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Buddy
Hassett		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 180
 
Born: September 5, 1911 in Usa, NY, NEW YORK
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1941    1942   
All-Star Selections 1937    1938    1941    1942    1943   
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
1936 24 PIT NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 6 7 7 3 3 3 10 10 10
1937 25 PIT NL $ 300,000   10 10 9 4 4 4 6 7 7 2 3 3 10 10 10
1938 26 PIT NL $ 300,000   10 10 9 5 5 5 6 7 7 2 3 3 10 10 10
1939 27 PIT NL $ 300,000   10 10 9 5 5 5 6 7 7 3 4 4 10 10 10
1940 28 PIT NL $ 3,785,714   10 10 9 5 5 5 6 7 7 3 4 4 10 10 10
1941 29 PIT NL $ 3,785,714   10 10 9 6 6 6 6 7 7 3 4 4 10 10 10
1942 30 PIT NL $ 5,790,000   10 10 9 5 5 5 6 7 7 3 4 4 10 10 10
1943 31 PIT NL $ 5,790,000   9 9 9 5 5 5 6 7 7 3 4 4 10 10 10
1944 32 PIT NL $ 5,790,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 6 7 7 3 4 4 10 10 10
1945 33 PIT NL $ 5,790,000   8 8 7 5 5 5 5 6 6 3 4 4 9 9 9
1946 34 PIT NL $ 5,790,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 3 4 3 2 3 3 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,790,000   10 10 9 6 6 6 6 7 7 3 4 4 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
1936 24 PIT NL 76 313 54 101 15 7 1 22 3 1 15 5 .323 .353 .425 .778 43.7 6.5
    AAA   80 340 57 110 17 3 3 41 12 2 25 7 .324 .370 .418 .788 51.1  
1937 25 PIT NL 155 645 82 207 29 7 10 80 6 3 22 12 .321 .342 .434 .776 86.0 14.0
1938 26 PIT NL 158 608 76 213 34 5 12 98 9 6 34 10 .350 .383 .482 .865 102.3 19.0
1939 27 PIT NL 157 584 88 202 25 7 10 83 23 6 40 10 .346 .386 .464 .850 97.7 18.3
1940 28 PIT NL 156 588 73 185 21 10 16 91 14 7 45 16 .315 .362 .466 .828 93.5 18.6
1941 29 PIT NL 158 599 102 195 31 7 12 84 6 4 50 22 .326 .375 .461 .836 92.2 20.3
1942 30 PIT NL 154 571 90 194 26 13 12 101 4 2 44 15 .340 .384 .494 .878 97.8 17.5
1943 31 PIT NL 156 603 86 209 36 3 18 74 16 12 46 25 .347 .392 .506 .898 104.0 24.1
1944 32 PIT NL 144 490 76 141 18 6 14 62 9 6 35 22 .288 .333 .435 .768 67.7 11.0
1945 33 PIT NL 132 423 73 131 15 3 11 54 16 2 28 18 .310 .351 .437 .788 63.5 11.3
1946 34 PIT NL 43 40 7 11 1 1 0 7 1 1 4 4 .275 .333 .350 .683 5.0 0.6
11 Years Sim 1489 5464 807 1789 251 69 116 756 107 50 363 159 .327 .368 .462 .830 853.3 161.4
1 Years AAA 80 340 57 110 17 3 3 41 12 2 25 7 .324 .373 .418 .791 51.1  
162 Game Average 594 87 194 27 7 12 82 11 5 39 17 .327 .368 .462 .830 92.8  
Career Highs 158 645 102 213 36 13 18 101 23 12 50 25 .350 .392 .506 .898 104.0  
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   3784 589 1310 179 43 74 534 84 38 276 103 .346 .389 .475 .864 646.5
vs LH   1680 218 479 72 26 42 222 23 12 87 56 .285 .319 .434 .753 223.4
Home 739 2668 391 900 121 33 57 373 58 25 176 69 .337 .377 .472 .848 440.6
Away 750 2796 416 889 130 36 59 383 49 25 187 90 .318 .359 .454 .812 429.3
RISP   1292 0 436 48 20 22 574 0 0 125 31 .337 .384 .457 .841 220.4
Pinch Hitting   151 25 49 4 1 1 21 1 4 14 6 .325 .377 .384 .761 20.7
Close/Late   709 111 229 32 8 14 100 0 0 69 18 .323 .381 .450 .831 116.4
Mar/Apr 236 886 106 264 32 7 12 121 25 6 61 26 .298 .341 .391 .732 117.7
May 251 933 136 301 39 17 18 121 9 10 64 29 .323 .365 .459 .824 144.7
June 231 822 121 250 41 10 26 122 18 8 55 24 .304 .346 .473 .819 128.3
July 252 932 147 319 43 10 20 123 22 14 63 25 .342 .381 .474 .855 155.2
August 265 979 144 338 50 11 19 131 19 6 61 32 .345 .381 .477 .858 164.5
Sep/Oct 254 912 153 317 46 14 21 138 14 6 59 23 .348 .387 .498 .885 159.5
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
1936 24 PIT NL 2B 76 73 638.3 177 299 20 67 .960 6.71   1.8
1937 25 PIT NL 2B 152 147 1320.3 323 615 40 142 .959 6.39   2.9
    LF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1938 26 PIT NL 2B 123 119 1078.0 297 473 32 122 .960 6.43   3.4
    LF 30 23 222.0 49 0 2 0 .961 1.99   0.5
    1B 3 0 5.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 7.20   0.0
1939 27 PIT NL 2B 123 121 1058.3 294 458 27 98 .965 6.39   3.1
    LF 27 24 215.7 51 2 2 0 .964 2.21   0.5
    1B 6 0 16.7 27 3 0 3 1.000 16.21   0.0
1940 28 PIT NL LF 100 97 850.3 161 2 13 1 .926 1.73   1.8
    1B 53 49 451.7 616 37 6 59 .991 13.01   0.8
    2B 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 1 1.000 18.00   0.0
1941 29 PIT NL 1B 147 145 1302.0 1708 148 15 164 .992 12.83   2.6
    2B 6 0 11.3 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.18   0.0
1942 30 PIT NL 1B 138 136 1211.3 1591 132 15 178 .991 12.80   1.7
    2B 8 0 16.7 9 7 3 3 .842 8.64   0.0
    LF 6 0 13.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.66   0.0
1943 31 PIT NL 1B 150 144 1291.0 1638 142 16 158 .991 12.41   2.5
    2B 2 0 7.3 3 1 0 0 1.000 4.91   0.0
    LF 2 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
1944 32 PIT NL 1B 114 109 980.7 1231 100 11 125 .992 12.22   1.7
    LF 13 4 51.7 10 1 1 0 .917 1.92   0.1
    2B 13 0 24.3 10 10 0 3 1.000 7.40   0.2
1945 33 PIT NL 1B 102 97 852.7 1020 82 15 87 .987 11.63   1.4
    2B 13 0 24.0 7 10 1 6 .944 6.38   0.1
    LF 6 0 10.0 4 0 1 0 .800 3.60   0.0
1946 34 PIT NL 2B 17 0 39.7 9 14 0 3 1.000 5.22   0.2
    1B 7 0 12.0 17 0 0 1 1.000 12.75   0.0
    LF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  1B 721 680 6124.0 7852 644 78 775 .991 12.49   10.8
  2B 534 460 4220.3 1132 1892 123 445 .961 6.45   11.8
  LF 188 148 1379.3 279 5 19 1 .937 1.85   3.0
  RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   1444 1288 11724.6 9263 2541 220 1221 .982 9.06   25.6
Career Highs   156 147 1325.3 1709 615 40 181 1.000 12.75    
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
1937-8-.321
1938-2-.350
1939-2-.346
1940-6-.315
1941-4-.326
1942-2-.340
1943-1-.347
CAR-10-.327
 On-Base Pct
1939-6-.386
1942-10-.384
1943-9-.392
 Slugging Pct
1938-9-.482
1939-8-.464
1940-8-.466
1941-9-.461
1942-7-.494
1943-4-.506
 OPS
1938-7-.865
1939-7-.850
1940-9-.828
1941-9-.836
1942-7-.878
1943-3-.898
 XR
1937-10-86.0
1938-4-102.3
1939-3-97.7
1940-6-93.5
1941-5-92.2
1942-4-97.8
1943-5-104.0
 Games
1937-6-155
1938-2-158
1939-1-157
1940-5-156
1941-1-158
1942-7-154
1943-5-156
At-Bats
1937-1-645
1938-2-608
1939-7-584
1940-6-588
1941-2-599
1942-10-571
1943-3-603
 Runs
1939-5-88
1941-3-102
1942-9-90
 Hits
1937-1-207
1938-1-213
1939-1-202
1940-3-185
1941-1-195
1942-1-194
1943-2-209
 Total Bases
1937-4-280
1938-4-293
1939-5-271
1940-4-274
1941-3-276
1942-3-282
1943-4-305
 Singles
1937-1-161
1938-1-162
1939-1-160
1940-3-138
1941-2-145
1942-5-143
1943-3-152
 Doubles
1938-9-34
1943-6-36
Triples
1937-7-7
1939-6-7
1940-2-10
1941-10-7
1942-1-13
1944-9-6
 Homeruns
1938-10-12
1940-9-16
 RBIs
1938-8-98
1939-8-83
1940-5-91
1941-10-84
1942-6-101
 Stolen Bases
1937-9-6
1938-5-9
1939-2-23
1940-6-14
1943-6-16
1945-6-16
 Caught Stealing
1938-3-6
1939-8-6
1940-6-7
1941-9-4
1943-4-12
1944-7-6
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 140    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 32    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  6. Ed Stevens (882)
  7. John Herrnstein (872)
  8. Claudell Washington (869)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 10th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1936
Had first career hit on 7/4/1936, off Larry French (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 9/15/1936, off Johnny Broaca (MON)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Detroit on 9/22/1936
Was selected to the 1937 Allstar game
Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 6/3/1938
Was selected to the 1938 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1938, hitting .400 with 4 HR, 7 RBI
Had 29-game hitting streak snapped on 8/10/1938
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1939, hitting .441 with 3 HR, 18 RBI
2/1/1940: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,785,714 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Cleveland on 5/2/1940
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1940, hitting .565 with 0 HR, 8 RBI
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Boston (N) on 6/17/1940
Hit for the cycle against New York (A) on 9/9/1940
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1940, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1940, hitting .356 with 6 HR, 25 RBI
2/1/1941: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,785,714 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Brooklyn on 4/2/1941
6/1/1941: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $5,790,000 per year, for 5 years
Was selected to the 1941 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1941
Injured on 6/13/1942 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Was selected to the 1942 Allstar game
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 7/14/1942
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1942, hitting .389 with 3 HR, 19 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1942, hitting .381 with 3 HR, 20 RBI
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1942
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1943, hitting .542 with 2 HR, 4 RBI
Was selected to the 1943 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Cleveland on 5/6/1944
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against New York (N) on 9/18/1945
 
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