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Season Age Team Lg WAR G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ rOBA Rbat+ TB GIDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1937 25 WEG NN2 0.3 33 145 128 21 35 5 2 4 15 0 15 .273 .350 .438 .787 103 .356 102 56 0 2 7
1938 26 BEG NN2 -0.2 36 169 148 32 39 5 3 0 20 1 16 .264 .339 .338 .677 79 .322 83 50 1 4 *8/9
1939 27 BEG NN2 0.6 27 122 112 22 35 4 1 3 13 2 10 .313 .369 .446 .815 120 .374 118 50 8/7
1940 28 BEG NN2 0.7 59 282 228 54 60 8 2 2 24 8 48 .263 .400 .342 .742 95 .367 105 78 0 4 2 0 *8/79
1941 29 NBY NN2 0.7 37 158 138 26 36 4 1 0 9 15 16 .261 .350 .304 .655 86 .330 93 42 0 3 1 0 *8/1 AS
1942 30 BEG NN2 1.2 49 228 196 37 54 8 5 2 28 3 30 .276 .372 .398 .770 125 .370 124 78 2 *8/7
1943 31 BEG NN2 0.4 46 207 185 33 50 7 5 0 12 7 22 .270 .348 .362 .710 91 .344 93 67 0 0 0 *8/5 AS
1944 32 BEG NN2 1.3 33 147 130 28 49 7 4 2 14 4 16 .377 .445 .538 .984 162 .454 164 70 0 1 0 8 AS
1945 33 BEG NN2 0.6 53 249 224 41 58 11 9 2 17 5 24 .259 .331 .415 .746 108 .350 105 93 0 1 0 *8/5
1946 34 BEG NN2 3.5 63 275 235 61 84 12 7 7 36 9 35 .357 .449 .557 1.006 180 .469 174 131 4 1 *8 AS,AS
1947 35 BEG NN2 3.8 64 278 247 70 95 24 5 8 52 11 26 .385 .447 .619 1.067 188 .490 186 153 2 3 *8/7 AS,AS
1948 36 BEG NN2 2.8 59 270 201 54 56 11 4 0 21 7 59 .279 .457 .373 .830 141 .412 152 75 7 3 *8
12 Yrs 15.6 559 2530 2172 479 651 106 48 30 261 72 317 .300 .394 .434 .828 127 .392 127 943 0 21 20 0 0 *87/951
162 Game Avg 4.5 162 733 629 139 189 31 14 9 76 21 92 .300 .394 .434 .828 127 .392 127 273
WEG (11 Yrs) 15.0 522 2372 2034 453 615 102 47 30 252 57 301 .302 .397 .443 .840 130 .397 129 901 0 18 19 0 0 *87/95
NBY (1 Yr) 0.7 37 158 138 26 36 4 1 0 9 15 16 .261 .350 .304 .655 86 .330 93 42 0 3 1 0 *8/1
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Season Age Team Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB BA OBP SLG OPS TB GIDP HBP SH Pos Awards
1939 27 BEG NN2 9 38 34 5 8 2 0 0 1 1 3 .235 .297 .294 .591 10 0 0 1
1948 36 BEG NN2 4 18 13 2 8 1 0 0 0 0 5 .615 .722 .692 1.415 9 0 0 0
2 Yrs 13 56 47 7 16 3 0 0 1 1 8 .340 .436 .404 .841 19 0 0 1
162 Game Avg 162 698 586 87 199 37 0 0 12 12 100 .340 .436 .404 .841 237 0 0 12

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Season Age Team Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Pos Awards
1937 25 WEG NN2 145 0 0 0 -1 -2 -2 -0.1 5 3 0.3 .496 .499 0.3 -0.2 4 7
1938 26 BEG NN2 169 -4 0 0 -3 0 -8 -0.7 6 -2 -0.2 .482 .496 0.1 -0.3 1 *8/9
1939 27 BEG NN2 122 3 0 0 0 -1 3 0.2 4 7 0.6 .508 .501 0.6 -0.1 7 8/7
1940 28 BEG NN2 282 2 0 0 -2 -1 -1 0.0 8 8 0.7 .499 .500 0.7 -0.2 9 *8/79
1941 29 NBY NN2 158 -2 1 0 3 0 2 0.2 5 8 0.7 .505 .501 0.4 0.2 5 *8/1 AS
1942 30 BEG NN2 228 7 0 0 0 0 6 0.6 6 13 1.2 .512 .504 1.2 0.0 13 *8/7
1943 31 BEG NN2 207 -2 0 0 2 0 -1 -0.1 6 6 0.4 .499 .500 0.2 0.1 4 *8/5 AS
1944 32 BEG NN2 147 12 0 0 -2 0 10 0.9 4 14 1.3 .527 .506 1.5 -0.2 16 8 AS
1945 33 BEG NN2 249 2 0 0 -2 0 -1 -0.1 7 6 0.6 .499 .500 0.7 -0.2 8 *8/5
1946 34 BEG NN2 275 26 0 0 4 0 30 2.8 9 39 3.5 .544 .517 3.2 0.3 35 *8 AS,AS
1947 35 BEG NN2 278 30 0 0 2 0 32 3.0 9 41 3.8 .547 .518 3.6 0.2 39 *8/7 AS,AS
1948 36 BEG NN2 270 16 0 0 3 0 19 1.9 8 27 2.8 .532 .512 2.4 0.3 24 *8
12 Yrs 2530 91 0 0 5 -6 90 8.7 78 168 15.6 .515 .506 14.8 0.0 163 *87/951
162 Game Avg 733 26 0 0 1 -2 26 2.5 23 49 4.5 .515 .506 4.3 0.0 47
WEG (11 Yrs) 2372 92 -1 0 2 -6 88 8.5 73 161 15.0 .516 .506 14.5 -0.2 159 *87/95
NBY (1 Yr) 158 -2 1 0 3 0 2 0.2 5 8 0.7 .505 .501 0.4 0.2 5 *8/1

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Season Age Team Lg PA rOBA Rbat+ BAbip ISO HR% BB% RS% Pos Awards
1937 25 WEG NN2 145 .356 102 .250 .164 2.8 10.3 37.0 7
1938 26 BEG NN2 169 .322 83 .264 .074 0.0 9.5 57.1 *8/9
1939 27 BEG NN2 122 .374 118 .294 .134 2.5 8.2 45.2 8/7
1940 28 BEG NN2 282 .367 105 .257 .079 0.7 17.0 47.3 *8/79
1941 29 NBY NN2 158 .330 93 .261 .043 0.0 10.1 47.3 *8/1 AS
1942 30 BEG NN2 228 .370 124 .268 .122 0.9 13.2 42.7 *8/7
1943 31 BEG NN2 207 .344 93 .270 .092 0.0 10.6 45.8 *8/5 AS
1944 32 BEG NN2 147 .454 164 .367 .162 1.4 10.9 41.3 8 AS
1945 33 BEG NN2 249 .350 105 .252 .156 0.8 9.6 48.8 *8/5
1946 34 BEG NN2 275 .469 174 .338 .200 2.5 12.7 46.6 *8 AS,AS
1947 35 BEG NN2 278 .490 186 .364 .235 2.9 9.4 53.9 *8/7 AS,AS
1948 36 BEG NN2 270 .412 152 .279 .095 0.0 21.9 44.3 *8
12 Yrs 2530 .392 127 .290 .134 1.2 12.5 46.8 *87/951
MLB Average .329 100 .278 .108 1.3 8.9 33.3
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Batting Batting Ratios
Season Age Team Lg PA BAbip ISO HR% BB% RS% Pos Awards
1939 27 BEG NN2 38 .235 .059 0.0 7.9 45.5
1948 36 BEG NN2 18 .615 .077 0.0 27.8 15.4
2 Yrs 56 .340 .064 0.0 14.3 29.2
MLB Average .244 .099 1.4 7.9 31.2
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Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% lgFld% RF/9 lgRF9 RF/G lgRFG WP SB Awards
1937 25 WEG NN2 LF 33 33 264.1 47 41 2 4 1 .915 .944 1.46 1.64 1.30 1.00
1938 26 BEG NN2 CF 35 35 295.1 63 57 3 3 0 .952 .961 1.83 2.24 1.71 1.53
1938 26 BEG NN2 RF 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .955 2.00 1.90 2.00 1.30
1939 27 BEG NN2 CF 20 0.00
1939 27 BEG NN2 LF 7 0.00
1940 28 BEG NN2 CF 55 55 464.2 123 109 7 7 1 .943 .965 2.25 2.43 2.11 2.05
1940 28 BEG NN2 RF 2 2 16.0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 .963 1.13 1.52 1.00 1.30
1940 28 BEG NN2 LF 2 2 15.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 .963 2.40 1.68 2.00 1.40
1941 29 NBY NN2 CF 37 37 287.0 90 86 3 1 0 .989 .974 2.79 2.36 2.41 1.90 AS
1941 29 NBY NN2 P 1 0 5.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .950 1.80 2.52 1.00 2.00 0 1 AS
1942 30 BEG NN2 CF 48 0.00
1942 30 BEG NN2 LF 1 0.00
1943 31 BEG NN2 CF 45 379.2 111 100 7 4 1 .964 .962 2.54 2.34 2.38 2.08 AS
1943 31 BEG NN2 3B 1 9.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 .917 3.00 3.10 3.00 2.80 AS
1944 32 BEG NN2 CF 33 33 285.0 69 66 1 2 0 .971 .961 2.12 2.36 2.03 1.51 AS
1945 33 BEG NN2 CF 52 52 450.0 111 101 5 5 1 .955 .961 2.12 2.21 2.04 1.63
1945 33 BEG NN2 3B 1 1 9.0 6 3 2 1 1 .833 .917 5.00 2.90 5.00 2.10
1946 34 BEG NN2 CF 62 62 526.0 156 144 5 7 1 .955 .962 2.55 2.44 2.40 1.87 AS,AS
1947 35 BEG NN2 CF 63 63 544.1 150 134 8 8 1 .947 .963 2.35 2.37 2.25 1.60 AS,AS
1947 35 BEG NN2 LF 1 1 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .965 2.57 1.80 2.00 1.20 AS,AS
1948 36 BEG NN2 CF 59 59 518.2 130 118 7 5 0 .962 .963 2.17 2.33 2.12 1.65
Standard Range Factor Baserunners
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% lgFld% RF/9 lgRF9 RF/G lgRFG WP SB Awards
3 Yrs 3 1 23.0 10 4 5 1 1 .900 .920 3.52 2.90 3.00 2.30 0 1
CF (11 Yrs) CF 509 396 3750.2 1003 915 46 42 5 .958 .963 2.31 2.35 1.89 1.53
LF (5 Yrs) LF 44 36 286.1 53 47 2 4 1 .925 .946 1.54 1.65 1.11 0.84
RF (2 Yrs) RF 3 3 25.0 5 4 0 1 0 .800 .960 1.44 1.66 1.33 1.30
3B (2 Yrs) 3B 2 1 18.0 9 4 4 1 1 .889 .917 4.00 3.00 4.00 2.45
P (1 Yr) P 1 0 5.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .950 1.80 2.52 1.00 2.00 0 1
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Standard Range Factor
Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G Awards
1939 27 BEG NN2 CF 9 0.0 0 0 0 0.00
1948 36 BEG NN2 CF 4 4 105.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 0.94 2.75
2 Yrs 13 4 105.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 0.94 0.85

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Henry Kimbro born?

Henry Kimbro was born on February 10, 1912.

Where was Henry Kimbro born?

Henry Kimbro was born in Nashville, TN.

How tall was Henry Kimbro?

Henry Kimbro was 5-8 (173 cm) tall.

How much did Henry Kimbro weigh when playing?

Henry Kimbro weighed 175 lbs (79 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Henry Kimbro play?

Henry Kimbro played 12 seasons.

Is Henry Kimbro in the Hall of Fame?

Henry Kimbro has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

What position did Henry Kimbro play?

Henry Kimbro was a Centerfielder.

How many hits did Henry Kimbro have?

Henry Kimbro had 651 hits over his career.

How many home runs did Henry Kimbro have?

Henry Kimbro had 30 home runs over his career.

What was Henry Kimbro's average?

Henry Kimbro had a .300 average over his career.

How many teams has Henry Kimbro played for?

Henry Kimbro played for 3 teams; the Washington Elite Giants, Baltimore Elite Giants and New York Black Yankees.

How many World Series has Henry Kimbro won?

Henry Kimbro never won a World Series.

When did Henry Kimbro retire?

Henry Kimbro last played in 1948.

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