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Alex
Kampouris		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8''
Weight: 155
 
Born: November 13, 1912 in Usa, CA, SACRAMENTO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1935    1937    1938    1939    1940    1941    1943   
All-Star Selections 1936    1943    1944   
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
1934 21 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
1935 22 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
1936 23 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
1937 24 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7
1938 25 CLE AL $ 1,342,857   6 6 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7
1939 26 CLE AL $ 2,078,571   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7
1940 27 CLE AL $ 2,078,571   6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7
1941 28 CLE AL $ 4,500,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7
1942 29 CLE AL $ 4,500,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 10 10 10 7 7 7
1943 30 CLE AL $ 4,500,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8 10 10 10 7 7 7
1944 31 CLE AL $ 4,500,000   7 7 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 10 10 10 7 7 7
1945 32 NYA AL $ 4,500,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 10 10 10 6 6 6
1946 33 NYA AL $ 5,000,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 9 9 9 6 6 6
1947 34 NYA AL $ 5,000,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5
1948 35 MON NL $ 5,000,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5
1949 36 NYA AL $ 1,000,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,000,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8 10 10 10 7 7 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
1934 21 CLE AL 51 184 27 44 6 1 7 27 0 0 21 23 .239 .319 .397 .716 22.5 2.0
    AA   101 343 48 87 11 6 12 51 8 15 52 45 .254 .352 .426 .778 50.2  
1935 22 CLE AL 152 533 69 140 29 3 13 77 0 0 47 67 .263 .321 .402 .722 69.0 9.4
1936 23 CLE AL 152 590 83 148 25 9 10 63 0 0 64 86 .251 .325 .375 .700 70.8 7.5
1937 24 CLE AL 152 524 60 136 20 3 13 85 0 1 63 70 .260 .341 .384 .724 70.8 11.3
1938 25 CLE AL 156 565 65 151 30 6 11 67 0 0 70 69 .267 .349 .400 .749 77.9 10.7
1939 26 CLE AL 153 556 65 135 32 4 7 48 0 0 52 71 .243 .309 .353 .662 61.1 6.0
1940 27 CLE AL 150 542 57 136 20 7 9 65 2 0 61 83 .251 .326 .363 .690 65.0 8.0
1941 28 CLE AL 141 475 59 124 20 4 9 55 1 2 62 67 .261 .347 .377 .724 60.6 7.8
1942 29 CLE AL 157 529 83 144 30 3 13 71 3 1 81 75 .272 .366 .414 .780 82.6 15.7
1943 30 CLE AL 156 575 113 170 33 8 16 82 0 0 94 65 .296 .398 .464 .862 104.7 20.6
1944 31 CLE AL 148 540 102 143 34 3 22 72 0 0 95 84 .265 .376 .461 .837 96.7 15.4
1945 32 NYA AL 148 480 57 103 27 4 12 53 0 0 96 88 .215 .347 .363 .710 66.4 8.5
1946 33 NYA AL 111 275 47 83 24 1 6 49 1 0 32 51 .302 .372 .462 .834 46.3 8.3
1947 34 NYA AL 131 376 42 101 18 1 12 54 0 0 45 78 .269 .344 .418 .762 53.3 7.3
1948 35 MON NL 119 382 61 92 16 3 11 67 1 0 64 87 .241 .351 .385 .736 54.4 8.2
1949 36 NYA AL 125 369 46 94 12 4 4 32 0 0 44 74 .255 .334 .341 .676 41.8 3.8
16 Years Sim 2202 7495 1036 1944 376 64 175 967 8 4 991 1138 .259 .346 .397 .743 1043.9 150.4
1 Years AA 101 343 48 87 11 6 12 51 8 15 52 45 .254 .353 .426 .778 50.2  
162 Game Average 551 76 143 27 4 12 71 0 0 72 83 .259 .346 .397 .743 76.8  
Career Highs 157 590 113 170 34 9 22 85 3 2 96 88 .302 .398 .464 .862 104.7  
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   5098 699 1344 260 37 118 682 6 3 667 746 .264 .349 .399 .748 726.6
vs LH   2397 337 600 116 27 57 285 2 1 324 392 .250 .341 .393 .733 331.4
Home 1109 3710 506 970 187 31 89 493 4 3 465 553 .261 .344 .401 .745 521.4
Away 1093 3785 530 974 189 33 86 474 4 1 526 585 .257 .348 .393 .741 536.6
RISP   1798 0 458 84 18 47 743 0 0 276 283 .255 .346 .400 .746 266.6
Pinch Hitting   147 32 37 4 1 2 19 0 0 21 29 .252 .343 .333 .677 18.4
Close/Late   847 123 217 41 12 13 101 0 0 112 138 .256 .346 .379 .725 113.8
Mar/Apr 345 1196 168 290 60 8 26 151 3 0 155 189 .242 .331 .371 .703 153.2
May 383 1318 193 333 55 17 32 180 2 1 178 206 .253 .343 .393 .736 183.9
June 352 1145 149 293 49 11 33 154 0 0 151 171 .256 .343 .404 .748 163.8
July 347 1178 158 322 65 10 23 147 1 0 142 172 .273 .352 .404 .756 168.6
August 396 1350 188 362 75 11 26 153 2 1 185 209 .268 .356 .398 .753 196.0
Sep/Oct 379 1308 180 344 72 7 35 182 0 2 180 191 .263 .351 .409 .760 192.5
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
1934 21 CLE AL 2B 50 49 428.7 125 195 10 43 .970 6.72   1.1
    SS 1 0 2.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
1935 22 CLE AL 2B 149 144 1260.3 344 552 28 133 .970 6.40   2.8
1936 23 CLE AL 2B 152 146 1309.0 356 613 26 156 .974 6.66   4.0
1937 24 CLE AL 2B 152 150 1282.3 362 614 23 163 .977 6.85   4.7
1938 25 CLE AL 2B 154 142 1290.3 344 598 22 134 .977 6.57   3.4
1939 26 CLE AL 2B 151 145 1284.7 319 643 20 130 .980 6.74   6.0
1940 27 CLE AL 2B 148 143 1266.7 344 567 20 145 .979 6.47   3.7
1941 28 CLE AL 2B 137 131 1145.3 270 507 19 105 .976 6.11   2.1
1942 29 CLE AL 2B 153 143 1280.7 268 579 19 125 .978 5.95   4.9
1943 30 CLE AL 2B 151 144 1273.3 331 595 28 124 .971 6.55   5.0
1944 31 CLE AL 2B 146 135 1209.0 322 542 20 122 .977 6.43   3.6
1945 32 NYA AL 2B 144 142 1235.3 285 545 17 106 .980 6.05   5.8
1946 33 NYA AL 2B 80 71 620.3 115 248 17 43 .955 5.27   2.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    CF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1947 34 NYA AL 2B 101 89 793.7 190 361 20 75 .965 6.25   1.6
    SS 4 4 34.0 4 17 2 2 .913 5.56   0.2
    3B 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1948 35 MON NL 2B 117 115 940.0 240 413 19 95 .972 6.25   4.2
1949 36 NYA AL 2B 77 70 612.7 165 323 6 77 .988 7.17   3.8
    SS 29 28 237.0 44 121 8 26 .954 6.27   1.5
    1B 1 0 5.7 11 0 0 1 1.000 17.49   0.0
  2B 2062 1959 17232.3 4380 7895 314 1776 .975 6.41   58.8
  SS 34 32 273.0 50 139 10 28 .950 6.23   1.7
  3B 3 0 6.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
  1B 1 0 5.7 11 0 0 1 1.000 17.49   0.0
  CF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   2103 1991 17520.9 4441 8036 324 1805 .975 6.41   60.5
Career Highs   154 150 1309.0 362 643 28 163 .980 6.99    
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
1943 30 CLE AL 7 33 3 11 3 0 2 8 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .606 .939
1945 32 NYA AL 6 10 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .200 .182 .300 .482
Career Post-Season Batting 13 43 3 13 4 0 2 10 0 0 0 5 .302 .295 .535 .830
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
1943-6-.398
 OPS
1943-10-.862
 XR
1943-6-104.7
 Games
1938-4-156
1942-4-157
1943-8-156
 Runs
1943-5-113
1944-9-102
 Triples
1936-6-9
1943-9-8
Homeruns
1944-4-22
 Walks
1942-10-81
1943-2-94
1944-9-95
1945-7-96
 Strikeouts
1936-4-86
1942-10-75
1945-5-88
1947-7-78
1948-5-87
1949-8-74
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 36    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 20th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1934
Had first career hit on 7/31/1934, off Whitey Wilshere (NYA)
Hit first career homerun on 8/23/1934, off George Winn (BOS)
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1935
Was selected to the 1936 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1937
2/1/1938: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,342,857 through salary arbitration
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1938
2/1/1939: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,078,571 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Boston (N) on 5/24/1939
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1939
2/1/1940: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,078,571 through salary arbitration
7/31/1940: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $4,500,000 per year, for 5 years
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1940
Injured on 4/4/1941 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1941
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1943, hitting .619 with 1 HR, 3 RBI
Was selected to the 1943 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against New York (A) on 7/17/1943
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1943
Injured on 4/7/1944 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 1944 Allstar game
Traded from Cleveland to New York (A) on 4/2/1945 (Going to CLE: LF Buddy Lewis. Going to NYA: 2B Alex Kampouris)
6/1/1945: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $5,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 6/21/1945 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1946, hitting .524 with 1 HR, 10 RBI
Injured on 5/11/1947 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from New York (A) to Montreal on 2/1/1948 (Going to MON: C Rudy York, 2B Alex Kampouris. Going to NYA: CF Jim Russell)
Injured on 9/12/1948 with a Torn Calf Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/4/1949 to a 1-year deal worth $1,000,000 per year
 
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