George Sisler

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 170lb (180cm, 77kg)

Born: March 24, 1893 in Manchester, OH us

Died: March 26, 1973 in Richmond Heights, MO

Buried: Old Meeting House Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Frontenac, MO

High School: Akron HS (Akron, OH)

School: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)

Debut: June 28, 1915 (Age 22-096d, 4,345th in major league history)
vs. CHW 3.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 22, 1930 (Age 37-182d)
vs. CHC 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1939. (Voted by BBWAA on 235/274 ballots)
View George Sisler's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1915 season

Full Name: George Harold Sisler

Nicknames: Gorgeous George

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Relatives: Father of Dave Sisler, Dick Sisler

Hall of Fame
MVP
2x Batting Title

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

57.2

8267

2812

102

.340

1284

RBI

1178

375

OBP

.379

SLG

.468

OPS

.847

OPS+

125

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1915 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1915 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	63 (62)	Jun 28	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-4	GF	10	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
2	64	Jun 29	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
3	65	Jun 30	SLB	@	CHW	L,6-8	CG	39	8.0	5	1	2	8	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	66	Jul 1	SLB		CLE	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
5	67	Jul 3 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
6	68	Jul 3 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,1-5	GF	0		7	1	0	8	0
7	73 (4)	Jul 9	SLB		PHA	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
8	74	Jul 10	SLB		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	75	Jul 11	SLB		PHA	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
10	76	Jul 13 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	77	Jul 13 (2)	SLB		WSH	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
12	78	Jul 14	SLB		WSH	L,1-2	CG	0	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
13	79	Jul 15 (1)	SLB		WSH	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
14	82 (2)	Jul 17	SLB		NYY	W,4-3	GF	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	1
15	84 (1)	Jul 19 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,1-4		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
16	85	Jul 20	SLB		NYY	W,3-2	GS	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
17	87 (1)	Jul 22	SLB		BOS	L,3-7	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	89 (1)	Jul 24 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,3-7	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
19	90	Jul 24 (2)	SLB		BOS	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	91	Jul 25 (1)	SLB		BOS	W,9-8	GF	0		2	1	0	3	0
21	92	Jul 25 (2)	SLB		BOS	T,1-1	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	93	Jul 27	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	94	Jul 28	SLB	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	95	Jul 29	SLB	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	96	Jul 30	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
26	97	Jul 31	SLB	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	98	Aug 2	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
28	100 (1)	Aug 5 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
29	101	Aug 5 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	13	1	0	14	2
30	102	Aug 7 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
31	103	Aug 7 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	T,4-4	GS	43	10.0	9	1	0	10	3
32	104	Aug 9	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
33	105	Aug 10 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
34	106	Aug 10 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-10	CG	0	8.0	11	1	0	12	0
35	107	Aug 11 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-11	CG	44	8.0	7	1	1	9	0
36	108	Aug 11 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	14	0	0	14	2
37	109	Aug 12	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	31	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
38	110	Aug 14 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
39	111	Aug 14 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
40	112	Aug 15	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
41	113	Aug 16 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
42	114	Aug 16 (2)	SLB		CHW	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	17	1	0	18	0
43	115	Aug 21	SLB		BOS	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
44	116	Aug 22 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	17	0	0	17	0
45	119 (2)	Aug 24 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,10-7	GF	0	5.0	0	3	0	3	0
46	125 (5)	Aug 29	SLB		WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	130 (4)	Sep 4 (1)	SLB		DET	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
48	131	Sep 4 (2)	SLB		DET	L,1-2	CG	0	11.0	16	0	1	17	0
49	132	Sep 5 (1)	SLB		DET	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
50	133	Sep 5 (2)	SLB		DET	L,2-4	CG	0	10.0	10	1	0	11	0
51	134	Sep 7	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	0	11.0	11	1	0	12	1
52	135	Sep 8	SLB	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	3
53	136	Sep 10	SLB	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
54	137	Sep 11 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
55	138	Sep 11 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
56	139	Sep 13	SLB	@	PHA	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
57	140	Sep 14	SLB	@	PHA	W,12-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
58	141	Sep 16	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
59	142	Sep 17	SLB	@	WSH	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
60	143	Sep 18	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	11	1	0	12	1
61	144	Sep 20	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-6	CG	0	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
62	145	Sep 21 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
63	146	Sep 21 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
64	147	Sep 22 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	148	Sep 22 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	W,3-1	GS	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
66	149	Sep 23 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-7	GS	34	7.0	0	0	1	1	0
67	150	Sep 23 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	151	Sep 24	SLB	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
69	152	Sep 25	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
70	153	Sep 27	SLB	@	BOS	L,4-8	GS	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
71	154	Sep 29	SLB	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	0	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
72	155	Sep 30	SLB	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
73	156	Oct 1	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-8	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	157	Oct 2 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
75	158	Oct 2 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-6	GS	41	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
76	159	Oct 3	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
							80gm		377.0	413	38	7	458	21