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.

1926 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1926 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	42	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
2	2	Apr 15	SLB	@	CHW	L,4-11	CG	42	8.0	8	2	0	10	2
3	3	Apr 16	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
4	4	Apr 17	SLB	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	6	0	0	6	0
5	5	Apr 18	SLB	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
6	6	Apr 19	SLB	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	2
7	7	Apr 20	SLB	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	44	8.2	6	1	0	7	1
8	8	Apr 21	SLB		CHW	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
9	9	Apr 22	SLB		CHW	L,7-11	CG	44	9.0	11	0	1	12	4
10	10	Apr 23	SLB		CHW	W,2-1	CG	48	12.0	15	1	0	16	2
11	11	Apr 24	SLB		CHW	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	7	0	1	8	2
12	12	Apr 25	SLB		CLE	W,11-5	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
13	13	Apr 26	SLB		CLE	L,1-12	CG	47	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
14	14	Apr 27	SLB		CLE	L,3-5	CG	40	10.0	14	1	2	17	2
15	15	Apr 28	SLB		CLE	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
16	16	Apr 29	SLB		DET	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
17	17	Apr 30	SLB		DET	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	18	May 1	SLB		DET	L,2-11	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
19	19	May 2	SLB		DET	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	2
20	20	May 3	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
21	21	May 4	SLB	@	CLE	L,5-11	CG	44	8.0	16	0	1	17	1
22	22	May 5	SLB	@	CLE	W,11-5	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	2
23	23	May 6	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	6	1	0	7	3
24	24	May 7	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
25	25	May 8	SLB	@	PHA	L,0-14	CG	44	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
26	26	May 10	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	9	1	0	10	1
27	27	May 11	SLB	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	41	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
28	28	May 12	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	9	3	0	12	0
29	29	May 13	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	30	May 14	SLB	@	WSH	W,10-7	CG	47	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
31	31	May 18	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
32	33 (1)	May 20	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	7	2	1	10	0
33	34	May 21	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	9	1	1	11	1
34	35	May 22	SLB	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	43	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
35	36	May 23	SLB	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	1
36	37	May 24	SLB	@	CLE	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	14	1	0	15	2
37	38	May 25	SLB	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	45	10.2	17	2	0	19	2
38	39	May 27	SLB		CLE	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	14	2	0	16	1
39	40	May 28	SLB		CLE	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
40	41	May 29	SLB		CLE	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
41	42	May 30	SLB		CLE	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
42	43	May 31 (1)	SLB		DET	L,7-10	CG	42	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
43	44	May 31 (2)	SLB		DET	W,9-7	CG	34	7.0	4	1	0	5	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	45	Jun 1	SLB		DET	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
45	46	Jun 2	SLB		CHW	L,5-6	CG	45	9.0	9	2	0	11	0
46	47	Jun 4	SLB		CHW	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
47	48	Jun 5	SLB		PHA	L,1-10	CG	49	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
48	49	Jun 6	SLB		PHA	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
49	50	Jun 7	SLB		PHA	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	3
50	51	Jun 8	SLB		BOS	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
51	52	Jun 9	SLB		BOS	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
52	53	Jun 10	SLB		BOS	L,3-8	CG	46	9.0	6	1	0	7	2
53	54	Jun 11	SLB		BOS	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	14	0	0	14	2
54	55	Jun 12	SLB		NYY	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
55	56	Jun 13	SLB		NYY	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	57	Jun 14	SLB		NYY	W,7-3	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	2
57	58	Jun 15	SLB		NYY	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
58	62 (3)	Jun 20	SLB		WSH	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
59	63	Jun 21	SLB	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	42	9.2	6	0	0	6	1
60	64	Jun 22	SLB	@	DET	L,4-9	CG	40	8.0	10	0	1	11	0
61	65	Jun 25	SLB	@	CHW	W,11-4	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
62	66	Jun 26 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
63	67	Jun 26 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	43	8.0	5	0	0	5	1
64	68	Jun 27	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	2
65	69	Jun 28	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	17	0	0	17	1
66	70	Jun 29	SLB		DET	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
67	71	Jun 30	SLB		DET	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	72	Jul 1	SLB		CHW	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
69	73	Jul 2	SLB		CHW	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
70	74	Jul 3	SLB		CHW	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	14	0	1	15	0
71	75	Jul 4	SLB	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	16	1	0	17	1
72	76	Jul 5 (1)	SLB	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
73	77	Jul 5 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
74	78	Jul 6	SLB	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	42	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
75	79	Jul 9	SLB	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
76	80	Jul 10	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-19	CG	49	8.0	6	0	0	6	2
77	81	Jul 11	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	1
78	82	Jul 12	SLB	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	49	9.2	4	0	1	5	1
79	83	Jul 13	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
80	84	Jul 16 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	11	1	0	12	3
81	85	Jul 16 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
82	86	Jul 17	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	13	1	0	14	1
83	87	Jul 18	SLB	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	7	0	0	7	4
84	88	Jul 19	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-11	CG	43	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
85	89	Jul 20	SLB	@	NYY	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
86	90	Jul 21 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	W,11-1	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	3
87	91	Jul 21 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
88	92	Jul 22	SLB	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	50	11.0	12	0	1	13	1
89	93	Jul 23	SLB	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	43	10.0	9	0	0	9	0
90	94	Jul 24 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,9-14	CG	47	8.0	11	0	0	11	1
91	95	Jul 24 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	T,5-5	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	2
92	96	Jul 25	SLB	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
93	97	Jul 27	SLB		NYY	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
94	98	Jul 28	SLB		NYY	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
95	99	Jul 29	SLB		NYY	L,7-10	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
96	100	Jul 30	SLB		NYY	L,8-10	CG	54	11.0	13	0	0	13	0
97	101	Jul 31	SLB		WSH	L,0-9	CG	41	9.0	10	3	0	13	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	102	Aug 1	SLB		WSH	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	3
99	103	Aug 2	SLB		WSH	L,11-14	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
100	104	Aug 3	SLB		WSH	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	2
101	105	Aug 4	SLB		PHA	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	15	1	0	16	2
102	106	Aug 5	SLB		PHA	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	16	0	0	16	2
103	107	Aug 6	SLB		PHA	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
104	108	Aug 7	SLB		BOS	W,5-2	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
105	109	Aug 8	SLB		BOS	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	7	2	1	10	0
106	110	Aug 9	SLB		BOS	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	2	0	1	3	1
107	111	Aug 10	SLB		BOS	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	2
108	112	Aug 11	SLB		DET	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
109	113	Aug 12	SLB		DET	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
110	114	Aug 15 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	W,11-7	CG	45	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
111	115	Aug 15 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	34	7.0	10	0	0	10	0
112	116	Aug 16 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
113	117	Aug 16 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	28	6.0	7	1	0	8	0
114	118	Aug 17 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
115	119	Aug 17 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	11	1	0	12	1
116	120	Aug 18	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	13	1	0	14	0
117	121	Aug 20	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-10	CG	43	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
118	122	Aug 21	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
119	123	Aug 23	SLB	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
120	124	Aug 24	SLB	@	WSH	L,6-9	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
121	125	Aug 26 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,6-8	CG	50	10.2	13	1	0	14	1
122	126	Aug 26 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	51	11.2	13	0	0	13	1
123	127	Aug 27	SLB	@	PHA	W,7-1	CG	39	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
124	128	Aug 28	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
125	129	Aug 29	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	13	2	0	15	3
126	130	Aug 31	SLB	@	CLE	L,5-6	GS	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	2
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
127	133 (2)	Sep 5	SLB		CHW	L,8-9	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
128	134	Sep 6 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	9	1	1	11	0
129	135	Sep 6 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	11	2	0	13	1
130	136	Sep 7	SLB		CLE	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	18	0	0	18	2
131	137	Sep 9 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
132	138	Sep 9 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	1
133	139	Sep 10	SLB	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	12	0	0	12	2
134	140	Sep 11	SLB		BOS	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	9	1	1	11	0
135	141	Sep 12 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,3-11	CG	0	9.0	6	5	0	11	1
136	142	Sep 12 (2)	SLB		BOS	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	8	3	0	11	0
137	143	Sep 16 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
138	144	Sep 16 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	2
139	145	Sep 17	SLB		PHA	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
140	146	Sep 18	SLB		PHA	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
141	147	Sep 19	SLB		PHA	W,5-4	GS	0	9.0	11	0	1	12	1
142	148	Sep 20 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
143	149	Sep 20 (2)	SLB		WSH	L,2-8	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
144	150	Sep 21	SLB		WSH	L,6-11	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	3
145	151	Sep 22	SLB		WSH	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
146	152	Sep 25 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,2-10	CG	53	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
147	153	Sep 25 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,4-10	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
148	154	Sep 26 (1)	SLB		NYY	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	4
149	155	Sep 26 (2)	SLB		NYY	W,6-2	GS	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	2
							150gm		1307.0	1467	88	21	1576	141