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Wiley
Gannon		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 200
 
Born: September 6, 1903 in Buffalo, NY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
WORLD SERIESs Won 1933   
GOLD GLOVE AWARD 1923    1924    1925    1926   
All-Star Selections 1934   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won BATTER OF THE YEAR or ROOKIE OF THE YEAR.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1922 18 PHA AL 17 27 4 9 1 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 .333 .379 .370 .750 3.4 0.5
    AAA   128 552 84 172 25 7 6 68 25 12 37 44 .312 .355 .415 .770 77.7  
1923 19 PHI NL 150 600 108 189 24 8 2 78 40 20 47 44 .315 .368 .392 .760 84.4 14.1
1924 20 PHI NL 148 550 86 155 21 6 2 71 30 16 52 37 .282 .346 .353 .699 65.2 10.4
1925 21 PHI NL 147 574 75 181 20 4 6 64 37 16 40 26 .315 .356 .395 .752 83.5 10.5
1926 22 PHI NL 146 576 79 196 33 5 3 84 29 18 45 25 .340 .389 .431 .820 85.1 17.3
1927 23 PHI NL 148 563 82 172 18 6 7 78 20 15 42 33 .306 .351 .396 .747 73.1 9.5
1928 24 NYA AL 147 630 122 217 31 9 6 85 15 6 39 27 .344 .382 .451 .833 98.7 19.4
1929 25 NYA AL 149 629 97 174 26 10 8 81 4 8 45 31 .277 .322 .388 .710 77.2 8.8
1930 26 NYA AL 146 582 97 186 23 6 7 94 9 8 41 40 .320 .363 .416 .779 83.2 12.0
1931 27 NYA AL 119 363 45 97 13 2 1 49 4 6 27 21 .267 .318 .322 .640 35.6 3.5
1932 28 NYA AL 85 147 19 49 2 1 2 20 1 5 5 6 .333 .355 .401 .757 16.2 2.4
1933 29 CIN NL 143 536 61 143 19 9 4 77 10 12 33 19 .267 .308 .358 .667 54.0 6.5
1934 30 CIN NL 147 573 83 210 34 3 6 96 2 4 35 29 .366 .402 .468 .870 93.6 18.2
1935 31 CIN NL 152 563 86 180 21 4 5 73 4 6 38 24 .320 .363 .398 .761 79.3 13.3
1936 32 CIN NL 119 414 51 139 19 2 5 69 5 7 27 24 .336 .373 .428 .801 61.6 8.3
  DET AL 24 96 15 34 9 2 0 23 1 2 5 3 .354 .385 .490 .874 16.0 2.7
  TOT   143 510 66 173 28 4 5 92 6 9 32 27 .339 .375 .439 .815 77.6 11.0
1937 33 BOS AL 98 283 39 76 9 2 6 41 2 7 18 14 .269 .314 .378 .692 31.5 3.1
1938 34 BOS AL 76 157 22 42 7 0 4 24 3 4 17 12 .268 .333 .389 .722 20.5 2.2
1939 35 AAA   125 497 83 137 14 3 4 59 19 6 32 53 .276 .319 .340 .660 54.8  
17 Years Sim 2161 7863 1171 2449 330 79 74 1110 217 160 558 415 .311 .356 .402 .758 1062.2 162.8
2 Years AAA 253 1049 167 309 39 10 10 127 44 18 69 97 .295 .340 .379 .719 132.5  
162 Game Average 589 87 183 24 5 5 83 16 11 41 31 .311 .356 .402 .758 79.6  
Career Highs 152 630 122 217 34 10 8 96 40 20 52 44 .366 .402 .468 .870 98.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5478 804 1727 224 43 52 793 152 112 376 296 .315 .358 .400 .759 744.1
vs LH   2385 367 722 106 36 22 317 65 48 182 119 .303 .352 .405 .757 323.0
Home 1094 3896 599 1229 170 36 36 573 100 91 280 212 .315 .361 .405 .766 533.2
Away 1067 3967 572 1220 160 43 38 537 117 69 278 203 .308 .352 .398 .751 533.9
RISP   2212 0 716 106 20 21 991 0 0 241 120 .324 .382 .418 .800 350.2
Pinch Hitting   216 29 74 11 1 2 37 1 4 21 9 .343 .403 .431 .834 34.2
Close/Late   876 125 286 35 10 13 123 0 0 83 44 .326 .385 .434 .819 139.9
Mar/Apr 241 898 124 271 33 10 8 120 34 20 66 53 .302 .350 .388 .738 117.6
May 392 1466 202 452 68 17 15 183 37 36 96 71 .308 .351 .409 .759 194.7
June 385 1433 234 459 70 17 11 212 44 29 115 79 .320 .371 .416 .787 208.7
July 390 1390 229 441 58 11 15 207 34 22 98 78 .317 .361 .407 .768 194.6
August 361 1282 189 387 48 10 15 187 29 17 86 69 .302 .343 .390 .733 166.7
Sep/Oct 392 1394 193 439 53 14 10 201 39 36 97 65 .315 .359 .395 .753 184.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won GOLD GLOVE AWARD.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1922 18 PHA AL CF 12 1 37.7 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.15   0.1
    LF 3 0 6.0 1 0 1 0 .500 1.50    
1923 19 PHI NL CF 143 142 1278.3 472 13 16 4 .968 3.41   6.7
    LF 4 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1924 20 PHI NL CF 144 140 1254.7 413 15 16 6 .964 3.07   5.3
    LF 3 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
1925 21 PHI NL CF 145 142 1247.3 473 13 16 4 .968 3.51   6.2
1926 22 PHI NL CF 142 139 1238.3 450 12 12 5 .975 3.36   6.1
    LF 2 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
1927 23 PHI NL RF 101 98 859.0 249 6 7 2 .973 2.67   5.2
    CF 44 43 381.0 126 2 1 0 .992 3.02    
    LF 2 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
1928 24 NYA AL CF 143 138 1220.0 360 8 15 3 .961 2.71   2.4
    RF 4 0 9.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00    
1929 25 NYA AL CF 142 139 1234.0 349 4 15 0 .959 2.57   3.1
    LF 3 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1930 26 NYA AL CF 140 138 1224.3 342 3 14 0 .961 2.54   2.8
    RF 2 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1931 27 NYA AL CF 71 66 593.0 149 0 10 0 .937 2.26   1.1
    LF 19 16 155.3 34 0 1 0 .971 1.97    
    RF 4 0 10.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70    
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1932 28 NYA AL CF 22 18 177.3 48 0 1 0 .980 2.44   0.8
    LF 8 0 17.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.53    
    RF 4 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
    2B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1933 29 CIN NL LF 139 136 1184.0 237 4 12 2 .953 1.83   3.7
    CF 3 0 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64    
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1934 30 CIN NL LF 140 139 1230.7 257 7 14 4 .950 1.93   3.4
    RF 2 0 5.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.59    
1935 31 CIN NL LF 144 137 1222.7 315 7 16 2 .953 2.37   3.7
    CF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1936 32 CIN NL LF 94 87 759.5 231 2 6 1 .975 2.76   2.3
    CF 22 19 175.2 67 2 4 0 .945 3.54   0.0
    RF 1 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  DET AL LF 19 17 175.5 54 1 1 0 .982 2.82   0.8
    CF 4 4 40.5 16 0 1 0 .941 3.56   0.0
    RF 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   LF 113 104 935.0 285 3 7 1 .976 2.77   3.1
      CF 26 23 215.7 83 2 5 0 .944 3.55   0.0
      RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1937 33 BOS AL CF 58 52 454.7 170 5 3 2 .983 3.46   2.1
    RF 28 19 177.7 48 0 0 0 1.000 2.43    
    LF 8 3 40.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.58    
1938 34 BOS AL CF 31 20 192.3 65 1 2 1 .971 3.09   1.1
    RF 18 17 148.0 37 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    LF 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  CF 1267 1201 10761.7 3513 78 126 25 .966 3.00   37.8
  LF 589 535 4814.0 1144 21 51 9 .958 2.18   13.8
  RF 166 134 1223.3 345 6 7 2 .980 2.58   5.2
  SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  2B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   2024 1870 16803.0 5003 107 184 37 .965 2.74   56.9
Career Highs   147 142 1283.3 473 15 16 6 .987 3.51    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1933 29 CIN NL 7 28 2 7 2 0 1 6 0 0 2 1 .250 .300 .429 .729
1934 30 CIN NL 5 18 1 6 0 0 0 4 1 1 1 3 .333 .350 .333 .683
Career Post-Season Batting 12 46 3 13 2 0 1 10 1 1 3 4 .283 .320 .391 .711
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1926-8-.340
1928-3-.344
1934-1-.366
 On-Base Pct
1934-7-.402
 Slugging Pct
1934-5-.468
 OPS
1934-3-.870
 OPS+
1934-3-142
 XR
1928-4-98.7
1934-5-93.6
Games
1923-3-150
1924-10-148
1926-6-146
1927-7-148
1929-2-149
1930-9-146
1935-2-152
 At-Bats
1923-3-600
1925-7-574
1926-7-576
1928-1-630
1929-1-629
1930-5-582
1934-3-573
1935-10-563
 Runs
1923-2-108
1928-3-122
 Hits
1923-4-189
1925-9-181
1926-4-196
1928-1-217
1930-7-186
1934-1-210
1935-6-180
CAR-38-2449
 Times on Base
1923-5-242
1928-4-257
1934-8-246
 Total Bases
1926-10-248
1928-4-284
1934-4-268
Singles
1923-3-155
1925-9-151
1926-3-155
1927-10-141
1928-2-171
1929-6-130
1930-3-150
1934-2-167
1935-6-150
CAR-28-1966
 Doubles
1926-8-33
1934-2-34
 Triples
1933-10-9
 Extra Base Hits
1934-8-43
 Offensive Win Shares
1926-9-17.5
1928-3-19.9
1934-9-17.8
 RBIs
1934-7-96
Stolen Bases
1923-6-40
1924-9-30
1925-4-37
1926-10-29
 Caught Stealing
1923-4-20
1924-9-16
1925-5-16
1926-2-18
1927-8-15
 Stolen Base Percentage
1923-10-67
1924-10-65
 Base on Ball per Strikeout
1933-10-1.7
 At Bats per Strikeout
1928-5-23.3
1929-5-20.3
1933-4-28.2
1934-5-19.8
1935-3-23.5
CAR-48-18.9
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 12    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 39)
   Gray Ink Test: 74    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 193)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 52    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 59)
 
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  1. Alec Spitzer (915)
  2. Eddie Gelfen (900)
  3. Marshall Frobisher (900)
  4. Champ Araiza (891)
  5. Clint Dorsey (890)
  6. Eckard Burlingame (889)
  7. Joey Cola (886)
  8. Trevor Sway (885)
  9. Grover Orangethorpe (880)
  10. Roy Lomax (880)
History
Had first career hit (double) on 9/1/1922, off Sugar Mobley (BRO)
Hit first career homerun on 4/28/1923, off Joshua Rattlif (BSN)
Won Player of the Week award on 7/1/1923, hitting .536 with 0 HR, 9 RBI
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Centerfield in 1923
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Centerfield in 1924
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Centerfield in 1925
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1926, hitting .452 with 0 HR, 12 RBI
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Pittsburgh on 6/11/1926
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Centerfield in 1926
Traded from Philadelphia (N) to New York (A) on 4/10/1928 (Going to PHI: 3B Hank Lawless. Going to NYA: CF Wiley Gannon, 2B Stewart Lang)
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Boston (A) on 6/17/1928
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Cleveland on 7/29/1928
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Washington on 4/27/1929
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1929, hitting .467 with 2 HR, 11 RBI
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Philadelphia (A) on 9/15/1930
Traded from New York (A) to Cincinnati on 4/12/1933 (Going to CIN: P Marvelous Maxwell, CF Wiley Gannon, P Brad Larson. Going to NYA: LF Roy Harrison, P Jim Creighton, P Golden Quackenbush)
Won WORLD SERIES with Cincinnati in 1933
Drove in 6 runs against Philadelphia (N) on 5/14/1934
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1934, hitting .481 with 2 HR, 11 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1934, hitting .393 with 3 HR, 21 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1934, hitting .429 with 2 HR, 19 RBI
Was selected to the 1934 Allstar game
 
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