Ben Zobrist    \ZO-brist\

Benjamin Thomas Zobrist (Zorilla) (twitter: @TheZobrists)

Positions: Second Baseman, Rightfielder and Shortstop
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: May 26, 1981 in Eureka, IL
High School: Eureka HS (Eureka, IL)
Schools: Dallas Baptist University (Dallas, TX), Olivet Nazarene University (Bourbonnais, IL)
Drafted
by the Houston Astros in the 6th round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 1, 2006 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Rays/DevilRays 2006-2013
2013 Contract Status: 3rd-Year Arb Eligible (team option), 4 yrs/$18M (10-13) & 14-15 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 5.134, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Alan Nero [*]
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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
2006 25 TBD AL 52 198 183 10 41 6 2 2 18 2 3 10 26 .224 .260 .311 .572 48 57 2 0 2 3 1 6
2007 26 TBD AL 31 105 97 8 15 2 0 1 9 2 0 3 21 .155 .184 .206 .391 4 20 1 1 2 2 0 6
2008 27 TBR AL 62 227 198 32 50 10 2 12 30 3 0 25 37 .253 .339 .505 .844 120 100 4 2 0 2 1 67/48D95
2009 28 TBR AL 152 599 501 91 149 28 7 27 91 17 6 91 104 .297 .405 .543 .948 149 272 7 2 1 4 4 496/7835D AS,MVP-8
2010 29 TBR AL 151 655 541 77 129 28 2 10 75 24 3 92 107 .238 .346 .353 .699 96 191 10 3 7 12 1 *9438/57
2011 30 TBR AL 156 674 588 99 158 46 6 20 91 19 6 77 128 .269 .353 .469 .822 131 276 9 2 2 5 1 *49/D MVP-16
2012 31 TBR AL 157 668 560 88 151 39 7 20 74 14 9 97 103 .270 .377 .471 .848 138 264 13 3 2 6 7 946/D MVP-18
2013 32 TBR AL 45 197 171 23 43 11 1 3 29 3 0 21 29 .251 .340 .380 .720 101 65 3 3 0 2 0 94/6
8 Yrs 806 3323 2839 428 736 170 27 95 417 84 27 416 555 .259 .353 .439 .792 117 1245 49 16 16 36 15
162 Game Avg. 162 668 571 86 148 34 5 19 84 17 5 84 112 .259 .353 .439 .792 117 250 10 3 3 7 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
2006 25 TBD AL 52 198 -13 -2 1 -2 3 -14 -1.3 7 -6 -0.6 .474 .492 -0.4 0.1 -4 6
2007 26 TBD AL 31 105 -12 1 0 -5 1 -15 -1.5 4 -11 -1.1 .452 .491 -0.6 -0.3 -6 $383,400 6
2008 27 TBR AL 62 227 5 0 0 -7 1 0 0.1 9 9 0.9 .501 .500 1.6 -0.5 16 $395,800 67/48D95
2009 28 TBR AL 152 599 37 1 2 25 -0 65 6.5 22 87 8.6 .542 .539 6.1 2.5 62 $415,900 496/7835D AS,MVP-8
2010 29 TBR AL 151 655 -0 5 1 16 -4 19 2.2 24 43 4.5 .513 .512 2.8 1.4 27 $438,100 *9438/57
2011 30 TBR AL 156 674 26 3 2 29 1 60 6.4 25 85 8.8 .541 .539 5.7 3.2 56 $4,687,300 *49/D MVP-16
2012 31 TBR AL 157 668 32 -3 1 4 0 33 3.5 25 58 5.9 .522 .521 5.6 0.4 54 $4,500,000 946/D MVP-18
2013 32 TBR AL 45 197 0 1 1 -4 -0 -2 -0.1 7 5 0.6 .496 .499 0.9 -0.4 9 $5,500,000 94/6
8 Seasons 806 3323 75 6 8 56 3 147 15.8 123 270 27.6 .519 .512 21.7 6.4 214 $16,320,500

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
2006 25 TBD AL 198 152 15 2.6 110 .247 .224 .274 .260 .339 .311 .436 .572 .775 48 .222 -14.5 -1.4 .449 .137 .087 2.0
2007 26 TBD AL 105 87 4 1.2 105 .182 .155 .269 .184 .336 .206 .420 .391 .756 4 .070 -13.6 -1.3 .313 .103 .052 1.3
2008 27 TBR AL 227 154 35 6.1 106 .252 .253 .269 .339 .337 .505 .423 .844 .760 120 .592 5.3 0.5 .855 .394 .253 4.8
2009 28 TBR AL 599 370 117 8.4 106 .326 .297 .265 .405 .334 .543 .425 .948 .759 149 .718 38.7 3.6 1.030 .449 .246 20.9
2010 29 TBR AL 655 444 77 4.6 96 .273 .238 .254 .346 .321 .353 .399 .699 .720 96 .496 2.5 0.2 .722 .323 .115 14.1
2011 30 TBR AL 674 452 102 6.0 93 .310 .269 .250 .353 .314 .469 .396 .822 .710 131 .621 27.4 2.7 .827 .354 .201 19.5
2012 31 TBR AL 668 439 103 6.3 94 .296 .270 .249 .377 .313 .471 .401 .848 .714 138 .641 34.0 3.3 .856 .384 .202 16.5
2013 32 TBR AL 197 133 24 4.8 96 .284 .251 .251 .340 .317 .380 .407 .720 .724 101 .509 1.2 0.1 .702 .269 .129 3.0
8 Yrs 3323 2231 477 5.7 98 .288 .259 .257 .353 .323 .439 .409 .792 .731 117 .581 80.9 7.8 .796 .346 .179 89.2
162 Game Avg. 668 448 96 5.7 98 .288 .259 .257 .353 .323 .439 .409 .792 .731 117 .581 16 2 .796 .346 .179 18

Postseason Batting

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
2008 27 TBR AL ALCS BOS W 3 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 27 TBR AL WS PHI L 4 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .143 .250 .143 .393 1 0 0 0 0 0
2010 29 TBR AL ALDS TEX L 5 22 20 2 6 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 6 .300 .364 .550 .914 11 0 0 0 0 0
2011 30 TBR AL ALDS TEX L 4 18 17 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .235 .278 .235 .513 4 0 1 0 0 0
3 Yrs (4 Series) 16 53 48 4 11 2 0 1 2 0 0 4 10 .229 .302 .333 .635 16 0 1 0 0 0
2 ALDS 9 40 37 4 10 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 10 .270 .325 .405 .730 15 0 1 0 0 0
1 ALCS 3 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 4 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .143 .250 .143 .393 1 0 0 0 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
2009 TBR AL 28 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .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
2006 25 TBD AL 198 1.0% 13.1% 5.1% 5.1% 24% 2.60 7.0 91.5 10.2 0.97 1.20 80% 17% 2.9% 14%
2007 26 TBD AL 105 1.0% 20.0% 2.9% 2.9% 20% 7.00 4.6 97.0 10.8 0.79 0.85 73% 16% 2.9% 17%
2008 27 TBR AL 227 5.3% 16.3% 11.0% 10.6% 48% 1.48 5.4 16.5 6.6 0.77 1.02 67% 18% 14.5% 10%
2009 28 TBR AL 599 4.5% 17.4% 15.2% 10.4% 42% 1.14 4.8 18.6 5.5 0.70 0.92 62% 24% 12.7% 9%
2010 29 TBR AL 655 1.5% 16.3% 14.1% 6.1% 31% 1.16 5.1 54.1 7.2 0.77 0.95 67% 18% 4.7% 13%
2011 30 TBR AL 674 3.0% 19.0% 11.4% 10.7% 46% 1.66 4.6 29.4 6.5 0.84 1.28 66% 19% 9.0% 11%
2012 31 TBR AL 668 3.0% 15.4% 14.5% 9.9% 44% 1.06 5.4 28.0 7.6 0.79 1.09 66% 20% 9.1% 15%
2013 32 TBR AL 197 1.5% 14.7% 10.7% 7.6% 35% 1.38 5.9 57.0 5.9 0.89 1.17 72% 21% 4.3% 9%
8 Yrs 3323 2.9% 16.7% 12.5% 8.8% 40% 1.33 5.1 29.9 6.8 0.79 1.06 67% 20% 8.4% 12%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.1% 8.4% 7.8% 34% 2.15 4.9 33.8 7.9 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.7% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2006 25 TBD AL -14.5 -1.4 204 -1.5 2.6 -4.1 1.10 -1.2 -0.1 -11.1 -1.0 0.92 -12.0 1.57 2
2007 26 TBD AL -13.6 -1.3 111 -0.8 1.3 -2.1 .99 -1.0 0.2 -10.5 -1.0 0.96 -10.5 0.05 1
2008 27 TBR AL 5.3 0.5 232 0.9 4.9 -4.0 1.03 0.6 0.3 2.2 0.2 0.97 4.5 0.72 9
2009 28 TBR AL 38.7 3.6 633 4.1 13.9 -9.8 1.04 3.5 0.4 43.0 4.0 0.98 41.0 1.58 13
2010 29 TBR AL 2.5 0.2 699 -1.2 10.5 -11.7 1.03 0.4 -1.6 6.0 0.6 0.96 8.7 1.52 5
2011 30 TBR AL 27.4 2.7 710 1.2 12.4 -11.2 .94 1.9 -0.7 30.0 3.0 0.96 23.7 1.92 1
2012 31 TBR AL 34.0 3.3 699 2.2 13.3 -11.0 1.03 2.8 -0.7 25.4 2.6 0.92 29.4 0
2013 32 TBR AL 1.2 0.1 202 1.0 3.9 -2.9 .94 0.4 0.7 4.9 0.5 0.90 3.7 0
8 Yrs 80.9 7.8 3490 6.0 62.7 -56.7 1.01 7.5 -1.6 90.0 8.9 0.95 88.6 1.28 31

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2006 25 TBD AL 4 0 16% 72 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 2 28% 13 9 4 1 1 0 4 3 1
2007 26 TBD AL 3 0 39% 32 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 33% 4 2 2 4 3 0 1 0 1
2008 27 TBR AL 2 0 31% 74 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 2 4 44% 6 3 3 5 3 1 7 3 4
2009 28 TBR AL 4 0 30% 243 17 6 74% 16 4 1 2 0 0 4 1 3 2 0 0 1 21 47% 22 14 8 9 5 4 18 6 11
2010 29 TBR AL 7 0 31% 263 24 3 89% 22 2 2 1 0 0 4 0 3 1 1 0 1 24 44% 37 22 15 13 6 7 14 8 6
2011 30 TBR AL 5 0 36% 273 19 6 76% 16 6 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 17 46% 33 24 9 14 4 10 18 7 11
2012 31 TBR AL 8 0 29% 293 14 9 61% 13 8 1 1 0 0 2 0 10 2 2 2 4 17 38% 35 25 10 12 8 4 21 7 12
2013 32 TBR AL 1 0 31% 72 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 6 55% 11 4 7 4 2 2 7 3 3
8 Yrs 34 0 31% 1322 84 27 76% 75 23 8 4 1 0 12 1 28 7 5 4 12 96 43% 161 103 58 62 32 28 90 37 49

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 % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2006 25 TBD AL 198 100% 41 6 2 2 0 0 0 1.57 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 4 2 50% 30 2 7% 21 12 57% 111 16 14% 7 6 86% 5 1 20% 0
2007 26 TBD AL 105 100% 15 2 1 1 0 0 0 0.05 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 50% 18 1 6% 17 6 35% 63 8 13% 8 5 63% 4 1 25% 0
2008 27 TBR AL 227 99% 50 4 0 9 0 0 0 0.72 12 2 7 9 3 4 8 0 0 0 49 4 8% 26 5 19% 146 18 12% 17 8 47% 11 6 55% 0
2009 28 TBR AL 599 100% 149 17 1 13 4 3 4 1.58 27 2 17 18 9 18 9 0 1 1 100% 122 7 6% 53 17 32% 409 65 16% 32 17 53% 28 19 68% 0
2010 29 TBR AL 655 98% 129 21 7 5 1 0 0 1.52 10 0 16 7 3 3 7 0 12 7 58% 120 10 8% 63 27 43% 421 66 16% 45 26 58% 32 15 47% 0
2011 30 TBR AL 674 99% 158 14 5 1 0 0 0 1.92 20 1 14 13 7 9 11 1 4 2 50% 123 9 7% 64 23 36% 393 74 19% 39 23 59% 24 13 54% 0
2012 31 TBR AL 668 100% 151 19 2 0 0 0 0 20 0 12 16 4 8 12 0 4 2 50% 120 13 11% 55 17 31% 347 55 16% 33 17 52% 24 10 42% 0
2013 32 TBR AL 197 96% 43 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 35 3 9% 17 7 41% 120 26 22% 12 8 67% 5 5 100% 0
8 Yrs 3323 99% 736 89 18 31 5 3 4 1.28 95 5 79 69 26 45 50 1 29 16 55% 617 49 8% 316 114 36% 2010 328 16% 193 110 57% 133 70 53% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 15% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2006 25 TBD AL 199 731 3.67 468 64% 31% 12% 23% 35% 69% 2% 44% 83% 21% 4% 7 0 14% 27 7 9% 18 13 35% -1 0 0
2007 26 TBD AL 106 387 3.65 266 69% 32% 11% 27% 30% 68% 0% 47% 84% 27% 6% 6 1 12% 13 4 8% 8 6 48% -1 0 0
2008 27 TBR AL 228 858 3.76 510 59% 32% 11% 25% 32% 68% 1% 41% 84% 26% 9% 20 0 21% 48 15 11% 26 14 27% -1 0 0
2009 28 TBR AL 603 2432 4.03 1383 57% 34% 12% 25% 29% 66% 1% 37% 81% 26% 8% 46 0 22% 131 34 13% 77 29 40% -4 0 0
2010 29 TBR AL 658 2693 4.09 1610 60% 37% 10% 25% 28% 63% 0% 38% 84% 22% 7% 43 0 17% 112 21 14% 93 42 31% -3 0 0
2011 30 TBR AL 677 2710 4.00 1639 60% 33% 12% 26% 28% 67% 0% 40% 81% 24% 6% 43 1 17% 115 16 13% 85 34 27% -3 0 0
2012 31 TBR AL 670 2724 4.07 1562 57% 36% 11% 23% 30% 64% 2% 37% 83% 23% 10% 64 3 20% 133 20 14% 94 40 32% -2 0 0
2013 32 TBR AL 197 728 3.70 435 60% 36% 10% 21% 33% 64% 0% 38% 84% 24% 9% 17 0 14% 28 4 11% 21 7 28% 0 0 0
8 Yrs 3338 13263 3.97 7873 59% 34% 11% 25% 30% 66% 1% 39% 83% 24% 7% 246 5 18% 607 121 13% 422 185 32% -15 0 0
MLB Averages 3.80 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 27% 5% 14% 9% 25%

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
2006 25 52 198 183 10 41 6 2 2 18 2 3 10 26 .224 .260 .311 .572 48 57 2 0 2 3 1
2007 26 83 303 280 18 56 8 2 3 27 4 3 13 47 .200 .234 .275 .509 33 77 3 1 4 5 1
2008 27 145 530 478 50 106 18 4 15 57 7 3 38 84 .222 .279 .370 .650 69 177 7 3 4 7 2
2009 28 297 1129 979 141 255 46 11 42 148 24 9 129 188 .260 .346 .459 .805 111 449 14 5 5 11 6
2010 29 448 1784 1520 218 384 74 13 52 223 48 12 221 295 .253 .346 .421 .767 106 640 24 8 12 23 7
2011 30 604 2458 2108 317 542 120 19 72 314 67 18 298 423 .257 .348 .435 .782 113 916 33 10 14 28 8
2012 31 761 3126 2668 405 693 159 26 92 388 81 27 395 526 .260 .354 .442 .796 118 1180 46 13 16 34 15
2013 32 806 3323 2839 428 736 170 27 95 417 84 27 416 555 .259 .353 .439 .792 117 1245 49 16 16 36 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
2006 25 52 196 181 9 39 6 2 2 17 2 10 26 .215 .253 .304 .556 14 52
2007 26 31 106 98 9 16 2 0 1 10 2 3 21 .163 .192 .214 .407 4 31
2008 27 62 225 197 31 49 10 2 12 29 3 24 37 .249 .333 .503 .836 33 62
2009 28 152 599 501 91 149 28 7 27 91 17 91 104 .297 .405 .543 .948 110 152
2010 29 151 669 549 85 137 30 2 11 83 25 98 107 .250 .360 .372 .731 74 151
2011 30 156 693 601 113 171 50 6 22 104 21 83 128 .285 .370 .498 .868 111 156
2012 31 157 686 571 99 162 42 8 21 83 15 104 103 .284 .393 .496 .889 112 157
2013 32 45 201 174 25 46 12 1 3 32 3 22 29 .264 .353 .397 .750 24 45
8 Yrs 806 3375 2872 462 769 180 28 99 449 88 435 555 .268 .363 .453 .817 482 806
162 Game Avg. 162 678 577 93 155 36 6 20 90 18 87 112 .268 .363 .453 .817 97 806

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2009 AL (8, 9%)
2011 AL (16, 2%)
2012 AL (18, 2%)
0.13 Career Shares (859th)

Wins Above Replacements c a p y
2009 AL  8.6 (2nd)
2011 AL  8.8 (1st)
2012 AL  5.9 (9th)

WAR Position Playerss c a p y
2009 AL  8.6 (1st)
2011 AL  8.8 (1st)
2012 AL  5.9 (6th)
Active  27.6 (43rd)

Offensive WARs c a p y
2009 AL  6.1 (3rd)
2011 AL  5.7 (6th)
2012 AL  5.6 (6th)

Defensive WARs c a p y
2009 AL  2.6 (4th)
2011 AL  3.3 (2nd)
Active  6.4 (42nd)

On-Base% s c a p y
2009 AL  .405 (4th)
2012 AL  .377 (9th)
Active  .353 (44th)

Slugging % s c a p y
2009 AL  .543 (7th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2009 AL  .948 (4th)

Doubles s c a p y
2011 AL  46 (3rd)
2012 AL  39 (8th)

Triples s c a p y
2009 AL  7 (10th)
2012 AL  7 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2009 AL  91 (6th)
2010 AL  92 (4th)
2012 AL  97 (2nd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2009 AL  149 (2nd)
Active  117 (47th)

Runs Created s c a p y
2009 AL  117 (8th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2009 AL  39 (3rd)
2012 AL  34 (9th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2009 AL  3.6 (3rd)
2012 AL  3.3 (9th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2011 AL  72 (6th)
2012 AL  66 (10th)

Times On Base s c a p y
2012 AL  251 (10th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2009 AL  .718 (3rd)
Active  .581 (50th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2010 AL  12 (1st)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2012 AL  9 (4th)

SB % s c a p y
2010 AL  88.89 (3rd)
Career  75.68 (145th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2009 AL  20.9 (7th)
2011 AL  19.5 (9th)
Active  89.2 (50th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)s c a p y
2009 AL  43.04 (4th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)s c a p y
2009 AL  4.1 (2nd)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)s c a p y
2009 AL  3.5 (5th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)s c a p y
2009 AL  4.0 (3rd)

             

Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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 - 15 (1196), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1400), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1272), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Second Base (61st), 27.4 career WAR/28.5 7yr-peak WAR/28.0 JAWS
Average HOF 2B (out of 19) = 69.5 career WAR/44.5 7yr-peak WAR/57.0 JAWS

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