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Willard
Marshall		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 215
 
Born: February 8, 1921 in Usa, VA, RICHMOND
 
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
1942 21 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 5 6 6 3 4 4 3 4 4 10 10 10
1943 22 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 5 6 6 5 5 5 4 5 4 10 10 10
1944 23 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 7 7 5 5 5 4 5 5 10 10 10
1945 24 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 7 7 5 6 5 4 5 5 10 10 10
1946 25 PIT NL $ 2,564,286   7 7 7 7 7 7 5 6 6 4 5 5 10 10 10
1947 26 PIT NL $ 2,564,286   7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 6 6 10 10 10
1948 27 PIT NL $ 3,664,286   7 7 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 6 6 10 10 10
1949 28 NYG NL $ 3,664,286   7 7 6 7 7 7 5 6 6 6 7 6 10 10 10
1950 29 NYG NL $ 2,000,000   7 7 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 7 7 9 9 9
1951 30 TAM AL $ 2,000,000   6 6 6 6 7 6 5 6 6 7 8 7 9 9 9
1952 31 DET AL $ 2,000,000   6 6 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 8 8 9 9 9
1953 32 NYG NL $ 2,000,000   6 6 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 8 7 8 8 8
1954 33 SDP NL $ 1,090,000   6 6 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 7 8 7 7 7 7
1955 34 SDP NL $ 1,090,000   5 5 4 3 4 3 3 4 4 6 7 6 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 4 3 4 3 3 4 4 3 4 4 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,664,286   7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 8 8 10 10 10
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
1942 21 PIT NL 69 207 25 53 5 1 4 18 0 1 14 10 .256 .305 .348 .653 20.6 1.7
    AAA   80 307 50 97 8 3 14 50 3 3 32 12 .316 .381 .498 .879 55.3  
1943 22 PIT NL 152 515 62 149 22 6 13 76 0 1 45 9 .289 .343 .431 .774 76.2 15.1
1944 23 PIT NL 155 536 73 147 16 1 24 98 1 0 42 13 .274 .323 .442 .765 73.2 10.8
1945 24 PIT NL 146 494 80 133 24 1 21 79 0 1 47 10 .269 .331 .449 .780 70.2 10.8
1946 25 PIT NL 131 401 54 101 15 2 13 48 0 0 39 12 .252 .321 .397 .718 51.2 8.4
1947 26 PIT NL 136 451 67 141 17 1 20 91 0 0 40 9 .313 .363 .488 .851 76.5 14.8
1949 28 PIT NL 54 175 23 38 3 0 7 22 0 0 18 5 .217 .290 .354 .644 18.6 1.8
  NYG NL 61 198 37 61 7 0 15 44 0 0 33 5 .308 .405 .571 .976 43.6 9.4
  TOT   115 373 60 99 10 0 22 66 0 0 51 10 .265 .353 .469 .822 62.1 11.2
1950 29 NYG NL 136 439 65 135 19 1 21 91 0 0 65 10 .308 .395 .499 .894 81.8 14.1
1951 30 NYG NL 25 96 18 27 3 0 6 14 0 0 13 4 .281 .364 .500 .864 17.1 2.5
  TAM AL 126 484 81 120 22 0 28 91 1 1 60 34 .248 .330 .467 .797 73.9 9.1
  TOT   151 580 99 147 25 0 34 105 1 1 73 38 .253 .336 .472 .808 91.1 11.6
1952 31 OAK AL 104 377 52 115 29 2 11 69 0 0 49 29 .305 .378 .480 .858 64.7 10.1
  DET AL 40 120 21 32 2 0 1 14 0 0 13 8 .267 .333 .308 .642 12.7 0.8
  TOT   144 497 73 147 31 2 12 83 0 0 62 37 .296 .367 .439 .806 77.4 10.9
1953 32 DET AL 33 54 5 9 2 0 0 4 0 0 8 6 .167 .274 .204 .478 3.2 0.0
  NYG NL 83 305 41 69 12 0 10 40 0 0 38 23 .226 .313 .364 .677 37.5 3.8
  TOT   116 359 46 78 14 0 10 44 0 0 46 29 .217 .307 .340 .647 40.7 3.8
1954 33 SDP NL 131 316 48 87 17 1 17 65 0 0 44 34 .275 .364 .497 .861 54.1 8.9
1955 34 SDP NL 104 280 23 60 8 2 6 33 0 0 38 46 .214 .306 .321 .628 30.1 3.0
13 Years Sim 1686 5448 775 1477 223 18 217 897 2 4 606 267 .271 .342 .438 .780 805.2 125.1
1 Years AAA 80 307 50 97 8 3 14 50 3 3 32 12 .316 .381 .498 .880 55.3  
162 Game Average 523 74 141 21 1 20 86 0 0 58 25 .271 .342 .438 .780 77.4  
Career Highs 155 580 99 149 31 6 34 105 1 1 73 46 .313 .395 .499 .894 91.1  
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   3994 596 1134 165 11 161 704 2 4 483 186 .284 .359 .452 .811 649.3
vs LH   1454 179 343 58 7 56 193 0 0 123 81 .236 .295 .401 .695 175.8
Home 851 2715 383 760 111 9 98 420 0 1 296 139 .280 .349 .436 .785 414.0
Away 835 2733 392 717 112 9 119 477 2 3 310 128 .262 .335 .441 .776 411.1
RISP   1378 0 403 65 8 51 649 0 0 182 86 .292 .364 .462 .827 236.3
Pinch Hitting   184 17 51 8 0 5 29 0 0 26 16 .277 .363 .402 .765 28.0
Close/Late   631 77 158 25 2 28 100 0 0 92 36 .250 .344 .429 .774 97.8
Mar/Apr 226 710 93 182 37 3 26 112 1 1 80 30 .256 .328 .427 .754 101.6
May 277 869 118 235 35 3 38 172 1 1 84 48 .270 .333 .449 .781 130.1
June 273 901 142 247 38 2 33 139 0 0 97 37 .274 .343 .431 .774 134.2
July 298 999 141 262 34 3 41 155 0 1 115 55 .262 .336 .425 .761 146.7
August 333 1084 149 305 48 6 40 179 0 1 127 58 .281 .356 .447 .804 172.0
Sep/Oct 279 885 132 246 31 1 39 140 0 0 103 39 .278 .352 .447 .800 140.7
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
1942 21 PIT NL CF 68 67 542.0 165 7 4 0 .977 2.86   1.3
1943 22 PIT NL CF 105 101 845.3 271 5 2 2 .993 2.94   4.9
    LF 49 47 377.7 81 2 0 0 1.000 1.98    
    RF 9 1 21.0 3 1 0 1 1.000 1.71    
1944 23 PIT NL LF 121 121 1039.7 203 7 0 1 1.000 1.82   3.4
    CF 27 24 224.3 75 3 1 1 .987 3.13    
    RF 9 2 28.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1945 24 PIT NL CF 97 96 832.0 270 6 0 1 1.000 2.99   4.7
    LF 42 41 333.0 73 2 0 0 1.000 2.03    
    RF 4 1 14.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.88    
1946 25 PIT NL CF 104 95 851.7 255 9 0 7 1.000 2.79   3.1
    LF 8 8 66.0 19 2 0 1 1.000 2.86    
    RF 8 0 22.0 7 0 1 0 .875 2.86    
1947 26 PIT NL CF 104 104 913.7 237 10 3 4 .988 2.43   1.5
    RF 7 6 46.0 13 0 1 0 .929 2.54    
    LF 13 2 37.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.70    
1949 28 PIT NL RF 23 23 193.5 45 2 2 1 .959 2.19   1.0
    LF 24 23 190.5 40 1 0 0 1.000 1.94   0.0
  NYG NL RF 27 25 232.5 54 2 3 2 .949 2.17   1.6
    LF 28 27 228.8 48 1 1 1 .980 1.93   0.0
  TOT   RF 50 48 426.0 99 4 5 3 .954 2.18   2.6
      LF 52 50 419.3 88 2 1 1 .989 1.93   0.0
1950 29 NYG NL LF 122 117 1012.0 206 6 1 0 .995 1.89   2.9
    RF 3 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1951 30 NYG NL CF 25 25 223.8 58 1 1 0 .983 2.37   0.7
    RF 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TAM AL CF 125 123 1114.9 291 6 2 2 .993 2.40   3.2
    RF 2 0 2.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   CF 150 148 1338.7 349 7 3 2 .992 2.39   3.9
      RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1952 31 OAK AL CF 73 72 656.3 181 2 2 1 .989 2.51   2.4
    LF 20 18 173.2 32 2 0 0 1.000 1.77   0.0
    RF 2 1 7.1 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.80   0.0
  DET AL CF 28 28 203.7 56 0 1 0 .982 2.47   1.0
    LF 8 7 53.8 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.67   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   CF 101 100 860.0 237 2 3 1 .988 2.50   3.4
      LF 28 25 227.0 42 2 0 0 1.000 1.74   0.0
      RF 3 1 9.3 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.90   0.0
1953 32 DET AL CF 27 24 113.3 30 1 1 0 .969 2.46   0.7
    LF 2 1 7.1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.27   0.0
    RF 1 1 3.5 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.57   0.0
  NYG NL CF 67 59 632.1 166 6 4 1 .977 2.45   1.6
    LF 4 4 39.9 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
    RF 2 2 19.5 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.38   0.0
  TOT   CF 94 83 745.4 196 7 5 1 .976 2.45   2.3
      LF 6 5 47.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.72   0.0
      RF 3 3 23.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.57   0.0
1954 33 SDP NL LF 79 61 568.0 126 1 1 1 .992 2.01   2.0
    CF 12 4 50.7 20 0 0 0 1.000 3.55    
    RF 8 4 40.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.48    
1955 34 SDP NL CF 71 63 530.3 162 4 3 0 .982 2.82   2.5
    RF 15 9 82.7 15 0 2 0 .882 1.63    
    LF 5 4 34.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.38    
  CF 934 885 7735.1 2238 60 24 19 .990 2.67   27.6
  LF 525 481 4160.6 863 24 3 4 .997 1.92   8.4
  RF 121 75 721.3 165 6 9 4 .950 2.13   2.6
Career Totals   1580 1441 12617.0 3266 90 36 27 .989 2.39   38.6
Career Highs   163 149 1341.7 355 11 6 8 1.000 2.86    
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
1952 31 DET AL 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500
Career Post-Season Batting 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500
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.
Batting Average
1947-8-.311*
1950-8-.308
 Slugging Pct
1947-10-.486*
1950-10-.499
 Games
1944-8-155
 Triples
1943-7-6
 Homeruns
1944-8-24
1945-10-21
 RBIs
1944-9-98
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 29    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 10th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1942
Had first career hit (homerun) on 7/4/1942, off Mort Cooper (OAK)
Hit 3 homeruns against New York (N), driving in 3 runs on 7/11/1943
Injured on 3/4/1945 with a Strained Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Tampa Bay on 5/13/1945
2/1/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,564,286 through salary arbitration
2/1/1947: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,564,286 through salary arbitration
2/1/1948: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,664,286 through salary arbitration
2/1/1949: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,664,286 through salary arbitration
Drove in 7 runs against Boston (A) on 5/29/1949
Traded from Pittsburgh to New York (N) on 7/1/1949 (Going to NYG: C Del Wilber, CF Willard Marshall, P Lou Brissie. Going to PIT: C Frankie Hayes, 1B Mickey Rocco)
7/1/1949: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $2,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from New York (N) to Tampa Bay on 5/1/1951 (Going to NYG: SS Joe Demaestri, CF Johnny Hopp, 3B Ellis Clary, 2B Lou Stringer. Going to TAM: 3B Sid Gordon, LF Hank Edwards, CF Willard Marshall, C Andy Seminick)
Hit 3 homeruns against Boston (A), driving in 7 runs on 6/22/1951
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1951, hitting .440 with 4 HR, 11 RBI
Hit 3 homeruns against Pittsburgh, driving in 5 runs on 7/25/1951
Traded from Tampa Bay to Oakland on 4/2/1952 (Going to TAM: RF Ed Stevens. Going to OAK: CF Willard Marshall, P Sheldon Jones)
Traded from Oakland to Detroit on 7/31/1952 (Going to DET: CF Willard Marshall. Going to OAK: P Jim Waugh, RF Tommy O'brien, C Mickey Grasso)
Traded from Detroit to New York (N) on 6/1/1953 (Going to NYG: CF Willard Marshall, CF Bob Talbot. Going to DET: P Bill Butland)
Injured on 6/9/1953 with a Spasms Back, out for 3 weeks
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/26/1954 to a 2-year deal worth $1,090,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1954, hitting .364 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
 
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