Goose Goslin stats
Last played for the Minnesota Twins, 1938
Bio
- Debut
- 1921
Bio
- Debut
- 1921
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 2,287
- AB
- 8,656
- R
- 1,483
- H
- 2,735
- HR
- 248
- RBI
- 1,609
- SB
- 175
- AVG
- .316
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | MIN | 14 | 50 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .260 |
| 1922 | MIN | 101 | 358 | 44 | 116 | 3 | 53 | 4 | .324 |
| 1923 | MIN | 150 | 600 | 86 | 180 | 9 | 99 | 7 | .300 |
| 1924 | MIN | 154 | 579 | 100 | 199 | 12 | 129 | 15 | .344 |
| 1925 | MIN | 150 | 601 | 116 | 201 | 18 | 113 | 27 | .334 |
| 1926 | MIN | 147 | 568 | 105 | 201 | 17 | 108 | 8 | .354 |
| 1927 | MIN | 148 | 581 | 96 | 194 | 13 | 120 | 21 | .334 |
| 1928 | MIN | 135 | 456 | 80 | 173 | 17 | 102 | 16 | .379 |
| 1929 | MIN | 145 | 553 | 82 | 159 | 18 | 91 | 10 | .288 |
| 1930 |  MIN/BAL | 148 | 584 | 115 | 180 | 37 | 138 | 17 | .308 |
| 1931 | BAL | 151 | 591 | 114 | 194 | 24 | 105 | 9 | .328 |
| 1932 | BAL | 150 | 572 | 88 | 171 | 17 | 104 | 12 | .299 |
| 1933 | MIN | 132 | 549 | 97 | 163 | 10 | 64 | 5 | .297 |
| 1934 | DET | 151 | 614 | 106 | 187 | 13 | 100 | 5 | .305 |
| 1935 | DET | 147 | 590 | 88 | 172 | 9 | 109 | 5 | .292 |
| 1936 | DET | 147 | 572 | 122 | 180 | 24 | 125 | 14 | .315 |
| 1937 | DET | 79 | 181 | 30 | 43 | 4 | 35 | 0 | .238 |
| 1938 | MIN | 38 | 57 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .158 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 32
- AB
- 129
- R
- 16
- H
- 37
- HR
- 7
- RBI
- 19
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .287
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 9,822
- TB
- 4,325
- XBH
- 921
- HBP
- 55
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | MIN | 58 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1922 | MIN | 394 | 158 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1923 | MIN | 656 | 272 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1924 | MIN | 673 | 299 | 59 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1925 | MIN | 670 | 329 | 72 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1926 | MIN | 656 | 308 | 58 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1927 | MIN | 659 | 300 | 65 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1928 | MIN | 527 | 280 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1929 | MIN | 639 | 255 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930 | MIN/BAL | 668 | 351 | 85 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1931 | BAL | 675 | 328 | 76 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1932 | BAL | 667 | 268 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1933 | MIN | 599 | 248 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934 | DET | 686 | 278 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1935 | DET | 651 | 245 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1936 | DET | 660 | 301 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1937 | DET | 219 | 68 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1938 | MIN | 65 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 61.0
- RC
- 1702.3
- RC/27
- 7.40
- ISOP
- .184
- SECA
- .303
- BB/K
- 1.62
- AB/HR
- 34.9
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | MIN | 0.2 | 7.3 | 5.2 | .120 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 50 | 0 |
| 1922 | MIN | 1.3 | 59.7 | 6.3 | .117 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 119.3 | 0 |
| 1923 | MIN | 2.2 | 97.2 | 6 | .153 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 66.7 | 0 |
| 1924 | MIN | 6.0 | 124.4 | 8.2 | .173 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 48.3 | 0 |
| 1925 | MIN | 6.0 | 129.7 | 8.4 | .213 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 33.4 | 0 |
| 1926 | MIN | 6.4 | 127.8 | 8.8 | .188 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 33.4 | 0 |
| 1927 | MIN | 5.0 | 119.4 | 7.8 | .182 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 44.7 | 0 |
| 1928 | MIN | 7.2 | 119.2 | 10.5 | .235 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 26.8 | 0 |
| 1929 | MIN | 2.5 | 98.7 | 6.4 | .174 | 0.3 | 2 | 30.7 | 0 |
| 1930 | MIN/BAL | 4.9 | 131.1 | 8.3 | .293 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 15.8 | 0 |
| 1931 | BAL | 5.3 | 133.5 | 8.9 | .227 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 24.6 | 0 |
| 1932 | BAL | 3.0 | 111.3 | 7.3 | .170 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 33.6 | 0 |
| 1933 | MIN | 3.0 | 88.8 | 6.1 | .155 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 54.9 | 0 |
| 1934 | DET | 2.4 | 106.9 | 6.6 | .148 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 47.2 | 0 |
| 1935 | DET | 2.1 | 90.8 | 5.8 | .124 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 65.6 | 0 |
| 1936 | DET | 3.5 | 124.2 | 8.4 | .212 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 23.8 | 0 |
| 1937 | DET | 0.2 | 28.2 | 5.4 | .138 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 45.3 | 0 |
| 1938 | MIN | -0.2 | 5.1 | 2.8 | .158 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 28.5 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Goose Goslin's career stats?
Goose Goslin played 18 seasons for the Twins, the Orioles and the Tigers. He was a career .316 hitter with 2,735 hits, 248 home runs and 1,609 RBI. His best season was 1928: a .379 batting average, 17 home runs and 102 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
18 seasons, 5 postseasons, 1921 to 1938
Championships ×2
- 1924 World Series with the Minnesota Twins
- 1935 World Series with the Detroit Tigers
All-time career rank
- 261st in home runs (248)
- 58th in hits (2,735)
- 33rd in rbi (1,609)
Among the 10,340 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.