George Sisler

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 170lb (180cm, 77kg)

Born: March 24, 1893 in Manchester, OH us

Died: March 26, 1973 in Richmond Heights, MO

Buried: Old Meeting House Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Frontenac, MO

High School: Akron HS (Akron, OH)

School: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)

Debut: June 28, 1915 (Age 22-096d, 4,345th in major league history)
vs. CHW 3.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 22, 1930 (Age 37-182d)
vs. CHC 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1939. (Voted by BBWAA on 235/274 ballots)
View George Sisler's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1915 season

Full Name: George Harold Sisler

Nicknames: Gorgeous George

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Relatives: Father of Dave Sisler, Dick Sisler

Hall of Fame
MVP
2x Batting Title

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

57.2

8267

2812

102

.340

1284

RBI

1178

375

OBP

.379

SLG

.468

OPS

.847

OPS+

125

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1916 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1916 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	SLB	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
2	2	Apr 13	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
3	3	Apr 15	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	8	2	0	10	2
4	4	Apr 16	SLB	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
5	5	Apr 17	SLB	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	44	10.1	18	1	0	19	1
6	6	Apr 18	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	10	1	0	11	1
7	7	Apr 19	SLB	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
8	8	Apr 21	SLB		CLE	W,11-1	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
9	9	Apr 22	SLB		CLE	T,1-1	CG	0	15.0	16	2	0	18	0
10	10	Apr 23	SLB		CLE	L,2-14	CG	0	9.0	11	0	2	13	1
11	11	Apr 24	SLB		CLE	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	12	2	0	14	1
12	12	Apr 27	SLB		DET	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
13	13	Apr 28	SLB		DET	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
14	14	Apr 29	SLB		CHW	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
15	15	Apr 30	SLB		CHW	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 2	SLB		CHW	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
17	17	May 4	SLB	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	0	13.0	17	1	1	19	0
18	18	May 5	SLB	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
19	19	May 7	SLB	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	13	0	0	13	0
20	20	May 9	SLB	@	WSH	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
21	21	May 10	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
22	22	May 11	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
23	23	May 12	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
24	24	May 13	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	6	2	0	8	0
25	25	May 15	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	6	1	0	7	1
26	26	May 17	SLB	@	PHA	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
27	27	May 18	SLB	@	BOS	W,7-1	CG	30	9.0	14	0	0	14	2
28	28	May 19	SLB	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	9	0	1	10	1
29	29	May 20	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	13	1	0	14	1
30	30	May 22	SLB	@	NYY	W,9-5	CG	43	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
31	31	May 24	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-10	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
32	32	May 25	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	35	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
33	33	May 26	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	9	2	0	11	0
34	34	May 27	SLB	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
35	35	May 28	SLB	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
36	36	May 29 (1)	SLB	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
37	37	May 29 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,6-17	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
38	38	May 30 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,5-4	CG	0	15.0	25	4	1	30	3
39	39	May 30 (2)	SLB		CLE	T,1-1	CG	0	7.0	6	2	0	8	2
40	40	May 31	SLB		CLE	L,5-10	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	41	Jun 1 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
42	42	Jun 1 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
43	43	Jun 2	SLB		CLE	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
44	44	Jun 3	SLB		PHA	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	13	0	1	14	1
45	45	Jun 4	SLB		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
46	46	Jun 7	SLB		NYY	W,6-5	CG	0	12.0	14	2	0	16	0
47	47	Jun 9	SLB		NYY	W,3-2	CG	0	13.0	4	1	0	5	1
48	48	Jun 10	SLB		BOS	L,2-4	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
49	49	Jun 12	SLB		BOS	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	10	0	1	11	1
50	50	Jun 13	SLB		BOS	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
51	58 (7)	Jun 22	SLB		CHW	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
52	59	Jun 24	SLB		CHW	L,4-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	60	Jun 25 (1)	SLB		DET	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	4
54	61	Jun 25 (2)	SLB		DET	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
55	62	Jun 26	SLB		DET	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
56	63	Jun 27 (1)	SLB		DET	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	3
57	64	Jun 27 (2)	SLB		DET	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
58	65	Jun 28	SLB		DET	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
59	66	Jun 29	SLB	@	CLE	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
60	67	Jun 30	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	4	1	1	6	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	68	Jul 1	SLB	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	0	10.1	9	0	0	9	1
62	69	Jul 2	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	0	5.0	6	0	0	6	1
63	70	Jul 3	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	6	1	1	8	0
64	71	Jul 4 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
65	72	Jul 4 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	0	12.2	18	2	0	20	2
66	73	Jul 6	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	5	1	1	7	0
67	74	Jul 7	SLB	@	WSH	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	3
68	75	Jul 8	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
69	76	Jul 11 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
70	77	Jul 11 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	7	1	0	8	2
71	78	Jul 12 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,8-3	GS	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
72	79	Jul 12 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	13	0	0	13	1
73	80	Jul 13	SLB	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
74	81	Jul 14	SLB	@	BOS	T,0-0	CG	0	17.0	21	2	0	23	1
75	82	Jul 15 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
76	83	Jul 15 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,4-17	CG	0	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
77	84	Jul 17	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	11	0	0	11	2
78	85	Jul 18	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	12	1	0	13	1
79	86	Jul 19 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	12	0	1	13	0
80	87	Jul 19 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
81	88	Jul 20	SLB	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	11	2	0	13	1
82	89	Jul 22	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
83	90	Jul 23	SLB	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	0	10.0	14	0	0	14	0
84	91	Jul 25	SLB		PHA	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
85	92	Jul 26 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
86	93	Jul 26 (2)	SLB		PHA	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
87	94	Jul 27	SLB		PHA	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	2
88	95	Jul 28	SLB		PHA	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
89	96	Jul 29 (1)	SLB		NYY	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
90	97	Jul 29 (2)	SLB		NYY	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
91	98	Jul 30 (1)	SLB		NYY	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	15	1	0	16	0
92	99	Jul 30 (2)	SLB		NYY	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
93	100	Jul 31	SLB		NYY	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	101	Aug 1	SLB		NYY	W,3-2	CG	0	14.0	20	2	0	22	0
95	102	Aug 3	SLB		BOS	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	20	0	0	20	0
96	103	Aug 4	SLB		BOS	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	10	0	1	11	1
97	104	Aug 5 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	11	2	1	14	1
98	105	Aug 5 (2)	SLB		BOS	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
99	106	Aug 6	SLB		BOS	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
100	107	Aug 7	SLB		WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	13	0	0	13	2
101	108	Aug 8 (1)	SLB		WSH	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	12	1	1	14	0
102	109	Aug 8 (2)	SLB		WSH	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
103	110	Aug 9	SLB		WSH	W,4-1	GS	0		7	2	0	9	0
104	111	Aug 10	SLB		WSH	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
105	112	Aug 11 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
106	113	Aug 11 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,3-1	CG	0	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
107	114	Aug 12	SLB		CLE	W,11-0	CG	0	9.0	16	2	0	18	0
108	115	Aug 13	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	0	8.1	11	1	0	12	0
109	116	Aug 17 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	0	9.1	13	0	1	14	0
110	117	Aug 17 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
111	118	Aug 18	SLB	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	43	11.0	12	0	0	12	0
112	119	Aug 19	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-5	GS	0	3.0	4	0	0	4	0
113	124 (4)	Aug 24 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
114	125	Aug 24 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
115	126	Aug 25	SLB	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
116	127	Aug 26	SLB	@	NYY	L,6-10	CG	40	8.0	8	0	1	9	0
117	128	Aug 29 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
118	129	Aug 29 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
119	130	Aug 30	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	5	2	0	7	1
120	131	Aug 31	SLB	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	14	1	0	15	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
121	132	Sep 2	SLB	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	0	8.2	7	0	0	7	2
122	133	Sep 3	SLB		CHW	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
123	134	Sep 4 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
124	135	Sep 4 (2)	SLB		CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
125	136	Sep 6	SLB	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	0	9.2	13	0	0	13	0
126	137	Sep 7	SLB	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
127	138	Sep 8	SLB	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	13	1	0	14	0
128	139	Sep 9	SLB	@	DET	L,8-12	CG	0	8.0	13	2	1	16	2
129	140	Sep 10	SLB	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	0	10.0	12	0	0	12	1
130	141	Sep 11	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	41	8.0	13	0	0	13	0
131	142	Sep 12	SLB	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
132	143	Sep 13	SLB	@	CHW	L,8-9	CG	0	9.2	7	1	1	9	1
133	144	Sep 14	SLB		BOS	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
134	145	Sep 15	SLB		BOS	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
135	146	Sep 16	SLB		WSH	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	13	1	1	15	0
136	147	Sep 17	SLB		WSH	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
137	148	Sep 18	SLB		WSH	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
138	149	Sep 19	SLB		NYY	L,3-4	CG	0	15.0	25	1	2	28	0
139	150	Sep 20	SLB		NYY	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	11	2	0	13	0
140	151	Sep 21	SLB		NYY	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
141	152	Sep 22	SLB		PHA	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
142	153	Sep 23	SLB		PHA	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
143	154	Sep 24 (1)	SLB		PHA	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
144	155	Sep 24 (2)	SLB		PHA	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	8	1	1	10	0
145	156	Sep 29	SLB		DET	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	2
146	157	Sep 30	SLB		DET	L,7-10	CG	0	9.0	12	0	1	13	0
147	158	Oct 1	SLB		DET	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
							149gm		1302.0	1521	97	24	1642	86