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Dave Philley played 18 major-league seasons (1941-1962) as a OF (1,454), 1B (125), 3B (21). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 19 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | 21 | CHA | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .222 | .750 | 108 |
| 1946 | 26 | CHA | 17 | 68 | 10 | 24 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 4 | .353 | .859 | 148 |
| 1947 | 27 | CHA | 143 | 551 | 55 | 142 | 2 | 45 | 21 | 35 | 39 | .258 | .657 | 88 |
| 1948 | 28 | CHA | 137 | 488 | 51 | 140 | 5 | 42 | 8 | 50 | 33 | .287 | .740 | 103 |
| 1949 | 29 | CHA | 146 | 598 | 84 | 171 | 0 | 44 | 13 | 54 | 51 | .286 | .693 | 90 |
| 1950 | 30 | CHA | 156 | 619 | 69 | 150 | 14 | 80 | 6 | 52 | 57 | .242 | .662 | 74 |
| 1951 | 31 | CHA|PHA | 132 | 493 | 71 | 129 | 7 | 61 | 9 | 65 | 41 | .262 | .724 | 101 |
| 1952 | 32 | PHA | 151 | 586 | 80 | 154 | 7 | 71 | 11 | 59 | 35 | .263 | .689 | 98 |
| 1953 | 33 | PHA | 157 | 620 | 80 | 188 | 9 | 59 | 13 | 51 | 35 | .303 | .782 | 117 |
| 1954 | 34 | CLE | 133 | 452 | 48 | 102 | 12 | 60 | 2 | 57 | 48 | .226 | .655 | 85 |
| 1955 | 35 | CLE|BAL | 126 | 415 | 65 | 124 | 8 | 50 | 1 | 46 | 48 | .299 | .789 | 119 |
| 1956 | 36 | BAL|CHA | 118 | 396 | 57 | 98 | 5 | 64 | 4 | 46 | 40 | .247 | .673 | 83 |
| 1957 | 37 | CHA|DET | 87 | 244 | 24 | 72 | 2 | 25 | 4 | 11 | 26 | .295 | .701 | 97 |
| 1958 | 38 | PHI | 91 | 207 | 30 | 64 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 15 | 20 | .309 | .802 | 118 |
| 1959 | 39 | PHI | 99 | 254 | 32 | 74 | 7 | 37 | 0 | 18 | 27 | .291 | .800 | 119 |
| 1960 | 40 | BAL | 14 | 34 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | .265 | .813 | 125 |
| 1960 | 40 | PHI|SFN | 53 | 76 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 16 | .197 | .546 | 56 |
| 1961 | 41 | BAL | 99 | 144 | 13 | 36 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 10 | 20 | .250 | .654 | 80 |
| 1962 | 42 | BOS | 38 | 42 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .143 | .440 | 25 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | OF | 17 | 0 | 55 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1947 | OF | 133 | 0 | 355 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| 1947 | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 1948 | OF | 128 | 0 | 381 | 22 | 9 | 6 |
| 1949 | OF | 145 | 0 | 282 | 16 | 7 | 3 |
| 1950 | OF | 154 | 0 | 367 | 19 | 8 | 8 |
| 1951 | OF | 126 | 0 | 314 | 15 | 8 | 4 |
| 1951 | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | OF | 149 | 0 | 442 | 13 | 4 | 3 |
| 1952 | 3B | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | OF | 157 | 0 | 296 | 18 | 6 | 0 |
| 1953 | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | OF | 129 | 120 | 237 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| 1955 | OF | 116 | 102 | 198 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
| 1955 | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1956 | OF | 61 | 57 | 106 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 1956 | 1B | 51 | 44 | 299 | 17 | 7 | 31 |
| 1956 | 3B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 1957 | 1B | 29 | 23 | 218 | 25 | 1 | 21 |
| 1957 | OF | 29 | 27 | 55 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1957 | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | OF | 24 | 24 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | 1B | 18 | 17 | 151 | 12 | 1 | 12 |
| 1959 | OF | 34 | 35 | 64 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 1959 | 1B | 24 | 21 | 174 | 11 | 4 | 17 |
| 1960 | OF | 21 | 16 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1960 | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | 1B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1961 | OF | 25 | 17 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | 1B | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | OF | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (3 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1955, 1953, 1950.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 31 | 1 / 336 | 0 |
| 1953 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 19 | 11 / 336 | 0 |
| 1955 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 20 | 6 / 336 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.