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Solly
Drake		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 170
 
Born: October 23, 1930 in Usa, AR, LITTLE ROCK
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1956 25 BSN NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 5 4 5 6 6 5 6 6
1957 26 BSN NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 5 4 5 6 6 5 6 6
1958 27 BSN NL     5 5 5 1 1 1 4 5 4 5 6 6 5 6 6
1959 28 BSN NL     5 5 5 1 1 1 4 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 6
1960 29 BSN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 4 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 6
1961 30 BSN NL $ 300,000   5 5 4 1 1 1 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1962 31 BSN NL $ 300,000   5 5 4 1 1 1 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1963 32 BSN NL $ 300,000   5 5 4 1 1 1 4 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 6
1964 33 BSN NL $ 350,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 6 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 5 4 4 5 5 5 6 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 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
1956 25 AA   137 489 42 122 18 5 5 25 6 3 104 74 .249 .381 .337 .719 72.6  
1957 26 AA   137 510 47 135 21 2 7 34 10 4 89 95 .265 .374 .355 .729 74.6  
1958 27 AA   137 500 33 130 20 1 2 46 8 4 77 85 .260 .359 .316 .675 62.6  
1959 28 AA   137 510 50 134 24 1 6 27 9 6 80 104 .263 .363 .349 .712 69.3  
1960 29 BSN NL 23 67 15 20 3 1 0 9 0 0 12 14 .299 .400 .373 .773 10.9 2.5
    AAA   106 387 34 104 12 1 2 42 3 4 67 97 .269 .377 .320 .697 51.9  
1961 30 BSN NL 104 215 15 36 8 0 3 19 0 0 14 40 .167 .217 .247 .464 7.3 0.0
1962 31 BSN NL 100 218 15 38 5 0 0 14 1 0 15 43 .174 .230 .197 .427 7.4 0.0
1963 32 BSN NL 37 94 8 16 1 0 0 5 0 0 9 23 .170 .250 .181 .431 3.7 0.0
    AAA   2 6 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 .167 .375 .500 .875 1.4  
1964 33 AAA   136 556 46 142 22 2 1 28 9 8 62 86 .255 .330 .308 .638 58.3  
4 Years Sim 264 594 53 110 17 1 3 47 1 0 50 120 .185 .250 .232 .482 29.3 2.5
3 Years AAA 244 949 80 247 34 4 3 72 13 12 131 184 .260 .351 .314 .665 111.6  
4 Years AA 548 2009 172 521 83 9 20 132 33 17 350 358 .259 .371 .339 .710 279.1  
7 Years Minors 792 2958 252 768 117 13 23 204 46 29 481 542 .260 .365 .331 .696 390.7  
162 Game Average 364 32 67 10 0 1 28 0 0 30 73 .185 .250 .232 .482 18.0  
Career Highs 104 218 15 38 8 1 3 19 1 0 15 43 .299 .400 .373 .773 10.9  
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   380 37 77 12 0 2 30 1 0 37 69 .203 .274 .250 .524 26.7
vs LH   214 16 33 5 1 1 17 0 0 13 51 .154 .204 .201 .405 6.1
Home 137 297 29 61 8 1 2 23 1 0 26 64 .205 .269 .259 .528 21.0
Away 127 297 24 49 9 0 1 24 0 0 24 56 .165 .231 .205 .436 11.8
RISP   134 0 30 5 1 2 44 0 0 13 29 .224 .291 .321 .612 13.0
Pinch Hitting   77 9 18 0 0 2 9 0 0 2 17 .234 .263 .312 .574 5.9
Close/Late   99 9 20 0 0 1 10 0 0 6 27 .202 .245 .232 .478 5.4
Mar/Apr 39 63 6 10 0 0 1 3 0 0 4 16 .159 .221 .206 .427 2.2
May 39 98 9 21 2 0 1 14 0 0 5 21 .214 .252 .265 .518 6.2
June 49 111 7 17 4 0 0 6 0 0 8 29 .153 .210 .189 .399 3.1
July 34 72 3 12 2 0 1 5 0 0 5 13 .167 .231 .236 .467 3.3
August 60 150 14 27 6 0 0 10 1 0 16 23 .180 .256 .220 .476 8.6
Sep/Oct 43 100 14 23 3 1 0 9 0 0 12 18 .230 .310 .280 .590 9.4
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
1960 29 BSN NL CF 15 13 125.0 33 1 0 0 1.000 2.45   0.5
    LF 3 2 20.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.35    
    RF 4 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1961 30 BSN NL CF 27 20 187.7 47 3 1 0 .980 2.40   1.1
    LF 19 13 133.0 19 4 0 1 1.000 1.56    
    RF 18 13 125.0 23 1 0 0 1.000 1.73    
1962 31 BSN NL CF 24 17 159.7 50 1 0 1 1.000 2.87   1.9
    LF 20 19 154.0 25 0 0 0 1.000 1.46    
    RF 22 14 142.0 21 2 0 0 1.000 1.46    
1963 32 BSN NL CF 24 19 184.3 41 1 0 1 1.000 2.05   0.5
    LF 4 1 22.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.19    
    RF 5 0 6.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.35    
  CF 90 69 656.7 171 6 1 2 .994 2.43   4.0
  LF 46 35 329.7 50 4 0 1 1.000 1.47    
  RF 49 27 278.7 45 3 0 0 1.000 1.55    
Career Totals   185 131 1265.0 266 13 1 3 .996 1.99   4.0
Career Highs   66 50 455.7 96 8 1 1 1.000 2.22    
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Leo Sutherland (992)
  2. Bill Bean (976)
  3. Frank Quilici (970)
  4. Carlos Lezcano (969)
  5. Doug Clemens (969)
  6. Fabian Gaffke (966)
  7. Orlando Gonzalez (965)
  8. Erv Dusak (965)
  9. John Harris (964)
  10. Don Dillard (957)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 42nd overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1956
Injured on 6/28/1959 with a Bruised Hand, out for 3 days
Injured on 6/29/1959 with a Bruised Hand, out for 2 days
Had first career hit on 8/6/1960, off Tom Qualters (NYA)
Hit first career homerun on 4/12/1961, off Larry Sherry (STL)
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
7/31/1964: Signed a minor league contract extension with Boston (N)
 
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