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Vince
Barton		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 195
 
Born: February 1, 1908 in Can, AB, EDMONTON
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1931 23 CHN NL     4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 4 4 6 6 6
1932 24 SEM AL     4 4 4 6 7 6 5 5 5 3 4 4 6 7 6
1933 25 SEM AL     4 4 4 6 7 6 4 5 5 3 4 4 6 6 6
1934 26 SEM AL     4 4 4 6 7 7 4 5 5 3 4 4 5 6 6
1935 27 SEM AL     4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 3 4 4 5 6 6
1936 28 SEM AL     5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 3 4 4 5 6 6
1937 29 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 8 7 5 6 6 4 5 5 5 6 6
1938 30 SEM AL     5 5 5 7 8 7 6 6 6 4 5 5 5 6 6
1939 31 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 8 7 6 6 6 4 5 5 5 6 6
1940 32 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 8 7 6 6 6 4 5 5 5 6 6
1941 33 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 6 6 4 5 5 5 6 6
1942 34 SEM AL     5 5 5 7 8 7 5 6 6 4 5 5 5 6 6
1943 35 DET AL $ 1,500,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 6 6
1944 36 STL NL $ 1,500,000   5 5 4 6 6 6 4 5 4 3 4 4 4 5 5
1945 37 STL NL $ 1,500,000   4 4 4 5 6 6 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 5 6 6 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,500,000   5 5 5 7 8 7 6 6 6 4 5 5 6 7 6
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
1931 23 AA   45 186 25 54 8 2 13 38 1 1 9 21 .290 .323 .565 .888 32.3  
    A   92 328 74 109 13 2 38 83 2 2 69 32 .332 .448 .732 1.180 96.3  
1932 24 AAA   14 51 5 10 0 1 3 4 0 0 6 10 .196 .281 .412 .692 6.5  
    AA   122 453 85 133 26 3 31 91 3 7 60 25 .294 .376 .570 .946 91.0  
1933 25 AAA   108 425 81 116 17 0 31 90 5 0 46 54 .273 .344 .532 .876 77.8  
1934 26 AAA   137 535 89 144 20 2 40 121 2 7 42 67 .269 .322 .538 .861 89.9  
1935 27 AAA   119 437 85 124 29 3 26 98 3 4 57 66 .284 .366 .542 .909 83.0  
1936 28 AAA   136 545 100 173 32 2 39 150 3 2 48 65 .317 .373 .598 .971 111.8  
1937 29 SEM AL 10 35 3 6 1 0 1 2 0 0 5 6 .171 .275 .286 .561 2.8 0.1
    AAA   104 416 85 145 26 1 48 119 0 3 49 58 .349 .417 .762 1.179 113.6  
1938 30 AAA   137 540 114 158 29 5 39 120 3 4 65 85 .293 .369 .581 .950 109.4  
1939 31 SEM AL 97 171 32 46 11 0 14 43 0 0 15 40 .269 .330 .579 .909 32.7 6.1
1940 32 SEM AL 107 215 32 57 11 0 10 43 0 0 19 29 .265 .325 .456 .781 30.1 3.8
1941 33 SEM AL 91 147 24 37 11 0 7 29 0 0 12 33 .252 .315 .469 .784 20.2 2.9
1942 34 SEM AL 88 130 14 41 11 1 4 36 0 0 10 21 .315 .359 .508 .866 23.3 4.2
1943 35 DET AL 152 525 79 138 29 6 19 92 0 0 49 88 .263 .332 .450 .782 73.0 9.5
1944 36 STL NL 134 303 36 69 13 4 11 45 0 0 34 59 .228 .309 .406 .715 39.4 4.3
1945 37 STL NL 123 322 38 61 2 1 16 46 0 0 36 78 .189 .279 .351 .630 33.2 2.7
8 Years Sim 802 1848 258 455 89 12 82 336 0 0 180 354 .246 .317 .440 .758 254.7 33.6
7 Years AAA 755 2949 559 870 153 14 226 702 16 20 313 405 .295 .371 .586 .957 592.0  
2 Years AA 167 639 110 187 34 5 44 129 4 8 69 46 .293 .377 .568 .945 123.3  
1 Years A 92 328 74 109 13 2 38 83 2 2 69 32 .332 .456 .732 1.188 96.3  
10 Years Minors 1014 3916 743 1166 200 21 308 914 22 30 451 483 .298 .380 .596 .975 811.6  
162 Game Average 373 52 91 17 2 16 67 0 0 36 71 .246 .317 .440 .758 51.4  
Career Highs 152 525 79 138 29 6 19 92 0 0 49 88 .315 .359 .579 .909 73.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1545 215 389 76 8 67 292 0 0 153 294 .252 .324 .441 .765 219.6
vs LH   303 43 66 13 4 15 44 0 0 27 60 .218 .284 .436 .719 38.5
Home 398 908 133 225 55 7 38 167 0 0 86 170 .248 .318 .449 .767 127.8
Away 404 940 125 230 34 5 44 169 0 0 94 184 .245 .317 .432 .749 130.3
RISP   521 0 141 26 5 22 239 0 0 66 98 .271 .352 .466 .818 85.6
Pinch Hitting   305 43 78 17 0 11 69 0 0 31 58 .256 .334 .420 .754 41.8
Close/Late   353 35 79 18 0 14 67 0 0 33 65 .224 .288 .394 .682 41.5
Mar/Apr 124 238 29 55 11 5 5 42 0 0 24 46 .231 .306 .382 .689 27.9
May 129 293 52 77 10 0 19 50 0 0 21 52 .263 .318 .491 .809 45.0
June 135 311 29 68 15 1 9 41 0 0 18 67 .219 .272 .360 .632 29.1
July 140 340 54 95 19 3 16 79 0 0 39 61 .279 .352 .494 .846 58.1
August 145 384 61 92 24 3 19 70 0 0 40 79 .240 .316 .466 .782 56.3
Sep/Oct 129 282 33 68 10 0 14 54 0 0 38 49 .241 .333 .426 .759 41.7
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
1937 29 SEM AL 3B 10 10 86.7 6 19 0 3 1.000 2.60   0.1
1939 31 SEM AL RF 13 11 104.0 18 0 2 0 .900 1.56   0.3
    1B 10 5 58.0 73 5 0 8 1.000 12.10   0.1
    LF 11 4 44.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.23    
    CF 8 2 40.7 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.21    
    3B 13 2 38.7 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.40   0.1
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1940 32 SEM AL CF 21 17 160.0 40 1 1 0 .976 2.31   0.8
    1B 13 12 109.7 149 7 0 10 1.000 12.80   0.3
    3B 21 4 73.7 7 22 0 2 1.000 3.54   0.6
    LF 5 2 30.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.10    
    RF 2 2 17.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.53    
1941 33 SEM AL 3B 38 4 109.3 10 29 0 6 1.000 3.21   0.6
    1B 9 9 77.0 83 5 1 7 .989 10.29   0.1
    LF 3 2 21.0 6 0 2 0 .750 2.57   0.2
    CF 9 0 20.3 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.54    
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1942 34 SEM AL 3B 31 14 148.0 7 44 3 4 .944 3.10   0.6
    1B 2 2 26.7 24 2 0 4 1.000 8.78   0.1
    LF 4 1 11.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82   0.0
    CF 4 0 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64    
    SS 4 0 10.7 3 3 0 0 1.000 5.07   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1943 35 DET AL RF 53 53 456.0 96 2 1 1 .990 1.93   1.5
    3B 44 38 337.7 33 70 7 4 .936 2.75   0.5
    LF 40 34 327.0 76 1 5 1 .939 2.12    
    1B 3 3 26.0 32 1 0 3 1.000 11.42   0.1
    CF 4 0 11.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.91    
1944 36 STL NL 3B 60 30 329.0 14 83 4 13 .960 2.65   1.1
    1B 29 13 153.0 205 16 3 18 .987 13.00   0.3
    CF 13 10 96.0 27 0 0 0 1.000 2.53   0.7
    RF 10 9 80.0 18 0 1 0 .947 2.03    
1945 37 STL NL 3B 93 84 724.0 52 172 3 19 .987 2.78   2.5
    RF 9 3 38.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.18   0.1
    1B 5 3 26.0 35 1 0 4 1.000 12.46   0.1
    CF 2 2 16.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.94    
  3B 310 186 1847.0 130 444 17 51 .971 2.80   6.1
  RF 89 78 698.0 137 3 4 1 .972 1.81   2.0
  1B 71 47 476.3 601 37 4 54 .994 12.05   1.0
  LF 63 43 433.0 96 1 7 1 .933 2.02   0.2
  CF 61 31 355.0 100 1 1 0 .990 2.56   1.5
  SS 5 0 13.7 3 3 0 0 1.000 3.95   0.0
  2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   600 385 3823.9 1067 489 33 107 .979 3.66   10.8
Career Highs   144 128 1157.7 264 174 13 31 1.000 5.48    
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
1939 31 SEM AL 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .667 .750 .667 1.417
1940 32 SEM AL 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 .500 1.000 1.500
1941 33 SEM AL 3 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750
Career Post-Season Batting 9 8 2 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .625 1.125
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
1943-6-88
1945-4-78
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 15th overall pick, by Chicago (N) in 1931
Injured on 5/28/1931 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for 3-4 weeks
Injured on 7/18/1932 with a Sprained Ankle, out for 6 days
Injured on 4/21/1933 with a Broken Ulna, out for 4-5 weeks
Injured on 8/22/1933 with a Concussion, out for one week
Injured on 5/4/1934 with a Bruised Hand, out for 2 days
Injured on 4/3/1935 with a Scratched Cornea Eye, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/15/1935 with a Fractured Jaw, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 4/30/1936 with a Inflamed Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 5/31/1937 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 5-6 weeks
Had first career hit on 9/1/1937, off Lon Warneke (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 9/9/1937, off Claude Passeau (NYG)
Won World Series with Seattle (M) in 1939
Injured on 5/26/1941 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for one week
2/1/1942: Gets a new one-year contract worth $803,571 through salary arbitration
Released by Seattle on 10/22/1942
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/3/1943 to a 4-year deal worth $1,500,000 per year
Traded from Detroit to St. Louis on 2/1/1944 (Going to DET: 2B Moe Franklin. Going to STL: P Johnny Broaca, LF Red Worthington, RF Vince Barton)
 
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