Kent
Hadley
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 195
 
Born: December 17, 1934 in Usa, ID, POCATELLO
 
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
1958 23 STL NL     5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 5 5
1959 24 STL NL     5 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4 5 6 6 5 5 5
1960 25 STL NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 4 5 4 5 6 6 5 5 5
1961 26 STL NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4 5 6 6 5 5 5
1962 27 WOR AL $ 480,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 4 5 4 6 6 6 5 5 5
1963 28 WOR AL $ 480,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
1964 29 DET AL $ 1,042,857   6 6 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 5
1965 30 DET AL $ 1,042,857   6 6 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 5
1966 31 DET AL $ 1,000,000   6 6 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 5
1967 32 DET AL $ 1,000,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
1968 33 DET AL $ 1,000,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4 5 6 5 5 5 5
1969 34 DET AL $ 1,000,000   4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,042,857   6 6 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
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
1958 23 AA   31 136 23 40 7 3 12 29 0 0 11 33 .294 .347 .654 1.001 29.0  
    A   70 268 57 80 11 1 28 61 1 0 38 59 .299 .386 .660 1.046 64.3  
1959 24 AAA   136 493 101 126 14 1 50 96 0 1 58 125 .256 .334 .592 .926 97.8  
1960 25 STL NL 97 279 27 64 8 1 11 45 0 0 18 76 .229 .279 .384 .663 29.7 3.6
    AAA   31 135 29 41 5 1 15 32 0 1 10 28 .304 .352 .689 1.041 30.3  
1961 26 STL NL 80 110 12 26 5 0 3 12 0 0 10 27 .236 .298 .364 .661 10.6 1.1
    AAA   26 111 17 30 6 0 12 23 0 0 5 28 .270 .302 .649 .950 21.5  
1962 27 WOR AL 156 528 67 135 20 3 21 78 0 1 46 145 .256 .312 .424 .736 72.7 13.5
1963 28 WOR AL 152 458 48 97 9 3 20 47 0 0 57 114 .212 .299 .376 .675 48.5 5.8
1964 29 WOR AL 106 362 33 82 14 0 10 30 0 1 28 78 .227 .282 .348 .630 34.2 3.4
  DET AL 46 150 19 41 4 0 7 23 0 1 8 28 .273 .310 .440 .750 19.2 3.5
  TOT   152 512 52 123 18 0 17 53 0 2 36 106 .240 .290 .375 .665 53.4 7.0
1965 30 DET AL 137 428 58 103 16 1 26 62 0 0 36 83 .241 .298 .465 .763 56.9 10.1
1966 31 DET AL 147 484 59 106 13 1 24 57 0 0 44 111 .219 .285 .399 .684 53.9 6.9
1967 32 DET AL 115 246 27 55 8 0 9 47 0 0 23 63 .224 .288 .366 .654 26.7 2.7
1968 33 DET AL 158 553 45 103 21 4 10 50 0 0 49 144 .186 .250 .293 .543 37.2 0.0
1969 34 DET AL 162 565 43 83 19 0 18 45 0 0 39 142 .147 .201 .276 .477 25.3 0.0
10 Years Sim 1356 4163 438 895 137 13 159 496 0 3 358 1011 .215 .276 .369 .645 415.0 50.6
3 Years AAA 193 739 147 197 25 2 77 151 0 2 73 181 .267 .332 .618 .950 149.6  
1 Years AA 31 136 23 40 7 3 12 29 0 0 11 33 .294 .347 .654 1.001 29.0  
1 Years A 70 268 57 80 11 1 28 61 1 0 38 59 .299 .384 .660 1.045 64.3  
5 Years Minors 294 1143 227 317 43 6 117 241 1 2 122 273 .277 .346 .633 .979 242.9  
162 Game Average 497 52 106 16 1 18 59 0 0 42 120 .215 .276 .369 .645 49.6  
Career Highs 162 565 67 135 21 4 26 78 0 2 57 145 .256 .312 .465 .763 72.7  
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   2914 327 661 89 10 125 369 0 3 273 650 .227 .292 .393 .685 348.6
vs LH   1249 111 234 48 3 34 127 0 0 85 361 .187 .238 .312 .550 92.6
Home 678 2056 215 443 80 5 79 256 0 1 169 500 .215 .274 .375 .648 218.4
Away 678 2107 223 452 57 8 80 240 0 2 189 511 .215 .279 .363 .642 222.8
RISP   913 0 198 24 3 37 325 0 0 104 223 .217 .290 .371 .661 107.4
Pinch Hitting   270 26 55 7 0 10 37 0 0 18 65 .204 .253 .341 .594 23.9
Close/Late   570 47 107 19 2 15 53 0 0 57 140 .188 .260 .307 .567 47.8
Mar/Apr 213 731 68 157 24 1 28 87 0 1 59 199 .215 .272 .365 .637 75.3
May 254 782 85 180 25 3 29 102 0 0 64 186 .230 .288 .381 .669 88.3
June 235 738 81 153 24 2 26 69 0 0 67 176 .207 .273 .351 .624 73.9
July 231 641 67 150 24 2 27 84 0 1 50 160 .234 .287 .404 .691 76.3
August 211 594 61 114 14 3 18 77 0 1 48 126 .192 .251 .316 .568 48.5
Sep/Oct 212 677 76 141 26 2 31 77 0 0 70 164 .208 .283 .390 .673 78.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1960 25 STL NL RF 33 32 273.0 56 1 0 0 1.000 1.88 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    LF 32 29 260.7 46 1 0 0 1.000 1.62 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 8 7 61.0 62 8 0 8 1.000 10.33 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1961 26 STL NL RF 7 7 55.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.98 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 7 4 38.3 42 1 0 2 1.000 10.10 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 5 2 28.3 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.22 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1962 27 WOR AL LF 99 98 836.0 155 3 5 0 .969 1.70 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    1B 25 21 189.3 239 17 1 27 .996 12.17 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    2B 26 21 187.7 42 88 3 16 .977 6.23 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    RF 2 1 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 0 0 .000 0  
1963 28 WOR AL 2B 107 102 923.0 231 432 6 85 .991 6.46 0 0 .000 0 5.1
    RF 11 6 56.0 12 1 1 0 .929 2.09 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 11 3 41.0 46 7 0 2 1.000 11.63 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 11 2 37.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.43 0 0 .000 0  
1964 29 WOR AL 2B 52 47 430.1 115 181 4 37 .987 6.19 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    RF 33 33 290.4 65 3 0 1 1.000 2.11 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    1B 17 15 135.0 153 7 0 13 1.000 10.67 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  DET AL 2B 22 21 174.2 46 74 2 15 .984 6.20 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    RF 15 14 117.6 26 1 0 1 1.000 2.07 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    1B 7 7 54.7 62 3 0 5 1.000 10.69 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  TOT   2B 74 68 604.3 161 255 6 52 .986 6.20   3.2
      RF 48 47 408.0 91 4 0 2 1.000 2.10   1.1
      1B 24 22 189.7 215 10 0 18 1.000 10.67   0.4
1965 30 DET AL 2B 120 105 968.7 226 395 9 76 .986 5.77 0 0 .000 0 3.8
    1B 2 2 17.0 20 1 0 2 1.000 11.12 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1966 31 DET AL 2B 124 114 1023.0 279 419 16 104 .978 6.14 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    1B 14 0 29.0 34 2 0 6 1.000 11.17 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1967 32 DET AL 2B 30 29 253.3 61 86 2 22 .987 5.22 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    LF 17 13 121.7 23 1 2 0 .923 1.78 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 9 7 58.0 17 0 1 0 .944 2.64 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 1 9.0 10 2 1 1 .923 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 4.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.16 1 0 .000 1 0.0
1968 33 DET AL 1B 150 147 1302.0 1556 113 12 131 .993 11.54 0 0 .000 0 3.7
    RF 5 0 13.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 5.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1969 34 DET AL 1B 162 162 1380.3 1537 130 9 157 .995 10.87 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 481 439 3960.0 1000 1675 42 355 .985 6.08 0 0 .000 0 15.8
  1B 404 369 3256.7 3761 291 23 354 .994 11.20 0 0 .000 0 7.8
  LF 165 144 1289.6 237 5 7 0 .972 1.69 0 0 .000 0 1.3
  RF 119 100 886.0 191 6 2 2 .990 2.00 0 0 .000 0 1.9
  C 1 0 4.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.16 1 0 .000 1 0.0
  SS 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1172 1052 9398.6 5191 1977 74 711 .990 6.86 1 0 .000 1 26.9
Career Highs   163 162 1381.3 1559 440 16 157 1.000 11.40 1 0 .000 1  
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
1964 29 DET AL 7 18 2 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 .167 .211 .444 .655
Career Post-Season Batting 7 18 2 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 .167 .211 .444 .655
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
1962-9-156
1968-2-158
1969-1-162
Homeruns
1965-6-26
1966-7-24
Strikeouts
1962-3-145
1968-3-144
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 11    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 27th overall pick, by St. Louis in 1958
Injured on 6/8/1958 with a Broken Foot, out for 6 weeks
Had first career hit on 4/3/1960, off Bob Friend (NYG)
Hit first career homerun on 4/10/1960, off Mike Garcia (BSN)
10/19/1961: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $480,000 per year, for 2 years
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,042,857 through salary arbitration
Traded from Worcester to Detroit on 7/31/1964 (Going to WOR: P Jack Warner, P Bob Meyer. Going to DET: RF Dick Kokos, 1B Kent Hadley)
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,042,857 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 5/16/1965
7/1/1965: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $1,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 9/8/1967 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Cleveland (A) on 4/15/1968