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Don
Hoak		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: February 5, 1928 in Usa, PA, ROULETTE
 
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
1954 26 NYG NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 7 6 7 7 6 6 8 7 7
1955 27 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 4 4 8 7 7 7 6 7 8 7 8
1956 28 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 8 7 7 7 6 6 7 7 7
1957 29 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 4 4 8 7 8 7 6 7 7 7 7
1958 30 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 8 7 8 7 6 7 8 7 7
1959 31 NYG NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 8 7 8 7 6 6 7 7 7
1960 32 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 6 6 7 7 7
1961 33 DET AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 6 6
1962 34 NYG NL     3 3 4 2 2 2 6 5 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 4 2 2 2 6 5 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   5 5 5 5 4 4 8 7 8 7 6 7 8 7 8
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
1954 26 AAA   134 538 73 135 25 2 19 52 8 7 64 66 .251 .331 .411 .741 74.2  
1955 27 NYG NL 11 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3
    AAA   29 80 12 21 5 0 4 11 0 2 14 10 .263 .372 .475 .847 13.8  
1956 28 NYG NL 9 12 2 6 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .833 1.333 3.1 1.0
    AAA   97 372 58 98 27 3 13 55 7 4 63 48 .263 .370 .457 .827 63.9  
1957 29 NYG NL 70 97 13 20 5 0 3 11 0 0 10 13 .206 .278 .351 .628 8.9 0.2
1958 30 NYG NL 61 51 15 10 4 0 1 4 0 0 11 8 .196 .339 .333 .672 5.7 0.7
1959 31 AAA   89 107 18 40 10 1 6 35 3 3 10 18 .374 .427 .654 1.082 24.9  
1960 32 DET AL 68 112 17 29 5 1 4 17 1 1 8 16 .259 .306 .429 .734 15.0 2.1
1961 33 DET AL 91 181 20 42 10 3 4 18 0 0 12 29 .232 .278 .387 .665 18.1 1.7
1962 34 DET AL 11 28 3 5 0 0 2 6 0 0 3 5 .179 .258 .393 .651 2.9 0.3
  NYG NL 75 179 17 35 10 1 3 13 1 0 21 26 .196 .287 .313 .600 16.3 1.6
  TOT   86 207 20 40 10 1 5 19 1 0 24 31 .193 .283 .324 .607 19.2 1.9
1963 35 A   26 93 12 23 7 0 1 9 1 1 21 18 .247 .386 .355 .741 14.3  
7 Years Sim 396 661 90 148 36 6 17 70 2 1 65 97 .224 .294 .374 .668 70.5 7.9
4 Years AAA 349 1097 161 294 67 6 42 153 18 16 151 142 .268 .358 .455 .813 176.8  
1 Years A 26 93 12 23 7 0 1 9 1 1 21 18 .247 .386 .355 .741 14.3  
5 Years Minors 375 1190 173 317 74 6 43 162 19 17 172 160 .266 .360 .447 .807 191.1  
162 Game Average 270 36 60 14 2 6 28 0 0 26 39 .224 .294 .374 .668 28.8  
Career Highs 91 207 20 42 10 3 5 19 1 1 24 31 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 19.2  
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   299 48 70 16 5 7 34 1 1 22 47 .234 .291 .391 .682 33.2
vs LH   362 41 78 20 1 10 36 1 0 43 50 .215 .297 .359 .656 40.9
Home 198 302 45 79 22 3 9 34 2 0 31 41 .262 .329 .444 .773 43.9
Away 193 359 45 69 14 3 8 36 0 1 34 56 .192 .264 .315 .579 30.1
RISP   157 0 33 4 1 5 47 0 0 17 23 .210 .282 .344 .626 16.5
Pinch Hitting   110 15 21 4 0 4 15 0 0 12 18 .191 .270 .336 .607 10.7
Close/Late   129 26 29 7 1 3 6 0 0 14 22 .225 .301 .364 .665 14.6
Mar/Apr 55 84 11 14 2 1 5 14 0 0 11 11 .167 .260 .393 .653 9.7
May 58 57 11 14 3 0 2 7 0 0 6 9 .246 .317 .404 .721 7.5
June 78 158 21 38 10 1 2 10 2 1 20 21 .241 .326 .354 .680 18.9
July 62 117 13 22 9 0 1 11 0 0 11 23 .188 .267 .291 .558 8.5
August 77 143 18 31 3 1 5 16 0 0 13 19 .217 .280 .357 .637 15.1
Sep/Oct 58 102 14 29 9 3 2 12 0 0 4 14 .284 .311 .490 .802 14.3
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
1955 27 NYG NL 3B 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1956 28 NYG NL 2B 1 1 9.0 1 4 0 1 1.000 5.00   0.0
    3B 2 0 3.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.0
    SS 2 0 2.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1957 29 NYG NL SS 22 8 91.0 11 33 0 6 1.000 4.35   0.5
    2B 6 6 50.7 13 19 0 4 1.000 5.68   0.3
    3B 15 4 49.7 3 12 1 3 .938 2.72   0.2
1958 30 NYG NL 3B 21 3 57.0 5 14 2 1 .905 3.00   0.2
    2B 6 3 32.0 5 14 0 3 1.000 5.34   0.2
    SS 6 0 10.0 3 2 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
1960 32 DET AL 3B 21 12 118.0 3 27 2 2 .938 2.29   0.2
    2B 11 8 70.3 15 25 0 4 1.000 5.12   0.4
    SS 14 0 24.7 4 10 0 2 1.000 5.11   0.2
1961 33 DET AL 3B 55 46 405.3 30 95 2 8 .984 2.78   1.6
    SS 24 0 45.0 3 13 1 3 .941 3.20   0.1
    2B 2 0 16.0 5 7 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.1
1962 34 DET AL 3B 6 6 54.7 3 14 1 1 .944 2.80   0.2
    2B 2 1 10.2 2 3 0 1 1.000 4.41   0.0
    SS 0 0 0.9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  NYG NL 3B 44 44 358.3 17 88 6 9 .946 2.64   0.7
    2B 14 6 66.5 14 16 1 3 .968 4.06   0.2
    SS 2 0 6.1 2 2 0 0 1.000 5.90   0.0
  3B 166 115 1049.3 61 252 14 24 .957 2.68   3.2
  2B 43 25 255.7 55 88 1 16 .993 5.03   1.3
  SS 70 8 179.7 24 61 1 13 .988 4.26   0.9
Career Totals   279 148 1484.7 140 401 16 53 .971 3.28   5.4
Career Highs   81 57 496.7 38 123 8 14 1.000 5.02    
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
1956 28 NYG NL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
1958 30 NYG NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 35th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1954
Injured on 9/2/1954 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Had first career hit on 6/24/1955, off Ken Lehman (SDP)
Injured on 7/15/1956 with a Inflamed Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 6 weeks
Won World Series with New York (N) in 1956
Hit first career homerun on 5/21/1957, off Don Mossi (MON)
Won World Series with New York (N) in 1958
Injured on 6/25/1959 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from New York (N) to Detroit on 3/3/1960 (Going to NYG: 3B Bobo Osborne. Going to DET: 3B Don Hoak, SS Harvey Kuenn)
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Detroit on 2/21/1962 (Going to CLN: P Walt Craddock. Going to DET: 2B Don Hoak, P Jackie Collum)
Traded from Detroit to New York (N) on 5/1/1962 (Going to NYG: 1B John Herrnstein, 2B Don Hoak. Going to DET: RF Wally Post, C Ed Bailey, 3B Dick Groat)
Released by New York (N) on 11/1/1962
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 2/2/1963 to a 2-year deal worth $823,874 per year
Released by Cleveland (N) on 5/1/1963
 
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