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 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1938 26 WSH AL 100  263   37   92  18 10   2   36   1  2  13  17  .350  .389  .517  132  136   1           4    
 1939 27 WSH AL 129  499   77  154  29 11   4   93   1  2  38  19  .309  .359  .435  108  217   9           1   7
 1940 28 CHW AL 147  581   79  196  31  9   5   88   4  7  43  25  .337  .385  .448  114  260   1           2   9
 1941 29 CHW AL 136  513   71  165  35  5  10   97   5  4  60  27  .322  .399  .468  129  240   1           6   8 MVP-25
 1942 30 CHW AL  85  300   43  100  13  5   0   47   1  8  48   9  .333  .432  .410  139  123   1           4   5 MVP-23
 1946 34 CHW AL 115  422   46  116  19  4   7   52  10  3  42  17  .275  .342  .389  107  164   2           1  17
 1947 35 CHW AL 124  401   48  130  13  0   4   54   8  6  48  17  .324  .398  .387  122  155   5           1   9 MVP-31
 1948 36 CHW AL 134  455   50  127  15  6   4   61   2  1  38  18  .279  .341  .365   90  166   1           5  13
 1949 37 PHA AL  59  149   14   35   2  5   2   25   0  0  16   6  .235  .321  .356   81   53   4           3   8
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons     1029 3583  465 1115 175 55  38  553  32 33 346 155  .311  .376  .423  115 1514  25   0   0  27  76
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        564   73  176  28  9   6   87   5  5  54  24  .311  .376  .423  115  238   4   0   0   4  12
 Career High    147  581   79  196  35 11  10   97  10  8  60  27  .350  .432  .517  139  260   9   0   0   6  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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1938 26 WSH AL  281  174   51   7.7   112| .350  .281| .389  .359| .517  .419| .906  .778| 132  .667  11.8   1.1  33%
 1939 27 WSH AL  547  363   77   5.6   107| .309  .277| .359  .351| .435  .410| .794  .762| 108  .548   5.8   0.5  33%
 1940 28 CHW AL  627  402   97   6.4   112| .337  .280| .385  .354| .448  .425| .833  .779| 114  .615  12.2   1.2  36%
 1941 29 CHW AL  580  361   94   7.0   106| .322  .274| .399  .351| .468  .404| .867  .755| 129  .670  23.8   2.3  55%
 1942 30 CHW AL  353  214   50   6.3    93| .333  .263| .432  .337| .410  .368| .842  .706| 139  .683  18.9   1.9  11%
 1946 34 CHW AL  467  328   57   4.6    92| .275  .259| .342  .332| .389  .372| .731  .705| 107  .550   4.0   0.4  76%
 1947 35 CHW AL  455  291   61   5.6    93| .324  .258| .398  .337| .387  .371| .785  .708| 122  .631  14.0   1.4  57%
 1948 36 CHW AL  499  343   56   4.4   103| .279  .269| .341  .354| .365  .389| .706  .743|  90  .473  -7.2  -0.7  66%
 1949 37 PHA AL  172  126   16   3.4   104| .235  .267| .321  .358| .356  .388| .677  .746|  81  .364  -4.9  -0.5   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      3981 2602  559   5.7   103| .311  .271| .376  .348| .423  .396| .799  .744| 115  .595  78.4   7.6  49%

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

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1938 26 WSH AL  OF   60    107    3    2    3  .982  .972  1.83  2.28               14    1   45
 1939 27 WSH AL  OF  123    236   10   13    4  .950  .969  2.00  2.35               39    0   84
 1940 28 CHW AL  OF  144    278   11   11    2  .963  .970  2.01  2.32                0    0  144
 1941 29 CHW AL  OF  134    279    8    8    3  .973  .973  2.14  2.33                0    0  134
 1942 30 CHW AL  OF   81    176    6    6    1  .968  .976  2.25  2.31               81    0    1
 1946 34 CHW AL  OF  107    217    5    2    0  .991  .977  2.07  2.24                8    0   99
 1947 35 CHW AL  OF  100    198    6    6    1  .971  .979  2.04  2.35               35    0   66
 1948 36 CHW AL  OF  114    227    9    3    3  .987  .975  2.07  2.36                6    0  108
 1949 37 PHA AL  OF   35     60    5    2    0  .970  .980  1.86  2.27                0    0   35
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1938 26 WSH AL  OF   60    107    3    2    3  .982  .972  1.83  2.28               14    1   45
 1939 27 WSH AL  OF  123    236   10   13    4  .950  .969  2.00  2.35               39    0   84
 1940 28 CHW AL  OF  144    278   11   11    2  .963  .970  2.01  2.32                0    0  144
 1941 29 CHW AL  OF  134    279    8    8    3  .973  .973  2.14  2.33                0    0  134
 1942 30 CHW AL  OF   81    176    6    6    1  .968  .976  2.25  2.31               81    0    1
 1946 34 CHW AL  OF  107    217    5    2    0  .991  .977  2.07  2.24                8    0   99
 1947 35 CHW AL  OF  100    198    6    6    1  .971  .979  2.04  2.35               35    0   66
 1948 36 CHW AL  OF  114    227    9    3    3  .987  .975  2.07  2.36                6    0  108
 1949 37 PHA AL  OF   35     60    5    2    0  .970  .980  1.86  2.27                0    0   35
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  OF  898   1778   63   53   17  .972  .974  2.05  2.32              183    1  716
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total       898   1778   63   53   17  .972  .974  2.05  2.32

An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1941-AL-25-0.01
1942-AL-23-0.02
1947-AL-31-0.00
Car-1221-0.03 shares

Batting Average
1940 AL-.337-7
1941 AL-.322-8
1947 AL-.324-4
Car-.311-97

On-base %
1941 AL-.399-10
1947 AL-.398-4

Hits
1940 AL-196-5
1941 AL-165-10

Doubles
1941 AL-35-8

Triples
1938 AL-10-7
1939 AL-11-5

Stolen Bases
1946 AL-10-7

Singles
1940 AL-151-4
1941 AL-115-10
1947 AL-113-10

Offensive Win%
1941 AL-.670-10

Hit By Pitch
1938 AL-4-7
1941 AL-6-2
1942 AL-4-7
1948 AL-5-6

Grounded into Double Plays
1946 AL-17-4

Power/Speed Number
1946 AL-8.2-4

At Bats per Strikeout
1939 AL-26.3-2
1940 AL-23.2-5
1941 AL-19.0-8
1946 AL-24.8-4
1947 AL-23.6-5
1948 AL-25.3-3
Car-23.1-68

Oldest Player
1949 AL-37-7

Gray Ink: Batting - 24 (889) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 24.0 (452) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 24.0 (684) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
December 8, 1939: Traded by the Washington Senators with Pete Appleton to the Chicago White Sox for Gee Walker.
November 15, 1948: Purchased by the Philadelphia Athletics from the Chicago White Sox.
September 20, 1949: Released by the Philadelphia Athletics.
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Uniforms
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MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1941-AL-25-0.01 1942-AL-23-0.02 1947-AL-31-0.00 Car-1221-0.03 shares	Batting Average 1940 AL-.337-7 1941 AL-.322-8 1947 AL-.324-4 Car-.311-97	On-base % 1941 AL-.399-10 1947 AL-.398-4	Hits 1940 AL-196-5 1941 AL-165-10	Doubles 1941 AL-35-8	Triples 1938 AL-10-7 1939 AL-11-5
Stolen Bases 1946 AL-10-7	Singles 1940 AL-151-4 1941 AL-115-10 1947 AL-113-10	Offensive Win% 1941 AL-.670-10	Hit By Pitch 1938 AL-4-7 1941 AL-6-2 1942 AL-4-7 1948 AL-5-6	Grounded into Double Plays 1946 AL-17-4	Power/Speed Number 1946 AL-8.2-4
At Bats per Strikeout 1939 AL-26.3-2 1940 AL-23.2-5 1941 AL-19.0-8 1946 AL-24.8-4 1947 AL-23.6-5 1948 AL-25.3-3 Car-23.1-68	Oldest Player 1949 AL-37-7