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John
Boozer		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 215
 
Born: July 6, 1938 in Usa, SC, COLUMBIA
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1962 23 CLN NL $ 300,000 6 5 6 5 5 7 6 5 6 6
1963 24 NYG NL $ 300,000 6 5 6 5 6 7 6 5 6 6
1964 25 NYG NL $ 300,000 6 5 6 5 6 7 6 4 5 5
1965 26 NYG NL   6 5 6 5 6 7 6 4 5 5
1966 27 NYG NL   7 5 6 5 6 7 6 4 6 5
1967 28 NYG NL   7 5 6 5 6 7 6 5 6 6
1968 29 NYG NL   6 4 5 5 6 7 6 5 6 5
1969 30 NYG NL   6 4 5 5 6 7 6 5 6 5
1970 31 NYG NL   6 4 5 5 6 7 7 5 6 6
1971 32 TOR AL $ 300,000 6 4 5 5 6 7 7 5 7 6
1972 33 TOR AL   6 4 5 5 6 7 7 5 6 6
1973 34 COL NL $ 512,856 6 4 5 5 6 7 7 5 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 4 5 5 5 7 6 4 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 512,856 7 5 6 5 6 7 7 5 7 6
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
1962 23 CLN NL $ 300,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1963 24 NYG NL $ 300,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1964 25 NYG NL $ 300,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1965 26 NYG NL     3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1966 27 NYG NL     3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1967 28 NYG NL     3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1968 29 NYG NL     3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1969 30 NYG NL     3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1970 31 NYG NL     3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1971 32 TOR AL $ 300,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1972 33 TOR AL     3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1973 34 COL NL $ 512,856   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 512,856   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
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
1962 23 CLN NL 6 16 .273 29 23 4 0 1 174.3 163 73 16 39 107 3.77 .242 .285 .387 .672 7.6
    AAA   3 1 .750 6 6 0 0 0 35.3 48 18 5 11 43 4.59 .314 .360 .458 .817  
1963 24 NYG NL 8 9 .471 25 25 2 0 0 167.3 163 73 11 45 84 3.93 .253 .299 .354 .653 7.3
1964 25 NYG NL 3 0 1.000 29 0 0 0 3 32.7 35 15 3 10 19 4.13 .285 .336 .407 .742 2.6
    AAA   0 1 .000 6 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 4 1 2 2 9.00 .333 .412 .600 1.012  
1965 26 AAA   6 4 .600 45 0 0 0 0 82.7 74 33 12 21 74 3.59 .234 .282 .389 .671  
1966 27 AAA   1 4 .200 59 0 0 0 7 52.7 51 24 8 19 43 4.10 .251 .315 .399 .714  
1967 28 AAA   7 3 .700 72 0 0 0 5 57.0 63 28 5 19 43 4.42 .292 .349 .426 .775  
1968 29 AAA   4 3 .571 68 0 0 0 8 58.3 56 10 4 25 40 1.54 .255 .331 .345 .676  
1969 30 AAA   10 9 .526 43 16 1 1 3 136.7 163 60 13 46 118 3.95 .294 .348 .421 .769  
1970 31 AAA   12 10 .545 26 26 0 0 0 178.3 177 67 15 63 155 3.38 .255 .317 .371 .688  
1971 32 TOR AL 3 1 .750 11 0 0 0 1 20.0 21 9 4 9 13 4.05 .256 .330 .451 .781 1.7
    AAA   4 9 .308 68 5 0 0 3 98.3 139 67 20 43 62 6.13 .326 .388 .519 .907  
1972 33 TOR AL 5 3 .625 65 0 0 0 9 100.3 121 56 11 36 39 5.02 .300 .355 .459 .814 5.2
1973 34 AAA   9 1 .900 57 0 0 0 3 51.0 36 13 5 20 32 2.29 .198 .277 .313 .590  
5 Years Sim 25 29 .463 159 48 6 0 14 494.7 503 226 45 139 262 4.11 .261 .310 .395 .705 24.3
10 Years AAA 56 45 .554 450 53 1 1 29 754.3 812 324 88 269 612 3.87 .273 .333 .409 .742  
Season Average 5 5 .500 31 9 1 0 2 98.9 100 45 9 27 52 4.11 .261 .310 .395 .705  
Career Highs 8 16 1.000 65 25 4 0 9 174.3 163 73 16 45 107 5.02 .300 .355 .459 .814  
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   240 106 22 57 157   .242 .283 .369 .651
vs LH   263 120 23 82 105   .282 .340 .423 .763
Home 17 15 .531 84 25 3 0 5 270.3 279 136 25 79 152 4.53 .265 .317 .407 .724
Away 8 14 .364 75 23 3 0 9 224.3 224 90 20 60 110 3.61 .256 .304 .381 .684
Mar/Apr 2 6 .250 25 9 1 0 3 82.0 91 42 6 25 47 4.61 .277 .328 .413 .741
May 4 3 .571 27 6 1 0 1 75.0 90 35 5 16 30 4.20 .297 .332 .416 .748
June 4 5 .444 29 11 1 0 1 102.7 81 36 10 30 55 3.16 .217 .275 .343 .619
July 6 6 .500 31 12 1 0 3 108.3 114 55 9 35 59 4.57 .270 .325 .397 .722
August 2 6 .250 17 8 1 0 2 58.7 63 29 6 13 31 4.45 .273 .311 .420 .731
Sep/Oct 7 3 .700 30 2 1 0 4 68.0 64 29 9 20 40 3.84 .240 .293 .397 .690
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
1962 23 CLN NL 29 56 2 11 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 22 .196 .196 .196 .393 1.2 0.0
1963 24 NYG NL 25 54 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 .074 .074 .074 .148 -2.4 0.0
1964 25 NYG NL 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
3 Years Sim 83 111 4 15 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 37 .135 .135 .135 .270 -1.3 0.0
162 Game Average 216 7 29 0 0 0 9 0 1 0 72 .135 .135 .135 .270 -2.5  
Career Highs 29 56 2 11 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 22 .196 .196 .196 .393 1.2  
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   62 2 7 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 18 .113 .113 .113 .226 -2.1
vs LH   49 2 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19 .163 .163 .163 .327 0.1
Home 45 57 3 11 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 19 .193 .193 .193 .386 0.8
Away 24 54 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 18 .074 .074 .074 .148 -2.8
RISP   29 0 4 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 9 .138 .138 .138 .276 -0.4
Close/Late   13 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .308 .308 .308 .615 1.1
Mar/Apr 9 20 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 .150 .150 .150 .300 -0.5
May 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.4
June 11 28 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.3
July 12 27 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .185 .185 .185 .370 0.4
August 8 15 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.3
Sep/Oct 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1962 23 CLN NL P 29 23 174.3 12 24 1 5 .973 1.86    
1963 24 NYG NL P 25 25 167.3 16 23 0 1 1.000 2.10    
1964 25 NYG NL P 29 0 32.7 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.65    
1971 32 TOR AL P 11 0 20.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.35    
1972 33 TOR AL P 65 0 100.3 4 10 2 0 .875 1.26    
Career Totals   159 48 494.7 34 64 3 6 .970 1.78    
Career Highs   65 25 174.3 16 24 2 5 1.000 2.10    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1972-10-9
 Games Pitched
1972-7-65
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 48th overall pick, by Cleveland (N) in 1962
Had first career hit on 4/12/1962, off Juan Marichal (COL)
Earned first career win on 6/27/1962
Traded from Cleveland (N) to New York (N) on 2/1/1963 (Going to NYG: RF Ron Jackson, P Hersh Freeman, P John Boozer. Going to CLN: RF Joe Durham)
Injured on 8/8/1963 with a Fractured Hand, out for 7 weeks
Injured on 3/8/1969 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from New York (N) to Toronto on 7/31/1971 (Going to NYG: 3B Bill Sorrell, P Frank Carpin. Going to TOR: SS Ken Mcmullen, P John Boozer)
Injured on 8/17/1972 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Released by Toronto on 10/13/1972
Signed as a free agent by Colorado on 2/11/1973 to a 2-year deal worth $512,856 per year
Injured on 6/19/1973 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
 
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