George Sisler

Full Name: George Harold Sisler Primary Position: 1B Height/Weight: 5' 11"/170 First Game: June 28, 1915 Birthdate: March 24, 1893 Final Game: September 22, 1930 Birthplace: Manchester, Ohio MLB Experience: 15 years Died: March 26, 1973 Deathplace: Richmond Heights, Missouri Bat/Throw: Left/Left

Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939

Biography

George Sisler (George Harold Sisler) was born on March 24, 1893 in Manchester, Ohio. He made his Major League debut on June 28, 1915 for the St. Louis Browns. In 1915, his rookie year, he hit .285 with 3 home runs and 29 RBI. Sisler played for the St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators and Boston Braves over the course of his 15 year career.

Most people believe that George Sisler's best season was 1920, when he slugged 19 home runs, stole 42 bases, hit for a .407 average and knocked in 122 runs.

Statistics

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1915	STL	A	81	274	28	78	3	29	.285	.307	.369	10	2	7	27	2	12	10	0	0
1916	STL	A	151	580	83	177	4	76	.305	.355	.400	21	11	40	37	5	19	34	0	0
1917	STL	A	135	539	60	190	2	52	.353	.390	.453	30	9	30	19	3	15	37	0	0
1918	STL	A	114	452	69	154	2	41	.341	.400	.440	21	9	40	17	5	9	45	0	0
1919	STL	A	132	511	96	180	10	83	.352	.390	.530	31	15	27	20	5	18	28	0	0
1920	STL	A	154	631	137	257	19	122	.407	.449	.632	49	18	46	19	2	13	42	0	0
1921	STL	A	138	582	125	216	12	104	.371	.411	.560	38	18	34	27	5	14	35	0	0
1922	STL	A	142	586	134	246	8	105	.420	.467	.594	42	18	49	14	3	16	51	0	0
1924	STL	A	151	636	94	194	9	74	.305	.340	.421	27	10	31	29	3	14	19	0	0
1925	STL	A	150	649	100	224	12	105	.345	.371	.479	21	15	27	24	0	12	11	0	0
1926	STL	A	150	613	78	178	7	71	.290	.327	.398	21	12	30	30	3	16	12	0	0
1927	STL	A	149	614	87	201	5	97	.327	.357	.430	32	8	24	15	4	19	27	0	0
1928	WAS	A	20	49	1	12	0	2	.245	.260	.265	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0
1928	BOS	N	118	491	71	167	4	68	.340	.380	.434	26	4	30	15	2	14	11	0	0
1928	Total		138	540	72	179	4	70	.331	.370	.419	27	4	31	17	2	15	11	0	0
1929	BOS	N	154	629	67	205	2	79	.326	.363	.424	40	8	33	17	4	20	6	0	0
1930	BOS	N	116	431	54	133	3	67	.309	.346	.397	15	7	23	15	2	14	7	0	0
Total	NL		388	1551	192	505	9	214	.326	.364	.420	81	19	86	47	8	48	24	0	0
Total	AL		1667	6716	1092	2307	93	961	.344	.383	.479	344	145	386	280	40	178	351	0	0
Total			2055	8267	1284	2812	102	1175	.340	.379	.468	425	164	472	327	48	226	375	0	0

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1915	STL	A	1B	36	0	0	357	18	4	20	0	0	0	0	0	.989
1915	STL	A	OF	29	0	0	51	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.946
1915	STL	A	P	15	0	0	5	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1916	STL	A	1B	141	0	0	1510	83	24	85	0	0	0	0	0	.985
1916	STL	A	3B	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1916	STL	A	P	3	0	0	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1916	STL	A	OF	3	0	0	6	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1917	STL	A	1B	133	0	0	1384	101	22	97	0	0	0	0	0	.985
1917	STL	A	2B	2	0	0	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.778
1918	STL	A	1B	114	0	0	1244	95	13	64	0	0	0	0	0	.990
1918	STL	A	P	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1919	STL	A	1B	131	0	0	1249	120	13	62	0	0	0	0	0	.991
1920	STL	A	1B	154	0	0	1477	140	16	87	0	0	0	0	0	.990
1920	STL	A	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1921	STL	A	1B	138	0	0	1267	108	10	86	0	0	0	0	0	.993
1922	STL	A	1B	141	0	0	1293	125	17	116	0	0	0	0	0	.988
1924	STL	A	1B	151	0	0	1326	112	23	115	0	0	0	0	0	.984
1925	STL	A	P	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1925	STL	A	1B	150	0	0	1343	131	26	120	0	0	0	0	0	.983
1926	STL	A	1B	149	0	0	1467	87	21	141	0	0	0	0	0	.987
1926	STL	A	P	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1927	STL	A	1B	149	0	0	1374	131	24	138	0	0	0	0	0	.984
1928	WAS	A	OF	5	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1928	WAS	A	1B	5	0	0	45	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1928	BOS	N	1B	118	0	0	1188	86	15	100	0	0	0	0	0	.988
1928	BOS	N	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1928	Total		1B	123	0	0	1233	86	15	103	0	0	0	0	0	.989
1929	BOS	N	1B	154	0	0	1398	111	28	131	0	0	0	0	0	.982
1930	BOS	N	1B	107	0	0	915	81	13	103	0	0	0	0	0	.987
Total			P	24	0	0	8	32	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			3B	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			1B	1971	0	0	18837	1529	269	1468	0	0	0	0	0	.987
Total			OF	37	0	0	65	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.958
Total			2B	2	0	0	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.778

Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1915	STL	A	15	8	4	4	2.83	41	26	22	6	0	0	70	62	0	38	0	1	4
1916	STL	A	3	3	1	2	1.00	12	4	3	3	1	0	27	18	0	6	0	0	1
1918	STL	A	2	1	0	0	4.50	4	6	4	0	0	1	8	10	0	4	0	1	1
1920	STL	A	1	0	0	0	.00	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1925	STL	A	1	0	0	0	.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0
1926	STL	A	1	0	0	0	.00	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0
1928	BOS	N	1	0	0	0	.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Total	NL		1	0	0	0	.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Total	AL		23	12	5	6	2.37	63	36	29	9	1	3	110	91	0	51	0	2	6
Total			24	12	5	6	2.35	63	36	29	9	1	3	111	91	0	52	0	2	6

Transactions

• Signed as a non-drafted free agent by St. Louis Browns (June, 1915).
• Sold by St. Louis Browns to Washington Senators for $25000 (December 14, 1927).
• Sold by Washington Senators to Boston Braves for $7500 (May 27, 1928).