George Sisler

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 170lb (180cm, 77kg)

Born: March 24, 1893 in Manchester, OH us

Died: March 26, 1973 in Richmond Heights, MO

Buried: Old Meeting House Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Frontenac, MO

High School: Akron HS (Akron, OH)

School: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)

Debut: June 28, 1915 (Age 22-096d, 4,345th in major league history)
vs. CHW 3.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 22, 1930 (Age 37-182d)
vs. CHC 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1939. (Voted by BBWAA on 235/274 ballots)
View George Sisler's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1915 season

Full Name: George Harold Sisler

Nicknames: Gorgeous George

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Relatives: Father of Dave Sisler, Dick Sisler

Hall of Fame
MVP
2x Batting Title

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

57.2

8267

2812

102

.340

1284

RBI

1178

375

OBP

.379

SLG

.468

OPS

.847

OPS+

125

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 2 (Jun 21, Aug 31)

1919 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1919 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 23	SLB		CHW	L,4-13	CG	47	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
2	2	Apr 24	SLB		CHW	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
3	3	Apr 25	SLB		CHW	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
4	4	Apr 26	SLB		CHW	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	7	2	1	10	0
5	5	Apr 29	SLB		CLE	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
6	6	Apr 30	SLB		CLE	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	7	May 2	SLB	@	CHW	W,11-4	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
8	8	May 4	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	22	4.2	2	0	0	2	0
9	9	May 6	SLB	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	48	12.0	11	1	0	12	1
10	10	May 7	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
11	11	May 10	SLB		DET	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
12	12	May 11	SLB		DET	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
13	13	May 12	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
14	14	May 13	SLB	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
15	15	May 14	SLB		PHA	W,11-0	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
16	16	May 15	SLB		PHA	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
17	17	May 17	SLB		BOS	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
18	18	May 18	SLB		BOS	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	19	May 20	SLB		BOS	L,4-6	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	20	May 21	SLB		WSH	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	13	0	1	14	0
21	21	May 22	SLB		WSH	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
22	22	May 24	SLB		WSH	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
23	23	May 25	SLB		NYY	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
24	24	May 26	SLB		NYY	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	3	0	0	3	1
25	25	May 27	SLB		NYY	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
26	26	May 30 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
27	27	May 30 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	1
28	28	May 31	SLB	@	DET	W,9-7	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	29	Jun 1	SLB	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	1
30	30	Jun 2	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	10	1	0	11	3
31	31	Jun 3 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	W,14-6	CG	39	9.0	15	2	1	18	1
32	32	Jun 3 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
33	33	Jun 5	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
34	34	Jun 6	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
35	35	Jun 7	SLB	@	WSH	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
36	36	Jun 8	SLB	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	7	4	0	11	0
37	37	Jun 10	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
38	38	Jun 11	SLB	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
39	39	Jun 12	SLB	@	PHA	W,5-0	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
40	40	Jun 13	SLB	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
41	43 (2)	Jun 16	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	41	10.1	5	2	0	7	1
42	44	Jun 17	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
43	45	Jun 18	SLB	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	13	2	0	15	2
44	46	Jun 19	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	1
45	47	Jun 20	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
46	48	Jun 21	SLB	@	BOS	T,3-3	CG	41	10.0	3	1	1	5	0
47	49	Jun 22	SLB	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
48	50	Jun 23	SLB	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	51	Jun 24	SLB	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	36	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
50	52	Jun 26	SLB		CHW	W,3-2	CG	47	13.0	10	1	0	11	1
51	53	Jun 27	SLB		CHW	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
52	54	Jun 28	SLB		CHW	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
53	55	Jun 29	SLB		CHW	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
54	56	Jun 30	SLB		DET	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	57	Jul 1	SLB		DET	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	58	Jul 2	SLB		DET	W,14-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	2
57	59	Jul 3	SLB		DET	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	3
58	60	Jul 4 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,4-9	GS	14	2.2	4	0	0	4	0
59	61	Jul 4 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-11	CG	42	8.0	14	0	0	14	1
60	62	Jul 5	SLB		CLE	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
61	63	Jul 6	SLB		CLE	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
62	64	Jul 7	SLB		CLE	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	8	1	0	9	1
63	65	Jul 8	SLB		CLE	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
64	66	Jul 9	SLB		BOS	W,3-0	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
65	67	Jul 10 (1)	SLB		BOS	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
66	68	Jul 10 (2)	SLB		BOS	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
67	69	Jul 12	SLB		PHA	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
68	70	Jul 13 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
69	71	Jul 13 (2)	SLB		PHA	W,5-4	CG	50	11.0	1	1	0	2	0
70	72	Jul 14	SLB		PHA	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
71	73	Jul 15	SLB		PHA	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
72	74	Jul 16	SLB		NYY	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
73	75	Jul 17	SLB		NYY	W,7-6	CG	0	17.0	18	3	0	21	0
74	76	Jul 18	SLB		NYY	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
75	77	Jul 19	SLB		NYY	L,8-9	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
76	78	Jul 20 (1)	SLB		WSH	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
77	79	Jul 20 (2)	SLB		WSH	L,7-13	CG	50	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
78	80	Jul 21	SLB		WSH	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
79	81	Jul 22	SLB		WSH	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
80	82	Jul 24	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	41	9.2	9	2	0	11	1
81	83	Jul 25	SLB	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	10	1	0	11	0
82	84	Jul 26	SLB	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
83	85	Jul 27	SLB	@	CHW	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
84	86	Jul 29	SLB	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
85	87	Jul 30	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	32	8.1	8	1	0	9	0
86	88	Jul 31	SLB	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	2
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	89	Aug 1	SLB	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	3
88	90	Aug 2	SLB	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
89	91	Aug 4	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
90	92	Aug 7 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	10	3	0	13	0
91	93	Aug 7 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
92	94	Aug 8	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	1
93	95	Aug 9 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
94	96	Aug 9 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	46	10.1	2	1	0	3	0
95	97	Aug 11	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	35	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
96	98	Aug 12	SLB	@	BOS	W,10-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
97	99	Aug 14	SLB		PHA	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
98	100	Aug 15	SLB		PHA	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	1	8	1
99	101	Aug 16	SLB		PHA	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
100	102	Aug 17 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
101	103	Aug 17 (2)	SLB		BOS	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	9	1	1	11	0
102	104	Aug 18	SLB		BOS	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
103	105	Aug 19	SLB		BOS	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
104	106	Aug 21 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	2
105	107	Aug 21 (2)	SLB		NYY	W,2-1	CG	53	14.0	2	0	0	2	2
106	108	Aug 22	SLB		NYY	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
107	109	Aug 23	SLB		WSH	W,11-4	GS	19	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
108	112 (2)	Aug 26	SLB		CHW	L,3-4	CG	41	10.0	5	1	0	6	1
109	113	Aug 27	SLB		CHW	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
110	114	Aug 29	SLB		DET	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
111	115	Aug 30 (1)	SLB		DET	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
112	116	Aug 30 (2)	SLB		DET	L,7-8	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
113	117	Aug 31	SLB		DET	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
114	118	Sep 1 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,3-5	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
115	119	Sep 1 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,4-3	CG	44	11.0	16	0	0	16	1
116	120	Sep 2	SLB		CLE	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	8	1	1	10	0
117	121	Sep 3	SLB		CLE	W,6-5	CG	60	14.0	14	4	0	18	0
118	122	Sep 4	SLB	@	DET	L,0-2	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
119	128 (5)	Sep 13 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
120	129	Sep 13 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,6-9	CG	39	8.0	12	0	0	12	1
121	130	Sep 14	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
122	131	Sep 16	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
123	132	Sep 18 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-12	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	1
124	133	Sep 18 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
125	134	Sep 19	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	9	2	0	11	2
126	135	Sep 20 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
127	136	Sep 20 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-7	CG	45	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
128	137	Sep 24	SLB	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	40	8.1	8	0	0	8	1
129	138	Sep 25	SLB	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	4	2	1	7	0
130	139	Sep 27	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-11	CG	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
131	140	Sep 28	SLB	@	CLE	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
							131gm		1164.0	1249	120	13	1382	64