Jimmy Austin vs. Bill Virdon — Career Comparison

Jimmy Austin
Pre-GenerationalWalesThrows RightBats SwitchSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueThird Baseman
Bill Virdon
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueCenter FielderGold GloveRookie of the Year

Jimmy Austin and Bill Virdon are a strikingly close offensive match — their adjusted numbers sit nearly on top of each other across the most important hitting dimensions. Their on-base numbers were nearly identical (OBP+ 103 for Jimmy Austin, 101 for Bill Virdon), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 96 vs 101). The overall lean goes to Bill Virdon, but the margin between these two hitters is genuinely razor-thin.

Hitting Stats for Jimmy Austin and Bill Virdon

Jimmy Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Jimmy Austin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1580
150.43
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1583
145.63
Jimmy Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
6302
600
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6522
600
Jimmy Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
5388
512.98
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5980
550.14
Jimmy Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Jimmy Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.698
0.698
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Jimmy Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
1328
126.44
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1596
146.83
Jimmy Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
1065
101.4
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1187
109.2
Jimmy Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
174
16.57
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
237
21.8
Jimmy Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
76
7.24
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
7.45
Jimmy Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
13
1.24
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
8.37
Jimmy Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
263
25.04
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
409
37.63
Jimmy Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Jimmy Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Jimmy Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.01
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Jimmy Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
637.25
60.67
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
716.25
65.89
Jimmy Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
1693
161.19
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2268
208.65
Jimmy Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
1964
186.99
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2046
188.22
Jimmy Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.326
0.326
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.316
0.316
Jimmy Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.314
0.314
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.379
0.379
Jimmy Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.64
0.64
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.696
0.696
Jimmy Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.112
0.112
Jimmy Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Jimmy Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.624
0.624
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.612
0.612
Jimmy Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.279
0.279
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Jimmy Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
661
62.93
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
735
67.62
Jimmy Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
390
37.13
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
502
46.18
Jimmy Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
1038
98.83
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1146
105.43
Jimmy Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
700.12
66.66
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
770.46
70.88
Jimmy Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
4.19
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 600 PA
8
0.74
Jimmy Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
592
56.36
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 600 PA
442
40.66
Jimmy Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
3.77
Jimmy Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
658
62.65
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
647
59.52
Jimmy Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
9.58
9.58
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.08
10.08
Jimmy Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.9
0.9
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.68
0.68
Jimmy Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
278
26.47
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 600 PA
53
4.88
Jimmy Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
3.59
Jimmy Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 600 PA
84
7.73
Jimmy Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
23.23
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 600 PA
47
4.32
Jimmy Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
5.81
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 600 PA
54
4.97
Jimmy Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
305
29.04
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 600 PA
101
9.29
Jimmy Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
80
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 600 PA
46.53
46.53

Fielding Stats for Jimmy Austin and Bill Virdon

Jimmy Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Jimmy Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1541
6.03
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1542
1.06
Jimmy Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
1.02
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1463
1.01
Jimmy Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6903
27
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39293
27
Jimmy Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2301
9
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13097.2
9
Jimmy Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2260
8.84
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3777
2.6
Jimmy Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3239
12.67
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.07
Jimmy Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
395
1.54
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.05
Jimmy Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5894
23.05
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3950
2.71
Jimmy Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5499
21.51
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3877
2.66
Jimmy Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.3
93.3
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.15
98.15
Jimmy Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.569
3.569
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.514
2.514
Jimmy Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.87
16.87
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.88
94.88
Jimmy Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
1
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.01
Jimmy Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0