Bob Elliott stats

Bob Elliott played 15 MLB seasons, 1939 to 1953.

Stats

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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
Standard by season
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.
1939PIT3212918433190.333
1940PIT1485518816156413.292
1941PIT141527741443766.273
1942PIT143560751669892.296
1943PIT1565818218371014.315
1944PIT14353885160101089.297
1945PIT1445418015781085.290
1946PIT140486501285686.263
1947ATL15055593176221133.317
1948ATL15154099153231006.283
1949ATL1394827713517760.280
1950ATL14253194162241072.305
1951ATL1364807313715702.285
1952SF98272336210351.228
1953BAL/CHW11536843949611.255

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

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
Expanded by season
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.
1939PIT14068160000
1940PIT611232502000
1941PIT599197371000
1942PIT621233422000
1943PIT643258491000
1944PIT617250540000
1945PIT608229501000
1946PIT559174332000
1947ATL645287620000
1948ATL675256520000
1949ATL578225512000
1950ATL602272572000
1951ATL547215460000
1952SF313102182000
1953BAL/CHW432143291000

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
47.6
RC
1,257.9
RC/27
6.60
ISOP
.151
SECA
.295
BB/K
1.60
AB/HR
42.0
GO/FO
0.00
Advanced by season
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.
1939PIT1.325.37.8.1940.32.3430
1940PIT2.5875.8.1290.21.6110.20
1941PIT2.176.95.3.1010.21.2175.70
1942PIT3.1885.9.1200.21.562.20
1943PIT4.4101.26.8.1290.22.3830
1944PIT3.81027.2.1670.31.853.80
1945PIT2.889.76.3.1330.31.767.60
1946PIT1.6695.1.0950.21.597.20
1947ATL6.4120.38.5.2000.41.525.20
1948ATL6.3119.48.2.1910.42.323.50
1949ATL4.995.47.3.1870.42.428.40
1950ATL4.2106.97.8.2070.31.022.10
1951ATL3.184.26.6.1630.31.2320
1952SF0.036.34.6.1470.31.827.20
1953BAL/CHW1.1575.5.1330.31.640.90

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
109 yearsNov 26, 1916
Debut
1939
NL MVP
1947

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 10,544 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

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