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Frank Thomas
Frank Joseph Thomas

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 205 lb.

Debut August 17, 1951
Final Game May 30, 1966
Born June 11, 1929 in Pittsburgh, PA

Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1947. (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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1951 22 PIT NL  39  148   21   39   9  2   2   16   0  2   9  15  .264  .306  .392   84   58   0           0   5
 1952 23 PIT NL   6   21    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .095  .136  .095  -35    2   0           0   2
 1953 24 PIT NL 128  455   68  116  22  1  30  102   1  2  50  93  .255  .331  .505  115  230   3           2  12 MVP-18
 1954 25 PIT NL 153  577   81  172  32  7  23   94   3  2  51  74  .298  .359  .497  123  287   4  11      10  10 MVP-13,AS
 1955 26 PIT NL 142  510   72  125  16  2  25   72   2  0  60  76  .245  .324  .431  100  220   3   6  10   2  13 MVP-23,AS
 1956 27 PIT NL 157  588   69  166  24  3  25   80   0  5  36  61  .282  .326  .461  111  271   2   6   5   5  22
 1957 28 PIT NL 151  594   72  172  30  1  23   89   3  1  44  66  .290  .335  .460  114  273   5  12   9   3  16 MVP-19
 1958 29 PIT NL 149  562   89  158  26  4  35  109   0  1  42  79  .281  .334  .528  127  297   1   8   2   7  19 MVP-4,AS
 1959 30 CIN NL 108  374   41   84  18  2  12   47   0  2  27  56  .225  .278  .380   71  142   2   6   6   3  13
 1960 31 CHC NL 135  479   54  114  12  1  21   64   1  0  28  74  .238  .280  .399   85  191   1   1   4   0  12
 1961 32 TOT NL 139  473   65  133  15  3  27   73   2  4  31  78  .281  .331  .497  121  235   2   4   7   6  19
         CHC NL  15   50    7   13   2  0   2    6   0  0   2   8  .260  .288  .420   85   21   0   0   0   0   3
         MLN NL 124  423   58  120  13  3  25   67   2  4  29  70  .284  .335  .506  126  214   2   4   7   6  16
 1962 33 NYM NL 156  571   69  152  23  3  34   94   2  1  48  95  .266  .329  .496  118  283   0   6   4   8  15
 1963 34 NYM NL 126  420   34  109   9  1  15   60   0  0  33  48  .260  .317  .393  104  165   0   2   5   3  23
 1964 35 TOT NL  99  340   39   92  17  1  10   45   1  2  15  41  .271  .302  .415  102  141   3   4   3   2   7
         NYM NL  60  197   19   50   6  1   3   19   1  1  10  29  .254  .295  .340   81   67   0   1   1   2   4
         PHI NL  39  143   20   42  11  0   7   26   0  1   5  12  .294  .311  .517  130   74   3   3   2   0   3
 1965 36 TOT NL  73  168   17   37   9  0   4   17   0  0   9  36  .220  .254  .345   70   58   0   4   0   0   3
         PHI NL  35   77    7   20   4  0   1    7   0  0   4  10  .260  .289  .351   81   27   0   2   0   0   3
         HOU NL  23   58    7   10   2  0   3    9   0  0   3  15  .172  .210  .362   64   21   0   1   0   0   0
         MLN NL  15   33    3    7   3  0   0    1   0  0   2  11  .212  .250  .303   55   10   0   1   0   0   0
 1966 37 CHC NL   5    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 16 Seasons    1766 6285  792 1671 262 31 286  962  15 22 484 894  .266  .320  .454  107 2853  26  70  55  51 191
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        577   73  153  24  3  26   88   1  2  44  82  .266  .320  .454  107  262   2   6   5   5  18
 Career High    157  594   89  172  32  7  35  109   3  5  60  95  .298  .359  .528  127  297   5  12  10  10  23
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1951 22 PIT NL  157  116   17   3.9   106| .264  .271| .306  .345| .392  .410| .698  .756|  84  .437  -3.8  -0.4   0%
 1952 23 PIT NL   22   21    0   0.0    99| .095  .264| .136  .337| .095  .393| .231  .730| -35  .000  -4.0  -0.4   0%
 1953 24 PIT NL  510  356   75   5.6   109| .255  .273| .331  .344| .505  .425| .836  .769| 115  .565   8.9   0.9  33%
 1954 25 PIT NL  653  432  102   6.3   107| .298  .272| .359  .343| .497  .420| .856  .763| 123  .625  19.9   1.9  60%
 1955 26 PIT NL  581  407   72   4.7   104| .245  .263| .324  .334| .431  .417| .755  .750| 100  .505   0.2   0.0 100%
 1956 27 PIT NL  637  457   80   4.7   101| .282  .262| .326  .328| .461  .413| .787  .741| 111  .521   7.9   0.8   0%
 1957 28 PIT NL  658  456   90   5.4   100| .290  .265| .335  .328| .460  .410| .795  .738| 114  .566  12.8   1.3  75%
 1958 29 PIT NL  620  433   95   5.9   103| .281  .266| .334  .334| .528  .416| .862  .749| 127  .606  20.6   2.0   0%
 1959 30 CIN NL  412  313   37   3.2   108| .225  .275| .278  .341| .380  .425| .658  .766|  71  .333 -16.6  -1.6   0%
 1960 31 CHC NL  509  379   51   3.6    98| .238  .262| .280  .328| .399  .402| .679  .730|  85  .416 -12.7  -1.3 100%
 1961 32 TOT NL  516  369   71   5.1   101| .281  .264| .331  .329| .497  .411| .828  .740| 121  .545  12.9   1.3  33%
         CHC NL   52   40    5   3.3   106| .260  .271| .288  .338| .420  .422| .708  .760|  85  .352  -1.3  -0.1   0%
         MLN NL  464  329   66   5.4   100| .284  .263| .335  .328| .506  .409| .841  .738| 126  .564  14.2   1.4  33%
 1962 33 NYM NL  633  441   91   5.5   103| .266  .270| .329  .337| .496  .410| .825  .747| 118  .587  13.1   1.3  66%
 1963 34 NYM NL  458  336   46   3.7    89| .260  .254| .317  .316| .393  .380| .710  .696| 104  .472   1.2   0.1   0%
 1964 35 TOT NL  364  264   41   4.2    92| .271  .261| .302  .318| .415  .387| .717  .706| 102  .509   0.5   0.1  33%
         NYM NL  210  153   19   3.3    91| .254  .260| .295  .317| .340  .386| .635  .703|  81  .407  -5.1  -0.5  50%
         PHI NL  154  111   22   5.3    93| .294  .262| .311  .320| .517  .389| .828  .709| 130  .618   5.6   0.6   0%
 1965 36 TOT NL  181  138   15   2.9    91| .220  .254| .254  .317| .345  .384| .599  .701|  70  .348  -6.5  -0.7   0%
         PHI NL   83   62    7   3.0    92| .260  .256| .289  .319| .351  .387| .640  .706|  81  .364  -1.7  -0.2   0%
         HOU NL   62   49    5   2.8    87| .172  .249| .210  .311| .362  .376| .572  .687|  64  .323  -2.9  -0.3   0%
         MLN NL   36   27    3   3.0    94| .212  .259| .250  .323| .303  .392| .553  .715|  55  .357  -1.8  -0.2   0%
 1966 37 CHC NL    5    5    0   0.0    97| .000  .266| .000  .324| .000  .400| .000  .725|-100  .000  -1.4  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 16 Seasons     6916 4923  883   4.8   102| .266  .265| .320  .332| .454  .410| .774  .742| 107  .526  53.2   5.2  40%

* 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 ------+
1951 22 PIT NL OF 37 87 5 0 2 1.000 .981 2.49 2.23 0 37 0 1952 23 PIT NL OF 5 8 1 0 0 1.000 .978 1.80 2.10 0 5 0 1953 24 PIT NL OF 118 306 17 8 1 .976 .980 2.74 2.11 6 96 16 1954 25 PIT NL OF 153 418 14 5 2 .989 .975 2.82 2.18 48 109 0 AS 1955 26 PIT NL OF 139 307 8 5 3 .984 .977 2.27 2.10 86 59 0 AS 1956 27 PIT NL 3B 111 118 176 18 21 .942 .956 2.65 2.64 2.93 3.05 105 903.3 LF 57 91 3 1 1 .989 .972 1.65 1.70 2.02 2.07 50 418.3 2B 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.75 4.65 4.74 5.37 0 5.7 1957 28 PIT NL 1B 71 597 52 15 53 .977 .990 9.14 8.82 9.44 9.67 70 619.0 OF 59 105 14 3 3 .975 .980 2.02 2.07 2.14 2.29 57 501.3 LF 46 64 11 1 3 .987 .978 1.63 1.71 1.89 2.03 41 356.3 3B 31 27 53 7 4 .920 .952 2.58 2.71 3.09 2.96 24 232.7 RF 19 33 4 2 0 .949 .971 1.95 1.72 2.38 1.98 16 140.0 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 0.00 2.88 0 5.0 1958 29 PIT NL 3B 139 122 240 29 21 .926 .952 2.60 2.86 2.66 3.18 139 1222.7 AS OF 8 18 0 1 0 .947 .978 2.25 1.95 2.66 2.26 7 61.0 AS LF 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.60 1.54 2.00 2.00 4 36.0 AS RF 4 7 0 1 0 .875 .972 1.75 1.73 2.52 2.02 3 25.0 AS 1B 2 20 3 0 1 1.000 .991 11.50 8.10 11.50 9.55 2 18.0 AS 1959 30 CIN NL 3B 64 55 111 13 8 .927 .950 2.59 2.66 2.92 2.97 63 512.0 LF 33 36 0 4 0 .900 .970 1.09 1.59 1.77 2.04 18 183.3 1B 14 111 15 2 11 .984 .988 9.00 8.04 9.61 9.58 14 118.0 1960 31 CHC NL 1B 50 426 34 8 36 .983 .990 9.20 8.20 10.00 9.57 48 414.0 OF 49 77 3 3 0 .964 .978 1.63 1.92 1.97 2.20 39 365.7 LF 44 61 2 3 0 .955 .974 1.43 1.55 1.77 1.99 33 319.7 3B 33 25 55 6 4 .930 .952 2.42 2.61 2.76 2.97 33 261.0 RF 6 16 1 0 0 1.000 .977 2.83 1.77 3.33 1.98 6 46.0 1961 32 TOT NL OF 119 211 6 10 0 .956 .977 1.82 1.86 1.92 2.16 117 1016.3 TOT NL LF 118 208 6 10 0 .955 .973 1.81 1.50 1.91 1.88 116 1007.3 TOT NL 1B 17 89 6 0 8 1.000 .991 5.59 8.57 10.52 9.82 8 81.3 CHC NL LF 10 9 2 0 0 1.000 .973 1.10 1.50 1.32 1.88 8 75.0 1B 6 41 2 0 2 1.000 .991 7.17 8.57 10.75 9.82 4 36.0 MLN NL OF 109 202 4 10 0 .954 .977 1.89 1.86 1.97 2.16 109 941.3 LF 108 199 4 10 0 .953 .973 1.88 1.50 1.96 1.88 108 932.3 1B 11 48 4 0 6 1.000 .990 4.73 8.57 10.33 9.81 4 45.3 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 1.90 1 9.0 1962 33 NYM NL LF 126 218 13 9 0 .963 .968 1.83 1.37 1.93 1.82 126 1079.7 1B 11 88 3 1 7 .989 .990 8.27 8.04 10.46 9.79 9 78.3 3B 10 7 19 4 1 .867 .949 2.60 2.56 2.71 2.95 10 86.3 1963 34 NYM NL LF 96 156 8 2 1 .988 .971 1.71 1.38 1.88 1.80 94 783.3 1B 15 146 9 1 9 .994 .989 10.33 8.36 11.56 9.81 15 120.7 3B 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2.50 0.00 3.15 0 2.0 1964 35 TOT NL 1B 55 439 42 9 48 .982 .990 8.75 8.83 9.44 10.02 53 458.7 NYM NL LF 31 59 2 0 1 1.000 .965 1.97 1.34 2.04 1.71 31 269.7 1B 19 142 14 1 11 .994 .990 8.21 8.83 10.03 10.02 17 140.0 3B 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 .938 1.50 2.60 6.75 2.93 0 4.0 PHI NL 1B 36 297 28 8 37 .976 .990 9.03 8.83 9.18 10.02 36 318.7 1965 36 TOT NL 1B 33 250 13 4 24 .985 .990 7.97 8.60 9.90 10.02 28 239.0 TOT NL OF 16 12 1 0 0 1.000 .970 0.81 1.75 1.54 1.99 8 76.0 TOT NL LF 13 8 0 0 0 1.000 .964 0.62 1.38 1.47 1.71 5 49.0 TOT NL 3B 3 0 1 1 0 .500 .909 0.33 2.47 1.80 2.70 0 5.0 PHI NL OF 12 10 1 0 0 1.000 .973 0.92 1.75 1.94 1.99 5 51.0 1B 11 88 4 1 10 .989 .990 8.36 8.60 10.18 10.02 10 81.3 LF 9 5 0 0 0 1.000 .962 0.56 1.38 1.88 1.72 2 24.0 RF 4 5 1 0 0 1.000 .984 1.50 1.75 2.00 1.97 3 27.0 3B 1 0 1 1 0 .500 .909 1.00 2.50 4.50 2.70 0 2.0 HOU NL 1B 16 118 6 2 11 .984 .990 7.75 8.60 10.36 10.02 12 107.7 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.45 0.00 2.70 0 3.0 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.40 0.00 1.65 1 6.0 MLN NL 1B 6 44 3 1 3 .979 .989 7.83 8.60 8.46 10.03 6 50.0 LF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.37 1.42 1.71 2 19.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1957 28 PIT NL 1B 71 597 52 15 53 .977 .990 9.14 8.82 9.44 9.67 70 619.0 1958 29 PIT NL 1B 2 20 3 0 1 1.000 .991 11.50 8.10 11.50 9.55 2 18.0 1959 30 CIN NL 1B 14 111 15 2 11 .984 .988 9.00 8.04 9.61 9.58 14 118.0 1960 31 CHC NL 1B 50 426 34 8 36 .983 .990 9.20 8.20 10.00 9.57 48 414.0 1961 32 TOT NL 1B 17 89 6 0 8 1.000 .991 5.59 8.57 10.52 9.82 8 81.3 CHC NL 1B 6 41 2 0 2 1.000 .991 7.17 8.57 10.75 9.82 4 36.0 MLN NL 1B 11 48 4 0 6 1.000 .990 4.73 8.57 10.33 9.81 4 45.3 1962 33 NYM NL 1B 11 88 3 1 7 .989 .990 8.27 8.04 10.46 9.79 9 78.3 1963 34 NYM NL 1B 15 146 9 1 9 .994 .989 10.33 8.36 11.56 9.81 15 120.7 1964 35 TOT NL 1B 55 439 42 9 48 .982 .990 8.75 8.83 9.44 10.02 53 458.7 NYM NL 1B 19 142 14 1 11 .994 .990 8.21 8.83 10.03 10.02 17 140.0 PHI NL 1B 36 297 28 8 37 .976 .990 9.03 8.83 9.18 10.02 36 318.7 1965 36 TOT NL 1B 33 250 13 4 24 .985 .990 7.97 8.60 9.90 10.02 28 239.0 PHI NL 1B 11 88 4 1 10 .989 .990 8.36 8.60 10.18 10.02 10 81.3 HOU NL 1B 16 118 6 2 11 .984 .990 7.75 8.60 10.36 10.02 12 107.7 MLN NL 1B 6 44 3 1 3 .979 .989 7.83 8.60 8.46 10.03 6 50.0 1956 27 PIT NL 2B 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.75 4.65 4.74 5.37 0 5.7 1956 27 PIT NL 3B 111 118 176 18 21 .942 .956 2.65 2.64 2.93 3.05 105 903.3 1957 28 PIT NL 3B 31 27 53 7 4 .920 .952 2.58 2.71 3.09 2.96 24 232.7 1958 29 PIT NL 3B 139 122 240 29 21 .926 .952 2.60 2.86 2.66 3.18 139 1222.7 1959 30 CIN NL 3B 64 55 111 13 8 .927 .950 2.59 2.66 2.92 2.97 63 512.0 1960 31 CHC NL 3B 33 25 55 6 4 .930 .952 2.42 2.61 2.76 2.97 33 261.0 1962 33 NYM NL 3B 10 7 19 4 1 .867 .949 2.60 2.56 2.71 2.95 10 86.3 1963 34 NYM NL 3B 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2.50 0.00 3.15 0 2.0 1964 35 NYM NL 3B 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 .938 1.50 2.60 6.75 2.93 0 4.0 1965 36 TOT NL 3B 3 0 1 1 0 .500 .909 0.33 2.47 1.80 2.70 0 5.0 PHI NL 3B 1 0 1 1 0 .500 .909 1.00 2.50 4.50 2.70 0 2.0 HOU NL 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.45 0.00 2.70 0 3.0 1957 28 PIT NL CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 0.00 2.88 0 5.0 1956 27 PIT NL LF 57 91 3 1 1 .989 .972 1.65 1.70 2.02 2.07 50 418.3 1957 28 PIT NL LF 46 64 11 1 3 .987 .978 1.63 1.71 1.89 2.03 41 356.3 1958 29 PIT NL LF 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.60 1.54 2.00 2.00 4 36.0 1959 30 CIN NL LF 33 36 0 4 0 .900 .970 1.09 1.59 1.77 2.04 18 183.3 1960 31 CHC NL LF 44 61 2 3 0 .955 .974 1.43 1.55 1.77 1.99 33 319.7 1961 32 TOT NL LF 118 208 6 10 0 .955 .973 1.81 1.50 1.91 1.88 116 1007.3 CHC NL LF 10 9 2 0 0 1.000 .973 1.10 1.50 1.32 1.88 8 75.0 MLN NL LF 108 199 4 10 0 .953 .973 1.88 1.50 1.96 1.88 108 932.3 1962 33 NYM NL LF 126 218 13 9 0 .963 .968 1.83 1.37 1.93 1.82 126 1079.7 1963 34 NYM NL LF 96 156 8 2 1 .988 .971 1.71 1.38 1.88 1.80 94 783.3 1964 35 NYM NL LF 31 59 2 0 1 1.000 .965 1.97 1.34 2.04 1.71 31 269.7 1965 36 TOT NL LF 13 8 0 0 0 1.000 .964 0.62 1.38 1.47 1.71 5 49.0 PHI NL LF 9 5 0 0 0 1.000 .962 0.56 1.38 1.88 1.72 2 24.0 HOU NL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.40 0.00 1.65 1 6.0 MLN NL LF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.37 1.42 1.71 2 19.0 1951 22 PIT NL OF 37 87 5 0 2 1.000 .981 2.49 2.23 0 37 0 1952 23 PIT NL OF 5 8 1 0 0 1.000 .978 1.80 2.10 0 5 0 1953 24 PIT NL OF 118 306 17 8 1 .976 .980 2.74 2.11 6 96 16 1954 25 PIT NL OF 153 418 14 5 2 .989 .975 2.82 2.18 48 109 0 1955 26 PIT NL OF 139 307 8 5 3 .984 .977 2.27 2.10 86 59 0 1956 27 PIT NL OF 56 95 3 0 1 1.000 .977 1.75 2.05 2.11 2.28 50 418.3 1957 28 PIT NL OF 59 105 14 3 3 .975 .980 2.02 2.07 2.14 2.29 57 501.3 1958 29 PIT NL OF 8 18 0 1 0 .947 .978 2.25 1.95 2.66 2.26 7 61.0 1959 30 CIN NL OF 33 40 0 4 0 .909 .978 1.21 1.90 1.96 2.21 18 183.3 1960 31 CHC NL OF 49 77 3 3 0 .964 .978 1.63 1.92 1.97 2.20 39 365.7 1961 32 TOT NL OF 119 211 6 10 0 .956 .977 1.82 1.86 1.92 2.16 117 1016.3 CHC NL OF 10 9 2 0 0 1.000 .973 1.10 1.86 1.32 2.16 8 75.0 MLN NL OF 109 202 4 10 0 .954 .977 1.89 1.86 1.97 2.16 109 941.3 1962 33 NYM NL OF 126 216 14 9 0 .962 .974 1.83 1.79 1.92 2.07 126 1079.7 1963 34 NYM NL OF 96 158 8 2 1 .988 .977 1.73 1.75 1.91 2.01 94 783.3 1964 35 NYM NL OF 31 58 2 0 1 1.000 .972 1.94 1.72 2.00 1.99 31 269.7 1965 36 TOT NL OF 16 12 1 0 0 1.000 .970 0.81 1.75 1.54 1.99 8 76.0 PHI NL OF 12 10 1 0 0 1.000 .973 0.92 1.75 1.94 1.99 5 51.0 HOU NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.95 1 6.0 MLN NL OF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 1.73 0.95 1.99 2 19.0 1957 28 PIT NL RF 19 33 4 2 0 .949 .971 1.95 1.72 2.38 1.98 16 140.0 1958 29 PIT NL RF 4 7 0 1 0 .875 .972 1.75 1.73 2.52 2.02 3 25.0 1960 31 CHC NL RF 6 16 1 0 0 1.000 .977 2.83 1.77 3.33 1.98 6 46.0 1961 32 MLN NL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 1.90 1 9.0 1965 36 PHI NL RF 4 5 1 0 0 1.000 .984 1.50 1.75 2.00 1.97 3 27.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total OF*1045 2116 96 50 14 .978 .977 2.12 1.98 547 4754.7 709 307 50# LF* 569 909 45 30 6 .970 .971 1.68 1.49 518 4502.7 3B* 394 355 657 79 59 .928 .953 2.57 2.72 374 3229.0 1B* 268 2166 177 40 197 .983 .990 8.74 8.56 247 2147.0 RF* 34 61 6 3 0 .957 .974 1.97 1.73 29 247.0 2B* 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.75 4.65 0 5.7 CF* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 0 5.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1711 4640 930 169 270 .971 .978 3.26 3.19
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1954   PIT NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1955   PIT NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1958   PIT NL   *   3   0   1  0  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 3B 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 3/3      1   5   0   1  0  0  0   0   1   1   0  0   0   0   0  .200  .333  .200 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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
1954 *
1955 *
1958 (3B)

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1953-NL-18-0.02
1954-NL-13-0.07
1955-NL-23-0.00
1957-NL-19-0.02
1958-NL-4-0.43
Car-403-0.54 shares

Slugging %
1954 NL-.497-9
1958 NL-.528-4

OPS
1958 NL-.863-9

Games
1954 NL-153-6
1956 NL-157-1
1957 NL-151-6
1958 NL-149-9

At Bats
1956 NL-588-10
1957 NL-594-7
1958 NL-562-10

Runs
1958 NL-89-9

Hits
1957 NL-172-9

Total Bases
1954 NL-287-8
1957 NL-273-10
1958 NL-297-5

Doubles
1957 NL-30-8

Home Runs
1953 NL-30-7
1958 NL-35-2
1961 NL-27-9
1962 NL-34-6

RBI
1957 NL-89-10
1958 NL-109-2

Strikeouts
1953 NL-93-4
1954 NL-74-9
1955 NL-76-6
1962 NL-95-10

Singles
1957 NL-118-10

Adjusted OPS+
1954 NL-123-10
1958 NL-127-9

Runs Created
1954 NL-102-9

Batting Wins
1958 NL-2.0-10

Extra-Base Hits
1954 NL-62-10
1958 NL-65-5
1962 NL-60-9

Hit By Pitch
1954 NL-10-1
1956 NL-5-6
1958 NL-7-4
1961 NL-6-4
1962 NL-8-5

Sac. Flies
1954 NL-11-2
1956 NL-6-8
1957 NL-12-1
1958 NL-8-2
1959 NL-6-8
1962 NL-6-10

Intentional Walks
1955 NL-10-8
1957 NL-9-7

Grounded into Double Plays
1956 NL-22-2
1957 NL-16-5
1958 NL-19-4
1961 NL-19-7
1963 NL-23-2
Car-191-100

At Bats per Home Run
1953 NL-15.2-5
1958 NL-16.1-2
1960 NL-22.8-10
1961 NL-17.5-6
1962 NL-16.8-6

Outs
1956 NL-457-5
1957 NL-456-5
1958 NL-433-9

Oldest Player
1966 NL-37-10

         

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (722) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 45 (542) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 16.9 (834) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 21.0 (743) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

July 23, 1947: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.

January 30, 1959: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Whammy Douglas, Jim Pendleton, and John Powers to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Smoky Burgess, Harvey Haddix, and Don Hoak.

December 6, 1959: Traded by the Cincinnati Redlegs to the Chicago Cubs for Lee Walls, Lou Jackson, and Bill Henry.

May 9, 1961: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Milwaukee Braves for Mel Roach.

November 28, 1961: Traded by the Milwaukee Braves with a player to be named later to the New York Mets for a player to be named later and cash. The New York Mets sent Gus Bell (May 21, 1962) to the Milwaukee Braves to complete the trade. The Milwaukee Braves sent Rick Herrscher (May 21, 1962) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

August 7, 1964: Traded by the New York Mets to the Philadelphia Phillies for Wayne Graham, Gary Kroll, and cash.

July 10, 1965: Purchased by the Houston Astros from the Philadelphia Phillies.

September 1, 1965: Traded by the Houston Astros to the Milwaukee Braves for a player to be named later. The Milwaukee Braves sent Mickey Sinnerud (minors) (September 11, 1965) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

April 5, 1966: Released by the Atlanta Braves.

May 14, 1966: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

June 4, 1966: Released by the Chicago Cubs.


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