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Jim Piersall
James Anthony Piersall

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

Debut September 7, 1950
Final Game May 1, 1967
Born November 14, 1929 in Waterbury, CT

Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)

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        Jim was arguably the greatest infielder ever to play outfield for the Boston Red Sox! Tony Perkins portrayal of Jim in "Fear Strikes Out" helped bring stress-related illness to the main stream of acceptance in the public eye. God Bless you Jim!

Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1950 20 BOS AL   6    7    4    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   4   0  .286  .545  .286  109    2   0           0   0
 1952 22 BOS AL  56  161   28   43   8  0   1   16   3  3  28  26  .267  .379  .335   94   54   4           1   2
 1953 23 BOS AL 151  585   76  159  21  9   3   52  11 10  41  52  .272  .329  .354   81  207  19           9  12 MVP-9
 1954 24 BOS AL 133  474   77  135  24  2   8   38   5  1  36  42  .285  .338  .395   92  187   5   2       3  13 AS
 1955 25 BOS AL 149  515   68  146  25  5  13   62   6  1  67  52  .283  .364  .427  106  220   9   6   7   2  16
 1956 26 BOS AL 155  601   91  176  40  6  14   87   7  7  58  48  .293  .350  .449  101  270   9  12   2   1  19 MVP-14,AS
 1957 27 BOS AL 151  609  103  159  27  5  19   63  14  6  62  54  .261  .331  .415   98  253   7   5   1   4  17 MVP-22
 1958 28 BOS AL 130  417   55   99  13  5   8   48  12  2  42  43  .237  .303  .350   76  146   4   6   2   0  11
 1959 29 CLE AL 100  317   42   78  13  2   4   30   6  3  25  31  .246  .303  .338   79  107   8   2   1   2   2
 1960 30 CLE AL 138  486   70  137  12  4  18   66  18  5  24  38  .282  .313  .434  103  211   8   4   3   0  17 MVP-28
 1961 31 CLE AL 121  484   81  156  26  7   6   40   8  2  43  46  .322  .378  .442  122  214   4   3   1   2  18 MVP-13
 1962 32 WSA AL 135  471   38  115  20  4   4   31  12  7  39  53  .244  .301  .329   70  155   4   1   3   0  12
 1963 33 TOT     89  270   26   63   6  1   2   19   5  3  21  30  .233  .285  .285   64   77   9   4   1   0   6
         TOT AL  49  146   13   39   2  0   1    9   4  1  11  16  .267  .314  .301   76   44   5   2   0   0   3
         WSA AL  29   94    9   23   1  0   1    5   4  0   6  11  .245  .284  .287   61   27   2   2   0   0   2
         NYM NL  40  124   13   24   4  1   1   10   1  2  10  14  .194  .250  .266   49   33   4   2   1   0   3
         LAA AL  20   52    4   16   1  0   0    4   0  1   5   5  .308  .368  .327  103   17   3   0   0   0   1
 1964 34 LAA AL  87  255   28   80  11  0   2   13   5  3  16  32  .314  .353  .380  114   97   4   1   1   0   5
 1965 35 CAL AL  53  112   10   30   5  2   2   12   2  2   5  15  .268  .305  .402  102   45   3   0   1   1   3
 1966 36 CAL AL  75  123   14   26   5  0   0   14   1  2  13  19  .211  .283  .252   58   31   6   2   0   0   8
 1967 37 CAL AL   5    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons    1734 5890  811 1604 256 52 104  591 115 57 524 583  .272  .332  .386   93 2276 104  48  23  25 161
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        550   76  150  24  5  10   55  11  5  49  54  .272  .332  .386   93  213  10   4   2   2  15
 Career High    155  609  103  176  40  9  19   87  18 10  67  54  .322  .378  .449  122  270  19  12   7   9  19
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 / 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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1950 20 BOS AL   11    5    1   5.3   122| .286  .290| .545  .379| .286  .435| .831  .814| 109  .530   0.6   0.1   0%
 1952 22 BOS AL  194  127   20   4.2   103| .267  .269| .379  .350| .335  .393| .714  .743|  94  .511   0.0   0.0  50%
 1953 23 BOS AL  654  467   65   3.7   107| .272  .276| .329  .352| .354  .405| .683  .758|  81  .420 -17.5  -1.8  52%
 1954 24 BOS AL  520  360   63   4.7   108| .285  .278| .338  .355| .395  .406| .733  .762|  92  .544  -6.1  -0.6  83%
 1955 25 BOS AL  599  401   82   5.5   110| .283  .277| .364  .358| .427  .412| .791  .770| 106  .581   4.4   0.4  85%
 1956 26 BOS AL  681  472   92   5.2   116| .293  .281| .350  .365| .449  .429| .799  .794| 101  .537   0.0   0.0  50%
 1957 27 BOS AL  687  485   83   4.6   104| .261  .270| .331  .343| .415  .407| .746  .750|  98  .524  -2.4  -0.2  70%
 1958 28 BOS AL  469  341   46   3.6   103| .237  .268| .303  .338| .350  .408| .653  .746|  76  .420 -14.8  -1.5  85%
 1959 29 CLE AL  354  254   34   3.6    96| .246  .257| .303  .328| .338  .392| .641  .720|  79  .409  -9.3  -0.9  66%
 1960 30 CLE AL  522  383   62   4.4    99| .282  .260| .313  .333| .434  .398| .747  .731| 103  .487  -0.6  -0.1  78%
 1961 31 CLE AL  536  355   79   5.9   101| .322  .260| .378  .335| .442  .405| .820  .740| 122  .610  15.6   1.5  80%
 1962 32 WSA AL  515  380   45   3.2   103| .244  .263| .301  .335| .329  .410| .630  .745|  70  .342 -20.4  -2.0  63%
 1963 33 TOT     304  229   22   2.6    91| .233  .253| .285  .317| .285  .386| .570  .703|  64  .305 -12.6  -1.4  62%
         TOT AL  164  118   14   3.2    93| .267  .253| .314  .319| .301  .390| .615  .709|  76  .378  -4.5  -0.5  80%
         WSA AL  104   77    8   2.8    95| .245  .255| .284  .322| .287  .394| .571  .716|  61  .324  -4.8  -0.5 100%
         NYM NL  140  111    8   1.9    89| .194  .254| .250  .316| .266  .380| .516  .696|  49  .217  -8.1  -0.9  33%
         LAA AL   60   41    6   4.0    89| .308  .248| .368  .314| .327  .384| .695  .697| 103  .472   0.4   0.0   0%
 1964 34 LAA AL  276  188   34   4.9    87| .314  .244| .353  .310| .380  .379| .733  .690| 114  .563   5.2   0.5  62%
 1965 35 CAL AL  121   90   13   3.9    89| .268  .247| .305  .317| .402  .379| .707  .696| 102  .484  -0.2   0.0  50%
 1966 36 CAL AL  144  115    8   1.9    87| .211  .245| .283  .311| .252  .378| .535  .689|  58  .208  -6.1  -0.7  33%
 1967 37 CAL AL    4    4    0   0.0    80| .000  .238| .000  .306| .000  .356| .000  .662|-100  .000  -0.7  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 17 Seasons     6591 4656  749   4.3   103| .272  .267| .332  .342| .386  .404| .718  .746|  93  .487 -64.8  -6.8  66%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 ------+

 1950 20 BOS AL  OF    2      9    0    0    0 1.000  .978  4.50  2.35                            0    2    0
 1952 22 BOS AL  SS   30     41   75    9   13  .928  .962  3.87  4.29                        
                 OF   22     38    3    0    0 1.000  .981  1.86  2.18                            0    1   21
                 3B    1      0    1    1    0  .500 1.000  1.00  3.00                        
 1953 23 BOS AL  OF  151    352   15    5    7  .987  .981  2.43  2.18                            1    2  150
 1954 24 BOS AL  OF  126    249   10    4    2  .985  .979  2.06  2.17                            0   30   96 AS
 1955 25 BOS AL  OF  147    425    7    3    2  .993  .982  2.94  2.08                            0  147    0
 1956 26 BOS AL  CF  155    457   10    4    1  .992  .984  3.01  2.50  3.06  2.79  155 1373.0 AS
 1957 27 BOS AL  CF  151    396   12    4    0  .990  .983  2.70  2.40  2.78  2.72  147 1320.7
 1958 28 BOS AL  CF  125    310    8    5    2  .985  .985  2.54  2.29  2.81  2.68  112 1017.3 GG
 1959 29 CLE AL  CF   91    219    4    4    2  .982  .983  2.45  2.44  2.88  2.72   77  696.7
                 3B    1      0    1    0    0 1.000  .909  1.00  2.70  4.50  3.15    0    2.0
 1960 30 CLE AL  OF  134    355    5    3    0  .992  .982  2.69  1.95  3.06  2.25  122 1058.7
                 CF  126    351    5    3    0  .992  .987  2.83  2.30  3.15  2.66  119 1017.3
                 LF    9     14    0    0    0 1.000  .986  1.56  1.67  3.38  2.15    3   37.3
                 RF    2      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.50  1.70  2.25  2.02    0    4.0
 1961 31 CLE AL  CF  120    337    9    3    3  .991  .982  2.88  2.24  3.00  2.59  119 1036.3 GG
 1962 32 WSA AL  CF  132    314    5    1    0  .997  .986  2.42  2.18  2.68  2.57  123 1073.0
 1963 33 TOT     OF   81    158    3    0    0 1.000  .979  1.99  1.84  2.32  2.09   70  625.7
         TOT     CF   74    150    3    0    0 1.000  .984  2.07  2.14  2.37  2.48   65  581.0
         TOT AL  OF   43     93    0    0    0 1.000  .981  2.16  1.91  2.49  2.16   36  336.0
         TOT AL  CF   36     87    0    0    0 1.000  .985  2.42  2.19  2.69  2.58   31  291.3
         WSA AL  CF   25     68    0    0    0 1.000  .986  2.72  2.19  3.07  2.58   22  199.3
         NYM NL  CF   38     63    3    0    0 1.000  .982  1.74  2.09  2.05  2.37   34  289.7
         LAA AL  OF   18     28    0    0    0 1.000  .982  1.56  1.91  1.84  2.16   14  136.7
                 CF   11     19    0    0    0 1.000  .984  1.73  2.19  1.86  2.58    9   92.0
                 RF    6     10    0    0    0 1.000  .980  1.67  1.72  2.03  2.01    5   44.3
                 LF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  1.60 30.00  3.00    0    0.3
 1964 34 LAA AL  OF   72    115    2    0    2 1.000  .980  1.62  1.79  1.94  2.04   65  543.0
                 LF   48     68    2    0    2 1.000  .975  1.46  1.46  1.89  1.81   39  333.3
                 CF   32     53    0    0    0 1.000  .981  1.66  2.13  2.27  2.45   26  209.7
 1965 35 CAL AL  OF   41     62    0    1    0  .984  .978  1.51  1.78  2.38  2.04   25  234.0
                 LF   29     42    0    0    0 1.000  .979  1.45  1.49  2.29  1.87   19  165.0
                 CF   10     14    0    1    0  .933  .979  1.40  2.03  2.29  2.41    5   55.0
                 RF    4      4    0    0    0 1.000  .976  1.00  1.57  2.57  1.86    1   14.0
 1966 36 CAL AL  OF   63     69    3    2    0  .973  .982  1.14  1.82  1.98  2.10   31  327.3
                 RF   27     32    2    1    1  .971  .980  1.26  1.69  2.14  1.94   17  143.0
                 LF   25     23    0    0    0 1.000  .979  0.92  1.45  1.75  1.83    9  118.3
                 CF   14     15    1    1    0  .941  .988  1.14  2.09  2.18  2.52    5   66.0
 1967 37 CAL AL  LF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  1.40  9.00  1.80    0    1.0

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

 1952 22 BOS AL  3B    1      0    1    1    0  .500 1.000  1.00  3.00                        
 1959 29 CLE AL  3B    1      0    1    0    0 1.000  .909  1.00  2.70  4.50  3.15    0    2.0

 1956 26 BOS AL  CF  155    457   10    4    1  .992  .984  3.01  2.50  3.06  2.79  155 1373.0
 1957 27 BOS AL  CF  151    396   12    4    0  .990  .983  2.70  2.40  2.78  2.72  147 1320.7
 1958 28 BOS AL  CF  125    310    8    5    2  .985  .985  2.54  2.29  2.81  2.68  112 1017.3
 1959 29 CLE AL  CF   91    219    4    4    2  .982  .983  2.45  2.44  2.88  2.72   77  696.7
 1960 30 CLE AL  CF  126    351    5    3    0  .992  .987  2.83  2.30  3.15  2.66  119 1017.3
 1961 31 CLE AL  CF  120    337    9    3    3  .991  .982  2.88  2.24  3.00  2.59  119 1036.3
 1962 32 WSA AL  CF  132    314    5    1    0  .997  .986  2.42  2.18  2.68  2.57  123 1073.0
 1963 33 TOT     CF   74    150    3    0    0 1.000  .984  2.07  2.14  2.37  2.48   65  581.0
         TOT AL  CF   36     87    0    0    0 1.000  .985  2.42  2.19  2.69  2.58   31  291.3
         WSA AL  CF   25     68    0    0    0 1.000  .986  2.72  2.19  3.07  2.58   22  199.3
         NYM NL  CF   38     63    3    0    0 1.000  .982  1.74  2.09  2.05  2.37   34  289.7
         LAA AL  CF   11     19    0    0    0 1.000  .984  1.73  2.19  1.86  2.58    9   92.0
 1964 34 LAA AL  CF   32     53    0    0    0 1.000  .981  1.66  2.13  2.27  2.45   26  209.7
 1965 35 CAL AL  CF   10     14    0    1    0  .933  .979  1.40  2.03  2.29  2.41    5   55.0
 1966 36 CAL AL  CF   14     15    1    1    0  .941  .988  1.14  2.09  2.18  2.52    5   66.0

 1960 30 CLE AL  LF    9     14    0    0    0 1.000  .986  1.56  1.67  3.38  2.15    3   37.3
 1963 33 LAA AL  LF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  1.60 30.00  3.00    0    0.3
 1964 34 LAA AL  LF   48     68    2    0    2 1.000  .975  1.46  1.46  1.89  1.81   39  333.3
 1965 35 CAL AL  LF   29     42    0    0    0 1.000  .979  1.45  1.49  2.29  1.87   19  165.0
 1966 36 CAL AL  LF   25     23    0    0    0 1.000  .979  0.92  1.45  1.75  1.83    9  118.3
 1967 37 CAL AL  LF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  1.40  9.00  1.80    0    1.0

 1950 20 BOS AL  OF    2      9    0    0    0 1.000  .978  4.50  2.35                            0    2    0
 1952 22 BOS AL  OF   22     38    3    0    0 1.000  .981  1.86  2.18                            0    1   21
 1953 23 BOS AL  OF  151    352   15    5    7  .987  .981  2.43  2.18                            1    2  150
 1954 24 BOS AL  OF  126    249   10    4    2  .985  .979  2.06  2.17                            0   30   96
 1955 25 BOS AL  OF  147    425    7    3    2  .993  .982  2.94  2.08                            0  147    0
 1956 26 BOS AL  OF  155    455   10    4    1  .991  .979  3.00  2.04  3.05  2.34  155 1373.0
 1957 27 BOS AL  OF  151    397   12    4    0  .990  .980  2.71  1.97  2.79  2.24  147 1320.7
 1958 28 BOS AL  OF  125    314    8    5    2  .985  .982  2.58  1.94  2.85  2.27  112 1017.3
 1959 29 CLE AL  OF   91    216    3    4    2  .982  .980  2.41  1.96  2.83  2.22   77  696.7
 1960 30 CLE AL  OF  134    355    5    3    0  .992  .982  2.69  1.95  3.06  2.25  122 1058.7
 1961 31 CLE AL  OF  120    328    9    3    3  .991  .977  2.81  1.98  2.93  2.25  119 1036.3
 1962 32 WSA AL  OF  132    308    5    1    0  .997  .980  2.37  1.92  2.63  2.19  123 1073.0
 1963 33 TOT     OF   81    158    3    0    0 1.000  .979  1.99  1.84  2.32  2.09   70  625.7
         TOT AL  OF   43     93    0    0    0 1.000  .981  2.16  1.91  2.49  2.16   36  336.0
         WSA AL  OF   25     65    0    0    0 1.000  .980  2.60  1.91  2.94  2.16   22  199.3
         NYM NL  OF   38     65    3    0    0 1.000  .977  1.79  1.75  2.11  2.01   34  289.7
         LAA AL  OF   18     28    0    0    0 1.000  .982  1.56  1.91  1.84  2.16   14  136.7
 1964 34 LAA AL  OF   72    115    2    0    2 1.000  .980  1.62  1.79  1.94  2.04   65  543.0
 1965 35 CAL AL  OF   41     62    0    1    0  .984  .978  1.51  1.78  2.38  2.04   25  234.0
 1966 36 CAL AL  OF   63     69    3    2    0  .973  .982  1.14  1.82  1.98  2.10   31  327.3
 1967 37 CAL AL  OF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  1.80  9.00  1.80    0    1.0

 1960 30 CLE AL  RF    2      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.50  1.70  2.25  2.02    0    4.0
 1963 33 LAA AL  RF    6     10    0    0    0 1.000  .980  1.67  1.72  2.03  2.01    5   44.3
 1965 35 CAL AL  RF    4      4    0    0    0 1.000  .976  1.00  1.57  2.57  1.86    1   14.0
 1966 36 CAL AL  RF   27     32    2    1    1  .971  .980  1.26  1.69  2.14  1.94   17  143.0

 1952 22 BOS AL  SS   30     41   75    9   13  .928  .962  3.87  4.29                        

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Position Total  OF*1614   3851   95   39   21  .990  .980  2.44  1.99             1046 9306.7  114 1212  306#
                 CF*1030   2616   57   26    8  .990  .984  2.60  2.31              953 8446.0
                 LF* 113    149    2    0    2 1.000  .978  1.34  1.48               70  655.3
                 RF*  39     47    2    1    1  .980  .980  1.26  1.68               23  205.3
                 SS   30     41   75    9   13  .928  .962  3.87  4.29                        
                 3B*   2      0    2    1    0  .667  .952  1.00  2.85                0    2.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      1646   3892  172   49   34  .988  .980  2.47  2.03
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
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
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1954   BOS AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1956   BOS AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      0   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .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
1954 *
1956 *

Gold Gloves
1958-AL--CF
1961-AL--OF
All Multiple Winners

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1953-AL-9-0.17
1956-AL-14-0.08
1957-AL-22-0.01
1960-AL-28-0.01
1961-AL-13-0.04
Car-577-0.31 shares

Batting Average
1961 AL-.322-3

On-base %
1961 AL-.378-9

Games
1955 AL-149-9
1956 AL-155-1
1957 AL-151-6

At Bats
1953 AL-585-10
1956 AL-601-3
1957 AL-609-5

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1953 AL-654-9
1956 AL-681-4
1957 AL-687-3

Runs
1957 AL-103-3

Hits
1953 AL-159-10
1956 AL-176-7
1957 AL-159-10

Total Bases
1956 AL-270-7
1957 AL-253-9

Doubles
1956 AL-40-1
1957 AL-27-9

Triples
1953 AL-9-3
1961 AL-7-7

Stolen Bases
1953 AL-11-6
1957 AL-14-5
1958 AL-12-6
1960 AL-18-5

Singles
1953 AL-126-8
1956 AL-116-8
1957 AL-108-10

Extra-Base Hits
1956 AL-60-5
1957 AL-51-7

Times on Base
1957 AL-225-8

Hit By Pitch
1953 AL-9-2

Sac. Hits
1953 AL-19-1
1956 AL-9-4

Sac. Flies
1956 AL-12-1
1958 AL-6-8

Intentional Walks
1955 AL-7-8

Grounded into Double Plays
1955 AL-16-10
1956 AL-19-3
1957 AL-17-4
1960 AL-17-8
1961 AL-18-8

Caught Stealing
1953 AL-10-3
1956 AL-7-3
1957 AL-6-10
1960 AL-5-9
1962 AL-7-8

Power/Speed Number
1956 AL-9.3-10
1957 AL-16.1-2
1958 AL-9.6-7
1960 AL-18.0-3

At Bats per Strikeout
1956 AL-12.5-8
1957 AL-11.3-10
1960 AL-12.8-9

Outs
1953 AL-467-6
1956 AL-472-2
1957 AL-485-2

Youngest Player
1950 AL-20-6

      

Black Ink: Batting - 3 (507) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 36 (665) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 12.4 (1312) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 15.5 (910) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1948 Season: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.

December 2, 1958: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Cleveland Indians for Vic Wertz and Gary Geiger.

October 5, 1961: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Washington Senators for Dick Donovan, Gene Green, and Jim Mahoney.

May 23, 1963: Traded by the Washington Senators to the New York Mets for Gil Hodges.

July 27, 1963: Released by the New York Mets.

July 27, 1963: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Angels.

September 20, 1963: Released by the Los Angeles Angels.

April 10, 1964: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Angels.

October 18, 1966: Released by the California Angels.

April 10, 1967: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

May 12, 1967: Released by the California Angels.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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