Gene
Hasson
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 202
 
Born: July 20, 1915 in Usa, PA, CONNELLSVILLE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1947   
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
1937 21 OAK AL     7 7 6 4 5 4 10 10 10 6 8 8 7 8 7
1938 22 OAK AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 5 5 10 10 10 6 8 8 6 7 6
1939 23 OAK AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 5 5 10 10 10 8 9 9 6 7 6
1940 24 OAK AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 5 6 5 10 10 10 8 10 9 6 7 6
1941 25 OAK AL $ 4,364,286   7 7 7 5 6 5 10 10 10 7 8 8 6 7 6
1942 26 OAK AL $ 4,364,286   8 8 7 5 6 5 10 10 10 7 8 8 6 7 6
1943 27 OAK AL $ 5,000,000   8 8 7 5 6 6 10 10 10 7 8 8 6 7 6
1944 28 OAK AL $ 5,000,000   8 8 7 3 4 4 10 10 10 6 8 7 5 6 6
1945 29 OAK AL $ 5,000,000   8 8 7 4 5 4 10 10 10 6 8 7 5 6 6
1946 30 CLE AL $ 5,000,000   8 8 7 4 5 4 10 10 10 5 7 7 5 6 6
1947 31 CLE AL $ 7,500,000   8 8 7 4 5 4 10 10 10 5 7 6 5 6 5
1948 32 CLE AL $ 7,500,000   8 8 7 4 5 4 9 10 10 5 7 6 4 5 5
1949 33 CLE AL $ 7,500,000   7 7 6 3 4 3 9 10 10 4 6 5 4 5 5
1950 34 CLE AL $ 7,500,000   6 6 5 1 2 2 8 10 10 4 5 5 3 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 5 1 2 2 8 10 10 4 5 5 3 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,500,000   8 8 7 5 6 6 10 10 10 8 10 9 7 8 7
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
1937 21 AAA   137 516 102 163 46 5 16 94 7 6 103 45 .316 .430 .517 .947 109.8  
1938 22 OAK AL 147 529 66 152 46 6 9 90 0 0 79 68 .287 .377 .448 .825 86.8 18.8
1939 23 OAK AL 142 504 62 134 51 3 7 66 0 0 53 103 .266 .332 .421 .753 67.1 12.1
1940 24 OAK AL 153 537 76 163 56 8 22 121 1 1 85 94 .304 .395 .561 .955 109.2 28.5
1941 25 OAK AL 139 506 75 141 37 4 15 82 0 0 76 81 .279 .373 .457 .829 82.3 14.8
    AAA   2 6 2 4 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 0 .667 .714 1.333 2.048 3.3  
1942 26 OAK AL 156 561 81 166 48 5 17 111 0 0 67 78 .296 .368 .490 .858 97.1 20.6
1943 27 OAK AL 151 569 89 153 49 3 16 100 0 0 77 102 .269 .353 .450 .803 83.3 13.2
1944 28 OAK AL 148 468 87 131 39 2 21 89 1 0 89 73 .280 .391 .506 .897 90.9 16.4
1945 29 OAK AL 137 408 52 121 51 1 5 75 0 0 72 57 .297 .401 .463 .864 71.0 16.3
1946 30 CLE AL 154 542 65 149 54 3 9 83 0 0 85 87 .275 .371 .435 .807 82.9 16.7
1947 31 CLE AL 158 545 84 154 47 5 11 91 0 0 82 98 .283 .374 .448 .822 90.4 16.8
1948 32 CLE AL 133 302 32 74 20 3 5 35 0 0 36 61 .245 .324 .381 .705 34.4 3.1
1949 33 CLE AL 111 264 37 75 26 1 6 37 0 0 30 52 .284 .357 .458 .815 40.0 6.2
1950 34 CLE AL 132 392 60 108 35 4 4 45 0 1 47 71 .276 .351 .416 .767 53.5 8.0
1951 35 AAA   137 570 65 145 40 1 5 52 0 1 60 139 .254 .325 .354 .680 65.8  
13 Years Sim 1861 6127 866 1721 559 48 147 1025 2 2 878 1025 .281 .369 .460 .828 989.1 191.4
3 Years AAA 276 1092 169 312 87 6 22 150 7 7 164 184 .286 .377 .437 .814 179.0  
162 Game Average 533 75 149 48 4 12 89 0 0 76 89 .281 .369 .460 .828 86.1  
Career Highs 158 569 89 166 56 8 22 121 1 1 89 103 .304 .401 .561 .955 109.2  
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   4383 698 1307 419 39 118 790 2 2 687 645 .298 .391 .492 .883 815.7
vs LH   1744 168 414 140 9 29 235 0 0 191 380 .237 .311 .378 .689 207.2
Home 940 2997 425 833 249 20 74 481 2 1 448 520 .278 .369 .448 .818 496.3
Away 921 3130 441 888 310 28 73 544 0 1 430 505 .284 .368 .471 .839 526.6
RISP   1689 0 484 162 9 41 782 0 0 286 283 .287 .381 .466 .847 302.6
Pinch Hitting   243 38 73 18 3 5 41 0 0 37 36 .300 .390 .461 .851 43.0
Close/Late   786 107 213 70 4 24 134 0 0 140 141 .271 .379 .462 .841 139.2
Mar/Apr 313 1050 129 260 84 3 18 122 0 0 148 195 .248 .339 .385 .724 141.5
May 325 1050 155 298 110 9 28 207 0 0 168 168 .284 .380 .486 .866 189.3
June 322 1020 136 285 89 10 22 186 0 0 159 173 .279 .374 .451 .825 171.7
July 286 972 137 257 69 8 23 161 0 0 125 146 .264 .345 .423 .768 143.5
August 332 1090 169 333 115 10 24 165 1 0 158 185 .306 .392 .495 .888 201.0
Sep/Oct 283 945 140 288 92 8 32 184 1 2 120 158 .305 .380 .521 .901 175.9
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
1938 22 OAK AL 1B 146 145 1264.3 1612 122 11 177 .994 12.34   2.5
1939 23 OAK AL 1B 135 132 1157.7 1505 123 9 136 .995 12.66   2.6
    RF 4 0 10.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 5.40   0.1
1940 24 OAK AL 1B 150 146 1283.7 1663 151 19 161 .990 12.72   2.0
    RF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1941 25 OAK AL 1B 135 130 1168.7 1498 111 15 129 .991 12.39   2.1
    RF 3 0 6.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1942 26 OAK AL 1B 151 148 1326.7 1700 124 18 157 .990 12.37   2.2
    RF 2 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1943 27 OAK AL 1B 148 147 1308.3 1652 122 12 157 .993 12.20   3.0
    RF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1944 28 OAK AL 1B 132 116 1070.7 1320 105 6 121 .996 11.98   2.3
    RF 9 0 25.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.70   0.0
1945 29 OAK AL 1B 112 102 918.3 1133 84 6 103 .995 11.93   2.0
    RF 12 0 19.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.37   0.1
1946 30 CLE AL 1B 149 139 1230.0 1415 101 20 131 .987 11.09   1.1
    RF 3 0 6.0 2 0 1 0 .667 3.00   0.0
1947 31 CLE AL 1B 151 144 1279.7 1514 109 15 137 .991 11.41   2.7
    CF 1 1 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13   0.0
1948 32 CLE AL 1B 92 56 570.3 672 55 4 78 .995 11.47   1.1
    RF 5 3 28.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.61   0.0
1949 33 CLE AL 1B 74 50 472.0 595 41 3 59 .995 12.13   0.6
    RF 8 5 52.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.08   0.1
    SS 1 0 1.3 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1950 34 CLE AL 1B 110 98 866.0 1060 93 8 126 .993 11.98   1.5
    RF 4 1 15.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
  1B 1685 1553 13916.3 17339 1341 146 1672 .992 12.08   25.6
  RF 53 9 171.3 38 0 1 0 .974 2.00   0.3
  CF 1 1 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13   0.0
  SS 1 0 1.3 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1740 1563 14096.9 17378 1341 148 1672 .992 11.95   26.0
Career Highs   153 148 1328.0 1700 151 21 177 .996 12.68    
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
1940 24 OAK AL 4 14 4 7 2 1 0 4 0 0 3 2 .500 .588 .786 1.374
1942 26 OAK AL 14 59 9 18 4 0 3 14 0 0 3 9 .305 .333 .525 .859
Career Post-Season Batting 18 73 13 25 6 1 3 18 0 0 6 11 .342 .388 .575 .963
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.
On-Base Pct
1940-6-.395
Slugging Pct
1940-2-.561
1944-7-.506
OPS
1940-3-.955
1944-8-.897
XR
1940-5-109.2
Games
1942-7-156
1946-10-154
1947-1-158
Total Bases
1940-6-301
Doubles
1938-2-46
1939-2-51
1940-1-56
1942-2-48
1943-2-49
1945-3-51
1946-1-54
1947-1-47
CAR-16-559
Homeruns
1940-9-22
1944-6-21
RBIs
1940-4-121
1942-4-111
1943-9-100
1947-10-91
Walks
1940-7-85
1941-8-76
Strikeouts
1939-3-103
1940-8-94
1941-9-81
1942-8-78
1943-4-102
1946-6-87
1947-2-98
 
 
   Black Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 53    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 9th overall pick, by Oakland in 1937
Had first career hit (double) on 4/2/1938, off Whitey Wilshere (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 5/9/1938, off Wes Ferrell (BOS)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1938, hitting .435 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1940, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1940, hitting .591 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1940, hitting .412 with 5 HR, 22 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1940, hitting .474 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
2/1/1941: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,364,286 through salary arbitration
2/1/1942: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,364,286 through salary arbitration
7/1/1942: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $5,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Drove in 6 runs against Cincinnati on 10/18/1942
Won World Series with Oakland in 1942
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against San Diego on 7/15/1943
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 9/5/1943
Drove in 7 runs against Boston (A) on 9/27/1943
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1943, hitting .311 with 5 HR, 31 RBI
Traded from Oakland to Cleveland on 2/1/1946 (Going to OAK: 1B Hal Trosky, P George Jeffcoat, SS Al Cuccinello. Going to CLE: 1B Gene Hasson, CF Jose Zardon)
Drove in 6 runs against Tampa Bay on 5/30/1946
7/1/1946: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $7,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Oakland on 8/22/1946
Was selected to the 1947 Allstar game
Injured on 7/15/1949 with a Inflamed Calf Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/3/1951 to a 2-year deal worth $700,000 per year
Injured on 8/21/1951 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Released by Brooklyn on 10/12/1951