George Strickland

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 1 in · 175 lb

BornJanuary 10, 1926 · New Orleans, LA, USA

MLB debutMay 7, 1950

Final gameJuly 23, 1960

Seasons10 (1950–1960)

Pittsburgh Pirates 1950–1951; Cleveland Indians 1952; Pittsburgh Pirates 1952; Cleveland Indians 1953–1957; Cleveland Indians 1959–1960

Percentile snapshot

1959 season — qualified batters

132

15.9

501

2.9

441

4.3

8.7

105

1.4

4.3

7.2

RBI

18.8

46.4

47.8

8.7

76.8

.238

2.9

OBP

.313

14.5

SLG

.302

1.4

OPS

.615

1.4

wRC+

74.6

4.3

OPS+

73.1

4.3

wOBA

.289

4.3

sWAR

0.5

7.2

of 70 qualified 1959 batters (min 477 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

71.4

3.9

OPS+

70.8

2.8

sWAR

3.3

74.8

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1950	23	32	27	0	3	0	0	0	2	3	8	0	0	.111	.226	.111	.337	-12.9	-10.5	.184	-0.2
1951	138	528	454	59	98	12	7	9	47	65	83	4	2	.216	.318	.333	.651	70.9	70.6	.307	0.5
1952	107	359	320	25	60	10	2	6	30	35	60	4	2	.188	.270	.288	.557	49.4	53.7	.266	-0.6
1953	123	482	419	43	119	17	4	5	47	51	52	0	0	.284	.362	.379	.741	106.7	105.1	.349	2.6
1954	112	433	361	42	77	12	3	6	37	55	62	2	1	.213	.314	.313	.627	74.3	74.0	.303	0.7
1955	130	455	388	34	81	9	5	2	34	49	60	1	0	.209	.302	.273	.575	58.5	56.0	.284	-0.1
1956	85	199	171	22	36	1	2	3	17	22	27	0	1	.211	.299	.292	.591	57.9	56.8	.286	-0.1
1957	89	230	201	21	47	8	2	1	19	26	29	0	3	.234	.323	.308	.632	77.8	75.1	.302	0.4
1959	132	501	441	55	105	15	2	3	48	51	64	1	1	.238	.313	.302	.615	74.6	73.1	.289	0.5
1960	32	47	42	4	7	0	0	1	3	4	8	0	0	.167	.255	.238	.493	29.7	36.4	.230	-0.2

Career totals

971

3,266

2,824

305

633

RBI

284

361

453

.2242

OBP

.3130

SLG

.3113

OPS

.6243

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB
1951-07-15	PIT @ SF Gameday	6	2	4	0	1	1	1	9
1951-05-15	SF @ PIT Gameday	4	3	3	0	0	2	5	9
1953-07-05	CWS @ CLE Gameday	4	0	4	1	1	0	3	7
1951-05-20	PHI @ PIT Gameday	4	1	3	1	0	1	2	7
1954-04-13	CLE @ CWS Gameday	4	3	3	0	0	1	2	6

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1950-04-19	PIT @ STL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1950-05-05	SF @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1950-05-06	SF @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1950-05-14	PIT @ CHC Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1950-05-26	CHC @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.