06/27/1944 | Drafted in the 1944 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 3, 3rd overall pick) by the Detroit Dynamos, out of high school San Diego (San Diego; San Diego, CA). |
07/10/1944 | Signed a minor league contract with the Detroit Dynamos organization with a signing bonus of $23,000. |
01/01/1945 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-). |
04/16/1945 | Named the #2 prospect in the FABL |
09/16/1945 | Wins the 1945 Championship with the Chattanooga Dynamos! |
01/01/1946 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-). |
04/16/1946 | Named the #3 prospect in the FABL |
05/06/1946 | Wins the UL Player of the Week Award. |
06/16/1946 | Injured (foot soreness),day-to-day for 2 days. |
06/24/1946 | Wins the UL Player of the Week Award. |
10/07/1946 | Signed a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $35,500 with the Detroit Dynamos organization. |
01/01/1947 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-). |
04/14/1947 | Named the #3 prospect in the FABL |
06/23/1947 | Wins the FABL FA Player of the Week Award. |
07/01/1947 | Wins the FABL FA Rookie of the Month Award. |
07/06/1947 | Was selected to the 1947 Federally Aligned Baseball Leagues All-Star Game. |
08/01/1947 | Wins the FABL FA Rookie of the Month Award. |
09/01/1947 | Wins the FABL FA Rookie of the Month Award. |
10/01/1947 | Wins the FABL FA Rookie of the Month Award. |
10/18/1947 | Wins the 1947 FABL FA Kellogg Award. |
01/01/1948 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-). |
07/11/1948 | Was selected to the 1948 Federally Aligned Baseball Leagues All-Star Game. |
08/05/1948 | Injured (herniated disc (back)),out for 6-7 weeks. |
01/01/1949 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-). |
05/22/1949 | Injured (sore shoulder),day-to-day for 3 days. |
07/10/1949 | Was selected to the 1949 Federally Aligned Baseball Leagues All-Star Game. |
07/25/1949 | Wins the FABL FA Player of the Week Award. |
08/01/1949 | Wins the FABL FA Batter of the Month Award. |
08/15/1949 | Wins the FABL FA Player of the Week Award. |
08/22/1949 | Wins the FABL FA Player of the Week Award. |
08/25/1949 | Goes 0-4 against the Philadelphia Keystones, ending his hitting streak at 22 games. |
09/01/1949 | Wins the FABL FA Batter of the Month Award. |
10/25/1949 | Finished 2nd in 1949 FABL FA Whitney Award voting. |
01/01/1950 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-). |
05/08/1950 | Wins the FABL FA Player of the Week Award. |
06/01/1950 | Wins the FABL FA Batter of the Month Award. |
07/09/1950 | Was selected to the 1950 Federally Aligned Baseball Leagues All-Star Game. |
07/28/1950 | Injured (wrist soreness),day-to-day for 4 days. |
09/04/1950 | Injured (oblique strain),out for one week. |
10/24/1950 | Finished 2nd in 1950 FABL FA Whitney Award voting. |
07/08/1951 | Was selected to the 1951 Federally Aligned Baseball Leagues All-Star Game. |
07/23/1951 | Wins the FABL FA Player of the Week Award. |
08/22/1951 | Injured (biceps tendinitis),out for 1-2 weeks. |
05/31/1952 | Injured (bruised knee),day-to-day for 2 days. |
06/22/1952 | Injured (mild hamstring strain),day-to-day for 5 days. |
07/06/1952 | Was selected to the 1952 Federally Aligned Baseball Leagues All-Star Game. |
07/18/1952 | Hits for the CYCLE, going 4-6 against the Boston Minutemen, with 3 RBI and 1 runs scored. |
10/09/1952 | Wins the 1952 World Championship Series with the Detroit Dynamos. |
09/19/1953 | Hits three home runs against the New York Gothams, going 3-5 with 4 RBI and 3 runs scored! |
10/07/1954 | Wins the 1954 World Championship Series with the Detroit Dynamos. |
04/29/1955 | Injured (sore back),day-to-day for 1 day. |
06/08/1955 | Injured (bruised thigh),day-to-day for one week. |
06/14/1955 | Injured (latissimus dorsi (back) strain),out for 2-3 weeks. |
07/10/1955 | Was selected to the 1955 Federally Aligned Baseball Leagues All-Star Game. |
07/11/1955 | Wins the FABL FA Player of the Week Award. |
10/07/1955 | Wins the 1955 World Championship Series with the Detroit Dynamos. |
10/19/1955 | Finished 2nd in 1955 FABL FA Whitney Award voting. |
05/21/1956 | Wins the FABL FA Player of the Week Award. |
05/20/1957 | Wins the FABL FA Player of the Week Award. |
05/23/1957 | Injured (conjunctivitis),day-to-day for 3 days. |
06/13/1957 | Scores his 1000th career Federally Aligned Baseball Leagues run! |
07/07/1957 | Was selected to the 1957 Federally Aligned Baseball Leagues All-Star Game. |
07/18/1957 | Collects his 1000th career Federally Aligned Baseball Leagues RBI! |
05/05/1958 | Wins the FABL FA Player of the Week Award. |
05/13/1958 | Goes 5-5 against the Pittsburgh Miners, with 1 2B, 1 3B, 0 RBI and 2 R. |
07/04/1958 | Injured (herniated disc (back)),out for 6 weeks. |
08/26/1958 | Injured (bruised knee),day-to-day for one week. |
10/01/1958 | Wins the FABL FA Batter of the Month Award. |
10/09/1958 | Wins the 1958 World Championship Series MVP Award. |
10/10/1958 | Wins the 1958 World Championship Series with the Detroit Dynamos. |
12/19/1958 | Was traded by the Detroit Dynamos to the San Francisco Sailors, along with $54,000, in exchange for RP Ed Patterson and LF Ray Waggoner. |
05/19/1959 | Goes 5-7 against the Kansas City Kings, with 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 RBI and 2 R. |
06/03/1959 | Hits his 300th career Federally Aligned Baseball Leagues home run! |
07/20/1959 | Wins the FABL CA Player of the Week Award. |
09/27/1959 | Injured (strained back),day-to-day for one week. |
04/17/1960 | Collects his 2000th career Federally Aligned Baseball Leagues hit! |
05/01/1961 | Wins the FABL CA Player of the Week Award. |
07/27/1961 | Injured (sore back),day-to-day for 5 days. |
10/28/1961 | Wins the 1961 FABL CA Diamond Defense Award at RF. |
06/04/1962 | Wins the FABL CA Player of the Week Award. |
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES |
Year | GS | Rank | 1947 | 154 | 1 | 1949 | 152 | 10 | 1952 | 150 | 2 | 1956 | 152 | 1 | 1957 | 148 | 7 | | Year | PA | Rank | 1947 | 710 | 1 | 1949 | 696 | 7 | 1950 | 691 | 10 | 1956 | 696 | 3 | 1957 | 661 | 6 | 1961 | 678 | 8 | | Year | AB | Rank | 1947 | 610 | 3 | 1956 | 586 | 7 | | Year | H | Rank | 1947 | 182 | 6 | 1949 | 181 | 7 | | Year | K | Rank | 1947 | 81 | 6 | 1949 | 67 | 9 | 1950 | 69 | 7 | 1951 | 95 | 3 | 1952 | 85 | 7 | 1953 | 92 | 5 | 1954 | 81 | 8 | 1956 | 96 | 7 | 1957 | 106 | 6 | 1961 | 103 | 9 | |
Year | TB | Rank | 1947 | 292 | 6 | 1949 | 327 | 2 | 1950 | 284 | 7 | 1952 | 244 | 8 | 1954 | 266 | 10 | 1955 | 297 | 9 | | Year | 2B | Rank | 1947 | 28 | 5 | 1949 | 34 | 2 | 1950 | 35 | 6 | 1955 | 35 | 9 | 1956 | 26 | 10 | 1959 | 32 | 9 | | Year | 3B | Rank | 1947 | 11 | 3 | 1952 | 7 | 10 | 1957 | 13 | 1 | 1959 | 8 | 9 | | Year | HR | Rank | 1949 | 32 | 6 | 1951 | 24 | 9 | 1952 | 21 | 7 | 1953 | 26 | 7 | 1955 | 30 | 9 | 1957 | 32 | 8 | | Year | SB | Rank | 1947 | 11 | 8 | 1949 | 18 | 4 | 1951 | 14 | 9 | 1955 | 12 | 7 | 1956 | 19 | 5 | 1957 | 16 | 4 | 1958 | 23 | 1 | 1959 | 16 | 7 | 1960 | 17 | 9 | 1961 | 18 | 7 | |
Year | RBI | Rank | 1949 | 99 | 9 | 1951 | 93 | 9 | 1952 | 78 | 10 | 1953 | 95 | 9 | 1955 | 128 | 3 | 1956 | 96 | 9 | 1957 | 97 | 10 | | Year | R | Rank | 1947 | 91 | 10 | 1949 | 104 | 5 | 1950 | 110 | 2 | 1952 | 90 | 6 | 1953 | 97 | 10 | 1955 | 107 | 9 | 1956 | 97 | 9 | 1957 | 102 | 8 | 1959 | 103 | 10 | | Year | BB | Rank | 1947 | 92 | 5 | 1949 | 104 | 5 | 1950 | 108 | 2 | 1952 | 82 | 8 | 1953 | 93 | 5 | 1954 | 106 | 4 | 1955 | 90 | 10 | 1956 | 103 | 3 | 1957 | 92 | 3 | 1958 | 75 | 8 | 1960 | 82 | 10 | 1961 | 94 | 6 | | Year | IBB | Rank | 1948 | 8 | 6 | 1949 | 12 | 2 | 1950 | 20 | 1 | 1951 | 12 | 4 | 1952 | 9 | 7 | 1953 | 8 | 7 | 1954 | 10 | 4 | 1955 | 5 | 9 | 1956 | 12 | 1 | 1958 | 8 | 8 | 1960 | 13 | 2 | | Year | HP | Rank | 1947 | 3 | 10 | 1948 | 5 | 4 | 1951 | 5 | 7 | 1953 | 6 | 8 | |
Year | SF | Rank | 1948 | 8 | 3 | 1953 | 6 | 7 | 1954 | 8 | 6 | 1955 | 6 | 10 | 1957 | 6 | 2 | 1960 | 7 | 4 | 1961 | 5 | 10 | | Year | EBH | Rank | 1947 | 59 | 6 | 1948 | 56 | 8 | 1949 | 74 | 1 | 1950 | 63 | 4 | 1952 | 56 | 6 | 1954 | 57 | 8 | 1955 | 71 | 4 | 1956 | 55 | 9 | 1957 | 64 | 7 | | Year | AVG | Rank | 1949 | .309 | 10 | | Year | OBP | Rank | 1947 | .390 | 7 | 1949 | .412 | 5 | 1950 | .405 | 2 | 1954 | .402 | 10 | 1959 | .389 | 9 | | Year | SLG | Rank | 1947 | .479 | 9 | 1948 | .530 | 5 | 1949 | .559 | 2 | 1950 | .492 | 10 | 1955 | .566 | 5 | 1957 | .516 | 10 | |
Year | RC | Rank | 1947 | 116.36 | 5 | 1949 | 136.28 | 2 | 1950 | 118.66 | 1 | 1954 | 113.06 | 8 | 1955 | 125.15 | 5 | 1957 | 108.99 | 8 | 1959 | 105.48 | 8 | | Year | RC/27 | Rank | 1947 | 6.90 | 5 | 1948 | 7.08 | 8 | 1949 | 8.46 | 2 | 1950 | 7.45 | 2 | 1954 | 7.48 | 9 | 1955 | 8.75 | 4 | 1959 | 6.98 | 10 | | Year | ISO | Rank | 1947 | .180 | 10 | 1948 | .232 | 6 | 1949 | .250 | 4 | 1950 | .198 | 10 | 1952 | .192 | 6 | 1953 | .212 | 7 | 1955 | .261 | 5 | 1957 | .252 | 6 | | Year | wOBA | Rank | 1947 | .395 | 6 | 1948 | .395 | 8 | 1949 | .427 | 2 | 1950 | .392 | 7 | 1955 | .422 | 7 | | Year | OPS | Rank | 1947 | .869 | 8 | 1948 | .905 | 6 | 1949 | .971 | 2 | 1950 | .897 | 6 | 1954 | .896 | 9 | 1955 | .970 | 5 | 1957 | .884 | 10 | |
Year | WAR | Rank | 1947 | 7.0 | 5 | 1948 | 5.4 | 10 | 1949 | 8.3 | 1 | 1950 | 7.6 | 2 | 1952 | 7.9 | 1 | 1953 | 5.7 | 8 | 1954 | 6.8 | 5 | 1955 | 8.0 | 3 | 1957 | 7.4 | 5 | 1958 | 5.4 | 9 | | | | | |