Bob Elliott stats
Bio
- Debut
- 1939
- NL MVP
- 1947
Bio
- Debut
- 1939
- NL MVP
- 1947
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 1,978
- AB
- 7,141
- R
- 1,064
- H
- 2,061
- HR
- 170
- RBI
- 1,195
- SB
- 60
- AVG
- .289
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | PIT | 32 | 129 | 18 | 43 | 3 | 19 | 0 | .333 |
| 1940 | PIT | 148 | 551 | 88 | 161 | 5 | 64 | 13 | .292 |
| 1941 | PIT | 141 | 527 | 74 | 144 | 3 | 76 | 6 | .273 |
| 1942 | PIT | 143 | 560 | 75 | 166 | 9 | 89 | 2 | .296 |
| 1943 | PIT | 156 | 581 | 82 | 183 | 7 | 101 | 4 | .315 |
| 1944 | PIT | 143 | 538 | 85 | 160 | 10 | 108 | 9 | .297 |
| 1945 | PIT | 144 | 541 | 80 | 157 | 8 | 108 | 5 | .290 |
| 1946 | PIT | 140 | 486 | 50 | 128 | 5 | 68 | 6 | .263 |
| 1947 | ATL | 150 | 555 | 93 | 176 | 22 | 113 | 3 | .317 |
| 1948 | ATL | 151 | 540 | 99 | 153 | 23 | 100 | 6 | .283 |
| 1949 | ATL | 139 | 482 | 77 | 135 | 17 | 76 | 0 | .280 |
| 1950 | ATL | 142 | 531 | 94 | 162 | 24 | 107 | 2 | .305 |
| 1951 | ATL | 136 | 480 | 73 | 137 | 15 | 70 | 2 | .285 |
| 1952 | SF | 98 | 272 | 33 | 62 | 10 | 35 | 1 | .228 |
| 1953 |  BAL/CHW | 115 | 368 | 43 | 94 | 9 | 61 | 1 | .255 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 6
- AB
- 21
- R
- 4
- H
- 7
- HR
- 2
- RBI
- 5
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .333
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 8,190
- TB
- 3,141
- XBH
- 646
- HBP
- 16
- IBB
- 0
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | PIT | 140 | 68 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1940 | PIT | 611 | 232 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941 | PIT | 599 | 197 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1942 | PIT | 621 | 233 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943 | PIT | 643 | 258 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944 | PIT | 617 | 250 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1945 | PIT | 608 | 229 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | PIT | 559 | 174 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | ATL | 645 | 287 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | ATL | 675 | 256 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | ATL | 578 | 225 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | ATL | 602 | 272 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | ATL | 547 | 215 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | SF | 313 | 102 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | BAL/CHW | 432 | 143 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 47.6
- RC
- 1257.9
- RC/27
- 6.60
- ISOP
- .151
- SECA
- .295
- BB/K
- 1.60
- AB/HR
- 42.0
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | PIT | 1.3 | 25.3 | 7.8 | .194 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 43 | 0 |
| 1940 | PIT | 2.5 | 87 | 5.8 | .129 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 110.2 | 0 |
| 1941 | PIT | 2.1 | 76.9 | 5.3 | .101 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 175.7 | 0 |
| 1942 | PIT | 3.1 | 88 | 5.9 | .120 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 62.2 | 0 |
| 1943 | PIT | 4.4 | 101.2 | 6.8 | .129 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 83 | 0 |
| 1944 | PIT | 3.8 | 102 | 7.2 | .167 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 53.8 | 0 |
| 1945 | PIT | 2.8 | 89.7 | 6.3 | .133 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 67.6 | 0 |
| 1946 | PIT | 1.6 | 69 | 5.1 | .095 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 97.2 | 0 |
| 1947 | ATL | 6.4 | 120.3 | 8.5 | .200 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 25.2 | 0 |
| 1948 | ATL | 6.3 | 119.4 | 8.2 | .191 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 23.5 | 0 |
| 1949 | ATL | 4.9 | 95.4 | 7.3 | .187 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 28.4 | 0 |
| 1950 | ATL | 4.2 | 106.9 | 7.8 | .207 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 22.1 | 0 |
| 1951 | ATL | 3.1 | 84.2 | 6.6 | .163 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 32 | 0 |
| 1952 | SF | 0.0 | 36.3 | 4.6 | .147 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 27.2 | 0 |
| 1953 | BAL/CHW | 1.1 | 57 | 5.5 | .133 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 40.9 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Bob Elliott's career stats?
Bob Elliott played 15 seasons for the Pirates, the Braves and the Giants. He was a career .289 hitter with 2,061 hits, 170 home runs and 1,195 RBI. His best season was 1939: a .333 batting average, 3 home runs and 19 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
15 seasons, 1 postseason, 1939 to 1953
Awards
All-time career rank
- 257th in hits (2,061)
- 144th in rbi (1,195)
Among the 10,343 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.