Cliff
Aberson
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 220
 
Born: August 28, 1921 in Usa, IL, CHICAGO
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1947 25 SEM AL     5 5 5 5 4 4 6 6 6 8 8 8 4 3 4
1948 26 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 4 4 6 6 6 8 8 8 4 4 4
1949 27 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 9 8 8 4 4 4
1950 28 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 9 8 8 4 4 4
1951 29 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 9 8 8 4 3 4
1952 30 SEM AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 9 8 8 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 5 4 4 6 5 6 8 8 8 4 3 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 9 8 8 4 4 4
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1947 25 AAA   56 209 23 49 10 1 7 23 1 3 40 58 .234 .357 .392 .750 31.3  
    AA   81 288 46 84 13 2 15 45 12 3 74 63 .292 .436 .507 .943 66.8  
1948 26 SEM AL 72 162 21 38 8 1 4 24 0 0 27 47 .235 .344 .370 .714 22.4 2.2
1949 27 SEM AL 124 368 46 91 23 0 9 40 0 0 59 95 .247 .347 .383 .730 49.0 5.8
1950 28 SEM AL 58 156 18 35 9 0 4 20 0 0 26 31 .224 .335 .359 .694 19.5 2.0
    AAA   2 7 4 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 .429 .500 1.714 2.214 4.3  
1951 29 SEM AL 26 33 5 8 0 1 0 4 0 0 10 11 .242 .419 .303 .722 5.6 0.9
1952 30 SEM AL 14 23 5 8 1 0 2 3 0 0 2 6 .348 .400 .652 1.052 5.4 1.2
1953 31 AAA   135 514 71 113 24 1 24 72 4 4 94 135 .220 .340 .411 .751 77.8  
5 Years Sim 294 742 95 180 41 2 19 91 0 0 124 190 .243 .349 .380 .729 102.0 12.0
3 Years AAA 193 730 98 165 34 2 34 98 5 7 135 193 .226 .347 .418 .765 113.3  
1 Years AA 81 288 46 84 13 2 15 45 12 3 74 63 .292 .439 .507 .946 66.8  
4 Years Minors 274 1018 144 249 47 4 49 143 17 10 209 256 .245 .374 .443 .818 180.2  
162 Game Average 408 52 99 22 1 10 50 0 0 68 104 .243 .349 .380 .729 56.2  
Career Highs 124 368 46 91 23 1 9 40 0 0 59 95 .348 .419 .652 1.052 49.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   257 39 64 13 1 9 38 0 0 43 65 .249 .353 .412 .766 40.0
vs LH   485 56 116 28 1 10 53 0 0 81 125 .239 .347 .363 .710 66.2
Home 149 367 43 86 20 0 8 40 0 0 65 96 .234 .349 .354 .703 50.0
Away 145 375 52 94 21 2 11 51 0 0 59 94 .251 .349 .405 .755 56.1
RISP   185 0 40 5 1 4 65 0 0 31 39 .216 .321 .319 .640 22.0
Pinch Hitting   83 14 19 2 2 4 16 0 0 20 19 .229 .375 .446 .821 15.4
Close/Late   73 14 21 4 1 4 14 0 0 18 15 .288 .429 .534 .963 16.8
Mar/Apr 44 104 10 23 7 0 4 16 0 0 16 24 .221 .325 .404 .729 14.5
May 57 139 19 40 9 0 3 11 0 0 32 34 .288 .419 .417 .836 26.2
June 51 132 19 30 7 0 5 22 0 0 21 34 .227 .333 .394 .727 18.6
July 44 125 14 26 6 1 3 17 0 0 13 29 .208 .277 .344 .621 12.6
August 49 121 16 30 6 0 3 18 0 0 18 39 .248 .343 .372 .715 16.5
Sep/Oct 46 121 17 31 6 1 1 7 0 0 24 30 .256 .379 .347 .726 17.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1948 26 SEM AL LF 21 21 172.0 37 0 2 0 .949 1.94   0.5
    CF 8 7 61.0 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.95    
    RF 5 4 35.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.06    
    1B 2 2 17.0 23 2 0 2 1.000 13.24   0.0
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1949 27 SEM AL LF 72 72 647.3 139 0 11 0 .927 1.93   1.7
    CF 15 14 118.3 46 0 1 0 .979 3.50    
    RF 3 3 25.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.44    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1950 28 SEM AL CF 48 45 389.0 95 2 3 1 .970 2.24   1.0
    LF 2 0 1.3 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1951 29 SEM AL CF 7 6 53.0 14 1 1 0 .938 2.55   0.2
    RF 3 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1952 30 SEM AL RF 6 4 37.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.95   0.1
  LF 95 93 820.7 176 0 14 0 .926 1.93   2.2
  CF 78 72 621.3 175 3 5 1 .973 2.58   1.2
  RF 18 11 104.0 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.99   0.1
  1B 2 2 17.0 23 2 0 2 1.000 13.24   0.0
  3B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   195 178 1567.0 397 7 19 3 .955 2.32   3.6
Career Highs   91 89 791.7 189 3 12 2 1.000 2.84    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1952 30 SEM AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Strikeouts
1949-3-95
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  4. Johnny Ostrowski (965)
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  6. Maurice Van Robays (963)
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  8. Billy Cowan (963)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 22nd overall pick, by Seattle in 1947
Had first career hit on 4/26/1948, off Joe Nuxhall (BSN)
Hit first career homerun on 5/18/1948, off Charley Schanz (OAK)
3/3/1951: Signed a minor league contract extension with Seattle
3/3/1952: Signed a minor league contract extension with Seattle
3/3/1953: Signed a minor league contract extension with Seattle
Released by Seattle on 10/20/1953