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.

1928 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1928 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	6 (5)	Apr 16	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-4	GS	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	20 (13)	May 7	WSH		SLB	L,2-15	GF	23	5.0	5	0	0	5	1
3	29 (8)	May 19	WSH		CLE	L,7-9	CG	41	9.0	16	0	0	16	0
4	30	May 20	WSH		CLE	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
5	31	May 21 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-4	GS	54	12.2	6	1	0	7	1
6	32	May 21 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	27	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	33	May 22	WSH	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	45	10.2	2	0	0	2	0
8	34	May 23	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	35	May 25	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
				Player went from Washington Nationals to Boston Braves
10	36	May 29	BSN	@	PHI	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
11	37	May 30 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	0	10.0	11	0	0	11	3
12	38	May 30 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	W,11-5	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
13	39	May 31	BSN	@	PHI	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	10	2	1	13	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	40	Jun 1	BSN		CIN	L,6-7	CG	51	10.0	11	0	0	11	1
15	41	Jun 2	BSN		CIN	L,12-20	CG	58	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
16	42	Jun 4	BSN		CIN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	13	2	0	15	0
17	43	Jun 7	BSN		PIT	L,6-8	CG	56	12.0	13	0	0	13	0
18	44	Jun 8	BSN		PIT	W,9-5	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
19	45	Jun 9 (1)	BSN		PIT	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	11	0	1	12	1
20	46	Jun 9 (2)	BSN		PIT	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	10	0	1	11	0
21	47	Jun 11	BSN		STL	L,1-8	CG	47	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
22	48	Jun 12	BSN		STL	L,6-9	CG	44	9.0	8	0	1	9	1
23	49	Jun 13	BSN		STL	L,8-11	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
24	50	Jun 14	BSN		STL	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	15	0	0	15	2
25	51	Jun 15	BSN		CHC	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
26	52	Jun 16	BSN		CHC	L,0-7	CG	45	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
27	53	Jun 18 (1)	BSN		CHC	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	17	0	0	17	1
28	54	Jun 18 (2)	BSN		CHC	L,0-12	CG	54	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
29	55	Jun 21 (1)	BSN		NYG	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
30	56	Jun 21 (2)	BSN		NYG	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
31	57	Jun 23 (1)	BSN		BRO	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
32	58	Jun 23 (2)	BSN		BRO	L,0-7	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
33	59	Jun 25	BSN		BRO	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	5	1	0	6	2
34	60	Jun 26 (1)	BSN		BRO	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	11	3	0	14	3
35	61	Jun 26 (2)	BSN		BRO	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	16	2	0	18	1
36	62	Jun 30 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	L,4-7	CG	32	8.0	9	2	0	11	1
37	63	Jun 30 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	L,5-12	CG	41	8.0	12	0	1	13	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	64	Jul 1	BSN	@	BRO	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
39	65	Jul 2 (1)	BSN		PHI	W,4-3	CG	61	14.0	10	1	1	12	0
40	66	Jul 2 (2)	BSN		PHI	W,5-4	CG	0	10.0	13	1	0	14	0
41	67	Jul 3 (1)	BSN		PHI	L,5-6	CG	46	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
42	68	Jul 3 (2)	BSN		PHI	L,0-15	GS	0	9.0	13	1	1	15	1
43	69	Jul 4	BSN		PHI	L,6-10	CG	0	9.0	10	2	0	12	1
44	70	Jul 7	BSN	@	STL	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
45	71	Jul 8 (1)	BSN	@	STL	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	2
46	72	Jul 8 (2)	BSN	@	STL	L,8-12	CG	44	8.0	4	1	0	5	2
47	73	Jul 9	BSN	@	STL	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	13	0	0	13	2
48	74	Jul 10	BSN	@	CHC	L,6-7	CG	43	8.1	11	1	0	12	1
49	75	Jul 11	BSN	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
50	76	Jul 12	BSN	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	3
51	77	Jul 14	BSN	@	PIT	L,0-10	CG	44	8.0	6	1	1	8	0
52	78	Jul 16	BSN	@	PIT	L,3-8	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	1
53	79	Jul 17	BSN	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
54	80	Jul 18	BSN	@	PIT	L,3-16	CG	48	8.0	15	0	0	15	1
55	81	Jul 19	BSN	@	CIN	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
56	82	Jul 20	BSN	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	2
57	83	Jul 21	BSN	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	13	0	0	13	1
58	84	Jul 22	BSN	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
59	85	Jul 25	BSN		CHC	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
60	86	Jul 26	BSN		CHC	W,7-6	CG	66	14.0	13	0	1	14	0
61	87	Jul 27	BSN		CHC	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
62	88	Jul 30 (1)	BSN		PIT	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	16	1	0	17	0
63	89	Jul 30 (2)	BSN		PIT	L,5-6	CG	43	10.0	15	1	0	16	1
64	90	Jul 31	BSN		PIT	W,11-5	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	91	Aug 2	BSN		STL	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
66	92	Aug 3	BSN		STL	L,1-5	CG	45	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
67	93	Aug 4 (1)	BSN		STL	L,2-3	CG	38	10.0	5	1	0	6	1
68	94	Aug 4 (2)	BSN		STL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
69	95	Aug 8 (1)	BSN		CIN	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	13	2	0	15	1
70	96	Aug 8 (2)	BSN		CIN	W,12-1	CG	30	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
71	97	Aug 10	BSN	@	BRO	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
72	98	Aug 11	BSN	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	15	0	0	15	1
73	99	Aug 12	BSN	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	12	1	0	13	2
74	100	Aug 14	BSN	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	12	1	0	13	1
75	101	Aug 15	BSN	@	STL	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	10	2	0	12	1
76	102	Aug 16	BSN	@	STL	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
77	103	Aug 17	BSN	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	34	8.2	12	1	0	13	0
78	104	Aug 18	BSN	@	CIN	W,10-6	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	3
79	105	Aug 19	BSN	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
80	106	Aug 20	BSN	@	PIT	W,14-11	CG	47	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
81	107	Aug 21	BSN	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
82	108	Aug 22	BSN	@	PIT	L,3-10	CG	41	8.0	11	0	0	11	3
83	109	Aug 24 (1)	BSN	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	12	1	0	13	0
84	110	Aug 24 (2)	BSN	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	7	2	0	9	0
85	111	Aug 25	BSN	@	CHC	L,3-7	CG	34	8.0	13	0	0	13	0
86	112	Aug 26	BSN	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
87	113	Aug 28 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
88	114	Aug 28 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	W,7-5	CG	46	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
89	115	Aug 29	BSN	@	NYG	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
90	116	Aug 30	BSN		PHI	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	117	Aug 31 (1)	BSN		PHI	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
92	118	Aug 31 (2)	BSN		PHI	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	119	Sep 1 (1)	BSN		PHI	W,5-3	CG	45	11.0	8	1	1	10	0
94	120	Sep 1 (2)	BSN		PHI	L,1-7	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
95	121	Sep 2	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
96	122	Sep 4 (1)	BSN		BRO	L,2-3	CG	43	10.0	10	1	0	11	1
97	123	Sep 4 (2)	BSN		BRO	L,2-9	CG	41	9.0	8	0	1	9	0
98	124	Sep 5 (1)	BSN		BRO	W,9-2	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
99	125	Sep 5 (2)	BSN		BRO	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
100	126	Sep 7 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
101	127	Sep 7 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	0	11.0	17	1	0	18	0
102	128	Sep 8 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	L,6-10	CG	47	8.0	4	1	0	5	2
103	129	Sep 8 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
104	130	Sep 10 (1)	BSN		NYG	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	14	1	0	15	2
105	131	Sep 10 (2)	BSN		NYG	L,0-11	CG	45	9.0	14	2	1	17	2
106	132	Sep 11 (1)	BSN		NYG	L,6-11	CG	48	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
107	133	Sep 11 (2)	BSN		NYG	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	9	0	1	10	0
108	134	Sep 13 (1)	BSN		NYG	L,2-12	CG	48	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
109	135	Sep 13 (2)	BSN		NYG	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
110	136	Sep 14 (1)	BSN		NYG	L,2-6	CG	45	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
111	137	Sep 14 (2)	BSN		NYG	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	2
112	138	Sep 15 (1)	BSN		CHC	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
113	139	Sep 15 (2)	BSN		CHC	L,1-6	CG	49	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
114	140	Sep 17	BSN		CHC	L,5-15	CG	51	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
115	141	Sep 18	BSN		CHC	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	10	0	0	10	3
116	142	Sep 20 (1)	BSN		CIN	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
117	143	Sep 20 (2)	BSN		CIN	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
118	144	Sep 21 (1)	BSN		CIN	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	10	2	0	12	1
119	145	Sep 21 (2)	BSN		CIN	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
120	146	Sep 22 (1)	BSN		CIN	W,11-4	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	3
121	147	Sep 22 (2)	BSN		CIN	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	10	1	1	12	2
122	148	Sep 24 (1)	BSN		PIT	L,1-3	CG	41	10.0	11	2	0	13	1
123	149	Sep 24 (2)	BSN		PIT	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
124	150	Sep 25	BSN		PIT	L,8-13	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
125	151	Sep 27	BSN		STL	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	11	2	0	13	1
126	152	Sep 28	BSN		STL	L,3-10	CG	69	15.0	16	1	0	17	0
127	153	Sep 29	BSN		STL	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
							129gm		1096.0	1241	86	15	1342	103