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Cecil Travis
Cecil Howell Travis

Bats Left, Throws Right
Weight 185 lb.

Debut May 16, 1933
Final Game September 23, 1947
Born August 8, 1913 in Riverdale, GA
Died December 16, 2006 in Riverdale, GA

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        Cecil Travis was a great slap hitter whom had more hits then anyone in the AL in 1941.Beating out Joe D and Ted W.Was the most effected player from WW2.I Had the Time to see him in 1994.Had a nice farm in Riverdale,Ga.Gave him a Cubs shirt.I Bleed Cub Blu

Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1933 19 WSH AL  18   43    7   13   1  0   0    2   0  0   2   5  .302  .348  .326   80   14   0           1    
 1934 20 WSH AL 109  392   48  125  22  4   1   53   1  5  24  37  .319  .361  .403  100  158  10           2    
 1935 21 WSH AL 138  534   85  170  27  8   0   61   4  2  41  28  .318  .377  .399  103  213   6           9    
 1936 22 WSH AL 138  517   77  164  34 10   2   92   4  4  39  21  .317  .366  .433  101  224   4           1    
 1937 23 WSH AL 135  526   72  181  27  7   3   66   3  2  39  34  .344  .395  .439  113  231   8           5     MVP-11
 1938 24 WSH AL 146  567   96  190  30  5   5   67   6  5  58  22  .335  .401  .432  115  245  13           4     MVP-9,AS
 1939 25 WSH AL 130  476   55  139  20  9   5   63   0  3  34  25  .292  .342  .403   96  192  10           2   9
 1940 26 WSH AL 136  528   60  170  37 11   2   76   0  1  48  23  .322  .381  .445  119  235   6           2   5 MVP-23,AS
 1941 27 WSH AL 152  608  106  218  39 19   7  101   2  2  52  25  .359  .410  .520  150  316   2           1  13 MVP-6,AS
 1945 31 WSH AL  15   54    4   13   2  1   0   10   0  1   4   5  .241  .293  .315   83   17   2           0   3
 1946 32 WSH AL 137  465   45  117  22  3   1   56   2  4  45  47  .252  .323  .318   84  148   5           4  17
 1947 33 WSH AL  74  204   10   44   4  1   1   10   1  3  16  19  .216  .273  .260   50   53   1           0   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1328 4914  665 1544 265 78  27  657  23 32 402 291  .314  .370  .416  108 2046  67   0   0  31  51
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        599   81  188  32 10   3   80   3  4  49  35  .314  .370  .416  108  250   8   0   0   4   6
 Career High    152  608  106  218  39 19   7  101   6  5  58  47  .359  .410  .520  150  316  13   0   0   9  17
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1933 19 WSH AL   46   30    5   4.5   105| .302  .280| .348  .351| .326  .403| .674  .754|  80  .472  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1934 20 WSH AL  428  282   55   5.2   108| .319  .283| .361  .356| .403  .408| .764  .764| 100  .516   0.2   0.0  16%
 1935 21 WSH AL  590  372   78   5.6   109| .318  .284| .377  .356| .399  .410| .776  .766| 103  .551   3.6   0.3  66%
 1936 22 WSH AL  561  361   81   6.0   117| .317  .292| .366  .367| .433  .429| .799  .796| 101  .533   0.6   0.0  50%
 1937 23 WSH AL  578  355   90   6.7   113| .344  .285| .395  .359| .439  .424| .834  .784| 113  .610  11.7   1.1  60%
 1938 24 WSH AL  642  395   97   6.5   112| .335  .281| .401  .359| .432  .419| .833  .778| 115  .592  15.9   1.4  54%
 1939 25 WSH AL  522  359   64   4.7   107| .292  .277| .342  .351| .403  .410| .745  .762|  96  .468  -3.7  -0.3   0%
 1940 26 WSH AL  584  370   89   6.4   106| .322  .272| .381  .344| .445  .412| .826  .756| 119  .614  16.0   1.5   0%
 1941 27 WSH AL  663  407  129   8.5   102| .359  .269| .410  .345| .520  .397| .930  .742| 150  .744  42.1   4.0  50%
 1945 31 WSH AL   60   47    5   2.8    82| .241  .252| .293  .323| .315  .343| .608  .665|  83  .364  -1.3  -0.1   0%
 1946 32 WSH AL  519  374   46   3.3    91| .252  .257| .323  .330| .318  .369| .641  .699|  84  .394  -8.4  -0.9  33%
 1947 33 WSH AL  221  168   14   2.2    94| .216  .259| .273  .338| .260  .372| .533  .711|  50  .240 -14.0  -1.5  25%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     5414 3520  753   5.7   106| .314  .277| .370  .351| .416  .407| .786  .758| 108  .562  61.5   5.4  41%

* 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 ------+
1933 19 WSH AL 3B 15 8 30 1 1 .974 .955 2.53 2.73 1934 20 WSH AL 3B 99 88 210 20 23 .937 .943 3.01 2.95 1935 21 WSH AL 3B 114 136 254 15 29 .963 .947 3.42 2.94 OF 16 28 4 1 1 .970 .970 2.00 2.30 16 0 0 1936 22 WSH AL SS 71 135 213 23 53 .938 .950 4.90 5.22 OF 53 91 6 6 1 .942 .968 1.83 2.29 1 0 52 2B 4 16 10 1 4 .963 .974 6.50 5.58 3B 2 2 2 1 0 .800 .952 2.00 3.00 1937 23 WSH AL SS 129 229 396 23 99 .965 .955 4.84 5.06 1938 24 WSH AL SS 143 304 457 40 113 .950 .953 5.32 4.99 AS 1939 25 WSH AL SS 118 194 359 24 74 .958 .950 4.69 4.68 1940 26 WSH AL 3B 113 116 265 27 30 .934 .937 3.37 3.12 AS SS 23 48 75 11 20 .918 .949 5.35 4.53 AS 1941 27 WSH AL SS 136 279 388 25 99 .964 .948 4.90 4.59 AS 3B 16 14 39 2 4 .964 .946 3.31 3.19 AS 1945 31 WSH AL 3B 14 18 28 4 4 .920 .948 3.29 2.97 1946 32 WSH AL SS 75 133 196 14 45 .959 .954 4.39 4.65 3B 56 54 94 17 15 .897 .948 2.64 2.89 1947 33 WSH AL 3B 39 28 68 7 6 .932 .959 2.46 2.91 SS 15 25 44 2 9 .972 .964 4.60 4.93
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1936 22 WSH AL 2B 4 16 10 1 4 .963 .974 6.50 5.58 1933 19 WSH AL 3B 15 8 30 1 1 .974 .955 2.53 2.73 1934 20 WSH AL 3B 99 88 210 20 23 .937 .943 3.01 2.95 1935 21 WSH AL 3B 114 136 254 15 29 .963 .947 3.42 2.94 1936 22 WSH AL 3B 2 2 2 1 0 .800 .952 2.00 3.00 1940 26 WSH AL 3B 113 116 265 27 30 .934 .937 3.37 3.12 1941 27 WSH AL 3B 16 14 39 2 4 .964 .946 3.31 3.19 1945 31 WSH AL 3B 14 18 28 4 4 .920 .948 3.29 2.97 1946 32 WSH AL 3B 56 54 94 17 15 .897 .948 2.64 2.89 1947 33 WSH AL 3B 39 28 68 7 6 .932 .959 2.46 2.91 1935 21 WSH AL OF 16 28 4 1 1 .970 .970 2.00 2.30 16 0 0 1936 22 WSH AL OF 53 91 6 6 1 .942 .968 1.83 2.29 1 0 52 1936 22 WSH AL SS 71 135 213 23 53 .938 .950 4.90 5.22 1937 23 WSH AL SS 129 229 396 23 99 .965 .955 4.84 5.06 1938 24 WSH AL SS 143 304 457 40 113 .950 .953 5.32 4.99 1939 25 WSH AL SS 118 194 359 24 74 .958 .950 4.69 4.68 1940 26 WSH AL SS 23 48 75 11 20 .918 .949 5.35 4.53 1941 27 WSH AL SS 136 279 388 25 99 .964 .948 4.90 4.59 1946 32 WSH AL SS 75 133 196 14 45 .959 .954 4.39 4.65 1947 33 WSH AL SS 15 25 44 2 9 .972 .964 4.60 4.93
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total SS 710 1347 2128 162 512 .955 .952 4.89 4.85 3B 468 464 990 94 112 .939 .945 3.11 2.98 OF 69 119 10 7 2 .949 .968 1.87 2.29 17 0 52 2B 4 16 10 1 4 .963 .974 6.50 5.58 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1251 1946 3138 264 630 .951 .950 4.06 4.01
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
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1938   WSH AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1940   WSH AL   *   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 3B 
 1941   WSH AL   *   4   1   1  1  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 3B 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/3      2   7   1   1  1  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0  .143  .250  .286 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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
1938
1940 (3B)
1941 (3B)

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1937-AL-11-0.15
1938-AL-9-0.10
1940-AL-23-0.01
1941-AL-6-0.30
Car-392-0.56 shares

Batting Average
1937 AL-.344-5
1938 AL-.335-5
1940 AL-.322-8
1941 AL-.359-2
Car-.314-75

On-base %
1941 AL-.410-7

Slugging %
1941 AL-.520-6

OPS
1941 AL-.930-5

Games
1941 AL-152-8

At Bats
1941 AL-608-3

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1941 AL-663-10

Runs
1941 AL-106-5

Hits
1938 AL-190-9
1941 AL-218-1

Total Bases
1941 AL-316-4

Doubles
1941 AL-39-4

Triples
1940 AL-11-7
1941 AL-19-2

RBI
1941 AL-101-9

Singles
1935 AL-135-7
1937 AL-144-6
1938 AL-150-3
1941 AL-153-1

Adjusted OPS+
1941 AL-150-5

Runs Created
1941 AL-129-4

Adjusted Batting Runs
1941 AL-42-5

Batting Wins
1941 AL-4.0-5

Extra-Base Hits
1941 AL-65-6

Times on Base
1941 AL-271-4

Offensive Win%
1941 AL-.744-5

Hit By Pitch
1935 AL-9-1
1937 AL-5-7
1938 AL-4-7
1946 AL-4-4

Sac. Hits
1938 AL-13-4

Grounded into Double Plays
1946 AL-17-4

At Bats per Strikeout
1936 AL-24.6-7
1938 AL-25.8-6
1939 AL-19.0-8
1940 AL-23.0-6
1941 AL-24.3-5

Youngest Player
1933 AL-19-2
1934 AL-20-6

   

Black Ink: Batting - 3 (507) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 38 (629) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 28.9 (300) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 52.0 (359) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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