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Stan Musial
Stanley Frank Musial (Stan the Man)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.

Debut September 17, 1941
Final Game September 29, 1963
Born November 21, 1920 in Donora, PA

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1969.

Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1941 20 STL NL  12   47    8   20   4  0   1    7   1      2   1  .426  .449  .574  179   27   0           0   0
 1942 21 STL NL 140  467   87  147  32 10  10   72   6     62  25  .315  .397  .490  151  229   5           2   3 MVP-12
 1943 22 STL NL 157  617  108  220  48 20  13   81   9     72  18  .357  .425  .562  178  347  10           2  17 MVP-1,AS
 1944 23 STL NL 146  568  112  197  51 14  12   94   7     90  28  .347  .440  .549  175  312   4           5   7 MVP-4,AS
 1946 25 STL NL 156  624  124  228  50 20  16  103   7     73  31  .365  .434  .587  183  366   2           3   7 MVP-1,AS
 1947 26 STL NL 149  587  113  183  30 13  19   95   4     80  24  .312  .398  .504  134  296   6           4  18 MVP-20,AS
 1948 27 STL NL 155  611  135  230  46 18  39  131   7     79  34  .376  .450  .702  200  429   1           3  18 MVP-1,AS
 1949 28 STL NL 157  612  128  207  41 13  36  123   3    107  38  .338  .438  .624  176  382   0           2  12 MVP-2,AS
 1950 29 STL NL 146  555  105  192  41  7  28  109   5     87  36  .346  .437  .596  163  331   0           3  11 MVP-2,AS
 1951 30 STL NL 152  578  124  205  30 12  32  108   4  5  98  40  .355  .449  .614  182  355   1           1   6 MVP-2,AS
 1952 31 STL NL 154  578  105  194  42  6  21   91   7  7  96  29  .336  .432  .538  167  311   0           2  11 MVP-5,AS
 1953 32 STL NL 157  593  127  200  53  9  30  113   3  4 105  32  .337  .437  .609  169  361   0           0  10 MVP-8,AS
 1954 33 STL NL 153  591  120  195  41  9  35  126   1  7 103  39  .330  .428  .607  166  359   0   7       4  20 MVP-6,AS
 1955 34 STL NL 154  562   97  179  30  5  33  108   5  4  80  39  .319  .408  .566  156  318   2   4  19   8  12 MVP-8,AS
 1956 35 STL NL 156  594   87  184  33  6  27  109   2  0  75  39  .310  .386  .522  142  310   3   7  15   3  19 MVP-9,AS
 1957 36 STL NL 134  502   82  176  38  3  29  102   1  1  66  34  .351  .422  .612  172  307   1   8  19   2  13 MVP-2,AS
 1958 37 STL NL 135  472   64  159  35  2  17   62   0  0  72  26  .337  .423  .528  146  249   0   4  26   1  19 MVP-12,AS
 1959 38 STL NL 115  341   37   87  13  2  14   44   0  2  60  25  .255  .364  .428  106  146   0   3  11   0  12 AS
 1960 39 STL NL 116  331   49   91  17  1  17   63   1  1  41  34  .275  .354  .486  121  161   0   4   7   2   5 MVP-16,AS
 1961 40 STL NL 123  372   46  107  22  4  15   70   0  0  52  35  .288  .371  .489  118  182   0   6  17   1   7 AS
 1962 41 STL NL 135  433   57  143  18  1  19   82   3  0  64  46  .330  .416  .508  137  220   0   5   4   3  13 MVP-10,AS
 1963 42 STL NL 124  337   34   86  10  2  12   58   2  0  35  43  .255  .325  .404  101  136   0   5   9   2   3 AS
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 22 Seasons        10972      3630    177     1951     31     696  .331  .417  .559  159       35  53 127  53 243
               3026      1949      725    475       78   1599                            6134
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        587  104  194  39  9  25  104   4  2  86  37  .331  .417  .559  159  328   2   3   7   3  13
 Career High    157  624  135  230  53 20  39  131   9  7 107  46  .376  .450  .702  200  429  10   8  26   8  20
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1941 20 STL NL   49   27   12  11.9   100| .426  .274| .449  .345| .574  .386|1.023  .731| 179  .873   4.9   0.5     
 1942 21 STL NL  536  328   90   7.4    93| .315  .265| .397  .338| .490  .368| .887  .706| 151  .771  31.9   3.4     
 1943 22 STL NL  701  424  147   9.4    93| .357  .270| .425  .340| .562  .367| .987  .707| 178  .829  63.0   6.6     
 1944 23 STL NL  667  382  136   9.6    96| .347  .270| .440  .338| .549  .380| .989  .718| 175  .818  61.7   6.2     
 1946 25 STL NL  702  405  158  10.4    96| .365  .267| .434  .343| .587  .374|1.021  .717| 183  .850  69.1   7.1     
 1947 26 STL NL  677  428  117   7.2   109| .312  .279| .398  .355| .504  .413| .902  .768| 134  .694  29.7   2.9     
 1948 27 STL NL  694  400  192  12.7   107| .376  .276| .450  .351| .702  .408|1.152  .760| 200  .873  86.7   8.4     
 1949 28 STL NL  721  417  167  10.7   108| .338  .276| .438  .351| .624  .413|1.062  .764| 176  .826  69.7   6.7     
 1950 29 STL NL  645  374  144  10.3   112| .346  .275| .437  .353| .596  .427|1.033  .780| 163  .806  55.2   5.2     
 1951 30 STL NL  678  385  157  11.0   104| .355  .269| .449  .343| .614  .407|1.063  .750| 182  .835  70.2   6.8  44%
 1952 31 STL NL  676  402  132   8.8    97| .336  .262| .432  .334| .538  .389| .970  .724| 167  .798  57.8   5.9  50%
 1953 32 STL NL  698  407  156  10.1   110| .337  .274| .437  .345| .609  .427|1.046  .773| 169  .795  65.5   6.1  42%
 1954 33 STL NL  705  430  151   9.4   110| .330  .275| .428  .347| .607  .425|1.035  .772| 166  .774  61.7   5.8  12%
 1955 34 STL NL  656  405  131   8.6   105| .319  .265| .408  .336| .566  .420| .974  .757| 156  .755  47.6   4.6  55%
 1956 35 STL NL  682  439  119   7.2   103| .310  .264| .386  .331| .522  .417| .908  .748| 142  .707  37.4   3.7 100%
 1957 36 STL NL  579  349  129  10.0   105| .351  .271| .422  .334| .612  .419|1.034  .754| 172  .804  54.6   5.3  50%
 1958 37 STL NL  549  336  102   8.2   109| .337  .274| .423  .343| .528  .429| .951  .771| 146  .736  35.8   3.5   0%
 1959 38 STL NL  404  271   53   5.2   110| .255  .277| .364  .344| .428  .429| .792  .773| 106  .556   4.1   0.4   0%
 1960 39 STL NL  378  250   59   6.4   106| .275  .272| .354  .339| .486  .418| .840  .757| 121  .665  10.2   1.0  50%
 1961 40 STL NL  431  278   69   6.6   114| .288  .282| .371  .349| .489  .438| .860  .788| 118  .656  11.0   1.1   0%
 1962 41 STL NL  505  308   94   8.2   112| .330  .282| .416  .351| .508  .429| .924  .780| 137  .744  26.0   2.5 100%
 1963 42 STL NL  379  259   47   4.9    97| .255  .265| .325  .328| .404  .396| .729  .724| 101  .600   0.6   0.1 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 22 Seasons   12712  7704 2562   8.9   104| .331  .272| .417  .343| .559  .408| .976  .751| 159  .781 954.5  93.8     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1952 31 STL NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  0    0.0    0    0    0   0    0    0   0   0     1       0 undef  0.00 undef undef MVP-5,AS
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  1 Yr WL undef   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  0    0.0    0    0    0   0    0    0   0   0     1       0 undef  0.00 undef undef
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0   0  68   0   0   0   0  0    0.0    0    0    0   0    0    0   0   0    68   0   0 undef  0.00 undef undef

* 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  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1941 20 STL NL  OF   11     20    1    0    0 1.000  .977  1.91  2.15                            3    0    8
 1942 21 STL NL  OF  135    296    6    5    0  .984  .981  2.24  2.15                          133    2    2
 1943 22 STL NL  OF  155    376   15    7    4  .982  .977  2.52  2.27                           34   10  117 AS
 1944 23 STL NL  OF  146    353   16    5    2  .987  .980  2.53  2.31                            1   38  124 AS
 1946 25 STL NL  1B  114   1056   65   13  119  .989  .991  9.83  8.77                         AS
                 OF   42    110    4    2    0  .983  .977  2.71  2.16                           42    0    0 AS
 1947 26 STL NL  1B  149   1360   77    8  138  .994  .991  9.64  6.71                         AS
 1948 27 STL NL  OF  155    347   10    7    3  .981  .978  2.30  2.20                           41   64   76 AS
                 1B    2      7    1    0    0 1.000  .988  4.00  8.95                         AS
 1949 28 STL NL  OF  156    326   10    3    5  .991  .977  2.15  2.25                            3   72  117 AS
                 1B    1     11    1    0    0 1.000  .992 12.00  9.00                         AS
 1950 29 STL NL  OF   77    132    2    5    1  .964  .978  1.74  2.14                           56   14   10 AS
                 1B   69    628   37    3   66  .996  .990  9.64  9.02                         AS
 1951 30 STL NL  OF   91    216   13    6    4  .974  .981  2.52  2.23                           84   10    1 AS
                 1B   60    600   32    4   60  .994  .989 10.53  9.29                         AS
 1952 31 STL NL  OF  129    298    6    4    2  .987  .981  2.36  2.10                           21  106    9 AS
                 1B   25    204   12    1   13  .995  .990  8.64  9.17                         AS
                  P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.00                         AS
 1953 32 STL NL  OF  157    294    9    5    1  .984  .980  1.93  2.11                          141    9   26 AS
 1954 33 STL NL  OF  152    271   13    3    4  .990  .975  1.87  2.18                            8    0  147 AS
                 1B   10     36    2    2    4  .950  .992  3.80  9.26                         AS
 1955 34 STL NL  1B  110    925   92    8   93  .992  .991  9.25  9.09                         AS
                 OF   51     75    2    1    0  .987  .977  1.51  2.10                           21    0   33 AS
 1956 35 STL NL  1B  103    870   90    7   96  .993  .989  9.32  8.71  9.89  9.82  103  873.7 AS
                 OF   53     84    5    1    0  .989  .977  1.68  2.05  1.72  2.28   53  466.7 AS
                 RF   51     78    4    1    0  .988  .974  1.61  1.80  1.67  2.00   50  441.7 AS
                 LF    3      5    0    0    0 1.000  .980  1.67  1.70  1.80  2.05    3   25.0 AS
 1957 36 STL NL  1B  130   1167   99   10  131  .992  .990  9.74  7.69 10.26  8.11  129 1110.3 AS
 1958 37 STL NL  1B  124   1019  100   13  127  .989  .990  9.02  8.06  9.70  8.67  123 1038.0 AS
 1959 38 STL NL  1B   90    623   63    7   72  .990  .988  7.62  8.04  9.00  9.58   88  686.0 AS
                 LF    3      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.33  1.60  0.41  2.05    2   22.0 AS
 1960 39 STL NL  OF   59     97    2    1    0  .990  .978  1.68  1.92  1.87  2.20   58  477.0 AS
                 LF   58     97    1    1    0  .990  .974  1.69  1.55  1.96  1.99   54  449.0 AS
                 1B   29    203   17    2   16  .991  .990  7.59  8.20  9.75  9.57   26  203.0 AS
                 RF    6      1    1    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.33  1.77  0.64  1.99    4   28.0 AS
 1961 40 STL NL  LF  102    150    9    1    0  .994  .973  1.56  1.50  1.86  1.88   99  767.7 AS
 1962 41 STL NL  OF  119    164    6    4    1  .977  .974  1.43  1.79  1.70  2.07  116  901.0 AS
                 LF   98    125    5    2    1  .985  .968  1.33  1.37  1.59  1.82   94  738.0 AS
                 RF   22     36    1    2    0  .949  .976  1.68  1.65  2.04  1.90   22  163.0 AS
 1963 42 STL NL  LF   96    118    1    4    0  .967  .971  1.24  1.38  1.71  1.80   94  628.0 AS

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1946 25 STL NL  1B  114   1056   65   13  119  .989  .991  9.83  8.77                        
 1947 26 STL NL  1B  149   1360   77    8  138  .994  .991  9.64  6.71                        
 1948 27 STL NL  1B    2      7    1    0    0 1.000  .988  4.00  8.95                        
 1949 28 STL NL  1B    1     11    1    0    0 1.000  .992 12.00  9.00                        
 1950 29 STL NL  1B   69    628   37    3   66  .996  .990  9.64  9.02                        
 1951 30 STL NL  1B   60    600   32    4   60  .994  .989 10.53  9.29                        
 1952 31 STL NL  1B   25    204   12    1   13  .995  .990  8.64  9.17                        
 1954 33 STL NL  1B   10     36    2    2    4  .950  .992  3.80  9.26                        
 1955 34 STL NL  1B  110    925   92    8   93  .992  .991  9.25  9.09                        
 1956 35 STL NL  1B  103    870   90    7   96  .993  .989  9.32  8.71  9.89  9.82  103  873.7
 1957 36 STL NL  1B  130   1167   99   10  131  .992  .990  9.74  7.69 10.26  8.11  129 1110.3
 1958 37 STL NL  1B  124   1019  100   13  127  .989  .990  9.02  8.06  9.70  8.67  123 1038.0
 1959 38 STL NL  1B   90    623   63    7   72  .990  .988  7.62  8.04  9.00  9.58   88  686.0
 1960 39 STL NL  1B   29    203   17    2   16  .991  .990  7.59  8.20  9.75  9.57   26  203.0

 1956 35 STL NL  LF    3      5    0    0    0 1.000  .980  1.67  1.70  1.80  2.05    3   25.0
 1959 38 STL NL  LF    3      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.33  1.60  0.41  2.05    2   22.0
 1960 39 STL NL  LF   58     97    1    1    0  .990  .974  1.69  1.55  1.96  1.99   54  449.0
 1961 40 STL NL  LF  102    150    9    1    0  .994  .973  1.56  1.50  1.86  1.88   99  767.7
 1962 41 STL NL  LF   98    125    5    2    1  .985  .968  1.33  1.37  1.59  1.82   94  738.0
 1963 42 STL NL  LF   96    118    1    4    0  .967  .971  1.24  1.38  1.71  1.80   94  628.0

 1941 20 STL NL  OF   11     20    1    0    0 1.000  .977  1.91  2.15                            3    0    8
 1942 21 STL NL  OF  135    296    6    5    0  .984  .981  2.24  2.15                          133    2    2
 1943 22 STL NL  OF  155    376   15    7    4  .982  .977  2.52  2.27                           34   10  117
 1944 23 STL NL  OF  146    353   16    5    2  .987  .980  2.53  2.31                            1   38  124
 1946 25 STL NL  OF   42    110    4    2    0  .983  .977  2.71  2.16                           42    0    0
 1948 27 STL NL  OF  155    347   10    7    3  .981  .978  2.30  2.20                           41   64   76
 1949 28 STL NL  OF  156    326   10    3    5  .991  .977  2.15  2.25                            3   72  117
 1950 29 STL NL  OF   77    132    2    5    1  .964  .978  1.74  2.14                           56   14   10
 1951 30 STL NL  OF   91    216   13    6    4  .974  .981  2.52  2.23                           84   10    1
 1952 31 STL NL  OF  129    298    6    4    2  .987  .981  2.36  2.10                           21  106    9
 1953 32 STL NL  OF  157    294    9    5    1  .984  .980  1.93  2.11                          141    9   26
 1954 33 STL NL  OF  152    271   13    3    4  .990  .975  1.87  2.18                            8    0  147
 1955 34 STL NL  OF   51     75    2    1    0  .987  .977  1.51  2.10                           21    0   33
 1956 35 STL NL  OF   53     84    5    1    0  .989  .977  1.68  2.05  1.72  2.28   53  466.7
 1959 38 STL NL  OF    3      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.33  1.90  0.41  2.21    2   22.0
 1960 39 STL NL  OF   59     97    2    1    0  .990  .978  1.68  1.92  1.87  2.20   58  477.0
 1961 40 STL NL  OF  103    149    9    1    0  .994  .977  1.53  1.86  1.85  2.16   99  767.7
 1962 41 STL NL  OF  119    164    6    4    1  .977  .974  1.43  1.79  1.70  2.07  116  901.0
 1963 42 STL NL  OF   96    121    1    4    0  .968  .977  1.27  1.75  1.75  2.01   94  628.0

 1952 31 STL NL   P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.00                        

 1956 35 STL NL  RF   51     78    4    1    0  .988  .974  1.61  1.80  1.67  2.00   50  441.7
 1960 39 STL NL  RF    6      1    1    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.33  1.77  0.64  1.99    4   28.0
 1962 41 STL NL  RF   22     36    1    2    0  .949  .976  1.68  1.65  2.04  1.90   22  163.0

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Position Total  OF*1890   3730  130   64   27  .984  .978  2.04  2.11              422 3262.3  948  325  749#
                 1B*1016   8709  688   78  935  .992  .990  9.25  8.25              469 3911.0
                 LF* 360    496   16    8    1  .985  .972  1.42  1.44              346 2629.7
                 RF*  79    115    6    3    0  .976  .975  1.53  1.76               76  632.7
                  P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.00                0    0.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      2907  12439  818  142  962  .989  .987  4.56  4.26
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1942   WS    STL NYY     W   5  18   2   4  1  0  0   2   4   0  .222  .364  .278   0  1   0   0   0 
 1943   WS    STL NYY     L   5  18   2   5  0  0  0   0   2   2  .278  .350  .278   0  0   0   0   0 
 1944   WS    STL SLB     W   6  23   2   7  2  0  1   2   2   0  .304  .360  .522   0  0   1   0   0 
 1946   WS    STL BOS     W   7  27   3   6  4  1  0   4   4   2  .222  .323  .444   1  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  4 World Series        3-1  23  86   9  22  7  1  1   8  12   4  .256  .347  .395   1  1   1   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1943   STL NL   *   4   0   1  1  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting LF 
 1944   STL NL   *   4   1   1  0  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   1   0   0 Starting CF 
 1946   STL NL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting LF 
 1947   STL NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1948   STL NL   *   4   1   2  0  0  1   2   1   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting LF 
 1949   STL NL   *   4   1   3  0  0  1   2   1   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting CF 
 1950   STL NL   *   5   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
 1951   STL NL   *   4   1   2  0  0  1   1   1   0   0  2   0   0   0 Starting LF 
 1952   STL NL   *   2   1   0  0  0  0   0   0   2   0  0   0   0   1 Starting CF 
 1953   STL NL   *   4   0   2  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting LF 
 1954   STL NL   *   5   1   2  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting RF 
 1955   STL NL       4   1   1  0  0  1   1   1   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1956   STL NL   *   4   1   1  0  0  1   1   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting RF 
 1957   STL NL   *   3   1   1  1  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
 1958   STL NL   *   4   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
 1959-1 STL NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1959-2 STL NL   *   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
 1960-1 STL NL       1   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1960-2 STL NL       1   1   1  0  0  1   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1961-1 STL NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1961-2 STL NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1962-1 STL NL       1   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1962-2 STL NL       2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1963   STL NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 24/24   14  63  11  20  2  0  6  10   7   7   0  2   1   0   1  .317  .394  .635 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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
1943 (LF)
1944 (CF)
1946 (LF)
1947 *
1948 (LF)
1949 (CF)
1950 (1B)
1951 (LF)
1952 (CF)
1953 (LF)
1954 (RF)
1955 *
1956 (RF)
1957 (1B)
1958 (1B)
1959-1 *
1959-2 (1B)
1960-1 *
1960-2 *
1961-1 *
1961-2 *
1962-1 *
1962-2 *
1963 *

Awards
1943-NL-MVP
1946-ML-Major League Player of the Year
1946-NL-MVP
1948-NL-MVP
1951-ML-Major League Player of the Year
1957-ML-Lou Gehrig Memorial Award

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1942-NL-12-0.08
1943-NL-1-0.79
1944-NL-4-0.40
1946-NL-1-0.95
1947-NL-20-0.04
1948-NL-1-0.90
1949-NL-2-0.67
1950-NL-2-0.47
1951-NL-2-0.57
1952-NL-5-0.38
1953-NL-8-0.18
1954-NL-6-0.29
1955-NL-8-0.14
1956-NL-9-0.18
1957-NL-2-0.68
1958-NL-12-0.12
1960-NL-16-0.05
1962-NL-10-0.07
Car-2-6.96 shares

Batting Average
1942 NL-.315-3
1943 NL-.357-1
1944 NL-.347-2
1946 NL-.365-1
1947 NL-.312-5
1948 NL-.376-1
1949 NL-.338-2
1950 NL-.346-1
1951 NL-.355-1
1952 NL-.336-1
1953 NL-.337-3
1954 NL-.330-4
1955 NL-.319-3
1956 NL-.310-4
1957 NL-.351-1
1958 NL-.337-3
1962 NL-.330-3
Car-.331-31

On-base %
1942 NL-.397-6
1943 NL-.425-1
1944 NL-.440-1
1946 NL-.434-2
1947 NL-.398-8
1948 NL-.450-1
1949 NL-.438-1
1950 NL-.437-2
1951 NL-.449-2
1952 NL-.432-2
1953 NL-.437-1
1954 NL-.428-2
1955 NL-.408-4
1956 NL-.386-4
1957 NL-.422-1
1958 NL-.423-2
1962 NL-.416-2
Car-.417-23

Slugging %
1942 NL-.490-4
1943 NL-.562-1
1944 NL-.549-1
1946 NL-.587-1
1947 NL-.504-8
1948 NL-.702-1
1949 NL-.624-2
1950 NL-.596-1
1951 NL-.614-2
1952 NL-.538-1
1953 NL-.609-4
1954 NL-.607-4
1955 NL-.566-8
1956 NL-.522-9
1957 NL-.612-2
1958 NL-.528-5
1962 NL-.508-10
Car-.559-21

OPS
1942 NL-.888-4
1943 NL-.988-1
1944 NL-.990-1
1946 NL-1.021-1
1947 NL-.902-7
1948 NL-1.152-1
1949 NL-1.062-2
1950 NL-1.034-1
1951 NL-1.063-2
1952 NL-.970-1
1953 NL-1.046-2
1954 NL-1.036-4
1955 NL-.974-5
1956 NL-.908-6
1957 NL-1.034-1
1958 NL-.950-3
1962 NL-.924-4
Car-.976-15

Games
1943 NL-157-1
1946 NL-156-1
1948 NL-155-3
1949 NL-157-1
1951 NL-152-10
1952 NL-154-1
1953 NL-157-2
1954 NL-153-6
1955 NL-154-1
1956 NL-156-3
Car-3026-6

At Bats
1943 NL-617-4
1946 NL-624-1
1947 NL-587-6
1948 NL-611-2
1949 NL-612-7
1952 NL-578-10
1956 NL-594-8
Car-10972-9

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1943 NL-701-1
1944 NL-667-7
1946 NL-702-1
1947 NL-677-6
1948 NL-694-2
1949 NL-721-3
1951 NL-678-7
1952 NL-676-6
1953 NL-698-3
1954 NL-705-2
1955 NL-656-10
1956 NL-682-4
Car-12712-8

Runs
1942 NL-87-7
1943 NL-108-2
1944 NL-112-2
1946 NL-124-1
1947 NL-113-4
1948 NL-135-1
1949 NL-128-2
1950 NL-105-5
1951 NL-124-1
1952 NL-105-1
1953 NL-127-2
1954 NL-120-1
Car-1949-9

Hits
1943 NL-220-1
1944 NL-197-1
1946 NL-228-1
1947 NL-183-3
1948 NL-230-1
1949 NL-207-1
1950 NL-192-2
1951 NL-205-2
1952 NL-194-1
1953 NL-200-2
1954 NL-195-3
1955 NL-179-8
1956 NL-184-4
1957 NL-176-6
Car-3630-4

Total Bases
1942 NL-229-8
1943 NL-347-1
1944 NL-312-2
1946 NL-366-1
1947 NL-296-5
1948 NL-429-1
1949 NL-382-1
1950 NL-331-2
1951 NL-355-1
1952 NL-311-1
1953 NL-361-3
1954 NL-359-4
1955 NL-318-7
1956 NL-310-5
1957 NL-307-6
Car-6134-2

Doubles
1942 NL-32-6
1943 NL-48-1
1944 NL-51-1
1946 NL-50-1
1947 NL-30-9
1948 NL-46-1
1949 NL-41-1
1950 NL-41-2
1951 NL-30-10
1952 NL-42-1
1953 NL-53-1
1954 NL-41-1
1955 NL-30-6
1956 NL-33-2
1957 NL-38-2
1958 NL-35-3
Car-725-3

Triples
1942 NL-10-3
1943 NL-20-1
1944 NL-14-4
1946 NL-20-1
1947 NL-13-2
1948 NL-18-1
1949 NL-13-1
1951 NL-12-1
1953 NL-9-5
1954 NL-9-4
Car-177-19

Home Runs
1943 NL-13-6
1946 NL-16-5
1947 NL-19-10
1948 NL-39-3
1949 NL-36-2
1950 NL-28-8
1951 NL-32-4
1952 NL-21-8
1953 NL-30-7
1954 NL-35-7
1955 NL-33-7
1957 NL-29-7
Car-475-28

RBI
1942 NL-72-10
1943 NL-81-5
1944 NL-94-7
1946 NL-103-3
1947 NL-95-7
1948 NL-131-1
1949 NL-123-3
1950 NL-109-5
1951 NL-108-4
1952 NL-91-8
1953 NL-113-7
1954 NL-126-4
1955 NL-108-7
1956 NL-109-1
1957 NL-102-3
Car-1951-6

Bases on Balls
1944 NL-90-3
1946 NL-73-7
1948 NL-79-7
1949 NL-107-4
1950 NL-87-7
1951 NL-98-5
1952 NL-96-4
1953 NL-105-1
1954 NL-103-3
1955 NL-80-5
1956 NL-75-10
1958 NL-72-8
Car-1599-12

Stolen Bases
1943 NL-9-7

Singles
1943 NL-139-3
1946 NL-142-1
1947 NL-121-9
1948 NL-127-4
1951 NL-131-5
1952 NL-125-7
Car-2253-16

Adjusted OPS+
1942 NL-151-6
1943 NL-178-1
1944 NL-175-1
1946 NL-183-1
1947 NL-134-7
1948 NL-200-1
1949 NL-176-2
1950 NL-163-1
1951 NL-182-2
1952 NL-167-1
1953 NL-169-2
1954 NL-166-5
1955 NL-156-4
1956 NL-142-7
1957 NL-172-2
1958 NL-146-4
1962 NL-137-9
Car-159-15

Runs Created
1942 NL-90-7
1943 NL-147-1
1944 NL-136-1
1946 NL-158-1
1947 NL-117-4
1948 NL-192-1
1949 NL-167-1
1950 NL-144-1
1951 NL-157-1
1952 NL-132-1
1953 NL-156-1
1954 NL-151-3
1955 NL-131-4
1956 NL-119-3
1957 NL-129-3
1958 NL-102-5
Car-2562-3

Adjusted Batting Runs
1942 NL-32-6
1943 NL-63-1
1944 NL-62-1
1946 NL-69-1
1947 NL-30-6
1948 NL-87-1
1949 NL-70-1
1950 NL-55-1
1951 NL-70-2
1952 NL-58-1
1953 NL-65-1
1954 NL-62-2
1955 NL-48-4
1956 NL-37-3
1957 NL-55-3
1958 NL-36-5
1962 NL-26-10
Car-955-6

Batting Wins
1942 NL-3.4-6
1943 NL-6.6-1
1944 NL-6.2-1
1946 NL-7.1-1
1947 NL-2.9-6
1948 NL-8.4-1
1949 NL-6.7-1
1950 NL-5.2-1
1951 NL-6.8-2
1952 NL-5.9-1
1953 NL-6.1-1
1954 NL-5.8-2
1955 NL-4.6-4
1956 NL-3.7-3
1957 NL-5.3-2
1958 NL-3.5-5
1962 NL-2.5-10
Car-93.8-5

Extra-Base Hits
1942 NL-52-5
1943 NL-81-1
1944 NL-77-1
1946 NL-86-1
1947 NL-62-4
1948 NL-103-1
1949 NL-90-1
1950 NL-76-1
1951 NL-74-2
1952 NL-69-2
1953 NL-92-1
1954 NL-85-3
1955 NL-68-8
1956 NL-66-6
1957 NL-70-5
1958 NL-54-10
Car-1377-3

Times on Base
1943 NL-294-1
1944 NL-292-1
1946 NL-304-1
1947 NL-267-2
1948 NL-312-1
1949 NL-316-1
1950 NL-282-3
1951 NL-304-1
1952 NL-292-1
1953 NL-305-1
1954 NL-302-2
1955 NL-267-4
1956 NL-262-3
1957 NL-244-9
1958 NL-232-6
Car-5282-6

Offensive Win%
1942 NL-.771-4
1943 NL-.829-1
1944 NL-.818-1
1946 NL-.850-1
1947 NL-.694-6
1948 NL-.873-1
1949 NL-.826-1
1950 NL-.806-1
1951 NL-.835-1
1952 NL-.798-1
1953 NL-.795-1
1954 NL-.774-4
1955 NL-.755-4
1956 NL-.707-4
1957 NL-.804-1
1958 NL-.736-2
1962 NL-.744-4
Car-.781-10

Hit By Pitch
1944 NL-5-5
1946 NL-3-10
1947 NL-4-8
1955 NL-8-1

Sac. Flies
1956 NL-7-6
1957 NL-8-2

Intentional Walks
1955 NL-19-3
1956 NL-15-6
1957 NL-19-1
1958 NL-26-1
1959 NL-11-6
1961 NL-17-4
1963 NL-9-10
Car-127-65

Grounded into Double Plays
1943 NL-17-7
1947 NL-18-3
1948 NL-18-2
1954 NL-20-2
1956 NL-19-5
1958 NL-19-4
Car-243-30

Caught Stealing
1952 NL-7-7
1954 NL-7-6

Power/Speed Number
1942 NL-7.5-10
1943 NL-10.6-3
1944 NL-8.8-7
1946 NL-9.7-5
1948 NL-11.9-6
1952 NL-10.5-6

At Bats per Strikeout
1943 NL-34.3-2
1947 NL-24.5-4
1948 NL-18.0-8
1952 NL-19.9-5
1953 NL-18.5-5
1955 NL-14.4-10
1956 NL-15.2-6
1957 NL-14.8-6
1958 NL-18.2-3

At Bats per Home Run
1946 NL-39.0-10
1948 NL-15.7-4
1949 NL-17.0-3
1950 NL-19.8-9
1951 NL-18.1-7
1953 NL-19.8-9
1954 NL-16.9-7
1955 NL-17.0-9
1957 NL-17.3-6

Outs
1946 NL-405-10
1947 NL-428-8
Car-7704-19

Oldest Player
1958 NL-37-9
1959 NL-38-10
1960 NL-39-6
1961 NL-40-2
1962 NL-41-2
1963 NL-42-2

Youngest Player
1941 NL-20-5

        

Black Ink: Batting - 116 (5) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 390 (3) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 76.0 (4) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 454.0 (1) (Likely HOFer > 100)
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