Ted Williams' Team 66-96(.407) *-led league %SB-Steal Percentage GIDP-Grounded into Double Play ROE-Reached base on Error POTG-Player of the Game Awards won(split up to 4 ways) (position in parantheses if only played one of those listed under heading) (When a + is listed in parantheses, the player played all positions in the heading as well as the position(s) listed after the +. When there is no room to mention this I listed it after the hitters' stats are done. When a - is listed, the player was used in all positions listed in the heading except that listed after the -) |AB| R| H |RBI|2B|3B|HR|SB | CS| BB|E|GIDP|SH|SF|HBPROE|GwR|GwRBI|POTG| K |Avg|Slg|OBP|EBA| G Catcher Campanella 292 21 64 18 8 0 9 1 1 14 1 6 0 1 0 4 4 3 0.25 43 219 339 266 369 94 First Basemen Musial(+OF) 579 63 120 68 29 7 23 0 1 33 14 3 0 5 3 7 10 11 4.67 54 249 442 304 471 156 Hodges 100 5 12 5 3 0 1 0 0 7 0 2 0 3 2 4 1 1 0 14 120 180 222 234 32 Kell(+3B) 90 6 15 1 7 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 167 244 199 269 27 Utility Men (Eddie Mathews-1B/3B/LF Pete Runnels-1B/2B/SS/3B Red Schoendienst-2B/SS/3B/LF Yogi Berra-C/LF/RF Jackie Robinson-1B/2B/3B/RF/LF Bill Cox-2B/3B) JRobinson 528 55 93 43 25 4 16 56 22 26 11 3 5 0 7 13 4 4 4.5 66 176 330 248 422 140 Berra 370 37 85 28 11 2 9 0 0 32 14 3 0 5 3 9 6 1 1.17 39 230 343 319 396 117 EMathews 317 33 64 39 7 2 11 0 0 25 7 5 0 2 0 2 4 5 2.67 43 202 341 266 389 94 Schoendeinst277 13 57 11 8 2 0 0 0 20 6 5 5 1 1 4 2 1 0.33 27 206 249 275 299 89 Runnels 240 15 52 14 3 6 2 1 1 26 11 6 2 1 1 3 2 1 0 27 217 304 307 365 83 Cox 157 11 26 9 5 2 3 0 2 10 2 3 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 16 166 280 220 311 47 Shortstops Appling 391 31 85 28 19 6 0 2 0 21 9 0 1 1 3 5 6 6 2.33 44 217 297 275 337 109 Reese(+3B) 193 18 35 12 7 3 1 14 9 12 2 3 4 0 1 4 1 3 2 18 181 264 252 332 52 Rizutto 77 2 9 6 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.33 18 117 156 139 177 22 Outfield Mantle(CF) 542 68 120 75 18 5 32 39 16 38 2 4 0 6 1 4 4 9 4.08 119 220 450 279 526 148 TWllms(-CF) 444 44 105 48 16 3 20 0 0 23 10 3 0 5 0 4 4 5 3.67 50 236 421 283 450 127 Snider 435 42 106 40 21 5 15 0 0 17 4 5 0 2 2 2 6 6 2.83 89 244 418 280 440 121 Starters Ford 63 2 10 7 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 5 0 0 1 1 1 3.83 13 159 175 200 200 27 Spahn 56 8 11 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 5.33 13 196 214 276 241 23 Feller 42 2 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 6.17 13 119 190 196 261 22 Newhouser 64 0 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 6 0 1 2 0 0 9.83 5 109 125 164 138 26 Lemon 40 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 4 7 150 150 273 209 21 Roberts 45 4 6 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.83 10 133 267 133 267 23 Wynn 59 3 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 1.33 3 119 152 169 167 19 Relievers Dean 24 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.5 8 125 125 222 192 66 Hubbell 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 000 000 000 000 66 Flew into/popped into double plays:Mantle 2 Opp. SB% vs.: PB: Campy 72.3(102-141) 6 Berra 72.5(124-171) 6 SB%: JRobinson71.8% Mantle 70.9% Reese 60.9% Approx Team Totals AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR SB CS %SB BB E GIDP SH SF HBP ROE GwR GwRBI K Avg Slg OBP EBA 5429 488 1127 463 197 49 143 113 52 68.5 323 101 59 41 31 28 70 60 63 754 208 341 267 392 Avg/Game 33.5 3.0 7.0 2.9 1.2 .3 .9 .7 .3 2.0 .6 .4.25 .2 .2 .4 4.7 Pitchers: GF=Games Finished EBH=Extra Base hits allowed Opponent's hitting stats IP H R ER SO BB GP ERA W-L SV Sho HB BK WP EBH CG St GF Avg Slg OBP EBA Starters Ford 207.6 187 80 77 110 38 27 3.34 10-16* 0 2 2 1 3 64 15 27 15 .244 .389 .295 .435 Spahn 171.3 154 62 62 59 30 23 3.26 9-8 0 1 2 1 1 50 12 23 12 .230 .379 .274 .422 Feller 152.6 122 65 64 113 61 22 3.77 8-11 0 3 3 0 2 39 9 22 9 .220 .341 .314 .428 Newhousr207.6 157 63 58 114 50 26 2.51 12-10 0 3 5 0 4 35 17 26 17 .209 .290 .273 .344 Lemon 135.6 141 75 56 70 47 21 3.72 6-12 0 1 *8 1 2 47 5 21 5 .249 .420 .333 .488 Roberts 159.6 158 74 70 54 32 23 3.95 5-11 0 0 2 *3 2 56 6 23 6 .248 .413 .296 .479 Wynn 136 137 69 59 69 47 19 3.90 3-12 0 1 1 1 5 50 6 19 6 .250 .408 .338 .495 Relievers Dean 152.3 140 57 47 53 30 66 2.78 9-11 3 0 *8 1 3 49 1 1 49 .245 .385 .298 .436 Hubbell 140 123 65 57 78 28 66 3.66 4-4 5 0 4 1 1 43 0 0 37 .244 .398 .290 .466 Opp. SB vs. individual pitchers: Ford 24-39 61.5% Spahn 23-34 67.6% Feller 28-41 68.3% Newshouser17-26 65.4% Lemon 21-28 75.0% Roberts 40-55 72.7% Wynn 29-34 85.3% Dean 20-28 71.4% Hubbell 30-43 69.8% Approx team Totals IP H R ER SO BB RA ERA W-L SV Sho HB BK WP EBH CG Avg Slg OBP EBA 1463 1319 610 550 720 361 3.75 3.38 66-95 8 13 30 9 23 413 71 237 366 300 429 Avg/Game 9.0 8.1 4.4 2.0 .05 .1 .2 .05.15 2.55.4 Times started in each spot in lineup 1st-JRobinson 56 times,Reese 34,Appling 18,Schoendienst 16,Cox 9, Mantle 7,Runnels 6,Berra 4,Kell 2,TWilliams 2,Snider 2,Musial,EMathews,Hodges 2nd-Appling 46,JRobinson 25,Schoendienst 23,Hodges 14,Runnels 11,Reese 10,Musial 3 ,Berra 3,Rizutto 3,Kell,TWilliams,EMathews,Cox 3rd-Snider 38,Mantle 37,JRobinson 26,Musial 16,TWilliams 13,EMathews 7,Appling 6,Cox 4, Campanella 3,,Rizutto 2,Kell,Runnels,Berra 4th-Musial 45,TWilliams 41,Campanella 25,Mantle 12,Runnels 11,EMathews 9,Berra 8,Snider 6 ,Kell 2,Schoendienst 2,JRobinson,Appling 5th-Mantle 78,Snider 21,EMathews 17,TWilliams 14,Schoendienst 14,Rizutto 12,Musial 9,Runnels 5 ,Kell 3,Berra 3,JRobinson 3,Hodges 3,Cox,Campanella,Appling 6th-Musial 53,Campanella 17,JRobinson 13,Berra 11,Rizutto 10,EMathews 8,Cox 8,Mantle 6 ,Appling 5,TWilliams 5,Snider 4,Reese 4,Runnels 3,Hodges 2,Kell 7th-Runnels 27,Musial 25,Snider 17,Cox 15,EMathews 12,Berra 12,Campanella 10, TWilliams 9,Schoendienst 8,Appling 8,JRobinson 4,Kell 3,Hodges 3 8th-Berra 55,TWilliams 32,Snider 10,Campanella 10,EMathews 8,Schoendienst 5 ,Cox 4,Musial 2,Mantle 2,Kell,Hodges Other info: Ted Williams had batted in every lineup spot after hitting 8th in G57 Eddie Mathews had " " " " " " " 1st in G95 Yogi Berra " " " " " " " " 2nd in G117 Stan Musial " " " " " " " " 1st in G133 George Kell " " " " " " " " 8th in G140 Luke Appling went 5 for 9 with 2 walks, one hit-by-pitch and 2 RBIs as a pinch-hitter in the second half The team started the second half on 7-2 and 15-7 rolls Hal Newhouser allowed just 14 hits and one run in his first 31 innings of the second half and just 21 hits, 4 runs in his first 47 innings of the half (a 5-0 start with 2 shutouts). Newhouser allowed just 6 HRs in his 1st 157 innings and didn't allow his 10th till his 196th inning. Newhouser started 11-5 before a 1-5 finish in which he lost his last 4 of the year. Opponents stole successfully off Bob Feller only 6 times in 11 tries in one stellar 3-game spam. He struck out 17, allowed 4 hits and 2 runs in 19 innings in those games. It was part of a streak in which he allowed 8 hits,8 runs,17 walks and 43 strikeouts in 55.6 innings. In that streak, his complete games went from 3 to 9, his shutouts from 1 to 3, his record from 3-8 to 8-10. Opponents started 4 for 60 against him in that streak. Pete Runnels had scored one run after 112 at-bats. Runnels started 6 for 29(.207) then went through streaks and slumps of (in order) 17-56(.304,avg at 271),14-69(.203,avg at 240),5-14(357,avg at 253),9-72 with 14 walks (125,avg at 217) Mickey Mantle hit into 2 double plays in his first 433 at-bats, then hit into 3 in 14 at bats. Mantle had a 26-157 slump in which he hit just 4 homers. Before the slump, he had been averaging a HR every 13.2 AB. By the end of the slump, it was down to one every 16.4. His slugging percentage, which was at .514 at G90, fell to .478 by G106 and .444 by G145. Ted Williams drove home 17 in 45 first half games, then drove in 15 in the first 30 of the second half. Stan Musial started the season 40 for 109 before a 19 for 95 drop-off. He finished the season on another run, going 20 for 61 with 10 RBIs, 5 home runs and 7 walks. Musial homered 10 times in the first 50 games then went 14 without one. Eddie Mathews once drove in 14 runs in 8 games (including 8 in one game) then failed to drive in a run in 9 games. After driving in a run in his next game, he went another 6 without an RBI. Mathews started the second half 6 for 45 with no homers and 1 RBI before a 6-16,5 RBIs,1 HR finish. Duke Snider drove home just 12 in 227 at bats then had 12 in 57. He then had 47 at-bats with just one RBI before finishing the season with 13 RBIs in 77 AB. Snider once had a 16 for 33 run with 9 runs scored, three doubles, 2 triples and 3 home runs before a 10 for 66,1 RBI slump. He followed that slump with a 28 for 79 streak with 12 rbis, 11 runs, 4 homers, 2 triples and 6 doubles. Yogi Berra finished the season 6 for his final 64. Bob Feller finished with 3 hits in his last 9 at-bats. Jackie Robinson once earned 28 bases in the span of 28 plate appearances to raise his EBA from .401 to .447. He then went 0 for his next 35 to fall from 178/356/248/447 to 162/324/235/413. He then went 8 for 13 with 6 RBIs, 2 HRs, 5 runs, 4 steals, one game-winning run and one game-winning RBI plus a share of the player of the game award in each of those 3 games to go from 162/324/235/413 to 175/345/244/439 Pee Wee Reese's last 2 hits of the season were a triple and a home run. Reese went 104 at bats with no 2Bs before hitting 6 in his next 53 at-bats. Reese once struck out in all 4 at-bats he had one game. 6 of Billy Cox's 1st 12 hits went for extra bases. Gil Hodges started the year 4 for 50. Phil Rizutto started 1 for 27. Roy Campanella hit a 2-run homer in his first game starting cleanup. Campy went 16 for 37 to break a 10-72 slump. The streak was followed by a 2-23 slump. Later he had a 14 for 51 run broke up by a 3 for 19 slump. This slump was followed by a 9-32 run. Campanella fanned in 23 of his last 85 ABs. Dizzy Dean picked a half of a player of the game award in game 148 then a whole award in game 149, his only such votes of the year. Dean allowed just 7 runs in his final 48 and 2/3 innings. Dizzy allowed 3 homers in his lone start (a complete game) and allowed 3 homers in his first 59 innings of relief. Whitey Ford started the season 3-11 before a 7-5 finish. Early Wynn started the season 1-12 before a 2-0 finish. Warren Spahn started 6-1 (before a 3-7 finish) and 8-2 (before a 1-6 finish). Spahn pitched 6 1-run games (4 allowing only a solo homer) before his first and only shutout. Opponents' slugging percentage rose from .331 to .379 in the last 4 games. Bob Feller picked up 3 5/6 POTG votes in his last 8 starts but allowed 6 runs in his last 1 and 2/3 innings, 3 on bases-loaded walks. Bob Lemon pitched a shutout in his first second-half start and started the half 3-0, all complete games. Lemon hit 3 batters in a game once and 2 in a game another time. Carl Hubbell walked 6 in 47 innings then 7 in his next 16 innings. Hubbell allowed 8 home runs in his 1st 100 and 2/3 innings then allowed 2 in 1 inning. He went 1-2 in his first 44 games then 1-2 in his next 4. Through 35 games the pitchers were split along lefty-righty lines: ERA Rec L 2.02 1-0 Hubbell L 2.08 3-1 Newhouser L 2.13 3-0 Spahn L 2.55 2-4 Ford R 3.60 1-3 Lemon R 5.32 0-3 Wynn (6.45 RA) R 5.85 2-4 Dean R 6.43 0-1 Roberts R 7.73 0-3 Feller All the righties were allowing at least a hit per inning. Lefties: 2.22 ERA,2.42 RA,9-5,2 SV,.374 Opp EBA Righties: 5.46 ERA,6.01 RA,3-14,0SV,.516 Opp EBA The team started 19-37 then 9-8 with 3 of the losses coming in extra innings. The team once homered in 6 straight games, with 5 players combining for 9 homers in the stretch: G95 JRobinson (#11) G96 JRobinson (#12),TWilliams(#12),Snider(#8) G97 TWilliams (#13) G98 Musial (#15) G99 Snider (#9) G100 TWilliams (#14),Mantle (#26) The team once lost 9 in a row The team once scored 15 runs in 14 games after scoring 14 runs in 3. Bob Lemon scored no runs in the span of 25 plate appearances then scored 3 in the span of 11. The team was once held to 9 hits and 0 runs in 27 innings. Mantle homered 8 times and drove in 15 times in the first 15 games then went RBI-less in the next 10 before driving in 5 and homering twice in the next 2 games. Opponents stole 5 in their first 6 tries off Yogi. He then gunned down 3 of the next 6. 12 steals in a row followed that. Stan Musial started the season 22-47 (20 of the last 39) with 11 runs,14 RBIs, 5 HRs, 3 doubles and 3 game- winning RBIs. Wynn's first player of the game came in game 86. In this start, his first of the second half, he picked up his first victory with a 10-inning shutout, allowing 4 hits, 7 strikeouts and 5 walks. He followed with games of 2 runs in 9 and 2 runs in 8, both no-decisions. Wynn started the year with 27 strikeouts and 23 walks before a 19 K-3 BB ratio over 2 games. The team once went 93 innings without a multi-run hit, between a pinchhit 2 run homer by Mantle off Grove and a 2 run homer by Berra off Coveleski. The team once went 5 errorless games in a row before 5 errs in one game (Berra,Mathews,Robinson,Appling and Cox). Later in the year they went 7 errorless game then made 5 errors in a game again (Williams,Robinson, Appling,Schoendienst,Hubbell) Runnels went 7-30 with one walk and 3 RBIs in the first half before starting the second half 9-30 with 6 RBIs ,3 runs, a homer and 4 walks. Ted Williams homered 4 times in the team's 1st 48 games (117 at-bats for TW,29 starts and 35 games played) before homering 4 times in the next 8 games (all starts,27 at-bats) The team once made errors in 6 straight games (total errors:9 Berra 3 (2 playing LF),Musial 2,Kell 2,Robinson ,Snider) In game 38 the team was trailing 3-2 going into the bottom of ??? inning with a Grove-Dean matchup. Entering the game That game Grove 0.82 ERA,4-1 2 runs in 2 innings, loss Dean 6.55 ERA,2-4 0 runs in 2 innings, win Lemon had allowed 58 hits (28 R,22 ER) in 70 innings before allowing 15 in 5 innings (12 runs,9 earned) and 8 hits in a 4-inning effort (6 R,6 ER) to raise his ERA from 2.83 to 3.72 to 4.22 and the average off him from .217 to .247 to .257