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Cliff
Mapes		  
Nickname: Tiger
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 215
 
Born: March 13, 1922 in Usa, NE, SUTHERLAND
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1948 26 MON NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1949 27 DET AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1950 28 DET AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1951 29 DET AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1952 30 DET AL $ 350,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1953 31 DET AL $ 350,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1954 32 DET AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1955 33 CLE AL $ 5,000,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1956 34 CLE AL $ 5,000,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,000,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1948 26 MON NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 5 6 5 6 7 7 6 7 7 5 6 6
1949 27 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 4 5 6 5 6 7 7 6 7 7 5 6 6
1950 28 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 4 5 6 5 6 7 7 7 8 7 5 6 6
1951 29 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 6 5 6 7 7 7 8 8 6 6 6
1952 30 DET AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 6 6 6
1953 31 DET AL $ 350,000   6 6 6 4 5 5 6 6 6 7 8 8 5 6 6
1954 32 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 5 5 6 6 6 7 8 8 5 6 5
1955 33 CLE AL $ 5,000,000   5 5 5 4 5 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 4 4 4
1956 34 CLE AL $ 5,000,000   3 3 3 1 2 2 3 4 4 7 8 8 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 2 2 3 4 4 6 7 7 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,000,000   6 6 6 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 6 6 6
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1950 28 DET AL 1 1 .500 2 0 0 0 0 5.3 4 2 1 3 0 3.38 .250 .350 .625 .975 0.6
1 Years Sim 1 1 .500 2 0 0 0 0 5.3 4 2 1 3 0 3.38 .250 .350 .625 .975 0.6
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   3 1 1 2 0   .214 .313 .643 .955
vs LH   1 1 0 1 0   .500 .667 .500 1.167
Away 1 1 .500 2 0 0 0 0 5.3 4 2 1 3 0 3.38 .250 .368 .625 .993
Sep/Oct 1 1 .500 2 0 0 0 0 5.3 4 2 1 3 0 3.38 .250 .368 .625 .993
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
1948 26 MON NL 10 33 7 10 2 0 3 7 0 0 5 7 .303 .395 .636 1.031 7.8 2.1
    AA   135 504 86 127 33 3 30 83 11 12 110 80 .252 .386 .508 .894 99.9  
1949 27 DET AL 68 153 27 33 9 3 3 19 1 0 29 27 .216 .342 .373 .715 20.7 2.4
1950 28 DET AL 52 126 29 29 5 1 5 22 0 1 21 13 .230 .338 .405 .743 17.7 2.1
1951 29 DET AL 121 297 38 64 17 1 10 53 1 1 50 45 .215 .324 .380 .704 39.6 4.8
1952 30 DET AL 67 116 19 22 6 1 2 15 0 0 25 15 .190 .329 .310 .639 14.5 1.1
1953 31 DET AL 141 471 64 130 23 4 13 77 4 3 63 86 .276 .360 .425 .785 70.7 10.3
1954 32 DET AL 132 420 59 115 27 4 13 82 1 1 60 82 .274 .362 .450 .812 65.9 12.2
1955 33 CLE AL 83 301 43 82 18 1 8 42 0 1 33 54 .272 .340 .419 .759 40.8 5.2
1956 34 CLE AL 144 455 45 90 16 0 10 44 0 0 53 126 .198 .282 .299 .581 38.2 1.2
9 Years Sim 818 2372 331 575 123 15 67 361 7 7 339 455 .242 .335 .392 .727 315.9 41.4
1 Years AA 135 504 86 127 33 3 30 83 11 12 110 80 .252 .383 .508 .891 99.9  
162 Game Average 469 65 113 24 2 13 71 1 1 67 90 .242 .335 .392 .727 62.6  
Career Highs 144 471 64 130 27 4 13 82 4 3 63 126 .303 .395 .636 1.031 70.7  
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   1831 269 468 101 13 54 286 7 6 273 329 .256 .351 .413 .764 275.3
vs LH   541 62 107 22 2 13 75 0 1 66 126 .198 .282 .318 .600 52.1
Home 406 1145 150 294 66 7 33 192 4 1 162 235 .257 .347 .413 .760 170.1
Away 412 1227 181 281 57 8 34 169 3 6 177 220 .229 .325 .372 .696 157.3
RISP   641 0 160 34 2 23 288 0 0 114 130 .250 .353 .417 .770 102.8
Pinch Hitting   135 18 25 5 0 2 22 0 0 19 19 .185 .290 .267 .557 11.4
Close/Late   268 41 63 12 1 9 33 0 0 55 41 .235 .364 .388 .752 42.2
Mar/Apr 139 392 49 93 19 3 9 58 0 1 39 81 .237 .303 .370 .673 45.0
May 152 466 65 117 28 2 15 69 2 2 60 89 .251 .335 .416 .752 66.5
June 157 462 71 120 31 3 11 78 0 1 74 81 .260 .359 .411 .770 70.8
July 121 333 46 74 12 2 11 54 1 1 58 62 .222 .337 .369 .706 45.8
August 117 324 55 83 20 2 11 58 4 2 53 62 .256 .359 .432 .791 52.3
Sep/Oct 132 395 45 88 13 3 10 44 0 0 55 80 .223 .317 .347 .664 47.1
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
1948 26 MON NL CF 6 6 46.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 3.33   0.3
    LF 3 3 22.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.45    
    RF 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 1 0 2.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1949 27 DET AL CF 15 14 117.3 34 2 0 0 1.000 2.76   1.0
    LF 11 11 90.3 23 1 0 0 1.000 2.39    
    RF 6 6 51.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.76    
    1B 6 6 46.0 48 5 0 3 1.000 10.37   0.0
1950 28 DET AL CF 15 14 121.3 37 2 0 0 1.000 2.89   1.2
    RF 13 11 98.3 26 1 1 0 .964 2.47    
    LF 6 6 50.0 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.62    
    1B 1 1 9.0 14 1 0 1 1.000 15.00   0.0
    P 2 0 5.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.69    
1951 29 DET AL 1B 55 54 448.3 547 38 1 52 .998 11.74   1.3
    CF 13 12 106.0 31 1 0 0 1.000 2.72   1.1
    RF 9 7 68.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.12    
    LF 7 7 59.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.75    
1952 30 DET AL CF 12 9 92.7 34 1 1 0 .972 3.40   1.0
    LF 12 11 90.0 15 1 0 0 1.000 1.60    
    RF 8 7 58.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.86    
    1B 2 0 4.0 4 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1953 31 DET AL CF 126 124 1075.7 276 5 11 3 .962 2.35   5.8
    1B 10 6 61.3 75 7 0 8 1.000 12.03   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1954 32 DET AL CF 107 101 833.0 209 4 10 2 .955 2.30   3.4
    1B 5 5 43.0 52 4 0 7 1.000 11.72   0.1
    RF 3 3 26.0 5 0 1 0 .833 1.73    
    LF 3 3 25.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.52    
1955 33 CLE AL 1B 78 77 667.7 773 66 7 84 .992 11.31   1.4
    CF 2 0 6.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.05   0.1
    LF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    RF 2 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1956 34 CLE AL 1B 123 118 1012.0 1207 106 3 115 .998 11.68   2.6
    CF 10 4 51.3 16 0 2 0 .889 2.81   0.3
    RF 3 3 27.0 7 0 1 0 .875 2.33    
    LF 3 1 13.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08    
  CF 306 284 2450.0 657 15 24 5 .966 2.47   14.2
  1B 281 267 2293.3 2724 227 11 271 .996 11.58   5.5
  LF 46 42 352.3 81 3 0 0 1.000 2.15    
  RF 46 38 340.3 77 2 3 0 .963 2.09    
  P 2 0 5.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.69    
Career Totals   681 631 5441.3 3540 247 38 276 .990 6.26   19.7
Career Highs   139 130 1139.0 1233 106 11 115 1.000 11.20    
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
1949 27 DET AL 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000
1950 28 DET AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1951 29 DET AL 6 20 2 5 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .400 .650
1954 32 DET AL 5 18 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 .278 .350 .333 .683
Career Post-Season Batting 14 41 7 11 4 0 1 6 0 1 2 7 .268 .302 .439 .741
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.
Strikeouts
1953-8-86
1956-5-126
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 24th overall pick, by Montreal in 1948
Had first career hit on 9/2/1948, off Russ Meyer (PIT)
Hit first career homerun on 9/2/1948, off Russ Meyer (PIT)
Traded from Montreal to Detroit on 2/1/1949 (Going to MON: LF Hank Sauer. Going to DET: 1B Mickey Vernon, CF Cliff Mapes)
Earned first career win on 9/12/1950
Won World Series with Detroit in 1951
2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
3/3/1953: Signed a minor league contract extension with Detroit
Injured on 4/15/1953 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Drove in 6 runs against Seattle on 6/27/1953
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1954, hitting .474 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland on 2/4/1955 to a 2-year deal worth $5,000,000 per year
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (A) on 4/22/1955
Injured on 7/6/1955 with a Torn Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for full season
Injured on 8/2/1956 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
 
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