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Paul Waner
Paul Glee Waner (Big Poison)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Weight 153 lb.
School East Central University

Debut April 13, 1926
Final Game April 26, 1945
Born April 16, 1903 in Harrah, OK
Died August 29, 1965 in Sarasota, FL

Brother of Lloyd Waner

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1952.

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1926 23 PIT NL 144  536  101  180  35 22   8   79  11     66  19  .336  .413  .528  147  283  12           4     MVP-12
 1927 24 PIT NL 155  623  114  237  42 18   9  131   5     60  14  .380  .437  .549  155  342  23           3     MVP-1
 1928 25 PIT NL 152  602  142  223  50 19   6   86   6     77  16  .370  .446  .547  154  329  13           5     MVP-15
 1929 26 PIT NL 151  596  131  200  43 15  15  100  15     89  24  .336  .424  .534  134  318  15           3    
 1930 27 PIT NL 145  589  117  217  32 18   8   77  18     57  18  .368  .428  .525  129  309  15           4    
 1931 28 PIT NL 150  559   88  180  35 10   6   70   6     73  21  .322  .404  .453  131  253  10           4    
 1932 29 PIT NL 154  630  107  215  62 10   8   82  13     56  24  .341  .397  .510  144  321   9           2     MVP-4
 1933 30 PIT NL 154  618  101  191  38 16   7   70   3     60  20  .309  .372  .456  135  282  14           2  10 AS
 1934 31 PIT NL 146  599  122  217  32 16  14   90   8     68  24  .362  .429  .539  155  323   8           2  15 MVP-2,AS
 1935 32 PIT NL 139  549   98  176  29 12  11   78   2     61  22  .321  .392  .477  129  262  10           3  15 MVP-24,AS
 1936 33 PIT NL 148  585  107  218  53  9   5   94   7     74  29  .373  .446  .520  157  304   4           3  15 MVP-5
 1937 34 PIT NL 154  619   94  219  30  9   2   74   4     63  34  .354  .413  .441  132  273   8           0  11 MVP-8,AS
 1938 35 PIT NL 148  625   77  175  31  6   6   69   2     47  28  .280  .331  .378   94  236   7           1  16
 1939 36 PIT NL 125  461   62  151  30  6   3   45   0     35  18  .328  .375  .438  120  202  10           0  12
 1940 37 PIT NL  89  238   32   69  16  1   1   32   0     23  14  .290  .352  .378  102   90   0           0   4
 1941 38 TOT NL 106  329   45   88  10  2   2   50   1     55  14  .267  .372  .328  102  108   1           0  10
         BRO NL  11   35    5    6   0  0   0    4   0      8   0  .171  .326  .171   40    6   1           0   2
         BSN NL  95  294   40   82  10  2   2   46   1     47  14  .279  .378  .347  110  102   0           0   8
 1942 39 BSN NL 114  333   43   86  17  1   1   39   2     62  20  .258  .376  .324  108  108   8           1   7
 1943 40 BRO NL  82  225   29   70  16  0   1   26   0     35   9  .311  .406  .396  132   89   6           1   9
 1944 41 TOT     92  143   17   40   4  1   0   17   1  0  29   8  .280  .401  .322  107   46   1           0   3
         BRO NL  83  136   16   39   4  1   0   16   0     27   7  .287  .405  .331  110   45   1           0   3
         NYY AL   9    7    1    1   0  0   0    1   1  0   2   1  .143  .333  .143   37    1   0           0   0
 1945 42 NYY AL   1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0       1.000               0   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 20 Seasons         9459      3152    191     1309      0     376  .333  .404  .473  134      174   0   0  38 127
               2549      1627      605    113      104   1091                            4478
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        601  103  200  38 12   7   83   7  0  69  24  .333  .404  .473  134  285  11   0   0   2   8
 Career High    155  630  142  237  62 22  15  131  18  0  89  34  .380  .446  .549  157  342  23   0   0   5  16
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1926 23 PIT NL  618  368  116   8.4   107| .336  .293| .413  .354| .528  .406| .941  .760| 147  .756  36.1   3.5     
 1927 24 PIT NL  709  409  149   9.8   110| .380  .299| .437  .358| .549  .412| .986  .770| 155  .799  50.6   4.9     
 1928 25 PIT NL  697  392  145  10.0   112| .370  .295| .446  .360| .547  .420| .993  .780| 154  .790  51.3   4.9     
 1929 26 PIT NL  703  411  134   8.7   123| .336  .307| .424  .371| .534  .447| .958  .818| 134  .699  34.3   3.1     
 1930 27 PIT NL  665  387  131   9.0   126| .368  .312| .428  .370| .525  .464| .953  .834| 129  .686  28.8   2.5     
 1931 28 PIT NL  646  389  101   6.9   102| .322  .284| .404  .343| .453  .401| .857  .744| 131  .678  27.6   2.7     
 1932 29 PIT NL  697  424  127   8.1   102| .341  .282| .397  .334| .510  .408| .907  .742| 144  .729  41.2   4.0     
 1933 30 PIT NL  694  451  104   6.2    91| .309  .274| .372  .327| .456  .375| .828  .702| 135  .682  29.0   3.0     
 1934 31 PIT NL  677  405  138   9.1   106| .362  .290| .429  .345| .539  .412| .968  .757| 155  .767  48.6   4.6     
 1935 32 PIT NL  623  398  102   6.8   106| .321  .289| .392  .345| .477  .412| .869  .757| 129  .667  23.9   2.3     
 1936 33 PIT NL  666  386  135   9.4   105| .373  .288| .446  .348| .520  .404| .966  .751| 157  .781  52.1   5.0     
 1937 34 PIT NL  690  419  113   7.2   101| .354  .280| .413  .342| .441  .397| .854  .739| 132  .702  30.1   3.0     
 1938 35 PIT NL  680  473   78   4.4   100| .280  .276| .331  .340| .378  .393| .709  .733|  94  .502  -5.8  -0.6     
 1939 36 PIT NL  506  332   76   6.1   102| .328  .278| .375  .343| .438  .397| .813  .740| 120  .630  13.0   1.3     
 1940 37 PIT NL  261  173   32   5.0    97| .290  .270| .352  .335| .378  .389| .730  .724| 102  .560   1.6   0.2     
 1941 38 TOT NL  385  252   41   4.4    91| .267  .261| .372  .331| .328  .368| .700  .699| 102  .523   3.6   0.3     
         BRO NL   44   32    2   1.7    97| .171  .271| .326  .342| .171  .381| .497  .723|  40  .159  -2.5  -0.3     
         BSN NL  341  220   39   4.8    90| .279  .260| .378  .329| .347  .366| .725  .696| 110  .561   6.1   0.6     
 1942 39 BSN NL  404  262   40   4.1    85| .258  .254| .376  .325| .324  .352| .700  .678| 108  .536   7.3   0.8     
 1943 40 BRO NL  267  170   36   5.7    89| .311  .265| .406  .333| .396  .359| .802  .692| 132  .663  11.7   1.2     
 1944 41 TOT     173  107   19   4.8    93| .280  .266| .401  .333| .322  .373| .723  .706| 107  .559   3.3   0.4 100%
         BRO NL  164  101   18   4.8    92| .287  .266| .405  .332| .331  .373| .736  .706| 110  .560   3.8   0.4     
         NYY AL    9    6    1   4.5    94| .143  .271| .333  .339| .143  .371| .476  .709|  37  .550  -0.5   0.0 100%
 1945 42 NYY AL    1    0    0            |           |1.000  .340|           |           |             0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 20 Seasons   10762  6608 1817   7.4   104| .333  .285| .404  .346| .473  .405| .877  .751| 134  .699 488.8  47.1     

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

 1926 23 PIT NL  OF  139    307   21    8    3  .976  .965  2.36  2.26                6    0  133
 1927 24 PIT NL  OF  143    326   20    7    4  .980  .970  2.42  2.35                0    0  143
                 1B   14    104    5    3    8  .973  .989  7.79 10.16            
 1928 25 PIT NL  OF  131    299   14    8    0  .975  .972  2.39  2.31                0    0  131
                 1B   24    234    8    4   17  .984  .989 10.08 10.17            
 1929 26 PIT NL  OF  143    328   15    5    5  .986  .973  2.40  2.38                0    0  143
                 1B    7     70    3    0    2 1.000  .989 10.43 10.26            
 1930 27 PIT NL  OF  143    344    9   15    4  .959  .968  2.47  2.28                0    5  138
 1931 28 PIT NL  OF  138    342   28    9    8  .976  .973  2.68  2.38                0    0  138
                 1B   10     99    3    0   10 1.000  .990 10.20  9.63            
 1932 29 PIT NL  OF  154    367   13   10    3  .974  .976  2.47  2.41                0    9  145
 1933 30 PIT NL  OF  154    346   16    7    2  .981  .977  2.35  2.35                0    0  154 AS
 1934 31 PIT NL  OF  145    323   15    5    1  .985  .973  2.33  2.26                0    0  145 AS
 1935 32 PIT NL  OF  136    283   13    5    2  .983  .971  2.18  2.31                0    0  136 AS
 1936 33 PIT NL  OF  145    323   15   14    7  .960  .973  2.33  2.25                0    0  145
 1937 34 PIT NL  OF  150    271   16    9    3  .970  .974  1.91  2.13                0    0  150 AS
                 1B    3     27    3    2    3  .938  .990 10.00 10.10             AS
 1938 35 PIT NL  OF  147    284   11    7    0  .977  .976  2.01  2.22                0    1  148
 1939 36 PIT NL  OF  106    206   12    5    4  .978  .975  2.06  2.17                0    0  106
 1940 37 PIT NL  OF   45     62    3    1    0  .985  .977  1.44  2.17                0    0   45
                 1B    8     88    6    1   12  .989  .991 11.75 10.07            
 1941 38 TOT NL  OF   86    141    7    6    3  .961  .975  1.72  2.15               10    3   75
         BRO NL  OF    9     12    0    1    0  .923  .976  1.33  2.14                0    0    9
         BSN NL  OF   77    129    7    5    3  .965  .975  1.77  2.15               10    3   66
                 1B    7     19    1    2    0  .909  .990  2.86  9.73            
 1942 39 BSN NL  OF   94    150    6    5    3  .969  .981  1.66  2.15                0    0   94
 1943 40 BRO NL  OF   57    116    4    5    1  .960  .977  2.11  2.27                1    0   56
 1944 41 BRO NL  OF   32     54    3    1    0  .983  .979  1.78  2.31                1    0   31

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

 1927 24 PIT NL  1B   14    104    5    3    8  .973  .989  7.79 10.16            
 1928 25 PIT NL  1B   24    234    8    4   17  .984  .989 10.08 10.17            
 1929 26 PIT NL  1B    7     70    3    0    2 1.000  .989 10.43 10.26            
 1931 28 PIT NL  1B   10     99    3    0   10 1.000  .990 10.20  9.63            
 1937 34 PIT NL  1B    3     27    3    2    3  .938  .990 10.00 10.10            
 1940 37 PIT NL  1B    8     88    6    1   12  .989  .991 11.75 10.07            
 1941 38 BSN NL  1B    7     19    1    2    0  .909  .990  2.86  9.73            

 1926 23 PIT NL  OF  139    307   21    8    3  .976  .965  2.36  2.26                6    0  133
 1927 24 PIT NL  OF  143    326   20    7    4  .980  .970  2.42  2.35                0    0  143
 1928 25 PIT NL  OF  131    299   14    8    0  .975  .972  2.39  2.31                0    0  131
 1929 26 PIT NL  OF  143    328   15    5    5  .986  .973  2.40  2.38                0    0  143
 1930 27 PIT NL  OF  143    344    9   15    4  .959  .968  2.47  2.28                0    5  138
 1931 28 PIT NL  OF  138    342   28    9    8  .976  .973  2.68  2.38                0    0  138
 1932 29 PIT NL  OF  154    367   13   10    3  .974  .976  2.47  2.41                0    9  145
 1933 30 PIT NL  OF  154    346   16    7    2  .981  .977  2.35  2.35                0    0  154
 1934 31 PIT NL  OF  145    323   15    5    1  .985  .973  2.33  2.26                0    0  145
 1935 32 PIT NL  OF  136    283   13    5    2  .983  .971  2.18  2.31                0    0  136
 1936 33 PIT NL  OF  145    323   15   14    7  .960  .973  2.33  2.25                0    0  145
 1937 34 PIT NL  OF  150    271   16    9    3  .970  .974  1.91  2.13                0    0  150
 1938 35 PIT NL  OF  147    284   11    7    0  .977  .976  2.01  2.22                0    1  148
 1939 36 PIT NL  OF  106    206   12    5    4  .978  .975  2.06  2.17                0    0  106
 1940 37 PIT NL  OF   45     62    3    1    0  .985  .977  1.44  2.17                0    0   45
 1941 38 TOT NL  OF   86    141    7    6    3  .961  .975  1.72  2.15               10    3   75
         BRO NL  OF    9     12    0    1    0  .923  .976  1.33  2.14                0    0    9
         BSN NL  OF   77    129    7    5    3  .965  .975  1.77  2.15               10    3   66
 1942 39 BSN NL  OF   94    150    6    5    3  .969  .981  1.66  2.15                0    0   94
 1943 40 BRO NL  OF   57    116    4    5    1  .960  .977  2.11  2.27                1    0   56
 1944 41 BRO NL  OF   32     54    3    1    0  .983  .979  1.78  2.31                1    0   31

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  OF 2288   4872  241  132   53  .975  .973  2.23  2.28               18   18 2256
                 1B   73    641   29   12   52  .982  .990  9.18 10.05            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      2361   5513  270  144  105  .976  .975  2.45  2.52
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1927   WS    PIT NYY     L   4  15   0   5  1  0  0   3   0   1  .333  .294  .400   0  0   0   2   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
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1933   PIT NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1934   PIT NL       2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1935   PIT NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1937   PIT NL   *   5   0   0  0  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting RF 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 4/4      1   8   0   0  0  0  0   1   0   1   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
1933 *
1934 *
1935 *
1937 (RF)

Awards
1927-NL-MVP

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1926-NL-12-0.19
1927-NL-1-0.90
1928-NL-15-0.06
1932-NL-4-0.46
1934-NL-2-0.62
1935-NL-24-0.01
1936-NL-5-0.36
1937-NL-8-0.26
Car-34-2.86 shares

Batting Average
1926 NL-.336-5
1927 NL-.380-1
1928 NL-.370-2
1930 NL-.368-7
1932 NL-.341-4
1934 NL-.362-1
1936 NL-.373-1
1937 NL-.354-4
1939 NL-.328-4
Car-.333-26

On-base %
1926 NL-.413-3
1927 NL-.437-2
1928 NL-.446-2
1929 NL-.424-9
1930 NL-.428-9
1931 NL-.404-4
1932 NL-.397-6
1933 NL-.372-7
1934 NL-.429-2
1935 NL-.392-6
1936 NL-.446-3
1937 NL-.413-5
1942 NL-.376-9
Car-.404-49

Slugging %
1926 NL-.528-3
1927 NL-.549-4
1928 NL-.547-5
1932 NL-.510-9
1933 NL-.456-9
1934 NL-.539-4
1936 NL-.520-5

OPS
1926 NL-.941-3
1927 NL-.986-3
1928 NL-.992-4
1932 NL-.906-8
1934 NL-.968-3
1935 NL-.869-9
1936 NL-.965-4
1937 NL-.855-10
Car-.878-99

Games
1927 NL-155-1
1928 NL-152-6
1929 NL-151-6
1932 NL-154-1
1933 NL-154-1
1934 NL-146-10
1937 NL-154-2
1938 NL-148-9
Car-2549-41

At Bats
1927 NL-623-3
1928 NL-602-7
1932 NL-630-5
1933 NL-618-4
1934 NL-599-10
1937 NL-619-2
1938 NL-625-2
Car-9459-37

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1927 NL-709-1
1928 NL-697-5
1929 NL-703-6
1932 NL-697-5
1933 NL-694-2
1934 NL-677-4
1937 NL-690-2
1938 NL-680-3
Car-10762-37

Runs
1926 NL-101-2
1927 NL-114-4
1928 NL-142-1
1929 NL-131-6
1932 NL-107-7
1933 NL-101-2
1934 NL-122-1
1935 NL-98-10
1936 NL-107-7
1937 NL-94-10
Car-1627-35

Hits
1926 NL-180-7
1927 NL-237-1
1928 NL-223-2
1930 NL-217-6
1931 NL-180-10
1932 NL-215-4
1933 NL-191-3
1934 NL-217-1
1936 NL-218-2
1937 NL-219-2
1938 NL-175-6
Car-3152-16

Total Bases
1926 NL-283-4
1927 NL-342-1
1928 NL-329-3
1929 NL-318-9
1932 NL-321-5
1933 NL-282-4
1934 NL-323-5
1936 NL-304-5
1937 NL-273-6
Car-4478-43

Doubles
1926 NL-35-4
1927 NL-42-2
1928 NL-50-1
1929 NL-43-6
1932 NL-62-1
1933 NL-38-4
1936 NL-53-3
Car-605-11

Triples
1926 NL-22-1
1927 NL-18-1
1928 NL-19-2
1929 NL-15-2
1930 NL-18-2
1932 NL-10-7
1933 NL-16-2
1934 NL-16-2
1935 NL-12-4
Car-191-10

RBI
1927 NL-131-1
1936 NL-94-8
Car-1309-92

Bases on Balls
1926 NL-66-2
1927 NL-60-10
1928 NL-77-4
1929 NL-89-3
1931 NL-73-2
1932 NL-56-7
1933 NL-60-5
1934 NL-68-5
1935 NL-61-9
1936 NL-74-6
1937 NL-63-9
Car-1091-76

Stolen Bases
1929 NL-15-9
1930 NL-18-2
1932 NL-13-9

Singles
1927 NL-168-2
1928 NL-148-6
1930 NL-159-3
1931 NL-129-6
1932 NL-135-6
1933 NL-130-10
1934 NL-155-2
1936 NL-151-4
1937 NL-178-1
1938 NL-132-4
Car-2243-19

Adjusted OPS+
1926 NL-147-4
1927 NL-155-4
1928 NL-154-4
1932 NL-144-7
1933 NL-135-7
1934 NL-155-3
1936 NL-157-4
1937 NL-132-7

Runs Created
1926 NL-116-1
1927 NL-149-1
1928 NL-145-2
1929 NL-134-7
1930 NL-131-10
1931 NL-101-8
1932 NL-127-6
1933 NL-104-5
1934 NL-138-3
1936 NL-135-3
1937 NL-113-6
Car-1817-29

Adjusted Batting Runs
1926 NL-36-2
1927 NL-51-2
1928 NL-51-2
1929 NL-34-9
1931 NL-28-9
1932 NL-41-5
1933 NL-29-6
1934 NL-49-3
1935 NL-24-10
1936 NL-52-2
1937 NL-30-5
Car-489-50

Batting Wins
1926 NL-3.5-2
1927 NL-4.9-2
1928 NL-4.9-2
1929 NL-3.1-9
1931 NL-2.7-9
1932 NL-4.0-5
1933 NL-3.0-6
1934 NL-4.6-3
1935 NL-2.3-10
1936 NL-5.0-2
1937 NL-3.0-5
Car-47.1-49

Extra-Base Hits
1926 NL-65-2
1927 NL-69-2
1928 NL-75-3
1929 NL-73-8
1932 NL-80-3
1933 NL-61-5
1934 NL-62-6
1936 NL-67-4
Car-909-54

Times on Base
1926 NL-250-2
1927 NL-300-1
1928 NL-305-1
1929 NL-292-4
1930 NL-278-9
1931 NL-257-5
1932 NL-273-4
1933 NL-253-3
1934 NL-287-1
1936 NL-295-2
1937 NL-282-1
Car-4281-27

Offensive Win%
1926 NL-.756-2
1927 NL-.799-2
1928 NL-.790-2
1932 NL-.729-8
1933 NL-.682-8
1934 NL-.767-3
1936 NL-.781-3
1937 NL-.702-8
Car-.699-74

Hit By Pitch
1928 NL-5-7

Grounded into Double Plays
1934 NL-15-8
1935 NL-15-7
1938 NL-16-10

Power/Speed Number
1926 NL-9.3-8
1929 NL-15.0-4
1930 NL-11.1-10
1932 NL-9.9-8
1934 NL-10.2-3

At Bats per Strikeout
1927 NL-44.5-3
1928 NL-37.6-4
1930 NL-32.7-2
1931 NL-26.6-7
1932 NL-26.3-6
1933 NL-30.9-6
1934 NL-25.0-7
1939 NL-25.6-9
Car-25.2-46

Outs
1932 NL-424-10
1933 NL-451-7
1938 NL-473-2
Car-6608-75

Oldest Player
1940 NL-37-8
1941 NL-38-7
1942 NL-39-3
1943 NL-40-4
1944 AL-41-4
1944 NL-41-4
1945 AL-42-3

        

Black Ink: Batting - 37 (39) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 194 (45) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 60.9 (28) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 252.5 (20) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

October 13, 1925: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the San Francisco (PCL) for $100000 plus 3 players to be named.

December 5, 1940: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

January 31, 1941: Signed as a Free Agent with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

May 11, 1941: Released by the Brooklyn Dodgers.

May 24, 1941: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Braves.

January 19, 1943: Released by the Boston Braves.

January 21, 1943: Signed as a Free Agent with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

September 1, 1944: Released by the Brooklyn Dodgers.

September 1, 1944: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

May 3, 1945: Released by the New York Yankees.

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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