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Bob Elliott
Robert Irving Elliott (Mr. Team)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb.

Debut September 2, 1939
Final Game July 16, 1953
Born November 26, 1916 in San Diego, CA
Died May 4, 1966 in San Diego, CA

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1939 22 PIT NL  32  129   18   43  10  3   3   19   0      9   4  .333  .377  .527  143   68   2           0   4
 1940 23 PIT NL 148  551   88  161  34 11   5   64  13     45  28  .292  .348  .421  112  232  13           2  11
 1941 24 PIT NL 141  527   74  144  24 10   3   76   6     64  52  .273  .353  .374  105  197   7           1  12 AS
 1942 25 PIT NL 143  560   75  166  26  7   9   89   2     52  35  .296  .358  .416  123  233   7           2  12 MVP-9,AS
 1943 26 PIT NL 156  581   82  183  30 12   7  101   4     56  24  .315  .376  .444  134  258   5           1  16 MVP-8
 1944 27 PIT NL 143  538   85  160  28 16  10  108   9     75  42  .297  .383  .465  134  250   4           0   8 MVP-10,AS
 1945 28 PIT NL 144  541   80  157  36  6   8  108   5     64  38  .290  .366  .423  116  229   2           1  16 MVP-16,AS
 1946 29 PIT NL 140  486   50  128  25  3   5   68   6     64  44  .263  .351  .358  100  174   7           2  15
 1947 30 BSN NL 150  555   93  176  35  5  22  113   3     87  60  .317  .410  .517  147  287   3           0  15 MVP-1,AS
 1948 31 BSN NL 151  540   99  153  24  5  23  100   6    131  57  .283  .423  .474  143  256   4           0  14 MVP-13,AS
 1949 32 BSN NL 139  482   77  135  29  5  17   76   0     90  38  .280  .395  .467  135  225   4           2  16
 1950 33 BSN NL 142  531   94  162  28  5  24  107   2     68  67  .305  .386  .512  140  272   1           2  18 MVP-24
 1951 34 BSN NL 136  480   73  137  29  2  15   70   2  0  65  56  .285  .371  .448  126  215   2           0  16 AS
 1952 35 NYG NL  98  272   33   62   6  2  10   35   1  0  36  20  .228  .323  .375   92  102   3           2   7
 1953 36 TOT AL 115  368   43   94  18  2   9   61   1  2  61  39  .255  .363  .389  101  143   2           1   7
         SLB AL  48  160   19   40   7  1   5   29   0  1  30  18  .250  .368  .400  106   64   1           0   4
         CHW AL  67  208   24   54  11  1   4   32   1  1  31  21  .260  .358  .380   97   79   1           1   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons         7141      2061     94     1195      2     604  .289  .375  .440  124       66   0   0  16 187
               1978      1064      382    170       60    967                            3141
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        585   87  169  31  8  14   98   5  0  79  49  .289  .375  .440  124  257   5   0   0   1  15
 Career High    156  581   99  183  36 16  24  113  13  2 131  67  .317  .423  .517  147  287  13   0   0   2  18
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1939 22 PIT NL  140   92   26   7.5   102| .333  .278| .377  .343| .527  .397| .904  .740| 143  .715   7.3   0.7     
 1940 23 PIT NL  611  414   80   5.2    97| .292  .271| .348  .335| .421  .389| .769  .724| 112  .580   8.7   0.9     
 1941 24 PIT NL  599  402   69   4.6    94| .273  .266| .353  .336| .374  .375| .727  .711| 105  .547   4.2   0.4     
 1942 25 PIT NL  621  413   83   5.4    89| .296  .259| .358  .332| .416  .360| .774  .692| 123  .656  16.1   1.7     
 1943 26 PIT NL  643  419   97   6.2    92| .315  .268| .376  .337| .444  .364| .820  .701| 134  .698  24.5   2.6     
 1944 27 PIT NL  617  390   96   6.6    97| .297  .273| .383  .340| .465  .383| .848  .723| 134  .696  25.2   2.6     
 1945 28 PIT NL  608  402   84   5.6   100| .290  .278| .366  .348| .423  .384| .789  .732| 116  .621  12.3   1.3     
 1946 29 PIT NL  559  380   61   4.3    94| .263  .265| .351  .340| .358  .371| .709  .711| 100  .529   1.6   0.2     
 1947 30 BSN NL  645  397  118   7.9   104| .317  .271| .410  .346| .517  .403| .927  .749| 147  .726  39.7   3.8     
 1948 31 BSN NL  675  405  108   7.1   101| .283  .268| .423  .342| .474  .396| .897  .738| 143  .701  40.0   3.9     
 1949 32 BSN NL  578  367   89   6.5   100| .280  .264| .395  .337| .467  .396| .862  .733| 135  .654  28.0   2.7     
 1950 33 BSN NL  602  388  104   7.2   103| .305  .262| .386  .338| .512  .407| .898  .745| 140  .681  31.6   3.0     
 1951 34 BSN NL  547  361   80   6.0    97| .285  .259| .371  .332| .448  .392| .819  .724| 126  .624  19.5   1.9 100%
 1952 35 NYG NL  313  220   33   4.0    98| .228  .263| .323  .336| .375  .391| .698  .727|  92  .484  -3.1  -0.3 100%
 1953 36 TOT AL  432  285   51   4.8   105| .255  .273| .363  .349| .389  .401| .752  .750| 101  .534   2.0   0.2  33%
         SLB AL  191  126   23   4.9   104| .250  .272| .368  .348| .400  .400| .768  .749| 106  .543   2.1   0.2   0%
         CHW AL  241  159   28   4.7   105| .260  .273| .358  .350| .380  .402| .738  .752|  97  .527  -0.1   0.0  50%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 15 Seasons     8190 5335 1179   5.9    98| .289  .267| .375  .339| .440  .386| .815  .725| 124  .641 257.6  25.6     

* 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  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1939 22 PIT NL OF 30 88 1 2 0 .978 .975 2.97 2.17 0 30 0 1940 23 PIT NL OF 147 302 12 7 0 .978 .977 2.14 2.17 4 31 113 1941 24 PIT NL OF 139 281 9 9 2 .970 .975 2.09 2.15 4 2 134 AS 1942 25 PIT NL 3B 142 173 285 36 22 .927 .940 3.23 3.03 AS OF 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 2.20 1 0 0 AS 1943 26 PIT NL 3B 151 149 294 24 34 .949 .948 2.93 2.97 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.40 SS 1 1 2 1 0 .750 .968 3.00 5.00 1944 27 PIT NL 3B 140 169 285 27 22 .944 .948 3.24 3.00 AS SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.80 AS 1945 28 PIT NL 3B 81 94 178 21 18 .928 .941 3.36 2.97 AS OF 61 125 7 2 0 .985 .978 2.16 2.33 0 0 61 AS 1946 29 PIT NL OF 92 188 8 1 5 .995 .977 2.13 2.16 0 0 92 3B 43 44 82 6 5 .955 .952 2.93 2.84 1947 30 BSN NL 3B 148 129 302 20 25 .956 .947 2.91 2.80 AS 1948 31 BSN NL 3B 150 146 298 26 18 .945 .941 2.96 2.81 AS 1949 32 BSN NL 3B 130 141 300 17 27 .963 .952 3.39 2.98 1950 33 BSN NL 3B 137 141 256 20 26 .952 .948 2.90 3.01 1951 34 BSN NL 3B 127 138 242 24 31 .941 .953 2.99 3.10 AS 1952 35 NYG NL OF 65 83 6 2 0 .978 .981 1.37 2.10 52 0 15 3B 13 19 25 2 3 .957 .954 3.38 2.92 1953 36 TOT AL 3B 103 105 197 13 21 .959 .957 2.93 2.93 SLB AL 3B 45 51 93 7 12 .954 .957 3.20 2.93 CHW AL 3B 58 54 104 6 9 .963 .957 2.72 2.93 OF 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2.20 2 0 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1943 26 PIT NL 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.40 1942 25 PIT NL 3B 142 173 285 36 22 .927 .940 3.23 3.03 1943 26 PIT NL 3B 151 149 294 24 34 .949 .948 2.93 2.97 1944 27 PIT NL 3B 140 169 285 27 22 .944 .948 3.24 3.00 1945 28 PIT NL 3B 81 94 178 21 18 .928 .941 3.36 2.97 1946 29 PIT NL 3B 43 44 82 6 5 .955 .952 2.93 2.84 1947 30 BSN NL 3B 148 129 302 20 25 .956 .947 2.91 2.80 1948 31 BSN NL 3B 150 146 298 26 18 .945 .941 2.96 2.81 1949 32 BSN NL 3B 130 141 300 17 27 .963 .952 3.39 2.98 1950 33 BSN NL 3B 137 141 256 20 26 .952 .948 2.90 3.01 1951 34 BSN NL 3B 127 138 242 24 31 .941 .953 2.99 3.10 1952 35 NYG NL 3B 13 19 25 2 3 .957 .954 3.38 2.92 1953 36 TOT AL 3B 103 105 197 13 21 .959 .957 2.93 2.93 SLB AL 3B 45 51 93 7 12 .954 .957 3.20 2.93 CHW AL 3B 58 54 104 6 9 .963 .957 2.72 2.93 1939 22 PIT NL OF 30 88 1 2 0 .978 .975 2.97 2.17 0 30 0 1940 23 PIT NL OF 147 302 12 7 0 .978 .977 2.14 2.17 4 31 113 1941 24 PIT NL OF 139 281 9 9 2 .970 .975 2.09 2.15 4 2 134 1942 25 PIT NL OF 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 2.20 1 0 0 1945 28 PIT NL OF 61 125 7 2 0 .985 .978 2.16 2.33 0 0 61 1946 29 PIT NL OF 92 188 8 1 5 .995 .977 2.13 2.16 0 0 92 1952 35 NYG NL OF 65 83 6 2 0 .978 .981 1.37 2.10 52 0 15 1953 36 CHW AL OF 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2.20 2 0 0 1943 26 PIT NL SS 1 1 2 1 0 .750 .968 3.00 5.00 1944 27 PIT NL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.80
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 3B 1365 1448 2744 236 252 .947 .948 3.07 2.95 OF 537 1070 44 24 7 .979 .977 2.07 2.17 63 63 415 SS 2 1 2 1 0 .750 .968 1.50 4.90 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.40 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1906 2519 2790 261 259 .953 .954 2.79 2.74
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1948   WS    BSN CLE     L   6  21   4   7  0  0  2   5   2   2  .333  .391  .619   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
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1945   PIT NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1941   PIT NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1942   PIT NL       1   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1944   PIT NL   *   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 3B 
 1947   BSN NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1948   BSN NL       2   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1951   BSN NL   *   2   1   1  0  0  1   2   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 3B 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 5/7      2   9   1   3  0  0  1   2   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .333  .333  .667 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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
1941 *
1942 *
1944 (3B)
1945
1947
1948 *
1951 (3B)

Awards
1947-NL-MVP

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1942-NL-9-0.12
1943-NL-8-0.15
1944-NL-10-0.17
1945-NL-16-0.04
1947-NL-1-0.61
1948-NL-13-0.10
1950-NL-24-0.02
Car-186-1.21 shares

Batting Average
1942 NL-.296-9
1943 NL-.315-4
1947 NL-.317-2
1950 NL-.305-6

On-base %
1947 NL-.410-6
1948 NL-.423-2
1949 NL-.395-10
1950 NL-.386-10

Slugging %
1943 NL-.444-4
1947 NL-.517-6
1948 NL-.474-9
1950 NL-.512-10

OPS
1943 NL-.820-3
1947 NL-.927-4
1948 NL-.897-5
1949 NL-.862-10
1950 NL-.898-9

Games
1940 NL-148-10
1943 NL-156-3
1947 NL-150-10
1948 NL-151-6

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1948 NL-675-3

Runs
1943 NL-82-10
1948 NL-99-7

Hits
1940 NL-161-10
1942 NL-166-3
1943 NL-183-6
1947 NL-176-8

Total Bases
1942 NL-233-6
1943 NL-258-3
1947 NL-287-6

Doubles
1940 NL-34-7
1943 NL-30-8
1945 NL-36-3
1947 NL-35-2

Triples
1940 NL-11-7
1941 NL-10-4
1942 NL-7-5
1943 NL-12-3
1944 NL-16-2

Home Runs
1947 NL-22-9
1948 NL-23-8

RBI
1942 NL-89-6
1943 NL-101-2
1944 NL-108-2
1945 NL-108-6
1947 NL-113-4
1948 NL-100-6
1950 NL-107-6

Bases on Balls
1944 NL-75-7
1947 NL-87-7
1948 NL-131-1
1949 NL-90-6

Strikeouts
1947 NL-60-10

Stolen Bases
1940 NL-13-6
1944 NL-9-9

Singles
1942 NL-124-2
1943 NL-134-5

Adjusted OPS+
1943 NL-134-6
1947 NL-147-5
1948 NL-143-5
1949 NL-135-7
1950 NL-140-6
1951 NL-126-9

Runs Created
1942 NL-83-8
1943 NL-97-3
1947 NL-118-3
1948 NL-108-4
1950 NL-104-9

Adjusted Batting Runs
1943 NL-25-6
1947 NL-40-4
1948 NL-40-3
1949 NL-28-7
1950 NL-32-10

Batting Wins
1943 NL-2.6-6
1947 NL-3.8-3
1948 NL-3.9-3
1949 NL-2.7-7
1950 NL-3.0-10

Extra-Base Hits
1943 NL-49-6
1945 NL-50-6
1947 NL-62-4
1948 NL-52-9

Times on Base
1942 NL-220-10
1943 NL-240-7
1947 NL-263-3
1948 NL-284-2

Offensive Win%
1943 NL-.698-3
1944 NL-.696-10
1947 NL-.726-5
1948 NL-.701-6
1949 NL-.654-10
1950 NL-.681-8

Sac. Hits
1940 NL-13-7

Grounded into Double Plays
1943 NL-16-9
1945 NL-16-5
1946 NL-15-4
1947 NL-15-10
1949 NL-16-8
1950 NL-18-7

Power/Speed Number
1944 NL-9.5-5
1948 NL-9.5-9

At Bats per Strikeout
1943 NL-24.2-9

At Bats per Home Run
1947 NL-25.2-10
1948 NL-23.5-8

       

Black Ink: Batting - 2 (587) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 111 (187) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 34.2 (201) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 61.5 (300) (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 

Before 1937 Season: Obtained by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Savannah (South Atlantic) as part of a minor league working agreement.

September 30, 1946: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Hank Camelli to the Boston Braves for Billy Herman, Elmer Singleton, Stan Wentzel, and Whitey Wietelmann.

April 8, 1952: Traded by the Boston Braves to the New York Giants for Sheldon Jones and $50,000.

October 1, 1952: Released by the New York Giants.

March 25, 1953: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Browns.

June 13, 1953: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Virgil Trucks to the Chicago White Sox for Darrell Johnson, Lou Kretlow, and $75,000.

December 18, 1953: Released by the Chicago White Sox.


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