Don Zimmer Batting Statistics and History

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Don Zimmer

Donald William Zimmer (Popeye, Zip or The Gerbil)

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: January 17, 1931 in Cincinnati, OH
High School: Western Hills HS (Cincinnati, OH)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 2, 1954 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Senators/Cubs/Reds/Mets 1954-1965

Final Game: October 2, 1965 (Age 34)
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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
1949	18	LAD-min	D	71	304	304		69	14	3	4						.227	.227	.332	.559		101							CMG · ESHL
1950	19	LAD-min	D	123	518	518		163	34	5	23						.315	.315	.533	.847		276							HRN · PONY
1951	20	LAD-min	A	137	546	546		149	28	2	9						.273	.273	.381	.654		208							ELM · EL
1952	21	LAD-min	AA	153	613	613		190	32	7	17						.310	.310	.468	.778		287							MOB · SOUA
1953	22	LAD-min	AAA	81	343	320	57	96	14	4	23	63	12		21	50	.300	.347	.584	.931		187	11	2	0				STP · AA
1954	23	LAD-min	AAA	73	301	268	54	78	9	6	17	53	14		28	44	.291	.361	.560	.921		150	7	2	2	1			STP · AA
1954	23	BRO	NL	24	37	33	3	6	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	8	.182	.270	.242	.513	33	8	1	1	0	0		6
1955	24	BRO	NL	88	309	280	38	67	10	1	15	50	5	3	19	66	.239	.289	.443	.731	88	124	7	2	4	4	5	46/5
1956	25	BRO	NL	17	21	20	4	6	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	7	.300	.333	.350	.683	78	7	1	1	0	0	0	/654
1957	26	BRO	NL	84	289	269	23	59	9	1	6	19	1	3	16	63	.219	.262	.327	.589	52	88	8	0	3	1	5	56/4
1958	27	LAD	NL	127	495	455	52	119	15	2	17	60	14	2	28	92	.262	.305	.415	.720	86	189	17	1	9	2	1	*65/47
1959	28	LAD	NL	97	292	249	21	41	7	1	4	28	3	1	37	56	.165	.274	.249	.523	37	62	8	1	4	1	7	6/54
1960	29	CHC	NL	132	402	368	37	95	16	7	6	35	8	6	27	56	.258	.307	.389	.696	91	143	9	0	5	2	4	45/67
1961	30	CHC	NL	128	512	477	57	120	25	4	13	40	5	1	25	70	.252	.291	.403	.694	82	192	16	2	7	1	1	*4/59	AS
1962	31	TOT	NL	77	262	244	19	52	12	2	2	17	1	3	17	40	.213	.267	.303	.570	51	74	6	1	0	0	1	54/6
1962	31	NYM	NL	14	55	52	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	10	.077	.127	.096	.223	-39	5	1	0	0	0	0	5
1962	31	CIN	NL	63	207	192	16	48	11	2	2	16	1	2	14	30	.250	.304	.359	.664	75	69	5	1	0	0	1	54/6
1963	32	TOT	MLB	105	346	321	41	79	13	1	14	46	3	2	21	67	.246	.297	.424	.720	101	136	11	2	2	0	2	5/46
1963	32	LAD	NL	22	26	23	4	5	1	0	1	2	0	0	3	10	.217	.308	.391	.699	108	9	1	0	0	0	0	5/46
1963	32	WSA	AL	83	320	298	37	74	12	1	13	44	3	2	18	57	.248	.296	.426	.722	100	127	10	2	2	0	2	5/4
1964	33	WSA	AL	121	370	341	38	84	16	2	12	38	1	3	27	94	.246	.302	.411	.712	96	140	8	0	2	0	0	5/9274
1965	34	WSA	AL	95	258	226	20	45	6	0	2	17	2	0	26	59	.199	.284	.252	.536	56	57	7	2	1	3	1	254
1966	35	FLY	Fgn																										FLY · JPPL
1967	36	CIN-min	AA,AAA	41	91	82	4	16	5	0	1	7	1	0	9	19	.195	.275	.293	.567		24		0	0	0			KNX,BFL · SOUL,IL
12 Yrs				1095	3593	3283	353	773	130	22	91	352	45	25	246	678	.235	.290	.372	.662	77	1220	99	13	37	14	27
162 Game Avg.				162	532	486	52	114	19	3	13	52	7	4	36	100	.235	.290	.372	.662	77	180	15	2	5	2

LAD (7 yrs)				459	1469	1329	145	303	43	6	43	161	25	10	106	302	.228	.286	.366	.653	69	487	43	6	20	8	18
WSA (3 yrs)				299	948	865	95	203	34	3	27	99	6	5	71	210	.235	.295	.375	.669	87	324	25	4	5	3	3
CHC (2 yrs)				260	914	845	94	215	41	11	19	75	13	7	52	126	.254	.298	.396	.695	86	335	25	2	12	3	5
NYM (1 yr)				14	55	52	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	10	.077	.127	.096	.223	-39	5	1	0	0	0	0
CIN (1 yr)				63	207	192	16	48	11	2	2	16	1	2	14	30	.250	.304	.359	.664	75	69	5	1	0	0	1

NL (10 yrs)				796	2645	2418	258	570	96	19	64	253	39	20	175	468	.236	.289	.371	.659	73	896	74	9	32	11	24
AL (3 yrs)				299	948	865	95	203	34	3	27	99	6	5	71	210	.235	.295	.375	.669	87	324	25	4	5	3	3

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1954	23	BRO	NL	24	37	-4	0	0	2	1	-0	-0.1	1	1	0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.2	-1		6
1955	24	BRO	NL	88	309	-8	0	0	-2	4	-6	-0.8	12	6	0.4	.493	.496	0.8	0.0	8		46/5
1956	25	BRO	NL	17	21	-1	0	-0	-0	0	-1	-0.1	1	0	-0.0	.495	.499	0.0	-0.0	0		/654
1957	26	BRO	NL	84	289	-18	-2	0	0	3	-17	-1.9	11	-6	-0.8	.478	.489	-0.7	0.2	-6		56/4
1958	27	LAD	NL	127	495	-8	-1	-2	-7	7	-11	-1.3	19	8	0.6	.491	.493	1.4	-0.0	14		*65/47
1959	28	LAD	NL	97	292	-25	0	0	3	5	-16	-1.7	11	-5	-0.6	.482	.489	-0.9	0.9	-9	$16,000	6/54
1960	29	CHC	NL	132	402	-8	0	-1	2	3	-3	-0.3	15	12	1.2	.498	.498	1.0	0.5	11		45/67
1961	30	CHC	NL	128	512	-9	-0	-1	-4	3	-11	-1.1	20	8	0.8	.491	.493	1.3	-0.2	13		*4/59	AS
1962	31	NYM	NL	14	55	-10	-0	-0	2	0	-8	-0.9	2	-6	-0.7	.438	.495	-0.8	0.2	-7		5
1962	31	CIN	NL	63	207	-4	-1	1	-2	1	-5	-0.5	8	3	0.3	.492	.497	0.5	-0.0	5		54/6
1963	32	LAD	NL	22	26	0	0	-0	1	0	1	0.2	1	2	0.2	.507	.501	0.1	0.2	1		5/46
1963	32	WSA	AL	83	320	2	-1	-1	-4	2	-2	-0.4	10	7	0.6	.497	.498	1.2	-0.4	12		5/4
1964	33	WSA	AL	121	370	-1	-1	-1	3	2	2	0.0	11	13	1.2	.502	.501	1.0	0.3	10		5/9274
1965	34	WSA	AL	95	258	-11	1	-1	-4	3	-12	-1.5	8	-4	-0.7	.485	.491	-0.2	-0.1	-1		254
12 Seasons				1095	3593	-103	-3	-6	-11	34	-89	-10.3	129	40	2.7	.491	.495	4.5	1.9	51	$16,000

LAD (7 yrs)				459	1469	-62	-3	-2	-3	19	-50	-5.6	55	6	-0.1	.488	.493	0.5	1.5	8	$16,000
WSA (3 yrs)				299	948	-10	-0	-3	-5	6	-13	-1.8	29	16	1.1	.495	.497	2.0	-0.2	21
CHC (2 yrs)				260	914	-16	0	-2	-3	7	-14	-1.5	35	21	2.1	.494	.496	2.3	0.4	23
NYM (1 yr)				14	55	-10	-0	-0	2	0	-8	-0.9	2	-6	-0.7	.438	.495	-0.8	0.2	-7
CIN (1 yr)				63	207	-4	-1	1	-2	1	-5	-0.5	8	3	0.3	.492	.497	0.5	-0.0	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
1954	23	BRO	NL	37	28	2	1.9	113	.240	.182	.279	.270	.351	.242	.431	.513	.782	33	.158	-3.5	-0.3	.500	.212	.061	.0
1955	24	BRO	NL	309	231	34	3.9	109	.256	.239	.270	.289	.342	.443	.428	.731	.770	88	.422	-6.2	-0.6	.659	.279	.204	7.5
1956	25	BRO	NL	21	16	2	3.3	111	.462	.300	.274	.333	.343	.350	.433	.683	.776	78	.370	-0.6	-0.1	.438	.000	.050
1957	26	BRO	NL	289	225	21	2.5	110	.264	.219	.279	.262	.344	.327	.432	.589	.775	52	.249	-19.7	-2.0	.462	.160	.108	1.7
1958	27	LAD	NL	495	366	55	4.0	110	.293	.262	.275	.305	.343	.415	.429	.720	.772	86	.434	-11.5	-1.1	.648	.242	.154	15.4
1959	28	LAD	NL	292	222	18	2.2	111	.195	.165	.278	.274	.346	.249	.431	.523	.776	37	.200	-23.3	-2.3	.470	.241	.084	3.4
1960	29	CHC	NL	402	295	42	3.8	98	.289	.258	.261	.307	.326	.389	.400	.696	.727	91	.441	-5.4	-0.5	.597	.209	.130	6.9
1961	30	CHC	NL	512	382	52	3.6	106	.271	.252	.270	.291	.337	.403	.421	.694	.757	82	.389	-13.8	-1.4	.596	.212	.151	7.2
1962	31	TOT	NL	262	201	21	2.8	106	.248	.213	.274	.267	.342	.303	.416	.570	.758	51	.291	-17.6	-1.8	.448	.152	.090	1.3
1962	31	NYM	NL	55	50	1	0.5	104	.095	.077	.271	.127	.339	.096	.412	.223	.750	-39	.020	-10.4	-1.1	.140	.058	.019
1962	31	CIN	NL	207	151	20	3.6	107	.288	.250	.275	.304	.343	.359	.417	.664	.760	75	.387	-7.2	-0.7	.550	.177	.109	1.3
1963	32	TOT	MLB	346	257	37	3.9	94	.271	.246	.255	.297	.320	.424	.392	.720	.713	101	.467	-1.0	-0.1	.627	.246	.178	4.9
1963	32	LAD	NL	26	19	3	4.2	83	.333	.217	.245	.308	.305	.391	.366	.699	.672	108	.538	0.3	0.0	.632	.304	.174	.0
1963	32	WSA	AL	320	238	34	3.9	95	.268	.248	.255	.296	.322	.426	.394	.722	.716	100	.462	-1.2	-0.1	.627	.242	.178	4.9
1964	33	WSA	AL	370	270	40	4.0	96	.306	.246	.256	.302	.324	.411	.397	.712	.721	96	.472	-2.6	-0.3	.616	.238	.164	1.8
1965	34	WSA	AL	258	192	17	2.4	90	.256	.199	.248	.284	.318	.252	.381	.536	.699	56	.276	-12.4	-1.3	.463	.177	.053	2.0
12 Yrs				3593	2685	341	3.4	103	.270	.235	.267	.290	.334	.372	.414	.662	.748	77	.378	-117.6	-11.8	.569	.217	.136	60.2
162 Game Avg.				532	397	50	3.4	103	.270	.235	.267	.290	.334	.372	.414	.662	.748	77	.378	-117.6	-11.8	.569	.217	.136	9

LAD (7 yrs)				1469	1107	135	3.3	110	.262	.228	.275	.286	.343	.366	.429	.653	.771	69	.346	-64.6	-6.4	.569	.229	.138	31.6
WSA (3 yrs)				948	700	91	3.5	94	.279	.235	.254	.295	.322	.375	.392	.669	.714	87	.421	-16.3	-1.7	.578	.223	.140	9.8
CHC (2 yrs)				914	677	94	3.7	102	.279	.254	.266	.298	.332	.396	.412	.695	.744	86	.411	-19.2	-1.9	.597	.211	.142	15.4
NYM (1 yr)				55	50	1	0.5	104	.095	.077	.271	.127	.339	.096	.412	.223	.750	-39	.019	-10.4	-1.1	.140	.058	.019
CIN (1 yr)				207	151	20	3.5	107	.288	.250	.275	.304	.343	.359	.417	.664	.760	75	.387	-7.2	-0.7	.550	.177	.109	1.3

NL (10 yrs)				2645	1985	250	3.4	107	.267	.236	.272	.289	.339	.371	.421	.659	.760	73	.363	-101.4	-10.1	.566	.215	.135	48.5
AL (3 yrs)				948	700	91	3.5	94	.279	.235	.254	.295	.322	.375	.392	.669	.714	87	.421	-16.3	-1.7	.578	.223	.140	9.8

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
1955	24	BRO	NL	WS	NYY	W	4	12	9	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	5	.222	.333	.222	.556	2	0	0	0	1	0

1959	28	LAD	NL	WS	CHW	W	1	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 Series)							5	13	10	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	5	.200	.308	.200	.508	2	0	0	0	1	0
2 WS							5	13	10	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	5	.200	.308	.200	.508	2	0	0	0	1	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	CHC	NL	30		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1961	CHC	NL	30		DNP

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1954	23	BRO	NL	37	0.0%	21.6%	8.1%	2.7%	17%	2.67	4.1			0.67	68%
1955	24	BRO	NL	309	4.9%	21.4%	6.2%	8.4%	39%	3.47	4.2	18.7	5.6	1.04	66%
1956	25	BRO	NL	21	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	4.8%	17%		2.9		10.0	3.00	62%
1957	26	BRO	NL	289	2.1%	21.8%	5.5%	5.5%	27%	3.94	4.3	44.8	14.2	1.21	70%
1958	27	LAD	NL	495	3.4%	18.6%	5.7%	6.9%	29%	3.29	4.9	26.8	7.6	1.09	70%
1959	28	LAD	NL	292	1.4%	19.2%	12.7%	4.1%	29%	1.51	4.4	62.3	8.9	1.26	65%
1960	29	CHC	NL	402	1.5%	13.9%	6.7%	7.2%	31%	2.07	6.6	61.3	10.5	1.07	77%
1961	30	CHC	NL	512	2.5%	13.7%	4.9%	8.2%	35%	2.80	6.8	36.7	11.9	1.10	77%
1962	31	TOT	NL	262	0.8%	15.3%	6.5%	6.1%	31%	2.35	6.1	122.0	14.4	1.07	77%
1962	31	NYM	NL	55	0.0%	18.2%	5.5%	1.8%	25%	3.33	5.2		52.0	0.76	76%
1962	31	CIN	NL	207	1.0%	14.5%	6.8%	7.3%	31%	2.14	6.4	96.0	12.0	1.19	77%
1963	32	TOT	MLB	346	4.1%	19.4%	6.1%	8.1%	35%	3.19	4.8	22.9	7.0	1.13	69%
1963	32	LAD	NL	26	3.9%	38.5%	11.5%	7.7%	40%	3.33	2.3	23.0	11.5	2.00	46%
1963	32	WSA	AL	320	4.1%	17.8%	5.6%	8.1%	35%	3.17	5.2	22.9	6.8	1.10	71%
1964	33	WSA	AL	370	3.2%	25.4%	7.3%	8.1%	36%	3.48	3.6	28.4	9.0	0.87	64%
1965	34	WSA	AL	258	0.8%	22.9%	10.1%	3.1%	18%	2.27	3.8	113.0	13.3	0.93	65%
12 Yrs				3593	2.5%	18.9%	6.9%	6.8%	31%	2.76	4.8	36.1	9.3	1.07	70%
MLB Averages					2.3%	13.6%	8.7%	6.5%	29%	1.56	6.6	38.6	8.5	1.03	74%

Win Probability*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1954	23	BRO	NL	-3.5	-0.3	39	-0.4	0.2	-0.6	.83	-0.2	-0.3	-4.1	-0.4	0.94	-3.4	1.74	3
1955	24	BRO	NL	-6.2	-0.6	320	-0.1	5.8	-5.8	1.03	-0.1	-0.0	-1.2	-0.1	1.01	-3.1	0.53	3
1956	25	BRO	NL	-0.6	-0.1	22	-0.0	0.6	-0.6	1.28	-0.1	0.1	-2.6	-0.2	1.03	-1.5		0
1957	26	BRO	NL	-19.7	-2.0	294	-2.5	3.8	-6.3	1.06	-1.7	-0.7	-31.8	-3.1	0.96	-20.7	6.36	1
1958	27	LAD	NL	-11.5	-1.1	517	-1.5	8.0	-9.5	.99	-0.7	-0.8	1.7	0.2	0.96	-3.6	0.00	1
1959	28	LAD	NL	-23.3	-2.3	296	-2.4	3.6	-6.0	1.07	-1.9	-0.3	-24.5	-2.4	0.99	-22.2	1.49	4
1960	29	CHC	NL	-5.4	-0.5	420	-0.2	7.4	-7.6	1.09	-0.6	0.4	-3.6	-0.4	0.94	-5.6	1.12	14
1961	30	CHC	NL	-13.8	-1.4	528	-1.4	8.5	-9.9	1.03	-1.0	-0.4	-14.6	-1.4	0.94	-14.1	0.84	8
1962	31	TOT	NL	-17.6	-1.8	273	-1.8	3.9	-5.7	1.08	-1.4	-0.3	-14.1	-1.4	0.92	-15.6	1.69	9
1962	31	NYM	NL	-10.4	-1.1	57	-0.5	0.7	-1.2	1.10	-0.8	0.3	-6.4	-0.7	0.86	-9.1		0
1962	31	CIN	NL	-7.2	-0.7	216	-1.3	3.2	-4.5	1.07	-0.5	-0.7	-7.6	-0.7	0.94	-6.5	1.69	9
1963	32	TOT	MLB	-1.0	-0.1	356	-0.2	6.4	-6.6	1.01	0.2	-0.4	4.9	0.5	0.95	4.4	1.00	14
1963	32	LAD	NL	0.3	0.0	26	-0.3	0.3	-0.6	1.07	-0.0	-0.2	0.5	0.1	0.94	-0.1	0.81	10
1963	32	WSA	AL	-1.2	-0.1	330	0.1	6.2	-6.1	1.00	0.2	-0.1	4.4	0.5	0.95	4.5	1.48	4
1964	33	WSA	AL	-2.6	-0.3	376	0.2	7.8	-7.6	1.12	1.0	-0.9	-0.9	-0.1	0.96	9.2	2.32	38
1965	34	WSA	AL	-12.4	-1.3	265	-1.4	3.5	-4.9	1.03	-1.5	0.2	-15.1	-1.6	0.96	-14.1	1.59	27
12 Yrs				-117.6	-11.8	3706	-11.7	59.6	-71.3	1.05	-7.9	-3.2	-105.9	-10.4	0.96	-90.3	1.66	122

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	OOB2	OOB3	OOBHm	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1954	23	BRO	NL	0	30%	22	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67%	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	24	BRO	NL	2	32%	67	5	3	63%	4	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	6	1	2	1	5	65%	9	3	5	2	1	1	9	2	7
1956	25	BRO	NL	0	57%	16	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1957	26	BRO	NL	6	25%	106	1	3	25%	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	0	4	0	3	65%	12	5	6	0	0	0	8	1	7
1958	27	LAD	NL	8	27%	164	14	2	88%	10	1	3	0	1	1	4	0	9	1	1	5	7	41%	19	10	7	6	3	3	9	5	4
1959	28	LAD	NL	3	23%	94	3	1	75%	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	2	2	50%	10	6	4	3	2	1	5	0	4
1960	29	CHC	NL	2	27%	129	8	6	57%	6	5	1	1	1	0	1	0	5	1	2	0	9	58%	19	10	8	0	0	0	14	3	11
1961	30	CHC	NL	12	33%	169	5	1	83%	5	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	7	1	3	0	17	42%	27	20	5	7	3	4	14	3	11
1962	31	TOT	NL	7	25%	77	1	3	25%	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	7	3	2	0	8	50%	10	4	6	4	3	1	2	1	1
1962	31	NYM	NL	1	43%	7	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1962	31	CIN	NL	6	23%	70	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	3	2	0	7	47%	10	4	6	3	3	0	2	1	1
1963	32	TOT	MLB	7	31%	112	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	0	1	1	6	64%	18	6	12	3	3	0	7	1	6
1963	32	LAD	NL	0	43%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	33%	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963	32	WSA	AL	7	30%	106	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	0	1	1	5	68%	15	4	11	3	3	0	7	1	6
1964	33	WSA	AL	4	26%	120	1	3	25%	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	6	1	2	1	6	56%	26	14	11	1	0	1	7	0	7
1965	34	WSA	AL	4	25%	96	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	5	58%	12	7	5	2	1	1	5	0	5
12 Yrs				55	28%	1172	45	25	64%	36	16	7	6	2	3	17	2	55	9	17	12	71	54%	166	87	71	28	16	12	81	16	64

Situational Batting*

						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	%	DPopp	DPs	DP%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1954	23	BRO	NL	37	14%	6			3	0	0	0	1.74	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	1	13%	2	1	50%	23	0	0%	0	0		2	1	50%	0
1955	24	BRO	NL	309	8%	67			3	0	0	0	0.53	15	1	9	13	2	6	9	0	6	4	67%	72	7	10%	37	10	27%	219	35	16%	17	7	41%	11	5	45%	0
1956	25	BRO	NL	21	10%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	1	20%	2	0	0%	17	2	12%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1957	26	BRO	NL	289	6%	59			1	0	0	0	6.36	6	0	8	6	0	3	3	0	8	3	38%	57	8	14%	34	8	24%	191	13	7%	17	3	18%	12	7	58%	0
1958	27	LAD	NL	495	15%	119			1	0	0	0	0.00	17	0	6	15	2	11	6	0	12	9	75%	111	17	15%	47	13	28%	298	44	15%	19	9	47%	21	13	62%	0
1959	28	LAD	NL	292	19%	41			4	1	0	0	1.49	4	0	6	4	0	1	3	0	6	4	67%	70	8	11%	31	8	26%	204	24	12%	19	9	47%	4	1	25%	0
1960	29	CHC	NL	402	32%	95			14	3	0	1	1.12	6	0	15	5	1	2	4	0	5	5	100%	75	9	12%	39	20	51%	234	31	13%	16	9	56%	16	11	69%	0
1961	30	CHC	NL	512	37%	120			8	1	1	2	0.84	13	0	14	11	2	3	10	0	7	7	100%	117	16	14%	63	14	22%	293	32	11%	16	5	31%	20	12	60%	0
1962	31	TOT	NL	262	27%	52			9	4	0	0	1.69	2	0	8	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		56	6	11%	29	6	21%	159	18	11%	17	8	47%	10	6	60%	0
1962	31	NYM	NL	55	22%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9	1	11%	8	2	25%	25	2	8%	3	2	67%	4	2	50%	0
1962	31	CIN	NL	207	29%	48			9	4	0	0	1.69	2	0	8	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		47	5	11%	21	4	19%	134	16	12%	14	6	43%	6	4	67%	0
1963	32	TOT	MLB	346	22%	79			14	5	2	4	1.00	14	2	10	11	3	3	11	0	2	2	100%	63	11	17%	27	5	19%	217	34	16%	14	4	29%	12	5	42%	0
1963	32	LAD	NL	26	19%	5			10	2	1	2	0.81	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		4	1	25%	2	0	0%	14	1	7%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1963	32	WSA	AL	320	22%	74			4	3	1	2	1.48	13	2	9	10	3	3	10	0	2	2	100%	59	10	17%	25	5	20%	203	33	16%	14	4	29%	11	5	45%	0
1964	33	WSA	AL	370	27%	84			38	9	1	3	2.32	12	1	7	12	0	6	6	0	3	2	67%	63	8	13%	33	6	18%	207	29	14%	12	5	42%	6	5	83%	0
1965	34	WSA	AL	258	48%	45			27	5	1	3	1.59	2	0	9	0	2	1	1	0	2	1	50%	51	7	14%	29	5	17%	156	15	10%	17	6	35%	13	7	54%	0
12 Yrs				3593	24%	773			122	28	5	13	1.66	91	4	93	78	13	37	54	0	51	37	73%	748	99	13%	373	96	26%	2218	277	12%	165	65	39%	128	73	57%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			77%			10%			31%			14%			49%			53%

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
1954	23	24	37	33	3	6	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	8	.182	.270	.242	.513	33	8	1	1	0	0
1955	24	112	346	313	41	73	10	2	15	50	7	3	22	74	.233	.287	.422	.708	82	132	8	3	4	4	5
1956	25	129	367	333	45	79	11	2	15	52	7	4	22	81	.237	.289	.417	.707	82	139	9	4	4	4	5
1957	26	213	656	602	68	138	20	3	21	71	8	7	38	144	.229	.277	.377	.654	69	227	17	4	7	5	10
1958	27	340	1151	1057	120	257	35	5	38	131	22	9	66	236	.243	.289	.394	.683	76	416	34	5	16	7	11
1959	28	437	1443	1306	141	298	42	6	42	159	25	10	103	292	.228	.286	.366	.652	68	478	42	6	20	8	18
1960	29	569	1845	1674	178	393	58	13	48	194	33	16	130	348	.235	.291	.371	.662	73	621	51	6	25	10	22
1961	30	697	2357	2151	235	513	83	17	61	234	38	17	155	418	.238	.291	.378	.669	75	813	67	8	32	11	23
1962	31	774	2619	2395	254	565	95	19	63	251	39	20	172	458	.236	.288	.370	.659	73	887	73	9	32	11	24
1963	32	879	2965	2716	295	644	108	20	77	297	42	22	193	525	.237	.289	.377	.666	76	1023	84	11	34	11	26
1964	33	1000	3335	3057	333	728	124	22	89	335	43	25	220	619	.238	.291	.380	.671	78	1163	92	11	36	11	26
1965	34	1095	3593	3283	353	773	130	22	91	352	45	25	246	678	.235	.290	.372	.662	77	1220	99	13	37	14	27

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1954	23	25	38	34	3	6	0	1	0	0	2	3	8	.176	.263	.235	.498	2	24
1955	24	93	320	291	37	67	10	1	15	49	5	19	69	.230	.278	.426	.705	35	88
1956	25	18	22	21	4	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	7	.286	.318	.333	.652	2	17
1957	26	88	297	277	22	58	9	1	6	18	1	16	66	.209	.252	.314	.566	22	84
1958	27	134	517	476	53	123	16	2	18	61	14	29	97	.258	.301	.414	.715	59	127
1959	28	101	303	259	21	42	7	1	4	28	3	38	59	.162	.271	.243	.514	17	97
1960	29	138	424	388	41	103	17	8	7	39	9	29	59	.265	.315	.405	.720	49	132
1961	30	134	532	496	58	123	26	4	13	41	5	26	73	.248	.288	.395	.683	56	128
1962	31	77	263	245	18	53	12	2	2	16	1	17	40	.216	.270	.306	.576	20	77
1963	32	105	351	325	44	83	14	1	15	50	3	22	67	.255	.307	.443	.750	43	105
1964	33	120	373	343	41	88	17	2	13	41	1	28	93	.257	.313	.431	.744	46	121
1965	34	95	263	229	22	48	6	0	2	19	2	28	59	.210	.298	.262	.560	18	95
12 Yrs		1128	3703	3384	364	800	135	23	95	364	46	255	697	.236	.291	.374	.665	369	1095
162 Game Avg.		162	532	486	52	115	19	3	14	52	7	37	100	.236	.291	.374	.665	53	1095

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1961-1 * 1961-2	Awards (yr lg award) 1989 NL Mgr of the year	Strikeouts s c a p y 1958 NL 92 (3rd)	Stolen Bases s c a p y 1958 NL 14 (8th)
Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1958 NL 9 (6th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1958 NL 17 (8th) 1961 NL 16 (10th)	SB % s c a p y 1958 NL 87.50 (1st)	Power-Speed # s c a p y 1958 NL 15.4 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 2 (2173), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 12 (1077), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 14 (1233), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Third Base (302nd), 2.7 career WAR/5.2 7yr-peak WAR/3.9 JAWS Average HOF 3B (out of 13) = 67.4 career WAR/42.6 7yr-peak WAR/55.0 JAWS

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Bernie Allen (962) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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