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Al Smith
Alphonse Eugene Smith (Fuzzy)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 191 lb.

Debut July 10, 1953
Final Game October 4, 1964
Born February 7, 1928 in Kirkwood, MO
Died January 3, 2002

Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians in 1948. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1953 25 CLE AL  47  150   28   36   9  0   3   14   2  0  20  25  .240  .341  .360   91   54   0           3   0
 1954 26 CLE AL 131  481  101  135  29  6  11   50   2  9  88  65  .281  .398  .435  127  209   5   2       7   2
 1955 27 CLE AL 154  607  123  186  27  4  22   77  11  6  93  77  .306  .407  .473  133  287   3   7   1  15   4 MVP-3,AS
 1956 28 CLE AL 141  526   87  144  26  5  16   71   6  3  84  72  .274  .378  .433  113  228   2   6   7   8  15
 1957 29 CLE AL 135  507   78  125  23  5  11   49  12  6  79  70  .247  .348  .377   99  191   8   7   3   4   7
 1958 30 CHW AL 139  480   61  121  23  5  12   58   3  3  48  77  .252  .323  .396   98  190   3   5   2   5  17
 1959 31 CHW AL 129  472   65  112  16  4  17   55   7  5  46  74  .237  .311  .396   94  187   5   1   3   5  10
 1960 32 CHW AL 142  536   80  169  31  3  12   72   8  3  50  65  .315  .374  .451  123  242   2   4   3   3  18 MVP-6,AS
 1961 33 CHW AL 147  532   88  148  29  4  28   93   4  4  56  67  .278  .348  .506  127  269   2   7   2   5  17 MVP-21
 1962 34 CHW AL 142  511   62  149  23  8  16   82   3  3  57  60  .292  .363  .462  121  236   0   4   7   3  17 MVP-33
 1963 35 BAL AL 120  368   45  100  17  1  10   39   9  0  32  74  .272  .335  .405  111  149   3   0   1   3  14
 1964 36 TOT AL  90  187   25   33   5  1   6   16   0  1  21  42  .176  .267  .310   60   58   2   0   1   2   6
         CLE AL  61  136   15   22   1  1   4    9   0  1   8  32  .162  .214  .272   35   37   2   0   1   1   5
         BOS AL  29   51   10   11   4  0   2    7   0  0  13  10  .216  .385  .412  118   21   0   0   0   1   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1517 5357  843 1458 258 46 164  676  67 43 674 768  .272  .358  .429  113 2300  35  43  30  63 127
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        572   90  156  28  5  18   72   7  5  72  82  .272  .358  .429  113  246   4   5   3   7  14
 Career High    154  607  123  186  31  8  28   93  12  9  93  77  .315  .407  .506  133  287   8   7   7  15  18
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1953 25 CLE AL  173  114   18   4.2   101| .240  .267| .341  .343| .360  .393| .701  .736|  91  .477  -1.2  -0.1 100%
 1954 26 CLE AL  583  364   79   5.8   100| .281  .268| .398  .344| .435  .391| .833  .735| 127  .639  21.9   2.2  18%
 1955 27 CLE AL  725  441  128   7.8   106| .306  .271| .407  .351| .473  .404| .880  .755| 133  .725  32.4   3.2  64%
 1956 28 CLE AL  626  408   90   5.9   108| .274  .270| .378  .352| .433  .412| .811  .764| 113  .593  12.2   1.2  66%
 1957 29 CLE AL  605  410   73   4.8    99| .247  .263| .348  .335| .377  .397| .725  .732|  99  .542   1.7   0.2  66%
 1958 30 CHW AL  541  387   59   4.1    97| .252  .260| .323  .329| .396  .396| .719  .725|  98  .476  -0.9  -0.1  50%
 1959 31 CHW AL  529  381   58   4.1    98| .237  .259| .311  .330| .396  .396| .707  .726|  94  .467  -5.1  -0.5  58%
 1960 32 CHW AL  595  394   89   6.1   101| .315  .263| .374  .337| .451  .403| .825  .740| 123  .636  18.0   1.8  72%
 1961 33 CHW AL  602  414   91   5.9   103| .278  .263| .348  .338| .506  .409| .854  .747| 127  .604  19.7   1.9  50%
 1962 34 CHW AL  575  386   83   5.8   103| .292  .263| .363  .335| .462  .410| .825  .745| 121  .608  15.3   1.5  50%
 1963 35 BAL AL  406  285   49   4.6    91| .272  .251| .335  .316| .405  .387| .740  .703| 111  .545   5.2   0.5 100%
 1964 36 TOT AL  212  163   16   2.6    97| .176  .256| .267  .325| .310  .398| .577  .723|  60  .296 -10.6  -1.1   0%
         CLE AL  147  122    7   1.5    95| .162  .254| .214  .323| .272  .395| .486  .718|  35  .135 -12.6  -1.3   0%
         BOS AL   65   41    9   5.9   100| .216  .261| .385  .330| .412  .406| .797  .736| 118  .647   2.0   0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     6172 4147  833   5.4   101| .272  .263| .358  .338| .429  .401| .787  .738| 113  .585 108.8  10.7  60%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1953 25 CLE AL OF 39 67 2 6 0 .920 .982 1.77 2.18 4 0 35 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.95 1954 26 CLE AL OF 109 241 8 4 1 .984 .979 2.28 2.17 98 0 17 3B 21 23 25 6 3 .889 .958 2.29 3.07 SS 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 4.30 1955 27 CLE AL OF 120 206 5 5 1 .977 .982 1.76 2.08 7 9 111 AS 3B 45 33 59 7 4 .929 .950 2.04 2.73 AS SS 5 2 3 0 1 1.000 .962 1.00 4.04 AS 2B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.90 AS 1956 28 CLE AL OF 122 248 6 5 1 .981 .979 2.08 2.04 2.26 2.34 114 1010.0 RF 59 102 0 3 0 .971 .973 1.73 1.80 1.90 2.09 56 483.0 LF 52 80 3 2 1 .976 .976 1.60 1.69 2.11 2.10 37 354.7 3B 28 22 38 5 2 .923 .949 2.14 2.78 2.60 3.22 23 207.3 CF 21 67 2 0 0 1.000 .984 3.29 2.50 3.60 2.79 21 172.3 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.70 0.00 5.40 0 2.0 1957 29 CLE AL 3B 84 95 156 24 16 .913 .951 2.99 2.77 3.12 3.23 82 724.3 OF 58 100 3 2 1 .981 .980 1.78 1.97 2.01 2.24 49 462.3 CF 41 76 1 2 1 .975 .983 1.88 2.40 1.99 2.72 39 348.3 LF 19 17 1 0 0 1.000 .978 0.95 1.70 2.19 2.10 6 74.0 RF 5 5 1 0 0 1.000 .984 1.20 1.68 1.35 1.93 4 40.0 1958 30 CHW AL OF 138 249 9 8 2 .970 .982 1.87 1.94 2.07 2.27 128 1123.7 LF 78 136 6 5 1 .966 .979 1.82 1.62 2.04 2.09 72 625.7 RF 62 112 3 3 1 .975 .980 1.85 1.69 2.10 1.99 56 493.0 CF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 5.0 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 0.00 3.15 0 6.0 1959 31 CHW AL OF 128 283 8 6 2 .980 .980 2.27 1.96 2.29 2.22 126 1145.7 LF 84 189 8 3 2 .985 .980 2.35 1.68 2.41 2.06 84 736.7 RF 45 92 0 3 0 .968 .976 2.04 1.64 2.12 1.89 42 391.0 CF 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 .986 2.33 2.43 3.50 2.70 0 18.0 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70 0.00 3.30 0 3.0 1960 32 CHW AL OF 141 252 5 9 2 .966 .982 1.82 1.95 1.85 2.25 141 1248.3 AS RF 139 241 6 9 2 .965 .974 1.78 1.68 1.84 1.95 137 1210.0 AS CF 6 9 0 0 0 1.000 .989 1.50 2.30 2.25 2.65 4 36.0 AS LF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.65 0.00 1.96 0 2.3 AS 1961 33 CHW AL 3B 80 58 161 12 12 .948 .950 2.74 2.79 3.11 3.18 79 634.3 OF 71 123 3 3 0 .977 .977 1.77 1.98 2.02 2.25 61 562.3 RF 59 108 2 2 0 .982 .976 1.86 1.75 2.02 2.06 55 490.3 LF 10 7 1 1 0 .889 .964 0.80 1.62 1.53 1.99 3 47.0 CF 3 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 3.33 2.23 3.60 2.59 3 25.0 1962 34 CHW AL 3B 105 76 185 18 8 .935 .952 2.49 2.79 2.77 3.08 104 849.3 OF 39 47 6 2 0 .964 .980 1.36 1.92 1.66 2.19 32 287.7 LF 37 44 5 1 0 .980 .976 1.32 1.61 1.55 2.01 32 283.7 RF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.70 2.25 2.02 0 4.0 1963 35 BAL AL OF 97 160 6 5 0 .971 .981 1.71 1.91 1.95 2.16 93 766.3 RF 92 153 3 4 0 .975 .980 1.70 1.72 1.94 2.01 88 723.3 LF 6 8 3 1 0 .917 .973 1.83 1.57 2.30 1.90 5 43.0 1964 36 TOT AL OF 56 74 2 1 0 .987 .981 1.36 1.79 2.00 2.04 32 342.3 TOT AL RF 52 65 2 1 0 .985 .984 1.29 1.61 1.92 1.88 29 313.3 TOT AL 3B 11 8 14 2 1 .917 .957 2.00 2.76 3.14 3.03 6 63.0 TOT AL LF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.47 1.29 1.80 2 21.0 CLE AL OF 48 64 2 0 0 1.000 .981 1.38 1.79 2.03 2.04 27 292.3 RF 46 58 2 0 0 1.000 .984 1.30 1.61 1.92 1.88 26 281.3 CF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 2.10 3.38 2.48 1 8.0 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80 0.00 3.15 0 2.0 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.50 0.00 1.80 0 3.0 BOS AL 3B 10 8 14 2 1 .917 .957 2.20 2.76 3.25 3.02 6 61.0 OF 8 10 0 1 0 .909 .980 1.25 1.79 1.80 2.03 5 50.0 RF 6 7 0 1 0 .875 .986 1.17 1.62 1.97 1.88 3 32.0 LF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.45 1.50 1.80 2 18.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1955 27 CLE AL 2B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.90 1956 28 CLE AL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.70 0.00 5.40 0 2.0 1953 25 CLE AL 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.95 1954 26 CLE AL 3B 21 23 25 6 3 .889 .958 2.29 3.07 1955 27 CLE AL 3B 45 33 59 7 4 .929 .950 2.04 2.73 1956 28 CLE AL 3B 28 22 38 5 2 .923 .949 2.14 2.78 2.60 3.22 23 207.3 1957 29 CLE AL 3B 84 95 156 24 16 .913 .951 2.99 2.77 3.12 3.23 82 724.3 1958 30 CHW AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 0.00 3.15 0 6.0 1959 31 CHW AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70 0.00 3.30 0 3.0 1961 33 CHW AL 3B 80 58 161 12 12 .948 .950 2.74 2.79 3.11 3.18 79 634.3 1962 34 CHW AL 3B 105 76 185 18 8 .935 .952 2.49 2.79 2.77 3.08 104 849.3 1964 36 TOT AL 3B 11 8 14 2 1 .917 .957 2.00 2.76 3.14 3.03 6 63.0 CLE AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80 0.00 3.15 0 2.0 BOS AL 3B 10 8 14 2 1 .917 .957 2.20 2.76 3.25 3.02 6 61.0 1956 28 CLE AL CF 21 67 2 0 0 1.000 .984 3.29 2.50 3.60 2.79 21 172.3 1957 29 CLE AL CF 41 76 1 2 1 .975 .983 1.88 2.40 1.99 2.72 39 348.3 1958 30 CHW AL CF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 5.0 1959 31 CHW AL CF 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 .986 2.33 2.43 3.50 2.70 0 18.0 1960 32 CHW AL CF 6 9 0 0 0 1.000 .989 1.50 2.30 2.25 2.65 4 36.0 1961 33 CHW AL CF 3 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 3.33 2.23 3.60 2.59 3 25.0 1964 36 CLE AL CF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 2.10 3.38 2.48 1 8.0 1956 28 CLE AL LF 52 80 3 2 1 .976 .976 1.60 1.69 2.11 2.10 37 354.7 1957 29 CLE AL LF 19 17 1 0 0 1.000 .978 0.95 1.70 2.19 2.10 6 74.0 1958 30 CHW AL LF 78 136 6 5 1 .966 .979 1.82 1.62 2.04 2.09 72 625.7 1959 31 CHW AL LF 84 189 8 3 2 .985 .980 2.35 1.68 2.41 2.06 84 736.7 1960 32 CHW AL LF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.65 0.00 1.96 0 2.3 1961 33 CHW AL LF 10 7 1 1 0 .889 .964 0.80 1.62 1.53 1.99 3 47.0 1962 34 CHW AL LF 37 44 5 1 0 .980 .976 1.32 1.61 1.55 2.01 32 283.7 1963 35 BAL AL LF 6 8 3 1 0 .917 .973 1.83 1.57 2.30 1.90 5 43.0 1964 36 TOT AL LF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.47 1.29 1.80 2 21.0 CLE AL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.50 0.00 1.80 0 3.0 BOS AL LF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.45 1.50 1.80 2 18.0 1953 25 CLE AL OF 39 67 2 6 0 .920 .982 1.77 2.18 4 0 35 1954 26 CLE AL OF 109 241 8 4 1 .984 .979 2.28 2.17 98 0 17 1955 27 CLE AL OF 120 206 5 5 1 .977 .982 1.76 2.08 7 9 111 1956 28 CLE AL OF 122 248 6 5 1 .981 .979 2.08 2.04 2.26 2.34 114 1010.0 1957 29 CLE AL OF 58 100 3 2 1 .981 .980 1.78 1.97 2.01 2.24 49 462.3 1958 30 CHW AL OF 138 249 9 8 2 .970 .982 1.87 1.94 2.07 2.27 128 1123.7 1959 31 CHW AL OF 128 283 8 6 2 .980 .980 2.27 1.96 2.29 2.22 126 1145.7 1960 32 CHW AL OF 141 252 5 9 2 .966 .982 1.82 1.95 1.85 2.25 141 1248.3 1961 33 CHW AL OF 71 123 3 3 0 .977 .977 1.77 1.98 2.02 2.25 61 562.3 1962 34 CHW AL OF 39 47 6 2 0 .964 .980 1.36 1.92 1.66 2.19 32 287.7 1963 35 BAL AL OF 97 160 6 5 0 .971 .981 1.71 1.91 1.95 2.16 93 766.3 1964 36 TOT AL OF 56 74 2 1 0 .987 .981 1.36 1.79 2.00 2.04 32 342.3 CLE AL OF 48 64 2 0 0 1.000 .981 1.38 1.79 2.03 2.04 27 292.3 BOS AL OF 8 10 0 1 0 .909 .980 1.25 1.79 1.80 2.03 5 50.0 1956 28 CLE AL RF 59 102 0 3 0 .971 .973 1.73 1.80 1.90 2.09 56 483.0 1957 29 CLE AL RF 5 5 1 0 0 1.000 .984 1.20 1.68 1.35 1.93 4 40.0 1958 30 CHW AL RF 62 112 3 3 1 .975 .980 1.85 1.69 2.10 1.99 56 493.0 1959 31 CHW AL RF 45 92 0 3 0 .968 .976 2.04 1.64 2.12 1.89 42 391.0 1960 32 CHW AL RF 139 241 6 9 2 .965 .974 1.78 1.68 1.84 1.95 137 1210.0 1961 33 CHW AL RF 59 108 2 2 0 .982 .976 1.86 1.75 2.02 2.06 55 490.3 1962 34 CHW AL RF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.70 2.25 2.02 0 4.0 1963 35 BAL AL RF 92 153 3 4 0 .975 .980 1.70 1.72 1.94 2.01 88 723.3 1964 36 TOT AL RF 52 65 2 1 0 .985 .984 1.29 1.61 1.92 1.88 29 313.3 CLE AL RF 46 58 2 0 0 1.000 .984 1.30 1.61 1.92 1.88 26 281.3 BOS AL RF 6 7 0 1 0 .875 .986 1.17 1.62 1.97 1.88 3 32.0 1954 26 CLE AL SS 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 4.30 1955 27 CLE AL SS 5 2 3 0 1 1.000 .962 1.00 4.04
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total OF*1118 2050 63 56 10 .974 .980 1.89 1.99 776 6948.7 400 86 678# RF* 515 879 17 25 3 .973 .977 1.74 1.70 467 4148.0 3B* 378 315 638 74 46 .928 .951 2.52 2.79 294 2487.3 LF* 291 484 27 13 4 .975 .978 1.76 1.65 241 2188.0 CF* 77 172 3 2 1 .989 .984 2.27 2.41 68 612.7 SS 9 3 4 0 1 1.000 .959 0.78 4.16 2B* 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 4.80 0 2.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1507 2369 705 130 57 .959 .971 2.04 2.21
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1954   WS    CLE NYG     L   4  14   2   3  0  0  1   2   2   2  .214  .353  .429   0  0   0   0   1 
 1959   WS    CHW LAD     L   6  20   1   5  3  0  0   1   4   4  .250  .375  .400   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        0-2  10  34   3   8  3  0  1   3   6   6  .235  .366  .412   0  0   0   0   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1955   CLE AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1960-1 CHW AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1960-2 CHW AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 3/3      0   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   1   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .250  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1955 *
1960-1 *
1960-2 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1955-AL-3-0.60
1960-AL-6-0.22
1961-AL-21-0.01
1962-AL-33-0.00
Car-281-0.83 shares

Batting Average
1955 AL-.306-6
1960 AL-.315-2

On-base %
1954 AL-.398-8
1955 AL-.407-3
1960 AL-.374-9

Slugging %
1955 AL-.473-9
1961 AL-.506-10

OPS
1955 AL-.880-3
1960 AL-.826-10

Games
1955 AL-154-1

At Bats
1955 AL-607-3

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1955 AL-725-1

Runs
1954 AL-101-6
1955 AL-123-1

Hits
1955 AL-186-5
1960 AL-169-4

Total Bases
1955 AL-287-4
1960 AL-242-10
1961 AL-269-9

Doubles
1954 AL-29-2
1955 AL-27-7
1960 AL-31-5
1961 AL-29-10

Triples
1962 AL-8-7

Home Runs
1955 AL-22-10
1961 AL-28-8

RBI
1961 AL-93-10

Bases on Balls
1954 AL-88-4
1955 AL-93-5
1956 AL-84-10
1957 AL-79-3

Strikeouts
1954 AL-65-10
1955 AL-77-5

Stolen Bases
1955 AL-11-5
1957 AL-12-8

Singles
1955 AL-133-5
1960 AL-123-8

Adjusted OPS+
1955 AL-133-3
1960 AL-123-10

Runs Created
1955 AL-128-3

Adjusted Batting Runs
1955 AL-32-4

Batting Wins
1955 AL-3.2-4

Extra-Base Hits
1954 AL-46-9
1955 AL-53-5
1961 AL-61-8

Times on Base
1955 AL-294-1
1960 AL-222-7

Offensive Win%
1955 AL-.725-3

Hit By Pitch
1954 AL-7-3
1955 AL-15-2
1956 AL-8-6
1958 AL-5-10

Sac. Flies
1955 AL-7-5
1956 AL-6-8
1957 AL-7-5
1961 AL-7-10

Intentional Walks
1956 AL-7-8

Grounded into Double Plays
1958 AL-17-8
1960 AL-18-5
1961 AL-17-10
1962 AL-17-9

Caught Stealing
1954 AL-9-3
1955 AL-6-9
1957 AL-6-10
1959 AL-5-9

Power/Speed Number
1955 AL-14.7-2
1957 AL-11.5-7
1959 AL-9.9-8
1960 AL-9.6-8

At Bats per Home Run
1961 AL-19.0-10

Outs
1955 AL-441-6

 

Black Ink: Batting - 4 (407) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 61 (401) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 17.4 (788) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 24.0 (680) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

July 11, 1948: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

December 4, 1957: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Early Wynn to the Chicago White Sox for Minnie Minoso and Fred Hatfield.

January 14, 1963: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Luis Aparicio to the Baltimore Orioles for Hoyt Wilhelm, Dave Nicholson, Pete Ward, and Ron Hansen.

December 4, 1963: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with $25,000 to the Cleveland Indians for Willie Kirkland.

August 5, 1964: Released by the Cleveland Indians.

August 5, 1964: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

October 14, 1964: Released by the Boston Red Sox.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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