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Hank
Majeski		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 185
 
Born: December 13, 1916 in Usa, NY, STATEN ISLAND
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1941    1942   
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
1939 22 MIN AL     5 5 5 3 3 3 6 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1940 23 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 4 4 4 6 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1941 24 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1942 25 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1943 26 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1944 27 MIN AL $ 990,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1945 28 MIN AL $ 1,342,857   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1946 29 MIN AL $ 1,342,857   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 8 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1947 30 DET AL $ 1,500,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
1948 31 DET AL $ 1,500,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7
1949 32 BRK NL $ 1,500,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
1950 33 BRK NL $ 1,500,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 6 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 3 3 3 6 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,500,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4 8 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
1939 22 AAA   136 527 74 161 28 2 14 85 6 12 48 38 .306 .363 .446 .809 79.3  
1940 23 MIN AL 18 57 5 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 4 .158 .213 .211 .424 2.3 0.0
    AAA   134 534 75 164 21 4 11 63 5 10 59 35 .307 .376 .423 .799 81.4  
1941 24 MIN AL 153 500 52 135 23 3 13 62 0 0 33 41 .270 .316 .406 .722 62.2 8.8
1942 25 MIN AL 152 524 62 132 24 6 14 79 0 0 35 61 .252 .295 .401 .695 60.9 5.6
1943 26 MIN AL 137 338 43 87 12 3 7 50 0 0 21 41 .257 .303 .373 .676 37.8 3.6
1944 27 MIN AL 147 496 57 118 31 6 18 78 0 0 38 52 .238 .294 .433 .728 58.6 6.5
1945 28 MIN AL 157 551 57 137 24 3 14 82 1 0 58 50 .249 .320 .379 .699 65.4 8.2
1946 29 MIN AL 152 538 59 140 27 2 17 81 0 1 50 55 .260 .323 .413 .736 67.7 5.8
1947 30 DET AL 86 115 23 33 11 1 2 17 0 0 10 5 .287 .339 .452 .791 15.5 2.5
1948 31 DET AL 120 373 62 103 28 4 14 71 0 0 22 38 .276 .314 .485 .799 53.7 8.1
1949 32 BRK NL 155 538 73 145 28 2 17 85 0 1 47 62 .270 .326 .424 .750 74.0 9.8
1950 33 BRK NL 146 493 61 118 16 3 10 57 1 0 43 67 .239 .300 .345 .645 47.8 3.2
11 Years Sim 1423 4523 554 1157 225 34 126 662 2 2 360 476 .256 .310 .404 .714 546.0 62.2
2 Years AAA 270 1061 149 325 49 6 25 148 11 22 107 73 .306 .372 .434 .807 160.7  
162 Game Average 514 63 131 25 3 14 75 0 0 40 54 .256 .310 .404 .714 62.2  
Career Highs 157 551 73 145 31 6 18 85 1 1 58 67 .287 .339 .485 .799 74.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2875 351 723 143 24 77 407 1 2 238 306 .251 .309 .398 .707 352.2
vs LH   1648 203 434 82 10 49 255 1 0 122 170 .263 .312 .414 .726 211.6
Home 706 2226 263 563 125 16 63 338 1 1 178 251 .253 .308 .408 .716 277.6
Away 717 2297 291 594 100 18 63 324 1 1 182 225 .259 .312 .400 .713 286.2
RISP   1256 0 316 59 8 35 505 0 0 96 140 .252 .300 .395 .694 150.6
Pinch Hitting   176 33 47 8 1 5 31 0 0 21 13 .267 .343 .409 .753 25.3
Close/Late   498 63 134 27 3 14 62 0 0 36 50 .269 .320 .420 .739 65.0
Mar/Apr 221 686 88 179 30 2 22 102 1 0 54 82 .261 .314 .407 .720 87.7
May 239 756 93 198 50 2 23 126 1 0 64 85 .262 .318 .425 .743 101.1
June 227 726 89 183 35 11 13 104 0 2 60 70 .252 .309 .384 .693 85.0
July 234 794 100 218 37 9 23 131 0 0 56 84 .275 .322 .431 .752 107.4
August 248 784 109 208 40 6 30 120 0 0 60 77 .265 .316 .446 .763 109.3
Sep/Oct 254 777 75 171 33 4 15 79 0 0 66 78 .220 .283 .331 .614 73.3
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
1940 23 MIN AL 3B 18 18 144.7 5 36 2 1 .953 2.55   0.6
1941 24 MIN AL 3B 152 150 1211.7 84 285 14 20 .963 2.74   6.4
    SS 6 0 11.0 2 5 0 0 1.000 5.73   0.1
1942 25 MIN AL 3B 151 149 1220.7 93 319 11 30 .974 3.04   4.9
    SS 13 0 25.7 5 13 0 2 1.000 6.31   0.2
1943 26 MIN AL 3B 93 82 719.3 45 192 9 11 .963 2.97   2.1
    SS 13 0 25.7 4 8 2 0 .857 4.21   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1944 27 MIN AL 3B 138 135 1145.3 82 267 24 31 .936 2.74   1.7
    SS 8 0 13.0 1 9 0 1 1.000 6.92   0.1
1945 28 MIN AL 3B 153 147 1281.3 91 323 19 24 .956 2.91   4.4
1946 29 MIN AL 3B 145 141 1233.0 98 342 21 31 .954 3.21   3.4
    SS 6 0 14.0 4 5 1 2 .900 5.79   0.1
1947 30 DET AL 3B 14 13 112.7 7 28 2 0 .946 2.80   0.3
    SS 30 0 51.7 6 23 1 3 .967 5.05   0.3
    1B 1 0 3.0 5 0 0 1 1.000 15.00   0.0
1948 31 DET AL 3B 101 91 797.7 65 185 10 18 .962 2.82   2.5
    SS 6 0 15.3 3 13 0 2 1.000 9.39   0.3
    1B 1 1 9.0 11 0 2 1 .846 11.00   0.0
1949 32 BRK NL SS 97 82 740.7 142 346 11 77 .978 5.93   4.1
    3B 65 63 509.0 46 156 11 18 .948 3.57   2.4
    1B 1 1 8.0 14 1 1 0 .938 16.88   0.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1950 33 BRK NL 3B 121 120 1038.3 68 314 18 34 .955 3.31   3.5
    SS 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  3B 1151 1109 9413.6 684 2447 141 218 .957 2.99   32.2
  SS 180 82 901.0 167 422 15 87 .975 5.88   5.2
  1B 3 2 20.0 30 1 3 2 .912 13.95   0.0
  2B 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
Career Totals   1337 1193 10339.6 882 2870 159 307 .959 3.27   37.4
Career Highs   164 150 1281.3 202 503 24 95 .975 5.04    
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 30 DET AL 10 24 5 4 0 1 2 3 0 0 4 0 .167 .286 .500 .786
Career Post-Season Batting 10 24 5 4 0 1 2 3 0 0 4 0 .167 .286 .500 .786
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
1945-3-157
1949-9-155
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 23rd overall pick, by Minnesota in 1939
Had first career hit on 9/2/1940, off Ralph Birkofer (SEM)
Hit first career homerun on 4/30/1941, off Sid Hudson (CIN)
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1941
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1942
2/1/1944: Gets a new one-year contract worth $990,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,342,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,342,857 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against San Diego on 6/5/1946
Hit 3 homeruns against Boston (A), driving in 4 runs on 7/5/1946
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/4/1947 to a 4-year deal worth $1,500,000 per year
Injured on 5/18/1948 with a Inflamed Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 3-4 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1948, hitting .393 with 3 HR, 14 RBI
Traded from Detroit to San Diego on 3/3/1949 (Going to SDP: P Allie Reynolds, P Preacher Roe, 3B Hank Majeski, 1B Mickey Vernon. Going to DET: 3B Ellis Clary, P Walt Masterson, SS Merl Combs)
Traded from San Diego to Brooklyn on 3/3/1949 (Going to SDP: 3B Whitey Kurowski. Going to BRK: 1B Mickey Vernon, P Allie Reynolds, 3B Hank Majeski)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Cleveland on 7/25/1949
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1950, hitting .556 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
 
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