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Willard Marshall
Willard Warren Marshall

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 205 lb.
School Wake Forest University

Debut April 14, 1942
Final Game June 15, 1955
Born February 8, 1921 in Richmond, VA
Died November 5, 2000 in Norwood, NJ

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1942 21 NYG NL 116  401   41  103   9  2  11   59   1     26  20  .257  .307  .372   97  149   4           3   7 AS
 1946 25 NYG NL 131  510   63  144  18  3  13   48   3     33  29  .282  .327  .406  106  207   6           1  15
 1947 26 NYG NL 155  587  102  171  19  6  36  107   3     67  30  .291  .366  .528  134  310   0           2  14 MVP-16,AS
 1948 27 NYG NL 143  537   72  146  21  8  14   86   2     64  34  .272  .350  .419  107  225   2           1  11
 1949 28 NYG NL 141  499   81  153  19  3  12   70   4     78  20  .307  .401  .429  123  214   3           1  10 MVP-27,AS
 1950 29 BSN NL 105  298   38   70  10  2   5   40   1     36   5  .235  .319  .332   76   99   1           1  10
 1951 30 BSN NL 136  469   65  132  24  7  11   62   0  3  48  18  .281  .351  .433  116  203   4           2  18
 1952 31 TOT NL 128  463   57  121  27  2  10   57   0  1  41  25  .261  .324  .393   98  182   7           2  12
         BSN NL  21   66    5   15   4  1   2   11   0  0   4   4  .227  .271  .409   89   27   0           0   3
         CIN NL 107  397   52  106  23  1   8   46   0  1  37  21  .267  .333  .390  100  155   7           2   9
 1953 32 CIN NL 122  357   51   95  14  6  17   62   0  0  41  28  .266  .342  .482  112  172   2           0  10
 1954 33 CHW AL  47   71    7   18   2  0   1    7   0  0  11   9  .254  .349  .324   84   23   0   1       0   2
 1955 34 CHW AL  22   41    6    7   0  0   0    6   0  0  13   1  .171  .364  .171   46    7   0   1   1   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons    1246 4233  583 1160 163 39 130  604  14  4 458 219  .274  .347  .423  109 1791  29   2   1  13 109
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        550   76  151  21  5  17   79   2  1  60  28  .274  .347  .423  109  233   4   0   0   2  14
 Career High    155  587  102  171  27  8  36  107   4  3  78  34  .307  .401  .528  134  310   7   1   1   3  18

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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1942 21 NYG NL  434  309   45   3.9    88| .257  .257| .307  .329| .372  .357| .679  .686|  97  .514  -3.3  -0.4     
 1946 25 NYG NL  550  387   67   4.6    93| .282  .263| .327  .339| .406  .369| .733  .708| 106  .563   1.8   0.2     
 1947 26 NYG NL  656  430  113   7.0   107| .291  .275| .366  .351| .528  .408| .894  .759| 134  .679  25.8   2.5     
 1948 27 NYG NL  604  404   79   5.2   103| .272  .270| .350  .345| .419  .400| .769  .744| 107  .570   4.5   0.4     
 1949 28 NYG NL  581  359   86   6.4   104| .307  .270| .401  .344| .429  .405| .830  .749| 123  .649  19.2   1.9     
 1950 29 BSN NL  336  239   31   3.5   103| .235  .262| .319  .338| .332  .407| .651  .745|  76  .362  -9.5  -0.9     
 1951 30 BSN NL  523  362   69   5.1    97| .281  .259| .351  .332| .433  .392| .784  .724| 116  .558  10.8   1.1   0%
 1952 31 TOT NL  513  362   58   4.3    97| .261  .261| .324  .334| .393  .388| .717  .722|  98  .515  -1.1  -0.1   0%
         BSN NL   70   54    7   3.5    95| .227  .258| .271  .330| .409  .384| .680  .714|  89  .419  -1.3  -0.1   0%
         CIN NL  443  308   51   4.4    97| .267  .262| .333  .334| .390  .389| .723  .724| 100  .530   0.2   0.0   0%
 1953 32 CIN NL  400  274   59   5.7   110| .266  .274| .342  .345| .482  .427| .824  .773| 112  .575   5.2   0.5   0%
 1954 33 CHW AL   83   56    8   3.8   101| .254  .269| .349  .345| .324  .393| .673  .738|  84  .451  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1955 34 CHW AL   55   35    4   3.1   105| .171  .270| .364  .350| .171  .402| .535  .752|  46  .323  -2.3  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     4735 3217  619   5.1   100| .274  .266| .347  .340| .423  .394| .770  .735| 109  .570  49.7   4.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1942 21 NYG NL  OF  107    222   13    6    4  .975  .981  2.20  2.15               67   46    1 AS
 1946 25 NYG NL  OF  125    253   14    6    2  .978  .977  2.14  2.16               51   59   15
 1947 26 NYG NL  OF  155    334   19   10    6  .972  .977  2.28  2.19                0    0  155 AS
 1948 27 NYG NL  OF  142    266   16    5    2  .983  .978  1.99  2.20                0    0  142
 1949 28 NYG NL  OF  138    292   13    8    3  .974  .977  2.21  2.25                2    0  136 AS
 1950 29 BSN NL  OF   85    150   11    7    2  .958  .978  1.89  2.14               14    9   64
 1951 30 BSN NL  OF  136    220   11    0    3 1.000  .981  1.70  2.23                0    0  136
 1952 31 TOT NL  OF  121    215   16    5    5  .979  .981  1.91  2.10                0    0  121
         BSN NL  OF   16     27    3    2    3  .938  .980  1.88  2.10                0    0   16
         CIN NL  OF  105    188   13    3    2  .985  .981  1.91  2.10                0    0  105
 1953 32 CIN NL  OF   95    187   11    1    1  .995  .980  2.08  2.11                0    0   95
 1954 33 CHW AL  OF   29     23    1    1    0  .960  .980  0.83  2.17                7    0   22
 1955 34 CHW AL  OF   12     22    0    1    0  .957  .982  1.83  2.08                4    0    8
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1942 21 NYG NL  OF  107    222   13    6    4  .975  .981  2.20  2.15               67   46    1
 1946 25 NYG NL  OF  125    253   14    6    2  .978  .977  2.14  2.16               51   59   15
 1947 26 NYG NL  OF  155    334   19   10    6  .972  .977  2.28  2.19                0    0  155
 1948 27 NYG NL  OF  142    266   16    5    2  .983  .978  1.99  2.20                0    0  142
 1949 28 NYG NL  OF  138    292   13    8    3  .974  .977  2.21  2.25                2    0  136
 1950 29 BSN NL  OF   85    150   11    7    2  .958  .978  1.89  2.14               14    9   64
 1951 30 BSN NL  OF  136    220   11    0    3 1.000  .981  1.70  2.23                0    0  136
 1952 31 TOT NL  OF  121    215   16    5    5  .979  .981  1.91  2.10                0    0  121
         BSN NL  OF   16     27    3    2    3  .938  .980  1.88  2.10                0    0   16
         CIN NL  OF  105    188   13    3    2  .985  .981  1.91  2.10                0    0  105
 1953 32 CIN NL  OF   95    187   11    1    1  .995  .980  2.08  2.11                0    0   95
 1954 33 CHW AL  OF   29     23    1    1    0  .960  .980  0.83  2.17                7    0   22
 1955 34 CHW AL  OF   12     22    0    1    0  .957  .982  1.83  2.08                4    0    8
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  OF 1145   2184  125   50   28  .979  .979  2.02  2.17              145  114  895
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      1145   2184  125   50   28  .979  .979  2.02  2.17

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
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1942   NYG NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1947   NYG NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1949   NYG NL   *   1   1   0  0  0  0   0   2   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting RF 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 3/3      1   3   1   0  0  0  0   0   3   1   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .500  .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
1942 *
1947 *
1949 (RF)

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1947-NL-16-0.06
1949-NL-27-0.01
Car-993-0.07 shares

Batting Average
1949 NL-.307-8

On-base %
1949 NL-.401-7

Slugging %
1947 NL-.528-5

OPS
1947 NL-.894-8

Games
1947 NL-155-2

At Bats
1947 NL-587-6

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1947 NL-656-10

Runs
1947 NL-102-7

Hits
1947 NL-171-10

Total Bases
1947 NL-310-3

Triples
1948 NL-8-8
1951 NL-7-10

Home Runs
1942 NL-11-10
1946 NL-13-10
1947 NL-36-3

RBI
1947 NL-107-5
1948 NL-86-10

Bases on Balls
1949 NL-78-10

Singles
1946 NL-110-10

Adjusted OPS+
1947 NL-134-8

Runs Created
1947 NL-113-6

Adjusted Batting Runs
1947 NL-26-7

Batting Wins
1947 NL-2.5-7
1949 NL-1.9-10

Extra-Base Hits
1947 NL-61-6

Offensive Win%
1947 NL-.679-8

Grounded into Double Plays
1946 NL-15-4
1951 NL-18-8

At Bats per Strikeout
1947 NL-19.6-9
1948 NL-15.8-9
1949 NL-25.0-2
1951 NL-26.1-3
1952 NL-18.5-7

At Bats per Home Run
1942 NL-36.5-10
1947 NL-16.3-5

Outs
1947 NL-430-7

Gray Ink: Batting - 39 (616) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 13.0 (1186) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 19.5 (787) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
February 23, 1942: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Atlanta (Southern Association).
December 14, 1949: Traded by the New York Giants with Sid Gordon, Buddy Kerr, and Red Webb to the Boston Braves for Eddie Stanky and Alvin Dark.
June 4, 1952: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Boston Braves.
December 10, 1953: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Chicago White Sox for Saul Rogovin, Connie Ryan, and Rocky Krsnich.
June 24, 1955: Released by the Chicago White Sox.
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Uniforms
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All-Star 1942 * 1947 * 1949 (RF)	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1947-NL-16-0.06 1949-NL-27-0.01 Car-993-0.07 shares	Batting Average 1949 NL-.307-8	On-base % 1949 NL-.401-7	Slugging % 1947 NL-.528-5	OPS 1947 NL-.894-8
Games 1947 NL-155-2	At Bats 1947 NL-587-6	Plate Appearances (approx.) 1947 NL-656-10	Runs 1947 NL-102-7	Hits 1947 NL-171-10	Total Bases 1947 NL-310-3
Triples 1948 NL-8-8 1951 NL-7-10	Home Runs 1942 NL-11-10 1946 NL-13-10 1947 NL-36-3	RBI 1947 NL-107-5 1948 NL-86-10	Bases on Balls 1949 NL-78-10	Singles 1946 NL-110-10	Adjusted OPS+ 1947 NL-134-8
Runs Created 1947 NL-113-6	Adjusted Batting Runs 1947 NL-26-7	Batting Wins 1947 NL-2.5-7 1949 NL-1.9-10	Extra-Base Hits 1947 NL-61-6	Offensive Win% 1947 NL-.679-8	Grounded into Double Plays 1946 NL-15-4 1951 NL-18-8
At Bats per Strikeout 1947 NL-19.6-9 1948 NL-15.8-9 1949 NL-25.0-2 1951 NL-26.1-3 1952 NL-18.5-7	At Bats per Home Run 1942 NL-36.5-10 1947 NL-16.3-5	Outs 1947 NL-430-7