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Layne		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 170
 
Born: February 23, 1918 in Usa, TN, WHITWELL
 
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
1941 23 BRK NL     5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 4 3 8 9 9
1942 24 BRK NL     6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9
1943 25 BRK NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 5 6 6 4 4 4 9 9 9
1944 26 BRK NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 1 1 1 5 6 6 4 5 4 9 9 9
1945 27 BRK NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 5 6 6 4 5 5 9 10 9
1946 28 BRK NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 5 5 9 9 9
1947 29 BRK NL $ 350,000   7 7 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 5 5 9 9 9
1948 30 BRK NL $ 350,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 6 5 9 9 9
1949 31 BRK NL $ 350,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 6 5 9 9 9
1950 32 MON NL $ 700,000   6 6 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 6 5 9 9 9
1951 33 BSN NL $ 380,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 9 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 4 3 8 9 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 700,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 5 6 6 5 6 5 9 10 9
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
1941 23 AA   137 518 48 154 21 4 3 61 17 8 55 39 .297 .365 .371 .735 70.9  
1942 24 AAA   111 456 62 138 15 7 3 70 12 9 33 32 .303 .350 .386 .736 58.9  
    AA   18 67 9 23 5 1 0 6 2 0 6 7 .343 .397 .448 .845 11.3  
1943 25 BRK NL 13 26 3 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 .346 .393 .346 .739 3.3 0.7
    AAA   106 430 71 145 19 5 8 57 10 9 55 27 .337 .412 .460 .873 77.2  
1944 26 BRK NL 41 81 10 19 3 0 1 8 0 0 8 2 .235 .303 .309 .612 6.4 0.3
1945 27 BRK NL 65 112 21 39 3 3 1 17 0 0 9 6 .348 .402 .455 .857 18.0 4.3
1946 28 BRK NL 68 136 17 32 5 1 1 17 0 1 16 8 .235 .312 .309 .621 12.5 0.9
1947 29 BRK NL 70 106 12 28 2 2 0 4 0 0 10 6 .264 .345 .321 .665 12.6 1.8
1948 30 BRK NL 77 101 15 29 4 2 0 14 0 0 8 5 .287 .333 .366 .700 12.4 1.5
1949 31 BRK NL 143 481 55 140 16 6 6 60 0 0 44 25 .291 .350 .387 .737 62.8 8.5
1950 32 MON NL 28 66 11 20 1 1 0 3 0 0 7 3 .303 .378 .348 .727 6.8 0.9
1951 33 AA   137 506 67 139 19 4 8 42 8 7 89 33 .275 .383 .375 .759 77.6  
8 Years Sim 505 1109 144 316 34 15 9 126 0 1 104 55 .285 .348 .367 .715 134.7 18.8
2 Years AAA 217 886 133 283 34 12 11 127 22 18 88 59 .319 .380 .422 .803 136.0  
3 Years AA 292 1091 124 316 45 9 11 109 27 15 150 79 .290 .381 .378 .759 159.8  
5 Years Minors 509 1977 257 599 79 21 22 236 49 33 238 138 .303 .381 .398 .779 295.8  
162 Game Average 355 46 101 10 4 2 40 0 0 33 17 .285 .348 .367 .715 43.2  
Career Highs 143 481 55 140 16 6 6 60 0 1 44 25 .348 .402 .455 .857 62.8  
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   841 114 245 25 11 6 98 0 1 81 36 .291 .357 .369 .725 109.6
vs LH   268 30 71 9 4 3 28 0 0 23 19 .265 .320 .362 .682 31.4
Home 256 562 79 152 12 7 6 60 0 0 49 28 .270 .333 .349 .682 65.4
Away 249 547 65 164 22 8 3 66 0 1 55 27 .300 .362 .386 .748 75.6
RISP   283 0 83 8 6 3 112 0 0 34 12 .293 .360 .396 .756 41.7
Pinch Hitting   129 21 33 5 4 0 13 0 0 12 9 .256 .315 .357 .671 14.6
Close/Late   134 20 34 4 0 1 14 0 0 9 9 .254 .299 .306 .605 12.3
Mar/Apr 78 157 12 35 5 1 0 11 0 0 19 8 .223 .315 .268 .582 13.9
May 82 196 28 63 7 1 2 19 0 0 18 13 .321 .378 .398 .776 28.8
June 82 176 24 54 6 2 1 23 0 0 18 6 .307 .372 .381 .753 24.7
July 77 156 25 52 9 3 0 21 0 0 21 7 .333 .410 .429 .840 26.8
August 107 250 29 65 4 3 2 29 0 0 19 15 .260 .313 .324 .637 25.6
Sep/Oct 79 174 26 47 3 5 4 23 0 1 9 6 .270 .310 .414 .724 21.2
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
1943 25 BRK NL 3B 9 7 60.0 7 22 2 4 .935 4.35   0.5
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
1944 26 BRK NL 3B 25 20 185.0 9 54 4 7 .940 3.06   0.6
    SS 7 0 16.3 1 9 0 3 1.000 5.51   0.2
    2B 5 0 8.7 4 1 0 1 1.000 5.20   0.0
1945 27 BRK NL 3B 25 24 191.0 12 51 0 3 1.000 2.97   1.0
    2B 15 0 41.7 17 20 3 7 .925 7.99   0.3
    SS 15 0 24.7 4 7 1 2 .917 4.01   0.1
1946 28 BRK NL 3B 36 30 253.7 12 78 8 7 .918 3.19   0.5
    2B 8 0 14.7 5 4 0 2 1.000 5.53   0.1
    SS 8 0 14.3 5 11 0 3 1.000 10.05   0.2
1947 29 BRK NL 3B 18 17 129.0 11 42 3 5 .946 3.70   0.5
    SS 12 4 51.0 9 32 0 6 1.000 7.24   0.5
    2B 5 0 7.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 5.14   0.0
1948 30 BRK NL 3B 17 16 116.7 12 31 3 4 .935 3.32   0.6
    2B 12 0 22.0 9 8 0 7 1.000 6.95   0.1
    SS 8 0 17.0 1 7 1 1 .889 4.24   0.1
1949 31 BRK NL 3B 86 86 731.0 48 191 5 16 .980 2.94   2.8
    2B 56 53 447.7 140 206 1 47 .997 6.96   1.7
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1950 32 MON NL 3B 17 14 121.7 6 35 1 2 .976 3.03   0.5
    SS 7 5 43.3 8 18 1 3 .963 5.40   0.1
    2B 1 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  3B 233 214 1788.0 117 504 26 48 .960 3.13   7.1
  2B 103 53 547.6 178 247 4 64 .991 6.98   2.4
  SS 58 9 169.7 28 86 3 18 .974 6.05   1.1
Career Totals   394 276 2505.3 323 837 33 130 .972 4.17   10.5
Career Highs   143 139 1181.7 188 399 8 63 .990 4.72    
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
1945 27 BRK NL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Career Post-Season Batting 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
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.
Triples
1949-4-6
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Rip Russell (990)
  2. Fred Haney (967)
  3. Pete Suder (956)
  4. Skeeter Barnes (952)
  5. Del Unser (949)
  6. Don Lang (948)
  7. Glenn Crawford (945)
  8. Frank Welch (943)
  9. Kevin Seitzer (943)
  10. Joe Dugan (941)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 45th overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1941
Injured on 7/19/1941 with a Bruised Finger, out for 2 days
Injured on 4/7/1942 with a Sore Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 5/5/1942 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Had first career hit on 8/4/1943, off Jack Salveson (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 9/26/1944, off Stu Flythe (SDP)
Won World Series with Brooklyn in 1945
2/1/1947: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1948: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1949: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Montreal on 2/8/1950 to a 1-year deal worth $700,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/11/1951 to a 2-year deal worth $380,000 per year
Injured on 8/10/1951 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 6 days
 
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