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Al
Libke		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 220
 
Born: September 12, 1918 in Usa, WA, TACOMA
 
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
1945 26 NYG NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 6 8 7 4 5 4 7 8 8
1946 27 NYG NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 6 8 7 4 5 4 7 8 7
1947 28 NYG NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 6 8 7 4 5 4 7 7 7
1948 29 NYG NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 5 7 6 3 4 4 6 7 7
1949 30 BSN NL $ 350,000   7 7 6 2 3 3 5 6 6 3 4 4 6 7 7
1950 31 BSN NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 1 2 2 5 6 6 3 4 3 5 6 6
1951 32 BSN NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 1 2 2 4 6 5 3 4 3 4 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 2 2 4 6 5 3 4 3 4 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   9 9 8 2 3 3 6 8 7 4 5 4 7 8 8
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
1945 26 NYG NL 16 42 3 10 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 5 .238 .289 .286 .575 3.5 0.3
    AAA   104 413 63 116 21 4 7 48 1 6 40 37 .281 .344 .402 .746 54.7  
1946 27 NYG NL 63 91 11 25 4 1 1 17 0 0 6 9 .275 .316 .374 .690 10.6 1.4
1947 28 NYG NL 73 97 14 27 9 0 1 13 1 0 8 12 .278 .333 .402 .735 12.3 2.0
1948 29 NYG NL 65 104 9 29 4 0 0 13 0 0 9 10 .279 .336 .317 .654 10.6 1.3
1949 30 NYG NL 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0
  BSN NL 12 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .083 .154 .083 .237 0.0 0.0
  TOT   13 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .133 .188 .133 .321 0.3 0.0
    AAA   109 416 59 132 29 3 14 74 6 3 40 48 .317 .377 .502 .880 73.6  
1950 31 BSN NL 4 12 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .250 .357 .250 .607 1.4 0.0
    AAA   55 49 5 12 1 0 1 12 0 0 4 9 .245 .302 .327 .628 5.0  
6 Years Sim 234 361 40 96 19 1 2 46 2 0 28 40 .266 .320 .341 .660 38.7 5.1
3 Years AAA 268 878 127 260 51 7 22 134 7 9 84 94 .296 .358 .445 .803 133.3  
162 Game Average 249 27 66 13 0 1 31 1 0 19 27 .266 .320 .341 .660 26.8  
Career Highs 73 104 14 29 9 1 1 17 1 0 9 12 .279 .357 .402 .735 12.3  
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   355 37 93 19 1 2 46 2 0 28 38 .262 .317 .338 .655 37.8
vs LH   6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1.2
Home 116 191 17 54 12 1 1 23 2 0 14 24 .283 .335 .372 .707 23.1
Away 118 170 23 42 7 0 1 23 0 0 14 16 .247 .303 .306 .609 16.0
RISP   109 0 25 5 0 0 38 0 0 8 11 .229 .280 .275 .555 8.3
Pinch Hitting   146 15 38 4 0 1 22 2 0 16 14 .260 .331 .308 .640 16.3
Close/Late   74 6 20 1 0 0 12 0 0 6 7 .270 .321 .284 .605 7.1
Mar/Apr 25 33 5 11 1 0 1 6 0 0 5 6 .333 .436 .455 .890 6.2
May 46 67 9 16 2 1 0 10 0 0 3 7 .239 .268 .299 .566 5.1
June 41 56 7 15 4 0 0 5 0 0 3 5 .268 .305 .339 .644 5.5
July 25 30 3 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 4 .200 .250 .200 .450 1.4
August 42 64 5 17 3 0 1 13 0 0 5 4 .266 .319 .359 .678 7.3
Sep/Oct 55 111 11 31 9 0 0 9 2 0 10 14 .279 .339 .360 .699 13.6
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
1945 26 NYG NL CF 5 4 36.0 9 0 1 0 .900 2.25   0.2
    LF 3 3 27.0 7 0 1 0 .875 2.33    
    RF 3 3 24.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1946 27 NYG NL CF 7 6 51.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.3
    LF 7 4 36.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
    RF 4 3 29.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.62    
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1947 28 NYG NL CF 9 5 47.7 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.64   0.4
    LF 5 5 42.0 9 0 1 0 .900 1.93    
    RF 6 3 27.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
1948 29 NYG NL RF 9 6 56.0 15 1 1 1 .941 2.57   0.7
    CF 8 7 55.7 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.75    
    LF 6 5 41.0 10 0 1 0 .909 2.20    
1949 30 NYG NL CF 0 0 1.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  BSN NL CF 1 1 6.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   CF 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1950 31 BSN NL CF 3 3 27.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.33   0.0
  CF 33 26 225.3 61 0 1 0 .984 2.44   1.0
  LF 21 17 146.0 34 0 3 0 .919 2.10    
  RF 22 15 136.0 29 1 1 1 .968 1.99   0.7
  1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   77 58 508.3 124 1 5 1 .962 2.21   1.7
Career Highs   23 18 152.7 42 1 2 1 1.000 2.54    
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
1947 28 NYG 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
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 26th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1945
Injured on 5/20/1945 with a Bruised Heel, out for one week
Had first career hit on 8/1/1945, off Early Wynn (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 4/26/1946, off Bill Sayles (MON)
2/1/1949: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
4/2/1949: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Traded from New York (N) to Boston (N) on 6/1/1949 (Going to BSN: P Warren Hacker, C Johnny Pramesa, P Buddy Lively, P Jesse Flores, LF Al Libke. Going to NYG: LF Eddie Lukon)
Injured on 3/9/1950 with a Inflamed Thigh Muscle, out for one week
2/1/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
 
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