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Dave Philley

6'0" · 188 lbsBorn May 16, 19201941–1962MLB.com ↗

MLB Stats

Career Snapshot

Sport-specific career totals from the active profile tables, with VAL shown whenever the sport has a value file.

MLB profile

Peak 3Y VAL

5.1

1951, 1953, 1955 avg

Career VAL

30.1

Value Above League

Games

1,904

Hits

1,700

Home Runs

Runs Batted In

729

Batting Avg

.270

Playoff VAL

2.2

postseason

All-time standings

Career boards only, within MLB

Cross-sport prominence: 84.0th percentile among MLB careers — a within-sport percentile, because career value is not comparable across sports.

Boards that rank MLB careers

MLB Advanced — ERA+ & OPS+ Leaders MLB Age Milestones — Youngest to 1,000 Hits, 100 HR, 100 Wins and 1,000 K MLB Breakout Seasons — Biggest Career-High Leaps MLB Career Arc Types MLB Career Dominance — top-25 in multiple all-time categories MLB Clutch Delta — Who Rises in October MLB Compilers vs Comets — Career Shape MLB Consistency Index — Mr. Reliable vs Boom-Bust MLB Era-Adjusted Careers — Greatest Careers on One Scale MLB Era-Adjusted Seasons — Greatest Seasons in Modern Terms MLB Franchise Mt. Rushmores — Four Faces of Every Team MLB Greatest Single Seasons by VAL (Hitters and Pitchers)MLB Hall of Very Good — Great Careers on Cooperstown's Doorstep MLB Journeymen MLB League Leader Marks — Most League-Leading Seasons MLB Loyalty

Similar careers

Players whose careers had the same shape — total value, peak, best three-season stretch, length and when the value came — measured with VAL against their own leagues.

Where this data comes from

Bio, rosters, and year-by-year/career stat splits come directly from MLB's own official public StatsAPI.

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Methodology · Trust Center

Season	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	VAL
1941	20–21	CWS	7	9	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	3	.222	.417	.333	.750	—
1946	25–26	CWS	17	68	10	24	2	3	0	17	5	4	4	.353	.389	.471	.860	—
1947	26–27	CWS	143	551	55	142	25	11	2	45	21	35	39	.258	.303	.354	.657	0
1948	27–28	CWS	137	488	52	140	28	3	5	42	8	50	33	.287	.353	.387	.740	1.3
1949	28–29	CWS	146	598	84	171	20	8	0	44	13	54	51	.286	.347	.346	.693	1.8
1950	29–30	CWS	156	619	69	150	21	5	14	80	6	52	57	.242	.302	.360	.662	0.7
1951	30–31	All teams	132	493	71	129	20	7	7	61	9	65	41	.262	—	.373	—	4.9
1952	31–32	ATH	151	586	80	154	25	4	7	71	11	59	35	.263	.334	.355	.689	3.9
1953	32–33	ATH	157	620	80	188	30	9	9	59	13	51	35	.303	.358	.424	.782	5.7
1954	33–34	CLE	133	452	48	102	13	3	12	60	2	57	48	.226	.308	.347	.655	0.5
1955	34–35	All teams	126	415	65	124	17	5	8	50	1	46	48	.299	—	.422	—	4.6
1956	35–36	All teams	118	396	57	98	18	4	5	64	4	46	40	.247	—	.351	—	0.7
1957	36–37	All teams	87	244	24	72	12	1	2	25	4	11	26	.295	—	.377	—	0.9
1958	37–38	PHI	91	207	30	64	11	4	3	31	1	15	20	.309	.357	.444	.801	2.1
1959	38–39	PHI	99	254	32	74	18	2	7	37	0	18	27	.291	.339	.461	.800	3
1960	39–40	All teams	67	110	13	24	4	1	2	16	1	13	21	.218	—	.327	—	0
1961	40–41	BAL	99	144	13	36	9	2	1	23	2	10	20	.250	.293	.361	.654	0
1962	41–42	BOS	38	42	3	6	2	0	0	4	0	5	3	.143	.250	.190	.440	—

Dave Philley

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