26 152 678 585 89 175 34 5 7 55 8 80 44 .299 .386 .410 .796 92 145
1947 27 134 548 476 73 131 25 7 5 54 7 64 47 .275 .366 .389 .754 68 128
1948 28 142 596 538 80 149 26 10 18 82 7 55 66 .277 .347 .463 .810 86 136
1949 29 139 551 490 54 120 20 4 9 46 7 59 65 .245 .328 .357 .686 57 134
1950 30 137 588 527 69 147 34 5 8 75 1 53 40 .279 .350 .408 .758 74 131
1951 31 147 617 555 53 171 32 3 2 62 2 55 56 .308 .373 .387 .760 80 142
1952 32 134 527 452 64 124 19 7 2 53 2 68 34 .274 .370 .361 .731 60 128
1953 33 130 463 420 41 111 14 2 6 46 0 38 45 .264 .331 .350 .681 48 125
1954 34 97 309 271 29 64 12 4 3 29 0 30 41 .236 .310 .343 .654 29 92
11 Yrs 1275 5004 4434 560 1209 219 48 60 506 34 508 456 .273 .350 .384 .735 598 1221
162 Game Avg. 162 636 563 71 154 28 6 8 64 4 65 58 .273 .350 .384 .735 76 1221

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1950 *
1951 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1948 NL (20, 3%)
1951 NL (19, 2%)
0.05 Career Shares (1113th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1951 NL  .311 (6th)

Games Played s c a p y
1946 NL  145 (9th)

At Bats s c a p y
1946 NL  545 (6th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1946 NL  628 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1946 NL  153 (9th)
1951 NL  167 (10th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1946 NL  209 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
1946 NL  30 (5th)
1950 NL  34 (6th)
1951 NL  31 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1948 NL  9 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1946 NL  70 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1948 NL  63 (7th)
1949 NL  63 (10th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1947 NL  7 (10th)

Singles s c a p y
1946 NL  113 (9th)
1951 NL  131 (5th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1946 NL  76 (10th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1946 NL  226 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1946 NL  3 (10th)
1947 NL  4 (8th)
1950 NL  5 (7th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1952 NL  9 (4th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1948 NL  9.9 (8th)
1949 NL  7.9 (10th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1946 NL  408 (8th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1948 NL  1.8 (9th)

                                         

† 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

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 23 (939), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1246), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1496), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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