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Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1947 26 PHA AL 136  461   70  134  28  6   7   71   4  5  95  34  .291  .414  .423  131  195   9           2  15 MVP-19,RoY-4
 1948 27 PHA AL 145  520   81  146  27  6   7   88  10  5 113  37  .281  .412  .396  115  206   8           3  17 MVP-24
 1949 28 PHA AL 150  525   81  138  21  5   3   78   8  1 136  51  .263  .415  .339  103  178  11           0  15
 1950 29 PHA AL 151  522   83  147  25  4  10   83   8  5 133  26  .282  .430  .402  116  210   0           3  18 AS
 1951 30 PHA AL 117  425   63  146  30  3   6   57   0  3  80  20  .344  .451  .471  147  200   3           3  10 MVP-6,AS
 1952 31 PHA AL 145  538   82  176  43  3   2   59   3  5 105  26  .327  .438  .429  136  231   4           1  19 MVP-6,AS
 1953 32 CHW AL 128  446   73  114  18  2   6   52   3  2 108  28  .256  .405  .345  102  154   6           4  11 AS
 1954 33 CHW AL  65  235   30   71  10  1   5   51   5  1  40  14  .302  .399  .417  122   98   1   5       1   2 AS
 1955 34 TOT AL 114  258   32   67  11  0   2   31   5  1  94  25  .260  .455  .326  113   84   2   3   3   1  10
         DET AL  58  140   23   37   8  0   2   23   2  1  52  12  .264  .459  .364  126   51   2   2   2   0   5
         CLE AL  56  118    9   30   3  0   0    8   3  0  42  13  .254  .451  .280   98   33   0   1   1   1   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons     1151 3930  595 1139 213 30  48  570  46 28 904 261  .290  .424  .396  120 1556  44   8   3  18 117
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        553   84  160  30  4   7   80   6  4 127  37  .290  .424  .396  120  219   6   1   0   3  16
 Career High    151  538   83  176  43  6  10   88  10  5 136  51  .344  .455  .471  147  231  11   5   3   4  19

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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1947 26 PHA AL  567  356   79   5.9    98| .291  .265| .414  .345| .423  .381| .837  .726| 131  .655  24.9   2.5  44%
 1948 27 PHA AL  644  404   85   5.6   105| .281  .273| .412  .358| .396  .394| .808  .753| 115  .588  17.8   1.7  66%
 1949 28 PHA AL  672  414   75   4.8   104| .263  .267| .415  .358| .339  .388| .754  .746| 103  .523  11.5   1.1  88%
 1950 29 PHA AL  658  398   90   6.0   112| .282  .276| .430  .363| .402  .414| .832  .776| 116  .586  21.5   2.0  61%
 1951 30 PHA AL  511  295   88   8.0   104| .344  .270| .451  .351| .471  .396| .922  .747| 147  .741  34.2   3.4   0%
 1952 31 PHA AL  648  390  100   6.9   101| .327  .267| .438  .348| .429  .390| .867  .738| 136  .718  34.9   3.6  37%
 1953 32 CHW AL  564  351   62   4.7   105| .256  .273| .405  .350| .345  .402| .750  .752| 102  .528   8.0   0.8  60%
 1954 33 CHW AL  282  173   40   6.2   101| .302  .269| .399  .345| .417  .393| .816  .738| 122  .665   9.4   1.0  83%
 1955 34 TOT AL  358  207   47   6.1   103| .260  .267| .455  .347| .326  .398| .781  .745| 113  .627  14.1   1.3  83%
         DET AL  196  113   28   6.6   101| .264  .264| .459  .343| .364  .393| .823  .736| 126  .663  10.5   1.0  66%
         CLE AL  162   94   19   5.4   106| .254  .271| .451  .351| .280  .404| .731  .755|  98  .576   3.6   0.3 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      4904 2988  666   6.0   104| .290  .270| .424  .353| .396  .395| .820  .748| 120  .627 176.4  17.4  62%

* 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 ------+
 1947 26 PHA AL  1B  132   1141  101   19  118  .985  .990  9.41  7.58            
 1948 27 PHA AL  1B  145   1284  120   16  148  .989  .991  9.68  6.90            
 1949 28 PHA AL  1B  150   1275  122   22  194  .984  .989  9.31  6.67            
 1950 29 PHA AL  1B  151   1286  124   19  192  .987  .989  9.34  6.62             AS
 1951 30 PHA AL  1B  108    931  113   11  124  .990  .990  9.67  8.49             AS
                 OF   11     11    2    3    1  .813  .977  1.18  2.23                1    0   10 AS
 1952 31 PHA AL  1B  144   1245  150   22  124  .984  .988  9.69  6.94             AS
 1953 32 CHW AL  1B  127   1108  106   13   98  .989  .989  9.56  7.87             AS
 1954 33 CHW AL  1B   64    565   31    8   54  .987  .990  9.31  8.00             AS
 1955 34 TOT AL  1B   95    695   60    8   72  .990  .991  7.95  8.17            
         DET AL  1B   44    370   29    5   42  .988  .991  9.07  8.17            
         CLE AL  1B   51    325   31    3   30  .992  .991  6.98  8.17            
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1947 26 PHA AL  1B  132   1141  101   19  118  .985  .990  9.41  7.58            
 1948 27 PHA AL  1B  145   1284  120   16  148  .989  .991  9.68  6.90            
 1949 28 PHA AL  1B  150   1275  122   22  194  .984  .989  9.31  6.67            
 1950 29 PHA AL  1B  151   1286  124   19  192  .987  .989  9.34  6.62            
 1951 30 PHA AL  1B  108    931  113   11  124  .990  .990  9.67  8.49            
 1952 31 PHA AL  1B  144   1245  150   22  124  .984  .988  9.69  6.94            
 1953 32 CHW AL  1B  127   1108  106   13   98  .989  .989  9.56  7.87            
 1954 33 CHW AL  1B   64    565   31    8   54  .987  .990  9.31  8.00            
 1955 34 TOT AL  1B   95    695   60    8   72  .990  .991  7.95  8.17            
         DET AL  1B   44    370   29    5   42  .988  .991  9.07  8.17            
         CLE AL  1B   51    325   31    3   30  .992  .991  6.98  8.17            

 1951 30 PHA AL  OF   11     11    2    3    1  .813  .977  1.18  2.23                1    0   10
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  1B 1116   9530  927  138 1124  .987  .990  9.37  7.35            
                 OF   11     11    2    3    1  .813  .977  1.18  2.23                1    0   10
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      1127   9541  929  141 1125  .987  .990  9.29  7.30

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
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1950   PHA AL       3   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1951   PHA AL   *   3   0   1  0  1  0   1   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
 1952   PHA AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1953   CHW AL       1   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1954   CHW AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 3/5      1   7   1   3  0  1  0   1   0   1   0  0   0   0   0  .429  .429  .714 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+

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
1950 *
1951 (1B)
1952
1953 *
1954

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1947-AL-19-0.03
1948-AL-24-0.01
1951-AL-6-0.31
1952-AL-6-0.20
Car-397-0.55 shares

Batting Average
1951 AL-.344-1
1952 AL-.327-1

On-base %
1947 AL-.414-2
1948 AL-.412-5
1949 AL-.415-7
1950 AL-.430-4
1951 AL-.451-2
1952 AL-.438-1
1953 AL-.405-4
Car-.424-15

OPS
1947 AL-.837-6
1951 AL-.921-4
1952 AL-.867-6

Games
1949 AL-150-10

Hits
1952 AL-176-3

Doubles
1947 AL-28-9
1951 AL-30-9
1952 AL-43-1

Bases on Balls
1947 AL-95-5
1948 AL-113-3
1949 AL-136-3
1950 AL-133-2
1951 AL-80-7
1952 AL-105-3
1953 AL-108-2
1955 AL-94-4

Stolen Bases
1948 AL-10-8
1950 AL-8-6

Singles
1952 AL-128-5

Adjusted OPS+
1947 AL-131-7
1951 AL-147-4
1952 AL-136-8

Runs Created
1952 AL-100-5

Adjusted Batting Runs
1947 AL-25-4
1951 AL-34-4
1952 AL-35-4

Batting Wins
1947 AL-2.5-4
1951 AL-3.4-4
1952 AL-3.6-4

Extra-Base Hits
1952 AL-48-9

Times on Base
1948 AL-262-7
1949 AL-274-8
1950 AL-283-4
1952 AL-282-1
1953 AL-226-9

Offensive Win%
1947 AL-.655-8
1951 AL-.741-3
1952 AL-.718-5

Sac. Hits
1949 AL-11-9

Grounded into Double Plays
1952 AL-19-3

Power/Speed Number
1948 AL-8.2-7
1950 AL-8.9-5

At Bats per Strikeout
1950 AL-20.1-9
1951 AL-21.3-7
1952 AL-20.7-5
1953 AL-15.9-9

Black Ink: Batting - 10 (228) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 38 (629) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 20.0 (615) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 34.0 (533) (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.

Transactions
November 1, 1946: Drafted by the Philadelphia Athletics from the San Francisco (PCL) in the 1946 rule 5 draft.
January 27, 1953: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics with Bob Wilson (minors) to the Chicago White Sox for Eddie Robinson, Joe DeMaestri, and Ed McGhee.
December 6, 1954: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Leo Cristante and Jack Phillips to the Detroit Tigers for Bob Nieman, Walt Dropo, and Ted Gray.
July 6, 1955: Released by the Detroit Tigers.
July 14, 1955: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.
November 2, 1955: Released by the Cleveland Indians.
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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All-Star 1950 * 1951 (1B) 1952 1953 * 1954	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1947-AL-19-0.03 1948-AL-24-0.01 1951-AL-6-0.31 1952-AL-6-0.20 Car-397-0.55 shares	Batting Average 1951 AL-.344-1 1952 AL-.327-1	On-base % 1947 AL-.414-2 1948 AL-.412-5 1949 AL-.415-7 1950 AL-.430-4 1951 AL-.451-2 1952 AL-.438-1 1953 AL-.405-4 Car-.424-15	OPS 1947 AL-.837-6 1951 AL-.921-4 1952 AL-.867-6	Games 1949 AL-150-10
Hits 1952 AL-176-3	Doubles 1947 AL-28-9 1951 AL-30-9 1952 AL-43-1	Bases on Balls 1947 AL-95-5 1948 AL-113-3 1949 AL-136-3 1950 AL-133-2 1951 AL-80-7 1952 AL-105-3 1953 AL-108-2 1955 AL-94-4	Stolen Bases 1948 AL-10-8 1950 AL-8-6	Singles 1952 AL-128-5	Adjusted OPS+ 1947 AL-131-7 1951 AL-147-4 1952 AL-136-8
Runs Created 1952 AL-100-5	Adjusted Batting Runs 1947 AL-25-4 1951 AL-34-4 1952 AL-35-4	Batting Wins 1947 AL-2.5-4 1951 AL-3.4-4 1952 AL-3.6-4	Extra-Base Hits 1952 AL-48-9	Times on Base 1948 AL-262-7 1949 AL-274-8 1950 AL-283-4 1952 AL-282-1 1953 AL-226-9	Offensive Win% 1947 AL-.655-8 1951 AL-.741-3 1952 AL-.718-5
Sac. Hits 1949 AL-11-9	Grounded into Double Plays 1952 AL-19-3	Power/Speed Number 1948 AL-8.2-7 1950 AL-8.9-5	At Bats per Strikeout 1950 AL-20.1-9 1951 AL-21.3-7 1952 AL-20.7-5 1953 AL-15.9-9