Ty
Cline
 
Nickname: Rone
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 190
 
Born: June 15, 1939 in Usa, SC, HAMPTON
 
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
1960 21 NYA AL     5 5 4 1 1 1 4 5 5 4 5 4 6 7 7
1961 22 NYA AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 5 5 4 5 5 7 7 7
1962 23 NYA AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 5 5 4 5 4 6 7 7
1963 24 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 2 2 2 4 5 5 4 5 5 7 8 7
1964 25 NYA AL $ 350,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 4 5 5 4 5 5 7 8 8
1965 26 TAM AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 4 5 5 4 5 5 7 8 8
1966 27 TAM AL $ 1,000,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 4 5 5 5 6 6 7 8 8
1967 28 TAM AL $ 1,000,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 4 5 5 5 6 6 7 8 8
1968 29 TAM AL $ 1,000,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 4 5 5 6 7 7 7 8 8
1969 30 TAM AL $ 1,000,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 4 5 5 7 8 7 7 8 8
1970 31 TAM AL $ 1,750,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 4 5 4 7 8 8 7 8 8
1971 32 TAM AL $ 1,750,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 3 4 4 6 7 7 7 8 7
1972 33 TAM AL $ 1,750,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 4 5 4 6 7 7 6 7 7
1973 34 TAM AL $ 1,750,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 3 4 4 6 7 7 6 7 7
1974 35 KCR AL $ 500,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 4 5 4 6 7 7 6 7 6
1975 36 KCR AL $ 500,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 4 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 4 1 1 1 3 4 4 4 5 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,750,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 4 5 5 7 8 8 7 8 8
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
1960 21 AA   2 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .333 .429 .333 .762 1.1  
    A   135 497 48 142 28 4 5 40 18 8 72 60 .286 .376 .388 .764 75.1  
1961 22 NYA AL 47 21 13 1 0 1 0 4 0 1 2 6 .048 .160 .143 .303 -0.1 0.0
1962 23 NYA AL 47 33 10 10 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 4 .303 .361 .364 .725 3.7 0.6
1963 24 NYA AL 84 122 20 29 3 1 0 9 5 4 9 16 .238 .299 .279 .577 10.3 0.9
1964 25 NYA AL 73 177 35 50 3 4 1 16 8 6 19 19 .282 .366 .362 .728 24.7 5.0
1965 26 NYA AL 10 14 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 .214 .353 .286 .639 1.9 0.4
  TAM AL 95 338 28 88 9 4 2 20 17 9 22 38 .260 .309 .328 .638 33.5 6.1
  TOT   105 352 31 91 10 4 2 20 18 9 25 40 .259 .311 .327 .638 35.4 6.5
    AAA   28 110 12 28 1 1 2 12 2 2 13 14 .255 .333 .336 .670 12.9  
1966 27 AAA   135 570 92 188 24 4 7 52 15 13 59 56 .330 .393 .423 .815 89.9  
1967 28 TAM AL 143 520 60 124 15 6 4 45 23 14 52 72 .238 .311 .313 .625 52.4 5.2
1968 29 TAM AL 154 551 65 158 17 3 9 52 29 19 53 72 .287 .351 .377 .728 70.6 14.7
1969 30 TAM AL 109 376 48 94 7 2 1 29 21 15 46 40 .250 .334 .287 .621 38.1 5.5
1970 31 TAM AL 103 235 30 57 5 2 1 23 13 9 29 19 .243 .327 .294 .621 23.5 2.1
1971 32 TAM AL 97 270 31 79 7 1 1 31 19 16 25 20 .293 .349 .337 .686 33.9 5.0
1972 33 TAM AL 57 92 15 25 3 1 1 17 6 4 6 7 .272 .323 .359 .682 10.5 1.3
1973 34 TAM AL 64 75 21 20 3 0 1 8 5 9 9 14 .267 .353 .347 .700 8.0 0.6
1974 35 KCR AL 34 84 10 23 3 0 0 5 4 3 5 12 .274 .322 .310 .632 7.7 0.5
    AAA   56 189 30 54 4 0 1 13 5 2 27 25 .286 .375 .323 .698 25.3  
1975 36 AAA   135 474 56 152 16 3 4 54 13 8 53 76 .321 .389 .392 .781 71.8  
13 Years Sim 1117 2908 389 761 76 26 21 261 151 109 282 341 .262 .331 .327 .658 318.7 47.7
4 Years AAA 354 1343 190 422 45 8 14 131 35 25 152 171 .314 .388 .391 .779 199.9  
1 Years AA 2 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .333 .429 .333 .762 1.1  
1 Years A 135 497 48 142 28 4 5 40 18 8 72 60 .286 .382 .388 .770 75.1  
6 Years Minors 491 1846 238 566 73 12 19 171 54 33 225 231 .307 .386 .390 .776 276.2  
162 Game Average 421 56 110 11 3 3 37 21 15 40 49 .262 .331 .327 .658 46.2  
Career Highs 154 551 65 158 17 6 9 52 29 19 53 72 .303 .366 .377 .728 70.6  
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   2140 306 599 62 21 16 221 111 94 222 216 .280 .351 .351 .702 257.0
vs LH   768 83 162 14 5 5 40 40 15 60 125 .211 .273 .262 .535 56.1
Home 563 1413 198 360 28 16 8 128 77 54 152 156 .255 .331 .314 .645 149.5
Away 554 1495 191 401 48 10 13 133 74 55 130 185 .268 .331 .340 .670 163.6
RISP   616 0 174 15 4 6 228 0 0 65 66 .282 .350 .349 .699 77.8
Pinch Hitting   124 16 34 3 1 1 16 5 1 9 19 .274 .333 .339 .672 14.1
Close/Late   444 107 136 12 2 2 49 0 0 46 49 .306 .380 .356 .736 59.7
Mar/Apr 171 375 52 107 10 2 5 42 19 12 28 39 .285 .338 .363 .701 44.9
May 166 392 55 98 11 3 2 25 18 13 48 55 .250 .339 .309 .648 42.1
June 203 512 65 130 14 6 3 43 24 22 49 53 .254 .321 .322 .643 51.4
July 155 480 58 110 10 4 4 34 21 13 48 60 .229 .305 .292 .597 43.5
August 193 538 69 141 17 4 4 36 33 25 62 66 .262 .341 .331 .672 61.1
Sep/Oct 217 611 85 175 14 7 3 81 36 24 47 68 .286 .339 .347 .686 70.1
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
1961 22 NYA AL CF 16 6 64.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.69   0.1
    1B 5 0 6.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 16.50   0.0
    LF 3 0 4.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.08    
1962 23 NYA AL CF 9 3 44.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.45   0.3
    LF 5 0 9.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.93    
    RF 5 0 9.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    1B 7 0 6.7 6 1 0 1 1.000 9.46   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1963 24 NYA AL CF 20 11 109.0 27 2 0 0 1.000 2.39   0.9
    LF 10 9 77.0 17 1 0 1 1.000 2.10    
    RF 13 5 62.3 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.30    
    1B 9 3 25.0 28 2 0 0 1.000 10.80   0.1
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1964 25 NYA AL RF 59 54 460.3 81 0 2 0 .976 1.58   1.5
    CF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1965 26 NYA AL RF 8 7 30.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.76   0.1
    CF 1 0 2.5 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
    1B 0 0 0.9 1 0 0 0 1.000 10.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TAM AL RF 73 70 653.0 130 5 3 4 .978 1.86   0.3
    CF 5 4 53.5 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.19   0.0
    1B 4 2 18.1 24 0 0 0 1.000 11.93   0.1
    LF 5 1 16.9 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.66   0.0
  TOT   RF 81 77 683.7 136 5 3 4 .979 1.86   0.4
      CF 6 4 56.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
      1B 4 2 19.0 25 0 0 0 1.000 11.84   0.1
      LF 6 1 17.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.54   0.0
1967 28 TAM AL SS 92 83 741.7 126 327 11 59 .976 5.50   3.2
    CF 45 43 367.7 88 0 2 0 .978 2.15   1.0
    1B 5 2 21.0 30 2 0 0 1.000 13.71   0.0
    RF 2 2 8.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.08    
1968 29 TAM AL CF 73 72 626.0 150 3 7 2 .956 2.20   0.7
    SS 68 66 577.0 102 263 4 54 .989 5.69   2.0
    2B 2 2 17.0 4 3 0 0 1.000 3.71   0.0
    1B 5 0 10.0 10 2 0 1 1.000 10.80   0.0
    RF 3 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1969 30 TAM AL SS 96 86 798.7 97 322 9 47 .979 4.72   3.9
    1B 3 2 21.0 23 3 0 4 1.000 11.14   0.0
    CF 3 1 11.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.38   0.1
    RF 2 1 11.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45    
    LF 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1970 31 TAM AL RF 21 13 127.7 21 0 1 0 .955 1.48   0.7
    LF 12 8 84.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.93    
    CF 12 8 81.7 18 1 0 0 1.000 2.09    
    SS 14 7 76.0 8 37 0 7 1.000 5.33   0.4
    1B 22 1 54.0 81 5 2 3 .977 14.33   0.1
    2B 3 1 16.3 2 8 0 2 1.000 5.51   0.1
1971 32 TAM AL CF 14 6 77.0 19 0 1 0 .950 2.22   0.5
    1B 11 7 73.7 89 11 1 8 .990 12.22   0.1
    LF 11 6 67.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.75    
    SS 14 3 48.0 6 16 0 4 1.000 4.13   0.2
    RF 7 4 39.0 7 1 1 0 .889 1.85    
1972 33 TAM AL SS 29 16 161.0 23 62 4 16 .955 4.75   0.8
    CF 6 3 34.7 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.60   0.2
    1B 6 0 12.0 16 3 0 4 1.000 14.25   0.0
    RF 5 0 10.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
    LF 4 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    3B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1973 34 TAM AL SS 20 9 102.3 15 41 1 6 .982 4.93   0.5
    CF 11 3 37.0 7 0 1 0 .875 1.70   0.2
    LF 10 1 32.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.97    
    1B 8 0 7.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 12.86   0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
    RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1974 35 KCR AL SS 11 7 75.0 13 39 1 6 .981 6.24   0.5
    2B 7 6 64.0 22 26 2 10 .960 6.75   0.3
    3B 10 7 62.7 2 20 3 3 .880 3.16   0.2
    CF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    1B 2 0 2.0 2 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
  SS 345 277 2581.7 390 1107 30 199 .980 5.22   11.4
  CF 219 160 1516.3 363 6 11 2 .971 2.19   4.0
  RF 201 156 1418.7 268 7 7 4 .975 1.74   2.6
  LF 63 25 301.7 64 1 0 1 1.000 1.94   0.0
  1B 87 17 257.3 331 29 3 22 .992 12.59   0.5
  2B 12 9 97.3 28 37 2 12 .970 6.01   0.4
  3B 13 7 67.7 4 21 3 4 .893 3.33   0.3
Career Totals   940 651 6240.6 1448 1208 56 244 .979 3.83   19.2
Career Highs   151 140 1234.0 268 329 13 59 1.000 5.47    
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
1964 25 NYA AL 8 28 5 12 2 1 0 4 2 0 2 3 .429 .484 .571 1.055
1973 34 TAM AL 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 11 29 6 12 2 1 0 4 2 1 2 3 .414 .469 .552 1.020
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.
Singles
1968-5-129
Triples
1967-9-6
Stolen Bases
1967-10-23
1968-9-29
Caught Stealing
1967-7-14
1968-2-19
1969-6-15
1971-7-16
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 59th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1960
Injured on 8/25/1960 with a Dislocated Finger, out for one week
Had first career hit (triple) on 9/20/1961, off Jim Perry (MIN)
Injured on 6/16/1962 with a Fractured Hand, out for 6 weeks
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
3/3/1964: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (A)
Hit first career homerun on 7/29/1964, off Don Larsen (TOR)
Traded from New York (A) to Tampa Bay on 5/1/1965 (Going to NYA: LF Norm Siebern. Going to TAM: CF Ty Cline, P Dan Schneider)
9/1/1965: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $1,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 8/3/1967 with a Fractured Ribs, out for 2 weeks
Injured on 5/13/1969 with a Broken Finger, out for 3 weeks
9/22/1969: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $1,750,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 3/14/1971 with a Jammed Finger, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Kansas City on 2/15/1974 to a 4-year deal worth $500,000 per year