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George Zuverink
George Zuverink

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 20, 1924 in Holland, MI
High School: Holland (Holland, MI)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1951
Final Game: June 15, 1959
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Standard Batting

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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
1951	26	CLE	AL	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1952	27	CLE	AL	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1954	29	TOT	MLB	37	76	66	2	9	1	0	0	3	0	1	1	15	.136	.149	.152	.301	-17	10	2	0	9	0		1
1954	29	CIN	NL	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	161	1	0	0	0	0		/1
1954	29	DET	AL	35	74	64	1	8	1	0	0	3	0	1	1	14	.125	.138	.141	.279	-22	9	2	0	9	0		1
1955	30	TOT	AL	42	29	27	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.185	.214	.222	.437	22	6	1	0	1	0	0	1
1955	30	DET	AL	14	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1955	30	BAL	AL	28	25	23	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.217	.250	.261	.511	43	6	1	0	1	0	0	1
1956	31	BAL	AL	62	22	17	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	.118	.167	.118	.284	-21	2	0	0	4	0	0	1
1957	32	BAL	AL	56	28	23	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	.130	.231	.130	.361	5	3	0	0	2	0	0	1
1958	33	BAL	AL	45	10	9	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	2	.222	.300	.444	.744	108	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
1959	34	BAL	AL	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		1.000				0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
8 Seasons				266	167	142	5	21	2	1	0	7	0	1	9	39	.148	.199	.176	.375	5	25	3	0	16	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	102	86	3	13	1	1	0	4	0	1	5	24	.148	.199	.176	.375	5	15	2	0	10	0

BAL (5 yrs)				197	87	72	2	12	1	1	0	4	0	0	8	22	.167	.250	.208	.458	30	15	1	0	7	0	0
CLE (2 yrs)				18	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
DET (2 yrs)				49	78	68	1	8	1	0	0	3	0	1	1	16	.118	.130	.132	.263	-27	9	2	0	9	0	0
CIN (1 yr)				2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	161	1	0	0	0	0

AL (8 yrs)				264	165	140	4	20	2	1	0	7	0	1	9	38	.143	.195	.171	.366	3	24	3	0	16	0	0
NL (1 yr)				2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	161	1	0	0	0	0

Advanced Batting

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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
1954	29	TOT	MLB	76	69	2	0.8	97	.176	.136	.263	.149	.338	.152	.386	.301	.724	-17	.043	-10.8	-1.1	.167	.015	.015
1954	29	CIN	NL	2	1	1	26.8	111	1.000	.500	.276	.500	.348	.500	.428	1.000	.776	161	.959	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000
1954	29	DET	AL	74	68	1	0.4	97	.160	.125	.263	.138	.338	.141	.384	.279	.723	-22	.012	-10.9	-1.1	.153	.016	.016
1955	30	TOT	AL	29	24	1	1.1	96	.250	.185	.258	.214	.336	.222	.384	.437	.720	22	.070	-3.0	-0.3	.304	.074	.037
1955	30	DET	AL	4	4	0	0.0	101	.000	.000	.264	.000	.343	.000	.393	.000	.736	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1955	30	BAL	AL	25	20	1	1.3	95	.278	.217	.257	.250	.335	.261	.382	.511	.717	43	.095	-1.8	-0.2	.368	.087	.043
1956	31	BAL	AL	22	19	1	1.4	99	.200	.118	.258	.167	.338	.118	.393	.284	.731	-21	.096	-2.9	-0.3	.200	.059	.000
1957	32	BAL	AL	28	22	1	1.2	93	.200	.130	.255	.231	.326	.130	.384	.361	.710	5	.088	-2.9	-0.3	.300	.130	.000
1958	33	BAL	AL	10	7	1	3.8	93	.286	.222	.254	.300	.322	.444	.387	.744	.709	108	.447	-0.0	0.0	.714	.333	.222
1959	34	BAL	AL	2	0	1						1.000	.328							0.7	0.1
8 Seasons				167	141	7	1.3	96	.204	.148	.260	.199	.334	.176	.386	.375	.721	5	.100	-18.9	-1.9	.264	.085	.028
162 Game Avg.				102	86	4	1.3	96	.204	.148	.260	.199	.334	.176	.386	.375	.721	5	.100	-18.9	-1.9	.264	.085	.028

BAL (5 yrs)				87	68	5	2.0	95	.240	.167	.256	.250	.331	.208	.386	.458	.717	30	.179	-7.0	-0.7	.377	.153	.042
DET (2 yrs)				78	72	1	0.4	97	.154	.118	.263	.130	.338	.132	.385	.263	.723	-27	.011	-12.1	-1.2	.143	.015	.015
CIN (1 yr)				2	1	1	26.8	111	1.000	.500	.276	.500	.348	.500	.428	1.000	.776	161	.959	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000

AL (8 yrs)				165	140	6	1.2	96	.196	.143	.259	.195	.334	.171	.386	.366	.720	3	.079	-19.0	-1.9	.258	.086	.029
NL (1 yr)				2	1	1	26.8	111	1.000	.500	.276	.500	.348	.500	.428	1.000	.776	161	.959	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1954	29	TOT	MLB	76	0.0%	19.7%	1.3%	1.3%	11%	15.00	4.4	22.0	2.40	67%
1954	29	CIN	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.0			50%
1954	29	DET	AL	74	0.0%	18.9%	1.4%	1.4%	13%	14.00	4.6	21.3	2.40	68%
1955	30	TOT	AL	29	0.0%	24.1%	3.5%	3.5%	20%	7.00	3.9		1.43	69%
1955	30	DET	AL	4	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0			50%
1955	30	BAL	AL	25	0.0%	20.0%	4.0%	4.0%	20%	5.00	4.6		1.14	72%
1956	31	BAL	AL	22	0.0%	31.8%	4.6%	0.0%	0%	7.00	2.4	8.5	2.00	45%
1957	32	BAL	AL	28	0.0%	28.6%	10.7%	0.0%	0%	2.67	2.9		1.50	54%
1958	33	BAL	AL	10	0.0%	20.0%	10.0%	10.0%	50%	2.00	4.5	4.5	1.50	70%
1959	34	BAL	AL	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%		0.00				0%
8 Seasons				167	0.0%	23.4%	5.4%	1.8%	14%	4.33	3.6	20.3	1.94	62%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1954	29	TOT	MLB	0	0	20%	12	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1954	29	CIN	NL	0	0	100%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1954	29	DET	AL	0	0	11%	10	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	30	TOT	AL	0	0	17%	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
1955	30	DET	AL	0	0		1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	30	BAL	AL	0	0	17%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
1956	31	BAL	AL	0	0	0%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	32	BAL	AL	0	0	17%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1958	33	BAL	AL	0	0	0%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	34	BAL	AL	0	0	0%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8 Seasons				0	0	17%	36	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	25%	6	4	1	0	0	0	2	1	1
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						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
1954	29	TOT	MLB	76	24%	9			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	9	100%	17	2	12%	19	2	11%	49	5	10%	3	2	67%	3	0	0%	0
1954	29	CIN	NL	2	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1954	29	DET	AL	74	24%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	9	100%	16	2	13%	18	2	11%	48	5	10%	3	2	67%	3	0	0%	0
1955	30	TOT	AL	29	48%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	5	1	20%	6	1	17%	19	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1955	30	DET	AL	4	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1955	30	BAL	AL	25	56%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	1	33%	4	1	25%	15	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1956	31	BAL	AL	22	36%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	100%	4	0	0%	5	3	60%	18	2	11%	2	2	100%	1	0	0%	0
1957	32	BAL	AL	27	30%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	5	0	0%	5	0	0%	15	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1958	33	BAL	AL	10	30%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	2	0	0%	6	2	33%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1959	34	BAL	AL	2	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
8 Seasons				166	31%	21			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	16	16	100%	32	3	9%	37	6	16%	107	9	8%	7	4	57%	6	0	0%	0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1954	29	55	76	66	3	9	1	0	3	1	1	15	.136	.149	.152	.301	-17	10	2	9
1955	30	97	105	93	4	14	2	0	3	1	2	22	.151	.168	.172	.340	-5	16	3	10
1956	31	159	127	110	4	16	2	0	5	1	3	29	.145	.168	.164	.332	-8	18	3	14
1957	32	215	155	133	5	19	2	0	5	1	6	37	.143	.180	.158	.338	-5	21	3	16
1958	33	260	165	142	5	21	2	1	7	1	7	39	.148	.188	.176	.364	2	25	3	16
1959	34	266	167	142	5	21	2	1	7	1	9	39	.148	.199	.176	.375	5	25	3	16

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1954	29	39	72	71	3	11	1	0	4	1	16	.155	.167	.169	.336	2	37
1955	30	44	29	28	1	5	1	0	0	1	7	.179	.207	.214	.421	1	42
1956	31	65	22	20	0	4	0	0	4	2	7	.200	.273	.200	.473	1	62
1957	32	59	29	25	1	4	0	0	0	4	8	.160	.276	.160	.436	1	56
1958	33	47	10	9	0	2	0	1	2	1	2	.222	.300	.444	.744	1	45
1959	34	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		1.000			1	6
6 Seasons		260	164	153	5	26	2	1	10	11	40	.170	.226	.196	.422	7	248
162 Game Avg.		162	102	95	3	16	1	1	6	7	25	.170	.226	.196	.422	4	248

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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1954 AL 9 (10th)

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