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| Season | Age | Team | Lg | WAR | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | TB | HBP | SH | Pos | Awards | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | 25 | BEG | NN2 | -0.1 | 10 | 37 | 34 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .176 | .243 | .353 | .596 | 59 | .277 | 52 | 12 | 0 | 0 | /64 | |
| 1944 | 26 | BEG | NN2 | -0.1 | 33 | 133 | 122 | 16 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 9 | .246 | .308 | .385 | .694 | 85 | .327 | 82 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 35/46 | |
| 1945 | 27 | BEG | NN2 | -0.1 | 50 | 194 | 175 | 21 | 45 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 13 | .257 | .319 | .343 | .662 | 85 | .317 | 85 | 60 | 3 | 3 | *3 | |
| 1946 | 28 | PS | NN2 | 1.3 | 59 | 242 | 217 | 35 | 67 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 53 | 0 | 18 | .309 | .362 | .461 | .823 | 129 | .387 | 126 | 100 | 0 | 7 | *3/7 | |
| 1947 | 29 | PS | NN2 | -0.9 | 48 | 184 | 157 | 13 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 17 | .217 | .293 | .261 | .554 | 51 | .276 | 52 | 41 | 0 | 10 | *3/7 | |
| 1948 | 30 | PS | NN2 | -1.0 | 46 | 176 | 166 | 12 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 8 | .217 | .257 | .307 | .564 | 63 | .270 | 60 | 51 | 1 | 1 | *3/4 | |
| 6 Yrs | -0.8 | 246 | 966 | 871 | 101 | 218 | 38 | 8 | 13 | 132 | 2 | 68 | .250 | .309 | .357 | .666 | 85 | .318 | 83 | 311 | 6 | 21 | *35/647 | ||||
| 162 Game Avg | -0.6 | 162 | 636 | 574 | 67 | 144 | 25 | 5 | 9 | 87 | 1 | 45 | .250 | .309 | .357 | .666 | 85 | .318 | 83 | 205 | 4 | 14 | |||||
| PS (3 Yrs) | -0.5 | 153 | 602 | 540 | 60 | 137 | 25 | 3 | 8 | 86 | 0 | 43 | .254 | .310 | .356 | .665 | 86 | .319 | 85 | 192 | 1 | 18 | *3/47 | ||||
| BEG (3 Yrs) | -0.3 | 93 | 364 | 331 | 41 | 81 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 46 | 2 | 25 | .245 | .307 | .360 | .667 | 82 | .317 | 80 | 119 | 5 | 3 | 35/64 | ||||
| Season | Age | Team | Lg | PA | Rbat | Rbaser | Rdp | Rfield | Rpos | RAA | WAA | Rrep | RAR | WAR | waaWL% | 162WL% | oWAR | dWAR | oRAR | Pos | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | 25 | BEG | NN2 | 37 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | -0.2 | 1 | -1 | -0.1 | .482 | .499 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -1 | /64 | |
| 1944 | 26 | BEG | NN2 | 133 | -3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -1 | -5 | -0.5 | 4 | -1 | -0.1 | .486 | .497 | 0.0 | -0.2 | 0 | 35/46 | |
| 1945 | 27 | BEG | NN2 | 194 | -4 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -2 | -7 | -0.6 | 6 | -1 | -0.1 | .487 | .496 | -0.1 | -0.3 | 0 | *3 | |
| 1946 | 28 | PS | NN2 | 242 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 7 | 0.7 | 8 | 15 | 1.3 | .511 | .504 | 1.2 | -0.1 | 13 | *3/7 | |
| 1947 | 29 | PS | NN2 | 184 | -11 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -2 | -15 | -1.5 | 6 | -9 | -0.9 | .469 | .491 | -0.6 | -0.4 | -7 | *3/7 | |
| 1948 | 30 | PS | NN2 | 176 | -8 | 0 | 0 | -6 | -2 | -16 | -1.6 | 6 | -10 | -1.0 | .465 | .490 | -0.5 | -0.8 | -4 | *3/4 | |
| 6 Yrs | 966 | -20 | 0 | 0 | -8 | -9 | -38 | -3.7 | 32 | -6 | -0.8 | .485 | .496 | -0.1 | -1.7 | 2 | *35/647 | ||||
| 162 Game Avg | 636 | -13 | 0 | 0 | -5 | -6 | -25 | -2.4 | 21 | -4 | -0.6 | .485 | .496 | 0.0 | -1.1 | 1 | |||||
| PS (3 Yrs) | 602 | -11 | 0 | 0 | -6 | -7 | -24 | -2.4 | 21 | -3 | -0.5 | .484 | .496 | 0.1 | -1.3 | 3 | *3/47 | ||||
| BEG (3 Yrs) | 364 | -9 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -2 | -14 | -1.3 | 11 | -3 | -0.3 | .486 | .497 | -0.1 | -0.4 | -1 | 35/64 | ||||
| Batting | Batting Ratios | ||||||||||||
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| Season | Age | Team | Lg | PA | Pos | Awards | |||||||
| 1943 | 25 | BEG | NN2 | 37 | .277 | 52 | .152 | .176 | 2.7 | 8.1 | 37.5 | /64 | |
| 1944 | 26 | BEG | NN2 | 133 | .327 | 82 | .227 | .139 | 2.3 | 6.8 | 34.2 | 35/46 | |
| 1945 | 27 | BEG | NN2 | 194 | .317 | 85 | .253 | .086 | 0.5 | 6.7 | 33.3 | *3 | |
| 1946 | 28 | PS | NN2 | 242 | .387 | 126 | .286 | .152 | 2.9 | 7.4 | 35.9 | *3/7 | |
| 1947 | 29 | PS | NN2 | 184 | .276 | 52 | .212 | .045 | 0.5 | 9.2 | 24.0 | *3/7 | |
| 1948 | 30 | PS | NN2 | 176 | .270 | 60 | .217 | .090 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 26.7 | *3/4 | |
| 6 Yrs | 966 | .318 | 83 | .239 | .107 | 1.3 | 7.0 | 31.5 | *35/647 | ||||
| MLB Average | .326 | 100 | .274 | .102 | 1.2 | 9.0 | 31.8 | ||||||
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| Season | Age | Team | Lg | Pos | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | lgFld% | lgRF9 | lgRFG | Awards | |||
| 1943 | 25 | BEG | NN2 | SS | 8 | 8 | 65.1 | 46 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 4 | .826 | .918 | 5.23 | 5.54 | 4.75 | 7.33 | |
| 1943 | 25 | BEG | NN2 | 2B | 2 | 2 | 14.0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .946 | 5.79 | 5.53 | 4.50 | 7.25 | |
| 1943 | 25 | BEG | NN2 | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .913 | 13.50 | 3.15 | 3.00 | 4.20 | |
| 1944 | 26 | BEG | NN2 | 1B | 20 | 20 | 180.0 | 224 | 205 | 11 | 8 | 9 | .964 | .980 | 10.80 | 10.95 | 10.80 | 10.35 | |
| 1944 | 26 | BEG | NN2 | 3B | 11 | 11 | 87.0 | 27 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 0 | .889 | .938 | 2.48 | 3.26 | 2.18 | 3.08 | |
| 1944 | 26 | BEG | NN2 | 2B | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .947 | 11.00 | 5.60 | 11.00 | 5.30 | |
| 1944 | 26 | BEG | NN2 | SS | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .935 | 3.38 | 5.29 | 3.00 | 5.00 | |
| 1945 | 27 | BEG | NN2 | 1B | 50 | 49 | 421.0 | 504 | 476 | 17 | 11 | 27 | .978 | .978 | 10.54 | 10.59 | 9.86 | 11.02 | |
| 1946 | 28 | PS | NN2 | 1B | 58 | 58 | 494.1 | 568 | 535 | 23 | 10 | 30 | .982 | .978 | 10.16 | 10.48 | 9.62 | 10.27 | |
| 1946 | 28 | PS | NN2 | LF | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .964 | 12.00 | 1.80 | 12.00 | 1.80 | |
| 1947 | 29 | PS | NN2 | 1B | 48 | 48 | 404.1 | 437 | 403 | 23 | 11 | 22 | .975 | .982 | 9.48 | 10.20 | 8.88 | 7.46 | |
| 1947 | 29 | PS | NN2 | LF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.80 | 0.00 | 1.30 | |||
| 1948 | 30 | PS | NN2 | 1B | 43 | 43 | 369.2 | 390 | 373 | 14 | 3 | 26 | .992 | .983 | 9.42 | 10.17 | 9.00 | 7.69 | |
| 1948 | 30 | PS | NN2 | 2B | 3 | 3 | 23.0 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .949 | 4.70 | 5.44 | 4.00 | 4.13 | |
| 6 Yrs | 246 | 244 | 2077.2 | 2235 | 2036 | 144 | 55 | 119 | .975 | .978 | 9.44 | 9.84 | 8.86 | 8.85 | |||||
| 1B (5 Yrs) | 1B | 219 | 218 | 1869.1 | 2123 | 1992 | 88 | 43 | 114 | .980 | .980 | 10.01 | 10.43 | 9.50 | 9.33 | ||||
| 2B (3 Yrs) | 2B | 6 | 6 | 46.0 | 32 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .948 | 6.26 | 5.50 | 5.33 | 5.37 | ||||
| 3B (2 Yrs) | 3B | 12 | 11 | 89.0 | 30 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 0 | .900 | .936 | 2.73 | 3.26 | 2.25 | 3.18 | ||||
| SS (2 Yrs) | SS | 9 | 9 | 73.1 | 50 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 4 | .820 | .919 | 5.03 | 5.51 | 4.56 | 7.07 | ||||
| LF (2 Yrs) | LF | 2 | 1 | 11.0 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .964 | 9.82 | 1.80 | 6.00 | 1.55 | ||||
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When was Doc Dennis born?
Doc Dennis was born on February 10, 1918.
Where was Doc Dennis born?
Doc Dennis was born in Nashville, TN.
How tall was Doc Dennis?
Doc Dennis was 6-0 (183 cm) tall.
How much did Doc Dennis weigh when playing?
Doc Dennis weighed 170 lbs (77 kg) when playing.
How many seasons did Doc Dennis play?
Doc Dennis played 6 seasons.
Is Doc Dennis in the Hall of Fame?
Doc Dennis has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.
What position did Doc Dennis play?
Doc Dennis was a First Baseman, Third Baseman and Shortstop.
How many hits did Doc Dennis have?
Doc Dennis had 218 hits over his career.
How many home runs did Doc Dennis have?
Doc Dennis had 13 home runs over his career.
What was Doc Dennis' average?
Doc Dennis had a .250 average over his career.
How many teams has Doc Dennis played for?
Doc Dennis played for 2 teams; the Baltimore Elite Giants and Philadelphia Stars.
When did Doc Dennis retire?
Doc Dennis last played in 1948.
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