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Bob Dillinger
Robert Bernard Dillinger (Duke)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 170 lb.
School University of Idaho

Debut April 16, 1946
Final Game September 28, 1951
Born September 17, 1918 in Glendale, CA

Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1946 27 SLB AL  83  225   33   63   6  3   0   11   8  1  19  30  .280  .341  .333   85   75   3           2   8
 1947 28 SLB AL 137  571   70  168  23  6   3   37  34 13  56  38  .294  .361  .371  102  212   4           4  13 MVP-17
 1948 29 SLB AL 153  644  110  207  34 10   2   44  28 11  65  34  .321  .385  .415  111  267  12           1  18 MVP-19
 1949 30 SLB AL 137  544   68  176  22 13   1   51  20 14  51  40  .324  .385  .417  109  227   7           3  14 AS
 1950 31 TOT    142  578   78  174  29 11   4   50   9  3  44  42  .301  .352  .410   96  237   3           1  20
         PHA AL  84  356   55  110  21  9   3   41   5  3  31  20  .309  .366  .444  108  158   1           1  11
         PIT NL  58  222   23   64   8  2   1    9   4     13  22  .288  .328  .356   78   79   2           0   9
 1951 32 TOT    101  342   42  100   9  4   0   20   7  5  16  17  .292  .326  .342   82  117   5           1  10
         PIT NL  12   43    3   10   3  0   0    0   2  0   1   0  .233  .250  .302   46   13   0           0   4
         CHW AL  89  299   39   90   6  4   0   20   5  5  15  17  .301  .337  .348   87  104   5           1   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      753 2904  401  888 123 47  10  213 106 47 251 201  .306  .363  .391  101 1135  34   0   0  12  83
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        625   86  191  26 10   2   46  23 10  54  43  .306  .363  .391  101  244   7   0   0   3  18
 Career High    153  644  110  207  34 13   4   51  34 14  65  42  .324  .385  .417  111  267  12   0   0   4  20
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1946 27 SLB AL  249  174   26   4.0   100| .280  .269| .341  .345| .333  .387| .674  .732|  85  .481  -4.7  -0.5  88%
 1947 28 SLB AL  635  433   78   4.8    98| .294  .265| .361  .345| .371  .381| .732  .726| 102  .564   2.2   0.2  72%
 1948 29 SLB AL  722  478  104   5.8   107| .321  .275| .385  .361| .415  .398| .800  .759| 111  .603  10.1   1.0  71%
 1949 30 SLB AL  605  403   85   5.6   110| .324  .276| .385  .368| .417  .400| .802  .769| 109  .592   5.6   0.5  58%
 1950 31 TOT     626  430   83   5.1   111| .301  .275| .352  .358| .410  .417| .762  .776|  96  .524  -4.3  -0.5  75%
         PHA AL  389  261   57   5.8   112| .309  .276| .366  .363| .444  .414| .810  .776| 108  .570   3.4   0.3  62%
         PIT NL  237  169   26   4.1   111| .288  .273| .328  .350| .356  .424| .684  .774|  78  .436  -7.8  -0.8     
 1951 32 TOT     364  262   38   3.9   101| .292  .266| .326  .346| .342  .391| .668  .737|  82  .434  -9.9  -1.0  58%
         PIT NL   44   37    4   2.9   106| .233  .271| .250  .345| .302  .410| .552  .756|  46  .309  -3.3  -0.3 100%
         CHW AL  320  225   34   4.1   100| .301  .265| .337  .346| .348  .389| .685  .735|  87  .452  -6.5  -0.7  50%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      3201 2180  414   5.1   105| .306  .272| .363  .356| .391  .397| .754  .753| 101  .551  -1.0  -0.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1946 27 SLB AL 3B 54 56 98 13 11 .922 .948 2.85 2.89 SS 1 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 6.00 4.60 1947 28 SLB AL 3B 137 169 265 19 21 .958 .959 3.17 2.91 1948 29 SLB AL 3B 153 187 242 20 30 .955 .958 2.80 2.93 1949 30 SLB AL 3B 133 166 209 25 22 .938 .960 2.82 2.95 AS 1950 31 TOT 3B 135 152 289 20 31 .957 .955 3.27 3.03 PHA AL 3B 84 92 173 12 18 .957 .960 3.15 3.04 PIT NL 3B 51 60 116 8 13 .957 .948 3.45 3.01 1951 32 TOT 3B 80 81 131 15 10 .934 .950 2.65 2.90 PIT NL 3B 10 11 15 1 0 .963 .952 2.60 3.10 CHW AL 3B 70 70 116 14 10 .930 .950 2.66 2.87
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1946 27 SLB AL 3B 54 56 98 13 11 .922 .948 2.85 2.89 1947 28 SLB AL 3B 137 169 265 19 21 .958 .959 3.17 2.91 1948 29 SLB AL 3B 153 187 242 20 30 .955 .958 2.80 2.93 1949 30 SLB AL 3B 133 166 209 25 22 .938 .960 2.82 2.95 1950 31 TOT 3B 135 152 289 20 31 .957 .955 3.27 3.03 PHA AL 3B 84 92 173 12 18 .957 .960 3.15 3.04 PIT NL 3B 51 60 116 8 13 .957 .948 3.45 3.01 1951 32 TOT 3B 80 81 131 15 10 .934 .950 2.65 2.90 PIT NL 3B 10 11 15 1 0 .963 .952 2.60 3.10 CHW AL 3B 70 70 116 14 10 .930 .950 2.66 2.87 1946 27 SLB AL SS 1 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 6.00 4.60
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 3B 692 811 1234 112 125 .948 .956 2.96 2.94 SS 1 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 6.00 4.60 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 693 812 1239 112 125 .948 .956 2.96 2.95
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1949   SLB AL       1   2   1  0  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   1   2   1  0  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1949 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1947-AL-17-0.04
1948-AL-19-0.03
Car-983-0.07 shares

Batting Average
1948 AL-.321-6
1949 AL-.324-3

Games
1948 AL-153-4

At Bats
1947 AL-571-7
1948 AL-644-2

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1947 AL-635-10
1948 AL-722-2

Runs
1948 AL-110-7

Hits
1947 AL-168-5
1948 AL-207-1
1949 AL-176-8

Total Bases
1948 AL-267-9

Doubles
1948 AL-34-7

Triples
1948 AL-10-6
1949 AL-13-2
1950 AL-9-8

Stolen Bases
1947 AL-34-1
1948 AL-28-1
1949 AL-20-1

Singles
1947 AL-136-4
1948 AL-161-2
1949 AL-140-4

Runs Created
1948 AL-104-6

Times on Base
1948 AL-273-4

Hit By Pitch
1947 AL-4-5

Grounded into Double Plays
1948 AL-18-8

Caught Stealing
1947 AL-13-2
1948 AL-11-2
1949 AL-14-1

Outs
1948 AL-478-4

         

Black Ink: Batting - 9 (244) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 34 (699) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 18.0 (731) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 34.5 (521) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1939 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent.

December 13, 1949: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Paul Lehner to the Philadelphia Athletics for Ray Coleman, Frankie Gustine, Billy DeMars, Ray Ippolito (minors), and $100,000.

July 19, 1950: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Philadelphia Athletics.

May 16, 1951: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Pittsburgh Pirates.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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