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Don
Lenhardt		  
Nickname: Footsie
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 210
 
Born: October 4, 1922 in Usa, IL, ALTON
 
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
1950 27 BOS AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 7 7 7 6 6 10 10 10 6 6 6
1951 28 BOS AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 7 7 7 6 6 10 10 10 7 6 6
1952 29 BRK NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 8 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6
1953 30 BRK NL $ 2,307,143   5 5 5 8 7 7 8 7 7 10 10 10 7 6 6
1954 31 BRK NL $ 3,300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 8 7 7 10 10 10 7 6 6
1955 32 SDP NL $ 3,300,000   4 4 5 6 6 6 7 6 6 10 9 10 6 5 6
1956 33 SDP NL $ 2,500,000   4 4 5 7 6 6 7 6 6 10 9 9 6 5 5
1957 34 SDP NL $ 2,500,000   4 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 10 9 9 5 5 5
1958 35 SDP NL $ 2,500,000   4 4 4 6 5 5 6 5 6 10 8 9 5 5 5
1959 36 TAM AL     3 3 3 4 3 4 5 4 5 8 7 7 5 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 4 3 4 5 4 5 8 7 7 5 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,300,000   5 5 6 8 7 7 8 7 7 10 10 10 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
1950 27 BOS AL 150 475 88 131 23 4 26 108 0 0 100 80 .276 .397 .505 .902 96.2 18.0
1951 28 BOS AL 151 512 83 131 25 3 24 101 0 1 98 90 .256 .374 .457 .831 87.0 13.1
1952 29 BRK NL 152 504 88 117 19 2 20 65 0 0 110 89 .232 .366 .397 .763 79.1 12.9
1953 30 BRK NL 155 534 105 136 21 3 33 75 0 0 113 111 .255 .383 .491 .874 100.0 18.9
1954 31 BRK NL 141 440 66 85 16 2 21 66 0 0 93 79 .193 .334 .382 .716 60.7 6.9
1955 32 SDP NL 147 446 63 115 24 5 20 67 0 0 96 85 .258 .388 .469 .856 81.9 17.4
1956 33 SDP NL 126 320 41 63 16 1 10 44 0 0 56 81 .197 .317 .347 .664 35.1 4.2
1957 34 SDP NL 125 437 58 97 18 2 18 60 0 0 49 100 .222 .299 .396 .695 53.5 6.8
1958 35 SDP NL 83 227 33 51 8 0 6 24 0 0 39 64 .225 .342 .339 .681 27.4 3.2
1959 36 AAA   137 500 46 100 13 1 17 48 4 6 74 144 .200 .303 .332 .635 54.9  
9 Years Sim 1230 3895 625 926 170 22 178 610 0 1 754 779 .238 .360 .430 .790 621.0 101.5
1 Years AAA 137 500 46 100 13 1 17 48 4 6 74 144 .200 .304 .332 .636 54.9  
162 Game Average 513 82 121 22 2 23 80 0 0 99 102 .238 .360 .430 .790 81.8  
Career Highs 155 534 105 136 25 5 33 108 0 1 113 111 .276 .397 .505 .902 100.0  
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   1954 300 437 76 12 83 298 0 1 344 380 .224 .338 .402 .741 290.7
vs LH   1941 325 489 94 10 95 312 0 0 410 399 .252 .381 .457 .838 359.9
Home 598 1852 278 427 71 11 76 279 0 0 346 381 .231 .350 .404 .754 287.3
Away 632 2043 347 499 99 11 102 331 0 1 408 398 .244 .369 .453 .822 363.3
RISP   935 0 222 42 4 42 395 0 0 210 194 .237 .368 .426 .794 164.8
Pinch Hitting   132 24 23 4 0 4 16 0 0 34 28 .174 .339 .295 .635 17.2
Close/Late   441 76 113 20 1 26 71 0 0 114 98 .256 .406 .483 .889 93.2
Mar/Apr 198 619 107 144 22 4 34 98 0 0 118 150 .233 .353 .446 .799 105.5
May 219 686 102 174 30 5 26 98 0 0 118 132 .254 .359 .426 .785 111.7
June 205 670 110 166 33 4 36 114 0 0 124 126 .248 .366 .470 .836 120.0
July 206 641 105 151 29 1 30 97 0 1 126 116 .236 .360 .424 .784 106.1
August 213 679 115 146 27 4 31 105 0 0 139 154 .215 .348 .404 .752 106.3
Sep/Oct 189 600 86 145 29 4 21 98 0 0 129 101 .242 .374 .408 .783 101.0
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 27 BOS AL LF 128 127 1101.7 234 11 2 2 .992 2.00 0 0 .000 0 4.5
    1B 8 2 29.3 37 4 0 3 1.000 12.58 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1951 28 BOS AL LF 149 145 1248.0 263 9 2 1 .993 1.96 0 0 .000 0 1.9
1952 29 BRK NL LF 147 144 1256.0 253 10 5 0 .981 1.88 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    1B 3 0 4.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1953 30 BRK NL LF 148 137 1254.3 243 11 2 2 .992 1.82 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    1B 2 0 10.0 14 0 1 1 .933 12.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1954 31 BRK NL LF 136 121 1078.3 219 12 3 4 .987 1.93 0 0 .000 0 2.2
1955 32 SDP NL LF 73 65 571.7 142 7 2 2 .987 2.35 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    1B 62 56 479.0 578 45 3 50 .995 11.71 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1956 33 SDP NL LF 79 75 641.7 131 3 2 0 .985 1.88 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    1B 7 6 48.0 60 3 1 1 .984 11.81 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 7.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.68 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1957 34 SDP NL 1B 118 116 992.3 1196 81 7 120 .995 11.58 0 0 .000 0 2.9
    LF 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1958 35 SDP NL 1B 65 59 511.7 605 43 5 45 .992 11.40 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    LF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 865 814 7160.6 1486 63 18 11 .989 1.95 0 0 .000 0 17.4
  1B 265 239 2074.3 2495 176 17 220 .994 11.59 0 0 .000 0 5.9
  C 1 0 7.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.68 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   1133 1053 9246.3 3984 239 35 231 .992 4.11 0 0 .000 0 23.3
Career Highs   150 145 1264.3 1196 81 7 120 .995 11.52 0 0 .000 0  
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.
Games
1953-5-155
 Runs
1953-7-105
 Triples
1955-9-5
 Homeruns
1953-5-33
 Walks
1950-8-100
1951-8-98
1952-6-110
1953-4-113
1954-9-93
1955-8-96
 Strikeouts
1950-9-80
1951-6-90
1952-10-89
1953-8-111
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  5. Roman Mejias (910)
  6. Max West (909)
  7. Joe Gaines (907)
  8. Ken Phelps (902)
  9. Gorman Thomas (900)
  10. Mike Epstein (896)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 11th overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1950
Had first career hit on 4/6/1950, off Steve Gromek (BSN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/7/1950, off Preacher Roe (BSN)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1950, hitting .417 with 4 HR, 16 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 9/28/1950
Traded from Boston (A) to Brooklyn on 2/1/1952 (Going to BRK: LF Don Lenhardt, P Mike Garcia. Going to BOS: 1B Ben Taylor)
Drove in 7 runs against Montreal on 9/11/1952
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,307,143 through salary arbitration
2/1/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,300,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,300,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Brooklyn to Tampa Bay on 2/7/1955 (Going to BRK: RF Gene Woodling. Going to TAM: LF Don Lenhardt)
Traded from Tampa Bay to San Diego on 4/2/1955 (Going to SDP: LF Don Lenhardt, 1B Ed Stevens, C Sherm Lollar. Going to TAM: P Roy Face)
10/3/1955: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $2,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Traded from San Diego to Detroit on 2/7/1957 (Going to DET: CF Andy Pafko, LF Don Lenhardt, LF Bill Howerton, P Bobby Shantz. Going to SDP: P Al Sima)
Traded from Detroit to San Diego on 4/2/1957 (Going to SDP: LF Don Lenhardt, C Joe Tipton. Going to DET: P Al Sima)
Injured on 8/24/1957 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 4/2/1959 to a minor league deal
 
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