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Tiny
Bonham		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 225
 
Born: August 16, 1913 in Usa, CA, IONE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1943   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1940 26 DET AL $ 300,000 9 4 4 4 9 9 9 4 5 4
1941 27 DET AL $ 300,000 9 4 4 4 9 9 9 4 5 5
1942 28 DET AL $ 300,000 8 3 4 4 9 9 9 4 5 4
1943 29 DET AL $ 2,135,714 8 3 3 3 9 9 9 4 5 4
1944 30 DET AL $ 1,250,000 8 3 3 3 8 9 9 4 5 5
1945 31 OAK AL $ 1,250,000 8 3 3 3 8 9 9 4 4 4
1946 32 OAK AL $ 1,250,000 8 3 3 3 9 9 9 3 4 4
1947 33 MON NL $ 1,780,000 8 3 4 4 8 8 8 3 4 4
1948 34 PIT NL $ 1,780,000 7 3 3 3 8 8 8 3 4 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 7 3 3 3 8 8 8 3 4 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,135,714 9 4 4 4 9 9 9 4 5 5
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1940 26 DET AL $ 300,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1941 27 DET AL $ 300,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1942 28 DET AL $ 300,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1943 29 DET AL $ 2,135,714   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1944 30 DET AL $ 1,250,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1945 31 OAK AL $ 1,250,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1946 32 OAK AL $ 1,250,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1947 33 MON NL $ 1,780,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1948 34 PIT NL $ 1,780,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,135,714   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
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
1940 26 DET AL 8 5 .615 30 10 5 1 1 103.0 126 49 4 19 32 4.28 .298 .328 .414 .742 7.0
1941 27 DET AL 12 8 .600 45 22 9 1 7 202.3 207 83 17 40 44 3.69 .265 .300 .390 .690 16.5
1942 28 DET AL 16 12 .571 37 36 20 2 0 292.3 330 134 30 40 84 4.13 .285 .308 .425 .732 18.2
1943 29 DET AL 7 21 .250 47 31 14 0 2 253.0 311 152 33 53 51 5.41 .306 .340 .462 .802 5.3
1944 30 DET AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 1 1.7 3 3 0 3 0 16.27 .429 .545 .429 .974 0.0
    AAA   7 5 .583 17 17 2 0 0 109.0 159 53 9 19 47 4.38 .347 .373 .474 .847  
1945 31 DET AL 2 2 .500 24 0 0 0 3 35.7 34 14 2 20 6 3.53 .262 .358 .338 .696 3.5
  OAK AL 0 0 .000 17 0 0 0 1 21.0 21 5 2 5 6 2.14 .269 .310 .385 .694 2.5
  TOT   2 2 .500 41 0 0 0 4 56.7 55 19 4 25 12 3.02 .264 .340 .356 .696 5.9
1946 32 OAK AL 3 4 .429 32 3 1 0 0 73.0 109 44 9 23 18 5.42 .345 .389 .481 .870 2.0
1947 33 MON NL 1 5 .167 35 0 0 0 4 46.3 67 29 6 18 8 5.63 .330 .383 .468 .851 0.0
    AAA   0 4 .000 6 5 0 0 0 34.0 41 15 2 10 19 3.97 .293 .340 .350 .690  
1948 34 AAA   1 1 .500 4 2 1 1 0 16.3 18 6 1 7 5 3.31 .277 .347 .354 .701  
    AA   14 4 .778 22 22 3 2 0 169.7 165 47 8 29 109 2.49 .254 .286 .329 .615  
8 Years Sim 49 57 .462 269 102 49 4 19 1028.3 1208 513 103 221 249 4.49 .294 .329 .429 .758 55.0
3 Years AAA 8 10 .444 27 24 3 1 0 159.3 218 74 12 36 71 4.18 .329 .363 .436 .799  
1 Years AA 14 4 .778 22 22 3 2 0 169.7 165 47 8 29 109 2.49 .254 .286 .329 .615  
4 Years Minors 22 14 .611 49 46 6 3 0 329.0 383 121 20 65 180 3.31 .292 .325 .383 .708  
Season Average 6 7 .462 33 12 6 0 2 128.5 151 64 12 27 31 4.49 .294 .329 .429 .758  
Career Highs 16 21 .615 47 36 20 2 7 292.3 330 152 33 53 84 16.27 .429 .545 .481 .974  
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   532 235 42 93 131   .268 .301 .385 .685
vs LH   676 278 61 128 118   .318 .357 .470 .827
Home 25 24 .510 127 51 23 1 11 516.3 615 275 52 109 126 4.79 .296 .331 .435 .766
Away 24 33 .421 142 51 26 3 8 512.0 593 238 51 112 123 4.18 .292 .329 .423 .752
Mar/Apr 4 11 .267 40 15 8 1 4 155.3 183 78 16 42 39 4.52 .294 .338 .419 .757
May 8 12 .400 43 20 12 0 3 199.0 209 100 22 40 53 4.52 .272 .308 .406 .714
June 8 3 .727 49 12 4 2 2 142.0 170 49 8 35 22 3.11 .302 .343 .401 .744
July 6 12 .333 42 15 7 0 1 152.3 198 99 21 39 33 5.85 .313 .353 .468 .820
August 10 9 .526 50 18 10 1 7 181.3 213 88 19 32 50 4.37 .293 .323 .447 .770
Sep/Oct 13 10 .565 45 22 8 0 2 198.3 235 99 17 33 52 4.49 .295 .323 .432 .755
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
1940 26 DET AL 30 27 1 5 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 .185 .179 .222 .401 1.2 0.0
1941 27 DET AL 45 62 4 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 11 .129 .129 .145 .274 -0.8 0.0
1942 28 DET AL 37 100 5 17 1 0 0 7 0 0 2 19 .170 .184 .180 .364 2.7 0.0
1943 29 DET AL 47 84 2 14 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 17 .167 .184 .190 .374 2.0 0.0
1945 31 DET AL 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
  OAK AL 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  TOT   41 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1946 32 OAK AL 32 20 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .150 .150 .200 .350 0.3 0.0
1947 33 MON NL 35 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0
7 Years Sim 267 300 13 47 6 0 0 18 0 0 4 57 .157 .166 .177 .343 4.7 0.0
162 Game Average 182 7 28 3 0 0 10 0 0 2 34 .157 .166 .177 .343 2.9  
Career Highs 47 100 5 17 2 0 0 7 0 0 2 19 .185 .184 .222 .401 2.7  
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   209 10 39 6 0 0 13 0 0 3 40 .187 .196 .215 .412 5.5
vs LH   91 3 8 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 17 .088 .097 .088 .185 -3.6
Home 108 140 5 25 3 0 0 8 0 0 3 27 .179 .194 .200 .394 3.1
Away 141 160 8 22 3 0 0 10 0 0 1 30 .138 .141 .156 .297 -1.2
RISP   65 0 7 0 0 0 18 0 0 2 10 .108 .129 .108 .236 -1.4
Close/Late   31 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .194 .219 .226 .445 1.2
Mar/Apr 31 41 2 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .171 .167 .171 .337 0.2
May 27 60 2 13 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 11 .217 .217 .233 .450 2.2
June 47 36 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 9 .083 .105 .083 .189 -1.3
July 31 46 2 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 11 .130 .128 .130 .258 -0.8
August 39 53 3 11 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 8 .208 .236 .264 .501 2.8
Sep/Oct 30 64 3 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 11 .109 .123 .141 .264 -1.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1940 26 DET AL P 30 10 103.0 13 17 1 1 .968 2.62    
1941 27 DET AL P 45 22 202.3 19 58 0 4 1.000 3.43    
1942 28 DET AL P 37 36 292.3 21 66 1 6 .989 2.68    
1943 29 DET AL P 47 31 253.0 22 63 1 6 .988 3.02    
1944 30 DET AL P 2 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1945 31 DET AL P 24 0 35.7 1 9 0 0 1.000 2.52    
  OAK AL P 17 0 21.0 1 6 0 0 1.000 3.00    
  TOT   P 41 0 56.7 2 15 0 0 1.000 2.70    
1946 32 OAK AL P 32 3 73.0 3 19 2 2 .917 2.71    
1947 33 MON NL P 35 0 46.3 3 9 0 1 1.000 2.33    
Career Totals   269 102 1028.3 83 247 5 20 .985 2.89    
Career Highs   47 36 292.3 22 66 2 6 1.000 3.43    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1941-10-3.69
 Losses
1943-4-21
 Winning Pct
1941-7-.600
 Complete Games
1942-1-20
1943-6-14
 Shutouts
1941-8-1
1942-4-2
 Hits Allowed
1942-9-330
Homeruns Allowed
1942-2-30
1943-1-33
 Walks per 9IP
1941-4-1.8
1942-1-1.2
1943-2-1.9
 WHiP
1941-3-1.22
1942-7-1.27
 OOBP
1941-3-.300
1942-7-.308
 OOPS
1941-9-.690
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 19    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 32nd overall pick, by Detroit in 1940
Earned first career win on 6/2/1940
Had first career hit on 8/9/1940, off Newt Kimball (MON)
Injured on 9/28/1941 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for full season
2/1/1943: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,135,714 through salary arbitration
10/1/1943: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $1,250,000 per year, for 2 years
Won Gold Glove at Pitcher in 1943
Injured on 5/1/1944 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 4 days
Injured on 5/6/1944 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 4-5 weeks
Injured on 7/4/1944 with a Jammed Finger, out for one week
Injured on 8/16/1944 with a Inflamed Tricep Muscle, out for 2 weeks
Traded from Detroit to Oakland on 7/31/1945 (Going to DET: P Johnny Vander meer. Going to OAK: CF Jose Zardon, P Charley Schanz, P Tiny Bonham, P Russ Meers, P Clyde Shoun)
2/1/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,250,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/13/1946 with a Pulled Bicep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Montreal on 2/5/1947 to a 4-year deal worth $1,780,000 per year
Traded from Montreal to Pittsburgh on 5/1/1948 (Going to MON: P Hal White. Going to PIT: P Tiny Bonham, P Al Epperly)
6/1/1948: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
 
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