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Dave
Hoskins		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 195
 
Born: August 3, 1925 in Usa, MS, GREENWOOD
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1953 27 OAK AL $ 300,000 8 5 6 6 6 7 7 3 4 4
1954 28 OAK AL $ 300,000 8 6 7 7 6 7 7 3 4 4
1955 29 OAK AL $ 300,000 8 6 7 6 6 7 7 3 4 3
1956 30 OAK AL $ 300,000 8 6 7 6 6 7 7 3 4 4
1957 31 OAK AL $ 350,000 8 6 6 6 6 7 7 3 4 4
1958 32 OAK AL $ 350,000 8 5 6 6 6 7 7 3 4 3
1959 33 OAK AL $ 350,000 8 5 6 6 7 7 7 3 4 3
1960 34 CLE AL $ 2,000,000 8 5 6 5 6 7 7 3 4 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 8 5 6 5 6 7 7 3 4 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,000,000 8 6 7 7 7 7 7 3 4 4
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
1953 27 OAK AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1954 28 OAK AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1955 29 OAK AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1956 30 OAK AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1957 31 OAK AL $ 350,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1958 32 OAK AL $ 350,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1959 33 OAK AL $ 350,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1960 34 CLE AL $ 2,000,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,000,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1953 27 OAK AL 1 2 .333 23 3 0 0 1 49.3 65 33 10 24 22 6.02 .319 .387 .510 .897 0.0
    AAA   0 1 .000 14 0 0 0 2 16.7 11 4 2 0 12 2.16 .177 .177 .323 .500  
1954 28 OAK AL 1 2 .333 21 1 0 0 2 32.3 30 19 5 20 18 5.29 .246 .352 .377 .729 1.0
    AAA   0 0 .000 15 0 0 0 3 21.0 17 9 6 8 17 3.86 .227 .301 .493 .795  
1955 29 OAK AL 0 0 .000 20 0 0 0 1 28.7 22 6 3 7 14 1.88 .208 .254 .358 .613 3.5
1956 30 OAK AL 1 1 .500 17 2 0 0 0 33.3 26 19 10 12 14 5.13 .222 .303 .504 .807 1.2
1957 31 OAK AL 0 0 .000 12 0 0 0 0 16.3 27 12 2 3 11 6.61 .370 .403 .548 .951 0.0
1958 32 OAK AL 0 0 .000 9 0 0 0 0 9.3 7 3 0 4 8 2.89 .200 .282 .229 .511 0.8
1959 33 OAK AL 0 0 .000 15 0 0 0 0 20.7 17 5 1 4 11 2.18 .233 .273 .342 .615 1.9
1960 34 CLE AL 0 0 .000 7 0 0 0 0 10.7 12 8 5 2 9 6.75 .273 .304 .705 1.009 0.0
    AAA   8 3 .727 37 3 1 1 1 103.7 77 23 6 32 87 2.00 .206 .268 .291 .560  
8 Years Sim 3 5 .375 124 6 0 0 4 200.6 206 105 36 76 107 4.71 .266 .333 .453 .786 8.4
3 Years AAA 8 4 .667 66 3 1 1 6 141.3 105 36 14 40 116 2.29 .205 .263 .325 .588  
Season Average 0 0 .000 15 0 0 0 0 25.1 25 13 4 9 13 4.71 .266 .333 .453 .786  
Career Highs 1 2 .500 23 3 0 0 2 49.3 65 33 10 24 22 6.75 .370 .403 .705 1.009  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   113 59 18 48 69   .251 .323 .404 .728
vs LH   93 46 18 28 38   .287 .344 .522 .865
Home 1 2 .333 61 4 0 0 2 115.7 111 57 21 42 63 4.44 .252 .317 .440 .757
Away 2 3 .400 63 2 0 0 2 85.0 95 48 15 34 44 5.08 .285 .351 .471 .823
Mar/Apr 0 0 .000 15 0 0 0 0 17.7 10 1 0 1 6 0.51 .167 .180 .200 .380
May 0 1 .000 15 0 0 0 2 22.0 26 14 3 12 13 5.73 .299 .384 .425 .809
June 0 1 .000 22 0 0 0 1 26.6 35 15 3 10 18 5.07 .315 .372 .468 .840
July 0 0 .000 11 0 0 0 0 21.3 25 9 4 8 6 3.80 .294 .355 .459 .814
August 3 2 .600 31 4 0 0 1 62.0 62 37 15 19 31 5.37 .262 .316 .506 .823
Sep/Oct 0 1 .000 30 2 0 0 0 51.0 48 29 11 26 33 5.12 .247 .336 .469 .805
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
1953 27 OAK AL 23 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .125 .222 .125 .347 0.3 0.0
1954 28 OAK AL 21 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0
1955 29 OAK AL 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1956 30 OAK AL 17 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.3 0.0
1957 31 OAK AL 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1959 33 OAK AL 15 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 -0.1 0.0
6 Years Sim 108 21 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .190 .227 .190 .418 0.6 0.0
162 Game Average 31 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .190 .227 .190 .418 0.8  
Career Highs 23 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3  
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   9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .222 .222 .444 0.3
vs LH   12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .167 .231 .167 .397 0.4
Home 54 13 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308 .308 .308 .615 1.1
Away 42 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .111 .000 .111 -0.4
RISP   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
May 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
June 11 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4
July 6 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 0.9
August 17 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .111 .000 .111 -0.4
Sep/Oct 15 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1953 27 OAK AL P 23 3 49.3 6 9 0 1 1.000 2.74    
1954 28 OAK AL P 21 1 32.3 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.39    
1955 29 OAK AL P 20 0 28.7 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.26    
1956 30 OAK AL P 17 2 33.3 0 8 0 2 1.000 2.16    
1957 31 OAK AL P 12 0 16.3 0 2 0 1 1.000 1.10    
1958 32 OAK AL P 9 0 9.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.96    
1959 33 OAK AL P 15 0 20.7 2 2 0 1 1.000 1.74    
1960 34 CLE AL P 7 0 10.7 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.53    
Career Totals   124 6 200.6 10 32 0 5 1.000 1.88    
Career Highs   23 3 49.3 6 9 0 2 1.000 2.74    
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  4. Stan Belinda (985)
  5. Craig Anderson (985)
  6. Ace Adams (985)
  7. Alex Konikowski (984)
  8. Phil Collins (982)
  9. Steve Busby (981)
  10. Curt Fullerton (980)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 39th overall pick, by Oakland in 1953
Had first career hit on 7/13/1953, off Joe Black (CLE)
Earned first career win on 8/27/1953
2/1/1957: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland on 2/26/1960 to a 1-year deal worth $2,000,000 per year
 
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