Phil
Cavarretta
 
Nickname: Philliabuck
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 195
 
Born: July 19, 1916 in Usa, IL, CHICAGO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1943    1947    1954   
All-Star Selections 1939    1941    1946    1951   
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
1934 17 SEM AL     5 5 5 2 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9
1935 18 SEM AL     6 6 6 2 3 3 6 7 7 6 7 6 9 9 9
1936 19 SEM AL     7 7 7 2 2 2 7 8 7 6 7 6 9 9 9
1937 20 SEM AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 7 8 8 6 7 6 9 9 9
1938 21 SEM AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 7 8 8 6 7 6 9 9 9
1939 22 SEM AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 8 8 8 6 7 6 9 9 9
1940 23 SEM AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 8 9 9 6 7 6 9 10 9
1941 24 SEM AL $ 2,928,571   9 9 8 2 2 2 8 9 9 6 7 6 9 10 9
1942 25 SEM AL $ 3,421,429   9 9 8 2 3 3 8 9 9 6 7 6 9 10 9
1943 26 SEM AL $ 4,500,000   9 9 9 3 3 3 8 9 9 6 6 6 9 10 9
1944 27 SEM AL $ 4,500,000   9 9 8 4 4 4 9 9 9 6 7 6 9 10 9
1945 28 SEM AL $ 4,500,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 9 9 9 6 6 6 9 9 9
1946 29 SEM AL $ 4,500,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 9 9 9 6 6 6 9 9 9
1947 30 SEM AL $ 5,390,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 9 9 9 5 6 6 9 9 9
1948 31 SEM AL $ 5,390,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 9 9 9 5 6 6 9 9 9
1949 32 SEM AL $ 5,390,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 9 10 9 5 6 6 9 10 9
1950 33 SEM AL $ 3,490,000   9 9 8 4 4 4 9 10 10 5 6 6 9 9 9
1951 34 SEM AL $ 3,490,000   9 9 9 4 4 4 9 10 10 5 6 6 9 9 9
1952 35 SEM AL $ 7,000,000   9 9 9 4 4 4 9 10 10 5 5 5 9 9 9
1953 36 SEM AL $ 7,000,000   9 9 8 3 4 4 9 10 10 5 5 5 9 9 9
1954 37 SEM AL $ 7,000,000   9 9 8 3 3 3 9 9 9 4 5 5 8 9 9
1955 38 SEM AL $ 3,500,000   8 8 7 1 1 1 7 8 7 3 4 4 7 7 7
1956 39 SEM AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4
1957 40 SEM AL $ 300,000   2 2 1 1 1 1 3 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 1 1 1 1 3 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,000,000   9 9 9 4 4 4 9 10 10 6 7 6 9 10 9
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
1934 17 AAA   137 547 100 160 30 4 17 58 17 7 84 31 .293 .387 .455 .842 97.0  
1935 18 AAA   137 552 108 179 27 3 20 90 18 10 83 27 .324 .413 .493 .905 108.3  
1936 19 AAA   136 558 112 192 51 4 8 74 21 11 94 19 .344 .439 .493 .931 114.0  
1937 20 SEM AL 122 481 69 138 34 0 4 51 3 0 52 24 .287 .354 .383 .736 64.8 13.0
    AAA   26 109 24 40 9 1 0 7 5 3 19 6 .367 .461 .468 .929 22.3  
1938 21 SEM AL 153 572 99 174 38 7 9 70 5 2 56 25 .304 .368 .442 .810 87.2 19.9
1939 22 SEM AL 154 637 110 198 50 8 6 81 18 2 55 42 .311 .365 .443 .808 97.5 18.3
1940 23 SEM AL 143 545 99 168 39 9 5 83 10 4 60 22 .308 .377 .440 .817 81.4 14.3
1941 24 SEM AL 144 545 96 176 32 10 6 87 4 7 60 18 .323 .390 .451 .842 85.9 15.9
1942 25 SEM AL 152 595 100 188 39 7 8 76 9 5 60 30 .316 .378 .445 .824 93.3 17.0
1943 26 SEM AL 157 569 84 171 38 5 3 86 9 7 72 18 .301 .380 .401 .781 78.6 10.5
1944 27 SEM AL 153 544 86 168 44 5 10 102 15 2 57 33 .309 .372 .463 .836 88.1 18.1
1945 28 SEM AL 156 592 92 180 47 3 11 92 10 5 75 31 .304 .382 .449 .832 94.8 18.3
1946 29 SEM AL 157 602 89 189 41 2 12 96 13 10 76 27 .314 .391 .449 .839 96.7 16.4
1947 30 SEM AL 153 592 85 166 40 6 18 88 16 8 68 19 .280 .351 .459 .810 87.9 12.6
1948 31 SEM AL 155 583 84 144 41 4 8 81 17 7 87 37 .247 .344 .372 .716 77.3 7.2
1949 32 SEM AL 154 624 100 171 37 7 9 85 17 3 64 31 .274 .341 .399 .740 76.9 9.9
1950 33 SEM AL 143 538 97 184 48 3 10 76 16 3 57 30 .342 .406 .498 .904 96.3 19.4
1951 34 SEM AL 152 615 115 186 52 4 17 83 19 7 79 44 .302 .380 .483 .863 107.5 20.1
1952 35 SEM AL 140 500 71 141 40 4 7 59 16 4 45 33 .282 .342 .420 .762 71.5 11.6
1953 36 SEM AL 152 630 104 196 49 2 17 72 15 4 37 27 .311 .351 .476 .827 93.2 18.2
1954 37 SEM AL 154 601 97 172 38 7 10 81 22 9 52 52 .286 .344 .423 .767 82.5 14.2
1955 38 SEM AL 132 447 46 117 33 0 1 43 12 5 24 39 .262 .301 .342 .643 40.6 3.5
1956 39 SEM AL 31 80 18 29 7 0 0 11 3 4 10 7 .363 .433 .450 .883 13.6 3.2
    AAA   83 317 23 81 16 0 0 27 5 10 22 45 .256 .304 .306 .610 26.5  
1957 40 AAA   137 532 44 106 13 1 1 41 8 10 43 133 .199 .259 .233 .492 29.3  
20 Years Sim 2857 10892 1741 3256 787 93 171 1503 249 98 1146 589 .299 .365 .435 .801 1615.6 281.7
6 Years AAA 656 2615 411 758 146 13 46 297 74 51 345 261 .290 .373 .408 .781 397.4  
162 Game Average 617 98 184 44 5 9 85 14 5 64 33 .299 .365 .435 .801 91.6  
Career Highs 157 637 115 198 52 10 18 102 22 10 87 52 .363 .433 .498 .904 107.5  
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   7785 1307 2423 575 65 122 1095 178 66 867 355 .311 .380 .449 .829 1278.7
vs LH   3107 434 833 212 28 49 408 71 32 279 234 .268 .328 .402 .730 403.4
Home 1416 5277 872 1580 407 48 87 726 120 53 573 297 .299 .368 .444 .812 831.8
Away 1441 5615 869 1676 380 45 84 777 129 45 573 292 .298 .363 .427 .790 850.4
RISP   2827 0 838 204 22 50 1194 0 0 350 171 .296 .369 .437 .806 450.8
Pinch Hitting   181 35 52 13 4 1 35 2 1 25 12 .287 .367 .420 .787 28.1
Close/Late   1255 202 374 81 10 18 171 0 0 158 59 .298 .376 .422 .798 196.3
Mar/Apr 460 1791 296 551 136 22 30 266 43 19 184 86 .308 .372 .458 .830 290.7
May 512 1881 286 567 135 19 26 265 52 12 185 108 .301 .364 .435 .799 290.2
June 458 1735 273 535 122 12 38 247 39 24 197 81 .308 .378 .458 .837 287.7
July 463 1824 284 532 143 16 21 239 35 13 186 119 .292 .357 .422 .779 267.2
August 490 1818 293 518 112 13 28 231 38 13 199 95 .285 .356 .407 .763 262.5
Sep/Oct 474 1843 309 553 139 11 28 255 42 17 195 100 .300 .367 .433 .800 283.9
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
1937 20 SEM AL RF 119 116 995.3 219 9 0 4 1.000 2.06   2.1
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1938 21 SEM AL RF 149 140 1242.0 298 8 4 2 .987 2.22   3.5
1939 22 SEM AL RF 151 148 1288.3 282 13 3 1 .990 2.06   3.6
1940 23 SEM AL RF 121 119 1067.0 246 11 2 2 .992 2.17   4.8
    LF 6 6 53.0 11 1 0 0 1.000 2.04    
    CF 3 1 11.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45    
    1B 4 0 10.0 13 0 1 1 .929 11.70   0.0
1941 24 SEM AL RF 126 119 1106.3 255 10 1 3 .996 2.16   5.0
    1B 5 2 22.0 32 2 1 3 .971 13.91   0.1
    LF 5 1 13.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69    
1942 25 SEM AL RF 133 133 1217.7 260 8 4 2 .985 1.98   4.9
    LF 15 1 41.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.10    
1943 26 SEM AL RF 133 131 1181.3 237 10 1 2 .996 1.88   4.1
    LF 8 4 46.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.76    
    CF 5 4 39.3 17 0 0 0 1.000 3.89    
1944 27 SEM AL RF 93 92 823.3 191 9 0 1 1.000 2.19   2.5
    LF 41 30 262.7 53 4 0 0 1.000 1.95    
    CF 5 3 30.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.70    
    1B 2 2 18.0 26 2 0 1 1.000 14.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1945 28 SEM AL RF 135 132 1179.7 271 12 4 1 .986 2.16   3.1
    LF 11 10 92.7 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.23    
    SS 4 4 35.3 5 12 1 3 .944 4.33   0.1
    1B 3 3 25.0 25 5 0 5 1.000 10.80   0.0
    CF 1 1 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1946 29 SEM AL RF 147 147 1299.7 279 10 2 3 .993 2.00   3.3
    LF 3 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
    1B 4 0 5.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 16.20   0.0
    CF 2 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1947 30 SEM AL RF 149 149 1326.0 315 18 2 8 .994 2.26   3.4
    CF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1948 31 SEM AL RF 149 148 1301.0 316 10 7 1 .979 2.26   2.5
    LF 2 1 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1949 32 SEM AL RF 152 152 1347.3 328 22 5 3 .986 2.34   4.0
    1B 2 0 7.0 8 0 0 1 1.000 10.29   0.0
1950 33 SEM AL LF 124 120 1090.0 253 8 1 3 .996 2.16   3.1
    1B 4 4 39.0 57 4 0 5 1.000 14.08   0.1
    RF 3 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1951 34 SEM AL RF 85 82 749.0 132 2 4 0 .971 1.61   2.6
    LF 64 64 549.7 114 4 0 1 1.000 1.93    
    CF 1 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
1952 35 SEM AL RF 97 93 820.7 145 11 2 2 .987 1.71   2.1
    LF 17 15 127.0 24 1 0 0 1.000 1.77    
    1B 7 5 48.3 70 3 0 10 1.000 13.59   0.1
1953 36 SEM AL RF 135 132 1155.0 249 10 1 2 .996 2.02   3.4
    LF 12 12 109.0 18 4 0 1 1.000 1.82    
    1B 2 1 10.0 12 3 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.0
1954 37 SEM AL RF 151 149 1320.3 334 17 2 3 .994 2.39   2.7
    CF 2 0 2.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
1955 38 SEM AL RF 113 109 949.0 193 9 4 2 .981 1.92   0.8
    LF 9 0 16.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.70    
    CF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
    3B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1956 39 SEM AL LF 20 20 167.0 32 1 0 0 1.000 1.78   0.3
    CF 3 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  RF 2342 2291 20375.0 4551 199 48 42 .990 2.10   58.4
  LF 339 284 2585.6 555 23 1 5 .998 2.01   3.4
  1B 36 17 187.3 255 20 2 27 .993 13.21   0.3
  CF 25 10 117.3 38 0 0 0 1.000 2.92    
  SS 6 4 38.3 6 14 1 4 .952 4.70   0.2
  3B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
Career Totals   2749 2606 23305.6 5406 256 52 78 .991 2.19   62.3
Career Highs   156 152 1354.3 336 29 7 12 1.000 2.57    
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
1938 21 SEM AL 9 35 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 .114 .162 .114 .276
1939 22 SEM AL 10 43 7 11 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 .256 .267 .279 .546
1940 23 SEM AL 6 17 3 5 3 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 .294 .400 .471 .871
1941 24 SEM AL 4 14 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .143 .200 .214 .414
1944 27 SEM AL 7 27 4 7 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 .259 .310 .481 .792
1950 33 SEM AL 13 47 6 11 5 0 0 8 2 2 5 5 .234 .308 .340 .648
1951 34 SEM AL 5 19 1 4 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 5 .211 .286 .316 .602
1952 35 SEM AL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
1953 36 SEM AL 4 14 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .286 .375 .357 .732
Career Post-Season Batting 59 217 29 49 15 2 0 19 3 2 17 20 .226 .284 .313 .597
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
1939-9-.311
1940-8-.308
1941-10-.323
1942-9-.316
1944-10-.309
1945-7-.304
1946-10-.314
1950-4-.342
1953-5-.311
On-Base Pct
1941-10-.390
XR
1939-9-97.5
CAR-16-1615.6
Games
1943-3-157
1945-5-156
1946-4-157
1948-10-155
CAR-3-2857
At-Bats
1939-2-637
1942-7-595
1945-8-592
1946-7-602
1947-6-592
1948-9-583
1949-4-624
1951-4-615
1953-1-630
1954-6-601
CAR-2-10892
Runs
1939-3-110
1951-6-115
1953-8-104
CAR-8-1741
Hits
1939-2-198
1942-7-188
1945-7-180
1946-4-189
1951-6-186
1953-1-196
CAR-1-3256
Total Bases
1939-8-282
1945-9-266
1947-5-272
1951-10-297
1953-6-300
CAR-11-4742
Singles
1939-5-134
1941-6-128
1942-4-134
1943-8-125
1946-3-134
1949-10-118
1953-2-128
CAR-2-2205
Doubles
1939-4-50
1943-9-38
1944-6-44
1945-4-47
1946-4-41
1947-4-40
1948-5-41
1950-2-48
1951-1-52
1952-4-40
1953-3-49
1954-6-38
CAR-1-787
Triples
1939-7-8
1940-4-9
1941-2-10
1942-8-7
1947-9-6
1949-10-7
1954-2-7
CAR-18-93
RBIs
1944-7-102
CAR-26-1503
Stolen Bases
1939-3-18
1940-10-10
1943-9-9
1944-7-15
1945-9-10
1946-9-13
1947-9-16
1948-9-17
1949-8-17
1950-7-16
1951-6-19
1952-6-16
1953-9-15
1954-8-22
1955-9-12
Caught Stealing
1940-9-4
1941-8-7
1943-5-7
1946-4-10
1947-7-8
1948-9-7
1951-7-7
1952-8-4
1954-6-9
1956-9-4
Walks
CAR-44-1146
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 142    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 65    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 10th overall pick, by Seattle (M) in 1934
Injured on 7/17/1935 with a Stiff Neck, out for 6 days
Injured on 8/31/1936 with a Bruised Hand, out for 2 days
Had first career hit on 5/1/1937, off Ray Benge (OAK)
Hit first career homerun on 5/15/1937, off Roy Mahaffey (BSN)
Won World Series with Seattle (M) in 1938
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1939, hitting .593 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Was selected to the 1939 Allstar game
Won World Series with Seattle (M) in 1939
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Montreal on 7/21/1940
2/1/1941: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,928,571 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1941 Allstar game
2/1/1942: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,421,429 through salary arbitration
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 8/3/1942
10/22/1942: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $4,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1943
Drove in 6 runs against Oakland on 9/22/1944
6/1/1946: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $5,390,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1946, hitting .542 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1946, hitting .340 with 6 HR, 19 RBI
Was selected to the 1946 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1947
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Pittsburgh on 4/12/1948
Had 2000th career hit on 7/8/1948, off Lou Brissie (PIT)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1949, hitting .485 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
9/1/1949: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $3,490,000 per year, for 2 years
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Pittsburgh on 5/26/1950
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1950, hitting .552 with 1 HR, 4 RBI
Was selected to the 1951 Allstar game
9/1/1951: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $7,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 5/27/1953
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1953, hitting .522 with 3 HR, 12 RBI
Had 3000th career hit on 6/8/1954, off Frank Sullivan (PIT)
9/1/1954: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $3,500,000 per year, for 1 years
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1954
10/20/1955: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $300,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 6/3/1956 with a Inflamed Thigh Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 8/29/1956 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for one week