George Sisler — public-domain portrait (Library of Congress / Wikimedia Commons)

1919BROWNS

FIRST BASE

GEORGE SISLER1919

George Sislerfirst base · 1919 browns

Ht 5'11"Wt 170Bats LThrows LBorn 1893 · Manchester, OH

Nineteen nineteen kept the meter mean in St. Louis. George Sisler hit .352 with fifteen triples and ten homers for the Browns — a contact-plus-power summer before the .400 years. Thirty-one doubles. SkillScore one hundred thirty-five point five three. The three frames ahead keep the gap storm rolling.

George Sisler 1919 — .352 CLIP

.352 CLIP

A .352 gauge in Browns flannel — no drama, just production.

George Sisler 1919 — 15 TRIPLES

15 TRIPLES

Fifteen triples bouncing into the gaps — alley weather all season.

George Sisler 1919 — POWER SURGE

POWER SURGE

Ten homers lofted over a tiny porch — contact with a surprise punch.

Major League Batting — Year vs Life

GABRH2B3BHRRBIAVGOBPSLG
191913251196180311510830.3520.3900.530
Life2,0558,2671,2842,8124251641021,1750.3400.3790.468

SkillScore

135.531919 · SLA

ComponentsAVG 0.352OBP 0.390SLG 0.530

Sisler, St. Louis, 1924. Library of Congress / Wikimedia Commons (File:Sisler,_St._Louis,_1924_LOC_npcc.11451.jpg). Public domain.