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.
Triple Plays: 1 (May 29)

1927 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1927 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	SLB		DET	T,2-2	CG	20	5.0	3	1	0	4	2
2	2	Apr 16	SLB		CHW	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
3	3	Apr 17	SLB		CHW	L,5-12	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	3
4	4	Apr 18	SLB		CHW	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
5	5	Apr 19	SLB		CHW	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
6	6	Apr 20	SLB	@	DET	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
7	7	Apr 23	SLB	@	DET	W,15-10	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
8	8	Apr 24	SLB	@	CLE	W,9-4	CG	44	9.0	15	0	0	15	1
9	9	Apr 25	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-9	CG	41	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
10	10	Apr 26	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	12	3	0	15	1
11	11	Apr 27	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	44	10.0	8	2	0	10	0
12	12	Apr 28	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	40	10.1	10	0	0	10	3
13	13	Apr 30	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	11	0	0	11	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	SLB	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	0	8.1	12	0	0	12	2
15	15	May 2	SLB		CLE	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	14	2	0	16	2
16	16	May 3	SLB		CLE	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
17	17	May 4	SLB		CLE	W,13-3	CG	39	9.0	9	0	1	10	1
18	18	May 7	SLB		WSH	L,9-16	CG	47	9.0	12	2	0	14	0
19	19	May 8	SLB		WSH	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
20	20	May 10	SLB		NYY	L,7-8	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
21	21	May 11	SLB		NYY	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	14	2	0	16	0
22	22	May 12	SLB		NYY	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
23	23	May 13	SLB		NYY	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
24	24	May 14	SLB		PHA	W,12-2	CG	42	9.0	12	4	0	16	2
25	25	May 15	SLB		PHA	W,8-6	CG	45	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
26	26	May 16	SLB		PHA	L,8-10	CG	45	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
27	27	May 17	SLB		PHA	W,11-4	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
28	28	May 18	SLB		BOS	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	8	2	0	10	2
29	29	May 19	SLB		BOS	W,6-5	CG	42	10.0	8	2	1	11	1
30	30	May 21	SLB		BOS	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
31	31	May 22	SLB		BOS	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
32	32	May 23	SLB		CHW	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
33	33	May 25 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,8-14	CG	45	9.0	8	2	0	10	2
34	34	May 25 (2)	SLB		CHW	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	1	3	1
35	35	May 26 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	12	2	0	14	1
36	36	May 26 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,7-9	CG	44	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
37	37	May 27	SLB		CLE	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	11	2	2	15	0
38	38	May 29 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
39	39	May 29 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,2-10	CG	47	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
40	40	May 30 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
41	41	May 30 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-10	CG	43	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
42	42	May 31	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	42	8.0	8	2	0	10	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	43	Jun 2	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-11	CG	41	8.0	13	0	0	13	3
44	44	Jun 3	SLB	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	14	1	0	15	1
45	45	Jun 4	SLB	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
46	46	Jun 5	SLB	@	WSH	W,9-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
47	47	Jun 7	SLB	@	PHA	L,9-11	CG	44	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
48	48	Jun 8	SLB	@	PHA	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
49	49	Jun 9	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-9	CG	43	8.0	11	1	0	12	1
50	50	Jun 10	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	9	1	1	11	3
51	51	Jun 11	SLB	@	BOS	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
52	52	Jun 13	SLB	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	10	0	1	11	1
53	53	Jun 16	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
54	54	Jun 17	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
55	55	Jun 18	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	9	2	0	11	0
56	56	Jun 22 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	7	0	0	7	0
57	57	Jun 22 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
58	58	Jun 23	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	27	5.0	6	2	0	8	1
59	59	Jun 24	SLB	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	16	0	0	16	1
60	60	Jun 26 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	15	0	0	15	1
61	61	Jun 26 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
62	62	Jun 27	SLB	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	30	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
63	63	Jun 28 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	13	1	0	14	2
64	64	Jun 28 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	8	1	1	10	0
65	65	Jun 29	SLB	@	DET	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	8	1	0	9	2
66	66	Jun 30	SLB		CHW	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	67	Jul 1	SLB		CHW	W,14-12	CG	46	9.0	4	1	0	5	2
68	68	Jul 2	SLB		CHW	L,5-6	CG	42	10.0	9	0	0	9	0
69	69	Jul 3	SLB		CHW	L,10-14	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	3
70	70	Jul 4 (1)	SLB		DET	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	9	2	1	12	0
71	71	Jul 4 (2)	SLB		DET	L,8-10	CG	0	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
72	72	Jul 5	SLB		DET	W,17-8	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	2
73	73	Jul 6	SLB		DET	L,8-9	CG	47	9.0	11	0	1	12	1
74	74	Jul 7	SLB		DET	L,6-9	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
75	75	Jul 8	SLB		PHA	L,5-7	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
76	76	Jul 9	SLB		PHA	W,7-5	CG	35	9.0	11	2	0	13	0
77	77	Jul 10	SLB		PHA	L,11-14	CG	49	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
78	78	Jul 11	SLB		PHA	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
79	79	Jul 12	SLB		BOS	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	9	1	1	11	2
80	80	Jul 13	SLB		BOS	W,14-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	1	9	0
81	81	Jul 14	SLB		BOS	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	14	1	0	15	2
82	82	Jul 15	SLB		BOS	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
83	83	Jul 16	SLB		NYY	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
84	84	Jul 17	SLB		NYY	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
85	85	Jul 18	SLB		NYY	L,6-10	CG	45	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
86	86	Jul 19	SLB		NYY	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
87	87	Jul 21 (1)	SLB		WSH	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	8	2	0	10	3
88	88	Jul 21 (2)	SLB		WSH	T,2-2	CG	28	7.0	6	1	0	7	2
89	89	Jul 22 (1)	SLB		WSH	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
90	90	Jul 22 (2)	SLB		WSH	W,3-2	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
91	91	Jul 23	SLB		WSH	L,8-9	CG	40	9.0	13	2	0	15	1
92	92	Jul 24	SLB		WSH	L,6-14	CG	52	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
93	93	Jul 26 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-15	CG	46	8.0	9	1	0	10	2
94	94	Jul 26 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-12	CG	41	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
95	96 (1)	Jul 28	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-9	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	2
96	97	Jul 29	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	10	1	1	12	2
97	98	Jul 30 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
98	99	Jul 30 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	W,9-2	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	100	Aug 2 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
100	101	Aug 2 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
101	102	Aug 4 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
102	103	Aug 4 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-11	GS	27	6.0	5	1	0	6	1
103	104	Aug 5	SLB	@	WSH	L,8-17	CG	50	8.0	12	0	0	12	1
104	105	Aug 6 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	55	12.1	21	1	0	22	1
105	106	Aug 6 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
106	107	Aug 10	SLB	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	5	1	1	7	1
107	108	Aug 11	SLB	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	9	0	1	10	1
108	109	Aug 12	SLB	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
109	110	Aug 13	SLB	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	42	8.2	9	0	0	9	2
110	111	Aug 14	SLB	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	10	2	0	12	0
111	112	Aug 17 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
112	113	Aug 17 (2)	SLB		WSH	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
113	114	Aug 18	SLB		WSH	W,6-5	CG	53	12.0	8	0	0	8	2
114	115	Aug 19	SLB		WSH	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	13	3	0	16	2
115	116	Aug 20	SLB		BOS	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
116	117	Aug 21 (1)	SLB		BOS	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
117	118	Aug 21 (2)	SLB		BOS	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
118	119	Aug 24	SLB		PHA	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	11	0	1	12	1
119	120	Aug 25	SLB		PHA	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
120	121	Aug 26	SLB		PHA	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	10	0	1	11	1
121	122	Aug 27	SLB		NYY	L,4-14	CG	49	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
122	123	Aug 28	SLB		NYY	L,6-10	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
123	124	Aug 29	SLB		NYY	L,3-8	GS	34	7.0	7	1	0	8	0
124	125	Aug 31 (1)	SLB		DET	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	11	0	1	12	1
125	126	Aug 31 (2)	SLB		DET	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
126	127	Sep 1	SLB		DET	L,4-8	CG	43	10.0	10	3	1	14	1
127	128	Sep 2	SLB		DET	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
128	129	Sep 3	SLB		DET	W,11-10	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	3
129	130	Sep 4	SLB		DET	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
130	131	Sep 5 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	13	3	0	16	0
131	132	Sep 5 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	10	2	0	12	1
132	133	Sep 6	SLB	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	7	2	1	10	0
133	134	Sep 8	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	37	8.0	7	1	1	9	0
134	135	Sep 9	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
135	136	Sep 10	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	35	8.0	7	2	0	9	0
136	137	Sep 11	SLB	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	10	2	0	12	1
137	138	Sep 13 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	52	12.2	10	1	0	11	1
138	139	Sep 13 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
139	140	Sep 14	SLB	@	BOS	L,6-9	CG	41	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
140	141	Sep 15	SLB	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	14	1	0	15	1
141	142	Sep 16	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-6	CG	41	8.0	7	0	1	8	0
142	143	Sep 17 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
143	144	Sep 17 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,0-13	CG	45	8.0	7	2	0	9	0
144	145	Sep 20 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
145	146	Sep 20 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	9	1	0	10	1
146	147	Sep 21	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-10	CG	42	8.0	5	2	1	8	0
147	148	Sep 22	SLB	@	WSH	L,7-10	CG	42	8.0	7	1	1	9	0
148	149	Sep 24	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
149	150	Sep 25	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-10	CG	0	8.0	10	0	0	10	2
							149gm		1299.0	1374	131	24	1529	138