Augie
Bergamo
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 170
 
Born: February 14, 1917 in Usa, MI, DETROIT
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Bronze Rookie 1946   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1944 27 DET AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1945 28 BOS AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1946 29 BOS AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1947 30 BOS AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1948 31 BOS AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1949 32 BOS AL $ 471,429 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1950 33 BOS AL $ 471,429 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1951 34 BOS AL $ 471,429 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1952 35 NYA AL $ 1,500,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1953 36 NYA AL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,500,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1944 27 DET AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 7 8 8 8 8 8
1945 28 BOS AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 7 8 8 9 9 9
1946 29 BOS AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9
1947 30 BOS AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9
1948 31 BOS AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 9 9
1949 32 BOS AL $ 471,429   7 7 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8
1950 33 BOS AL $ 471,429   7 7 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8
1951 34 BOS AL $ 471,429   7 7 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8
1952 35 NYA AL $ 1,500,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5
1953 36 NYA AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,500,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 7 7 7 7 8 8 9 9 9
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1951 34 BOS AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 1 4.0 5 4 1 2 0 9.00 .333 .389 .933 1.322 0.0
1 Years Sim 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 1 4.0 5 4 1 2 0 9.00 .333 .389 .933 1.322 0.0
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   3 2 0 2 0   .333 .455 .778 1.232
vs LH   2 2 1 0 0   .333 .333 1.167 1.500
Away 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 1 4.0 5 4 1 2 0 9.00 .333 .412 .933 1.345
Sep/Oct 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 1 4.0 5 4 1 2 0 9.00 .333 .412 .933 1.345
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
1944 27 DET AL 8 29 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .207 .281 .207 .488 1.6 0.0
    AAA   137 510 87 147 26 0 8 52 8 11 106 46 .288 .411 .386 .797 85.9  
1945 28 DET AL 47 84 10 19 3 0 0 8 1 0 11 9 .226 .313 .262 .574 7.8 0.5
    AAA   31 121 22 59 9 0 3 18 1 1 14 8 .488 .541 .636 1.177 33.0  
1946 29 BOS AL 140 437 81 140 21 4 6 58 0 0 71 27 .320 .414 .428 .842 78.6 15.3
1947 30 BOS AL 135 514 73 144 25 4 6 55 0 0 63 40 .280 .358 .379 .738 68.7 10.3
1948 31 BOS AL 110 378 54 97 17 2 3 45 0 1 56 24 .257 .352 .336 .688 47.3 6.2
1949 32 BOS AL 105 235 32 63 8 1 0 24 0 0 30 22 .268 .350 .311 .660 26.6 2.4
1950 33 BOS AL 84 195 28 51 11 2 0 15 1 0 29 25 .262 .357 .338 .696 25.3 3.5
1951 34 BOS AL 49 106 15 38 5 0 0 11 0 0 17 14 .358 .447 .406 .853 18.6 3.6
1952 35 NYA AL 44 63 7 16 3 1 0 5 0 0 10 10 .254 .356 .333 .689 8.4 1.1
    AAA   2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.1  
1953 36 A   23 87 11 20 4 0 3 10 0 0 6 19 .230 .280 .379 .659 9.3  
9 Years Sim 722 2041 301 574 93 14 15 222 2 1 289 172 .281 .370 .363 .732 282.9 42.9
3 Years AAA 170 633 109 206 35 0 11 70 9 12 121 55 .325 .433 .433 .866 119.0  
1 Years A 23 87 11 20 4 0 3 10 0 0 6 19 .230 .274 .379 .653 9.3  
4 Years Minors 193 720 120 226 39 0 14 80 9 12 127 74 .314 .416 .426 .842 128.3  
162 Game Average 457 67 128 20 3 3 49 0 0 64 38 .281 .370 .363 .732 63.5  
Career Highs 140 514 81 144 25 4 6 58 1 1 71 40 .358 .447 .428 .853 78.6  
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   1691 254 485 77 13 14 180 2 1 243 135 .287 .376 .373 .748 246.5
vs LH   350 47 89 16 1 1 42 0 0 46 37 .254 .340 .314 .654 40.1
Home 349 979 154 303 49 8 7 118 1 1 143 79 .309 .397 .397 .794 156.8
Away 373 1062 147 271 44 6 8 104 1 0 146 93 .255 .344 .331 .675 129.8
RISP   499 0 146 23 2 2 196 0 0 80 39 .293 .386 .359 .745 74.3
Pinch Hitting   140 24 40 5 1 0 18 1 0 31 17 .286 .410 .336 .746 22.8
Close/Late   220 24 61 8 1 2 39 0 0 40 20 .277 .385 .350 .735 33.0
Mar/Apr 153 411 63 115 24 2 4 53 0 0 58 29 .280 .369 .377 .746 58.9
May 123 357 52 119 15 2 1 41 1 0 51 34 .333 .414 .395 .809 59.5
June 102 268 35 77 6 1 4 31 0 1 30 21 .287 .358 .362 .720 35.7
July 101 277 35 67 12 0 1 27 1 0 45 19 .242 .348 .296 .644 32.4
August 117 363 62 105 25 7 3 33 0 0 51 37 .289 .377 .421 .798 57.2
Sep/Oct 126 365 54 91 11 2 2 37 0 0 54 32 .249 .346 .307 .653 42.9
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
1944 27 DET AL CF 7 7 49.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.47   0.1
    RF 1 1 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
1945 28 DET AL LF 9 8 64.0 9 0 1 0 .900 1.27   0.2
    RF 5 5 43.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.67    
    CF 5 5 35.0 10 0 1 0 .909 2.57    
1946 29 BOS AL CF 110 100 838.7 226 5 0 2 1.000 2.48   3.5
    LF 5 4 35.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    RF 4 3 27.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.67    
1947 30 BOS AL CF 78 69 611.7 192 7 3 2 .985 2.93   3.2
    LF 39 37 314.7 70 2 3 1 .960 2.06    
    RF 19 19 141.0 38 1 0 0 1.000 2.49    
1948 31 BOS AL CF 100 89 763.3 240 4 1 0 .996 2.88   3.9
    LF 3 3 23.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.96    
1949 32 BOS AL CF 59 36 352.0 92 6 0 3 1.000 2.51   1.8
    RF 8 7 60.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    LF 7 5 42.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.93    
1950 33 BOS AL CF 48 33 304.7 92 1 0 1 1.000 2.75   2.1
    RF 9 9 75.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    LF 3 0 5.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.59    
1951 34 BOS AL CF 27 24 196.3 52 0 1 0 .981 2.38   0.4
    RF 3 3 20.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.87    
    LF 5 1 14.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93    
    P 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1952 35 NYA AL CF 12 8 71.0 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.79   0.4
    RF 8 4 36.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    LF 7 2 21.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  CF 446 371 3221.6 934 23 6 8 .994 2.67   15.4
  LF 78 60 519.3 104 2 4 1 .964 1.84   0.2
  RF 57 51 410.7 96 1 0 0 1.000 2.13    
  P 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   583 482 4155.6 1134 26 10 9 .991 2.51   15.6
Career Highs   136 125 1067.3 300 10 6 3 1.000 2.85    
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
1948 31 BOS AL 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Career Post-Season Batting 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
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.
Batting Average
1946-7-.320
On-Base Pct
1946-6-.414
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 10th overall pick, by Detroit in 1944
Injured on 4/18/1944 with a Bruised Foot, out for 4 days
Injured on 5/15/1944 with a Bruised Neck, out for 5 days
Had first career hit on 9/23/1944, off Fred Hutchinson (BSN)
Traded from Detroit to Boston (A) on 7/31/1945 (Going to DET: SS Fred Chapman. Going to BOS: CF Augie Bergamo)
Hit first career homerun on 4/13/1946, off Fred Sanford (BSN)
Injured on 5/25/1947 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against New York (N) on 6/19/1947
Injured on 5/6/1948 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Won World Series with Boston (A) in 1948
2/1/1949: Gets a new one-year contract worth $471,429 through salary arbitration
2/1/1950: Gets a new one-year contract worth $471,429 through salary arbitration
2/1/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $471,429 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/14/1951 with a Fractured Hip, out for 4 weeks
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/3/1952 to a 1-year deal worth $1,500,000 per year
3/3/1952: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (A)
Injured on 4/26/1953 with a Broken Knee, out for full season