Snuffy Stirnweiss

Second Base

1943—1952

snuffy-stirnweiss-yankess
Player LeveL
Star
Top 100 Rank
NR
Second Base RANK
#55

Player Detail

George Henry
GIVEN NAME
Stirnweiss
SURNAME
October 26, 1918, in New York, NY
BORN
September 15, 1958, in Newark Bay, NJ, USA
DIED
1943—1952
Playing Career
Played from 24-33
PLAYING AGE
New York Yankees
Cleveland Indians
Teams Played For
Second Base
PRIMARY POSITION
New York Yankees
PRIMARY TEAM
1943, 1947, 1949-50
World Series titles
NONE
NICKNAME
1
UNIFORM NUMBER
#1 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
5-8 / 175
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
April 22, 1943
Major League Debut
May 3, 1952
FINAL GAME

Related Content

WHO IS Snuffy Stirnweiss?

His .268 career average is the lowest in historyn for a player who won a batting title.
  • Snuffy Stirnweiss Scouting Report

30

HITTING

30

POWER

40

RUNNING

50

FIELDING

50

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1028
989
29
281
.268
1 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
27.4
58.2

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

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.733
.692
105.9

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

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.268
.362
.371

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Jerry Priddy
Pete Suder

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
UNK
UNK
UNK

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
Yogi Berra
Tommy Henrich
Joe Gordon
Phil Rizzuto
Al Rosen
Dale Mitchell
Joe DiMaggio
Charlie Keller
Spud Chandler
Early Wynn
Bucky Harris

Snuffy Stirnweiss 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
Stirnweiss
517
138
84
22
10
4
39
76
62
19
191
215
.268
.362
.371
733
AVG 2B
532
139
68
22
5
6
56
49
7
190
197
.261
.334
.358
.692

Snuffy Stirnweiss Rankings

AT Second Base BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
55
57
45
59
79
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Second Base BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
67
48
26
20
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Snuffy Stirnweiss PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
27.2
27.7
25.8
20.6
4.28
70.8
45.6
33.2
22.8
5.19
BLUE = Snuffy Stirnweiss
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 2B

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
140.4
133.6
120.2
90.3
22.1
352.5
203.1
147.5
97.5
26.2
BLUE = Snuffy Stirnweiss
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 2B