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Dick Sisler
Richard Allan Sisler

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 205 lb.

Debut April 16, 1946
Final Game August 1, 1953
Born November 2, 1920 in St. Louis, MO
Died November 20, 1998 in Nashville, TN
Brother of Dave Sisler and Son of George Sisler

Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1946 25 STL NL  83  235   17   61  11  2   3   42   0     14  28  .260  .307  .362   86   85   9           2   4
 1947 26 STL NL  46   74    4   15   2  1   0    9   0      3   8  .203  .234  .257   28   19   0           0   0
 1948 27 PHI NL 121  446   60  122  21  3  11   56   1     47  46  .274  .344  .408  105  182   8           1   4
 1949 28 PHI NL 121  412   42  119  19  6   7   50   0     25  38  .289  .333  .415  102  171   7           2   5 MVP-30
 1950 29 PHI NL 141  523   79  155  29  4  13   83   1     64  50  .296  .373  .442  115  231   6           0  11 MVP-33,AS
 1951 30 PHI NL 125  428   46  123  20  5   8   52   1  0  40  39  .287  .351  .414  106  177   8           2  11
 1952 31 TOT NL 130  445   51  114  15  6  13   64   3  3  32  40  .256  .309  .404   96  180   1           2   8
         CIN NL  11   27    3    5   1  1   0    4   0  0   3   5  .185  .267  .296   56    8   0           0   0
         STL NL 119  418   48  109  14  5  13   60   3  3  29  35  .261  .312  .411   99  172   1           2   8
 1953 32 STL NL  32   43    3   11   1  1   0    4   0  0   1   4  .256  .273  .326   55   14   0           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      799 2606  302  720 118 28  55  360   6  3 226 253  .276  .336  .406  101 1059  39   0   0   9  44
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        528   61  146  24  6  11   73   1  1  46  51  .276  .336  .406  101  215   8   0   0   2   9
 Career High    141  523   79  155  29  6  13   83   3  3  64  50  .296  .373  .442  115  231   9   0   0   2  11

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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1946 25 STL NL  260  187   26   3.7    96| .260  .267| .307  .343| .362  .374| .669  .717|  86  .462  -5.2  -0.6     
 1947 26 STL NL   77   59    4   1.8   109| .203  .279| .234  .355| .257  .413| .491  .768|  28  .151  -8.1  -0.8     
 1948 27 PHI NL  502  336   62   4.9   100| .274  .266| .344  .340| .408  .394| .752  .735| 105  .544   2.8   0.3     
 1949 28 PHI NL  446  305   56   4.9   101| .289  .267| .333  .340| .415  .399| .748  .739| 102  .532  -0.1   0.0     
 1950 29 PHI NL  593  385   86   6.0   106| .296  .267| .373  .344| .442  .414| .815  .758| 115  .605  12.9   1.2     
 1951 30 PHI NL  478  324   62   5.2   102| .287  .266| .351  .340| .414  .403| .765  .743| 106  .559   3.5   0.3 100%
 1952 31 TOT NL  480  343   54   4.2    97| .256  .261| .309  .334| .404  .389| .713  .724|  96  .507  -4.2  -0.5  50%
         CIN NL   30   22    2   2.4    97| .185  .261| .267  .334| .296  .389| .563  .724|  56  .273  -1.7  -0.2   0%
         STL NL  450  321   52   4.3    97| .261  .262| .312  .334| .411  .389| .723  .724|  99  .519  -2.5  -0.3  50%
 1953 32 STL NL   44   33    4   3.2   110| .256  .274| .273  .345| .326  .427| .599  .773|  55  .321  -3.0  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      2880 1972  354   4.8   101| .276  .266| .336  .341| .406  .399| .742  .740| 101  .534  -1.4  -0.4     

* 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 ------+
 1946 25 STL NL  1B   37    292   28    4   31  .988  .991  8.65  9.28            
                 OF   29     42    3    2    0  .957  .976  1.55  2.16               29    0    0
 1947 26 STL NL  1B   10     76    6    2    3  .976  .992  8.20  9.24            
                 OF    5      8    0    0    0 1.000  .976  1.60  2.20                5    0    0
 1948 27 PHI NL  1B  120    986   73   18   88  .983  .990  8.82  8.33            
 1949 28 PHI NL  1B   96    815   40   11   73  .987  .991  8.91  8.98            
 1950 29 PHI NL  OF  137    293    9    4    0  .987  .978  2.20  2.14              137    0    0 AS
 1951 30 PHI NL  OF  111    233    8    8    3  .968  .981  2.17  2.23              111    0    0
 1952 31 CIN NL  OF    7     11    0    0    0 1.000  .982  1.57  2.10                3    0    4
         STL NL  1B  114   1022   84   17  116  .985  .990  9.70  8.77            
 1953 32 STL NL  1B   10     42    6    0    5 1.000  .990  4.80  9.17            
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1946 25 STL NL  1B   37    292   28    4   31  .988  .991  8.65  9.28            
 1947 26 STL NL  1B   10     76    6    2    3  .976  .992  8.20  9.24            
 1948 27 PHI NL  1B  120    986   73   18   88  .983  .990  8.82  8.33            
 1949 28 PHI NL  1B   96    815   40   11   73  .987  .991  8.91  8.98            
 1952 31 STL NL  1B  114   1022   84   17  116  .985  .990  9.70  8.77            
 1953 32 STL NL  1B   10     42    6    0    5 1.000  .990  4.80  9.17            

 1946 25 STL NL  OF   29     42    3    2    0  .957  .976  1.55  2.16               29    0    0
 1947 26 STL NL  OF    5      8    0    0    0 1.000  .976  1.60  2.20                5    0    0
 1950 29 PHI NL  OF  137    293    9    4    0  .987  .978  2.20  2.14              137    0    0
 1951 30 PHI NL  OF  111    233    8    8    3  .968  .981  2.17  2.23              111    0    0
 1952 31 CIN NL  OF    7     11    0    0    0 1.000  .982  1.57  2.10                3    0    4
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  1B  387   3233  237   52  316  .985  .990  8.97  8.76            
                 OF  289    587   20   14    3  .977  .979  2.10  2.18              285    0    4
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total       676   3820  257   66  319  .984  .989  6.03  5.94

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1946   WS    STL BOS     W   2   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1950   WS    PHI NYY     L   4  17   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   5  .059  .059  .059   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1   6  19   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   5  .053  .053  .053   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
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1950   PHI NL       1   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   1   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+

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 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1949-NL-30-0.00
1950-NL-33-0.01
Car-1456-0.01 shares

HOF Standards: Batting - 7.0 (2095) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 4.0 (1601) (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
February 17, 1939: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.
April 7, 1948: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Philadelphia Phillies for Ralph LaPointe and $30,000.
December 10, 1951: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Niles Jordan, Eddie Pellagrini, and Andy Seminick to the Cincinnati Reds for Connie Ryan, Smoky Burgess, and Howie Fox.
May 13, 1952: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Virgil Stallcup to the St. Louis Cardinals for Eddie Kazak and Wally Westlake.
January 26, 1954: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Eddie Erautt and $100,000 to the San Diego (PCL) for Tom Alston.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
View Dick Sisler's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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