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Batting Average - Single-Season
Rank    Player AVG Year
1.   Freddy Botella .356 1953
2.   Jonathan Blackmer .347 1952
3.   Curtis Folden .347* 1953
4.   Robert Roquemore .331 1954
5.   Paul O'Neill .321 1954
6.   Robert Roquemore .318 1955
7.   Joe Whelan .310 1952
8.   Juan Soderberg .308 1954
9.   Jose Villar .307 1954
10.   Joe Whelan .306 1954
 
Batting Average - Career
Rank    Player AVG PA
1.   Joe Whelan .309 2021
2.   Juan Soderberg .306 1972
 
On-Base Pct - Single-Season
Rank    Player OBP Year
1.   Paul O'Neill .441 1954
2.   Jonathan Blackmer .441 1952
3.   Paul O'Neill .436 1955
4.   Joe Whelan .432 1954
5.   August Jones .429 1954
6.   Freddy Botella .414 1953
7.   Joe Whelan .410 1952
8.   Joe Whelan .408 1953
9.   Richard Shiflet .398 1953
10.   August Jones .396* 1953
 
On-Base Pct - Career
Rank    Player OBP PA
1.   Joe Whelan .423 2021
2.   Juan Soderberg .380 1972
 
Slugging Pct - Single-Season
Rank    Player SLG Year
1.   Paul O'Neill .608 1954
2.   Joe Whelan .607 1952
3.   Paul O'Neill .598 1955
4.   Jonathan Blackmer .566 1952
5.   Richard Shiflet .555 1953
6.   Joe Whelan .548 1954
7.   Joe Whelan .540 1953
8.   Juan Soderberg .533 1955
9.   Richard Shiflet .509 1952
10.   Freddy Botella .508 1953
 
Slugging Pct - Career
Rank    Player SLG PA
1.   Joe Whelan .574 2021
2.   Juan Soderberg .498 1972
 
OPS - Single-Season
Rank    Player OPS Year
1.   Paul O'Neill 1.049 1954
2.   Paul O'Neill 1.034 1955
3.   Joe Whelan 1.016 1952
4.   Jonathan Blackmer 1.007 1952
5.   Joe Whelan .980 1954
6.   Richard Shiflet .952 1953
7.   Joe Whelan .948 1953
8.   Juan Soderberg .923 1955
9.   Freddy Botella .922 1953
10.   Richard Shiflet .897 1952
 
OPS - Career
Rank    Player OPS PA
1.   Joe Whelan .997 2021
2.   Juan Soderberg .878 1972
 
XR - Single-Season
Rank    Player XR Year
1.   Paul O'Neill 127.5 1954
2.   Joe Whelan 116.4 1952
3.   Joe Whelan 114.6 1954
4.   Jonathan Blackmer 112.7 1952
5.   Paul O'Neill 105.6 1955
6.   Juan Soderberg 104.8 1955
7.   Richard Shiflet 104.0 1953
8.   Joe Whelan 101.7 1953
9.   Freddy Botella 97.9 1953
10.   August Jones 97.4 1954
 
XR - Career
Rank    Player XR PA
1.   Joe Whelan 386.3 2021
2.   Juan Soderberg 312.1 1972
3.   Paul O'Neill 233.1 1105
4.   August Jones 211.6 1215
5.   Richard Shiflet 195.5 1154
6.   Robert Roquemore 152.9 1066
7.   Jonathan Blackmer 140.3 746
8.   Kelvin Hinton 119.9 858
9.   Freddy Botella 97.9 577
10.   Ray Card 89.4 811
 
Games - Single-Season
Rank    Player G Year
1.   Jonathan Blackmer 139 1952
  Joe Whelan 139 1952
  August Jones 139 1954
4.   Juan Soderberg 138 1955
5.   Joe Whelan 137 1954
  Paul O'Neill 137 1954
7.   Richard Shiflet 136 1953
  Freddy Botella 136 1953
  Richard Shiflet 136 1952
  Juan Soderberg 136 1954
 
Games - Career
Rank    Player G PA
1.   Juan Soderberg 505 1972
2.   Joe Whelan 464 2021
3.   August Jones 293 1215
4.   Richard Shiflet 272 1154
5.   Robert Roquemore 252 1066
6.   Paul O'Neill 247 1105
7.   Ray Card 214 811
8.   Kelvin Hinton 206 858
9.   Alfred Hadsell 181 5
10.   Casimiro Dominguez 180 493
 
At-Bats - Single-Season
Rank    Player AB Year
1.   Freddy Botella 520 1953
2.   Juan Soderberg 518 1955
3.   Joe Whelan 507 1954
4.   Jonathan Blackmer 495 1952
5.   Paul O'Neill 492 1954
6.   Joe Whelan 491 1952
  Juan Soderberg 491 1954
8.   Robert Roquemore 485 1955
9.   Robert Roquemore 481 1954
10.   Richard Shiflet 476 1953
 
At-Bats - Career
Rank    Player AB PA
1.   Juan Soderberg 1740 1972
2.   Joe Whelan 1661 2021
3.   Robert Roquemore 966 1066
4.   August Jones 965 1215
5.   Richard Shiflet 942 1154
6.   Paul O'Neill 892 1105
7.   Kelvin Hinton 744 858
8.   Ray Card 735 811
9.   Jonathan Blackmer 630 746
10.   Freddy Botella 520 577
 
Runs - Single-Season
Rank    Player R Year
1.   Paul O'Neill 135 1954
2.   Joe Whelan 119 1954
3.   Richard Shiflet 108 1953
4.   Joe Whelan 107 1952
5.   Freddy Botella 103 1953
  Joe Whelan 103 1953
7.   Paul O'Neill 102 1955
8.   Jonathan Blackmer 98 1952
9.   Juan Soderberg 95 1955
10.   Richard Shiflet 91 1952
 
Runs - Career
Rank    Player R PA
1.   Joe Whelan 379 2021
2.   Juan Soderberg 282 1972
3.   Paul O'Neill 237 1105
4.   Richard Shiflet 199 1154
5.   August Jones 197 1215
6.   Robert Roquemore 137 1066
7.   Kelvin Hinton 124 858
8.   Jonathan Blackmer 119 746
9.   Ray Card 105 811
10.   Freddy Botella 103 577
 
Hits - Single-Season
Rank    Player H Year
1.   Freddy Botella 185 1953
2.   Jonathan Blackmer 172 1952
3.   Robert Roquemore 159 1954
4.   Paul O'Neill 158 1954
  Juan Soderberg 158 1955
6.   Joe Whelan 155 1954
7.   Robert Roquemore 154 1955
8.   Joe Whelan 152 1952
9.   Juan Soderberg 151 1954
10.   Joe Whelan 144 1953
 
Hits - Career
Rank    Player H PA
1.   Juan Soderberg 532 1972
2.   Joe Whelan 513 2021
3.   Robert Roquemore 313 1066
4.   August Jones 293 1215
5.   Paul O'Neill 278 1105
6.   Richard Shiflet 252 1154
7.   Jonathan Blackmer 212 746
8.   Kelvin Hinton 207 858
9.   Ray Card 186 811
10.   Freddy Botella 185 577
 
Total Bases - Single-Season
Rank    Player TB Year
1.   Paul O'Neill 299 1954
2.   Joe Whelan 298 1952
3.   Jonathan Blackmer 280 1952
4.   Joe Whelan 278 1954
5.   Juan Soderberg 276 1955
6.   Richard Shiflet 264 1953
  Freddy Botella 264 1953
8.   Joe Whelan 257 1953
9.   Paul O'Neill 239 1955
10.   Richard Shiflet 237 1952
 
Total Bases - Career
Rank    Player TB PA
1.   Joe Whelan 954 2021
2.   Juan Soderberg 866 1972
3.   Paul O'Neill 538 1105
4.   Richard Shiflet 501 1154
5.   August Jones 472 1215
6.   Robert Roquemore 433 1066
7.   Jonathan Blackmer 351 746
8.   Kelvin Hinton 325 858
9.   Ray Card 292 811
10.   Freddy Botella 264 577
 
Singles - Single-Season
Rank    Player 1B Year
1.   Freddy Botella 135 1953
2.   Robert Roquemore 113 1954
3.   Jonathan Blackmer 112 1952
4.   Curtis Folden 109 1953
5.   Juan Soderberg 101 1954
  Robert Roquemore 101 1955
7.   Juan Soderberg 100 1955
8.   August Jones 98 1954
9.   Paul O'Neill 92 1954
10.   Joe Whelan 90 1954
 
Singles - Career
Rank    Player 1B PA
1.   Juan Soderberg 343 1972
2.   Joe Whelan 291 2021
3.   Robert Roquemore 214 1066
4.   August Jones 196 1215
5.   Paul O'Neill 156 1105
6.   Kelvin Hinton 141 858
7.   Jonathan Blackmer 137 746
8.   Freddy Botella 135 577
9.   Richard Shiflet 134 1154
10.   Ray Card 122 811
 
Doubles - Single-Season
Rank    Player 2B Year
1.   Robert Roquemore 44 1955
2.   Jose Villar 42 1954
3.   Robert Roquemore 40 1954
4.   Jonathan Blackmer 34 1952
5.   Freddy Botella 32 1953
6.   Joe Whelan 31 1954
  Joe Whelan 31 1952
  Juan Soderberg 31 1954
  Rod Madera 31 1955
10.   Ray Card 30 1952
 
Doubles - Career
Rank    Player 2B PA
1.   Juan Soderberg 109 1972
2.   Joe Whelan 100 2021
3.   Robert Roquemore 84 1066
4.   August Jones 56 1215
5.   Paul O'Neill 52 1105
6.   Richard Shiflet 51 1154
7.   Jose Villar 42 507
8.   Jonathan Blackmer 41 746
  Dave Arnau 41 562
10.   Ray Card 40 811
 
Triples - Single-Season
Rank    Player 3B Year
1.   Joe Whelan 10 1954
2.   Jose Villar 8 1954
  David Gaiter 8 1952
4.   Freddy Botella 7 1953
5.   Robert Roquemore 6 1954
6.   Joe Whelan 5 1952
  Joe Whelan 5 1953
  Juan Soderberg 5 1954
  Rod Madera 5 1955
  Joe Whelan 5 1955
 
Triples - Career
Rank    Player 3B PA
1.   Joe Whelan 25 2021
2.   Juan Soderberg 15 1972
3.   Robert Roquemore 9 1066
4.   Jose Villar 8 507
  David Gaiter 8 451
6.   Freddy Botella 7 577
7.   Ray Card 6 811
8.   Rod Madera 5 378
9.   Greg Wampler 4 501
  Dave Arnau 4 562
  Kelvin Hinton 4 858
  Jonathan Blackmer 4 746
 
Homeruns - Single-Season
Rank    Player HR Year
1.   Paul O'Neill 37 1954
2.   Joe Whelan 35 1952
  Richard Shiflet 35 1953
4.   Paul O'Neill 31 1955
5.   Richard Shiflet 29 1952
6.   Juan Soderberg 28 1955
7.   Joe Whelan 25 1953
8.   Joe Whelan 24 1954
9.   Greg Wampler 23 1955
10.   Jonathan Blackmer 22 1952
 
Homeruns - Career
Rank    Player HR PA
1.   Joe Whelan 97 2021
2.   Paul O'Neill 68 1105
3.   Juan Soderberg 65 1972
4.   Richard Shiflet 64 1154
5.   August Jones 41 1215
6.   Jonathan Blackmer 30 746
7.   Greg Wampler 26 501
8.   Kelvin Hinton 24 858
9.   Ray Card 18 811
10.   John Lafortune 15 406
 
RBIs - Single-Season
Rank    Player RBI Year
1.   Juan Soderberg 114 1955
2.   Paul O'Neill 113 1954
3.   Joe Whelan 112 1952
4.   Richard Shiflet 107 1953
5.   Juan Soderberg 102 1954
6.   Jonathan Blackmer 96 1952
7.   Richard Shiflet 92 1952
8.   August Jones 89 1954
  Juan Soderberg 89 1953
10.   Robert Roquemore 88 1954
 
RBIs - Career
Rank    Player RBI PA
1.   Juan Soderberg 359 1972
2.   Joe Whelan 325 2021
3.   Paul O'Neill 200 1105
4.   Richard Shiflet 199 1154
5.   August Jones 176 1215
6.   Robert Roquemore 170 1066
7.   Jonathan Blackmer 121 746
8.   Kelvin Hinton 119 858
9.   Greg Wampler 92 501
10.   Ray Card 89 811
 
Stolen Bases - Single-Season
Rank    Player SB Year
1.   Paul O'Neill 53 1954
2.   Paul O'Neill 49 1955
3.   Joe Whelan 42 1953
4.   Freddy Botella 34 1953
5.   Joe Whelan 30 1952
6.   Joe Whelan 29 1954
  Jose Villar 29 1954
8.   Thomas Tweed 27 1954
9.   Curtis Folden 24 1953
10.   Casimiro Dominguez 23 1955
 
Stolen Bases - Career
Rank    Player SB PA
1.   Joe Whelan 118 2021
2.   Paul O'Neill 102 1105
3.   Dave Arnau 40 562
4.   Freddy Botella 34 577
5.   Casimiro Dominguez 30 493
6.   Jose Villar 29 507
  Thomas Tweed 29 347
8.   Curtis Folden 24 424
9.   David Gaiter 19 451
10.   Ray Card 18 811
 
Caught Stealing - Single-Season
Rank    Player CS Year
1.   Freddy Botella 23 1953
2.   Joe Whelan 20 1953
3.   Paul O'Neill 18 1954
  Jose Villar 18 1954
5.   Joe Whelan 17 1954
  Joe Whelan 17 1952
7.   David Gaiter 14 1952
8.   Ray Card 13 1952
  Paul O'Neill 13 1955
  Thomas Tweed 13 1954
 
Caught Stealing - Career
Rank    Player CS PA
1.   Joe Whelan 59 2021
2.   Paul O'Neill 31 1105
3.   Freddy Botella 23 577
4.   Dave Arnau 21 562
5.   Jose Villar 18 507
6.   Ray Card 17 811
  Richard Shiflet 17 1154
8.   David Gaiter 14 451
  Thomas Tweed 14 347
10.   Tony Reyes 12 222
  Casimiro Dominguez 12 493
 
Walks - Single-Season
Rank    Player BB Year
1.   Joe Whelan 107 1954
2.   August Jones 105 1954
3.   Richard Shiflet 98 1952
4.   Paul O'Neill 96 1954
5.   Richard Shiflet 92 1953
6.   Paul O'Neill 86 1955
7.   Joe Whelan 84 1953
8.   Joe Whelan 83 1952
9.   Jonathan Blackmer 80 1952
10.   August Jones 74 1953
 
Walks - Career
Rank    Player BB PA
1.   Joe Whelan 322 2021
2.   August Jones 233 1215
3.   Juan Soderberg 209 1972
4.   Richard Shiflet 190 1154
5.   Paul O'Neill 182 1105
6.   Kelvin Hinton 101 858
7.   Jonathan Blackmer 100 746
8.   Robert Roquemore 80 1066
9.   Ray Card 64 811
10.   Dave Arnau 52 562
 
Strikeouts - Single-Season
Rank    Player K Year
1.   Richard Shiflet 103 1952
2.   Juan Soderberg 94 1954
  Ray Card 94 1952
4.   Richard Shiflet 87 1953
5.   Casimiro Dominguez 79 1955
6.   Paul O'Neill 74 1954
  Paul O'Neill 74 1955
8.   Joe Whelan 73 1952
9.   August Jones 72 1954
10.   Juan Soderberg 69 1955
 
Strikeouts - Career
Rank    Player K PA
1.   Juan Soderberg 276 1972
2.   Joe Whelan 207 2021
3.   Richard Shiflet 190 1154
4.   Ray Card 156 811
5.   Paul O'Neill 148 1105
6.   August Jones 134 1215
7.   Robert Roquemore 117 1066
8.   Carl Nicosia 113 453
  Fabian Cordova 113 451
10.   Casimiro Dominguez 99 493