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Arky Vaughan
Joseph Floyd Vaughan

Bats Left, Throws Right
Weight 175 lb.

Debut April 17, 1932
Final Game September 22, 1948
Born March 9, 1912 in Clifty, AR
Died August 30, 1952 in Eagleville, CA

Uncle of Glenn Vaughan

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1985.

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        The # 2 Shortstop in MLB history. Honus Wagner was his mentor - and he must have thought - "this kid is good". No modern shortstop close in batting and fielding except Derek Jeter - (close, but no cigar yet ). Contact kenhorn@cox.net. Thanks

Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1932 20 PIT NL 129  497   71  158  15 10   4   61  10     39  26  .318  .375  .412  113  205  13           6     MVP-23
 1933 21 PIT NL 152  573   85  180  29 19   9   97   3     64  23  .314  .388  .478  146  274  13           5   9 MVP-23
 1934 22 PIT NL 149  558  115  186  41 11  12   94  10     94  38  .333  .431  .511  149  285   6           2   3 MVP-23,AS
 1935 23 PIT NL 137  499  108  192  34 10  19   99   4     97  18  .385  .491  .607  190  303   7           7   5 MVP-3,AS
 1936 24 PIT NL 156  568  122  190  30 11   9   78   6    118  21  .335  .453  .474  148  269  10           5   7 AS
 1937 25 PIT NL 126  469   71  151  17 17   5   72   7     54  22  .322  .394  .463  132  217   6           2   6 AS
 1938 26 PIT NL 148  541   88  174  35  5   7   68  14    104  21  .322  .433  .444  140  240   3           2   8 MVP-3,AS
 1939 27 PIT NL 152  595   94  182  30 11   6   62  12     70  20  .306  .385  .424  119  252  22           6   5 AS
 1940 28 PIT NL 156  594  113  178  40 15   7   95  12     88  25  .300  .393  .453  134  269   4           3   5 MVP-15,AS
 1941 29 PIT NL 106  374   69  118  20  7   6   38   8     50  13  .316  .399  .455  140  170  11           2   3 MVP-35,AS
 1942 30 BRO NL 128  495   82  137  18  4   2   49   8     51  17  .277  .348  .341  100  169   9           3   4 AS
 1943 31 BRO NL 149  610  112  186  39  6   5   66  20     60  13  .305  .370  .413  126  252  12           3   9 MVP-15
 1947 35 BRO NL  64  126   24   41   5  2   2   25   4     27  11  .325  .444  .444  133   56   0           0   2
 1948 36 BRO NL  65  123   19   30   3  0   3   22   0     21   8  .244  .354  .341   87   42   0           0   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons         6622      2103    128      926      0     276  .318  .406  .453  136      116   0   0  46  70
               1817      1173      356     96      118    937                            3003
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        590  105  187  32 11   9   83  11  0  84  25  .318  .406  .453  136  268  10   0   0   4   6
 Career High    156  610  122  192  41 19  19   99  20  0 118  38  .385  .491  .607  190  303  22   0   0   7   9
Special Batting  Glossary 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1932 20 PIT NL  555  352   75   5.8   102| .318  .282| .375  .334| .412  .408| .787  .742| 113  .590   9.6   0.9     
 1933 21 PIT NL  655  415  105   6.8    91| .314  .274| .388  .327| .478  .375| .866  .702| 146  .718  35.1   3.6     
 1934 22 PIT NL  660  381  122   8.5   106| .333  .290| .431  .345| .511  .412| .942  .757| 149  .746  44.3   4.2     
 1935 23 PIT NL  610  319  147  12.3   106| .385  .289| .491  .345| .607  .412|1.098  .757| 190  .854  71.6   6.8     
 1936 24 PIT NL  701  395  121   8.2   105| .335  .288| .453  .348| .474  .403| .927  .751| 148  .737  47.0   4.5     
 1937 25 PIT NL  531  330   85   6.9   101| .322  .280| .394  .342| .463  .397| .857  .739| 132  .684  21.0   2.1     
 1938 26 PIT NL  650  378  103   7.3   100| .322  .276| .433  .340| .444  .393| .877  .733| 140  .717  37.6   3.7     
 1939 27 PIT NL  693  440   95   5.8   102| .306  .278| .385  .343| .424  .397| .809  .740| 119  .605  17.8   1.7     
 1940 28 PIT NL  689  425  105   6.7    97| .300  .270| .393  .335| .453  .389| .846  .724| 134  .684  30.6   3.1     
 1941 29 PIT NL  437  270   67   6.6    94| .316  .266| .399  .336| .455  .374| .854  .711| 140  .703  21.2   2.2     
 1942 30 BRO NL  558  371   58   4.2    88| .277  .258| .348  .330| .341  .359| .689  .689| 100  .546   1.1   0.1     
 1943 31 BRO NL  685  445   93   5.6    89| .305  .265| .370  .333| .413  .359| .783  .693| 126  .657  21.4   2.3     
 1947 35 BRO NL  153   87   25   7.6   109| .325  .279| .444  .355| .444  .413| .888  .768| 133  .713   7.7   0.7     
 1948 36 BRO NL  144   97   15   4.1   104| .244  .273| .354  .347| .341  .403| .695  .750|  87  .463  -1.8  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons     7721 4705 1216   6.9    99| .318  .276| .406  .339| .453  .391| .859  .730| 136  .697 364.3  35.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1932 20 PIT NL  SS  128    247  403   46   74  .934  .946  5.08  5.07            
 1933 21 PIT NL  SS  152    310  487   46   95  .945  .949  5.24  4.94            
 1934 22 PIT NL  SS  149    329  480   41   77  .952  .951  5.43  5.14             AS
 1935 23 PIT NL  SS  137    249  422   35   55  .950  .947  4.90  5.10             AS
 1936 24 PIT NL  SS  156    327  477   47   86  .945  .945  5.15  5.10             AS
 1937 25 PIT NL  SS  108    231  335   26   58  .956  .951  5.24  4.85             AS
                 OF   12     26    0    1    0  .963  .974  2.17  2.13               12    0    0 AS
 1938 26 PIT NL  SS  147    306  507   33  107  .961  .943  5.53  4.91             AS
 1939 27 PIT NL  SS  152    330  531   34  103  .962  .953  5.66  5.09             AS
 1940 28 PIT NL  SS  155    308  542   52   94  .942  .950  5.48  5.00             AS
                 3B    2      1    4    0    0 1.000  .943  2.50  2.80             AS
 1941 29 PIT NL  SS   97    172  289   20   42  .958  .951  4.75  4.82             AS
                 3B    3      2    9    1    1  .917  .948  3.67  3.17             AS
 1942 30 BRO NL  3B  119    118  208   14   18  .959  .940  2.74  3.03             AS
                 SS    5     11   16    0    4 1.000  .954  5.40  4.88             AS
                 2B    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  5.20             AS
 1943 31 BRO NL  SS   99    175  291   17   55  .965  .954  4.71  4.97            
                 3B   55     62   84    4    2  .973  .948  2.65  2.97            
 1947 35 BRO NL  OF   22     49    0    0    0 1.000  .976  2.23  2.19               22    0    0
                 3B   10      7   20    0    3 1.000  .947  2.70  2.80            
 1948 36 BRO NL  OF   26     47    4    0    0 1.000  .979  1.96  2.20               26    0    0
                 3B    8      0   10    0    1 1.000  .943  1.25  2.81            

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1942 30 BRO NL  2B    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  5.20            

 1940 28 PIT NL  3B    2      1    4    0    0 1.000  .943  2.50  2.80            
 1941 29 PIT NL  3B    3      2    9    1    1  .917  .948  3.67  3.17            
 1942 30 BRO NL  3B  119    118  208   14   18  .959  .940  2.74  3.03            
 1943 31 BRO NL  3B   55     62   84    4    2  .973  .948  2.65  2.97            
 1947 35 BRO NL  3B   10      7   20    0    3 1.000  .947  2.70  2.80            
 1948 36 BRO NL  3B    8      0   10    0    1 1.000  .943  1.25  2.81            

 1937 25 PIT NL  OF   12     26    0    1    0  .963  .974  2.17  2.13               12    0    0
 1947 35 BRO NL  OF   22     49    0    0    0 1.000  .976  2.23  2.19               22    0    0
 1948 36 BRO NL  OF   26     47    4    0    0 1.000  .979  1.96  2.20               26    0    0

 1932 20 PIT NL  SS  128    247  403   46   74  .934  .946  5.08  5.07            
 1933 21 PIT NL  SS  152    310  487   46   95  .945  .949  5.24  4.94            
 1934 22 PIT NL  SS  149    329  480   41   77  .952  .951  5.43  5.14            
 1935 23 PIT NL  SS  137    249  422   35   55  .950  .947  4.90  5.10            
 1936 24 PIT NL  SS  156    327  477   47   86  .945  .945  5.15  5.10            
 1937 25 PIT NL  SS  108    231  335   26   58  .956  .951  5.24  4.85            
 1938 26 PIT NL  SS  147    306  507   33  107  .961  .943  5.53  4.91            
 1939 27 PIT NL  SS  152    330  531   34  103  .962  .953  5.66  5.09            
 1940 28 PIT NL  SS  155    308  542   52   94  .942  .950  5.48  5.00            
 1941 29 PIT NL  SS   97    172  289   20   42  .958  .951  4.75  4.82            
 1942 30 BRO NL  SS    5     11   16    0    4 1.000  .954  5.40  4.88            
 1943 31 BRO NL  SS   99    175  291   17   55  .965  .954  4.71  4.97            

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  SS 1485   2995 4780  397  850  .951  .949  5.24  5.01            
                 3B  197    190  335   19   25  .965  .943  2.66  2.99            
                 OF   60    122    4    1    0  .992  .977  2.10  2.18               60    0    0
                 2B    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  5.20            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      1743   3308 5119  417  875  .953  .949  4.83  4.68
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1947   WS    BRO NYY     L   3   2   0   1  1  0  0   0   1   0  .500  .667 1.000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

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
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1934   PIT NL       2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1935   PIT NL   *   3   1   1  1  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting SS 
 1936   PIT NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1937   PIT NL   *   5   0   2  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 3B 
 1938   PIT NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1939   PIT NL   *   3   1   1  0  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting SS 
 1940   PIT NL   *   3   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting SS 
 1941   PIT NL   *   4   2   3  0  0  2   4   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting SS 
 1942   BRO NL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 3B 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 7/9      6  22   5   8  1  0  2   4   3   1   0  0   0   0   0  .364  .440  .682 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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
1934 *
1935 (SS)
1936
1937 (3B)
1938
1939 (SS)
1940 (SS)
1941 (SS)
1942 (3B)

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1932-NL-23-0.01
1933-NL-23-0.02
1934-NL-23-0.01
1935-NL-3-0.56
1938-NL-3-0.49
1940-NL-15-0.08
1941-NL-35-0.01
1943-NL-15-0.04
Car-184-1.22 shares

Batting Average
1933 NL-.314-7
1934 NL-.333-4
1935 NL-.385-1
1936 NL-.335-5
1938 NL-.322-5
1941 NL-.316-6
1943 NL-.305-8
Car-.318-59

On-base %
1933 NL-.388-3
1934 NL-.431-1
1935 NL-.491-1
1936 NL-.453-1
1937 NL-.394-9
1938 NL-.433-2
1940 NL-.393-7
1941 NL-.399-8
Car-.406-46

Slugging %
1933 NL-.478-5
1934 NL-.511-6
1935 NL-.607-1
1938 NL-.444-10

OPS
1933 NL-.866-4
1934 NL-.942-4
1935 NL-1.098-1
1936 NL-.927-6
1937 NL-.857-9
1938 NL-.876-8
1941 NL-.854-9

Games
1933 NL-152-5
1934 NL-149-8
1936 NL-156-1
1938 NL-148-9
1939 NL-152-7
1940 NL-156-1

At Bats
1939 NL-595-8
1940 NL-594-3
1943 NL-610-6

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1933 NL-655-9
1934 NL-660-10
1936 NL-701-3
1938 NL-650-7
1939 NL-693-5
1940 NL-689-1
1943 NL-685-4

Runs
1933 NL-85-7
1934 NL-115-4
1935 NL-108-8
1936 NL-122-1
1938 NL-88-9
1940 NL-113-1
1943 NL-112-1

Hits
1933 NL-180-7
1934 NL-186-10
1935 NL-192-10
1936 NL-190-8
1938 NL-174-7
1939 NL-182-8
1940 NL-178-4
1943 NL-186-5

Total Bases
1933 NL-274-5
1934 NL-285-6
1935 NL-303-7
1939 NL-252-8
1940 NL-269-5
1943 NL-252-5

Doubles
1934 NL-41-3
1935 NL-34-10
1938 NL-35-5
1940 NL-40-2
1943 NL-39-4

Triples
1932 NL-10-7
1933 NL-19-1
1934 NL-11-5
1935 NL-10-10
1936 NL-11-7
1937 NL-17-1
1939 NL-11-5
1940 NL-15-1
Car-128-84

Home Runs
1935 NL-19-8

RBI
1933 NL-97-5
1934 NL-94-9
1935 NL-99-6
1940 NL-95-8

Bases on Balls
1933 NL-64-4
1934 NL-94-1
1935 NL-97-1
1936 NL-118-1
1938 NL-104-3
1939 NL-70-9
1940 NL-88-4

Stolen Bases
1934 NL-10-8
1938 NL-14-4
1939 NL-12-6
1940 NL-12-8
1943 NL-20-1

Singles
1932 NL-129-10
1936 NL-140-8
1938 NL-127-6
1939 NL-135-5
1940 NL-116-8
1943 NL-136-4

Adjusted OPS+
1933 NL-146-3
1934 NL-149-5
1935 NL-190-1
1936 NL-148-6
1937 NL-132-8
1938 NL-140-5
1941 NL-140-10
1943 NL-126-10

Runs Created
1933 NL-105-3
1934 NL-122-4
1935 NL-147-1
1936 NL-121-5
1938 NL-103-6
1939 NL-95-8
1940 NL-105-4
1943 NL-93-5

Adjusted Batting Runs
1933 NL-35-3
1934 NL-44-4
1935 NL-72-1
1936 NL-47-5
1937 NL-21-10
1938 NL-38-3
1940 NL-31-5
1943 NL-21-9
Car-364-83

Batting Wins
1933 NL-3.6-3
1934 NL-4.2-4
1935 NL-6.8-1
1936 NL-4.5-5
1937 NL-2.1-10
1938 NL-3.7-3
1940 NL-3.1-5
1943 NL-2.3-9
Car-35.7-87

Extra-Base Hits
1933 NL-57-7
1934 NL-64-5
1935 NL-63-7
1940 NL-62-4
1943 NL-50-5

Times on Base
1933 NL-249-4
1934 NL-282-2
1935 NL-296-1
1936 NL-313-1
1938 NL-280-3
1939 NL-258-6
1940 NL-269-1
1943 NL-249-5

Offensive Win%
1933 NL-.718-4
1934 NL-.746-4
1935 NL-.854-1
1936 NL-.737-7
1937 NL-.684-9
1938 NL-.717-5
1943 NL-.657-9
Car-.697-78

Hit By Pitch
1932 NL-6-5
1933 NL-5-6
1935 NL-7-3
1936 NL-5-10
1939 NL-6-3
1943 NL-3-7

Sac. Hits
1932 NL-13-8
1939 NL-22-3
1941 NL-11-8
1943 NL-12-8

Power/Speed Number
1934 NL-10.9-1
1938 NL-9.3-5
1939 NL-8.0-6
1941 NL-6.9-9
1943 NL-8.0-5

At Bats per Strikeout
1933 NL-24.9-10
1935 NL-27.7-6
1936 NL-27.0-6
1937 NL-21.3-9
1938 NL-25.8-7
1939 NL-29.8-6
1940 NL-23.8-10
1941 NL-28.8-5
1942 NL-29.1-5
1943 NL-46.9-1
Car-24.0-55

At Bats per Home Run
1935 NL-26.3-6

Outs
1939 NL-440-6
1940 NL-425-8
1943 NL-445-6

Youngest Player
1932 NL-20-1
1933 NL-21-4

      

Black Ink: Batting - 29 (60) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 156 (77) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 49.9 (78) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 116.0 (122) (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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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

April 7, 1932: Obtained by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Tulsa (Western) as part of a minor league working agreement.

December 12, 1941: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Pete Coscarart, Luke Hamlin, Babe Phelps, and Jimmy Wasdell.

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