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Al
Lakeman		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 210
 
Born: December 31, 1918 in Usa, OH, CINCINNATI
 
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
1942 23 NYG NL     3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 5 4 5
1943 24 BOS AL     3 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 5 4 5
1944 25 BOS AL     3 3 4 4 3 4 5 4 4 3 2 2 6 5 5
1945 26 BOS AL     4 4 5 4 3 4 5 4 4 3 3 3 7 6 6
1946 27 BOS AL     4 4 5 4 3 4 5 4 4 3 3 3 7 6 6
1947 28 BOS AL     4 4 5 4 3 4 5 4 4 3 3 3 7 6 6
1948 29 BOS AL     4 4 5 4 3 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 6 6
1949 30 BOS AL     5 5 5 4 3 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 5 6
1950 31 BOS AL $ 300,000   4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6
1951 32 BOS AL $ 300,000   4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6
1952 33 BOS AL $ 300,000   4 4 5 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 6 5 6
1953 34 BOS AL $ 350,000   4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 6 5 5
1954 35 BOS AL $ 350,000   4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 6 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 5 4 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 6 6
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
1942 23 A   137 549 73 145 20 1 32 76 7 11 50 86 .264 .326 .479 .805 83.5  
1943 24 A   137 525 57 143 28 1 20 80 6 3 50 88 .272 .336 .444 .779 77.4  
1944 25 AAA   133 461 33 121 20 2 9 70 3 10 44 80 .262 .327 .373 .700 54.1  
1945 26 AAA   134 537 66 122 19 4 17 77 7 4 39 81 .227 .280 .372 .652 56.7  
1946 27 AAA   129 406 43 96 16 2 6 34 5 4 28 60 .236 .286 .330 .616 37.6  
1947 28 AAA   131 446 39 110 15 2 17 59 6 3 40 74 .247 .309 .404 .712 56.8  
1948 29 AAA   137 523 67 139 27 1 16 53 8 10 43 83 .266 .322 .413 .735 67.0  
1949 30 AAA   137 536 65 159 23 5 18 88 8 6 41 75 .297 .347 .459 .806 81.4  
1950 31 BOS AL 49 161 25 39 6 0 5 20 0 0 18 25 .242 .315 .373 .688 18.2 1.5
1951 32 BOS AL 67 244 26 48 6 1 4 24 0 0 19 43 .197 .255 .279 .533 14.8 0.0
1952 33 BOS AL 35 75 8 16 0 3 1 8 0 0 1 12 .213 .221 .333 .554 5.1 0.0
1953 34 BOS AL 25 34 2 9 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 .265 .265 .382 .647 3.0 0.2
    AAA   80 326 45 81 6 0 8 29 8 1 26 66 .248 .304 .340 .644 35.8  
1954 35 BOS AL 36 89 11 16 6 0 3 12 0 0 4 26 .180 .215 .348 .563 5.7 0.0
    AAA   30 115 13 30 4 2 2 14 0 2 5 25 .261 .292 .383 .674 11.7  
1955 36 AAA   137 494 34 92 16 4 3 40 3 5 30 104 .186 .233 .253 .486 25.0  
5 Years Sim 212 603 72 128 19 4 14 67 0 0 42 109 .212 .262 .327 .589 46.9 1.6
9 Years AAA 1048 3844 405 950 146 22 96 464 48 45 296 648 .247 .300 .371 .672 426.3  
2 Years A 274 1074 130 288 48 2 52 156 13 14 100 174 .268 .334 .462 .796 160.9  
11 Years Minors 1322 4918 535 1238 194 24 148 620 61 59 396 822 .252 .308 .391 .699 587.2  
162 Game Average 460 55 97 14 3 10 51 0 0 32 83 .212 .262 .327 .589 35.9  
Career Highs 67 244 26 48 6 3 5 24 0 0 19 43 .265 .315 .382 .688 18.2  
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   339 39 71 12 2 7 39 0 0 18 72 .209 .248 .319 .566 26.2
vs LH   264 33 57 7 2 7 28 0 0 24 37 .216 .280 .337 .617 26.0
Home 104 303 38 65 11 3 8 37 0 0 21 43 .215 .265 .350 .614 28.4
Away 108 300 34 63 8 1 6 30 0 0 21 66 .210 .260 .303 .563 23.8
RISP   160 0 33 7 2 4 51 0 0 15 27 .206 .270 .350 .620 15.8
Pinch Hitting   29 4 9 0 0 1 6 0 0 1 3 .310 .333 .414 .747 3.9
Close/Late   77 14 22 4 1 3 15 0 0 7 14 .286 .345 .481 .826 12.3
Mar/Apr 38 92 12 18 5 0 3 8 0 0 9 23 .196 .267 .348 .615 8.9
May 28 95 11 17 1 1 1 8 0 0 6 19 .179 .225 .242 .468 4.8
June 36 105 10 20 4 0 2 12 0 0 7 16 .190 .241 .286 .527 7.0
July 28 79 10 23 2 1 5 13 0 0 3 17 .291 .317 .532 .849 12.8
August 35 86 14 24 3 2 2 15 0 0 6 9 .279 .323 .430 .753 11.7
Sep/Oct 47 146 15 26 4 0 1 11 0 0 11 25 .178 .234 .226 .460 7.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1950 31 BOS AL C 43 41 362.0 153 19 1 1 .994 4.28 15 7 .467 1 2.5
    1B 5 1 15.0 21 2 0 4 1.000 13.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1951 32 BOS AL C 64 62 546.3 198 28 2 0 .991 3.72 23 11 .478 3 4.1
    1B 2 1 11.0 15 0 0 3 1.000 12.27 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1952 33 BOS AL C 18 13 123.3 52 3 0 0 1.000 4.01 4 2 .500 0 0.6
    1B 10 4 44.0 53 5 0 6 1.000 11.86 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1953 34 BOS AL 1B 9 3 37.7 55 0 0 6 1.000 13.14 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 2 1 9.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1954 35 BOS AL 1B 26 15 154.0 192 16 0 21 1.000 12.16 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    C 8 6 55.0 23 4 0 0 1.000 4.42 5 2 .400 0 0.4
  C 135 123 1096.3 428 54 3 1 .994 3.96 47 22 .468 4 7.7
  1B 52 24 261.7 336 23 0 40 1.000 12.35 0 0 .000 0 0.5
Career Totals   187 147 1358.0 764 77 3 41 .996 5.57 47 22 .468 4 8.2
Career Highs   66 63 557.3 215 28 2 21 1.000 10.84 23 11 .500 3  
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  1. Benito Santiago (993)
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  3. Eddie Phillips (985)
  4. Dave Engle (985)
  5. Pat Collins (984)
  6. Chick Autry (984)
  7. John Wockenfuss (981)
  8. Del Wilber (979)
  9. Jerry Willard (975)
  10. Bob Kearney (972)
History
Drafted in 4th round, 53rd overall pick, by Tampa Bay in 1942
Traded from Tampa Bay to New York (N) on 6/1/1942 (Going to TAM: P Paul Dean, 3B Frankie Crosetti. Going to NYG: 1B Sibby Sisti, C Al Lakeman, P Fred Caligiuri)
Traded from New York (N) to Boston (A) on 7/1/1943 (Going to BOS: C Al Lakeman. Going to NYG: P Oscar Judd)
Injured on 5/13/1944 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 6/29/1947 with a Bruised Hip, out for 4 days
Had first career hit (double) on 4/16/1950, off Charley Schanz (OAK)
Hit first career homerun on 7/6/1950, off Ed Albosta (STL)
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Released by Boston (A) on 10/3/1955
 
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