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Bobby
Del Greco		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 200
 
Born: April 7, 1933 in Usa, PA, PITTSBURGH
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1963   
Gold Glove 1967   
All-Star Selections 1963    1965    1967   
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
1952 19 CLE AL     4 4 4 5 4 4 6 5 6 8 7 7 6 5 6
1953 20 CLE AL     4 4 4 5 4 4 6 6 6 8 7 7 6 5 6
1954 21 CLE AL     4 4 5 5 4 4 7 6 6 8 7 8 6 5 6
1955 22 CLE AL     5 5 6 6 5 5 7 6 7 9 8 8 6 5 6
1956 23 CLE AL     6 6 6 6 6 6 8 7 7 9 8 8 7 6 6
1957 24 CLE AL     7 7 7 6 6 6 8 7 7 10 10 10 7 6 6
1958 25 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 8 7 7 10 10 10 7 6 6
1959 26 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 8 7 7 10 10 10 7 6 6
1960 27 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 6 6 6 8 7 7 10 10 10 7 6 6
1961 28 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 8 7 7 10 10 10 7 6 6
1962 29 MON NL $ 3,407,143   7 7 7 6 6 6 8 7 7 10 10 10 7 6 6
1963 30 MON NL $ 4,700,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 8 7 7 10 10 10 7 6 6
1964 31 MON NL $ 4,700,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 8 7 7 10 10 10 7 6 6
1965 32 MON NL $ 4,700,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 8 7 7 10 10 10 6 5 6
1966 33 MON NL $ 4,700,000   7 7 7 7 6 6 8 7 8 10 10 10 6 5 5
1967 34 DET AL $ 6,100,000   6 6 7 5 5 5 7 6 6 10 10 10 5 5 5
1968 35 SDP NL $ 6,100,000   6 6 7 4 3 4 6 5 6 10 10 10 5 4 4
1969 36 STL NL     2 2 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 10 9 9 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 8 7 7 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,100,000   7 7 8 7 6 6 8 7 8 10 10 10 7 6 6
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
1952 19 AA   2 7 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 .286 .500 .429 .929 1.8  
    A   135 478 93 139 30 3 35 85 10 2 126 82 .291 .439 .586 1.025 122.1  
1953 20 AA   137 505 73 137 31 3 22 80 6 5 88 85 .271 .379 .475 .855 91.7  
1954 21 AAA   55 200 30 47 13 1 12 28 3 2 31 39 .235 .338 .490 .828 33.9  
    AA   81 267 41 69 8 1 16 44 4 5 72 46 .258 .416 .476 .892 56.4  
1955 22 AAA   135 481 80 142 26 1 25 62 3 3 93 88 .295 .409 .509 .919 99.4  
1956 23 AAA   129 465 78 138 19 3 28 75 3 7 97 85 .297 .418 .531 .949 101.0  
1957 24 AAA   113 401 75 125 22 2 26 71 8 2 72 64 .312 .416 .571 .988 91.6  
1958 25 CLE AL 95 313 50 82 18 4 7 37 0 0 62 72 .262 .386 .412 .798 49.6 9.6
  MON NL 33 111 11 27 6 0 2 10 0 0 16 20 .243 .341 .351 .692 13.6 1.5
  TOT   128 424 61 109 24 4 9 47 0 0 78 92 .257 .375 .396 .771 63.2 11.1
    AAA   2 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7  
1959 26 MON NL 151 535 90 136 29 1 14 57 0 0 82 133 .254 .354 .391 .745 77.6 12.3
1960 27 MON NL 132 467 88 131 30 0 21 59 0 0 73 113 .281 .381 .480 .860 85.3 18.1
1961 28 MON NL 126 470 82 121 23 0 20 52 0 0 62 111 .257 .351 .434 .785 73.2 14.9
1962 29 MON NL 154 568 92 153 32 3 14 66 0 0 73 119 .269 .357 .410 .768 84.8 18.2
1963 30 MON NL 156 575 109 157 35 2 22 66 1 1 85 112 .273 .377 .456 .833 99.5 22.2
1964 31 MON NL 146 513 69 135 29 1 21 66 1 0 65 115 .263 .346 .446 .793 81.4 16.8
1965 32 MON NL 152 543 87 155 31 4 26 80 2 1 83 105 .285 .382 .501 .883 98.4 25.3
1966 33 MON NL 107 332 54 89 24 4 7 33 0 1 57 78 .268 .380 .428 .807 55.5 13.6
1967 34 DET AL 154 561 101 148 34 1 22 71 1 2 95 158 .264 .370 .446 .816 95.4 18.0
1968 35 SDP NL 146 445 59 103 15 0 11 43 0 1 67 133 .231 .334 .339 .673 53.7 9.7
1969 36 STL NL 72 233 22 58 11 1 1 18 0 0 22 69 .249 .315 .318 .633 22.6 2.2
12 Years Sim 1624 5666 914 1495 317 21 188 658 5 6 842 1338 .264 .362 .427 .789 890.4 182.4
5 Years AAA 434 1554 266 452 80 7 91 236 17 14 293 277 .291 .406 .527 .933 325.3  
3 Years AA 220 779 116 208 40 4 38 126 10 10 163 132 .267 .403 .475 .878 149.9  
1 Years A 135 478 93 139 30 3 35 85 10 2 126 82 .291 .447 .586 1.033 122.1  
9 Years Minors 789 2811 475 799 150 14 164 447 37 26 582 491 .284 .413 .523 .935 597.3  
162 Game Average 565 91 149 31 2 18 65 0 0 83 133 .264 .362 .427 .789 88.8  
Career Highs 156 575 109 157 35 4 26 80 2 2 95 158 .285 .382 .501 .883 99.5  
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   3480 543 878 178 12 106 391 0 5 479 835 .252 .347 .402 .749 495.7
vs LH   2186 371 617 139 9 82 267 5 1 363 503 .282 .386 .467 .853 394.4
Home 803 2751 442 719 150 10 86 299 4 2 407 667 .261 .360 .417 .777 422.1
Away 821 2915 472 776 167 11 102 359 1 4 435 671 .266 .364 .436 .800 468.0
RISP   1123 0 297 70 4 34 437 0 0 193 273 .264 .371 .425 .796 184.3
Pinch Hitting   113 14 28 4 2 3 25 0 0 14 24 .248 .336 .398 .734 15.4
Close/Late   612 77 142 20 2 18 80 0 0 98 150 .232 .343 .359 .702 81.6
Mar/Apr 259 934 145 258 55 3 37 128 0 2 151 216 .276 .381 .460 .842 163.3
May 293 1019 172 269 47 4 36 120 2 2 167 244 .264 .369 .424 .793 165.3
June 248 864 159 248 53 5 34 116 2 0 124 170 .287 .384 .478 .862 153.7
July 279 966 156 240 54 0 29 103 1 0 148 240 .248 .352 .394 .746 139.9
August 277 983 134 248 59 4 27 96 0 0 128 242 .252 .339 .403 .742 137.5
Sep/Oct 268 900 148 232 49 5 25 95 0 2 124 226 .258 .350 .407 .757 130.4
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
1958 25 CLE AL CF 88 86 744.8 174 1 1 1 .994 2.11   2.0
    LF 3 0 4.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.91   0.0
  MON NL CF 30 30 254.8 60 1 0 0 1.000 2.15   1.3
    LF 1 0 1.6 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.63   0.0
  TOT   CF 118 116 999.6 234 2 1 1 .996 2.12   3.3
      LF 4 0 6.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.86   0.0
1959 26 MON NL CF 145 143 1135.7 263 4 9 2 .967 2.12   4.9
    LF 2 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
1960 27 MON NL CF 125 118 1026.7 198 1 6 0 .971 1.74   4.3
1961 28 MON NL CF 123 119 1021.0 208 3 4 2 .981 1.86   2.7
    LF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1962 29 MON NL CF 148 145 1209.7 281 3 9 1 .969 2.11   4.6
1963 30 MON NL CF 150 143 1259.3 304 2 6 1 .981 2.19   3.8
    LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1964 31 MON NL CF 140 129 1140.3 293 1 1 1 .997 2.32   6.0
    LF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1965 32 MON NL CF 116 114 1021.3 238 2 4 1 .984 2.11   3.7
    LF 34 26 252.7 59 2 0 0 1.000 2.17    
1966 33 MON NL LF 49 43 388.3 80 0 2 0 .976 1.85   2.4
    CF 43 42 335.7 73 1 1 0 .987 1.98    
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1967 34 DET AL CF 149 146 1302.3 403 3 7 0 .983 2.81   4.1
    LF 3 3 27.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1968 35 SDP NL LF 87 80 676.0 144 2 1 0 .993 1.94   2.4
    CF 44 44 395.3 124 1 2 1 .984 2.85    
1969 36 STL NL CF 72 72 599.0 153 1 2 1 .987 2.31   1.8
  CF 1373 1331 11445.9 2772 24 52 11 .982 2.20   39.3
  LF 185 152 1366.3 298 4 3 0 .990 1.99   4.8
  SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1559 1483 12814.2 3070 28 55 11 .983 2.18   44.1
Career Highs   152 149 1329.3 412 4 9 2 .997 2.81    
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
1958 25 MON NL 5 17 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .235 .316 .353 .669
1960 27 MON NL 9 31 4 7 1 0 2 5 0 0 5 9 .226 .324 .452 .776
1961 28 MON NL 11 46 4 11 0 0 1 4 0 0 3 11 .239 .300 .304 .604
1962 29 MON NL 8 37 5 6 1 0 3 3 0 0 2 4 .162 .205 .432 .638
1963 30 MON NL 19 74 5 19 1 2 1 11 0 0 11 19 .257 .353 .365 .718
1965 32 MON NL 18 71 10 18 2 1 2 4 0 0 5 15 .254 .303 .394 .697
1966 33 MON NL 6 22 4 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 6 .318 .375 .364 .739
1968 35 SDP NL 7 22 3 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 7 9 .227 .433 .273 .706
Career Post-Season Batting 83 320 37 77 9 3 9 32 0 0 37 77 .241 .322 .372 .694
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.
On-Base Pct
1960-5-.381
1963-3-.377
1965-3-.382
 Slugging Pct
1965-9-.501
 OPS
1960-8-.860
1965-5-.883
 XR
1963-6-99.5
1965-5-98.4
1967-7-95.4
 At-Bats
1963-6-575
 Runs
1962-5-92
1963-1-109
1965-10-87
1967-4-101
Total Bases
1965-10-272
 Doubles
1960-7-30
1962-4-32
1963-2-35
1964-10-29
1965-6-31
1967-9-34
 Homeruns
1967-10-22
 Walks
1959-4-82
1960-4-73
1962-7-73
1963-3-85
1965-3-83
1967-9-95
 Strikeouts
1959-6-133
1962-9-119
1964-8-115
1967-4-158
1968-4-133
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 44    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 32    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Otto Velez (923)
  2. Bobby Brooks (917)
  3. Dave Winfield (909)
  4. Tony Armas (907)
  5. Hank Leiber (906)
  6. Al Ferrara (906)
  7. Ben Oglivie (902)
  8. Kirk Gibson (902)
  9. Roger Maris (901)
  10. Willard Marshall (898)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 21st overall pick, by Cleveland in 1952
Injured on 4/4/1954 with a Inflamed Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 5/26/1954 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 5 days
Injured on 5/16/1956 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/1/1956 with a Dislocated Finger, out for one week
Injured on 4/26/1957 with a Fractured Hand, out for 3 weeks
Had first career hit (double) on 4/4/1958, off Lindy Mcdaniel (NYA)
Hit first career homerun on 4/13/1958, off Curt Simmons (NYG)
Injured on 6/21/1958 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Traded from Cleveland to Montreal on 7/31/1958 (Going to CLE: P Moe Drabowsky, P Gus Keriazakos. Going to MON: CF Bobby Del greco, SS Ken Hamlin)
Injured on 9/29/1959 with a Broken Ribs, out for 3 weeks
Won World Series with Montreal in 1959
Injured on 4/4/1960 with a Pulled Achilles Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Brooklyn on 6/5/1960
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1960, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 4 RBI
Won World Series with Montreal in 1960
Injured on 4/16/1961 with a Pulled Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 6/4/1961 with a Pulled Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 4 weeks
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,407,143 through salary arbitration
6/1/1962: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $4,700,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1963 Allstar game
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1963
Drove in 6 runs against New York (N) on 4/12/1965
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1965, hitting .365 with 8 HR, 21 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1965, hitting .611 with 2 HR, 4 RBI
Was selected to the 1965 Allstar game
Injured on 7/13/1966 with a Broken Hand, out for 6 weeks
9/22/1966: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $6,100,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Montreal to Detroit on 3/3/1967 (Going to MON: SS Tony Martinez. Going to DET: CF Bobby Del greco, 1B Gordy Coleman)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1967, hitting .476 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1967 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1967
Traded from Detroit to San Diego on 3/3/1968 (Going to SDP: CF Bobby Del greco. Going to DET: P Milt Pappas, RF George Alusik, CF Jack Reed)
Traded from San Diego to St. Louis on 2/6/1969 (Going to STL: CF Bobby Del greco. Going to SDP: 1B Lou Johnson)
Injured on 4/13/1969 with a Fractured Hip, out for 9 weeks
Injured on 8/27/1969 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Released by St. Louis on 9/22/1969
 
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