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Johnny
Frederick		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 175
 
Born: January 26, 1902 in Usa, CO, DENVER
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1932   
Bronze Rookie 1930   
All-Star Selections 1931    1933    1934    1935    1936    1937   
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
1930 28 CHN NL $ 300,000   81 81 72 55 61 59 84 101 96 21 28 26 93 95 94
1931 29 CHN NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 6 7 6 9 10 10 3 3 3 10 10 10
1932 30 PIT NL $ 4,150,000   8 8 7 6 7 6 9 10 10 3 3 3 9 10 10
1933 31 PIT NL $ 4,150,000   8 8 7 6 7 6 9 10 10 2 3 3 9 10 10
1934 32 PIT NL $ 4,150,000   8 8 7 6 6 6 8 9 9 2 3 2 9 9 9
1935 33 PIT NL $ 8,500,000   8 8 7 6 6 6 8 9 9 2 3 2 9 9 9
1936 34 PIT NL $ 8,500,000   7 7 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 2 3 2 8 8 8
1937 35 DET AL $ 8,500,000   7 7 6 5 6 6 6 8 7 2 3 2 7 8 8
1938 36 PIT NL $ 3,221,000   7 7 6 5 6 6 6 8 7 2 3 2 7 8 7
1939 37 PIT NL $ 3,221,000   5 5 5 5 6 5 5 7 7 2 3 2 6 6 6
1940 38 PIT NL $ 645,000   3 3 3 1 2 2 2 4 3 2 3 2 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 2 2 2 4 3 2 3 2 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,500,000   81 81 72 55 61 59 84 101 96 21 28 26 93 95 94
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
1930 28 CHN NL 155 630 103 207 49 7 23 157 0 0 46 16 .329 .370 .538 .908 115.5 21.9
1931 29 CHN NL 155 632 98 187 48 12 23 134 0 0 37 20 .296 .336 .519 .855 100.0 22.8
1932 30 PIT NL 117 459 68 140 35 7 12 73 0 0 28 10 .305 .346 .490 .836 69.6 16.1
1933 31 PIT NL 149 572 92 175 36 4 17 101 0 0 39 24 .306 .351 .472 .823 85.4 13.7
1934 32 PIT NL 150 585 89 181 43 4 22 102 0 0 25 31 .309 .338 .509 .847 89.5 16.3
1935 33 PIT NL 157 604 98 211 45 9 23 109 1 0 30 35 .349 .381 .568 .949 111.1 24.9
1936 34 PIT NL 154 569 88 178 37 14 24 104 0 0 30 44 .313 .348 .554 .901 96.7 15.9
1937 35 PIT NL 95 331 41 112 14 3 11 41 0 0 15 35 .338 .369 .498 .867 52.1 10.0
  DET AL 11 44 4 14 1 0 0 4 0 0 4 2 .318 .375 .341 .716 5.0 0.8
  TOT   106 375 45 126 15 3 11 45 0 0 19 37 .336 .370 .480 .850 57.1 10.8
1938 36 PIT NL 103 227 34 63 8 5 11 33 0 0 13 19 .278 .320 .502 .822 32.8 5.0
1939 37 PIT NL 101 223 28 56 12 0 7 23 0 0 11 25 .251 .289 .399 .688 24.9 3.0
1940 38 PIT NL 24 34 6 13 2 1 0 8 0 0 0 8 .382 .389 .500 .889 6.3 1.5
    AAA   71 251 24 61 7 1 6 35 0 1 16 40 .243 .288 .351 .639 25.1  
11 Years Sim 1371 4910 749 1537 330 66 173 889 1 0 278 269 .313 .350 .513 .863 788.8 151.8
1 Years AAA 71 251 24 61 7 1 6 35 0 1 16 40 .243 .285 .351 .635 25.1  
162 Game Average 580 88 181 38 7 20 105 0 0 32 31 .313 .350 .513 .863 93.2  
Career Highs 157 632 103 211 49 14 24 157 1 0 46 44 .382 .389 .568 .949 115.5  
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   3563 586 1168 243 47 137 661 1 0 217 189 .328 .367 .538 .905 635.7
vs LH   1347 163 369 87 19 36 228 0 0 61 80 .274 .306 .447 .753 174.6
Home 697 2435 361 759 165 27 86 440 0 0 139 131 .312 .350 .508 .858 397.6
Away 674 2475 388 778 165 39 87 449 1 0 139 138 .314 .351 .518 .869 412.7
RISP   1356 0 441 88 22 44 651 0 0 127 69 .325 .375 .520 .895 248.4
Pinch Hitting   178 24 50 11 2 3 32 0 0 11 15 .281 .326 .416 .742 22.8
Close/Late   638 83 213 53 7 26 113 0 0 58 31 .334 .390 .561 .951 125.3
Mar/Apr 221 819 137 267 56 11 28 160 0 0 43 40 .326 .358 .524 .882 139.7
May 262 901 141 275 53 14 32 148 0 0 63 52 .305 .352 .502 .854 148.1
June 235 842 115 265 59 7 29 148 0 0 48 43 .315 .352 .505 .856 137.4
July 243 892 124 270 71 11 29 143 0 0 38 52 .303 .331 .504 .836 137.0
August 224 824 125 250 57 12 25 146 1 0 44 46 .303 .339 .493 .832 127.6
Sep/Oct 186 632 107 210 34 11 30 144 0 0 42 36 .332 .377 .563 .940 120.4
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
1930 28 CHN NL CF 140 139 1238.0 385 9 7 4 .983 2.86   3.1
    RF 14 12 108.7 23 0 3 0 .885 1.91    
1931 29 CHN NL CF 153 148 1334.3 372 8 14 4 .964 2.56   1.9
    RF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
1932 30 PIT NL CF 114 114 1016.0 235 7 6 0 .976 2.14   1.2
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1933 31 PIT NL CF 140 140 1215.7 332 7 5 5 .985 2.51   4.0
    RF 4 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
1934 32 PIT NL CF 142 140 1242.3 300 5 7 1 .978 2.21   4.5
    RF 6 0 11.3 5 0 1 0 .833 3.97    
1935 33 PIT NL CF 147 142 1252.3 331 6 8 2 .977 2.42   4.3
    RF 6 2 26.3 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.76    
1936 34 PIT NL CF 95 94 821.3 216 4 4 1 .982 2.41   2.7
    RF 54 40 382.3 92 2 3 1 .969 2.21    
1937 35 PIT NL CF 67 65 562.8 162 3 4 1 .976 2.64   2.4
    RF 21 13 128.8 29 2 0 1 1.000 2.17   0.0
  DET AL CF 8 8 77.9 22 0 1 0 .957 2.54   0.3
    RF 2 2 17.8 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.02   0.0
  TOT   CF 75 73 640.7 184 3 5 1 .974 2.63   2.7
      RF 23 15 146.6 33 2 0 1 1.000 2.15   0.0
1938 36 PIT NL RF 39 15 175.0 45 0 1 0 .978 2.31   1.1
    CF 33 10 152.0 31 0 1 0 .969 1.84    
    LF 11 11 91.0 17 2 0 2 1.000 1.88    
1939 37 PIT NL RF 48 26 281.0 75 1 1 0 .987 2.43   1.1
    CF 21 10 113.3 28 0 2 0 .933 2.22    
    LF 7 7 59.0 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.37    
1940 38 PIT NL RF 8 5 50.0 17 1 0 1 1.000 3.24   0.3
    CF 4 0 5.0 2 0 1 0 .667 3.60    
  CF 1064 1010 9031.0 2416 49 60 18 .976 2.46   24.4
  RF 204 116 1199.3 304 6 9 3 .972 2.33   2.5
  LF 18 18 150.0 25 3 0 2 1.000 1.68    
Career Totals   1286 1144 10380.3 2745 58 69 23 .976 2.43   26.9
Career Highs   154 151 1346.7 408 9 14 5 .986 3.27    
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
1931 29 CHN NL 5 20 2 6 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .300 .300 .450 .750
1932 30 PIT NL 20 77 17 22 4 1 2 12 0 0 5 3 .286 .341 .442 .783
1933 31 PIT NL 6 24 2 7 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 .292 .280 .417 .697
1934 32 PIT NL 5 21 3 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .333 .364 .333 .697
Career Post-Season Batting 36 142 24 42 7 1 3 25 0 0 6 4 .296 .329 .423 .751
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
1935-3-.349
CAR-37-.313
 Slugging Pct
1930-4-.538
1931-5-.519
1933-10-.472
1934-6-.509
1935-3-.568
1936-5-.554
CAR-32-.513
 OPS
1930-8-.908
1935-3-.949
1936-7-.901
CAR-48-.863
 XR
1930-4-115.5
1931-9-100.0
1933-8-85.4
1935-3-111.1
1936-8-96.7
 Games
1930-8-155
1934-4-150
1935-3-157
 At-Bats
1930-5-630
1931-4-632
1934-6-585
1935-5-604
Runs
1933-7-92
 Hits
1930-4-207
1934-6-181
1935-1-211
 Total Bases
1930-2-339
1931-3-328
1933-7-270
1934-5-298
1935-1-343
1936-5-315
 Doubles
1930-5-49
1931-6-48
1933-7-36
1934-2-43
1935-3-45
1936-8-37
 Triples
1931-2-12
1935-8-9
1936-1-14
 Homeruns
1930-3-23
1931-4-23
1933-7-17
1934-5-22
1935-6-23
1936-5-24
RBIs
1930-1-157
1931-2-134
1933-6-101
1934-6-102
1935-4-109
1936-8-104
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 104    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 37    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Carl Reynolds (902)
  2. Bill Virdon (901)
  3. Babe Herman (901)
  4. Johnny Rizzo (898)
  5. Dale Alexander (898)
  6. Del Bissonette (895)
  7. Paul Waner (894)
  8. Mike Marshall (889)
  9. Hack Wilson (884)
  10. Chick Hafey (881)
History
Had first career hit on 4/1/1930, off Garland Buckeye (SEP)
Hit first career homerun on 4/17/1930, off Lefty Grove (SEM)
Drove in 6 runs against Oakland on 7/7/1930
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Montreal on 7/18/1930
Won Player of the Week award on 8/24/1930, hitting .458 with 1 HR, 4 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Atlanta on 9/14/1930
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 9/16/1930
Won Player of the Week award on 9/21/1930, hitting .412 with 3 HR, 18 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/28/1930, hitting .545 with 4 HR, 13 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1930, hitting .387 with 10 HR, 40 RBI
Won Bronze Rookie in 1930, hitting .329 with 23 HR, 157 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Middletown on 5/31/1931
Drove in 6 runs against Atlanta on 6/28/1931
Won Player of the Week award on 6/29/1931, hitting .429 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Was selected to the 1931 Allstar game
1/31/1932: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,150,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/18/1932 with a Tight Knee, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1932, hitting .560 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Injured on 8/21/1932 with a Inflamed Hamstring Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Won World Championship with Pittsburgh in 1932
1/31/1933: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,150,000 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1933, hitting .565 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Atlanta on 6/20/1933
Was selected to the 1933 Allstar game
2/5/1934: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,150,000 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against Cincinnati on 6/8/1934
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1934, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 13 RBI
Was selected to the 1934 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1934, hitting .484 with 5 HR, 17 RBI
9/1/1934: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $8,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Was selected to the 1935 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1935, hitting .579 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Oakland on 5/21/1936
Was selected to the 1936 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1937, hitting .524 with 2 HR, 4 RBI
Was selected to the 1937 Allstar game
Traded from Pittsburgh to Detroit on 7/31/1937 (Going to PIT: RF Babe Herman, 1B Joe Kuhel. Going to DET: CF Johnny Frederick, P Johnny Allen)
Injured on 8/12/1937 with a Broken Knee, out for full season
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/9/1938 to a 2-year deal worth $3,221,000 per year
10/3/1939: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $645,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 9/2/1940 with a Broken Ribs, out for 5-6 weeks
 
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