Granny Hamner stats
Age 99
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- Age
- 99 yearsApr 26, 1927
Granny Hamner played 16 MLB seasons, 1944 to 1959.
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 1,531
- AB
- 5,839
- R
- 711
- H
- 1,529
- HR
- 104
- RBI
- 708
- SB
- 35
- AVG
- .262
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | PHI | 21 | 77 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .247 |
| 1945 | PHI | 14 | 41 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .171 |
| 1946 | PHI | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 |
| 1947 | PHI | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 |
| 1948 | PHI | 129 | 446 | 42 | 116 | 3 | 48 | 2 | .260 |
| 1949 | PHI | 154 | 662 | 83 | 174 | 6 | 53 | 6 | .263 |
| 1950 | PHI | 157 | 637 | 78 | 172 | 11 | 82 | 2 | .270 |
| 1951 | PHI | 150 | 589 | 61 | 150 | 9 | 72 | 10 | .255 |
| 1952 | PHI | 151 | 596 | 74 | 164 | 17 | 87 | 7 | .275 |
| 1953 | PHI | 154 | 609 | 90 | 168 | 21 | 92 | 2 | .276 |
| 1954 | PHI | 152 | 596 | 83 | 178 | 13 | 89 | 1 | .299 |
| 1955 | PHI | 104 | 405 | 57 | 104 | 5 | 43 | 0 | .257 |
| 1956 | PHI | 122 | 401 | 42 | 90 | 4 | 42 | 2 | .224 |
| 1957 | PHI | 133 | 502 | 59 | 114 | 10 | 62 | 3 | .227 |
| 1958 | PHI | 35 | 133 | 18 | 40 | 2 | 18 | 0 | .301 |
| 1959 |  PHI/CLE | 48 | 131 | 14 | 30 | 3 | 9 | 0 | .229 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 4
- AB
- 14
- R
- 1
- H
- 6
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 0
- SB
- 1
- AVG
- .429
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 6,291
- TB
- 2,237
- XBH
- 438
- HBP
- 6
- IBB
- 10
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | PHI | 81 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1945 | PHI | 42 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | PHI | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | PHI | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | PHI | 475 | 156 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | PHI | 700 | 234 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | PHI | 685 | 242 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | PHI | 625 | 214 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | PHI | 640 | 255 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | PHI | 646 | 277 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | PHI | 660 | 278 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | PHI | 454 | 139 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | PHI | 438 | 132 | 31 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | PHI | 548 | 173 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | PHI | 144 | 59 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | PHI/CLE | 138 | 46 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 15.9
- RC
- 711.1
- RC/27
- 4.30
- ISOP
- .121
- SECA
- .185
- BB/K
- 0.81
- AB/HR
- 56.1
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | PHI | 0.3 | 5.5 | 2.5 | .013 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1945 | PHI | -0.7 | 1.1 | 0.9 | .049 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | PHI | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.5 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | PHI | 0.0 | 0.9 | 4.8 | .000 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | PHI | 0.2 | 48.6 | 3.9 | .090 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 148.7 | 0 |
| 1949 | PHI | 1.4 | 70.8 | 3.8 | .091 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 110.3 | 0 |
| 1950 | PHI | 2.8 | 79.8 | 4.6 | .110 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 57.9 | 0 |
| 1951 | PHI | 0.9 | 64.2 | 3.8 | .109 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 65.4 | 0 |
| 1952 | PHI | 3.8 | 80.7 | 4.8 | .153 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 35.1 | 0 |
| 1953 | PHI | 3.7 | 88.8 | 5.4 | .179 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 29 | 0 |
| 1954 | PHI | 4.1 | 101 | 6.3 | .168 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 45.8 | 0 |
| 1955 | PHI | 0.9 | 49.1 | 4.3 | .086 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 81 | 0 |
| 1956 | PHI | -0.2 | 38.8 | 3.3 | .105 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 100.3 | 0 |
| 1957 | PHI | -1.4 | 50.2 | 3.4 | .118 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 50.2 | 0 |
| 1958 | PHI | 0.3 | 20.5 | 5.8 | .143 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 66.5 | 0 |
| 1959 | PHI/CLE | -0.1 | 11.9 | 3.1 | .122 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 43.7 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO
Bio
- Age
- 99 yearsApr 26, 1927
- Debut
- 1944
What were Granny Hamner's career stats?
ESPN's season-by-season log for Granny Hamner covers 16 seasons with the Phillies; its career totals count every season. He was a career .262 hitter with 1,529 hits, 104 home runs and 708 RBI. His best season was 1958: a .301 batting average, 2 home runs and 18 RBI.