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Bob
Borkowski		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 197
 
Born: January 27, 1926 in Usa, OH, DAYTON
 
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
1950 24 NYG NL     4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 6 6
1951 25 NYG NL     4 4 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 7 7
1952 26 NYG NL     5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 3 3 8 7 7
1953 27 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 4 4 8 7 7
1954 28 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 4 3 3 6 5 6 5 4 4 7 7 7
1955 29 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 4 4 7 7 7
1956 30 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 4 4 7 7 7
1957 31 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 4 4 7 7 7
1958 32 NYG NL $ 350,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
1959 33 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 6 6
1960 34 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 6 6
1961 35 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 3 3 6 6 6
1962 36 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 5 4 4 4 3 3 6 5 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 3 3 3 5 4 4 3 3 3 6 5 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   6 6 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 4 4 8 7 7
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
1950 24 AA   83 361 53 101 16 3 13 44 6 3 20 48 .280 .318 .449 .766 49.8  
    A   28 115 19 29 4 1 4 13 4 1 12 13 .252 .323 .409 .732 15.9  
1951 25 AA   137 598 67 143 22 3 11 54 4 6 61 69 .239 .310 .341 .651 64.2  
1952 26 AAA   55 192 25 55 8 0 3 22 1 6 9 24 .286 .318 .375 .693 20.2  
    AA   81 330 47 91 6 3 8 33 6 4 37 35 .276 .349 .385 .734 45.4  
1953 27 NYG NL 151 533 58 133 17 1 9 59 0 0 28 71 .250 .286 .336 .622 48.1 2.8
1954 28 NYG NL 111 311 47 83 14 1 4 28 0 0 25 44 .267 .320 .357 .676 35.8 3.5
1955 29 NYG NL 70 126 16 37 3 0 3 17 0 0 10 22 .294 .350 .389 .739 16.4 2.4
1956 30 NYG NL 74 118 16 33 6 1 2 13 0 0 13 15 .280 .343 .398 .742 15.7 2.3
1957 31 NYG NL 26 46 2 6 2 0 0 6 0 0 4 10 .130 .200 .174 .374 0.4 0.0
1958 32 NYG NL 29 72 9 23 7 0 0 16 0 0 5 6 .319 .364 .417 .780 10.3 2.0
1959 33 NYG NL 34 102 9 28 9 3 1 15 0 0 2 15 .275 .288 .451 .739 11.0 1.5
1960 34 NYG NL 43 84 2 15 1 1 1 5 0 0 2 19 .179 .198 .250 .448 2.4 0.0
1961 35 NYG NL 23 50 5 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 8 .160 .208 .180 .388 -0.1 0.0
1962 36 AAA   104 311 34 81 8 0 5 24 5 3 15 66 .260 .294 .334 .629 29.9  
9 Years Sim 561 1442 164 366 60 7 20 160 0 0 92 210 .254 .298 .347 .645 140.1 14.6
2 Years AAA 159 503 59 136 16 0 8 46 6 9 24 90 .270 .304 .350 .654 50.2  
3 Years AA 301 1289 167 335 44 9 32 131 16 13 118 152 .260 .321 .382 .703 159.4  
1 Years A 28 115 19 29 4 1 4 13 4 1 12 13 .252 .323 .409 .732 15.9  
6 Years Minors 488 1907 245 500 64 10 44 190 26 23 154 255 .262 .317 .375 .692 225.4  
162 Game Average 416 47 105 17 2 5 46 0 0 26 60 .254 .298 .347 .645 40.4  
Career Highs 151 533 58 133 17 3 9 59 0 0 28 71 .319 .364 .451 .780 48.1  
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   519 61 124 20 2 11 66 0 0 30 62 .239 .280 .349 .629 50.1
vs LH   923 103 242 40 5 9 94 0 0 62 148 .262 .308 .346 .653 96.7
Home 276 694 91 186 36 3 12 90 0 0 49 103 .268 .315 .380 .695 81.7
Away 285 748 73 180 24 4 8 70 0 0 43 107 .241 .282 .316 .597 65.1
RISP   328 0 88 21 1 4 128 0 0 25 47 .268 .317 .375 .692 38.4
Pinch Hitting   158 22 40 6 0 4 27 0 0 11 25 .253 .306 .367 .673 17.5
Close/Late   163 14 38 5 1 2 17 0 0 11 26 .233 .282 .313 .594 14.3
Mar/Apr 103 256 38 67 18 1 4 28 0 0 9 35 .262 .285 .387 .671 26.7
May 95 258 18 63 10 0 1 18 0 0 15 41 .244 .286 .295 .580 21.0
June 85 228 29 71 15 4 3 34 0 0 7 31 .311 .329 .452 .781 31.1
July 82 197 23 37 1 1 5 17 0 0 19 35 .188 .263 .279 .542 15.1
August 111 287 29 78 10 1 6 42 0 0 18 33 .272 .315 .376 .691 33.4
Sep/Oct 85 216 27 50 6 0 1 21 0 0 24 35 .231 .306 .273 .579 19.5
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
1953 27 NYG NL LF 150 150 1207.3 259 4 3 0 .989 1.96   2.2
    1B 6 0 17.0 20 1 2 3 .913 11.12   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1954 28 NYG NL RF 69 66 534.3 121 7 0 2 1.000 2.16   2.1
    LF 2 0 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
    CF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1955 29 NYG NL CF 13 10 89.3 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.21   0.3
    LF 9 8 71.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.03    
    1B 6 5 45.0 45 5 0 8 1.000 10.00   0.1
    RF 3 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1956 30 NYG NL 1B 32 14 150.7 191 11 3 11 .985 12.07   0.3
    CF 7 5 46.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.35   0.2
    LF 5 4 36.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.75    
    RF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1957 31 NYG NL 1B 12 9 81.3 108 6 1 7 .991 12.62   0.2
    RF 2 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.1
    CF 2 0 5.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 5.40    
1958 32 NYG NL 1B 14 11 89.0 112 6 1 9 .992 11.93   0.3
    CF 6 3 35.7 13 2 0 1 1.000 3.79   0.4
    RF 4 4 32.0 9 1 0 1 1.000 2.81    
    LF 2 2 20.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.35    
1959 33 NYG NL 1B 21 20 166.0 187 13 3 16 .985 10.84   0.3
    RF 3 2 21.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.86   0.1
    LF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
    CF 1 1 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
1960 34 NYG NL CF 9 9 76.0 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.37   0.6
    RF 15 6 73.7 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.95    
    LF 8 3 29.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.79    
1961 35 NYG NL RF 7 4 45.7 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.58   0.4
    CF 7 5 43.7 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.06    
    LF 3 3 25.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.44    
  LF 180 171 1405.3 302 4 3 0 .990 1.96   2.2
  RF 106 82 721.7 161 8 0 3 1.000 2.11   2.7
  1B 91 59 549.0 663 42 10 54 .986 11.56   1.2
  CF 47 33 308.7 73 3 0 2 1.000 2.22   1.6
  SS 1 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   425 345 2987.3 1199 57 13 59 .990 3.78   7.7
Career Highs   158 150 1228.0 279 13 5 16 1.000 11.73    
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
1956 30 NYG NL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Career Post-Season Batting 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
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  5. Hub Walker (971)
  6. Stan Rojek (971)
  7. Glenn Adams (971)
  8. Eric Tipton (970)
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 53rd overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1950
Released by Boston (N) on 3/3/1950
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 5/1/1950 to a minor league deal
4/2/1953: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Had first career hit (double) on 4/2/1953, off Chuck Stobbs (SDP)
Hit first career homerun on 4/24/1953, off Ted Gray (MON)
4/2/1955: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Tampa Bay on 7/22/1955
4/2/1956: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Won World Series with New York (N) in 1956
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
6/1/1958: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $300,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Series with New York (N) in 1958
4/2/1959: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Traded from New York (N) to Cleveland (A) on 2/21/1962 (Going to NYG: P Gus Keriazakos. Going to CLE: P Gerry Arrigo, RF Felipe Alou, P Ron Nischwitz, RF Bob Borkowski, P Duke Maas)
 
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