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Nick
Etten		  
Nickname: Mr. Pink
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 203
 
Born: September 19, 1913 in Usa, IL, SPRING GROVE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1943   
All-Star Selections 1945   
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
1938 24 CLE AL     6 6 5 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 8 7 10 10 10
1939 25 CLE AL     7 7 7 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 8 8 10 10 10
1940 26 BRK NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 6 5 6 7 7 8 8 8 10 10 10
1941 27 BRK NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 6 5 6 7 7 8 8 8 10 10 10
1942 28 BRK NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 5 6 5 7 7 7 8 8 8 10 10 10
1943 29 BRK NL $ 2,321,429   7 7 7 5 6 5 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9
1944 30 BRK NL $ 2,321,429   7 7 7 5 6 5 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9
1945 31 BRK NL $ 2,692,857   6 6 6 5 6 5 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9
1946 32 BRK NL $ 3,900,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8
1947 33 BSN NL $ 3,900,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8
1948 34 NYA AL $ 3,900,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8
1949 35 NYA AL $ 3,900,000   2 2 2 1 2 2 4 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 2 2 4 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,900,000   8 8 7 5 6 5 7 7 7 8 8 8 10 10 10
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
1938 24 AAA   120 297 46 107 21 2 12 42 3 1 63 13 .360 .472 .566 1.038 73.9  
1939 25 AAA   137 524 95 175 25 3 24 119 8 6 90 14 .334 .432 .531 .962 113.8  
1940 26 BRK NL 134 451 66 116 16 5 12 77 0 1 55 17 .257 .336 .395 .731 60.7 8.8
1941 27 BRK NL 138 444 73 136 17 1 8 67 0 0 79 19 .306 .409 .403 .812 74.8 15.3
1942 28 BRK NL 139 429 68 122 14 1 12 74 0 0 64 13 .284 .376 .406 .781 65.1 12.9
1943 29 BRK NL 144 526 60 156 34 2 11 96 0 0 62 15 .297 .367 .432 .798 79.0 14.5
1944 30 BRK NL 138 435 70 140 21 3 13 71 0 0 61 18 .322 .404 .474 .877 78.2 17.7
1945 31 BRK NL 140 445 91 128 19 4 22 80 0 0 79 32 .288 .391 .497 .888 87.7 20.1
1946 32 BRK NL 113 198 30 51 11 1 6 37 0 0 25 14 .258 .339 .414 .753 28.2 5.1
1947 33 BRK NL 46 73 13 21 2 1 1 14 0 0 9 9 .288 .369 .384 .753 9.9 1.5
  BSN NL 41 43 6 9 3 1 0 6 0 0 5 3 .209 .286 .326 .611 4.0 0.1
  TOT   87 116 19 30 5 2 1 20 0 0 14 12 .259 .338 .362 .700 13.9 1.6
1948 34 NYA AL 110 194 28 60 12 2 6 30 0 0 42 23 .309 .427 .485 .911 39.0 4.5
1949 35 NYA AL 73 227 32 47 15 0 6 52 0 1 43 32 .207 .330 .352 .682 27.9 2.0
    AAA   51 161 23 40 8 0 3 15 0 2 29 30 .248 .363 .354 .717 22.2  
10 Years Sim 1216 3465 537 986 164 21 97 604 0 2 524 195 .285 .376 .428 .804 554.6 102.4
3 Years AAA 308 982 164 322 54 5 39 176 11 9 182 57 .328 .430 .512 .942 209.9  
162 Game Average 461 71 131 21 2 12 80 0 0 69 25 .285 .376 .428 .804 73.9  
Career Highs 144 526 91 156 34 5 22 96 0 1 79 32 .322 .427 .497 .911 87.7  
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   2939 460 852 145 20 87 528 0 2 452 159 .290 .381 .442 .823 503.2
vs LH   526 77 134 19 1 10 76 0 0 72 36 .255 .344 .352 .696 68.0
Home 600 1672 243 479 67 10 46 308 0 0 236 98 .286 .372 .421 .793 268.6
Away 616 1793 294 507 97 11 51 296 0 2 288 97 .283 .379 .434 .814 302.5
RISP   989 0 291 43 7 29 478 0 0 169 58 .294 .384 .440 .824 176.5
Pinch Hitting   316 54 85 11 1 8 58 0 0 43 22 .269 .355 .386 .741 45.4
Close/Late   453 62 123 19 2 11 76 0 0 87 33 .272 .391 .395 .786 75.0
Mar/Apr 224 702 120 206 41 3 23 145 0 0 107 33 .293 .382 .459 .840 124.0
May 214 655 91 176 31 8 13 123 0 0 94 41 .269 .358 .400 .758 97.3
June 207 537 76 147 20 2 15 98 0 0 75 36 .274 .362 .402 .764 81.1
July 170 463 71 136 17 2 16 77 0 0 59 26 .294 .370 .443 .813 76.5
August 189 552 103 175 29 5 17 83 0 0 99 27 .317 .420 .480 .900 110.0
Sep/Oct 212 556 76 146 26 1 13 78 0 2 90 32 .263 .363 .383 .746 82.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1940 26 BRK NL 1B 117 114 994.0 1210 88 8 105 .994 11.75 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    LF 3 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1941 27 BRK NL 1B 125 113 986.3 1243 103 12 124 .991 12.28 0 0 .000 0 2.9
    CF 1 0 8.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.12 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 4 0 4.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1942 28 BRK NL 1B 120 107 959.0 1252 98 5 115 .996 12.67 0 0 .000 0 2.7
    LF 3 0 7.0 1 0 1 0 .500 1.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1943 29 BRK NL 1B 135 132 1171.0 1516 109 7 139 .996 12.49 0 0 .000 0 4.1
1944 30 BRK NL 1B 115 105 955.7 1287 78 7 115 .995 12.85 0 0 .000 0 2.9
    LF 6 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1945 31 BRK NL 1B 126 108 995.0 1279 90 8 117 .994 12.38 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    LF 3 0 10.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1946 32 BRK NL 1B 45 33 313.7 450 34 0 37 1.000 13.89 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    LF 7 0 20.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.44 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1947 33 BRK NL 1B 12 7 77.7 104 5 0 6 1.000 12.63 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 3 1 16.8 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.61 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  BSN NL 1B 10 6 45.7 61 3 0 4 1.000 12.60 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 2 1 9.9 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.82 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   1B 22 13 123.4 165 8 0 10 1.000 12.62   0.2
      LF 5 2 26.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.69   0.0
1948 34 NYA AL 1B 75 30 345.7 410 39 3 40 .993 11.69 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    LF 6 2 25.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.24 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1949 35 NYA AL 1B 59 53 463.0 614 47 3 66 .995 12.85 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    C 7 7 62.0 22 3 1 0 .962 3.63 1 1 1.000 5 0.1
    LF 2 2 14.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 939 808 7306.7 9426 694 53 868 .995 12.47 0 0 .000 0 21.1
  LF 39 6 120.0 22 0 1 0 .957 1.65 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  C 7 7 62.0 22 3 1 0 .962 3.63 1 1 1.000 5 0.1
  CF 1 0 8.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.12 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   986 821 7497.4 9473 697 55 868 .995 12.21 1 1 1.000 5 21.4
Career Highs   135 132 1171.0 1516 109 12 139 1.000 13.06 1 1 1.000 5  
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
1943 29 BRK NL 6 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 .111 .333 .111 .444
1944 30 BRK NL 3 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250
1945 31 BRK NL 9 14 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .214 .313 .357 .670
1946 32 BRK NL 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .200 .000 .200
Career Post-Season Batting 22 35 3 5 2 0 0 1 0 1 6 3 .143 .268 .200 .468
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
1944-5-.322
 On-Base Pct
1941-1-.409
1944-5-.404
1945-6-.391
 Slugging Pct
1945-6-.497
 OPS
1944-3-.877
1945-4-.888
 Runs
1945-10-91
 Doubles
1943-7-34
Homeruns
1945-9-22
 RBIs
1943-7-96
 Walks
1941-8-79
1945-9-79
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Gordy Coleman (943)
  2. Babe Young (932)
  3. Mickey Vernon (930)
  4. Phil Weintraub (923)
  5. Don Mattingly (921)
  6. Randy Bush (920)
  7. Dick Sisler (913)
  8. Joe Gallagher (913)
  9. Roberto Ortiz (910)
  10. Paul Householder (907)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 9th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1938
Traded from Cleveland to Brooklyn on 2/1/1940 (Going to BRK: 1B Nick Etten, 3B Lew Riggs. Going to CLE: P Bob Feller)
Had first career hit on 4/3/1940, off Sam Nahem (SLC)
Hit first career homerun on 4/6/1940, off Russ Bauers (NYA)
2/1/1943: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,321,429 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/8/1943 with a Scratched Cornea Eye, out for 2 weeks
Drove in 7 runs against San Diego on 9/21/1943
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1943
2/1/1944: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,321,429 through salary arbitration
2/1/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,692,857 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1945, hitting .417 with 1 HR, 9 RBI
Was selected to the 1945 Allstar game
9/1/1945: Signed a contract extension with Brooklyn, $3,900,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Series with Brooklyn in 1945
Traded from Brooklyn to Boston (N) on 7/1/1947 (Going to BRK: P Fred Sanford, P Ed Hanyzewski. Going to BSN: 1B Nick Etten)
Traded from Boston (N) to New York (A) on 2/3/1948 (Going to NYA: 1B Nick Etten. Going to BSN: SS Sam Dente, P Jack Kramer)
Injured on 5/12/1948 with a Strained Medial Collateral Ligament, out for 3 weeks
 
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