Cecil Travis

Shortstop

1933—1947

Player LeveL

Star

Top 100 Rank

Shortstop RANK

Player Detail

Cecil Howell

GIVEN NAME

Travis

SURNAME

August 8, 1913, in Riverdale, GA

BORN

December 16, 2006, in Riverdale, GA, USA

DIED

1933—1947

Playing Career

Played from 19-33

PLAYING AGE

Washington Senators

Teams Played For

Shortstop

PRIMARY POSITION

Washington Senators

PRIMARY TEAM

NONE

World Series titles

NONE

NICKNAME

5 UNIFORM NUMBER

#5 IN LINEUP

BATTING ORDER

6-1 / 185

HEIGHT / WEIGHT

Left / Right

BATTED / THREW

May 16, 1933

Major League Debut

September 23, 1947

FINAL GAME

WHO IS Cecil Travis?

Great shortstop had an excellent year in 1941 but was overshadowed by Dimag and Teddy Ballgame. Suffered frozen feet in Battle of the Bulge, was never the same.

70

HITTING

40

POWER

50

RUNNING

50

FIELDING

60

THROWING

20 = NOT MLB CALIBER

30 = WELL BELOW AVG

40 = Below Average

50 = MLB AVERAGE

60 = ABOVE AVG

70 = EXCELLENT

80 = RARE, ELITE

While serving with the Army in World War II, Cecil Travis suffered frostbite on both of his feet during the Battle of the Bulge. When he returned to baseball after the war, he was never the same player.

Career Stats

GAMES	HITS	HR	RBI	AVG
1328	1544	27	657	.314

3 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

Teammate Team

CATCHER:

First Base:

Second Base:

Shortstop:

Third Base:

Left Field:

Center Field:

Right Field:

Pitcher:

pitcher:

manager:

Rick Ferrell

Joe Kuhel

Buddy Myer

Joe Cronin

Buddy Lewis

Heinie Manush

Stan Spence

Goose Goslin

Dutch Leonard

Early Wynn

Bucky Harris

BEST SEASON

1941 Senators

27 Years Old

.359

AVG

HR

101

RBI

106

RUNS

.410

OBP

218

HITS

2B

3B

.520

SLG

BB

SB

6.8

WAR

SLASH LINE

AVG	OBP	SLG
.314	.370	.416

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

VERSUS HIS PEERS

OPS	LG OPS	COMP
.786	.713	110.3

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

Hall of Fame Worthy?

JAWS	JAWS BY HOFER
29.1	55.4

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

One Degree Of Separation

Ossie Bluege

Best friend

Contemporaries

Frankie Crosetti

Luke Appling

Skeeter Newsome

Cecil Travis Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

	AB	H	R	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	TB	TRB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Travis	545	171	74	29	9	3	73	45	32	3	227	219	.314	.370	.416	786
AVG SS	531	143	73	26	5	5		58	46	7	196	203	.270	.344	.369	.713

Cecil Travis Rankings

AT Shortstop BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG	HALL OF STATS	BASEBALL SCHOLAR	JAWS	BILL JAMES
41	66	57	63	64

Updated THRU 2021

UPDATED THRU 2021

Updated THRU 2021

UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Shortstop BY VALUE

CAREER	LONG PEAK	PRIME	SHORT PEAK
67	56	38	51

CAREER WAR

WAR7

WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE

WAR3

Cecil Travis PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER	WAR7	WAR5C	WAR3	WAR PER SN
30.0	28.2	24.0	16.2	3.65
67.7	43.1	30.3	21.6	4.89

BLUE = Cecil Travis

GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME SS

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER	WIN SHARES 7	WIN SHARES 5C	WIN SHARES 3	WS PER SN
172.2	149.1	113.7	79.2	21.0
327.4	189.4	134.4	92.3	24.2

BLUE = Cecil Travis

GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME SS

— Explanation of Advanced Statistics —

WINS ABOVE REPLACEMANT

Wins Above Replacement is a non-standardized sabermetric statistic developed to sum up a player’s total contributions to his team. A player’s WAR value is claimed to be the number of additional wins his team has achieved above the number of expected team wins if that player were substituted with a replacement-level player:

WAR7

A player’s best seven seasons according to his Wins Above Replacement (WAR). Also called LONG PEAK.

WAR5C

A player’s best five consecutive seasons according to his Wins Above Replacement (WAR). Also called PLAYER PRIME.

WAR3

A player’s best three seasons according to his Wins Above Replacement (WAR). Also called SHORT PEAK.

WAR PER SN

A player’s Wins Above Replacement (WAR) per season (calculated for 162 games).

WIN SHARES

Advanced statistical method devised by Bill James. A Win Share represents one-third of a team win, by definition, and takes into account defense, offense, baserunning, park effects, and level of competition, era, and many other factors.

WS7

A player’s best seven seasons according to his Win Shares. A measure of LONG PEAK.

WS5C

A player’s best five consecutive seasons according to his Win Shares. A measure of a player’s PRIME.

WS3

A player’s best three seasons according to his Win Shares. A measure of a player’s SHORT PEAK.

WS PER SN

A player’s Win Shares per season (calculated for 162 games).