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Wally
Kimmick		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 184
 
Born: May 30, 1897 in Usa, PA, TURTLE CREEK
 
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
1930 33 CHA AL $ 2,080,000   45 45 47 22 22 22 46 44 45 66 62 63 58 53 54
1931 34 CHA AL $ 2,080,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 5 5
1932 35 BOS AL $ 900,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
1933 36 BOS AL $ 900,000   4 4 5 3 3 3 5 4 4 6 5 6 5 4 4
1934 37 BOS AL $ 900,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 900,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,080,000   45 45 47 22 22 22 46 44 45 66 62 63 58 53 54
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
1930 33 CHA AL 153 525 67 135 24 4 5 76 2 3 69 72 .257 .342 .347 .688 62.0 6.3
1931 34 CHA AL 152 541 64 139 20 7 6 70 2 1 55 78 .257 .325 .353 .678 61.4 7.5
1932 35 BOS AL 145 459 57 128 13 3 3 53 0 0 53 69 .279 .349 .340 .689 55.3 6.9
1933 36 BOS AL 135 438 53 101 14 1 4 51 3 1 58 92 .231 .321 .295 .616 42.4 2.1
1934 37 BOS AL 89 186 21 48 4 1 4 36 1 0 24 30 .258 .341 .355 .696 23.5 2.4
5 Years Sim 674 2149 262 551 75 16 22 286 8 5 259 341 .256 .335 .337 .672 244.6 25.3
162 Game Average 516 62 132 18 3 5 68 1 1 62 81 .256 .335 .337 .672 58.8  
Career Highs 153 541 67 139 24 7 6 76 3 3 69 92 .279 .349 .355 .696 62.0  
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   1446 160 377 53 11 11 189 6 3 155 237 .261 .330 .335 .666 166.6
vs LH   703 102 174 22 5 11 97 2 2 104 104 .248 .344 .340 .684 89.2
Home 339 1029 133 275 34 10 16 147 4 4 133 158 .267 .348 .366 .714 137.7
Away 335 1120 129 276 41 6 6 139 4 1 126 183 .246 .322 .310 .632 118.1
RISP   603 0 170 29 6 6 252 0 0 81 99 .282 .357 .380 .737 86.2
Pinch Hitting   32 6 10 1 0 2 10 0 0 3 5 .313 .371 .531 .903 6.0
Close/Late   248 28 60 3 4 2 26 0 0 25 38 .242 .310 .310 .621 25.2
Mar/Apr 116 369 41 94 13 2 1 52 3 1 55 73 .255 .349 .309 .658 44.4
May 129 407 57 106 12 2 6 64 1 2 51 48 .260 .339 .344 .683 50.3
June 106 327 41 88 14 3 4 41 1 1 37 61 .269 .343 .367 .710 42.0
July 112 329 43 85 10 3 1 36 3 1 44 52 .258 .344 .316 .660 39.0
August 104 359 40 96 15 3 7 56 0 0 30 47 .267 .321 .384 .706 44.5
Sep/Oct 107 358 40 82 11 3 3 37 0 0 42 60 .229 .312 .302 .614 35.6
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
1930 33 CHA AL 2B 121 118 1033.3 272 503 9 113 .989 6.75   5.6
    3B 30 27 255.0 14 66 3 4 .964 2.82   1.3
1931 34 CHA AL 2B 144 142 1257.7 322 625 15 157 .984 6.78   6.4
    3B 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1932 35 BOS AL 2B 137 136 1134.7 286 577 13 124 .985 6.85   4.9
    SS 5 3 35.0 6 18 1 3 .960 6.17   0.2
    3B 3 0 4.7 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.79   0.0
1933 36 BOS AL 2B 134 132 1101.3 294 534 11 120 .987 6.77   5.2
1934 37 BOS AL 2B 47 36 317.7 94 157 2 38 .992 7.11   1.7
    SS 13 8 75.0 12 42 3 7 .947 6.48   0.3
    3B 14 2 40.7 5 6 0 0 1.000 2.43   0.1
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  2B 583 564 4844.6 1268 2396 50 552 .987 6.81   23.9
  3B 49 29 302.3 21 74 3 4 .969 2.83   1.4
  SS 18 11 110.0 18 60 4 10 .951 6.38   0.5
  CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   651 604 5258.0 1307 2530 57 566 .985 6.57   25.8
Career Highs   151 145 1288.3 323 625 15 157 .987 6.82    
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
1930 33 CHA AL 10 33 5 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 7 .182 .282 .212 .494
1933 36 BOS AL 5 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .063 .063 .063 .125
1934 37 BOS AL 7 5 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .400 .400 .600 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 22 54 8 9 2 0 0 3 0 0 5 13 .167 .233 .204 .437
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.
Strikeouts
1930-7-72
1931-7-78
1932-5-69
1933-1-92
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Jake Flowers (962)
  2. Mickey Haslin (958)
  3. Bobby Knoop (952)
  4. Johnny Temple (951)
  5. Les Mallon (951)
  6. Bill Doran (951)
  7. Marv Breeding (950)
  8. Al Kozar (949)
  9. Ed Montague (948)
  10. Jose Oquendo (947)
History
Had first career hit on 4/1/1930, off Dizzy Dean (ATL)
Hit first career homerun on 4/12/1930, off Joe Shaute (NYA)
Released by Chicago (A) on 10/26/1931
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/4/1932 to a 3-year deal worth $900,000 per year
Injured on 8/10/1933 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
 
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