Al
Luplow
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 185
 
Born: March 13, 1939 in Usa, MI, SAGINAW
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1967   
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
1961 22 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 7 7
1962 23 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 7 7
1963 24 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 7 7
1964 25 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 7 7
1965 26 NYG NL $ 471,429   6 6 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 7 7
1966 27 NYG NL $ 1,528,571   6 6 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 7 7
1967 28 NYG NL $ 2,100,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 7 7 6 7 7
1968 29 NYG NL $ 2,100,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7
1969 30 NYG NL $ 2,100,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7
1970 31 COL NL $ 2,100,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7
1971 32 COL NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 6 7 7
1972 33 OAK AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,100,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7
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
1961 22 NYG NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
    AAA   2 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.6  
    AA   133 481 71 114 19 2 23 77 4 4 86 100 .237 .353 .428 .781 77.3  
1962 23 NYG NL 140 454 55 101 15 4 15 52 0 0 47 81 .222 .296 .372 .668 47.7 5.4
1963 24 NYG NL 109 199 33 57 12 3 5 35 0 0 28 22 .286 .381 .452 .833 33.2 7.3
1964 25 NYG NL 136 422 45 99 15 1 12 58 4 1 36 58 .235 .295 .360 .655 46.3 5.0
1965 26 NYG NL 131 371 54 102 12 3 10 42 2 4 47 49 .275 .357 .404 .761 52.0 10.1
1966 27 NYG NL 133 418 50 96 15 1 14 40 2 3 41 49 .230 .301 .371 .672 46.1 6.1
1967 28 NYG NL 84 237 29 68 16 0 10 41 1 4 27 32 .287 .361 .481 .842 36.8 8.1
1968 29 NYG NL 104 315 43 72 12 0 10 51 2 3 32 55 .229 .300 .362 .662 35.1 4.7
1969 30 NYG NL 72 201 26 48 3 4 4 21 1 1 20 32 .239 .305 .353 .658 22.2 1.9
1970 31 COL NL 104 255 19 47 10 6 2 16 1 1 20 39 .184 .243 .294 .537 16.6 0.0
1971 32 COL NL 120 345 48 78 13 2 12 43 2 1 27 53 .226 .283 .380 .663 36.1 4.4
1972 33 OAK AL 55 120 13 17 5 0 0 8 0 0 11 19 .142 .220 .183 .403 2.8 0.0
    AAA   27 81 5 15 2 0 1 6 1 0 12 14 .185 .290 .247 .537 6.8  
12 Years Sim 1189 3338 415 785 128 24 94 407 15 18 336 489 .235 .306 .372 .679 374.8 53.0
2 Years AAA 29 89 6 17 2 0 1 6 2 0 12 14 .191 .301 .247 .548 7.4  
1 Years AA 133 481 71 114 19 2 23 77 4 4 86 100 .237 .356 .428 .784 77.3  
3 Years Minors 162 570 77 131 21 2 24 83 6 4 98 114 .230 .347 .400 .747 84.7  
162 Game Average 454 56 106 17 3 12 55 2 2 45 66 .235 .306 .372 .679 51.1  
Career Highs 140 454 55 102 16 6 15 58 4 4 47 81 .287 .381 .481 .842 52.0  
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   2588 325 631 93 18 76 331 13 16 275 349 .244 .318 .382 .700 320.0
vs LH   750 90 154 35 6 18 76 2 2 61 140 .205 .263 .340 .603 68.1
Home 603 1629 193 376 69 9 39 191 8 6 152 242 .231 .297 .356 .653 175.6
Away 586 1709 222 409 59 15 55 216 7 12 184 247 .239 .314 .388 .702 212.5
RISP   789 0 193 35 6 19 294 0 0 121 98 .245 .340 .376 .717 109.2
Pinch Hitting   187 30 52 8 3 5 37 1 2 21 26 .278 .346 .433 .779 27.8
Close/Late   422 59 102 12 1 19 62 0 0 44 66 .242 .311 .410 .721 56.3
Mar/Apr 181 482 54 116 22 1 12 81 3 4 48 62 .241 .309 .365 .674 55.1
May 226 657 89 156 28 7 12 62 1 4 74 97 .237 .316 .356 .672 75.2
June 221 618 73 139 26 3 23 78 2 1 62 86 .225 .299 .388 .687 73.6
July 203 583 66 140 14 9 15 67 2 3 63 91 .240 .314 .372 .686 70.3
August 177 463 60 100 13 2 14 48 2 3 42 83 .216 .282 .343 .625 45.9
Sep/Oct 181 535 73 134 25 2 18 71 5 3 47 70 .250 .312 .406 .718 67.9
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
1961 22 NYG NL RF 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1962 23 NYG NL RF 102 99 867.3 175 8 3 3 .984 1.90   3.4
    CF 29 27 232.0 62 1 0 0 1.000 2.44    
    LF 2 2 17.3 5 0 1 0 .833 2.60    
    1B 4 0 5.0 6 1 0 1 1.000 12.60   0.0
1963 24 NYG NL LF 18 14 131.0 31 1 0 0 1.000 2.20   1.0
    CF 26 10 120.7 32 2 0 0 1.000 2.54    
    RF 19 11 108.0 22 3 2 0 .926 2.08    
    1B 12 1 31.7 33 8 0 4 1.000 11.66   0.1
1964 25 NYG NL LF 109 102 862.0 162 9 0 1 1.000 1.79   2.7
    RF 11 7 65.3 12 0 1 0 .923 1.65    
    CF 14 3 49.0 9 2 0 1 1.000 2.02    
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
1965 26 NYG NL LF 92 80 719.7 153 3 0 0 1.000 1.95   2.7
    CF 11 8 67.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.61    
    RF 5 5 42.0 9 1 0 0 1.000 2.14    
    1B 10 0 10.7 13 0 0 1 1.000 10.98   0.0
1966 27 NYG NL LF 127 122 1031.3 198 11 0 2 1.000 1.82   2.9
    RF 6 0 11.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 3 0 5.0 8 0 0 1 1.000 14.40   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1967 28 NYG NL LF 69 67 541.0 118 1 0 0 1.000 1.98   1.4
    1B 1 0 6.0 5 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.3 1 2 0 0 1.000 11.59   0.1
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1968 29 NYG NL LF 90 90 703.0 165 5 1 1 .994 2.18   1.5
    1B 7 0 14.7 24 1 0 1 1.000 15.35   0.0
1969 30 NYG NL LF 63 63 507.3 104 2 0 0 1.000 1.88   1.1
    RF 12 1 32.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.56    
    CF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
    1B 4 0 8.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
1970 31 COL NL LF 31 14 148.3 25 2 0 0 1.000 1.64   0.5
    CF 27 13 142.7 32 0 0 0 1.000 2.02    
    RF 20 15 138.0 31 2 1 0 .971 2.15    
    1B 13 10 101.0 116 11 1 12 .992 11.32   0.2
1971 32 COL NL CF 78 75 637.3 190 8 1 2 .995 2.80   3.4
    RF 20 11 108.7 27 0 2 0 .931 2.24    
    LF 16 12 101.0 18 1 0 0 1.000 1.69    
    1B 7 6 50.0 55 3 1 8 .983 10.44   0.1
1972 33 OAK AL CF 25 9 127.0 32 2 0 0 1.000 2.41   0.7
    LF 10 9 75.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.44    
    RF 14 6 72.0 14 0 1 0 .933 1.75    
    1B 4 2 16.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 10.13   0.0
  LF 627 575 4837.0 991 35 2 4 .998 1.91   13.9
  RF 211 155 1450.0 293 14 10 3 .968 1.91   3.4
  CF 213 146 1386.7 371 15 1 3 .997 2.51   4.2
  1B 66 19 250.0 293 25 2 29 .994 11.45   0.5
  SS 1 0 2.3 1 2 0 0 1.000 11.59   0.1
Career Totals   1118 895 7925.9 1949 91 15 39 .993 2.32   22.0
Career Highs   137 128 1121.7 290 15 4 12 1.000 3.72    
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
1965 26 NYG NL 7 13 2 4 1 0 2 6 0 0 2 1 .308 .375 .846 1.221
1967 28 NYG NL 7 20 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 4 .200 .385 .250 .635
1968 29 NYG NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 16 35 4 8 2 0 2 7 0 0 7 5 .229 .364 .457 .821
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
1970-3-6
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 44th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1961
Had first career hit on 4/23/1962, off Larry Sherry (STL)
Hit first career homerun on 5/7/1962, off Ed Rakow (CLN)
4/2/1963: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Drove in 6 runs against Brooklyn on 4/13/1964
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1964, hitting .458 with 3 HR, 11 RBI
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $471,429 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/17/1965 with a Tight Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,528,571 through salary arbitration
10/30/1966: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $2,100,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 6/24/1967 with a Torn Abdominal Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks
Won World Championship with New York (N) in 1967
Traded from New York (N) to Colorado on 2/3/1970 (Going to NYG: P Jim Brewer, P Fred Scherman, CF Ellis Burton. Going to COL: LF Al Luplow)
3/3/1970: Signed a minor league contract extension with Colorado
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 3/2/1972 to a minor league contract