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Beauty
McGowan		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 190
 
Born: November 8, 1901 in Usa, CT, BRANFORD
 
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
1930 28 CLE AL $ 5,050,000   67 67 60 44 44 44 59 72 68 79 93 89 64 71 69
1931 29 CLE AL $ 5,050,000   7 7 6 5 5 5 6 8 7 8 10 9 6 7 7
1932 30 SEM AL $ 2,700,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 6 8 7 8 10 9 6 7 6
1933 31 SEM AL $ 2,700,000   6 6 5 5 5 5 6 7 7 8 10 9 6 7 6
1934 32 SEM AL     5 5 5 5 5 5 6 8 7 8 10 9 6 6 6
1935 33 NYA AL     5 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 7 8 9 9 5 6 6
1936 34 ATL NL $ 500,000   5 5 4 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 9 8 5 6 6
1937 35 BSN NL $ 500,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 6 7 7 7 8 8 4 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 3 3 3 6 7 7 7 8 8 4 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,050,000   67 67 60 44 44 44 59 72 68 79 93 89 64 71 69
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
1930 28 CLE AL 145 453 101 157 29 4 14 69 0 0 93 35 .347 .457 .521 .978 101.2 26.8
1931 29 CLE AL 155 569 102 158 34 6 15 74 7 3 93 47 .278 .380 .438 .818 90.7 16.1
1932 30 SEM AL 150 529 87 143 21 4 15 73 1 0 97 68 .270 .383 .410 .793 87.6 14.3
1933 31 SEM AL 136 433 81 117 28 4 8 58 0 0 77 71 .270 .379 .409 .788 68.5 9.4
1934 32 SEM AL 135 455 76 113 20 4 12 48 0 0 78 88 .248 .359 .389 .748 67.4 9.6
1935 33 NYG NL 35 54 7 12 0 1 1 3 1 0 6 6 .222 .295 .315 .610 6.0 0.4
  NYA AL 29 47 6 13 1 0 0 7 0 0 4 9 .277 .333 .298 .631 4.6 0.4
  TOT   64 101 13 25 1 1 1 10 1 0 10 15 .248 .313 .307 .619 10.6 0.8
    AAA   31 39 8 12 2 0 3 9 1 1 8 4 .308 .426 .590 1.015 9.2  
1936 34 SDP NL 34 36 4 8 1 1 0 4 0 1 7 6 .222 .349 .306 .654 3.9 0.3
  ATL NL 21 24 2 9 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 6 .375 .375 .500 .875 3.5 0.6
  TOT   55 60 6 17 2 2 0 9 0 1 7 12 .283 .358 .383 .742 7.4 1.0
    AAA   15 60 10 21 6 0 2 4 3 0 4 7 .350 .391 .550 .941 11.9  
1937 35 AAA   137 473 98 141 32 9 18 92 12 9 88 79 .298 .408 .518 .926 96.6  
7 Years Sim 840 2600 466 730 135 25 65 341 9 4 455 336 .281 .388 .427 .815 433.5 78.1
3 Years AAA 183 572 116 174 40 9 23 105 16 10 100 90 .304 .410 .526 .936 117.8  
162 Game Average 501 89 140 26 4 12 65 1 0 87 64 .281 .388 .427 .815 83.6  
Career Highs 155 569 102 158 34 6 15 74 7 3 97 88 .347 .457 .521 .978 101.2  
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   2019 368 584 107 21 45 258 7 4 353 238 .289 .395 .430 .825 351.4
vs LH   581 98 146 28 4 20 83 2 0 102 98 .251 .362 .417 .779 93.4
Home 427 1286 248 377 58 16 35 191 4 2 230 178 .293 .400 .445 .845 233.8
Away 413 1314 218 353 77 9 30 150 5 2 225 158 .269 .375 .409 .785 211.0
RISP   596 0 174 33 5 16 252 0 0 132 70 .292 .414 .445 .858 116.4
Pinch Hitting   154 25 34 3 4 4 26 0 0 31 20 .221 .351 .370 .721 22.6
Close/Late   328 58 101 18 6 8 43 0 0 54 40 .308 .406 .473 .879 61.8
Mar/Apr 143 405 65 106 15 4 9 41 1 0 66 53 .262 .364 .385 .749 60.8
May 156 480 82 132 22 5 9 58 1 1 64 66 .275 .359 .398 .757 70.2
June 131 418 94 115 29 9 12 63 0 1 83 50 .275 .395 .474 .869 78.8
July 120 416 71 118 23 3 13 59 3 1 69 51 .284 .387 .447 .834 73.0
August 153 452 75 135 29 0 13 65 3 1 100 52 .299 .427 .449 .876 89.9
Sep/Oct 137 429 79 124 17 4 9 55 1 0 73 64 .289 .391 .410 .802 72.1
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
1930 28 CLE AL LF 106 101 924.7 207 6 19 2 .918 2.07   2.7
    CF 24 3 71.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.15    
    RF 3 0 10.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1931 29 CLE AL LF 148 143 1276.0 319 3 32 1 .910 2.27   3.8
    CF 6 0 13.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
1932 30 SEM AL RF 120 117 1024.3 289 3 11 1 .964 2.57   1.7
    CF 21 19 180.3 58 1 7 0 .894 2.94    
    LF 8 0 17.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.59    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1933 31 SEM AL RF 105 101 889.7 220 0 9 0 .961 2.23   2.6
    CF 16 0 35.7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.77    
    2B 3 3 27.0 11 8 1 7 .950 6.33   0.1
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1934 32 SEM AL RF 118 113 947.3 227 5 7 3 .971 2.20   4.8
    LF 9 6 70.0 23 0 5 0 .821 2.96    
    CF 4 0 6.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.84    
1935 33 NYG NL CF 5 4 36.2 13 0 0 0 1.000 3.23   0.3
    RF 4 3 30.7 6 0 1 0 .857 1.76   0.0
    LF 2 2 17.5 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.54   0.0
    2B 1 0 2.2 2 1 0 1 1.000 12.27   0.0
    3B 1 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  NYA AL CF 4 4 29.8 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.02   0.1
    RF 3 3 25.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.78   0.0
    LF 2 2 14.5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.24   0.0
    2B 0 0 1.8 1 1 0 1 1.000 10.00   0.0
    3B 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   CF 9 8 66.0 23 0 0 0 1.000 3.14   0.4
      RF 7 6 56.0 11 0 1 0 .917 1.77   0.0
      LF 4 4 32.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.41   0.0
      2B 1 0 4.0 3 2 0 2 1.000 11.25   0.0
      3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1936 34 SDP NL LF 7 4 34.3 5 0 3 0 .625 1.31   0.0
    RF 3 1 12.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.20   0.0
    CF 4 0 9.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.93   0.0
  ATL NL LF 4 3 18.7 3 0 2 0 .600 1.44   0.0
    RF 2 1 6.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.69   0.0
    CF 2 0 5.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.70   0.0
  RF 358 339 2946.3 757 8 28 4 .965 2.34   9.2
  LF 287 261 2373.7 565 9 61 3 .904 2.18   6.5
  CF 86 30 387.7 114 1 7 0 .943 2.67   0.4
  2B 4 3 31.0 14 10 1 9 .960 6.97   0.1
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   737 633 5740.6 1450 30 97 16 .938 2.32   16.2
Career Highs   154 143 1289.3 350 8 32 7 .978 2.62    
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
1930 28 CLE AL 17 69 17 24 2 3 2 10 1 0 8 4 .348 .416 .551 .966
1934 32 SEM AL 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Career Post-Season Batting 21 73 17 25 2 3 2 10 1 0 8 4 .342 .407 .534 .942
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
1930-7-.347
 On-Base Pct
1930-1-.457
CAR-44-.388
 Slugging Pct
1930-10-.521
 OPS
1930-5-.978
 Games
1931-9-155
1932-4-150
 Runs
1931-8-102
Stolen Bases
1931-10-7
 Walks
1930-5-93
1931-4-93
1932-5-97
1933-6-77
1934-8-78
 Strikeouts
1932-6-68
1933-9-71
1934-5-88
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Ival Goodman (960)
  2. Jimmy O'Connell (957)
  3. Bob Bowman (954)
  4. Tommy O'Brien (949)
  5. Ernie Sulik (943)
  6. Minnie Minoso (943)
  7. Ned Harris (943)
  8. Bobby Bonilla (941)
  9. Jim Gleeson (938)
  10. John Kruk (936)
History
Traded from New York (G) to Cleveland on 2/1/1930 (Going to NYG: P Tommy Thomas, P Huck Betts. Going to CLE: RF Beauty Mcgowan, LF Cliff Lee, LF Paul Johnson, C Luke Urban)
Had first career hit on 4/2/1930, off Tony Kaufmann (NYG)
Hit first career homerun on 5/3/1930, off Lefty Grove (SEM)
Signed as a free agent by Seattle (M) on 2/6/1932 to a 5-year deal worth $2,700,000 per year
Released by Seattle (M) on 10/9/1934
Signed as a free agent by New York (G) on 2/19/1935 to a 2-year deal worth $3,030,303 per year
Traded from New York (G) to New York (A) on 6/16/1935 (Going to NYG: P Danny Macfayden, P Bud Tinning. Going to NYA: P Thornton Lee, 1B Fred Sington, 2B Lonny Frey, P Kent Greenfield, RF Beauty Mcgowan)
Released by New York (A) on 10/19/1935
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/3/1936 to a 2-year deal worth $500,000 per year
Traded from San Diego to Atlanta on 7/31/1936 (Going to ATL: LF Beauty Mcgowan, P Clyde Hatter. Going to SDP: P Walter Beall)
Injured on 5/13/1937 with a Bruised Hand, out for 2 days
 
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