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Lou Gehrig
Henry Louis Gehrig (The Iron Horse or Biscuit Pants)
also known as Ludwig Heinrich Gehrig

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 200 lb.
School Columbia University

Debut June 15, 1923
Final Game April 30, 1939
Born June 19, 1903 in New York, NY
Died June 2, 1941 in Riverdale, NY

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1939.

Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees in 1923. (All Transactions)

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Batting Glossary /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1923 20 NYY AL  13   26    6   11   4  1   1    9   0  0   2   5  .423  .464  .769  218   20   1           0    
 1924 21 NYY AL  10   12    2    6   1  0   0    5   0  0   1   3  .500  .538  .583  189    7   0           0    
 1925 22 NYY AL 126  437   73  129  23 10  20   68   6  3  46  49  .295  .365  .531  127  232  12           2     MVP-24
 1926 23 NYY AL 155  572  135  179  47 20  16  112   6  5 105  73  .313  .420  .549  152  314  18           1     MVP-10
 1927 24 NYY AL 155  584  149  218  52 18  47  175  10  8 109  84  .373  .474  .765  221  447  21           3     MVP-1
 1928 25 NYY AL 154  562  139  210  47 13  27  142   4 11  95  69  .374  .467  .648  194  364  16           4    
 1929 26 NYY AL 154  553  127  166  32 10  35  126   4  4 122  68  .300  .431  .584  166  323  12           5    
 1930 27 NYY AL 154  581  143  220  42 17  41  174  12 14 101  63  .379  .473  .721  203  419  18           3    
 1931 28 NYY AL 155  619  163  211  31 15  46  184  17 12 117  56  .341  .446  .662  194  410   2           0     MVP-2
 1932 29 NYY AL 156  596  138  208  42  9  34  151   4 11 108  38  .349  .451  .621  181  370   1           3     MVP-2
 1933 30 NYY AL 152  593  138  198  41 12  32  139   9 13  92  42  .334  .424  .605  177  359   1           1     MVP-4,AS
 1934 31 NYY AL 154  579  128  210  40  6  49  165   9  5 109  31  .363  .465  .706  208  409   0           2     MVP-5,AS
 1935 32 NYY AL 149  535  125  176  26 10  30  119   8  7 132  38  .329  .466  .583  176  312   0           5     MVP-5,AS
 1936 33 NYY AL 155  579  167  205  37  7  49  152   3  4 130  46  .354  .478  .696  190  403   3           7     MVP-1,AS
 1937 34 NYY AL 157  569  138  200  37  9  37  159   4  3 127  49  .351  .473  .643  177  366   0           4     MVP-4,AS
 1938 35 NYY AL 157  576  115  170  32  6  29  114   6  1 107  75  .295  .410  .523  132  301   1           5     MVP-19,AS
 1939 36 NYY AL   8   28    2    4   0  0   0    1   0  0   5   1  .143  .273  .143   10    4   0           0   2 AS
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons         8001      2721    163     1995    101     790  .340  .447  .632  179      106   0   0  45   2
               2164      1888      534    493      102   1508                            5060
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        599  141  204  40 12  37  149   8  8 113  59  .340  .447  .632  179  379   8   0   0   3   0
 Career High    157  619  167  220  52 20  49  184  17 14 132  84  .379  .478  .765  221  447  21   0   0   7   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1923 20 NYY AL   29   16    9  15.1   109| .423  .293| .464  .363| .769  .404|1.233  .767| 218  .894   4.3   0.4   0%
 1924 21 NYY AL   13    6    4  17.7   112| .500  .298| .538  .368| .583  .409|1.121  .777| 189  .914   1.7   0.2   0%
 1925 22 NYY AL  497  323   84   7.0   114| .295  .297| .365  .367| .531  .416| .896  .784| 127  .637  14.9   1.4  66%
 1926 23 NYY AL  696  416  131   8.4   109| .313  .289| .420  .360| .549  .405| .969  .765| 152  .744  46.3   4.4  54%
 1927 24 NYY AL  717  395  208  14.0   108| .373  .289| .474  .357| .765  .406|1.239  .763| 221  .875 105.7   9.8  55%
 1928 25 NYY AL  677  379  164  11.6   106| .374  .285| .467  .350| .648  .405|1.115  .754| 194  .836  80.6   7.6  26%
 1929 26 NYY AL  692  403  137   9.1   107| .300  .284| .431  .350| .584  .410|1.015  .760| 166  .751  58.8   5.5  50%
 1930 27 NYY AL  703  393  192  13.0   112| .379  .290| .473  .353| .721  .426|1.194  .780| 203  .840  93.8   8.4  46%
 1931 28 NYY AL  738  422  180  11.4   104| .341  .280| .446  .346| .662  .400|1.108  .747| 194  .823  85.4   7.9  58%
 1932 29 NYY AL  708  400  161  10.8   107| .349  .279| .451  .349| .621  .410|1.072  .759| 181  .802  75.2   6.9  26%
 1933 30 NYY AL  687  409  147   9.7   101| .334  .273| .424  .344| .605  .394|1.029  .738| 177  .785  66.1   6.3  40%
 1934 31 NYY AL  690  374  189  13.4   106| .363  .279| .465  .352| .706  .402|1.171  .754| 208  .859  94.2   8.6  64%
 1935 32 NYY AL  672  366  143  10.5   107| .329  .281| .466  .353| .583  .406|1.049  .759| 176  .793  67.4   6.2  53%
 1936 33 NYY AL  719  381  189  13.2   119| .354  .295| .478  .370| .696  .433|1.174  .803| 190  .830  87.2   7.6  42%
 1937 34 NYY AL  700  372  171  12.1   118| .351  .291| .473  .367| .643  .434|1.116  .800| 177  .823  74.2   6.6  57%
 1938 35 NYY AL  689  408  123   7.9   118| .295  .290| .410  .369| .523  .432| .933  .801| 132  .679  30.9   2.8  85%
 1939 36 NYY AL   33   26    1   1.0   113| .143  .285| .273  .360| .143  .422| .416  .782|  10  .050  -3.8  -0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 17 Seasons     9660 5489 2233  10.8   109| .340  .286| .447  .356| .632  .413|1.079  .769| 179  .803 982.9  90.2  50%

* 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  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1923 20 NYY AL  1B    9     53    3    4    4  .933  .989  6.22 10.22            
 1924 21 NYY AL  1B    2      9    1    0    0 1.000  .990  5.00 10.15            
                 OF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  2.30                0    0    1
 1925 22 NYY AL  1B  114   1126   53   13   72  .989  .988 10.34  8.77            
                 OF    6      9    0    2    0  .818  .968  1.50  2.27                2    0    4
 1926 23 NYY AL  1B  155   1566   73   15   87  .991  .990 10.57  6.45            
 1927 24 NYY AL  1B  155   1662   88   15  108  .992  .988 11.29  6.45            
 1928 25 NYY AL  1B  154   1488   79   18  112  .989  .990 10.18  6.49            
 1929 26 NYY AL  1B  154   1458   82    9  135  .994  .993 10.00  6.49            
 1930 27 NYY AL  1B  153   1298   89   15  109  .989  .989  9.07  6.54            
                 OF    1      2    0    0    0 1.000  .952  2.00  2.20                1    0    0
 1931 28 NYY AL  1B  154   1352   58   13  120  .991  .991  9.16  6.49            
                 OF    1      3    0    1    0  .750  .968  3.00  2.20                0    0    1
 1932 29 NYY AL  1B  156   1293   75   18  101  .987  .989  8.77  6.41            
 1933 30 NYY AL  1B  152   1290   64    9  102  .993  .989  8.91  6.58             AS
 1934 31 NYY AL  1B  153   1284   80    8  126  .994  .991  8.92  6.54             AS
                 SS    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  5.10             AS
 1935 32 NYY AL  1B  149   1337   82   15   96  .990  .992  9.52  6.71             AS
 1936 33 NYY AL  1B  155   1377   82    9  128  .994  .991  9.41  6.45             AS
 1937 34 NYY AL  1B  157   1370   74   16  113  .989  .991  9.20  6.37             AS
 1938 35 NYY AL  1B  157   1483  100   14  157  .991  .990 10.08  6.37             AS
 1939 36 NYY AL  1B    8     64    4    2    5  .971  .990  8.50  9.43             AS
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1923 20 NYY AL  1B    9     53    3    4    4  .933  .989  6.22 10.22            
 1924 21 NYY AL  1B    2      9    1    0    0 1.000  .990  5.00 10.15            
 1925 22 NYY AL  1B  114   1126   53   13   72  .989  .988 10.34  8.77            
 1926 23 NYY AL  1B  155   1566   73   15   87  .991  .990 10.57  6.45            
 1927 24 NYY AL  1B  155   1662   88   15  108  .992  .988 11.29  6.45            
 1928 25 NYY AL  1B  154   1488   79   18  112  .989  .990 10.18  6.49            
 1929 26 NYY AL  1B  154   1458   82    9  135  .994  .993 10.00  6.49            
 1930 27 NYY AL  1B  153   1298   89   15  109  .989  .989  9.07  6.54            
 1931 28 NYY AL  1B  154   1352   58   13  120  .991  .991  9.16  6.49            
 1932 29 NYY AL  1B  156   1293   75   18  101  .987  .989  8.77  6.41            
 1933 30 NYY AL  1B  152   1290   64    9  102  .993  .989  8.91  6.58            
 1934 31 NYY AL  1B  153   1284   80    8  126  .994  .991  8.92  6.54            
 1935 32 NYY AL  1B  149   1337   82   15   96  .990  .992  9.52  6.71            
 1936 33 NYY AL  1B  155   1377   82    9  128  .994  .991  9.41  6.45            
 1937 34 NYY AL  1B  157   1370   74   16  113  .989  .991  9.20  6.37            
 1938 35 NYY AL  1B  157   1483  100   14  157  .991  .990 10.08  6.37            
 1939 36 NYY AL  1B    8     64    4    2    5  .971  .990  8.50  9.43            

 1924 21 NYY AL  OF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  2.30                0    0    1
 1925 22 NYY AL  OF    6      9    0    2    0  .818  .968  1.50  2.27                2    0    4
 1930 27 NYY AL  OF    1      2    0    0    0 1.000  .952  2.00  2.20                1    0    0
 1931 28 NYY AL  OF    1      3    0    1    0  .750  .968  3.00  2.20                0    0    1

 1934 31 NYY AL  SS    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  5.10            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  1B 2137  19510 1087  193 1575  .991  .990  9.64  6.64            
                 OF    9     15    0    3    0  .833  .968  1.67  2.26                3    0    6
                 SS    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  5.10            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      2147  19525 1087  196 1575  .991  .990  9.60  6.62

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1926   WS    NYY STL     L   7  23   1   8  2  0  0   4   5   4  .348  .464  .435   0  0   1   0   0 
 1927   WS    NYY PIT     W   4  13   2   4  2  2  0   4   3   3  .308  .389  .769   0  0   0   2   0 
 1928   WS    NYY STL     W   4  11   5   6  1  0  4   9   6   0  .545  .706 1.727   0  0   0   0   0 
 1932   WS    NYY CHC     W   4  17   9   9  1  0  3   8   2   1  .529  .600 1.118   0  0   0   0   1 
 1936   WS    NYY NYG     W   6  24   5   7  1  0  2   7   3   2  .292  .393  .583   0  1   0   0   1 
 1937   WS    NYY NYG     W   5  17   4   5  1  1  1   3   5   4  .294  .455  .647   0  0   0   0   0 
 1938   WS    NYY CHC     W   4  14   4   4  0  0  0   0   2   3  .286  .375  .286   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  7 World Series        6-1  34 119  30  43  8  3 10  35  26  17  .361  .477  .731   0  1   1   2   2 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

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   NYY AL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   2   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
 1934   NYY AL   *   4   1   0  0  0  0   0   1   3   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
 1935   NYY AL   *   3   1   0  0  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
 1936   NYY AL   *   2   1   1  0  0  1   1   2   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
 1937   NYY AL   *   4   1   2  1  0  1   4   0   2   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
 1938   NYY AL       3   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1939   NYY AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 6/7      5  18   4   4  1  0  2   5   6   6   0  0   0   0   0  .222  .417  .611 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+

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 (1B)
1934 (1B)
1935 (1B)
1936 (1B)
1937 (1B)
1938 *
1939

Awards
1927-AL-MVP
1934-AL-Triple Crown
1936-AL-MVP

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1925-AL-24-0.03
1926-AL-10-0.11
1927-AL-1-0.88
1931-AL-2-0.74
1932-AL-2-0.69
1933-AL-4-0.49
1934-AL-5-0.68
1935-AL-5-0.36
1936-AL-1-0.91
1937-AL-4-0.52
1938-AL-19-0.03
Car-7-5.44 shares

Batting Average
1927 AL-.373-3
1928 AL-.374-3
1930 AL-.379-2
1931 AL-.341-5
1932 AL-.349-3
1933 AL-.334-3
1934 AL-.363-1
1935 AL-.329-6
1936 AL-.354-5
1937 AL-.351-2
Car-.340-17

On-base %
1926 AL-.420-9
1927 AL-.474-3
1928 AL-.467-1
1929 AL-.431-2
1930 AL-.473-2
1931 AL-.446-3
1932 AL-.451-4
1933 AL-.424-5
1934 AL-.465-1
1935 AL-.466-1
1936 AL-.478-1
1937 AL-.473-1
Car-.447-5

Slugging %
1926 AL-.549-4
1927 AL-.765-2
1928 AL-.648-2
1929 AL-.584-4
1930 AL-.721-2
1931 AL-.662-2
1932 AL-.621-3
1933 AL-.605-2
1934 AL-.706-1
1935 AL-.583-3
1936 AL-.696-1
1937 AL-.643-4
Car-.632-3

OPS
1926 AL-.969-4
1927 AL-1.240-2
1928 AL-1.115-2
1929 AL-1.015-4
1930 AL-1.194-2
1931 AL-1.108-2
1932 AL-1.072-3
1933 AL-1.030-2
1934 AL-1.172-1
1935 AL-1.049-2
1936 AL-1.174-1
1937 AL-1.116-1
Car-1.080-3

Games
1926 AL-155-2
1927 AL-155-1
1928 AL-154-3
1929 AL-154-3
1930 AL-154-1
1931 AL-155-2
1932 AL-156-1
1933 AL-152-5
1934 AL-154-1
1936 AL-155-1
1937 AL-157-1
1938 AL-157-1

At Bats
1927 AL-584-5
1928 AL-562-7
1931 AL-619-3
1932 AL-596-10
1933 AL-593-9

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1926 AL-696-3
1927 AL-717-2
1928 AL-677-9
1929 AL-692-6
1930 AL-703-1
1931 AL-738-1
1932 AL-708-3
1933 AL-687-5
1934 AL-690-5
1936 AL-719-4
1937 AL-700-8
1938 AL-689-5
Car-9660-94

Runs
1926 AL-135-2
1927 AL-149-2
1928 AL-139-2
1929 AL-127-3
1930 AL-143-4
1931 AL-163-1
1932 AL-138-4
1933 AL-138-1
1934 AL-128-3
1935 AL-125-1
1936 AL-167-1
1937 AL-138-3
1938 AL-115-10
Car-1888-10

Hits
1927 AL-218-2
1928 AL-210-2
1930 AL-220-2
1931 AL-211-1
1932 AL-208-4
1933 AL-198-5
1934 AL-210-2
1936 AL-205-7
1937 AL-200-8
Car-2721-52

Total Bases
1926 AL-314-3
1927 AL-447-1
1928 AL-364-3
1929 AL-323-5
1930 AL-419-1
1931 AL-410-1
1932 AL-370-2
1933 AL-359-2
1934 AL-409-1
1935 AL-312-5
1936 AL-403-2
1937 AL-366-3
1938 AL-301-6
Car-5060-16

Doubles
1926 AL-47-5
1927 AL-52-1
1928 AL-47-1
1930 AL-42-7
1932 AL-42-4
1933 AL-41-6
1934 AL-40-9
Car-534-29

Triples
1926 AL-20-1
1927 AL-18-2
1928 AL-13-9
1930 AL-17-3
1931 AL-15-2
1933 AL-12-7
Car-163-33

Home Runs
1925 AL-20-5
1926 AL-16-6
1927 AL-47-2
1928 AL-27-2
1929 AL-35-2
1930 AL-41-2
1931 AL-46-1
1932 AL-34-4
1933 AL-32-3
1934 AL-49-1
1935 AL-30-3
1936 AL-49-1
1937 AL-37-3
1938 AL-29-7
Car-493-26

RBI
1926 AL-112-4
1927 AL-175-1
1928 AL-142-1
1929 AL-126-4
1930 AL-174-1
1931 AL-184-1
1932 AL-151-2
1933 AL-139-2
1934 AL-165-1
1935 AL-119-2
1936 AL-152-2
1937 AL-159-3
1938 AL-114-7
Car-1995-5

Bases on Balls
1926 AL-105-4
1927 AL-109-2
1928 AL-95-4
1929 AL-122-3
1930 AL-101-3
1931 AL-117-3
1932 AL-108-4
1933 AL-92-6
1934 AL-109-2
1935 AL-132-1
1936 AL-130-1
1937 AL-127-1
1938 AL-107-5
Car-1508-16

Strikeouts
1925 AL-49-10
1926 AL-73-3
1927 AL-84-2
1928 AL-69-3
1929 AL-68-2
1930 AL-63-3
1931 AL-56-7
1938 AL-75-6

Stolen Bases
1931 AL-17-6

Singles
1928 AL-123-10
1932 AL-123-10

Adjusted OPS+
1926 AL-152-5
1927 AL-221-2
1928 AL-194-2
1929 AL-166-3
1930 AL-203-2
1931 AL-194-2
1932 AL-181-3
1933 AL-177-2
1934 AL-208-1
1935 AL-176-2
1936 AL-190-1
1937 AL-177-1
Car-179-4

Runs Created
1926 AL-131-2
1927 AL-208-1
1928 AL-164-2
1929 AL-137-5
1930 AL-192-1
1931 AL-180-2
1932 AL-161-2
1933 AL-147-2
1934 AL-189-1
1935 AL-143-3
1936 AL-189-1
1937 AL-171-2
1938 AL-123-6
Car-2233-8

Adjusted Batting Runs
1926 AL-46-2
1927 AL-106-1
1928 AL-81-2
1929 AL-59-3
1930 AL-94-2
1931 AL-85-2
1932 AL-75-3
1933 AL-66-2
1934 AL-94-1
1935 AL-67-2
1936 AL-87-1
1937 AL-74-1
Car-983-5

Batting Wins
1926 AL-4.4-2
1927 AL-9.8-1
1928 AL-7.6-2
1929 AL-5.5-3
1930 AL-8.4-2
1931 AL-7.9-2
1932 AL-6.9-3
1933 AL-6.3-2
1934 AL-8.6-1
1935 AL-6.2-2
1936 AL-7.6-1
1937 AL-6.6-1
1938 AL-2.8-10
Car-90.2-7

Extra-Base Hits
1926 AL-83-1
1927 AL-117-1
1928 AL-87-2
1929 AL-77-4
1930 AL-100-1
1931 AL-92-1
1932 AL-85-2
1933 AL-85-2
1934 AL-95-2
1935 AL-66-5
1936 AL-93-2
1937 AL-83-4
1938 AL-67-7
Car-1190-7

Times on Base
1926 AL-285-3
1927 AL-330-1
1928 AL-309-2
1929 AL-293-2
1930 AL-324-1
1931 AL-328-1
1932 AL-319-2
1933 AL-291-2
1934 AL-321-1
1935 AL-313-2
1936 AL-342-1
1937 AL-331-1
1938 AL-282-5
Car-4274-28

Offensive Win%
1926 AL-.744-6
1927 AL-.875-2
1928 AL-.836-2
1929 AL-.751-4
1930 AL-.840-2
1931 AL-.823-3
1932 AL-.802-3
1933 AL-.785-2
1934 AL-.859-1
1935 AL-.793-2
1936 AL-.830-1
1937 AL-.823-1
Car-.803-7

Hit By Pitch
1929 AL-5-6
1935 AL-5-5
1936 AL-7-4
1938 AL-5-3

Sac. Hits
1930 AL-18-10

Caught Stealing
1928 AL-11-6
1930 AL-14-2
1931 AL-12-6
1932 AL-11-4
1933 AL-13-2
1935 AL-7-9

Power/Speed Number
1926 AL-8.7-9
1927 AL-16.5-2
1930 AL-18.6-2
1931 AL-24.8-2
1933 AL-14.0-2
1934 AL-15.2-4
1935 AL-12.6-6

At Bats per Strikeout
1934 AL-18.7-7

At Bats per Home Run
1925 AL-21.9-3
1926 AL-35.8-9
1927 AL-12.4-2
1928 AL-20.8-2
1929 AL-15.8-3
1930 AL-14.2-2
1931 AL-13.5-2
1932 AL-17.5-3
1933 AL-18.5-3
1934 AL-11.8-1
1935 AL-17.8-3
1936 AL-11.8-1
1937 AL-15.4-4
1938 AL-19.9-9
Car-16.2-29

Youngest Player
1923 AL-20-5
1924 AL-21-4

Black Ink: Batting - 75 (10) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 315 (13) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 72.0 (12) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 352.0 (8) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions
April 30, 1923: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
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Uniforms
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All-Star 1933 (1B) 1934 (1B) 1935 (1B) 1936 (1B) 1937 (1B) 1938 * 1939	Awards 1927-AL-MVP 1934-AL-Triple Crown 1936-AL-MVP	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1925-AL-24-0.03 1926-AL-10-0.11 1927-AL-1-0.88 1931-AL-2-0.74 1932-AL-2-0.69 1933-AL-4-0.49 1934-AL-5-0.68 1935-AL-5-0.36 1936-AL-1-0.91 1937-AL-4-0.52 1938-AL-19-0.03 Car-7-5.44 shares	Batting Average 1927 AL-.373-3 1928 AL-.374-3 1930 AL-.379-2 1931 AL-.341-5 1932 AL-.349-3 1933 AL-.334-3 1934 AL-.363-1 1935 AL-.329-6 1936 AL-.354-5 1937 AL-.351-2 Car-.340-17	On-base % 1926 AL-.420-9 1927 AL-.474-3 1928 AL-.467-1 1929 AL-.431-2 1930 AL-.473-2 1931 AL-.446-3 1932 AL-.451-4 1933 AL-.424-5 1934 AL-.465-1 1935 AL-.466-1 1936 AL-.478-1 1937 AL-.473-1 Car-.447-5	Slugging % 1926 AL-.549-4 1927 AL-.765-2 1928 AL-.648-2 1929 AL-.584-4 1930 AL-.721-2 1931 AL-.662-2 1932 AL-.621-3 1933 AL-.605-2 1934 AL-.706-1 1935 AL-.583-3 1936 AL-.696-1 1937 AL-.643-4 Car-.632-3
OPS 1926 AL-.969-4 1927 AL-1.240-2 1928 AL-1.115-2 1929 AL-1.015-4 1930 AL-1.194-2 1931 AL-1.108-2 1932 AL-1.072-3 1933 AL-1.030-2 1934 AL-1.172-1 1935 AL-1.049-2 1936 AL-1.174-1 1937 AL-1.116-1 Car-1.080-3	Games 1926 AL-155-2 1927 AL-155-1 1928 AL-154-3 1929 AL-154-3 1930 AL-154-1 1931 AL-155-2 1932 AL-156-1 1933 AL-152-5 1934 AL-154-1 1936 AL-155-1 1937 AL-157-1 1938 AL-157-1	At Bats 1927 AL-584-5 1928 AL-562-7 1931 AL-619-3 1932 AL-596-10 1933 AL-593-9	Plate Appearances (approx.) 1926 AL-696-3 1927 AL-717-2 1928 AL-677-9 1929 AL-692-6 1930 AL-703-1 1931 AL-738-1 1932 AL-708-3 1933 AL-687-5 1934 AL-690-5 1936 AL-719-4 1937 AL-700-8 1938 AL-689-5 Car-9660-94	Runs 1926 AL-135-2 1927 AL-149-2 1928 AL-139-2 1929 AL-127-3 1930 AL-143-4 1931 AL-163-1 1932 AL-138-4 1933 AL-138-1 1934 AL-128-3 1935 AL-125-1 1936 AL-167-1 1937 AL-138-3 1938 AL-115-10 Car-1888-10	Hits 1927 AL-218-2 1928 AL-210-2 1930 AL-220-2 1931 AL-211-1 1932 AL-208-4 1933 AL-198-5 1934 AL-210-2 1936 AL-205-7 1937 AL-200-8 Car-2721-52
Total Bases 1926 AL-314-3 1927 AL-447-1 1928 AL-364-3 1929 AL-323-5 1930 AL-419-1 1931 AL-410-1 1932 AL-370-2 1933 AL-359-2 1934 AL-409-1 1935 AL-312-5 1936 AL-403-2 1937 AL-366-3 1938 AL-301-6 Car-5060-16	Doubles 1926 AL-47-5 1927 AL-52-1 1928 AL-47-1 1930 AL-42-7 1932 AL-42-4 1933 AL-41-6 1934 AL-40-9 Car-534-29	Triples 1926 AL-20-1 1927 AL-18-2 1928 AL-13-9 1930 AL-17-3 1931 AL-15-2 1933 AL-12-7 Car-163-33	Home Runs 1925 AL-20-5 1926 AL-16-6 1927 AL-47-2 1928 AL-27-2 1929 AL-35-2 1930 AL-41-2 1931 AL-46-1 1932 AL-34-4 1933 AL-32-3 1934 AL-49-1 1935 AL-30-3 1936 AL-49-1 1937 AL-37-3 1938 AL-29-7 Car-493-26	RBI 1926 AL-112-4 1927 AL-175-1 1928 AL-142-1 1929 AL-126-4 1930 AL-174-1 1931 AL-184-1 1932 AL-151-2 1933 AL-139-2 1934 AL-165-1 1935 AL-119-2 1936 AL-152-2 1937 AL-159-3 1938 AL-114-7 Car-1995-5	Bases on Balls 1926 AL-105-4 1927 AL-109-2 1928 AL-95-4 1929 AL-122-3 1930 AL-101-3 1931 AL-117-3 1932 AL-108-4 1933 AL-92-6 1934 AL-109-2 1935 AL-132-1 1936 AL-130-1 1937 AL-127-1 1938 AL-107-5 Car-1508-16
Strikeouts 1925 AL-49-10 1926 AL-73-3 1927 AL-84-2 1928 AL-69-3 1929 AL-68-2 1930 AL-63-3 1931 AL-56-7 1938 AL-75-6	Stolen Bases 1931 AL-17-6	Singles 1928 AL-123-10 1932 AL-123-10	Adjusted OPS+ 1926 AL-152-5 1927 AL-221-2 1928 AL-194-2 1929 AL-166-3 1930 AL-203-2 1931 AL-194-2 1932 AL-181-3 1933 AL-177-2 1934 AL-208-1 1935 AL-176-2 1936 AL-190-1 1937 AL-177-1 Car-179-4	Runs Created 1926 AL-131-2 1927 AL-208-1 1928 AL-164-2 1929 AL-137-5 1930 AL-192-1 1931 AL-180-2 1932 AL-161-2 1933 AL-147-2 1934 AL-189-1 1935 AL-143-3 1936 AL-189-1 1937 AL-171-2 1938 AL-123-6 Car-2233-8	Adjusted Batting Runs 1926 AL-46-2 1927 AL-106-1 1928 AL-81-2 1929 AL-59-3 1930 AL-94-2 1931 AL-85-2 1932 AL-75-3 1933 AL-66-2 1934 AL-94-1 1935 AL-67-2 1936 AL-87-1 1937 AL-74-1 Car-983-5
Batting Wins 1926 AL-4.4-2 1927 AL-9.8-1 1928 AL-7.6-2 1929 AL-5.5-3 1930 AL-8.4-2 1931 AL-7.9-2 1932 AL-6.9-3 1933 AL-6.3-2 1934 AL-8.6-1 1935 AL-6.2-2 1936 AL-7.6-1 1937 AL-6.6-1 1938 AL-2.8-10 Car-90.2-7	Extra-Base Hits 1926 AL-83-1 1927 AL-117-1 1928 AL-87-2 1929 AL-77-4 1930 AL-100-1 1931 AL-92-1 1932 AL-85-2 1933 AL-85-2 1934 AL-95-2 1935 AL-66-5 1936 AL-93-2 1937 AL-83-4 1938 AL-67-7 Car-1190-7	Times on Base 1926 AL-285-3 1927 AL-330-1 1928 AL-309-2 1929 AL-293-2 1930 AL-324-1 1931 AL-328-1 1932 AL-319-2 1933 AL-291-2 1934 AL-321-1 1935 AL-313-2 1936 AL-342-1 1937 AL-331-1 1938 AL-282-5 Car-4274-28	Offensive Win% 1926 AL-.744-6 1927 AL-.875-2 1928 AL-.836-2 1929 AL-.751-4 1930 AL-.840-2 1931 AL-.823-3 1932 AL-.802-3 1933 AL-.785-2 1934 AL-.859-1 1935 AL-.793-2 1936 AL-.830-1 1937 AL-.823-1 Car-.803-7	Hit By Pitch 1929 AL-5-6 1935 AL-5-5 1936 AL-7-4 1938 AL-5-3	Sac. Hits 1930 AL-18-10
Caught Stealing 1928 AL-11-6 1930 AL-14-2 1931 AL-12-6 1932 AL-11-4 1933 AL-13-2 1935 AL-7-9	Power/Speed Number 1926 AL-8.7-9 1927 AL-16.5-2 1930 AL-18.6-2 1931 AL-24.8-2 1933 AL-14.0-2 1934 AL-15.2-4 1935 AL-12.6-6	At Bats per Strikeout 1934 AL-18.7-7	At Bats per Home Run 1925 AL-21.9-3 1926 AL-35.8-9 1927 AL-12.4-2 1928 AL-20.8-2 1929 AL-15.8-3 1930 AL-14.2-2 1931 AL-13.5-2 1932 AL-17.5-3 1933 AL-18.5-3 1934 AL-11.8-1 1935 AL-17.8-3 1936 AL-11.8-1 1937 AL-15.4-4 1938 AL-19.9-9 Car-16.2-29	Youngest Player 1923 AL-20-5 1924 AL-21-4