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Eddie Yost

Edward Frederick Yost (The Walking Man)

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: October 13, 1926 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: John Adams (Queens, NY)
School: New York University
Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 16, 1944
Teams (by GP): Senators/Tigers/Angels 1944-1962

Final Game: July 28, 1962
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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
1944 17 WSH AL 7 16 14 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .143 .200 .143 .343 1 2 0 0 1 /56
1946 19 WSH AL 8 31 25 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 5 5 .080 .233 .120 .353 3 3 1 0 1 /5
1947 20 WSH AL 115 485 428 52 102 17 3 0 14 3 5 45 57 .238 .314 .292 .606 71 125 8 2 10 *5
1948 21 WSH AL 145 648 555 74 138 32 11 2 50 4 3 82 51 .249 .349 .357 .706 90 198 15 4 7 *5
1949 22 WSH AL 124 531 435 57 110 19 7 9 45 3 3 91 41 .253 .383 .391 .774 107 170 11 1 4 *5
1950 23 WSH AL 155 731 573 114 169 26 2 11 58 6 6 141 63 .295 .440 .405 .845 122 232 13 8 9 *5 MVP-20
1951 24 WSH AL 154 716 568 109 161 36 4 12 65 6 4 126 55 .283 .423 .424 .847 131 241 7 11 11 *5/7O MVP-30
1952 25 WSH AL 157 734 587 92 137 32 3 12 49 4 3 129 73 .233 .378 .359 .738 109 211 9 8 10 *5 AS
1953 26 WSH AL 152 713 577 107 157 30 7 9 45 7 4 123 59 .272 .403 .395 .799 118 228 12 4 9 *5 MVP-23
1954 27 WSH AL 155 687 539 101 138 26 4 11 47 7 3 131 71 .256 .405 .380 .786 123 205 5 5 11 1 *5
1955 28 WSH AL 122 490 375 64 91 17 5 7 48 4 3 95 54 .243 .407 .371 .778 114 139 7 11 6 3 0 *5
1956 29 WSH AL 152 684 515 94 119 17 2 11 53 8 5 151 82 .231 .412 .336 .748 104 173 8 8 9 1 9 *5/9
1957 30 WSH AL 110 492 414 47 104 13 5 9 38 1 11 73 49 .251 .370 .372 .742 106 154 6 5 0 0 2 *5
1958 31 WSH AL 134 503 406 55 91 16 0 8 37 3 6 81 43 .224 .361 .323 .683 92 131 9 9 1 6 2 *5/73
1959 32 DET AL 148 675 521 115 145 19 0 21 61 9 2 135 77 .278 .435 .436 .871 135 227 6 12 4 3 1 *5/4
1960 33 DET AL 143 636 497 78 129 23 2 14 47 5 4 125 69 .260 .414 .398 .812 119 198 11 8 3 3 1 *5
1961 34 LAA AL 76 267 213 29 43 4 0 3 15 0 1 50 48 .202 .358 .263 .621 63 56 2 2 2 0 0 5
1962 35 LAA AL 52 136 104 22 25 9 1 0 10 0 2 30 21 .240 .412 .346 .758 110 36 3 1 0 1 0 5/3
18 Seasons 2109 9175 7346 1215 1863 337 56 139 683 72 66 1614 920 .254 .394 .371 .765 109 2729 133 99 98 18 15
162 Game Avg. 162 705 564 93 143 26 4 11 52 6 5 124 71 .254 .394 .371 .765 109 210 10 8 8
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
WSH (14 yrs) 1690 7461 6011 971 1521 282 53 101 550 58 57 1274 705 .253 .389 .368 .757 108 2212 111 76 89 11 13
LAA (2 yrs) 128 403 317 51 68 13 1 3 25 0 3 80 69 .215 .377 .290 .667 78 92 5 3 2 1 0
DET (2 yrs) 291 1311 1018 193 274 42 2 35 108 14 6 260 146 .269 .425 .417 .842 127 425 17 20 7 6 2

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
1944 17 WSH AL 16 -2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 -4 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $ /56
1946 19 WSH AL 31 -3 0 0 0 1 0 1 -1 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /5
1947 20 WSH AL 485 -17 0 0 0 -6 0 13 -10 -1.2 -4 -0.5 -0.7 $ *5
1948 21 WSH AL 648 -6 1 0 0 -9 0 16 2 0.2 11 1.1 -0.9 $ *5
1949 22 WSH AL 531 1 -1 0 0 -6 0 13 7 0.8 13 1.3 -0.5 $ *5
1950 23 WSH AL 731 27 -1 0 0 -11 0 18 33 3.2 44 4.3 -1.1 $ *5 MVP-20
1951 24 WSH AL 716 34 1 0 0 -16 0 18 37 3.7 53 5.4 -1.7 $ *5/7O MVP-30
1952 25 WSH AL 734 14 0 0 0 -15 0 18 17 1.8 32 3.5 -1.7 $ *5 AS
1953 26 WSH AL 713 22 3 0 0 0 0 18 43 4.4 43 4.5 -0.1 $ *5 MVP-23
1954 27 WSH AL 686 20 3 -2 0 -2 0 18 37 3.9 39 4.2 -0.3 $21,000 *5
1955 28 WSH AL 490 15 1 2 0 -6 0 14 26 2.7 32 3.4 -0.7 $21,500 *5
1956 29 WSH AL 684 7 3 2 -3 -8 1 18 20 2.0 28 2.8 -0.8 $20,000 *5/9
1957 30 WSH AL 492 9 -4 0 -1 -11 1 13 7 0.7 18 1.9 -1.2 $ *5
1958 31 WSH AL 503 -3 -3 1 0 -6 1 14 5 0.5 10 1.1 -0.6 $ *5/73
1959 32 DET AL 675 33 2 -3 -1 1 2 17 51 5.3 50 5.1 0.2 $ *5/4
1960 33 DET AL 636 17 1 -1 -2 -17 4 16 18 1.9 35 3.6 -1.7 $ *5
1961 34 LAA AL 267 -10 1 2 0 3 2 8 6 0.5 3 0.3 0.2 $ 5
1962 35 LAA AL 137 4 -1 2 0 -4 0 4 5 0.5 9 0.9 -0.4 $ 5/3
18 Seasons 9175 162 6 3 -7 -115 11 237 299 30.3 412 42.5 -12.2 $62,500
Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
WSH (14 yrs) 7460 118 3 3 -4 -97 3 192 219 22.1 315 32.6 -10.5 $62,500
LAA (2 yrs) 404 -6 0 4 0 -1 2 12 11 1.0 12 1.2 -0.2 $
DET (2 yrs) 1311 50 3 -4 -3 -17 6 33 69 7.2 85 8.7 -1.5 $

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
1944 17 WSH AL 16 13 0 0.0 87 .167 .143 .262 .200 .328 .143 .358 .343 .686 1 .000 -1.8 -0.2 .250 .071 .000
1946 19 WSH AL 31 26 1 1.0 91 .100 .080 .257 .233 .330 .120 .369 .353 .699 3 .072 -3.0 -0.3 .360 .280 .040 .0
1947 20 WSH AL 485 349 38 2.9 94 .275 .238 .259 .314 .339 .292 .373 .606 .711 71 .340 -15.9 -1.6 .501 .154 .054 .0
1948 21 WSH AL 648 442 68 4.1 103 .271 .249 .269 .349 .354 .357 .389 .706 .743 90 .447 -6.0 -0.6 .655 .258 .108 2.7
1949 22 WSH AL 531 343 65 5.0 105 .262 .253 .268 .383 .360 .391 .390 .774 .750 107 .544 6.9 0.7 .773 .347 .138 4.5
1950 23 WSH AL 731 432 100 6.1 109 .317 .295 .272 .440 .358 .405 .408 .845 .766 122 .596 30.7 2.9 .901 .356 .110 7.8
1951 24 WSH AL 716 429 100 6.3 100 .297 .283 .265 .423 .346 .424 .389 .847 .735 131 .646 34.0 3.4 .909 .366 .141 8.0
1952 25 WSH AL 734 472 78 4.5 94 .249 .233 .257 .378 .336 .359 .375 .738 .710 109 .533 14.5 1.5 .755 .348 .126 6.0
1953 26 WSH AL 713 445 91 5.5 101 .291 .272 .267 .403 .343 .395 .393 .799 .736 118 .594 21.9 2.2 .821 .341 .123 7.9
1954 27 WSH AL 687 421 83 5.3 94 .277 .256 .258 .405 .333 .380 .377 .786 .710 123 .598 25.4 2.6 .844 .375 .124 8.6
1955 28 WSH AL 490 303 66 5.8 100 .265 .243 .263 .407 .342 .371 .392 .778 .734 114 .609 14.2 1.4 .837 .384 .128 5.1
1956 29 WSH AL 684 419 86 5.5 103 .255 .231 .263 .412 .344 .336 .401 .748 .744 104 .561 13.8 1.3 .819 .404 .105 9.3
1957 30 WSH AL 492 327 58 4.8 98 .267 .251 .261 .370 .333 .372 .394 .742 .726 106 .541 5.7 0.6 .679 .273 .121 1.8
1958 31 WSH AL 503 337 52 4.1 96 .230 .224 .259 .361 .328 .323 .394 .683 .722 92 .482 0.7 0.1 .661 .291 .099 4.4
1959 32 DET AL 675 391 115 7.9 103 .291 .278 .267 .435 .339 .436 .408 .871 .748 135 .745 35.3 3.5 .992 .430 .157 12.6
1960 33 DET AL 636 389 92 6.4 104 .276 .260 .267 .414 .341 .398 .408 .812 .749 119 .655 21.4 2.1 .867 .392 .139 7.4
1961 34 LAA AL 267 175 24 3.7 113 .247 .202 .276 .358 .353 .263 .430 .621 .783 63 .392 -10.3 -1.0 .618 .291 .061 .0
1962 35 LAA AL 136 85 17 5.4 100 .298 .240 .260 .412 .331 .346 .404 .758 .736 110 .575 4.1 0.4 .774 .375 .106
18 Seasons 9175 5798 1134 5.2 101 .273 .254 .264 .394 .343 .371 .393 .765 .736 109 .570 191.4 18.8 .783 .338 .118 94.9
162 Game Avg. 705 445 87 5.2 101 .273 .254 .264 .394 .343 .371 .393 .765 .736 109 .570 15 1 .783 .338 .118 7
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
WSH (14 yrs) 7461 4758 886 5.0 100 .272 .253 .264 .389 .343 .368 .389 .757 .733 108 .548 140.9 13.7 .765 .327 .115 73.7
LAA (2 yrs) 403 260 41 4.2 109 .264 .215 .271 .377 .346 .290 .422 .667 .767 78 .459 -6.2 -0.6 .669 .319 .076 .0
DET (2 yrs) 1311 780 207 7.1 104 .284 .269 .267 .425 .340 .417 .408 .842 .749 127 .704 56.7 5.6 .930 .412 .148 20.0

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
1952 WSH AL 25 DNP

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
1944 17 WSH AL 16 0.0% 12.5% 6.3% 0.0% 0% 2.00 7.0 75%
1946 19 WSH AL 31 0.0% 16.1% 16.1% 3.2% 50% 1.00 5.0 25.0 65%
1947 20 WSH AL 485 0.0% 11.8% 9.3% 4.1% 20% 1.27 7.5 30.6 76%
1948 21 WSH AL 648 0.3% 7.9% 12.7% 6.9% 33% 0.62 10.9 277.5 11.1 77%
1949 22 WSH AL 531 1.7% 7.7% 17.1% 6.6% 32% 0.45 10.6 48.3 9.7 73%
1950 23 WSH AL 731 1.5% 8.6% 19.3% 5.3% 23% 0.45 9.1 52.1 9.9 0.85 68%
1951 24 WSH AL 716 1.7% 7.7% 17.6% 7.3% 32% 0.44 10.3 47.3 8.7 0.99 70%
1952 25 WSH AL 734 1.6% 10.0% 17.6% 6.4% 34% 0.57 8.0 48.9 12.0 0.73 68%
1953 26 WSH AL 713 1.3% 8.3% 17.3% 6.5% 29% 0.48 9.8 64.1 12.8 0.85 71%
1954 27 WSH AL 687 1.6% 10.3% 19.1% 6.0% 30% 0.54 7.6 49.0 11.5 0.72 67%
1955 28 WSH AL 490 1.4% 11.0% 19.4% 5.9% 32% 0.57 6.9 53.6 7.8 0.61 65%
1956 29 WSH AL 684 1.6% 12.0% 22.1% 4.4% 25% 0.54 6.3 46.8 9.7 0.89 62%
1957 30 WSH AL 492 1.8% 10.0% 14.8% 5.5% 26% 0.67 8.4 46.0 10.9 0.92 72%
1958 31 WSH AL 503 1.6% 8.6% 16.1% 4.8% 26% 0.53 9.4 50.8 11.0 0.74 72%
1959 32 DET AL 675 3.1% 11.4% 20.0% 5.9% 28% 0.57 6.8 24.8 8.5 0.94 63%
1960 33 DET AL 636 2.2% 10.9% 19.7% 6.1% 30% 0.55 7.2 35.5 10.6 0.90 66%
1961 34 LAA AL 267 1.1% 18.0% 18.7% 2.6% 16% 0.96 4.4 71.0 14.2 0.90 61%
1962 35 LAA AL 136 0.0% 15.4% 22.1% 7.4% 40% 0.70 5.0 10.4 0.93 62%
18 Seasons 9175 1.5% 10.0% 17.6% 5.8% 29% 0.57 8.0 52.8 10.8 0.83 69%
MLB Averages 2.0% 11.2% 9.2% 6.4% 28% 1.21 7.9 44.6 8.3 0.99 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
1944 17 WSH AL -1.8 -0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 19 WSH AL -3.0 -0.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 20 WSH AL -15.9 -1.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 21 WSH AL -6.0 -0.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1949 22 WSH AL 6.9 0.7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1950 23 WSH AL 30.7 2.9 721 3.2 14.1 -10.9 1.00 2.9 0.3 31.2 3.0 0.92 32.6 0
1951 24 WSH AL 34.0 3.4 682 3.3 13.1 -9.8 1.00 2.9 0.4 35.3 3.5 0.94 33.7 0
1952 25 WSH AL 14.5 1.5 747 2.7 14.5 -11.8 1.03 2.1 0.5 18.7 2.0 0.92 21.0 0
1953 26 WSH AL 21.9 2.2 732 2.5 13.1 -10.6 .96 2.9 -0.3 28.1 2.8 0.93 32.2 0
1954 27 WSH AL 25.4 2.6 704 4.2 14.1 -9.9 .99 3.1 1.1 24.5 2.6 0.92 30.3 0
1955 28 WSH AL 14.2 1.4 496 1.7 9.3 -7.7 1.00 2.1 -0.5 26.3 2.6 0.94 23.9 1.56 14
1956 29 WSH AL 13.8 1.3 702 1.5 11.9 -10.4 .97 1.7 -0.1 19.5 1.9 0.94 16.6 0.98 9
1957 30 WSH AL 5.7 0.6 500 1.0 9.1 -8.1 1.03 0.8 0.1 9.4 1.0 0.93 12.1 2.74 4
1958 31 WSH AL 0.7 0.1 518 0.7 8.3 -7.6 .96 0.3 0.4 1.8 0.2 0.90 3.5 1.70 15
1959 32 DET AL 35.3 3.5 701 4.0 13.4 -9.3 .93 3.9 0.4 41.1 4.0 0.92 40.8 1.61 3
1960 33 DET AL 21.4 2.1 649 1.1 11.7 -10.6 1.08 2.6 -1.6 17.1 1.7 0.92 30.6 1.64 5
1961 34 LAA AL -10.3 -1.0 272 0.1 5.2 -5.0 1.11 -0.2 0.3 -5.6 -0.5 0.89 -3.0 1.25 8
1962 35 LAA AL 4.1 0.4 141 0.4 2.8 -2.3 1.03 0.5 -0.1 4.9 0.5 0.95 5.2 0.88 16
18 Seasons 191.4 18.8 7565 26.4 140.5 -114.1 1.00 25.7 0.7 252.1 25.1 0.93 279.4 1.41 74
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 23 WSH AL 11 0 34% 423 6 6 50% 5 7 1 1 0 0 3 0 9 10 53% 70 40 28 9 3 6 31 3 24
1951 24 WSH AL 8 0 34% 367 6 4 60% 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 3 48% 47 32 14 9 5 4 34 8 25
1952 25 WSH AL 8 0 31% 380 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 10 9 49% 48 33 15 7 4 3 30 6 24
1953 26 WSH AL 13 0 36% 378 7 4 64% 6 5 1 0 0 0 3 0 4 7 48% 52 33 19 15 10 5 39 12 27
1954 27 WSH AL 4 0 34% 348 7 3 70% 7 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 20 44% 60 35 22 9 3 5 33 13 18
1955 28 WSH AL 8 0 30% 263 4 3 57% 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 9 46% 45 31 13 7 5 2 27 6 21
1956 29 WSH AL 10 0 31% 370 8 5 62% 8 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 5 12 55% 49 26 21 12 5 6 24 4 20
1957 30 WSH AL 7 0 22% 223 1 11 8% 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 36% 25 18 7 8 6 1 11 1 8
1958 31 WSH AL 8 0 27% 229 3 6 33% 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 10 39% 36 29 6 4 3 0 25 6 19
1959 32 DET AL 3 0 35% 405 9 2 82% 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 25 39% 65 51 13 18 8 10 28 6 20
1960 33 DET AL 5 0 26% 345 5 4 56% 4 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 10 48% 46 28 17 4 3 1 27 6 19
1961 34 LAA AL 5 0 28% 129 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 47% 21 10 10 2 1 1 7 4 3
1962 35 LAA AL 4 0 39% 67 0 2 0% 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 6 61% 10 5 5 1 1 0 7 1 6
18 Seasons 94 0 31% 3927 72 66 52% 53 50 6 4 0 2 16 0 86 135 47% 574 371 190 105 57 44 323 76 234

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 23 WSH AL 699 32% 169 0 0 0 0 11 0 11 6 5 1 10 0 10 9 90% 105 13 12% 31 9 29% 340 45 13% 22 9 41% 17 13 76% 31
1951 24 WSH AL 671 38% 161 0 0 0 0 12 0 17 5 5 1 9 0 13 11 85% 115 7 6% 51 23 45% 340 52 15% 27 15 56% 22 15 68% 45
1952 25 WSH AL 729 40% 137 0 0 0 0 12 0 11 7 5 0 12 0 10 10 100% 90 9 10% 37 14 38% 316 40 13% 27 10 37% 13 7 54% 5
1953 26 WSH AL 713 29% 157 0 0 0 0 9 0 16 4 5 1 8 0 13 9 69% 130 12 9% 47 18 38% 340 40 12% 30 14 47% 15 11 73% 0
1954 27 WSH AL 686 28% 138 0 0 0 0 11 0 15 10 1 4 7 1 13 11 85% 83 5 6% 29 12 41% 306 37 12% 20 8 40% 13 12 92% 0
1955 28 WSH AL 486 28% 91 14 3 0 1 1.56 7 0 11 7 0 0 7 0 6 6 100% 65 7 11% 23 10 43% 237 42 18% 12 8 67% 11 5 45% 4
1956 29 WSH AL 684 27% 119 9 0 0 0 0.98 11 1 15 7 4 9 2 0 9 9 100% 86 8 9% 39 14 36% 327 43 13% 22 6 27% 12 9 75% 0
1957 30 WSH AL 484 19% 104 4 0 0 0 2.74 9 0 11 7 2 2 7 0 0 0 61 6 10% 19 2 11% 230 30 13% 11 7 64% 10 3 30% 8
1958 31 WSH AL 503 31% 91 15 3 0 0 1.70 8 1 7 8 0 5 3 0 3 1 33% 63 9 14% 28 9 32% 224 32 14% 17 12 71% 5 2 40% 0
1959 32 DET AL 675 20% 145 3 1 0 1 1.61 21 2 12 18 3 12 9 0 4 4 100% 80 6 8% 29 7 24% 300 39 13% 21 10 48% 11 7 64% 0
1960 33 DET AL 636 18% 129 5 1 0 0 1.64 14 0 14 12 2 7 7 0 5 3 60% 80 11 14% 27 10 37% 296 34 11% 17 7 41% 4 2 50% 0
1961 34 LAA AL 259 39% 43 8 1 0 1 1.25 3 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 2 2 100% 38 2 5% 17 3 18% 124 12 10% 11 2 18% 9 5 56% 8
1962 35 LAA AL 133 38% 25 16 1 0 1 0.88 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 3 15% 7 2 29% 81 10 12% 8 4 50% 6 4 67% 4
18 Seasons 7358 29% 1863 74 10 0 4 1.41 139 4 143 92 34 44 82 1 88 98 111% 1016 133 13% 384 133 35% 3461 456 13% 245 112 46% 148 95 64% 105
MLB Averages 49% 129% 16% 31% 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
1944 17 7 16 14 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .143 .200 .143 .343 1 2 0 0 1
1945 18 7 16 14 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .143 .200 .143 .343 1 2 0 0 1
1946 19 15 47 39 5 4 1 0 0 1 2 1 6 7 .103 .222 .128 .350 3 5 1 0 2
1947 20 130 532 467 57 106 18 3 0 15 5 6 51 64 .227 .306 .278 .584 65 130 9 2 12
1948 21 275 1180 1022 131 244 50 14 2 65 9 9 133 115 .239 .330 .321 .651 79 328 24 6 19
1949 22 399 1711 1457 188 354 69 21 11 110 12 12 224 156 .243 .347 .342 .688 88 498 35 7 23
1950 23 554 2442 2030 302 523 95 23 22 168 18 18 365 219 .258 .375 .360 .734 98 730 48 15 32
1951 24 708 3158 2598 411 684 131 27 34 233 24 22 491 274 .263 .386 .374 .759 105 971 55 26 43
1952 25 865 3892 3185 503 821 163 30 46 282 28 25 620 347 .258 .384 .371 .755 106 1182 64 34 53
1953 26 1017 4605 3762 610 978 193 37 55 327 35 29 743 406 .260 .387 .375 .762 108 1410 76 38 62
1954 27 1172 5292 4301 711 1116 219 41 66 374 42 32 874 477 .259 .390 .375 .765 110 1615 81 43 73 1
1955 28 1294 5782 4676 775 1207 236 46 73 422 46 35 969 531 .258 .391 .375 .766 110 1754 88 54 79 4 0
1956 29 1446 6466 5191 869 1326 253 48 84 475 54 40 1120 613 .255 .393 .371 .764 109 1927 96 62 88 5 9
1957 30 1556 6958 5605 916 1430 266 53 93 513 55 51 1193 662 .255 .392 .371 .763 109 2081 102 67 88 5 11
1958 31 1690 7461 6011 971 1521 282 53 101 550 58 57 1274 705 .253 .389 .368 .757 108 2212 111 76 89 11 13
1959 32 1838 8136 6532 1086 1666 301 53 122 611 67 59 1409 782 .255 .393 .373 .767 110 2439 117 88 93 14 14
1960 33 1981 8772 7029 1164 1795 324 55 136 658 72 63 1534 851 .255 .395 .375 .770 111 2637 128 96 96 17 15
1961 34 2057 9039 7242 1193 1838 328 55 139 673 72 64 1584 899 .254 .394 .372 .766 109 2693 130 98 98 17 15
1962 35 2109 9175 7346 1215 1863 337 56 139 683 72 66 1614 920 .254 .394 .371 .765 109 2729 133 99 98 18 15

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
1944 17 7 16 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .063 .000 .063 0 7
1946 19 8 35 27 3 3 2 0 0 1 3 8 5 .111 .314 .185 .499 1 8
1947 20 119 504 452 60 113 19 3 0 16 3 50 59 .250 .327 .305 .633 45 115
1948 21 152 665 577 75 141 33 11 2 50 4 84 53 .244 .344 .350 .694 69 145
1949 22 130 547 453 58 113 20 7 9 46 3 93 43 .249 .378 .384 .763 66 124
1950 23 162 738 590 110 168 26 2 11 56 6 140 66 .285 .428 .392 .820 97 155
1951 24 162 735 594 112 166 37 4 12 67 6 130 58 .279 .418 .416 .834 102 154
1952 25 164 772 621 104 151 35 3 13 56 4 142 76 .243 .391 .372 .763 89 157
1953 26 159 737 604 113 165 32 7 9 47 7 129 62 .273 .404 .394 .798 96 152
1954 27 162 728 574 118 155 29 4 12 55 8 147 74 .270 .423 .397 .820 96 155
1955 28 128 508 393 68 96 18 5 7 51 4 100 56 .244 .409 .369 .778 59 122
1956 29 159 702 537 97 123 18 2 11 54 8 156 86 .229 .409 .331 .740 72 152
1957 30 116 525 440 53 114 14 5 10 43 1 80 52 .259 .379 .382 .761 63 110
1958 31 140 534 429 62 100 18 0 9 42 3 89 45 .233 .373 .338 .711 52 134
1959 32 155 694 541 115 148 19 0 21 61 9 138 80 .274 .429 .425 .855 97 148
1960 33 150 662 521 80 134 24 2 15 48 5 130 73 .257 .411 .397 .808 83 143
1961 34 76 256 209 25 39 4 0 3 13 0 45 48 .187 .336 .249 .585 17 76
1962 35 52 136 104 22 25 9 1 0 10 0 30 21 .240 .412 .346 .758 15 52
18 Seasons 2201 9494 7681 1275 1954 357 56 144 716 74 1692 959 .254 .395 .372 .767 1119 2109
162 Game Avg. 162 699 565 94 144 26 4 11 53 5 125 71 .254 .395 .372 .767 82 2109
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1952

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1950 AL (20, 2%)
1951 AL (30, 1%)
1953 AL (23, 1%)
0.04 Career Shares (1177th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1953 AL  4.4 (10th)
1959 AL  5.3 (9th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1950 AL  4.3 (7th)
1951 AL  5.4 (4th)
1953 AL  4.5 (8th)
1954 AL  4.2 (8th)
1959 AL  5.1 (6th)
1960 AL  3.6 (6th)
Career  42.5 (228th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1950 AL  .440 (2nd)
1951 AL  .423 (4th)
1953 AL  .403 (5th)
1954 AL  .405 (4th)
1956 AL  .412 (6th)
1959 AL  .435 (1st)
1960 AL  .414 (1st)
Career  .394 (84th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1959 AL  .871 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
1950 AL  155 (5th)
1951 AL  154 (1st)
1952 AL  157 (1st)
1953 AL  152 (8th)
1954 AL  155 (1st)
1956 AL  152 (4th)
1959 AL  148 (9th)
Career  2,109 (170th)

At Bats s c a p y
1951 AL  568 (8th)
1952 AL  587 (6th)
Career  7,346 (213th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1950 AL  731 (2nd)
1951 AL  716 (2nd)
1952 AL  734 (1st)
1953 AL  713 (2nd)
1954 AL  687 (4th)
1956 AL  684 (3rd)
1959 AL  675 (3rd)
1960 AL  636 (8th)
Career  9,175 (128th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1950 AL  114 (5th)
1951 AL  109 (3rd)
1952 AL  92 (8th)
1953 AL  107 (2nd)
1954 AL  101 (6th)
1956 AL  94 (8th)
1959 AL  115 (1st)
Career  1,215 (163rd)

Hits s c a p y
1951 AL  161 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1948 AL  32 (10th)
1951 AL  36 (1st)
1952 AL  32 (5th)
1953 AL  30 (9th)
1954 AL  26 (8th)

Triples s c a p y
1948 AL  11 (3rd)
1949 AL  7 (9th)
1953 AL  7 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1949 AL  91 (10th)
1950 AL  141 (1st)
1951 AL  126 (2nd)
1952 AL  129 (1st)
1953 AL  123 (1st)
1954 AL  131 (2nd)
1955 AL  95 (3rd)
1956 AL  151 (1st)
1957 AL  73 (10th)
1958 AL  81 (7th)
1959 AL  135 (1st)
1960 AL  125 (1st)
Career  1,614 (11th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1952 AL  73 (10th)
1954 AL  71 (4th)
1956 AL  82 (6th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1953 AL  7 (10th)
1959 AL  9 (8th)

Singles s c a p y
1950 AL  130 (5th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1951 AL  131 (8th)
1959 AL  135 (6th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1951 AL  100 (5th)
1953 AL  91 (10th)
1959 AL  115 (3rd)
1960 AL  92 (10th)
Career  1,134 (236th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1950 AL  31 (7th)
1951 AL  34 (5th)
1954 AL  25 (8th)
1959 AL  35 (4th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1950 AL  2.9 (7th)
1951 AL  3.4 (5th)
1953 AL  2.2 (10th)
1954 AL  2.6 (8th)
1959 AL  3.5 (4th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1951 AL  52 (7th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1950 AL  318 (1st)
1951 AL  298 (2nd)
1952 AL  274 (2nd)
1953 AL  284 (2nd)
1954 AL  274 (2nd)
1956 AL  278 (3rd)
1959 AL  292 (1st)
1960 AL  262 (1st)
Career  3,576 (87th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1951 AL  .646 (9th)
1959 AL  .745 (3rd)
1960 AL  .655 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1948 AL  4 (10th)
1950 AL  8 (3rd)
1951 AL  11 (3rd)
1952 AL  8 (4th)
1954 AL  5 (7th)
1955 AL  11 (3rd)
1956 AL  8 (6th)
1957 AL  5 (8th)
1958 AL  9 (3rd)
1959 AL  12 (2nd)
1960 AL  8 (4th)
Career  99 (71st)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1951 AL  11 (7th)
1952 AL  10 (10th)
1954 AL  11 (6th)
1956 AL  9 (4th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1958 AL  6 (8th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1956 AL  9 (4th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1950 AL  6 (8th)
1956 AL  5 (9th)
1957 AL  11 (2nd)
1958 AL  6 (9th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1954 AL  8.6 (8th)
1959 AL  12.6 (5th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1948 AL  442 (7th)
1952 AL  472 (3rd)
1953 AL  445 (10th)
Career  5,798 (173rd)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1950 AL  31.20 (10th)
1951 AL  35.29 (3rd)
1953 AL  28.07 (8th)
1955 AL  26.35 (9th)
1959 AL  41.09 (2nd)
Career  252.11 (142nd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1950 AL  3.2 (3rd)
1951 AL  3.3 (3rd)
1952 AL  2.7 (10th)
1954 AL  4.2 (8th)
1959 AL  4.0 (5th)
Career  26.4 (115th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1950 AL  2.9 (6th)
1951 AL  2.9 (5th)
1953 AL  2.9 (7th)
1954 AL  3.1 (10th)
1955 AL  2.1 (9th)
1959 AL  3.9 (4th)
1960 AL  2.6 (10th)
Career  25.7 (126th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1950 AL  3.0 (10th)
1951 AL  3.5 (3rd)
1953 AL  2.8 (8th)
1955 AL  2.6 (9th)
1959 AL  4.0 (4th)
Career  25.1 (137th)

Youngest s c a p y
1944 AL  born 1926-10-13 (2nd)
1946 AL  born 1926-10-13 (2nd)
1947 AL  born 1926-10-13 (10th)


† 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 - 20 (106), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 74 (329), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 38 (501), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 29 (351), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Jose Cardenal (825)
  6. Stan Hack (820)
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  8. Roy White (812)
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  5. Buddy Bell (921)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Buddy Bell (915)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Buddy Bell (894)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Aurelio Rodriguez (874)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Aurelio Rodriguez (867)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Aurelio Rodriguez (870)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Aurelio Rodriguez (868)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Harlond Clift (848)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Lou Whitaker (826)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Jose Cardenal (822)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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