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Alvin
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Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 195
 
Born: January 7, 1922 in Usa, OK, COMANCHE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1947    1948   
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
1946 24 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 4 3 4 8 7 7 3 2 3 9 9 9
1947 25 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 4 3 3 8 7 7 3 2 2 9 9 9
1948 26 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 3 3 3 8 7 7 3 2 3 9 9 9
1949 27 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 3 3 3 8 7 7 3 2 2 10 9 9
1950 28 MIN AL $ 2,237,143   6 6 7 3 2 3 8 7 7 3 2 2 9 9 9
1951 29 MIN AL $ 2,237,143   6 6 7 3 2 3 7 7 7 3 2 2 9 9 9
1952 30 MIN AL $ 2,237,143   6 6 7 3 2 3 8 7 7 3 2 2 9 8 9
1953 31 MIN AL $ 2,500,000   6 6 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 3 2 2 9 8 8
1954 32 MIN AL $ 2,500,000   6 6 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 3 2 3 9 8 8
1955 33 MIN AL $ 2,380,000   7 7 7 3 2 3 7 7 7 3 2 2 9 8 9
1956 34 SDP NL $ 2,380,000   6 6 7 3 2 2 7 6 6 3 2 2 8 8 8
1957 35 MIN AL $ 1,250,000   5 5 5 2 1 1 6 5 6 3 2 2 7 7 7
1958 36 BOS AL $ 640,000   4 4 5 2 1 1 6 5 5 3 3 3 6 5 5
1959 37 BOS AL $ 640,000   3 3 3 2 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
1960 38 SDP NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 1 1 5 4 4 3 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 1 1 5 4 4 3 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,500,000   7 7 7 4 3 4 8 7 7 3 3 3 10 9 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
1946 24 MIN AL 17 34 6 9 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 2 .265 .286 .382 .668 2.7 0.1
    AAA   127 474 65 137 23 2 14 65 13 6 36 28 .289 .339 .435 .774 68.1  
1947 25 MIN AL 154 600 51 153 25 5 5 44 0 1 26 39 .255 .285 .338 .624 50.7 2.1
1948 26 MIN AL 155 532 59 139 23 2 11 69 5 1 32 29 .261 .306 .374 .680 61.5 6.0
1949 27 MIN AL 121 354 48 116 22 2 6 47 1 0 33 13 .328 .382 .452 .834 59.4 9.2
1950 28 MIN AL 118 327 46 96 25 0 4 47 2 1 27 17 .294 .347 .407 .754 45.4 6.2
1951 29 MIN AL 156 590 81 165 36 4 7 74 4 2 38 28 .280 .328 .390 .718 71.9 8.6
1952 30 MIN AL 146 509 66 147 24 6 5 66 8 8 34 32 .289 .336 .389 .725 62.9 6.5
1953 31 MIN AL 134 408 52 119 26 3 7 62 3 4 22 34 .292 .328 .422 .750 49.9 7.3
1954 32 MIN AL 106 217 26 64 10 1 5 27 1 3 14 14 .295 .335 .419 .754 26.6 3.8
1955 33 MIN AL 122 293 37 77 18 2 2 24 8 0 10 26 .263 .290 .358 .648 27.2 3.1
1956 34 SDP NL 145 487 50 121 28 4 4 65 0 0 26 38 .248 .292 .347 .639 45.7 5.8
1957 35 MIN AL 120 330 33 83 10 2 7 34 1 0 10 38 .252 .280 .358 .637 32.5 4.1
1958 36 BOS AL 100 237 22 58 9 1 4 29 0 0 14 39 .245 .283 .342 .625 21.9 1.6
1959 37 BOS AL 89 199 16 47 10 1 4 23 0 0 10 33 .236 .280 .357 .636 18.7 2.4
1960 38 SDP NL 94 214 11 32 11 3 0 8 0 0 5 74 .150 .172 .229 .401 4.8 0.0
15 Years Sim 1777 5331 604 1426 278 36 72 622 33 20 302 456 .267 .309 .374 .682 581.8 66.7
1 Years AAA 127 474 65 137 23 2 14 65 13 6 36 28 .289 .341 .435 .776 68.1  
162 Game Average 486 55 130 25 3 6 56 3 1 27 41 .267 .309 .374 .682 53.0  
Career Highs 156 600 81 165 36 6 11 74 8 8 38 74 .328 .382 .452 .834 71.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3001 342 798 146 25 38 362 15 13 152 246 .266 .303 .369 .672 319.1
vs LH   2330 262 628 132 11 34 260 18 7 150 210 .270 .316 .379 .695 269.5
Home 881 2573 308 689 140 20 38 292 13 7 141 225 .268 .309 .382 .691 289.0
Away 896 2758 296 737 138 16 34 330 20 13 161 231 .267 .308 .366 .674 299.6
RISP   1256 0 364 55 13 21 507 0 0 77 116 .290 .328 .404 .733 161.4
Pinch Hitting   216 34 73 15 2 8 37 1 0 10 16 .338 .367 .537 .904 38.3
Close/Late   560 78 139 27 3 10 50 0 0 38 52 .248 .297 .361 .658 59.0
Mar/Apr 301 894 104 226 41 7 10 96 8 2 72 80 .253 .311 .348 .659 96.4
May 322 1044 118 263 42 5 15 99 8 4 48 79 .252 .287 .345 .632 99.0
June 302 874 99 255 55 4 19 113 2 3 40 63 .292 .326 .429 .755 113.2
July 267 774 92 216 53 5 8 105 5 3 51 71 .279 .324 .391 .716 93.6
August 297 900 99 242 44 7 10 106 5 5 43 75 .269 .303 .367 .670 94.6
Sep/Oct 288 845 92 224 43 8 10 103 5 3 48 88 .265 .307 .370 .677 91.8
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
1946 24 MIN AL 3B 7 6 52.0 4 13 2 1 .895 2.94   0.1
    SS 4 0 5.0 0 3 0 1 1.000 5.40   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1947 25 MIN AL SS 150 148 1297.0 234 631 29 129 .968 6.00   5.2
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1948 26 MIN AL SS 152 149 1277.0 207 612 27 111 .968 5.77   10.7
    2B 1 0 4.0 4 3 0 0 1.000 15.75   0.1
    3B 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 3.00   0.0
1949 27 MIN AL SS 60 50 447.7 80 194 18 53 .938 5.51   2.1
    2B 41 37 323.7 85 166 5 39 .980 6.98   1.9
    3B 15 8 76.7 8 22 0 2 1.000 3.52   0.4
1950 28 MIN AL 2B 86 72 640.3 154 296 9 70 .980 6.32   3.4
    3B 13 10 88.0 3 29 2 3 .941 3.27   0.4
    SS 5 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.57   0.0
1951 29 MIN AL 2B 153 149 1320.0 284 595 13 107 .985 5.99   5.9
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1952 30 MIN AL 2B 137 134 1143.3 289 507 16 101 .980 6.27   6.0
    SS 9 8 70.0 15 19 2 7 .944 4.37   0.2
1953 31 MIN AL 2B 53 52 439.0 89 212 1 50 .997 6.17   2.5
    SS 52 49 426.0 63 179 5 22 .980 5.11   2.0
    3B 6 5 45.7 1 11 2 0 .857 2.37   0.1
    LF 1 0 2.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
1954 32 MIN AL 2B 48 14 182.7 44 99 1 17 .993 7.05   1.3
    SS 24 13 146.7 24 76 5 14 .952 6.14   1.2
    3B 19 15 141.0 12 29 2 3 .953 2.62   0.3
1955 33 MIN AL 2B 37 30 263.0 52 101 2 18 .987 5.24   1.1
    3B 26 22 193.7 12 50 4 10 .939 2.88   0.5
    SS 14 6 67.0 7 24 1 6 .969 4.16   0.2
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1956 34 SDP NL SS 143 141 1170.7 136 461 29 79 .954 4.59   4.8
    3B 2 0 4.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
1957 35 MIN AL SS 44 42 352.7 45 161 7 37 .967 5.26   2.3
    3B 35 29 239.0 13 67 9 4 .899 3.01   0.9
    2B 18 14 117.0 29 44 1 7 .986 5.62   0.4
1958 36 BOS AL 2B 52 42 368.0 74 157 4 42 .983 5.65   2.1
    SS 30 10 131.7 23 48 3 6 .959 4.85   0.7
    3B 17 11 105.0 7 15 1 1 .957 1.89   0.2
1959 37 BOS AL SS 47 23 254.0 28 86 6 10 .950 4.04   0.8
    2B 19 13 119.0 14 37 1 6 .981 3.86   0.2
    3B 22 11 113.7 13 34 4 2 .922 3.72   0.6
1960 38 SDP NL SS 58 42 385.7 59 180 9 36 .964 5.58   1.7
    3B 24 22 175.3 17 53 3 7 .959 3.59   0.3
    2B 8 2 25.0 1 16 1 2 .944 6.12   0.1
  SS 792 681 6038.0 922 2675 141 511 .962 5.36   31.9
  2B 654 559 4946.0 1119 2233 54 459 .984 6.10   24.8
  3B 190 139 1239.0 90 327 29 35 .935 3.03   3.9
  LF 1 0 2.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
  RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   1638 1379 12226.2 2133 5235 224 1005 .970 5.42   60.7
Career Highs   155 149 1321.0 304 632 29 129 .986 6.16    
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
1948 26 MIN AL 4 17 1 5 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 .294 .368 .412 .780
1954 32 MIN AL 8 9 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .556 .889
1955 33 MIN AL 8 9 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .444 .444 .556 1.000
1958 36 BOS AL 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400
Career Post-Season Batting 26 40 3 13 3 1 0 7 0 0 2 3 .325 .357 .450 .807
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.
Games
1948-10-155
1951-2-156
 At-Bats
1947-3-600
 Triples
1952-8-6
 Stolen Bases
1952-10-8
 Caught Stealing
1952-5-8
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  6. Chico Carrasquel (922)
  7. Hubie Brooks (922)
  8. Mike Andrews (919)
  9. George Kell (915)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 10th overall pick, by Minnesota in 1946
Had first career hit on 9/5/1946, off Tom Earley (BRK)
Hit first career homerun on 9/19/1946, off Jack Hallett (TAM)
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1947
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1948
2/1/1950: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,237,143 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against Brooklyn on 8/28/1950
2/1/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,237,143 through salary arbitration
2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,237,143 through salary arbitration
6/1/1952: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $2,500,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 9/17/1952 with a Dislocated Finger, out for one week
10/3/1954: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $2,380,000 per year, for 2 years
Won World Series with Minnesota in 1955
Traded from Minnesota to Detroit on 3/3/1956 (Going to MIN: P Luis Arroyo, SS Gene Mauch, P Bob Porterfield, P Ken Johnson. Going to DET: 2B Alvin Dark, P Ken Holcombe)
Traded from Detroit to San Diego on 3/3/1956 (Going to DET: P Walt Craddock, SS Vern Stephens. Going to SDP: CF Andy Pafko, CF Stan Musial, SS Alvin Dark)
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Seattle on 9/12/1956
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 2/13/1957 to a 1-year deal worth $1,250,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/16/1958 to a 2-year deal worth $640,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 4/2/1960 to a minor league deal
 
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