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The 1947 Season as seen through the Prism of Player Won-Lost Records

The 1947 season was, perhaps, the most significant season in Major League Baseball history. This was because of what happened on April 15th in Brooklyn when Jackie Robinson broke the major-league color barrier. I have written a separate article on early integration of Major League Baseball.

This article focuses on the player and team performances of 1947 as measured by Player won-lost records.

The Best of 1947

I calculate Player won-lost records two ways: pWins, which tie to team wins and eWins, which control for context and the ability of one's teammates. For players with more pWins than eWins, their Player wins contributed to more team wins than one might expect; for players with more eWins than pWins, just the opposite is true: their Player wins translated into fewer team wins than expected. Or more briefly: a player with more pWins than eWins was better in context, a player with more eWins than pWins was worse in context.

The top 10 players in pWins above Positional Average and Replacement Level were as follows.

		pWins over Positional Average Top 10 Players						pWins over Replacement Level Top 10 Players
	Player	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA	pWORL		Player	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA	pWORL
1	Warren Spahn	21.3	13.9	4.2	5.7	1	Warren Spahn	21.3	13.9	4.2	5.7
2	Ewell Blackwell	19.5	13.6	3.5	4.8	2	Ted Williams	27.0	18.0	3.4	5.2
3	Ted Williams	27.0	18.0	3.4	5.2	3	Ewell Blackwell	19.5	13.6	3.5	4.8
4	Joe DiMaggio	21.6	14.6	3.1	4.5	4	Joe DiMaggio	21.6	14.6	3.1	4.5
5	Joe Gordon	21.4	16.7	3.0	4.5	5	Joe Gordon	21.4	16.7	3.0	4.5
6	Tommy Henrich	22.6	15.7	2.9	4.4	6	Tommy Henrich	22.6	15.7	2.9	4.4
7	Pee Wee Reese	20.6	14.7	2.9	4.3	7	Bobby Doerr	22.7	18.3	2.8	4.4
8	Red Munger	16.1	11.1	2.9	4.0	8	Pee Wee Reese	20.6	14.7	2.9	4.3
9	Bobby Doerr	22.7	18.3	2.8	4.4	9	Bob Elliott	23.4	17.8	2.5	4.2
10	Fred Hutchinson	16.7	12.5	2.6	3.9	10	Red Munger	16.1	11.1	2.9	4.0

The top 10 players in eWins above Positional Average and Replacement Level were as follows.

		eWins over Positional Average Top 10 Players						eWins over Replacement Level Top 10 Players
	Player	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA	eWORL		Player	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA	eWORL
1	Ted Williams	27.6	17.5	4.0	5.8	1	Ted Williams	27.6	17.5	4.0	5.8
2	Johnny Mize	21.9	13.8	3.1	4.5	2	Johnny Mize	21.9	13.8	3.1	4.5
3	Warren Spahn	20.1	15.1	3.1	4.5	3	Warren Spahn	20.1	15.1	3.1	4.5
4	Joe Gordon	21.4	16.7	2.9	4.4	4	Joe Gordon	21.4	16.7	2.9	4.4
5	Ralph Kiner	25.6	18.3	2.6	4.3	5	Ralph Kiner	25.6	18.3	2.6	4.3
6	Bob Elliott	23.4	17.8	2.5	4.1	6	Bob Elliott	23.4	17.8	2.5	4.1
7	Ewell Blackwell	18.2	14.9	2.2	3.5	7	Whitey Kurowski	20.5	15.8	2.1	3.6
8	Whitey Kurowski	20.5	15.8	2.1	3.6	8	Ewell Blackwell	18.2	14.9	2.2	3.5
9	Johnny Sain	18.3	15.4	2.1	3.5	9	Joe DiMaggio	20.6	15.6	2.1	3.5
10	Joe DiMaggio	20.6	15.6	2.1	3.5	10	Johnny Sain	18.3	15.4	2.1	3.5

As measured by Player won-lost records, the top two players in the American League were position players (and future Hall-of-Famers), while the top two players in the National League were (arguably) both pitchers (one of whom is in the Hall of Fame). These players are looked at next.

AL MVP: Ted Williams vs. Joe Gordon

In 1947, Ted Williams won the second Triple Crown of his career, batting .343/.499/.634 with 32 HR, 162 BB, 335 TB, 125 runs scored, and 114 RBI. Every one of those numbers led the 1947 American League. Not surprisingly, Ted Williams ranks first in 3 of the 4 tables above - and second (first in the AL) in the fourth table. You would have thought that might make Ted Williams an easy choice for MVP. Not so: just like the first time that Williams won the Triple Crown (in 1942) (and also the time he batted .406 in 1941), Williams finished second in MVP voting (to Joe DiMaggio).

DiMaggio had an excellent 1947 season - third-best in the AL in pWins over either positional average or replacement level. But the second-best player in the American League, in all four of the above tables, actually finished 7th in MVP voting (behind his double-play partner).

Gordon's batting line was pretty good, especially for a second baseman, .272/.346/.496, 29 HR, 93 RBI - a major bounceback from 1946, when he batted .210/.308/.338 with only 11 HR (and was traded from the Yankees to the Indians). Gordon added the best fielding season of his career to that. In fact, Gordon had one of the top 25 defensive seasons by any second baseman in the 20th century for whom I have calculated Player won-lost records.

	Top 20 Seasons, Net Fielding Wins, 2B (1921 - 1999)
			eWins	eLosses	Net Wins
1	Bobby Grich	1973	6.9	4.7	2.2
2	Pokey Reese	1999	5.6	3.9	1.7
3	Frankie Frisch	1927	7.2	5.6	1.6
4	Keith Lockhart	1998	4.3	2.8	1.6
5	Lonny Frey	1940	6.8	5.3	1.5
6	Ryne Sandberg	1992	7.7	6.2	1.5
7	Bobby Knoop	1964	7.2	5.8	1.4
8	Joe Gordon	1947	5.8	4.4	1.4
9	Tommy Helms	1971	6.1	4.7	1.4
10	Tony Lazzeri	1927	5.1	3.7	1.4
11	Bobby Knoop	1966	7.3	5.9	1.3
12	Bill Mazeroski	1963	6.6	5.3	1.3
13	Ted Sizemore	1973	6.5	5.2	1.3
14	Dave Cash	1974	7.4	6.1	1.3
15	Carlos Baerga	1992	7.4	6.1	1.3
16	Willie Randolph	1979	5.9	4.6	1.3
17	Tom Herr	1982	5.3	4.1	1.2
18	Randy Velarde	1999	6.0	4.8	1.2
19	Aaron Ward	1923	5.6	4.4	1.2
20	Jackie Robinson	1952	5.3	4.1	1.2
21	Edgardo Alfonzo	1999	5.2	4.0	1.2
22	Lonny Frey	1942	6.1	5.0	1.2
23	Joe Gordon	1940	6.2	5.0	1.1
24	Ted Sizemore	1974	5.7	4.6	1.1
25	Felix Millan	1968	6.4	5.3	1.1

Career records for Ted Williams and Joe Gordon, as measured by Player won-lost records (for the games of their career for which I have estimated Player won-lost records) are presented in the next table.

Season	Games	pWins	pLoss	Win Pct.	pWOPA	pWORL	Games	pWins	pLoss	Win Pct.	pWOPA	pWORL
	Ted Williams						Joe Gordon
1938							127	18.7	14.7	0.559	2.0	3.4
1939	149	24.8	17.3	0.590	3.0	4.7	151	23.1	17.0	0.577	3.1	4.8
1940	144	22.9	17.3	0.570	2.0	3.6	155	22.1	18.4	0.545	1.9	3.6
1941	143	24.4	16.4	0.597	3.3	5.1	156	21.2	16.3	0.565	2.5	4.1
1942	150	28.3	16.5	0.632	4.8	6.6	147	22.6	15.4	0.595	3.8	5.3
1943							152	20.4	17.3	0.541	1.6	3.0
1944
1945
1946	150	28.4	15.5	0.646	5.5	7.2	112	12.8	12.6	0.504	0.2	1.2
1947	156	27.0	18.0	0.600	3.4	5.2	155	21.4	16.7	0.563	3.0	4.5
1948	137	25.6	15.6	0.621	4.1	5.7	144	22.3	16.0	0.582	3.3	4.8
1949	155	26.7	17.3	0.608	3.6	5.3	148	19.5	17.0	0.534	1.2	2.7
1950	89	14.1	11.1	0.560	1.1	2.1	119	12.6	11.4	0.525	0.7	1.7
1951	148	24.1	19.0	0.559	1.6	3.3
1952	6	0.9	0.2	0.788	0.3	0.4
1953	37	5.8	3.0	0.663	1.3	1.7
1954	117	18.8	13.0	0.591	2.4	3.7
1955	98	16.2	10.4	0.610	2.5	3.6
1956	136	17.9	12.8	0.583	1.9	3.2
1957	132	20.9	13.9	0.601	2.4	3.9
1958	129	17.8	15.0	0.543	0.5	1.8
1959	103	10.3	9.4	0.522	0.2	1.0
1960	112	14.0	11.5	0.550	0.7	1.7
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CAREER RECORDS	2,291	368.9	253.1	0.593	44.4	69.7	1,566	216.5	172.7	0.556	23.5	39.1

NL MVP: Warren Spahn vs. Ewell Blackwell

The top two players in the National League, as measured by pWins over either positional average or replacement level were pitchers: Warren Spahn of the Boston Braves and Ewell Blackwell of the Cincinnati Reds.

Both Spahn and Blackwell had excellent 1947 seasons. Spahn went 21-10 with a league-leading 2.33 ERA in a league-leading 289.2 IP. Leading the league in ERA and innings pitched tends to give one a pretty strong case as the best pitcher in a league. And, indeed, Spahn rates as not only the best pitcher, but the best player, in the National League in 1947. But Blackwell was no slouch either: 22-8, 2.47, in 273 IP, with a league-leading 23 CG and 193 K.

While Blackwell was (very nearly) Spahn's equal in 1947, the same was not true over the course of their careers, of course. While 1947 was by far the best season of Ewell Blackwell's career, Warren Spahn's 1947 season was "merely" one among several of Spahn's best seasons.

Career records for Warren Spahn and Ewell Blackwell, as measured by Player won-lost records (for the games of their career for which I have estimated Player won-lost records) are presented in the next table.

Season	Games	pWins	pLoss	Win Pct.	pWOPA	pWORL	Games	pWins	pLoss	Win Pct.	pWOPA	pWORL
	Warren Spahn						Ewell Blackwell
1942	4	0.5	1.1	0.307	-0.3	-0.2	2	0.0	0.0	0.291	-0.0	-0.0
1943
1944
1945
1946	24	7.9	6.3	0.555	1.0	1.7	33	11.7	11.0	0.514	0.6	1.7
1947	41	21.3	13.9	0.605	4.2	5.7	33	19.5	13.6	0.590	3.5	4.8
1948	37	17.3	13.5	0.561	2.4	3.7	22	9.0	9.1	0.496	0.2	1.0
1949	40	21.1	17.4	0.548	2.4	3.9	30	3.6	4.3	0.457	-0.3	0.2
1950	41	19.5	19.3	0.502	0.7	2.4	40	19.3	15.9	0.548	2.2	3.8
1951	42	22.1	15.8	0.584	3.7	5.3	39	16.4	14.5	0.531	1.4	2.7
1952	52	17.9	17.1	0.512	0.9	2.5	28	6.9	10.1	0.405	-1.4	-0.6
1953	38	20.0	12.3	0.620	4.5	5.8	8	1.3	1.7	0.427	-0.2	-0.0
1954	41	19.9	15.1	0.569	3.0	4.6
1955	40	17.3	14.5	0.543	1.8	3.1	2	0.3	1.1	0.214	-0.4	-0.3
1956	39	18.5	14.6	0.560	2.5	4.0
1957	39	17.9	14.2	0.557	2.3	3.5
1958	41	18.6	15.5	0.545	2.2	3.5
1959	40	18.8	15.7	0.546	2.2	3.7
1960	40	19.0	15.0	0.558	2.6	4.0
1961	39	19.4	15.0	0.563	2.8	4.2
1962	36	17.2	16.0	0.518	1.2	2.6
1963	33	19.6	13.5	0.592	3.7	5.1
1964	39	9.0	13.0	0.408	-1.7	-0.5
1965	37	11.4	14.8	0.436	-1.3	-0.1
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CAREER RECORDS	783	353.9	293.4	0.547	40.8	68.5	237	88.0	81.4	0.520	5.6	13.4

1947 World Series

From 1947 - 1956, the New York Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers met in the World Series 6 times in 10 years, with 4 of these World Series going the full seven games. The 1947 World Series was the first of these meetings - and the first to go seven games.

Outside of a 10-3 blowout by the Yankees in Game 2, not only was the overall Series close, but so were the games. Games 3, 4, and 5 were all 1-run games, and the Yankees and Dodgers both led at some point in each of Games 1, 6, and 7.

The top performances of the 1947 World Series, as measured by Player won-lost records, are presented in the next table.

	1947 World Series: Top Player Performances
		pWins	pLosses	pWORL
Spec Shea	NYA	1.4	0.7	0.5
Carl Furillo	BRO	1.0	0.5	0.3
Hugh Casey	BRO	0.6	0.3	0.3
Johnny Lindell	NYA	0.9	0.5	0.3

The above table treats all seven games as equal (which I think is fair - you have to win 3 of the first 6 games to get to Game 7; and, of course, winning 4 of the first 6 lets you avoid the stress of a winner-take-all Game 7 at all). Take, for example, the best player of the 1947 World Series, as indicated in the above table, Spec Shea.

Shea won Game 1 with 5 innings in which he allowed 1 run on 2 hits. He was lifted for a pinch hitter in the bottom of the 5th inning, during which the Yankees scored all 5 of their runs in a 5-3 win.

Shea won Game 5 with a complete-game 4-hitter to win 2-1.

Fortunately, for the Yankees, Shea came up big in his first two starts, playing a key role in two big Yankee victories. Unfortunately for the Yankees, Shea's worst performance of the World Series came in Game 7. Shea started the game, but didn't make it out of the second inning - allowing 2 runs on 4 hits in 1.1 IP. But Shea's teammates picked him up with 7.2 shutout relief innings by Bill Bevens and Joe Page and 5 runs of offense to give the Yankees a 5-2 Game 7 victory.

It is, perhaps, a little strange that Shea shows up as the best player of the 1947 World Series, having been knocked out of the decisive game with his team trailing 1-0 with runners on 1st & 2nd and one out (one of those runners scored to give the Dodgers a 2-0 lead that was charged to Shea). But if Spec Shea hadn't pitched so effectively in Game 1 and, especially, in Game 5, there would have been no Game 7 for Shea to get knocked out of.

Best of 1947 by Factor and Position

Next, let's look at the top players in (context-neutral, teammate-adjusted) eWins over Positional Average in various aspects of the game. The numbers in this section have all been normalized to extrapolate player games for which I am missing play-by-play data. As above, this adjustment is based on individual player games for which I have play-by-play data.

Best by Factor: Batting, Baserunning, Pitching, Fielding

There are four basic factors for which players earn Player won-lost records: Batting, Baserunning, Pitching, and Fielding. The top players in 1947 in eWOPA by factor were as follows.

	Batting
	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
Ted Williams	18.5	9.2	4.4

Positional Average excludes pitcher offense

	Baserunning
	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
Bob Dillinger	2.1	1.4	0.3
Jackie Robinson	2.2	1.6	0.3
Dom DiMaggio	1.2	0.7	0.2
Elmer Valo	1.3	0.8	0.2
Vern Stephens	1.1	0.7	0.2
Joe DiMaggio	1.1	0.7	0.2
Buddy Lewis	1.1	0.6	0.2
Harry Walker	1.5	1.0	0.2
Sam Chapman	1.1	0.7	0.2
Ferris Fain	1.1	0.7	0.2
Jeff Heath	0.9	0.5	0.2
Johnny Wyrostek	1.1	0.8	0.2
Benny Zientara	0.7	0.4	0.2
Eddie Lake	1.5	1.1	0.2
Earl Torgeson	1.2	0.9	0.2

Positional Average excludes pitcher offense

	Pitching
	eWins	eLosses	Net Wins
Warren Spahn	15.1	11.1	4.0
Ewell Blackwell	13.7	10.4	3.3

	Fielding, P
	eWins	eLosses	Net Wins
Bob Chipman	0.3	0.1	0.2
Dave Koslo	0.3	0.1	0.2
Emil 'Dutch' Leonard	0.8	0.6	0.2
Red Embree	0.3	0.1	0.2
Mickey Haefner	0.4	0.2	0.2
Bob Lemon	0.3	0.1	0.2
Junior Thompson	0.4	0.2	0.2

	Fielding, C
	eWins	eLosses	Net Wins
Buddy Rosar	1.8	1.2	0.6

	Fielding, 1B
	eWins	eLosses	Net Wins
Johnny Mize	3.0	2.2	0.7

	Fielding, 2B
	eWins	eLosses	Net Wins
Joe Gordon	5.8	4.4	1.4

	Fielding, 3B
	eWins	eLosses	Net Wins
Ken Keltner	4.5	3.3	1.2

	Fielding, SS
	eWins	eLosses	Net Wins
Lou Boudreau	6.3	5.2	1.1

	Fielding, LF
	eWins	eLosses	Net Wins
Sid Gordon	6.1	5.4	0.6
Del Ennis	6.5	5.8	0.6

	Fielding, CF
	eWins	eLosses	Net Wins
Dom DiMaggio	7.0	6.0	1.0
Carl Furillo	3.6	2.7	1.0

	Fielding, RF
	eWins	eLosses	Net Wins
Bob Kennedy	4.1	3.0	1.1

Best by Position

Next, we look at 1947 Major-League leaders in eWOPA by position. The figures shown here only include Player decisions earned while playing this particular position, and include no contextual adjustments (expected or actual).

	Catcher
	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
Walker Cooper	13.9	10.8	1.8

	First Base
	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
Johnny Mize	20.4	13.2	2.7

	Second Base
	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
Joe Gordon	20.3	16.4	2.5

	Third Base
	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
Bob Elliott	21.4	16.5	2.2

	Shortstop
	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
Vern Stephens	21.7	18.5	1.6

	Left Field
	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
Ted Williams	27.0	18.0	3.4

	Center Field
	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
Joe DiMaggio	19.5	15.0	1.8

	Right Field
	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
Tommy Henrich	18.1	15.0	1.1

	Starting Pitcher
	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
Warren Spahn	15.5	11.4	2.0

	Relief Pitcher
	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
Joe Page	7.5	5.7	0.9

For relief pitchers, context-neutral records may not be the best measure of how good they are, as context can matter a great deal, depending on how a pitcher is used. Here are the top relief pitchers of 1947 in context, in terms of pWins and pWOPA.

Player	pWins	pLosses	pWin Pct.	pWOPA	pWORL
	Top Relief Pitchers of 1947, based on pWORL
Joe Page	9.3	6.4	0.593	1.7	2.7
Hugh Casey	6.7	4.8	0.586	1.1	1.9
Harry Gumbert	6.6	5.1	0.563	0.9	1.6
Ken Trinkle	5.2	4.0	0.565	0.7	1.3
Ed Klieman	6.2	5.7	0.524	0.4	1.2

Finally, here are the best at three oft-forgotten positions that can nevertheless matter: pitcher offense, pinch hitting, and pinch running.

	Pitcher Offense
	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
Clint Hartung	1.6	1.1	0.6
Schoolboy Rowe	1.8	1.3	0.6
Johnny Sain	2.2	2.3	0.6

	Pinch Hitter
	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
Ron Northey	1.0	0.6	0.2
Rusty Peters	0.5	0.2	0.2
Sid Gordon	0.4	0.1	0.2

	Pinch Runner
	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
Bobby Adams	0.2	0.1	0.1
Chuck Diering	0.2	0.1	0.1
Jimmy Outlaw	0.1	0.1	0.1

Notable Debuts

The 1947 season saw the major-league debut of four players who would go on to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. The first two were teammates on the Brooklyn Dodgers for a decade: Jackie Robinson and Duke Snider. The other two Hall-of-Famers who debuted in 1947 were also teammates for a time - for the 1956, 1957, and 1959 Chicago White Sox: Larry Doby and Nellie Fox (neither of whom debuted with the White Sox).

The last two tables of this article show the career records, as measured by Player won-lost records, of these four Hall-of-Famers.

Season	Games	pWins	pLoss	Win Pct.	pWOPA	pWORL	Games	pWins	pLoss	Win Pct.	pWOPA	pWORL
	Jackie Robinson						Duke Snider
1947	151	18.5	16.1	0.535	0.3	1.7	40	1.9	2.5	0.431	-0.3	-0.1
1948	147	21.6	15.6	0.581	3.1	4.6	53	4.6	5.0	0.481	-0.3	0.1
1949	156	25.4	16.6	0.604	4.4	6.1	146	21.0	12.9	0.619	3.6	4.9
1950	144	19.9	15.6	0.561	2.3	3.7	152	20.8	17.3	0.546	1.3	2.8
1951	153	25.7	15.2	0.628	5.3	6.9	150	20.2	16.0	0.558	1.7	3.1
1952	149	23.0	14.8	0.609	4.3	5.8	144	19.9	15.1	0.569	2.1	3.5
1953	136	21.6	14.1	0.604	3.1	4.6	153	23.3	13.3	0.637	4.4	5.9
1954	124	14.6	12.2	0.545	0.8	1.9	149	23.6	15.2	0.609	3.3	4.9
1955	105	11.6	9.2	0.558	1.0	1.8	148	23.9	14.6	0.622	3.9	5.5
1956	117	14.1	10.7	0.568	1.6	2.6	151	22.7	15.3	0.597	3.0	4.6
1957							139	18.7	15.4	0.549	1.0	2.4
1958							106	9.9	10.6	0.483	-0.7	0.1
1959							126	15.4	11.1	0.581	1.6	2.7
1960							100	8.9	7.6	0.538	0.4	1.1
1961							83	9.8	6.7	0.596	1.2	2.0
1962							80	6.3	4.7	0.574	0.6	1.1
1963							129	13.0	12.4	0.512	-0.2	0.8
1964							89	4.8	5.5	0.469	-0.4	0.1
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CAREER RECORDS	1,382	195.9	140.1	0.583	26.1	39.7	2,138	268.7	201.0	0.572	26.1	45.4

Season	Games	pWins	pLoss	Win Pct.	pWOPA	pWORL	Games	pWins	pLoss	Win Pct.	pWOPA	pWORL
	Larry Doby						Nellie Fox
1947	28	0.6	1.0	0.365	-0.2	-0.1	7	0.0	0.0	0.471	0.0	0.0
1948	120	16.4	14.0	0.539	0.6	1.9	3	0.2	0.6	0.220	-0.2	-0.2
1949	147	22.0	17.6	0.557	1.7	3.3	88	7.4	8.8	0.455	-0.7	-0.1
1950	142	21.6	14.6	0.597	3.0	4.5	130	11.7	14.9	0.440	-1.5	-0.4
1951	134	19.1	15.2	0.557	1.6	2.9	147	20.0	18.1	0.525	1.0	2.5
1952	140	21.7	15.1	0.590	2.9	4.4	152	20.5	18.9	0.519	0.9	2.5
1953	149	21.6	15.8	0.577	2.3	3.9	154	20.0	18.1	0.526	1.2	2.8
1954	153	26.9	15.3	0.638	4.9	6.6	155	21.4	18.7	0.534	1.6	3.2
1955	131	17.7	14.6	0.549	0.9	2.3	154	21.3	17.7	0.545	2.2	3.8
1956	140	18.8	16.7	0.529	0.5	1.9	154	19.7	20.4	0.491	0.2	1.8
1957	119	16.1	14.1	0.533	0.5	1.7	155	22.4	17.6	0.560	2.7	4.4
1958	88	9.2	8.2	0.530	0.2	0.9	155	20.7	18.5	0.528	1.6	3.1
1959	39	2.7	3.9	0.413	-0.7	-0.4	156	22.4	16.0	0.582	3.5	5.0
1960							150	21.0	18.0	0.538	2.1	3.7
1961							159	18.2	18.7	0.494	0.5	2.2
1962							157	18.1	18.2	0.498	0.4	1.8
1963							137	14.1	16.3	0.464	-0.8	0.4
1964							133	14.3	14.8	0.492	0.3	1.5
1965							21	0.8	1.3	0.368	-0.3	-0.2
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CAREER RECORDS	1,530	214.3	165.8	0.564	18.4	33.8	2,367	294.0	275.8	0.516	14.8	37.8

All articles are written so that they pull data directly from the most recent version of the Player won-lost database. Hence, any numbers cited within these articles should automatically incorporate the most recent update to Player won-lost records. In some cases, however, the accompanying text may have been written based on previous versions of Player won-lost records. I apologize if this results in non-sensical text in any cases.

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