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Bobby Thomson
Robert Brown Thomson (Flying Scot or The Staten Island Scot)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 185 lb.

Debut September 9, 1946
Final Game July 17, 1960
Born October 25, 1923 in Glasgow, Scotland

Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1946 22 NYG NL  18   54    8   17   4  1   2    9   0      4   5  .315  .362  .537  152   29   0           0   1
 1947 23 NYG NL 138  545  105  154  26  5  29   85   1     40  78  .283  .336  .508  120  277   2           4  11
 1948 24 NYG NL 138  471   75  117  20  2  16   63   2     30  77  .248  .296  .401   86  189   3           2  15 AS
 1949 25 NYG NL 156  641   99  198  35  9  27  109  10     44  45  .309  .355  .518  131  332   2           2  15 MVP-14,AS
 1950 26 NYG NL 149  563   79  142  22  7  25   85   3     55  45  .252  .324  .449  100  253   2           5  14
 1951 27 NYG NL 148  518   89  152  27  8  32  101   5  5  73  57  .293  .385  .562  150  291   7           4  14 MVP-8
 1952 28 NYG NL 153  608   89  164  29 14  24  108   5  2  52  74  .270  .331  .482  122  293   2           4  16 MVP-16,AS
 1953 29 NYG NL 154  608   80  175  22  6  26  106   4  2  43  57  .288  .338  .472  107  287   2           3  18
 1954 30 MLN NL  43   99    7   23   3  0   2   15   0  0  12  29  .232  .315  .323   72   32   2   0       0   3
 1955 31 MLN NL 101  343   40   88  12  3  12   56   2  1  34  52  .257  .319  .414   98  142   1   5   4   0  10
 1956 32 MLN NL 142  451   59  106  10  4  20   74   2  4  43  75  .235  .302  .408   94  184   5   4   4   2   9
 1957 33 TOT NL 122  363   39   87  12  7  12   61   3  3  27  66  .240  .295  .410   90  149   4   1   2   2   3
         MLN NL  41  148   15   35   5  3   4   23   2  1   8  27  .236  .285  .392   86   58   2   0   0   2   1
         NYG NL  81  215   24   52   7  4   8   38   1  2  19  39  .242  .302  .423   94   91   2   1   2   0   2
 1958 34 CHC NL 152  547   67  155  27  5  21   82   0  2  56  76  .283  .351  .466  116  255   2   6   7   4  16
 1959 35 CHC NL 122  374   55   97  15  2  11   52   1  0  35  50  .259  .322  .398   92  149   2   5   6   2   9
 1960 36 TOT AL  43  120   12   30   3  1   5   20   0  1  11  18  .250  .308  .417   93   50   0   2   0   0   5
         BOS AL  40  114   12   30   3  1   5   20   0  1  11  15  .263  .323  .439  102   50   0   2   0   0   4
         BAL AL   3    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons    1779 6305  903 1705 267 74 264 1026  38 20 559 804  .270  .332  .462  111 2912  36  23  23  34 159
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        574   82  155  24  7  24   93   3  2  51  73  .270  .332  .462  111  265   3   2   2   3  14
 Career High    156  641  105  198  35 14  32  109  10  5  73  78  .309  .385  .562  150  332   7   6   7   5  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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1946 22 NYG NL   58   38   11   7.8    93| .315  .264| .362  .339| .537  .369| .899  .708| 152  .767   3.4   0.3     
 1947 23 NYG NL  591  404   92   6.0   107| .283  .275| .336  .351| .508  .408| .844  .759| 120  .619  12.5   1.2     
 1948 24 NYG NL  506  372   55   3.9   103| .248  .270| .296  .345| .401  .400| .697  .744|  86  .442 -11.3  -1.1     
 1949 25 NYG NL  689  460  117   6.8   104| .309  .270| .355  .344| .518  .405| .873  .749| 131  .673  25.1   2.5     
 1950 26 NYG NL  625  437   81   5.0   109| .252  .271| .324  .348| .449  .420| .773  .768| 100  .521  -2.2  -0.2     
 1951 27 NYG NL  602  392  109   7.5   104| .293  .269| .385  .343| .562  .407| .947  .750| 150  .715  36.7   3.6  50%
 1952 28 NYG NL  666  464   96   5.5    98| .270  .263| .331  .336| .482  .391| .813  .727| 122  .629  15.0   1.6  71%
 1953 29 NYG NL  656  455   96   5.6   112| .288  .276| .338  .348| .472  .431| .810  .779| 107  .566   3.6   0.3  66%
 1954 30 MLN NL  113   81   10   3.3   104| .232  .267| .315  .337| .323  .412| .638  .749|  72  .336  -3.9  -0.4   0%
 1955 31 MLN NL  383  272   45   4.4   101| .257  .259| .319  .330| .414  .411| .733  .741|  98  .474  -1.0  -0.1  66%
 1956 32 MLN NL  505  367   55   4.0    98| .235  .257| .302  .323| .408  .406| .710  .728|  94  .449  -4.3  -0.4  33%
 1957 33 TOT NL  397  287   45   4.3   100| .240  .264| .295  .327| .410  .409| .705  .737|  90  .461  -6.3  -0.6  50%
         MLN NL  160  117   17   4.0    97| .236  .260| .285  .322| .392  .403| .677  .725|  86  .427  -3.5  -0.3  66%
         NYG NL  237  170   28   4.5   102| .242  .267| .302  .331| .423  .414| .725  .744|  94  .484  -2.8  -0.3  33%
 1958 34 CHC NL  615  418   87   5.6   104| .283  .267| .351  .335| .466  .417| .817  .752| 116  .582  13.3   1.3   0%
 1959 35 CHC NL  418  293   48   4.4   104| .259  .269| .322  .335| .398  .416| .720  .751|  92  .476  -4.1  -0.4 100%
 1960 36 TOT AL  133   98   15   4.1   104| .250  .267| .308  .341| .417  .408| .725  .749|  93  .461  -1.7  -0.2   0%
         BOS AL  127   91   15   4.4   104| .263  .267| .323  .341| .439  .408| .762  .749| 102  .495  -0.0   0.0   0%
         BAL AL    6    7    0   0.0   100| .000  .262| .000  .336| .000  .401| .000  .737|-100  .000  -1.7  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 15 Seasons     6957 4838  962   5.3   104| .270  .268| .332  .340| .462  .410| .794  .749| 111  .569  74.9   7.4     

* 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  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1946 22 NYG NL  3B   16     18   25    3    0  .935  .951  2.69  2.84                        
 1947 23 NYG NL  OF  127    330   12    7    2  .980  .977  2.69  2.19                            0  127    0
                 2B    9     27   20    5    4  .904  .975  5.22  5.19                        
 1948 24 NYG NL  OF  125    313   10   10    2  .970  .978  2.58  2.20                           64   57    4 AS
 1949 25 NYG NL  OF  156    488   10    9    4  .982  .977  3.19  2.25                            0  156    0 AS
 1950 26 NYG NL  OF  149    394   15    9    5  .978  .978  2.74  2.14                            0  149    0
 1951 27 NYG NL  OF   77    168    3    6    1  .966  .981  2.22  2.23                           33   43    3
                 3B   69     90  136   14   13  .942  .953  3.28  3.10                        
 1952 28 NYG NL  3B   91     82  184   17   13  .940  .954  2.92  2.92                         AS
                 OF   63    152    3    1    0  .994  .981  2.46  2.10                            0   63    0 AS
 1953 29 NYG NL  OF  154    391   16    7    0  .983  .980  2.64  2.11                            0  153    1
 1954 30 MLN NL  OF   26     45    3    1    2  .980  .976  1.85  2.18                           26    0    0
 1955 31 MLN NL  OF   91    182    5    6    0  .969  .977  2.05  2.10                           88    3    0
 1956 32 MLN NL  OF  136    257    7    7    0  .974  .977  1.94  2.05  2.24  2.28  115 1059.3
                 LF  126    221    6    7    0  .970  .972  1.80  1.70  2.24  2.07   98  912.3
                 CF   23     45    1    0    0 1.000  .983  2.00  2.55  2.82  2.77   17  147.0
                 3B    3      5   10    3    0  .833  .955  5.00  2.63  5.00  3.03    3   27.0
 1957 33 TOT NL  OF  109    202    4    2    0  .990  .980  1.89  2.07  2.25  2.29   88  824.0
         TOT NL  LF   89    130    4    1    0  .993  .977  1.51  1.71  1.99  2.03   63  604.7
         TOT NL  CF    9     24    0    0    0 1.000  .988  2.67  2.62  3.64  2.82    7   59.3
         MLN NL  OF   38     78    2    1    0  .988  .980  2.11  2.07  2.16  2.29   37  334.0
                 LF   36     63    2    1    0  .985  .977  1.81  1.71  1.98  2.03   32  295.7
                 CF    6     15    0    0    0 1.000  .987  2.50  2.62  3.52  2.82    5   38.3
         NYG NL  OF   71    124    2    1    0  .992  .980  1.77  2.07  2.31  2.29   51  490.0
                 LF   53     67    2    0    0 1.000  .977  1.30  1.71  2.01  2.03   31  309.0
                 RF   20     45    0    1    0  .978  .972  2.25  1.72  2.53  1.98   18  160.0
                 CF    3      9    0    0    0 1.000  .989  3.00  2.63  3.86  2.83    2   21.0
                 3B    1      0    3    0    0 1.000  .938  3.00  2.70  3.00  3.00    1    9.0
 1958 34 CHC NL  OF  148    353   13    4    3  .989  .980  2.47  1.95  2.56  2.26  146 1287.7
                 CF  145    335   13    4    3  .989  .986  2.40  2.50  2.49  2.72  144 1259.7
                 LF    7      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.54  0.00  2.02    0   12.0
                 3B    4      5    3    1    1  .889  .952  2.00  2.85  3.43  3.17    2   21.0
                 RF    2      2    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  1.75  1.12  2.02    2   16.0
 1959 35 CHC NL  OF  116    223    9    3    4  .987  .977  2.00  1.90  2.33  2.21   96  895.3
                 LF   61     60    4    2    2  .970  .971  1.05  1.59  1.94  2.04   31  297.0
                 CF   50    111    3    0    2 1.000  .980  2.28  2.24  2.60  2.63   46  394.0
                 RF   29     54    2    1    0  .982  .977  1.93  1.64  2.47  1.96   19  204.3
 1960 36 TOT AL  OF   29     65    1    2    1  .971  .982  2.28  1.95  2.55  2.25   26  233.3
         TOT AL  LF   13     28    0    2    0  .933  .982  2.15  1.67  2.29  2.14   12  110.0
         TOT AL  RF    3      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.33  1.70  0.63  1.95    1   14.3
         BOS AL  OF   27     65    1    2    1  .971  .982  2.44  1.95  2.67  2.25   25  222.3
                 CF   13     36    1    0    1 1.000  .987  2.85  2.30  3.06  2.66   13  109.0
                 LF   12     28    0    2    0  .933  .982  2.33  1.67  2.33  2.14   12  108.0
                 RF    2      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.50  1.70  1.70  1.87    0    5.3
                 1B    1     10    0    2    2  .833  .990 10.00  8.00 10.00  9.60    1    9.0
         BAL AL  OF    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.95  0.00  2.29    1   11.0
                 LF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.70  0.00  2.25    0    2.0
                 RF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.70  0.00  2.00    1    9.0

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1960 36 BOS AL  1B    1     10    0    2    2  .833  .990 10.00  8.00 10.00  9.60    1    9.0

 1947 23 NYG NL  2B    9     27   20    5    4  .904  .975  5.22  5.19                        

 1946 22 NYG NL  3B   16     18   25    3    0  .935  .951  2.69  2.84                        
 1951 27 NYG NL  3B   69     90  136   14   13  .942  .953  3.28  3.10                        
 1952 28 NYG NL  3B   91     82  184   17   13  .940  .954  2.92  2.92                        
 1956 32 MLN NL  3B    3      5   10    3    0  .833  .955  5.00  2.63  5.00  3.03    3   27.0
 1957 33 NYG NL  3B    1      0    3    0    0 1.000  .938  3.00  2.70  3.00  3.00    1    9.0
 1958 34 CHC NL  3B    4      5    3    1    1  .889  .952  2.00  2.85  3.43  3.17    2   21.0

 1956 32 MLN NL  CF   23     45    1    0    0 1.000  .983  2.00  2.55  2.82  2.77   17  147.0
 1957 33 TOT NL  CF    9     24    0    0    0 1.000  .988  2.67  2.62  3.64  2.82    7   59.3
         MLN NL  CF    6     15    0    0    0 1.000  .987  2.50  2.62  3.52  2.82    5   38.3
         NYG NL  CF    3      9    0    0    0 1.000  .989  3.00  2.63  3.86  2.83    2   21.0
 1958 34 CHC NL  CF  145    335   13    4    3  .989  .986  2.40  2.50  2.49  2.72  144 1259.7
 1959 35 CHC NL  CF   50    111    3    0    2 1.000  .980  2.28  2.24  2.60  2.63   46  394.0
 1960 36 BOS AL  CF   13     36    1    0    1 1.000  .987  2.85  2.30  3.06  2.66   13  109.0

 1956 32 MLN NL  LF  126    221    6    7    0  .970  .972  1.80  1.70  2.24  2.07   98  912.3
 1957 33 TOT NL  LF   89    130    4    1    0  .993  .977  1.51  1.71  1.99  2.03   63  604.7
         MLN NL  LF   36     63    2    1    0  .985  .977  1.81  1.71  1.98  2.03   32  295.7
         NYG NL  LF   53     67    2    0    0 1.000  .977  1.30  1.71  2.01  2.03   31  309.0
 1958 34 CHC NL  LF    7      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.54  0.00  2.02    0   12.0
 1959 35 CHC NL  LF   61     60    4    2    2  .970  .971  1.05  1.59  1.94  2.04   31  297.0
 1960 36 TOT AL  LF   13     28    0    2    0  .933  .982  2.15  1.67  2.29  2.14   12  110.0
         BOS AL  LF   12     28    0    2    0  .933  .982  2.33  1.67  2.33  2.14   12  108.0
         BAL AL  LF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.70  0.00  2.25    0    2.0

 1947 23 NYG NL  OF  127    330   12    7    2  .980  .977  2.69  2.19                            0  127    0
 1948 24 NYG NL  OF  125    313   10   10    2  .970  .978  2.58  2.20                           64   57    4
 1949 25 NYG NL  OF  156    488   10    9    4  .982  .977  3.19  2.25                            0  156    0
 1950 26 NYG NL  OF  149    394   15    9    5  .978  .978  2.74  2.14                            0  149    0
 1951 27 NYG NL  OF   77    168    3    6    1  .966  .981  2.22  2.23                           33   43    3
 1952 28 NYG NL  OF   63    152    3    1    0  .994  .981  2.46  2.10                            0   63    0
 1953 29 NYG NL  OF  154    391   16    7    0  .983  .980  2.64  2.11                            0  153    1
 1954 30 MLN NL  OF   26     45    3    1    2  .980  .976  1.85  2.18                           26    0    0
 1955 31 MLN NL  OF   91    182    5    6    0  .969  .977  2.05  2.10                           88    3    0
 1956 32 MLN NL  OF  136    257    7    7    0  .974  .977  1.94  2.05  2.24  2.28  115 1059.3
 1957 33 TOT NL  OF  109    202    4    2    0  .990  .980  1.89  2.07  2.25  2.29   88  824.0
         MLN NL  OF   38     78    2    1    0  .988  .980  2.11  2.07  2.16  2.29   37  334.0
         NYG NL  OF   71    124    2    1    0  .992  .980  1.77  2.07  2.31  2.29   51  490.0
 1958 34 CHC NL  OF  148    353   13    4    3  .989  .980  2.47  1.95  2.56  2.26  146 1287.7
 1959 35 CHC NL  OF  116    223    9    3    4  .987  .977  2.00  1.90  2.33  2.21   96  895.3
 1960 36 TOT AL  OF   29     65    1    2    1  .971  .982  2.28  1.95  2.55  2.25   26  233.3
         BOS AL  OF   27     65    1    2    1  .971  .982  2.44  1.95  2.67  2.25   25  222.3
         BAL AL  OF    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.95  0.00  2.29    1   11.0

 1957 33 NYG NL  RF   20     45    0    1    0  .978  .972  2.25  1.72  2.53  1.98   18  160.0
 1958 34 CHC NL  RF    2      2    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  1.75  1.12  2.02    2   16.0
 1959 35 CHC NL  RF   29     54    2    1    0  .982  .977  1.93  1.64  2.47  1.96   19  204.3
 1960 36 TOT AL  RF    3      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.33  1.70  0.63  1.95    1   14.3
         BOS AL  RF    2      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.50  1.70  1.70  1.87    0    5.3
         BAL AL  RF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.70  0.00  2.00    1    9.0

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Position Total  OF*1506   3563  111   74   24  .980  .978  2.44  2.10              471 4299.7  507  991   62#
                 LF* 296    439   14   12    2  .974  .974  1.53  1.68              204 1936.0
                 CF* 240    551   18    4    6  .993  .985  2.37  2.44              227 1969.0
                 3B* 184    200  361   38   27  .937  .953  3.05  2.97                6   57.0
                 RF*  54    102    2    2    0  .981  .976  1.93  1.68               40  394.7
                 2B    9     27   20    5    4  .904  .975  5.22  5.19                        
                 1B*   1     10    0    2    2  .833  .990 10.00  8.00                1    9.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      1700   3800  492  119   57  .973  .975  2.52  2.22
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1951   WS    NYG NYY     L   6  21   1   5  1  0  0   2   5   0  .238  .385  .286   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
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1948   NYG NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1949   NYG NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1952   NYG NL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 3B 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 3/3      1   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .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
1948 *
1949 *
1952 (3B)

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1949-NL-14-0.07
1951-NL-8-0.18
1952-NL-16-0.05
Car-587-0.30 shares

Batting Average
1949 NL-.309-6
1951 NL-.293-10

On-base %
1951 NL-.385-10

Slugging %
1947 NL-.508-7
1949 NL-.518-5
1951 NL-.562-4
1952 NL-.482-8

OPS
1947 NL-.844-10
1949 NL-.873-9
1951 NL-.947-5

Games
1949 NL-156-2
1952 NL-153-7
1953 NL-154-9
1958 NL-152-3

At Bats
1949 NL-641-3
1952 NL-608-4
1953 NL-608-7

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1949 NL-689-7
1952 NL-666-8

Runs
1947 NL-105-6
1949 NL-99-7

Hits
1949 NL-198-3
1952 NL-164-9
1953 NL-175-10

Total Bases
1947 NL-277-8
1949 NL-332-3
1951 NL-291-7
1952 NL-293-3
1953 NL-287-9

Doubles
1949 NL-35-5
1952 NL-29-8
1958 NL-27-10

Triples
1949 NL-9-8
1951 NL-8-7
1952 NL-14-1
1957 NL-7-10

Home Runs
1947 NL-29-5
1949 NL-27-4
1950 NL-25-10
1951 NL-32-4
1952 NL-24-6

RBI
1949 NL-109-6
1951 NL-101-7
1952 NL-108-2
1953 NL-106-10
1958 NL-82-10

Strikeouts
1947 NL-78-3
1948 NL-77-2
1952 NL-74-9

Stolen Bases
1949 NL-10-7

Singles
1949 NL-127-8
1953 NL-121-10

Adjusted OPS+
1949 NL-131-8
1951 NL-150-5

Runs Created
1949 NL-117-5
1951 NL-109-8
1952 NL-96-6

Adjusted Batting Runs
1949 NL-25-8
1951 NL-37-6

Batting Wins
1949 NL-2.5-8
1951 NL-3.6-6

Extra-Base Hits
1947 NL-60-8
1949 NL-71-4
1951 NL-67-4
1952 NL-67-3

Times on Base
1949 NL-244-10

Offensive Win%
1949 NL-.673-9
1951 NL-.715-6

Hit By Pitch
1947 NL-4-8
1950 NL-5-7

Grounded into Double Plays
1948 NL-15-7
1952 NL-16-8
1953 NL-18-6

Power/Speed Number
1949 NL-14.6-4

At Bats per Home Run
1947 NL-18.8-7
1949 NL-23.7-8
1951 NL-16.2-5
1952 NL-25.3-8

Outs
1949 NL-460-4
1950 NL-437-8
1952 NL-464-6
1953 NL-455-9

          

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (722) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 94 (241) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 21.2 (571) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 30.5 (576) (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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  1. Danny Tartabull (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  3. Billy Williams (968) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bobby Murcer (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bobby Murcer (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  7. Vernon Wells (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Tony Perez (968) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Torii Hunter (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Torii Hunter (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Frank Thomas (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Frank Thomas (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Frank Thomas (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Frank Thomas (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1942 Season: Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent.

February 1, 1954: Traded by the New York Giants with Sam Calderone to the Milwaukee Braves for Johnny Antonelli, Don Liddle, Ebba St. Claire, Billy Klaus, and $50,000.

June 15, 1957: Traded by the Milwaukee Braves with Ray Crone and Danny O'Connell to the New York Giants for Red Schoendienst.

April 3, 1958: Traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Chicago Cubs for Bob Speake and cash.

December 1, 1959: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Boston Red Sox for Al Schroll.

July 1, 1960: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

July 4, 1960: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

July 26, 1960: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

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