01/01/1946 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-). |
01/01/1947 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-). |
06/24/1947 | Drafted in the 1947 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 5, 5th overall pick) by the Chicago Cougars, out of high school Jackson (Jackson; Queens, NY). |
07/09/1947 | Signed a minor league contract with the Chicago Cougars organization with a signing bonus of $18,000. |
01/01/1948 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-). |
04/19/1948 | Named the #12 prospect in the FABL |
09/14/1948 | Injured (sore back),day-to-day for 1 day. |
01/01/1949 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-). |
04/18/1949 | Named the #15 prospect in the FABL |
07/10/1949 | Named the #12 prospect in the FABL |
07/25/1949 | Wins the HL Player of the Week Award. |
08/26/1949 | Injured (hamstring soreness),day-to-day for 1 day. |
09/19/1949 | Wins the 1949 Championship with the Lincoln Legislators! |
10/15/1949 | Named the #13 prospect in the FABL |
01/01/1950 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-). |
04/18/1950 | Named the #19 prospect in the FABL |
04/24/1950 | Wins the HL Player of the Week Award. |
05/24/1950 | Injured (mild calf strain),day-to-day for 4 days. |
07/17/1950 | Wins the HL Player of the Week Award. |
09/18/1950 | Wins the 1950 Championship with the Little Rock Governors! |
11/21/1950 | Named to the 1950 Cuban Winter League for the Cienfuegos Crocodiles. |
01/11/1951 | Hits three home runs against the Santiago Scorpions, going 3-5 with 3 RBI and 3 runs scored! |
03/10/1951 | Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his quality of contact at the Chicago Cougars development complex. |
04/16/1951 | Named the #5 prospect in the FABL |
07/01/1951 | Wins the DIX Batter of the Month Award. |
07/08/1951 | Named the #7 prospect in the FABL |
07/09/1951 | Wins the DIX Player of the Week Award. |
11/20/1951 | Named to the 1951 Cuban Winter League for the Cienfuegos Crocodiles. |
11/20/1951 | Injured (oblique strain),out for 4 weeks. |
12/05/1951 | Suffered setback in recovery from injury, will miss another 2 weeks. |
03/06/1952 | Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his quality of contact at the Chicago Cougars development complex. |
04/15/1952 | Named the #5 prospect in the FABL |
05/01/1952 | Wins the FABL CA Rookie of the Month Award. |
05/05/1952 | Wins the FABL CA Player of the Week Award. |
06/01/1952 | Wins the FABL CA Batter of the Month Award. |
06/01/1952 | Wins the FABL CA Rookie of the Month Award. |
06/20/1952 | Injured (mild oblique strain),day-to-day for 5 days. |
07/06/1952 | Was selected to the 1952 Federally Aligned Baseball Leagues All-Star Game. |
08/01/1952 | Wins the FABL CA Rookie of the Month Award. |
08/04/1952 | Wins the FABL CA Player of the Week Award. |
09/01/1952 | Wins the FABL CA Rookie of the Month Award. |
10/18/1952 | Wins the 1952 FABL CA Kellogg Award. |
10/21/1952 | Finished 2nd in 1952 FABL CA Whitney Award voting. |
06/01/1953 | Wins the FABL CA Player of the Week Award. |
06/01/1953 | Wins the FABL CA Batter of the Month Award. |
06/22/1953 | Wins the FABL CA Player of the Week Award. |
07/12/1953 | Was selected to the 1953 Federally Aligned Baseball Leagues All-Star Game. |
07/16/1953 | Hits three home runs against the Toronto Wolves, going 4-5 with 8 RBI and 3 runs scored! |
07/20/1953 | Wins the FABL CA Player of the Week Award. |
08/24/1953 | Wins the FABL CA Player of the Week Award. |
09/01/1953 | Wins the FABL CA Batter of the Month Award. |
09/07/1953 | Wins the FABL CA Player of the Week Award. |
10/21/1953 | Finished 2nd in 1953 FABL CA Whitney Award voting. |
04/18/1954 | Injured (sore thumb),day-to-day for 3 days. |
07/11/1954 | Was selected to the 1954 Federally Aligned Baseball Leagues All-Star Game. |
07/10/1955 | Was selected to the 1955 Federally Aligned Baseball Leagues All-Star Game. |
08/08/1955 | Injured (forearm cramp),day-to-day for 4 days. |
04/23/1956 | Injured (back stiffness),day-to-day for 3 days. |
05/24/1956 | Goes 5-6 against the Montreal Saints, with 2 2B, 2 RBI and 2 R. |
07/08/1956 | Was selected to the 1956 Federally Aligned Baseball Leagues All-Star Game. |
10/15/1956 | Was traded by the Chicago Cougars to the St. Louis Pioneers in exchange for 2B Joe Barwick, C Milt Payne, LF Luke Bush, SS Chief Brady, and SP George Chism. |
04/22/1957 | Injured (fractured foot),out for 4 weeks. |
05/16/1957 | Suffered setback in recovery from injury, requires surgery and will miss another 5 weeks. |
08/18/1957 | Hits three home runs against the Boston Minutemen, going 3-4 with 4 RBI and 3 runs scored! |
08/19/1957 | Wins the FABL FA Player of the Week Award. |
06/01/1958 | Wins the FABL FA Batter of the Month Award. |
07/06/1958 | Was selected to the 1958 Federally Aligned Baseball Leagues All-Star Game. |
09/01/1958 | Wins the FABL FA Batter of the Month Award. |
05/03/1959 | Hits three home runs against the Philadelphia Keystones, going 3-4 with 6 RBI and 3 runs scored! |
07/01/1959 | Wins the FABL FA Batter of the Month Award. |
07/05/1959 | Was selected to the 1959 Federally Aligned Baseball Leagues All-Star Game. |
07/06/1959 | Wins the FABL FA Player of the Week Award. |
07/07/1959 | Earned 1959 Federally Aligned Baseball Leagues All-Star Game MVP honors. |
07/19/1959 | Injured (back spasms),day-to-day for 3 days. |
08/01/1959 | Wins the FABL FA Batter of the Month Award. |
08/10/1959 | Wins the FABL FA Player of the Week Award. |
09/01/1959 | Wins the FABL FA Batter of the Month Award. |
09/24/1959 | Injured (flu),day-to-day for 3 days. |
10/18/1959 | Wins the 1959 FABL FA Whitney Award. |
07/09/1960 | Was selected to the 1960 Federally Aligned Baseball Leagues All-Star Game. |
08/27/1960 | Hits his 300th career Federally Aligned Baseball Leagues home run! |
05/14/1961 | Injured (groin tightness),day-to-day for 4 days. |
06/12/1961 | Wins the FABL FA Player of the Week Award. |
07/15/1961 | Was selected to the 1961 Federally Aligned Baseball Leagues All-Star Game. |
07/25/1961 | Scores his 1000th career Federally Aligned Baseball Leagues run! |
07/31/1961 | Wins the FABL FA Player of the Week Award. |
08/15/1961 | Collects his 1000th career Federally Aligned Baseball Leagues RBI! |
04/07/1962 | Injured (bruised forearm),day-to-day for 3 days. |
05/15/1962 | Injured (mild hamstring strain),day-to-day for 4 days. |
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES |
Year | GS | Rank | 1952 | 152 | 1 | 1953 | 147 | 9 | 1955 | 148 | 6 | 1958 | 148 | 5 | 1959 | 151 | 3 | 1960 | 147 | 6 | | Year | PA | Rank | 1950 | 201 | 5 | 1952 | 675 | 3 | 1953 | 668 | 5 | 1954 | 653 | 10 | 1955 | 661 | 4 | 1956 | 655 | 8 | 1958 | 657 | 7 | 1959 | 670 | 9 | 1960 | 675 | 7 | | Year | AB | Rank | 1952 | 569 | 10 | 1953 | 595 | 4 | 1954 | 560 | 10 | | Year | H | Rank | 1952 | 151 | 6 | 1953 | 178 | 3 | 1956 | 160 | 9 | 1959 | 187 | 3 | | Year | K | Rank | 1950 | 42 | 3 | 1952 | 91 | 9 | 1953 | 105 | 2 | 1954 | 88 | 6 | 1955 | 102 | 6 | 1956 | 102 | 10 | 1961 | 92 | 8 | |
Year | TB | Rank | 1952 | 274 | 3 | 1953 | 362 | 1 | 1954 | 271 | 6 | 1955 | 304 | 3 | 1956 | 272 | 6 | 1958 | 297 | 5 | 1959 | 379 | 1 | 1960 | 308 | 7 | 1961 | 319 | 4 | | Year | 2B | Rank | 1959 | 35 | 8 | 1961 | 33 | 9 | | Year | 3B | Rank | 1953 | 9 | 7 | 1955 | 10 | 4 | 1959 | 11 | 6 | 1961 | 12 | 3 | | Year | HR | Rank | 1952 | 30 | 2 | 1953 | 47 | 1 | 1954 | 29 | 3 | 1955 | 35 | 2 | 1956 | 26 | 4 | 1958 | 33 | 2 | 1959 | 45 | 1 | 1960 | 39 | 1 | 1961 | 34 | 5 | | Year | SB | Rank | 1950 | 12 | 1 | 1951 | 9 | 4 | 1952 | 12 | 10 | 1954 | 12 | 10 | 1955 | 9 | 9 | 1956 | 16 | 5 | 1958 | 14 | 8 | 1959 | 11 | 9 | 1960 | 17 | 4 | 1961 | 14 | 7 | |
Year | RBI | Rank | 1952 | 95 | 2 | 1953 | 118 | 1 | 1955 | 106 | 5 | 1956 | 105 | 2 | 1958 | 104 | 7 | 1959 | 123 | 1 | 1960 | 107 | 6 | 1961 | 103 | 5 | | Year | R | Rank | 1950 | 37 | 5 | 1952 | 101 | 1 | 1953 | 103 | 4 | 1954 | 106 | 5 | 1955 | 118 | 2 | 1956 | 95 | 3 | 1958 | 109 | 2 | 1959 | 127 | 1 | 1960 | 111 | 3 | 1961 | 110 | 4 | | Year | BB | Rank | 1952 | 100 | 2 | 1955 | 102 | 5 | 1956 | 73 | 9 | 1958 | 94 | 3 | 1959 | 96 | 4 | 1960 | 88 | 6 | 1961 | 84 | 10 | | Year | IBB | Rank | 1952 | 11 | 3 | 1953 | 14 | 6 | 1954 | 16 | 3 | 1955 | 18 | 1 | 1956 | 12 | 4 | 1958 | 9 | 5 | 1959 | 18 | 1 | 1960 | 12 | 6 | 1961 | 10 | 10 | | Year | SF | Rank | 1950 | 3 | 1 | 1952 | 6 | 6 | 1955 | 6 | 8 | 1956 | 7 | 3 | 1958 | 6 | 6 | 1960 | 7 | 2 | 1961 | 6 | 7 | |
Year | EBH | Rank | 1952 | 59 | 3 | 1953 | 81 | 1 | 1954 | 57 | 10 | 1955 | 71 | 2 | 1956 | 55 | 9 | 1958 | 66 | 2 | 1959 | 91 | 1 | 1960 | 64 | 7 | 1961 | 79 | 1 | | Year | AVG | Rank | 1953 | .299 | 7 | 1959 | .329 | 2 | | Year | OBP | Rank | 1952 | .372 | 8 | 1953 | .373 | 9 | 1955 | .387 | 8 | 1958 | .394 | 8 | 1959 | .430 | 3 | 1961 | .383 | 10 | | Year | SLG | Rank | 1952 | .482 | 2 | 1953 | .608 | 1 | 1954 | .484 | 8 | 1955 | .551 | 6 | 1956 | .476 | 6 | 1958 | .536 | 6 | 1959 | .667 | 1 | 1960 | .536 | 5 | 1961 | .576 | 2 | | Year | RC | Rank | 1952 | 109.43 | 2 | 1953 | 126.56 | 2 | 1954 | 97.84 | 10 | 1955 | 120.22 | 4 | 1956 | 104.18 | 5 | 1958 | 116.63 | 4 | 1959 | 164.55 | 1 | 1960 | 116.38 | 7 | 1961 | 122.50 | 3 | |
Year | RC/27 | Rank | 1952 | 6.81 | 2 | 1953 | 7.64 | 3 | 1955 | 7.67 | 6 | 1956 | 6.57 | 5 | 1958 | 7.41 | 7 | 1959 | 11.13 | 1 | 1960 | 7.06 | 9 | 1961 | 7.86 | 5 | | Year | ISO | Rank | 1952 | .216 | 2 | 1953 | .309 | 1 | 1954 | .218 | 5 | 1955 | .274 | 3 | 1956 | .196 | 5 | 1958 | .244 | 3 | 1959 | .338 | 1 | 1960 | .256 | 1 | 1961 | .287 | 2 | | Year | wOBA | Rank | 1952 | .383 | 2 | 1953 | .416 | 3 | 1955 | .394 | 9 | 1956 | .363 | 9 | 1958 | .400 | 7 | 1959 | .455 | 1 | 1960 | .387 | 9 | 1961 | .402 | 5 | | Year | OPS | Rank | 1952 | .853 | 2 | 1953 | .981 | 2 | 1955 | .938 | 5 | 1956 | .836 | 6 | 1958 | .930 | 6 | 1959 | 1.097 | 1 | 1960 | .912 | 7 | 1961 | .959 | 4 | | Year | WAR | Rank | 1952 | 7.4 | 3 | 1953 | 7.0 | 4 | 1955 | 4.7 | 9 | 1956 | 5.5 | 6 | 1958 | 5.2 | 10 | 1959 | 9.3 | 1 | 1961 | 5.3 | 6 | |